The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-07-16

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en- national defense"
Iceland Occupation Upsets
HitIer-Darlan Scheme
The primary purpose of the occupa-
ton of Iceland by American troops
undoubtedly is to make good the Pres
ident's promise of delivering the
goods" to Great Britain. But there
is another purpose-and very i'm
portant one-that this occupation will
serve about which very little has been
said, to-wit, it will enable the British
to move additional naval forces into
the Mediterranean should Darlan de-
eide to use the French navy to help
out his friend, Hitler.
Washington for several weeks, it is
said, has been receiving some rather
disturbing reports that Darlan is
getting his fleet ready to convoy nazi
troops to North Africa for an axis
assault this fall on Alexandria and
the Suez Canal This is reported to
be part of the Berlin-Vichy "collabora-
ton" agreement The French fleet,
together with the Italian fleet, would
give the axis naval superiority in the
Mediterranean against present British
naval forces.
The American occupation of Iceland
will probably Illustrate that scheme
The United States Atlantic fleet in
recent months has been quietly but
substantially strengthened for just
such task as keeping the sea lanes,
both underseas and overseas as well
as on the surface, free Of hostile craft
from North American and South
American bases all the way to Ice
land. This will remove a tremendous
load from the British navy.
The Lady Ceases Smiling
Herr Hitler must now be finding
out that Lady Luck is just another
tickle dame who won't waste all of
her time on confirmed old bachelor
particularly one who, according to
reports, hasn't much use for the fe-
male of the species.
No matter how he looks at it, the |
of American troops to Ice
land must come as very bad news |
to the nazi dictator-as bad if not |
more so than the stalling of his pan
ger divisions in Soviet Russia. 1t |
should convince him that his "holy
against Communism" isn't
going to have the effect of diverting
the efforts of his enemies in bringing
about his destruction.
To one who believes in clairvoyancy,
like Hitler does, this must come as a
bad omen. A clairvoyant it is said
once told him that he would meet a
violent death in 1941 What will he
10 when something tells him that this
clairvoyant knew how to read the
stars, and that the stars are against
lim? Will this cruel but cunning ,
maniac send more human beings to
heir doom?
Milk and Egg Production ,
Creation of agricultural defense II
boards throughout the country is said f
o be due to failure of the Depart II
nent of Agriculture to have substan-
tally increased milk and egg produc- {
ion to the desired amounts. These I
PRODUCTS are deemed essential to de- t
ense, particularly because of the Y
need for increasing expectation of S
heese, butter, and eggs to Great Bri- t
ain to meet the food shortage in that I
Through greater local con- 5
act with the farmers, the new plan is T
to succeed where the old a
Ian of merely fixing bottom prices G
or these products not very good '
rices at that-failed. An increase in i
Jog, bean, and tomato production also t
8 desired.
-ransocean Comes Next i
With the conviction of DR.. Auhagen, 2
maritime nazi agent, serving as a a
against other nazi dupes in F
he academic world against carrying t
n propaganda for gifts, gratuities, t
nd free trips" the federal govern fl
lent is anxious to proceed with pros p
cution of Transocean News Service, il
Though its manager, Manfred Zapp, is
nd his assistant, Guenther Tom, h
9th under indictment, are to leave h
or Germany in exchange for two 7
merican newspapermen held by the a
axis. D
The government is particularly anx- d
Jus to try Transocean in order to Il
xpose, especially for the benefit of O.
lexican and South American officials, p