The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-08
FLIGHT
Wilkes Old Law Firm
Mskes Trouble in S. A.
State Department Tries
To Soofh Areentinisns
Rommels Tank Tactics
Win Pisudits Everywhere
BY RAY TUCKER

dent Roosevelt employs Wendell
Willkie ~ q courier TO cheer
neutral and emhsttled nations.
the state department In working
overtime TO undo damage which
the New Workers. old law firm
caused in Buenos Aires. Under
Secretary Sumner welles. norm
ally q gentle spirit. exploded
when he learned Of the embar-
raising rumors which wendell's
former associates had promul-
gated in the one republic stll
favorable to the Aka.
According to = letter written
by q member OF the legal or
ganixation whence the Roosevelt
itinerant leaped into the head
lines. the United States clamped
q rigid boycott on export Of pa
per to Argentinean journals. 1t
ssid: Tho problem of news
print has been placed under con-
roi of q central commission and
the policy has been decided upon
with regard To South American
shipments. The Board Of Eco
nomic Warfare and the War
Shipping administration are al
lotttng % much tonnage TO each
country, according TO Mr.. name
elided by tie censor). The COM
mission. in the case Of unfriend.
ly countries, Ia using its discre-
ton N to newsprint cargo which
shall be allotted"
Since e5 per cent Of the pub
lishing firms there are extreme
ly pro-Ally. this misleading In
formation caused CONSERVATION
among American interests. 1t
also gave Naxi propasandists q
chance to give Uncle Sam q
black eye. Our embassy there
asked Mr.. welles TO disavow the
report and he did % In. for him,
q pyrotechnical manner. Note:
This unfortunate incident ex-
plans why REV was strip
ped of the military martincts
who once captured IT and WAS
placed in charge Of . native
South American.
Mammal Rommel's handling Of
his tanks in the present Libyan
offensive will be watched more
closely by the heads Of our
armored divisions than any mill
tary movement since the Ger
mans miraculous sweep through
France and Belgium. Confiden-
tial communiques indicate that
the acknowledged expert In
massing these steel monsters
has mastered a new technique.
In Poland and western Eu-
rope these vehicles were utiliz-
ed in force for the first time in
history. In those engagements
their role was to spearhead the
infantry attack, smash a hole
In the opposing front and pro-
vide an entering wedge for
ground troops. Then they fan
ned out behind the lines In fleur-
de-lis fashion. encircling and de-
etroying regiments almost at
their leisure. They tried the
same trick against the Russians.
but the Red troops improvised 4
defense against this maneuver.
As a result Of this experience
the '.fox Of the desert has
adopted a new system.
His machines still lead the
first assault. But when they
encounter heavily armed British
and American cars they slip off
to the flanks and plunge
through to the adversary's rear.
There they concentrate their fire
on supply and reinforcement
lines while foot soldiers aided
by machine gun and artillery
engage the main body Of the
enemy. The vast wastes Of
Egypt provide ideal terrain for
these tactics. Note: Rommel
now uses these land bsttleships
a. II they were cavalry.
The vast influx of hometown
constituents to Washington a.
900 weekly since Pearl Harbor)
creates . distinct menace TO
SNUG statesmen in the city.
Already this on-to-the- Capital
march is believed responsible
for several primary fatalities.
Most members of Congress
are big shots" back In their
own communities. which hear of
their accomplishments and
speeches through sympathetic
newspapers. over the radio and
from the lips Of their political
friends. On their return they
are interviewed. feted and pa
radec. and they are never losth
TO tell how. at least once q week.
they advise the President on the
conduct Of the war. They de-
scribe the banquets. teas and
important conferences which
they have honored. They pose
ms the embodiment Of Washing
ton, Lincoln and Roosevelt
r. d. RI, and they usually get
away with it.
But now the nations hub is
flooded with people from their
districts and states. They get
around, too. And they learn,
to their ACCOMPLISHMENT. that
their particular representative
or senator Is regarded as
STUFFED shirt" that he has new
er delivered an GRAFTON Of any in