Show weekly news analysis british rush aid to greece in in resistance of italian invasion by edward C wayne EDITORS NOTE when opinions opia ioas at expressed in in thess these columns they I 1 aff at those of the sews news analyst sad and not cot scarily ssi rily of this til s newspaper GREECE invasion war came at las aalt t to greece trouble had been looming for this country ever since the government rejected italian demands tor for territory and for a free and unhampered passage of fascist troops over greek soil italian motorized units first thrust themselves over the greek albanian frontier in the mountainous borderland that stretches between the two countries then came two air raid alarms for athens the greek capital and the war was on two of the cites major airports were bombed by the italian planes in the first raids lie he greek government officially i that great britain was sei sending iding her unlimited support in her resistance to the italian invasion from london came word that En glands pledge to back up greece would be immediately fulfilled and a special session of the british war cabinet was quickly called to consider the outbreak of this new war italian sources claimed that the greeks had been guilty of provo cat ions and before the outbreak of actual hostilities rome had issued an ultimatum demanding the right for italian forces to occupy greece En glands aid for her new ally would logically come in the form of air and naval forces operating from egyptian bases informed sources in london said british men of war were immediately steaming out of these bases toward greek ports early war bulletins indicated what effect this new theater of military operations would have on the decision of the turkish and russian governments to cast their lot with either side thus became an important diplomatic question turkeys attitude would more than likely depend on how much aid great britain would give greece and upon news of dussias Rus sias behavior in the present crisis CAPSULES lottery party selective service officials in washington put all the numbers from one to several thousand in opaque blue capsules trotted out a blindfold that haq had been a museum piece since the world war and the notables of the nation drew them out of a fish Owl Just as casdone was done in 1917 every effort was fas made to make the capsule party as near uke like its ancestor as as possible OA k W DETROIT MICH to break the bottleneck which is holding down production of fighting planes william S knudsen head of the national defense advisory commission met here with heads of the auto industry to lay plans for the mass production product ibn of planes picture shows left to t 0 right C E wilson president of general motors edsel ford president of the ford rictor company knudsen K T keller president of chrysler corporation and paul hoffman president of studebaker corporation it was the identical blindfold supposedly the identical fishbowl fish bowl though there was some uncertainty about this they were the same capsules the same numbers and just to make everything perfect there also was charles R morris of elizabeth N J who dropped down to the nations capital to complete the picture he is the man who blindfolded secretary of war baker at the time no was drawn in 1917 lieutenant morris even stirred the capsules with the same paddle that they were stirred with before selective service headquarters announced the classification of the entire group would proceed but that the first roll call would probably be small about 20 per cent of the quota of trainees being summoned in the first draft national guard generals after talked things over in washington agreed it was improbable that trainees would get oft off with just one year in the army said one the emergency probably will not be over in a year and it if it the army is going to find that they cant make real efficient shock I 1 troops in 12 months I 1 dont expect t either guard or draftees to be back home after a year 10 PRESSURE france gives in the yielding of the vichy government to hillers Hit lers demands brought the war to a new crisis as britain prepared for a possible naval onslaught on the french fleet at toulon and other bases it was believed the new fight might make the 10 minute battle at oran seem like a picnic pierre kavals star was in its ascendancy paul baudouin leav leaving ing the french cabinet a move in which british statesmen could find little comfort ai as laval is even more anti british than was his predecessor russia continued to teeter on the brink of trouble in the balkans soviet leaders were invited to participate with the axis powers in an epochal conference over the final disposition of the lower danube in consonance with Eu ropes new order yet britain continued diplomatic pressure on the soviet in the hope of keeping russia a potential aid to turkey and greece in the balkans new critical point of the war shifted to syria as the people of the british isles continued to hold firm and to smile cheerily as pieces of london and other cities fell about their ears nazi air pressure relaxed for a couple of days londoners Lon doners got a little bolder about their shopping and suddenly daylight raiders jammed sticks of bombs into crowded streets there was great slaughter italy proudly announced her planes were taking part in the london bombings radio and press reports from berlin admitted heavier raiding by british bombers chief development in the air was the use of the new type nazi fighter bombers and the report that the RAF was going to bring out a new model plane to combat them air losses by both sides were far below those reported in previous attacks however and ground casualties also were diminished although property damage was heavy british photos showed much destruction in their own country and meag meager er german reports admitted that hamburg was hard hit STRETCH DRIVE political race few elections within memory have seen such a stretch drive as the two candidates put on while the 1940 race neared its end with the big surprise to voters of one side or the other waiting at the wire november 5 the republican big guns bared with dewey al smith and john L lewis furnishing the major explosions al and his brown derby stepped into the picture against the man who nominated him dewey went all out for theman who trimmed him at philadelphia ia and john L lewis deserted roosevelt and jumped clean overboard from the ship of new deal state to sink or swim with Will willkie kle new features on the political scene were the vanishing of the literary digest poll and the appearance of dr gallup and a halt half dozen small fry aty copyists now seeing the thing from one side or another wisecrackers Wise crackers said the election galloped Gallu ped along to the finish the closing days of the campaign were marked by more booing bloing yowl ing and cheering in movie theaters during newsreel political shots than the oldest resident c could remember HEALTH blow at thrombosis new hope for the elderly that they may not be carried off by ona one of the several forms of thrombosis blood clotting that are a leading cause of human death was seen in chicago when dr gordon murray of toronto told members of the american college of surgeons about heparin this active substance of the liver has been isolated in pure crystalline form and is giving medicine a new arm in warfare against thrombosis dr murray and his associates using heparin have 1 grafted bits of vein in damaged arteries 2 removed blood clots blots surgically 3 aided cases of thrombosis in the lungs the first two have been hardly possible previously because of formation of new blood clots blots at the site of operation the third is still a mystery to doctors heparin they say does not dissolve blood clots blots just keeps them from forming murray and his associates believe heparin may be the answer to prevention of thrombosis in old age POLICY U 7 S stands firm successive steps of the peace offensive against britain were first the boiling of the balkan pot second the effort to get spain to bottle up the west end of the mediterranean or to lend herself to it third the inducing of france to complete her surrender and to hint that the united states would be asked to act as intermediary counter moves in this foreign policy war were these first church ills talk in french to the french people urging them to stand firm and assuring them that britain would win the war second the united states warning to france that if she lined up with the axis she need look for no help in case of famine and third the flat statement of secretary hull that the united states will take part in no such peace move thus it was made plain to europe and americans alike that there is to be no softening of the united states foreign policy pan america added its bit to the picture by announcing noun cing itself ready and equipped to take over french colonies in this hemisphere these include french guiana guadalupe and martinique the latter interesting because french naval vessels are sequestered there also an undetermined number of american planes shipped there earlier in the war and intended for french use on the continent still in their crates britain had swiftly while this foreign policy test tube work was going on declared herself as in the war to stay and ready to listen to no peace talk from any quarter on german terms in the meantime contracts have been let and work has started an on the new american naval and air base at british bermuda first of a series SALESMAN hitler busy the armored train that carries the nazi fuehrer on his traveling salesman job of talking franceane france and spain and italy into his way of thinking has been making makin 9 more mileage it has rolled into france also somewhere in the pyrenees Pyre nees and its chief passenger has had his talks with franco and laval the result of the french trip is known but not its details which were withheld from publication and will not be given to the press according to both british and nazi sources few photos of the meetings were made but they show the same picture as that at brennero brennert Bren nero long lines of helmeted soldiers presenting arms on both sides of the steel armored train batteries of anti air craft artillery training guns and binoculars aloft blinds of the train windows pulled down hitler and his conferee striding up and down miscellany prince roger Star hemberg used to own 30 castles in austria he overthrew the little austrian democracy in early 1934 first in 1923 he served hitler later he fought him now prince roger Is serving england he is a lieutenant of de gaul les he was being amid a storm investigated by parliament prince roger is a close friend of fritz mandl former austrian munitions king who was one of hedy lamaris La marrs husbands funny things happen in reno john E lichtenberg tried to fix up a mistake in his registration for the draft now he finds he has two numbers a pair of them they misspelled the lichtenberg name so on the second try he got a second number he has a number with each card they said he had two shooting irons in the fire meanwhile clarence A dykstra new director of the selective military service assured the country there would be no possible favoritism in calling up men tot military training had been city manager of the reformed cincinnati cin nati and then president of the university of wisconsin following the late glenn frank an attendance record was established in the national parks during the 1940 travel year visitors numbered a million more than last year 4 harvey D gibson board chairman of the new york worlds fair closed the place up the finale of this coincided with the finales of a long list of unfortunate democrat dem ocra countries I 1 and their admiral giuseppe cantu italian commissioner general died suddenly of a heart attack and grover whalen president of the fair commiserated cantus son giovanni is commanding an italian submarine in the mediterranean ART gift A collection of more than masterpieces ter pieces by the worlds leading artists has been presented by the millionaire lio sportsman joseph E widener of philadelphia to the national art gallery at washington the national gallery was the gift to the nation of the late andrew W mellon the widener collection valued as s high as is the most important gift of paintings to date |