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Show SUMMARIZES THE WORLD'S WEEK Western Newspaper Union. House Passes Wage-Hour BUI T EPRESENTATIVE MARY NOR-T- TON'S wage-hour bill finally got through the house by a vote of 314 to 97, despite fierce opposition of nu' ii the southern Demo-f Demo-f crats. It was sent on , ,. to the senate, which s has passed a widely - ; differing measure jrf i and where opposi- ' tion blocs were re-".TL re-".TL -' ' Por'e(i forming to ' carry on a filibuster. i The Southerners j fought for difleren- tials favoring their v. industries, and were Rep. Norton aided by a ew Re. publicans who called the bill a "vote catcher" that would "throw millions out of work." The measure establishes rigid wage-hour standards for certain classes of workers in all industries operating in interstate commerce, regardless of prevailing sectional scales. It fixes an initial wage of 25 cents an hour which steps up to 40 cents an hour'in three years, and a 44-hour week graduating to 40 in two years. A coalition of farm state representatives repre-sentatives and the southern Democrats Demo-crats put over a drastic amendment offered by Mrs. Norton exempting thousands of employees engaged in the processing of agricultural commodities com-modities from the provisions of the ' measure. Other amendments exempt retail establishments in intrastate commerce; com-merce; the entire fishing industry; and employees of rural weekly and semi-weekly newspapers with less than 3,000 circulation. The shipment in commerce of goods produced with the aid of child labor is prohibited, but child actors are exempt from this provision. When the fight ended, Mrs. Norton, Nor-ton, chairman of the labor committee, commit-tee, was cheered and hugged by the victorious administration Democrats. Demo-crats. Morgan Charges Deceit T)R. ARTHUR E. MORGAN, oust-ed oust-ed chief of TVA, was the first witness heard by the congressional committee inquiring into the affairs of the authority. In straightforward fashion he told his side of the story, charging his fellow directors with dishonest management. He explained ex-plained he did not mean David Lil-ienthal Lil-ienthal and Harcourt Morgan took bribes or stole money, but that they deceived the President, congress, and the public; that they covered up important facts tending to throw doubt on the advisability of the government's gov-ernment's huge social experiment; reported a false electric power yardstick, yard-stick, and were subservient to political politi-cal and other special interests. He accused Lilienthal flatly of deceit de-ceit in leading the public to believe be-lieve that the financial accounts of the communities buying power from the TVA include all the costs of the service they render to the public. Dr. Morgan discussed in great detail de-tail the celebrated "Berry marble case," involving Sen. George L. Berry, Ber-ry, Tennessee Democrat Boss Hines Arrested TAMES J. HINES, most powerful leader of Tammany Hall and chief dispenser of federal patronage in New York, was arrested on charges arising from the 100-million-dollar-a-year policy game racket in that city. He surrendered in the office of District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey, hard hitting young prosecutor prose-cutor of Manhattan's multitudinous rackets, and was released in bonds of $20,000. Lewis Backs Barkley JOHN L. LEWIS, C. I. O. chieftain, -' has asked labor to support Sen. Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky in the primaries August 6. In his capacity ca-pacity as chairman of Labor's Nonpartisan Non-partisan league, Lewis said of Barkley: Bark-ley: "He is recognized as one of the nation's leading statesmen, liberal in his viewpoint and co-operative in his attitude toward legislation in the interests of labor and the common people." Harry Hopkins, WPA administrator, administra-tor, found occasion to say a good word in favor of Rep. Otha Wearin of Iowa, who is seeking to take the Democratic senatorial nomination away from Senator Gillette. For this Hopkins was denounced by senators who were demanding that the relief appropriations be earmarked ear-marked so they cannot be used for political purposes. Ickes Weds in Dublin HAROLD L. ICKES, secretary of the interior and PWA administrator, adminis-trator, put one over on all but his closest friends. He sailed secretly mi i - from New York to "A Ireland and in Dub-4to Dub-4to Hife lin was quietly mar-F mar-F 1 ried to Miss Jane J Dahlman of Milwau- I kee, twenty - five years old and a ' ' - I clerlt k's depart- j ment. Mr. Ickes, s "S i') wn is sixty - four I i years old, lost his I " '"jLI first wife nearly three years ago in Harold Ickes an automobile acci-dent acci-dent In the Southwest. The new Mrs. Ickes, red haired and pretty, is a niece of John Cuda-hy, Cuda-hy, American minister to Ireland, and sister of Mrs. Wilmarth Ickes of Winnetka, 111., widow of Mr. Ickes' step-son. Minister Cudahy did not attend the wedding, but was represented by S. J. Shattuck, an attache of the legation. The couple left Dublin by automobile for a brief honeymoon trip. Mr. Ickes cabled friends in Washington that he would return there in a week and would be at home on his estate near Olney, Md. Plane Crash Kills Ten ' I ''EN persons died when a twin-motored twin-motored plane of the United Air Lines, bound from New York for Chicago, crashed and burned south of Cleveland, Ohio. The victims included in-cluded seven passengers, two pilots and the stewardess. Officials of the air line said their information indicated the pilot was forced to make a landing because of engine trouble and that the ship did not catch fire until it struck. Japan Demands Apology "VTOW it is the turn of Japan to demand an apology from Great Britain. The Tokyo government govern-ment felt it was gravely insulted by a statement, attributed to R. A. Butler, But-ler, parliamentary of the British foreign for-eign office, that Japanese marines had shot many Chinese war prisoners prison-ers and civilians when they captured cap-tured the port of Amoy. Tokyo demanded de-manded that the British government "speedily give satisfaction" for this slur on Japan's honor. The Japanese announced in Shanghai Shang-hai that they had at last gained complete control of the 800-mile Tientsin-Pukow railway, and expected expect-ed to resume operations linking Pei-ping Pei-ping and Shanghai early in July. Two Taxation Decisions TN TWO far-reaching decisions the United States Supreme court further fur-ther narrowed the field of reciprocal recipro-cal intergovernmental tax immunity. immuni-ty. The rulings continued the trend in the direction of President Roosevelt's Roose-velt's theory that the federal and state governments can tax the salaries sala-ries of each other's employees and the income of each other's securities securi-ties without a constitutional amendment. amend-ment. In a decision delivered by Justice Stone, the court upheld levying of federal income taxes on employees of the Port of New York authority. In a decision delivered by Justice Roberts, the court upheld federal admission taxes on tickets to football foot-ball games conducted by the university uni-versity system of Georgia. Must Re-H!re Sit Strikers '"THE National Labor Relations board ordered the Kuehne Manufacturing Manu-facturing company, Flora, 111., to reinstate re-instate with back pay 164 American Federation of Labor sit-down strikers. strik-ers. It was the NLRB's third major sit-down decision, but the first involving in-volving an A. F. of L. union. The labor board refused to answer an-swer 74 questions put to it by the Ford Motor company In United States circuit court at Covington, Ky. The board particularly resented being asked whether Thomas Corcoran, Cor-coran, Benjamin V. Cohen, John L. Lewis or Homer Martin were consulted con-sulted in arriving at an order charging charg-ing the Ford company with violating violat-ing the Wagner labor act Too Late for Wheat Quotas SECRETARY WALLACE said that under the new crop control law it is too late to invoke marketing quotas on this year's indicated bumper wheat crop. He explained that the law authorized quotas this year only in the event congress appropriated ap-propriated funds by May 15 for "parity payments" provided in the new legislation. Martin Loses in Oregon rOV. CHARLES H. MARTIN of Oregon, the veteran soldier who has been fighting against the C. I. O. and other radicals, was beaten for renomination in the Democratic Dem-ocratic primary by Henry Hess who had the backing of labor unions and of Secretary of the Interior Ickes. Charles A. Sprague was nominated for governor by the Republicans and they believe they have a good chance to win in the fall elections, for the Democrats, there as in Pennsylvania, Penn-sylvania, were badly split War Narrowly Averted ERMAN and Czech troops by the thousands were massed on the frontier between the two countries. coun-tries. President Benes of Czechoslo- ... 40mm ; vakia and his cabi- eK ' net decided to call I 70,000 reserves to the colors. Poland - assembled armed I j forces close to the 1 ; , j Slovakia border. h x J ' Hungary was re-L' re-L' J Ported to be taking P - "certain military -C measures." France Xys N was ready to defend ner ai;y Czechoslo- President Vakia, against Nazi Benes aggression, and there was assurance that Great Britain and Russia would come to the aid of France if she were attacked at-tacked without provocation. No wonder the governments of Europe were desperately worried by such a critical condition. Hitler must have realized that the time was not ripe for aggressive action ac-tion against the Czechs, for German authorities in Berlin solemnly assured as-sured Dr. Vojtech Mastny, Czech minister to Berlin, and the Czech military attache that Germany planned no military expedition against Czechoslovakia. This eased the situation somewhat, but the British cabinet continued to urge Benes and his government to make all possible concessions to Hitler concerning the demands of the Sudeten Su-deten German minority. It was believed be-lieved the Fuehrer would ultimately ultimate-ly get about everything he wants from the Czechs without a fight. Dr. Milan Hodza, premier of Czechoslovakia, and Konrad Hen-lein, Hen-lein, leader of the Sudeten German party, were brought together in peace talks in Prague. Henlein was reported to have said he didn't believe be-lieve much progress in that line could be made until the government had recalled the reservists who had been mobilized. The Czechs informed the French and British governments they are willing to become a central European Euro-pean Switzerland in which all races of the polyglot republic will have equal rights. However, they insist on further guarantees against German Ger-man aggression to compensate for weakening their defense. In Paris it was reported that the French government asked that the United States associate itself with France and Britain in their efforts to keep Hitler from attacking Czechoslovakia, Czech-oslovakia, and that Washington's reply, through Ambassador Bullitt, was a refusal to mix in the row. This was denied by Mr. Bullitt. Italy Warns France TTALY intimated it would keep out of the Nazi-Czech quarrel, but Mussolini broke off the friendship talks with France and warned that continued French acquiescence in the shipment of arms to government govern-ment Spain would not be tolerated. The Duce declared that unless France ceases aiding transmission of Soviet and Czech arms to Barcelona, Barce-lona, Italy and Germany may be forced to increase their assistance to the insurgents. This naturally would endanger the new Anglo-Italian agreement Predestination Is Out r ENERAL assembly of the Pres-byterian Pres-byterian church in the United States, In session at Meriden, Miss., voted 151 to 130 to omit from the confession of faith these two important impor-tant sections: "By the decree of God, for the manifestation of his glory, some men and angels are predestined unto everlasting life and others foreordained fore-ordained to everlasting death. "And their number is so certain, and definite that it cannot be either increased or diminished." |