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PORT ORFORD. OREGON, POST 1 WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By Edward C. Wayne — — Queen s Job Jail Campaign Speaker Rayburn Signs War-Zone Act Congressional Neutrality Act Revision Permits Armed U. S. Merchant Ships To Sail Through Belligerent Zones; U. S. Faces Serious Labor Situation ( E D I T O R ' S N O T E — W h e n o p in io n s a r e e x p re s s e d in th e s e c o lu m n s , th e y a r e those of th e n e w s a n a ly s t a n d no t n e c e s s a rily o f th is n e w s p a p e r .) . «Released by Western Newspaper Union.' ___________________ Everyone in Soviet R ussia is learning the soldier’s trade these days. Even the students in school. H ere an instructor is shown teaching sec ondary school students m ethods of bayonet fighting. Note that girls as well as boys arc present for instruction in this class. NEUTRALITY: Revision Complete BRITISH: Loss When the house voted 212 to 194 to perm it the arm ing of U. S. m e r chant ships and allow them to sail through w ar zones into ports of na tions at war it am ounted to a repeal of the neutrality a ct’s m ain provi sions. F or as the senate had a l ready adopted the sam e m easure, the adm inistration’s battle on this vital issue was over. As a vote neared on the m easure a warning cam e from President Roosevelt that its defeat would be evidence to H itler that “ the United States is disunited.” F or a while there were strong indications of a Dem ocratic revolt in the house, as m any m em bers were reported to be demanding a firm er presidential stand on defense strikes in return for “going along” with the Roosevelt foreign policy. When the P resid en t’s warning, in the form of a letter to Speaker Sam Rayburn, was read before the house, it was inferred that assurances were being given that the strike situation would be d ealt with and m any m em bers were reported to have then fall en in behind the White House rev i sion plans. M arked by a hectic battle on the issue, the principal fight centered repeal of the com bat zone and bel ligerent port provisions. For ship ping arm ing had already been a p proved by the house and senate tacked on the controversial provi sion when it passed the broader bill and returned it to the house for concurrence. Loss of the a irc raft c a rrie r Ark Royal was adm itted by the B ritish who said that the c raft (claim ed m any tim es as being sunk by the Nazis) had been torpedoed in the M editerranean east of G ibraltar. The 22,000 ton floating airfield was sunk while in tow after a subm arine torpedo had struck her. STRIKES: Galore LO.VDO.V, E N G LAN D . — A queen's job includes many things and here the camera man pictures Queen Elizabeth of England having her shoes "fitted” upon visiting a shell factory. In order to prevent accidents when entering the "danger zone” of the factory special attention must be given to fit and type of shoes worn. ROME: And Hostages Italy, by arresting 150 hostages in Jugoslavia as an afterm ath of a Serbian uprising in which a large num ber of Italian soldiers and civil ians were slain and wounded, had placed herself in position to go into the hostage-execution business in a sim ilar m anner to th a t of the Nazis in F ra n c e and other occupied coun tries. In the official casualty list in G reece and Jugoslavia issued by the Italians since their arm ies occupied those countries 179 Italian soldiers had been reported killed, and 128 wounded. It was the first tim e since the out break of the w ar th at the Italian com m and had resorted to the “hos tage m ethod” of control or reprisal. Speaker of the house, Sam Rayburn, is shown signing n eutrality act re vision m easu re shortly after it had passed the house w ith the am end m ent allowing a rm ed U. S. m erchant ships to enter w ar zones. The hill passed by a vote of 212 to 194, a fte r one of the fiercest undercover battles for votes ever waged in congress. Those who w ere for and against the bill got together a t the signing. Photo shows, left to right: P a tric k J. Boland of Pennsylvania, house D em ocratic Whip (fo r); Rep. John W. M cCorm ack, m ajo rity leader of the house (fo r); Speaker Sam R ayburn (for); Rep. Howard W. Sm ith of Virginia (against) and Rep. Lansdale G. S asscer of M aryland (against). Ambassador Meets Yanks in Britain Women say, “I bake more cakes on the same food budget. More cakes, yes; but better cakes, too, for Clabber Girl s formula, tested and proved for more than fifty years, is positive assurance of perfect baking results. Order a can of Clabber Girl from your grocer today. You ■will be surprised when he tells you the price. And, your baking successes will delight you. Clabber Girl means Bigger value when you buy. Better results when you bake. F orm er M ayor Andrew J. “ Bossy” Gillis, serving a nine-month sentence for crim inal libel a t Newburyport, M ass., bested a five-man field in N ew buryport’s m ayoralty c am paign. The jailed candidate, whose cam paign was conducted by his wife, Louise, polled 1,850 votes. He is shown here at the Middleton county jail coal pile. Red Ace and His Prey CLABBER GIRL BAKING POWDER Highlighting the news of a trou bled labor situation in the United States was the strike called for De cem ber 7, by 350,000 operating em ployees of the nation’s railw ay sys tem s. The Am erican Federation of L a MEDITERRANEAN: bor trad es in San Diego, 2,000 m em bers of whicii had walked out, crip Hattie Report B ritish w arships, under the guns pling navy and m arine defense of a highly superior Italian naval projects, went back to work. On a recent visit to the cam p of the Sixtieth Rifles (King’s royal At the sam e tim e the C.I.O. chief lorce, had engaged a convoy in the tains in the coal dispute in the cap M editerranean, and had sunk sev rifles) of the B ritish arm y, John G. W inant, A m erican a m bassador to tive m ines walked out of the con eral freighters, also three destroy G reat B ritain, m et five A m ericans who had enlisted in the regim ent. A m bassador W inant is shown here (right) chatting with the Yankee vol ference, and it began to look as ers. The British adm iralty announced unteers who have east their lot with Britain. though the arm y would have to take in a later com m unique that four over and operate the mines. In the steel-coal-mine strike, how m ore Axis troopships had been sunk, ever, a fter a quadruple plea by two sailing vessels sent to the bot Ou President Roosevelt to John L. Lew tom, and four other vessels dam- is had tem porarily halted the th rea t aged. ened walkout of 53.000 w orkers and All of this was accom plished by had sent them back to work pend subm arine action, the British a sse rt ing negotiations before the national ed. It was considered possible that m ediation board, trouble developed the action m ight have been a pre as soon as the board decided ad lude to activity by the British in versely to the closed shop demand. North Africa. Lewis had set his deadline, and only three days before that tim e the MARSHALL: board, on which Philip M urray and GERMANS: other C.I.O. chieftains were sitting, On Morale Gen. George C. M arshall, head declined to vote the closed shop. Fighting Front M urray and his aides had an of the arm y, declared there was in Frank adm issions from Berlin nounced that they were quitting. progress a "sudden and wide- th at the attack on Russia was en spread" attem pt on the p art of the tirely stalled no longer had been WAR: Nazis to “ sabotage United States withheld as the G erm ans were find m unitions, utility and transportation And Mr. Il elles ing it necessary to explain to the industries—also the a rm y 's m orale." A dm inistration forces saw the ap people the failure of their arm ies to Already, the general revealed, capture Leningrad, Moscow or the proach of A m erica’s entry into ac there has been uncovered an Axis tual hostilities as closer, not be defenses in the D onetl basin. propaganda attack designed to dis G erm an press announcem ents cause of repeal of the neutrality rupt arm y m orale. blam ed entirely the w eather It also a ct’s m ain restrictive paragraphs, This cam paign, using "clever was claim ed that the Russian de but as a result of increased pressure fenses, especially around Moscow, on this country by Japan and G er m ethods” has succeeded already in upsetting the fam ilies of soldiers were based on the knowledge that many. Sum ner Welles, undersecretary of and has also m isled some m em bers the G erm an m echanized arm y could not operate over fields and through state, and President Roosevelt him of congress. The g eneral's daily m ail, he said, woods on a te rra in covered with self, in their Arm istice day ad dresses, had issued m ost solemn reflects "G erm an schem ing through snow and rain. warnings. letters from fam ilies who are wor One com m unique said: Mr. Welles, in particular, said. rying about their boys in the arm y, "T his has forced us to use roads “Another w ar m ay be forced on 1 who have been led to believe, for instead of traveling cross-country, and these roads are literally m ine the United States at any m oment by instance, th a t the soldiers lack food, The w orld's largest flying boat, the navy's new 67-ton four-engine j proper shelter or m edical attention. patrol bom ber, slipped down the w ays at the Glenn L. M artin plane Japan or Germ any. fields, especially the shoulders.” “The tides are running fast. The defenses around Moscow were "They come from m em bers of plant a t B altim ore, M d„ in colorful cerem onies heretofore reserved for “The heart-searching question ev congress who have been sim ilarly described as extrem ely powerful surface vessels. The ship is capable of carry in g a bomb load to E urope and intricate, including su b terran e ery Am erican citizen m ust ask him m isled.” and retu rn, non-stop. M rs. A rtem us L. Gates, wife of the assistan t sec an tank garages from which Red self is whether the world in which He cited the various events indica tanks would dash directly into bat we have to live would have come tive of disrupted m orale which oc re ta ry of the navy for a ir, w as sponsor of the ship which was christened I " M a rs .” M any notable personages, including R e ar A dm iral John H. tle and then circle and re-enter their to this desperate pass had the Unit curred during the sum m er. "b u n k e rs'' after firing a few shots, ed States been willing in those years Towers, chief, B ureau of A eronautics, U. S. navy, w ere present at the and before the G erm an attacking which followed 1919 to play its full ELEPHANTS: cerem ony. Photo shows the huge a erial battleship after the launching. p a rt in striving to bring about a new forces could organize tlieir defense Circus Tragedy world order based on justice and on This system really gave the Rus I The sudden death of 10 elephants sians movable fortifications. The a steadfast concert for peace.” He said that President Wilson, dy in the Barnum Bailey circus at At G erm an com m unique also said they w ere encountering llam e throw ers so ing five years a fter he had laid the lanta was followed by a statem ent concealed in the ground that only groundwork of such co-operative ef from the m anagem ent th at it was the nozzles were showing, and which fort. “was laid to rest am id the I clearly a case of "elephant m ur could be operated from a considera apathy and the sneers of those of d e r.” ble distance with devastating effect. his opponents who had, through ap | Autopsies determ ined w hat the The R ussians thus have been able peal to ignorance, to passion and ' poison was. and th a t it was an “ in to hold back the Nazi attack, Berlin to prejudice, tem porarily persuaded side job." A rrests had been prom frankly adm itted, though it was the people to reject Wilson s plea ised. claim ed th at at one point the as that the influence, the resources and I The story had m uch "hum an in- sault had reached within 31 m iles of the power of the United States be j tere st," and it was expected th at it exercised for their own security and j would blossom out into detective fle- the borders of Moscow Nothing was said about Russian their own advantage, through our ' tion. Most of the anim als that died c laim s th at her troops were actually participation in an association of I were young for elephants, 30 to 35 years old. taking the offensive at m any points. nations for peace.” And Secretary Knox told a Provi FINNS: dence audience that 'the hour of MISCELLANY: decision is here,” and that the na Berlin: The G erm ans claim that To Continue F inland, in a lengthy reply to Sec tion should m aintain itself in “ in the B ritish, since they took the air re ta ry H ull's m essage urging with stant readiness for defense.’’ Of the offensive on the west front had lost 1,744 planes from May to October, d ra w al from the w ar against Rus Jap an ese situation, he said: “ We have co-operated with every Inclusive, while the G erm an losses sia, had politely rejected the plea of the United States, and, in effect, liberal and peace-loving elem ent in w ere only 37B. said th a t h e r objectives w ete not yet Jap an and we are still ready to c o P hiladelphia: Tem ple university In the lee of a hill a m otorized division Is aw aiting the com m and operate. accom plished students a re planning to adopt a “ We have been patient while our B ritish university, and to provide to atta ck the Russian positions on the other side, som ew here in the Thus the p re ssu re from the hard- U.S.S.R. Infantrym en, not shown, w ere used In collaboration with the fighting and w inter - a c c u s t o m e d rights have been violated. m oral and financial support to its •‘We are moved and actuated In panzers in this attack on R ussia's m ighty m echanized arm y which has F in n s had continued on R ussia's students. The Tem ple organization been m aking s hersle effort to stop the onrushing Nazi w ar m achine. north ern front, keeping a big portion the Pacific, no less than In the At will be called the Collegiate V (fur of the R eds’ planes and a rm ies in lantic, solely by considerations of victory). action, and complicating her defense. self-defense.” Biggest Naval Bomber Launched Over the Hill Lie Russian Troops U nnatural Affectation Affectation is an awkward and forced imitation of w hat should be genuine and easy, wanting the beauty th a t accompanies w hat is natural.—Locke. ACHING-STIFF SORE MUSCLES For PROMPT relief—rub on Mus- terole! 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