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Show PLEASANT GP.OVK REVIEW -4 News Review of Current Events the World Over Roosevelt's First Rebuff in Primaries SenatejCom-mittee SenatejCom-mittee Boosts Income Taxes House Playing Havoc With Economy Bill. By EDWARD FOR the first time since he start ed out od his hunt for Instructed Instruct-ed delegates Governor Franklin D, Roosevelt met with a rebuff two of them, In fact. In the Massachusetts ' primaries he expected ex-pected to win eight or ten of the 36 delegates del-egates chosen for the Democratic Presidential convention, con-vention, but Al Smith swept the state and added the entire delegation to his little bundle of votes. More Important because more unei Sen. J. J. Davit pected was the result In Pennsyl vania. The New York governor cap tured the greater'part of that state's delegation, perhaps ' GO out of 76 votes, but Smith made a uiuehjet ter showing than anyone had antlcl -paled.. Incomplete returns J Indicated Indi-cated he had carried 15 of the 67 counties, and his majority In Phil-. Phil-. Bdelphla was Impressive. . Altogether, the leaders of the "" "Stop Roosevelt" movement "were considerably heartened -by the outcome out-come of these two prininries. President Hoover was virtually assured of the 109 Republican dele j gates to the two states. In Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania the Republican primary was made Interesting by the con test between Senator James J. Davis and Gen. Smediey D. Butler. The fyiriKius marine was backed by 'Governor Plnchot and ran as a dry but Davis, who had been converted to antl-proliibitlonlsm through, tlie Influence of William S. Vare, Repub llcan boss of the stale,, defeated the general by a plurality that up proached 400,fXK). tt was thought that this might mean that the Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania delegation In the Republican Repub-lican convention would .fight earnestly, earn-estly, for a phrnk promlslngresuff -tiilJsion of .the "Eighteenth amend ment. -Mrs., Plnchot, the. governor's wife, sought the Republican congressional con-gressional nomination In the Fif teenth district, but was whipped by Congressman Louis T. McFndden. who some months ago attacked the administration's International - .finance policies and accused President Presi-dent poover of "selling out" to Eu rope. DATHKR unexpectedly, the Jury , V In the Kahnhawal murder case In HonoJutu. after being out 4S hours, brought In a verdict of guilty of manslaughter against . Lieut Thomas n. Massle of the navy, Mrs. Granville Forteseue,. his mother-in- law, and Seamen E. J. Lord and Albert Al-bert O. Jones. The Jury recommend ed mercy for" the defendants. The verdict means a sentence of one to ten years In Qabu prison. Notice of appeal was served by the defense. The four defendants . heard the findg of the Jury bravely, but Mrs. Massle, for assaulting whom the slala man was under Indictment, broke down and sobbed during the proceedl n gs. .Cla retire Darro w, the veteran Chicago attorney who had made a remarkable attempt to win acquittal for the four, wns grievously grievous-ly disappointed. r v J 1 FIRST "rejecting a proposal Jby Senator. Couiens to boost snr- taxes fthe wartime-' maximum of 45 per cent, the senate Tlnanee committee com-mittee Troted an Increase In SIT IiP" come tax rates above the levies written Into the new revenue bill by that house. The eommltteealroost unanimously unanimous-ly adopted a schedule presented by Senator Harrison, of Mississippi, the ranking Democrat, calling for a ' maximum surtax of 45 per cent Instead In-stead of the 40 per cent figure car rled In the house bill. . Normal Income rates were boosted boost-ed to 3 per tent on the first $4,000 income; 6 per cent on t.he next $4,000, and 9 per cent on the In come above $8,000. The- present normal rates are 3 and 5 per cent The house voted to Increase these rates to 2, 4 and 7 per cent respectively. By close votes the tariffs on tnv ported oil and coal which the bouse added to the measure were struck out The tax on automobiles was approved. The house passed and sent to the President the tariff bill j-estortng -to congress all power to alter Inv port duties. The bouse also passed the $326,000,000 navy bill after re , fusing to cut the amount 10 per cent DETERMINED to get the $20, OKl.iKK) economy bill before the senate as quickly as possible,'Ma jority Floor Leader Rainey de creed that the house shoulij hold night sessions, until the measure was Jisnosed of. fron.ediaiely a bi-partisan Insur gent coalition - took charge and overrode the Democratic and Republican" Re-publican" leadership. - First thing W. PICKARD It did was to knock out the provision provi-sion of the rule limiting the number of amendments to the economy measure to forty, and then It start ed to rip the bill to pieces. Its primary achievement In this line wasthe adoption of an amendment by Britten of Illinois exempting from the proposed 11 per cent pay reduction all federal employees with salaries up to and Including $2,ftM AS framed by the committee the exemption ex-emption ran to $1,000. The change took more than $50,000,000 out of the $'J(K).(KMi,(HM) the bill was supposed sup-posed to effect In the annual cost of the federal government. OENATOR lluey P. Long of Lou lsiana broke out In violent revolt re-volt against the Democratic party and especially against Its leader. In the senate,-' Joe Robinson of . Arkansas, Arkan-sas, because In the pending tax bill the rich were not being "soaked" as much as he desired. He accused the Deniocrats of taking ordttrs from big business, practically renounced re-nounced his' membership In the par ty and shouted 'his resignation from all senate committees to which he had been appointed. Senator Robinson replied iWith dignity and withering sarcasm and the Republicans sat silently enjoy ing the affair. .! n Ei r v Gin EPRESKNTATIVE p. n. LA uardla of New TorR." leader of the bloc that defeated the sales tax proposition, provided the sensation sensa-tion . of the week In the senate banking bank-ing committee hearings hear-ings oh stock exchange ex-change methods. It was an exposure of alleged high pressure pres-sure publicity methods, Including even bribery, to manipulate prices on the New York Stock ' exchange, and the documents he offered In proof of -his cha r ges - In F. H. La Guardia volved a number of financial writ ers formerly employed on New York papers. They were employed .'by brokerage houses, he said, to "ballyhoo" "bally-hoo" stocks and sent out misleading statements in order to promote stock purchases. In some cases he said extracts from newspaper articles Inspired In-spired - by high-powered publicity methods were Included by. brokers In letters to customers. Five pools In which stocks were manipulated, according to La Guar dia, were cited by the New Yorker to back up his assertions. He said that high-pressure -. methods had been utilized In the handling of pools In Indian Motorcycle" stock. Savage Anns, Maxwell Motors, Pure Oil, Slmms Petroleum, and Superior Oil. In all Instances exceptthe Indian In-dian Motorcycle stock, the pools operated hock In 1924 and 1925. .Mr. La Guardia named A. Newton Plumnter as the high-pressure publicity pub-licity man who had distributed $280, 000 among newspaper men. - This man, he said, operated under the title of publicity counsel and Sometimes Some-times under the name of the Institute Insti-tute of Economic Research. Pluni-mer Pluni-mer Is now under Indictment for forging securities, The committee In executive ses- Lslon decided to make a sweeping In quiry Into the , whole stock and bond selling as It affects the stock exchange, and thit may last all sum mer. "" A steering committee of five was named by Chalrnjan Norbeck to plau the Invest! gallon and line up witnesses. Senator Couzens feof Michigan, Michi-gan, one of the "progressives," Is Senator Couzens perhaps the leading jnenjherJof lhla smaller body and will be a most Important factor In the Inquiry. Glass. Fletcher and Norbeck him self also are on the steering com mittee. Walcott of Connecticut who Initiated the Inquiry, has been forced Into a minor place' by Norbeck. Nor-beck. ' JAP. -Mi anchuria to suppress the fast growing revolt sgninst the govern ment of the 'puppet state of Unrr choukuo. having previously warned the rest of the world to keep hands off. The rebel forces along the eastern lines of the Chinese East ern railway and in the lower Sun garl valley were estimated at 20. XX). and there were more of them In other regions. The Japanese government scorned the -resolution f .the League of Na tions committee, uf nineteen, callios for the lmineIi:rte evtrruatlon of Shanghai, and then went, ahead to arrange Its own pl.in with the co operarlon of Sir Miles Lampson. the r 1 & 1 British minister to China. It was reported In Geneva that this pro posal was accepted by Nanking, bo the league ebmmlttee meekly ad mltted It would have to remake Its resolution to conform. The small powers, which, had Insisted on drastic dras-tic action against Japan, didn't like this development but could do nothing. ERMANY Is " especially grate- A- ful to President Hoover for his promotion of ' the moratorium on reparations and war debts, but there was no way In which this grat itude c 0 u I d be shown directly to the Presidenf, so Ambassador Fred-e Fred-e r I c M. , Sackett was . chosen to be the recipient of an unusual honor the bestowal of the degree de-gree of doctor of political science by the ancient and famous fa-mous university of F. M. Sackett Tuebingen. This high honor .was presented to the ambassador In an impressive ceremony In the presence pres-ence of representatives of the Ger-nvan Ger-nvan cabinet and many, of south Germany's Ger-many's most distinguished men. In its centuries.' of existence the University of Tuebingen has dis pensed only a -few honorary titles. But, as the rector said, because of his "great effort In alleviating eco nomic problems the university concluded con-cluded that the American ambussa-' dor did signal work In singling out some of the ca'uses of the present dllllcultles," and decided to honor him. O ICllMONDwas full of governors and other dignitaries last eek and was mighty busy In othe, respects. re-spects. The events .included the annual an-nual conference ofe state executives. the Washington bicentennial celebration, cele-bration, a .celebration In honor , of the landing of the first permanent Colonists, a . state music festival, dedication of the first monument to James Monroe In the state, and the opening 'to the public for the full week of .100 colonial homes and gardens. gar-dens. - . The. governors, thirty In number, after being received by Governor Pollard, helped " to dedicate the Monroe statue at Ash Lawn. The chief address was delivered by Claude G. Bowers, eminent Democratic. Demo-cratic. Journalist and orator. The execlit i veSa lso"tooir pafTTrJ' alllhe other ceremonies, besides holding their own four-day meet. On Wednesday they were addressed by PresidentJlooerr who4n one of his most Importnnt speeches presented the federal government's case to the states and asked for-their fuller cooperation co-operation In settling national problems. prob-lems. Thursday evening the governors gover-nors were entertained at dinner In the White House. - " GEORGIA has a new senator, ap: pointed by Gov. Richard B. Russell. Jr., to fill out part of the unexpired term of. the late William J. Harris, The man selected Is MaJ. John S. Cohen; editor ed-itor of the Atlanta Journal. He will serve until nexFNS vember. The Har rls term does not expire until 1937. and Governor Russell Rus-sell himself Will be a candidate for the place In the general election In the fall. Major Cohen.. who has been Demo Ma J. J. 8. Cohen cratic national committeeman from Georgia since 1U24. Is a member of a distinguished southern family. He Joined the "staff of the Journal In 1S90 and jivas reporter, special Washington correspondent, and" editorial ed-itorial writer. He was fa corre-. spondent. and later ad Hrmy officer In the Spanish-American war. His father was a Confederate officer. . - NATIONAL Socialists, under the leadership of Adolf Hitler scored a great" victory In the Prussian Prus-sian elections, and won enough places In other parts of Germany to make' them the strongest political party In four of the five states In the reich. But they still lack a .clear majority to control any of them. In Bavaria they fell slightly slight-ly behind. In Prussia, where the fight was most bitter because - of t h e th eory that "whoever controls Prussia controls con-trols the relctt." the Hitlerite forces garnered 1G2 seats against the nine they held heretofore. The wwlirlon which makes up the present govern-ment govern-ment also obtained 102 seats. The Communists also gained. If was announced Tthai the Pros slao - government -would ' resign on May 2-1 when the newly elected diet convenes, but will carry on' until a new premier of the state Is elect ed. HTtTer Is Insist In that the Na'xls should be given mntroL but there. can be no definite decision ar to the alignment of the parties nn-r nn-r II the middle ot May. when the Catholic Centrists rtieet In Berlin for a ra iii-us. r " In i lie Austrian election?! also the National SH-i,-liws stwed -heavy f . n .1 .!.. l - . . . ., ",rr. , i, r,.n trol of tne Kovernninnt remjilns In man ..ml An,ri:,n Pi,r,l ere prach-ally w i..l o, hv the N's. ie itit vi,i.ri vr.i rum i & T" Timing '-1 vs. Intermountain News -Briefly Told for Busy Readers $40,000 BOND ISSUE ... FOUR STATES JOIN. . CANNING FOB JOBLESS. "AG SPECIAL" SCHEDULE. 5,000 ACRES IRRIGATED. - OGDEX, L'T. The Beet Growers UredlE corporation recently filed: articles of incorporation with the county clerk. The capital stock Is $150,000 divided into shares of the par value of ?100 each.' BEAVER, L'T. A community canning outfit has been purchased with some of' tfte money collected .last winter for charity purposes. It Is expected that a large amount of garden produce will be put up for the needy this summer. SPRING V IDLE, UT. The quarterly quar-terly report issued by the city recorder re-corder of Springville shows a gain in receipts for the first three months- of 1932 over the corresponding period per-iod of last year. PAYSOX, L'T. The Utah county "Agricultural Special" train will' toiir the territory from Payson to West Jordan, leaving Payson on May 31, proceeding to Salem that afternoon with a night meeting at Spanish Fork. The second day, June 1, will be spent at Springville. and Provo; the third, day at Pleasant Grove and . I-ehl, winding up at the American Fork Poultry Day celebration, cel-ebration, - June 2. June 3 will be spent at West Jordan where sugar beeta will be featured, LOGAN, UT.-.The "Ag" club at the "TJ. & A, C; will conduct their fifth annual; show in the TJ. S. A. C. stadium in tile near fiitire. Horses from northern Utah and southern Idaho will- be entered. jREXBTJRG, IDA. 10 to 50 per cent of the Idaho farmers have .applied .ap-plied for seed loans at the Salt Lake division office. ' MOUNTAIN HOME, IDA. The three reservoirs of the farmer-own ed Mountain ilome irrigation project are filling rapidly, with enough water wat-er In tbem now to have all the alfalfa al-falfa land irrigated the first part of May, nd still retain storage of six acre feet of water for every acre in the fKKMfcacre .project .v;c HEBEIt, L'T. Testing of range cattle in Wasatch, comity for tuberculosis tuber-culosis has been, completed with no re-actors found. All dairy cattle in ihe CQunjtyiTCill be tested.-It no more re-actors are found in the dairy cattle, than in 1929, and 1930, Wasatch Wa-satch county will become an accredited accred-ited connty. HEBER, UT. At a meeting of the board of directors of the Wa satch county fair board, it was decided de-cided to hold the county ft'f again this year, "and the dates were set' for September 1st and 2nd. IDAHO FALLS. IDA. A heavy J dose of poison which she was reported re-ported to have accidentally taken in a cup of coffee, caused the death of Martha Abercrombie, 16-year-old school girl. . Mt-Ki, ui, J. McBroom, 1 resident of Emery for the past nine yeats, and a former resident of Oklahomawas Ok-lahomawas arrested foF assault and battery on his wife and daughter. daugh-ter. ' . ' BEAVER, UT. The special election elec-tion held in the county for voting a $40,0CO bond to pay Indebtedness of the present year and to begin school with next fall, was decided in favor of issuing the bonds. SALT , LAKE CITY, UT. Requisitions Re-quisitions from twenty-nine UtaB counties furJirestnck feed total -14- 174 tons, reports Mrs. Mary A. Allen, Al-len, executive secretary of the Salt Lake conntTchflpter of the, AmerU can Red Cross. The feed, which la a portion of the 37,297 tons sent to the Pacific .area from-the-Red Gross, will be distributed to those areas which Buffered from drouth during 193L. " ' WEXDOVER, UTAH In addition ad-dition to applying an oil-gravel mulch on the westerly ten miles of the Wendover cut-off, tM state road commission and the federal Rovernment will apply light oil, suf ficient to make the road temporarily temporar-ily dusrproof, on the remaining 41 miles of the cut-off, it was announced announc-ed recently. - ' BURLEY, IDA. The Idaho Coal Dealers' association, already an organization or-ganization which Includes three tatre, has extended its sphere of Influence into a fourth. Oregon. Coal dealera of 13 eastern Oregon cities and towns became affiliated wtthe association at Ibi annual convention here. Other states Include In-clude Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. SALT LAKE - CITT, CT.-RaB-way operating; Income of the Baro-beffer Baro-beffer Electric Railroad company in 1031 wa $9.0CO, It Is shown by a report filed with the public utilifipe commission of Utah. This was $S.V 000 lc than the operating Income for HOI, . " SAIT LAKE CITt. rT-The1 gtate conduct a thoromrh t in, ,.0,w, LtV T?1"" ,J--" civ'c life at- ' Scenes and Persons in the Current News F7 U H4 i. till UfXM2I!S Vj ' ii - -' f ' ' , Xl"- flriJMltl rr.vl'HrWl mi - 1 - mi 1 Probate Judge Henry Horner of Chicago, Democratic nominee for the governorship of k Dr. Heinrich Schnee of Germany, Henri Claudel of France, Gen. Frank McCoy of the United! the' earl of Lytton of England, members of the League of Nations commission, Inspecting war raw nai. -cnapei or bi. jonn in me sion day attended by President and Children of ! 'r'i-hftj! if' 7I i 4 7 Members of the National Society Children of the American Revolution who held their annual J vvasnmgion cauea at tne White TO WED A DU PONT Miss Jane Holcomb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Holcomb of Waterbury, Conn, Is engaged to marry Pierre S, Dtt Pont of Wilmington, Wil-mington, DeU the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lamont Du Pont UP FOR PRESIDENT Francisco and Washington, D. C, la the Presidential nominee of the .W tional Fanner-Labor party for 1032. I test .. j , . - new wasnington catnearai, scene 01 a great religious senltt Mrs. Hoover. Revolution Meet Mr. Hoover House and were received by President Hoover. First Mackerel for the PresM .. - -.-:v Miss Testa Stevens of Cape May, N. J, exhibits the frH " vmuu 01 me season, which New jersey nsao to President Hoover. -' Chilean Volcano in Eruptfe Dispatches from Chile teU of renewed activity of to& i Andes while the peoplerof many towns are yet clearing 1 veni eruptions. Tie photograph ihowa Mt Las w-forth w-forth hot ashes and tmoke. - - |