Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS by farnham F dudgeon senate votes vote s to call national guard war var spreads to africa and far east england offers self rule to india U S armed forces start war games EDITORS EDITOR S NOT NOTE E when opinions are expressed in these columns are re those ol of abe news anai and not necessarily of 0 this newspaper they released by western newspaper union 4 ivy i here are the big four in the new cabinet of japan set up after the resignation of premier lett left to right premier prince Fur Fumi nimar maro konoye yosuke matsuoka foreign minister vice admiral zengo yoshinao yoshida in minister inister of the navy and general eiki To tojo jowar war minister this new cabinet is pledged to closer operation cooperation co with the rome berlin axis and has set up its own monroe doctrine of the east for further news of japan see indignation U S DEFENSE war games accent on war came closer to home for hundreds of thousands of american families when they saw of their sons brothers and fathers march off to the largest peacetime maneuvers in american history from coast to coast border to border U S army regulars national guardsmen guardsman Guards men and organized reserves were mobilized for a 21 day training ng period that swung them in divisions corps and armies into simulated battle conditions in a war game around the canadian border congress meanwhile president loosevelt Hoo sevelt sent a message asking congress for authority to call the national guard into training for a year and gave his endorsement to the movement for peacetime conscription after a favorable committee report the senate readily granted the national guard authority 71 7 and sent this measure to the house senate military committee approved the modified burke wads worth conscription bill but there were predictions the weeks of committee debate are only the prelude of what is ahead on the senate and house floor bill now confines registration to men between ages of 21 to 31 former war secretary woodring opposes the measure and urges lowering army enlistment period of one year and raising pay in order to attract volunteers house leaders devoted hours of struggle to excess profits taxes and defense orders combination of which promises to be tightest bottleneck present plan is to to permit cost of plant expansions to be deducted from taxable earnings over five year period at rate of 20 per cent each year manufacturers want to net enough from defense orders to pay for necessary new facilities cili ties definitely do not want to risk paying taxes on worthless property as many had to do after 1919 U S chamber of commerce said probabilities of loss are so great many business men would rather rather not hot undertake such business also in washington C Q list of contracts approved revealed the navy had agreed to purchase large number of trawlers trailers lers to lay submarine nets in principal U S harbors C allen alien registration to include will begin august 27 C assistant state secretary welles holds action by duress comes within the act of havana athe C the house passed and sent to the senate a bill to permit wire tapping 1 in investigations of espionage 7 sabotage and treason BATTLE OF BRITAIN invasion information from unoccupied france was that german troops in great volumes were moving toward the french channel ports germany closed all travel and communication routes between occupied and unoccupied france worried about the turn of events in the far east england off offered ered self rule to india after the war if that country would now aid the british cause england with a new army com mander in chief sir alan brooke changed its mode of defense boasting boas t an army of well trained men it swung back to the old theory that the best defense is an offense therefore road obstructions laid to delay movement of an enemy if lie he arrived were dug up to permit the british army to get at him faster if he did bombings england bombed germany and germany bombed england both sides claimed heavy damage to the other germany claimed the port of dover england a shambles england claimed the port of hamburg germany pulverized both sides denied they were hurt much virtually all british raids on germany and german held territory have been night calls when safety is greatest for the fliers on the other hand germans have paid daylight calls on england this has led to the opinion the nazi fliers were more interested in observation than destruction but several eastern and southern english ports virtually have ceased to be open for commerce in africa meanwhile mussolini began warlike gestures in africa italian troops said to number moved from italian possessions on egypt and british Soma liland london newspapers warned their readers to expect some italian successes duces goal is believed to be suez and the gate to india indignation japan so sorry arrest of nine british trade leaders and journalists in japan was designated by tokyo as breaking up of an espionage plot nipponese reported suicide of one journalist soon after ris his arrest they said he unfortunately leaped from a window england demanded explanations and london papers called for retaliation four Britis hers eventually were released but london was aroused by now and the arrest of an undisclosed number of japanese p in in england and elsewhere in the te british empire put a further strain on ambassador mamoru Shigern itsu lodged a strong protest with viscount halifax britaina Brit ains foreign secretary against arrest in london of representatives of two great japanese banking and T commercial lom orn mercial houses ile he was said to have requested their immediate release there was no official comment but unofficially it was said the arrest of the britaina Brit ains in tapan japan and of the japanese in britain was pure coincidence tokyo said the british action was retaliation SPIES nation alert G 1 men len have increased their force about espionage due to many complaints chief G man J tedgar edgar hoover told governors and their representatives senta tives called together by president roosevelt to form a common front against fifth columnists prior to 1938 the FBI in investigated vesti gated 35 cases in 1938 the number rose to a year and last year to 1651 so far this year in investigations eions have been made CAMPAIGN the farmer republican candidate wendell willkie bent an ear to the wheat and corn belt problems when he ended his to des moines iowa to meet governors and their representatives from midwestern states what they told him form the basis for his agricultural ri utterances in his acceptance speech but he indicated he will advocate no change in the current farm program efforts of senator wheeler D mont to learn the republican candidates di views on the conscription measures failed willkie wickie said the president could have his opinion anytime he asked for it otherwise they also will first appear in the acceptance speech democratic candidate for vice president farm secretary henry A wallace changed his mind about staying in office during the campaign he said he will resign when he accepts the nomination he also had a little trouble with a boomerang see cut PROBLEM naval losses german claims to heavy destruction of british shipping show basis for alarm britain started war with destroyers they admit 29 are sunk and more are laid up for repairs less than are believed in operation nazis say british loss in merchant ships is larger than in in the world war in excess of tons ships sn ps for sale condition may have reaction in U S the united states has destroyers twice as many as any other two navies committee to defend america by aiding allies is agitating for sale of 60 overage over age and unused destroyers to british those favoring sale argue it would be better to put ships to practical use than to allow them to rust in 11 S navy yards agitation was brought into the open when gen john J pershing commander of the A E F spoke in favor of the sale he said it might be the last act america might be able to make short of war and said by sending help to the british we still can hope with confidence to keep the war on the other side of the atlantic ocean col charles A lindbergh in a speech to the antiwar anti war rally at chicago warned that in the future america may have to deal with a europe dominated by germany and advocated noninterference interference non by america with affairs in europe for these remarks the lone eagle was branded as the chief of the fifth column in this country by senator pepper of florida this sta statement bement resulted in some bitter debate on the floor of the senate miscellany disappointment ment the duke and duchess of windsor frustrated the hopes of many expectant dowagers when they decided e d not to come to america en route to the former kings new job governor general of the bahamas his roya royal I 1 highness changed plans decided to di disembark at bermuda there have been rumors however that his pennsylvania born balti more bred wife soon may visit america for a plastic operation details unannounced when reserve army officers of the medical corps were called to carlisle barracks pennsylvania for training the major course was tropical and semitropical semi tropical diseases disease s A death sentence was vote voted d by a french court for the rebel gen charles de galle who fled to england when the armistice was signed and has since organized french forces for further resistance still to hear their fate are former premiers edouard Da deladier ladier and leon blum and marshal maurice gamelin de galle and blum still jare are not in french hands |