The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-25

OF Merry Scrap
Diplomatic Victory
For Allies In Egypt
NEW YORk-Ths repor; Of IN.
United States Steel corpora ton
gives an mixing Of both the misht
and the weakness Of America. The
company poured out twenty nil
hon tons of finished metal-an ALL
time record-but it lost through
strikes the equivalent OF three
hundred thousand tons Of CON-
pleted product, five million tons
OF coal and nineteen days OF ship
construction - especially serious
SINCE the lives Of our overseas SOL
diers and sailors depend upon
vessels. The officials warn that
the threatened lack of scrap fore
shadows decreased output.
A checkup from other national
sources shows that We had q
known capacity of sixty-one mil
lion tons of steel at the close of
the First World War. Now our
potential limit is over lightweight
million. In the last two years We
have increased our tonnage margin
by nearly seven millions-our sd-
vance alone is as great as Japan's
total production. But we fell under
the possible mark through labor
rows, shortages in coke and scrap,
and difficulties in securing prompt
deliveries of vital materials used
IN the process.
The pig iron industry is being
strained to make up for csstof
metal: its commodity Is not 20
good as the junkyard mixture but
Il can be used. After q two-year
study engineers have set up q
standard group of eighty-seven
alloys and seventy-seven carbon
steels to replace the four thousand
different combinations which for
nerly prevailed.
The battering which the
British eagles have been CIV
ing kiel, Cologne, and other
German cities dur,ng the past
few days Ii the result of
merry row which has been
boiling behind the scenes in
high military circles concern
ing the most effective use Of
the Raj.
One school Of strategists wanted
10 step up action. The other ad-
vocated a hold : off policy until
enough sky terrors were available
TO smash the Rhineland into
rubble. The lets SO" crowd has
won the argument.
Some experts doubted that the
damase caused by night blitz Justi-
fled the employment and frequent
loss of aerial fortresses and their
heroic crews. The chief purpose
of such blows is 10 immobilize
Nazi manpower, an objective
achieved just as well by smaller
aircraft. They travel twice az fast
and hence spend only half as much
time exposed to storms and enemy
guns. When lost they are much
more easily replaced than the cloud
monsters which require more pro-
duction man hours.
An unusually severe winter
grounded many ships. After one
big raid head winds and ice-costed
wings destroyed 81 big bombers.
Frequent rains turned many air
fields into quagmires. The wheels
of machines heavily loaded with
explosives failed to rise from the
mud. Fogs made difficulties for
Strings since their approach to
land Ia at q speed Of approx
mately one hundred and twenty
miles an hour. Now a different
battle program and a change OF
weather should result In an IN
creased tempo Of attack.
Great Britain and the United
etate. have won q diplomatic
,oust with the Germans and tan
ans which scarcely anyone N
America has noticed. yet its re-
p,lt has checkmated for the mo-
ment Hitlers move in the Mode
East.
The ministerial situations In
cairo neared q crisis In Feb
ruary "a the Sazis poised
%, their new blow. JIttery
King Farouk invited his prime
minister to step down from
his post.
A. related By Egyptians In New
York the young monarch had oe-
eidsd To appoint new man VINO
would be more fsyorsbly disposed
,ovsrd Rome. Berlin and Nieny.
He was prompted TO DO 80. me m
formsnts state. by powerful Ger
man groups throughout the eo1n-
try. The depossl was 10 prepare
IN. political scene for the srrlVa4
~ Marshal RommeI's desert fight
.rs at the mouth Of the Me. Ihai
this famous Nszi officer never got
that far but instead was cameo
home 10 report is due 10 the FAC.
thst the british ambassador ans
ca,e,sl Auchinleck backed by me