The Freedom Call (Freedom, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1944 Page: 3 of 8
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Itobot Plane Attacks Used to Bolster Home-
Front Spirits Following First
Invasion Landings
WNU Services Union Trust Building
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In the last days of June when the
papers were full of stories of Ger-
many's 'secret weapon" the robot
plane a scene which I witnessed
some three decades ago returned to
haunt me I stood in a large tent
with a crowd of people oh-fng and
ah-ing at a mechanical miracle we
were witnessing It was in Germany
Before us stood a pompous gentle-
man in evening clothes with fero-
cious mustachios He had a wand
in his hand and with it directed the
' movement of a beautiful little dirigi-
ble about three feet long a perfect
replica of the zeppelins which were
just beginning to be talked about
It did look rather startling The
impressario moved his wand to the
right and the miniature dirigible
started off around the top of the
tent its tiny propellers whirring He
dipped his wand and the little ship
nosed down and began to descend
He traced a graceful circle upward
and the ship ascended and re-
produced his movement in the
air Finally after performing all
sorts of such feats it gracefully de
scended and landed on a table
It was an impressive sight but
afterwards an American engineer
gwho had witnessed the display ex-
plained to me that it was all "per-
fectly simple" Be said the wand
was merely a signal to a man con-
cealed from the audience who sat
before an electric switchboard and
controlled the ship by radio Since
then many experiments have been
carried on by this type of remote
control but so far as I know it has
not been used in any engines of war
Naturally when I first read the
news of the robots the picture of
the little zeppelin floated into my
rind Experts admit that the Ger-
man pilotless planes are nothing
but rockets and they can be sent in
only the general direction of their
targets But the same experts freely
admit that there could be radio-controlled
pilotless planes
I mention the rocket attacks
tot so much to emphasize the last
hysterical gesture of the writhing
Teuton but because they mark an
Important milestone in the psycho-
logical battle whose frenzy has
mounted in these weeks since the
invasion The robot attack was not
nearly as much of an offensive as
a defensive stroke Reports reach-
ing Washington in the last days indi-
cate that there is a defeatist
psychosis mounting in I Germany
That this bit of Buck Rogers fantasy
was to be an antidote is clear from
the tremendous play it received in
German propaganda
The tension in enemy countries is
understandable to any of us in Wash-
ington who have gone through the
strain of that morning when the
first hint came over the air that
D-day was dawning Like many
other newsmen writers and broad-
casters I was routed out of my bed
shortly after midnight after be-
ing on the alert for weeks and from
then on for many hours that bed
was a stranger to me
flow Did the Enemy Feel?
Temperatures rose and fell for
many days thereafter but the peaks
and valleys of emotion in this coun-
try could have been nothing corn-
pared with those of our enemies As
yet we cannot know exactly what
the German pulse beat was when
our forces reached their shores after
all the boasting about Hitler's "West
Wall" ' or how kimonos fluttered
when the Japanese homeland was
ruthlessly hammered by an engine
of war more terrible than any they
expected existed—or when Ameri-
can naval guns roared in the
Kuriles and the Bonins almost in
Hirohito's back yard
It takes some time to assay the
morale in enemy lands but thanks
to certain reports which have al-
ready reached the Allied capitals we
can gauge the mental state of the
population in Germany
Some of the information comes
from secret sources which may not
be disclosed lest they give a hint
I:0' to the gestapo as to whom or where
the sources are One such report
speaks of that spectre "the third
man" who is haunting the Nazi
minions everywhere they go Per-
haps he is a bent old derelict sweep-
ing the streit crossing Perhaps
By BAUKTIAGE
News Analyst and Commentator
he is a garrulous workman drinking
his thin beer with a group ol
friends perhaps he is even the
quiet-faced fellow wearing the
swastika heiling Hitler with the
rest Anyhow he is described in the
document I quote as the "third
man!' who like a dark shadow
"overhears all conversations"
"He learns" says a nervous
Nazi warning which I cannot
identify further translation of
which I am quoting literally
"that the enemy took a village
a week ago that there is only
one German soldier to every
500 meters along the eastern
front (I have been told by a
Colonel) that the Americans
will attack with a hundred thou-
sand aircraft steered by remote
control methods (yes certainly
our charwoman's nephew who
works in the secret department
in the Reich air ministry says
so) " and so the transla-
tion runs revealing the state
of Nazi nerves
No wonder that when the Ger-
man "secret weapons" the
'pilotless bombers were sent
over London the German propa-
ganda fairly shrieked its tri-
umph from every housetop in
an effort to off-set the grim news
of the invasion Unfortunately
for Herr Goebbels at almost
that very moment the most
powerful air weapon ever
created the B-29 was making
the longest flight on record to
strike at the heart of Japan's
chief war industry That un-
doubtedly had its repercussions
In Germany
What is the state of nerves in Ber-
lin where according to a corre
spondent of the Swiss Journal de
Geneve "everywhere one travels
there are ruins piles of rubble
paper has taken the place of win-
dows and there are makeshift roofs
with no tops on them in many
quarters the majority of the
inhabitants are buried beneath the
ruins "
No Complaints Please
You can judge what the govern-
ment is thinking about the attitude
which Berliners are taking by an
article printed in the Lokal An-
zeiger: "For the sake of your lives be
careful!" it says and then begs that
no complaint about their work or
revelation of what they are doing be
made which might reveal some-
thing to the enemy
"Talk about how well we are fed"
the writer begs "say that the Ger-
man people get more bread butter
and miltE than ever before that
everybody still gets fresh white
bread and even occasionally eggs
and some lovely apples"
Obviously this is directed to a
people utterly discouraged by minds
equally equally desperate From another
source which I cannot identify is
revealed a message said to come
directly from the High Command it-
self calling for "strong hearts" to
meet the news of the retreats on
the Russian front which it freely
admits has become a "psychologi-
cal burden"
A Remarkable Map
The many members of the Na-
tional Geographic society have re-
ceived the remarkable new map of
Japan and adjacent regions put out
recently by that organization
This is the first time that a de-
tailed map has been computed with
the geographic heart of Toldo as its
center The National Geographic
Bulletin states that the exact spot
is Tokio's central railway station
about which cluster the imperial pal-
ace the central post office and the
Martmouchi building one of the
city's largest official structures
The map has been compiled ol
entirely new base material and is
being used by the general staff and
other government departments
which opened their files to the Na-
tional Geographic researchers for
its preparation
Just because we have our eyes on
western Europe at the moment is no
reason why we should forget what is
going on in the Pacific Fortunately
our forces have been built up there
to the point where we can carry on
simultaneous action with the move
ments of the armies in Europe
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Steps Up Yield 21
Big AdFance Was
Made in Last Decade
Looming large among factors con-
tributing to the American farmers'
record production job on food and
fiber for war is the notable increase
shown in acre yields of vital crops
Per acre yields of major crops
during the years 1934-43 were 118
per cent greater than yields in the
pre-conservation practices decade of
1923-32 according to government fig-
ures In the period 193743 the seven
years during which conservation
practices have been carried out
as a part of the Agricultural Adjust-
ment agency's program crop yields
per acre averaged 212 per cent
above the 1923-32 figure Yields in
1943 were higher than in any year
since 1923 except for the phenome-
nal 1942 acre yield which was 36 per
cent above the average for the
earlier decade
Comparison of acreage and total
production figures shows that while
total acreage in 1937-43 was about
8 per cent smaller than the 1923-32
average total agricultural output in-
creased 145 per cent The increased-
yields since 1937 due primarily to
the employment of conservation
practices have been responsible for
this high output figure from a
smaller acreage -
The 1944 AAA conservation pro-
gram emphasizing practices that
will immediately increase yields
seeks expansion of the use of lime
phosphate and other fertilizers pro-
motion of legume hay and grass
seed harvest continuance of ero-
sion control and water conservation
measures and expansion of range
and pasture practices
With increased needs for food and
fiber expected in 1945 when most
of this year's crop will be con-
sumed U S farmers are looking to
the Agricultural Conservation pro-
gram to maintain the land's produc-
tivity for the current crop while pro-
tecting its fertility for future
plantings
"It also keeps reminding me to
meet my production goals"
Fertilizing Tomatoes
Nearly Doubles Crop
Two research men of the soils de-
partment at the University of Wis-
consin found that tomatoes need a
lot of fertilizer and pay a big profit
on it even on land that already is
quite fertile
They report that compared with
unfertilized tomatoes the best treat-
ment increased yields enough to net
$244 extra to the acre above fer-
tilizer cost This was on the basis
of the 1943 cannery price actually
these tomatoes were sold on the
Milwaukee market at a higher price
and greater return for the fertilizer
Most profitable of the fertilizer
programs tested was a broadcast
application of 500 pounds 6-6-20
to the acre 500 pounds 3-12-12 at the
side of the row At a fertilizer cost of
$2080 to the acre this treatment in-
creased yields by 69 per cent
Row applications alone were not
able to bring out top yields and were
less profitable on the acre basis
The 6-6-20 fertilizer which was
broadcast gave just as good results
as more expensive formulas con-
taining larger amounts of either
nitrogen or phosphorus
These results were secured on a
Miami silt loam soil which contains
medium to high amounts of phos
phorus a fair amount of potassium
plenty of boron and has a reaction
ranging from just below neutral to
slightly alkaline
The variety of tomatoes grown
was a rather late one named J T D
Berger and Truog think it is possible
that an earlier variety" would have
paid off even better on fertilizer
since about one-third of this crop
was caught by frost before it
ripened
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IN THE wild scramble now taking
place in the American league
where all eight clubs have spent the
greater part of two months under
a blanket we have conducted a
popularity poll What teams are the
mass or mob rooting for outside of
their own hometown squads?
The answer is the St Louis
Browns 'and Connie Mack's Ath-
letics These two
teams take the
place the Dodgers
held a year or two
ago when they be :-:!'
came the national
favorites Now the 4
Browns have taken
their place with the
Athletics piloted by No
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nie Mack the sec- I:'!
ond popular choice
It's easy enough Grantland Rice
to understand the
pennant popularity of the Browns
They are the one team that has
never won a pennant in the 44-year
history of the American league
Clark Griffith's Chicago White Sox
won the first A L pennant in 1900
and repeated in 1901 Connie Mack's
Philadelphia team came along in
1902 Then we had Boston But in
the long march there is no mention
of St Louis Chicago Philadelphia
Boston New York Cleveland De-
troit and Washington have won but
not St Louis
Now the Browns have at least a
chance Handled by Luke Sewell a
swell fellow and a good manager one
of the old Alabama Sewells the
blasted and battered Browns of past
years the wrecks of more than four
decades have just as good a chance
as any other club to give St Louis
a city series against the Cardinals
the class of the National league
Only a minor miracle will keep
the Cardinals away from the top of
the National league race
Chicago has had her intercity
world series New York has had
many such affairs
Now there's a chance that St
Louis will hook up with Chicago and
New York in this respect Always
remembering that October is still a
long way off At least the Browns
have a team that it as well balanced
as any other club can show at this
June date
Athletics' Strange Career
Next to the Browns we found
most of the interest built around
baseball's most amazing manager—
Connie Mack Connie Mack has
been in baseball over 60 years He
has won nine American league pen-
nants He has had two of the greatest
squads ever thrown together upon
any field—his Athletics from 1910
through 1914 who won four cham-
pionships—you remember—Collins
McInnis Barry Baker Bender
Plank Coombs etc
In his career Connie has given
the game the four greatest left-
handers of all time—Waddell Plank
Pennock and Grove But against
this he has broken all records by
finishing in the cellar 11 times
From 1915 through 1921 Cormie's
staggering Athletics finished in the
subway division No other manager
could have survived such a span of
wreckage and disaster Connie hap-
pened to own a big part of his club
And there was still his record as a
winning manager and a great
sportsman
It is almost an unbelievable fact
that a manager could win nine pen-
nants and a flock of world series
games and yet finish at the bottom
through 14 years His Athletics fin-
ished last in 1940 1941 1942 and
1943
The venerable Connie has had the
best and the worst ball clubs that
ever inhabited a diamond I doubt
there was ever a better combination
than his teams from 1910 through
1914 the team that won four pen-
nants and three world series But in
1916 his Athletics set an all-time rec-
ord by losing 117 games Connie's
Athletics have lost 100 or more
games nine times This is a record
that is incredibly bad A rec-
ord thrown against one that is in-
credibly good
In any event there are millions
of fans who would like to see Mr
Mack win one more pennant before
he finally decides to retire This
would leave him on even terms with
John McGraw who remains In
front as the winning pennant win-
ner with ten flags flying from his
remembered masthead
The Yankees have had their
share They have been the over-
powering 10-year force Why not the
Browns or the Athletics? We'll add
our vote to this choice
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this after they tired of looking at
the family album Bits of colored
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the same effect was obtained by
the method of putting together the
simple six-inch quilt block shown
here and that is why the pattern
was called the kaleidoscope —
This quilt has just the right fia-
vbr for today's decorating trends
It will make a stunning spread
for your bed either in the colors
suggested here or in any other
combination that suits your room
The blocks are so easy to piece
and are such a convenient size to
carry around that they make ideal
summer pick-up work
NOTE—Mrs Spears has prepared a
large sheet with actual size quilt piece
patterns for three of her favorite quilts
The Kaleidoscope the Ann Rutledge and
the Whirl Wind are included This is
pattern No 200 and the price is 15 cents
Address:
MRS RUTH WYETH SPEARS
Bedford Hills New York
Drawer 10
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