Show the incredible destruction ol of hipping principally allied and neutral which has taken place in n the early months of the war has military observers all over the world scratching their heads no one apparently thought sin kings bould reach such a total today the mine and the U boat rather than the airplane and the tank md ind the cannon are the most ef active instruments of warfare of the two the mine has brov n by far the most effective U boat sin kings are now far in the minority the german surprise technique of releasing mines from submarines and smaller para chute equipped mines from air alanes has proven extraordinarily successful it is obviously in violation of international law but it takes a strong idealist today to relieve that a blockaded nation sighting for existence is going to lay ay more than lip service to that code the rumor that the germans have perfected some magnetic device which attracts mines to ships passing by some distance away is discounted per cent by art american ler scientists for various technical reasons far more likely is the assumption that the seas have been literally strewn with free mines which makes make a knowledge of planned mine fields next to useless to ships in addition it is believed british mines have broken loose during storms from their fields and are also floating about freely a hidden menace to all shipping how to clear the seas when war is over seems to be a potential problem that no one has yet been able to answer the way to health is as plain as the way to market it depends chiefly zhi efly on two words industry ind frugality that mans means waste neither time nor money but make he ae best use of both benjamin franklin A new jersey contractor bidding on a storm sewer fewer job set a price of if he did it alone providing his own help or 66 if he were given the help of W P A labor jabor nations business sept 1939 now is a good time to look ahead and do a little planning for t the h e winter months do you need a few loads of gravel to make paths around the house and barnyard |