| Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS by edward C wayne congressional neutrality act revision permits armed U S merchant ships to sail through belligerent zones ua U S faces serious labor situation EDITORS NOTE when opinions are expressed in these colam ns they are those at the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper released by western newspaper union ta apt 3 A everyone in soviet russia is learning the soldiers trade these days even the students in school here an instructor is shown teaching sees secondary school students methods of bayonet fighting note that girls a as s well as boys are present for instruction in this class neutrality revision complete when the house voted to to permit the arming of U S merchant ships and allow them to sail through war zones into ports of nations at war it amounted to a repeal of the neutrality acts main provisions for as the senate had already adopted the same measure the administrations battle on this vital issue was over As a vote neared on the measure a warning came from president roosevelt that its defeat would be evidence to hitler that the united states is disunited for a while there were strong indications of a democratic revolt in the house as many members were reported to be demanding a firmer presidential stand on defense strikes in return for going goin a alonar with the roosevelt foreign policy when the presidents warning in in the form of a letter to speaker sam rayburn was read before the house it was inferred that assurances were being given that the strike situation would be dealt with and many members were reported to have then fallen in behind the white house revision plans marked by a hectic battle on the issue the principal fight centered repeal of the combat zone and belligerent li port provisions for shipping arming had already been approved by the house and senate tacked on the controversial provision sion when it passed the broader bill and returned it to the house for concurrence GERMANS fighting front frank admissions from berlin that the attack on russia was entirely stalled no longer had been withheld as the germans were finding it necessary to explain to the people the failure of their armies to capture leningrad moscow or the defenses in the donetz basin german press announcers announce announcements rn ent S blamed entirely the weather it also was claimed that the russian d defenses e especially around moscow were based on the knowledge that the german mechanized army could not operate over fields and through woods on a terrain covered with snow and rain said this has forced us to use roads instead of traveling cross count country ry and these roads are literally mine fields especially the shoulders the defenses around moscow were described as extremely powerful and intricate including subterranean tank garages from which red tanks would dash directly into battle and then circle and reenter re enter their bunkers after firing a few sho shots ts I 1 and before the german attacking forces could organize their defense defens e this system really gave the russians movable fortifications the german also said they were encountering flame throwers th rowers so concealed in the ground that only the nozzles were showing and which could be operated from a considerable distance with devastating effect the russians thus have been able to hold back the nazi attack berlin frankly admitted though it was claimed that at one point the assault had reached within 31 miles of the borders of moscow nothing was said about russian claims that her troops were actually taking the offensive at many points BRITISH loss loss of the aircraft carrier ark royal was admitted by the british who said that the craft claimed many times as being sunk by the nazis had been torpedoed in the mediterranean east of gibraltar the ton floating airfield was sunk while in tow after a submarine torpedo had struck her STRIKES galore highlighting the news of a troubled labor situation in the united states was the strike called for december 7 by operating employees of the nations railway systems the american federation of labor trades in sap diego 2000 me members of which had walked walk ed out crippling navy and marine defense projects went back to work at the same time the CIO chieftains in the coal dispute in the captive mines walked out of the conference and it began to look as though the army would have to take over and operate the mines in the steel coal mine strike however after a quadruple plea by president roosevelt to john L lewis had temporarily halted the threatened walkout of workers and had sent them back to work pending negotiations before the national mediation board board trouble developed as soon as the board decided adversely to the closed shop demand lewis had set his deadline and only three days before that time the board on which philip murray and other CIO chieftains were sitting declined to vote the fhe closed shop murray and his aides had announced that they were quitting WAR and mr welles administration forces saw the approach of americas entry into actual hostilities as closer not b because e of repeal of the neutrality acts main restrictive paragraphs but as a result of increased p pressure on this country by japan and germany sumner welles undersecretary of state and president roosevelt himself in their armistice day addresses had issued most solemn warnings mr welles in particular said another war may be forced on the united states at any moment by japan or germany the tides are running fast the heart searching question every american citizen must ask himself is whether the world in which we have to live would have come to this desperate pass had the un united t states been in willing those years yea rs which followed 1919 to play its full part in striving to bring about a new world order based on justice and on a steadfast concert for peace he said that president wilson dying five years after he had laid the groundwork of such operative cooperative co effort was laid to rest amid the apathy and the sneers of those of his opponents who had through appeal to ignorance to passion and to prejudice temporarily persuaded the people to reject Wil wilsons sons plea that the influence the resources and the power of the united states be exercised for their own security and their own advantage through our participation in ian an association of nations for peace ROME and hostages italy by arresting hostages in as an aftermath of a serbian uprising in which a large number of italian soldiers and civilians jans were slain and wounded had placed herself in position to go into the hostage execution business in a similar manner to that of the nazis in france and other occupied countries in the official casualty list in m greece and issued by the italians since their armies occupied those countries italian soldiers had been reported killed and wounded it was tile the first time since the outbreak of the war that the italian command had resorted to the h hostage os method of control or reprisal mediterranean battle report british warships under the guns of a highly superior italian naval force had engaged a convoy in the mediterranean and had sunk several evs freighters also three destroyers the british admiralty announced in a later that four more axis troopships had been sunk two sailing vessels sent to the bottom and four other vessels damaged all of this was accomplished by submarine action the british asserted it was considered possible that the action might have been a prelude to activity by the british in north africa MARSHALL on morale gen george C marshall head of the army declared there was in progress a sudden and widespread attempt on the part of the nazis to sabotage united states munitions utility and transportation industries also the ardys morale already the general revealed there has been uncovered an axis propaganda pr opa ganda attack designed to disrupt army morale this campaign using clever methods has succeeded already in upsetting the families of soldiers and has also misled some members of congress the generals daily mail he said reflects german scheming through letters from families who are worrying about their boys in the army who have been led to believe for instance that the so soldiers I 1 diers lack bood food proper shelter or medical atte attention antion they come from members of congress who have been similarly misled he cited the various events indicative of disrupted morale which occurred cu r red dur during in 9 the sum summer in er ELEPHANTS circus tragedy Tra 0 edy the sudden death of 10 elephants in in the barnum bailey circus at atlanta was followed by a statement from the management that it was clearly a case ca S e of elephant murder autopsies determined what w hat the poison was and that it was an inside job arrests had been ased prom the story had much human interest and it was expected would b blossom osom out into detective that it fie fic tion most of the animals were that died years aey young old for elephants 30 t to a 35 |
