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Show THE BULLETIN. BINGHAM, t'TAH Leaves From Great Britain's Scrap Book illM O 1A Lower: A convoy steaming up the English channel, currently the most dangerous stretch of water in the wtirld, under the guns of an escorting British warship. Upper Left: Winston Churchill surveys a great crater left by a German bomb in a London street after a night raid. Upper Right: An anti-aircra- ft gun crew in action during a practice session with a 3.7 "Archie" somewhere in Canada. (GENERAL HUGH S. JOHNSON Jour: UnM numrn W WNV fcnla PILOT TRAINING WASHINGTON. Five weeks ago I questioned the value and efficiency of the civilian pilot training pro-gram, which is a plan to train 50,000 pilots for military and naval serv-ice by farming the students out to civilian pilots in groups of from 10 to 40 to be trained at so much a head. I said that it was not prop-erly supervised, was dangerous and unlikely to produce many military and naval pilots who would not have to start all over again in the primary training of the armed services. I wrote that after seeing the plan in process and talking with experi-enced and impartial training experts upon whose judgment I rely. From other such men that column re-ceived indorsement, but by some in-terested in that program I was told with various degrees of Indignation that I did not know what I was talking about. Wayne Parrish, editor of Amer-ican Aviation, has watched this development closely, has recently made a study of it and has not, as a recent gossip column implied, the remotest political interest. In an editorial in the beptemDer la issue, he goes a lot further than did my column and even hints at the very odorous condition which may result In a congressional investigation. Assistant Secretary of Commerce Hinckley wangled a total appro-priation of $37,000,000 to finance this program. It was presented as a defense move to train 50,000 pilots perhaps for Mr. Roosevelt's 50,000 phantom planes. The record is not clear as to whether congress was told that noth-ing in the plan commits any trainee to any kind of military service, but Mr. Parrish ruports that pros, pects are assured that there is no such obligation and told just to for-get that part of it. Out of 77 gradu-ates of the secondary course, 76 didn't seek military training. No military or naval authority is very clearly on record, but private-ly neither branch believes that a satisfactory substitute for the serv-ice primary courses can be given in this haphazard fashion. Those who doubted the wisdom of the transfer of the independent CAA to the political department of com-merce, do not feel much encour-aged by these developments nor by the increasing sabotage of the in-spection service of the old CAA, which hung up so remarkable a record of air safety on the transport lines. Veteran inspectors are being sub-merged, weeded out or resign in disgust to make places for less ex perienced men. It is hard enough to understand how military and naval pilots can be trained by a slapped together hay crate organization of civilian pilots, but harder still to see how a safe and uniform course of instruc-tion can be given in so many inde-pendent "schools" by instructors themselves of a wide variety of ex-perience and training without an in-spection service rating almost per-fect efficiency. Many of the "private flying specialists" who are "directing" this loose joint-ed organization for training mili-tary and naval pilots were examined and failed to qualify under the old inspection service as inspectors. In this new "specialist" rating, they receive higher pay than ex-perienced inspectors $5,600 a year, as compared with $3,200, $3,800 or $4,600; the latter figure being the highest rate in the old inspection service. This and similar are policies stripping that service of compe-tent men. Much worse faults of carelessness and monkey business have been re-ported, but I have been unable to confirm them. What this situation needs is a congressional investiga-tion. Maybe it will get it but not until after the election. DEFENDING BRITAIN While I was in Chicago recently, the "Defend America by Defending Britain" committee staged a mass meeting-larg- ely of Gold Coast in- - -"- ''"-"in me uoiiseum. It was harangued by several eminent breast beating war criers. All they ask now is to strip our inadequate army air force of 50 of its flying fortresses and detach from our navy the mos- - quito torpedo boats which congress recently prevented the President flora sending to Britain How this kind of thing could be done lawfully-ev- en under the general's phoney opinion by which the destroyers were detached without even consulting congres- s-care. ThPPT.tThCSe peoPle even worry about that because they know the Presi- - a,t doesn't care either. . After the terrible OnTnev 8 10 Ur AmLgin K"'exPect to live to see dumb anybody would be enough on the one hand and have nerve enough on the other, to defy the great weight of American t?m,n andtry'Pushusin-L- h 0th:r,WOrd make the anything but our own country. This Eastern Seaboard Propaganda. apparenUy Teed by SOme' threatLig away with it Li I tTv,,,,! Notes of a Bystander The Front Pages: As long as the Rome and Berlin papers keep print-ing, Britain doesn't need a propa-gand- a force. The Axis', squawks about the British attacks will have the whole world despising them even more than now . . . The trouble with covering plane attacks, confides James Aldrich from the British Mediterranean fleet, is that you de-velop "a tendency to see in the sky things you think are planes." Of course, you feel much relieved when they are planes. . . . It's good Huey Long didn't livw. His promise to make every man a king wouldn't be much of an inducement these days ... The editorial salutes to the history and meaning of the City of London made shudders rhumba across the body. We recall similar editorials about Prague, Warsaw, Vienna and Paris much too remi-niscent of an obituary notice. C. V. R. Thompson, the New York correspondent for the London Ex-press, relays this current London quip: All the civilized nations had been destroyed, bombs had levelled - vi)r y nltvr (n, wVic .w. uit'uJ, miu1 - ,lone British pilot who remained aliva flew his plane over Europe to search for some sign of life . . . But he could find none and no building un-scathed . . . Seeing nothing at all left of Europe, he started flying to the U. S. but his navigation was faulty and he ran out of gas, crash-ing in the heart of the African Jun-gl- e . . . With his last ounce of strength he scribbled on a bit of fuselage: "Here died the last man on earth!" And then he died . . . Two little apes, who had been watch-in- g from a tree, climbed down, wad-dled over to the wreckage. One picked up the note, rend it to the other and exclaimed: "The last man on earth! Good gracious, do we have to start this whole darned business all over again?" The Debunking Dep't: Mr. Wood-ruff, congressman from Virginia-m- ade a ringing defense of Colonel Lindbergh. He insisted that Lind-bergh must not be denied the right of Free Speech ... Mr. Woodruff delivered some vitriolic remarks about people who disagreed with Lindbergh. This was a great waste of time, words and money, consider-ing that nobody has ever tried to stop Lindbergh from saying any. thing ... In fact, since entering the political arena, Lindbergh has been treated like a prodigal son. Both press and radio have given his com-men- ts conspicuous space and the networks have given him valuable radio time free . . . Even Presi-dent Roosevelt is denied that privi- - loatt at rprtain timna Tm the press and radio (which Lind-bergh has often criticized harshly) have treated Lindbergh so fairly that Lindbergh himself has never complained about being mistreated. Sounds In the Night: At 21: "It looks like they're getting a more intellectual clientele the women are homelier" ... At the Riviera: "She goes around daring you to knock her conscience from her shoulder" ... At the Stork: "To me a p'.ght club is Just an uphol-stered concentration camp" . , , At die Beachcomber: '"She's an heiress and he's an heirdale" . . . At La Martinique: "She'a in the powder room dulling her nose gloss, brightening her lips and sharpening her fangs" ... At the Village Barn: "One look at her rigger and your eyes yell for crutches!" ... At Club Gaucho: "It's a pretty neck- - t.ie.,.only it's not pulled tight enough" At Club 18: "He's as sincere as a Japanese apology" ... At Coq Rouge: "I went with her once. I..ha.d more fun biting my nails" In Reuben's: "It's a lucky thing fcr Buckingham palace that Goering wasn't dropped on it!" Manhattan Murals: The flip news-boy at Fiftieth and Seventh who shouted: "Britain Bombs Berlin! Read about the Grapes of RAF!" . . . The shooting shoppes all over midtown. chiefly patronized by sharpshooting gals . . . The "funny-man- s" who wears FDR and Willkie buttons on his lapel sooo fun- - neeeee! . . . Jack Alexander's smarticle on Billy Rose for the Esseepee will be christened: "Base-ment Belasco" . . . Add descriptions: New York is a big dice game. Every-body's a loser, but nobody wants to leave the game. The Wireless: Attesting to the at caliber of the British morale, Ed Murrow said they would rather live underground than under Nazi domination. . . . Cholly McCarthy is funny so long as he keeps his barbs well sharpened. But when he goes cute, he splinters. Man About Town: Jolson's second week in Philly grossed $33,000, he says, meaning $12,600 profit . . . What jokester pasted a Willkie stick-er on Mrs. FDR's windshield at the recent Rhinebeck fair when the chauffeur was dozing? . . . Quentin Reynolds escaped injury when the London apartment house he dwells in was bombed . . . When Franchot Tone was at Johns Hopkins hosp a nurse developed a rash which the apecialists there couldn't diagnose. They finally called it Ronianc Rash." Washington, D. C. Unless the Roosevelt administra-tion shakes itself free of red tape and really docs something about tin, it may have a major scandal on its hands. Months have passed since the na-tion first woke up to the fact that its supply of tin was desperately low. During that time, Japan has edrd down closer and closer to the Ma-lays and the Dutch East Indies, our chief tin supply, and now is at the gates of French Indo-Chin- Meanwhile, the plan to set up a tin smeiier in we uniiea oiaies using Bolivian ore and to save a dangerous ocean haul half way round the world, still is clutched in the large hand of Jesse Jones. Jesse now is going through exactly the same routine that the state de-partment followed four months ago asking American metal companies how much tin they would smelt, what process they would use, etc. Last May several companies told the state department they were glad to Phelps Dodge, Ameri-can Metals, American Smelting & T7AAr.fnr, ) tr. .1 : From them the state department had secured all necessary informa-tion. But after it had finished, the national defense commission went into the matter all over again, ask-ing virtually the same questions. Now, at long last, the tin prob-lem has come before Jesse Jones, who as federal loan administrator passes upon the $2,000,000 loan which Is to be spent on constructing the tin smelter. And Jesse Jones has gone into all the aforementioned red tape still again. The tin situation Is made even more difficult by the fact that al-though one of the busiest men in Washington, Jones declines to dele-gate authority, wants to know all the details. Jones is now secretary of com-merce, a department which Herbert Hoover once made one of the most important in the government. But Jesse also insisted upon keeping his hands on the vital job of federal loan administrator. This makes him, next to Roosevelt, the most power-ful man in the government also the most sought after. Result is that state department of-ficials, national defense commission-ers and tin experts have to mark time waiting for a chance to see Jesse Jones. And after they get to him they have to wait for him to go through all the details personal-ly. Meanwhile the threatened Japa-nese conquest of Asiatic tin supplies proceeds. Meanwhile also the Unit-ed States lacks enough tin actually on hand to last a full year. Note Present molasses-lik- e nego-tiations regarding tin have won the nickname BETTING LOWDOWN "The Republican," sprightly, en-terprising G. O. P. monthly, offers some interesting advice on how to place your money in the election. At its request, and with the as-surance of complete freedom of opinion, C. M. Oehler, a research specialist, prepared a betting "tally sheet" In offering it the magazine warns, however, that conditions may change abruptly. "Election bettors must take Into consideration," says the publication, "the possibility that a major 'emer-gency' may burst into bloom late in October or very early in Novem-ber and may be a decisive factor in the outcome." With this in mind it presents the following tips on how to bet Willkie money: "Cinch bet" Vermont, Kansas, Maine, New Hampshire, Iowa, South Dakota, Massachusetts, North Da- - Kota, Minnesota, Michigan. Total, 87 electoral votes. "Give odds" Rhode Island, Ne-braska, Pennsylvania. New Jersey, Ohio. Wisconsin (?). TotaL 101 elec-toral votes. "Even money" Indiana, New York, Illinois. Total. 90 electoral votes. "Ask odds" Oregon, Wyoming, Connecticut, Delaware, California, Idaho. Total, 45 electoral votes. "Ask long odds" West Virginia, Montana, New Mexico, Kentucky, Colorado, Missouri, Maryland, Utah, Washington. Total, 67 electoral votes. "Don't bet" Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Arizona, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Arkansas, Louisi-ana, Alabama, Texas, Georgia, Mis-sissippi, South Carolina. Total 141 electoral votes. MERRY-GO-ROUN- D Assistant Secretary of State Berle believes Spanish is the coming lan-guage for Americans, is having his children learn it. The Liberty league, moribund for the last several years, last week quietly folded up completely. The few remaining employees were paid off and told the league was giving up the ghost Chief reason given was the Hatch "purity-in-politic-act Jouett Shouse. league director, who in its heyday drew a $36,000-a-ye- ar salary, is supporting Willkie but is not taking an open part in the campaign. Minnesota' Gov. Harold Stassen has a leading role in guiding the labor end of the Willkie campaign. Illustration of how some Indus- - H8 DEFLMT10N.S Ultimatum (1910) A horseless n"t time he spl ,f hour through 15 Wtimatum (i940 Sf, Bering a half doze render or else Raid (1910- )- JSSf a 8aloon 4' Raid (lgW-Anot- her, oyaci,yor Treaty (i9i0)A l 055 ing covenant Treaty 1940)-.- F1 the mucilage. . Fifth Column 1910) between the fourth 'W Ston c,u!i ...... Ston uwj Something erj iL. Neutral (1910)-Anyb- odv neither side In any argun Neutral ( 1940 An extb Parachutist (1910)-- A at a county fair. Parachutist (1940) An a of Rightfulness employed foe in the back. Tank (1910) A jg heavy drinker; a Qf feature at the Hippodrome. rj Tank (1940)-O- ne of the most rft devilish mecha- - PL! nisms ever de- - agffc vised by man. at Gas Mask (1910)-So- me: by coal miners. Gas Mask (1940) - C equipment for children a Blackout (1910) The a Follies sketch. Blackout (1940) A city plete darkness to avoid ii nate slaughter of men, w children. Mechanized Warfare (1 scout on a bicycle. Mechanized, Warfare (! army operating in death-d- s torized units. Long-rang- e Gun ble of sending I sti three miles. Long-rang- e Gun (1940) pable of projecting a shell Axis (1910) Something the earth turns. Axis (1940)-A- ny power of megalomaniacs on t bii Sabotage 1910 Cuttinj rups on a cavalry officet'i Sabotage (1940)-Stop- pin ing in the destruction of ments and materials of Bomber (1910) A nickr.; prize fighter. Bomber (1940) A lortn skies. Spitfires (1910) High young women. Spitfires (1940) Airplan R. A. F. Blitzkrieg (1910) A Ger er throwing somebody outi keller. Blitzkrieg (1940) Hello Scuttle (1910) A cons coaL Scuttle (1940) -G-erman icy- - t Peace (1910) The ; living without military' Peace (1940)-A- ny which not more than are at war. COMMUNIQUE" According to comma The fight was fierce days. , , They state the losses am It seems they downed planesl The Nazis state they to But Britain says 'tw8K , The Germans claim Ju J Of BriUin's craf-t- W From their admitted s How many men were t These facts the propiPj J Is somehow very loath And they omit the daa From aU reports, W won. il Mofi "The French Empir i Peta tact."-Mar- shal WANNA BET? i( Bing Crosby 'has gone iff , itive golf in a ser.oul j can almost imagine difficult shot and iay does this call ft "I driver?" , WendeUWUlkie.a'cco ( ryJames.isacand'd J not to mind people 8 .j hair. t , WILLKIE IS Jig i ROOSEVELT BATE BALL. I j 'Guardian of a Hemisphere' World's Largest The world's largest military airplane, "Guardian of a Hemisphere," will be flown late this autumn from the Douglas Aircraft company's airport. It is shown here at Santa Monica, Calif. Fully loaded for emergency mission It can take off with a gross weight of 164,000 pounds. It will be powered with four engines. Its armament is a closely guarded secret. Members of One Family Count 'Em! l.4f ft VII vv&t The Ascoll family arrive in New York on the Greek steamer, Nea Hellas, en route to their new home in the West Indies. Head of the family is Joseph Rene Ascoli, retired British industrialist, here shown with his wife and 13 of their 11 children. Jimmy'sDimeMovies ..M,..hwwm,t.,.,:w '.,tt . J Preview of Jimmy Roosevelt's dime sound movies. For a dime a person can hear and see a three-minu-te musical "short." They Fight for the 'Good Earth' These young Chinese girls, uniformed, armed with rifles and wearing bats that camouflage them against air observation, belong to a women's fighting organization with the Chinese forces of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-she-k at Chungking. Young as they are, they are well versed in guerrilla warfare. Royal Sympathy Tim ( " V lVght' ha"ied and nvouS, Mr? V made ir raid idow killed lCThusrbanfdL,ondon- - The sister and neS! ew. 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