Show POLITICS break 1 I arn am convinced that with the conditions now confronting the nation and dissatisfaction now noto permeating the minds of the people his candidacy candi dac would result in ignominious defeat thus before his united mine workers convention at columbus did C 1 I 0 president nt john L lewis L wis score franklin roosevelt since mr lewis had already blasted at candidates garner and mcnutt this latest at attack only heightened suspicions that C 1 I 0 will favor the democratic candidacy of sen burton K wheeler next day he explained his speech 1 I intended it to be a distinct jar to professional politicians in the democratic and republican parties I 1 intended it to serve notice that labor kasnot to be taken for granted but though john lewis thought the new deal had broken faith with labor his mine workers did not necessarily agree introduced at the convention were at least 45 resolutions urging a third term tor for the president observers wondered whether tills this indicated a coming break in the strang strangle lf hold mr lewis has hold held over n hs is unionists JAPAN treaty lapses in a single week the tokyo gov found its relations with two major nations approaching the crisis point the english were persona rion non grata tor for having searched jap ships see GREAT BRITAIN the americans were regarded disdainfully because abrogation of the 1911 trade pact went into effect placing commercial relations between the two nations on a day to day basis peace talks between U S ambassador joseph drew and the japanese foreign office were ended abruptly while tokyo sat on its hands hoping for the best obviously there was no chance for a new treaty in the e near future u ure because because s state a a department e part ment had japan right where it wanted her it if the present reprimand proved insufficient to make nippon quit interfering with U S rights in the orient there still remained the highly potent embargo weapon I 1 although the senate foreign relations committee indicated there was little chance for an embargo which would hamstring japans war in china there was plenty of pressure forthcoming from U S church groups why they demanded righteously should american scrap iron be used to kill chinese THE WARS russo finnish helsinki claimed soviet troops tro 0 p S f fell I 1 I 1 when the finns repulsed RIs Rus sias strongest invasion of the war northeast of lake lagoda estimated E red casualties to date while foreign legionnaire swarmed into finland from scandinavia the baltic states hungary the U S and elsewhere the defenders fend r s still had no adequate defense against soviet bombers who enjoyed a held field day strafing civilians in small mid finland towns allied german only tour four days after britaina Brit ains destroyer Cr grenville enville was torpedoed with a loss of 81 men the destroyer ex went down in the north sea carrying crewmen to the bottom it was her twenty third acknowledged naval loss since the war began five months ago on the western front meanwhile all was peaceful miscellany protest in rome the fascist press complained that the liner orazio which burned at sea might have reached barcelona safely had it not been stopped by a french warship 4 C at berlin under adolt adolf hillers Hit lers direction the pocket battleship deutschland Deutsch land was renamed Lisci after slipping home through the allied blockade its old name will go to one of Germ germany anys new ton |