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“ The general and his lady,” shown in Washington, shortly after their
happy reunion. General Wainwright stated that all the time he was a
prisoner in Japanese camps, he thought the American public would hold
him responsible for the fait of the Philippines. The honors heaped upon
him by the nation came as a gratifying surprise to America's No. 1 hero.
Named to State Post
President’s Daughter Chorister
ARMY CRACKDOWN
The army Is determined that re­
turned European war veterans shull
no longer appeal to congressmen or
newspaper men to hasten their dis­
charge from the army or to protest
redeployment to Japan for police
duty.
Severe secret orders have Just
been issued to this effect over the
signature of Brig. Gen. A M. Gur­
ney. chief of stuff for Lt. Gen.
Lloyd R. Fredendall, commander of
the 2nd army. The order, which has
been secretly circulated, reads:
“ Recently members of a division
in the United States scheduled for
redeployment to the Pacific area ap­
pealed to the press and radio pro­
testing against transfer of the divi­
sion to the Pacific theater. . . . ,
Action of this nature, if concerted,
may subject participants to dis­
ciplinary action. . . .
"Incidents such as noted In para­
graph 3 above (the paragraph Just
quoted),” continued the secret or­
der, “will be dealt with drnstlcally
by this headquarters and the com­
mander concerned will be sum­
marily relieved.”
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The Q uaationa
The “ mighty” leader of the Jap­
anese empire at the start ol the
war. Premier General llldeki Tojo
is pictured here as he lies in a
semi-coma condition after shooting
himself. Doctors report his life will
be saved so he might be hung.
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co ast of South A m erica for how
m any m iles?
1. Who w as Rante.xes II?
2. Do elephants lie down when
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they sleep?
3. Lentigo is ano th er n am e for
1. P huruoh of Egypt, and the
w hat?
rich est m an th at ev er lived.
4. A ircraft is distinguished by
2. No, they kneel down.
the "w eft" m ethod. W hat does
3. F reckles.
weft m ean?
4. Wings, engine, fuselage and
5. S terling silv er is approxi­ tall.
m ately w hat p a rt pure silver?
5. About eleven-tw elfths.
6. W here w as B enjam in F ra n k ­
6. Boston, M ass.
lin born?
7. F o r 2,600 m iles.
t/O M E N MOMENTS
with
fresh .Eveready Batteries
The division referred to prob­
ably was the 95th. stationed at
Camp Shelby, Miss., which sent
all sorts of appeals to newspaper
men and radio commentators
against being transferred from
Europe to Japan. Apparently
the protests worked, for the or­
der to send the 95th to Japan
was rescinded.
PRESIDENTIAL POKER
Listeners throughout the country had the opportunity to hear M ar­
garet Truman, center, daughter of President Truman, when she broad­
casted with the choir of the Trinity Episcopal church, from the Inde­
pendence, Mo., “Church of the A ir,” on a coast-to-coast network. She has
appeared in operas in several cities in recent years.
Rattlesnakes at Ford’s Funeral
The faithful of the Dolly Pond Church of God, surrounded by a
pushing crowd of curious, bury Brother Lewis Ford, as he had wished,
fondling over his open casket the rattlesnake which killed him. Preacher
Ford died as the result of snake bites received during a service held near
Daisy, Tenn., at which snake handling was a highlight.
Millionth G.L Home From Europe
Donald S. Russell of South Caro­
lina, whose nomination as assistant
secretary of state was made by
President Truman. Russell will fill
the vacancy caused by the elevation
of Dean Acheson to undersecretary
of state. It is expected that other
changes will be made.
Try Lidice ‘Butcher’
Those who traveled with Presi­
dent Truman on his various trips to
Washington state and Potsdam
found him a delightful and en­
tertaining companion. One story
they tell about Truman's trip to the
northwest was regarding his salmon
fishing off the Washington coast.
While the motor boat was chug­
ging back to shore, Truman and his
old senatorial friends. Gov. Mon
Wallgren and Sen. Warren Mag­
nuson of Washington, played poker.
The stakes were low. but the thrifty
Truman was trying hard to come
out ahead. It was agreed that, no
matter who was ahead, the game
would stop the minute the boat hit
shore.
So the President kept up a line of
banter to the Norwegian skipper.
"Slow her down, Christiansen.”
he said, " I m behind. I need a little
extra time to catch up."
Or again, it was: "Speed her up,
Christiansen. I ’m ahead now. Let’s
get to shore before the governor
catches up.”
Finally, the motor boat touched
shore with the President of the
United States a few cents ahead.
Skipper Christiansen was just as
pleased as Truman.
ARMY AND RAILROADS
Even the army’s friends on
Capitol hill say the brass hats are
killing any chance for public sup­
port they might have had by their
autocratic disregard for civilian
needs in such fields as coal mining,
steelmaking and railroading.
One of the busiest railroads in the
country today is the Southern Pacif­
ic, which has handled most of the
east-west traffic to the busy port of
San Francisco. The S. P. is a single-
track line able to carry its huge
volume only by scheduling trains at
10-minute intervals round the clock.
In order to maintain this schedule,
it requires a huge crew of crack
trainmen, repair men and other
skilled workers. It has done pretty
well even iji the last year, although
there was a recent bottleneck near
El Paso which resulted in the hold­
ing up of 75 trains.
Southern Pacific officials have
been begging the army to release
skilled railroad men with the
Karl Hermann Frank, German 80 points required for discharge, or
secretary of state for Bohemia-Mora­ to furlough railroad men in this
via, who is better known as “ Butch­ country with less points.
er” Frank of Lidice. He is consid­
Finally in mid-summer the army
ered responsible for the liquidation agreed to release 4,000 railroad
of the Lidice populace following the men, with 2,400 of them assigned to
assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. the S. P. But then the army be­
gan going back on its promise and
said it could discharge only 1,300
men. A few weeks ago, the army
released 230 men to the Southern
Pacific and said no more were
available. The joker is that 24,000
men have gone into the armed
forces from the S. P. employment
roster.
In ‘Hall of Fame’
Finally, War Mobllizcr Snyder
stepped in and forced the army
to release 4,000 railroad men,
amidst loud squawks from brass
hats that this action would de­
stroy morale.
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Corp. Almon N. Conger, medic, of Tacoma, Wash., left, the millionth
G.I. to be redeployed from the European theater of operations since V-E
Day, is greeted by commander of the J5th infantry division, MaJ. Gen.
Paul W. Baade, on the arrival of the Queen M ary at New York. Conger
wears the distinguished service cross along with his service bars.
Dick Fowler, 20 years old, Phila­
delphia Athletics, who by pitching a
no-hit no-run game against the St.
Louis Browns has entered base­
ball’s hall of fame.
CAPITAL CHAFF
<1 Senators are looking forward to
better eating, now that Derwin D ar­
ling has come back from two years
in the marines to resume manage­
ment of the senate restaurant.
C Alleged United States opposition
to the Kilgore unemployment com­
pensation bill has cracked open
Forty-seven state administrations
were reported opposed, but it now
develops that Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Oklahoma, Washington and
California are definitely for the
bill, with Connecticut and several
others about ready to support it.
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What One Language Do All Speak?
ou know the answer to th at one. They all apeak the silent
language of earth and weather—of crops and stock—of
planting time and harvest. For they are farmers — blood
brothers the world over.
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Today, many of the farmers of other lands aren’t doing so
well. Their lands have been mined, fought over, ravaged.
Their stock has been butchered. Their farm buildings burned.
They have no seed to plant the soil.
They desperately need your help.
And you can give your help—through the dollars you give
to your Community War Fund.
Those dollars you wring from the soil, and give to a great
and worthy cause, help more than the farmers of other lands.
They help farmers’ sons — and other men’s sons—endure the
tedium of prison camps. They help provide the blessing of
entertainment to service people throughout the world. And
they help solve war problems right here in your own community.
The dollars you give to your Community War Fund go
farther than any dollars you’re apt to put anywhere else. And
this year—they need to go farther than ever before. So give
again—and generously—won’t you?
Give generously to
Y our C o m m u n ity W a r Fund
Representing the
National War Fund