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writers and under no circumstances are to he considered those of the
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All pictures are United States
Army
The surname of Johnson stands second on the list and it is fol
lowed by Brown Williams Jones Miller Davis Anderson Wilson and
Taylor.
The nomenclature of colors such as black brown white and green
have long been prominent names in the United States but only Brown
and White much to our surprise appear in the first 20 of the prom
mcnt surnames. The Whites stand in 13th place the Greens in 21st
position with the Blacks occupying 49th place.
The Thomases who occupy 11 th place are followed by the Moores
the Whites Martins Thompsons Jacksons Harrises Lewises Aliens
and Halls in that order.
While there are many more Smiths than the rest of us they are
not in first position in all parts of the country- For example there
are more Cohens in Manhattan than there are Smiths and in Colone
McCormick's Chicago the Johnsons are more numerous than the
Smiths. But in nearly every section of the nation the Smiths run no
worse than second.
In 1946 the Veterans Administration reported that it had more
than 13000 John Smiths on its rolls and that more than 8000 of
them had no middle initial.
Many prominent people living in the United States today hac
forefathers who lived under altogether different names. The Hoovers
and the Roosevelts were not always Hoovers and Roosevelts Herbert
Hoover descended from a family originally named Huber and many
of the descendants of this family are now known as Hovers Hoofers
and Hoebers. The early Roosevelts were of Prussian stock which great
ly delighted Teddy until we got in a war with William II they were
one of the van families and spelled their name Rosenfelt.
In western Pennsylvania the surname of Pfoersching was changec
to Pfirsching and then to Pershin and later to Pershing which is the
family General Pershing descended from. General Custer came from a
family who once called themselves Koster and the Hon. John W.
Bricker of amendment fame has many forefathers buried in Maryland
under tombstones bearing the name of Brucker. Dr. George W. Crile
the famous surgeon descended from a German family named Greil
and George Westinghouse the only wealthy man who never tried to
buy his way out of the Civil War was the descendant of a West-
phalian narr^A Wistinghausen. Buffalo Bill Cody's real name was
Kothe. Wen«jrf Wilkie's father was a German named Wilche and Dr.
Frederick A.' Cook the explorer was the son of a German named
Kock.
Gen. William S. Rosecrans who lost the battle of Chickamauga
while sitting on his horse in the front yard trying to make a date with
the widow Glenn was once a Rosenkrantz. William Wirt who was de
feated for the presidency in 1832 was once Worth and P. S. Gross-
cup the celebrated federal judge was iriginally a Grosskofp- The
have-you-been saved? man Billy Sunday who got very rich getting
people safely to Heaven was the son of a soldier named Sonntag
The Rockefellers were once Roggenfelders and Lew Dockstader the
old-time minstrel man was a Clapp when he was born.
The American nobility have not been alone in changing their sur
names. Many commoners also have a penchant for it. We once knew
a Solomon Simcha who signed himself Albert Brown to conceal
humble beginning in a foreign land.
Most of the movie people after getting themselves out of rags
usually succumb to the fatuity of taking on a glamorous name. One
seldom hears of a Gladys Smith or a Hazel Carpenter in the movies.
Of late years American women have been quite prone to change
their Christian names hoping we suppose to attract more attention.
We once knew a farm girl who after going to New York and catching
a rich playboy on her commoner hook made it plain to the newspaper
reporters in her country town that her first name was Barbara and not
Angy as she was christened. Many a Mildred after marrying the
judge's feckless son often becomes Millicent on moving in with the
judge. In many of the country towns especially in the scrub-bull
counties of Missouri and Arkansas the Maudes the Mabels Floren
ces Blanches Graces Stellas Lauras and Jessies have virtually dis
appeared. In the cow social registers they now appear as Mary Eliza
beth Judith Marie Marlene Josephine Betsey Anna Sallie Joe Ruthie
Marie Patricia Delight and Wilma Eureka. Whether this has helped
them in the difficult business of snagging a man we cannot tell you.
The author of these lines was spared the intellectual mortification of
attending school but if the solons at Washington ever pass a law
making a college education a prerequisite to citizenship we think
we'll attend Yale.
A man who was graduated from the Yale class of 1937 offers
some evidence that Yale men get along exceedingly well. He writes
that his class has earned more than 10 million dollars in 16 years.
All members of his class are still free of the altruistic itch none uses
dope or snuff and only two have taken up residence in Hollywood.
Although most of them consort with the jug freely none has become
a dipsomaniac. At least a dozen of them have gone in for writing and
nearly all of them have penned a best-seller. None of the class of
1937 has ever been convicted of embezzlement or found guilty of
cheating on his income tax return and only two of them have ever
sought a public office. Since both were defeated both have long since
been forgiven. Of those who have become messengers of the Almighty
all died in bed save one. He was killed jumping out of another man's
bedroom.
The governor of a western state declares that he advocates no
new taxes. Just how reactionary can a governor get these days?
Wilson Mizner the author gambler and cheat once told about going
to confession. "The priest left before I was half through" Wilson said-
"He left to call the police."
A profound man writes that children are born into this world not
knowing the difference between right and wrong. Many of them leave
it in the same fix.
A housewife recently turned on the radio and fainted. The announcer
said meat was getting cheaper.
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Surnames In America
We have just learned from a government agency that Smith is
the predominant surname in the United States. We always thought that
the Stebbinses were more numerous than other tribes. The stupidest
man we have ever known called himself Stebbins. Because stupid men
propagate their kind much faster than wise men we were greatly as
tonished to learn that Smith and not Stebbins he^ds the list of American
surnames. But our deduction that the inept multiply faster than saga
cious men is probably erroneous for in taking a glance at Who Who
in America we find there are more Smiths listed than any other name.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN By Ben
jamin P. Thomas—Lincoln was
shot down by John Wilkes Booth
on the evening of April 14 1865
and died the following morning at
7:22. Since that memorable date
3958 books and pamphlets have
been published about his life. While
more words have been wrtten
about him than any other man in
history yet there are a few my
steries in his remarkable career
which have not been clared up.
There is no longer any doubt
about the legitimacy of his birth
just as there is no longer any doubt
about his mother Nancy Hanks
being born out of wedlock. We
know now that his wife Mary
Todd was virtually irsane while
Lincoln still lived that she once
accused Mrs. Grant of trying to
win Lincoln's affections. We know
now of her spending orgies which
took place in New York and Phila
delphia and about which Lincoln
knew nothing at the time of his
death. Although was worth more
than $100000 when he died he
would have been horribly pained
had he lived to receive the bills.
oi
But what we iw nothing at all
about Lincoln is his religious be
liefs. William Herndon his law
partner who lived until 1891 and
on whom all Lincoln biographers
have leaned heavily always de
clared emphatically that Abe was
a confirmed atheist. But Dr. Wil
liam E. Barton a Presbyterian
pastor who wrote one of the best
Lincoln biographies declares with
equal certainty that Lincoln was a
Christian. According to Dr. Barton
Lincoln merely rejected the hell-
fire and brim-stone dogma of his
day that all churches today would
be happy to accept him as a dues-
paying member.
Mr. Thomas a professional his
torian offers no opinion upon this
ontroversial question- and less
than one page of his book is de
voted to Lincoln's religious convic
tions.
Readers disposed to wonder
about the lack of evidence con
cerning the Emancipator's piety or
a lack of it should remember that
very few intelligent men in this
world ever reveal theii true con
victions about religion especially
if they are office-seekers as Lin
coin was. A careful reader of the
Scriptures as Lincoln was is very
likely to succumb to doubts and
if he is a man seeking to curry
public favor the less he has to say
about these doubts the better he
will get along in these so-called
Christian states.
Tho:nas Jefferson was an excel
lent example. During his early life
when he entertained no serious
it a as pi at on
voiced his agnostic convictions
but after he began to itch for pub
lic office he became discreetly
quiet upon the subject as all men
must who are in need of Christian
votes.
During his lifetime Lincoln is
sued only one written statement
concerning his religious views. In
his campaign for a congressional
seat in 1846 his opponent one
Peter Cartwright a tent show re
vivalist spread the word about that
Lincoln was not a true believer
Lincoln paid no attention to this
charge during the campaign but
after he was safely elected he is
sued a statement upon the advice
of friends which was calculated
to put down the idea for all time
that he was a doubt ng man. What
he had
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say was doubtless loud
ly cheered by the yokels- but it
amounted to no more than a neat
gallimaufry of evasiveness.
"I have never spoken' he wrote
'with intentional disrespect of re
ligion in general or of any denomi
nation of Christians in particular
It is -ue that I am not a mem
ber of any church but I have
never denied the truth of the
Scriptures. In my early life I was
inclined to believe in the Doctrine
of Necessity."
He went on to say that he would
probably never support a man for
public office who was a scoffer
but he vas careful to avoid stat
ing what he actually believed.
It is true that during the War
he made a loud speech before the
Methodists in which he lauded them
for sending more men to the war
than any other church. But he did
not endorse their shouting and
they were never able to collar him
in membership.
Thus we shall l:kely never know
what he actually believed about
religion. He was a careful man
with the pen and there is not a
line in the thousands of letters and
papers that he wrote which throws
the slightes* light upon his beliefs.
But he is not the only famous man
to leave the world in doubt. Mark
Twain often expressed his religious
views in private conversation but
he was always careful to keep
them out of his letters and books.
Lincoln's career was so many-
sided and so full of wonders it is
almost impossible to .crowd his
doings between the covers of a
sngle volume. But Mr. Thomas
has done an excellent job in omit
ting the unimportant and in clari
fying and dispelling many myths
that have existed much too long.
He makes it plain that Lincoln's
father was not the ignoramus that
many authors have said that he
as and he was certainly not a
poor man. The Ann Rutledge love
affair which is given great space
in many lincoln books is called
by its right name and Abe's in
come which was always consider
able has been revelaed at last. In
day when the average family
could exist comfortably on $1 per
day Abe was earning more than
$1500 per year Many bio
graphers have declared that he
THE ARMORED SENTINEL FORT HOOD TEXAS
was poor until he reached the
White House.
Perhaps we still need a better
humanizing job on Lincoln for in
many respects he still remains a
Messiah in the minds of many peo
ple. But Mr. Thomas has written
a book that is extraordinarily bril
liant and one which is likely to be
looked upon as among the very
best of the Lincoln biographies.
The publisher is Knopf and the
price is $5.75. R. L. Thompson.
WINSTON CHURCHILL By Rob
ert Lewis Taylor—Mr. Taylor very
properly labels his book A Study
in Greatness. Very few men dis
posed to fairness will disagree wilh
the observation that Mr. Churchill
was and is the greatest man of his
times. Indeed it would be stretch
ing the truth but very little to say
that he was and is the only really
great man of his day. "The stature
of Roosevelt II as a statesman has
already collapsed despite the ef
forts of partisan world-savers to
justify his blundering and the
world is very properly permitting
the memory of Woodrow Wilson
to fade into obscurity. For several
years following his death in 1924
several writers who worshipped at
the Woodrow Shrine sought to re
vive interest in him but the longer
his philosophy remained open to
scrutiny the more he appeared as
a fifth-rate man. Lloyd-George
Clemenceau Orlando and the oth
er heroes of World War I all lie
buried in diplomatic shame and
Stalin Hitler and Mussolini were
evil men who had no talent for
anything except bloodletting.
Probably the nearest rival to
Churchill in greatness will be
found in the career of Theodore
Roosevelt. It is true that his early
years were characterized by de
vious and shabby demagoguery
but a few years before he died in
1919 at the age of 60 he began to
eschew mountebankery and there
was beginning to emerge from the
hooey a shrewd and sober man. He
had one of the finest minds in
America and had he occupied the
White House during World War I
it seems certain that he would
have supplied the leadership to
keep out of the treaty of Versail
les the injustices that were writ
ten into it and which brought on
World War II. He had the mis
fortune to live and rule without
the convenience of a great war and
thus he never got to display his
talents in a field that never fails
to bring either shame or glory to
those in positions of responsibility.
It is too bad that he died so soon
for the Republicans had decided to
offer him the presidency in 1920
and thus he would have been per
mitted to put into effect the sound
philosophy which he espoused in
his last years.
There was not much in the early
life of Mr. Churchill to indicate
the great achievements which were
to follow. He disliked school from
the first day to' the last looking
upon all pedagogues as dolts. From
the very beginning he seems to
have been a recusant of immense
courage and candor and he has
remained one to this day. In his
long life he has been obliged to
stand almost alone in the world
about him and the tragedy of
this of course lies in the fact that
he was always right. No other man
in history save Lincoln has had
his judgments more thoroughly
vindicated.
There is not a dull page in Mr.
Taylor's book despite the fact he
was not permitted to interview his
subject. Being an author himself
Mr. Churchill entertains the odd
notion that the facts about his life
belong to him to be recorded only
by his own pen.
But Mr. Taylor has given us a
very complete biography. Church
ill's doings as a youthful army of
ficer newspaper reporter author
of books prisoner of war polo
player of fine ability orator and
statesman are all gone into pretty
thoroughly.
Like most Churchill biographers
we believe Mr. Taylor has over
stated the prime minister's drink
ing habits. A few years ago we
asked hs son Randolph Churchill
about his father's drinking and he
offered very convincing evidence
that the great man drinks much
less than has been attributed to
him by most authors. He seems
to be a rather steady drinker but
not a heavy one.
Joe Stalin naturally gets into
this book quite often. This review
er dislikes to confess it but to
him Stalin often appears to be more
or less human. He was a man of
trenchant wit and whenever the
mood was upon him he could turn
on the charm in a grand manner.
Once after a long session during
which a lot of food and liquor were
consumed he invited Churchill to
his private quarters to share a
suckling pig. After Churchill con
fessed that he could not put down
another bite of food Stalin sat
down and devoured the pig him
self. The time was 3 a.m. Double-
day is the publisher. R. L.
Thompson.
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Divine Services
PROTESTANT
Stockade Chapel .• Sunday 8:30
Hospital Chapel (Ward C-5) Sunday 9:00
Battalion Avenue East Chapel. Sunday School Sunday 9:30
Worship Service "... .Sunday 10:00 and 11:00
37th Street East Chapel Sunday 10:00
50th Street Chapel Sunday 10:00 and 11:00
Evangelistic Hour Sunday 7:30
162nd Street Chapel—worship service Sunday 10:00
Battalion Ave. West Chapel Sunday 9:00 10:00 and 11:00
Brigade Ave. West Chapel Sunday 10:00
Brigade Ave. East Chapel Sunday 10:00
268th Street Chapel Sunday 10:00
Hood Village Chapel—Sunday School Sunday 9:45
Worship Service Sunday 11
North Fort Hood Chapel Sunday 9:00
52d Street Chapel Sunday 9:00 10:00 and 11:00
North Fort Hood Chapel 5:50
CATHOLIC
Sunday Masses
Hospital Chapel 8:00
Battalion Ave. East Chapel 8:00
Brigade Ave. West Chapel 9:00
37th Street WTest Chapel 9:00 and 10:00
162d Street Chapel 9:00 and 11:00
Theater No. 1 11:00
North Fort Hood Chapel 5:30
Daily Masses
162d St. Chapel 6:30
37th Street West Chapel 6:15
Battalion Ave. East Chapel 6:15
Confessions
162d St. Chapel (Friday) 7:00
162d St. Chapel (Saturday) 4:00 p.m.-7:00
37th West Chapel (Saturday) 3:00
Battalion Ave East Chapel (Saturday) 7:00
Novenas
162d St. Chapel (Tuesday) 7:30
37th West Chapel (Wednesday) 7:30
Baptisms
162nd Street Chapel (Saturday) 5:00
37th Street West Chapel (Sunday) 11:00
JEWISH
50th Street Chapel—Worship Service Friday 8:00 p.m.
DENOMINATIONAL
Protestant Episcopal—50th St. Chapel Sunday 8:00
Christian Science—268th St. Chapel Sunday 11:00
Latter Day Saints—52nd St. Chapel Sunday 1:00 and 7:30
Christian Reformed—50th St. Chapel Sunday 2:00
Lutheran—50th St. Chapel Sunday 9:00
Servicemen For Christ—52nd St 7:30
General Bible Study—52d St. Chapel
United Christian Fellowship Sunday 6:30
50th St.—52d St. and Battalion Ave. West Chapels
"Old Ironsides" I&E Topics
By PFC ALLAN ARNOLD
Today's CCH briefing "Where
We Serve" will be delivered by
PFC Joseph Internicola. All 1st
Armored Division TI&E personnel
will attend this briefing at 2 p.m.
in Building 38.
Private Internicola is attached
to the division TI&E Office. He is
a grad'.c-te of the Armed Forces
Public Information School Fort
Slocum N.Y.
The 1st Armored Division TI&E
office and lounge will be closed
during off-duty hours. However a
representative of the division of
fice will be on duty at the Army
Education Center from 6-8 p.m.
Monday through Thursday for
counseling and USAFI enrollments.
The Army Education Center is lo
cated in building 212 on Headquar
ters Avenue. All division person
nel are encouraged to participate
in the education program.
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V.Tuesday
6:30
During the past week 11 men in
the 1st *rmored Division have sat
isfactorily completed the
school GED test and may now ap
ply for a high school equivalency
certificate. By obtaining this cer
tificate they become eligible for an
increased number of jobs and also
meet the educational requirements
for many Army schools.
Two men received military credit
for one year of college by having
satisfactorily completing the col
lege GED test. They may now
enter some colleges with a soph-
more standing.
"Lefcrn to live and live to learn
Ignorance like a fire doth burn
Little tasks make large return".
—Bayard Taylor
The Hopi Indians are the only
tribe of Indians in North Ameri
ca where the men practice weav
ing.
Peter De Vries The Tunnel of
Love It all add. up to a tale
that is urbanely and adroitly told
—and viscerally funny.
David Taylor Lights Across
the Delaware The danger and
the glory of the Battle of Trenton
during the Revolutionary War.
Augusta Walker Around a
Rusty God A moving books alive
with rare hu.nor freshness and
wisdom.
General: William. F. Buckley
McCarthy and His Enemies Dis
cussion of McCarthy his methods
and his critics.
F. Fraser Bond An Intro
duction to Journalism An in
troduction to the whole field of
contemporary American journal
ism.
Northrop Aeronautical Institute
Aircraft Basic Science Text
book on construction inspection
operation maintenance overhaul
and repair of aircraft and aircraft
engines.
New recrods added to record col
lection: Beethoven Moonlight So
nata Brahms Hungarian Dances
Dvorak Symphony No. 5 in E
Minor Goodman- 1937-1938 Jazz
Concert No. 2 Grieg Lyric Suite
Op. 54 Grieg Song of Norway
South Carolina was the first
state to plant rice and indigo for
sale.
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Thursday July 22 1954
LOOKING AROUND THE LIBRARY
New books acquired by the Post
Library:
Fiction: Louis Auchincloss
The Romantic Egoists—Eight short
stories told by one man exploring
the charm of misdirected courage
and discovers the core of egotism
that underlies it.
Khachaturian Gayne Bailey Sujf^
Nos. 1 & 2 Kreisler String queWF
tet in A Minor Mendelssohn Con
certo in E Minor for Violin and
Orchestra Op. 64 Mozart Con
certo for Piano and Orchestra No.
20 in Minor Morzart The
Magic Flute Rachmanioff Pre
lude in Sharp Minor Op. 3
No. 2 Schumann Prayer in Time
of War Tcfiaikovsky Concerto No.
1 in Flat! Minor Op. 23 Wilder
Piece for Stringed Instruments.
Wit And
Wisdom
Vic Oliver former son-in-law of
Winston Churchill once asked the
prime minister who in his opin
ion was the greatest man to
emerge from World War TI. "Mus
solini" responded Mr. Churchill.
"Why do you pick him?" Oliver
asked.
"He was the only one who had
enough sense to shoot his son-
in-law" said Sir Winston.
The power of words is such that
they have prevented our learning
some of the most important events
in world history—Norman Angell.
The female knee is a joint arv
not an entertainment. —Per
Hammond.
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Has any reader ever found per
fect accuracy in the newspaper ac
count of any event of which he
himself had inside knowledge?—
Edward V. Lucas.
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