The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-05-18


Mai. Gen. Porter or puff 1t out
ahead Of 'em,
,ut IL the wind sets back their way,
s authors may get some OF the
benefit Of II. Furthermore, as they
advance, they may run into what's
left Of it, for it's apt to linger
awhile, where sprinkled, unless
there's a good bit OF atmospheric
circulation after it's disposed OF to
he folk it originally was intended
10 exterminate Airmen, though,
scoot right on ahead, high enough
ID not to snuff any Of the tainted
ozone and 60 around that neigh
borhood, coming back again. Sub
sequently the groundlings wait a
bit and don't push along until con-
ditions, close TO the grassroots,
aren't so lethal, with the hostile
population gone to glory - or
wherever else hostile populations
go TO.
The subjects live one, due to
threats Of a Nazi gas campaign
against Russia. TO Winston Church.
ilrs promise that Britain will re-
sort to a similar campaign against
Germany, IL Herr Hitler tries it on
the Reds, and 10 pledges from
Washington that Uncle Samn
gaseously cooperate with John
Bull il the AXIS does make a
weapon Of it against the Soviet ag-
gregation.
Accepted Standard
Just why a man-killing belliger-
ent should consider it all o. X. to
slaughter his foemen with lead and
shrapnel, but lousy trick to poi
son him, never was quite clear to
me. Nevertheless, that's been the
accepted standard Of decency for
generations. Now it's minated
that the AXIS may abandon it-so
far as Russia's concerned, anyway.
VERY we'll" rejoin the democrat
cies, IF the Axis does. WE will"
Now, it isn't asserted that we
can concoct any more poison gas
than the Germans can. The best we
can do will be to be tust as poi
sonous. But we can do that. Oui
dopes fatal and that's sufficient
Our democratic advantage, II
our aviation experts are right, Is
that we can sprinkle it more cap
ably from overhead, on Germany,
than Germany can sprinkle IT'S
brew on US and the Russians and
the rest Of the democracies.
Bombs, it seems, can be charged
with gaseous gas. The bombs are
dropped, the bombs explode. the
gas escapes and everybody in
the neighborhood shifts their con-
tents, dying shortly. Or there can
be a sprinkling in teeny-weeny fluid
drops-presently fine mist that's
inhaled-or the grounding has to
quit breathing entirely. which also
quickly suffocates him.
Well. the Germans can pull all
that kind Of activity as well as we
can.
Only. from all accounts. we've
got EN- licked. in advance. on avn
atorial distribution.
Our own and John Bulls avia-
ton experts are so sure that the
Nazis recognize this that they'll
hesitate to spring gas on the Rus
slams, in the face Of our warnings.
And yet, they're not so positive,
considering the desperate charac-
ter Of the Axis extremity
rs agreed that they may raise
gas hades in their extremity.
Civilian defense is preparing for
suicidal raids BY EN-.
Psychological
II isn't altogether a matter OF
material damage that it's surmised
they'll figure on. A psychology
wars being waged also.
Herr Hitler's reckoned on as at
the weak end Of it.
Italys blown up. France has
frazzled. overrun Europe is in in
cipient rebellion. It isn't believed
that Japan can last long.
Now it would be almost nice. mil
itarily speaking. 10 have Germany
take an air war aggressive and
then have the whole Fatherland
poisoned aerially, as a campaign Of
Adolfs own initiation
He could make it mighty dis
agreeable for Russians, along his
own frontiers, but the country's
too big for him 10 make any gen.
eral impression on. England is too
far away for him to be very ef-