WHAT’S BEHIND THE NAZI
DISASTER IN TUNISIA?
One of the startling features of the Axis defeat in
Tunisia was the rapidity with which the resistance of the
German armies collapsed. There had been much speculation'
about a “Dunkirk in reverse”; but the Nazi generals did not
even try such a venture in earnest. The explanations of this
sudden and rapid collapse, being offered by most of the
press, are rather superficial. Some say Tunisia shows that
the Nazis are not supermen; but every sensible person knew
that all along. Oothers state that Germans do not like to
fight when the odds are against them. The trouble with
such generalizations is that, though they answer everything,
they don’t explain anything. ^"
Tunisia was not the first defeat inflicted 6n the German
armies in this war. They had been beaten in Russia before.
In Tunisia, however, their resistance was much shorter and,
in every respect, much less energetic than that shown last
winter by their surrounded army at Stalingrad. There is
no reason to suppose that there was a marked difference in
military quality between the German army captured at Stal
ingrad and those troops which surrendered in Tunisia. There
is only one plausible explanation. The suddeness with which
the German army in Tunisia collapsed reveals that the de
terioration of morale is increasing steadily among the Ger
man soldiers.
THE LABOR PRESS
Year in and year out, the labor press presents the
case for unionism in plain, convincing terms. To the labor
press must go much of the credit for public education on
labor matters in the last 60 years, and for the changed
public sentiment now reflected in legislative and popular
recognition of labor’s right to organize and strive for bet
ter conditions.
“COWARDS DIE A THOUSAND TIMES BEFORE
THEIR DEATHS; THE VALIANT NEVER TASTE OF
DEATH BUT ONCE.”
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Duncan J. Gillis, a member of the
working—fighting Seabees and mem
ber of Iron Workers’ Local 25, De
troit, Mich., of International Associa
tion of Bridge, Structural and Orna
mental Iron Workers (A. F. of L.),
has been cited for bravery while serv
ing on Guadalcanal and has been
awarded the Silver Star medal of the
Navy.
Gillis, a shipfitter, was among the
first Seabees to land at Guadalcanal
last summer and remained there five
months. He was cited for his action
during heavy Navy gunfire when he
risked his life to extricate and carry
to safety seven men who had been
trapped under debris after explosion
of a shell. Gillis left the safety of his
own shelter to aid his comrades.
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We must now prepare to help our
returning citizen soldiers become the
bulwark of a new and better day;
otherwise, the reactionary demago
gues will make them the backbone of
fascism or drive them into the camp
of some other hue of totalitarianism.
WANT TO WRITE TO SERVICEMEN
The Office of War Information offers these pointers for
homefolks writing to soldiers, sailors, and marines—based
on suggestions gathered in a survey among servicemen at
home and overseas, in cooperation with the Special Service
Division of the Army Service Forces:
TELL HIM:
1. How the family is doing everything possible to help in the war.
2. How anxious the family is for the boy’s return.
3. How well and busy the family is. Give details.
4. How the family is getting along financially.
5. What’s doing in the community: news about girls (single) he
knows, doings of friends, who’s marrying whom, exploits of the home
team and other sports events, social doings, effects of the war on the
home town. Reminisce a little about past events and places the boy
used to visit. Enclose clippings from the home-town paper.
DON’T TELL HIM:
1. Your troubles. He has troubles of his own.
2. Your complaints. He can’t do anything about them.
3. About things you are deprived of. He can’t supply them.
4. Doleful predictions about the future. He’s fighting for that
future—now.
5. Unnecessary details about financial troubles. If there are
things he should know about family finances, and he is in a position
to do something about the situation, tell him. But don’t string it out.
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NORTH CAROLINA
MECKLENBURG COUNTY
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
Walter Jabez Gulledge Jr., Plaintiff, vs.
Elizabeth Church Southard Gulledge. Defend
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before-- 1943, and answer
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the plaintiff will apply to the court for the
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This the 16th day of June, 1943.
J. LESTER WOLFE,
Clerk of the Superior Court
Mecklenburg County.
June 17, 24, July 1, 8.
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