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to her about § p. m. When he knocked af the door and then told the customer he had brought her a

“Well, didn’t you call saying you didn't get's paper?” Herb asked. “It was this way,” she replied. “This. morning we didn’t get the Star, This afternoon the News boy didn’t come. So I didn't would come either.” Another Orange Car at E. Michigan st. which specializes in citrus fruit Mrs. Mary Baus, 1409 N. King the mail to Henry Schad, the vaseimmediately after readings about Mr. Schad's in Wednesday's paper. She wants vases for her own home. . . . Indiana folks quite excited about the idea of the United

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Smokey Puts On Show

A CLEVELAND, O., serviceman visiting the Union Station servicemen’s canteen put on a show for -Mrs. Elias ©. Atkins, canteen director, her helpers and other visitors. The soldier was Cpl. William

Smoky is full of tricks. tight rope blindfolded, goes name, sings in dog fashion and jumping. She really performed at Mrs. Atkins said. Smoky was found New Guinea two yeass ago. She has sions to her credit, has travelled around by ship, plane and train, and has been : Korea, Japan, Philippines, Netherlands East Indies and Okinawa. Cpl. Wynne was wearing a discharge button but Smoky hasny, her's yet. She ) have one soon, however) . . . Still in the : Stout field soldiers have been nursing Red; a chow dog and a mascot at the field. Red has a mania fo riding jeeps but she ended up getting a broken leg

‘Ethics for Japs

TOKYO, Dee. 3.—One of our generals delivering &

lecture on the military history of the Far East drew a

significant distinction between the Filipinos and the Japanese in their reactions to the impact of western civilization. He pointed out that the Filipinos ace cepted from the Spanish cons querors their religion—and poth--ing else. The Philippines in consequence, rejecting thé mechanical and scientific prograss offered them by the Occident, continue in placid contentment, with aspirations little above those they may have held 1000 years ago. At least, that’s what the general said. The Japanese, on the other "hand, eagerly grasped at the offering of material civilization, but totally rejected the: spiritual philosophy of the West. Japan has never had any interest in our ethical values. Her leaders have been opportunists, If a desired objective could not be attained by strength, it could be obtained by guile.

Will Religion Be Required . THE GENERAL'S remarks were of interest to ‘me since I had been wondering how we were to go about the process of re-educating Japan. Will our various sectarian missionaries swarm in And estab-

~ And can we convince the Japanese that our system of ethics will be an instrument for ‘sconomic and spiritual salvatiori? Those are questions which cannot be answered until the

Aviatio WE POSSESS an alieost miraculous abifly 4 tum out the right weapons toward the end of a war, weapons which we should have had at the beginning of the fight. : : And we invariably plan to fight the next war with the weapons. and tactics = with -which we ended the previous war, ‘How can we hope to correct war staff deficiency

NEW YORK, Sunday Friday afternoon my son, Elliott, and his wife, went with me to the ceremony 35 Dour he Gie’ U8 Franklin B- : a trial cruise. =

which is getting ready for We attendéd » simple

most interesting event, from my poipt of view, was the presenta. tion of a certificate to the cap- ~ of the ship from the very begin the ownership .of a plank in the ship, and are called “plank walkers” certificates. 1 am sure they handed down from gemeration to

Smoky . . . She put on her own show at the Union a, Station canteen.

when she got in the path of one of the little cars. Now she’s limping around with one leg in a cast.

Like Animated Scenes THE DICKENS Christmas carol scenes in Block's

: have been at Block's since June and it took from then until now to get them ready for the winthe scenes has a little motor hidden under it which makes the hands or the feet move, etc. It was Mr. Roeder’s job to see that the lighting effects for the scenes were worked out. No/| sooner will he complete Christmas displays for this; year than he'll start on those for 1946. . . . Mis. C. I. Covert, 320 E. Maple rd.

the soldier. Her phone number is HU. 2144.

By Sidney B. Whipple

rehabilitation of the nation is under way. I believe, that they

open to question. the liberal leaders among the Japanese seem ve faces set against any proposal to use education and religion as a double-barrelled ageney for

religious workers. But they feel that the Japanot ready for their teaching. Whether they are right or wrong, every inquiry I have made confirms my suspicion that our missions have failed to make any impressive impact on the

Influence Public Life. AND I am told that the Japanese Christians, although a comparatively small body, exercise considinfluence in the more intelligent segments of Japanese public life. But the Japanese masses are

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Correspondent THE Japs would have been

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day in December 1941, to know - that an unobtrusive “Mr. Wainwright” had board-

bound for San Diego. Save for two incidents it was a thoroughly uneventful trip. He had & drawing room and shunned other passengers. Blue-eyed, white-haired “Mr. Wainwright” carried an old canvas sewing bag whenever he left his drawing room. When barber shops adjoining the station in Chicago were jammed, “Wainwright” went to the navy pier to get a haircut. “No civilians,”

display { bellowed a- coxswain at the door.

But an old chief hurriedly emptied the G. I. tonsorial parlor so “Wain-

-| wright” could be accommodated.

Called by Knox On another occasion a professor looked up as “Wainwright” walked through the diner. “Why, Admiral Nimitz,” he exclaimed. *“Wainwright” did not even turn his head. The professor was right, “Wainwright” was Rear Adm. Chester William Nimitz of Fredericksburg, Tex. A few days before he had been called to Secretary Knox's office ghd told .that be was to be com-mander-in-chief, Pacific fleet. He now is America's top naval commander. Traveling west in civilian clothes as protection against Jap agents, Nimitz had time to study the secret reports which he had hurriedly placed in Mrs. Nimitz’ old sewing bag. He was to be a CINCPAC as well as CINC, Pacific ocean areas, with a shattered fleet, fighting an

REPORT ON THE

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of world war II

gium in 18 days, Yugoslavia in 12 days and Greece in 18 days. Never in the history of warfare have such portentious victories been won so rapidly. and with “such little bloodshed.

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The keys to this power

DURING the third week|

>in September the. Com- : "bined Chiefs of Staff were nk of the Meuse were the airplane and the | again in eonference at” Que-

tapk—co-ardinated. Both of these machines. €ut|jo, with Pregident Roosevelt

their eyeteeth in world war I and that's where most

in the defenses began to appear like the navy's proximity “fused anti-aircraft shell, ’

and Prime Minister Churchill.

: ; The next war? The alr- |The whole of Northern France and plane almdst reached the status of a “master weapon” | substantial parts of Belguim and this war. Toward end, however, challenging | Luxembourg were in allied hands.

tion to prepare with all speed to the German armies in the

he the target-seeking, winged defense missile which west and occupy the German home-

will hunt airplanes and destroy them. We often have + bomber new big gun—with. the

We had neither machines nor men at the start of this war. We don’t want men and no machines if there is a next war,

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Navy's Top Man Keeps His Eye on the Ball—

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1945

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The gold star in lieu of a third distinguished service medal is awarded to Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz by President Truman whe praised his + mastery of naval warfare . . . sound judgment . . . inspiring leadership.”

enemy which had just delivered a)

“daring strategy . .

almost paralyzing blow and taking over a demoralized command.

On Christmas Day, 1941, he re-!aply. He lieved Vice Adm. Willlam Pye, who had taken over temporarily from appointment. He spent four years Rear Adm. Husband Kimmel. About | in submarines, an our in Kimmel he said: “There but for|

the grace of God go 1.”

Excited admirals, generals and;

mained cool. In Kimmel's staff,

which expected a naval Siberia, he|

engendered confidence.

His conduct. of the Pacific wari knowledge of his profession which was not without criticism but noth-| is {llustrated by this story. While in

ing took Nimitz’ eye off the ball or diverted his fire. - | Perhaps that came from his attachment to tennis and his technique of placing his battle shots. He kept the Jap guessing until his

WAR ... By Gen. George C. Marshall

Battle of Bulge . .. . Ike's Strategy Sound

Tiss thi 10h of 42 ini atuments

The Slegfried dc « ; 5 were formidable as anticipated, and our divisions paid heavily for each inch of ground they tore from the fanatical Nazi defenders. Nevertheless, by Dec. 4 .the 2d British army had cleared the west and the. 9th army had reathed the Roer.

army. fought splendidly throGgh bloody Hurtgen forest, taking heavy casualties and inflicting heavy losses on the stubborn enemy. - The dams of the Roer seriously inhibiting Gen, hower’s progress, He wrote: . . »

“HE (THE ENEMY) Is assisted in that area, however, by the flooded condition of the Roer river snd the capability he has of producing « sudden rush of water by blowing the dams near Schmidt. “Bradley has about come to the conclusion that we must take that area by a very difficult attack from the west and southwest, “There can be no question of the

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shine—extended

overwhelming naval strength made subterfuge almost unnecessary.

His training fitted him admirhad chosen Annapolis after failing to get a West Point

Germany and built thie first Amer-

He was chief of staff of the Atlantic

When world war II broke, he) was chief of the bureau of navigation. To the Pacific he brought a

command of the destroyer Decatug, he received a call from the engineer faced with a problem in the engine

Greatest Fleet

Thorough inspections ficet. When: Nimitz goes aboard a ship, he is not con-

tent to drink coffee in the wardroom. every detail from bilge to bridge.

{ operation likely to succeed?

room. “Look on page 84 of Barton's Engineering manual for that one,” said Nimits.

German is throwing into the line some divisions with only six weeks training, a fact that contributes materially to his high casualty rate. “As explained in my most recent appreciation to the combined chiefs ot staff, our problem is to continue our- attacks as Jong as the results

_|achieved ‘are so much in our -favor, East of Aachen troops of the 1st

while at the same time preparing for a full-out heavy offensive when the weather conditions’ become favorable, assuming the enemy holds out, j “Unless some trouble develops from within Germany, a possibility of which there is now no real evidence, he should be able to maintain a strong defensive front for some time, assisted by weather, floods, and muddy ground.” ” Nd "

GEN. EISENHOWER was determined to give Germany: no chance to recoup from the blows already delivered. “Despite shortages in troops and supplies, his attitude was offensive. Consequently, he was to hold some sectors of

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He runs a “taut ship” but is not icy. He often greeted younger officers with “my name's Nimitz.” Now designated for the navy's top job of COMINCH and CNO (commander-in-chief, U. 8. fleet and chief of naval operations), Fleet Admiral Nimitz, who will be 61 in February, will bring to Wash-

ington the three rules he followed |

lesser lights poured through his| fleet submarine foice during world in the Pacific: (1) 1s the prop

office. Inside the lean Texan re-|war I

@ What might be the consequences of failure? (3) Is it in the realm of practicability in terms of material and supplies?” These principles modified to meet peacetime needs, will mean that under Nimitz’ stewardship the navy

beset many of his predecessors and will keep itself in the highest order

of readiness which the nation per-|

mits.

forces in order to gather strength at his points of attack.

chau and Trier he could assign only four divisions of the 1st army, or sacrifice his effort to bring about a decision elsewhere. * .

armies of the west, commanded by Field Marshal Von Rundstedt and acting on the direct orders of Hitler, made their last desperate effort to stave off the disaster, , » ” ON DEC. 16 Von Rundstedt attacked with a force of 24 divisions. He had been able, because of heavy fog which continued for days, to assemble his forces in secrecy in the heavily forested foreground, When the blow came, eight pane zer divisions broke through our 8th corps line on a 40-mile front. Di= versionary attacks in other sectors and considerable air and artillery support assisted the main offensive in Luxembourg. nT and decisively and subsequent results have proved the eminent soundness of his plan, . » » -

: ALL AVAILABLE reserves in the

| ern army group - was deployed to

central army group were used to strengthen the northern and southern flanks of the penetration and the 30th British corps of the north-

hold the line of the Meuse and the vital Liege area. With ‘communications seriously disrupted, Field Marshal Montgomery was charged with the operation of forces north of the penetration, involving temporary operational

SHOULDERS of the penetration at Monschau and Echternach were stubbornly held by innorth and from the south, outstanding among which were the 1st 2d, 4th, and 99th divisions,

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will avoid the shoals that have! Officials of the railroad brother.

To the 75 miles between Mons-|

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Federal-Stafe | Laws on Labor

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (U, P), ~—Representatives of organized labor and 41 state governors gathered here today for the 12th national conference on federal-state - co-operation in labor legislation. The four-day session is being 3 held under labor department aus pices. It will deal with federal. state action in handling disputes, improvement in state labor departments, enforcement of state safety, health and wage-hour laws, Meanwhile, congressmen clashed sharply over pending legislation to impose stiff fines and withdraw collective bargaining rights from unions which violate mno-strike clauses in contracts. : . = »

CHAIRMAN Adolph Sabath (D. 11), of the house rules committee predicted that such legisiation would be vetoed by President L Truman. “Knowing the Presi bi dent's labor views,” Sabath said, “I don’t see how he could sign such a bill.” He termed it “untimely, unjust and unfair.”

The measure was introduced by ; Rep. Howard W. Smith (D. Va.) ip and was cleared for floor consid- i: eration by Sabath’s committee. | Advocates of restraint on labor sought early floor action on the Smith bill but Sabath doubted that it could be squeeted in this week, . Foes of the Smith bill meet tomorrow. with Presidents lip Murray of the C. I. O, William Green of the A. FP, of L, and

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hoods to discuss their opposition strategy. Sabath noted that the house military affairs committee approved the measure without hearings snd said it was only “fair that labor leaders” have a chance to express themselves agcinst it. =» SUPPORTERS of the bill have become more vocal following the failure of the President's national labor-management conference to

agree on any specific formula for settling strikes.

The conference did agree, however, on a code of indusirial relations which called for full use

We, the W, sian 'At Home' Cards May Require New Phrasing

“They will return honeymoon in the south in several weeks J}

from their

ing shortage doesn’t im-

course, we are already used to the phrase, “will make their home with his (or her) parents.”

AND maybe the thousands of persons who today are drifting

: to Anything is to the realm of etiquet when the wedding snnouncement of a wealthy, socially prominent ple says