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KimmeI Pearl Harbor Scrapegoat

Admiral Husband Z. Rimmel. the
centrA Navy figure in the Congress
sional investigation OF Pearl Har.
Dor. has been a victim OF four years
OF inaccurate accusations In maya.
zine articles and editorial attacks.
lie ana 1t. General Walter G. Short,
II has been commonly said. were
not on speaking terms. The Ad-
miral, according 10 another story
given popular currency. was the
fair-haired boy OF President Roose-
welt, who, the story goes, jumped
Kimmel AZ numbers in the service.
In magazine article for Aug
26. 1914. signed In the name OF Sen.
Harry S. Truman, the direct charge
was made that Admiral Kimmel and
General Short. as well as their
subortlnates, failed to cooperate
and Coordinate their efforts.
Admiral Kimmel, in a letter to
Mr.. Truman when he was sena.
tor. expressed the belief that the
magazine article was based on the
Roberts Commission report for its
information, and. the Admiral told
Mr.. Truman, "the report does not
contain the basic truths OF the
Pearl Harbor catastrophe. Until
am Afforded a hearing In open
court II IL grossly unjust TO repeat
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false charges against me when. by
officiAl action. / have been persist.
emily denied an opportunity TO de-
fend myself publicly. suggest
that until sach time as complete
disclosure Is made OF the facts
about Pearl Harbor you refrain
from repeating charges based on
evidence that has never met the
test OF public scrutiny. ask for
nothing more than an end TO UNI
truths and half-truths about this
matter, until the entire story is
given TO our people. who. am
convinced, will be amazed by the
I truth"
Since this letter was written. Mr..
Truman, as President OF the Unit
ed States. after studying various
reports on official inquiries. has an.
nounced that he will not order a
court-martial. Following the Presl-
dents decision, the War Depart.
ment has indicated that General
Short will not stand trial.
have learned that when Admiral
Kimmel was jumped AZ points over
other officers, the action was not an
unusual procedure in our Naval
service Admiral J. o. Richardson,
on his appointment as Commander
In Chief OF the U. S. Fleet, was
jumped over 3S seniors. Admiral
Harold r. Stark was jumped so
seniors when he became Chief OF
Naval Operations.
| believe an investigation would
reveal that Admiral Kimmels Pearl
HarbUr assignment was on the re-
commentator OF very practical
Navy men who were convinced that
he was the right officer to take
over from Admiral Richardson. /
have bunch that Admiral Rich.
| ardson was behind the advance
ment because he felt that Admiral
Kimmel thought along the same
lines regarding the Pacific situa-
| ton
None OF them. OF course, antici.
pated that information available at
the State Department and the
White House would be withheld
from the stan men at Pearl Harbor.
Admiral Kimmel was not Jump
ed over other senior officers be-
cause es the story goes. he was a
personal favorite OF President
Roosevelt. In 1915, when he was a
gunnery officer OF the Pacific Fleet,
Admiral Kimmel, then n lieutenant,
was detailed as an aide to Mr..
RooseN ell. then Assistant Secretary
OF the Navy. Roosevelt, with Tho.
mas r Marshall. then Vice Presi.
dent OF the United States, was
representing President Wilson at
the opening OF the San Francisco
San Diego Exposition. The assign.
ment, not exceeding two weeks, was
absolutely all OF the aide duty Ad-
miral Kimmel ever did with Mr..
Roosevelt-26 years before Pearl
IIarbor.
Once after that. in 1918. Admiral
Kimmel. on the executive stan o:
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So far, only the United States
has ratified the Breton Woods
Agreement. Forty.four nations at
tended the conference at Breton
Woods and on July %, 1914, they
signed the agreements. But so far
43 OF them have failed 10 ratify.
The United States hopes that after
the losn agreement has been ar
ranged the British will ratify Bret
ton Woods, and apparently the loan
agreements contain some arrange
ment OF this nature.
When the Breton Woods Agree
ments were being negotiated. the
American people were informed
that the peace and welfare OF the
world depends upon them. Bret
ton Woods formulated two pro-
jects: an International Fund that
would stabilize the currencies Of
the world and an International
Bank for Reconstruction and De
velopment. The plans evoked the
most widespread discussion. con-
servative bankers and economists
regarding them as unsatisfactory;
government authorities insisting
that they we're essential for world
rehabilitation. Henry Morgenthau.
for instance, in proposing the plan,
wrote
". With abuntant capital, the de-
vAstatsd countries can move steadi.
ly toward rehabilitation and a con.
stant'y improving standard OF Nv
ing. Nothing could be more con.
duciV' TO political stability and 20
international collaboration. With
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ADDITIONAL FLIGHTS

Additional nonstop flights from
Detroit to Chicago, Milwaukee, and
Youngstown, in addition to com
muter service to Baltimore, will be
provided Detroit air travellers when
new fights scheduled are inau'
gurated by Pea (Pennsylvaniar
Central Airlines) on Thursday,
Nov. is, 1t is announced by T. A.
Kerr, Pea regional traffic manager.
The addition OF another non
stop flight between Detroit and
Chicago brings the total Pea ex'
press fight between these two
cities to ten daily. The new Bal
timore commuter service will per
NIT Detroit passengers to leave at
6:35 r m, spend six hours in Bal.
timore, and return to Detroit al
1872 2. m.
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singlcness OF purpose and internal
consistency essential 10 its sue
cessfrl operation, Sir John Ander
son. Chancellor OF the British EI
ehequer. In an address at the Lord
Mayors luncheon ON October T.
1914. described the agreement as q
difficult document, inevitably long
and technical and stated that II
/ contained some 'obscurities OF Ian.
guage' which had led to misunder-
standing and which must be clari.
fed.
The obscurities surrounding the
plan relate not only TO its language
but also TO its fundamental pur-
poses
So much for quotations. The
agreements were signed. The Unit
ed States ratified them. The fund
was Il have aggregated $500. 000.-
600: the bank was TO have had a
capital o. SlO,0O0,0O0.O00 OF which
the nations az Breton Woods were
to have subscribed S9,100,000,0 900.
nc lubAd VI inc hlNFA oAaNtS W
the fund was S2,750.000.O00 TO the
bank 100000. totaling ap-
proxlmately $4,000. 100000 which
Congress voted and President Tru-
man approved I'm August.
But no other country has set
aside enc dollar for either the fund
or the bank In fact, Great Bril-
tain has been conducting negotia-
lions with our government for cred
its OF precisely the nature which
should have been handled by the
bank under the Breton Woods
Agreements other nations have
been seeking credit through the
EIport-Import Bank Breton Woods
has been bypassed in the initial
stages OF world rehabilitation.
Unless So per cent OF the quotas
to the monetary Fund OF the Bret
ton Woods Agreements ratify them
by December 81. 1915, the entire
plan is out. The agreements be-
came void. II is still possible that
the agreements may be ratified In
time or that the signatories may
agree to prolong the time permitted
for ratification. II Is interesting,
however. that whereas the plan is
reported 10 have originated In
Great Britain. only the United
States has gone through with II so
far Maybe, no one else really
wants Breton Woods. Maybe, no
body cares.
Copyright 1915, for Daily Press)
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GRADES SELL
$4,000 BONDS

Roosevelt elementary grades are
setting an example for the city in
the Victory Bond drive. by turning
in sales for the past week Of $3.50
or one fifth Of the entire quota OF
$4,000, the quota of Roosevelt
School. The amazing fact is that
ehe Kindergarten has turned in ac-
tual sales OF almost $4,000. All Of
these are IN ~ bonds.
Both the 4th and the 5th grades
are expected TO far exceed their
quota as the boys are competing
with the girls in these grades. John
Williamson leads he boys OF the
4th grade and Janice Richardson,
the girls with the boys IN the lead
by 800. David Thomas and Max
Pell are directing the campaign in
the sixth grade. The first grade
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Admiral Rodman's flagship. New
York. talked to Mr.. Roosevelt dur
ing q luncheon aboard the ship.
From that day until June, 1871. six
months after Admiral Kimmel was
appointed commander-in-chiet OF
the Pacific fleet. he had no CONVEX
sation whatsoever or written com
munlcation with Mr.. Roosevelt.
He was not at any time an aide
to Mr. Roosevelt during World War
l.
The American people are likely
to learn far more Of the truth about
Navy affairs at Pearl Harbor than
Of Army matters. since the War De-
partment, following publication OF
the Army Board of Inquiry report.
seemingly desires to avoid any
further explanation or public hear
ings. II. however, VIM. ID. Mitchell.
civilian counsel for the Congress
sional Committee, can question War
Department personnel and hold =
public hearing. a sensational wit
ness would be 1t. Gen. Walter 4.
Smith, who was promoted after the
Japanese attack and sent 20 Europe
as Chief OF Staff OF Gen. Dwight
Eisenhower.
An officer. whom I knew many
years in Japan when he was mill.
tary attache in the u. s. Embassy,
and whose knowledge and warnings
were given the hush-hush treat
ment. in November 1871. is Col. r.
s. Bratton. Chief OF the Intelligence
Service OF the Far Eastern Sec
ton OF the War Department. He
knew the Japanese situation bet
ter than any OF the brass-hats who
failed miserably to relay protee-
tive Information which could have
been available TO General Short.
(Copywright, 1945. for Daily Press)
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What Of Breton Woods2
These DayssHy S gso IG Z. yozonsRi

out adequate supplies OF capital
however, recovery in Europe and
Asia will be slow and sporadic. and
economic discomfort and interna
tional bitterness will in time as
sumo disturbing proportions.
John Maynard Keynes, setting
forth the British point OF view In
the House OF Lords said:
What, then. are these major ad-
vantages that hope from the plan
TO the advantage OF this country
Omitted Kingdom)f First, II is
clearly recognized and agreed that,
during the postwar transitional
period OF uncertain duration. we
are entitled TO retain any Of those
wartime restrictions and special ar
rangements with the Sterling Area
and others that are helpful TO us.
without being open 10 the charge Of
acting contrary 10 any general en-
gaRements into which we have emit
cred Having this assurance, we
can maj our plans for the most
difficult days which will follow the
war knowing where we stand and
without risk OF giving grounds OF
offense This is great gain
and one OF the respects in which
the new plan is much superior 10
either OF its predecessors. which
did not clearly set forth any similar
safeguards.
Professor BENJAMIN II. Beckhart,
OF Columbia University, said
"The more one studies the agree
ment the more Is one convinced
that the fund lacks the clarity
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THEY 81 y

London-Prime Minister Clement
Attlee: Britain seeks a world In
which small as we'll as large ma
tons will be able to live in Sc
curity. where the rule OF law and
social justice will prevail and there
will nc an end Of fear and DONNA
ton"
Washington-Lieut Gen. James
(Jimuy) Doolittle tells who won
the war. THE Navy had the trans
port 10 make the invasion OF Japan
possible; the ground forces had
the power to make II successful:
and the B-29 made II unnecessary"
Manhattan. Kan.-Secretary Of
Agricultur' Clinton p. Anderson:
Free enterprise Is the right to
engage in business but not to In
fringe upon the rights OF others
or to ieopardize the common good"
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women are more loyal, more anus
ing, more considerate, more aware
Of their own responsibility to mar
rage than the spoiled American
woman.
Ridiculous! have lived In
many parts OF the world. Many
foreign women are excessively
meek and hard working when they
are living In the countries OF their
birth where customs and the su-
perior male have kept them sub
servient.
but watch the foreign wife when
she has had a touch OF American
independence AMI opportunity. She
outdots her spoiled American cou
sin by 20 times three. Walt a
while and see how these new for
eign women OF American soldiers
behave after q few years In the
United States"
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STAGE and SCREEN

OF spaghetti, Is obviously not the
most robust creature in the world,
so It Is not surprising that be frets
a bit about his health.
He carried his worries a bit too
far, however, when six months af-
ter a bout with the grippe he
continued to tote a thermometer
with him wherever he went. He
would remove It carefully from its
case and pop II into his mouth at
all hours OF the day and night,
and with no more proyocation than
sneeze on the other side OF the
room.
His friends tried again and again
to destroy the little glass tubes.
and often succeeded-but Doodles
would merely go out and buy an
other. However, he proved TO be
his own nemesis. In a moment OF
abstraction he used one as a swiz.
zle stick IN a tomato juice hlghball.
and nearly swallowed mouthful OF
mercury. That cured him.
Lots OF people yearned for lots OF
things during the long war years,
and | foolishly thought had heard
about them all, but no. Were you
aware that horseradish went to war
alongside vacuum cleaners, nylons,
elastic girdles and eyelash curriers'?
This important info had somehow
managed to elude me until the 9th,
er night at a restaurant when the
manager. fairly bursting with pride,
urged me to have horseradish with
my beef. TITS the real thing"
| he boosted
And then he told me. Nobody
ever got real horseradish during
the war. II was scarce and. there.
fore expensive. and so everybody
stretched II by mixing II with white
turnip. But the stun now Is real
oldfashioned uncut and guaran.
teed TO make your eyes water.
Copyright, 1O45. for Daily Press)
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BY DOROTHY KILGALLEN

BY DOROTHY KILGALLEN
To connoisseurs OF pretty legs. |
recommend an early viewing OF
Galante and Leonardo, the dance
team The legs belong to the
feminine half OF the combination,
but which name belongs to her |
don't know. | wish dance couples
would start calling themselves Joe
and Jane. or Agnes and Artie, or
even Mr. and Mrs. Smith. II
would be easier on the public. the
caption writers, and the m c's.
Having heard Bing Crosby
mentholated baritone emanate
from the lips OF Eddie Bracken in
"Out Of This World" and the soul
full grooming OF Sinatra stem from
Phil Silvers' suddenly silver throat
In "A Thousand and One Nights,
l have become hopelessly obsessed
with the possibility OF carrying
such tricks even further. should
love. for instance. TO hear Mae
Vests come-hitherish tones COM
ing rum NOOlt buptllOI blCCl var
son, and Edward G. Robinson's Pc
culiar speech emerging from Char
les Boyer's ardently curled lips
might be very amusing. indeed A
combination OF Martha Raye's face
and the voice OF Mickey Mouse Cor
for that matter, Ingrid Bergman)
would appeal TO my funnybone-
and who wouldn't adore Bette Davis
speaking in the tones OF Betty
Hutton
Gotham Is crammed with inter.
esting hypochondriacs. but II seems
to me the assorted actors and art
lists and such who make themselves
sick worrying about their health
are going to have to go some to
beat the record OF Doodles Weaver.
Doodles. a tall. rabbity-faced fellow
whose physique has the general
contour OF an overlooked stranc
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Was the first room 70 show results
in the campaign but. the fourth
grade have he lead for four out Of
five days.
In the TIN War Loan. the first
grade had the highest percentage
OF students purchasing bonds in the
school. Elementary grades OF RooS.
evelt oVer-subscribed their quota In
that loan by $1,000. 1t Is expected
that similar results will be shown
in the present drive.
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OueMinute Teat

I. Which Is the older. the U. s.
Naval Academy or the U. s. Mill
tary Academy
2. What do the initial letters
soap refer to-
3. President Truman declared
that he would not declare the in
dependence Of the Philippines I'M
I'll the statutory date: what Is
the date7
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r Fl EU MATlSM
AFthFitis- uTitis- -Sciatiea
Treated by New Modern kon-SursIeaI Methods

II tou suffer from the AE0niSing pains
Of these diseases and have tried dozens
Of remedies and they all have failed .
then learn today about . new. trust
worthy treatment method that has helped
thousands to new health.
The first principle of this new treat
ment method 10 to 20 directly TO the cause
of your suffering and start the removal
Of the poisons from your system. Drugs
and medicines that give temporary relief
from your aehes and pains will not do one
bit OF good toward relieving the causes
Of your troubles.
Pain and distress are natures warnings
that somsthing 10 radically wrong with
your system E. something n let go may
lad 70 serious combinations that may re-
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Observations
Washington People
Swell or Grow
Woodrow Wilson
BY HELEN EssARY


Secretary Of the Navy James For.
restal explained his presence al a
recent banquet in a black tie In.
stead Of the more elegant tails by
saying
Bernard Barueh Just told me
how Woodrow Wilson described
what happens 10 people who come
20 Washington TO live. They eth
er swell or grow. the late president
said. always know Mr.. Wilson
was a man OF disCeynment.
when I went TO try on my tails
for tonights dinner. / realized a
great prophet he really was. Sew
eral years in the capital have made
me a living proof Of the first half
OF his axiom Even an old-fash-
toned huttouhook couldn't get me
into. my evening clothes. That is
why / am unable 10 do this oc-
casion the sartorial honor Il de.
mands
Speaking OF Bernard Baruch, he
has probably sat az the head OF
more tables in banquet halls than
any living American. Representa-
tive Sol Bloom used 10 have the
record But I suspect Mr.. Baruch
has outdone him.
CONTRARY TO GENERAL BE
LIEF. the secretaries OF the late
Franklin Roosevelt and OF Mrs.
Roosevelt were not paid by MI and
Mrs. Roosevelt personally They
were paid by the government. Miss
Malyina Thompson and Mrs. James
Helm, confidential and social secre-
taries TO Mrs. Roosevelt, were on
the government payroll.
In the present White House sec
retariat, Miss Reathal Odum has
been detailed from a government
department 10 aid Mrs. Truman
and her daughter. IL is the custom
TO detail assistants from other gov
eminent Offices to work at the
White House.
IN A PHONE CALL Just now, an
old Washingtonian has just told
me:
1T &c not unusual for first ladies
TO drive their own cars. Mrs. Her
bert Hoover was often seen whisk-
ing around at the wheel OF her lit.
tie motor car in Baltimore, Phila.
delphia and many, many times in
Washington.
THREE TINES THIS WEEK a
United States senator has asked
me, me OF all people, the same
question Have you any Idea
n and when Congress will re-
cess? l want to 90 home for a
few days holiday"
/ respectfully suggest that Con-
gress appoint a committee TO find
out whether or not 1t is going to
recess. Call the little group:
THE Committee TO Investigate
the Possibility OF Senatorial and
House Adjournment IN the Interest
of Better Legislation and for the
Protection OF the Welfare OF the
People" Or, II you prefer a short
er title: Committee to Get Con-
gress Out OF Town.
A LETTER from indignant
American:
I'm pretty annoyed with David
Cohn for that article on American
women. Nom Is a Jerk. Cohn
says the reason so many American
soldiers have lately married for
eign women is because foreign
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futile Hill

Rev Charles Carey. who has been
seriously Ill is better.
Max Holland. BEDFORD. was called
10 the home OF his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Holland because OF the
serious Illness Of his mother
Rev. Kenneth Carey and family,
Byhalia, Ohio. spent the week end
with his father, Rev. Charles Car
~ and family.
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FORD TRAINS VETERANS

Dearborn, Nov. II - Approx
mately 5000 World War II veterans
are working for Ford Motor Com
pany dealers under an "earn-while-
you.learn" training program intend
ed TO qualify them to head dealer
ships of their own.
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Todav's Horoscope

A birthday today means you
have a studious. absorbing mind
and possess accurate. intuitive
Judgment You are witty. and
entertaining Your fairness and
capacity for deep feeling win the
admiration OF friends and strang-
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ers. Others marvel at your UNI
usual memory Give yourself .
treat today to pep up your spirits
or your mood Buy some decora-
tive bit OF wearing apparel. a tie,
a pin. or similar item. Plan TO go
to the movies during the evening
hours.
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Words Of Wlsdon

What a chimsra Is man! What
q confused chaos! What q subject
Of contradiction! A professed
Judge OF all things. and yet a
feeble worm Of the earth; the
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. HAT TER and
~ a Fact or two

In 1879 LaSaile visited the
locality OF the present city OF
Buffalo, N. Y. and built there
the first ship that was navigated
on Lake Erie, a small vessel OF
90 tons, called the Griffin
The city Of Buffalo was the
home for a time OF Willard Fill
more and Grover Cleveland, the
latter serving as mayor In 1882.
The highest dam In eastern
America, fourth highest in the
world, II TWAS new Fontana
dam in western North Carolina.
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A dollar saved is a dollar earned.
Dollars saved through the purchase
OF Victory Loan Bonds will return
profit dollars at maturity.
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nne-Mlnnte Tent Answera

/. The Military Academy: Il
was established in 1902; the Ma
val Academy at Annapolis In
1845.
2. Supreme Commander for the
Allies in the Pacihc-Generd
Macarthur
3. July 4. 1915.
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By R J. SCOTT

great depository and guardian Of
truth. and yet a mere hUddle Of
uncertainty The glory and the
scandal OF the universe Pascal
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Hall Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

Leroy Thayer gave mlscel
laneous shower their honorng their sister Mrs Harley
Schock, a recent bride.
Mrs. Glare Congdon conducted old fashioned singing
school entertainment following the meeting Yps
lanu Chapter number 1lg order Of Eastern Star.
Death Mrs Fannie C. Howard 49, jackson, mother
II. c Howard
Birth To Ray Wright daughter Louise Minnie
Marriage: Miss Thaa Detroit formerly this city
and Charles Wade the Scov Presbyterian Church
Fifty Years Ago
Charles Fletcher with accident Thompson
Sons shop the week by which
hand Workmen politicians should never monkey
with the buzz
Miss Frances Stewart which will interfere
with the Of right hand Tor reach
ing of the the
the table she supposed steady herself
put down sharp iron spindle papers kept
Eon pierced her hand making deep and painful wound
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Hints on Etlauette

Break corn or the cob into
short enough pieces TO be easily
handled In one hand.