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Show MAGNA British minister to China. It was reported la Geneve that this proposal waa accepted by Nanking, go the league eommltte . meekly admitted It would have to remake Ite resolution to conform. Tbe email power! which had Insisted on drastic action against Japan, didnt like this development but could do nothing, News Review of Current Events the World Over ? Roosevelts First Rebuff in Primaries Senate Com mittee Boosts Income Taxes rllonse Playing Havoc With Economy Bill. ' , By EDWARD W. PICKARD , POB tbs first tints sines be start on bis bunt for Instruct ed delegate Governor- - Franklin D. Roosevelt met with a rebuff two of them. In fact In "od oat the Massachusetts be ex primaries peeted to win eight or ten of the 36 delegates cbosen for th Democratic Presidential eon rent Ion, bat AJ Smith swept tbs stats and added tbs entire delegation to bis little bundle of votes. More Important t because more In Pennsylpeeted aas the vanla. Th New fork governor cap tured the greater part of that states delegation, perhaps 60 out of 76 votes, but Smith made a .much bet ter showing than anyone had antlcl . Incomplete returns Indipte4. cated be bad carried 13 of the 67 counties, and bis majority In Philadelphia was Impressive. Altogether, the leaders of the "Stop Roosevelt" movement were considerably heartened by the of these two primaries. President Hoover was virtually assured of the 109 Republican dele gates to the two states. In Pennsylvania the Republican primary Was made Interesting by the contest between Senator James J Davis and Gen. 8medley D. Butler. The famous marine was barked by Governor Ilnchot and ran aa a dry. but. Davis, who had been converted to through the Influence of William S. Vnre, Republican boss of the state, defeated the general by a plurality that ip It waa thought proached 400.000, that this might mean that the Pennsylvania delegation In the Republican convention would fight earnestly for a plank promising resub mission of the Eighteenth amend menL Mrs. Plnchot, the governors wife, sought the Republican congressional nomination In the-Fl- f teenth district, but was whlpfied b.v ..Congressman Louis T. , McFadden.' who some months ago attacked the administrations International finance policies and accused President lloover of selling out" to Europe. ones-resul- - oat-com- e It did was to knock out the provision of the rule limiting the number of amendments to the economy measure to forty, and then It started to rip the bill to pieces. Its primary achievement In this Hue Was the adoption of an amendment by A Britten- - offmrnot exempttnc from the proposed . 11 per cent pay reduction rII federal employees with salaries up to ap(l Including $2,Via As framed by the committee the exemption yan to 3L000. The change took more than 50.000.000 out of the 200.000.000 the bill was supposed to effect In. the annual coat of the federal government. CENATOR Huey P. Long of Lou- lalana- broke out In violent revolt against the Democratic party and especially against Its leader in the senate, Joe Robinson of Arkansas. because In the pending tax bill the rich were not being soaked" as much aa.be desired. He accused the Democrat of taking orders froitr big business, praet len I ly re nounced bla membership In the par ty and shouted bis resignation from all senate committees to which be had been appointed. Senator Robinson replied with dignity and withering sarcasm and the Republicans eat silently enjoying the affair.', - . D EPRE.SENTATIVE F. II. LA Guardia of. New fork, leader of the bloc that defeated the sales tax proposition, provided the sensa- tlon of the week In, tbe senate banking committee hearings on stock exchange methods. It waa an exposure of alleged high pres sure publicity ttfethods. including oven bribery, to manipulate prices on the New York Stock exchange, and tbe documents he offered In proof of his charges Involved e number of financial writers formerly employed on New York papers. They were employed by brokerage houses, be said, to "bally hoo" stock and sent out misleading statements In order to promote stock purchase! In tome cases be said extracts from by newspaer bestowal of the degree of doctor of political science by tbe ancient and famous university , of Tuebingen. This high honor was presented to tbe ambassador In an Impressive ceremony In the presence of representatives of the German cabinet and many of south Germany's most distinguished men. In Its centuries of existence the University of Tuebingen has dis pensed only a few honorary title! But, a tbe rector said, because of his great effort In alleviating eco nomlc problems the university concluded that the American ambaesa-do- r did signal work In singling out some. of the causes of the present dlfficulties" end decided to' honor him. O I ICHMOND waa full of governor and wus mighty busy In other respect!1 The events Included the annual conference of state executive! the Washington bicentennial cele-- . brut Ion, a celebration In honor of the landing of the first permanent Colonist! a state music festival, dedication of the first monument to James Monroe In the state, and the opening to the public for tbe full week of 100 coloulul homes and gar- 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. Massle, for assaulting whom the slain man was under indictment broke down and sobbed during the proceeding! Clarence Harrow, the veteran Chicago attorney who had made a remarkable attempt to win acquittal for the four, waa grievously disappointed. a proposal FIRST rejecting Couxena by to boost sur- taxes to the wartime maximum of 43 per cent, the aenate finance committee voted an Increase In all In come tax rates above the levies written Into tbe new revenue bill by that house. Tbe committee almost unanimous ly adopted a schedule presented by Senator Harrison, of Mississippi, the ranking Democrat, calling for a maximum surtax of 43 per cent In atead of the 40 per rent figure car rled In the house bill. Normal Income rates were boosted to 3 per cent on the first 4,000 Income; 6 per cent on the next 4,000, and 9 per cent on the In coroe above 8.000. The present normal rate are H4, 3 and 3 per cent. The house voted to Increase these rates to 2. 4 and 7 per cent respectively. By close vote the tariffs on Im ported oil and .coal which the house added to the mettsure were struck out. The tax on automobiles was approved. The bouse passed and sent to the President the tariff bill restoring to congress all power to alter im port duties. The house also passed tbe 326.000.000 navy bill after re fusing to cut tbe amount 10 per cent. to Determined economy get the 20, bill before the senate as quickly as possible. Ma Jorlty Floor Leader Rainey de creed that the house should hold night sessions until the measure . Was Jl8nsed of. Insur Immediately a gent .coalition took charge snT overrode the Democratic and Re publican leadership.' First thing e progressive!" Is perhaps the leading member of this smaller body and will be a most lmmrtant factor In the Inquiry Gins! Fletrher and Norlieck him self also are on the steering com mittee. Walcott of Connect who Inltlitted the Inquiry, has been forced Into a minor place by Nor b-- beet a great drive In to suppress tbe faat growing revolt agnlrtkl the govern ment of the pupMt state of Sian rhoukuo. having previously warned the rest of the world to keep hands off. The rebel forces along the eastern lines ot the Chinese East era railway and In the lower Sun gnrt valley were estimated at 29. IKK), and there wereniore of them In other regions TheJirpauese government scorned the resolution of the League of Na tlons cointnlMee ot nineteen, calling for th immediate evacuation of 'Shanghai, and then wcnl ahead to. arrange Its own plan with the' co oeraton of Sir Miles Imnipson. the JAPAN opened Journal. He will serve until next November. The Har rla term does not expire until 1937. and Governor Rue sell himself will be a candidate for the place In the general election In the fall. Major Cohen, who Demohas been cratic national committeeman from Georgia since 1924. la a member of a distinguished southern family. He Joined the staff of the Journal In 1890 and was reporter, special Washington Correspondent, and editorial writer. He was a correspondent and later an army officer. In the Spanlsh-Amerlcawar. Hia father was a Confederate officer. n NATIONAL Socialists, under the of Adolf Hitler scored a great victory In the Prow slan election! and won enough other parte of Germany to places make them the strongest political party In four of the five states In the relcb. But they still lack n clear majority to control any of them. In Bavaria they fell slightIn ly behind. In Prussia, where the fight was most bitter because of the theory that "whoever control Prussia controls the relch. the Hitlerite forces garnered 162 teats against the nine they held heretofore. Th coallrinn which makes up the present government also obtained 162 seat! Tbe Communists also gained. It was announced thalHthePraa slan government would resign on May 24 when the newly elected diet convene! but will carry on until new premier of the state Is elect ed. Hitler Is Insisting that the Nnxls should be given controL but there' can be no definite decision as to the alignment of the partlee until the middle of May. when fhe Catholic Centrists meet In Berlin produce wHf bpet iiy-- ior the needy this summer. SPltiNGVlLLE, UT. The quarterly report. Issued by the city recorder of Springvllle. shows a gain In receipts for the first three months Of 1932 over tbe corresponding period of last year. , PATRON, UT. The Utah county Agricultural Special" train will tour the territory from Payaon to West leaving Payson on May 31, proceeding to Salem that afternoon with a night meeting at Spanish' Fork. The second day, June L will bd'apent at Springvllle and Provq; tbe. third day at Pleasant Grove ;tnd Lehl, winding up at the American Fork Poultry Day Jane - 2 June 3 will, be spent at West Jordan where sugar beets will he featured. r ii iv i' L$ r t & - MOUNTAIN HOME, IDA. lrrbt lii Jdw He"7 Horner of Chicago, Democratic nominee for the governorship of niinoin. Dr. Heinrich Schnee of Germany, Henri Claudel of France, Gen. Frank McCoy of the United States and the earlof Lytton of England, members of the League of Nations commission. Inspecting ruins In Shane th DCW Wuhlngts. cathedral, scene of a great rellglo !fPeLKSn.Jhn ice slon day and Mr! Hoover. by j Childreh of RevolutiorrMeet Mrr Hoover t i T - v s Y u J - - " j W f . ' vjv The , ' - ,j ( three. reservoirs of tbe farmer-owneMountain nome Irrigation project are filling rapidly, with enough water In them now to have all the alfalfa land Irrigated the first part of May, and still retain storage of six acre feet of water for every acre In the 6000-acr- e project d HEBER, UT. Testing of range cattle fn Wasatch county for tuberculosis has been completed with no found. All dairy cattle In the eoufify will be tested. If no more are - found In the dairy cattle, titan iS 1929, and 1930, Wa satch .county will beconle an accred,l ited county. if HEBER, UT, At a meeting of the hoard of directors of the Wasatch county fair board, it wa decided to hold the county fn again this year, and the dates were set for September 1st and 2nd. IDAHO FALLS, IDA. dose of poison which she ported to have accidentally a cup of coffee, caused the Martha b 1 u i Wi - ArrV- . , 1 pw,w- 4 ' IVt f f . - K 1 w . Washington called .NU0 Abercrombie, ' 1 TO WED ' First Mackerel for the President d school gtrL EMERY, UT. J. McBroom, resident of Emery for the past nine yean, and a former resident of Ok lahoma, was arrested for assault and battery on his wife and daughter. BEAVER, UT. The special election held in the county for voting a $40,000 bond to pay indebtedness of the present year and to begin school with next fan, waa decided In favor of Issuing the bond! SALT 'LAKE CITY, UT, from twenty-nin- e Utah counties for livestock feed total 4 tons.reportsUrs Mary A. Allen, executive secretary of tbe Salt like bounty chapter of the American Red Cros! The feed, which la a portion-o- f the 87,297 tons sent to the Pacific - area from the Red Ores! will be distributed to those areas which suffered from drouth during 193L WENDOVEB, UTAH In addition to applying an mulch on the westerly ten miles of the Wendover cut-ofthe state road commission and the federal government will apply light oil, sufficient to make the road temporarily dustproof, on the remaining 41 miles of the cut-of- f, It was announced recently. BURLEY, IDA. The Idaho Coal Dealers association, already an orwhich includes three ganizationstate! has extended Its sphere of Influence Into a fourth, Oregon. Goal dealers of IS eastern Oregon cities and towns became affiliated with tbe association at Its annual convention here. Other states Include Uh, Wyoming and Idaho, 17-17- Miss Jans Holcomb, daughter of Mr. and Mra. Frederick Holcomb f Waterbury, Cona, la engaged to marry Pierre S. Du Pont of .Wilmington, Del., tbe son of Mr. and Mra. Lamont Du Pont UP FOR PRESIDENT Miss Vesta Stevens of Cape May, N. J, exhibits th fresh mact part of the first catch, of the season, which New Jersey fishermen ship? to President Hoover. - f; Chilean Volcano in Eruption ..... v- . ChUdren of American Revolution who held their annual meeting bf White House and were received by President Hoover. A heavy was retaken In death of - - SALT LAKH CITY, UT. Railway operating income of the Bamberger Electric Railroad company In 1931 was $419, 0C9, it Is sbown by a report filed with the public nrilitlee commission of Utah. This was $93,-00- 0 fur a niuni! les than the operating Income -- In the Austrian elections also the for 1930. National Socialists scored heavy 8ALT LAKE CITY, UT. The and wlilespreadjoJn! but the coo tale will conduct s thorough probtrot of the government, remains In ing of unemployment This was dethe hands of and cided at a at the capitol by Christian Social bis TheTan Ger- the state hearing Industrial commission and man nnd Agrarian parties were leaders in religious and civic life atpractically wljied out by the Nazi! tending. (ft 192S Wfflffl NfWlMNf UltORl ts ir - last wjnter for charity purpose! It is expected that a large amount of - ap-'-- been utilized In the handling of pools In Indian Motorcycle stock. Savage. Arm! Maxwell Motor! Pure Oil. Simms Petroleum, and Superior Oil. In all Instances except the Indian Motorcycle stock, the pools operated hnrk In 1924 and 1923. Mr. La Guardia named A. Newton Plummer as the pub llcity man who had distributed 286, 000 among new spatter men. This man, he said, operated under the some title of publicity counsel-en-d times under tbe name of the Institute of Econondc Research. Plummet Is now under Indictment for forging 'securities The committee In executive see slon decided to make a sweeping In qulry Into the whole stork and bond selling as It affects the stork exchange, and this may last all sum mer. A steering committee of five was named by Chairman Norbeck to plate the Invest) gatlon and line up witnesses Senator Couzens ot Mlrtil" one of the gan. UT. ! garden i- r 'V A community canning outfit has been purchased with some of tbe money collected BEAVER, REXBUBG, IDA. 10 to 60 per the Idaho farmers have applied for seed loans at the Salt Lake division Office, hlgh-owere- lbert O. Jones. The Jury recommend OGDEX, UT- - Th Beet Growers Credit corporation recently filed articles of Incorporation with the county clerk. The capital stock la $150, (X)D divided Into shares of the par value of $100 each. - The governor! thirty Jn number, after belfig received by Governor Pollurd. helped to dedicate tbe Monroe statue at Asb Lawn. The chief address waa delivered by Claude G Bower! eminent Democratic Journalist and orator. The executives also took part In all the other ceremonies, besides holding their own four-daOn meet. Wednesday they were addressed by President Hoover, who In one of his most Important speeches presented the federal governments case to the states and asked for their fuller cooperation In settling natlonnl problem! Thursday evening the governor were entertained at dinner la the White House. mother-in-law- - emit-o- f den! ATnER unexpectedly, the Jury spired publicity FEORGIA has a new senator, In the Kahahawn! murder case methods were included by brokers pointed by Gov, Rlchnyd B. In Honolulu, after being out 48 In letters to customer! Russell, J r to fill out part of the Five pools In which stocks were unexplred term of the late William hours, brought In a verdict of guilty of manslaughter against Lieut manipulated, according to La Guur J! Hnrrl! The man - Thoms of Abe navy, Mrs. jJIa, were cited hy the New Yorker elected la MaJ. . Granville Forteacue, his to back up his assertions. He eafd John S. Cohen.". edand Seamen E. J. Ixrd and A- that high pressure methods hud itor of the Atlanta TV f FOLK STATES JOIN. CANNING FOR JOBLESS. "AG SPECIAL SCHEDULE. MO ACRES IRRIGATED. tOGANV UT. The Ag" club at the U, 8. A. C. will conduct their fifth annual show In tbe U. S. A. C. stadium In the near future. Horses from northern Utah and southern Idaho wQl be entered. and'other dlgnltarlea last week In- art-ide- t $44,00 BOND ISSUE j 6, Scenes and Persons in the Current News Briefly Told for Busy Readers Hoover for bis promotion of tbo moratorium on reparations and war debt! but there was no way In which this gratitude e o o I d be shown directly to th President, so Ambassador Fred-- , e r I e M Sackett was chosen to be tbe recipient of an unusuaLbonar the Friday, May bteriatsLi Ilivs GERMANY Is especially - TDIES MAGNA, UTAH w Col. Frank Eldrldge Webb of San Francisco and Washington, D. C, Is tbs Presidential nominee of tbe National Farmer-Labo- r party for 1932. Dispatches from Chile tell of renewed of volcanoes Andes while the people of many towns ara activity yet clearing away the of recent eruption! The photograph shows ML Las Yeguas Wforth hot ashes and smok! - |
