Show WEEKLY geffs neffs ANALYSIS nazi I 1 invasion of scandinavia avia draws berl berlin n closer to reds europe awaits rome reaction EDITORS NOTE when opinions are arc expressed in these columns they are those of the news analyst and not necessarily ol of this new newspaper r released by western newspaper union 4 N PA k k n u Y the above photo was taken when sumner welles belles right V U S undersecretary of state visited paris with him are premier paul reynaud left then finance minister and another french official when the photo appeared in the french magazine LIl nazi secret agents immediately charged that the map in the background sh oweda a plan for partition of germany issuing a denial the french foreign office said the photographer had merely done a poor job of touching up at washington sumner welles said he hc evert even noticed the map af at the time INVASION Eu ropes long dormant war warfare fare budde suddenly aly sprang into action first sign was a north sea battle in which a german troop transport was lost it the world wondered how troops tro aps ops happened to be moving in the north sea the answer was not long in coming co M fatalistically danes watched their little nation occupied by germans A few hours later nazi troops planes and warships descended on norway which immediately declared war and asked for british french aid neutral for the moment were sweden and finland cau caught between the russ buss nazi pincers immediate object of the german attack to defeat britaina Brit ains north sea blockade and safeguard swedish steel shipments bound for germany immediately the european air was filled with question marks would this sudden turn of events draw russia and berlin closer together in a common drive against scandinavia most important what re cation would this abortive nazi attack bring from italy sole major european power still at peace THAT HAT T TALKIE WAR everybody was making speeches in england france germany canada and elsewhere mainly they were fight talks intended to convince neutrals en enemies emles and home publics that this was not ap apponey a phoney boney war premier reynaud of france was especially insistent that the war was genuine gen u ine and broadcast as much by radio to the united states he assured americans that the allies would win and would inaugurate a real peace in germany Air master goering Fib master goebbels and labor boss ley also talked their heads oil off the usually well balanced goering said in a speech to some of his student flyers that germany was going to strike a deadly blow in the western theater of war whenever wh enever herr hitler decided to finish off the tha allies it all sounded very impressive pudgy dr ley ever bellicose got oft off some of his generally pungent observations which tend to take an anti capitalist angle prime minister chamberlain said he was 1110 10 times as confident as he was vas last september and he and his generals gave the impression that somehow they had out bluff bluffed ed the nazis on the western front according to these gentry hitler had lost his golden opportunity for an overwhelming blitzkrieg attack and that from now on the fuehrer was wag going to get it economically in the neck intensification ot of the blockade the english chieftains stressed chamberlain re shuffled his cabinet but seemed to satisfy nobody very much winston churchill first lord of the admiralty who now wears a yachting cap was made director of all three unified armed services churchill and chamberlain never have been friendly and Chur chills elevation was received with mixed emotions following young minister cromwell boner in canada came another unfortunate speech by gordon conant attorney general of tory minded ontario conant spouted that the allies might lose it if the united states did not enter the war and that canada had better exert every effort to snare uncle sam in the tolls toils of mars secretary hull was annoyed as were congressmen I 1 S gordon D conant attorney general of ontario taho urged canadians canadian s to help enlist active support of the V U S in the allies cause and also many canadians who believe ardently in handling the santa claus next door with consummate tact said one canadian parliamentarian That snot the way chamberlains talk of increased economic warfare threatened in the adriatic and Nor ways coastal waters bauxite and iron destined tor for germany being the primary english objectives norway said she would defend with arms it if need be the freedom ot of her shipping italy was infuriated by the adriatic situation mussolini considers the adriatic as his lake and japan in the far east growled against john bull and speeches were made too in norway italy and japan COUNTING SHEEP roosevelt told tod census takers that his income was more than while senator tobey continued to attack the personal financial census data he charged that some of the census snookers snoopers snoop ers were communists others the creditors of their victims and still more the enemies of the well to do secretary hopkins badgered on all fronts had sent forth of these so go called creatures to prey on the estl esti mated americans hopkins told his census takers to act po lite how polite they would act with senator tobey remained to be seen WEAPONS fl C the V U S battle fleet eased out of its san diego pacific base for seven weeks of maneuver on fleet problem 21 activity designed to teach the boys in blue how to protect our west coast and pacific outposts A japanese admiral protested but nobody paid much attention to his ire the navy also had under construction a flying fling boat boasting 84 tons and horsepower which will be good tor for a round trip to japan where the hostile admirals admi grow k BATTLING TITANS secretary ickes accused vict vice president garners campaign managers of talking like republicans because the managers said that the wisconsin democratic primary result showed third terming to be a poor bet in the wisconsin race garner made a stronger showing against Roosevelt than was expected ed just as deleys deweys striking victory over senator surprised many but old line democrats got back at the pugnacious ickes by asking just when hone honest st harold be came a democrat anyway this reminded ickes that he used to be a progressive republican postmaster parley farley took a trip to texas where re he franteri fraternized lazed with garner enthusiasts and everybody seemed hap happy py enough forley farley said garner was one ohe of bf the gre great at till all time americans and garner did not say very much in return parley farley indicated that he still w wanted abed to be president but there was tally talk of a i combination garner barley ticket of a anti new tendencies wendell Will willkie kle the republican utilities magnate sometimes mentioned as presidential timber declared that he have hava a lookin look in but that he would take a nomination it if it blew his way willkie also indicated that the present administration was out to get him and kept a dossier about the bargain down in west virginia john L lewis ewa made the potent threat ot of a third party that ever recurring phenomenon of quadrennial american history lewis levis sketched out a streamline vehicle consisting of negroes professional youth professional fess feis ional old age farmers and la bo borines borl rites tes unless the democratic party snaps to attention and produces an acceptable platform landon of kansas said that it was a republican and senator wheeler of montana sald said he was willing to run for cor president but not for vice president wheeler ran for vice pres president on the lafollette ticket back in 1924 As to third the presidents wife and mother made statements that told little or nothing mrs roosevelt senior said she would like to have franklin home again mrs roosevelt junior cheered for tradition definitely electoral year chaos was on the increase SQUIBS OVERSEAS holland is shipping valuable valuably e art objects and pictures to peaceful portugal twenty paintings arrived from a dutch plutocrat in amsterdam to brighten up lisbon george GeorgeJ vr VIi king of england and kalsar of india announced that his old military uncle got the canadian job john buchan novelist had died and that left the ottaway gov arnor generalship wide open uncle un a bald took the vacancy by storm he is well liked on the whole his full name runs alexander augustus frederick william alfred george cambridge first lord of athlone some 38 36 french parliamentary deputies with communist views got five year jail terms fines loss of 0 civil rights and there was serious talk about the tha death penalty for red propaganda in night invasion of private houses hitherto banned now was permitted to the police fritz thyssen big german industrialist who financed hitler to power once underground nazi no 1 arrived in paris from switzerland lad en route to portugal and the united states communists always used to clai claim mithat that hitler was thys sons sans stooge but thyssen thinks different as does hitler thyssen opposed the war last tall fail he hence i nce the break vast properties allegedly were wera confiscated in paris too were F fritz ritz mandel aus trials former no 1 industrialist and ex husband of hedy lamarr and prince Star hemberg Au Aus ex no I 1 landlord Star hemberg once had been a nazi miscellany mayor laguardia of the big town persuaded john lewis C 1 I 0 big shot to avert the threatened N Y C subway strike which would have tied up everything in the metropolitan belt the mayor assured mr lewis that the cites transit unification plan would take over private company bargaining contracts subject only to judicial decision lewis came to town and it was a close call with police reserves mobilized and the buck teeth of plain citizens on edge lepke buchalter convicted by IDA ID DA D A dewey in his new yorker cleanup operations got a life ter term M in general sessions judge freschi did the good deed abraham kid twist reles cleared up 20 brooklyn murders one victim it was dis closed was buried alive in the dread Can arste marshes reles was trying hard to save himself from boin ing that Is from the tha electric chair seventeen rough young new yorkers of the antt anti christian front under indictment for planning to overthrow the united states government and for alleged gling filing of weapons out of armories were to be tried by jury under a middle aged Haus frau offic officiating lating as forewoman fore woman glenn guertin Guert ln age five is learning to be a hobo his first solo jaunt in a snowstorm was 12 miles his second away from home was a 15 mile affair but hit third vagrancy was tops miles at stowaway on a bus 4 aia ai a |