Show news review of 01 current events the world over er chancellor hillers Hit lers defiance of treaty provisions alarms europe drouth threat causes wallace to lift restrictions on spring wheat planting g by EDWARD W PICKARD 0 5 western newspaper union GERMANY having recently bold ly announced that she was now possessed of a military mill tary air force in viola violation tinn of the treaty of versailles Versaille 4 still more boldly declares she Is no longer bound by tile R obligations of that pact and proposes to build up an army 4 na of about AMM men comprising 12 corps of three divisions each tills this was the decision of the cabinet which do de e creed r e e d compulsory chancellor military training hitler throughout ghou t the belch the exact number of men in the army will be determined by a law to be enacted later tills this was chancellor hillers Hit lers reply to the action of frances chamber of deputies in accepting premier Fl ri andins plan to increase the term of conscript service in ID the french army to IS months and subsequently to two years germany considered mat france was dealing the last blow to disarmament and hitler rushing to berlin from berchtesgaden directed the action of tile cabinet and ismea to the german nation a rousing appeal for full support ite he declared that the failure of other nations to reduce armament as called for in the versailles treaty had released germany from all treaty obligations and that while the retch had only peaceful intentions it must rearm re arm to protect its territorial integrity find and maintain the respect of the world as a guarantor co of european peace france Is in no wood mood to take hillers Hit lers defiance lying down an appeal was sent to the league of nations to convoke an extraordinary council to deal with germanys germanas Germ anys violation of the versailles pact the 1 note hinted at the possibilities of economic sanctions penalties against germany which might result in a boycott an attempt Is being made to force britain into an alliance with france and the mission of sir john simon british tor for eign minister to bring germany back bach into the comity of european nations Is regarded as seriously compromised france and italy insist that simon go to berlin as spokesman of the three powers and not as the representative of britain alone premier mussolini Is said to be backing france and Is alleged to be the prime mover in a scheme to revive the prewar pre war policy of encircling germany with a ring of steel president roosevelt expressed his hope that ills his good neighbor policy might be extended to europe as a basis for peaceful settlement of the tense situation just how the president expects to prevail upon those traditional enemies to become good neighbors was not fully explained pla ined lie he declined to say whether this government will send a note to germany protesting abrogation of military provisions of the separate treaty with this country although the united states is not a sign signatory atory to the versailles pact the separate peace treaty negotiated with germany includes the military phases of the versailles treaty many people in this country feel that united states intervention in the european dispute Is neither necessary nor advisable GOV G OV MARTIN L DAVEY of ohio charged by federal relief administrator harry L hopkins kin with corruption in ohio relief went before the state senate and demanded a thorough investigation ile he defied hopkins hopking to come to ohio for trial on a warrant he had secured charging hopkins ROO ins with criminal libel eloph ins had a alleged leg ged in a letter that he has proof of corruption of relief administration in ohio including soliciting of funds tor for campaign Pur purposes from firms that sold relief materials hopkins through 0 C stillman FERA regional officer has takes taken over administration of ohio relief department of justice attorneys in washington declare they stand ready to defend hopkins but that there was no indication that nop kins bould go to ohio although he may change his mind the saw opo c blowup Is said to have had its inception in the 1031 political campaign davey made campaign Epe speeches eclips charging that ohio relief was mismanaged m Is managed and particularly aimed his barbs at cleveland this irked cleveland leaders since relief there lad had been administered through a nonpolitical non political group which later became the official cuyahoga Cuya hoga county relief administration often took note of the fact that cleve lands relief committee was one of the best in the country later davey pledged himself not to touch the cleveland or organization but la Is enid bald to have ousted several members and repeated old charges cleveland Oe veland leaders took the fight to washington ohio democrats stand firmly behind davey the democratic delegation to the ohio legislature appealed to president roosevelt to rl right bt the wrong which had hoon been done our governor anil and francis IV paulson soD democratic state chairman summoned to appear before the grand jury delivered a scathing attack on hopkins poulson charged that republicans in high government offices have betrayed the president and named hopkins II as one who could be expected to tear down the democratic party C CLARENCE LARENCE DARROW foe of and author of the famous report which attacked more than a year ago assailed the administrations minis trat lons economic theories including the national recovery act in his testimony before the senate finance committee the famous lawyer whose sharp speech and fiery courtroom tactics have made him film famous denoun denounced ced as playing into the hands of big business to the destruction of 0 the little fellow he argued that attacked the problem from the wron wrong 9 angle and that the real trouble lay in faulty distribution thus assailing the theory of scarcity darrow darro w swept aside statements that NKA had helped organized labor reduced unemployment and abolished child labor with an assertion that it would have happened anyway the panic put an end to child labor he said there any room tor for it while fathers and mothers were out of work there Is no que question atlon that small business has suffered under the darrow continued it has suffered more than it would have suffered otherwise on planting restrictions spring wheat have been removed by secretary of agriculture wallace who fears the effect of another widespread drouth the years first crop report showing that farmers intend to plant acres of s spring p ring wheat iswald Is said to be responsible for wallaces about face last ye year a r the acreage was il acres the administration m InI Is con seely secy wallace vinced that the gov eminent and farmers have a duty to protect consumers against a wheat shortage he said farmers will plan an additional to acres as a result of shenew the new order and will harvest between ten and thirty million bushels more wallace estimates spring wheat normally constitutes about on one e fourth of the nations crop 11 lie e denied that the european situation pointing to a possibility of increased sales had anything to do with the new decision farmers farmer a under contract who plant their full spring wheat acreage will receive full benefit payments but in return will be required to agree to reduce production in 1930 by the amount asked in next nest years contract plus the amount they would have reduced this year there Is no indication that the corn acreage control program for 1935 will be altered booted BT Y A vote of to the house voted to substitute the patman currency expansion bill for payment of the soldiers bonus for the sound money plan of representative vinson A boisterous house thus defied president Roosevel ts barnin warning 1 that he be will veto immediate payment of the adjusted compensation certificates the administration Is counting on the senate sustaining the veto D DONALD ONALD R was named by the president to lend lead a reorganized board taking the place of S clay williams resigned at the same time the president increased the group gove governing aning the blue eagle agency from five to seven A white house statement emphasized the change was maue mage to accelerate the drive to push extension of the NIIA through congress T THE HE federal tree planting project will get under way in north dakota on april 15 it the project has already been started in other Q tates states but the major development of the tir program will be centered in north dakota this year the state has bag been assigned a quota of trees tor for a belt 35 miles long this Is only a part of the operations which envisage a mile ralle wide belt of trees extending from near the canadian border to the gulf of mexico the work started march 1 in texas and oklahoma and starch march ir 15 in kansas nebraska and south dakota projects elects pr will be started at the same time as that in north dakota RESIDENT i I 1 ping ins ahead to 1930 word lias has reached the capitol capital he be wants nil it controversial adminis trillion legislation cleared away 1 m 1 I 1 this session so that lint congress C can 1 1 n meet for a short and harmonious session prior to the lie 1910 bial campaign besides the relief bill mr r roosevelt Is sold said to be daily anxious to have congress pass his social security program utility holding company legislation a bill continuing nita for two years transportation regulation co ordination banking legislation ship subsidy and increase in the capital of the nome owners ioan I onri corporation if this can be cleared fro froni M the calendar it may arc cal any serious party squabbles that might interfere with plans to bring about Roosevel Roosey Lits ts reelection election re the white house Is seriously con concerned cernea over rumors that congress mai ma scrap it a good part of the adminis trat rations ions controversial legislation M answer to tile the latest note on the abyssinian situation postpones approval of tile the proposal that differences be de aided by an interra commission on conciliations at least until the futility of direct ne AV got lations has been V I 1 I 1 pr proved oed ll 11 it II due made a counter pro dosal suggesting g that the italian minister to abys slain and the ethiopian foreign minis premier ter get together for mussolini a series of personal conferences go over all the data and attempt to settle the dispute without the necessity of concilla concilia alon under the direction of the league of nations direct eions are sold said to have the approval of both the french and british gov ern ments S SPRING PRING arrived in the west with a stilling dust storm which shrouded the country from eastern new mexico to the great lakes powdered so soil whipped up from the d drouth rou th scourged urged prairies hid the sun and beat relentlessly upon the senses A dozen deaths were re ported due to suffocations dust induced pneumonia and traffic traer ic accidents freight trains were rolled to sidings and passenger trains crept along on slow orders school were closed in a number of comma tittles in western states wheat wheal prices jumped from 2 to 3 cent a bushel as winds cut into the dry southwest and governor london landon of kansas appealed to president 1 roose oos velt for aid P LANS to reduce american money to a single class possibly fed oral eral reserve notes are being considered by the administration thus abo simplifying the nations monetary structure and making it ealer to control before this could bould be established it Is necessary to make widespread changes in existing laws and this will undoubtedly be under taken when more immediate stages of the recovery drive are comple completed teil according to a high government oan official one class of money most be established I 1 in n or order de r t that I 1 I 1 the b e government or may effectively control contro I 1 issuance of money under tills this plan treasury notes and united states state notes would be retired the silver certificates backed by bl bullion illion now held in the treasury might be with drawn from circulation and trans berred to the federal reserve banks as was done with the gold certificates and white C compromise pressure brought about the d defeat of the mccarron mccarran P prevailing r e val I 1 in g wage amendment to the work relief bill in the senate and administration leaders were confident that the measure would be laid before the president for sig signature linture within a few days the deadlock over the amendment was broken when sena tor richard B russell jr of georgia proposed a substitute which leaves the president free to pay security wages officially offe lally estimated at va 0 a month provided they do not adversely affect the wage scale in private industry and providing that th the prevailing wage must he be paid on all permanent federal building projects this way out which had been approved by the white louse house was nas accepted by the senate by a vote of 83 to 2 after the me carron carran amendment had been defeated 50 to 38 the two votes rotes against the compromise were cast b by y metcalfe let calfe of rhode island islan d and hole hale of maine both republicans before the vote rote on the mccarron mccarran amendment was taken senator glass class announced ho bp was authorized to say that if it prevailed r resident president roose velt would veto the measure senate action finally developed into a race to pass the measure before huey long lon returned from louisiana administration forces defeated three attempts to slash slab the bill and herrode oer oNer rode protests of old line democrats that the bill im periled perilea the nations credit sena tor for glass class chairman of 0 the appropriations privations committee in charge of the bill solemnly asserted 1 I stand on my prediction that this tremendous appropriation will impair the credit of the united states senator tydings s of maryland described the bill ss as the grandest pork barrel ever to come before congress |