The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-05-27

because It makes them seem like
back numbers.
Aviation is what's poisoned their
original system.
1t was a mere adjunct In 1914
is. They thought it was going TO
be the same thing again. Instead,
it threatens to supplant them.
The groundlings still have hopes,
as TO the future. When it comes to
OCCUPYING an enemy country.
they reckon that surface troops
Will have 10 do the business. They
are getting ready for an actual IN
vasion Of the European continental
terrain. Flyers can come down via
parachute, but not in sufficient
numbers and at a rapid enough
rate to escape being chewed up
about as fast as they hit terra
frma. Grounding invaders simply
can roll in, in irresistible waves.
That presuma b y is what our
A. z. F. is in Ireland for-to swish,
plus the English, across the Chan
mel and swamp Germany, in Coop
Grafton with the Russians, from the
other direction. Sir Stafford Grips
told parliament about it, as Wins
ton Churchills spokesman, a few
days ago.
Flyers Pave the Way
But the aviators are expected to
prepare things for this surface
movement, in advance.
During World War No. I. Of
which I saw quite a bit, as a news
correspondent, the airman was an
observer mainly. He might spill a
few bombs. German airships were
something Of a nuisance over Lon
don, but no serious worry. The
damage they did was negligible.
That was what orthodox war
riors anticipated this time. Instead
-My!-they raise hades.
It's reciprocated, too.
But what German air bombers
have done over England and what
British flyers have done to German
centers like Rostock and Mann.
helm isn't a c IN 5 I a n C tc
Japans vulnerability rs a target
for our own airmen. Brig. Gen
Jimmy Doolittle and TO other
American flyers proved this a few
weeks ago without losing a single
plane.
You need to have lived in Japan,
as I have. to appreciate that kind
of a raids effects in the Mikados
realm.
On a second thought, I slightly
duality that reference to the
Mikado.
Some unquestioSably Americsnly
loyal locally-bsrn Japs, whom l
know, assure me that Emperor
Hirohito didn't want to get into
this war and that lot Of his coun-
trymen didn't, but that they were
yanked into 1t forcibly by Nippon's
war lords, the crazy Samurai. Their
dope is that we ought to propa-
gandize decent Japan and wen win
'em over TO our side in due course.
Just now, though, is an emer-
gency.
Momentarily the poor cusses re-
quire determination.
So do the Germans, but they're
not so easy to exterminate.
Germany is substantially built.
Its factories and things can have
stable chunks blasted out Of them,
and still function. A Jap factory,
though, resembles one Of our tenn
pos" in Washington. Set 1t afre
and it's goner, for whole group
Of city blocks. It isn't confined 10
that one; others catch quickly.
Planes Have Advantage
II can't be done naviatorially.
Most Of the places aren't close
enough 10 the seafront. Yokohama
is, and so is Kobe, but not farther
inland. They call for aviation. And
it must make 'em holler 10 have
bombs dropped as close to the i'm.
perial palace as lafayette Park is
to the White House-just across
the street.
know that imperial layout-a
palace. with big park around It,
a wall around that and o moat sur
rounding the wall. --