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TREASURE CHEST

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Ze 28.000 Were ied for Cowardice And Desertion During Last War

They are convinced that “one “of our seri-

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But why get jst ou Dervas in suck & a od s calm and con Why not #2 PF WASBINGTON, Aug. 14-It goes without served with him, The number became so" high fae doesn't take long to wait just ‘a nits 1. saying that nether ao, American nor the Rus- he decided to talk to each convicted man perBARTON REES POG Upland; | sian t war. it is equally true sonally. - @ a “| ay a ns SuBYined that 1 was somes tate The gonere) to po sometning a: : Yo will : prison: na THE AMERICAN PENNY . They share that conviction because each case, a first lieutenant who had failed to carry The purchasing power of the penny | side is convinced ‘its soldiers are the bravest, . out an order to oy # German gun position Is now so very small, the Smartt. am st in the world, . —that he had convicted and sentenced to i If it wasn't for the motte on it pr That 1 is notably supported im the 40 in He said the length of the © Wecould hardly use itatall. i. . :} contvolléd But in this country, sentence was not particularly important; he'd . 2M Tdaangutis | AT0F er wis a Phople to face up tothe Tha. Important. thing, the general said, wa can ace The ah 0 a Ring Yo w that he'd go home branded a coward, stripped

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we don’t use much of it. . . , 't believe you can't unless you can prove it... . It seems that too

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Nodding in the shade I watched her, so Delicately frail and mumbling low,

ering in her pad All her friends deft far behind, ° Wondering in her weakened mind If across the street is far awa%: Is this tomorrow or yesterda; PEARL DUTCHESS WasTEALL

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myAreasure memories + | ous mistakes in World War II was to tell the os mies chagt of mem “sme | public there never was an American coward A happy thought, a kindly werd | | 8nd, conversely, that there were no brave, in- : Thatchanced'ts Soma Ty why: Be telligent or capable Japs and Germans. In The hand clasp given with a smile, . | DeWsDapers, , books &nd on the raharished’ dream coms tre. © U:4 dio GT's never came out second best. If there Fulfillment of a task tha ’, Ph were cowards and traitors, they were ignored, Content when day is s 50 ENC Tf either by. conimon consent among the correI count them o'er When shadowed doupt® “= |-Sponaenta Of by order, of the censors. Each pearl a treasured memory i Flunked Rifle Companies

THAT, ARMY men say, was understandable. The desire to tell only the best about our side "was a human one. Sometimes such information have Menor militaryvalue to the enpies. | 4

Asa matier of Tact, ‘high-ranking Army offtery say there were hundreds of thousands of American GI's—soldiers, sailors and marines who failed to meet the test. In most cases, they | ‘would have done all right in the rear reas. Thrown into rifle companies, they flunked out. Some estimates of the number of Americans who were “poorly motivated” or whose “em bative tenden

lion, Me). Gen. John Dahl- . of Army personnel, a. as too high. But he rig)

enily, whose “offensive spirit” or “will to

common denominator. They were as he B., hem as enlisted nven.

Talked to Them Personally

AN ARMY GENERAL who commanded a division in France said seores of officers and men were convicted at general court-martial _for desertion or cowardice. He declines use of his name because it would cast a the thousands of brave and capable men who

WASHINGTON,

DEAR BOSS . . . By Daniel M. Kidney

Gates Has Lone Job. Electing Creighton

Aug. 14—-Dear Boss—Gov. Ralph Gates

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er than most. people care to beA there were whole units of Bp was subject to’ question. There seems to

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Side Glances—By Galbraith

The officer said he realized that. His excuse was that his ‘men Tefused to obey him, so he faked his report.

He Couldn't Do It Prag

THE GENERAL gave him an’ opportunity to try again, The convicted officer said it was “no use”; he couldn't do it. He preferred disgrace, . During the war, this general gdopted a policy of offering all mén convicted of cowardice or desertion a chance to ‘clear their names. A few accepted. But the majority said they o tried a second time, a few were kiting in But most of them deserted 2 _— Fan

This general Yecalls ‘a lieutenant colonel who %eported to his division as a replacement. He had all the earmarks of an excellent soldfer, and regimental commanders competed for his services. Later, this man refused thp general’s personal erder to report to the front. He said the boat dhead of him had been obliteraied by u German shell ahd. his nerves were

He was tried and convict: But like the others he refused to take # nd chance,

One Was Excellent

DURING THE WARD approximately 38,000 officers and men were tried by general court‘martial for cowardice and desertion. That does not Include conscientious objectors, neurotics detected by draft boards or those who evaded combat by legal or semi-legal subterfuge. Only ‘one man was executed for cowardice,

and he was the first to face a firing squad in-

our Army since the Revolutionary War. Army men are convinced the majority of American nien readily wauld die for their cotintry. But, they say, the percentage of those who prefer disgrace to death is high. They say it may even be higher if there is a World War IIT.

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money feeding hogs. and many quit and Tg to a! 8 gentser a pound on hoof. Then. came the boycott. I recall again the averall clubs formed after the First World War as a protest against the high prices of suits. One man in Chicago was Son weTiaE & Wilor Hate sil of ave cloth, a $20 slik shirt, a $5 tie and $15 panama hat. Finally it dawned on someone that men who had to wear overalls were being hurt and it stopped. Let's study our: present problennas to and probabie effect. Meat is ers hesitated fo put high "eh feed into hogs with a continued threat of rationing and price “Furthermore the government a bought ‘lagge quanties to send to Euro, addition former low income groups are ed buying choice "cuts of meat, who bought cheap grades sparingly before the war. The probable effect will be something like this. A possible decline of a few cents a pound. on meat and a sharp upturn in protein foods - eggs, vege oils, ete.’

pres Whith at. Tr When the bre ing seasurl starts, jt will Probably mean ex-: ;

tremely high prices for meat next summer. However, under normal conditions, with. threats of government control removed and: with a big mn crop in prospect meat should be muck lower by Sot L Summer. :

Fram the Far West

By Mrs. Walter Haggerty, City ‘Here we are in Sequin, Washington, hemmed : in by snow-capped mountains on one side and the ocean on he other. I begin fa think we were far from home in all these strange surroundings | until I went ip town in Seqiiin today and saw, : In lis,” on fromt of Saturday Evening! ost. It made me feel like I was back home espe- | cially when I opened the pages and saw there,’ the photo of our good, honest Mayor Al Feeney. News travels ’fast—it’'s a small world and: even the people here in Sequin, although theyve have lakes, the ocean, snow capped mountains ° all the year round, are looking for.a good Mayor, : \ like ours. ? This is & town of Democrats, haven't met | a Republican yet. I fact, everyone I talked to on the way out here were Democrats.

IN WASHINGTON . . . By Charles T. Lucey

Witnesses Won't Talk, Seal Up Spy Probe

_ Elmer (Little Doe). .

nominated Hobart Creighton as his successor, and now it looks as though Gov. Ralph Gates will have to elect him. + For all the other Hoosier hot-shot Republicans will be busy doing things for Gov, Dewey: Senior Sen. Homer KE. Capehart, who is vice chairman of the GOP Senatorial Campaign Commit-, tes, says he expects to travel into every state where there is" a senatorial contest. That, of course, excludes his own, He expects to be on both the Dewey and Warren trains, he said. So“that sounds as though he will gill have little time to help Hobart.

Jenner on Speakers Bureau

THEN there is the junior Senator from Indiana ‘Wiliam E (Bill) Jenner. He alway said he hates Washington. Nevertheless he was up as head of the National Speakers Bureau and will arrive here next week to devote full-time to this job. His offices are being readied in the Dewey headquarters on the busy DuPont Circle Circle directly across from the Republican National

ttee. Another Hoosier already has headquarters there. He is rwood of Indianapolis. He is to .coordigate gall the vari Republican cutfits, Hie Appointment ‘was announced by Rep. Léonard W. Hall (R. N. Hall Reo, Chasis A. semis ur as Shairman ‘of the Campaign Committee. Mr. Halleck resigned after “being elected House Majority Lea

Halleck to Get Top, Billing.

MR. 1 BALLECK has 3 his nationwide contacts «1. exed to in numerous states outside of diana. ae he pot have too much time cams. fr 3. Cragin, avn I'he rom te Second District hich Mr. Halleck ts. :

Eb Ll AL leat Mer Hate av W, BL A alleck delivered the Indian li the first convention a and ace oY a seconding speech

‘ Senator governor was said to be

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"Don’ t forget to invite Seth Thompson out to the house for a

“mmal—he's going to be judge of the baked goods again at the country fairl’

Mr. Lyons sfipport of the Jenner plan to make ‘the Junior a factor in the nomination going to The way things are shaping up in the nations! picture now,

‘the Washington branch of the Indiana Republican Party may | ;

have “lost a battle but won the war" Confidentially some of “the boys are saying hat Huy F. Schricker (Creightan’s Democratic opponent) was _ best Governors Indiana ever had" A continued Republican rift will be a feather in Henry's white hat—pravided Gov. Dewey deosn't carry the state by too large a margin.

WASHINGTON, Aug.’ 14—Putting aside the ham- acting, ' political stump speeches and ths cops-and-robbers angles, the : pattern of the House Un-American Activities Committee : was shaking down about as follows: ! One set of witnesses says the Communists ran = big spy ring here during the war, and names government people who were part of it. Mostof those named take the stand, neither admit nor deny ' guilt; and take cover in a constitutional provision they say gives— them immunity from “self-incrimination.” A few forthrightly : reply to questions, though nobody says he's guilty, The congressmen wrangle repeatedly with those making the | denials, saying they know the details are false and charging, perjury.

People pound tables, rap "gavels and shout. Then it begins all over again.

- Witnesses Keep Clammed Up

FOR days now the commiitee has been almdst on dead center, .

2 or By not know other alleged spy m nam Na . The week's prize understatement came from Rep. ¥. Bdward Hebert (D, La.), a member of the Un-American Activities Com-

tanding denials, the committee. stems hedded toThat & Communi spy Ting dN oy Beatles, Louis Budens and Whittaker Chambers. : FBI Has the Evidence :

THE FBI though silent, is understood to have evidence which SUpbatts in part, at any ais, the sccusetions wade Uy Mis:

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