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Show THE t Fill SUN. IE1H. CTAH News Review Events the Roosevelt's First Rebuff in Primaries Senate Committee Com-mittee Boosts Income Taxes House Playing Havoc With Economy Bill. By EDWARD W. PICKARD FOR the first time since he started start-ed out oo his hunt for instructed instruct-ed delegates Covernor Franklin D. Roosevelt met with a rebuff two of them. In fact. In wwb the jiassachusetts ffcjf Tr--.' 1 primaries he ex. F ' , "?S pected to win eight L 1 or ten of the 38 del egates chosen for the Democratic Presidential con s' ' V. ft vent I on, but A) K- -.r-T. J Smith swept the J- ' " f state and added the KNi' . j entire delegation to h8 ,lttle bundle of votes. More Important because more unex Sen. J. J. Davit pected was the result In Pennsyl vania. The New fork governor cop tured the grenter part of that state's delegation, perhaps CO out of 70 votes, but Smith made a much bet ter showing than anyone had sntlcl pa ted. Incomplete returns Indicated Indi-cated he had carried 15 of the 67 counties, and his majority In Philadelphia Phil-adelphia was Impressive. . Altogether, the leaders of the "Stop Roosevelt'' movement were considerably heartened by the outcome out-come of these two primaries. t President Hoover was virtually assured of the ion Republican. dele gates to the two states. In Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania the Republican prlmury was made Interesting by the con test between Senator James J, Davis and (Jen. Smedley D. Rutler, The fanwms marine was bncked by Covernor Plnchot and ran as a dry, but Davis, who had been converted to antl-prohlbltlonlsm through the Influence of William S. Vare. Republican Repub-lican boss of the state, defeated the general by a plurality that p pronched 4(Xl,()0(). It was thought that this might mean that the Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania delegation In the Republican Repub-lican convention would fight earnestly earn-estly for a plank promising remib mission of the Eighteenth amend ment. Mrs. Plnchot. the governor's wife, sought the Republican congressional con-gressional nomination In the Flf teenth district, but was whipped by Congressman Louis T. McKndden. who some months ago attacked the administration's International finance policies and accused Presl dent Hoover of "selling out" to Eu rope. T ATHER unexpectedly, the Jury in the Kahnhawal murder case in Honolulu, after being out 48 hours, brought In a verdict of guilty of manslaughter against Lieut Thomas H. Massie of the navy, Mrs Granville Fortescue, his mother-tn-law, and Seajnen E. J. Lord and AI-bert AI-bert O. Jones. The Jury recommend ed mercy for the defendants. The verdict means a sentence of one to ten years In Oahu prison. Notice of appeal Was served by the defense. The four defendants heard the flndg of the Jury bravely, but Mrs. Massie, for assaulting whom the slain man was under Indictment broke down and sobbed during the proceedings. Clarence Darrow, the veteran Chicago attorney who had made a remarkable attempt to win acquittal for the four, was grievously grievous-ly disappointed. FIRST rejecting a proposal by Senator Couzens to boost surtaxes sur-taxes to the wartime maximum of 45 per cent, the senate finance committee com-mittee voted an Increase in all In come tax rates above the levies written Into the new revenue bill by that house. The committee almost unanimous ly adopted a schedule presented by Senator Harrison, of Mississippi, the ranking Democrat.' calling for a maximum surtax of 45 per cent In stead of the 40 per cent figure car rled In the house bill. Normal Income rates were boosted boost-ed to 3 per cent on the first $4,000 Income; 6 per cent on the next JI.(KK). and 9 per cent on the in come above $8,000. The present normal rates are 1. 3 and S per cent. The house voted to Increase these rates to 2. 4 and 7 per cent respectively. By close votes the tariffs on Im ported oil and coal which the house added to the measure were struck out. The tax on automobiles was approved. The house passed and sent to the President the tariff bill restoring to congress all power to alter Im port duties. The house also pas.-ed the $."52fl.tXX),(X)0 navy bill after re fusing to cut the amount 10 per cent. DKTERMINF.D to get the $20, oun.UKl economy bill before the senate as quickly as possible Ma Jority Floor Leader Ilulney de creed that the house should hold night seinns until the measur was ilsiMised of. tnm.edlHiely a h!-part!sn msur gent fwlitlon took Htnrge an.) overriHle the leiiiKTilir and Ite publican leniltrshlp. first tiling of Current World Over It did was to knock out the provision provi-sion of the rule limiting the number of amendments to the economy measure to forty, and then It start ed to rip the bill to pieces. Its primary achievement In this line was the adoption of an amendment by Britten of Illinois exempting from the proposed 11 per cent pay reduction all federal employees with salaries up to and including J2..VKI. As framed by the committee the exemption ex-emption ran to $1,000. The change took more thnn $i0.000.000 out of the $200,000,000 the bill was supC posed to effect In the annual cost of the federal government. CENATOR Iluey p. Long of Lou Islana broke out in violent revolt re-volt agulnst the Democratic party and especially ngulnst Its leader In the senate, Joe Robinson of Arkansas, Arkan-sas, because In the pending tax bill the rich were not being "soaked" as much as he desired. He. accused the Democrats of taking orders from big business, practlcnlly renounced re-nounced his membership in the par ty and shouted his resignation from all senate committees to which be had been appointed. Senator Robinson replied with dignity and withering sarcasm and the Republicans sat silently enjoying enjoy-ing the affair. REPRESENTATIVE P. H. LA Guardia of New York, leader of the bloc that defeated the sales tax, proposition, provided the sensation sensa-tion of the week In the senate banking bank-ing committee hearings hear-ings on stock exchange ex-change methods. It was an exposure of alleged high pressure pres-sure publicity methods, including even bribery, to manipulate prices on the New York Stock exchange, and the documents he offered in proof of his charges In F. H. La Guardia volved a number of tlnanclul writers writ-ers formerly employed on New York papers. They were employed by brokerage houses, he sald to "ballyhoo" "bally-hoo" stocks and sent out misleading statements In order to promote stock purchuses. In some cases he said extracts from newspaper articles Inspired In-spired by high-powered publicity methods were included 'by brokers in letters to customers. Five pools In which stocks were manipulated, according to La Guar dla. were cited by the New Yorker to back up his assertions. He said that high pressure methods had been utilized In the bundling of pools In Indian Motorcycle stock. Savage Arms, Maxwell Motors, Pure Oil. Slmnts Petroleum, and Superior Oil. In all Instances except the Indian In-dian Motorcycle stock, the pools operated hack In 1024 and P.nJii. Mr. La Ouardla named A. Newton Plummer as the high-pressure publicity pub-licity man who had distributed $280. 01X3 among newspaper men. This man, he said, operated under the title of publicity counsel and sometimes some-times under the name of the Institute Insti-tute of Economic Research. Plummer Plum-mer is now under Indictment for forging securities. The committee In executive session ses-sion decided to make a sweeping inquiry in-quiry Into the whole stock and bond selling as It affect 8 the stool, exchange, and this may last all sum mer. A steering committee of five was named by Chairman Norheck to plai, the Invesil gHtlon and line up witnesses Senator Couzens ol Mlchl gan. one of the "progressives,' Is If 'J Senator Couzens perhaps the lending member of this smaller body and will be a most lmMrtant factor In the Inquiry. Glass. FleHher and Norbeck him self also are on the steering com nilttee. Walcott of Connecticut, who Initiated the Inquiry, has been forced Into a minor pluce by Nor beck. JAPAN opened a great drive in Mam-hurl to suppress the fast growing revolt Mgainsl the govern meni of the pupiwt suite of Man rhmiktio. having previously warned the rest of the world to keep hands off. The rebel forces along the eastern lines t the Chinese East em railway and In the lower Sun tarl valley were estimated at 2(1 tux), and there were more of them In other regions The Jiiimnese government scorned the resolution of the League of Na I tons iimimltttv of nineteen, calling for the iiiiiitf llnte evacuation of Slittustiiit. Htiri then went ahead to Mrninge lis imn ii;in with the co ieriifon of Sir Miles l-anipson. the hi r - J British minister to China. It was reported In Geneva that this proposal pro-posal was accepted by Nanking, so the league committee meekly admitted ad-mitted It would have to remake Its resolution to conform. The small powers, which had Insisted on drastic dras-tic action against Japan, didn't like this development but could do nothing. GERMANY Is especially grateful grate-ful to President Hoover for his promotion of the moratorium on reparations and war debts, but there was no way in which this gratitude grat-itude c o o 1 d be shown directly to the President, so Ambassador Fred-e Fred-e r I e M. Sackett r -1 the recipient -of, an unusual nonor me bestowal of the degree de-gree of doctor of political science by the ancient and famous fa-mous university of F. M. Sackett Tueblngen. This high honor was presented to the ambassador In an impressive ceremony In the presence pres-ence of representatives of the German Ger-man cabinet and many of south Germany's Ger-many's most distinguished men. In its centuries of existence the University of Tueblngen has dispensed dis-pensed only a few honorary titles. Rut, as the rector said, because of his "great effort In alleviating economic eco-nomic problems the university concluded con-cluded that the American ambassador ambassa-dor did signal work In singling out some of the causes of the present dilllculties," and decided to honor hint. RICHMOND was full of governors and other dignitaries last week and was mighty busy in other respects. re-spects. The events Included the an-nuul an-nuul conference of state executives, the Washington bicentennial celebration, cele-bration, a celebration In honor of the landing of the first permanent Colonists, a state music festival, dedication of the first monument to James Monroe in the state, and the opening to the public for the full week of 100 colonial homes and gardens. gar-dens. . ' : The governors, thirty in number, after being received by Governor Pollard, helped to dedicate the Monroe statue at Ash Lawn. The chief address was delivered by Claude G. Bowers, eminent Democratic Demo-cratic Journalist and orator. The executives nlso took part in alt the other ceremonies, besides holding their own four-day meet. On Wednesday they were addressed by President Hoover, who In one of his most Important speeches presented the federal government's case to the states and asked for their fuller cooperation co-operation In settling national problems. prob-lems. Thursday evening the governors gover-nors were entertained at dinner In the White House. GEORGIA has a new senator, appointed ap-pointed by Gov. Richard B. Russell, Jr., to fill out part of the unexpired term of the late William J. Harris. The man selected Is Ma J. John S. Cohen, editor ed-itor of the Atlanta Journal. He will serve until next November. No-vember. The Harris Har-ris term does not expire until 103?. and Governor Rus-Bell Rus-Bell himself will be a candidate for the place In the general election in the fall. Major Cohen, who has been Demo MaJ. J. S. Cohen cratic national committeeman from Georgia since 1024, is a member of a distinguished southern family. He Joined the staff of the Journal In 1S0O and was reporter, special Washington correspondent, and editorial ed-itorial writer. He was a correspondent corre-spondent and later an army officer In the Spanish-American war. His father was a Confederate officer. NATIONAL Socialists, under the leadership of -Adolf Hitler, scored a great victory in the Prussian Prus-sian elections, and won enough places In other parts of Germany to make them the strongest political party In four of the five states In the reiclu But they still lack a clear majority to control any of them. In Bavaria they fell slightly slight-ly behind. In Prussia, where the fight was most bitter because of the theory that "whoever controls Prussia controls con-trols the relch the Hitlerite forces garnered 162 seats against the nine they held heretofore. The coalition which makes up the present government govern-ment also obtained 1(52 seats. The Communists also gained. It was announced that the Prussian Prus-sian government would resign on May 24 when the newly elected diet convenes, but will carry on until a new premier of the state Is elect ed. Hitler Is Insisting that the .Nazis should be given control, but there can be no definite decision as to the alignment of the parties until un-til the middle of May. when the Catholic Centrists meet in Berlin for a caucus. In the Austrian elections also the National Socialists scored heavy and widespread gains, but the control con-trol of the government remains In the hands of the Sm-lnllsts and tlirisrliin So-iHiits. The Pan German Ger-man and Agrarian parties were practically wiped out by the Nazis. tO 131 Wnttrt NitiNMt Union.) -fr. " fit Intermountain News -Briefly Told for Busy Headers $10,000 BOND ISSUE FOUR STATES JOIN. CANNING FOR JOBLESS. "AG SPECIAL" SCHEDULE. 5,000 ACRES IRRIGATED. nnirv tit The Beet Growers' Credit corporation recently filed articles of incorporation with the county clerk. The capital stock is $150,000 divided into shares of the par value of $100 each. . BEAVER, UT. A community canning outfit has been purchased with some of the money collected last winter for charity purposes. It la expected that a large amount of garden produce will be put up for the needy this summer. SPRINGVILLE, UT.-Tbe quar-terly quar-terly report issued by the city recorder re-corder of Springville shows a gain in receipts for the first three months of 1932 over the corresponding period per-iod of last year. PAYSON, CT. The Utah county, "Agricultural Special" train will tour the territory from Payson to West Jordan, leaving Payson on May 31, proceeding to Salem that afternoon with a night meeting at Spanish Fork. The second day, June 1, will be spent at Springville and Provo ; the third day at Pleasant Grore and Lehl, winding up at the American Fork Poultry Day celebration, cel-ebration, June 2. June 3 will be spent at We3t Jordan where sugar beets will be featured. LOGAN, UT. The "Ag"club at the U. S. A. 0. will conduct their fifth annual show in the U. S. A. C stadium In the near future. Horses from northern Utah and southern Idaho will be entered. REXBURG, IDA. 10 to 50 per cent of the Idaho farmers have applied ap-plied for seed loans at the Salt Lake division office, MOUNTAIN HOME, IDA. The three reservoirs of the farmer-owned Mountain Home Irrigation project are filling rapidly, with enough water wat-er In them now to have all the alfalfa al-falfa land Irrigated the first part of May, and still retain storage of six acre feet of water for every acre in the 6000-acre project, HEBER, UT. Testing of range cattle in Wasatch county for tuberculosis tuber-culosis has been completed with no re-actors found. All dairy cattle in the county will be tested. If no more re-actors are found In the dairy cattle, than in 1929, and 1930, Wasatch Wa-satch county will become an accred ited county. HEBER, UT. At a meeting of the board of directors of the Wasatch Wa-satch county fair board, it was decided de-cided to hold the county fnr again this year, and the dates were set for September 1st and 2nd. IDAHO FALLS, IDA. A heavy dose of poison which she was reported re-ported to have accidentally taken in a cup of coffee, caused the death of Martha Abercrombie, 16-year-o 1 d school girl. EMERY, UT. J. McBroom, a resident of Emery for the past nine years, and a former resident of Oklahoma, Ok-lahoma, was arrested for assault and battery on his wife and daugh ter. BEAVER, UT. The special elec tion neld in the county for voting a $40,000 bond to pay indebtedness of the present year and to begin school with next fall, was decided in favor of Issuing the bonds. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Requisitions Re-quisitions from twenty-nine Utah counties for livestock feed total 17-174 17-174 tons, reports Mrs. Mary A. Al-len, Al-len, executive secretary of the Salt Lake county chapter of the American Ameri-can Red Cross. The feed, which is a portion of the 37,297 tons sent to the Faelfie area from the Red Gross, will be distributed to. those areas which suffered from drouth during 193L WENDOVER, UTAH In addition ad-dition to applying an oil-gravel mulch on the westerly ten miles of the Wendover cut-off, the state road commission and the federal government will apply light oil sufficient suf-ficient to make the road temporarily temporar-ily dustproof, on the remaining 41 miles of the cat-off, it was announced announc-ed recently. BURLEY, IDA. The Idaho Coal Dealers association, already an organization or-ganization which includes three states, has extended its sphere of Influence into a fourth, Oregon. Coal dealers of 13 eastern Oregon cities and towns became affiliated with the association at it annoal convention here. Other ntntoa in. elude Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. SALT LAKE CITY. rTw.n. r - AHUi way operatic? Income of tha - ----- .autu- berger Electric Railroad company in 1031 was $419.0C0, It is shown by a report filed with the mhit. ntinu. commission of Utah, This was $03,-000 $03,-000 less than the operating income for 1930. SALT LAKE CITY. rrTi,. stare wiu conduct a thorough probing prob-ing of unemployment This was decided de-cided at a hearing at the capitol by the state industrial commission and leaders in religious and civic life attending. Scenes and WHT W . r . ' . 'jit l .'f is jar-- jb m .. IT S '!-f J a :' : J E ' .t ri m a si s .vi a t'"t 1 Probate Judge Henry. Horner or Chicago, Democratic nominee for the govern rw rToini-ir-h Snhnpo nf fiprmanT. Henri Clnndol nf JTrnnpo fiar, vernorSUp n ax. uv.u..vu , the earl of Lvrton of England, members haL S Chapel of St John In the new sion aav attenaea dv rresiaeni ana jura, Children of Members of the National Society Washington called at the White House TO WED A DU PONT Miss Jane" Holcomb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Holcomb of Waterbury, Conn., Is engaged to marry Pierre S. Du Pont of Wilmington, Wil-mington, Del the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lamont Da Pont UP FOR PRESIDENT Col Frank Eldrldge Webb of San Franctsco and Washington, D. O. Is the Presidential nominee of the National Na-tional Farmer-Labor party for 1832. l",0B kJ f . vs 'j- .V ! - v i ' I I - .4 ... . . , ! i K.. - . -i i . r Persons in the Current ft 4sr. k- t.t v. - -v tit ( t, fj MAI - u ?f :.rl r4HfUit i -. v.vu. nuut JUCUOy of th tr i of the League of Nations Washington cathedral, scene of a great retta5'' uoover... - Revolution Meet Mr. Hoov Children of the American Revolution who held their annul J and wre received by President Hoover. M 1 First Mackerel for the Preside ? - r f i i f : ?- -VH: - ' I p ' Iff "if 1 i u f , i'A : - 4 IVf H f i ; f Miss Vesta Stevens of Cape May, H. ILgsl part of the first catch of the season, which Rew to President Hoover. Chilean Volcano in Erupj V1 U -jo v. -5. - ntm..v f,m rhtle tell of renews - n-j Andes while the people of many towns a of recent eruptions. The photograph so forth hot ashes and smoke. 3. er j |