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Show Page f 2 A '1 i - if Dies Tunis fa Probe Upon Axis Agents y 3 3 s X i 2 t3 la . !S 3. 3- - StudyOf , , United Italian agents in 'the States was given a No. 1 spot today on the list of subject matter before the Dies committee activities, . on With the State Department Interposing no objections. Chairannounced man Dies rethat the committee would sume its work next Monday or attention centering Tuesday, on the operation of German and Italian consular or other agents in tmt country. Dies had not reached a decision whether the hearings, arof ranged after an exchange of telegrams with Secretary would be - State Hull yesterday, , open to the public, Hull advised Dies that the question of public hearings was something for him to decide at his own discretion as committee chair- man. The Texas congressman said that the committee had accumulated considerable material, more dealing with the Italian diplomatic agents than with the German. The embassies of both Axis all powers have contradicted assertions that officials of their governments here have indulged in anything exceeding their official duties. The State Department figured in the arrangements for the pro scted hearings when Dies, en route back to the capital," ' wired Secretary Hull that he Intended to start the sessions 1 unless the State Department felt I they would embarass . . . con duct of our relations with Ger-- f many" or otherwise complicate - international matters. ' Hull replied that the decision discretion ;- was one for Dies as the responsible chairman of , a legislative committee. The secretary of state expressed appre- - elation to Dies for turning over to him information the committee had collected allegedly concerning questionable activities , by consular or other ' here. This material, he said, had been referred to the Department of Justice for investigation, but no formal report on it had yet been received. - .) 1 Irish' Ship Missing On Voyage To Wales CORK, Ireland, Nov. 14. (AP) 1,023-toIrish cargo The steamer Ardmore, which left Cork for Fishgard, Wales, Monday, was presumed today to be lost. r She carried a general cargo and a Crew of 21). the former By coincidence, Ardmore, owned by the same company, was lost with all hands on Nov. 13, 1917. i i ss V Bucharest Home Ruined By Quake . These are the ruins of a home In Bucharest wrecked In Rumania's disastrous earthquake. The city' death toll from the quake waa 300, the nation's over 1,000. (AP Wlrephoto radioed from Berlin.) None of the proposed plans to aid Spain has crystalled, Welles said, and no final decision had He added signifibeen made. diplomat cantly. in the view of,economic tic circles that Spains problems appeared to be a question for the American Red Cross. ItaliairSea-Advanta- ge - LONDON, Nov. 14. (AP) The triumph over the Italian fleet claimed by the British for torpedo-carryinaircraft of the British fleet air arm has altered the balance of power in the Mediterranean area on land as well as at sea, naval sources said today. With one stroke, they said, the fleet air arm has: -- 1. Eased the task of convoys g the British armies in Egypt and Palestine. 2. Released , powerful naval units for service in the Far East, where the appointment of Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Pophaas commander-in-chie- f points to a strengthening of the empire's Oriental forces. 3. Allowed Britains battle cruisers and lighter ships armed with eight-inc- h guns to Join in the search for a German commerce raider in the Atlantic. 4. Boosted the British empires prestige with the Turks, Greeks and Moslems of the eastern Mediterranean area. 5. Reversed the ratio of capital ships in the Mediterranean from in favor of Italy to e in favor of Britain, g m four-to-thre- PROVES POINTS , The British said torpedo-carryinplanes of the fleet severely damaged two Italian battleships, GOING TO BUILD? probably" knocked a third out of action, and wrecked two cruisMil lee in Writ ers and two auxiliary warships In bnchan k Bolt taka an Armistice night raid on the homi, ceverin, fcaiaaa ei voiioaa alias and Italian naval base at Taranto, in stylaa. coeSn, Is build southern Italy. They declared SJ500 la ftsoe. This the only battleships Italy still valuable bulletins fulds al SB dascristlvs has la action are of World War la fetus tat flu vintage. They also saw In the attack Melvin H. Jensen proof that airplanes operating from aircraft carriers at sea can Builder ef Distinctive Hornet sink a battleship with their 1 E Ha. Tatnela Wei M gggggjsggggjy torpedoes. If not with bombs. g The man most affected by the British victory is Lieutenant-Genera- l Sir Archibald P. Wavell, who expects to find it easier to reinforce his armies in Palestine and Egypt, facing Italian forces estimated by neutral sources as two or three times stronger. STILL EXPOSED Italian planes operating from Sardinia, the lower tip of Italy, Libya and the Dorecanese Islands still can bomb British sup-l- y lines, however. It was admit-ted. British naval and military cles said, however, cir- that Italys always-dlfficuproblem of reinforcing her legions In North Afn rica now verges on the -- lmpos-sible.-- , Military circles in London admit that the Italians have considerable stores in Libya, but declare smilingly that the British navy will draw a band of iron so through the Mediterranean tight the Italians would be using bows and arrows when their present stocks are exhausted." Strictly from a naval view point, adherents of air superiority declare the British victory at Taranto sounds the death knell of mjJsiye fighting ships, too costly to De tisked in action uniesa they have heavy superiority in guns. Neutral naval sources termed huge German submarines carrying 20 torpedoes and operating as either underwater or surface craft a menace more dangerous than any pocket battleship." These undersea craft, larger than any in the world except the French Suncouf," usually attack from the surface at dusk. They have a surface speed of 19 knots. Iitesmi-Nnn- a Muiibar ef Ttii Audit Buriao et Circulation. nbltabcd Afternoon Ere.pl Bondar. Entered at tb poatoffiea at Salt Lake City aa eacond ilea matte rdin t Act ef Conareea, Marc On COMBINATION OFFER A NEW 1941 MODEL 8 TUBE CONSOLE SUBSCRIPTION RATES a A Six moo Uu (paid In adranee) . .! ! I tl M Om year (paid in advance! IS The above rate apply to Ctta. Ida-feNarad and Woalof, An other .talc. ( month. OMBtfe SHORTAGE ADMITTED The Spanish government has acknowledged Spains serious food shortage by assuming gov emmental control over production, sales, and exports, and by strictly rationing basic foodstuffs. Even under severe rationing, there is a serious shortage in many daily necessities. When I passed through Spain recently I found supplies of many foodstuffs exhausted, many other articles extremely scarce and all prices excessive. No meat was on sale in Madrid, the capital, and I was told foreigners and wealthy Spaniards, able to afford the luxury, secured meat only by purchases from bootleggers who smuggled in small supplies. Potatoes, eggs and chickens also were bootlegged." All travelers through Spain re- women and children Eort men, food in every for city. From my observations it apwas peared Spain' condition even more serious than France, which observers agree faced a winter of extreme privation, if not actual starvation. " x J advocates of the remonetization the ranks of the Senate's white gress organizes in January, The early Fall primaries brought to an end the long service at the forefront of the silver bioe of Senators William H. King of Utah and Henry Fountain Ashurst of Arizona. ' And now death has stilled the voice of Senator Key Pittman of Nevada, the silverites chief spokesman. The course of events caught" up, too, with a principal foe of the sliver program each of the three Democrats so long had vigorously advocated white-haireRepublican Senator John G. Townsend Jr., of Delaware. His State refused him another term on November 5. FAIL OF GOAL PiPttman, Ashurst and King passed from the Cohgressioriai scene without having achieved the goal each was seeking the free and unlimited coinage of silver at Its natural ratio of 15 or 16 ounces of silver to one ounce of gold.' Townsend departs with' jhp law authorizing-purchas- es of foreign sliver by the treasury-sti- ll on the statute books de- -. spite his own repeated efforts to obtain its repeal. Among the "silver senators," .the leadership of Pittman perhaps will be missed most. A westerner who would rather have a few silver cartweels to Jingle than a wallet full of fold- lng money, his dominating interest during nearly three decades in the Senate was the welfare of the silver industry. TheLondon silver"" agreement of 1933, under which the United States - and seven other nations agreed to bolster the world price of silver by keeping large quantities off the market, was his individual achievement. WAS STEPPPING STONE He saw in it and the 1934 sll-vpurchase act he was credited with fathering the administrations silver policy the means of eventually accomplishing the stabilization of the price of silver throughout the world at cials. British Victory Ends State Defense Laws Sought of silver will be missftig from metallists when the 77th Con- The. Days News -- View -- BUGS By ARTHUR in BAER -- The election is thoroughly over and now we are going to work shoulder to shoulder with an occasional jab with the bows in the clinches. There is no other nation in the world that can throw a political spasm every four years and recover the next day like a goldfish in salt. HEW $1.29 i an FLIGHT , Every fourth year we work ourselves up to a white blister. Then we break the blister. I think the abnormality of the thing is what keeps us normal. We scream, holler and howl like a wolf at the edge- - of the woods. JThen we suddenly straighten out like an ell in a water-pip- e and go about our postponed business. , to POBTLMD-SEATTL- Lv. 7 am PORTLAND Ar, 10:50 am Enjoy a tip-topiping hot breakfast aloft as the guest of United. Have all the afternoon for business in either Portland or Seattle. Two SEATTLE other Mainliners to Pacific Northwest daily, leaving 5 :20 am and 1 :20 p m. p, Ar. 12:12 pm I would rather have one political chowder served red noL every four years than to listen to the mutteruigs of European affairs at a perpetual sIqw boil on the back of the stove. That's the way we Ho business over here. We would rather lose the whistle than the boiler. E! Reservations: travel agents, hotels, or UNITED AIR LINES ounce. conflict. held cure all Ashurstg objective was to establish the treasury price for newly-minedomestic silver at not less than 92 cents an ounce, in contrast with the present statutory price of 71.11 cents. Do this, he argued last year Jh the Senate, and the "need for PWA or any other alpha. WPA, betical relief would disappear. Within 90 days," he contended, this proper and economically sound measure would give to the necessary confidence system, and would restore at least half of the money of the constitution." The administrations foreign purchase program has had no stronger supporter than Senator King. A continuation of that program the Utahn believed, would "ultimately help establish silver as a monetary base in the major nations of the world." d Nov. 14 (AP) regardSenator King ed aa the leader of the movement n Walter-Logabill to call up the of before final adjournment Congress said that if the House to adjourn voted next week there are enough votes in the and permit Senate to adjourn the bill to die. meas-ur- e the of King, a supporter which would provide Judicial appeal from rulings of government departments, said if the House did not adjourn he would insist upon calling the bill before the Senate for a vote. Utahs other senator, Elbert D. Thomas, Democrat, opposes the measure. Operated by compressed air, a machine gun using air rifle shot Instead of bullets has been invented for target practice at moving objects at amusement parks. WASHINGTON. 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All of cooking at the table cost very little and they do enj'oy the pipin operate to now hot toast, crisp golden brown with Cheap Elec waffles, perfectly brewed coffee, tricity. her mothers children, shes lettin Jim ruse their one and only. EASIEST TERMS IN TOWN seems mak- - ing greater use of the electric " waffle iron, grill, toaster, coffee GE. MODEL MEALS - Seems like a waste of breath to tell youngsters theyll come to a bad end when nobody can tell em for sure where to begin. - Doc Parsons and his wife were kind of puckered cause Pa and me wouldnt come over after supper last Sunday. But Pa and me arent takin any chances on missin the Helen Hayes program. Shes on the air every Sunday night, you know. r BREAKFAST-to-LUIiC- n Once stabilized at that level, he contended, the troublesome sliver qeustion would be settled forever," because every country would . open Its mints to the coinage of silver on that basis." silOnly last May, he ver would become predicted the metallic base for international currency at the end of the present world LIFES LIKE THAT .Wed like to have f King Sees Little Chance For Bill On Rulings Appeal Kthe 4 - er officials. A Bugseye maker or percolator. j- y er E1AD.IO BOTH FOR clude, these subjects: Sabotage prevention; registration of secret organizations and uniform-wearin- g groups; control of firearms and explosives; interstate protection of public proper. -ty; deputizing of special police; and mobilization of state home guards in the absence of national guardsmen on active duty. A Jtwo-dameeting 4n August brought tqgether 14 governors, more than a score of state attorneys general and nearly 200 oth- Nov. 14. WASHINGTON, (AP) A committee of- - federal and state officials was called together today to study a proposed draft of laws intended to tighten this nations defense. The group, convening at the Justice Department, seeks action on recommendations made by the conference on law enforcement problems of national defense last August. The model laws are designed for possible submission to more than 40 state legislatures which meet next year. They In- - King , Ashurst Defeated ; Death Takes Pittman To jtfeaken Powerful Bloc . WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. (AP) Three of the staunchest ed States for a loan of $100,000,-00- 0 was reported today in informed dlplomaticquarters. No decision on the loan request has yet been reached, it waa stated, and ultimate action was expected to await pending events in the European war and clarifi cation of Spain's position in the. conflict. Some administration officials. it was understood, look askance at the Spanish request for financial assistance in view of the bit. ter attacks made in the government-controlled press Spanish against the United States, particularly in regard to this country! relations with other American republics, and the - Philippines, once a Spanish colony. OFFICIALS SILENT The $100,000,000 loan is desired by General Francisco Francos government, it was said, to feed and rehabilitate a hungry and Impoverished Spain, which has been unable to achieve recovery destructive from its long and civil war. American officials had no comment on the Spanish govern ments reported request for financial aid. Sumner Welles acting secretary of State without mentioning the loan question disclosed, however, that ways and means of assisting Spain were under consideration by American offi- at 3 - BY LLOYD LEHRBAS I WASHINGTON,' Nov. 14 (AP) A Spanish request to the Unit- 14. NOV WASHINGTON on Evidence bearing (AP) leged activities of German and iuuibuay, November 14, 1940 Senate Loses Three Strong Silver Friend Nation Declares Government - Consuls 2 Spain Seeks $100,000,000 Loan Of U. S. Funds Needed To Feed Hull Approves 15 tie Deseret News, Sait Lake tuy( Uiab SEE THE DEALERS TABLE DISPLAY OF ELECTRIC IN OUR APPLIANCES m (dc nit 0(- - STORES & ( - n niHin ( mi |