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France, The Slave
France, we all must realize,
acts under the most terrible du
ress in everything she does now
adays on the international stage.
Under the terms of her armistice,
with Germany, she is obligated to
provide 400,000,000 francs a day
to meet the cost of the German
Army of Occupation. These funds
are provided by advances made
by the Bank of France and paid
into the German occupation ac
count. But the actual costs of oc
cupation are calculated at no
more than 125,000,000 francs a
day, or 275,000.000 francs daily
less than the German are receiv
ing. The balance of the excess oc
pupation costs is not g'oing to
waste. The Nazis aiw using these
funds to buy up control of var
ious French industries and of
French holdings in the industries
of other countries. This process
results in the pumping out into
the French economy of large new
sums of money for which no out
let can b. found except in the
form of subscription to Treasury
bonds of the French Government.
As a result idle bank deposits
have been piling up ar.d interest j
rates have been falling.
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There has been a substantial1
increase in the volume of note cir
culation. Estimates place the pro 1
bable total by mid-March ai1
310.000. 000.000 francs, wiiich is
an increase of 140,000,000,000
francs, or 80 percent, over the
circulation reported on June 10,
1940. About two-thirds of this ■
inflation, it is calculated, can b
charged to the activities of thi
German occupation, the balance
being due to the failure of the
French Government itself to find
revenu s to balance its expenses.
The preponderant effect of the
German occupation costs is seen
from the facts that ,he Vichy
Government's propos d ordinary
budget lor the second quart r o. |
th.s year is equal to only 250,- j
000,000 francs a day, against the
German occupation levy of 400,
000,000 francs a day. If there arei
1.000. 000 German troops in oc-1
cupied France, Vichy is being re
quired to pay out 400 francs a
day for each G- ran a/, soldier,
while its own budget allows only
six francs a day expenditure fo. j
each French civilian.
Tn ■ entire situation is another
illustatin.n of the ruthless cun
ning with which the Nazis have
developed tb ir techniques of ec
onomic and financial aggression
Fram e is being systematically
milked. The logical end of the
process will be to find the Nazi
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But Not Now!
(Cincinnati Enquirer)
The laws of heraldy specify
that when eagles are used on in
signia they should face to the
right —.possibly because som: of
the lawmakers of heraldy had
strong personal convictions on
the subject of eagles facing to
the left.
Unfortunately, however, it is
so. We say unfortunately, because
son1 one has discovered that the
eagles which have been used on
the insignia of the United States
Navy from its beginning face to
the left instead of to the right.
And Secretary of the Navy Frank
Knox is r ported to have order
ed an immediate about-face of
the eagles on all of the Navy's!
buttons, sleeves, collars, caps,
epaulets, and sword belt buck
les. According to the Navy De
partment the corr:ct;on probab- 1
ly will entail considerable ex
pense.
If we may suggest, we would
prefer that the Navy Department
wait until world conditions are
somehat more tranquil b fore un
dertaking a comprehensive reor
ganization of the Navy’s eagles.
It is quite possible, in the event
that our Navy is compelled to do
battle with the Japan se, or the •
Germans or Italians, that our ad
versaries will be as ignorant of
the laws of heraldy as our own
Navy Department seems to have
been during the last century and
a half It is possible that they will j
rot o^r to come close enough to
our Navy to seee which way the
eagles face on our gobs’ pants
buttons or the Admiral's epaulet.
It is possible even that they will
not care.
If a further suggestion is in or
der, it might be that the United
States Navy keep all of its but
tons and insignia with the eagles
facing to the left instead of to
the right. And when the next
naval disarmament conference
com s to pass, perhaps we won’t
have to sink all of the battleships
we are spending so much money
on. Perhaps we can get by with
sinking the buttons and epaulets
whereon the eagles face to th
left. !
in possession of most of France’s;
industry and foreign investments
and to 1 ave the French with a
debauched currency system. And
he Nazis will no doubt protest
with gr: at innocence that they
have been extremely considerate
in paying for the Fr nch proper
tv they have acquired instead of
rr rely confiscating it.
Tale Of
Private Hopkins
One can find human interest
stories in some of the most un
usual places and about the most
unusual people. Take for exam
ple, Leonard Hopkins of Anchor
age. “Buck” Private L onard Hop
kins was in Battery C, 122nd
Field Artillery, a one-time regi
ment from Illinois, that saw ser
vice overseas, says the Alaska
Service Record, published at An
chorage by th Army.
To meet th s well-dressed, pros
perou? business man of Anchor
age, one would never suspect
that he once had crossed the
stormy waters of the Atlantic in
a cattl boat that had been con
verted into a troop transport. Nor
would one suspect that he had
been through the battles of St.
Mihiel and the Argonne. What
he so casually sp aks about can
well stir the imagination of any
man who has served with the
army either during World War
No. 1 or at any time since. One
sees long, hard days of drill,
sleeping in tents of frosty morn
ings without fire, of mess kit drill
by the cook t nt and that hor
rible torture of the old choke col
lar blouse — and should we re
mind you of those leggings?
The whole thing might encou
rage many members of the ADC
who are slightly discouraged or
f el that life is handing them a
pretty raw deal. It is a guide to- ,
ward the better days — of days j
when they may walk among their
fellow men and enjoy the pur
suits of a comfortable business,
the joys and comforts of a home
far from the picture of strif.; and
trouble. They may do this as has !
Mr. Hopkins, unmarked and with
out bitter memories. He looks!
back at the troubled days of 1917 j
with a twinkle in his eyes and a j
laugh at the many events he re
calls.
After his discharge from the'
Army he returned to the sport-,
ing goods business in Chicago.
Later he came to Alaska on a
hunting and fishing trip. That |
was in 1924 and he is still here.
For a few years he worked in the j
Alaska Railroad, starting as la
borer and working up to higher
positions. His first real job was
op rating a number two square.
point shovel for the ARR. In 1938
he quit the railroad and opened
his present business that he now
operates in Anchorage.
So members of the Alaska De
fense command can p rhaps pro
fit from the experiences of one i
time Private Leonard Hopkins of
Battery C. 122nd FA. And by the
way, Mr. Hopkins mentioned that
many former • members of the j
Army are now prominent busi-1
loss men in and around Anchor- j
30 and Palmer.
A R R E S T E D—Richard Her
man Krebs (above), German who
wrote under the name of Jan
Valtin. faces a hearinr on de
portation charges. He was re
leased In N. Y. uB *5,009 ball.
Valtin Says
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Hitler Has
Facts on U. S.
WASHINGTON —Former Com
munist Agent Jan Valtin. author
of “Out of the Night” told the:
D:es Committee th31 Hitler's sec
r t p lice has elabora'e informa
tion on so-called “friends and
mi cm . s” of Nazism i:i the United
States.
Valtin testified that cards con
taining a complete description of,
prominent persons in the United'
States and other countri s are in
the Gestapo headquarters in Ger
many. He said the files supply the
information which colud be used
in event of war between the
Unit d States and Germany.
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Hangar Arch
Takes Shape !
Work of erecting steel for the
arch of the base hanger at El
niendorf Field is under way,
Capt. A. C. Welling, resident en
gineer, revealed.
Pouring of concrete is going on
“all over the base,” it was stat
ed. The bakery and commissary
are two of many buildings on
which the concmte crews are
busy, while workers began con
struction of the receation rooms
for the nurses. Carloads of ce
ment are arriving at the field
ready for summer concrete work.
Luc n Hale, of the engineering
division of the resident engin
eer’s office, is back at work after
having returned from a trip of
several months Outside.
U. S. FOOD IN' ENGLAND
LONDON, June 2 — The first
shipment of food from the United
States under the lend and lease
bill has reached a British port.
The steamer had among the car
go 1,000 tons of flour, 4.000.000
eggs and 120,000 pounds of cheese
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More persons, it is said, speak
English than any other language.
Or a reasonab! facsimile there
of. — Indianapolis News.
JEFFERSON MEMORIAL TAKES SHAPE IN CAPITA L—On the south bank of the tidal basin in Washington,
D. C., the $3,000,000 memorial to Thomas Jefferson, Virginia-born third U. S. president, is taking shape, though scaffolding still hides
the beauty of its marble columns. Noteworthy is the central circular room with the portico which faces north. Portico will be main en
l trance; domed central room will be 80 feet in diameter. Site provoked argument because some Japanese cherry trees had to be removed. _
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