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Show - : . -G G - pR GpR W 2 Fi R 8f EN ENWashington Washington Washmgton D C CJAPAN CJAPAN JAPAN GETS GITS : AVIATION FUEL FUELThe FUELThe FUELThe The new iron Ironnd ind \nd nd " \ steel scrap cmbargo em embargo embargo bargo finally shut stmt off one of Japan B s skey skey Bkey key military mll1tary supplies suppliesBut suppliesBut suppliesBut But through a loophole as big asa as asa asa a barn door Japan had been able abledespIte abledespite abledespite despIte this supposedly supposcdly strmgent stringent strmgentembargo stringentembargo stringentembargo embargo to obtain obtam all the U S gas gasIt gasit gasit It needs for the bombers that are areram arerain arerainng ram rain ng death and destruction on onhelpless onhelpless onhelpless helpless Chinese Chmese cit Clt es and villages villagesThIs villagesThis villagesThis ThIs loophole is the httle little noticed nouced pro proVISion provision provision VISion that limits hmits the embargo onljto anI onl3 onl3to ) , to a certain certam super grade of gas gas87octane gas-87 gas 87 gas87octane gas87octane - - 87octane octane and over overThis overThis overThis This type of fuel is essential tormodern for formodern formodern modern aerial warfare Without itplanes it itplanes Itplanes planes are not able to attain attalD the thegreat thegreat thegreat great speeds necessary in dog fights fightsI fightsand fightsand fightsand and raids such as take place mght night mghtand nightand nightand I and day over ovcr BntamBut BritainBut Britain Bntam BritainBut But Japan is not up agamst against that thatI thatkmd thatkind thatkind I kmd kind of battling battlmg Its bombers and andfighter andfighter . fighter planes face no aerial OppoSI oppose opposetion opposition 1 1tlon tlon tion . . They have the skies to themselves them themselves themselves gasI selves They don t need super gasThey gas gasThey gasThey I They can do just as well wel ! on loweroctane lower lowerI loweroctane I octane fuel Their job is as no different dIffer dIffer'I different ' ent than an ordinary ordmary transportplanes transport transportplane transportplane 'I I 'Ient plane planes s They haul out a load of ofI ofbombs ofbombs I bombs dump it and fly fiy backI backThe back backThe I The story is told in m the folowmg following folowmgI folowmgunpublished followingunpublished followingunpublished ! I unpublished government figures In InI Inthe Inthe Inthe the month after the imposition of the theso theso I 50 so called caled ! embargo Japan importedfrom Imported Importedfrom importedfrom from the United States 187 026 barrels bar barI barrels ' rels of lower grade gasol ne no or morethan more morethan morethan I than 20 per cent of all such exportsduring exports exportsI exportsdurmg exportsduring I durmg during that period penod . e . . SPY CENTERThe CENTERThe CENTER CENTERThe The large Japanese fishing fishmg colony colonyon on Terminal Termmal island in m Los Angeles Angelesharbor Angelesharbor Angelesharbor harbor is soon due for a clean up upI upby upby upby I by Uncle SamI SamThis SamThis Sam SamThis I This colony has long been undersuspicion under underI undersuspicion I suspIcIon as a nerve center of foreign for forI forelgn foreign I elgn eign espionage on the West coastMore coast coastMore , More than one of the fishing fisillng vessels ves yes vessels yessels sels is radio equipped and mtellgence mtel intell intellBence ! : gence Bence officials have evidence eVJdence that thatsome thatsome thatsome some of the colony s sea going gomg dem dens demzens denszens denizens zens double in m brass as spIesNo spiesNo spies spiesNo No action has been taken up to tonoVo tonow tonow noVo now chiefly because of state depart department department department ment qualms about kicking klckmg up an anmternat aninternatonal aninternalonal mternat internatonal onal ruckus The suspectswere suspects suspectswere suspectswere were kept under scrutiny scrutmy but nothing noth nothmg nothing mg ing was done to get rid nd of o1 them themBut themBut , But with Japan taking takmg the b t mits III m IIII IIIItS mits I ItS teeth in m Indo China Chma and showings showmgs showmg showing s gns of further adventures the thestate thestate thestate state department has withdrawn Its Itsred itsred itsred red 1 ght Under a plan worked out outWith outwith outwith With California Caltforma and Los Angeles of officlals offlcials officials ficlals flcials the fishing fishmg village will be bedIspersed bedispersed bedispersed bedispersedU dIspersed dispersedU U S FLYING FORTRESSES FORTRESSESFlying FORTRESSESFlymg FORTRESSESFlying Flying Flymg Fortresses of the U Sarmy S Sarmy Sarmy army and powerful twin twm engmedPBY engmed engined engmedPBY enginedPBY PBY patrol bombers of the U Snavy S Snavyfor Snavyfor navy-for navy for - for Bntaln- Bntaln Britain- Britain BntalnThe BritainThe Britain - The negotations negot atlons have been gomg going gomgon goingon goingon on for several weeks sunultaneously simultaneously simultaneouslywith sunultaneouslywIth wIth conversations regarding regardmg the se securing securing securing curing of air and naval bases on onstrategIc onstrategic onstrategic strategIc British BntIsh islands in lD the Pa Pacl Pacific Paciflc PaciflcThe cl cific c cificThe cThe The British are urgently in needof need needof needof of long range great weight carryingplanes carrying carryingplanes carryingplanes planes of the Flying Flymg Fortress andPBY and andPBY andPBY PBY type Lack of ships of thiskind this thiskmd thiskind kmd kind is a vital weakness in lD Bntlsh British Bntlshall Britishair Britishair all air " power They have no planes planescapable planescapable planescapable capable of operating operatmg east of Berlm Berlin Berlmwhich Berlinwhich Berlinwhich which makes it impossible to strike strikeat strikeat strikeat at some of o1 the Nazis key war pro productlon production production ductlon duction centers located in what were wereformerly wereformerly wereformerly formerly Austria and Czechoslo Czechoslovakla Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia CzechoslovakiaA vakla vakia vaklaA vakiaA A fleet of 25 Fijring Flymg Fb mg Fortresseswh Fortresses Fortresseswh Fortresseswh wh ch have a cruising cruIsmg radius rad1us of o1 over5 over 5 000 miles would brmg bring the warhome war warhome warhome home to the Germans where itwould It Itwould itwould would hurt most Also the British BritishI Britishcould Britishcould Britishcould could strike stnke smashing smashmg blows at atItalian atItalian atItalian I Italian industries-and industries and industries - and Italy is the theAchlles theAchilles theAchilles Achlles Achilles ! heel of the Axis The naval PBYs are needed in m the thecrucial thecrucial thecrucial crucial Mediterranean struggle struggleWith struggleWith WIth a range of 4 000 miles thesem these thesem m ghty flying flymg boats could destroyItal destroy destroyItal destroyItal Ital an submarines transports andsupply and andsupply andsupply supply ships Italy has to transporteveryth transport transporteveryth transporteveryth everyth ng she needs in her Africanoffensive African Africanoffensive offensive across the MedIterranean Mediterraneanand and the PBYs could cripple thIS thISI thISJugular thisjugular thisjugular Jugular vemThese veinThese vein vem veinThese I These planes also are needed to tomeet tomeet tomeet meet assault on Gibraltar key to toBritish toBritish toBritish I toI British control of o1 the Mediterranean MediterraneanThey MediterraneanThey MediterraneanThey They also would put Britain in amuch n a nmuch amuch much stronger position posltton to meetSpanish meet meetSpamsh meetSpanish Spamsh Spanish intervent on onThe onThe onThe The army has a total of 59 Flying Fly Flying Flybig ing big Fortresses plus a number ofothers of ofothers ofothers others in product on which are com corn comIng cornIng corning Ing from the factory at the rate of ofabout ofabout ofabout about seven a monthThe monthThe month monthThe The British Bnttsh would like ltke to make makean makean makean an arrangement to obtain obtam every oth 0th other 0them other er em new ship Army officials say saythIs saythis saythis thIs would not delay U S rearmmg rearming rearmmgbut rearmingbut rearmingbut but would enable the tbe manufacturerto manufacturer to expand his facilities and ach evea eve evea evea a greater grea ter output outputThe outputThe outputThe The navy is amply suppi suppl ed withPBYs WIth WIthPBYs withPBYs PBYs It already has 196 in m servIce servIceand serviceand serviceand and 200 more being bemg produced at the therate therate therate rate of one every 38 36 hours The Thenew Thenew Thenew new ships are cons derably faster fasterand fasterand fasterand and more powerful than most of the the196 196 in lD service Navy heads declare declaretha declarethat declarethat tha that t 50 of these planes could be bespared bespared bespared spared without any impairment unpairment tonavy to tonavy tonavy navy air powerThe power POv.cr POvcr powerThe POv.crThe . The Brit Bnt bh hh i > h plan to fly the giantplanes giant giantplanes giantplanes planes direct across the Atlanticand AtlantIC AtlantICand Atlanticand and crews of English Enghsh and Amerlean Amer Amerlean Amerlean lean iiilrmcn wmen airmen are being assembled 111 in 111Canada inCanada inCanada Canada tor for this purpose |