The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 24, 1951, Page 12

etpa KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 12 THE Monday, December 24, 1951 BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH THAT'S QUARE- My OU WOMAN iRTH YE TALKIN’ WUZ A FOOL FER ABOUT, LONZO ? PICKLES, HERSE'F >—~ _— of — YEP-- SHE TOLD AUNT LOWEEZY SHE WUZ PLUMB WATERMELON HONGRY fi WHAT ON CRICKET BARLOW CRAVIN' 4 OF WATEF JUGHAID P AW, NOTHIN’ " I SWOW!HT THINK THAT WOULD CONSARN YOU, LEETLE By Fred Lasswell They Can Hold EVER'BODY IN TH HOLLER'S TARNED (DJIT BUT ME aE ‘Ss 7 4 Vyas ‘Allies Think Europe Now YAR AGO, THE GRIM | PROSPECT WAS A | HEADLONG RETREAT | TO THE PYRENEES! By DANIEL DE LUCE and GEORGE BOULTWOOD | WITH ALLIED FORCES ah | GERMANY (®—If Russia suddenly attacks, Allied commanders be— lieve they are strong enough now | to hold on the Rhine | A year ago, the grim prospec was a headlong retreat to the F renees and the Brittany Peninsula. | wi ce YE'LL SWOON OMPLETE WHEN YE HEAR TH’ BODACIOUS j LOWEEZY'S puFF! PUFF! Y cone uo me watT'Le I TELL YE a AE LONZO-- GO GIT ABOUT CRICKET WARSHED UP BARLOW-- SHE--UH tAY GOOD DIABLO, ARE YOU READY FOR A LITTLE RIDE? WE GO AFTER MR. JAGGED DAGGER! BIG POSSES NEVER COULD )! KK! THAT (S WHAT LOCATE HIS HIDE-OUT-- NEED. AND IF BUT MAYBE YOU'LL WE CAN FIND MY HAVE BETTER Lt * Xoneee PANCHO, 3 a HE WILL HELP! ,— » OOOH! WALKING IS NOT /S7 | FOR PANCHO! IF EVER AGAIN /*./ \. fT GET ON BOARD MY GOOD { C HORSE LOCO, I WiLL NOT (Oe ¢ GET OFF, EVEN TO EAT!» ee WELL... MAYBE ONLY MEANWHILE... YOU THINK YOuR FRIEND PANCHO CAN HELP US, CISCO? “ cuuci 1S A CHANGED BOY LATELY = WHATS WRONG WITH NOT ONLY THAT, BUT | GETTING PUT OFF THE | | BASKETBALL TEAM t FOR FIGHTING — | THAT'S DISGRACEF UL." | — ANO WHAT'S WORSE, NOW HE LOSES HIS LICENSE For. ORINING.” YOUR ATHER IS _, FURIOUS-" gies ______— | This was possible because no fresh OOOH, PANCHO He is A LOST. AND His FeETs )/V; STING LIKE BEE a f, The idea that most of Europe i | would have to be lost to Russia | FEMA ES Bs Be EOIN T |before it could be saved is now ‘ 1 | TELL ‘EM NOTHIN’ !! out of date: | == A massive buildup of Allied | ae : ( ground forces in Germany has been | | | || 2 carried through, peacefully, in 1951 | Vala || | Troop strength has more than ae eat | \ doubled. : The United States, for example, jhad only 40,000 combat effectives here at the start of the year. Now |there are 200,000. The British are | well over 100,000. | ahead, the big Western weakness in Germany is not on the ground {more and better warplanes here. ts | In ground combat capability, the Steals S200 | Allies have reached parity with the eed Soviet Army group in East Ger- PHILA! PHIA many for the first time since 1945. arene divisions were sent by the Krem- lin to Gen. Vassily Chuikov. How- ever, some of his old divisions, fire. size on paper, have been increased to 65 per as ideerway | Of some 30 Soviet divisions in | East Germany, eight are artillery, | engineer and anti - aircraft which | would be termed corps or army | troops by the West. . The 14 strong Allied divisions in West Germany, plus their corps | and army support, are considered | a match in size and firepower for | the 22 Soviet infantry and armored divisions opposite them. The Allies have more men inj |Germany — 400,000 to Russia’s | 330,000. But the ratio of combat | personnel is figured at 1 to 1, be- | cause fewer Soviet troops, propor- tionately, are detailed to supply tasks. Current intelligence indicates no | activity afoot to reinforce Chuikov | with more divisions in the near future. A buildup is almost certain to be noticed immediately for mili- | tary information seeps quickly and | accurately out of east Germany. No Soviet divisions are stationed { in Czechoslovakia. Yet this would | seem to be a prerequisite for real drive westward. Only a Soviet training mission is active there. Presumably, too, the Russians |: | would bring a second invasion wave to Poland, before starting a big show. This has not materialized. Judged by its record in the last | war, the Soviet Supreme Command | would be most unlikely to launch a deliberate Western attack until | over 100 divisions were forward in | Germany and Czechoslovakia. It | never dabbled with half-measures. It detests stalemates. | Some Allied officers call 1952 | “Russia’s year of decision.” The high ranking opinion goes this way: “They can’t wipe us out now with what they already have in position. As late as last summer, they could ‘ have done just that — with scarce- | ly an hour’s advance warning.” | rd | In using a candy thermometer} me ______ |remember that the bulb must be completely covered with syrup but must not touch the bottom of the pan. and yelled, HAR Y ea 4 LOOK! 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