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Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By Edward C. Wayne King Carol II of Rumania Abdicates As Fascist Iron Guard Effects Coup; House Votes 60-Day Volunteer Plan Before Launching of Peacetime Draft (EDITOR'S NOTE When opinions are expressed In these columns, they are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper.) fRpipagpH by Western Newspaper TTnmn I TREND . . . how the ivind is bloiving . . . Business New York will inherit from Amsterdam the title of world's diamond market, said Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, chairman of two corporations cor-porations which control 95 per cent of the world's production. Canada If Britain is forced to evacuate London as its capital, the government will move to Toronto, not Ottawa. Quarters already have been selected for the royal family. Banks Treasury officials alarmed at an increase in hoarding among individuals, are urging banks to prohibit pro-hibit large withdrawals where the need for the money is not clear. POLITICS: Issues Appear Whether the government shall be given power to seize industries where owners refuse contracts for national defense production may turn into one of the major issues of the campaign. A clause to that effect, ef-fect, introduced by Senator Eussell (D., Ga.) was included in the conscription con-scription bill before it passed the senate. Opposition developed in the houses, kitchens, drainage systems, gas and electrical lines. Erection of wooden barracks must wait congressional con-gressional appropriation. Sixteen camps were built during the World war. Most of these have been dismantled but the government govern-ment still owns the land. If the same sites are selected, new barracks bar-racks will be built at Camp Devens at Ayer, Mass.; Camp Upton, Yap-hank, Yap-hank, L. I.; Camp Dix, Wrightson, N. J.; Camp Meade, Annapolis Junction, Md.; Camp Lee, Petersburg, Peters-burg, Va. ; Camp Jackson, Columbia, Colum-bia, S. C. ; Camp Gordon, Atlanta; Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio; Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky. ; Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich.; Camp Grant, Rockford, 111.; Camp Pike, Little Rock, Ark.; Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa; Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kan.; Camp Travis, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; and Camp Lewis, American Lake, Wash. Munitions In some lines of equipment, where sufficient material cannot be constructed con-structed by existing industry, the government will build its own factories fac-tories or lend money to private firms to expand. With an eye to safety, however, none of these new facilities will be erected within 250 miles of an ocean or foreign border. This may develop devel-op a shift in the nation's industrial life. HISTORY: War Swap In an agreement declared to be the most momentous in American history since the Louisiana Purchase, Pur-chase, the United States traded war- I y 1 - : & , ft "(. '- 1 BALKANS: Coup Shots fired at the palace of King Carol of Rumania followed anxious days in the Balkans, during which Rumania accepted .a Berlin-Rome dictated agreement transferring part of Transylvania to Hungary. Included in the agreement was a guarantee to Rumania by Germany that its shrunken borders would be guaranteed against further demands by anyone. With a "Who, me?" expression, ex-pression, Soviet Russia looked over the fence from Bessarabia and Northern Bokovina, which it earlier had seized from Rumania. Even this did not satisfy the king's enemies. Two days later King Carol II announced the appointment of Gen. Ion Antonescu as the new military mili-tary dictator of the country. Carol retained only a few unimportant governmental tasks. But still crowds of angry rioters shouted in the public square around the Rumanian palace and the political politi-cal "outs" clamored for more changes. Finally it was announced that King Carol had abdicated. Stepping Step-ping down from the throne he was succeeded by his son Michael, 18 years of age, who once before ruled his nation as "the boy king" when his father renounced the right to the throne in 1925. The coup against Carol was by Fascists who sought to take over Rumania at once and liquidate the entire situation. M-DAY: Men Effects of the war will be brought to hundreds of thousands of American Amer-ican homes this month. For the first time in U. S. peace time history young men will be called from their jobs and schools to serve at least one year in the nation's military forces. First is the National Guard, 60,500 officers and men from 26 states being be-ing the initial cadre going on active service beginning September 16. Later more will be called until 250,-000 250,-000 are in the field. Meanwhile 11,000,000 will have registered under the conscription measure. Once set up, the draft machinery will turn fast. First call will be for a gradual enlistment of 400,000. An additional 500,000 will follow before spring. A few days after the senate had approved the Burke-Wadsworth bill which would call up these first U. S. peacetime conscripts, the house of representatives tacked an amend- ::-::: & :;: SENATOR RUSSELL Mr. Willkie didn't like his amendment. house which has a less drastic idea. Final decision may be reached by conferees. Wendell L. Willkie, G. O. P. presidential presi-dential nominee, denounced the Russell Rus-sell amendment less than 24 hours after its enactment. He said it was a move to "socialize and sovietize" industry. "If our enterprises and assets are to be taken over by the government," he asked, "what are we to defend?" He also called upon the President to name a co-ordinator of national defense with full executive power to handle the nation's $11,000,000 arms program. Such a move, he said, was advocated in the 1939 report of the national resources board. Answer came quickly in the senate, sen-ate, whre it was pointed out that 10 Republicans were among the 69 senators who favored "industrial draft." Senator Russell said Willkie was willing to conscript lives and careers of young men but not wealth. WHEAT: World Crop The bureau of agricultural economics eco-nomics said indications are that about the same wheat acreage will be planted for 1941 harvest as was seeded for the 1940 harvest. There were 62,000,000 acres allotted for seeding for the 1941 crop under the Agricultural Adjustment act, the same as for the 1940 crop. The bureau estimated that 1941 production will total about 750,000,-000 750,000,-000 bushels and leave about 50,000,-000 50,000,-000 bushels for export or addition to carry over. The total carryover would accordingly be about 300,000,-000 300,000,-000 bushels at the close of the 1941-42 1941-42 season. World acreage, exclusive of Soviet Russia and China, the bureau said, is expected to remain approximately approximate-ly the 275,000,000 acres harvested in 1939. The bureau said that world wheat supplies, exclusive of Soviet Russia and China, for the year beginning be-ginning July 1, 1940, may be about 100,000,000 to 150,000,000 bushels smaller than a year ago when they totaled 5,445,000,000 bushels, the largest stock on record. MISCELLANY: Healthiest Baby C Sharon Ray Conn, whose parents are on direct relief, was named the state's healthiest baby at the Iowa state fair at Des Moines. Doctors gave her 99.4 points, the highest on record. C South Carolina Democrats in a primary election indicated their preference for prohibition's return. The score was: For legal liquor sale, 162,540; against legal sale, 110,994! C After 16 months without a fatal accident on the nation's commercial airlines, a Central Pennsylvania plane crashed in West Virginia, bringing death to 25, the worst mishap mis-hap in U. S. aerial history. C Citizens of the Dominican republic repub-lic can sing "where never is heard a discouraging word." Dr. Raphael Leonidas Trujillio Molina, the island's is-land's dictator, has forbidden any discussion of the war. C. There were 3 per cent fewer deaths on the nation's highways in July than in July last year, the National Na-tional Safety council said. ATTORNEY GENERAL JACKSON His opinion "made it legal." ships to Great Britain for Western hemisphere air and naval bases. To the U. S. came: Ninety-nine-year leases in Newfoundland, New-foundland, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Trinidad, Antigua, Anti-gua, and British Guiana. Promise that if Britain loses the war it will not turn its fleet over to Germany, nor scuttle it. To Britain goes: Fifty old-age destroyers, of which we have 123. From a strategic and financial standpoint it was an excellent deal for the United States. The smallest small-est base, at Antigua, one of the Leeward Lee-ward islands in the Caribbean, is considered worth more than the entire cost of the destroyers. Total worth of the bases is estimated at about half the cost of the entire United States navy. From the naval view, the trade gives America a line of fortifications unparalleled in protecting the Panama canal, the Gulf and the Atlantic coasts. Dependence De-pendence of the British navy means America's one-ocean navy can be kept in the Pacific. More important than the material aspects are those of prestige. The trade served notice on the world that America will not see Great Britain go down under the blows of a dictator. Spain, Turkey, the wavering French colonies, even Russia Rus-sia will be impressed. So will Japan. Latin America will feel the Act of Havana implemented. Reaction at Home Congress was given no part in the negotiations. President Roosevelt Roose-velt notified them merely of the accomplished fact, and cited legal opinions from Attorney General Jackson upholding his power to make the deal. While there was general acceptance accept-ance that the United States defense position had been greatly advanced, the President's methods are due to be given a raking criticism. 'Here is a scene typical of armories throughout the nation as the national guard prepares for mobilization. This picture was taken in the rifle room of the 244th coast artillery armory, New York national guard as soldiers checked over weapons as one of the first steps in arrangements to answer their "call to arms." ment to the bill which provided that voluntary enlistments be given a 60-day 60-day trial before the draft was begun. Under the terms of this amendment, if the army's quota was not filled within 60 days the draft would automatically auto-matically go into effect to make up the difference between enlistments and the required number of soldiers. Thus the bill was shuttled back to the senate for consideration of this amendment. Barracks To get these men into the cantonments canton-ments the President also acted without with-out waiting for congress. Some months ago he was given $250,000,000 to be used at his own discretion. He set $25,000,000 of this aside for construction of water mains, bath- |