The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 2, No. 44, Ed. 1, Friday, July 12, 1940 Page: 1
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Rubber Tin
Dependency
AH Hokum
By GEN HUGH S JOHNSON
Special to The Hemphill County News
and Aisociated Newspapers
WASHINGTON D C-
It would be worth a good many
111111003 not to mention a great re-
employment strengthening of our
defense and reduction of our danger
to debunk the hokum about our be-
ing so dependent on the British and
Dutch East Indies for rubber and
tinThat
That bunk plus gross exaggeration
of our tiny commercial stake In
China projects the sphere of our
naval strength far west of any line
of defensive necessity In the Pa-
cific On every occasion we build
Japanese enmity That in turn re-
quires even greater naval strength
In the Pacific We maintain the
whole fleet equipped for this great
distance which is a far greater ra-
dius of action than Western hemi-
sphere defense requires
We are truly told that we have not
nearly the naval strength we need
for that defense Yet here we are
irlttering away much of that strength
chiefly on this rubber and tin argu-
ment
Every time somebody mentions
the fact th at Bolivia is a prolific
potential source of tin we get a
dose of clever propaganda that the
ore has to be sent to England to be
smelted that Bolivian reserves of
ore aren t great enough and that
they require a mixture of other tin
ores r
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We have no tin smelters But why
havent we Because a British car-
tel controls tin It doesnt want us
to smelt tin or buy In Bolivia That
Isnt good enough now There is no
mystery about the tin smelter To
build the necessary smelters and
use Bolivian tin at once fits with ev-
ery sound American policy and not
todo so collided wluVall It em-
ploys American rather than British
sphere trade and HeF s cioseF to
SoUth America It strengthens our
defense and reduces our danger and
dependence on distant sources Why
isnt such a move number one in our
new national defense effort
I cant say on the basis of known
facts and recent surveys that Boli-
vian tin would be enough But nei-
ther has it been demonstrated by
any such means that it wouldnt be
enougfC Certainly nobody has tak-
en any steps to make It enough I
am told by metallurgists that they
can easily lick the few bugs in the
use of Bolivian tin
There is a very wide field for the
conservation of tin It Is largely
used for attractiveness where black
sheets would serve as well There
Js a vast field for substitutes par-
ticularly glass Finally tin can be
reclaimed after original use We
throw It on the garbage dump Any
truly alert defense policy would act
Immediately here
Qabby Qertie
Married men like tandem motor-
cycles because theyre too noisy
for words
iie case of rubber is similar It
may be true although it seems in-
credible that we cant now rely on
getting rubber from its native home
in South America but it is no longer
true that we haxe to go half way
round the world to get it We have
no less than six all American rub-
ber substitutes Two of them are far
better than rubber
Yes they cost more but if we
relied on them entirely and so went
Into mass production they would
cost very little more maybe not as
much as the process Is perfected in
use As matters stand at this mo-
ment due to their longer life and
better quality the true cost would be
no more If you consider this great
new field for employment of Ameri-
can labor to replace Asiatic coolie
labor our economic advantage
would be much greater If to that
advantage we add as in the case of
tin the avoided cost and danger of
maintaining an American naval
threat In Asia then all considerations
of both economics and defense sim-
ply shriek for immediate action
here What Is a council of national
defense for anyway
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Temptations
Now that the course and leader-
ship of the Republican party is set
tled there are only two major un
certainties to fertilize with worry
more gray hairs the war in its re
lation to us and the November elec-
tions
Superficially there is a temptation
to write a third the convention
course antTleaJtrshlp of the Demo-
cratic party But we know that
there Is no uncertainty Mr Roose-
velt wi1 be nominated by acclama-
tion He will write his own plat
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There Is no more reason for a
Democratic convention than there
would be of a meeting of the Reichs-
tag to decide whether Mr Hitler
shall continue
In the proposal for a western
hemisphere cartel we see a cojos
sal attempt to imitate Hitler It is
assumed that if he Is victorious all
European Industries will be operat-
ed as one their products pooled and
bartercdto Latin Amerloa at a
t sweaTed price so low we cant com
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to be subsidized and pooled for sale
south to under price low cost Euro-
pean Industrial production at a loss
to our whole people of perhaps a bil-
lion a year
Something Is rotten In the slat
of Denmark and now perhaps In
France Not enough facts have
come out of that stricken country to
give even a shadowy opinion of what
it Is But regardless of the un-
doubted superiority of the German
strength In guns and equipment and
giving due regard to the crushing
power of the new mechanized and
motorized equipment the collapse of
all French resistance in so shoit a
time simply cant be explained ex
cept by soft spots in the French
command
The territory over which this
headlong rout took place Is unlike
many areas of campaign It has
been a path of conquest and a battle-
ground since the beginning of re-
corded history Every hill and fold
of ground Js known Its military
strength or weakness proved over
and over again Its features mapped
In intimate detail not only on pa-
per but in the minds of every com-
petent officer in France In this re-
spect It Is more like a checkerboard
than a battlefield There could be
no surprises of terrain
Army Mas Strong
The Trench armv exceot In the
air and as to some classes of equip-
ment was very strong In its com-
plement of highly trained profes
sional soldiers many with war ex
pcrlence it was much stronger than
the German army
Some of our amateur military
commentators say that the key to
the puzzle Is mistaken French re-
liance on the fixed fortifications of
the Maginot line and that the cam-
paign proves such lines worthless
That is wrong There was no as-
sault here until that line was out-
flanked and taken from the rear
The Germans built and successfully
relied on the somewhat different
fortifications of the Siegfried line It
Is true that this aspect of the case
shows a terrible blunder But the
blunder was solely in relying on Bel-
gium and other nations to the north
and leaving the left flank of that
line bare to assault as the paunch
of the purser s sow
Then here Is an added lesson for
us among dozens of others in this
war In this double crossing treaty
breaking lying world no nation can
risk Its exjstence on any other or
on anything but the strength of its
own right arm and the courage uni-
ty loyalty and devotion of its own
people
Why the Collapse
But even with all that said we
are left still groping for the cause
of this complete collapse For one
thing it snows the weakness of any
democracy not based on a two party
system There were more than 20
parties In the Reichstag and in
came Hitler There were several
in France and in came Hitler
through another and bloodier door
That Is a lesson for us We still
retain two parties but one of them
has degenerated into a group of
gimme pressure groups
The principal cause of French
weakness is beginning to seem to
be its half and half division In both
Its army and Its legislature between
men with Communist and men with
Fascist leanings There is as yet
no news of outright treachery but it
Is hard to explain the mushlncss of
French defense on any other basis
> i Columnar Eolsaiw
There Is a third and false conclu
slon for us that Is being preached
by some of my columnar colleagues
JOHNS
7l takes a tiise man to discoter a uisfl
man
JULY
TtP Baddoek defeated at
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Monongahela 1755
10 Versailles treaty present-
ed to Senate 1319
11 New York Triborough
bridge costing 65000
dfrh jlte COO dedicated 1936
12 Germany aud Austria re
vtved friendship pact
l33o
13 U S Russia trade agree-
ment concluded 1935
14 Gold discovered in Hel
ena Mont 1664
15 Secy Wallace asked
T 3LV cut in wheat acre
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and It Is pure poison it is that
this war proves that democracies
wont work in war with an implica-
tion that we should forget this elec-
tion give autocratic authority to the
power seeking group of Incompe-
tents In Washington and perpetuate
Hopkins Morgenthau Perkins and
Ickes to stumble fumble and blun
der us Into war and they to run It
for us
We proved In 1918 that our de-
mocracy could out Hitler any Ger-
man in war efficiency but you ve
got to have competent leaders to
do It
There is much also to be learned
from the astonishing almost ml
raculous German teamwork as be-
tween fifth columns air armored
and mechanized land battleships and
close folio win gt masses of old fash-
ioned infantry But to swallow that
whole for our defense would be as
stupid as to return to the World war
for all our lessons
FARIS BELONGS TO WORLD
In a sense Paris belongs to the
world and nobody wanted to see it a-
mass of smoking ruins
In cold military science neither
the capture nor retention of a city
is of primary Importance except
as that city may be of strong de-
fensive or economic value
Tallure to see this point clearly
has cost more lives and lost more
campaigns than any other single
KoaFy blunder For the first two
years of our Civil wr in the East
both the Federal and Confederate
governments seemed to thfnk that
all that v as necessary to win the
war was to capture Richmond or
Washington In the West Grant
saw the matter much more clearly
The reason he Insisted on ram-
shackle VIcksburg was because Its
site controlled the Mississippi and
its fall would cut thf Confederacy
in two
Mrs J T Williams and Mrs Byrd
Eaton and family of Wichita
Kans returned this week from Dove
Creek Colo where they have been
visiting their son and brother
Jlalph Wjlhams and family
Mrs R K Rhea who has been
visiting in Pampa and Amanllo
returned home Sunday
My Neighbor
Says
A saucerful of quicklime placed
in a damp closet or cupboard will
absorb all dampness
For blacklcat spot on rose bushes
dust bushes with sulphur Also
dust hollyhock plants to control rust
It will not be necessary to grease
griddle if when making griddle-
cakes two tablespoons of shortening
arc added to batter
When preparing lettuce for sal-
ads first remove the core or stem
then hold lettuce under cold water
faucet until water separates leaves
Instead of baking custards In the
oven try cooking them in cups
placed in a kettle of water on top
of stove If water is kept boiling
custard will be perfectly cooked
Vrults or berries added to frozen
foods should first be well crushed
then added when the mixture is
half frozen Otherwise the fruit will
freeze In icy particles throughout
the mixture
IT IN THEfNEWS
The Only Paper With Complete Coverage in Both City and Country
CANADIAN TEXAS FRIDAY JULY 12 1940
HIT BY TWO WARS
This picture might serve as an
editorial in itself It was made by
a newsof theday newsreel photog-
rapher In the heart of trances war
zone The veteran you sec here lost
his eyesight In the last World war
With bombs dropping all around
him be Is a victim of this war as
he makes his way to an air raid
shelter
If your telephone number is 9001
F 149017F139026 F29026F13
236 or 306 call at The News office
for a free ticket to the Palace theatre
C H Jennings who Is in the
Santa Fe hospital at Mulvane
Kans is doing nicely
Mrs Margaret Wood left Wednes
day to spend several weeks near
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has been authorized to announce
the candidacy of the following
political aspirants
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By VIRGINIA VALE
Compliments of the Palace theatrt
first actor in Hollywood
THE
wood history ever to be
elected a delegate to a na-
tional political convention
Melvyn Douglas wonders if
he will be able to enjoy the
honor
Of course I can always be
represented by proxy he
said the other day But a
chance like this comes only
every four years and Id hate
to miss it
Douglas made preparations to b-
In Chicago 4uly 15 for the big con-
clave But he temporarily forgof
that he Is also an actor involved la-
the new Columbia comedy H
Stayed for Breakfast
Alexander Hall the director I
making every eflqrt to hurry thing
along and Is making all the scene
with Douglas first
firstA
If you think youd like to be a mo-
tion picture producer pause and
consider what happened at the Para-
mount studio recently when Joe Mc
Crea withdrew from the cast of
Arise My Love because of III
health 1 Because of McCreaf
withdrawal Ray Mllland was
plucked from the cast of VlrginIa
to take the McCrea assignment op v
JOE McCItEA
posite Claudette Colbert 2 That
meant that Virginia wouldnt
start on time 3 That meant thai
Franchot Tone who was to have co-
starred in Virginia had to with
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The
By John Harrey Furbay PhD
SUBMARINES DO HOT AIM
TORPEDOES AT THEIR
VICTIMS MX
I in i jjgjfp
When a submarine is ready to re-
lease a torpedo to sink an enemy
ship the death bearing projectile is
not aimed directly at the ship as
Is commonly believed but ts aimed
as much as a half mile ahead of the
ship It often takes the torpedo as
long as two minutes to reach its
mark and the ship may have trav-
eled forward a half mile or more
inthat time The distance and speed
of the ship must be calculated be-
fore the torpedo is released The
rudders are set to guide the torpedo
and a gyroscope keeps It on its
course after release They are some-
times discharged two or three miles
from the intended target but a half
mile is more certain Ships zigzag
to confuse submarines A torpedo
costs around 10000 to 15000 and
Is about 20 feet long
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Miller, Othello Ontje. The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 2, No. 44, Ed. 1, Friday, July 12, 1940, newspaper, July 12, 1940; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth47151/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.