Show PIG BOATS lit i the atlantic hitler made another r speech it was more mor e eloquent in what it did not say than in in what wai was said der fuehrer pictured an impressive spring campaign against En glands life lines in the atlantic none got up and left the meeting although alt haugh some hearkening back to the same speech in january may have thought to do so with the expression heres where we came an fn r in reality the speech made in the munich beer cellar where was born was a tactic admission that hillers Hit lers air power blower tl ower his original major weapon on which he risked war had failed to produce decisive re results and between the lines of the speech can be read the admission that british sea power is gripping the axis countries even tighter than it did last fall so hitler during the winter months has been building a new type of U boat known as pig boats to naval men in norway denmark belgium the netherlands and in france aalthe all the vast hip building yards have been turning put out pocket submarines during the winter months how many the germans gernia ns have on hand is not known but best estimates are 1000 with hundreds more ready to be delivered before summer no nation has nearly this many undersea craft the united unite d states has budd few hundred and england even less germany last fall was vas estimated to have almost standard size submarines but submarines do not fight submarines to sink them fast cruisers and an d destroyers are necessary ne ces sary britain baital n even with the 50 destroyers obtained from the US U S li ave a difficult time to cope with thi the situation if even a fraction of that number U boats begins to prey on the sealants se alanes that bring her food and munitions S explanation mussolini also made a speech whereas hitler seemed scornful of wavering within the german lines it II duce seemed less sare sure he blamed discontent on Jew sand masons and dwelt on the indissoluble ties that bind italy to germany which is a nice wiy way of putting it now that german censors are in charge of communications leading horn from italy to the outside world ile he had a new explanation for the disasters in africa marshal grazi full earlier blamed failure allure f on lack I 1 of f mechanical equipment in the fascist forces i mussolini said ll 11 however that the british succeeded b because e 1 they achieved numerical superiority perio rity since all british reinforcements to Egypt pass within 50 miles of italian naval and air bases it II duce see seemed aed here also to bf be making an fid admission mission of the ineffectiveness of hn his battle forces miscellany C 4 in the main hall of the krem tin lin in moscow a national conference of the communist party was in progress members charged that product production io n in several key indest industries res was delayed due to buck passing and overwhelming red tape tile the central committee commett ee hinted shake ups the dismissals followed quickly anong among those losing their official heads was maxim Litvin olT former fore foreign ilan commissar and Pau paulina lilia wife of premier and foreign minister bolotoff MoIo Mo lotoff tofT fl the annual academy of motion picture arts and sciences awards for outstanding acting in the elms went to ginger rogers for her performance forni for mance ance in kitty foyle and to james stewart for his role in the philadelphia story 41 there thee was contusion confusion at mrs Roosevel ts cress press conference the 40 or more women reporters were sitting in the madison room at the white house when past tile the door walked a bathrobe clad male figure lie he heard the female voices I 1 and fled find it was harry hopkins presidential guest someone closed the door |