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EDITORIAL
HITLER & THOSE 1000 YEARS
Hitler told his soldiers when
he sent them into Holland and
Belgium, that they were begin
ning a battle which will decide
the fate of the nation for a thou
sand years. That is a long time
to look ahead, even for a super
man in a moment of super
ecstacy. It aso contradicts a phil
osophy of history enunciated by
Hitler less than two years ago;
although a person can be much
more usefully employed than
pointing out contradiction in Hit
ler.
Nevertheless it is on record
that in September, 1938. at Nur
emberg the Fuehrer described a
sudden intuition that came to
him while visiting Rome that
spring. Standing in the ancient
city, “I realized how the history
of mankind is viewed and judg
-ed in intervals that are too short
and therefore inadequate. The
history of a millenium comprises
only a few successions of genera
tions. What is exhausted in the
present can rise up again. The
Italy and Germany of today are
proof of this. They are rejuvenat
ed nations that one may describe
as new in this sense.”
But if in the course of a thou
sand years a nation may decline
and rise again, what becomes of
Hitler’s assurance that the bat
tle in which he is now engaged
will settle things for a thousand
years to come By that very test
anything that happens to Hitler’s
i enemies in the present conflict,
anything that has happened to
the Czechs, the Poles, and his
c.her victims, is of little moment
in the long vistas of history.
The Washington
Daybook
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By Jack Stinnett
WASHINGTON — Capital in
■wartime:
There are army men about
who, off the record, will warn
you: look out for poison gas; it
won’t be long now.
Indications are, they say, that
tha “gentleman’s war” may de
v< lap anytime now into the same
old slugfest, with no weapons
■barred.
''About two years after the be-1
gir ung of World War I. the Ger
ir.i is introduced poison gas at
Y[ es. But things move faster
r. Hints are found in the flame
th’ wers and the use of liquid
fire—as well as the charges from
bo i sides that open circles are
be \g bombed.
2 number of brutal weapons,
cider than gas, used in the World
"War are too numerous to men
tion. Secretary of State Lansing
ha over the mantel-piece in his
of e, a collection of saw-edged,
jagged, curley-cued bayonets,
knives and bolos. They were
wicked looking dirks, said to
bave been used by certain half
savi.ge territorials for scalping.
Army men here inisist that the
dum-dum bullet that splays out
like a hand and then rips its
way through (flesh, was a myth—
.not because of its horror, but be
cause it was impractical. It foul
ed the bores of rifles and was in
accurate.
Although army officials won’t
discuss it, the Americans had a
few odd weapons of their own.
One that drew a violent protest
from the Germans was the sawed
off pump-action shotgun. At
s’’ rt range, it was brutal. See
r ry Lansing's answer to the
“C man protest was a scorcher -
r hmg *n the effect that what,
i. fans of the evidence, made
them think they had any human
itarian rights.
Short-lived story-: All that talk
about America’s new “turtleback
battleships."
Secretary of the Navy Edison
made his speech about putting
| heavy armor on the topsides of
battleships to protect them from
aerial bombs, and immediately
I the fantasy boys started discus
sing streamlined men o’ war as
floating tents of steel. Then some
'one explained that the secretary
was merely talking about heavy
. ing up deckside armor, removing
damage-able structure where pos
jsible, and increasing invulner
ability of turrets.
Totalitarian humor: A Japan
ese was talking to a Nazi resi
dent. “I understand that the Ger
man enobassy is for sale."
“That’s right." said the Ger
man.
“What are you going to do?”
asked the Japanese.
“Oh, hadn't you heard?" was
the reply. “We are moving into
the British Embassy.”
Invention of a full flavored but
odorless garlic extract for use in
cooking is claimed by a scientist.
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SQUALUS LOSS FROM
' ILLUSION HELD POSSIBLE
MILWAUKEE — A retired U.
- S. Navy salvage expert expresses
; the opinion that an illusion may
have caused the submarine Squal
us disaster.
The lives of 26 navy men were
lost when the submersible plun.g
1 ed to the bottom of the sea off
the coast of New Hampshire last
• May.
Commander Edward Ellsberg,
; the retired navy expert sug
! gested on a visit here that the
eyes of two members of the crew
; might have played tricks on
: them.
He referred to common illusion
[]—that if you look long enough
> at a light you can see an im
; age of the light for a few sec
i onds after closing your eyes.
In the control room of sub
marines are panels containing
more than 40 red and green
| lights. The system is aptly term
ed “the Christmas Tree” by the
crew. According to Ellsberg cer
tain green lights must be on and
, certain red lights off when the
i submarine dives.
The Squalus disaster was caus
ed when one of the hydraulically
operated air valves in the side of
the ship failed to close and nor
mally such a situation would be
reflected on the control panel by
the lights.
However, the machinist’s mate
and the diving officer in charge
of "the Christmas tree" insist
that the panel lights showed ev
everyihing in order, Ellsberg
said.
The commander went on to
say that when the Squalus was
raised the wiring was examined
and found to be in perfect order
so that the proper green light
cou dn’t have been burning as it
should have been for a safe dive.
“I’ve talked to those lads,”
Ellsberg said, “and I've got an
idea that from locking at all the
other lights on the panel board,
they really did ‘see' a light, but
it was the ‘after image' of the
light for another valve.
“Those men were working at
speed,,, imitating a dive under
! war conditions, and it is perfect
ly possible that they made an
honest mistake,” he added.
Incidentally, the commander re
ported that the navy is changing
i the arrangement of the lights on
the control panel and also substi
tuting a lever valve for the wheel
valve which was open and caused
the tragedy. A wheel valve could
not be closed in the face of the
tremendous water pressure while
a lever valve could be slammed
shut quickly, he said.
COMF1 LSORY SERVICE
IS ADVOCATED
NEW YORK, June 16 — Dr.
James B. Conant of Harvard uni
versity declared in a speech that
the principle of universal compul
sory military service seems the
only safe course for the United
States.
President Conant told a lunch
eon given in his honor by the
Jewish veterans of N. Y. that
there is hardly an American cit
izen who does not realize that
liberty is in danger on this con
tinent. He expressed hope that
Congress woud stay in session
and act upon the military train
ing law this summer.
Said Conant: “I believe such a
law is the only fair way to devel
op a potential fighting force of
the magnitude required. I be
lieve it is the only practical meth
od for an industrialized free so
society to pursue.”
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’AMERICA* NEARS COMPLETIO N—Bearing her country’s name, the Amer
ica is nearing completion at Newport News, Va., where it is expected she’ll make her maiden voy
age in about six weeks. The largest passenger line# ever built in U. S., she’s 723 feet long, can carry
a crew of 639 and 1,221 passengers. Cost of liner has been set at $18,000,000.
THERE'S WORK A H E A D—Here is a general view of the Brooklyn, N. Y„ navy yard
snowing a cruiser (left), supply dock and destroyers. All of Uncle Sam's navy yards are iri for
increased activity, as a result of the extraordinary defense appropriations rushed through congress,
tile <'nr<e »t 1 ?rsons mployed it his 4 is to be greatly augmented.
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