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Evening star., 1942-09-06
Washington Park Result.
By the Associated Press

bS lDe AsSoCldbed Press.
T., FIRST RAcE-purse, $500; claim
Esrrell MsPiasli5 faa 00i 1880 o'afsops'' s5e 500
oayo r,, .PhiilsipssA !spsA $40
Also ran--Marie Matilda. Doctors Rose
Axelson. Fabens, Gold Bewithus Aud Lang
Syne, Fountain Head, Constant Aim Iron
IN SECOND RAJ H|aAcE.purse, $1,000: claim
Psas s {faFI9'd' HsTitos5 and up tSr9nss so
MHiehisan Blue Carney 400 800
LeTistown Tisto ., ,tJemas) $50
Memo ssss ST. MN: s.. a IL
Daily double paid ss7.
THIRD RAcE1.Purse. s1,5oo; claim
cCspstsln zae sHsri.osl if'ao 500 40
suPTsme's PTma PEST WOrbeto 1870
", Also ran-yegas Joker. Hap, valordor.
arrive on Time, Brave Deed and Miami
FOURTH RAcE-purse, $1,000; claim
as sam iaossFHlds asasson rs5reI sn5l0pfs 10 m
Gummed Up fSchuling} 54o 3S1
MISS CEDAR oSmith) 4.40
L.
Also ran-Paiturf,. Madam High. Cap
As E6 Douss' as' f.es NIa0.s .nd c?sa ssn
FIFTH RACE--Purse, s1,5oo: claimins;
2-year-olds; 6 furlongs.
GSons GSorlssa Rdse Til,1ae asrltos 1'4o 3eeoo 5so
Dr. 4iRes Rssh /, !Martin' sg.. 500
Bratten.. Contemplation BuGroo B Maid snd ma
Buena Ventura.
Prairie Stakes: s-yeaT -olds; s9gp fgTlonss saaeo
snrni sI1 Hos: CORK iaroas asyeock) HOO ,ss9 600
seysn HesrS 9corbesp -''+0 $50 $50
Also ran-Amber Light, Philadelphia.
Miss Barbara. Liberator. Sea Marriage and
s.ssTg ssyEsa Handesp sso. sddss
Montsin Tf1' 1GriiD zs.4o 1900 500
9uestyiye tJsmas) e.4o 400
Also & ran-sis Baker, Mystery Marvel
Youroff, Flying Streak and Lotopoise.
EIGHTH RAcE-purse, $1,000: claim
The Rt'nd Object = ssEsa assoEHsst 1910 sSo 80
v.ld1n. 4Im:. s fhis5 lbs5A 'Haritoo $40
Also ran-Mintack Miss Bonnie. Des
Grieux. Evil Spirit Prince o'Mars and
NINTH RAcE-Purse, $500: claiming;
william Pslmef ned Thors " ss sse 40 $50
Happy Khayyam (Hauer) 44o $50
Baker. cantata and sweet ; e"''' story 'N'''
Evening star., 1942-09-06
Aztecs, Rockville Sturt
CoIored S. A. Title Set

The playoff series for the colored
South Atlantic baseball champion
ship opens today with Washington
Aztecs entertaining Rockville A. c.
in double header at Lincoln Park,
Oxon Hill, Md. The Rockville club
took the Interstate Night League
championship with nine victories in
ten tilts.
Today's first game will be at 1:30
o'clock. Tomorrow the Aztecs play
the Departmentals in a twilight
game beginning at at Alexandria s
Municipal Stadium.
Evening star., 1942-09-06
D. C.,AIexondrio Champs
In Softly Tilt Tuesduy

Standard Linen. local softball
champion, will meet Alexandria Iron
Works, Alexandria champ, in a tilt
at Washington Softball Stadium at
8 Tuesday night.
In a preliminary, Kavakos Grill
will meet Franey and Anandaie In
the start OF a three-game series for
the Recreation League nag.
Evening star., 1942-09-06
Outsiders Triumph
In Two Features;
Betting Heavy
MutueI Take, $3.50, 900;
Devils Thumb Idle,
StobIemute Wins
b. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-Long- shot
players had big day at Aqueduct
today as outsiders took over the
card, headed by w. E. Boeing's Slide
Rule in the Babylon Handicap for
2-year-olds and Mrs. H. C. Phipps'
Bold Irishman in the Woodmere
Claiming Stakes for older horses.
With Boeing's varsity" 2-year-
old, Devils Thumb, taking it easy
in his barn, the stables second
stringer,' Slide Rule, proved a more
than capable substitute by chalking
up a half-length victory to pick up
the $5,575 winners end of the Baby
Ion. Piloted by Conn McCreary, he
dashed the 6 furlongs in Ills to
pay a fancy S2l.70 for 50.
Bold Irishman Pays 9 to l.
Bold Irishman, one of the ia
vorites for last years Kentucky
Derby until he suffered an injury,
scored the first win of his come
back" campaign by taking the
Woodmere-and a $4,850 purse-by
length. over the Howe Stables
Cassis. With Johnny Longden in
the saddle, the Irishman clicked
off the furlongs in the good time
of 1:24. He returned 50 for 81 in
the betting.
A crowd of 25,246 turned out and
tossed more than $1,250, 900 into the
mutuel machines, but the chalk
players" suffered throughout the
afternoon. Not one of the favorites
in the first six races was able to
come home on top.
Choices Out Of Money.
Trainer Sunny Jim Fitzsirnmons'
entry of Devils Luck and Bossuet
was the choice In the Babylon and
both were out of the money behind
Slide, Rule. Cecilia D. Parker's
Rurales wound up second, but was
disqualified for swerving in the
stretch and Mrs. Isabel Dodge
Sloane's Very Snooty was handed
the place money, with Mrs. Charles
Shipman Payson's MONDAY Sun
taking over the show spot.
Fitzsimmons came right back to
grab the Woodmere with Bold Irish
man, however William du Points
Baby Dumping, the favorite in this
one, finished fourth behind w. o.
Hicks Full Cry.
Evening star., 1942-09-06
Aqueduct Results
Fy the ASSOCIATED Press.

XIV iilS ASSOCldleQ RIeSS.
FIRST RACE-Purse, ST 500; claiming
Be. Impudent iWrisht) ~ $3.50 1886
Cahanisi -tyoung) SAC
Also ran-Royal Saxon, Haripp. Tina
SAVIOUR, Immokalee, Brainstorm sprine
Tornado, Vanishing Ace, Alan F. and Sac
charoid.
ms SECOND SI aSa! GSaAcEmpurse, F. s1soo: claim
Voiitant tAfcaro5 ,S' '''' 5599oo 40 $50 $50
Kentown fRobertson) 4.40
Ais. .; ransAs Play. Ute, Seven Hills and
Star Of Padula.
(Daily Double paid s273.eo)
THIRD RAcE-Purse. 81 800; olaimins
ss.s,eplechase' st.,sn a-year-olds and UP; about 2
Psasg P5lm2sn pss2ss p5s"lsy3 crus $50 4sS 4sc ssSS
Big Rebel tWalker) $50
Also lH5s, rangMillracs and Fr.dric II.
weishts; maidens: a-year-olds; 54s fur
Titan tstouo 2o.3o ESQ 4.eo
Donegal (Youne) $50
Also ran1commander, Winter Rules,
Ss.es. SNpyieg: cin Iamlin; lin, Manadroit Vacuum
SicduNIt SI6y squire, a 66yIOTQ.
Belair Stud entry.
FIFTH RAcE-Purse, $500 added; Ba-
oylon Handicap: 2-year-olds: furlones.
Slide Rule tMccreary) 21.70 1910 500
Very snooty tRobertson) 7.30 $40
MONDAY Sun (Arcsro) $50
,nx Alsq R9Ssss Sssa Ty-
bloc Burger and DEVILS Luck
n 7.
entry, finished 2nd but disqualified and
placed last.
SIXTH RAcE-purse, $1,000 added;
and Up; 7 furiones (chuteJ.
Bold Irishman (Lon'n) 1000 $50 500
Cassis (Eads) $50 .410
Full Cry fDay) $40
Also ran--a Moon Maiden. Birch Rod
PM, High Command, Baby Dumplins and
Longchamps Farm and Howe Stable
entry.
SEVENTH RACE-Purse, $4,000: allow.
ancesi 3-year-olds and Up; furlonst
! Star Bescon loilbert) $40 $50 go
Don Bingo tMcCreary) 4.40 2.1C
Trade Last fArcarol 2.4t
Also ran-a Ficklebush, Squadron sritor
a Foxcatcher Farms entry.
EIGHTH EAcE-Purse. $4,000; claim
Ing: s;yesr7elds ana up; Il y miles a,
strawberry tcrowtherl 1910 5,9(
Time, 2:46ts new track record.
Also ran-Dusky Fox. Buckle Up, Sta
Back and ouercus.
Evening star., 1942-09-06
Camden Results
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Rsnl:9t Rsls:n, gisss| ggSsSr-0ld' - 1tSrl9pss
81 Paparo tclinsman) o 40
Pilatan and Waters Edge. ''''
SECOND RAcE-purs.. 81 100; claim.
ah smu SssfsIssas and up 1915 1tprenfs s4
Dark Mischief (clinsman) $50 800
Alsace (TrenD $40
Time, 1:I2A
q Also ranEGlrlie ,1;.,lie Star, HEAD Sea, Doctor
Iryst, Quaker Lad, Stevada and Litho-
DAILY double paid ssoso3
ay.aIFniaI TaIER RAcEaPurss .Ea sl'1oe; claiming:
MIS- Miss. l. ns. 9; Gsehmidn $50 $50 $50
seTsers T,as lG,lIlespie) 800
Also ran-Mischief Afoot. carnarvon
1nscolian' Denote, Crucifino and Red Mars
ms s-ysar-olds: fuqonss st;sSe 1chpee,. claim
aCape May lClingman 1880 $50 $50
Dizzy Heights (Meade) $40
Also rana.aM.rcy, Camille and Diasis.
d D. IN ftocUilnE enlFy.
FIFTH RACE-Purse, 81, 900 added; Co
lonial Handicap; 3-year -olds and upward;
9 furlongs tchute).
zaca Gray "a schmidD $50 20 2.40
Level Best (Meade) 29O $50
Taunt (Wagner1 $50
Time, HOS.
Also ran--Monida, Chuckle and Stolen
Tryst.
SIXTH RACE-Purse, ST 500: claiming;
3-year-olds and upward; II. miles.
Thorino (Maschek) 2190 $40 $40
Toujour tBasile) $50 $50
Gallant Robin (RienzD $40
Time. 1:45as
Also ran;--Taearo Lily, Trannc Rush and
Riding Light
SEVENTH RACE-Purse, $1,000: claim
ing; 3-year-olds and upward; ] IL miles.
Butcher Boy (Riensi) 7.70 $50 2.4o
Sunphantom tRoberts) $40 $50
High Plaid (Gillespie) 270
Also ran-Helens Boy Peto Gino and
Holbein.
EIGHTH RACE-Purse, $1,000; claim
Ing; 3-year-olds and upward; / mile and
20 yards.
Raisin Bread Delara) 1880 7.1O 46o
Miss Discovery tHovelD 41o $40
F1ashalong (RienzD $50
Also ran-Good Neighbor. Waugh Pop,
Spoonhread and Williamstown.
Evening star., 1942-09-06

Also ne' rahnGoutcome, Buckledown. Gritty
Duke, Latest. Spring Storm.
SECOND RACE-Purse. $500: claiming;
B-yesr -olds: ga furlongs.
Mss M2st pessnee Ass, BszsTei vesss 600 so so
Fair Flame tRootl go
Also ran-Fio Hope, Washed Out, Mates
LASS, Lady LonEworth. shiny Dome.
Daily Double paid S11s.4o)
THIRD RAcE-Purse .seoo: claiming;
klselda ftcostsl $50 $40 800
SOUGHT After tsmith) $40 4dnn
Also ran-can Bloom. chillevalee,
Shorts, Kinsoo and Setting Sun.
FOURTH RAcE-Purse. 5000 claiming;
Piyiden IHernsndsz' 40 as5soo 3.oo S.oo
ssn stefsns fBslzarettD $50
Also s,ei iran@scootie. Red wings, Lisht Dis
play.
FIFTH RAcE-Pyrse, $1,000 s-ysar-
seSv slds ans 7soor; up; II. miles 45o a1o $50
EeefTss eess 5soo'| !|s.lsaretsD 'V 2,ao 3so
Also '' rssnH@Pittsbursh. Walter H.isht,
Eyleve and Gay Boo.
SIXTH FACE-Purse, $500: claimirs,
s-yeer-olds and upward. si7 furlonRs
CLAW Hill fBracciaiel 1920 $50 $40
Psmolee tFitzgerald BIO 80
Clftons Dawn tRooD l2ou
Time. 1898.
Also ran-Hgh Rose. Aoprehend, Bo-
gert, Mardi GraS and Long Less
SEVENTH RACE-Purse. $500: claim
ing 4-year-oloS and UP; about Ls miles;
Groucher's Boy fKirk1 10 30 $40 I'D
GendaTme tHernandeZ) 800 3,1O
Brilliant One tVesSelD 6.5U
Time. l:573s.
Also ran--Lady Killer, Persian Queen.
Sienethel, Burner and Dominal.
EIGHTH RACE-Purse $500: claiming;
e-year-olds and up: about Ia miles.
Frank H lHarrelD 1910 $50 $40
Allen Csid tFitzRerald) 500 $50
Walter Lieht tBalzarettD $50
Time, i:b7%
- Also ran--Deepwick, City Judge, Time
1eater. Ofciate and Aster Lady.
Evening star., 1942-09-06
Timonium Results

FIRST RACE-Purse, $500. allowance;
2-year-olds; Timonium course; furlonss,
Happy H'nah IAcosta) $3.50 1880 $50
Linden Girl fDufford) $50 $50
Miss Addie fVessellD $40
Time, 1;o2.
Also ran-Outcome, Buckledown. Gritty
Duke, Latest, Spring Storm.
Evening star., 1942-09-06
Racing Entries for Tomorrow
Aqueduct
Ey the Associated Press.

FIRST RAcE-Purse. $1,000; allow
ances; steepiechase; 3-year-oids and up
Rollo (Roberts) 14e
zPieture PRINCE Riles) ---------- l4Q
a e,sssf' stiesei II 1i'edsroeS} tBrown, - - i45 145
zzGalley Boy (smiley) ---------- 13s
. Five % seven pounds claimed for rider.
&C. M. Kline entry.
SECOND RAGE-Purse. $1,000: claim
rrn,s ing; maldens; m 2syear-olds; furlonss.
a Light Landing (Thompson) - lis
a9ssyt : dsy r1irbf f. tHanfqrdl an bor, IL
Alpinse 1s ilishs hisht fWrisR3 w efy' - - IL IL
xsassnd xsaSyn sIssl szSIsslly} }oorn,r1 16s
entry. 49, o" -
THIRD RAcE-Purs.. s1.5oo; allow
Ee Roman Hero (no boy) ------- III
xxxVerse SVt aeneaie 9z,1sr,n,c, ,---------- 1d5
xxRogers Boy fLoveridse) .--------- lis
xHaxStGeneral XXX Gene Jack tGorman) -------- ll5
Sun Ginger mo boy) )---- )----:-"---- liz
FOURTH RAcE-Purse, $1,000: claim
5ng: 3-year-olds and upward; 6 furlonss.
esstP sxsst1oiins lss 10 II caorman, eG52 1oa 1oa
Son Islam !Westrope) ------------- liz
Enterprise tno boy) -------- Iii
Merry Marine twoolD ------------- 12I
FIFTH RACE-Purse,. $4,000 added;
AGILE Highweisht Handicap; ayear-olds
Devil Diver (Arcaro) 140
nnappy e - Note tno boy) ------------- 1I6
Van pri,cn no oos ,-------------- l3SS
Imperatrice .fno boy) ------------ 125
poapateh alrmsI 'ns Fsksily} sHy, -- 19s 19s
aW. H. La Boyteaux entry.
.oslz11s sixTH IESE IREAcEwPurse. $4,000 added;
gsperbds' pspe: l i piles niles; 40
Cant Wait tEads) ,------------- 114
q Swing End Sway mo boy) 49, lie
Q 3 Salp Run mo boy ------------- log
Blue Blue Pair 9fe tNodars.} NO nD.} - --- III liz
,ePou5lerab @ Thompson --------- l24
Pietaa sola Ir1shmSn lWhn1i, dindberD 192
a The Rhymer (no boy ---------- 1i4
. areentree cent esG stsSle aHSe entry: lo4
b Ogden Phipps and Wheatley Stable
Mrs. T. Christopher and Mill River
Stable entry.
SEVENTH RAcE-P,rse. $4,000; claim
ing; 3-year-olds and upward: lA miles
Bright Gallant (Eads) - 116
Happy Family tMcCreary) y)------- 10S
Mark tho boy " 1l6
Bright Rebel (Day) " III
xxStinK Pal Loveridge) ------- III
EIGHTH EAcE-purse, $1,000; claim
ing; 3-year-olds and upward: l 4. miles.
Gooseherry (Skelly) )------------ i'll
Mistlng fNodarse) 10S
Centuple (no boy) " Iii
a MISS p. 3. nlndberg) 10S
x1xBoat's Crew (GoggD gD Ito
xxxWhiskbriar fno boy) - lO4
xxxBootless (Gorman) " 104
Blazing Heat (WalD D liz
Sea Captain fMalley) - iii
Paul B. Codd entry
x-3, xx-5, XXI pounds apprentice al
lowance claimed.
Fast.
Evening star., 1942-09-06

SECOND RACE-Purse, 81 500: claim
ing; maidens: 2kyear-olds; 8 furlones
Evening star., 1942-09-06

FIRST RACE-Purse. $1,000 allow
ances; steeplechase; 3-year-olds and up
| ward. ahnut rnilas
Evening star., 1942-09-06

SECOND RACE-Purse. $500; claiming
B-yesr -olds: sha furlongs.
Most Alert (BalZarettD 600 400 2,at
Miss Dehance (VessellO 11.30 4 sc
Fair Flame tRoot) 26t
Evening star., 1942-09-06

THIRD RACE-Purse. $500; allow
!nces; 3-year-olds; furIongs
Evening star., 1942-09-06

b Ogden Phipps and Wheatley Stable
entry.
c Mrs. T. Christopher and Mill River
Stable entry.
SEVENTH RACE-Plrse. So, 500: claim
ing; 3-year-olds and upward: lA miles
Evening star., 1942-09-06

EIGHTH EAcE-Purse. SO 600; claim
ing; 3-year-olds and up; - miles;
Blue Nose (GogeD ESQ $40 100
Strawberry (Crowther) 1910 $50
Epaminondus (Gormanl 4.20
Time, 2:46A new track record.
Also ran-Dusky Fox. Buckle Up, Star
Back and Quercus.
Evening star., 1942-09-06

SIXTH RACE-Purse, SIS 1000 added;
Woodmere Claiming Stakes. 3-year-olds
and Up; furlongs (chute).
Bold Irishman Gon'n) 1000 $40 500
q Cassis (Eads) $50 .410
Full Cry DAY. $40
20
Evening star., 1942-09-06

Also ran-Flo Hope, Washed Out, Mate;
Lass Lady Longworth. shiny Dome.
DAILY Double paid S1ls.40)
Evening star., 1942-10-19

splits Rzhev into two parts. gives
the NaziS a very considerable de-
fensive advantage.
Nevertheless, Rzhev is almost
unique thus far in this war because
this is one place on the 20Oo-mile
RUSSIAN front where the Red Army
dictates the strategy and imposes
the terms of battle most of the
time. Because they are attacking
hlghly fortified positions with
Rzhev itself in the heart Of the line,
the Russians are not rushing head
on like bull. They are simply
continually gnashing and gnawing
at German positions around Rzhey.
biting off a piece here and then bit
Ing of another piece there perhaps
many miles farther along on the
arc of this front.
Russians Smash Sector.
When the Germans have another
full division knocked out. it hurts
them at this stage of the war. The
end OF September, by a series of
perfectly executed maneuvers, the
Russian troops completely smashed
the Germans 87th sector on the
northern bank of the Volga above
Rzhev. The Germans lost nearly
5000 men in casualties and a large
number of soldiers taken prisoner.
Previous to the Russian attack
the 87th Division had recently been
reinforced by 5000 fresh troops.
The Red Army used the element
OF surprise in this assault with great
success; SO much so that the Soviets
caught part of a German division
resting and hundreds of Nazi SOL
diers dove into the Volga still half
dressed, but they were riddled with
machine guns as they tried to swim
the river. BY clearing the Germans
from the northern hank of the
Volga at this point, the Russians
abolished the enemy salient from
which the Germans artillery had
seriously troubled some of their
communications.
German prisoners of the S7th Di-
Evening star., 1942-10-19
Soyiefs Dictate Terms
OF Battle Along
Rzhev Front
Nozis Use Up Reserves
In Order to Cling to
Hammered Positions
fStrth of a Series.)
BY LELAND STOWE.

war correspondent OF The Star and
Chicago Daily News.
WITH THE RED ARMY ON THE
RAtiEV FRONT.-The battle for
Rzhev, which has been going on
Tor more than six weeks now. is a
battle Of attrition. The Russians
mold the initiative almost every-
where and the Germans hold yery
strongly fortified positions in the
city itself. The Nazis are being
compelled frequently to bring in
new reserves in order to cling to
their incessantly hammered posi-
lions and their troops, according to
the testimony OF new captured pris-
oners with whom I have talked, are
existing on extremely poor food.
In some respects Rzhev is another
and smaller FStalingrad in reverse.
The Germans do not have to take
even fraction of the terrific daily
bomblngs which the Russians are
Wlthstanding SO amazingly in Sta
llngrad. But here again the build
lngs of the city have been trans
formed into minor fortresses and
here, too, the defenders control only
part of the city, although more
than half of it and all on one bank
OF the Volga. The Volga line, which
Evening star., 1942-10-19

vision frankly told me that their
division was completely '1Rput.r .
This routing Of the Germans' 87th
Division was not played up particu-
larly in Red Army communicates or
in the Soviet press. Yet 1t illus
trates most strikingly the nature
Of the battle for Rzhev and the
Russians treatment of the problem.
Ring Is Closing.
In Rzhev and along this front the
Germans still enjoy numerical su-
periority in both planes and tanks
and that greatly complicates the
problem for the Russian offensive.
Probably it makes an all-out, sus-
tafned general offensive impossible
at present.
But the Red Army generals know
their terrain and their forces and
give every indication of knowing
exactly what they can or cannot
do with the forces at their disposal.
So the Germans positions are being
titten off Systematically and the
steel ring closes slowly but ever
tighter around Rzhev.
On October 2, the Germans tried
to recapture the offensive in one
sector Of this front at the moment
we were visiting it. They had used
their bombers repeatedly and at
tackled with great vigor. But in one
sector alone this cost them TOO men
and 20 tanks and their troops were
driven back without gain.
Germans Lay Minefields.
Because Rzhev is a vital railroad
junction, the Germans have forti-
fled it intensively during their
months of occupation. This fact also
exploins the protracted nature of
the Rzhev battle. The Nazis have
laid minefe]ds profligately around
all their positions. They have built
tank traps everywhere and beside
their los and 205 artillery batteries,
they keep large number of mortars
in action constantly. Defense of
this quality and density naturally
Evening star., 1942-10-19

makes Rzhev very hard nut to
crack yet the Russians keep wearing
down the Germans bit by bit in one
sector and then another.
Most of Rzhev itself must be a
shambles OF bombed and burned
buildings by now. The night we
saw fires which Russian bombers
had started, 1t looked as If the
entire city must be ablaze and this
fire burned like a torch for most of
one night. This means that the
Germans in Rzhev are getting q
big mouthful of what they have
administered to other cities and
with their only railroad feedline
from Vyasma now severed, the Nazis
are certain to have an increasingly
unhappy time trying to hold on to
what they have still got of Rzhev.
Today the war along the Rzhev
front impresses you as remarkably
like what the war of the western
front in the First World War was
for several years. This too is
front where the defenders are
strongly entrenched, where every
natural position is fortified to the
utmost and where the opposing
forces still are so nearly equal in
strength that a major break through
can hardly be expected. But this
attrition process Of the next few
weeks or months will be the bitterest
kind of medicine for the Germans
to take.
Even though there are no sensa-
t1onal news reports issued about the
Rzhev front it is, nonetheless, true
that the Russians here are neither
wasting time nor standing still
Here the Red Army is giving an
exhibition of what it can do to
Germans everywhere in Russia once
it gets chance to battle on some
thing halfway approaching even
terms-what it will certainly do
everywhere if and when the Allies
open up a second front in Western
Europe.
(copyright. 1912, Chicago Daily News, Inc,)
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1942-08-20
HOW FAR DOES TREASON GO?

A few days ago we had occasion to talk to a man who has
good reason to believe his son is in the thick of the fighting
on the Solomon islands. 1t is good for all of us to know that
"the marines have landed and have the situation in hand." But
for this father and mother, and for hundreds more, there must
or, as must inevitably be the case with many, they may receive
a telegram beginning with those portentous words, eve deeply
regret to inform you
Then he mentioned the labor situation at home, this father,
and he asked, What are these men thinking about? Haven't
any of them sons or brothers or friends in the fghtng?" And
we wondered, too. We recalled the defense worker in Detroit
who, in a fit of anger, punched Is holes in a bomber's gas line
when told he had been drafted. We thought of the wildcat
strike where men walked off the assembly line because they
couldn't smoke while working; we thought about some strik-
ing grocery clerks who picketed a war plant not even involved
through the line; we thought of continued fragrant interrupt
tons of vital production because a few men and a few leaders
believe they can get away with anything.
Then we wondered how many of these strikers could look
that father in the eye with a clear conscience and declare they
will do everything in their power to see that his son comes back
home alive and unframed.
Some of these people are just as certainly saboteurs of the
war effort as the paid agents of the axis; certainly they already
have done far more harm than the six who paid the penalty
in the electric chair last week. And what do we do with these
strikers? Why, we give them a raise in pay.
And, to capt it, as David Lawrence comments, in not one
isolated case but in many, 'the government itself is made the
catSpaw of union maneuvering and union politicians"
We do not make these accusations about the great bulk of
working men. We make it about an effective and dangerous
minority that appears to have power all out Of proportion to