The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-14
New York
Listening Posi-
Nippon Wsr Lords
Inspired by Hatred
More Surprises for
AXIS in Afries
Meehsnired Warfare
Hits Auiomotive Field
BY ALBERT y. LEMAS

u oNT MOROCCAN Drive. Instead ~
having the filters. the japanese
are likely 10 strike on retaliation.
Nipponese do not love the Ger.
mans any more than We consider
ourselves blood brothers 10 some
Of our allies. But they are real
lists and they know the ultimate
defeat Of Hitler spells danger to
Hirohito. The Nazis did a good
turn in nattering the emperor's
people when they were suffering
from sense Of racial unpopular
ity. A New York diplomat who
was in the islands in 1910 says
that the Germans made 200 per-
sonal contacts to every one scored
BY Americans or British-mainly
through tourists" who came by
way of the trans-Siberian rail-
road. This favor is not forgotten.
The Chinese campaign was
started seven years ago for the
purpose of training all males to
become veteran soldiers. Many
died from disease in the swamps
and hills Of Chang Kai-shek's
country or fell before bullets, but
the tough survivors constitute
one of the most experienced
armies in the world@ Since 1924
when we passed the Exclusion
act the fanstical officer class has
had one dream; Invade and pun
ish the West Coast. The hatred Of
the war lords Is not 50 much the
result of wishing to emigrate as
1t Is being told by Uncle Sam
that they are not wanted.
They really believe that they |
will capture Washington. Oregon |
and California and establish a per-
manent Japanese frontier in the
Rockies. They would then try TO
hold this province-as Britain
rules India or Portugal African
Mozambique = and devote their
economic energies TO developing |
the Pacific co-Prosperity Sphere.
Won Thoma has an excellent
reason to cuss Americans. IL one
of our General Sherman tanks
hadn't knocked his vehicle out Of
commission Rommel's Man Friday |
might not have been taken pris-
oner. This wonder machine which |
played 30 large a part in the
Libyan affair is the last word In
desert styles. just as the medium
2s.ton General Lee Is an improve
ment on our earlier General Grant,
this model betters its predecessor.
Its silhouette is low, with heavy |
welded armor, and 1t mounts 1875
extra long-barreled shooting iron.
But the Nazis "ain't seen moth
ing yet" II can now be told that
unless the axis skeddaddles alto
gether out of North Africa In a
'Dunkirk," Uncle Sam has an even |
more telling surprise up his
sleeve. We have available for the
Moroccan front a 60-tonner which |
has the pulling power Of "a ele-
plants. In fact, it Is actually
mobile gun carriage superior to
the moving 15-cm cannon with
which the Germans wrecked the
British drive earlier in the year.
In our new mechanical arma-
dillo United States engineers have
combined two factors which Eu-
ropeans have not been able TO
duplicate: Protective steel and
speed which makes destruction
less likely. Most tanks, including
Hitler's best, have approximately
one-half the horsepower in weight
as compared with our land bat
tleships. We have secretly devel-
oped a transmission capable OF
handling a motor of great strength
so that our giant moves as fast
as the lights and mediums. And
its battery effect is staggering.
In fact, II is the most formidable
weapon Of its kind in the world
Demand for mechanics Is 30
great in our armed forces and IN
our expanding war industries that
1t is denting the garage fieid.
Many of the 10000, 900 passenger
cars and 5000, 900 trucks now in
operation may be immobilized un-
less repair men can be kept IN
the shops. The National Automo-
bile Dealers association recently
surveyed the country and dlscoN-
cred that many concerns are hir-
ing girls to tinker with motors
but even they cannot FIJI the
growing gap.
The Bookings Institution esu-
mates that our new army ana
navy will require at least 6,4Oo,VoO
additional civilian workers. The
extra numbers must be drawn
from natural increase In popuis-
ton, women under IS years. the
1919 and over IS age groups and
Mexican immigrants.
II heavy orders for additional
help are given below the RIO
Grande, welfare authorities fore
see labor brawls and possible dip-
Iomatic name calling. Poems al
ready admitted TO the United
States are segregated in schools
and residence areas In many
states and barred from sitting on
juries which Try their people. Last
summer growers in western COM
monwealths brought in l5'VOo
Latin harvesters and IN many
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