Show weekly news lie view britain bem fem feared ed capitulation capitulating Capitula ting tin 9 in czech german geranan argument uy ity joseph W La bastine tisie I 1 foreign at his office in fleet street publisher geoffrey dawson dawso n decided that wisdom was the better part ot of valor next morning his london times put in black and white what eng lands conservative cliveden set has thong thought all along that britain had best let adolf hitler cede czecho slovakian slova kias territory it if no other settlement would satisfy him nor did der fuehrer appear content with anything less while nervous france protested such arildea an idea and rushed troops into her amazing maginot line like gophers rush to their holes all eyes converged not on london or prague but on nuremberg where the nazi party was holding its annual congress and clam bake there chancellor hitler found the spotlights rays pleasantly warm in the first ot of his eight speeches he made clear germany Germ anys is determination to be supreme in southeast europe to czechoslovakia these were frightening words immediately su aeten leader konrad henlein was handed banded the fourth and final list of concessions which he rushed un if i staw ML AN ambassador HENDERSON ile he go home opened to nuremberg same evening Fuehr ers hitler and henlein opened them found satisfaction tor for every demand except 1 establishment of a one unit government for luddens Sude tens and 2 freedom tor for practice of nazi ideology brages concessions might have been sufficient a week earlier but shrewd adolf hitler I now saw a chance to take the whole hog britain anxious to avoid war at all cost had capitulated unofficially admitting she was willing to sell czechoslovakia slovakia la down the river and by midnight another unexpected joy had bad developed so important that konrad henlein was sent scurrying back home with orders to hold bold out for complete surrender at ostrau in territory czech moun mounted ed policemen had horsewhipped horse whipped a noisy crowd striking a legislator on the shoulders while apologetic prague hastened its investigation the incident offered konrad henlein a new chance to play the role of martyr next day with all odds in his favor der fuehrer could afford to assure the world of his peaceful intentions tent ions while show continued hs he received germanys germanas Germ anys foreign diplomatic corps including frances andre francois poncet who ho suggested democracies are not exactly lauded at the nuremberg congress but their emissaries usually usually y feel welcome answered expansive adolf hitler 1 I hope to continue to make the ambassadors feel and I 1 also hope that during my regime no mother will have cause for wet eyes on account of any action of mine most foreign envoys left after the reception but not britaina Brit ains sir nevile hendersol Hender soot sow he stuck around like a guest who wont vont go home trying to corner either der fuehrer or foreign minister joachim von voc Rib bentrup it if he succeed succeeded ded germany would learn that geoffrey dawson was only fooling that britain still meant business aviation V U S commercial airlines could not operate without government mail subsidy but since 1934 even that assistance has been insufficient to prevent huge clef deficits ivits part of the infant Indu trouble has been ol of its own making as when monopolistic mono practices caused the U S ardys painful experience with air mail five f ive years ago throughout its brief history aviation has contended with improper and vacillating government supervision not until last winter did congress create a civil aeronautics authority which was vas organized last month under edward J noble last week CAA gave a party to chicago they invited representatives ot of 25 commercial lines tor for a get acquainted meeting that ended in a lecture led by air transport associations col edgar S Gor gorrell reli aviation plumped tor for immediate stopgap stop gap relief in the form of increased air mail subsidies also outlined was a five point industrial program which requires CAAs mor kl 0 and financial aid AU all this was well enough but if airlines expected CAA to be a finan cial angel they had another guess coming up stepped member harllee branch to dispel once and for all any mistaken ideas said he it seems proper to remind carriers that while the authority desires that they shall receive fair compensation no me line should assume that the authority is going to dish out public moneys in any reek reckless or ill III considered fashion no one should be deluded with the idea that all an air line has to do is convince the authority it has succeeded in operating at a deficit there will be no premiums on bad management war north of the yangtze river two japanese armies captured three chinese positions in their drive on bankow south of the yangtze there was a different story tor for defend defenders ers P pierced jap lines six miles southeast of Jui chang and forced the invaders to retreat leaving dead fresh from tokyo came troops determined to intensify the campaign on all fronts until generalissimo alis simo chiang kai government is crushed on the ebro front generalis Gen generalissimo erlis imo francisco francos african moors swept through a gap in the loyalist bobera line next day capturing mountain heights dominating the river valley domestic in ohio aged people receive federal state assistance which costs the U S social security board approximately per month in august when he ran for democratic chios gov martin L davey pointed with pride at his record one accomplishment establishment of old age assistance which has a also so been established in 47 other states three days before the primary social tys director frank bane charged governor davey with using old age assistance to get votes though the governor was defeated that did not stop social security from sending out investigators who last week reported to chairman arthur J altmeyer at a hearing from which martin davey pointedly absented himself social security claimed that 1 requests for old age aid addressed directly to governor davey received preferential treatment 2 some were told it would be 11 a good idea to vote for governor davey 3 political and personal influence replaced the merit system in appointment of chios old age personnel next day chairman Alt meyers threat to cut off federal pension grants brought a sharp retort as martin davey answered a dirty qs zo POP Z k MARTIN DAVEY this is surprisingly dirty politics acs ics 7 politics charge with a dash of the same medicine frankly I 1 do not believe you dare deprive these chios Oh ios aged citizens of one halt half their scant living to support your political maneuver this was surprisingly dirty politics for one who pretends to be as righteous ou S as yourself before he ever became president franklin Roosevel ts pet pub lie utilities idea was a tour four point program including 1 grand co coulee ace for the northwest 2 boulder for the southwest 3 TVA for the southeast 4 st lawrence waterway lor for the northeast boulder dam had already been built and s since coming to the white house franklin roosevelt has started grand coulee coule e expanded TVA only the st la lawrence V waterway is nor will it start until Ont arios stubborn stubbo M premier mitchell hepburn gives his blessing not forthcoming until C canadas aada railroad situation improves without mentioning st lawree lawrence the president managed last week to focus attention on it at hyde park bue read reports by the war department and federal power cammi commission assion on power needs then ho he decided an electricity shortage in case of f war constitutes a serious threat to national security appointed at once was a special committee tor for further study to I 1 find and recommend deft definite nite ways and means of meeting this problem best bet was that the st lawrence plan would be the ways and means business not since june 1937 has the U S treasury asked the capital market for new money though last december it borrowed to pay maturing bills but when congress voted bill billions johs for relief this past spring when recession kept government payrolls swollen above above normal it was obvious that money must come from somewhere fortnight ago secretary of the treasury henry jr returned from europe b busying himself immediately med lately with budget director daniel IV bell then came the inevitable announcement this month said secretary gen thau the treasury will go into the market tor for in new e IV A SECRETARY AU uncle sam needed more money money to help finance recovery still ahead are requests tor for 1400 more in new money though these will not come before next calendar year nor was this all in the next few weeks notes totaling due december 15 will be re f financed inan ced short term treas treasury ury bills bill totaling will be re financed at a rate of per week bolstered by its now new borrowing the U S cash box will vill operate on a larger working balance between now and december on hand last week was how much it cost secretary to raise his national debt to was evidenced by loan rates the 00 in maturing bills cost the treasury an average debt service of per cent possibly the lowest rate in U S history net result ot of new borrowing will be to decrease bank reserves now nearing an all time high and to increase deposits though bank earnings thus far in 1938 1933 are under last year secretary was optimistic said he its quite remarkable the way banks are paying dividends and covering them I 1 think they seem to be doing very well As you know we have no failures to speak of agriculture last spring the new U S crop control measure placed domestic and export corn requirements at bushels promised to make loans it 1938 1933 production exceeded that fi figure though much corn has suffered from disease americas crop this year has still turned out above expectations by last week it became apparent that corn loans will be necessary at washington H 11 tolley reported the august estimate ol of 1938 corn com was bushels which is bushels in excess of the original estimate though loan figures will not be determined until next novembers crop board estimates loans were virtually assured probably at 57 cents a bushel politics nevadas pat mccarran backed franklin roosevelt tor for reelection election re in 1936 opposed his supreme court and government reorganization measures but while the president sought to purge other half heart ed new dealers in this years PEI primaries he made no intervention in nevadas primary opposing 9 pat mccarran tor for nomination rc were renos albert hilliard and carson cites dr john worden both per cent new dealers the outcome pat mccarran won easy e at little rock ark conscientious J rosser venable defeated candidate for democratic senatorial nomination submitted his expense report with an explanation of one item 1 I bought one 25 cent watermelon for a few persons in a store and divided with them this delicious juicy melon people former queen victoria of S spain pain is a battenberg and for generations generation a all 11 m men en ot of the battenberg line have inherited hemophilia tendency to bleed though battenberg women are arc tree free of it among victims was the count of covadonga Cava donga eldest son of queen victoria and king alfonso As a child he nearly bled to death from a tooth extraction two years ago he had 20 transfusions over a malignant tumor which could not be relieved by surgery tor for fear of bleeding last week at miami the count of 0 covadonga Cava donga sped down biscayne boulevard with mildred gaydon night club cigarette girl their car swerved to miss a truck slid smashed mashed into a telephone pole nine hours later the count bled to death son james roosevelt at roches mayo clinic prepared to have a stomach ulcer removed |