The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-10-08
S+roigh+ From
Washington
BY STEPHEN M. YOUNG
Congressman at Large, Ohio

Washington. The recent launching
of several new Navy ships with in
creased armament and increased fire
power, especially anti-aircraft, means
that later on many Japanese aviators
are in for very rude surprise. This
was recently demonstrated in the
Solomon Islands when a new type of
ship with improved air armament was
attacked by forty y-nine planes. Our blue
jackets went to town. They destroyed
more than half Of the attacking force
of the JapS and our warShip was not
hit. The attackng force consisted of
dive bomberS, torpedo planes and some
medium bombers. The Japs destroyed
the huge warships, the Prince of Wales
and the Repulse, with ease, but the
American way is something else again.
They are finding the going tough.
The Japs evidently considered our
surface craft as fat duck and pur-
sued the same tactics which proved so
successful off Singapore against the
British. They learned too late that our
Navy has been busy incorporating the
lessons learned from the loss of the
Prince of Wales and the Repulse. Our
designers have been working night and
| day attempting to make our new ships
virtually floating anti-aircraft nests,
capable of holding their own against
aircraft even where they are caught
without air support. The speedy but
fragile japanese aircraft, unlike most
American combat planes, cannot take
small hits. They have a tendency to
disintegrate at high speeds when
pierced by shrapne.
Especially prominent in this war de
fense are the new all-purpose 5-inch
guns with special fire-control equip
ment. They were ably backed up by the
hard-hitting BoforS 4O-mm and Ober-
lilion 2O-mm guns This new fire control
and perfection of armament plus in
creased maneuverability and increased
accuracy of the men who man the guns
will hold many new surprises for the
Japs.
Second Front
y S'N'llti iloill III iIui'lV WIZ pS
opened up. American soldiers backed
by American war production will make
possible the opening of this second
front. The time and place is for Ameri-
can military and naval strategistS tC
decide. A windy politician travelling
around the world, kissing bar-maid~
and seeking headlines at home has nc
business making Il decision of such
vital Importance. Not one American
soldier should be- sacrificed needlessly
We must trust our leadership. I'm
afraid, we know that enough war pro
duction ip time can come only from
free men and women under the system
Of free enterprise. When the ships
planes, tanks, thoroughly mcchanizet
and trained men, and munitions are
ready, our leaders will act.
Harry Hopkins says the American
Army Is the most de luxe army in the
world. He says: -Four million soldier:
live like particularly favored iightin.
cocks in the establishment of IL maI
who believes Il, game chicken is The
noblest work of God
At Camp Bragg, n. c., the bigges
hog raiser in hat state has the con
tract for the table refuse left by The
Soldiers--in other words, garbage. The
; hog raiser recently told the camp com
mander, Colonel, | wisls my famil!
could eat as well as my pigs do!'
You Will note that our soldiers appea
well dressed in uniforms that looi
tailor-madc. Those of us who remembe
the fit, or rather, misft of uniforms
in World War |, have reason to env.
today's de luxe American Army. 1t il
de luxe, all right, but Brother, don
get in its way!
Please Remit
Congressman John f. Hunter, @
Toledo is asked by Il constituent t,
drop consideration of important legiS
, latun and ACT rs his lawyer-nO della.
and no foolug. The urgent reques
upon him is rs follows. A young maj
married Molly Elizabeth Buchanan. III
of cX-PrcSidcmJ Buchanan and is he
TO the Buchanan fortune whatever ant
wherever that is He demands that hi
Congressman enter a contest for TIN
balance of thiS estate, collect tn
money, and remit.