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Show THE LEII1 SUN. LEH1. ITTAH --J i WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By Edward C. Wayne German Airf orce Aids Italy in Attacks Upon British Forces in Mediterranean; Munitions Production and Shipbuilding Are Vital Spots in U. S. Defense Work (EDITOR'S NOTE When opinion! ra expressed In then columns, the-are the-are those of the new analyst and not necessarily of thia newspaper. ) (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) - INVASION: England Cautious In contrast to the cheerful, bomb-less bomb-less Christmas holiday, London was glum the first days of the New Year. The Nazi airforce had "Coventrized" "Coven-trized" the City of London, that district dis-trict in the central section of the metropolis where financial houses 'are located. Thousands of incendiary bombs were dropped. Hundreds of roaring fires were out of control at the same time. The losses were estimated in millions of pounds and the dead could not be counted. Three days later a man wandering into the section sec-tion asked a policeman the way to Paternoster Row, famous for centuries cen-turies for its bookshops. The bobby replied: "There is no Paternoster Row, sir." Mostly the British feared an attack at-tack through Ireland. Earlier warnings warn-ings that the Axis thrust into the Balkans might only be a winter sortie and not a full-dress attack, were being taken seriously. The actions there were being watched with interest. Germany moved 300,000 troops through Hungary Hun-gary and into Rumania. The Germans Ger-mans were posted along the border of Bulgaria where it was freely announced an-nounced that as soon as they were In position and the time was ripe, an advance would be made on Salonika, Sa-lonika, Greece. Bulgaria was belligerent in talk, but made no move to mobilize for defense or call upon Turkey and Russia for aid. Russia, however, countered the action by lining the border of Rumania with Soviet divisions. divi-sions. The Germans abruptly shifted shift-ed a part of their force to sit opposite oppo-site them. It looked like the real thing. But experts didn't believe it. They believed be-lieved Hitler was merely protecting his rear in the Balkans in preparation prepara-tion for the attack on England, much as he had protected his flanks when "1 1 , Ml- 1 I v V . V.' S 1 I I , "v ' , ; I 9 . t ! j - ' : . SIR HUGH DOWDING, air chief marshal of Royal Air Force, predicted as he arrived in Canada, that German air raids will have lost their sting by springtime, he took Norway before the drive Into France. Later came reports that German air squadrons were proceeding to Italy to aid Mussolini's fliers in attacks at-tacks upon British bases In Libya and on the British fleet in the Mediterranean. Medi-terranean. It was also believed that the Germans might be used in Italy's campaign against the Greeks now raging in Albania. Neutral Eire Ireland is the weak point in the British defense and its ports are no further from Germany than were the ports of Norway. Like Norway, too it has long stretches of unpro tected coastline. During January and February, conditions will be favorable for a German attack the tides will be small, the nights long and the fogs thick to cover embarkation embark-ation of troops. It is estimated Hitler must establish estab-lish a bridgehead of at least 50,000 troops, not counting losses, to start an invasion. Losses in such an operation op-eration are estimated at three times the number landed, so Der Fuehrer would have to start off with 200,000 troops for the landing alone. If Britain Brit-ain held bases in Eire, the loss estimate esti-mate would be even greater, and even then the movement might not be successful But Ireland remains neutral and aloof. Otherwise on the war front: C In Libya, fighting now on Italian territory, the British Egyptian army said it could take the important impor-tant harbor of Bardia whenever it chose. C. Manila reported that it had learned on good authority that 12 German raiders were being armed and supplied in Japanese harbors. A mysterious raider, which ran up the Japanese flag but which Australians Aus-tralians said was German, fired on the tiny island of Nauru, a former German possession in the Pacific. DEFENSE: Full Speed Ahead As soon as President Roosevelt's "Big Four" Knudsen, Hillman, Stimson and Knox can get industrial indus-trial plants working at capacity turning out munitions, look for an acceleration of ship building in cargo car-go carrier classes. Washington is beginning to be alarmed at a quiet survey which showed that if Britain should fall, the Axis powers would have ship building capacities in conquered con-quered nations six times larger than U. S. capacity. First note on this line was sounded sound-ed by Republican Rep. Hamilton Fish, from the President's own N. Y. district. Representative Fish has been a critic of the administration since 1932. In turn he has plenty of critics of his own and ran into a fury ' $ s - I WILLIAM RHODES DAVIS, inter, national oil operator who, according to Verne Marshall, head of the recently organized "No Foreign War" committee, commit-tee, was bearer of a Nazi peace plan naming President Roosevelt as arbiter in 1939. of angry words when he went calling call-ing on dictators in Europe in the summer of 1939, while an official delegate of congress to the Interparliamentary Inter-parliamentary Congress in Norway. But Fish's warning on ship building build-ing has not been taken lightly. If a successful Axis would take advantage advan-tage of such ship-building capacities, they could control the high seas within a short time, even if the American two-ocean navy already were sailing the briny deep. 500 Planes a Day? Another plan which will not be cast aside lightly, was presented by pint-sized Walter Reuther, manager of the General Motors division of the C. I. O.'s United ' Automobile Workers. Presentation to President Roosevelt actually was by Philip Murray, C. I. O. chieftain, but the plan was Reuther's. The proposal calls for activating 554,000 feet of existing automobile plants space in the Detroit area, which once belonged to such forgotten forgot-ten firms as Hupmobile and Graham-Paige. Reuther and Murray also maintained that there are thousands thou-sands of skilled workers in the same area still waiting for jobs. Cited were lay-offs recently by Fisher Body, Chevrolet and Ternstedt Blue prints and tables submitted with the proposal were based on production of 150,000 planes a year, six months after it was put into effect ef-fect Only light craTt and training planes would be made. The manufacture manu-facture of heavy craft and bombers would be retained by the present aircraft air-craft industry. The President handed the data to his Big Four. But even before that it had been examined privately by Undersecretary of War Patterson, who is charged with mobilization of industry. He was much impressed. It will be opposed by the aircraft industry. J There were indications too that the drive soon will be put in force to speed up defense by compelling plants manufacturing "non-essentials" to forego their schedules and "accept" war department orders. THE ARMY: More Men Called During the latter half of January more thousands of young men will be called for a year's army training, train-ing, under the selective service law. The first call was in December and in virtually every one of the nation's na-tion's 6,500 draft boards the quota was filled by youths who volunteered. In most local areas, however, the January call will, for the first time, take men who do not volunteer. Altus G. Moore of Washington, D. C, is one man who advanced from private to major when the call came. He is a private in the capital capi-tal police force. Called to duty, he took up his assignment as a reserve officer, major of infantry. In St. Louis. Sergt William Schneider was called into service with the Missouri National Guard. On the first day he was in camp he was tapped on the shoulder by an officer who demanded a salute. The officer was Lieut. William Schneider Jr., his son, just commissioned in the air corps. Changing Hands CLEVELAND, OHIO. In a ceremony at City Hall, Harold 11. Burton (fight) ended his five years as mayor of Cleveland and Edward Blythin (left) was sworn in to succeed him. Burton now becomes Ohio's junior U. S. senator. FATEFUL YEAR: President Warns The seventeenth month of the war opened against a sombre background. back-ground. The year 1941 dawned with a general admission that before its close may come the decisive test, not only of the war, but also the American economic system. America was given a grave report by President Roosevelt in a speech that took the joy out of New Year's celebrations. He said that the danger dan-ger to the nation is the greatest since Jamestown and Plymouth Rock. He said if Great Britain was defeated the Axis powers would control con-trol Europe, Africa, Australasia and the high seas. He said that a victorious vic-torious Axis would not hesitate to occupy South America and the United Unit-ed States would be living at the "point of a gun. He said that already secret se-cret agents of these powers are operating op-erating in the Americas. Before the President spoke, he had received uninvited advice from two sources'. German and Italian dispatches dis-patches said that if the President promised aid to Britain by permitting permit-ting use of Irish ports by American merchantmen or giving Britain stranded German merchantships in U. S. harbors it would be viewed as intervention in the war. From a bloc of U. S. senators, among them Senator Wheeler (D., Mont.), came urgings that the President originate a movement for a "negotiated" peace. He pledged that he would do everything ev-erything in his power to keep the United States out of the war, declared de-clared there was not even the remotest re-motest thought of sending troops to Europe, called for defense production produc-tion to the utmost, hinted it may be necessary to use machinery now engaged en-gaged in manufacture of luxury goods to turn out armament, and forecast that the Axis powers would not win the war. Reaction Throughout the United States the speech was received with pledges of support on all sides, even from personal per-sonal and political enemies of Mr. Roosevelt like former Gov. Alfred Smith, former Gov. Alf Landon, Senator Sen-ator Vandenberg (R., Mich.) ; Senator Sena-tor Austin (R., Maine). But there was no enthusiasm among the totalitarian powers. Berlin Ber-lin was silent for 48 hours during which time Adolf Hitler went into seclusion se-clusion and studied the document Der Fuehrer then replied indirectly. He spoke to his army, not mentioning mention-ing the name Roosevelt But he promised his army a victory in 1941. He said God was on the side of Germany and "would not abandon those who were determined with courageous heart to help themselves." them-selves." Premier Mussolini was blunter. His mouthpiece, Virginia Gayda, said America already was in the war. NAMES ... in the news Ousted The Overseas Press Club in New York consists of newsmen who are or have been foreign correspondents cor-respondents for U. S. newspapers in the past There are few active members abroad now, most are back home. The club dropped from its rolls George Sylvester Viereck, saying it objected to his bringing "bundists and gestapo agents" to its meetings. Viereck, an American, is registered with the state department depart-ment as the $500-a-month correspondent corre-spondent for a Munich newspaper. Death Daniel Frohman, 89, one of America's greatest theatrical producers, pro-ducers, died in New York. Agnes Ayres, 42, star of the silent movies and leading lady to Rudolph Valentino, Valen-tino, died in Hollywood. Job Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., 27, was graduated by the University of Virginia last June. Now he has a job as a lawyer with the New York firm of Wright Gordon, Zachry and Parlin. He and five others oth-ers asked for jobs through the firm's employment department All were hired. Sued Gloria Jean, the 12-year-old film star, has been sued for $535,000 The action was brought against the child and her parents by a theatrical agent who said he "discovered" her and by terms of a contract is entitled en-titled to 10 per cent of her earnings Gentlemen The Navy ! rt llnitofl States JVavv IJ A U " now 165 years old. When the current defense program tv adueves its goat, me u. o. & Navy will be more powerful than any navy, or combina- i ft'ora of navies, afloat! The "mother" of the V. S. Navy was the "Hannah" (right), a Massachusetts schooner owned by Capt. John Glover, commissioned as a man-o' -war in 17 75. The schooner scored America's first naval victory by capturing a British ship on Sept. 5, 1775. I - 5. V -' f I 1 ' , , , ........ l'" 'ggi K" T tt?& mm GREAT WHITE FLEET . . . The world sat up and took notice of the growing power of the V. S. Navy when Theodore Roosevelt sent the Great White Fleet around the world in 1907. Above are five units of the White Squadron. ; i'!t iZ. JL-l 1 ' 4 t l i " I YarnS pinner, Ancient . . . "Shot" of an old salt spinning his salty yarn to shipmates aboard the old V. S. S. Richmond. Rich-mond. In this respect the Navy hasjiot changed much. Yarn-Spinner, Modern . . . Be-neath Be-neath the wing of one of the ship's fighting planes, the boys lend willing ears to the tall tales of a shipmate aboard the ultramodern ultra-modern U. S. S. Saratoga. BlIlllllH llPllllllllliilllillllSlllll :'x::.vovx:::::;: Kp;SiiMi:: :f:,::;::;?:.fi;ij; GROWN VP ...And here is a view of a few of the mighty floating fortresses of the modern United States Navy our first line of defense. Compare it with the tiny "Hannah." C t"iii t!iMJf MHtjf ."mjf.jul 4 rc,-T&, . kiAijW -v f.i WINGS OF THE NAVY . . . From the deck of the aircraft carrier, "Ranger," we see the V. S. S. Saratoga and the XJ. S. S. Lexington, each with their coves of fighting planes on flight deck, gliding majestically through calm waters. r fw A , as - iW-'fl The launching of the frigate, "Fulton the First" at New York October 29, 1814, the first steam-driven warship in the world. vfJl pie vilJS --tt . . ITB Washington, D. C. F.D.R. RESISTS PRESSURE TO SEND NAVY VESSELS WITH SUPPLIES The most important question discussed dis-cussed In inner administration circles cir-cles before the President made his recent defense speech was that of using American warships to convoy supplies across the Atlantic to Irish or British waters. This question probably was in the President's mind also when he wrote the speech. The problem has been debated among some of Roosevelt's close advisers ad-visers ever since British missaries brought word that while England could withstand airplane bombardment bombard-ment it could not withstand the continued con-tinued sinking of its merchant vessels. ves-sels. The British also made it clear that more over-age U. S. destroyers would not do the trick, because the royal navy was running short of trained crews. So far, the President has shied away from any such drastic step as using American naval vessels to guard supply ships across the Atlantic. At-lantic. Some of his advisers have leaned toward the idea, but Roosevelt Roose-velt has argud against it. He maintains, main-tains, first that it would be in violation vio-lation of the Neutrality act and could not be done without an act of congress; second, that if an American Amer-ican naval vessel were sunk it would mean war. Some of Roosevelt's advisers contend con-tend that the last thing Hitler wants is to bring the United States into the war; that the effect on the German people (who remember how the United States tipped the scales in the last war) would be devastating. However, the President hasn't fallen for the idea yet, though he is watching watch-ing carefully the effect of his speech on public opinion. Note One of the British Emissaries Emis-saries who put American entry into the war bluntly up to Roosevelt was the duke of Windsor. However, the President replied that he had given a firm pledge to the American people peo-ple not to take them into war and he did not intend to be another Woodrow Wilson. PANAMA CANAL TROUBLE Although the Roosevelt Good Neighbor program has been about 99 per cent successful in Latin America, Amer-ica, there is one contrary spot which is causing army and navy officials genuine worry. That spot is the most strategic of all countries below the Rio Grande Panama. Panama is now governed by a president who has all the earmarks of leaning toward the Axis and who is holding back on the granting of important emergency landing fields, anti-aircraft and searchlight positions posi-tions on Panamanian territory to the U. S. The president, Arnulfo Arias, served for six years as Panamanian minister in continental Europe, and now fetes Italian and German consuls con-suls in Panama while ignoring the British and Americans. He has also chosen as his secretary secre-tary a near-albino named Antonio Isaza, who served as consul in Hamburg Ham-burg and whose fair hair and blue eyes have caused him to be a great rooter for the Nazi theory of supremacy suprem-acy of the Aryan race. Isaza seems firmly convinced that Hitler is sure to dominate the world and has had great influence with his chief in the presidential palace. It is important to remember that in order to defend the. Panama canal, ca-nal, army operations outside the actual ac-tual Canal Zone, on territory of the Panama Republic, are necessary. This was provided for by the first treaty negotiated by Secretary of War William Howard Taft, and gave the U. S. army the right to use Panamanian Pan-amanian soil during emergencies. However, the Panamanian government govern-ment under President Arnulfo Arias is now talking about ousting U. S. forces from the vital U. S. army air field at Rio Hato, which is on Panama soil, and is holding back on granting various emergency airports and anti-aircraft gun emplacements. So pronounced are the Nazi leanings lean-ings of the president that his brother, broth-er, Harmodio Arias, most influential influen-tial newspaper publisher in Panama, has quarreled with him. Harmodio Arias gave Panama four years of excellent government as president from 1932 to 1936 and is one of the chief boosters of Panama-American co-operation. His opposition, however, howev-er, has brought threats that his paper, pa-per, the Panama-American, would be closed by the government Meanwhile, the state department worried over the situation, soon will shake up its embassy staff in Panama, Pan-ama, put one of its skilled trouble-shooters trouble-shooters on the Job. AIR CORPS FICTION Few people know that in his pri vate life the man who stands at the head of the expanding army air corps is an author of books for boys. Maj. Gen. Harold H. 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