Objective: Tokyo Total War Might Must Be Thrown Against Japanese Reconversion of Troops and i Supplies From Europe Going On By Walter A. Shead WNV Stiff Correspondent. EliUr't N?U: This Is th* Crst sf thrss srtlclss issllsg with ths prshlcsi sC Bsshsvsr, IrssapsrlaUas ssd aapflln thst will fscs ss is ths hU-sst effsrt sgsisst J spas With the crumbling of Hitler's third Reich the victorious Allies have won the first game of a double-header in this tremendous global war. Germany's 80 millions, girded for total war, were brought to unconditional surrender by the combined might of Britain, Russia and the United States at a cost to our forces alone of close to a million casualties. O It cost us three years of strenuous effort before Hitler's legions were driven back to the soil of Germany and before we were able to deliver the full weight of combined ground and air power over Germany's 225, 000 square miles of fatherland. It cost us almost a year of the bloodi est fighting in history from June 6, 1944, D-Day, before Germany was crushed to her knees, her cities a mass of rubble. Before us we have the Japanese empire, proper, with 148,756 square miles of territory, but with an army of some four million well-equipped, well-trained troops scattered over four and a half million square miles of China and another 503,000 square miles of Manchukuo. What will it co6t and how long win it take for the unconditional sur render of Japan? How much help can we expect of Britain? WU1 Rus sia declare war against her one time enemy? Cost to Be as Great As European War While no one here is prepared to answer these questions on the nose, there are many circumstances from which we may draw conclusions. From an economical standpoint, to bring our total might of arms against Japan will cost approxi mately as much as against Ger many. While production of many war factories will be cut on some items, cost of transportation and supply will considerably outweigh the same cost on the German front. The transport problem alone will be staggering. Contrary to some opinions ex pressed in Washington, the army supply is preparing and indeed is already moving supplies and equip ment from the German theater to the Japanese theater of war. Plans for this transport of men and ma teriel have been completed for more than a year. Every piece of equip ment, insofar as it is economically feasible, will be reconditioned, crat ed and shipped to the Japanese thea ter. All this in addition to the new equipment, the B-29s and the new A-26s and other equipment to be shipped directly from America. One school of thought here be lieves that Japan will not stand the bombing, the loss of her cities and Admiral Nimttx, left, aad General MaeArthur. ? her factories and utilities . . . that Japan will surrender before her na tional economy is ruined as was Germany's. One thing is certain, the new U. S. incendiary bombing tech nique will be developed to a high de gree against Japan. Where 300 B-29s are dropping 1,500 tons of in cendiaries today, 800 to 1,000 of these super-planes will be dropping more than 3,000 tons of incendiaries in the near future. And it only takes 250 tons of incendiary bombs to burn out a square mile of Japanese cities. Those who adhere to this school of thought believe that with this stepped-up bombing from our new bases on Iwo and Okinawa, which will lay waste to Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Nagasaki and other cities on the Japanese mainland, to gether with the tight blockade being thrown between the mainland and the stolen Jap empire, will bring Japan to surrender terms within the next few months, probably by the first of 1946. On the other hand there are those who believe it will be necessary to I defeat the Japanese army before the Japs come to terms. This will en tail not only invasion of the Jap is lands but of the east and south China coast and will require an army of about five million men, and long months of cutting the.Chinese nations into pockets for the piece meal destruction of the Jap army. How long this will take, no one is prepared to say. It will depend largely upon the Jap ability to main tain supply lines to her armies in China. That this will be a difficult task can readily be seen. In the first place there is a dearth of railroad transportation in China. There are 200 up-to-date military highways. Distances are great and the American navy, likely, with the aid of a powerful British navy, will have established an airtight block ade, not only about the Japanese is lands, but along the China coast up and down the Yellow sea, the East and South China seas. Japanese war plants in Manchukuo will come un der the same pounding as plants in other sections and, while it is pre sumed that the Japanese war lords have built up a stock pile of raw ma terials, it is evident that these can not last in a long campaign. Catting Japanese Life and Supply Line* Recent invasion of Borneo by U. S. forces was done, not only to quench the Jap oil and gas supply from that rich deposit of oil, but to furnish oil and gas for American ships, Amer ican tanks and planes, to save some of the long haul across the Pacific in the coming months. If indeed it is necessary to defeat Jap armies in China to bring a yelp of surrender from Hirohito and his war lords, our armies will invade China, a country of starving millions, divided within itself, with sufficient manpower, but with only a comparatively few trained and equipped troops. Break between General Stilwell and Chiang Kai-shek, which result ed in withdrawal of General Stil well, was said to hp nvpr dic*rih??_ tion of American supplies. General Stilwell wanted these supplies for the Chinese men whom he was train ing to fight and which the Chinese leader seemed reluctant to commit to showdown battle for fear he might lose the few troops upon which he could defend himself from other hostile elements within China itself. Invasion of the China coast will not be considered a difficult maneu ver by our amphibious forces. As a matter of fact, with the Jap navy cut down to approximately 75 per cent of its one-time power, with their air power dwindling and extended over vast distances, General Mac Arthur and Admiral Nimitz could pick and choose their landing spot anywhere from Canton on the south to Dairen on the south tip of Man chukuo .. . establish beachheads and move inland, with the Japs prob ably unable to reinforce coastal gar risons. But transportation and long sup ply lines would be more difficult to maintain because of distances than in the German area of war, because, as we have pointed out . . . there are few roads and fewer railroads. I Since Pearl Harbor, we have been island hopping, moving nearer and nearer to the Jap home empire. The crushing defeat of the Japs in the Philippines and opening of our sea lanes there . . . the capture of Iwo and Okinawa . . . were body blows at the Jap strategy of holding our ' forces away from the homeland. 1 i Battle-Weary Troops to Be Given Rest Many veteran divisions in Ger- 1 many and Italy are battle weary, i They deserve a long rest. Some of ] them will get that rest in Europe, some of them here at home. Trans- \ port of these men, their equipment, i after their rest period, will take I months, some say as much as six or seven months. Another period of I training for an entirely different i brand at warfare and readiness at i .heir equipment will take additional nonths. So there may be almost a rear before we are ready. In the meantime our air attack ?rill be stepped up. there is some -eason to believe that Russian le [ions will move south from Siberia . . Britain will have completed ler campaign in Burma and so long is the Jap emperor does Dot give ip the Beds will be ready. . Cottons and Jersey Favored For Swim and Beach Outfits L? . By CHERIE NICHOLAS 1 'THIS is the time of the t year when a maiden's fancy turns to thoughts of sJHj what's "the style" in play I togs, swim suits and beach Yl ensembles. Now that all na- g ture seems to be joining in one grand chorus that invites one to come and play in the great out doors, the summer style parade will be made up for the most part of sportswear and seashore fashions. Judging from the signs that cast their shadows before, this is going to be a most glamorous season on the beach for the new swim-suits and ensembles were never more ver satile and eye-thrilling. Designers are making a fascinating play on stripes, maneuvering them in every conceivable way. In the new fash ions stripes go up and down, around and around and on the bias in ways that give the garment an individual look. A very important trend is toward costume ensembles achieved with a matching robe or cape or jacket to be worn on the beach. This applies to sun frocks and play clothes too, the idea being to add a wrap that will tune the outfit to many-purpose wear. As to materials, crisp striped cot tons are very much in evidence on the beach and in the sports realm in general. Seersucker is being made up ever so smartly in styles that are not only good-looking but extremely practical. This year washable cotton jersey is making a great hit for swim suits, and exoticaUy flowered rayon jersey is being made up into brief wrap around skirts in sarong effects. Bright oriental-looking cottons are all-over shirred for figure-fitting swim suits with bra tops. One of the big success fashions of the season is the stunning suit of red rayon jersey which is shown to the left in the accompanying illustra tion of smart seashore fashions. This stunning ensemble of scarf and swim suit comes from the New York Dress institute. The fetching white cotton beach stole is a thrilling ex ample of what creative genius is do ing with even the simplest of mate rials this season. In this in stance the white cotton is hand painted with footprints for the motif, done in multi-color. The deep fringe is hand-tied of white cotton yam. One-strap swim suits present a thrilling new fashion theme for this summer. See a clever interpreta tion of this in the attractive model centered in the foreground. Impor tant also is the fact that this suit is made of washable white cotton jersey. For the bra and one hip decor Ella Raines, the designer, uses brown and white striped cot ton jersey. The single strap over one shoulder is of the same brown ' stripe. The beach ensemble to the right takes on a costume look because of the matching coat that so smartly complements it. You will see this trend to add a coat or other beach wrap emphasized all the way through this season's smart out door fashions. This is a glowing ex ample of the ingenuity with which designers are manipulating stripes in the current mode. Crisp cotton with peppermint stripes is the mate rial used. The stripes play all sorts of capers, some going vertical, hori zontal, on the bias and in other deft arrangement that achieves a designfulness pleasing to the eye. The first appearance of black in sportswear was accepted as a pass ing novelty, but it has proved so effective and practical its style pres tige is reaching a new high. Form fitting swim suits of dull-surfaced black elasticised silk are among the smartest, as are also those of elas tic black satin. Then there is the swim suit of water-repellent black velvet. It's a beauty. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Sheer Loveliness The memory of the bride in a tra iitional white wedding gown is ?ver to be cherished. If your budget s limited, that need not be a bar rier, for if you can sew it will add jo the endearment of your bridal iress if you make it yourself. By a king advantage of the wartime >udget lessons given by your local tewing center, experts will show you he latest tricks and modern finish ng touches. The bride pictured 'made her own" of a lovely white theer, for this summer fashion fa rors exquisite diaphanous materials or the wedding gown. Suggested naterials include sheerest of white wttoo voile, ninon, marquisette and irgandy over a rayon taffeta slip. Bows Trim Up Dresses, Jackets and Dickies Detachable bows that you can wear with this dress and that, play a flattering role in costume decor this spring. So now the ambition among college and teen-age girls is to collect bows and bows (spelled i bows, not beaux). The newest trick is to smarten your dainty lin gerie dickey with little black rib bon velvet bows, topping off with a matching velvet bow in your prettily coiffed hair. There are lots of other instances too, where an artful black velvet bow will fit into the schema of things perfectly. Then there are those new, starched frost-white lin gerie bows, that are being so im portantly featured this spring. De signers are placing them in most unique ways on smart navy or black spring frocks or on two-piece jacket dresses. Perhaps the cleverest is the nifty short jacket that has a slot cut at nhe upper left shoulder through which is drawn a large but terfly bow made of lace and em broidery. White Accessories Are Essentials This Year t That fashion slogan "iced with c white" has caught the fancy of 1 women who are alert to fashion and to what is most flattering. A white t hat, a white coat, white gloves and ? footwear are summer wardrobe a essentials this year. Then every lady f of fashion needs must have in store t endless frilly white blouses together e with frothy, lovely jabots and other f neckwear items galore. i - Dehydrating Quality Surplm Vegetable* Dried Products Ideal Winter Food Addition T ACK of jars need not prevent the A--gardener Iran laying aside a large amount at this year's garden products for winter use. Before drying, vegetables should be precooked in steam or boiling wa ter. Steam cooking will furnish a superior product to those cooked in water. They should be removed as soon as tender and placed in the drier. A satisfactory drier is illustrated here. Or it may be advisable to dry in the oven, or in the sun, behind glass. It is advisable to furnish air circulation by means of electric fan, if possible. This process involves bringing currents of relatively dry air into intimate contact with the material to be dried. The temperature in the drier should not be hot enough to cook the food, yet it should be of a suit able temperature to cause evapora tion of moisture. The drying must be a continuous process in order to prevent the growth of organisms. For best results foods should be cut into uniform sizes and spread evenly in thin layers to dry, stir ring frequently. After the product has been dried, it should be condi Typt of Hanging Drier. tioned (or about 10 days, but stirring from time to time, to prevent mold. After this period it may be placed in sealed air tight begs, such ag cel lophane or wazed paper, or in sealed jars, or placed in a stone crock, if desired. Properly dried vegetables, as well as fruits, prove a welcome addition in the winter menus, and lose little of their value when properly han dled. Eight-Point Dairy Program Is Efficient 1. Grow piiity if kif k-paalitj j$& '"?*?!? 12. Bilaiet i your kird I with your ftid sapply 3. Knp pradac tin racards iach caw ia pair kird :4. Practlea ilsiasi eaatral ?atkads 5. Pradaca uilk aid cruai if tka higfcist aulity 6. Adapt lakir-savlag ?atkads 7. Taka eara if your laid % '8. Daiafap a aaiad , kraadiif L Age Effect in Calf After the first call Is dropped, age tas little or no apparent effect on owi getting in call, according to C. J. Perry of Rutgers university. Bulls show a gradual reduction in (reeding efficiency with advancing ige, with the exception of the even-year-olds. Heifers being bred or the first time require more serv ers than the older cows. Breeding (fllciency at the cows are not ap ireciably influenced by the length r time between calving*. - - ? - ?? - I StitchedBluebirds In Color on Linens DLUEBIRDS ? the symbol of happiness?what more appro priate motif for a prospective bride's linens? Do them in nat ural color. Birds and flowers are in easiest possible ttltchery. Pattern 7481 has a transfer pattern of 20 motifs. 2 by 2 to 4?4 by 10 Inches. m ? a Due to an unusually large demand and current war conditions, slightly more time Is required In filling orders for a few of the most popular pattern numbers. Send your order to: Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Ave. New Terfc Enclose 16 cents for Pattern No Name .. , Address \~AtKiie ~ I A General Quiz * The Question! 1. What does com me U faut mean? 2. How do Washington's Japa nese cherry trees differ from our native cherry trees? 3. What technical term is ap plied to a government by women? 4. Who elects congressmen at large? c. 5. The Singhalese are inhabi tants of what country? 6. What is the longest monosyl lable in the English language? 7. Why do leaves turn up before an impending rainstorm. 8. Under whose administration was the national debt at its low est? 9. When and where was the American Legion organized? 10. What ancient pass connects Afghanistan and India? The Antwen 1. Proper. As it should be. 2. They do not bear fruit. 3. Gynarchy. 4. All the voters of a state. 5. Ceylon. 6. Strength. 7. It is due to an increase of at mospheric moisture. Therefore the leaf stalk absorbs more moisture, and "warps," turning the leaf over. 8. Our national debt reached ita - lowest level during President An drew Jackson's term, when it amounted to $37,315.05 in 1836. 9. It was organized in St. Louis May 8 to 10, 1919. 10. Khyber pass. mm 8