Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS by edward C wayne nazi advance guard enters bulgaria ia japans adans arbit arbitration ration offer re rejected ejected by britain far eastern crisis grows defense board speeds up arms work NOT EWhen opinions opinion r in these ahr columns column they her are r those ihor of tb the news new analyst aly and ao not a n fily ol of this new released Kol Rated by western New newspaper union BALKY BALKANS and art an Arne american rican As adolf hillers Hit lers advance guard slipped into bulgaria from rumania there was none to stay them clad in civilian overcoats which they did not remove but from which prot protrude rud ed sleek military boots members of the german staff took over the principal hotel of sofia and the main bulgarian resort town 40 miles a way away where before antinazi anti nazi signs had been scribbled on walls and bulgar national songs were heard now orchestras ch estras turned to viennese waltzes and raised their right arms palm open bulgarian army generals rame to the sofia hotel with bundles of maps under their arms all day and all night they and the boot clad men poured over them there was only one show chow of hostility but it was a beamut while it lasted which was about nn an hour george 11 earle american minister to bulgaria and former governor of pennsylvania was in a night club just around the corner comer from the embassy building the place was filled with the mysterious boot clad civil clell lan inn foreigners the governor like the tune the orchestra was playing and asked them to switch to its a long way to tip ferary one of the mysterious strangers took offense earle said later ho he was a major of the german general staff words were passed and finally earle said the major threw a bottle bottie at him which he warded off by covering his head with his arm the former governor has never been known to pass up a chance like that in the world war he commanded a submarine chaser N A 1 GEORGE 11 II EARLE walters waiters and bulgara were enlisted after the war he took up aviation cracking up several machines but always getting into another and flying oft off just as quickly as possible ile he Is an expert boxer and tins has not refused to make use of his fists before earle said lie he injured the mans features reporters who were present sold said the battle lasted for an hour with bottles chairs and tables being used in the melee the mysterious te foreigner was aided by reinforcements which consisted of certain other boot clad and gentle gentlemen mem earle enlisted the wait ers at the restaurant where he was known and various and sun sundry dry bul gars who were present police had a hard time with both sides for the next hour AIR CRASH number four lost august the commercial air lines of the country had established a no accident record of 17 months but with the midnight crash of an eastern airlines sleeper plane near atlanta ga the number of accidents in the intervening six months was raised to four when searchers near dawn reached the scene of the crash they found seven persons killed anine nine others injured among those found dead was a member of congress rep william D byron of maryland and among the severely injured was the famed world war flying ace eddie president of the company on whose plane he was riding also killed were the pilot the copilot co pilot and steward of the planes crew next day it report from Ball balboa Joa canal zone told of the cash of a U S army bomber into panama bay an immediate search first reports said failed to disclose any trace of a crew of seven SPAIN E ex x monarch dies former monarch king alfonso XIII died of a heart ailment after an illness of two weeks lie he died in his rome hotel room which had been his exile home for the past 10 years lie he reigned as king of the spanish people for 29 9 years during which time at least eight attempts were made to assassinate him ills reign ended in april 1931 when he left the throne saying that 1 I 1 no longer have the love at my people peacemaker an offer japan offered to be tho the peacemaker of the world and arbitrate all disputes the offer came in a statement from foreign minister yasuko matsuoka churchill conferred with U S authorities and then called in the japan japanese eso a ambassador his reply was ono one word no meanwhile the japanese peace makers in indochina indo china were mopping up on their lob job having instigated sti gated a conflict between thailand slam and the french rul rulers cris ot of indochina indo china japan stepped in and enforced an armistice taking for itself the rich port of salonon saignon Sal Sa gnon ignon while the terms of the armistice were being dev developed eloped into a peace treaty japanese soldiers extended a 77 k 4 a 14 N k J YOSUKE MATSUOKA for hirn him a one word reply their influence in indochina indo china until the french rulers became mere puppets stores were filled with japanese products and residents who refused to buy them were beaten and jailed just west of the indo chinese sphere of influence Is the philippines and just south are the dutch east indies chief source of united states tin and rubber the japanese turned covetous eyes on that spot if that source of supply would be closed to united states shipping americas entire defense effort would be threatened big stick Stich washington said nothing but carried a big stick the U S fleet was known to be somewhere in the vicinity gen george C marshall chief of staff of the army also had a big stick hundreds of army fighting planes left the west coast for our pacific possessions hawaii and the philippines more important the house voted funds to fortify the islands 0 of guam and samoa the U S in the pacific the same proposal was defeated in the house two years ago for fear of offending japan MEN AT WORK full speed while congress spent precious weeks in prolonged debate on the lease lend bill to send war materials to great britain the defense commission got in some mighty speedy licks the arming of the nations nat lons forces has entered the third P of the plan priorities the other two are procurement and production job priorities Is the job now it will do no good to produce 40 airplane engines and no airplane tall assemblies the defense commission must regulate production so that every item down to the last eraser on a lead pencil arrives just at the moment it can be used the task is under the direction of E R Stettin fus jr aluminum and machine tool industries were first to feel the effects of his order by authority of the navy speedup law passed last june Stettin fus direct ed that both industries put aside all other labor andl and devote their entire energies to filling defense contracts after defense contracts are under way commercial production will be rationed but until such time as the government has sufficient aluminum for instance for planes and tanks there will be little or none lor streamlined trains kitchen utensils or even tooth paste tubes meanwhile procurement and production must be stepped up to meet new demands how this was being done was reflected in the news of the day consider I 1 sil A now new inch binch B 8 railroad gun capable of hurling a pound shell 18 miles was delivered to the ardys proving grounds at aberdeen md the gun weighs pounds C V the three of the ardys tour four mechanized divisions still not supplied with arms are receiving scout cars one was displayed ed in washington and two brave congressmen consented to ride in it the driver took them straight up the capitol steps |