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The Nome nugget., 1941-08-11
Preventing Sabot- age Called Possible And Necessary
by w. BARTON LEACH


 On Sept. 12, l940, the smoke less powder plant of the Her cules Powder Company at Ken will, N. J., blew up. Smokelass powder was serious defense bottleneck. The total American production was adequate to sup ply an army of only 100000 men in batle, and Hercules was the major production unit. This bot tleneck, seriously aggravated by the Hercules explosion, was not corrected until May, l941, when the new factory at CharlestoWn, Ind, went into production. At Kenvil ffty-two men were kill ed and fifty seriously injured.
 There was no proof of sabot- age, said the police. There was no proof of anything except that this important plant was gone and that half hundred trained explosive operatives had been liquidated. One convenient thing about an explosion is that it or dinari y destroys the curcumstan tial traces of how it happened and silences the tongues that could tell the story. After the 1Glack Tom and Kingsland eXplo sions of 1916 and 1917 it took ten years of investigation to get the key evidence showing that these were German sabotage jobs, and it took twelve more years to prove it to the satisfaction of the German-American Mixed Claims Commission. Only in 1889 were damages awarded to the claim ants.
 Axis Ships Damaged
 In the night of March 29-30, 1941, United States authorities tock possession of thirty ships of he European Axis powers lying in American ports. Twenty seven of these had been put out of commission by the use of Sledge hammers, acetylene torch es ad hacksaws on their engines, boilers and propeller shafts. They are now clogging American ship yards which have better work to do. There was no doubt about sabotage in this job. It had been ordered by the Italian naval at tache, sitting at his desk in Wash ington under the proection of dip , ll5matc immunity. His recall was demanded by the President.
 In the night of May 3l-June l. l94l. fire on the Jersey City waterfront wiped out $25, 00,O00 worth of docks, warehouses, freight cars grain elevators, live sock and food supplies, includ- ing much material destined for Great Britain Some Workmen stated that the fires seemed to break out in several places at once.' But the Chief of Police of Jersey City said: Put any sabo- tage ideas our of your mind"
 On June l, the Boeing aircraft plant at Vancouver, B. C., just the other side of the unfortified frontier, the administration build ing and the center portion of the assembly plant were destroyed by fire, together with hospital and construction equipment. De- finite proof exists that Canadian sabotage was organized on Ameri can soil in 1915 and 1916.
 On June 2 a four r-motored Con solidated bomber being prepared for delivery to England crashed into San Diego Bay. The con- trols damned. A spokesman for Consolidated stated that the con trols could not jam unless they had been tempered with. The loss: $25O,00O, 10000 highly skill ed man-hours, four test employ ees killed, one seriously injured. Nor is this the first time a care fully built, minutely inspected, skillfuly operated unit of the Am erican warplane production has
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In the tenSeness of the present situation, time is well spent in searching for anything that will give rise to a smile. The army is supposed to be an organization of blood and iron, yet it stands in need of fifty thousand mice-to be used for laboratory purposes in connection with typhoid ex- periments; from which it appears that there is room in the military service for both mice and men. Foreigners also have something to offer in the way of humor, as is evident from the alleged Nazi suggestion that Germany and England join forces to put down Soviet Russia. Japan too must have her little joke. She is said to have complimented Mussolini on his military proWess
 Little interest attaches to the bare statement that Andrew J. Houston died in Baltimore a few days ago. It is more noteworthy that he was 97 years old and had been appointed recently to the United States Senate. To that may be added the remark that he was the son of General Sam Houston, of Texas. The real ex- cuse for this obituary paragraph is to call attention to the fact that not so long ago Texas was fighting for her liberty as a re- public; and that the United Stat eS is mere lad in the household of nations.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
BY Edward c. Wayne
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Soviet Russia Pledges Its Neutrality
In Case of Nazi Attack on Turkey;
British Lose Tons of Vital Supplies
AS German Raiders Roam Sea Lanes

EDITORS opinions columns
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
FOOD:
For the Hungry

After much discussion pro and
con, evidently with British approval,
the state department finally allowed
two French vessels to sail from U. S.
ports for unoccupied France with
flour.
There were positive stipulations
demanded by state department Of
ficials:
l. These shipments had to be sent
solely to unoccupied ports.
2. Every pound of food SO sent
must be distributed within unoccu-
pied France to its ultimate destina-
ton under the direct supervision of
the American Red Cross.
8. Not single pound of similar or
equivalent foodstuffs to be permitted
to pass from unoccupied France to
occupied France.
4. These ships must be ordered to
return Immediately to the United
States.
The state department apparently
had been able to win British approx
al for this plan to succor the hungry
in southern France because of the
second of these stipulations.
The situation was rather that of
man who makes a loan to a good
friend whom he knows is a bad
risk on the theory that if it is not
repaid, then the lender will have
good excuse not to lend again.
British advisers to the state de-
partment had warned the U. S. of
this type of shipment that the prob
able result would be that German
authorities in occupied France
would grab considerable amounts of
the foodstuffs themselves, or else
would demand the release of larger
quantities of raw materials suitable
for munitions manufacture in lieu
of the food itself.
Whether the Red Cross officials
would be able to detect such latter
move was much Of a question. But,
apparently, the British were re-
signed to this eventuality.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
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AMERICAN FARMER STILL
MINUS WAR TRADE
THE AMERICAN farmer is not
profiting to any large extent from
the European war, from our prepa-
rations for war, or our aid to Eng
land. It is the Canadian and Aus
tralian farmers who are being
called upon to feed England, not
those of America. Our January ex-
ports of farm products were the low
est for that month since 1859, only
$22, 100000. It leaves the farmer in
a tight place and facing still further
decrease in cotton, wheat and corn
acreage this year.
The government can force prices
up, but to do so would result in
wall from American consumers.
It can grant larger subsidies, but
that would add to, the government
appropriations and the government
debt.
OF course government might en-
courage American farmers to pro-
duce sufficient quantity of some
go items which can be raised in
America, but which we are now inn
porting to the extent of billion and
a half dollars a year. That amount
paid to American farmers would
certainly increase farm income.
That would be paying the farmer
for doing something which would
appeal to him. But evidently no one
in Washington has thought about
such an idea.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04

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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
STRIKES:
Tough Talk

The government rolled up its
sleeves and determinedly made
plans to deal with two vital defense
strikes, both of which threatened to
tie up vital plane production.
The one was the Allis-C Chalmers
walkout, which was hitting not only
at plane, but at destroyer and sub
marine production, and the other
was the miniature Harvill strike,
which threatened to call halt to
all plane production in the enormous
Pacific coast area.
However, the government media
ton authorities called from his post
as selective service director the yer.
satile DR.. Dykstra, and in this move
was seen a determined effort to
break these two strikes, even at the
cost of taking the plants over.
In fact the move to put DR.. Dyk-
stra into this service was regarded
generally as sort of 'last straw"
move on the part of the government.
Apparently, it was said in Washing
ton, the Hillman-Knudsen set-up,
while it might function all right in
speeding production, was Topping
rather badly when it came to fight
ing strikes and other labor difficult
ties.
If the Dykstra substitute should
be found not to work, there seemed
little doubt but that Uncle Sam
would step in, take over one or both
plants, and operate them in strike
proof fashion with workers chosen
out of the civil service lists.
The clincher was a frank warn
ing issued in the house by Repre-
sentative Smith (Dem., Va.) who
said: II warn you gentlemen who
claim to be friends of organized la
Dor that, if something is not done in
the next 80 days, and these strikes
keep on, all of us who are real
friends of honest organized labor are
going to have to stand on this floor
and fight drastic legislation that
would take away the proper gains
of organized labor that it has taken
them rs years to bring about"
Mr.. Smith was author of a bill
to prohibit strikes on defense labor.
Though the bill had been losing out
all along the line, it was evident
that if the strikes such as the Har-
will and Allis- Chalmers walkouts
should continue, Mr.. Smiths bill
might be received with very diff
ferent tenor by HIS fellow solons.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
SEVEN BILLION:
In the Bag

Approval Of the seven billion dol
lar British aid bill came as both
House and Senate passed the meas
ure with top heavy votes. Only the
Presidents signature was needed to
start the speed of U. S. supplies to
Britain. President Roosevelt was
vacationing off the Florida coast
and arrangements were therefore
made to dispatch the measure to
him by airplane. J3t ~
The President could afford to
leave Washington, he felt, and he
saw by the house action and by the
senate reaction that his $1,000 ,000,-
900 plan would become fact. Long
before the house and senate acted
on the lease-lend bill, administra-
ton advisers, working with the
President and British representa-
tives in this country, had formulated
general budget plan, somewhat
flexible, but complete and separated
into its various items.
In fact, that was one reason, it
was generally believed, why the
house passed the request by such a
strong majority. It could not, in
the face of the Presidents message,
be said that the figure was just a
dream amount Matched in a gen.
eral way out of the administration
conviction that our aid to Britain
and other democracies should be of
the greatest possible amount.
Quite to the contrary, the exact di-
vision of the amounts and the pur-
poses had been set forth, and even
the allowance for shifting from one
account to another had been set,
showing that the whole plan had
been carefully thought out.
1t was openly declared by Secre-
tary Knox of the Navy that the first
aid to be sent under the bill would
be considerable numbers of naval
vessels, particularly the smaller
ones, including destroyers leverage
in all probability mosquito boats,
trawlers and converted private
yachts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
AIR:
Ill q

The sudden and continued heavy
air attacks, not only on London, but
on smaller cities and towns, particu-
larly on the eastern coast of Britain
proved not only to be spectacular
but heavily damaging.
The Germans heralded each of the
first raids as another Coventry"
but toward the last they ceased the
Coventry references and apparently
were content to let the damage and
the magnitude of the attacks speak
for themselves.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
FLEET:
On the Loose


On the Loose
In World War I, the German fleet
steamed out of Kiel and was
promptly defeated and sunk by the
Allied naval forces. In World War
II, the German fleet has sailed out
of its harbors piecemeal, and has
wreaked devastating destruction on
the British merchant shipping.
It was with disquieted ear that the
United States heard Britain, through
Prime Minister Churchill, announce
that two of Germany's strongest
battleships, the Scharnhorst and the
Gneisenau, had escaped cordons of
British vessels set to intercept them,
and were son the loose" in Atlantic
waters.
According to some reports, within
week these two vessels, possibly
with the aid of others, had sunk
around 244,000 tons of British and
neutral shipping, particularly some
vessels repeatedly loaded with lend
lease aid to Britain.
The warming of Churchill that
some German war vessels might be
expected to act within American
neutrality zone waters was followed
dramatically by the announcement
that two of the Nazi navy's capital
ships were rowing the high seas, OBJ
viously looking for easy prey in I'M
protected conveys.
For, under the British convoy sys-
tenn 40 to so vessels meet at Halifax
or some similar port as far out as
possible into the eastern Atlantic,
and from there are conveyed some
distance from land, after which the
pitifully small conveying force re-
turns to port after which the convoy
is "on its own" until some point
where it is picked up, say, 500 to
700 miles off the Irish coast, by an
other, also pitifully small convoy.
It has been somewhere between
these points, according to Churchill,
that the Scharnhorst and the Gneise-
nau, first-line battleships, with which
destroyers and cruisers would be un-
able to cope, that the heavy current
sinkings had been done.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
OWNERS OF BETHLEHEM STEEL

WHO OWNS American industry is
evidenced by the fact that Bethle-
hem Steel company has 100000
stockholders. One hundred and for
ty thousand Americans have invest
ed their savings in that one COM
pany and by doing so have provid-
ed the tools for the employees OF
that company to work with. There
can be a simple accounting system
which will determine definitely just
how the revenue from each indus
try is distributed. With such a sys-
tenn in effect, it would be easy to
determine fair wage scales and 9TH
er items of distribution Of revenue.
The guess method may break BUSH
ness, but that will not solve our
industrial problem.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
RUSSIA:
Another Pledge

In World War II Turkeys national
interests seem to logically lie on
the side of Britain and in opposition
to Adolf Hitler. But Turkey has
usually been forced from speaking
too loudly against Germany. Rea-
son: Josef Stain and his Soviet
Union. For Turkey knows well that
she cannot risk armed conflict un-
less Russia approves.
This condition exists because once
the Turkish army is occupied else
where the Soviet legions could cas-
lily move in and take over the nation
al government. And Russia is inter-
ested in Turkey because Turkey con-
trolls the Dardanelles, those strate-
gic straits which form Russia's only
year-round, warm-water route to
the outside world.
With the Dardanelles threatened
by German activity in the Balkans
and with the Nazis poised in Bull
garia for a thrust at Greece, Russia
began to worry. That worry reached
the point where Russia decided to
sign a pledge of benevolent and
helpful neutrality in case Turkey is
attacked by Germany. Following
the signing of this agreement Soviet
troops were reported to have moved
up closer to the massed Nazi forces
in southeast Europe.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
Truth Is Hardy

Truth Is Hardy
Truth is tough. It will not break,
like bubble, at a touch; nay,
you may kick it about all day, like
a football, and it will be round and
full at evening.-Oliver Wendell
Holmes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
UNITED STATES:
An A1is Foe

United States that Italian and Nazi
papers were openly listing this
country as among the Axis "foes."
Said one Fascist organ:
"The democratic powers wanted
the war and now must undergo de-
feats and ruin. The Italian revolu-
ton, begun % years ago, is today
world revolution"
A Milan paper said: "The new
Europe will not forget at the oppor-
tune moment President Roosevelt's
action and from now on assign such
powerful arms to the duty Of liqui-
dating with its victory over the Lon
don democracies, also the spurious
democratic remnants across the
ocean,"
These were typical Of the other
thinly yelled threats that American
democracy was to be included with
that of England and Greece and Chi
ma in the general overthrow by the
Axis powers, assuming victory to
be certain.
Yet little Jugoslavia, even while
apparently ready much against its
will to sign up with the Axis, was
making such q spectacle Of the sign
ing that Germany and Italy could
have no slightest doubt that it was
being done under the strongest
duress.
In fact, Jugoslavia held back so
long and SO obdurately that it was
evident she was hoping against hope
that Germany would move over the
Bulgarian border and that British
forces, by engaging the Nazi hordes,
would enable the Serbs to do a bit
Of fighting on their own, along with
their friends, the non-Axis neigh
bors.
There was some talk that Russia
was friendly to such an idea and
that this was giving the Yugoslavs
additional courage to hold out.
But hold out they did, even in the
vital meeting of the cabinet when
the vote for signing up was to be
taken.
Jugoslavia might give in, the word
went plainly out to the Axis, but
she would give in unWillingly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
NONE ESCAPES

SENATOR BYRD of Virginia tells
US that before the end of the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1912, our nation
al debt will be not less than SIS ,000,-
100000. Just to pay interest of two
per cent on that sum will cost each
American-man, woman and child
about $3.50 each and every year,
more than $61 year for each fam
lily of five. Directly or indirectly,
we all pay. No one escapes the
penalty. Where do we 60 from
there?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
THIRD PARTY

THE GENERAL public represents
a third party whose interests are in
volved in every strike. The con-
sumner pays for increased wages,
shorter hours and decreased produc-
ton. But that greatly interested
third party is not considered in the
settlement Of disputes between la
Dor and capital. It should be.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
FILIPINOs NOW NEED Us

THE LITTLE brown brother in the
Philippines is not now so anxious
to pull away from the protecting
arms Of Uncle Sam as he was
few years ago. He has even asked
that the United States army spend
some $20,000,000 Of related sugar
taxes on island defense, instead Of
turning the money over in cash.
Certainly the little brown brother is
really frightened. Uncle Sam looks
mighty good to him now.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
HONEST WAY is TO MAKE
ALL OF US TAX CONSCIOUS

TAXES PAID is a part of the cost
of doing business and is included in
the price of the merchandise. The
consumer pays it, and it is known
as ''hidden taxes"
Congress must consider heavy
increase in government revenue to
pay a part, at least, of the terrific
preparedness and aid to England
cost.
A plan is being talked of to tax
wages and collect it as the social
security tax is now collected-the
employer to take 1t out of the en-
ployee's pay each payday.
That would be more sensible than
an added tax on business, which
must be passed along to the con-
sumner if business is to continue to
operate.
The quickest and surest way to
create a demand for governmental
economies in this country is to make
the mass of people tax conscious,
to collect from them a tax they
know they are paying.
Close to 80 per cent of the nation
al income is paid to the tax collec-
tors-municipal, county, state and
federal. The man who earns sal
airy of $50 or more week pays his
share, but he does not realize that
he pays. It is a part of the price
of everything he buys.
The honest way would be to let
him know what he pays by leaving
his tax direct, instead of covering
1t up in the price of the merchandise
he buys. Then if he preferred less
government at less cost, he would
say SO.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
MERRY-GO-ROUND

The houses leading aviation en-
thusiast, World war flyer Mel Mas
Of Minnesota, likes to have aero
nautical atmosphere around him
while he works. In his Office are ~
model planes Of various types and q
score Of flying pictures.
When Senators Tom Connally and
Morris Sheppard Of Texas get to-
gether to gossip about old times,
they talk about their joint school
days at Texas university. Sheppard
was q Kappa Alpha and Connally
still wears his Phi Delta Theta pin.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-06-20
Stimson, Knox Wire Randolph For
Conference On Negro March On Wash.

conference. Mr.. Randolph consent
ed only on condition that other
members of the committee also be
present.
At the conference, Stimson,
Knox, Sidney Hillman, William S.
Knudsen of the OPM, and others
are expected to be present to hear
the committees demands that
there be immediate cessation of
discriminatory practices by Army,
Navy, defense industries and the
air corps.
The March committee head
quarters at 2289 Seventh Avenue,
New York City, is receiving scores
of letters from persons who wish
to register to go to Washinton on
Washington on July 1.
There will be a huge mass meet
ing before the Lincoln Memorial at
which time marchers will be adj
dressed by Mr.. Randolph and Wal
ter White, NAACP secretary, who
will express the impatience of the
Negro people with continued seq
regation and discrimination.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-06-20
'NAACP Membership
Largest In Years

New York-Among the most
heartening signs in the NAACP's
fight for equality in the national
defense program are returns from
the spring and early summer men,
bership campaigns. The branch de-
partment of the Association re-
vealed last week that nearly every
community has gone over its quota
for the year.
To date returns reveal an all
time high for the TriCity branch in
Alabama, which includes Sheffield,
Florence and gTuscumbia, with a
total of 228 members and $127 sent
to the national office; Albany, Ga.
AIT members, 1924 to the national
office; Elizabeth, N. j., 3S7 mem
bers 387 members; $246: Hartford,
Conn.,, ITO members; $559.75 to the
national office; Bryn Mawr, Pa,
546 members; return of $389.75;
Columbia, S. c., 487 members;
$278 sent in.
High on the list of large cities
securing more than a thousand
members are Pittsburgh, Pa, with
1904 members and S1082.O7 to the
national office; st. Louis, Mo-,
1888 members, $1,050.25 sent in;