| Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS by edward C wayne shipping glosses losses and kearny incident have effect on neutrality act debate british view invasion as impossible possible Ini french assassinate two nazi officers EDITORs EDl TOllS NOT EWhen ichen are re pt ed il in thal he colu IM they are ri thou those at the th nw news aal rot rit arid no mgt at y st ebli p berj released by western newspaper union I 1 P one of the most momentous steps in U S argentine trade relations took ok place in the historic white room at the government covern ment house at buenos alres ires as at a new treaty wab signed between the two governments picture shows lows ceremony at sigri ting and pictured left to right are dr carlos ace vedo do argentina finance minister U S ambassador norman armour dr r enrique guinazu argentine Ar foreign minister in the background backe round are members of the argentine government and U S embassy staff KEARNY starting things the tact fact that the kearny U S destroyer hit by a nazi torpedo had been more than slightly damaged had suffered the loss of some 11 lives and had several persons badly wounded landed with a jolt in a washington already jittery in the midst of a debate on the neutrality act v N the navy refused an any information except the broadest facts j pending a fuller report of the commander and the incident left con congress giess in a welter of excitement f on top of this had come come two further sin kings those of the bold venture former danish ship carrying the flag of panama and the tha lehigh which was wa s flying the stars and striped pec the lehigh was sunk off the coast of africa far from the combat zones the impact of these three incidents on an a congress con congress giess which was vms being asked to permit the arming aiming of merchant ships was terrific immediately measures were placed before congress ranging all the wy from a complete repeal of the neutrality act to a resolution asking for a declaration of war this last was not actually introduced but buti certain isolationist senators s said ald that it would be as a counter me measure asure to the pressure being exerted from the white house out of it all emerged the second half of the neutrality act le legislation the measure to send american ships into combat zones and this had been beeri reported to have received presidential favor as a matter of present business again as the administration was meeting severe opposition on one of Us its measures fate and the news new played into its hands RUSSIANS tough battle pressure shifted from one direction to another along the moscow front with the russians putting up a desperate fight there had been a sudden heavily reinforced attack however in tha th southern thern or orel district and the tha nazis haq had claimed the capture ot of Stall no a city of people and described ns as a leading armament center odthe donets basin i still later the nazis had annc announced gains on the adov front and the de fenders believed the germans were shifting their attack to the south I 1 there had been reports of personally in command at the central front his headquarters in an armored train but the capital had been moved to a spot miles southeast of moscow russian sources had declared the picture at leningrad to be the brightest of that on any part of the long front with the defenders of dussias Rus sias second city inflicting terrific losses on the attackers and still holding their defense lines INVASION impossibility british sources following a pro traded demand on the part of labor a and nd certain sections of the press for an immediate invasion of the continent officially declared this plan still an impossibility the RAF it was stated was still smashing the reich territory orf on a 24 hour basis however london authorities were testy over the hint however that britain was not doing all she could to aid russia and it was revealed through high officials that shiploads ship loads of tanks ah planes and munitions had been sent that many already had arrived others were en route the british declared that fully one half of the german air force was being compelled to be held in the west because of the daily attacks by bombers and that the british are doing everything that the russians themselves them kIves have suggested in th the e way of aid 50 FOR ONE officers shot the killing of colonel hol holtz tz the nazi commander at nantes france by assassination was promptly avenged by general occupation commander by the kill ing of 50 french hostages the commander said cowardly criminals paid by england and moscow killed th the a field commandant at nantes with shots in the back on the morning of october 20 until now now the assassins have not been arrested in expiation of this crime chave ordered as preliminary meas measures pres that 50 hostages be shot co considering asid the gravity of the crime r 50 other hostages will be ba shot if the assassins I 1 are not arrested the general offered a reward of francs for the surrender of the guilty parties part les four members of the gendarmerie gendar merie merle at nantes had been taken into custody including the ft prefect of the district he and the mayor ot of nantes issued gri an appeal for aid in the arrest of the killers on that very day dayi however how ever in the neighborhood of nantes a freight train was derailed a section of track having been rem reared red eved for other offenses four frenchmen had been executed and the total of hostages executed during october was said to have reached ineat day reports told of the killing of another nazi officer in france this time a major G GOP 0 P willkie policy at the height of the neutrality debate moie more than republicans Republic ani took part in an appeal forthe for the repeal neutrality act in the arthe face of the recollection that this action in the last war was shortly followed by american en entrance tiance as a full bartic participant these were led by wendell L willkie who said M millions illions upon millions of republicans lica hi are resolved that them the ugly smudge of isolationism shall be removed from the face of their party at at the same time he criticized the administration for foi the handling of labor relations saying the desire of many in the administration to rewrite our social and economic life under tinder cover of the national effort must be ruled out during the emergency ott on prices secretary of agriculture calling the parallel between the present war and the last one too close for comfort urged on congress the necessity of immediate price fix ing to stave off disastrous inflationary tendencies he declared him himself self in complete agreement with i the provisions of the pending price c e control bill and said that the p planned lanned price fixing authority might not be necessary necessary the nations agricultural production next year he predicted will be the highest in history and the increase would be mostly in meats milk and eggs he recalled that of the banks which failed most were country banks and said he believe the american economy could stand a second siege like that SIBERIA or thailand watchers of the perilous situation in the orient were still wondering whether siberia or thailand would be the first to feel the touch of japans expected military effort in spite of unconfirmed reports that the united states and japan had ad reached some basis of agreement the tension continued high japanese quarters were pressing on the ahe government to do something first about thailand and 4 |
