Show joins army 41 M i 4 1 e 4 ja 45 v PA avva fa w ga V harth greenberg brilliant detroit outfielder has been drafted i nto the army where he joins fell oto americans iro n t ev er y walk of life WAR WAK vital phases it was evident that the war was entering several of its most vital vita phases with britain standing alone I 1 though with constantly increasing american aid i the big test which the churchil chuchla Chuch lU government faced at the hands of the british commons was only a parts part of tho the picture i the battle was threefold three fold the air alaj fight over england with the chani j nel crossing threat behind it the I 1 pincers move on the mediterranean especially suez the battle of the atlantic over england hammer blows being struck at britain by the no 10 longer nger were being shrugged off in dispatches as some damage being done or some casualties feared but dispatches from england told of f most serious damage to plymouth which was practically ruined to liverpool to belfast to the all of them much more vital to britaina Brit ains defense than the smashing attacks on london and the thames estuary apparently paying little attention to the industrial midland section of england hitler thus was centering his attacks on ports ports and more ports apparently seeking to tie in the battle of england with the battle of the atlantic rather than to concentrate cen on a general air blitz against En glands factories and her industrial production another development was the constant increase of day fighting over the channel channe regarded in many quarters as a trial balloon to an invasion attempt as soon as midsummer calmer weather should arrive As always the defense of britain found its echo in this country and the change in the method of attacks on england found president roosevelt issuing an urgent appeal practically a command to the air industry to concentrate rata on the production of the largest possible bombing planes said that america should produce military planes in tho the 12 months to come but mr roosevelt seemed to feel that a change in type would bo be needed in tact fact he conditioned the eventual mastery of the air by britain on the american production of these very large bombers and said that they must bebout be built even it it means enlarging plants furt further lier mediterranean also important the buttle battle of the mediterranean was no less vital and no less active than the battle of england for on the eastern front the die british found themselves after the withdrawal from greece with now new problems on their hands the iraq coup left them with the possible loss of the ou oil fields and the all important pipeline from kirkum to haifa falling into the hands of the nazi inspired iraq government of gallant Gaila nl the british swiftly landed an expeditionary force shot it inland and sent reinforcements yet it was obvious that the trouble in moslem asia minor was on the increase with the french in syria frankly throwing up their hands and saying that they were unable to quell disturbances tur bances on the part of arabs there turkey offered her good offices and so did egypt but though there was religious unity L in those directions there was little unity of purpose and it looked as though thou britain wald have to light fight for her oil or give up and get oil somewhere else the prospect also was vas dark because of we the menace of german aid to the iraqi which might make the pipeline untenable even if the british get fuu full coi control atrol of it SAILOR roundup round up considerable excitement was oc caslo ned by the immigration departments roundup of all german sailors on charges that they had overstated overstayed over stayed their leave the government never has been strict with them but it was signify cant that the roundup followed a washington release by many correspondents spon dents which stated at gre great a t length that thai there has been a sy systematic ast e sabotage of regular shipping |