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Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By Farnham F. Dudgeon 1,000 Nazi Bombing Planes Launch 'History's Greatest Mass Air Raid'; Aliens in U. S. Start Registration; Aircraft 'Bottleneck' Slows Defense (KDITOR'S NOTE When opinions are expressed in these columns, they are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper.) inUawrf by Western Newspaper Union. .ill, I , , A TODS IXS FRASCAIS ' c ' ' - '-: h . ' f Vczr3 VIVE LA FRANCE ' tr3'mf ' v - ; A French soldu-r and sailor are pictured here reading the poster written by General De Gaulle, head of the French military forces in England. It reads: "To all Frenchmen: France has lost a battle but France has not lost the war." THE WAR: 'Greatest in History' From Wales to Scotland, German bombers attacked the island of Great Britain in what was being called the "greatest mass air attack in history." Always before as the Nazi planes attacked, their numbers could be reported in fives and tens but this time dispatches from both Berlin and London indicated that there were hundred: of planes in the air. One official British source estimated esti-mated that in a single day a Nazi air armada of more than 1,000 planes had rained bombs on all of England from Scotland's border right through the midlands to Wales. Even London itself was bombed for the first time during the war as the German pilots dropped tons of high explosives up and down the river Thames, concentrating on a terrific attack upon famed Croydon airport, one of Europe's largest and best equipped landing fields. As usual both Germany and England Eng-land claimed that the enemy came out second best. England said that her famous fighter planes had driven driv-en oft the Nazis in time to prevent "great damage." But Berlin, while not at first admitting that London had been bombed, did claim that "the entire Thames valley witnessed methodical, irresistible German air attacks which threaten all military establishments with destruction." Southern Exposure Mussolini has chosen to attempt the Italian version of a blitzkrieg in Africa. He sent 250,000 soldiers streaking across British Somaliland with control of the Suez canal and the British lifeline to India as stakes in the gamble. The campaign will be hot in more ways than one. This is the time of the year when intense heat of more than 120 degrees grips Somaliland and the monsoon blows from midnight mid-night to mid-afternoon. Clouds give little relief from the enervating sun and there is little rainfall. The British hold all the best oasis, where men must drink or die. ALIENS: J (have, have not) . . . Five million questionnaires In six key languages are being distributed distrib-uted to aliens living within the United States. All must answer 15 searching questions asked by the government before December 26. Before that time also all residents not native born or naturalized must be fingerprinted. Most pertinent query reads: "Within the past five years I (have, have not) been affiliated with or active ac-tive in (a member of, official of, a worker for) organizations devoted in whole or in part to influencing or In the . . . HEADLINES DISMISSAL WPA Commissioner F. C. Harrington announced 429 work reliefers who refused to sign affidavits that they were not members mem-bers of the Nazi Bund or Communist Commu-nist party have been discharged. CHRISTENING For the new navy aircraft carrier, soon to be launched. President Roosevelt has selected Bon Homme Richard, name of the flagship of John Paul Jones, father of the United States navy. NEW JOB James A. Farley, resigned re-signed as postmaster general, will become head of trie Coca Cola Export Ex-port company. The former Democratic Demo-cratic national chairman will not devote de-vote his full time to the New York Yankees, although he still may head a syndicate to purchase the ball team. IDEA When Sen. Burton K. Wheeler (D., Mont.) suggested a national na-tional referendum on the matter of conscription, he had all of Washington Washing-ton stumped. Experts agreed there was no way to carry out such an Idea. furthering the political activities, public relations or public policy of a foreign government." Solicitor General Francis Biddle isn't ruling at this time whether membership in the German-American Bund or the Communist party would require an affirmative answer to the above. The nation's 45,000 first and second class post offices will have charge of distribution of questionnaires and fingerprinting. They expect to complete com-plete the records in six months, under un-der the supervision of Earl G. Harrison, Har-rison, Philadelphian who left a lucrative lu-crative law practice to take over the job. Questionnaires are printed in Italian, German, Russian, Polish, Spanish and Yiddish. DISCORD: On the Donnbeat Radio sopranos, bellowing baritones bari-tones and swing bands may soon be sounding another tune. The American Amer-ican Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers faces a revolt with the National Association of Broadcasters. Broad-casters. The ASCAP collects royalties on 95 per cent of the music broadcast. It's anticipated 1940 revenue is $8,750,000, 5 per cent of the income of virtually all stations. Next year it wants IV2. per cent. But station executives threaten to do business only with Broadcast Music, Inc., which has a scale of only 1 to 2Vi per cent If the break is not healed before January 1, virtually all popular music mu-sic will be off the air. Many musical mu-sical stars may even be forced to change the theme songs which identify iden-tify them to millions. BMI controls only a few tunes, but expects to be in better condition before that time. However, such favorites as Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Victor Herbert, Cole Porter and the newer crop of composers are ASCAP standbys. THE CAMPAIGN: Repartee Republican presidential candidate Wendell L. Willkie, speaking in Des Moines, Iowa, said he was glad to appear in the home town of "that eminent scholar and gentleman, Henry A. Wallace." The crowd booed and cheered. Wallace, Democratic candidate for vice president, posing for news photographers pho-tographers the following day, asked them to "see what you can do to make me look like an eminent scholar and gentleman." When asked if he intended to debate with Willkie, Wallace wise-cracked: "I really do not know. Don't you think Willkie should endorse the Democratic ticket. He's with us now on the farm and foreign policies. poli-cies. All he needs to do is get in line on social security and the WPA." Back and Forth Additional signs that the campaign was warming up came when Willkie Will-kie suggested the Hatch act be amended so that the President "and members of his family" would declare de-clare their complete financial holdings hold-ings on entering the White House and when they leave. Asked about the proposal President Presi-dent Roosevelt replied since entering enter-ing public service he was much poorer and wiser. "We are all poorer since 1928," shot back Willkie. ETIQUETTE: Bermuda Protocol The duke and duchess of Windsor arrived in Bermuda, en route to the former king's new job, governor of the Bahamas. Social precedent was set by the wives of the highest placed matrons on the island. Mrs. Hastings Brooke, sister of Maj. Gen. Denis Kirwan Brooke, the governor, and Lady Kennedy-Purvis, curtsied to the duke. The duchess got a friendly nod, no curtsy. |