Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS by edward C wayne hitler seeks way to end misadventure bof of mussolini against battling greeks farm group asks new parity loans lord lothian british envoy to Us S dies EDITORS NOTE iben opinions are elor essed in thee columns they are those of the news srmst and not of this newspaper 1 lRe leased by western newspaper Nes paper unc L 1511 at t AT 1 zo CANAL ZONE A picture by the signal corps U S A sho showing win i g secretary of navy frank knox left as he inspected the ardys coastal defenses somewhere in panama shown left to right are secretary knox maj gen jarman commanding the panama coast artillery brigade gen van voorhis commanding the he ardys canal forces captain nickey hickey naval district chief of staff and col carl Rol isenberger PEACE TALK on many fronts while cannon roared and ships were torpedoed into the deep talk of peace broke out in europe but there was no peace the fury on land sea and in the air did not abate nor did there seem much chance that the peace moves would be successful in england a motion was made in commons by independent labor ites from glasgow that the government seek a negotiated peace the governments reply was made by maj clement atlee atiee labor leader who said the choice was not war or peace but war and what kind of peace the motion was defeated to 4 the following day in a northampton election a candidate who campaigned on a stop the war platform was defeated 1167 to in germany there were indications that adolf hitler was seeking a formula to bring an end to the italian misadventure against greece the effort was handled by franz von in turkey who sought to have that nation intervene with greece this was important since any german move to help mussolini would require movement of na nazi z troops through bulgaria or jug 0 and risk involvement with turkey but greece was in no mood for a cessation of hostilities in portugal there were rumors of underground movements seeking peace many looked upon this as the h e most logical step of all since hitler would rather trust dictator controlled portugal than either the pope or president roosevelt also portugal has for years been a allied I 1 to england itier goes on in italy premier mussolini was continuing reorganization of his combat forces added to the retirement list was marshal pietro badoglio baroglio Ba doglio hero of ethiopia and corn com mander of all armed forces gen ettore bastiao Bas tico governor of the strategic Dode canese islands and admiral cavagnari chief of the naval staff who had served italy in five wars the invasion of greece begun a month earlier was turning into a debacle italian italia n forces had lost all supply bases and airfields in southern albania many of the bases had been built and equipped since italy took over albania and all were aimed at carrying on the march toward the aegean H how ow tar far into central albania the italians would be forced to retreat before findan finding g a new defense line was uncertain in egypt the british opened another blitz against the italians for weeks the army of marshal marsha graziani sat at sidi bahrani Bar rani 75 miles within the egyptian border then the british struck in the first three days they took prisoners killed the commanding officer of the post and captured his assistant all this was aimed at pressing a concerted drive to crack italy and put a wedge into the axis alliance within italy there were reports of anti fascist riots and murmurs of discontent otherwise on the war front C L britain pressed its case for financial aid from the united states and the movement was highlighted by an expression from jesse jones administrator of the that he regarded england as a good risk sir frederick philips brit british sh undersecretary of the treasurer conferred ln in washington on english holdings in the U S which may not be sufficient to last another year fl L the U S navy reported its bui building id ing program was a head ahead of schedule and one new ship was being turned ut lut every 12 days LOSS one ambassador its like a plank had dropped out ot of things was one official reaction in london to the news that lord lothian british ambassador to the united states had died in washington D C victim of a infection lord lothian was ill but a few days and died at the age of 58 53 years night before his death he hisil had been forced by his iness illness to cancel an appearance before the american farm bureau federation meeting in baltimore however in a speech written by him and delivered by neville butler counselor of the british embassy lothian made a strong appeal for more aid by the united states for the british war cause announcement of his death followed only by a few hours the news of the speech popular in washington circles lothian was respected by his superiors and his countrymen at home official british sources said quite frankly that his influence in washington would be sorely missed in these critical days lord lothian came to the united states as ambassador bas in 1939 FARM PROGRAM loan advocated the american farm bureau federation era tion meeting in baltimore advocated a dv 0 a program which through the use of government loans would peg prices of major crops considerably above current market quotations the federation which has been pro new deal admitted the plan would require congressional revision of the present agricultural legislation the present law permits loans up to 75 per cent of parity rates the proposed legislation would make loans to farmers at rates equivalent to 85 per cent edward A oneal federation president said parity prices based on current conditions were about a bushel for wheat 1575 a pound tor for cotton and cents a bushel for corn coupled with the high loan feature would be a system of marketing quotas and heavy penalties for farmers who sold in excess of their allotments EPIDEMIC but not serious developing in california and sweeping eastward with reduced strength an epidemic of influenza sent thousands of people to sick beds but at no time became serious in the eyes of medical authorities greatest cause of rejoicing among them however was tile fact that the type of influenza was not the deadly one that covered the nation in the present type lype contained none of the forms of pneumonia p present resent in the world war epidemic however hundreds of men in army cantonments canton ments were placed in hospitals and precautions were set up among the civilian population tio n doctors mostly ordered rest and sleep right at the moment there is no sure way wa Y of controlling influenza according to the public health service medical al science is better than in 1918 however in at least one case the virus which causes the malady has been isolated LIFE JOBS at the top resignations res I 1 i gnat ions of chief justice ch charles a ties evans hughes and associate justice james from the supreme court are expected shortly after the inauguration it has been gossip in the capital for weeks that hughes offered his resignation but was prevailed upon b by y the president to withhold it until after the campaign the appointments which are for life are greatly sought after by lawyers who regard it as the highest honor that can come to their professions fes many have been mentioned for the two places but there is some indication the chief justice place may be filled from members now sitting either mr justice stone or mr justice douglas if such would happen the president could make three appointments instead of two for the other places there has been mention of senator minton ol of indiana who was defeated in the recent campaign leon henderson of the SEC and attorney general jackson appointment of jackson might raise to cabinet status francis biddle now solicitor general |