Show W R fi washington 1 I 0 FIFTH COLUMN evidence the dies investigating committee now hits has documentary evidence of nazi fifth column operations in the U S so explosive that its publication might lead to a complete rup ture of diplomatic relations with germany because of this the committee has bus been nervously sitting on the load of dynamite uncertain what to do it has consulted the tha state department men t which is s just as jittery itself in fact ever even more so the department part ment foresees the inevitable necessity of demanding tho the recall of a number of german diplomatic representatives with certain retaliation by berlin by the ousting of U S officials in the present delicate state of U S axis relations the department part ment want to run that risk so on its urgent advice the committee Is sitting tight and continuing its secret probe of the subversive activities the documentary evidence in the possession of the committee is staggering it definitely establishes 1 that the nazi government Is directly supervising land and financing a nationwide fifth column campaign to oppose and obstruct the defense program the U S governments foreign policy and aid to great britain 2 that this activity Is being carried on through german consulates and germ german a n controlled papers plus propaganda agencies ol of various kinds 3 that nazi consuls got get detailed instructions from berlin through regular short wave broadcasts in code column fuehrer ru ehrer suspected master mind of the no nazi zi fifth column Is dr manfreid Manfre ld head ot of the trans ocean news service a propaganda outfit with office odices S in now new york and washington camo came to this country after being booted out pt of south africa b by y the british government two of the consuls implicated in the evidence the committee has turned over to the state department are capt fritz edemann Wl at san francisco and herbert scholz at boston scholz has been closely associated with friedrich ernst Au haugen nazi lecturer for th american fellowship forum who was seized in los angeles recently as he was attempting to board a ship for japan the committee Is holding au haugen as a key witness other evidence in its possession discloses the existence of a secret fascist army in the U S running into the thousands chief organizers organizer s ol of this force have been the ger mn man n american bund the ku klux klan and other nationalistic groups LOST LIBRARY the story of the prest dents at present is about a library that burned down in georgia heres how he tells it to callers A georgia politico called on him with a sorrowful plea to use his ln in fluence to get a grant for a new library what happened to the old one asked the president it was destroyed by alre replied tho the visitor sadly and mr president I 1 fear for the literacy of my home borne folks if a new library built quickly no town should b be e without a library its a great cultural influence absolutely agreed the president how long has your town been without a library seventy six years 00 seventy six ayearst years 1 yes sir air sherman burned it down ol 01 LOCAL alit AIR BASES the army air corps saying anything publicly but it Is making a quiet survey ot of all airports in the country for the purpose of lq locating cating new bases and training centers objective Object lva behind the plan Is to ito secure the greatest possible bisp dispersion er of air ir forces necessary forde for defense four cities already have been selected new orleans west palm bench beach fla tallahassee fla and augusta ga 0 0 0 CAPITAL CHAFF new french ambassador henri haye was asked r bout french wine stocks ile he said rh r tha germany germans took huun france c ranee and im sure they sure they found their way into the cellars I 1 be surprised if an all the good bottles have gone somewhere the italian italia n ambassador prince colonna has ho s been in washington more than a year bathas but has not yet sent his card according to protocol to the ine czech minister this is italis this is italis way of refusing to recognize that carch Io still exists while gen hugh johnson elnra boss was blasting at elliott roosevelt tor for being given a paper work assignment as an air corps captain johnsons son capt kilbourne Kilbo urno johnston a regular army officer Of TIcer got himself a desk job in the office of the selective service administrator bernarr macfadden health cultist magazine owner and big florida Fir lda realty owner may take another whirl tor for the senate ile he is angling with florida G 0 P leaders lei iders to get his bis name on the party ballot against democratic damoc atie senator charles charlea andrews Aja drews |