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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over "WiinT.-or and Wallis Are Married, Anglican Clmrcli Outwitted Tax Dodging Ly llie Rich to Be Investigated House Rebels Yield. By EDWARD W. PICKARD f& Western Newspaper Union. LTjWAP.D, duke of Windsor, and -L Mrs. Wallis Wnrfield, the American Amer-ican woman (or love of whom he Have up his throne, were married in '""'"3 j J . A the Chateau de Can-de, Can-de, Monts, France, and are now spending spend-ing their honeymoon at Wasserleonburg castle in lower Austria. Aus-tria. Almost at the last moment the Church of England was outwitted by the action of an ob-scure ob-scure provincial Duchess clergyman irom me of Windsor north of England, and the civil ceremony cere-mony performed by the mayor of Monts was followed by a religious wedding conducted by that same minister, Rev. Robert Anderson Jardine, In flat defiance of the protests pro-tests of the leaders of the church. Sixteen principal guests were present in the chateau when Mayor Mercier, pronouncing the English names with difficulty, and speaking in French, performed the civil ceremony and pronounced the duke and Wallis man and wife. Vicar Jardine, who had volunteered his services, recited the solemn religious reli-gious rites as prescribed by the church, the duke placed the ring on the duchess' fourth finger, and they knelt on white silk cushions while the minister prayed. Throughout Through-out the entire service the famous organist, Marcel Dupre, played softly. soft-ly. The duchess, who cannot be called "her royal highness," wore a gown of Wallis blue and the correspondents corre-spondents privileged to be present were agreed that she was a beautiful, beau-tiful, gracious and serene woman. The Chateau de Cande, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bedaux of New York, was lavishly decorated with flowers. Wedding presents were numerous, of course, and some of the richest were sent by members of the British royal family. fam-ily. Vicar Jardine was reproved by the church dignitaries for performing perform-ing the religious ceremony, but the Bishop of Fulham, who has jurisdiction juris-diction over Anglican church affairs af-fairs in France, after sending a telegram of protest, admitted the vicar might not be disciplined. He insisted the only valid service Mr. Jardine could perform was benediction bene-diction after the marriage. All Anglican church ministers on the continent had been warned not to marry the duke and Wallis. ADMINISTRATION leaders, from the President down," turned the heat" on the rebellious members mem-bers of the house, and the latter sullenly gave in and passed the billion bil-lion and a half dollar work relief bill about as Mr. Roosevelt and Harry Hopkins wanted it. One after another the restrictive amendments earmarking $505,000,000 of the total for projects of a solid type, flood control and highways, which had been adopted in committee of the whole, were called up again and voted down by substantial majorities. majori-ties. The final vote by which the measure was sent on to the senate was 323 to 44. The revolt collapsed after Majority Majori-ty Leader Sam Rayburn, Democrat, Texas, outlined Mr. Roosevelt's position. po-sition. He said the President had agreed to provide adequate funds from the relief bill for PWA projects, proj-ects, highways, grade crossing elimination, flood control and water conservation work. Taunted by Minority Leader Ber-trand Ber-trand Snell, Republican, New York, for the general character of his statement, Rayburn admitted he did not know the exact amount of money that the President would divert to the various projects, which have been described as "vote-getting" and "pork." One of the "rebel" leaders, Joseph Stames of Alabama, though voting for the bill, announced that congress con-gress would never again "relinquish its control of expenditures." Still sore, especially at Harry Hopkins, the congressmen discussed the need for investigation of the relief administration, and a resolution resolu-tion calling for such action was introduced in-troduced by Maury Maverick of Texas. SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR HAROLD L. ICKES was taken to the Naval hospital in Washington Washing-ton to be treated for an intestinal disorder. Physicians said he probably prob-ably would be absent from his office of-fice for several weeks, a protracted protract-ed rest being imperative. BY HUGE majorities in both senate sen-ate and house congress overrode over-rode the President's veto of a bill to extend the war risk insurance act for another five years. It gives that additional time in which war veterans veter-ans may exchange their government govern-ment held term insurance policies for other forms of life insurance and affects about 23,000 men who have cot converted their policies. Representative Rep-resentative Rankin of Mississippi said these veterans were "too poor" to make the conversion at this time, and added: "The President apparently appar-ently didn't consult with those familiar fa-miliar with veterans' affairs when he vetoed this bill." p RESIDENT ROOSEVELT sent a message to congress asking for legislation creating seven regional power authorities patterned after the TVA. He proposed the country be divided into these regions: The Atlantic seaboard. The Great Lakes-Ohio valley. The Tennessee and Cumberland river basins. The Missouri and the Red River of the North basins. The Arkansas, Red and Rio Grande river basins. The basins of the Colorado and other rivers flowing into the Pacific south of the California-Oregon state line. The Columbia river basin. TAX dodging by wealthy men and women, excoriated by President Roosevelt in a special message, is going to be investigated speedily by . Jr ; a Joint committee of congress. The resolution reso-lution for the inquiry in-quiry was introduced intro-duced in the senate by Senator Pat Harrison Har-rison of Mississippi, chairman of the finance fi-nance committee; and in the house by Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina, chairman of the Sen. Harrison ways and means committee. The investigation in-vestigation is designed both to focus public attention on the extent of the alleged tax evasion and to provide pro-vide congress with information necessary nec-essary for the drafting of corrective legislation. Senator Harrison said: "I am sure that congress expects that, where the law has been violated, vio-lated, prompt action will be taken by the government against the malefactors." mal-efactors." He added that men and women referred re-ferred to, not by name, in the President's message, would be given giv-en the opportunity to testify before the committee if their names were disclosed. Accompanying Mr. Roosevelt's message was a long letter to him from Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau in which were outlined eight devices which he said are being be-ing employed by a minority of rich individuals to evade taxes. Legislation asked by the President Presi-dent would be an emergency measure. meas-ure. It is not to be confused with legislation to revise tax schedules, the President said. "In regard to that subject," Mr. Roosevelt continued, "I have already al-ready suggested to the congress that at this session there should be no new taxes and no changes of rates." GENERAL HAYASHTS semimili-tary semimili-tary government of Japan was forced to resign by the major political politi-cal Darties. and Emperor Hirohito summoned Prince Fumimaro Konoe, president of the house of peers, to form a new cabinet. This the prince proceeded pro-ceeded to do, and , he was meeting with almost complete success in finding men who would accept ac-cept office. Tempo- xi- Prince Konoe in getting a finance minister. The new government includes in-cludes representatives of the big Seiyukai and Minseito parties and is considered, therefore, a national coalition cabinet. Presumably it is committed to a large army and navy, a strong foreign policy and drastic administrative reforms. Prince Konoe said he would strive to end the rivalries among the various vari-ous forces in the empire, meaning especially the disputes between the army and the political parties. The army will support him, but its domination dom-ination over Japanese policies is practically ended with the retirement retire-ment of Hayashi who was accused of trying to set up a Fascist regime. rEFORE adjourning to October J the Supreme court overruled a government request that it refuse to review litigation challenging the constitutionality of federal financing of municipal power plants. By consenting con-senting to pass on the controversy, the court deferred a final verdict in the case until next fall, after arguments argu-ments are heard. The Department of Justice contended con-tended this would postpone the employment em-ployment of many thousands of men. Officials of the Public Works administration declared the court's action means that "at least another six months" will elapse before questions ques-tions affecting the release of $51,-000,000 $51,-000,000 for fifty-four public power projects are settled. URGED on by C. I. O. organizers i and other agitators, a mob of some 1.500 steel strikers and their sympathizers undertook to invade the Republic Steel plant in South Chicago and drive out the loyal employees. em-ployees. The rioters were met on company property by 150 city policemen po-licemen and warned to turn back, but they replied with a shower of missiles. The police first used tear gas, but when the strikers began shooting they opened fire in earnest and a desperate battle ensued. Seven men were killed and nearly a hundred, hun-dred, including 26 officers, were hurt. Authorities blamed Communist authorities for the riot. Loyal workers in Republic Steel plants at Warren and Youngstown, Ohio, were besieged by strikers and were supplied with food with difficulty. diffi-culty. At first food was mailed to them, but the government refused to guard mail trucks in Warren which the pickets stopped, and the acting postmaster there said United States District Attorney Freed at Cleveland had authorized him to refuse re-fuse packages of food intended for delivery through the picket lines. The Republic Steel was continuing continu-ing to operate, but the Inland Steel and the Youngstown Sheet and Tube corporations, the two other companies com-panies against which the S. W. O. C. had declared strikes, had closed down their plants. THE A. F. of L. executive -council closed its conference in Cincinnati Cin-cinnati with the heads of affiliated unions, after directing President Green to push vigorously the campaign cam-paign against Lewis and his C. I. O. First steps were to order the Chicago Chi-cago and New York labor federations federa-tions to expel all unions affiliated with the Lewis organization. Similar Sim-ilar orders were to be sent to all other central bodies and state federations. fed-erations. The' council also ordered the collection of a war chest, all members to pay two cents a month instead of one cent for the national federation. The C. I. O. replied with announcement an-nouncement of a drive intended to penetrate every industry which has no organization or where existing unions "are not taking care of their members." An impending contest between the two factions is for control con-trol of the maritime workers. ATOST of the ingredients of a good European war were tossed into the pot by loyalist Spain and Germany, but it seemed likely r i the statesmen of England, France and other countries would be able to prevent the lighting of a fire beneath the pot. To start with, two Spanish air-planes air-planes dropped bombs on the German battleship Deutschland, killing 97 moil anrl wrtlinfl- Adolf Hitler ing g3 The German vessel, participating in the interna'-tional interna'-tional naval patrol, was lying off Ibiza island, one of the Balearics under rebel control. It replied to the attack with anti-airplane guns, and the claim of the Valencia government gov-ernment was that the vessel was the first to fire. Nazi Germany was tremendously aroused by the incident and Reichs-fuehrer Reichs-fuehrer Hitler and all other prominent promi-nent government leaders gathered at once in Berlin. Immediate revenge re-venge was demanded by all Nazis, so the pocket battleship Admiral Scheer and four destroyers shelled Almeria, southern Spanish loyalist port, without warning, killing twenty twen-ty or more citizens and destroying many houses. Coastal batteries replied, re-plied, probably without effect, and after 90 minutes of firing the German Ger-man vessels departed. Germany announced it would no longer participate in the international interna-tional patrol of Spanish coasts until it could be assured such incidents as the bombing of the Deutschland would not be repeated; and Italy announced it also had withdrawn from the international committee and firmly supported Hitler. The Valencia government asserted assert-ed the Deutschland had no business being at Ibiza. It also charged that an Italian submarine launched a torpedo tor-pedo that sank the 3,946-ton Spanish Span-ish passenger liner Ciudad de Barcelona Bar-celona 37 miles northeast of Barcelona. Barce-lona. It was declared 50 members of the crew were drowned and a number of others injured. Italian warships were ordered to stop and search any Russian vessels ves-sels suspected of carrying war supplies sup-plies to Spanish loyalists, and the German fleet in Spanish waters was re-inforced. German War Minister Von Blomberg went to Rome to confer with Premier Mussolini and it was believed they were laying plans for concerted action in support sup-port of General Blanco's siege of Bilbao. Great Britain submitted to France, Germany and Italy a three-point three-point plan designed to restore friendly relations in dealing with the Spanish situation and to induce Germany and Italy to return to the nonintervention committee. The plan provides guaranties against further interference with nonintervention noninter-vention patrol ships. Gen. Emlio Mola, director of the Bilbao campaign and the most capable ca-pable of the rebel commanders, was killed'in the crash of an airplane in which he was flying to Valladolid. Franco thereupon split the command com-mand of his northern forces between General Davila, who will operate against Bilbao, and General Sa liquet, li-quet, who will command on the Madrid Ma-drid front. |