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But nevertheless neverthelesl they theydid the thedid ; } did want company ia In attempting attempUna to toland t tland toland land troops on , the fife Continent . . 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Presl Presi Presldent Presilent President dent lent Roosevelt aad and Harry Hopkins Hopkinsmay Hopkinsnay Hopklnsmay may nay know but U if so .0 0 . they have not In Informed inormed toformed formed ormed those closest clo est to them themHITLEIVS . . . IDTLER'S IDTLERS HITLEIVS HITLER ' * OIL PROBLEMMost PROBLEMMost PROBLEM PROBLEMMost Most of the reports report . . from Russia Russialook Russia.ook Russialook look .ook ook . black and to U 8 B S army ob-servers ob servers ob- ob observers ob obServers - - servers they have bave been that waytor way wayfor wayor for or some time Ume However one enouragtng en encouraging encouraging couraging ouragtng : actor factor ( stands out . . This Thll Is Isthe ishe isthe the he question of 011Without oilWithout oil 011 oilWithout Without oil oU no army or navy cannove cart can cartmove canmove move nove And despite the tremendousareas tremendous tremendousareas tremendousareas areas taken by Hitler in all Europe Europebe Europeee Europebe be ee still faces two years after start starttng startng startIng tng ng the war almost the same oU oil oUshortage oilShortage oilshortage shortage as beforeI beforeRumania beforeRumania before I Rumania seized chiefly tor for her oilfields oil oilfields oiltelds fields telds has a capacity of 8 000 000 000tons 000ons 000tons tons ons annually However the Rus RusIlans Ruslane Russians Ilans lane bombed the Rumanian oilleads oU oil oUfields oilSelds fields leads so badly that production istow il is ilnow isnow now tow down to about 4 000 000 tons tone orless orlessGermany or orless oreec less eec lessGermany eecGermany Germany itself hss has a syntheticgasoline synthetic syntheticgasoline syntheticgasoline gasoline production of about 3000 3 000 000000 000 00 tons making a total annual pro pro- pro'ductlon production - . duction 'ductlon ductlon luclion ' today of about 7 000 000 tonsOn tons tonsOn tonsn On ) n the other hand band Germany la Is us usIng usng usIng Ing ng oil oU and gas to operate Its army armyat armyLt armyat at Lt the rate of ot about 25 000 000 tons tonsyear tonsa a year most of which ha has . come comefrom comerom comerom lhatGermany that thatGermany thatlemany from ( rom reserves It is estimated Germany lemany still has reserves on handof hand handof handd of d 10 or perhaps IS 15 million milllon tonsAll tonsAll tons tonsAll All of which means that the real realpinch realinch realpinch pinch inch will come next spring In Inother Inther Inother other ther words "Hitler Hitler 'littler littler ' " " } IJUer has baa enough all oil oilad oiland alland and ad gas to last through the win winter winer wiater ter er but by the end of the winter be he beabsolutely hebsolutely heabsolutely absolutely bsolutely must take the Ru.slan Ruslan Ruaslan Ruaslanit Russianoil . 011 it field fields . of the Caucasus Caueasua . . In fact . . . he C is sure to stage a terrlftc terrific drive driveto drivea to a take them even earlier earUer The tre tre- try - tremendous tremendous trynendous mendous nendous Nail Nal Nazi % sacrifices sacrtflces toake to \ lake \ake ake take Kievnd Kiev Kievand Kievand and nd Odessa : all aU ail were because those thosetwo thosewo thosetwo two wo cities are ar the path of o ( the Nazi Nazimarch NaziLarch Nazimarch march Larch to the Caucasus |