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CIRCUS

THE GREAT

CRIPPO

ALL DONE

KINDNESS AND CARROTS

EISENHOWER WAS

HAT night marked the first talk about a spec- tacularly secret con- to be held at Casa-

ference blanen.

·was

15.

war.

MY

BOSS

☆

By KAY SUMMERSBY

Wis

it

was

Boss's my

Hush-hush in Turkey

AND. I respected him even

*

songs, "One Dozen Roses" and "Roll Then we settled Out the Barrel." down to a serious game of brkige

It was the General's last carefree evening for many a week.

•

Corps duty, the General called A after General Eisenhower told me with the spots where we hit, supply

ing insomnia, and he worked at a murderous pce.

д

હા,

that

̈C.V.R.” THOMPSON REPORTS THE AMERICAN SCENE:

Lightning

in bottles:

NEW YORK: TOOTLEGGING is making a big comeback in the

BUS

So much so that revenue men are going ́out In reconnaissance planes in the backwoods country to spot well-hidden illicit silite.

The reason is not because liquor is hard to get. In all but a few States Americans can buy all the liquor they wont during all the hours they are likely to be awake.

It is the high cost of living and the ever-growing

cast of drinking.

Taxes on whisky, tripled since 1940, mean that the cheapest American-made whisky costs more than 21. n battle. But "white lightning," the popular name for the bootleg product, ayolds, taxes and sells for only 15%. a gallon.

A NIGHTWATCHMAN (name withheld) knowa more- Roosevelt secrets than all the Roosevelt blographers: put together. It was pilsclosed during New York hearing that he found out by accident

way of tapping the White House telephone and, "intent only upon entertainment and recreation," listened to every- thing that was sold for a whole year.

D

MAN OF THE YEAR, according

to a poll of 1,200 American newspaper cditors, 19 President Truman. Others, in order of im- portance-Stalin, Marshall, Senator Arthur Vandenberg, Marshall_plan boss Paul Hoffman, General Elsen- hower, Thomas Dewey, Chiang Kai- shek. Bevin, Tito.

007

many

without

TIMBARRASSED by

officials talking thinking, an unnamed Washington uig-wig asked the world not to take them ill. "The trouble l," he told ave reporter James Reston,

"that nobody in the world will belleve we could administer power so casually..

wordless. A Jeep driver braved the mud to take me to the evacuation hospital several miles away, where I gained lasting admiration for front-line nurses, reserved a bunk. and then headed back to the CP for a few more precious moments They think we are being devious with Dick. He and the others were and even malicious when we are so worried about General Elsen-merely being careless." hower's whereabouts in

the un-

NEW YORK'S leensing authori

known battle that I, too, became NEW tica have turned

nervous.

the

German Threat WAKENING several hours later, I

ence

<x-

A LETTER to Santa Claus "a lot

of us would like to write" was written by New Yorker Alice Wolff. It rend: "Dear Santa Claus-Picase send America Winston Churchill for Christmas to lead us and help us avoid all those troubles and prob- - lems that seem in the offing.""

TELLING TALE

of the kind of world we are living in today

Forms

forms

and still moro forms to fill in The White-

chapel merchant who had begun by merely worrying about the procedure of controls could now no foager get a night's good sleep. He went to his doctor,

At the mention of names of the calibre of Roosevelt, Chur- chill, De Gaulle, Hopkins. Pound and

down an: Giraud, Tedder, Mountbatten, I tingled with

"You'd better stay right here, application for a shuing-in-the-slot maenine to serve Seatchi and sodas The anticipatory excitement.

Kay." Dick said. "If things get any automatically.

I'd rather you'd be here 24 General certainly would be

what amounted to a touch of fear of

worse, them over at the evac hospital. It star delegate and 1 most cer-

Perhaps it was because of careful

looks as though General Eisenhower tainly would drive him. It his military bearing, his

won't be bade till real late, anyhow. speech, his somewhat fatherly ni seemed a sure thing. It soun itude towards General Eisenhower;

So we'll bed you in the VIP's tent. was evident, however, that the perips

because General

At seven o'clock the next morn- It at least has a dry pebble floor-

for Boss. ing we set out

agreed readily, happy to be Constantine, hut," only female guests would be Marshall

of wint near him if anything was going to those capable of super-steno. Regardless, even though I came to Tebessa, and the scene. graphic work. I wasn't invited know him quite well in the months turned into the sad American defeat tummen, then climbed into bed fully

dressed, just in case. a barrier to the biggest party in Africa. and years ahead, I felt there was at Kasserine Pa

An untouchable barrier,

This was my first combat drive. resemblance to piloting the Still more disturbing news unequalled among all the scores of with

We that Dick had been transferred celebrated persons I met during the General around rural England.

Nonetheless, I shared the started out in protective convoy. up to Second Corps and pos- universal respect for General Mat accompanied by two Jeeps, a

A heard the sound of mufled voices Sporo sible front-line action-way shall's military genius and found partially offset by a blessed gift im always the perfect military sedats and a weapons carrier. Once and boots munching around in the camp. Just from the limitless store of oficer, the perfect Southern scatle on the main highway. I realised the mull; I was sure it was the Ger-

pro ection was planned for possible mans, already in our

then I heard Dick's voice: "Sir, we aerial altacit. Some stretches Eisenhower

so soon. ltin't expect thoughtfulness, Ian.

you back that route

were as lonely ns only

Afraid we

put kay there When he heard Dick

in your desert country can be. Still, to me

VIP tent. But there's another emply brief Algiers on coming to

more they were absolute heaven compared

tent right down here, if you don't

turgied me in.

"Kay," he said, "his Boss had ordered Butch to see convoys travelling the Red Ball Ex- mind. Sir." Their boots

at road was two-lane the

mud and the voices faded away, When General Eisenhower nod understand Dick's coming to that the Supreme Commander took press;

best, with soft shoulders, and truck town?" I nodded. "Well," he better care of himself, that he pay hest, w

centre

part Diets appeared at mess, I learned less attention to extra office hours

insistence, des- that with

the Germans had threatened continued, "you two can't talk and more to his health, it try nite the sound of our little our lines with a full-scale break- rout. The Ceneral, or have much privacy up there a place la the country and try lu

horns, the siren in through, if not The entire group's

ar bundled to his ears, was a very,

"Count sheep," said the doctor. at the billet with other women manage some exerelse.

General Ike's our car, the dags, and the four-star

The solid, miles very tired man and looked as though "It's an old trick, but it still works." hanging around." He smiled. staff worried over

plates. licence health: he refused to work normal

A week later. the doctor saw his 'When Dick arrives, tell him I hours, he declined to bed down with long lines of huge trucks constituted he hadn't slept a wink. He said the exasperating obstacle trip up front had ended in near

patient again-more haggard and want him to stay at my villa, a lingering touch of fu. he never

With my valuable pas disaster when his jeep driver, heavy-eyed than ever.

the strain of moving as my personal guest, its long exercised, he suffered from increase enger in the back seat, and remem- hausted from

"Well..." began the doctor-but four-star as he's here.".

bering the rumours of sudden para that near action with

""Listen, doctor," "came the inters troop attacks on the open stretches, passenger in the rear, had tossed got no further. that driving them into a ditch. General Truscot!

ruption. "I counted 50,000 sheep. I I began to see

far

added, unsmiling: "We got your sheared the sheep and General in wartime is

mado them. Chilly, rainy

weather Boss back, Kay. But I never want into 50,000 overcoals. But by

to take him

far up that

again, added a final hazard.

heaven, then came the problem that's ever since: Where ever!" Obviously anxious to get rid kept me awake of the responsibility for us, he pro- can I get the licence for the 50,000 vided another escort to Tel

to Tebessa.

unings? General Eisenhower refused plane TIE General's sale concern, how-

thal ever, was the continual collection transportation on the ground

and the Air Corps Insisted upon of grins, whistles, wolf calls, course remarks I harvested in this ex- aerial escort and he didn't want to clusively male territory. He cursed pull any fighters away from and tried to look as stern as possible, baltic area, where they were so mattering about the lack of disci urgently needed for combat. We

to smile, returned to Constantine for Use And in Hollywood, they have a pline; I attempted not.

convoyunny name for Morringe, too: after pretending that I neither heard nor night and, after bucking saw the wholly natural reaction of trufle for eight hours on that nar- a little while they call it quits. these men to a woman, any woman. row, dangerous highway, returned

al to Algiers. Our party spent the

night

of nurses. Constantine: I billeted with a small We left there be- group

Sidi-bou-Zid Wo fore dawn for Tebessa, where fores -hidden picked up an escort to show us the EADQUARTERS had all the cheer Command Post and to an empty funeral parlour. News guide us through the surrounding from the front, starting with lake of mud. My passenger con- licking we took at Sidi-bou-Zld, iko's Promotion

offered. ferred with General Anderson, the was increasingly bitter to swallow. cigar as A "Dour Scot," then talked the reluc- The Americans in particular SING the inevitable

trip downeast by this first real taste of

And then he said: "Listen, Jones, baton, he opened the conversation tant General Trusco Into

tlefeat. General Eisenhower was so I've paid your staff canteen Algiers. But I did meet General Sir by remarking: "Well, Kay, thought right up to the actual front.

!

gluni and weary with these worries, Dick,

settled your superannuation policy. Alan Brooke again, worming, to

went off in search How are you Tord and you here.

criticism seen to your welfare club subscrip friendly personality, which

headquarters, plus the first homefront making out,

that I tions, settled your P. A. Y. E with Jitle surprised of his combat direction, road?"

I was Female-like, I

omce, advised the couldn't brine murelt to complain the income tax far always comes of a surprise to any hand side of thing on the right stationed at Coron

Colonel Blimpun expecting one

He made

Town Ministry of Labour bureau, me perfectly at east, that a woman's presence this being introduced to the "Chief of with his natural buoyancy; down- forward caused so little attention; I about my own health.

attributed it

ce- "You don't look so hot these days, cleared up your case with the union, to my appearance- the Imperial General Staff."

In appealing right

and written out a cheque for your with diry Kay," the General sald one morn him and General Elsenhower, it was

was pleasure at this warlike vacation hardly slinky, what

intently through his cost-of-living bonus, exira salary in "Brookle" and "Ike,"

from Downing Street, he was'n får stacks, battle blouse, and an old Air Ink, p

alieu of notice, accumulated credits reading glasses. “You're Dick soon en- 1 niso

over and overtine renewed acquaintance with

a man one night visualize Corps flying jacket.

funny-looking colour. ery from a

pay., Jonch-you're the only one of General Elen- as carrying the cares of the British lightened me: the battle

Hayworth here in the light; let's take a good fred.". * hower's friends or associates who Empire on his hunched shoulders, was so fluid that Rita

look at you." 1 whirle

moved over. never got around to calling hun Ike

Five days Inter, General The re- wouldn't have drawn

were bad, really bad. Dick obediently, "You've got jaundico!! -General Marshall, who invariably,, colved his fourth, star. despite their long and close assoctu

was busy, and we had only he yelled. Ike gave vent to his own

I sat Ethel confirmeil the Bosa' sharp conversation.

up the diagnosis. I was in the hospital a

week.

VIP Invasion,

General Marshall had returned to Washington by the time our iniss "THANKS" is such a tiny, clumsy ing Prime Minister showed glamorous.

that he

had revealing impishly word for a man who can take sneaked away for a hush-hush con- time from directing an historie army ference with the President of

Turkey. He stayed

Ethel, and a few other friends added

to realise that his driver and her boy

with Admiral Irlend would appreciate solitude. Both Dick and I tried to emphasise Cunningham, whose villa was in the our appreciation, but the General same compound as that of General only countered by tossing a spectas Eisenhower, in order to permit joht dinner for us one night. Butch, security measures.

When we pulled into the narrow, driveway of General to the festive spirit, despite another pains-line:

5101 air raid which runluded me, sober- Eisenhower's villa that day. I ly, that Dick was going back to the led the familiar siren-suit headed The General got out to Shortly after the Casablanca con- preet the P.M. effusively; I stood demand for by quietly, unable to salute, as a certain he wouldn't re- unconditional surrender by the Axis. civilian, we were invaded by an army of member a mere army driver. After

Ike for visit the chatting with to visit VIP's who wanted

Mr Church General and Allied headquarters moments, however, before returning to their respective catne over to the car, walking right homes. Unfortunately, Mr Churchill up to shake hands heartily. failed to appear, although scheduled,

real war.

ference and its fron

all of us were particularly dis-

lect that President Roosevelt

that

home without a visit

to

With

our way.

3

few

obvious his

enjoy hims

Up Front

of

froin

situation

tion, talked to Ike as "Eisenhower."

verment in the promotion that evening snatches of In retaining this formality General when a number of us--including the around morosely, soaking aware Marshall was In character. He ve WACE-joined him for a quiet contagious apprehension, well always greeted me immediately and celebration. His voice really rang this was no time for feminine chit-- shook hands in outward cordiality, with abandon as he chimed in with chat with old acquaintances. Din

ner at the mess was gloomy, almost yet I never could quite overcome the gramophone on his favourile two

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the

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were

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