Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, November 16, 1944
Floating Invasion Docks Destroyed by Storm
the /N e
B y P aul M allon
Ite le a a rd bv W ealern N ew apapar U nion.
W ashington. D. C.
W A R IN S O U T H A M E R IC A
M ost A m e ric a n s have been so
engrossed in the W orld W a r th a t if
you told them w a r was b rew ing
rig h t h ere in the W estern H e m i
sphere, they n eve r would b elie ve i t
PO STW AR A G R E E M E N T S
S T IL L V P IN A IR
W A S H IN G T O N . — Put together
Y e t buzzing backstage in the
w hat has been m ade public in M os
cow. London and W ashington re W ashington d ip lo m a tic corps has
ce n tly upon the postw ar p ro gram , been a grow ing, w o rry in g re v e rb e ra
and you w ill have an understanding tion o v e r the u ltim a te d an g e r of
of the situation which repudiates w a r betw een A rg e n tin a and C h ile
m ost of the o ra to ry on the subject, — not this y e a r, perhaps not next
now filling the A m eric an eth er w ith y e a r, but before v e ry long.
A d d itio n a l attentio n was focused
such a din as to exclude any solid
on the unhappy situ ation w ith A r
fact.
g en tin a's bid fo r a conference of
M r. C h u rch ill returned fro m
P a n -A m e ric a n fo reig n m in is te rs —
Moscow announcing to comm ons
on an obvious m e v e to put the
no ag reem en t had been reached
U . S. A. on the spot and force recog
on the Balkans o r Poland w ith
nitio n of the F asc ist F a r r e ll m ili
S talin , but a w orking a rra n g e
ta ris t g o v ern m e n t in A rg e n tin a.
m ent had been perfected for
M oscow-London cooperation d u r
T h e w hole tangled d ip lo m a tic con
ing the re m a in d e r of the w ar.
tro v e rs y betw een A rg e n tin a, the
L o w er le ft shows p an o ram ic view of O m ah a beach before the U . S. M u lb e rry Invasion docks w ere set up.
H is words indicated, and indeed U n ite d States and other neighbors
a ll official pronouncem ents confirm , is so involved th a t it takes an e x R ig ht shows how a ll hands pitch in to keep the flow of supplies going in the U . 8 . M u lb e rry off C'ollevllle.
th a t Russia m a in tain s the upper p e rt to understand it. But out of the F ra n c e . The M u lb e rry (top, le f t ) , showu w recked by the te rrific channel sto rm w hich broke d ire c tly a fte r
hand in Poland, R o m a n ia. B u lg a ria, mess em erges these basic and com pletion of the M u lb e rry .
Ju g oslavia and perhaps H ungary a la rm in g facts:
w h ile the B ritish have kept it in
1 — A rg e n tin a
Is
rushing
G reece.
a rm a m e n t. H edy L a m a r r ’s fo r
C h u rch ill said ag re em en t would be
m e r husband, F ri*s M a n d e l, the
im possible u ntil he could get Roose
A u stria n m unitions king, about
v e lt together w ith Stalin, and they
w hom
“ Id io t's
D e lig h t’ * was
h ave m et only once, at T eh eran , a l
w ritte n , is busy buildin g a ir
m ost exactly a y e a r ago, w here the
planes fo r A rg e n tin a night and
results w ere about the sam e— n am e
day.
ly a m ilita r y ag re em en t fo r w a r
2 — A rg e n tin a could bom b
and a com plete d elay of political
Santiago, c a p ita l of C h ile, fro m
agreem ents.
M endoza, just across the Andes,
in 40 m inutes. I t would tak e five
R U S S IA N O T A G R E E D
hours fo r C hile to bomb Buenos
Since then Russia declined to
A ire s, c a p ita l of A rg en tin a.
ag re e on the new league of nations
3 — T h e people of C hile today
fo rm u la at D u m b arto n Oaks, m a in
a re w o rrie d sick over A rg e n
tain in g it w anted u n a n im ity required
tin a . The Socialist. C o m m un ist
o f the Big F o u r powers to act
and C o n servative p arties, usual
against any fu tu re aggressor, or she
ly
vigorously
d iv erg e n t, a re
(o r us) could veto any w a r moves
now united on this. T h e y fe a r
against aggressors involvin g h er or
th a t the A rg e n tin e F ascists,
us even though a ll the o th e r nations
looking fo r m eans of keeping
wished to act.
them selves in pow er, as H itle r
A t th a t tim e C h u rch ill hoped a
did w ith the G e rm a n people,
new ag reem en t a t the undersecre
w ill m a k e a Czechoslovakia out
ta r y lev el would be m a d e im m e d i
of C hile.
ate ly , but it has not been fo rth
com ing.
B ra z ilia n s A d m ire A rg e n tin a.
Now Moscow announces through
O th e r L a tin A m eric an s a re d i- j
h e r newspapers she w ill not send
vided. P a ra g u a y , B o liv ia , P eru s y m
delegates to the in te rn atio n al c iv il
p ath ize w ith A rg e n tin a. O ffic ia lly
ia n aviation conference at Chicago,
B r a z il does not. B ut a c tu a lly th e ,
because the “ fascist nations" of
B r a z ilia n a rm y , plus m a n y of the ■
Spain, P o rtu gal and S w itzerlan d
B r a z ilia n people, a re rooting s y m - ;
h ave been invited.
p a th e tic a lly fo r the one co u ntry
W e have a ll trie d to assume
south of the R io G ra n d e w hich has
th a t the objections continuously
successfully th um bed its nose a t the .
advanced by Moscow only re la te
These a re the th ree m en who w ere in charge of the U n ited States fleets th at battled the Japanese, w ith
Colossus of the N o rth and got a w a y ’
to “ d e ta ils ,’ ’ but the only a c tu a l
such disastrous consequences to the Nipponese. Shown le ft to rig h t a re R e a r A d m . Russell S. B e rk ey, U .S .N ..
w ith it.
postw ar ag reem en t reached of
R e a r A d m . G . L . W e y lc r, U .S .N ., and R e a r A d m . R o b ert W ard Ila y le r , U .S .N . L ates t ta lly indicates th at
N o th in g succeeds lik e success, i
any im p ortan ce has been the
58 Japanese ships w ere destroyed, seriously dam aged and h it, w ith a U n ited States loss of six ships sunk.
especially in the L a tin A m e ric a n ,
B retto n
Woods financial a r
T h e loss in Japanese lives was believed to h ave been the g rea tes t in h is to ry.
m in d . T h e state d e p a rtm e n t adopted
ra n g em en t. which m ay be only
only h a lfw a y m easures w ith A rg e n
p a rtly confirm ed (the exchange
tin a ; snubbed h er d ip lo m a tic a lly ,
a rra n g e m e n t w ill be ratified if
but m a d e h er prosperous econom i
the ra te of the dollar is properly
c a lly by continuing to buy m e a t.
fixed but the M orgenthau bank
T h e A rgentin es d id n 't c a re m uch i f |
w ill have tough congressional
th ey w ere snubbed as long as they
sledding.)
w e re prosperous.
I f Russia does not enter a civ ilia n
R e su lt is th a t m a n y “ good neigh- j
av iatio n arra n g em en t for the new
bors.” though not lik in g A rg e n tin e
a ir w orld, she w ill re m a in an iso
F a s c is m , enjoy seeing U . S. diplo-1
latio n ist nation which no one is p er
m a c y com e to g rie f.
m itte d to fly o ver w ithout special
arrang em en ts, the sam e as before | N O T E — M e a n w h ile , the U n ited
the w ar, when h er isolationism en- ■ States is less equipped to handle
abled her to conceal fro m H itle r and things in o ur own h em isph ere than
us the size of h er m ilita ry establish- j e v e r before in tw o decades. Secre-1
ta r y H u ll is sick. H is best L a tin
m ent.
W ithout considering the rig h t or A m e ric a n exp erts w ere frien d s of
w ro ng of Russia's positions so fa r S u m n er W elles and w ere given the
developed, does not our own o rato ry g ate a fte r W elles resigned.
• • •
sound fu lly silly?
C O N C E R N IN G T H E W A R ’S E N D
S T A L IN HA S R E S IS T E D
A lo t of people h ave trie d th e ir
S talin would have answered all
n eg ative ly . Indeed he a lre a d y has hand a t p re d ic tin g the w a r ’ s end,
by his actions.
H e has resisted inclu d in g this colum nist. Som e w ere
ag re em en t before the end of the w ar, high-up officials, some p riv a te prog
is obviously against acceptance of nosticators. Som e w ere p re tty good,
the league w ithout the reservation som e p re tty bad.
Commanded U. S. Navy Units in Biggest Victory
Salt Water Sailor on Leave
R ep. E a r l W ilson, In d ia n a R epub
his associates dem anded at D u m
b arto n . and is c le a rly not lettin g any lic a n , in June, 1943, got an a v e r
agent get the pow er of sending his age co m p ila tio n fro m 140 congress
m en th a t the w a r would be o ver in
a r m y anyw here in postwar.
O ctober, 1944.
Now no one w ants to let these
A d m . W illia m F . H alsey, who p re
d isag reem ents get beyond re
d icted "c o m p lete , absolute d efea t
dem ption, although Moscow is
fo r the A xis in 1943,” was asked
p la in ly less skittish than we
ag ain , on D e c e m b e r 13, 1943, and
about the possibilities of any dis
B a ck to the sea goes this sa ilo r, v is itin g M a n h a tta n durin g shore
agreem en ts helping the G e r
“ w asn’t so sure when the w a r would le a v e . H e spends his tim e ashore w atch in g a m in ia tu re sailb oat race in
m ans because they announce
be o v e r.”
the C e n tra l p a rk pond, in N e w Y o rk c ity . Am ong the sea-going m en, the
th eirs to the press. How ever,
G en. “ H a p " A rno ld, ch ief of the m in ia tu re boats in the pond prove one of the biggest d ra w in g cards for
a ir forces, on F e b ru a ry 14, 1943, p re U ncle S a m ’s ta rs when vis itin g the c ity . M a n y of the boats entered in races
as C h u rch ill puts it, the N a zis’
“ m ost im p o rta n t hope is th at
d icted “ the G e rm a n w a r w ill be a re sailor-ow ned.
division w ill aris e am ong the
o ver by F e b ru a ry 14, 1944.”
th ree g re a t pow ers.”
J im F a rle y , on J a n u a ry 20. 1943,
In tru th , the N azis a re only liq u i “T h e w a r w ill be o ver this y e a r .”
G en. L e v in C a m p b e ll, J a n u a ry IS,
d a tin g both them selves and their
co u ntry by continuing to resist in 1943— “ T h e w a r w ill be o ver in about
such a stupid hope, because p o liti tw o y e a rs .”
H e rb e r t Hoover, N o v e m b e r 6, 1943
c a l d isagreem ents are everyw here
considered secondary to the neces — ‘ ‘C e rta in ly w e a re now in the last
s ity of N a zi destruction.
A t the stages of the w a r.”
R a ym o n d M o le y, N o v e m b e r 8,
sa m e tim e th ere is no need that
1943, p red icted end of the w a r “ e a r
w e be fools.
O bviously a g re a t n um ber of our lie r th an envisioned by the a d m in is
people a re th in kin g and talkin g in tra tio n .”
Senator
O ’ M ah o ney,
W yo m in g
th e past.
T hey still th in k this is
1919 and a ll this country m ust dc D e m o c ra t, J a n u a ry 2, 1944: “ T h e
is to w an t a league in accordance m ost co n servative Swedish observ
ers do not b elieve th at G e rm a n y can
w ith th e ir theory.
T h e p o s sib ility of secret a r m a endure beyond n ext Ju n e.”
Sun F o , p resident of the leg is
m e n t should be elim in a ted . An un
c o n tro lla b le in te rn a tio n a l co m m ittee la tiv e Y u an of C h ina, J a n u a ry 2,
should h ave the rig h t to inspect not 1944: “ G e rm a n y w ill be knocked out
o n ly ours, but R ussia’s, and should betw een the spring and s u m m e r of
th is y e a r .”
m a k e constant p ublic reports.
H e n ry F o rd , M a rc h 20, 1944, p re
T h e y should h ave access to plants,
b eing p ro h ib ite d only fro m expos dicted w a r w ould be o ver in tw o
in g business secrets and p u rely non months.
S en ato r M c K e lla r of Tennessee,
m ilit a r y processes. Then a ll would
kn o w th e re a litie s o f peace and w a r J u ly 21, 1944: " T h e Red a r m y w ill
L e ft: G en . D onglaa M a c A rth u r as he broadcasts to the P hilippines
be in B e rlin in 60 days. T h e w a r
p ro sp ec t*.
I f w e could get Russia to open up w ill be o ver on a ll fronts in six th a t th e A m e ric a n s landed on L e y te island and th a t he has returned.
R ig h t: V ic e A d m . Thom as K in k a ld (r ig h t ) , and L ie u t. Gen. W a lte r K reu-
an d consent to th is one step G e r m o n th s .”
C ongressm an
M ay,
D e m o c ra t, g e r (c e n te r), as th ey discuss P h ilip p in e invasio n operations ab o ard the flag
m a n y and J a p a n could be w ell m an
K e n tu ck y, J u ly 28, 1944: “ G e rm a n y ship in P h ilip p in e w a te rs .
aged under the s a m e open rules.
w ill c a p itu la te by D e ce m b er 1.”
They Return to Philippines
After Ilia Fling, Youth
Cot Down to Economizing
A man who held the belief that
after a youth hud uttuined his
m ajority he should be tuught to
fend for himself, gave his son two
hundred dollurs und told him thut
henceforth he would have to earn
his own living.
The young man did no work, but
spent u riotous few weeks on holi
day, then found himself almost
penniless.
His sole desire was to get home,
and ho decided to send a wire.
He found he had only money suf
ficient to pay for a message of
four words, so, after considerable
thought, he telegraphed to his fa
ther: "Fatted calf for oncl”
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ute ora shaped a t the factories In
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m eat grlndar. Rubber, m ixed with
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I k m v iw peace
Sergie O sm ena, new president of
the P h ilip p in e s, em b a rk s a t New
G uinea fo r re tu rn to his n a tiv e land.
H e has m oved the P h ilip p in e gov
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the islands, follow ing th e ir re ca p
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