METHODISTS n 'MfeJ'. j uCjjxuA^. '‘Uo) 1 7 ^ The most important assembly in all North America today was not in Washington nor in any state Capitol. It was at Kansas City, Missouri. Nine hundred delegates met there,*ads» representing eight million people. 'BlmyrneSpokesmen for three great churches, the Methodist Episcopal', the Methodist Episcopal and Methodist Protestant#. t&A etting together to decide the terms upon which *hoe» three rofrigieus toodie# will A £SX± n 4 nrnTp^t.rfrnma differences that unite, wiping out thur"_____ _____ . ____ ___ _ A )yutLxJr_ t . have separated them for so many years. ThwJTr delegates in Kansas City from all forty—eight states of the Union and nine foreign countries. This is a most important historic event for churchmen * % , « , •!*_,__ An end a schism that has lasted and church-goers. It brings to an ena 0^4.® for more than a hundred years, a split that many people deplorei but axxxx which it has hitherto been impossible to mend. Bat 'ic jKom now on, Methodists the world over^-******* a united front. FLEET tmsle Sam's Pacific fleet is evidently in a hurry to get back to the western ocean. Most of those warships anchored today in Limon Bay, at the Atlantic opening of the Panama Canal. tt-racin^ voyage from Hampdon Roads, Virginia. Tney were headed by the crack ^-- r jtii hnf-hl r 1 > PENNSYLVANIA. And here's something interesting. The newspaper were asked to go easy in their reports of the fleet's movements, report only bare details. They were asked not to mention the hour at which the men-o-war entered the Canal or the order in which they proceeded CO AXi Miss Perkins, Secretary of Labor, asked for a report today from Dr. Steelman, head of the Conciliation Service of the Labor Department* Miss Perkins wanted to know how he was getting gwgfcfcK reply was:- "The patient is Just about the same." The Secretary is concentrating her own efforts on tackling within a month. There*s amxflbntiBJt now, she says. Just about twenty-four days* supply of soft coal An the market. But in addition to that, some big scale consumers such as the public utilities companies, keep huge supplies on hand. So the Department of Labor is making plans to meet the demand if it on with his efforts to settle the cc Dr. Steelman*s the Job of finding enough coal in case t arises DEBTS Here’s a real surprise from Paris, A member of the French Chamber of Deputies has informed Premier Daladier that he is going to move a resolution tomorrow which concerns Uncle Sam* His resolution will urge the French government to reopen the question of the money that France owes the United States as a consequence of the last war* This deputy, whose name is deBeaumont, has a sentimental reason* He says France ought to do something to wipe out six years of misunderstanding and show her gratitude for the efforts of the United States to preserve the peace of the world. I CONSCRIPTION There's nothing surprising in Chamberlain's official announcement about conscription, it has been threatened for some time, but only recently have Hitler's antics aroused British public opinion to the pointy) Up to now no^Chbinet would have dared to say what the Prime Minister announced in the House of Commons today. willy f Never before has 'gey wmw | ventured to ash for conscription except while war was actually raging^and the country with its bacis. to the wall. The English Prime minister explained that these could bardly be considered times of peace. In apologizing for the act, he said:- "His Majesty1s government have investigated and the investigation shows that the present procedure for mobilization of forces is inadequate in character and unsuited to modern conditions." Then he went on:- "The present procedure is based on the hypothesis that war could only come after a period of warning.n explained that the bill authorizing conscription And he added; ’’We hope it will be passed would be only temporary. ^ aaaea* r 1 without delay." J CONSCRIPTION - 2 cfaject is n9t to wl^ now but every -country Yin peace is being underm were to came ?event i\. we notX at',swar a11 Xs re sour c es /Sc onf iden\e >dy knowsYthat Af war\ i weeii^ butY^n hourj in weeics but Mil hobrs.^ Tbe outlines of the bill are that all men between twenty and twenty—one years old will be called for six montus* compulsory military training. After that, they will go into the “y^ 04 S*------- regular army reserve or the territorial^w^jj the Home Guard. That would place at the disposal of the government about two A. « hundred thousand men wherr^lj^excnptloftg-arr'Tteductedfc It would bring the strength of John Bull’s army, including the reserve, up to nearly nine hundred thousand men, years.r- there wqwld~~be * A -ttlPTre^wd 1 fnT»r>-±T»ai nPfi i»-ether^«M»da,<^he number of men available for the^rmy would increase at the rate of two hundred thousand a year. ebamberialrrTKfc-tk**-®^*^*4®®-*"**-*^-*®0*11- . .-.i -t- o ^ i- ef—war^ ^The conscription .ill is not going to be railroaded throng, the i- will give the opposition plenty of time House. The Government will g CONSCRIPTION - 3 for debate and criticism. y /'Tbe British Cabinet'isn't waiting for the pas sing" of tnat bill to strengthen^tts defenses. The Prime Ministe'r told tne Rouse that calling more territorials feo the colors, likewise y X X men of the reserve air force to reenforce the anti-aircraft defenses Immediately. The Prime Minister^ words aroused the immediate indignation of the opposition, that ia of the labor wing, of -few epposrirb&ejw The leader of the Labor Party jumped up and cried "Is the Prime minister aware that this decision breaks a pledge solemnly given to this country and repeated only four weeks ago, a pledge that compulsory military service would not be introduced. in peace-time?" Chamberlain replied;- "My conscience is perfectly clear." And he added: "When people have time to consider tne circumstances in which we are living, I believe they’ll agree with me that cannot be described as peace-time." Another Labor member interrupted the Prime Minister i-hat orovision would be made for conscientious when he was saying that pro , m conscript IQN - 4 objectors• The interrupting Laborite shouted: nYou*il hav© plenty of themln Chamberlain snapped back, "Dontt be sillyl" The announcement had one quick result. All over Great Britain men rushed to the recruiting offices of the territorial army to join up. Every member of that Home Guard A who joins before midnight is exempt from conscription. FURORE follow CONSCRIPTTOW Conscription with the right hand; appeasement wxth the left. After he had finished his speech about drafting all the young men of England, the Prime Minister repeated once again that his government is perfectly willing to discuss a general settlement with Hitler, And he added:- nWe are always ready to consider any proposals that may be brought forward for better distribution of raw materials.^ He also declined to be insulted by the failure of his ambassador. Sir Neville Henderson, to see Hitler or even Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop. He said there was a perfectly sound and reasonable explanation. gERLIN As for ftaar Hitler, the rumor is that the news of conscription in England won’t make him change a «ri i « kt - comma of the speech he is preparing for Friday. If ne mentions it at all, it will be to say to his people, in effect: — "There, you see how th? capitalistic countries are getting ready to gang up on usI" _ -<t <2 It^<fcs==pjPBW^F definitely foreshadowed that the Fuehrer will reject President Roosevelt’s message in general though probably not categorically. He has consulted his Number Two ana Number Three men, Goering and Goebbels, as well as von Ribbentrop, that is, W has told them what he is going to say. In short, we may expect it to be a typical Hitler speech^of riff-fttanci with the door left ajar at the end for peace overtures He’s also going to say something about his treaty with Japan. Incidentally, the third article by General Krivitsky in the SATURDAY EVENING POST, tells the inside story of that German-Japanese treaty. As most people have guessed, the merely a screen for the real so-called anti— Communist pact BERLIN - 2 treaty which is a secret one, or was until today. Undoubtedly the contents of that article have been cabled to Berlin. And it's not altogether improbable that the Fuehrer will malce some reference to those^revelations by one of Stalin* s former secret service chiefs RQME In Rome the announcement of conscription in England had a pronounced effect, it is reported that high Fascist officials were astonished, had not believed the Chamberlain government would go that far. The move is Interpreted by Mussolini^ men as a notice to the Rome-Berlin Axis that Chamberlain will make no more concessions to the totalitariani powers. However, the afternoon Italian papers made light of it, said it was unpopular with the British public, and was only put over because of pressure brought by France. AMBASSADOR There are rumblings ln Great new Ambassador to Washington, the Marquess of bothian. Engiishmen have been saying: -Why send a Pro-Ka2i to the United States?" And it has been announced that a member of Parliament was about to ask questions about it in the House of Commons tomorrow* His Lordship stole a march on his critics by making a speech at Edinburgh* it was a speech in which he said caustic things about Hitler, rebuked him for rejecting Chamberlain^s offer which the Marquess described as "a road to justice*" Then he said:- nThe most urgent need at the moment is to build UP a solid, irresistible alliance against military aggression** XkSK £9 threw a bouquet at President Roosevelt,when- ho actidt BBo ic~~cii%4'rgly~~right--4n--pTTt<teing~~,the---1'OTTSicIgra 11 on ftconomic-d-jf-fienlties of all- notione-with dtsarmctmeat in gno^EVELT There111 be at least one person in Aiaerica who won’t tfUtJ listen to Chancellor Hitler’s reply to President Roosevelt. That 7=^. & • ~TZ, is himself. The Fuehrer begins his speech at A. six o’clock in the morning, Easteriistandard Time, and at that hour Mr. Roosevelt expects to be asleep in his Mother’s home at Hyde Park. telegraph The Prime Minister wasn*t the only one who broke old English tradition today, Londoners were astounded when they saw that famous newspaper, the LONDON DAILY TELEGRAPH, with news on its front page! The TELEGRAPH hitherto, like most other English journals of ancient foundation, used to reserve page one for high-priced advertisements. But not any longer. Incidentally, one of the first stories to make page one in the DAILY TELEGRAPH was a cable sent by Douglas Williams, its New York correspondent, on the race to finish the Hew loric World's Fair this week. 3 SUN OIL A letter from an Indignant listener chides mr, for being too moderate in saying recently that gasoline taxes exceeded all salaries, wages and dividends of the oil industry. He says, ”X can tell a better one than that. Gasoline taxes last year amounted to twice the total wages paid in motor car building. One dollar in every seven of taxes collected in the country en of taxes collected in the coun 0 c« comes through the filling stations. If they want to balance A the budgets, just tell 'em to tax a few more commodities gasoline is taxed.” my correspondent's idea, not mine. A A I'm not^^eohl ng Pm*" d" rhanrai those "few more commodities." to be mobbed by the producers of SWAN /)/-Cru^U ~t£e ^ .1.^— —faaZi a one^ bird, stuck to one mate all its life and if deprived of that mate would never take another. So there was a lady swan at Bayshore, Long Island. Last Sunday her mate died and the ornithologists, as the bird experts polysyllabically call themselves, declared she would remain a widow all her life. fhe day after her mate died the swan received an 'it honorable proposal from a bird who evidently thought that widows, f ^ i j being trained to it, make good wives. 1» was sent. ta=the= 3 PtgSt=sfew«t A ^ with loud squawking and fierce clapping# of wings. .The gentle A Tuesday the gentleman showed up again. Once more he was packing, with o ^loa- —But ■ evidentl-y--he—felt-like. v^“ -* ^ -t-en paying courSito the LadV Anne, whose husband he had just conveniently murdered* King Richard, you will remember, said: 1:1 sent ever #^foman in in this flhmour wonl humour too’d? ever woi The Illinois Legislature is trying to make things tough for the movies. First of all, the House of Representatives is rushing through a bill to forbid double feature programs within the state. And there*s a squabble over another bit of legislation which would prohibit the showing of any pictures in which there are actors or actresses who have been divorced twice or more. The Judiciary Committee of the House turned in a report against that bill. But on the floor of the House there was a vote to lay aside^ that report, a vote of fifty-six to forty-eight. So it will be debated next week. will have to confine themselves mostly to newsreels, travel films If thSfr bill passes, the^movie nouses m ixxinois and cartoons And of course pictures with Mickey Rooney, Jane Withers and Shirley Temple. gIRCUS The news flashe & tA*l a strange problem, a problem of the circus. It concern*? ns tnat giant gorilla at the Ringling ■ca^show, Gargantua the Great. Gargantua inhabits a large ^cage with a smaller section for sleeping quarters. Each day tney've got to get him into that smaller sectioiyand he doesn»t like to go. Hobody dares go in with the monster monkey — jftm Gargantua has already tried to kill two men. Last year they solved the problem, biilliamfrly» when they discovered that the^fufewlani giant was desperately afraid of snakes. So all they had to do was shove a black snake through the bars of the big cage, and Gargantua would instantly scurry into the smaller one* But now the inevitable has happehed, the gorilla has got used to the black snake, and Isn't afraid of reptiles any more - doesn't pay any attention to them. They've tried to frighten him into the smaller cage, by bringing up a huge trumpeting elephant, waving its trunk. Gargantua merely reared and tried to get at the pachyderm, —Ihe only result was that the elephant was frightened. for the So the Ringling s don't know what to do - they re looking somebody with an idea of how tp /righten or persuade Gargantua Great. jgg ? EARLIEST GREEK In Philadelphia today while discussing some archaeological matters with the heads of the University Museum, Mr. Jenks and Mr. Jayne, I heard of a curious incident. The University Museum in Philadelphia has an expedition excavating on the Island of Cyprus. The scientists wtby uncovered some huge earthen jars. On these they found an inscription In early &X3E£}gl Greek. In fact, either the earliest or the next to the come across. When they deciphered it one scientist stated that the inscription concerning a prayer to the ancient gods and many lofty sentiments. But, another archaeologist pointed out that it could also be translated in another way, the transjtt^4^4»Ai being: "Put the lid back on this jar".