The White Falcon - 19.12.1942, Blaðsíða 3

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‘BOY MAYOR’ LOST IN NAVY ACTION
Milwaukee’s youthful mayor,'
handsome Carl Zeidler, who took
a leave of absence from his of-
■fice last April to become a lieut-
enant in the U.S. Navy, was list-
ed as missing on the latest naval
casualty list.
Two years ago, Lt. Zeidler
gained nationwide fame as the
youngest man to hold the office
of mayor in a major city. Cam-
paigning on a progressive plat-
form, Lt. Zeidler won the elec-
tion by a wide margin over the
veteran Daniel Hoan, Socialist,
who had been mayor for 24 years.
According to the Navy’s an-
nouncement, Lt. Zeidler and his
crew were victims of an Axis
submarine. The ship was struck
somewhere in the South Atlan-
tic, and apparently there were
no survivors. It was a medium-
sized merchant marine vessel,
and was long over-due.
Last spring, Lt. Zeidler, then
mayor, became a lieutenant aft-
er preliminary training and was
assigned to command a merchant
ship gun-crew. He last visited
Milwaukee in August, when he
saw his parents on a brief leave.
Gauleiters
All German Gauleiters, the dist-
rict party leaders, have been ap-
pointed Reich defense commis-
sioners. The Gauleiters are Him-
mler’s men. The new decree mak-
es the Nazi party chieftains the
highest regional authorities. They
will prevail over mixed regional
defense commissioners.
Dead
One of the Nation’s outstand-
ing authorities on glaciers, Lt.
Max Harrison Demorest, 32, act-
ing head of the Geology dept, of
Wesleyan University in Cincin-
atti, O., died recently at an Arc-
tic outpost. He had twice led ex-
peditions into Greenland.
Smoke Rings
Each day after the noon meal,
the juvenile smokers retire to
the special “smoking room,” light
a cigarette, settle back in their
seats, and review their lessons
before the class starts. Principal
Esse Anderson of a grammar
school in Shelby County, Tenn.
has set up a special smoking room
for boys receiving parental per
mission to smoke. The average
age of the “veteran smokers” is
12 to 14 years.
Returns
Dr. Wellington Koo, Chinese
diplomat, will return to his form-
er post as ambassador to England.
Prisoners
American prisoners-of-war held
by Germany and Italy number
26. This includes Army and Navy
personnel from 15 States and
Canada. This group is in addi-
tion to a list released earlier.
Mayor Kelly
On th vital issue of slacks, May-
or Kelly of Chicago upheld the
stand of the girls, while the prin-

Here is one of the most vital U.S. Marine bases in the Solomon Islands. It’s Tulagi har-
bor, the best anchorage in the inlands and a formidable position for action in the South Pacific.
U.S. Marines acquired Tulagi and its surrounding area in the initial skirmish against the Japs.
cipal of Foreman High school in-
sisted on what she called, “more
lady-like attire.” But Mayor Kelly
pointed out that slacks are less
expensive and undoubtedly
warmer than dresses. He added
that since no moral issue seem-
ed to be involved, the girls could
wear slacks if they wanted to.
Found
Winner of the Purple Heart
with two clasps, the Silver Star
and the Distinguished Service
Medal, Capt. Arthur Wermuth is
alive. Mrs. Wermuth, his wife,
disclosed that she had been in-
formed by the War Department,
that there was reason to believe
that her husband was a prisoner-
of-war. Capt. Wermuth had been
reported missing in action shortly
before the fall of Bataan. He was
one of the outstanding heroes of
the American stand at Bataan,
personally accounting for 136
Japs. He was wounded three
times.
What! No Petty?
Pictures of Gen. MacArthur,
warplanes, “The Spirit of ’76,”
and other war themes are going
to be given preference over
pretty girl poses on 1943 calend-
ars, a survey of calendar publish-
ers in Baltimore revealed this
week.
Pardons
“Praise The Lord, and Pass
The Pardons, Gov’nor, And We’ll
All Be Free,” is hit number one
so far as inmates of the Hunts-
ville, Texas, jail are concerned.
This is especially true when the
hopeful song is rendered by the
intra-prison musical fraternity
known as “The Stringsters.”
Income
The income payments to indi-
viduals during the month of Octo-
ber were the highest in all hi-
story — $10,279,000,000, — ac-
cording to the Department of
Commerce. The income for the
first ten months of this year was
$90,807,000,000. The step-up was
attributed to the nation’s transi-
sion to a total war basis.
Katusha Gun
Andrei Costicov, the inventor
of the famous Katusha gun which
has knocked out so many Ger-
man tanks, has been decorated
with the Order of the Red Star
and the Order of Lenin by Presi-
dent Kalinin of the Soviet Union.
The new Russian gun is a long-
barreled weapon with tremend-
ous muzzle velocity. Its projec-
tiles are of armor-piercing pow-
er. Two men are required to
operate it.
Secret
“Pinch’s schooling for sentry
duty has been completed and
your dog has been dispatched to
her permanent assignment under
sealed orders. You will of course
understand why the interests of
military secrecy will be best
served if further information is
withheld from this point hence.”
This is the reply to a letter ad-
dressed to the Dog Reception
Training Center in Virginia
which Mr. and Mrs. C. W. John-
stone got when they assumed
they could keep' in touch with
Pinch, their dog, like they had
been doing with ,vieir son who
is in the Marine Ofticer’s School
in Virginia.
First Family
After the President gives his
wartime Christmas greeting
from the south portica of the
White House, he and Mrs. Roose-
velt will attend the traditional
Christmas ceremony to light the
nation’s community Christmas
tree this Christmas Eve. The
First Family then will sit down
to a Christmas Eve dinner, after
which the President will read
aloud “Dickens’ Christmas Ca-
rol,” a custom long established
in the Roosevelt family.
Post-war
Archbishop York demanded, in
the House of Lords, preparation
of immediate relief for post-war
shortages in Europe, and cited
Poland as one of the appalling
outrages in the history of the
world. He went on to state that
the world was witnessing one
of the most cold-blooded and
deliberate massacres of a nation,
and that “it was almost impos-
sible to decide what could be
done when dealing with such
monsters of iniquity.”
Wreck
One man was killed, and a bus
driver and four passengers were
injured when a Southern Pacific
passenger train hit a Glendale
city bus at a crossing near the
Lodkheed Aircraft plant in Cali-
fornia.
New Gun
Austen is the Australian adap-
tation of the British Sten gun,
now in quantity production at
New South Wales factories. The
new gun takes only ten hours to
; complete, weighs eight and a half
pounds, and fires 500 rounds per
minute in bursts of 28. It has par-
ticularly high muzzle velocity,
and is amazingly accurate.
Tradition
Another British tradition has
been discarded due to the war.
In the future, women will he per-
mitted to attend courts of law
without wearing hats. The rea-
son for this was the shortage
of material for hats a^d the fa-
vorable attitude ,of the Church
toward the suggestion.
Visit
Sir Hugh Katchbull-Hugessen,
British ambassador to Turkey,
was visiting London as the guest
of the King in Buckingham Pa-
lace this week.
WAVES
Aviation service in the WAV-
ES is now open to women rang-
ing from 20 to 25. Five schools
will be established soon to train
WAVES as mechanics, metal-
smiths, parachute riggers, photo-
graphers, and line assistants in
air station groundwork, accord-
ing to Lt. Mary Daily, head of
the Middle West Women’s Re-
serve.
ernment. A committee was org-
anized to see if some way could
be found to increase the output
of the much needed fuel.
Strategy
A conference, presumably to
discuss war planning and strat-
egy, was held in the Whita
House this week. Among those
present were President Roose-
velt, Admiral Leahy, Admiral
King, and Army Chief General
Marshall.
Paper
The first edition of the Afric-
an edition of the STARS AND
STRIPES, (he Serviceman’s pap-
er, was published as a four-page
edition this week, by the Am-
erican Expeditionary Forces,
using the plant of the French
paper, Echo d’ Alger, in North
Africa. American Linotype op-
erators worked under a handi-
cap because the French linotype
machines lacked the letters k
and w, which are not included
in the French alphabet. The
dtllar sign was also missing.
Peace
Peace demonstrations were
staged in Rome this week, ac-
cording to the Swedish news-
paper, Dagens Nyheter. The
demonstrations took place in
front of St. Peter’s Cathedral
King *n* Queen
Workers in Glasgow airdrome
and shipyard gave the King and
Queen of England a resounding
welcome during their recent visit
to Scotland, it was learned today.
Output
Lagging
Coal production, lagging at
Vancouver Island, will be in-
vestigated by the Canadian gov-
“British war output has risen
despite recent withdrawals of
factory labor for fighting serv-
ices,” Minister Bevin s..id. He
added that he would give the
exact figures at the forthcoming
secret debate on manpower.
Blackout
Lights clicked off in the larg-
est area of the nation yet dark-
ened when the entire seventh
region, covering nine mid-west-
ern states, participated in a prac-
tice blackout lasting 20 minutes.
All farms, highways, and traffic
in the nine-state area were af-
fected. War plants extinguished
all lights, excepting those neces-
sary to continue production.
German Youth
Mothers in Germany are hold-
ing tight to their infants, because
next year the Nazis are going
to force all boys and girls 10
years old to join the Hitler Youth
movement.
Escape
Albert LeBrun, president of the
French Republic at the time of
the Petain armistice, has escaped
from France into an unnamed
neutral country.