Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 9, Number 51, DeMotte, Jasper County, 9 November 1939 — WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W. LaBINE Rumania May Be Next Victim Of Soviet’s Westward Drive; Dull War Hurts Nazi Morale [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W. LaBINE Rumania May Be Next Victim Of Soviet’s Westward Drive; Dull War Hurts Nazi Morale

(EDITOR’S NOTE—When opinions are expressed in these columns, they are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper.) _____________________ Released by Western Newspaper Union ...

SPEAKING OF—<L AVIATION. As Clyde Schlieper and Wes Carroll landed their endurance seaplane at Los Angeles with a world’s; record (726 Hours aloft, three days better than the old mark), two Peruvian brothers left Floyd Bennett field in New York on a non-stop flight back to Lima. <L LABOR. Acting Navy Secretary Charles Edison reported to the house naval affairs committee that C. I. O.’s United Automobile Workers un-

ion was jeopardizing the navy’s aviation defense program through a strike at the Bohn Aluminum & Brass factory in Detroit. Said Mr. Edison: A naval inspector, calling at

the strike-bound factory to collect vital U. S.-owned patterns and designs, was turned back by pickets. Originally the incident was publicized by Michigan’s Republican Rep. Clare Hoffman. <L AGRICULTURE. With U. S. soybeans selling abroad six times better than in 1938 thanks to the war, farm officials think 1940's wheat, •beef and cotton crops might be boosted if Germany’s U-boats hamper British-French communications with their colonies. Otherwise beef slaughter will drop because of poor

winter feeding prospects. Meanwhile severe west and southwest drouths endanger the nation's breadbasket again. <L INDIA. When a British white paper postponed “until after the war” consideration of India’s plea for dominionization, the Madras provin-

cial government re - signed and bitterness grew apace. Sir' SaifTuel Hoare, defending the policy, replied that dominion status was impossible until “the Indians themselves

have settled their problem.” Commented India’s Mohandas Gandhi: “I wonder if dominion status has any meaning unless it is synonymous with independence. India’s co-operation in the war is nbt as barren as Hoare believes. It . . . will continue effective, if the Congress party remains non-violent.” But violence may result if Britain fails to back-water immediately. LOUISIANA. When New Orleans grand jurors howled- after District Attorney Charles A. Byrnes allegedly blocked their probe of tax corruption. Byrnes resigned and was replaced by Niels Hertz under appointment of Goy. Earl K. Long. Hertz’ first act: To close the hearing, where it was being charged the city lost hundreds of thousands of dollars through the alleged tax racket. Next day the U. S. stepped in with a federal grand jury.

NAVY’S EDISON No admittance.

GANDHI Subtle warning.