Show news R deview aview of current curren t events SPY RING IS SMASHED two men and a girl arrested for selling american army secrets to a european nation not yet named IF A al 1 az v h R v W INIX J t k 0 Z 1 10 here photographed after their arrest in new york are re johanna hotmann of dresden germany and guenther gustav Ri former united tates states army sergeant serce ant and a deserter two of the three persons accused of complicity in an international spy plot the aim of which was the sale of united states military secrets to a foreign government the woman woma n a hairdresser on the german liner europa was messenger and baym aster for the ring kack KW w y fco ck al summarizes T M tiie THE WORLDS WEEK 6 0 western newspaper union three taken as spies government rOVERN MENT agents and new byork york police broke up a ring ot of spies engaged in selling secrets ot of the american army and navy to a european nation described as a world powei powe but otherwise not named three allag alleged ed members ot of the ring were under arrest and held in heavy ball bail two ot of them a former sergeant in the united states army and a private in the army were said to have confessed the third was a german girl hairdresser on the german liner europa the G men were diligently searching for other members of the band guenther gustav the ex sergeant who is a deserter d he was engaged in obtaining sects sec ts and information concerning military operations of the united states army and was forwarding it through confidential channels to various addresses in europe erich glaser the private had been stationed at mitchel field new york the largest army air base on the east coast and key to the air fortifications of the metropolitan area he supplied certain air corps codes to johanna hofman the woman arrested admitted she was the liason officer and paymaster between the ring and its employers secret code keys and considerable quantities ot of money were found on her person so far as investigators have been able to learn sold the foreign power a gold brick he never transmitted any information that could not be found in the army and navy journal a publication obtainable by any one however army officials considered the matter of considerable importance and armed guards were placed around military centers along the atlantic seaboard at mitchel field especial protection was given the hangar housing a bomber used for testing one of the air corps most precious secrets a bomb sight si capable of aiming heavy air projectiles with great accuracy more power for unions labor was winner 0 ORGANIZED in several decisions handed down by the supreme court the rights of employers and of nonunion employees were restricted A majority of the court upheld the exercise of power which a dissenting opinion denounced as despotic and wholly at variance with the principles of constitutional liberty in this country in a milwaukee case the court held that a demand by a labor union that an employer force his em to join that union constituted a labor dispute under the nor ris la guardia act it reversed a decree issued by federal judge ferdinand A geiger and upheld by the seventh circuit court of appeals P eals which permanently enjoined a union from attempting to coerce an employer whose employees employed had refused to join that union in two cases the court upheld the right of the national labor relations board without notice or hearing or an election to require employers to withdraw recognition from an employees plo association alleged to have been fostered by the employer in a fourth case the court refused to review a decision by the new york court of appeals the states highest tribunal which upheld a contract requiring membership in a particular union as a condition of employment reorganization fight ifor PRESIDENT RESIDENT ROOSEVEL TS bill ator reorganization of the executive branch ot of the government came up in the senate and immediately was confronted with a strong combination formed to force amendments t that h at would greatly lessen the wide discretionary powers given the president by the measure this was comprised of both democrats and republicans public ans b being e I 1 n g much the same lineup senator borah that defeated the supreme court enlargement bill the coalition was headed by republican senators borah of idaho of michigan and mcnary of oregon and democratic senators wheeler of montana 0 mahoney of wyoming and burke of nebraska an amendment by wheeler empowering congress to veto any of the presidents reorganization proposals within sixty days gained wide support opponents of the bill contend it smacks of dictatorship and would strip congress of its constitutional powers senator byrnes of south carolina opened the deb debate ate in behalf of the bill p austrian nazis chocked checked C chancellor evidently is determined not to let hitler go too far in austria he is sternly suppressing all illegal nazi activities and is using the army in doing so in the nazi province of shyria thousands of peasants planned to march on graz and nazis intended to occupy the government buildings so the chancellor sent motorized units from the vienna garrison to guard all approaches pro aches to the city and airplanes scouted about looking for the expected marching columns this prompt action prevented the threatened uprising and not a shot was fired soviet chiefs chief s pace face death WITHIN a short time we may expect to read of the execution it of 21 prominent citizens of soviet russia latest victims of dictator blood purge they were put on trial before a military tribunal and there was little doubt as to their fate among the accusations cusat ions against them were conspiring with foreign powers to dismember the soviet union plotting to assassinate lenin and stal alexis in inspiring the assassination of sergei kiroff and putting to death the writer maxim gorky and two others previously supposed to have died of natural causes most prominent of the men put on trial were former premier alexis I 1 who succeeded lenin and held office offic eor for nearly two years and nikolai Suk 13 u akl harin rin chronicler 0 of the red revolution and editor ot of the government newspaper before march 1937 4 senate to probe reds COPELAND of new S IJ york successfully put through his resolution for a special investigation of subversive activities of communists in the merchant marine it will be conducted by a committee named by vice president garner about the same time harry bridges C 1 I 0 leader on the west coast arrived in washington to resist being dep deported as an undesirable alien bridges also demanded a hearing before the senate committees on commerce and labor which had under consideration the bill to extend to maritime labor relations the scope of the railway labor act and the authority of the national mediation board isolationists cheered MERICAN isolationists saw in AMERICAN athe the new european developments the eclipse of the internationalism fostered by president roosevelt and secretary hull and were greatly encouraged in their determination to keep the united states free from foreign entangle ments at A the same time the proponents of powerful national defense were elated and the administrations big navy program received a great boost the house naval affairs committee was about ready to report favorably the billion dollar navy construction bill which may include provision for the establishment of more naval bases mainly in the pacific fra france rice in tight place F RANCE it was expected would adopt a course parallel with that of britain for as foreign minister delbos said she might otherwise find herself isolated in europe however premier chautemps served notice on chamberlain that the french would join in the proposed four power pact only if protection were assured for czechoslovakia and austria the french secret defense committee met to organize an arms expansion program involving and to lay plans for defending the czechs czecho against german aggression chautemps and foreign minister delbos told the chamber of deputies the government intended to seek peaceful settlement with italy and germany but that france would not permit the install installation atlo of any hegemony in central europe and would fulfill her enga engagements cements with the countries of the little entente thereupon the chamber indorsed endorsed indor sed this policy of the government by a vote of to 2 may cut farm subsidies athan FARMERS who harvest more than their allotted acreage of major crops face drastic deductions in n their federal subsidy payments under the new farm program the agricultural adjustment administration announced detailed regulations governing payment of benefits from the million doll dollars ars congress is authorized to appropriate tor for financing the new crop control law crops affected include cotton corn wheat tobacco rice potatoes and others designated officially as soil depleting in announcing the regulations J B hutson assistant AAA administrator said the subsidy or soil conservation phase of the farm program was designed to do more than improve and maintain soil fertility he said it will tend to keep production in line with crop requirements G M reduces salaries T in the bompensa artion lv tion of all its salaried employees was announced by general motors corporation the cuts amount to 10 per cent on the first of salary received and additional reductions of 20 per cent on salaries between and and 30 per cent on pay above the latter figure because the reductions reduction sare are based on a graduated scale the cuts fall heaviest on executives in the top salary brackets this plan was regarded as an effort to answer critics who have asserted that the wage earner usually bears the brunt of corporation economies 11 green hits lewis plan M VING OVING to stop john lewis and 11 1 1 his C 1 I 0 from gaining political control of pennsylvania the american federation of labor revoked the charter of the state federation era tion president green announced that action with a declaration that the votes of loyal federation members in pennsylvania cannot be delivered by self con labor leaders ambitious for political power Lewi sand his unions are planning to elect gov thomas kennedy to the governorship he is s secretary tr treasurer e a surer of the miners union chandler in race OV A B HAPPY GLER LER of kentucky formally announced his candidacy for the senate seat occupied by alben W barkley majority leader he said he would try to confine his fight to state issues but would not hesitate to take issue with the roosevelt administration if it interfered in the primaries in behalf of barkley k I 1 I 1 mcnutt mcnut hullabaloo AUL V mcnutt high commissioner PAUL to the philippines came home to report to the president a and nd as soon as he arrived in washington his enthusiastic friends staged a big reception for the purpose of booming him as democratic nominee for the presidency in 1940 all experienced politicians agree that this is most premature and in the capital it was felt that it was decidedly distasteful to mr roosevelt who wish to be hurried in picking his possible successor no member of the cabinet except secretary roper and no important man of the administration attended the reception mcnutt 3 said he was not a candidate for any office but senator sher man minton governor townsend and other leading democrats of in diana insist he should be nominated in 1940 and no one doubts that he would like to be so honored dieterich drops out f W 11 DIETERICH ox SENATOR tj illinois in the interest of party harmony has withdrawn as a candidate tor for democratic renoil nation in the april 12 primaries this leaves the field clear tor for the factional fight between district attorney igoe of chicago and congressman scott lucas backed respectively ively by the keuy kelly nash machine of chicago and governor horner dieterich has been a devoted supporter of the administration and may be consoled with a nice federal post franco regains teruel F TRANCOS insurgent forces ered possession of teruel spain and continued their progress toward the mediterranean coast in the recaptured city they took more th 16 0 00 prisoners and buried government government dead rebel warships bombarded the coastal cities of valencia and sagunto and were in turn attacked by government bombing p planes I 1 anes anglo italian plans S SUPPORTED by a large majority in the house of commons british prime minister neville chamberlain moved rapidly toward realization of his plan for european appeasement the basis 0 of which was to be a speedy truce with italy to be followed by a a four po power er pact including britain france italy and G germany e r m a ny chamberlain abandoned entirely the british foreign pol neville based on callec icy chamberlain s tive security he got rid of foreign secretary anthony eden putting in his place lord halifax outspoken friend of nazi germany and defied the opposition of the labor party in parliament the earl of perth british ambassador to rome had conversations with italian foreign minister ciano and was then called to london for further instructions it was said perth and ciano agreed the following points must be discussed and it if possible made a part of the lon don rome treaty britain must recognize the italian conquest of ethiopia an anglo italian mediterranean pact should be arranged to include italian naval parity with britain in the mediterranean reduction in I 1 alys troops in libya and brit ariti raa g assurances that the suez canal wi be safeguarded against closing oi or air attack immediate cessation of anti ital ian an propaganda in the british territories in the near east in return tor for w which italy will guarantee not to include anti british propaganda in its bari bar radio broadcasts withdrawal of foreign ivolue volunteers from spain was to be demanded by britain and it was understood der stood in london that chancellor hitler of germany had agreed to that and that italy would not refuse although mussolini especially wishes that franco be granted belligerent li rights qa parker gilbert dies S SPARKER PARKER GILBERT of N to york who at the age of thirty two won fame by his brilliant work as agent general for war reparations died of heart disease after completing his job in berlin he became a partner in J P morgan co dealing especially with matters of international finance AL |