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News Review Events the World Over Great Britain Lining Up the Trouble in the Orient Death of Senator Schall. By EDWARD W. PICKARD Western Newspaper Union. WAR clouds over Europe were growing denser and blacker dur ing the Christmas holidays when all the Christian world was supposed to be singing "I'eace on Earth, good will toward men." Under the skillful guidance of Anthony Eden, the new British foreign secretary, a solid front against Italy was being built up. There was no present talk of further sanctions against Mussolini, but it Is expected added penalties will be put Anthony Eden In force late In January. Meanwhile the general military and naval staffs of Great Britain and France concluded conversations which were declared "satisfactory," meaning that those na Hons were prepared to stand by e-ich other In case 11 IHice makes what l'rime Minister Baldwin called "a mad dog attack." In the capitals of other members of the League of Nations simitar plans were being laid by mili tary and naval attaches. Turkey came into line with the other presumptive opponents of Italy, but is reported to have made a sugges tion that France doesn't like. This Is that it lie permitted to fortify the Dardanelles, the strait between Eu rope and Asiatic Turkey which was demilitarized under the treaty of Lausanne after the World war. The Turks also, according to Paris ad vices, ask the eventual return of the island of Rhodes in the Aegean sea, which has been under Italian sov ereignty since 192H. Eden Is a firm believer In the League of Nations and, though he is moving with caution, is determined to bring Italy to terms through the sanc tions provided the other members of the league give the necessary support. The British government certainly doesn't want war with Italy, but it Is fast preparing for armed conflict If that shpll prove to be unavoidable. That Mussolini, too, is getting ready for extreme eventualities w-as evi denced by orders canceling all Christ mas leaves of all officers and men of the army. The same orders directed the return to their units of the 100, 000 army men demobilized in Novem ber In order that they might do the needed work on their farms. The Italian pres9 ceased its attacks on Great Britain, and this was taken to mean that some peace move was on foot or that Mussolini had said his last word in that way and that he and his government were prepared to meet their fate. Ih Rome the hope Is still entertained that Laval will not go all the way with Britain In the policy of extreme sanctions. The French them selves hope that the advent of the wet season In Ethiopia will halt the Ital ians there before It Is necessary to Impose the final penalties decreed by the league. Egypt's cabinet was taking steps to protect the Libyan frontier against Invasion by the Italians. The Egyp tian leaders are urging the speed; con clusion of a treaty with Great Britain that will give the Egyptians the rights they claim, remove their re sentment against England and enable them to line up with the British if war with Italy comes. OUTER Mongolia is aroused by threats of Invasion by the Jap anese troops and their puppets, the Manehukuoans. Already the border has been crossed by the latter and five Mongol guards killed and eleven car ried off by the raiders. The Mongol government has filed a strong protest, demanding an apology and the return of the captives. Most of this news comes from Moscow and naturally the Russian Soviet government is deeply Interested, for this and similar inci dents may bring on the long expected war between Russia and Japan. The Japanese authorities In Tokyo let it be known that they are prepar ing, through the autonomy govern ment In North China and hoped for co operation by Chiang Kai-shek, Chi nese dictator, to combat the spread of sovietlsm in China. In line with this is the proclamation of Prince Teh, Mongolian ruler, declaring the Inde pendence of the western part of In ner Mongolia, a vast territory with a population of two million pastoraliats and rich mineral resources.' Chinese students continued their riotous demonstrations against North China autonomy, demanding that It be stopped by armed force. In Shang hai thousands of them took possession f .the railway terminal, demanding frw transportation to Nankins to pre sent their protests to the central gov ernment, Chiang Kai-shek invited their leaders to confer with him on January 15. ' - - ' - Tit lMiMfi la fMn i tW creased by the assassination la Shang hai of Tang To-Jen. vice minister of railways and known a pro-Japanese. This and ' other anti-Japanese demoa atratloBS led to the declaring of mar tial law la Shanghai and Nanking! . LIBERTY league has pot oat n C-polnt program which tt thinks the tscomtag congress should follow of Current Nations Against Italy More for the sake of the country. It Is de signed "to put the government's house In order." In Its statement the league accuses the New Deal of "doing violence" to the Constitution and charges the Roosevelt administration with "gigan tic waste" In handling relief funds, "promoting pet theories of monetary cranks," responding to "socialistic In fluences" In competing with private In dustry, and capitalizing on the na tion's emergency to make centraliza tion of power In the federal govern ment a permanent policy. Continued deficit financing will de stroy government credit and may lead to chaos and dictatorship, the league warned In demanding a balanced bud get and repeal of tax laws aimed at "redistribution of wealth." Emphasizing adherence to the Con stitution will be the vital Issue In uext year's election campaign, the league called upon congress to defeat two "threatened" amendments which would bring about "a virtual change in our form of government." These proposals would create an "unhampered dicta torship," the league declared, by ex tending federal authority "to permit complete regimentation of Industry and agriculture" and by taking away the Supreme court's power to declare laws unconstitutional. SENA Min ATOR THOMAS D. SCHALL of automobile as he was being conducted across the highway near his residence In Maryland, suc cumbed to his Injuries. The blind statesman had been one of the bitterest opponents of the New Deal and President Roosevelt He had started his campaign for re-election, and Gov. Floyd Olson of Minnesota had announced be also would seek the nom (nation for Schall's seat. The Schall governor said after the senator's death that he would soon appoint his successor; that he had no Intention, of resigning In order to be himself named to fill Schall's place. Mr. Schall, who was born In 1878 in Michigan, lost his sight In an acci dent after he bad been practicing law In Minnesota four years. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT de- 1 clared himself satisfied with the progress made by Harold Ickes and Harry Hopkins in carrying out the re lief program. He said that the Works Progress administration had come within 20,000 of reaching its goal of 3,500,000 men at work, and that 77 per cent of public works projects were un der way. By January 15, he predicted, PWA will be functioning 100 per cent Mr. Roosevelt repeated that the gov ernment assumed no responsibility for those not hired under the program. He had asked congress for four bil lions last January, be said, based upon an estimate that there were 3,500,000 needy men who could work. He got the four billions and the 3,500,000 have been put to work, he said. The re maining unemployed must be cared for by "states, municipalities, counties, and private charity," he added. When reporters said that some es timates placedthe total of unemployed at 11,000,000, the President held that It was often difficult to say whether a person should be classed as unem ployed. He cited the case of people who have resources, but desire part time employment for supplemental In come. He also said. In discussing unem ployment further, that 5,000,000 per sons had found employment since the spring of 1933 In industries which re port such statistics. UNEXPECTEDLY early decision as to the validity of the Guffey coal act was assured when the Supreme court agreed to pass on the constitu tionality of the law without waiting for a ruling by the Federal Court of Appeals. Both the government and Kentucky soft coal producers had asked the Supreme court for this "short cut r EPEATED threats of kidnaping nd even murder for their little son have driven CoL and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh from the United States. They have sailed with their boy. Job, for England, and plan to establish a residence there, though they will not give np their American eitlxenshlp. Where they win live baa not been re vealed to even their closest friends. It la believed (be colonel will not sever bia relations with the two air trans port companies for which he is a tech nical adviser. HARVARD university received a handsome Christinas present irom Thomas W. La moot one- of the part ners la J. P. Morgan Co. It was $500,000 for the establishment of a new chair in political economy, one of the "raring", professorships to be created by gifts from slomai la recognition of the university's threehundredth anas' versaxy that cornea la 1939. . ; k -a Senator WHEN the Supreme court passes on the constitutionality of the Tennessee Valley act its opinion will not be unanimous, Is the prediction of those who were present, daring the oral arguments. The case was taken up to the highest tribunal by fourteen preferred stockholders of the Alabama Power company. . ' During arguments by Forney John son, Birmingham, Ala., attorney for the stockholders, and by iJohn Lord O'Brian, New York attorney, for TVA, Justices shot many Questions at the lawyers. justice McKeynolds, Known as a "conservative," appeared to, challenge the TVA lawyer to defend the right of the government to sell surplus pow er produced by Wilson dam. at Muscle Shoals. On the other hand, Justices Bran- dels and Stone, who are known as "lib erals," Inquired Into the right of minor ity stockholders of the Alabama Power company to bring the suit which led to the Supreme court test The stock holders sought to enjoin performance of a contract under which the com pany was to sell lines to TVA for transmission of power. J7EDERAL Judge Merrill E. Otis at Kansas City has held unconstitu tional the Wagner labor dispute act which gives employees the right to or ganize and bargain collectively. The judge granted the Majestic Flour mills of Aurora, Mo., a temporary Injunction against a National Labor board com plaint which cited It for alleged refusal to bargain concerning a wage and hour agreement with a union of its em- ployees. TWO grand Juries, a house commlt- tee and an army court martial have been Investigating lobbying at the War department for two years. The climax came with the indictment in Washing ton of a dismissed army officer, a for mer member of congress, and two al leged lobbyists on charges of conspir acy to defraud the government Those named were former Brig. Gen. Alexander E. Williams, one time acting quartermaster general of the army, who was convicted by a military court last spring of accepting an improper loan and ordered dismissed from the service; Thomas Jefferson Ryan, law yer and former representative from New York, and the well known Silver man brothers, Joseph, Jr., and Nathan, surplus army goods dealers. The four men were charged with conspiring to prevent the house mili tary affairs committee from question ing Frank E. Speicher, "mystery wit ness" of the long Inquiry by hiding him out in New York city while federal agents were hunting him throughout the nation. GOVERNMENT ownership of Amer ica's railroads is the objective in a campaign which has been started by the Railway Labor Executives' as sociation. Describing the carriers as "chips in a financial poker game," the executives. In a circular to members of congress, ask for government own ership as "the only way out of the morass In which the roads have been placed by the bankers." The financial practices, the circular said, "endanger the equities In the roads of insurance companies, educa tional Institutions, mutual savings banks, philanthropic Institutions, and last but not least, the individual in vestor who. in many instances, has his all in the securities of railroads. IF WISCONSIN Republicans wish to make Senator Borah their candidate for the Presidential nomination. It is ail right with the veteran from Idaho. State Senator P. E. Nelson of Maple, Wis, and former State Sen ator Bernhard Gettel man of Milwaukee called on Mr. Borah in Washington and asked permission to circulate nominating petitions for him in their state This was granted. Mr. Borah told re porters that Nelson and Gettelman bad Senator Borah suggested a campaign for "a delega tion representing the liberal forces in the party out there, and in my name." He bsd agreed, he said, to "go along with them." Later Mr, ment: Borah Issued this state- "My primary objective is a conven tion of liberal delegates which will write a liberal platform and name a liberal candidate. To that end 1 shall devote my efforts. If in any state or district the liberal forces think that it will help the liberal cause to pledge delegates to me. I shall co-operate fuDy with that plan. If, however, it is thought better to pledge the delegates to some other liberal, I shall co-operate Just as fully. In other words, inflex ible aa to the objective, flexible as to the tactics. "Aa-1 see the political . situation a this country, a man would be seeking political immolation to take a nomina tion upon any other than a liberal plat form. So the first thing to do Is to get a convention committed to liberal prin ciples. So-far as my efforts count I sm not going to permit personal Skit ters, either my own or those of ethers, to Interfere with the main purpose, ' ' GINTBACTS have been awarded for 03 new bombing planes for the army air corps. The Douglas Aircraft company, Inc, of Saata Monica, Calif-, was gives, an order for M all-metal, lew wing, twin-engined " smnoplaacs, costing a total of $6,498.000. . . - Thirteen .' giant , four-motored "sky cruisers" were bought from the Boelns eompany of Seattle, Wash.- The price lor tne Boeing erart was sot given la Ue announcement by Harry H. VseoV ring, assistant secretary of war. ; t&utykilv2 lufiJaseu On His Way to Prepared by the National Geographic Society Washington. L. u w.-mu servico. o NE of the largest of wild game birds which has been domesti cated. the turkey has become "the national festival bird' or various countries. As a wild bird North America, the turkey supplied the numerous tribes of Indians and the early white settlers with "game" fowl In great abundance, whereas in later times the domesticated turkey hns pro vlded kings and presidents, as well as the more lowly in rank, In various na Hons with a class of meat that has come to be regarded as essential in the proper celebration of certain holidays. The turkey is the only race of poul try that originated in the United .States. When Francisco Fernandez, under the patronage of Philip 11 of Spain, arrived at the northern coast of Yucatan In 1517. turkeys were observed to have been domesticated by the natives. In 1518 Grijalva discovered Mexico and found domesticated turkeys in great numbers. Gomara and Hernandez re fer to wild as well as domesticated forms. Various Indian tribes fed freely upon turkey meat, obtained from both wild and domesticated flocks. The Aztecs were more Inclined to domesticate the turkev than the northern Indians, but all tribes hunted the wild birds. The flesh was not the only part of the turkey used by the Indians. Feath ers served to adorn the wearing ap parel, and they were also made Into robes and blankets, being twisted sepa rately Into strands of wild hemp and then woven together. In its original habitat the wild tur key ranged from the Atlantic coast to as far north as the Dakotas, and from southern Ontario to southern Mexico. It was not a native of the three Pacific coast states, nor of Idaho, Montana, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming. With practically a whole continent for his home, the more favored haunts of the wild turkey were the forests and brush lands, where food was abun dant and there was some protection from natural enemies. He fed on acorns, seeds, berries, grass and in sects, especially grasshoppers. Found Wild in Southern States. The clearing of the forests and brush lands for agricultural purposes and the shooting of thousands of birds by hunt ers were two of the most Important factors contributing to the gradual re treat of the wild turkey from northern and eastern states. It Is still to be found In Arizona, New Mexico, Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylf vania, Maryland, Arkansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Missouri, Mississippi, Loui siana, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Mexico. Various state game departments are reintroducing the bird, and restocking depleted areas. Although there is no doubt that the wild turkey originated in America, there is much doubt as to how It got its name. Some early writers have suggested that the name "turkey" was adopted because of the supposed re semblance between the adornments of the fowl's bead and the fez worn by Turkish citizens. But the most widely accepted explanation is that the name bears some resemblance to the bird's repeated call-notes "turk, turk, turk." The turkey is not a migratory bird In the sense that ducks and geese mi grate hundreds of miles from the south to the north In the spring and return In the fall, much to the delight of thou sands of hunters. The. wild turkey is a handsome bird of stately carriage. His glossy plumage is mostly greenish bronze, with gold and coppery reflections. In the sun light the effect Is a delight to the eye. The feathers of the neck, breast, body, snd back are tipped with a band of velvety black, thus accentuating the glowing sheen of the remainder of the pin mage. One outstanding characteristic of the turkey is that the upper portion of the neck and the head is bare of feathers, the skin being rich purple or blue. The folds or lamps of bare skin are called caruncles. There Is a single wat tle, and from the crown of the bead there bangs a pencil-like projection of the skin, which reddens when the goo biers make love to the hens . - Another outstanding character of the turkey is. the tuft of wiry, hsirllke beard- springing from the center of the breast la some old male wild tur keys, the beard trails to the ground.'' The feet of the wild turkey are lleht purple.'. They are equipped with short. neavr spurs, sut While the male cnicaen ngam - principally .. with his spars, the turkey fights almost entirely wren nis oeu. : . .. ';;OobbleW:-Breet sense. The Wild gobbler hi provided with sa interesting appendage, which is not si? the Dining Table. found on the females or on young gob blers. John James Audubon, writing In 1831, speaks of It as the "breast sponge," and It serves a very Impor tant function. In the spring, during the gobbling season, this sponge is filled with fat and serves to sustain the bird ; he usually eats little while strutting, gobbling, and otherwise mak ing love to the females. As the mating season advances the gobbler usually becomes quite thin, as the reservoir of fat Is used up. There Is no pairing off In couples, as In the case of many other wild birds, for the wild turkey male is polygamous In the extreme and loves a large harem. Bitter tights among the old males are common, the victor claiming the harem of the vanquished. The defeated male must perforce seek battle with another for the possession of another flock of females, or lie is obliged to Join a group or disconsolate "imriiciors. The females select secluded spots for llieir nests and make a slight de pression in the ground, Into which a few dry leaves are scratched. From eight to fifteen eggs, somewhat smaller and more pointed than those of the do mestic varieties, ore laid. After four weeks of Incubating, the bany turks, or poults, appear, covered with gray down, dotted with dusky spots, and with two dusky stripes run ning from the top of the head down the sides of the back. The down Is soon replaced by feathers, which are replaced by another cont of feathers when the birds molt. The molting sea son begins In August, and by the latter part of December all of the old feath ers have been replaced by new ones. The young gobbler acquires his beard" in the center of the breast by November and It continues to grow rapidly until the third year, and there after more slowly. The young turkeys receive the care of their mother until they are four or five months old, after whicb they look after themselves. At six or seven months of age, the young gobblers separate from the young and old hens and range by themselves. The old gob blers also range by themselves, usually in (locks of about fifteen. The sexes roost apart. Plenty of Enemies. This large and magnificent wild bird has always had numerous enemies, such ns the fox, coon, mink, skunk, wolf, lynx, and coyote. Its bird en emies Include owls, eagles, and hawks. One writer says "There Is never a mo ment In the poor turkey's life that eter nal vigilance Is not the price of Its existence." Not only must the turkey be on guard every hour of the day, but It must also seek roosting places that are more or less Inaccessible to Its natural enemies. For this reason tur keys favor trees growing In shallow water, which seems to provide some protection from night prowlers. In early colonial days wild turkeys were very numerous In Massachusetts, and at the beginning of the Nineteenth century they could be purchased .for six cents each, while large birds, rang ing from 25 to 30 pounds, sold for 25 cents. When Cortes first visited the capital of Mexico, "no less than 500 turkeys, the cheapest meat In Mexico, were allowed for the feeding of the vultures and eagles kept in the royal aviaries." The turkey was first Introduced into Spain In 1019 by Francisco Fernandez. Frpm that country it spread through out Europe and England, being Intro duced Into the latter country In 1524. The turkey was Introduced to Ger many In 1530. The first mention of the bird In Italy was in an ordinance Is sued by the magistrate of Venice In 1550, "repressing the luxury of serving turkeys." In 1570 Bartolomeo Scappl, cook to Pope Plus V, published receipts for cooking turkey. In recent years dressed turkeys have been Imported into the Cnlted States from Hungary, Russia, Austria, and Ire land, and large numbers come from Ar gentina. Such Is the Irony of fate; be ing Indigenous to the United States and existing bare in countless numbers, the wild turkey - wss domesticated and later taken to other countries, from which It Is now imported In the "dressed" form. , In Texas, Colorado, and the Dakotas many, flocks of a thousand or more birds sre raised annually. Frequently these large flocks are herded on the prairies in much the same manner as are sheep and cattle., v ;, , From the original wild stocks man has developed a number of useful vari eties which differ largely la respect to Lplumage color. . There are six standard varieties recognised by the American Poultry association: the Slate, the Bourbon Bed. the Black, the Narragan sett. the Bronae. and the Whits Hoi .-' c - iabout: The Lord's Shock Troop WESTWOOD, HILLS, CAL. In peace: I knew streets in New York where citizens went at their own risk, and policemen walked in pairs. But some were as safe as though they'd been in church a doctor with his kit; a nurse, In her uniform; a priest or a nun ; a preacher or a rabbi, and al ways a Salvation Army worker. In war : Ask any veteran whaf or ganization, no matter how big Its personnel, or how fat Its purse, outdid the Salvation Army in service to our soldiers, whatso ever the race or the creed or the color. At Christmas: Who sent Santa down cold chimneys to gladden the hearts of children at hearthstones that elsewlge would be desolate? Who brought Irvln S. Cobb a measure of holiday cheer to the misery-laden, putting clothes on the backs and dinners In the stomachs of the naked and the hungry? So, for their eleventh-hour drive for their Christmas fund, thank God for the Salvation Army. Every cent went where It should have gone when you gave It to them, for verily 1 tell you, ns one who knows, these arc the shock troops of the Lord. That Marvelous Hen HATKVEIt became of the hen which from time to time hauled off and Intel an egg with mysterious Initialing on It? In my days on a country newspaper this gifted fowl was n regular journalistic feature. Her output might he soft-shelled and shy a yolk, but always the cryptic writing was there. Once she produced an egg bearing letters which many translated as prophesying "war." But somebody pointed but that If you read the mes sage the other way it spelt "raw," which also seemed to cover the case. This barnyard phenomenon died too soon. .How the New Deal boys couli? use a hen capable of turning ont weird alphabetical combinations nnd then go ing olT and forgetting them ! Afterthought Among all the office seekers or office holders who have been or may be mentioned for a Preslden- . tin! nomination next year or even for Vice President you will search In vain for the name of Governor Hoffman of New Jersey. Destroying a Skunk , I'VE Just been reading until I stopped to gag the latest novel of one of the new school of authors; you know, those so-called realists who mis take filth for fiction and lewdness for literature. I wouldn't say this person was much of a writer, but he certainly Is a practical dirt-farmer. I've never believed In censorship for creative work ; and as regards thisr group, I've always gone on the theory, paraphrasing an old line of an old ballad, that they were more to be pit led than censored. But for the individual offender against common decency well, when I was a younster down South, they told me 'the surest way to destroy a skunk was to pen him under a barrel and just let him smell himself to death on his own personal perfumes. Our Younger Generation. IN THE paper I see where, for their Sunday sermons, three ministers .preached on modern youth with par ticular references to the shortcomings of same. I haven't a doubt that the first cave man, surveying the antics of bis colt ish brood, remarked In tones of gloomy resignation to bis balry mate: "Well, mommer, the world's done pretty well while we ran It Look at the bole In the roof to let the smoke out that I thought up right out of my own head, be-geel And now when I get . the jlrlck of this new throwing stick worked put civilisation will just about have reached her ' peak. But heaven help the poor old earth when that bunch of crasy kids yonder takes hold I" Before we start blaming the oncom ing generation for everything, includ ing Its own sins, which are sufficiently manifest already, let's go back to where, this buck-passing habit started. Let's go back' to Adam, the derned old experimentalist! i IRVIN 8. COBB. n North American Newspaper Aliienoa. Inc. WNUSsrvlcs. tUh Waatei . There are fish In Lake Tltlcaca, the highest In the world, but not enough. says the. Philadelphia Inquirer. They are of a coarse, native variety, and the larger number of natives who live on the lake's Shores would like more re fined fish, although the water Is said to be toe cold for most European va rieties. The Bolivian, and - Peruvian governments have therefore signed a "forms! diplomatic agreement" whose; object IS to create a fishing Industry on this sheet of water set In the Andes 12,000 feet above sea level and 5,000' square miles In area, ind re-stock nV It Is confidently expected that foreign! experts win find Some species of fish that Will . be able' te bear .the intense rold, .even .though the natives, who' from 'time Immemorial r have fisbedy rom frail boats made of reeds, re ."rala from learning te swim bees use they cannot stand the cold themselves.
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