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EDITORIAL
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The Abilene Reporter ~5iu
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SEPTEMBER 9, 1942
Why Scrap Is So Desperately Needed Is Explained
A Soldier’s Letter
Most of this editorial column is going to be
filled this evening by a soldier wearing the
uniform of Uncle Sam. Few months ago he
had a good and responsible job. might have
claimed exemption; but like millions of oth-
er young men who see their country in dan-
ger he threw everything else overboard and
enlisted. We respect his wish not to be iden-
tified, but we believe what he says needs
to be told and taken to heart by a great
many people who can't make up their minds
whether to take their responsibilities of citi-
zenship seriously, or get by as easy as they
can. Here is what this soldier writes:
“I believe with all my soul that we can
and will win this war but we cannot do it
by wishful thinking. There must be the ut-
most teamwork between military leadership,
industry and the civilian population if we
are to expect the maximum results I have
the utmost faith in our great president and
the ability and resources of industry to make
it possible to furnish materials that this war
can be won in the shortest time possible.
Everything that is worthwhile is at stake,
if we expect to preserve our democratic way
of life. ’
“I am just one of this vast army of ours.
My part may be very small but I like to feel
that I have a small integral part in this
great effort. If every individual in this land,
regardless of his station in life, could only
realize his responsibility, however small it
might be, we would have no cause to worry.
“I am just a private in this army but I
feel and know from contacts with the rank
and file of the boys here that they are ready
to give their all if need be. They're ready
and anxious to do whatever is necessary that
this war shall be ended.
‘Of course, we get blue and weary and
homesick, for all of us have loved ones at
home we would love to be with. But be as-
sured of one thing—there is, I daresay, not
one man who would trade this uniform for
a civilian suit until this war is won.
“It is true, of course, that a man has to
make many readjustments as he leaves civil-
ian life and enters military life, but don't
think for a moment that the boys are not
making those adjustments gladly and wil-
lingly.”
That is all of this soldier's letter.
The civilian who gripes about rationing
and other disturbances to normal living
should be ashamed to put his small annoy-
ances and “sacrifices" up beside those of a
soldier or sailor who makes his adjustments
without whimpering—and puts his life in
While Stalingrad Holds Out
Stalingrad, still holding out at this writ-
ing, is a maelstrom into which has been
sucked much of Hitler's offensive strength
on the Russian front. Much of that strength
has been pulverized against the stubborn
Russian guns, and while Hitler may even-
tually get the ruins of Stalingrad he will
have won a Pyrrhic victory.
Why does' he keep hammering away when
most of the city’s war industries have al-
ready been put out of commission by dive
bombers and long-range siege guns?
Because Stalingrad is more than a great
industrial center; it is a symbol. Hitler is in
need of a propaganda victory at this stage,
something to shout about, and he must take
physical possession of Stalingrad in order to
win a moral victory. Winter is coming on
and the Nazi hordes face another demoral-
izing and debilitating cold spell in Russia,
with all that that implies on their own mor-
ale as well as on the morale of the German
people. If the winter siege could be inaugu-
rated by a victory at Stalingrad, no matter
now empty, it would be worth its cost in
spiritual values—or so Hitler figures.
Actually, the value of this center of pro-
duction may already have been destroyed
or at least seriously compromised, though
the invaders are still held at arm s length.
But unless Hitler takes complete possession
of the place the sacrifices of his troops
have been in vain, for he will not only lose
the moral value of possession but he will be
unable to stop traffic on the Volga, some-
thing of enormous strategical value.
A winter on the present lines in the south
of Russia would be infinitely tougher on
Hitler than last winter, for the simple rea-
son that his long lines of communication will
be a handicap greater than any climatical
advantages he may enjoy.
If Stalingrad holds out, the immense gains
Hitler has scored in the south of Russia will
turn to bitter fruit in his mouth, just as fail-
ure to take Moscow or Leningrad left him
with empty hands last winter.
By Raymond Clappar
WASHINGTON, Sept 8.-
War production rests on steel.
You can’t make steel without
scrap metal. To make steel you
dump pig iron into the fur-
nace and then you dump in
junk. Maybe something else,
for all I know But scrap metal
must go into the furnace when
you make the steel.
So when steel men tell us
there is only two week s supply
of steel scrap in the hands of
the nation's steel mills, that
is what they are worried about.
It is just as bad as if they
were going to have a strike in -
two weeks No scrap, no steel.
Two furnaces 11 Chicago were
in danger of going down over
the week-end for lack of
scrap. Pittsburgh and Youngs-
town steel mills are in horri-
ble shape on scrap, so industry
spokesmen say.
That is why Donald Nelson
of WPB called newspaper
publishers from all parts of
the country to Washington last
week There is enough scrap
around the country to get us
through But it must be col-
lected from millions of base-
ments. millions of back yards,
millions of farms Hence pub-
lic assistance is necessary
The Omaha World-Herald
recently conducted a scrap col-
lection campaign through Ne-
braska. The result was so suc-
cessful that WPB has asked
that similar campaigns be con-
ducted throughout the country.
TEST OF STRENGTH
Today’s Thought
Give unto the Lord the glory
due unto his name: worship
the Lord In the beauty of holi-
ness.—Psalm 29:2.
• • •
Should we, in the world’s
riper years, neglect
Gode ancient sanctuaries,
and adore
only among the crowd and
under roofs
That our frail hands have
raised?—Bryant.
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jeopardy to boot.
We submit that no
to make adjustments
civilian will ever have
as violent and sacrifi-
cial as those made by the men
brunt of the actual fighting.
who bear the
It is true in all wars that the farther away
from the fighting front you get the bigger
the growls and gripes about “sacrifices." The
fighting men are too busy fighting to pay
any attention to the unimportant things. It
takes a civilian, safe and comfortable at
home, to really raise the roof. And the loud-
est griper of all is the one who hasn t lifted
a little finger to win this war.
From Other Viewpoints
Why War Bonds Lag
From the Philadelphia Inquirer:
Secretary Morgenthau, asked why sale of
War Bonds was lagging. Said, “You will have
to ask the American public that question."
Yet it is more to the point to ask the Treas-
ury. and also Congress. One factor in the,
failure of War Bonds to go over the top in
monthly sales undoubtedly is the delay in
the drafting and enactment of the new reve-
nue bill. It is apparent that many persons
are holding back, or keeping down, their pur-
chases of War Bonds and Stamps until they
have a clearer idea how hard the revised
tax schedules will hit them. Congress has
been slow, in this election year, to come to
grips with tax-necessities. But the Treasury
is open to criticism for not giving Congress
better guides to work by. This much is sure.
and the newspapers have
agreed to co-operate.
I don't know what the de-
tails will be but they will be
simple for the householder.
All he needs to do at the mo-
ment is to go through his base-
ment his backyard, and around
his place and pile up his met-
al junk. Within a few days his
local newspaper will tell him
about the pickup The main
thing at the moment is to get
the household pile of- scrap to-
gether. so that collections can
move rapidly.
There really F isn’t any point
in going into all the how-
come-we-get-into-this-fix. ex-
cept to emphasize that it has
come about as a normal re-
sult of the terrific steel pro-
duction which has been go-
ing on and which.eats up half
a ton of scrap for every ton
of steel manufactured, or
something like that True we
used to send scrap to Japan,
but if we had kept it here it
would have been used up long
ago The overwhelming fact
that has made everybody fum-
ble in war planning is that we
are trying to rush the war job
at a pace we never expected
to make We are in a race
with Hitler and it's a hotter
race than we had expected it
to be.
The drafting of men is go-
ing up into figures never
dreamed of a few months ago.
It is going up higher every
month in another sear the
size of our army may be twice
what it is now—or more Ships,
tanks, weapons far bevond
Sale of War Bonds is a major requirement
in financing the war and checking inflation.
It is imperatively essential that monthly
sales quotas be met in full and that, to this
end, our people be given at the earliest pos- er got to be. unquestionably
sible moment a comprehensive picture of I the war will go on for some
their coming tax responsibilities.
original schedules will be nec-
ssary We already have passed
the World war stage and from
here on are moving into some-
thing far bigger than that ev-
time—most people here think
1
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for several, years. We must not
supply this enormous army and
pRopU T’O"
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Renomination
today to a wide
bents in nation
on the basic c
from primary
states.
Democrats in
sweeping major
lender, former
late Huey, P. 1
primaries, and
publicans prese
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• at an American
west Pacific:
By GEORGE TICKER
NEW YORK—I know a well
known actress who disappear-
ed from Broadway and buried
herself in a defense factory.
She chose a new name and
gave up all thought of the
stage for the duration The
other day she was summoned
to the foreman’s desk and
when she arrived she spotted
a newspaper reporter and a
photographer. The thought
that her adventure into ob-
livion was about to be discov-
ered so upset her that she be-
came hysterical.
The foreman quickly leaped
up and soothed her by saying.
"Oh that's all right. Miss
Jones Well get someone else
We only wanted the picture of
the average defense girl, and I
thought of you "
The actress gratefully hurried
back to the assembly line.
She told me she was never so
startled and heartbroken in
her life as when the foreman
summoned her. She intends to
work with her two hands until
the war is over, replacing some
man who is at the front.
•
the only line she’s interested in
at the moment is the assembly
line. She left the domain of the
Broadway wolves for the New
Jersey clime of laskinlambs,
which is that stuff the gov-
ernment uses for its army and
naval fliers. These sre the
heavy flying suits made from
sheep’s wool
Bays Dora "I still can't get
accustomed to lunch at high
noon, and no cokes and gossip
at the drugstore in the after-
noon But I m sticking ”
Dora is 22 Previously, she
appeared on Broadway in
"Crazy With the Heat " She
would like to think that some
day, after the war she will be
able to resume her stage ca-
reer.
soldier He fought valiantly
for the colonists during the
French and Indian wars but
when the Revolution came he
turned Tory and fought with
the British He even organized
an outfit known as the Queen s
Rangers, but with these, hap-
pily. he was less successful and
was defeated by Washington’s
men. Rogers eventually died
an embittered old man, in.
London, in circumstances not
dissimilar to those surround-
ing Benedict Arnold, the trai-
tor of the American Revolu-
tion. '
the enormous navy and mer-
chant marine with all the steel
that will be needed We must
also supply large quantities to
our allies The main load of the
war is rapidly shifting to Amer
lea's shoulders.
War Quiz
In a similar vein is this note
about Dora Salvini. As a for-
mer chorus girl she used to
kick her heels in the line, but
Historical Note Recently we
commented on Kenneth Rob-
erts elegant story of Rogers’
Rangers. It wasr a swift, lucid
tale Rogers, you know, found*
ed and drilled the first Rang-
ers in this country who were
able to cope with the French
and Indian fighters The Brit-
ish never were able to master
the commando type of hidden
warfare.
It should be. noted, however,
that Rogers wasn’t always the
beaux ideal of an American
1 This insignia of the Army's 38th
division has the white letters CY
on a blue and red shield, what do
they signify?
2 The English
call anti-aircraft
fire "ack-ack;”
the Germans call
It "flak" What
is the most com-
mon American
Army term?
3 "Crow tracks" may be slang for
bad handwriting in civilian life,
but not in the Army. What’s the
military translation?
There has been bungling in
the distribution of steel. That
is being worked on. Some plants
have had to shut down or go
on short hours because other
plants were hoarding steel, or
because the navy or the ship-
yards were excessively stocked.
But that is another problem,
one of distribution If every
kink is worked out of the bun-
gled steel supply situation, we
will still need to keep steel
production at the peak The
appetite of this war Is abso-
lutely insatiable and steel is
the wheat, the staff of life on
which our army and navy feed
to gain strength for battle
That is why scrap is so des-
perately needed
Barbs
By JERRY BRONDFIELD 1
Wide World Features Writer
NEW YORK—You’d hardly ex-
pect a department store executive
to come up with the most highly
controversial income tax plan of
the day while steeped in an atmos-
phere of suits and shirts, and aprons
and pots and pans.
That is, until Beardsley Ruml
tells you about himself and you
discover his varied background in
prying Into and studying people's
problems All kinds of people. .
Ruml, whose pay-as-you-go tax
plan is the subject of a lot of at-
tention in Washington just now. Is
the son of an Iowa surgeon He was
born in Cedar Rapids 48 years ago
and graduated from Dartmouth in
1915. He took a Ph. D in psychology
at the University of Chicago in 1917
and immediately went to a job with
the War Department's committee on
classification of army personnel
When the war was over Ruml
went to Philadelphia and joined
the Scott Co., consultants on person-
nel to large corporations. Industrial
concerns, railroads, etc. The com-
panv was headed by Walter Dill
Scott, who later became president
of Northwestern university. An-
other member of the firm wss Rob-
ert C. Clothier, now president of
Rutgers university.
DIRECTED SPELLMAN FUND
In 1921 Ruml came to New York
and became assistant to James R.
Angell, president of the Carnegie
Corporation. A year later he be-
came first director of the Laura
Spellman Rockefeller Memorial.
After seven years he took over the
dictatorship of the Spellman Fund
of New York, an organization for
the improvement of public adminis-
tration.
Then, in 1931 Ruml went to the
University of Chicago as dean of
the Social Science division. In 1934
' he returned to New York as treas-
urer of the R. H. Macy Co. depart-
ment store.
Ruml. a large, sleepy-looking man
with a hearty- deep-seated chuckle,
has never aspired to public office,
Daybook
By JOHN GROVER
(For Jack Stinnett, On a Vacation)
WASHINGTON — Here’s good
news to taxpayers: the increasing-
ly motorized army la really going
to town on a program of saving
gasoline, tires and repair bills on
its mechanized equipment
The new bugaboo of sloppy drive
ers and careless army mechanic!
is Preventive Maintenance—short-
ened to PM by the short-cut
doughboys—which is working won-
ders in cutting down the cost
moving from here to there bS
truck, jeep and command ear. -
The PM crews do their effective
work by surprise visits. Without
prior announcement, the four en-
listed men and the officer who
compose the crew drop in on some
outfit's motor park,
s e e
SGT. El
IDEA MAN—Beardsley Ruml wants to apply the “Day-
light Saving” principle to income taxes.
1942 taxes and start collecting 1943
taxes out of salaries, periodically,
the solution might be obtained
Ruml lives in a small house in
mid-Manhattan with his wife and a
daughter, Anne, a fashion writer.
His oldest son, Treadwell, is a sec-
ond lieutenant In the Army and Is
stationed in London. A younger son,
Alvin, is at Harvard.
Ruml admits, somewhat apo-
logetically, that his only relaxation
is in • variety." By variety he means
the multitude of business and insti- .
tutional affairs that are his.
MANY ACTIVITIES
Among other things, he is chair-I
man of the Board of the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York advisor
to the National Resources planning
board, trustee of the Spellman
Fund, the Museum of Modern art:
treasurer of the Child Study Asso-
ciation and about a page full of
other things.
He likes music but doesn't get a
WILDERNESS GIRI
By LETA ZOF
ADAMS
If you must string people along,
start a puppet show
Motorists should enjoy learning a
Michigan motorman was fined for
reckless driving.
Going without stockings is the
one thing that became a fad without
being expensive.
never wants to.
"If my tax plan gets anywhere it
will be on its own merits," he says.
"All I can do is explain it to the
proper people. How'd I think of it?
Well, it dawned on me that there
were a lot of people who wouldn't
be able to pay their 1942 tax out of
their 1943 income. People just don't
put away money for taxes. In many
cases it would be impossible to pay
the increased taxes and lay money - -----
aside for still higher taxes the fol- nickname "Cyclone Division
2. "Archies," or "onions."
3 A noncommissioned officer's
Answers to War Quiz
1. They’re abbreviations of the |
loving year.
"The Idea came to me that If the. - — --------
government would forget about the I chevrons Also called "hooks.
Chapter 24
WELL-MEANT BRIBE
Tyra's fsther didn't answer for
a moment Finally, he said slowly
"We’ll have to talk to this Morse
fellow. Maybe we can persuade him
to wait awhile before going after
that Rosetta-stone."
"You mean offer him a share?
I’d thought of that, too, Dad, but
I’m not certain that he d listen.
He—well, you know how archeol-
ogists are. They re just as crazy
in their way as we are in ours.”
“We could offer to share our
supplies with him ” Fleming went
on "And if all that fails we’ve
still got you "
Tyra's head came up. "I don't
understand. Dad"' '
" A twinkle found its way to Mr
Fleming’s deep-set eyes. “Sandy
Morse is in love with you, isn't
he?”
what that has to do with it ”
"If he likes you hell want to
please you, wont he?"
"Yes, but ... "
"I think, between us, we can
persuade him to stay, all right
We ll go over to their camp right
after we have something to eat."
Tyra gazed thoughtfully into the
fire All these weeks she had loath-
ed being suspicious of Sandy. Each
day of companionship on the trail
had been harder than the last, with
the knowledge in her heart that
she was not trusting the zealous
young archeologist Only today she
had been released from her tor-
ment, only to be plunged, it seem-
ed. into something more disagree-
able 7.
Use Bandy's liking for her as a
club to bend his judgment? She
shuddered. No. she was done with
deceit. She had finished with it
Tyra said slowly. *I don’t see today
PROPOSITION
Sandy. Gil and Helen were seat-
ed around their fire discussing
ways and means of approaching
the Chamber of the Serpent God
when Tyra and her father stepped
out of the shadows After some for-
malities of greeting the Flemings
made themselves comfortable In
the circle, and Mr. Firming com-
mented upon the events of the
day as reported to him by Tyra.
He went on, "I don't mind tell-
ing you, now, that I was suspi-
cious of you people. That's why I
sent Tyra with you today "
Across the fire Bandy met Tyra’s
eyes. Then you went with us to-
day-to spy on us." he said slow-
ly. like a statement.
She answered in an oddly muf-
fled voice "We—had to know."
So far as Sandy was concerned
they might have been alone "I
think I see, now, why you didn’t
want to guide us here."
. "I had a good reason . . . Dad
will tell you about it."
Mr Fleming took up the con-
versation "Yes. I'll tell you.
Morse We're not botanists. That
is a blind to put the people off the
scent. I am a mining engineer "
Helen gasped and Sandy re-
marked dryly. "I'm not surprised
to hear you're not botanists."
Mr. Fleming continued, "For
twenty years, since Tyra was a
baby, I've drifted around Mexico
from one property to another.
Chihuahua, Durango. Sonora I've
managed mines and prospected all
through those* states. Then, two-
three years ago I helped open a
property in the Banbana River
District of Nicaragua. That was
where I first heard of the Forbid-
den Land and what 1 heard made
me curious to find out more. So I
went to Guatemala, from the Gulf
side, and was fortunate enough to
talk to a party who had pene-
trated this country for quite a dis-
lance Their descriptions of the
geologic formalions made me cer-
tain there was gold in here ”
Sandy passed that over without
comment. “Then I take it that
you found a mine.”
Mr Fleming let his eyes rest,
momentarily upon each face as if
to assure himself how his news
would be received. "I hadn't been
prospecting around this p:aieau a
week when I ran onto a free gold
pocket that's a bonanza. Frankly.
I've never seen anything equal to
it. In all my experience Nuggets
—well, you have to see them to
believe it."
Sandy said carefully. "I noticed
some of Hunac-Ceel’s people wear-
ing nuggets today."
Mr. Fleming cleared his throat
and continued. "I’ve already
panned out a nice little lump.
Probably I’d have had the whole
pocket cleaned up if Id been able
to work with my three Yaquis the
whole time, but when I had to
send two of them with Tyra for
supplies, my force was cut so I
haven't been able to accomplish
much — I was able to carry in
nothing except gold pans, you see.
However, were working full
strength again and we should
clean up the pocket in three or
four months. But here’s the rub.
Morse "
Fleming leaned closer. “From
Woe betide the drivers who have-
n't kept their trucks in tip-top
shape. Woe betide the maintenance
crews who haven't repaired defects
reported by the drivers. . H
These PM crews are super-exports
on motor vehicles. They work from 1
a carefully prepared master list. I
and check all the vital parts of an
army vehicle. When they get through
they know exactly what’s wrong
with the buggy, whether it’s had
proper care and maintenance. ,
They make a formal report on the
results of their survey to their com-
manding officer. If the check list
shows poor handling and inade-
quate maintenance somebody’s sure
to get “reamed,” which is army for
a triple-distilled bawling out.
The preventive maintenance idea
grew from the necessity of conserv-
ing rubber. That problem of making
the tires last is just as serious in
the army as it is with your personal
car True, the military has first
claim on all rubber supplies in the I
country, but there’s no guarantee
chance to enjoy as much of It as that our expanding army won’t
he prefers. His golf is infrequent need rubber in quantities to tax
and as he describes it, "disastrous." I both the stockpiles and potential
synthetic production.
So they started out to educate
the truck jockeys and maintenance
men in saving tires. By checking
wheel alignments, making dally in-
spections to guard against incl- 1
pient blowouts and failures, they
increased the mileage by fifty per-
He lived in Bronxville fo. 10 years
but tired of commuting If you press
him you can discover commuting
ate up too much time.
Today's Smile
ALTUS, Okla.—(P)—J. V Small-
ing wondered what his turkey gob-
bler was doing in the alfalfa patch
He investigated, found the old boy
B750 YU DD 7
THINK / COULD 1
A DO IT, EH? s
cent. . ,
The preventive maintenance plan
was extended to all motor equip-
ment. and the results were equally
gratifying. At one infantry replace-
ment center, repair bills were slash-
ed by $500 monthly, gasoline con-
sumption was reduced by 46 per-
cent. and the saving in rubber held
at 50 percent.
Best of all, the surprise checkups
on motorised equipment have result-
ed in keeping the drivers and re-
pair crews on their toes.
When they pass out the medals
for outstanding performmance of
duty, the man who conceived the
PM tests rates plenty of considera-
tion.
PVT. JA
RED
setting on some guinea eggs The
other day the gobbler rose in WI-
1 ump. The eggs had hatched.
what Tyra tells me you plan to
make your raid on that sitar in
spite of the warnings of the In-
dians You must realize that if
you do this well all have to leave
the plateau right away.”
Sandy gave a start. "I suppose
that is true."
"You’ve been thinking about it,
I see."
"Well, yes. Of course I didn’t
know about your gold mine ”
Bandy glanced at Tyra to find
her gazing steadily st him, her
eyes like new moons with the fire-
light slanting up into her face.
Fleming shifted "We don’t want
to be run off the plateau until
we’ve cleaned up this pocket. So
I've got a proposition to make to
you. Morse We know the Indians
of that village have us under their
eye all the time and were fairly
certain that as long as we keep
away from that altar they'll let us
alone.
"My suggestion is this: You men
join Tyra and me on cleaning up
this rich pocket of gold Well
make you a fair offer — let you
have all the gold you can pan out.
Then when the pocket is gutted
well all pack up and leave the
Hold Everything
plateau together. Just before we
go you can make your raid on the
altar and get your Rosetta-stone. 1
In that way, we d both have what |
we came up here for, only you’d
have a poke of gold in addition
How does it aound to you?”
AGREED
It sounded like more delay, more
frustration “With Gil and me
working, how long do you think
it will take to clean up the pocket?"
Sandy asked, choosing his words
with care.
"Hard to tell exactly. Maybe
two months. And of course well
divide our supplies with you — I
forgot to mention that. Mv Yaquis
can do all the hunting, which will
save time, and we can concentrate
our camps in order to have one
cooking unit."
"All right,” Sandy said, a husky
note in his voice. "We’ll wait un-
til you clean up-your gold pocket.
We'll put our own plan aside until
then.”
A curious silence followed his
announcement. The faces around
the fire appeared to have been
cast in copper.
Mr. Fleming arose Tyra, too
stood up Fleming eaid: "Come
GRADE A
MILK
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"Bring it in the back, chum-
it might give the joint a bad
name!"
over to our camp first thing in the
morning We'll get together on
our plans, and start things mov-
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To be continued
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