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Show PLEASANT ABOVE REVIEW News Review of Current Events the World Over Trance and Belgium Default on War Debts Great Britain and Four Other Nations Pay Drys Argue Against Legalizing Beer. By EDWARD W. PICKARD FRANCE, reputedly one of the richest cations In the world, hai .defaulted. For the first time In history his-tory It hai broken Its pledged word, refusing to pay the December war debt interest Installment of $19.-261,432 $19.-261,432 due the United States. This action was taken by the chamber of deputies by a TOte of 402 to 187. while the galleries roared the Nationalist and Royalist song "Not a sou to America." The powerful So-deserted So-deserted the, govern ess" - I i lir itiii-- -,iiif-,-uv-,i M. Herrlot party clallst ment. Premier Herrlot had made a tremendous tre-mendous fight, the most brilliant In his career, and when his defeat was announced be and his ministers stalked out of the chamber. The deputies then took another vote on a motion' to defer payment until such a time as an International debt conference can be held, and this was carried, 380 to 57. The Radical Radi-cal Socialists who had supported the premier's terms for payment bad left the chamber before this rote was taken. Herrlot and his cabinet Immediately Immedi-ately submitted their resignations to President Lebrun and, as Is customary, cus-tomary, were asked to carry on until un-til a new; government could be formed. Consequently It was necessary neces-sary for Herrlot to transmit to Washington the decision of the chamber, that he bad refused to give the correspondent cor-respondent a "Christmas message for the world" and had declined to discuss with him the debts or anything any-thing else. " Lieut. Gov. H. H. Lehman, Leh-man, who was present when the Englishman saw the governor, asserted as-serted that nothing In any way justifying jus-tifying the cabled story had been said. The President-Elect took occasion also to deny a report printed In a Sacramento newspaper that ' he would offer the portfolio of the ln-terlor ln-terlor to Senator Hiram W. John son. REPRESENTATIVE LOUIS T. McFadaen of Pennsylvania, who seems to dislike Mr. Hoover much more than anyone else does. Introduced a resolution seeking to Impeach the President on the ground that he had failed to obey the mandate of cc ngress against the cancellation of the war debts and has "endeavored to nullify the contracts con-tracts existing between the United States and Its debtors." In his talk the Pennsylvanlan even hinted at possible bribery. A motion to lay the Impeachment resolution on the table was opposed 'by only eight' members, all Democrats except Mc-Fadden. r -If ' I t: ,:rH I 'tv Sec'y Stlmson FOLLOWING a rapid exchange between London and Washington, Washing-ton, Great Britain fulfilled "expectations "expec-tations by paying the $05,550,000 In principal and Interest In-terest due the United Unit-ed States on Thursday. Thurs-day. MacDonald's government had proposed that the payment should not be regarded as the regular semi-annual Installment . pro-Tided pro-Tided -for In the debt agreement, but as a payment on. capita to be taken Into accom In any - future understanding. Secretary of State Stlmson promptly replied declining de-clining to accept the payment If ac companied by conditions that would amount to repudiation of the debt funding pact. The British explained that they were merely setting forth their own position and reserving the right to recur to their arguments argu-ments In the future examination of the whole question "to which the United States government has agreed." 1 The officials in Washington interpreted inter-preted the last British note as one of "mental reservations' and decided de-cided they could accept the pay- ment without committing the United States 'tdany" deviation from" the terms of the debt settlement. So the Incident was considered closed so far as Great Britain was, con- cerned. ' r Belgium followed the example of France and defaulted. The cabinet council decided not to pay America the $2.125.rK)0 that was due Thursday, Thurs-day, explaining that the Hoover nnsrainrlum and-tM Lausa tine jrejfe - ararlons agreement had deprived Belglnm of substantial sums and tthat the debt fnndlng agreement of 192S was based on Belgium's capacity ca-pacity to pay. Then the cabinet resigned. . . . , Italy. Lithuania Chechoslovakia andLatvl, paid up on the debt. PREMIER HERRIOT of France having accepted the agreement reconciling the equality demands of Germany and the security require ments of France, the German gov ernment consented to return to the disarmament, conference and hopes for the success of that conference were revived. France, Great Britain Brit-ain and Italy declared that one of the alms , of the . conference Is to give equulity of rights to Germany and her allied powers within the framework of security for all nations. na-tions. Britain, France, Italy and Germany affirmed they would not resort to arms to settle disputes, and the same - powers promised to co-operafe- In a -sincere e,ffort to bring about disarmament. In Berlin this accord was considered consid-ered a distinct vt3orty for Chancellor Chan-cellor Kurt von Schleicher and Foreign For-eign Minister Von Neurath. house, but were not so sure they could muster a two-thirds vote to overcome a veto by President Hooverand Hoo-verand there were reports that the Chief Executive would disapprove' disap-prove' the measure on the ground that it would nullify the Eighteenth amendment The senators were discussing the relative . merits of repeal and modification. mod-ification. Senator Borah, a bone dry, said he liked the repeal plan offered by Senator Blaine of Wisconsin, Wis-consin, who Is very wet Mr. Blaine's resolution would amend the Constitution, Con-stitution, first by forbidding transportation trans-portation of intoxicants into any state or territory in violation of its laws; second, by authorizing congress con-gress to enact laws to aid enforcement enforce-ment in dry states. This he would substitute for the Eighteenth amendment 1VJ FRANKLIN D. R00SE- velt- has called forth the shocked protestations of prohibition women in various parts -of the country coun-try by asserting in a radio talk that "the average American girl of to day faces the problem of learning uay laces iue prouieui ui icamius 1Q , 90 Wyou'nOoumsheanrTnr 4fVMr3?t of such things as whlskj and gin PARMA, IDA.It. Mitchell, 45, and sticking to the proper quantity." quan-tity." She was contrasting conditions condi-tions today with those of her youth when, as she said, very few girls drank anything beyond a glass of wine at home, "and It never would have occurred to the young man to carry a flask to an evening party." 1 1 TETS ' in the house were VV f de feated in two attempts to cut off funds for prohibition enforcement enforce-ment Amendments- to the treasury treas-ury supply bill designed to -slash $9,000,000 from the 1934 appropria-Hon appropria-Hon for the coast guard were offered of-fered by Schaefer of Wisconsin and Boylanof New York, but both were voted down. M. Lltvlnov D El'RESBNTATIVE DANIEL ET , Garrett of Houston, Texas, died In his Washington apartment after an Illness of several months He was., a Democrat of great infln ence In the party and In the house, had served sixteen years' in con gress and was re-elected In November. Novem-ber. ' r i Dr. A.J.Barton Hungary, Poland and -Esthonia di.l aot pay. Poland has asked the United -States to review the debt agreement on the ground that "her Interest on the debt Is unfairly hleh when compared to that which Italy pays. PRESIDENT-ELECT Roosevelt was 'aroused to wrath when the correspondent of the London Ex press sent a cablegram to his pa per misrepresenting Mr. Roosevelt's Roose-velt's views on the debt question .Tae dispatch said In part: "Let me at once clear op any misunderstanding there Is at home concerning what the new President Is going t do about war debts. I gather from our conversation that on March B he I going to make a Statement which I believe will brine unme measure of relief to a doubting world- ' "But alrhmich ! have the best reason for hellevine that the Inter1 0hThe aFrfeWs mayTie waTveff. and perhaps some pretty hard con Editions will be attached t enrttna Off the IntcfW. there Is n powthle Bhadnw of doubt that the. capltx' rfrmflne at Roosrelfs wn fl re gil.nnn.nno.nnn. win he to be paM erery rvf cent of .It." fVwmwiT Roosevelt declared that tl rtnrw w. nsd nf cloth. EXCEPT for the war" debts beer was the chief topic of Interest la Washington. The house ways and means committee was conduct ing hearings on the legalizing tn e a s-ures; s-ures; and it heard plenty In opposition, opposi-tion, from both men and women. The gentler sex came flnst-and the-things it said about beer were far from gen tie. The" women were- led - by --Mrs. Henry W. Peabody of New York, gen eral chairman of the women's national committee for law enforcement They told the committee com-mittee that beer was responsible for "90 per ice'nF-ofpre-" prohibition" drunkenness, and asserted that modification of the Volstead act was the entering wedge for the return of the open saloon. Then they warned that if Red revolution and riots followed the passage of beer legislation the re- fstmslbttlt.r -wimtH be laid at th committee's door. Three congressmen and Dr. Leigh Colvln of New York also Bpoke In opnosttlon to modiflratlon. Next day the dry men. mar shaled by Dr. A. J. Barton, execn tlve secretary of the Anti-Saloon league, took the floor. They In eluded Onori W, f Chase. Deets Picket. Rishop James Oannon. Jr.. and others, and another woman Mrs Ella Boole, president of the Nations I Women's Christian Tenn peranre nnlon. was with them a add her arguments. One of ftie witnesses nrodired by the drvs wa Dr. Walter R. Miles of Tale, who 'fold of experiments he made with students tending to nhnw that a 2.75 per cent alcoholic drink was In-fnxlcatlne. In-fnxlcatlne. fie admitted the stnft he rave the hoys wss not real beer hut-a concoction of grape Juice, siisar and alcohol Secretary of the Treasury Mltls wi"slinTmoner'T;ry tne "comfolTTW' to tfve estimate of the amount of revenue which would he derived from a tax of. J5 inn each barrel of l(-rl!w1 heer - I.lnte afTectPd by all the dry ar snmentu It had heard, the commit" tee went to work drstlnr the leral Irina bill The wets were confident thpy . cotild put It thronrh the Intermountain News -Briefly Told for Busy Reader SUGAR IS STOKED. OVERCOME BY GAS. SMELTER 13 OPENED. RODENT WAB 0PFXS. OFFER "BUFFALO MEAT. OGDEN, UT.-in ms .. -port, County Agnnt Chnstwnsen says that 230 Weln-r county f aim-en aim-en qualifle.1 for federal government . f,.p.l loans, and r..ivpt 3t.-il.114. There in.otolr 3(10 others for Informati.m, many of Avhom could not qualify. SALT LAKE CITY, L'T A tabulation tab-ulation of the income tax paid Dy Utahns shows that 34,797 persons reported a gross income of less than $500 each in 1031. This group reports re-ports a total of 84,588 dependents. IDAHO FALLS, IDA.-Tlie 1933 district convention of Lions dubs of Utah and Idaho will he held in Og- Scenes and Persons in the Current News were ap- who , asked JAPAN Is becoming more and more isolated by developments In Geneva, The League of Nations conciliation committee of nineteen, which is now to handle " the Slno-Japanese Slno-Japanese trouble over Manchuria, Intended In-tended to ask the United States and Russia to have representatives rep-resentatives on the committee, but Tokyo To-kyo Instructed Its delegation at Geneva Gene-va to reject any such proposal. Indeed, In-deed, Japan...-., de clines to let the committee settle the controveri thus disregarding the friendly a vice of Great Britain. Then Maxim Lltvlnov. Soviet fon eign affairs commissar." issued a statement that Russia and China are resuming diplomatic negotla tlons that were disrupted In 1927. H gave out the news after a parley with Dr. Yen, Chinese delegate at Geneva. This was looked on a a direct bid for recognition of Rus-sit Rus-sit by the United States. "It Is only when all states maintain main-tain relations with one another," Lltvlnov said, "that we will be abl to-sneak seriously of International co operation In the cause of peace, International observance of penes pacts and agreements, and the creation cre-ation of universally recognized and authoritative International organizations.'' organ-izations.'' This was interpreted as an In timatlon that Russian co-operation In settling the Mnnchurian disput may be conditioned on American recognition of the. Soviets, At the same time It whs taken as a veiled hint that Russia, if It is treated a It wishes, would consider entering the League of Nations to collab orate In "strengthening -the pacts. A spokesman for the government In Tokyo said this action by what he described as the nations "mosi disturbing to the peace of th Japan. cashier, of the First National Bank, was accidentally overcome by carbon car-bon monoxide while fixing a heater on his automohile. TOOELE,' L'T. By ordinance, the Tooele county commissioners secured se-cured "the power to close all flowing flow-ing wells in Tooole county- between November 1 and April 1 of each year. This ordinance will be effective ef-fective on all wells which flow more than ten gallons per mkiute. RENO, NEV. The Nevada ''bank holiday , ended with thirteen of the twenty-six banks of the state unable to open for business. SALT LAKE CITY," UT. Entry blanks for the world's grain exhibition exhi-bition and conference at Regina, Canada, July 24, to August 4, 1933, have been received by Harden Ben-nion, Ben-nion, commissioner of agriculture. TOOELE, Ut. The, International Interna-tional Smelting company has resum ed operations at its Tooele plant after being shut down for several weeks. One blast furnace will be operated and approximately 300 men given work on arotation system. sys-tem. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The interstate commerce commission at Washington has denied the application applica-tion of the Union Paqific Railroad company for authority to abandon its five and one-half mile branch road extending from Grass Creek station to-Grass Creek In Summit county. MANTI, UT. Willis Tarry, 14, was elctrocutea cere wnue Darning. Darn-ing. Young Parry took hold ef an trlectrtc - heater In - the bathroom while he was in the falter. ' SPRING VILLE, UT. With the approach of cold weather, rats infesting in-festing ditch banks arf( fields-move into winter quarters to take up their abode where food and warmth is provided. The government and agricultural' agencies throughout the state are. working with civic organizations to bring about extermination ex-termination of rats, and a campaign will be launched here to fight the rodents. CHEYENNE, WTO. Cheyenne is to share with others over the state in the distribution of.buffalo meat from the herd in Yellowstone na tional park.' Welfare authorities were advised that three of the ani mals will be sent here for distri bution in steaks and roasts to the needy in Cheyenne and over Lara mie county. Fifty of the park herd are to be slaughtered. i 1 a iff! li"2fiiS :i ' - 1 First contingent of United States marines at Managua, station leaving Nicaragua, to be followed' of them by January 1. 2 Some"r&ne nunareas or um ww SaLucu m vuaumgl0n iorii a mntfl fhoir .ntprpsfsi in roncress. 3 Mrs. Virgfaia Jenckes, an Indiana farmer who W ed to congress, being shown over Capitol hill by Kepreseniauve n a un wi ueorgia. Navy's Latest Submarine During Speed Trials .... , , I i The siihrnarine Dolnhln. latest addition to the United States navy, shqwo- under way during speed off Portsmouth. N. H. The Dolphin Is one of the largest and fastest of the new V type and has a cl speed of 18 knots on the surface. . SCIPIO,- UT. Millard county commission is using wood for fuel at the courthouse in Fillmore to assist In the unemployment situa- peawl.tjonJtanger Robblns reports he has sold the county 60 cords of oak and mahogany, to be used for fuel. The permits for wood this year have In creased 40 per cent over 1931. DONAL BUCKLEY Looks Like a Disaster but It Isi . -i-i r1 - . f - 1 Donal (Daniel) Buckley, Gaelic speaking small-town shopkeeper and a 'former Sinn-Feiner, who has been appointed governor-general ot the Irish Free State by King George of England. He was named ou the recommendation of his close friend President Eamon de Valera of Ire lard. LEni. UT. Approximately 175 worht'was "Indirectly-threatentngMonsf in the CHAIRMAN MARVIN JONES of the house agricultural committee Introduced the Democratic farm re lief measure In the house, the samelIetordaa-nd being the allotment plan which Is favored- by -Presidentelect - Roos velt. With this as a basis the. Democrats Dem-ocrats hope to work out a hill that can be passed at this session. The Jones bill which annlies onlv to wheat, cotton, tobacco and hogs5'omP!ln.v state that the new sugar Lehl warehouses of the Utah-Idaho Sugar company, awaiting transit to market, generally in-the east. The sugar is be'ing brought from factories locatedt Spanish Fork, Garland, Utah, Blackf not, Shelley, Idaho Falls and Kusfa r-i tyHdaho, rWeekly-rtn'irtfon of help, itncipally among the unemployed un-employed Of Lehl and- surrounding country, has aided employment In this locality. Officials of the sugar provides virtually two plans In one. For 1933 the secretary or agriculture agricul-ture would fix the percentage of these commodities required for domestic do-mestic consumption. .No-means of curtailing production produc-tion Is provided. Thirty day-after passage of the act producers of the four rommoditles would be entitled to receive adjustment certificates on that portion of their sales fall Ing within the domestic consump Hon percentage. The certificates would be Issued at the rate of 42 cents a bushel for whVM, 5 cent's a pound for cotton. pur- pack, which eliminates the old and heavy outer sack., is proving popular,- ns it-Is made of heavy cotton material from which the brand can be erased In one washing, making tne sack available for many poses: ' ', BOISE, IDA. A five-state agreement agree-ment to enact uniform sales tax laws may evolve from negotiations under way "in the Pacific northwest. Gov. Ross said, in announcing he was communicating with other governors gov-ernors on the proposal 4 cents for tobacco, and 2 cents for hogs, less charge. - a small BOFLDER CITY, NEV. Snow and cold weather, have combined to administrative slow ,,uwn work on the huge Bould er Iiam project. With the temperature tempera-ture rancing from l'7 to 35 degwes Tf -the-'4me.iluxk:sliof the ' " low ere unable w worg at night because or snow. SPOKANE, WASH. The follow Irg stu 'ents have been awarded Rood. scholarships at Oxford university un-iversity at Oxford, England: J. R. Knappr Jr, of Portland, Ore., Rex B. Pontius of Lewiston, Idaho and Pire Snmnnatt of Linden, Wash. house, C. William Ramsever of Iowa, has been provided for If Uie senate is willing. Prsii1ent Hoorer haa nominated him to be Judge of ti United States Court of I'ustonm. Mr. Ramseyer headed the Republican campaign speakers bureau. " UJI Waiter Kwpr fnloa. TRADED Td PIRATES '- ' t ' : ; : . ,:" 1 i f - ' - Among the ideals consummated at the annual meetings of the Na tional and American baseball leagues in New York was the trad Ing of .Fred Lindstrom, outfielder by the New York Giants to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Fred is from ( hicngo and was "discovered" in 19-J4 by VoT.raw. -' Foter Wrote Much Stephen .Foster, famed as the greatest writer of American folk songs, Is-credited with 12o songs, fully one-fourth of which were negro ne-gro songs. He was only fliirtv eisht years old when he died. Washing ton Star. A.. This looks like a. rather terrible airplane disaster,, but U ! Is test of fire equipment on a plane at Roosevelt field, Long i Long Beach Welcomes the New 'jK..-f 9f V .3 ..v r. 4 i '::::::: ' X 7 J-r.'' Humaj clock devised to celebrate the mXL a pretty girl, ana - tie Happy New Tear at the top ringing the magic - St Ing Beach, Calif. Each figure It 1 1 |
