| Show weekly news analysis rumania may be aest victim of soviets westward drive by joseph Josep fia W labine EDITORS NOTE when opinions opinion are expressed in these columns the they are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of the newspaper THE NEUTRALS bogey men A warring power can line up its weaker neutral neighbors either by backslapping back slapping or jaw punching the former has more permanent advantages the latter is useful under stress all ali hallows eve found comrades hitler and stalin sticking bo geyman gey man jack OLan terns in many a balkan and baltic window while france and britain tried to soothe the frightened children italy just sat up north where finland was still refusing mysterious russian demands foreign minister eljas erkko told a patriotic rally to remember two ancient countries which have been wiped off the map but it was in the balkans that greatest tears fears arose while italy calmly appropriated tor for an arms program which might be needed to drive nosey russia out RUSSIA C ta U esst 0 B UL A RUMANIAN HOT SPOT arrows at 1 show possible hungarian drive to regain transylvania and the minor mn or provinces of bukovina Buk owina and the banat of Temes var 2 show the russian threat to Bes sarabia 3 the rich ric h dobruta region coveted by bulgaria most of this land was given to rumania at yer versailles sailles its loss would cut her off from the sea and finish her as a power but aid may come from yugoslavia A or from the allies greece and turkey at B of the balkans rumania was genuinely frightened working slyly the soviet kept encouraging bulgarian Bulga rias demands for return of dobruta see map king icing carol knew what that meant should trouble come with bulgaria russia could follow her polish tactics by marching into Bes sarabia to protect white russians meanwhile hungary would not be above saving her own nationals now un der rumanian rule international observers were convinced this was no joke and so was carol he summoned m 0 n ed his envoys to turkey bulgaria greece and jugo slavia tor for a conference and next day premier constantine met jugo sl avias premier dragisha tsvetko for mutual defense talks expected daily was some statement from italy would she demand that russia keep hands off thereby breaking with germany it seemed a good bet THE WAR rebound when swiss president philipp etter visited the intersection of german french swiss frontiers he passed cigarettes to his own troops next handed banded them across the line to french soldiers then offered the pack to the german guards this did not look like a german french war neither did the said berlins no special happenings said paris very reduced activity during the night there was no sign of peace behind h ind german lines however allied reconnaissance revealed about nazi troops concentrated on swiss belgian netherlands and french frontiers indicating a ble invasion of the lesser neutral states opposing them were the same number of french troops and about british still the war did not start despite frontier jitters which were heightened when the reich cut telephone communications all along this mile frontier observers believed only bad weather or adolf hillers Hit lers whim stood between german troops and a large scale offensive there was also a chance hitler awaited support from russia Nazi dorn had bad no tear fear of an allied offensive but that very assurance constituted an even greater fear poorly fed and nervously strained germany cannot endure a long war of attrition such as britain and france will no doubt wage some observers believe the war of nerves which hitler used to uch such advantage earlier this year is now rebounding CONGRESS to the house british french cheers reverberated across the atlantic when the U S senate passed 63 to 30 the adamini administrations is trat ions neutrality bill which w permits cash and carry sale of munitions to belligerents berlin was resentful and rome was sad the latter forecasting a longer war if america aided the allies in russia the newspaper commented sourly that war in europe was met by wall street with poorly disguised rejoicing in expectation of profits on war orders the U S was already on bad terms with russia since e the U S S city of flint seized by germany had been taken to far ar north Mur mansk repaired and released by the soviet to her german prize crew all U S diplomatic efforts to locate the flints american crew were ignored but it was learned the 41 men were aboard as the ship sailed for germany stopping at soe norway the flint was ordered away still awaited was the house vote on neutrality administration leaders arranged to have the rules committee bring out a simple resolution sending the measure to conference with the senate a move made possible by the houses passage of a modified version of the program last summer then the only house vote on the embargo would center on a resolution to instruct house agents to insist on the partial arms embargo it if the resolution failed quick agreement was certain PEOPLE papal slap in his first encyclical pope pius XII did not mention russia or germany by name but said 11 the state with r jn in limited authority breaks the unity of the supranational society robs the law 4 1 of nations of 11 01 I 1 I 1 its foundation and vigor and leads to the viola PIUS XII tion of oth robs of vigor rigor ers poland czechoslovakia czecho slovakia austria rights and impedes agreement and peaceful intercourse ter course 41 at rome premier benito mussolini celebrated fascists Fasci sms birthday by urging the nation to build and go forward shunned was any mention of the war L at new york died alice brady 46 year old stage screen creen actress who won an oscar from the motion picture academy for her work in in old chicago at phoenix ariz trunk murderess winnie ruth judd knocked at the door of the state insane hospital from which she had bad escaped one week before C L at kansas city bosses tom and K R emmett OBI alley SPEAKING L AVIATION As clyde and wes carroll landed their endurance seaplane at los angeles with a worlds record hours aloft three days better than the old mark two peruvian brothers left floyd bennett field in new york on a nonstop non stop flight back to lima LABOR acting navy secretary charles edison reported to the house naval affairs committee that C I 1 0 s united automobile workers union ion was jeopardizing ard izing the navys aviation defense 1 1 program through a strike at the bohn aluminum brass factory in detroit said mr edison A NAVYS EDISON naval inspect no 0 admittance tor calling at the strike bound factory to collect vital U S owned patterns and designs was turned back by pickets originally the incident was publicized by republican rep clare cl are hoffman C 4 agriculture with U S soybeans selling abroad six times better than in 1938 thanks to the war farm officials think wheat beef and cotton crops might be boosted if germanys germanas Germ anys U boats hamper british french communications with their colonies otherwise beef slaughter will drop because of poor already in leavenworth for U S income tax evasion were indicted again charged with bribery with accepting a bribe both indictments c entered centered around settlement of a missouri fire insurance rate case ti 44 at washington the justice department part ment ordered returned to draft dodger grover cleveland bergdoll now in prison the minus taxes seized after he fled to germany in 1920 at new rochelle N Y parted playboy tommy manville and elinor troy whom he brought from hollywood to new york in a special plane tommys tommas comment we came up here to the country and she found 28 rooms too small C L at baltimore gen hugh A drum told the nasonal guard association that recent maneuvers revealed our forces lacking in almost every essential except energy aggressiveness and intelligence we are not ready tor for war or tor for defense COURTS black tom in 1913 1916 and 1917 german saboteurs sabot eurs did a good job of blasting U S munitions factories to kingdom come two cases in point the kingsland N J plant and the black tom terminal at hoboken just across the hudson from manhattan after 20 years of bickering Nazi doms dr victor buecking Hueck ing deserted the mixed claims commission last june just before imperial germany was found responsible for the disasters sto rys end in washington what was left of the mixed commission awarded approximately to americans including in damages plus 5 per cent interest though adolf hitler win will have no truck with the case germany has a special deposit account in the U S treasury of between and to meet the award the treasury also holds about half a billion paper value in german republic bonds but it looked like american claimants would be lucky to get the principal minus interest winter feeding prospects meanwhile severe west and southwest droutha endanger the nations breadbasket again fl L INDIA when a british white paper postponed until after the war consideration of indias andias plea pie for domin ionization the madras provincial govern ment hiie n t resigned and bitterness grew apa apace ce sir samuel hoare defending the policy replied that dominion status was impossible V nil N until th the e indians them GANDHI selves have subtle warning settled their minorities problem commented indias andias mohandas gandhi 1 I wonder if dominion status has any meaning unless it is synonymous with independence indias andias operation cooperation co in the war is not as barren as hoare believes it will continue effective it if the congress party remains nonviolent non violent but violence may result if britain fails to backwater back water immediately C LOUISIANA when new orleans grand jurors howled after district attorney charles A byrnes allegedly blocked their probe of tax corruption byrnes resigned and was replaced by niels hertz under appointment of gov earl K long hertz first act to close the hearing bearing where it was being charged the city lost hundreds of thousands of dollars through the alleged tax racket next day the U S stepped in with a federal grand jury ASIA british perfidy 9 in 1933 great britain left the U S on a limb during the manchurian crisis by capitulating capitula ting to japanese demands while secretary of state stimson held a firm jaw last summer when japan attempted to drive western powers from their chinese concessions and settlements the U S backed british french resistance by abrogating the 1911 japanese trade pact then came the war with the allies busy in europe america found herself holding the hot balance of power seat in asia still firm U S ambassador joseph grew recently warned the japs that americans disliked tokyo governments attitude in china this brought hostile retorts A W eind how the wind is blowing HOUSING the U S housing authority has started a new slum clearance and low rent project to stimulate private investment via loans to be issued through local agencies ag enches to bidders offering the lowest rate of interest automotive caught short by small reserves and a sudden upturn in demand steel mills are unable to supply sharply increased requirements of automobile manufacturers thereby necessitating curtailment TOYS ninety per cent of this christmas toys will be peace minded samples giant soap bubble blowers radio sound effects outfit chemistry set test for purity of food LATIN AMERICA to stimulate the war born trade with our southern neighbors the U S is trying to arrange settlement of more than in defaulted latin american bonds held here meanwhile southern nations were invited to a trade parley in washington 4 A few days later history seemed repeating itself not anxious to risk japanese german rapprochement tearful fearful lest russia not be held in check britain ordered her ambassador sir robert leslie craigie to resume conversations dealing with settlement of the chinese grobl said So kato jap mini at large in china jealousy over ia pans increasing strength is the main cause of american feeling meanwhile tokyo announced the road to negotiation with generalissimo chiang kai government was not closed if will abandon its policy of anti and seek terms with its other lind tokyo indicated a new drive southward from han kow would start when the army recovers from recent heavy losses POLITICS third term talk in late october a gallup pon poll showed franklin Roosevel ts popularity to be greater than in 1936 when he got per cent of the rak m jor party vote gallup rating to toc per cent less emphatic t tha term sentiment rose to 43 per cent compared with 40 before the war but many anti third term voters said they might change their jabeir minds if the war continues much bigger political news was the feeling in washington that president roosevelt will not seek a third F A f IX m STEVE EARLY it Is would have been kind term an undercover sentiment that has made many an anti new dealer support his neutrality bill see CONGRESS certainly he is discouraging nomination talk observers learned he told iolas sen guy gillette that the tall corn states convention delegation should go it was also believed he discouraged gillette from instructing his lowans for secretary of agriculture henry A wallace reason wallace lacks lack political it R wallace himself got his fingers ejbl verely burned in san francisco he remarked that the president is the best qualified man to guide this country in a serious international ter crisis back in washington the president refused comment but secretary steve early answered for him it would have been kind and polite of the speaker to have consulted the victim before he spoke tentative toss C L at washington Or egons sen charles L mcnary tossed his hat in the G 0 P presidential ring but left a string attached to pull it back he would allow his name to be placed before the convention said mr mcnary for the purpose of aiding farm areas to select a candidate and platform but in no sense f I 1 I 1 interested except for the of getting together on some candidate before we go to the convention released by western newspaper union |
