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age to British munition and aircraft
production. The r. A. F., he said, is
destroying three German planes to every
British plane brought down. Churchill
placed the nations air raid dead at
$4,000 civilians and fewer than 300 SOL
diers.
THE dangers in the air are sudden
and might have become catastrophe, but
the dangers in our seaborne traffic
mature much more slowly, but they are
none the less formidable, and if any way
neglected, they would touch the life of
the state" Churchill told the Commons
in frank discussion of the U-boat push.
1--WE must expect that next year still
heavier U-boat attacks will be made
upon us, and we are making immense
preparations of all kinds to meet them.
The fact that we cannot use the south
and west coasts of Ireland to refuel our
flotillas and aircraft, and thus protect
the trade by which Ireland, as well as
Great Britain, lives, is a most heavy and
grievous burden, and one which should
never have been placed on our shoulders
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Review of Sixty-Second Week of War
By Oliver Mckee.


the of
might of the With the help British
Italian machine in
of Achilles heel in the of the axs3
the Naz reported maSSng in Ru
mainland the Greek Army by delaying the Italian advance
establish
will position launch
effectively lines
armies in North Africa In the bombing OF
that
front promaera assaults the morale
Of his people.
brought the British
continuation of their battle for survival contingent
challenge Nazi their
of Commons Prime Minister
threat
Friday claimed
warShp operating the North Atlantic had de
shipping
of
operating the Atlantic Secre-
had refused offer safe
to rescue beleaguered isle American voters
Rooves reelection assuring continued material aid to
toaltaran
offered outright official comment President RooSe
declared should reol-
ntaon Eastern policy of his first tasks
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u. S. D|PL OMACY TO WIN Fire is ADVISED
Augmenting Fleet
By HoreBei

Joint responsibility for the defense OF a
continent. BY them, as by Canada and
Newfoundland. the affording of facilities
to neighbors for the purpose of defense
is not considered inconsistent with the
retention of their sovereign tndepend-
ence
If Ireland were to fall into the hands
of an enemy commerce between Britain
and the United States would be ar
rested. Already traffic between Britain
and Scandinavia has ceased owing to
the occupation of Norway by Germany
Likewise, there is no exchange of mer-
chandise across the British channel.
If the western approaches to Britain
were closed by the seizure of Ireland by
an enemy, the population in Great
Britain of more than 40 millions, de-
pendent on buying and selling overseas,
would languish. At the same time, the
United States would lose half OF its
export trade.
These facts alone call for the exercise
by the two great democracies of SUI
preme effort in diplomacy. They can
hardly afford, in reply to question
which raises the most vital issues of ma
tional survival and international soli-
darity, to accept as final negative
answer.
Criticism Performs a Service.
President Roosevelt mas spoken with
great candor of the lack of realism which
has characterized British foreign policy.
In particular, he has spoken of the errors
of the policy of appeasement. 1t is right
among friends and among members of a
family of democratic nations that there
should be frankness. The reverse would
be disservice to the common cause.
The mistakes Britain has made have
not been confined-and are not con-
fined-to foreign policy. They are most
conspicuous in the economic sphere.
While progress must be recorded, the full
concentration of war production has not
yet been made. To defeat the dictator
powers, every man and every available
woman will be needed. A more rational
use of raw materials will be necessary.
Priorities of all requirements must be
more firmly fixed.
Mr.. Churchill has spoken Of the extern
sion of hostilities into 1913 and 1874.
With prompter and more definite seizure
of opportunities, this period could be
curtailed. In Britain every minute Of
time must be filled with go seconds worth
of energy. The United States, in build
ing up its organization, can profit by the
hard lessons of experience through
which we have passed.
fCapyright, lo4o.)
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and conveying in the Atlantic is ag-
gravated almost to the limits of endurance
because the destroyers have no resting
place in the harbors whose entrances
they protect. If the approaches to the
Mersey and Clyde could be covered from
the Tough of Swilly, the effective radius
of the British hotillas would be increased
by 200 miles. Similarly, the use of
Queenstown and Berehaven for the
purpose of guarding traffic to Bristol
and the English Channel, would mean
saving 400 miles steaming distance.
Thus the restoration of the rights en-
joyed by Britain in the last war would
be equivalent to the addition of many
ships.
Now that the Germans have the whole
coast of France from which to operate
their U-boats, the task of the British
Navy has been augmented, while its
facilities have been decreased.
Britain has sacrificed nothing in
prestige by collaborating with the United
States in matters of mutual defense. She
has not diminished in moral stature by
granting leases for bases to the great
republic. Rather, has she pointed the
way to a new order wherein nations of
goodwill can, without loss of individual
self-respect, gain more general security.
Likewise, the act of Havana enshrines
in most practical form the principle of
multilateral responsibility and collective
trusteeship. Twenty-cne States assume
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Home Front

Franklin Delano Roosevelt last week
was reelected President of the United
States for a third term, the first Chief
Executive ever to win third-term cleo
ton. Though Mr. Roosevelt, by the I'M
official count, rolled up 44s votes in the
electoral college to 81 for his opponent,
Wendell L. Willkie, the Republicans came
to the polls in record breaking numbers
and reduced Mi. Roosevelt's 1896 plural
ity by so per cent.
With the announcement of the elec-
ton results, following presidential cam
paign as bitterly contested as any in
our history, American democracy closed
its ranks, as leaders of both parties
sounded call for national unity.
On his return to the White House.
President Roosevelt lost no time in
making plans for further
Aid TO material aid to Britain
Britoin Though he and Mr.. Willkie
were at odds on many
questions of domestic policy, they saw
eye to eye on the need for extending all
possible help to Britain and the election
results will not change our foreign policy
On Friday, the President announced
that approximately half Of all the ma
terials of war produced in the United
States will hereafter be released either
to the United Kingdom or Canada. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-10

LONDQN-When the Declaration Of
Independence of ITS was, by the cour-
age of President Roosevelt and inspira-
ton OF Churchill, transformed into the
declaration of independence of 1910, the
most hopeful development in the history
of the modern world was inaugurated.
The recent elections in the United States
have given further impetus to this I'M
folding purpose.
Now every obstacle must be removed
in the way of transatlantic co-opera-
ton Across that great ocean there must
be free flowing of ideas SO that under
standing between the two nations can
be permanently fostered.
On the material side also there must
cur the risk of intervening territory fall
ing into hostile hands. The United States
administration, determined to avoid this
danger, has resolved to close any gaps
in the ring of bases forged by their
agreement with Great Britain. They
have given the Vichy government clearly
to understand that they will take strong
action if there should be any attempt to
imperil the status quo of the French pos
sessions in the Western Hemisphere.
U. S. Displays, Firmness.
At the moment when Hitler was meet
ing Petain and Laval, patrol force Of
eight destroyers and six airplanes was
dispatched to carry out exercises in the
neighborhood of Guadalupe and Mar
Unique. Here was an example Of firm
ness which Is more likely TO dislocate
the far-reaching plans of Nazi Germany
than any conciliatory appeal to its help
less, complacent victims.
A problem of momentous importance
is that presented by the speech of Mr.
De Valera, who declared he will not I'M
der any circumstances give lease for
antisubmarine bases to Britain.
There can be no question" he said,
"of handing over these ports so long
as this nation remains neutral" He
added, ANY attempt to bring pressure
to bear by any of the belligerents-by
Great Britain-would only lead to blood
she'd"
These are aloof and independent
words, but to what extent is the attitude
of isolation compatible with present
realities? Fire depends on the United
Kingdom for SO per cent of her export
trade, rs per cent of her imports Almost
all this commerce is carried by British
ships. These ships can only ply be-
cause of the supremacy of the British
Navy.
The strain upon the fleet IN patroaling
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East.
Soviet Russia celebrated last week the
23d anniversary of the great october
Socialist revolution" In commemora-
ton of the anniversary, the Soviet Am
bassador and Mrs. Oumansky held a
gala reception at the Embassy on Thurs
day. Like his predecessors representing
the Soviet government in the American
capital since the Roosevelt administra-
ton re-established diplomatic relations
with Russia, Ambassador Oumansky is
a generous host. About a thousand per-
sons attended the reception, among them
Undersecretary Welles. Secretary Jones
and many high Government officials.
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administration, having won a vote of
confidence on election day, will push
forward its plans for aid to Great Brit
ain, and that it will continue to oppose
Japan's drive for a new order in Asia"
This seems to assure additional help for
China
On Friday night, the American freight
er City of Rayville blew ur and sank of
Cape Otway, near Melbourne, Australia.
All but / of the SO crew members were
reported saved. Though Reuters, Brit
ish news agency, quoted some members
of the crew as blaming sabotage for the
blast, William Hughes, Australian Naval
Minister, said that a mine probably had
caused the destruction of the vessel If
so, the City of Rayville was the first
American ship sunk by war activity since
the outbreak of hostilities in Europe.
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Britain Struggles Maintain Her en Atlantic Mediterranean

$3.50 formula, Mr.. Roosevelt revealed
will apply to flying fortresses and other
kinds of fighting planes. as well as to
other types of military equipment. In
line with the administrations aid to
Britain program, the Priorities Board au-
thorized the British Purchasing Com
mission to negotiate orders with the
American aviation industry for the IL COO
planes which the President, in his cam
paign speech at Boston, promised to
make available to the British govern
ment.
To carry forward the Governments
foreign policies, which he said had won
Nationwide approval in Tuesdays cleo
ton, Secretary of State Hull called upon
the Nation for "the fullest measure of
practical teamwork" Mr.. Hulls state
ment seems plain indication that the
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Battle of Britain

British and axis forces traded heavy
blows during the week. The Nazis
dropped bombs on the Tower of London
and the Church of st. Clement Danes
in the Strand. The Royal Air Force,
continuing its offensive, bombed the
Krupp armament factory at Essen. Brit
ish airmen also bombed Naples and
Brindisi, a plain indication that the
air war is moving nearer the Italian
mainland.
In an important speech in the House
of Commons, Prime Minister Churchill
warned that Britain has
Submarine more to fear from the
Menace mounting depredations of
German U-boats than from
the Nazi air raiders. German air raids,
he declared, have done very little" dam
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of a 10-year plan to create tight and
sef-sufficient economic empire, consist
ing of Japan, China and Manchukuo
Though details were not disclosed, major
points of the plan were reported as fol-
lows: First. Japan to furnish the heavy
industries and precision products and
send skilled labor to the continent. Sec
ond, Manchukuo, with forced draught
colonization from Japan, to develop an
agriculture to produce sufficient basic
staples and supplies to meet the needs
of the, entire bloc. Third, the employ
ment of Chinese unskilled labor in the
development of mines and other natural
resources.
With the departure of the United
States ship Monterey and the Canadian
Pacific liner Empress of Asia from
Shanghai on Monday, the exodus of
Americans from China reached a new
high point. The two ships carried AIS
Americans in all. The same day, several
hundred Americans left Yokohama on
the President Pierce. Americans in the
Far East are apparently losing little
time in needing the plea of the State
Department to return home.
Though the reelection of President
Roosevelt was hailed with enthusiasm
at Chungking, capital of ma
Sumo's tionalist China, in Toxic the
Advice news evoked no correspond
ing cheers. Yakichiro Suma,
Foreign Office spokesman, declared that
Mr.. Roosevelt should make the re
orientation of the United States foreign
policy his first consideration"
REORGANIZATION of United States for
eign policy is absolutely necessary" Mr.
Suma said. Reconsideration therefore
should be one of the first tasks of the
returned administration, because Asiatic
affairs present difficult situation for
the United States Roosevelts re-elec-
ton, said the newspaper Asahi, signalized
the start of an American campaign "of
national aggrandizement."
On Friday, it was announced that the
authorities of the French concession at
Shanghai had turned over to the puppet
government at Marking control of two
Chinese courts in the concession, bring
ing appreciably nearer fulfllment Japan's
long standing ambition to dominate the
entire foreign area at Shanghai The
same day, Ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese
Commerce Minister and head of a spe-
cial trade mission to Batavia, asserted
that complete cooperation between
Japan and the Netherlands Indies is not
only desirable. but inevitable, for the
reason that the Dutch authorities realize
that to maintain their island govern
ment, they must shake hands with us"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-10

1--WE have been during the last month
at the lowest point of our flotilla
strength. The threat of
Churchill invasion had always to be
ExpIoins met and-the great forces
we are maintaining in the
Mediterranean, in addition to the escorts
necessary to the protection of our in
Vulnerable conveys have imposed upon
the Royal Navy a gigantic task"
Predicting an expansion, over a wide
scale, of the air attacks already launched
against Italy, Churchill said that he had
no doubt whatever that we shall make
our way through all right" Speaking at
Rugby on Monday, the day before
Churchill addressed the House of Com
mons, Minister of Labor Ernest Bevin
declared that in another six months Brit
ain will have passed Germany in air.
craft, ships and guns. Then, he said
the ugly Nazi regime will crumble up
in Adolf Hitler's hands"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-10
The Far East

On Tuesday. the Cabinet Information
Bureau in Toxic, announced the outline
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-08
That's marvelousl Oh, my God,
what luxuryl was scared stiff"

That's marvelousl Oh, my God,
what luxuryl I was scared stiff"
"You? Scared?"
eyes. Scared of you. Afraid you'd
think I was after your money"
'Carl, haven't a cent"
Gail right. More preliminaries.
Mostly I live in a tent. My servants
are scandalous rogues, who know
nearly as much as do about crime
and treachery and worse"
Lynn laughed: I never lived in q
tent, and I've been kept away from
sinners. I'm very ignorant per-
son. You'd better think again,
hadn't your"
mo. I've finished thinking about
that. But how about you? It's your
last chance. Lynn, you're on the
edge of the abyss of matrimony.
Any questions?"
millions of questions! Billions!
don't even know you. I'll ask them
afterwards.
"Good. That's the style. There'n
be lots of time afterwards. Well,
you've refused to call the police, and
you've promised not to talk back OF
make a scene. So I'll be damned il
I'll wait any longer. Lynn, love
you" a.
The Indian night and the Indian
stars; the perfumed silence and the
moonlit lotus pool all merged into
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-08

KEGS rule the American league now.
It was good business for Jack to
hold onto his ball players for few
years. They pulled in the crowds
at the turnstiles, they won remnants
and Little World Series-and the
longer they remained in Baltimore
the more eager the major league
club owners were to buy them and
the bigger the price they brought.
Jack Bentley-Joe Boley-Max
Bishop rove-all brought box car
figures when Dunn, one of baseball's
shrewdest traders, sent them to
market. Grove brought $100.6OO. l
don't know what the $500 was for.
Amusement tax, possibly.
offered to McGra,u
At the time the story was-and so
far as I know it may have been
true-that John McGraw had turned
Dunn down when he offered the big
left-hander to the Giants.
That happened in 1925. The price
was 500, O00-with, perhaps, a little
off for the Giants. But McGraw
wasn't paying 100000 for pitcher
in 1925. He had just won four PEN
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-08

fist of one hand placed against the
forehead and rotated to the right
and left meant danger. For this
denoted anger, and well it behooved
the enemy or white man to inter-
pref the sign properly.
The command "Halt!" was given
without words by raising the right
hand, palm forward, and moving it
quickly forward and backward. The
fate Of the person thus commanded
who failed to obey depended upon
the seriousness of the occasion and
the attitude of the one giving the
order.
Many years ago pioneer learned
the significance of another Indian
signal. This hardy man was acting
as sentinel for a small group of
trappers and hunters in a wild,
mountainous region, Astounding with
Indians. He was well hidden in
clump of brush.
Suddenly, without warning Of any
sort, an Indian brave stepped into
view atop low bluff not SO yards
away. He was apparently the adj
vance guard for others to the rear.
His quick eyes perceived a moving
figure in the white mans encamp-
ment or his keen sense of smell
gave him warning. For few tense
moments he stood motionless, ap-
parently sizing up the situation.
Then he formed a circle with his
thumb and index finger and moved
it quickly back and forth toward the
enemy camp. A moment later he
dropped as quickly back out of
sight again. And when the sentinel
mounted the rise, gun handy, every
one of the redskins had vanished.
They evidently concluded the odds
too great and beat a hasty retreat.
Thus the finger-thurnb circle, moved
back and forth. meant danger.
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The Indians, lacking our modern
, telephone, resorted to a number Of
significant signals for use, especial
ly in mountainous country. Some
conveyed good tidings, others de-
noted bad news. Here are a few,
Of them, according to a writer in
the Washington Star.
One of the most impressive of all
Indian signals was the fire which
the tribe successful in combat with
an enemy, built on a high bluff to
notify the encampment of their feat.
The thin wavering wisp Of smoky
line that the women and older men
in camp looked for and sometimes
saw, was perhaps the best news of
all. Carefully built so the smoke
would show against the blue of the
sky on the horizon line, even
small fire would notify careful
watchers miles away of the good
news. Thus the camp often knew
of the result of the combat hours
before the remaining warriors
came YEARLY home on foot.
Wnen stalking nerd OF puHalo,
an advance warrior would announce
discovery of the animals by waving
a robe or blanket in front of him.
Although only one or two other In
dams might see him, they would, in
turn, tell their comrades in like
fashion and a concerted attack re-
suit in but a few minutes, even
though the hunters were spread
over large area.
What the white man often took
to mean surrender was a signal
translated by the Indian merely as
peace or q peaceful purpose. This
signal was given by single Indian
who advanced slowly with both
arms raised above his head, palms
forward. On the other hand the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-08
Strange Facts
Human Hair Mats
Buddhist Masses
. Beetles on PAY Roll -
Beetles on Pay Roll

Several cottonseed oil mills in
the South still use the coarse hair
of Chinese women to weave the
mats through which the oil is sep
arated from the seeds after they
have been mashed by hydraulic
process. One large mill in Mem
phis purchases 1000 heads Of
such hair a month for this pur-
pose.
The Japanese hold the worlds
most sentimental ceremonies
Buddhist masses for the "souls"
of such objects as ships that have
been sunk, oysters that have been
eaten, dolls that have been
smashed and needles that have
been broken in the past year.
Because Of its high nitrogen COM
tent, most of the hogs hairs OBJ
tanned in the slaughtering houses
of this country is made into fer
tilizer.
More fish is used in manufac-
turing processes and products
than is eaten as food.
So
The American Museum of Nat
ural History in New York keeps
a small "army" of live beetles,
whose job is to clean the bones
of animals before they are mount
ed.-Collier's.