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Show "" THE PROGRESSIVE OPINION Sisal 'Good Neighbor' Product Sisal, the fiber made from the henequen plant of Yucatan touches upon the life of every American. For most wrapping twine around the mail or express package we get is sisal-mad- And the bread we eat was made from flour made from wheat bound up in the field with sisal twine, for American farmers have never found an acceptable substitute. War, with its increased demand for wire and steel products, has forced twine and rope into new roles of importance, thus creating for sisal the greatest demand in history. t ;L" - iV ? 1 v - i I ; v I r - III. I ,J 4 - , i A big ship unloads 10,000 bales of Yucatan's "green gold," as sisal is known, in the Port of New Orleans, to be converted into binder twine for the nation's "breadbasket." . - .'.:L Left: A bale of sisal has just been opened in a New Orleans rope factory, and the strands are being fed into a breaker machine. Right: These long, golden strands are about to become yarn. : , v. ;w., This machine is a preliminary processor, ivhich cards out the fibers and lays them parallel to each other. MUM,?- & .. ,. Mm m, Now in yarn form, rolled on bobbins, the sisal is being spun into a small ball of rope by the girl at the machine. Coils of finished rope made from sisal are about to begin their journey to the far corners of the country. WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By Edward C. Wayne Drive of British Troops Into Libya Forces Axis to Fight on Two Fronts; Peace Comes Again to U. S. Coal Fields As Miners Accept Plan for Mediation (EDITOR'S NOTE When opinions are expressed In these columns, they are those of the news analyst and not necessurily of this newspaper.) (Released by Western Newspaper rT"'"" ' TOKYO: Tinder Box Oddest of all the potential volca-noes in the world had been the Far East situation, with Tokyo hard pressed by the Nazis to plunge ac-tively into the war on the theory that it would create a new front for the British and American navies to cope with. But Kurusu had found Secretary Hull not at all frightened at the prospect, and with the exploratory BRITISH: Open Second Front The bitterly de-manded "second front" in North Af-rica lias finally been opened by the British with a surprise attack of sur-prising power and terrific impact upon the combined German-Italia- n forces in Libya. The severity of the military blow drew for a time all interest from the magnificent stand the Russians were making, and presented Hitler's generals with the difficult problem of either conceding the Royal Air force complete mastery of the Afri-can skies or the withdrawal of many hundreds of planes from Germany or from the Russian front. Rapidly the British drive went 50, 60, 80 miles into Libya, and a glance at the maps had been sufficient to show that the typical Nazi blitz tac-tic was being employed. Instead of a frontal attack against the Axis forces the British moved to the south and shoved tank spear-heads in an enveloping action which reached Tobruk's garrison, that had rushed out into a sortie and were practically able to join hands with their advancing comrades in arms from the south. This trapped what the British reckoned as half the German tank forces, (reckoned at two divisions) in a triangular space bounded by Tobruk, Bardia and the Mediterra-nean coast. On this triangle the British were pouring all their fire, by land, sea and air, and battles were developing which might turn out to be the III .''iKftlJ I '"if mt:xm .4MmmmMm ffif$Tm! mmbt f Plllilllp I EMPEROR HIROHITO Japan prepared for the worst. talks quite in their midst, the head of the American state department had called a conference of the ABCD nations' (American, British, Chinese and Dutch) representatives from which the Chinese ambassador had emerged with a broad smile. Coincidentally the British had re-newed their blunt warnings to Japan not to plunge another area of the world into a "blood-bath,- " but to re-flect that the personnel of the Brit-ish navy had expanded 300 per cent, and that the navy now was in posi-tion to divert considerable of its forces to the Pacific. At the same time it was evident that Tokyo itself was preparing its people for the worst. That Japa-nese leaders were badly frightened over the spot they were in was evi-dent, yet few of them could see a way out without war. STRIKE: Sixth Appeal The suden end of the coal strike, and the answer of John L. Lewis that he was willing to accede to President Roosevelt's sixth appeal for labor peace in the captive coal mines brought a question to the fore in the strike crisis who was the winner in this bitter battle, the Pres-ident or Lewis? Some reporters described the sud-den ending of the strike as a dis-tinct victory for the President, in that Lewis had agreed to "binding arbitration" of the strike, some-thing he had held out against since the n of mediation board ef-forts to end it. But when the personnel of the de-ciding committee became known, the matter of the President's vic-tory became dubious, because the committee included Dr. John R. Steelman, head of the conciliation service of the department of labor, representing the public; Mr. Lewis himself, representing the strikers; and Benjamin F. Fairless, president of U. S. Steel, representing the mine owners. There was little question about the stand that Lewis would take in the fight for a closed shop contract for his members. That was a foregone conclusion. As to the other two. Dr. Steelman was generally given credit by labor for having won them the closed shop in commercial mines. Looking at Mr. Fairless, it was generally believed by the union workers, and so stated by Lewis more than once that Mr. Fairless, during other conferences, had ap-parently been 'the only steel man willing to give in. In fact Lewis put the blame for the failure of pre-vious negotiations squarely upon Eu-gene G. Grace of Bethlehem Steel. Lewis had declared that he faced the decision of the committee with the utmost confidence in the out-come. The ending of the strike was dramatic. The union policy conrugiit-te- e of 200 waited IVz hours for its meeting. They didn't know the rea-son but Lewis did. He was waiting for a letter from the President of the' United States. It was delivered. Lewis took it into his private office. He read it, came out again with his thumbs in the armholes of his vest and de-scended into the cellar meeting hall. He posed for pictures, asked re-porters to leave, and the meeting opened. Fifteen minutes later the "end strike" call was sounded. Lewis had submitted to arbitra-tion an arbitration he was confi-dent could only end in victory for his union. For the President? Per-haps, because his letter had ended the strike. For Lewis? At least Lew-is thought so. OPM: Veii; Powers The President had given the Office of Production Management addition-al powers by delegating to it the authority given him in the property seizure act last October. Thus if there are to be any seizures made under this bill in the inter-est of the national defense, OPM will make them. The priorities board also was des-ignated to act in an advisory capac-ity to the OPM when any seizures are contemplated. WINSTON CHURCHILL The second half would follow. forced surrender of all the Axis forces in the trap, or a debacle sim-ilar to those which Germany had forced on weaker opponents. That it could be another was impossible, for the Axis forces had no possibility of escape by sea. It was stand and fight against forces at least equal to their own. Of especial interest to Americans were the reports which told of feats performed by American-mad- e equip-ment, particularly airplanes and tanks. h of the British tanks were said to have been built either in the U. S. or in Canada. Objectives of the British attack in North Africa were twofold the de-struction of every Axis weapon of war in the territory; the knocking of Italy out of the war. The first of these, Churchill said, would be half accomplished when the battle of the Tobruk triangle had re-sulted in a British victory. The sec-ond half would follow immediately, he added, indicating that there would be no, slowing down of the drive. As to the second objective, it was not so obvious what the British plans were. Some felt certain that the British, once in undisputed posses-sion of all North Africa save French territory, would launch an expedi-tionary invasion against Sicily, and then use it as a base for further in-vasion. Others felt sure that Britain's only idea was to hold its gains, and with the Mediterranean free of menace, to launch air attacks on all of Italy from the nearest points in Libya and Tripoli, and so to discourage Italians with the war that they would rise against it. The British felt sure that this would cause the Germans to attack Italy, just as the Germans turned against Russia, and that thus an-other problem of occupying a hostile country would arise to plague the Nazis. ROSTOV: Berlin Claim The important and strategic city of Rostov on the Don river was claimed as a German capture in dispatches from Berlin, and on the same day the Russians admitted that the Nazi advance had been re-sumed. The sixth month of the Russian war found the Germans renewing an attack against Moscow at Moz-haisk, according to the Reds, who admitted that their troops had been forced to give ground. This town, 57 miles from the bor-der of the city, marked the high-wate- r mark of the German advance. The Nazis claimed that at Rostov six munitions factories, a fighter-plan- e plant and a tank factory fell into their hands. They called the city the "spigot to the Russian oil barrel." The town had been defended by the Russians for seven weeks. They did not admit its loss. Russian dispatches had described the work of the townspeople of Mos-cow in preparing the finishing touches on the city's defenses. ' 111 Bigger value when m, Better results when you u: No wonder Clabber Girl enthusiastic choice of t,'! of women. It belones i. ' thrifty home. It beW cupboard of pnwt Fof Clabber GirlVabs" ::; pendabihty adds to the i' of home baking, and its ' able economy stretches tk budget. .Y.o.u Pay Less for ClaM, but You Use No Moti, mm ummm the 0P dare to wear (5 l j skirt And ifJprt style for this (V T red-- it's a per gn VW brilUant shade-- or a oris the6 wUl be one of fjV Then.it yrnegwPseSs wardrobe: V-- , nrm is in uneven sizes 11 v- - order to: . T7V r SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. Street J 9 New Montgomery f' IP Pattern No ""mZ 'm Name U Address 1 New MiW STools, recently chinerydthe establishment of new I? Iff 1 sel!Vaaswd! T well S the individual require that one of us cooperate and con- - 1 lerve. 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Local dealers have been featuring Camels in the carton of ten packs of "20's" and a special gift of four "flat fifties " Prince Albert is available in the humidor specially wrapped for Christmas giving. Adv. " B5g?S?7MiMi;l.l8!:3i;w.vuM uu... , EVERY TIME. THEY'RE EX" v ""'! fjS J M,LD AND THEY'VE GOT T- ? . ; i f&, FLAVOR THAT ALWAYS HIT- i " VV7 " "uj THE SPOT" I SH'-- v.' 1 Cl 28 LESS NICOTIC wwMi rw TOBACCOS Ml Young Hearts Half the joy of life is j things taken on the run. 1 run if we must even the but let us keep ouT. young and our eyes ope nothing worth our while cape us. Victor Cherbulia Early Eyeglasses I A portrait of Cardinal which was painted in li: I hangs today in the Church ' Nicola in Treviso, Italy, is h known painting of a perse: ing eyeglasses. Use of Days To awaken each morning with a smile brightening my face, to greet the day with reverence, for the opportunities it contains; to approach my work with a clean mind; to hold ever before me, even in the doing of little things, the Ultimate Purpose toward which I am working'; to meet men and women with laughter on my lips and love in my heart; to be gentle, kind and courteous through all the hours; to approach the night with weariness that ever wooes sleep and the joy that comes from work well done this is how I desire to waste wisely my days. Thomas Dreier Liquid Sand S3nd is believed to be the only dry matter that behaves like a liquid. Any object in water, such as a wL; likewise sink in this pe1 Strong Root Growth Encourage strong root growth, so that plants will not be easily uproot-ed. Dig deep and make a good soil bed, so that roots will spread down and out, making an anchor against the wind. Give deep and thorough soakings, especially in areas that call for almost daily summer water-ing. Remember that light sprin-klings make for surface and that shallow roots make for plant heaving when the high winds come. Elixir of Life Alchemists of the Twelfth to Sev-enteenth centuries were popularly supposed to be searching for the "philosopher's stone" by which bas-er metals could be transmuted into gold. Their research, however, was threefold. The other two objects they had in view were the Elixir of Life, and the Alkahest, an imagi-nary liquid supposed to be a uni-versal solvent capable of resolving all bodies into their constituent ele-ments. |