/tCDNESfMY e FEBRUARY 28T 134D GOOD EVENING gVER^BODi: xf. has been a long time since we had any news worth repealing rrom t le Westestn iront. But here at last is sonething that sounds really startling. It comes from Belgium. The inhabitants of Verviers, a factory city, twelve miles from the lerman border, are beginning to leave. The population has been warned by the government that when once danger has materialized it would be too late to evacuate for the people of Verviers. So theyTre moving of their own accord. Thus comes to life once more the old rumor, t&e prophecy that Hitler is going to repeat the history of 1914, strike at France through the Low countries. From Finland ne^s of any importance. But t,”,“ “<'»“»•» .to.. th« co„s 6; of London. British of'ioer, formerly with the Intelligence Department in Russia, just returned from the Finnish front. He said that on the Mannerheim Line aline no fewer than a hundred thousand of Stalin's Bolsheviks jMyi been killed by the Finns, and that altogether the Beds have lost soae thing like half a million men in the first three months of their invasion inj.and. Besides that, the Finns have destroyed anywhere between twelve hundred and fifteen hundred Soviet iaxx tanks and more than five hundred of Stalin’s airplanes. However, he added that, if necessary, Russia could put ten million, or at a pinch even fifteen million men in the field. u>-e - LOAN BILL Finland will bet he^ r/J,OH^ from the United States - inxxa any sum up to twenty millions. But she mustn»t use it to buy the things she needs most - weapons, ammunition, planes, cannon. The bill to that effect was passed by the House, passed to the accompaniment of raucous jeers. Representative Dingell of Michigan raised a loud uproar at the absurdity of restricting the Finns in the use of the money they borrow. "When we know what the Finns needs most is shrapnel, buckshot and barbed wire, and all the fiercest instruments of hell, fwe restrict them to buying powder puffs, A i silk and scanty panta^ and cream puffs. AndLaton of New Jersey said that quibbling over the A nature of the things the Finns were allov/ed to buy was the worst example of political flim-flamming and skulduggery he had seen since he came to V a s xU ng t ^ Caller of New YorK a^s for bul^tS Qhd aqics for guns and we send her. and *e give her beans. She as.s ,, J Nevertheless, the restriction stands. The money to be . , ^ not to be s <ent for any war material, loaned to Finland is no LOAN BIL-b - 2 V Incidentally, the bill also empowers the Import-Export BariK: to '(Urk; loan twenty millions more to China. The bill has already /A passed the Senate and now it will go to the Conference Committee to iron out the differences between the Senate and the House version. WELLES Secretary Sumner Welles continues his progress in ceremonious fashion through Europe. He stopped off in Switzerland today and is spending the night at Zurich,. a*M*L*, ^ ^ ^ tA-f , Iv^ Tdr-okl^LL i n^.:^rlds~tg~TttKr~pjH=as7ff i ^uriiauiidj ULu ^ *whniT iidrrnJr^re. he’ll start for Germany tomorrov. afternoon*to A / see Hitler. KM journeyings are accompanied by courtesies and .<A ceremonies on the one hand, nkmo a barrage of raspberries from A Paris. Almost every day a statement is issued, semi-officially, pointing out the extreme improbability of any negotiated peace between the Allies and Germany. One such was issued today, ostensibly as a rebuke to the Scandinavian nations. Nevertheless, there will be no doubting the purpose of the words, ^’’there is no room for compromise between the Allies and Germany.” ‘Phe- j L u L liihii L Uiui »uut cn tn Piuh^nt no^volfs leU.r , -ia on att-eayt-t«-prove thh.Mr.ftaeieualt, .■lb0,. -M-the -ft-rt'reh-ana -Prwrciv govorniaeft-W*. BERLIN FOLijOU V\n,c; As for the Na2iSj they don't sound as though they »ere bubbling over ,ith encouragement either. Elaborate preparations have been made for receiving the Under-Secretary «ith courtesies and even luxuries. A large suite has been reserved for him at the fashionable Hotel Adlon. But the official attitude is that the British started the war and the Germans won't make peace until the British Empire has been destroyed iNevertheless, Welles will go through with his mission, * « He is to see Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop on Friday, Hitler on Saturday, and probably heTll be on his way out from Berlin Sunday or Monday. COI.'TRABA a ND The CritiSh are n0W to go after our shipping on the Pacific Ocean. The pian is to estahiish contraband control bases dn the w^st coast of Canada. The purpose,sfctM, to keep tuos on all our ships carrying freight from the United States particularly ^ Vladivostok. The British claim that rubber, tin and copper sold to Russia from the United States, eventually lands in Germany— ~fc!v\ 4^1 chrv^T ns information did nit seem to arouse any indignation in Washington. On the contrary, it brought out the fact that tne Administration has^ already been trying to cut down exports of certain things to Russia, especially tin and rubber. Dealers in er^r\ those materials have been warned by Sftl* government that exports A. have been increasing ever since the war broke out, in spite of those warnings. COI^TRABAiMD RETAKE T .t critish are novTproposin^^go after our shipping on tne Pacific Ocean. The plan is to establish contraband control bases dn the west coast of Canada. The purpose,e£=ttist=S» to keep tabs on all our ships carrying freight from the United States, v ,v -j-cvY particularly Vladivostok. The British claim that rubber, tin and copper sold to Russia from the United States, eventually lands in Germany—i — » VWiiu uii6^ y^ii^ ^^s information didliit seem to arouse any indignation 0 in Washington. On the contrary, it brought out the fact that tne Administration Jiasjalready been trying to cut down exports of certain things to Russia, especially tin and rubber. Dealers in those materials have^ been warned by government tnat exports * ““ A have been increasing ever since the war broxe out, in spite of those warnings. A new Hardship looms for ol their lood has been rationed. Now they are goigg to be asked to the British. Already much especially butter and bacon, cut dov/n on bearding the elbowl In additional item on the list soon will be another article of diet -- whiskey. T e Minister of Food told the House of Commons that the amount of whiskey distilled in Great Britain this year is to be cut down to one-third of what it was last year. But, there’1] be no rationing tab of beer. The Lloyd George government tried it in the ast war with disastrous results when it gave rise to a slogan amo:ig the dodk workers in the seaports "No beer, no work.” CAIN i AL defense xEmn~t^re~q~pini(ijii hhM Uiiui>cSsar ,o muoh land-^-^-^&_Aee<^i^^^te^ltE£E=af_ 0ncle needs another miutary bas^ for the defense of the Panama Canal, preferably a base in the northern part of South America. v.as offered in Congress today. a < resolution to that effect resolution £5 to inform the President and the Secretary of State that Congress is in favor of the peaceful acquisition of land bases which, in the opinion of the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Wavy, will facilitate the defense of the Western Hemisphere in general and the Panama Canal in particular against possible military activity by any non-American powers.” The resolution continues that ”the Secretary of State is requested to consult 5.1th the Secretary of War and *ii* the Secretary of the Navy and investigate and report at the earliest practicable date, on the possibility^f such acquisition, to be P„t ^ *"■> “w '"11" on » debts from nations in default. TRAPE TREATY 0re^^men v.ho opposed the Reciprocal Trade Treaty program had their innings today. So far it looks like a losing fignt, since the House has already approved a bill to extend tr: reciprocal agreements for three years. And no?, the Finance Committee of the Senate is looking into it. Senator 0fMahoney of Wyoming v^as the principal opponent today, he said the Administration^ is clearly unconstitutional. -pLzr* O m iXK^treaties they should be ratified by the Senate. If^thgy^r*#- ^ venue laws, they should originate in the House of Representatives. K According to the Constitution, any treaty with a foreign power has to be ratified by the Senate. Congress have the power to delegate its authority, but only if it places explicit restrictions on the use of that authority. f Senator Vandenberg of j S jlkxj : Michigan, pointed out one ironic fact. When Cordell Hull, now Secretary of State, was a _ - r, rtT»c<;pntatives. he took precisely the same member of the House of Representative:., attitude Senator 0 fMahoney doeo today. ■■■■ LABRADOR Seventy-five years ago today a boy was born in England Aho was destined to be one of the great missionaries of our time — Grenfell of the Labrador. Sir Vtilfred Grenfell founder of the medical and social service work among the fishermen of Labrador and New foundland is in Miami. Re has been in poor health, But, still carries on his work at which hr s brought him world fame. With income from England cut off Sir Wilfred Grenfell and his colleagues are obliged to depend on North America for their support. A sit-down strike in Canada! It has been a long time since we!ve heard of one. This perhaps is the most remarl-cable of all, for it's a sitdovm strike at the bottom of a gold mine; half a mile below the surface of the earth in British Columbia. There fifty-five nimers are sitting. The mine is one of the richest in the world. So there those men sit -- on chunks of ore of tremendous value. The Governme.it of the Province of British Columbia sent police to remove them, but the miners have so far defied the police. The Prime Minister of British Columbia now announces that the strikers are going to be removed at all costs and the company that operates the mine will be fully r? protects so that it can go right on mining for gold. Tne Unlted St-ates is to be honored with another visit from royalty, that is, royalty out of a job. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say "imperialty,« since the individual in question wants to be an emperor as well, as a king. The Archduke Otto, head of the once-powerful reigning Hapsburg family, is coming to stay with us. In fact, hefs in Lisbon today, where he went for the purpose of climbing aboard a Pan American Clipper. Some people say that he has hopes of stirring up public opinion in favor of a restoration of the Hapsburgs to the Austrian and Hungarian crowns. But officially it is denied that his visit will have any political significance. The handsome Arch-Duke Ottol I can just see thousands of feminine hearts fluttering at that newsl OHIO on over Thfere was ij # excitement in W'ashingti those election returns from Ohio. It was -«*** natural 'd^r) the Republicans be jubilant, having elected two I^K Congressmen in tne Buckeye State, one of them a previously Democratic district. But^weR the Democrats are said to be worrying. So reports Arthur DeGreve, United Press correspondent in the capital. Wiseacres in Washington are even discussing the possibility of winning control of the House. They say if the A tide continues as it did in Nineteen Thirty-Eight, the G.J.P. will certainly have a majority of representatives, in which case Congressman Joe Martin of Massachusetts will become the speaker. CENSUS Some of the Congressmen are still upset by the quest iorjs that the census takers arp 4 - « £ are 60;Lnfe t0 asic One witness told a sub-committee of the SonatP e •-endte tuat the census takers oufeht to be prevented from behaving like Paul Prys and Sally Snoops. senator Tobey of Mew Hampshire has a resolution to do away with the questions about the private income of the citizenry. Senator Hailey of Worth Carolina, on the other hand, said that those questions are not for the purpose of snooping out that they have a decided human importance. ’’There are millions of people in the country making nothing a year, millions making less than a thousand a year. Such facts,” said the Worth Carolina Senator, 11present a great social and political problem^ Vie ought to know the exact truth.” But his colleague from wew hampsnire was tremendously excited about it. He banged the table and called upon the heavens, crying:- "Shame on our country!" £fc the Congress1^ c 11 i g c. ruy— wt-1 ng—ai Urn quej* 4^1 eaifuljuuf ^ bathroeffn- j trod —ey a -from tire*> f-t-he -quest ions, -par^loii i s CiJy— ». lampoon Towards the end of every theatrical season, critics break out in an epidemic of lists of the best ten this, that, and tne other. The Harvard LAMPOON has what it, in its top-lofty Harvard way, thinks is a bettet idea. It publishes what it considers is a list of the ten worst pictures of Nineteen Thirty-Nine. And nere it is:- nThe Rains Came”, ”Hollywood Cavalcade”, ”Winter Canrival ”St. Louis Blues”, ”Five Little Peppers”, ”Bad Little Angel”, ”Idot?3 Delight”, "Twenty Tnousand Men a Xear”, ”The Man in the Iron Mask”, and ”The Fighting Sixty-Ninth”. So say the Harvard lads in their paper, the Lampoon. But who are they, say you? The worst performances of the year, according to the bright boys of the Hahvahd LAMPOON, were those of Tyrone Power in "When The Rains Came” and Norma Shearer in "Ido^s Delight”. The medals for the most consistently bad performances were allotted to Dorothy tongues in their cheeks. up at Haraard think they are really serious critics. I I wonder how many )na of you would agree with those Harvard Lampooners? CLOTliEg are notoriously a docile, patient and V.e American men lont; suffering lot. That i ^ ^ one P01nt on which our critics aferee. So you may be interested to know that there's a new test awaiting our docility. To put it in a word, canary colored evening ^r' «• i111 *in Ji Yes, av t live- dinner jackets in yellow, blue, green and wine color. 9^-^»innr finn-prt^ fiamcthi*^ to no fj^vor ii wiaa eo1 nF^"di.rner you can spill anything on it except cream of asparagus soup, and it won!t show* o All this comes to light in a new show in wew York City, the show of the Custom Cutters Club. Among the other ordeals tnat the Custom Cutters have for us are cummerbunds, in what they call /\ rich, pleasing satins and silks. I’m wondering what would happen to me if I ventured into the Explorers Club some evening dressed in ? a cummerbund of rich, pleasing satin and silk. by ------ — . . i fj i) O ^ tA y ffrr-rl' f VM ■■eornu'9iiir^ hi^ to oncc^-4^Hfta^-^ad^e<»a>i--- the f irr^— -po^cr4^r t^id he hcd~“te-^heak—to ^xlglrTht: