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4 A tit THURSDAY, JULY 16, 194? THE BEAUFORT NEWS. BEAUFORT, N. C. PAGE TWO 1 4 M 3 WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Nazi Struggle for Russia and Egypt Takes Spotlight From Pacific Battle; Growing Force of U. S. Air Power Is Displayed on World's Many Fronts (EDITOR'S NOTE When opinions re expressed In these columns, thejr are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper.) Released by Western Newspaper Union. , U. S. AIR POWER: Around the Globe From widely scattered sections cl the tt'n riri's fiahtine front came re ports of the increasing strength of America's hard-striking air power. Most dramatic was the announce ment from London that for the first time the United States army air force had made an attack on Nazi occupied Europe. Six bombers, American made and American manned, took off and during a day light raid smashed Nazi planes and troops on the ground at three Hol land airdromes. Later enemy ships were attacked off the Dutch coast. One interesting sidelight of the raid was that its principal hero, Capt. Charles C. Kegelman of El Reno, Okla., was awarded the Dis tinguished Service cross by Maj. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, com mander in chief of U. S. forces in the European theater, and Kegel man thus became the first member of the 1942 AEF to be decorated for gallantry in action against the en emy in Europe. His feat was described as a dem onstration of "superior airmanship and extraordinary coolness in the saving of the lives of his crew" after the plane he was piloting was struck hard by anti-aircraft fire over the bombing target." Chinese Front Meanwhile, the newly installed U. S. army air force in China started things off in good fashion by shoot ing down five Japanese planes in a battle which came as the result of a direct challenge by the U. S. forces to the enemy. Background to the battle was a Jap radio report that their forces in the Hengyang area would "blast the new U. S. air forces out of China" and a reply by Brig. Gen. Claire L. V . 'V.Yf BEIG. GEN. CLAIRE CHENNAL'LT Off to a good start. Chennault, commander of the Amer icans, that any such attempt would get a "cheery welcome." Then came the Jap raid and the skies over Hengyang were subjected to what was described as perhaps the fiercest air battle over central China. Australia Sector General MacArthur's Australian headquarters reported that on the same day as the battle over central China, American and Australian planes shot down six Jap planes and damaged six others in heavy attacks on invasion bases Salamaua and Lae, New Guinea. Three United Na tions planes were reported missing. In addition to the Jap planes de stroyed, the report added that di rect hits were scored on enemy air dromes, striking runways and build ings. MORE SPIES: In Caribbean Shortly after the FBI announced its arrest of the eight Nazi sabo teurs who reached the U. S. via a submarine route, U. S. army head quarters in the Panama Canal Zone came through with the seizure of 20 alleged Nazi spies. It was claimed that these persons were engaged in a plot which included fueling of Nazi submarines and spotting of Allied shipping targets in the Caribbean. Arrests were made from Panama to British Honduras, and business men, night club hostesses, trusted Canal Zone workers and shipping employees were involved. SUBMARINES: Pacific Too? ' While Washington officials had an nounced that convoys were being used to protect shipping in Amer ica's Atlantic coastal areas, a threat appeared in a new sector. This came in the form of dispatch from Santiago, Chile, which dis closed that the Chilean ministry of the navy and the Pan-American Grace airways were checking re ports that submarines had been ob served in the Pacific. 1 '.'.ffBSPffWh. '''V"15MMgWWWMMflMf JT J 4; ' ' j ' I RUSSIA: Pincers When the Nazis finally drove the Russian defenders out of gallant Sevastopol, they succeeded in open ing the second claw of a giant pin cers movement which had for its other base the Kharkov foothold. But success in Sevastopol was dif ficult to obtain. Even the Nazis ad mitted that. For 27 days every thing the Nazis had was blasted against the besieged naval base. The Red navy had to retire from it to less secure bases in the Black sea. Still the Nazi bombers came. 8 5 bis I t- "-"2? I My i ft . - ? J MARSHAL SEMEON TIMOSHENKO No rest for Nazis. Finally the last Russian foothold in the Crimea fell and Hitler had gained an important wedge in his drive toward the oil fields of the Caucasus. Not only did they open up to this rich prize, but the fall of Sevastopol meant that more men could now be diverted to the fighting around Khar kov. But before the Nazis had a chance to rest and to realign themselves, cagey Russian Marshal Semeon Timoshenko struck savagely at them and regained several villages. The Nazis in turn had their eye on the Don river and would not be stopped until this objective was won. Al though another front was opening to the northwest of Moscow, the bat tle of Kursk-Kharkov was viewed generally as the scene of Hitler's all- out 1942 offensive. For this was what he needed most of all oil. And the winning of the Kharkov engage ment meant that his goal would be much closer, ALEUTIAN FOG: Lifts a Bit Navy censorship and the dense fog that hangs over the far tip of the Jap-invaded Aleutian island chain, lifted alike to disclose that the U. S. naval air forces had been busy. A navy communique reported that "our aircraft returned safely" after five new raids on Kiska and Agat tu. A Jap force of three transports and their escorting vessels were in flicted with undetermined damage off Agattu and four attacks were made on the Japs at Kiska. But the best news from that area was the announcement that on Inde pendence day U. S. submarines sent three Jap destroyers to the bottom and left a fourth severely damaged. The communique reporting these sinkings said that three destroyers were fired upon near the Jap-occupied island of Kiska and the other one near Agattu island. EGYPT: Rommel's Romp While the German high command withheld any actual forecast as to the number of days it would take them to reach and capture Suez, British forces were letting nothing stand in their way of giving the Nazis the very fiercest resistance possible in the battle of Egypt Reports from Britain's Eighth army in this sector told of a weak ening of German power under the leadership of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. These reports said that many German soldiers had ad vanced to the British lines in sur render because they described themselves as "too tired" to fight His mechanized forces had ad vanced to a line 65 miles west of Alexandria before the British could present even a show of strength to deter him. This stand by the British, as re ported from Cairo, came in the form of the greatest aerial onslaught ever unleashed in the Middle East The site of the battle was El Ala mein and its pace was terrific. The British were fighting for a knockout to Rommel's already far advanced desert army. Rommel wanted to save what he had gained and push forward, of course. Egyptian government sources said that raids had been made on the Suez canal and Premier Mustapha Nahas Pasha announced a complete blackout of Cairo. BRIEFS: FREEDOM In a message to the people of Puerto Rico. Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes said that: "as far as it is in my power to achieve SECRETARY HAROLD ICKES 'Freedom' after victory. it, Puerto Rico will share equally and fully in the freedom, security and opportunities offered by even tual victory." APPLICATION In Mount Clem ens, Mich., a man wrote to his ra tioning board asking permission to buy a new car because he was en gaged in war work. His name? Ed sel Ford, president of Ford Motor company. L'NUSUAL As authorities of French Guiana began preparations for military registration, a report from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, said that "unusual military prepara tions" were taking place in the col ony. WEDDING President Roosevelt's close friend and adviser, Harry Hop kins, and Louise Macy are to be married in the White House on July 30, it was announced at a press con ference held by Mrs. Eleanor Roose velt in Washington. SHUN Squabbles that interfere with war materials production should be shunned by labor, said Lieut. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell, army chief of supply, as he ad dressed a luncheon of AFL and CIO labor leaders in Detroit. "We all belong to the same union," he said . . . "the Union of the United States of America ..." MOTORING: And It's 'Joys It didn't make much difference to motorists, but gasoline went up 24 cents a gallon along the East coast. Main trouble was that you couldn't get much gas in that area anyway. Reports reaching the 31 states where gas is still unrationed said that thousands of motorists were be ing turned away from empty gas sta tions in the East It was also generally believed that gas rationing might be the formula for the rest of the nation if the rubber salvage drive didn't bring enough of this vital scrap. After 219,000 tons of it had been collected in the originally scheduled period the drive was extended ten days. Secretary Ickes, on leaving the White House one day, rolled up a heavy rubber mat from the floor of this important building and carted it to a scrap depot WARNING: From an Expert Recognized as an expert in avia tion, Maj. Alexander P. de Sever sky, airplane designer and military analyst, has given the United Na tions a stern warning on the impor tance of gaining air superiority be fore attempting the opening of a second land front to relieve Nazi pressure on the Russians. On a nation-wide radio hookup, which had as its forum topic the possibility of a land and sea inva sion of Europe, the former Russian army official declared that it was opinion that a costly mass invasion would not get the desired results un less the German's mastery of the air was first disposed of. "We have no alternative but to concentrate upon an all-out aerial offensive against Germany proper ... In that way we offer true relief to Russia because we help to disarm Germany by smashing its industry, transport and fuel supplies, disor ganizing and demoralizing the en emy," said the major. Aligned with Seversky was Wil liam B. Ziff, military expert, who pointed out that failure of the Brit ish to invade Norway and the recent blasting the Japs took at Midway were examples of what Britain and America would face if they tried an invasion without first getting con trol of the air. On the other side of the debate were Brig. Gen. Henry J. Reilly and Wythe Williams, author and radio commentator. Their point of view was that while planes were vitally important in any invasion attempt, the invasion of Germany by land would most surely have to be made if the Nazi war machine was to be broken up. ERSATZ RUBBER: At Less Cost While cost of production is the least of worries in the government's projects for making synthetic rub ber, officials are now learning that it costs less than at first estimated. Two major plants are now in pro duction and Arthur B. Newhall, rub ber co-ordinator, has issued a state ment to the effect that the 800,000 ton-a-year program will not use up all the $650,000,000 which congress had allocated to it ' v'' 1 " ?hi rtthn 1 1 1 1 iiln J il-U.. a Washington, D. C. BEHIND RAF RAIDS Few people outside the inner cir cle know it, but the recent bombing raids on Bremen, Cologne, Essen, have been accomplished in part through the farsightedness of Ed Stettinius Jr., who, long ago saw the importance of high octane gas and demanded that the administration start large scale production. Stettinius has taken it on the chin regarding the slowness of aluminum production and has admitted he was wrong. (Real reason for the tragic error was his reliance on Aluminum Corporation of America figures). But on two other vital commodities he was way out in front One of these was rubber. Stetti nius was the first to see the need of building synthetic rubber factories to prepare for the fall of Singapore and began dinning on Jesse Jones for nearly a year before he could get Jesse to move. The other commodity was high oc tane gasoline, without which the cur rent bombing raids could not take place. One bomber takes about 1,000 gallons of gasoline to fly from England to Germany and back, so with 1,000 bombers staging a raid, 1,000,000 gallons of fuel is used up in one night. U. S. PRISONERS IN BATAAN Ex-Undersecretary of the Interioi Jack Dempsey has taken up with the American Red Crrrs the prob lem of getting a Red Cross repre sentative in Manila to look out for U. S. prisoners from Bataan and Corregidor. So far, the Japs have not permit ted a Swiss Red Cross representa tive in Manila, though they have ad mitted Swiss representatives to Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong. No excuse has been given by the Japs for not permitting a Swiss representative in Manila, but U. S. officials presume it is because they don't want anyone from the outside world to see what is going on there. Meanwhile, however, the treat ment of U. S. prisoners in Japan and China is reported to be good. The Swiss representatives make regular reports, state that Ameri can prisoners have no complaints, that sheets on the beds are changed frequently, and that married men are allowed to go to see their wives every week-end. ROYAL PRESS CONFERENCE At King Peter's -conference with the press, the Jugoslav monarch was completely poised, though ad mitting the camera men fazed him a bit With characteristic zeal they monopolized the proceedings with popping flash-bulbs. A reporter asked Peter what his outstanding impressions were of the U. S. "One that stands out is your friendliness," he answered prompt ly. "Everywhere I have gone I have noticed that." "Does that include photogra phers?" "Well, they are persistent aren't they? I wouldn't mind if they didn't keep shooting off things in my face." TANKER-SAVING PIPELINE American automobile owners don't know it, but indirectly they had the British to thank for the final deci sion to build a new pipeline from the South to the Middle West Secretary Ickes had been urging construction of this pipeline for more than a year always being rebuffed by the War Production board. Part of Ickes' argument was that it was foolish to waste American tankers by having them carry oil all the way to England from the Gulf of Mexico. If, on the other hand, tankers could load oil and gasoline at a Middle Atlantic port, they could save 1,000 miles of travel and reduce the exposure to submarine attack. Tankers are get ting scarce these days, and the shorter the distance they have to steam, the more trips they can make. Ickes put forth this argument em phatically at the last hearing before the War Production board, but was rebutted by Lieut Gen. Brehon Som ervell, head of the army's service of supplies. Somervell pooh-poohed the idea that England was hard up for oil or gasoline, said he had just re turned from there, and that Ickes' argument was pure poppycock. Ickes made no immediate reply, but cabled the British government. The British were boilfng mad, and the reply he received clinched the matter. The War Production board decided Somervell didn't know much about British oil supplies. The pipe- ine was ordered built MERRY-GO-ROUND C, Capitol insiders are betting that before the tax bill finally emerges from congress it will contain some kind of provision for compulsory war savings as an anti-inflation measure. Secretary Morgenthau has been opposed to this, but recently seems willing to shift his view, ft Former OPM boss William Knud sen, in his new role as a lieutenant general in the army, has inspected 285 war plants and in many of them he has recommended changes which have increased production. ST4GEvSCRE By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union. 1ARRY PARKS, young Co--lumbia Pictures' leading man, and eight other lads who are making their first bid for screen fame have tak en over the 26-room house once owned and occupied by the late Thomas Meighan. Larry, who heads the group, has an important role in the Astaire-Hayworth musical, "You Were Never Lovelier." He says it cost only $14.75 to furnish the house it cost Meighan more than $9,000! They've thrown four rooms together and built a theater in which they rehearse parts for pictures coming up. There is a large portrait of Tom Meighan over the living room fire placethey picked it up in a Holly wood prop house. The sponsors who, seven years ago, were farsighted enough to see the potentialities of an obscure radio couple and build them into the famed Fibber McGee and Molly, give radio another innovation this summer; they're substituting a John Nesbitt and Meredith Willson Metro news commentator and a mu sician in a half-hour replacement program while Fibber and Molly vacation. The commentator is John Nesbitt, the musician, Meredith Willson. The program combines mu sic with snatches of history, litera ture and current events. Walt Disney, whose "Bambi" will soon be released through RKO, has acquired the screen rights to Major Alexander P. de Seversky's "Vic tory Through Air Power," and will make it into a feature picture for exhibition sometime this fall. Imagine Charles Boyer producing and acting in something called "Flesh and Fantasy." It will be his first production for Universal; he'll star in one episode, Edward G. Robinson in another, and let's hope they change the titlel Capt. Hewitt Wheless, the army flier who was cited by the President for his exploits in the Pacific war, will play himself in a short subject, "Beyond the Line of Duty," which Warner Brothers will produce for the army air corps. This shortage of leading men has proved too much for Harold Lloyd. He's produced two pictures for RKO, "A Girl, a Guy and a Gob" and "My Favorite Spy" and has left the studio. His next picture would have been "Butterfingers," a football comedy. Samuel Goldwyn will select six ol the loveliest and most talented sec retaries of Washington, D. C, for roles in "They Got Me Covered," co starring Bob Hope and Dorothy La mour. The story brings out the part that Washington secretaries play in helping to run the government; it's said that they arrive in Washington at a rate of 5,000 daily! The biggest all-star lineup ever gathered for a summer radio show is the one that Bob Hawk's sponsors have booked for Friday nights; It's a 60-minute show featuring Xavler Cugat'a orchestra, Connie Boswell and Marco, Lanny Ross and a new somedian, Herb Shrlner. Richard Denning, male lead in "Beyond the Blue Horizon," has held many of filmdom's stars in his arms. He made the test with Veron ica Lake which won her her role in "I Wanted Wings." Paulette God dard got her Paramount contract after making a test with him; Ellen Drew's test set her for "If I Were King"; Mary Martin's put her into "The Great Victor Herbert" her first film role. A closeup of his chest substituted for one of Bob Hope's; his back did the same for Bob Burns'. Now he's getting a chance, all of him, in the Lamour picture. ODDS AND ENDS Paramount plant to present the Quiz Kids in fea ture filmt following the completion of their present series of short subjects at that studio . . . Ruth Hussey takes an other step toward well-deserved star dom with the role of Mrs. Andrew Johnson in "The Man on America's Conscience" . . . Eddie Albert will play opposite Lupe Velez In "Indies' Day," a comedy of the woman's side of big league baseball . . . I'rlricia Murium wants a horse but don end her one unless it's a 14-hand V aim, no . . . Metro has bought "Cabin in the Sky," one of last season's most successful musicals. 'uJyZ' I SUNDAY International I SCHOOL LESSON By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D. Of The Moody Bibl Institute of Chicago. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for July 19 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by InternaUonal Council of Religious Education; used by permission. CAIN AND ABEL: A CONTRAST LESSON TEXT-Cenesls 4:115. GOLDEN TEXT By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which ha obtained witness that he was righteous. Hebrews 11:4. The weed of sin is fast growing, and brings forth bitter fruit The disobedience of Adam and Eve re sulted in their being put forth from the garden, but that judgment did not terminate the awful plague of sin. We see it in this lesson showing forth in their son, as it has in all the sons of Adam down through the centuries. It is a dark picture and one which would discourage us did we not know that redemption has been wrought out by "the second man, the Lord from heaven" (I Cor. 15: 47). We have here two sons of Adam with their differing personalities, a clash ard the first murder, and then one man, a vagabond on the face of the earth. I. Two Sons (vv. 1-7). The birth of a child is always an exciting occasion, and one can read ily imagine what it must have meant when the first boy ever to be bora put in his appearance. What joy, what concern for his welfare, what plans for the future! And then, what disappointment and sorrow! But before speaking of that, let us observe how he and his brother differed in their interests and per sonalities. It is a surprising thing how completely dixerent two sons in the same family can be. Abel chose the work of a shep herd, much honored in the early history of man. Cain became a till er of the soil, which with the pas sage of time has come to be more important than the other. They also had a different view point on worship. Cain was a re ligious man. He apparently was the first to worship, but he came in the spirit of one who recognized God only as his Creator, the One worthy of his homage. Abel came also with a gift, but his attitude was quite different. His offering spoke of sac rifice, the need of a covering for sin (cf. Gen. 3:21). It was more than homage, it was a plea for forgive ness. The Lord's acceptance of Abel's sacrifice made Cain angry (v. 5). Here again he differed from Abel, for there was no angry response on his part. Abel had recognized God's desire in worship. Cain not only failed to do so, but rejected God's instruction and His plea (vv. 6, 7). Jealousy led to anger, and anger (as it so often does) led to II. Murder (vv. 8, 9). Instead of repentance and correc tion, the anger of Cain carried him to the awful conclusion of hatred, the taking of life. We tend to think of murder as a crime which only a desperately wicked man would com mit. We hardly think of the "re spectable" little sin of envy as be ing the root of murder, but it is, often and sometimes very quickly. Actually there is no little sin, for it is the genius of sin to grow, to increase, to go step by step, yes, often by leaps and bounds, to its horrible fruition. "The heart is de ceitful above all things, and desper ately wicked: who can know it?" (Jer. 17:9). Why trust it? The deceitfulness of Cain's heart is shown by the callous evasiveness of his reply to God concerning his murdered brother. His sin brought God's question. It always does. Do not assume that you can hide from Him. It has been suggested that committing sin is like touching a burglar alarm the bell rings, and one must answer for his act. "Am I my brother's keeper?" is the perfect expression of the selfish and indifferent attitude of the world. Human beings are regarded as imply those to be exploited, beings upon whom they may prey. For example: Just to make money, men are willing to destroy a fellow man with intoxicating liquor, or break down his decency and morality by selling him indecent books or maga lines. Murder having taken one of the two sons, we find that the remain ing one is just III. A Vagabond (w. 10-15). Judgment for sin made Cain a wanderer and a fugitive. Never would he be able to get away from the cry of his brother's blood (v. 10). No wonder he said he could not bear it. But notice that his cry was not one of repentance or contrition, but only of fear, of retribution. So God shows mercy, forbidding the Judgment of men upon Cain. Vengeance belongs to God, and in this first murder He reserved judg ment to Himself. Later He put upon man the responsibility of judging and punishing murder by death (Gen. 9:6), but here He put His pro tecting hand on Cain. Yet, to be a fugitive, with no real abiding place on earth, and every man's hand against him, was in deed a heavy punishment. One could have wished that it had brought repentance, but it did not May none of us go the way of Cain 'A: -s jL Pattern No. 7308 "PHE hat's a darling in two col A ors and there's a big roomy purse, too all crocheted in plia ble straw yarn! Turn these out in a twinkling! Pattern 7308 contains directions for hat and purse: illustrations of them and stitches: materials needed. 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