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Washington, D. C.
NO SOVIETNAZI PEACE
Those who are on the inside re
garding the report which Ambas
sador William C. Bullitt gave Presi
dent Roosevelt regarding the Near
East say there is only one slight ray
of sunshine in it. Bullitt told his
chief that there was absolutely no
chance of Russia making peace with
Germany.
Coming from Bullitt, who served
as ambassador to Russia and who
spent considerable time there in the
early days of the revolution in 1917,
this means a lot. Bullitt has been
vigorously critical of the Soviet re
gime in recent years and probably
would lean over backwards against
any overly optimistic appraisal.
However, after his special tour of
the Near and Middle East on spe
cial assignment from the President,
he reported that the Russians were
so irate against the Nazis that there
would be no surrender or compro
mise.
Bullitt is not so optimistic about
the Russian army, which he thinks
may fail badly when the Germans
are able to get their airplanes in
the air again, which they cannot
do in sub-zero weather and with
snow on the air fields. Politically,
however. Bullitt is convinced that
Russia will stand with the United
Nations to the last ditch.
Against this, Bullitt goes further
than anyone else around the Presi
dent regarding Allied losses. Not
only does ho believe that Japan will
take India, but he feels that Austra
lia will be lost to the British Empire.
If he is right, this will be the
worst blow which the United Nations
can suffer, especially inasmuch as
American troops are now stationed
in Australia and New Zealand.
Not all war observers agree with
Bullitt on this latter point. They
point out that Australia is chiefly a
desert country, and it would take
weeks and months for a conquering
army to envelop these vast areas.
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PATRIOTIC INDIANS
As in the last war, thousands of
American Indians again are demon
strating their patriotism.
The desk of John Collier, able
chief of the Office of Indian Affairs,
is stacked with letters from every
tribe in the country, pledging aid
and offering to make fresh sacrifices
for the war effort. Here are a few
examples:
Immediately after the declaration
of war, the Crow Indians of Mon
tana voted $lO,OOO of tribal funds
to President Roosevelt to “use as
you see fit.” They also voted to place
in the President’s hands the entire
resources of their 2,000,000-«cre res
ervation, including mineral, oil and
coal deposits, plus all available man
power for combat service.
The Creeks of Oklahoma have set
aside $400,000 of tribal funds for the
purchase of defense bonds. Other
tribes voting large sums for the same
purpose include the Jicarilla /tpa
ehes and Pueblos of New Mexico,
the Euchee and Seminole Indians of
Oklahoma, and the Navajos.
Not to be outdone, the Colvilles of
Washington state, the Cheyennes
and Arapahos of the Plains and the
Nez Perce Indians have announced
th/y will not press for settlement of
tribal claims against the government
while the war lasts.
Following the Jap attack there
was a big rush among Indian youth
at every reservation to enlist, espe
cially at the Sioux reservation in
South Dakota. Only three of the 46
North Carolina Cherokees in the
army were drafted. The rest vol
unteered.
The patriotic response of Indians
may surprise the average American,
but not Collier. He says: “The In
dians know more than any of us
what freedom means. They knew it
in other years when they fought
against overwhelming odds to save
their lands from the white man."
• • •
WE WILL WIN
Due to initial Axis advantage of
having great organized military ma
chines, the war will be long, diffi
cult and costly. But if the Allied
peoples will stick it out they can’t
lose. All the major basic economic
advantages are on our side. Here are
a few;
The Axis powers plus their occu
pied territories have 29 per cent of
the world’s coal, 18 per cent of the
iron ore, 3 per cent of the oil, 21
per cent of the wheat, 23 per cent
of the sugar. Total population un
der their flags, 474,000,000; of which
168,000,000 are conquered peoples se
cretly trying to throw of! their ter
roristic yokes.
On the Allied side of the ledger
is 67 per cent of the world’s coal,
63 per cent of the iron, 78 per cent
of the oil, 64 per cent of the wheat,
and 51 per cent of the sugar.
• • •
ECONOMIC W AR FRONT
Don’t start getting jittery about
reports of a soap shortage. There
is absolutely nothing to them. You
will always be able to get plenty of
soap—of some kind. Shutting off of
imported oils, chiefly from the em
battled Pacific, probably will affect
the quality of soap, but not the
quantity. Ample domestic, Brazil
ian and Central American oils will
provide satisfactory substitutes.
However, if you're a lamfi chop
fan, you can figure on paying more
for them.
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oops:
Believe it or not, on the radio the
I other night a commentator had
spent most of his time discussing the
; rubber crisis, and had ended with the
i words “Rubber is one of our great
j est needs,” when the announcer
went into his eulogy of a cigar.
• • •
GETTING A NEW TIRE
Q. —What can I do for you?
A—l want three new tires.
Q (sharply)—Ycu want what?
A.—Two new tires.
Q. —(severely)—How many?
A.—(meekly)—One!
• • •
Q. —What's your full name?
A.—Luke Z. Woggle.
Q.—How old?
A.—About two years.
Q. —You’re older than that!
A.—Oh, I thought you meant the
age of my old tires.
• • •
Q What kind of car is it?
A.—Pretty good except for the
rubber.
Q—l mean what make?
A.—lt’s a flivver.
Q.—Are you a doctor, nurse, mili
tary officer or veterinarian?
A.—No, but in this emergency any
thing can happen to me.
Q—Do you use your car exclusive
ly for delivering ice, coal, wood or
oil?
A.—No, it only LOOKS that way!
• • •
Q—ls it used to transport farm
products?
A.—No; those apples have been
on the floor for three months.
Q. —Do you use it in garbage
collection?
A.—No; the kids mess it up that
way.
Q. —How many people in your
family?
A.—Six.
Q. —What is your wife’s maiden
name?
A.—Jennie.
Q,—Where are you employed?
A.—Say, am I here to get a new
tire or some new life insurance!
• • •
Q.—We’ve got to be careful to con
serve rubber. It’s important to be
sure you arc the sort of person who
would get the most out of a tire.
Got to know your background.
A.—l’m a special case. My w-ife’s
relatives live with me and they all
demand transportation in my car.
Q.—lt’s not a bus!
A.—That’s what you think!
t • • •
Q.—From all the facts, I do not
think we can classify you for a cer
tificate above the rate of D-12.
A.—What’s the ton class?
Q—A-3.
A.—Never mind a new tire. I’ll
settle for a tire patch and a used
I inner tube!
—Buy Defense Bonds—
IT SEEMS SO
I’ve very often heard it said
That doughty generals die in bed;
That, far from the repugnant strife,
They, fluffed in feathers, part with
life.
But, looking over Hitler’s list,
And at the ones the Russians miss'd
I’ve come to the conclusion sad
That Nazi generals die “in bad.”
• • •
The Indoor Hat-Wearers’ League
We are glad to hear that Bill
I Knudsen works with his hat on. “It
helps me think,” he says. We are
a charter member of the League of
Indoor Hat Wearers, and have stood
for much criticism through the years.
We wore our bonnet as a boy
editor of the New Haven Register.
We wore i< constantly on the copy
desk of the old Globe. We have nev
er taken it off at work since. To
j remove it for a minute means a com
plete stoppage of thought and con
fidence. It is good to know that a
man like Mr. Knudsen belongs to
our club.
Mickey Rooney is now a mar
ried man and it makes millions
of Americans suddenly feel old.
It is difficult to imagine that
Mickey, the Number One Kid
of the Movie World, now has to
bring home groceries, help hang
pictures and do his part in
selecting new wall paper.
We hear that Mickey may now
play the judge in the Judge Hardy
series, with Louis Stone playing the
kid part.
• • •
Ima Dodo got one of those sugar
ration stamps the other day. But
she says she put it in her coffee and
it wouldn’t even dissolve.
—Buy Defense Bonds—
ADI) WONDERMEN. No. 8756
An able man
Is Jeptha Beans:
He knows just what
The budget means!
• # •
The Office Pessimist says the
thing to begin worrying over now
is the Emergency following the
Emergency.
• • •
“Roosevelt wants to create the
impression that the United States
was attacked by Japan, which is not
true.”—Berlin newspaper item.
Just imagination, eh?
• • •
This country will spend a bil
lion dollars a week for war. It
is just pin money, the idea being
to pin the Axis to the mat.
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, PERRY, GEORGIA
Sharpening the Eyes of the
Army and Navy ith Lenses
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Listen, my children, and you shall hear of a little cog in this great
defense program machinery of ours that plays an unspectacular, hut
vital, role in the whole defense setup. It is the manufacture of optical
instruments for our armed forces. It teas thought that the L. S. would
be up against it when the supply of German optical glass was cut off,
hut American glass manufacturers came through with a product every
bit as good. The optical division at Frankford Arsenal in Philadelphia,
where some of these photos were taken, now has a staff of -00 persons.
z-' On the bridge of the mighty bat-
I tleship, Morth Carolina, Rear Ad
r miral Olaf M. Hustvedt and his exec
utive officer, Commdr. 1. G. Shepard
Bjjfc j li ft I hold binoculars as they observe
HkLf ; ■’the effects of the firing tests at sea.
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The lathe machine at the left is used for centering lenses and grind
ing the edges through with the optical center. Right: Looking for flaws
in parts of binoculars as they are assembled.
The girl at left is cleaning optical elements that will later be as
sembled into a battery commander's telescope. Right: Two pretty maids
check on finished prisms and lenses.
Field binoculars in actual use. A soldier is spotting aircraft during
maneuvers. He tells his partner what he sees and the partner speaks into
a wireless phone to relay the information to headquarters.
HORNSBY’S entry into baseball’s
Hall of Fame brings up once
more an ancient argument. Who
have been the greater hitters —the
right-handers or those who swing
from the left side?
The left-handed swingers offer you
Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, George Sislcr,
Lou Gehrig, Joe Jackson, Tris
Speaker and Ted Williams for a
starting lineup. This is quite a col
lection of talent to move against.
The right-handers counter with Rog
ers Hornsby, Hans Wagner, Napo
leon Lajoie, Ed Delehanty, Harry
Heilmann and Joe DiMaggio—a
pretty fair crop also.
The left-hander, being closer to
first base, has more than a full
stride’s advantage. I’d say the left
handed hitting side had a slight
edge, but nothing to rave about.
For Hornsby, Wagner, Lajoie, Dele
hanty and DiMaggio could also lean
against the leather.
Don’t forget that Hornsby aver
aged above .400 four consecutive
years, taking in his average for that
time, which is something.
An Odd Turn
Baseball happens to be the one
game in which the left-handed hit
ter takes a high place in any all
time ranking.
In golf, no left-hander has ever
won a big championship. No left
hander has ever won the U. S. Open
or British Open, the U. S. Amateur
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ROGERS HORNSBY
or the British Amateur crown. In
fact, no left-hander has even come
close to any major golf event.
There have been good left-handed
golfers. But no great ones—no
Jones, Vardon, Hagen, Hogan or
Nelson. The portside entries can
play in the low 70s, they can break
70 here and there, but they are lost
in major events.
In golf there are no such left
handed stars as Cobb, Ruth, Jack-!
son, Speaker and many others. Just
why this is no scientist seems to
know. If so many people can handle
a baseball bat so effectively as left
handers, why not golfers?
In Other Sports
The same is true in tennis. There
have been good left-handed tennis
players, but few champions. Nor
man Brookes was one. The Austra
lian was a star. R. L. Murray was
another.
But the crushing preponderance is
all on the other side—Bill Tilden,
Bill Johnston, Rene Lacoste, Ells
worth Vines, Don Budge, Maurice
McLoughlin, Bill Lamed, Fred Per
ry, Anthony Wilding, Norris Wil
liams, on through the present gen
eration. The star right-handers in
| tennis outnumber the present gen
; eration. The star right-handers in
i tennis outnumber the star left-hand
! ers by ten to one.
The same is true in polo. All great
j polo players have been right-hand
i ed swingers Devereux Milburn,
Tommy Hitchcock, Cecil Smith, Luis
Lacey. 1 can’t recall any left-hand
ed polo players. Maybe there are
none.
In games where you pick up some
form of a bat to hit the ball, base
ball is the only sport that can show
you a line of top-notch left-handed
swingers.
There have been great left-handed
pitchers Waddell, Grove, Ruth,
Pennock, Gomez, Plank. Ancf foot
ball has known fine left-footed kick
ers and fine left-handed passers. But
outside of baseball the left-handed
hitter is far below the average of
his right-handed rival.
We’ll still let the scientists figure
this out.
About Hornsby
Hornsby has been something more
than a great hitter, a fine infieldcr
and a winning manager. He also is
one of the best instructors that base
ball ever has known. For some un
known reason baseball never has
been too hot on the instruction side.
The main idea in baseball is to
swing the bat on a line, not up or
down. I’ve seen Hornsby correct
this fault more than once. If base
ball ever had the training and the
teaching that golf gets the improve
| meat would be terrific.
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string. It’s filet crochet that has a
clear chart to follow.
* • *
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chart for making cloth in various sizes;
illustrations of it and stitches; materials
needed. Send your order to:
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
82 Eighth Ave. New York
Enclose 15 cents in coins for Pat
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Difference in Days
How much longer and shorter,
respectively, are the longest and
shortest days of the year than th»
days next to them, is asked.
According to the U. S. Naval
observatory, the difference in the
length of day varies less than a
minute from day to day in the
weeks December 17-24, and June
17-24, in which the shortest and
the longest day of the year oc
curs. Therefore, the difference in
the length of day is less than a
minute between, for example, De
cember 21 and December 22.
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