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Show - - WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By Dy Famham Famhmn Farnham F . DudgeonCongressional Dudgeon DudgeonCongressional Congressional Attention CentersOn Centers CentersOn Centerson On Plan for Peacetime 'Peacetime ' Draft ' ; Air Battles Rage Over England EnglandEDITOR'S . EDITOR'S EDITORS .EDITOR'S .EDITORS ( . ( ( ' NOTE-When NOTE When NOTE--When NOTE - - - When opinions are expressed espressed tn In these columns columnl , . theyare theyare they theyrc are rc those of the news DeWS analyst analYlt and not necessarily necessarUy of this thll newspaper neWipaper ) Released Relea.ee Releaee . ! by Weltern Western We ten > Newspaper New.paper Newpaper . Union Unton _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ iswwa + t . fSrlaNi fSrlaNiSOVO SOVO T TLATVIA LATVIA LATVIARUSSIA RUSSIAUTIIUANIA RUSSIA UTIIUANIA UTIIUANIAliA liA . .a6 a6 . .a6C C S NVi.oa NVioa . , . casn , r.re rre r.reGU . GU 1MANY 1MANYuai uai cwt cwtNNA NNA ( 4 A s - ' U A 1 1Now Now that Lithuania Latvia and Estonia Eslonla have ended their Z2-year Z2 year t2-year t2 - Z2yearIndependence t2yearindependence - 22-yearIndependence 22 yearIndependence - Independence by voting themselves Into the Soviet Union the In Influence uence of ofI ofRussia ofRussia ofUussia I Russia toms turns In a new direction Keporta Reports Indicate that Moscow 11'1 111 is ( s ' Inter Interested interrated Interested InterI I ested rated In seeing : a "popular popular 'popular " ' government set up In Rumania and somesonrces some someI somesources somesources I sources claim that King Carol Is said to be preparing a shift away sway from fromI fromthe fromthe fromthe I the Naallike NaxI Nazi like cabinet of Ion Gigurtu Gig-urtu Gig urtu Gigurlu - Is 11'1 111 ' the bear s 1'1 11 ' paw reaching out for foranother foranother ' another - grab g-rab g rab T ? I U U.S US . S U.I UI DEL DEIENSE-Fall DEIENSE Fall . IN ENSE : ' I : - ' FallIn Fall inWith In InWith With leglsl legislation tlOn still pending pendmg be before before before fore congress for the tile first United UnitedStales UnitedStates UnitedStates Stales States military draft dratt since World Worldwar Worldwar Worldwar war days dnys the army has announced announcedits Its preliminary plai pIal plat s t f r a cItizens cItizenstraining citizenstraining citizenstraining training progr 1m im m should the Burke BurkeWadsw BurkeWadsw BurkeWadsw Wadsw rth complls compi comps Is try ) > ry mIlitary mIlitarytraining militarytraining militarytraining training bill become a lawTestifying law lawTestifying Testifying Teslifylng bef bet re the h use mill milltary milltary milltary tary affairs atTalrs cc c ( mn ittee Urig 13rig Brig Gen GenWilliam GenWilliam GenWilliam William F F Shedd assistant to the thearmy thearmy thearmy army ellet cl let tef of staff statT declared that thatit thatif thatif it if the conscription legislation passed passedtraining passedtraining passedtraining training tor for 400 000 n en would begin beginon beginon on Oct ber 1 tt U ti is year and for for400 400 000 more next April 1 and an anaddltion anadditional anadditional addltion additional l 600 000 000 October 1 1941Registration 1941 1941Registration Registration of all U S Smale male clUtens clti citl citltens .ens ens tens % . between the ages of 18 and 64 64would 64would 64would would take place September 1 this thisyear thisyear thisyear year but only those between 21 21and 21and 21and and 45 would be liable tor for active activeservice activeservice activeBel-vice activeBel vice service - The other age groups would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be used for ( or home defense purposes purposesFlrs purposesFirstr purposesFirst Flrs\ Flrs Firstr Flrsdraft Firstrdraft \ draft would probably call to tothe tothe tothe the colors men without dependents dependentsbetween dependentsbetween dependentsbetween between the ages of 21 and 31 Gen General General General eral Shedd said flatly in m part of his histestlm histestimny histestimtny testlm testimny ( ny that tilat never in time of ofpeace ofpeace ofpeace peace would legislation reqUire reqUiremen requiremen requiremen men with dependents t U tl ( ' er 1'1 11 ter mllJ mill mllJtary milltary military tary trainingWh training tramlng trainingWh Wh Ie Ic the semte sen.te sente senate . rr n ilitary llitary tlitary c mmlt mmit mmlttel mmittee mmittee tel tee ' started the c ml m ( ulsory trail train ng rig ngleg rigleg ngleg leg slat JO in - > n on on 011 the r ad with a de- de decided de decided - - deIclded cided clded maj inal ma ) nty rtty f r the approval de-I de I of oftI oftt oftl tI tt e n ias tas t as jrc JH ire . a real leg slative slatlve fight fight1 fightl i iI I l H x ) ( ms nu nthI n the ' flo fio r f r both house and andsenate andsenate andsenate senate Typical Typllul of ot the oppositIOn oppositIOnfaced oppositionfaced oppositionfaced faced by the tilt . measure is the attitude attitudeof of Scn Senator ltor < Norns Norris lnd < ( Ind Neb ) who whohas whohas whohas has r raised lsed his voice against the leg legIsllt legtsl legisl Isllt tsl it tt m II in ) with the statement it wouldgradually would wouldgradually wouldgradually gradually trans transf ! [ rm the United UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States into mto an international mternatlOnal bully bullybent bullybent bullybent bent on the destruction destrucllOn of other na nat.IOn nabons nations nationsOi bons t.IOn tIOn . . s bonsOr OIly Oi Or ly present member of the sen senate senate senate ate wh > ) voted ag against 1l1st U S en entrance entrance entrance trance into 1Oto the World war Norris Norriscla Norriscia Nornscla cla cia ms nlS that U ti Ii e a effect of military militarytra militarytra militarytra tra mng nlng ning on American youtt youU s 5 would wouldhave wouldhave wouldhave have a tendency to n- n IT nake - ake them even eventually eventually eventually tually H ncognize rtcogntze coglllze i r ) ideal except exceptthat exceptthat exceptthat that of I r ll II it tary f reeN rce ree rceN [ NAMES N AMF4 AMF4ui A M E S 1/1 1 III ui / tfn tlH tlu nens nensfl net nett ( se s fl e Clllallt . Halle ilaile " belassle bela'islt belaislt Selassie ' " II Ir 1 I i r g a name in the thenew thenews thenews new news , > while h s 5 nativi nativt n tJVt Ethi Ethl Eth1 p a was wasUI wasur wasui UI ur der n II ' vasi 'vasl vasl n t I 1 y Italy s BenHo Benito BenHoMussollnl BenitoMussolini BenltoMussolini Mussollnl Mussolini pc Ix p < 11 I I ' pd f'd fd ed back into the thesp thesp thesp sp tllgt tlagl titg ) t with U tI ii e I ' ai al ar n unccn uncell uncen ent entthut entthat entthat thut that he was returr rctun retun r I g t Afr ca from fromLand fromhood fromLond Land hood n t d net rtct n ct his i r t I s fight fightf If fightIf f r treed frced freed mCl mQWhent m QWhent Cl < L When t IdtlatanIt-ilinnladqu IdtlatanIt ilinnladqu Id U tI at It < an It'll Itll It.1 It1 - . ' in 'In ' t I ad qu t ted teel ted ed eel him as say SdY i r g that Br t ti t'l tl ' , would wouldI 1 I se III tie tl II p I ' v.ar var wnr "a a " . r tsforgp ( .eorge eorge . .org org . ! " Bernard Shaw Shawworld Shawworld iworld world famo is author bristled bristledbral bristledbrarded bristledbrai bral brarded ded the it .t t st . ry as untr e a hur.1 hur1 hursi hur.1out hursiout burstout . out with the thl ' statlnel stair stat ! < inei mer t tl tI at I don t tknow tknow Iknow know "heUer wheter " whell "heU heU whet- whet - rr er Ur Dr Br tain taln tam is going gomg to tolose tolo 10 lose e " e < > tt It ti f e ( ' v . a ar or r c ( In\\ In Inth r ( n u w \ , th th the I ' he hell I fG f fG fGd G Gd d dfl GdQ fl Cl Q . ( , Communists ommunls A and Bundsmen Bundllmt"n Bundllmtn " were weresc weresc weresc sc red by t Jo F Ul 131 BI l C Chef h ef of Frigar Fdgar J Hoo 1100- 1100 Boo- Boo 1100v"r Boover Hoover - ver v"r vr ( " speaking spl'akmg splakmg . ' t I efore etore the New York Yorkstate Yorkstate Yorkslate state convent n of pol poll polle pollee ILl -e e - ' ch efs efsThe efsThe efsThe The t I p ( G C . , man declared dl'clared dlclared ' that this thisnl'w thisnew thisnew nl'w nlw new . ' ( ' enemy 'nemy nemy is far fur II m ) ire ) re crzftysheem cr'lfty crlfty crzfty cr'lfty15thI'm cnftysi.hen-1 cnftysi.hen1 cnftysi.hen cnftysihen 1 ' 15thI'm 15thIm sheem . ' - ng rig and desl d-s d s ( - ( cable than the thekidnaper thekidnaper thekidnaper kidnaper the h hghwayman ghwayman ghl ' . ayman or tt U ii I e ' eb eb b rglarCl rgiart1 rglar rgiar Cl t1 < ! . Henry lI"nry lInry ! " Morgrnlhau Morgrnthau Morgenthau Jr secretaryof secretaryot secretary ot of the treasury made things easIerf easier f ( r U S c I ' ti7ns tirtns tlH ( os who file tncom income incometax Incometax ! " tax returns with the order that thatI thath'nceforth thathenceforth thathenceforth h'nceforth hnceforth henceforth ( ' tie U It e dupicate dupl cate or greencopy green greenI greencopy greencopy I copy of the return would not be berequ berequ berequ I requ red THL TIlL WAR- WAR WAR'Dice - . I 'Dice Dice 'Dlce Dlce ' Are Cast ' I I When England s foreign secretary secretaryI secretaryViscount secretaryViscount secretaryViscount Viscount Halifax replied to Adolf AdolfIl1tler Adolflittler AdoltHitler Il1tler littler s last chance peace otTer offer otTerhe offerhe offerlie he left very little doubt as to thefirm thefirm the , firm intention Intentlon of the Churchill gov government government goveminent ernment to resist until untJl the last any anyattempted anyattempted anyattempted attempted invasion by Germany for forin forin forin in part of his address he declared declaredwe we realize reahze that the struggle strugglemay strugglemay strugglemay may cost rost us everything but just justbecause justbecause lustbecause because the things we are defend defendIng defending defending Ing are worth any sacrifice It tt Is a anoble anoble anoble noble privilege to be the defenders defendersof of things so precious we shall shallnot shallnot shallnot not stop fighting until tll freedom for forourselves forourselves torourselves ourselves and others is 11'1 111 ' secureBack secureBack secure secureBack Back came carne Berlin BerlJn with bombs bombsplus bombsplus bombsplus plus bombast bombasl . As widespread aerial aerialraids aerialraids aerialraids raids were launched up and down downthe downthe downthe the British coast official German Germancircles Germancircles Germancircles circles let It be known that the thetalk10g thetalking thetalking talk10g talking was over and henceforth henceforthfacts henceforthfacts henceforthfacts facts must now speakJust speakJust speak speakJust Just what shape these facts factswould factswould factswould would take was not announced by bythe bythe bythe the Nazi high command but London Londonbelieved Londonbelieved Londonbelieved believed that a stagger system of ofincreasmg ofincreasing ofincreasing increasmg increasing air and naval attack day dayby dayby dayby by day until it would be capped by bya bya bya a general offensive otTensive in 10 conjunction conjunctionwilt conjunctionwill will a wholesale attempted landingof landmgof landmg landing of tro ps pa we w would ( uld old be attempted by byHitler byHitler byHitler Hitler s forcesCost forces forcls forcesCo Cost Co ft < ; t of oj o/ o o1f / U 1f " 1for ar or orEngland arEngland Engl England nd s b ti ggt ggst ggtst ( st wartime budget budgetwas budgetwas budgetwas was announct announced > d as the heaviest taxes taxesIn taxesin taxesin In British Brltlsh history hlslory were Introduced introducedto to meet the demands of the govern government government government ment s war programIncome programIncome program programIncome Income taxes were boosted to 42'h 42h 42'hper 424 424per 42'Aper 42Aper ' ' per cent and experts declared U it ti at atthis atthis atthis this in connection with other In to tocreased Increased increased creased taxes would demand that thatBntaln thatBritain thatBritain Bntaln Britain surrender almost 70 per cei cel cer tf tf t tf f all normal income to finance the thefihl theflit thefl fihl flit l t t against Germany and ItalyU ItalyU Italy ItalyU U S residents of th ) ise se states 1m tm 1mpos tmpus impos pos pus ng rig a sales tax of 2 and 3 per percent percent percent cent who are Inclined to grumble as asU asU U 11 ey lay down the pennies may take takeI.hatever takewhatever takewhatever I.hatever Ihatever whatever ' . comfort they can from tl U It I e ' et ei I t vs > .s s . s tl tI at the British Bntlsh now pay aI aI aI a at t I Jrch.se Jrchse irchise irch ircrnse . ise t tax X rang ng from 12 to to33 I 33 6 per cent on entertainment entertainmentbel'r entertainmentbeer entertainmentbeer bel'r belr beer ' w ne and tobicco toO'lCCO toOlCCO tohicco ' Rate on onI oni I ) n I 1 ixury itt lit ins ms rns is 12 pt r cent of o1 rl re ret ret . ' t 1 I 1 i r r ce cesP01 ces cesPOI . POII1U POI P01 I HKSJ\o HKSJ o I I ( S SNo No \ Moth Alotll HalhW Hallswt Halh nallo Halls ; WI wt W > IP JI le ' U tI d e I ' I l unt unl ng of I 1 th n aj rI rI r I [ I 1 t I t c nl nil I convent convenU convents ! ns is safplyI safelyI sa safely tely telyl'Icked l'Icked lIcked I ' , irked ckrd away in m th bplls b"lIs blIs balls " for anther anther an anher ther ( her f t r years year ' ! the 1940 presiden president t il .I I . ' I can pa gn is beg nn ng rig to warm warmip warmip ip ' 11 and is takng tak ng on the aspects of ofU ofU ofU U e ( ' < r r I st .t t . spirited campaign contest contests S . nre ncl nee ' W drow dr-ow dr ow - Wilson defeated defeatedC defeatedCtirlps C ( t I 'Hie Hie ' irlec . f r vans Hughes in 1910B 1916B 1916 1910 1916B B ggcst ggl'st gglst ggesl ' news ne"s nes " on the Republicanr Republicanfr Republican fr ( t I is . the thl ' am aOl ant ouncement ouncelnent that Wel Wer Weld'l1 Werdell Werdell d'l1 dl1 dell ! ' W Ilk e I a ' has ch sen st'o sto ' August 17 17as 17as 17as as the date and IInd Elwood Ind ( his hisI I 1 rthplici rUlphC rthplct , ! ) ) as the place t be c rf rftic ftfie f ffie fie tic ally not fled flt"d fltd " tha that t he is the G 0 0J 0I J ) pres pros dential dentlal nominee nomineI ' 0 o it in tn Wyoming the man who s sghd sgliid sgild ghd gliid to r i J 1 ) ) aga 8ga nst Franklin Frankltn Delano DelanoRoosel'lt DelanoRoosevelt DelanoRoosevelt Roose\l'lt Roose l'lt llt Roosevelt \ ' turned turnt'd turntd ' h s vacation into a acan acan acan can I l a gn trip and started a ser see seres seresf ell es ellf esf f pprs pen pets r i al appearances throughout throughoutthe the " wild "lid lid and pol poi t cally rally Important ImportantWest importantweat importantWest importantWestWlllkie West weat WestWIllkle weatWllikie Wlllkie WIllkle Wllikie also announced the f minalion rma mina rmalion rmation lion of a c mmittee mmlttee of four Demo Democrats Democrate Democrats I crats crate nnd ond rind former formt'r formtr ' New Dealers Deall'rs Deallrs ' who whohave whohave whohave have broken w th the President to tolead tolead tolend lead a mtlonal n.Uonal nUonal national . campaign wh ch chv.ould chcould chwould v.ould vould could . FI el er I I st 5t Democrats and inde indepen independents independents pen pendents dents in the support of the Re Re- RepubU Republl Republican - - pubU publl publican an ticket next ngxt November PAN-AMERICA PAN AMERICA PAN.AMERICA PANAMERICA . - PAN.AMERICAHull PANAMERICAHull Hull Hullr.n Hullin in r.n rn . Havana HavanaAs As representaUveg represen1aUves representatives of the 21 Amer American Amerlean Amerlean ican lean republics gathered at the Ha Havana Havans Havana vana vans Cuba conference were thresh threshIng threshing threshIng Ing out their problems of ( (1) 1 ( ) Euro European Europeen European pean peen colonies in the Western hemi hem hemisphere hemisphere ! sphere (2) 2 ( ) fifth column actlv1ties activities actlv1tiesand activitiesand activitiesand and (3) 3 ( ) relief for ( or disrupted economIc econom economic economis ic is systems resulting from Europe s swar swar awar war principle challenge to |