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Show THE LEU! SUN. LEH1. UTAH News Review of Current Events the World Over Opening of the Seventy-Second Congress President Iloover and Secretary Mellon Call for Higher Taxes Germany Reduces Everything. By EDWARD W. PICKARD Speaker J. N. Garner 14 WITH the Democrats In control of tbe house and John Nance Garner of Texas elected and Installed In-stalled as speaker, the Seventy-second congress began Its work on time. Representatives of the majority party celebrated their new status In the lower chamber with wild cheering and "rebel" yells. But tbe senate was fittingly fit-tingly more sedate and Its first session was brief and for mal. Next day the fireworks began In that chamber with the anticipated revolt of the progressives pro-gressives against the re-election of Senator Moses of New Hampshire as president pro tempore. They have never forgiven him for calling them "sons of the wild Jackass," to they save their seven votes to Norrls of Nebraska, Tbe Democrats voted solidly for Pittman of Nevada, but fell short of the required forty-five votes by three, so there was a deadlock that threatened to last a long time. The most Interesting event In the senate was the swearing In of Mrs. Hattle Caraway of Arkansas to fill the seat of her late husband. Introduced In-troduced by Senator Robinson, she took the oath of office, signed the register and quietly returned to her seat, almost In teurs. Her associates asso-ciates all gathered about to congratulate con-gratulate her. but there was no gayety In the affair, for the memory mem-ory of her husband was ever present. pres-ent. In all. sixteen new senators presented themselves to take the oath, nearly all of them being first term Democrats. Nearly one hundred new members mem-bers of the house were Installed, and so many of them were Demo- rfw-rwi rrofa tlinf Mr fin. I ' fc " ' ner won the speakership speak-ership by the following fol-lowing vote: Garner. Gar-ner. 213; Snell. BepubUcan, 207 ; Schneider of Wisconsin, Wis-consin, progressive Republican, S. Kvale of Minnesota, Minneso-ta, the lone Farm- er-Laborlte. voted for Schneider. Of Mr- Caraway course all tbe other officers of the house are now Democrats. Demo-crats. The first actual work In the bouse was the adoption of new rules, so liberalized that it will no longer be easy for bills to be pigeonholed by the committees to which they hnve been referred. Now 145 mem bers can procure the discharge of a committee and bring a bill to the floor for a vote. This change was made especially for the benetlt of the proponents of modification of the dry laws, and the stage was set for an early vote on some of their bills, which will put the representatives represent-atives on record though there Is no hope for the passage of the measure. meas-ure. While congress was assembling and going through the business of the first day, the Communist "hunger "hun-ger marchers" who had traveled to the Capital by automobile and auto truck from various parts of the country besieged the Capitol building build-ing and the White House In vain efforts to lay their demands before the legislators and the President They were rebuffed, fairly, gently, by the police and other officials, and next day started home, still discontented discon-tented and defiant ECONOMIES In the navy and army which were urged by the President were the objects of further fur-ther attacks. Early In the week President W. HL Gardiner of the Navy league came out with a new assault on the administration policies poli-cies In that respect, criticizing a statement by Secretary Stlmson. hitting hit-ting back at the Hammond committee, com-mittee, assailing the President for slowing up cruiser construction and calling on congress for an Investigation In-vestigation of Mr. Hoover's financial policy toward the navy. Next National Commander Stevens Stev-ens of the American Legion conveyed con-veyed to the President the legion's demand that he approve authorization authoriza-tion of warship construction necessary neces-sary to bring the American fleet np to the maximum tonnage limits of the London treaty. The organization organiza-tion also asked congress and the administration to rescind the economies econo-mies for the military establishment and to renew for the army. Na Uonal Guard. R. O. T. C and other military activities the same turns appropriated for the current year. Finally came the annual report of Rear Admiral F. B. Cpham. chief of tbe bureau vf navigation, which termed the administration policy of reduction a severe blow to tbe national na-tional defense. He said that hls- President Hoover. tory shows that decreases to the navy eventually result In expenditures expendi-tures many times greater than the temporary savings. Mr. Stevens of the American Legion Le-gion also called personally at tbe White House and told Mr. Hoover the legion not only Is for adequate national defense but also Is In favor of submitting to the people the matter mat-ter of repeal or modification of tbe dry laws. PRESIDENT HOOVER on Tuesday Tues-day transmitted to congress his message on the state of tbe Union, In which be sketched the economic crisis confronting the country, related In considerable detail de-tail the measures he has Initiated to alleviate the business busi-ness depression and unemployment and recora me n d e d In general terras legislation creating additional instrumentalities instru-mentalities for the same purpose and Increasing taxes to meet a three and a half billion dollar deficit this year and next Regular Republicans declared the message r represented constructive statesmanship of a high order, while Democrats and progressive Republicans Repub-licans took It as a challenge. Generally Gen-erally It was accepted as the opening open-ing gun of the 19:S2 campaign. There was much comment on the fact that no mention was made of prohibition. prohibi-tion. On Wednesduy Mr. Hoover tent In his budget message, containing the administration's program of taxation tax-ation and other measures of government govern-ment financing. At the same time the annua! report of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon was made public. pub-lic. This called for increased rates on personal and corporation incomes, in-comes, inheritances, tobacco and capital stock sales. New Levies would be Imposed on automobiles, radios, telephone, telegraph tele-graph and cable messages, amuse-ment'tlcketa, amuse-ment'tlcketa, checks and drafts and realty sales. Postal charges would be boosted. ', Exemptions from Income In-come taxes would be lowered to Include In-clude 1,700,000 new Individuals within the scope of the federal levy. The Democrats In congress Immediately Imme-diately began an attack on this program, pro-gram, saying they would soon have ready one of their own. THIRD In the list of Presidential messages came the one on foreign for-eign relations, which contained the request that congress ratify the iloover moratorium. More Important Impor-tant than that was the suggestion that the war debt commission should be reconstituted with power to reopen re-open the debt settlements. Though Mr. Hoover reiterated his disapproval disap-proval of cancellation of the war debts, such action, or at least a further reduction of the debts seemed, to many congressmen, to be Implicit in his proposal. So many of them object to either course that a long debate was In prospect JAPAN and China accepted the proposal of the League- of Nations Na-tions council for cessation of hostilities hos-tilities In Manchuria, while a neutral neu-tral commission Inquires Into the facts, but both nations made reservations reser-vations that rendered the agreement agree-ment little more than a form by which the council saves Its face. Premier Wakatsukl'a Japanese cabinet decided to resign because of dissensions, and It was thought a coalition ministry would be formed with Inuwal, leader of the Selyukal party, as premier. U IS national socialists or "Nazis" now being In control of three German states and constituting the most powerful political party in the country, Adolf Hit ler has been talking talk-ing freely to correspondents corre-spondents on his Intentions. In-tentions. Briefly, he proposes, when his party is Invested with the govern Ing power by wa of the ballot box to set np a dictator ship on the Italian model ; to recog nlze and pay to the fullest of Ger many's ability all her foreign debts contracted In business and normal transactions, but to reject "political "politi-cal blackmail"; to Insist upon a new war debt arrangement ; and to destroy communism In Germany. He declares there will be no Nazi march on Berlin, and denies that he seeks the presidency. Hitler's challenge to the goTero-ment goTero-ment brought swift response from Chancellor Bruening In the form of a warning that President Von Hin-denburg Hin-denburg would Invoke martial law ,1 :: Yr w ... . Adolf Hitler If necessary to save the constitution. constitu-tion. At the same time the President Presi-dent signed and made public a drastic dras-tic emergency decree designed to close up what Bruening called "the deflation period Imposed opon Germany." Ger-many." Tbe decree reduces wage scales to the level of 1927 and cuts rents, .food prices and about all other living costs. It also reduces Interest rates. Imposes compensatory compensa-tory taxes on Imports and strengthens strength-ens measures against the night of capital. GERMANY'S capacity to pay reparations rep-arations and especially her ability to resume payments next summer are being studied by the consultative committee of the Bank for International Settlements at Basel, Switzerland. Walter W. Stewart, American member, refusing refus-ing to accept the chairmanship, that place was given to Dr. Alberto Beneduce of Italy. Carl Joseph Melrhlor was the first person beard, the burden of his 'argument being that Germany could no longer pay reparations. This Is, indeed, the view of millions of Germans of all parties. THREE great farm groups, tbe American Farm bureau, the National Na-tional Farmers' union and the Grange, In session In Chicago, united unit-ed on plans to fight in congress for surplus crop control. Their leaders said their demands would be for the export debenture and tbe equalization equaliza-tion fee, and that their disagreements disagree-ments of the past on these matters had been adjusted. Amendments to the agricultural marketing act to permit the farm board to use those principles will be Introduced In the senate and house soon after the holiday hol-iday recess. The organizations will offer no objections to the program of the farm board other than the stabilization operations. MISS JANE ADDAMS, founder of Hull House In Chicago, and Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia university, were Jointly Joint-ly awarded the Nobel peace prize for 1931 by the Nobel Institute of Oslo, Norway. The prize amounts to $40,000. Both of them have been Indefatigable workers for International Interna-tional peace. 1 . a TOBACCO raisers of Kentucky don't Intend to let their product go for what tbey think are ruinous prices. When the Lexington tobacco tobac-co market, the largest loose leaf hurley mart In the world, opened the other day the low price of $12 a hundredweight was offered, and the growers at once started a riotous riot-ous demonstration that caused abrupt suspension of sales with ten million pounds of leaf unsold. After fighting with warehousemen and the police, the planters, numbering hundreds, hun-dreds, held a protest meeting in the city auditorium where speakers urged them to stand together and not "give their tobacco away to the trust." NOT long ago the Belgian government gov-ernment intimated to Archduke Arch-duke Otto, pretender to the Hungarian Hungar-ian throne, this his presence in Bel-glum Bel-glum was proving Uwi: embarrassing, so the young man went over to England Eng-land Incognito to visit a British ducal du-cal family. Now It Is rumored In London Lon-don that plans ait afoot to put him on the throne through a coup that will be a reminder of the . . . . ... way Carol returned Archduke Otto to Rumani(U The story is that a group of Hungarian noblemen. In England ostensibly for hunting, really went to accept delivery of a powerful seaplane which Is ready to carry the archduke arch-duke to Lake Balaton In the center cen-ter of Hungary where he would take oath as king in a miniature chapel that has been built in the plane and dedicated to St Stephen. Monarchists believe that If Otto returns to Hungary the peasant support of his cause will be strengthened strength-ened and solidified and he can be established on the throne. Premier Mussolini Is known to approve of the Hapsburg restoration, which gives the friends of Otto lots of encouragement NE of the interesting depart- ment reports of the week was that of Postmaster General Brown. It showed that the department came out fl46,0G6.1S9 behind In the last fiscal year, which Is almost $43,000,-000 $43,000,-000 above the deficit of the previous previ-ous year. Mr. Brown repeated his recommendation that the letter rate be raised from 2 cents to 2ft cents, stating that on the present volume this would bring In $00,000,000 a year additional "A 2H cent rate would, however, obviously fall far short of product Ing adequate revenues at the present pres-ent time." the report said. "The deficit for 1931 attributable to strictly postal operations was more than $38,000,000 and If present trends are maintained the net deficit defi-cit for the current year will be la the neighborhood of $150,000,000. "This raises the question whether. wheth-er. In view of the already overtaxed condition of the jrenenU treasury It would not be advisable, pending the return of normal conditions, to fix a S-cent rate for letter mall. lIt Wtici Ntwivapor Cat.) If A.B.Jh urn n news lias - -Brlsfly Told for Busy Readers MEET AT SALT LAKE, LANDMARK IN ASIIES. RAINFALL IS HEAVY. -TURKEYS BY THE TON. DOG DERBY PLANNED. SALT LAKE CITY, UT.-More than 600 members or uw mountaln Chapter Associated Gen-eral Gen-eral Contractors will attend the tenth annual convention of the or. ganlzatlon at the Hotel Utah, Jan-nary Jan-nary 14, when Issues vita to the contractor and allied Industries will be taken up. Tbe unemployment sit-nation sit-nation will be given particular attention, at-tention, i i E0CK SPRINGS, WYO.-Fire of mysterious origin destroyed one of Wyoming's most historic houses recently re-cently when the famous home of Territorial Judge William Carter In old Fort Bridger was consumed together with thousands of historic relics and papers of the old fort which were housed In the building by Maurice Groshon. The building was the first home built in Wyoming, Wyom-ing, built of milled lumber, and at the time of its construction In 1858 and for many years after was the outstanding mansion of the entire plains. SALT LAKE CITY, TIT. With a mixture of snow and rain reported from St George, snow heavy on the Sawtooth mountains of Idaho, and on the Utah watersheds, irrigation ir-rigation valleys and winter ranges are the center of plenty of water, according to weather bureau officials. of-ficials. There will be a good spring range, plenty of water for Salt Lake City and given normal precipitation precip-itation for the period from now to April 1, Irrigation water will be abundant next summer. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The annual an-nual convention of the Utah Manufacturers' Manu-facturers' association will be held at the Hotel Utah, January 13. SPRINGVILLE, UT. Nearly 7 thousand turkeys, three carloads, averaging fifteen tons to the car, have been shipped from this station sta-tion to the eastern markets. PRESTON, IDA. American Legion Le-gion post number S4 will construct a public ice skating pond on the Preston high school stadium field, according to announcement from the Legion, after permission to use the field had been gained from the Mgh school. IDAHO FALLS, IDA. If present co-operative plans between the Montana and Idaho state highway commissions mature, the Idaho Falls-Butte highway will be kept open tliougliout the winter, according ac-cording to word received here. POCATELLO, IDA. The Idaho potato Season of 1931-32 has had some exceptional features. It has produced the lowest proportion of U. S. No. l's on record. It has had abnormally low prices during the harvesting season. It had unusually favorable weather for harvesting and storing. It has had reduced competition from neighboring regions. re-gions. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The University of Utah's hard smashing football team will open the season next fall with another severe ln-tersectional ln-tersectional test The Utes have signed to meet the University of Southern California on September 24th, 1932. BOISE, IDA. The Idaho, state guard boys who fought on the Boise basin lire line last fall must be paid immediately. This Is the opinion opin-ion of the Idaho supreme courl which was asked for a decision on legality of deficiency warrants to meet the guards' payroll. The payroll pay-roll dispute arose when It was learned that the adjutant general's contingency fund did not contain sufficient money to meet the payroll pay-roll claims. SALT LAKE CITY, UT.-Over 3 tons of fish was distributed to the unemployed by the relief officials of the city. The fish came from Utah Ut-ah lake. BOISE, IDA. A Moreland firm of contractors were low bidders on grading and surfacing five miles of highway south from Coeur d'Alene for the state bureau of highways. The bid was $68,83L On grading and draining the 11 miles from Star west to Desert Corners in Ada and Canyon counties, the bid was $30-279. $30-279. Both Jobs were listed by the department as unemployment projects pro-jects and the contractors have been requested to use local labor where-ever where-ever possible. TROVO, UT. Wanton slaughter of trees with the approach of the Christmas season was deplored by Charles DeMoisy, supervisor of the Uintah national forest in rn address ad-dress delivered at Prove, It is declared de-clared that the sizeable stock in Provo canyon was almost depleted by Christmas tree cutters who are now cutting down the bigger trees nd taking the tops from them. ASHTON, IDA.-Ashton, birth-p.aee birth-p.aee of the Amorim., n. j .. ueruy, will again hr!J ita annual winter sport classic this year. A comfortable comfort-able cash balance of the American Dog Derby association and unlimited unlimit-ed enthusiasm Impelled tbe officials to announce the famous race over , the deep snow would be held thU j Tear as usual. I RICHFIELD. UT.-The opening f tot ttry E, 222nd field ."tillery. will be held the first of I the new year. Cam Aff in kJwCHVO Wll. 1 i La m 1 - II 11 'U 1 PnavBJU luuioua, "" - - o wlc w m to receive food. 2 Demonstration by the Communist "hunger marchers" who Invaded Waiw ' result 3 John Nance Garner of Texas, Democrat, who was selected speaker of the house of t, Scene as Seventy-Second Congress Opened p3i; lU ' Jill lAM III rJi " : V Scene In the house of representatives at the opening of the Seventy-second congress. Rev. Jases : Montgomery, chaplain of the house, is delivering the prayer. PAT M'DONALD . "?ri 71. f' f I ' - - n ' Pat McDonald, of New York, the veteran athlete who has represented represent-ed the United States in three Olympic games and who hopes to be a competitor In the 1932 games, about to toss the IB-pound hammer as he trains for the tryouts. Pat won his first championship In 1907 and his last In 1931 when he took the Mount Vernon weight throwing title. OHIO BANKER ACCUSED if v ?r f Wjlliara J. Knot, forty-four, Akron (Ohio) banker and real estate es-tate operator and clubman, who was arrested on a federal warrant " alleged $400,000 shortage In his accounts 'th the First Central Trust company com-pany of Akron, of which he was lee president Ruof pleaded not Pdlty and was held to the grand Jury Monarchs of Wheat and Corn r v " 'I C n v 12 -I hi - vrr-1 i i Left to right: Herman Trelle of Wembley. Alberts, . again won the crown of wheat king at the International u - in Chicago; and Edward Lux of Waldron, Ind who was j grand champion corn grower. ? - . "j Son of Retired Boxing Chair, i m. ,1 -v ft' ' V f j jjj f The first photograph of Gene Lauder JSftoa ana Mrs. James Joseph Tunney. wnose " . tr&& -he had successfully defended fate heavyweigh i w -sey in Chicago in the famous "long count" btue- |