Washington. D. C.
PLANS FOB PACIFIC WAR
It has all been kept very hush
bush, but top army officials have
made a vitally important decision
on war production alter Germany’s
defeat
Original war production scheduled
called for a 40 per cent cutback
after Germany caves in, permitting
a vast reconversion program and
the early production of automobiles,
refrigerators, radios and other goods.
However, the army plus WPBig
wigs have now decided to keep the
war machine rolling full tilt not cut*
ting back any but a few items until
Japan is defeated. v
Behind the vital decision Is an
important new plan to speed
victory in the Pacific. Confi
dential war department surveys
disclosed that it would take
over a year to return European
veterans, together with their
equipment, much of it geared
for winter rather than tropical
fighting. Allied shipping short
ages would make it a long Job
to crate, sort, repair and re
ship heavy equipment from the
Atlantio to the Pacific.
In addition, the army survey dis
closed that a lot of European equip
ment will be obsolete for Pacific
fighting; would have to be rebuilt,
taking valuable time. Instead, the
new plan calls for bringing the men
back at once, issuing them new
equipment specifically designed for
Far Eastern combat. Later, the
army will bring back overseas war
gear and use it for Pacific replace
ments.
This should speed final blows
against Japan, and shorten the Far
Eastern war by many months.
As a result, 1945 production sched
ules will probably be a billion dol
lars higher than those of 1944. The
war department, which had a pile
of telegrams two feet high cancel
ing war contracts to be sent out the
day Germany is licked, has now
culled through them and may. only
cancel a few dozen orders.
MacARTHUR AND MARINES
The boys in the Pacific long have
known about the rivalry between
General MacArthur and the U. S.
navy. Many are the wisecrack*
about MacArthur and the U. S. ma
rines, land army of the navy. How
ever, in only one case so far as is
known, has MacArthur ever come
up against one of these jokes face
to face.
It happened on one of the Philip
pine islands a few days after it was
taken and when MacArthur was in
specting a battery of marine artil
lery. Solemnly, he passed from gun
to gun, making no comment.
Then suddenly as he came to one
gun, be turned on the marine lieu
tenant in command and let loose
the most terrific dressing-down that
young officer ever had received.
The air was smoky with expletives.
The lieutenant at first stood be
wildered. The gun was carefully
polished. Everythin? was in place.
Then he looked a little closer. Be
side the gun an enlisted man had
placed a sign. It read:
"With the help of God and a
few marines,
MacArthur retakes the Philip
pines.”
'hie lieutenant thought at first that
he would be busted. But several
days passed and nothing happened.
He is now back in the United States
end the story can be told.
; INSURANCE LOBBY
^ The insurance lobby is headed for
trouble regarding its bill to exempt
insurance companies from the Sber
plan anti-trust act. It the lobbyists
aren’t careful they will get a White
House- veto.
The bill passed the senate in a
form which met with all-round ap
proval But hr the house, the in
Oltance lobby sharpened its ax and
quietly tacked on some amendments
which will not be acceptable either
to the White House or, probably, to
A majority at the senate. “Chief ef
fect of tho amendments was to make
ft impossible to revive the anti-trust
Act regarding insurance companies,
without a special act af congress.
Fair-minded Senator O'Mahoney
of Wyoming, who whs quite willing
to give die insurance companies a
reasonable compromise, will Qght
diis extra grab to the end. So will
a great many of his colleagues.
CAPITAL CHAFF
C General Franco’* controlled I
lab press baa been using the same
propaganda line as Hitler regard
ing the recast Big Three conference.
C Despite the fact that American
diplomatic relations with Lithu
ania hang by a thread, th% Lithu
anian delegation celebrated Lithu
anian Independence Day even after
the Nig Three, conference. ■
gyTbe war department’s G-3 or
*$ttary intelligence Je being na
organized again, partly, as a result
tf failures to spot Nazi troop concen
trations preparing lor the bulge at
lick. •' ’* ru
ftxhe Mexico City confab Is die
most sorrowful Pan-American con
ference In history for Dr. Leo 8.
jtpwe, benign, longtime director at
tbg Pan American onion. This is
znssrsssm-Ftt
ifr.1 Rowe saysr' *4 cannot
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Lend-Lease Mexican; Aviators Ready for Front
Photo above shows a croup of Mexican aviators, who have been trained with lend-lease funds and are
getting ready to move to the front to do their part against the Axis. This will be the tot aerial squadron
from Mexico to enter combat as well as the tot Mexican air unit to finish training in the United States under
lend-lease. They are shown in the air as weU as on the ground, where they studied mechanical operation.
War Vets Provided Variety of Recreation Centers
Shown above, the dininr won. of the Paris Grand Hotel, which hae been turned ever t£ the furlongbed
n.htinr men enjoying time out In Paris. Many convalescent sailors are beta* sent to TesCldite National park,
California. The Ahwahnee Hotel, a tourist resort operated by the Interior department, has been taken over
by the navy and used as a convalescent hospital.
Marines Use Land Based Rockets
Members of m marls* rocket platoon tote their equipment over rough
Beusalnvtlle terrain to the front lines. During this campaign, the lurst
In which land based rocket* were used, both rockets and portable
launchers were transported in much the same manner thstmachlne pins
are moved hits position darln* landings. A feature of these rockets is
that they do pet require a solid base from which to be fired.
f General Gets His Cookie Treat
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, in the Nambabeim tree, France, MaJ. Gem. Norman D. Cota, earn*
maadW general of the ZStb infantry division, accepts homemade cookie*
which Sgt. Joseph E. Bondi, Paris, Texas, bad Jost received from borne.
The 28th 1» wider the 21st V. *. corps, c
by MaJ. Gen. Trank
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Seven League Boots
Sea bee “Seven-League Boots,” aa
shows in aerial view of the attain*
a ted pontoon causeway, span oat by
the navy’s Seaheea to aM in bringing
additional supplies ashore daring the
invasion of the Philippine islands.
Seabees also boot airfields.
Will Attend Meet
Dean Virginia C. Gllderaleere Of
Barnard college win be the only
woman member of the U. 8. delega
tion to attend the United Nations
conference to bo beld at San Fran
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Notes of a Newspaper Man:
Hill, they tell you, happened at
thp Big S. conference* .\ . One eve
ning after dinner Roosevelt, Church*
ill and Stalin started speculating on
what nationality they’d prefer to be
if they couldn't be their own. . . ■
Churchill said: “If I couldn't be
British rd want to be American."
. . . Roosevelt said: “If I wasn’t
American, I'd be British.” ... Stalin
said: “If I wasn’t Russian I’d be
ashamed of myself!”
During the recent ran of the Thea
ter Guild’s “Embezzled Heaven,”
the star, Ethel Barrymore, was
rushed to the hospital with pneu
monia. ■ She was placed in "an oxy
gen tent-'. . President Roosevelt
and Winston Churchill were among
the many who sent posies and tele
grams, and for a few weeks every
one despaired of her pulling through.
. . . Finally, the worst was over and
the star was permitted to sit up in
bed and answer the phone. . . . The
first caller was the Guild’s TOeresa
Helburn.
“Hello," she cheerily said, “how’s
your cold?”
The ether night a Hungarian play
wright was told an actor had arrived
from Hungary. . . . “Do you know
him?*’ he was asked.
“Know him?” was the retort
“He’s my best friend. I hate him!”
Our recent paragraphs about
misplaced commas brought the
one about the London Daily Hall,
which has a reputation for' mak
ing fewest errors. ... All sorts
of editorial supervision was em
ployed—bonuses were offered the
staff to maintain the highest
standards, etc. But the Mail was
still less than perfect
Finally, the editor summoned
the staff and announced: “Here
after, the first copy win be print
ed on special stock and sent to
the King of England.”
Editorial blunders dropped M
per cent
A Texan in London was trying to
Impress some Britishers with the
size of his home state. “Do you
know.” he said, “that in Texas you
can bop on a railroad car at fi in
the morning and still be in Texas
after riding 24 hours?”
“We,” replied a Britisher, “have
trains like that In England, too.”
It happened at the premiere of
••One Man Show.” . . . The curtain
was up and a woman was making
a big to-do as she got into her seat,
hulling and pulling. ... Seated near
her was George Luddy, the Indian
bora author. ... He polished her off
neatly by audibly remarking: "Don’t
worry about her. She's so used to
the second balcony—that sitting in
the orchestra tonight has given her
the shakes.”
The exciting stories from Ma
- nfla- iaoludod the. one about an
American radio reporter who
was freed after th*ee years as
a Jap prisoner. He was forced
off the air one day as the Japs
entered the city. The other
.. Turning, said the papers, he re
sumed broadcasting this way:
"As Iwas saying when I was so
rudely interrupted—”
De Valera of Hire was arrest
ed while speaking at a street
meeting several years age.
When he was freed years later, -
his first statement was: "As I
was saying when I was so rude
ly interrupted—”
Mar rale Gfflmore, the actress,
was anxious to become a nurse's
•Mo but found she didn’t have
’enough stamina' for "the work—being
frightened by the sight of blood, etc.
So she compromised by becoming a
Grey Lady (one who reads to the
convalescent servicemen, etc.) . . .
Margate was telling Carolyn Burke
about her duties. . . . “Just what is
a Grey Lady?” asked Carolyn. ..
"A Grey Lady in my case,” said
Wrgain, “is a yellow nurse’s aide.”
There was "the time the late Alex
WooUcott was die victim of a type
setter's error. . . . The critic once
referred to a famous recitalist as
"a popular disuse.”
It came out:*'P6pular disease.”
Who erttio Bhcm owwel the
new play, “Hope tor the Best," he
waa no little flattered that the prin
cipal comedy line (used intermit*
tently throughout the three acta) waa
something he wrote many years ago.
It waa: “Something no wife can ever
understand, no matter if she Uvea
with the for 35 years. Is teat
a writer is working when ha la star
ing out of the window.”
A creep ef newspapermen were
gabbing about the current college
atoriee—the basketball scandal and
die race discrimination report on
dental colleges. One of the scribes
said:' "No matter stoat kind of a
college yam 1 write, I never have
to worry about my punch-line." . . ;i
"HowcumT” asked a chronJc-how
cumer.
‘1 Just write,” said the first news*
paper man, “ ‘Nicholas Murray Bub
ler. President of Columbia Univer
sity^ could not be reached tor. com
ment-V'?:- iai isotu <<*• ■
‘PLEASE PASS THE
BUFFALO!’
Buffalo meat la being put on the
market bi a fairly big way this win
ter. No points are required. The
meat is declared sweeter and just
as tender as beet' - - 1
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Maybe so, but we find it hard to
work up an appetite for a buffalo,
hungry as we are. This may be be
cause the nearest thing to a buffalo
we have ever had around the house
was a buffalo robe which came down
from Grandpa- Gideon. It never
looked as if it would taste good.
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Then, too, we have a sentimental
feeling about buffaloes. They look
so nloe in those Currier A Ives
hunting prints! We never could work
ourselves up to eating things out of
Currier A Ives prints for fear the
chef would get mixed up and cook
us up a curry of sleigh or a filet of
Central Park bobsledders.
But Grandpa Gideon was differ*
ent. He was a 100 per cent buffalo
steak man.
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He preferred It over bear meat,
but when hungry he would take a
bear. He never cared for restaurant
bear.- Grandpa Gideon was of pi*
oneer stock. He liked to go into the
woods and get bis own "b’ar meat.*'
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He would put on his leather stock
ings, his horsehide pants, take •
snorter and go right after the crit
ter. He was a sportsman and always
threw the small ones back. Grand
pappy used to grease his arms and
face so a bear's punches would slide
off. His only weapons were a corn
cob pipe and a bottle.
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He would go into a cave, light
his pipe and keep taking a sing out
of the bottle. He called this “smok
ing the b’ar out.” He had a code
of ethics and would never kill a
b’ar in Its own home. Once the ani
mal had all the smoke It could stand
and had started out of the cave,
Grandpa would withdraw 10 yards,
take his fighting stance and wait.
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But buffalo was his real dish.
There was more zest to getting one.
He would ride out into the plains
and shoot 'em with the bow and ar
row, scorning the feather or metal
lure. If the buffalo were running
■fnglL he would hunt them from a
bicycle When be was 80 years old
he attacked a herd by pogo stick
ah$ got three.
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Grandpa had a great recipe tor
buffalo meat It ran:
Use half a buffalo. Mince wen.
Pot Into n barrel and add M pounds
of butter, the whites of 4 dozen
eggs, I gallons of soar milk and a
few slabs of salt pork. Beat with a
paddle. Sprinkle with pepper, salt,
cinnamon, rock candy and sea sand.
Cover with a quart of brandy. Add
1 pound a<f raisins and a orate of
Bermuda Onions, diced. Flavor with
snuff and a Jigger of harness oil.
Cook overnight Leave the house
around daybreak and find some
place where they serve a good
bacon and egg order.
• • •
Baseball Boling
(“The ' President said baseball
could continue with certain ‘ifs’.”—
News item.)
An “Iffy” question baseball is.
With problems rather stiff;
Now only players can take part
When honestly “4-If.”
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Essential Men
Elmer TwitcheU thinks ballplayers
should find it simple to be classified
ip the new list of critical, industries.
He thinks the heavy hitters plain
ly come under the head of "provid
ers of belting” for instance, and also
“sheUackers.”
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Twirlers will find under the "Pe
troleum Industry” a clause that “pro
ducers of pitches” must be deferred.
And why can’t catchers and twirlers
both come under the exemption
granted to ‘.‘those making batteries.”
Umpires are clearly deferred, he
says, as "gatherers of gums and
barks” as well as "men engaged in
pest coptyoL”
Barefaced Bribery
“WANTED—Housekeeper; apart
ment, Locust Valley; one child; live
In or out; salary includes package
of cigarette* daily. Glen Pove 271
R."—Port Washington News.
The line forms an the right!
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Sign, for s flesh redaction estab
lishment: Come In for a Battle ef the
Bulges.'* ■ « <•••.,
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Conveirtiens ace going to be
curbed. Business is going from
badge tp worse.
Ala* It «et '
Little children 'round the feet -
Serve as mirrors hard to beat
Manners, morale, children detect
Bat It's faults, children reflect
tittle children 'roond the he
Make a man eat ef a Isaac.
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