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A Wav Out
For Japan
Led by a powerful military
regime that dominated the coun
try Japan found an excuse in
the name of emergency to ravish
a great portion of China and seek
control of the Orient. Flushed
with promises of European col
laboration, the same leaders join
td up with the Axis powers and
sought the conquest of the Far
East.
All went well until Russia
slowed down the German mo
mentum and Britain, America,
Dutch East Indies, China and
Soviet forces of Siberia loomed
on the horizon in virtual encircle
ir.ent of the Nipponese.
Then came the murmurings of
conservative elements of Japan,
already war-weary and objecting
to invite impending disaster.
Many clamored for peace. But
Japan had face to save. But how
could she do it. me conservative
Japanese press frankly admitted
it behooved Jaauan to listen to
the counsel of America's Presi
dent for peace in the Pacific.
How could apan cut away from
her Axis partners when the gov
ernment had a pact with Hitler
and Mussolini. The answer wa
an ace card in the hole, held by
the Emperor.
Traditionally the direct de
scendant from Heaven and ven
erated by the Japanese masses a
theson of God. the Emperor, in
their eyes, can do no wrong. Tak
ing the issue out of the hands of
the militarists and the conserv
atives he an ignore any commit
ments of the miltiary caste and
save Japan. Certain astute au
thorities believe that is exactly
■what he is doing.
Judging by the subsidence of
apan war feor and her failure
to defy Russia or Britain, Japan
now apparently is finding a way
Cut under the adroit guidance of
the Emperor.
The way is open. If accepted,
apan may emerge secure with a
part of her conquered territory.
If not she faces disaster.
The longer she defers aiding
the Axis powers the more likely
is she to accept the policy that
will assure peace in the Pacific
and her status among the powers.
Will she choose eclipse or a
p ace in the sun?
British Food
Chief Tells Of
Reliance on U. S.
LONDON, Oct. — Food Minis
ter Lord Woolton told the House
of Lords that increased produc
tion of so-called “balancing
items" on the part of American
farmers would be necessary “to
hold the lines of defense against
starvation.” Woolton said the sup
ply of such foods already was in
creasing. He declared that the
b;g stock of bulky storage foods
no won hand in Britain furnish
ed ample evidence that the Royal
Navy is slowly but surely win
ning the battle of the Atlantic.
The food minister said that the
British government has inform
ed United States lend-lease offic
ials that it would require about
25 percent more of such supplies
as canned and dried milk, canned
meats, butter, eggs, and canned
fruits from the United States.
As a result, Lord Wolton said,
it was possible for his ministry
recently to give the people a
more encouraging outlook on the
fod situation for the coming win
ter. Tills was made, he said, on
the expectation that these food
stuffs from the United States
would be delivered.
LI CK OF THE BRITISH
There’s quite a batch of Hitler
stories. One tells about him com
ing out of brown fog to ask. for
Moses. It was quite an order but
his aides finally got him through.
Hitler came right to the point.
"Moses, how did you divide the
Red Sea that time?"
Moses hemmed a bit, said it
was a long time ago. But then he
remembered. "Oh, I had a rod
and I waved it.”
“We'l, where’s the rod now?”
"Now?” echoed Moses. "It’s in
the British Museum."
As an indication of how great
are the supplies of aluminum re
quired in warfare, it takes 28,000
pounds for one bomber, 4,000
for a fighter and 925,000 pounds
for a battleship says one expert.
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CHECK INSTRUMENTS FOR HIGH LEAP
Weighted with more than 100 pounds of equipment, including a
radio transmitter and moving picture camera, A. H. Starnes, para
chutist, has his instruments checked by technical aides at Chicago.
-Starnes plans to make a 35,000-foot parachute leap in an attempt
to prove that a man can fall an indefinite distance without any
ill effects, provided he is properly protected from the elements
mnd supplied with sufficient oxygen.
U. S. Learns Froi^ Nazis at Crete,
Builds Planes To Carry Tanks
By Drew Pearson and
Robert S. Alien
i WASHINGTON — An armor
i ed tank carried under an air
! plane as an eagle carries prey
' left the realm of fancy and be
came stark reality when the Ger
mans produced this fearful nov
e ty in the invasion of Crete.
Now it is about to become a
reality in the United States.
In Brooklyn, New York, a me
chanism is being built for the
! “hook-on” and “release” where
by a tank is attached under the
fuselage of the plane, and releas
ed as the plane lands,
i The tank’s crew of three rides
in the tank as it is borne aloft,
and when the plane lands, the
tank driver operates the release
mechanism. Free of the plane,
the tank (light type of IOV2 tons)
t operates independently, with a
! cruising radius of 300 miles.
This mechanism is being devel
i oped by the Armored Tank Cor
poration of New York. It is de
signed to be attached to a certain
type of large transport plane al
ready in production.
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NYA FIGHT
Real inside behind that Gen
eral Accounting Office blast ag
ainst the National Youth Admin
istration was an internal row
between the investigating and
accounting division of the GAO.
The gum-shoers are under fire
as incffiient and high-handed, so
to make a splash and divert cri
ticism from themselves they
heaved a load of brickbats at
NYA charging it was balking
Army recruiting. The real facts
are that NYA Administrator
Aubrey Williams was bitterly as
sailed by the leftist National
Youth Congress because he co
operated with the Army and
Navy to encourage NYA students
to enlist in the armed forces.
Another inside detail of the
hostile report was that it was
issued without having been read
by Comptroller General Lindsay
Warren, who is an old friend of
Williams and a strong NYA sup
porter when he was a congress
man from North Carolina.
NOTE — Insiders predict an
ear’y consolidation of NYA and
CCC under a single head. Fed
eral Security Administrator Paul
McNutt titular boss of the two
agencies, favors this move,
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CHINA WANTS BOMBERS
Not many people know it but
' the Chinese Government is hav
ing such a tough time getting
war materials from the U. S. A.
that Generalissimo Chiang Kai
Shek has retained the famous ex
brain truster Tom Corcoran to do
a little lobbying with the White
House.
What Chiang Kai-Shek especi
ally wants is long range bomb
ers. His idea is that China cannot
remain on the defensive indefin
itely, and he proposes sending
flying fortresses over Tokyo and
Osaka, whose paper and bamboo
! houses would go up in smoke if
: subjected to bombing raids.
Chiang Kai-Shek claims that
I this type of offensive would
make the Japanese think twice
regarding their revived plans to
drive into Thailand toward Singa
pore.
! However there is only one
i place where China can get the
' bombers, and so far not even
; Tom Corcoran who once sat at
| the right hand of the President,
has been able to pry them loose.
The man who has blocked the
; bombers happens to be Harry
Hopkins, one-time partner and
mentor of Corcoran.
Hopkins argues that big bomb
ers should go to Britain and Rus
sia first. This has focused atten
tion upon a wide rift among
Roosevelt advisers over help to
China or appeasing Japan.
So far Roosevelt has followed a
middle course by continuing a
certain amount of aid to China
l but still flirting with Japan —
even though Japan recently re
affirmed her partnership in the
Axis.
NOTE — Exactly 30 years ago
today Sun Yet-sen, father of the
Chinese Republic was in Colo
rado with a price of $500,000 on
i his head, offered by the Manchu
Emperor when Sun’s followers
• overthrew the Manchus and es
tablished the present Republic.
LINDBERGH’S HOME
If you will turn to page 1596
of the current (1940-41) issue of
Whos Who, you will find a very
il'uminating commentary on
Charles A. Lindbergh.
As a leading champion of iso
lationism, the principal tenet of
the ex-air hero is love of the
U.S.A. America First is the sym
bol and dogma of his political
credo. In his recent Fort Wayne.
Ind.. speech he declared, “I have
no motive in mind other than the
welfare of my country and my
civilization." But on page 1596 of
Who’s Who Lidnbergh’s self-pen
ned biography tells a different
story.
This is what he says: “Home,
Illiece Island, Penvenan, France!
Illiece Island is in Nazi-occupi
ed France. Nearby is an island
belonging to Dr. Alexis Carre],
with whom Lindbergh collaborat
e.d in making their so-called
mechanical heart. Carrel is now
in occupied France and is working
in cooperation with the Petain
government which is playing
hand-in-glove with the Nazis.
Lindbergh has not been abroad
since he returned in 1939. Why
he still gives the little island in
Nazi-controlled France as his
“home” even at this late date
is not explained in the biography
in which he careful'y lists all his
achievements and decorations—
except the one presented him by
Hitler.
Note — Several days prior to
Lindbergh’s Fort Wayne speech,
Berlin shortwave broadcasts to
the U. S. were devoted almost en
tirely to attacks on Roosevelt as
a dictator, and charges that free
speech and free press were dis
appearing in this country. Theme
of Lindbergh’s speech was that
the President was assuming dic
tatorial powers and was secretly
planning to call off the 1942 el
ections.
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LEON HENDERSON’S PANTS
A Chicago suspender firm sent
Leon Henderson, Price Adminis
trator, a letter and a package. |
The letter said they had seen a
picture of him which revealed
that he was in danger of losing
his trousers. This, they felt,
would be a national disaster.
The package contained a pair
of suspenders.
Shortly afterwards, Henderson
took occasion to wear the sus
penders at a ceremony in his
home town, Millville, N. J.,
where he dedicated a new air
port. He sent a picture of him
self wearing suspenders, to the
Chicago firm, and thanked them
for saving his pants.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
When the OPM was reorganiz
ed and the new super SPAB set
up to lay down defense produc
tion policies, Washington insid
ers wondered how William Knud
sen, OPM Director General,
would take the change. The big,
patriotic Danish-born former
auto mogul has taken it by work
ing harder and more zealously
than ever before. When particul
arly tough problems come before
SPAB of which he is a member,
Knudsen invariably volunteers
to handle them. “I’ve got broad
.shoulders,” he grins. “I can take
a lot of squawking’ . . . John E.
Kennedy, former congressional
secretary, is organizing “Wheeler
■ for EX-Senator Clubs” in the
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