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Show AMERICAN FORK HTOEN News Review Events the World Over Cuban Congress Ousts President Gomez Another Archbishop Attacks Etlward, Duke of Windsor Treasury Plan to Curb Credit Inflation. By EDWARD W. PICKARD Western Nipaiier Union. VflGUKL MARIANO GOMEZ, president of Cuba, was on his way out because he defied Col. Fui-gencio Fui-gencio Batista, the real ruler of the republic, by vetoing the sugar tax bill to raise funds for the building of schools that would be conducted con-ducted by army officers. of-ficers. Despite' plenty plen-ty of warnings, Gomez Go-mez persisted in his opposition to the measure which, he said, would lead to fascism. So the Miguel Gomes nouse of representatives, representa-tives, dominated by Batista, im-; im-; peached him and he went to trial .before the senate with the certainty certain-ty that the decision would be against him. He was accused of attempting to coerce the congress unconstitutionally to defeat the tax bill, and of mal-administration. It was the first bill of impeachment ever voted In the history of the Cuban republic. I Gomez defended himself vigorously vigor-ously but was resigned to his fate. The prosecution was conducted by three members of the house Carles Car-les Palma, veteran Republican leader; lead-er; Eduardo Martinez Fraga, Na- -tionalist, $nd Felipe - Jay,; Democrat Demo-crat Vice President Federlco Laredo Bru was ready to succeed Gomez automatically. ,He 4s lawyer hrty" one years- oW -and was a colonel In the Cuban war of Independence. A RCHflrSffOPS'of the Church of England just can't let the duke of Windsor and his love affair alone. The Most Rev. Drl William Temple, archbishop of York and second only to the archbishop of Canterbury, took his turn in lambasting the abdicated ab-dicated king, in a Christmas diocesan dioces-an letter that displayed little of the Christian tpirit. Said the archbish-p: archbish-p: "It has happened to many a man before now to find himself beginning to fall in love with another man's wife. That is a moment of critical decision and the right decision is that they should cease to meet before be-fore the passion Is so developed as to. create an agonizing conflict between be-tween love and duty. "This decision often has been taken tak-en by men of honor. And when the power- of personal attraction is reinforced re-inforced by the glamor of the throne the moral obligation is the more urgent for that reason. "Let us remember that any Ttind of love which can be in conflict with duty is not the love of which the gospel speaks." The British press and a great many of the English people are disgusted dis-gusted with these repeated attacks m Edward by the prelates and there is a growing danger of a split in the Church of England. Dispatches from Edward's haven In EnzesfekL Austria, say that he Is planning to make Mrs. Simpson the duchess of Windsor in May next, immediately after her divorce becomes be-comes absolute. Meanwhile he probably prob-ably will remain at the castle of Baron Eugene de Rothschild without with-out seeing Mrs. Simpson. There were reports that the duke might take legal action against the archbishop of York, presumably for lander. ; SIMEON D. FESS, former senator sena-tor from Ohio and for years a leader in the "Old Guafd" of the Republican party, died suddenly in the Carlton hotel, Washington. He had been in retirement from national na-tional politics since 1932 when he was defeated for re-election to the senate. I ACCORDING to a decision of the United States court of appeals in New Orleans, the national labor relations board has authority to compel employers to bargain collectively collec-tively with their employees. The tribunal upheld the board's cease and desist orders against Agwil-ines, Agwil-ines, Inc., which operates the Clyde Mallory Steamship lines, in connection con-nection with the dismissal of seven employees for alleged union action. THE Supreme Court having upheld, up-held, in the Chaco arms embargo em-bargo case, the neutrality powers of the President, Mr. Roosevelt let it be known that he would ask congress con-gress to revise the present neutrality neutral-ity law to give him broader discretion dis-cretion in his relations with foreign governments. In other words, the "teeth" which he and the State de-- de-- -partment have always thought the ident would ask was not told to the press, but there were indicat.ons that he wants authority to: L Declare an arms embargo "upon "up-on the outbreak or during progress of' war, and forbid the passage Of American citizens or transport of American goods on belligerent hips, except at the traveler's or chipper' own risk. . rutcrmln the actual volume to of Current which commodity shipments would be limited and enumerate the items becoming contraband bcyostd those limits. Government officials looked upon the Supreme Court's decision as the most sweeping approval of a New Deal law the tribunal has yet given. They read in it an inferential inferen-tial approval of the reciprocal trade treaty program, still untested, and a broader inference that the President Presi-dent should be given more latitude in negotiations of all kinds with foreign for-eign governments. r ELEGATES to the inter-Amer-lean peace conference in Buenos Bue-nos Aires signed the 69 accords approved ap-proved during the sessions and the conference came to an end. Farewell Fare-well congratulatory speeches were made by Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Argentine Foreign Minister Carlos Saavedra Lamas and the head of the Peruvian delegation, Carlos Concha. They all urged that the peace efforts be continued in the next Pan-American conference, which will be held in Lima, Peru, in 1938. SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TREAS-URY MORGENTHAU and Chairman Marriner Eccles of the federal reserve board announced a new yiugiaui LJl piiiiii il curbing credit in- likely to involve $L I y-S' 1 AM ASIA AAA - .""S? V' - T uw.wu.uvu ox oor-rowings. oor-rowings. , In 1937.. AfecuV -a fcillia dollars dol-lars worth of gold is flowing into the country annually, and if this continues next year, it was said by officials, the treasury will take LJ M. S. Eccles that amount out of the money market, mar-ket, to offset the effect, of. the gold Influx on domestic credit The plan, which probably was devised de-vised by Mr. Eccles, is intended to hold the excess reserves, which are the reserves that member banks deposit de-posit with the federal reserve system sys-tem in excess of legal requirements, on the same plateau where they 'are now. Previously gold flowing into the country was chalked up as excess ex-cess reserves upon which an inflationary infla-tionary credit boom could be built "pHREE new indictments against major oil companies, oil trade publications and individuals were returned re-turned by a federal grand jury in Madison, Wis., in order to avoid delay de-lay in the trial of the anti-trust cases. With few changes the new true bills are similar to those returned previously previ-ously by the 1935 grand Jury and contested con-tested as invalid on grounds that the grand jury was illegally Impaneled. It is understood that the government govern-ment plans to bring the cases to trial in March. T NDER the general leadership of John L. Lewis the war fdr unionizing the steel industry and destroying the company unions , is j now under way. Some 250 company m". I union represehta- ,ives tTom e Fitts- 1 burph. the Cleve- iCJS' land - Youngstown " I and the eastern dis- '' tricts met In Pitts- Vrr" J burgh and were told N. - w- bv PhiliD Murray. V"$' i thief aide of 'Lewis i"! 7 . A and chairman; of the . . committee for in-Joun in-Joun L. Lewis dustrjal ml that a strike in the (S.OOO.OOO.OOQf industry indus-try might result "if the industry continues to employ its dog-in-the-manger attitude," in dealing with trade unions. Thereupon the delegates adopted resolutions unanimously condemning condemn-ing the comoany union plan as a "farce," and establishing a new organization or-ganization called the "CIO representatives repre-sentatives council," with this "declaration "dec-laration of principles:" 1. All steel workers be organized into a national Industrial union. 2. Employee representatives use their influence to enroll the steel workers into the steel workers organizing or-ganizing committee's campaign. 3. All steel workers be thoroughly thorough-ly informed by employee representatives represen-tatives who know from experience that the company union is a device of the management and totally unable un-able to win any major concessions for the steel workers. 4. CIO employee representatives remain Inside the company union for reasons obvious to alL . : The wage'demanda are;-' ' ( A $1.24 a day increase for all employees em-ployees receiving over $5 a day. A 30 hour, five day week. Paid vacations of one week for employee f two years' service and two weeks for employees of,fie or more years' service. Time and one-half pay for over time within the regular working week. Double time for Sundays and holiday. HOPE for the recovery of Pope Pim dwindled Hnv h rt.iv H suffered a fainting spell and was reported to be exceedingly weak. His illness was complicated by high fever and there was danger of influenza. in-fluenza. Senator Nicola Panda of Rome, widely known as a specialist an the ills of old age. was summoned sum-moned by Dr. Amanti Milani and both agreed that the pontiff must have complete rest. His visitors were limited to the ten cardinals who are prefects of executive bodies of the church and they were permitted per-mitted to enter the sick room only one each day to obtain the pope's authorization for their most important impor-tant decisions. The customary Christmas eve audience for cardinals cardi-nals and diplomats was canceled, and the pope also had to abandon his plan to celebrate mass on the 57th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK KAI-SHEK not being released by Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang within the specified time, the Nanking troops moved against the Sianfu rebels. Two of the mutinous battalions were captured and disarmed at Huh-sien. Huh-sien. It appeared that Marshal Chang really was reduced to negotiating for his own life and safety, and there -were reports that he was willing to surrender sur-render the dictator Chang Hsueh-liang and quit the country, as has many a rebellious Chinese war lord before be-fore him. T. V. Soong, who is Chiang's Chi-ang's brother-in-law, went to Sianfu Sian-fu to attempt to arrange for Chiang's Chi-ang's release. American and British Brit-ish governments were concerned over the safety of their nationals in Sianfu if that city should be besieged be-sieged by .the .National army. There would certainly be a distressing shortage of food and fuel, and to this, would .be added the danger of. 'probable bombardment by artillery and airplanes. Discipline among the mutinous troops is known to be very pqcqr and, ahejjdy .Jthtre 'he' been many instances of murder and looting. Japanese military authorities charge that Marshal Chang's revolt was part of a deliberate plan to line up western powers, including soviet Russia, against Japan. The Chinese ambassador to Tokio was told by Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita that the Chinese igovernment would not be permittee to enter into in-to any accord that would make it appear that it favored war against Japan. Arita made it plain that Japan would abandon its waiting policy if Nanking compromised with Marshal Chang. T) ARON NUFFIELD, one of Eng-land's Eng-land's wealthiest industrialists and a generous contributor to philanthropic phil-anthropic causes, has just donated $10,000,000 - "to stimulate employment employ-ment in Great Britain's poverty stricken depressed areas." Four trustees are given full discretion in use of the sum. Baron Nuffield, who is Sir William Morris, is head of a vast manufacturing organiza tion including automobile plants, ex- ; port companies, a publishing house j and affiliated subsidiaries. i EARTHQUAKE shocks accompanied accompa-nied by volcanic eruptions devastated dev-astated large areas in central Salvador, Sal-vador, killing more than a thousand thou-sand persons and injuring about four hundred. San Vicente, a city of 26,-000, 26,-000, was the center of the temblors, and it was reported to be practically destroyed. Several thousand persons there were participating in a religious reli-gious procession when the first quake came, and many of them were crushed under falling walls. Other towns in the stricken region were wrecked. Roads from the capital were broken up and communications com-munications were destroyed, so that accurate information was slow in coming out All of the towns affected by the quake are in the vicinity of the San Vicente volcano. The area, important im-portant in manufacturing and agriculture, ag-riculture, is in the rich tobacco and indigo-growing region. ; PETER NORBECK, United States senator from South Dakota since 1920, died at his home in Redfield, S. D., at the age of sixty-six after a long illness from heart disease and cancer of the tongue and jaw. Norbeck. a Republican with radical radi-cal tendencies, entered politics in 1808 as a member of the state senate. sen-ate. Later he was lieutenant governor gov-ernor and governor of his state and then was elected to the United States senate. In that body he was an insistent advocate of agricultural ag-ricultural relief measures. Norbcck's death reduced to 18 the number of Republicans in the senate, sen-ate, but if the selection of his successor suc-cessor is left to the Republican governor-elect, there would be again 17. SENTIMENT in favor of legisla- tion to lessen the powers of tha ! Supreme court is growing weaker in ' Washington brrawre the ""President ' seems to be opposed to it. at least for the present. But Senator Hugo i Black of Alabama has announced that he will introduce a bill ,de- , signed to strip the 'ower courts of their injunctive powers. This rneas: ure would prohibit lower courts from enjoining the operation flaws of congress and require- them to forward all records.linjd complete transcripts to the Supreme court within 30 days after an appeal u Arthur Brisbane, Editor, Dies at 72 Work Known to Millions; Column Popular in This Newspaper. New York, N. Y. With the death of Arthur Brisbane Christmas morning, the world lost its most widely-known widely-known and most widely read newspaper writer and editor. The veteran commentator, whose column "This Week" appeared regularly in this newspaper, died of heart disease dis-ease while he slept. He was seventy-two. True to the Brisbane tradition, he kept up the terrific pace of his work to the last. When he was stricken late in the afternoon of Christmas eve he had almost finished his column, col-umn, "Today," which appeared in many large daily newspapers, principally prin-cipally those of William Randolph Hearst's string. He was forced to call upon his son. Seward, 22. to complete it. It was the first time in his life Arthur Brisbane had not finished what he had set out to write. Millions of Readers. It was only a few hours afterward Mr. Brisbane fell asleep in his Fifth avenue apartment. At his bedside were his physicians. Dr. Leopold Stieglitz and Dr. Frederick Zeman, and a nurse. In the apartment his entire family had gathered his ARTHUR BRISBANE wife, Mrs. Phoebe Brisbane, whom he had married in 1912; his son, Seward, and his four daughters, Mrs. J. R. K. McCrary, 23; Emily, 18; Alice, 14, and Elinor 12. The great editor never awakened. Probably no one knows how many ! millions, of persons read Mr. Bris- i bane's verse, analytical comments j upon the news of the day. It is estimated esti-mated that 25 millions read his daily column. Additional millions followed with satisfaction the weekly column syndicated by Western Newspaper Union to this and many other leading lead-ing weekly newspapers. Mr. Brisbane was wealthy. It is reported that his yearly salary at the time of his death was $260,000. In addition, there was the return on his extensive real estate holdings. Arthur Brisbane was born in Buffalo, Buf-falo, N. Y., in 1864. He attended the public schools and then, forsaking a college education, he became a reporter re-porter on the old New York Sun at 19. Yet his rise to the position he held in the world of journalism at the last was not the Horatio Alger type of success story, with glory crowning the hero after countless tear-jerking tribulations. He was good and he was successful from the start. It was not long before he was the Sun's London correspondent. After five years, there was a shake-up on the paper and the management cabled him to return. He said he would if they made him managing editor. Managing editor! He wgs just 23. They made him managing editor. And so well did he execute his job. Joseph Pulitzer took him over to the New York World, which, under the Brisbane directorship, soon became the most influential organ of public opinion in America. "Greatest Journalist of Day." When William Randolph Hearst came from California and bought the.New York Journal he hired Mr. Brisbane at a reduction in salary of almost 50 per cent But there was an agreement that as the circulation increased, so would his compensation. compensa-tion. His earnings on the World were multiplied in almost no time. The association with Hearst became be-came a life-long friendship, and Mr. Brisbane soon became regarded as next to Mr. Hearst in Importance in the chain of newspapers. When he died, Mr. Hearst said: "I know that Arthur Brisbane was the greatest journalist of his day." It was Arthur Brisbane who was credited with bringing the trend of newsfia per,, jjy le. . "dp wn4o. ea rth.',! He believed that newspapers should be written for the ordinary man, not the intelligentsia. He wrote that way and his columns appealed to college col-lege professors as well as to merchants mer-chants and farmers. He dictated his 1,000 to 1,200 crisp, unwnsti-d words daily in half an hour to an hour. There was a dictaphone beside him wherever he went. He would even wake up In Pullman berths and begin dictation at two or three in tnc morning. f i v: . :- - . A tM 1T r f EVERY day Is a fresh beginning, Listen, my soul, to the glad refrain, x And spite of old sorrow, and older sinning, I And troubles forecasted, and possible pain J v Take heart with the day, and begin again7 M XtjWf SUSAN OTJDGEL VI I I i i "SJ II II New Year-x Decisional ' r . Katherine Edelman PERHAPS it was something about the closing of the year that brought Paul and Ethel to the final decision. Anyaway, it was New Year's eve when they talked the matter over in a business-like way, and definitely decided upon the break. Months of growing irritation irrita-tion seemed to leave no other alternative alter-native than the court, they egreed. Both seemed relieved when the decision de-cision was made, and both agreed the quicker everything was over and settled, the better. They would begin packing up right away: .the smaller things could be put away torilght: ' Outside snow was falling in thick, white flakes. Every now and then sudden gusts of wind rattled the doors and windows. But neither of them seemed to notice. Perhaps the tumult in their own hearts dulled them to the fact that a storm of a different kind was venting its anger outdoors. "What about this old clock Uncle Henry gave us?" Ethel asked, as she took it down from the manteL Paul laughed a little harshly. "You keep it," he said; "time isn't going to mean a thing to me from now on." "But It came from your Uncle," Ethel protested; "he would want you to have it." "I tell you I don't give a darn about the clock or or about anything any-thing else for that matter." Paul threw a pile of books that he had just picked up across the length of the room. "Let's get some one else to do this this sort of thing makes the whole business seem aw-fuL" aw-fuL" "Why, Paul, we Just decided thit we would be business-like that we would make no fuss, or " "Well, I thought I felt that wjky. but I was wrong. I just can't fool with this stuff tonight . EtBel. this may sound crazy, but is there any reason, now that we've decildcd to part for good, why we can't go out and celebrate the New Year together. to-gether. We we don't have tc rtally like each other to do that wej can go down and watch the crowds. Anything to get away from! this gloom!" "Do you really mean that?" There was a queer tittle catch in Ethel's voice as she spoke, and her blue eyes seemed a bit misty. "Of course I'll go I'll be glad to there's too many ghosts around here tonight; it does make packing a bit difficult ... But, can you get a cab this late?" "I'll get one." Paul's voice was firm. Relief and eagerness shone from bis dark eyes. "You hurry and doll up. I'll see to the cab." In half an hour they started away. Both were flushed, excited. It seemed a bit daring, adventurous, adventur-ous, to go out celebrating the New Year together, ,whcn they had decided de-cided only an hour ago that life under the same roof was unbearable unbear-able any longer. In spite of the crowds in the hotels ho-tels and cafes, they found a little table." with a delightful view of everything ev-erything that was going on. Paul ordered e bit recklessly. Sincejhis was to be their last evening together, togeth-er, he was going to do the job right. But when the food came, they both ate rather silently. The small talk that had come so easy on the way down seemed to suddenly fail them , . . Every once In a while Paul glnnced across the table at his wife. What a pity, he thought, they couldn't make a go of things) In rls eyes Ethel was easily the best i i i i i iiam i irm sr i i i i ll Ml II 1 k. ..r jr .W : -. - THE NEW YEAR By GEORGE COOPER In Indianapolis News A SONG forth. Old, wliile its knell is tolled, . And Jt parting moments. J jri,-, IJitM. mi. and. a .cheer.. .' ..... For the. glad New Year, .-.. -. -While we watch the Old Year die! Oh, its grief and pain &4&:it.tm g.in..-t ".:.;,'.; T.'Z"-And T.'Z"-And it care lie buried deep But what joy nntold Doth the New Year hold. And what hopes within it ileep! A song for the OIJ, While its knell it tolled, And the friends it gave to true! But, with hearts of glee Let us merrily Welcome the bright, bright New! " Tor the height we gained," ' For the good attained. We will not the Old despite But a joy more tweet. Making life complete. In the golden New Year lies, ,, , A song lor the Old. ........ While its knell it tolled! With a grinder, broader seal. And a forward view. Let ui greet the New, Heart and purpose ever leal! Let tlie ills we met. And the ttd regret, Wirh the Old be buried deep; For whit joy untold Doth the New Year hold. And whit hopet within it tleep! looking woman in the room distinguished, dis-tinguished, different . . . Once his glance caught hers and held it for a moment. They both flushed and turned hurriedly to their plates. Some one asked the orchestra to play "Love's Old Sweet Song." As silence followed the opening of the familiar melody both of them were swept by emotion . . . Their love had been the most wonderful thing in the world! How had it died so soon? What had happened? That was the question taunting both of them as the song went on. Looking back they saw a hundred little things, magnified until they assumed as-sumed tragic proportions small hurts left unhealed, sharp words. One Glance Caaght Hera and Held It for a Moment. Hence and misunderstanding. There had been nothing -terribly serious; se-rious; neither could find any big, bitter thing accountable for the wreckage. Again, Paul looked at EtheL This time she made no effort to look away. Tears shone in her eyes. Suddenly his hand stole across tha table and found hers. "I love you, EtheL" he breathed; "can't we begin be-gin again? can't we prove to ourselves our-selves and to the world that "Love's Old Sweet Song" is really the sweetest song of all?" For a moment they did not realize that the orchestra bad changed to a livelier air. Then as they sensed its swinging rhythm Paul reached out his arms. In a moment they were gliding with the happy throng of dancers, a newer and deeper love throbbing in their hearts. O Wutera Ncwtpapcr Unloa. Resolution That Falls It is sad but true that never yet has a New Year's resolution paid the Christmas bills. 1111 what thit! The SocUl CWA MONIW, (J . -e who warm aristocratic hands atfi aal register, take co from the latest issue" priceless vnlnm t. ih ... "SI " u weu-born ladv a nieht rlnK ' """i u'nDreua, she put. 6 But if she IS married I Ulne ppntl,.-,- .. . u W Is. or a gifted "I orchestra leader such as Eddie Duch-tn. Duch-tn. out she goes. The c h a r m 1 n j granddaughter of a poor Irish Immigrant Immi-grant qualifies as an entry, which Is as it should be. In any language. But when (ha la Ira. t . band the son of a Iff. Poor Jewish lmmi- . , grant, whose blem- Inrtal J-U 1. .t . . . u is mai ne's a DMfM.i..! writer-and one of thegreatd w.nca on me sacred icri ""k an old family I family that advertises that IfJ uiu wnai is society except i People who keep proclaiming "icy are society until the rd us oeneve them? Protecting Human f.im. FOR the preservation of the nnlna urilJ 1 .. iiieni sianas- pat By Its ruling' ducks may no longer b lnri 4 ountrng-'grmmtls 'which Mve nanea for them, and then, bai rui one snuaaers what would pen to Wall street if practical! , ame system . ne -i-wgnjp 4 iicmiB ui uie numan game was abolished on the stock exchand Still, why not leave well enl alone? If there was no gambling available for cleaninj poor things, they'd bet their rJ on horse racing or the old ish prisoner game or somethir.i Liberty League Marrbra T,HE' rotogravur'e 'sections it ttthan that they ve just opened i crate of du Ponts, too late to ify for membership in the iia League, because . t b League, alas, is dead of overt ishment, but In ample time to tne background at the appra ing marriage of the President' son. Franklin Delano, Jr., ti charming daughter of the family of Delaware. That's one wedding where ushers will do well to see tha' families are seated in sep: pews during the ceremony, bee somebody might tactlessly ba minded of little things that carnl during the heat of the late paign. Otherwise, in the customarw gaha of shad-bellied coats striped trousers, it will be difl to distinguish a champion of rights of the great common pel from an entrenched wretch or ruggedly individualistic group. bats and neat spats make all equal and make some of homelier-looking. Playing the Ponies. T ACINO starts soon out in I wood, and the stars snd ines may have to make their tiirp between events at sanu . Ko.niice thpv'll have absolJ no time for fiddling around stu: To risk my modest wagers I'm lookihg for a horse named sinia fj-n'rnpr or else Trailing tus. Then when I lose, as 1 H in I run't sav my choice wa nnrnnrlntolv named. If I hid a bet on Paul Bete Paul never would have Dt rL,. rirfp of his. Somewif betweei Concord and LexinfM constable would have pmcu lor blocking the highway. .nnr where the ioa-f plugs I get tips on really hail fr It can't be a racing stable. ... r-m ..ire that's righ' '"' :.... r.fnffceS frt tney re exna us -bide-a-wee-home. , U.u. v ..J-J CELEBRATING the duuu anniversary of the AmwH patent system, the assem w .homi declare tne Doon. our n,l Mtorr;.:rareth.H invenuve hkim-- ing r . ulast rinthes madenn w curio wo, ...r-- ..-.art' 1. 1. I hone. iu lor ound.Wa;iu relief fo' q thought oi tajuntlT Who also win .... 1A .hikv7 drlnKing " -- . jows Rats frown y . A aves. ' c" J powenui sow." . . , t, wait for ie,haSr,7the we may afford, family rat rsr m ji-i bli - t row To Rebiuiu ...- don, wmcn - r imp, dates from the year rebuilt. t in 7 |