Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 37, Number 44, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 14 August 1942 — Page 7

WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Red Communiques Admit Grave Peril As New Flank Attacks Harass Nazis; CIO President Proposes Peace Plan; Cargo Planes Get Qualified Approval (EDITOR’S NOTE: When opinion* are expressed in these columns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union’s new* analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) Released by Western Newspaper Union. One of Uncle Sam’s newest weapons for the armored force, the M 4 tank, is shown on special demonstration at Fort Knox, Ky. Here the 28ton tank plows through a barn to demonstrate its ability to negotiate obstacles. It has a 75-mm. cannon in a revolving turret and a completely welded hull.

RUSSIA: Flank Tactics While Moscow’s official radio was telling the Germans in their own language that the United States and Russia had ijome to their agreement on the creation of the second front in 1942, Sovieftroops were busy with flank attacks on the Nazi forces all along the 300-mile Don river front. German drives had pushed far beyond Rostov, toward the Caucasus, but the Russians were claiming that their new flank attacks were netting a terrific toll of Nazi tanks and men. At Voronezh, northern anchor of the Don front, the Russians had been holding out doggedly while their columns were being pushed back in the other sectors. If Germans in the homeland had. been listening to the Russian radio tell of the coming of the second front, they heard too that their country would be confronted with 15,000,000 men, 85,000 tanks, 100,000 guns, and 50,000 airplanes. But this was brave talk for even the official Russian communiques admitted the gravity of their nation’s peril. Most feared was a Nazi break-through in the center of the Caucasus front. This would more than likely mean that the so-far orderly Russian retreat would stand a chance of being turned into a rout—a result that would be disastrous for the cause of the United Nations. Soviet officials had other troubles, too. There were reports out of the Don valley that large rings of fifth columnists had been uncovered. Many of the spies in these groups were quickly executed as they were caught trying to co-operate with Nazi parachute troops who were dropping behind the Soviet main lines. Meanwhile, through England and the United States the cry was getting louder for military officials to establish the much-discussed second ’ front. From widely diversified ' groups and sections came the urg- • ing. There was considerable agita- i tion for .this move for many people I feared the United Nations would suffer a most severe blow should Russia fail to last the year on the European side of the Ural mountains. ALEUTIANS: 10,000 Japs Breaking an official silence, a navy spokesman officially estimated that the Japanese have succeeded in putting “not more than 10,000” troops into the Aleutian island area and at the same time announced there was no evidence that the Pribilof island to the north had been occupied by the Nipponese. The statement came in answer to a report made by the Alaskan delegate to congress, Anthony J. Dimond, that between 20,000 and 25,000 Jap troops were on the Aleutians and that the Pribilbfs had been occupied. Questioned about Dimond’s reports, the spokesman said that “we believe that not more than 10,000 Japanese are in the Aleutians, probably one-half ashore and one-half - afloat.” The Japs gained a foothold in the Aleutians on June 3. So far, the navy has confirmed the presence of Japs only on three of the islands: Attu, Agattu and Kiska, at the western end of the chain. The Pribilofs are in the Bering sea, and consist of four islands; St. Paul, St. George, Otter and Waldrus. The latter two are small and uninhabited. PETRILLO SAYS ‘NO’: To Davis Plea “I cannot grant your request to cancel the notice that the AFM members will not play for transcrip- ’ ‘.ions or records.” With those words, James C. Petrillo, president of the American Federation of Musicians, refused a request by Elmer Davis, director of the Office of War Information,. to rescind his ban against the making of new phonograph records or radio transcriptions for commercial purposes by union members.

PEACE PLAN: For CIO-AFL A proposal that the Congress for Industrial Organization and the American Federation of Labor “initiate discussions regarding possible establishment of organic unity” was made by Philip Murray, CIO president, in a letter to William Green, AFL chief. Peace proposals between the two organizations have been discussed for several months as a step toward speeding war production. In his letter, Murray proposed the establishment of a committee composed of representatives of both organizations, with an impartial arbitrator, to settle all jurisdictional disputes between the two groups. Murray named a committee of three' to discuss the problem of “organic unity.” He named himself, R. J. Thomas, president of the CIO United Automobile Workers, and Julius Emspak, secretary of the United Radio and Machine Workers union. BEEF: Two Varieties In butchershops from the Bronx to Boise there was considerable beefing about beef. Beef was high. Beef was hard to get. What was the trouble? President Roosevelt told his press conference there were three main reasons fop the current meat shortage: (1) this is the off-season for beef; (2) people have more purchasing power now, with which to buy better cuts of meat; and (3) around 4,000,000 men under arms are now eating much more meat than they ever ate on their own dinner tables at home. Meanwhile Agriculture Secretary Claude Wickard reported that there may be some relief in the temporary beef shortage this fall when more cattle are brought in off the range. But other sources looked with disfavor on what effect this would have on the normal spring beef market. GIANT PLANES: From Shipyards There was a new answer to the shipping problems of the United Nations looming on the horizon. It was an unofficial agreement from the War Production board to give the “green light” to plans of Henry K. Kaiser, West Coast shipbuilder, to build giant cargo and troop transport planes in nine of the nation’s shipyards. First hitch to be overcome in the suggested set-up was the granting of authority by military officials to release engines and other parts needed in the building of aircraft for the army and navy. Donald Nelson, WPB head, appeared to be willing to proceed with the plan if these materials could be obtained without hampering the war effort. This came as a surprise as WPB first voiced skepticism on the plan. Kaiser’s idea calls for the conversion of three shipyards on each coast to produce 5,000 flying boats a year. The ships would be of 100-ton design fashioned after the 70-ton flying boat Mars, now in active use. Support of Glenn Martin, Baltimore bomber builder, Tom Girdler, steel magnate and all others with knowledge of production problems of plane building would be sought, according to Kaiser. After Kaiser had discussed the idea with Nelson he appeared before a senate military subcommittee to testify and Nelson later issued a statement stating that the WPB was willing to “co-operate to the limit in any practical way for increasing the effectiveness of our . . . transportation systems.” At the same time, James H. R. Cromwell, former U. S. minister to Canada, Was proposing that Kaiser be made “czar of air transportation.” He said: “If we can’t get supplies to the fronts by air transport we are going to lose this var.”

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AIR MONSTERS: Things to Come Reading like a tale from the pen of Jules Verne, the story of two super-gigantic cargo planes was unfolded in Washington by aviation engineers. Senate committees heard the stories. Details of a huge plywoed plane were disclosed by Dr. W. W. Christmas. technical aviation engineer. The plywood carrier, weighing 1,120,000 pounds, would be both a cargo and battle plane. It would be a 60,000 horsepower, two hull plane with 400 foot wingspread and with wings 16 feet thick, with a speed of about 350 miles an hour. It would carry 3,000 men. It would carry a rack of torpedoes weighing 20,000 pounds. Dr. Christmas pointed out that the torpedoes would have a striking force of 19,000,000 pounds when dropped. “A battleship deck would be like wet paper when one of these bombs hit it,” he said. The second plane was a revolutionary type of amphibian flying cargo plane, which would be lifted and propelled by a combination of engines, helium gas and air tunnels. The engineers are Horace Chapman Young and Eric Langlands of the Aerodynamics Research corporation. x A single wing combination cargo-fighter-carrier, the plane would have a flying deck of approximately 200 feet, from which 12 fighter planes could take off. It would carry enough helium gas to lift 36 tons and with its engines could lift 70 tons. Four tunnels would run through the wing. Engineers in these tunnels would create a semivacuum, whose suction would supply pulling power while the propellers gave it thrusting power. Its speed would be about 2CO miles an hour. LADIES: Os the Navy ■’Waves” is not a new word to U. S. navy men but in the future sailors will have to think twice before using it. For this is the name being given to the Navy’s woman’s auxiliary, counter-part of the army's WAAC. Now officially organized, tire Waves plan to enlist 10,000. First call was for 1,000 women, preferably bachelor girls, to volunteer as officer candidates. Miss Mildred McAfee, 42, president of Wellesley college? Wellesley, Mass., is being chosen head of the feminine navy unit and will hold the rank of lieutenant commander. While there appeared to be a preference for single girls, married women are not prohibited from volunteering. Unmarried women will have to agree not to marry while in training—a one-month period. Waves will be assigned to desk or' administrative jobs to release men for active sea duty. * Rationing Student RtOrjs VB s ■’ iiiiiF I x 'll ** ra John Leigh, gas station attendant in Washington, is pictured studying rationing rules. When Price Adm in- ’ I istrator Leon Henderson ran out of gas, Leigh refused to fill a can for ■ him. Henderson later proved that 1 such an act would not be a violation of the regulations, but his proof came too late. He already had been forced to take a taxi. 1 ~~—————————— ; MISCELLANY: > COUSINS: Conklin Mann, New*York genealogist who discovered • last month that President Roosevelt t and Prime Minister Churchill are . eighth cousins once removed, announced that he had found the Presi- • dent to be a sixth cousin once re . moved of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, j MARKETING: U. S. farmers in 1 the first half of 1942 marketed prod- - ucts totaling $5,773,000,000, accords ing to a department of agriculture - estimate. This compares with $4,012,000,000 for the same period in 1941. ; FATS: The Office of Price Ad- - ministration has set a ceiling of - four cents a pound on waste kitchen 1 fats now being sold by housewives J to retail meat markets in the na- ) tional salvage campaign. GASLESS: Pleasure driving is . practically a thing of the past in Britain. As of August 1, gasoline is . sold only to business and profession- ) al automobiles. r DEATH: Maj. Gen. Julius von • Bernauth, German tank expert, was - killed in action on the Russian front, t it was announced on a Nazi broadcast

Um IM npURNING back the pages of many, many calendars, your correspondent still recalls the thrill that came when the first breath of early (all came along,

and the dog days were iover. That meant football. We began practicing around September 15, and the season came to an abrupt finish on Thanksgiving day. It's all different now. Football is already at full swing in many colleges and many camps.

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Yale, for example, one of the most conservative of all the universities, has gone all out—not so much to develop a single outstanding team, but to have hundreds trained in the matter of condition and discipline that football demands. Certainly no university is doing a finer job. I also could mention Maryland and many others. The Change These teams want and will work for winners. But beyond that more attention will be paid to mass than to class. Students who never thought of football before now will be shown the feeling of hard body contact, of increased speed, of improved stamina, of quicker reactions in competition. In the universities, the colleges and the prep schools there will be at least five, or possibly ten, football players in training against one for other seasons. “Why,” someone has asked, “shouldn’t these men be in active war service?” The main answer is that the war department wants it this way. First, because most of these men also are taking war training. Second, because the war department wants its coming replacements and reserves to be the best soldiers in the world, trained and conditioned for what is to come later on. Every university and college of any standing in the country is doing its best to comply with the demands or requests that come from the top. Football is already under full swing at the Naval Cadet camps located at the universities of Georgia, North Carolina, lowa and St. Mary’s. “War,” as the late General Sherman said, “is hell.” But football in Georgia and North Carolina through August is no part of a picnic. No one yet knows just how such coaches as Bernie Bierman and Jim-

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my Crowley will be able to get winning teams with squads that come and go, with almost no stars from the pros or from the colleges. The odds are all against them. But football is a big part of their training, and this happens to be the main idea. These four Naval Cadet camps have

over 40 games scheduled- with the stronger university teams, facing one of the toughest schedules of the year. Other Games In the meanwhile the pros and the army squad are both on their way to camp, to many camps, for the eight games scheduled this month and through early September. This army division, under Bob Neyland and Wallace Wade, will set at least one football record. They will finish up their schedule by. Sep : tember 20, just about the spot when most of the others are swinging into action. Coaches Neyland and Wade have the “rush act” to handle. They have the material—many of the great football players of recent years—but the job of whipping these men into a football machine in a short while is no simple job. You can gamble that the Washington Redskins, the New York Giants, the Green Bay Packers, the Brooklyn Dodgers and others will be something to shove around, despite the fact they have lost close to a hundred star men to the services. Messrs. Steve Owen, Curly Lambeau. George Halas and others still have enough good material left to keep any team busy, no matter how many stars may be working against them. They, also, are out to win. ' And these games will play a big part for Army Relief. They are a big part of the bigger game. And they will be something to see. Stout Combination The Big Nine, plus Notre Dame, may easily be football’s stronghold for the new campaign. And this isn’t overlooking lowa, which would be a serious mistake. There are linemen on hand to match the backs, especially at Minnesota, where Norse forwards usually have the call. Minnesota’s big line will be led by Dick Wildung, one of the greatest forwards in 1941 —a sure bulwark in the season that is not too far away, and which the fans are looking forward to.

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ST I BLUE ANO WHITE CABINET ! Vhw WITH CUT-OUT SCALLOPS I BLUE MORNING GLORIES IN APPLIQUE DESIGN FOR CURTAINS ANO TOWELS \X7HATEVER the limitations ’ ’ that priorities may place on new bathroom fixtures there is no limit to the gay color and good cheer that you may have with brightly painted cupboards and towels decorated with pieces from your scrap bag. In this bathroom a morning glory applique design is used for towels of two sizes and for curtains. The handy towel and lotion cupboard is painted white outside and morning glory blue inside. The sides, top and bottom are screwed IK/} / Sheets and other linens should be ironed in different folds each week so the creases will not break through. To keep bread in the best condition, store it when cool in a clean, well-aired, covered, ventilated container and keep in a cool, dry place. • • • ' Rancidity in lard can be prevented by keeping it - away from air, light and warmth. Store in ‘tin or crockery containers in a cool place. * * * Onion juice should be added after a mixture is cooked rather than cooked with the mixture if the best flavor is desired. • * • Food bought in season will help to keep that part of the budget within reason. « * • Salt fish are quickest and best freshened by soaking in sour milk. * * * That fish may be scaled much easier by first dipping them into boiling water for a minute. « * * Each time bed sheets are changed the mattress should be turned end-for-end or upside down. Sweet corn, green string beans, green peas, pumpkins, squash, celery and greens are best vegetables for home drying.- Apples and berries are adapted to drying in the home among fruits. ♦ * ♦ To protect garden snoes keep them well greased or oiled with neat’s-foot oil or cod or castor oil, tallow or wool grease. Let dry in a warm place. HOUSEWIVES: ★★ ★ Your Waste Kitchen Fats Are Needed for Explosives TURN’EM IN! ★★★

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