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AN INSIDE STORY
Here is the inside story on what
happened in all the fuss and furore
over the Free French seizure of the
two tiny North Atlantic islands of
St. Pierre-Miquelon.
The story illustrates a very im
portant point: That U. S.-British for
eign policy has got to pull closer to
gether in the future, and that state
department officials might have
thought twice about slapping Brit
ish policy in the face—especially at
a time when Winston Churchill was
sitting in the White House working
on plans for closer Anglo-American
co-ordination.
The crux of the situation was that
the radio stations on these tw’o
French islands long have been sus
pected of giving information to
Vichy—and then to Berlin—on Brit
ish convoys crossing the North At
lantic; also on Britain-bound bomb
ers hopping off from Newfoundland. !
French fishing vessels from St. ;
Pierre-Miquelon cruise all over the |
Newfoundland banks and are in an j
excellent position to observe Allied |
activity in this vital part of the At- |
lantic. More recently, Nazi submar j
rines have been prowling closer to
U. S. shores and it was suspected
they might be getting information—
or even supplies—from the fishing
vessels.
So the British gave the nod to
General DeGaulle to move into the
islands. In fact they even let his as
sociate, Vice Admiral Muselier, take
three French corvettes to do the
job. There was no great secret
about it, for Admiral Muselier
stopped in Canada to talk to Ca
nadian Naval Minister Angus Mac-
Donald, and also picked up some
American newspaper men to wit
ness the taking over of the two is- j
lands.
•SO-CALLED’ FREE FRENCH
However, on the morning Admiral
Muselier placed the Free French
flag on St. Pierre-Miquelon, Secre
tary Hull, getting the news at his !
breakfast table, hurried to the state i
department and OK’d a scathing '
statement, castigating the “so
called” Free French.
This upset the British considera
bly, because they had been encour
aging the French people to think of
the Free French not as a "so-called”
government, but as a government
more truly free and representative 1
of the French people than Vichy.
Also it upset the Jugoslavs, the '
Dutch, the Greeks and a lot of oth
er “so-called” governments which
have been maintaining headquarters
in London and have been calling
themselves the real governments of
their countries—even though in
exile.
However, Secretary Hull seemed
to be even more upset than the Brit
ish. He had made a deal with
Vichy’s Admiral Robert in Marti
nique a few days before, by which
Admiral Robert was to keep an eye j
on St. Pierre-Miquelon. And he felt
this agreement should be kept. So,
his Tennessee dander up, Mr. Hull
cabled U. S. Ambassador Winant in
London to take up the matter with
the British government.
Ambassador Winant, in turn, went
to Malcolm MacDonald, minister of
colonies, who was upset that the
United States and Britain should
be working at cross-purposes, and
telephoned his friend Lord Beaver
brook back in Washington to have
Churchill straighten the matter out
with Roosevelt.
By that time, Sam Reber, in the
state department, had telephoned R.
E. Barclay of the British embassy
wanting to know what the British
were up to, and every Anglo-Ameri
can co-ordinator seemed to be in
every other Anglo-American co-ordi
nator’s hair.
What the President said to his
secretary of state is their secret,
but in the end Mr. Hull adopted a
milder tone toward the Free French
and is working out a compromise
agreement with the Canadians.
The crux of the controversy, of
course, is that Mr. Hull still be
lieves in appeasing Vichy, and the
British gave that up long ago.
The British say that General De-
Gaulle did most of the fighting for
the Allied cause in Syria, while
Vichy, in resisting, killed many Brit
ish troops. So they are going to
stick with DeGaulle.
But whichever side is right—the
British or Secretary Hull—it might
pay to work out some teamwork in
advance.
• • •
MERRY-GO-ROUND
Lend-lease officials were puzzled
by a British request for “horn and
hoof meal” manufactured from dead
cattle—until they learned it was ex
cellent for extinguishing incendiary
bombs.
Most staggering lend-lease request
was for one railroad—complete with
locomotives and freight cars. The
order has been filled, and shipped
off to Iran.
Before buying cloth for army rain
coats, the quartermaster depot in
Philadelphia tests it with a machine
that creates an artificial rain storm.
For military reasons details can't
be revealed, but the U. S. is pro
ducing an anti-aircraft gun that is
more powerful and deadly than any
now in use in the army. The new
weapon is designed to combat strat
osphere bombers.
'T'HE army, the navy, the air force
and the marines are looking in
one main direction for their re
cruits. This direction is toward the ;
athlete who is supposed to be—who
ought to be—in physical condition, 1
plus the alertness he has drawn j
from competitive sport. This means
above all, the football players. After
this comes baseball players, basket- |
ball players, fighters and track
men.
We have received some complaint
that too many sports writers are
trying to place the main burden on j
athletes, especially well-known ath- i
letes.
This is where the main burden
belongs. It is only natural that a
country should look to its young
men trained in sport, above any
other class, when war arrives. 1
These young men make—or should
make—the best service material,
with something to spare. They
should be much more physically fit
than others who have had no such
chance to get in such fine shape.
Competition is supposed to de
velop the form of alertness needed in
( war—especially football competi- |
tion, where one has to think and
act in a hurry.
Most of these now in sport—and
not yet in the service—have re
ceived unusual recognition from
their country in the w r ay of headline
and radio tribute. Also, in the way
of financial rewards.
More will be expected from our
athletes than from any other class.
These happen to be better equipped
to serve, and only the most vital
reasons should keep them from re
membering this line—" But when
the bugles sounded war—they put
their games away.”
‘ Don't Wait Too Long ’
1 recall the sound advice that
Maj. Swede Larson, late excellent
navy football coach, gave a promi
nent gridiron star before we were
j in the war—as we are now.
“Please don’t wait too long before
; enlisting,” Swede said. “I don’t be
lieve the country at large is going
to like famous athletes, still young,
Bi I
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MAJOR SWEDE LARSON
cleaning up in other lines. Some
form of the service needs men like
you—needs them badly. We need
what you can give us in a personal
way. We need your example even
more. So I’m asking you again not i
to make the mistake of waiting too |
long.”
Again the final verse of Winfred
Lett’s war poem came back to us— t
“God bless you happy gentle
men, who laid your good
lives down—
Who took the khaki and the
gun, in place of cap and
gown.
God bring you to a fairer place
than even Oxford town.”
Big Time Over
Once again big-time sport for |
spectators is all through until the i
war is over—and won.
When men like Colin Kelly are
diving at Japanese warships and
dying—when a few marines proved
what marines are at Wake island,
the broken-field runner and the
blocking back and the charging
tackle are badly overshadowed. j
The nation expects football play
ers to put their games away—as
far as all available for service are
concerned. It is up to these men in
sport—the younger men—to prove j
that competitive sport—that big
time sport—has a purpose to serve
beyond publicity and gate receipts.
This doesn’t mean just a small
percentage. It means an over
whelming majority. It doesn’t mean
exemption through flat feet or some
minor physical detail. It doesn’t
mean dependencies, unless it is a
matter of dire need.
Another Problem
“I have tried to get in both army
j and navy,” a certain well-known
athlete writes, “but have been
turned down on account of de
fective eyesight. I have done my
best. Yet I can see people looking
at me queerly, wondering why I am
not in some service. I am not alone
in this respect. There are many,
many others. Isn’t there some way
the war or navy department could
give us a button that will show we
have at least tried to get in? It is
too much to keep explaining. ”
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, PERRY, GEORGIA
HITLER AND THE DOCTOR
“I’m feeling very funny,”
Said Adolf in disgust;
i “You’d better fetch a doctor—
And get one I can trust!”
A doctor came arunning.
And cried, "You sick! Ah, me!
This news is most amazing—
I thought YOU couldn't be!”
i
i “No small talk,” barked Der Fueh
rer,
“Just get to work, and quick!
I’m just as dazed as you are
To find I CAN be sick!”
! “What seems to be the matter?”
The doctor did implore;
“You’re asking me!” snapped
Adolf—
“ That’s what you’re summoned
for!”
“Stick out your tongue,” the doctor
Requested (and we quote);
Der Fuehrer sadly did so . . .
And, boy, was that a COAT!
• • •
It plainly showed a fevex,
And stomach all upset;
i “It was that Russian dressing,
And other things he ‘et.’ ”
1 It showed grave indigestion,
And bile disturbance, too;
It showed amazing symptoms
Of ailments far from few.
, It showed clear indications
Of major gluttony—
Of ulcerous ambitions
And chronic treachery.
It showed some bladder trouble—
(No blight could that tongue i
hide);
“Your spleen’s bad,” said the doc- i
tor,
“Your trouble’s deep inside!”
“Your arches they are falling,
Your kidneys aren’t good . . .
I don’t think you’ve been doing
Exactly as you should!”
» • •
Der Fuehrer’s eyes were bulg
ing—
His nerves seem torn apart,
And now the doctor whispered,
“I’ll listen to your heart.”
* • 0
He listened and he listened,
He listened everywhere,
He listened most intently—
But heard no ticking there!
The doctor said: “Your heart, sir ...
I hear no beat, alas!”—
And Adolf answered, sneering,
“I have no heart, you ass!”
• • •
i The doctor was befuddled,
He took another look
; At Adolf’s tongue deep coated
And wrote this for the book:
I “His uniform this patient
Once said he’d never doff,
But one thing I can tell him—
THAT COAT HE MUST TAKE
I OFF!”
♦ • •
The Russians captured a carload i
| of iron crosses marked “For pres- j
| entation after the capture of Mos
: cow” the other day. Maybe the
| Nazis would now like to mark the
| whole Russian campaign “Opened
by mistake.”
. . .
OF ALL THINGS!
“The speaker told the audience
that America should develop a
| cheerful-sounding air raid warning.
I Victory chimes were suggested.— |
i News item.
This seems eligible for the
I Baloney of the Year Award. Amer
| leans are complacent and cocky
| enough without trying to provide an
air raid signal with an entertain
| ment motif.
It is the most cockeyed sugges
! tion so far made. Any minute now
! we await word from the man who
; has invented an air raid signal
j that will combine the music of
1 Irving Berlin with the soothing
qualities of another aspirin tablet.
Not to mention the fellow who will
come forward with an idea for tying
up the signals with a system of radio
crooning.
• • •
Employees of Yale university
have joined the C. 1.0. by a vote of
| 462 to 143, which must be quite a
! shock to conservatives under the
elms. We can now understand why
the Blues put so much more feeling,
| when they sing the Boola Boola
song, into the line "Break through
| the Crimson line, its strength to
i defy.”
This labor movement at our uni-
I versities suggests interesting possi
; bilities. Perhaps ultimately the whole
| jurisdictional issue will be settled by
having the C. 1.0. play the A.F. of L.
in the Yale Bowl.
• • •
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
They’ll bake you a cake with frost- i
ing,
With your name done in candle
lights,
And I’ll wish you happy returns of
the day,
But I’ll worry about your nights.
• * •
A Newport mansion costing more
than a million dollars was sold at
auction for around $23,000 the other
day. To dream you dwell in marble
halls these days is enough to mak*
your hair stand on end.
i
Eleanor Roosevelt
CIVILIAN DEFENSE PLANNING
I am planning to spend a little
while thinking out problems of or
ganization. We have, in my depart
ment in the Office of Civilian De
fense a number of divisions reach- ;
ing out through the regional bureaus j
down to the community level. I am
convinced, however, that we need
one over-all planning group, and two <
other groups to meet those needs by ]
the use of every available agency, |
public and private. This over-all
planning group will tie in all the
other divisions and use them to the ,
best advantage, besides working
closely with the civilian protection 1
organization. The whole picture will '
be able to meet new needs and un
expected demands as well as those
situations which already exist.
I have always held that a good
organization should function in
whatever way you planned it to func
tion. In this particular case, I think
it important for the heads of the
Office of Civilian Defense to keep in
close touch with the regional offices
and to see as much of different lo
calities as possible.
The day when I shall be satisfied
that my small part of the Civilian
Defense Office will go on, whether I
am on hand or not, has not yet j
come. I feel sure that it will soon i
be accomplished, particularly with j
the able leadership heading up the
various divisions, and all the people |
who have been my close assistants
working with Mrs. Henry Morgen
thau Jr.
* • •
STUDENT FEDERATION
One Sunday morning I left New
j York city for Minneapolis, Minn.,
j for I had promised some time ago
; to spend a little while at the con
! vention held there by the National
! Student federation. This organiza
tion is composed of the elected heads
of student government bodies and
can be of great value in directing
the thought and activities of these
young college people, many of
whom are going to be leaders of
their association.
I read an editorial written by Dr.
Alvin Johnson, the director of the
New School for Social Research, in
New York city, in their bi-weekly
bulletin, and I could not help think- I
ing how valuable a stimulus to young
people this type of short article
might be.
The outstanding thought in it is,
that in the past, at the end of periods
of great crisis, we have tried to re
constitute the past to the future:
“The physicists have discovered
the possibility of penetrating the
black fog of London with infra-red
rays. Reason is, after all, a kind of
; infra-red ray.”
We should use our reason to un
derstand the meaning of the past
and to shape our action in the fu
| ture. We have learned what not to
I do. Have we the courage and fore
sight to begin to build a new order
when this crisis is over?
• * •
TWO WAY PASSAGE
Since mentioning Mr. Louis Ad
! amic’s “Two Way Passage” I have
finished the book. I thought it
showed keen insight into the various
strains which make up the United
States. Whether his plan for a two
way passage is possible, just as he
] describes it, or not, only time
I will show. One thing is sure, this
5 two-way passage must serve to in
terpret what we have accomplished
in this nation byway of good will
and better understanding.
This puts upon us in this country
a tremendous responsibility to live
up to our theories of democracy and
make them a reality in every part
of our own country. We must live
down our prejudices, whatever they
may be, and be sure that we make
every act of ours conform to our
Bill of Rights, and to the highest
ideals of a democratic nation.
• * •
RELAXATION
A few people came in to tea one !
afternoon. The President worked
right through with the prime min
ister and others, so we were late
for an eight o’clock dinner. The
President made up his mind that
they had all worked enough and
needed relaxation, so we had a
movie, which apparently was just
the right thing for the occasion. It
was called “The Maltese Falcon,” 1
and as far as I could discover was I
a mixture between an old-fashioned
melodrama and a detective story.
I had to work and wasn’t quite
sure that I was up to anything so
exciting as this movie promised to
be. I joined the party at the end
of the picture and found everybody
completely restored to working
capacity. They had really been en
grossed in the picture and were then
able to turn back and to go to work
| for another hour or so.
• • •
IMPORTANT PROBLEMS
1 I spent nearly two hours one
I morning with some of the officials
of the Bureau of the Budget over
the estimates for the coming three
months for the Office of Civilian
Defense. A number of people came
to lunch, among them Dr. John
Studebaker, education commissioner.
He has such an extended program
for forums all over the country that j
I wanted to discuss with him the i
possibilities which lie ahead in edu- 1
cation through forum groups in mat- ]
ters relating to civilian defense. i
i *
By VIRGINIA VALE
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Michele Morgan, the
French actress who will
make her American film debut
in RKO’s “Joan of Paris,” will
take to the South Seas in her sec
ond picture. That is, she will un
less some new twist of world af
fairs makes the South Seas unde
sirable as a background for a pic
ture. Nowadays, so many changes
have had to be made in a hurry in
so many scripts that motion picture
executives are prepared for any
thing. Anyway, Miss Morgan is
slated to do “Challenge to the
Night”—a South Seas romance.
Madeleine Carroll has had to do a
bit of plan-changing herself. She
was determined to go back to Eng
land, you know; had got a year’s
leave of absence and was set to
go home and entertain troops or do
anything else that would be useful.
As soon as “My Favorite Blonde”
was finished she’d be on her way.
But our entrance into the war has
changed all that; she’ll stay here,
and probably play a lead role in
“Her Perfect Mate.”
Metro’s writers seem to be turn
ing Robert Taylor into a tough guy,
making him discard his gentleman
ly ways for two guns and a swag-
ROBERT TAYLOR
ger. He was a vicious killer in
“Billy the Kid,” and in “Johnny
Eager” he emerges again as a cruel
gangland leader. Even slugs Lana
Turner!
“Dumbo," Walt Disney’s latest
feature, has been voted one of the
ten best pictures of the year in a
nation-wide poll of junior film crit
ics, conducted by the National
Board of Review. “The Little
Foxes” and “Citizen Kane” were
also included.
Paramount’s going to make
“Wake Island” an all-star picture;
it is being written by W. R. Burnett,
author of “Little Caesar” and
“High Sierra,” and was suggested,
of course, by the gallant fight put
up by the marines on the tiny Pa
cific outpost.
Dorothy Lamour has 60 new
spring hats! She won them—the
California Millinery guild voted her
America’s Best Hatted Girl, and do
nated the bonnets as a reward.
Maybe they just wanted to make
sure that she wouldn’t join the hat
less brigade, that’s giving the na
tion’s milliners so much to worry
about.
Come weal, come woe, Edward
Small goes right on filming those
swashbuckling tales of Dumas.’ The
latest, “The Corsican Brothers,”
with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. playing
both of them, was given its first
showing at Washington, D. C., with
practically everybody of impor
tance on the invitation list.
Elizabeth Wayne, the Mutual
chain’s young American represent
ative in Batavia, Dutch East In
dies, is the envy of many veteran
newsmen and broadcasters After
being on the air only seven months,
she suddenly found herself in a
most important spot. She’s a free
lance journalist, and was writing for
local Batavian newspapers when
the Dutch radio chain, Nirom,
asked her to broadcast to America.
Since then she has been heard regu
larly over Mutual.
From now on you’re likely to hear
any of 14 dialects in any language,
spoken by anyone from 18 to 80, on
the “Joyce Jordan—Girl Interne”
radio serial. The reason is the fact
that Luis Van Rooten has joined the
cast. He’s been signed to play a
straight role, but how in the world
can a script writer resist making
use of his amazing talents as an
imitator?
ODDS A!\D ENDS—Pat O'Brien and
Brian Donlevy are teamed in Columbia's
“Trinidad," with Janet Blair making her
screen singing debut—she was the vocalist
with the late Hal Kemp’s dance band ~ j
A film trade paper reports that Gene Au
try has risen to second place in national
film popularity . . “Tartan’s Secret
Treasure ” will soon be released, and “Tar
tan Against the World" has gone into pro
duction—evidently we needn’t worry about
our Tartan supply . . Lew Ayres has
given up that idea of making a picture in
China, naturally, he’ll make “Fingers at
the Window" next, forsaking Dr Kildare’ *
stethoscope.
Uncle PA S
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The Hitch in It — I
“Marriage,” says a writer, % I
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his master’s.” I
An honest face is an unmixed I
blessing. It gets its owner piagoed I
by confidence men.
A Delightful Subject — |
The ideal companion is the ons I
who talks to you about yourself I
It might be possible for a man to writ « I
a sensible love letter, but he seldom I
does. |
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