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Show I THE PAGE TWO NAMES How to Pay for New Conflict Is Europe's Biggest Problem; British Taxes Set New Record that made news THE WAR: Finance Great Britain entered the World war in 1914 with a 649,000,000-poundebt, raised her tax rate to six shillings in the pound (or 30 per cent) and probably spent 11,076,000,000 pounds (about $55,000,000,000) to lick the Kaiser. In 1939 Britain's record peacetime budget was 1,322,444,000 d pounds, of which 380,000,000 pounds was to be borrowed. Most of this was for defense, but what bothered Britishers most on September 1, when they declared war on Adolf Hitler, was their current public debt of 8,200,000,000 pounds, 13 times greater than 1914's. To Sir John Simon, chancellor of the exchequer, fell the financing Job. Up to the house of commons Sir John carried his first war budget, they were in disastrous April, 1917. Moreover, losses were still going down (see chart). What he did not point out is that Britain has fewer boats at sea now than on Septem- ber 1. G ROVER CLEVELAND ,ji BERG-DOL- Dubbed 'Public Energy No. 1' L, World war draft dodger who fled to Germany, revealed in his New York trial that he had returned to the U. S. twice (1929 NEWS THIS and 1935) under false passport PIERCE BUTLER, U. S. Su preme court justice, was seri ously ill with a bladder ailment, FRANCIS J. GAVIN, old-tim- WEEK e northwest railroader, was made president of the Great Northern line. Rumors said that Robert E. Woodruff might be the Erie road's next chief. KING CHRISTIAN By LEMUEL F. PARTON this year, NEW YORK.andEarly Italy were mak- X, r jfx? ?J' r ill h . - . ""'Ill V a ijvT h Czecho-Slovaki- Saar-bruecke- Da-ladi- . ... f " 1 DOMESTIC: Repercussions ( Dramatic volumes might have been written last month about how Europe's war whipped the slow stream of U. S. life into a raging i torn river filled with whirlpools, quicksand beds and bottomless pits. At SIR JOHN AND BUDGET Los Angeles Mrs. Josephine Mair V. S. taxpayers can be thankful. filed a notarized document forbidding her two sons from "participatneatly packaged in the ancient case ing in any activity called war." The (see photo) which exchequers have U. S. fleet began secret battle games used for years. Preliminarily, com- in the Pacific, a vast naval training mons knew the war of 1939 would was planned at Hawaii's cost more than the last conflict, program Pearl and President Rooseharbor, would possibly last longer, and velt a cessation of foreign urged would positively bleed the British purchases of war materials that the taxpayer to death. Sir John there- U. S. might create its own reserves. fore surprised no one with his While Texas' Rep. Martin Dies budget: the flag to forecast all Comwaved To raise 70,000,000 extra pounds munists and Fascists in government this year, and 146,000,000 extra the would soon be ousted, while jobs next fiscal year, Sir John assessed the American Legion in convention incomes at seven shillings in the cut its foreign tie with the Federal pound, or 35 per cent, until next Interallies des Ancien Combattants, fiscal while March 31; for the, full 1940-4s of the people (in a year the rate is seven shillings sixsaid poll) they don't believe Gallup 37 pence, or per cent. American German news reports, congress taxpayers should have enjoyed the wrestled with neutrality and apcomparison: peared to be making progress on a Income of $2,000 per year: proposal to lift the arms embargo American British Family with two children. None S 70.08 and substitute Franklin Roosevelt's administraMarried couple, no 246 26 None children tion was winning, thanks to smart S 40 350.40 Bachelor Income of 14,000 a year: handling of the issue by Sen. Key 721.26 28 Pittman and colleagues. To placate Family with two children . 871 26 60 Couple, no children and anti-Ne.Deal 120 876.26 Bachelor Income of $20,000 a year: ers, congress with two 8.047.26 1 two-third- children. Family Bachelor Couple, no children 1,164 1,260 1.450 8.202 06 8,326.26 Meanwhile fireside economists debated how Adolf Hitler was faring in r wartime. Disregarding his debt and his funny financing, it was a good guess that even should these obstacle! be overcome the allies' blockade would strangle him. his 1938 imports of would be cut ofT, including 90 per cent of his high-tegasoline; 67 per cent of his grain and all his cotton, rubber, wool and tin. Even Russia's new friendship could not be expected to offset this loss, for the press of war will keep German factories busy, thus barring exchange of manufactured items for Soviet raw products. And Josef Stalin is not altruistic. pre-wa- One-four- th $2,000,-000,0- st was given power which the Presi- dent alone enjoys under the present act, to de- cide when a foreign war exists. every In other provision there was yy) COR DELL HULL IS'o comment. similar rig- idity. so that isolationists were left with little to fight except the g issue of embargo vs. Having started the ball rolling, the White House left neutrality severely alone. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, asked for his opinions, answered Sen. Arthur that he had "complete confidence" in the legislative branch and that he had no "particular comment" to make. Next day the senate foreign relations committee okayed sending it to the floor for fast-dyin- Van-denbe- At Sea One bright autumn 6"ay North sea villagers in both Norway and Denmark hctord cannonading at sea, occasionally spotting aircraft over the horizon. The booming stopped at night but started with new fury next day. Both Britain and Berlin ooo 2T ist 8 0 65.000 3t 4tR Week Tons !46,000Tons s 1.000 Tons 2 BRITAIN'S SHIPPING LOSSES Suhmarinr$ Ufnt dou n, tmi. at first denlod a battle, then each admitted it and claimed victory. The press could choose between the Reich's report that one British airplane carrier had been destroyed and a battleship badly damaged, or the report of London's first lord of the admiralty, Winston Churchill, that a German attack had been repulsed with no losses. Day before, popular Mr. Churchill told the house of commons that 'a third" of Germany'! submarines had been destroyed and that shipping losses were about a third what debate. This was war's effect on government On business, the effect was a fearsome upsurge that may some day boomerang. Items: C On the farm, the department of agriculture found all larders full to bursting (July 1 wheat supplies were 275,000,000 bushels over a year ago). The year's agricultural Income, once expected to slump far below 1938'i $3,000,000,000 mark, may now be only 100,000.000 shy. Flour output reached a high. C Railroads everywhere placed new equipment orders. Typical was the Burlington's bid for 14 locomotives. A 22.4 per cent rise in was forecast for 19.19's last quarter (compared with last year). C Steel mills, America's No. 1 heavy Industry, operated at 83.3 per cent of capacity, dangerously near the 85 per cent mark which steel men consider a practical levcL C Oil production was up. A typical late September week brought 3, 081,000 barrels, a gain of 258.000 barrels over the preceding seven days. C Electricity production rose, about 13.7 per cent in week. Curtains That Will Fit Your Color Schemes ii am una 1 WHO'S After a siege, during which it was 'bombed and burned into an unspeakable inferno," during which thousands of civilians died from bombs, bullets, pestilence or RUSSIA: horsemeat diet, Warsaw surren- Dance Master dered and the war in Poland was Down from the western skies at over. Moscow dropped a passenger plane bearing German Foreign Minister Western Front Joachim von Ribbentrop. SignifiAfter a month of see-safighting cantly, perhaps, he gave no Nazi during which French-Britistroops salute nor did his hosts offer a Com' apparently had the upper hand munistic clenched fist. Otherwise (thanks to Germany's the setting was familiar, for when with Poland) the battle of Siegvon Ribbentrop reached the Kremfried vs. Maginot apparently got un- lin he found it overrun with Balkan On October 11, Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt marks her fifty-sixtder way. French pressure was and Baltic statesmen of the type No longer surprised at her amazing energy, the heaviest near Zweibruecken in the Adolf Hitler used to summon from nation birthday. has grown to admire her. Above: She introduces her a Saar region, and at least one report Austria, Poand husband at the New York World's fair grounds. said that heavy French cannonadland. This must have worried von in ing smashed a hole the main Sieg- Ribbentrop; Russia, having split Pofried line between Merzig and land's loot with Herr Hitler, was Certain it was that heavy emerging as a dominant eastern Eu- artillery assumed new importance, for the French war office admitted enemy shells were falling in small towns behind the Maginot line. For the moment. Premier Edouard could tell his council of ministers that the situation was "most satisfactory." y an Mrs. Roosevelt Becomes 56; Danish monarch, was abed with a heart attack. Also ill, at Washington, was Virginia's aged Sen. Carter Glass. Eastern Front Thursday, October 5, 1939 NEPHI. UTAH S. -- HAPPY BIRTHDAY!' WEEKLY REIT'S ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W. LaBl!E (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed in these columns, they are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper.) Released by Western Newspaper Union. TIMES-NEW- ing vigorous efforts to swing Brazil into their lineup, perhaps knowing than the Brazil General' a better rest of the Plea for Unity Heartens U. S. what world la "head-Ther- e were disquieting reports of their progress, later offset by more comforting news and now quite definitely scotched, it would appear. The current insistence of General Pedro Aurelio Goes Monteiro that there must be continental unity in the Western hemisphere is the most definitely responsive message that our state department has yet obtained in its overtures to "We must be prepared to face any eventuality," says the general, "and to ward off attacks against this continent of liberty and tolerance." He is known as the "General Grant of Brazil," this tag being due to his suppressing the San Paolo revolt in 1932, and disclosing a penwith the chant for government thereafter. Washington made a great fuss over him, when he was here last July, having prevailed over Germany in an encoung ter of international Germany was readying a big party for him, but he stopped off here, instead. Fifty years old, round-face- d and amiable, he is professional soldier, but bears none of the impress of the military careerist. He moved up slowly through grades in the army, and did not become a captain until 1924. He became chief of staff in 1932, commanding an army of 65,000. In 1936, his son, Lieut. Pedro Aurelio Goes Monteiro Jr., was killed in an airplane accident He has one daughter. Latin-Americ- a. jiiTirfltftn favorite ivith photographers, Mrs. Roosevelt has few inhibitions. At the left she swings mightily to christen the transatlantic Yankee Clipper, At right: She presented diplomas at Arthurdale, ropean power that must be watched W. Va., school, then swung her partner in the dance that followed. Great Britain and France were confident that if left alone, Russia More active than any previous President's wife, Mrs. Roosevelt has would give Germany more trouble shattered precedent. V. S. polls have rated her more popular than than despite their kiss her husband. A VIACHESLAV MOLOTOV Herr Hitler. He over Poland's prostrate form. First there was talk in Moscow diplomatic circles of a "sphere of influence" division in which Russia would control the Baltic, and Germany the Balkans. But later it looked like Russia was taking everything: Esthonia's nervous Foreign Min ister Karl Selter scurried to Moscow with explanations of why an interned Polish submarine had been allowed to escape, later sinking a Russian freighter. His explanation was "unacceptable" and soon Soviet troops, warships and planes encircled Esthonia. Under this pressure, and while Moscow radio attacked the Esthonian government, the little nation soon found it wise to sign a "mutual assistance" pact which grants Russia the right to maintain naval and military bases on islands off the Esthonian west coast Latvia and Lithuania, her neighbors, wondered which would be next Turkey's Foreign Minister Sukru Saracoglu was there, too, and soon there were sound reports of a "Black sea bloc" which would smash Adolf Hitler's hope of Balkan expansion. Rumania, between two fires, was and away from leaning Moscow-wis- e Berlin. Bulgaria's special envoy to the Kremlin established a Moscow-Sofi- a airline to be followed by a had a reptrade pact. resentative there, too, on a secret mission. The only fly in this ointment was Herr von Ribbentrop and the 35 "experts" who came with him from Berlin. While Dictator Josef Stalin stayed in the background like any master mind should. Premier Viacheslav M. Molotov called the tune that made big Germany dance as violently as the little Balkan and Baltic states. The mere fact that Hitler"! men had gone to Moscow, and not Stalin's men to Berlin, offered good evidence that Russia has grown in one month from a silent, sulking and overgrown boy into a dominant European figure which dcr Fuehrer must fear. Only strengthening this suspicion was the official German news agency'! report that Russia has toagreed in an attempt to bring peace between the Reich and the allies. Obviously Herr Hitler was frantically sparing no effort to end the war. The previous weekend had brought a peace feeler from Benito Mussolini, but the result had been negative. Therefore Germany had coaxed and beg?ed Russia Into the peace effort even though the was a loss price for this to German prestige In eastern Europe. International observers, guessing that Adolf Hitler had found himself playing with fire, decided that Dcr Fuehrer may yet be consumed by the fire of Josef Stalin'i Communism. Jugo-Slavi- Igwmiwi-.l'.- 1 , . I r" i WUHU i '.I'll imnpWjHi!'.l)W'yjiMiM 'i ;V4 ' ' i i - ' J' ' i,, x f. It L , . caped War Minister Leslie British Oldsters Belisha'sarmy youth ment of 1937. by move-Reassur- Gen. Gort on Job "tw" s men in the early days of the World war, a staff officer, in many engagements, honored with the Military cross, the Victoria cross and the Distinguished Service order. He is rather slight in stature, with thinning hair, quietly unassuming, given to reserve in manner and quiet, easy speech. He was trained at Sandhurst, and in the World war gained a reputation as a. shrewd strategist, capable of scoring without sacrificing too many men. 4 He Is distinctly of the school of army tradition, and that has been a matter of considerable satisfaction In Eng- land. Septuagenarians, in whispering their clubs, complained that this young only Hore-Belisb- a, C br-r- g the colors that were used and gives the widths and spacing of the stripes. Of course, you will have some ideas of your own about the stripes and colors. Perhaps you can copy the color scheme of the rug in the room or the wall paper. Or colors in a picture may offer a suggestion for colors for the whole room. Whatever the materials used you will have fun planning the stripes. In case you should want to use short lengths of goods for the foundation part of the curtains, stitch these together with the seam on the right side ; then place a stripe over the joining. There are 32 other homemaking ideas in the booklet which Mrs. Spears has just prepared for our readers. All directions are clearly illustrated. You will be delighted to own one of these new booklets. Enclose 10 cents in coin with name and address, to Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Desplaines St., Chicago, 111., and booklet will be postpaid by return mail. Pulse of Youth The heart that has once been bathed in love's pure fountain retains the pulse of youth forever. Landor. Keep your body free of accumulated waste, take Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. 60 Pellets 30 cents. Adv. Misnamed Fate We make our fortunes, and we call them fate. Beaconsfield. one ,of was 43, raising the very devil with the army. With the sixth Viscount Gort still on the Job, there is reassur- wmm JL A GREAT VARIETY .. . SO MINUTES Kenny seems to be a bit of a college course on how not to get hysterical in wartime. President Ralph C. Hutchison, pres- ldent of Wash- College Oft era lngton d Course in Sanity Jefferson col-- SHOW FROM HOLLYWOOD :wtth I Francos ULNGFORD BAKER David BROEKMAN'S Orch.irra Jlmmio WALUNGTON AMD K.n MURRAY,Mastor-oi-Corinonl- 2.30 A GREAT DRAMATIC MINUTES . . . FROM SHOW NEW YORK! HIT PLAYS Each WooJc ... world's foro-by far) writtenmoir playwrlshtsl Hi FAMOUS STARS... playing brilliant rolosl ance. THERE a 1 commanding VISCOUNT GORT, forces in France, is only 53 years old and therefore es- Qv NARROW BANDS V WIDE pre-191- She came to the opening performance of the "Lost Colony" at Manteo, N. C, riding with her party in a CCC truck. At left is the Spanish refugee Lorenzo Murias, for lad, whom she agreed to act as foster parent. He is one of many refugee children living in France, supported partly through private contributions. Ar I twayMW By RUTH WYETH SPEARS kind I npHE first curtains of this of the ever saw were made long pieces of good material left at each side of a sheet after the center part had begun to wear. These were dipped in dye to make a soft cream color for the foundation part of the curtains. Wide stripes of gingham and narrow ones of prepared bias trimming were then stitched in place to make stripes. The chart shows isvwvy mam ammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm , f a j L , w i A n Time of War lege- - ?ulte to aca- given demic Innovations, announces the course, or rather courses, with four faculty members teaching four courses, each yielding full college credit. Origins and inducements of and war, the propaganda build-uparticularized information on any particular war which might be in the offing will be elaborated to boost calm reason and prevent "mass Salt Lake's NEWEST HOTEL p a t v mm 1 n "S hysteria." It was 1 ? that Dr. Hutchia state convention of In 1933 son told New Jersey school teachers that "education In high schools, colleges and universities has become the great American rack- An enthusiastic social worker, she takes an active interest in projects to care for all types of unfortunates. Income from much of her writing has gone for this purpose. Above the is shown placing baby in the new portable incubator she presented to a i hospital on behalf of the Washington Variety club. et." His Idea, J. (Consolidated 7 v ''SS . , v. 7-- 1 ...... since 1932. feature. - 1 1 - K I .;.''.. . , ..(fl expounded and amplified. Is that the above Is made manifest by the appalling number of college graduates who are Just a Jump or twn ahead of the police in "defalcations, corrupt practices, municipal graft" and the like. He is a former Presbyterian minister of Florissant Colo., president of W. & -6 later J V WNU Service. Hotel TEMPLE SQUARE OptKxtta Mormon Tempi. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED) Rife$1.50 to J3.00 It a mark of distinction to stop tr this beautiful hrntelry ERNEST C. B08HITER, Mrr. I Golden Banquet Hall The Golden Banquet chamber of the city hall of Stockholm Sweden, has mosaic walls against a background of glittering gold. Over a million tiny pieces of colored stones went to make the decoration and each separate piece gleams on the visitor. hi' !pN tttm Bmtt Sedan, Mfr.lrt; MfulUa LW.O4a |