Show 4 WHO'S NEWS s. s 1 THIS i WEEK By LEMUEL F. F PARTON I NEW N EW YORK The The absence of sa sa- salon salon lon Ion diplomacy or petticoat poll poli politics i tics In the European struggle for fora a new power balance would be an oversight by the Lady Pulls muse of history I readying the tho t h el Strings s in g drama of ot the Duce Deal century and end at last it seems to have been attended to Enter Lady Chamberlain the the cleverest woman politician in Eng Eng- England EngI England I land widow of Sir Austen obscurely noted in the news as mysteriously busy for the last few months in inthe inthe inthe the Italian British-Italian rapprochement Several weeks ago a saga saga- sagacious sagacious sagacious cious traveler tra of this writer acquaintance back from Rome reported Lady Chamberlain as adroitly fostering fostering- an understand understand- understanding ing lug with Britain which would bring bring- recognition of Ethiopia I and a way two-way split on Spain and the Mediterranean She has bas been in Rome since November In intimate social Intercourse with the more important Fascist moguls For many years she has been known as the most perfect political hostess In London and has been subtly influential in many big deals in continental diplomacy It was she who cooked up the Locarno conference at Lake MaggIore in Switzerland in 1925 When the delegates tes were haggling she packed some hampers and invited invited Invited ed Sir Austen Now How Picnic Briand and andL to the at L Locarno most important Made Peace picnic in all his his- tory In her I handsome little yacht they disappeared disappeared disappeared around a bend in the lake Jake landed in a secluded spot and with the aid of three jurists rigged re-rigged Europe Whatever came out of ot the confer confer- conference conference conference ence for good or ill is traced to that picnic When she returned to England she was made Dame of the Grand Cross of ot the British Em Em- pire She Is a comely matron of six six- ty-two ty married to Sir Austen In 1906 lie He was fourteen years old old- er She was Ivy Dundas of one ono of the leading leading- political families of England In the earlier years of their mar mar- marriage marriage marriage she was credited with hav hay having having ing lug coached her husband in the ul ul- ul- ul tra-English tra mannerisms which all of the great Birmingham family found it expedient to master when they moved to London She is said to have been his political as well as his I social mentor and frequently elec electioneered j in his campaigns I Lady Chamberlain is an extreme conservative and is believed to have I nurtured plans for a British alli am alliance amante I ance ante with the Absolutist powers She has an extraordinary flair for dra dra- dramatic dramatic dramatic 1 matic political stage-settings stage and delicate sensitivity to political cur cur- rents Italy conferred on her the Gold Medal of Merit i THE HE New York spy round up by bythe bythe bythe the federal bureau of investigation tion marks the first page front-page work work- workout workout workout out of ot the men G-men G men Men G-Men On as an ally aUy of the theP secret service Front Page P age An of ofin ofin I In Spy Hunt the latter told me In Washington Washing Washing- ton last summer that J. J Edgar Hoo Hoo- Hoovers Hoover's Hoovers Hoover's Hoovers Hoover's vers ver's organization developed in war post-war years would be an invaluable inval Inval- invaluable Invaluable aid to this country's defenses against foreign espionage and that in the event of trouble actual or Impending no foreign country could hope to duplicate Germanys Germany's exploit in sabotage propaganda and spy spy- spyIng Ing before our entry into the World war Reed in short pants when the World war started heads the New York office once of the F. F B. B I. I and deploys his 75 5 agents ag In a red hot spy SJ Y scenario In which they score as usual with Indications today that this Is just the overture Six feet tall blond reticent Mr is a veteran of ot the F. F B. B I. I war against thugs and kidnapers In Inthe inthe i ithe the bureau since 1926 in charge of ot 18 offices in his 11 years of ot service He was born in Salt Lake City in I 1903 and took his law degree at atthe I Ithe the University of ot Washington in I 1925 In 1933 he was wounded In Inthe inthe the Kansas City massacre trading I I 1 shots with Pretty Boy Floyds Floyd's gang gang- He has participated in most of the I bureaus bureau's famous vice and bank robbery cases He sue suc succeeded suei i Rhea Whitley as head of the I New York office on September 11 1937 lie He has a reputation In the bu bureau bu- bu bureau reau for always having an nn airtight case against anyone he arrests II e w Consolidated d Service News New Features |