| Show by edward C wayne WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS balkan drive axis powers continue attempting to cut britaina Brit ains lifeline turbulent labor convention forecast selective service lottery completed la in these columns they expressed EDITORS NOTE NOT EWhen when analyst kopini opinions ons a and nd are not neres necessarily sarly of this ness newspaper paper are those of the news i union in by western New newspaper r L BATTLE FOR EMPIRE balkan 17 adventure reinforced by an understanding with gen francisco franco dictator of spain and vice premier pierre laval acknowledged leader of france the axis powers rode off of conquest benito on a new highway mussolini served a six hour ultimatum on greece to surrender its strategic airports and harbors to guarantee peace then without waiting for an answer fascist legions g ions drove across the border t toward 0 athens from their bases in al ready conquered albania meanwhile adolf hitler established in rumania made ready to attack turkey F slam swinging ging through the lone remaining independent nde pendent countries of bulgaria and hitler predicted that by december I 1 he would hold istanbul and the dar canelles da nelles meanwhile there were indications indication s that german troops would find free passage through spain to attack gibraltar br altar frances role was to turn over air and naval bases in africa and the near east for the battle on britaina Brit ains life line in the mediterranean what seemed to be happening was the result of hillers Hit lers failure to make england capitulate on schedule london was still tak taking in g a severe beating from the air but still holding out and apparently giving germany as good as it received so unable to conquer britain hitler swung his force on conquest of the british empire with a pincer movement on both ends of the mediterranean outposts in this movement greece and turkey were the last outposts linked to england in the fight against totalitarian tali domination outside of the western hemisphere no independent nations lived with the exception of parts of the british empire virtually cut off from their mother country if the nazi conquest succeeded there seemed little in the way 0 of I 1 that success greece with an army of but regulars re t s I 1 4 s as here is general alexander alexande r papa gos who has been appointed by king george of greece to lead the land forces of his country in their battle to fight off the invasion by italian troops serves and warplanes war planes was harddy more than a wooden barrier across the road in the path of a juggernaut turkey boasted of 2 warriors outflanked out flanked on all sides appeals to britain were answered immediately but britain could ill afford to assemble its scattered naval bower power for a definite issue in the near east its mediterranean fleet went into immediate action occupying the fortified greek island of crete which bars the way to suez and landing in crete which gives th them em a base near italy AS TO WAR call for service president roosevelt stood at a microphone near him was war secretary henry stimson blindfold ed the cabinet member reached into a glass bowl with his le left ft hand pulled out a capsule and extracted a slip of paper he handed it to the president pros dent the firt first number the ne president said is A woman screamed screamed d it was as the number assigned by a draft board to her son it meant he was first on the list in nation s his district to answer the selective service call mrs H henry the wom woman an was bell wife 0 of f a world war veteran outside the build who was on duty i jut i of honor As ing ng in a legion begic ln guard she was given t the he capsule a alm memento ento which ca contained stained her sons number later her husband a district of columbia fireman also was per bitted to draw a number from the bowl earlier dignitaries of the federal government nt drew numbers and later boy scouts veterans newsmen radio announcers and volunteers from the audience were given the honor the pulling of numbers be gun at noon went on all night and continued hours after the sun had struck the capitols dome nine thousand in in all were listed se serially r ally in that order providing the young men pass physical tests and have no dependents they will be sent to army camps for a years training the first a mere trickle will leave home november 15 before spring in all will be in khaki army 7 lik va 0 V ae ka val net Z t I 1 this fellow typifies the expression of many as they learned that their numbers were the first drawn in the selective service lottery ue ile is eugene kolb jr of san francisco officials estimated only those men whose serial numbers were among the first 1500 selected will be examined for service this year and half of them will not be accepted president roosevelt ruled that no man may be taken unless he has been given five days notice by his draft board in order to settle personal affairs mexico weakens the republic just south of the rio has decided to lift an embargo on supplies of war to japan the embargo had been decreed five days earlier by president cardenas it was indicated there still may be some restrictions on oil and scrap which are government monopolies otherwise exporters may engage in free trade including much needed mercury one diplomatic source said a change may be made in the order orde r after president elect manuel camacho takes office in december this spokesman said mexico was anxious to operate cooperate co with the united states and would recall the embargo it if washington indicated the international situation made it necessary the four days trial h however however cost mexican exporters hund hundreds reds of tho thousands u of dollars since the war has h as shut off all other shipments REV REVOLT OLT IN INC C 1 10 0 leivis Is target what is forecast as likely to be one of the most turbulent conventions vent ions in american labor histo history ry is due when the congress of ind industrial organizations meets at atla atlantic n city john L lewis endorsement ot ol wendell L willkie in the just closed presidential campaign was coupled with the announcement that he would resign if roosevelt were elected lewis already faced growing op position in the C 1 I 0 sidney hillman president of the amalgamated clothing workers split with lewis on national defense hillman was named to the deafen defense s e commission backing hillman was the powerful textile union 1110 lewis endorsement of willkie in split away from him heavy factions of the automobile automo bil e steel rubber and electrical I 1 wor workers kers it if lewis fails 0 of I 1 reelection election re many look upon phi philip lip murray quiet voiced steel chieftain as the poss pos sian ble successor rather than th hillman THE GLEANERS F irving bauman 1940 champion national contest in a field ol of 21 expert nubbin toss ers living irving bauman eureka illinois tossed bushels of corn against the to win the national championship at davenport iowa he barely nudged out marion link of ames iowa who husked bushels in the 80 minute contest bauman a renter married and with a three year old son gets the gold cup and prize NO REST carol pursued the turbulent road to exile traveled by former king carol of rumania m ania struck a new detour one month on his way from bucharest to portugal and still not at his goal the king learned that the spanish government had ordered his consort mme ame lupescu and his palace minister i ernest Urda returned to rumania there they likely will stand trial before an iron guard court for crimes against the state carol was informed of the order by spanish police pray who gave those orders he asked my superiors peri ors said the officers who are your superiors asked the king there was no answer LOST COLONY nelv clues in 1591 when george white governor of the colony of virginia returned from a two year trip to england he could find not a trace of the settlement settlement he had left on roanoke island N C the only clue was the word croatan carved on a tree it was the name of a local indian tribe i until recently historians were my mystified stifled at the disappearance of the pioneer men and women three years ago a 21 pound quartz stone was found on the bank of the chowan river near Ede edenton fiton N C in elizabethan english it told of th the e death of the colonists from misery and war included in the dead was virginia dare first white child born in america now 46 other stones have been unearthed along a trail which showed the colonists plodded through north carolina south carolina and georgia twenty of the nations foremost experts on pre colonial folklore led by dr samuel E morison have declared the stones authentic most recently discovered stone told of the marriage in 1599 of virginia dares mother to an ind indian ian chief chi ef ASIA V U S interests in asia the current situation had important complications japan now linked to italy and germany by the new triple alliance said it would fulfill its obligations these may be interpreted by tokyo to cau call for seizure of hongtong Hong kong and singapore the british base at singapore always wa ys has been considered to prop up one end of the american lifeline the united states took action in another direction premier general petain of france was notified in a personal note from president roosevelt that if france surrendered bases to the axis powers the united states would feel duty bound to occupy french colonies in the caribbean |
