| Show news rev review ew of current events the world over 4 bullitt Is made alade ambassador to france hitler stirs stalin ta A to talk of war secretary dern te rit dies in washinton washington ra ton ak by EDWARD W PICKARD Q western ne union rp of william C bullitt la 11 from the embassy in moscow to that hat in paris is not surprising he it was who was chiefly responsible for the recognition of the soviet government it by the united states and when he was rewarded with L the ambassadorship it was expected he 1 would be able to dwinga lot of russian business to it american concerns liw W C bullitt also aiso it was hoped ahe could persuade his russian attends aTi ends to keep their promises not 1 co to disturb this country with communist aiu propaganda in these re aspects aspects at least mr bullit has been f disappointment t but he retains klie he conf confidence idenie of president roosevelt and will not be out of place as ambassador to the leftist french P government ment some observers think mr bullitt us sent to paris for the purpose of secretly sounding out the major maior eu powers on the possibility nsf reconvening the world economic in 1937 t jesse isador straus resigned as ambassador to france on the ad sice of his physicians the president n t wrote him that if this ad illustration s shall be continued for mother nt 0 her four years I 1 shall count coun t on four returning as a part of it att 0 HITLER has lv injected a little more ginger arito ito the international armament lace aiace by suddenly announcing that I 1 ahe i he term for compulsory military bervice for germans was doubled wo years instead of one As matters are just now in europe this feared to be aimed directly i soviet russia and if the ondon newspapers are to be believed dictator stalin recognizes chis his and reacts as might be expect ad d the london evening news md ind daily mail both assert that vitalin yi talin in a secret radio address to jae he red army said comrades of the red forces we lire ire on the very eve of momentous avents at any moment now you enay e nay ay be called upon to lay down bour our lives for the defense of the wol etarian this is the moment you have re teen been anticipating and now your is expecting you to do dihe he duty you have so eagerly await ca A our enemies are gettino getting in into to position so be ready the enemies ifie on the frontiers of our great t frind keep watch everything money could buy everything the genius of man could invent and everything the loving ctibor of the workers could make been given into your hands tor for tiie defense and glory of the soviet j ind find ia the london papers say other so iet leaders followed stalin with amilar talks the foreign office sit ri moscow flatly denied that the 10 dictator Kic had delivered any such ad biross as was reported ili fl algerman german economists worried over ebe mounting costs of re arming country were told the doubling of the term of military fefe V e would not be quite so expensive ras las it appeared for more men in filar barracks racks means fewer on dole ito wever the national debt continued to grow and ways of meeting payments rt py ments are becoming fewer and orre scanty OF WAR GEORGE 1 H DERN died in walter reed spital washington of heart dis f ase and other complications rely reif tilting bilting from influenza he had been J since last spring but part of the tab me e had insisted on attending to ts ls official duties keeping this up fiat yen en from his sick bed mr dern ho 11 was sixty four years old was wa rm erly a brilliant mining engineer nd was the second non mormon to li ir p elected governor of utah fg g two terms announcement was made by officials in washington fat more than farmers are OW at work on works progress ad ini projects in the drouth feas reas of the west and central west jabout about half of the farmers on the rolls are in north and south ia a kota north dakota reported at work on federal pr projects dd south dakota relief and 0 agricultural gri cultural authorities have esti ted that to farm t rs will need help through the win ar in the dakotas r it A it m RESIDENT ROOSEVEL TS aly cial train made a quick run to N D and the special r committee on the drouth headed eniy no morris L cooke reported to i to sm on its inspection of the afflicted 1110 pi pitrea irea a the president then took an hil P or nobile tour through the coun gir side to see for himself some ol of ie effects of the long dry spell he conferred with acting governor welford and senators nye and frazier of north dakota and acting governor holt and senators wheeler and murray of montana next day mr Roosevel ts train carried him down to pierre S D and thence into other drouth stricken stales mr Roosevel ts original schedule was changed to permit him to make a al quick ick run to salt la lake ake city for the burial services of secretary of war dern JOHN L LEWIS committee for industrial organization in one of its initial efforts to organize the steel workers seems to have succeeded only in leading one big plant to go out of business throwing men out of employment such is the result of a strike in the plant of the standard steel spring company at coraopolis Corao polis pa the strike being directed by the CIO the employees who strike later refused to work because they said their families had been threatened by phone with bombing if the men returned to the plant so the company closed down and began removing the machinery it was alleged the strikers were assured in advance that they would be given relief money if the plant were closed and that the state authorities di did d nothing to protect the plant or the non strikers from violence FEDERAL JUDGE JOHN P BARNES of chicago upheld the constitutionality of the commodity exchange act and denied an injunction to restrain its enforcement asked by members of the chicago mercantile exchange judge barnes agreed with the contention of special assistant attorney general wendell berge that the act is merely an extension of the provisions of the grain futures act which has been held constitutional by the united states supreme court FIGURES given out by the der apartment part ment of commerce revealed that july merchandise exports from the united states declined to the lowest level of the year while imports increased t to 0 leaving an unfavorable balance of trade of 1500 4 for the month it was the second successive month an unfavorable balance in was reported how ever compared with sec ro roper er the g 1935 35 month exports were up 3 per cent and imports up 9 per cent the unfavorable balance was regarded by secretary of commerce roper as convincing proof of economic recovery in the united states because nearly half the increase in imports over last year in dollar volume was accounted for by luxury items such as furs and whisky and commodities not extensively produced in this country such as wood pulp paper nickel and tin the increase in exports over july 1935 consisted chiefly of finished and semi manufactured articles including machinery electrical apparatus aircraft iron and steel manufactures and inedible vegetable products AFTER FTER more than five weeks of rs desperate fighting neither the spanish loyalists nor the rebels were able to claim a decided advantage and it became evident that the conflict would be long drawn out if the other european nations could keep aloof this latter eventuality was made more probable by adolf hillers Hit lers announcement that the german government had ordered an embargo on arms to spain he thus lined his country up with great britain and france and italy had accepted accept ca the french proposal tor for neutrality though with some reservations these neutral nations however do not intend to be imposed upon upon and both the british and the german governments made strong protests to the madrid government against alleged violation of the freedom of the seas five british warships set sail from gibraltar and hitler sent seven from the baltic to enforce the demands that interference with shipping cease the crews of these vessels were ready for immediate action the united states does not consider the attempted blockade of reb el held ports any more valid than do the european nations secretary hull told the madrid foreign office my government directs me to inform you that with the friendliest feelings toward the spanish government it cannot admit the legality of any action on the part of the spanish government in declaring such ports closed unless that government declares and maintains an effective blockade of such ports F FOLLOWING the confess confessions lons and execution of the russian conspirators against sta stalin lin and the soviet government the norwegian authorities decided that leon alleged author ot of the plot had violated the conditions of his asylum in norway they gave him the choice of immediate arrest or signing a promise to refrain from all revolutionary lutio nary activities and he chose the latter D INURING the tall fall maneuvers maneus ers france has been testing the strength of its new fortifications along the german frontier the maginot line in the Mont medy region gi on the elaborate system of concrete strongholds strong holds was subjected to an enemy attack and observers said the assailing troops armed with the newest and speediest ediest equipment were able to penetrate the line only at a few places and iii small numbers reservists from the interior of france had moved up to occupy the line in thirty six hours watching the battle was a d delegation ele gation of generals from soviet russia CLOYD LOYD B OLSON F farmer a r m e r FLab 1 laborite governor of minnesota and candidate for the united states died of stomach cancer after a courageous I 1 fight he had been ill for months but had kept up his executive and campaign activities as best he could until the end H hj j almar a 1 m a r peterson lieutenant governor succeeds hint him as governor 11 i but at this writing there is doutt doudt as to F B olson oison whom the bartys state central committee will select to make the race tor for the ator ship francis H shoemaker of duluth announced his candidacy immediately me di ia tely and two ther other 0 men were being considered senator elmer A benson now a candidate for governor and representative ernest lundeen of minneapolis TOM r M BLANTON of abilene tex veteran in congress has lost his seat in that body and says he will return to the practice of law for twenty years with one brief interlude he be has represented his district in the house but in the runoff run off democratic primary which is equivalent to an election there he was beaten by clyde L garrett of eastland a county judge JOSEPH W HARRIMAN former president of the harriman national bank and trust company of new york and a powerful figure in national finance was released on parole from the federal northeastern penitentiary at lewisburg pa he hastened to new york where it was believed he would seek a position tion teaching business subjects harriman was sent to prison in in 1934 for four and a half years after his conviction on charges of banking irregularities involving more than a million dollars JAMES COUZENS of michigan higan a republican long noted for his independence of party restrictions and a candidate for on the republican ticket t I 1 c k e t has announced that he will support president roosevelt for re reelection election his statement was believing as I 1 do that the most important matter coref confronting aront the nation is the reelection election re of president roosevelt I 1 in tend to support him e the outcome of 0 f bolby colb my own candidacy for the senate is neither important to the nation nor nor to me out I 1 believe it is important that my many loyal supporters in michigan be advised in advance of the primary on september 15 the reasons for this conclusion will be advanced from time to time between now and election next november on the other hand bainbridge colby of new york who was secretary of state in president wilsons Wil sons cabinet announced that he is for landon declaring in a published statement governor landoas Lan dons candidacy carries the hopes of every american who knows what america stands for and who respects the principles which have brought us to greatness as a nation and preserved our liberties as self governed people the thoughtful and independent democrats throughout the country and their number is formidable are determined in this election to rebuke the betrayal of their party by the administration in washington t GREAT IREAT BRITAIN and egypt have settled their disputes and signed a treaty of friendship and alliance it brings egypt much nearer to its goal of independence while at the same time it provides I 1 full safety for En glands interests especially the suez canal the british troops probably will be wi withdrawn th from cairo and other cities and concentrated with the air force within the canal zone around Is mailia the maximum strength is to be in the army and in the air force but in an emergency britain will be allowed to send necessary reinforcements the british high commissioner to cairo and the egyptian minister to london will be raised to the status stat of ambassadors |
