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Show - - - - - - - . - - - - If/iPrY If iPrY IIAPI'Y IIAPIY ,4ppy 4ppy , , / ' J\IW J IW NI"P NIP Nl'W NlW \ " ' YLARf YLAR YLARfWorld ' World Looks Forward to Busy 1940 , . , I IFrallgllt I IWorld _ Fraught Frallgllt With Important Questions By y ROGril ROGrn ROGFR BAILEYiteleased BAILEY AILJY BAILEYnleai AILJYReleased : ( Released iteleased nleai * d by Wftern Weslern Writern Newpap Newspaper r UnionN UnionFW Union I ) IN IFW FFW FW YOHKBefore YORKBefore YORK YOHK -Before Before - Before the theinfan theinfant theI N infant infan t 1940 becomes a agraybeard agraybeard agraybeard graybeard hi his " book of con contemporary contemporary contemporary temporary hl history < ; tory may be beheavily beheavily beheavily heavily inscrIbedThe inscribedThe inscribed inscribedThe The new year is destined destmed to tobe tobe tobe be the most important importaat in a adecade adecade adecade decade , a year of supremetesting supreme supremetestmg supremetesting testmg testing for men and their mili mili- miii- miii military military miiitary - tary machines machmes for politiciansand pohhc1ans politicians pohhc1ansand politiciansand and dictators whose philoso phIloso- philosophies phIlosophies philosophies - - phies and systems are even evennow evennow evennow now waiting In abeyance until unUl 1940has 1940 1940t.a 1940baa t.a ta baa : . . poken .poken spoken . its It . verdict . . You can lay your b bl bttom ( ttom dollarthat dollar dollarthat dollarthat that th the European turmoil willcry will willcrystal1ze willciystalize crystal1ze ci-ystalize ci ystalize - tallze In 1940 to the point polnt whereob where whereob.erver whereobservers ob.erver oberver observers . erver . can see definite detlnite trends trendsWe trendsWe trendsWe We 11 probably know for tor Instancewhether Instance Instancewhether instancewhether whether Nazi Germany can with withstand withstand ctand stand the pressure of an allied eco eco- ceo- ceo ecomlc ceonQmic economic - - nomic nQmic mlc blockade meanwhile trying tryingto to .tave tave stave . tave of off ! French Drltlshassaults Britishassaults British Drltlsh assaults assaultson on land and Bnd sea Or will w1ll Hitler HIUer s a sn an sn n i a h hne hine bane ne crack up the victim of ofInternal ofinternal ofInternal Internal discontent ? , IThat | _ If Jr hat I Is . f Finland's Finlands ftnland Iinland's Iinlands tnland ' ' , f tale fate Iate ate ? \ I Valiant little lItUe lithe Finland whose early earlystand earlystand earlystand stand against Bgalnst the Russian Invaders Invaderswas invaderswas Invaderswas was acclaimed throughout the theworld theworld theworld world looks forward to 1940 11540 as the theyear theyear tlieyear year In which the she will retain her hertreedom herfreedom herfreedom treedom freedom or fall tall vassal to the Krem KremIIn Kremlln Kremlln IIn lln It s 5 a 5 pivotal year In the Balkans Balkanstoo Balkanstoo Balkanstoo too If It Russia succeeds against Fin Finland Finland Finland land she 11 II undoubtedly turn to a anew anew anew new conquest In Rumania already alreadypressed alreadypressed alreadypressed pressed by Hungary Germany and andBulgaria andBulgaria andBulgaria Bulgaria And If that happens thl the theobservers theobservers " observerll observers are pretty certa certain In Italy Italywill Italywill Italywill will join oln the melee to fight flght f t r Dol Hal Dolkan Halkan Balkan kan Independence If tt U Ii ( ' ese 'se se little littlestates littlestates littlestates states can stay tree free of ot war In 1940 1940they 1940they 1940they they ve ye little to w rry aboutEven aboutEven about aboutEven Even as Russia marches mllrches In 1940she 1940she 1940 1940he she he will answer the q icstion I'stlon Istlon aestion ( ' wi rId rIdmilitarists ridmllitarists ridmilitarists militarists mllitarists have been puzzi punl puzzl ng rag tor for torthe forthe forthe the past 10 years namely is her herhuge herhuge herhuge huge army and air all ' force really so sotormldable soformidable7 soformidable7 tormldable formidable7 ? The P Ish 1sh 1 sh Invasion InvasionIn In which Russia kn tl fed d < a fieelng fleeing fieelngenemy fleeingenemy fleeingenemy enemy In the back was no tLllr fdir tLllrtest fdirtest tcilrtest test Neither were wt're wtre ' early days < ( fthe r rthe the Finnish Invasi n because thehardy the thehardy thehardy hardy defer deteJ ders dl"u dlu " were able abte to outpoint out outpoint outpoint point Soviet troops under extraordinary extraor extraordinary extraordinary dinary arctic fighting cundit condit ns as nsIT nsI asI1ii I II IIWall I1ii _ IT Wall til f HR lIF DR ) Run liars AatH Aatn Agatn A atH atn , ) ' I I I II At h hi ( me ml " the year s 5 biggest blgg'st blggst ( ' storywill story storywill . Will be Novembers November s a i ( residentialelection residential residentialelection residentialelection election and the campiign camp'llgn campllgn campaign ' lead It'ad Itad ' ngup ng rag ngup ragup up to it Will Preslder Presidel Presider t II It oseveltbreak osevelt oseveit oseveltbreak oseveitbreak break tradition and seek seck secka seeka a thirdterm third thirdterm thirdterm term " ' " ' Will eight years of ot the theNew theNew tlieNew New Deal be vindicated by election electionof electionot ot of a New Deal chief executive I < ( I r ' rwill rwill wIll the public repudiate rl"pudlate rlpudlate " this lead leadershlp leadership leadership ershlp ership in favor tavor of ot a Republican ? Closely allied Billed with this issue Is Isthe isthe Isthe the . question Q.uestlon Questlon of ot continuing or stop stop- stopping stopping stopping - - ping national spending Most Wash WashI WashIngton Washington WashIngton I Ington observers believe there will wili willbe wilibe willbe be no way of ot avoiding an Increase IncreaseIn In the national naUonal debt limit limit . , which has almost reached its Iti legal peak peakof peakof . ot of $ (45 45 $45 ( $ 000 000 000 President Ilo HOl ito < se sevelt sevelt seveil velt will leave revenue n a atters utters attersstrlctl"r uttersstrictly altersstrlctljr strlctl"r strlctlr strictly " In congress hands 1 I e has hasiIltlm hashitimeted hasIntimated hasIntimatedOrganized iIltlm hitimeted ted tedOrganized hitimetedOrganized Organized labor faces a critical criticalyear crItIcalyear criticalyear year In which anti trust suit sulti suiti ' ! may mayset mayset mayset set a precedent by laying tt ti e mlons anions mlonsopl"n anionsopen mionsopen opl"n opln open " to pr pn secution under tt It U Sher Sherman Sherman Sherman man net act iact Moreover Moreov'r Moreovr ( ' there ar signs signsthat signsthat signsthat that congress congr'ss congrss ( ' will amf amend > nd th Wag Wagncr Wagncr Wagner ncr labor act foil foll loll wing rev revi lationsbefore lations iatlons lationsbdo iatlonsbefoe bdo befoe the Smith bouse house cor CUI mitteeduring mlttee raittee raitteeduring I IdurtIli durtIli during December DecemberWill DecemberJWill I IWall JWill JWillo _ Will Wall Wall"o So "o o " , o aal < - zal Security Work 11 ' worii orl . ? ] I Old age benents benefits under tt tl ti e federa fed federal federal eral ! social security act will be distribtited dls dis dlstrl1 distribaited trl1 tribaited tJted > for tor the flrst nrst first time Urne nnd and byyear by byyear byyear year s 8 a end America should know Itthe if ifthe ifthe the plan actually works 1 Ihe he Supreme Su Supreme Supreme preme court will receive Its fifthappointment nfth fifth nfthappointment fifthappointment appointment from trom President Rooseveil Roose Rooseveil Roosevelt veil velt . , gaii gair gala ing lag a clear New D V I ) al ma maJorlty maJority majority majorityHow Jorlty Jority JorltyHow JorityHow How about the Far East ? .Japan Japan .JapanbalancIng Japanbalancing . Japanbalancing balancIng precariously n tl U ti e lnter inter lnternational international International national fence tence since Eur i 1 e C went wentto wentto wentto to war last Septimber Septl.mber Septlmber Septcmber . m st t Jump Jumpone jumpone jumpone one way ( r tlie the other sl ai 1 I r a g with withthe withthe withthe the di dk dktat ( tat rg rs ra or the den dcci tracles cracies traclesRight craciesRight oraclesRight Right n ii w she Is busy play ng rag both botht bothci bother t ci ' ! ds da afcainst abainst akainst the thl ' n a lidle i Idle trying to tofrightl'n tofrighten tofrighten frightl'n frightln frighten ' the den dl"l1 dll1 " trades lracll's lraclls cracies ' I l to line lineby lineby lineby by smiling benig benlg ly Iy on II H It < ; ssia asia ssiaThe asiaThe , Ia IaThe The United . , St ct tes tf'S tfS ta-s ta s ' - la Is t a < i eclally eclallyconcen eclallyconcerr eclallyconcerr concen concerr ed with Asiatic level Il"vel Ilvel " p pm'nts pmerits pments m'nts mnts merits ( ' because U ti Uc Ue tie e 191 1911 1 tr Ie Ic trealy treaty trealyWIth treatywith treatywith WIth Japan rl'I rlI ret re ' idiated idlated adiated I lust 1at . t sum suna summer sunanicr summer mer n-icr n icr - w II become abr b ( , II it > t 1 I officIal omcial officIalIy omcially ofncially Iy ly on January 26 Ddre Bcfre Btt Dd Bcf re Washing Washington Washington Washington ton is willing to renew t , t , T 1kyo kyo 1kyomust ikyomust kyomust must agree to 11 ci c . 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N t all of 1940 Slews s a i r ews w 11 II H devel devE'1 devE1 ' p pIn pin pIn In the political and mil mit tdry t.lry tlry tary . fields fieldsF F 11 II It wers of ot the boxing wars are arewondering arewondering arewondering wondering if It Ita ifa a wh te 1 t I pe willarise will willarise willarise arise to strike d wn the Ihe coloredr coloredI colorcd colored colorcdIl'avywelght eavywelght Il'avywelght Ilavywelght eavyweight I ' behemoth behemolh Jet J e I ouisAnd ollis outs ollisAnd outsAnd And throughout Ulroughout the hot st Si ve ye leaguetl leagueU leagueI'y leagueey league U ey I'y Iy ' re wondering ab ut that perennial pt'rf ptrf peren perennial ' > n nnlal nlal nial c II q ] esti est ! n n-can n can - can the lhl ' New YorkYir York YorkY YorkVia Y V-ia V ia . - , keea kf'es kfes kees ' win a fifth fitth sir igr Igi gi t penl penI pen I ant7 anI ant ? 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