THE POST, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1942
i A -,S at
SECOND T
terest in the matter I have seen e
‘perimiter activities that have the
hero as their hub.
Now comes Colonel A. Robert
‘a reduction of the
to two and one-
on the subject be-
ing th on men in uniform
at home and d can be serviced
by fifteen millions operating all oth-
er functions of the war effort. Col-
‘onel Ginsburgh is out of Moosic to
‘West Point, to the Sorbonne in
France, and finally to the office of
chief of public relations for the Uni-
ted States Army. Last time his
~ home-town friends called upon him,
as I remember, they learned that
‘the recognized best-dressed officer
under the Stars and Stripes was too
‘busy with his tailor to see them.
So, Colonel Ginsburgh must be
“accounted something of a figure. In
“his military mathematics though, I
am sure he is wrong. The President
himself has acknowledged two and
one-half millions of employees of
the civil government alone in the
~ greatest war-expansion of payrolls
known to any country in the history
‘of the entire world. These are hired
workers. If you take the case of
Germany you find that only im-
pressed workers, including war pri-
soners, have reached the mass of
six millions on the home front, all
accepted as additionally and rigidly
required to sustain and strengthen
the military arms.
It may be that Moosic’s sartorially
expert Ginsburgh is affected by a
dis-easiness - epidemic in Washing-
ton where regard for the progress
of democracy’s crusade is limited to
"the lines that regularly form when
checks are being handed out, their
face value last month amounting to
almost one-third of a billion dol-
lars, if Treasury payroll statistics
‘are to be trusted. The same statis-
tics have shown that in a single day
‘of money commitments to plants
engaged in munitions production
“and output of martial appurtenan-
‘ces the taxes, present and future,
‘have been tapped for as little as
one hundred and as much as three
hundred millions of American dol-
alors,
It is no strain of belief then to
take the word of the United States
Chamber of Commerce, that almost
~ seventeen millions of American
adult and juvenile population is
drawing pay from the manufactories
of planes, guns, metals, tanks, pow-
der, imstruments, bombs, ships,
trucks and all else accessory to con-
quest of the enemy. You may go
on counting, even after you have
~ added up to more than nineteen
millions of war-supporting workers.
Because, in the latest analysis of
draft laws there is the obeisance of
necessity to the farmers, the makers
of uniforms, the food contractors,
the mines and the railroads, as
equally responsible with the soldier
for whatever measure of military
success is to be achieved.
And what about the scrap collec-
tors, young and old, patriotic and
profiteering? And the air-wardens,
plane spotters and volunteer guard-
jans of affairs at home? It comes
down to argument that for six mil-
lion men under arms there must
be war-work by the whole people,
by all who can distinguish between
morale and meddling, and excepting
only infants and the senile to keep
~~ company with the derelicts. Among
the last-mentioned, of course, I
would include the commentators
who can find nothing more to do
han write this kind of newspaper |
By javie aiche
Eight men, nine men, twelve men, fifteen men, eighteen men; it is
almost choice at random to fix a figure acceptable as the civil equation
for the fighting man at the front. In reading continued over two years of
sible military authorities with a more or less inclusive eye upon the
HOUGHTS
ach of the above quoted by respon-
column, having in view only the
privilege of free opinion. All goes
back to random choice, as earlier
was mentioned here.
Wasn't it random choice that
gave us presidential and Navy de-
partment figures on the disaster at
Pear Harbor? You remember, the
Knox report that only one battle-
ship was sunk and a few other
ships damaged, with the rest of
the Pacific Fleet out on the trail of
the monstrous Japs. And the Roo-
sevelt denunciation as “rot” of all
conflicting reports. They were in
dubious contrast to Radio Berlin,
which, three days after Pearl Har-
bor, declared what now has turned
out to be the fact; that the entire
fleet was eliminated.
That purposeful confusion of fig-
ures is explained as a defense re-
quirement. If the Japanese had
known how successful they were
they would have captured all of the
Hawaiian Islands, we are told. Our
Ambassador to Japan, the Honor-
able Joseph Grew, didn’t quite
catch on to the idea. In The New
York Times of Sunday, December
6, he very plainly stated that the
Japs had no thought of Hawaiian
conquest; what they set out to do
was to cancel any obstacle to their
campaign in Asia. From long asso-
ciation with the Japs it was Mr.
Grew’s conviction that domination
of Asia was the Pearl Harbor con-
cern of the Hirohito Empire. And
he says, it still is.
BS
THE LOW DOWN FROM
HICKORY GROVE
Having a bear by the
tail and not being able to
let go is like it is there in
Santa Barbara in Califor-
nia - where they have an
Irish Mayor. He was
sworn in to do certain
things and begorra he is
gonna ‘do ‘em, he says,
even if the Big Snmorts
there on the Potomac send
him 2 telegrams per day
versus just one like mow.
The latest they told him is
how much to pay street
cleaners. Okay, says the
Mayor, now tell me where
I am to get the dinero.
And if we pay ‘em as you
say, we can only keep part
of ’em on the pay roll.
Who will I fire, he says.
This Santa Barbara ts
some place. It has a lot
of folks with square jaws
and horse-sense—like the
Mayor. No wonder the
place is a mecca. You take
a banker there, old Uncle
Josephus Paxton, he is
the same kind. People like
him. Everybody does. He
will loan momey to most
any hombre, but you gotta
pay him back. But back
to the Mayor, he is the
kind of mayor more towns
need more of.
Yours with the low down,
JO SERRA.
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A Cable From Somewhere
Editor, The Post
Dallas, Pa.
A Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year. All's Well
Howard Carey.
Howard: You're cable ar-
rived Sunday morning, 10 A. M.™
cannot tell you how pleased I
was to receive it. Everybody
in the outfit got as big a kick
out of it as I did. I asked the
operator if she could tell me
the point of origin, but she
could not. We are all hoping
it is still England. Martha got
your script club coupon by mail
Tuesday morning. I think she
is going to answer it herself or
find you an especially nice
blonde. Good Luck to You.—
Editor.
New Addition
Editor:
The Dallas Post
Dear Sir:
Just received my weekly copy of
The weather here, I imagine, is
just about what you are having in
Pennsylvania right now. Snow and
plenty of cold wind. If there were
some trees and hills around, I'd
swear I was in the Pennsylvania
hills. This country is really flat and
the only trees around are the ones
What have you?
is all the reward we want.
Service Men!
With this newspaper reaching all soldiers, sailors and marines from the Back
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This Is What We Want To Ask You
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Contributing Editors
JOHN V. HEFFERNAN
FRED M. KIEFER
MRS. T. M. B. HICKS
EDITH BLEZ
DR. F. B. SCHOOLEY
MARTHA HADSEL
Mechanical Superintendent
HARRY E. POST
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except the natives who have never
been anywhere else. But, I guess
I have no right to gripe too much.
Some few thousand of our boys are
"beimg shot at and bombad and eat-
ing mud and living in fox holes and
shell holes. So, I'm lucky I'm liv-
ing.
Since I last wrote, we have had
a new addition to the family—a lit-
tle girl, weight six and three-quar-
ter pounds. She looks just like me,
poor kid. Or do all fathers think
their kids resemble them ?
We're trying to keep the gliders
flying and we're having a job with
the weather, but will get there.
Thanks again for the Post. You
know it’s always appreciated.
Sincerely,
Floyd R. Young
1st/Sgt., 879th Sch. Sqdn.
A.A F.G.S., Delhart, Texas.
P.S.—Surprised to see my old
1st/Sgt. George Franks in the Ar-
my. He was my “Top” when I was
in Hq. & Hq. Btry., 109th F. A. He
was a square guy.
Congratulations . . . and A
Merry Christmas to the three of
you. —Editor.
A Doughboy
Dear Editor:
I am just one of the many dough-
boys in Unclé Sam’s Army writing
my appreciation for the swell paper,
Dallas Post. My words can’t ex-
press just how much your paper
means to me. Every time when we
have mail call, I am always looking
for the Dallas Post.
I see in your paper where the Dal-
las Township football team did very
good this season. We have a pret-
ty good team this season — I am on
the 628th Tank Destroyers Battalion
football team. We play our last
game of the season this Saturday
against the 630th Tank Destroyers,
so wish us luck, Mr. Editor .
“Tank You.”
Editor, will you kindly do me a
favor? Please try to get me Tom-
my Dropshinski’s address. I have
been trying to find out where he is,
but so far I have not succeeded, so
please help me out! I thank you.
I am enclosing a snap-shot in this
letter. I will try to get a much
better one soon.
Well sir, the soldier’s prayer is
now being played (taps) so I must
say good night or I will be finishing
this letter in the dark, so, until next
time, keep the Dallas Post rolling off
the press for us doughboys.
A plain doughbay,
“Chuck”
P.F.C. Charles Lamoreaux
Reconnaissance Co.
628 Tank Destroyers Bn.
Camp Bowie, Texas
Tommy visited Lehman H. S.
a few weeks ago. Deafness is
keeping him out of the army.
THE SENTIMENTAL SIDE]
By EDITH BLEZ
Today I received a letter.
by one of my Three Musketeers. I
It was short.
but it made a deep impression on me.
. It was written from North Africa
hadn't known the boys were there.
I had been thinking of them in England and had almost forgotten that
they were soldiers. They had become to me just Three Musketeers who
Health Topics
By F. B. Schooley, M. D.
a8
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is a specific, com-
municable infection, usually chronic,
caused by the tubercle bacillus. It
occurs in all parts of the world
and is the most widespread of hu-
man infections. It is found in cattle
and birds. No race is immune.
Negroes and North American In-
dians are highly susceptible. Per-
sons are affected at all ages. Tuber-
culosis of the lungs is essentially a
disease of young adult life. The
maximum mortality occurs between
the ages of 15 and 45. In families
where there is tuberculosis the in-
cidence of infection is greater than
in healthy families. The age inci-
dence corresponds closely to the
period of stress during which men
are striving to make their place in
life and women are busy with the
home and family. Pregnancy is an
important predisposing cause of tu-
berculosis of the lungs. The strain
of pregnancy and lactation so weak-
en the system as to favor develop-
ment and spread of the infection.
One attack of tuberculosis does not
produce an immunity to subsequent
attacks. The germs exist in the sys-
tem after arrest of the disease has
occurred, and if a person has once
had pulmonary tuberculosis there
is a very real danger of subsequent
attacks.
Physical and mental exertion to
the point of fatigue, if continued
over long periods of time, will
weaken the body. Deficient nutri-
tion and disordered digestion, irreg-
ular living habits, deficient ventila-
tion, inhalation of dust and irrita-
ting fumes, inadequate sunlight,
chronic alcoholism, close confine-
ment under insanitary conditions
and exposure to cold and dampness
will increase the liability to infec-
tion. Raw milk from tuberculous
cattle is a source of infection.
Sputum is the most important prac-
tical factor in the spread of tuber-
culosis. Apparently “cold does
not kill the tubercle germ even
when exposed for several months.
Direct sunlight will kill the tubercle
germs in a few hours. These germs
are more resistant to the ac#ion of
antiseptics than the majority of or-
dinary germs or bacteria. Lysol
and cresol antiseptics have a solvent
action on the waxy content of the
tubercle germs and are more pen-
entrating in germicidal power.
The glandular tissues and the
lungs are more commonly infect-
ed. There is no organ or tissue in
“| the body in which the tubercle
germ may not be found.
Unable to get his correct ad-
dress at the moment, but will
publish it for you just as soon
as we can. —Editor.
From The Panhandle
Dear Editor:
It’s a grand and glorious feeling
to get the Post, to read about all
those happenings in the good old
Back Mountain, also the letters you
print, telling of the whereabouts of
my friends. It sure is nice to know
where all the boys are located. All
I need now is some time to corres-
pond with them.
Editor, I hope you will forgive me
for not telling you of my address
change. My Post arrives about two
weeks late, via California. How-
ever, it is still fresh news.
I'd like to say a few words about
my stay in sunny Californa. I spent
three months on desert maneuvers.
I haven’t noticed in the Post any
letters from boys who took part in
the maneuvers out there. Tll just
say they were “plenty tough.” How-
ever, it’s the best training we could
get for the part this outfit will play
in the war.
While out there, I spent several
three day passes in and around Los
Angeles and Hollywood. Saw many
places I've always wanted to. Visit-
ed the famous Hollywood Canteen,
ate dinner in “The Brown Derby,”
danced in ‘The Palladium,” saw a
movie in ‘“Grauman’s Chinese Thea-
tre,” was on the set where the film
“Pittsburgh’ was being “shot,” talk-
ed to Errol Flynn and Humphrey
Bogart, saw many other famous
screen stars.
I was present among the crowd
you saw pictured in the November
9th issue of Life Magazine, when
Leopold Stokowski played for the
boys at Camp Young.
After all is said and done, give
(Continued on Page Six)
Pwere having a fairly good time un-
der the circumstances in England.
As a matter of fact Bob's Christmas
card said they were really enjoying
themselves. I felt that they were
safe for Christmas. I felt quite cer-
tain they would get their Christmas
packages, and that they would en-
joy a fairly decent Christmas. But
Pappy’s letter tells a different story.
It is a very small letter but after
I had read it several times realized
how big it really was. It began:
“This has been such a nice day in
Africa I thought I would let you
know that the Three Musketeers are
still together and having as good
a time as could be expected 6 or 7
thousand miles from everything
they love.” It goes on, “None of us
has received any mail for two
months. We have been moving too
fast. But none of us is kicking be-
cause we realize it can’t be helped.
Another thing which helps is that
we have been plenty busy. We had
an interesting trip over here from
our last station. One of the things
the fellows thought was fun was
this time we came on a very small
boat. The second day at sea every-
one was sick, everything coming
up and nothing staying down. That's
what we think is fun. Aren't we
nuts? No, just American soldiers.”
Can any of you read those few
sentences and not have your heart
come into your throat? Can't you
feel the entire Army trying to tell
you that going so far away from
home is plenty tough but they can
take it? ;
The letter goes on about the dif-
ficulty of trying to make the na-
tives understand English and then
a lament because he didn’t study
enough when he had the opportun-
ity. Poor Pappy he hasn't written
to me very often but this letter
seemed to come right from his
heart. I felt that it wasn’t just
Pappy writing to me. It was all
the American boys who are so far
away from home; all the American
boys who find themselves in such
strange places. It seemed to be all
the boys I have seen at Fort Dix;
all the boys whose eyes I can’t
stand. Just like Pappy they are be-
wildered. They are so young and
suddenly they have grownup and
found that they are men, men who
are fighting your war and mine.
i They have suddenly realized that
war is a serious business.
I am going to take good care of
that small letter. I am going to
keep it for my grandchildren so that
they will know what type of boys
won this war of 1942.
JOHN LEIDLINGER
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