Newspaper Page Text
- JNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1936.
_Bearing’ of Admiral Started
Olane Builder on Fame Road
A YOUTHFUL MISHAP
TURNED DOUGLAS
| TO AVIATION |
% —_— |
F By ERSKINE JOHNSON |
V NEA Service Staff erespondont‘
E SANTA MONICA, Calif—An An-i
f napolis midshipman leaned in in- |
'.f-nt attitude from a second-story
dormitory winaow. One hand
shaded his eyes from the sun. The
other held g model airnlane.
: 1h(jm;?f1:y Xl@b youth launched
i iy risk wind caught
it, and th.e tiny ship soared away. l
o tokintsen, PRI
model (‘ar.eene)den h,(. fg‘aspod. Thei
and went into mgzlly, bankedl
hraided udm‘ra!a S gold-‘
Qidn’t have time 3 e Walk’|
el -plane piokef(;) e
landing field_..s ~“‘s. Pmergencyl
: * quarely on the ad
miral’'s head! ‘
Dr’:‘\t}iiu’:j;fn ‘32y an abashed youth,'
£ primanded for his!
aeronautiacl hobby, voluntarily re- |
signed from the U. 8. Nava”
Academy.
Dg;asnam;dwfns Donald Wills |
Douglas tr s e la?er,l
every 24 hanflmns {ly FESOD eiet |
x> ours. The midshipman !
"?‘ ruffleq an admiral's dignity
s y that made more than a
million dollarg last year,
Booming Business
On Douglas’ desk at his faotory‘
hf“"e the orders for military planes
pile up. Contracted for with the
U. 8. army jn recent weeks nrol
90 twin-engined, all-metal, lowe
wing bombers to cost $6498,000,1
while a contract for 110 new at
tack planes, 40 miles an hour fast
er than those used at present, has
just fallen to the Northrop (‘or-'
poration, Douglas subsidiary. The |
Northrop plant at Inglewood, wil!‘
get $1,896,400 for these. More thanl
100 other military planes are now
in production in the plants. l
Under Douglas’ direction are |
3.000 employes. Just entering |
transcontinental service in his !
latest creation, a 12-ton sleeperl
transport, the DST, largest land!
plane in America. :
Shy and unassuming, Douglaflvl
gracefully won't be interviewed.
He really thinks he has nothing
fmportant to say. He iz a small,
wiry man, his face deenly tzmned.i
set off by coal-black hair, gra;’ing‘
slightly at the temples. i
He speaks in a low voice, just
above a whisper, but he is a walk
ing ‘encyclopedia of aerodynamic
theories. !
Sailing Is Hobby }
Oddly enough this 44-year-old |
aviation geniug isn't particularly :
fond of flying and doesn't own al
plane himself. Yachting is his |
passion, a hobby born from thel
lure of the sea that drew him tO |
Annapolis. Give Douglas a stiff
breeze. a slippery, pitching deck
and salt spray on his face and
he's at home just as he is with 2
slide rule and a drafting pencil.
He owns two yachts, the Endy
mion, a 76-foot schooner, and the |
Gallant, a trim 6-meter boat, which |
unsuccessfully =~ represented tho[
United States in the 1932 Olympic
Games. ;
Even at his home there is a
nautical atmosphere in everyroom. {
Ship models and seascapes are ev- |
erywhere. Perhaps there wouldn’t!
even be a model airplane in the |
house except for his 5-year-old |
twin sons, j Maleolm and Jones, |
who already.are showing a defi- |
nite leaning toward aviation. Three |
other childrén’ .are not aviatio/i
“hugs.’”’ EERN
Douglas was married in 1916 to}
Charlotte Ogg of Marion, Ind. |
Saw the Wrights |
Douglas’ _ interest in aviation;
really began when he was only 16 ’
He was attending schoolin Brook
lyn, when he was born on April
6. 1892. The youngster read in the
local papers that the Wright bro
thers were to demonstrate an|
airplane to army officers the fol
lowing week at Fort Myer, Va.
Young Douglas wanted to see thal
flight, but his parents refused him
train fare to Fort Myer. |
Shortly before the announced |
flizht, he got an idea. And when
the Wright boys wheeled out their
air contraption, Doug was there,
eating peanuts down in fr«mt.}
probably the world's most excited
kid- He had broken open his
cmall savings bank for the neces
sary money. |
Won Navy Prize
On leaving the Naval Academy,
Douglas entered the Massachusetts
Institute of: Technology, from
which he was graduated in 1914.
Then followed aviation engineer
ing jobs with Glen L. Martin.
T.ater Douglas served as chiel
civilian aeronautical engineer for
the U. S. Signal corps. ‘
Finally, in 1922, Douglas design
ed his first ship, the Cloudster,
in .a room Wehind a Los Angeles
barber shops #ind decided to open
his own m He borrowed
$15.000 from e friends just as
the U. S. navy -advertised for plans
and bids for a torpedo ship.
Douglas won the naval competi
tign. The mavy liked his model
and ordered two more. Then 2
aakal order for 18 similar ships
. came in, and Douglas found him
's3' in the airplane manufactur
ing business.
Unoking back, Douglas now can
. .1300 airplanes produced at
.. sver Field plant here. These
Mt hout 100 different models
;lp:.h' nirror aviation’s advance in
* i 14 years. :
inters Transport Field
_ _tstanding of these early Doug
's ships, all built either for the
g guy or the navy, was the DWC
' §is mode! ‘was-used by the U. &
von the first round-the-weorid
-~ A% 4t in 1924 Two Of :
A el , flight in
i B A e ; 5 R S PR s
R R R 3 SRRPE R R S B A R Ry ORI PR SEE S
SRR S R o e RO LR R g R AOBS ST SR WWM agonota i
LY e e goson. 4o e REBRRBE SR o ON~
sl RS TR B eg P SN e e
e M e AA PO SRR e B R R ORI U
R e O B i s R 'é‘ R, S e S
s B n \ ... Tl s e e TR
oo BPR N ey g 8 ee A R
g o § ShoE B e ey R ]
ROBPBTeS R B R 3 s $
oG MR galAx Tgy lé% He \{%& |el ,‘ @ ¢
3 % TSR SRR y‘g‘..‘_:. $ so VA ;-:’ R o B m i é : B
G ::-;';_:..3,5;-:._:,;:; e eemmtßßE Ay w 8 R e
o A B .. 2GO S A i o s
S ‘,4-“3 [ETTRORRRROERE e x ¢ S So e SR 'v,;\
2R DR R ::'-‘:l.:'i:‘l:.':f;:-:‘:-'-': f'»&_:-s % ; ““""::';1;'-‘-1;:_-.;',.".‘»_'\ Ry’ s
R e .f:s,: B W *WA R T e
Rey T ffi,ififi‘%:;fs;;:}‘s - R e
sLN T ,
e PR e R
g 8 R e o O aamonconi . o ERRRRRRS
S T \m'\,‘g Bo S m\v.:& Be S ee |
B i M. O _,-~:.f?f:f-r»;E;?:E?s?:'?sfs:';’-?::.’=:5£::':£:=-'<-'~‘a.'&&:f.;‘sf:sfzI:5§:';555,::5555:-"**‘-":‘-5 Feosgetal g
S s & e ¥ TR e
CONE e o Eh . & S Mg s
';:-'.'::g'_’.‘9;355_-5:{;'~r;:;.:3;.‘::';5.,‘:_'-;-_'. S d oad e gt 3 R e Pl PR SRR SR
B it vt v o R e SR S N R B 3 R B S
~'5.’5:"-'5}':555:'55f}5f555555555555355?555325555;Ei5;j;'£35:;_f;':';.-‘: vbg W\ sSy e " fi‘s) S e
Qoo e i SR oSR B RS L RS
B ~-;:‘:J;a._-‘-5::::3:3:}.5:55.7}:::E:E:S:;’:;:f:;:..'-., 4 §‘s§vz" SRRy . S M"w&.‘.}& R
SRR i BRRR Be o w&:«x% . SR R
el R i . s SRR b R T R e " B
A R e s R %fi&fi:‘,&g{-"s~:c::;m:,c3-:- 3o R S e S
g R R ;'v:._-?.‘;:;:;:5,::'::;:;:;:;:;:;.5‘3:5::;:::;:;:;:;:{::_.‘;t;:;:;:-:;:»,.; RSRRs Se - . i SAo R g
e e & B s L T T YO B, e
25, BR s ORI, R i R eR M G . ~encd
e Baes S e Lo e ,:..-’vf.'E;':'ssss-'5:55""”"?:%5555 O ';\,
B 5 Bet B - e v R S S | O R
B L o e B S SRR a'\::;:g-’)‘z
| R e B ?,35 R, S T S SE R?}
sl e T eS e oA e
SRSi, B SIS SR 3 ST SR g s S - R
e g a 0 g 4*3( ;
B s e &o e f
B S ) T R B »yf s - L e 2
o R et e T ey F
SAIB AR i B % o 5 B 3 B S S s R
eßbl e P e = :
Be ol RSt It R B B L 3 S % . ;
R ,s\#‘{;‘}~ SRy S B R ~f:«,;;;,,‘,,%fia')%‘isw;,'*3 R R
R B. - S R TN RIS 835
. e b %;”%«‘x‘g;’ .
B B L 2 s o{ R s S LA
S IA e R S RRS S
B B vol N : .
SR ey *R e R e S ez
et e N A et e At et ettt e el st . | e, e e ee o et e e e e e ettt PN ettt e
Airplanes in the mass production stage, showing an “assembly line” of DC-2 transport ships in the
Douglag plant at Santa Monica, Calif.
G
-2 .
- -
b % L
R 0 A % v B g
A s ) g 2 ¥ gR N S A
*”“’"”'””“\ T » C 3’2&
BN : % s, B e
g . e . e i
f.::?- SN 3 R t B
B NN ; e S ki
TRRi P S b
'.l‘:~.Zfif::::zf::§3< * % %~i N 2 B $ 3 R SRR (6‘7
BRI -1. NS g N 43 B e B
¥ YRR NNy S T SRR
SMaae i e %““Eri;:::;.u O 80 e #
‘. k J\’l/‘ R NS T N ' ;o g T e S :
s '\\“/\" R 3 RN i ;i k. %5{ s RSR 3
¥ SRR % YN A - ;g* R 3
S o v T oo
R s o B p ) B o e SR RS
TR Emo g g b e
B s g : ZRIR QP SR KR :
W 2 ¥ Rz 3 BL e ¢ A
: R, i RR, . v PR B
g el eNG B S
Y. W, 0 T . f o
£ Rt O b R B
s % By ¥ Soo N & SRR R N
P R s 2 g 7 G B B ooes R
B A I i SRR R
3 R S R
WN,,\ o 5 3 : -353:5;5 ; : =
bßei,o 0 g : : S
G ”‘*"M g sy :
&S 2 G Y :
3 2 R g & PR 3
e & 7 g i EE
-g ' B ,},A o i : S o S M’,/
R RS ?MW‘ oo Ak o 08 Rl SR ARCCTRRE Y
oo o e v e e
R : : ; —— e e
eSS R g h s
s e ? R X R @
@ N : 4 S A 3 2 2 R B AA A
v '
z 8 Donald Wills Douglas &
A big Douglas t.ransport on the field ready to fly, one of the 1300
by Donald Wills Douglas, right.
THE WASHINGTON LOWDOWN
i BY RODNEY DUTCHER
. Banner-Herdid Washington
| Correspondent
[ WASHINGTON—Whether or not
it was %o intended, Congressman
I\'ito Marcantonio’s arrest in }Mew
York for trying to lead a parade
iof relief workers may be consider
led as something of a curtain-
Iraiser on the New York mayoraltyf
[campaign of 1937 with implications |
ifls to the presidential campaign of“
1940. )
i There are plans for a labor ori
farmer-labor party ticket in ' the
jmunicipal campaign. Certain radi
j;cal elements are grooming Marcen
’wnio ag the candidate for mayor,
and Marcantonio is establishing |
lhimself as a leader of militant la-|
bor and unemployed groups. {
These facts have national signi
| ficance because they must be linked
|with a general movement nmong§
{radica)s of varying degree toward{
a permanent third party which
iwou](l present a presidential ticket
lin 1940 and lay foundations in the
| meantime.
The LaFollettes of Wisconsin, |
Gov, Floyd B. Olsen of Minnesntu,l
' Mayor liorello LaGuardia of New |
;Yurk. President John Lewis,of the |
{mine workers, Vice President Frank
Gorman of the textile workers, and
many other leaders in politics and
labor, including Socialists and Com
lmunists, are thinking in those |
ltoxms. I
et
175 days. Nine years later the}
late Wiley Post did the same thing'
i in seven days, 19 hours. !
' Following withdrawal of F‘nrdl
{ and Fokker, Douglas entered the
| commercial plane construction race '
I only three years ago with his $65,-
000 DC-2 liners.- These giant ships
'weighing 12,000 pounds and carry
ling 14 passengers, are nearing
| their 20,000,000 mark in miles |
iflown in 21 countries throughout
{ the world. ‘
| In the United States the Trans
continental and Western Air Lines
use them exclusively and they are
used on many flights by American
! Air Lines. $
| Bin and Little
i The newest Douglas ship is just
making its debut on the cross
| country night flights of American
Air Lines.
This DST (Douglas Sleeper
Transport) weighs 12 tons and
will carry 32 passengers as a day
plane and 16 as an aerial sleeper,
in addition to a crew of three.
It has a wing span of 65 feet and
overall length of 65 feet. :
In luxury and completeness of
{is outstanding among world's
) just like it muxmu Doug-
There is ag yet no general cohe
‘sion in the movement and therel
may never be, but thd essential
nucleus for such party is the Am-|
erican labor movement and it is be- ‘
lieved that if Lewis obtains con-%
trol of the‘A. F. of L. a labor party ;
will be here to stay. l
Probably there ig more labor!
sentiment for such party now thanl
ever before, although most ex-]
ponents of third party thought fa- |
vor re-election of Roosevelt this |
yvear to avoid what they term a:
“restoration of reacrionary Re-l
publicanism.” i
y Planning for Future |
- The idea of running Marcan- |
tonio or another radical for mayor !
of New York next year isn’t ac- |
companied by any hope of viotux'y.l
But it's ambitious enough. Those
who harbor it—and it may or nmy!
not come off—feel that if a lnlmrl
candidate could poll, say, 350,000
votes, the psychological effect uver’
the country would be sufficient to |
stimulate organization for 1938
elections,
The New York situation is cloudy |
however (Marcantonio and Lu-{
Objection Withdrawn
Stately Mrs. Howell Moor
head, a director and leading
spirit of the Foreign Policy As
sociation, returned home from
a meeting one recnt evening ard
found NKerself locked out of her
house.
She rang the bell and bang
ed on the door in an effort to
arouse her maid. No response
came and eventually she was
forced to make quite a racket.
Suddenly a voice boomed from
a second-floor window of the
house acrossg the street:
“What do you mean, disturb
ing the peace of the neighbor
| hood at this time of night?”
| Mrs. Moorhead turned and
| there, from the window, pro
\ truded the famous whiskers of
& her neighbor, Chief Justice
Charles Evans Hughes.
She explained, politely enough,
what had happened. The whis
kers withdrew from the window
without comment. Eventually
she got in. 2 .
b et et
E(}uardia. for instance, are at sword’'s
{points and no one knows how far
the former can get), so it's silly
to prophesy.
| Most third party plans may be
| considered in the huddle, or hot air
stage, but it is quité likely that
there will be labor party or similar
tickets for stats offices this vear in
states besides Wisconsin and Min
nesota, where control already has
been won by the FProgressive and
planes already designed and built
- -1
{
Japanese Throne|
Heir 27 ‘ '
eir 2 Years Old |
S Y e ?‘
S B
e |
. " ¥ 3 |
e I
S 3 !
" g ‘::‘?’E’:‘:":;‘: e j‘
e I
L e w
- T !
& SRR v
.5 545 | ||
P £ A
HEE S 5 uE ||
““Ei g ‘
LR O R ‘
L
DXL SRR e LR !
e e Al
(e e . % ‘
R : ',‘
All Japan celebrated the birthday ‘
of 2-year-old Crown Prince Tsu- ‘
;:mumi\'dL Akihito, above, heir ‘
apparent f® the throne of Japan.
On his second birthday the ‘
prince, said Japanese papers. ||
weighed “12.70 kilograms and is ‘
82 millimeters tall, superior to
the average 2-year-old children.” I
&
| An automatic machine in the (
railway station at Cologne, Ger- ‘
:mzm_v, supplies free a printed card '
jof directions when the proper but
itnn is pressed. Below each buttom ‘
yare different questions, such a= ‘
I“Whero is the nearest hotel?” ete "
| Y ¥
1 London bakers sell prepared piev(
crusts. When baking a pie, the"
lhousewives merely have to prepare
|the pie filling. 11
—_—.——— ‘
| Farmer-Lahor parties, respective- “
ily.
I: There is a possibility that Hey- !|
{wood Broun will run for governor"
lof New York as a labor party can
| didate, with the aim of polling the"
150,000 voteg needed to put the ||
| party’s ticket on the ballot in the“
11938 elections. 3
————— 1
| Practicing His Preachings ,‘
| Herbert Hoover’'s recent recoms
! mendation that, because of the dan- |
!gers of monetary inflation, institu- |
itions hedge their holdings in secur
lities payable in dollars by purch- |
!asing common stocks, real estate.‘J
{and other non-money values, was|
not made for political effect. Tlt|
came from the heart. o 1
“For some time the ex‘president|
himself has been investing his mon
ey in real estate; and certain of his |
friends have reported that ae pre-,
!fers property in relatively obscure|
| places that no mob would be like
ly to reach. 7 o
e
THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
SNAGS FACE ROOSEVELT IN MOVE FOR
ALL-AMERICA PEACE PARLEY -
UNREST AMONG SOUTHERN NEIGHBORS MAY DELAY NECOTIATIONS; FEELING THAT PLAN
S By WILLIS THORNTON |
| NEA Service Staff Correspondent |
! President Roosevelt’s proposal |
i for an All-American conference to!
unite efforts at keeping the peace!
among all countrieg of the westernl
| hemisphere comes to a South Am-‘
| erica which has at the moment
{ more than its usual generous sh:u‘ei
| of upheaval. |
' Although the proposal has been |
greeted with applause from hothl
‘the Americas, several things arei
lbelieved to stand in the way of]
| complete and immediate success. |
| One is the devotion to the Leaguel
| of Nations of most of the coun
|tries south of the Panama Canal.l
|and their feeling that this move!
lmay in some way supplant it. |
| Washington has assured that such |
| conference will reinforce rather
than weaken the league’s actions
for peace.
| The other bar iy the ruffled
| state of many of the countries in
‘vited to take part. In recent
' months, civil disturbances have
|be¢=n taking place at rather more |
| than the usual Latin-American I
| rate. I
l Paraguay Veterans Rise '
Most recent was the post-war
_upheaval in Paraguay, just begin
| ning to recover from the exhaust
ing Chaco war. A nucleus of war
veterans, disgusted at the conduct
and outcome of the bloody jungle,
! war, and backed by students and
!intezlle(rt'uals, has overthrown the
l government and put to I'lightl
I President Ayala and some of hlsl
; cabinet members. Col. Rafael
| Franco, popular wartime idol o!’
i the Paraguayan army, is expected
!ta return from the Argentine m!
head a new government.
Chile and Ecuador both are
having trouble with Communist
agitation. Dictator Paez of Ecua
,dm’ hag been threatened by Com
munists, who feel they are not
.being given the consideration in
| the government their numbers de
| serve.
President Arturo Alessandri of
Chile now rules his country under
| a “state of gsiege” without con
lgressional approval, which means
| virtual dictatorship.
He engineered the coup after
i arresting 600 men during a ‘revo
| lutionary strike” which, he claim
| ed, was inspired by the Third In-‘
'temationule, world Communist or
ganization. :
| More “Red” Trouble
i Chile and Ecuador are probably |
the only South American coun
tries in which there is widespread
and gepuine Communist agitation
Uruguay recently had a brush with
Moscow, when it sent home Alex
ander Minkin, the Russian ambas-
, : //% A . '
;M S ¢
PN Veterans, Attention!
2 N Y & |
‘ ) . W —You can select your choice of LOYS IN THIS
' " ' ; BEAUTIFUL NEW RESIDENCE SECTION and
' rn fp ' we will give you guaranteed title, and accept
\ v v . /Y= your contract for payment when you get your
9 ¢ // W& bonus.
| , k 7 ; ,'// ll ,’ b
Lo Y A NO BETTER INVESTMENT CAN BE
-| Wz i (%fll i MADE AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO .
| PR T gro WAIT TO RECEIVE YOUR BONUS
oW \.4%\‘:‘35" - = » MONEY TO MAKE THIS WISE
R e MOVE.
Buy a Lot and Build a Home
with Bonus Money as a Start
These lots are in the most desirable residence section of the city—Choose one on Clov
ethurst, Springdale, McWhorter Avenue, Stanton Way, Rutherford Street, Highlands
Averiue—All now open and being rapidly developed—Many New Homes have already
been erected, and others are in process of construction.
SUB-DIVISION
EVERY CONVENIENCE FOR DELICHTFUL HOME-LIFE IS AVAILABLE TO PUR- .
CHASERS OF LOTS IN THIS BEAUTIFUL NEW DEVELOPMENT.
Drive out and see the homes that are being built, see the hundreds of other desirable
features and the big possibilities awaiting you as a home-owner or an investor, and
then come and let us explain how casy you can buy a lot without having to pay any
money down.
e e
—Lots in this Sub-Division Are Acceptable to the Federal
Housing Administration for the Purpose of Making Loans
to Buy, Build or Sell Residential Property.
A BAS WA T
F. C. SHACKELFORD, Keceiver.
T
JULIAN H. COX, Sales Agent
For LIPSCOMB.-DEARING.-HUTCHINS INC.
345 - PHONES - 1128 _
S MiAveun e Dictatorships |ll
i S ORIIOR SLN G bances] i
. XBNCARGIASES 3
:b::::::::.:.j,:{::::::::.:.:.:.' o 0 TR Rioling ov: D Sy
R ’ TRGCARACAS 3 Rioling: over press censorshipp
AT (venenaaeTlenn o e
g N 2 R e
'I:I;l;i:::fi::;i;i:::fi;i.i_i:’:fi:::fi:fj e A B o
il A BOOGOTA § ;‘--";\,‘ ‘\ VO s
5;;;;}55;§:§:{:§:}:§:;fi;}:§:}~ COLOMBIA Y 3 E e E:}:}:}:{:f:f:{:{:}:f:{:}:{:{:{:{:{:{3{s}:2sl';:s:EZE:E:ZZE:E:}:}:E:{:}:f:}:}:f:}:{:
A v § ek R
T QUITOR Yo s - GO
3:5:?;f:l:3:1:1:"E'%‘-/i’|:*DOR'\:~ Army rule as Dictator 2 R
[ D Paez suppresses R
[ e amer e~ | alleged Communists R
) { i
R J 5%
fft}:f:-'?:1:1:?:1:?:?:2. 2\ L BRAZIL [ "E:E:E
NS R S ‘e - ; e
Seae et N idespread revolt [
- Aeepuy ~ lwdedbNowested £
D Ye b F
ey R T .
}:{:{:;:;:3:3:{:}:f:j:};{:}:{:}:5:}:}:;':f:}:}:5:{::::::::f.’E:f:f:f:f:f:f:f:f:; YBOLIVIA g
.'.'.'.':.:::.:.;.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.;.:.:::::::::l:::::::::f':;l::::i . e b 5 e
R e e,y ONMNCROG
RS g a 2 QI e
s s = ~ M ASuvORON ~BT
il 600 arrested - F™¢ ", .‘: ; g
as (Il (‘l ut Ol'Ship '.‘.:. r . ..’l' ~ p -'-'-"'.‘.'.'.'-'.‘.'.‘.'.’.';‘.'.‘..'.'.'.'-'.'.';'.'.'.'.’.'.'":::::::.'
i suppresses. alleged 53], 4 o Veterans’ revolt p
| Communist plot [ [ARGENTINA £ overthrows governmentj::
T 8t
T e, 8 . R
I vas PARAISORY A URUGUAY s
o ] sukRReCT
o b fireaks off Soviel relations '
I;f:;:jjj:j:;fi:,:.-_-,::-j-;.;.:.;.;.:.:.:,:.;.;:;:;:;:;:::_. ) ; 2 ;‘" claiming Communist plots |
7:}:s'_f:;.'::f.‘,;:;:;'.;.;.;.;'%fl;fi;fi;fififi ' R
S, , .;:3:-':1:1:?:1:5:?:3:1:3:?:1:5:?Egfi:fi:?:f:iz1:3:Z:3:3:1:3:3:?:3:5:5:?:3:112:?:1:?7:?:1:3:5:1:1:1:1:1:?:1:1:113:1'555::555555
e e 1 Rt By N
;:;:;:;:;:;:%};};};fi;:;:;:;:;:;:;‘ g N fl’!fi#fi‘flfl
el "-‘E?ErE:E:5:5:E:E:E:E:E:E:3rE:E::‘:ErE:E:E:E:i'E:5:%'"'2:555?"31:1:5’*5551555"5:":33:5151515?5?53f5’313555533??5-'515?555555?53-
e g LICERN.
e A @
s N
e )
e G R O L A M laiin i i 1 ity p
Civil disturbances in many South and Central American coun
tries may hinder, but are not expected to halt, President Roosevelt's
plan for an All-American congress to unite efforts for peace
throughout the Americas, Points of unrest are shown in the map
above. The Capitol at Washington, upper left, will be more closely
linked with the Captiol at Buenos Aires, Argentine, if the con
ference succeeds. Buenos Aires, Argentine capital city, is the most
likely choice for a meeting place.
sador, who, President Terra claim
ed, had been involved in revo:u
tionary activity. There is now
not a single diplomatic represen
tative* of Moscow in all South
America. .
Venezuela was torn by rioting
in which at least 16 died. It was
hrought on by restrictions on a
free press imposed by President
Eleazar IL.opez Contreras. This dic
tator assumed the head man’s
chair at Caracas when Dictator
Gomez died. Contreras was forc=d
to ditch several cabinet members,
but is believea to be restoring or
der,
Brazil has had no formidable
revolts since last November, when
a widespread insurrection was
suppressed. Honduras and N:ica
’ragua. recently have bheen involved
i in minor civil gtrife; while Guate
. mala agd Salvador at present ara
ruled by the semi-military dieta
torships which always follow a
period of unrest in the small re
publics of Cenfral America.
~ Brazil was one of the first coun:
tries to accept the Roosevelt pro-
PAGE THREE-A
.sD s Y
- - -
|
g
| ) |
, g
: L E
e .
. fii% i ]
L RO N T
| €SO ; T
g e d
ol KR G|
B o “E::__ éB e |
WO e G |
s . Ll |
o o
e .0
\
posal, anG s expected tg recom
mend that the peace conference
be held in Rio de Janeiro instead
of Buenos Aires. The dream of
all - American co-operation for
peace is an old one in Brazil, and
enthusiastic help from . leaders iy
expected.
The American state department
is represented as feeling that
there is no reason why Interual
disturbances in several countries
need interfere with the proposal
to unite all for better interna
tional relationships.
Bnt the confuséd s=tale of sever
al governments, anl preoccapa
tion with their own internal af
fairs, may tend to slow dcwn nes
gotiations leading 1o such & cons
ference,
Several factors favo: the pro
| posal. Southern aeighhors of the
‘l'rimd States fear “The Coltssus
{ 5f tte North” less today than they
!}mw for many years.
! Less Fear of U. S,
| Recent policies have given good
i evidence that the United States
| has no intention. of becoming the
| bully of the western hemisphere
lund thére is unquestionably .a bete
| ter feeling than there was in the
| days of *‘dollar diplomacy.”
Further, the settlemert of the
' Chaco war brought several nati
ons closer together than they re
| cently have been. Argentina, in
‘,x:mmu a leading role as' peace
| maker there, "drew nearer to . its
| traditional rival, Brazil.
| The spirit of economic co-operas
| tion among the South American
I countries is growing. . Thus, many
of them are in a receptive mood
tor the president’s proposal ob
closer co-operation .for peace.