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Show THE LEU I SiiN. .EHI. UTAH WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By Edward C. Wayne Removal of Consulates From Moscow And Torpedoing of U. S. Destroyer Mark Important New Phase of War; Crisis Seen as Japan's Cabinet Falls Warmth in Iceland (EDITOR'S NOTE When eplnlona are eipreaaea' la thai eolamna, they art thoae ef the aewi analyat and not neeeaaarlly ef tola newspaper.) n (Released by Western Newspaper ' W, V i I Mr & j III if l.iM,-S I'M JJ CO I u & With Ike and Mike 4 few years ago television was a distant prospect. Today it has emerged from the realm of the maybe and is an accomplished fact, with regular programs on the air daily. The television camera is known as "Ike" while the familiar microphone is "Mike" in television tele-vision parlance. These pictures take you to the Columbia Broadcasting Broad-casting system's television studio in New York. V O r When the British and Free French took over mandated Syria from the Vichy French, they also took over the Job of providing food for needy Syrians. Here ls a typical scene at a food distribution center. Fails, pots and even wash basins are held aloft for offerings. WAR: New Phase Evacuation of the foreign consu lates from Moscow and the torpedo ing of the U. S. S. Destroyer Kear ney oft Iceland, occurring as they did about the same time, were looked upon as two major events marking the entrance into a new phase of the war. Immediate reaction to these re ports was noticeable in their effect upon the congressional voting on changes being considered for the U. S. neutrality law. Effect of the news was also reflected in the progress prog-ress of the "aid for Russia" pro gram In which the United States ureat Britain ana Kussia were engaged. 'On Patrol' First news of the Kearney incl dent came from Washington when the navy announced that the destroy er (one of the newest types) had been torpedoed while on patrol duty off the coast of Iceland. This report indicated that the ship was able to proceed under its own power. President Roosevelt on the same day issued a statement saying that the torpedoing was clearly in the American defense zone. Removal of the consulates from Moscow took place as the Germans, with their long range guns, began their "all out" campaign against the city. JAPAN: A Cabinet Falls When news came from Tokyo re porting the fall of the Japanese cab' inet headed by Prince Fumimaro Konoye it looked like prelude to an Axis move in the Pacific. Immediate speculation was that the fallen cabinet would be repaed by one more "warlike" and it was Indicated that this change meant the collapse of the so-called "peace talks" between Japan and the Unit ed States. President Roosevelt conferred for two hours with top military and state department heads just follow ing the announcement of the cabi net's fall. White House sources did not at once discuss the conference or issue a statement on the new threat In the Far East Other Informed quarters, however, viewed the situation situa-tion as grave and some forecast that the change in government in Japan came at a logical time for that country to strike a blow against Russia Rus-sia to aid Germany. RUSSIA: Soviet Scene As the German troops admittedly bad smashed back the Russian defenders de-fenders many miles from Smolensk, past Bryansk and past Vyazma, the picture became one in which the Russians admitted setbacks but always al-ways spoke of "heavy losses" to the enemy. The Germans issued optimistic op-timistic statements so fast that the wires could hardly carry them. Admitting many of the Nazi claims, Russian sources were asserting as-serting that "fresh legions" were entering the fight, that the Nazi advances ad-vances had been made In spite of terrific losses, that the invader had been slowed, even halted and turned back at some points. The British, including Churchill, tovk a rather gloomy view of the Russian situation. As to American aid, President Roosevo't said it was going forward in heavy quantities but gave no details. de-tails. Lozovsky said "the Americans are sending us 5,000 planes a month," but that was nearly twice total American production. While the Russian statements, many of them, sounded somewhat like "whistling to keep up one's courage," still it was certain that the German all-out attack in the renter, by Hitler's own statement a battle effort unequalled in the history his-tory of warfare, was not meeting the walkovers of the past PRACTICALLY OVER: Say the Nazis From Hitler's camp the Russo-German Russo-German war was over, militarily speaking. . In dispatches that had tumbled over one another in their eagerness to impinge themselves upon public opinion here and abroad, perhaps with the idea of frightening England from an attempt to cross the channel chan-nel with a land force, Berlin rapidly had told the world the following. Russian losses had been 3,000,000, 4,000,000, 6,000,000, figures given out Within a 48-hour period. Three, four finally all Russian armies had been trapped in "iron rings," and the whole defense fabric fab-ric of the country had been smashed. All that was going on now was under the head of mopping up. ARMING: Real Fight With the President committed to congressional action permitting the arming of merchant ships which many believed was Step One toward a further request to permit them to run right into British ports, the expected bitter fight, of the non-in terventionists against the adminis tration's latest move had gotten un der way. Committee hearings started on the measure, which White House leaders lead-ers had "timed" at three weeks to passage. This was the signal for a gathering of the anti-administra tion cohorts, who were able to muster mus-ter only a corporal's guard against the $6,000,000,000 lend-lease bill which carried aid to Russia as a part purpose. In fact, the opening strategy was planned at a meeting of 11 senators in Hiram Johnson's office. The fight promised to be furious but brief, for few believed that the 11 senators and Hiram Johnson would put on the filibuster that was staged just before the first World war by the "wilful twelve" which Included Senators Vardaman, Bai ley, Reed, Watson and others. LABOR: Troubles Mount Strikes and threats of strikes were on the upgrade again, with one in-terunion in-terunion dispute involving 100,000 automobile workers, most of them engaged in making tanks for the army of the United States and other countries, ' ' The C.I.O. workers of one plant were refusing to handle parts made by A.F.L. workers in another plant. In a Cleveland factory making auto frames a strike went into its third week, and at least one big auto factory engaged in turning out 'jeep" cars was without frames. and had to shut down. Hudson and Buick factory officials said they would have to slow down passenger car production if the Cleveland shut down continued. The first move In the strike- mediation effort to prevent the walkout walk-out of a million and a quarter rail road men was flatly turned down. It had been offered by a railroad man agement group.- At the same time a Mississippi shipbuilding concern was tied up by a strike, while engaged in a $150,- 000.000 contract to build the latest type of merchant ship an all-welded vessel of odd design. WIDOW: 7ome to Die Human Interest Story No. 1 of the week was the return to New York of a regal woman of 73 who came in by liner from Lisbon, gazed at Gotham's skyscrapers and told newsmen: Tve come home die." She was the former Jeanne Luck-ermyer. Luck-ermyer. widow of Count Von Bern-storff. Bern-storff. Forgotten was her husband's enmity to the United States, forgotten forgot-ten the bitter years, only her tired eyes and the distaste as she spoke of Hitler. Newly arrived U. S. soldiers are shown in their "homes" in Reykjavik, Iceland, warming chilled hands. In Co-operation with armed forces of Great Britain these troops are "on the alert" for the protection of what has been defined as a Western Hemisphere defense outpost. DRY DOCK: News Stories What had been, by navy censorship, censor-ship, mystery yarns, and very nearly near-ly resulted fatally for one newspaper cameraman and a plane pilot, now has become regulation news stories, since the navy reversed itself and permitted the press to have access to British warships In drydock. At one time or another docks In almost every sizeable p6rt had been occupied, and the Warspite, a big battleship, was at Bremerton, Wash., and a 24,000-ton aircraft carrier was at Philadelphia. And the skippers of these ships were giving out hair-raising interviews inter-views and pictures of combat, and the press cameramen were running wild with feature pictures taken on board. The change in policy probably had been engineered by the President, who was leaning over backward to preserve press freedom, and a general gen-eral feeling that this sort of story was the type of thing that would bring home the reality of the war to fun-loving Americans. NORRIS: Has His Say Senator Norris, the only man living liv-ing and now in the senate who voted vot-ed against American entry into the last war, spoke his piece about the Russian situation, and had this to say: If Russia loses to Germany, then Japan will become so bold that we are sure to become embroiled in war with her. "Not that it would be so bad for us," he said, "in some ways it might be a very good thing." The senator coolly and dispas sionately revealed that navy men had informed him that the Japanese fleet couldn't hold out two weeks against the American navy. He also pointed out that In a bombing war against Japan, Nippon was particu larly vulnerable, as most of her cities cit-ies were built largely of wooden structures, which would go like tinder tin-der on a windy day, set off by s few incendiaries. GOODWILL: Visit to U,S. The duke and duchess of Windsor. In paying their visit to Baltimore. the duchess former home town, re ceived an ovation which dwarfed anything seen in the United States surrounding any British visitor. As a good-will ambassador, former King Edward had no rivals. A crowd estimated at 250,000 persons, one-fourth of Baltimore's defense- swollen population. The duke played golf, and it took an army of Scotland Yarders, G men, even diplomatic corps representatives repre-sentatives to keep the gallery away. The duke and duchess went to a reception to which 800 were invited, while an estimated 80,000 gnashed their teeth because they were left out. Finally 1,200 jammed into the club, gaped, cheered, were won by the charm of the couple, and went home happy. MlllWMIIHlWHIIMluHljm UN ijn 11 1 " V'irll . Wg-WMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Li 1 ,"'u ""'") Butterflies, FlT AreNewOuiW' View of the control panel where television programs are directed and monitored out to the transmitter atop Chrysler tower, then sent through ether. Here you see a television cameraman cam-eraman in action, with a "dolly man" assisting. The "dolly" is used to work the camera into any desired position. Telecast of a children's hour at the studio finds Lydia Perera telling the story to little Ann Francis as' John Rupe (left) illustrates illus-trates "Jack and. the Beanstalk" with drawings. MISCELLANY: New York: For the second time it had been testified by Nicholas Schenck, movie magnate, that Bi-off, Bi-off, labor leader, bad demanded a "shakedown" price of $2,000,000 not to wreck the movie industry by strikes. New York: The B.B.C. radio stated stat-ed that German losses (not giving the authority) since the start of the central offensive against Moscow, had been 160,000 killed and 450.000 wounded. London: A second Eagle Squadron of American fliers has been formed and put into immediate action. Most of its work thus far had been in convoy patrols. Kansas City: The police feree was losing men to defense jobs, so police pay raises cf $15,000 were given. They still went to defense jobs. A second pay raise of $20,000 was advised. ad-vised. Berlin: It was announced that 12 more Czechs had been executed in Bohemia-Moravia protectorate for economic sabotage or possessing weapons. a,M"MMMJ'MMM,M""'WJ"' """" lomwiimmimi ' This is Toy and Wing in action before "Ike and Mike9 They are performing one of the ballroom dances that made them famous. In the foreground is a roller skating act awaiting its turn. v-. . - -. - H'WrfT JWnl"innin Tl1'T'linnnipiiii)ijMjfl ision enjoys Us own little theater. And here is a typical scene in a home e Qui wed with tJ,:.: receiver. The family sits around anA ni. ; j-.., . w.--w vw T 9 M,a Cwn Lllll Thrtfi. TV"! ict: Notes of an Innocent Bystander: Old. bat Good: Mrs. Jimmy Young, the newspaper gal, passes along the one about the American woman in London for her first air raid. She was so scared she jumped Into a nearby earbaee can. Two Chinese came along and saw her. "Goodness me!" said the first "What strange people are these Oc cidentals. In China we wouldn't think of throwing away a pretty woman like that for at least another ten years!" e e Dot Is Dot Vay: Eddie Cantor's favorite anecdote about Dot Parker deals with the time she was bored stiff at someone's country place for the week-end. She sent a pal this telegram: "Please rush loaf of bread and en close a saw and file!" e In Other Words: The World-Telly Interviewer described Franz Werfel, the German refugee author, this way: "Here Is a small, stoutish man with a face broad and gemuet- lich as a kartoffel pfannkuchen.' That's a nice thing to portisen about a stan portis, and how'd you rillarah if he prampsoned the same sedkuppit? e Quiteso, Quiteso: Two vaudevil- liana were standing in front of the Palace Theater reminiscing about the good old days. "Too bad,' sighed the first nostalgically. "Just as I was about to be booked into this house, they rang the curtain down on vaudeville and gone are all my hopes and dreams my tough est break." To which the other replied indif ferently: "So what? What did you miss a couple of bows?" a - Afotes of a New Yorker: It could only happen in the mov ies, eh? Well it happened over at a New Yerk afternoon paper, where the city desk was supposed to as sign a photographer to cover the war maneuvers in South Carolina . . . Instead, they sent him to North Carolina, about 400 miles away ten, ten' ... Strangest sight on Fifth Avenue these days seeing Boris Karloff, the Hollywood chill-billy, entering Elizabeth Arden's. Not to get prettified, merely to remove the gray streaks from his hair so he will look more like Boris Karloff in Arsenic and Old Lace." , ine Andrews Sisters will get ?5,ooo per week when they head1 line at the Paramount Theater . The America Firsters are having their problems. Many backers have deserted. The committee has shaved expenses, slicing the publicity staff to the bone. e The Big Parade: Robert C. Bench. ley, who lost one of his sox on the east-bound train the dav hefnr fenkling around the midtown places wearing a gray one with the other ankle nekkid ... A. A. RprU .Tr f the Ass't Sec'y of State, reminiscing wim uamon Kunyon over their xiearst apprenticeship . . Gail Patrick Pat-rick of the Moom-Pitchers giving The Stork cub some class . . . Errol Flynn the reason the beauty par lors are aomg business . . . Eddy Duchin was in a boot shop when Geo. Jean Nathan came in ... "I want a comfortable pair cf shoes," he said . . . "Something for walk- nig i asKea tne clerk . . . "Well ' well'd the critic, "something for wanting out. Jan Masaryk, now foreign minister min-ister for the Czechs in exile, is bound for the U. S Jim Morris, owner of the Detroit hockey team (and a big racing stable) dropped $20 000 on Nova t . . Eighty million dollars has been spent in Manhattan The Bronx this year for postage-biggest postage-biggest sales since 1929 ... The post ""iv-c ue win aaa ,000 postal employees em-ployees for the Christmas biz. Hired '"jr o.uuu iasi year ... 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