The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-11
. New York
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The Unexpected
U. S. Military poiie.
Clear Up Cairo
Plenty Of Silver in
Posi-Wsr Cloud
Soup Kitchen Days
To Be eons Forever
BY ALBERT n. LYMAN

Eo4S Not only - ROM
mel-or his stand-ln, since IN.
elusive marshars whereabout. 4. |.
mystery-overwhelmed by weight
Of numbers but he is being out
foxed. An officer who has h,s,
reached New York from the fron,
describes a trick or two which the
Tommies and Yanks played on the
old maestro.
The regular Nazi stunt here
tofore was to break through with
Mark rvs and compel the defense
to concentrate tanks which later
were wiped out Previously the
polo-playing, old-school-tie brass
hats swallowed the bait. But
shrewd Montgomery did not bite.
Instead he met the oncoming mon-
sters with massed field guns and
howitzers. The baffled Germans
reeled and never were able 10 ad-
vance. The British leader then
used his unchanged machines AZ
q ferry service for infantrymen
and snti-tank guns - which are
worse than land battleships. Now
the iron behemoths are available
for hopping up purposes.
The allies fooled the Hitlerites
by hitching bombs to American
made Kittyhawk fighters. The
enemy thought they were merely
ships on patrol until explosives
began to drop on ammunition
dumps. A speeding truck or tank
IL q difficult target in a desert
dust cloud. U. s. Flying For
tresses keep such vehicles NOV.
ing for safety until they run out
of gas and then pick them off.
The foe was baked by expanses
which suddenly teemed with Aus
tralians, Fighting French and
Polish foot soldiers. Tiny u. s.
jeeps were hidden in wadi crevices
like ants In a hill-and swarmed
out packed with soldiers.
The smoothness of the current
Eighth Army drive shows THAI the
United Nations have learned a
thing or two from past blunders.
In an earlier disastrous engage
ment the censor blue-penclled the
news Of one prize bit of blimpery:
Teamwork between planes and
ground failed to materialize.
Critics blamed rivalries of R.A.F.
and infantry. Actually, 1t was
discovered after the battle that
someone forgot to synchronize the
radio wave bands of flying ma
chimes and tanks. This time
everything clicked.
British officers on leave in Cairo
sometimes took one drink too
many to help them forget their
horrible experiences at the front.
But the humble local police did
not dare touch such exalted In
ebriates and a whispering cam
paign spread the rumor that the
Nile capital was the scene of q
continuous Bacchanalia. When
American troops arrived, hard
boiled M. P.'s took over. Anyons
buck private to colonel
who couldn't hold his booze was
yanked into the hoosegow and
the streets became as peaceful
as on a Sabbath morning.
The seven thousand United
States soldiers and nurses who
landed there the other day are
merely a few of the many in the
area. We are much more deeply
involved than is realized. Ameri-
can supplies and equipment are
pouring in. Pennsylvania made
locomotives are sent to Eritrea,
assembled and hurried to the front
On tracks built by our engineers.
Train crews often work As hours
without sleep to transport our
orand-new General Sherman super
-anks to the battlefield in addi-
lion to our General Grants and
General Lees.
The prophets Of doom who fore
zee a ruined nation after the war
IRE wrong. according to Stuart
'hase, the brilliant analyst. We
IRE building a machine which can
'e converted in peacetime to a
ystem that will make America
more prosperous than anyone now
lreams. If believers in private
Enterprise and those who have
aith In sound federal aid will
cooperate the United States of
omorrow viii be an earthly para
Use.
These optimistic predictions sp-
ear in his latest book, Goals
or America" published by the |
wentieth Century Fund. Mr..
'hase insists that we must set up
national budget" to establish
minimum standards for everyone
l food, clothing, housing, educs-
ION and health. But instead Of
ossing off the theory as a mere
ague hope. he surveys our re-
ourees and potential capacity
EN- by item TO prove that
bis Utopia Is practicable and at
We shall come out Of the con-
let with q vast force Of trained
'orkers who viii never again SUBJ
ut to soup kitchen days" We
hail have AN expanded industrial
lant with access TO marvellous
ew inventions and raw mate
ais. There viii be tools In pro-