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Show J- AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN News Review Events the World I Over Serious Labor Troubles in the Administration Municipal Bankruptcy Act la Held Invalid. By EDWARD W. PICKARD WMm Nwwpr Viloa. t? ACTORIES and farms In 13 - states, in an part or tne union, were affected by labor troubles which Intermediaries were trying in vain to settle. Leaders of organized labor claimed that from 80,000 to 43,000 strikers already were out, but employers challenged the anion claims that the strikes were effective, ef-fective, :'''' ' Workers In six plants Of Remlng ton Rand, Inc, were oat on strike ifter anion leaders ordered i walk-out walk-out at Syracuse, N. Y. They said 6,000 workers In ' the company's New York, Ohio and Connecticut plants were Involved. Company officials offi-cials asserted there were 4200 affected. af-fected. Six thousand barbers In lower Manhattan, New York, were ordered or-dered to Join 8,000 others la a strike which tad spread over .1 wide area, of Manhattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn, striking seamen la New York were said to number 7,000 and there was a good deal of trouble over their efforts to picket the piers and the house of Mayor La Guardla. - Two hundred office workers and company police In Portsmouth, Ohio, were besieged in the strike-closed strike-closed plant of the Wheeling Steel corporation; and in Akron, Ohio, employees of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company were arrested arrest-ed for rlolatlDg uaaejiti-ftet tawf In other states the onion leaders thai estimated ""Uie number on strike: . . Arkansas Three thousand ten-; ant farmers, California One thousand celery Held workers. Oregon and ' Washington Seven thousand loggers. Wisconsin Twenty-lire hundred workers In various Industries.' Minnesota About 600 millwrights, fur and cereal workers, Indiana About 173 la various Indus In-dus tries, . .Iowa One hundred employees of the Burch Biscuit company la Des Moines. ' South " Dakota Three hundred batchers, at Morrell packing plant. Sionx Falls. Nebraska One hundred highway workers. '" - - Texas Sixty-two -power plant errtrErPaso. Vermont Two hundred marble workers near Rutland. ' RAYMOND MOLEI, who use4 to be considered the chief of ,th.e "taraln trust,", fears that his friend 'President Roosevelt may ba de- L ftroyed ... politically by the radicals within the Democratic Demo-cratic party who at the same time would 'das troy moderation and I the very system wnicn na attempt-ed attempt-ed to Improve." In a speech before the f A J National Economy , league la New T?enfcIorK, Doctor Moley r .:rJ"0,,y: aaldbo saw con-fronting con-fronting the Roosevelt administration administra-tion these dangers: 1. That federal relief agencies win be -turned Into political machines ma-chines to perpetuate the rule of state and local politicians. ' 1 The tendency, "all too prevalent preva-lent In this congress, to engage In muckraking)-' marauding expeditions which destroy the liberty of all of the people while they seek to restrain re-strain the abuses of a few. These orgies of public castlgatlon . . . may be means of furthering Individual political, ambitions, they may be build-ups for. those with Presidential Presi-dential hankerings, bat- so- far as the public Interest Is concerned they are simply sound and fury." 8. The tendency "of those in charge of the New Deal to overemphasize over-emphasize adherence to the belief In the philosophy of the movement and to minimize the Importance of complete technical administration." administra-tion." . Doctor Moley defended capital-Ism capital-Ism ; declared that already there has been a wide distribution of wealth In this country, and warned the average man that he eventually must pay the mounting bills for relief that he Is the "missionary being fattened for a cannibalistic feast." FIVE Justices of the United States . Supreme court held Invalid the municipal, bankruptcy act of 1034, declaring U to be an unwarranted Invasion of state sovereignty. Four Justices dissented, these being Chief Justice Hughes and Justices Stone, Brandels and Cardoxo, The majority major-ity opinion was written by Justice James a McReyoolds. The case was brought by bondholders of a wster Improvement district In Texas. - , The municipal bankruptcy act was designed to permit cities and other political subdivisions which found of Current Many StatesMoley "Warns themselves In financial straits to ef fect a composition, with the approv al of two-thirds of the bondholders or other creditors, whereby the Indebtedness In-debtedness could be readjusted, scaled down, or, as Mr. Justice Mo-Reynolds Mo-Reynolds put It, "repudiated." THE United States treasury will undertake the biggest peace time borrowing operation In the nation's history. Secretary of the Treasury Morgeuthan disclosed in aa official announcement ' revealing that $2,-050,734,416 $2,-050,734,416 of government securities wlll.be offered the middle of June. This financing calls for an even billion bil-lion dollars of new money, in addition addi-tion to the $1,050,734,418 required to meet maturing obligations. M 17 RANK O, LOWDEN of Illinois r wm be the choice of the Republican Re-publican ' convention for President If he wm accept the. nomination." ' That was the confident con-fident prediction of a political observer who is usually well Informed and close to sources of. national na-tional -party news. He declared there was a steadily growing dam and -v ... . y i , ;i : from many parts of the - union tor tne nomination of the FrlfcraoVmWtraor of lLw;0 .:. uuiioiir who always has been popular with farmers and whose qualities of statesmanship are recognised generally through out the country. Mr. Lowden la vigorous vig-orous and hale, and he la always actively Interested la the welfare of his state and nation, especially In the problems of the agricultur ist ' , ...... CONGRESSMAN TTNKHAM of vi Massachusetts Is one of those Republicans who think the chances of their party for victory In November No-vember would be enhanced if a coalition of disaffected Democrats were formed and the ticket shared with them. ,: . "The country is facing as great a crisis as it faced In the Civil war," he said. ,Thla Involves the very character of the government of the United , States. 4 The question, ls. 'Are the government and the ' Institutions In-stitutions of the 'United States to remain American or become European Euro-pean or Asiatic? i? ' f This crisis Is so great that it should eliminate all party " lines, and the Republicans should nominate nom-inate as Vice President a Democrat. Demo-crat. I suggest that they nominate Alfred B. Smith." SENATOR ROBINSON'S resolu-- resolu-- tlon - authorizing the continuance continu-ance of the Florida ship canal and the Paesamaquoddy tide harnessing projects was favorably reported by the , senate commerce -committee after Mr, Robinson had told the members the administration wanted want-ed the schemes kept all va as work relief measures ; . Senator Vandenberg of Michigan warned the majority,, leaders they bad better not bring the resolution up In the ! senate If they really wanted adjournment by Jane 0, for he had 21 amendments to offer, and each, one would lead to prolonged debate,' 'C " A . Robinson's resolution " authorizes the President to appoint two boards of three engineers each to examine and make reports upon surveys that have already been made of the two projects. They would have to report to the President by June 20 of this year. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT starts on his trip to Arkansas, Texas and Indiana on Jnna 8, and he tolT the correspondents It would not D-a political tour. His speeches, he said, would be historical, dealing with early days In the three states. He has no slightest Intention of stealing steal-ing the show from the Republican national convention. - Mr. Roosevelt planned this trip some time ago so that he might take a amine along the Maine coast In June with his sons. ARABS of Palestine, rebelling against British protection of Jewish Immigration, are causing Britain a lot of trouble. English soldiers fought real battles. with the Arabs In several localities, and Jews throughout the Holy Land were arming themselves In self-defense. Casualties In the - fighting were few, but the situation was so serious tbst Sir Arthur Wauchope, British high commissioner, asked the government for more troops. A mandatory curfew was put In force throughout Palestine, British women .and children were evacuated evacuat-ed from Nablus, In 8smsrla, where British troops engaged a strong force of Arabs la a furious battle. The Arabs cot telephone lines between Nablus and Jerusalem. EDWARD VHI Is going to be crowned . king of England at Westminster Abbey on May 27, 1037, the privy council having selected that date and the monarch having approved it So the duke of Norfolk, Nor-folk, earl marshal of England, pat on his scarlet uniform and, accompanied accom-panied by three kings of arms, heralds, her-alds, pursuivants and trumpeters In gorgeous attire, went to St James palace, Trafalgar square. Temple Bar and the Royal exchange and proclaimed the coronation date. A court of claims was appointed to determine who shall perform the services at the crowning, and it will be busy with this Job for several sev-eral months. T EON BLUM, elderly and rather J- fragile leader of the French So cialists, will soon be premier of his country, and be la going to bava a bard time living up to the expectations of all the leftists, who are making a national hero of him. The other day hundreds of thou sands of French lds and pinks marched behind k ' : t J cheering on the aide- ., I Bllllli! I 1UUU Leon Blum of the leader were carried In the ranks or sold by hawkers la the crowds. This was on the occasion of the traditional memorial me-morial ceremony In Pere Lachalse cemetery for the Marxist martyr! of the Paris Commune In 1S7L M. Blum Is said to be watching closely bis publicity in the United States since his speech In which be Intimated a desire to agree with Washington . on the elimination of war debt discussions. He Is hoping to be able to obtain loans from New York hankers. The Johnson law la naturally an Insurmountable obstacle to France's obtaining any kind of credit In America, but as the Paris Midi pointed out Blum wen ut f his: way to declarf that Franca has not forgotten .the war debt and folly expects to bring It tip for discussion soma time la the future. ITALIANS celebrated the anniversary anniver-sary of their country's entrance into the World war with Imposing ceremonies that Included the promotion promo-tion of more than half a million boys and girls In the organizations of young Fascists. Premier Mussolini Musso-lini presided over the "graduation," and after reviewing a great military parade, the Duce told the shouting crowds: : The spectacle of the force of youth exhibited this morning on the anniversary Of our intervention in the World war, the first phase of the Fascist revolution, has been magnificent and a warning at the same time. We sre preparing the young armies of tomorrow for de fense f the empire, Since they are animated by the Fascist spirit they will be Invincible. This Is the law of (he revolution. This Is the supreme su-preme will of the whole Italian people." peo-ple." While his conqueror' was thus engaged, en-gaged, Halle Selassie, deposed emperor em-peror of Ethiopia, was embarking at Haifa, Palestine, for England, a the British destroyer Capetown. Two sons and a daughter accompanied accom-panied him, but former. Empress Menenremalned at Jerusalem. The exiled monarch, after a visit In England, Eng-land, Intends to go to Paris, hoping to stiffen French resistance to Italy la the League of Nations, He may succeed In this, tor the Incoming Socialists regime la France wOl endeavor en-deavor to restore the league's pres-Uga. pres-Uga. ' - . , ." THE office of transportation coordinator, co-ordinator, held by Joseph B. Eastman, la due to expire on Jane 16, bat Senator Wheeler of Mon tana had ready for Introduction a resolution res-olution extending It for two years, and President Roosevelt Roose-velt waa on record as approving soma of Ita activities. It was reported In Washington that railway management manage-ment and labor, both of which bava opposed soma of J, B, Eastman Eastman's doings la the past, .might unite In an effort to block extension of the office, but Eastman said he bad beard "nothing substantial' on that line. ..- . - r 1 Eastman announced last February he .would exercise his powers to compel railroads In 11 cities to carry car-ry oat terminal unifications as economy and efficiency moves. He withheld the orders at the sugges tion of , President Roosevelt, how-1 ever, to permit rail management and labor to agree on some plan of pro tection for employees thrown oat of work In such consolidations, ON JUNE 15 the bonus baby bonds will be mailed to 43,000 post offices from Washington and from the eleven federal reserve centers. cen-ters. Final plans for delivering the bonds to the veterans were announced an-nounced by Postmaster -General Farley, who predicted that payment on a great majority of them would do made witnin one wees. Mall farriers have been given in structions to "go out of their way wherever, necessary with a view to effecting delivery," Farley said. The bond packets must be delivered to the . vetersn la person, and not to another persoa or firm it tbs veteran's vet-eran's address. -111 II 1 1. ' I 2kiabout: HOLLYWOOD, CALIF They say this will be the liveliest fight for years and years, with glee clubs gargling and the' boys out with brass bands and brass-knucks ; and batteries of college professors firing on opposition professors. ; But they'll never reclaim the glorious glo-rious ancient spirit We're too tame. 9-,::r.-f It 9 d.v N 0 y" ,7 there was a" cam-f cam-f palgn for you. 1 When Bryan was a I discovery Instead of a chronic recurrence. recur-rence. '" Two life - long friends would meet "What d'ye think of this here free sliver thing r one would ask.' 1 think Irvin S. Cobb it's the greatest no- tlon In history," the second fellow would say. "What do you thlnkr "I think you're a dirty soch-and-such 1" The first man would yell, and then everybody would v start bouncing those old-faHhloned old-faHhloned cusyidors off of everybody else's dome. J. Edgar Boulder, "WIXQ to recent developments over which It had no control, I believe the Interior department temporarily 1ms shelved the Idea of changing J. Edgar Hoover's name to J. Edgar Boulder, ss was previously, pre-viously, predicted la these dispatches. dis-patches. (But now certain critics at Washington Insist on accusing that gentleman of over-advertising la connection with hls latest activities. activ-ities. Well, he has the advantage promises a show he certainly puts It' on upon the day and date an nounced, with the. band playing The. Alcatraz Drag" and every cage full Funny Foreign Names. WpRT from Warsaw la that the Incumbent the Hon. Mar- Jan Zyndram Kosclalcowskl, having resigned the president of Poland has picked as the new. premier none other than Gen. Fellcyan Slawog8kladkowskL The latter gen tleman has already been Installed up to and Including bis first five or, six syllables, the rest of the name running as a second section. Sowhat you mistook for static on the radio night before last was Just the news broadcaster-trying to proMirifcO him as a whole." , -. . , - Ever Rising Taxes. ANYBODY-whofondly-beHeves that regardless of which out-lit out-lit wins la November, taxes won't keep right on going up and up has a thinking t apparatus that dates back quite a spell Td say It dates back to the climax cli-max of the. big rise, aa set forth in the Bible, and Is a direct inheritance in-heritance from the skeptical folks who wouldn't barken to the pro phetic warning. , -. - r . Remember the scene, don t you T The forty days rain still beatinc relentlessly down, the freshet climb ing Higher and higher, the animals marching In two by two. And with the old ark starting to move and Father Noah yelling: "All aboard." and with the waters closing aver their beads, those know-lt-alls still gurgling through their valedictory babbles, "Shjttck--ln's, there -mint goln' to be no flood." . Honoring Lee and Jackson. WHEN the Post Office department depart-ment Includes among the gallery gal-lery of the greatest Americans, to be pictured In the new Issue of memorial stamps, the faces of the Confederate chieftains, Lee and Jackson, what happens? Why, nobody waves the bloody shirt Nobody ennobles the sorry word "traitor" by applying It to the memories of those two gallant gal-lant soldiers and simple Christian gentlemen. Nobody In the name of patriotism drags the mouldering bones of sectional rancor oat of the ground. , 1 Nobody beats the "Rogue's March for Rebels" on bate's snare drum. Instead, all over the Union, men and women applaud thla c-enernna but merited gesture. A leading paper pa-per of Boston Boston, no - less once the mulching bed of abolition and the breeding ground for anti-southern anti-southern sentiment editorially commends tha Idea. IRVIN SJ COBB Ceprrlt WHV SttIc. Railcar Popular la Franc The rallcar, or fautomotrlce," aa It Is known there. Is becoming one. of the most popular means' of rap-Id rap-Id passenger transport In France. At the same time great efforts are being made to Increase the. speed of these rallcars. Every few weeks a new record Is established. Record Rec-ord was attained by M. Jean Bunt-tl, Bunt-tl, who drove a Bngsttl rallcar from Strasbourg to Paris In 3 hours 81 minutes, averaging 80.4 miles an hour. Seventy-five Bugattl rallcars are now running on tha French railway rail-way system M. Jean Buenttl considers con-siders that rallcars are useful for rapid transit ; transport London Sunday Observer. H Paris ; Getting r:c: . There la going to ba a big exposition In Paris, r France, In 1937, which Is Ukcly to attract leans.- It will, ba built on tna ground shown in thla picture, the site where the Trocadenj f, In the background la seen tha base of the Eiffel Tower. s , f , , - - . , , 1 Kidnaper Go Speedy Justice-Meted Justice-Meted Out to Tfaos. H. Robinson -Thomas H. Robinson.1 Jr seen above leaving an airplane at Louisville,'- Ky . between government agents, pleaded jrullty-to the charge f Wdnaplnt MrsTATIce Speed "Stoll 1 and waa sentenced and put lq. the 7 penitentiary at once. He was caught at Glendale, Calif. An alert drug store clerk. penetrated hla disguise as a-woman, a-woman, notified tha authorities and soon G-Men took him Into custody. Tha capture of Robinson was the climax In a series of arrests of public pub-lic enemies, Including Alvin Karpla. Birds Go on Big Spree From a Feast on Apples Yakima, WashI A flock of birds went on a drunken, spree here recently,, with applet that bad fermented fer-mented on treea In an brchard. Many of the birds could not fly after aft-er pecking at tha apples, while those that could, flew sideways or upside down for short distances. The birds apparently enjoyed being Intoxicated, Intoxicat-ed, as they kept coming back to the Apples for additional tippling. Red Cross Nurse iiilii JUMHriiul iiniiniii i in. i.i ,1,1,1,111 in iu.i.ii ..mi,, u .. f -. r f. Two thousand delegatea to tha American Red Cross convention In Chicago saw Bed Cross Nurse Mrs. Elsbeth H, Vaughn of St Louis re-' celve the Florence NIghUngale award for ber long record of nursing service. She waa presented with, the medal by Admiral Gary T, Grayson, national chairman of tha organlzatlon " 1 , Calif ornia C!oeds .Le of Carpentr - TKT ' Aa further indication of the Of men flft tuAm mt lh VTnlvaral 7 7 7 . . . , i atudenta, pictured above during class Ready for Expositi to Penitent! sJBJJp' I Highly Honored V- si : 'nvaafan a mama, htl .m.M- L - , . . . . L. w,n4 r,. 11. . ..... ... . ..atri- vt iMiuruin at uo ADgeies are taking a course in "".- will ba able to qualify for work with hammer, saw, rip Ml, .by limn rrr-y.m t i " A t - v A ' -' AMERICAN BEA: F .4,1 i.lti v rria title of America V Haskell Indian Instltuttt Kan., has been betot lene McUnghlln, maiden from Wakpala, 1 la pictured in her natlvt f .ddcreJ r Li" naMNrg' V'J |