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Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS London Firemen Douse Hitler's Fire Bombs Tag Day By Edward C. Wayne presidents Third Inaugural Address Emphasizes Faith in U. S. Democracy; Lease-Len- d Act Fight Rips Party Lines As Cabinet Supports Roosevelts Plan afaia an aw. Mrtirn art aapnanl .ril, (EDITOE'I NOTE-- Whan Ik. .-- (Ralaaaad by Waatara Newspaper THIRD TERM: Inaugural After taking the oath of ofllce ai President of the United States for a third term, breaking precedent fnnklln D. Booaevelt dellTered to a waiting nation a high tribute to his In the inaugfrith n democracy. ural addreei which waa marked with ccnitant references to the "spirit of America and the "spirit of democracy the President declared that the purpose in his next four years of office would be to: protect and perpetuate the Integrity of democracy. Tor this, he said, "we muster Sie spirit of America and the faith of America. We do not retreat. We an not content to stand still. Ai Americana, we go forward. In the aervice of our country, by the will f God. While some of the pomp of other Inaugural days wee mining because ct the solemn pall of foreign affairs that hung over Washington, the thousands that lined Pennsylvania avenue to watch the President pass cheered loudly as they sawhia party. The day was bright but a raw wind chilled the onlookers. High point of the day's historic rituals came when the President standing below the Capitol's white dome, placed hie hand upon a family Bible and swore for the third time to "preserve, protect The and defend the Constitution. oath waa administered by Chief Justice Hughes of the Supreme court. ld CHURCHILL: Looks Ahead Winston Churchill, fallowing his conferences with Harry Hopkins, Roosevelt's' persona! ambassador, looked into the future of .the war during 1941. He s that Britain would not And tha.warlesa terrible this year,than last, would have to face continued destruction of British towns and cities without being able to make adequate reply. He admitted Hitlers great advantage in being able to move Ms armies about Europe at will. Churchill said Britain wanted no armies from overseas in 1941, but would need a constant stream of la fftkl.' America May Face Loss Of Farm Export Market Wickard Finds Less Production No Solution; Army Undertakes to Build 'Morale Among New Recruits. ..T-Vinr) Unioo.1 competent on foreign policy questions. Ambassador Kennedy was being welcomed with open arms by isolationist editors and hailed a comrade end then said he considered the isolationists the worst "defeatists of an. American unity, supposedly the nations greatest safeguard during flie stress of national defense pro-p- a redness, appeared Jeopardized. National leaders differed in their prescriptions for the critical moment .as tar aa the poles. They ranged from Carter Glass, Virginia, who wanted the U. 8. to declare war at once, to the outright isolationist and of the type of Montanas Senator Wheeler, who opposed No. 1778 from opening word to finish. White this waa the temper of official Washington, a couple of U. S. sailors fanned the flame by tearing down a Nazi banner from a German consulate celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the founding at the German Reich. They clambered up to a ninth-stor- y flagpole in San Francisco to cause a national crisis to become that much more critical, white thousands cheered on the sidewalk below. By BAUKHAGE National Term and Hama Hour Commentator. WNU Service, 1155 National Press Bldg., Washington, D. C. Inaugural day toes really Tee day for nctes photographer! who covered the event at the above picture dearly shows. Here Charles Knell, newt photo agency cameraman display! a few of the passes necessary to wear and keep in plain view throughout the deft events. FORWARD: Co the Greeks As Germany still continued to withhold aid to Rely In Albania, the Greeks moved steadily forward in their effort to drive Italian force from the western shore of tha Adriatic. A thousand creek troops ware CABINET: reported captured in one engagement; and all along the southern Rolls Sleeves and eastern battle lines, the advance For once in national issue, ap- was steady, but slow. parently that entire part of the PresMany American Greeks, most faidents cabinet wMch could conceiv- vorable to their countrymen's cause, ably have anything to do with the were moat cautious about the situasituation rolled up Ha sleeves and tion, however, Informed sources No. 1778, the lease- went to bat holding that the Germans were holding back only because of tha difficulties of fighting over mountainous Balkan terrain in the wintertime. They believed that the Nazis would move in force, perhaps not (which would . through Bulgaria bring Turkey, perhaps Russia into the war) but through Jugoslavia. 'White admitting that many things' may happen in the next two month to change the situation, these sources felt anything but .confident that the Grecian forces. In the long run, could drive out the Italians. Particularly on the northern front res the advance slow, though in central Albania Klisura bed fallen and Tepelini was apparently a certainty, and Greeks in the north, it was felt, might be particularly vulnerable to a sudden attack from either the Bulgarian or the Jugoslavian border. CORDELL HULL German aid on the Albanian front With others, be uwnl to bet. to that point, however, had confined all-oaid to Itself to the entrance of a few Stukas tend Mil, calling Britain. and bombers from the forces quarMorgen thau, treasury secretary, tered (reportedly) on Italian soil. stepped into the arena, declaring that Britain was right then at the EGYPT: end of her dollar rope, end that Down aid must Quiets some form of unpaid-t- o African the In campaign, the Gerbe found if Britain waa to continue mans began the groundwork of more to get supplies. aid to Italy, while the land Hull, in a moat powerful session vigorous of the British colonial army attacks the left which committee with the continued favorably, though not nation stunned, excoriated the the nation to quite so sensationally ai In previous and called realize that the crista waa real and weeks. The fail of Tobruk, another imporImmediate. Mediterranean port, was retant declared Stimson, war secretary, aa a foregone conclusion, garded commity bout with the in a in command tee that he favored sending Amer- and tha British armies,coastal roads, ican warships anywhere. and that of Libyas important other will toward objecBritain's complete crisis was a mat- moved at Dema and the like Bengasi, tives 90 ter of 60 to days. capital. countrys Navy Secretary Knox hinted that Yet there was a feeling, almost the real crlals might be the wresting like an "aura of standstill in the control of Britain's navy from her land campaign, possibly attributaby the Nazis, who then would be ble to a rearrangement of forces able to establish themselves In South a new offensive. ' ' America. That the Italians were anything satisfied with the situation was but ASIATIC: the most favorable reaction evident The Fascist Turmoil Grows In press dispatches. AS Europe and an the Western army in Africa was regarded as and hemisphere was watching the dip- having been rendered Impotdht, lomatic battle between the united without German aid In considerable to States and Japan before a backdrop numbers. Britain was favored make Its victory in Africa complete. of Asiatic warfare that waa becomYet events seemed to be pointing ing daily more sanguinary and to the fact that tha Nazis were plangloomy. Even the Battle of Siam was as- ning such a move in force, end unsuming more headline proportions, watchers anxiously awaited tha from folding of such a plan. reports with conflicting a end from Siam French Itself aa to the success of the counter PLANE: moves. Versus Warship Moat positive claims were made cruiser SouthLoss of the 9,000-to- n claimed that which little Slam, by border ampton In the Mediterranean after Chinese Indo important n attack entirely by Stukas finally arms. And points had fallen to their the question at whether a settled these not deny white the French did s warship could withstand such facts, they did claim that any a plane attack. an at been had purchased advances won the verdict Yet The planes in manpower. loss enormous 28.000-to- n new BritIllustrious, the the Axis European diplomats of was more fortucarrier aircraft ish powers were atsving to keep Japan to nate, and escaped, though apparent and the U. S. at odds, thus hoping inflicted ty with tremendous damage the to cement Japan mow firmly upon her. Axis. Tha official British phrase stating that aha mad port under her own power" hints that aha wu limping. , . . . in the news If not crawling back to Malta. of Tho Illustrious carried plenty yet dispatches failed to tell planes, announced 4 The war department more of them did not get Into why at the army lte plane to maintain tha fight to protect the carrier and of1,418,000 enlisted men and 17,271 save tha Southampton, wMch waa her ficers ihirtng the coming fiscal year. pint by her own crew to guard Thta would include selectee and secrets after aha caught fire. IllNational Guardsmen. Official communique about the American-mad- a did incident C A tong stream of ustrious-Sou thampton flown from were shot planes waa being ay that 12 Nail bombers Newfoundland to England, tha no figbut gave sea, tha into down record being from "breakfast to ures about British planes. to ' to total!-tartan- to two-da- HARRY HOPKINS Roosevetls personal ambassador.' munitions, far more than we can pay for. Britain, however, is not in "extremis" if such aid comes, said Churchill. He said: We have enough men on the fighting line to hold the front line of civilization If we get American aid and American credits. This unheralded address before a Glasgow audience was widely quoted in the lend-Ieafight in Washington. se BITTERNESS: And Unity President Roosevelt's Inauguration day cams at a time when the fever of the country was away above normal in a bitter fight over the tease-lan- d MU-- No. 1776. tnrles of such vitriolic attacks by another, with counter chargee end charges flinging themselves across committee tables with apparent utter abandon. Party lines were smashed to smithereens, with Willkie claiming the Republican party would kill itself forevermore if It failed to recognize the principle of "blank-check- " aid to Britain, and allow Roosevelt 11 the power ha desires. Republican Tinkham countered with the charge that Willkie wee "in one group upon u. s. to Indo-Chin- the Supreme court fight had the press of the nation printed Not since defense" Federal Loan Administrator Jonee announced that defense commitments of the RFC now aggregate more than $1,000,000,000, including approximately $590,000,000 in loans for the construction of defense Plant; $125,000,000 in loans to manthe ufacturers; $200,000,000 of strategic metals; and for the acquisition of stocks t rubber. 41 to pur-cha- $140,-00,0- se first-clas- first-cla- ss Bot-woo- tWeM t'rti rare he thinks lt'a easier to be e doughboy than doughboy. But a full stomach la not an It WASHINGTON. Few people realised how much dynamite there waa takes to make a lighting man. It in that speech on agricultural pre-p- a takes morale, and tills time the govhas done two things to redness wMch Secretary of Agri- ernment build that highly necessary factor. culture Wickard delivered at his old has begun early, before there la alma mater, Purdue university, tha It war. It haa taken over the whole other day. Job to itself instead of farming It While he didnt come right out out, aa It did in tha last war, to and say so In so many words, tha civilian 10m the organizations secretary sounded tha knell of hope Y.M.C.A. for a foreign market for farm surAnd If a big Job, under the ofllce pluses. That ipeech marked the be- of tha adjutant general. Tha diviIn new the of a farm ginning policy sion In the long west wing et the United States baaed on what la Munitions building in Washington believed by officiate here to be a haa 50 clerks and 15 officers Just to permanent and not a temporary loss taka care of the Washington mid. This flute, passed by BriUafe censer, shews a grasp at flremea wet- of export trade. In the varioua camps and poets are The facta are, said tha secre- the many morale aervice all under ting dews beret rains after an Ipferee that raged 'all around St. Fanla cathedral, in Leaden. In the distance the tower ef 8L Fanl'a can readily tary, that tha trend of American tiiia dlvlalon tin Army Motion Piche eeea. Ike fire wae canaed by kwendlartee dreppei by Hitler farm exports has been downward ture Service, the Camp Publications, and far awhile threatened a kage aectien at Leaden. since tha tun of the century. Now Post Exchanges, Service Chiba, I dont mean to ray that the decline Guest Houses, and even entertainbee been constant You know better ment soldiers in towns near the than that It has been by fits and training areas. 15 years. tarts. Exporta shot up In the laat war it wea teemed Exports feU off like a atone dropped what valuable factor dramatics y from a tower after the played In camp life end they wiU be Tariff act of 1930. The Moving Picture encouraged. In that paragraph la tha secr- Service win offer regular commeretarys hypothesis from wMch he cial films, but It will also show educational films, and much military indraws hia conclusions. struction will ha given by means of SURPLUS STATISTICS the moving picture. Top flight movAccording to the best statistics picture executives are serving available here "there ere twb bate ing on a committee assisting In the proof cotton on hand in the world today duction of them pictures. every bale that will probably be Athletlce, of course, ere e pert of used in the current marketing year end there arc at least 2,000,000,000 morale end are considered Imporbushels of wheat In the world today tant also both from the atandpoint for which no market exists and "a of physical training and the buildsimilar situation exists in tha lard ing of an aggressive spirit which the modern soldier must possess. and tobacco markets. Aa Major General Bell laid In the The secretary says that tha answer to tills problem of farm aur-pl-y laat war, A singing army la fightsea cannot be solved with the two ing army, and ringing will he a wrrds reduce production because pert of the ahow. The army haa Ha own song book and mass singing we cant reduce the number of peowill be encouraged. ple who live on cotton farms, or The Post Exchange, which Is sort tobacco farms, in or wheat farms, Leigh W. Heat, aeoend naaanlar secretary, Mr. Elisabeth Daegu at the aame proportions which wa can of an army general store, la a R. Cecil M. N. C ef F. and Cram, canal Asheville, L, reduce the acreages of them com- business in itself, To get an idea Frevidence, all members sf the U. 8. embassy staff in Paris whe were transferred modities. of how much of a business a Port at German efllcial demand an charges ef having aided, a British efllcer. Exchange can be, the one at Cha-nuwords Those the ere secretary! They retained to America abeard a dipper. Held, Kantoul, 111., took In but folks with a good pair of glasses have been busy reading between the nearly $100,000 in one month laat lines and this la what they aay he faU. Already a number of camp pub- ' means: "When tha war la over our ex- lication! have started. I looked over everal of them et Morale Headports of farm products, even If they and some are exceedingly quarters to Increase to era while, going decrease in the long run end we've businesslike looking sheets. I noticed In the office wu file of the got to take steps right now to make Stare A Stripes, the famous newsadjustments in the country. of tho American Expeditionpaper la the Adjustments aecretary'a Force in France. Harold Rosa, ary own word it who edited it In Parle, la now the OTHER PAINFUL POINTS highly auccessful hud of the New More reading between the lines Yorker magazine; Alexander Wooll-cot- t, reveals a number of interesting, if who waa on the ataff, la one of somewhat painful, points: America's writers and One: Not only must the amount story tellers. It was my privilege of farm products be cut down, but to serve on that paper after the the number at people on farms has Armistice and I covered the to be cut down (L e. other means conference under the able direction of John Winterich, then rear-ran- k of income found them). private but news editor of the paper. Two: Not only must the unsuccessful farmer adjust himself to this He is now Major Winterich, attached situation by raising stuff that ha to the office of the assistant secrecan eat himself or by getting some tary at war. Probably many faother work, but the successful farm- mous Journalists of coming gener will have to make some adjust- erations will get their training on some of them newspapers run unments. For instance, he will have to ex- der tha auspices of the New Morale Division. certain amount of interpect Another highly publicized group of regional competition. Concretely that means that the cotton farmer this new division are the hostesses. will be raising more of bis own But their Job hu been largely misLet me quote from meat, poultry, and corn. Some of understood'. thla will apill over end compete with Lieut. CoL Harry Terry, writing in the Commerce magazine: the corn-be- lt end dairy farmer. these The term hostess' It also means that In business women is a misnomer the successful farmer win have to more property be celled In supporting economic they might which in fact they 'secretaries,' end political effort toward railing are. the esristanta of tha ere They threngheet the nation the Income of the unsuccessful farm- Dlvlalon Commander .and carry out Bay Scaat week will be observed February whole the end er of Its thirty-firgroup. founding. Special anniversary to mark the argulaatioaa Ms wishes in conducting their varion emergency aervice training. A This will mean that tha Mg farm ous duties. rh..t. is being placed this year above engaging organizations which hitherto have few of the 1,599,909 Boy Scents in the country are shown "Providing social entertainment, and quick thinking in used moat of their influence in running dances and other entertainin typical activities that encourage Washington to get better prices ment to thousands of men la no emergencies. farm products will have to use some night club Job. It will require of their influence to raise these low high degree of organization ability Incomes so there wiU be bigger and no mean attainment In social home market for the farmers' prod- aria and gnfces. Operating a cafeucts. At least, that's the way Washteria to meet tha requirements iff ington officiate look at the farm situboth visitors and troops in such e ation today. manner as to build the morale of troops and convince the mothers, sisters and 'sweethearts that their Army Is Buey men are being adequately cared for Building Morale? requires a high degree iff technical . Napoleon said an army moves on knowledge and immense tact its stomach. He was right end it Finally, to supervise all these activcannot be an empty stomach either. ities as well as the buying of food That's why in Uncle Sam's new and supplies wiU need person of army a cook Is a cook end not Just more than good looks and pleasant mile." somebody who aays ha la because 'Mt-waffe- ," to Transferred at Demand of Germans to Smoot-Haw-le- to te Nation Observes Boy Scout Week to best-kno- Pun to to 7-- st low-inco- to Midwinter Carnival Season Opens carnival season opens simultaneously In both the North and an this date February L In New Orleans celebrations begin an first ef the Krewe parade, and terminate In Mardl Gras left. shown are above, teat from parades Scenes 25. year's y cele- He St. Paul holds Its Winter CamlvaL One ef laat year shown at right' 1941 a SOIL EROSION Son eroaion la costing tha United Statee more then $3,800,000,-00- 0 a year, according to H. H. Bennett, chief of the U.S. soil conservation service. Half our tend has been damaged. But farmers are working on soil conservation on 150,000,000 acres today and Bennett saya that In tha next 10 conyears, it will be possible e servation forces to balance forces In tha country. to land-wast- PROBLEM IN COTTON One of the first stepa taken la carrying out Secretory Wlckerde policy la tha supplemental cotton program under which formers who reduce their acreage below tho 1941 national acreage allotment win be compensated with stamps which are good to manufactured cotton goods. This attacks the problem of the cotton surplus from both ends cute down production and uses up tha took by increasing tha demand to the finished product . |
