Show weekly beekly news analysis H half alf year relief appropriation may avert new tax measures by w Jose josepeit plit W la blaze EDITORS NOTE when opinions ominio ns are expressed in ia these columns the they y are r those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper CONGRESS solution one way of postponing a crisis Is to run away from it though the eventual consequences are usually worse after five weeks of wrestling with franklin Roosevel ts budget it looked dangerously like congress would try this very strategy to avoid raising new taxes or increasing the national debt limit the trouble was economy had bogged down independent offices appropriations slashed in the house were raised to in the senate making the total bill 56 under budget estimates but still more than last year the presidents farm bill from which the house appropriations committee cut went to the senate minus only of the original figure to save save even this much virginias rep clifton woodrum had to fight a score of dragons when dent deni roosevelt commented from hyde park that he like this sort of indiscriminate economizing mr woodrum dug into the presidents record and found a speech he made in 1933 declaring govern t z VIRGINIAS WOODRUM seven years old but still true ments too often are wrecked by bk a loose fiscal policy thundered mr woodrum what was true sev seven en years ago is true bowl maybe so but the farm bloc promised heavy pressure in the senate at e the ifer new bill is under unde r last as t years and contains no pia provision vision for farni farm parity payments tor for which the farm bloc wants at least since this would undo the best economy efforts to date there were rumors that congress would run away from its next crisis relief recommended by the president is tor for this item but sen jimmy byrns byrnes of south carolina hinted congress might part year ampro privation oi of only thus staying inside the fast approaching debt limit ift liff Obvious purpose was to avoid new taxes in an election year but not even the folks back home could very well be fooled into swallowing this sort of economy also in congress dilmen C men who came to dinner got into trouble 1 the house NLRB probe heard that two NLRB regional directors had stirred a family quarrel by attending a banquet given by a firm which had cases before the board 2 the house heard about six congressmen who allegedly attended a dinner given by plotters plotter who were trying to discredit texas rep martin un americanism dies C massouris Mis souris rep john cochran introduced trod a bill to let next novembers election winner draft the next budget 41 L to settle once and for all time the administration congress battle over who shall make trade treaties now being argued in connection with the expiring reciprocal trade act sen arthur introduced a bill to create a foreign trade board NAVY report since last may navy men have wondered why the submarine us carried 26 men men to death off portsmouth N H almost nine months later a naval court of inquiry got around to reporting the gist officers and crew were absolved of serious blame the sinking having been caused by mechanical failure of the air intake valve leading to the vessels engine after releasing this report secretary of the navy charles edison hinted the findings were supported by evidence but not complete in all respects it if four hand operated hull stop valves had been closed as routine prescribed the secretary thought there would have been no tragedy agriculture southern freeze damaging enough to tourist trade was the cold wave that struck southern states in hi late january when it was a over farmers found even more more I 1 damage had been done dane to their crops crops florida clamped down a one week embargo against citrus shipment meds s while inspectors determined how much damage was as done spies from california were y ere on hand to observe the damage dabaie the agriculture departments department marketing service surveyed damage in in both texas and florida making a preliminary report that indicated severe crop damage but little injury to trees themselves one important announcement came from the U S sugar corporation which reported to stockholders that cold weather had totally destroyed the mature cane standing on on 25 per cent 0 of f the planted acreage EUROPE no harm at belgrade 0 for a short and unimportant weekend Eu ropes spotlight shifted to belgrade there met envoy envoys s of the little entente turkey rumania yugoslavia and greece see seeking kirik a way to keep war out of their back yard in their midst we were re two malcontents who had territorial claims against rumania namely hungary and bulgaria others germany and russia also looked covetously at rumania whose diseases thus became to so numerous numerous that she was virtually untouchable to support her against these many toes foes would be suicide for other entente members but rumanian foreign minister grigore brought two trump cards caras to belgrade first was the threat that rumania would seek security with russia and germany unless the entente played ball second was the promise of a small territorial rit orial concession to bulgaria which meant the entente could now woo and win that aloof little nation when the conference ended nothing was announced more concrete than a mutual promise but not guarantee to watch over the safeguarding of the rights of each but turkish foreign minister sukru homeward bound stopped at sofia to see how bulgaria would react to Ru manias concession since italy germany and the allies each claimed the belgrade session was a diplomatic victory it had at least done no harm the wars russian finnish withdrawing its decimated armies north of lake la doga russia began concentrating on the mannerheimo Man line armored sledges carried troops to within striking distance of the finnish lines but hundreds died as the finns drove them back parachute troops met a similar fate but soviet planes sapped finnish civilian morale raining bombs throughout a sunday on and abo at the former city Fin lands ancient cathedral built in 1600 was ruined allied german both sides were busier planning tor for war than fighting it but german planes continued their disastrous raids on british coastal shipping becoming so cocky over their successes that photos were released showing how it was done see above britain had reason to talk fearfully of the new JU 88 83 bomber which the reich is expected to unleash soon both sides K 11 1 1 1 1 1 na V i 7 W WINGS OVER ENGLAND top photo shows nazi gunner in nose noie of bombing plane bottom photo shows view from plane abou torain to rain death on merchant vessel in north sea had trouble at home prime minister neville chamberlain made enemies when he rejected commons plea for a war economy dictator germany meanwhile was talking about ne new ta taxes aes and a wage plan to raise a war chest POLITICS in fit old chicago in 1932 franklin roosevelt was drafted tor for president at chicago it would be historically significant il if he were drafted for a precedent shattering third term at chicago whatever the reason it was worth noting that third termites like chi cagos mayor edwardj edward J kelly and jersey cites frank hague were to in the saddle when the demo democratic national committee met in washington result chicago won meanwhile at hyde park the president chose this strategic C L said ex kaiser withelm wilhelm the man who led germanys germanas Germ anys world war in 1914 the belligerents germany france england should stop fighting and join their forces to help the finns they should fight in one line to rid the world and civilization of bolshevism 9 C L from paris bound for washing ton went U S ambassador william C bullitt to report on european conditions U S ambassador to britain joseph P kennedy was expected to return to his bis post this month 0 arriving in washington to succeed the late sen william E borah john thomas banker and sheep raiser told reporters he feared the new deals policies were leading the U S to war fl 41 vice president john nance garner announced he would enter the georgia democratic primary it if there is one hinting that he want state delegations to attend the convention uninstructed C died S M 51 vauclain 83 year old board chairman of baldwin locomotive works cassius C dowell 76 representative from iowa for 24 years fred W sargent 63 ex moment to report on his seven year stewardship citing statistics to support his claim that the new deal is heading national economy toward complete recovery and a balanced budget the country he added is not going bust under his administration tra tion of third term talk said the president he is very weary his political plans will be disclosed at a time of his own choosing rather than a time selected by new newspaper editorial desks AVIATION foreign business already burdened with airplane orders from Eu ropes belligerents U S manufacturers have a new customer sweden just placed is an order for attack ck planes lanes costing about what this order meant was guess congress buzzed with rumors that the planes were really destined for finland but military experts argued that sweden next ivi in line tor for aggression should the soviet capture siire finland was bo bolstering alste r 1 ng her own defenses mean meanwhile chife secre secretary fary af pf of the treasury gave the first accurate picture of just liow now big americas I 1 fore foreign ign airplane business really is since mid 1938 when france first placed orders order s here to supplement ILIUM her fier own lagging aircraft industry clu stry the U S has shipped 1100 planes to the allies recently stepping up lip delivery than ships a day together these two governments have hake placed orders for about planes in the past 18 months while current negotiations call for additional bombers pursuit craft and other types biggest U S worry in this rush of business is protection of american military interests ASIA indian when britain went to war and asked indias andias aid mahatma gandhi countered by asking when en india might expect dominion status answered viceroy marquess of lindith gow after the war complained gandhi this was unacceptable such bickering continued while the nationalist leader urged passive resistance si upon his people and negotiated for a chance to discuss the problem with the viceroy finally the chance came and gandhi went to new delhi when he asked the marquess could india expect her independence ence answered linlithgow Lin lithgow after NAMES in the news president of chicago northwestern railway ellis parker sr 68 famed detective convicted of conspiracy in a sequel to the lindbergh baby case fl C missing 24 hours movie actor dark clark gable and his wife carole lombard turned up unharmed in in mexico C at washington south carolinas sen ellison D cotton ed smith commented roosevelt may be but it he is goodby good by democratic party as it has been known all these years C L possibly tied up with his reported troubles with the U S justice department part ment was the rev charles E Cough lins failure to make his customary sunday radio talk said the announcer probably events transpiring this week will enlighten you C e at tokyo it was announced U S correspondent james K R young held incommunicado tor for 12 da days ast would be tried for violation of the army code main reason articles exposing japans failure in china hinting a diplomatic breach french ambassador paul emile left moscow for paris on an indefinite leave woman of the week za GIRL WHO GETS SPANKED L LAST AST spring john barrymore began spanking his actress wife elaine barrie each night in their stage play my dear children once spanked too hard temperamental miss barrie up and quit to write another chapter in the turbulent barry more barrie romance that began tour four years i ago her successor as the girl who gets spanked was doris dudley youthful actress who already ha hasy 1 DORIS DUDLEY a success successful fu at T 0 acre screen en career behind her but when my dear children reached new york late last month the publicity men arranged a gag that left doris dudley in the cold announced was a barrie barrymore reconciliation elaine to resume her role in the play doris dudley was spanked out of the cast the war complained gandhi this was unacceptable net result of five months talk nothing Pro uble trouble trouble any tact fact reported to japans emperor is irrevocable hence the army had n no 0 clio choice lc e this month but to substantiate a fact it had reported in 1932 chinese gen ma chan shan hero reported killed in the 1932 manchurian invasion had popped ed to life again the tha entire north chinh china army wis wa hunting shunting him in tokyo 70 year old takao tak ao saito created a storm in the diet by charging japan has h as lost killed and several hundred thousand thou wounded in ia china he suggested nippon had best withdraw its troops and negotiate peace highly publicized by the foreign press much to japans chagrin the incident was climaxed when statesman saito was asked to resign from the Min party the government had still more trouble sweet words have flave been exchanged with russia since man mongolian border incidents ended with a truce last september there were even rumors of a soviet jap mutual assistance pact but suddenly the border demarcation talks broke down as gen shunroku hata charged the soviet with scores of illegal acts sore at everyone including the U S tor for abrogating its trade treaty nippon prom promptly aptly stuck its foot in the mud again by bombing the french operated dunming hanoi railroad not once but twice RELIGION divine child six years ago in faraway far away lhasa tibet died the thirteenth dalai lama at that precise moment presumably su somewhere in in the vast or orient was born a male child possessing all the lamas attributes the search began for when he was found this child should become fourteenth dalai lama this month the high tibetan priests made their choice selected was six year old lingohr called divine child S PENSIONS checks mailed from washington late last month were checks to workers and their dependents in 48 states constituting the first monthly benefits from U S old age insurance recipients wage earners over 65 who have retired their wives widows children or dependent parents highest checks were 42 for married couples 65 or over though the average is 49 for married couples and 28 26 for unmarried workers RI released eased by western newspaper union |