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Evening star., 1941-10-12

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 1.-THE Army
is getting over its growing pains and,
toughened by training and field ex-
perience should be a competent, though
small. force that can command respect
among the world armies by the time 1t
has the equipment to fight.
There are many officers-high and
low-who believe the Army grew too
fast. A year ago the demand was for
speed, for it was not clear how soon the
soldiers might be called upon.
Now most of the Army, up past the
100000 mark, is going back to review.
returning to small-unit training that was
rushed through in the early months, to
target practice that was curtailed because
there was no ammunition.
Almost two-thirds of the Nations
combat divisions already have gone
through field exercises-the best test OF
fitness and ability short of war. The
greatest maneuvers, with the I'd Army
opposing the Sd, have just been con-
cluded in Louisiana. The 4th Army ex-
ercises, on the West Coast, were in
eastern section, is beginning its test, to
run through November, in the Carolinas.
But Finished troops cannot be
produced in year" So says 1t. Gen.
Lesley j. McNair, the soldier who has
been most closely concerned with the
training of Americas new Army. AS
chief of staff of general headquarters he
was top man in the program.
mo army ever is 100 per cent ready to
fight Gen. McNair said after the
Louisiana war games. But all observers
agreed that the new Army could, If
necessary, acquit itself better than any
United States Army has.
Physically Fit
The summer and fall maneuvers al
ready concluded-in Tennessee, Cali
fornia, in Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana
have brought together for the Nation
to watch in action physically fit men,
mentally alert, well-clothed and well fed
and able to Withstand hardships in the
field.
They know how to carry out orders,
how to work with the equipment that is
available to them.
Equipment still Is short, but the
greatest deficiency shown by the sum-
mers maneuvers, high officers said, is
the shortage of young, adequately trained
officers.
The need for more competent officers
appears the outstanding lesson learned
In the war games throughout the Nation
Guns still we're simulated but there was
enough to accomplish the training task.
The soldiers weren't shooting them, any,
way, for ammunition-even blanks-is
not available.
Material flow is outside the Army's
hands, but Gen. George G. Marshall,
chief of staff, who gets as much Of 1t as
he can out of that going from American
industries to Britain and her allies,
promises "the deficiencies in material
will be made good"
The principal shortages, as they have
Evening star., 1941-10-12
By ". H. Shibten, T.

neers said, enabled them to design
larger panels in building the cockpit than
would have been possible with glass, thus
eliminating supporting members which
might obstruct vision. The side panels
in modern fighter craft are close to the
pilots head to reduce wind resistance.
Panels which curve over his head with
out distorting vision enable him, it was
said, to see in many directions without
shifting his position.
The designers say the material keeps
Evening star., 1941-10-12

ototCo "A" "t9J tVNSftShCo W
hard training, experienced
through heavy feld10ork and
mass n1aneuUerS, can stand
up to those of any army in
the W0rld today.
troops were the result of lack of leader
ship.
Il feel emphatically that leadership
and command can and must be i'm
proved" he declared. 1t would be
unfair to create an impression that all
leadership is bad, for there are host
of fine leaders actually exercising re-
sponsible command, while many other
potentially fine leaders have not yet had
a real opportunity to exercise the leader
ship of which they are capable.
$50 far as I know, no drastic purge
of weak leaders is contemplated,
although the issue undoubtedly has been
during these maneuvers. 1t seems rea-
sonable and probable that leadership
will be improved by removal of weak
officers as developments warrant in each
case"
Probably the principal reason there
will be no purge of inadequate officers
is the dearth of good ones. Thousands
of enlisted and inducted men are in
officer training schools, but the flow has
not been great enough thus far to allow
replacement of the unfit among officers
who have had charge of the troops dur
ing the past year.
The summer maneuvers demonstrated
one thing forcefully-give the soldiers
interesting work to do and you need
not worry about their morale.
Gen. Marshall said "the zeal and
energy, the endurance and the spirit of
the troops have been model of excel
lence."
The armies demonstrated they are
learning well what to do with what
they've got. The men-almost 100000
of them. travelling in about $4,000 We
hicles-showed that they could follow
maneuver orders and get to objectives
with reasonable speed without twisting
the great divisions in knots. And they
demonstrated that, moving as in war,
the supply system would function. 1t
was the first time such a great test
had been imposed.
1t was officially stated that in such
a maneuver it could be expected that 1876
men would die. Actually the fatalities
were SO and most of them the result
of traffic accidents during the move
ments in the preliminary phases. Dur
ing the two-week exercise with Army
against Army, % lost their lives in ma
neuvers and seven In of time accidents.
Evening star., 1941-10-12

its high transparence under adverse
conditions Of heat, rain, snow, hail or
fog, and will neither crack nor lose its
clear quality.
In the early days Of the war, American
experts said, the British adopted plastics
for use in their military aircraft, and at
first encountered much difficulty due to
distortion of light or other imperfections
The crews of fighting aircraft can no
longer afford to take chance on optical
illusions.
Evening star., 1941-10-12

they ducked for cover When
air alarms sounded.
Each Of the armies had an air task
force, medium bombers, dive bombers
and pursuit planes, especially organized
to support it in the comparatively small
fight-as actual campaigns go-in
Louisiana. The War Department in pre-
liminary estimates, said there would be
500 planes with each army BY the time
they were in the maneuver the figure
was dropped to about 400. When the
official count was made the Sd Air Task
Force had 295 planes.
But during the two weeks of the
maneuvers. these planes, in squadrons
of as many at IL to "a each, few 458
missions. And near-hurricane weather
deprived the air force of an opportunity
to get into the fight at least two days
of the battles-one five days long and
the other four.
On these missions the pilots were in
the air 1905 hours. And the record of
the air forces with the I'd Army was
comparable.
Even though wartime flying was ap-
proximated more closely than in any
other exercise. there were just five
deaths. The pilots few the Air Corps
newest equipment in what was of1icially
called the greatest test of both men
and machines.
Four hundred mile ean-hour pursuit
planes and 250-mile-an-hou bombers
took off of fields that slower, modern
transport planes would hesitate to use
The fatal accidents were the result of
air collisions in stimulation Of dog fights.
Parachute Troops
Another innovation, almost as spec
tacular, was the introduction Of para
chute troops into maneuvers for the first
time. A hundred and twenty-seven men
of the Army's newest parachute battalion
the 5o2d from Fort Benning, Ga
made two jumps Each time behind-the-
front soldiers spent hectic nights trying
to round up the paratroops, each trained
as a saboteur to wreak as much havoc
as possible with grenades. tent, machine
guns, rifles and even light artillery on
sacrifice mission.
Summing up the great Louisiana ma
neuvers, Gen. McNair told the higher
officers Of the I'd and Sd Armies that
the principal faults found among the
Evening star., 1941-10-12

oeen during the ~ &ss$$S
year, are anti-tank M
guns, vehicles both for 4:
fighting and for transport,
radios and enough ammu-
milton to teach the men to shoot.
Before the training year was many
months cid, the War Department halved
the allotment for range-f1ring and
there have been additional cuts since,
simply because the cartridges were not
available. The Army's principal source
was only one arsenal! - Frankford in
Philadelphia. But in the next month,
Gen. McNair said, ammunition flow from
several new plants will be sufficient to
give soldiers shooting practice.
A critical shortage disclosed by the
maneuvers was in radio sets. Motoriza-
ton and mechanization of the Army
have pushed a days operations, some
times, as far as 100 miles. Tanks and
armored vehicles with fighting men
range so far that many times they lose
contact, with the short-ranged radios
they have. Even the infantry divisions
are developing wide-ranging reconnais
sance units and there aren't enough
power radio sets available.
Well Equipped
The supply of guns still is not fast, al
though Undersecretary of War Robert
P. Patterson disclosed during the Louis
tnn hnt oil nyYt if7a
troops, by the end of this month, would
be equipped with the new Garand semi
automatic rife that enables soldier to
fire as fast as he can aim and squeeze
the trigger. 1t replaces the long stand
ard Springfield which has a bolt that
must be pulled back and pushed forward
with each shot.
The Army still hasn't nearly enough
37-mm. anti-tank guns and it Is forming
new anti-tank battalious-and larger
groups. The Army is at the bottom of
the priority list in this equipment, be-
hind the Navy and the Air Corps.
For the flrSt time, the Army brought
into the field last month complete
fighting team, armored divisions and
air task forces joining with the infan-
try divisions that remain the Army's
principal power-though slower.
And the demonstration of Army, Navy
and Marine combat pilots gauging their
, day and night battles of the skies to the
tempo of the ground forces brought
new and heartening conception of United
States air power to the soldiers on the
ground.
Just as they stood and gawked when
the armored divisions reared against
them for the first time in the Tennessee
maneuvers, they showed curiosity and
admiration rather than fear when the
dive bombers and fighter planes at
tackled them in Louisiana. But then they
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-06
Debutante' Gown

THE DEBUTANTE wore \
gown fashioned with bodice OF
ash rose wool Jersey studded
with smoke sequins the
neckline was V-shaped and
sleeves crushed above the
elbow
The voluminous skirt Of the
gown was of smoke net. 49,.
and she carried her father
lift bouquet Of ash Of rose
tinted gardcnias and SIN, kc
iclrhinium 49,.
Mrs. OMalcy was chic in a
Gibson Girl gown with TOP of
white lace with high neckline
nd prim, tight sleeves to the
rist. &C.,.
The skirt was of black tat
"a with a slight hustle a..
re back
Her blond hair was worn
ch on her head in keeping
IN the costume
And she carried a bouquet
I album lilies -.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-06
And II Was True

AND 1T was true be.
cause every one had a on
derful time AZ the reception AZ
the Boat Club in the after.
noon
When her father. Eueer,
Q Bnen presented Mari
10 his friends and society
Father. .debutante ar
sister Pat now Mrs. Geore
T. OMaley Of New York
greeted guests in the great
lounge OF the club
They stood before a screen
Of cybotium greens and
made a handsome picture,
indeed .
Gift bouquets were used
throughout the rooms of the
club, -.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-06

tached 10 the Naval Reserve OF
fee IN Detroit.
Roberta is a graduate or
Grace Hospital Nurses School
10 date has been set for the
wedding.
MIR. AND, MRS. T. L. BUS
SLY of Dumharton road an
uounce tho birth Of daughter
Mary Carol on August IS. NJ
+ was formerly Virginia Marie
EctzIng.
MIR. AND MRS. II. A. Coz
BEL OF trccland avenue held
open house recently IN honor Of
iRclr daughter. Dorothy. who
recently received her master
degree a University OF Michigan
in Romance languages.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-06
Countess VIII Lead Singing
At Paderewski Rites Sunday
By BILLY THE BACHELOR

OUR FEDORA Is OIL 10 The
Countess EIcN'ra RoSanSka' VINO
has been invited 10 sing al The
Iadefe"sh memorial services
Sunday afternoon, at the shell
on Belle lsIe
~ ne SldlueHque oionoe VIII
Each GounoG 8 Ave Maria %
with symphony accoupa1,ment
.,,a.u.II .Io.d ,,,o ooIroc,i,., s;,,-
- ,'''7
ing OF Goi .'',S America
FROM WY Ott' WEST
comes WORD of tho DAVID b.
Nroori-0s nj BOSTON boulevard
,,..I
N''' We ".'" ''si''i'- '''e w ~
Eogais shrine and ale about 10
move on 10 California once MIR.
Al 4ai-Aaa- ai--nai4,1iras -ia.nirad
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~ ' N"s-" vi '""e"' OF
Co.o.aco.0
they'll h, asirinq win Mrs,
I- r-,--,-.--l,-N -
U.s.. p "'oi''o"l'Sch ana nor
daughter Miss Nina, Who now
make their home in tho Roi-Air
section OF West Los Angeles -
Rack From r,roo ,..cl g.,
sta, on 7 orr Island 4. Tho be5,.
to cE NJ. t t.,, =, 49,
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and .,nnin~ avg ~ '' '''''
Eoon yie,.i,c hor bro,bcr.i,
l..,,. -, 1870,
peter Barranco or Garden en-
and was iolrcd mst before she
made ready 10 return 70 Town
bv hcr nice mamma Mir,
Charles c. No,,ncr
JUST rrior 10 The Icavc.,akine
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-06
element Great

IT WAS the dcbutante
ehteenth birthday and
excitement was so great IN
~eparation for the party
That every one forgot thu
Ighly important fact in
uding the birthday sirl
mil the party.
Assisting the debutantc
,. and all these girls wore
-1rdcnias in their locks, a gif-
ON Marty were
Shirley Knox of Grand
Tapids owho was Marty
-ehoolmate at Ligsctt1...t
Sue Baldcrston Connie
Iabe korn.
Mildred Mohun Marian
2cttcr, Pat Talbott..
fane Howarth and Pat
Topping
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-06
Bare Engagement
Of Miss Brown

At A TEA on Thursday Mr.
and Mrs. OrviS y. Brown of
Electric boulevard announced
the engagement of their Young
est daughter. Roberta Ruby. 10
Lawrence Whitney Collins. son
Of Mr.. and Mrs l.. + Collins OF
Lancashire avenue in RoSedale
Park.
The news was revealed in a
bouquet OF cladiofi and roses
bearing the names of Roberta
and Larry
Lawrence attended Wayne
University and Northwestern
University and IS at present at
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-06
In Mayfair
WITH
The CbabcroH

THERE WERE no cries of
rain. rain co away
From Yesterdays lovely
debutante Marty O-Bncr.
For The day suited her per
feotly ....~
Family and friends looked
mournfgl AS the skies grew
grayor in the morning and
YOU Jast knew they were
thinking,
"0h, dear, how too bad this
rain had To happen on Marty>
coming out day.
But Marty adores rainy
days and especially loves
them tfor parties heeaHze
Nothing like q bad out-of-
doors to make every one have
more fun indoors" she thinks
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-06
Miss Dow Plans
Luncbeon-Bridqe

IONOGlNG MRS. JAMES
HAMILTON MCPHAIL JR. OF
Birmingham who was Miss Jean
Dempsey before her recent mar
mage, Miss Helen NJ Dow Is
giving a luncheon and bridge at
hor home in Suatrord road
today.
Miss Dow has invited Nrs
Howard y. Hewlett Mrs. LOUIS
$ Morse Jr Mrs. Clyde S.
Ccainc Miss Florence Kruccor,
Mrs Edgar a. Guest Jr. Mrs.
'ohn r. Donahuo Mrs Lawrence
]. Kelly and the Misses ELu0r
and Jane LlmboCkcr.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-06

went West oh, maybe two
months ago and were Joined a
couple of weeks back by Mr.. *.
who returned them to their
home Just recently.
TIE WILDER NJ. BRUCk-
ERS are back home, too
Seen staying on Macklnac
Island FOR two-or-more weeks.
MISS HOW ARDIN F. Me
AFEER of New York is i'm the
Hills visiting Miss Barbara
ShUctt yoU'tt find.
Her presence has been the in
cCntire for many youthful gath
orlncS such Is the tea Miss S.
rendered her the other day
Fud9S Sally Hunter enter
tanned with a luncheon AT "Brae
Euyn her Bloomfield home
Mp AID MRS. PERCY X.
LOUD. "c Understand were
hosts ~ % breakfast party AZ
thor home in Lone Pine court
TCrontlN.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-06
Knowledge Test
By DIR. sABINA II. CONNOLLY

Where would YOU Grd (a) A
museum called Corcoran Art
Gallery, th) 2 palace called the
Petit Tranon 'C) a ruin called
The Colosseum
Who was written these words:
,a1 Everyone is tho son of
ms own works; rbl Who ever
loved that loved not a first
sight, 'c) Plough deep while
Slucgards sleep?
What fctonal woman: ta)
urged hor husband 20 XIII .
king; thl knittod ~ the foot
Of the cullotIne. fcl ruined q
blind artists painting
Name tho century Of those
Itaitln composers ca Palc>-
trma7 T67 Verdi Co DOM
Ictu9
Why is, lo) good servant
called AN Admirable Crich-
ton do a schooltcachcg
ca'lod q Toda-ocuo; Ccl q resi-
don't 71~arthcrn Ireland called
an OIanEcman
What is tho last name Of. IA.
juliet. Obi Elton OF SCOTS
Lady nj ,t-r-f.elt,, -fe4 hts
ta..a o. Harry, Return Of the
rofNr
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-06
'e7ing Of Dancirq

AFTER THE. reception
la debu'an'e her asslstan
nd their escorts
Had dinner together
And went on for an evening
dancing
Marty plans FOR the Win
- are sti.l indefinite
II the pretty giri returns 20
rhool shell probably 60
q New York
To STUDY dramatICs 49,.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-03-07

tered communities but seem to
stem from a central source be-
cause they all follow the same pat
tern. We believe that these libels
are definitely part of the Nazi
propaganda line. The record of
the Jews in the World War is be-
yond reproach.
In view of the current charges,
all Jews certainly should fami-
liarize themselves with an arti-
Gle printed in the Congressional
Record of November 25, 1910,
which points out: ''By proportion
of population the Jews of America
should have numbered about three
percent of the armed forces. Ac-
tually they contributed between
four and five percent of the mill
tary and navy personnel, or a
third beyond their normal share"
Furthermore it is interesting
to note that "the chief reason for
the high percentage of Jews in
the service was to be found in the
large number of Jewish volun-
teers. The records show that there
were from $4,000 to 10000 Jew
ish volunteers, or Is percent of
the entire Jewish contingent"
So far as the operation of the
present Selective service is con-
cerned, there is of course no way
of determining how many Jews
are volunteers or how man have
been accepted for military train
ing. At the same time, even a SUI
perficial glance at the list of enrol
lees printed in the daily newspap-
ers will tend to refute these false
charges.
For example, Miami newspapers
of February 25th printed list of
the enrollees registered on that
particular day and out of forty
enc names, ten were Jewish boys.
There is absolutely no reason to
believe that Jews are Sinking
their duty. If anything, they prob
ably will be enlisted in larger
numbers because the fight against
Hitlerism and the issues involved
touch not only our whole demo-
cratic structure, but effect even
more keenly all minority groups,
of which the Jewish group is one.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-03-07
WISDOM
of the
T AIN I'D
Let Thy Heart Be
Turned To Heaven
By MORRIS KRAMER

Give much or give little, but
let thy heart be turned heaven
ward." -Berachot.
Give much or give little. Your
donation or gift is judged by your
spirit in giving, and not by It's
intrinsic value. For no matter
what your financial situation may
be, you can make your contribu-
ton, especially in these days when
there are so many worthy causes,
so many imperative new causes,
brought about by the sad plight OF
our brethren abroad
For Providence judges accord
ing to the goodness of your heart,
and when you give your donation
with goodwill and sincerity, you
may feel happy at having done a
fine deed.
Let thy heart be turned heaven
ward. How many persons are
there who turn their heart heaven
ward when they give a donation?
Some make their contribution be-
cause they feel they must make
it, or because they cannot refuse
the request of the person who ap-
preached them, or because they
want to impress their friends or
neighbors, but the greater part,
among whom are the ones who
can least afford it, give their con-
tribution because tn ey have a
good, sympathetic heart and wish
to help their less fortunate breth-
rem.
This spontaneous expression of
the good heart of human beings is
a splendid indication of their
warm sympathy for their unfor-
tunate neighbor who, caught in
the melee of conflict among peo-
pie, is trapped and does not know
where he can go for help.
It is truly encouraging to note
that the large amounts of money
which are sent abroad, and which
are now more urgently needed
than ever before, are the contri-
buttons of the small sums which
are given by the poorer classes,
which indicate that. in proportion,
it is the poor who are truly chari-
table.
Life will have a new meaning if
you know that you have done your
share to tighten the burden of
those unfortunate persons who are
the victims of the cruelty of sell
fish, dominating leaders, whose
desire for power and success des-
troys all vestige of humanity with
in them.
"Give much or give little, but
let thy heart be turned heaven
ward"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-03-07
A JACKSONVILLE MAN
ASKS A QUESTION

Question: what about the re-
ports going the rounds now that
the Jews were slackers in the
first World War and now when our
country is again mObilizing, try
to get exemption from the selec-
tive service on all sorts of excuses,
including physical grounds"
e. G.-JackSOnville, Fla.
Answer: Reports clearing
through our national headquarters
indicate that stories of this kind
are. cropping up in widely scat
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Answers To /. @.
CONTINUED from Page TwO)

~ Cousin.
(2) Solomon Maimon.
(S) The translation of the BIZ
BILE into German.
(4) That there were lions in Pal
estine in biblical times is attested
by many biblical passages.
(5) The Jews living in Yemen,
south western part of Arabia.
(6) Rome and Jerusalem"
(O About one million.
81 Michael Angelo.
(9) Amsterdam.
(10) Ecclesiastes. See answer 3.
(11) England in 1890.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-03-07

Editors notes This column regular feature aims faarize
public
ADJ As of its service readers invited address
will either
individuals
friends
held in the strctest confidence if he desires.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-03-07

The office of the Anti-Defama-
ton League is located at GIT Sey-
bold Bldg, Miami, phone S-6SO6.
All Florida communities are in
Vited to avail themselves of the
services offered by the Organiza-
ton and to consult on matters of
an anti-defamatiOn nature.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-11
Tacoma Rifle Club
Stages Contest

The Tseums Hins eiub sp<so-
soFss The firss t00-ysrd f.ur-pssl-
tinn "a cal fifis match In WaRsrs
washington sunday.
In match No 4. ~hleh rs 10
shcss prpns. 10 sitting and 10 oss-
hand, Eu nssEsrsos sss nrss
place medal. ami ksnnsth wsitssu
s.cond pia1s. cAss = medal wss
won BY Elmer huax~y,
In the ino-vard team ssat<s
fired In four positions shs ra~oms
rins &C" team eompos~d II noy
har~sii. Major cssps. c'hsx rsui-
con and Charlie nmssn ~aa firsx
place
Ths ranssss sur s~sm wss
s~sssA ptssa Ths teom -
ssnspss~s 1t Isess Ssslssu, y.
0snss. fs1ss esssmas 80 4
Wssh~sae~.
Roy b.r~sli fired high 1920
Tor al shooters IN ths tsan
matches.
In ths Individual psazs u u
team match hlsssy JsAnsaa fYsm
s~stfis En firss plses, fellD~s1
by Harry At~.e~a of sultan. wash.
Aiss az Seattle. ksrf cos voa N
eia<- y medal IN this event.