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MAGAZINE SECTION PKOPU HAD AND OFFICIAL mu. COAL FULO Df IBB CAN OSOAM OF McDOWBLL OOTOHT GEOGRAPHICAL CBN- THE MCDOWELL TIMES TIB OF INDUSTRY KEYSTONE, WEST VIRGINIA WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS_J_ Washington Digest U. S. Senate Passes *Men and Property’ Britain Likely to Get Destroyers; Draft Bill as Defense Program Spurts; Both Parties Disown Isolationists Retarded Blitzkrieg Credited to Franco; Puce Whips Up Hate Against Greece Roosevelt-Willkie Debate on Any Issue Improbable; Icke’s Speech Ignores Conditions at Time (KPITOK’g NOTB—When opinions are expressed U these columns, they are non ot the mews analyst ui no* necessarily ef this newspaper.) Of Munich Conference. *' Released by Western Newspaper Union t nn— ii a i> ineas^—as——m m. —.. By CARTER FIELD far as Austria is concerned, he had Sham Battles Give WASHINGTON.—Best opinion in made no pretense that he had any Boys Strenuous Workout Washington now is that Britain will intention of paying heed to the terms get those 50 old World war destroy- of the Versailles treaty. ers for which Gen. John J. Pershing So when Chamberlain went to Mu- made a radio appeal recently. The nich, there was no reason to doubt big question is whether Britain will that whatever terms to preserve get them in time to do any good. peace might be obtained would be The point is that the Battle of Brit- lived up to. ain may be decided before delivery. Far more important, Britaiif was Wendell Willkic properly ignored in no position to fight at the moment. the destroyer episode in his accept- Britain was woefully unprepared. ance speech. But while he did not This might have been partly the mention them, he left no doubt in responsibility of Chamberlain, but any administration quarter that obviously it was much more the there would be no attack by him if fault of the preceding administra- the government decided to give this tions, headed among others by Stan- sorely needed aid to Britain. There ley Baldwin nnd Ramsay McDonald. would have been no point in his So Chamberlain knew he HAD to mentioning the destroyers, because appease. therfe is nothing Willkie can do about But more important, from the them. Even if he is elected, the standpoint of Mr. Ickes’ slurring at Battle of Britoin will have been won the former premier, is the fact that or lost before he assumes office. President Roosevelt appealed to both As a matter of fact, it will probably Hitler and Chamberlain, urging that have been won or lost six weeks be- the differences be adjusted without fore election day. war. He also appealed to Mussolini September 15, for some reason, to use his good offices to bring about has been the German "deadline.” It the same result. This Nasi plane Is used to help bay more British fighters. A little will be recalled that German repre- rvi icusi, during me years wnicn I* contributing to the Red Cross fond after paying her ad- sentatives, negotiating with U. S. preceded Munich, Britain kept up mission to view a German Messersehmitt plane which was shot down business men, proposed deliveries its navy. It was under the delusion. near Croydon. When the Germans bombed the town, one attacking plane utter that date, though they were Just as were military experts in vir- which was hit landed in good condition. It was pat on display by the unwilling to discuss why this date tually every other government in- Red Cross to raise money for the Croydon Spitfire fond. Spectators nay was picked. They merely said that cluding our own, that the French look sixpence to at it. the military establishment in Berlin had "the best army in the world." Below is shown an of 400 West on infantry group Point cadets marching the new Storm-King by-pass, for a informed them that the war would Meanwhile the United States had week of sham battles in the New York. Fifteen hundred cadets with CONSCRIPTION: DETOUR: Orange county hills, anti-tank guns and be over by September 15, with Brit- not completed a new battleship since eavalry scout cars, simulating tank ears, participated in the sham battles. West Point ‘Men and Upper right: eadets ain conquered. 1020, and was actually without an Property Hitler Late man the guns in a combat car maneuvers. The combat car is during equipped with 50-calibre machine guns By tne time tms magical date ar- adequate supply of ammunition. Qimp ring 14 days of debate in and two of 30 Delay of Adolf Hitler in arriving guns ealibre. Upper left: A well camouflaged scout car of the Twenty-flrst Reconnaissance com- fall weather will have set in two which; * coalition of istr a tion- rives, Nearly years ago Bernard M. admin in is pany of New York Is shown near the road in the of England attributed in Washing- city vieiaity Pyrites, New York, scanning sky and road on the English channel, with Baruch, on the of Louis John- ists and Republicans overcame the for fogs appeal ton to Spain. Plan was for General invading “Black” forces marching down the 8t. Lawrence valley. and which result in then of aa storms, might son, Roosevelt's assistant sec- opposition anti-conscription Franco to attack Gibraltar first. Dame Nature saving England again retary of war, personally guaran- as she did at the time of the Spanish teed a $3,000,000 contract for pow- an amendment £ Armada. Of course no one knows der-making rnyli|»)ajy £qT ••rtfaf authorizing available to battle Nazi the transports Marshall what the new "surprise Is only congress bad not government to draft private in- in the channel. Field weapon*' appropriated, that the Nazis have been talking so but the need for which had not been dustrial plants when such action is Franco began a press campaign much and about cor- necessary to insure production of de- about, which revealed to congress by the admin- to work up the Spanish to- fense materials. The roll call vote people respondents with the German army istration. ward this end. * # • He had students on the Belgian and French coasts was 58 to 31. Proponents of the march in the streets crying for Gi- have been Franklin Roosevelt and amendment argued that “if you con- hinting. Wendell braltar. But just then a British It is must con- possible, of course, that the Willkie on the same platform—at script manpower, you mission arrived in Madrid. It prom- Germans have figured out a way to the same each oth- script property, too.” ised Franco time—answering food for his people im- land an in after er I Can The draft measure would require army Britain, pul- you imagine it7 Yes, but mediately and a share in- control attacks the don’t 12,000,000 men between the ages of verizing by bombing you expect it, and neither of Gibraltar after the war. behind the coast on does else. But it was a 21 and 31 to register for a year of country right anyone good Franco hurriedly sent a delega- to compulsory military En- which they propose land, which idea, and would be even better if training. tion to Berlin to get a counter offer. dorsed unequivocally by President would make it possible regardless there were any chance of FDR’s tak- He decided to play both ends. It’s of weather Roosevelt as an of his conditions. This seems ing Willkie up on his integral part an old challenge. Spanish custom. Meanwhile but it is unwise to But the facts are $14,000,000,000 rearmament meas- highly unlikely, that President Hitler’s blitzkrieg was stalled. dismiss ure, the bill went to the house of any possibility. Roosevelt does not want any part The remains of a debate representatives where a fight SHELL GAME: general picture that, with Willkie on ANY at the the odds are issue. Least of loomed to raise the age bracket to moment, slightly all, curiously enough, Britain. The re- on the electric 21 to 45—in effect doubling the res- un me oeacties against picture power issue which ervoir of draftees. mains, however, that IF she is able Roosevelt has made so important, potential Wen- Super-guns capable of shooting dell Willkie the to hold out until the fogs and storms and which he will prove a during week had tremendous ranges long have been hopes come, those 50 old destroyers would great to Willkie. come out for a “draft bill now” hinted to be Germany’s much-her- handicap be a tremendous help. It also ap- The truth is that the New Dealers which helped kill delay attempts by alded secret weapon. So when shells pears to be a fact, if the recent are just a little bit shell-shocked the isolationist grotip. began falling on the British Dover published polls are correct, that a whenever they think of ANY debate The senate acted less than 24 cliffs, thousands of residents packed large majority of the American peo- with Willkie since that time the then hours after the President signed the their worldly goods and scampered are in favor of the Brit- Commonwealth & Southern National Guard mobilization bill au- inland. ple letting president ish have them, on the theory that off Robert H. Jackson in thorizing him to call out 408,000 state However, the distance from Do- polished the Britain is to a on militiamen reserves a longer able fight, the debate the New Deal, before and army for ver to the gun emplacements on the of active service. longer America has to get ready.