The White Falcon - 25.12.1942, Page 11

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CONGRESS ENJOYS YULE VACATION
It’s a shame to conceal such a come-hither eye, but Ernestine
Ashe, pretty freshman co-ed at an American university, had no
alternative when she triggered her rifle on the school’s range.
The attractive miss had trouble squinting through the sights, so
she wrapped a scarf over one eye.
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For the first time in almost
two years, the halls of Congress
-are silent this week. The 77th
Congress disbanded quietly in
marked contrast to the boister-
ous way in which it lived. This
Congress has broken a long list
of legislative records, and finally
came to an end after a continu-
ous two-year session.
Few American Congresses
have heard more debates in its
chambers; few have been sub-
jected to such violent attacks
from the outside, and none has
a more impressive record.
The 77th Congress—sometimes
known as the War Congress—
was continually faced with pro-
blems that were of major im-
portance to the future of the
country as a democratic nation.
To this body of men chosen by
the voters in America fell the
task of putting through the first
peace-time draft of American
youth, and also the momentous
decision of voting the United
States into World War II.
The legislative body received
a letter of congratulations from
President Roosevelt, praising it
for its work and thanking the
leaders for all they had accom-
plished during the past two
years.
After cleaning up a few re-
maining routine measures and
applauding the various lauda-
tory speeches in tribute to the
retiring members, the Senate ad-
journed. The House of Represen-
tatives followed a similar pat-
tern, but did not write finis to
its calendar until three hours
later.
Congressman began preparing
immediately to leave for their
homes to spend the holidays
with their families.
Cupid
Using psychology as well as
being a student of it, Jeanette
Metzger, 21, explained that she
would join the SPARS because
"“since WAAC’s and WAVES are
not permitted to marry Army or
Navy men, she will have the least
amount of competition and the
biggest field of matrimonial pro-
spects.” A SPAR is permitted to
marry a man in the Army or
Navy.
Donation
General and Madame Chiang
Kai-Shek donated $15,000 for the
relief of sufferers in the cyclone
disaster in Bengal. The Chinese
leader and his wife made their
contribution to the fund being
raised by the Government of
Bengal.
Fire
Damage estimated as high as
$500,000 was the extent of the toll
a fire took in a Kroger Baking
Company warehouse in Carbon-
dale, Ill. The flames licked
through the warehouse into the
adjoining garage, destroying the
garage and 30 semi-trailers.
Doughboy
Melvyn Douglas, film star,
starts his basic training in the
Army at Camp Robinson, Ark.,
this week. Douglas told the camp
Public Relations Officer he want-
ed the same chance as any other
soldier and no special attention.
Kaiser
Hearings on contracts between
Henry Kaiser’s shipbuilding firm
and AFL unions will go before
the NLRB this week. The NLRB
charged that AFL-Kaiser con-
tracts were invalid because they
were reached without an election
among the workmen and without
the NLRB approval.
Red Hero
With his kitten in his pocket
and hatred in his heart, 15-year-
old Volya, Russian schoolboy, set
out to avenge the death of his
father, mother and sister, killed
by a Nazi raid in Stalingrad.
He was found by a Red relief
party coming to reinforce a house
that had been besieged by the
Germans for six days. Wounded,
but nursing his commander who
was also wounded, he had fought
off the Germans for two days
by himself.
Democrats
Through a new committee, 10
midwestern Democrats in Oma-
ha elected James Quigley head
of a new unit to determine why
the Democratic party lost so many
votes in the midwest during the
November election. The prime
factor in establishing this com-
mittee was to strengthen the
party ties in the agricultural
states of the middlewest.
Refused
The picture is purely escapist
and of no value to the war ef-
fort, so Rex Harrison, popular
British motion picture star, won’t
be permitted^ to play in a new
picture called, “Dead Octopus.”
Harrison is now serving in the
\rmed Forces. The Ministry of
Information announced that the
part assigned to Harrison would
be played by a non-service actor.
Adm. Standley
President Roosevelt will confer
with Admiral Standley, American
Ambassador to Russia, who has
been in the United States for
some weeks on leave for consult-
ation. The Admiral will leave
shortly for his post in Moscow.
Medical
Medical experts were called to
testify before the Senate Educa-
tion and Labor Sub-committee,
headed by Democratic Senator
Pepper of Florida. The purpose
of this appearance was to bring
about a more equitable distri-
bution of medical manpower in
the Nation.
Adolf
The name, Adolf, has made
their son the object of ridicule
among his schoolmates, so Mr.
and Mrs. Haller, disturbed by this
situation, petitioned the court to
change his name from Adolf to
Richard. Now their son, 11, will
be known as Richard Lenin
Haller.
Kisses
Capitalizing on patriotic fervor
and co-eds’ manpower shortage,
Roger Ryan and Barry Rogers
established a booth where they
sold kisses for a dime. The pro-
ceeds went into a fund to pay
for an Army jeep.
Gun Gospel
Refusing a Chaplain’s commis-
sion but enlisting in the Navy
for combat duty, Rev. Robert Sa-
vage, 26, curate of the Christ
Episcopal Church in Greenwich,
Conn., said he would rather share
the war experience with his gen-
eration and considered it his duty
as a Christian and a citizen to
defend his country.
Sudden
Eleven men left their benches
in a factory at noontime. The pro-
prietor, puzzled when they did
not return, phoned to ask where
they had gone. The answers
were: “We went to enlist!”
Successor
The new Connecticut Demo-
cratic National Committeeman
will be Governor Robert Hurley
of West Hartford. He will suc-
ceed the late David Fitzgerald
of New Haven.
Casualties
The latest Navy casualty list
was released this week and con-
tains the names of 1,613 casualties,
dead, wounded or missing. More
than 540 officers and men in the
Navy, Marines and Coast Guard
were listed as dead. Wounded or
missing totalled 661 and 407, re-
spectively. The list covered the
last 16 days of November, and
brought the total of dead, wound-
ed or missing in the Navy, Mar-
ines and Coast Guard to 18,838
since the war began.
Holy City
Reports that Pope Pius had
appealed to President Roosevelt
to spare Rome from bombing at-
tacks were taken with a grain
of salt, the President said, while
Prime Minister Churchill warn-
ed that Rome would be bombed
if the Holy Cities of the Moslem
world were bombed. To date, no
bombs have been dropped on the
Italian capital, although it con-
tains numerous military objectiv-
es. Neither have Athens or Cario,
Moslem sacred cities, been attack-
ed, except when some explosives
fell near the outskirts.
Bombing
A police constable was killed
and 10 other policemen and a pe-
destrian were injured when a
bomb thrown from a building
located in a downtown area of
Bombay exploded. Police an-
nounced that 50 suspects have
been arrested.
Apology
Mayor Bowron of Los Angeles
issued a statement saying he had
a very high regard and nothing
but respect for Mrs. Roosevelt
The “apology” came after--a con-
versation between Mrs. Roose-
velt and Mayor Bowron just two
days after the attack on Pearl
Harbor. The Mayor reported ear-
lier this week that Mrs. Roose-
velt told him on the Tuesday
. after “Pearl Harbor,” that the
I United States lost six battleships
1 during the attack.
Mrs. Roosevelt was told of the
mayor’s story. The First Lady
retorted that she said no such
thing, and did not know the losses
at Pearl Harbor at the time she
talked with Mayor Bowron, and
neither did President Roosevelt
or anyone else in the White
House at the time of the attack.
Sight-Seeing
More American boys are now
seeing the world than have tra-
veled with all the fellowships,
student groups and “Cook’s
tours.” News items and letters
from a score of foreign fronts
are beginning to tell the story
of this wartime traveling. Some
soldiers like it, others are home-
sick. There are stories of the
American humor, rudeness and
politeness. All are promising and
educational in the fact that this
travel will provide a better und-
erstanding of the world for Am-
erican youth.
Musketeers
Five boys progressed from
grade school to Guadalcanal Is-
land together. After graduating
from grade school and then from
high school in Allentown, Pa.,
they joined the Marines. They
went through their military
training in a group; then two
were ordered overseas, and land-
ed on Guadalcanal Island. Last
month these two were standing
on the beach watching a tran-
sport unload reinforcements, and
marching up the beach to meet
them came the other three.
Jailed
Axel Larsen, only Communist
ever to be elected to the Danish
Parliament, is in prison as the
result of a recent drive against
Communism in Denmark.