Show weekly news review gigantic military bluff game gaille focuses At attention attenson t on europe 1 by joseph W babinc la dine borei foreign 9 n seldom had the world seen such furious shadow boxing in france motor busses b burned up thi the roads carry carrying ing troops to the frontier la in a maneuver that made frenchmen recall G gen en joseph simon Galli enis taxicab r roundup of 1914 premier edouard D Dala al diers adlers cabinet which a fortnight ago had shuddered at the tha idea of a longer work week now con descended meekly and paris looked to england as a frightened child looks to its mother back to london rushed german ambassador sir nevile henderson back too rushed vacationing cab cabinet members in the morning moraine prime minister neville chamberlain walked his wife around st james park as if nothing had happened but by afternoon his cabinet was immersed in gloom echoing puzzled britaina Brit ains thoughts the isolationist daily mail cried the british public are disquieted rumors of nil all sorts go round but from official sources people hear nothing it Is time that the british public were frankly told what Is happening much would mr chamberlain have paid to know what was happening cause of this international fussing was adolf hitler who even then was doing some fussing of his own two days before En glands sir john simon had warned germany to keep its hands bands off little czechoslovakia on pain of war with great britain but adolt adolf hitler answered this bluff with a new bluff preparing to keep his reserves under arms until mid october flying from one frontier to the next dictator hitler proudly surveyed the war machine that all europe fears he will soon point at czechoslovakia for more than a month britaina Brit ains viscount runciman has struggled to arbitrate differences between czechoslovakia oslo and her rebellious subjects pro nazi germans living in the region which fronts greater germany while adolt adolf hillers Hit lers official newspapers whip up nazi resentment against czechoslovakia Sude tens themselves have been doing their best to stir up trouble their leader konrad henlein has obeyed herr hitler by refusing all mediation efforts by viscount Ruri runciman ciman or czechoslovakian government since germany would quite likely gobble up the Sude tens if given an opportunity great britain has strongly protested konrad heinleins Hen leins demand for autonomy last week after sitting calmly through these protests Sude tens teas pointed an admiring finger at En glands autonomy arrangement with wilh ireland eire while viscount runciman blushed they asked why a similar arrangement could not be made between czechoslovakia and themselves after a weeks bluffing the end was not yet in sight for his par part fuehrer hitler bluffed that he wanted 1 complete autonomy for sude tens 2 repudiation of czech alliances with france russia poland 3 czech aggression non pact with germany 4 czech customs union with germany though europe was jittering jitt ering badly the disinterested observer could count noses and find adolt adolf hitler forlornly friendless lined against him were france britain russia czechoslovakia silent but presumably favoring the czechs czecho were vere rumania jugo slavia even his best friend benito mussolini warned he would houi not intervene in ia the squabble politics last month south carolinians were treated to the unique political show that no other state can boast since law demands it three democrats running for or U S senatorial nomination traveled together stayed at the same hotels denounced each other daily fro from the same platforms these men were ellison D cotton ed smith who has stayed a south carolina senator 30 years by championing jbf SOUTH CAROLINAS SMITH southern womanhood was vindicated three stock issues white supremacy the price of 0 cotton southern womanhood under franklin roose belts party leadership he has been an 1180 60 per cent new dealer opposing wage hour and government reorganization measures for his luke warm new deallum Deall sm cotton ed smiths defeat was asked last month by franklin roosevelt gov cov olin D johnson strapping 41 year old world war veteran who had franklin Roosevel ts blessing his chief campaign argument was that cotton ed once remarked a man could live eve in south carolina on 50 cents a day actually governor johnson misconstrued his opponents speech in the senate opposing the wage hour bill he really meant that south carolinians Carolin lans could live cheaper than new englanders state senator edgar brown once governor johnsons colleague in the state democratic organization controlled by Ilig highway hway commissioner ben sawyer two days before the election he withdrew and threw his support to senator smith alter after weathering this stormy battle as best they could south carolinians marched dutifully to the polls and sent cotton ed smith back to the senate that night standing under a statue of wade hampton the south carolina governor who ended and negro domination senator smith donned his red shirts uniform equivalent lent to the old ku klux klan and in toned no man dares to come into south carolina and try to dictate to the sons of those men who held high the hands of gen robert E lee and wade hampton 0 A haven for old folks california periodically gives birth to pension ideas Townsend ism arose there so did upton Sin clairs E P 1 I C end poverty in california this year years pension plan came from OLIC sheridan all downey a san francisco I 1 lawyer awyer who would pay 30 each thursday to every californian who is jobless or over 50 downey pension would be paid in script legal tor for taxes or goods pensioners would stamp their warrants every week with 2 per cent of their lace face value purchasing stamps with real money at each years end every 1 warrant would bear in stamps the state would redeem it tor for 1 from the stamp fund and re A r Y 4 1 V CALI FORNIAS mcadoo hell get 30 every thursday tire it on this platform sheridan downey ran for democratic senatorial nomination against 74 year old william gibbs mcadoo incumbent last july franklin roosevelt spent three days with senator mcadoo asked californians to reelect re elect him and censured candidate down eys ays campaign as utopian same day as south carolina defeated franklin Roosevel ts cand candidate 1 see above also exercised their franchise AU all day they voted and at los angeles the excitement rose to fever pitch A short sharp earthquake was felt by midnight the president heard about his second defeat of the day candidate downey was nominated next day Cali fornias supreme court met to decide the legality of VO 30 every thursday aviation J once a captain in the russian czars azars guards alexander P d de se came to the U S when he found himself an exile established a name tor for himself designing sp speed eed planes his latest ship a low wing single motored military pursuit plane which jacqueline jacquelin cochran hoped to fly in this year s bendix races to test his new ship flew from rom new york to los angeles in LO 10 hours 3 minutes 7 seconds bettering by almost hours the mark set in 1933 by roscoe turner carrying a remarkable load of 0 uel fuel in its wing to wing tanks the ship can cruise miles would be is a logical ficai convoy tor for new U S flying fortresses that cruise miles miscellany afif fifteen teen years ago in 1823 1923 an earthquake killed japanese in Yo kahama night before this years anniversary sentimental yo ka hamans retired planned to spend the next day in mourning at midnight there was a high wind at a typhoon struck collapsing houses grounding steamers flooding streets pushing on to tokyo the typhoon killed hundreds thus was an earthquakes anniversary observed labor since coming to the V U S from australia allen alien harry bridges has become john lewis chief C 1 I 0 aide among pacific coast maritime workers last month the un amerl ameri committee of rep martin dies dem texas produced interesting charges about harry bridges the charges 1 that he Is a member of the communist party having been seen paying a 2 assessment and membership dues 2 that he Is more interested in advancing comman communism sm than the interests of his maritime I 1 R MADAME SECRETARY PERKINS shirley temple vs harry bridges workers 3 that he once said to hell bell with the president of the united states 4 that he claims more power behind him than the U S government 5 that secretary of labor frances perkins had more than enough evidence to dep deport rt him harry bridges deportation was blocked last april pend pending ing a court ruling which does not forbid aliens to belong to the communist party or any other party except one which teaches overthrow of the government of the united states but armed with his evidence chairman dies demanded that secretary perkins resume deportation action against harry bridges next day came the answer it Is not usual for the legislative legis dative branch to attempt to usurp the functions and duties of the administrative branch I 1 cannot accept your analysis and evaluation of the evidence as it appears to have been made without sufficient knowledge of the law perhaps it Is fortunate that shirley temple was born an american citizen and that we will not have to OfTe debate bate the issue raised by the preposterous post erous revelations of your committee in regard to this innocent and likeable child plainly madame Sec secretary y perkins did not intend to deport harry bridges and representative dies could do nothing about it crime at philadelphian Phila delphias count county prison GOO COO convicts went on a hunger strike three mornings later 25 ers were led to the one story klondike building with its row of tiny cells each 3 feet long by 4 feet wide into each cell whose doors are solid except tor for a slot whose walls are lined with disproportionately large radiators guards tossed four or five prisoners then they turned on the beat by noon the convicts were suffering by nightfall they fought for the privilege of sucking air through the door slot by midnight they prayed on their knees for guards to turn off the steam or shoot them by next morning they cried insanely and clawed a at t their th e 1 r own parboiled flesh by evening most of them lay senseless but the heat was not turned off until next morning when guards inspected their victims four were dead into this modern modem blo black ck hole of calcutta walked coroner charles M hersch to arrest four guards charging them with homicide prison superintendent perin william B mills said the men had bad died from injuries received fighting among themselves but coroner hersch thought otherwise As his investigation began involving not only prison authorities but all philadelphia officialdom as well he threatened before I 1 am finished everyone responsible tor for this revolting situation will be punished navy pet ambition of every navy Is a fleet second to none never in U S naval history has a chiet chief of operations voiced absolute contentment with his equipment last year as war scare was just beginning to sprout see FOREIGN congress approved a huge naval building program to squelch its navys growing inferiority complex last week in the seventy fifth anniversary niver sary issue of the army and navy journal admiral william D leahy made a remarkable statement the new building program will give the united states tor for the first time a homogeneous fleet well balanced and equipped with modern weapons and machinery but naval satisfaction proved short lived though the U S in now ow has 18 capital ships 8 aircraft otocar carriers 18 13 heavy cruisers 28 2 8 light cruisers destroyers and 50 submarines plans were rushed to ask congress tor for 18 more ships in a construction program |