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roL LXV GRAHAM, N. C? THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1939 No. 36
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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W. LaBlNE
Expanding Soviet Domination
i Presents Threat to Germany;
Afghanistan Drive Predicted
(EDITOR'S NOTE?When opinions are expressed In these columns, they
are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper.)
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RUSSIAN ACTIVITY IN THE BALTIC
Why, if not to Ualemate German ambitiom?
RUSSIA:
Kiss tof Death? ? V
A waiter of Oonfused comment
came -sharp on the heels of Russo
German partition of Poland, trade
agreement and promise to cooper
ate for European peace. Even
Japan, long friendly to Germany,
attacked the Refch in its press. Sum
total of comment was that Russia's
Dictator Josef Stalin is interested
only in himself, and that Germany
must eventually discover it has
kissed death. \T: '?
Baltic. Heavy was the activity
here (So* map). The Russian bear's
big red paw reached into Estonia
and made it a virtual protectorate
harboring
Soviet na
val an'd air
bases. Next
it reached in
to Latvia ior
the same
purpose, so
unexpected
ly that For
eign Minis
ter Vilhelms
Hunters
?o?Mo,dCOW VILHELM8 HUNTERS
and signed a treaty. Next it side
swiped Lithuania, nominally within
Germany's sphere of influence, ap
propriating transit privileges from
the Baltic seacoast to inner Russia.
No commentator needed to stretch
his imagination to see the reason:
Russia, not trusting her Nazi ac
complice, is merely strengthening
her Baltic position.
Two Balkan question marks were
left First, Finland wondered wheth
er she would be called to Moscow,
like her Baltic neighbors. Second,
the Soviet made arrangements to
rent Finnish, Danish, Norwegian and
Swedish boats to haul timber from
the White sea to Britain in defiance
of the Nazi blockade.
Balkans. Having intended to stay
hi Moscow only three days, the
Turkish delegation headed by For
eign Minister Sukru Saracoglu re
mained two weeks, apparently rep
resenting all Balkan states. Any
body could guess what was in the
air, but many observers believed
Russia sought to neutralize the
Black sea, control the strategic Dar
danelles and thus assure herself a
free hand to move against Afghani
stan and thence to India, both with
in Britain's sphere of influence.
THE WAR:
No Peace
Consigned to the inside pages of
U. S. newspapers were reports of
actual knife-to-knife combat in Eu
rope's war. Germany laughed over
a British claim that bombers bad
"raided" Berlin with propaganda
leaflets. German troops were beat
en back a bit in the Saar, one en
gagement featuring point-blank
shelling between tanks.
Armed with his "kiss of death"
pact with Russia (? tbove), Adolf
Hitler proposed to force peace upon
the allies, proposed further that the
mediation should come through his
erstwhile friend to the south, Benito
Muaaolini.
To Berlin - went Italy's Foreign
Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano for
what was reputed to be a stormy
conference in which the Reich was
charged with introducing the Soviet
threat into Europe and thereby caua
mg Italy to lose faith in the axis.
Meanwhile, Der Fuehrer got th<
answer to his speech in advance.
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
told the house of commons the war
must go on until Hitlerism is
crushed.
No one expected anything new in
the reichstag speech. Word got
around that Hitler would end the
war on terms including: (1) removal
of international trade restrictions;
(2) creation of some form of .Polish
state under German supervision,
and readjustment of the Czechs'
statuS^O) general disarmament.
But th^ speech itself was far less
specific. ' There was a plea for arm
istice ank a conference: "Since this
problem must be solved it would be
reasonable to start . . . before mil
lions . . . have sacrificed their
lives."
There was no capitulation over
Poland. In substance: Poland's fu
ture will be determined by Germany
and Soviet Russia alone. A' Polish
state may be created, also a sepa
rate regime for Jews. i
In to to, the 90-minute harrangue
offered nothing new. On the west
ern front, French soldiers merely
tightened their belts And sighed.
There would be no peace.
PAN AMERICA: *
Insulation?
This month, lor the first time in
its century-old existence, the Mon
roe tlbctrine grows water wings. Big
gest accomplishment of Panama
City's recent conference of 21 Amer
ican nations was the 300-mile "safe
ty belt" around both northern and
southern continents, inside which
Europe's belligerents are denied ac
tivity on land, sea or in the air
tSaa Map).
Immediate reaction of wizened
seamen and diplomats was to brand
the "safety belt" impractical. First,
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V^CAMADA^l \jj
Atlantic
Pacific ,j^^m
'NO TRESPASSING' ZONE
Insulation is stuff,
each American nation may decide
for itself whether to refuel bellig
erent submarines. (Argentina will,
thus inviting violation!) Second,
most of the patrol responsibility fell
on generous Uncle Sam, who there
by found himself minus ships tc
safeguard his own waters. Third,
shippers decided the safety zone
would permit German ships now ha
vened in American ports to continue
their inter-American trade.
Meanwhile, the U. S. planned tc
make hay in South America. Foi
more than a month business mer
have waxed enthusiastic over nea
trade possibilities below the equa
tor now that European factories art
i busy making cannon. To his presi
; conference. President Roosevelt in
dicated he will ask congress to in
. crease the Export-Import bank'i
i credit authorization from $100,000,
000 to $500,000,000 next January.
CONGRESS:
Oratory
Minus the strength of his convic
tions is the man who can be swayed
by oratory. This purpose, however,
stood as a ghost beside every man
who shouted in the U. S. senate
chamber, which, in the first days of
October's bright blue weather, was
over-run with oratory. The issue:
Neutrality; whether to keep the
arms embargo now enforced against
Europe's belligerents, or to substi
tute "cash-and-carry," in which bel
ligerents could buy what they
pleased, taking it away in their own
ships.
One by one the flower of the sen-'
ate's far-famed oratory club rose
and pleaded that the one sure way of
getting the U. S. into war is to (1)
repeal the arms embargo, (2) re
tain the arms embargo. Idaho's
Borah, Nevada's Pittman, Michi
gan's Vandenberg, Texas' Connally,
Washington's Schwellenbach and
North Dakota's Nye.
Sample repeal talk (by Connally):
"Unless the act is changed the Unit
ed States will be brought to the
brink of war, perhaps plunged into
its dark and cruel depths."
Sample anti-repeal talk (by Van
denberg) : "I do not say that repeal
precipitates us into the war ... in
the long viejc, I do not believe we
can bacome an arsenal for one bel
ligerent without becoming a target
for another."
After a week of this sort of thing
some trends, amazingly, were ap
parent. Majority Leader Alben
Barkley claimed repealists had
picked up "one or two votes."
More important, however, the
once vague issue was sifting down
and its rough spots were becoming
apparent. Among them: Should 90
days' credit be allowed? Shouldn't !
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TEXAS' CONN ALLY
"... into iu dark and cruel depths.'
credit restrictions be applied against
residents of belligerent nations as
well as the nations themselves?
How were "belligerent waters" to
be defined; would they include porta
of Canada, Australia, Hongkong and
other Franco-British possessions?
WHITE HOUSE:
Statecraft
In Paris, U. S. Ambassador to Po
land Anthony Drexel Biddle paid his
first official call on the new presi
dent of Poland-on-wheela, Wladislaw
Rackiewicz. In Washington, Secre
tary of State Cordell Hull issued a
statement that the U. S. will con
tinue to recognize Count Jerzy Po
tocki as Polish ambassador, and re
fusing to recognize that nation's sei
zure by Germany and Russia: "Po
land is the victim of force used as
an instrument of territory . . .
Here seizure of territory, however,
does not extinguish the legal exist
ence of a government."
By the same token, the U. S. said
nothing about Poland's $179,000,000
war debt, whioh Germany and Rus
sia wouldn't pay anyway. When
Austria was seized by the Reich,
the U. S. promptly blundered by
handing Austria's war debt bill to
Herr Hitler, not realizing this con
stituted recognition of the seizure.
Trend
Bow the wind it blowing . . .
RADIO?Banned, all broadcasts
by spokesmen at controversial Is
sues except in the public forum
manner, by action of the National
Association at Broadcasters. Rea
son: Too many religious attacks
I and counter attacks. Hurt by
order: Detroit's outspoken Rev.
> Father Charles E. Coughlin, New
York's Judge Joseph J. Ruther
> ford and Toledo's Rev. Walter
? Cole.
> LABOR?At Washington, the U.
S. circuit court of appeals held
> the department of labor had "il
legally and arbitrarily" exceeded
> authority in determining mini
' mum wages for the iron and steel
industry.
1 RELIEF?Of $290,000 appropri
1 a ted for European war relief by
the American Red Cross, $90,000
has been sent direct to Germany,
1 and $29,000 to Switzerland, to
care for Polish refugees.,
Bruckarfa Washington Digest
Repeal Bill Would Extend Credit
To Belligerents Buying in U. S.
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Danger of Getting Into Same Mess Over War Debts That
Followed World War; Added Authority Given Presi
dent in Bill Carries Potential Danger.
By WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service, National Press Bldf., Washington, D. C.
WASHINGTON.?As the full dress
debate of the so-called neutrality
bill continues in the senate, numer
ous phases and angles and incidents
have cropped up and demanded at
tention. It is easy for one side to
say that the thing must be accepted
by the senate and the house and the
country, without so much as a
crossed "t" or a dotted "I" and it
is equally easy for the oppositionists
to say that we should have none of
it at all. The truth is neither side
is completely correct, and Mr. John
Q. Public must remember that in
forming his own conclusions.
The bill that was reported by the
senate committee on foreign rela
tions. I believe, must be accepted
as a sincere effort. Sixteen of
the twenty-three members of the
committee believed it, or believed
it should have a chance to be dis
cussed fully and freely. There was
no division along the lines of Demo
crats or Republicans; seven sena
tors voted against sending the bill
to the senate because they are op
posed to repeal of the embargo
against shipments of arms to any
belligerent powers, while President
Roosevelt and the majority mem
bers of the senate committee want
to get rid of the embargo.
Publication of the text of the bill,
however, shows some provisions
that have gone far to load the guns
of those who want to keep an arms
embargo in force. Some of the
members of the group opposing re
peal were sufficiently wrought up
to accuse the administration?Mr.
Roosevelt, Secretary of State Hull
and others?of having misled the
country in telling what they think
ought to be done, by way of legis
lation, to keep the country out of
war. It is a condition of bad tem
per and it is likely to cause dam
age all around. Nevertheless, until
the senate committee finished writ
ing the bill, all of the discussion
was whether to repeal the arms em
bargo; since publication of the
; bill, it is shown that not only is re
i peal of the embargo sought, but per
| mission would be given for exten
' sion of credit to those belligerent
nations that want to buy here.
Many Object to Giving
President Extreme Power
Another lection of the bill that
was not well advertised in advance
is a section giving President Roose
velt additional authority during
threats of war. It allows the Presi
dent to define "combat areas," and
to forbid American ships and Amer
ican citizens from going into those
zones. That provision is highly pro
vocative. For there are many who
believe no Chief Executive ought to
be clothed with such extreme power,
i I doubt that it ever will be misused
or abused, yet it has that possible
i danger within it. Having such po
: tential danger, the section is being
vigorously opposed by men just as
anxious to keep the nation out of
war as those who say that only re
peal of the arms embargo will keep
us from being embroiled in Europe's
mess.
Debate has made it appear, thus
far at least, that the original "cash
and carry" sections constitute a
strong bulwark against our entan
glement. But there surely is ground
for objection to that part which was
added?that part which will give
buying nations 90 days in which to
pay. A buying nation can come to
our shores, load down many ships
and go away with the cargoes with
in 90 days?and say at the end:
"We have not the money to pay."
Of course, it will not be as raw as
: that. The purchasers did that dur
ing the World, war, also, and we are
still waiting for those nations to
pay more than 912,000,000,000 on
those debts. I am the only corre
| spoudent to report every one of the
conferences with foreign nations
when the United States tried to get
some tangible basis of payment
worked out, and since that time I
have bad little faith in any of their
promises. The "cash and carry"
section of the current bill, with its
90day provision, therefore, strikes
me as nothing more nor less than a
breaking down of the law that Sena
tor Johnson of California forced
through the congress some years
ago. The Californian fought until
he got a statute that barred any na
tion from getting new credit here U
it still owed on its World war debt
It probably is an impossibility to
"legislate" a nation into being neu
tral. It is like legislating people
into being good. II they want to
be good, or if they want to be bad,
they probably will be just that way,
regardless of what kind of a law
the brain trusters in a legislative
body put together. And, in the in
stance at hand?the so-called neu
trality bill?there is ample evidence
of mistakes that can be, and are
being, made.
Friends of the program of em
bargo repeal mistakenly assume
that substitution of the cash and
carry provisions will let us rest in
peace. It is perfect, they say. Op
position sentiment can see only
hosts of marching men and ships
carrying warriors over seas if there
is repeal. Therefore, neither side
is giving really serious attention to
perfecting the cash and carry pro
vision, in event it shall be accepted,
eventually, and the bill become law.
That is a grave mistake.
That lack of consideratjpn of de
tails of this phase is a great mistake
can be proved by the shudders of
business interests when sharp eyes
and analytical minds discovered
what the section, as written by the
committee, would do to commerce
in this part of the world. Protests
filed .by shipping and air transport
companies serve as an example.
Actually, as originally presented,
the cash and carry sections would
have kept .many businesses from
dealing further with British and
French possessions in the Caribbean
sea. They would have halted buy
ing and selling in some quarters of
South America, like the Guianas;
air lines from the United States
could not have stopped there; regu
lar North and South American ship
schedules would have been disrupt
ed. Well, the committee made
hasty changes, but it remains to be
seen whether even these will work
in practice.
Monro* Doctrine Moat Bo
Given Consideration
Now, it might be Mid that these
phases ot the problem are matters
that concern only "business inter
ests," and big business interests, at
that. Such, unfortunately, is not the
case. Since every one of those
points of difficulty lie in the west
ern hemisphere, consideration must
be given to the application of the
Monroe Doctrine. Our trade with
nations, and possessions in the west
ern hemisphere, therefore, is con
siderably different than with Great
Britain and France, themselves.
Yet, with all of the close commer
cial ties with those pnaaesalons, with
due recollection of the principles of
the Monroe Doctrine, there remains
the fact that congress, under the
urge of the administration, is seek
ing to legislate neytrfclity, a neutral
ity that works one way with the
parent nation and another way with
the colonies?the children?of the bel
ligerent nation. It is quite evident,
indeed, that whatever low is Anally
enacted will contain many imperfec
tions, some loopholes and some dan
gerous principles. A blanket can not
be laid over a straw tick without
revealing uneven ness, bumps, in the
straw.
It should be Mid to President
Roosevelt's credit that, thus tar, he
has not openly put the pressure
on his congressional leaders toi
passage of the bill without changes.
Patt-Ammrican Cew/efssce
Does ? Worth-While Job
While all ot these things have
been going on in Washington, the
sessions of the conference at Pan
ama City ought not be overlooked,
The representatives of our own and
our neighbor republics did a good
Job in arranging for co-opera tin
action to keep the war away from
our shores and in Europe, where 1
started. It always is possible ta
best, intentions to go haywire, bit
surely there is credit due to Mr
Roosevelt and the department o
state for the leadership exerted it
getting all of the South and Centra
American folks around a aingli
table. If nothing more happenet
than a free discussion at the poten
tial dangers that exist, the meetini
would have been worth while. Mori
did happen, however, and the un
derstandings that were reached
stripped of high-sounding words
mean that active governments fa
the western hemisphere are goin|
to work and act together. .? _
1
Speaking of Sports
Brown Bomber
Well on Way to
Second Million
By ROBERT McSHANE
U EAVYWEIGHT Champion Joe
11 Louie, the lad who has been
forced through lack of opponents
to fight has-beens and second-raters
since winning the crown from Jim
my Braddock in 1937, is well on his
way to the financial heights at
tained by Jack Dempsey and Gene
Tunney.
The Brown Bomber, a Golden
Gloves champion, turned profes
sional In 19M. 8inee But time he
has earned a grand total of $1,689,
723 by knocking out 37 opponents,
gaining decisions over I, and being
knocked out by one.
Jack Dempeey still has a comfort
able lead in all-time ring earnings,
however. The Man ansa Mauler
LIGHTNING JOE LOUIS
earned the amazing total at $2,712,
079 in nine fights, thus completely
dimming Louis' record. In addition,
Dempeey earned some $2,000,000
more during hie ring career. Most
of this came from exhibition tours
and for his services as a referee.
Dempsey's Record
Dempaey's flght-by-flght ring
earnings are worth listing. Present
day conditions are not conducive to
$1,000,000 gates, but as a means of
comparison here are the totals as
compiled by Frank G. Menke, an
outstanding sports authority: (Fig
ures represent Dempsey's cut of
the receipts for nine battles.)
Tear Opponent Total
1*19 Jess Willsrd $ 27 .MS
192* Billy Miske 55.99*
1*2* Bill Breanaa 1**,M*
1*21 Geo. Carpentier U*,*M
1*22 Tom Gibbons 2*6,M*
1*22 Lois Flrpo 47t,*t*
1*2* Gene Taaaey 711.9*9
1*27 Jack Sharkey 2M.7U
1*27 Geae Taaaey 425,M*
Total $2,711^7*
It must be remembered that
Dempsey's era was the halycon
days of boxing. On September 22,
1827, the Tunney-Dempsey bout in
Chicago drew an attendance at
104.>43 people who paid $2,051,880 at
the boot office. Louis' biggest share
of any gata amounted to $348,228,
when he knocked out Max Schmel
ing in the first round of their New
York bout on June 22, 1938. Since
winning tht championship, the
Bomber has received only four
purses of more than $100,000.
Tunney Retires
flha rime. '"I"' m uit la
the sheet spas* m these years, Sat
1 la( tna Us fait victory mr Demp
say la 1$M aatll he retired la 1928.
Tunney won Iht l^-nrhtr
from Dempsey in Philadelphia, Sep
, timber 23, 1928, on a 10-round deci
sion. He gars Dempaey a return
match in 1927 and retained hii
crown by again winning a lO-romal
decision On July 21, 1928, Tunne)
scored a technical knockout over
Tom Heeney, an Australian lighter,
and announced his retirement.
win ever reach Dempeey's tlitai
tetaL Pampas y's hags tar erne war
iaensssd by Us paissaaWlj. Om
ef boxing's meat eolorfal eharme
ters, ha eeaaaaded big priaaa im
mMir aetlTltiei. ^Le^eaa't*
thai. Be hasn't the shewaaaahli
aad perhaps the taeltnattaa. Lethar
gie aad stebd istills the dag, ha'i
faity as glamerses as aa aid ahee
On April 1, 1938, after ha had an
nexed the heavyweight crown, Louii
earned $18,889 by knocking ou
Harry Thomas in the fifth round.
There's more than one reason toi
such a small championship purse
To begin with, money isn't aa pien
tiful as it was back in the twenties
Perhaps the major reason is tha
[ Louis hasn't had a good match foi
far too long.
Sport Shorts
Bucky Harris had a out day mill'
tary career. He Joined the aa&y oa
November 10, 1018. The World, war
ended the next day . . . England's
tenth ranking woman tennis player
is Gem Hoahing, a Chinese gjAwbo.
has spent most of her 18 yeatf m
Great Britain . . . Lee HhttfefcC
twice knocked out fay Louif.^wp
coach boxers at San Diego State
college this fsIL He'll alsct attend
Feller has averaged
almost seven'^etrak
season . . . Charles
Brogan, promising
left halfback caedi-.
date at the Univer
sity of Detroit, ia a
native of; Ireland
He came to the
U. S, 10 year* ago
. . . Hank Gteeen
Derg or mo uoiroii
Bob Feller Tigers is the highest'
salaried player rfn
srrsi&'a;saw as
. . . Paddy Driscoll at MmuttX
is probably the best golfer among
college football coaches. HS plays
in the low 70's... Minnesota claims
it will bo the first school whoso
football games are flashed on a
television screen .... Still standing
is the stallion trotting record at
1:58 for the mile, est 'ablished by Lne
Axworthy 23 years ago .'. ? Wlmer
Layden of Notre Dame rataa Ducky
Pond of Yale one of the finest' all
around men he has met in flmlitsH
. . . Oklahoma football teams, un
der the guidance of Tom Stidham,
have won IS games, lost three end
tied two since be took charge two
years ago . . . Spain's seven.sur
viving golf professions Is have ap
pealed to the pros of other nations
for clubs, bags and balls. Equip
ment is unavailable in Spain . .
Fifty sets of curling stones, eon
signed to Canadian curlers, went
down with the ill-fated Atbenia . . .
Max Baer, who probably shouldn't,
is wearily climbing the comeback
trail . . . Tarzan Taylor, Mar
quette's line coach, has a standing
order with a florist to deliver cot
flowers to his desk twice, e week
, . . George Halas predicts that Joe
Maniaci, Chicago - Bear ftillhetA,
will prove as great a field goal kick
er as Jack Menders . . . Larry
French, veteran left hgnder, last
week hit his first home run in. 11
years of major league competition
. . . Bill Terry is said to be inter
ested in buying a minor league team
as a personal venture.
I I
Gridiron
Topnotchers
This eemtiMUM a aartaa at m Helm
faaavim, amtunJimg foatbaOI Ha*
art from ackooia thromgkata Ika ma
(too. Waleh their record* Mai <b#
When football wuchw dream
their mental peregrinations center
around playera like Lou Brock, Pur
due unirersHy aenior halfback^ who
runs, kicks, paanes, nine beak
punts, is a Una blocker and m tact
does everything but shovai ancm if
the playing field.
Lou came to Purdue tram Staf
ford, Kan., and at the very oatool
of hi* aopbo
more y a a r
mad* it dear'
that his foot
ball caraar
was extreme
ly bright by
breaking into
ths starting
Boilermaker
lineup as run
ning mats to
tba famous i
Cecil IsbeU.
Brock's aan
sational runs,
mnbacks and
punts last saa
I ?oo had Pur
I due lux talk- j_ Pr|>fc
r in( to thetn
- selves. Opposing coaches grant thai
, his great play was ode of the chief
factors in Purdue's past great sso
i son.
i He is noted principally for his
i running and kicking, along with his
i blocking, but is a,lso a dangerous
- passer.
The offensive setup of several
' games last year was completely
1 changed when Brock pulled Purdue
' out of deep hides with a great punt
' return and then a return punt to
P coffin corner on the succeeding
? series.
As tor running. Brock averaged
? more than six yards each attempt
1 against such' linss as Minnesota.
Fordham, Ohio State, Iowa, Wle
r cons In, Detroit and Butler. Against
. Ohio State be gained SO yards hi
- 12 attempts.
Twpntv*onc ycirfl old. Brock
' stands exactly six feet tail and
r ^aLL^'n^T-190 p<yd*'^ T - |
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