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The Alamance gleaner Vol. LXVI ~ GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1940 No. 1 WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W. LaBlNE || Is 'Real War' Coming at Last? Hitler's Speech Viewed as Signal For Bitter Drive Against Allies (EDITOR'S NOTE?When opinions are mi anil in these osteons, they are those of the news analyst sad ast necessarily of this newspaper.) Released toy Western Hnemi Union __________ INTERNATIONAL: Charge and Answer The comments of a Catholic pri mate in late January seemed des tined to touch off a one-two-three sequence that would lead Europe to a real war. At the Vatican, August Cardinal Hlond reported that his primacy of Poland was the scene of mass shoot ing, religious persecution and other atrocities by Nazi Germany. Add ing its two-bits worth, Poland-in exile charged from Paris that Ger many had executed 18,000 Polish leaders. These things, true or not, made Berlin downright mad, insulted and vengeful. Diego von Bergen, am bassador to the Holy See, protested HLOND AND VON BERGEN Did the Vatican start something? in vain. German executives in Po land like Arthur Greiser, Arthur Seyss-Inquart and Hans Frank made speeches and gave interviews, the general theme being ah admission of stern measures against "chau vinistic agitators" and sterner meas ures against Polish Jews. But atroci ties were denied; all reprimands, they asserted, were designed to make everybody happy. Adolf Hitler didn't bother to ex plain; he merely raved against his enemies. Occasion was the seventh anniversary of his rise to power. In his speech Der Fuehrer: (1) prom ised continued friendship with Italy and Russia; (2) tried to "pep up" Germany's war morale; (3) at tacked Britain as usual; (4) at tacked France, which was not usual; (S) announced the "real war" was ( about to start. (London interpreted the speech at ? surrender of hope that the allies might somehow be split. Italians heard Hitler ssith indifference, perturbed because ha spent more time polishing apples usth Russia than with Italy.) Western War ' In Britain, where a cold wave and fuel shortage had made bigger news than the war, Adolf Hitler's declara tion suddenly struck home. Waves of Nazi bombers swept down the coasts for the second consecutive day, destroying (according to Ber lin) 19 ships. Just as France's Pre mier Daladier had warned a few hours earlier that total warfare would start soon, so did Britain's Neville Chamberlain indirectly hint at the same thing when he made a speech containing strong overtures toward neutrals like Japan and the U. S. (Japan Mi ?till protesting British sell ers of II Nasi sailors from a Jap steam ship. But she had ators serious troubles rlatsr home. Russo-Jap boundary discus sions broiss damn, indicating tha Matt chtthtsoan-Mongolian tear stray start again soon. Also broken deem teas electric pslis. Reason: Foal shortage.) Northern War In the Soviet-Finnish war, Russia's manpower and resources were being drained by defeat on Ave fronts. Helsingfors estimated officially that 290,000 Red troops had been lost in TREND How the wind is blowing ... INCOME?A seven-year study by the Northwestern National Life In surance company of Minneapolis showed that John Public was profit ing from the war whether he ad mits it or not: In 1036's last quarter, his check climbed to the farthest point ($13) above Irving costs since pre-depression days. COMMUNICATIONS?The U. S. Supreme court ruled a federal court at appeals has no supervisory power over the federal communications commission. Case: A court order demanding that FCC reconsider its action on the petition of a Potts ville. Pa., radio station. two month* of lighting, in addition to unestimated tank*, horses, trucks ?nd miscellaneous supplies. Kin land's first major aerial offensive was assigned to Italian pilots flying Savoia-lferchetti bombers, who raid ed an unnamed Soviet naval base. (In Moscow, hah mm warned ottainst foiningthe AngioFranch war blot! Like wue, Norway ami Swadan ware warned not to aid the Finns. Nevertheless every conceivable aid short of a declaration of war woe being rushed from these coun tries. u. S. participation teas evidenced by (I) assignment of American volunteers to a legionnaire unit, end (I) arrival in Norway of at least IJ American-made pur suit planes.) The Balkans In the Balkans where Rumania, Turkey, Greece and Jugoslavia met to plan a mutual defense bloc, dis satisfied Hungary opened a bitter press campaign for the return of Transylvania, ceded to Rumania after the World war. CONGRESS: Farm Fight Sped through the house were dras tic slashes in such items as postof flce, treasury, "emergency defense and independent offices. Reason: Congress would tickle an economy minded nation by avoiding new taxes or an increase in the national debt, thus safeguarding itself in an elec tion year. In the senate appropria tions committee there was mild balking at these ecohomies, but they were destined to pass with minor adjustments. But when congress struck the farm bill it found a hot potato. Pres ident Roosevelt asked $788,929,519 in his budget, making no mention of the much-demanded $225,000,000 for farm parity payments. Bluntly the house appropriations committee slashed $154,530,000 from the budget ($72,678,000 for surplus commodities, WALLACE AND JONES The patient ul hall dead. $49,979,000 for sugar benefits, $25, 000,000 for farm tenancy loans) and sent it to tbe floor. In the ensuing argument 1940's en tire economy drive seemed destined to rise or fall. Secretary of Agri culture Wallace was highly critical. He asked for a permanent scheme of subsidies, pointing his argument by suspending the cotton export pro gram. Next he hinted the house could expect "political reprisals" if it dealt too severely with the farm ers. Most incensed was Texas' Rep. Marvin Jones, who argued all after noon after the appropriations com mittee presented the revised bill un expectedly, giving the farm bloc no chance to prepare its defense. Said he: "It's pretty bad to perform that big an operation without letting us see the patient until he is half dead ..." Failing in the house, farm leaders planned a fight in tbe senate to re store tbe cuts. Also in congress: C The senate foreign relations com mittee heard Jesse Jones express doubt that private investors would subscribe to a Finnish bond issue, as suggested by Mississippi's Sen. Pat Harrison. Probable outcome: An Export-Import bank loan for non military supplies. House hearings: (1) Labor board committee, which heard NLRB de fended by its chairman. Warren Madden; (2) ways and means, which discussed tbe reciprocal trade act. O. O. P. opponents of Secretary Hull, who fathered the act, dug back 11 years to prove be has changed ?his mind about tariffs. (Hidug??'? Srnntor iondrriborg introducod a bill prodding lor a foreign trodo toord to reploce both congrru mid dm odmmiilimiim in front ing trodo Wimimj _ ? HEADLINERSl MERRY FAHRNEY (above), patent medicine heiress, was ac cused of love trysts with her first husband when she sought a di vorce from her fourth, Count Oleg Cassini. MRS. WILLIAM E. BORAH, thinking her late senator husband had been "poor," was surprised to find $207,000 in his safety de posit box. MARRINER S. ECCLES, spending-lending chairman of the federal reserve board, was re appointed by the President over opposition. REP. JOSEPH MARTIN, G. O. P. house leader and dark horse presidential possibility, keynoted the Republican campaign at To peka, Kan., by plumping for G. O. P.-sponsored neutrality. ERNST VON STARHEMBERG, ex-vice chancellor of Austria, ex leader of the Austrian heimwehr, was commissioned an infantry lieutenant in the French army. FATHER CHARLES E. COUGHLIN, Detroit "radio priest," heard the justice de partment was not going to inves tigate him after all, despite a statement to that effect by the New York Jewish Peoples' com mittee, which charged him with anti-Semitism. LAZARO CARDENAS, presi dent of Mexico, announced flatly that further arbitration of expro priated British and American owned oil lands is "impossible." LABOR: Convention's End Denounced were President Roose velt, Vice President Gamer, Demo cratic Hopeful Paul McNutt, Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, the Re publican party and Democratic ma jorities in both houses of congress. Flayed was the National Labor Re lations board and the house com mittee now investigating it. Tabled were 47 resolutions endorsing Pres ident Roosevelt for a third term. Handed to the omnipotent union ex ecutive board (whose powers re mained uncurbed) was the right to endorse whatever Democratic pres idential candidate it chooses, and to support him with union funds. This done, John Lewis sent his United Mine Workers home from Columbus. They had served him well: They had given him an audi ence for his startling speech de nouncing the President; an oppor tunity to launch his presidential campaign for Montana's Sen. Bur ton K. Wheeler; a emu blmtdu to ladle U. M. W. campaign funds into whatever coffer will best serve his purpose. JUSTICE: Anti-Trust Restraint Since last autumn Trust Buster Thurman Arnold has secured indict ments against 519 persons, 124 cor porations, five trade associations and 34 labor unions, carrying on a popu lar campaign against combinations in restraint of trade. Considerably enlarged over last year, Arnold's division is operating on a $1,300,000 budget but is still too small to prose cute all cases now scheduled. When budget estimates were pre pared last autumn be asked for $2,206,000 for the 1940-41 fiscal year. 4 Instead the budget bureau granted $1,200,000?or $100,000 less than Ar nold's current appropriation. All ef forts to get the fund increased have met with opposition in the economy minded house appropriations com mittee, despite the fact that Arnold's division will probably . collect $6, 000,000 in fines during the current year. Unless his fund is increased, observers believe the anti-trust cam paign is apt to bog down. PEOPLE: 'Glub' In New York John Barrymore cel ebrated the Broadway opening of his play, "My Dear Children," with a night club party. When he found awaiting him both his daughter, Diana, and his estranged fourth wife, Elaine Barrie, he chose the latter. Stomping out angrily, Diana shouted denunciations on "that woman. When reporters asked Miss Barrie if this was a reconciliation, she an swered: "Ask John." Said the Great Lover, swallowing from his cocktail glass: "Glub." It was good publicity. Bruckart's Washington Digest Democratic Political Pot Now at Boiling Point, but Lull Is Due Attack on President by C. I. O. Lewis Is Followed by Exag gerated Claims (or Roosevelt Delegates in Florida And Ohio; It Is All a Part of the Came. By WILLIAM BBDCKART WNU Service, National Press BHf.t Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON.?The Democratic political pot has come to the boiling point. High political temperatures have prevailed now lor several weeks. The condition probably will continue for several weeks more be fore there is a lull. But a lull will come. Political strategists, presi dential aspirants and wheelhorses will not be able to maintain the current pace until convention time. If they attempt it, there is only one end possible: the Democratic party will be split beyond any hope of repairing the damage. There is one thing to be noted, even now: New Dealers, near-New Dealers and New Deal payrollers have put on one' of the really great drives to insure the renominatian of President Roosevelt for a third term. They have hit in every direc tion. Some blows appear to have been effective. The payrollers hope all of their efforts have brought fa vorable results, but that seems im probable. In the period under discussion, there likewise has been a terrific attack upon the present New Deal leadership. This came originally from John L. Lewis and his C. I. O. labor organization. It dragged with it some others who might or might not have become so active at the moment?Sen. Burton Wheeler of Montana, for instance. Lewi* Support Like ?A Kit of Doath' The Lewis attack was important solely because it represented the final stage of a break between him self and Mr. Roosevelt. I have heard many persons say it was a break of luck for the President. Mr. Lewis doesn't rate so much, any more. That is, his affirmative sup port is something like a "kiss of death." It will be recalled how Mr. Lewis called Vice President Gamer "a po I ker-playing, whiskey drinking, evil old man," last summer. That at tack by Mr. Lewis surely did more to boost the Gamer presidential candidacy than any other one thing that has happened. It convinced hundreds of thousands of voters that Mr. Gamer must be a pretty good guy if he disagreed with sit-down strikes and attempted dictatorship of the government by the C. I. O. The evidence is that Mr. Lewis gave Paul McNutt a boost, too, by his espousal of a declaration that the Democratic party had not kept faith with organized labor. Mr. Mc Nutt, former governor of Indiana and present federal security admin istrator, is sticking right close by the New Deal; so close, indeed, that he is not going to seek the Demo cratic nomination unless Mr. Roose velt gets out of the way. It is held, therefore, that when Mr. Lewis tried to pin back the Roosevelt ears, he inferentially helped Mr. McNutt for the reason that only a few pplitical students here believe Mr. Roosevelt was damsged by desertion of the Lewis following from the New Deal to which they gave half a million dollars in the 1936 campaign. As regards the Gamer candidacy, observers seem to feel that the Lew is outburst was another feather in their cap. Mr. Garner, of course, has said be wants the nomination and wants to be elected and he made no mention at all of the possi bility that Mr. Roosevelt may want to ran for a third term. Thus, when Mr. Lewis said the Democratic par ty had broken faith with labor?he obviously meant with his own fac tion at organized labor?he could not have hit Mr. Garner as much as the out-and-out New Dealers. Mr. Garner certainly is not of that stripe. Strange That Wheeler Should Encourage It "Die demonstration of the United Mine Workers in favor of Senator Wheeler at their Columbus, Ohio, convention, obviously was staged, conceived and promoted by Lewis. The C. I. O. boss has been getting closer and closer to Senator Wheel er. He has given every indication of wanting to endorse the Montana senator, openly. I cannot help won dering why Senator Wheeler encour ages it. It strikes me that Senator Wheeler must know how a C. I. O. endorsement will be taken out in the Country?the small towns and among the fanners. Moreover, there is a growing belief among po They Part Company ?No Third Tom,' Thunder, C. I. O. Ltwu. litical students that Mr. Lewis can not pull the entire labor vote, or even a strong. rpajority of it, for anybody. I personally have believed for a long time that political cater ing to the "labor vote" was simply catering to a myth'. But there have been other things happening along the Democratic front. In Florida and in Ohio, the pot boiled over. We were treated, in each instance, to some of the usual political bunk. Senator Pepper, who frequently announces his importance as a Democratic leader in his native state of Florida, came into Washing ton and announced that the Florida delegation to the Democratic na tional convention would be for Mr. Roosevelt for a third term. That sounded all right. Closer investiga tion, however, seemed to indicate that Senator Pepper was talking through his headgear. If my infor mation is correct and it came from a trustworthy source, the facts are that every move to direct the Flor ida vote towards Mr. Roosevelt was badly licked. Indeed, the word that came to me from Florida was that Senator Pepper was spanked by his home folks. He tried to steer the Roosevelt ship and had the rudder taken out of his hands by the state convention by the rather lopsided vote of 73 to 37. And the impor tant, yet unpublicized, phase of the meeting was that the boys who wielded the paddle upon the loqua cious Senator Pepper are known to be for Mr. Garner. In Ohio, State Chairman Arthur Linback apparently tried to do the same thing as Senator Pepper did in Florida. He made a lot of an nouncements about where the Ohio delegation would go. Again, upon my own information, the Ohio dele gation appears likely to go in a dif ferent direction from any of those pointed oat by the state chairman. Thota Making Clamor Ara Mostly on Payroll Mr. Linback obviously wants to curry favor with the New Dealers. But Ohio sources, political observ ers mainly, advise me that there is small chance of Mr. Linback con trolling the delegation to the Demo cratic national convention. In the first place, there has been no slate at delegates made up and the pri mary is quite a way in the future. So, it is made to appear that Mr. Linback, like Senator Pepper, eras doing a bit of popping off in the hopes that he could start a band wagon movement, with him in the driver's seat Prom Mississippi, some days ago, there came word of an effort to get a resolution through the state legis lature that would have praised the New Deal administration and New Deal policies. It fen fist These states that I have men tioned, however, give some indica tion of the scope of the drive by the New Dealers. Obviously, they want Mr. Roosevelt renominated and re-elected, for in that direction lies their political future. They are unlikely to get anywhere, to hold their jobs, unless Mr. Roosevelt leads. I doubt that Paul McNutt would keep the bulk of them in office if be were to be elected. It is abso lutely certain that Mr. Garner would get rid of them. Another thing: the last few weeks has shown the same group in the van of the demand for a Roose velt third term. Men like Secreta ries Wallace and Ickes, Senator Quf fey of Pennsylvania, Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy, Ambassador Davies, are making the original pro nouncements. The leaser lights pick up the song and sing it. It would be interesting to know what the total payroll is of the men now heading the Roosevelt third-term drive. ??Speaking of Sports Conn Is Sure Of Ability to Defeat Louis By ROBERT McSHANE OUlMMd by Wraurn Newspaper Union.) D ILLY CONN, a slender, good " looking Irish kid, only three or tour years away from his pork and bean days, has done more to cap ture the light-going public's fancy than any other boxer since Joe Louis' early days. When Coon, present light-heavy weight champion of the world, de feated Mello Bettina for the 175 pound title, he weighed 17* pounds, ?to under the title limit. Old-timers immediately conjured up visions of Gentleman Jim Cerbett who wrested the world's heavyweight champion ship from Joint L. Sullivan when Jim weighed only 17* pounds about four pounds more than Conn weighs today. Corbett was looked upon as an Impudent upstart when he challenged the mighty John L. According to gamblers, Jim lacked the weight, the punch and the intestinal forti tude to make even a dent on Sulli van, who held the same opinion. He CONTENDER BILLY CONN was ridiculed by those who knew him best. Even Patrick Corbett, his father, thought it was blasphemous for him to point at the great ring god. The world was pop-eyed when Sul livan fell before Corbetfs blinding speed. That was natural?no one knew that for three years, day and night, Corbett had been a a lave to the thought of unseating the champ. He concentrated on it so much that defeat, to him, was absolutely un thinkable. Points for Louis la the same way Billy Conn has been poiatiag far Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis. He Is eh sessed with the idea that he has Joe Louis* number. He doesn't "sound off" for the press aad call Louis a bum, a pushover aad a setup. But he's quietly confident that he will be the next heavyweight king of the world. There are a large number of Conn critics?ring-wise men who feel that Conn lacks the weight and punch to be a serious contender for the Louis throne. They feel that be hasn't got, and never will have?what it takes to beat the Brown Bomber. Even more authorities, however, have confidence in Billy's ability to beat the champ. They know him to be a rangy, clever, fast boxer, who loves to fight. He is yearning for a crack at the title and is absolutely sure that the outcome of the hoped . for bout would see the coronation of [ a new heavyweight king. When Louis woo the heavyweight title, wise mea ?d bextagwers^al ouly a stagger would topple Was from his pesttiau. New they're net so sura ef it Staggers have pieved easy game fee the champ. Aad after watching Louis take far toe much time to dispose ef Bteyele Bob Pastor, maay of them feel that speed aad aet power will do feat Louis. Speed Is Unquestioned There's no argument about his speed. He delights in slapping his opponents around?particularly if they're big. His speed and accuracy have accounted for far more victo ries than any punch which he poo Conn remembers that Jack Demp scy weighed only 185 pounds when he fought Jeaa WOlard. WUlard scaled at 280. Many fans thought it was criminal to send Dempaey against such a giant. If you remem ber, Jack the Giant Killer flattened WUlard in three bloody rounds. Billy isn't unduly cocky. Ho knows ho must pick up 18 or 12 pounds But when ha has teekod sway enough steaks ha figures an brewing up a storm af triukli far Champtea Joo Louis. Oauu isuWsaa that it isn't the eeriest thing to gain weight. Hob small bened and even now may be at bis best purlbli Sportlight By Grantland Rice Every Sport Claims Number of 'Magnificent Midgeta'| Dave O'Brien Get* Rice'* Laurel Wreath Award for Durability. INAKA?WWU SarvtM.l T OB ANGELES.?Who were the little (ianta at apart, the mailer fellow* who have outmatched brown and bulk with brains and speed?, la football the fiat at the "Bttte giants" was tank Hinkey ad Tate? "the disembodied spirit," whe at 1M pound b?? apartwNfc^^eJate tackle*. Ask any saivlse* of Bar vard'? "faraway aad hog age" team, areoad the early startle* Hinkey practically exploded when he hit you?and so did the party of the second part?the ball carrier. The Hardiest In one way young Dave O'Brien of T. C. D. and the Philadelphia Ea glet get* the main sprig of laureL I talked with Texas Divey Jost be fore the Packers-AD Star game. Short In stature, aad mm tee stecky, weighing amend Ma U* lined against the tan sets e( masts /; TEXAS DA VET OWEN iton ii ass, ?< ass, T??U ww'tad time taken oat ki Ana had years at T. C. U. and this last jaw. Hi trst as a pro wiA fhe Eagias. As a forward pssssr they have bounced his head and slender body off the ground mora than Wt I linn, but be has always hounded back with a grin. He has been the rub ber ball of the gridiron. And, dent forget, he can split a line as well as throw a pass. Baseball's Share Baseball has also known Its share of these magnificent midgets. What about Johnny Evers, the "Human Splinter?" Evers was a stout US-pounder in his early Cub days, but Johnny was a 200-po<ad thorn in the side of John HcOraw and his Giants. And there was Rabbit MaranvUla of the Cubs and Braves, another chunk of guncotton, who was about the size of a baseball bat. And there was Dicky Kerr of the White Sax, one of the few ??*" pitchers who could make the grade. To keep from being waylaid and assaulted I*H also give you Was Wil lie Keeler from a i*. lost decade, who was smart enough to "hit 'em where they ain't." I saw Keeler play 40 years ago and 1 still think be stands out as tbs most scientific hitter of all time. An otd timer by the name of Denton Tecumeeh (Cy) Young agrees arith me. "Willie was one Wflttft Keater you couldn't fool," Cy says. And Cy fooled moat of them. In Boxing . j Who was the all-time top of the little fellows in booting? Great Aieea," a"**]lhl piead ?y before Ms fatal battle with Paaeha VIHa, the poaadiac FtBpiaa, whs aalled Uai after the heO had raag. Wilde's frafl system was haded with eaagtt htm aa tto dowwward trafl. And rd like to give yon Harry Grab, who at 1(0 waa whipping Gene Tunney, and Torn Gibbons, and who r mauled Jack Dempeey all over the ring in a workout. He almost wrecked 180-pound Jack Dillon, the Killer. Greb thought nothing ad giv ing away SO, SO and 40 pounds. And 1 he would still win in a common can ter, going away. They began to boat Greb when he was bund in one eye and half blind in the other.
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