| Show news review of current events the world over hundreds perish in hurricane that hits florida liner stranded on reef italy accuses ethiopia before league council V by EDWARD W PICKARD 0 western newspaper union I 1 lerida was the hie victim of another FLORIDA hurricane that swept up fr from out the caribbean across the keys and the southern end of 0 the state then along the west coast nod and into georgia the total of fatalities was uncertain but at this writing the number of dead Is estimated nt at more than ZW COO of these perhaps were war veterans in labor camps on the keys where they were employed la in construction work all buildings on many of the keys were demolished and a relief train that had been sent to take the veterans away from the danger zone was smashed to pieces the survivors on the Isla islands nils were without shelter food and medical supplies but relief expeditions were quickly sent by the eed cross and other agencies the towns along the west coast reported extensive property damage responding to assertions that the great loss of life la in the veterans labor camps was due to lack of preparation aaion against such a disaster president roosevelt ordered a thorough investigation by brig gen frank T nines hines administrator of veterans affairs harry barry hopkins nop kins head of the rera FERA which set up the camps also started an inquiry and so did the american legion the affair promised to attain the bad eminence of a national scandal caught in tile the fury of the storm th the morgan liner awe from new orleans for new york was driven aground on french reef about CO 60 miles south of miami her passengers and crew numbering were in great peril for three days but various steamers and coast guard cutters rushed to the rescue in response to her SOS call and as soon as wind and seas abated enough all were taken oil off the stranded vessel and conveyed to land most of them to miami passengers on the dixie warmly praised the gallant work of the ships officers and crew FP the coast of portugal the 0 OFF cunard white star liner doric was in collision x with ith the french steamer For dormigny formigny mIgny and so badly disabled that she called for aid the british steamers orion and viceroy of india went to the rescue and took off on the dorics passengers numbering the crew remained aboard the doric was returning from a cruise to the ailed mediterranean wireless reports said the ithe dormigny formigny For migny was all right ri hl ARON romped ALOISI cold and BARON sardonic stood up before the league of nations council in geneva and presented italis case against ethiopia denouncing that empire as utterly unworthy to be classed with civilized countries in addition to his speech lie laid before the council a ion long memorandum detailing tall ing the alleged conditions of slavery that still prevail in ethiopia and the participation of oe its government baron alois hoisl in the slave trade this memorandum was blab brately documented addressing the council said in ID part ethiopia taking advantage of her position as a member 0 of the league of nations sheltered behind the treaty of friendship concluded with italy in 1028 has since that date multiplied provocations pro vocations hostile demonstrations incursions of pillagers villagers pil lagers acts 0 of brigandage bri and violence against the t h e peaceful populations of our frontier the ethiopian government does nOth nothing ilig to make itself worthy ot of belonging to the community of civilized nations even today that country has to be represented by european advisers in order to make its voice heard in tile the league of nations the italian government considers in these circumstances that a state such as ethiopia cannot have either equality of right or equality of duties as compared with civilized states to claim that members of the league are required to observe obnere rules of the covenant in their relations with members who have always and constantly been outside those rules Is contrary to all the principles of right and justice to the press correspondents the baron was even more explicit you have bave heard the italian thesis he said that Is 13 final italy has asked nothing not even the withdrawal of ethiopia from the league from now nov on italy will play a passive role here we are not going to discuss anything with ethiopia but we will discuss ethiopia with the league it Is up to the members of the league council to decide whether they want to expel espel ethiopia or expel italy ethiopians reply to italy was presented to the council by prof gaston jeze a frenchman lie he protested in a dignified way against the brutal wording of the italian statement and told the council if 1 it considered the expulsion of Ethl opla the league would be setting a precedent of judging member states ac according coroll to the manner in IN they conducted their internal some mein members bers might find this dangerous danee danz roua erous he be san sali jeze ended with a dramatic reminder that time Is pressing and this Is not the moment for dilatory measures the question Is whether there Is danger of war and whether there Is danger of an early opening of a war of extermination he said that Is the point to which the council ought to direct its most serious attention arle the european statesman were struggling with the italo E Eth I 1 lopian question secretary of state cordell hull quietly took a hand in ID the game ile he did not in any way involve the united states in the wrangle but he put an end to the deal whereby e selassie Se lassle was giving a great development concession to americans officials of V the standard vacuum oil company went to mr hulls office and admitted ownership of c u hull 11 secy the g grant gp the rg secretary admonished them that the concession had been the cause of great embarrassment not only to this government ern ment but to other governments who are making strenuous and sincere efforts for preservation of peace the oil men thereupon announced their intention of withdrawing Ith drawing from the deal with ethiopia and the b big ig concession sensation was entirely deflated the british government was especially pleased with this outcome and felt deeply grateful to secretary hull estimates of private M MONTHLY forecasters are arc that if there are no serious frosts it in september septell er the corn crop of the country will be 2231 million bushels this is million bushels larger lamer than last seasons harest hardest I 1 when the drought cut returns to 1377 million bushels when compared with normal production this seasons indicated crop is moderately deficient in illinois indiana and ohio the crop Is in excellent condition and the returns promise to be larger than appeared likely a month ago the situation Is reversed in kansas south dakota and nebraska in iowa the biggest producing state the prospects are slightly less favorable than a month ago the spring wheat crop was estimated at million bushels using the governments last estimate on the winter crop of million bushels total wheat production this year Is placed at ast million bus bushels liels f berald 13 THORNE chief of the kj live stock and feed grains division of AAA says that in order to rectify inequities in corn hog production it has been decided to permit modification of the base production quotas the tentative plan Is each county now has an aggregate base production of corn and hogs which will be left untouched within the county bases however machinery will be set up largely through county committees by which the bases can be altered thus the farmer who planted less than normal corn in 1932 and 1933 and has a low corn base can bo be given an increased base in the same way the farmer who raised fewer hogs for one reason or another in those years than ordinary on a farm of that size may get a larger hog base for these increases however there will III have to be corresponding adjustments downward for other farmers belabor ARLY court tests of 0 the wagner labor disputes dispute act may be obtained for already complaints have been filed with the new labor relations board against two subsidiaries of general motors and the portsmouth ohio plant of the wheeling steel corporation the complainants are the united automobile workers and the amalgamated association of iron steel and tin workers they are represented by charlton ogburn counsel for the A F of L who says the unions union charge that tile the companies violated the acts fair labor practice provisions U T CONrED confederate BRATE VETERANS in annual session at amarillo texas having been assured that the stars and tars bars would not be banned accepted the invitation to hold bold a joint reunion on gettysburg battlefield with the grand army of the republic in 1933 paul roy who extended the invitation on behalf of governor earls of pennsylvania told the confederates they would be diee to carry the has flag of the south wherever reier and whenever they pleased among recent noteworthy deaths are those of right rev walter T sumner bishop of the episcopal diocese of oregon who won fame long ago as a crusader against organized ice in chicago george C llan ilan son veteran american diplo diplomat wat who alio shot himself to death on a steamer when returning from greece and charles J of chicago wh who was american minister to several bal I 1 al kan countries during the world war R CHAIM veteran aleader DR lender of the zionists was elected president of their world orthe organization at nineteenth congress on gres held in 1 lucerne A resolution was adopted declaring against systematic deprivation of the rights of jews in germany which undermines their moral and material position the german detention delag atlon to the congress unanimously voted against the resolution declaring it did not constitute a constructive plan to meet the situation of jews in the retch reich lit MALCOLM CAMPBELL the S sill en speed demon satisfied his ambition to run his automobile the bluebird at a rate of SOO miles an hour on a salt track in utah As a matter of fact lie ile covered the lie thirteen mile course at an average speed of an hour or more than five miles a minute over one measured mile lie he ran at the rate of 0 D reply la in americas protest Ra lv against the subversive plotting of the communists in soviet territory was a rejection and a coldly worded reassertion assertion re of the old and more than dubious position that the moscow government Is not and cannot be held responsible for the doings of tile the communist internationals ale this was considered for four days by official washington and then it was decided to let the matter drop with another and rather milder warning the new note sent to moscow said it if the soviet government pursues a policy of permitting activities on its territory involving interference with tile the internal affairs of the united states stales instead of preventing such activities as its written pledge provides the friendly and official relations beti between een the two countries cannot but be seriously impaired LONG crowed a S SENATOR lot about the success of 0 his one man filibuster which killed the third deficiency appropriation bill bai but t be t add to his larity among the people who looked forward for help from the agencies that are now hampered by the failure ure ot of the measure besides that it Is now k J admitted that his filibuster rescued tile the democratic house leaders from a tight place ad in the matter of oe the WL granfield cotton and wheat loans still further it appears that hues hueys domination of louisiana Is going ing to be investigated by a congressional committee that committee probably will be headed by bi representative william ij granfield of massachusetts for he was the author of the elections investigation bill which was fouert to contain a little joker this joker gives the committee such wide powers that it can probe into all the facts con berning longs complete comple tc control of election affairs in his state and the methods by which he has attained to the position of a dictator there RS ANNA AIWA WILMARTH WIL MARTn ICKES M MRS wife of secretary of the Inter interior lor harold darold ickes was killed when an automobile to mobile in which she and three friends were riding was overturned in a ditch at velarde N M mrs genevieve forbes herrick nerr lck well known newspaper writer ibrahim seifullah secretary of the turkish embassy in washington and frank allen alien of gallup N M the driver were severely injured allen alien died later GEORGE NORRIS of SENATOR nebraska and arthur F mullen million former democratic national commit iceman for that state are engaged in a warm dispute that way may cause considerable sid erable embarrassment for president roosevelt friend of both men mullen carried to the white house a hot protest against a power project welch which Is sponsored by norris lie Is attorney for to power plants which already hare bare been approved by the awa and he asserts there Is 13 no field for the enormous amount or of energy be developed by the three projects and probably not enough water for all of them the first project approved by IWA was at columbus neb SO 80 miles west of Or omalia milia and situated on the loupe rier the second was on the platte river miles farther west at sutherland neb doth both were approved in the fall of 1933 1033 BOWED aglan OWED down by deep grief therel gian people laid to rest their beloved queen astrid who was killed near lucerne switzerland when the automobile driven by king leopold swerved ved from the road and dashed a against alast a tree Ast astride rids sull was crushed crus lied and she died almost Imi immell abely in the arms of her husband who was cut painfully by tile the smashed windshield the queens body taken back to brussels was taken to the cathedral of st gudule for the funeral ceremony and then was interred in the royal crypt at laeken where lie tile the remains of the late king albert the file services were ere simple in accord with the characters of astrid and leopold nl alcuse CUSE of the possibility of a LP continued increase in the importation of me hie an and its products an appeal in the hie name of more than 00 farmers and ranchmen ranchman ranch men mem members beri and patrons of the national live stock marketing association was sent 0 to o 11 president resident roosevelt Koo sevelt urging that present tariffs and sanitary lestric lions on animals meats lard and similar products iro ducts be maintained w ata ta in ed |
