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w Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, September 7, 1944 Shaves and Shines Given to Invasion Yanks MS \ another J A General Quiz <V. (Xa ^a THE/NEWS! By P aul M allon R eleased by W estern N ew spaper Union. U N E M P L O T E D B IL L L A C K S WASHINGTON.—The left wirg po litical-aggressors (the Pepper-Tru- man-Hillman-ClO crowd) tried to - . , . . find Mr. Roosevelt for leadership and support when their M urray-Kil gore bill and its $35-a-week federal unemployment pension for war workers was sinking to defeat in the senate. He was nowhere to be located—on that subject at that time. He was traveling, or he was busy, or tele phone connections were busy. They ... . .. never got him. At least so they now Sa2Lln pr‘' a *• Their story leaves the burden for *) ] <N. (Va (N. fhw f ; ^a ffce » Cw The Question» 1. What conquering armies have marched through the streets of Berlin within the last two cen turies? 2. How many Presidents ot the United States have been under 50 when inaugurated? 3. The Bible tells of a man who fastened firebrands onto the tails of foxes und sent them into the cornfields of his enemies. Who wus he? 4. By what method do the mem bers of Finland's parliament vote? 5. Who delivered the famous Coopiy Union address? 0. What do the British call our baby flat-tops or escort carriers? Washington. D C. PR ESID EN T AND W ILLK IE Only insiders know it. but after the President held his press confer- i ence -denying he had sent a letter ! to Wendell Willkie, Judge Sam I Rosenman and Steve Early rushed up to his desk and remonstrated that he had made a bad mistake, Thev were afraid FDR had re buffed the man who had gone down S,' the line for him 100 per cent on taxes, foreign policy and the war. "They caught me a little unpre pared on that one,” the President admitted ruefully. "However, I tried to tell them it was a personal question. I didn't want to embar- rass Willkie by letting people think he and , had politica>, Later, the President repeated to some Qf hig cabine, h<f hadn-t The A nsw ers 1. The Russian troops of Cath erine the Great in 17t>0, and die Old Guards of Napoleon in 1806. 2. Six. 3. Samson (Judges 13:4, 5). 4. They press u ‘'yes” or “no” button on their desk. Thus they can pass a bill within 90 seconds. 8. Abruharn Lincoln. 6. "Woolworth carriers.” L e x p e c te d the question at his new, a greater relief for high salaried war conference. Explaining that he workers than so’diers will get, upon wanted to talk to Willkie about post Because few Chinese have any hair on their faces until they reach an advanced age, the shaving engaged the drooped shoulders of Senator war peace plans and foreign policy, In by American soldiers seems to be a most unusual operation. Here, Corp. Harvey II. Powell, a horse- Truman, the vice presidential candi not politics, he indicated that he shoer with a veterinary company in China, but a barber on the side, exercises his tonsorial art on Pvt date. Vice presidential candidates would go ahead with his plans for Stanley C. Phillips of Dayton, Ohio, to the amusement of Chinese soldiers. Pfc. James P. Royle, Boston, and vice presidents exist chiefly to the talk regardless of what had hap Mass., wants to look neat during the Invasion, so Italian youngster shinrs up his shoes. Italian youngsters take blame (see career of Vice Pres pened. soon found that they could earn good money with a shoe shining kit In almost any camp. ident Wallace). The President was quite irked that It is difficult to believe a fresh new-s about his letter to the former | vice p r e s id e n tia l candidate Presidential cancudate had leaked would take such responsibility of out. Only a few people knew the fostering such legislation with letter existed. The carbon copy was out orders from the top, but Tru builds the not filed with his regular cor man is being quoted in the usual respondence. and the first draft of economical off-the-record way that always the letter had been written in his leaks out, to the effect that he own handwriting for Grace Tully, alone was responsible. his secretary, to copy. Despite this. Willkie began to get Whatever Mr. Roosevelt now says or whatever is done, the M urray-Kil queries about the letter two weeks gore bill, accordingly, is doomed to after he received it. The news men d Ughi Truck fate worse than death also in the making the inquiries cited White d Pouongor Car house. House sources, said they had the d light T ro d or tip from Presidential secretaries. The ways and means chairman, d Portar Pioni Mr. Doughton, will not take it, and Willkie made no comment, never yet he has been in no hurry about admitted receiving the letter, but he the George substitute bill which got the impression that the White would make the existing social se House wanted the story out. T h e re fo re , you could have curity set-up take care of postwar unemployment through state action knocked him over with a feather ABOUT (maximum payment about $18 a when the President replied to news week, average $13 and $14). men last week that he didn’t know Less and less publicity is attend anything about writing Willkie a let ing this major issue, probably be ter. Immediately after the White ! cause it will split the administra tion right down the middle, if it is House denial appeared in the press, i Willkie’s phone began buzzing with pressed. N o rm ally there a re 20 per Republican friends warning him BYRNES MAY R ETIR E cent mere tire failure» dur that Roosevelt would always kick War Economic Administrator Jim ing the summer months than him in the teeth. They urged him my Byrnes may not have told the ethers. Tests have shewn to come out for Dewey. Doughton committee in executive that a t a tem perature e f session that he was quitting his right A R M Y D E M O B IL IZ A T IO N P L A N 90 degrees tires w ea r out Here is the inside story on White hand job to the President in anger, twice as test es a t 60 de House-war department plans for de as has been reported by one news grees and th at a t 100 de paper. Other papers did not pick up mobilizing part of the army after grees they w e a r eut five the defeat of Germany. The war de that possibly apocryphal story be This railroad bridge, east of Toulon, was demolished by the retreating Iluns as Allied forces continued times as fast as a t 40 partment is planning to release cause they could not fully conflm it. to push steadily inland on the southern coast of France. The Nazis left little in the way of railroad tracks or degrees. about 2.000,000 men immediately His hearers seem agreed Byrnes bridges or highway for the advancing Allied armies. Engineer units were soon able, however, to repair or after a German armistice. Even with production being at least said he would not be the rebuild bridges and roads so f ia t operations were not materially slowed down. The Yanks march past an Under this plan, the army will set reitored ot For East rubber eight-foot steel and concrete w. II that runs the length of a beach in southern France. postwar demobilizer although he now. up a point system for every man plantation« and our synthstlc has that title by presidential award, in the service, and men with suffi plants working at peak, authori and he sharply opposed the Murray- cient points will be retired. Here is ties believe there will be a tight Kilgore bill. how the points will be calculated: rubber situation for some time Also, p South Carolina news following the end of the (ear. 1. For each month in the serv man, friendly to Byrnes, earlier ice, every man will receive one wrote for their native state pa point. pers that he would quit all his 2. Each month overseas will righthanding for the White count an additional point. House January 1, and retire to 3. For each battle honor, a private law practice, an amaz man will receive four points. ing suggestion for a man who 4. The congressional medal of relinquished a life term on the honor or legion of merit will Supreme bench to be of war count four additional points. service to the President. 5. Each bronze star denoting Byrnes received personal treat service in battle will count four ment at the Chicago convention additional points. which has not yet been publicly ap 6. For every child, a soldier preciated. He went to Chicago with will receive eight points. more votes than anyone else had 7. Married men without chil for the vice presidential nomination, dren will also receive eight including Wallace. Mayor Ed Kelly extra points. was privately for him. Boss Hague There are still several important was willing, but Flynn was doubtful. gaps in this program which the In the midst of pi emotion work army and the White House have not for him (and he would have been yet filled in. There still is no special nominated, in my opinion), sud credit for age. However, it is al denly withdrew. ready decided that, because the Observers blamed CIO’s Hillman Relteved in 5 minute* or doubt* money boct . . . , , , .. , army will have a greater need for W hen exeeee stomach a d d ean^ea painful, enffneat and his related Negro group, whose ., _ In # KB«, oour stomach and heartburn, doctors usually policy was that ^S o uth erner could a’r , men " * e PaC,flC; a *ep’ rate prescribe the fastast-se ttn* medicines know n fo r •rm p to tn a tie re lie f— n a d lrin a e lik e (boss In lle ll- a m be chosen. It is hardly conceivable ?yS WlU be SC? UP n^scharg- Tabieta. N o la x a tirs . Ksll-ans brings com fort In a J ing air corps veterans. Of course, to us°2fre t S f d r u mor't**v bacl1 ° ° rwturn ° * bottlo to me that Byrnes would have re the basic point which everybody tired without instructions from the wants to know is: "How many points only man who is his boss. will a man need to get out?” That Thus is the way of the new i has not yet been determined. French youngsters throng about i kills aggressors in politics, the CIO- lice It has been determined, however, Lieut. Gen. Omar Bradley, com- Hillman leadership, meeting in that at the end of the Atlantic war, American soldiers examine pictures of high ranking Nazis discovered mandcr of U. S. forces in northerc ner defeat within the party of its the navy does not plan to release in a French hotel, formerly occupied by German officers. In nearly all France, as he tours St. Brice. Any choice. Indeed, valid question any of its men. former German officers’ quarters captured by the Allies, large collec American soldier is a subject foi now is arising whether Hillman It can also be revealed that tions ot photographs were found. In removing their personal effects they hero worship with these children, J can control the CIO, or whether President Roosevelt is anxious to made no attempt to save photographs of Nazi leaders. OR S P R E A D O N RO O STS general is "something special.” his overzealous - overfinanced discharge hardship cases first. leadership may demoralize his When the President discussed own union. this plan recently with several At Salt Lake City, CIO locals 65 senators, they asked him how he Bauer and 872 Toele broke from the planned to handle the problem of policing Germany and other Hillman leadership. Their members resigned from CIO-PAC, announc occupied enemy territory after ing: the armistice. He replied that “We feel that regardless of be he hoped to do so by using men who have learned to like the longing to any committee, church, C U n d e ro rm Partplrallon O dor) army, plus professional sol union or other organization, no one has the right to demand that we diers who were In the army be fore the selective service pro vote the straight Democratic ticket. This action frees us to work and gram got under way. He also plans to use men who have had vote throughout the state for the . if''* * " candidates we feel will best repre no overseas experience and sent us.” want to volunteer for it now. • * • A CIO worker In East Moline, CAPITAL CHAFF 111., has complained I have commit ted an injustice to CIO members <L Busman’s holiday: Walter Wln- by assuming Hillman was their lead chell sitting in the Stork club until DEODORfinT CREflm er, saying: all hours of the night—on a vaca " I had no more part in having tion. — Is n ’t s tiff or s tick y! S o ft— h spreads like face cream. Hillman and his committee appoint C Seen at the Capitol: Senator Rus ed or paying them than you have sell of Georgia carefully teaching a — ia actually aoothingl Use right after shaving—w ill not irritate. in appointing Supreme court judges, stray dog to go through the revolv and don’t like them any better.” ing doors of the senate office build — has light,pleasant acant.Noalckly Strong-arm John Lewis could not ing. The pup had got penned up in small to cling to fingers or clothing, control his mine workers’ vote four side the senate. — w ill not spoil dalicata fabrics. The picture of defeat, these Japanese soldiers who surrendered to the Bergt. Alexander Balter of Pitts years ago. Wise old labor sage ft Politicos are watching the cam Chinese rather than be killed, are being led down to the Salween river, burgh, Pa., a mighty-talking fighting Yat testa in the tropics—made by nursag Sam Gompers once said: paign of Colorado newspaper pub southwest China, to be ferried back to headquarters for questioning. man. He smooth-talked 400 Nazis —prove that Yodora protects under try "No one can control the labor lisher Arthur Wimmell against They are only a small part of the prisoners who have been taken during to surrender their three strong ing conditions. In tubes or furs, 10c, 25c, 60a. GOP Congressman Chenoweth. vote.” the present Burma road campaign, which attests to Its success. McKanon I Robbins, Inc. Bridgeport, Coma points on the outskirts of Brest. American Troops Continue Advances Into France Willys SNAPPY FACTS RUBBER All They're Fit for Is Hanging Hero of Children I kkwioi peace hrst in rubber Acid Indigestion R m l a a i r n k . 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