Show news review of current i events even ts the world over ove r A anew deal wins in tennessee va valley hey case picking b delegates for national conventions substitute farm bill pushed to passage i 4 by EDWARD W PICKARD e western newspaper Nw union 0 ORE one for the new deal and a S SCORE big biff one the supreme court in its long awaited decision ruled that the tennessee valley authority set act Is valid on all points at issue in the suit brought by the stockholders of the alai ala i bama power company under the ruling the Is free to go ahead with its power program in the tennessee valley 73 key actually ily und under r way the decision was read by chief justice hughes hief justice and was concurred to in hushes hughes by y all the 0 associate justices except justice ire he read a dissenting opinion because of circumscribed limits the decision was much narrower than most of the new deal findings finding of the supreme court it was limited strictly to the terms of the contract on which the suit was brought namely acquisition by TVA of a transmission line to convey power from the wilson dam certain phases are still open tor for possible legal contest in the future and only wilson dam not norris dam or any other dam constructed or projected on the Tennes tennessee sc t river was involved tn in the courts finding the legal right of the he federal government to acquire and own transmission lines to a market for surplus energy never before directly passed upon by the united states supreme court was ruled upon la in tile affirmative unanswered Is the question of what constitutes surplus power among the chief points in the majority opinion were these the government had bad full authority to build wilson dam keystone of TVA f congress has undisputed power to order disposal of 0 electricity developed at the dam tile the government acted legally in building or obtaining through purchase from private companies certain transmission lines to transport power to a wider market 9 the government has the same right to dispose of surplus power as it would have to dispose of copper gold and minerals on public lands justice in answer to this sard said if under the thin mask of disposing of property the united states can I 1 enter the business busl nes of generating transmitting and selling power powe r as when and wherever some board may specify with the definite design to accomplish com ends wholly beyond the sphere marled marked out for them by the constitution an easy way has been found for breaking down the limitations heretofore supposed to guarantee protection against aggression aggress lon B botn OTH house and senate passed the resolution extending for one year the existing embargo on arms ammunition a and nd implements of war and prohibiting loans and credits to belligerents senator tye nye was out of the ills city when the senate assembled an hour earlier than usual to act on the measure fl earing what was going on he flew from minneapolis through a storm and arrived five minutes before the final vote but too late to put through any of his proposed amendments one amendment that was adopted provides that after the president shall have Is sued his proclamation of the existence of war between or among two or more foreign countries it shall be unlawful thereafter the to sell or purchase in this country bonds or other obligations of any belligerent the president Is authorized to exempt ordinary commercial credits and short time obligations selections ELECTIONS of delegates to the no na conventions already being made in some states are interesting especially lo in the case of new york representative hamilton fish supporting borah for the republican presidential ident ial nomination domination led a hot fight to displace some of tile the old guard and lost the state committee naming these delegates legates tie at large charles ii 0 miles and mrs airs ruth pratt fratt members of the notional national committee mrs robert low bacon vice chairman of the state committee rep bertrand B H snell minority leader of the house representative james W wadsworth former united states senator edward 11 II butler publisher of the buffalo evening news john K R crews brooklyn leader charles 17 griffiths westchester county chairman tammany made public the list of its delegates to the democratic conven alon and it Is headed by alfred smith who will represent the up tip ot of manhattan Uan Ilan hattan battan and staten island president roosevelt was called on to choose the california Dealo democratic cratic delegation from three sets selected by the i democrats the upton sinclair followers and the supporters of the townsend old age pension plan it was wag believed he would give the balance of power to the con conservatives scry led by senator william 0 mei il l n adoo with representation for the other two groups governor II oltman offman of 0 new U UNLESS jersey grants him film another reprieve bruno richard hauptmann will be executed during the he week neek of march 30 for the and killing of the Lind lindberg lendbergh ber h baby sentence on the german carpenter has been a again aln pronounced for several days i samuel muel Lle liebowitz bowitz noted new york criminal lawyer tried to get haupt mann to tell another story and revel reveal his accomplices in the crimp crime but buethe tile condemned man ban flatly refused and liebowitz Lle bowitz withdrew from the case saying he believed bruno to be guilty TEN tate EN days of hot debate in tile the senate culminated tn in the lie passage of the administrations substitute tute farm bill by a vote of 50 56 to 20 and it was hurried over to the house with the prospect of quick approval by that tha body attacked by republicans as a sub to get around lie hie supreme court AAA decision and frankly conceded by democrats to be a measure indirectly continuing control of farms farm production the sol soil erosion bill would accomplish its objective as follows the secretary of agriculture would be empowered to make benefit payments to farmers who voluntarily cooperate with the governments suggestions on retiring certain land from production to conserve its fertility payments would be determined on four factors 1 acreage of crop land I 1 2 acreage of soil sell improving crops 3 changes in forming farni ins practices 4 percentage of normal farm production which equals that percentage of normal nat national lonal production of farm commodities required for domestic consumption this arrangement would be limited to two years it would be replaced by a system of 48 individual state to regulate production with the federal government apportioning funds to the states instead of to farmers the senate bill provides the state systems may be set up at any time during the next nest two years dian clayed dispatches from tile the ital lan field quarters in northern Dor thern ethiopia tell of a six day battle the fiercest and most important of the m war so far in which the forces of general badig lio about 0 in number defeated and routed SO ethiopians I 1 including D of the emperors guard under ras Mulu gheta war minister and warriors under ras rag I 1 kassa and ras the italians gen badoglio baroglio Ba doglio were e left in full possession of the fertile and strategic en berto region soil and in control of tile the passes in the hemblen region after six days of encircling operations during which torrential rains bogged the field beld of battle and heavy clouds enabled the ethiopians to make invisible movements the march alarca 23 division of blacks birts planted the italian flag on the mist veiled high summit of abadam completing that particular operation they then ba had if a clear path to amba alagha IS 18 miles further south and it was pres presumed timed that tile the taking of that mountain would mark the cessation of activities because of the coming march rains it was estimated that in tills this battle attle b m more ore than had been killed and many ahnes that number wounded the italian casualties wore were not dot announced but they undoubtedly were not light only white italians participated in the lighting fighting considerable considerable interest was aroused tn in europe by the publication in a rome newspaper of a secret report made by a british commission appointed in the spring of 1935 to study british interests lo in ethiopia the commission reported that it ft found no outstanding british interests in ethiopia Ethl opla of sufficient lent imbor tance to justify his maje government in resisting italian conquest in ethiopia it declared however that steps should be taken to safeguard safeguard british interests in lake tsana source of the blue nile 0 ONE NO of the most spectacular and dynamic figures in american lire life of today passed with the death of brig gen william matchell Ml in a new york hospital rie ile succumbed to a heart attack and influenza at tile the age of fifty seven years billy as he was known to airmen was commander la in chief of the american air forces in france during the world war and was decorated by ux six governments afterward while yet in the regular service be severely criticized the governments air preparedness pa policy and was courtman tinted and suspended immediately resigning nin he be 1 devoted himself to lecturing and writing to further his dei moods bands tor for a separate department of I 1 aviation tn in the cabinet combining both army and navy davy air defense TIIE im war department bill ap tating atlig approximately 5 million dollars for national defense was passed I 1 by the house for purely DollI military tary purposes the sum of Is allotted the remainder ggs goes for rivers and harbors projects generally classed as pork an attempt to put back bach into the bill a appropriation for carrying on such projects as the quoddy tidal power experiment in maine and the florida ship canal was suppressed firmly not until congress has authorized these projects will more funds be provided them the lie leaders ruled the military budget provided by the bill will be sufficient to maintain an average army of men during the coming year by 1910 according to the war department the maximum of permitted by congress should be reached the most important Import alit amendment added to the bill was one providing for the emp employment each year of 1000 re berye officers on active duty for far a 12 month period of whom 50 will he be annually commissioned in the regular army huno HUGO L CLACK BLACK of ala S bama i and his lobby investigation committee nrc are creating a flood of resentment sent ment among american citizens that Is likely to do vastly more borm barm than good to the new deal quite without concealment black is using the committee in a way that thousands of people do not like ile he sent out a questionnaire to individuals and organizations known to be opposed to the new senator deal dem demanding a anding information black on their relations with all organizations organisations and their corporation and other investments many refused to answer tile the questions and they are supported in this position by the american liberty lea league gue which has challenged the right of blacks committee to compel answer under oath to tile the queries in effect the league dares black to cite for contempt of the senate those who refuse to reply to the questionnaire senator blacks only reply to date was that it was a little difficult to believe that the league would attempt to intimidate or coerce its own members to keep their mouths shut until the da ponts fonts say they can talk ACTING on behalf of 0 the senate finance committee senator byrnes consulted the executive department and then introduced tin nn amendment to the independent offices appropriation bill to provide the veterans bonus he predicted that it would require no new taxes the sum mentioned will be sufficient byrnes said together with the million dollars now in the adjusted service certificate fund to pay in full every outstanding bonus certificate in addition to appropriating the cash the byrnes amendment would tra transfer esfer million dollars in bonds to the united states government life insurance fund to repay loans on bonus certificates w four members voting in the negative ne a tire the house ordered an investigation of the money raising methods of the townsend old age pension plan advocates during the debate dr francis E townsend was described variously as a quack charlatan kneve and too fool ile he and his program were defended by the small townsend bloc attempts by several congressmen to broaden the scope of the inquiry to include such organizations as the liberty league and the crusaders Cru sadera were futile L LEFTISTS won the general election in spain and their leader manuel mando azana was milde made premier aal formed a new cabinet to supplant that of azina azana Is a veteran statesman having been the first premier of the he present spanish republic one of his first nets was the granting of amnesty to thousands of political prisoners who had been la in jail since the revolt of october 1934 1034 ranry revolutionaries EVOLUTION ARMS mostly military and led by colonels smith and recalde veterans of the caneo war took possession of the government of paraguay after some fighting in the streets of asuncion the capital the government forces surrendered to the rebels and president ident ayala took refuge on a gunboat it was announced a 1 new government had been formed with col rafael franco as its head ue ile was an exile in buenos alres aires wr WITHOUT especial ceremony the league of nations moved into its magnificent sew new home tile the white stone palace built for it on tho the shore of lake leman just outside the city ot of geneva the structure Is not yet completed for there were delays caused by disputes among the architects of 0 various nations the large central assembly room will not be ready before september and the library to which john D rockefeller jr donated ca cannot annot be occupied for several weeks the palace la Is really composed of several buildings one long wing contains the secretariat another the counell council hall ball a third the library and a fourth the ns assembly hall some idea of the immense immense size or of the palace la Is had by a few figures there are about floo n thees and a other rooms 1700 doors and the same number of windows there are 21 elevators either cither tor for passengers or for goods |