Show I r Weak Link in the Axis Chain Cham ACCORDING A ACCORDING to news dispatches from WashA Washington Wash- Wash A ington Italy is already beginning to feel the effects of the British war blockade Authoritative Authoritative Au sources are quoted in the dispatch as saying Italy's supplies of various raw materials materials materials ma ma- which she must Import were extremely low when she entered the war and that deficiencies de de- in these supplies are already proving a a. severe handicap Perhaps that is propaganda or wishful thinking but certainly Italy must be recognized recognized recognized as the weak link in the totalitarian chain in Europe Italy is a long way from being a sufficient self-sufficient country she Is dependent depend depend- ent to a very great degree on the import of raw materials and the export of her manufactured manufactured manu manu- products to the world at lar large She J 4 must be suffering from the B British tish stranglehold strangle strangle- hold on her foreign trade It hardly seems possible however that Italy could already be seriously troubled by bythe bythe the tM British blockade Even though Italy were not prepared to withstand a long siege still she mu must t have built up sufficient reserves to hold out for more than a few months The crucial question today is how long can Britain hold out against the nazi onslaught If Britain is defeated in the near future the export import export import trade pinch on Italy doesn't matter But if Britain can resist successfully over the winter it will be a different story Italy may well find herself then pressed hard-pressed not only from an economic but from a military standpoint as well for once having turned back the full fury of the nazi assault Britain can be expected to move determinedly to crack the weak link in the totalitarian axis If Britain can do that it may well prove the beginning of the end for Germany just as the collapse of imperial Germanys Germany's World war ally Bulgaria was the beginning of the end In 1918 GIANT BOMBER Major BOMBER Major General Arnold chief of the army air corps has announced that a new bomber nearing completion is the biggest ever built bulIt and will be able to fly from New York to Europe and back to Los Angeles nonstop Think of that Sort of makes you proud of American ingenuity and craftsmanship craftsmanship craftsman craftsman- ship doesn't it But wait a minute Theres There's another side to the picture If we can build huge bombers like that so can other folks We I haven't got a corner on all the brains and craftsmanship craftsmanship crafts crafts- manship in the world Reversing the picture it means that a European nation can build bombers able to fly across the Atlantic cruise up and down our Atlantic seaboard or into our strategic midwestern industrial area and back to Europe again That makes you think doesn't it |