The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 21, 1944, Page 8

get sErreRAN A Dont Let the The Jap is a littie man. But remember, brother . +. Little men put thetorch to Pearl Harbor. Little men starved us out in Corregidor. Little men butchered our fliers. And little men . . . millions of them . .. sre waiting grimly for us to come“and aig them out. They're cruel, cunning, treacherous . .. those Japs. A tough enemy to lick. Size Fool You! Look, brother, let’s talk sense. In this 6th War Loan, go out and buy one $100 War Bond in addition to the Bonds you’re buying now. Get your neighbor to do the same. And his neighbor. And his neigh- bor’s neighbor. That’ll help hurry things along. That and the sweating, and the fighting, and the bleed- ing and the dying our soldiers are doing right now for you. What would you give to hasten the day? Anything? Everything? Buy at least one exira Is that asking too much? SHATITUCK AGENCY INSU R;\‘\(’F—B()NDS .rhu say a Jap fights hardest when he's cornered. We've got Japan cor- nered . .. but the fight is still hard, still costly. Every bond you buy iz the Sixth War Loan Drive is your way of saluting the brave men fighting & tough, brutal enemy in the South Pa- cific. Anit costs billions every month to keep the never-ending stream of RN 1o inc swing band and a sailons' D-29 Superfortresses, amphibious tanks, bulldozers, high cctane gasoline end eil fiowing to the Pacific war front. So long as a single Jap faces our mien on the field of battle, our duty at home is clear: we must keep on buy- ing Wag Bonds. You MUST invest in at Jeast one extra hundred dollar bond in the “get Japan” Drive—the Sixth! BUY AT LEAST OME EXTRA $100 WAR BOND 100 War Bond Today! "OTHER MOTHER” . . . Mrs. Ina D o Allan changes dollars into pounds for two U. S. Marines in Allied Services Club. By SGT. RICHARD HANNAH, U. S. Marine Combat Correspondent WITH THE U. S. MARINES IN NEW ZEALAND—Mrs. Ina Allan is a big woman, with talent, heart and. job to match. Officially, sh is manager of the Allied Seryice !Club here. Unofficially, she is the “other mother” to countless U. S. Marines in the South Pacific. | By working 14 hours a day, holidays included, she fills both assignments. Every week thousands of uni- formed men and women call atjher club, seeking recreation, good food and assistance. Mrs. Allan man- ages satisfaction-for-all with sound business tactics, a sense of humor and understanding of young peo= ple and their problems. § ‘Americans like to have things done for them,” she says. *“Our own boys, like the Aussies and British, prefer to work things weut for themselves, They wouldn't think of asking a woman'’s help, or advice if they could possibly i it. But not the Marines. ~They bring in more questions and Probs lems in one minute than I can an- swer or solve in ten.” The primary function of the club |is to provide recreation for servige: men cn liberty. {pong tables, magazines, writing] fdesks, stamp machines, telephones, 'check room, piano (they've W qut three) and a comfortable 1 c.embevx"‘ “-"I {with short-wave radio. - Rf en;years .He “iiiii.—dance nights are scheduled wif {music provided alternately by a |orchestra from a nearby U. S. Nat ‘hospiml | Food at the club anywhere in the city. The grilll |rocm, open only for lunch dinner, dispenses five tons of fillet steak and 2400 dozen eggs per !menth. In addition, 4,000 loaves of bread, 2400 pounds of butter, 2,000 |gallons of milk and 2,000 pints of jcream are consumed every 30 days. The club is a non-profit or zation, having been built and main- | tained by publicly-subscribed money of the New Zealand National Pa- triotic Fund Board. Rotating *a |teams of 80 per day, 1,000 women | | volunteers comprise the staff of | waltreses and cashi while New | Zealand Army cooks run the kit { chen. i Marines have spread its reputa- | is unexcell | tigure, ‘There is nothing abous #Leagues, The club has pifge tion far and wide, and have made | of Mrs. Allan an almost legu\dary‘ which they hesitate to call upon | her. “First and foremost,” laughs Mrs Allan, “Marines want to I can get them a date. Then they want to know what they should buy for the girl friend, and what should get to send homc ask where to take their la ere to have their teeth fix- ed, where to get their clothes pri ed, shoes repaired, uniforms tail- ored, and always they Wi e know what particular type of flower they should buy for their particular type of girl” " 'GRAND OLD MAN OF BASEBALL 1§ HELD IN OFFICE CHICAGO, Now. 21.—A joint com- mittee of the American and National expressing confidence in the 24-year baseball rule of Kene- saw Mountain Landis, voted to pécommend the reelection of Lan- s for another term as ccmmis- sloner and extend the present agreement between the two cir- cuits. \The recommendation is to be Wted on at a meeting of the major leagues in Chicago, starting .andis’ term will be is now 77 and has been il in a Ch 0 hospital since October. /Bob I-i&e’l*s.(;iii(ized and!” CHICAGO, N 21.—Bob Hope said today he was “astounded and amazed” at an editorial in The Pilot, official publication of the Catholic archdiocese of Boston, which ul enter not to make “our men in uniform” laugh “at the wrong things. “My record for entertaining serv- ice men and women speaks for Hielf I'm concerned but not wor there has never been any c of my shows by either the military authorities, religious groups or the service men themselves.” The publication said: “Does it amean nothing to Mr. Hope that some isoldiers, because of rale building programs, may face their God un- prepared for the reckoning.” TRIANGLE CLEANERS YOUR ASSURANCE OF EXPERT WORK We Pick Up and Deliver PHONE used against cavalry in your dis- TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1944 C ALTROPS COME BACK - OFd V:izialy Devlce lo Crtpple Horses Vo Used by Allies to Ruin Axis Planes et & ' CALTROP—It's tiny hut terrible. By-KEN WODDMAN Central Press Correspos MANSFIELD, O military device, once ple the horges of cha n, is being ti rate of 140,000 a day. mcu agal e “cal s little multi-poin® enemy mobil e it is most effec trument cquipment w the tires hundred ce ver a Jap airfield will not s on th e . Ethei Maa Cusic holds two new-type caltrops, Army Air Force base at Orlando, proved the effectiveness of the before they were put into only trument lisposed th: d one production. pward.” 'The caltrops go through tho itself comes from an |Harrington plant on an assembly meaning | line. They come out neatly camou- flaged in two colors to make them hard to see on the ground. the firm which m point alway: adds that: ¢ “One of the barbs can overturn| ‘The nam a plane if it goes straight into the!ola Anglo-Saxon word tire.” And indeed, one of the Caltrops ave equally effectiv le by the Harrington harasSigent agalnkt trucks Manufacturing company does look | “Just to make them a little more vital supply route etty much like a th troublesome,” Harrington explains, “When a tire [ 0 sltrop has four webbec g5 | “they are usually dropped at these caltrops, the wic 3 with spikes along the cut: right.” Ve ia L1 over many Lr I .t is built according to Harrington has long been a fly- ashed beyond tions of the Army Air ing enthusiast. He has served as | Wright Field, Dayton, O. an officer in the Civil Air Patrol i | Another Type {and big bulldozers are now clear- S i ot o5 M i e By the HErst ng ground for the runways ol tho! rington- firm was designed by en-‘f;;‘;"if\‘:“;fmnc;", "‘r“";cm“l airgort : punc- | gineers at the local plant. It con- | o o ed in | sists of two hollow metal tubes,| e talks-the. fiyers' language. : 1 rap| pointed at both ends, welded, to- | ThiS is how one of them Whe re- sealing onc end. The flyer simply|gether at the center and bent ac-| | cently returned from Italy hap- Tulls tils strap to releate his load | cording to the dictionary defini- | pened to tell him about seeing the of “Axis discomfiture” as he drops | tion. | caltrops used, on NGetCHEUSIEIER thie Hibe: ‘ Other types of caltrops—one re- which wel:e subsequently captured “The caltrops are released from | cembling a large tack. with a |l the Allied advance. varying heights up to 3,000 feet weighted cup-like base—have ho(-n‘ id the flyer: “The Nazis were for b effvit,” Harrington says, |designed for the Air Forces, but pretty peeved about it!” And you can readily understand You will probably find a picture | only the “web” and “prong” types of the old-style caltrop which was | are made at the local plant. ‘um when you recail what one nail Tests at Wright Field and at the | will do to an automobile tire. lt is who tura the the barbs where tt most good. To m: fiyers, about 600 of t! FOR THE DURATION ... While traveling is difficult . . . we'll be thinking of our friends in Alaska . . . Even if we don't see them . . . Keep On Buying Bonds TO WIN THIS YEAR - BUY MORE BONDS ... THAN BEFORE Washington Hotel, Seattle 'FRANK B. McGLURE, Manager .