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Show 'Regular U. S. Exports Are Replaced by Orders for ' Military Goods. 'I ' WASHINGTON. War Is playing havoc with international trade. As hostilities continue on two continents, trade experts are kept busy revising trade reports. Uncle Sams current export-trad- e reports reflect rising orders for tanks and airplanes instead of apples and wheat; lumber instead of pork; machinery instead of tobacco, says the National Geographic society. Great Iritaln is shifting her orders for raw materials and foodstuffs to regions within the empire wherever possible, concentrating on such surplus items as" Australian wool, meat, and dairy products; New Zealands butter, cheese, and lamb; Canadas copper, lead, lumber, and bacon. Germany, cut off by allied blockade from the usual flow .of overseas supplies, is seeking her necessities from nearby conti- nental sources.. In some cases one wars trade has slowed down that of another. L . .Japan's supplies of chemicals-an- minerals, for example, needed to carry on the Chinese war, have been inconveniently reduced or cut off altogether from a Europe ' conserving.! ts own war materials. The blockade against the Reich has curtailed Japan's delivery of Manchu-kuoa-n soy beans in exchange for machinery, chemicals, and construction materials. Embargoes by western belligerents against Japans toy exports and other wartime have blocked the outlets for a large share of Nippons foreign trade. , Neutrals as well as belligerents have inaugurated various national economic policies that have upset former international trade streams. Turkey,. for instance, by' tailing to renew her clearing agreement with. Germany, has discontinued a large business amounting roughly to half of the nations foreign export commerce. Following recent international financial and commercial arrangements, Turkish exports, such as dried fruits and tobacco, are now postmarked for the allies. Manufacturers around the globe n are feeling the strain of trade dislocations. Italys artificial fiber producers, for Instance, are . -- ' U ' facing a problem of diminished cellulose supplies usually imported from Finland and Sweden. The disruption and rerouting of commodity lanes has sometimes resulted in specific local gains. Such is expected from the shift of cacao markets, offering new sales opportunities in the United States for Latin Americas countries, notably Brazil and Ecuador. In British Malayh, India, and the Netherlands Indies, where war has .J 'Jr , U t, fiM id TANKS CONSTRUCTED IN COMPAHTWtNTS OB CIllS. LEAKS CAN ON IV FLOOD ONE COMPART" PUNT. TANKS HELD TO STftZNCTMtN HUH, HEAVY WHIU ACT T'HIEF, thief, thief! Thief thief. thief, thief Sammy Jay was screaming at the top Jf his lungs eg he followed Buster Bear across the Old Pasture toward the Green Forest Never had he screamed so loud and never had his voice soupded so excited. The litUe people of the Green Forest the Green Meadows, and the Smiling Pool are so used to hearing Sammy cry thief that usually they think very little about it But every blessed one who heard Sammy this morning stopped whatever he was doing and listened. Sammy's cousin. Blacky the Crow, Just happened to be flying along the edge of the Old Pasture, and the minute he heard Sammys voice he turned and flew over to see what It was all about Just as soon as he caught sight of Buster Bear running for the Green Forest as hard as ever he could, he understood what had excited Sammy so. He was so surprised that he almost forgot to keep his 'wings moving. Buster Bear had what looked to Blacky very much like a tin pail hanging from his neck! No wonder Sammy was excited. Blacky beat his wings and followed Sammy. Poor Buster. It was bad enough to be frightened almost to death as My Own Rrncle Is this cham- he had been up in the Old Pasture pion cocker spaniel's name and Is when the pail from which he had really the correct caption for this stolen the berries picked by Farmpicture, for the boy pictured with er Browns Boy had caught over his Brucie is George MeDenthln, non head just as Farmer Browns Boy of the dogs owner, Herman Mellen-thi- n had yelled at him. Then to have of Poughkeepsie, N. T. The the handle of the pail alip down around his neck so that he couldn't dog was Judged best of the show In the Westminster Kennel clubs an- get rid of the pail, but had to take nual show held recently In New York it with him as he ran was making a bad matter worse. city. AV MAINTAIN TAIUTY. WHEEL. RISE TO ROLL OVER OnSTACWtS non-stnkab- le e. That is Just another way of saying 'shamed. Yes, sir, Buster felt that with that pail hanging around his neck he was shamed In the eyes of his neighbors and he wanted nothing so much as to get sway by himself where no one could see him and there try to get rkl of that dreadful paiL But Buster is so big that It is not easy V'f He Felt Humiliated. Buzzard came dropping down out of the blue, blue sky and took a seat on a convenient dead tree where he could see all that went on. "01 Mistab Buzzard began to grin as soon as be saw that tin pall on Busters neck. Then came others Redtail the Hawk, Scrapper the Kingbird, Redwing the Blackbird, Drummer the Woodpecker, Welcome Robin, Tommy Tit the Chickadee, Jenny Wren, Redeye the Vireo, and ever so many more. They came from the Old Orchard, the Green Meadows, and even from down by the Smiling Pool, for the voices of Sammy Jay and Blacky the Crow carried far, and at the sound of them everybody hurried over, sure that something exciting was going on. Presently Buster heard light footsteps, and peeping out he saw Billy Mink and Peter Rabbit and Jumper the Hare and Prickly Porky and Reddy Fox and Jimmy ' Skunk. Even timid little Whitefoot the Wood Mouse was where he could peep oui and see without being seen. Of course Chatterer the Red Squirrel and Happy Jack the Gray Squirrel were there. ' There they all sat in a great circle around him, each where he felt safe, but where he could see. and every one of them laughing and making fun of Buster. Thief, thief, thief! screamed Sammy until his throat was sore. The worst of it was Buster knew that everybody knew that it was true. That awful pail waa proof ol - 20-ga- -- addressing or speaking of a man and uifa, using their proper names, those " nomooppevrtjirstP-lbr"ti- ir playing bridge, is there any etiquette as to who picks up the tricks . Thank you. MISS M. B. B. Answer Just how you speak of a man and his wile depends on how well you know them. If they are intimate friends, you would naturally speak of them or address them as Anne and Bill Kern, but if you know them only casually, then you would refer to them as Mr. and Mrs. Kern." (b) If you are the maker and playing the dummy, you would naturally pick up the tricks you take. Otherwise, when playing maker, ihe .partner -- w-h takes the first trick customarily accumulates the other tricks taken by his side: Belmont. WNU Senrie. Ply 111 ttonokw , HAVEN OF" SCIENCE BECAUSE OF WAR the records of the Nobel foundation Facts and figures on the Nobel show that several prize winners in prize winners in physics, as gathother years are carrying here. ered by Prof. Raymond T. Bridge, Two of the last. six winners. Dr. reveal the impressive part that this Enrico Fermi of Columbia univer- country is playing in the developsity and Dr. . Ernest Lawrence of ment of physics studies. - Nine of the in the camCalifornia, Physics Nobel prize pus of the University of California, winners are in the United States. Dr. Fennils the holder of the Hitch. The five of six latest winners incock professorship and Dr. Law clude Carl D. Anderson and V. G. rence heads the universitys radia- Hess, Jtoth of the California InstiJ tion laboratory, p . .. tute of Technology who won the are-workin- g $ self-admitt- Jf'Ol'LD you mind putting me straight on ha follounng questions. (at In BERKELEY, CALIF.-- As a result of the war and unsettled conditions In Europe, the United States has attracted the top rnk scientists of the world, and is becoming not only the haven for science but the world center of it, officials of the University of California agree. This is indicated, it is pointed out by the fact that five of the last six Nobel prize winners in physics are working in the United States, while fr n left-mind- ed it against-th- e ting, his head goes frets and worries field, either. rr,,k ,c'r.u., i Yh - j in PM7 M s bombing crew, hit much more than his w 'Kl ZlV every day be Is out tnd playing a great Sa player in either major give, a smoother performance one end of a season to the jcutr gUeT tar teresti ch U British Women Prepare Fodder for War Machine U. S. BECOMES the American leaie is as tight as seemingly pennant of the cirilubs ever, the remaining conceded means no cuit have by (Ball SjnxUcato WNU Sarvtca.) 1940 championship. the them One of the most Like Old Man River, the Yanks WASHINGTON. on rollin a extraordinary deflations of polit- probably will keepof rightother seven the e Washington along. Managers ical idol that observers can remember is being teams in the Junior circuit doubtreflected in New Dealers' estimate lessly are making big medicine, but of Frank Murphy, now a Justice of most of it comes under the head of the Supreme court, before that at- wishful thinking. torney general, and practically a The Cleveland Indians, for Innational figure while governor of stance, havenl as yet cried uncle. Michigan, because of-- his attitude Manager Oscar Vlti Isnt bashfnl In strikes in the about the intimating that the tribe may trim automobile plants. the Yanks down to sixe. Of coarse, In 1938 Murphy was at the top of this is the best time to show confihis popularity curve with New Dealdence about beating tbe Yankees. ers. His defeat, by Its almost impossible to get a black a 'Republican, for before tbe battle as gov- eye Bnt Vitt isnt whistling past n way ernor was one of cemetery. He has a good team af the bitterest blows least potentially. the New. Dealers had to take. Their Double Question Mark wails about Murphy Much of the Indians success or and Michigan were the coming seaof lack exmuch worse, for two on will son men, Johnny ample, than about Allen anddepend Beau Bell. Both of them the Republican ball in 1936 and sweep in Ohio and played 37 and were stamped with the mark Pennsylvania, or of true greatness. However, during the election of a the two seasons their work past G. O. P. executive in Oregon. Now the tribe is count- suffered. has It was a menacing arrow point Ing the return of reactionaryism,etc. When Murphy was made attorney general, there was rejoicing among the New Dealers, and bitter comabout Tories ments from the lame duck appointments. New Dealers Irritated. But the moment Murphy took his first action in the department of Justice there was a perceptible movement away from him by the New Dealers. Irritation of tbe New Dealers with Murphy speedily became manifest in his conferences with newspaper of the men. The most writers, those in closest sympathy with Corcoran, Cohen and Jackson, began to attempt to prick the air of righteousness with which Murphy always surrounded himself on such occasions. PITCHER JOHNNY ALLEN inTo listen' to the Shows Club Prasident Alva Bradley siders now, Murphy had no choice his throwing arm. about taking the Supreme court justiceship. It was that or get out, ing on Allen and Bell coming back, say those close to the White House and they know that unless these former stars improve there isnt much Januaries. But it looks j as if Murphy has hope for the Cleveland cause. been losing out with other elements, It isnt that Bell and Allen are the while gaining no new friends. two outstanding players on tbe Indian roster. ' Their importance lies Presidential Primaries. in the fact that their services are In the early days of the Progressive movement, back in the days necessary if Cleveland is to have a when Robert M. La Follette, father good year. Right now they're both of the present senator, was the hero unknown quantities. Maybe they cant come through and maybe they of many forward looking citizens, and in the days leading up to the can. You know what Oscar Vitt nomination of Woodrow Wilson by hopes. the Democrats, considerable imporla trading Bruce Campbell for tance was attached to the idea of Beaa Bell, Manager Vitt secured the letting the voters decide as many services of a man who hit above 441 la 1936 and 37. He slipped tbe Important questions as possible. Nearly every Progressive, wheth- next year, and was used as aa extra er he were Democrat, Republican, outfielder in 1939. Tbe former Si. or Socialist, for example, believed Louis slugger seems to bo redeemin the initiative, referendum and re- ing himself this year. He has been call The Progressives believed in clouting the ball as hard as any the direct election of senators, in- member of the team la spring bai-tin-g stead of by the old plan laid down practice, and his hits have been in the Constitution for their electthe fierce line drives to right and ion- by legislatures. - Most of sQ, right center that characterised him they believed in the nomination of in his great years. candidates for President by preferJohnny Allen has been a ential presidential primaries. . winner only once in his major As a young and enthusiastic Proleague career and only three times gressive, a junior member of the in the dozen years he has been staff of the Baltimore Sun, the but he has set a phenomepitching, to talked writer many of the then nal mark in the matter of winning political leaders of the Democratic percentage. party, and to veteran political writers from most of. the great news- A Great Record papers of the country, at the JBalti Hirhaswon 108 games and lost more" convention" in" 1912, the one 43 In eight years in the Amerionly that nominated Woodrow Wilson can league a record touched by after William Jennings Bryan very few pitchers In the history of Jumped his own primary instructions for Champ Clark and turned baseball. Lefty Grove is tbe only active pitcher who Is a near rival of the tide to Wilson, Alien. Grove has a lifetime percent- Easy te Muddy Waters. i Johnnys It ought to have been elear to us This in spite of the fact that Allen's' how easy it would be to muddy the percentage has suffered In the past waters, never bettwo seasons while Groves has been ter illustrated than assisted. An operation. In. in both' th.e Demowas too close to the 1939 cratic and Republiseason to prove its value to Allen. can parties this Another Redskin upon whom Ixjdi-- n year,' 28 years latfans pin their hopes is Lou Bouder. But even in that reau, a youngster wbo came up from year it so, happens Buffalo last August and is that Wilson, who today regarded as the best shortstop the' Inwon the nominadians have had in a score of tion, lost most if not years. Experienced newspaper correspondall of the primaries ents feel that Boudreau is much in which he faced more than a flash in the pan. and Champ Clark, WiUons nomina- .They think. Lou' will play an lm-- " Uoh"walnade possible, only by the portant part with the Indians this switch of delegatee elected to vote year whether they end up where lor Clark to him. Oscar Vitt wants them to or close Four years after Bryan jumped,. ?. eason. la the. second division.-;;- . " Vltt adml ti the club could use one E. Hughes was nominated more' pitcher. In fact, the search by the Republicans without mani- for one has occupied a lot of hia festing any great strength in the time. Ho knows be can count oa primaries. Indeed until he was Boh Feller, and Is quite confident nominated no one could be quite sure be would accept Four years f Mel Harder, but Harry Eisen-A-1 after that Hiram W. Johnson made MQnar and Willis Hndlin the best showing in the primaries, are his only starting hopes. defeating both Leonard Wood and If Allen comes back to be a conFrank O. Lowden. for example, in sistent winner, the Indian pitching the vital Michigan primary. No staff wffl be in the best condition of primaries had importantly demon- toe past several strated the strength of James M. the comfortable years. Vitt knows feeling which comes Cox for the Democratic nomination from a hurler like Feller on having' the same year. his staff: top-not- Burj. war-tim- THOUGH BEACH. -- Bas. Peced together. mak players meal ticket a ! r' when the average piay ib-du- ring I wish I had never thought of for him to find a hiding place. So when he reached the Green Forest berries," growled Buster to bimselL C T. W. WNU Service. he kept right on to the deepest, darkest, most lonesome part and crept under the thickest hemlock tree he could find. But it was of no use. The sharp eyes of Sammy Jay and Blacky the Crow saw him. They actually flew Into the very tree under which he was hiding, and how they did scream! ' Pretty soon 01 Mistah la response to Winston Churchills call for 1,000,000 British women to aid In the production of munitions, these wmenu workers marksheU gases. with expiosi rrTh e Ir Wor k,h o p" is a shell shed in u munitions depot of the British ministry of supply. Some 3,000,000 British women did this work during the World war. An even greater number of French women are taking. an active part la e activities, many of them working on farms and in industrial plants. Union.) (Be leased by Western Newspaper the New York Yankees gets-wider The Invention of William L. Wheeler, Loo Angeles, Calif., this lifeboat is claimed to be nnsinkable. Ue Invented the boat after Uiree of hia family had been lost in aea disasters. and It la all enclosed, making It tanks underneath Bnoyance help keep it on an even keel. Designs for tbe boat have been completed by n famous artist, and application baa been made for n patent. He felt I AMI McSIIANE By ROBERT sit-dow- n CtNTIRBOABDTO -- !oh Vitt' Confident Bell and Allen Will Aid Tribe old-tim- MXnfAHCY By THORNTON BURGESS My Own Brucie Frank Murphy losing out with New Dealers, WashPresidenington hears . tial primaries never a decisive factor . N f 1. Sammy Jay Humiliates Buster With Cries of Thief; Thief! 1 Rtvitwtd by CARTERFULD g hammered other normal sources of supply, improved markets are now reported for United States specialties, such as machinery, iron and Steel,' radios and other manufactured goods. Following the agreement, the United Kingdom and France are giving preferred treatment to allied products. ls NATIONAL AFFAIRS : A war-bor- cacao-producin- Sneaking of Sports It Cant Sink, Claims Lifeboat Inventor Foreign Trade of All Nations Is Upset byjiWars Jn Europe . Thursday. MaM. THE WEEKLY REFLEX PACE TWO prize Jointly in 1936; Dr. Clinton J Davisson of the Bell Telephone laboratories, who shared the prize with Dr. George P. Tompson, noted Brit ish physicist in 1937, and Dr. Fermi and Lawrence, whowon the prize in 1938 and 1939 respectively. Altogether, 48 scientists in many countries, have won the Nobel prizi in physics, the first being William Konrad Roentgen, who created the Roentgen ray. 2hi Decern--bcrri93- 8, , hirjstati;-prittiaryZinsU:uctionsr-Charl- FRANKIE CROSETT1 u i Every day is Just like every otbe C theyre all good. of Crosetti, course, has spurts i: which he will average .300 or ove and when he hits a ball solidly, b Can drive it a long way, having line wrist action that makes up to the size end weight that most powe hitters have. It was a home run by Crosetti wi: Myril Hoag on base in the eight Inning that broke the resistance of' fered by Dizzy Dean to the Yankees In the second game of the 1938 world series a smash that wrecked a da sic stand by Diz when the odds loomed high against him. ' The Best Combination Frankies main value nkees to the Ya- lies, naturally, in his superb defensive play. He and ' Joe Gordon provide the Yanks with the best seconcombina- d-base tion in the game to- day and one of the best ever. Of these Utter ' preday keek-up- s ceding that of Crosetti and Gordon, a balance was lacking. Laxxert, one of tbe great second basemen through his first year, with the Yankees didst hsve, la Koenig, a shortstop to mstch him. Koenig was a good ball hot aa erratic one, a much better hitter than Crosetti but nowben near Crosetti in the matter of field-that Laueri had to ing lri, carry him much of the time. Lazzeri also had to carry Crosetti when Frankie Joined the Yankees, and schooling him to the msjors some them, between working out, semblance of smoothness. And then. Just as Crosetti had learned his ww I 1 n J f I around and learned how to work with Lazzeri, Tony slowed up. . At Ust Joe McCarthy, striving that desperately for a comblnsties Cr could make double plays, Pt are settl and Gerdon together. Theyfeto-er and matched pl7 sto perfectly confidence, speed The plays they rhythm. the World Series last fsD--toe play they made during the season satisfied even McCarthy, wboss hard man te satisfy ' to double ptoy. fetish the I with chimpfi j The Threat by Werber Winning a berth with the wasnt an one Bad toan rather, holding it after he his light of wasnt easy. Because hitting, his Job was inBehai h... the. spring of through the regular shortstop his first year. Alse at the Yankee camp w Petersbsrf spring of 1933 at St. hasem third now Bill Werber, was , Werber the Reds. xetti never has been ancUy merchant, for all Q which he bounces around field, spearing line drives, up grounders, trting ea doable playw- -f 1933-afte- r 37 Carthy. demands to for more speed-- Werber was erfnl and aggmshr- - I I L. U PT almost backlrkrd. eve The Threat Answered Werber, Just up from .urtrf with fore the stay at St F . thougB ended, it looked D was his. and other lieving McCarthy &. . choice, made jvg CroseKi Then McCarthy gave the and at the Job again he turned In aa tbe B hcii North decided the tussle. to Rfd to on and Werber went Sox. - - T Ya ir '0C |