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Show J PROGRESSIVE OPRIUW Sara ttoriew of Current Events Why the Stock Slump? FAR EAST CONFERENCE Brussels market is a moot question. In his recent fireside chat" the President Intimated that Wall Street was be-to blame for its own troubles and littled tha effect proposed legislation would have on the market and general business. of Wlnthrop W. Aldrich, president the Chase National bank, largest bank in the country, doesn't agree with Mr. Roosevelt in this. He says Wall Street is honest, and lays tha M.m for the adverse market situation on the doorstep of the administration and particularly the ecuri-tie-s and exchange commission. Davis Trying Heads American Delegation to for Labor Peace . . . Special WHO ROOSEVELT found economies. Divorce Rule Stands CHURCH laws against remarriage persons by Episco- xr&uL IV. Picksul WORLDS SUMMARIZES THE Wcattra Nmnpaytr Uaioa. Davis Sent JOHMAN to Brussels H. DAVIS U on his way Belgium, as head of the American delegation to a conference of the signatories of the nine - power treaty which, the optimists hope, will put an end to the warfare between Japan and China. More realistic observers of the course of events have no such expectation, for the pact ha no teeth' and the conferees can do little except talk. with Associated Mr. Davis, the administrations roving ambassador, are Dr. Stanley K. Hombeck and Pierre pont Moffat as advisers. Robert T. Pell is the press officer and C. E. Bohlen is secretary of the delegation. Before sailing for Europe the delegates received instructions from President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull, but these were not revealed to the public. The invitation to the conference was issued by the Belgian government at the request of the British government and with the approval of the government of the United States." China and Japan are both signatories to the treaty. The former accepted the invitation to the Brussels meeting, but it was believed Japan would not be represented there. Tokyo has maintained the policy that the troubles must be settled without the intervention of other nations. . Labor Peace Parley LEADERS in the American Labor and the C. I. O. gathered In Washington for a conference designed to end the warfare between those divisions of organized labor in America. Some id them thought the negotia-- j tions might result in an early settlement of their disputes or at least a truce. Neither President Green nor John L. Lewis ventured any prediction as to the Secy .Perkins outcome id the de liberations. Some students id labor politics were Inclined to think peace was not yet in sight and could not be brought about without the removal of Green from the A. F. of L. presidency and the elimination of Lewis from consideration for that post. Their suggestion was that peace might be negotiated eventually by replacing Green with some such labor figure as Charles P. Howard. president of the International Typographical union, or Edward F. McGrady, former assistant secretary of labor and now Radio Corporation labor relations chief, and by giving industrial union groups stronger representation in shaping the federation's policies. President Roosevelt displayed active interest in the labor controversy snd received Secretary of Labor Perkin at his Hyde Park borne, whore for three hours they discussed the subject The restoration of harmony in labor's rinks is of great Importance to tha administration for both economic and political reasons. Secretary Perkins annntmi.il In Washington that she had federal committee on apprentice training to become a permanent agency in the Labor department Its purpose, she said, is to provide sufficient number of highly akiii con-sidcr- mh4 WEEK for pal clergymen stand unchanged libat least three years. Proposed eralization of the rule was defeated by the house of deputies of the church at the general convention in The deputies voted to Cincinnati. continue for another three years the commission on marriage and divorce. The defeated proposal would have permitted bishops to allow Episcopal clergymen to solemnize marriage of persons, who were divorced for any cause, after study of each case. Brady Gang Wiped Out the country's of the big mobs" of bank to guarantee a LAST the and workers to supply growing needs and thorough trade preparation for murderers, Brady gang was wiped out in a gun battle with federal agents at Bangor, Maine. A1 Brady, the leader, and Clarence Shaffer, Jr., his lieutenant Straus Heads Housing Dalhover STRAUS of New York were killed; and James JATHAN named administrator was wounded and captured. The were recognized by a clerk of the $526,000,000 federal housing outlaws in a goods store and the sporting program by President Roosevelt Dalhover summoned. were He is the son of the late Nathan was to be taken to Indiana to stand Straus, philanthropist and has been of a state poconnected with the housing work in trial for the murder New York. His appointment was considered a victory for Senator Wagner over Secretary Ickes who wanted Howard Gray of the PWA named. Arkansas Picks Miller successor as JOE ROBINSONS from Arkansas will be Congressman John E. Miller, Democrat for he defeated Gov. Carl G. Bailey in the special election by an impressive majority. The Republicans had no candidate. Miller has been a rather lukewarm supporter of the New Deal in congress. Airliner Wrecked; 19 Dead SMASHING against Hayden peak, mountains of Utah, a big transcontinental airliner of the United Air Lines was totally wrecked and its passengers and crew, numbering 19 persons, were killed. The debris was sighted by scout planes some 10,000 feet up the mountainside, but efforts of rescue parties to reach the scene were hampered by heavy snow. Special Session Called CONGRESS was called in extraordinary session to start November 15, and Immediately afterward President Roosevelt explained in a fireside chat" over the radio the necessity for this as he sees It Reporting cheerfully on his western trip, he outlined the legislative program which he declared the American people need to promote prosperity. These are the live measures he said should be passed without delay: Crop production control to build an farm program so that in the long run prices will bo more stable. Wage and hour standards to make millions of our lowest paid workers actual buyers of billion of dollars of industrial and farm prod- liceman, one of four killings attributed to the gang. He made a full confession, and search began for persons who had been aiding them. The gangsters' capture was believed to have nipped a potential Floor New England crime wave. plans of two banks were found in Dalhover's possession with maps of nearby roads. Mine Disaster OAL gas exploded in the Mulga mine in Alabama 12 miles from Birmingham, and the lives of 33 miners were snuffed out. Five hundred men were at work in the mine at the time, but fortunately the explosion was four miles from the entrance. The blast wai the first since the operation of the mine wee taken over by the Woodward Iron company, large producer of merchant iron in Birmingham. However, 56 men had been killed at Mulga in former years. Price plus because of ita phyeical beauty but because it has become the the laboratory of economio eaye Andere Hedberg, spokesman for the Cooperative Union of Sweeden, as quoted world, By L. L. STEVENSON Children now play where once the crowd wealthy and the Broadway made merry. Two acre of play Central ground mark the eito of thewee built Park Caslna The Ceelno beck in 1964. But not until 1929 did it really become prominent Then, at an expenditure of about $100,000, a corporation, with a number of tha as contributing town' members, transformed it into what might have been called a monument of the Gilded age. Then it became the rendezvous of those who could respay for their fun. New Years ervations were $15 etch and included only a place at a table, someGinthing to eat and foolish favors. eame etc., water, ger ale. sparkling extra plenty extra. At other times, an prices were in keeping. Many innocent visitor, thinking the Casino merely a restaurant In a public park, was much embarrassed by his check for a isndwich and coffee, and soma were unable to pay. well-know- Park Commissioner Moses holds tha view that the eitys parks are tor all the people and not merely for the elect So the Caino came down. And now kids play on its site. Suits me. Play places for the rich and unpowerful don't belong In parks less they can be shared by others with nothing in their pockets. Discovery of what is held to bo the smallest livable house in New York was made recently during a benegarden tour conducted for the fit of Greenwich Village settlement house. It is on Jones street in the apartment rear of a building with an entrance through an underground passage at No. 28. The little brick house stands in the midst itself of a beautiful garden and decorative. Its two storiea extend upward 18 feet and It is 20 feet wide and 10 feet deep. Each floor is one room. The occupant of tho citys smallest house is a young Wellesley graduate who lives alone and ealla herself a recluse. Tradition has it that the little house was There are nice a slave house. many legends concerning it but its real history seems somewhat obscure. Seems as if it would be fun dwelling in a place like that A clipping, which first appeared about 50 years ago and which lately made ita appearance In a slightly modified form to fit tha times, was sent to me by Mrs. Helen Hawkins, Piney Fork, Ohio. It gave me a chuckle so I'm passing it along. After Jessie had been at boarding school a few weeks, she began signing her letters home, Jessica. Brother Tom thought he would give s a fittte dia about It so he wrote: in the Cooperative League News Service. The News Sen-iccontinues in part. The e met the problem of prices by economic action Swccde high in the formation of consumer Flour milling, cooperatives. margerine, rubber and electric 13c Jello, 3 for Miracle Whip, qts, 34c Crisco, 3 lb can 51c light bulb trusts were broken built their own when the e factories to manufacture these n (Id co-op- '1 goods Alfred Sorensen, Proves ive Come In! IT in Ik I i DUMORS that CoL Charles A Lindbergh was planning to become a British subject seem to be false, for he has just accepted a five year renewal of his commission in the United States army air corps. Army officers expressed the betiei privately he would not have renewed his air corps tie if he intended changing his allegiance. The airman has retained his military status since his graduation in 1925 from the air corps flying school at Kelly field, Texas. Palestine Terrorism authorities took to suppress the violence in Palestine, but appar ently without success. The Arab continued their attacks on the Jew ish people and buildings and In Jerusalem began using bombs. Gen. A. P. Wavell, commander ol the 10,000 British troops in Palestine, ordered the homes of Arab terrorists burned, following the destruction of Kalandia airport, near Lydda, with an estimated loss ol er ai hi i! Sixty persons were arrested for hour curthe twenty-fou- r Regional planning to conserve nat- breaking amounts to virtual mar ural resources, prevent floods and few which tial law. produce electric power for general If this sort of thing keeps up. use. Government reorganization to pro- Great Britain Is likely to make Palvide Twentieth century machin- estine a crown colony instead of a mandate. to make the democratic procery ess work more efficiently. Big Battle at Shanghai Stronger antitrust laws in furtherance of a low price policy which tha SHANGHAI was witnessing encourages the widest possible conof the Sino-Ja- p sumption. anese war. Land and air forces of Chairman OConnor of the house both sides were fighting furiously rules committee predicted the house and the casualties were piling up would pass farm bill in the first hour by hour. Tha Chinese were week of the session and then take making a great e for up the wage and hour measure. which they had massed men and Some Democratic leaders said the guns about the city. The Japanese labor bill, which was passed by tha were ready for tha attack, and dessonata in tha last session but hold perately battled to turn back their up la the house rules committee, foes. Observers described tha would probably be the only one of fighting as that of mailman, the five measure! to get through specially In tha Chines quarter. congress in the special session. A fleet of Chines airplanes Even that is strongly opposed by was big sent down tho Yangtao and southern Democrats and has been bombs ware showered on tha Jap. condemned by tha American Fed- anese warships along tha Japanese-occupie- d eration of Labor. shore of tha Whangjpa i th Jewelry, Watch, Kodak Repairing T5 East 2nd. South 83 Years In Salt Lake IN MERCHANDISINGjPAYS Phone your Order To Stor on , Call Was. 4864 Itc lec Utah Consumers We can serve you better than ever eh r 860 South Main Street no on e REPAIRING SHOE Right Thinking Brings Good Results When you think of having your Shoes Repaired THINK 0. K. SHOE SHOP Jobs at Moderate Prices 414 So. State Street Modern Woodworking Office and Factory Salt Lake City, Street DU :u in: Manufacturers of OFFICE STORE BANK FIXTURES Superior Cabinet Work Phone Was. Willy P. Henkel, Mgr. 668 S. State e 00 o ire I 8181 Util ct ! 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