The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-12

NelQhbor from Daksr
Mans Tipped Off on
Kaiser Cargo Plane Plan
ny RAT TUCKER
WARRINGTON The secret
worry q the United States cir
forces In that Braxil's decisrs-
fion Of war viii give the Ger
mans the opportunity for which
they have been waiting since
December 7. Tho first hlitzing
ef the American hemisphere
may not strike Washington.
New York. Boston or other
northern cities a. nearly
everyone has dreaded-but in
stead 10 likely TO hit Natal. the
port located on the South At
lantic bulge nearest Africa. The
invading planes may soar from
Dakar with or without the per-
mission Of vichy.
The hop across the ocean at
this point II only 1900 miles.
rhs u. 8. ferry service to Free
town jumps q similar span OF
waves every day. There In
sverv reason for the Axis to
attempt the westward passage.
After unloading their sxplo-
sives on President vsrgass har-
bor. the Nsxis could fly to
French Guiana where they
would be safely 'interned." The
attack need not cause great
damage. Its purpose might BE-
psychological like the flight OF
Jimmy" Doolittle.
Berlin has not overlooked the
significance Of kaiser's recent
proposals to build huge fleets
Of cargo planes. The Washing
ton publicity splurge about the
ship contractors visions tipped
off Goering that we intend TO
launch thousands Of aerial
freighters. Already craft Of this
type xoom along the airways
between America and Egypt by
way Of the nsrrowest point OF
the Atlantic. From there they
speed to Calcutta and China.
The key link IN this little
known but amazing chain IL the
section between khartoum and
Rraxxaville. General De Gaulet
equatorial headquarters.
II the Nszis can sever this
line our whole sky route--now
safe from submarines col
lapse. Should they dig In" II
would be almost impossible TO
root them out because OF our dis
advantage. They would also be
IN Q position to ruin the elabo-
rate tin mining machinery which
we have set up In the Belgian
Congo. Such q campaign would
be Germany's first practical step
to recover her lost African
coloniee---one of the real objec-
tives Of the war.
The United Nations high COM
mand has not revealed this peril
TO the public, but 1t Is quietly
taking measures to offset the
danger. One method IL the re-
cruiting Of the colored Moslem
tribesmen on the Gulf of Guinea
They are given six English les
sons q week In addition 10 mill
tary drill. This time in con-
frast To the days of Malaga and
Burma-the Allies intend TO face
the enemy with local soidiery
trained and eager to bayonet
hostile forces. The test may
come far sooner than anyone in
America imsgines.
Continued success of the
nsvys new tactics against the
suhs off the Atlantic seaboard
may knock into = cooked hat
an elaborate plan TO create in
land waterways from New Or
leans to Boston. Engineers want
70 furnish New England with
sorely needed fuel by utilizing
rivers and canals. The system
might have solved the heating
problem months ago had there
not been q gap between the Ohio
and Pennsylvania coal fields and
Lake Erie. A huge connecting
ditch was scheduled for this
area.
Advocates Of the project offer
statistics TO prove that such
link would reduce transportation
costs and thus lower steel prices
They foresee all manner Of
freight floating from the MIS-
sissippi 10 the east along safe
routes. But certain Wall Street
factions are at loggerheads with
the proponents because they con-
tend il viii pinch the pocket
books Of the railroads The New
Workers are backe5 by Pitts
burgh steel magnstes VINO fear
they viii lose business 10 the
Youngstown iron interests So
far the big money crowd has
been powerful enough 10 stall
action
It's latest argument il that
digging operations would de-
YOUR metals required in NUM-
tions factories now curtailed by
scarcity Of raw materials The
-.tf Gould mt be completed be-