Show Merry Round Merry Round Go By DREW PEARSON AND ROBERT S. S ALLEN W WASHINGTON WASHINGTON WASHINGTON-FW Few people outside the general staffs of Europe realize that Hitler has lias steadily kept divisions along the Russian border border apparently apparently on guard against his own friend and alleged ally One hundred divisions is is a total of about 1 i men which is far more than Hitler has has concentrated in the Balkans This and other things indicate the g owing growing coolness between Stalin and Hitler Among the other things are Russia's almost complete failure to deliver oil in anything more than driblets ts to the German army plus plusher plusher plusher her failure to come across with promised food shipments Also it is obvious that Hitler's drive on is nothing more nor less than an attempt to fulfill the old Bismarck dream of a to Berlin-to-Bagdad railway which means of course seizure of the Straits Straits Straits-Russi Russia's as a's outlet to the Mediterranean All of which explains the friendship pact suddenly signed between Russia and Yugoslavia Cotton Ed Eds Ed's Son Senator Ellison D. D Cotton Ed Smith of South Carolina voted for the draft act but doesn't seem anxious to let his son Ellison D. D Smith Jr be drafted In fact the senator intervened personally with officials of a District of Columbia draft board in order to get his son placed on the deferred list Young Smith who is a law student at National National National Na Na- university first wrote a letter to the draft beard explaining that he was indispensable to the senate agriculture committee of which he heis heis heis is clerk and his father is chairman Draft board officials however could not see how young Smith was competent to pass judgment judgment judg judg- men ment t on whether he was really essential So Cotton Ed himself came to the draft board office Cotton Ed was advised that he would be beon beon beon on the spot if he wrote a letter over his own signature asking that his son be deferred In Instead Instead Instead In- In stead he was advised to get a l from other members of the senate agriculture committee This the senator did Young Smith draws a salary of from Uncle Sam for working for this thiS' committee and he is is not the only member of the family on the government payroll Here is the roll call Alfred Allred Lawton son-in-law son secretary to the senator Mrs Alfred Lawton daughter clerk 2200 Anna B B. Pierce another daughter assistant 2200 Carlton Canton Pierce clerk in R F C 2100 Ellison D. D Smith Jr secretary to agriculture committee Senator Smiths Smith's salary Total for family Squeeze Play on Nazi Funds One squeeze play U. U S. S officials are holding up their sleeve to use against Germany is the heavy axis axis investment in the United States Germany has in this country tied up in subsidiary companies term short-term investments bank deposits and term long-term loans Italy has in similar U. U S S. invest invest- ments An And the state department is keeping quiet about a a plan to seize these investments if Germany should retaliate against the United States for for seizing axis ships Incidentally most people dont don't realize that mat Incidentally most people dont don't realize that mat it is still possible for Americans to send money to Germany whereas the funds of France Norway Denmark Holland and Belgium are frozen One typical result is that the big perfumery dealers in France now sell far more cosmetics to Germany than the United States The French can have no financial transactions with the United States but because nazi funds are not frozen the perfume manufacturers can get their money from Germany which in turn sells to the United States Willkie's Elephant Wendell Willkie came back from Europe with a wealth of good stories but the sequel to toone toone toone one story occurred after he left and has never cau caught ht up to him This happened in Portuguese Guinea western west west- em ern Africa where Willkie's Clipper stopped en route home from England Arrival of the plane on this the first regular trip carrying the Republican Re Re- publican candidate for U. U S. S president caused a great Stir among the natives So out of the jungle to greet Willkie came one venerable negro clad only in a loin cloth and high silk hat Heading the reception committee com corn he surprised everyone by delivering a speech with a perfect Oxford accent His name was Thunderbolt McCoy And although Thunderbolt was more than equal to the occasion Willkie was not He wore no top hat no stiff collar ollar nor cutaway coat His soft collar was more wrinkled than usual and his hair flapped over his eyes That the No 2 man of America looked so informal did not at all please Thunderbolt McCoy So Pan-American Pan Airways officials explained to him that Willkie had been traveling a long way was very tired But this explanation did not satisfy either Willkie according to Thunderbolt Thunderbolt Thun Thun- lacked dignity So Airways officials finally explained that Willkie had just lost a big elephant they did not explain that this was merely the symbol of the Republican party Mr Willkie was feeling very sad about this loss and that was why he looked badly This was something which Thunderbolt McCoy McCoy Mc Mc- Coy could understand and he went off into the jun jungle le A week later he returned leading a giant elephant elephant-a a present for Mr Willkie Distributed by United Feature Syndicate |