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Show Washington, D. C. WALLACE FINDS NAZI PROPAGANDA IN MEXICO Behind the scenes, Henry Wallace played quite a part in the Mexican-U. Mexican-U. S. agreement to work out joint plans for national defense. It was ffenry's job, during his trip to Mexico, as vice president-elect, to put across some quiet diplomacy with new President Avila Camacho aimed to smooth out all U. S.Mexican S.-Mexican problems. This he did, and became completely "simpatico" with high Mexican officials. However, Henry also brought back a very worrisome picture of Nazi activity in Mexico. Being a farm boy from Iowa, and skeptical about the Zimmerman affair af-fair during World War I when the German foreign office invited Mexico Mex-ico into an alliance against the United States, Henry went down to Mexico as an unbeliever as far as Nazi propaganda was concerned. But he came back, his skepticism gone. The great mass of the Mexican people and the Mexican government are sincere believers in friendship with the United States, Henry found. But a small minority, plentifully supplied with Nazi-Fascist cash, has been doing its best to poison friendly friend-ly relations. In fact, there were some indications indica-tions that the Nazis might even go to such lengths as outright sabotage or damage to the United States in such a way that Mexico would get the blame, thereby stirring up animosity ani-mosity between the countries. Note Last year $2,000,000 in U. S. greenbacks was taken to Mexico from New Orleans by Count Roberti of the Italian legation, presumably for propaganda purposes. Count Roberti is the son-in-law of Ogden Hammond, ex-ambassador to Spain and a leader of the move to cooperate co-operate with Spanish Dictator Franco. GUARDING THE CAPITOL If you visit the United States Capitol Capi-tol in the near future don't carry an isolationist banner or anything more explosive than a cigarette lighter, or you may wind up in the brig. Tightest police restrictions since World war days are being put into effect at the Capitol building. Under a plan devised by Speaker Sam Rayburn, Sen. Harry F. Byrd. chairman of the senate rules committee, com-mittee, and Arthur E. Cook of the Capitol police board, all visitors will be required to check packages before entering the building. - BRITISH DACHSHUND Most unusual household pet in Washington is owned by the British ambassador. Lord Halifax. Believe it or not, he has a German dachshund. dachs-hund. The envoy bought the dog from a kennel in Virginia shortly after his arrival in the United States. Note The dachshund was widely used by American cartoonists during dur-ing the last war as a sinister symbol sym-bol of Germany, and some animals were mistreated by misguided zealots. BOTTLE BOSSIES The department of agriculture is completing plans to breed 2,500 cattle this spring by artificial insemination. in-semination. The cattle are the property of Indians, In-dians, on reservations in Arizona and New Mexico. Able Indian Commissioner Com-missioner John Collier asked agriculture agricul-ture to help build up the quality of the stock, and the problem was how to service the cows with a limited number of bulls. ' Through artificial arti-ficial insemination, one bull can be bred with any number of cows. Most spectacular experiment of this kind was conducted recently by experts in the experimental farm at Beltsville. Md. They sent artificial insemination by air express one morning for a mare in Miles City, Mont In vacuum bottles, it was delivered de-livered the same day, and the process proc-ess was completed that evening. Result was a healthy colt, from a more in Montana, sired by a Belgian Bel-gian stallion in Maryland. MERRY-GO-ROUND Swankiest newsman at the White House press conference is Robert Horton, press ofliccr for the defense commission, who. while most of the others nro hoofing to their offices after aft-er the conference, drives away in a limousine with a chauffeur. Some of the electric light bulbs used in the White House are marked "Save," and can be redeemed for two cents after they burn out But the White House, which buys at reduced re-duced government price, destroys the old bulbs regardless, without redemption. re-demption. The immigration bureau of the justice department soon will sot up its own Intelligence unit to watch fifth columnists in the U. S. A. Allied Chemical is buying one of thu swanky apartment houses along Sixteenth street, not far from the Soviet embassy. It should be nil set to lobby in a big way. llaniiodio Arias, former president of Panama, has four sons in school and college in the United States: llaniiodio Jr. and Roberto at Columbia. Co-lumbia. GiUn-rUi at Harvard, and Antonio at lYddie institute in New Jersy. |