1941-07-18 — Page 21

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 18, 1941.

MUTT AND JEFF

JEFF'S PHOTO

SHOP

ENTRANCE

I LIKE YOU TO ENLARGE THIS

· PHOTO OF MY

HUSBAND!

CERTAINLY MADAME!

ENLARGEMENTS MADE FROM YOUR OWN

SNAPSHOTS

CAN YOU DO IT WITH HIS HAT OFF?

YES, I THINK I CAN PAINT OUT THE HAT AND FAKE IN THE

HAIR ALL

RIGHT!

Ubrary, A

BY THE WAY,

MADAME, ON WHICH SIDE DOES YOURS, HUSBAND PART HIS HAIR?

Page

By BUD FISHER

OH, I CAN'T REMEMBER-- BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT WHEN YOU TAKE OFF ›

HIS HAT!

PRESS STANDARDS HIGHER

Higher journalistic standards and better writ- ing by reporters have de- veloped in the last de-

cade, say members of the

Advisory Board of Col-

umbia University's Grad-

This was the conclusion drawn by the trade magazine Editor and several questions it put to the ad- visory board members regarding the hundreds of entries they

Publisher from the answers

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EMERGENCY DECLARED

GENERAL GEORGE MARSHALL, Chief of the uate School of Journal- | U.S. Army General Staff, testifying before the Sen- ism.

ate Military Committee yesterday, drew attention to the urgent necessity from the military standpoint for Congress to declare a national emergency under which selectees, National Guardsmen and reserves could be retained in service beyond a year. 'have reviewed annually before General Marshall said that from the strategic Pulitzer prizes in Journalism. viewpoint the efficiency of the War Department One board member, said the and the military forces would be greatly improved magazine noted a diminution of if Congress removed "what we used to call yellow

the present prohibitions

making recommendations for

the

journalism." Another said there against longer service. probably was less muckraking now than formerly but a greut mass of constructive campaign-

ing.

Still another commented that columnists had made a substan-

He declared at the same time it was absurd to believe he had an American expeditionary force in mind.

the procedure would be unwise when the situation 26 we

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It in the War Department is so grave."

He added the War Department was unable to publish all Its regarding current

"We started only last Autumn. fial contribution to the present- We can do a wonderful job. We information

day newspaper and, with their can render ourselves 50 strong developments. positive expressions of opinion, that all our interests will had offset the weakness of some safeguarded. papers,

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Efficiency Impaired

General Marshall instanced the army's inability to operate effici- ently because of the large num-

·ber of one-year selectees, National Guardsmen and reser- vists.

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The War Department hitherto had been unable

send to squadron of 24 Aghters to land to support the Marines Reuter.

VIENNA

GETS BACK ARMOUR

ARMOUR BREASTPLATES AND FINELY CARVED HEL- METS WHICH NAPOLEON TOOK FROM VIENNA AND FROM AMBRAS CASTLE IN TYROL HAVE BEEN RETURNED FROM PARIS TO VIENNA.

Much of the collections repre- sented the finest selections of Ger- man armour design. Particularly orided was a splendidly decorat- ed war costume of Francis II of France, a year after he had mar ried Queen Mary Stuart of Scot- land.

SHOWING 'EM ACTION

General 3'r Robert Gordon- Finlayson, Commander-in-Chief Western Command, wants the Home Guard to know how to deal with paratroops. But instead of he has a dry-as-dust, lecture, arranged for the Western Com- mand Repertory Co. to give play, "Up Guards and at 'Em."

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