Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 November 1940 — Page 21

"FRIDAY, NOV. 29, 1940

THIRD SECTIC

Year of Respite

* THE THIN RED LINE of Royal Air Force fighting planes, holding the German air hordes at bay, is possible only because|of the single year of respite won for the British by the late Neville Chamberlain. How could the people of England, or of America for that matter, understand that a gigantic airpower had been inthe making for six years on the Continent, when their loose-mouthed leaders boasted and waged a war of big words? Did they tell the Englishman of 1938 that ~ were only about half a doze inl permarine Spitfire single-seater fighting planes available for immediate use? Certainly they didn’t. Chamberlain didn’t, either, because that would have been a disgraceful publication of just how inadequately England was armed for air war or air defense. The truth, and only part of the truth at that, comes to light from the lips of Sir Nevile Henderson, former British Ambassador to Germany, who said recently: “The Munich Agreement had given Great Britain - time to prepare for war. . .. Britain’s defenses of Sept. 28, 1938, consisted of two experimental Hurricane : fighting ‘planes and no Spitfires. (And mind you, it’s - the Spitfires and Hurricanes that compose that thin red line in the air over England). Further Henderson disclosed: “London’s defense had seven modern antiaircraft guns; while 400 were deemed necessary. . . . Germany could have dropped 2000 bombs a day on London and we could have given no reply.”

“A Shocking State of Affairs”

. The Yorkshire Post has this to say: “Henderson's allegations, if true, reveal a shocking state of affairs, considering that by that time we were supposed to have .been rearming for a very considerable time.”

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By Maj. Al Williams|

. But during the time leading up to Munich, British politicians were confusing #4he people with oud talk, and offering the sedativé of appropriations running into more billions of pounds. Here are facts and figures and dates. The Spitfire, an eight-gun single-seater, is England's finest defense against air raiders. It is the direct result of the planes built in. England for the’ Schneider Trophy competitions. In 1933 England won the last of these

Schneider races. In 1934 the Air Ministry called for].

a fighting plane built on all that had been learned from the Schneider winner, the S-6B. The design] of the fighter was completed in 1935, and the first ship (Spitfire) was completed and flown in June, 1936. Meanwhile the Hawker company had built another fighting plane, the Hurricane. That, too, was ready for flight in the fall of 1936.

Changes Delay Production

I saw these planes in 1936. One of each make. In 1938 I returned to England. A few sample copies of the Hurricane had been built and were being tested out in squadrons. And on the Eastleigh Airport, where my own plane was being uncrated and assembled for flights through Europe, I saw the sixth (claimed) Spitfire being tested before delivery and flown. Here, then, is the record of the Spitfire: The specifications were drawn up in 1934, it was designed and built in 1935, first Spitfire tested in 1936, and number six delivered for squadron service in 1938. Six planes—six Spitfires—delivered in three fateful years. Six Spitfires and probably a dozen Hurricanes ready to take the air against Germany's air horde in 1938, just before Munich! When I saw the sixth Spitfire in 1938, it was crude; it had a fixed-pitch wooden propeller, and the British

‘were still altering it. The present Spitfire looks quite

unlike the one I saw in 1938. The British were always altering and changing plane designs. And that same disease, which nullifiés mass production, is now hampering our air armament program.

(Ernie Pyle is en route to London)

Inside Indianapolis (And “Our Town’)

THE AUTOMOBILE LICENSE plate situation is turning out to be a Grade-A headache for the Repub--Hieans. It appears, however, that the Dec. 31 deadline for buying the plates isn’t going to stir much of an official rumpus. i In recent years Governor Townsend has always extended the deadline to March 1. But not this year. Officially, the Democrats say the additional leeway for taxpayers isn’t necessary because bus- " iness conditions are better—besides, the law specifically says Dec. 31. Unofficially, you can bet your old 1940 plates its that $350,000 in fees taken in at the various branch offices, .all headed by deserving Democrats. ' The Republicans can't say much because they passed up the chance to get this fat back in 1939. It happened this way, in case you’vé forgotten: Governor Townsend asked the Legislature to make the license deadline March 1. The bill got through the Senate, which was democratic, but was kicked around in the Republican controlled House. In the last hectic hours: of the session, it got lost. : "If it had only passed, the Republicans now see, the @G. O. P. would have been in: control of the Legislature in January, could have taken over the tag-selling business' completely, and collected the gravy. -In addition, some of the organizations which favor the later deadline are hamstrung because-their groups

have branch. offices scattered around over the State. .

If they protest, they'll lose their share of the spoils. Watch Dewey Myers for 19,2—

RIGHT NOW, JUDGE DEWEY MEYRS is the hottest tip for the 1942 mayoral race, a Democratic

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Ww ashington

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—The action of the Army

In cracking down on expansion of commercial aviation production is but a taste of what may come, That is

not the only place where civilian needs may have to be run onto a sidetrack to clear the way for maximum * defense production. Aviation, machine tools and steel are”the three tightest bottlenecks in the defense program. They are the points at which defense needs are coming into collision with civilian demands,

The Administration has delayed facing the issue, It was not ‘the kind of question anyone wanted to raise ‘during a political campaign. Furthermore, the curtailing of civilian consumption is a step to be taken with the greatest reluctance. The Administration desires to avoid resorting to priorities at the expense of vitian life as long as possible. And there is no intention of doing it except where it must be done to save the ‘defense program. In all other fields, imaximum consumption is to be encouraged. » + The aviation situation is especially acute, because it concerns not only our own defense needs, but tHe vital need of Britain, whose production is . suffering under German air attack.

Commercial Lines Booming

For months the been concerned about the amount of ata. production scheduled to go into sxding commercial airplane manufacture. ‘Commercial air lines are booming and additional planes are much in demand. But the War Department finally moved into the situation to check the lag in military schedules, and particularly to check the development of airplane engines, which are more of a bottleneck than plane bodies are. This week the War Department laid down the policy that commerpial aviation production should not be expanded r and should be confined only to that necessary ‘to maintain existing air-line services. Plane engines are now being. produced at the rate of 2000 a month, as against 750 a year ago, That is

NEW YORK, Thursday —VYesterday was almost entirely given over to personal affairs, Two people joined me at 9:30 and went as iar as the entrance to the building ‘where the U. S. Committee for the Care of European Children was meeting, in order to

‘tell me some of their difficulties in attempted aid to liberal pub-

lishers and editors in Europe to-.

day. I tried on some clothes, prace tically finished my Christmas shopping (except for the ‘inevitable last things which keep popping up) and was home at my apartment for lunch, Three of my young cousins, whom I see rather rarely, were with me for a - delightful visit, After a little more shopping in the afternoon, I went to see Mrs. Samuel Barlow, who is very anxious that we should do a little more effective relief work along certain lines. I hope very much that it may be possible to work it out, for when you look at the newspapers, you realize how ruthless present conditions seem to have made people in the war-torn countries, There is hardly a ripple when one group wipes out

an opposition group, so you cannot help feeling that

it is necessary to keep alive the desire of people to be merciful and to help to alleviate suffering.

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birdie tells us. . . . Over at the National Art Week exhibit, they've introduced ) bargain prices—$20.50, $67.50, etc. That’s good business. ; , . That Red Cross flag atop the Merchants’ Bank building is taking an awful beating from the high winds, It already has lost several inches off the front end. . .. The Indiana Republican State Committee is getting a little touchy about that $500,000 campaign report, and points aut that almost half of it—$225,561, to be exact—actually was turned over to the county committees: and spent by them rather than by the state group. . . . Which recalls the chuckle turned up by a.Democratic leader the other day: “That wasn't an election—it was an auction.” , , . Seen on Ohio St.: Fred Bays, State Democratic chairman, a study in brown, pausing for a glance at the Oriental Art Store and halting again next door for a long inspection of fur coats at the Indiana Fur Co., then disappearing into a crowd.

About Telephone Books and Fish

} AS IF OUR POOR officials didn’t have enough to worry about, they are having mail trouble again. For instance, Mayor Sullivan found this in yesterday's stack: “Hon. Mayor: Please send me one or more pages from the latest telephone book containing names and addresses of wholesale and retail druggists in your fair City and oblige.” Our latest check showed Hizzoner’s phone book still intact. But Governor-elect Schricker thinks he has that one beaten. He received a six-page letter by special delivery yesterday from a taxpayer! wanting to know why there are no:fish in Bean Creek. The writer said there had been ng fish in Bean Creek since 1936 and demanded to know what the Conservation Department was going to do about it. Our latest check found Mr. Schricker’s Secretary still trying to locate Bean Creek on the map.

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By Raymond Clapper

a spectacular advance, and Army officers have only praise for the efficiency of engine manufacturers. But it is not enough. We are heading for a serious shortage of engines in the next few months. Plane production will expand more rapidly thah engine pro-

, duction, which must run about two engines to one

plane. It may be nearly a year before Ford, one of the big new producers, comes in, to be followed by Packard and Buick. The Allison plant is doing about 280 engines a month when it should be up to 400. One Government official urges that all airplaneengine plants go for a 90-day stretch on a complete around-the-clock schedule, seven dys a week. Early in October Assistant Secretary of War Patterson directed the Chief of the Air Corps to see that all plane and engine pldnts operate at their full productive capacity, with three shifts if possible.

Speedup May Be Ordered

The War Department reports that plane factories aré running on three shifts, and engine factories in most instances on two shifts, Still there are reports from other sources that some plants are operating only five days a week and that there is room for a speedup. A recheck of the situation is likely. Machine tools probably will be next on the list. These plants have been pretty well pre-empted for war orders, but apparently there is still some slack to be taken up. Some commercial business hitherto deemed important may have to go out the window. This situation is receiving much attention. Steel production now is at 97 per cent capacity, which is the limit. Ordinarily 85 per cent operation is considered capacity, allowing time out for repairs. Either production capacity will have to be expanded or civilian orders will have to be put aside. The steel industry is opposing expansion, fearing excess capacity when the peak of war demand eases off. - The alternative may cause inconvenience, but we probably are facing it. - Production in the next six months is worth more than production later. A year from now war material will be pouring out. But the period immediately ahead is the critical one. During these next few months before our really big production comes in, we may have to pull the belt tighter than we like to Wear it ordinarily.

By Eleanor Roosevelt {

Today I am gathering up the threads of all the unfinished shopping and attending to such unpleasant details as a dentist appointment. I wonder if you feel as I do when I turn on the

radio every morning to listen to the news from Berlin and London, It seems to me that those boys sent out from Germany to destroy innocent people in England, and the other boys of the R. A. F. rising from the ground in their planes, trying to drive back the invaders, must occasionally want to rebel at the destfuction which it is their patriotic duty to create. Of course, for both of them, military objectives are marked on their maps. But they know that it isn’t possible to be absolutely accurate and their must be moments when facing the actual results of then work must be difficult. At least, the boys In the R. A. F, can feel that they are fighting against great odds. Just as the Spanish aviators in the Loyalist cause performed extraordinary feats, these English boys, because of the odds against them, prove their extraordinary gallantry over and over again. We, who watch them and know what their victory means to civilization, must pay them the tribute of gratitude and admiration. Whenever one. dies, something good is lost to the future. We women, who are conservers of the race, must weép that so much gallantry and high-hearted |

_ purpose could not be of greater. benefit to. man.

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Fifth Column Forces Welded

(INSTALLMENT ELEVEN)

This is the 11th installment of “The

Voice of Destruction,” in which Her. mann Rauschning, close associate of Hit ler from 1932 to 1935, tells of the Die tator’s intimate discussions with the

inner circle of the Natiomal Socialist

Party. Hitler did not tell his real plans to the general membership of the party, bub. went into details of how he planned to win world dominion in talks with his

" close associates.

Today Hitler tells how he plans to use overseas Germans to prepare the ground for world domination.

ALL the overseas «German communities have become the breeding-ground of a mushroom growth of propaganda, flourishing in the dark, which has run through all the stages up to effective espionage. Every German, whether still a German national or a citizens of the country in which he was living, ‘was impressed into the: service ofthis enormous machine. Every organization that did not explicitly state its aims as being lanti-Nazi was more or less the agena of a system of political propaganda. I was present at a meeting of overseas Germans. The speeches themselves were not startling. But in conversation with the new. representatives, members of the Hitler Youth, of Rosenberg’s organization, the 8. S., and other party cadres, it became clear to me what game was really being played. Later, when I was informed of the true aims of the “German Academy” in Munich; of which I became a temporary member, I understood the criminal use that was being made of German nationals abroad in the interests of world revolution. Not long after this, I had occasion to hear Hitler's own views. Early in the summer of 1934, a conference of a small circle of people took place in Berlin, attended by some of the older school of representatives of Germans abroad, and a number of younger people who had not hitherto occupied responsible positions. There were present also representatives of the great German societies in -other countries. The climax of the meeting was a short address by Hitler. ® 8 ‘» ENTLEMEN,” Hitler began, after each one had been presented to him personally, and had the privilege of “looking into his eyes,” “gentlemen, you have been entrusted with one of the most essential tasks. You are needed for something more than the fostering and strengthening of the German spirit which has engaged you so. far. You must also train it into a fighting company. You are not out to gain parliamentary rights and limited priv ileges for the German spirit. Such rights might even be a hindrance rather than a help. You have therefore no longer to do your best, a to your lights, but to obey orders. What may seem

At City.Hall— 5

CITY MAY EASE BAN ON TRUCKS

Considers Action to Throw Open All but Three North . Side Streets.

By RICHARD LEWIS A repealer to the truck traffic ordinarice which would throw open

all but three North Side thorough-{’

fares to truck traffic will be introduced at the City Council meeting Monday night at the request of the Safety Board. Although. it was at first believed the Board's recommendation might lie fallow for a while, the proposal was sent to the Legal Department yesterday to be drafted as an ordinance. The repealer would ban only 38th St., Meridian St. and Westfield Blvd. to heavy truck traffic, It woud remove bans from eight other North Side streets where trucks have been prohibited for more than a year. These thoroughfares are Washington Blvd, Illinois St., College Ave., Central Ave. Capitol Ave., Boulevard Pl., Pennsylvania St and Broadway. :

® = ” Tax Revenue Dips

In the first three quarters of this year, the City received $2,461,220 in taxes and miscellaneous revenue, a drop of about $5000 from last year. Part of the drop was due to a decreased property tax because of a lower tax rate. ‘License fees ylelded $90,000 revenue and receipts from 0 on and miscellaneous sources totaled about $258,000—including $62,000 from the sale of street lights to the Indianapolis. Power & Light Co. Notices have gone out to finan-

cial institutions all over the nation

that the City is ready’ to sell temporary loan notes. More than $1,000,000 in notes will be sold to raise money in anticipation of spring tax

collections. ° City offic will need the mon to keep the! administration about Jan. 6. This year, the City borrowed about $2,000,000 in tem-

porary loans ‘pending tax collec tions.

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events leading fo the “blood purge” of June, 1934. The central figure was the

Storm Troops, whe in mind a rival. Former Chancellor Gene } eral von Schieigher and his wife wers oa

, shot to death in the “blood pudge.”]

» » ® blood-bath might have been greater. A secret plot had been made to murder Hitler and place the blame for his death on the middle class. This was to be the signal for a real “night of long knives.” It is a matter of indifference whether Roehm had really ine tended a “betrayal,” or had meree ly played with the idea of a sece ! ond revolution, and then dropped it. Nevertheless, there was some | thing of genuine ‘tr ‘in the dark events of June , When more than a thousand party. members were shot without trial,

. and many others, innocent of any

-crime, were simply murdered. The speech by which Hitler tried pubs licly before the Reichstag J eh AR ata an unprecedented coilection of falsehoods and abominations. It. ° was this “ tion” which turned an act of qualified selfdefense into a crime. A few days after this speech, 3 had to see Hitler on a matter— ‘of merely passing interest—cone ' cerning Danzig, A friend of mine, a high official of one of . the ministries, had warned me when I talked to him ahout the chaotic state of affairs, in which there seemed no hope of solution. “For heaven’s sake be careful,” he begged me. “The walls have

ears.”

“As the front line of our German fighting movement you will make it possible for us to complete the occupation of our positions, and to open fire,” Hitler said to the over-

seas ‘Germans.

to you advantageous may, from a higher point of view, be injurious. My first demand from you, therefore, is blind obedience. Your obedience is the fruit of your trust in me. This is the reason why I have no use in our circles for representatives of the old .parliamentary system. Such. gentlemen will have to resign. If they will not give up their posts willingly, you are to remove them by any means necessary. The policy of the overseas German ‘groups is no longer

go be debated and voted upon, but

to be determined here by me, or by my deputy, Party Comrade Hess. “As the front line of our German fighting movement, you wil make it possible for us to: com-

plete the occupation of our positions, and to open fire. You have . all the functions that we older.

men carried out in the last war.

You are the army’s outposts. You

will have to prepare definite en-

terprises far in advance of the

front. You will have to mask our own preparations for attack. You must regard yourselves as at war.

You will be. subject to martial

law. Toddy you are perhaps the most important section of the

Hoosier Goings On-

DON’ T LOOK

German nation. The nation and myself will always be grateful to

‘ you. for ‘whatever sacrifices you

may have to make for the future Reich. ‘® 8 = “YT is a good idea,” he said emphatically, “to have at least two German societies in every country, One. of them can then always call attention to its loyalty to. the country in question, and ‘will have the function: of fostering social and economic connections. The other one may be radical and revolutionary. It will have: to be prepared to be frequently repudiated by myself and other German authorities. “I want to make it quite dear, too, that I make no distinction between German nationals and Germans by birth who are eiti-

zens of a foreign country, Supers °

ficially we shall have to make allowances for such citizenship. But it will be your special task to train all Germans, without distinction, unconditionally to place their loyalty to Germandom before their loyalty to the foreign state. The means are of interest to me. But whoever opposes you shéuld

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Woman Blindfolds Sister While She Tries on Gift Coat—'Losted' Boy Found By TIM TIPPETT

AN INDIANAPOLIS woman who wished to purchase.a Christmas gift for her sister living in Muncie faced the old problem of “Will it

fit?” She

d the gift here, then went to Muncie to visit her sister,

She blindfolded the young woman, and had friends hold eacH of the sister's hands. Then the gift, which the sister knows is “some kind of

a coat,” was fitted.

IT WAS 9 a. a "AND Muncie was getting its first taste of Old Man Winter the first of the week, The police cruiser was moving

-slowly down the street when they.

sighted 26-month-old Rex Hammond, trudging .along clad in a bare-backed summer play suit. “I'm losted,” he explained. Police took him home. Shortly afterwards, they . were dispatched to another section of town.

There they found- woman walking over the icy sidwalk, bare-

Sore and clad only in.a night- :

8oshe was walking in her sleep. 8 8 & HAMMOND’S 57-year-old eye= sore soon will be a parking lot. The Erie Railroad depot which stands on Sibley St. will be‘razed soon and the Erie offices. will be moved across the {racks to the Monon station. The 01d depot has produced two of -Hammond’s mayors, John D. Smalley who used to be ticket agent, and Dan Brown, who managed the hotel and restaurant there many years. But now, .in its old age, thére’

. are stories going around that the

upper floor is a haven ‘for ghosts and people passing by there at night say that you can hear them running about. The station will be replaced by

a new one to be built near Doug-: "las St.

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‘A FOUR-YEAR-OLD Muncie child went through the recent election campaign hearing a great deal of talk about. candidates, both pro and con. :*' - Naturally, at her age, the. words were meaningless to her.

bs sorpcied uo Ran i n ouiaer “W. van

“Daddy. Halloween and Willkie *

are over, aren’t they.” ® 2 »

THIRTY YEARS AGO, Mr. and Mrs, Giovanni Cucci obtained a license to wed at Henderson, Ky. After the marriage they made their home in. Universal, Ind. where they now live. This week, they wi married all over again at the Henderson County courthouse. It seems that the Cucci’s, who are Italian, were uhable to produce a duplicate of the arriage license for naturalization proceed-

ings. Since their first marriage, the courthouse had burned, destroy--ing the records. So they went ‘through the ceremony again to

. obtain thé license.

BOTH MISS IN DUEL: SHAKE AND FORGIVE

BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 29, (U, P.) —Deputjes Manuel Odores Soler anid Vincente Solano ‘Lima - fought a pistol duel. today. After each had fired two shots, missing their marks, they shook hands in reconciliation, * Odores Soler was the challenger. The duel resulted from a heated debate in the Chamber of Deputies regarding election pra tices,

WOMEN OF MOOSE

SET, OPEN: MEETING

Movies and: music are to feature he, Open meeting secheduled for

Won

5 by the-local chapter of the

of the Moose. meeting is to be held at the | Tor arranged

1 Moose Temple. It is being

by Mrs. David Kelsch,

| ¥ know that he has nothing more to expect from the German Reich. - He will be outlawed for all time,

And in due course he will reap

the fruits of his treacherous attitude.” Hitler concluded his address as follows: “It will depend on you, gentlemen, whether we reach our with comparative ease and without bloodshed. You must ist prepare the ground. Germany will spread. its might far beyond its OT in’ the east as well as in the southeast. You, too, gentlemen, will have the same duties overseas. Forget all you have learned hitherto. We ‘do not seek equality, but mastery. We shall not waste time over minority rights and other such’ ‘ideological - abortions of sterile democracy. When Germany is great and victorious no one will dare to give any ‘of you the cold shoulder. | “Just as the Jews became ‘the all-embracing world power they the toddy only in their dispersal, so shall we today, as the true

chosen people of God, become in

our dispersal the omnipresent power, the masters of the earth.”

URGES STUDY OF AID TO BRITAIN

Pioneer Advocate of Leasing Bases Calls on F. D. R. To Name Committee.

Times Special . WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, — Ape pointment of a committee to explore the whole question 6f financial aid to Great Britain has been pro-| hin posed to. President: Roosevelt by Armand Hammer of the Hammer Galleries, New York, who called on thes President yesterday. Hammer, whose interest in fo affairs originated in an extended business career in Europe, was a pioneer advocate of the leasing of British territory in this Hemisphere for American bases, on the 99-year basis adopted in the recent, destroyers-for-bases deal.

Case for Experts

He said here (hat while he had favored leasing entire British possessions outright, rather than limited areas “suitable for bases, he was not sure now that the more restricted course. was not the better.

It may be, he said, that the United | - States has obtained all the strategic

assets it requires. in. these areas, and that to go further—to take over the| administration of entire colonies— would be to assume heavy liabilities without gaining further assets. He also pointed out that England is reluctant to. transfer sovereignty over any of her subjects. ~~ 3-Way Study Favored: : The presidential comission of inquiry, under his plan, would examine particularly— 1. The ' amount and nature of British investments in this Hemisphere, and the these could be conv into dollars or serve as collateral a from the United States. 2. All aspects of the various sug-

gestions that . this, country trade

for British pospiri sit this. Hemisphere. 3. The possibility of writing down De British war debt, retroactively,

the basis of the setilemens in)

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Fear stalked the corridors of the Foreign Department—fear.of fresh violence, of the outbreak of open revolution, of the sudden - shots of the Gestapo. Every time a door was suddenly opened the staff saw on the threshold their potential executioners, ready to shoot them down without a word, With his peculiar intuitive gifts, -. Hitler at once sensed the vacilla~ tion of his antagonists, But at first he too had ° little of the demeanor of a victor, With swollen, distorfed features, he sat opposite me as IT made my report, His eyes were lifeless. He did not look at mé, but sat playing with. his fingers. I had the impression that he was not listening, At length, however, after asking: me one or two questions, he mé&de his decisions along the lines I suge'

j Leg am determined to pursue the :

absolutely legal path; and no one

shall persuade me otherwise,” he began his self-justification, “All - the representations that were made to me; all the difficulties ahead of us—I saw them long bee fore these. officious pessimists did, and made allowance for them. i “If 1 call on the people today, they will follow me. If I appeal to the party, it will respond, more \ closely knit than ever.” | It was thus that Hitler kept his courage up. He dismissed us-—a man who had just dosed himselt with the morphine of his own verbiage. ;

NEXT—Events after Hitler bee . came dictator.

Cameras Click To Aid Bombers

ROME, Nov. 20 (U. P.)~The newspaper Giornale d'Italia said

in a dispatch dated from the

Channel Coast, that German milie : tary photographers have taken .millions of pictures of British cities and made models of them for German fliers to study before

cottons,” the dispatch. said. . Photographers Iiain train’ containing

i hig making these SE

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE -

1—In major league baseball, does the home team, visiting team, or the league furnish the balls? Z=BoW many days are in a Leap ear 3—Besides Spanish, French, Mexe ican, Republic of Texas, and . United States, which other nae tional flag has the State of Texas flown? 4—The Governor General of Cane people,

ish Crown S—Which city 1s called thie “Cress City”? re the. star closest to. the earth,

71s the name Cuba a Spanish op an Indian word? : 8—Which State leads In the nume ber of native sons who have bee ; “ome Presldehi;of the U, 8S?

Answers 1—Home team. ' 2-366. 3—Confederate. 4—Appointed by the British Crown, New Orleans, ‘La. 6—The Sun, T—Indian.. : | 8—Virginia. es 8 =

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