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Show . . , , toI ; > J j't jt ' , , . WEEKLYNEWSANALySIS WEEKLY WEEILY ( NEWS NEWS'ANALYSIS NEWSANALYSIS . ' " , ANALYSIS By Edward C . WayneBattle Wayne WayneBattle , Battle Scene Shifts Sbifts to MediterraneanAs MediterraneanAa Mediterranean As Aa Nazis Bolster ' Vading 'Fading Fading ading ' ' Italian Army Anny ; Willkie WilUde Wilikie Backs FDRon FDR on Lease-Lend Lease Lend Lea8e-Lend Lea8e - Bill ; u U . S . NavySpHt Navy SpHt Split Into Three New ' "Fleets Fleets 'Fleets Pleets " ' ( KOlTOn EDI'tOa EDItOa ' B a Na NOT-.Wbse NOT.Wbse NOT .Wbse Wbse NOTB NOTBrk - . -rk rk - * < r iJxIf I . .1 1 . r * . .xpt.s.C xpts.C xptsC * . x ff . . . Ir In . ( b.a ba . . .er e.Iu eIu . I , tb.y tby U . y yre tb.ysr Dg = N- N & : - ; = : : . = : eU : : : : : : : : : : : .e e . ---r r - : ' . - : - : sr re the tN . . .L L . t $ Ur b . * IW w * $ a * Iy lyt * nd nt teU t BhI i $ S5fU7 rUy t < tkli WI iswspap.r iswspapr w . . irr . 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Party PartyUne Partyline PartyUnea Une line . were broken and poUUci poliUc pollUca . for for8Oten forgotten torgotten 8Ot\en 8Ot en gotten \ both by political leader leaden leaders * in incon incongreis Inconcrer con congreis re . and throuch thrugh through ( ! the naUonLeadJn8 nationLeadIng nation naUon nationLeadlox Leadlox LeadJn8 LeadIng the attack att4ck axalnjt agafrult against the thebID thebill thebill bID bill within v1thin , conxreis congress wai Wal was Senator SenatorWh SenatorWheeler Senator'Wheeler SenatorWheeler Wh Wheeler ' etel- etel etelD - < ( D Mont ) Tornier Former Presi Presicf Presiedt Pre lde0t cf ft edt Hoover Uoover and former Gov Coy Alt Altof AltIt AUM of It ! Landon London . , the G 0 P standard standardbearer standardbearer itandardbearer bearer in 1936 r3 ( lined up behind bJmBut himBut him bJm himBut But Preiident Preaident President Roosevelt had thesupport theSupport the theupport upport support of Wendell WendeU L wlllkie Willkle Wililde who whoran whoran whoran ran again.t againt against aabi ( . t hira him lait last fall faU . . And in inthe inthe Inthe the enate .enato enato senate . he waa was upported supported by Sen Senator Senator SenatorAQatlnn ator AnaUn Acatin ( < R U Maine ) > WlUkle Wil1kie WiUkie sug aug sugg.sted auggeated utXeited g.sted gsted geated . . aeveral .everal everal several cbangea cbanges changes In the meaa mess meaaure messw mealure ure w e , . , however bowever He propoced proposed that a aUrne atime atime Urne time limit lJrnJt be fixed axed Ozed durin during I wh1ch which wh1chthe whichthe whichthe the Prealdent President will wJU have bave exceptional exceptionalpowera exceptionalpowers exceptionalpower powera powers * to deal with embattled de- de do- do democracle domocracles democraclea - - | mocraclea mocracle mocracles . He lie alao also propoied propoled proposed that thatthe thatthe thatthe the nation naUons nations * to ba be given help benamed benamed be ' named In the blU bIlL bIlLAdmlnJstraUon . . Adminlctration AdmlnJstraUon Administration . aenatori .enatora enatora senators were werequick werequick werequick quick to adopt the view A . A * , the pro- pro propo.al proposal pro-po pro po - - po.al poal posal < . al moved into home house and aenate senate aenatehearings senatebearings enatehearmca hearings bearings , . amendmenf amendments were added addedto addedto addedto to carry ca1T7 out the WUIkle WWkJe WiUkie sUilelUozu sugeat1ons sUilelUozuMeanwhUe sugeat1onsMeanwhile u f UonMeanwhile * MeanwhUe Meanwhile VfUUcle WUlkle Wilikie and three of ot his his111 hi * . ' -111 111 - CORDELL CORDEJ.L CORDEJL . DULLTAu HULLThis mJLL DULL HULL mJLLThis This TAu pAolopapA photogyapis pAolopapAICIG fhftffru h was we ICIG * . tsken tGken taken u as . Ih the thesecretary ( Ac-- Ac Aci . _ . . . . . , .ecrehlry ecrehlry secretary . - ? - of 01 ofs'a 01state - ? s'a sa state - ' ' . .selfied selfied sesi/ed sesi ed , . - * / - - b.for bfor bejore . ? , , . ah the thehouse , . how house . eommlue commluee . on for.llln forllln joreiftn . aUal affairs " and andIDGTned andwarned IDGTned warned .ha ha thai . ' ah the . Unl'ed Unled United ' Sa States , ' . , mUll miut mUll.peed miutspeed .peed peed speed .peedup speedup i . eej uy up its iu in help he < f 10 to Bri.a Bria Britein Britain . " , IlllIder if Hitler it Li Lito isM 10 to b 6 . beften bearen beaten . . friends were arranging to go to Lon London london London don during the Orat first daya days In Febru February February Pebruary ary The bead head of the Republican Republicanparty Republicanparty Republicanparty party wished wi.hed wihed . to . see .ee ee first ftrat hand Just Justwba Justwhat Justwhat wba what t was going 80ln8 on In lu England He Hemade Hemade Hemade made application applicaUon to Secretary Hull Hulltor Hullfor Hulltor tor for a passport pasport , . . The Tbe request reque.t requet . was waseranted wasgranted wasgranted eranted granted in threw three hour bours hours hoursThe * The FleetsMany Fleets Fleet FleetsMany ! Many months man1M monthf ' ' ahead of delivery of ofships ofships i i.hlp .hlp hlp ships . . whirh whlC'h whlCh wblc-h wblc h ' - will wlU give 8ive the United UnitedStates UnitedStates i iStates States a two-ocean two ocean - - navy , . orders orderswere orderswere i iwere were islued Issued which whlch width apllt spUt split the pre.ent preent present presentwar presentwar . I II Iwar I war vessels ve.aels veaels . Into three thr three e "fleets fleets "meets meets " " The Themain Themain Themain main forces torces will wlU remain remalD In the Pa- Pa PaI Pacific Pa Pacific - ! ' I cific c1.tlc c1tlc . , . but blAt there will wlU be an au Independ Independant Independent ent ant command In the Atlantic and a athlrd athird athird thlrd third Independent command in A.ia Aia Asia AsiaRear AliaRear . i iRear Rear Admiral Husband HU4ban4 K E Kimmel Klxnmel Kimmelwas Klxnmelwas Kimmelwas was named commander In chief chJeL . . He Heand Heand . and President Roosevelt are old oldfriends oldfriends oldfriends friends They worked together In Inanother Inanother Inanother another defense defenae problem-when problem when problem - when Mr MrRoosevelt MrRoosevelt MrRoosevelt Roosevelt was assistant aSBlstant secretary of ofthe ofthe ofthe the navy In H18-1017 H18 1017 1916-1911 1916 1911 1010-1917 1010 1917 - - At the same sametime sametime sametime time orders were issued to increase increasethe increasethe Increasethe the navy personnel peraonnel from 192 000 to to232000 to232000More 232 000 000More More PlanesDr Planes . . Dr George Mead aircraft produc produc- production production production - - tion head of the national defense defensecommission defensecommission defensecommission commission announced annotnced * that the nation nalion na tlon tion lion s a three largest automobile autamoblle cor cor- corporations cor- cor corporatlons corporation - - poration porations poratlons * had agreed to take a larg larger larger larger er hand In the making of ghtlnll Oghting ghtlnllplanes Oghtingplanes flghtingplanec planes Ford General Motors and andChrysler andChrysler andChryler Chrysler will make parts for 1 200 200plant's 200planes 200plane plant's plants planes ' * each They have completed completedarrangemc completedarrangeme completedarrangeme arrangemc arrangeme ti ts ta with Consolidated ConsolidatedAlrcratt ConsolidatedAircraft ConsolidatedAircraft Alrcratt Aircraft Douelas Douglas and Glenn Martin Martinto Martinto to make the ' assemblies The cheap cheapest cheapcit cheapest est cit at ot of the S 3 600 000 planes pthnes will w1l1 cost $100 100 < $ 100 000Mean.hlle 000Meanhlle 000 000Mfnv.hlle Mfnv.hlle Mfnvhlle Mean.hlle Meanhlle . . there still Is some dls dis dlspute dispute dispiite pute over the lack of aluminum The TheAluminum TheAluminum TheAluminum Aluminum Corporation of America Americawhich Americawhich Americawhich which holds a monopoly said pro pro- produclioR production production - - duction duclioR hai has more than doubled and andthat andthat andthat that the firm tlrm is pending Ipendlnll spending ( $1 1 $15 15 $ 000 000 000of 000ot 01 of its it * own o-n o n " - money for tor furfter turCaer further ex ox expansion oxpension expansion pansion pension Since Stnce Sine * aircraft today is al at almost atmost almo most t wholly aluminum In the bod bad bodie'll badIe bodle ie'll iell Ie ' the demand is high and there thereyet thereyet thereyet yet may be a senate investigation investigationover over Aico Aleo Alco s a < ntTaIrs RlYalrs aftairs and national de- de do- do defense dotense de defense - - fense tense fenseOtherwise tenseOtherwise Otherwise a 01 : the defense tront front trontThe frontThe frontThe The North Noth Carolina first ftrst battlethlp battleshlp battle- battle battlehlp - - , , /thlp thlp shlp / hlp to be buUt built for tor the tbe United State States Statesnavy Statesnavy . navy In 20 years yeara will go IrO into 1Olo solo com corn commission cornmission cornmission mission April 11A 11A 11 11A A fighting plane built for tor the ( U (1 1 S Sarmy Sarmy Sarmy army attained attalnl"d attalnld " a speed of 820 620 mUes mIles mUesan mIlesan milesan an hour in a power dive test . . It Itwas Itwas Itwas was driven by a . recerve reserve omcer offlcer omcerUeut , . Ueut Lleut Andrew C McDonough McDonoulfh The The.peed Thespeed Thespeed .peed peed speed speedof . of the plane I is . taster faster than thansound thansound thansound sound 10 so o that when 11 It Is heard ap- ap approaching ap approaching - - proaching proachlna fur ( ur bombinllt bombing : It i is too late lateto lateto lateto apIproachlna ap-I ap I to duck-the duck the duck - the plane piane already alreac11 baa has baai baapused haspassed baapassed i pused passed pusedI I HELP TO ITALY : Germans German Take Over OverMussolini OverMU4'OUnJ OverMussolini Mussolini MU4'OUnJ MU4OUnJ ' began to slip .Up Up . . . In EDPt Egypt EDPtthe Egyptthe Egyptthe the British BrJt1sh bombed him htm . out of 01 . the theair theair theair air while whl1e on the & ! " ground &l"ound lound his h1a troop troops troopswere troopswere . were retreating farther tarther and end taater faster taaterwestward fasterwestward fasterweatward westward until JIIlUl intll , it seemed leemed as .1 1 . though thoughaU thoughall thoughall aU all of eastern eaatern Libya would wou'd woud would ' be lost to tothe tothe tothe the rascist Fascist empire The Greek Greeks Greekswere Greekswere . were threatening the last lalt line of ot re- re resistance resistance re resistance - - sistance in southern Albania and andthere andthere andthere there wasnj wasn J t much for tor the Italianl Italians Italiansto Italianlto to fall back on 9D 915 after .rter rter . * fter thatMore that . . More and mqJ mQT more ' it became appar apparent apparent apparent ent that the D . .c c Dzcp IX c , * . ' , a Axis Axl AxI . partner partnerwould partnerwould partnerwould would be forced torced to t send aeAd . n4tte ; ( perpymtroops etnn etnntroops : n ntroops troops to extract th11 ih # t m ai rjBOmthe ftQm ftQmthe m mthe the ta tangled tasgled gled mess lih4t1ZIan lih4t1ZIanhome X ! t tIa th.home thhome . Uan Uanhome home front began bean , to c cfecWl cfacihaps c , pet- pet per- per pethaps perhap - - haps hap . the first ftrst rumble rumbi-e rumbi e runb1e - of 01 revoluUonBenito revolutionBonito revolution revoluUon | . Benlto Benito Bonito jto Mussolini MuSloUn ! was w.s ws . being referredto referred to as yinlto Flnlto FInItO MuslloUn Mussolini MUSSO'I MUSSOI ! ' " ! I I Only 0nIy , German planes plan"a plana " appeared . , , at atflrst atfirst atfirst flrst first piloted by Italia Italic Italians liS g The planea planes planeawere planeswere planeswere were sent to Albania After that fol- fol followed fol followed - . lowed German instructors lnstructors " ' to toteach toteach toteach teach the Italians Itallam how to fight ght in the theall theair theair all air ' Finally all aU pretense was dropped droppedand droppedand droppedand and Germans began to arrive In Innumbers Innumbers innumber numbers * taking over Italian balelWere basesWere bases balel basesWere Were the Germans Invading Italy ItalyPerhaps , ? Perhaps not . . Maybe it was only a acase acase acase case of ot holding boldlng Italy , in protective protectivecustody protectivecustody protectivecustody custody " Be that as aa it may when whenGermans whenGermans whenGermans Germans took up the battle them themaelves themselves themselves aelves selves Italy Ital.y . could no longer loncer be con con- con.idered conaldered considered - . sidered .idered idered aldered an equal partner in the theAxla theAxis theAxis Axla Axis The Germans German . don t work that thatway thatway thatway way They dominated the fight fightMussolini fightMussolini ght . Mussol1ni Mussolini needed their help and andcould andcould andcould could get it only on1y oniy on the German Germanterms Germanterms Germanterms GermantermsMediterranean termsMediterranean terms Mediterranean edlterranean Medlterranean M War WarThe WarThe WarThe The Germans first ftrst attack came in inthe inthe inthe the Mediterranean , . of off ? Cataina Catalna CatainaHere CatalnaHere CatalnaHere Here the inland sea lea narrows down downto downto downto to a slight channel between Sicily Sicilyand Sicilyand Sicilyand and the North African mainland mainlandThrough mainlandThrough mainlandThrough Through this channel must flow ow aU all aUBritish allBritish allBritish British supplies and reinforcements reinforcementsto to Greece and E Egypt ypt . . A large convoy was passing passingthrough passingthrough passingthrough through the channel channei escorted by the theroyal theroyal theroyal royal navy including the 23 OOO-ton OOO ton 000-ton 000 OOOtoncruiser 000toncruiser 000-toncruiser 000 toncruiser - - cruiser Southampton Nazi dive divebombers divebombers divebombers bombers appeared in force torce and what whatis whatis whatis is believed beUevetl to be the first ftrst battle ever evertought everfought everfought tought fought between war vessels and air aircraft aircraft aircraft craft took place The British Br1t1sh admit admitboth admitboth admitboth both war vessels were hit . . The Italians claim more were damagedThe damagedThe damaged damagedThe The battle ended at nightfall and andthe andthe andthe the British ships made harbor But Butthe Butthe Butthe the Germans sallied forth the tal tol tallowing tollowing following lowing day and continued raids on onBritish onBritish onBritish British shipping in the Mediter Mediterranean Mediterranean Medlterranean ranean for the five days They saidV saidH said11cr said saidHere V H lIer 11cr Here . it.rIa itrIa i < * . the * he . lafjt 10,1 101 latest . , picture p'clur pclur pscture ' . 01 of / Prame Prime PrameManu PrimeMznuer PrimMinutur * Manu Mznuer . : . , Vimton Win'on Winon Winston , ' Churchill Chun/ull Chun ull Churchillo : / of 01 o/ o oIlngland / Enit Enitn4sAouin En&land Enland Ilngland En&landaJaown Ilnglandshown & n4sAouin aJaown shown cu as s h Ae he . tecA tecAj WfJachfll watches * ( j an"06'Tcrafr an06Tcrafr anU-aircra/t anU aircra t rai- rai raircr ( " - - ' rcr rcrt /t t / fUB- fUB fUBnery ( gun gunnery - . nery ncr-I ncr I - in uction cdon action : a at t ' a ftoysl RoyaJ Royal Arrlllery Artillery ArrllleryflllabJithmenr Artilleryejtabllshnent Artilleryestablishment flllabJithmenr ejtabllshnent , . , "Sfmewfierf Sfmewfierf Somewhere .Som |
