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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09
M'Ar+hur Aid
To China Fails
In Publicity.
His Victories Keep Japs
Away From Chang
BY PAUL MALLON

WASHINGTON. March "a
w few swift local thrusts
made by the Japs in China
have aroused both fears and
threats that a drive is on TO
knock China out of the war.
This is no DOUBT the time for
the Japs to try it if they can,
but a survey of their available
fighting power on the ground in
South China has exposed the
truth that they will do well to
hold on to what they have.
Any idea of an early offensive
to crush the Chinese nation is
sheer chow mein. or whatever
they serve for baloney in the
Orient.
When Gen. MacArthur's fliers
blasted the whole 22-ship Jap
convoy out of the water In the
Bismarck Sea, they pointed TO
a new realistic understanding OF
the war in the Far East.
News interpreters naturally
played up the effect that it had
in saving Australia, which is the
obvious thing, but Macarthur is
also saving China as much as
Australia.
THE Japs have been required
Il to commit themselves to re-
Inducements of men, planes and
ammunition to sustain their
conouests of the South Pacific,
thereby diminishing their power
and possibilities in front OF
Chang Kai-Shek. The sinking OF
their convoy means they will
have to send even more.
This not only takes away from
China the fighting power neces-
sary for the Japs to knock
China out, but also the indis-
pensable ships upon which lat
ter, item they are exceptionally
short).
AS long as the bulk of Jap
military strength is pledged to
Manchuria and the South Seas,
Chang need have no grave
fears.
MacArthur's kind Of aid to
China is unfortunately not being
assessed in the current tabula-
ton of our lend-lease deficiencies.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09

THAT NEW playroom for the
youngsters can be yours if you
start saving today and stop un-
necessary spending for the
duration. Put those savings in
War Bonds through the pay roll
savings plan and get back 81
for So.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09

TODAY we fight war for the
survival of free government.
The right of people to govern
themselves is at stake in this
war.
The powers Of evil bent upon
destruction of that sacred right
have grown stronger than ever
before in the history of the
world. We are living in one of
those strange eras where the
forces of destruction have out
run the powers of defense. The
only defense to the attack
against mans right to live his
life as he desires is counter
offensive.
That counteroffensive springs
from the hearthstone, from the
church, from the schools, from
the soul and the heart Of Amer
lea. 1t must surge forward
around the world to victory.
General Macarthur sends US
word this week that no power
on earth can stop the American
embattled in a righteous cause.
DART of that offensive is in
= our great industrial plants,
now miraculously pouring out
the implements of war. A part
of that offensive springs from
the farms of America, now
sorely in need of help and ma
chinery. Our boys must be
given that which they need to
eat in order to fight.
We have assumed obligations
to the other soldiers of the
world, to our Allies and to the
hungry people of the world.
But, in the distribution of the
produce of the American farm,
we dare not drive America to
hunger and distress. If we do.
the last light of hope of the
God-fearing people of the earth
has gone out.
But the real offensive Is car
ried on by your boys and ours,
who tonight stand upon the soil
of England, the hearthstone OF
the worlds great temple of JUS
tice and equity from which came
the American law. They mingle
with the ancient Hindus, and
Chinese, whose civilizations
sweep back four milleniums be-
yond the birth of Christ.
They join with the savages of
the South Sea islands, people
whose heart has never beat at
tuned to the spirit of our free
dom. They join with our brothers
in Australia, they fight in the
desert heat Of Africa, they burn
with fever in the swamps of
New Guinea and the Solomons.
HOWEVER hard we work,
IL however much we manufac-
\ture and produce, our sacrifices
and our services can never equal
that of those brave boys who
are now lighting around the
world the fires of liberty that
have been quenched by the
forces of greed and destruction.
But remember that when they
marched away from our shores
they left a sacred trust in your
hands and mine, TO keep the
fires of liberty here at home
burning brighter against the day
OF their victorious return.
Those boys are fighting for us
and our way Of life. They are
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09

N "a llSr ASloRi a D
"A ment of the war on the
Russian front is harder to make.
In the war of movement in prog
ress there, static lines mean lit
tie and the question is how
much of the German army has
been destroyed and how much
power the Russians have left.
This is of special importance
to us in view of the imminence
of our promised invasion of the
continent this year, because it
may largely determine what we
will have to face.
Some authorities claim the
heavy fighting in Russia has
been at only few strong
points, such as Stalingrad, the
Donets basin, and the eau
casuS.
Except at Stalingrad, they
say. Hitler has called heavily
on the forces of the conquered
nations, particularly Rumania
and Italy, while saving his own
men.
TyHE best evidence indicates,
Il however, that Hitler has
not been able to get sufficient
men from the satellites to force
the war off on them. He got
about IL divisions from Italy
(now withdrawn, but no doubt
replaced at least in parO, nine
from Hungary, one from Spain,
and possibly Is from Rumania.
Certainly, he tapped Rumania
harder than any one else, and
some estimates of Rumanian
troops on the front run as high
as 80 divisions.
But the best information Is
that no more than 40 divisions
of satellites troops could be
made to fight in Russia for Hit
ler--a paltry 100000.
The number OF German divi-
sions on the front has best been
reported at 1912, 5000
troops.
CERTAINLY then, the best Of
~ the German eastern army
has been in Russian fighting and
has not been saved out. Ger
tainly also, German production
is declining and the manpower
squeeze is so great that he has
been forced to take men out of
the army and put them back in
the factories, in some instances.
How he can organize spring
offensive comparable in any wa
TO that of last year is beyond
comprehension of outside au-
thority.
The general expectation Is
that he will retire TO shorter
eastern line which can be de-
Tended by strongly holding
few points against the Russians.
and then switch his endeavors
mainly TO meet our expected
blows-by a march through
Spain, an attack on Turkey OF
a purely defensive internal con-
solidation.
CONFIDENCE here in the
~ Tunisian outcome has in no
way been diminished by recently
discovered American defects on
that front.
The best fighting weather
opens the latter part of this
month, and the promised offen-
sive TO eliminate the Nazis in
North Africa then may be ex-
pected-with the bigger blow
directly at the continent Nor
way? Italy? Balkans? Spain y
coming either before. simultane-
ously, or shortly thereafter.
I Distributed by King Features synd.. Inc.
Reproduction In Whole or in Part
Strictly Prohibited.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09
u. S. Paper Program
Strikes a Big Snas

Strikes a Dig OndS
orNAToP RAYMOND F WILLIS of Indiana has charged the
~ federal government with "dsgracefuy and shamefuy IN
ceang its own use printing paper while curtang news
print consumption by newspapers and magazines 10 an eA'e
threatening the active functions of the American Tree press
Senator Willis supports his charge by citing official records
In 1911 he leces the federal government contracted or
1l730O0 pounds of paper and actually used pouhos
In 1912 the government contracted for l6o5oooo POUNDS
of paper and used 226000,0O0 pounds.
In 1918 the government has contracted for 35Ooooooo
pounds of papevhch as Willis says go per cent
more than actually consumed in 1911 the year winch american
newspapers and magazines are asked TO use as an eVe
scaleddovn base period for determining Their consumption III
1913"
TN OTHER words the proposes to more than
half again much printing in l943 as used IN l94l
while the newspapers and magazines compelled to use das
tca in 1913 than in 194a year IN winch thelr actua
supply was below their real needs
That would situation If 1t covered the Whole
story.
But quite obviously government has no intention to limit
its use of paper its this will again repeat
its excuses as it did the two previous years
For as Senator Willis notes:
Far more startling and far disgraceful at time
when freedom of the entire American press is
by curament the fact that in the first three
weeks year the federal government consumed 55o
pounds of the 35OOOOOO pounds under contract for 1943
eff this rate be maintained the federal government
could be expected than 2OOOOO pounds OF
paper printing office in Washington alone
i'm I943-Or SO times much as 1T consumed IN I94l
TIME American people entitled to wonder and will DO we'll
inquire what possible especially what usefu-pur-
pose such tremendous volume of government printing can
All the legitimate and accurate and information
about the faithfully and completely reported by
the press-whout cost to the government and indeed With
the people except for the few cents paid for news
paper magazine
Even government propaganda fully printed oy the press
the probably proper but often ovesaned theory that Wat
the government the people to know should be told
Surely the cannot consider itself isolated from
people matters of information OF propaganda
since much the press is friendly to the administration and all
of the press reports accurately and fully regardless of
politics partisanshp
CURELY then the should be constrained against
~ overconsumpon and waste of printing particularly
if the available supply of paper short to justify smaller
and fewer newspapers and magazines the insists
and requires
Surely the government should be constrained against
waste of the peoples money for printing and publication that
does not increase public information and knowledge.
But course if the governments real purpose and inen-
ton cripple and destroy the press and be its printer
IF and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09

What America stands for, is
fighting for and aoill demand at
the end Of the tcar tous pro-
claimed by Coz. Bricker of Ohio
in an address March 6 at the
Nebraska Founders Day ban
quet in Lincoln, Neb. Because
Of the speech's significance, The
Times is reprinting the tert in
condensed form. Following is the
first of three instruments:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09
lT1ES

Subscription rate Gin advance) by mai
10 any place In the United States Canada
or Mexico. ION Canadian subscriptions add
I10T TO cover war import taxi.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09

Ito be cOntinued)
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-20
CIVIL AIR CONTROL

The House Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Committee otter studying the post.wor civil oVIo-
tion problem for nine months hos drofted ond pre-
sented three bills Two Of them in substontiol
ooreenoert on the need for federoI control the MI
nory bill would safeguard stote sovereignty by IeoV-
ing domestic eviction control IN the hands or the
vorous stotes
Now stote sovereignty IS q precious heritage thot
IS beno increosnoy Threatened and that needs sofe-
ouordjnQ But here, il would seem, is cose where
stote control might costly Ieod to as different brands
Of confusion.
If post.wor eviction develops os it promises to
ond QUAINT TO- there will need to be uniformity in such
n1otters os trQfc regulation sofey stondords Of IN
stoltotion ond equipment end ownership responsible
ity Iona commercial flights will be foster and more
minutes ntrostote air trove will be ereoty expond-
ed
Unless both types Of trovel recognize the some
trofc lows reoI danger os we'll os countless mlxuPs
would develop For sofety's sake too clear under
stondinq will be Necessary in the matter OF control
dspotchlng coming and orport facilities, for emer-
eencies os we'll os regular runs.
The war probably will leave with greet many
planes on hand, os we'll os production facilities for
turning out many new ones Some sort OF strong reg
uoton is going TO be needed TO see tho these pIones
If they ore offered for sole ore in sote condition for
commercial operoton ond to protect the public from
irresponsible operators who are certain to be ottroct
ed by new eviction possibilities Another essential
will be for set Of sondord trode and labor lows, if
post-wor eviction is to develop normoly
BY oil the rules Of efficiency, these ond simor
considerations should be the federal governments
responsibility There will still be plenty for the states
10 do. Air trotfc and commerce within the stote
surely would come within their province, subject to
general regulations. And the same could be sold for
such things as orpOr construction maintenance and
operation. But not much Of q cose can be mode out
for any proposal to extend stote-ne restrictions up
word to intinity
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-20
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

cent of the work. BY the end
of 1914 the commercial airlines
will be doing only a out 0 per
cent of the work. If the war
lasts long enough, there may
come a time when the services
will be doing all their own air
transport flying, and the air.
lines will be back in private
business, exclusively.
For the airlines have taught
the services how TO run an air.
line. The airline have run
schools TO train transport pilots
and navigators and ground crews
and operations personnel.
When the services first went
into air transport. the CONNER
cial airlines had all the transport
planes - 358 of them before
Pearl Harbor. T n q services
bought 176. turning about half
over to military and naval crews
and assigning the others to the
airlines TO operate for the serv-
ices on a contract basis, hauling
military cargo.
Today, with hundreds of new
military transport planes COM
ing off the production lines, the
armed services are becoming
more and more self-sufficient,
Twenty of the planes taken from
the airlineS have now been re-
turned to them for commercial
operation. giving the civil, do
mestic airlines a fleet of 202
planes with which to operate.
SO, gradually, the commercial
airlnes, which have been in
Sistently urging that they be
given more planes so as TO per-
NIT them TO do their wartime
job of carrying more domestic
passengers, mail and express,
are having this demand met.
But it may be that the more
civil flying they do, the less
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-20
TlkSEL AND RED TAPE

# you sent Q Christmas gift Of rotioned food to
soldier oversees in time 10 meet the shipping deod
line, you hod 10 t out OPA forms, obtoin special
stonnps ond generally DO good bit OF walking and
fussin9 ground. Now it opPeors thot OPA meant to
you oil thot trouble
We'll before the Oct IS deodIine simple scheme
had been devised whereby the deoIer who sold you
the food could tI out the export popers, shipping
forms, ond 50 on, collect the necessary stonops to
eonopensote>hts sole, ond leave you with nothing
more to do than tell him the address ond poy your
money.
But somewhere oIong the line things got begged
down. One officer didn't like the wording OF the on
nouncement. Somebody else didn't like the general
tone Of the press reeose thot would inform the pub.
lie Of this time-ond-troube-soving arrangement.
On Oct 9, four days otter the Christmas ship
ping deodne, the press release wos issued
Nice going, OPA.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-20

they will be doing for the Ar
my and Navy. And ',efore long
they may be converted back
TO their civilian business entire
ly.
Their military and naval ex-
perience, however has unques-
tionably been a rood thing for
the commercial airlines. They
have made more money than
they ever dreamed of making.
1t has put ants in the seats of
their flying pants, an all the
airlines are now ambitious TO
expa. d their networks all over
the world. They have the fly
ing experience and the trained
personnel to operate wherever
they can get permits and do
business.
The need for maintaining Sc
crecy on their operations and
protecting military security have
been the reasons why the airlines
have not been permitted to tell
more about the part they have
played in the war. The airlines
have chafer under this military
censorship. Pan American was
recently permitted 10 say il had
r AIDE 5000 ocean crossings, and
TWA 1000. Now the other lines
are to be permitted to tell what
they have done too - North
eastern in flying TO Europe over
the northern route, Northwest
ern TO Alaska, American and
Eastern to South America, Unit
ed to Australia, American Ex-
port TO North Africa. And all
the airlines will be permitted TO
tell something Of the work they
have done in contract flying,
running modification centers,
repairing and overhaulng
planes, training personnel.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-20
By ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff Correspondent

Eleanor Powell will Conccn-
trate on acting instead of dane
ing in her new picture. "Scnsa-
tions Of 1914" as we told YOU
the other dav But she'll still
have two OF the most difficult
and spectacular dance routines
of her career in the film. I'm one,
she'll dance with trick horse.
In tho other. the set will repre-
sent the lights and springs of
Yer dress as the ball viii bounce
from spring TO spring.
sign over Fashion Designer
Orrv Kellvs desk. The chic
will inherit the earth"
Lave yv,,hors = oft On NOV 18Th
arn,v con,n tom sonny
Turs .Iso a,srors.to ,ho name
name for him al home
Recommended. Fred MacMurrav
and Cla1dette Colbert in mo
Time for Love" It's. one Of the
years brightest comedies.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-20

It is O pleasure to be oble TO poss along, from the
Army kind word for the much moligned tribe Of
American lowers. Members OF the legal profession
ore working alongside n1edicol officers in Army hos
pitos TO speed the recovery Of wounded soldiers by
giving them free odvice on financial problems ond
other perpIexing difficulties.
This work is carried on not only by officers Of
the Judge odvocote generals department but by civ
iion lawyers, appointed by the committees on war
work Of the vorous stote bor associations Army
doctors report that this free counsel often imports
10 the potent mental calm thot is nnporont os
medicine
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-20
MOON MAGIC

The ancient Hindus thought Of
the moon as vessel filled with
sacred wine. that waned as il was
drunk, but always filled up
again.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-20
MAY DROP OUT
OF WAR PICTURE

The Owl report on cemmer-
cial airline operation in the war
comes out just in time for what
may be a swan song on their ef-
fort. In the beginning, the COM
mercial airlines did the whole
job. Army and Navy had no
personnel, no planes, no eXper-
fence for a transport job, so the
airlines furnished everything
and did all the work.
Today, on the transport OPP
Grafton. the commercial air
ines are doing about 30 per
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-20
PROOF OF THE PUDDING

fhOOE Of nE GDDiENN
For the film "Tomorrow's
Harvest" Paramount has con-
Structed a replica Of the famous
mission at San Juan Capistrano.
Director Frank Borzage sWears
the set is so realistic that five
swallows dropped in for tea the
other afternoon.
Pressure from several sources
is about to be turned on top stars
who have been ducking Army
camp tours At least IS per cent
of all stars and important film
personalities will be needed to
90 overseas during the next IL
months.
Al Jolson, recently made an
honorary Army private because
Of his overseas camp tour, is
out-ranked by his 9yearold
son, Al, Jr. The boy is sergeant
at Los Angeles Black Fox Mill
tary Academy.
Strap hangers Of America
finally have theme song.
Tunesmiths Ralph Blaine and
Hugh Martin have written
"Clang. Clang. Clang Went the
Trolley Judy Garland will
sing it in Meet Me in ST. Louis" "
Mary Pickford is planning a
rcmake Of "Coquette," with
Shirley Temple in the starring
role.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-20
o IN HOLLYWOOD

an for a scene in "lncendiary
Blonde
M-G-M is plotting film biog
raphy Of Jack Dempsey titled,
The Manassas Mauler.'
Promised and hoped for: Charlie
Mccarthy yodeling for his role
in Song of the Open Road,
Atune with the times:
Ruth Hussey packing miniature
gold pistol on her lapel, the
handle ablaze with diamonds.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-20
BY PETER EDISON

Y. S. airlines are at last 10 be
given public edit for the job
they have done for the Army
Transport Com, and and the
Naval Air Transport Service, in
flying war freight and passen-
gers all over the world. Office
of War Information is issuing a
report on the subject after weeks
OF headaches and delay, trying
10 get everyone concerned in
;reement on what could or
should be said.
The jealousies going into this
thing have been terrific. Near
" every airline has been afraid
that il wouldn't get full credit
for what it had done, or that
one OF the competitors would
get more credit than il deserv-
ed, or that the Army Transport
Command would get credit for
something that the airlineS had
done, or that ATC wouldn't let
the commercial airlines an
nounce what they considered
major achievements. Trying to
keep the ambition airlines hap
by about what they have been
doing for the war effort has
been a real problem.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
; Pairs
Enough
For Most
Continued from Page One)

CONTINUED from Page One)
bother him in the least. Al any
rate. that's the case with c. T.
Snider of 1912 Beaconfield, who
has been a Fuller Brush man fer
u years.
I'm lot easier on shoes than
most people. probably because i
wear rubbers half of the year. I
only average two pairs year."
he said
MAY NEED MORE
T may need more, though
because these new wartime rub
bers aren't very good. wore
out a pair Of them in less than
a month"
Barney McCosky won't have 10
worry about shoe rationing be-
cause Uncle Sans going 10 take
care of that. He expects 10 begin
training as naval air cadet, the
latter part of March
"But the Tigers will have 10
make 'em stretch next year. An
outfielder usually wears out two
pairs OF shoes I'm a season, an
infielder three and pitchers even
more than that" he said
II had a pair resoled last year,
and they turned out pretty good.
At $3.50 a pair, that's a little
saving"
HOW ABOUT YOUNGSTERS:
Growing youngsters who &c
through shoes almost as quickly
AZ they get them also present 4
problem.
I'VE issue az least four pairs
a year 10 children ranging from
infants to IL years of age" says
Ruth Johnson. buyer for the
Children's Aid Society.
Pooling of family ration stamps
is a partial answer. One pediatri.
clan said he had no doubt that
toddlers who outgrow their shoes
in a hurry could also obtain new
ones with a written order from the
doctor