The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08

naQ ScneQuleQ Tor this fall
The President revealed his plan
to Illinois Representatives SABBATH,
McKeough and Kelly when they
personally invited him to address
the Chicago Army Day celebration
next April.
II think that can be ar
ranged" he told them. "If I
can get away from Wesiiiags son,
/ intend TO make sv ing across
the country about thai iime ard
will be delighted to stop 0ff n
Chicago. OF course, I can't
make q definite promise To mo
there on Army Day until Tito
itinerary has been worked ont,
but II II can be arranged III
be there"
He added that he had IN mind
q "leisurely "trip to view old scenes
and renew old friendship also
that II San Francisco's Fair IS
reopened and running, be VIII
spend at least one day thete
Tt was a real regret 10 mr.
not 10 be able TO get there .I.ls
year." he said. II wanted TO
see that Fair very much. !
saw II while II still was under
construction and II must have
been a beauty"
The President did not amplify
what he meant by a leislrcly trip
to view old scenes and renew old
friendships, and his visitors did
not ask him. But as they rode
down Pennsylvania avenue to their
Capitol offices they wondered
whether he was planning a fare
well tour or an expedition to
sound out public sentiment toward
a third term.
GERMAN DIPLOMATS
Most unenviable position of any
lady In the Diplomatic Corps to-
day Is Frau Thomsens. wife of the
charge d'affaires Of the German
embassy.
Frau Thomson Is one Of the most
beautiful members OF the Diplo-
matte Corps and also one Of the
most charming. Hungarian by
birth. she may or may not SYM
pathize with Hitler, probably does
not. But feeling In Washington
Is such that regardless of her per-
sonal views, the wife OF any Ger
man diplomat can be none too
happy.
An indication Of this was given
the other day when Frau Thom-
sen remarked to q friend:
II did not buy any clothes
In Europe before i came, think
Ing l would buy them here. But
now since the war started II
looks as II I wouldn't buy any
at all. There Is no occasion TO
wear them"
CAPITAL CHATF
Judge Rufus Foster, u. s. Court
OF Appeals Judge on the Fifth
Circuit, will not hear the appeal
of Seymour Weiss and other Huey
Long supporters recently convict
ed In the Bienville hotel scandal.
Judge Foster Is an old supporter
of the Kingfish and intimate with
Huey's old friends. SO after a
private talk with Assistant Attor-
ney General Rogge, he decided to
let other judges hear the Seymour
Weiss appeal =. Naval experts
expected the Admiral Scheer, fast
German pocket battleship, to turn
up In the Pacific, as reported re-
Gently In Shanghai. What 1t can
do to British, or even u. s. ship
ping In that area is anyone's guess.
, What worries some strategists
is the possibility of a bombing
plane putting off from the Adj
miral Scheer to slow up the pro-
duction Of Allied airplanes in
southern California factories. It
would be relatively easy to do.
NEW NAVAL SECRETARY
Those around the White House
say that Charles Edison, son of the
famous inventor and now acting
secretary Of the Navy, stands high
in the Presidents esteem and in
line for the permanent post of
Secretary of the Navy.
Overworked, Edison has been
III, but is now In tip-top condi-
ton and put In a hard summer at
his desk. There Is some reason
to believe that Roosevelt held off
any naval appointment until he
was sure Edison's ailment had
cleared up.
Although political considera-
lions may change the picture,
particularly because the PFesi-
dent wants IN rat rssawA xHAaa