Show 11 weekly li t lafy new cw 4 britain feared capitulating Capitula ting lit in czedik german Arg argument aay joeli Josel pla 1 I foreign at his office in fleet street publisher geoffrey dawson decided that wisdom was the better part of valor next morning his london times put in black and white what eng lands conservative cliveden set has thought all along that britain had best let adolf hitler cede czecho slovakian slova kias territory it if no other settlement would satisfy him I 1 nor did der fuehrer appear content with anything less while nervous france protested such an idea and rushed troops into her amazing maginot line like gophers rush to their holes all eyes converged not on london or prague but on nuremberg where the nazi party was holding its annual congress and clam bake there chancellor hitler found the spotlights rays pleasantly warm in the first of his eight speeches he made clear germanys germanas Germ anys deter determination m ina to be supreme in southeast sourhea st europe to czechoslovakia these were frightening words immediately su S U aeten leader konrad henlein was handed the fourth and final list of concessions which he rushed un 4 ak T ambassador HENDERSON lie ile go home opened to nuremberg same evening Fuehr ers hitler and henlein opened them found satisfaction for every demand except 1 establishment of a one unit government for Sude tens and 2 freedom for practice of nazi ideology aragues Pr agues concessions might have been sufficient a week earlier but shrewd adoll adolf hitler now saw a chance to take the whole hog britain anxious to avoid war at all cat cost had capitulated unofficially admitting she was willing to sell czechoslovakia down the river and by midnight another unexpected joy had developed so important that konrad henlein was sent scurrying back home with orders to hold out for complete surrender at ostrau in territory czech mounted poli policemen cerne n had horsewhipped horse whipped a noisy crowd striking a legislator on the shoulders while apologetic prague hastened its investigation the incident offered konrad henlein a new i chance chanc e to play the role of martyr next day with all odds in his favor der fuehrer could afford to assure the world of his peaceful intentions tent ions while show continued he received germanys germanas Germ anys foreign diplomatic corps including frances andre francois poncet who suggested democracies are not exactly lauded at the nuremberg congress but their emissaries usually feel welcome answered expansive adolf hitler 1 I hope to continue to make the ambassadors ambassador s feel welcome and I 1 also hope that during my regime no mother will have cause for wet eyes on account of any action of mine most foreign envoys left after the reception but not britaina Brit ains sir nevile henderson he stuck around like a guest who wont go home trying to corner either der fuehrer or foreign Ml minister nister joachim von if he succeeded germany would learn that geoffrey dawson was only fooling that britain still meant business aviation V U G S commercial airlines could not operate without government mail subsidy but since 1934 even that assistance has been insufficient to prevent huge deficits part of the infant ind indu rys trouble has been of its own making as when monopolistic practices caused the U S ardys painful experience with air mail five years ago throughout its brief history aviation has contended with improper and vacillating government supervision not until last winter did congress create a civil aeronautics authority which was organized last month under edward J noble last week CAA gave a party to chicago they invited representatives of 25 commercial lines for a get acquainted meeting that ended in a lecture led by air transport associations col edgar S gorrell aviation plumped for immediate stopgap stop gap relief in the form of increased crea sed air mail subsidies also outlined was a five point industrial program which requires CAAs moral and financial aid all this was well enough but it if airlines expected CAA to be a finan cial angel they had another guess C orning coming up stepped member harllee branch to dispel once and for all any mistaken ideas said he it seems proper to remind carriers that while the authority desires iel that they shall receive fair compensation no line should assume that the authority is going to dish out public moneys in any reckless or ill considered fashion no one should be deluded with the idea that all an air line has to do is convince the authority it has succeeded in operating at a deficit there will be no premiums on bad management war north nort h of the yangtze river two japanese armies captured three chinese positions in their drive on bankow south of the yangtze there was a different story for defenders pierc pierced ed jap lines six miles southeast of Jui chang and forced the invaders to retreat leaving dead fresh from tokyo came tr troops oops determined to intensify the campaign on all fronts until generalissimo alis simo chiang kai government is crushed 0 on the ebro front generalissimo francisco francos african moors swept through a gap in the loyalist bobera line next day capturing mountain heights dominating the river valley Dont domestic estic in ohio aged people receive federal state assistance which costs the U S social security board approximately per month in august when he ran for democratic chios gov martin L davey pointed with pride at his record one accomplishment establishment of old age assistance which has also been established in 47 other states three days before the primary social tys director frank bane charged governor davey with using old age assistance to get votes though the governor was defeated that did not stop social security from sending out investigators who last week reported to chairman arthur J altmeyer at a hearing from which martin davey pointedly absented himself social security claimed that 1 requests for old age aid addressed directly to governor davey received preferential treatment 2 some were told it would be a good idea to vote for governor davey 3 political poh and personal influence replaced the merit system in appointment of chios old age age personnel next day chairman Alt meyers threat to cut oft off federal pension grants brought a sharp retort as martin davey answered a dirty N I 1 ke 1 fx N K 0 HIOS DAVEY this is surprising ingi ariy riy politics politics charge with a dash of the same medicine frankly I 1 do not believe you dare deprive these chios Oh ios aged citizens of one half their scant living to support your political maneuver this was surprisingly dirty politics for one who pretends to be as righteous as yourself 0 before he ever became president franklin Roosevel ts pet public utilities idea was a tour four point program including 1 grand coulee for the northwest 2 boulder for the southwest 3 TVA for the southeast 4 st lawrence waterway for the northeast boulder dam had already been built and since coming to the white house franklin frankl in roosevelt has started grand coulee coule e expanded TVA only the st lawrence waterway is nor will it start until Ont arios stubborn orn premier mitchell hepburn gives his blessing not forthcoming until canadas railroad situation improves without mentioning st lawrence the president managed last week to focus attention on st it at hyde park he read reports by the war department and federal power commission on power needs then he decided an electricity shortage in case of war constitutes da a serious threat to national security appointed at once was a special committee for further study to find and recommend definite e ways and means ot of meeting this problem best bet was that the st lawrence plan would be the ways and means business not since june 1937 has the U S treasury asked the capital market for new money though last december it borrowed to pay maturing bills but when congress oz voted billions for relief this past spring when recession kept government payrolls swollen above normal it was obvious that money must come from somewhere fortnight ago secretary of the treasury henry jr returned from europe busying himself immediately with budget director daniel W bell then came the inevitable announcement this month said secretary gen thau the treasury will go into the market for in new T 1 I 1 SECRETARY uncle sam needed more money money to help finance recovery still ahead are requests for more in new money though these will not come before next calendar year nor was this all in the next few weeks notes totaling due december 15 will be re financed short term treasury bills totaling will be re financed at a rate of per week bolstered by its new borrowing the U S cash box will operate on a larger working balance between now and december on ha hand nd last week was how much it cost secretary to raise his national debt to was evidenced b by y loan rates the in maturing bills cost the treasury an average debt service of per cent possibly the lowest rate in U S history net result of new borrowing will be to decrease bank reserves now nearing an all time high and to increase deposits though bank earnings thus far in i 1938 1933 are under last year secretary was optimistic said he its quite remarkable the way banks are paying dividends androv and covering them I 1 think they seem to be doing very well As you know we have no failures to speak of agriculture last spring the new U S crop control measure placed domestic and export corn requirements at bushels promised to make loans if 1938 production exceeded that figure though much corn has suffered from disease americas crop this year has still turned out above expectations by last week it became apparent that corn loans will be necessary at washington H R tolley reported the august estimate of 1938 corn was bushels which is bushels in excess of the original estimate though loan figures will not be determined until next novembers crop board estimates loans were virtually assured probably af 57 cents a bushel politics nevadas pat mccarran backed franklin roosevelt for reelection election re in 1936 opposed his supreme court and government reorganization measures ceasur s but while the president sought to purge other half heart ed new dealers in this years primaries he made no intervention in nevadas primary opposing pat mccarran for reno minati 1 on were renos albert hilliard ari and d carson cites dr john worden both per cent new dealers the outcome pat mccarran won easy 0 at littile rock ark conscientious J rosser venable defeated candidate for democratic senatorial nomination submitted his expense report with an explanation of one item 1 I bought one 25 cent watermelon for a few persons in a store and divided with them this delicious juicy melon people deop e former queen victoria of spain is a battenberg and for generations all men of the battenberg line have inherited he hemophilia mo philia tendency to bleed though battenberg women are free of it among victims was the count of covadonga Cava donga eldest son of queen victoria and king alfonso As a child he nearly bled to death from a tooth extraction two years ago he had 20 tr transfusions ans fusions over a malignant tumor which could not be relieved by surgery for fear of bleeding last week at miami the count of covadonga Cava donga sped down biscayne boulevard with mildred gaydon night club cigarette girl their car swerved to miss a truck slid smashed into a telephone pole nine hours later the count bled to death 0 son james roosevelt at roches ma mayo 0 clinic prepared to havo hav a stomach ulcer removed |