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Peace Is on onthe onthe onthe the short .hort hort . end endThe endThe en Tke The view Is i * . shared .hared hared . by competentoOb.erven competentcbservera competent competentberver oOb.erven oOberven cbservera berver * . * Whether there wilUb willIba willIbaactual wUl bactual * actual armeJ armed conflict probably robably willdepend will4lepend will depend -depend 4lepend - on wkat what happen happens * durlna during < urlng this thisperiod thisperiod tailsperle period * The predictions are being beingmade beingmade beingmade made not by goosekone loosebone goosebone prophets propheUi but buton buton buten on careful analysis analyala of political mll mill milltary milltary ! tary , geographical and economic economicfactorr economicfactorr economictactorr economictactorrThose factorr factorrTbose factorrThose Those Tbose most apprehensive in the thecapital thecapital thecapital capital are concerned with adoption adoptionof of the lend lease leale bill which would wouldlive wouldgive wouldfive live give President Roosevelt full pow powere powera power ere era * to place the nation on an aU all aUout allout allout out war footing They believe beUeve Japan Japanis Japanis is a full ruu partner of the Axis and will willact willact wiUact act on order orders * from fram BerllnThey BerlinThey Berlin Berlln BerlinThey They believe that within wlllin ! 60 0 to 90 90days 90days 0days days Hitler will wUl order the full force forceof forceof forceof of his powerful attack let loose on onBritain onBritain onBritain Britain and they are doubtful of ot theoutcome theoutcome the ' outcome They tearhe tear fear \ the \he he United UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States will be facedIlli faced with \\Illi Illi \ an enemy enemyon enemyon enemyon on the Atlantic and the Pacific at atthe atthe atthe the same lIame UmeFor timeFor time Ume timeFor For America the chief immedi Ite rte Itepolitical rtepolitical > t tpolitical political factor Is the triparty trlparty pact pactamong pactamong pactamong among Japan Jopan Germany Cermany and Italy ItalysIgned Italysigned Italysicned sIgned last lallt September The pact pactprovldell pactprovides pactprovides provldell provides tor for co-operative co operative co-operaUve operaUve - - action acllon If Ifeither ifeither tteither either of the others is Involved in aJ ai asear a J i ; vrar war sear These official otnclals officials * believe the thetreaty thetreaty thetreaty treaty is an outright ofTenslve offensive alii aliiance all aliiance ) ance ante aimed at the U S just Ju.t Jut . as asNul asNazi asNazi Nul Nazi . spokesmen .pokesmen pokesmen said at the time . . . In Tokyo those Immediately con cont conI I ( cerned eerned are seeking full powers forthe tor for torthe ' ) the Ue cabinet heaced headed by Premier Premier1Qrlnce Premier\ Premier Premieryrlnce I IPrince \ yrlnce Prince 1Qrlnce Fumlmaro FumImaro Konoy Konoye * who I is ispledged Isfledged . pledged to the new world orderIn orderIn order orderIn In both countries cOWltrles It Is the appar apparent apparant apparent ent ant desire esire on the part of leaders to tot toprepare toprepare t ' 'epare epare prepare public pubUc opinion for the worst wont worstso .0 0 so . o that there will wlU be no outcry outcrywhIch outcrywhich outcrywhich whIch would force modification modidcatlon modl catlon of ofthe ofthe ofthe the programsCrisis programs program programsCrisis . Crisis Year YearPresident . " " President Hoosevelt Roosevelt a s birthday Is isa Isa a . holiday hoUdl17 in Germany Gennany , . ? , , but not for forthe forthe torthe the same lame reason In Germany It Is Iscelebrated iscelebrated Iscelebrated- Iscelebrated Iscelebratedas celebrated- celebrated celebratedas - - as the birthday of the theNau theNazi theNazi Nau Nazi acquisition of 01 power Annually AnnuallyHlUer AnnuallyHitler AnnuallyHitler HlUer Hitler makes makel a speech . . This Thl year yearwas yearwas yearwas was no exceptionBut exceptionBut exception exceptionBut But his hi * speech bade the German Germanpeople Germanpeople Germanpeople people ) to mark the year 1141 1941 as an anexception anexception anexception exception He promised it would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be the victory year He lie said the theattack theattack theattack attack on Britain was near that It Itwould itwould Itwould would come without taU fail ( all in spring springand springand iprintand and he warned that no aid fro n nthe nthe nthe the United State States . would be pern it itted itted Itfed ted to reach EnglandEvery EnglandEvery England EnglandEvery Every chip ship carrying carrylng ; help to Brit Britaln Britairs Britain aln airs he laid said , , . would be torpedoedne torpedoedno torpedoed no matter what wbat its IUi ownership no nomatter nomatter nomatter matter If it It was convoyed or notAlso notAlso not notAlso Also in the theater of war warCL warc war4 CL c , The British BriUsh continued to make makeheadway makeheadway ' headway in Libya kesleging bellle.rlng belllerlng besieging . Den Ben Dengad Bengazi Bengazi gad gazi the last main port held by the theItaUans theItalians theItalians ItaUans Italians and threatening threatNling to ex extend extend extend tend their lines to the border ot of otFrench ofFrench ofFrench French Tunisia , CL C < . In East Africa they also battered batteredtheir batteredtheir batteredtheir their way into Eritrea The Italians Italiansretreated Italiansretreated Italianretreated * retreated In truck trucks . Au ItaUan Italian ItaUanarmy Italianarmy Italiaaarmy army of 100 000 there was said to be beIn bein bein In a bad wayCl wayC way way4L C 4L Cl , German Big Berthas were firing tiring firingfrom tiringfrom flringfrom from the French channel ports Into IntoEngland intoEngland intoEngland England Whereas Wherea . before betore the pro pro- proJectile proJectile projectile - jectile toppled into the Dover area areanow areanow areanow now the theywere they ) ' were reported to reach 10mUes 10miles 10 | miles mUes Inland 10I I WAR CONFIRMED : I Senators Hear Hcar H car ReportWhen Report ReportWhen tolgo When Wendell Wlllkle Wllikie decided tigo tol to togo go to England to see tor for bimselt himself himselfthe himselfthe ' I the progres progre.s progress . * of the war there wasl waslsarcasm Was Wassarcasm Wasarcasm ' sarcasm in some sources It was was.aId wasaid .aId aId said . the GO G 0 P nominee Intended tol tolcon to toconfirm ti ticonfirm con confirm rm the rumors rumorl of war In Eu Europe Europe Kurope ' ropeW111icie rope WUUcl W1.U1de W1U1de W111icie . * went wentl wentr ; be he ae . saw .aw aw and hurried hurriedhome hurriedhome hurriedhome home Hardly HardJ.y HardJy . had be he arrived inLondon In InLondon inLondon London when an announcement was wasmade wasmade wasmade made tha that t he would reduce thelength the thelenath thelength lenath length of his stay in order to reporthome report reportbome reporthome bome home sooner Even after that that , , an another another another other 41 48 hours houri wa was . cut from the the.chedule theschedule theschedule .chedule chedule schedule . at the request of State Sec Secrotary I retBry retary Hull who asked him to testify testifybefore testifybefore testifybefore before the senate committee consld consid considering considTins I Iering ering the lend lease bill bHl WiUki Wlllkle WiUkie * s a sspeed aspeed sspeed speed on the journey over and ba\.k ba.k ba .k k bask baskseems ba.kseems backseems \ . seems almost a rebuke to the Isola Isolatlonlsts isolationists Isolatlonlsta tlonlsts tionists who have emphasized IsolaI how howfar howfar howfar I far away England really isBut IsBut is isI I But there was more sarcasm for forWUlkie forWinkle forWlllkle i WUlkie Winkle l s a trip It came carne now from fromRepublican ! ' Republican sources The national nationalconvention nationalconvention nationalconvention convention of Young Republicans Republicansmeeting Republicansmeeting I RepublicansI I meeting In Des DC * Moln.s Molns Moints Moln . .s s . Iowa Iowaheard Iowaheard Iowaheard heard a resolut on which c ndemned ndemnedthe ndemnedthe ndemnedthe the party leader for tor his support of ofthe othe f ( fthe the bill The resolut on nn was n t tpasoed tpassed tpassed pasoed passed ; It met with db displeasure pleasure at al atthe althe atthe the hands of ot many G 0 P stalwarts stalwartswho stalwartswho stalwartswho who believed Willkle Willkie s position insupport In Insupport Insupport support of at the administration policy policyshould policyshould should POllcYIshould not be criticized at this POllcYI timeA timeA time timeA I A few tew days earlier in tact fact the thePennsylvania thePennsylvania thePennsylvania Pennsylvania state Republican com corn cornmiltee cornmittee I mittee miltee Itself Itsel1 went on record as favoring fa favorlng ( avoring vorlng voring the alms aims at of o ( the lend leasebill lease leaseb11l leabill * * b11l bill and requesting the state a s Ku Re Ru ReI RepubUcan Rupubllcan I publican pubUcan publlcan 4Qf1gressmen agngressmen < Wi < remen * * to vote for pI fUr ( , ' It ItSome itSome It'Some ItSome ' Some G 0 P newpapers newspapers howeverI howeverwere howeverwere however I 'were were ' were not pleased One declared declaredWUllde declaredWilkie declaredWillkle WUllde Wilkie by supporting supportins the Roosevelt Rooseveltforeign , ) i torelgn foreign policy pollcr ; was a Quilling QUlllmg Qusalmg to tothe tothe the tolthe Republicans tol CRACKDOWN : For Defense DefenseThe The war department announce announceaward announcedaward award to the Fargo Motor com corn compan cornpany cornpany pan pany ) ' of Detroit of a S10 $10 10 $10298 10298 $ 2t 298 * 128 12 * cOP con contract cOPtract contract tract for truck trucks . At the same timeit timiIt It let It be known tha that t tha the Ford Motor Motor - tor company companr ; was low bidder but tha thatheir thaitheir their estimate was thrown out be- be because be because - . , cause Ford refused to agree to labor labo laborpoUer labopolicy laeoipolicy r " poUer policy ; restrictions The .peclftca peclftca speciflca speciflcalions . ipeciflcatlon .peclftcaHons Hons lions * of the contract called for obaervance ok ob observance okervncc ervncc servance aervance of the labor policy policr ; state slate statement slatement itatement ment adopted by the defense com corn commission cornmission cornmission mission last fall taU Through this part partof par parof partof t : of the fpeclflcatlon specification the Ford bid bidhad bi bihad bidhad d I had drawn a line Une in red Ink . ink , , block blockIng blocking blocking Ing it out . . The retusalof refusalof refusal retusal of Ford to observe thprovisions tb th tbprovisions e . , provisions of ot the bidding is 1 not the thefirst thfirst th thflrst e , flrst first difTerence difference between the com corn company cornpony company , pany pony and the government government , , , nor if Is It Itthe itthe Uthe the nnl first business the firm has lost lost.The lostThe . . . The automobile manufacturer heldout held heldout heMout out against the NRA and the gov government government government ernment stopped buying Ford cars carsIn car carsIn . In Pennsylvania the stat state . also can canc c lied tied fled an order then tor for . several .everal everal million mil million million lion dollars doBars Last fall faU fail Ford refused refusedto to accept a de defense tense commission con contract contract contract tract for airplane engines becausethe because becausethe becausethe the material waa was . scheduled .cheduled cheduled to be beshared beshared beshared shared with Great BritainSupporters Britain BritainSupporters Supporters of at the molt mo.t mot most . recent ac cc aclion cction aclion lion tion within the government eclared declared declaredthat declaredthat eclaredthat that It wai WBI was wron wrong to award defense defensecontract defensecontracts defensecontract contract contracts ! . to a manufacturer who whohaa whohas whoha haa has * been held guilty of Wagner act actvi actvi actvl vi latlonsA lattonsA latlons lations lattons I ' | : A Ford spokesman asserted thatwhile that thatwhile thatwhile while the manufacturer manutactuc.r manutactucr . would re- re retuse re refuse - . fuse tuse to make defense ma material terlal : ro- ro roQUIring re requiring r rquirini - -quirini quirini - I QUIring compliance with the law he hewas hewas hewas was willing to make any material materialpossible materialpossible materialpossible possible without any al1) al1 arty ) ' profit proflt to himI him I II H " HIGHLIGHTS.inthenelts HIGHLIGHTSinthenelts I G H " L I G H T S . . . . 'the the m " ' the nr.t nrt Plts . , I Ne No Cltben-The Cltben The Citizen-The Citizen CItlxeah - - The United UnltE'd UnltEd ' State 'tate tate States " ' * . ra- ra re- re raveked revoked re revoked - - voked ve-ked ve ked - the citizenship of ot Dr Herman HermanFrederick HermanFrederick HermanFrederick Frederick Erben ETben a nut mat n t ve ye of ot Austrsa Aus Austria Au Autrta trta tria trsa and resident re.ldent reldent . of ot 5acramt'nto 5acramtnto Sacramento 5acramt'ntoCalif SacramentoCalif SacramentoCalif ' Calif when it waa was learned leaml'd leamld ' he hadserved had had.t hadserved served .t t . > rved as a physician physlcJan on the .upply upply supply supplyship . supplyship .upplya2lp a2\lp a2 lp ship \ fur for . tee t"e te the " 111 ill fated tated German pocket- pocket pocketbatt pockel-batt pockel batt - . - batt bats eship eshJp eahip Graf Oraf Spee The federal federalcourt federalcourt federalcourt court acted on the basi basis . that the doc doe doctor doetor doctor tor made false talBe state'l1ents statel1ents statements tat ' 'nents nents ' in hi his . ap akyllcatlon - * . ' plication ap-I ap I Tarl Target ' ! ' & - Aaron Shaddlnger Shaddlnier Shaddinger 54 54was 54was 14was 54I I was sh t t t death In |
