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NEW YoRK.-oficials counting
' the ballots in the South African
general election flash the word that
Prime Minister Jan Christian Smuts
High Scholarship war war RE regime haH
And Grim Warfare have gained
Divide Smut's Life = ;as clear ma ma
there is rejoicing in all the Allied
capitals. Back at the turn of the
century no Boer military leader
fought the British more bitterly than
did this now bald and grizzled war
rior Of 70. Often hungry, often shoe
less, he waged guerrilla warfare Of
the toughest sort then. Since that
fighting ended, however, he has bat
tied steadfastly on the side Of the
Empire.
II was he who crushed a B0er
uprising at the start of World
War and went on to conquer the
Germans In East Africa and be.
come q British general. H0
saved South Africa for the Unit
ed Nations, too, in 1889, routing
the pro-Nazi forces Of the late
Gen. j. B. M. Hertz0g at the
polls to become prime minister
for the second time after Is
year lapse. His latest victory
keeps South Africa firmly in the
war.
Son Of a poor and tough Dutch
farmer, who trekked across the
veldt with a Bible in one hand and
gun in the other, SHUTS had
reached his teens before he could
read. Later he won high honors as
a student at Cambridge university.
Today with his pointed beard whit
ened by age he is still paradox, a
hard and cunning and skillful fight
er and a philosopher who dares
dream Of a peaceful world. What's
more he plans and works for that
world even as he fights.
pENNANTS have been flown for
the WAVES first anniversary and
Navy Secretary Frank Knox button
holed congressman to win for
She's the Old Man ,il at ifsa'
OF the Waves, This lieutenant
Feminine Gal of 43 commander
I full cap
taincy. This, he argues, is the least
Miss Mildred McAfee deserves, par
ticularly if the force is to be raised
from $4,000 to $1,000.
Commander McAfee's name Of
record is Mildred Helen; but
usually it is plain Mildred, the
2 ''Helen' being silent, as i'm Troy
these last $500 years. TO
wellesley undergraduates she
was Miss Mac. The WAVES,
pertly aping the real navy, call
her the Old Man, title that
skirts the reefs Of libel, since
the commander is q mere 43 and
mot mannish. Trim, yes! Per-
haps even trifle prim. But
her hair is black, shortcut and
crinkly; her cheeks pass inspec-
ti0n easily with only a powder
puff's help-and her eyes! Her
smile is lively, when it comes.
And from any compass point she
is not bad, not bad at all.
On the day she was sworn In, her
smile seemed a little ironic while
beaming Secretary Knox admins
tered the oath. Maybe, however, it
was only held in check by her usual
reserve.
The commander is a preachers
daughter and was born in Missouri.
She studied at Vassar and Chicago
and taught through French, Eng
lish, economics and sociology be-
fore she reached the presidency of
Wellesley. In spite Of the powder
puff which is her limit, she wants
her WAVES "to look human"
NORD comes out Of Sicily that
w the jeep, that mechanical jack
rabbit OF the American army, is
nasa w. now uSrulnS
Presenting 60 o" stampeded
DeIn10r G. R00s, Axis armies
pro,,d Dad NJ H.en from Paler-
n. mo to Mes
sina, and Delmar G.. ("Barney'')
Roos must be saying, that's my
baby" b
More than one man In the
aut0motive industry can claim
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