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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20
By MAJOR PAUL c. RABORG
German defense Z.

Noted Military Analyst Author of Mechanized Might
for News
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20
Registered u. s. Patent onies

no entry after the fatal flight
began.
On January l5-a few days be-
fore Mills left Africa-the navi-
gator had drawn prophetic skull
and cross bones and a crude sketch
OF grave in the notebook.
BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL
The circumstances surrounding
Mills battle Tor survival and the
death of his companions never will
be known.
There were no notes, no entries
IN the notebook. or anything in
the raft 10 tell why the plane was
forced down or where. or when,
or where and how the other six
occupants died
When~the raft skidded 10 stop
on the beach. there was no food
and no water in IL. Mills appar-
emily had died Of exposure. thirst
and hunger two or three days be-
fore.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20
CARRYING SUPPLIES

The submarine. which had two
sdund detecting sets, evidently was
carrying supplies 10 belesguered
laps on Gusdalcansl. Fuel drums
were loaded on It's deck
The two corvettes closed in with
depth charges and forced the sub
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20
Roosevelt on Air Monday

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 GNS).
The White House announced to-
day that President Roosevelt
speech 10 the Washington DAY
dinners next Monday Will be
broadcast over all radio networks
n 1920 %. m. EWT.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20
NAILS LOSE HEAVILY

The Germans still were putting
up some resistance within Mede-
nine, which the British had en-
tered day earlier.
Although the Eighth Army STRAIT
egg shaped up as a possible frontal
assault against the center of the
line in concert with a flanking
maneuver. military observers here
warned against expectations of an
immediate onslaught.
The fighting in central Tunisia
was said TO have. cost the Ger
ans heavily. A hard fought
battle for Sbeitla was reported,
t and the Germans didn't Just walk
in, a commentator said.
Can Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from North Africa said
today that American troops in
Tunisia fought magnificently"
and knocked out 20 German
tanks in the first day of the
recent battle.}
An American military spokes-
man said the actual a ttac k on
Sbeitla was repulsed and the
American withdrawal made with
out opposition.
NEW FIGHTING
The German Transocean
news agency said today that the
Axis forces captured $500 pris-
oners in the occupation of Gafsa
and Sbeitla. In addition. they
seized. 1863 tanks, 95 armored
scout cars. Sc guns and many
other armored vehicles, the
broadcast said.
THE Cerman-controlled Paris
radio said today that Axis troops
had gained more ground in West
Central Tunisia and that they
now control the railroad running
from Casa 10 Sousse.)
american forces are retreat
ing toward Tebessa. near the
Algerian border. the radio said,
and there has been a flareup in
fighting in the region southwest
of PichonD
Having withdrawn from Feriana.
and Sbeitla, below the
hills, the Americans now hold
positions running from a point
near Pichon southwest TO- below
Tebessa, the big Allied base just
inside Algeria. Pichon is so miles
southwest Of Tunis; Tebessa is Sc
miles from Pichon.
All day yesterday, dispatch
from Allied North African head
quarters said. husky doughboys
swung picks and shovels in the
bills. digging trenches and plac-
ing guns on heights that dominate
German positions on the plains
below.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20
Major, 6 Die ut Sea.
Reached Raft Reveals

NATAL. Brazil, Feb. IL ODE
l3yed) tUP).-A small rubber
lifersft, gently riding the South
Atlantic surf. was washed up onto
a Natal beach a few days ago.
In the raft was the body OF
Mai. Arthur Mills of the Army
Air Corps Ferry Command. and
Identification tags indicating that
six other men had died and been
buried at sea on the raft voyage
after their plane, westbound from
Africa, was forced down at sea.
NAMES NOT REVEALED
The names Of the other six per-
sons were not revealed,
In addition 10 Mills body, the
raft contained
. A colonelS eagle insignia
which had been bent into
crude fish hook.
. Fish skeletons.
. A notebook belonging 10 the
planes navieator-but there was
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-20
War Today
RommeE Man
With No Place
To 60 in Tunisia
By J. c. oEsTREICHER

international News Service FOREIGN Edno
NAZI FIELD MARSHAL
ERWIN ROMMEL has pushed
American soldiers out OF three
hArd-won positions on the Tu-
nissan battlefront.
But he still remains the man
with no place TO 60.
With Sbeitla. KaSserine and
Feriana in South Central Tu-
nisia abandoned by badly-bat-
tered American srmored units
and the Allied high command IN
North Africa frank in its sdmls-
sion Of heavy casualties in men
and material, the immediate
picture is anything but encour-
aging.
81 Yet il IS obvious that Rommet
In the long run cannot possibly
i. sschieve ANYTHING more than a
{ wearing down OF Allied troops,
2 tanks and guns
He cannot possibly achieve
numerical superiority He can
not possibly dislodge the Allies
from North Africa.
, He can only prolong the battle
and inflict as much damage as
I he possibly can before the time
Z inevitably approaches when no
remains 10 him but
surrender or a plunge into the
sea.
80
: n, WHILE THE Americans gave
: up their three towns on the
luntenable Tunisian plains and
cfnoved back to the protection OF
sf1ills TO regroup. reforrn( and
await British reinforcemehts,
= there already were signs that
the attack launched by Ronmel
ION Sunday morning had begun
! Ito spend itself
Ronmel moved some 50-odd
miles through American posi-
tons from Sunday through
Thursday. and by taking Feri-
rama. reached a point only IA
miles from the Algerian frontier.
is But il is highly unlikely he
can maintain any such pace now
that the rolling T1nisian plains
are behind him and well-en-
frenched British and American
troops to his fore.
80. MUCH DEPENDS upon how
soon General Montgomery can
gate-crash or flank the Mareth
Line.
u But even il this is a question
Of weeks. the Allies under Cen
eral Eisenhower on the west
! should be able to hold Rommel
to q comparatively limited the
safer until such time as General
Montgomery Is ready to roll for
ward and clamp him in wise.
Adolf HitleEs apparent deci-
sion to make a showing in Tu-
;nisia even at the cost OF an
entire army to shift public at
ftention in Germany from the
shorrifying setbacks of the
Russian campaign obviously
lprompted Rommel TO play the
part of q good and faithful
soldier.
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4-Tonners Blast
Wi|he|mshdven

LONDON, Feb. 10 (UPl.-Brit-
aims biggest bombers smashed at
the German naval base of Wilhelm
shaven last night in their cam
paign to cripple U-bost nests
Two and four-ton block-buster
bombs and thousands OF incendis-
ries were rained, on the docks and
shipyardS of the great northwest
German port IN a giant raid
-Four British bombers are miss
ing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-21
Raymond Moey Says:
State Rights Vital to u. S. Life

LIVERY seasoned observer at
IL the governors conference
held in Columbus agreed on one
thing. II was not Just another
governors conference, although
this was the 35th annual affair
Of its kind. a familiar issue
Jared up when the first visitors
arrived on Sunday and burned
fiercely until the last one LETT
on Thursday 1t was the issue
of states rights, the oldest and,
al the moment, the most vital
Of American issues.
A few years ago II seemed
dead as the blue laws II was
something for retired lawyers
10 ponder as they turned from
will-writing to metaphysics. and
fer dry professors TO -drOne
about 10 sleepy students. Yet
states rights are the bone and
Sincw of our system Before
there was a nation there were
states.
Our states are not admins
trative districts; they are Sow
ereign in many things. The issue
j. bigger than parties What
the 10 governors. almost equally
divided between the parties,
said here, proved it..
4 PPARENTLY Washington
"A knew what was coming.
The only big federal guns TO APP
pear were courageous military
men like Gen. Marshall and
Gen. Hershey. For the rest,
every single one of the high fed
eral czars OF oil, prices, food
and manpower scheduled 10
speak sent a deputy to brave
the storm Two of the civilian
subordinateS were probably sent
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-21

Paul Mallon is on
vacation. His column
will be reSum ed
shortly.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-21

because they were former gov
CrnOrS but. TO be frank, they
did not particularly impress the
conference.
The meeting was a rootin'
tootln' affirmation that tho
states propose to have real
hand in running this country,
now and in future. The KellyS
and O'ConorS and JoncScS said
IT. So did the ScWallS and SAL
tonSallS and BaldwinS And the
Hickenloopers, Schoeppels and
SchriCkers.
The practical situation de-
scribed by the many governors
who spoke needs little recital
here, Their cattle. pigs and
sheep need feed, and there isn't
enough. Manpower is scarce.
Farm machinery is needed.
Prices are ont Of hand In some
sections, like the West Coast.
cNIuan defense IS shaky to the
point of potential peril.
INEVITABLY. the problems
4 described by various govern
orS underSCored heavily the
practical impoSSibllity of hav-
ing a centralized bureaucratic
system run a country of this
size. This Is not merely "A war
problem. The limit of efficient
federal control was reached
some time perhaps mid
way between 1888 and 1889.
Since then. the states have suf-
fered acutely from the loss of
power and revenue.
Clearly the party system.
which is supposed 10 resolve all
issues, has been inadequate 10
meet this issue. So IT takes
precedence over. the party affil-
iationS of the states and the
governors thereof.
~Y go an Of the confer
ence WIS |)eInocrat. O'Cousr
of Maryland The host was a
Republican, Bricker. Dewey a
Republican. was challenged in
friendly argument by fellow
Republicans hailing from beyond
the Mississippi. Gov. Warren, a
Republican who ran as a non
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-21

I would agree with those who
say that communism is not
dangerous in the United States
# the Communists had 10 stand
alone.
But In appraising communism
as a menace il must be kept in
mind that they do not stand
alone but have always received
important aid and comfort from
the New Deal administration
That makes a great difference
as Congress knows. and even
among those representatives
and senator's who regard Mar
Tin Dies as an unihtelligent and
clumsy country boy as many Of
them DO, there are pot many
-. 3HlcS Etfcrr
he has accumulated.
IF THIS action does amount 10
bill Of attainder which
President Roosevelt defined as
a legislative edict OF punish
ment, without legal proceedings,
II should be rescinded for the
peace Of mind Of the country.
the desired effect having been
obtained anyway.
But while in that mood. Con-
gress should repeal also those
other bills OF attainder by which
the owners Of property may lose
possession Of the government if
only some individual kicks up
a row amounting 10 a labor
dispute. The owners are pun
ished and for the offense Of an
other al that by legislative edict
and without legal proceedings.
aren't they?
Copyrighted nv United Features synd Inc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-21

partisan. was a good spokesman
of the Democratic mountain and
Pacific states.
one political result Of this
conference may be strong pro-
nounCcmcntS on states rights
by both political parties in 1914,
regardless of the candidates VINO
are chosen. Another IS apt 10
be a fight I'm the Democratic
convention over the platform,
even if It dominates a fourth
term candidate.
DOLITICS, in terms Of pos
i Slblc candidates for 1914,
was freely discussed in private,
but il was not a major factor
in the conference itself Broker,
around whom much speculation
conferred, like a gentlcmanly
host refused 10 talk politics,
even at the cost Of creating the
impression among Jealous re-
porterS that he had no opinions.
But all over Columbus were in
animate reminders Of til @
pivotal political character Of
Ohio.
From the walls Of the digni-
fed state office building, where
the sessions were held. there
looked down six sons of Ohio
elected president since Lincoln
half the presidents elected in
that time Before the state
house are statues of Ohio'S con-
tributionS 10 the war between
the states Grant, Sherman,
Sheridan, Stanton and Chase.
Wartime Ohio Is always po-
litKally interesting.
The governors finished the
conference with a resolution
proposed by Democratic Gov.
Nav of Utah. 1t was their Con
. Sidered Judgment. that further
encr99c9moDsS, u,pPF states
rights wOald be sted.. thes
SAID. The powers rellnquiShed
for war purposes should be re-
covered after. the war, and,
significantly the governors
pledged themselves to maintain
an active lobby 10 keep these
purposes before Congress.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-21

n UT the decade-old habit becomes dangerous in
- wartime when fighting for survival as
nation
The present emergency is comparable to fire
Every one should concentrate dealing with the con-
flagration but the young word-mongers in the OPA,
instead of directing the hose the flaming structure,
gossip dsparagngy about the character of the archtec
ture They argue rrelevantly they could have built
something better.
Irrespective of that what we need amidst total war
fare to make the utmost of the assets and nsttu
tons which we have available.
Mr.. Maxon was, from the start, anathema to the
Young professors turned His objectionable
sin was that he believed in the INHERENT SOUNDNESS
and PATRIOTISM of the AMERICAN BUSINESS
SYSTEM.
Instead allowing the young obsructionists to give
him the buns rush, Mr. Maxon fought them uncom-
promisingly
And in retiring he argued that is essential that the
OPA be rendered workable and successful
IN DIAGNOSING the trouble he said:
/ THE heads of many of vital departments are
handicapped by fundamental lack of practical expert
have large number of professors and theorists
whose unavoidable ideas have been conceived in the rare
fled atmosphere in the classroom.
THE PROFESSIONAL mind, in my estimation, is one of
the most dangerous factors in our government today
Instead the broad view that is theoretically promised,
their thinking under THE unaccustomed glow OF authority
takes wing and through the clouds unimpeded by
facts and unhindered by actuality'
7ss0i5s 2r ,yenom IN Mr. MaHons en- char
Unquestionably he was actuated to speak out by
deep sense Of patriotism.
The outlook becomes more optimistic when with
know-how" show the courage annhilate their critics
through exposing their unfitness to administer public
affairs.
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tAnsvers ON Opposite Page)
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NOW Congress is not pro-
~ Communist. 4.
Even the majority Of the
New Dealers are just as hostile
10 Communists as 10 the Nazis
Of the late anti-American bund
f, ane hey pave bcF. ..rtsi y =
tip01 for ye$Ts by she executive
branch Of the government in
its Partially 10 individuals in
Guiding some who answer all
the specifications and lack only
the political label,
The men who make I'D the
two houses of Congress are not
fools. Like the newspapermen
and others who have learned
their way around Washington.
They know what goes on.
They have seen special pets
Of the New Deal bounce from
bureau TO bureau and. finally,
they just got good and sore and
hoped on three individuals
whom they have identified,
rightly or wrongly but TO their
own strong conviction as fellow
travellers.
In attacking this action as
usurpation of the executive
function, the President may be
legally correct but, remember
ing his own uSurpation of the
legislative function in the case
OF the salary limitation within
the last year, it is easier to be-
lieve that the effect is more
offensive 10 him than the quail
ity of the act.
THE effect is TO publicize TO
Il the people the strong affec-
ton of the New Deal for people
who see little good in and less
hope for the preservation of the
form of government which was
intrusted TO Mr.. Roosevelt in
1882 and who have tried TO junk
or alter II and with consider
able success TO date.
Mr.. Roosevelt may be able 10
keep on the pay rolls the three
relatively unimportant and
harmless individuals who were
singled out for the special at
tention of Congress, but the
country of course will wonder
why he is so devoted TO them
when he has a choice from so
many Americans whose ideas
are strictly orthodox and whose
associations are above suspicion.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-21

Peninsula, doubt If the Japanese fought IN
what should be called the Jungle, for the
native states through which they made their
rapid advance, Kedah, Perak, Seangor ond
Johore are rather highly developed tropical
regions with great plantations, roads and open.a
trails.
The mountainous backbone of this long
peninsula has tropical forests and jungles
where live small groups of wild tribesmen,
the primitive Malay, the Sakai and the dwarf
Negrito. But the British forces fell back
through the rich western coastal land until
they were forced to surrender on the island
of Singapore.
THE readiness of the Japanese soldiers for
/ the combat of the thick jungles was not
tested. Neither was it tested, think, on the
island of Java, for their advance into the
Preanger highlands to Banding, where Dutch
resistance ended, was through an agricul-
tural paradise of rich fields, rubber and quina
plantations.
In fact I doubt if the Japanese army had
genuine experience of warfare in the jungle
until we attacked them on Guadalcana and
on the long southern peninsula of New
Guinea. Here they were defeated, in part
because the conditions of the Jungle were too
unfavorable for them, though also highly
unfavorable for us, because, after all, the
japanese is not a race acclimated to he
tropics, any more than to the cold steppes
and forests of Siberia. 1t is race of the
temperate zone, and perhaps il can be said
also the Japanese is not highly resistant
to the typical diseases of the tropics. to
dysentery TO malaria, to that bone breaking
fever, called dengue.
He succumbed to these maadies, probably
in a higher proportion than tn white
troops of Australia and the United States
Nevertheless in this fighting, the Japanese
displayed great cunning, a trained skill, a
carefully planned technique, and fanatical1
resolution in which he chose death TO sur,
render.
THE result showed TO our own armies the
need TO develop and incucate a technique
or tactic of jungle warfare. This | believe
our army has done. II has utilized the new
methods learned in actual fighting. II has
adapted weapons, clothing, equipment, food,
emergency supplies, TO accord with the lessons
of this experience
II has built up the individual qualities in
a soldier that make him formidable jungle
fighter. II has sifted the command for
leaders-not only officers, but sergeants and
corporals who have mastered the art of sue.
cessfully handling small groups of men,
squads, patoons.
l expect TO see the result Of this new
knowledge and training appear in the Jungle
fighting around Munda and then we will be
able TO know what is the real art Of warfare
in such unfavorable military terrain as is the
tropical forest
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knowledge Test
BY DIR. sABINA II. CONNOLLY

What great scientist: ta)
Discovered dunn; (h)
formulated the theory of
relatively; (cD discovered the
laws Of heredity?
2-What three states border
California?
3-How many: (a) Inches in
cubit; (b) carats in pure
gold; (c) minutes in a day?
4-What book: (a) by George
DuMaurier is about SvenO
gall: (b) by Barrie is about
Gavin Dishart; (c) by Scott
is about Rebecca?
5-Do you know these war
terms: (a) Tactics. OBJ
Molotov cocktail; (c) trans
port?
What biblical character: Ca)
is famed for his patience;
tb) is famed for his be-
trayal Of his Master: Cc) il
famed for his wisdom?
ANSWERS on Opposite Page)
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. Quick Quests

" VI y, ~ N - - - - ~ =.
l.OPA Form No. R-302 PLAINLY
designated as such 9lOngS de
the signature line. where all
can see IT, is playing an
important part I'M the lives
of most civilian Americans.
What Is OPA Form 80.
R-3O2?
? What begins: I'VE the
people 49,. IN order 10 oStdb-
lISh Justice, insure domestic
tranquility provide for COM
mon defense. promote the
general welfare and secure
the blessings Of liberty 10
ourselves " etc?
3 DO this by mental arith-
meuc. y hoy opened his toy
bank spent one-thTd Of the
pennies and lost two-thirdS
az the remainder returning
from The candy shop lie
then had six pennies left
How many pennies did he
have originally?
4 When John r Scopes was
convicted i'm Dayton Tenn.
~ years ago today u made
headlines ON both sides of
The Atlantic What was The
charge against him?
) A newly returned war core
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-21
Maxon Sparks
The Professors

TOHN O. PUBLIC should doff his hat to Lou R MaXon,
Detroit advertising executive, who told the truth as
he saw it when he resigned in protest from the oPA
Instead of following the Washington custom of be
Pudding the through ascrbng his departure to III
health Mr. Maxon had the courage TO speak out
His chief comment related to the Washington
malady Of selecting unequipped amateurs TO administer
complicated law where experience IS highly necessary
In the circumstances MaXon quit as public relations
director and indicated that he would be unavailable for
the job as general manager for which he had been UNI
officially mentioned
WITH successful business Of his own, Mr. MaXon
w had obviously not gone to the nations capital for
personal enrichment but make unselfish contrbu
ton to the winning Of the the home economic
front
Like other men of large affairs who were making
a SACRIFICE in taking public job, he Immediately
found himself in conflict with academic playboys who
found bureaucratic Job more PROFITABLE than any
that they could hold in private life.
Referring to this in his valcdctory, MaXon declared:
THE theorists and the young lawyers WILL of course
continue until forced out of the picture because most of
them are better jobs than they could obtain in private
life"
This is nothing under the New Deal AS long ago
as 1888 when George n Peek first brought to Wash
ineten to administer the AAA he similarly found himself
hamstrung by the young docrnares and vsionaes who
in the spirit of adventure wanted to remake the national
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-21

THE present New Guinea-Solomons cam
i paign is presumably the opening of a
military plan that looks far beyond these
tropical islands and coasts, and has as its
object an approach to Japan and her vulner-
able lines of shipping, that will influence deeply
the fate of the Pacific.
The form of this large design is not yet
revealed but we can see that the immediate
detectives are to clear the enemy from the
eastern flank of New Guinea, and from the
entire Melanesan archipelago, including the
Bismarck archipelago and the island of
New Britain with the important advanced
bastion of Rabaul, which is the reliance of the
Japanese to retain control Of the area of the
Pacific Ocean south Of the equator
The tenacity of the Japanese is such that,
great as is the effect of airplanes and naval
vessels, they will not yield the numerous
positions they hold, except by the annihilating
combat Of ground fighters able to surpass
their own experience and competence in the
jungle.