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( Rllleand Eeleeeed i ( lea ed by ; Wtern Weatern Weetern New.paper Newpaper PJew.p.pr PJewp.pr PJewppr N wpap & * r Union lJnioi Unio I CONVOY : Argument ArgumentThe The anti anU convoy and pro-convoy pro convoy proconvoydgbt pro-convofight pro convofight - - dgbt ght In tIi the tbe enata senate picked up when whenthe whenthe whethe the Tobey and Nya Nye resolutions resoluUone were weregiven weregiven wergiven given formal consideration conideration , In com corn commlttee cornrnlttee cornmittee cornmitteeDoth mlttee rnlttee mltteeBoth rnltteeBoth Doth Both resolutions resolutJons were defeated In Incommittee incommittee Incommittee committee but only by a vote of ol o.f . 13 1310 10 and this showed what strength etrength strengththe etrengththe strengththe the non InterventlonletB Interventionists Interventlonitta had galned gained galnedThe gainedThe gainedThe The resolution re.olutJon reolutJon . would have tltd , the thePrelldent thePresident thePresident Prelldent President shands s hands m st et effectively effectivelyin effectivelyI I , in the question queition of using uslng the Amer Amerlean Amerlean lenD lean navy Davy to protect shipments to toBritain toBritain toBritain Britain and other defending democ dernoC democracies dernoCracies democracies democraciesBoth racies raciesBoth Both would have demanded that thatthe thatthe thatthe the President get congressional coqgrcsslonal ap ap- approval ap- ap approval approval - - proval for ( or nny Rny any convoying that might mightbe mightbe mightbe be done , . , and pledged congress to togive togive give or withhold tt It within 14 daysThis daysThis daya days dayaThis This would hava have slowed the pace paceof paceot of 01 the naval commander In chief chic ! to a awalk awalk awalk walk There was little UtUe litUe repetition repetition.however repetitionhowever , . however of the charges that can con canvoying convoylng convoying voying voylng already was being doneSenator doneSenator done doneSenator Senator Nye Nyc In . some .ome ome of ot his his.peeche hisspeeches hisspeeches .peeche peeche speeches . . , began to give figure figures * 01 of 01U ofU ofU U S losses of equipment en routeSENATOR route routeSENATOR SENATOR NYE NYEHI NYEHis HI 1111 . bill 6111 40 40 % % lou loss . , " at iii ' sea leG . . to Britain by sea and said that thatthese thatthese thatthese these ranged from 40 per cent to tomore tomore tomore more than half halt He then quoted a ahigh ahigh ahigh high defense official as saying'they saying 'they they ' . they were nowhere near 40 per percent percent percent cent and were getting leas less constantly constantlY constant constantly lyHowever lYHowever ly lyHowever However It was still sUfl apparent apparentthat apparentthat apparentthat that Britain Britaln preferred to send sendAmerican sendAmerican sendAmerican American aircraft across the ocean oceanby oceanby oceanby by air rather than on the water and andthe andthe andthe the President Preldent , backed up this effort effortby effortby etTortby by announcing he waa was asking for tor a asurvey asurvey asurvey survey to get all U ii e commercial commercialair air transports possible presumably presumablyto to ferry terry the pilots back and forth forthwho forthwho torthwho who were in the transatlantic transatlanticshipping transatlanticahlpplng transatlanticshipping shipping ahlpplng of warplanes to BritainThat BritainThat Britain BritainThat That this was a big industry and andgetting andgetting andgetting getting bigger was seen by the new newrevelations newrevelations newrevelations revelations of ot the prices being paid paidto paidto paidto to American pilots for tor doing the ter fer terrying ferrying terrying rying " > Some ome ot of these salaries were werequoted werequoted werequoted quoted at $1 1 $ 500 a trip which didn dldn t tseem tseem tseem seem so much but it was a good gooddeal gooddeal gooddeal deal for a day s I a flying flylng and some someot someof tomeof ot of the bombers , " were "cre cre vcre making it In in12 12 hours hoursOf Of course , there was the wait walt be betore before before tore fore you got back to earn another another$1 another1 $1 1 $ BOO 500 but the pilots were getting gettingastronomical gettingastronomical gettingastronomical astronomical waiting salaries as aswell aswel1 aswelL well wel1 . But there were signs that as asAmerican asAmerican asAmerican American . , production jroductlon roductlon was Itepped stepped steppedup Iteppedup up this business was beginning beglnnlng to toget toget toget get out of hand and anti that there was wasa wasa a woeful shortage of ot planes capable capableot capableof ot of bringing the pilots back to Amer Amerlea Amertea Amerlea AmerleaThere lea tea leaThere teaThere There also was revealed another anotherBritish anotherBritish anotherBritish British immediate Immedla te request tor for a aquantity aquantity aquantity quantity of mosquito torpedo boats boatsand boatsand boatsand and also the tact fact that American sup sup- supply supply supply - - ply was short for ( or Secretary Knox Knoxsaid Knoxsaid Knoxsaid said We U 11 II let them have some someand someand someand and more as we finish them upH up upHighlights H Highlights i g Ii 1 i g h t s ( . . . i . .11 11 111 n the t h e news newsWashington n e iv s sWashington Washing-ton Washing ton WashlDl'ton WashlDlton Washington ' - Presidtr Pre'lldu Prelldu Pretldti ' t I K H it ) " > sevelt sevelthimself sevelthimself sevelthimself himself < . < - pel pci ed the govi gOVt rnmcnt rnment s a smulti amulti amultl multi billion dollar deft ddt ise isa ' sav 'Iav Iav say icampaign i jS jScampaign . , } , scampaign campaign by buyli buyh buyiz g the 0 fl II st it b I i I Ihimself Ihimself 1himself himself The cprin cran cerin I t ly y w is 18 I 1 nil ra rialcast i icast Icast cast from ( rom c i t i.t it St . t t cast castNew c astNow ast astNew New Now York Jesse Jrsse J cs es a u I Ithat Ithat 1that that the gO\ gO go goM-rnn goM rnn gOt.rnn \ t.rnn trnn . - rnn cnt rnt i-nt i nt - debt ebt Vlei w V\ V \ lil lei Id go goto goto goto to 90 P0 bill on ons m HI ci d tint Ih'lt Ihlt hi-it hi it ' - A AT r i r II IIwhlcb c c . I Iwhich iwhich whlcb which hnd hlld had 10 i o 0 sncr sllcr sacr tices t1ces Ilces as yet yetwould yetwould vetwould would be rnakng mak ng lien U o e n ai al 1 I i Ilel ileity ileityof lei ty tyot tyof ot of them themLondon London Belgian circles rei re [ rted rtedthat rtedthat rtedthat that Germany is I 1 Iding ldlng lding 128000 128 000 Bel Belglans Belglans Belgians glans prisoners of ot warLondon warLondon war warLondon London British bon boo bers da cia med medslnkJug medsinking me < lsinking slnkJug sinking or damaging damligUlg 42000 42 000 t 1 ns of ofAxis ofAxia ofAxis Axis Axia coastwise ships in a week The TheBritish TheBritish TheBritish British announcement said ev dUlt dtnt dUltlJ dtntb dmtl lJ b . > the Nat Nad Nail ! rail strain stram is be ng re- re relIe re- re relieed re relieved - - lIe\ lIe lieved lIeed \ ed by the use of o ! coastwise coastwlSl ' ship shippLng shipping shipping pLng ping In more favorable weatherCbUDl'kln weatherChungktng weather weatherChungking Chungking CbUDl'kln CbUDlkln Chungktng ' & " ' , China Capt James JamesRoosevelt JamesRoosevelt JamesRoosevelt Roosevelt of the marines bobbed up upin upIn tn in Chungking Qsungktng , watched v1itched " the Japanese Japanesecary Japanesecary Japaneseca-ry Japaneseca ry ca-ry ca ry cary - out an air raid on the cI city citypraised citypraised praised the public s . morale and an an- announced announced announced - - nounced that he be was wall going goinE to fly y to tonorthern tonorthern tonorthern northern Africa to observe the wsr war wsrthere warthere warthere there He lie said to GUlera Gt.neraltsstmohi Generalissimo Gt.neraltsstmo Gtneraltsstmo . sslmo Chl Chi Chiana ( Chlng -hi hi - hisag ana sag ng Kal Ital chek &belt belt shek & . . . I ra m rn here to leam learn GREEK : Bill Btll Presented PresentedThe The debacle in Greece Beemed seemed to tobe tobe tbe be small potatoes ' as tar far as men menand menand meiand and munitions were concerned as ascompared ascompared acompared compared with Dunqut DlU1qut Diangut rque but the thepa thepattern thpattern pa pattern ttern turned out to be almost iden identicaL IdenticaL IdenUcaL IdenUcaLThere ticaL ticaLThere There was little question but that thatthe thatthe thathe the flghting fIghting bad had been aa as hard at one oneplace oneplace oniplace place as at the other ether with probably probablymore probablymore probablymore more successful work done by the theBritish theBritish theBritish British In Greece than they did dlt1 In InFran.e inFrant.e InFrance Fran\.e Fran.e Fran .e e Frant.e Frante \ . . It seemed that the Greeks Greekswere Greekswere Greekswere were better co operators than the theFrench theFrench theFrench utterly\ utterly French whose morale was utterly utterlyI utterlyshot utterlyshot utterlyshot I \ shot long before the British began to tofaU tofall totall faU fall back and had to contend with withclogged withclogged withclogged clogged roads and fleeing mllUonsBut sniUlonsBut millions mllUons sniUlons millionsBut But Churchill Qiurchill let the commons commonshave commonshave commonshave have the Greek bill of expenses as assoon assoon assoon soon as he knew what it was . , , and andannounced andannounced andannounced announced he would permit a tul1 full tul1debate fulldebate fulldebate debate on this motion moUon motionA moUonA A vote of confidence in the con conduct conduct conduct duct of the war by the British BriUsh gov gov- governmentand gov- gov governmentand government - - ernment-and ernment and ernment - - and a vote at 01 of approval on onthe onthe onthe the giving of aid to the GreeksQiurchill Greeks GreeksChurchill j jChurchJU Churchill ChurchJU Qiurchill said the British BrJU.h BrJUh . had put put60 ' 60000 80 000 soldiers into Greece , . Including IncludingWINSTON - - a1II:1I a1II1I ; : V a1II:1IV a1II:1IWINSTON WINSTON C CHURCHILL ClIURCIDLL CHURCHILLHis UIICIULL UIICIULLhis 1/ 1 / 1bill His . bill 3fl00 3.000 3000 3,000 . , kdledan lulledin killed kdled lulled in an Greeceone Greece Greeceone one division each eacb ( about half halt of the thetotal thetotal thetotal total force ) of Australians and New NewZealanders NewZealanders NewZealanders NewZealandersHe Zealanders ZealandersHe He said that of ot this tills number there therewere therewere therewere were about 3 000 casualties casualtJes ( killed killedand killedand killedand and wounded and snd missing mtsslng mfsslng ) aboUt abotit about45 45 000 got away to flght fIght on other othertronts otherfronts otherfronts tronts fronts and 12 000 were still un tin unaccounted tinaccounted unaccounted accounted tor for This presumably presumablymcluded presumablyincluded presumablyincluded mcluded included those left to screen the re retreat retreat retreat treat ( suicide battalions ) and those thoselst thoselist thoseIjgt lst list ) at sea In sunken transportsThe transportsThe transports transportsThe The prime minister said British BritishI Britishlosses Britishlosses Britishlosses I losses were small compared to the thelosses thelosses thelosses losses Inflicted on the Germans who whoon whoon whoon on some occasions for two days at ata ata ata a time w wre WLre < -re re - re brought to a complete completestandstill completestandstill completestandstill standstill by torces forces one filth ruth fifth their theirnt theirnt theirni nt _ mber mberHe mberlIe He lIe said further turther that the conduct conductof of the troops especially especlall especiall : > ) the rear rearguard rearguard rearguard guard merited merrted U e higt hlgt higi est eat praIse praIseand praiseand praiseand and that the Hr Br tish llsh Ush demonstr.ted demonstrted denionstrted demonstr.tedthat denionstrtedthat demonstratedthat . that pr pro pre 1 I ne nte nbe , 1 I air boinb vomb bomb ng I1g rig by ddY day ddYand dayand dayand and night had no power to shake shaketheir shaketheir shaketheir their d sclplli sclpHI scipIli e I ' or their moraleSome moraleSome morale moraleSome Some meint meml ers era o of the house want wanted wanted wanted ed to know if It the 45 000 had fled tied ed to toCrete toCrete toCrete Crete or had reached U tI ii eir elr dr own ownbases ownbases ownbases bases Churchill said he believed believedthe believedthe believedthe the latter to be the case He ad admltted admitted admitted mltted mitted that the army in Greece had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been forced to abandon or destroy destroyall destroyall destroyall all of Its heavy equipment equlpmt"nl equlpmtnl " . , , which whichcould whichcould whichcould could of course not be removedHe removedHe removed removedHe He was highly positive however howevernot howevernot howevernot not only of 01 the escape of ol 45 000 men menbut menbut I Ibut but hinted that the other 12000 12 000 lli1 uii uiiaccounted unaccounted I Iaccounted accounted for probably . would .ould ould die dieor dieor , or be taken prisoners-but prisoners but prisoners - but might might.possibly mightpossibly , . , possibly escape somewhere else elsetemporarily elsetemporarily elsetemporarily elsetemporarilyThe temporarily temporarilyThe The Nazi communiques IInnounced announced IInnouncedthe announcedthe announcedthe the Greek war over lht ths th . < - f ( rmalion rmation rmalionot rmationof rmationof ot of a new government similar to tothat tothat tothat that of ot occupied France and the af affair affair atfair fair officially omclally at an endRUSSIA end endRUSSIAAt RUSSIAAt RUSSIAA RUSSIA At A t CrossroadsIndicati Crossroads Crossromls CrossroadsIndicati Indicati Indlcati ) in m fl that S < ; < ( viet Russia Is Isfacing isfacing Isfacing facing a situation that is btcon Ing Ingless ingless ingless less and less healthy for tor the Soviet s speace speace speace peace of mind carne came when It was wasofficially wasoffIcially wasofficially officially announced by M Id scow that that12 12 000 fen-nan fen nan rermlill Cerman - troi trOt ps pa well equif equil equip pcdw peda ped a " . th lh lb tank tanks " ' and he vy art llery l1'ry l1ry Ilery { ' h'ld hld hid h'ld'd hidn h'ldn ' n 0 \ ved \'d 'd d cd { ' into mlo Finland by water with withthe withthe withthe the .vident vident vldent ivident < . 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