The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-10

Looks Like Tightening
The Belt q Lille
Divide Food With Thoss
Who Fight With Us
Texas Gas Beats
Killers U-Boafs
Jsps Feed Der Fusrher
On Wrong Dope
BY RAY TUCKER

WASHINGTON - Shortsrse
which will affect the 1913 Amer.
lean dinner table and lunch bon
are being carefully camouflaes1
by the authorities in the Districf
of Columbia. When the higher.
ups reveal all the facts. thrv
must and they will inform n
that the quantity of edibles avail
able next year viii be only haif
the amount and variety which NJ
have enjoyed for the last few
months.
Secretary OF Agriculture Wick
ard has announced that TWENTY
five per cent of our farm produce
will be needed for the army an
navy, and for lend-lease custom
ers. But in that estimate he IA
not make allowance for the sun
plies we shall ship in 1913 d
North Africa, possibly to Italy.
the Balkans and mayhap to por-
tons of a liberated France.
President Roosevelt has pledged 5
his word that If the subjugated !
folk come over to our side they
shall be fed. That promise. a.
the war progresses. win be mors
effective than bombs and bullets.
II the total of foodstuffs which
we must send abroad is included.
it means that we at home shall
be lucky if we can buy even 50
per cent Of the things we have
been able to purchase since our
armies invaded North Africa. In
fact, it will surprise no expert
dietitian in Washington II our
eating habits are entirely reyo-
lutionized.
A gaseous element produced
deep in the heart of Texas" IL
mainly responsible for our over
coming the German submarine
menace along the Atlantic coast.
Dirigibles filled with noninflam-
mable helium have been the ne
mesis of U-boats in this area,
although the full story has not
yet been released by the navy de-
partment.
A certain factory In the Pam
handle Is manufacturing 5000, 900
cubic feet of this invaluable gas
every 80 days. Within a short
time the same firm will increase
its output to about 5000, 900 cubic
feet monthly, sufficient to equip
thousands of lighter than AIR
craft for spotting the rattle
snakes" in both home and domes-
tic waters. The admirals, in let
tiers Of commentator to the
makers Of this material, have
said that these balloons are the
most effective antidote to under
sea warfare.
Volume production Of these
aerial scouts will eventually en-
able us to ship them to the North
Sea, the Mediterranean and to
the narrow channels of the SOUTH
western Pacific. They constitute
one of several unwelcome sur
prises which we shall spring on
the enemy after New Years day.
Thus we shall be able to whip or
offset der fuehrer's most vital
weapon and tool with which
he, like the kaiser, had hoped to
bring the sea-surrounded united
nations to their knees.
One Of the greatest advantages
gained by the allies IL the fact
that Adolf Hitler's famed spy
and espionage system has broken
down. His fifth column tactics
worked quite successfully against
unprepared nations but they have
been stopped cold by the British
and American intelligence serv-
ices.
Contrary to some reports, der
fuehrer was dumbfounded when
ne learned Of the AngloxAmerican
invasion Of North Africa. Despite
the fact that hundreds of persons
knew Of the proposed descent on
the sunlit rim of the Mediterra-
mean. the head man at Berlin had
no advance knowledge. Recent
revelations Of our small losses IN
the landing operations prove that
he was caught off base. Nor did
he have any reliable information
on the Russians ability to stave
off his attacks on Moscow and
stalingrad or the inherent
strength which has enabled the
Red soldiers to counterattack so
successfully.
He was even fooled by Tokyo.
Hirohito's emissaries promised
him that Japan would drive the
United States and the British out
OF the Pacific ocean within six
months after Pearl Harbor. He
was told that Nippon would be
able TO keep US 50 occupied that
we could not ship men and mu-
niuons to England, China or In
dia. He was sold on the idea that
saooteurs would blow up our fac
tories and prevent our war pro-
auction from reaching fun peak
As events have demonstrated, he
was fed the wrong dope On al
these key issues.