| Show A I IA I I National Whirligig By Ray Tucker WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Administration Administration financing of ofa ofa ofa a private power project in Canada simultaneously with the stoppage of construction on the west's vast public system has aroused resentment throughout that section Ironically F D DR R has permitted W V P B to spike such once once- favored schemes as Washington Grand Coulee and Oregon's Bonneville dams on behalf of his erstwhile erstwhile erstwhile erst erst- while enemy the Aluminum Company of America Because of ot W V P B orders freezing strategic materials work totaling 67 million dollars has been halted in Washington Oregon California Colorado and Arizona on developments designed to produce a million horsepower The money advanced ad ad- by oy D 1 F x-vu x 1 F C for the trie Quebec facilities ex- ex by oy D 1 F x-vu x 1 F C for the trie Quebec facilities ex- ex exceeds exceeds this sum although the Alcoa plant there will generate only slightly more electricity Priorities Priorities Fri denied to the unfinished owned government-owned domestic undertakings have been granted to the Mellon interests With Senator Rufus C. C Holman of ot Oregon as their chief spokesman congressional delegations delegations dele dele- from this region have conferred with high and low to find the reason for this apparent discrimination They have written to the dent They have talked with Donald M. M Nelson Lend-Lease Lend Administrator Edward R. R Jr W. W V. V L. L Batt and J. J A. A Krug W P Bs B's power adviser From none have they obtained a satisfactory satisfactory satisfactory satis satis- factory answer to their inquiries v. v f Rommel Gets Taste of Own Onu Tactics United States air commanders in north Africa are giving Rommel a dose of his own smart tac tac- tac- tac tics Their operations account for the recent mass mas destruction of enemy transports flying supplies supplies sup sup- plies piles from Italian bases to beleaguered nazis In several battles notably when the field marshal marshal marshal mar mar- rolled back the Americans at pass he has pretended weakness and then hit with full force Similarly we paid only slight attention to his sky ferries for several months But while crews of ot his slow unwieldy ships grew overconfident overconfident overconfident our reconnaissance and Intelligence services ices were busy They were making a systematic study of ot the foes foe's timetables hours of flight and loading and landing places on both shores of ot the macan It was In a word a fine bit of detective detective detective detec detec- tive work Then we struck and won what Is described as the greatest single aerial victory In this theater Washington experts believe that we can now keep him from receiving reinforcements of ot men menor menor menor or materiel In addition to heavy frontal and flank attacks he faces attrition By the same means it Is thought that we can prevent any large- large scale evacuation through the clouds or another Dunkerque A powerful British armada including including Including ing battleships aircraft t carriers cruisers etc has hasS S been assembled near Gibraltar to block an escape by sea S McClure Newspaper Syndicate We did not start this war Our talents and our energies have gone Into the ways of peace But once this conflict was thrust upon us we have shown the world that we shall not turn back We shall not falter in our duty Man Man ManPower Power Director Paul V. V McNutt J |
