The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-29


 One reason has since been pulp lished, the need of American war planes to help the British in Iran and thus protect Russian oil field in. the Caucasus.
 The other has not been pulp 1ised - namely that the British had been wrecking an ex- traordinarily large number of brand new planes in flying them across Africa.
 As a matter of cold, unpleasant fact, the British have been losing about 20 per cent of the planes we have been giving themy
 This was partly because the Bri- tish did not use their own pilots, but Czech, French, Polish and Dutch. These aviatorS, sometimes too full of sloe gin, and some times not too well trained in the tough job of handling fast war planes, have succeeded in scat- tering the wrecks over the heart of Africa.
 Furthermore, central Africa is one of the most unchartered and difficult flying areas in the world. The hop across the At lantic has not caused the casu- aIties. It is the remainder of the z flight, from Freetown on the West African coast, up to Egypt.
 This is why Roosevelt finally called upon Pan American Air ways to take over the African hop. Its pilots have done a brilliant job of pioneering the jungles of the Amazon, and the peaks of the Andes. And Roosevelt figured that if anyone could fly over Af- rica, Pan American could do it. HUEY LONG VS. LA TOILETTE
 Genial David Lynn, Architect of the Capitol, didn't realize what hornets nest he was poking when he ordered the statue of Robert M. LaFollette, Sr., one of the showpieces of the Capitol's famed Statuary Hall, moved forward two feet.
 Followers of the late Huey Long have been on Lynn's neck ever since. accusing him of trying to "hide" the statue of their hero, To- cated next to that of LaFollette. However, what they didn't know is that the man chiefly respon- sible for the encouragement was mot Lynn, but the famous Sculp- tor, Jo Davidson.
 Davidson executed the stone im- age of LaFollette in 1929 and is immensely proud of it. On a recent visit to the Capitol, he was walking through Statuary hall with Lynn when he noticed that his work was partially hidden from view by the bronze figure of the Louisiana Kingfish.
 "You can't see the profile of
 LaFollette when you walk in
 here from the Rotunda," com
 pIained Davidson. f'Can't some
 thing be done about it?"
 Lynn agreed with Davidson and promised to move the LaFollette statue forward two feet, placing it a half-foot in front of Huey's. Within few hours Lynn began receiving phone calls hotly pro- testing the change. Several call- CTS inquired if Longs statue had disappeared" Lynn is politely answering all complaints, but has. no intention of resembling the order.
 CAPITAL CHAFF
 Taking a cue from the German Stuka dive bombers, U. S. army engineers have included power full siren in the midget M3 tanks. It's Shrill shriek freezes green troops and the army is counting on its scare power. at a seventy mile an hour speed, to make ad- vance breaks through enemy lines -. When Phil Baker opens his new Broadway show next week, he will feature @ song on how to have a good time in parked car. The song is titled, Thanks for lovely evening, Mr. Ickes."
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