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Show THE LEHI SUN. LEHI. UTAH News Review of Current Events the World Over Senate to Rewrite Revenue Bill Lindberghs Still t Hope Despite Double-Crossing April Market 1 Crash Cost Six Billion Dollars. THE senate will rewrite the billion bil-lion dollar tax till passed by the 'house, Chairman Reed Smoot of the senate finance committee announced. an-nounced. After a long delay In getting down to business on the budget balancing measure, action at last appears in sight Many of the soak-the-rlch provisions provi-sions of the tax bill may be eliminated elim-inated in the upper house's re-rlslon. re-rlslon. Smoot's announcement followed a bitter partisan debate in the finance committee. For nearly two hours, Secretary of the Treasury Mills and Senator Harrison, Mississippi Democrat, sparred for political advantage over the revenue measure. Harrison sought to have Mills submit a tax program which could be labeled an administration bill. Mills declared that the treasury sticks to its original recomnienda-tlons recomnienda-tlons presented to the house ways and means committee, and rejected. Mills promised to submit to the committee two new proposals, minor mi-nor modifications in the treasury's first progrnra. These, he indicated, would be for lower taxes on home consumption of gns and electricity, and for a tax on wort and malt. He also told Harrison he would point out specific flaws in the house tax bill and suggest corrections. This action, he warned, could not be considered a offering a treasury program, because the treasury is bitterly opposed to the house bill. The general manufacturers' sales tax as carried in the bill reported by the ways and means committee is acceptable to the treasury, Mills reiterated. He suggested that the treasury would like to have the committee accept a 1 per cent manufacturers' sale tax, estimated to yield $350,000,000. Mills was optimistic over the federal fed-eral economy drive, saying a minimum mini-mum appropriation slash of $200,-000,000 $200,-000,000 Is "definitely in sight" after conferences between the President and the bouse economy committee. Richard Whitney TnR senate banking committee was advised by Richard Whitney, Whit-ney, president of the New York Stock exchange, that stock and bond values had depre ciated at least six billion dollars during dur-ing the April collapse col-lapse in security values. Testifying as the principal witness in the committee's investigation in-vestigation of short selling on the stock exchange, Mr. Whit ney said that the drop in securities values had been as drastic during the past week as during any other period pe-riod of the depression. He concurred con-curred In an estimate by a committee commit-tee member that stock market and bond losses from the peak of high prices in 1929 had dropped $43,-000,000,000. $43,-000,000,000. Mr. Whitney's estimates were made at the conclusion of the second sec-ond day of the committee's attempt to pin responsibility for recent stock market losses npon the activ ities of Wall street bears engaged la short selling operations. At the conclusion of the day's hearing the Investigation was adjourned until Monday, when Mr. Whitney is expected ex-pected to place before Ihe committee commit-tee a complete record of the short sales during the last week together with a list of the prominent bears who have been on the short side of the market. Mr. Whitney vigorously denied that short sales had anything to do with the recent drop in securities values, asserting that widespread liquidation and unsettling developments develop-ments rather than bear raids were responsible for the drop. He as serted. and produced figures to prove his point, that during the first week of the April decline, the reduction re-duction in stock prices was accompanied accom-panied by a decline in the short Interest or short sales. In response to questions, Mr. Whitney eald he thought between fifteen and twenty million persons were trading on the stock market when the crash came in 1029. DESriTE the failure of the kid napers to restore the Lindbergh baby after the $o0,000 ransom was paid by Colonel Lindbergh, the belief be-lief persists in official circles that the child will be restored to its parents. par-ents. ' The optimism seemed to spring chiefly from faith in the ability of Dr. John F. Condon of the "Jafsle" contact to re-establish comrannlca tion witb the gang which Is believed be-lieved to be holding the baby, Btolen from his parents' home near Hopewell, Hope-well, N. J, on March L Doctor Condon is reported to have told the members of some of bis classes at New Eochelle college that he bad recognized the penmanship In all the notes from the kidnapers as the handwriting of a former pupil. pu-pil. It was supported, too, by the grow ing conviction that the kidnapers as well as the baby's father were double-crossed by the mysterious In dividual who received the $50,000 in currency from the hands of Doc tor Condon on the night of April 2 in a lonely corner of St. Ray mond's cemetery in the Bronx. No word has come from the crim inals, however, since the money was paid. In order that Doctor Condon can pursue his efforts to recover the baby free of official Interference, representatives of Colonel Lindbergh Lind-bergh have requested Bronx officials not to question him. They agreed to heed the request nLANS for retaining the full fighting strength of the United States fleet in the Pacific, while conditions remain unsettled in the Far East are being considered by administration officials. At present the scouting, as well as the battle force, Is operating in Pacific wa ters. Orders, however, call for the return of the scouting fleet with its big eight inch gun cruisers in May, It is expected these orders will be canceled. The State department, it is re ported, notified Navy department officials that if practicable it would like to have the scouting force re tained in the Pacific following the Huwallan and west coast maneuvers which were concluded several weeks ago. The understanding is that the State department officials took the position that maintenance of the fleet at its full strength in Pacific waters would have a beneficial effect on the far eastern situation. DRESIDENT PAUL TON HIN- denburg, who was re-elected president of Germany in the runoff run-off election by an overwhelming majority, Issued a proclamation accepting the election elec-tion and thanking the German people for their renewed expressions of confidence. con-fidence. He pledged himself "to continue con-tinue to serve my fatherland and folk with all my power." True to my oath, I will continue to fulfill my duty of remaining above all parties with Justice dominant, and with a fixed desire to help our fatherland fa-therland to freedom and equality externally, and to unity and prog ress at home," he said. The eighty-four-year-old president again urgently appealed to the German Ger-man people to unite. "I Implore all German men and women, whether they voted for or against me, to cease their wran gllngs and close their ranks," he said. "Again, as seven years ago, 1 appeal to the entire German people to co-operate. It is necessary to unite all powers In order to surmount sur-mount the present confusion and distress. Only by standing together are we strong enough to master our fate. Therefore, In unity, let us go forward with God," j I " 7 Vs, ' f Pierce Butler President Hindenburg A DOLF HITLER has been or- dered by the German government govern-ment to disband his 400,000 national socialist shock troops and to end terrorizing activities for which It holds them responsible. This sudden sud-den blow at the strong Fascist organization or-ganization came in the form of an emergency decree signed by President Presi-dent Von Hindenburg. This decree dissolved immediately all "quasi military organizations' of the national na-tional socialist workers party. "THE panic which swept over portions of Argentine and Chile as a result of the eruption of nearly a score of volcanoes In the Andes mountains quickly subsided as the fire and ashes which had belched from the craters diminished. Scientists Sci-entists Immediately began an investigation inves-tigation In an effort to discover what had caused the 'phenomenon. Several parties of seismologists made air surveys of the volcanic regions. Meanwhile, the great area over which the ashes fell extending the entire width of the continent from the Faciflc coast of Chile to the Atlantic At-lantic coast of Argentina and Uruguay Uru-guay and about 400 miles wide-looked wide-looked as if It had been visited by a heavy snowstorm. At some points the ashes were reported to be lying U Inches oeep. D RESIDENT HOOVER and Governor Gov-ernor Roosevelt won favor of the electorate In primary elections and conventions In five states. la Illinois, although the delegates dele-gates to the state convention are uninstructed It is believed that a majority of those chosen favor the President For gornor, judge Henry Horner of Chicago won the Democratic nomination, while the Republicans chose former Gov. Len Small. i In Nebraska's preferential pri mary, Governor uooseveu was me winner for the Democratic nomina tion by a substantial margin. - The slate of Republican delegates favors President Hoover, whose name did not appear on the preferential ballot. The prospects of both President noover and Governor Roosevelt were strengthened by the action of three state conventions. In Missouri the Republican convention con-vention Instructed the entire state delegation of 45 to vote for Hoover. The Florida Republican convention conven-tion pledged nine delegates at large to Hoover. District meetings gave him four more and two o'her district dis-trict delegates remain to be chosen. Kentucky's entire Democratic delegation del-egation of 20 was Instructed by the state convention for Governor Roosevelt to vote for him as long as his name is before the national convention. con-vention. JUSTICE PIERCE BUTLER of the United States Supreme court handed down a decision that throws a further safeguard around the American home against unlawful searches and seizures. seiz-ures. The decision affirmed the circuit court's decision that the p r 0 h 1 b 1 1 i 0 n agents who raided, on a mere arrest warrant, the New York premises of Daniel M. Lefkowiz and Pauline Paris, used by them as headquarters f 0 receiving bootleg liquor orders, and then took possession of all the pa pers and documents In the room, were not legally Justified in so do ing. The Supreme court holds the arrest of Lefkowiz was properly made, but says : "There is nothing In the record to support the claim that at the time of the arrest the offense for which the warrant was Issued or any other crime was being commit ted In the presence of the officers. The mere soliciting of orders from the room In connection with the other uses alleged In the complaint is not sufficient to constitute the maintenance of a nuisance thereon." THE battle over Immediate cash Jl nnvmont nf tha nnlrtlora' hnnns - - - - flared In both houses of congress Tuesday as the house ways and means committee began hearings to determine whether the public should be asked to assume an additional two billion four hundred million dollar dol-lar cash burden to enable the World war veterans to cash their adjusted compensation certificates. The advocates of legislation per mining veterans to cash in their bonus certificates at once disclosed that they hope to float the bonus law through congress ns "a pros perlty measure" rather than simply a bill to advance veterans upwards of two billions in cash, Spokesmen for the bonus law as serted Its passage would start the United States back toward prosper ity by Increasing money in clrcu latlon, boosting prices and reducing the value of the dollar. Shortly after the bonus advocates advo-cates had had their say the movement move-ment for full payment of the bonus was assailed In three quarters. Sen ator Joseph T., Robinson (Dem Ark.), senate Democratic leader, Issued Is-sued a statement in which he as serted that payment of the adjusted compensation certificates would produce harmful results. Majority Leader nenry T. Ralney (Dem., Ill and Representative Hamilton Fish (Rep., N. I.), also attacked the bo nus laws. Intermountain News -Briefly Toid for Busy Readers IIEAVX FRIIT CK0FS. RODENT DRIVE STARTS. LARGER WHEAT CROP. SMELTER REOPENED. POPPY DA SET. Scenes and Persons in the Current N ew Ci v ft'V' A &" ') ' Wfcc p h Y l-. J&t !ac i ibV" Ilk! -r 7 4i' Q T -'niT!" p- , JVJI, I Hugh Gibson FRANCE does not take a fancy to 1 the American proposals for disarmament dis-armament as presented by Hugh S. Gibson, the American repre sentative, Premier Andre Tardieu of Er- Francft. renrpsent. I 1 Ing his government, bitterly assirfled the plans at the Geneva Ge-neva conference. Mr. Gibson proposed pro-posed that tanks, big guns and gases be abolished in the Interests of security, secur-ity, but he made no mention of battleships, battle-ships, "the most ob vious aggressive weapon," said M. Tardieu. Abolition of certain types of aggressive arms will not necessarily neces-sarily provide security, he said, but might, on the contrary, be disadvantageous disad-vantageous to an invaded country. The only means to security, he declared. de-clared. Is common action against an aggressor. This was generally accepted as a restatement of the French proposal for placing offensive forces at the disposal of the League of Nations. In any case, the premier remind ed the conference, this disarmament meeting is under the auspices of the League of Natloas, and he suggested suggest-ed that nonraembers of the League tefj, this in mind. Mr. Gibson's proposals were In line with plans worked out by Norman Nor-man H. D.tvis in conference with President Hoover and Secretary Stlmson. (S. Ull. WrKKi Karwspapar C!o.J TOOELE, TJT. A series of ro dent campaigns are pew in various communities of Tooeie county by the county agent xouuw-lne xouuw-lne the one in Grantsville. One hun dred men participated in a com munity (drive on grounu sqmrreia, placing about 750 pound3 of bait SPRINGVILLE, UT. Group In struction for school children during the summer vacation will be spon sored by the P. T. A. If the plans now under way mature. TOOELE, TJT. The International Smelter has opened up two lead furnaces on full time and employ an additional 300 men at the pres ent rate of one-third time per man. Operations at this rate are assured for at least two and a half or three months, In order to clear up all of the stock piled ore at the plant. OGDEN, UT. 0 n e hundred bushels of free government wheat will be ground by Ogden mills for use as stock feed, it is predicted. LOGAN, UT. Thirty-five cars of milled wheat have been received In Cache county for livestock feed relief re-lief to be distributed under the aus pices of the Red Cross. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Utah farmers are entitled to borrow at least $500,000 of the $3,500,000 seed loan funds allotted to states under the Salt Lake office, and yet to date they have applied for only $131,309. OGDEN, UT. Rose Kelley, 19, of Butte, Montana, riding the "blind baggage" en route here, fell off an Oregon Short Line train at Brigham City. She was picked up by the train crew and brought to the Dee hospital. AFTON, WYO.-County Agent S. B. Murray states 11 carloads of Red Cross wheat have been received and distributed in Star valley. The grain was trucked from Cokeville and delivered de-livered by local committeemen in various communities. EVANSTON, WTO. The Evan- Bton American Legion auxiliary has set Saturday, May 28, as Poppy day. The auxiliary Is offering two prizes lor the two best Poppy day posters by Evanston school students, one prize to be awarded to a grade student, stud-ent, the other to a high school stud ent OGDEN, UT. Members of the ' Ogden Horse Show association have made definite arrangements for the coming show, June 2, 3 and 4. A free matinee for children will be held on the afternoon of the first day. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Over 8,-B00 8,-B00 tons of federal farm board wheat have been alloted to Utah for stock feeding purposes. HALT LAKE CITY, UT. Coop-erative Coop-erative work of the state and gov-ernment gov-ernment for the control of sheep scabies In Utah has ben approved by the state board of agriculture, and plans were advocated by Harden Har-den Bennlon, secretary, to Induce the government to Increase Its activity. acti-vity. SALT LAKE OITY, UT.There has been no depression In educational education-al activities In Utah during the school year of 1931-2, according to vr. u. N. Jensen, state superintendent superintend-ent of public instruction. Attendance Attend-ance at schools has been higher and the burdens carried by teachers al ready heavy, have been augmented by the desire of parents and child ren alike, deprived of gainful occupations, oc-cupations, to devote their leisure to Borne worth while pursuit BOISE, IDA. Idaho's 1932 wlnt er wheat harvest will be approxi mately 13,500,000 bushels, If present pres-ent conditions continue throughout the balance of the season. The predicted pre-dicted 1932 crop of 13.500.000 Is slightly above the 1931 harvest of 12,114,000 bushels and the 1924- 23 five-year average of 10,253,000. buisk, IDA California's department- of agriculture has In structed all border Inspection sta Hons to halt potato shipments bv truck In compliance with the state's recent ruling that only shipments by railroad will be permitted to enter the state. California has established a quarantine against alfalfa weevil and refuses to admit certain produce from a number of states! Idaho In cluded. islkley, IDA. An effort to popularize the use of milk, through euucauon or school children, hai been successful. Records kept of lunches In the four school buildings build-ings of Burley show increased men tal efficiency and better health In cmidren using milk. alx LAKE CITT, TJT. An ex cellent crop of Utah apples Is fore cast by a report Issued by the bu-reaa bu-reaa of agricultural economics, wnicn indicates a heavy bloom on trees of all varieties, and that they are practically free from menace thT frost as the season Is at least two weets late. A heavy crop of cherries aiso indicated, although some damage resulting from the drought of last year may develop,. Peach bnda are beginning to burst No winter damage has been reported nd prospects are for a full crop. 1 Veterans present bonus petitions bearing 2,500,000 signatures to the house wars I tea 2 Ruth Nichols indicates the route she will take In her good will air flight lf BetIa 4 innn nf Town, who may be Republican "keynoter." : eaataLH Monument to an Ancient Race in Me xico jfmot sift, 1 " SSfc One of . the temples at Calixtlahuaca, Mexico, where 23 public buildings of pre-Aztec tribe f! dians have been excavated on the site of the ancient city. TO TRY COME-BACK Prepare for Eucharistic Congm:! f fv l; I 1 "jFTZizzizcrm: Georges Carpentler, the famous "Orchid Man" and former French heavyweight champion, is now in light training at Philadelphia to determine de-termine whether of not he Is physically physi-cally fit to attempt a return to the ring. NEW Y. W. C A. HEAD , V ; . degl l I " '.. ' PMi B ; ' Si i ; tl)eI - fj n flor. I . s , ft I 1 construetioa t a scene in t'noenix pars, uwuu, uu..U6 t-:. buildings which are going up especially for the eu- which Is to be held here this summer. . ; ' Sun Dial That Keeps Perfect Tc, Mrs. Frederick M. Palst, of Wayne, Ta., who was recently elected elect-ed president of the National Board of Young Women's Christian Associations Asso-ciations of the U. S. A. from mean And A tailed Little Boy (reading Item Manchuria) What does it tiAwt V. a . oy seasoned troops," dad? Dad (immediately)-Mustered by the officers and peppered by the enemy. Even Yon aod I "Do yon know where yon arer demanded the tourist's wife, "No,- he admitted, "I'm as lost as the average American Is when he starts on the third verse of the national na-tional anthem." ' - , , , ? ' J l,e 3 f - , ! . j ' y ... if f 11 if J missica"1 In the historic gardens of San Juan W""tbont t there's a sun dial that tells the P." fimM Ume. The regulator, which keeps the a U" of J th. in.n.iA. t rothpr SL John O'Sullivan, m i &s , mission. Photograph shows F ather J0fl pS the ment of wheels and disks on sundial wcn in a few seconds at all timea of jew. hi ij k in i I- |