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Show PLEASANT GROVE REVIEW News Review of Current Events the World Over Repeal With Beer at Once Is the Democratic Stand on Prohibition Senate Passes Economy Bill -to Save 150 Million. By EDWARD W. PICKARD Gilbert M. Hitchcock A DRIPPING wet, outright repeal and modification plank la the oificlal stand of the Democratic party on .the prohibition question. ivot only does the party-call for re peal of ,tlie Eight eenth " amendment. but It demands lm mediate modlflca tlon of the Volstead act. The decision was reached after five hours of heat ed debate In the na tional convention at Chicago, and about the wildest demonstrations ever witnessed In a po litical convention. The prohibition piank as presented present-ed In the platform reported by former for-mer Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock of Nebraska, chairman of the resolutions reso-lutions committee, follows : "We- favor the repeal of the Eighteenth amendment. "To effect such repeal" we demand de-mand that the congress immediately immedi-ately propose -a constitutional amendment totruly representative - conventions in the states called to act solely on that proposal. "We urge the enactment of such measures by the several states as will actually promote temperance, effectively prevent the return of the saloon and bring the liquor traffic into the open under complete com-plete supervision and control by the states. "We demand that 'the federal government effectively exercise its power to enable the states to effectively ef-fectively protect themselves against importation of intoxicating liquors in violation of their laws. "Pending repeal, we favor immediate im-mediate modification of the Volstead Vol-stead act to legalize the manufacture manufac-ture and sale of beer and other beverages of such alcoholic content con-tent as is permissible under the Constitution and to pri&vide there from a proper and needed reve- State department In assuming to pass upon foreign securities offered of-fered by International bankers, as a result of which billions of dol- lnra tn niiastinnnhlp honrin hnve been sold to the public upon the.' Implied approval of the federal "government. The Hawley-Smoot tariff law, the prohibitive rates of which have resulted Jn retaliatory action by more than forty countries, created International economic hostilities, destroyed International trade, driven driv-en our factories Into foreign coun tries, robbed the American farmer of his foreign markets and in creased his cost of production. Ing that If he refused they would put another prince on the throne. Prajadhlpok and his queen returned re-turned Immediately from their vacation va-cation and tie agreed to the demands de-mands of the revolutionists, Issuing Issu-ing a proclamation legalizing all the acts of the people' party under un-der whose banner the government had been taken over. A draft of the constitution was submitted to him and after studying It with representatives of the revolters he signed It R' CONGRESSIONAL action on the y national economy bill was completed com-pleted by the house and senate Tuesday night. The senate agreed to the changes maderby tbe house In the plan of payless furloughs, for government employees. The major house chances In the' furlough plan were reduction of the exemption from $1,200 to $1,000 and establishing a graduated scale of pay cuts for those employees EPRESENTATIVE La Guardla and other congressional critics of the federal farm board think- thpy have found another case of mismanagement mis-management by tJUtt body, and the New Yorker has sent to Chairman J. C Stone a letter demanding a full explanation of the board's sale last fall, of 15,000,000 bushels of wheat to China. The chief question In the minds of congressional Inquirers Is why the farm board sold wheat to the Nanking government on long term credit when advices from China are that China has paid cash for Canadian and Australian grain and has been selling large quantities of wheat to Russia and getting pay ment In cash. The farm board's transaction with China was fulfilled last fall and winter win-ter on the Nanking government's plea that its own granaries were empty, that it had no funds to make cash payments, and that millions of Chinese face starvation. Intermountain News Briefly Told for Busy Readers PRESERVE OLD CABIN DAMAGED BY FLOOD LAMBS ARE MOVING FEAR INSECT PEST CHERRY CROP GOOD nue." The vote which placed this plunk In the platform came on the ques tion of substituting a minority re- orteallingor a non-connnlttalsmV mission of a repeal amendment The minority report was voted down by 834 to 213. The platform Is a model of brevity, brev-ity, containing exactly 1.300 words In contrast to Republican declaration declara-tion of some 8,000 words. Some of the outstanding planks, briefly, are as follows : Advocated An immediate reduction of not less than 25 per cent In govern mental expenditures, ' Maintalnence of tthe national credit by a budget .annually balanced bal-anced on the basis of accurate executive ex-ecutive estimates within revenues, raised by a system of taxation levied on the principle of ability to pay. A sound currency to be preserved at all hazards. A competitlve-4arlg-for- revenue. .Extension of federal credit to the states to provide unemployment unemploy-ment relief wherever the diminishing diminish-ing resources of the states make It Impossible for them to provide for the needy; advance planning of public works. 7" Unemployment and old age Jin-sura Jin-sura nee under state laws. Enactment of every constitutional constitution-al measure that will aid the farmer farm-er to receive for basic farm commodities com-modities prices In excess of cost of production, 1 A navy and army adequate for national defense. Strict and Impartial enforcement enforce-ment of anti trust laws. Quicker methods of realizing on assets for the relief of depositors of suspended banks, and a more rigid supervision of national banks for the protection of depositors and the prevention of the use of their moneys In r peculation to the detri ment of local credits. The fullest measure of Justice and generosity for all war ret . erans. A firm foreign policy, Including peace with all the world and the settlement of International disputes by arbltf atlon ; cancellation of debts owing to the United States by for eign nations opposed; adherence to the world court With the pending reservations. . Condemned ; Improper and excessive use of money Id. political activities. Paid lobbies and special' Interests to Influence members of congress -and Trther public seJTntsy aonal contact Action and utterances of high public officials designed to influ- ence stock exchange prices. : The extravagance of the farm board. Its disastrous action which made the government a speculator whose services were so needed thev could not be given a month's leave without pay, as will the employees who can be spared. The pay cuts begin at 10 per cent on salaries over $10,000 and range to 20 per cent on salaries of $20,000 and over. Those making less than $10,000 who could not be furloughed would give up 8 per cent of their year's pay.' One reason for the senate's reluctance re-luctance to approve the bill may have been that it cuts the salaries of congressmen 10 per cent- The Vice President and speaker of the, house suffer 15 per cent slashes. Even the President Is Invited to do 1ils part, the measure providing that whatever portion of his salary he wishes to turn- back is acceptable accept-able to the Treasury department. President Hoover had indicated his willingness to accept a smaller Salary Sal-ary as part of the economic program. DENEVVAL of warfare between 1 China and Japan Is threatened by the developments in the rem. Hons between the Nanking govern ment and the Man- If T. V. Soong The same provision is applied to federal Judges, who, like the Pres ident, are exempted by Constitution from salary changes during their terras. The salary and wage cuts provide pro-vide the great bulk of savings in the measure, but changes in bureaus bu-reaus to eliminate duplication will effect 'Other reductions In government govern-ment cost. "WHEN the flal year 1932 erid- ed on June 30 the public debt showed an Increase from $16,801,-000.000 $16,801,-000.000 at the end of the last fiscal fis-cal year to close to $10,251,000,000 This was due to both' diminishing revenues ana increasing exDendi tures. In spite of the fact thai the gross deficit, nearly $2,900,000,000, is the largest In the nation's peace time history, treasury officials were inclined to see a rayf hope in the ract that the deficit is no larger than had been anticipated by the aepartment s statisticians last February. Feb-ruary. It was said also that rhe total expenditures, not counting the extraordinary spendings of the Reconstruction Finance corporation capital and the federal land banks, will run considerably below the e.. tlmated expenditures fir the fiscal year. churian state "of Manchoukuo. The bone of contention this time' Is: the customs receipts at Dairen, which were being diverted to Manchoukuo by the Japanese customs commissioner at Dairen, J. Fuku-moto. Fuku-moto. This official was discharged by T. V. Soone. Chi nese finance minister, and the entire en-tire Japanese staff there resigned, declaring the action "outrageous."" The Manchoukuo government through Its Japanese finance minister, min-ister, Matsuzo Genda, declared its Intention to establish a new customs cus-toms house at Wafangtien, on the border between the Kwangtung leased territory and Manchuria. In addition to Dairen, nine other customs cus-toms offices within Manchuria are now-operating under the" flagof The University of Utah Is prOV-tnn. prOV-tnn. V,a lonf tVinf orlllPQ t inn l Tint U1C JUL, an episode limitld to the few years at scnooi. xne nome aiuay Department at the University has ble men and women may use their leisure time for study at nome in fialHi ranffinn" from hlril School ilgebra to world politics. They nay do this studying witnous interfering in-terfering with their regular work, rhoi-o ia tin acta limit. There are ""nb' School terms and no entrance ixarmnations. . -.m "CALDWELL, IDA. The Native Danehters of Canyon county are eo ng to preserve the aged log cabin of Tom, Dick and Dave Johnson, who built the structure in 1861. The iuildlng will be moved to Memorial park, and will be furnished witn Pioneer relies arranged In a style typical of the early days. HOM.EDALE. IDA. Fire of un known origin totally destroyed the public school building at Homedale. The loss was partly covered by In surance. PRESTON, IDA. Much damage was done to the hay crop in the Treasureton district about fifteen miles north of here, by a recent cloudburst on Rocky peak. Two laree streama of water rushed down the ravines on the north and south sides of the mountain. carry IngJ Scenes an3 Persons in the Current - j. iiiipiiii Manchoukuo. Sir Frederick Maze, British Inspector general of customs cus-toms In China, upholds the Chinese in the controversy. A spokesman of the Nanklne government in Shanghai said troops In north China had been ordered to resist any attempted Invasion of the ; Peiping-TIentsin area by Jap anese or Manchoukuo troops. fences, large rocks and cut hay with it - BOISE, IDA Idaho lambs, ex optionally prime", are beginning to move to market in. large numbers. The movement Is considerably later than normal, due to a late spring and to the fact that many growers are holding their lambs for Increas sd weight because of a market de mand for heavier stock.. DUCHESNE, UT. Warrior in sects of the grasshopper family, be lieved to- be the same species that the pioneers had to deal with, have appeared In the southeast ' portion of this county. Unless curbed soon these grasshoppers will prove . ex tremely harmful to crops. EMMETT, IDA. Six carloads of cherries were-shipped from the Emmett-Payette district recently, Shipments from the southwestern part of the state this season have been estimated at 75 cars, renre sentihga 25 per cent decrease-from In farm products, and the unsound policy of restrictine acricultural production to the demands of domestic do-mestic markets. The usurpation of power by the CURTAILMENT of federal bu- reaus and a stated Dercentasre reduction In total appropriations are asked of congress by represents atlves of manufacturers' associa tion who met In Chicago. A care ful survey of all governmental spending activity wilt be made at once and detailed suggestions are to be made on this information. States represented at the meeting were Illinois, Indiana, Iowa. Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kentucky, Nebraska. South Dakota, Vermont Virginia. West Virginia, Florida, and Tennessee. if: pRAJADHIPOK, the good natured 1- and progressive king of Siam. is no longer an absolute monarch When he was In the United States some months ago he said he intended intend-ed to ' eraut his people a constitu tion "when thev were ready for It." but they couldn't wait any lont er because of the"-ij? country's economic distress. Headed by tbe army and eavythey put on a revolt at Bang kok, arrested a number of princes and other government leaders, and announced that .a constitutional monarchy must be established at once. They gave the king only one hour to accept their terms, deciar- t i i King Prajadhipok ATA meeting of the Republican r senatorial campaign committee called by Senator Henry D. Hatfield (Kep., W. Va.), committee chair man, plans were made for an active senatorial campaign In the East, iMlddle West and Far West Senator Sena-tor Felix Hebert (Rep. R. I.) will be in charge of eastern headquar ters at New York, Senator L. j. Dickinson (Rep., Iowa) will open mldwestern headquarters at Chl-efigr-nd Senator Robert D. Carey (Rep.. Wyo.), at Cheyenne, will have charge of the far western section. sec-tion. ' In the Middle West the senatorial committee will assist In the palgns of Senator Otis F. Glenn lir Illinois and Senator ( James E. Watson Wat-son tn Indiana. In Iowa It will have the candldaey of Henry Field, victor vic-tor in the primaries over Senator bmlth Wlldman Brookhart, radical nepumican, to support A PEACE conference between Oen, Augusts Sandino Nionrs guan insurgent and noworfni nniit ical leaders of his country has been arranged for the near fntnr ti.i. startling development came about through Gen. Manuel Balladares. prominent Sandista, who recently talked with American .officials from Nicaragua after a conference with Sandino. The conference will he hoi.i San Lorenzo, a Honduran portThe participants will probably be the four liberal candidates fnr fh presidency and Gen. Horatio Porto carrero, Sandino's candidate ?- The immediate obleor-nf tho ference is the nomination of a single liberal candidate from among the contesting five. If a compromise Is reached the next step would be a declaration of an armistice pending election, and ultimately final peace the 1931 total. Shipments from, the northern part of the state are als under way with a substantial u crease predicted. The 1932 estimate Is 230 cars, while 1931 shipments totalled 86 cars. PROVO, UT, Unemployment re lief work In Provo cost a total of $7,179.67 beginning with December 1931, according to a report Issued recently. OGDEN, UT. Pres. Mulcahy of the Ogden Rotary club, presenting nis annual report recommended that all Rotary- clubs In Utah make a united effort to have the state supply textbooks for high school stuuents as Is the case with grade schools. This recommendation was made by the retiring club nresident when in the report of the club ac tivities said that the Ogden Botar-ians Botar-ians during the last school year had expended $500 In purchasing lextDooKs ior W students who, due to economic conditions, would nnt have been able to continue at high scnooi. SPANISH FORK, UT.-The pea narvest for the local cannery 1 under way and the plant has com menced the season's pack. The nea are exceptJonally fine flavored thin year and the pods are well filled A good crop Is expected. -OaAN,-UTAfterTiearly two years of Idleness, the Smithfleld pea cannery nas opened - for the sum mer run. A maximum force of-450 men and 180 women may be employed. em-ployed. ir TOOELE, UT.- The Tooele fair board has voted to carry on a fair again this fall, on September 23 and 21. T BOISE, IDA. Suit to preveui collection of the five cent state gasoline tax on fuel ud In pbn.w of the United Air Lines operating across Idaho between Portland and Salt Lake has been filed In United States district court by the aviation avia-tion company. LOGAN, UT.-r-Due primarily to only m 80 per cent tax coiwttnn Cache county last year, expenses, "ncinmng $14,000 for depreciation exceeded revenues by $45,833.40. a Teeial audit report by n. rt.h State Agricultural-college showed opon its submission to the ennnt. "ommlssionera.- A TWO MILLION DOLLAR cur tailment of the coast ar: prohibition activities wa mtcA k.J tne senate with the passage of th treasury and post office appropria tn bilL The savin? un m, than counterbalanced, however, bv an Increase of the appropriation for rural sanitation from $300,000 to $3,000,000 and the retention nf customs surveyors and appraisers nicn me bouse bill had th rnvn out ' As agreed to. the bill (Kia40S.333. C- 1J Wetr Newspaper Uaiom. BOISE IDA. Highways in Idaho ontinne in good condition although construction and repair work Is increasing In volume the report of the bureau of highways discloses. Travel on the Old Oregon Trail is flowed by constructton at Georgetown George-town and Lava Hot Springs east of iwatello and repair and resurfacing resurfac-ing nitrations west of Burley. Holes nJ washout between Bliss and Twin Falls also are slowing traffic but the highway la open at a'J OoiflU m. J I- -y : 9 f iliii. wr mMiys 1) S z.m i B 9 f.l V II 1 riiar: WW V 4. ft.' n 1 Judge John B. Mack of Poughkeepsfe placing Franklin D.. Roosevelt In nomlnatl national convention In ChicagOi 2 dene Sarazen, leaning on his club, on the nlntk Meadow golf course, Long Island, where he won the American open cbamplonshln, ropean reparations conference in session In .Lausanne, Switzerland. . -. . rirst Kowing Kace on iNew Ulympic Couri rr t, , ----- ' . . - '.TV f mm "i r ?$w-i:' yy,y, -MpHfZJ Finish of the first nctnnt rnwlno rap avor hoi it nn tha nam Dlvmnli non, , ,w 0 - w.w- -' " " vijuiim. fcuincj LUUIDC Bt LOnl 1 where rowing events of the International srames will be held. The San Diecn Rnin. .ih j J -! T, .- . . " Wj ROOKIE WITH BRAVES E vu.A Smoke Detective of Ji Bob Brown, the rookie pitcher now working with the Boston Braves, is making a good showing. He was born in a Boston suhm-h only twenty years ago and learned how to hurl in hleh school ' Braves signed' him up when he was nut eighteen years old. and fm. him out to various minor wna clubs. VICE ADMIRAL CLARK : V - X - T : 7 x-1 H' '- V.-i'' mou uromrii " h w '': H ; : -rut, i' : ; if 1 . -ft Mrs. Imogene B. Oakley doesn't like smoke, espw as ttalnnan or the Philadelphia Civic club's d she searches out the little and big smokes and tells j ley la shown atop her. lookout station surveying the tory. "I'm from Pittsburgh," Mrs. Oakley said, "and I W j I see it" " ' .1 House Cleaning Far Under Vice Admiral Frank n riorv rr S. Nn who has assumed command n me scouting force of the United States fleet His JlagshJp: Is -the U. S. S. Augusta." Admiral Clark, who Is a graduate of the United States Naval academy, was pro-noted pro-noted through gradesothe-Fank ofTear admiral In February, 1927. Air in Coa Mines Air breathed by coal minersln anthracite or hard coal tain ho. an average of 1330 dnst nt.i to the cubic Inch of air.' or about 231.W0.0O0 to the cubic foot Bitu minous coal miners breathe air about half as dusty. 9 . . tmm lOtS nouse rlMntn. IK I. Mn nlara IJOW . .1 the famous Oregon caves near Grants Pass, and rrt complete. Th and 1 miles In length, |