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"We Are Not Alone

FROM THE NOVEL BY JAMES

HILTON

WAS in Calderbury a few weeks ngo and as I passed the corner of Shawgate I noticed that workmen were pulling down the old house. One of the inside walls was exposed to view, and on it hung what seemed, at a distance, to be a picture that no one had bothered about. Even while I watched, it was taken down by a workman, and later I saw it handed over to someone in the little crowd which, in days of unemployment, and especially in a place like Calderbury, always collects around any scene of activity.

He was a young man of perhaps thirty, alim and not at all robust looking, attræefice ascetic

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took the picture. wrapped it in a newspaper that he carried, and tried to silp away unobserved. But the crowd turned their slow curious eyes on him and sonicone called it: "Let's have o

look, mister," At that he almost bolted, crossing the road at as tangent, and colliding with me on the opposite curb. The picture fell with a tinkle, and 1 made some upulogetic remark, though it wor really his own fault. He answer. ed: "Oh, it doesn't matter--the gloss was smashed already,"

With a tidy gesture which 1 liked in him he began to kick the glass fragments into the gutter, KWDY from danger to

passing

Ju ought ITIL into

1 the world didn't mean in the ordinary sense. You

I'm tris son I tuld

name, adding: hin then my thlak WO met--years agu. At children's parties."

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"Do you mean that you no longer belleve he was guilty?" He shot Bʊ abruptly the question at me

that its awkwardness came of a challenge. "The evidence I pave was true enough, as far as it went." "Yes, of course, never doubled it. You saw my mother going into the house at certain time, and you saw the other two leaving the house at o certain me. Ample opportunity. And a surgery full polson. Logic What more could you ask? He wasn't guilty. She wasn't either."

"I must admit If I had known what use was going to be made of my evidence I'd have kept it to myself. I always liked the little doctor."

The picture Gerald found in the ruined house,

trame, joined him in this use- fulness, and while we were both busy, I said: "I don't know what sort of treasure you're got, but i suppose you know who used to live in that house they're pulling, down."

"Oh, yes," he answered. "The little doctor. Did you know him?"

"Fairly wall, I liked him. He cured me of asthma."

He laughed. "Well, that's cer tainly a good reason for liking hun. I wonder if mine is as good. He brought me into the world."

We walked along some way in silence, wondering perhaps whe ther each was inclined for the other's company. Presently be said: "I suppose you remember the case?

You mean the the Calderbury

Is that what you call 17 didn't realise It was quite so famous. I've been abroad a long time."

"Simple enough. I'd been quar- tered with an aunt and uncle who lved at the other end of town. I was lonely and miserable with them. Just a prisoner in an en- ormous shabby vicarage. That evening war was declared-every- one was so excited that I had my Drst chance to escape. I went to the surgery. It was always fun there, but that afternoon more than

because-well, because a cupboard usually kept locked was half open."

"Ab, yes, I remember the cyl-. dence about that."

**I had a nice game with seme bottles, taking the corks out and. sniffing. Suddenly I heard fool- steps in the hall. I was scared. I shut the cupboard, as quick as I could and pushed away the bottles on the shelf where there were other boltles. Presently | Mother came in and found me, “You she" begun, but she didn't

at much, as I'd expected.

she went to the shelf and

October 16, 1940,

By Walt Disney

PAGE.

U.S.A. Plans Mechanised Army

By JULIUS C. EDELSTEIN

United Press Staff Correspondent

Representative Ross A. Collins, Mississippi Democrat and long-time advocate of a mechanised army, recently outlined to the House of Repre- sentatives a detailed prospectus on changes which have been made neces- sary in the Army by the development of the "blitzkrieg" technique in modern warfare.

Collins pointed out that he had advocated expansion of the air force and mechanisa- tion of the land armies since 1930, and that the United States to-day faced the insk of completely overhauling and streamlining Its armed forces.

Collins denounced the theory of "mass

urmic." He urged the creation of a comparatively small. highly mechanized. powerfully equipped land force, preveded by inuda of planes and headed by columns of Tanks,

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He urged army tradera tu plan y which would be bet- ter than the German forces, more mechanised, and pas- completely ressed of greater firing power

He demanded the United States Require

vast fleet of pursuit planes, long range bombers, and wift fighting or attack planes. He suid think an ormy air force of

to 20,000 combat planes.. 10,000 with the plots to fly them, would tre a

he reasonable compromise tween the present air force and President Roosevelt's goal of 50,- 000 planes.

He

Collins sald a highly mechionised army, with properly equipped and trained technkelins, would displace the need for miltary conscription, or for mass Infantry foreOS. urged unification of the

arniy branches, and the abolition of the "separatism" of the air corps, the Infantry, the cavalry, and signal corps,

Highlights of his comprehensive statement to the House follow

"Up to now the desire of the War Department has been for men and still more men. Let us pray that those in charge to-day possess the courage and the wisdom to forget the obsoleto idea of the power of numbers and begin to plan to fight according to the 1940 model.

"Men without the equipment for fighting modern battles are very sorry objects. The modern fight- ing machine is measured in terms

"it will not be a white- collar war but one using the latest machinery and new and unheard of devices to inflict casualties upon its adversary. Marching men do not frighten anyone in this day and age. They are only targets, help- less and confused, fit for slaughter.

"Let us not hark back in the teaching of a hundred years RZU and assemble multitudes of young men trained to "fours right" and "Tours left with equipment thai should have been funked many years

Instead let us train these young men to be scientists, chemists, mechanics, and skilled workers In order to bring inte be- ing modern war weapons that will indict the maximun, of death and destruction upon the

and enemy

at the same time save the lives of our own fighting forces.

"Our preparation must give evidence of Inclination and capa- city to do more than merely struggle up to the standards and uchievements sel by the German Army. Our congressional and military leadership must so develop in mental and physical capacity that it creates and brings into be- ing a military force of such wor Is initiative and foresight that i

potential

enemies. superior to our It is not a question of becoming "as good as." It must be "better thon." Anything else is, of course, um absolute wasic of money,

"A mere handful of combat airplanes or tanks will simply be lost in the first clash, with the result that we will be forced back to unarmed man- power and the battle axe con- non-fodder system with which we are so familiar.

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simply be meat for the other fellow's fast-moving air and me- chanised elements.

"We should aim at nothing less than 25 mechanised divisions of about 0,000 men to the division This is probably the easiest part of a programme to get through industry because of our tremendous automobile plant capacity. Mc- chanised divisions must be of various types and their tasks must range from the light to the heavy types.

"There with the light types will possess but little armour protection. Their object is accomplished by what may be termed concentrated diversions that no targets are presented or only feeling ones. Those divisions with heavy types, where the armour of the tanks in capable of standing up against the normal anti-tank gun now handled by mass infantry, will require actual artillery, not anti-tank guns, to stop them.

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✡ "Division motorised vehicles for light infantry must be provided. By light infantry is meant real sharpshooters, and in comparatively small numbers, armed with the best of rifles. They are men who will present almost no target but who will be able to hit the smallest whenever they do use their weapons.

"Muchine guns for these forces. should be on low, small, acmoured cars operated by not more than two men. The Air Corps has pro- vided a fine example in having one man operate the pursuit airplane and be its pilot, crew, gunner, and bomber. In other parts of the army we are Inclined to the great- est waste of men.

are

now

"The tremendous value of me- "if we are going to have chanfsed units has been amply proved in the land warfare abroad. tremendous air force and sufficient mechanised divisions to be worth Lightning warfare, of the type we

seeing while, we cannot pay, equip, and

so powerfully take care of a tremendous mass of

abroad. executed

Is dependent, Infantry; neither can

first of we provide

on highly mobile all more than about one-sixth of the

armoured columns which cut them- selves loose from supply systems field artillery necessary to protect these Infantrymen If we are for- as we have normally understood tunate enough ever to get them them and which break down re- sistance from the rear in a way presented by such masses would new to warfare."

of its fire power, or ability to dis-into a battle position. The targets

charge `explosive and throw pro- jectiles, including gas, just as the modern machine is measured in terins of horsepower.

"We would think very little of the latest stream lined automobile if it had n motor with only one cylinder, even though wus all nicely decorated with fresh paint, had a radio that played, and car- ried a lot of flags and insignia of Similarly, I think very

ronk. little of an army implemented with rifles, no matter how well its blue uniforms fit and no matter how well it can execute the ceremonies of the parade ground.

"Further, I cannot imagine any- thing more tragle then nicely trained marching inen in front of machine-gun fire, much less 60-ton. armoured tanks, fame-throwing land-battleships, and diving air- planes. China, Poland, Denmark, Norway, Holland, and Belgium wore some of the nations that pre- pared for war according to the obsolete 1014 plans. ..........

"A manpower army, besides lacking fire power and modern methods, is also deficient in and other respect; if locks the most vital attributes of successful Bghting force; mobility and sur-; prise. These are two factors that Dre paramount, in armed conflict to-day, and always.

ORDEAL BY SPITFIRE

ON THE SE, COAST. High above the white cliffs of England throughout this brilliant summer's day German and British airmen have been fighting out one of the greatest pir batiles of the war, now in its tenth day.

On no previous occasion during this period of tremendous air war- fare have. I seen and heard Ho much activity.

It all began soon after break- fast, when scores of bombers es- corted by fighters tried to approach the const but failed to penetrate- the barrage. The RAF, engaged them at a tremendous height, and in a few seconds planes were fall- ing from the sky in all directions.

Four Nazla fell in a nearby town, two more crashed into the sea, and a third broke up into fragments⠀⠀ after": "the" pilot had baled out. I watched him drift my'slowly downwards; at first a tiny speck of white high in the blue. He took nearly 15 minutes before he reached the sea,

Wave, after wave of German bumbers' have passed over head: Air fighting has been in cessant. The woomp of bombs. sill rumbles in my ears and even; now I can picture the most terrify- ing sight of the day a direct hit, by an anti-aircraft shell on a Dornier loaded with bombs.

Then I saw one of those gallant rescues for which the Navy and: RAF. dorerve highest praise. The Naal pilot was bobbing about in the water two miles from the beach when a motor-boat-risk

ing the now familiar trenchery of German dive bombers and machine-

gunners set out to the rescue ht

high speed to

THE ONE-WAY STREET The end of it all is that squad- rons of Hurricanes and Spitores are now slowly and calmly patrols ling the Channel in great swoops out to sea, wallet fire engines, milltary and RAF are, dashing for miles around the countryside SECARA Potearing up wreckage of dessers

chitts and Derniers, speatedly

usual. In

Took some pad of said state got them an army must be in this hot spot we "I've rot a bad head,' she said fand von Iwant to lie downl: Fetch n'glass of

"But you're in' native of Calder-water to my bedroom... So I dide «bury?! Leppikes ADAMSAY! and that was, how it - happened Ilert when I was nine Amerike all quite by accident, you fea journalismo various things. Bee." Didn't I tell you the little doctor THE END NAGL

broken into relatively cohesive ubita. It must also possess the fastest means of transportation available and, In addition, it must be able to go into battle with pro- lection of armour against the types #of weapons, it will have to face

have seen" most of the fighting from a narring, stretch of coast Which the "AF" have turned into 'n 205-an abhtrest, for the Glers man be ubers. They allow them

but not to return

Two Hurricanes showed the motor-boat the way by circling around the airman and diving re

dly towards him. Thanks to This manoeuv

uvre the allors soon. had halm aboard. They were re- paid for Hole, humanity” în ian enemy airman_by...“ being able to pick up a Brillan pilot who short- y afterwards came down into the soa by parachutę, close to their homeward, route, blizgi

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Colossal U.S. Army In Making

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UP)~The United States embarks on a new phase of peace-time history on Wednes day when 16,404,000 men between the ages of 21 to 35 years register for military service.

President Roosevelt will inaugurate "R Day" (Regis tration Day) with a radio address at 8 a.m.

The registration will make effective, the Selective Service Act under which the United States plans to have nearly 5,000,000 men in reservë units during the next five усага.

PREMIER TALKS

ON WAR AIMS Answer To Commons Queries

LONDON, Oct. 15 (Reuter).-Mr. Winston Churchill's con- fidence in the outcome of the war and Germany's eventual defeat was again manifested to-day when he was questioned in the House of Commons on Britain's war alms.

The Prime Minister declared that the time had not yet come when any official declaration could be made beyond vary carefully considered statements which had already appeared.

Asked to indicate that Britain was not Bghting a war to maintain the status

quo, Mr. Churchill retorted that he did not think anyone had the opinion that Britain was fighting in order to survive a statement which was received with cheers;

Britain's Capacity To Win

Financial Aid

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To China

Question In Commons LONDON, Oct. 15 (Reutor)--No fresh loan by the British Government to China is under consideration at the Mr. Churchill added: "Our capacity present me, declared Sir Kingsley to do that is more generally recog-Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer, nied throughout the world, and in the House of Commons.

when the conviction we have about

our

He was asked whether Government

It becomes more general, then we would consider such a loan to Chinn shall be in a good position to take a under an exports credilta ....... achama further view of what we shall do similar to that recently granted to with that victory when it is won. China by the American Government. Sir Kingsley pointed out that China "I think

great danger in had already received assistance from making statements which are not of Britain under the exports credits a very general character on this scheme, and as sterling available subject-inke, for instance, the under this scheme had not been ex-

titude to be adopted towards the hausted and only a small part of the. enemy when he is defeated-is that export guarantees had been taken up, you will find very different opinions the question further sterling prevailing about it.”

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