Show e 7 1 Oci Washington D. D C. C ITALIAN GERMAN-ITALIAN ANTAGONISM With the invasion of Sicily the question of whether Germany and Italy can pull together as a team now becomes something much more than a subject o of amusing wise wise- cracks The basic hostility always existing between them them both both the armies and the people people may may now prove to be the fatal fault in the Axis United States diplomats and newsmen newsmen newsmen news news- men who lived interned in hi Italy until until until un un- un- un til May 1942 recall many an expression expression expression ex ex- of Italian resentment against the Germans On the night before the interned Americans left Rome to return to the U. U S. S a group of newspapermen including Richard G. G Massock of the Associated Press visited a resI restaurant restaurant res res- I called which had been a favorite haunt for most of i them before the days of internment The place was packed largely with Germans but when the head waiter recognized them he hustled some diners off to make room for his old American friends An Italian at the next table mumbled mumbled mum mum- bled something about Germans intruding in- in intruding in in- whereupon APs AP's Massock spoke up We are not German Excuse me said the Italian indicating indicating indicating in in- clearly that to call a man mana a German is a fighting word This prompted another Italian to come to Massock the first American Ameri Amen can he had seen for months With an affectionate embrace he said Please give my kind regards to President Roosevelt TANKS AND POTATOES The army doesn't like to say too much about it but the United States now has an embarrassment of riches with respect to tanks A year ago and for at least a year before that there was great clamor about speeding production of this weapon with which Hitler overran the con con- However both the Invasion of Sicily and raids over Germany now make it apparent that the weapon with which we we shall take back the continent is not the tank but the plane Tanks were needed for tor the campaign campaIgn campaign cam cam- In North Africa and a year ago they were the most important weapon in the arsenal in hi preparation preparation tion for the landing of November 8 a. But fewer tanks were expended in hi North Africa than had been expected and we still have most of ol those which were sent to that thea thea- ter Further there will be less demand for tanks in Europe than in Africa because of shorter distances and less mobility A tank factory closed down In Ohio last week a fact which normally normally nor nor- mally would have caused great alarm But it passed almost unnoticed un un- unnoticed noticed because of the fact that we now have miles of tanks standing inline in inline inline line waiting to be used in hi whatever theater may require them Note Claude says that tanks are like potatoes A few months ago everybody clamored for them Now they are a glut on the market I NAZI AIR STRENGTH Air force torce experts arc are commenting on the fact that German air nir activity is stiffer In every theater of the European war More German planes have been rushed to Italy are also active on the Russian front and are more active over the European European Euro Euro- European continent in combating Allied bomb raids than at any previous time in hi the war Experts believe the Germans have put up all their air strength This Is highly significant for it means they have taken everything they have leaving no reserves I Thus every loss inflicted on the in any of these theaters represents a decline from the minimum minimum minimum mini mini- mum required for a defense of the continent And when you OU cut a force below its necessary minimum you are bringing about its downfalL ROUND MERRY C. C A professional cameraman's appraisal ap ape of capital figures as seen under the flash bulb Cordell Hull patient Donald Nelson harried anc and hurried handsome Ed vain as a Hollywood actor Henry Wallace philosophically reflecting on how the news camera distorts distort life C 1 Enemy broadcasts intercepted by FCC declare Washington is pushing pushing push push- ing an Argentine break with the Axis Axi with Increasing eagerness to sat sal satisfy sat sat- U U. S. S appetite for encamping on the Falkland Islands Islands unjustly unjustly snatched by Britain from Argentina Thus Berlin tries to drive wedges wedge both between Argentina and U U. U S. S Sand S Sand and between U. U S. S and Britain I PACIFIC WAR WILL TIGHTEN TIG TEN Operations in the Pacific have hav met with glorious initial successes and American forces will push on from one island to another in a aI campaign which will have no permanent permanent permanent per per- I manent pause But dont don't look for tor a continuation of sided one warfare much longer We made our first landings Ir it places where the Japanese were weak and where resistance was not nol substantial But as we advance farther far ther then resistance will become stiffer and the progress slower |