Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-06
Civil Service
College Next
For WiNkie?
He's Looking for Pinnacle
From Which TO Speak
BY PAUL MALLON

BY PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, June Ga
" certain oklahoma con-
gresham has been introducing
bills providing for a West Point
of government service. A GER
tain defeated Republican candi-
date for president has been
looking around for a pinnacle
upon which TO alight.
Put two and Two together
and YOU may find that Wendell
Willkle will he chairman of the
board of a modern civil service
college. The congressman may
be preXy. The school, which has
caught their fancy is a we'll
known preparatory school in
Maryland and that is no cam
palgn oratory'
Mr.. Wilkes present academic
love came after he had preVi-
ouSly drawn a couple of blanks.
4 New York law Office is no
pinnacle from which to speak.
FecierS were put out To Leland
Stanford University. which
needed president, and 10
Columbia with the hope that
Nicholas Murray Butler might
be about ready 10 resign.
Neither one bit.
DEPORTS that the Germans
~ have submarines based on
Dakar are believed by no one
here. Or put il this way. either
the NaZiS have no submarines
based on DakaT or else our con-
SUI there is little balmy from
the heat because he can't find
any.
II Is true that the submarines
are preying on British shipping
OF the west coast of Africa. but
where they are based no ono is
-effttiite- sHfe:- The Germans are
thought TO be using either
French territory southeast of
Dakar or Spanish Rio De Orc,
northeast of Dakar.
In Spite-of- tffe Presidents
mention of Dakar and the groups
of islands off the African and
Spanish co SITS, congressman
claim 10 have il from the PreSi-
dent that he will make no move
outside the Western Hemisphere
this Summer.
Don't forget the Germans are
going 10 have a tough time get
ting 10 Dakar, too. as Dakar
itself resembles an island There
arc no land routes between 1t
from anywhere else in Africa.
WAR department experts have
w been porting over batch of
pictures showing brand new
tank catcher which the Germans
have developed. This fancy little
Gadget. which will accompany
German panZer divisions, has
some fascinating new features.
One is a removable armor
shield in front. The trick to
this is that if the Germans find
they are fighting tanks speedier
than their tank chasers, they
can take off the heavy armor
shield and put lighter one on,
thus increasing the speed
German military magazines
claim this will guarantee that
their tank destroyer viii he 10
per cent faster than anything 1t
meets. Also il has a Is MN.
antl-tank gun and a very special
anti-aircraft gun which resem-
hes our famous bombSight in
reverse.
The "A gun has n Gyroscopic
mounting The gunner merely
sights through little telescope
Which moves as caSI1Y as "A RTE;
and pulls the trigger. The gun
not only gets the range bur fig
ures out how far ahead Of the
airplane it should point TO hit it.
IN THE next couple OF weeks
Il the war department is going
10 deluge industry with a flood
of contracts. At this writing
the department has nearly Sd
100000 for which it has not
let contracts.
on the other hand, the &c re-
cional offices of the Office OF
Production Management h ave
lined up hundreds of Subcon-
tractors who are just waiting.
ct Is difficult 10 Subcontract
old contracts Cries Of hurry
up from the OpM viii soon be
answered by contracts in As
large CHUNKS as you have ever
seen.
The haraSScd steel industry Is
complaining bitterly in Washing
ton because the railroads are
trying 10 order large numbers OF
freight cars now.
Steel makers say they should
have done il two wears ago.
Railroads say they didn't have
the cash Scarcity OF shipping
10 hrrng lumber from the West
10 The East coast Will make the
railroad situation worse. Result
probably will be rigid govern
mcnt prioritics on freight car
loadingS.
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