Show aap N EN washington D C WALLACE FINDS NAZI propaganda IN MEXICO behind the scenes henry wallace played quite a part in the mexican U S agreement to work out joint plans for national defense it was henrys job during his trip to mexico as vice president elect to put across some quiet diplomacy with new president avila camacho aimed to smooth out all U S mexican problems this he did and became completely simpatico with high mexican officials however henry also brought back a very worrisome picture of nazi activity in mexico being a farm boy from iowa and skeptical about the zimmerman affair during world war I 1 when the german foreign office invited mexico into an alliance against the united states henry went down to mexico as an unbeliever as far as nazi propaganda was concerned but he came back his skepticism gone the great mass of the mexican people and the mexican government are sincere believers in friendship with the united states henry found but a small minority plentifully supplied with nazi fascist cash has been doing its best to poison friendly relations in fact there were some indications that the nazis might even go to such lengths as outright sabotage or damage to the united states in such a way that mexico would get the blame thereby stirring up an animosity between the countries note last year in U S greenbacks green backs was taken to mexico from new orleans by count roberti of the italian legation presumably tor for propaganda purposes count roberti is the son inlaw in law of ogden hammond ex ambassador to spain and a leader of the move to cooperate with spanish dictator franco GU GUARDING A THE CAPITOL it if you visit the united states cap capitol in the near future dont carry an isolationist banner or anything more explosive than a cigarette lighter or you may wind up in the brig tightest police restrict restrictions i ons since world war days are being put into effect at the capitol b building uil ding under a plan devised by speaker sam rayburn sen harry F byrd chairman of the senate rules committee and arthur E cook of the capitol police board all visitors will be required to check packages before entering the building a 0 BRITISH DACHSHUND most unusual household pet in washington is owned by the british ambassador lord halifax believe it or not he has a german dachshund the envoy bought the dog from a kennel in virginia shortly after his arrival in the united states note the dachshund was widely used by american cartoonists during the last war as a sinister symbol of germany and some animals were mistreated by misguided zealots zealous zea lots 0 a a BOTTLE the department of agriculture is completing plans to breed 2500 cattle this spring by artificial insemination the cattle are the property of indians on reservations in arizona and new mexico able indian commissioner john collier asked agriculture to help build up the quality of I 1 the stock and the problem was how to service the cows with a limited number of bulls through artificial I 1 insemination one bull can be bred with any number of cows most spectacular experiment of this kind was conducted recently by experts in the experimental farm at beltsville md they sent artificial insemination by air express one morning for a mare in miles city mont in vacuum bottles it was delivered the same day and the process was completed that evening result was a healthy colt from a mare in montana sired by a belgian stallion in maryland 0 a BIERRY GO ROUND swankiest Swan kiest newsman at the white house press conference is robert horton press officer tor for the defense commission who while most of the others are hoofing boofing to their offices after the conference drives away in a limousine with a chauffeur some of the electric light bulbs used in the white house are marked save and can be redeemed for two cents after they burn out but the white house which buys at reduced government price destroys the old bulbs regardless without redemption demp tion the immigration bureau of the justice department soon will set up its own intelligence unit to watch fifth columnists in the U S A allied chemical is buying one of the swanky apartment houses along sixteenth street not far from the soviet embassy it should be all set to lobby in a big way harmodio arias former president of panama has four sons in school and college in the united states harmodio jr and roberto at columbia gilberto at harvard and antonio at peddie institute in new jersey |