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Show THE PAGE TWO ' I - - I r- TIMES-NEW- - WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS The Bic Parade: Victor Moore-the-merri- er Ethel Barrymore, whose acting Is the only spotlight she needs . . . Martha Raye the one-ga- l Hellzapoppin' . . . Chico Marx at Leon & Eddie's, In a checkered suit noisier than the floor show there Frankie Hyers. the "Panama Hattie" clown a grown-u. Mrs. Jascha Mickey Rooney Heifetz coming out of Juy Thorpe's to drop a few coins into the cup of a passing blind violinist . . . Prls-cill- a Lane talking a cop out of giving her a ticket near the Lincoln . tunnel Bunny Waters of the Billy Rose festival at the Horseshoe wearing a wedding ring. A what? . Cafe decorator Vernon studying the ruins of London in a newspaper, and exclaiming: "Good heavensl My tailor'a place has been blown to bits wotta Beaverbrook'a C. V. R. pity!" Thompson, who calls It "The Italian Quitzkricg." . . . . . p . . Mac-Farlan- e, . Sallies In Our Alley: G. Henrl-HayVlchy'i envoy to the U. S., ia going home. France knows it is important to have a good man in Washington . . . "And," observed . a critic, "that ain't Haye!" Eddy Duchin knows an Italian general who (in reporting to II Duce) was asked about the Albanian . . . "It's all Greek to At a dinme!" was the reply ner the other night, when a speaker remarked that the perfect age tor a woman was thirty, Toastmaster Bob Christenberry added: "Especially if she is forty." e, . . ... PARITY PAYMENTS new congress is still chiefly in the "talk" stage, but one thing can be put down as definite: The parity payment pro gram at best Is due for a big slash. In the new budget now being framed, parity payments are not entirely eliminated, but they are cut to the bone. Instead of the voted last spring, the figure under consideration is only $50,000,-00And even this isn't certain. It Is entirely possible, under the policy of holding down all "normal" expenditures to the bone to provide mora funds for defense, that the parity item may be eliminated tirely before the budget Is finished. Some congressional farm leaders are making no secret of their desire to supplant parity loans with a more financially sound plan. Chief r among them is Rep. Hampton of South Carolina, new chairman of the house agriculture committee, who is a strong advocate af the "income certificate plan." This is a modified version of the old AAA processing tax under which processors would pay growers the difference between the market price and parity, in certificates purchased from the government. . record-breakin- g . e . 4 While cannon roared and ships were torpedoed into the deep, talk of peace broke out in Europe. But there was no peace. The fury on land,' sea and in the air did not abate, nor did there seem much chance that the peace moves would be successful. In England a motion was made in commons by Independent Labor-itc- s from Glasgow that the government seek a negotiated peace. The government's reply was made by MaJ. Clement Atlee, Labor leader, who said the choice was not war or peace but "war and what kind of peace." The motion was defeated 341 to 4. The following day in a Northampton election a candidate who campaigned on a "stop the war" platform was defeated 1,167 to 10.587. In Germany there were indications that Adolf Hitler was seeking formula to bring an end to the misadventure Italian against Greece. The effort was handled by Frani von Papen in Turkey who sought to have that nation intervene with Greece. This was Important since any German move to help Mussolini would require movement of Nazi troops through Bulgaria or Jugoslavia and risk involvement with Turkey. But Greece was in no mood for a cessation of hostilities. In Portugal there were rumors of movements seeking underground peace. Many looked upon this as the most logical step of all, since Hitler would rather trust dictator-controlle-d Portugal than either the pope or President Roosevelt. Also Portugal has for 400 years been allied to England. W or Coes On In Italy, Premier Mussolini was continuing reorganization of his combat forces. Added to the retirement list was Marshal Pietro Badoglio. hero of Ethiopia and commander of all armed forces; Gen. Ettore Bastico, governor of the strategic Dodecanese islands; and Admiral Cavagnarl. chief of the naval staff who had served Italy in five wars. The "Invasion of Greece" begun a month earlier was turning into a debacle. Italian forces had lost all supply bases and alrbases in southern Albania. Many of the bases had been built and equipped aince Italy took over Albania and atl were aimed at carrying on the march toward the Aegean. How far Into central Albania tht Italians would be forced to retreat before finding a new defense line was uncertain. la I'gypt the British opened another blitz against the Italians. For weeks the army of Marshal Graziani sat at Sidi Barrani. 75 miles within Then the the Egyptian border. British struck. In the first three days thry took 4,000 prisoners, killed the commanding officer of the post and captured his assistant. All this was aimed at pressing a concerted drive to crack Italy and put a wedge into the Axis alliance Within Italy there were reports of riots and murmurs of discontent. Otherwise on the war front: C. Britain pressed its case f r finanl ERR (' KOl'NI) William Reuther. young, red cial aid from the United States and haired executive of the United Autc the movement was highlighted by adWorkers, hits submitted a plan to an expression from Jess Jones, defense authorities whereby, by ua ministrator of the RrC. that he reas "a g(d risk." ing the entire auto Industry as one garded England British undt Frederick Sir Philips. It would be withir possible plant. of the treasurer, conferred Six months to prluce an on English holdings single-moto- r pursuit plane at th in Washington rate of 50 a day Under Reulher'i in the U. S . which may not be sufSensational program the planes no' ficient to last another year. S navy rt parted I's bti;K! only would incorporate all the lutes' C The V. of jcre'l developments tf Britain's tamoui ing program was ahead was one new turned and being ship one would but cut only Spitfires out every 12 days. third their present price r I big-tim- New I'errhld; Bnb Grant's crew toying with the rhythms at the Savoy Plata Benny Goodman's torndisc of "Benny Rides Again." a Columbia platter Connie BosWeil's double-talwarbling of ' via the Bir Crosby proDouglas Williams' new gram bonk: "The New Conternp' itiles " 's The first book published by in ten years Warden Lawes' thrilling bonk: "Meet the Cora Murderer" (Harper's) Cola's new radio show via CPSun k Bren-tano- day . . !' the Kostclsnnu) nt ffWInl Washington, D. C. REARMAMENT DAWDLING Is The rearmament . program dawdling for two reasons. Government is not organized for industrial mobilization, and neither is indus- these etlimni, the this newspaper.) ml Newspaper tvwM' PEACE TALK: On Many Fronts has-bee- sun-lam- (Puaan CANAL. ZONE. A picture by the Signal Corps, U. S. A., showing Secretary of Navy Frank Knox (left) as he inspected the army's coastal defenses, "Somewhere In Panama." Shown left to right are: Secretary Knox; MaJ. Gen. Jarman, commanding the Panama coast artillery brigade; Lieut. Gen. Van Voorhis, commanding the army's Canal forces; Captain Uickey, I5th naval district chief of staff; and Lieut. Col. Carl hard-heade- Broad-wayite- art xprss tm saiecmril Wheal pinion thm mmw mnmljmt sod by Western Kobsenberger. CHRISTMAS Jour: f IMNm try. This is not the fault of the war department This country made two startling contributions to the art and science of major modern war in 1917 and 1918. One was the selective service idea for the mobilization of man power. The other was the War Industries board method for mobilizing industry. ! ' ' ' Neither was fished out of a hat Both were perfected through a painful period of trial and error misA LOXDOX, ENGLAND. take and correction until, at the Harrow schoolboy laughingly end, they were working welL holding parts of a German inAlmost as soon as the war was bomb which had cendiary over, the war department began a fallen on the famous English careful study of both. Few regular school during a recent air had been included in either raid. Slight damage was done officers but effort nearly all the principal to the schooFs museum, which actors were living and the records houses many British relics. and reports were copious. Year after year, these experienced men were brought back to LIFE JOBS: lecture class after class of officers At the Top in the war college and army indusResignations of Chief Justice trial college on all these experiences the underlying principles, the blunCharles Evans Hughes and Assoders and triumphs, the blind alleys ciate Justice James McReynolds from the Supreme court are expect- explored and all the stone walls ed shortly after the inauguration. It ngainst which these pioneers had hs been gossip in the capital for butted and bloodied their heads. weeks that Hughes offered his resigAs a result of all these studies and nation, but was prevailed upon by stories, the war department drew the President to withhold it until up plans for both mobilizations for after the campaign. major war men and materials. The appointments, which are for Year after year, these plans were life, are greatly sought after by law- revised and carefully checked with yers who regard it as the highest the veterans of the earlier effort honor that can come to their proOn the principle of industrial mofessions. Many have been mentioned directed for the two places, but there is some bilization, of which he had indication the chief justice place the 1918 effort, Bernard M. Baruch devoted much of his time and enermay be filled from members now helping the war desitting, either Mr. Justice Stone or gy, patiently to an adaptation partment perfect Mr. Justice Douglas. If such would of his original plan to every changhappen, the President could make three appointments instead of two. ing circumstance. When this emergency arrived, the For the other places there has been mention of Senator M in ton of war department was ready with Indiana, who was defeated in the plans complete almost to the last recent campaign; Leon Henderson comma for both selective service of the SEC, and Attorney General and the industrial effort. Jackson. Appointment of Jackson The war department's draft plan might raise to cabinet status Franwas permitted to be put into effect cis Biddle, now solicitor general. with very few changes, but for some reason, its equally well constructed and war tested plan for industrial mobilization was ditched. The result is before our eyes. The in the netvs draft machinery is running as well great effort could be Prisoner Mrs. Elizabeth Deegan, as any such to run. In industrial moclerk in the U. S. embassy, -- was expected taken into custody by German secret bilization we are repeating by page and number and almost by date evpolice in Paris. The granddaughter ery single blunder of 1917 and 1918. of the former senator from North These plotted and proCarolina was accused of assisting vided all had been British officers escape occupied ter- ment against in the war departplan. ritory. It is impossible to carry on withCitizen In 1936 Ruth Bryan Owen, an daughter of the "Great Commoner" out confusion, waste and delay biland minister to Denmark, married armament program running into lions by simply flinging it to a peace-geare- d Capt. Boerge Rohde. gentleman-in-waitinto Denmark's King Chrisindustry as a bone is tossed tian X. Now in Lewisburg. W. Va., to a dog. It requires careful orthe former commander of the king's ganization of both demand and suplife guards has taken the oath of ply, organization of the many and allegiance to the United States. He sometimes conflicting government said he adopted citizenship because procurement agencies, as well as organization of the myriad producno other country in the world guaring agencies of industry. That has antees such freedom. Romance Diego Rivera, Mexican not been done at all and that is what muralist, was married. Cupid shot is the matter with things. him in a duel with Freda Koh'a, who, incidentally, was the artist's WASHINGTON THE CENTER third wife, from whom he was diThis City of Washington was esvorced in 1939. tablished as our seat of government partly on the argument that TRAVELERS: it was a central location and partly in a kind of trade to insure national Sea and Air President Roosevelt studied the assumption of the debts of the states. Caribbean defense situation first Perhaps the Founding Fathers hand, on the ground. On the U. S. S. could not possibly have foreseen the Tuscaloosa he visited French-owne- d astonishing expansion of our counMartinique, British-owne- d Antigua, try, but now our central location in in the Leeward Islands, as well as area is somewhere In Kansas, and our center of population, (not yet American territory. The duke and duchess of Windsor announced from the last census) is reversed that schedule, coming from probably in Indiana. the Caribbean Bahamas, where the As a result Washington is about former king is governor, to Miami, as inconveniently located as possiFla. The voyage was entirely In- ble for most U S citizens to exerformal and was to give the duchess cise their constitutional right to an opportunity to visit a dentist visit the seat of the government Col. William J. Donovan, wartime Nobody would dream of suggestof the commander "Fighting that the capital be moved. Its ing Euroa was passenger on the is hallowed in our history location pe-bound Clipper plane under the What with its own advance and the name "Donald Williams." Last July of others due to war and Colonel Donovan visited England decline misfortune it is. by all odds, the mysteriously just before the swap of most beautiful city in the world. It U. S. destroyers for British air bases is advancing yearly in beauty as in the Western hemisphere was anwell as in wealth and population. nounced. On this trip his destinaNo. the capital will never be tion is unknown and his mission changed, but why are other cities and all the states so complacent MISCELLANY: about permitting so much of their C Turkish newspapers reported that money to be drained away to b approximately 200 Jewish refugees spent In this one spot? The great bound from Bulgaria to Palestine head administrative offices have to were drowned when their ship broke be grouped about the Chief Executo pieces in rough seas near Istantive, but why do the hundreds ol thousands of workers? bul. Turkey. C. After 55.000 uneventful trips on It has always been a marvel to whose bid for re the Chicago-Clevelanroute, a United Airlines Mainliner with 16 people election is the Squeedunk post ofnet aboard crashed at the Chicago air- or the improvement of Skunk creek tn port during dirty weather. Ten were have overlooked this possibility stead of making a short snack at killed, six injured. man work for a doren plumbers, carpenC For 10 years a lived In Johnson City. Tenn., raised ters and masons or a dredging crew, a family, a'tamed a splendid repu they might bring hnme a continuing taion and became a member of the payroll tn real money. It is astonishing, too. that the police force. Then it was revealed he was E E Sa; p. wanted by Texas states and cities haven't done some police after his escxpe on a 99 year low and lofty squawking over being t m in connection wth murder of so copiously and cont numisly milked h i first wife. Fir fcerprirts in anfor a d s'ant community and getother case trapped him ting so little in return FOR CHRISTMAS TICS YEAR SEND Greeting Cards of Distinction AND r Ful-me- . . NOTE en- one-fift- . mt 0. ... . (FIMTOR'B are tb $212,-000,0- VERY MERRY General Johnson School Days Lord Lothian, British Envoy, Dies Farm legislation for the Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones wasn't exaggerating when he predicted that this would be the most prosperous Christmas In history. Economists of the federal reserve board, commerce and labor departments estimate a Yuletide business Smalltown Vignette: Orson Welles season surpassing even the peak in had a lecture date to fill recently 1929. According to their private fig. The date in a midwestern town . ures, dollar sales will about equal came on a chilly, rainy night, and 1929, but business volume will be Morea thin crowd turned out . considerably heavier (1940 price lev-el- a are nearly 20 per cent lower). over, the committee had neglected to provide a speaker to introduce That Is, each dollar spent will buy h more than it did in He stepped onto the about Welles the last of the boom years. platform, looked over the scattered This is the way the experts foreaudience, and said: "You probably cast the Christmas season: don't know me. I'm a stage director, producer, actor and designer. Employment Because of the vast defense program, employment will In Hollywood I'm a producer, direcbe greater this month than at any tor and actor. In radio I'm a director and actor. In fact, there's no time since 1929. with more than (excluding temporary Christpoint in continuing this thing. There are so many of me and 10 tew mas employees) on private payrolls an increase of 1.400.000 over Deof you!" cember, 1939. Payrolls Manufacturing payrolls Memos of a Midnlghter: Doria will cent greater than last be 11 Dudley and June Havoc no longer December. perThat means $25,000,000 share the same apt. Reason: Life more a week will be in wages mag did a layout on Dudley's manse to Industrial workers.paid in White Plains and June hogged the Sales generally will lens for nearly 70 per cent of the beRetail trade from 8 to 10 per cent greater file is to pi expected Margo than 1939. Department store sales against F. Lederer within the fortwill be 5 per cent more than last She's been night but still under her New York attorney from Christmas, 1929. On the other hand, . The buzz has ReuHollywood and variety store sales ben Mamoulian stitching with Irene mail order be the highest In history. Lee of Warner's story dep't soon will A very Merry Christmas, Indeed. . Remember Tommy Jackson, who became famous playing the deWIl.LKIE AND NEW CHAIRMAN tective in "Broadway"? Well, he's There is a sputtering of Ire among now on the District Attorney's staff Republican national committeemen in L. A . as a special Investigator when they heard that Wendell Will-kiThe gab persists that Dewey considers it his right to name will retire New Year's Day for priChairman vate practice . Hemingway says the successor to National to he is buying a house in Cuba, not Joe Martin, who hiswants to quit in time order to give all bossing switching citizenship. the house Republicans. Willkie picked Martin, and now Manhattan Murals: The recent takes the position that he also is snow and slush putting a wet blanentitled to select Martin's successor. ket on the city's streets. The best But to the political Miami Beach ad of them all candidate running professionals, The bright little Christmas card for office and a defeated candidate shoppes that spring up every year are horses of entirely different colat this time adding a little sparkle ors. The to-- is a potential incumto the dreary town The sign bent who may have patronage and In the window of a hosiery shop: favors to dispense, and therefore "Do Your Christmas Shopping, commands the right to call the tune. . . The Carnegie Hall is Girlyl" But a defeated standard-beareApartments which advertise: "Piano a and the boys are not ins The excited and Bath" terested In faded hopes. arguing about the headlines, So Willkie's claim to continued the near Times 'Building Union party leadership is meeting with Square in a high hat Sign ia very glacial response. When he told a West 49th Street barber shop some of the national committeemen treatment: featuring a that thry should name the man he "We'll Tan Your Hide for 60 wants, the boys tactfully, but pointCents." edly, replied that the national committee la an elected body and alone MGM will has the power to fill a chairmanship Broadway Tlrker-Tapexploit "Comrade X" this way: "It's vacancy. funnier than Ninotchka and easier to pronounce!" Are Sam Bar MARTIN'S srt'CESSOR e ken the prop of Miami Beach's Martin is very eager to sited him 5 o'CUck Club and Barbara self of the chairmanship. MacLean secretly sealed? The The undercover maneuvering for j S. Carmels have separate tepees the strategic place already Is hot He's a noted attorney She's the Tom Dewey, Governor Bricker of Ohio. Sen Bob Taft. Senator Van- "legs" in the Real Silk adverts They are saying Miriam Hopkins' denberg and others, with 1944 In next play: "Battle of the Angels" mind, each Is determined that no is the nsgayest yet It's a girl one hostile to him shall get It The for the Richard Snyders of the Mirsituation calls tor a neutral, or One of the biggest indusror someone acceptable to a combina- trialists in the nation (whose initials lion of the leaders are B D ) has Just bet a small mint Martin privatrly is afraid Ut It that the U S will be in a war within won't be possible to find either and 60 days The Mexican president that to avoid a battle-roya- l he will is expected to visit the White House be stock as national chairman for in Feb some time to come , By Edward C. Wayne Hitler Seeks Way to End Misadventure Of Mussolini Against Battling Greeks; Farm Group Asks New 'Parity Loans; Washington. D. C. Heartbeat New York Thursday, December 19, 1940 NEFHI. UTAH S. anti-Fasci- LOSS: One Ambassador "It's like a plank had dropped out of things," was one official reaction in London to the news that Lord Lothian, British ambassador to the United States, had died in Washington, D. C. Victim of a uremic infection. Lord Lothian was ill but a few days and died at the age of 58 years. Night before his death he had been forced by his illness to cancel an appearance before the American Farm Bureau federation meeting in Baltimore. However, in a speech written by him and delivered by Neville Butler, counselor of the British embassy, Lothian made a strong appeal tor more aid by the United States for the British war cause. Announcement of his death followed only by a few hours the news of the speech. Popular in Washington circles, Lothian was respected by his superiors and his countrymen at home. Official British sources said quits frankly that his influence in Washington' would be sorely missed in these critical days. Lord Lothian came to the United States as ambassador in 1939. FARM PROGRAM: Loan Advocated The American Farm Bureau federation, meeting in Baltimore, advocated a program, which through the use of government loans, would peg prices of major crops considerably above current market quotations. The federation, which has been Deal, admitted the plan would require congressional revision of the present agricultural legislation. The present law permits loans up to 75 per cent of parity rates. The proposed legislation would make loans to farmers at rates equivalent to 85 per cent. Edward A. O'Neal, federation president, said parity prices based on current conditions were about $1.12 a bushel for wheat. 15.75 a pound for cotton and 81.5 cents a bushel for corn. Coupled with the high loan feature would be a system of marketing quotas and heavy penalties for farmers who sold in excess of their allotments. pro-Ne- EPIDEMIC: But A'ot Serious in California and Developing sweeping eastward with reduced strength, an epidemic of influenza sent thousands of people to sick beds but at no time became serious in the eyes of medical authorities. Greatest cause of rejoicing among them however, was the fact that the type of influenza was not the deadly one that covered the nation in The present type contained none of the forms of pneumonia present in the World war epidemic. However hundreds of men in army cantonments were placed in hospitals and precautions were set up among the civilian population. Doctors mostly ordered rest and sleep. Right at the moment, there is 00 sure way of controlling Influenza, according to the public health service. 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