| Show news review of current events the world 0 over ver drouth commission gets ets data for program britain moves to protect her shipping t from spanish fascists german cerman russian break threatened by EDWARD W PICKARD ac western new neu paper union MORRIS L COOKE CHAIRMAN and other members of 0 the federal great plains drouth commission are holding a series of meetings in the drouth blighted states for the purpose of formulating mu lating a relief vi zat an and d control program and are calling in the farmers 4 to consult with them at the first of these sessions in 0 bismarck N D officials and agrical AM jurists of montana al L cooke wyoming nebraska and north and south dakota heard 0 W roberts federal meteoroid meteorologist give the encouraging prom promise 1 se that greater than normal preci precipitation pl is anticipated in those states next spring on the basis of light precipitation this fall reports of existing conditions however showed that the situation is serious gov walter welford Wel tord of north dakota told the conference that water levels throughout his state are seriously diminished constituting sti a major problem for the state and federal governments another official declared t that h a t north dakotas live stock situation is is most deplorable that virtually y no live stock is left on ranges in in western sections of the state and that feed is seriously scarce in all sections there is no magic wand at the disposal of the government to make drouth areas bloom mr cooke said we came here to hear your suggestions and we hope to gain from this and similar meetings data which will guide future helpful legislation the reports so far received indicate that much can be done through government assistance and expert advice tation THE HE mississippi valley association meeting in st louis adopted a resolution calling for rejection of the st lawrence seaway treaty unless the crown colony of newfoundland found land and Anti costa island are ceded to the united states by great britain of course no one thinks for a minute that britain ever would do that the position of newfoundland astride the mouth of the st lawrence is is an insuperable obstacle to the treaty in its present form the resolution said inasmuch as newfoundland found land is a crown colony of great britain and is entirely separate from canada this crown colony as well as the st lawrence plug of Anti costa island should both be ceded to the united states to guarantee our safety in case of war the new president of the association is arthur J weaver former governor of nebraska and now president of the missouri river navigation association cy 0 NE thousand banque in washington ton celebrated the hundredth anniversary of t the h e american patent system and an announcer from a transport air liner gave them the names of americas twelve greatest inventors as selected by a secret committee of prominent men these aliese are the inventors and their inventions robert fulton steamboat eli whitney cotton gin samuel F B morse telegraph charles goodyear vulcanized rubber cyrus hall mccormick grain reaper elias howe sewing machine george westinghouse airbrake air brake alexander graham bell telephone thomas alva edison electric lamp phonograph motion pictures and many other devices ottmar linotype charles martin hall process for making cheap aluminum wilbur wright inventor co with his brother orville of the airplane SEATTLE has a habit of recall ting its mayors when they are not satisfactory one was thus ousted in 1911 and another in 1931 now a movement it has a s b been en started for the recall of mayor k john F dore who is accused of inciting acts of violence in a labor dispute i formal charges of misfeasance malfeasance and violation of the oath of office w were e r e contained in a petition signed by fifteen mayor women and eleven john onn F r dore men it asked the corporation counsel to draft the charges in condensed form so that an effort could be made to obtain the signatures necessary for a special recall election dore fifty tour four was elected in march over arthur B langlie candidate of the new order of cincin amys an independent organization of young voters seeking better municipal government the charges against the mayor largely have to do with his actions in connection with the strike of employees of the seattle post areat REAT BRITAIN asked gen francisco franco leader of the spanish rebels to establish a safety zone for neutral ships in barcelona harbor which the fascist chieftain had declared blockaded francos reply was not satisfactory and besides one of his vessels sank an unidentified ship off the capital of catalonia therefore the british government promptly started a considerable sid side erable rabIe n number u in b e r of warships toward the mediterranean cruisers and submarines being included foreign minister eden already had assured parliament that british shipping would be protected on the higl high 1 seas with all the might of the british navy which is something to give the spanish fascists pause france took the same stand but warned its merchantmen merchantman merchant men to conduct themselves with extreme caution excitement over the torpedo attack on a loyal spanish cruiser by a submarine which the madrid g government ov more than hinted was a german vessel was allayed by the report that the undersea boat was a spanish submarine that had gone over to the rebel side madrid was being continually hammered by rebel shells and bombs and there was intense fighting daily in university city the northwest section of the capital where the insurgents had penetrated the american embassy was closed on orders from washington and eric C wendelin charge daf faires gave protection to those americans who wished to go to valencia to board a united states warship the german and italian embassies bas sies abandoned by their staffs were seized and sealed by the defense junta and a number of fascist refugees were arrested in the former berlin scoffed at this action but rome called it banditry E V I 1 STICKLING a german en gincer was sentenced to death in russia for sabotage which lie he was said to have confessed hitler had his ambassador in moscow make earnest demands for postponement of the execution and then suddenly gud denly announced that if the sentence were carried out germany would sever diplomatic relations with the soviet government great britain feared such action would seriously aggravate the european war situation and so prime minister baldwin in merceded ter ceded he asked german ambassador bas von to urge hitler not to bring about the open break with russia and he instructed the british ambassador at moscow to appeal for mercy for thereafter the soviet government commuted the germans sentence to ten years in prison several of his fellow plotters were shot the agreement directed against the communist internationals ale aIe which angered russia was si signed by japan and germany in the berlin foreign office under it the two nations are to operate cooperate co in a campaign against communism and they invite other nations to join them J JOSEPH OSEPH E DAVIES wealthy IJ lawyer of washington has served the democratic party in various ways for many years yeara and has contributed liberally to its campaign funds and now he f II 11 has been rewarded s president roosevelt aas has appointed him american ambassador to soviet russia to succeed william willia L liral 0 C bullitt who was transferred to the 0 11 paris embassy mr davies whose wife is the tha former J E davies mrs marjorie post hutton heiress of the big post cereal fortune is a native of wisconsin and practiced law in that state until 1913 when he went to washington he was chairman of the federal trade commission tinder president wilson in and was taken along by wilson as an economic adviser to the versailles conference before that he had served I 1 as western manager of wilsons Wil sons campaign and as secretary of the democratic national committee and he was offered in 1918 the ambassadorship to russia to italy and the governorship of the philippines lie he declined however so he could run for the united states senate from wisconsin he was defeated he was active during the recent campaign serving on the advisory committee at democratic headquarters in new york president roosevelt signed the davies commission before he left on his south american cruise but the announcement was withheld until word was received from the soviet government that davies was persona grata at moscow RE REPORTING PORTING on its annual survey the national child labor committee says the improved busi ness activity has been accompanied by a general increase in the use of child labor with appalling conditions dit ions in some industries it appears to be hard for the individual who sees business and trade reviving the report said to pause to consider the extent to which this process of creating wealth is being built upon the backs of children who need to be in school instead of having their youth ground out of them at labor VARL ARL VON ger kinan aman pacifist who has been imprisoned by the nazi government after being convicted of treason has been awarded the nobel peace prize for 1935 and the nazis are exceedingly indignant looking upon the award as an impudent challenge and insult to the new germany who is seriously ill was released from prison recently y but is under guard by the secret police his treason consisted in printing an article some time ago saying the german army was see secretly re arming the peace prize for 1936 was given carlos saavedra lamas argentine foreign minister recently president of the league of nations assembly and active in ending the chaco war between bolivia and par aguay P VAN the ORIS cleveland financier who with his late brother M J van created a great railway empire died suddenly while on a railroad trip to new york in his 57 years of life he rose from being a newsboy to a commanding position in american transportation the great depression almost ruined the brothers financially but oris was well on the way to complete financial recovery DICTATOR JOSEF STALIN in one of his exceedingly rare public speeches presented to his fellow countrymen the proposed constitution which he himself has written for the U S S R the document promises many new liberties and privileges to russian citizens these include equal suffrage the secret ballot the right to work leisure material security in old age education equal rights for women universal equality of citizenry freedom of conscience and the right to worship freedom of speech press assembly and meetings and the right to organize into any group except political bodies THAT HAT work relief as adminis by the federal government be gradually discontinued is the recommendation of the board ol of united states chamber of commerce the board adopted a report of a committee headed ar by john W oleary of chicago which held that the work relief provet prove in operation to fall far short of its purposes and to create new JW OLeary problems the tc ommittee committee said the report does not propose sudden and instantaneous stoppage those gradual steps should be taken which are always essential when adjustments just ments have to be made upon a considerable scale there is at present danger that ceasing to have work for unemployed persons as its function this activity will undertake to replace some of the functions of private enterprise ter prise in advancing recovery there can be no substitute for private enterprise in the development of improved economic conditions ament JEW EW YORKS states L ment insurance law was upheld e by an equally divided unit united e d states supreme court justice harlan harian fiske stone being absent on account of illness and taking no part in consideration of the case there was no formal opinion and no announcement of the lineup of the court in the opinion of legal experts the courts action has wide implications i 0 affecting not only state employment insurance and other social legislation but also the administrations social security program B OY Y A vote of to 2043 the convention of the american federation of labor approved the action of the executive council in suspending the ten union that are with john L lewis in his committee for industrial organization movement however the convention ace accepted apted the advice of president green and voted to renew the cou i ails offer to talk peace with the rebel unions and to give the council power to call a special federation convention and expel the rebels it if peace negotiations fail the convention approved the executive councils decision that no steps should be taken to form a lab labor or political party bant tedward tj DWARD F mcgrady assist ant secretary of labor was still trying to bring about a settlement of the great strike of maritime workers but seem to be getting along very well indeed the situation was made worse by nationwide tion wide strike calls to the masters mates and pilots association and the marine engineers union federal operation of emergency ships to alaska and hawaii was discussed but not decided |
