The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-11-01
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view Of the heavy Raj. bombings
Of Germany.
These officials point out that Ger
man conquests on land, even if they
should be extended beyond the Bal
kans into Egypt or even to India,
do not relieve the problem Of the
&c, 000, 900 Germans who must con-
tinue to take punishment from Brit
ish bombing.
1t has been proved already that
the military genius Of the Germans
Is In land movements. They have
no strength at sea, and they have
failed to gain complete mastery in
the air, though at times they have
come close to it. This leaves the
British with an air force growing
daily stronger by arrival of Cana
dian and American planes, to bomb
the great German cities in an at
tempt to break civilian morale.
German conquests abroad do not
relieve the distress Of people in such
heavily populated centers as Berlin,
Dresden, Leipzig, Hamburg, and
Munich. So long as these people
must spend cold winter nights in
the cellars, with no rest, there can
be no real victory for Germany.
ROOSEVELT BORROWS
The other day Postmaster General
Frank Walker called at the White
House with William Knudsen and
other defense commissioners to sell
the President the first 100 new INA
tional Defense" stamps, which come
In one, two and three-cent denomi-
nations.
This is a strictly cash on the
line proposition, Mr.. President"
said Walker. Have you got six
dollars?"
Roosevelt reached for his billfold.
It contained one five-dollar bill, no
more. "Hmmm-short q dollar"
he unused.
Borrowing, as Shakespeare said,
may dull the edge of husbandry,"
but on the other hand not everyone
gets the chance to lend the Presi-
| dent Of the United States a buck.
Everyone in the room grabbed for
his wallet simultaneously. But
Walker was the first to produce the
dollar.
Grinning, Roosevelt promised to
repay Walker on my next pay
| day"
NEW ARMY TANKS
The United States army Is now
building q tank which will be the
equal Of any which the Nazis sent
against France with their famous
panzer divisions.
These new war monsters each will
carry one 75-mm. gun. This is the
famous field artillery piece which
the French army used during the
World war, and which the Ameri-
can Expeditionary force later adopt
ed. It has now become the standard
field artillery for more than half the
armies Of the world.
However, not until the German
divisions rolled into Flanders, did
modern armies conceive Of mount
ing guns AZ heavy as this In tanks.
But from now on, even the medium
tanks built for the u. 8. army will
carry one French rs, plus q 37-mm.
gun, plus four machine guns. This
tank will weigh between Is and 30
tons.
Note-It Is impossible to estimate
the cost Of the mobile fortress carry
ing q 75-mm. gun, and the war de-
partment Ii not even troubling TO
ask for estimates. At least three of
the companies will proceed with pro-
duction on a "cost plus hxed fee"
basis, and when the tanks begin to
come of the assembly lines (Which
will not be before next May) Uncle
Sam will pay the bill.
JEFF DAVIS VS.. LINCOLN
OF all his predecessors, Secretary
Of War Henry L. Stimson has chosen
the portraits of jefferson Davis,
president Of the Confederacy, and
Robert Todd Lincoln, son of the
martyred President, to adorn the
wall facing his desk. Both Lincoln
and Davis served as secretary of
war.
Mr.. Stimson sits at a great. fiat
carved red mahogany desk, which
| hoS SCGh III tic war department
more years than anyone can remem-
Der, and which Is ornamented by
two round globe lights on either side.
designed to burn kerosene in the
days before gas and electricity.
These have now been revamped for
incandescent bulbs.
A grim note is Stimson's side
table, a somber black piece used by
Gen. Phil Sheridan as a court mar
tial desk. This supports a huge
silver cup, a tennis trophy won in
previous years by Mr.. Stimson, and
q mantel clock, which is wound by
a key, and strikes the hours and half
hours in deep sonorous tones.
Y-GO-ROUND
Proudest boast Of Sen. Homer T.
Bone Of Washington il a bet he won
over q Civil war maneuver during
the Union army's siege of Vicks-