JO Capital Journal, Salem, Ore, Wednesday, April 21, 1943
THE WAR TODAY
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By DEW1TT MACKENZIE
Hitler's hurry-worry conferences with heads o states under
his domination have brought him to the puppet Norwegian pre
mier, Vidkun Quisling, whoso name smells wherever there are
loyal noses. These parleys have been regarded generally as
politico-military in nature and designed to serve a double pur
pose: (1) TO advertise me ci t
ation o a "New Order" for the
European continent, which
would oltscl the allied aims pro
mulgated at the Casablanca con
ference and at the same lime
would (2) act as a bribe to ob
tain greater military assistance
for the Reich, at this critical
juncture.
. The' Quisling confab is the
filth in line and it's interesting
to note that all of them have
concerned areas which not only
are hot invasion prospects but
Didn't Know He
Got Hellman
Cairo. April 21 W.R Frank
Regan, 22. of Vancouver, B.C.,
the Canadian flying officer who
shot down luftwaffe ace Kurt
Hellman, disclosed today that
he returned to his base in his
bullet-riddled plane unaware
that he had downed one of the
nazi air force's top fighters.
Regan scored his first aerial
victory when he sent Hellman
crashing to earth. Hellman
claimed to have destroyed 32
allied planes.
"I was flying near Gabes in
company with another aircraft
when we tangled with five ME
109's," Regan said. "I attacked
their leader. My fire blew part
of his wing off and he rolled
over and dived straight at the
deck. My kite was damaged by
his accurate shooting but I got
home, all right.
'I was very surprised to hear
that it was Hellman I had shot
down."
The identity of the German
pilot was established by another
member of the same luftwaffe
squadron who was shot down
and made prisoner the next day.
White Earns Spot
With Armstrong
' Los Angeles, Anril 21 m A
'Baltimore negro, Luther (Slug
ger) White, has earned a shot
at Henry Armstrong, and prob
ably will get It hero at Wrigley
fic'rl next month.
White, a human buzz-saw In
side the ropes, hammered John
Thomas, a topnolch negro box
er of Los Angeles, all around the
ring last night in the Olympic
stadium while 10,000 partisan
spectators applauded Thomas'
courageous but losing battle.
Thomas, who had won 30
straight fights until the Gary,
Ind., negro, Willie Joyce, shaded
him a few weeks ago, came
mighty close to suffering the
first knockout of his career. The
bell saved him that ignominy
In the first round.
The prospect of Armstrong,
himself a crowder, tanEling with
the windmill White, looks quite
intriguing. Promoter Joe Lynch
says ho has Armstrong's signa
ture for May 22.
Hollywood Signs
Pitcher Pulford
Hollywood, April 21 W) Don
Pulford, a righthander who
pitched nine victories and 10
losses for Nashville last season,
has been signed on a 30-day trial
basis by the Hollywood Stars,
Business Manager Oscar Rcic
how announced last night. He
will join the Hollywood club in
San Francisco.
Credit Association
Elects McCormick
Spokane, April 21 Ml
Northwest members of the Na
tional Retail Credit association
yesterday elected Thomas Mc
Cormick of Vancouver, Wash.,
as president and selected Port
land for their 1!)44 convention.
Old forts at Corral, long re
garded as among Chile's ancient
relics, are to bo reconstructed
and put into use.
I liable C'"nlin'''"r
are among the weakest Jinks in
Hitler's defensive chain. The
previous talks have been with
Mussolini, King Boris of Bul
garia, Dictator Jon Anlonescu oi
Rumania and Regent Nicholas
Horthy of Hungary. Greece is
said to be next in order.
Now all these countries are
in the doubtful class on the nazi
dictator's list. Italy is shaking
like a bowl of cuslarJ. There's
bitter territorial rivalry among
Rumania, Hungary and Bulgar
ia, and on top of that both Hun
gary and Rumania ar.e fed up
with the heavy casualties suf
fered by their troops on the
Russian front. Norway, of
course, is being kept in order
solely by force of arms.
Invasion Main Worry
All in all it would seem that
the worried fuehrer is con
cerned very little with a "New
Order" and very much with
tightening up his defenses
against invasion. His task isn't
an easy one because there are
many possible invasion-points
and he must guard every one
of them, from Norway clear
round southern Europe to the
Balkans.
So far as concerns France,
Belgium, Holland and Denmark,
Hitler likely feels that his pre
parations are as good as he can
make them.
Hitler's other fronts, however,
are his headache. Norway
wouldn't listen to any "New Or
der" and only awaits a chance
to hang the German oppressor.
Italy as a whole not only has
no use for him but is physically
smashed already and is being
kept going with a nazi oxygen
lank. The Balkans, which Ber
lin openly recognizes as a con
venient invasion road for the
allies, present a real problem
to Berlin.
The Rumanians are bitter over
Hitler's award of part of their
Transylvanian territory to Hun
gary, and his bribery of Bul
garia with Rumanian Dobruja.
Bulgaria is fearful of the dis
pleasure of Russia and, while
King Boris chose to take his
country into the axis fold, many
of his people are pro-Russian.
Greece and Yugoslavia are be
ing kept in hand by force of
arms which the invaders dare
not relax and, as already re
marked, Rumania and Hungary
want their troops withdrawn
from the fighting front.
No wonder "our beloved fueh
rer" spent his unhappy birthday
laying down the law to a cring
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