Show By Ray Tucker W Wash as h- h ington Wh Wh- Dr ig g Telegrams Telegram's Correspondent Washington WASHINGTON WASHINGTON-A A A few huge underwater vessels ironically listed as motor ships In naval lingo are believed by American and British experts to be feeding feeding feeding feed feed- ing the U-boats U which are so active on the east coast Although s so some o m e estimates place the tonnage of these fuel- fuel burning craft at a vastly greater maximum American engineers think that the average displacement displacement displacement displace displace- ment may be tons That ThatIs Is three times the size of the largest known submarine the ill-fated ill French The navy fig figures res that such a vessel could serve as a storage center for at least six months without returning home Simon Lake the inventor has long contended contend contend- ed that tonnage for undersea undersea under under- sea craft is feasible In view of the horde and range of the nazi submarines operating from the St Str Lawr Lawrence nce river to the borders of Brazil it seems improbable that the enemy attack attack attack at at- tack could be based abroad Moreover persistent search indicates indicates indicates indi indi- cates that the foe is not using harbors in the western waters Therefore the belief holds that the Germans have perfected a revolutionized submersible The recent arrival of AmerIcas AmerIca's Americas America's Amer Amer- Americas America's ica's topnotch sky commanders and land strategists in London h has s raised the hope for a second front in Europe But confidential information concerning Hitler's Hitler's Hitler's Hit Hit- lers ler's latest activity suggests that our men may be planning a savage savage savage sav sav- age repulse of the first nazi attack attack at at- attack tack on Uncle UncleS Sams Sam's ms m's A E F. F The belief here is that der fuehrer has made careful preparations preparations preparations prep prep- for an air blitz against our forces in Iceland North Ireland Ireland Ireland Ire Ire- land and possibly Greenland And to meet him we have rushed a vast concentration of men and weapons to those danger spots Sixty days' days trial of the Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington rent control law has proved a distinct disappointment to numerous expectant benefi benefi- Local communities planning similar statutes because because because be be- cause of war worker congestion might well investigate operations operations operations opera opera- here Many home and apartment owners leaped at the opportunity when the capital became so crowded They saw a chance to tomake tomake tomake make some easy money They responded to officials' officials pleas to tobe tobe tobe be hospitable to the newcomers But some found that their tenants tenants tenants ten ten- ants transformed their respectable respectable respectable respect respect- able residences into night clubs and centers for disreputable characters Next they discovered that proprietors must show cause why roomers should be evicted And should they lose the case they make themselves liable for a suit based on false arrest The legislation can defeat itself it itself itself it- it self because its provisions and eviction procedure were drawn too tight A broadcasting station owner recently appeared before the house interstate commerce committee committee committee com com- to explain why he should be given a free and clear chan chan- nel He asked the privilege be be- cause he said his program would bring the good people of North Carolina and Tennessee mountains in contact with re re- re- re ligion not true replied Representative Representative Representative Rep Rep- A. A L. L Bulwinkle of the Tarheel state We had religion religion re religion re- re ligion in every corner of my country long before radios were invented or thought of Everyman Every Everyman m man n down my way can quote the Holy Book from cover to cover Yes chimed in B. B Carroll I Reece of Tennessee unlike some other places I might mention men mention men tion my district has more churches than radios Hitler Is up to his old tricks in Libya he is is using surprise This time Rommel's tactic is not a secret maneuver The daring is in his launching what appears to tobe tobe tobe be a major offensive so late inthe inthe in inthe the season For within a week or two the sun Will turn Cyre- Cyre naica into a griddle Nobody dreamed that any human being would attempt a sustained attack attack attack at at- tack under such conditions Already the blistering khamsin khamsin khamsin kham kham- sin is blowing in from the Sahara Sa Sa- Sa- Sa hara Soon the full solar fury will strike Der fuehrer risked the Russian Russian Rus Rus- Russian sian winter and nearly lost Will he gamble again with the African African African can summer Copyright 1942 McClure Syndicate |