Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS by edward C wayne hitler seeks way to end misadventure of mussolini against battling greeks farm group asks new rarity loans lord lothian british envoy dies when eln opinion lons art are espre god ln ID I 1 h hr see column solum ns the th ro re those abo a of clr 0 nw news an analyst st and nd not nee at 1 ly of f this I 1 inele in elead asod by western newspaper paper union kt 41 r t ia atef M r yel ai 4 4 4 51 1 f CANAL picture by the signal carps V B S A showing secretary of navy frank knox left as ho he inspected the he ardys coastal defenses somewhere in panama shown left to right arcs secretary knoef maj gen jarman commanding the he panama coast artillery brigade libut gen van voorhis commanding the ilia ardys canal forces captain hickey naval district chief of staff and aleut col carl Itol isenberger PEACE TALK on many fronts while cannon roared and ships were torpedoed into the deep talk anik ot of pence broke out in europe dut but there was 60 no peace the fury on land sea slid and in the air did not abate nor did there seem much chance that the pence peace moves would bo be successful in england a motion was made in commons by independent labor lies ites from glasgow that the govern ment seek a negotiated peace the governments Hovern menta reply was made by maj clement atlee labor leader I 1 who said the choice was not war or pence peace but war and what kind of pence peace the motion was defeated to 4 the following day in a northampton election a candidate who campaigned on a stop the war platform was defeated 1107 to in germany there were indica blons that adolf hitler was seeking a formula to bring an end to the italian Inis misadventure adventure against greece the effort was handled by franz von tn in turkey who sought fought to have that nation intervene with greece this was important since any german move to help mussolini would require movement of nazi troops through bulgaria or and risk involvement with turkey but greece was in no mood tor for a cessation of bf hostilities in portugal there were rumors of underground movements seeking I 1 pence peace many looked upon this as the most logical step of all since hitler would rather trust dictator controlled portugal than either the roosevelt also pope or president portugal has tor for years been allied to england war goes on oil in italy premier mussolini was continuing reorganization of his combat forces added to the retire ment list was marshal pietro Bo bodiglio Bado doglio gUo hero of ethiopia and commander of all armed forces gen ettore Bas bastiao Bastl tico co governor of the stra Dode canese islands and ad miral cavagnaro Cava gnarl chief of the naval staff who had served italy tn in five wars the invasion of greece begun a month earlier was turning into a debacle italian forces had lost all supply bases and in southern albania many of the bases had been built and equipped j since italy took over albania and all were aimed at carrying on the march toward the aegean how tar far into central albania the italians aou would id be forced to retreat before finding a new defense dell line was uncertain in egypt the british opened an other blitz against the italians for weeks the army of marshal Grazi nill sat at sid barrant Barra nl 75 miles within the egyptian border then the british struck in the first three days they took prisoners killed the commanding officer of the post and captured his assistant all this was aimed at pressing a concerted drive to crack italy and put a wedge into the axis alliance within italy there were reports of anti fascist riots and murmurs of discontent otherwise on the war front I 1 fl britain pressed its case for finan I 1 caal aid from the united states and the movement was highlighted by an expression from jesse jones ad of the that he regarded england as a good risk sir frederick philips british undersecretary of the treasurer conferred in washington on english holdings in the U S which may not be sufficient to lost last ano another iller year fl L the U 5 S navy reported its building program was ahead of schedule and one new ship was being turned out every 12 days LOSS one ambassador its like a plank had dropped out of things was one official al deac tion lion in london to the news that lord lothian british ambassador to the united states plates had died in washington dr D C victim of a infection lord lothian was ill but a few days and died at the age of 68 58 years night before his death he had been forced by his illness to cancel an appearance before the american farm bureau federation meeting in baltimore however in a speech writ written tei by him and delivered by neville butler counselor of the british embassy lothian made a strong appeal tor for more aid by the united states for the british war cause announcement of his death followed only by a few hours the news of the speech popular in washington circles lothian was respected by his superiors and his countrymen at home official british sources said quite frankly piat oat his bis influence in washington would be sorely missed in these critical days lord lothian came to the united states as ambassador bas in 1039 1939 FARM PROGRAM loan advocated the american farm bureau fedoration federation era tion meeting in baltimore advocated a program which through the use of government loans would peg prices of major crops considerably above current market quotations the federation which has been pro new deal admitted the plan would require congressional revision of the present agricultural legislation the present law permits loans up to 75 per cent of parity rates the proposed legislation would make loans to farmers at rates equivalent to 85 per cent edward A oneal federation president said parity prices based on current conditions were about a bushel tor for wheat 1575 a pound for cotton and cents e bushel for corn coupled with the high loan feature would be a system of marketing quotas and heavy penalties tor for farmers who sold in excess of their allotments EPIDEMIC but not serious developing in california and sweeping eastward with reduced strength an epidemic of influenza sent thousands of people to sick beds bed s but at no time became serious in the eyes of medical authorities greatest cause of rejoicing among them however was the tact fact that ihal the type of influenza was not the deadly one that covered the nation in 1918 1910 1919 the present type contained none of the forms of pneumonia present in the world war epidemic however hundreds of men in army cantonments canton ments were placed in os as and precautions were 8 up among the civilian population doctors mostly ordered rest resi and sleep right at the moment there is no sure way of coni controlling rolling influenza according to the public health service medical science is better than in 1918 however in at least one case the virus which causes the malady has been isolated SUP superlatives 0 of the week Ne westA concave screen Is go ing on the market maikel for movie theaters it Is designed to give a three dimensional effect to ordinary dims s most forgetful arlinta At kinta ga forget go t about an election day the liquor stores opened for business and almost everyone forgot to vote it was the municipal general election and primaries art are what count days ul ly 1 4 J LONDON ENGLAND A harrow schoolboy laughingly holding parts of a german in cen diary bomb which had fallen on the ant ous english school inuring a recent air raid slight daniago was done to the schools museum which houses many british relias LIFE JOBS at the top resignations of chief justice charles evans hughes and asso elate clate justice james mcreynold 3 from the supreme court are expected shortly after the inauguration it has been gossip in the capital tor for weeks that hughes offered his nation but was prevailed upon by the president to withhold it until after the campaign the appointments which are for life are greatly sought after by lawyers who regard it as the highest honor that can come to their professions fes fess lons many have been mentioned for the two places but there Is some indication the chief justice place may be filled from members anuw sitting either mr justice stone or mr justice douglas if such would happen the president could make three appointments instead of two for the other places there has been mention of senator minton manton of indiana who was defeated in the i recent campa campaign ign leon henderson of the SEC and attorney general jackson appointment of jackson might raise to cabinet status francis biddle now solicitor general I 1 NAMES I 1 I 1 in m the news Prisoner Mrs elizabeth deegan clerk in the U S embassy was taken into custody by german secret police in parts paris the granddaughter of the former senator from north carolina was accused of assisting british officers escape occupied territory citizen Citi zenIn in 1930 1936 ruth bryan owen daug daughter er of the great commoner and minister to denmark married capt boerge rohde gentleman IT ln waiting to Den marks ling christian X now in lewisburg W va the former commander of the th kings ekings life guards has taken the oath of allegiance to the united states ile he said tie he adopted citizenship because no other country in the world guarantees such freedom romance diego rivera mexican muralist was married cupid shot him in a duel with freda kohla who incidentally was the artists third wife from whom he was oll di voiced in 1939 TRAVELERS sen sea and air president roosevelt studied the caribbean defense situation first hand on the ground on the S S tuscaloosa he visited french owned martinique british owned antigua in the leeward islands as well as american territory I 1 the duke and duchess of windsor 1 reversed that schedule coming crom the caribbean bahamas where the former king is governor to miami fla the voyage was entirely informal and was to gi give the duchess an opportunity to visit p dentist col william J donovan dono van wartime commander of the fighting sixty ninth was a passenger on the eu rope bound clipper plane under the name donald williams last july colonel donovan visited england mysteriously just before the swap of U S destroyers tor for british air bases in the western hemisphere was announced noun ced on tills trip his dest destination in a Is unknown and his mission unrevealed miscellany 41 turkish newspapers reported that approximately jewish refugees bound from Bugar bulgaria fd to palestine were drowned when their ship broke to pieces in rough seas near istanbul turkey clafter L after uneventful trips on the chicago cleveland route a united airlines mainliner with IS 10 people board aboard crashed at the chicago airport during dirty weather ten were killed six injured L for 10 years a gray haired man lived in johnson city tenn raised a family attained a splendid reau ard became a member of the police force then it was revealed he was E E sapp wanted by texas police after his er ape on oil a 09 99 year term in connection with murder ot his first wife fingerprints in another case trapped him |