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2?-.'-^ JOHN 0. •BANTagj CMmn sr EUROPEAN WAR _J SWASTIKA OVKR PARIS-Mark of tW Nmri CtORtftOMW, . A* Mmrik /Iwft ! crer ci-tuJbed Peril feBetamg meaakm. famod Eiffel Tesear « tt sain h kcfcground JANUARY •--Finland claims itostnwlllto et a _ >•--Winston CtarcMB warns bnpfl trail they cannot keep out of war and asks them to Join the allies. FEBRUARY 1--Russians start heavy hmMK m the Masner^ m Hoc. S-l»restdeul sends Sumner WeUt* to confer wttb raters at Britain, France, Italy and Germany. 1*--Swede* rejects Ftnn.lsh pie* for aid with n-SS6 raid German prison ship in Norwedaa waters, nmfaf 3M captives. W Prims Minister a»mberlaiiideclares gg* *5g wffl^coDcH^ peact Wip MARCH 11--AXliea a--SovtoSTtontoh peace treaty signed. Russia (atlliif Karelian isthmus and naval baa* at Hangoe. n--Man bomiMta raid MBA anaharaae at Seapa Flow. APRIL 4--Winston Clmrehfll flm general *Uper vtston over Britain's flchtinf strength • Geiwane occwpj Denmark, which submtta. ud tovedee Norway. which re M. Oslo, the capttaL is taken. B-Cwmsi capture more Norwegian ports. jjMhJMtlA ly MM to cut supply M--British • ijiidllan * arrives on Norway coato aad • battered by German bomben. SS--Geraaae eaptare Dombaaa, key rail tm ia Nsrway. MAY » Norwegian annyte lasli il Ksrway ***** peace as British and French with M jjSi" W* sid to tow countries; Church IP--cceeds Chamberlain as prime min- •0 miles channel coast. dictatorship; Churchill labor and S3U surrender JUNE Ma* lake sz£I Dunkirk; Hitler vows la Sotroops leave DaakMb forced back by anslaumt of mlBton flirnai. . »--Allleeevaeneto Narrfk; Norway serren- K^ssissr?.. - ^ mans cross tba Setae U-Frend)decide not to deisad Parte. Garman troops narch in. 14-Germaae attack lCagtoot line la effort asks Germany tor armistice Britain declares It will fight oa alone. *0--Germane atok Camptogne. iai ef 1911 armis&oe. lor parley. . 22-Franee signs German armisace. Nad tarms strip France of arms aad land; navy interned. ftench government repudiated bar Brttr ain 3*--Germany ends war oa France; cease firing order issued. to--Soviet ana Romania planes dash. 27--Rumania cedes Bessarabia and northern Bukovlna to Russia. V--French cokmies in Asia and Africa Ik 8Mle2f&htled - ;• • • : - • - V bomb Berlin tor three hours. SS--Germans depose King Haakon; and Norwegian monarchy. II--Germany. Italy and Japan sign war alliance. OCTOBER 8--British planes 1 'Kr«e» pleat la Germany •--Neville Chamberlain resigns from British cabinet 4--Hitler and Due* confer on war crisis Serve notice there will be so let so on Britain. V--German troops enter Rumania, tt--British cruiser sinks three Italian destroyers. IT--British reopen Burma road. It--Axis demands on Greece include abdtcakJU^ v^pro-««m govern meat and SS-ltix'wMks of attacks balked invasion. British say. Hitler aad Franco meet at French borSpain arrests former King Carol aad IZagda ST--Greece end Italy declared at war. Canadian destroyer sinks after collision with merchantman; 140 lost. SB--British put war reeounees at disposal of Greece. S8--Greeks put ap stout defense against Italians. M--First Greek Italians. NOVEMBER » British toad t--Two U-aocts sjmm " of Russian' nations 8--Greek fcroops tighten act ea Italians to AlMuda. to--Italians noted to mountains by Greeks. Intense bomb attack made on London. II--Greece reports Italians fleeing toward toad Sroop* »n G &oe,ts sunk by Br sat Qftnmr off setts * ships oi Mi Greet territory, "nttsh from Spalfit w-Bettte British fbers drop booths oa two contt-- British armed merchantman, afire aad Sinking, fights off German warship and V ships in British convoy. rout after Greeks IS--British destroy six Italian warships port of Taranto; two Italian supply ship* suak to another engagement l> Germans drop 30.000 fire bombs oa Coventry. England, 1,000 killed. Greeks capture 700 Italians. M--Greeks data wide gains sgatoet retreating Italians 14--Naxis pound Birmingham. 90--Hungary enters axis, making It a tour- Dower war on Britain. SI--Greeks drive deep into Albania; hem In two vital Italian base*. Liverpool raided twice to night bomb- Jng attack. a--Turkey proclaims martial law la arattan for war. Bombs damage thoossnds of near London. Italians in Koritza. M--British vessel attacked by raider In Atlantic. Greek troops advance in three sectors. British bombers sttsck German and Italian cities. Si--Britain offers guarantees to Bulgaria. Bristol raided ny Nazi bombers. SI--Sixty-four Rumanian political leaders executed in Nasi purge. Italian fleet attacked aad pursued by British. Si--Rumanian troops shall Iron Guard rebels. % DECEMBER 1--Bou^ampton tuned tola aa tolas ao by Nasi air raids. Greeks capture strategic points ea confront. merchant ships attacked west of 1 by U-boats and planes. reports new Italian rout near Ml. claim staking of Si British shine, i cabinet's conduct of war cntlin commons. withdraw from two bases. told thsgr will get ISO U. ft. two Italian beset; Commons smashes peece move. Ml to C t--Greeks occupy Porto Edda sad pursae Italians northward. 8--British cruiser sinks German freighter off Cuba. Argycokastron falls to Greek troops. »-British nature 30.000 Italian troops. British hftnhers smash at Bordeaux to-BrtSh trapTnaUaa Ssrces la Bgyptlaa II--IMmf capture mala Italian base of tot's frisad. foreton r Sreeks smash Itaflan M nslisns leae two ma _ mountato delensss. more bssss in African war. IS--Nazi troops maee at two Italian porta. 19--British close la oa Bardie, Lfkgra. SO--Nazis reported ftytag Italian aoldleia to DOMESTIC JULY I--Germans occupy two British islands in channel. Rumania renounces Anglo- French guarantee of her independence. ft--British navy acts to take over scattered units of French Beet, attacking ships that refuse to surrender. •--British report seizure of 890 French naval vessels. Waves of German raiders blast at new British naval base. Mfce French government at Vichy, dombreaks off relations •--French naval squadron at Alexandria yields to British. •--British and Italian fleets battle In Med* HtmMtn. Waves of German bombers attack Eatf» land; British strike back. _ Trance votes dictatorship. 14--Churchill declares Britain ready to flgM for years. 15--Gibraltar raided (our times. British fliers raid parts of Germany. tt--Hitler calls on Britain to give up the war or face destruction of the empire. SI--Lithuania. Latvia and Estonia, under pressure from Moscow, vote to loin the Soviet Union. I IS--France seizes Oaladier and former aides. ^ Si--Germany launches mass airraids ea Britain. AUGUST -t British fliers bomb Germans messed on channel coast for Invasion. Italians invade British Somaliland. British liner torpedoed in convoy: 486 »ved. 20 lost. Italians march into Zeila, port on Gulf of Aden; capture two towns In British jSomalQand. IS--"Air blitzkrieg" has started. Britain told, as Nazis launch third day of mass raids. Italians mass on Egypt. IS--Nazi aerial Blitzkrieg covers Britain: industrial heart bombed. France indicts war tjuilt chiefs. H---Germany announces total blockade tt waters around England. tt--Jtaly conquers British Somaliland. SO--Churchill announces plan to lease bases to United States on British territory to Western hemisphere. |7--Axte orders parley after armed clashes in Balkans. S>--Germany and Italy force Rumanls to cede Dart of Transylvania to Hungary. Correction Wrong flit following correction appeared IB • small town paper: "Our paper carried the notice last week that lb. John Doe was a defective in file police force. This was a typographical error. Mr. Doe ig really a detective in the police farce." Plane Wasn't Nailed Down Police in Milwaukee are looking tar a $3,500 seaplane stolen from a seadrome on Lake Michigan. Incidentally they are looking nlap for SSbT' '• -- vr, k • 4--Byrd expedition funds cat eat el heats appropriation ML €--Britten liner Queen Elizabeth, world's largest merchant ship, makes secret voyage to New York. Remtogtoa Anns Oo indicted; violation of ueaSaMto act charged. 11--Joha Monk Saunders. in rninhtaepMp*ro'vf es 194 millioa dollar navy Rivers of Georgia arrested on a ooatomot charge. IS--Britain to use two liners berthed at New York as tiaoaa skins. Senate pessss Bateh etoen politics bill. SI--Secretary Hun upbraids James H. R Croenwefl. n»laterar to Canada, for speech at ItoreBto ctMdsMC Gesmany un mtHloir more to farm V. S. PEACETIME CONSCRIPTIONSec. of War Henry L. Stimatm drm«cj the emptule containing the first number (ISit) im the imIimi's §m ytecrriais m&trnry conscription. JANUARY S--Third session of the 76th congress assembles. Message asks for additional taxes to finance expenditures for national defense. Archbishop Samuel A. Strltch of Milwaukee named archbishop of Chicsgo. •--President sends eight and a half billion budget to congress. Attorney General Frank Murphy named to Supreme court. • - r James Cromwell named minister to Canada. • Robert H. Jackson named attorney general. •-Third term not mentioned at Jackson day dinner. Clarence E. Gauss named first U. 8 minister to Australia. Federal debt passes 42 billion mark; nears limit. IS--House votes S264.011.292 for emergency defense. M--- President sends proposal to congress for financial assistance to Finland. House committee trims 94 millions off first appropriation bilL t Senate confirms Frank Murphy's sppolntment to the Supreme court. IS American exporters lose market of SBO.- 000.000 a year through British war bsn on tobacco. 22 Official Washington pays tribute to Sen ator Borah at state funeral in the sen ate chamber Earl Browder. Communist leader, sentenced to four years in prtSon and fined 12,000 for passport fraud. S4- Senate committee approves bill psvlng way for $20,000,000 loan to Finland. SO--Witness-tells of plot to link Dies with Fasc<sts with forged letters. FEBRUARY 3--House passes term bill slashed. 6--Chicago gets Democratic national con vention. 7--Senate committee approves bill to pe.- mlt additional loans to Finland am: « China -Washtagtoa ulhlM» deny Osnttn charges that tola aattoa helped bring ea European war. APRIL tt Muli alitor procUmattoa toauad by Pies- Moat san American ships from Norse coast. II---Slate department arraagee to evacuate United States dttosae Mm Scandinavia. II--America releasee testoat aad most secret planes to empltee. tt Haw cMtI asks aaagrsaa to increase taw Cor warshtoa to Ibmfen id million IT- jhctatsry ttuB watw wwM that Dutch it be averrun. kill* state lawj pro- . ratty law % efttet tor Norway. MAY I Biwi shelves MB to retoa wage4wur wrfusea Rooaevett*s plea tor air ' ~ to aad Msrtts el torto haoM to deport Preeident to transfer of CAA. tt Presldsat session of conirs and 90.000 plan. pardons Dr. F. A. Osok. An- Hj, Tnliirsr SS--Senate passee IMSUB.TM army appro- __ priattoa bin. tt Senate passse 1 billion 473 million nsvy tt President appoints Edward R. Stettinius Jr.. W. S. Knudsen. S. 8. Hillman, Chester C. Davis. Ralph Budd. Lson Henderson, aad Miss Harriet Elliott oa defense House pessss bill to speed naval building ana expend air tone. SS--President adds snother bffltoa doUan to defense program. JUNE S--U. s. Supreme court upholds Jaw forcing school children to salute the flag. Senate passes bin authorizing 11 pat cent Increase In navy. I President prsssss Mussolini to stay out of war. Britain aad France ship gold to America for safety. •--Allies to get U. S. army guns; SO aavy planes on the way. 1--House votes sweeping reforms to MLRB AM ttS PfOCtdUft. tt--RooaevetU assails MutsoHwl: prstnlssa mstarial aid to allies. M flensta^approvos sate of war machines **••• billion a year tax tor daadditional I t*im*~ 70S miltor defense. bill ardertog IT--Treasury fin pounds French assets to this country. tt--Secret release of SO U. S war craft to Britain nvtikNl. 1S-U. S. calls conference of SI nations to map hemisphere policies. SS--Frank Knox aad Henry L Stimson, Re-' publicans, enter Roosevelt's wer cabinet. c National committee reeds Knox and Stimson out qf G. O. F. Senate passes excess proflte corporation tax. tt--Congrsss passss defease aad tax Mils; of tt motor O. S. without St President calls off boats to ~ haired, bos tt Piaaldeal slgM printing of as al JULY 1 BeosevaH asks eongreas tor "stsep" tax on excess profits. S Ssastor Burton K. Whsstor anaouncee Ms candidacy for tbs Damaeratte aomtoation lor President Baa James W. Msslto of Masi chosen as chairman of the Reet'ttanry L. sscretasy of war. button, mare tor depoUttes. 11 fenato c i ap state Hstch clean Seeiato coeiflrms nominstisa si Col. Frank Knox (Rep.) to be secretary of the navy. Preeident signs 4-Mtten aavy MIL ~ ~ ~ t Louisiana aad four tol pajToH fraud. halts export of ol aad sen^ Small Homes Lead Approximately 95 per cent of the dwelling units constructed under the FHA program in 1939 were small single-family properties with an average FHA valuation of about $5,000 or less, according to Administrator Stewart McDonald S3--Ex-Gov _ material SS--Rooeevelt renews demand I to call the National Guard. AUGUST •--House approvee wire-tapping to trap fifth columnists 1--House votes pel mission for American ships to bring children from war zone. Army arsenals ordered to use three daily shifts. S--Senate gives President power to call National Guard. Farley resigns as poetmester gsnsrat. tt--Farley becomes sales executive lor a soft drink concern. IS--Russia demands America recall all Its Baltic envoys. IS--House passes bill for Guard calL tt--Armv buys 86 bombers snd orders powder plant --Wendell Willkie accepts the Republican nomination for President before a vast throng at Elwood, Ind tt--Roosevelt announces pact with Canada for a joint defense board. 50--Claude R. Wlckard nominated to succeed Wallace as secretary ef agriculture. S3 President approves plans tor transfer of destroyers to Britain. 51--Harry Hopkins resigns as secretary of commerce. Jesse Jones his successor. Frank Walker named to succeed Farley as postmaster general. SJ--McNary fomvaily accepts RepnbUeaa nomination lEFffee president. SB--Senate passes draft bill InehMMng ooascription of industry. SB--Henry Wallace formally accepts Democratic nomination for vice president. Senate votes S billions more tor defense. SO--Army orders 687 plsnss; StJN engines. SEPTEMBER 1--Roosevelt calls up 60,800 Nattoaal Guard for year service with U. S. army. 3--President announces exchsnge of 80 destroyers to Greet Britain for air and naval bases in British Western hemisphere possessions. t--Secretary Hull renews warning to Japan on Indo-China. &--Congress pssses S',4 billion defense bill 7 House passes draft bill: sets ages at SI to 45. 3--Navy orders 200 warships. 14--Conscription bill passes congress. 16--War department calls out S8,000; mare Guardsmen. Sam Hayburn elected speaker of the house to succeed Bankhead. 19--Senate passes excess profits bill. House votes third of a billion to house draft army. SO--Marc de Tristan, three-year-old son of Count Marc de Tristan, kidnaped in HlUsboro. Calif.: held for $100,000 ransom. 81--Census bureau reports population of U. S , 131.409.881. 22--Two hunters capture kidnaper and rescue Marc de Tristan |p California hills 35--Roosevelt bars export of scrap metal to Japan 0»!y 85 BirthdSaayyss ' Smithfield, Maine, celebrated its centennial in 1940, but it has observed only 25 birthdays. It was incorporated on February 2d, 1840. Strange figures on Rock The Judaculla rock, near Cowarts, N. C., 40 feet in circumference and carved with strange figures of birds, tepees, and snakes, is thought to be an Indian record S s l l ^ m-JSSS* m. i jgTBilliin, "-KISS?' 16 millioa registered tor draft SS--U. S. seliee 100 planes built for Sweden. S8--Hull warns axis to keep hsndt off colonies. 37--Joseph B. Kennedy, ambassador to GrsnMlrttaln. returns a||A SS--Drawing for draft NOVEMBER vt. I--Forty-hoar week abandoned on defense 4--Airliner hits snowstorm; T--Tacoma bridge, third largest to world, collapses; no lives lost. 10 Earthquake In Rumania takes 1.600 lives. sting windstorms sweep oounjm the Dakotas to Ohio, 100 i,damage in the millions. IS---7S saltan toes their lives in storm oa Lake Michigan. »-Mlae explosion a* Gedtor-OM* tape SI miners. DECEMBER . ^ «--Giant air transport craves at' Chicago airport; 10 dead, 6 injured. IS--Crash of U. 8. army bomber kills six. 14--1 15--St 16 18--Lewto"raetgM as chief of C. 1. 0. 19--Houee nfuaoe to adjourn by veto of 101 to MS. SO--U. S. ttafiptaM giant bombers to Britain. SS--Senator jpt fsks investigation of Brit succeeds John L. Lewis C I. O. SS--Af * - " sheers strike fa 34--Investigation of food price* started. " Walter-Logan bill to St- °° *" theological students in New York to year in prison- for draft - plane plant working on « In California. It will accept tfyear-^ el Jsckson says evidence caused plane plant SPORTS -i-r -Senate pi--ss offwaremontatenclcs tomndMtif m ' ~ ^r»utt<vn doDain DECEHBl^ft 1--Joseph P. Kemedy reslgna aa smhesosdor to Great Britain. 3--Walter-Logan MQ passes house. 6--British and U. I. treasury heads coaler ea Qaaaees. Strike closss tt PacWe northwest lumber wills. 0--Treasury puts tas ah as west Issue af notes. 10--British retoat Hoover plan to Seed Nasituarad countries. 11--Lord Lothian, British ambassador te U. 8., asks for more help for Britain. 17--U. S. gets new request tor aid to Britain. IS--President vetoes Walter-Logan MIL SO--Navy awards SO millions In plant expansion contracts NATIONAL ELECTION THIRD TERM TRADITION BROKEN --Fint V. & executive to ha elected three time*, FDR it pictured here a* he, Mrs. Jbewwll with Vice Preiident and Mrt. flawy Wmttmce, arrived in Washington akortly foUamimg ijhe sfsrli<li>,>.^'„';, JUNE ;.-v *"' nattoaal conventton meets to Tt Wendell ^WUlkto of New York named as candidate for President. 38--Senator Chartss U MsNsry JULY IS--Democratto nattoaal eonvaatloo masts in Cktoago. 17--Prari^cM gsyr^ttt^ unsntwwHwly aom- IS--Henry A. Wallace naatod Ssr vtoa pvea- Ident. NOVEMBER S--Roosevelt aad Wallace carry tt statoe In national election, with a total of 44* electoral votes. Winkle and McNary carry M states, with tt.eleetaral votes. ' a o<r rno l/IJAJJ C.fU MUNITION INDUS! RY BLASTS-- Several munition plants working «•(/.$. defense order* were rocked by poipder expiation*. Hare is part of the splintered wreckage after a blast at the KenvilN. JANUARY S--Eighteen lives fost In Minneapolis apartment hotel Are. 10--01 lives lost in Wsat Virginia mine explosion. S3--Army bomber crashes la rataatnraa; tow killed. FEBRUARY 15--Wild blizzard grips East; 71 dead. 30--Fire sweeps circus In winter quarters at Rochester. Ind. 100 animals pertoh. MARCH is-' i5^' -Tornado kills tt in -71 trapped in mine' APRIL tt--SO dead, too injured In train srreak at Little Falls. nTy. SI--Eleven killed when two can Mt head-oa In Minnesota. 33--Dance hall Are kills Ml Nsgross In Nstchez, Miss. 39--Tornado In Illinois kills IS. MAY S4--Earthquakes kill Stt In Para. S.000 to- l"u irre d. J UN REDS WiN WORLD SCJtfSS-Aas* UTi aeajar pris«--tkeWorU Swiss thmmpioniki? esas lefts* Iy Msdaasal League Cincinnati Rod* as they defeated the Detroit Tiger* in m seven game series. Atom --jubilant Red* are pictured in elukhomae after victory. JANUARY l-USC defeats Tinneee»a tt Beae hewi football game. 14 to 0. U--Clark Shsughnsesy appointed football coach at Stanford for Ave years. 14--Landis frees tt baseball players to 8800.- 000 ruling. 54--Armstrong keeps welterweight title, stopping Montanez in ninth. 55--Jock Sutherland appointed coach of the Brooklyn professional football team. FEBRUARY S--Joe Louis wins oter Artura Gadoar to IS rounds. ' MARCH 4--Purdue wlae SS--Joe Louis knocks oetf Payehak-ta sssond round. APRIL 5--Willie Hoppe wins three-cushion Millard championship, winning all S0(gamea. . IS--New York Rangers win Stanley cup to hockey. IS--Baseball season opens: Bob Feller Cleveland, pitches no-hit gams against Chicago White Sox. tt-j& fiocay. Sidltaae suicide. • » MAY 4-CaUahadien. tt to L Jenkins atops Ambers to third SS--Craig 'Wood wins Metropolitan epea with mJSL* Shaw wins 500-mOo automobile .race at IndianapoUa. JUNE Johnny Rayout Valentine Cambeats Gene Seraaan In aaoeMsdwick and Curt Da- S--^Altus Allen ehek in tenth round. S-Buddy Beer knocks pole m Srst round. S Lawaan Ltta heats! ttonuos tt--Joe Louis stops Godoy in eighth round. tt Babe DMrlckson Zaharias wins women's golf title. <W JULY S--Jack ean league sS-si Srst SI--DetroK all-stars defeat Amer»- tars 4 to 0. IT--Armstrong stops Jenkins in sixth round AUGUST •--Dr. Kddto Anderson elected head ocaek ef the Mi-American football team. SS--Green Bay Packers defeat Csifc^s Alt' Stars 48 to SS. . . ' SEPTEMBER ^ . S Djiim IMasn wins proMsloeialjretf title S-MOy Conn knocks out Bob Ihurtor to wins American amateur National toagae SS--£(ax*Baer stops Pat Comlskay to Ike «-- round. ' vtt Ttoast^taeh bas^MQMgueT OCTOBER S-4^rtt>to Bile vtoa ereMenrelght beixtog crown from Armstrong. •-Chicago White Sox win city baseball aeries from Chicago Cubs. 8 Cincinnati wtos world'* sartoa. dslsetting Detroit 4 games In 7. NOVEMBER IS--Frank McCormick of Cincinnati voted most valuable player In the National league. "Gabby" Hartnett let out ea manager of the Chicago Cube. M--James T. Gallagher named gsnsrat manager of the Chicago Cubs. II--Jimmy Wilson appointed manager ef the Chicago Cube. DECEMBER 8--Chicago Bears dsSeat Washington Bad skins lor professional football champion Ship 73 to 0. IS--Three-cornered trade between Boston Red Sox, Washington and Cleveland involves seven players. v tt--Joe Louis wins over A1 McCoy on tech nical knockout in sixth round. _ IT--Ohio State accepts resignation of Fronde , Schmidt, football coach. SS--Captain Wood lea vee Army coaching Job iE 17--Eleven army fliers killed when two arthy bombers collide in New York. JULY S--Train hits auto in Chicago, six kUtod. tt--<13 killed in coal mine Mast at Sonman. Pa. SI-^-41 die when railroad coach erasheo freight near Akron, Ohio. AUGUST IS--Hurricane betters the coast of Georgia and South Carolina; tt dead; damage in the millions. 48 Dead, hundreds injured In blast o< munitions plant at Kenvil, N. J. M--Sixteen lives lost in floods la four southern states. 18--Dr. Glenn Frank and son killed in auto accident at Grecnleaf, Wis. SS--Nine killed in crash and exploeion ot army bomber near Denver. FOREIGN APR^IL |B tnntnnrt «St$£ takes acntrol sC NM;jptot to ijfWie MAY tt RumanU^votes JUNE tt saw JTOY > of Windsor appointed fineinee sf nines. acio Batista elected prnsManl ef m Cxech regime vac- Tax Greater Than Cost ! Cigarette manufacturers exact a greater basic federal tax from their wholesale and retail customers than what they receive for their product. \nd in some states the manufacturers are confronted by botb s atate and city tax. < Pigeoa ts Bed Gayton A. Rotunda of Newark, N. J., awoke, sneezed, stretched and blinked. Beside him in bed was a pigeon. Investigation of the feathered intruder disclosed an identification band bearing the legend, "IP 38-S70914." The owner, said Rotunda, may retrieve "IF, etc." by calling at 34 Mt. Prospect avenue. Hll» H>|- Live Robins, sparrows and thrushes often live to the age of 25 years. PAN AMERICAN CONFERENCE General scene of a**embled delegates from 21 American Republic* participating, a* this important defense congress opened in Havana, Cuba. JANUARY ss--Japanese warn America against exerting pressure. SS--Japan tightens blockade on British- French concessions at Tientsin. 31 -China proposes that six-year-old bo.v Oe r.smed ruler of Tibet Common The toadfish, a species that can double its size by inflating itself like a balloon, is common aJnmg tba North Carolina cbast. Flashing Ewes By employing scientifically controlled extra feeding at breeding time--a process known as "flushing"-- it is possible to increase to a large extent the numfter ^turins produced by sheep. • program to AUGUST ; v m w - -• prowfii w. jfr rTMi ^m'i' o™ svunofi on- S Tspan ess nrrest 7 members of Solvation Cpto*. passo* severe new law agatnst to S|n gavat attacked by axmaa to home to tooaa halt sf DrnaaytvaMS to SEPTEMBER tpt to kUI King Carat to ytolds power and picks "die abdicates to favor ef his ssa Gen. Avlla Cama^Ho pree now a totalitarian state aadai 4 rule. tovade Indo-China; flght rrensh OCTOBER IS--Assassins slay Jap mayor of Shanghai. American charge d'affaires at Berlin ordered home. NOVEMBER IS--Survey plane hops to British in 8 hours, 38 minutes. SS--Cuba captures seven Japs la Ml with maps of Q. S. basse. DECEMBER I--Gen. Manuel Avila Camacbo sworn in jB^H^ddai of Mexico, pledgee to dels-- Actual work started on Latin-America air and naval bases. SS--Five thousand Cuban wscksra aa naval base go on strike. NECROLOGY •Mb IDAHO'S BORAH DiES--BriBUmtty ttnifarmed pallbearers carry the body if Senator Wittiam E. Borah from the Idaho state capital af ffofsa. to hi* latt raiting place. JANUARY •--aufus c. od* tt-S^Sr ^£mT*Barah af FEBRUARY 4--Sansd B. Vaudaln. locomotive builder. IS--Lord Twasdsmulr (John Buchan). gov* ernor-general of Canada. tt George Jt ~ banker. MARCH 4--Ijr. Karl Musk. si dan. Hamlin Garland, author. 8--Maxtne Elliott, famed actress. 7--Edwin Markkam. author r With the Hoa."* <• . >8--Samuel UntsfMyer. Ia«ryesv APRIL k , 1--William Harlick Jr., maltod milk toB> Uonairs. 10--Mrs. Patrick Campbell, actrsss. 50--Mrs. W. K. VanderbUt Sr 51--waiter Kohler. former govsiasr of Wto> eonsin. SB--Mme. Tstrestoai. famous eaprana. HAY 5--George Craig Stewart, Episcopal bishop of Chicago. 13--Emma Goldman, exiled radical leader. JUNE s--Hugh Bndsnsa. admiral O. S. navy, retired. SS--Mel. Gea. Smedley Butler, termer 0. i Marine chief. tt--John E. Andrew, national commander of G. A. R. JULY 1--Ben Turptn, croassysd comedian. H--Robert Wadtow. S3-year-old Alton (IB.) giant AUGUST 8--DDrr . rrederiok A. Osak. covery of North poia. -Talbot Mundy, author. IS--Walter P. Chrysler Jr., motor car an ufacturer. _ .... SI--Leon Trotsky, exiled Bolshevist leader. In MexlcOb murduvl. 33--Sir Oliver Ledge. English scientist and spiritualist. _ SS--Duke of Guise, prqtender to thft French throne. ,s" • SEPTEMBER 3--David F. Houston, twiner sssistoiy et> agriculture. Gatti-Casazza, grand opera impresario. 14--William B. Bankhead. speaker of the house of representatives. 38--Courtney Rytoy Cooper, writer (suicide). OCTOBER 8--Henry Horner, governor of Illinois. 0--Sir Wilfred Grenfell. good Samaritan el Labrador. . 11 -W H. Dietrich, former senator from DMnois _ . 33--Georgp B. Cortel^w. Snaactor and tor* mer cabinet mem! NOVEMBER 10--Neville Chamberlain, former prim# minister of Greet Britain. Sen. Key Plttman ot Nevada. 84--Viscount Cralgavon. prime minister af Northern Ireland. Prince Saktnjl. last ef Japaneee elder statesmen. .. 38--Lord Rothermere, British Journalist. DECEMBER 9--Jan Kubelik, violinist IS--Lord Lothian, BrttMt BlllliaiSSdW to U. S. 10--Kyosti Kallio. foremost Finnish stotos man. (Released by Western Newspeper Unkm.) Ketreshlnc Moathwaah Hat! |emon juice and half water makes a delightfully refreshing mouthwash. For an excellent and " onomical dentifrice, brush teeth •ith lf»mon and salt. Churchill's Capturer Dead The man who captured Winston Churchill, the preseiw first lord of the British admiralty, during the South African war, Richard A. Snipe, died recently a tein, South Africa. Washington, January 7--Hardly had the new Congress settled down to digest the President's annual messafs on "the state of the union" supplemented by the budget report when their curious minds tanked to the forthcoming inaugural address for vital details of Administration potiey net covered in his earlier presentation*. The evidence aocunmlates thBl the lawmakers are, subconsciously perhaps, gearing themselves to • rapid adjustment In this country's itus In relation to the warring world. So dominant is the defenas coloring here that many suspect tfcs sessicnt will be known aa a "War Con- , grass." ^ With the recommendations of the President for appropriations wMr which to arm the nation already re- ' eeived, many legrielaters aeekfn? exagt data aa to trends look forward to tlfceV ofioprtanit^ for qWwte* Wgh Anay *nd^ Navy ofl'ic^rs who wiH shortly appear before ootounittees explaining, behind closed dom, the need for Mfc lions in money, ships, men and snas» ment. It is clear that Mr. Roosevelt's di» mand for authorisation for the SxecB* tlve will not have green lights all along the track. The Democratic majorities in the Senate and House are considered more in the light of "paper" margins than actual votes. *nie bi-partisan blocs, particularly Im the Senate, are still functioning and able to blockade many pet Presidential projects. An epidemic of Congressional probes into various phases of defense and foreign policy propaganda is another slowing down process. The Senate and House coalitionists are watchful for attempts of proponents of domestic "reform" legislation to attach "emergency" tags to proposals notably remote from defense requirements. And so the struggle betweSB the parliamentary body and the administrative wing of governments opens again under tense conditions. There are eighty-two neophytes fcs the present Congress. Presumably many of these newcomers made broad promises during the campaign, including a willingness to use their best e& forts towards securing war industries for communities in their particular Copnessional district- Veterans Capitol Hin have already told theilr freshman colleagues that the allocs-' tion of defense plants solely becausS of. political pressure is a hard nut to crack. No less authority- than Senator Barkley of Kentucky, the major* ity leader, recently explained to his Kentucky constituents that he couM vouch for the fact that "not a singls Member of the United States Senate or of the Rouse of Representatives from any State can legitimately claim credit for the loeation of any industry among the forty which have been located in various portions of the Unll» ed States." As the Senate leadsr pointed out, "the location of these iSh ifiiKtries is not a political hut. a mitt* tary, naval, and economic problem." Many Congressional veterans and newcomers could easily rid themselves of many headaches in patronage if they could inform the load pressure groups in their states as did this Settate majority leader, who frankly stated, "The whole program would soon mire down in tike miasma Of political scandal if any United States Senator or Congressman had sufficient pull with the executive departments to determine the location of any plantas a matter of political favoritism."^*; National defense is the theme soijj|f which runs through practically all at!* nual reports of Federal departments submitted recently to the President. For instance, the Department of Justice is a? king a Federal statute requiring nation-wide registration Sf firearms as a national defense measure. This agency is urging legislation permitting wire-tapping, which is now outlawed by a Supreme Court decisiop. Justice officials claim that this authority is necessary, eapecialy in invest)-* gationf relating to espionage and sabotage. Apparently realizing that some legal curbs are necessary to prevent indiscriminate wire-tapping i>y Federal agents, the Justice Department agrees that some modification should be imposed so that investK gators shall be permitted to intercept telephone, tlegraph and radio messages "when expressly authorized to do so by a higher authority." F. fi. I. Chief Hoover reports that thousands of communications have been received from citizens giving tips and reporting alleged spying. The F.B.I. Is making every effort to prevent vigilante groups from taking over law enforcement and to avoid public hlisteria and possible injustices frois such activity. Incidentally, the F. B. I. had a batting average of 96.46 p#f cent of the cases which came to trial as a result of their investigative work. During 1941 the National Youth Administration will build 1,000 small vocational and agricultural training buildings, mostly in rural areas, for local school authorities. These buildings, although made to fit varying local needs of the schools, provide an average floor area of 3,000 square feet, facilities for 33 individual work stations, and cost 95,200, of which $3,200 comes from NYA funds and $2,000, or 88 per cent, from the funds of the co-sponsoring educational institution. Of the 1,038 constructed or in progress, the survey showed 297 were farm shops, 478 were general vocational buildings, 146 were home economics training houses, and 1L8 were combination types of vocations! facilities, including home canning plants, wood-working shops, eta These programs are distinct from the "training - within - industry" projects under the aaepises «i Defense Commission. , \ -V l ' - SV: