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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W. LaBINE
Scandinavian Peace Endangered
By Pressure From Belligerents;
Finn Defenses Breaking Down
(EDITOR’S NOTE—When opinions are expressed in these columns, they
are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper.)
——He leased by Western Newspaper Union.
EUROPE:
While Franklin Roosevelt was
fishing south of the Panama canal,
his two special peace emissaries
were on the high seas en route to
settle Europe’s quarrels. Steelman
Myron C. Taylor would work from
the Vatican. Undersecretary of State
Sumner Welles would travel to Italy,
Germany, France and Britain seek
ing a basis for a post-war settle
ment. They had to work fast, be
cause the European dogfight was
fast getting out of hand:
In. Scandinavia
Not only Finland, but Norway and
Sweden as well were being drawn
into other peoples’ wars. Undoubt
edly sympathizing with the Finns,
Stockholm and Oslo governments
had to stay on their good behavior
or risk reprisals from Germany.
That was why Per Albin Hansson,
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Sweden sympathized, but . . .
Swedish premier, had to refuse Fin
land’s plea for direct military aid.
The Finns, meanwhile, were sag
ging badly, surrendering key posts
on the Mannerheim line before Rus
sia’s relentless attack.
(Hut Mannerheim losses were partially
equalized by gains elsewhere. Northeast
of Im he iMdoga, the high command an
nounced, 18,000 Hed soldiers hare been
killed or captured, wiping out the entire
eighteenth division.)
Oslo had an even hotter potato in
its hands. Attacking Germany’s
prison ship Altmark within Norwe
gian territorial waters, a British de
stroyer had rescued the prisoners
and scooted for home while Nazi
crewmen fled to the interior. Angry
notes were exchanged, Norway
finally calling its parliament to de
cide on a course of action. Why,
asked London, had Altmark been al
lowed within Norwegian territorial
waters? Why, asked Berlin, had
Norway failed to protect Altmark
from the British?
Talking back boldly for a small
power, brave Norway bluntly told
the British that the Altmark case
would probably be protested to the
League of Nations “or some other
tribunal.” Nor was there much
doubt that Norway was within her
rights.
In the West
There was no action between the
Maginot and Siegfried lines, but the
Altmark incident stirred up repris
als at sea. Britain seized two Nazi
merchant ships carrying manganese
from Spain. Down to Davey Jones’
locker went Britain’s destroyer Dar
ing with a loss of 157 lives. This was
the sixth destroyer Britain has lost
thus far, and brought her total fleet
losses to 25 vessels.
In the Near East
Little more was heard of the
100,000 British colonial troops land
ed recently at Suez and dispersed
throughout the troubled Near East.
TREND
How the wind is blowing . . .
LABOR— New York’s Sen. Robert
Wagner has urged creation of a fed
eral mediation board to settle all
types of strikes.
CAPlTAL— Seeking a “voice for
the employer in national labor leg
islation,” the successful Associated
Employers of Oregon will sponsor
a meeting in Spokane on March 26
pointing the way for a national or
ganization.
BANKING— After 80 years of pri
vate banking, the venerable New
York house of Morgan will be
come a public corporation April 1.
RAlLßOADS— Effective March 24,
eastern U. S. railroads will lower
basic passenger coach fares to 2
cents per mile. Present fare: 2%
cents.
FlNANCE— Britain’s treasury has
requisitioned private British hold
ings of 60 U. S. securities, seeking
funds for purchase of war materials
in the U. S.
INDUSTRY— A federal reserve
board report indicated that volume
of U. S. industrial production
dropped from 128 last December to
120 in January, indicating a defi
nite falte/inj! in industry’s pace.
But Russian frontiers of Turkey, In
dia, Afghanistan and Persia were
still guarded closely against a pos
sible Red thrust. Biggest surprise
came from Turkey, where the gov
ernment suddenly applied the na
tional defense law and assumed vir
tual dictatorial powers. Meanwhile
the Ankara press warned civilians
that, as non-belligerent allies of
Britain and France, Turks must be
ready for a “supreme effort this
spring.”
CONGRESS:
Trade Pacts
Foreign policy held congressional
attention as the house ways and
means committee reported favora
bly a resolution to extend for three
years the administration’s recipro
cal trade program. The program it
self was no issue, for Glenn Frank’s
G. O. P. planning committee okayed
the low tariff idea in principle one
day before the house took u>> the
resolution (See POLITICS). Instead,
G. O. P. lined against Democrat on
an amendment which would force
senate ratification of each trade
pact. At present the administration
can make pacts without congres
sional approval.
Meanwhile congressional economy
advocates cheered house passage of
the $965,779,000 naval appropriations
bill, which was $111,700,000 below
President Roosevelt’s budget esti
mate. In all, this meant house and
senate had cut about $270,000,000
from budget estimates, leading Ken
tucky's Sen. Alben Barkley to re
mark that he thought new taxes
could be avoided. (President Roose
velt had asked a $460,000,000 for
“emergency” defense costs.)
Biggest problem before the sen
ate was the agriculture appropria
tion bill, from which the house had
slashed $66,000,000. The farm bloc
wanted this cut restored, also want
ed $225,000,000 for parity payments.
If this program goes through, the
economies thus far would be nulli
fied.
POLITICS:
G. O. P. in the Saddle
By late February enthusiastic Re
publicans had taken the political
ball completely away from the Dem
ocrats, who rested insecurely on
their laurels. At Washington, the
G. O. P. national committee heard
Chairman John D. M. Hamilton an
nounce he would welcome a chance
to whip Franklin Roosevelt in the
1940 campaign. Then the commit
tee decided to.hold its convention
in Philadelphia on June 24. Next
day, at Miami, Democratic Chair
man Jim Farley hurriedly set July
15 as date for his Democratic con
vention.
Republicanism had more enthusi
asm than originality. Col. Robert
R. McCormick, publisher of the Chi
cago Tribune, (which hates the New
Deal to death), dragged out the
moth-eaten red herring in a speech
at Jackson, Mich., birthplace of the
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Not entirely critical.
Republican party. Colonel McCor
mick saw Communism in everything
he looked at, censorship in the U. S.
mails and an open conspiracy be
tween the White House and the
Kremlin.
More sanity characterized the
G. O. P. program committee’s 116-
page report, prepared by a 200-man
strategy body under Dr. Glenn
Frank, former president of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin. Criticized
were (1) pump priming; (2) emer
gency monetary powers; (3) legis
lative control over wages and hours;
(4) the U. S. housing program; (5)
government competition with busi
ness, and (6) the New Deal power
program.
The committe’s proposals embod
ied quite a few Democratic tenets,
indicating how far the G. O. P. has
swung away from rock-bound con
servatism. Proposals: (1) return
of gold standard; (2) 20 per cent cut
in federal expenses, and a balanced
’budget by 1942; (3) amendments to
the Wagner act; (4) a reciprocal
trade program to safeguard agricul
ture; (5) improvements and expan
sion of social security; (6) “protec
tive,” not “restrictive” U. S. regula
tion of business; (7) a farm pro
gram which would embody party
payments.
BAKER COUNTY NEWS
W oman-of-the-Week
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MRS. JAMES ROOSEVELT
(With Sara Delano, 8, and Kate, 4.)
TWO (Anna and Elliott) of
Franklin Roosevelt’s five chil
dren had already been divorced.
In mid-February a third an
nounced his intentions. Jimmy,
33, already rich in his own right
from a meteoric insurance ca
reer, announced from his new
movie headquarters in Hollywood
that he would divorce Betsey
Cushing Roosevelt, daughter of
the late great Dr. Harvey Cush
ing, noted Harvard brain special
ist. Betsey Roosevelt immediate
ly announced a cross-suit, and it
was hinted Jimmy would drop
his. Gossip mongers were cer
tain Jimmy would soon marry
Miss Romelle Schneider, the Wis
consin-born nurse who cared for
him during and after his illness
at Mayo clinic, Rochester, Minn.
To Betsey Roosevelt go the two
children and a substantial settle
ment.
RELIGION:
Interdict at Cleveland
For seven years Rev. Louis Loi
Zedda was assistant to Rev. Mar
tin Compagno at Holy Redeemer
Catholic church in Cleveland’s Ital
ian district. When Reverend Com
pagno died, Archbishop Joseph
Schrembs named Rev. Vincent Ca
ruso as his successor. Parishioners,
angry because Reverend Zedda was
not appointed, twice refused to let
the new priest in their church. Fi
nally came the showdown. Aided
by 60 policemen and uniformed
Knights of Columbus and St. John,
Msgr. Floyd L. Begin escorted Rev
erend Caruso to the church. The
crowd hooted and yelled "go home”
while small boys threw snowballs
at the plumed escort. Thoroughly
angry, Monsignor Begin stood on
the running board of his automobile
and invoked an interdict: Until Holy
Redeemer’s 1,000 parishioners ac
cept Reverend Caruso, they can re
ceive no sacraments of the church
except when in danger of death.
CRIME:
Forgiven
One of Supreme Court Justice
Frank Murphy’s last duties as at
torney general was to indict 16 per
sons charged with recruiting sol
diers at Detroit, Mich., for the Com
munistic Spanish republican army.
After the case had dragged along
several weeks, Justice Murphy’s
successor decided to drop the en
tire case.
Said Attorney General Robert E.
Jackson: “Even-handed and impar
tial justice would not localize prose
cutions of this character to Detroit
nor confine them to only one side of
the Spanish war, nor even to the
Spanish war itself . . . Unless we
are able to proceed with all the
cases arising during that (1936-38)
period, it would be manifestly un
just to single out these Detroit in
dictments.”
THE WEATHER:
Storm in the East
Carefully watched by congress
was a tremendous winter storm that
swept from Maine to Washington
and westward to Ohio, boding swol
len streams and floods. Congress
watched it because cuts made in
the New York state flood control
appropriation may have to be re
stored, thus hurting the economy
program. Death toll was placed at
71, of which 25 were reported from
New England.
PEOPLE:
Carol to Rome?
<L At Rome it was reported Ru
mania’s King Carol will arrive late
in March for conversations with
Premier Benito Mussolini, presum
ably in search of Italian-secured
Balkan neutrality.
<I.At Washington, Ohio’s Sen. Vic
Donahey dropped out of the Buck
eye presidential primary as a favor
ite son candidate, making Ohio’s 52
delegates a free-for-all prize for
whatever candidate can get them.
G. Britain’s Leslie Hore-Belisha, ex
war minister ousted January 5,
found the censor had chopped 44
lines from the Sunday newspaper
story he wrote on “Shall We Fight
for Finland Now?”
ASIA:
Retreat
From far-away Chungking came
the news that defending Chinese
troops were repelling Japanese of
fensives at opposite ends of the
country. In Kwangsi province, to
the south, the Chinese said their
vanguard had advanced to within 14
miles of Nanning. Thirteen hundred
miles of Nanking. Thirteen hundred
were reported in Suiyuan province.
Japs said their troops were "return
ing from successful expeditions.”
Rescues Are Tops’ in Drama
But They’re Soon Forgotten
Rescue efforts, successful or otherwise, make dramatic news pic
tures. Often they go down in history, but mbre often hero and victim
alike are soon forgotten, their fleeting moments of fame giving way next
day to fresher news. Below: Whaleboat picking up survivors from a
coast guard plane which
crashed at sea with the loss of
three lives. Bodies of the three
victims sank with the plane a
few seconds after this picture
was taken from the rescue ves
sel nearby.
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Above: A park guard (left)
rescues a sportsman whose
boat turned over in the Schuyl
kill river of Pennsylvania. A
companion was drowned.
Right: Arrow points to miner
being taken to the surface after
65-hour imprisonment. Hand
kerchief over eyes protects
them from light.
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Most dramatic rescue of 1939. Survivors of submarine Squalus
brought to surface near Portsmouth in the navy’s unique rescue bell.
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Rescuing purser from sunken Japanese steamer.
Above: Members of
a searching party low
er Roger Carney from
a Utah mountainside
after youth had been
found, his leg broken
by a fall. He had been
missing two days after
starting on a climbing
trip into the mountain
wilderness.
Left: Weight of sand kills
New York worker. His son
tries feverishly to keep it away
from nostrils while rescuers
struggle to free him—but in
vain.
White Embroidery
On a Dark Color
By RUTH WYETH SPEARS
/^ROSS-STITCH is combined here
with plain running stitches to
make a smart luncheon cloth that
may be embroidered quickly in
coarse white embroidery thread.
The material may be broadcloth
or other smooth-finish cotton. The
color is a deep maroon and the
white design is very effective on
this background.
This cloth is made of two 1%-
yard lengths of 36-inch-wide mate
riaL Split one piece lengthwise
cross-stitch over
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RUNNING^
yStl stitches
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iMßaiMaiaafiigaai y fabric
through the center and join to the
sides of the other piece by ma
chine. The seams are covered by
the rows of running stitches. You
do not need a stamping pattern
to make the cross-stitch design.
Baste coarse open-mesh embroid
ery canvas over the material;
then follow the design given here
at the lower left. Repeat the cor
ner of the design to make the four
corners of the center square.
NOTE: There are 36 em
broidery stitches illustrated in
Mrs. Spears’ Sewing Book 2; also
several original designs for table
covers; men’s ties; mittens; hats;
purses; Baby’s bassinet; doll’s'
wardrobe; five ways to mend fab
rics. Ask for Book 2, enclosing
10 cents coin. Address Mrs.
Spears, Drawer 10, Bedford Hills,
New York.
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