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Show THE Page Two WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS lliSp ... Items I Never Knew 'Til Now (But which you knew all along) fine Kob't Sherwood's play, "There Shall Be No Night," won the Pulitzer Prize, which should have happened a year ago. This is regarded as highly encouraging to the theater in general having the Pulitzers only one year behind the parade. Billy Gilbert has named his es- tate "Gezunt Heights." Ned Russell, of the United Press, was given a vacation In Dublin, and came back with a story which shows the extreme eagerness and the extreme ends to which the Irish Free State is going to preserve its neutrality. The Irish navy (consisting of two torpedo motor-boatwas ordered out on maneuvers, and their instructions read: "You will proceed from the harbor to sea, where you will meet and engage either the Hood or the Scharnhorst . . ." s) James Gleason plans his sixteenth newspaper managing editor on the "Affectionscreen in the soon-du- e ately Yours." (That's either a record or a rut!) At Fort Williams, there is a Private William Williams, who comes from Williams Street, Williamson, W. Va. (Or, to put it briefly, where there's a Williams, there's a Wi- Washington, D. C. BOMBER OUTPUT Though not announced by the White House, two impelling factors were behind the President's sensational letter to Secretary Stimson asking for an immediate increase in the monthly output of bombers. One was the obvious need of pro- viding Britain with more and bigger planes to carry the offensive to Germany. Second, known only to inside authorities, was Intelligence information that the Nazis are increasing the bomber force of their Luftwaffe. The reports are that the German air force now consists of the following: Six main air fleets, each comprising 1,000 bombers, 625 fighters and 75 reconnaisance planes, a total of 10,200. Also there is an independent air unit of 2,750 planes, a naval air service of 1,000, an operational training unit of 650, and a transport organization of 3,500 planes. In addition to these first-lin- e ships, is a reserve of 12,000 others, plus 5,000 trainers and transports. Grand total: About 35,000 planes. German airplane production capacity is estimated at 3,000 planes a month, including about 500 bombers. However, except for bombers, Germany is not now using her full production capacity as she doesn't need that many new planes a month. Nazi March production is estimated at 2,200 ships of all types, but only 1.600 in April. ever, Intelligence reports are Nazi plane production is being lliams.) stepped up to replace Balkan and North African losses. A discussion was in progress Reports are vague about what the about democracy, and one of the Nazis are doing with the nine govgroup seemed to think his ancestry ernment and eleven private aircraft entitled him to a dogmatic view on plants in France, most of them loeverything. "I think," he smirked, cated in the occupied zone; also re"that the argument on America garding the eight Dutch factories, should end with my views. After all including the Fokker works, and the my ancestors came over on the seventeen Belgian plants. These plants have large potential Mayflower" . . . "You're lucky," was producing capacity, but best inforsoprano Genevieve Howe's commation is that the Nazis are strip ment, "after all, the immigration laws are a bit stricter now." ping them of their machine tools and other equipment. How much The America First outfit claims this will boost the Nazis' 3,000 planes In its ads that it hasn't wealthy a month is only a guess. A few months ago U. S. Goal. backers Weakest link in German plane that group was asked for a list of its backers, but refused to give it. production is aluminum. From captured planes, the British estimate Finally they gave a partial list which Included many wealthy men that the Nazis use about 500 pounds an women . . . Why have they of this vital metal per ship. The American average is 5,000 pounds. such short memories? The undisclosed bomber goal of According to Wilfred J. Funk; the 1941 to which Roosevelt referred in average pet dog has a vocabulary his letter to Stimson, is 600 a month. The four new assembly plants in of 60 words. (That's the number of Omaha, Tulsa, Kansas City and words it understands.) Fort Worth should produce about 300 bombers a month. To double In the new book, "Men and Pontics," the author says: "Germany their output it will be necessary to But nei- build and equip at least as many has no unemployment new plants, plus taking over an inther has a prison." creased ratio of automobile and othAccording lo the Open Book, er plant facilities to turn out the necwhether a black cat following is essary parts. The letter which OPM Director bad luck depends on whether you're a man or a mouse. General Knudsen sent auto makers that they will have to hold down Ton can tell the difference be- their 1942 car production to 78.5 per tween a Nazi and a British plane cent of this year's output, is conby their sounds. Nazi bombers sidered only a beginning. Insiders sound like this: "Voom, voom, predict that there will be another . . . big cut soon. voom. British planes sound like: LATIN ADMIRALS Or so state The department scored a are telling correspondents returning when it finally persuaded the Stork Clubbers, at any rate. the navy to invite the chiefs of Latin American navies to visit the When it was rumored Marshal United States. The junket definitely Goering might receive an Austrian carried For the United weight. his Punch suggested Knighthood, States navy, without any ifs, ands new title be: "Sir Cumference." or buts, is the most powerful in the world, and the thing that counts in Memos of a . . . South America today is the belief Girl Friday: that this country can really ward Dear W. W.: After two months of off Nazi invasion. Behind the scenes, the man who trailing Jan Valtin, Steve Birmingham (the Dies Committee sleith) helped most to dress the stage for caught up with him in the parking Latin American admirals was Johnlot opposite The Algonk and served ny Thomason. better known for his him with a summons . . . Jimmy prolific pen portraits of the marines Walker evened things with certain (Red Pants. Fix Bayonets, Jeb Hollywood people (formerly of Stuart, Salt Winds and Gobi Dust). Thomason, now a colonel in the Broadway) at the Jack Benny affair. Jimmy called to the spotlight marines, had served in Latin Amerman and said: "Please turn off ica, knew the importance of the adthe light so I can see the people mirals' visit Other U. S. brass hats who couldn't see me the last four didn't Admiral Harold Stork, chief of naval operations, fumed and fretyears." ted, only wanted to show the Good The Nat'l Defense Organization Is Neighbors a few East coast stations. sponsoring R. H. Markbam's excit- At this point Johnny Thomason reing reply to Anne Lindbergh's book. marked: "This visit is giving you a He calls his: "The Wave of the pain in the neck. How about letting me take It over?" Past." Be sure and read) Thomason Insisted that the trip Just got a button reading: "I'm was important enough to do it right, more entertainment a Copperhead." It is the emblem of demanded a West coast outfit whose meetings money from the White House and are attended regularly by most Bund got It At first he worked on the members out there. The head of it idea of meeting the admirals with is the chairman at the Save America U. S. cruisers at BarranquiUa, CoFirst meetings in L. A. . . . Quentin lombia, taking them out to the to view the U. S. naval palteynolds sent a cable to friends saying: "The Saturday blitz and the troltooat work. This was given up inlong, and a arrival of Hess took Londoners' as minds off the war!" Your Cirl Fri- spection of U. S. naval stations was substituted. day. ... Vooma-doom-voo- ... ten-stri- mid-Atlant- ic coast-to-coa- ... Private Papers Of a Cub Reporter: MERRY.f,0-ROtN- The ' G. O P. controlled Kansas legislature hit Rep. Jack Houston, long Kansa Democrat, with everything but the waterbucket In gerrymandering his district, hut he takes it philosophically. "When a salesman makes good on the Job," he says with a grin, "his territory is increased." -- Jimmy Dorscy kept the gagging going when he relayed the one about the same dictators who were arguing over the division of spoils . . . Hitler, ct course, was conceding nothing to his very junior Axis partner in crime . . . Finally, Benito could stand the humiliation no longU. S. military Intelligence places er, end he blurted: '"Listen, Hitler. Where would you be today if it the number of German panzer diviweren't for my belp?" . . , Hitler sions at not over 20 out of f total of 260 divisions. retorted: "In London!" Flowery New Slip Cover Beautifies a Worm Sofa ; Big Job By Edward C. Wayne German Air Blitz on Island of Crete Results in 'Defense to Death Fighting; U. S. Attitude Toward France Changes As Vichy-Berli- n Strengthen Relations (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) MAN HOURS LOST MAKES FEARFUL TOTAL BURIED in the department of la- (EDITOR'S NOTE When opinion arc In theae eolntnna, they are thoae of the new analyst and not expressed necessarily of this newspaper.) (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) . This is General B. C. Freyberg,' a New Zealander, who was in charge of the h defense of the island of Crete when the Nazi forces first loosed their air blitz against that stronghold. When the British were forced to withdraw their air force his duty became a gigantic task. Greek-Britis- .: i NEW YORK. One of the U. S. navy's new torpedo boats (foreground) and a coast guard cotter axe shown cutting through the water of the Hudson river during recent maneuvers. These craft are equipped with torpedo tubes and depth bombs to battle larger destroyers and submarines.- those who had followed the course of the invasion of Greece. The British claimed that most of its army in The big island of Crete, which Greece had been taken back to Prime Minister Churchill said would Egypt there to rejoin the army of be defended "to the death" by an the Nile, and to be rearmed from supplies, part of which had army composed of General Frey-ber- g new and New Zealand, British and come from the United States. While it was known that some Greek troops under his command forces got into Crete, and that the of center became the the suddenly Greeks salvaged considerable porwar when a dramatic and unexpected invasion of the island was made tions of one of its armies, the quantity was largely a matter of guessNazi troops. by There were some early reports work. Most of the troops who got back that the Germans were coming also in normal transports, but there was to Egypt were Australians and British, hence most observers believed little doubt that the air test was preeminent and that the world was wit there was probably about one divisuch en- sion of New Zealanders in Crete, nessing the first large-scal- e and possibly the same number of deavor since the days of the invasion of Norway, and of the Low British, and perhaps two or three times that number of Greeks. Countries, particularly Holland. British dispatches admitted pracBritain reported that the first 1,500 soldiers who landed in chutes were tically complete control of the air the Germans over Crete, and wearing the New Zealand uniform, by and coldly announced that "they hence it was considered still more could expect to be shot." All of likely that the Germans, who had them. It was quickly reported, were no particular need of toCrete, might test out in either killed or rounded up rapidly. be trying the attack warfare what the parachutGermany as promptly retorted aqal that if any of the parachutists were ists could do when treated as spies and shot Germany from aloft would reply "ten to one" in kind. But the British and Greeks didn't VICHY: have long to wait or long to con- A Turning Point template what to do with the first The flop of Vichy strongly into the 1,500. Nazi encampment proved likely to inBy the second morning of the as to Ameriprove a turning-poin- t vasion the British radio was re- ca's entry into the war. For one porting that the Nazi invasion force thing, it flopped one popular poll on was 7,000, and on the second after- convoys from a minority to a manoon hiked this figure to 11,500. jority, and the administration in This brought the German force to which had been acat least one full division, and a good Washington, cused in some quarters of watching And division. way into the second these polls before acting, promptly the British quickly estimated that announced that the question this figure meant that the Germans has practically beenconvoy settled. had from 2,000 to 3.000 airplanes on President Roosevelt it was said, duty in southern Greece. does not like the word and The usual silence and mystery as is more in favor of the convoys, navy taking to what actually was transpiring im- over portions of the Atlantic and Pamediately was clamped down by the cific, even as far as the Red Sea, of information, for instance, and British ministry helping to create which contented itself with issuing lanes which protective through such generalities as "the situation ships could move safely. is in hand," leaving it up to the This is the method American shipGermans to give the world what inping experts have liked from the formation could be gleaned. start but it was significant that The German claims, as usual, America's course was charted along were broad, the Nazis asserting that these lines the day after the polls been had many Important points reported 52 per cent in favor of concaptured, and that many British voying and 41 per cent opposed and planes had been destroyed "on the the other 7 per cent "undecided." ground." Public attention then turned to British sources seemed willing to and Secretary Hull warned admit that the Germans had utter Vichy, France that she would have to give General but of the air, mastery this country a plain and honest Freyberg said that every hilltop bad statement of Just what her collaboelaboan in its sentinel Crete, that ration with Germany would consist rate method of signaling had been of before France could hope to reworked out and that even those store n relations to parachutists who arrived at night a state of amity. were promptly spotted, reported and This attitude was indeed a far cry given action from the ground forces. from the days of 1917 and 1918, and Neutral observers, however, point- the time when the first ed out that in order to effect large-sca-le landed in France with doughboys "Lafayette, landing of troops who were here" as their slogan. not parachutists, the Germans must we're Hull's declaration came at have obtained at least temporary the samestrong when It was ancontrol of landing fields, or must be nounced thattime a British flotilla was fields. emergency using hovering about the ports of MarBritish reports told of many transtinique where the French aircraft with their down shot port planes Beam and other vessels carrier Island on the both of men, cargoes were bottled up. There was some waters and into the surrounding it over the report that these However, they also told of huge, disquiet ships had been out at sea, but the unwieldy transport planes towing British reported they were "simply numbers of gliders loaded with men on maneuvers." and munitions, a mode of transporBut if they were poised for an atuse tation not reported in wide-scalto run the British blockade, tempt before. How large the force on Crete was it was likely that there would be remained a military secret of the either fighting or scuttling or both in well within our Greeks and the British, though there the South ofAtlantic, Influence." was considerable figuring done by "sphere Mr. Hull's message to Vichy showed plainly that the state deMISCELLANY: partment has utterly lost faith In LONDON: The first direct plea verbal pledges transmitted by the for the United States to enter the French envoy to this country, Gaswar as an active participant came ton Henry-HayThe report that Ambassador Leawhich from the said: hy would be recalled gained in stat"We want you In this war fighting ure, and writers on the continent or on our side, not to save us from derecently returned from there befeat but to help us to victory lieved that possibly this action, quickly." which could not fail to get across to rHII.Aht IJ'IIIA: The Academy the body of the French people, miijht of Music refused the rental of its hall for the purpose of Col. Charles sway them to take a firmer stand toward Germany. A. Lindbergh to make a speech. CRETE: that An Air Test In May, how- Thursday, May 29, 1941 NEPfH. UTAH TIMES-NEW- air-bor- Franco-America- e News-Chronicl- PLANES: And Months Statistical proof that thousands ot planes, like Rome, can't be built in a day was given by Admiral Towers, who reported to Secretary of Navy Knox that in the past 10 months the navy has gained 1,304 planes of ill types. The navy now has 3,476 planes of all types, including trainers, and this compared with the British estimate that Germany was operating about 2,000 to 3,000 planes in the Battle of Crete alone, not counting those in use in other theaters of the war. . It also was significant that Admiral Towers' report to Mr. Knox was that the navy already is experiencing a shortage of pilots, which compared with Germany's reported 100,000 pilots trained before the war started. In fact, it was this pilot training program which first called the attention of the world to Germany's rebirth as a military power in spite of the restrictive efforts of the Treaty of Versailles. Of the 1,304 planes which the navy has added to her forces, only about 600 of them are combat types, Admiral Towers revealed. The goal of 50.000 fighting planes for the American army and navy combined was, therefore, envisioned as far in the future. Admiral Towers revealing that not until January, 1942, will the existing shortage of pilots be relieved. Not until then will the number of pilots begin to catch up with the number of planes. DRAFT: A New Plan Pennsylvania called out in excess of 18.000 young men in the draft trying out what was called a "new plan" aimed to "give the selectee a break." The plan was this. The 18,000 were to be called out and immediately given a searching examination along all lines, including their final medical examination by the army doctors. Then they were to be returned to their homes and Jobs, those who were eligible to army life being placed on call in from 10 to 30 days, and the rest of them to return to their normal Jobs, secure in the knowledge that they would not be called. This was aimed to remove much of the uncertainty which grew out of the previous method of selective service Dr. William picking. Mather Lewis, selective service director of Pennsylvania, said he was advised that if the experiment proved a success there, it would be applied to the entire nation. At the same time President Roosevelt put into being the OCD, or Office of Civilian Defense, with Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia of New York its head, working without salary, as will all of his Intermediaries. Also plans for the home guard were worked out at Washington, this group to function entirely separately from the OCD, which would ostensibly have a membership of millions of American men, women and even children. One of the first tests of the United States against possible war was an entirely complete blackout of the Hawaiian islands, where even the Isolated hamlets were darkened, and planes of the American army and navy flew overhead to inspect the situation and to see how complete it was. LABOR: The general handling of the strike situation rapidly by the Defense Mediation board continued, though widely criticized In certain quarters as being achieved at a price which eventually would make this nation a prey to inflation and rapidly soaring prices. However, there was a shipyard strike on the West coast which seemed for a time to defy settle ment, although the much larger coal and motors strikes were well in hand. bor at Washington are the figures which tell the story of strikes in the United States. For his book, "The Dead Hand of Bureaucracy," Lawrence Sullivan dug up those figures for the years from 1930 to 1939. The labor department keeps them on the basis of the number of man hours lost and the figures for 1941, when available, will demonstrate how much more we might have acWay. Easy to Make the Pin-O- n complished in the matter of preparedness and aid to England had there tTOW that "impossible" lovely been no strikes. old sofa becomes when you In 1930 the number of man hours put a bright new slip cover on it! lost because of strikes was 2,730,368. And you can easily make, yourIn 1932 it had increased to 4,462,973, self, the smartest of slip covers. but in 1933, the year of the enactment of the Wagner labor law, it Exact details of cutting and sewing this Jumped to 16,872,128, with 19,591,949 slip cover are described and diagrammed booklet Also tells bow to for 1934. The top year was 1937, In our and trim different types of chairs. with the staggering figure of 28,424,-85- 7 cover on fabrics, colors. Send for your man hours lost. That meant one Tips copy to: week's work for 710,621 men, or 52 weeks of 40 hours each for 13,663 READEE-HOMSERVICE men enough time to build approxi117 Minna St. Saa Francisco, Calif. mately two battleships. For 1939, the last year for which I have any Enclose IS cents in coin for your copy figures, the loss was 18,687,739 man Of EOW TO MAKE SLIP COVERS. hours. What will it be in 1941? How much will strikes affect our efforts for preparedness and aid to England? It will certainly mean enough hours to have produced hundreds of airplanes or other implements for the defense of the nation. Strange as it may seem, both William Green and John L. Lewis say the administration of the Wagner act by the National Labor Relations board is responsible for the strike HEMWMfiX problem. E WW WITHOUT TUB PLAIN FACTS rou sruw wkiting. THERE IS NO DEMOCRACY 1 HE iNVEHTEP THE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY is befirst TtpgumeK ing sabotaged through the feeding of misinformation, paraded in the guise of facts, to the American people. That is not the act of any one political party, or any one group of political leaders.... The 'policy of all parties is to attempt to support their policies ' by false interpretations of the acts of the people's government. American people do not object to TH BtTTEfZ WW 10 TREAT any expression of political opinion on the part ot political leaders, but coMstiPxnoH cue to lax op they do object when the men they flWPK "BUCK" IN THE PET IS TO have set up as leaders attempt to C0ZZECT THE CAUSe Of we their false pressupport TROUBLE WITH A PCUCtOUS opinions by entations. CEREAL, KEULOGC S t Kl People are entitled to the bare, ALLtBkAM. . . EAT unvarnished facts, and they are not cwy rrevEuy getting that kind of information. AND DRINK PLENTY I Some day the people will discover OF WATER. they have been hoodwinked and when they do, the political leaders who are responsible for the condition will pay the penalty. Before Regulated Plans that happens, democracy may be so Men's plans should be regulated far gone that it will take genera- by the circumstances, not circumtions for its recovery. stances by the plans. Livy. Democracy will function only when all people who must carry the responsibility for its functioning are in full possession of the plain facts. lZ FEMALE PAK1 WITH WEAK, CRANKY THE DOLLARS SPENT NERVOUS FEELINGS AT HOME WORK FOR US Tort women who suffer pain of IrregA CLERK in a market of our town ular periods and are nervous, cranky receives a dollar as part of his saldue to monthly t unctlocal disturbance should find Lydla X. Pink-haary. He spends it with the clothier Vegetable Compound timplp for a necktie. The clothier's clerk marvelous to relieve such annoying symptoms. gets it as a part of his salary. He Flnkham's Compound Is made spends It for food at a market The especially for women to help relieve such distressing feelings and thus owner of the market pays it to a thru such help them go smiling carpenter for store repairs. The "difficult days." Over 1 ,000,000 women cave to remarkable lumber it the benefits. reported carpenter pays WORTH TB7XNOI Any drugstore. dealer. The lumber dealer pays it to his truck driver and so on and on. That dollar spent in our town may Criticism With Ease pass through many hands, and each Criticism comes easier than person receiving It derives a benefit Because of the dollars spent in craftsmanship. Zeuxis. our town, our merchants and home owners are able to pay taxes. With the taxes they pay, we support our ffifr KILL ALL FLIES flanM tnywtMra. ttetffy Ply town we .maintain government Killer attracts tvnd a Ola flic. schools for our children, we pave Guaranteed, -- effective. Neat Convenient Cannot Bplll and maintain our streets. It is the Wll oot noil or Injur any thin. all mson. 200 at all dollars spent at home which make dcairrm. Harold Borrvrra, Idc- our town a desirable place In which to live. The dollars spent outside our town do not help in doing any of these W 2241 things. They do nothing toward WNU maintaining our property values. These are things to think about Salt Lake's NEWEST HOTEL when we have dollars to spend. lti HOW DICTATORS ARE BORN ON MARCH 23, 1933, the German Reichstag gave Hitler the privilege of making the laws of Germany for four years. That made Hitler a dictator; that marked the real beginning of World War No, 1 When the legislative branch of any country abdicates and passes its functions on to the administrative branch, a dictatorship results. At the end of four years the Reichstag could not take back what it gave away In 1933. r 1 - - TOO BIG LOOKING BACK through history we find that Kaiser Wilhelm, Napoleon, Tamerlane. Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun, Charlemagne, Caesar, Alexander and perhaps others, have at one time or another attempted to conquer the world and make it over to their liking. No one of them succeeded. Hitler's effort is destined to meet the same fate. The world is too big for any one man to swallow. Even in lesser affairs, things can become too fcr successful handling. . M i ? Hotel TEMPLE SQUARE Oppaalte Mormon Trmpla U1GHLT RECOMMENDED Rsfes $1.50 to $3.00 It t wHc of distinction to ttoO ERNEST C. KOBHITEH, Mgr. |