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Show THE LEW SUN. I.EIII. UTAH WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By Edward C. Wayne Hitler Continues 'Drive to the East As Pressure Nets Results in Balkans; Labor Unrest in Defense Industries Will Be Handled Under New Agency (EDITOR'S NOTE When opinion! are eiprthstd In the eolumns, they are thoae of the new analyst and not necrsn.irlly of this newnpaper.l (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) SURRENDER: Prelude to Peace Nazi soldiers marched into Bulgaria. Bul-garia. They were not opposed. Bulgarian Bul-garian officials who earlier talked bravely, but took no steps to prepare pre-pare the nation for resistance, capitulated capit-ulated to Berlin's demands when the final test came. Hundreds of thousands of Germans Ger-mans poured across the border in 48 hours. Panzer divisions raced across roads and took positions on the borders of Turkey and Greece. They supplanted officials known to be unsympathetic to their cause, rationed ra-tioned food, directed transportation, transporta-tion, and virtually placed the whole nation under German military law and economy. Secret police followed fol-lowed close behind to round up those who loved their country too well for German interests. Berlin announced the occupation as a great military victory, although not a shot had been fired. But the action did have a strangely familiar ring. It paralleled closely the Nazi pattern that brought the downfall of many other European nations where officials had been induced to visit Munich to "guarantee peace." Fascism had come to Bulgaria, ruled by King Boris, from within, long before it had been compelled by force of arms without. Bulgaria was sold out, as many other brave but hesitant nations had been sold out by those groups within its own borders who believed they stood to gain in influence, in prestige and in wealth if a Fascist form of government govern-ment would be established. They will be disillusioned, as other groups have been disillusioned in other once independent nations in Austria, in Norway, in Denmark, in the Netherlands, in Spain, in France and even in Germany itself. Drang Nach Osten It is said no man lives unto himself him-self alone; that his every action reflects re-flects on the life of his community and his nation. If that is true, then it is equally true that no nation lives to itself alone; that its policies reflect re-flect on its neighbors as well. So it was with Bulgaria. The highways of Bulgaria lead to other frontiers and 300,000 conquest-seeking Germans rested on the borders of Greece and Turkey. The small Greek army had halted the first Axis move to the east by defeating superiorly equipped Italian soldiers. Turkey, allied to Britain, had stood as the guardian of the eastern Mediterranean. But these nations found themselves in peril. Jugo- ji6aawt .fe.N & Vs S& X VJ KING BORIS OF BULGARIA Fascism came from within. slavia, through which better roads lead to Greece, was In the same situation. All found themselves facing the choice of fighting against an efficient war machine or bowing to the will of Britain. None had much hope for success if they fought. All looked to England for help, but the problem of sending such assistance was monumental. The Germans had available 26 divisions for use in the Balkans. The only British force competent to deal with such numbers num-bers was in North Africa. Whether the British had the means available to transport and land an expeditionary force was problematical. problemat-ical. General Wavell's speedup campaign in Libya undoubtedly was to clean up that area quickly in the hope of using his troops in the Balkans. Bal-kans. The factor of time and space in such a movement, however, seemed unsurmountable. r t ; . : t V : ft - v ' ' " ' i i .. ? - s HIGHLIGHTS.-'."- the news Death To one of the world's most renowned scientists, death came In the midst of new discoveries. Sir Frederick Banting, Canadian who developed insulin, died when a plane carrying him to England crashed in Newfoundland. It was revealed Sir Frederick was about to put into practice a new discovery in the field of aviation medicine which should be of great value. The hibernating bear of the North, Russia, began to show signs of alarm. Moscow sent a sharp rebuke to Bulgaria, denouncing the surrender. surren-der. Significantly enough, no protest pro-test was made to Germany. Berlin shrugged off the Moscow statement, with the observation that Russia's attitude was only a defensive one, that its army was not equipped for offensive action. Therefore the protest pro-test was of no importance. Adolf Hitler wasted no time while Turkey, Greece and Jugoslavia trembled. He quickly sent couriers to their capitals with offers of "peace." He said he had no designs de-signs on their territory. Turkey and Greece took small comfort from these assurances. They had seen the same kind of pledges given Poland, Po-land, Czechoslovakia and other small countries that now have no way of life of their own. Hitler seemed well along toward success of the old German ambition of drang nach osten, drive to the east. To the east lies the riches of Asia Egypt, Persia, Syria, India and East Africa. NEW LABOR PLAN: By Executive Order A new labor board to serve a? a "supreme court" in disputes involving involv-ing defense industries is in the making. mak-ing. It will be created by President Roosevelt by White House order and consist of 11 men, three to represent M , ' Via?- , WILLIAM S. KNUDSEN He wanted 30 days before a strike. the public and four each from labor and industry. The board of non-salaried members mem-bers would act only in cases where the labor department's conciliation service failed to make progress and so certified. It would have no power of compulsion but would be so constructed con-structed as to make mediation machinery ma-chinery possible. Strikes : The President's decision was said to be caused by the 48-hour strike at the Buffalo plant of the Bethlehem Bethle-hem Steel company. There 14,000 employees brought their work to a halt when the Steel Workers Organizing Organ-izing committee (C.I.O.) said the corporation failed to bargain with them. Picket lines surrounded the several miles of fence. But the Office of Production Management Man-agement in Washington quickly stepped in, without waiting for the labor department to get under way. William S. Knudsen and Sidney Hill-man, Hill-man, OPM directors, offered a compromise com-promise plan of settlement which called for return of all workers with seniority protected, negotiations with the union and an NLRB election. elec-tion. Both sides accepted. Meanwhile in Michigan the United Automobile Workers (C.I.O.) filed notice with the state of Michigan that it will call a strike at the three main plants of the Ford company. Notice of such intention is now necessary nec-essary under Michigan law. Knudsen Plan Knudsen, in the meantime, wrote a memorandum to Representative Sumners (D., Texas), chairman of the house judiciary" committee, which is considering changes in the national labor laws. Knudsen's plan would deny protection of the Wagner act to unions or employees considered consid-ered recalcitrant. He proposed that strikes be forbidden in defense in-dustries in-dustries unless employees of a plant had given their consent by secret ballot, conducted under the supervision super-vision of the U. S. labor department After such notice is served, he proposed pro-posed the OMP be given 30 days to seek settlement. Fame The highest awards Hollywood Holly-wood can bestow upon its stars is the annual shields given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts. This year the shields (known as Oscars Os-cars to the studios) were received by James Stewart (best actor) for his role in "The Philadelphia Story" and to Ginger Rogers (born Virginia McMath) for her portrayal of Kitty Foyle. 'Heavy Dew' V , iv " Streets became rivers in the Los Angeles, Calif., area during dur-ing the storm which brought rain figures up to the highest level in 48 years. Here a Reseda, Re-seda, Calif., woman is being helped board a bicycle so she can stay above "water-lever' on her way home. ENVOYS: Grab Headlines When Lord Halifax, British ambassador am-bassador to the United States, arrived ar-rived at Annapolis, Md., President Roosevelt met his ship, setting a precedent. Not to be outdone, King George VI met the train which took the new U. S. ambassador to the Court of St. James, John C. Winant, to London. That also was a precedent. prece-dent. A new Canadian minister was selected for the United States. He is 71-year-old Leighton G. McCarthy, Toronto industrialist. No stranger to the U. S. is Ambassador McCarthy, McCar-thy, nor to President Roosevelt. Ambassador Am-bassador McCarthy has for several years been a director of the Warm Springs foundation. BERMUDA: U. S. Control Grumbling in the house of commons, com-mons, in London, over the swap of Caribbean bases to the U. S. for 5 over-aged destroyers, has been forbidden to break into the open by Prime Minister Churchill. However the wide authority given the U. S. in theses areas is just beginning to become apparent. Take Bermuda, for instance. There the U. S. has acquired about a tenth of the acreage of the tiny island. The chief hotel has been leased by the U. S. navy for , its technicians. The hotel has no room for tourists. In another hotel army engineers have set up. Marines have pitched a camp in still another spot. In Washington, Rep. Carl Vinson (D., Tenn.), chairman of the house naval committee, disclosed the terms of the Bermuda lease, which are similar to the terms of leases at all other bases. They include: (1) The lease to run 99 years, with the United States granted the right, if necessary for defense, to assume "military control and conduct military mili-tary operations within any part of Bermuda"; (2) other areas to be leased, if needed; (3) Americans to control ship and air operations and communications within leased areas; (4) Americans to have the right to improve anchorages near leased land bases and to install defenses; de-fenses; (5) Americans to have the same privilege as the British in the use of roads and bridges and the right to use British docks and shops. INSURANCE: Supervision Asked Discussion of federal control of life insurance was heard in Washington Washing-ton before the joint senate-house committee investigating monopolies. Sumner T. Pike, representative of the Securities and Exchange commission, com-mission, told the committee he believed be-lieved the federal government should not supplant the states in control of insurance companies, but that a program of strengthening the state systems was desirable. Senator O'Mahoney (D., Wyo.,) said he opposed the idea. So did Representative Sumner (D., Texas) the vice chairman. Thurman Arnold, Ar-nold, assistant attorney general in charge of the anti-trust division, said if the states cannot do the job "we might wake up after the war and find we have to take more drastic dras-tic action than otherwise would be necessary." MISCELLANY: C There now is $14,000,000,000 in gold in the vaults of Fort Knox, Ky., the largest treasure ever assembled under one roof in the history of the world. The new total was reached when $8,500,000,000 was transferred from vaults in New York. The pile of glittering bars is just about half of all the gold in the world. e. Alec Templeton, blind pianist, petitioned an Illinois court for an accounting of his earnings, naming his parents and an attorney. He asked they be restrained from exercising exer-cising management of his affairs. He alleged his parents, Andrew Bry-son Bry-son and Mrs. Sarah May Temple-ton, Temple-ton, and their attorney had allotted him only $100 monthly for expenses since 1930, during which time he earned $200,000. He said he signed some papers which were read to him and some which he was ad vised it was not necessary for him to hear. . Sub-Stratosphere Training For Army Air Corps Crews technique of high-altitude flight, with emphasis on the use of oxygen oxy-gen equipment, has recently been opened at Wright field, Dayton. Ohio. Some of the activities at this school are shown m thi series of pictures. X & S! ju ttMMMtkfffiwMWat Above: A student learns the "How, Why and When" of breathing through an oxygen mask one of the first courses given in the Altitude school. New types of masks, oxygen tanks and working principles are explained. Right: This experimental electrically elec-trically heated suit provides warmth without weight, and is worn underneath regular flying clothes or coveralls. Weighing 7 pounds, it keeps a pilot comfortable comfort-able in temperatures that outside out-side are as low as 60 below, F. These suits are designed primarily pri-marily for pursuit pilots who fly in the stratosphere. R. ft W Inside this pressure chamber, without oxygen. Pumps exhaust simulation of altitude. r i ' -i i ., "T - -v. iHiii kitmw st i IP ,WWMt 1 v -J, xv-" f IIP I M f IS wmtmrnmiMmmmMmmm V-" Mf - f-. iff mrm WW ' !ru - I n lit; yji N aW ; 4 il Mh 7- Klifl't--! F i,-k t a Y ft fcwi Going up . ...F amiliarization with new oxygen and communication communi-cation equipment is acquired when officers attending the Altitude school board a Flying Fortress for practice at 30,000 feet. V "J. V .t. -l Dr. IT m Lovelace, Mayo Foundation, inventor of oxygen mask (center), shown with pilots on historic sub-slrato phere flight in 1 938. air rorna officer a in the new W. 3 officers "go up" to 18,000 feet air in the chamber for accurate Altitude chamber controls. con-trols. An operator takes officers offi-cers inside the chamber up M to 18'm feet and in M uuoui nau an nour. w ithout K . :n!if tx. r -if y a V I i V I i k?Mm I 1 jr I oxjSen average men olacH LJ fA out" oi'e 20'00 feet- vmMmmmmmmtmmMmmmmmmm ii i mum h,ii i mum r -tttoM r " .-.v.-Cvv.-WCv Washington, D. C. PROHIBITION LOBBY ACTIVE Prohibition, after beinrf in the limbo lim-bo for eight years, again has a potent po-tent lobby on Capitol HilL The Women's Christian Temperance Union and other Dry organizations have launched their most intensive campaign since the one that put over the Eighteenth amendment during the last war. And they are using the same tactics. tac-tics. Congress is being barraged with appeal to "protect" soldiers and sailors by prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages near military mili-tary reservations. Simultaneously, the heat is being put on state legislatures legis-latures to enact "local option" statutes. The only thing new in the drive Is its slogan. This time it's "Defend the Defenders." The Dry campaign is well organized. organ-ized. In the last few weeks thousands thou-sands of letters have poured in on congress. Some are written on W.C.T.U. stationery, but most are form letters signed by individuals obviously connected with Dry organizations. organ-izations. FOREIGN PROPAGANDA Postmaster General Frank Walker Walk-er said nothing in his report to congress, con-gress, but he has quietly taken steps to plug up the inflow of foreign propaganda via first-class mail. Postal officials were able to seize and burn 15 tons of illegal literature litera-ture under the authority that permits per-mits inspection of second and third-class third-class matter without a search warrant. war-rant. First-class mail, however, is immune from direct investigation, can be examined only on a search warrant. Ordinarily this is a laborious proceeding. pro-ceeding. But thanks to the mass of matter that was seized, Walker found a way to simplify the job. From the seized material were obtained the names of hundreds of persons in all parts of the country who apparently apparent-ly are on Nazi, Fascist and Japanese propaganda lists. Henceforth, under an order quietly quiet-ly issued by Walker, all foreign mail addressed to these individuals will be subject to a search warrant examination, exam-ination, and if found illegal will be destroyed. Note Walker wants congress to require that both the senders and receivers re-ceivers of foreign propaganda register regis-ter their names. A considerable portion of the literature seized advocated ad-vocated violent overthrow of the government Vice President Henry Wallace has engaged a Spanish-speaking secretary secre-tary to help him practice his Spanish. Span-ish. Wallace wanted someone who would be available at any moment In the office, in the restaurant, in the handball court So he turned down a handsome feminine applicant appli-cant from the Mexican embassy, took a man instead. ORATOR VANDENBERG Genial Sen. Arthur Vandenberg is one of the most effective orators in the senate. His mind is alert and he has a command of phrases that makes the galleries lean forward to hear him. When he had delivered his major effort against the lease-lend bill, he retired to the cloak room, lit a cigar, and leaned back in an upholstered chair. One of his colleagues congratulated con-gratulated him on the speech. With a mischievous twinkle, Vandenberg Van-denberg replied: "I could have delivered de-livered just as strong a speech on the other side." Senatorial loungers looked up, and Vandenberg added: "I could recite 50 unanswerable reasons why the bill should be passed." TENANT FARMERS The President is not losing sight of domestic problems in the welter of foreign affairs and recently kept his very precise undersecretary of state, Sumner Welles, waiting an hour while he threshed out a farm relief problem. Representatives John Tolan of California and John Sparkman of Alabama had called to protest against a $25,000,000 cut in farm rehabilitation loans, a cut made by the budget bureau in the agriculture agricul-ture department appropriation. The conference was supposed to last 15 minutes, but Roosevelt forgot for-got all about the time, became completely com-pletely engrossed in the "economic shock" to be felt by tenant fanners and migrants after defense spending spend-ing has tapered off. Meanwhile Welles cooled his heels in an outer office. ; Finally the two congressmen emerged. They were beaming about the President's promise to have the farm relief cut restored. . MERRY-GO-ROUND Able young Rep. Charley Halleck of Indiana, who nominated Wendell Willkie at Philadelphia, broke with him on the lend-lease bill, voting against it Minnesota's husky Gov. Harold Stassen is finding no support among friends of District Attorney Tom Dewey for his presidential ambitions. ambi-tions. They claim Stassen had committed com-mitted himself to Dewey before the Philadelphia convention, and nurse grudge because of his flop to Willkie. 1uM i n TB I Pattern No. 29202. 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