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Show IVcics Review of Current Events SEN. 'JOE' ROBINSON DEAD Court Plan May Have Died With Him . . Japan, China Face Another Crisis . . Treasury Backs 'First Lady' & V I " 1 ! 1 ; si I , I t ' ! Joe Robinson Rallies the Democratic National Convention. IV. PLdcexA SUMMARIZES THE WORLD'S WEEK Western Newspaper Union, Falls 'Face to Battle' j WHEN Sen. Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas dropped dead of a heart attack in his apartment across from the United States capita capi-ta .ro. Pres'dent's ""V 5 P'an or securing i . . s new appointments s . to the Supreme court i bench, even in its hS.. I amended form, died fc. W r wih him. f w That is the belief si5?'.' clse observers in I - J Washington. For 1 " "Joe" Robinson was Pt-' J the President's tower tow-er of strength in the Senator legislative branch of Harrison government. He had served the Democratic party well in the senate since 1913, and as the majority leader in the upper house since 1932. Joe Robinson's Job it was to keep a smooth balance between the conservative con-servative democrats, largely of the South, and the more radical members mem-bers of the party from the North and West, so that the objectives of the New Deal could be turned out of the legislative mill. Robinson never fought harder than he did in his last battle. As he worked hard and long in an attempt to get the "compromise" court plan passed, often raising his voice and exerting himself mightily in senate arguments, it was apparent ap-parent to his colleagues that he was not well. Sen. Royal S. Cope-land, Cope-land, the only physician in the senate, sen-ate, had several times asked him to calm himself lest he hasten his own death. While the senate was adjourned for Robinson's funeral, administration administra-tion leaders sought to rally support so the court bill could be passed, even without the late senator's leadership. lead-ership. But the opposition forces were equally determined to take advantage of the psychological aspect as-pect of the senate following Robinson's Robin-son's death the desire to efTect a peace, finish the session's business in a hurry and get away from the capital. The forces opposed to the bill believed that when the issue came up again they would be successful in recommitting the substitute bill to the Judiciary committee, an effective ef-fective way of killing it. The Indication Indica-tion of opposition greater than had been expected in the house of representatives rep-resentatives was another factor pointing to the eventual fail of the bill. Another battle was not long In getting under way: to decide who the new majority leader of the senate sen-ate should be. Conservative Democrats Dem-ocrats were anxious to wrest a measure of control from the White House by backing Sen. Pat Harrison Harri-son of Mississippi, who has been faithful to the President, but is fundamentally conservative. The more radical senators backed Al-ben Al-ben W. Barkley of Kentucky. Democratic Dem-ocratic national convention keynoter, keynot-er, who had been Robinson'3 assistant as-sistant as floor leader. Another prospect pros-pect was Sen. James F. Byrnes of South Carolina, but It was believed his strength would eventually be transferred to Harrison. Another thing that had Washington Washing-ton guessing as a result of Robinson's Robin-son's death was the vacancy on the Supreme court left by the retirement retire-ment of Justice Willis Van De-vanter. De-vanter. Robinson, it was generally believed, was to have received the appointment. Struggle in the Senate 'THVELVE Democratic senators and one Farmer-Lnborite were believed to hold the fate of the administration's substitute for the original bill which would Increase the number of Supremo court Justices to 15. The administration was certain that the bill would receive re-ceive at least Hi) voles, with 4(1 necessary to a majority r.incc Senator Sen-ator Robinson's death. Forty-three senators vere definitely coimnillerl t'l'-Aur.l It. Thirteen were rtill un-coiriiiiltt-I riM the battle raio-d on the r.enato door and in the cloakroom:!, cloak-room:!, 'i be twelve uneorrirniltf-d Iterno-ciata Iterno-ciata were: An'liewu (i'la.), Ilonc (Wash.), Brown (N. H.), Caraway (Ark.), Duffy (Wis.), Johnson (Colo.), Lewis (111.), Murray (Mont .), Overton (La.), Pepper Pep-per (Fla.), Russell, Jr. (Ga.) and Wagner (N. Y.). Lundeen (Minn.) was the Farmer-Laborite. The substitute for the original Ashurst bill provides for appointment appoint-ment of one new justice each year to every justice remaining on the court after reaching the age of seventy-five years. New Sino-Japanese Conflict? WAR between China and Japan was believed almost inevitable as hopes of settling a new outbreak of hostilities by diplomatic means r ..- t faded out. The fight- ing ensued as Jap. f v.. , -.vi-a anese gendarmes at- tempted to take over a the policing of Yu- anping and Lukow- J. ' kiao, two villages In J f the Petping area, $ - A near Marco Polo I bridge. This, the n.,. j Japanese said, was - VJ jortn China truce. Emperor According to the Hirohito assertions of the Japanese war ofTice. Chinese soldiers fired upon the gendarmes and opened up with trench mortars against the Japanese contingent at the Yuanping station. This action allegedly compelled com-pelled the Japanese to make a night assault, costing 20 lives, in order to occupy the towns of Lungwangmiao and Tungshinghwan. It was said the Chinese troops had also advanced ad-vanced into these points. Officials of the Hopei-Chahar council coun-cil claimed the Japanese moves were in open violation of the truce. They further accused the Japanese of conducting night army maneuvers, maneu-vers, using real bullets instead of the blanks ordinarily employed in maneuvers. As Emperor Hirohito and Premier Fumimaro Konoc conferred con-ferred with military leaders and the cabinet, the Japanese people frantically franti-cally prepared for the war that loomed. China's Nanking government gave orders to Gen. Sung Cheh - yuan, commander of the North China forces, that his army was not to retreat re-treat for any reason, but was to be prepared to make the "supreme sacrifice" to hold its position until Gen. Chiang Kai-shek should arrive over the Pciping-Hankow railroad with 50.000 fresh troops. As the fighting continued In the Peiping area, with no hope of an effective compromise on the two nations' na-tions' demands, war seemed the probable result. Although an agreement was reported re-ported to have been made between local Chinese and Japanese authorities authori-ties at Tientsin, settling the dispute to the satisfaction of both, the national na-tional government at Nanking has continued to Insist that no agreement agree-ment reached locally would be observed. Mrs. Roosevelt's Taxes WHEN Representative Hamilton Hamil-ton Fir.h (Rep., N. Y.) sought to demonstrate the unfairness of the tax invasion investigation commit- , tee, he demanded i'., ' " . . , -. that the committee : Im:'' 'v Investigate the In- come of the wife of the President from ",. ' radio broadcasts, , ' i charging that she ': '; i i j was not paying a cent of income taxes C . ' ' ' upon those earnings. 'Xs, jf-. She had turned over aC Ji $;!9.000 to the Amcr-'" Amcr-'" ' " " lean Friends Service Rrp. Fish committee, a Philadelphia Phila-delphia charity, kept $1 per broadcast broad-cast for herself and paid nothing whatever from her radio earnings to the government. Assistant Attorney General Robert Rob-ert H. Jackson replied for her, explaining ex-plaining to Chairman Doiih'hton of the congressional committee that the bureau of internal revenue had advised Mr.1!. Roosevelt she need pay no tax on the receipts from the broarleast. lie deelarefl the re-sp'nisibibly re-sp'nisibibly "in m.t that of lIis. Roosevelt, hot that of myself and others who v.t'n: tleasmy oMirial.'i at the tune." Loyalists Widen Front ' I ''HE Spanish loyalists' drive to push back the rebel forces to a safe distance from Madrid continued, con-tinued, with the government forces widening the front by expanding both flanks several miles. The main line of advance was in a southerly direction, slow but steady. It had progressed as far as a point halfway half-way between Brunete and Naval-carnero. Naval-carnero. Loyalist forces were attempting at-tempting to acquire control of the Quernales river banks, there to dig in and protect the right flank while the main drive continues south. Rebel military strategists were not particularly distressed over the government advance, for they believe be-lieve that if they can draw the major part of the Madrid garrison out into the open country and destroy de-stroy it the advance will benefit them more than it will the loyalists. Artillery of both sides worked overtime over-time as the rebel reinforcements came in to make the struggle more equal. The government was reported to be using dozens of Russian tanks. They are heavier and clumsier than the rebel tanks, but they carry field ; pieces of great accuracy and po- j tency. Still, a new kind of anti-tank gun developed by the rebels stopped ' a number of them. Government planes were reported report-ed doing serious damage to rebel forces on the Basque front to the north. In the east Gen. Sebastian Pozas, commander of the government govern-ment forces in the Saragossa-Teruel sector, claimed that Albarracin "not only has been completely surrounded, sur-rounded, but also government troops now are fighting in the streets of the town." Mr. Eden Has a Plan DLANS to maintain the non-lnter- vention patrol of Spain in a fashion that will satisfy all the nations na-tions concerned and insure against r "-' ! 1 'i the spread of the t ' 1 conflict beyond the t - ' J Spanish borders ' 12 ave b'own about I like papers in a I I ' :. j storm. And when 6, , you get right down j to it, that is about j all they have f - V amounted to. f .. : ' j Now Anthony jr 5 A Eden, Britain's for- eign secretary, has AnthoDy CQme up wjth a ncw Edcn one, as deft and perhaps per-haps as futile as any which have i gone before it It provides for the full re-establishment of land and sea control of movements of men and arms into Spain. French and British warships would patrol the coastline with German and Italian Ital-ian observers aboard (the Fascist ; nations, indignant over the Leipzig Leip-zig incident, have withdrawn from the patrol). This arrangement would operate only until a permanent per-manent scheme could be worked I out, placing observers for the non- ! Intervention committee in all non- Spanish seaports and airports from which men and supplies might leave j for Spain, and in all Spanish ports i to sec that none landed there. After that, the sea patrol would be abol- j ished. ; Upper Silesia Still Puzzle BEFORE a ncw accord could be reached, the 15-year-old Geneva Gen-eva convention designed to reconcile recon-cile the interests of both Poland and Germany in Upper Silesia, expired. ex-pired. Upper Silesia was once part of both Germany and Austria, but after the World war It was split between be-tween Germany and Poland. The people of the two sections have since that time mingled freely with one another, carrying on a live commerce com-merce unhindered over the boundary boun-dary lines set by the League of Nations. The diplomatic difficulties occurred when no solution was forthcoming for the problem of what to do with the Poles who wanted to remain ill the German section and the Germans Ger-mans who wanted to remain in the Tolish section. 6,625 Miles in Ono Hopl WITH the world still thrilling to the recent flight of three Russian aviators from Moscow to the United States via the North Pole, three more Russians did it again, completing the longest non-stop flight in history. After flying fl.G2!" miles from the Russian capital, Pilot Michael Gro-mov, Gro-mov, Co-Tilot Andrei Yumoshcv nnd Navigator Sergei Dnnilin, made a forced landing in a cow pasture near San Jacinto, Cal. A leaking gasoline lino had exhausted their fuel supply sup-ply as they battled heavy fogs which hung over the west coast region. Their flying time was estimated at C2 hours nnd 17 minutes, Obituary in Bluo GLOKC.E GEKhllWIN, composer who lifted Jazz music up to tho level of tho classics, died suddenly sud-denly in Hollywood after an operation opera-tion for brain tumor. Ho was thirty-eight. His "Rhapsody In Hluo" was famous nmong the world's music mu-sic lovers, his opera. "Porgy and I'.ess" one of tho most Individually American of all musical works. His "Suwannee" sold more than 2.000.-000 2.000.-000 copies, his musical comedy score, "(if Thee I Sing," was n Pulitzer prize winner, nnd somo of his compositions, such as "Striko Up the Hand." "Soon." nnd "Somebody "Some-body I ,nvcs Me" were sung nnd danced to by millions. Many prominent prom-inent critics called him the most original force in American music. |