WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W. LaBlNE U. S. Reacts to European War As Shipments Crowd Wharves; Ickes Warns Against 'Raiding’ (EDITOR’S NOTE—When opinions arc expressed in these columns, they are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper.) ___________ Released by Western Newspaper Union. DOMESTIC: V. S. & the War i Major fear of congressmen who opposed the neutrality act last Oc tober was that Its practical effect was to favor Britain and France, who control the seas, meanwhile shutting off U. S. munitions sup plies to Germany. Released by the state department at year’s end were substantiating figures: In Novem per, first month of neutrality’s op eration, France received export li censes covering $95,579,000 in muni tions exports; Bri' in, $14,970,000; Germany, none. Meanwhile New York port officials felt for the first time the press of war shipments. Bedded down in the foreign trade zone on Staten island were bombers, trucks, trench PLANE FOR BRITAIN Trench diggert, too. diggers, corned beef and miscellane ous war exports valued at $18,500, 00Q, all awaiting empty allied freight ers to carry them across the sub marine-infested Atlantic. Items: 60 fast Lockheed recon naissance bombers, their bodies painted a dark brown and camou flaged with weird stripings; 1,500 Studebaker trucks and 1,000 White trucks, the vanguard of 6,000 to be sent to the war zone within the next two months (wired to many of them were crates carrying machine gun mountings, and spare parts); 13 trench diggers costing $3,000 each and destined for the Western front, to be followed soon by 270 more. At Washington, the annual report of Interior Secretary Harold Ickes focused attention on America’s need for conserving her natural resources which he said were threatened by efforts to break down conservation programs in an attempt to reap quick war profits. What specific at tempts he had in mind Secretary Ickcs did not say, but it is well known that army and navy depart ments have ordered strict conserva tion ef domestic sources of certain strategic materials. ESPIONAGE: Dies to Murphy Much maligned during the two years his committee has investigat ed un-Americanism, Congressman Martin Dies of Texas has never theless managed to stir up trouble for Communist Earl Browder, Nazi Fritz Kuhn. Alien Harry Bridges, and many a lesser figure. For months the administration would not co-operate, but finally the justice department swooped down on Earl Browder, indicting him on false passport charges. This month Attorney General Frank Murphy begins co-operating so completely that Martin Dies is shoved to the background. Opened in Washington was a special grand jury probe to study "direct evi FORECAST: New Job: disguise, but pointed out the consumer already pays 61 per cent of the taxes. A bigger issue: Whether to raise taxes or hike the national debt limit, which reaches its ceiling next year. Defense. While the President planned an enlarged defense pro gram. two Republicans (Ohio's Sen. Robert A. Taft and Idaho’s William Borah) warned against it. PEOPLE: No Communist At Washington, Harvard law school’s Dean James M. Landis re ported he had found Harry Bridges, west coast C. I. O. leader, is not a Communist, thus closing the deporta tion hearing at which Dean Landis officiated. Mows Quiz Answers 1. An earthquake, followed by a blizzard, killed at least 20.000 there. 2. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr 3. Finland. 4. (C) Is correct. It was the first visit of a pope to a temporal prince in more than 70 years. 5. Joseph E. Davies. Pocket Submarine May Be Powerf ul Jap Sea Threat '' ■••:' ‘ / SSSEi i f " :: ‘ • . s s#t§ * / _ &* According to reports reaching London from Tokyo, the Japanese navy finally has put an oft-reported three man submarine into mass production. Dispatches say the boats are being turned out in mass production at a cost of $5,500 each. The craft, depicted here by an artist, measures 18 feet overall. The average modern submarine is 300 feet in length. Its displacement !is 100 tons, compared to the usual 2,500 tons. It is reported that the new boat can submerge to an almost unbelievable depth of 1,800 feet. It carries only one torpedo. But one torpedo has a potential nuisance value of millions of dollars. To Assist President in World Peace Problems Hopes for world peace on the part of President Roosevelt have resulted in two recent far-reaching moves. First was the President’s appointment of Myron C. Taylor, left, former head of United States Steel, as this country’s representative to the Vatican to work with Pope Pius for peace. Second was his invitation to religious leaders to confer with him. Invitations went to Rabbi Cyrus Adler, center, president of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and to Dr. George A. Buttrlck, right, president of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. Archbishop Spellman of New York City was expected to be named as representa- , tlve of Catholics in the peace conference. * Princeton's Grid Hero Goes Home — Battles Machine 4^ Don Herring, young Princeton football hero who lost his left leg as the result of an injury in the Harvard game this fall, is shown in a Princeton, N. J., hospital just before going home to his family. Cheerful as always, Don sees a good future ahead for a man with one leg “who can take it.’* The leg was amputated several weeks ago after doctors fought a losing battle to save it. Hawaii’s Official Greeter at Work A royal Hawaiian welcome Is given Jack Dempsey by Duke P. Ka hanamoku, famous swimmer and official greeter, and a bevy of Island belles as the former heavyweight champion disembarks at Honolulu. The ; beverage, incidentally, is pineapple juice. State Sen. James A. Noe of Louisi ana, close friend and aide to the late Huey Long, and now a candi date for governor, has promised to break up the political machine founded by the “Kingfish.” Noe broke with the other “heirs” follow ing Long’s death and is given credit for instigating and leading the present graft investigation in the state. Sky Beauty Mona Friedlander, beautiful 25 year-old London girl, was selected among the eight British women pi lots who will ferry new army planes from factories to airdromes. Still* Dust ★ Fan Mail From Far ★ Rro*\ London Here ★ It's an , // Illness— - By Virginia Vale Madeleine carroll has the grandest bunch of fan mail in all Hollywood. It comes from France, from a group of French children who are living in her chateau in the country, secluded from the danger of Paris' air raids and gas attacks. The children take time from their studies and games to MADELEINE CARROLL write to Miss Carroll, who reads their letters as she rests between scenes of “My Son, My Son!” /T\ The famous Brighton Belle pulled out of Hollywood the other day for scenes in that same picture. The station, however, was a replica of the famous Victoria station, the train was a replica of the Brighton Belle, which covers the 62 miles be tween London and Brighton in 40 minutes, and the men who filled it were extras, not British Tommies. But to many who watched, the atmosphere was the same as it would have been in the original set ting. Producer Edward Small could not shoot the scene in London be cause of the present war, but in por traying a scene that dates back to the last one he brought to Califor nia, for a moment, all the feeling that fills the railway stations of Europe in these times, as trains filled with soldiers leave for the front. -*- U A case of appendicitis was respon sible for the March of Time’s ex clusive film of the island of Guam Victor Jurgens, the 26-year-old cam era man who last year filmed the March of Time’s memorable motion picture story on Japan, was stricken with appendicitis while on his way to Guam; he was operated on at sea by navy surgeons, recuperated at Guam, and spent’his time filming all aspects of civil and military life on the important little island. It is part of the new release, “Crisis in the Pacific,” and is one of the best films the M. of T. has given us. “Four Wives” proves that it’s pos sible for a sequel to live up to the reputation established by a popular film. People iiked “Four Daughters” so much that it seemed unlikely that the picture carrying the story along could be anything but a dis appointment. “Four Wives” is so well done that it will make new friends for the family it portrays so engagingly. >V Kay Francis will appear in “It’s a Date” as Deanna Durbin's mother —a very glamorous mother, an actress. Norma Shearer may have a mother role, too, in the film ver sion of the popular novel, “Escape.” But since the mother in "Escape"— who is also a famous actress, by the way—is middle aged and has a grown son, it seems likely that the story will be rewritten for Mis* Shearer's benefit. its By a strange coincidence, Patsy Montana, “cowgirl sweetheart” of radio station WLS, Chicago, goes on the air every morning at exactly the same time as her brother does at station KSOO in Sioux Falls, S. D. It’s rather hard on their proud mother—not only do they broadcast at the same hour, but it’s 6:15 a. m. Dave Elman will never have a seal on his “Hobby Lobby" program again if he can help it. The one he had recently cost him about $35. It had to be fed pieces of fish, fre quently. The supply of fish, which had seemed ample, disappeared in no time, and Elman had to keep sending out to restaurants near the Columbia playhouse for more. The restaurants in that part of New York are far from cheap; the fact that the fish was for a seal instead of a human being didn’t affect the price. So, if your hobby has any thing to do with seals, don’t try to land on the Elman program; at | least, not until he has forgotten how ; expensive fish can be. OUUS AM) ENDS-It'alt Disney i “1‘inocchio” will be released in Feb j ruary . . . Robert Montgomery is going to England again, to make pictures . . . One more change of title for “Send An other Coffin’—this time it’s “Slightly Honorable.” (Released by Western Newspaper Union.)