The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-22
Inside
Washington

ton has been given outside oftic;,,
circles to the present visit nj ,,.,.
royal personages - HRE A.;
Khalid, his younger brother. pot.
are sons of Arabian King Ibn Sand
Clad in their traditional rob-.
and wearing gold braided 49,
dresses, the two princes sIinnos
unobtrusively into Wasbingta."
They were given quiet recert;oq
and dined at the White House Wy
the public has heard little of tba,.
Behind their visit lies yitai
consideration affecting this co, na'
try's future, The little known d s,,'
ert kingdom contains one ~ ~
worlds largest unexploited nil ro
serves. It's value in the cono;n.
air age, if the rapid depletion -
United States oil reserves contiv
ues, cannot even be estimated 4
is the one Middle Eastern Gil NM,
not under British control and-lt
tie known fact-Standard OIL a,
California and the Texas comnsnr
have oil rights there.
Uncle Sam is taking good ,,r.
that friendly relations with Arabis
continue.
DESPITE NUMEROUS AwFp
ICAN sea-air victories in the p,
cific, Japan's main battleship fleet
remains intact and all effort, :.
bring 1t into the open so far hsvs
failed.
Battleships the Japs have yos.
have been among their oldest-rot
the 45,000-ton monsters the emnirs
repeatedly was building before tbs
war. These have been kept in Md.
ing.
According to some sources re-.
cent American raids on Marcus
Wake and the Gilbert islands wArs
designed to serve a dual purnosp.
to harass the Jap outposts and IN
lure the Jap fleet into action. BIT
the Nips made no attempt to aid
their garrisons. Look for more NJ
these raids in the future
Navy men who have been n
sea during the past six months
say that the newer japanese bat.
tleships and carriers do not worrv
officers attached TO the Pacific
fleet. Americas battleship and
carrier program is far enough ad-
vanced so that the United States
can risk ships in offensive action
without worrying too much about
possible losses.
NO. 1900 PENNSYLVANIA Az.
ENUE is getting the down-at-the,
heels look of an Impoverished ante
bellum mansion. The White House
has turned a gradual dirty gray.
Huge flakes of paint have scaled
off the front portico through which
Prime Minister Churchill and other
SI6dI Us anu llCdl Cd 10 VI tLIC ClllN'
ed Nations have passed.
Not since the summer before
Pearl Harbor has the White House
been given its usual yearly coat
Of white paint. The President feels
that even this comparatively small
Job should be foregone in the IT.
terests of man-power for the war
effort. The White House will get
new coat of Victory paint when
the Axis is defeated-but not be-
fore.
IF THE COAL SITUATION be.
comes as bad as some federal Of
ficials pessimistically predict, mil
lions of householders who use the
fuel may be asked to follow the
example of fuel oil users and cut
home temperatures to 65 degrees.
| Officials are moving heaven and
earth to obtain voluntary conser-
walton and boost production TO eS-
cape rationing coal. For exam
pie, "dimouts" - long known 10
coastal cities-soon will become
familiar to inland residents uhoeI
the conservation campaign almeo
at saving fuel and electricity hS-
Inmates are that four million IONS
of coal could be saved by reducing
electric power consumption
WPB cited Chicago's State s'ree'
as one of the bright light areas
to come under the SHADE" Oh |"t'
Merchants there have pledged CO.
operation beyond the point requ ',
ed by the government ana sI 10y
windows and signs Will relieV' VIZ
cut in electric power use :,
But four million tons SaVe ;T,n y
just drop in the bucke', WI WI l.
says the real saving-some5 ~ i rat
lion tons-could be obtained w 5 a.
ting householders using coal 10 W.
low the example of fuel oil .0 -
sumers and keep Temperatures %
IS. INN 20.
At present, however, WE ~
CARDS this one as too hot 10 laii''''