Show news aws review of current i V events the world over mrs great solo flight across the atlantic house rejects legalized beer hoover against 0 democratic relief plans 7 by EDWARD W PICKARD five years lifter charles E EXACTLY A lindbergh completed I 1 its epoch making night flight front from new york to parts amelia who 13 now mrs afro 0 1 I put putnam nitin landed in ireland after tile the first solo flight across tho the atlantic ever mode made by a woman tho the intrepid young aviator v had Fit started arted for paris but a burned out exhaust manifold and other othe motor trouble led her to descend at cutmore culmore near londonderry she bile had made the distance from liar hinr mrs G n P bor grace Q N F in 1 14 4 putnam hours and 64 minutes and landed without injury to lie herself or her plane it was her second crossing of tile the ocean by plane but tho the other time in 1028 sho she was merely it a passenger with wilmer and lou gordon 1 I made this flight just for fun said mrs afro putnam puanani after landing and sho she admitted her achievement meant nothing to aviation nevertheless she bile was the recipient of innumerable congratulatory messages from president hoover and prime All minister nister Al acDonald among others and when she lew flew on to london in a borrowed plane she eho was given a great ovation she was the guest of ambassador mellon who with members of ills his orn embassy bassy staff met her at the IIan worth airdrome besides being the first woman to fly the atlantic alone this young american girl set a new speed record for tile crossing and also bettered the distance record for women sot set by ruth nichols at miles ifer her dist distance ance was miles T beer lost another fight L A and wont have a chance again until the national conventions meet in june and go into spasms over tile the wet and dry planks for their platforms following the example set by the senate the house rejected tile the oconnor llull resolution legalizing and taxing per cent beor beer tile the vote was to and technically was on the motion to discharge tile the ways and means committee from further consider consideration atlon of the bill which if carried would have leave brought the measure before the house the two parties were nearly evenly split in the vote apparently the wets had lost 18 yates since march 14 when the house rejected n resolution for resubmission of tile the eighteenth amendment but representative rainey explained that the shift meant some prohibition anti ests had realized that hint their only logical move Is to continue the fight for ro re submission S SOME peculiar things are resulting from tho the prohibition controversy the democrats of texas I 1 formerly very dry in their state convention adopted a resolution proposing resubmission of the eighteenth amendment to the states the measure was carried by n vote of to BO after what amounted almost to a riot president hoover it was reliably reported in washington abandoned his attitude of aloofness and took an active part in framing a mildly moist plank for the national platform so mild nt it probably would not seriously offend the drys and probably would not satisfy tho the wets weta deets pickett democrat and dry leader among the methodist reformers announced that franklin Roosevel Roosevelt ts IF moderately wet pronouncement would be satisfactory to the dry democrats because that probably was as far as lie ever would go fo WILLIAM HL BORAH of S SENATOR idaho says he la Is not going to attend the republican national convention and there are indications that he will sulk in ills his tent throughout the campal n tits ills determination to stay away from the gathering in chicago was something of it a mow blow to the drys who lind had counted on him film to lead their forces in the flip convention and to introduce their dry plank RESIDENT HOOVER voiced his fits PRESIDENT opposition to the democratic proposals of big government bond issues for construction of federal public works as a measure for relief of unemployment in the samp rf ra lement from the white bouso he further urged his own plan of legislation to permit loans hy fly tile the reconstruction fin finance tince corporation to states for relief of destitution and to public and private agencies for income producing projects hugo huge outlays for fop federal public buildings and similar works he said eald would be wasteful lind and destructive of the public confidence essential to economic recovery the leaders indicated they would light tho the president on tills this issue even tit nt the risk of prolonging tile the session of cn congress gress which already appears likely to run on until after the nat tonal convent ions have been held senator barbour of new jersey republican introduced a bill carrying out mr hoovers ideas it would pro vide the reconstruction finance corporation por po ration atlon with additional capital for loans for self liquidating projects that would furnish jobs for the unemployed senator bronson cutting the pro gres from froin new mexico followed with a bill providing for just the kind of relief aid which tile president had opposed and in introducing it cutting made a caustic attack on mr hoover tho cutting bill carries three billion dollars for rond construction construct lon and two billions for rivers an and harbors work na as well veil ns its public buildings and other federal works C hearings on representative senta tive fred bill to place tho the Ila walkin islands under nn an army or navy commission began tind attracted ft a large number of witnesses and spectators among the former was mrs airs fortescue mother ill law of thomas bassle and ills defendant codefendant co in ili the recent sensational murder trial in honolulu festl testimony was heard from gen douglas Afa cArthur chief of staff other army arid and navy officers and floyd gibbons war correspondent ELEVEN LB men of great national prominence sent seat to the republican and democratic leaders of the sei senate ante and house an earnest lappens to lay I 1 aside every form of partisanship san ship and with their party followers to unite to balance bal tince the federal budget the signers of this letter were nicholas murray butler prest dent of columbia versify republican 1 alfred E H smith democratic candidate for the presidency in 1028 gov albert 0 of N mbutler fritchle maryland democrat gov wllbur wilbur L cross of connecticut democrat gov joseph B lay ely of massachusetts democrat allinson alanson D B houghton II of new york republican frank 0 lowden 0 of f illinois republican william 11 crocker of san Fri francisco incisco member of republican national committee Clin charles rles of st louis republican roland S morris of philadelphia democrat find and john grier nishen retiring president of princeton university republican replies replica from the party leaders were prompt but scarcely satisfying senator jim watson majority leader of the senate said the letter la Is three months too late we have dono done everything they suggest toward ft a balanced budget but we sire are hindered by special interests there have been no signs of partisanship at any time senator harrison of mississippi Demo democratic crittle floor leader on the tax bill said there lins has been no partisanship in the house or senate on the problem of balan balancing clug tile the budget this will bs bei achieved without any spirit of partisanship other senn senators tors took ocen occasion sion to praise themselves and their opponents for and wise action and then till nil went ahead with their scrapping over the tariff features of tile the revenue bill RESIDENT P B CARRY of the PRESIDENT chicago hoard board of trade went down to washington and conferred with secretary of agriculture hyde and took occasion to make tile tho flor florrest attack on the federal farm board find and its doingo allt has been heard lie called the li hoards cards record it ghastly smear and said its result had been the almost complete abolishment of the open competitive peti poti tive market which required 75 years to establish ile he declared wheat could and would advance it if the board were forced by congress to desist fit at once from its 11 senseless efforts and said lie he could appoint a committee of six members tit of the chicago board of trade who in it a short time and with absolutely no drain on the taxpayer could lind would dispose of all the government wheat for cash at a steadily advancing price with the in evitable evlin evit ablo hlo favorable reflection on tie tae general condition of the he country mr carey selected a rather unfavorable time dine for tits ills atack inasmuch ns as just then the market showed a decided ten tendency denvy toward higher prices J 0 stone chairman of the form farm hoard board seized his fits advantage and replied sharply to ur mr carens careys ns assault sault lie ile sald said wheat Is the only great major commodity which for tile the last five months tins shown n definite upward tendency its influence under the present favorable favo rahle statistical statistic iiI post tion nifty may well leai lead other commodities to higher ground that opportunity will not he be risked in the hands blinds of tile he people in n group representing those who lieve grown rich from the crofts gained by mark markit t mr air stone challenged tho the Cili chicago cago graan g gani gambler blena ais he called them to ext explain into lioy how it Is that flint wheat ling lias been field from 5 to cents centa a bushel above the lie world In arkell this A 1 tu e averred ts Is the result fir f the barill board v socialists meeting ili 1 national convention in milwaukee noal tinted norman 11 II tl of new york for president and james 11 maurer of pennsylvania for second place on the ticket air thomas who was tile bartys candidate in 1028 1928 said paid lila life campaign would ile be a war nat tile republican and democratic parties antl and against tho the liUiS doni of poverty I 1 before tile nomination which was by acclamation mr bir defeated nil an attempt to commit the so party to conn of the principal industries of tho the tuition nation mrs victor borger of milwaukee declined alo nomination for vice prest dent so mr maurer was chosen by acclamation the communist party wt w to hold its co convention III ID ChIC 1190 at J 28 and 20 0 and wore seemed no doubt that alint it would nominate Will william luin Z roster foster for president and annies W ford of Aln baina a negro for vice president sl SEAl lURY tins been mols malc ing things exceedingly able for mayor james J walker 0 of f new york in ili the investigation of metropolitan ro politics and illi nuances ances conducted by tile the Ilof legis five c 0 11 in 11 1 11 t t to 0 c e T li 0 r 0 were many things for the mayor to explain and so lie il IF went before tile tho coin matteo and tried to explain them the most serious of these 01 matters were t thus IT u a e listed J ills acceptance of mayor waller walker worth of bonds for wt which lie ho had not paid I 1 from J A sisto when the lat batters company was seeking stricter municipal control of taxicabs how lie happened to take with him to europe lu in 1027 a letter of 0 credit which had find been purchased tor for cash liy by J allan smith a promoter of tho the equitable coach company who later made good a overdraft wily why william J Scan lans payments to dr william walker the mayors brother for medical services were usually CO 60 per cent of the commissions scanlan received for sales of equipment to tile the street clenning cleaning department and the department of sanitation wily why Scan lans check for part of a commission paid on tho the sale of material to the city was found in tile the bank account of walkers pils sing fiscal cal agent russell T sherwood to explain tile the in fees paid him through sherwood for legal illegal fees by a corporation which had its own regular attorneys the relationship between himself and senator john A Illa hustings stIngs of brooklyn who it lias has been indicated was interested in the coach company and the application of a queens rug bus company that was waa a more recent applicant for a franchise ills his financial transactions his bank deposits and ex expenditures tures harly early in the week it became known that the federal authorities had become interested in the revelations and were investigating mayor apayor walkers status no as an income taxpayer for the years 1028 18 and 1020 1929 R JOSEPH 1 I F FRANCE of maryland DR aspirant tor for the republican presidential nomination captured ore gons thirteen delegates to the convention and probably that la Is all he be will have since lie he lost tits his own state to mr hoover tha alio ten oregon votes in tile the democratic convention will be cast for franklin D roosevelt 1111 Is good reason to believe T THERE that the lausanne conference on reparations will do nothing definite before early next year tho french are ready with a proposition which groat great britain Is said to favor calling for a temporary extension of j the hoover moratorium and if this Is adopted the reparations problems will be turned over to expert commissions which may or may not report in the fall edouard herriot Herr lot who M herriot will wili be the boss of the french government either as premier or minister of foreign affairs declared he fully approved a statement by senator paul boncoeur that prances frances program remains national security arbitration bit ration and disarmament in the order named ills policy as to reparations he said was first maintain european solidarity second permit no rupture in the equilibrium between credits and debts at the expense of o f the french taxpayer although receptive to the suggestion of armament reductions the radical socialist leader strongly approved the plan presented ted tit at tile the geneva conference by andro andre tardley Tard leu this plan calls for international security through an international police force to be supervised per by the league of nations FOLLOWING the advice of prince fi Salon jl last of the older elder statesmen of japan emperor summoned admiral viscount makato salto former governor of corea corca to the and appointed him film pre premier to succeed d the assassinated it was expected I 1 a week or inure would pass before salto could announce his ministry Y I 1 which will he be a strong na emergency government the I 1 admiral Is seventy four years old and besides having hilow k hail had a career as it a na nevii vii cna man tier to la considered one or of the lie empires ablest ad froe fr from political am nr n Ati tn newspaper union |