| Show HAPPY NEll YEAR YEAR- I II I World Looks Forward to Busy 1940 I Fraught With Important Questions I By ROGER BAILEY DAILEY Released by Western Union EW YORK YORK Before Before the N NEW infant 1940 becomes a graybeard his book of contemporary contemporary contemporary con con- temporary history may be heavily inscribed The new year is destined to tobe tobe tobe be the most important in a decade a year of supreme testing for men and their military military mili mili- tary machines for politicians and dictators whose philosophies philosophies philosophies and systems are even now waiting in abeyance until 1940 has spoken its iti verdict You can lay Jay your bottom dollar that the European turmoil will in 1940 to the point where observers can see definite trends trend Well We'll probably know for instance whether Nazi Germany can withstand withstand with with- stand the pressure of ot an allied economic economic economic eco eco- blockade meanwhile trying to stave of off French-British French assaults on land and sea Or will Hitler's machine crack up the victim of I internal discontent I What h Is Finland's Fate Valiant little Finland whose early stand against the Russian invaders was acclaimed throughout the world looks forward to 1940 as the year In which she will retain her freedom or fall vassal to the Krem lin Its It's a pivotal year In the Balkans too If Russia succeeds against Finland Fin land shell she'll undoubtedly turn to a anew anew anew new conquest in Rumania already pressed by Hungary Germany and Bulgaria And if that happens the observers are pretty certain Italy will join the melee to fight for tor Balkan Bal kan independence If It these little states can stay free of war In 1940 they've little to worry about Even as ns Russia marches in 1940 she will answer the question world militarists have been puzzling for forthe forthe forthe the past 10 JO years namely is her huge army und and air force really so so formidable The Polish invasion In which Russia knifed a fleeing enemy in the back was no fair te test t. t Neither were early days of the Finnish invasion because the hardy defenders were able to outpoint out point Soviet troops under extraordinary arctic fighting conditions I Will Run nun Again I At home the years year's biggest story will be Novembers November's presidential election and the campaign leading up to It Will President Roosevelt break tradition and seek a third term Will eight years of the New Deal be vindicated by election of ot a New Deal chief executive or orwill orwill will the public repudiate this leadership lead in favor of ot a Republican Closely allied with this issue Is the question of continuing or stopping stopping stopping stop stop- ping national spending Most Washington Wash Wash- ington observers believe there will willbe willbe willbe be no way of ot avoiding an Increase in the national debt limit which has almost reached its legal peak of ot President Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt will leave revenue matters strictly in congress' congress hands he has Intimated Organized labor tac faces s a critical year in which trust anti-trust suits may set a precedent by laying the unions open to prosecution under the Sherman Sher Shere Shereman man act Moreover there are signs that congress will amend the Wagner Wag Wag- ner ncr labor act following revelations before the Smith house committee during December I IT Will ill Social Security Work I Old age benefits benefit under the federal fed fed- eral social security act will be distributed dis dis- dis for tor the first time and by years year's end America should know if It the plan actually works The Supreme Supreme Su SUe Su- Su preme court will wili receive its fifth appointment from President Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt gaining a clear New Deal ma ma- How now about the Far East Japan balancing precariously on the International international Inter inter- national fence since Europe went to war last September must jump ump one way or the other siding with the dictators or the democracies Right flight now she Is busy playing both ends against the middle trying to frighten the democracies into line by smiling benignly on Russia The United States Is especially concerned with Asiatic developments developments develop develop- ments because the 1911 1011 trade treaty with Japan repudiated ted last summer summer sum sum- mer mer will become abrogated officially official ly Iy on January 26 Before Detore Washington Washing Washing- ton is willing to renew It It Tokyo must agree to cease threatening American interests I Will Chiang ang Surrender I IThe The Japanese meanwhile hope to end their war with China in 1940 Despite continued resistance from Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek the Japs plan to establish a puppet government government gov gov- under Wang wel Ching as asa asa asa a means of pacifying Chinese nationalistic nationalistic na na- na sentiment Not all of news will develop In the political and military fields Followers of the boxing wars are wondering If It a n white hope will arise to strike down the colored heavyweight behemoth Joe Louis And throughout the hot stove league they're wondering about that perennial peren nial question question can can the New York Yankees win a fifth straight pennant pennant pen pen- nant Even the penguins penguin of ot Antarctica have something to wait walt for in 1940 Rear Admiral Richard E. E Byrd and his government expedition will soon sight light the snow-capped snow peaks of this desolate land beginning what promises prom to be one of the years year's most fascinating adventures Rabbit Adopted W WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE OHIO George George Groves' Groves pet cat adopted a young rabbit into her family of ot five kittens The unusual family addition went unnoticed unta until un un- un til tU Groves observed unusually long ears on one of the kittens ROOSEVELT ROOSEVEL T Will the President stele seek re reelection re- re election and if soun he win wina a third term F. F 7 4 t- t RUSSIA Will this stopped flopped by little Finland retire de defeated de- de or threaten all 11 Europe h 4 i d' d CHINA Will Generalissimo Chin Chiang I Kai shek shown with wife make malce puce peace with Japan this year I ITALY Will Benito Benilo Mussolini turn the Rome Berlin avis uis and Hitler's aUy Soviet Russia I i p- p GERMANY Will the pressed hard German German Ger Ger- man Rei Reich 1 utilizing n nits its resources be able bl to stand the h bloc blockade |
