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DONALD DUCK
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH) September 24, 1940.
By Walt Disney
WAHI YOW! WAW!
DOO
MAGAZINE
WHAT
NEUTRAL
EUROPE THINKS
BALKANS
1in the Balkans the pros pect of Hitler's New Europe
that the political side, implying German domination and the diminution of in. dividual authority enuses min givings. On the economic side the iden dues not appeal to business men as such, but Is found by professional perspla and workers to embody the principles of State control and the repudiation of indivirtua methods.
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It is belesed tint a
risks
too great Are
1: pointed out that German mili tary policy generally vetoes risks.
The Press regards invaNJUJE threats as intended to mask Germany's next wan Moves
It is thought that the inten tion is to draw the British out of the Mediterranean, thu securing control of Egypt and Northern Africa,
3.In the winter of 1941 (not so much as this winter} it is feared that shortage of food and scarcity of soap will undermine the physical rexis tance of the population. Epidemics, it is thought, will seize Europe.
4--1t is believed these stalemates may lead to a com- promise by which the British Empire will still retain India but lose Gibraltar and Malta, Hitler retaining his European gains, recovering his colonies and demanding share of con. trol of the Suez Canal with England and Italy.
PORTUGAL
1 Intelligent F!ai*{vura¢+44 take no stock of Hitler's New Europe which they believe to be mere bluff to temet other countries to enter into nego batlona with Germany, finally submitting to her domination If Hitler really wanted a New Europe on construktive Imes. Try any he would have got 1| by peaceful negotiation long ago, esperably ༣༢ ༡,་ཟླI Chamberlain was in power
The act thst Hitler pe forred war shows absolut. dominaliosi of Europe to ha his true alta.
2.Many people disbelieve that Hitler will attempt the invasion of Britain and think that the
invasion Chrend F only an attempt to senle section of British opinion inte a prace demand. If the in
were attempted, they Viaton think it will be reasted sur cessfully after struggle.
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3.-Portugal is not glipre hensive for the coming win- te, as food supplies, especially Argentine wheat, are arriving
owing freely, and
10 Live! Government's foresight. good organisation and strong finan- cial position large stocks are in storage here.
4.The outcome of the war is generally considered Lou remote for a forecast at pre- sent, but the Portuguese have great confidence in British power of resistance, believing that it will finally prevail. with American material sup- port.
RUMANIA
1.
The
Rumanian Prese
have miled Hitler's plan for a New Europe with great en thusiasm. Reading editorials In eating Rumanian news papers, one would think that Germany has already beaten Britain. Romanian people
Bitter's plan fess thisinstically, realaing that
the plan means more sacrifices on Rumunia's part, but accept
such arrangement as ineral
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OUT OF THE FRYING PAN
INTO THE SPITFIRE
AN aluminium frying pan to-day may be flying as part of a Spitfire in six weeks. Why and How?
Why is it needed? Alu- minium is the earth's com- monest metal-composing one- twelfth of the globe.
Unfortunately it is never found in the pure state, only in combination with other elements. The combination called Bauxite Clay is by far the easiest to refine and the chief source of Bauxite is the Baux region of France.
We have temporarily lost that supply, and the frying pans are a "stop-gap" to tide. over any possible delay in shipments from the ample re- serves in British and Dutch Guiana, Africa, “India, the US.A. and other countries.
But why frying pana? What about the masses of Caluminium in the car-breakers'. yards? Because kitchen utenalls are pure aluminiiam
which can be meited and used at once. Other forms are mainly alloys which have to be freed of several metals by a long complex process before they can be re-employed.
Formerly this melt-and- use-again process was impos- sible. Every aluminium article rapidly forms a thin, hard outer layer of oxide or “rust.' Only recently has a way been found to remove this "rust": from melted-down aluminium.
The Kitchen-to-Spitfire jour- noy is rapid. Lorries dia- tribute the pans to selected factories all over Britain. Here gangs of sorters get to work, throwing out any allow or non-aluminium, pans,
and wrenching off non-aluminium handles, Knobs and rivets. This is important, for a trace
of "foreign" metal can coni- pletely alter the charac- teristics of the aluminium.
The "pure" pans are then bundled into big hydraulic prosses with a
squeeze of 2,000 pounds to the square
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Special Correspondents in certain neutral countries were asked the following four questions:
1
2
What is thought of Hitler's "New Europe" talk.
Is it believed that Germany will at- tempt the invasion of Britain?
Is the coming winter viewed with
3 apprehension from the point of view of
shortage?
4
What is thought to be the probable outcome of the war?
Here are their answers:
SWEDEN
These aankng days will decide Pumper destiny Thut The { ▌ መ Namun ad Britain is forthcoming is
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Britain's propaganda
an underrnting of Dermara is Fran.es did, American inters vartion will be inte. Russn.
behieved, is baking her own! cake in Finland and elsewhere
An invasion is likely from port. from Bergen to Brest as well as from the air. Maybe it will be delo you! The attack on Norway Jinsed that Hitler prefers to take
their
edged unfavourable, their surprise value outweighing
Flash counter-miensures are unexpectedly exitious, leaving Norwegian porta
with crowded soldiers, unbombed
It is thought that a partial suc- are would spett a German victory; Enthare. the future Nazi disaster. I might mivite Russian Interven-
or
more
A German vitory might enubie Hitler to realise a New European ozdra either by reducing non- German states to differently de- penant protectorales, likely killing non-German state authority by the imposition of Bierman-run
Inter-European pro- tesedonal organisations. Either way wount slowly destroy native indus- try by colonising with German un- employed.
TURKEY
1-Hitler'K "New Order Lor Europe speech is labelled here
poor' attempt to sugar-coat ons for a Gerinano-Italian dic- tatorship of Europe. Turkey, who has herself suffered foreign ex-
So the ingots go to the melting pot again, where the small percentages of copper, nickel, manganese, silicon or other metals are added.
Scores of different filloys, euch with Its own virture, exis! and the metallurgical chemist can provide the ideal one for any job,
Frying pane in the form of a slab
to
feet square and four inches thick and weighing a measly 50 pounds are now ready for the massive rolling mills which will squeeze them to the right thickness to Spitfireskin.
lentation, has no ilusiops concern- ing the prosperity that the applica Tion of Hitler'k so-enlled New Order world
Europe'> shall nationa
bring
to
It is believed Bat should Gr. many succeed in establishing her new order. Europe will have any Fine Course-revolt
Turkish circles are united in the opmulon that a German attack on England will and must come this nutum),
For in an often repeated phrase here "Germany has lost the war if she cannot conquer England this you."
The delay in attack is belleved to be due to Germany's unpre- paredness und her realisation of just how hard a nut to crack Eng- innd will be.
3. For herself Turkey, whose harvest has been the largest in years, has no fear of famine. Pro- phecies of European famine дре more or less regarded as on Hit- Teriun trick to Loosen the British blockade.
4. The most general view 14 that Hiller, who has so far so well relived the Ile of Napoleon will continue to do,
"Take Cars By Rail To Save Petrol"
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A Holiday Suggestion A suggestion that motorists holiday paying visits to evacuee chii- dron might take their cars or motor- cycles with them by rail to save petrol and retum by road is made by the Royal Automobile Club.
A circular to members points out that the cost of taking cars by train, if they are accompanied elther by one frat or two third class passen- gers, is 3d, a mile for a single journey and 4 d. for n return, subject to a wor Increase of 15 per cent,
with it firmly either by giving it brine baths ár shutting it in a re- frigerator!
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A bath in hot brine, followed by cold brine bath temporarily softens the alloy, so that it can be worked or puls into place before hardening. When aluminium cast- ings have to be kept for some time before use they will stay con veniently workable only if stored at a temperature far below zero. So mast aircraft works are fitted with outsize refrigerators.
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It has been stated that one ton of aluminium, or over
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inch or more and pressed into solid cakes of 'metal.
These go straight to the furnaces, some of which can deal with 20 tons (80,000 trying pans to you) at a time. A temperature of about 700C ou melts the
aluminium Gas bubbles. blown through the liquid metal and a chemieu dux poured in a layer over its surface absorb all the oxide, and absolute- ly pure aluminium pours into the Ingot-moulds,
But pure metal isn't good enough for the plane makers. They de- marid an alloy, such as duralumin which, though 05 per cent. aluminiuro, is many times stronger, than the parent metal -and · as tough as and only one-third the weight of mild steel..
Most of the sheet metal which clothes the wings and body of a plane is only 1-30th of an Inch thick. The 4-inch-thick ingot is reduced by two stages. First is the hot roller. Heated to 450 C and fairly soft, the ingat passes through this giant mangle 20 or 30 times. This reduces its thick- ness to 4 inch. A second, and cold, roller turns it into watertain sheeting, which is cut and pressed into hundreds of standard shapes and curves by other machines (in»- ' cluding 1,000-ton presses) at the aircraft works:
Aluminium is a temperamental metal, Newly-born it is compara- tively soft and workable, but if left alone it hardens in a few hours. Plane manufacturers deal
4,000 frying pans,, makes one Spitfire. But only about half this ton goes into the plane liselt. The rest is temporarily "wasted" In cut- ting and casting (not extra- ordinary when you consider the 70,000 separate parts, thousands of them aluminiun which have to be cast, forged, cut for every fighter!) This "scrap" is then collected, re- melted and used again.
The reserves of "household alu- mintum available in emergency must be linmense: "Allow only three pans per household and you have enough aluminium in the nation's kitchens to build 6,000 Spiires. And a bit over to make Incendiary bombs, explosives, paint and other aluminium products.
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