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Show THE LEW SUN. LEII1. UTAH Various MotiD M Bomb Destroyer WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By Edward C. Wayne mi-ilAUGURATION DAYHtffl u . ; Battle Scene Shifts to Mediterranean As Nazis Bolster 'Fading Italian Army; Willkie Backs FDR on Lease-Lend Bill; U. S. Navy Split Into Three New 'Fleets' (EDITOR'S NOTE When opinion! are expressed In then columns, the are tbosa of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper.) (Released by Western Newspaper office of President of the United S.a.l ao 5 oi m, ar. and Mend fee Constitution of the United States." DEFENSE: Parties Split Congress debated President Roosevelt's Roose-velt's plan to loan or lease munitions muni-tions of war to Great Britain. Party lines were broken and politics forgotten for-gotten both by political leaders in congress and through the nation. Leading the attack against the bill within congress was Senator Wheeler (D., Mont.). Former President Presi-dent Hoover and former Gov. Alf M. Landon, the G. 0. P. standard bearer in 1936, lined up behind him. But President Roosevelt had the support of Wendell L. Willkie, who ran against him last fall. And in the senate he was supported by Senator Sen-ator Austin (R., Maine). Willkie suggested sug-gested several changes in the measure, meas-ure, however. He proposed that a time limit be fixed during which the President will have exceptional powers to deal with embattled democracies. de-mocracies. He also proposed that the nations to be given help be named in the bill. Administration senators were quick to adopt the view. As the proposal pro-posal moved into house and senate hearings, amendments were added to carry out the Willkie suggestions. Meanwhile Willkie and three of his ,' tr Pi r- "Ill' y; a i..-.v.-yi ..Tigs -AJv,..;,.,.,i,Ai CORDELL HULL This photograph was taken as the secretary of state testified before the house committee on foreign affairs and warned that the United Stales must speed up its help to Britain if Hitler is to be beaten. friends were arranging to go to Lon don during the first days in Febru ary. The head of the Republican party wished to see first hand just what was going on in England. He made application to Secretary Hull for a passport. The request was granted in three hours. The Fleets Many months ahead of delivery of ships which will give the United States a two-ocean navy, orders were issued which split the present war vessels into three "fleets." The main forces will remain in the Pa ciflc, but there will be an Independ . ent command in the Atlantic and third independent command in Asia Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel was named commander In chief. He and President Roosevelt are old friends. They worked together In another defense problem when Mr, Roosevelt was assistant secretary of the navy in 1916-1917. At the same time orders were issued to increase the navy personnel from 192,000 to 232,000. More Planes Dr. George Mead, aircraft produe tion head of the national defense commission, announced that the nation's na-tion's three largest automobile cor porations had agreed to take a larg' er hand in the making of fighting planes. Ford, General Motors and Chrysler will make parts for 1,200 planes each. They have completed arrangements with Consolidated Aircraft, Douglas and Glenn Martin to make the assemblies. The cheap est of the 3,600 planes will cost $100,000. Meanwhile there still is some dispute dis-pute over the lack of aluminum. The Aluminum Corporation of America, which holds a monopoly, said production pro-duction has more than doubled and that the firm is spending $15,000,000 of its own money for further expansion. ex-pansion. Since aircraft today is almost al-most wholly aluminum in the bodies, bod-ies, the demand is high and there yet may be a senate investigation over Alco's affairs and national defense. de-fense. Otherwise on the defense front: The North Carolina, first battleship battle-ship to be built for the United States navy in 20 years, will go into commission com-mission April 11. A fighting plane built for the U. S. army attained a speed of 620 miles an hour in a power dive test It was driven by a reserve officer, Lieut. Andrew C. McDonough. The speed of the plane is faster than sound, so that when it is heard approaching ap-proaching for bombing it is too late to duck the plane already has passed. HELP TO ITALY: Germans Take Over Mussolini began to slip. In Egypt the British bombed him out of the air while on the ground his troops were retreating farther and faster westward until it seemed as though all of eastern Libya would be lost to the Fascist empire. The Greeks were threatening the last line of re sistance in southern Albania and there wasn't much for the Italians to fall back on after that. More and more It became apparent appar-ent that the Duce's Axis partner would be forced to send German troops to extract the Italians from the tangled mess. Even the Italian home front began to crackle, perhaps per-haps the first rumble of revolution. Benito Mussolini was being referred to as Finito Mussolini. Only German planes appeared, at first piloted by Italians. The planes were sent to Albania. After that followed fol-lowed German "instructors" to teach the Italians how to fight in the air. Finally all pretense was dropped and Germans began to arrive in numbers, taking over Italian, bases. Were the Germans invading Italy? Perhaps not. Maybe it was only a case of holding Italy in "protective custody." Be that as it may, when Germans took up the battle themselves, them-selves, Italy could no longer be considered con-sidered an equal partner in the Axis. The Germans don't work that way. They dominated the fight. Mussolini needed their help and could get it only on the German terms. Mediterranean War The Germans' first attack came in the Mediterranean, off Cataina. Here the Inland sea narrows down to a slight channel between Sicily and the North African mainland. Through this channel must flow all British supplies and reinforcements to Greece and Egypt. A large convoy was passing through the channel escorted by the royal navy, including the 23,000-ton cruiser Southampton. Nazi dive bombers appeared in force and what is believed to be the first battle ever fought between war vessels and aircraft air-craft took place. The British admit both war vessels were hit. The Italians claim more were damaged. The battle ended at nightfall and the British ships made harbor. But the Germans sallied forth the following fol-lowing day and continued raids on British shipping In the Mediterranean Mediter-ranean for the five days. They said Here is the latest picture of Prime Minister W inston Churchill of England shown as he watches anti-aircraft gunnery gun-nery in action at a Royal Artillery establishment, "Somewhere in England." Eng-land." that 15 ships were sent to the bottom. bot-tom. When the truth can be learned definitely, it may be one of the "classic" "clas-sic" battles of history, for it may establish what long has been a moot question whether aircraft can successfully suc-cessfully challenge armed surface craft. Looking Ahead The British felt the German force, now based in Italy, may be a definite challenge to the campaign in the Near East. It may mean that Hitler Hit-ler will seek to cut off all communications communi-cations between England and Cairo. On the other hand the British still anticipate an attack on England itself. it-self. And they doubt that the at tempt will be long delayed. German Ger-man bombings of Irish cities were seen as "training" flights toward this objetive. The British took no chances. They bombed "inva sion ports" In Germany, Holland, Belgium and France nightly. SCHOOLS CRITICIZED: By College Heads Present-day educational methods are inadequate to cope wun we needs of democracy, speakers told the twenty-seventh annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges. Col-leges. Dr. Theodore M. Greene, Princeton philosophy professor, and Dr. John M. Mason, president of Swarthmore college, led the discussion. dis-cussion. The Rev. Edward V. Stanford, Stan-ford, president of Villanova, agreed with them. . ; 'it-' J F li. 1 I Xm !A 1 .".'Vf , 'I, f l ' 1 Vi its PHILADELPHIA. Builder Build-er Harry S. Parks of Phila- delphia is pictured holding a model of the Homo-Proof-Umbrella." Real name of the device is the "Wilford Latta Centrifugal Bomb Destroyer" and a working model has been demonstrated to the War department. de-partment. TOO MUCH COTTON: Reduction Asked Because the export market for cotton has disappeared with the war, Farm Secretary Claude Wick-ard Wick-ard believes a reduction must be made in the previously announced government production goal of 12,000,000 bales' for the 1941 crop. To achieve the cut, he offers cotton growers $25,000,000 worth of cotton goods free if they will reduce the acreage. Under the plan, cotton growers would receive stamps which would be redeemable at any retail store for cotton goods, Stamps would be given giv-en at the rate of 10 cents for each pound of cotton which farmers normally nor-mally would have produced on the implanted portion of their acreage allotment. For example, a farmer with a 10-acre 10-acre allotment, would receive $25 worth of stamps if he planted only nine acres, assuming that his normal nor-mal yield was 250 pounds per acre. Voluntary reductions will not affect af-fect allotments under the 1942 program. pro-gram. By this method Wickard hoped to prevent further increases of surpluses sur-pluses under the government loan plan and also to increase employe ment in cotton mills, while allowing cotton farmers to plant more garden gar-den and feed crops. FLU MOVES EAST: Nation Warned The wave of influenza which began be-gan on the West coast during fall swept eastward and by mid-January registered 100,000 victims east of the Mississippi. In Boston 20,000 children were absent ab-sent from school. There were 32,000 cases listed in Texas and 45,000 in Memphis. Schools were closed in the Carolinas and Tennessee. Five thousand were 111 in St. Louis. In the first two weeks of last year, there were but 9,500 cases in the whole nation. The National Billiard Tournament went ahead without Willie Hoppe, the first time since he won the championship cham-pionship in 1910. In a preliminary play with Jake Schaeffer, he had appeared in the regulation dinner clothes for two days while his temperature tem-perature was above 101. When Schaeffer learned about this he withdrew with-drew the challenge and the game came to an end. Most encouraging was that the type of influenza is a mild one, not the fatal type that swept over the 'nation like a plague in 1917. This year few deaths have been recorded. re-corded. Nevertheless, national health service authorities advised people to avoid crowds, to get plenty of rest and eat sparingly of wholesome foods. Extra precautions were being be-ing taken in army camps. MISCELLANY: Lieut -Gen. Lord Baden-Powell became be-came famous in Africa in another war. Greatly outnumbered by Boers, he stood them off by sheer bluff and for 217 days stalled an attack. When he returned home to England in 1910, after a life-time on the Dark Continent, he was a national na-tional hero. He founded the Boy Scouts, dressed them in short pants, like those worn by the British colonial colo-nial armies. Last year his health failed and he returned to Africa, where his dreams have always been. He died there at the age of 84. while other British soldiers, also dressed m the short pants, were again making mak-ing British history in Africa. Dolores Frances, aged nine, has had her share of tough luck. She contracted infantile paralysis when she was 18 months old. But she had one piece of luck she will always remember. She was chosen as th most typical child aided by the In fantile Paralysis Foundation at Warm Springs. Along with the title went a visit to the White House as the guest of Mrs. Roosevelt George Herman ("Babe") Ruth was sued for $5,000 after an automobile automo-bile accident on a New Jersey high way. Lt mLzr March 4, 1841 "Old Tippecanoe" Harrison, Indian fighter, rides dent of the United States. By ELMO SCOTT WATSON (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) INAUGURATION DAY in 1841 was an historic occasion occa-sion for several reasons. After one of the most colorful color-ful and riotous political contests con-tests in the history of the nation na-tion the Whigs had succeeded succeed-ed in electing a Presidential Presiden-tial candidate for the first time. So they were ready to celebrate in a big way. Despite a heavy rain, the greatest great-est crowd that had yet attended an inauguration crowded into Washington to see "Old Tippecanoe" Tippeca-noe" Harrison become President. A salute of 26 guns at daybreak heralded the opening of the big celebration. Early in the morning a carriage, car-riage, drawn by four white horses, presented by the Whigs of Baltimore, called for him at his hotel. But the general insisted upca riding horseback to his inauguration. in-auguration. Mounted on a white charger, with an escort of mounted mount-ed marshals, he rode to the Capitol, Capi-tol, holding his hat in his hand and waving it to the cheering crowds massed along his route. Behind him streamed "Tippecanoe' "Tippe-canoe' clubs" from Virginia and Maryland, dragging floats on each of which was mounted a log cabin with a hard cider barrel in front and a coonskin nailed to the door. Prophetic of the new industrial era just opening in America was a power loom, mounted on a wagon, sent there by a factory at Laurel, Md. More than 50,000 persons gathered gath-ered before the east portico of the Capitol to hear his inaugural address and they heard the longest speech that any President had ever given on that occasion. He stood for an hour, without hat or coat, in the biting wind until he had finished. But that was only the beginning of his hardships. All the afternoon he stood in a receiving line at the White House, greeting the thousands who streamed past him to shake his hand. That night there were three inaugural balls and the old soldier (he was 68 the oldest man ever elected President), borne up by the excitement of the occasion, attended all three. March 4, 1913 Woodrow After the last ball was over, the general returned to the White House but he was too tired to sleep. Tremors of exhaustion shook his body as he stumbled into bed. Outside his window an owl hooted all night and the next morning the general complained that a howling dog had kept him awake. Negro servants in the Executive Mansion shook their heads ominously. It was a "sign," they said. And they were right. For within a month President William Henry Harrison died of the cold he had contracted while reading his inaugural address. Hia had been the shortest term Rnwwfi "ti W'"t " jwaoisi nam.m- ..yy, rw -wWiy : , - .,1 ITT J ui-. it 3 served by an American President. Presi-dent. Twenty years later an even more momentous inaugural parade pa-rade moved through the streets of Washington." In a carriage was James Buchanan, an old man in a rusty swallow-tailed coat, slumped down beside a tall, lanky backwoodsman from Illinois in a new black suit and a shining high r-Tof " -v. ' J v 1 ii - iK 4 r1;-" I,-! 1 t" t $'4 iF- ft lli It' 1 1 - h$ v fjTJ imX'fhi March 4, 1861 Chief Justice Taney administers the oath to Abraham Abra-ham Lincoln. hat with a gold-headed cane in his hand. Double files of cavalry rode on each side of the carriage as it moved along Pennsylvania avenue ave-nue and riflemen were stationed on roofs commanding the thoroughfare. thor-oughfare. For men in the South had sworn that Abraham Lincoln should never be sworn in as President Pres-ident of the Disunited States. But Wilson takes the oath of office. the journey was made without untoward un-toward incident. A few minutes later the tall lanky man came out on the east portico, to be greeted by only the taintest of cheers. Then, standing stand-ing before Chief Justice Taney of the Supreme Court, he took the oath of office. As he drew the manuscript of his address from his pocket, he could find no place to put his hat. So Stephen A Douglas, his old friend and political po-litical enemy, stepped forward with the remark "If I can't be President, at least I can hold the President's hat." When Ulysses S. Grant was in- m m ! in triumph to be inaugurated Presi augurated in 1869, again soldiers were on guard because there had been threats against his life. But again fears for the safety of the President-elect proved groundless. ground-less. Grant's inauguration drew the biggest crowd that had yet gathered in Washington for this event. Many had to walk the streets of the city all night because be-cause the hotels were filled and they could obtain no lodging. Grant laid aside his inevitable cigar when he was sworn in but disappointed the crowd by not wearing his uniform of blue. Throughout the reading of his inaugural in-augural address his little daughter, daugh-ter, Nellie, who had slipped away from her mother, stood beside him. and held his hand. His second inauguration took place on one of the coldest March fourths ever recorded in the national na-tional capital. Many people were frostbitten, as were some of the West Point cadets who paraded without their overcoats. The inaugural in-augural ball was a failure because be-cause the building was so cold that the musicians could scarcely scarce-ly play, the refreshments were frozen solid and none of the guests dared remove their outer wraps. Wilson's first inaugural was tittle tit-tle more than a triumphal procession pro-cession of Democrats celebrating their first victory since Cleveland and it was marked by the presence pres-ence of suffragists in the parade. It was marked also by the first illumination of the capital by searchlight. His second inauguration inaugu-ration was without the customary festivities, due to the threat oi war hanging over the nation. Again a President-elect rode to and from the Capitol between lines of heavily-armed soldiers and with armed watchers on the roof tops. A cold, misty rainstorm rain-storm added to the gloom of the occasion. It sent the President to bed with a cold, thus giving impetus to the demand that Inauguration In-auguration Day be moved forward for-ward to April, as it had been when our first President, George Washington, Wash-ington, was sworn in. 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