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PAGE TWO THE BEAUFORT NEWS. BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1912 WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Experts Call U. S. Attacks on Solomons 'Upset to All Jap Strategy in Pacific; Nazis Pay Dearly for New Advances As Russ Succeed in Blasting Oil Wells (EDITOR'S NOTE : Whm opinion! are txprrsstd in these columns, the? are those of Western Newspaper Inion's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) Released by Western Newspaper Union. UPSET: To Jap Strategy Aerial support from captured land based airdromes was aiding the U. S. marines as they extended their footholds gained in the Solomon Is lands. This important step marked the second major phase of U. S. military and naval activity aimed at driving the Japs forever from the southwest Pacific. When this first American offensive of the Pacitic war opened, planes from General MacArthur's forces in Australia were the only land based craft which could aid the operation. Now, however, the manr.es had pushed far enough forward to oper ate seized airfields. Chief objective of the lons-planned and complicated offensive in the Solomons was TuUno, where the Japs had been profitably using a large harbor for raids on United Nations shipping lanes to Australia, lhat this menace had been over come to some degree was indicated by the lack of Jap reports on such shipping. This looked too as if Jap reinforcements for their Solomon forces had cither been swept out of the sector or had been pushed near to Australia and thus subjected to attack from that direction. Another objective for the United Nations in the Solomons had been Guadacanal, one of the few islands suitable for a good-sized airfield. Even as the marines blasted for ward to these targets, warplanes un der the command of General Mac Arthur were pounding unmercifully at Jap-held points nearer Australia. On New Britain, Rabaul, junction of the Jap aerial lifeline to the Coral sea and New Guinea, was pounded constantly. Likewise on New Guinea, Salamaua was a prize ob jective of the bombings. RUSSIAN OIL: Proves Hard to Get The loss of another Caucasus oil city to the Germans was admitted in a Russian communique which stated that Maikop had fallen, but only after "equipment . . . and all supplies of oil were evacuated in time and the oil establishments themselves were made completely unusable." The application of Russia's fa mous scorched earth policy was told in the communique. "The German Fascists who expected with the cap ture of Maikop to enrich themselves TIMOSHENKO Set for new tactics. at the expense of Soviet oil have miscalculated. They did not get the Soviet oil and will not get it." Evidence that huge air battles were being waged about the Russian front from the Caucasus to the north came with the official report that during the previous week the Nazis had lost 369 planes against 241 So viet planes lost. New tactics were being employed by the Germans in the battle for Stalingrad. Self-propelled artillery was coupled with tanks and motor ized infantry to crack Soviet lines. But Marshal Simeon Timoshenko had had time to mass artillery to oppose the enemy. The report admitted that the Nazis had made a minor gain by hammer ing a wedge into the advance de fense positions of one infantry regi ment on the Kletskaya front. How ever, a Russian infantry unit report ed fighting northeast of Kotelnikovo was said to have repulsed several Nazi attacks and then routed a Ru manian regiment. HIGHLIGHTS DISEMBARKED: Nazi radio re ports claimed that a number of U. S. ships disembarked American troops at "various ports throughout Iraq." This was unconfirmed by of ficial U. S. dispatches. NOISELESS: A noiseless propel ler which eliminates the hum that submarines use to detect ships has been perfected by a Scottish scientist. Bllrl''rvv'"'"-0-JA'l SECOND FRONT: Time Is Short Those thousands of people all over the world who have been clamoring for a "second front" to aid the hard pressed Russians and overthrow Hit ler, received a hint of the urgency of preparations going on for such a program when Lieut. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, commander of U. S. army forces in the European thea ter told a press conference that "the time is short." Said the general: "Training in all its phases must be intensive. This is true first be cause time is short, second be cause the problems we have demand the ultimate in trained personnel, and third because our men must be toughened and hardened physically to stand the most rigorous opera lions." This, coupled with his "time short" statement, indicated to ob LIEUT. GEN, DWIGHT EISENHOWER "Time ii short." servers that General Eisenhower's attitude reflected the feeling in many unofficial circles to the effect that a second front is needed at the earliest possible moment and also that the British have found the Germans to be a tough and hardy foe. MOSLEMS SPEAK: On Cooperation It the British continue to sacrifice Moslems' interests in seeking peace with the Hindu-dominated All-India Congress party, it will mean the end of co-operation between 80,000,000 Moslems and the British empire. That warning was uttered by Mo hammed Ali Jinnah, leader of the All-India Moslem league, which has not participated in Mohandas K Gandhi's passive resistance cam paign for immediate Indian inde' pendence. Although the Moslems are a mi nority in the Indian population, they have contributed far more than their share of men to the 1,000,000 guarding against an expected at tack by the Japanese. Jinnah, in a press conference, ex plained his position thus: In his capacity as leader of the Moslem league, he offered at the beginning of the war to co-operate with the British. This assurance has been given many times. But, he said, the Congress party, consisting mostly of Hindu political elements (and a minority of Moslem repre sentation) consistently has refused to co-operate. Because of this, the British have attempted to satisfy the Hindus with more and more offers of a part in the government. Each concession, he pointed out, weakens the Moslems' strength while build ing that of the Hindus. JAP NAVAL LOSSES: 'Five Times Ours' In face of ridiculous Japanese claims in the southwestern Pacific, Adm. Arthur J. Hepburn, new chair man of the navy's general board, announced that Jap naval losses since the start of the war have been possibly five times as great as those of the United States, including losses at Pearl Harbor. "Their losses in tonnage have been several times ours, perhaps as great as five times as much," Hep burn stated. That includes Pearl Harbor. Most of the damage done there has been repaired. "And one thing you want to re member is that we are very con servative in our claims. When we say a ship is sunk, she's sunk." in the week's news HOT WATER: Hot water ration ing for New York was the word from the office of Mayor F. H. La Guardia, who said that some sort of plan must be worked out to con serve fuel. Under a suggested plan hot water would be available only between certain hours. "And even during those hours tenants should be willing to accept only warm wa ter," he said. hi, "i ii i jfti ir TRANSPORTATION: Peak Load Ahead Defense Transportation Chief Jo seph B. Eastman warned that with the fall opening of schools and col leges, local transportation systems will face their heaviest load In his tory. "Walking a little farther to the bus stop, strap hanging and other Jf f JOSEPH B. EASTMAN "Strap lumaiiig . . . A necessity." minor inconveniences are fast be coming patriotic necessities," he de clared. When the peak of the load comes in mid-September, he said, busses and street cars will be carrying 40 per cent more passengers than a year ago. For the most part this will be due to curtailment of private automobile use and the increasing demands of war workers. WAR DEPARTMENT: Marshall Upped In a move designed to further speed the war effort, the duties of the office of chief of staff, now filled by Gen. George C. Marshall, were redefined by regulations making him an "executive" under the President. For the first time in history the army chief of staff became "the ex ecutive through whom the President, as commander-in-chief, exercises his functions in relation to strategy, tactics and operations." Some observers saw in the move a possibility that General Marshall would be tied to Washington to transmit presidential orders to the armies abroad. At the war department, spokes men interpreted the change as an official recognition of an accom plished fact. It was pointed out that field commanders already had been appointed; General Eisenhower in Europe, General MacArthur in Aus tralia, General Emmons in Hawaii, General DeWitt in the West and General Drumm on the East coast. SHIP LAUNCHING: Dad Neics for Axis An answer to the challenge of the Axis' submarine campaign resound ed in the waters along the Maine coast when six cargo ships totaling 61,000 tons and two .destroyers to help protect them from U-boats took to the Atlantic in a single day in a mass launching that broke all rec ords for the shipbuilding yards near Portland. One after another six new mer chantmen built for the British Pur chasing commission were christened and floated from constuction basins to start the day's celebration. Two of these had required only 48 days' building time. The other four took 61 days. As tugs pulled out the new cargo ships, the berths were immediately made ready for keels of five more. The two new destroyers were the Conway and the Cony. The crowd present at the launchings heard Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, Unit ed States Maritime commission chairman, challenge the Axis to sink our ships faster than they are built. NAZI EXECUTIONS: Dutch Are Stubborn Nazi ferocity was visited on Occu pied Holland when Heinrich Himm ler's Gestapo executioners killed their first hostages in the Nether lands. The victims were five promi nent Dutch citizens. The executions were in reprisal for the wrecking of a train carrying "second front" Ger-. man troops to the European coast. This summary action by the Nazis was regarded by some observers as evidence of their anxiety over the Allies' projected second front. The killings followed a Gestapo pattern already well imprinted on Occupied France and Czecho-Slovakia, The traditional stubbornness of the Dutch in refusing to meet the Germans' demand that the train wreckers be caught and turned over to them, was evidence, too of the spirit of revolt ready to flame when United Nations' land operations reach Continental Europe. Further reprisal executions loomed as the Nazis held nearly all of Hol land's social and intellectual leaders as hostages in dingy prisons. U. S. AIRMEN: Raid France Flying with a Canadian squadron, United States army airmen made a long raid over France, and, with the British Royal Air force, partici pated in convoy patrols and inter ception sorties, a communique an nounced. The raid over France was looked upon as an educational flight in preparation for the time when Unit ed States fliers will make independ ent raids on the Axis. f WW--- i 1 f I V"Tj"- I A," I w j i -... t It " N"-1 yihiffimfifhtx I s'e-sA flft l..l MMIIlI-h I Ml II 1 1 m 1 1 I lo3JL? I r .g Washington, D. WOMEN INFLUENCE HISTORY All through history, from Helen of Troy to the Duchess of Windsor, women have influenced the tides of fate. And if it had not been for a woman in the life of Gen. Douglas MacArthur he probably would not have been in a position to perform his heroic defense of tfie Philip, pines and command Australia today. Just after the last war, the bell of Washington society was vivacious Louise Brooks, step-daughter of the millionaire Edward T. Stotesbury, a partner of J. P. Morgan. She was the toast of Washington. General Pershing, just returned from France, was one of her most devoted attend ants. Admiral Beatty, hero of the battle of Jutland, was another. Once, after a dinner at Mrs. Mar shall Field's both Pershing and Beatty escorted Louise to her car, nearly had an altercation over who was to take her home. But General MacArthur, then su perintendent of West Point, stepped in and married the lady. Shortly thereafter, General Pershing, not at all happy over MacArthur's vic tory, transferred him to the Philip pines. . MacArthur and his wife were sta tioned in the Philippines for several years. And although the marriage later ended in divorce, it was Mac- Arthur's tour of duty in Manila which acquainted him with Filipino leaders and later brought about his return as field marshal of the Philip pine army. BORED BY WASHINGTON As a reward for selling $25,000 worth of war savings bonds and stamps, Delbert Hudson, Reno, Nev., newsboy, recently was given a free trip to the nation's capital by the Kiwanis club. For several days young Delbert led the life of Riley. He was entertained by Vice Presi dent Wallace, U. S. senators and high treasury officials. He lived in an expensive hotel, toured all the showplaces and polished off numer ous ice cream sodas. "Well, Delbert," asked Sen. Pat McCarran of Nevada when it was all over, "what do you like best about Washington?" "My bed," yawned Delbert, "I'm tired." SOLOMON ATTACK A TEST Inside fact about the attack on the Solomon islands is that it was very carefully planned six weeks in ad vance, and was different from any other naval action in the Pacific. U. S. naval raids on the Gilbert and Marshall islands were hit and run affairs. There our navy had no idea of enemy strength, but de pended on quick surprise hits and speedy withdrawal. In the battle of the Coral sea also, we were able to take the Japs by surprise. And in the battle of Mid way, we knew the enemy was com ing, while the Japs did not know we knew. But in the Solomon islands battle, our reconnaissance planes had made advance surveys and we knew fair ly accurately the size of the enemy knew also that we were up against a tough job that would exact heavy cost. There is every reason to believe, too, that the Japs knew about our preparations, because troop trans ports cannot be loaded and brought within striking distance without ene my scouting planes sighting them. The-efore, this was a real test in more ways than one. For instance, this was the first time land, air and sea forces all have co-operated in a single strik ing force. Upon the final outcome of that co operation will depend whether the United States follows the advice of many high army-navy strategists and concentrates more on the Pa cific than on Europe. BRITAIN'S FUTURE A U. S. official, back from Lon don, tells of standing in line for breakfast at the Hotel Waldorf. Just ahead of him he heard an English lady say: "After this war is over, we'll have to fight a war of independence to save ourselves from becoming the 49th state of the United States." This semi-good-natured, semi grousing attitude, according to Americans returned from London, is rather typical of the apprehension which exists as to what will happen to Britain after the war. There is no hostility in this, but a realistic awareness that the war is strengthening United States ties, and weakening British ties, with Australia, Canada and Africa. MERRY-GO-ROUND C Not satisfied with 100 per cent par ticipation in the war savings cam paign, the doughboys bought a $23 bond for their mascot, "Blackout," a tiny black dog . . . When "Black out's" bond comes due, U19 money will go to the SPCA. C. Even the lepers are suffering from the shipping shortage. The high com missioner of Guadeloupe, French West Indies, has asked U. S. assist ance to get 300 kilograms of chaul moogra oil from Brazil, needed for treating lepers. c. By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union, "rVfOW that Vera Zorina has been removed from the role of "Maria" in "For Whom the Bell Tolls," and Ingrid Bergman has been as signed to it, a lot of people are much happier. The role seems made for Miss Berg man. The change wasn't made without a struggle; ex tra tests were made after the first few days' work, but fin ally out came the dancer. Paramount announces that this did not in any way impair the star's career, and put Somerset Maugham's "The Hour Before Dawn" into preparation for her. Metro's talking about opening "Seven Sisters" simultaneously In America's seven most roman tic cities; If you think yours is one of them, they ask you to send in statistics! Of course, Savannah, Charleston and New Orleans ought to be on the list. But let's hope that they won't ignore smaller towns when they make their decision, the ones thai are really representative of modern American life. When Katharine Hepburn made her first picture, "A Bill of Divorce ment," Adelyn Doyle was her stand- in. When Adelyn married, her sis ter Patricia took over the job. Pat KATHARINE HEPBURN mnrried, and Miss Hepburn recently began "Keeper of the Flame" with Katharine Doyle as stand-in. There are two more Doyle sisters, so it looks as if the supply would last as long as the star's in the movie busi ness. Remember David Niven? Nigel Bruce, working in "Journey for Margaret," had a letter from him saying that he's now a major in England's armed forces. And Rob ert Montgomery has been promoted by Uncle Sam's navy from com mander to squadron commander. Alice Faye will return to the screen soon after more than six months' absence, to do a musical picture called "Hello, Frisco, Hel lo." It's another of those costume pictures she must be getting sort of tired of them with a story laid in 1900. When Connie Boswell sings "He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings" it's more than just a song to her. It's a salute to her young brother-in-law, Ben Leedy, a flier-to-be sta tioned at Mitchel Field. If you've seen her work you'll recall him, rushing out of the wings to lift her into her wheel chair, hurrying out again to take her off stage. She sings it as often as she can on the Friday "Caravan" show. The kitten, "Zero," heard fre quently on "Those We Love" broad casts, is played by that very ver satile actress, Virginia Sale. She also portrays the principal role oi "Martha" in the drama scries. You've seen her in pictures. For weeks Phil Baker had URO headquarters in New York search ing for service men named Baker wanted them for his anniversary and birthday broadcast of August 23, when only persons named Baker could take part in "Take It Or Leave It." Celebrities who qualified were numerous enough, starting with Bonnie, Benny, Kenny and Belle. But the program was in complete without men In uniform. June Havoc caught the mumpi from her young daughter, April, and promptly exposed the entire company of "My Sister Eileen" to them; hadn't the faintest idea she had them. She says she looked as if she were wearing a small balloon for a necktie. Jack Briggs is going to find "Seven Miles From Alcatraz" es pecially interesting, if he gets a chance to see it. The young RKO contract player enlisted in the ma rines as soon as he was 21; a week later he told his family and the studio what he'd done on the very day that RKO announced him for a pair of important roles in "Ladies' Day" and "Seven Miles From Al catraz." He just had time to finish the for mer when he had to report for active duty. j i'SSS 'iiS i: : r ! 1 J Back -to -School JLi ac o . ui oman, Bv CHERIE CO FAR as the "clothes" program is concerned, exciting moments are ahead for teen-aged school girls and their collegiate sisters. The new styles fascinate with their refresh ing originality, their bright and lovely colors and their altogether different outlook from that of past seasons. There's just one thrill after an other in promise for those assem bling back-to-school wardrobes, one of the "thrillingest" of which is the acceptance of cotton as smart and wearable for fall and winter. It took wartime scarcity of other fibers to break down the tradition that cotton is just for warm-weather wear or for the workaday house dress and such. Actually cottons can be warm as well as cool. Now that fashion has grown keen ly cotton conscious, new uses of it are being played up which hold promise of surprises and exciting in terest for everybody A new order of experience is awaiting school far ing Youngsters in that they are going to have the fun of selecting a com plete wardrobe expressed in terms of cotton from start to finish. The new fall cottons are of such tremen dous scope they take in every phase of school fashion as seen in coats, suits, dresses, accessories and lin gerie. The cotton fabric list includes corduroys, velveteens, twills, whip cords, black poplins, ginghams, homespuns and challis. Not only are the new fall and win ter cotton weaves breathtaking in their colors (especially the new vel veteens and corduroys), but the new style developments are so outstand ingly different in technique there isn't going to be a dull moment in the entire procedure of getting a smart and practical back-to-school wardrobe together. Each of the fashions pictured in the above illustration serves as a prophecy of what is to be in the way of smart fall trends. Considering these styles from the viewpoint of the wearers themselves young Miss America shown to the left in the Barbecue Dirndl Now that backyard barbecue par ties are so popular on the home entertaining program, designers are creating fashions that are pictorial ly perfect for the occasion. This winsome outfit is of cotton percale in a quaint print. It has a square neckline, puifed sleeves and corselet lacing up the blouse front. The dirndl skirt is protected by a cute apron with capacious pockets. h ; 1 -f Mtei , 3WBil it -1' M " ft " 5- k'frr?'" Wit f - t'j frr4 ' I "p jP $ Sif e "'few v' I I s ; - tMm : J i hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinr rv , rlM v- 1 f to iilirt r ' "1 j i ii Li Clothes Made r 1 n.AM. . '1 rracucai iouons NICHOLAS . - i group is probably soliloquizing in this wise "I hope I'll be as smart in courses as I am about clothes, because I really think I'd made the dean's list if my cotton whipcord bolero suit with braid outlining the jacket and cuffs and velveteen col lar could count for credit! Well, I'm on my way to a lecture but I have a feeling I'm going to have a time of it keeping my mind from wandering off into thoughts of the jigger coat I've ordered made of one of the new priority fleeces woven on cotton backing and cunningly lined with bright quilted cotton suit ing." "Now what do I need for my next class (bright girl centered in the picture speaking)? My clothes ought to help the intelligent impres sion I'm going to make, because they are so right for the campus and show I used my head in choosing washable cottons. My jumper is green pinwale corduroy with a chic dirndl-like skirt and handy slash pockets, and my woolly cotton blouse is inspiringly cheerful in col or. I'm so glad jumper dresses are 'the style' for with blouse changes a jumper dress is a whole wardrobe in one. I'm finding a lot of satis faction in knowing that the plaid I'm wearing washes Must like npw ' ' and my pinwale corduroy skirt goes through a soap-and-water beauty treatment as nice as you please!" "I'm starting my sophomore year," says Miss Collegiate to the right in the group, "and after two semesters in college I know what's what, what's done and what's worn, such as my peasant corduroy skirt slipped over guess what? A cotton challis play suit for lounging around! I adore the slenderizing lines of this play suit cut princess bodice-and-shorts fashion. Don't you think the challis has a cunning rose pattern ing? Be sure to notice the full looking skirt with intriguing pockets which looks as if it took yards and yards, but designers are clever these days about using not even an inch of material over the amount allowed under WPB regulations. They've learned to get maximum fullness with minimum yardage." Released by Western Newspaper Union. Felt Hats Crowned By Dizzy Heights The most noticeable thing about the new felt hats is their crowns, which mount to dizzy heights. To add to their spectacular rise in the world they are manipulated into fan tastic shapes which are breathtak ing in their daring and their origi nality. Designed to be worn with suits are small cloche brims with tall taper ing crowns, some with self-bow ac cents, others having their outlines softened with gracefully dangling tassels. Feathers galore will also adorn the new hats. Vnn far, . n plumage turbans, or, if it's a huge felt beret you are wearing, it has more than likely taken on a spec tacular coq sweep in vivid coloring. Felts also are taking on intriguing crochet accents. Colors important in millinery displays include salute blue, commando tan, Australian green and a goodly showing of gray. Tip to Toe A costume formula that is in for a tremendous vogue calls for a suit made up of a velveteen skirt topped with a cardigan velvet jacket. Car ry with this one of the new velve teen drawstring pouch bags, and be sure that the velveteen bumper-beret you wear matches, too. You can carry the ensemble out in mono tone color or contrast matching bag and hat with the suit.
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