The Hagerstown globe., 1942-08-07
ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS


not by long shot said Life recently "A comparative handful
OF boys and officers have been fighting bravey and eagerly But
at home the fighting hasn't begun Most of America is
earning big money eating WE'LL rolling up betting records
at the horse dshng around the country rubber that
absolutely epaceabe The only battle the T. S. citizens
have far the battle of the newspaper headlines Mean
while the Axis pushes in rings with STEEL accumuates real
bases all the world"
That is pretty tough statement, but the facts certainly
bear 1t out The ncredabe optimism concerning the
that still prevail quarters not shared by
real military AS General Somevell the Armys chief
supply said in Fourth of July speech Detroit the United
Nations have taken terrific sheackng every
world And most of he added have idea the magn
tude and difficulty of the job that lies ahead The truth
is that Hitler and his brother done mon: TO
change the of the world than conqueror modern his
tory.
The Russians great valor in the defense of sevaso.
pol They hopeesy outnumbered in equip
men and after the first few days the Luftwa had
of the skies The Red Army made the Germans pay
Y for their victory and according Moscow account
vastopo was left pile of useless ruins But Sevastopo
vital position and its loss extremely important Now Ger.
many can release batteraned soldiers for service
where Sevastopo is key point Hiters seize the
OIL resource sof the Caucasus and haer the T. s. supply
line to Russia That is why the German figured
it must be taken how great the cost
At this time it is impossible explain British defeat
IN Lbya the facts available but the Cairo censorship
has been complete AS Mr. Churchill frankly admitted the
lbya settled single day when 800 heavy British
tanks went into action and only 20 left night
comparable losses, Mr. Churchill said were inflicted on the
enemy Romme have lued British into trap
The British commanders seemed confident ROmmel could
not fight offensive action desert heat But Romme
did
AS yet we have not fully appreciated the extraordinary
1anatclsm of Axis leaders and troops With them win
or die They take incredible chances fight under the
worst climatic and geographical conditions They violate the
classic rules of warfare The are apparenv
completely calous when shedding their
cOmpaOts. These Axis hOres compared in manv
spects the brutal hodes Ghengs Khan To ston them
to defeat them will require comparable fanacsm
very different the of all the United Nations
From the T. s. point of view, the Jap landings in the
Aeuans cannot be passed off casually optmists have
tried to do 1t true that few rock islands, souded in fog
OFT the tip of Alaska aren't important in themselves It is also
true that Aeutan and Alaskan ouposts be used for
devastating raids the T. proper General Billy Mitchell
once said in effect that whoever controls Alaska would win
the next There is suppose aps raid
ed Dutch HarbO and seized Kska lust the
sake of what military call diversion command
ers have shown all along that everything they part of
careulyppared plan, and that everything has bearing on
their grand strategy 1t will be hard drive aps out of
their Aeutan oothOld The Axis is seeking this
country and has made gigantic progress That circle