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Customs officials believe they
may have saved some of the
South American countries from
the Hitler formulae of “scare ’em
then blitz ’em,” recently, when
they seized a print of the Ger
man propaganda film, “Victory
in the West,” which a Nazi bund
ist was attempting to smuggle in
to the Latin American continent.
Of course, they can’t be sure
that other prints of the same film
have not slipped past the inspec
tion service and are being shown
to private audiences of citizens
through Brazil and Argentina.
After watching the film at a
private showing in Washington,
D. C„ newsmen have declared it
a masterful photographic job, de
signed to impress out neighbors
,to the south with the power of
the German war machine. It is
like the earlier Nazi strip of cel
luloid propaganda, which pictur
ed the Polish campaign and was
aptly entitled "Baptism of Fire.”
That was the film which Danish
officials were shown to scare
them into accepting Nazi de
mands for occupation of Den
mark.
Particularly impressive, the
newsmen reported, were pictur
es of the German army engineers
at work, a clue to the reason
why the mighty rivers of west
ern Europe, and now Russia,
have been of little consequence
in halting the advance of the
Nazi scourge.
The picture is a documentary
film of the invasion of the Low
Countries. Dramatic scenes show
the advance of troops, with uni'ts
of engineers swimming rivers,
crossing them in rubber boats
and building bridges, all the
while under enemy shell fire.
At the end of these tense seen
es, the voice of the German com
mentator explains:
“The men were led, not by of
ficers using telephones and writ
ten orders, but by officers who
lay beside their troops in the,
came dirt.”
When the last scenes in the pic
ture had flickered from the
Screen, the news hawks and U. S.
army officers who had watched
the showing stood around and
talked in awed voices. Said one
officer, who has stud.ed German
military methods at some length:
“The Germans were led byj
trained warriors, not one ofj
whom ever had a clerk or a
desk.”
Reports from Washington these
days tell of a quiet movement,
being led by General George C.
Marshall, Chief of Staff of the
Army, to purge the army of the
officers who are having difficulty
trying to get along without desks
to cock their feet on, stenograph'
ers to dictate to, clerks to keep;
the files straight, yes, and evenj
caddies to carry their golf bags. !
We hear, further, that a mea
sure is pending which would
made it possible for the army to
rid itself of officers, young and
old, whose records bear testi
mony of their incompetence. The
bill is drawn up and may soon be
introduced in either the House
or Senate, but it is understood
6trong prejudice against the mea
sure exists in some circles.
ASSERTS WAR MAY
CONTINUE THROUGH 1943
WASHINGTON, Aug. — Presi
dent Roosevelt asserted the pres
ent European war would contin
ue through 1943, if necessary,
«nd that Great Britain and the
United States would make a sur
vey of the needs of production
•hrough that year.
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Current Comments
From Washington
The country was startled not
long ago. when legislation was
proposed which gave the Presi
dent the power to seize property
of any sort, tangible or intan
gible, or capable of being employ
ed directly or indirectly, in any
way, for national defense. The
Senate has passed and sent to the
House, a bill which, although re
lieving the anxiety somewhat, is
sufficient! broad nevertheless.
Having proclaimed a national
emergency the President is to be
bound by certain limitation. Seiz
ure is available only if the pro
perty cannot be secured other
wise and there must be just com
pensation. The President must
rule that the property is neces
sary for defense purposes. The
necessity must be so pressing
that delay cannot be tolerated,
and other sources must have
been exhausted. The law shall
cease to be of effect on June 30.
1943. Public opinion undoubted
ly will support the legislation in
principle, as it will support the
suggestion that the emergency is
grave enough to justify the re
tention of selectees and others in
military and naval service.
NEW TAX BILL
After giving the tax bill con
sideration since about the first of
May, the Ways and Means Com
mittee of the House has some
thing definite to lay before that
body. Dealing with round num
bers, three and one-half billion
is asked, an increase of twenty
nine million over and above the
figure set by the Secretary of
the Treasury five months ago.
History is said to record no tax
levy of like magnitude.
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A boost in income taxes, felt
most peenly in the middle brack
ets, is practically certain. Estate
and gift taxes will contribute
their share. The list of excise col
let»ions is long, including such!
wide’y separate items as matches
and the use of yachts, auto tires
and refrigerators, ad soft drinks
and radios. Those who like to'
look upon an undefaced country
side will shed no tears over a
bill board tax. The friends of
chewing gum were many and loy
al, and it went scot free.
JAPS IN INDO-CHINA
In consenting to something far
more definite than a dicker with
Japan regarding bases in French
Indo-China, the Vichy govern
ment said that it saw no incon
venience in permitting Japan to
occupy bases temporarily, and
that “protection” against English
and Free-French “aggression”
alone was desired. This has a!
strangely familiar sound. It is a
devout chanting from the Nazi-j
German hymn book by a French
choir, which would be a humor
ous performance under condi
tions less serious than those of
the present.
Washington was prompt in
making its displeasure known re
garding the latest trend in Indo
China affairs. The freezing of
Japanese credits was not long de
layed, and was seconded by cor
responding action in Britain. Jap
anese trade in the United States
and in England is at a standstill.
Strong pressure must have been
put upon Nippon before she con
sented to so severe an economic
crippling.
There was sound sense in re
fusing passage through the Pan
ama Canal to Japanese ships, on
the ground that a time bomb
found in a vessel flying the flag
of that nation. A fifty-mile trip
through the canal is one thing.
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Japanese Urged
To Remain Calm i
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TOKYO, Aug. — The Japanese
newspaper Asahi featured a dis
patch assertedly from San Fran
cisco. reporting Ambassador to
Washington Nomura urged Pac
ific Coast Japanese to remain
composed and do their best to
wcrk for the sake of rebuilding
Japanese-American relations. I
Ambassador Nomura’s message;
was brought to the coast by Con
sul General Yoshio Muto of San
Francisco, who returned from a
Washington conferensce with No
mura. Consul Muto revealed he
conferred with Nomura regard
ing frozen Japanese assets and
shipping, and said he was certain
authorities of the two nations
could come to some conclusion
concerning these issues in the
near future.
He a so announced a confer
ence of Japanese consuls to be
held soon on the Pacific Coast to
discuss problems of Japanese
residents.
If the non - interventionists
have anything to say about the
occupation of Iceland about all
they can do is te l it to the j
marines.
A long tempestuous voyage
around Cape Horn is quite an-!
o;her. The loss of a cargo ship
or two, and the outlay incident
to the use of a few tons of ex-1
plosives, would be a small price j
to pay for a closed canal. As to'
the sacrifice of a thousand lives
moie or less, Japan would not!
take that into consideration at
all.
RUSSO-GERMAN WAR
War conditions in Russia still
remain a deep and dark secret,
50 far as definite knowledge and
a complete survey are concern
ed, but it will hardly do to pass
them over without a few words.'
Reports from either side cannot
be relied upon as being of the
George Washingion cherry tree
story variety. Although commen
tators speak with caution, there
3re indications that the Nazi ad
vance has not turned out to be
the walk-over that was promis
ed. The comfort to be obtained
from that negative statement is
limited. The world is in a bad
way when it has to be content
\yith simply bothering someone
who would own it, rather than
giving him a sound thrashing.
Nevertheless, the northern drive
has to be checked before it can'
be flung back.
Isolationist Flares
Over Secret Talk
WASHINGTON. Aug. — Sen
ator Hiram W. Johnson, Repub
lican of California told the Sen
ate that President Roosevelt’s
iolnt statement with Churchill
on Anglo-American peace aims
constituted an “offensive and de
fensiv° alliance between Britain
and the United States.”
He made this statement in a
-tormy debate precipitated by
the denial by Senator Alben
Barkley. Democratic leader of
Kentucky, on the possibility of
-ending an American expedition
ary force to help Britain invade
Europe, which had been discuss
ed at a conference between the
President and congressional lead
ers.
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Army Women Not
Allowed Jewelry
OTTAWA. Canada, Aug—Strin
g?nt rule; against wearing brace
lots, earing; and other fancy jew
dry, were anounced by the Can
adian Women’s Army Corps.
The regulations will apply for
both officers and the ranks. The
women are warned that make-,
up must not be conspicuous,!
while high y colored nail varnish
will not be tolerated by the wo
men officers.
Two thousand women will be
enlisted in the woman’s army |
within the next few months. Re
cruits must be between 21 and 40
years of age, and in medical |
category “A”. In the case of mar-^
ried women, only those without
dependent children will be ac
cepted.
Early reports show that well
over 5,000 women already have
indicated that they want to vol
unteer.
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FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Overcas twith steady light rain and strong southeasterly winds
with velocity up to 35 miles per hour tonight and Thursday.
Data for 24 Hours Ending 1:00 p. m. Today
Highest temp — 70 Lowest temp — 55 Precipitation — 1
Total precip this month — .7 Total since Jan. 1 1941 — 4.21
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
12 Midnight--. 50 91 SE 1 Clear
Sam-. 56 86 SE 2 Clear
12:30 p m-. 63 69 S 7 Clear
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