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QUESTION — ANSWER

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Questions and answers clarifying various aspects of the British American trade of naval base leases for destroyers..

Q. How many destroyers and how many naval and air base sites are involved in the transaction? A.The United States is giving Great Britain 50 World War destroyers in return for 99 year leases on sites for bases in strategic places in six British posses- sions in the Caribbean area. Britain has thrown in two other sites-in Newfoundland and Bermuda-free of charge. The lenses expire in the year 2039..

Q. How will the destroyers be turned over to the British. A. They will be sailed by their American crews to Canada where they will be boarded by British scamen for the journey to Britain. American crews are not per- mitted to go into European danger zones,

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Q. What are the destroyers worth? A.-The vessels are 1,200-tonners and cost about £400,000 each 20 years ago. They have been recommis sioned in the past year at an average cost of about £2,000 (T). Now destroyers being built by the navy to-day are of about 1,600 tons and cost. from two to three times as much.

Q. Where are the new.

'and bases

to be located when? A-From the south shore of Newfoundland to coast of British Gulana in northern South America. In termediate bases will bo Bet up at Bermuda, the 'Bahanias, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Antigua. The exact sites will be selected by a joint Anglo-British board of naval and army experts. The American delegation has left for Bermuda.

actions? A.---Germany's aerial warfare, and more limited sea fighting, against Britain has taken a heavy toll of British destroyers. An often deadly Enemy of the submarine, the destroyer nevertheless is ex- tremely vulnerable to the de- predations of the undersen craft and bombardment from the air.

Q What is the vital in- terest of the United States in the agreement? A.-The pro- curement of defence locations in the Caribbean, area, key- stano of defence of the Panama Canal. The Canal has been called the jugular vein of American defences, for it offers a short, quick route for transfer of the fleet from the Atlantic to the Pacific, or vice versa. The Newfoundland base would be essential to preventing any aggressor from getting a foothold in Canada.

Q. How far will the bases project America's defence lines? A.-Approximately 600 to 1,000 miles out into the Atlantic.

Q. Are funds available to start construction of the bases? A Congressional de- fence committeemen say, 80. Mr. Roosevelt was given $10,- 000,000 for establishment of auxiliary air bases, and in hddition Congress gavo him a $20,000,000 (M) blank check for defence.

Does Congress have to ratify the agreement? A According to an opinion by Attorney General Robert H. Jackson, it does not. The igreement, Jackson ruled, is not in the nature of a treaty. requiring Senate ratification.

Did Mr. Roosevelt vio- late any laws in his historical "deal"? A-He proceeded in conformance with Jackson's the law. construction of Isolationists denounced the President's action as an act of war, a violation of law, and Adequate naval and air facilian usurpation of Congres

Q. Will the United States

incur any expenses in taking

over the altes?

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ties must be established and

the United States, in addi-

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sional powers over treaties.

How many destroyers

tion, must pay the proper does this leave in the U.S. parties for any private pro-Navy AIt loaves 151, of

perty which is taken over to create the bases. No estimates of cost are available yet, but there are sufficient funda, on hand to get the work started when the preliminaries aro complete.

Q. Will the United States -have absoluto control over the leased areas? AYes; For the 19-year period of the Icase. British sources in Lon don said that British ships and planes might share the facilities whenever necessary or possible. But President Roosevelt indicated that such an arrangement would depend upon the attitude of thla country at a given time.

Why were the British anxious to effect the trans-

which 60 are the overage class, similar to those traded to Britain Bealdes the 151 the remaling destroyers, navy is now building 57. 1

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christened Alexander, RN. WAS Anthony Colin Beverley aboard a

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A ROYAL Air force BOMBING STATION AND CUNNERY SCHOOL. THE R.A.F. IS TRAINING THOUSANDS OF OBSERVER BOMBERS AND AIR GUNNERS.

1. An Air Gunner at Gunnery practice in the air firing at a towed target,

2. A rear gunner operating his two guns in 'his turret in the tall of his aircraft.

3. Instructional bomb sight. A pupil in the School using a bomb sight on the ground,

later he uses it in the air.

4. A pupil getting thoroughly acquainted with a power operated turret. There are several of these turrets about the station into which the pupils can jump and spend their spare time.

WHEN THE SIREN SOUNDS

IT is surprising how people.

who have been through precisely similar ordeals re- cently in areas which have been visited by Nazi bombers react to the strain in totally different ways.

Most of our people display that measure of contempt for all the enemy does or can do, which typical of British character gener- ally when faced with trials. But it is not how you act during a rald of only which matters. The effect losing sleep for several nights on end, or of living in a constant state of apprehension, welglis many people who, in the actual moment of danger, are perfectly calm and courageous.

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This is an article a woll- known doctor wrote for the people of Britain. It gives a number of hints for the pre- servation of health in time of strain,

well in these days, to acquire a sound sleep habit.

If when you go to bed your mind is full of worry as to who ther you'll be able to wake in the morning, should your night have been disturbed by a rald warning, cut that all out immediately. How? Simply by buying an alarm clockt

sleep point of view than drinking tea.

Too much smoking does not help, though in periods of strula most of us probably tend to "strengthen the nerves" with extra cigarettes. Sleep is likely to suffer.

If you have to miss a good deat едству сп- of sleep owing to the

on slumber times, croachments don't worry yourself unduly and feel sure that you will fall serl- ously i Try to get good, sound sleep for a full eight hours or so as soon as you can, and that is about all you can do to remedy muliers, for contrary to a rather common Impression you can't "catch up on: sleep."

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the erally rest, we need to make most of the hours of sleep which are permitted us. Well, to do that we must aim at dropping off to peaceful slumber as soon as we turn in-or, if there has been a rld, immediately we can return to bed., How can that be man- agedy

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