Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 December 1941 — Page 11

TUESDAY, DEC 23, 194]

Hoosier Vagabond

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23—San Francisco is gradually taking on the outward signs of a city at ‘war. When I arrived, the city looked the same as usual. I rode in from the airport with a man who lives here and had been away for a week. “Why,” he said with surprise, “it looks just like it did when I left.” But day by day things are changing. The warlike effect isn’t great yet, but there are touches here and there. There are piles of sand on the

streets, and you see buckets of sand in apartment houses and pub-

lic buildings. Permanent air-raid sirens are being installed. and other public places are blacking out their windows. Hundreds of Neon signs have been turned off for the duration, and the city has lost some of its Christmas-tree color. So far, only one building in town has been sandbagged. That is the telephone building. It probably was done at the Army's request. Two helmeted sentries stand guard. The sandbags are stacked in a pyramid-like slope clear up to the second story. Whoever supervised the job must have visited England, for it has been done well. And as soon as the bags were in place, carpenters built a board framework over them, to prevent weathering. .

‘War Placards Springing Up

THAT IS ONE thing that often makes London look ratty. In a damp climate the bags will weather and fall apart in less than six months. The sand dribbles out and gives a moth-eaten effect. The English have boxed in many of their sandbagged places. Typical war placards are beginning to spring up. You see the famous “Open for Business as Usual” sign that became so popular in England. When I first saw these signs here I thought, “Aren't they a little premature? There haven't been any bombs yet.” Then I discovered that the signs had been up for some time, and they don’t mean business as usual despite the bombings. They mean business as usual despite the strike. A hotel and restaurant strike has been going on here for months. The hotels are operating anyway,

By Ernie Pyle

and that's what the signs mean. When the bombings do come they won't have to get new signs, od In Chinatown all the stores left open have signs . Chinese Store.” And the discovery that knocked me cold is that about two-thirds of the stores in Chinatown are closed and padlocked by the Government—because they were owned by Japanese! The opening of war hit Christmas Shopping awful smack. People apparently were afraid to ture from their homes, But city officials he new

ven and papers have been drumming it into tne public the best way to conduct the war is to keep on going about your natural business. The first scare is ove how ahd plople are cor coming out again. You can hardly

get th The big stores, incidentally, have all put in wartime hours—8:45 to 4:45—in order to give people u

time to get home before dark in case of & Flags for Barrage Balloons

THERE are no balloons over San Francisco. Yet there is g else that gives vaguely the same effect. I just happened to ce it today when I looked out the window. The day is clear and the wind is blowing. And from the flagpole of every high building in town there flies a huge American flag. The wind blows them out straight, and they make quite a startling picture against the whitish sky. I stood at my window and counted more than 40, just as I used to count barrage balloons from my window in London. You seldom see an airplane over San now. There are no guns on as you see in London. But on some of the grassy hilltops you can see sound detectors and guns. There are no gas masks for the public. You don’t sce many uniforms on the streets—probably because nobody is getting leave these days. Occasionally you see a soldier in a tin hat. There are no crisscrossed strips of paper in windows to prevent shattering, but there probably will be soon. There is one big building here whose front is entirely of glass. Ill bet passersby in the last week have remarked 20,000 times, “Boy, what wouldn't a| bomb do to that!” The people of San Francisco must have read pretty thoroughly about England, for they seem to know how to talk war correctly, and how put an authentic “war face” on their still peaceful city.

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

ONE OF THE MOST closely guarded spots in town fs the Bell Telephone Building. Even those who regu-

larly visit the utility executives have to run the gantlet. To get upstairs, you first call on a young lady in the lobby who phones upstairs to see if you have any business there, If you do, she gives you a written pass which you submit to the guards at a gate farther back in the lobby. One of the guards escorts you up to the office, waits there on you, and then accompanies you back down and makes certaih you depart. . . . We told you last week about Wililam Harvey Cox’ unsuccessful efforts at four stores to buy a photo of President Roosevelt. Well, that’s all fixed up now. C. J. Oval of Oval & Koster, T00 W. Washington St.. asks us to notify Mr. Cox and anyone else that the firm carries a nice line of pictures of FDR.

Considerate Drivers

SEEN AT ST. CLAIR and Meridian: Two taxis waiting for the traffic light to turn green. A small girl started across the street, headed for the Library. The signal light turned green, trapping the child out in the street. Both cabbies stood where they were, holding back the horn-tooting lines behind them, until a man ran out from the curb and helped the child back. . . W. E. Smith, manager of one of the local stock brokerage houses, isn't sure but he thinks maybe somebody is pulling his leg. Tn the midst of a . very busy day, the phone rang and a woman's voice inquired: “Are you busy?” When he replied affirmatively, she explained: “Well, I'm opening a dress shop and I want to get stocked up.” And she seemed scrious about it, too.

That Censor’'s Here

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS from Capt. Howard H. Maxwell, the Army flier, brought home to his friends the grim reality of war. On the backs of the envel-

Washington

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—We haven't any conception in this country of what a real blackout means, or how difficult it will be to achieve. England was experimenting with blackouts two gears before the war began. When I was there in the fall of 1937 rehearsals were being conducted in some localities. By the time I returned last summer, you could not see even a sliver of light at night. One night ¥ went to the top of the large hotel where I stayed. In daylight one could see all over London, for miles in every dirte-

tion. But as I looked out over the city that night, it was complétely dark—as dark as in the middle of the Atlantic, except for the occasional flash of an electric car crossing a switch and the faint low glow which moved along in front of the creeping taxicabs, but which they told me could not be seen from higher up in the air. It was a strange experience, as if one had suddenly met a host. . In Glasgow, the darkness was so thick that, although I knew I was in front of my hotel, it was necessary to walk along feeling the wall with my hands in order to find the entrance. People bump into each other. When with friends, you must either lock arms or keep calling back and forth if there are many persons on the street. Picadilly Circus was familiar enough in daylight but I did not recognize it the first time I walked into it in the blackout.

The Town Shuts Down at Dark

ONE NIGHT in a small restaurant, the air-raid warden came in and said a crack of light was showing. The proprietor readjusted his curtains but 15 minutes later the air-raid warden was back again, this time not with a courteous request but with a gharp warning that the place would have to close if the crack of light was not shut off. The proprietor personally supervised the doors when anyone left the restaurant. He first opened

‘My Day

WASHINGTON, Monday —I want to go back a little over my time in New York City, because I failed " 10 tell you some of the things which interested me. In stopping at the headquarters for the celebration of the Président’s Birthday for the National Foundation for Infantile on Friday, I found that Mr. Keith Morgan was pleased and deeply stirred by the telegrams which he has been receiving from his chairmen throughout the country. Apparently, being at war has

not in any way lessened their interest in the war against this dread disease. They feel more intensely than ever, that they must save the children by finding out how to prevent epidemics and how to care for those who are strickof en. The strength of our children is the strength of our nation. The heavy epidemics of infantile during » the past three years have brought us 26 casualties in this partioular war. We can ill afford such losses

. as these, 50, no matter what we give in other Friday 1

opes were stamped the words: “Passed by Censor, Newfoundland Base Command, United States Army.” _.. The Weather Bureau's new wartime restrictions left one of the department stores in a jam the other day. The store sold the last of its correctly adjusted barometers. Then it was found the Weather Bureau no longer could give out the correct barometric reading. The store had to get in touch with one of the previous buyers and get a reading so the rest of the stock could be adjusted.

Around the Town

PERSONS PASSING the Indianapolis Water Co. offices Sunday probably thought the utility was trying out a new form of advertising or else was producing water faster than they could sell it. A stream of water poured under the utility door and trickled down across the sidewalk to the street. Police notified officials of the firm. Investigation revealed the drain in the aquarium in the utility lobby was clogged. Tough on the gold fish. . . . Employees of one of the stores got a girl from The Times’ Clothe-A-Child. After buying clothing and giving her a nice dinner with all the ice cream she could eat, they gave her, of all things, a permanent wave,

Here and There

THE TEMPERATURE at Indianapolis Symphony concerts at the Murat has some of the patrons, particularly balcony patrons, complaining. A physician, it’s reported, has solved the heat problem by wearing a dark suit of summer weight material and keeps pretty cool. . . . Director Dick Hoover took the Civic Theater audience behind the scenes at the performance Saturday night. Between acts he left the curtain up so the audience could see how scenery is changed. It was quite interesting. . . . The automatic phonograph at the Union Station restaurant was playing yuletide selections. One of the selections was “Oh, Tannehbaum,” sung in German. And despite the fact we are at war with Germany, no one objected. It looks like we're a little more tolerant than we were 24 years ago. . . . Seen at Holy Cross Cemetery: A young couple decorating a little Christmas tree on a small, new grave.

By Raymond Clapper

an inner door, and after everyone was insifle the vestibule, the inner door was pulled shut, and then the proprietor would open the outer door. The greatest danger is stumbling and falling when stepping out of a lighted place into the blackout. Busses stop running about blackout time and few people are on the streets after dark. Taxicabs are difficult to find, and getting about London after dark is a real trial. The result is that the town shuts down at dark. Theaters have early performances. After that the only traffic’ is from hotel to hotel and from night club to night club. People are unable to visit back and forth in each other's homes because of the difficulty of getting transportation. In hotels the guests are warned not to touch the blackout curtains. The floor maid is responsible for sealing the light in the rooms in her charge.

Blackout Is Perpetual Nuisance’

THIS HAS GONE ON for more than two years, every night and all night. It is a perpetual blackout after sundown, and the effect on everyone is depressing. By the time I got to wartime England, I found everyone tired of the blackout. People seemed to complain more about the inconvenience of the blackout than about the bombing. The bombing is dangerous and destructive of life and property. But the blackout is a perpetual nuisance and the grumbling is directed at it. °

If complete, all-night blackouts are insisted upon in this country, the life of cities so affected will be radically changed. The partial blackout has been found ineffective because lights show a long distance at night, as anyone who travels by plane after dark

any community so that this can be ho rg Agi | espera e pu central switches is a d te remedy which would instantly stop all elevator service, refrigeration and numerous other necessities. Now that we are tackling the blackout job, we can appreciate more the high degree of self-discipline which other countries at war have maintained, and what total war will require of civilians here.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

who are all working ther, to see a t and amusing play which they had chosen. ignt a made a good choice. “Let's Face It” is songs and amusing, clever lines. great gift for entertainment

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RADIO ‘REBEL’

Who Is Gustav Who Baits Nazis 12 Hours Nightly On Forbidden Air? By EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—“Heir

Gustav Seigfried Eins-Jetzt Spricht|

Dér Chef” (“Here is Gustav Fried rich No. 1—The Chief is speaking”) —this is what you could recently, and perhaps still can, hear in Germany if you tuned in between 5 o'clock in the evening and 5 o'clock in the morning at exactly seven minutes before the hour.

The voice is unmistakably German—and so are the sentiments expressed. Pro-German even, strong for the army, indulgent and respectful to Adolf Hitler, but acid critical of the Nazi ‘Party, its minor leaders, the capitalists, the war profiteers, the S. S. and S. A. (elite guards and storm troops) all those who, by their conduct have—according to Gustav Siegfried Eins, brought Germany to the edge of

rain, : Where Is Gustav? Gustav and Siegfried are the anagramatic words for the letters G and S as spelled over German telephones, and G and S. could just as well stand for Geheim-Sender,

secret station, with the Figure 1

implying that there may well be other stations bobbing up in the near future. Where is Gustav Siegfried? Some say in Bast Prussia. But all agree that these mysterious messages could hardly be sent, and sent in the libelous form of pornography which the chief affects in his eriticism of the habits of many German leaders both in the party and in uniform, unless the said chief were completely “protected.”

The Penalty Is Death

Do the Germans listen? Do they not? Just as much as they listen to the B. B. C. (British Broadcasting Corp.) and to the American broadcasts, regardless of the terrible penalty applied to those caught in so doing. The latest joke runs: “Come over to my house tonight?” “No, I've got a date at home.” “Doing what?” “Playing with death” (listening to forbidden broadcasts—penalty, death). All of which simply confirms the belief that for the first time since this war began, all is not well in the Fatherland.

German Rulers Alarmed

Really, since his rash attack on Russia, on June 22, nothing has well Adolf

fried Eins began his radio muckraking, suggesting a possible Communist origin.) The Fuehrer’'s admission that the war would be long, his appeal for clothes for the poor German Ssoldiers enveloped in Russian winter, the dismissal of General Field Marshal Walter von Brauchitsch, long known as an “anti-party” general, and numerous facts hitherto known only to specialists, now show pretty conclusively that the German rulers have become alarmed about the state of mind of the German people. The people have reason to be dissatisfied. Not only is the war not ended but there is no end in sight. The Germans in Russia have taken a very severe beating. The losses have been heavy. Hospitals, from Bulgaria to Norway, are full of wounded whom the Germans prefer not to exhibit within the fatherland.

Conditions Grow Worse

There is a vast amount of typhoid fever and diphtheria. The potato crop was definitely bad. 0 The excessive moisture reduced the quality of those potatoes that were grown. And this at a moment when the Germans, as never before in their history, have been forced by the scarcity of other foodstuffs to fall back upon potatoes for staple consumption. There is a coal shortage—just enough so that most people are conscious of the cold. Leather is scarce. Rubber is dear. Olls is unobtainable, or nearly. There is plenty of iron, but the finer types of steel are hard to obtain, largely due to the necessity of mobilizing more and more workers for the Russian campaign and of the slowdown campaign in the occu« pied countries,

Murmurs Get Louder

Murmurs are becoming loud; at least two places crowds of fe-

In such an atmosphere the appearance of Gustav Siegfried Eins significant.

And so, each hour for 12 hours, Germans can tune in and hear that while the Jews, the British and the Americans are lousy, the Nazi party leaders are debauched, corrupt, and the enémy of the coun's future.

Even Gestapo Is Slurred

Some days ago, an American radio listener stumbled by chance upon a broadcast in the Germ

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This wing from a Japanese bomber was shot down on the grounds

SECRECY MARKS LABOR MEETING

Silence Indicates Deadlock Continues on Closed Shop Issue.

By FRED W. PERKINS Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—The se-

crecy that shrouds military and naval operations has been extended to the conference summoned by President Roosevelt to bring peace

on the labor front for the duration of the war. The reticence of the labor as well as the management spokesmen in the 24-man meetings indicates only that no conclusion has been reached on what they are arguing about—whether labor unions can strive for more power during the emergency by making closed-shop demands on employers and having these demands entertained by Government conciliators or arbitrators. One break in the labor meeting's secrecy came yesterday when reporters were informed from a labor source that Senator Elbert Thomas (D. Utah), vice-moderator of the conference, had presented a proposal to which the union spokesmen had given an assenb, and which the management representatives were still considering. _. Closed Shop Chief Issue As outlined, the Thomas proposal involved a no-strike pledge, plus the setting up of machinery for mediation and probably arbitration. It did not mention the No. 1 issue —whether unions may strive during the emergency for improvement of their positions by drives for the closed shop: It was learned that the management position included a claim that until the Government policy on the closed-shop question is stated definitely, labor's demands are likely to be numerous and the controversy interminable. President Roosevelt has said the Government will never impose a closed shop against men who do not want to join unions.

Nothing Left to Trade

The labor discussion was brought to a .crisis when the National Defense Mediation Board refused to give John L. Lewis a union shop for the United Mine Workers in “captive” mines—a demand that he later won, however, from a Presi dentially named arbitrator. The official pronouncements have prescribed in no instance the policy adopted in World War I-—that the closed-shop issue should lie dor-

mant. After World War 1 the unions had a hard time, but eventually won through New Deal legislation a guarantee of collective bargaining. Thus management has little left to trade in World War II for a moratorium on the closed-shop issue.

NAZIS INSIST CARRIER SUNK

BERLIN, Dec. 23 (Official Radio). —Three direct torpedo hits from a German U-boat sank a British aircraft carrier in the Atlantic, the official news agency said today, extending yesterday's claim of the High Command.

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Japan's 'Army of Conquest’ Keeps Tradition of Samurai

This is the sixth and last of a serles of articles in which a veteran Far Eastern correspondent, long resident in Japan, introduces American readers to their Oriental enemy, the Japanese.

' By REGINALD SWEETLAND Copyright, 1041, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, Inc. CHICAGO, Dec. 23.—The quickest way for an American living under the Japanese sphere of influence to get into trouble is to make a disparaging remark about the Japanese Army. ' The morale and the code of that Army is as explicit, as something turned out by a machine. Read the famous code of the Samurai and you will see how deep it permeates all levels of Japanese society. The Samurai were the “gentlemen warriors” of feudal Japan and served their several warlords before Japan becante united under one emperor.

A Samurai was taught to be brave, mild and gentle but the “living soul” of the Samurai was his sword. In the old days he used to carry two swords and graciously was permitted to end his own life by committing hara« kiri any time he got into trouble rather than be surrendered to the civil authorities for trial and punishment. In short, in ancient days as today, he is a law unto himself. His code is this: “We yield unquestioning obedience to our superiors and to emperors ruling by divine right—obedience even to death.” And that today is the spirit of the Japanese Army. ;

Forethought Noted

THAT Army, it should be said, is designed entirely for fighting on the Asiatic mainland. That is to say, it is an army designed for conquest. Roads, bridges, the terrain of the country are come pletely inadequate on the islands of Japan proper to maneuver or to fight. ' Railroads are all narrow

or the British and Australians in Malaya. The day came. army wads ready. The Japanese army was organized by a French mission under Marguerie in 1872. Conscription was adopted at that time and the confining of military service to the Samurai class was done away with. And that meant that every Japanese male upon reaching the age of 18 was inducted.

Death Preferred

LOCAL reservist organizations in his town or village gave him a farewell party, put him on the train, and upon entering his cantonment he was welcomed by friends, or relatives and other members of reservist organizations. Meantime, parents rejoiced that their sons were privileged to serve their emperor. Once in the army he learned his profession thoroughly and, as American Army men who have observed them admit, he is turned into fine

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gauge, roads are all dirt roads, narrow, badly surfaced if surfaced at all. Hence it is not surprising to find Japan declaring war on the United States at a time when a large proportion of her armed’ forces are scattéred far from their homeland bases.

fighting material. The Japanese soldier fights with fanatical zeal and loyalty; obeys his: officers and even a corporal gets his salute. Just how fanatical and deep tha zeal can be is illustrated by the case of a buck private in the Japanese infantry. His captain rebuked him and

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That these forces were in position in China, on the Russian frontier of Manchukuo, Korea and Mongolia, on the frontier of Thailand and Malaya, ih Indo<China on the South China frontier, only serves to illustrate the forethought of Japan's army leaders. They would take on Russia first, or the United States in the Philippines,

BLIND COUPLE GIVES $1 T0 BOMBER FUND

Carl Baker, Hartford City grocer, today sent a check for $30 to Gdvernor Schricker to be added to the “build a bomber—‘Indiana’” fund. Mr. Baker said he had collected the money from customers during one afternoon's business. He included a list of the names of contributors with the check. The Governor also received a dollar bill from Mr. and Mrs. Louis Herkamp, a blind couple living at 1413 Carrollton Ave. Mr. and Mrs. Herkamp stated in their letter: “This seems to be one small way

we can do our bit.”

There is now $562 in the fund which was started a week ago by William Piper, Plymouth farmer, to build a bomber for the U. 8, Army which would be named after the State of Indiana.

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told him he would never make a gooc¢ soldier—-the sort of talk a first sergeant might hand out to an’ American rookie.. The Japanese private, leaving a letter behind him, jumped in front of a train and ended his life. The letter stated that he had betrayed his emperor's trust in him and that he was no longer worthy of serving him.

Proof of Superiority?

GOING INTO battle these men tie small strips of cotton material over tMeir brows, under their steel helmets. Upon being wounded, they sop up their blood with this piece of cloth. Then they send it home to the folks. The family reverently place it on the family shrine ‘as token to their ancestors that their boy is shedding blood for his emperor. Japanese soldiers, from the American viewpoint, are arrogant, raucous-voiced, brutal. A good deal of this is deliberately put on. Treat them as an equal and they will unbend and become models of courteousness. But all in all, traits that most of us see about them are anything but human. Because of complete frustration, I have seen them bayonet innocent Chinese farmers and coolies, as well as Chinese women. They have insulted and stripped white women, their idea being to completely humiliate them and to show their own sense of superiority. Well, my idea of men who have to use a bayonet on a woman to feel a sense of superiority leads me to suspect they have no other trait on which to lay claim to being a superior, heaven-favored

people. ; Not All Cherry Trees

NOT UNTIL we have dropped all our preconceived notions of the Japanese will we get anywhere with them. Not until we drop our notions of “moon-viewing parties in bamboo groves,” flower-arrang-ing parties, cherry blossom excursions, exchange of courtesy pres-

» ents=~until we get rid of these

ideas will we understand the real Japan as it faces us in war today. | Japan is afraid of the West— and that does not mean-—let me repeat that word not—that does not mean she is afraid of our Army and our Navy and our air force. | She sees her very institutions doomed by western conceptions of progress, social and material wellbeing, and the common laws of Christianized humanity. And she cannot stand it any longer. She

t. She’ thinks she only make time stand still,

DEFENDERS AT HONGKONG ARE FIGHTING BACK

Dramatic Dispatch Reveals Heroic Action; Leader Of Canadians Dies.

By UNITED PRESS Hongkong's heroic garrison is still

‘| holding out and scoring “local suce

cesses” against the overwhelming Japanese attack.

This word came today in - matic dispatch from on E oe Ses Usivet Presse correspondent. It rst word f Seven days. Yom hain r. Baxter revealed th a. m. this morning (8:10 aL a ab day, Indianapolis time), the small Hongkong garrison of Canadian, Indian and British troops, reinforced by civilians, was holding strong points on mountainous Hongkong island, chiefly in the southern and southeastern parts of the island.

Canadian Commander Dies

Canadian forces have suff heavy casualties at Hongkong, ered Commander Brig. J. K. Lawson was reported today to have been killed in action, and two Canadian coun-ter-attacks have failed to make progress against reinforced ‘Japanese forces, Defense. Minister J. L Ralston announced at Ottawsg. : Senior staff officer Col. P. KenDey also has been killed by shellAmong the Canadian troops at Hongkong are the royal rifles of Quebec, commanded by Lieut. Col. W. J. Home, M. C., and the Winnipeg grenadiers of Manitoba, com-

manded by Lieut. Col. J. L. R. Sut cliffe.

British Sell Lives Dearly

Mr. Baxter's dispatch made pl that the British are selling Pan lives dearly at Hongkong and exacting the highest possible toll in Japanese casualties from their rock-hewn positions. The Baxter dispatch appeared to discredit Japanese propaganda dispatches indicating that the fighting at Hongkong was nearing an end. Despite the fierce resistance at Hongkong the British had little hope that the defending forces could hold out indefinitely, provided the Japanese are willing to pay the price in men killed and wounded to storm the fortress peaks of the island.

Japs Claim Victory

It was admitted in London that for the present the Japanese had a free run in the seas in the Hongkong zone and it was remarkable, it was said, that the Japanese had not already succeeded in taking the island. There was no word to indicate the fate of American property at Victoria, the city. of Hongkong Island. Americans include Addison E. Southard, consul general, and members of his staff, in addition to Mr. Baxter, whose former home is Eureka, Cal. American property includes the extensive Standard Oil instalation, on the mainland, believed to have been wrecked by the British garrison before its retreat, and the buildings of the National City and Chase national banks of New York in the Queen's road, the main thoroughfare of Victoria. A German official news agency dispatch quoting the Japanese Domel news agency reported from Tokyo today that Japanese troops had “broken the last resistance of the British empire garrison at Hongkong.”

Report Brave Defense

It said the last defenses had been attacked after Japanese troops in a night attack had taken the fort on Mt. Cameron, in the center’ of the island. The dispatch added that the British defenses on the hill and in the neighborhood were taken in the attack. It said that 1119 British prisoners had been taken around Hongkong up to this morning. Only a few minutes before the German news agency had reported from Nanking, China, seat of the so-called Nanking regime which purports to administer Japaneseoccupied territory, that the British still held seven Hongkong forts Monty and were bravely defending em.

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1-—Name the two largest rivers th: flow into the Mississippi. i

2—What does “Aloha Oe” mean? 3—According to the Bible, what

kind of wood was used to build Noah's Ark?

4—In which city is the Field Museum of Natural Rintory?

5—Which of these medfx—railroads, inland waterways, pipe lines or trucks—carry the largest volume of freight annually in the U. 8.2

6—Tapioca is obtained from the roots of the snake plant, cassava or guava?

T7—Does any country in Africa border on the Pacific Ocean? 8-—What is the rank next below Captain in the U, 8, Army? * Answers

1—Missouri and Ohio Rivers. 2—"Farewell to thee.” : 3—“Gopher’, wood (generally identi fled as a resinous pine or cedar). 4—Chicago. 5—Railroads. 6—Cassava. 7—No. 8—PFirst Lieutenant. : . =

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