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T hu rsday. M a y 15. 1941 The Gold H ill News. Gold H ill, Oregon By Edward C. Wayne WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Valuable Oil Supplies of Middle East Result in Shift of War Scene to Iraq, But ‘Battle of Atlantic’ Still Remains As Most Important Phase of Conflict iR » le . i« d by W e sttm N »w »paper U n io n .'. When the B ritis h put fo rth an e ffo rt to hold the Ira q o il w ells by force thev faced c a va lrym e n like these. These Ira q i troops m ake an im pressive sig h t on parade but Ira q asked G erm any fo r heavy m e ch a n iie d forces to aid in keeping the B ritis h fro m com plete control of the h ig h ly valued oil fields. fS *« Be/ow. WAR—Changed Seta») A A General Quiz The Questions W ashington, D. C. M EDITERRANEAN KEY K ey to the fa te fu l b a ttle o f the M ed ite rra n e a n w hich is about to b u rst in fu ll fu ry is not the Suez canal, but B rita in 's g re a t n a va l base at A le x a n d ria , 125 m ile s w est of the ca n a l entrance. The loss o f A le x a n d ria w ould de p riv e the B ritis h o f th e ir key “ bridgehead” in n o rth e rn A fric a and ensure A xis d o m in a tio n o f the eastern M editerranean. A c tu a lly , thè Suez ca n a l its e lf has been o f little value to the B ritis h fo r months. I t w ent out of use as the so-called "life -lin e of the em p ire ” when the A xis a ir a tta ck th a t severely dam aged the a ir c a rr ie r I l lu strio u s proved i t was su icid u l to a tte m p t to convoy sh ip p in g ,th ro u g h the long and n a rro w w a te rw a y. Since then the M e diterranean has been a “ no m a n 's la n d ” fo r a ll the b elligerents. W hile 2,000 m ile s in length, its n a rro w w id th at ce rta in places has made it e x tre m e ly haz ardous fo r both sides, and the B r it ish have been ro u tin g th e ir shipping around the Cape of Good Hope fo r some tim e . Loss o f the M ed ite rra n e a n would, of course, be a serious blow to the B ritis h ; but i t w ould by no means end the w a r o r mean v ic to ry fo r the A xis. W ith h e r fleet in ta c t, B rita in w ould s till be able to c a rry the fight tc H itle r and M ussolini. was this same group o f o il w ells. Of course, i f the G erm an d rive southw ard should succeed, the H a ifa j MACHINE TOOLS Changed Scene c h ie f reasQn bebind the big c u r. Although nothing in the European end of the pipeline w ould fa ll as jn auto production was the w a r was a c e rta in ty except its un w e ll as the K irk u k end, not ,o men- ; c e rta in ty , it seemed reasonably like tion the oil field itse lf. release o f u rg e n tly needed m achine ly th a t the a ttem pted A xis pincers Formula tools fo r defense. The m achine tool m ove against Suez via north A fric a None doubted th a t G erm any bottleneck could be broken o ve r and the M iddle E ast would change w ould hold to this so fa r w inning n ig h t i f a ll the m achine tools owned the v ita l scene o f the w a r to th a t fo rm u la of w a rfa re and leave the I by the m o to r in d u stry w ere tu rned lo c a lity . A rabs la rg e ly to th e ir fa te u n til the to the m aking of planes, tanks and T h a t Suez e ve n tu a lly would fa ll planned advance had been th o r other a rm a m e n t. to the G e rm a n -Ita lia n forces was Defense experts estim ate th a t oughly w orked out. T h is was the deemed a like lih o o d , though the fa il ! there are around 1,500,000 m achine method employed in north e rn A f ure of this cam paign w ould converse ric a , where the G erm ans le t the ! tools in the U. S., o f w hich m ore ly mean a d is tin c t tu rn of the tide Ita lia n s take th e ir beating u n til they than h a lf are in plants m a kin g m o in B ritis h fa vo r. to r vehicles or pa rts fo r them , and were d rive n back to T rip o li. Even before the outset of the cam Then the forces o f the Reich J in the a llie d m e ta l fa b ric a tin g in paign, when the B ritis h had conclud crossed the M editerranean, la rg e ly du stry. The lis t includes grin d e rs, ed the firs t m ove into Ira q , the B r it in Ita lia n ships, landed on the north m illin g m achines, lathes, boring ish m in is try of in fo rm a tio n a tte m p t A fric a n coast, and p ro m p tly and w ith machines, presses, gear cutters, ed to prepare the p u b lic fo r an ad high speed drove the B ritis h back d rille rs , and shapers, a ll v ita l in the verse outcome by le ttin g i t be known on th e ir heels, ta k in g e ve ryth in g production of defense equipm ent. th a t even the fa ll o f Suez would not New output o f m achine tools is th a t the Ita lia n s had lost in a m a t be fa ta l to the B ritis h cause. te r of weeks, where it had taken the now speeding a t the ra te o f 14,000 Indeed, the propaganda a rticle s a m onth. This is a sp e cta cu la r B ritis h months. pointed to A le xa n d ria as a m uch This was the w estern end of the achievem ent and a g re a t trib u te to m ore v ita l spot in the M editerranean pincers w hich was aim ed a t A le x the in d u stry. B u t it is only a drop than Suez, b u t how this helped when an d ria E g y p t and Suez, w ith the in the bucket com pared to the A le xa n d ria was as m uch of an A xis m ove o f the eastern end, w hich 750,000 m achine tools a lre a d y pos- objective as Suez was a little d iffi started w ith the G recian cam paign , sessed by the auto and m e ta l fab c u lt to see. and the general B a lka n lnfiU r a tio n , ric a tin g industries, w hich a rm y men Perhaps it was th a t the B ritis h expected to s ta rt as soon as the say w ould increase defense produc thought they could hold out at A le x proper d ip lo m a tic and m ilita r y tion to fu ll flow im m e d ia te ly i f a n d ria a fte r Suez had fa lle n , thus pooled and devoted e n tire ly to this pre p a ratio n was finished. n a m in g the objectives in chrono M any believed the G erm ans would ■ purpose. lo g ica l order. have to h u rry th is tim e , fo r some ob A ll th is was considerably in the ' H ID D E N C O L L E A G U E servers reported the Russians to be fu tu re , however, fo r the B ritis h at A stocky, g ra y-h a ire d m an, d ra w in g troops fro m the eastern tem pted to “ ju m p the gun” as they p a rt of the country, and beginning flanked by a group of sightseers, had at Salonika and P iraeus, by to concentrate them in ce n tra l Rus approached a C apitol policem an and la nding an expeditionary force in asked d ire ctio n s to the office of Sen. sia. Ira q . There was one v ita l d iffe r This m ig h t mean tw o things, H ira m Johnson o f C a lifo rn ia . ence, however, th a t in Ira q they Tucked aw ay in an obscure cor e ith e r a pro te ctive m ovem ent, o r an w ere m eeting an u n frie n d ly regim e, e ffo rt to beat the Germ ans to the ner of the north side o f the C apitol w hereas in Greece the landing was N ear-E astern punch and to go into where to u rists never tre a d , John welcom ed, as the Greeks already the E u ra sia n te rrito ry them selves, son's office is one o f the hardest to w ere a t w a r w ith the Axis. perhaps through P ersia. There was find in the g re a t stru c tu re . W ith in a few days a fte r the landing an outside p o ssib ility th a t Russia, “ I ’l l do m y best to e xp la in how fro m the P ersian g u lf the B ritis h however, m ig h t content herself w ith to get th e re ,” said the policem an. found them selves v irtu a lly a t w ar a P ersian grab, and ’ a im tow ard “ A re you a to u ris t? ” w ith A ra b ia , though the Ira q a rm y " N o ,” grinned the in q u ire r, “ I'm B ritis h In d ia . was only 28,000 re g u la rly arm ed the o ther senator fro m C a lifo rn ia , and u n iform ed men. B u t the gov Soviet Upset Senator D ow ney.” ernm ent w hich had got its power • • • The Soviet was considerably up through a N azi-inspired coup d ’etat, set, i t was tru e , by the G erm an e n try FERRY SCHOOL ordered a ll citizens to grab w h a t into F in la n d ; was m ore upset by the E ve ryb o d y is w ondering how the ever a rm s they had and to wage in filtra tio n into B u lg a ria ; and s till a holy w a r against invading E ng m ore bothered by the reports fro m sw arm s of fig h tin g planes w hich U. S. fa cto rie s w ill produce fo r the land. T u rke y th a t the T u rks were p lan B ritis h in the next 12 m onths w ill ning to fo llo w the lead of a ll B alkan be delivered overseas. The answer, Objective V ita l objective of the B ritis h was countries except Jugoslavia and fo r the big ships, is th a t they w ill to prevent damage or seizure on the Greece, and p e rm it the G erm ans to be flown across— and in such great p a rt of the A rabs of the v ita l M osul have th e ir w ill unchecked. num bers th a t the B ritis h are setting Should the Russians a ctu a lly ju m p up a special p ilo t tra in in g school fo r o il fields, and the B ritis h d riv e was aim ed p a rtic u la rly at K irk u k , the a c tiv e ly over to the B ritis h side of th a t purpose, in the U nited States. s ta rt of the pipeline fro m the M osul the w a r, w hich was deemed ex The school w ill give an intensive fields w hich supplied a irp la n e and tre m e ly u n lik e ly u n til the B ritis h re fre sh e r and tra in in g course to vol fleet fuel fo r the M editerranean had im p a rte d a serious defeat to unteer pilots to q u a lify them fo r the A xis, then the whole com plexion “ fe rry in g ” the big bom bers across forces. H owever, though the A rabs were of things w ould be changed and the A tla n tic . conceded little chance to stand up Ita ly and G erm any w ould find th e m The volunteers m ay be B ritis h , to the B ritis h attackers, they were selves w ith a real problem on th e ir Canadian, o r A m e rica n . H owever, on the ground, and even as they hands. it is expected th a t the largest num W hat seemed m ost lik e ly was the bers w ill be A m ericans. The B ritis h started shelling B ritis h troops and the Habbaniyah a ir field, and even eventual fa ll of Asia M in o r to the can use 250 of them . as they started appeals to G erm any A xis, and even at long last the fa ll • • • fo r help, thus la y in g the groundw ork of Suez and A lexandria. G O O D N E IG H B O R P IL O T S Closest observers of the w ar be fo r the landing of a G erm an expedi A nother “ Good N e ig h b o r” gesture tio n a ry force, A rabs seized the K ir lieved th a t even w ith a ll of this the w ill soon be m ade to our im m e d ia te B ritis h had a chance to w in if they ku k end of the pipeline, and were neighbor to the south, M exico. The reported to be flooding the o il fields. could d e fin ite ly w in the b a ttle of the state d e p a rtm e n t w ill o ffe r p ilo t I t could not be estim ated how A tla n tic ; could d e fin ite ly resume the tra in in g courses to a num ber of m uch damage was being done, but unchallenged m astery of the seas; I M exican youths in the U nited States. the U nited I though the pipeline seizure was could receive fro m In itia to r of the idea was Vice pleasing to the Germans, a serious States “ a ll-o u t” aid in clu d in g active P resident H e n ry W allace. When he e n try into the w a r; and could repel i sabotage of the o il fields would visite d M exico la st ye a r, one of the prove em barrassing to G erm any, an invasion of the B ritis h Isles problem s discussed was the sh o rt though m uch m ore to the B ritis h . themselves. age o f a v ia to rs in the M exican Those in touch w ith the Washing F o r the G erm ans stood even m ore a rm y . W allace was to ld th a t M ex ton scene believed th is country in need of o il than the B ritis h . The ico wanted to undertake a p ilo t m uch closer to being a ctu a lly in the la tte r could get oil fro m other tra in in g p ro g ra m s im ila r to th a t in sources, notably fro m the U nited w ar, w ith some a ctu a lly pre d ictin g the U nited States, but lacked planes States, but one of G e rm a n y’s sec th a t our e n try was no fu rth e r off and in stru cto rs. ondary objectives in the N ear E ast than 60 days. » • • WAR: 1. H ow fa r a p a rt are N o rth A m e rica and Asiu a t the n a rro w est point of B e ring s tra it? 2. W hat is a th im b le rig g e rT 3. Why does a po la r bear never slip on glassy ice? 4. St. P a u l's epistles to the Thessalonians were w ritte n to the in habitants o f the c ity now called what? 5. W hat is the sm a lle st deer in the w orld? 6. W hat is the p rin c ip a l con stitu e n t of pewter? 7. Where are the G rand Banks? 8. How does B ra z il com pare in size w ith the U nited States? 9. Who was the founder of psycho-analysis? The Answer» 1. F ifty -s ix m iles. 2. One who swindles w ith the aid of three s m a ll cups, shaped like th im b le s, and a s m a ll b a ll or pea. 3. The soles o f the p o la r bear's feet are covered w ith th ic k ly set h a ir w hich gives lu m p e rfe ct tra c tion. 4. Salonika. 5. The mouse-deer of Indo- China. I t w eighs about four pounds. 6. T in. 7. Off Newfoundland. 8. L a rg e r by 250,000 square m iles. 9. S igm und Freud. in D efense News <1 The state d e p a rtm e n t granted un <t OPM D ire c to r of P rio ritie s Stet- lim ite d licenses to the B ritis h Iro n tin iu s put into effect bla n ket p rio rity & Steel corporation and the B ritis h ra tin g s enabling m a nufacturers of purchasing com m ission under w hich a irp la n e fram es, engines, and pro custom s collectors are authorized to pellers to obtain needed m a te ria ls accept shipm ents of specified p rod “ to speed production of m ilita r y a ir ucts, w ith o u t the presentation of l i planes fo r the U nited States and cense form s, going to B • ritis V »v~Ilox7 A V/I tllu, *v» h New G reat B rita in .” M r. S tettinius also Guinea, B ritis h N orth Borneo, Fed- I announced im m e d ia te application to erated M alay States, U nfederated 16 v ita l defense m etals of a system M a la y States, Hongkong, Oceania, , of in ve n to ry controls designed to Papua, and Sarawak prevent excess stocks in in d u stry. Leading econom ists rate the in d u s tria l and financial surveys com pleted by the O’ M ahoney monopoly c o m m itte e as the m ost valuable source m a te ria l on the economy of the co u n try ever com piled. D e p a rtm e nt of a g ric u ltu re is rec om m ending a new pla n t to hold soil in the g u llie s—but they wish the Japanese would te ll how to produce the seed. Known as kudzu, it is one o f the pla n t secrets of Japan. I t serves not only as a soil binder but also as a feed, surpassing a lfa lfa . Hy MUTH WVBTH T B A H « _____ and book CM A L L _________ windows shelves a t the sides o f a fire place often creute u monotonous series o f rectangles. W atch out fo r them fo r they p la y un im p o r ta n t p u rt in decorating plans. You see them here in the s m u ll sketch —a ix o f th e m —w in d o w ; over m a n te l space; w in d o w ; book , —« h m m M A H T IL shelves; m a n te l; book shelves— FACIHO AHO around and around they go. IIO OIAA O H I» I M t HATAI«*. 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