Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 August 1940 — Page 7

MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1940

The Indianapolis Times

SECOND SECTION

Hoosier Vagabond

(Fourth of a Series) AFTER A TOUR of the Allison engine plant I feel that I could get up on a platform and successfully defend the proposition that a Swiss watch is a careless pile of junk compared to an airplane engine. The two things above all else that ground their impressions into me were the infinitesimal precision of every single thing, and the unbelievable strength that every seemingly frail part must have. If you were to transfer that requisite of ‘“strong-but-light” into the human equation, it would mean that all men would have to be as siim and light as I am (110 pounds) yet strong enough to whale the stuffing out of Joe Louis, and I mean that comparison literally. For precision—let’s take a certain steel rod. It’s as long as your arm, and no bigger around than your finger. I don’t know what it's for. Now they have to bore a hole, the size of a pencil, through the whole length of that rod. That hole must be as straight as the inside of a gun barrel. ” 2 »

Talk About High Standards!

Or take a connecting rod. An Allison connecting rod has to take the whole 100-horse power that each cylinder of an Allison engine produces. A connecting rod on the finest auto engine built would double up and fly to pieces before you could shut off the switch if it took the beating this rod takes. And vet this rod, because it must fly in the air, has to be light, incongruously light. All right, Your mere thumbprint, on a hot sweaty day, would start a little chemical process of destruction on that steel rod that some day, after millions of strokes, would cause the rod finally to break, tear an engine apart, and maybe send a pilot to his death! So connecting rods with thumbprints go to the junkpile. here's where vour immovable wall comes in mass production of airplane engines for our defense. You may tum out 10,000 connecting rods 2 day, ves indeed. But only 2000 of them, just to use a figure, will ever go past the inspectors and into an engine. The standards are that high. Rejections. Rejections. Rejections. That is what makes an airplane-engine manufacturer toss in his sleep. The inspection system at the Allison plant is complex. In addition to the 13 Air Corps inspectors, the

Our Town

TODAY'S MESSAGE is what everybody has been waiting for. I put off until the other columnists had their say. Now that they're done, I can't see that they cleared up anything. To be sure, Mr. Willkie's farms around Rushville and the lady who runs them are

mteresting items, but they don't help me and the proletariat. What we want to know is this: 1. Mr. Willkie, is there any truth in the rumor that you have much of Mr. Roosevelt's charm? Answer, Yes or No. Don't smear the issue by saving that in your case it's called “oomph.” The proletariat is in no mood to be trified with 2. If your answer is Yes, use as much paper as you like to tell what else you have in common with Mr. Roosevelt. 3. How do you stand on strawberry shortcake? Is it made of biscuit or sponge cake dough? A forthright answer will settle, once and for ail, the controversy whether you are a sound traditionalist or not. 4 How do vou pronounce the word “either?” Eyvether or eether? The right answer will establish vour citizenship—whether, for instance, youre an hon-est-to-God Hoosier or just another opportunist masquerading as a New Yorker 5. In the event of your reaching the White House, will Mrs. Willkie run a newspaper column? No pussyfooting on this one. Come clean ”n ” »

No Equivocating Now!

6. If your answer is No, what assurance have I that I can believe vou? 7. How come that you got such good marks at school? Were you teacher's pet? No ‘equivocation! 8. Whatever your answer, how do vou reconcile vour good marks with the great American tradition that no utility executive ever got bevond the fourth grade? 9. Are vou really a utility man? 10. Tf you are really a utility man fit to be President, why in heck haven't you done anything to stop

Air Reserve

ONE OF THE FIRST things that would be done by a sensible, experienced group, in free and ‘complete control of developing American airpower, would be to revise and revitalize the Army and Navy aviation reserve, Today, as for vears, our aviation reserve units are red-taped and hamstrung for flying time and for competent ships in which the flying time could be acquired. They have been subjected to severe restrictions concerning cross-country flights. Much of their time has been devoted to drills ang inspections, airport flymg and classroom work. The ‘only way to train a fightmg man of the air is to have him fly—to fly ‘cross country, and to keep flying. Next he must be taught te shoot in the air, and from the air against ground targets. The third requisite is bombing All three necessitate practice and more practice. Fiving, shooting and bombing are like golf or baseball. dependent ‘on physical skill and requiring constant practice.

Gunnery Requires Practice

Flying. shooting, bombing—that's the routine of a competent military or naval airman. Years age we horrified the old non-flying command in the Navy with the claim that the only way to fly safely is to fly much. The pilof whose hand and judgment are kept Im trim by regular flight duty is far safer to himself and ‘others than the chap who takes a flight only ow and then.

By Ernie Pyle

company has scores of inspectors who do the field running, you might say. i They wear armbands which say “Inspector.” They work with microscopes and chemicals and uncanny machines to track down flaws that are inconceivably minute. For instance, the magnoflux. It's a process whereby you spread a certain liquid over a piece of steel, give it a shot of electricity, and then any little flaw shows up. We saw a demonstration. A long steel bar, polished till it was like glass. It had been magnofiluxed. There, before cur eyes, ran a thin groove in the bar, like a scratch. “Why,” I said, “that’s a scratch. You don’t need any instruments to see that.” " n ”

Everything Is Polished

“Watch,” said the inspector. He rubbed his finger over part of the groove, rubbing off the electriccharged solution. And where he had rubbed, the scratch was gone. He handed me a powerful microscope. And even through the microscope you could not see the remotest sign of any scratch. Yet it was there—a definite and fatal flaw. I saw parts of that Allison motor that go around at 25,000 revolutions per minute. You imagine something turning 25,009 a minute, I can't. I saw big hunks of metal that you wouldn't imagine you could lift, and found you could pick them up with two fingers. I saw steel surfaces polished to such fanatical accuracy that they fit together

film of oil. And I learned that this engine is nearly an eighth of an inch longer when it's hot than when it’s cold, and | vet despite ail that expansion, every single part which has been ground to the mere ten-thousandth of an inch must still keep its proportion and move like lightning. If you ever go through this plant you will be amazed to the point of jocularity at the way they polish everything. There is not a moving piece of steei in that engine that is not shined until you could hang it on the wall and use it as a mirror. And that polish isn't to make it look pretty. They don't care how it looks. That polish is a coat of armor against the intrusion of the slightest scratch that might some day work itself into a notch, and from a notch into a break, and from there into death.

NEXT—The Test Rooms.

By Anton Scherrer

the pernicious utility practice of sneaking bills under our doors at ail hours of the month except the first 24, i the traditional date in America for receiving id news? Or, if you want to treat the question ii more general terms tell us why the utilities run their busi- | ness io suit themselves. 11. In the event of your reaching the White House, are we to be treated to the business methods practiced | by the utilities? Tell us the worst. 12. What about that picture of vours? The one portraving the Republican candidate for President | holding on to his pants after his suspenders broke | in the crush at Philadelphia. Have you profited by the experience? un

How About That Joke?

13. If vour answer is Yes, vou've got my vote. I'l break my neck to cast a vote for a President who wears not only a pair of suspenders, but a belt be- | sides | 14. And what about that little joke you cracked | in Philadelphia? The one when vou heard of a pos- | sible conference between the President and yourself. | You said: “I think one should be courteous to his | predecessor” when you should have said: “I think one should be courteous to one’s predecessor.” Not that] I care, but I am curious to know what moved you, an! 1. U. graduate, to do it. Is it the common streak in| you? Or is it vour idea of another New Deal? I just | can't make up my mind. 15. And, finally, what about those books vou took | with you to Colorado? As I recall, they were Carson | McCullen’s novel “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter’; | Morris Ernst’s “Too Big; Mason Wade's biography of | “Margaret Fuller-Whetstone of Genius”; Carl Snyder's | “Capitalism, the Creator” and ‘The Dissenting Opin- | fons of Mr. Justice Holmes.” Not a good murder story | in the lot. Why didn't you pick one? The June mur- | ders were especially good this vear, I thought. There | was “Wives to Burn” by Laurence Blackman, for in- | stance. Is it possible that a high pressure salesman | talked vou into buying vour vacation hooks? I know ; just how it is. T've been plaved for a sucker. too. | Listen Mr. Willkie: Why don't you announce yourself | as the candidate of the suckers. Tt will get vou into | the White House, sure as shootin.” |

By Maj. Al Williams

Aerial gunnery is, of course, of paramount importance. No matter how well a man flies, his ultimate | job is to fasten his gunsights on a target and drill it. | This, too, requires ‘constant practice. Most aerial gunnery as practiced today and for vears (where the single-seater fighting pilot shoots a towed target) is obsolete, and experienced airmen have tried to cut the red tape for a changed routine. A | good observer who can shoot accurately is worth his | weight in gold in the rear seat of an airplane, and the only way to teach the most apt pupil how to do that type of shooting is te let him shoot, and often.

Not Found in a Book | {

You cannot Team anv of these things out of a book. There are hooks on the subjects that should be studied by young military and naval reserve pilots, but learn=- | ing te ‘execute dive bombing properly and accurately | can be acquired only in an airplane in the air. When T emphasize the necessity for getting our reserve pilots into the air, teaching them to shoot and bomb, and giving them constant practice, the | layman may not fully appreciate what practice means m aviation } There are no “born” fivers. Flying must be studied | and acquired. Some take to it more quickly than others, but no one becomes expert in the air without | putting as much inte the game as he hopes to take out in safety or success. : My plea is to lift the red tape and humbug blanket from the reserve aviation situation. Tet these young- | sters fly, and not only under clear and unlimited con- | ditions. Give them gunnery and bombing practice— lots ‘of both, and plenty of cross-country flying. One | hour of that is worth 10 circling a field.

(Raymond Clapper is on vacation)

My Day

HYDE PARK, Sunday —Sometimes T wonder if one has any right te mdulge in the jovs of country life when there is s6 much which needs to be done in the world. I am quite sure that 20 vears ago T would have made myself do something useful at this particalar ‘time. Instead. I re5 turned to the country on Friday ; with a feeling of complete thankfulness that T could shed the dust of the city streets. Although I may have qualms of guilty conscience, they are not so serious that they take away my enJoyment of life up here. Friday evening, members of various vocial agencies in the Ra country who had met with me before gathered with some young X people on our picnic grounds at 6 o'clock. Forty or 50 came. and after a picnic supper we sat around and discussed what the situation of youth in our country is, and what things youth feels really needs to be changed in their environment, I was interested to find that the lack of reereational facilities loomed large in all their minds. Several voung people from small towns remarked that there was really nothing to do except “hang around street cormers.” That remark ought to give

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By Eleanor Roosevelt

Latin Americans Fear Nazi Victory

Peril Greater For U. S., Our

Neighbors Say

William Philip Simms, who got out of Paris just ahead of the German troops and flew back to the United States, left almost at once on an aerial swing around South America. Today, in the first of a series of dispatches, he tells what he found in the Latin countries.

By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Scripps-Howard Foreign Editor

ASHINGTON,

hangs in the balance.

of Dover. That, in a paragraph, is the well-nigh unanimous conviction of statesmen, diplomats and businessmen south of the Caribbean as expressed to me during a 12,000-mile journey by PanAmerican Airways which took me almost to Cape Horn. The whole of the Western Hemisphere, as they see it, is face to face with the acutest danger. This, they agree, is particularly true of the United States. For not only is this nation unprepared to cope with the situation resulting from the Nazi triumph in Europe and a threatening Japanese coup in the Far East, but many in Congress seem unaware of the peril The danger, as seen by observers in South America, comes first from within our own hemisphere and only after that from without. If Hitler wins his blitzkrieg against the British Isles, South

| America will almost certainly go

totalitarian. That is, the more important countries will. And if they do, their ties with Germany will immediately tighten, and the United States may fing itself isolated. The Havana conference, leading South Americans told me, changed none of the fundamentals. If and when it comes to a showdown, the

Aug. 5. — American history The way the balance will swing depends upon whether Hitler crushes England or comes to in that engine without a gasket, sealed only by a thin | grief against the white cliffs

United States will have to bear the brunt of any invasion—whether economic or military.

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NCONOMICALLY, South Amers« icans are prepared to play bail with a Hitler-dominated Europe and a Japanized Asia. I found surprisingly few who express “fear that political eontrol might follow in the wake of a revived German trade. Militarily, in the modern sense, they have nothing to fight with. Hence the chief meaning of the Act of Havana is that the United States is now privileged to use its own Army, Navy and Air Force to prevent Germany, Italy or Japan from taking over British, French and Dutch possessions in this hemisphere—a privilege the United States has already been claiming under the Monroe Doctrine for 117 vears. Even so, there is a growing belief among South Americans that the United States, at present, is wholly unprepared to make the Monroe Doctrine stick as intends ed. In the past Uncle Sam has waved the Doctrine under the

noses of meddling foreign powers and warned them to keep hands off the Western world, all the way from Alaska's Point Barrow to Tielra del Fuego.

“And it has worked,” I told an Argentine pridefully, “They've kept their hands off.” “Sure,” he replied. “But that was because Britain has always maintained some sort of balance of power in Europe—the only area from which any real challenge might have come. In fact, it was a British Foreign Secretary, George Canning, who suggested the Docirine. And as long as Britain looked on it with favor, no other power felt like doing anything about it.” “And now?” I asked,

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“YF Germany wins, she will dominate Europe. There will be no balance of power, and probably no British fleet tq stand between us and whatever unserupulous nations might wish to expand in our direction. With nothing to fear from a down-and-out England and France—or from Russia, whose chief desire of the

S. warhoat lies at anchor in Guantanamo Bay, one of the key points in the defense of America's life-line, the Panama Canal.

moment is to see the United States and Japan in the war so she can gobble up the pieces— what's to keep Hitler from crossing the Atlantic?” I said Uncle Sam's Navy might keep it from crossing. He said: “And leave Hawaii, the Philippines, your rubber and tin routes to the East Indies, and the Pacific approaches to the Panama Canal unguarded? Have you any guarantee that Japan won't strike the moment you mix with Germany in the Atlantic?” This particular Argentine happens to be manager of the Buenos Aires brarich of a large American concern. In part he received his education in the States. He is decidedly pro-American. So he gave me a worried look as he went on: “I can't help wondering if vou Americans are really awake to what you may be in for as a result of the tremendous changes now taking place in the world. I know you have a ten-billion-dollar rearmament program. But how long will it take you to put it through? And planes, tanks,

battleships and other equipment aren't worth beans without men

—trained men—to man them, Men can't be trained in a day.

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. HE dictators,” he continued, rubbing it in, “have a way of striking without warning. That is one of the lessons of the past vear, another is that they hit when and where they know their victims re weakest. The states can rearm adequately, of course, for they have both the money and the men. But can they—and will they—rearm in time?” It may surprise you and hurt your pride to hear this, but South Americans seem to doubt our ability to cope with the totali= tarian world now aborning. It is not surprising, therefore, that they hesitate to antagonize the totalitarian powers now in control of the areas which, in the past, have provided a market for 60 to 70 per cent of their exports. They are waiting to see ¥ way the cat is going to jum

NEXT—Should the Monroe doc= trine be revised?

If Election Were Today—

States Leaning Democratic—24

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227 Electoral Votes

Note by Dr. Gallup:

The reader should remember that some

margin of error is invelved in every sampling operation, due to the size of the sample itself. In the present survey the statistical probabilities are approximately 95 in 100 that the average error per state resulting from the size of the sample will not exceed 4 per cent.

Willkie

(Continued from Page One)

country has yet to hear the pros and cons of campaign argument. Much may depend on the course of events abroad. And finally, the survey shows that about one voter in eight (137%) has made no definite choice between Roosevelt and Willkie as vet, . Four salient facts about U. S. political sentiment, as of today, are indicated by the survey, however:

1. The Republican Party, with Wendell Willkie and Senator

| Charles McNary, is in the lead to-

us ‘elders food for thought. Why shouldn't we older people be interested in providing a variety of recreational facilities? If we really look for them. we! have in our midst people with tastes and skills Who could develop many recreational possibilities. Mn the conversation with this group I thought recreation had a very narrow meaning for most of them. Primarily, it seemed to mean tennis courts. | swimming Pools and similar opportunities for outdoor ‘exercise. No one mentioned books, development of ‘craft skills, community dances or dramatics, or group singing. Yet, it is not difficult to find leaders for all these things, even in small communities. Certainly, they do draw us together, young and old, in a pleasant and companionable environment. The group decided that they wished to meet again and that they would form a committee, decide what they would discuss, and even prepare some recommendations for action. I am a little tired of dis cussions that lead to no action. and so I am glad to | sce that these voung people really contemplate @oing | something Yesterday was a quiet day in which we accom= plished considerable work. Im the afternoon my husband telephoned to say that Ive was leaving Washing« ton and would arrive late last night. He already feels rested and plans this afternoon to drive around to | see all the lttle changes which have been made in the past few weeks and then spend some time wunpacking cases in the library,

| day in 24 states. as compared with | the two states the G. O. P. car-

ried in 1936. Republican gains

have ranged fiom 1 percentage | | point

in South Carolina—most Democratic state in the Union— to 22 points in Oregon, home state of Senator McNary, Whereas President Roosevelt received 621: per cent of the major party vote in the 1936 election, returns from the Institute survey give the President only 51 per cent—or a decline or 11'2 points. 2. Plotted on a map of the United States, Republican territory mow extends in a virtually solid band from New England to the Paeific Northwest. Despite the nomination of Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace of Iowa as

President, the Institute survey shows the G. O. P. leading in every one of the Middle Western farm states except Missouri. 3. Nevertheless, President Roosevelt is still well out in front in the entire “Solid South,” and

this despite the reported dais- |

[| lead in | Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Da- | kota, Wyoming, Connecticut and | Rhode Island—is so slim that a

| state-by-state

Leads Roosevelt in Electoral

Votes, 304—227, in First Gallup FesH IN U,

over the third term. Mr.

the traditionally

Institute survey thus far the 13

| Southern states average 72 to 28 | for Roosevelt.

4. And finally. several

the Republican states—notably

shift of slightly more than 1 per cent in these states would tip a

majority of electoral votes to the | | New Deal.

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whether President Roosevelt

Institute surveys conducted immediately after the party conventions in showed that Alf Landon took an early lead over Mr. Roosevelt (in electoral votes) in the first month of the campaign, only to fall behind in September. The first Institute survey in that campaign, published July 12, 1936, found Mr, Landon ahead in 21 states with a total of 272 electoral votes. The state-by-state picture was much the same as it is today. Further reports at regular intervals by the American Institute

| of Public Opinion will chart the | trend of the present campaign

| indi test | the Democratic candidate for Vice | Nd indicate where the grea

“danger spots” are for both

| parties, in which age and income

groups the candidates have their greatest support, and how the public reacts to the issues raised during the campaign. It must be emphasized that the course of political sentiment in the next few months may be

[| strongly | abroad. In | Roosevelt's | with the intensifying of Europe's

| Adolf Hitler {| blitkrieg | and France,

States Leaning Republican—24

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304 Electoral Votes

Actually, In 11 election predictions made by the Institute since 1936, the error from all causes (cross-section error as well as error due to

size of sample) has averaged only 3.1 per cent.

In interpreting the

above percentages for any particular state, these limitations should

be borne in mind,

influenced by the past, popularity

events President has risen

crises. This was dramatically re-

| vealed this spring, when Demo-

ratic party strength rose from 54 per cent to 58 per cent between mid-April and mid-June, while was carrying the into Holland, Belgium The current gains of the Republicans coincide with a relative slackening of the

| European conflict, as well as with the nomination of Mr. Willkie.

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HE reader should bear in mind, furthermore, that some

margin of error is involved in ev- | ery sampling operation, no matter | how carefully conducted, due to : : | the size of the 1 self. | question facing the Republicans is | 0 a EI Bui id ich | whether they can hold their first- | : v ¢ | Jap advantage over the Democrats, | or { and Mr. Wallace wil cut into their | narrow lead.

probabilities are approximately 95

| in 100 that the average error per | states resulting from the size of

the sample will not exceed 4 per cent. Actually, in 11 state, national

| and local election surveys in which 1936

the Institute has made forecasts since 1936, the error from all causes (cross-section error as well as error due to the size of sample) has averaged only 3.1 per cent. Accurracy in a scientific survey of public opinion depends far less on the number of persons interviewed than on the representative character of the cross-section— upon who is interviewed, in other words. Voters in each of the

FARM INCOME GAIN S. PREDICTED

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (U.P) .—| (Agriculture Department economists | ‘today predicted a “sound improve'ment” this fall in farm income as a result of increased industrial pro-

duction for national defense.

| “No boom, no runaway prices are indicated—simply a sound improvement stimulated by increased in- | dustrial production for national de- | fense,” the Bureau of Agricultural

| Economics said.

Farm income this year is expected

ONLY 3 IN STATE SHUN WPA OATH

‘Fired for Refusal to State Whether They Are Nazis Or Communists.

limes Nper ial WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. — Only three WPA workers in Indiana re=fused to sign affidavits stating (aa they are neither Communists nor Nazis and were among the 429 ( se missed throughout the country, Col, F. C. Harrington, Commissioner of {the Works Progress Administration, i reported today. Under the current WPA Appro{priation Act, all WPA workers were required to sign an affidavit that they are not Communists, membe:s of a Nazi Bund, aliens or affiliatzd with an organization advocating overthrow of the Government. “The fact that only 429 out of more than 1,650.000 failed to sign such affidavits confirms our belief that only a minute percentage of WPA workers was affected by these provisions,” Col. Harrington come mented. “We have no reason to believe {that the proportion of WPA workers failing to meet these requirements is higher than that for the total population of the United States. “Wherever there 1s evidence that ja false affidavit has been presented, {we will submit that evidence to the proper authorities for prosecution.”

| IRISH TO REPORT SECURITIES DUBLIN, Aug.'5 (U. P..—All | Irish owners of securities which are redeemable in United States or Ca= nadian currency were ordered toe day to file a report on their hold- | ings with the Department of Fie | nance.

7000 TO SHARE PROFITS CINCINNATI, Aug. 5 (U. P).— The Procter & Gamble Co. reported today that the 7000 members of its . profit-sharing plan will receive a | total of $505000 in dividend pay= ments for the six months ended | June 30th.

TEST YOUR

KNOWLEDGE

{to exceed that of 1939 by at least]

six months was $296,000.000 | more than for the first half of last] | 2—=What do the H's in the 4-H eme

first

Income during

year.

No substantial

improvement in

the | 1—"Cannon fodder” is a term come

monly applied to soldiers, guns powder, or cannonballs?

blem signify?

(export markets for farm products is | 3—Was Abraham Lincoln born in

expected. Foreign markets already | ‘have dwindled because of the European war blockade and import re- |

/include wheat, 3.,000,000,000 bushels of corn, | 23,000,000 bales of cotton and a rec-

rincipal political, social and eco- |

nomic groups must be reached in proportion to their numbers in

| the voting population in each state.

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IS means that correct proportions must be maintained for farmers, city voters and smalltown voters; for the well-to-do and those in other income groups, down to and including persons on relief and WPA; for those who

strictions.

The Bureau said that supplies of | food and feed, both for home consumption and any possible demand, These will

are "more than ample.” 1,000,000.000 bushels

ord supply of meat animals.

voted for Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Landon and others in 1936, and for young people who have come of voting age in the last four years. The Institute will use more than 1100 regional interviewers, as well as special investigators in the crucial states, to record sentiment exactly as given by the voters. Supporting the Institute's research—and serving as a further guarantee of impartiality — are more than 125 prominent American daily newspapers, of all shades of editorial policy and reaching from Maine to Honolulu, which are prepared to publish the facts about American public opinion, regardless of their own predilections for one candidatae or another,

Kentucky, Indiana or Illinois? | 4—What is the national game of Scotland? | >How high is the Washington Monument in Washington, D. C.? 6—Name the capital of Nevada. 7—Why is the Ruhr in Germany of economic importance?

of 8—Is rubber used in making chewe

ing gum? Answers

its coal and iron

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