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Show PLEASANT GROVE REVIEW News Review of Current Events the World Over Tornadoes Kill Hundreds in Southern States An Insurgent In-surgent House Killed the Manufacturers' Sales Tax Provision of the Tax Bill. he would also abolish the land ta nnines, which amount t about $10, 150,000 and on which Ireland now owes the British government $380, 000.000. These annuities consist of money advanced by the British gov eminent to enable Irish tanners to buy holdings from landlords on CO year purchase scheme. By EDWARD W. PICKARD Sprin'i nrroR: G tornadoes that swept across five southern states took a toll of nre than three hundred lives and caused property damage that will not be estimated for a long tl rue. Other hu ndreds of "persons were Injured and a great many were rendered homeless. Alabama 'was the worst sufferer,-the sufferer,-the deaths In that state reaching a total of at least 216.' Thirty-five were killed In Georgia, eighteen In Tenttessee and two1 each In South Carolina and .Kentucky. As com munications were broken down over wjde areas the lists may be enlarged en-larged later. To add to the distress a wave of unseasonably cold weather weath-er came, and farmers in the regions hardest hit faced the; prospect of a planting season without Implements, live stock or shelter.'" " The National Guard was called to the relief work In Alabama and tents, cots and blankets were hurriedly hur-riedly distributed to the' sufferers, while, welfare agencies collected food and clothing. Gov. B. M. Miller formally called on the people of the state to contribute to the relief of those. In the storm areas and the Bed-. Cmssof course-waa on --the Job promptly. In Tuscaloosa and Talladega counties It was found necessary to establish militia patrols pa-trols to prevent looting. . AN INSCnC.ltNT house killed the $000,000,000 general manufacturers manufactur-ers sales tax provisions of the billion dollar tax bill In one . of the most spectacular sessions In years. It marked tho revolt of both Democrats nnd Republicans Re-publicans from party par-ty leadership. The sales tax section was knocked out of the bill by a vote of 223 to 153. Wild cheering by the a ntl-sales t axf orces the he presented a petition signed by twenty-four members. Wishing to give others a chance to sign, Mr. Tydlngs said he would not press his motion until March 31. Under the senate rules the petition is un-. necessary. Senator Watson of In-diapa. In-diapa. the Republican leader, signed it with Xhe understanding that this did not Commit him to 'a wet position. posi-tion. The other signers were 12 Republicans and 11 Democrats. JT .A Rep. La Guar dian an- greeted nouneement. Having adopted amendments boosting the individual Income and estate taxes and having- restored "double taxation" - on companies with plants abroad all estimated to yield around $100,000,-000 $100,000,-000 In revenue In 1933 the bouse immediately took steps to raise the $500,000,000 necessary to fill the hole In the, bill' caused by killing of iha anlaa in-r In throwing out the sales tax section, the house under lash of Insurgent In-surgent Republicans and Democrats, Demo-crats, led by Representative La Guardla (Rep.) of New York, and Representative Doughton (Dem.) of North Carolina, bowled over the regulnrieaders of both parties and overturned the program of Its ways and means committee. As a result of the action of the house in wrecking the tax bill, congress con-gress probably will have to adjourn, ad-journ, over the Republican and Democratic national conventions in June, returning In session to complete com-plete the legislative program, Senator Sen-ator Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic Demo-cratic senate leader, said. Majority leader Henry T. Ralney (Dem, 111.) said after adJoUrn-. adJoUrn-. went: - "The house has rejected the Democratic bill and now . is compelled com-pelled to turn to the Republican bill proposed by the trensury in or- uer iq jnann -me uuuiiL'L intnr be necessary to provide for more than $500,000,000 of revenue to take the place of the sales tax.". R. C. Johnson "V VER on the senate side there had grown a group known as the "ten per centers" wba,'r under the leadership of, McKellar of Tennessee, Ten-nessee, undertook to do things In (he way of government economy. This group Is already so large that it dominates the senate and .oft Tuesday that body by a vote of 50 to 29 sent back to the committee on appropriations the $124,000,000 tate,ustiee, labor4idommeree appropriation bill for a mandatory cut of 10 per cent. Chairman Jones of tbq committee, who opposed the move, said he would take this ns a mandate to make similar cuts in . tt the supply bills. Senator McKellar Mc-Kellar thought It would result In a saving of at least $25,000,000 to the government. Appropriations for interest in-terest on the. public debt or payments pay-ments to war veterans; w.hIoA together.. to-gether.. amounts-' to more' than.' $1,-000,000,000, $1,-000,000,000, atone are to be ex-' ex-' eniptecL . MAYOR FRANK MURPHY of Detroit announced last Thursday Thurs-day his plans to have the city of Detroit stop paying interest on the $400,000,000 debts owed by the city. The announcement was made following fol-lowing a long telephone conversation conversa-tion with Senator James Couzens, who was said to have approved the plan. REPRESENTATIVE , ROYAL O. Johnson of South Dakota, a Republican Re-publican who used; to be a dry, went to the White House the other day to discuss legislative matters with President Hoover, nnd In the course of thereon versation he told the Chlefxecu-tlve Chlefxecu-tlve he believed the people had a right to another vote on the prohibition prohibi-tion question. Leaving Leav-ing the .conference, Mr. Johnson said to the correspondents correspond-ents that less than 01 nan nant t tVtA voters. of the country had had "an opportunity to register their views on the national wet and dry question. ques-tion. He said that census bureau officials had told him that 20,000,000 Americans .had reached .Voting' age since ' the Eighteenth amendment was adopted;- "In addition," Mr. Johnson said, "there are the 4,000,000 veterans of the World war who did not have a chance to vote on prohibition. The women never have had ap opportunity opportu-nity to express their" views through the ballot. This Is a democracy and the people of this country are entitled to a referendum on prohibition." prohibi-tion." i . The Johnsbn expression of opinion opin-ion came at a time when .renewed pressure is being brought on the White House by wet Republican leaders.. to, JnfluencePresldeHt Ho ver to agree to the insertion of . a wet plank in the Republican platform. plat-form. OOPE for the safe return -of Colonel Lindbergh's kidnaped baby revived with the entry into the case of- H. Wallace Caldwell of Clilcago, a real estate man and member of the board of education. He; made several hasty trips to Hopewell to confer with the colonel and, while refusing to make public pub-lic his plans, tofd the press: "I possessed pos-sessed such information as I believed be-lieved would be of vail ue. "and I turned it over to the family. The situation is extremely erltlcaland I desire to give every possible assistance." as-sistance." Mr. Caldwell Was 'believed tdbe acting for the "Secret Six," antl-crtme antl-crtme group of Chicago, but. this nw wuuro "not auimt. "ue-tsa wealthy .man arm Is lnterested-4n crime solution In' an amateur way ADOLPH HITLER wasn't being given much chance in bis attempt at-tempt to win the German Presi dency from Paul von Hindenburg, He was refused the privilege of broadcasting bis speeches, rind then thirty Nazi newspapers and periodi cals were prohibited from nublish lng because. It was alleged, they were endangering the republic by their attacks on the ('government They had printed Hitler's proclamation proclama-tion denouncing the -raids made by the Prussian police o"n 100 Nazi of fices. Political feeling in Germany was running high and the course taken by the government was not winning it any more friends. REACE prospects In the Orient jfrew brighter during the week, though there was a chance there would be further fighting before aa agreement was reached by Japan and China. Parleys were proceeding proceed-ing quite nicely when Gen. Chiang Kuang-nal, representing the Chi nese government, Walked out of the conference, . Insulted because, the Japanese representative was Gen, Kenkichi Cyeda, his Inferior in rank. Instead of Gen. Yoshinorl Shlraknwa. ' The Interruption was believed to be only temporary and the negotiators, including neutral foreign diplomats, continued hopeful. hope-ful. .- :.: However, It was "reported that t he J apnnese. Instead of preparing to withdraw from the Shanghai area, ' were digging new trenches and erecting new barbed-wire entanglements, en-tanglements, and there, .was complaint com-plaint of the acts of their scouting planes. . For their part, the Japanese Jap-anese accused the Chinese of trying try-ing to advance into the" zone of occupation, oc-cupation, and said they were prepared pre-pared to take strong measures to prevent this. The revolt In the new Mnnchu-rlan Mnnchu-rlan state was growing daily in strength and there were many lights between Japanese troops and the Chinese whom they call bandits. ban-dits. The latter' are under command com-mand -of Tslng ' Hal, war lord of Kirln- province "on the JSovIet border who captured, the city of Fu Yu. THAT the power question will be a major issue In the Presidential", Presi-dential", campaign Is the substance of a declaration signed by fifteen Senators and iwehty-twb representatives, repre-sentatives, and they assert that the "power trust" Is trying to Influence the selection of candidates. The statement, with the names of the signers,, appeared on the frontispiece of a booklet Issued by Judson King, director of the Na- tlonaL PopBlarGovernmentleague, giving an analysis of the power stands of Presidential candidates. The signers Included Senators Johnson. Norrls, Nye, Frazier, Brookhart.' "Cutting and Howell, Republicans; Walsh of Montana, Wheeler. McKellar, Costlgan. Dill, Gore ando Long,. Democrats, and Shlpstead. Farmer-Labor. The analysis of the Presidential candidates, which was not included includ-ed in the section endorsed by the legislators. described President Hoover hf a "power-trust President" Presi-dent" ; classed Governor Ritchie of Maryland and Newton D. Baker as also on the "p'?wer trust" side, termed Alfred E. Smith as on mid- dVground and listed Speaker. Garner Gar-ner and Franklin D. Roosevelt on the "public Interest" side, " - Intermountain Mews Briefly Told for Busy Readers PLAN ROAD WORK. FREE OFFER MADE. : CROP PRICE IS SET. RECEIVE FREE FLOUR. ENTER BAND CONTEST. PRICE, UT. 32 schools from three states have already entered the second annual tatermountaln band contest sponsored by the Price chamber of commerce. The contest will be held In the near fu-tur fu-tur , AMERICAN FORK, UT. The teachers of the Alpine school district dis-trict have proffered three weeks of free instruction to complete a full sahool year and come within the state requirement of eight and one-half one-half months. PRGVO, UT. Road projects In Utah county, including the Santa-quln Santa-quln project, were discussed recently, recent-ly, at a meeting of the Associated Contractors of Utah with the Utah Lcounty commission and members of rthe Utah state road commlssioa OGDEX, UT. Weber county will be the first county In the United States to receive free flour for distribution dis-tribution to the poor, due to the efforts ef-forts of M. G. Pence, district manager man-ager of the Farmers National Grair corporation, and Lr W7 Nlms, aJicUwas thought to have-ebiained ,- his Information concerning the Lind bergh case by chance. 7 The circumstances circum-stances led to the belief that developments de-velopments in the matter might be expected in Chicago.,; If " - V" I III ... tllit L are following the example set by the wets in the fiouse and paving pav-ing the way to obtain- a record vote. andWih' dry senators say they can Save It On behalf of the wets Senator Sen-ator . Tjdinga of Maryland offered motion to riiiwhn rr-a h committee from fnr,i,o r,oi,in.. tlonjof resolutions for repeal or amemlmeht of the Eighteenth ..amendment, and lo-appoFt f this President De Valera JW. DCLANTY, high rco'mmlssion-' rco'mmlssion-' er for the Irish Free State In London, notified J. H. Thomas, British secretary fer the dominions, that President Eamon de Valers Intends to abolish the oath of alle glance to King George, which is taken by members Of the Irish parliar ment, believing the Irish people made this mandatory by their vote 'at the recent election. Mr. Thomas told par-1 par-1 1 am e n t he bad "grave Informs- tioa from the Free State, but did not present the details. Instead he went to Buckingham palace and conferred with the king for forty mitfutes. and then Joined the cab-tPti-whfrh-twW tip-tlte matter. Mr. Thomas then feYurned' to the house of comnioea and announced that the government was deter mined that - the Free State should not abolish the oath of allegiance, f nd bad sent word to DubHn "making "mak-ing the British . standpoint "dear beyond the possibility of a doubt," He said the same stand was taken regarding the land annuities. President, Db Valera iiad; declared IOWA'S Republican convention 'Aefeed TOenly-flv gates to the national . convention and pledged the support of the Re- Idenf, Elsewhere - In the Middle! prospeetive 44asury balance1 et West the anti-Hoover .. Republicans were more active. In Illinois they were preparing to put up slates of candidates for delegates who will oppose the candidacy of Mr. Hoover or of any man who is not in favor of repeal of the Eighteenth amendment and the reduction of cost of government so as to lower taxes. The leadership of this group, especially In Chicago, how ever, Is not of a character to enhance en-hance their -chances of success. local chairman of the American Red Cross. . ROCK SPRINGS, WYO. $6,000 worth -ofmen's fancy apparel, Including In-cluding silk shirts, fancy shoes, riding rid-ing breeches and golf clubs, was stolen from Keith's store by burg-lars burg-lars who descended through a skylight sky-light . v ' OGDEX, UT. The Utah Can-ners Can-ners association and the Utah Canning Can-ning Crop Growers association committee have agreed on the following fol-lowing prices to be paid for tomatoes toma-toes this season f Grade No. 1, $10.50 per ton as against $13 In 1931, and grade No. 2, $4.50 per ton as against $6 in 1931. The acreage will also be reduced this year. POCATELIiO, I D AFive days work was required to repair? the damage caused when several hundred hun-dred ton of rock and dirt, loosened by spring thaws, hurtled down a mountain side two miles south of thhntty and swept away 100 feet of 14-inch pipe which carries a por tion of the water to supply the city reservoirs. " GOODING, IDA, By voting a 'special 4-mill tax levy to be applied on the coming year's assessed property prop-erty valuations, the Gooding school board will be able to finish the full eight-month term thlr season. - . BEAVER, UT. According to the survey of the Sawtooth range between be-tween Beaver and Milford now being be-ing made by state and forest officials, offi-cials, the deer are increasing in Spite of the annual slaughter each fall.: - " PRICE, UT. A celebration In honor of the miners of Carbon county coun-ty to be held September 5; sponsored sponsor-ed Jointly by the Price and Helper chambers of commerce has been approved ap-proved by the Price' body and is now being considered by the Helper Help-er chamber. 1 I'OOATELLO, IDA. The sugar beet industry has been responsible for doubling and trebling prices of farm land in Idaho, Alma Linhholm, secretary-treasurer of. the Idaho Beet Growers' association, stated at the weekly chamber of commerce T.fonim luncheon recently. .1'KIUV UT. Approximately 2,-000,000 2,-000,000 tons of coal were mined by 20 .Carbon county mines between July 1, 1931, and January 1, 1932, according to a report prepared by Robert J. Schultz, deputy state coal mine inspector. ' Total tonnage for this period was considerably higher high-er than that of-the previous six Scenes and Persons in the Current News yV ' ; J f - - AfiM i, i t A 1 IK r- 10 .lV i 1 1 ,k - I ) 1 lr I i IV ft' (fTX -i, I ' r& r !it f ' 1 ,. 1 General Pershing receiving the first of this year's American Legion popples from Mrs. J Williams, national president of the American Legion Auxiliary, a west Virginia s new capltol M Charleston, which will be dedicated this spring. 3 Miss Eleanor P. Myers of Xoungstown, N. v been crowned queen of the Niagara fruit belt and 'will reign over the apple blossom festival of JJiJ Orleans counties. - Scene in the Tornado-Swept Region of the Sot V ;"r:'' $mmrA ' m- -: ' mW- I More than three hundred persons were killed by a series of tornadoes that swept across five states, most of the fatalities being in Alabama. Our Illustration, transmitted by wire, shows thei of Professor Babcock s residence In Athens, Ga. lucky bootblack TOngrnlo'PeteiPan" and His TWIN FALbS, IDA. A prelim Inary report on municipal .finances. When Fobra won the Grand Na--ohal . Steeplechasas la - England, -itevfr Eioursoukes, waer of sr boot- tlack stand in New YorkrheIda sweepstakes ticket on which he won mooorNo T WO house -committees,- those xm I appronrlntLons and on mnmi ! . . .... . . uffrrcwn $18,000 or $19,000 at the end of the fiscal year, April 30, despite an estimated esti-mated reduction of about $10,000 in fiscal year total receipts. This represents. $30,000 saving from the full year's budget - POCATELLO, IDA. A total of $15,434.76, which included a savings of $10,215.50 out of operating expenses ex-penses allowed the Bannock county sheriffs office in the 1931 budget has been' returned to the county, according ac-cording to the sheriff's annual report re-port tiled recently. ... S ALEM. CT, Ten barteKjfilled, with large sized rout which had are taking great Interest in the rown ln - fliarters , at tne movement to close up or curtail i sH,rins"e nsn naienery, were do-the do-the activltes of surplus shore prop- i nat0(1 t0 cltlzens of Salem recently erties of the navy j and turned ,oose ,n Lake Salem. Seven stations now" .re nnderL.TWIN FALLS, IDA. Charles congressional fire. Whether they Simi,,ons. representing the state are closed or placed on a less-ex- hwission at Boise was aided pensive basis depends largelv apn i 'T 7 ? Plnt" the question of whether the con-! f.f "'w trout at gressiona. desire focony lsL!J; stronger than Its desire tS ding iTT - its pork barrel stations and yards;1 . - ' The properties under discussionT .. SMITH FIELD, UT Plans for a Include r.- TJe piston - navy yard, ; comitmnlty beautification day are lmlLjifli-y yard.. the 1 being discussed by the city coaneit-Portsmouth coaneit-Portsmouth (N. II.) navy yard. : The .late will be set as soon as the the naral stations at Key West and weather permits.. , New Orleans the ammunition depot . DUIGGS, IDA Teton county el-at el-at Baldwin. L. I., and the -Newport j wrarary-ichdol will finish their naval training station. j work and close its doors April 15, It is estimated that curtailing ac- lone month early, on account of lack tiviiies at these stations eventual-'of funds. ly would result In annual savings HEJJ.ER.: UT. Extensive plans amounting to several million do-' are ling formulated by the lead-(ars. lead-(ars. Appropriailons for new con-lng civic organizations of Helper sanction alsgwotjl (& un wntn Newjp.pei- unioa.j Tcnown as Helper day, June 6. Aye J i - "v;:fey' SievelwasM r r"s ' . JTJ I Ji 'ZALXt. - V U U wonder smiling when the camera man arrived. ar-rived. ' WINS RICH HANDICAP Here I: uonder horse that won the $50,000 Agua Caliente handicap. Holding iiini is Tommy Woodstock, his train er,-gud at the left is Billy fflion; the Jockey who piloted him to victory. 7T 7 Idle or Solitary . If you are Idle, be not solitary; If you are solitary, be not idle-Johnson. p ' . ((4 ; pr jt;'H: hi H. A s Pbar Lap." the Anstraliajv 1 1 - I Peter Llewellyn Da vies, godson of. Sir James M. Barrie m nave inspired the famous jiovelist and playwright to write j camea play "Peter Pan," and his bride, who was Hon. Marp Hore-Ruthven, daughter of Major General Lord Ruthven. E married in the Savoy chapel in London. Champion Sells for $1:53 a PcU; 'A T o. w. r 1 kit - Paying for him at the rate of $1X3 a pound, the Texas & Worth, Texas, handed over the sum f J 1.332 for this cb inown ae Superior Mischief, at tLe Southwestern Exp0 I!' 11 I II r K Pi EN in, |