Show I Rw N NR R BE tN I Washington D. D C. C U. U S. S BASES IN AFRICA I The public doesn't generally know it though Nazi age agents do but the United States is very quietly and efficiently efficiently efficiently ef ef- ef- ef building up p a series of strategic strategic strategic stra stra- bases along the coast of Africa Africa Af Af- Af rica to guard against a Nazi air putsch from Dakar to South Amer Amer- ica I First of these bases will be airdromes airdromes airdromes air air- I at Freetown in the British colony of Sierra Leone now being developed by Pan American Airways Airways Airways Air Air- AirI I ways on the airplane ferrying route I t to o Egypt Second will be an important airdrome airdrome air ajr- drome in Liberia the American Afro-American colony just south of t Freetown I Equally important will be a a. submarine submarine submarine rine base in Liberia The Liberian airdrome is now being built In operation co-operation with the Firestone Rubber company Purpose of these bases is to take the place of the U. U S. S fleet in the South Atlantic Long ago U. U S S. naval strategists figured they could reduce redu-ce materially the number of U. U S. S warships around Hawaii and California if it there were enough big bombing planes on the Pacific island bases to patrol the Pacific So now U. U S. S bombing planes operating operating operating op op- from rom the African coast will do the same thing for the South Atlantic At- At lantie lantic antic in order to guard against Nazi moves from Vichy dominated Dakar The problem of shu shutting ing off a Nazi blitz In the South Atlantic is much harder than in the Pacific due to toone toone one factor distances in the Atlantic Atlantic Atlan- Atlan tic ic are about third one-third l less ss than those in the Pacific BAD EGGS A member of the British air mission mission mission mis mis- sion in Washington back after a flying trip to England has a report on food conditions that is a combination combination combination com com- of humor and hard unpalatable unpalatable unpalatable fact Regarding the food shortage in England he says that eggs in most places are unobtainable The ration rations is s one egg per person per week Some millions of eggs shipped from the United Slates States were all bad Bacon and eggs today is unknown unknown un- un known cnown in England The nearest approach approach approach ap ap- ap- ap is bacon and egg and if the day you ou want it is not egg day you have to be content with bacon and tomato instead Sugar is limited to half halt a lump per person per permeaL meaL At Claridge's one sardine per person per day is the most sard sardines anyone ca can ob- ob tain ain Next in scarcity at this swank London hostel is butter At each meal you get a vast dish in which you may be able to discern two little dabs each smaller than a penny penn Fresh fruit is nearly non There are no oranges at all The returning also reports that the general shortage of clothing results results results re re- in sloppy dressing The report urges that England immediately immediately immediately im im- im- im mediately import thousands pf small home canning machines to be used i i by housewives in preserving current curlent I crops of fruits vegetables rabbits and meats of all sorts He advocates advocates advocates cates that the women of England be obliged to preserve food instead of devoting themselves to the hopeless hopeless hopeless hope hope- less hip and tummy development that results from continual knit knit- ting OFFERS FARM FOR DEFENSE Jphn H H. Perry president of Western Western Western West West- ern Newspaper Union has offered his acre 2500 model farm in Owen county Kentucky to the Royal Canadian Air force as a pilot training training training train train- ing center The rest of his large estate has been offered to the U. U S. S government I am for national defense said Perr Perry and Uncle Sam can have my place lock stock and barrel ILLITERATE DRAFTEES One of the uncomfortable facts disclosed by the selective service system is that thousands of young men in this great country of educational educational opportunity are unable to pass passa a simple test of reading and writing In a recent two-months two period May 15 to July 15 a total of draftees were excused on account of illiteracy Of these were white and were Negro The southern states have the heaviest percentages of illiteracy In Louisiana 48 per cent of the whites and of the Negroes were rejected on this score In Georgia and Florida the percentage was only slightly less Other states of high illiteracy are Virginia Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi sippi and North Carolina Partly to offer the benefits of education education education edu edu- cation partly to increase the number number num num- ber of men fit for military service is setting up a project to teach reading and writing to the NO GAS TROUBLES The shortage of gasoline in the East raises no no problems in the life of Hattie Haltie Caraway though as ranking ranking rank rank- ing member of the senate commerce committee she plays an important role in the investigation of the alleged alleged alleged al al- shortage The motherly senator from Arkansas Arkan Arkan- sas is one of the few members of the upper chamber who doesn't own an automobile Mrs Cara Caraway way depends on street streetcars streetcars streetcars cars and buses to get to and arid from her office |