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Show IUD IUDDR DR W EA ON ONWashington . , - Washington Washmgton D C CWAR CWAR I Ci WAR IN SOUTH AMERICAMost AMERICAMost AMERICA AMERICAMost Most Americans have been bcen so soengrossed soengrossed soengrossed engrossed in the World War that if ifyou ifyou ityou you told them war was brewmg brewing brewmgTIght brewingright brewingright TIght right here in m the Western Hemi Hemisphere Hemisphere Hemisphere sphere they never v ould auld believe beheve it It . . Yet buzzing buzzmg backstage in the theWashmgton theWashington theWashington Washmgton Washington diplomatic corps has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been a growing orrying worrying v . , revcrbe reverbe a abon ation ation bon tion over the ultimate danger of ofwar ofwar ofwar war between betwecn Argentina Argentma and Chilenot Chilenot Chile --not not -not - not this year perhaps pcrhaps not next nextyear nextyear nextyear year but before very longAdditional long longAdditional I IAdditional Additional attent on was focuscd focused focusedon focuscdon on the unhappy situat sltuat on w th Ar Argent Argent Argent gent na s bid for a conference confcrence of ofPan ofPan ofPan Pan American fore gn ministers mlDisters- mlDisters ministers- ministerson mlDisterson - on an obvious move to put the theUSA theU theU USA U S A . . on the spot and force recog recogIubon recognition recognition Iubon nition of the Fascist Farrell rarrell mill mih mihtarist milltanst : tarlst tarist government in Argent naTl naTi na naTl Tl Ti e a whole tangled d plomatic plomatlc can con canI cantroversy controversy controversy I troversy between betwcen Argentina Argentma tl U e eUmted eUnited eUnited Umted United States and other ne ghbors ghbocs ghborsis ghbocsis IS so involved that it takes an ex expert expert expert pert to understand it But out of the therless thereess themess rless reess : ( emerges these basic a d dalarming dalarming dalarming alarming tacts facts 1 - Argentina Argentma is rushmg- rushmg rushing rushmgarmament rushingarmament rushmearmament - armament Hcdy Redy Lamarr s for former former formcr mer husband Fn rn Fri v 'I I z ' : \ BIindel J\hndcl J hndcl Slondel the theAusinan theAustrian theAustrian Ausinan Austrian munitions mumtIons king lung " about aboutwhom aboutwhom aboutwhom whom Idiot s Delight was wasuritten waswritten waswritten uritten written Is busy build ng air airplanes airplanes airplanes planes tor for Argentina ArgentlDa night mght and andday andday andday day dayZ 2 Z - Argentina Argentma . could couid bomb bombSantiago bombSantiago bombSantiago Santiago capital ot of Chile from fromJIendoza fromMendoza fromSIendoza J\Iendoza J Iendoza Mendoza \ just across the Andes Andesin Andesin Andesin in (0 0 40 ( minutes mIDutcs It would take five fivehours fivehours fivehours hours for tor Chile to bomb Buenos BuenosAires BuenosAires BuenosAires Aires capital of Argentina Argenhna 3 - The Tbe people pcople of Chile today todayare todayare todayare are worried worned sick over Argen Argentma Argentina Argontma tma tina The Socialist Communist Communistand Communistand Communistand and Conservative parties nsual usual nsually usually usually ly vigorously divergent are arenow arenow arenow now united on this They Tbey fear fearthat fearthat tearthat that the Argentine FascIsts FascIstslookmg Fascistslooking Fascistslooking lookmg looking for ( or means mcans of keeping keepingthemselves keepingthemselves keepingthemselves themselves in power as Hitler Hitlerdid Hitlerdid Hitlerdid did vita 'IHth IHth with ' the German people peoplewill , Will make a Czechoslovakia out outof outof outof of ChileBrazilians Chile ChileBrazilians Brazilians Admire Argentma Argentina ArgentmaOther ArgentinaOther ArgentinaOther Other Latin Latm Americans are di divldcd divided dividcd vldcd vided Paraguay Bolivia Peru sympathize sym sympatluze sympathize patluze pathize . with .Ith Ith Argentina Argentma Officially OfficiallyBrazil OfficiallyBrazil OfficiallyBrazil Brazil does not But actually actualiy the theBrazil theBrazil theBrazil Brazil an army plus many of the theBrazilian theBrazilian ' Brazilian people are rooting rootmg sym sympathebcally sympathetically sympathetically pathebcally pathetically for the one country countrysouth countrysouth countrysouth south of the Rio Grande which has hass hasssuccessfully hassuccessfully I Isuccessfuliy successfuliy successfully thumbed its nose at the theColossus theColossus theColossus Colossus of the North and got away awaywith awaywith awaywith with itNothing it itNothing I INothmg Nothing Nothmg succeeds like success successespecially successespecially ! . especially in the Latin Latm Amencan American Americanm m nd The state department adopted adoptedonly adoptedonly adoptedonly only halfway measures with adoptedI Argen Argentma Argentina Argentma I tma tina snubbed her d plomatlcally plomatically plomaticallybut , but made her prosperous economl economy economlcally economytally economically cally tally by continuing contmumg to buy meat meatThe meatThe meatThe The Argentines Argentmes didn dldn t care much if ifthey ifthey ifthey they were snubbed as long as they theywere theywere theywere were prosperousResult prosperousResult prosperous prosperousResult Result is that many good neigh neighhors neighhors neighbors hors though not liking Argentme Argentine ArgentmeFascISm ArgentineFascism ArgentineFascism FascISm enjoy seeing seemg U S dlplo diplo dlplomacy diplomacy dipiomacy macy come to gnetNOTE griefNOTE grief gnet griefNOTE NOTE - Meanwhile the Umted United UmtedSta UnitedStates UnitedStates Sta States tes is less equ pped to handle handlethIngs handlethings handlethings thIngs in m our own hemisphere than thanever thanever thanever ever before in m two decades Secre Secretary Secretary Secretary tary Hull is sick His llis best LatIn LatInAmencan LatinAmerican LatinAmerican Amencan American experts were friends of ofSumner ofSumner ofSumner Sumner Welles and . were .ere ere given the thega thegate thegate ga gate te after Welles WelIes resigneda resigned a . o . . CO CONCERNING CO\CER.ING COCER.ING CO CER.ING CERING " ' \ CERAING ! ' . THE TDI : WAR S E'lDA ENDA END E'lD ElD ENDA ' A lot of people have tried their theirhand theirhand theirband hand at predicting predlctmg the war send sendincludmg s end endincluding endIncluding includmg including this thus columnist Some were werehigh werehigh werehigh high up officials some private prog prognostJcators prognosticators prognosticators nostJcators nosticators Some were pretty good goodsome goodsome goodsome some pretty badRep badRep bad badRep Rep Earl Wilson Indiana Repub Republican Republican Republlcan lican in June 1943 got an aver average average average age compilation from tram 140 congress congressmen congressmen congressmen men that the war would be over in inOctober inOctober inOctober October 1944Adm 1944Adm 1944 1944Adm Adm Wllham William F Halsey who jlre jlredieted # predieted 1 ' dlcted dieted complete absolute defeat defeatfor defeatfor defeatfor for the Ax s In 1943 . was as asked askedagam askedagain askedagain agam again on December 13 1943 andwasn andwasn and andwasn wasn t so sure when the war would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be over Gen overGen Hap Arnold chief cluef of the theair theair theair air forces on February 14 1943 pre prerocted predieted predieted rocted dieted the German war w will l be beover beover beover over by February 14 1944 1944Jlffi 1944Jim 1944Jim Jlffi Jim Parley rarley on January 20 1943 1943The 1943The 1943The The war will be over this thus year ' 'Gen Gen ' Gen Levin Levm Campbell January 115 15 151943 1943- 1943 1943The - - The war will be over m in about abouttwo abouttwo abouttwo two years yearsHerbert yearsHerbert yearsHerbert Herbert Hoover November 6 0 1943 _ - Certainly Certamly we are now in the last laststages laststages laststages stages of the war warRaymond warRaymond warRaymond Raymond Moley Maley November 8 1943 predicted end of the war ear earlier eartier earHer lier tier than envisioned envJsloned by the admmls admims admmlstratlon admimstration administration administrationSenator tratlon tration tratlonSenator trationSenator Senator 0 Mahoney Wyommg Wyoming WyommgDemocrat WyomingDemocrat WyomingDemocrat Democrat January 2 1944 Tbe The Tbemost Themost Themost most conservative Swed sh observ observers observera observers ers era do not believe that Germany can canendure canendure canendure endure beyond next JuneSun JuneSun June JuneSun Sun Fo ro pres dent of the legIs legls legIslat legls1st legislat lat 1st ve ye Yuan of China January 2 1944 "Germany Germany 'Germany ' " ' will be knocked out outbetween outbetween outbetween between the spring and summer of ofthis ofthis ofthis this yearHenry yearHenry year yearHenry Henry Ford F-'rd F 'rd rd - ' March 20 1944 pre pred pred pred d cted war . would .ould ould be over in two twomonths twomonths twomonths twomonthsSenator months monthsSenator Senator McKellar McKeliar of fennessee rennessee fennesseeJuly rennesseeJuly TennesseeJuly July 21 1944 The Red army will willbe willbe willbe be In Berlin in 1D 60 00 days The war warw warw warw w 11 ll be over on all fronts in six sixlJ10nths sixmonths sixmonths sixmonthsCongressman lJ10nths months lJ10nthsConressmm monthsCongressman Congressman Conressmm : : May Democrat DemocratK.ntucky DemocratKentucky DemocratKentucky K.ntucky Kntucky Kentucky . July 28 1944 Gcrmanv Germany Gcrmanvwill Germanywill Gcrmanvwill will caoitulate capitulate by December 1 |