Show washington D C DELAYS TO RUSSIA there were two inside reasons for he slowness of the U S mission 0 moscow in sitting down at the ion on ference table with joe stalin ne was the technical difficulty of he flight across germany the oth T r was china the night flight from london to moscow s not the easiest thing in the world since ince about a thousand miles is dicross enemy territory the british bombers lombers which make the flight use is s much of the night as possible ver german territory and also go ip to tremendous altitudes the U S mission to moscow also had to fly in sections three lif ferent planes flown on different lays with the time of departure capt a dark secret and the last sections were delayed in london the chinese delay of the mission 0 0 moscow occurred before averill harriman Jar riman left washington when it vas mas proposed that china nearest ri endly neighbor to russia should idt ait in with harriman stalin and the but the state department objected and for a highly unexpected rea on ion appeasement minded diplomats inside the state department claimed that a chinese mission to moscow would offend japan the united states was trying to woo jaan away from the axis they ar aued aed and so nothing must be done to rub the japanese fur the wrong nay ivay in the end japan reaffirmed its partnership in the axis but only after the U S mission to moscow already had started also after nazi victories in russia seemed on the upgrade once again so the appeasement ent policy of the state department ot nowhere NOTE key to japanese policy of ship for the united states or allegiance to germany always is the barometer of nazi military suc ess if hitler is winning japan will ivill stick by him and if the USA looks stronger it is vice versa V U S MILITARY gen john magruder was recently appointed head of the U S military mission to china in order to neal the slight to chiang kai shek when he was not permitted to send an envoy to the harriman confer nce ince in moscow but general magruder ruder is more famois for another chapter in his life when he was U S military to switzerland in 1938 magruder sent a report to the war department part ment on the march of hillers Hit lers mechanized forces to conquer austria in this report he said that nazi tanks and trucks were of poor quality and that many of them had broken down en route to vienna this U S military report was immediately picked up by the british who placed great confidence in the word of a U S military today hillers Hit lers tanks and armored ars are the model for modern warfare MRS ROOSEVEL TS JOB A friend of mrs roosevelt came to see her at the white house to talk about the first ladys new job in the office of civilian defense she was much impressed at mrs Roosevel ts grasp of the problems but a little disturbed at the boldness df at some of her plans so thinking of director laguardia the friend remonstrated if you introduce such bold ideas what will the mayor say the first lady smiled s ailed my dear she said 1 I dont think the mayor will say no to me NOTE mrs roosevelt cannot spend full time at her desk in the OCD and during her absences the job will be held down by her good friend mrs henry wife of the secretary of the treasury MERRY GO ROUND O what the army needs for men in southern areas is short pants the long trousers are too hot and difficult to keep clean british officers observing the maneuvers wore shorts and looked cool and swagger observed one second army wit anent the tact fact that the war games were held in the cajun arcadian section of louisiana soldiers and all looking for evangeline attention mr tom dewey the did not show up very helpfully in the maneuver area in so some me of the towns the local organizations aaion did moke make an effort to provi provide e the soldiers with bathing and laundry facilities but in general the USO len ell down aown on the job it should have made special arrangements tor for the men in this backwoods region the newport news shipbuilding company recently recen fly painted the army transport west point poin t in the amazing time of elac exactly aly eight hours i H crutchfield of pittsburgh has devised an auto sticker reading give a lift to every man in uniform carlos davila po popular pular ex dent of chile has been appointed scecil special ambassador to five central american colin countries tiles with european markets closed chile has asked da vile to make the most me st of trade possibilities ties inside the western hemisphere |