| Show news neffe review of current events livenus NAVAL RACE IS PROBABLE japans refusal to tell plans Is starting gun great battle baffle in central china new regime in rumania X UM Z 1 an J N t a e RI S al M ka Q ke R T ca 0 J P senator ellison D smith of south carolina is here pictured as he be expounded his bis views on the farm bill cotton ed who is chai chairman of the senate agricultural committee said congress should provide a billion and a half to finance the farm program instead of the half billion to which the cost is now limited F Z y M summarizes THE WORLDS WEEK Q western newspaper union jap refusal starts race JAPAN APAN having flatly refused to reveal her naval building plans it is believed that the greatest navy construction race ever seen is about to start and the united states may feel called upon to take the lead with england france and japan in the competition our government told japan that a refusal to divulge her intentions would be regarded as confirmation of reports that she was constructing or planning super war ships so now according to some officials in washington we will have to invoke the escalator clause of the london treaty and build larger and more powerfully armed battleships the president may be expected to order increase of the three battleships now planned from tons each to or tons and such dread probably would carry 18 inch guns in order to obviate the restrictions on the size of battleships that inhere in the width of the panama canal locks and to minimize the contingency tin gency of interruption of coast to coast communication through destruction st of a panama lock by an enemy the administration is preparing to push the project of a canal through nicaragua congressmen who fear the president is piloting the nation into war with japan made probably futile e moves to prevent our government from joining in the rearmament race senator king of utah and representative maverick of texas introduced resolutions authorizing mr roosevelt to call a world naval limitation conference which japan has said she would be willing to attend though secretary hull had denied that there was any understanding with great britain and france concerning japan opponents of the administration were still suspicious that it was planning joint action representative george tinkham of massachusetts voiced their sentiments when he uttered a warning that every day brings the united states nearer to a war with japan as planned by great britain to further british interests this view was shared by the tokyo press which charged that the controversy was brought on by a secret naval understanding among america britain and france and that the demand made on japan was engineered by the british to involve the united states in difficulties with japan hearings by the house naval affairs committee on the presidents big navy program went into the third week with opposition dwin adling as a result of japans unfavorable reply to the request for her intentions X singapore base opened WITH ITH impressive ceremonies great britain formally opened her powerful naval base at singa nor of the straits settlements dedi nor of the straits settlements dedicated the great new dry dock declaring the naval base was not a challenge to war but insurance against war prominent among the carefully selected guests were rear admiral julius townsend and his officers of the american battle cruisers trenton memphis and milwaukee the american squadron arrived at singapore from australia where it had been participating in ceremonies marking the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the commonwealth K more for dole asked RESIDENT ROOSEVELT in a especial PRESIDENT special message asked congress to appropriate more for relief to supplement the billion and a halt half relief fund he said this was necessary to care for three million persons thrown out of work during the last three months A bill to carry out the presidents suggestions was introduced in the house immediately and speeded toward passage great baffle in china NE of the greatest battles ever 0 ONE fought was reported to be taking place in central china where the japanese invaders smashed a chinese army of and forced it to retreat across the yellow river under fire and without bridges which had been destroyed by the defenders five japanese armies were driving southward through the rich central china agricultural region and were seriously threatening kal kai feng capital of ronan honan province from the south three japanese armies were advancing from the hwal hwai river gen chiang kal kai shek had troops along the north and south fronts fighting to prevent the japanese from gobbling up the huge lundhal corridor chinas cainas revitalized air force with russian and other foreign fliers reported among its personnel was said to have bombed the yellow river bridge at bokow north of tsin an which the japanese only rece recently nt repaired this cut the japanese line of communication along the northern section of the pu kow railway admiral grayson dies R D EAR ADMIRAL CARY T GRAY v SON chairman of the american red cross died in washington at the age of 59 the eminent naval physician born in virginia was the close friend of president theodore roosevelt woodrow wilson and taft and also of franklin roosevelt it was the last named who persuaded him to accept the post at the head of the red cross in in which he was especially successful many thousands of americans will m mourn ourn the death of 0 0 mcintyre writer of a column of new york chatter he passed away in his park avenue residence after a brief illness k farm bill now law L LIMITING debate by a gag rule the house adopted the conference report on the administrations 0 crop control bill by a vote of to and sent it on to the senate which approved it by a vote of 56 to 31 As it carne came out of conference the measure continues in an extended and revised form the existing soil conservation program providing benefit payments to operating cooperating co farmers it would control production through acreage allotments on the five principal commodities on the basis of domestic and export needs in bumper years marketing quotas would be applied with penalty taxes to enforce them if approved by two thirds of the affected farmers in national referenda it would set up an ever normar normal granary system by storing in bumper years surpluses on which loans would be made to the producers through this medium the administration aims to stabilize the flow fl ow of commodities during lean years to prevent consumers from being high jacked into exorbitant prices because of shortages another dictator state RUMANIA is now added to the european states under dictatorship tor ship octavian gogas government was so anti semitic and pro fascist that it was forced out and king carol took charge of affairs by naming dr miron cristea as premier and dissolving the parliament m ent cristea patriarch of the rumanian orthodox church was given virtual dictator power but it was ex miron 5 I 1 i n cristea ris ea peed george tar barescu would very soon succeed him as premier and that carol would create a crown council over which dr cristea would preside much of the new governments authority was concentrated in the army and a nationwide nation wide state of siege was proclaimed A commission was set to work formulating a new constitution cristea the key man of the government ern ment was expected to take steps to regain the friendship of france and great britain traditional allies of kumaniak Ku mania without offending italy and germany this Is a drouth year B BECAUSE of early dust aust storms in kansas oklahoma and parts of the texas panhandle 1938 already is called a drouth year by grain men the weather in those regions is being closely watched by traders in the united states liverpool winnipeg and buenos aires grain experts of chicago reported that present conditions of soil in much ot of the territory from west texas to nebraska is such that light rains quickly would break it down into powder easily blown by high winds only extremely heavy rains could prevent such blowing oklahoma wheat is much be below low that of last year at this time the western halt ot of the state was reported in serious need of moisture dust storms have seriously damaged wheat and done further damage to the states topsoil the central section too was reported in in all these states producers grain traders and elevator men agreed that only part of the winter plant in each state would come to harvest should the much needed rains fail to materialize franco masses huge army from salamanca headquarters of the spanish rebels said general franco was getting together an army of a million men a and n d planned a spring offensive that would end the blood bloody y civil war military observers believed his air main effort would be directed toward a drive to the medi c coast 0 a s t from the south ara 9 gon on front above e teruel this aou would etgen infranco en franco factually divide divid the territory now held by the government it may be that franco will lose his italian volunteers for london had a rumor that the british was considering a secret agreement with mussolini by which britain would recognize the duces conquest of ethiopia it if he would withdraw his troops from spain 16 links CIO with reds JOSEPH i OSEPH RYAN president of the international Longshore mens association an A F of L affiliate told the senate commerce committee that the C 1 I 0 is tied up with the communist party of america and gave facts to support the charge he also accused mrs elinor M herrick new york regional director of the national labor relations board of using her official powers to wreck the A F of L maritime and waterfront unions with the ultimate objective of becoming secretary of labor under john L lewis after hearing ryans testimony the committee adopted chairman copelande Cop elands resolution calling for an appropriation of for an investigation vesti gation by a special senate committee of subversive influences in the merchant marine steel price cut wages stay M MAYBE president roosevelt Koo sevelt was right when he said recently that steel and other mass production industries could and should reduce prices to buyers levels and at the same time maintain the general wage level anyhow united states steel is doing just that this huge corporation extended indefinitely its working agreements with the committee for industrial organization in which present rates of wages and the eight hour day are maintained at the same time the price of cold rolled sheets used in large amounts by the automobile industry was reduced 4 a ton the first break in the steel indu price structure no secret alliances WITH ITH three curt expressions of no secretary of state hull denied that we the united states has any alliance with great britain relating to the event of war or with any other power or any agreement in connection with the operations of the american navy the denials were made in a letter to senator key pittman chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations the letter which was read in the senate gave a specific answer to questions which have been raised by opposition senators who have been seeking a definition of the administrations foreign policy K capone may be mad AL 4 L CAPONE who attained a bad 1 eminence as americas most powerful gang leader during the 1 prohibition era and was sent tai to cabraz for ten years for income fraud is under observation in uan hospital of the rock and it is reported that he has lost his mind his attorney says it if medical men find he really is insane he will apply for a writ of habeas corpus to get him out of prison capone would be eligible for freedom on january 19 1939 but still has awaiting him a sentence of one year in jail and a fine of i may suspend coal prices application application of minimum coal prices to railroads and several coal companies was stopped temporarily by orders atthe of the federal court of appeals in washington and it was believed this would lead the national bituminous coal commission to suspend minimum brij piew throughout the country pending bendin g fi ther hearings some persons hoped they would be permanently voided the court issued the order on the ground that the commission had fixed minimum prices before holding a public hearing on the facts and figures behind them H K Bulk leys toll road plan WITH W ITH the approval of the president senator bulkley of ohio offered to the senate the great toll highway plan that he has been working on for some time it is designed to be a long range medium of work re cief for the jobless and to stimulate business the measure provides for the construction st by the federal government of ten superhighways across the sen bulkley B akley country three running east and west and three north and south the cost is put at eight billion dollars this according to the terms of the bill would be liquidated from reasonable toll charges and from the sale or lease of tracts of a strip of land not over feet wide on each side of each highway benjamin franklin won popularity with french benjamin franklin born bom january 17 1706 of humble parentage became a foremost philosopher and statesman but he never lost his simplicity of manner which coupled with ready wit won not only the esteem of americans but burths butt ditth hs vv hearts of the french when he sent to paris to represent his try during the revolutionary war writes leslie hartley in the washington star one of 17 children franklin was compelled to work at an early age when only seventeen he ran away from home to philadelphia where he married and became the quaker cites outstanding citizen of a practical turn of mind franklin who was a successful printer and journalist developed numerous inventions his philosophy also was practical and his quaint sayings and homely wisdom published for years in poor richards almanac are quoted still when the revolutionary war began in earnest he was sent to fr france nce to win the sympathy of that nation for the cause of the color colon not only did he persuade the ka openly aid the americans Ameci cans but he won such personal popularity that crowds followed him through the streets upon his departure the king presented him with handsome gifts and gave him the use of the queens litter to bear him to the coast |
