The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-20
Observations
Allies Seen as
Likely to Stab
in Northland
BY Helen Essary

The chips definitely are stacked
for an about invasion OF Hitler's
captive Europe across the English
Channel and against the mainland
OF France.
But military and diplomatic OBJ
servers unoficially expect blows 10
fall simultaneously elsewhere
particularly in the direction OF
Nazi.controlled Norway and Den
mark. Obviously, the time and
place OF the inyasions. where the
trip-hammer blows will fall. and
their intensity are cloaked in the
deepest in military secrecy.
There is a growing feeling, how.
ever that some action might be
taken from Denmark across the
plains of Schleswig.Holstein into
the heart OF Germany. Then the
assault might come from Norway,
where the German garrisons have
fallen into an indifferent state OF
mind.
The Germans who have garrison
ed the Norwegians for four years
are sick OF wa" and aware OF the
futility of continuing. Morale per
haps is poorer nowhere than in the
German army in Norway.
II Norway could be seized at
slight cost as a base for an attack
on Germany through Denmark, the
war might be shortened baslcally.
Observers point out that a blow
through Denmark would place the
Germans in dilemma-with troops
massed in France and on the Rus.
sian border. and little knowledge
of where the next blow will fall.
Once across Schleswig. Holstein
the Allies would be at the gates OF
Berlin.
PROFESSIONAL POLITICIANS
profess TO see a tinge OF politics
in the upsurge OF predictions the
war in Europe vii lend this year.
The political thinkers are in the
minority but their arguments and
views gain weight daily as the dis
Cussions continue and the predic-
tons still come from high sources.
They reason: President Roose-
Welt, in seeking TO change his par
tvs slogan from New Deal to
win the War has provided only
the first half OF what Is TO be the
presidential campaign slogan dur
ing the 1894 election race. The
last half in l944' is being forced
Willingly or unwittingly by the
military and naval high command,
both in the field and in Washing
ton.
Thus. the politicos insist, the
Democratic party's slogan eyentu.
ally will evolve into Win the War
IN a..
OF course, the political group
holding this view is composed OF
that faction in Washington which
insists President Roosevelt will be
2 candidate for a fourth term
that he is, in fact, already running
at top speed.
On the other hand. the Republi.
cans in many sections OF the coun.
try have launched their slogan
Lets Win Sooner.
HARRY DAVIS. the Pittsburgh
flicker entrepeneur who opened
the nations first movie" decades
ago, would have been amazed 10
have witnessed the mass demon
stration OF war. industry training
films staged by the United States
Office OF Education.
The films-motion pictures and
"slides"-were shown to govern
ment officials and newsmen in the
medium-sized Social Security build
ing auditorium. But the education
slists under Federal Security-Man-
power Chief Paul V. McNutt bet.
tered the commercial "double-fea-
ture" proponents several times.
Seventeen separate flms-fve mo-
ton pictures and a dozen Still
features-were shown simultane-
ously on the four wall space OF the
auditorium.
But the exhibiting technique
proved impractical even for a gov
eminent bureau Aside from the
confusion OF competing pictures
and overlapping sound tracks, the
power overload was too much ,
for the building electrical system.
The performance was broken up
by an untimely popping of fuses.