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 «
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and
book
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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«*.
The only a rc h ite c tu ra l change
M C T O A II
shown in the la rg e sketch was u w a l l » sac C
AHO S M IL F
SROMfH
H V or * IH
is TOO
A S R A H M M IN T
m u n te l facing b u ilt o f three boards
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and sim ple m ouldings. T h is broke
up one rectangle. Irre g u lu r lines softened the angles of tw o more.
fo r swug drapes over the w indow s A lurge p ictu re o r m ir r o r o ve r the
m u n te l ju s t added s till unothet
rectangle, so sm a ll p rin ts were
Little Herbert If'as There
hung w ith ribbons. The a rrange
m ent o f vines, b<ioks und bibelots
To Cit e the Came Aivay!
on the shelves took care of the rest.
• • •
On a rriv in g home fa th e r found
a fo re ig n coin resem bling a q u a r
N O TE :
Directions tor cutting suit
te r in his sm a ll change, so he making th« »wail draperies »hown In
w ent out to do u little shopping, today's »ketch may be tound on pace 11
ot Hook t. In Ihe »erica ot »ervlca
ta kin g H e rb e rt, aged live , along. Iwoklrl» offered with lhe«e article» Alae
He w ent to the g ro ce r's, and the book 7 la now ready lor mailing. It
gro ce r, looking a t the coin, said contains more than 30 of the»* home-
Idea» with »tep by-atrp dlrccUona
w ith an a ir of su rp rise , “ W hy, th is tnaklnc
lor each; a» well a» a de»crlptlon ot the
is not U nited States m oney I ”
aerie»
Booklet» are to cents each
So the m an w ent to the d ru g and should be ordered direct from J
g ist's, and there tendered the coin.
The d ru g g is t in fo rm e d h im th a t the
M U . R U TH W V K T II SPEAKS
coin was o f fo re ig n e xtra ctio n .
Drawer 10
lied
ford Itili»
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"G ood heavens, so it i s l " ex
Enclose
10
cents lor each book
cla im e d the fa th e r. " I w onder
ordered.
where I got th a t? ”
Name .................................................... .
" D o n ’t you know , dud?” spoke
up H e rb e rt. " T h a t's the one the
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