Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W labine Is real war coming at last hillers Hit lers speech sheep h viewed as signal for bitter drive against allies allie EDITORS NOTE when opinions are arc expressed in these columns they are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper p i j by western newspaper union international charge and answer the comments of a catholic primate in late january seemed destined to touch off a one two three sequence that would lead europe to a real war at the vatican august cardinal alond reported that his primacy of poland was the scene of mass shooting religious persecution and other atrocities by nazi germany adding its two bits worth poland in exile charged from paris that germany had executed polish leaders these things true or not made berlin downright mad insulted and vengeful diego von bergen ambassador bas to the holy see protested ested ay le BLOND AND VON B BERGEN RGE did the vatican start something in vain german executives in in poland like arthur greiser arthur inquardt and hans frank made speeches and gave interviews the general theme being an admission of stern stem measures against chauvinistic vini agitators and sterner measures against polish jews but Buta atrocities were denied all reprimands they asserted were designed to make everybody happy adolf hitler bother to explain he merely raved against his enemies occasion was the seventh anniversary of his rise to power in his speech der fuehrer 1 promised continued friendship with italy and russia 2 triece to pep up germanys germanas Germ anys war morale 3 attacked britain as usual 4 attacked france which was not usual 5 announced the real war was about to start london interpreted the speech as a surrender of hope that the allies might somehow be split italians heard hitler hiller with indifference perturbed because he spent more time polishing apples ii stith russia than arith italy western war in britain where a cold wave and fuel shortage had made bigger news than the war adolf hillers Hit lers declaration suddenly struck home waves of nazi bombers swept down the coasts for the second consecutive day destroying according to berlin 19 ships just as frances premier deladier Da ladier had warned a few hours earlier that total warfare would start soon so did britain britaina Brit ains s neville chamberlain indirectly hint at the same thing when he made a speech containing strong overtures toward neutrals like japan and the U S japan was still protesting british seizure of 21 nazi sailors from a jap ste steamship am but she had more serious troubles coser closer home russo lap jap boundary dis discussions c us broke down indicating the 3 ulan ion mongolian var star may start again soon s also broken down aas electric pa power reason fuel shortage northern war in the soviet finnish war dussias Rus sias manpower and resources were being drained by defeat on five fronts Helsing fors estimated officially thai that red troops had been lost in TREND how the wind is blowing f INCOME A seven year study by the northwestern national life insurance company of minneapolis showed that john public was pr profiting from the war whether h he e admits it or not I 1 in n last quarter his check climbed to the farthest point 13 above living costs since depression pre days communications the U S supreme court ruled a federal court of appeals has no supervisory power over the federal communications commission case A court order demanding that FCC reconsider its action on the petition of a potts ville pa radio station RUBBER 1 S standard t anard oil company of new jersey announced acquisition of american rights for production of buna synthetic rubber from 1 I E of germany to avoid U S british friction over contraband control london may soon permit european bound U S ships to pass the control at st john new brunswick AVIATION pan american amerian airways has ordered four engine planes with a m p it cruising range to competitive I 1 peti tive italian v and german ships two months of fighting in addition n to tanks horses trucks truck s and miscellaneous supplies fin lands first major aerial offensive was assigned to italian pilots flying savoia marchetti bombers who raided an unnamed soviet naval base in moscow moscou italy ails named against joining the anglo french star bloc like aue i se and jueden were warned not to aid the finns nevertheless every conceivable aid short of a declaration of star liar was being rushed from these countries U S parti participation ce pation atvas evidenced by 1 I 1 assignment of american volunteers to a legionnaire unit and 12 2 amrital in of at least 11 american made pursuit planes the balkans in the balkans where rumania turkey greece and met to plan a mutual defense bloc dissatisfied hungary opened a bitter press campaign for the return of transylvania ceded to rumania after the world war CONGRESS farm fi fight V ht sped through the house were drastic slashes in such items as fice treasury emergency defense and independent offices reason congress would tickle an economy minded nation by avoiding new taxes or an increase in the national debt thus safeguarding itself in an election year in the senate appropriations committee there was mild balking at these economies but they were destined to pass with minor adjustments but when congress struck the farm bill it found a hot pot potato ato president roosevelt asked in his budget making no mention of the much demanded for farm parity payments bluntly the house appropriations committee slashed from the budget for surplus commodities P il WALLACE AND JONES the patient ras hall half dead for sugar benefits for farm tenancy loans and sent it to the floor in the ensuing argument entire economy drive seemed destined to rise or fall secretary of agriculture wallace was highly critical he asked for a permanent scheme of subsidies pointing his argument by sus suspending ng the cotton export program next he hinted the house could expect political reprisals if it dealt too severely with the farmers most incensed was texas rep marvin jones who argued all afternoon after the appropriations committee presented the revised bill unexpectedly giving the farm blo bloc c no chance to prepare its defense said he its pretty bad to perform that big an operation without letti letting ng us see the patient until he is it half alf dead failing in the house farm leaders planned a fight in the senate to restore the cuts also in congress C the senate foreign relations committee heard jesse jones express espre ss doubt that private investors aou would id subscribe to a finnish bond issue as suggested by is sen pat harrison probable ou outcome an export import bank loan for nonmilitary supplies C L house hearings 1 labor board committee which heard NLRB defended by its chairman warren madden 2 ways and means which discussed the reciprocal trade act G 0 P opponents of secretary hull who fathered the act dug back 11 years to prove he has changed his mind about tariffs Olic michigan higan s senator introduced a bill providing iding for a foreign trade board to replace both congress arid and the administration in framing trade treaties 41 rep frank hook inserted statements in the congressional record purporting to show that texas rep martin un amer ican ism dies had been in collusion with a fascist silver shirt leader when hooks informer admitted the charges were based on forged papers the house demanded an apology fl 41 president roosevelt celebrated his fifty eighth birthday by asking congress for to b build 50 small town hospitals as an experimental program to better the nations health headliners HEAD LINERS 41 1 R MERRY FAHRNEY above 0 patent medicine heiress was accused of love trysts with her first husband when she sought a divorce from her fourth count oleg cassini MRS AIRS WILLIAM E BORAH thinking her late senator husband had been poor was surprised to find in his safety deposit box MARRINER S ECCLES spending lending chairman of the federal reserve board was re appointed by the president over opposition REP JOSEPH MARTIN G 0 P house leader and dark horse presidential possibility keynoted keynotes key noted the republican campaign at topeka kan by plumping for G 0 P sponsored neutrality ERNST VON STAR HEMBERG G ex vice chancellor of austria ex leader of the austrian heim wehr was commissioned com an infantry lieutenant in the french army FATHER CHARLES E COUGHLIN detroit a radio priest heard the justice department part ment was not going to investigate him after all despite a statement to that effect by the new york jewish peoples committee which charged him with anti semitism LAZARO CARDENAS president of mexico announced flatly flat ly that further arbitration of expropriated british and americ american n owned oil lands is impossible I 1 LABOR conventions end denounced were president roosevelt vice president garner democratic hopeful paul mcnutt labor secretary frances perkins the republican party and democratic majorities jori ties in both houses of congress flayed clayed was the national labor relations board and the house committee now investigating it tabled were 47 resolutions endorsing pr president es roosevelt for or a third term handed to the omnipotent union executive board whose powers remained uncurbed was the right to endorse whatever democratic presidential ident ial candidate it chooses and to support him with union funds this done john lewis sent his united mine workers home from columbus they had served him well they had given him an audience for his startling speech denouncing noun cing the president an opportunity to launch his presidential campaign for sen burton K wheeler a carte blanche to ladle U M W campaign funds into whatever coff coffer er will best serve his purpose JUSTICE antitrust anti trust restraint since last autumn trust buster thurman arnold has secured indictments against persons corporations po rations five trade associations and 34 labor unions carrying on a popular campaign against combinations in in restraint of trade considerably enlarged over last year arnolds division is operating on a budget but is still too small to prosecute all cases now scheduled when budget estimates were prepared last autumn he asked for for the fiscal year instead the budget bureau granted or less than arnolds current curren t appropriation all efforts to get the fund indrea increased sed have met with opposition in the economy minded house appropriations appropriation committee despite the fact that arnolds division will probably collect 6 in fines during the current curren year unless his fund is increased increase ed observers believe the anti antitrust trust earn campaign is apt to bog down PEOPLE club in new york john barrymore celebrated the broadway opening of his play my dear children with a night club party when he found awaiting him both his dau daughter ahter diana and his estranged fourth wife elaine barrie he chose the latter stomping out angrily diana shouted denunciations on that woman when reporters asked miss barrie if this was a reconciliation she answered ask john sa said id the great lover swallowing from his cocktail glass it was good publicity PENSIONS checks mailed from washington late laie last just month were checks to workers and their dependents in 48 states constituting the first monthly benefits fit s from I 1 rom U S old age insurance recipients W wage age earners over 65 who have retired their wives widows children or dependent parents highest checks were 42 for married couples 65 or over though the average is 49 for married couple Q and 26 tor for unmarried workers |