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...necessarily mean the collapse of the Jap. But if the Jap can once call Singapore and the Indies his own, he can feed on the Indies-its oil, strategic metals, foods-growing new muscles on his runt-sized economic frame. Meantime the democracies would be cut short of rubber, tin and other strategic metals, tapioca (for sizing cotton and for abrasives), copra (for fats) and all the other vital supplies that the Indies supply...
...Hope. The execution of the decision began with disgrace. At Penang, the British left behind them almost undamaged port facilities and public utilities, tin and rubber stockpiles, 15 crated Spitfires at wharfside...
Dismissing a diplomat's usual generalities, Mr. Welles spoke specifically of 218,600 tons of tin plate allocated for Latin America, new allocations of "20 essential agricultural and industrial chemicals," besides farm equipment, iron and steel products. When he spoke of the "shibboleth of classic neutrality," Señor Ruiz Guiñazú wiped his face with his handkerchief. When the Under Secretary concluded with a ringing declaration that democratic ideals "will yet triumph," Señor Ruiz Guiñazú fanned himself, being careful to use a scratch pad and not a copy (translated into Spanish...
Henry Junkins ("Bob") Topping, tin-plate heir and ensign in the Naval air service, bought himself $1,000 worth of custom-tailored uniforms, eight pairs of $50 shoes...
...false, but Mrs. McLean, already at her "post," declared: "We shall remain on duty for 24 hours. Our Motor Corps and emergency kitchen will be drawn up outside the door ready to rush to any spot where there is a disaster. I have sent women downtown to hunt for tin helmets, and others are sewing armbands on their uniforms. I shall stay here all night...