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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-03-06
AUSSIES:
'Give Us Guns
Ind We'LL Al Fight

The eastern end Of the huge Japa-
nese pincers unquestionably was be-
ing aimed at Australia, and bomb
ings Of Port Darwin already had
been carried out, with considerable
damage and casualties, proving to
the Australians that the enemy was
indeed at her gates.
Instant response Of the 100000
population, only few generations
removed from hardest pioneers,
and with long record of providing
some of the strongest fighting men
in warfare's history, was "give us
guns and we'll all fight"
It was evident that help already
had arrived from the United States
in this area and that more was on
the way. Australia, most strategists
felt, was considered the real hop
off point for any Allied offensive in
the Far East. 56
1t also was clear that, insofar as 1t
was within the Australian govern
ment's power, its manhood would
be given the guns. aB
Only few felt that the Jap at
tacks on Port Darwin were of a
"divertive character" designed to
keep the Aussies from sending any
considerable aid to Java.
Most believed with newsman w.
w. Chaplin that the Battle for Aus
tralia would begin even before the
fall (if fall there should be) Of the
Maginot line Of the East Indies, the
strong and exceedingly populous is
land of Java.
An actual invasion attempt was
believed not distant certainty, Ell
Their at Port Darwin or at Cape
York, the spearhead Of the eastern
coastal plain of the continent down
underline only really populated
section.
On this plain lies Sydney, and the
city OF Melbourne and all towns OF
any consequence.
And toward this objective the
main force Of Japanese blitz was be-
lieved heading.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-03-06
ROOSEVELT:
Progress Report

Revealing that thousands of Unit
ed States troops already are in the
southwestern Pacific, President
Roosevelt, in his latest Preside chat,
told the world that soon the United
Nations land not our enemies, will
have the offensive; we, not they, will
win the final battles, and we, not
they, will make the final peace"
While enemy shells were landing
on the California coast. the Presi-
dent promised to carry the war to
the Axis enemy in distant lands and
far-fung waters-wherever he can
be found. America, he said, will
harness its unequalled production
facilities to the war effort and pro-
duce totals of guns, planes, tanks
and ships formerly deemed impos-
Sible.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-03-06
A REAL VETERAN
LOOKS WESTWARD
pa R SON


A REAL VETERAN
LOOKS WESTWARD
AN OLD GENTLEMAN large Of
frame, with bristling eyebrows,
heavy, flowing mustache, tousled
hair and a kindly smile and cheer
ing word for all he meets has been
spending the winter at San Diego,
looking westward to those islands
and countries to which American
soldiers, sailors and marines are
moving against our enemies.
Maj. George Fitzgerald Lee is a
veteran of that heroic old army that
fought the Indians through the Da-
kotas, Montana, Wyoming, Nebras-
ka, Kansas and the Southwest, and
made those states safe for the pio-
neers who built them into great
commonwealth. He and his COM
rades of that army of the late sew
enties and early eighties made pos
sible the peaceful cultivation OF the
farms of those states and the build
ing Of towns and cities. It was a
little army that pushed our frontier
through to the western ocean.
George Lee knew the hardships OF
long, weary marches as an infantry
soldier over the then almost trailless
West. The army in which he served
did not travel on rubber tires, but
on the leather shod feet Of each in
dividual soldier.
George Lee fought with General
Shafter in Cuba. He went with
Funston to the Philippines. He was
in the expedition that broke the Box
er revolution in China. He closed
his military career in the World war
Of 1918.
Today he looks westward toward
the Philippines and his memories
travel with the American forces that
60 to meet a new foe on fields he
knows and fought over more than
40 years ago.
That valiant army of Indian war
days was limited in members and
but few of them are left to US.
George Lee is typical Of all that
army represented. envy him his
memories.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-03-06

ry battle after another-but at what
cost to his vitality and accomplish
ments could readily be imagined.
Into this breach Churchill fired the
"man of the hour" Sir Stafford
Grips, fresh from his triumphs in
diplomacy in Russia, a man who
had the confidence of the man in
the street." and who was to take
over the job of being the govern
ment's man before commons.
There were other changes, but
these were most vital. The cabinet
was reduced to seven men, and
some action of this type had been
vigorously demanded.
JAVA:
Mighty Battle
From the narrow waters to the
east and west of Java had come re-
ports of mighty air and naval en-
gagements. proving that the last
stronghold of the Dutch in the East
Indies was not going to be given up
without bitter struggle, also that
the Japs were not going to "by-
pass" Java without at least ma
jor try to capture it.
American and Dutch warships had
come to grips with the invasion force
attempting to take glamorous Bali
from the "blind SIDE" hoping to
swarm over the 100-mile-wide island
and thus overlook their quarry Java
from a vantage point separated
from the mainland only by mile
wide strait.
First reports had been highly OPP
timistic, reminiscent of the Ameri-
can-Dutch resistance to the Japa-
nese landing forces in the Straits of
Macassar. Eighteen enemy war
ships and transports had been sunk
or damaged-four planes shot down,
with a loss to the Allies of two de-
stroyers and four planes.
Most significant in the battle, how
ever, were the reports that the new
est types of dive-bombers (presuma-
bly, navy planes) were being used,
and with telling effect.
For once it seemed that the Allies
had a considerable air force in ac-
ton, whether based on an aircraft
carrier or on Sourabaya could only
be guessed at.
AS to the word from Tokyo, the
Japanese admitted that strong
naval battle was in progress. but
asserted that the Allied ships "ran
of with severe losses, and denied
any serious losses to themselves.
Just how well Java, with its 40
millions of population, could be de-
Tended, still remained to be seen,
with the Japs pretty well ensconced
on Sumatra.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-03-06
ECONOMIC:
Fat Wonderland

Though it was the current WASH
ington slogan that we must fight
our way to victory, we cannot pro-
duce our way to it" the production
curves were moving rapidly upward
on the heels of congressional appro-
priations upward of II billions Of
dollars for war purposes.
One returned war correspondent
said coming back to America was
like returning to fiat wonderland
Of food and furs and friIls."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-03-06
SHELLS:
On West Coast

The West coast had been waiting
for enemy shell fire since the day
the Japs launched their sneak at
tack on Pearl Harbor but when these
first shots came, they came from
the sea and not from the air as most
persons had believed they would.
In the Pacific twilight, as the
President addressed the nation over
the radio on the progress and course
of the war an enemy submarine
appeared off Santa Barbara, Calf,
and fired from Is to Is shells into
the Elwood oil fields near that city.
Oil wells in the area are located
right on the beach. No casualties
and only slight damage to the oil
fields were first reported.
Radio stations carrying the Presi-
dents speech did not 60 off the air
until he had finished speaking and
then a blackout of the entire area
was ordered.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-03-06
Best Occupation

Agriculture for an honorable and
high-minded man, is the best of all
occupations or arts by which men
procure the means of living.--Xen-
ophon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-03-06
LABOR GENERALS
AND INDUSTRY CONTROL

AN EFFECTIVE ARMY cannot
be composed entirely of generals.
An effective industrial organization
cannot be composed entirely of SUI
perintendents or general managers.
In any organization, whether it be
an army, factory or farm, there
must be boss, someone whose
word represents authority.
Labor organizations today are de-
manding labor control of industry.
Labor leaders would have the work.
ers control the factories. That as
a final analysis is the so-called
Reuther plan for the automobile in
dustry.
Ford is employing something
more than 100000 men. Under the
Reuther plan, they would all be gen.
erals. They would all be in posi-
ton to give orders and there would
be none to follow orders. Each
would quite rightfully expect to sit
at the general managers desk. The
general manager would be selected
by the workers and would be chosen
as a matter of popularity, rather
than as a matter of ability. 1t would
be exceptional to find the worker
who felt his place was on the as
sembly line.
The efficiency of the assembly line
would disappear. Mass production,
which has made America the great
est producing nation in the world,
would be only a thing to think about.
Production would drop to practical
ly vanishing point. There would
not be a car for every family. With
the passing of the automobile indus
try would pass million or more
jobs, and labor--the man who works
would not have profited.
Government, not labor, controls
the factories Of Russia, Italy and
Germany. In each of these coun-
tries the government is boss. It is
government that tells each worker
what he will do, how long he will
work, where he will work, and what
he will receive. That is what labor
is investing in America when it de-
mands worker-control Of factories
and farms.
The pressure of labor leaders, the
complacency Of the American pub
lie, the willingness of our represen-
tatives in congress to listen to and
be influenced by minority pressure
groups, may lead to industrial and
national disaster. Our American
system is threatened by japanese
Pearl Harbor blitz if we are not on
the alert.
THE ORDINARY, EVERYDAY
citizen discovers just how unimpor-
tant he is in time of war when the
''streamliner," on which he pays a
premium for the privilege of trav-
cling, is shunted onto q siding to
give the freight train the right Of
way.
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY
FOUR BILLION dollarsl We can
not visualize such a sum. We can
have no idea Of what it means. II
il more than 1t has cost to operate
our national government from the
time it was organized down to the
time we began preparations to enter
the present war. It represents near
" one-hah Of the total value Of ev-
erything in America. It is the
amount Of our expenditures and
authorized expenditures Of our par
ticipation in this World war.
Buy Defense Bonds
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-03-06
POOR GRANDMA

Her children grown up; she has time TO en-
Joy things, but she's worn out from years Of
work. Old folks often have Anicky appetites
and may not get the vitamin B1 and Iron they
need; Pleasant tasting v1NOL, the modern
tonic, combines these and other valuable
ingredients, Your druggist has VIN0L
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-03-06
Alien Needles

The ordinary steel sewing nee
die, used in every American home
-sfor generations, has never yet
been manufactured in the United
States.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-03-06
BY Edward c. Wayne
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS

U-Boat Shells West Coast Oil Field
In First Assault on u. S. Mainland;
Japanese Consolidate New Positions
AS Battle for East Indies Continues
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-03-06
Washington, d. C
MO SnYIET-NAZI PEACE


NO SOVIET-NAZI PEACE
Those who are on the inside re-
garding the report which Ambas-
sador william c. Bullitt gave Presi-
dent Roosevelt regarding the Near
East say there is only one slight ray
of sunshine in it. Bullitt told his
chief that there was absolutely no
chance of Russia making peace with
Germany. i,
Coming from Bullitt, who served
as ambassador to Russia and who
spent considerable time there in the
early days of the revelation IN lSa7,
this means q lot. Bullitt has been
vigorously critical of the Soviet re-
gi1ne in recent years and probably
would lean over backwards against
any overly optimistic appraisal.
However, after his special tour OF
the Near and Middle East on spe-
cial assignment from the President,
he reported that the Russians were
so irate against the Nazis that there
would be no surrender or compro-
mise.
Bullitt is not SO optimistic about
the Russian army, which he thinks
may fail badly when the Germans
are able to get their airplanes in
the air again, which they cannot
do in sub-zero weather and with
snow on the air fields. Politically,
however, Bullitt is convinced that
Russia will stand with the United
Nations to the last ditch.
Against this, Bullitt goes further
than anyone else around the Presi-
dent regarding Allied losses. Not
only does he believe that Japan will
take India, but he feels that Austria
liza will be lost to the British Empire.
II he is right, this will be the
worst blow which the United Nations
can suffer, especially inasmuch as
American troops are now stationed
in Australia and New Zealand.
Not all war observers agree with
Bullitt on this latter point. They
point out that Australia is chiefly a
desert country, and it would take
weeks and months for conquering
army to envelop these vast areas.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-03-06

In these ecnmns they
f7eieased by Wester
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-03-06
PATRIOTIC INDIANS

PATRIOTIC INDIANS
AS in the last war, thousands OF
American Indians again are demon
strating their patriotism.
The desk of John Collier, able
chief of the Office of Indian Affairs,
is stacked with letters from every
tribe in the country, pledging aid
and offering to make fresh sacrifices
for the war effort. Here are a few
examples:
Immediately after the declaration
of war, the Crow Indians Of Mon
tana voted $4,000 Of tribal funds
to President Roosevelt to "use as
you see fit" They also voted to place
in the Presidents hands the entire
resources of their 1000, 000-acre res
ervation, including mineral, oil and
coal deposits, plus all available man.
power for combat service.
The Creeks of Oklahoma have set
aside $400, 900 of tribal funds for the
purchase of defense bonds. Other
tribes voting large sums for the same
purpose include the Jicarilla Apa-
ches and Pueblos Of New Mexico,
the Euchee and Seminole Indians of
Oklahoma, and the Navajos.
Not to be outdone, the Colvilles OF
Washington state, the Cheyennes
and Arapahos of the Plains and the
Nez Perez Indians have announced
they will not press for settlement OF
tribal claims against the government
while the war lasts.
Following the Jap attack there
was big rush among Indian youth
at every reservation to enlist, espe-
cially at the Sioux reservation in
South Dakota. Only three of the 46
North Carolina Cherokees in the
army were drafted. The rest vol
unteered. i
The patriotic response of Indians
may surprise the average American,
but not Collier. He says: "The In
dams know more than any Of us
what freedom means. They knew it
in other years when they fought
against overwhelming odds to save
their lands from the white man."
40 sA& WE WILL WIN
Due to initial Axis advantage of
having great organized military ma
chimes, the war will be long, diff
cult and costly. But if the Allied
peoples will stick it out they can't
lose. All the major basic economic
advantages are on our side. Here are
a few: sss
The Axis powers plus their occu-
pied territories have % per cent Of
the worlds coal, 10 per cent of the
iron ore, 3 per cent Of the oil, n
per cent of the wheat, q per cent
of the sugar. Total population TN
der their dags, AZ, 0O0, 900; of which
i168, OO0, 900 are conquered peoples Sc
cretly trying to throw of their ter
roristic Jokes.
On the Allied side Of the ledger
is 81 per cent Of the worlds coal,
50 per cent Of the iron, 70 per cent
of the oil, "a per cent of the wheat,
and 81 per cent Of the sugar.
y ECONOMIC WAR FRONT
Don't start getting jittery about
reports Of soap shortage. There
is absolutely nothing to them. You
win always be able to get plenty Of
soap--of some kind. Shutting Of of
supported oils, chiefly from the en-
battled Pacific, probably win affect
the quality of soap, but not the
quantity. Ample domestic. Brazil
ian and Central American oils win
provide satisfactory substitutes.
e However, Il you're . lamb chop
fan. you can figure on paying more
for them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-03-06

Commandant Of the 18th naval dis
trict, Rear Adm. Francis w. Rock
well is the senior naval officer fight
ing with General Macarthur ON Ba-
taan peninsula. Admiral Rockwell's
men are using artillery and other
equipment salvaged from the Cavite
naval base before abandonment.
La gaceta., 1942-09-09

E silencio, los dos Sc miraron
ahora largamente las almas en-
los ojos.
Una sensation de dicha pro-
funda, de felicidad muy sabro-
sa, les embargaba a los dos.
Era eSa dicha que solo Sc sabo-
rea cuando el alma y 81 coraz6n
han sufrido todos los dolores. A
los dos les parecia esta ventura
algo celeste, algo sobrnatural,
algo robado como 81 fuera u
ma infamia que pudieran sentir-
Sc juntos y tranquilos, enamo-
RADIOS y alegres
Tengo miedo, Pedro milo!
-dijo, de pronto, Maria de Ia
Cruz, refugiandose contra el pc
cho del amado-; tengo miedo
de sentirme tan dichosa, de po-
derte mirar, DIR, estrcchar en-
tire mis- brazos, de VERNE tan
querida de ii. de sentir en- ell fon
do de mi coraz6n mi viejo Carl
La gaceta., 1942-09-09

10, mas vivo, mas joven, mas
apasionado que %nunca!. iAy,
he Sufrido tanto!...
ii Por ESQ, ahora tienes dere-
cho a ser dichosa.-la contest6
Pedro, beSandola apasionada-
mente-. mo Sc d6nde he leido
70, que una bora de felicidad
compenSa de muchaS amargu-
ras!..
II rs verdad!
y ahora no debemos entris
tecernos; nos tenemos; estamos
iuutos; los dos podemos expert
mentar Ia inmensa algeria de
saber que no hemos dejado de
adcrarnos en- TODD este tempo,
en- todos esos amos que 81 destino
implacable nos ha tenido sepa-
RADIOS. Ahora nueStro amor es
mas profundo, es mas sabroso,
es mas humane, es mas dulce Y
mas grande, immense como ell
mar o como el infinito!....
La gaceta., 1942-09-09

jos y de su eSpiritu, contempiar
a Su esposa convertible en- una
flor en- fuerza de mines V eui-
dados. BESIDE aquella Maria de
la Cruz esqueletica, delgadisi-
ma, demacrada, vestida de hara
pos y deSgarrones, como las de
los martires del Cristianismo.
que I'm dia apareciera ante los
ojos del ingeniero Y de sus pri-
mos semejante a una bruia 0 a
un fantasma de cuento oriental,
ALA, en- Zerican, Ia aldea perdi-
da de la isla de Java, hasta esta
hermosisima mationo de treinta
" echo amos, blanca, de cuidados
y opulentas carnes, de oios relu-
cientes, bien veStida. primoro-
sanente calzada, cubierta de TO-
yaS y con aluel aire inconfundi-
blemente serene y dulce Y risue-
no Y tranquilo de las verdaderas
6urguesas, habia u abismo for
midable.
La gaceta., 1942-09-09

midabIe pdgil negro figuran
Lou Nova, Buddy Baer Y el gil
fante Abe Simon.
Gan6 Conn sus dltimas peleas
FOR cuenta de Henry Cooper, ].
D. Turner, y Tony Yale.
A Luis Sc le di6 la noticia en-
Fort Riley, Kansas, donde Sc en-
trena con un reimiento. Su pc
so actual sobrepasa en- 10 Q Is
libras a su peso regular en- los
combates a punetazos.
Conn Sc halla estacionado Ell
Fort Wadsworth, State Island,
New York, y recibi6 alegremen-
te la noticia.
Mike Jacobs sera el empresa-
rio. Hara los arreglos un conf
t6 presidido por ell periodista
Grantland Rice.
La gaceta., 1942-09-09
LA CACETA
Con permiso de la Secretaria de lie Guerra
pelearan Joe Louis y Billy Conn
Ell cmbate Sc verificara en- la segunda
quincena de Octubre

Washington, Sept. 9.-Coa
de la secretaria de ia
Guerra, el dia Il de octUOre,
Dia de Colon, combatiran en- ell
estadio de los Yankees. n. York
el campe6n mundial dal peso
ccmpleto, cabo Jose Luis, del e.
jGrcito nacional. y Ell aspirante
a la corona, Billy Conn, ahora
IN soldado.
Cast TODD ell rendimiento mo
netario del match" Sc entrega-
"a al fondo de Alivio del ej6rci-
to-.
Los precios de los billetes de
entrada fluctuaran entire $500
" $4,000.
Luis Sc entrenara en- Green
wood Lake, New York, donde
siempre Sc "acondicionaba' an
ties de su ingreso en- las fuerzas
armadas.
Billy Conn hara su prepare
ci6n en- un campamento que el
empresario Mike Jacobs cons
truira en- sus posesiones de Rum
son, New Jersey.
En- un anterior encuentro, Luis
derribo a Conn por la cuenta de
diez, en- ell decimo tercero asalt1
de un match" a Is. Entire las
mas recientes victimas del for
La gaceta., 1942-09-09

La misma Maria de la Cruz Sc
10 decia a veces d su esposo, en-
mcmentos de santa y dulce init
midad:
-iCasi me da vergdenza YER
me tan gruesa, tan rolliza. tan
sanota, con tanto aspecto de di-
cha y de salud despues de 10 que
he sufrido.
Pedro la acallaba sus simplas
a%scrGpulos en- fuerza de besos Y
caricias y ternuras.
Solo falta a nuestra felici-
dad la presencia de nuestra Hill
ia, Pedro mio,-acababa STEM
pre- por decir la santa mujer.
La Erase fue repetida otra vez
per Maria al lIegar Ell matrimo-
Mo al palacio de Rio Verde.
III ingeniero contest6 mien-
tras los dos Sc apeaban del taxi.
va al pie de las escaleras de Ia
terraz:
-iEsta vez encontraremos a
La gaceta., 1942-09-09

ter, Sc batira con Fritzie Zivic,
de Pittsburgh, ell e~xcampe6n de
la misma categoria.
Tendra ell match" un Unite
de 10 asaltos y ell rendimiento So
entregara a la USO.
Calculan los peritos una asis-
tencia no menor de $1,000 espec
tadores,
Cochrane conquist6 Ell titulo
dlrrotando a Civic, por decision
IN Jersey City.
All dia siguiente de efectuarse
Il combate CoOhIane partlra
ara Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, CO.
mo miembro de la marina de
euerrra.
Algunos eXpertos estiman
que Civic Sc halla en- mejores
condiciones para ell match.
~or cuanto ha venido peleandc
irecuentemente, 10 que Freddie
no ha hecho.
Las apuestas Sc hallan a ia
Vor del excampe6n, en- proper
ci6n de dos por uno.
Willie Pep, de Hartford, pc
ieara en- el semifinal con Frank
Franconeri, de Bayonne. joey
! Varoff, del Bronx, sera ell con-
trario de Ernie Petrone, dc
Philadelphia, y Phil Terranova
combatira frente a Gus Levine
de Harlem.
COmpletan ell programa bouts
a cuatro asaltos entire Johnny
Caruso y Buddy Farrell y Wal.
ter Stevens y Joey Manfro.
La gaceta., 1942-09-09
La Gaceta Folletin No. $50
TONIC TERCBRO
LA MUCHACHA
DE LA GALE

RI, Hijo, Pedro MIC, perdona
que no me haya acordado, con
esta ca5eza, y, la verdad, la e.
mocion de ESQ de la niha!....
FL ~ingeniero, va en- el interior
del coche, acaricio las manos de
Maria, cogi6ndolas entire las SUI
vas.
II Gala, alma querida 4
JQu6 tie tengo que perdonar 70
a ii, cieio mio?. Isl solo la ale
gria de yerte a mi lado, de pen
sar que va nunca hemos de Sc
pararnos, me compensa de to-
das las amarguras de la jornada
de todas las asperezas de la axis
tencial
La gaceta., 1942-09-09
DR0RTES
CUELLAR VENDTDO A LOS
CUBS DE CHICAGO

FL conocido lanzador local
Charlie Cuellar, que venfa ju-
gando con ell club Leaksville, de
la Liga Bi-State. ACADIA de ser
vendido a los Cubs de Chicago Y
estos le han ordenado p%resentar
Sc al club Tulsa, de la Liga de
Texas, clase A.
La venta es Conditional y el
contrat quedara cancelado 81
Cuellar no puede jugar.
Jugando con ell Leaksville per
do Charlie cinco desafios y ga
no %. Actu6 en- 81 encuentros,
terminando todos los que empe-
20.
No Sc ha dado a conocer Ell pre-
clio de venta.
La gaceta., 1942-09-09
Ell BATTING" DE LOPEZ,
Y ESTATE
LILA

Alfonso Lopez. ell catcher de
los Piratas, tenia hasta ell saba
do, como bateador, un promedio
de 245 puntos. Froilan Fernan-
dez, ell nuevo jardinero de los
Braves, aparecia con 247, dos
puntos mas que Alfonso,
En- la Liga Americana, Esta-
leila, ell cubano jardinero de los
SenadOres, Sc conserva en- 276
.puntos,
Griffith viene usando a Esta-
leila como bateador de "emer-
gencia".