Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W labine cabinet shifts bombing raids presage big spring offensives russia draws closer to ital italy y EDITORS NOTE when opinions opinion are expressed in these columns they are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper EUROPE from axis to triangle if foreign observers hoped the finnish peace would place a quietus on western warfare their mistake was clearly evident by late march not by secret maneuvers but by leaps and bounds the rome berlin axis was merging into a russian german italian coalition designed to force a dictators peace down the anglo french throat at london and paris the populace protested demanding rn more aggressive pursuit of the war their parliaments fumed and one government tell fell completely the other sorely afraid jumped into the conflict head first firs t mr welles goes home nobody knew what was in his briefcase but U S undersecretary of state sumner welles boarded the conte conio di savoia at genoa homeward bound to tell franklin roosevelt about the chances for a european peace sidetracked by france 1 PAUL REYNAUD f he got the call see below and britain he had more luck with germany and italy whose dictators adolf hitler and benito mussolini met inet at the brenner pass and presumably surn ably framed a set of abortive terms also discussed at brenner was an italo russ compromise calling for sphere ot of influence division in the balkans A few days later when soviet ambassador alexander flew from berlin to moscow on a secret mission it was clearly evident that germany was drawing rome and moscow closer together As if gloating over this diplomatic victory hitler sent his raiders to bomb the british naval base at scapa flow reaction in england when press and public began yelling for action P prime rime 24 minister inister neville chamberlain got mad anad he gave parlia parliament ment the fight ingest speech of his career and promised to strike back north t fo F 0 r the t h e SM sea DENMARK R S umpteenth i Y U time in three eat smal 0 years he fac averted a governia gO government vernim e n t iwo 0 y y collapse collais yi te V this time by Z sending s e n d i n 9 GERMAN ka planes on a retaliatory retaliator air raid against the nazi base at see map wave after wave of bombers poured tons of explosives on the island fortress next day reconnaissance planes brought back pictures to prove the damage hastily the germans took precautions at their ot other her vulnerable base Heli goland then they in the HEADLINES OKLAHOMA the U S obtained a preliminary order restraining gov leon C phillips from using troops droops to prevent completion of the grand river dam phillips contention that the U S should pay the state for property to be damaged TAXATION at washington the U S treasury figured early 1939 income tax returns showed a 26 per cent boost over i last year q with he heaviest av collect collections ions still to be reported AVIATION american airlines inc asked the civil aeronautics authority for permission to operate the first complete airline from chicago to mexico city communications maj edwin armstrong inventor of sta static tic free frequency modulation broadcasting asked the federal communications commission to give his FM F M the broadcasting channels now used for television argument that television now impractical commercially stands in the way of radio progress TRADEMARK RK at baltimore a federal district court injunction ordered makers of five other soft drinks to cease using the words coca or cola to because it infringed R on n coca C colas 0 la 1 s trademark took revenge by raiding british convoy ships in the north sea in france fighting increased on the western front but there was a bigger fight in paris called on the carpet as a result of the russian threat premier edouard deladier Da ladier emerged with such a weak vote of confidence deputies had not voted that his cabinet resigned this was a victory for democracy because the deladier Da ladier government has ruled for seven months under dictatorial decrees quickly president albert lebrun summoned paul reynaud conservative ex finance minister bitter foe of and distastes dis taster of the politics ridden dala dier cabinet next day premier reynaud emerged with a well publicized psychologically sound victory cabinet dedicated to trouncing the nazis edouard deladier Da ladier was still war minister and all parties were so thoroughly represented that the chambers confidence seemed assured in finland while finns hastened evacuation of territory ceded to russia the battered little nation began patching her defenses and counting noses total war casualties were placed at of which 00 were dead or seriously disabled total army oo meanwhile new troubles were arising with russia the finnish cabinet about to resign heard that the kremlin opposed formation of a norwegian swedish finnish mutual defense alliance on the ground that it would be aimed at the soviet obviously russia was not willing to surrender her newfound new found domination over scandinavia in poland numerous and unpleasant are the atrocity stories coming out of poland since german occupation last autumn much of this information probably came from consular officials of neutral nations a possibility which might explain the latest nazi order eff effective active immediately all foreign consular offices in in poland must be evacuated maki making ing germany the sole source of official cial information on conditions in the area at washington the state department part ment announced the reich had been adamantro adam antto its protests left without official representation were americans living in poland ASIA crow eaters for two and one half years japanese troops fighting in north china have reported after every encounter that the enemy has been routed 1 given a stunning blow wiped out or annihilated in late march the japanese army was forced to eat crow an official survey admitted that more than a million chinese troops were still fighting in north china under leadership of gen cheng chien whom the japs reported killed in 1938 in the south nippon had better luck capturing the walled city of Ling shan and encircling a large chinese force east of the nanning railroad meanwhile the puppet regime of wang ching wei turncoat ex chinese premier summoned a ce central n EI 1 political council and established establish ed a government at under japans watchful eye POLITICS parleys inning in late march columnist ernest lindley wrote from washington that president roosevelt had told an unidentified southern legislator 1 that he wanted to retire 2 that cordell hull should succeed him 3 that jim parleys Far leys catholicism would make impossible a successful race by the postmaster general next day franklin roosevelt protested said he the remark about parley farley and the rest of the article all came from whole cloth it was utterly false while this was no recommendation it at leist least let far leys friends believe that he would have an equal chance tor for the job if mr roosevelt turns it down parley farley himself took heart next day stepping from his train at springfield mass where democrats have entered a full slate of delegates for him in the forthcoming primary he said flatly to clear up any mis misunderstanding standing let me say that my name will be presented to the national convention at chicago and that and it was other political news C secretary of the navy charl charles es edison announced after weeks of earnest consideration his candidacy Y in the new jersey democratic gubernatorial primary may 21 lsen L sen arthur R mien a G 0 P presidential presidential hopeful turned down invitations to campaign in wisconsin and nebraska where he is a primary candidate reason the choice of the G 0 P convention should flow no w from the deliberate judgment of the people and not from a campaign tour women in the news DORIS DUKE CROMWELL worlds wealthiest girl found husband jimmy cromwell in trouble As U S minister to canada he criticized american isolationists and denounced germany prompting congressmen to demand his recall MRS FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT JR fell from a horse fractured her pelvis and suffered a slight concussion jacqueline COCHRAN ace aviatrix tried to better the worlds air speed record of miles an hour JOAN FONTAINE actress wife of actor brian aherne sister of actress olivia de havilland was seriously ill in a Holly hollywood woo hospital I 1 CONGRESS farm fund passed by the senate and certain to pass the house was a agriculture appropriation bill carrying for parity payments and another for the surplus commodities program it was more than above either the house bill or the presidents budget and wiped out most of the earlier savings through which the house planned to avoid new taxes or a boost in the national debt limit though congress hoped to offset the farm boost by slashing defense and relief appropriations even this possibility was fading fast eu ropes war was forcing U S attention to her armed strength and metropolitan congressmen were demanding at least a boost in appropriation some observers predicted the deficit for next fiscal year would be at least compared with the estimate by president roosevelt treasury secretary gen thau hearing that congress was looking covetously at his stabilization fund hastened to protect it also in congress 41 indicating a lessening of administration opposition to wagner act amendments the pro new deal house labor committee voted to expand the labor board from three men to five earlier the committee HOFFMAN hells hell s bells no rejected 9 to 8 a motion for establishment li lish ment of a new board but there was skullduggery in this rep clare hoffman R mich learned his proxy vote had been cast against the proposal by error asked if he would have voted as his proxy was cast hoffman replied hells bells no everybody knows what I 1 think of this board 41 L after passing the farm bill the senate took up the house approved resolution to extend for three years the reciprocal trade act its support diminished the bill stood only a 50 50 chance of passing as the administration wanted it minus a clause requiring senate ratification of each pact athe senate banking and currency committee approved 14 to 4 the bill of sen john G townsend R del to repeal the silver purchase act of 1934 reasons 1 too costly 2 it has subsidized chinese mexican and canadian silver 3 heavy gold purchases have made it impossible to attain the goal ot of 25 per cent silver in the U S monetary stock can L an amendment to the hatch clean politics act designed to bar political activity on the part of state employees paid with U funds passed the senate and head ed for a pigeonhole in the house ithe house military committee began investigating foreign purchases of U S airplanes fearing vital defense mechanism was being sold abroad meanwhile the allied purchasing committee committe e begged the U S to sell IO oooo worth of its newest secret plan planes es reason present models would be obsolete by the 1941 delivery date |