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The Alamance gleaner VoL LXV GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1939 ~ No. 381 WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W. LaBlNE Allies Counter Nazi Air Might With Turkish Diplomatic Coup; Italy Seeks Balkan Supremacy (BDnWS NOTE?When opinion are expressed In these oolnmns, they are these of the news analyst and not necessarily at this newspaper.) i. Released by Western Newspaper Union. J - I |2t?,!l!!i'u?^^W50flWOO^|l| i s g s n d I aaSm-;; ? ""Wll'sr ?;ss THE WAR AT SEA WiU Nazi air might outpoint Qrkmins baulewagonsf THEVAR: Diplomacy In eai$ 1938 Germany's conserv ative Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg married blonde Erika Grnhn, a carpenter's daughter whom other Nazi officers termed "socially impossible." This month Erika Crohn (eh the news spetiigit again in a British "white paper" by Sir Neviie Henderson, pre-war ambas sador to Germany. Wrote he to For eign Secretary Lord Halifax: "I drew your lordship's attention (lh. 193(0 to the far-reaching and un fortunate results of the Blomberg marriage. 1 am more than ever convinced at the .major disaster which that? in itself? 'minor inci dent i n - volved, ow ing to the . ? consequent VONUOMBEBG elimination ffum/s'tmrf from Herr ?Hitler's entourage of the more mod erate of his advisers, such as von Blomberg . . It made a pretty news story: Is a woman the cause of Europe's war? At Sea In 1919 the proud but beaten Ger man navy scuttled 75 warships in Sea pa Flow (tee mep) rather than lose them to the allies. In the war at 1939, Germany remembered Scapa Flow. Day after Nazi raidfers had bombed the Firth of Forth na val yard at Edinburgh, long-range airships again set Sbt (probably from Wilhelmshaven) and unleashed the full fury of Herr Hitler's air might against Scapa Flow. Five times in four hours"" they struck, damaging the old Iron Duke and giving Britishers a bad case at Jit ters. Next day press and -parlia ment rallied at Prime Minister Nev ille Chamberlain for sloppy defense work. The cries grew stronger when Chamberlain revealed the Royal Oak had also been sunk at Scapa Flow by a daring U-boat. But Britain was not idle in this battle of airship vs. warship; she was merely less communicative than the Nazis, who boaited of their caoquests. Next day Hollanders re ported the Emden naval base had bean bombed, and possibly Wil helmshaven. Both Danish and Nor wegian fishermen scurried for cov er when the foes clashed somewhere west at Skagerrak. Western Front Whether by choice or convenience, French-British troops began lighting a defensive war whose principal fea ture was "strategic retreat" On the Id-mile northern flank of the west ern front. Nazidom's lighting men opened a vicious offensive which drove allied troops back to their main line. Paris reported one part eic this drive, on the Moselle and before Saarbruefcen, bad cost the Germans 5,000 casualties in two daffs. The French were apparently content to dig in, letting Germany pay the cost of offensive warfare. But they were also waiting for a clearer definition of Russia's inten tions fast TBS NEUTRALS). Mean while reports persisted that the 30 S^TNe^r'S^U,nS^r0nw?m not there to enjoy the scenery. Thfe burning question: Wftl 1914's route ot invasion be Used again? THE NEUTRALS: Search for Security From Scandinavia down through the Balkans to Turkey, diplomats scurried madly after an elusive quantity called security. The rea son was Russia, whpae grisly head had been shoved into eastern Eu rope the moment Adolf Hitler opened the door. Although Moscow shipped 17 Vk tons of gold to Berlin (presumably Polish gold), and al though German engineer* were hmrv supervising the Soviet'* new Bve year plan, the happy wedding of Communism and Naziiam seemed to have cost both principals a lot of friends: Balkans. Russian-Turkish talks hi Moscow broke down and Foreign Minister Sukm Saracoglu left for Istanbul, presumably refusing (1) to close the strategic Dardanelles to all but Russian warships and thus imperil the allies' chances to aid Rumania; (3) to permit Russo-Ger man domination of a Balkan neutral bloc; (3) to recognize the Polish partition, and <4) to permit expan sion ?f Bulgaria and Russia at Ru mania's-pxpense. Next day Turkish friendship with the allies was ce mented by mutual assistance pacts whaaoby France, Britain and Turkey agreed to protect the eastern Medi terranean. Meanwhile Tuii^iah troops rushed to northern frontiers. Commented irked Germany, which promptly snuggled closer to Rus sia: "It can he taken for certain that other states of tiye Baiksn en tente will see in Turkey's attitude a nmc 8ARACOGLC /Mr 4w. wmcktj hit mark. renunciation of the preservation of neutrality Baltic. Fearing that Finland might meet the fate of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, all victims of Russia's westward drive, the four Scandina vian powers (Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden) met at Stock holm to declare their solidarity. President Roosevelt sent bis best wishes, having received the day be fore an answer to his note to Soviet president Michael Kalinin. Said the gnawer: "The sole aim (of Finnish Russian negotiations) is the consoli dation of reciprocal relations be tween the Soviet Union and Fin land." There was still no official an nouncement of Russian'"demands," but everyone knew Russia wanted naval and air bases on Finnish Bal tic islands. NEWS QUIZ I : Know you nam? One hundred it perfect tcore. Deduct 20 for each ques tion you mitt. Grades: 100, excellent} SO, good; 60, average; 60, poor; 20 1! 1. Above photo shorn New York's A1 Smith with his sow. Why is the son, A1 Jr., in the news? 2. What proposed U. 8. trade pact are western senators light- | in*? Why? 3. What La tin-American nation, having been given the use of $3, 000,000 in U. 8. gold, has or dered $5,810,000 worth of railroad equipment here? 4. True or false: Under an un precedented ruling, President Roosevelt opened U. S. harbors to all belligerent submarines. 5. What American automobile manufacturer has excluded Rus sian engineers who have been studying in his plant? f Answcri at bottom of column.. J _J CONGRESS: Budding Friendship Three weeks of neutrality debate had passed before the word "fllli buster" was mentioned on the sen ate floor. Yet isolationists were making a fillibuster in everything but name. West Virginia's Rush D. Holt began vying with North Da kota's Gerald Nye as No. 1 speech maker. Idaho's D. Worth Clark of fered the best oratory: "If Germany is destroyed, her people will be driv en into the arms of Stalin . . . This holier-than-thou attitude of England is a pretext ... It ill behooves England and France, with their records of persecu tion within their own borders, to refuse to at least treat for peace. The trail of the British empire is built on two ? i n i ? | ? ? MeADOO blood aid A food ImbbyiaL treachery." But behind acenei there was com promise on the two most debatable points. Repeal at the arms em bargo was certain, but isolationists demanded "caah-on-the-barrelhaari" instead at Wdv credits to bellig erents. Shippers and seaboard states demanded that proposed restrictions on U. S. shipping be relaxed. One at the latter lobbyists whose word carried weight was former Sen. Wil liam Gibbs McAdoo, now a west coast shipping executive, wbooe call at the White House was followed quickly by modification proposals. Key Pittman, administration lead er, called his foreign dffairs hench men into council and observers were pretty sure they'd win most isola tionists with these concessions: I. DwUmMm aitu where O. ft. ships i eoald carry all material* escape arma ment L a* lands like Australia and Mew gcaland MfiU.l vessel Is destroyed with leas of life, the President would automatically stop trade In that vicinity. J. The U. 8. would not support a shipper's claim against a foreign government tf a car go Is destroyed. 4. Vessel masters weald be required to gtve the U. I. a statement of their cargo, detailing consignees and srhidnlsd ports of-calL _ be^ opened to concncncrcWU jUrcnrfL^ ^ ^ From each compromise, Demo cratic wheelhoraea aaw hope (or 1M0. If the President disowns third term ambitions before congress opens next January, and if ha avoids any new reform or spending pro gram, observers were pretty cer tain the once-disheveled Democratic party would hang together against tha foreign "enemy" until next year's election has passed. News Quiz Answers L A1 Smith Jr. li running tor alder man In New York. 2. Pact with Argentina. Beta a? a. changed tor Argentine farm products. al legedly working a hardship an American farmers. S. BraHL ?oread ta an* hareu bp lama ami?a t an amimn doe ta natural ?*** at Oar* eaaaes. S. Henry Pad ifiii.1 Bruekarft Washington Digest Public Sentiment Grows Insistent To Keep Out of European Muddle Unmistakable Change Is Going on Throughout the Conn try; People Make Known Their Feelings and Their Thonght Is Thoroughly Reflected in Congress. - By WILLIAM BRUCKART ?NIJ Service, National Piw Bldg., Waihington, D. C. WASHINGTON.?Wale the Rooee- | Getting back to the aenata debate, ordinate everything to the general ?object at the European war, there has been an unmistakable change in sentiment going an throughout the country and in the capital city. It is inescapable to Jbe marost tyro of an observer. It represents s crystal lization of that foggy thing called' public sentiment. The senate has debated the issue of repeal of the arms era bongo to the fullest, but the debate baa fallen short of telling the whole truth. There was an entire lack at any truly great speeches. Much addi tional light has been thrown on the whole question of s neutrality poli cy, yes; but I believe the senate failed to do the job in a way that history will measure as statesman like. The amazing fact is, there fore, that public sentiment should have solidified so definitely in such a short time, with a verdict that says: "We wUl stay out of that Eu ropean mess; it is not ours, and we will not play their game." It Is always difficult to describe what takes place in the matter at public sentiment, powerful as it is in the United States. But it is easy to describe the condition, the status, of national thought as represented by an overwhelming majority of the citizens. In the current esse, jt can be told in two sentences. A few weeks ago, the big shots of govern ment were saying: "possibly" we can keep out of war; the present statement is that "probably" we can keep out of the war. It is a vital difference. The reason for this is obvious. People have made known their feel ings. They have made clear that whatever else they may differ about, they are determined and united on the one proposition, namely, that we must not get tangled up with Eu rope's power politics. Further, ex istence of this sentiment has been thoroughly reflected in congress and those who would willingly toss our armies into the flame have begun to get scared about their own hides. Clark Tahu WalUp at i mittmt Smeratmry of War I must qualify that statement that all of the big shots have toned down their rtrrfarks. Several continue to. gbout in an inflammatory way. The best known ef these Is Louis Johnson, assistant secretary of war. It is unnecessary for me to discuss Johnson's unwise statements. I can quote a real authority, for Senator Bennett Clark, the Missouri Demo crat, dealt quite fully with the assis tant sec re tray's utterances?espe cially that in which Mr. Johnson said that "if the United States were not fully prepared for war, it would be overrun like Poland." Of that re mark, Senator Clark had thip to aay, during the arms embargo debate in the aerate: "In my judgment, no more idiotic, moronic or unpatriotic remark ever has been made by a man in high public office . . . "This is the same Louis Johnson who has been flying around the coun try in an army airplane for the last several years, preaching the inevita bility of war and the certainty of our being drawn in end drawing hor rific pictures with grisly prophe cies at our shores being invaded and our own land being laid waste." Johnson Reported Seeking Job of Secretary at War It is so loafer ? secret in Wash ington Mat Mr. Johnson has been trying (or months to get the Job of secretary of war. He and Mr. Wood ring do not get along, and have not for much of the time the assistant secretary has been on the Job. The result has been continual friction, a handicapping of department policies and a general fear among army of ficers. They are afraid they frill get tangled up in departmental poli tics and every officer knows if he guesses wrong, the chances of get ting top flight assignments are nil. As can readily be seen, such a sit uation in a policy-making agency of government certainly does the na tion no good. It is said that Presi dent Roosevelt sees Assistant Sec retary Johnson more frequently than he confers with Mr. Woodring, the head of the department Wheth er that is true or not it is a fact , that the Pissidsnt has done nothing at aD to settle the long-standing row. ?asmMsm aiwuuuu ougni 10 dc lumea row mentarily to tba defeat of the mo- 1 tion to separate the arms embargo I question from that involved in the "cash and carry" sections of the bill. Senator Tobey, New Hamp shire Republican, proposed that the bill be split up, because Stem ares virtually an unanimous vote in prospect for a law that would let American business sell ordinary sup plies to both sides of the European struggle, provided the buyers came here in their own ships, paid cash for their purchases and hauled them away in their own vessels. Short shrift was made of that mo tion. It was licked by more than two to one. The reason: if the "cash and carry" section were disposed of, there would be so much less inter est in the arms embargo repeal that its eventual defeat would be entirely possible. Old Party Whip 1$ Used To Koop Follower* in Lam Which brings us back to ths sub ject of politics. It will be remem bered that President Roosevelt called for an "adjouraaaent of poli tics," during the dangerous period. No one made the open charge hi da bate, but there were plenty of sena tors who felt that the President ex erted pressure to keep his own fol lowers in line. The administration's leaders were quite well aware that a titanic struggle confronted them to obtain repeal of the arms embar go if it were cut loose from the "cash and carry" section. So the old party whip was brought into play. But sH of the changes that have taken place in the country's thought have had one reaction in Washing ton that is not obvious to those liv ing outside of the capital city. I have reported to you before how the little clique that surrounds the Pres ident?extreme radicals and men with dreams who know how they will disappear if Democrats instead of New Dealers are in control?saw in the possibility of war an assur ance of President Roosevelt's elec tion to p ..thjrd teyro. They were rubbing their hands and licking their chops because they saw them selves certain to conhnae in their -jobs, exercising great power. The lack of enthusiasm for their plans has left them, with nothing to do but mope and sulk. Their strategy has been blown up under their own noses. They do not lofow What to do about it. ^ The question that now confronts the country, from a political stand point, is whether the European war will run six months or a year or aUjrpans. Farley Hum Fatty Central Locked Vp in Hie Own &4e It ha* bean noted, repeatedly, bow many ol the anti-administration Democrats aligned with the Presi dent. tavoring repeal Most at the senators whom President Rooerrelt ?ought to "purge" from the Demo cratic party believe with the CUet Executive that the embargo aught to be repealed. Some tew at the ar dent Roosevelt supporters are stand ing against repeal The interesting fact is that the intra-party row, among the Democrats, has bad no effect upon the stand taken by the party members in the embargo con troversy. And, thus, there bee been considerable speculation whether there la to be a healing of the wounds. I think there will not be. Tha^dlffarenoee eeem too deeply However, that may be, it can be said now that "Big Jim" Farley, who a chairman of the Haw York State Democratic lamnuWlaa tat addition to being chairman et the National Democratic committee, has control ol the party lacked up in his own safe. If he chooses Jp align himself with the Oanier-Harriion group, Mr. Roosevelt and his fol lowers are through, washed up. If he decides to support Mr. Roose velt again, the anti-RooeeveK Demo crats will be tossed abo*t 11m a straw in a whirlwind. It appears to fftls observer as of Otis time that die swing of public sentiment definite ly against anything in the nature et American participation in the Euro pean war probably will mean a Farley awj^tojhe Garner-Herri ^ ^ Speaking of Sports . ? Pro Gridster Backs College Rule Changes By ROBERT McSHANE WHETHER or not college loot ball could be made a better, basically sounder game through rev olutionary rule changes is a ques tion upoff"Wmcn coaches and tans alike disagree. Many coaches, and it most be ad mitted that meat el them are ef pro fessional Clubs, would like to haw Institutional teams adopt regulations (oreruing the play-tor-pay beys. Most college mentors are content with the existing set-up. Of course many of them have their qwn ax to grind?they would like to see a few minor changes, but on the whole are satisfied with things ae they are. George P. Marshall, outspoken own er of the Washington Redskins, who kas called upon the college rale makers to save their game from go ing the way ef the dodo bird by adopting pro ralee. da octets ad lag advocate ef raise is they are is Ames Alsaes Stags, the No. 1 Graad Old Man of Aatori tu football, who eadored Ma fiftieth rear ef eoaehiag this season. Stags Is rounding out his career la the comparative obscurity of a small campus at the College ef the Pacific at Stoektoa, Calif. It is Marshall's Maim that collages are charging "fancy prices" but they are iy>t giving the public die kind of a show it deserves. His iaterest in furthering the cause of college foot AMOS ALONZO STAOO ball la by no meana academic. Ha wants serious school teams to play good football?and for a reason. It is his eiew that mediocre football kills off the interest of would-be cus tomers. la other words, if John Q. Phan pays $4 40 for a seat at a col lege game and then sees an inferior brand of football, he loses interest in the game, whether it be pro or si moo-pure. Ulterior Motives? Marshall charges that a great maaj sellags foothaD rales were itasei oe the hooka tor selSsh roe mm* Cotcbes who wuhd to copi efieacsts' weaknesses iaaega rated a new rale. Be charges specifically that goal peats were stored back af the real pest Usee not to prate tt the players bat te handicap the face of rale committee coaches whose sqaada were schedaled te aieet slabs with better kickers. On the other hand. Stags feels that the rule* of the college game are settled to their permanent form. There will be no further rapid and radical changes. During his 50 rears as a coach he has watched the game d ere lop from the kicking to the car rying to the razzle-dazsle game. He remembers the lfi-man team. He remembers when the playing field was first caned a gridiron. He was on the Tale team when slugging was abolished Veteran Ubaenrer f ateff has fait af Am pa?! A review oi his past 4S seasons convinces Sua that there la still a good chance that ooa or two mora major systems may be developed, and that there is plenty el room for development at new Individual plays. Because at this, Stagg knows that rule alterations may bo necesaary. Both sides sound logical. Stagg's the more so because tbs advocates at nda changes have, for the large pert, a selfish interest. They look upon colleges as farms far the pro fessional gridiron, and therefore are anxious to hmre the collegians mold Sports Shorts JOHNNY IfflBE ww flwjIIIK I J lint haaeraan to lead the He- gj ttonal league in batting fa a Mcnda. Bill Terry did it in MW artdfl.f . . Lefty Grove keepe the ftri^l baS thrown in each of M? winning tion is up to 286 . . .TjflQtBSjv cording to Connie _ Mack, was the only . man who ever played baseball who man to hit. ... Okla homa university's in military service during the Worn war and r> toread intact in 191# to win eight fames and tie one in . . . The average weight *f Jiorth western'i football mjadk * IX inches, and the >T?a??ijpr,spa is 20 years . . . The Hsrinfll MBMp, callage football as had ales ic the na tion, now meet prep school oppo largest university, haa one ed the smallest football squads in the Bast Heap Big Chief ^RTUBO OODOT of CM*, a will face Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis February 9 in feat dusky gentleman's ninth title defense. Mike' Jacobs 1 Chileaa twice baJftbaT Out the Barrel" Galente duriag the In dian'. D. 8. campaign in MI. Godoy, whom yooTl icmgnjjw an being timid and reticent, shyly re marked: "I'll hrwwb Mwi out He Skit take it But I can. I'll props to the world that Louis is net the to rn akr him out." ^ tT^ his way tots the Ibnailght jo UH by knocking out ancient, 4enmMt Angel Firpo in the tenth. rosadJHr- ? er who knocked Jack Dempeey oat of the ring in U. Jacobs forgot to mention 88 Baa contender was outpointed hem .by Boecoe Toles and Nathan Mann. , ? ? ' i Gridiroo * J Topnotcher* In frtMB M. w*ck dWr mA As Ralph Stevenson, University of , Oklahoma guard, can claim ? food share of credit lor his team'* cham pionship showing in the Big Sir o? ference last year. LstarsJly. Alasf chafer Jajldama the Tartans'Masks. Agfreaslieataa with Ralph If al most a Adt. It took two ymfa tioo to show him tho ftatffi tempar. Dur EHp ? ltioa. Bat Coach Tom StMham 4 player rwr yea he use erttnw Aa a freshmaa 1 SteVinson spent a great share of Ma time in the showers, chased there nearly every afternoon far Utthf. Since than he has learned to disci- f pline his temper. ?p. foattal umi rot was atthe Peaea OhtOtt.) 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