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Smyrna times., 1942-04-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Lawton
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Roger Davis, Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Roadway,
of Smyrna, visited their mother,
Mrs. Elva Roadway, on Sunday.
Mrs. Sallie Thompson and son
had as their guests on Friday, Mrs.
Emma Hobbs, of Gloversville, NY,
and Mrs. Hattie Peters, of Sudlers-
vile, Md.
Mrs. Marshall Pugh has returned
to her home, after visiting relatives
in Selbyville.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Schweitzel
were Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Olin Doty in Greensboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert KonschaH
are being congratulated upon the
birth of a daughter, Charlotte Lin,
da, in the Kent General Hospita
on Thursday, April 9th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Kiblel
and Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley White, Of
Dover, spent Wednesday with Mrs
Harry Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Burris speni
Sunday with their parents, Mr.. anC
Mrs. Olin Burris, of near town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Burris anC
M. Nelson Burris, of Wilmington
spent Sunday with their mother
Mrs. Annie Slaughter.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23
The EQqs.


The Eggs:
/ tablespoon butter
2 teaspoons chopped onion
teaspoons chopped green NJ
eggs
j teaspoon salt
Pinch of pepper
3 tablespoons tomato Juice
Melt the butter in frying pan, add
chopped onion and green pepper
and cook until soft, but not brown.
Then add eggs, which have been
slightly beaten and combined with
seasonings and tomato Juice. Cook
over slow heat stirring the cooked
portion from bottom and sides Of
pan until eggs are all cooked. Serve
on Tomato French Toast. Serves 6.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23
SOME TAYLOR'S
BRIDGE ITEMS
News of Community Interest
Cleaned From Around
ThOroughfare Neck
BUDGET OF PERSONALS

Taylor's Bridge, April % = Mr..
and Mrs. Charles 2. Dukes, Mrs.
Wilson David and Mrs. Lee David
spent Tuesday in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Latta and
Mrs. Wilson David spent Wednes-
day in Wilmington.
The Women's Society will meet
Friday night with Mr.. and Mrs.
Walker Warner. Those on the re-
freshment committee are Mrs. War
ner, Mrs. Bertha Deakyne and Mrs.
Daisy Donovan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Keiser en-
tertained at dinner Friday evening,
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer David and
Miss Bertha Ewart of Smyrna, Mr.
and Mrs. ]. E. Latta, Mr.. and Mrs
Wilson A. David, Mr.. and Mrs. Del
bert Steller and sons, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles q. Dukes and daughters
and Mr.. and Mrs. Lee w. David.
Mr.. and Mrs. Purnell Shockley
and family of near Elkton, Mr.. ano
Mrs. Leslie McClain and family
Mrs. Harry Wiley and family, ant
Mr.. Derrickson of Townsend
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs
Eugene Shockley.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. e. Latta, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles 2. Dukes, and Mr.
and Mrs. Lee w. David were Sun.
day visitors with Mr.. and Mrs
Robert B. Davidson at Port Mahon
Mrs. Clifton Caster and son, OF
Middletown, spent Sunday with
Mrs. Ella McClain and family.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23
CLAYTON NEWS
AND PERSONALS
Budget of Items From Our
Railroad Town and Their
Personal Mention
CHURCHES AND SCHOOL

The ladies of st. Paul Methodist
Church of Clayton will hold bake
Saturday morning, April 25th in
the old Post Office building.
Trinity Church, Clayton-Service
of evening prayer and sermon in
the church at p. M, Sunday next.
Miss Sarah Hurd of Philadelphia,
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis Hurd during the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Medford Sparks
went on a two-day vacation this
week. They visited in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rowland Ellis and
son James, returned from Florida
with Mr.. and Mrs. James Clayville
for a visit.
Mr.. Lewis Hurd and Mr.. Rynear
Macklin have been called for mill
tary training.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Carrow have
moved to the Boyd property on
Main Street.
Miss Eleanor Burke has been i'll
during the past week.
Mr.. William Ryan visited Mr.. w
Henry Ennis at the st. Peters Hos
pitaf, New Brunswick, N. J. Mr.
Ennis is getting along fine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Shane visit.
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood David or
Tuesday evening.
Corporal William R. CarroW
spent Friday with Mr.. and Mrs
William Boggs and Mr.. Ralph Car.
row.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Lof1and and sor
Jackie, of Dover, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Burris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Ross have
moved to the home on Main Stree
recently vacated by Mr.. and Mrs
Clayton Dulin.
The monthly meeting of tn,
Methodist Youth Fellowship wa
held at Cheswold, on Monday even
: ing. Those attending from Ewell
Methodist Church were: Doris Big
ger, Anna May Sullivan, Mar.
Rogers, Virginia Newman, Muria
Chase, Rev. Hugh B. Kelso, an,
Elva Waters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Rogers had a
their guests over the weekend
Mrs. A. G. Weyant, Norman Wey
ant, Roger Miller, and Miss Comm
Miller, from Altoona, Pa.
Mr.. Howell Sevil ,Jr., Mrs. Berth
Sevil, and Mr.. Howell Kitchens mo
tored to Philadelphia on Sunday
Mrs. Sevil visited her sister, Mrs
Ethel Wamsley, Mr.. Howell Sew
and Howell Kitchens attended tn
baseball game between the Wash
ington Center and the Athletics.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23
CHESWOLD
Items of Personal and Social In

Items of Personal anu Social In
est Gleanca About Neighbcrhoed
Cheswold, April 22-On Monday,
April 20, the Methodist Youth Fell
lowship meeting of the Northern
Sub District, of the Dover District
was held in Cheswold church. So
cial hour was held in the gremen's
hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Tubbs, Jr.,
and son Charles, of Laurel, spent
the weekend with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. c. R. Sampson, and Mr..
and Mrs. Clifton Jones.
Mrs. N. L. Remley and Mrs. Mar
ion Massey were Philadelphia WIS.,
itors recently.
Rev. and Mrs. w. L. McClintock
and Mrs. l.. d. Learned were in
Wilmington on Monday, and at
tended the convention of the Unit
ad Christian Advance, held in the
First and Central Presbyterian
Church.
Miss Betty Coppage of Camden
N. j., spent the Easter holidays
with her grandmother, Mrs. Aman-
da Vaughn,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. Scarborough
and son, of Wilmington, were week
end guests of his parents, Mr.. ant
Mrs. w. S. Scarborough.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Tyson, Jr., Of
Wilmington, and Mrs. Wood, Of
Newark, N. j., were Friday guest:
of Rev. and Mrs. w. L. McClintock
The benefit card party held il
the firemen's hall by the Ladies
Auxiliary of the lire Company re
Gently was a pleasant and success
full affair. Net proceeds were $40
which will be applied on the recent
ly purchased water pump.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. l.. Remley, MI
and Mrs. Elwood Nuckols an,
daughter, Jane, motored to Eastol
Airport on Sunday.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23
STATE CAPITAL
NEWS BUDGET
Personal Items and Social
Mention About Dover Folks
and Their DOings
PARTIES OF THE WEEK

Dover, April 22-Mrs. j. Fenni-
more Wilson entertained her bridge
club members at the Dover Tea
House Monday evening.
Mrs. Robinson G. Walker came
Sunday from Baltimore to spend
several days with brand Mrs. Carl
B. Scull.
Mrs. Gordon Phelps and children,
Gordon and Roger, who have been
living in Sumatra, have moved to
Dover and are residing on Pennsyl-
vania Avenue. Major Phelps is
with the U. S. Army in Australia.
Mrs. Phelps and children have been
spending sometime in Milford with
her mother, Mrs. Phillip Griffith,
who has come to Dover to make
her home with them. Mrs. Phelps
is a sister of Mrs. Benjamin F.
Johnson.
Mrs. R. L. Herbst entertained the
members of her bridge club at din
ner Monday evening at the Dover
Tea House, with cards afterwards
at her home.
Mrs. Marion Gill McNeal of New
York City has had her book, SOL
der Sammy" published. Mrs. Nc
Neil is the daughter of Capt. and
Mrs. Robert F. Gill of Alexandria,
Va. Mrs. Gill is the former Miss
Marion Tucker of Dover.
Miss Jane Ferguson was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Dreher
Shank, Jr., of Hollywood, Md, for
several days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maxwell P. Har-
rington are in Washington.
Mrs. James H. Hughes has re-
turned to Washington after spend
ing several weeks at her State
Street home.
Mrs. Henry Ridgely was hostess
to a group of young people at a
picnic Saturday afternoon, at"Eden
Farm"
Judge and Mrs. Charles L. Terry,
Jr., entertained at dinner at their
home last evening, in honor of
Commander and Mrs. Lockwood
Pratt. Commander Pratt is on fur
Tough from his duties with the Pa
cific fleet and joined Mrs. Pratt and
children at the home of her mother
Mrs. Frank L. Grier of Milford.
Mrs. G. Gordon Massey, RI, was
hostess to the members of the Mon
day Night Bridge Club, entertain
ing at the home of her cousin, Mrs
Howard E. Lynch, Jr.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23
HARTLY
Items of Personal and Social Inter-
est Cleaned About NeighborhoOd

Items of Personal and Social Inter-
est Cleaned Abont NeighborhoOd
Hartly, April 22-Master True
man William, of West Chester, has
returned to his home after visiting
his grandmother, Mrs. Harry Will
Hams.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hutchins enter
tanned her children, Mr.. and Mrs.
Cecil Burris and sons and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hutchins and family, of
Wilmington.
Mr.. Henry Morris is ill at his
home here. His many friends wish
him a speedy recovery.
Mrs. Winifred Hughes was a Wis
itor in Wilmington recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brainard, of Will
mington, visited their sister, Miss
Elva Taylor, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Long of
7GArydel, visited Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Wyatt on Sunday.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23

Lieut.. B. H. Bossidy, u. S. Navy,
of washington, was a weekend
guest of Miss Anne E. Fulton and
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil c. Full
ton.
Mrs. A. Wade Lea left Sunday
for a weeks visit with DR.. and Mrs
John P. Martin at Coral Gables
Fla. DR.. and Mrs. Martin are &C.
cupying the Lea winter home while
the former is stationed at Miami.
Miss Jane w. Hardesty of Balti-
more is spending 10 days with hel
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w
Hardesty.
Mrs. William Holden of Greens
boro, formerly of Dover, entertain
ed the members of her club last
evening, with dinner at the Dover
Tea House and bridge afterward al
/ the home of Miss Helen Scanlon.
Harry Mcdaniel Ill is home OF
weeks leave from Fort Sauls
bury.
Mrs. Lillian Rogers, Mrs. Austin
Supple and Mrs. Dorothy Collin
have been spending several days a
the st. James Hotel, Philadelphia.
Miss Georgia Ward gave mis-
cellaneous shower last week TO
Mrs. Junyore Lyshere, who, befor
her recent marriage, was Mis-
Ruth Ewell.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Radish an,
daughter, Mrs. William F. Nelson
occupied their Rehoboth Beach cot
tage over the weekend.
Mrs. E. Harold Mercer was host
ess to her bridge club members a
her home Tuesday evening.
Announcement has been made
the marriage on Monday, April Il
in st. James Episcopal Church
New London, Conn.,, of Miss Vii
lginia Coulter of Towson, Md, an
Enign Donald A. Minner, son c
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Minner of thi
city, Ensign Minner is a gradual
of the Dover High School and tn
U. S. Military Academy, Annapolis
and is training at the Nays sut
marine school at New London.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23
KENYON NEWS
NOTES OF WEEK
Personal Mention and Social
Items and Other Parties
Reported About Town
COMMUNITY INTEREST

Kenton, April % = The Home
Nursing Glass which has been held
in the school under the direction of
Miss Mary Pinder of Clayton, was
completed on Friday evening, April
18th. Through our appreciation
for her kindness and patience she
was presented with defense stamps
amounting to six dollars and half.
Mrs. Alice Coverdale spent Mon
day in Clayton.
Private Raymond Faulkner of
Fort Totten, N. Y, spent a few
hours one evening last week with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Roland
Faulkner.
The Homemakers Club will meet
with Mrs. Harry Faulkner on
Thursday afternoon, April 23rd.
Sergeant Fred Dawson of Fort
Jackson, S. c., spent last weekend
with his grandmother, Mrs. Emily
Dawson.
Miss Adeline Hilyard of Will
mington, visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. w. Hilyard on Sunday
Mr.. Herbert Davis has been Wis.
iting in Millville, N. ].
Private Edward Hughes of Fort
Jackson, S. c., spent part of last
week with his parents, Mr.. anC
Mrs. Edward Hughes.
Mrs. Addie Arthurs, Mr.. anC
Mrs. ]. D. Crossley and daughter
Carolyn, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Lavender Hutchinson il
Silview.
Mrs. Hannah Short and daughter
Pearl, have returned after spendins
the winter in Wilmington.
Mrs. Sarah Walker of Whining
ton, is visiting her son, Mr.. S. G
Walker.
Miss Ethel Carey of Wilmington
spent the weekend with her sister
Miss Eva Carey.
Mr.. Robert Craig and family O
Denton, Md, spent Sunday will
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Reynolds.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23
GET MORE OUT OF LIFE |
by
&A4ZAM~
Specialites de la Maison

THIS French phrase always sug-
L gests something delightful to
eat = specialties of the house, =
those delicious foods that particular
hostesses know how to make better
than anyone else and which ara
favorites of the family and friends.
Perhaps the specialize is waffles or
griddle cakes; perhaps it is cake,
a coffee bread, dessert, or a pie.
/ In any case, whenever such
specialize is made, it can be most
welcome reason for a party.
One of my friends specializes in
apple pies of all varieties, which
are always served Sunday after
moons about five, with huge cups of
steaming hot coffee, and plain OF
whipped cream, or with scalding
hot milk.
The service is very easy. This
hostess puts a cloth on the living
room table and brings in a big
tray containing a huge apple pie,
surrounded with a variety of apple
tarts, = apple-and-date, apple-mer-
ingue, apple-cocoanut, apple-mince.
Another tray contains the "fxins,"
hard sauce to serve on warm pie;
thin slices of American cheese;
balls of cream cheese; and some
times eggnog ice cream or brick
of mocha ice cream for pie a la
mode. The coffee service is ar
ranged on separate tray.
Each person takes small tray
and helps himself to coffee and the
kind of pie he likes best.
One of the kinds of apple pie
, which this hostess serves is made
almost as it was century ago:
Here is the recipe:
Buttered Apple Pie
Line a pie plate with flaky pie
crust made with enriched flour.
Pare, quarter and core six tart ap-
Piles and lay them in the plate.
Sprinkle with x cup graduated
or moist light brown sugar, dot
with 2 tablespoons butter, and add
the grated rind of an orange. Fit
on the top crust and bake 40 min.
utes. If you like, the top crust may
be brushed with beaten egg before
baking and sprinkled with chop
ped nuts.
A second type of apple pie,-an
old Boston favorite,-was evolved
when Colonial cooks could not let
we'll enough alone, and invented
a sort of spiced apple-sauce pie. II
may be baked in the form of a
large tart with a criss cross crust
or as little tarts; and it is equally
good plain, or topped with whipped
cream and cinnamon.
Boston Apple Pie
Peel, core and chop nine apples
and place in a stew pan with one
half cup water, one-half teaspoon
cinnamon, one-fourth tie poo I
Glove, an eighth teaspoon salt, ant
the grated rind of one lemon. Stew
soft; sweeten with one cup sugar
and rub through sieve Then ado
two tablespoons butter, the yolk.
of four beaten eggs and one stiff.
beaten white, a little nutmeg, anC
one tablespoon lemon juice. Line /;
large deep pie plate with pastry
put on the apple filling, cover will
criss cross strips of pastry, ant
bake about 80 minutes in a modeI
ately hot oven.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23
Dorothy Greig

NTEATLESS meal? Just call on
1v1 our old standby, eggs. Scramble
them with bit of pungent onion,
green pepper and tomato juice. And
serve them on gently sizzling
tomato French toast. Mmn! Nom.
why didn't you make just twice as
much!
The Toast:
eggs
y cup tomato juice
" teaspoon salt
SIS slices white bread
tablespoons fat
Mix together eggs, tomato juice
and salt in a deep plate or bowl;
dip bread into mixture and saute
In hot melted fat Clutter, bacon
drippings or half lard and butter)
in heavy frying pan. Toast bread
on both sides. 1t may be necessary
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23
BLACKBlRD
Items Of Personal and Social In
terest CLEANED From the Vicinity

vi NIFOhdi ais0 SoCAni III
terest CLEANED From the Vicinity
Blackbird, April 22-Mrs. Theo-
dore Ferguson entertained the Wo-
mans Society of Christian Service
at her home on Wednesday even
ing.
A bake will be held in Townsend
on Saturday for the benefit of
Scott M. E. Church.
Mrs. Homer McGinnis is on the
sick list this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Mitchell
spent the weekend in Nassau and
Lewes.
Mrs. Verna Savage spent two
weeks at Bethany Beach. She has
returned to the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Joseph Todd.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Reed spent
Saturday in Wilmington.
Miss Margaret Sammon spent
the weekend at her home.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23
BRIEF SMYRNA
LANDING NEWS
Budget of News and Person
ais Cleaned About Smyr-
ma River Wharyes
CITIZENS MAKE VISITS

Smyrna Landing, April 22-Mr.
Louis Gaulke, Jr., of New York,
spent the weekend with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. James Gaulke
who spent asst week with their par
ents, returned to their home at
Marcus Hook, Sunday.
Mr.. George Underwood, who has
been visiting Mr.. S. F. Jackson, re-
turned to his home in Wilmington
Saturday.
Mrs. Jessie Hoffman and her
daughter, Mrs. Elmer Truax, spent
yesterday at Newark.
Mrs. Emma Davis visited her
daughter Mildred, at Kent General
Hospital in Dover, Sunday.
Mrs. Glen Tarbutton is visiting
with her daughter Helen, at Elk
ton, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer Ford of
Dover, were Tuesday visitors of
her mother, Mrs. Thomas Wrench
Mrs. Isaac Burris of Little Creek,
spent yesterday with her sister
Mrs. Louis Gaulke.
Mr.. Dayton Pierson, Jr., and
family, Mr.. Albert Pierson and
family of Wilmington, were Sum-
day visitors with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Dayton Pierson, Sr.
Mr.. Mark Scout, who has beer
spending the winter with his sons
at Staten Island, and Railway, M.
has returned home for visit.
'tDink," the little rat terrier be-
longing to and a close companion
of Mrs. S. F. Jackson, was acct.
dentally killed Saturday by truck
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23

Building carry supplies pretty
huskies
Wilmington Ca time they launch another Liberty Ship for the
Maritime Commissions Victory Fleet Caught the middle of
close harmony predavn launching the boys left rights
shipftter; and Ralph "Buck" Reese, rigger.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-23
Marines Present

United States Marines were
present and assisted in the corona
ton of King Kalakana of Hawaii
on February IL, 1883.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-08
BALDWIN TO ASK
 FOR WIDER POWER

Bridgeport, Conn, Dec. 8-CUP) Gov Elect Raymond E, Baldwin indicated today he intended to ask the l943 General Assembly for broad wartime powers,
 The governor-elect, who takes of flee Jan. 6, told a meeting If Fair field County legislators he probably will ask the Assembly for wider and broader powers, under reaSon- able restrictions, to carry out the war program with maximum eff ficency in the trying days ahead"
 He said the new Legislature must 'gear every action and every bit of activity into the war effort"
 The broad war powers, it was in- dicated, were needed to give the governor authority to act swiftly in the event of an emergency with out the necessity of calling the Leg islature in special session.
 Baldwin said no governor in the past 100 years has had to face prob lens such as Gov. Robert A. Hur- ley has faced in the past two years, and that he will have to face in the next two years.
 Tt is the function of a gover- nor," Baldwin said, ito use his off, Ice to supply the kind of leadership necessary to organize the civilian population to carry out the things needed to he done to win the war" "
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-08
MARINE VETERAN
 GIVEN DISCHARGE

San Francisco, Dec. 8 --CUP)- George B. Holle, a discharged war veteran at l3. must return to school for a few years before rejoining the Marines.
 George, who falsified his age to join the Marines a month before Pearl Harbor when he was l2, re- ceived his honorable discharge yes- terday at Goat Island in San Fran cisco Bay. Lieut.. Gen. Thomas Holcomb, Marine Corps Command ant at Washington, said the dis charge was granted flor the con- venience of the government"
 The boy, standing an inch over six feet and weighing l80 pounds, ruefully said reports that he had participated in action at Midway and the Solomons were false.
 T don't know where they got all those stories," he said. T was in boot camp in San Diego when Pearl Harbor was attacked and I've never seen the Solomons. I never got a chance to shoot ct a Jap"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-08
27 INDICTMENTS IN
 FIRE CASE LIKELY
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rectors or payment of dividends.

rectors or payment of dividends.
 Both Reilly and the Attorney General have summoned Welansky to appear before them. but Welan- skys doctor reported that he would not be able to testify for at least three weeks because he is hospital ized with a heart ailment.
 Another charge of stealing from the bodies of fire victims came from William MeDonough. a sailor at- tached to the Newport (R. I) train- ing station, who reported that $i650 worth of jewelry was missing from his wife's body when he claimed it.
 The disaster. meanwhile. brought a demand for national prohibition from the Boston Baptist Ministers Conference. A resolution sent to President Roosevelt. Gov. Leverett Saltonstall. and Mayor Maurice J. Tobin expressed indignation over the fact that the Grove had three bars and urged the setting in motion with as little delay as pos :ible the machinery which will rid the nation of this great cause of suffering. loss and unnecessary sorrow. namely, the manufacture. distribution and sale of intoxicating liquors"
 Ironically enough" the resolution said, "the only thing to escape de- struction seems to have been the enormous supply of liquor which was safely deposited in a sub-base- ment vault"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-08
ATTACK THROUGH SPAIN IS SEEN
Nazis May Be Forced to Such Tactics to Save
 Themselves in Africa
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign Edltor)

London, Dec. @. (UP)-Adolf Hit ler's apparent decision to wage a last-ditch battle in Africa today was believed to increase danger of Q Nazi thrust through Spain for a back-door attack on the Allied key position at Gibraltar.
 It was believed in London that Hitler definitely had committed himself to the strongest kind of a fight to retain his toehold in Tunisia and Tripolitania.
 Having made that decision, ob- servers said, Hitler is hardly likely to overlook the strategic potential ities of a sudden blow through Spain to assault the great Gibraltar entrance of the Mediterranean
 Having already lost the initiative to the Allies in Africa, it was noted, Hitler is likely to be ready for major risks to regain the military advan- tage and postpone the day when he is finally penned up in what Nazi propagandists call the "Fortress of Europe"
 A move on Gibraltar, it is ad- mitted, probably is the No. 1 strate- gic possibility for Hitler since 1t would be designed to sever Allied communications into the Medter- ranean and cut of the reinforce ment by sea of the forward Allied troops moving up from Algeria into Tunisia.
 Many military observers believed that the wisest strategic decision the Germans could have made in Africa would have been to take their losses and pull out. These observers think the Nazis probably should have taken the same decision in Russia, pulling back to strong defensive lines and attempting to hold them rather than fighting the Red Army in their present advanced positions.
 By withdrawing from Africa and from forward positions in Russia, it was said, Hitler could have corl- centrated on defense of the European continent and on submar- inc warfare against the many and long Allied supply lines.
 Presumably, however, Hitler has been unwilling to accept this de- fensive policy despite the frequent discussion of these tactics on the German home radio.