Show WEEKLY NEWS NEW ANALYSIS 0 0 0 0 new german troop movements threaten Sw sweden edens s neutrality norway s battlefront widened EDITORS NOTE when opinions are expressed in these columns they iare are those of the ahe news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper released by western newspaper union THE WAR tavo million men As the british government announced that the empire now has men under arms military experts were speculating as to how many of this number had landed in norway current theater of world war il II there was terrific fighting in norway and norwegian coastal waters that much was sure but conflicting reports from london B erlin berlin and stockholm clouded the picture nazi official sources admitted for the he first time that their forces had clashed with allied troops on norwegian soil direct combat was centered around steinkjer Stein kjer where it appeared the british had been routed and around the gateway to oslo a strategic valley north of that city it was in this sector near the city of bombas that robert losey U S military air was killed dur ing ng a german air raid he was hit in n the heart by a bomb splinter as he ie stood near a mountain tunnel used for air raid protection around oslo itself guerilla warfare was in progress small bands of the scattered norwegian forces teamed up with british troops and staged periodic raids upon points held by the germans germans claimed to be beating off these attacks and said they were pushing their outposts further into the interior british air patrols were busy raining bombs on german danish and norwegian coastal bases of the nazi air force in desperate efforts to cut off oe homeland communications and supplies of troops meanwhile german officials claimed that england was attacking nonmilitary non military objects and threatened reprisals they feared bombing of open villages and towns digging lit in at home allies and germans alike were taking measures to strengthen the home front while germans pulled in their belts another notch with more restricted rations being effected en england gland launched a salvage campaign similar ilar to the nazi requests for scrap iron see cut staging an old iron day the br british it government asked for scrap metal of every description and they got it bedsteads stoves I 1 tia 17 A 14 SAW 01 11 0 1 ag f START 10 eo abit 0 D ay BRITISH SALVAGE DRIVE A lesson from mr hitler gators and washing machines were among the thousands of articles tossed into the melting pot to become sinews of war england also announced a new budget and imposed a host of new taxes and levies CONGRESS slush seeking the aid of G men the senate campaign investigating committee is opening up inquiries into complaints of slush funds and other political misbehavior in five states nebraska missouri kansas maryland and west virginia chairman gillette democrat of iowa omitted to name the source of the complaints but ordered in investigators v esti gators to check reports he had received As far as west virginia was concerned there was no secret about the complaint source for that states state s senator neely democrat stated he had requested the inquiry to 61 prevent the statehouse machine from debauching debau ching and corrupting the elections with the use of money and whiskey neely is a candidate for governor this year in nebraska recent primary election expenditures were to be checked missouri investigators would look for evidence 0 of improper use of funds ln in that states senatorial race and a nother another race for the senate was being reviewed review cd in maryland investigators had already returned from kansas with reports of their findings on reported improper use of state patronage in connection with selecting republican convention do delegates legates public hearings on this thia investigation have been scheduled to let get under way within two weeks NEUTRALS baltic barometer ever since the nazi war machine showed its teeth to their No norwegian neighbors the swedish people have been hoping that their land will not be the eventual battlefield of the scandinavian campaign vowing to fight for neutrality swedish officials now have received reports that german troops and arms are being embarked from nazi controlled ports directly across the baltic from Sw edens shores some sources believed the troops were bound for norway but with the ships went ice breaking vessels and it is Sw edens ports not Nor ways that are still winter blocked ORIENT inevitable after secretary of state hull made it clear recently that the status quo must be maintained in the dutch east indies and japan politely agreed it appeared that for a while at least uncle sam could relax his I 1 X V REAR KEAR ADMIRAL TAUSSIG ile he fears aar with japan vigilance in that sector just a bit but as two warships of the U S asiatic fleet sped northward out of manilla to check on the report that the british navy havy was spreading its blockade of germany to eastern waters rear admiral joseph K taussig was telling the senate naval affairs committee in washington that war japan was inevitable said the admiral 1 I cannot see how we can ultimately prevent being drawn into war on account of the far eastern situation we would be warranted in using economic and financial means and if necessary I 1 force to preserve the integrity of china admiral taussig believes that the government at tokyo has a definite program for world conquest that will some day have to be reckoned with such a program he claims includes the gobbling up of the philippines ip french indochina indo china the netherlands indies and other sections of the far east next day hamilton fish republican representative from new york denounced the admirals statement and told his colleagues that congress should investigate inflammatory speeches of navy officers he said he believed navy officers thought the only duty of the fleet was to go to war with japan a report came out of tokyo that german and british diplomats were striving desperately for japans benevolent neutrality in connection with the present european war great britain is trying to extend her blockade to pacific waters and keep war materials from the east indies from reaching germany via pacific shipping lanes the port of vladivostok and the trans siberian railway TRAGEDY holocaust usually it is the feared flood that brings news of disaster from along the banks of the mississippi but now fire has made its bid for dishonor in the land of the levee in a natchez miss dance hall negro men and women were burned to death as racing flames trapped them from all chance of escape a single doorway about persons had been dancing for hours to the swing music of walter barnes negro orchestra of chicago when suddenly the decorative but dry spanish moss that hung from the rafters burst into flame survivors said that a mad rush for the door followed as the band continued to play in an attempt to avert a panic at least eight members of the 12 piece band perished investigation showed that there was but one exit to the hall the front door side windows had been boarded up exactly what caused the first flame formal forma investigation could not determine PRESIDENT visitors day when late in the summer of 1938 in in a s speech at kingston ontario franklin roosevelt declared that his country would intervene in canadas cause should that nation ever be invaded U S citizens were inclined to discount his words for war in canada seemed far away now with i canadian forces backing up great britain in eu ropes conflict the pic tu ture r e has changed band and mackenzie king as W L mackenzie king canadian prime min ister sat down around the conference table with the president in the little white house at warm springs ga that kingston speech stood out with special significance ance what was discussed at the conference was not disclosed but one thing seemed sure western hemisphere war problems were not neglected before leaving washington the president outlined for the senate a method to help the treasury meet its deficit by reducing capitalization of a few large U S spending ag agencies SUPREME COURT pickets in two opinions the united stat states es supreme court upheld the right of freedom of speech by Y declaring unconstitutional laws in alabama and california which regulated the acts of peaceful pickets in industrial strikes both leading U S labor groups were cheered by the decisions for the cause of each was involved in alabama the american federation of labor had challenged a state law regulating pickets which was was passed in 1923 in the california case C 1 I 0 fought against a 1938 statute claiming it infringed on freedom of speech justice murphy delivered the opinions and justice dissented agriculture eyes E yes front while I 1 hog og prices were advancing to a new 1940 peak still nothing to get excited about wheat corn and oata futures reached their highest point in aj 2 years pear fear of spreading war coupled with reports of short grain crops forecast for Eu ropes breadbaskets bread baskets combined to brighten the picture somewhat for american grain producers at present canada and australia hold the largest surplus of wheat |