Show ON THE BATT battlefront BATILE LEFRON FRONT REPS chunky representative george bender of ohio know whether to b be e sore or to laugh As G 0 P chairman of cuyahoga Cuya hoga county which includes cleveland he be received a number of requests is for the much publicized walkley Wal willkie kles I 1 kits kit s a compact got up by the winkie clubs containing material to organize one of these clubs bender wrote to the national committee headquarters in chicago directed by executive director john hamilton for a supply much to benders surprise he was advised that if he sent a check chec k he be would receive the kits he wanted bender sent the check and a few days later a large b box ox arrived containing kites huge contraptions that sail through the air with the greatest of ease and with the names of willkie and mcnary so placed as to be easily seen from the ground note the willkie kit contains a fo folder ider about the nominee a pledge a long sheet for signatures of those desiring to form a club and pieces of peppy campaign liter literature OEMS DEMS to those who followed the last turbulent night of the democratic convention francis W durbin will be remembered as the rollicking speaker who nominated bascom timmons veteran washington newsman for vice president A leading lima ohio lawyer durbin is a candidate tor for congress after senator charles rys acceptance speech durbin wrote him congratulations on your r speech it was the best new deal speech ive heard in a long time you are a grand fellow and im sorry to see you in such bad company A few days ago durbin received the following telegram from mcnary thanks tor for your kind letter when you come to washington Washing fon shall be delighted to see you 0 DUTCH EAST INDIES one reason president roosevelt and his naval advisers are not greatly perturbed about japans signing a formal alliance with hitler and mussolini is a confidential survey U S naval experts have made of the japanese navy this reveals that japanese warships have on hand band only enough oil for about 2 months of warfare japan gets its oil chiefly from california and the dutch east indies having almost no supplies of its own that of course is one reason she covets the dutch east indies however naval surveys also show that the capture of these islands will not be as easy as might be expected for the dutch islands of J java va and sumatra have been prepa preparing 9 for the threat of japanese incas invasion on for two years about 20 dutch submarines are stationed in these waters plus about bombing planes many of them purchased in the united states finally the islands are well fortified with carefully concealed big guns result is that military experts believe the dutch could hold out against japanese naval invaders for about four months and during this time japans oil supply it if embargoed by the united states might become exhausted this may be one reason why the japanese have made haste slowly in their contemplated plans for invasion of the dutch east ledies the they did not want to move until they were sure first that britain was in a desperate position in its fight with hitler and second that the united states was worried about europe and did not want to get its fleet preoccupied in the pacific ARMY speculators the army has changed its method of acquiring land tor for new government plants hereafter the negotiations tiati ons will be carried on in a goldfish bowl real estate speculators long have been a sore spot in army plans for plant and airport sites by snapping up options and kiting the price of desired property so hard hitting assistant war secretary robert patterson has instituted a new procedure whereby the army after making the necessary confidential surveys will announce publicly that on a given date representatives will appear to buy or lease a specified amount of land patterson believes that if property owners know that the government is in the market they will not give options to profiteering speculators Note tried out in union center ind where acres are being acquired for an ammunition loading plant to employ people the new goldfish bowl method proved successful AIRPLANES FOR WHISKY lf if you speak about all aid to britain short of war dont overlook the american consumption of scotch whisky it is anar an actual fact that U S imports of whisky from britain during the first nine months of the war exceeded the U 8 S exports of military aircraft to britain here are the figures we sold england worth of p planes lanes england sold us worth of whisky aln in tact fact whisky is the largest single item of our imports from great britain |