Show D ja W washington D C GERMAN MORALE SUFFERING U S observers acquainted acquaint ed with the morale of the german people are getting bullish about britain in view of the heavy RAF bombings of germany these officials point out that german conquests on land even if they should be extended beyond the balkans into egypt or even to india do not relieve the problem of the germans who must continue to take punishment from british bombing it has been proved alre already ady that the military genius of the germans is in land in movements ove ments they have no strength at sea and they have failed to gain complete mastery in the air though at times they have come close to it this leaves the british with an air force growing daily stronger by arrival of canadian and american planes to bomb the great german cities in an attempt to break civilian morale german conquests abroad do not relieve the distress of people in such heavily populated centers as berlin dresden leipzig hamburg and munich so long as these people must spend cold winter nights I 1 in in the cellars with no rest there can be no real victory for germany 0 ROOSEVELT BORROWS the other day postmaster general frank walker called at the white while house with william knudsen and other defense commissioners to sell the president the first new national defense stamps which come in one two and three cent denominations this is a strictly cash on the line proposition mr president said walker have you got six dollars roosevelt reached for his billfold it contained one five dollar bill no more hamm short a dollar he mused borrowing as shakespeare said may dull the edge of husbandry but on the other hand not everyone gets the chance to lend the president of the united states a buck everyone in the room grabbed for his wallet simultaneously but walker was the first to produce the dollar grinning roosevelt promised to repay walker on my next payday NEW RIY ARMY TANKS the united states army is now building a tank which will br be the equal of any which the nazis sent against france with their famous panzer divisions these new war monsters each will carry one 75 mm gun this is is the famous field artillery piece which the french army used during the world war and which the american expeditionary force later adopted it has now become the standard field artillery for more than half the armies of the world however not until the german divisions rolled into flanders did modern armies conceive of mounting guns as heavy as this in tanks but from now on even the medium tanks built for the U S army will carry one french 75 plus a 37 mm gun plus four machine guns this tank will weigh between 25 lind and 30 tons note it is impossible to estimate the cost of the mobile fortress carrying a 75 mm gun and the war department part ment is not even troubling to ask for estimates at least three of the companies will proceed with production on a cost plus fix fixed ed fee basis and when the tanks begin to come off the assembly lines which will not be before next may uncle sam will pay the bill 0 0 0 JEFF DAVIS VS LINCOLN of all his predecessors secretary of war henry L St stimson imison has chosen the portraits of jefferson davis president of the confederacy and robert todd lincoln son of the martyred marty red president to adorn the wall facing his desk both lincoln and davis served as secretary of war mr stimson sits at a great flat carved red mahogany desk which has been in the war department more years than anyone can remember and which is ornamented by two round globe lights on either side designed to burn kerosene in the days before gas and electricity these have now been revamped tor for incandescent bulbs A grim note is stimsons sons side table a somber black piece used by gen phil sheridan as a co court urt martial desk this supports a huge silver cup a tennis trophy won in previous years by mr stimson and a mantel clock which is wound by a key and strikes the hours and hall half hours in deep sonorous tones jo MERRY GO HOUND proudest boast of sen homer T bone of washington is a bet he won over a civil war maneuver during the union ardys siege of vicksburg though his opponent was a participant in the action bone was right and won the wager 0 0 george T who gets 94 00 a year as chief of the state department of protocol saves 91 a year by rolling roiling his own cigarettes his job includes entertaining visit ing ig dignitaries |