T h e G old H ill N e w s . G old H ill. Orearon WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS___________ By Roger Shaw Heads Lawyers Nazis Send Air Armadas Over London On Biggest Bombing Raids in History; Michael Returns to Rumanian Throne; Critics Discuss Arms Sale to England L IN E S : Over London U. S. A. Washington, D. C. The late M. Maginot built himself a line. It was of steel and concrete. Now, we have a so-called Roosevelt line in the East, and w ill doubtless get a so-called Knox line in the West. Secretary Knox was said to be a special proponent of the west ern setup. The Roosevelt line ran from Lab Here is Jacob Mark Lashley, rador to Brazil. It took in New foundland, Bermuda, the Bahamas, St. Louis attorney, just elected Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, some president of the American Bar little islands, Trinidad, and British association, pictured as he ad Guiana. It was to consist of naval dressed his colleag'tes after tak and aerial’ bases par excellence. The ing office in Philadelphia, Pa., Knox line, if any, was to start with where the lawyers held their the islands off Alaska, then Hawaii, annual convention. then the Galapagos and Cocoa is land, north and south of the Panama canal. One group belonged to Cos- P R O -C O N SC R IP T : England, and more particularly London, felt the full fury of total aerial warfare as Nazi bombers swarmed over the English channel in what seemed like one never-end ing bombing mission. Some U. S. war correspondents (writing under British censorship) declared that the Germans had giv en up any attempt to aim at m ilitary objectives before dropping their tons of high explosives, but merely found their way over the city and dropped the bombs without regard for what they might strike below. Germany denied these charges, saying that their airmen were aiming at points of m ilitary advantage to England and if civilians were killed or hurt it was "not on purpose.” Just how many persons were killed in these terrific raids could not accurately be determined. One thing was sure however. Ger many had worked out a definite plan of bombing attack. First, planes carrying incendiary bombs circled over the city dropping their loads to start fires which served as flares to light the target of those to fol low. Defending planes of the royal air force and anti-aircraft fire at first held the invaders away from the interior of the city. But the con tinuous attacks, coupled with such a large numerical advantage in Ger man planes and pilots made it im possible for the British to keep the enemy from doing a great deal of real damage. Anti-Conscript Some 1,500 anti-conscript youths planned to sit on the Capitol steps, at Washington, all night—for a “ spell of devotion.” The Washingtonian police nabbed the bunch, with a hoot and a holler. The Rev. Owen Knox of Detroit, chairman of the civil rights federa tion, was taken off to the Capitol police housery. So was a rabbi. At least 10 of the peaceful demonstra tors were likewise nabbed by the bluecoats, and hauled away from the Capitol grounds. Previously, Senator Pepper of Florida had proved an excellent, good sport, when he was hanged and heckled by a mob of female draft objectors, who swooped down on the Washingtonian scene. Poor rustic Pepper is not everybody’s pet, but he is to be congratulated for his American laughability, in the face of female petticoats, embat SECRETARY KNOX tled. The Pepper hanging, please U'ould he get a “fin« in the U etl" ? note, was only in effigy. The ladies ta Rica, the other to Ecuador, two were in the flesh. of the so-called Latin American re publics. The Costa Ricans offered JIM M IE : to play ball. Walker In the last war, the Germans had Jimmie Walker was New York’s the Hindenburg line. Then came the best-dressed and most likeable citi ill-fated Maginot line. It was faced zen. He always looked as if he were by the German Siegfried line. Italy sweet 18. He had a marvelous per has a Lictor line. Finland had a sonality-m uch better than that of Mannerheim line. Rumania pos the slightly rancid A1 Smith. Jimmie sessed a Carol line. England still was mayor of the modern Babylon, holds the 20-mile Channel line. The 1 and thoroughly enjoyed the post, as Czechs once boasted a Sudeten line. ' he enjoyed everything else. But he Some of them worked, and'some of resigned, under fire, in 1932, and them didn't. The Roosevelt-Knox went to France for a while. He was lines looked almost airtight, and just as popular after he resigned, some., m ilitary critics said that less under fire, as he was when he was ened the need for peace-time Yankee elected. That was his personality, conscriptioneering. Others said: No. i again. Mayor LaGuardia is a very differ M O RE & M O R E : ent type: brusque, anti-suave, not a Without End sport, but a positive reformer. Just Oliver Twist asked for “ more.” the same, LaGuardia has always So did extreme anglophiles, and sen had a wea!: spet for Jim m ie Walker, timental Tories. We gave England like everybody else. Jimmie was the 50 destroyers, with part of the startled and overjoyed when La American people protesting vigor Guardia appointed him to a good, ously. That was not enough. The $20,000-per-year job. This was boss anglophiles just mentioned, demand —impartial chairman—of the cloak ed “ more" in stentorian tones. These and suit industry. LaGuardia said people wanted to give Mr. Churchill: he had decided the matter, mental 1. At least 20 motor torpedo-boats, ly, when he was 7,000 feet up in the for channel work. air—aviating from Washington to 2. A large number (half) of our New York. Did Mr. Roosevelt have crack flying fortresses, to bomb East a hand in it, as part of the 1940 Prussia and Poland. campaign racket, wondered the rail- 3. A large number of seaplanes, birds? Anyway, everybody was for submarine spotting, etc. pleased. 4. A ll our tanks, for use in the C O U R T E S Y : Mediterranean region. Magda King Carol and his red-headed sweetheart, Magda Wolff-Lupescu, fled away from their ex-Rumania. Carol’s 18-year-old son, Michael, in herited the Rumanian throne. Mich ael has been king before—from 1927 to 1930, when Carol was in exile. In 1930, Carol came back from his Paris hideaway, and ousted his lit tle son by an army coup. Now, the army had kicked Carol out, and GENERAL JOHN ANTONESCU “A big red-baiter from way back.” brought back the boy again. Michael had pretty well grown up, since his first infantile venture in the king- ship. Gen. John Antonescu, a really tough general, assumed an Iron Guard dictatorship: in other words, a Rumanian Nazi dictatorship. John is violently anti-Russian, and a big red-baiter from way back. He want ed to fight Russia, when Stalin grabbed Rumanian Bessarabia and the Bukovina. But Carol shut him up in a monastery, where he fright ened the monks half to death by his man-eating ways. He is, roughly, the same type as the Italian gen eral, so-tough Rudi Graziani, who took Italo Baiba’s place as governor of Italo-Nocth Africa. It was announced that we had al ready given the British 80,000 ma chine guns, 500,000 rifles, and 750 field guns, with “ huge stocks of am munition.” One out of every four armed Britishers, said the same source, is carrying an American weapon of some sort. Some people felt those 50 over-age destroyers were merely meant for a legal or illegal precedent, to break the ice, and enmesh Uncle Sam still deeper in the European mess. As for the British islands, said these critics, America could have had them free, by holding up airplane shipments, and waving the banner of the still unpaid war debt, from World war Losing Ways Rumania was losing territory all along the line. The Russians had taken Bessarabia and the Bukovina. The Hungarians had northern Tran sylvania, after some rough-housing. The little Bulgarians took southern Dobrudja, which they were eminent ly entitled to, as Churchill, Hitler and Stalin all admitted, for once in agreement. The red-baiters and Fas cists in Rumania were willing to yield land to Hungary, but wanted to fight Russia. The pinks and left ists in Rumania were willing to yield land to Russia, but wanted to fight Hungary. C H O IC E : Philosophy When it came to a choice between Stalin and H itler—and it looked as if many Americans might be faced with a choice before very long— some conservative Americans pre ferred H itler, while many liberal Americans preferred Stalin. All commentators were coming to real ize that the Russo-German pact of August, 1939, was basically unsound, politically, economically, and ideo logically. Refreshing Peculiar? No. 1. N A M E S I . . . in f/jt’ netvs John Cripps is the son of Sir Staf ford Cripps, England’s radical am bassador to Russia. Son John is a conscientious objector, who thinks the war is totally un-Christian. The British draft board sentenced young Cripps to work in the garden, two days per week. The U. S. navy was considering the purchase of H. Edward Man ville’s private yacht, the Hi-Esmaro. It is a 267-foot affair, worth a m il lion and a quarter, in anybody’s good mazuma. It has an excellent steel hull, and could be used for a naval training ship. It was launched in 1929, the year of the depression. J. P. Morgan, of Morgan’s, turned over his super-yacht to the British navy some time back, it seems. Ex-King Carol of Rumania was shrinking with his ex-kingdom. Carol was pudgy and fattish. But he lost 33 pound« in hardly any time at all GENERAL HUGH S. T ric k o f Reclaim ing The Discarded Chair JOHNSON ’T 'H E R E were two of thege old * bent-wood chairs both with cane seats gone and a badly scarred varnish finish. “ Get them out of my sight)" their owner said, “ I can’t stand the thought of wood bent und forced into unnat ural curves." In the end she did get them out of sight und used them too. The trick wus done with slip covers made, as shown. The one you see in the sketch became a side chair fur the living Jour: (EDITOR'S NOTE—When optnlooi era ex p rex ed In A m c o lu m n , they arc 1*0»« ot the oew t analyst and not necessarily ot this newspaper.) , by Western N.wap.,par Union.' THE W AR: T h u r sd a y , S o p i. 19. 1940 A young German pilot was shot down by a British Spitfire, over Eng land. They put him in a prisoner’s train, en route for the hoosegow. When the train stopped at a siding, an English lady was collecting vol unteer funds for more Spitfires. As a joke, she pushed her collection box in to the young German flyer. With a courteous gesture, the Goering fly ing-circus man smiled, and contrib uted the German equivalent of $2. The same day, another German aviator was shot down over Eng land. The British victor, so the yarn goes, flew low, circled lower, and tossed him a package of cigarettes. The German waved his thanks. The age of chivalry is not dead. To make this statement letter-perfect, it might be remembered that in the true age of chivalry, the knights were very chivalrous to each oth er, but were pretty hard on women, children, and commoners. The Spitfire collection fund, men tioned above, is called the “ David and Goliath” fund. On account of this name, every Briton named Da vid, Davies, or Davidson has been asked to contribute to it, in order to promote the “ heroic onslaught against the Philistine of Naziism.” R U S S IA : Its Entry More and more people were count ing on Russia entering the war against Hitler. They were leaning on it heavily in England, and would tell you so. The Chamberlain big- business faction was against this al liance, but the Churchill militarists- plus-British Labor (the present cab inet set-up) had no such scruples. Meanwhile, Russia called up more and more men, and Germany sent IVi of her 3 million soldiers “ east.” J BNV fcnfce CAMPAIGN WEAKNESSES AIR BASES WASHINGTON. — You certainly Cabled reaction from Tokyo indi have to hand it to the old master in cated that the Japanese were suspi the White House for his ability to cious that something more than ap keep the show going ull by himself peared on the surface was behind and to conduct a brilliant political Cordell H ull’s warning ugainst the campaign without even seeming to invasion of French Indo-China. know that one is going on. In this, they were right. There He is doing it in scintillating fash was. ion. He is getting away with it. Nobody in the navy department is He isn't even being seriously chal shouting it from the housetops, but lenged by what should be his opposi the U. S. fleet—or at least most of tion, Maybe Mr. Willkie is just wind it—w ill now remain in the Pacific. ing up, but he is taking a r>- infully Previously it was considered nec long time about it. essary to bring the fleet from Ha Public enthusiasm is a fickle Jude. waii and California in order to sta Mr. Willkio's performance in taking tion most of it around Panama und the nomination away from the pro the Caribbean. This would have fessionals at Philadelphia was as made it impossible to keep a watch spectacular a show as Mr. Roose ful eye on Japanese operations in the velt’s getting the naval und air direction of the Malays and the bases. It captivated the country, Dutch East Indies—all-important but, as the President knows so well, sources of American tin and rubber. > a popular figure has got to keep the Probably it w ill still be necessary i glass balls dancing. to bring a few ships to the Atlantic ' Mr. Willkie, himself, apparently side of the canal. But the island ! relies more on Orrin Root's ama base deal with Great Britain has teur Willkie clubs than on the Re now made it possible to police most publican party organizations in the of the Caribbean and the Atlantic several states. That is a mistake seaboard by uir instead of by sea. that Mr. Roosevelt never mude. He had all kinds of uinateur clubs, too, • • • Businessmen’s Roosevelt for Presi NAVAL NOTES At first the chief improvement to dent clubs, the Good Neighbor the new U. S. bases on British is league and as many others as could lands w ill be airports. Not only are be thrown together. These don’t have to putter around they needed immediately, but also are cheapest and quickest to ton- depending on emergency organiza struct. Naval bases, which mean tion and manufactured enthusiasm. oil tanks and repair facilities, take They depend on dough and, Hatch time to build and may never be act or no Hatch act, money still constructed to any great extent. The talks. Mr. Roosevelt has 10 billions spend. Yet, with all that in tri ; U. S. navy w ill take advantage of to cate pattern of decentralized region ; British naval facilities for the time | al organization, Mr. Roosevelt never being. neglected the good old Democratic Significant was the fact that many political organization. On the con of the over-age destroyers being trary, he relied on it, rewarded it, sold to England were fitted out with reorganized it, and built it up to a cables to neutralize magnetic mines I greater strength and on a wider even before the deal was published range than any Democratic organi by the President. In other words, zation had ever known before. Mr. there had been no real doubt for a Willkie may have been nominated in week or so before the announce- | spite of the professionals, but he ment that the deal would be closed. certainly cannot be elected without Negotiations for naval bases by | them. no means are terminated. What the | He can’t be elected without mak navy wants more than anything else ing election issues either. The am is a good base in Brazilian waters, munition is there by the ton—cais and if possible one in Uruguay. In- ' sons bursting with it. But no shell formal conversations regarding a Is worth its cost without a ,gun to Brazilian base have been going on shoot it. I always thought the Presi for some time. dent was wrong in condemning • • • “ Yes-But" men in off-term debate of issues but you can't get any U. S. REARMAMENT DRIVE The bottleneck of American re where in a political campaign if all you have learned to say is “ Yes- armament is factory expansion. In order to produce more planes, j But.” You have got to learn to say guns and tanks, new factories are “ No S ir!” and make it emphatic ; necessary. And part of the delay [ and convincing enough to be heard has resulted from a wrangle over and carry conviction. I didn’t expect that any candidate how taxes shall be paid on these or any party would ever ugain make new plant expansions. the terrific blunders of the A lf Lan In fairness to industry, it should don campaign, but so fa r this Re , be noted that many of its leaders publican campaign looks enough like have gone ahead and financed their it to be its twin. « own plant expansion without w ait • • • ing to see what the tax picture would The high command of both the po be. In fact some industrialists were litica l armies appear reasonably far-sighted enough to begin more confident and tranquil, but the great than a year ago. Companies which general staff of each is in a dither. I did this include: For the Democrats, the loss of New York Shipbuilding, Newport Jim Farley on the eve of the battle News Shipbuilding, Bethlehem Ship- of the third term was some such . building, Bath Iron Works, Federal catastrophe as would be the loss of Shipbuilding, Midvale Steel, Carne H itler to the Nazis before a decision gie-Illinois Steel, Bethlehem Steel, in the Battle of Britain. Mr. Flynn, Bausch and Lomb, General Elec make no mistake about it, is a very tric, Ford Instrument company, Edo able man with a better basic brain, Aircraft, Grumman A ircraft, Brew I think, than his great predecessor. ster Aeronautical, Eclipse Aviation But Mr. Flynn’s field command and Walter Kidde. has been restricted to the Battle of Probably the list takes in many the Bronx and this great American others. And because of their fa r terrain is a very different matter. sightedness, these firms not only are Even on his own ground, Mr. Flynn reaping good profits for themselves w ill have to wait until the great but also doing a service for the gov boss - buster, Tom Dewey, gets ernment. For instance, the Elco through with him. Mr. Flynn’s Bronx empire was company of Bayonne, N. J., put up an $800,000 plant extension about a just a little imitation, competition year ago in order to manufacture Tammany. I don’t know what bones motor-torpedo ( “ mosquito” ) boats. are buried in that realm—but may As a result, it is now turning over be Mr. Dewey does. On the Republican side, campaign to the navy one new, and badly manager Joe M artin is as active as needed, mosquito boat each week. However, among many other man a night prowling tom-cat on a tin ufacturers there has been backing roof dodging missiles and talking and filling over factory expansion back, but that is in congress—not and how the new plants w ill be the campaign. The purely politi taxed and financed. There is no cal general staff is therefore, leader question but this dickering has defi less and accordingly disorganized. There isn't even a speech-factory. nitely slowed up the defense pro There is no strategy board of elder gram. statesmen—or rather, seasoned poli Powder Shortage Serious. ticians. Mr. Willkie fascinates ev Powder is the bottleneck of na erybody who sees him or hears him tional defense. Without it not a shot talk extemporaneously either on a can be fired, not even a revolver. chair or platform, but tljere are 130,- And today’s powder shortage is most 000,000 people in this country and serious. ' he can’t see them all. It is to avoid these shortages in There is the radio, but he is not the future, not only in regard to coached to click there and in spite powder, but also other essentials of of the wailing of several such speech modern warfare that the govern experts as Haines Falconer that he ment is anxious to build some of its has a natural equipment with which own plants, or at least obtain a lien he could promptly be made the on them. greatest radio orator of our time, a This also would solve the tax prob combination of diffidence and rug lem, because industry would have ged individualism prevents that. A no need to ask for early amortiza great opportunity seems to be trem tion on its emergency expenditures. bling in the balance. • • • Government Arms Plants. WASHINGTON.—Senator Pepper There are three general plans: One is the arsenal, completely wants the President to have the owned and operated by the govern power to “ suspend all statutes” in ment, such as the Frankford arsenal preparing for defense and, imagin in Philadelphia. ing that he is Patrick Henry, shouts: Two is the, factory completely “ I f this be dictatorship, make the owned and operated by private in most of it.” It happens to be Pat dustry. This was the practice em rick Henry in reverse. ployed during the World war. Senator Josh Lee wants the Presi Three is a compromise system dent to have ppwer to take the news whereby the government buys the papers and radio for “ propaganda” ground and erects the factory, then —in other words, to suppress truth lets the private manufacturer step and tell lies to the American people. in and operate the plant for a man In short, they say, we must be come Nazis to fight Hitler- agement fee. room dressed in richly colored cretonne in soft red und blue- green tones with deep wine bind ings. The legs of the chair were sandpapered und stained mahoga ny to tone in with the cover. The cane seat was inexpensively re paired with a ready made scat of plywood reshaped to fit by first cutting a paper pattern to lit the seat of the chair and then using the pattern us a guide as indi cated here. • • • N O T E : K t a service to our reactor«, IDO ot these article* have been printed In live •operate booklets. 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