Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W labine cabinet shifts bombing raids S presage big spring offensives russia draws closer to italy EDITORS NOTE when opinions are expressed expressed in these columns they are arc those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper ne released leased by western newspaper union EUROPE from axis to triangle if foreign observers hoped the finnish peace would place a quietus on western warfare their mistake was clearly evident by late march not by secret maneuvers but by leaps and bounds the rome berlin axis was merging into a russian german italian coalition designed to force a dictators peace down the anglo french throat at london and paris the populace protested demanding rn more aggressive purs pursuit uit of the war their parliaments fumed and one government fell completely the other sorely afraid jumped into the conflict head first mr air welles goes home nobody knew what was in his briefcase but U S undersecretary of state sumner welles boarded the conte di savoia at genoa homeward bound to tell franklin roosevelt about the chances for a european peace sidetracked by france V Z PAUL REYNAUD he got the call see below and britain he had more luck with germany and italy whose edicta dictators tors adolf hitler and benito mussolini net met at the brenner pass and presumably surn ably framed a set of abortive terms also discussed at brenner was an taio italo russ compromise calling for sphere of influence division in the balkans A few days later when soviet ambassador alexander flew from berlin to moscow on a secret mission it was clearly evident that germany was drawing rome and moscow closer together As if gloating over this diplomatic victory hitler sent his his raiders to bomb the british naval base at scapa flow reaction in england when press and public began yelling for action prime minister neville chamberlain got mad he gave parliament the fight ingest speech of his career and promised to strike back north for F 0 r the t h e sea D MAR umpteenth time in three years he averted a HELI GOLAND J j government icv jya tj colla collapse p s e this time by bending s planes e n d i n g F GERMANY AN Y on a retaliatory air raid against the nazi base at see map wave after wave of bombers poured tons of explosives on the island fortress next day reconnaissance planes brought back pictures to prove the damage hastily the germans took precautions at their other vulnerable base Heli goland then they in hi the th e HEADLINES OKLAHOMA the U S obtained a preliminary order restraining gov leon C phillips from using troops to prevent completion of the grand river dam phillips contention that the U S should pay the state slate for property to be damaged TAXATION at washington the U S treasby trea suly figured early 1939 income tax returns showed a 26 per cent boost over last year with heaviest collections still to be reported AVIATION american airlines inc asked the c civil ivi I 1 aeronautics authority for permission to operate the first complete airline from chicago to mexico city took revenge by raiding british convoy ships in the north sea in france fighting increased on the western front but there was a bigger fight in paris called on the carpet as a result of the russian threat premier edouard deladier Da ladier emerged with such a weak vote of confidence deputies had not voted that his cabinet resigned this was a victory for democracy because the deladier Da ladier government has ruled for seven months under dictatorial decrees quickly president albert lebien lebr jin summoned paul reynaud con conservative S ex finance minister bitter foe of and distastes dis taster of the politics ridden dala dier cabinet next day premier reynaud emerged with a well publicized psychologically sound victory cabinet dedicated to trouncing the nazis edouard deladier Da ladier was still war minister and all parties were so thoroughly represented that the chambers confidence seemed assured in fit finland while finns hastened evacuation of territory ceded to russia the battered little nation began patching her defenses and counting noses total war casualties were placed at of which were dead or seriously disabled total army meanwhile new troubles were arising with russia the finnish cabinet about to resign heard that the kremlin opposed formation of a norwegian swedish finnish mutual defense alliance on the ground that it would be aimed at the soviet obviously russia was not willing to surrender her newfound new found domination over scandinavia lit in poland numerous and unpleasant are the atrocity stories coming out of poland since german occupation last autumn much of this information probably came from consular officials of neutral nations a possibility which explain the latest nazi order effective immediately all foreign consular offices in poland must be evacuated making germany the sole source of official information on conditions in the area at washington the state department part ment announced the reich had been adamant to its protests left without official representation were americans living in poland ASIA crow eaters for two and one half years japanese troops fighting in north china have reported after every encounter that the enemy has been routed e given a stunning blow wiped out or annihilated in late march the japanese army was forced to eat crow an official survey admitted that more than a million chinese troops were still fighting in north china under leadership of gen cheng chien whom the japs reported killed in 1938 in the south nippon had better luck capturing the walled city of Ling shan and encircling a large chinese force east of the nanning railroad meanwhile the puppet regime of wang ching wei turncoat ex chinese premier summoned a central political council and established a government at under japans watchful eye POLITICS parleys inning in late march columnist ernest lindley wrote from washington that president roosevelt had told an unidentified southern legislator 1 that he wanted to retire 2 that cordell hull should succeed him 3 that jim parleys Far leys catholicism would make impossible a successful race by the postmaster general next day franklin roosevelt protested said he the remark about parley farley and the rest of the article all came from whole cloth it was utterly false while this was no recommendation it at least let far leys friends believe that he would have an equal chance for the job if mr roosevelt turns it down parley farley himself took heart next day stepping from his train at springfield mass where democrats have entered a full slate of delegates for him in the forthcoming primary he said flatly to clear up any misunderstanding let me say that my name will be presented to the national convention at chicago and that and it was CONGRESS farm fund passed by the senate and certain to pass the house was a agriculture appropriation bill carrying for parity pa payments y and another for the surplus commodities program it was more than above either the house bill or the presidents budget and wiped out most of the earlier savings through which the house planned to avoid new taxes or a boost in the national debt limit though congress hoped to offset the farm boost by slashing defense and relief appropriations even this possibility was fading fast eu ropes war was forcing U S attention to her armed strength and metropolitan congressmen were demanding at least a boost in appropriation some observers predicted the deficit for next fiscal year would be at least compared with the estimate by president roosevelt treasury secretary gen thau hearing that congress was looking covetously at his stabilization fund hastened to protect it also in congress IL indicating a lessening of administration opposition to wagner act amendments the pro new deal house labor committee voted to expand the labor board from three men to five earlier the committee power 66 az p 4 1 k 1 I V AlICH IGANS HOFFMAN hells bells no rejected 3 9 to 8 a motion for establishment lish ment of a new board but there was skullduggery in this rep clare hoffman R mich learned his proxy vote had been cast against the proposal by error asked if he would have voted as his proxy was cast hoffman replied hells bells no everybody knows what I 1 think of this board C lafter after passing the farm bill the senate took up the house approved resolution to extend for three years the reciprocal trade act its support diminished the bill stood only a 50 50 chance of passing as the administration wanted it minus a clause requiring senate ratification of each pact athe C the senate banking and currency committee approved 14 to 4 the bill of sen john G townsend R del to repeal the silver purchase act of 1934 reasons 1 too costly 2 it has subsidized chinese mexican and canadian silver 3 heavy gold purchases have made it impossible to attain the goal of 25 per cent silver in the U S monetary stock C L an amendment to the hatch clean politics act designed to bar political activity on the part of state employees paid with U S funds passed the senate and headed for a pigeonhole in the house athe house military committee began investigating foreign purchases of U S airplanes fearing vital defense mechanism was being sold abroad meanwhile the allied purchasing committee begged the U S to sell worth of its newest secret planes reason present models would be obsolete by the 1941 delivery date |