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OUR FLEETING OPPORTUNITY
i
Since Hitler’s invasion of Russia, began, military
experts the world over have gone into action to
analyze what effect the opening of the new battle
front will have on the course of the war. It is j
the consensus that England has been presented with
a magnificent opportunity to strike Germany a
staggering blow while millions of Nazi troops, vast
stores of mechanized equipment and thousands of
planes are engaged in attacking the Red armies.
The Royal Air Force has taken advantage of
the mobilization of the Luftwaffe along the eastern
front to seize daylight control of the air over the
English Channel and the northern coast of France
and Belgium. For weeks English planes have been
making daylight raids on the invasion coast, with j
far fewer losses than the Germans suffered when
they attempted daylight raids over England. This
means that Britain is winning the war in the air.
Now, however, that the war between Germany
and Russia has locked the world's two greatest
armies deep in the U.S.8.R., Britain is presented
with the opportunity of striking at the heart of Ger
many, by a systematic campaign of bombing fac
tories, railroad yards, bridges and other military ob
jectives in the hope of crippling German production
and transportation.
It may even be possible for England to launch
an invasion of the “invasion coast” and again es
tablish a foothold on the continent. Such a cam
paign is urged by the British press and by certain
U. S. military men, according to a special dispatch
from the authors of the Washington Merry-Go
Round, appearing in yesterday’s Empire.
It should be emphasized, however, that the op
portunities thus presented are fleeting. The situa
tion will be favorable for Britain only as long as a
big concentration of Nazi forces is required on the
eastern front. Therefore it behooves England to act
promptly.
The United States also has an opportunity to
help administer a crushing blow to Hitler by step
ping up the delivery of planes, tanks and other mu
nitions of war to England. Our production is in
creasing daily, but increased production will not
enable England to take advantage of the break, un
less the materials are delivered to the other side of
the Atlantic. We should use the full resources of
our Navy to protect the ships in making the de
liveries.
It is not surprising that the British government
It’s accepted Russia as a military ally. After all,
the main objective is to crush Hitler. "Any man
].«• state who figfMa against Naisism "wflMiave ©u
aid," said Winston Churchill.
We should tfe fools indeed if we chose this mo
i ment to debate the irrelevant Issue of Nazism versu
Communism, instead or proceeding realistically U
capitalize on the gigantic diversion of Germar
strength to the East.
In our own way we are engaged in the tremen
dous task of defeating Hitler's plan for world domi
nation. The British are taking spectacular advantage
of the sudden opportunity, bombing Western Ger
many and the invasion ports as they have never
been bombed before. Our own government should
search out every possible means of striking at the
Nazi power, for every blow struck just now will
count for twice as much.
Obviously, this is a time to hasten deliveries oi
bomber aircraft to Great Britain, for the value of
every bomber now in service from British airdromes
is immensely enhanced by the favorable strategic
situation. And because Japan has been sold out an
other time by the Axis, our position in the Par East
is materially Improved. This should make it pos
sible to transfer additional naval craft to the At
lantic and so give further assurance that the weapons
and supplies we are sending to Britain will reach her
without fail.
Only the myopic and the apologists for Hitlerism,
only the professional Red-baiters who put senti
mentality above realism,- will argue that this is a
time to relax our efforts. The reluctant entry of
Russia into the struggle has no importance for us
save that it weakens—at least for the present — the
military power of the megalomaniacs in Berlin. Com
mon sense tells us to redouble our efforts and take
full advantage of the good fortune which has drawn
the striking power of Germany away from Western
Europe.
Another Dreadnought
(Cincinnati Enquirer)
The launching of the 35,000-ton battleship South
Dakota indicates anew that the preparedness pro
gram as a whole is far from bogging down. At the
launching the South Dakota is four months ahead
of her construction schedule. Two sister ships, the
North Carolina and the Washington, already in com
mission, were completed and turned over to the fleet
far ahead of original schedule.
It will be many months, of course, until the
South Dakota is ready for sea. But some time early
next year construction will be complete, and we
shall have 18 ships of the line. It is characteristic
of the energy with which the naval building program
1s being carried on that the keel of a 10,000-ton
cruiser was laid on the ways vacated by the South
Dakota in a matter of hours.
Merely to say that we shall have 18 battleships
early next year, instead of the 15 we had when this
war broke out, is to understate the increase in our
naval strength. The three new dreadnoughts, two
of which are already in service, are much better
ships than any of the older vessels.
Each of them mounts nine 16-inch guns and a
score of lesser guns, and carries the heaviest armor
available. According to the American naval tradi
tion, they are not extraordinarily fast ships, being
capable of something more than 28 knots. But even
this, although it does not compare with the speed
of the newest British and German battleships, is a
great increase over the 23-knot average of our older
ships of the line.
The sinking of the Bismark, chiefly by means
of aerial torpedoes, has raised a serious question, of
course, as to the wisdom of building battleships at
$60,000,000 apiece. But the sinking of one ship does
not automatically condemn as useless all ships of
that category. In general, capital ships have stood
up to the threat of air power remarkably well. They
still have an extremely important function in the
defense of a nation fortunate enough to be able to
defend itself primarily on the open oceans.
A feeling of nostalgia sweeps over us as Russia
and Germany go for each other. Not since the good
old prohibition days have we had a chance to enjoy
a first-class gang war.
As long as they have Lindbergh, Wheeler, Nye
and some others on their side, the Axis powers
shouldn't mind so much having their consulates
closed over here.
a hinglon
M«rry
Pound
inued frorr Pue fjnm
ranean fleet. The losses at
Crete were much worse than
officially admitted, and even
in the Syrian campaign naval
losses were considerable. There
fore, American naval men, fac
ing the probability of having to
help the British fleet in the At
lantic, did not want the fleet
further weakened.
3. The United States is more in
terested in what happens on
the buldge of Africa around
Dakar (opposite Brazil) than it
is in the Mediterranean.
To this end, both General Wavell
and U. S. strategists favored the
idea of withdrawing British forces
from the Mediterranean entirely and
establishing a new line of defense
across the very center of Africa—
from Port Sudan on the Red Sea to
Freetown, on the Atlantic Ocean.
This line of defense meant that
about 1,500 miles of the hottest
desert in the world would be between
the Nazis and the British lines. Over
such a desert it is difficult for tanks
to operate without heating up; also
It is difficult for the average bomb
er to carry a load over such dis
tances. So it was expected that the
Nazis would exhaust themselves in
the deep, hot deserts of Africa
Part of the plan cqptemplated
a highway straight across equa
torial Africa from Freetown and
later from Dakar to Port 8udan.
CHURCHILL SAYS NO
However, Churchill was flatly op
posed. So were many other British
leaders. They felt that the shock of
withdrawal from the Mediterranean,
traditional sphere bt British influ
ence, and from Suez which had been
identified with the British Umpire
for years, would be'too much for the
British public.
The debate occurred before the
Nazi attack on Russia and before
the British march into Syria. But
after the slowness of Wavell’s suc
cess in Syria, all these factors cul
minated in his transfer to India.
There Wavell can concentrate on
defense of the most important part
of the Empire—if the Nazis creep
up on the Indian border in South
Russia. Also, he will not be in the
Mediterranean, for the defense of
which he had no great enthusiasm.
NOTE: In view of present U. S.
demands for a separate air force, it
is interesting to note that one of
General Wavell’s rows with London
was over the fact that the British
army, navy and air force all were
under different commands, each
commander doing what he thought
best. Wavell could not command
the naval or air force to correlate
their efforts with his. They co
operated with him, but if there was
disagreement, they, not he, made the
final choice.
“MR. SMITH LEAVES
WASHINGTON"
Edwin L. Smith, left-wing member
of the National Labor Relation:
Board, will not be reappointed when
his term expires next month.
Long under fire from the AFL and
at loggers head with the other* two
members of the board. Smith is def
initely slated for replacement. The
White House tried to ease him out
last year when the NLRB underwent
a housecleaning, but Smith refused
! to quit. He insisted on filling out
his term, and since it would have
taken a fight to remove him, the
matter was dropped.
! But now that his term is finished,
Smith knows he is on the way out
At an NLRB staff meeting last week
ie remarked that it was probably
the last time he would address
them. CIO insiders predict that he
Will get a job on the staff of John
L. Lewis, with, w^om Smith is or
close terms.
Topping the list of likely succes
{ sors is John J. McDonough, promln
ent Boston attorney. A leading New
England liberal, McDonough once
was regional director of the WPA
and for many years a member of
the Massachusetts State Labor
Board. He Is an old friend of Harry
Hopkins and has a wide acquaint
ance in labor ranks.
As many as ten men stand or sit
behind the President at his press
conferences these days Bodyguard
Tom Qualters and a brace of Secret
Service men stand directly behind
him, flanked by the military aide,
naval aide, and Presidential Secre
taries Steve Early, William Hassett,
Lauchlln Currie, Lowell Mellett, Jim
Rowe, and Gene Casey. . . . The
Army's new heavy tank is equipped
not only with machine guns and a
75-mm. gun, but also with a nice
shiny horn to keep soldiers them
selves from getting in the way. . . .
Curly - haired Senator Berkeley
Bunker of Nevada, who succeeded
to the seat of the late Key Pittman,
never misses a Senate session and is
assiduously studying parliamentary
procedure. Vice-President Wallace
1 has called him to preside during his
absence more than any other Sen
ator. . .. Hard-working William Mc
Reynolds, one of the six "anony
mous” White House secretaries, is a
chain smoker like his close friend
Harry Hopkins. A career man, Mc
Reynolds is credited with knowing
more about the intricacies of gov
HAPPY BIRTHDAY [
JULY 8
Micky Pusich
C. P. McNutt
Mrs. Ethan Nelson
Robert B. Dailey
Mrs. T. P. Stillman* -J
Hazel Van Asselt *
Mrs. T. F. Osbourne*
P. T. Dickson
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HOROSCOPE
“The star8 incline
but do not compeV*
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9
Benefic aspects rule today, after
the morning hours. Labor troubles
retarding early work may be settled
later. The stars encourage diplo
matic conferences. ' • *
Heart and Home: This is an
auspicious date for making impor
tant plans and reaching declsiohs
of future significance. It is lucky
for girls who meet new acquain
tances among young men in train
ing camps. While the stars do not
stimulate romance they seem to
promise friendships. Women in in
dustry should benefit under (his
configuration. Midsummer this year
is to be memorable for home-mak
ers who extend informal hospitali
ties. The wise will make the most
of present blessings that center in
the American home.
Business Affairs: Astrologers
read in the stars portents of dras
tic changes in the money systems
of the world. In the United States
banking will become of foremost
importance in its leadership, as in
ternational financial matters are
gradually untangled at the close
of the world war which may con
tinue until 1943 or later. The threat
of national socialism or sometlj^ng
like it in European countries will j
not affect this country, although
reforms in Government methods
and usages are foretold.
National Issues: Demands fcrj
economy in government will cause
effort to reduce pensions and othfirl
allowances for human welfare.
There is a sign presaging opposi
tion to philanthropic policies, butj
the waste and overlapping of Fed- j
eral, state and county agencies Will,
be strongly criticized and sweeping]
reductions of public expenditures
for civic agencies will be persistent- j
ly advocated.
International Affairs: Crises in
the world conflict will follow one
another in the next few weeks with
contradictory press reports, ( alter
nately cheering and discouraging
to the democracies. The Panama
Canal as well as the Suez Canal
will cause Intense concentration for
protection against enemy assaults.
The President of the United States
is still subject to aspects productive
of changes and inclining toward
radical measures. The autumn will
come with the most difficult of
problems with a most menacing j
configuration for next November.'
Persons whose birthdate it Is
have the augury of a year of syq-'
cess and happiness. Unexpected
profits from long-time investments
are indicated for many. i »«
Children bom on this day, jtiay
be profoundly intellectual atf&ex
ceedingly charming. They will be
lovers of all that is beautiful.
(Copyright, 1941) 17
ernment than anyone in Washing
ton.
(Copyright, 1941, by United Feature
Syndicate, Inc)
CLOSE-2 WAYS
BIRMINGHAM, July 8—Johnny
Cummings Jr., farmer professional
baseball player with Memphis of
; the Southern Association and now
a top-flight golfer, almost didn't
i enter the recent Southern Amateur
, Golf Championship.
He had just changed jobs and
figured his new boss wouldn't like
for him to run off immediately to
play. But the boss said, sure, go
ahead. ..
Johnny was runner-up in the
■ tournament he almost didn’t en
ter.
DEFENSE A|||7
BOND uuu ■ -
Q. Can I buy Defense Bonds by mail?
, A. Yes, by writing to the Treasurer of the United States, Washington,
D. C., for a descriptive circular and order form.
Q. Is there any price advantage in buying Defense Bonds and Stamps
by mail?
A. There is not. The post offices and banks which issue Defense Bonds
and Stamps do so without being paid any profit for their services.
All are woking together, without compensation, for the common
NOTE: To purchase Defense 'l^gjfeWjfeStamps, g«p$o„th*, nearest post
office or bank, or writelor BWOTmation to, tte Treasurer of the
United States, Washington, D. JQ, ^ a
a
20 YEARS AGO th”e empire
JULY 8, 1921
A North Dakota law made It illegal for a man to smoke in a cafe i
or dining room in which women were present. Both the proprietor and
the smoker were liable.
Possibilities of a government operated shipping line connecting Port
land and San Francisco to Alaska points were being investigated by an
agent of the U. S. Shipping Board.
Jacob Britt went to work for Superintendent Hans Floe at the P. G. •
Harris cannery at Hawk Inlet.
In the absence of Chairman George A. Parks of the Alaska Inter
departmental Board, A. E. Sherman was Acting Chairman.
Gov. Scott C. Bone, in an address in Tacoma, declared that adver
tising of Alaska’s fine climate and agricultural possibilities would be the ^
economic and industrial salvation of the Territory.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Paul and children arrived on the steamer Spokane
from Seattle.
Weather: High, 58; low, 52; misty.
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Daily Lessons in English L. cordon
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Frank is reconciled with
his lot.” Say, “Frank is reconciled TO his lot.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Philanthropic. Pronounce fil-an-throp
ik, both I’s as in IT, A as in AT unstressed, O as in ON, accent on third
syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Caffeine, or caffein; observe the El.
SYNONYMS: Saturate, soak, drench, steep.
WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours." Let us
Increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word:
ERUDITE; learned; scholarly. (Pronounce er-oo-dit, E as in SAT, OO
as in FOOT; I as in ICE, accent on first syllable). "Erudite people .are
not always interesting.”
MODERN ETIQUETTE by ROberta lee (
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Q. At what hour should a musicale be held?
A. If the musicale is to be held in the morning, eleven is the cus
tomary hour; if the afternoon, four o'clock; if in the evening, it may
begin at eighty-thirty, unless it follows a formal dinner and then it
begins at ten o’clock.
Q. What is the proper way to eat watermelon?
A. With a fork. Cut off one bite at a time, and be sure to leave
the seeds on the plate.
Q. On which side of the bridegroom should the bride stand during
the wedding ceremony?
A. She should stand at the left of the bridegroom, facing the
minister.
LOOK and LEARN a! c. GORDON |
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1. What famous European ruler sold the United States enough land .
for a bargain price to form seventeen new States? '
2. What ten words comprise twenty-five per cent of our ordinary
speech?
3. What large country’s inhabitants consume an average of eighty
two pounds of fish per person annually?
4. Of what American tree is there no record of any ever having
died of old age? (
5. What great poet took seventeen years to write one of his most -
famous poems? i
ANSWERS:
1. Napoleon, who sold us the Louisiana Territory in 1803.
2. The, of, any, to, a, in, that, it, is, and I.
3. Japan.
4. The giant sequoia.
5. Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-92) writing “In Memoriam.”
AND BALES CAME
TUMBLING AFTER
BUTTE, Mont., July 8—Climbing
to the top of a pile or liay, Dan
Brooks, rancher, started to pull
down a bale.
It struck him and he and the
bale dropped 40 feet to thd floor
of the hay mow.
Both the rancher and the hay -
went through the floor and 74 ad
ditional bales, weighing 7,500
pounds, came tumbling after.
Brooks, prostrate on the ground
floor, cowered his head with his
arm for protection and took every
thing that came his way.
Ranch hands pulled the pile of 1
hay awny—a 20-minute job — and 1
found Dan smiling and only
slightly Irurt.
A Rarity in the Equine World
I
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F*r4, 16-year-old thoroughbred show mare, has good reason
of her bouncing twin foals, an extreme rarity in the equine
{Aka is owned by Lieut. Roger A. Young of White Plains, N. Y.
£$*»» iStaa’ sire is Kentucky My; Own. a well-known five gaiter.
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