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Show THE LEHI SUN. LEHl UTAH News Review of Current Events the World Over Curtis Decides lie Wants the Vice Presidency Again New Senator and Representative From New Jersey. By EDWARD W. PICKARD if i LJv j4 Vice President Curtis ON TUB eve of the opening of the Seventy-second congress the statesmen of the United States appeared to be more concerned with national politics ; man witn leguia tlon which may be just as well, since their legislation In recent times has not been any too successful. suc-cessful. A major political po-litical event was the announcement by Vice President Charles Curtis tnat be would not seek election as senator from Kansas, the position be former ly held, but would accept a renora-inatlon renora-inatlon for the vice presidency If It were offered him by the Republican convention of 1932. Mr. Curtis la noted for bis political politi-cal acumen, and warm supporters of the administration balled his decision de-cision as a profession of his faith In President Hoover's chances for re-election. Senator Ceorge IL Moses of New Hampshire, for Instance, In-stance, said: "The Vice President'! announcement announce-ment will serve to give tnucb encouragement en-couragement to his party and he doubtless has reached this conclusion conclu-sion after a careful study of political politi-cal conditions throughout the coun try. Ills decision is proof that there Is little reason for Republican apprehension ap-prehension In 1032 and I look for the old ticket' to come through once more with a handsome margin." Democrats and pessimistic Republicans, Re-publicans, however, held that Mr. Curtis probably had decided he would have small choice between two rather shaky prospects. Among the Ili-publicuns there were some who would have preferred to have Secretary of War Hurley or Gov- place on the ticket, partly because Mr. Curtis Is somewhat advanced In years and partly because he Is I dry. However, all concede that If he wants the nomination, he will Set It That Is on the assumption, which appears to be almost a certainty, cer-tainty, that Herbert Hoover Is again the Republican standard bearer. GOSSIP concerning the Pern cratlc Presidential situation was enlivened by the progress of Governor Ritchie of Maryland toward to-ward Chicago, where be was to spend several days conferring with party leaders and making speeches. He already had visited New York In furtherance of his ambition to obtain the nomination. It Is believed be-lieved In the East that Ritchie Is looked on with high favor by Al Smith and Chairman Raskob, and the Democratic chiefs of Chicago and Illinois are known to like him nd his policies. Until comparatively compara-tively recently the Marylander was known to the country at large chiefly chief-ly as an opponent of prohibition, but he has expanded his utterances to Include many other matters of national and International Import and has taken on the semblance, at least, of real statesmanship, FOR the new congress New Jersey Jer-sey supplies one new Republican senator and one new Democratic representative. To fill out the un expired term of the lateDwight W.Morrow, W.Mor-row, Governor Lar eon appointed w. Warren Bar bour, former mayor of Rumson, w b o In Ms youth was amateur champion heavyweight pugilist pugil-ist of the world. He Is now the wea'th-lest wea'th-lest president of the Linen Thread company. Senator Barbour Is a sup porter of the protective tariff and was formerly president of the American Amer-ican Tariff league. Also, be Is In favor of repeal or modification of the dry laws. He will serve nntll next fail, when a senator will be chosen In the genera? election. Covernor Ijirsen soon goes out of office and will be succeeded by A. Harry Moore, a Democrat But the latter says he bas no thought of calling a special election to an attempt at-tempt to wrest the senatorial seat from the Republicans. For one reason. rea-son. It would cost the atate too much money. In the Fifth New Jersey district Percy M. Stewart wet and a Dem ecrat was elected to succeed the late Alexander Ackerman, who was a dry republican; and thus the lineup In the honse became; Democrats. Demo-crats. 219 ; Republicans. 214; Fanner-! jiborite. 1; vacancy, L Mr. Stewart defeated Donald IL McLean, Mc-Lean, a wet Republican, by a narrow nar-row margin. Stewart made his campaign chiefly on bis attacks on the record of the Hoover edmlnla- mmp- t.-i '" Am : W. Warren Barbour tratlon and demanded revision of the tariff act McLean was a defender de-fender cf the national administration. administra-tion. SOME two thousand men and women from all parts of the country assembled In Washington for the conference on home building build-ing and home ownership called by the President Their purpose was to stndy and act upon the reports of committees that have been for the last year Investigating design, equipment taxation, financing nd construction for city and rural homes. Secretary Lamont opened tht conference, and Mr. Hoovered dressed It dwelling especially on his plan of establishing a system of borne loan discount banks, one In each of the federal reserve districts, to facilitate borne building and relieve re-lieve unemployment pm'js" m.j ""i H. T. Ralney HENRY T. RAINEY, veteran representative rep-resentative from Illinois, was supported by a majority of his fellow fel-low Democrats In the house for the Important place of floor leader. He Is more of a liberal than some of the eastern Democrats wanted In that position, po-sition, but his long experience and admitted ad-mitted ability overcame over-came their objections. objec-tions. He has been for years an Important Impor-tant member of the ways and means committee that drafts revenue raising and tariff .legislation. He advocated a reciprocal recip-rocal tariff to be initiated by the United States as a means of lowering low-ering tariffs throughout the world. Indicating the plans or the Democrats Dem-ocrats In the way of tariff revision. Mr. Ralney Issued through the national na-tional committee a statement In which he said: !The time has come for constructive construc-tive tariff action and something must be done to bring down world tariff walls." npHOUOH the Republicans lost control of the house of representatives, repre-sentatives, there was a spirited con test In their caucus for the honor of being the party's nominee for the r iwiyfni.T speakership. This 1 waa because the man selected wonld ,k become the minor Ity leader, a place of Importance. There were thirteen candidates, but the - "8 real struggle was hpf wppn .Tnhn O Til. ;S, son.Oonnectlcut.and V ... A Bartrand H. Snell, New York, the lat- B' N' Sne" ter an outspoken opponent of many of the administration's policies. After seven ballots Mr. Tllson withdrew and Mr. Snell was declared elected unanimously. At the Republican caucus that preceded the close of the last session, ses-sion, when the Republicans expected expect-ed to retain control of the house, Mr. Snell was chosen candidate for speaker and Mr. Tllson was selected select-ed to be floor lender. In defeat last week, Mr. Tllson contended that his own title to be floor leader held good, and settlement of the dispute over this point was postponed post-poned until after the organization of congress. THOUGH many lenders of both parties In congress Insisted that economic Issues must be given first place In the deliberations of the lawmakers, the prohibition Issue could not be squelched. Before the session opened the wet Republicans were conferring on plans to force the liberalization of the house rules In such a way that a modification bill or a repeal resolution might be brought out of committee and submitted sub-mitted to the house for a vote Heretofore It has been possible for 213 members, or a bare majority, to prevent such action. Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut, Con-necticut, Republican, made public two resolutions he said he weald Introduce. One would repeal the present Eighteenth amendment and return the prohibitory power to the states. The other would change he amending article of the Constltn Hon by providing that amendments should be made on a majority of the popular votes In three-f jurths of the states. ANNUAL reports from the cabinet cab-inet officers and other chiefs were the order of the week, and some of them reflected on the eo-n omy plans of the administration This was especially true of those from the national defense depart n.ents. Secretary of the Navy Adams asserted that additional appropriations, ap-propriations, at least tn amounts moderately In excess of those now being made for the navy, are essential es-sential to meet the minimum requirements re-quirements of an American fleet within the limits of the London naval treaty. His report was a recital of painstaking pains-taking efforts In the last year at curtailment In operations, personnel and construction to meet the demand de-mand for reduced expenditure with out serious Impairment of efficiency and at the same time presented rea sons advanced for more funds to In sure an adequate naval establishment. F. Trubee Davison, assistant sec retary of war for aviation, reported that failure to provide needed funds has relegated the United States to fourth place among the world's mill tary air powers. He revealed thnt Great Britain, France and Italy all are superior In total military air strength to the combined army and navy air forces of this country. Con slderlng land planes alone, the United States ranks fifth. Mr. Davison said that the air corps Is 183 airplanes behind the congressional program laid down to guide American military aviation lu 1020. lie added also that Its commissioned com-missioned personnel Is short 150 regular army officers and 187 reserve re-serve officers on extended active duty. Although the air corps reserve re-serve has been built up to a pilot strength of 2,000 men, Mr. Davison said "lack of funds has enabled us to give each one of these only about ten hours' flying for the entire year." . Then came MaJ. Gen. Ben IL Fuller, Ful-ler, commandant of the marine corps, with a report saying that "stringent" administration economies econ-omies have cut the corps by about 2,000 during the year. He did not mention the latest reductions which, it Is understood, will remove another an-other COO marines from the rolls of the organization. General Fuller said: "The officers of the marine corps feel very deeply the discrimination discrim-ination against them (In favor of navy officers) In their relative rank with corresponding length of service serv-ice In the navy, and a prompt adjustment ad-justment of this condition Is most urgently needed." n EVERTING to politics and New Jersey for a moment. It Is Interesting In-teresting to read that the Democrats of that state, or at least some of them, are starting' a movement thai m wtvuwwerj may bring to the r fore a figure that f has been in com- fl '- paratlve obscurity for a number of years. The plan Is to make Joseph P. Tumulty the party's i-unuiuuie tor me i RpfifltA nPTf fall In I l fill the seat of the fciV j late Dwlght Morrow Mor-row and the new J p- Tumulty appointee, W. Warren Barbour. Mr. Tumulty, as everyone knows, was secretary to President Woodrow Wilson throughout his two terms, and Indeed was private secretary of Mr. Wilson when he was governor of New Jersey. In 1921 he resumed the practice of law, in Washington Washing-ton and Jersey City. He Is fifty-two fifty-two years old and his home Is now In Washington. J NEGOTIATIONS for peace between be-tween China and Japan pro ceeded haltingly, first one side and then the other raising objections to the plans offered. The Japanese began be-gan withdrawing theii troops from the occupied parts of Manchuria, but the forward movements of the Chinese armies alarmed them, and so did the advance of Gen. Ma Chan-shan, Chan-shan, who apparently was bent on recovering Tsltsihar. Japan temporarily tempo-rarily stopped her movement against Chlnchow, and It was reported the Chinese troops In thnt region were being heayjly reinforced. Both nntlons consented to the neutral neu-tral Investigation planned by the League of Nations council, but both made reservations. Japan Insisted on a clause In the agreement giving her the right to "hunt bandits" anywhere any-where In Manchuria where It might be considered necessary and with the Japanese "bandits" Is an elastic terra. China specified that "any new Japanese aggressive operation would create a new situation, requiring reconsideration of the whole arrangement" JUAN ESTEBAN MONTERO RO-drlguea RO-drlguea was Inaugurated president presi-dent of Chile on Saturday, having been elected to that office by a combination com-bination of four parties and the choice of the people being ratified j by the national congress. Sennr i Mintero Is the son of a farmer and has been a professor of civil law and a practicing lawyer. He became acting president last July. j rESPITE warm competition at the Internationa) Live Stock exposition In Chicago. Herman Trelle. a World war veteran from Wembley. Alberta. Canada, won for tht second time the title of wheat king of th crld. The best oats were shown by Dr. J. F. Melnzer of La Jara. Colo.; the best hay by M. V. C.iliett of Lexington. Neb ; and the corn crown went to Edward N. Lux of Waldron. Ind. Brtar Cliff Thickset an Aberdeen Angus steer, bred by Oaklelgh Thome of Pine Plains. N. . T was adjudged th grand champion steer of the world i IW ..- v.mM traloa.) Intermountain Hews -Briefly Told for Busy Readers AID BOY S001TS. TAX BLANKS LOOM. PLAN rOlLTRY GROUP. STATE LAND INSOIJ). PARTIAL TAX PAYMENTS. T?Mir.TON. UT.-The three large pine trees that for more than 40 years have stood in front of the county courthouse are being removed. re-moved. MOAB, UT.-The Lions club has raised funds to purchase books and equipment for the Boy Scout group. PROVO, UT. Students and faculty fac-ulty of the Trovo high school have adopted as" a school project the establishment es-tablishment of an art gallery In the school. SALT LAKE CITY, UT.-Plans for an organization of the large chicken hatcheries of the state, to Incease production to meet the demands de-mands of Utah's growing poultry industry, were outlined at a meeting of the Utah Hatchers' and Breeders' Breed-ers' association. A further meeting Is to be held to incorporate the association as-sociation under the federal marketing market-ing act PROVO, UT.-The theme of th Brlgham Young university week, January 25 to 29, will be "The World Tomorrow," according to F. S. Harris, president , BOISE, IDA. Less than one fourth of the foreclosel farm lands beld by the state in five southeastern southeast-ern Idaho counties have been resold. re-sold. This fact was disclosed by a summary of audits for Bingham, Fremont, Power and Teton cqunties made by the state department of public accounts. Principal of loans on farm lands, since foreclosed, in the five counties was $521,539.40. Principal of loans on foreclosed lands sold to May ' 5. 1931, was $110,833, leaving a principal of $104,700.40 still tied up In foreclosed foreclos-ed lands remaining unsold. POCATBLLO, IDA. Nearly 11,-000 11,-000 holiday dinners on the hoof, were sold and shipped east by the Idaho Cooperative turkey pool. The members sold 110,000 pounds of turkey, receiving a net price of 28 cents a pound for top birds. The lowest price received was 20 cents. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The in-dividual in-dividual income tax return blanks, known as Form 40, are soon to be mailed out by the slate tax commission com-mission to practically all adult residents of the state. Form 40 is to be used by persons with a net income in-come from salaries and wages in excess ex-cess of $5,000 In 1931; and by all persons with incomes net or gross from business, farming, profession, rents or sale of propertv PROVO, UT. T'ue first project to be authorized on the city "make work" campaign is the installation of a complete pipe line water system sys-tem at the Harmon Park.1 The city commission approved the project and steps have been taken to carry the work to an early completion. SALT LAKE CITY, UT.-The chief engineer of the state road commission has announced that the $50,000 Improvement at the mouth of Emigration canyon would begin about the first of the year. It Is estimated that about 50 men of Salt Lake City will be used. SALT LAKE CITY, UT.-The partial plan of paying taxes would do much to eliminate delinquent tax payments. This was the consensus consen-sus of opinion at a meeting of the state tax commission with officials of Salt Lake, Utah and Tooele counties at the state capitol. There Is little question but that such a plan will be Introduced in the form of legislation at the next session of the legislature. OGDEN, UT. Chief of Police, A. E. Wilfong Is made defendant in a ten thousand dollar damage suit. In a case in which too long delay before trial Is alleged. The suit is brought by L. G. Peterson. POCATELLO, IDA. Chicago exchange ex-change operations in future markets of Idaho Russets were disapproved of at a meeting here recently of the Idaho sub-committee of the Pacific Pa-cific northwest potato committee. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Vernon C Mcllrath, 32, carefully attached a garden hose to his car's exhaust pipe, climbed Into the back seat, turned on the motor and committed suicide, POCATELLO, IDA. Buffalo In tteak form wilt be available for distribution dis-tribution to Idaho's unemployed this winter at a cost ranging from 2 to 4 cents per pound, It is estimated estimat-ed at the governor's office. Forty-one Forty-one buffaloes were slaughtered at the buffalo farm in Yellowstone park recently and bronght here for aismoution to southern Idaho districts. dis-tricts. The Boise organizations or-dered or-dered 13 carcasses, Pocafello 10, Twin Falls 3, Idaho Falls, 2, Nam-Pa Nam-Pa 2, and American . Falls, Bancroft Ban-croft Black foot, Downc-y. Lava ji, Springs and Soda Springs, 1 each. POCATELLO. IDA.-Major highwaysboth high-waysboth state and federal throughout Idaho are open to traffic but In some places are hazardous due to Ice, according to the state bureau of highways. Highway officials of-ficials advLe use of chains on dangerous dan-gerous portions of road. r'01SE. IDA.-Olaf Nelson, ef Iffan, Utah, contractor,, was given the contract for the nine-mile market mar-ket road between Meridian and una. It Is announcrd at the state department of puUic works. The Md price vr $15,025. Honor ror vjenercu jcay un $ retirement l ir'ti A fr 1 fur v uKvXf-1 y j? V"! t 4 - Following a farewell review or me sixieemn inmuiry ai uoveruor island by MaJ. Gen. t th fioonnrt corns area, a laree nlaaue. mounted on a boulder in fp. .. LUUiUlUUUCi V pjvvv"- 1 - - Ui and inscribed with suitable remarks, was presented by the regiment. General Ely, bavin limit of sixty-four, retired from the service on xsovemoer ou. ue is seen at the left in the Scenes and Persons in the Current News v n?A w Jl-I v 1 Japanese troops crossing a bridge over a river In Manchuria after repulsing a defending te Chinese. 2 MarsTial Franchet D'Esperey of France and Gen. Preston Brown, commandant of the Pt;i Canal department, U. S. A., reviewing the troops at Fort Clayton in the Canal Zone. " 5 William II Page, clerk of the house of representatives, calling the house to order for the seventy-second Bessi congress. : - - FIGHTING OIL KINGS B ' ' ' ' ' i s .i,av. j. , Jm ; ! 4 2 U 0- James V. Allred, dynamic young attorney general of Texas, who bas filed an anti-trust ouster suit against 15 giant oil corporations for payment pay-ment of $17,000,000 in penalties. ANTI-FASCIST JAILED r.. A' rfr 1' SI Orlando Spartaco, twenty-six-ear-old Italian of Philadelphia, who as sentenced to serve two ears to prison after trying to Incite a not during a Tisit of Foreign Minister Minis-ter Dmo Grand! to the Quaker city. -P'rtaco Jumped on the running board of the car bearing the mlnis- and shouted -Down with Uusso-Ual Uusso-Ual and Facism." Best Boy and Girl in 4-H Qui f ',,e'' ,,','1',,,1''''';,:',,',:',,S'' 1 H "nf"1'"1 r,A'm" "w'f " fjalSsic. ' ' -S v. V.-': : v:. --jiot Here are Charles I Brown of Battle Ground, IncL, and Mary Teresa Rico of Keewatin, Itasca c0"ng AA&: adjudged the most outstanding boy and girl In the - ceived the Sir Thomas LIpton trophies at the 4-u j Chicago. - . -A Fine Mormon Temple in Albj t5 by 'life i A ""- '-' Vievr of the $2,000,000 Mormon temple fJ Alberta, Canada, on the border of WatertonW tnn- r v.. - rnnnlatlnn Of OUU UW I large area of that Canadian Bock mountain |