Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By Farnham F. Dudgeon German Troops Enter French Make Desperate Plea For Additional Aid From U. S. NOTE When opinions arc expressed In these they arc those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this I Released by Western Newspaper When Italy joined forces with Germany in the war against France anil England she had a good supply of armored tanks to aid in clearing the way for troops in true blitzkrieg Here arc pictured a number of Mussolini's soldiers manning the best tanks Italy has been able to In addition to these the Italian army is said to possess a large number of the THE Help Wanted race does not allow itself to be beaten down by invasion Our race has always thrown back or dominated the invaders Brave words by Premier Reynaud of France as he was telling his people of his appeal for help to President If President Roosevelt was planning on helping the next morning he learned that there was nothing much to be done to aid them in defending the French For during the night word had come through from Ambassador Bullitt that the German army was the gates of When the French government had transferred itself to the city of Ambassador Bullitt decided to stay on in While there he watched the French clear the city of all troops so it might be declared open and thus be spared destruction by the invading As the French army abandoned the high command explained at no worthwhile strategic aim would justify the destruction of the historic almost sure to result in any battle to defend it As the news spread that Paris was not being defended rumors spread that a separate peace for France was in the Britain announced that she was pouring every available man and all available equipment across the channel to aid in the further defense of But in his plea for Premier Reynaud had said he hoped for of U. S. And as the military experts were calculating the combined strength of England and France against Germany and her new it became increasingly apparent thai planes were the prime need of the For while Britain and France may control the their air power is sadly The figures show that the Rome-Berlin axis has over twice as many fighting planes as the HOME Big Job In a machine age war with flaming and motorized equipment of all industrial mobilization of national resources takes precedence over manpower Germany's swift thrusts into enemy territory stand as evidence that while France and England Nazi factories were working overtime turning out their mechanical instruments of HEADLINERS C. Dickinson of Michigan removed Thomas C. Wilcox as sheriff of Wayne county after hearing charges that the sheriff received a In a vice and gambling C Norway's King Haakon finally left his country's taking his government with him to C Former Governor of Richard W. was given a federal prison sentence for using the mails to 1 Arriving safe in Princess Juliana of The Netherlands and her two infant children plan to live in the dominion until the end of the C. Vacationing in Supreme Court Justice warned in an interview Adolf Hitler's plans our fancied security cannot C. Ernest charges that President is for in permitting army and navy planes to be purchased by the Allied leaders themselves arc admitting these days that it was this lack of a unified industrial production program that left them so far behind Germany when the war Evidently the United States does not intend to be caught napping in a similar should this nation be called upon to defend its shores against For the preparedness program Is moving along with increasing smoothness and The President's defense co-operating with government has Increased flie tempo of its program to aid in this From likely to be the key point for the mass production of war came news that after Henry Ford and his engineers had inspected two planes sent them by the war he announced that his statement of being able to produce ships a still It was further slated that given six months notice Ford could turn out this many planes without interruption to normal output of Ford emphasized in an interview that any planes he produced would be defense Paying the Bill Secretary of the Treasury believes that the public is and to accept additional taxes to support the defense Most tax experts agreed with him but many cautioned that a hurried revenue bill rushed through congress would have to be reviewed and studied later to see that the tax was distributed fairly among all income Now Is the Time Opening their national convention in Philadelphia the Republican party faces a difficult task From its ranks it must pick a presidential candidate that will first of all be able in some manner to match the experience in international affairs that the Democratic party can present to the U. S. voting population in its For war or preparedness or lack of the foreign situation is to be the biggest in the 1940 political Both major political parties realize this and many domestic truly important may be neglected because of And with knowing this they are concentrating on a standard bearer that will give the American public full confidence that if elected he will be successful in pursuing a wise foreign Upturn Since last American business has been following a downward trend but now the picture is changing and according to recent reports of the federal reserve board this trend has been suddenly Government economists and Secretary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins believe that domestic business activity will increase enough to the multi-billion dollar defense to more than offset losses in international trade due to invasion of many of Uncle Sam's good customers In Not only have the so-called war industries shipbuilding and evidenced nice gains but other Industrial fields not directly related to armed conflict have increased their Outstanding among these other industries rayon petroleum output and coal But the greatest increase in volume of business is in production of Marked increase in orders for foreign buyers and domestic manufacturing plants arc pushing steel plants up to |