| Show The National Whirligig By Albert N. N Leman Substituting for Ray Tucker NEW YORK A gasoline shortage in Hawaii Hawaii due due partly to Pearl Harbor and Hickam field losses and demands has demands has created an unforeseen unforeseen unforeseen seen aftermath High octane until recently has been at a premium there One of the difficulties difficulties difficulties the army had to surmount surmount surmount sur sur- mount was the complication caused by the emergency use of low-grade low fuel which ate away the rubber lining of the self- self sealing tanks in some airplanes Tankers have been scarce because because because be be- cause although they are almost as much a part of the navy as asa asa asa a warship the order to arm them came too late Without guns a lone vessel is as helpless as a clay pigeon The mounting of protective cannon and the assembling of convoys caused delays in shipments The ironical twist is that with the Far East slipping through our fingers we shall be compelled compelled compelled com com- to carry coals to N Newcastle New New- ew- ew castle The Japs are pumping many of the worlds world's richest wells from which the A ABC B C D forces had planned to get their petrol petrol- eum Now we must transport oil across great oceans to reach Burma New Zealand Australia or to whatever spots we can still cling This drain added to the tile destruction of shipping by boats U-boats off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts will create an even greater gas famine in eastern United States The warning by Joseph B. B Eastman director of defense transportation that travel for mere pleasure of sight-seeing sight must be curbed has alarmed those who depend on the summer summer summer sum sum- mer vacation trade Although tourist centers realize that lack of private automobiles will wUl damage damage damage dam dam- age the business of overnight cabins along big highways they had hoped to reap a harvest from train passengers They still stUl anticipate that conditions will not be too severe since the gov gov- by encouraging baseball baseball baseball base base- ball has shown that it recognizes recognizes recognizes the wholesome tonic of recreation Lake mountain and seaside resorts which have no railroads are planning to pool school buses not not needed in July and August to to bring visitors to them A tremendous boom is expected Sn jn n summer camps for boys and girls located far from possible airplane airplane air air- plane blitz objectives So much money will be in circulation among people who never before had excess funds that hostelries will wiIl welcome guests who pre pre- took only week-end week r motor trips Defeats and blunders are making Americans mad Many New York leaders believe this is a healthy reaction reaction-a a symptom symptom symptom tom of vanishing apathy Private citizens are speaking out Congress Congress Congress Con Con- gress and the administration are bombarded with questions The future Gold Star fathers and mothers are in no mood to accept accept accept ac ac- ac- ac the assurance that teacher teach er knows best They are asking Why so soon after Oahu's lesson was the navy caught taking a second nap nap which allowed gross carelessness to wreck the liner Normandie Why did Washington bureaucrats bureaucrats bureaucrats bureau bureau- again fail to check up on what precautions against damage damage damage dam dam- age their subordinates had taken How many more needless needless needless need need- less mistakes before we learn that a sea war is no August yachting regatta The army breathes more easily easily easily easi easi- ly now that another military road bordering the Panama canal has been opened on which caissons and jeeps can speed from ocean to ocean in two hours Military circles are still stUl anxious about what might be hidden in the mysterious jungles between that region and central Mexico Word reaches this city that President Avila Camachos Camacho's agents are having trouble with the German residents and coffee planters in Chiapas the southernmost southernmost southernmost south south- state of the republic bordering Guatemala Police have located powerful way two-way radios in remote haciendas haciendas haciendas haci haci- which have been in communication communication communication com com- with axis undercover men in various parts of the country Landing fields have been discovered in places where there are no private planes Stores of arms and ammunition have been unearthed In each case the owners have a plausible explanation that the materials are merely for their personal protection but the answers do donot donot donot not ring true Copyright 1942 McClure Syndicate |
