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Show MAGNA TH:Z2, MAGNA. UTAH News Review of Current Events the World Over Great Britain Forced to Abandon the Gold Standard Steel Cats Wages Presidents Appeal to the Legion. PLANS for By EDWARD W. PICKARD Britain started o a the in other cities, ne asked that the Great with a bang that could be beard around the world. The na tlonal government, finding the gold reserves of the Bank of England were reduced to the danger point, the money borrowed from America and France exhausted and the withdraw als of foreign balances from t b e country continuing, adopted the evidently wise course of abandoning the gold standard at least temporarily. The situation had become so critical that this had to be done. In the words of the ofllcla! announcement, "This decision will of course, not affect obligations of hts majestys government or of the Bank of England which are payable In foreign currencies." On Monday the governments bill was rushed through both houses of parliament and approved by the king, and the gold standard act was thus suspended for six months. Whether the nation will go back to that standard depends on the course : , of events, the Though governments decision was not announced until .Sunday night. It was reached several days earlier and the rulers of America -- and France were warned. in he stock exchanges of both countries a check was put on short selling, so the evil effects were minimized and the bears held nnder curb. Of course the pound sterling dropped to low figures,' but there was a decided recovery within a few hours. The London Stock Exchange and some continental bouses were closed temporarily. Chancellor Snowden, always courageous In difficulties, presented the esse to the house of commons when the bill waft np for passage and to the crowded benches and galleries lie had no apologlea to make. Be cited the chief reasous for the action as follows: The tying up of British funds In Germany, with Us Immediate effect on the London market. Criticism abroad concerning the British governments expenditure in keeping' the unemployed on the dole. The adverse balance of trade, which he said has been seized upon and exaggerated." The new governments Inability to command a united front In the bouse of commons. Tbe naval unrest, "exploited In foreign newspapers, causing general nervousness abroad." Mr. Snowden explained that as a result of all this people- - began to take their possessions away from England, but added that the actual crisis started last May with the collapse of the chief banks in Aus- tralia. J. P. Morgan, who was In Lon- don, gave one of his exceedingly rare interviews to the press. - "This step seems to me." he said, "to be the Becond necessary stage In the work of the national govern' ment, tbe first being the balancing of the budget, The completion of the governments work will be the restoration of trade In thla country. This being the case. It seems to me discourto be n hopeful and not aging event, and one which brings tbe greet work of the government much nearer to accomplishment.'' t JAPANS action In seizing Muk other South Manchurian Cities was cansing n lot of trouble not only for China but also for tbe Japanese government. Tbe aggressive course. It appears, was taken by tbe war office without await- ing the approval of the government at Tokyo, and the cabinet was badly split War Minister Mina-m- l aggravated this rupture by sending reinforcements to Manchuria from the Co rean garrison on big own Initiative. Foreign Minister Kljuro Shidehara was especially rolled, for he hoped to settle the quarrel with China by peaceful negotiations, and Apparently Premier Wakatsuki was of tbe same mind. Os demand of Alfred Sze, Chinese delegate to the League of Nations. a special meeting of the league council was called to bear Nankings protest against the Japan, and a mild resolution was adopted. Sir. Sze charged that Japanese troops, without' provocation. opened rifle and artillery fire npon Chinese soldiers at Mukden, bombarded ths arsenal and barracks, set fire to the ammunition depot and disarmed Chinese troops These readjustments by huge cor poratlons were not unexpected but were greatly regretted by tbe Hoover administration. Tbs wage cuts were bitterly resented by organized labor whose officials feared they would lead to reductions all along the line. As a matter of fact, aev. eral other big concerns did put In effect similar cuts. Our Coal Supply as Man-cburl- Kai-she- omenon knows PRESIDENT HOOVER, deciding appear before the stirred up the' Star. Hisuwr Me Pint ToelT , . The first toll evolved by ancient nan is believed to have been the hammer At first tbs hammer wai a stone held in the band. Next a tfrip.of skin ws wrapped around It. and finally the hammer took the form of a real Invention when man ?ave It a handle by means of tick fastened firmly to tbo stone Ith rawhide or tbs stout fibers of 'mo plant Gas Logie, "Mammy Soed Timt" Protoctad trees left by a large lumber ompany operating In Arkansas and Louisiana have been dubbed "mam-ny- . trees" by negro cutters, who alonsy guard against cutting hem down. Several large trees y marked with n distinguishing whit streak are left on each acre to assure the seeding In of a new anp of young trees, according to ths United Stafts Department of Igriculture. Appaasiag tho Doad The expression "to appease his nanes means to do when s person Is dead what would have pleaaed him when he was alive. The spirit or ghost of the dead was called Ms mines" by tho Romans, and It wu supposed never to rest quietly In tbe grave as long ns survivors left its wishes unfulfilled. February 19 was the day when all the living sacrificed to the shades of dead relatives and frienda , j t mals by publishing platform suggestions" In the organ of the Worn-an- s Natlooal Dera- - li) some convention of the American Legion, went to Detroit Monday and detlv ered s stirring address to some Legionnaires and tbelr families. Ue was warmly received and listened to with respect, and It was evident that his main purpose, the heading off of demands by the organization for addl tlonal bonus loans at this time, had been accomplished. Mr. Hoover made hla message brief, and he dealt with ESPITE tbe President's deter no other subject than that which ruination to keep down gov- took him thee. In effect, the Pres- ernmental expenditures, It is - reident mads n request that the Le- vealed now that the budget estl gionnaires should hot press for ad mates for the 1933 fiscal year which have Just beeB submitted to him call dltlonat loans under. he veterans adjusted compensation act There for expenditures that would break all records since the days of the bad been a concerted movement World war. It was stated author! cun within the Legion to have-th- ls ventlon pass n resolution demand tatively that the estimates top the log that veterans be permitted to estimated .1932 expenditures by al most a quarter of a billion doilars. borrow the full amount of their compensation certificates, in- Mr. Hoover, It was said, was having a hard time decldlng-Jus- t stead of only hatf, as at present. where to use the pruning knife, but But the- - President shrewdly avoided making a direct plea. He seemed certain that he, would use said It was not fitting that the Pres- It effectively, for be has virtually ident of the United States should pledged himself to hold down the cost of government In 1933. plead with them in a test of patriotism. Hs was "pointing out the path VYTASHINGTON officialdom was of service In this nation." Mr. Hoosurprised and scarcely pleased ver said hs left the choice with the to lirn that Senor Don Manuel Tellez, ambassador from Mexico and Legion. for two years dean The President outlined the financial plight of tbe country, and said of the diplomatic ho was convinced that the Legion corps, had been rewould aeek to add no farther bur- called to Mexico City, where. It was den. When the President fintshed and said, be would be had left tbe ball with cries of "We given a post In tbs want beer I" ringing behind him, be foreign office or was driven directly back to hts spe- possibly sent to cial train' which left nt once for some European capital. He Is to Washington. After n warm debate the Legion be succeeded by Pulg Casauranc. adopted s resolution condemning lr.Senor Telles bas tbe Eighteenth amendment and callbeen regarded by on to hold nationa congress ing wide referendum on the repeal or his colleagues in modification of tbe dry laws. The the diplomatic corps as successful convention also voted not to press in conducting diplomatic representfor full payment of compensation ations before this government. He came to Washington in 1920 as first certificates at this time. afterward be Henry L. Stevens. Jr, of Warsaw. secretary, shortly N. C, was elected national com- - came charge d'affaires upon the departure of Ambassador. Bonilla?, maoder. apd remained In that capacity until 1923. when he was appointed of the united state ambassador by President Callea. Kb-00- 0 Scenes and Persons in the Current News ani- Smith-Rasko- Multiplied Mu fort naos There Is scarcely a calami'., hlcb does not find mention In tt Iliad." Therefore, a succession el nlsfortnnes Is sorpetlmes called is Had of woes." pra-rlonal- has ocratte club. In general Mr. Shouse stands on b the liquor question with the faction of the party. He favors the submission to the states of a substitute for the Eighteenth amendment- - whereby wet states could restore tbe manufacture and sale of liquor, while dry states could remain dry. Pending such action he would have light wines and beer legalized by congress as nonlntoxlfating In fact. Hla suggested plank on agriculture calls for the repeal of the federal farm board legislation, which he terras a costly failure, and he advocates something In the line of a surplus control device employing the equalization fee as s means of assessing the farmers Instead the taxpayers generally for the cost of stabilization. The discussion which Mr. Shouse1 article already has aroused Is we come to National Chairman Raskob, who la openly seeking crystallize party views on the ma Jor Issues. . rally recognized by competent .orttles on the subject of waves.-ash!n- gfn s general armaments .consequently "UmJertow" the existence of the t as undertow la g natter, J holiday go on apace. Tbe League of Nations armament committee invited tbe United States to particlpats In its discussions of this subject In s consultative capacity and Uncle Sam gladly accepted. Then Secretary of State Stlmson announced that Hugh R. Wilson, American minister to Switzerland, had been Instructed to Inform the committee that the United States Is favorably Inclined toward the idea of an International building holiday for land, air and naval , armaments. Mr. Wilson wiff report to Washington on any plan of action advanced and will-th- en receive further instructions from the administration. , Another hopeful sign Is ths fact JL that Premier Laval of France haa Restoration of a coal age forest aa It la believed to have appeared some 250,000,000 years ago. This accepted an invitation from President Hoover to visit Washington. large new exhibit with trees and plants reconstructed In natural size,- Is now on view at Field Museum of Jt Is expected be will come some Natural History In Chicago. time In October. Japan. Soviet Russia took a band In the melee, making formal protest to Japan against the latters course la taking steps In Manchnrln without first notifying Moscow,' Russia says her lnterests In Manchuria. arenas large as those of Japan. The tone of the Moscow press was warlike. On Wednesday Secretary of Stats Stlmson sent notes to both Japan and China urging them to cease hostilities. and the League of Nations council cabled to Tokyo asking Japan to permit a neutral commission Investigate the situation. . Soa Ths coast and jeodetle sir says while It bas not studied t league act to prevent further development of tbe situation and determine tbe amounts and character of reparations due China. Kenkicbl Toshlzawa, Japanese spokesman, announced to the council that Japan would respect In every way the stipulations of the league covenant and of the Kellogg pact In her. policy toward Manchuria. T. V. Soong, Chinese minister of finance, proposed n commission to try to solve the problem and this suited Tokyo, but It was rejected flatly by k Nanking. President Chlang In n message to the Chinese people, declared that "If the League of Nations and tbs Kellogg pact signatories fail to uphold Justice beIOUETT SnOUSE, chairman of tween China and Japan, tbe national tbe executive committee of the government Is prepared for s final Democratic national committee, is and supreme struggle. shall I lead one of those who believe It is not tbe aimy and tbe entire nation la . always wise to let the fight for the preservation of our sleeping , dogs He. race. I shall go to the front and. He knows his parIf necessary, fall with other paty Is bound to come triots." up against the proThe Canton rebel government hibition question ceased Its hostile campaign against before or during tbe National regime in order that the next national all China might unite to combat convention, and be Slno-Japane- It Was in lha I'zldnz ' ' j Baffolo Bills Aaemtry According to the biography ot Buffalo Bill, compiled by bts alster. Mrs. Helen Cody Wetmore, the 1 Street scene In Mukden, Manchuria, which was occupied by Japanese troops after a bombardment, Uy Is descended from Mlleslus, a 2 View of the parade of the 40 and 8 organization during the convention of the American Legion In Detroit. king of Spain, whose three sou S Earl Ovington, first of the air man pilots, with letters he carried from Los Angeles to Tucson on the founded the first dynasty In Ireland - twentieth anniversary of bis first mail flight, w-- The Cody family Is descended through tbe son Hereroon. Several members of the family emigrated to America ILLINI TACKLE In 1787 and settled In Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia. Buffs) Bill was born In Scott county, lows. ill Maida Didnt Like This Landing Much Earth aa Soon From Abova The following Is n quotation Urea , Professor Piccards story of his trip' to the stratoscope: "At an altitude of 10,000 meters the earth Is a mar I velous sight Yet It Is terrifying too. As we rose, the earth seemed at times like n huge disk, with si upturned edge, rather thaa the glob . The bluish ' mist of the and tf mospbere grew earth seemed to go into a eopper-eo- l ored cloud, sod then all but diuj pear In a haze," It Is. ' 1 red-tinge- d am V t s. v Leprosy In Lower Animals There are no records of iepror having been transmitted from n to homan beings, either by bite, p sociatlon or other means. Then k S disease of rets known as rat te rosy, but It has not been shown e dnslvely that It Is the same as k: may that affects human beings f a pet rat appears to have any disci either rar leprosy or any other i fectlon. It Is believed It Is to t best Interest of alt that the ante j be killed. Washington Star. A mil mill ' Mm Dick .ONeill of Ottawa. Ill, a sophomore at the University of Illinois, Is one of the tackles on the Illinois team and Is .also s good runter. lie weighs 195 pounds. , HEADS MAIL CARRIERS Tie had sir, Maida, the white camel, arrived In San Francisco, Maida didnt care much about the Journey or tho landing. Tho latter chleved In a rope allng. She was consigned to George Blstany at Flleshhacjter zoo from tbe Cairo zoological gardens. She came over here as a mate for Moses, the big white camel already at tbe zoo. ' Directors the Bethle- hem Steel corporation and tbe Toungstown Sheet and Tube company announced that wage rates of their employees would be reduced about 10 per cent, effective October At tbe same time the General Motors corporation announceda readjustment of salaries, the cute ranging from 10 to 20 per cent; and the United States Rubber company gave out word that Its entire organization would go on a five-daweek, without change In the hourly scale of wages but Involving a reduction of In salaries. y th Just Before the Big Battle When I TOOTHING aaket Edward J. Galnorof Muncle.lnd-who was for the HIM FUSS One of tbe most Important can do to make a teething t comfortable ts to see that bowels do their work of carrj-'-waste matter promptly nd tK ly. For this nothing la better Castoria. a pure vegetable pre tion specially mads for bsbiM t children. Castoria arts so genii? can give It to young Infants W . eight- eenth consecutive year, president of the National Association of Letter OST noteworthy among the Carriers at their convention held In , Uev colic, f et It Is always deaths of the week was that Oakland, Calif. for older children, too. RenK of Dr. David Starr Jordan, venCastoria contains so kar$h t erable chancellor emeritus of Stanwo sorceries Is absolutely ford university. He passed away Things You Dont Like to Do j When your baby Is fretful at hla campus home after a stroke Discipline yourself to drudgery teething or s food upset. F r of paralysis, at the age of eighty For by that you gain s mastery over deansing dose of Castoria. years. Doctor Jordan had achieved yonrself and the world. Success yon get genuine Castoria distinction as a scientist, so educa- depends upon doing things ' , you dont name: tor and a - philosopher, and for like to do far more than on being many years had been an advocate lucky In finding thlnga you do like. of world peace. In the field of The man who can do what he science he was best known as an llkee bas narrowed only bis path to Gabby Street (left), manager of tbo St Louis Cardinals, and Connie Ichthyologist achievement te the breadth of a rab- Mack, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, shaking bands before tbelr (A ltlL Wntirt Nrttpr Caloo.1 bit run. Ramsay MacDonald. teams began tbe worlds series for the championship of baseballdom. , i , I C , AS TO Rl T: ft." east have Ik |