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Show THE LEW SUN, LEW. UTAH iii WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By Edward C. Wayne Germany's Most Powerful Air Army Is Now Being Used to Crush England; Labor Peace in U. S. Is Not So Near; First Draft Evaders Sent to Prison (EDITOR'S NOTE Wht. (pinion art cxprtned la the, aal ara Ihoaa af tba nawa analyst and nat neoasaariljr at tola a (Released by Western Newspaper Union.), rnnni, thev newspaper.) r.A at w o--a-a I.Hot06yaawy I If laMa3tHHJW 0 fl lafe wfyataoaBayWWP ' 1 ""'ft ' -1 j '" " j-r 1 .- -1- r.- K ' yfi saWMMawaasnMaaMayiMMitwvM MatMaMaWsMaaWk'' During the strike at the Vultee Aircraft plant in Downey, Calif., V. S. army defense orders for training planes became sidetracked but union heads allowed pilots to cross picket lines and take delivery on 17 planes completed. The planes were to be used at the army training field at Sunnyvale, Sunny-vale, Calif. Above, army officers are pictured running one of the planes out of the plant. AIR BLITZ: Over England The fourth German air army contains con-tains the veteran and most expert of Nazi bombers. It never had been used over England, although it is the best equipped and largest of the German air forces. The fourth air army was trained in Spain, used to smash Poland in four days and dive-bombed the French army Into submission and out of the Maginot line. Now many believe it has been assigned as-signed a mission across the English channel. The mission would be to grind to debris the British industrial Midland area. Two such attacks have been made. The first was on ancient Coventry, historical cathedral city when Lady Godiva made her famous horseback ride. Coventry in modern times had become the "Detroit of England." Here was made the larger portion of British airplanes and thousands of her 109,000 people were employed in defense industries. In a single . lO'-hour night raid, Coventry was turned into a shambles, sham-bles, hardly a single home being left unscathed. Berlin said all of the plane factories were in ruins from explosive and Incendiary bombs. The British denied this but gave no details. It was admitted, however, that almost 1,000 civilians were killed, many air raid shelters which were thought bombproof being crushed like paper. The three-towered cathedral, almost a thousand years old, was left with hardly one stone atop another, except for a single spire. After a lapse of a few days the raiders concentrated on Southampton, Southamp-ton, city of a million people, also in the Midlands. Berlin said the hometown of the late Neville Chamberlain, Cham-berlain, who appeased Hitler at Munich, Mu-nich, was given the same treatment. Southampton is a textile town and also had been turning out a large cargo of automobiles and munitions. Greeks Fight On In the Italo-Greek war neutral observers ob-servers shook their heads and admitted ad-mitted they could not understand how Greece was holding out. Outnumbered Out-numbered three to one, the ballet-skirted, ballet-skirted, pom-pom slippered Evzone troops cut the Italians to ribbons and pushed them back into Albania on all fronts. These observers still believed the Greeks were putting up a valiant but futile battle. No one in authority considers the Italian army seriously, estimates running from derision to contempt But the Greek's military supplies were known to be low. Also there Is no opportunity to give them help, for all Greek guns, both rifles and artillery, are of a special Greek manufacture and no ammunition of foreign make will fit their weapons. Once spring rolls around and the Italian mechanical force can get Into action, there may be a different story. Mare Nostrum One thing seemed certain. Mussolini Musso-lini in his attempt to carry on a war by himself was tangling up the plans of the entire Axis. Control of the Mediterranean which the Italians call Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) may come diplomatically rather than militaristically. Adolf Hitler came to the Duce's rescue in this respect, once it was certain the Italians had bogged HEADLINES in the neics Diplomacy U. ' S. Ambassador Joseph C. Grew got a nod of approval approv-al from the Japanese emperor at the banquet commemorating 26 centuries cen-turies of the empire in Tokyo. The diplomat expressed in a speech, the hope that Japan would "increasingly contribute to the well-being of mankind." man-kind." The ruler nodded emphatic approval. down in the mountains of Macedonia. Macedo-nia. There were hurried conferences with Serro Suner, Spanish foreign minister; King Boris of Bulgaria; Premier Molotoff of Soviet Russia; and various and assorted Balkan politicos. The formula being sought was a diplomatic flanking movement on the Balkans which would give the Dardanelles Dar-danelles to the Axis. This would require approval of Bulgaria for German troop movement through that country, and agreement by Turkey. Tur-key. Pressure by Russia on Turkey was one of the keys. An attack on Gibraltar at the same time would complete the movement DRAFT EVADERS: Year and Day Eight young men, students at Union Un-ion Theological Seminary, stood before be-fore a federal judge in New York. They were charged with refusing to register under the selective service act. They had refused to register on October 16, along with 17,000,000 other young men. They said that after thought and prayer they had reached the conclusion "conscription "conscrip-tion is part of the war system and we cannot co-operate in any way." Government officials, churchmen and friends pleaded with them, pointing out that under the act they were twice exempt, as divinity students stu-dents and as conscientious objectors. objec-tors. They refused a final chance. "I have no other alternative but to enforce the law," said Judge Samuel Mandelbaum, and he sentenced sen-tenced them to a year and a day in federal prisons. Deputy sheriffs led the eight away to be fingerprinted and photographed. The action was a signal for other arrests in all parts of the nation on the same charge. LABOR: Hopes for Peace Unity in the ranks of labor which was outlined by President Roosevelt as one of the hoped-for objectives of his third administration, seemed little less nearer as the Congress of Industrial Organizations met in convention con-vention in Atlantic City and the American Federation of Labor met in New Orleans. The A. F. of L., said President William Green, was willing to discuss dis-cuss peace terms "anywhere, anytime any-time and any place." But a C. I. O. committee presented to the convention conven-tion a statement of terms. These terms approached closely what John L. Lewis, retiring president previously previ-ously outlined, and which had been found beyond the basis of agreement by the A. F. of L. The C. I. O. asked first that all of its unions, including many set up in mass industries since the split be admitted to a new joint organization organiza-tion intact. This presented two problems. First was the claim of certain craft unions (like the moulders, mould-ers, for example) for jurisdiction in some of the mass industries (like the automobile plants, for example.) Second, the A. F. of L. was believed unwilling to accept certain small "leftwing" C. I. O. unions. The C. I. O. asked also that any unity movement include an attempt to bring into the national scope certain cer-tain of the railroad brotherhoods, several of which now are independent independ-ent of either national body. President Roosevelt sent an appeal ap-peal to both conventions. Both conventions also were split internally over administrative questions. ques-tions. John L. Lewis made, it known on the first day that he would not again accept the C. L O presidency presi-dency Philip Murray, head of the steel workers, was boomed for the job from the start but hesitated to accept because, it is believed, he felt Lewis' mine union would attempt at-tempt domination. The A. F. of L. battle which brewed for a time under the surface, sur-face, was led by David Dubinsky, president of the ladies' garment workers. ' Who's Boss? r Two former secretaries to congressmen, Gordon Canfield fright), of Neiv Jersey and Herbert Bonner (left), of North Carolina, are to take the places of their former bosses in Congress. Canfield replaces the late Rep. George N. Segar and Bonner replaces Lindsay C. Warren, who resigned re-signed to become U. S. Comptroller Comp-troller General. ESPIONAGE: Diplomats Accused Chairman Dies of the house committee com-mittee investigating un-American activities, called before him in secret se-cret session various officials of "German "Ger-man and Italian organizations." Dies charged that members of the German diplomatic corps have been engaging in a "quiet campaign" cam-paign" to raise funds in the United States to finance German rearmament. rearma-ment. He also said German money was being sent here for investment in vital industries and to promote an "appeasement" group. Emphasizing that his committee has moved cautiously to avoid a "strain" on international relations, Dies asked Secretary of State Cor-dell Cor-dell Hull if his department had any objection to exposure of diplomatic corps intrigues. The secretary disclaimed dis-claimed any responsibility, terming the investigation "purely a congressional congres-sional affair." Dies said he would ask the next congress for a million dollars to continue con-tinue the investigations. Two Theories 9 Three other departments of the government however, were somewhat some-what less than enthusiastic over the Dies hearings. The army and navy intelligence and the FBI were letting let-ting it be known discreetly that they consider Dies is doing more harm than good. Everything uncovered by the special spe-cial house committee, they said, has been known to them for a long time. For years these agencies have worked cautiously to get U. S. agents into alleged subversive groups. These U. S. agents have listed and catalogued a vast array of information which can be used at the proper time. In the meantime they have made it possible to keep a watch on all suspects and these suspects, not aware their identities are known, have exposed the whole network through which they work. But the Dies committee, it is said, has by raids and publication of names, revealed the fact that the identity of these alleged foreign agents is known. This makes their work ineffectual, so they are recalled. re-called. Then new agents and new networks are set up by the foreign powers and the army and navy intelligence in-telligence and the FBI must start all over again. Tracking down these new agents may take many months of effort to cover a field which once was well protected. MEXICAN MISSION: In Spanish Vice President-elect Henry A-Wallace A-Wallace went through the Southwest in his recent campaign speaking Spanish. A new assignment in that language was his first after-election duty. He attended the inauguration of Gen. Avilo Camacho, president of Mexico, as the representative of President Roosevelt. It's an old Latin American custom for nations to send official representatives to each other's inaugurals. The U. S. has never indulged before. But now it's part of the Good Neighbor policy and is looked upon as effective. Several Sev-eral days after the decision was announced an-nounced Mexico revealed it had granted the United States air and naval bases on the Mexican east coast MISCELLANY: C The oddest refugee cargo arrived in Florida from England. It was 1.000 rare orchid plants, the property proper-ty of the duke of Westminster, who raises them as a hobby. The collection collec-tion faced two threats in England, bombing and the fuel laws, which provide for heat only in food hothouses. hot-houses. C. The United States army is sharply sharp-ly changing its tactics and technique of attack. Stress will be on small units. Changes are outlined in a new manual announced by Maj. Gen. George A. Lynch, chief of infantry. in-fantry. The manual will be the chief text book of the new army. C Samuel Hansen. 58. native cf Germany, Ger-many, was declared guilty of contempt con-tempt in Los Angeles superior court for refusal to a;jtwer questions he said would violate his oath as an agent of the Geman Reichsbank. He said he had been threatened with death by a Gestapo agent j inhn hrrw Aiidiihon. Painter of Birds, JVUII - i III -1 Now Revealed as an Important Writer ...... . r ll A f Who Was Witness to uur neroic Age 4 -ssJ.. - fa i FI.MO SCOTT WATSON (Released by Western Newspaper Union.! TO MOST Americans the name "Audubon' is synonymous with just one word -"birds." Three species bear his name, as does the society which is dedicated dedi-cated to the study, protection and preservation of those feathered denizens of America Amer-ica which were his life-long passion. We remember him also as the author-artist of a set of books which a fellow-scientist fellow-scientist once called "the most magnificent monument that art has yet raised to ornithology." Yet there is another an-other and possibly a better reason why John James Audubon Au-dubon should be remembered gratefully by his fellow-Americans. fellow-Americans. That is because he was "a witness wit-ness to our heroic age" and, as an appreciative and understanding understand-ing witness, he was one of its best interpreters. Such is the theme of a new book, whose publication pub-lication by the Houghton Mifflin company of Boston, was a major event of the 1940 publishing season. sea-son. The book is "Audubon's America The Narratives and Experiences of John James Audubon," Au-dubon," illustrated with nearly a score of facsimiles of his prints and paintings in full color. But more important than this Inclusion of authentic reproductions reproduc-tions of Audubon's paintings in a popular-priced book is the fact that his "narratives and experiences" experi-ences" in it are edited by Donald Culross Peattie. And Mr. Peat-tie, Peat-tie, naturalist and author of such books as "Singing in the Wilderness" Wilder-ness" and "A Prairie Grove," is probably the one man in America today who is most competent to act as an appreciative and understanding under-standing interpreter of John James Audubon, a witness to and an interpreter of our heroic age. Some of the most charming prose that Mr. Peattie has ever written is included in "What Audubon Au-dubon Knew," which serves as an introduction to the book. It says in part: "The source of history is the narratives of those who lived it . . Now of all those who ever lived here, traveled and greatly adventured, none could bear more fascinating testimony than John James Audubon. He had the advantage of being a foreigner . . So that he took nothing for granted, and in the perspective of a more mature culture, all things American struck him as fresh. He had the further advantage ad-vantage that he was a genius, and a genius of art at that, so that to observe, to depict what he saw, was habitual and instinctive. "But Audubon had, too, a genius gen-ius for the art of living. He lived with zest for the adventure and with personal ardors. He 4.'U 1 THE VIRGINIAN OPOSSCM. It is at this point in his essay that Mr. Peattie points out how Audubon's fame as an ornithologist, ornitholo-gist, the renown which has made his name synonymous with the word "birds," has obscured his value to his fellow-Americans as "a witness of our heroic age." Moreover, his art as a painter has overshadowed his ability as a writer. For a professional writer writ-er he was, a man who wrote to sell and who did sell. "I am not saying that he knew how to write history like the learned Parkman, or style like hz - ",1 A 1 1 - i 1 : JOIIN JAMES AUDUBON A self-portrait in oils, made at Beech Woods, Feliciana parish, La., in 1822 at the age of 37. the choice Thoreau, or that he thought as an equal with Emerson," Emer-son," observes Mr. Peattie. "I am asserting only that while Cooper went to England while he wrote 'The Prairie' (an unread-ably unread-ably dull book, to my ears), Audubon Au-dubon was on the prairies. That where Emerson knew his Carlyle, Audubon knew his Mississippi sauatters. that while Thoreau was II u " J I" 4 ; , f Jr. i It v'Uf 0-- L.Mt Mm,1M,Ma,.v,'M,w..,W,,rt,,, ii,i.,a,mm ' : THE SXOWI HERON, OR WHITE EGRET. savored everything, even the unsavory. un-savory. He saw almost everything, every-thing, from 1803 to 1849, from Florida to Labrador, from New York city to Fort Union on the borders of Montana. He lived among Pennsylvania Quakers, in Kentucky among pioneers from Virginia, in New Orleans among Indians. He explored Maine and South Carolina, Texas and Florida. Flor-ida. Wide Variety of Experience. "In the nearly 50 active American Amer-ican years of Audubon's life, what other individual had such a variety va-riety of experience? No one, certainly, cer-tainly, was at once so sensitive and so lusty. No one with his pen and his brush. . ." traveling around Concord, Audubon Audu-bon was traveling around North America. While Parkman was writing history, Audubon was making and witnessing it." Considering these facts, it seems strange indeed that until now no attempt has been made to bring together into one volume a general selection of the firsthand first-hand narratives of what Mr Peattie calls "this shrewd and eager observer of all conditions and aspects of American men, manners and scenes." This has been due partly to the fact that Audubon's writings have been scattered through a wide assortment assort-ment of volumes, many of which re to be found only in the larger libraries and are therefore known to only a few scholars and specialists spe-cialists in American history. For these reasons Americans generally know little about Audubon, Audu-bon, the writer, even though they may be familiar enough with Audubon, Au-dubon, the artist, and what they do know about him as a chronicler chroni-cler of the period in which he lived is when he is quoted "in evidence for the unbelievable numbers of the passenger pigeons, pig-eons, or the destruction of the buffalo, or on some other point in natural history." Therefore the great value of this book is that it "makes up in some measure for neglect of Audubon's precious testimony." For, as Mr. Peattie says, "as editor, edi-tor, I have preferred to bring him forward less as the naturalist natural-ist than as one who knew river captains and roustabouts, pioneers pio-neers and men of letters, Indians and scientists. This without, of course, slighting his natural history his-tory writings but reducing them to some reasonable proportion to the whole. That whole is the America of his day, America as he, and perhaps only he, knew it Audubon's America."- How richly that promise is fulfilled ful-filled is shown by a reading of the chapters which follow the introductory in-troductory "What Audubon Knew," and Mr. Peattie's evaluation evalua-tion of "Audubon as a Witness." The titles of those chapters are indicative of the diversity of Audubon's Au-dubon's experience, the catholicity catholic-ity of his interests and the scope of his "traveling around North America" "Kentucky Days and Nights," "Hunters' Tales," "Pioneer "Pio-neer Types," "Deep South," "Four Proud Fowl," "Down East for Birds and Subscribers" and "Out West With Buffalo and Indians." In-dians." To those who think of Audubon only in terms of birds, the amount of his writing about animals ani-mals will be revealing. After completing com-pleting his monumental work, "The Birds of America,'1 he began be-gan work on "The Quadrupeds of America" and "into the new project the old master entered with all the zest, so he wrote his young friend Spencer Baird, that he had once felt for birds." So it is appropriate that this new book reproduces almost as many pictures of animals (seven in all) as it does pictures of birds (eight). Not the least interesting feature fea-ture of the book is a "Biographical "Biographi-cal Note" (a long "note" albeit, since it covers 22 pages 1) which tells in interesting fashion the story sto-ry of his life from the date of his birth, April 26, 1785, at the port of Les Cayes or Aux Cayes on the south coast of the republic of Haiti until his death in New York city on January 27, 1851. This biographical sketch discusses dis-cusses the much-disputed story of his paternity and cites the fact that available documents prove conclusively that he was the natural nat-ural son of Lieut. Jean Audubon of the French navy and a Creole woman of good birth, whose family fam-ily name was either Rabin or Fougere. Says Mr. Peattie: "This should set at rest the preposterous preposter-ous claim that has recently (and only recently) been set up for him, that he was none other than the lost Dauphin, Louis XVII, majesty disguised as a wandering wander-ing artist 1 This legend would be too far-fetched for notice if it were not, unfortunately, the one story about Audubon that sticks in many minds. Two women biographers biog-raphers of Audubon have recently recent-ly taken it quite seriously, and thousands of words have been written in debate on this point. They can all be cut short by laying lay-ing down a fact denied by nobody. no-body. The unfortunate little Bourbon Bour-bon prince had a deformed ear, while Audubon's ears were both quite normal. Who will seriously argue the point beyond this?" ODnrfc . n W PORTS ..... pung things notmont but also hi "tyfctr cal and chSW yourseu all nf-7 ' "ait father AS'. 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