Daily Post - 24.02.1943, Page 3

America
Says....
German propagandists called
Hitler’s Autobatinen the Eighth
Wonder of the World. Present
reports from inside Germany
prove the comparison to have
been very apt — the Nazis are
finding these roaas to be of as
much military value as the
Pyramids or the Hanging
Gardens of Babylon.
Fears are being expressed in
certain circles that the Russians
may become drunk with suc-
cess. But we say that if they
can stay' sober on vodka they
can stav sober on anything.
Radio killer-chillers are
growing more popular and
more hair-raising. Every even-
ing the great American public
sits down by its radios and
takes its mind off the horrors
of war for a pleasant spine-
chilling hour or so.
There is an air of expectancy
in Rome. For several days past
II Duce has been heard attemp-
ting to clear his throat in pre-
paration for another speech.
The British Government is
pushing through a plan for
teaching housewives how to
cook favourite American dishes
for our doughboys. But will the
result improve or wreck our in-
ternational relationships?
Berlin is reported to have re-
ceived the news of the Japanese
evacuation of Guadalcanal with
anger and dismay. Each “master
race” wants the other to prove
its mastery over us, and yet
each wants to be sole master
when it’s all over.
;j* % :j:
The smallest country in the
world—Monaco—was not in-
vaded by the Axis troops when
they entered Unocupied France.
The reason for this unusual con-
sideration is a strange one. The
Prince of Monaco asked them
not to.
* * *
The new development of the
possibilities of the moving-pic-
ture as an adjunct to war train-
ing will spread into all fields of
education when the war is over.
Mother will be seeing Junior off
to the movies at eight every
morning—’except Sundays. •
DAILY POST
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Round The Press
General Sir Archibald Wav-
ell, Commander of the British
forces in India, has replied to
the American private in the
Canadian Army who sent him a
rhymed tribute. Says the Gen-
eral:—
“It’s true I’ve one eye only
— My aido has but one too
—So he lcoks east and I look
west — When we want a
wider view.”
News From America
Honolulu — Hawaii’s legis-
lature is convening for its first
session since the Pearl Harbor
incident of December, 1941.
Amendments to increase the
government’s power in emer-
gencies and investment of the
government’s surplus income in
was bonds are included on the
legislative agenda.
The man on the bridge ad-
dressed the solitarj'- fisherman.
“Any luck?” he asked.
“Any luck!” was the answer.
“Why, got forty pike out of
here yesterday.”
“Do vou know who I am?”
“No,” said the fisherman.
“I’m the magistrate here, and
this estate is mine.”
“And do you know who I
am?” asked the fisherman,
quickly.
“No.”
“I’m the biggest liar in Nor-
folk.”
(Ireland’s Saturday Night).)
Washington. — Secretary of
War Stimson has announced
that the Operations Army Air
Force, Antisubmarine Com-
mand, originally limited to
United States coastal w.aters
now has been extended to
transatlantic areas .
* * *
Washington — The War De-
partment has announced that
Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger has
been named commander of the
United States Sixth Army in
Australia, and that he will
serve under Gen. MacArthur.
*
A Middlesex reader has re-
ceived from the Ministry of
Supply a letter which contains
a superb comment-defying slip:
“Kindly quote the reference
above stated in your reply to
facilitate delay."
(William Hickey in Daily
Express).
We have supplied Russia with
well over 60,000 trucks during
j many months of Lend-Lease aid
sent through hell and high
water. In a few days the Red
Army captured over 60,000
German trucks in the Stalin-
grad death-trap. We confess to
an unreasonable feeling of
vague discouragement.
In Reykjavík
Today ...
CINEMAS
NÝJA BÍÓ: “Hudson Bay” with
Paul Muni and Gene Tier-
ney.
GAMLA BÍÓ :“The little Fox-
es” with Bette Davis aild
Herbert Marshall.
TJARNARBÍÓ: “Cheers for
Miss Bishop” with Martha
Scott and William Gargan.
POLAR BEAR THEATRE:
“Nothing but the Truth” with
Bob Hope and Paulette
Goddard.
Tokio — A Japanese spokes-
man has admitted that the Jap-
anese are living in fear of A-
merican air attacks from Alaska
and China. The Japanese have
been impressed by the fact that
the U.S. Army Air Force has
developed a boipber which can
fly nonstop for 7,500 miles.
* ♦ ❖
We are now producing sugar,,
glycerin and other war-sacrici-
ties from apples.An apple a day
keeps the Axis at bay.
The Brifish Gruiser “M&urltius”
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THE 8,000 TON BRITISH CRUISER “MAURITIUS”.
“Mauritius” is an 8,000 ton cruiser of the “Fiji” c. s. Her main armament consists to
twelve 6-inch guns, eight 4-inch anti-aircraft guns ánd sixteen smaller guns. She carries
three aircraft, and has a speed of 33 kts.