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Show News Review of CuiTcnt Events the World Over Supremo Court Kills NKA r.nd Farm Mort-aire Mora-lon'imi Mora-lon'imi Act Xow Dealers, Congress ami Bu-i-nc--, Uncertain Aliout Future Action. By EDWARD V. PICKARD j 1 Af'A.V, ready to take oi.trv! over I " iiiure terri'..ry. deliv ered t Cu piwrririifht tit Nanking I an ui : ii:ia r u iu (.-barging that Iai, ta- lur Chiut; K:ii-:i.-;c, as well as ;.-n. ' 1'u 1 1 - j -i k :i ci.airii.an of ll..;iei prv. i.'ne and commander "f rhinee !.''). ; In i.,rtb CS.ii.a. w-i'i' directly r.i,ori.-ii.:i; fi.r a h.tu ISt of al-h-ge-d .!n:rartii,.',s of the Tangku tru.e- 5-i'fj-i .May 1'. marking the conebwon of tin? Si in- Japanese huriiilies over Manehuria. Dispatrhes from Tokyo Miidjupa-r"-'-e o.'Iioials admitted plans hail been made to include IViping and Tsint-sin iv It hi ii the demilitarized zone, which at j,r.-s.tnt lie north of the two cities. Threats were made to homo and occupy both tlio-v cities. -U:L(T.s MKNDIKTA, president of Cuba, lias announced that he will not he a candidate next winter win-ter to succeed himself. Therefore the race Is expected to narrow down to Miguel Mariano Gomez, twice mayor of Havana, and Mario G. Menocal, former president of the island is-land republic. Gomez, who is forty-live forty-live years old and a son of a former nrpsifli.r.t tii. ,li., 1, 1 .. u i "p 111:1. 1-: unanimous div.Islotis of I In; .Supreme (Join t of the L'nit-td L'nit-td Stales Hhook the New Ileal to Irs very foundations In II. Hrut ,..i The L'nlied Textile Worker?, 0,-in 0,-in number, threaten to strike If any mllN cut wa-es. And there Is also a chance that 4"0,0) bituminous bitu-minous coal miners will go on strike because there Is no wae agreement with tiie operators and a scale conference collapsed. The Ibpior business was thrown wide open without any federal regulation regu-lation except that exerted by the Treasury department In the collection collec-tion of taxes, (iflicials of the fed-j fed-j eral alcohol control administration said that the Supreme court's Nit A ruling took away from the FATA 10: most 1 m p o r t a n t, read by Chief Justice Jus-tice Hughes, the heart was cut out of the MtA, for the court ruled (hat the entire code structure was Invalid, In-valid, the code making mak-ing provisions being nn unconstitutional delegation by con- i-. -.v...L, t,, .Mt.nMj win ue supported support-ed by 'a coalition of the Liberals, the Nationalists and Aceion Itepuh-licana. Itepuh-licana. N'LY nine states of the Central West will send delegates to the "Grass Roots" convention of the Republican Re-publican party which opens June , , .. gre.ss of Its author-Chief author-Chief Justice ., . , , , . ., , lfy to legislate to persons not con-reeled con-reeled with the governmeiit's legislative legis-lative functions. I'.y the ruling the exercise of congressional powers ,ov'r commerce was definitely restricted re-stricted to Interstate commerce, or to such activities as have a provable prov-able direct connection with lnter-utato lnter-utato commerce. The court held that no economic emergency could justify the breaking down of the limitations upon federal authority us prescribed by the Constitution or of those powers reserved to the tato through the failure of the Constitution to place them elsewhere. every lota of control It had over the distilling business. A C'TING with surprising suddenness, sudden-ness, the senate passed the Copeland-Tugvvell food, drug and cosmetic bill, which had been modified modi-fied to meet the objections of Senators Sena-tors Clark, Bailey and Vandenberg. Doctor Copeland said he believed It would get through the house without diiliculty. President Roosevelt Roose-velt favors the measure. The bill greatly increases the scope of the 100G food and drug act, in the definitions of adulterated or mishranded articles, and provides pro-vides penalties-of a year In Jail or a $1,000 fine for violations " in Springfield. 111., but the meeting meet-ing will neverthe less be rather national na-tional In scope, for It will be attended by unofficial delegates dele-gates from other states and by na-I na-I tional leaders of the party. It was believed that Har- It -V II Next In Importance was the decision de-cision read by Justice Brandels. holding unconstitutional the Fra-r.ler Fra-r.ler Lemke farm mortgage moratorium morato-rium act. This act provides for a five year moratorium In the case of collapse of efforts to scale down u farmer's debts to a figure that would enable him to pay off his mortgage. The court held that under un-der tho Fifth amendment to the Constitution private property could not be taken without Just compensation. compen-sation. There has been no previous Instance, tho court said, where a mortgage was forced to relinquish relin-quish property to a mortgagor free of lien unless the debt was paid In full. In the third decision President ' Roosevelt's dlsmlssnl of tho inta It was designed originally to permit per-mit the secretary of agriculture to order wholesale seizures, which would permit the destruction of a business, if he deemed the articles In question adulterated. As amended, amend-ed, however, only a single article may be seized pending a court hearing. hear-ing. Exceptions may be made if there Is "imminent danger" to public health. Originally, also, the bill provided severe penalties for publishers and radio broadcasting companies, as well as advertisers, for violations of regulations to be laid down by the Department of Agriculture. This was changed, so that no publisher, radio broadcasting company, advertising adver-tising agency, orother medium for the rison E. Spangler, national commit- A.M.Hyde teeman from Iowa, would be made temporary chairman and as such would deliver the keynote address. Others on the tentative program for speeches are Arthur M. Hyde, former governor of. Missouri and secretary of agriculture in the Hoover cabinet, and Edward Hayes of Decatur, III., former national commander of the American Legion. The keynote address, according to reports, will take inventory of American affairs under the Roosevelt Roose-velt New Deal and indicate the trend of the party in opposition. Mr. Hyde Is to talk on the Great Emancipator at the Lincoln tomb in Oak Ridge cemetery, and Hayes Is exnected tn denl with tho thor,,Moo uissemination or advertising may be deemed to have violated the "false advertising" provisions unless they refuse to furnish the name and address of the advertiser. rpRANK C. WALKER'S present " Job as head of the division of allotments and Information in connection con-nection with the work-relief pro of the Republican party on constitutional consti-tutional government. CAN DIEGO'S beautiful world's J fair, the California Pacific exposition, ex-position, was thrown open to the public practically completed. Thousands Thou-sands of visitors moved , along the ancient. El Camino Real to Balboa park on the opening day and viewed with delight the handsome buildings build-ings and interesting exhibits. The climax of the opening ceremonies came in the evening when President -Roosevelt addressed' the throng by radio from his study in the White House. The exposition has been built to be a symphony of sight and sound, combining the grace of nature and the cunning of science for the nleas- Wllllam K Humphrey from the federal fed-eral trade commission was held Illegal Il-legal because the President did not remove Mr. Humphrey for the statutory grounds of Inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance In office, but, as the President stated, because their "minds did not meet upon the policy of administration of the commission. The court held that trade commissioners' terms are fixed by law and that their removal must be for the grounds stated in the act. '"pHKRE was consternation and confusion among the administration adminis-tration forces in Washington, and one could say immediately Just how much the New Deal had been damaged or what could be done to repair the damage to Its structure. Donald Rlchherg, chairman of the national Indus! rill rflOAVOI'n Vmnn,1 I gram is not so Im-portant Im-portant as had been expected, and probably by the end of the year or earlier he will be able to delegate his duties to others. oth-ers. Then, according accord-ing to current rumors, ru-mors, he will enter the President's cab- tire and edification of an expected tourist throng of 10,000,000 people. The show stretches over 14 winding wind-ing miles of exhibits and pleasure palaces housed in buildings of delicate deli-cate Spanish architecture scattered scat-tered through 300 acres of landscaped land-scaped gardens. rR. ALAN ROY DAFOE, Judge J. A. Valin and Minister of Welfare David Croll of Ontario, guardians under the king of the' Dionne quintuplets, put on a party for those famous babies on their first birthday, and there was a great crowd of visitors in the little town of Callender. But Mr. and Mrs. Dionne, resentful because the infants have been removed Trom their charge and home to a special hospital across the street, refused to attend the festivities. The five little girls, who are ln good health and growing rapidly, were displayed briefly and were permitted to crow or cry into the radio microphone. 'T'HOCGH the League of Nations council ended Its session in Geneva with the hope that it had arranged matters so that war be- . Frank C aS Postrnilster Walker' f ne1 ,t0 sllcceed Jim Farley. Mr. Farley has definitely decided to retire from the cabinet voluntarily, volun-tarily, It Is sUd so that he can devote de-vote all his time and energy to directing di-recting the campaign of Mr. Roosevelt Roose-velt for renomination and re-election. He expects to remain not only as chairman of the national Democratic committee but also as chairman of the New York state committee. In order that he may have an income he plans to make a business connection with an important impor-tant organization that will not Interfere In-terfere with his political activities. activ-ities. There has been a lot of talk about Mr. Farley's alleged ambition to be governor of New York. Mel-vin Mel-vin C. Eaton, Republican state chairman, dares him to run for that position. rjMGIITIXG desperately to save the " franc and prevent inflation, Premier Pre-mier Flandiu of France staked everything on a demand that he be given dictatorial financial powers until the end of 'the year, and lost after a White House conference. Issued Is-sued a statement saying that "all methods of compulsory enforcement enforce-ment of the codes will be immediately imme-diately suspended." ne added that the administration now faced the problem of "maintaining the gains which have been made in the last two years." nnd expressed the hope that employers would voluntarily maintain "fair standards of commercial com-mercial and labor relations." The question of the constitutionality constitution-ality of the Wagner labor disputes bill, passed by the senate, was raised by the NRA decision. T7USINESS was as confused as congress con-gress and the administration after the killing of NRA. Heads of many large employing corporations Intimated they would not make wage reductions or lengthen the -working hours just because the way was open for such action, but always al-ways there was the qualifying state-raent, state-raent, "It depends on what our competitors com-petitors do." The big concerns would prefer to maintain the code f ' r h t tween Italy and Ethiopia would be averted, the prospects pros-pects for such a settlement are not bright Under pressure pres-sure from Great Britain and France, Mussolini consent, ed to recognize the league's jurisdiction jurisdic-tion over the quar- rol on 1 ... fours, but the smaller merchants and manufacturers, who were hardest hard-est hit by the code requirements, might depart from them enough to demoralize prices. Among the dozens of national trade associations whose officers tirged members to maintain wages and otherwise to continue the status juo are those of the automobile .manufacturers, automobile dealers, .chemical Industry, retail dry goods' balers, cotton manufacturers, cement ce-ment makers, oil Industry, wholesale grocers, and grocery chain store distributors. dis-tributors. Harper Sibley, recently elected president of the Chamber of Com-fcieree Com-fcieree of the United States, called upon American Industry and business busi-ness men to preserve the present wages nnd work hours established under the NRA. Instead of cutting wages Standard Stand-ard Oil company of New Jersey and the Tide Water Oil company announced an-nounced an Increase of 5 per cent In salaries and wages, effective June 1. The chamber of deputies voted against him, 353 to 202, after a dramatic dra-matic debate, and tFlandin and his cabinet Immediately resigned. Ferdinand Fer-dinand Bouisson, who was committed commit-ted to the support of the franc, was called on to form a new government govern-ment ADOLF HITLER has proposed f that Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy and Belgium enter into a multilateral western European pact against aerial aggression. It follows the lines of the proposed Anglo-French air pact and would do for the nations named what the Locarno pact does with the land forces of France, Germany and Belgium. Bel-gium. T7"ELLY PETILLO of California won the 500-mile auto race at the Indianapolis Speedway, settirtg a new record with an average speed of 10S.24 miles an hour. Clay Weath-erly Weath-erly of Cincinnati lost control of his car and was killed. Benito U " 1 Mussolini "bitrat on. But im-mediately im-mediately thereafter thereaft-er n Duce told the chamber of deputies dep-uties In Rome he would not allow Germany to make of Ethiopia "a pistol perennially pointed at us Id case of trouble in Europe" and asserted as-serted he was ready to take the supreme responsibility to sustain ; by every means Italy's position Id ; East Africa. He alluded bitterly ta ' Britain and France, and indicated that he believed that Ethiopia was : perfecting its army with the help of European powers inimical to Italy. |