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German Road Blocks Fail to Halt Allies
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Washington. D C.
FEA R OF CASUALTIES
The inside story can now bu told
Rrleaaed by Wratern Newapupcr Union.
regarding one of the greatest wor
ries of the Allied High Command in
PRESENT STATUS
connection with the Normandy in- I
OE PR ESID EN TIA L RACE
vasion—namely, casualties. It was
WASHINGTON.—The Gallup poll feared they would be terrifically
claims Roosevelt leading by n small high.
margin.
In fact. Prime Minister Churchill. '
These commercial polls generally,
who had hung back from a cross
In the past, have noted presidential
channel front for two years, feared
races about even until two or three
the Allies might suffer losses com- j
weeks before the real vote counting.
parable to the early days of the last
A magazine poll of the political
war, when the cream of British
experts in the Washington Press
manhood, then relatively untrained,
corps indicates a rather stronger ex
was mowed down in Flanders fields.
pectation of a Roosevelt victory.
He frequently told FDR that he was
This reflects, 1 think, the popular
worried about losing the “seed"
disbelief that anyone could ever
of Britain.
beat Mr. Roosevelt, the natural
This worry gives an insight Into
sports notion that nearly always
makes the champion the favorite. the sudden change between the type
Generally the public cannot con of slow fighting during the first few
ceive of a champ losing, as he has weeks in Normandy and the head
long onrush of today.
never lost before.
The Germans spend considerable time and supplies in erecting blockades which prevent the rapid advance
Allied orders during the early of the Allied armies. The blockages had little effect as noted by rapid progress being made in France. Right,
Yet the inside unquotable re
weeks in Normandy were to ad is a German road block along the water front in St. Raphael, southern France. Another type of block, shown
ports of the congressmen from
vance under a "curtain of steel." As at left was used In Parts.
back home actually give Dewey
a result, the greatest artillery bar
an even or better cbance to win,
rage ever laid down in history was
as matters stand today.
thrown at the Germans In advance
Discard all Republican reports, as
of Allied infantry. It was an artil
these might be partisan. Consider
lery barrage so heavy that It wiped
only those of Democratic legislators.
out almost everything in its path.
They have been so discouraging as to
However, it was slow. It took
alarm and even embitter the Demo
cratic political leaders, who are urg time to unload big guns on shallow
ing the President to drop his “non beaches. It also took time to bat
partisan" campaign and start t ter down German positions. But
partisan one—and he will Septem once these positions were battered
down, and the rim of German de
ber 23.
The spearhead of the fourth term fense was broken, the Allies found
movement was the Hillman-CIO what General Eisenhower knew was
political action committee, and all the case—a complete military vac
the politicos can see its effectiveness uum inside.
In other words, the Nazis had
has been dulled, if not splintered
staked everything on holding the
The other unions, and some CIO
rim, had no defenses in the in
unions, would not stand for it.
terior. That is the explana
Wagering odds have dropped from
tion for the headlong rush of Al
2Mi to 1 on Roosevelt to 9 to 5 in
lied forces In recent weeks.
the best racing circles.
The Nazis were gambling on
Take Maryland, which always has
their Atlantic wall, a wall which
been listed as a sure-Roosevelt
could not stand up under Brad
state. Today there is a Democratic
ley’s "curtain of steel.”
cloakroom saying, possibly over
NOTE — General Montgomery’s
drawn but nevertheless significant/
that, “Only Senator Tydings and his cautious advances in Normandy
secretary think Maryland is going probably reflected In part Church
How
Democratic.” These two claim the ill’s worry over casualties.
Roosevelt majority would be 25.000 ever, he has been cautious in other
today, but Roosevelt carried M ary areas also. Before the Battle of
El Alamein, when the British army
land four years ago by 115,000.
had
been pushed back and back
I know a southern Democratic
across
the desert toward Cairo.
leader who thinks Dewey will win
Montgomery queried his chief. Gen
and is making preparations accord
ingly. Others insistently list Texas, eral Alexander: "What casualties
can I take?” Alexander, with the
Mississippi and Virginia as doubtful.
Chinese soldiers march to the front, crossing the t; cjchcrous Salween river by means of a temporary
fate of the Suez canal at stake, re
There are reports that the Roose
plied: "One hundred per cent." suspension bridge. The original bridge was blown up by the Chinese as a measure against the Japanese ad
velt Bremerton, speech in the news
Caution, of course, is no reflection vance. All supplies for the Chinese forces In this district have to be carried by Chinese on their -backs or
reels received little or no applause
dropped by planes. Increased transport planes have made it possible to begin to furnish the fighting Chinese
on courage.
generally, while the campaign pic
in the Salween river section with much needed weapons, food and other supplies.
tures of the Dewey family were well
received. (Democratic leaders are SAILOR’S OUTMODED UNIFORM
now taking care of this deficiency
Now that Adm. Ernie ( “Clothes
and, within the past week. Roose Horse” ) King has finally relented
velt applause again has appeared and will let naval officers shed their
in the movie theaters.
jackets under certain conditions in
hot weather, a lot of sailors wish
FARM VOTE LOST
he would also examine the uniform
All reports agree the farm vote
of the enlisted man.
is lost beyond redemption and the
Most enlisted men would whoop
business vote for Roosevelt was
damaged by the departure of with joy if their present, long-out
little businessman Nelson and big moded uniform was discarded What
businessman Wilson from WPB in most people don’t realize is that the
sailor’s uniform was designed by the
favor of a TVA engineer.
Earlier a considerable portion of British about 200 years ago and is
the business vote, and possibly all now just as outmoded as the sailing
the top financial vote, would have ship.
Take, for instance, the broad col
gone to Roosevelt, on the spending-
recovery
promise
plus
inter lar worn over the shoulders It was
nationalism.
designed for vermin-infested ships
of the 1700s, when sailors had to be
On the other hand. New Eng
deloused
and a broad collar was
land is still classed as largely
practicable to catch the tar oils used
doubtful (by Republicans) al
in a sailor’s hair.
though Dewey has gone a long
Again, the bell-shaped trousers,
way toward satisfying the Will-
which flap around the ankles and
kie elements there. Probably
nearly trip the wearer when he runs,
Willkie expects to come out for
were designed for days when sailors
Dewey just before election as
rolled their trousers up over their
he did on the eve of the elec
legs to scrub decks. Today, dunga
tion of 1942 in New York.
These developments as a whole rees are provided for this sort of
may explain Mr. Roosevelt’s deci work.
Again the drop front, 13-button
sion to make a labor speech in
Philadelphia and follow with others trousers were designed for a day
After all 22.304,755 votes were two centuries ago when tidiness was
Lent. Gen. Holland M. Smith,
cast against him four years ago nothing like what it is today.
commanding general of the Pacific
(27,243,466 for him) and all symp
One thing which particularly
Rows of huge shells wind along the decks of a U. 8. battleship as It fleet marine force (left) and Lieut.
toms of sentiment suggest this op gripes the enlisted man is the tight- loads up somewhere in the Pacific preparatory to carrying out its assign G en. A le x a n d e r A. Vandegrift,
position has been greatly enlarged. fitting waist of his blouse, which ment of blasting Jap holdings. The inferno loosed by its guns cleared a
commandant of U. 8. marine corps,
These 22.304.755 are nearly as many has to be slipped on and off over his path for the landing forces, which were then able to send a landing party
Inspect a captured Japanese airfield
as elected him president in 1932 head. If a sailor is dumped into the ashore to capture the base.
on the Orote peninsula, Guam.
(22,821,857). His totals in '36 and '40 water and has to swim for any
ran 27,000.000.
length of time, it is almost Impossi
Now many a campaign has been ble to get this blouse off. It is tight,
won on Labor day only to be lost sticks to the body, and you can't
two months later on Election day. very well swim and at the same
I think Willkie, for instance, was time hold two arms above your
stronger at this stage of the race head while you wriggle out of your
four years ago, than when the 22,- middy.
304,755 votes were cast for him.
Some of the boys wish that Ad
I have seen Mr. Roosevelt com miral King would take off his new
pletely turn over a campaign situ grey-green jiniform, designed for
ation stacked mountain-high against him by His Majesty’s tailor in Lon
him. He has been more clever as a don, long enough to experiment with
campaigner than in any other a middy-blouse in the water. They
phase of his duties. Yet nothing think that, despite a century’s de
which has developed so far in this lay, he would then design for them
campaign yet points to that out a new uniform overnight.
come again.
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CA PITA L CHAFF
To date, the Dewey campaign has ft Before every White House press
been by far the smarter.
conference, scores of newsmen
Anyone who thinks this brief cita crowd against the velvet rope out
tion is not objective reporting, side the President’s office, awaiting
is merely deluding himself. There the signal to enter. When secret
exists in this country a silent, strong service men let the barriers down,
opposition to M r. Roosevelt, a re the rush is terrific. Cracked one
sentful opposition which is not in perspiring secret service man, “It ’s
dulging much in political debate, worse tnan a New York subway.”
which may net show itself at polit ft First new international magazine
Home for the first time in 30 months, some 300 marines of the Second
A French farm er dr. res his cart
ical meetings, uf in press reports. to be published in liberated France division, heroes of fighting the Japs on Guadalcanal, Saipan, Tarawa along a road near Chambois where
I think the fourth term will be Is a French edition of “Free World,” and Tinian, shouted with Joy as their transport docked in San Fran a few days previously a German
gravely in doubt until these votes edited by members of the French cisco. Sixty-live of the returning heroes were casualties, sick or recov transport column had been blast
are counted. Republicans are sit underground.
ering from battle wounds. They display captured Jap flags.
ed by the Royal Air force.
ting back waiting.
B y PAUlMALLONjiy
Chinese Soldiers Cross Treacherous River
Ship Loaded With Jap Death
Marine Vets Return Home
Marine Commanders
Trail of Nazi Army
Ben Franklin Forecast Air
Troops at Balloon Ascentii
After witnessing the first balloon
ascents in Paris (1783), Benjamin
Franklin wrote the following to
Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch physician
and physicist:
*‘It appears, ns you may ob
serve, to be a discovery of great
importance, and what may pos
sibly give u new turn to human
affairs. Convincing sovereigns of
the folly of wurs may perhups be
one effect of it; since it will be
impracticable for the most potent
of them to guard his dominions.
Five thousand balloons, capable
of raising two men each, could
not cost more thun five ships of
the line; and where is the prince
who can afford so to cover his
country with troops for its de
fense as that 10,000 men descend
ing from the clouds might not in
many places do un infinite deal
of mischief, before a force could
be brought together to repel
them?
" It is a pity that any na
tional jealousy should, as you im
agine it may, have prevented the
English from prosecuting the ex
periment, since they are such in
genious mechanicians, that in
their hands it might have made
a more rapid progress towards
perfection, and all the utility it is
capable of uffording.”
Source of Immigrants
Of the 42,000,000 immigrants
who came to America from some
hundred countries In the past 300
years, 15,000,000, or 38 per cent,
were from England, Ireland and
Germany.
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