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Consolidated eatures.--w NU Release.

Consolidated Featires.--WNU Release.
NEW YORK. - In army circles
they rate Mai. Gen.. Harold l.
George as one OF the best impromptt
speakers In the service. He likes
His Air Transport GO eol isla, az J
Command IL Gen. willtellyou,
George's Pet Topic ana does !,
well. He's the chief of the air trans.
port command Of the army air
corps, and has been ever since its
formation last July.
Out IN Australia the other day
he likened the feats Of his fliers
to the tales Of Jules Verne, and
1t wasn't so long ago that he
was picturing with delight how
his men had flown the equipment
for q 24-bed hospital to Nome,
Alaska, after q fire had de-
stroyed its lone hospital. Just
q year ago when he was made
head Of the ferry command Of
the army air corps, his major
: task was getting new planes
from the factories to wherever
they were needed. Now he has
that problem and a whole lot Of
others, such as flying troops and
essential supplies overseas.
He first learned about flying in
World War I. A native of Soner-
vile, Mass, he was student in
the law school at National university
on April 8, 1917. A month later he
was second lieutenant of cavalry
Fall found him training to be a
flier, however. He won his wings in
March, 1918, and the following Sep
TENDER he was in France as bomb
ing instructor at Clermont. Before
the Armistice, he had been assigned
to the 163rd aero squadron. After
the war, he resumed his studies and
won his LII B in 1920. His heart was
in the army, however, and in 1921,
he went back, this time to stay.
Since his return he has been
stationed at a lot Of places,
Kelly Field, Texas, the Aberdeen
Proving Grounds, out in Hawaii,
and down at Maxwell Field, Ala
bama. They made him a cap
tain in '32 and major in '39.
Meanwhile he had done plenty
Of flying.
Fit and bronzed and with keen
blue eyes, he looks every inch a
flier. He'll be SO this summer, but
he seems lot younger despite gray
ing hair.
THE man who has been swinging
Bolivia into war against Hitler
& Co. is fighter and believer in
orderly government. Enrique Pena-
BoliUia's President his wav to
Can Suing Mailed the top as a
Fist When Needed m iltary
the Chaeo war against Paraguay.
Today he is equally famous as an
able president.
When General Penaranda was
elected chief executive in March,
1a4O, he depended on the ballots
of his c0untrysnen, not the mus
kets Of his troops. For some
years before that the stylish way
to land in the presidential palace
was by coup d'etat. His political
opponents, on hearing the re-
turns from the polls, decided old
methods were best. The gen.
eral promptly showed them he
was still a warrior, and inaugu-
ration day found him taking Of
flee as scheduled and express
ing his faith in democracy.
Born in the La Paz district so
years ago, he entered his country's
West Point in 1907 and graduated a
second lieutenant three years later.
He became a captain in IT, major
in '21, and a colonel in 80. The
start of the war with Paraguay shot
him swiftly to the top and three
months after hostilities began he
was made commander-in-chief.
TREE FRENCH circles offer q
~ double barreled explanation for
the failure Of the United States to
clear up the muddle of Martinique
Martinique's -Four Admir-
Families Control G Of G e
All L,,e me- p.I. r o b G t
They say
the vice admiral is pro-Robert, but
anti-everything else save the -Four
Families. These, they explain, boast
of being the only truly white families
on the island.
The four families are in complete
control, it is claimed, of 247 900 ma
tives and Martinique's economic ex-
istence.
The vice admiral could, II he