| Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS by farnham F dudgeon senate votes to call national guard war spreads to africa and far east england offers self rule to india U S armed forces start war games EDITORS when opinions a are to expressed in these column the they are those of the news new analyst and not necessarily of ails released by western cowper union 1 1 A A T AS Q im hero are arc tho the big biff four in the new cabinet of japan set up after the ho resignation of premier bonal left to right premier prince Fumi maro IC konoye yasuko matsuoka foreign minister vice admoral zengo yoshida Yosh lda minister of the navy and general E eckl ild tojo war minister tills this new cabinet Is pledged to closer operation cooperation co with tho the rome berlin axis and has set bet up its own monroe doctrine of the E east amt for lurther news 01 ol japan see s U S DEFENSE war garnes games accent on war came closer to homo home for hundreds of thousands ot of american families when they saw of their sons brothers and fathers march oft off to the largest peacetime maneuvers in american history from coast to coast border to border U S army regulars national guardsmen guardsman Guards men and organized reserves were mobilized tor for a 21 day training period that swung them in divisions corps and armies into simulated battle conditions in a war game around the canadian border congress meanwhile president roosevelt noo sevelt sent a message asking congress for authority to call the national guard into training for a year and gave his endorsement to tho the movement for peacetime conscription after a favorable committee report the senate readily granted the national guard authority 71 7 and sent this measure to the house senate military committee approved the modified durke wads worth conscription bill but there were pre predictions dictions tho the weeks of committee debate are only the prelude of what is ii ahead on the senate and house floor bill now confines registration to men between ages of 21 to 31 former war secretary woodring opposes the measure and urges lowering army enlistment period of one year and ral raising pay in order to attract volunteers house leaders devoted hours of struggle to excess profits taxes and defense orders combination of which pron promises ilses to bo be tightest bottleneck present plan Is to permit ost cost c of plant expansions to be deducted from taxable earnings over five year period at rate of 20 per cent each year manufacturers want to net enough from defense orders to pay for necessary new facilities clif cili ties fles definitely do not want to risk paying taxes or on worthless property as many had to do after 1919 1019 U S chamber of commerce said probabilities of loss are so great many business men would rather not undertake such business also in washington C L list of contracts approved approve 4 revealed the navy had agreed to purchase large la rge number of trawlers trailers lers to lay submarine nets in principal U S harbors fl L allen alien registration to include will fegin august 27 fl L assistant state secretary wailes holds action by duress comes within the act of havana tl the house passed and sent to the senate a bill to permit wire tapping in investigations of sabotage and treason NAMES I 1 in the news 1 C at running tor for reelection election re to the U S senate in the democratic and republican primaries senator johnson of california heard himself abell labeled by president roosevelt as no longer a liberal and certainly not a progressive democrat 41 fl J it mccarl former comptroller general gener nl died in washington C lord onnadean born london publisher was added to En glands inner war cabinet and Is expected soon to replace alfred dull duff coo cooper P or as minister of information tt chamberlain britain britaina Brit ains S premier and advocate of appeasement tui underwent derwent an operation and may retire from the cabinet fl Il harriet larriet eliot consumes consume s member of the national defense nse commission revealed that body would stagger buying tor for the army and navy to prevent undue pressure on the consumer and consequent price raises BATTLE OF BRITAIN invasion information from unoccupied franco france was that german troops in great volumes were wera moving toward the french channel ports germany closed all travel and communication routes between occupied and unoccupied france worried about the turn ot of events in the far east england offered self rule to india after the war it if that country would now aid the british cause england with a new army corn mander ln in calef sir alan brooke changed its mode of defense boasting an army of well trained men it swung back to the old theory that the best defense Is an offense therefore road obstructions laid to delay movement of an enemy it if he arrived were dug up to permit the british army to get at him foster faster it if he did bombings england bombed germany and germany bombed england both sides claimed heavy damage to the other lother germany claimed the port of dover england a shambles england claimed the port of hamburg germany pulverized both sides denied they were hurt much virtually all british raids on germany and german held territory have been night calls when safety is greatest for the fliers on the other hand germans have paid daylight calls on england this has led to the opinion the nazi fliers were more interested in observation than destruction but several eastern and southern english ports virtually have ceased to be open tor for commerce in africa meanwhile mussolini began warlike gestures in africa italian troops said to number moved from italian possessions on egypt and british Somal Soma lland liland london newspapers warned their readers to expect some italian successes duces goal is believed to be bc suez and the gate to india I 1 indignation IGNATION ND japan so sorry arrest of nine british trade leaders and journalists in japan was designated by tokyo as breaking up of an espionage plot nipponese reported suicide of one journalist soon after his arrest they said ho he unfortunately leaped from a window england demanded explanations and london papers called for ra re tali atlon four Britis hers eventually were released but london was aroused by now and the arrest of an undisclosed number of japanese in england and elsewhere in the british empire put a further strain on anglo japanese relations ambassador mamoru lodged a strong protest with vis count halifax britaina Brit ains foreign secretary against arrest in london of representatives of two great japanese banking and commercial houses lie ho was said to have requested their immediate release there was no official comment but unofficially it was said the arrest of the Brit britaina ains in japan and of the japanese in britain was pure coincidence tokyo said the british action was retaliation SPIES nation alert ct man have increased their force du due to many complaints about aal anage chief G man J edgar hoover told governors and their representatives senta tives called together by president roosevelt to form a common front against fifth columnists prior to 1938 the FBI investigated 35 cases a year in 1038 the number rose to and last year to 1651 so far this year investigations have been made i w 4 X 4 4 g 1 1 14 X v 41 1 X boomerang throwing thi owing warlike sport of aboriginal australia has it a art an exponent in official washington in the no per sors ion 1 of I henry wallace democratic vice presidential residential nominee tie he is pictured here ar re left giving some instructions in tho the art to attorney general robert jackson same lay day this picture was taken one of the curved throwing sticks went out of bounds clipped a news net vs photographer on the head and four stitches had to be taken to close the wound CAMPAIGN tile the farmer republican candidate wendell willkie Will kle bent an ear to the wheat and corn belt problems when he ended 0 d his colorado vacation by going t to 0 des moines iowa to meet governors and their representatives from midwestern states what they told him form the basis tor for his ag ri cultural utterances in his acceptance speech but he indicated he will advocate no change in the current farm program efforts ot of senator wheeler D mont mono to learn the republican candidates di views on the conscription m measures ea tailed failed willkie said the president could have his opinion anytime he asked tor for it otherwise they also will first appear in the acceptance speech democratic candidate for vice president farm secretary henry A wallace changed his mind about staying in office during the campaign lie he said he will resign when he accepts the nomination ile he also had a little trouble with a boomerang see cut PROBLEM naval losses german claims to heavy destruction of british shipping show basis lor for alarm britain started war with destroyers they admit 29 are sunk and more are laid up for re pairs less than are believed in operation nazis say british loss in merchant ships is larger than in the world war in excess of tons ships for sale condition may have reaction in U S the united states has destroyers twice as many as any other two navies committee to defend america by aiding allies is agitating for sale of 60 overage over age and unused destroyers to british those favoring sale argue it would be better to put ships to practical use than to allow them to rust in U S navy yards agitation was brought into the open when gen john J pershing commander of the A E P F spoke in favor of the sale he said aid it might bo the last act america might be able to make short of war and said by sending help to the british we still can hope with confidence to keep the war on the other side of the atlantic ocean col charles A lindbergh in a speech to the antiwar anti war rally at chicago warned that in the future america may have to deal with a europe dominated by germany and advocated noninterference interference non by america with affairs in europe for these remarks the lone eagle was branded as the chief of the fifth column in this country by senator pepper of florida this statement resulted in some bitter debate on the floor of the senate miscellany disappointment the duchess of windsor frustrated the hopes of many expectant dowagers when they decided not to come to america en route to the former kings king Is new job governor general of the bahamas ills royal highness changed plans decided to disembark at bermuda there have been rumors however that his pennsylva Penn sylv r nin born balti bait I 1 more bred wife soon may visit america for a plastic operation details unannounced when reserve army officers of the medical corps were called to carlisle barracks pennsylvania for foi training the major course was tropical and semitropical semi tropical diseases A death sentence was voted by a french court tor for the rebel gen charles de galle who led to ang land when the armistice was signed and has since organized fran french ck forces for further resistance sill to hear their fate fata tire are former pre miers edouard Da ladler and leon blum and marshal maurice game ila de galle and blum still are arc not in french harda |
