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purse, too—all crocheted in plia-
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a twinkling!
Through the Commodity Credit
corporation, steel bins are being
moved from Iowa and Illinois to the
major wheat states to help provide
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Nazi Struggle for Russia and Egypt
Takes Spotlight From Pacific Battle;
Growing Force of U. S. Air Power
Is Displayed on World’s Many Fronts
FREEDOM—In a message to the
people of Puerto Rico, Secretary of
Interior Harold Ickes said that: “as
far as it is in my power to achieve
Farmers near Ipswich, S. D., cir-
culate lists of various pieces of
machinery they are willing to sell
or trade to each other.
—Buy War Bonds-
The Oregon Victory Garden pro-
gram is providing an outlet for the
desires of many older citizens re-
tired from active life to contribute
valuable service toward the war
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RUSSIA:
Pincers
When the Nazis finally drove the
Russian defenders out of gallant
Sevastopol, they succeeded in open-
ing the second claw of a giant pin-
cers movement which had for its
other base the Kharkov foothold.
But success in Sevastopol was dif-
ficult to obtain. Even the Nazis ad-
mitted that. For 27 days every-
thing the Nazis had was blasted
against the besieged naval base.
The Red navy had to retire from it
to less secure bases in the Black
sea. Still the Nazi bombers came.
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BRIG. GEN. CLAIRE CHENNAULT
Off to a good start.
Chennault, commander of the Amer-
icans, that any such attempt would
get a “cheery welcome.” Then
came the Jap raid and the skies
over Hengyang were subjected to
what was described as perhaps the
fiercest air battle over central
China.
Australia Sector
General MacArthur’s Australian
headquarters reported that on the
same day as the battle over central
China, American and Australian
planes shot down six Jap planes and
damaged six others in heavy attacks
on invasion bases Salamaua and
Lae, New Guinea. Three United Na-
tions planes were reported missing.
In addition to the Jap planes de-
stroyed, the report added that di-
rect hits were scored on enemy air-
dromes, striking runways and build-
ings.
MORE SPIES:
In Caribbean
Shortly after the FBI announced
its arrest of the eight Nazi sabo-
teurs who reached the U. S. via a
submarine route, U. S. army head-
quarters in the Panama Canal Zone
came through with the seizure of
20 alleged Nazi spies. It was claimed
that these persons were engaged in
a plot which included fueling of Nazi
submarines and spotting of Allied
shipping targets in the Caribbean.
Arrests were made from Panama
to British Honduras, and business
men, night club hostesses, trusted
Canal Zone workers and shipping
employees were involved.
SUBMARINES:
Pacific Too?
While Washington officials had an-
nounced that convoys were being
used to protect shipping in Amer-
ica’s Atlantic coastal areas, a threat
appeared in a new sector.
This came in the form of dispatch
from Santiago, Chile, which dis-
closed that the Chilean ministry of
the navy and the Pan-American
Grace airways were checking re-
ports that submarines had been ob-
served in the Pacific.
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‘Freedom’ after victory.
it, Puerto Rico will share equally
and fully in the freedom, security
and opportunities offered by even-
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APPLICATION—In Mount Clem-
ens, Mich., a man wrote to his ra-
tioning board asking permission to
buy a new car because he was en-
gaged in war work. His name? Ed-
sel Ford, president of Ford Motor
company.
UNUSUAL — As authorities _ of
French Guiana began preparations
for military registration, a report
from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, said
that “unusual military prepara-
tions” were taking place in the col-
ony.
WEDDING—President Roosevelt’s
close friend and adviser, Harry Hop-
kins, and Louise Macy are to be
married in the White House on July
30, it was announced at a press con-
ference held by Mrs. Eleanor Roose-
velt in Washington.
SHUN—Squabbles that interfere
with war materials production
should be shunned by labor, said
Lieut. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell,
army chief of supply, as he ad-
dressed a luncheon of AFL and CIO
labor leaders in Detroit. “We all
belong to the same union,” he said
. . . “the Union of the United States
of America ...”
MOTORING:
And It’s ‘Joys’
It didn’t make much difference to
motorists, but gasoline went up 2%2
cents a gallon along the East coast.
Main trouble was that you couldn’t
get much gas in that area anyway.
Reports reaching the 31 states
where gas is still unrationed said
that thousands of motorists were be-
ing turned away from empty gas sta-
tions in the East.
It was also generally believed that
gas rationing might be the formula
for the rest of the nation if the
rubber salvage drive didn’t bring
enough of this vital scrap. After
219,000 tons of it had been collected
in the originally scheduled period
the drive was extended ten days.
Secretary Ickes, on leaving the
White House one day, rolled up a
heavy rubber mat from the floor of
this important building and carted
it to a scrap depot.
WARNING:
From an Expert
Recognized as an expert in avia-
tion, Maj. Alexander P. de Sever-
sky, airplane designer and military
analyst, has given the United Na-
tions a stern warning on the impor-
tance of gaining air superiority be-
fore attempting the opening of a
second land front to relieve Nazi
pressure on the Russians.
On a nation-wide radio hookup,
which had as its forum topic the
possibility of a land and sea inva-
sion of Europe, the former Russian
army official declared that it was
opinion that a costly mass invasion
would not get the desired results un-
less the German’s mastery of the
air was first disposed of.
“We have no alternative but to
concentrate upon an all-out aerial
offensive against Germany proper
... In that way we offer true relief
to Russia because we help to disarm
Germany by smashing its industry,
transport and fuel supplies, disor-
ganizing and demoralizing the en-
emy,” said the major.
Aligned with Seversky was Wil-
liam B. Ziff, military expert, who
pointed out that failure of the Brit-
ish to invade Norway and the recent
blasting the Japs took at Midway
were examples of what Britain and
America would face if they tried an
invasion without first getting con-
trol of the air.
On the other side of the debate
were Brig. Gen. Henry J. Reilly and
Wythe Williams, author and radio
commentator. Their point of view
was that while planes were vitally
important in any invasion attempt,
the invasion of Germany by land
would most surely have to be made
if the Nazi war machine was to be
broken up.
ERSATZ RUBBER:
At Less Cost
While cost of production is the
least of worries in the government’s
projects for making synthetic rub-
ber, officials are now learning that
it costs less than at first estimated.
Two major plants are now in pro-
duction and Arthur B. Newhall, rub-
ber co-ordinator, has issued a state-
ment to the effect that the 800,000
ton-a-year program will not use up
all the $650,000,000 which congress
bad allocated to it.
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marvelous job. Their task is to keep the
flowing blood stream free of an excess of
toxic impurities. The act of living—lift
itself—is constantly producing waste
matter the kidneys must remove from
the blood if good heath is to endure.
When the kidneys fail to function an
Nature intended, there is retention of
waste that may cause body-wide dis-
tress. One may suffer nagging backache,
persistent headache, attacks of dizziness,
getting up nights, swelling, puffiness
under the eyes—feel tired, nervous, all
worn out.
Frequent, scanty or burning passages
are sometimes further evidence of kid-
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The recognized and proper treatment
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Never in the world’s history has a
war accomplished what this war—
still far from over—has already
done toward shrinking the globe.
Last year four and a half million
passengers were carried through
the air, reducing travel days to
travel-hours between our cities.
Average speeds of passenger planes
were well over three miles a min-
ute.
Then came the war with planes
rolling off the assembly lines at a
rate that made mass-production of
automobiles pale by comparison.
Not all are weapons of war. All
the inter-continental airlines in the
world at their peak put together, be-
fore the war in Europe threw up
the barriers, did not represent as
many miles as the Airforce Ferry-
ing Command’s regular flights
which today extend over every con-
tinent except Antarctica.
Those are a few comparisons to
illustrate how the terrific impetus
which commercial flying already
had, has been increased by war
needs. It is easy to visualize what
this will mean when peace comes,
a world with the most widely sep-
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MARSHAL SEMEON TIMOSHENKO
No rest for Nazis.
Finally the last Russian foothold in
the Crimea fell and Hitler had
gained an important wedge in his
drive toward the oil fields of the
Caucasus.
Not only did they open up to this
rich prize, but the fall of Sevastopol
meant that more men could now be
diverted to the fighting around Khar-
kov.
But before the Nazis had a chance
to rest and to realign themselves,
cagey Russian Marshal Semeon
Timoshenko struck savagely at them
and regained several villages. The
Nazis in turn had their eye on the
Don river and would not be stopped
until this objective was won. Al-
though another front was opening
to the northwest of Moscow, the bat-
tle of Kursk-Kharkov was viewed
generally as the scene of Hitler’s all-
out 1942 offensive. For this was
what he needed most of all—oil. And
the winning of the Kharkov engage-
ment meant that his goal would be
much closer.
ALEUTIAN FOG:
Lifts a Bit
Navy censorship and the dense fog
that hangs over the far tip of the
Jap-invaded Aleutian island chain,
lifted alike to disclose that the U. S.
naval air forces had been busy.
A navy communique reported that
“our aircraft returned safely” after
five new raids on Kiska and Agat-
tu. A Jap force of three transports
and their escorting vessels were in-
flicted with undetermined damage
off Agattu and four attacks were
made on the Japs at Kiska.
But the best news from that area
was the announcement that on Inde-
pendence day U. S. submarines sent
three Jap destroyers to the bottom
and left a fourth severely damaged.
The communique reporting these
sinkings said that three destroyers
were fired upon near the Jap-occu-
pied island of Kiska and the other
one near Agattu island.
EGYPT:
Rommel’s Romp
While the German high command
withheld any actual forecast as to
the number of days it would take
them to reach and capture Suez,
British forces were letting nothing
stand in their way of giving the
Nazis the very fiercest resistance
possible in the battle of Egypt.
Reports from Britain’s Eighth
army in this sector told of a weak-
ening of German power under the
leadership .of Field Marshal Erwin
Rommel. These reports said that
many German soldiers had ad-
vanced to the British lines in sur-
render because they described
themselves as “too tired” to fight.
His mechanized forces had ad-
vanced to a line 65 miles west of
Alexandria before the British could
present even a show of strength to
deter’ him.
This stand by the British, as re-
ported from Cairo, came in the
form of the greatest aerial onslaught
ever unleashed in the Middle East.
The site of the battle was El Ala-
mein and its pace was terrific. The
British were fighting for a knockout
to Rommel’s already far advanced
desert army. Rommel wanted to
save what he had gained and push
forward, of course.
Egyptian government sources said
that raids had been made on the
Suez canal and Premier Mustapha
Nahas Pasha announced a complete
blackout of Cairo.
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ries, of course—in the Washington
high schools. There were 300 stu-
dents in the courses last semester.
Other plans are being prepared
for commercial air service. The
war is holding them back but, at
the same time it is stimulating both
the demand on the part of the pub-
lic and desire on the part of promot-
ers who recognize aviation’s great
future. The young folks growing up
in the days of a war where aviation
is the chief weapon will be ready
to take over the controls when
America flies for peace.
The Civil Air patrol which is do-
ing yeoman service as an auxiliary
to the army and navy air force in
patrol duty is also the foundation
for an air trucking service which
will link the rural communities to
the great airlines of the future.
Trans-continental air “trains” con-
sisting of an airplane and a string
of trailer freight-planes will inter-
lace the skies and great dirigible
airships will float from Los Angeles
to Tokyo in 79 hours, from Chicago
to Friedrichshaven in Germany in
less than 60 hours. And from the
small communities to main airports
the little “sky-trucks,” the smaller
planes such as the Civil Air patrol
now uses will carry the produce of
farm and small shop to the metrop-
olis.
As a matter of fact the Civil Air
patrol is already doing courier and
small package transportation in con-
nection with the war effort. As one
Air Patrol official said:
“This probably is the only un-
tapped transportation in the coun-
try. It is organized and ready. The
light plane uses a minimum of alu-
minum and rubber on its small
landing wheels and burns no more
gasoline than the family auto and
can be put to many uses.”
Just as the pick-up airmail serv-
ice has begun to pay its way with
steadily increased use, so this cou-
rier service by light planes is prov-
ing its value in the war effort. When
peace comes it will be a part of the
‘ ‘farm-to-market’ ’ transportation.
Shipments Analyzed
Here is the testimony on this
subject from Garnet Hughes, execu-
tive officer of the New York wing
of the Civil .Air patrol. (A wing
command is established in each
state):
“A careful study was made of
the needs of one company engaged
in wartime production,” says Mr.
Hughes, “and frequently sending for
small emergency shipments of
parts, tools, and materials by truck,
motorcycle, or private car. In the
month of April, 286 such trips were
made. The total road mileage was
14,780 while the air mileage would
have been 11,040. The road time
was estimated at 422 hours and the
air time at only 110 hours. The
road cost was estimated at $1,700
and the air cost at less than half
this figure. Even if the air cost
were substantially more, the saving
in time is the main consideration in
wartime shipments of this charac-
ter.”
The small plane service will bear
the same relations to the main line
freight service of the future that
the trucks bear to the railroad. They
will mean the nearest thing to door-
to-door air delivery. They can be
used where the big planes cannot
land and will be more economical
for short-hauls and small deliveries
as well as feeders to the main lines.
These are a few of the plans, al-
ready in the making which will
bring the benefits of aviation to the
rural community. Others will be de-
veloped the nature of which nobody
today can guess. And the effect will
be to decentralize the population.
The middle-sized town and the small
town will come back into their own,
for each community will be so near
in point of time to its farthest neigh-
bor that none need crowd the other
trying to seek the more favorable
point in space for its well-being.
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The navy’s plan for toughening up
its flying cadets will be carried out
by actual pick-and-shovel labor, 40-
mile marches between dawn and
dusk, hiking and instruction in hand-
to-hand combat. Some 2,500 young
fellows will get this sort of training
each month, along with the routine
academic, tactical and military
phases of the courses.
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a completely new geography.
This is what aviation of tomorrow
means to the great cities. What will
it mean to Vie rural community?
That, too, is not hard to visualize
if we look at what has already been
accomplished under our noses with-
out most of us realizing it. One
hundred and fifty American towns
and cities know what I mean. This
group of communities is chiefly com-
posed of the little town, down to
those with a population as low as
588. This is the group which is
benefiting by just one of the appli-
cations of the use of the airplane to
small town life—an undertaking
that has just celebrated its third an-
niversary. I refer to the Air-Pick-
up Service which brings airmail to
the four-corners post office and has
already begun to pay for itself do-
ing it.
Many of these points have no air-
ports. Hilltops, public parks and
meadows serve. For the mail air-
plane does not have to stop. It drops
a sack of mail and with an auto-
matic electric-driven arm picks up
a mail-sack suspended on a rope
between two poles. The various
routes radiate from Pittsburgh
through six states.
Father of the System
Representative Jennings Randolph
of West Virginia, one of the most
air-minded of congressmen, is the
father of the pick-up system. He
introduced the bill appropriating the
money to the post office department
which made this rural air-mail sys-
tem possible. He tells me the Civil
Aeronautics board has application
for lines covering 2,000 communi-
ties in 26 states.
And Representative Randolph has
a lot more bills up his sleeve which
foreshadow activities to come and
which will help bring aviation right
down into everybody’s backyard,
figuratively speaking. One is for
the creation of a national civilian
air reserve corps.
Another is to provide training for
glider pilots and a third is for avia-
tion training for high schools. As
chairman of the district committee
of the house (which is equivalent
to head of the board of aidermen)
he has introduced this high school
course—just the ground prelimina-
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U. S. AIR POWER:
Around the Globe
From widely scattered sections of
the world’s fighting front came re-
ports of the increasing strength of
America’s hard-striking air power.
Most dramatic was the announce-
ment from London that for the first
time the United States army air
force had made an attack on Nazi
occupied Europe. Six bombers,
American made and American
manned, took off and during a day-
light raid smashed Nazi planes and
troops on the ground at three Hol-
land airdromes. Later enemy ships
were attacked off the Dutch coast.
One interesting sidelight of the
raid was that its principal hero,
Capt. Charles C. Kegelman of El
Reno, Okla., was awarded the Dis-
tinguished Service cross by Maj.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, com-
mander in chief of U. S. forces in
the European theater, and Kegel-
man thus became the first member
of the 1942 AEF to be decorated for
gallantry in action against the en-
emy in Europe.
His feat was described as a dem-
onstration of “superior airmanship
and extraordinary coolness in the
saving of the lives of his crew” after
the plane he was piloting was
struck hard by anti-aircraft fire
over the bombing target.”
Chinese Front
Meanwhile, the newly installed
U. S. army air force in China started
things off in good fashion by shoot-
ing down five Japanese planes in a
battle which came as the result of
a direct challenge by the U. S.
forces to the enemy.
Background to the battle was a
Jap radio report that their forces in
the Hengyang area would “blast the
new U. S. air forces out of China”
and a reply by Brig. Gen. Claire L.
Sentinels.
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