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V-d,)VMarinesTaughtNottoDieFor DISNEY BILL IStoidTheirCountryLetFoeDoThatOKAYED, 171-92(ie-idLeathernecks Toi-Hit 'Em Hard, You11r.ifCan Bet On ThatPAliRIS ISLAND, S. C., Dec.1A United States Marines won atI-Tarawa because, in the words ofMaj. Gen, Holland M. Smith, theypossessed the “will to die,1' but officers in charge of embryo Lcalli-'■ ’■ ’■ . ■bSH'-- -rSj • i/iA 1: . 'i-l ■ • vernecks in training here1 will tellyou the “will to lt;ii ’ is bn lt;I primarily on the will to live,At this sprawling, 6,000-acre island base where rank civilians are turned into hard-fighting Marines in eight weeks, recruits aretaught how not to die for their country, but to make the enemy die flt;r his. Soma 1,026 Marines died at Tarawa and nearly 3,000 of their comrades wem woundedbut about 4,500 Imperial JapaneseMarines, the* cream of Nippon's fighting men, ah bit., the dust.Many of those Marinis who plunged into almost certain death at Tarawa were trained here. The others got their ‘•boot” training at San Diego, Calif. I hey received the same instruction recruits are getting now—training that hri.ig« an unskilled civilian to within 00 percent of the fighting efficiency he ever will reach. All in eight week** time.From the moment the recruit arrives he begins to absorb the training and traditions that have made Marines famous in every war si . He d*e t evenwait for ■ ' ’ i. : 4 ,lt; ? f di II-ing. He drill w h his platoon incivilian clothes for a day, ma; b0\-rs£0efeeri1pMcosuVe Colling for 35-CcntCrude Price Hike NowBefore Senatet 9Disguised like this a Marine has a swell chance of being mistaken by the enemy for a piece of undergrowth. At the New River, N. (’., base he learns such tactics as this, tricks so that when he goes into clt; bat fee vs ill ) ei real chance of coming i -(Official I SMC Photo)IfwllmmdiMnjheatrr BeautifulVCLOSING TONIGHTLost Timesm TAPE ROMAHtl!f *SONNY TUFTS55ch o.*—•.T. «asiS- ‘COMING WEDNESDAY ONLY»wowLynn Merrick Raginoid Denny ^ Borton MacLaneAjiiTTmi Cowon Rose HobartOlUMBIA PICTUHItwo, until uniforms can bo issued.When he sets foot on this isolated island of sand and “boondocks”he is met by a hard-boiled drill in-^ mstructor v hose job is to make a first class fighting man of everyIT ■ ri- ' in 5 p'a* * r.“All right, you people,*' the words come with measured precision asthe drill instructor looks over hisplatoon. “You re in the Marine corps now. first thing you’ve got to learn is t quit worrying. W egot a major down in battalionheadquarters. He’s paid ayear to do your worrying for you. So knock it off. It ghi, I-a e-e.”I * im ut lor is tough* He hasto be, for he has a j-. to uo and nothing less than perfection will get his platoon by the inspecting | officer on the 3th, 11th, 16th arm 21st day in-sections. Drilling,r-gni houia a day of it, lectures,personal instruction v\ith t; lt;i i ,calisthenics, the manual of arms, the marching manual, and la t but not least, physical drill under arms, dubbed by recruits “physical torture under arms.** Rut it’s amazing how much of this “toriare” a recruit can stand after two weeksi here. T he exercises cries of nine move-wn and horizontal, of i. Platoons frequently do 4,000 to 5,000 movements. And if you don't believe a nine-pound rifle gets heavy after a few hundred counts—try it.\\ hat Peat hern* cks-in-tl e- makingare taught is not theory. Vlarines know warfare, even kind from bush fighting to parachute dropping. l ough non-coms, \ teraits of many campaigns in Hail*, Nicaragua and the South Pacific, teachAnd then he tells them how it’sdone.Pride and joy of the Marine ishia rifle. He cleans, oils and polishes it every day, whether he’sused it or not. If a recruit lets arifle fall on the “deck” he sleeps with it that night. And the drill instructor checks up after the unlucky lad has gone to sleep to see that he does just that. No other rifie range training i* as extensive as that here. For three weeks the recruit lives, sleeps and breathes accuracy and safety.There has never been a seriousaccident on the range at this base.Except when actually firing, recruits keep the bolts of their rifles open, making impossible an acci-ntal discharge. The rule ist enforced and any recruitving is subject to court mar-WASHINGTON, Dec. 14—61*) -The administration’s anti-inflation dikes sprang another leak today as legislation to force an increase in crude oil prices moved from House to Senate.Senator Thomas (D-Okla.) announced he would seek to add the measure to anti-food subsidy legislation, also passed by the House and awaiting Senate action, unlessthe Office of Price administrationacts immediately to boost petroleum prices by at least 35 cents a barrel, in line with the House mandate.Roth measures hav- been denounced by administration leaders as inflationary.The oil bill sailed through the House late yesterday 171 to 92. It would direct the OPA to order an immediate 35-eont price rise, to be followed by ceiling adjustments in various fields up to about 74 centsa barrel. The average price on a nationwide basis now is about$1.18 a barrel.Rep. Disney, (D-Okla.), its sponsor, argued higher petroleum prices are necessary to encourage oil exploration and production. T he House struck out a provision which would have shifted oil pricecontrol from the OPA to InteriorSecretary Ickes, who advocates higher Ceilings*Meanwhile, a three-member Senate subcommittee tried to find a basis for compromise on food subsidies, with orders from the hanking committee to make a report by tomorrow if possible.Majority leader Barkley (Ky.), and Senator Taft (R-Ohio) thoughta system of limited subsidies might he worked out to hold down retail food prices but Senator Bankhead (D-Ala.), third member of the subcommittee, declared he saw “no ground for compromise.”School Men toAttend SpecialTahlequah Meetdstrictlydisobeytial.I ntof rugged Hi compj ise a uu nts, up, d16 counts (two weeks on the range, which comes after five weeks drilland bayonet practice, is taken up with “snapping in” and firing the pistol and .22 calibre rifle. Snapping in, learning the various shooting positions, how to sight and aim, is coupled with a hcttire M in s and classroom questions on windage, velocity and the other mechanics of accurate shooting.The more the recruit knowsabout\ \ p i«ervediremith the elements ot ge-tingStory «nd Scretn Fla/ by Lr*c Taylor • Oirtctad by tugin* J ford# • Product^ by Rudolph C. flothowalsoTROPICAL SPORTLAND”in TechnicolorDm enemy before hr gets you. ' me of these instructors fcere is the famous Master Gunnery Sergeant Lou Diamond, a wizened veteran of more wars and skirmishes than he cares to mention, and whes^ profanity is excelled only by his »lt;v-erciu e. Diamond doesn’t mincewords. “Kill the »” he warnsmenacingly, “before they kill you.ifThi* beauty oI HondaI * 1 u h Iu Thrill*• CLOSING TONIGHT •UOSUqOfUD/VajoujAjjogCOMMERCEToday OnlyHMYhis lifle the more attached to it. He learns virtually King there is to know, for4Bprfie, as the Marines’ rifle states it, “is my life.” He can put round after round through the bull’s eve at 500 yards, he canw . ■■ w ■ •••' yuse the M-l (Garand) in rapid fire when he’s outnumbered or he can use the slower, more accurate, F pr i ngf ield w i th dead 1 y acc u rat• y an a sniper. He can operate the Tommy gun, the Raising sub-machine gun, the .50 calibre machine gun and many others. He can pick up abandoned enemy weapons or rifh * an use them, for he knows the principles of all guns.When he “graduates” from “boot camp” he’s a Marine. ID* has supreme confidence in himself, his companions and hisleader# because he knows they all have been through the same rigorous mill. He knows he can do the impossible because he haseliminated that word from his vocabulary—since his second day at “boot camp.” He’s a tough customer on the battlefield because he’s had the finest training offered by any military organization.lie may swagger a bit, but if so it’s not arrogance but self-confidence. His buddies at Tarawa swaggered too, even as theyOttawa county school men will attend a regional eourriciflum conference tomorrow at Tahlequah.This conference is one of a num- (her being hold over the state to discuss educational curriculum for victory and peace.Dr. Henry Harap of George Pea-body college, Nashville, Tenn., is to be tho principal speaker. He willalso be the principal contributor in the panels and round tabic: discussions.M i a m i ’ s superintendent of schools, R. C. Niche Is, w ill presid*at the final summary arm roundtable. School superintendents accompanying Nichols to Tahlequahwill be R. H. John of Rich, r, L. O.Tennant of Quapavv, Jess Marlin of Commerce and ]• rod Jimer^on, county superintendent,Dr. Harap, a curriculum specialist, has been brought to Oklahoma as a consultant on curriculum making. He will pay special heed to j the many new educational problems 1 resented by current events and w ill suggest educational adjus t-ments to solve these problems.29 DIE IN FLOODSMEXICO, CITY, Dec. 14—LT)_ j Floods which swept Sinaloa state jlast week took a toll of 29 livesand did approximately $8,000,000damage to property exclusive of ?communications, according to official figures.climbed onto that beach. A thousand of them won’t come back but another thousand w ill replace them with an equal “will to die” because they have a stronger will to live for their country and to make the enemy die for his..
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Tue, Dec 14, 1943
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