Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-08
NUBBlNS
By
BURRIS JENKINS

Soon be time to get ready for
triumphal entries into Berlin, Wen
ma. TO Budapest and such other
places. The Germans themselves are
pretty good at working out the mil
lenary for such occasions; but let's
hope we are not going TO give them
much chance at it. Some of our
boys show signs of adroitness at it
themselves. Here is 2nd. 1t. Will
Rogers Jr.. who gives evidence of
being a chip off the old block. On
Christmas day he was making with
his men what the Germans are ac-
cust0med to call strategic with
il down the main street through a
certain French village with the Ger
mans hard after him when he took
time enough to paiIft sign and
stick il up, Beware. We will be
back in two weeks with our new
secret weapons" He took the words
right out of the very mouths of the
Germans themselves.
What is the newest secret weapon?
Isn't it "fumbaIl"? That is a sort
Of ball of fire, red or green or
blue. A fumball comes fooiing along
the side of an aeroplane which is
mOSeying along at three or four
hundred miles an hour and looks in
through the windows. tries to wing
at you and scare you, if it can. 1t
doesn't seem to have any power of
explosion. makes no noise and is not
a missile. It's purely a bluff like
the old nursery rhyme that runs;
"Fee, Fl, fo, Fun
1 smell the blood of an English man
And be he live or be he dead
I'll grind his bones to make me
bread"
All of which is pure phoOey to
scare us kids. Turn Will Rogers
loose at il and i'm a short time he'd
go the Germans one better and a
whole Let better.
Still when all is said and done,
these Bosches really have fine
ability to put on airs and strut
when it comes to any kind Of tri-
umphal entrance. Even that much
ridiculed goose step has a way of
getting the wind up with your emo
tions as it goes sweeping down the
pavement beside you. You feel a
kick when you see those long mus
cular and sinewy legs moving sOlidly
from the hip down and giving the
upper part of the body a sort OF
threat of power. OF course it's funny
to look at, but back of it one is
aware Of sense of priority that is
not so funny. And of course that is
exactly the psychological effect that
the Nazis want to produce or a
bully wants to produce when he
says Boo" Most of the scare has
disappeared out of the secret
weapon and it looks as though we'd
better elect somebody to get ready
for this triumphal entry, young Will
Rogers 2nd 1t. Maybe he'll grow
to be the image of his dad before
we are quite ready for him; but you
really seldom make a mistake by
beginning to prepare too soon.
They say the hotels and cafes are
getting ready to prepare meatless
meals again. 1t had rather seemed
from local observation had already
begun. You have to beg like a good
dog for bacon, ham or sausage al
most any day for breakfast. That's
how Schickelgruger and his people
got all their guns by giving up all
their butter. The whole business
seems fool thing for anybody to
do, ever, at any time, in any place.
Not that we don't have to have
guns. We have been pretty well
taught that lesson. But never to
such an extent as to give up our
butter. Well never do it again, so
help us JENNY Christmas! Wen
give up enough of something else
to enable us to provide ourselves
with aeroplanes, bombs and small
side-arms to furnish police force
for a United and peaceful world.
But we are in no mood for any
goose stepping. or back fence cater
wauling on dark nights to scare
timid little folks. We're going to
have a bigger job than that to do
whale of a lot bigger job and we
need all our strength, ingenuity, our
craftsmanship, and our world-think-