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Show MU UTAH THE SMITH FI ELM SENTINEL. wMITHFIELP. 'News Review of Current Events the World Over Serious Labor Troubles in Many States Moley Warns the By EDWARD W. PICKARD WMtrn Newspaper I'liiuti. states. FACTORIES and farm parti of the Union, wore affected bjr labor troublea which were trying In vain to nettle. Inter-medlarle-a nouncement revealing that $2,050,754.-41- 0 of government securities will be offered the middle of June. This financ-Incalls for an even billion dollars of new money, In addition to the $1,0.10,754,410 required to meet maturing obligations. g Leader of organized labor claimed that from 30,0110 to 45,000 atrlkera already were out, but employers challenged the union claim that the atrlkea were effective. SENATOR ROBINSON'S resolution Worker In six plant of Remington the continuance of the Rand, Inc., were out on atrlke after Florida alilp canal and Passamnquoddy union leader ordered a walkout at tide harnessing projects was favoraSyracuse, N. Y. They Held 0.0"' workbly reported by the senate commerce er In the company' New York, Ohio committee after Mr. Robinson had told and Connecticut plant! were Involved. tho members the administration wantCompany ofllclala aaaerted there were ed the sdininen kept alive as work re1 4,200 affected. lief measures. Six thouaand hurbera in lower ManSenator Vandenberg of Michigan hattan, New York, were ordered to warned the majority leaders they had Join 3.000 other In a atrlke which had better not bring the resolution np In spread over a wide area of Manhattan, the senate If they really, wanted adthe Bronz and Brooklyn. by June 6, for he bad 21 journment Striking aeamen In New York were amendments to offer and each one aald to number 7.000 and there wna n would lead to prolonged debate. good deal of trouble over their effort Robinson's resolution authorizes the to picket the plera and the home of President to. appoint two boards or Mayor La (luardla. three engineers each to examine and Two hundred nfllce worker and com- make reports apon surveys that hhve pany police In lortHinouili, Ohio, were been made of the two projects. already In the besieged plant of They would have to report to the Presthe Wheeling Steel corporation; and ident by Jnne 20 of this year. In Akron, Ohio, employee of the Gnod-yea- r were Ruhlter Tire and company CRANK 0. LOWDEN of Illinois law. arreated for violating nu nntl-rlo- t will be the choice of the RepubIn other atntea the union lender lican convention for President if be thua eatlmated the number on atrlke: will accept the nomination." tenant Arkanaaa Three thouaand That was the confifarmer. dent prediction of a poCalifornia One thouaand celery Sold litical observer who Is worker. usually well Informed Seven thouOregon and Washington and close to sources of sand loggers. national party news. hundred Wisconsin Twenty-liv- e He declared there wan workers In various Industries. a steadily growing deMinnesota About COO millwrights, mand from many parts fur and cereal workers, the Union for the of Indiana About 179 In various Indusnomination of the fortries. mer governor of IlliIowa One hundred employees of the nois, who always has Burch Biscuit company In Dcs Moines been popnlar with South Dakota Three hundred butchand whose ers st Morrell packing plant, Slouz qualities of statesmanship are recograils nized generally throughout the conn Nebraska One hundred highway try. Mr. Lowden Is vigorous and hale, workers. and he Is always actively Interested o workTezaa Slzty-twpower plant in the welfare of his state and nation, ers at El Paso. especially In the problem! of the agriVermont Two hundred marble work. Birlke-cloKc- d " farmers culturist. ers near Rutland. TIXKHAM of to be CONGRESSMANone of those Repubbrain licans who think the chances of their trust" fears that his friend President party for victory In November would Roosevelt may be destroyed politically be enhanced If a coalition with disafby tbe radicals within fected Democrats were formed and the the Democratic party ticket shared with them. who at the same time The country In facing as great a would destroy moder- crisis as It faced in the Civil war," ation and destroy the he enld. This Involves the very charvery system which he acter of the government of the United to attempted improve." States. The question Is, Are the govIn a speech before ernment nnd the Institutions of the the National Economy United States to remain American or In New York, become longue European or Asiatic? Doctor Moley said he This crisis Is so great that It should raw confronting the eliminate all party lines, and the ReRoosevelt administrapublicans should nominate as Vice tion these dangers: President a Democrat. I suggest that 1. That federal rethey nominate Alfred E. Smith." lief agencies will be turned Into political machines to perpetuate the rule of the third time Norman Thomas FOB tho state and local politicians. Presidential nominee of the 2. The tendency, all too prevalent Socialist party. He was selected at In this congress, to engage In muckthe national convention In raking, marauding expeditions which Ohio, and George Nelson of Cleveland, Wisconsin destroy the liberty of all of the peo- was put In second place on the. ticket ple while they seek to restrain the There was a great demonstration after abuses of a few. These orgies of pub- the voice vote, but It was not Joined In lic castigation . . . may be means of by tbe right wing lender from several furthering Individual political ambi- eastern states who were angered by fur those (lie tions, they may be build-upof a leftist delegation from with Presidential hankerings, but so Newseating York. The disaffected ones threatfar as the public Interest Is concerned ened to form another parly. they are simply sound and fury. 3. The tendency "of those In PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT starts on charge of the New Deal to his trip to Arkansas, Texas and In adherence to tbe belief in the dlana on June 8, and he told the cor philosophy of the movement and to respondents It would not he a political minimize the Importance of competent tonr. His speeches, he said, would be technical administration." Doctor Moley defended capitalism; historical, dealing with early days In states. He has no slightest declared that already there has been the three a wide distribution of wealth In this intention of stealing the show from the national convention. country, and wnrned the average man Republican Mr. Roosevelt planned this trip some that he eventually must pay the mounttime ago so that he might take a cruise ing bills for relief that he Is the misthe Maine const line late in June along sionary being fattened for a Ills who used Raymond moley, the chief of the caunl-ballstl- c FIVE justices of the United States court held Invulld the bankruptcy act or 1934. declaring It to be an unwarranted inraslou of state sovereignty. Four Justices dissented. these being Chief Justice Hughe and Justices Stone. Brandels and Cardozo. The majority opinion was written by Justice James C. The case was brought by bondholders of a water Improvement district In Texas. The municipal bankruptcy net was designed to permit cities sml other political subdivisions which found themselves In financial straits to effect a s comiHwUIon, with the approval of of the bondholders or other creditors, whereby tbe Indebtedness could be readjusted, sealed down, or, as Mr. Justice McReynolds put It, retwo-third- pudiated." United States treasury will the biggest peace time borrowing operation In the nation's his- THE tory, Secretary of tbe Treasury disclosed In an official sons. with feast." Mor-genth- an- - of Palestine, rebelling British protection of Jewish immigration, are causing Britain a lot of trouble. Engllsa soldiers fought real battles with the Arab In several localities, nnd Jews throughout the Holy Land were arming themselves in ARABS Casualties In the fight- ing were few. but the situation was so serious that Sir Arthur Wauchope. British high commissioner, asked the government for more troops, A. F1I.KXE, Boston announced his withdrawal from tbe United States Chamber of Commerce, severely criticizing Its failure to study business In a business reway" and to substitute search for opinion as a guide to decisions concerning the needs of bnsl ness In general even as opposed, possibly, to the ambitions of special In- EDWARD fact-findin- terests." Mr. Filene has been n consistent supporter of Tresldeut Roosevelt's 'administration, and tbs Chamber of Commerce has been Increasingly critical of the New DeaL w a w- - reds and pinks Blum Administration Municipal Bankruptcy Act Is Held Invalid. In 15 Current News Scenes and Persons in the and rather fragile leader of the French Socialists, will soos b premier of bis ronntry. and hr la going to have a hard time living up to of tho eictatlon who II the leftists; national are making hero of him. The other day hundreds of thousands of Frencn inarched behind or stood cheering on ihe sldellue. and pictures of the leader were carried In the Lson Blum ranks or sold by hawk-er- a In the crowds. This was on the occasion of the traditional memorial ceremony In Pere Ijichalse cemetery for tbe Marxist martyrs of tho Paris Commune In 1871. M. Blum In said to be watching closely his publicity In tbe United States since his speech in which he Intimated a desire to agree with Washington on the elimination of war debt discus-siouHe is hoping to bo able to obtain loans from New York bankers. The Johnson law Is naturally an obstacle to France's obtaining any kind of credit In America, bat ns the Paris Midi pointed out Blum went out of hln way to declare that France has not forgotten the war debt and fully expect! lo bring It up for dlscussiua some time In the future. a. William S. Ortbman, center, their commander. J Annual Inspection of the capital police In Washington by Capt Just officially opened. 8 Leon Blum, leader of tbs Texas, Brownsville, at Inland port new $0,000,000 Air view of the new government. Socialist party of France and as such the head of the countrys 1 15 the bonus baby bonds mailed to 45.000 post offices from Washington and from the Is Apciisetl Final Banket. eleven federal reserve, centers. pinna for delivering the bonds to tbs of Complicity in veterans were announced by Postmaster General Farley, who predicted that Mail Robberies payment on grout majority of them ' would be made within one week. Oliver P. Arnold, assistant vice presiMall carriers have been given In- dent of the Denver National bank of structions to go out of their way Denver, Colo., was one of. eleven per wherever necessary with n view to efThe fecting delivery," Farley said. bond packets must be delivered to the veteran In person, and not to another person or firm at tho veteran's address. If It Is Impossible to locate the veteran to whom the bonds are addressed," Farley continued, they will be ueld for 30 days at the poet office of destination before being returned to the respective federal reserve centera and thence to the Treasury department." The bonds will be In $90 denominations wltb accompanying checks to cover the odd amount!. To collect cash, the veteran must have his bonds certified through his local post office;' Post offices In 241 cities have been designated as paying centers for their districts, and 119 large city offices have been empowered to pay on bonds Issued 'outside their own districts JUNE ONwill be ITALIANS celebrated the anniversary countrys entrance Into the World wu with Imposing ceremonies I bn" Included the promotion of mors than half million boys and girls In tho organizations of young Fascists. Premier Mussolini presided over tbe "graduation," and after reviewing n great military parade, the Dnce told tbe shooting crowds: The spectacle of the force of youth exhibited this morning on tho anniversary of our Intervention In the World war, the first phase of the Fascist revolution, has been magnificent and a warning at the some time. We are preparing the yonng armies of tomor-- . row for defense of the empire. Since they are animated by the Fascist spirit they will be Invincible. This In the law of the revolution. This Is the supreme will of the whole Italian people. While his conqueror was thus engaged, Halle Selassie; deposed, emperor of Ethiopia, was embarking at Haifa, Palestine, for England, on the British destroyer Capetown. Two sons and a daughter accompanied him, but former Empress Menen remained at Jerusalem. The exiled monarch, after visit In England, Intends to go to Paris, hoping to stiffen French resistance to Italy In the League of Notions, lie may succeed In this, for the Incoming Socialist regime In France will endeavor to restore the league's prestige. Plan for Pan-Americ- Hospital an t This Is an architect's drawing of the proposed hospital which will be constructed In New York at a cost of about $7,000,000 and which will be ready for occupancy In 19381 Similar structures will be bnllt in Central nnd South America. The New York Institution will be the first of its kind In thjs country and will hare on Its staff students, physicians and sn n nations. geons from Post-Grsdu- sons arrested for complicity In extensive mall robberies. The charges were brought by United States post office Inspectors. Latln-America- Only Boulder Dam Is Higher Than This D. Leigh Colvin Nominated by Drys for the Presidency The Prohibition party In Its national at Niagara Falls,- N. Y, convention - of transportation THE office held by Joseph B. Eastman, in due to expire on Jane 18, bat Senator Wheeler of Montana had ready resfor Introduction t olution extending for two yearn, and Roosevelt President wan on record ns approving some of Its activities; It was reported In Washington that rail- way management nnd labor, both of which have opposed some of Kastman's doings In the past, might unite J' B' Ea,tmnn In an effort to block extension of the office, but Eastman said be had heard nothing substantial on that line. Kastman announced last February be would exercise bis powers to compel railroads in 11 cities to carry out terminal unification! as economy and efficiency moves. Ue withheld the orders at the suggestion of President Roosevelt, however, to permit rail management and labor to agree on some plan of protection for employees thrown out of work In such consolidations. Owyhee dam, main feature of the. Irrigation works of the new Owynee federal reclamation project on the Orrgon-Idah- o border. Is the second highest dam In the United States, second only to the great Boulder dum. It is In height and creates a storage reserrolr of 1,120,000 acre-fee- t cai.aeitv whfifh hilh"Crteh112000 acreof ,,n,L BonWw tom on the Colorado river is 530 feet power plant capable of developing 1,000.000 hnrsennwer One the greatest engineering projects of Its kind In tho m,i,i Boillder dam owe Its Inception to President Theodore Roosevelt In 1907. nominated D. Leigh Colvin of New for President of the United States. York Largest Library The Library of congress largest In the world. Hoboes Getting Mulligan at Their Convention CONVERSATIONS between Great Britain and Russia now going on In London will have to do only with naval armaments In European waters, for the Soviet government has announced that It cannot consider limitation of It far eastern fleet while there Is no similar agreement binding Japan, 8 peaking for tbe government, Karl Radek said In tbe newspaper Izvestls si Secy, l that tbe Soviet onion has been striv(legates to the convention of the Hoboes of . , ing to conclude n separate agreement L. Hopkins. WPA " JL Loulvll,e- - kY- - are seen with their enns, getting administrator, wns with Japan hut thus far the efforts n. previously held the lesser title, -- sir J" TiT' n,Si ! 018 tlt,e "Supreme Sir T,e"tIon wlth have been fruitless. Knight ... ..." -.-.. Ihe delegates voted to hold lloboe,M "KlnE of their 1937 con ve n't Ion In f fit Knight-oppositio- I- 1 |