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Evening star., 1942-09-27

cented voice of German, Jap or Italian
to read the Axis claims and his own
voice in rebuttal.
This broadcast recently went from
Tokio-not to the United States-but to
India and South East Asia:
The japanese people who have just
returned from the United States aboard
the exchange ship tell what unspeakable
cruelty their fellow japanese are being
subjected to by the people of America"
And the "cruelties" were described
Tokios aim is apparent. When the
time comes for United States troops to
march through Southeast Asia, their re-
ception will be the less welcome, the
more dangerous. These words of propa-
ganda may some day take American
soldiers lives
Lie Detective" Stout has several
methods of rebuttal. There are various
ways" he says, ito call a man a liar
One way is just to scream it at him,
which doesn't prove anything. Another
is to establish facts by long and patient
investigation. Still another way is not
to call him a liar at all-let him do it
himself"
This last method was effectively en-
ployed by Mr.. Stout when broadcast
from Berlin declaimed, There is COM
plete religious freedom in Germany for
all who wish to worship God"
From speech by Dr. Engelke, high
German official, on July IS, 1888, Stout
quoted, God has manifested himself
not in Jesus Christ but in Adolf Hitler"
From another top-flight Nazi, Theo-
dore Fritsch, Stout took this statement:
THE teaching of mercy and love of
ones neighbor is foreign to the German
race, and the sermon on the mount Is,
Evening star., 1942-09-27
BY Ted Farah,
Wide Wnrld

The last place you would expect to
find Sir Hubert wilkins is behind a
desk.
But the War Department, with a
global war in its lap, has decided that
the big, bearded explorer-global-m minded
from way back-is a valuable man to
have around. So it has given him a
desk
The Australian scientist serves as a
civilian consultant to the Quartermaster
Corps research and development branch
on problems of Polar, desert and jungle
warfare.
I'm just an amateur" says Sir HUI
bert, traveller in Is countries, whose
tussles with Polar blizzards and the un-
charted wastelands have been de-
scribed by a generation Of reporters in
words like "epic" and saga"
I'm here in an Office with lot of
specialists, and they ask me questions
to see how little I know" he adds re-
tiringly
A desk isn't always adequate for Sir
Hubert's work. Lately he's been assist
Ing in development of soldiers uniform
for Arctic warfare. To test some syn
thetic materials, he went to a university
which has steel experimental chamber,
the kind with glass portfolios for OBJ
servers.
Sir Hubert was no observer The
temperature and other conditions within
the steel chamber were adjusted to
stimulate sub-zero weather in the Polar
regions. An artificial snowbank was
created. Sir Hubert put ON the uniform,
went inside, walked up and down for a
couple of hours to observe what pro-
lection the outfit would provide for
soldiers on the march. He wore therma-
couples on different parts of his body
to record temperature changes.
Then he stretched out in the snow
bank and stayed there for two hours
to see how wounded soldier lying help
less in snow would fare in the uniform
He tried out the new materials wet and
dry. against his own skin.
II do some Of this work myself" he
says, because I've found out that many
Evening star., 1942-09-27
BY David J. Wilkie,
Wide World.

FLINT, Mich.-"You have to have the
feel of 1t p. OF course. you need tools
and more tools and still more tools D..
And manpoWer And material
But above all you have to have the feel
OF the job .. :"
That's the formula for Army tank pro-
duction, as James E. CBud Goodman,
assistant director Of the Fisher tank sec
ton of the General Motors Corp, puts
it.
AS resident manager of the Fisher
Body Plant No. he built pilot model
complete in At days after getting the
blueprints, and soon after that he had
production line operating in what had
been the worlds largest automobile body
plant. More significant, he applied the
welding technique to the task to bring
forth the first all-welded MA Army tank.
Mr. Goodman, who won't be SO years
old until December II, is 1874 pounds of
dynamic energy and enthusiasm
He is about feet inches TALL has
deep black hair and brown eyes and
moves with quick step. He works most
of the time in shirt sleeves with cuffs
turned up loosely. His face is somewhat
heavy but he isn't bit sensitive about
what looks lot like double chin
Talking about tanks, automobile
bodies, manpoWer, materials, machine
tools and manufacturing methods, he
never gropes for words. He expresses his
convictions in clipped phrases.
Yet he is friendly, affable, anything
but curt and, If the discussion concerns
something with which he is not entirely
familiar, he listens with equal intensity.
1t would be inaccurate to attribute
Goodmans activity 10 nervous energy;
rather it's seemingly unlimited en-
thusiasm for his job, coupled with dis
inclination to appear unusual or heroic.
Goodman was born in Onion City,
Ind, one of family of 10 children He
was studying law at the University of
Illinois when he took what was to have
been a three-month vacation job as a
metal f1nisher in the Fisher Body Co.'S
Norwood (Ohio) plant. His father died,
however, and Goodman, then 10, had to
continue at work.
He became successfully repairman,
foreman and superintendent and after
various assignments in many sections
of the country, he returned to Norwood in
January, 1886, as resident manager of
the Norwood division.
He came to Flint as assistant resident
manager Of Fisher No. in 1889, later be-
came resident manager and only few
weeks ago was made assistant director
of the Fisher Tank Division. He has
Evening star., 1942-09-27

we were still in good spirits and happy
to be alive. That night, however, was
pretty miserable and we didn't sleep
until far into the morning because of
the cold and our cramped positions"
On the second day the group again
established radio contact with Green
land base, but because glaciers and
mountains interfered with radio COM
munication they couldn't obtain an ac-
curate bearing on their position. That
afternoon the sun peeped out briefly,
piercing the clouds long enough for the
navigators to take a sun shot.
But as luck would have it." Myer
related, the direction of the sun was
parallel with the coastline instead of at
right angles, and we couldn't determine
on what particular section Of the coast
we were marooned. Then, for the first
time, we realized we indeed were in
serious predicament. Our spirits sank
very low
The weather got worse the third day.
There was more rain, wind and sleet.
by radio We learned that day that
we were about $50 miles from a Green
land base and that searching parties
would be out looking for us as soon as
the weather cleared.
More Poker
I'VE played poker again that night.
Next day the weather cleared bit, but
the batteries of our radio were so worn
that we couldn't contact the base. We
saw some seals playing in the bay and
tried to shoot them, but they were too
far away.
I'VE each had half a grapefruit to eat
that day. One of the halves was left
over and we cut cards to see who would
get it. Our rations were arranged so
that we each were to get an apple the
following day. I sWapped my next days
apple with the winner of the extra half
grapefruit. Later I considered that one
of the best trades ever made in my life.
for We were rescued the next day.
But that night we we're pretty dis
couraged. We slept little. I was the
first one up the following morning.
Around am. I heard boat whistle
dilQ dTOuSeu tllC OLlleIS. STdDOeQ d
Very pistol to shoot flare and We all
started running to the tip of the pen
insula. AS I ran I fired my AS three
times as an SOS.
"When we neared the end of the PEN
insula we saw Is or 20 natives of Green
land had just landed from boat. I
guess you'd call them Eskimos. They
were dressed in old cast-of clothing and
heavy sweaters. We waved and shouted
as we ran pell nell toward them. Maybe
you think we weren't glad to see them. +"
The owner of the boat was Dane who
spoke English. Over his radio he had
heard the flyers conversations with the
base and had started looking for them.
That night Coast Guard cutter ar
rived with gasoline, and the flyers re-
fueled their plane. They continued to
their Greenland destination next day,
and, two days later, returned to their
home base.
Evening star., 1942-09-27
Forced Landing in Greenland

better. In addition to rain and fog, there
was 55-nile tail wind Our wings start
ed icing up. We found several fjords. all
right, but we couldn't identify any of
Inem by landmarks described to us over
our radio. We figured the gale had blown
US about Is miles farther on than we
rnought.
"rh'ce an island with a mountain about
1900 feet high suddenly loomed up in
'ee fog directly in front OF us. Maybe
you think we weren't scaredl felt sure
I was going to die. But our pilot gave
her the gun and the plane shot upward
We were so close that our ship was
climbing parallel with the slope of the
mountain. only few feet below. We
just sat there speeches., staring at each
other. We finally cleared the mountain
top by only 20 or 30 feet. Boy, did we
all draw big breath of relief them
I'VE kept on climbing" 1t. Meyer con-
tiuucd, until We were up 1000 feet and
flying entirely by instruments. We head
cd farther out to sea. After flying that
course awhile We headed back toward
the coast again. We re-establlshed radio
contact with a Greenland base and
learned our position should be near the
right ford. Soon We saw a ford and
started into 1t, but the fog got thicker
and besides it wasn't the right ford
after all, SO We turned around. AS the big
plane banked sharply one wing dipped
lightly into the sea. The other wing was
up in the soup-the ceiling was that low.
Our gas was getting dangerously low.
Then came that big break. We found
that little beach. To us, it seemed like
a wonderful miracle.
"We put down at II pm, but it wasn't
dark for they have daylight around the
clock there in summer. First thing we
did was tie down the plane. We decided
to wait until morning and possible clear
ing of the weather before contracting
the base by radio.
Strict Rationine
I'VE had only one sleeping bag with
u.s." he went on, land there was no
heat in the plane. 1t was cold. We
didn't have very heavy clothing either
and we kept warm as best we could by
huddling in the plane with our legs
drawn up under us. None Of us slept
much that night.
Next morning, we took inventory of
our food supplies. BY strict rationing
of one meal a day we found we had
enough to last a week. We had one
crate of onions, some grapefruit, apples
and some kippered herring we had plan
ned to give the boys stationed in Green
land, and some timed meat and small
supply of emergency rations. The latter
consisted of concentrated chocolate and
a beef and bread mixture in cans Near
by we found a stream of fresh water
running down off the glacier
I'VE played poker and blackjack to
pass the time and stood watches at the
tip of the peninsula looking out for
boats and planes. Much of the time,
though, we just huddled together in the
plane trying to keep from freezing. The
weather continued rainy and windy, but
Evening star., 1942-09-27
Sir Hubert Wilkins Aids
War Effort by Research

excellent features are overlooked by
inexperienced observers Improper
adjustment of equipment might easily
lead to wrong conclusions"
Most Of the published material about
Sir Hubert emphasizes his Polar expedi-
tions, for which he was knighted in 1928.
But Sir Hubert also can tell you precisely
the difference in conditions in the jungles
of Brazil, Panama, Africa and the South
Pacific islands.
He'll start a discussion along these
lines:
Now take the Indian turban. For
thousands of years the Indians have been
wearing turbans. We've always thought
it was for show Or style or tradition, or
the like of that. But the tllrban, as
matter of fact, gives unusual protection
under the weather conditions in India"
Talking to Sir Hubert, you might be
told that if soldiers are sent to fight in
the desert with shoes held together by
metal nails, their feet are burned and
biistered because the metal conducts heat
so swiftly. Shoes for desert warfare now
are made with wooden pegs-and the
mass hot-foot is passing out OF existence.
One of the problems on which he is
engaged at present, along with other
workers Of the Quartermaster Corps. is
the design of uniform to allow comfort
in the North African desert, where the
temperature may be near freezing at
dawn and over 100 degrees Fahrenheit at
noon.
Another is development of versatile
garment which soldier in Arctic areas
may adjust to meet changes in tempera-
ture and other conditions
Sir Hubert says he is glad to work for
the War Department because he has
spent most of the last IS years in
America
Now nearing SIS, the man who once set
out for the North Pole in rickety for
mer United States Navy submarine, plan
ming to 60 under the ice in a daring
expedition that was aborted by engine
trouble, now goes to work mornings wear
ing rectangular celluloid badge with
his photo on it and, underneath, his
name-the only badge issued by the War
Department with "Sir" prefxing the
name of its wearer.
Evening star., 1942-09-27
BY Leo Branham,

Wide World.
SOMEWHERE IN THE NORTH At
IANT1C.-They wouldn't have noticed
Hedy Lamar, unless she was carrying
something to eat--that's how IL United
States airmen summed up their plight
while they were marooned four days
on an icebound Greenland peninsula.
1t was providential even that they
reached the peninsula alive. 1t is an
uncharted little thumb of beach jutting
from glacier; no one knew it was
there. And they reached it with gaso-
line for only few minutes flying still
in the tanks.
The plane-a Flying Fortress-had be-
come lost in fog and rain over desolate,
rugged Greenland Ice weighted the
wings, they were endangered by the sea
below, by jutting peaks and glaciers
around them. The crew was bracing
for dive into the cold North Atlantic,
Then the rain slackened; the fog lift
ed bit Suddenly the crew shouted for
joy. Down below the tiny peninsula
pushed into the sea from the base of
3,0O0foot glacier A small section of it's
beach was fiat and covered with gravel.
Perfect Landing
Down the big bomber swooped, made
a perfect landing. Out piled the shout
ing, jubilant airmen, slapping each other
on the back, congratulating the pilot.
But the jubilation faded when the
flyers took stock of their predicament.
The beach is so we'll hidden that it was
unseen by Government surveyors who
combed the area for emergency land
ing fields after the United States leased
air bases in Greenland in 1941 They
spent four days, four dreary, miserable
days of hunger, cold, rain and fog on
that beach before party of natives
found them.
Their diet was onions and grapefruit
and kippered herring that made all of
them i'll. They huddled in the plane
in desperate effort to keep warm,
played poker, talked of food
1t. j. C. Gack) Meyer of Forest Hills,
N. Y, told the story.
The pilot of the Fortress was 1t. How
ard league, who halls from the Midwest,
and 1t. j. H. Reedy was co-pilot.
I'VE first encountered bad weather as
we approached the ice cap" 1t. Meyer
related I'VE had intended to fly over
land to our destination in Greenland,
but fog and rain forced us to hug the
jagged, broken coast.
Visibility was SO poor we sometimes
had to fly at so to $50 foot attitudes,
lodging icebergs and lofty little islands
that cluttered up the sea along the
shores. About this time we got a radio
report that the landing field we sought
was entirely closed in by fog.
I'VE had just enough gas left to reach
either Iceland or Labrador. We con-
tacted Iceland and learned it was closed
in, too. Then We were informed the
weather was clear over an emergency
field few hundred miles distant at the
end of a ford in Greenland.
But the weather got worse instead OF
Evening star., 1942-09-27
Fiction Sleuth Sits Propaganda

according to Nordic sentiment, an ethic
for towards and idiots"
From Julius Streicher at Munich on
July %, 1885: ut is only on one or two
exceptional points that Christ and Hit
Ter stand comparison, for Hitler is far
too big man to be compared with one
SO petty and contemplate as Christ"
''Is that enough?" asks Stout, pointing
out the quotations come, not from crack
pots on the fringe of German culture,
but from esteemed statesmen of the
Reich.
Then, lest it not be enough, he fin
ishes with quotation from Hitler, him.
self, in 1885: 1--WE are out against the
hundred and one kinds of christianity,
but against christianity itself. You can't
make an Aryan of Jesus, that's nonsense.
One is either German or a Christian.
You cannot be BOTH
Ironically, there re-enters in the
broadcast the refrain of the same pro-
testing German voice, There is COM
plete religious freedom in Germany"
Says Stout, Tell it to the marines"
Why is rebuttal against these fantastic
claims broadcast to the American peo-
Pile, rather than to the people of foreign
lands, to whom it was originally beamed
when our monitoring services picked
it up? Surely, they are the ones who
ought to be put straight
That's short waves job" says Stout.
THE United States people can recognize
the Axis statements as lies, but it must
be brought to their attention that these
monstrous lies are being told.
1T must be drawn to their attention
so they will know how words are killing
men in this war as effectively as guns and
tanks and bullets"
Evening star., 1942-09-27
BY Trudi Mccullough,
Wide World.

In an eighth-f1oor New York Office, A
bespectacled mystery story writer sits at
a paper -cluttered desk,
The particular papers that absorb his
attention are typewriter yellow sheets,
and they are headed with a date and
time, and slugged Rome in French"
"Tokio in English" German to Africa"
The man goes over them with the
patient curiosity of a detective looking
for clues. He might well be detective.
His manner suggests the mind of the
famous fiction sieuth, Nero Wolfe. His
thick gray mustache suggests Nero
Wolfe's author. The thin, Oriental
looking beard shows that he is--unmis-
takably-Rex Stout.
It's the detective writer's technique
he is using, but it is no mystery story
he is writing. Chosen because he has
a mind to sift evidence, Rex Stout is
working on a weekly counterpropaganda
broadcast in which he has turned lie
detective.
To his desk each day come the 'monl-
toring" services yellow sheets of trans
lated Axis broadcasts. From these the
mind of Nero Wolfe Sits and chooses
and prepares his secret weapon" broad
cast exposing Axis lies to the people of
the United States and England.
He doesn't speak to the people of
Europe, Asia or Africa. His broadcast,
based on the propaganda OF truth-that's
our secret Weapon"--is designed for
home consumption in an attempt to &C
quaint the American people with the
nature of the enemy.
Rex Stout's broadcast is stripped of all
showmanship-it features only the ac-
Evening star., 1942-09-27
|Mama's Boy Enjoys Air War

aircraft factory Cat Mealutey, it was
in from up above and directly at our
nose. I couldn't do a thing. just had
|. to sit there and sweat while the other
fellows had all the fun. 7 saw only one
FW-19O.
- We got our tail almost shot of and
On Monday we went to Rotterdam and
they were waiting for us. Then I got
my chance.
These weren't as good an outfit as the
ones the day before. Three came up
underneath, one after another, just as
We were leaving the target. I fired my
first burst at about 1000 yards and he
turned of. The second plane did the
same
The third one came in close and
followed him around in the turret. He
turned nose-in to attack and I let him
have it with about IS rounds.
I was too busy to be excited Only one
of my guns was working, but the FW-190
burst into flames and started diving.
The last I saw of him he was in a steep
dive right into a cloud.
All you think about in a time like
that is getting him before he gets you.
My brother Charles is in the infantry.
He wants to be in the Air Force, too,
and it would be kind of nice to see him
over here.
Two boys I went to school with are
here. There is Sergt. William Golden
burg, who's in the ground crew, and Pvt.
Earl Nash, who's with another group.
I'm looking forward to the day when
I get to France
I wouldn't have missed this for any,
thing in the world.
Evening star., 1942-09-27
Wide World Photo.

family. Because I'm small was chosen
as ball turret gunner (The ball turret
is the one beneath the belly of the
plane)
On our first flight over France Ito
Rouen), nothing happened. I just sat
there and watched the bombs go down.
I wasn't as excited as when I used to
shoot rabbits back home. All you have
TO do is keep your eyes open.
But the next day. while bombing an
Evening star., 1942-09-27
BY Zackie Gowan, Jr.,


Wide World.
WITH THE UNITED STATES AIR
FORCE FLYING FORTRESS COM
MAND, SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND
get kind of homesick sometimes but
am glad I am over here and getting
crack at the Nazis.
I don't guess Ill ever get over being
homesick because I've always been sort
of a mama's boy.
I joined III, or my 21st birthday last
January l. My dad would not sign for
me, or would have joined before. But
ne said I could do as I chose when I
became 21.
was in the ordnance at first, but I
was transferred to the Air Force as a
gunner and started flying in April. 1
have been in England a couple of months.
Since joining the Army, I've been away
from home for the first time and never
thought I would be coming to England.
Since coming here, I've been to London
to see Buckingham Palace and also to
Nine. Tussaud's, where all those wax
figures of famous people are.
I've been on three operations in a
plane commanded by Maj. Paul Tibbetts
of Miami, Fla. We're just like one big
Evening star., 1942-09-27

Editors Note: Less than nine
months ago. Jackie GoUan, jr, Il, OF
Highland Mills, Griffin, Ca, Was
cotton 1DeaUer 1Dho neUer had been
beyond the borders OF his home State.
Then he joined the Army, 1Cent to
England as an air gunner and,
OF, his third flight over Nasi-occupied
Europe, shot do,Un one OF Hitler's
crack Focke-Wult 100 fighters to 1Oin
the Distinguished Flying Cross.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-05-01
Christian Endeavor
Intermediates Elect
Officers On Sunday

Alice Loucks was chosen pres
ident of Coolidge intermediate
Christian Endeavor Society OF
Community Presbyterian Church
at a meeting held in the home OF
the Reverend and Mrs. J. ID. Eas-
ter Sunday evening.
Griffin Dodge was elected vice
president. Chairman OF commit
tees will serve as follows: George
Dempster. devotional and mission
ary; Leola harrington, social, and
Betty Harold, lookout
Installation OF officers will be
held on May 31st.
Summer activities were planned
with a farewell party honoring
Sth graders, who will graduate
into the Senior Society on May
oath, heading the list Weekly
play nights at the church were
also planned for the summer
months.
Mrs. ]. d. Easter is the class
sponsor.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-05-01
Girl Scouts
Preparing For
End Class Rank

Twenty Coolidge Girl Scouts are
completing requirements for Sec
ond Glass Rank, a scout honor
that will be conferred at a spe-
cial program to be held May 22nd
in Coolidge Woman's Club.
Scout work to be completed for
this rank includes course in
Home Safety, conducted by Mrs.
Glenn Walker; passing of exam
nations in Child Care, now being
given by Mrs. Earl Hicks, and at
tendance at a course of lectures
on requirements for earning MY
Community Badge" by Mrs. Matt
n. Dodge, Girl Scout committee
member, who will be assisted by
Mrs. Roger Gates. Girl Scout lead
er, and the Reverend J. d. Easter.
Mrs. B. L. Steward is in charge
of Girl Scout musical instruction.
A program will be sponsored
at the San Carlos Theater by
Girl Scouts, proceeds to be used
for defraying expenses of the
May 22nd Court of Awards.