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Evening star., 1940-11-01
War Far More Likely
# Roosevelt Wins,
Hoover Declares
President Is Accused Of
Sticking Pins in Tigers
All Over the World
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LINCOLN, Nebr., Nov. 1.-Former
President Herbert Hoover in radio
address last night charged President
Roosevelt with sticking pins in
tigers all over the world" and told
the Nation you are far more likely
to get into war with Franklin Roose-
velt than with Wendell Willkie"
A crowd estimated at $500 gath
cred in the University of Nebraska
Coliseum to hear him.
Mr.. Hoover opened his speech on
"Our Foreign Relations" with
charges President Roosevelt had
broken up the 1888 World Economic
Conference at London, had failed
to press for advantages that might
have come from the 1882 Land Dis
| armament Conference at Geneva
and had meddled in European pow
er politics.
Must protect Hemisphere"
Beginning with the speech on
our quarantining dictators three
years ago, Mr.. Roosevelt had been
continuously sticking pins in tigers
all over the world-and that with
out seeming to realize that this re-
quires a reserve of firearms" Mr.
Hoover charged.
Terming any invasion of the
United States a job far beyond the
abilities of the dictators, the former
President continued:
Our ultimate problem of defense
| is larger than this. Our problem is
| to protect the Western Hemisphere
To do that we must have such de-
| fensive strength that no one will
even entertain the dangerous
thought of coming to any part of it,
Proposes National Policy.
To meet the days dangers he laid
down a proposed national policy of
Il. Furnish all the support to Eng
/ land we can within the law. And !
emphasize within the law, for liberty
lives by law. Congress makes the
law.
20. Stop cultivating hysteria at
home and sticking pins in tigers
abroad
'3. Make just one more talk and
then stop talking.
a. That one talk should emphasize
that this Nation wants peace with
the world. 1t should inform the
world that We are arming this coun-
try to the teeth; that we are organ
izing its economic strength in every
corner, from the cellar to the gar
ret; that after year or two years,
or whatever time that job takes, We
are going to talk again. Then we are
going to say exactly what we expect
the relations of other nations to be
to us and our interests. Then we
will be talking the one language
which they will understand
IS. For the moment that would
be enough craftsmanship"
Evening star., 1940-11-01
Cooper's Craft Follows
Traditions Despite War

Strange noises in a cooper's yard
near the Thames attracted a Lon
don crowd because they thought it
had something to do with the latest
bombing raid.
Twenty leather-aproned men were
thrusting a youth into a heated bar
rel. They rolled him away in tri-
umph, extracted him safely, tossed
him in the air and drank his health.
He had been initiated into the COOP
er's craft with the same ritual fol-
lowed for centuries. War or no war,
the old crafts of England are keep
ing to their traditions.
Evening star., 1940-11-01
Jesse Owens Challenges
Louis to Debate Election
Ry tie Associated Press.

BY tie Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Nov. Jesse Owens,
colored track star, declared for Presi-
dent Roosevelts reelection last
night and challenged Joe Louis,
world heavyweight boxing cham
pion, to debate the issues of the
presidential campaign. The colored
fighter is campaigning for Wenwell
L. Willkie, Republican candidate.
Evening star., 1940-11-01
Spain Honors ItuIiuns

MADRID, Spain, Nov. l (R.-
Spain today conferred crosses of
military merit on six generals of the
italian air force, including Gen.
Giuseppe Vale, former chief of the
Italian air force.
Evening star., 1940-11-01
Copetown Aids Army Men

Payment of Capetown, South
Africa, of the difference between
military and civil pay to all its en-
ployes in active service is expected
TO cost the city 100000 a year
Evening star., 1940-11-01

Of II weeks between the election
and the Inauguration of a new
President, while the European war
hangs in the balance"
Evening star., 1940-11-01

Eyeglasses are worn by a greater
percentage of men in the British
Army than ever before.
Evening star., 1940-07-14

said. What you need is new CamOuf1age JoD.
Let me paint you in nice zebra stripes so Linda
won't realize you're laying course to inter
cept her."
What makes you think I'm interested?'
Maybe it's the way you act torpedoed
when she smiles at you
We'll, all right am interested. Nal. But
don't know how to find out if she is,
Il got Jane by trying the good old tactic of
Boarders Away"
I'D want to be very sure girl liked me
before asked her to be my wife. If you don't
mind, I'll hang around and see if she gets
sort of used to me. he said.
It's okay with me-" l said. but Linda
may run into dry dock and have you scraped
off, like barnacle.'
We stood in front of the big hangar and
watched the tractors pull out the k6 and
J-3 They looked like fat silver puppies nosing
out of an oversize kennel. Andy and Carl and
Ted and chain-smoked cigarettes and tried
to be very casual.
Lieutenant Commander Midway. who was
going to pilot the rs, came over to U.S. You
men," he chuckled. don't look fit to jump
off kitchen chair.
That broke the tension. We assured him
anyone would be glad to bail out of an airship
he was plotting. We told him we were only
nervous about going up with him, not about
coming down by ourselves.
Midway said. III bet case of beer
couple of you get so excited you throw away
YOUR rip cords on the way down..
Evening star., 1940-07-14

are jumping would you: Answer me that one!
They have to jump to win ratings as chute
packers You and Andy and Carl and Ted
asked for it.
1T helps morale for the men to see officers
taking the same chances
He grunted If were seaman it wouldn't
help my morale to see officers take chances
just for fun"
It's not just for fun. The newsreels and
news photographers are down today. Eight
men jumping make better picture than four
Sure and seven 'chutes opening out of
eight would make better picture than eight
out of eight. Why don't you volunteer for
that, too?"
said, hope Jane won't think of all those
arguments
She will, he said, encouragingly. BY the
way. if you don't break your neck | might
come around tonight to borrow. that book
Lehman wrote about the Zeppelins.
grinned. Up to that point he'd had me on
the defensive. Now l had him. He'd come
around to borrow that book at least ten times
since my sister-in-law Linda, arrived to visit
Jane He forgot the book, very carefully. every
time he left That excuse is wearing thin |
Evening star., 1940-07-14
Il Short Story Complete in This Issue

Il Short Story Complete in This Issue
4
q DON'T know what made me take Gary
Stowe into convoy when he was assigned
. to us at Lakehurst Naval Air Station.
hadn't known him very well at the Naval
Academy and hadn't seen him since we got
our commissions eight years ago. From the
first. it was plain that he wouldn't fit into our
crowd He was too slow. too cautious. He
seemed to have been born set for half-speed
ahead Not fitting into our crowd was nothing
against him. of course. But one morning in
late summer we began to suspect that Gary
might not fit into the Navy.
We came out of the Administration Build
ing and headed for the big barn, to get the
K-6 and J-3. We crossed the main street of the
station with exaggerated carelessness - for
Gary's benefit and then looked back at
him. As usual, he was spending ten seconds
looking for traffic before crossing. We waited
for him to make the same remark he d made
almost daily for months: You fellows will get
smacked by car some day. crossing this
street without looking
we all nOWleO. \JOOQ OlQ CAUTIOUS 1dI v TIC
treated that quiet street as if it were Broad
way and Forty second. 1t was one of those
Jokes which gets better every time.
You ought to build a tunnel under the
street." told him. Then your only worry
would be lodging those high-speed moles.
He gruInbled. Il suppose little thing like
getting hit by car doesn't matter to fellows
who are parachute jumping today for no rea
son at ALL Why do you take such chances"
you've got to take chances in the Navy"
said. Didn't you ever hear of Admiral
Farragut? Well you wouldn't have heard of
him if he'd said, Let's play safe instead of
Damn the torpedoes!
He took me seriously. "Fanagut only took
chances in an emergency. You fellows are just
looking for excitement"
practiced the injured tone planned to
use to my wife ME after excitement Why,
this is practically in the line of duty You
wouldn't want officers to hang back when four
seamen from the Parachute Material School
Evening star., 1940-07-14
DAMN THE T0RPED0ES!"

We took the bet and arranged to drink his
beer that night. Then we separated to board
the blimps, two officers and two seamen to
jump from each. We tilted up in the k6,
leveled off at 2OOO and waited for the J-3 to
get in formation
Gary unlocked the bar across the door
Benting. one of the two seamen, turned
green. Il can't do it, sir, he gasped.
Midway said, Its just jump. You'll be
all right" Benting gripped the edge of the
door with whitening hands, and shook his head.
Midway snapped. ''If you don't jump you
won't get your rating
Its - it's too far down.
''All right" Midway growled. Sit down
somewhere, out of the way. Hang it. the
photographers know eight men are supposed
to Jump. We don't want 'em thinking that
somebody lost his nerve. Gary, hook on your
'chutes and show the boys how
Gary asked rs that an order, sir?'
Order? | can't order anyone to take a
practice jump
Gary's face looked as bleak as reef
There is no such thing as a practice jump,
sir. They're all for keeps. don't believe in
taking chances except in an emergency
Wish could order you to jump" Medway
growled. Just to see if - All right, take over
as pilot Give me those chutes
He buckled on the big practice chute and
the small emergency pack. We waited Gary
got signal over the radio from the J-3, and
waved go-ahead to us.
Midway chuckled. Don't throw away
those cords, " and stepped oversize. The second
seaman followed Andy went out in burlesque
swan dive took deep breath and plunged.
" HEN | felt air pressure building up, |
grabbed for the D-ring over my heart and
yanked The harness Jerked at my chest. |
found myself swinging under the opened chute
like clock pendulum. My right arm ached -
because Id almost thrown it away when |
yanked the D-ring - but the rip cord was
still in my fingers. l grinned Nobody was
going to drink beer on me.
After our bunch got together on the ground,
we discovered that Carl and Andy had lost
their rip cords That meant we were in for a
lot of ribbing from the Lieutenant Com
mander But he came up to us, sheepishly and
admitted he'd lost his too So then we had
good laugh and arranged to chip in for beer.
Gary docked the X e and joined us. Nal, V
he said to me- you should have worked your
shroud lines on the way down to stop that
swinging. If you d hit on the down-swing - y
Midway said abruptly, You're fine
one to talk" and stamped away
Carl asked. Whats eating him."
Gary explained about refusing to take the
Jump You fellows may not realize it" he
said, but there are half-dozen ways you
can get hurt bailing
Evening star., 1940-07-14

stirring story of the men who ride the winds as
the eyes of the United States Navy but mostly
of young Lieutenant Stowe, who wouldn't play hero
=. even for bright-haired girl named Linda >.
by Richard Powell
Hiuaoofsd BY Mortimer Wilson
Evening star., 1940-07-14

lug. Why didn't marry civilian?'
Linda was standing beside the car talking to
Andy and Ted and Medway. That girl Ger
tainly could draw men. She should havs-
opened recruiting station. Standing there in
the sun, with her head thrown back. she
looked like figurehead from one of the old
clipper ships. Her bright hair rippled back
7-I4-aO
Evening star., 1940-07-14

Cdl Stl Iiull udllliAS
out. even if the chute
opens properly. If the .
harness is crooked you
can cave in a couple Of
ribs. You can hit on a
down swing. You can
get dragged after you
hit. And even the best
landing is as tough as
jumping from a twelve
foot wall. That S
why " He stopped
talking because the
others had drifted
away. He started to
ask me why theywalked
off, but just then a
couple of cars screeched
to a halt by the hangar.
The girls had heard
about our Jumps.
Jane came to meet
me and said "1Ou
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feten a,,f itn;; ale iaben ben sroBe1l.
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pnb mir fSnnen MIR iagen ,ino, Idrei-
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fonbers Die friiberen &laiiensenoflen
bon Batter Gbuarb geppI ans benz al.
ten SoiepDinnm, 82t g. Mait ct.
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years old. He's in the mess because
he thinks somebody must help stop
Hitler. He's been an illustrator, an
advertising writer, art editor for
Golfers, member of a New York
Stock Exchange firm and a play
wright.
Calls League Failure a Crime.
He has the French Legion of
Honor, the Etoile Noire, and he won
the Croix de Guerre in the last
World War. Now he is bitterly re-
senting the action of Senator Lodge
and others 20 years ago In killing
the League of Nations-the great
crime of the Goth century, he calls it.
He is loaded with stories of the
present carnage-and nauseated
with them, too. There was the sight
of German tanks grinding brutally
forward over German wounded, for
example.
There was the dead German found
one day in friends Paris garden
with an unopened parachute. The
German wore shirt from the
Galleries Lafayette, underwear from
Printemps, suit from one French
tailor and shoes from Paris boot
shop. His outfit was so shrewdly
planned that no garment was new
even the shoes needed half-soling.
He was ready to go to work" says
Mr.. Benson, 'but the release cord
didn't work"
Child iii and Lost.
There was the little girl he found
at the roadside, too. Her parents
had lodged a German bomber, and
the child had been struck by debris
and was apparently dead. Hyster-
lcal, the parents had gone on-but
the child was alive. Now she is both
i'll and lost.
There were Senegalese troops
whose black bodies were cut to rib
oons, fighting on without the Slight
est change of expression.
Mr.. Benson believes unreservedly
that for years the Nazi penetration
has been at work in America.
Spain is already in pro-German
hands, he declares, and South Amer
lea is vulnerable to German attack.
With bases there, and scattered
along into Mexico, what's to prevent
invasion here?"