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Show News Review Events the ' ii 1 1, f. tiJl.ii Grau San Martin Tries to Establish Government for . . J" , - Cuba Four More States for Prohibition Repeal Blue Eagle Notes., . By EDWARD SITTING precariously on the e.dge of, the Cuban Presidential chair to which he bad been hoisted by tb radical Junta, Ramon Grau San Martin endear-ored endear-ored earnestly to y?' , i maintain hla bal- II 111 V IIIU IV OM"- II sb a government w;:"::oM;::tttai;'""it' would be given rec-ognltlon rec-ognltlon by the United States. On all aides he was be- ul .Ilk JIM ....1.1 m big National hotel were the deposed array officers, hear supported by the Ramon Qrau San Martin lly armed and more conservative factions that fa rored the return td power of De Ceipedes whom the radicals bad shored out In the harbor of Havana Ha-vana and elsewhere about the island is-land were American warships, embodying em-bodying the possibility of armed Intervention In-tervention by Uncle Sam if conditions condi-tions became too chaotic. In the capital city and other centers new political and revolutionary factions formed nightly, and various strikes complicated the situation. Money, food and gasoline for the troops that-were supporting Grau San Martin Mar-tin were running low, and merchants mer-chants were refusing credit Nevertheless, the President, who is a more forceful figure than De Cespedes, carried on bravely and proceeded to select a cabinet Posing Pos-ing and speaking for the talkies, he declared : "At last Cuba Is again free among civilised nations of the world. Cuba now has a stable government, gov-ernment, all that we need for prosperity, pros-perity, and we hope that prosperity will come quickly." The ousted military officers, who had taken entire possession - of the National hotel and were beleaguered be-leaguered there by the radical soldiers, sol-diers, sent CoL Horatio Ferrer, secretary sec-retary of war and navy under De Cespedes, to the Presidential palace to demand the Immediate reslgna-. reslgna-. Hon of Gran . San .Martin, but he met with no success. Meanwhile the entire staff of the hotel left, and the officers were forced to run the place themselves. Ambassador Welles, who bad resided in the hotel, also departed, at did nearly all of the Americans who had taken refuge there. WASHINGTON, of course, was watching the developments in Cuba with deep interest, not to say anxiety, but President Roosevelt was determined to avoid Intervention Interven-tion if possible. Through Secretary of state Hull be Indicated that he would follow a line of strict neutrality neutral-ity among the Island's factions and would permit Cuba to solve ber own political problems. Mr. Hull's formal for-mal statement was: "The government of the United States has no Interest in behalf of or prejudice against any political group or Independent organization which Is today active In the political politi-cal life of "Cuba." Former President Mario G. Men-ocal, Men-ocal, who returned to Cuba after the ousting of Machado, entered into the picture when the military officers offi-cers Invited him to lead their efforts to force Gran San Martin out of the ; Presidency. F3R several days Spain was without with-out a cabinet following the ousting oust-ing of the pro Socialist government of Premier Manuel Azana, and the situation was critical criti-cal However, President Pres-ident Zamora called in Alejandro Ler-ronx. Ler-ronx. veteran republican re-publican leader, and charged him to form a coalition cabinet based solely on the Radical party and the Independent republicans. re-publicans. This Ler-roux Ler-roux accomplished with some difficulty, persuading all the Alejsndro Lerroux minority republican groups to sap-port sap-port him, although two of their leaders, lead-ers, Salvador de Madariaga and Felipe Sanches Roman, had refused to sign up. Lerroux selected a cabinet cab-inet that was approved by President Zamora. Of its thirteen members, six sre members of the Radical party, which is really the most conservative con-servative party In the country, so the government has taken a decided turn to the right Lerroux and bis government govern-ment may have considerable difficulty diffi-culty In the cot-tea. for the Socialist left and the monarchist right will be strong in opposition. One thing the Spanish government govern-ment has to cope with Is the great crime wave that Is sweeping over the country. Murders, bombings and Incendiary fires have been frequent fre-quent and the police and civil guards so far bare been unable to check the outrages. Many of, the crime art attributed to" Conuou-tJsti SWSJppSJswspjpWlJjasBBBSisi of Current World Over W. PICKARD FOUR more states fell into line for repeal of the Eighteenth amendment ; making ? twenty-jrtrie that so far have voted, with none fn opposition." Only seven more are needed for the ratification of the amendment and now not even the most confirmed prohibitionist believe be-lieve the wet wave can be pushed bs-itiw--iBml-'certsAntr"tbat repeal will be accomplished before Christmas. Maine, stronghold of prohibition since 1851, proved her change of heart by voting more than 2 to 1 for repeal. The wets carried every county sod their 80 delegates will take formal action In convention on December ft. Then, all In one day. came Maryland, nearly 5 to 1 for repeal; Minnesota, where the wets outnumbered the drys more than 2 to 1; and Colorado, where the re-peallsts re-peallsts won by nearly 8 to 1. Other stafea to vote oh the repeal re-peal amendment this year are: Idaho Ida-ho and New Mexico, September 19; Virginia, October 3; Florida. October 10; Ohio. Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina. Kentucky and Utah, November 7. The repeallsts can sfTord to lose three of these, but probably will not do so. ADVOCATES of recognition of the Soviet Russian government govern-ment by the United States are much encouraged by the sppolnt- ment of John Van A. MacMurray as minister to Estonia, Es-tonia, . Latvia and Lithuania. They believe this Is s step toward recognition recog-nition snd that Mr. MacMurray will be our ambassador at Moscow before t J-feT., very lortg. He la r-nllpirn nrnfpiuuir John Van A. gpecal8t ,n Bu9. MacMurray , affari nd history and recently returned from a trip through Russia. In every respect re-spect Mr.. MacMurray is qualified , to represent the United States abroad, for he has held many Important Im-portant posts In the diplomatic service. In Europe and la the Far East In 1024 he was an assistant secretary of state and soon after was appointed minister to China. It la believed that the next step In the program for Russian recognition recog-nition will be the establishment of credits amounting to at least $50.-000,000 $50.-000,000 for Russian purchases of copper, cotton and railroad supplies sup-plies In this country. NEW TORK city staged a huge NRA parade, and aa a preliminary prelim-inary Administrator Hugh Johnson, addressing s mass meeting. Informed In-formed the nation that 89 per cent of the employers In the United States were already enrolled under the blue eagle. He attacked critics of the NRA, which he declared was "not an attempt at regimentation of Industry, but a charter of freedom," free-dom," and asserted the country hsd been lifted "about one-quarter of the way out of the Inky blackness of last March." While General Johnson was struggling strug-gling In Washington to formulate a code that would be accepted by the soft coal Interests,. President Hoosevelt was endeavoring. In a conference with the heads of each of the recovery units, to push ahead three of the major parts of his program pro-gram expansion of credit Insurance Insur-ance of bank deposits and control of the oil industry. Aid for the small business man. who still Is having trouble with his credit srrangements now Is the ten tral question In the government's credit problem, according to Jesse H. Jones, chairman of the Reconstruction Recon-struction Finance corporation, who attended the conference. Large industries in-dustries are finding accommodations, accommoda-tions, he said. Banks In small towns must be convinced that loans sre now feasible, feas-ible, according to Mr. Jones. They sre still hsnjrtng back and not help Ing the merchants snd Industries In their communities. Mr. Jones said. Mr. Jones repeated his threat that the government plans to take over functions of banks through the medium of mortgage corporations, formed among Industries for the discounting of paper with the R. F. CL This device, he said, wouk) clear np the remaining credit (Mfflcultlea In the rosd of the recovery drive. Secrets ry; Ickea. after his confer ence with the President, said thst the price fixing provisions would remsin In the oil code, but that he would, not sttempt to regulate prices until such s step became necessary. In soother conference, plans to collect s billion dollars In bark taxes due the federal government were laid before President Roosevelt Roose-velt by luy T. Ilelverlng, commissioner commis-sioner of internal revenue. Of the total, due. $750,000,000 Is tied up in litigation which the gov - . AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN V - ernment is seekln to speed, Het- verlng explained, because tax payers pay-ers are seeking to have It refunded to thent.. Another 1250.000,000 has not been psid in. Assured by the President of a sufficient '' fund to carry on the work, Helverfng said e bopedrt,W In the near ruture witnoui great difficulty. No prosecutions are being be-ing planned at Dmehu.-, r EACE for ten years Between fT. Greece. sM -Turkey M assured by the pact which was signed at Ankara by Premiers Tsaladris and Iamet Pssha. The pact guarantees reciprocal frontier security sgalnst aggression, a common understanding understand-ing before deciding on domestic and Internationa) questious arid mutual representation at International Interna-tional conferences. CHANCELLOR HITLER and hla Nazis have compelled Prof. Albert Al-bert Einstein to revise In part bis long held pacifist attitude. tttW tered views appeared ap-peared In a letter to a Belgian anti-militarist anti-militarist who sp-pealed sp-pealed to him to help two Belgian conscientious o b-Jectors b-Jectors to military service who had started a hunger strike, "You will be very sstonlshed at what I am going to tell Prof. Einstein you," Einstein wrote, "Only a short time ago we could hope to fight militarism In Europe successfully by Individual refusals to do service. But today we are In the presence of altogether different circumstances. circum-stances. There Is In the center of Europe s state (Germany) which is publicly preparing for war by all means. "In these conditions the Latin countries, above all France and Belgium, are In great danger and can only count on their preparedness. prepared-ness. "As far as Belgium Is concerned It Is obvious that this little country coun-try will not make abusive use of Its preparation and that H has the greatest need to safeguard its existence. ex-istence. "Imagine Belgium occupied by present-day Germany I It would undoubtedly be worse than In 1914, even though occupation at that time was terrible. That. Is why I am telling you in the most direct fashion that If I were a Belgian I would not refuse to do military service under the present circumstances, circum-stances, but on the contrary I would accept It In full conscience with the feeling that I was. contributing con-tributing to save European civilisation." civili-sation." At that time Einstein was In Brussels, but It was reported a Nazi organization had put bim on its death list, so he Red to England and hid In a cabin on the east coast provided for him by Commander Com-mander Oliver Locker-Lampson. Its location was kept secret and he said he would remain there until October, when he was coming to America to lecture BRUISED and footsore after a week of struggling through the forests on Ontario, Ward T. Van Orman and Frank A. Trotter, pilots of a Goodyear balloon bal-loon In the James Gordon Bennett race from Chicago, were found and brought back to civilisation. Caught In a bad squall, they had been forced to land, upside down, in dense woods. Carrying heavy packs, the two men fought their way W. T. Van Orman ' if" , w Slowly toward the line of the Ontario On-tario Hydroelectric company. Their rescue was made possible by the cutting down of a telephone pole along this line, for James Barrett lineman, seeking the cause of an Interruption m service, found s note written by the aeronauts. Following Fol-lowing a course which the note mentioned, the lineman found the Americans In a camp, , Though formal announcement had not been made. It appeared the winners of the race were Capt. Franclszek Hynek and Lieut Zbyg nlew Burzynskl of Poland, who landed near Riviere a Pierre. Quebec. Que-bec. 812 miles from Chicago. Van Orman and Trotter made about 500 miles. Lieutenant Commander T. G. W. 8ettle and Charles H Kendall, pilot of the United States navy balloon, Isnded In Connecticut Con-necticut They traveled about 730 miles. Balloons representing Ger many, Belgium, and France flew shorter distances. TONY CANZONERI made a gallant gal-lant effort to regain the lightweight light-weight title in New York and failed. For fifteen rounds he battled bat-tled with Barney Ross of Chicago, the present champion, but In the end the decision was given the younger man r had conqucree Tony last June. IRAQ was Jn deep mourning for King Felsal. who died suddenly in Berne, Switzerland. His son Ghazi, twenty-one years old. was declared his successor snd took the oath of office at Basrah. He retained hla father's cabinet and wai expected to follow Felsal'i policies. 1 A lilt, WMM Nawiptpw Vnum Intcrmountain Newt' --Briefly told for Bnay Readers MODERN CATTLE THIEVES ---U.UEJGION WUA ....I utnv ' TBADK wain wiwn STUDENTS INCREASE LARGE BEET-HAT CBOP or-n t ikf niTY. UT. Twelve detegater will form Utah's official j representation at the annual eon-vention eon-vention of the American Legion in Chicago, October 2 to 5, while more than 100 members will attend. f POCATELIA IDA. Cattle , rustling rus-tling In southeastern Idaho, made easy with the use of motor trucks, has become a trying problem for officers. of-ficers. They admit their present system Is inadequate. Rustlers now re abltfto drive motor trucks out on the range, .round up several head of cattle and depart... In less than a dozen hours thoy are In a market SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Department Depart-ment store trade In Salt Lake increased in-creased by rreater amount during the month of Augort than in any other city of the twelfth federal reserve re-serve district, according to the report re-port Issued from San Francisco. BOISE. IDA. Fire which broke out apparently In seed stored in the basement of the Union Seed and Fuel company, wrecked the old Ma-Jostle Ma-Jostle theatre building, causing a low estimated at $70,000 or $80,000. BOISE, IDA Elk shooting in the Idaho preserve near POcfttello will be in effect from September 23 to October 5. CEDAR CITY, UT. The number of students registering for the fall term at the Branch Agricultural College is the largest In the history of the Institution. . SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Between 4,500 and 6.000 school teachers and executive officers will gather in Salt Lake for the annual convention of the Utah Education association Oct 27 and 28. .. JALT. LAKE ClTYUTugar beets and bay are the two major Utab crops which will show increases in-creases in the 1033 production, according ac-cording to the September crop report re-port released by Frank Andrews, federal livestock and agricultural statistician for Utah and Nevada. The sugar beet crop is now expect ed to total 873,000 tons, exceedtnng the previous record crop of 840,000 tons in 1932, by 27,000 tons. The 1931 Utah beet crop was 605,000 tons, and the five year average pro duction was rG9,000 tons. The 1933 bar crops are now expected to ex ceed those of last year by 35,000 tons, the figures being 1,377,000 tons forecast for this season, compared with 1,342,000 tons harvested in 1952. The five year period aver age is 1,402,000 tons. SUNNYSIDE. UT. Mike Picor- rell, 55-year old Italian, was Instantly Instant-ly killed by a cave-tn, in mine No. 1 at the Utab Fuel mine in Sunnyslde. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Receiv ership for the Natural Development A8sxlatlon.natlonal unit, National Development Association, Utah unit and National Development Assocla tlon, Salt Lake unit, is asked in an equity suit filed by Howard Chris- tensen in the Third district court The plaintiff asserts ownership of $2,000 face value, of N. D. A. scrip, which he alleges will be entirely lost unless a receiver is appointed. because the units are continuing to Issue scrip while insolvent SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Manufacturing Manu-facturing hi Utah has shown a considerable con-siderable increase this year over the same period in 1832 it is reported. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. It has been suggested to Governor Blood that 15 camps be established this winter Is western Utah on federal lands and the members of the civilian civil-ian conservation corps in Utsh be employed there this winter in building build-ing trails for supplementary feed tranoportatJon to feeding grounds In the winter and also creating water wa-ter places for Stock. Because of the lack of adequate watering holes, the report says, 100,000 sheep per ished during the winter and spring of 1933. LOG AN," TJT. Applications under the wheat -adjustment plan must be signed before September 25, and contracts must be In Washington, D. C, by December 1, Director William Peterson, state manager, has been sdvlsed. SALT LAKE CITY, UT.-The duck season will open in Utah Oct. 10 and close December 15. The season sea-son for deer bunting will open October Oc-tober 20 and close on October 30. Only male deer with horns more than five Inches in length can be shot CEDAR CITY, UT. 7000 acres in Cedar Breaks have been reserved as a national monument PROVO, UT. Plans for Provo City's triple event dsy, September SO when' the Utah-Nevada Safety sod ety convention, a good will tour of citizens from counties in the vicinity And the annual Brigham Young university uni-versity homecoming day will be held in a Joint celebration. SALT UKB CITI. UT.-Blds will be opened by the state road commission com-mission on September 27, at the cipl-M cipl-M for contracts totaling $09,000 of toad work as lrt of the state's unemployment un-employment relief program. QrvM-ifMx nnrl WVVMW" , 14 ... . 9 ft ) liii a-n'S 1 s V i Matinnai hotel tn Havana, nlace opposed the revolutionary Junta. 2 . i . muinln. tSu 104 girl from West Havana, Conn, who was. U. S. S. McFarland Ready for Action at Haf 4 , i Aerial view of Havana harbor with and American interests In the revolutionary upheaval there. HE STUDIES PRICES fry. rZZ 4 . mi Dexter Keezer, newapaper man and economist, of Brooklandvllle, Ud new executive director of the consumer advisory board, at his desk at the NRA headquarters. His chief duty is the study of price rises. FOE OF HUEY LONG Mm Hilda Phelps Hammond, prominent New Orleans club and so ciety woman, chairman of the Louisiana Louis-iana women's committee which la rglng thst charges filed against Senator Uuey p. Long be given a public hearing Instead of . being burled In the senate Judiciary committee, com-mittee, . Jeslonay Endiag May.. Race The Maya race of South America will soon be extinct declares sn explorer. There are six men; to tvery woman, and so many men are tilled fighting over the women that ficy will soon all bt killed off. V"rV'i l 1 PtMrnrtn in thi CHr; , 7" , CIU Yaw .. . ...... , ' ' , - ' " m 11 ii 1 111 mm mmmtsj W. - " (Iff " i 1 a t a $ 4 ' I ; J Ji -f , . A1V of refuee for Americans and for cnhnn "L President Roosevelt speaking on the Whits Ho. wT tnAhlltMnn "tnr tinman noorin " o k..i ' "l cbosen as "Miss America" at the Atlantic City betotj 1 VVV the United States Destroyer McFarland ready 'J Starting Work on the Norrj t M f f 1 Workmen at 1AvSl JUreck Tennessee, PreprtJ first charge of dynamite as construction wai Norrls dam. The 100-foot shaft when completed ww , ot the dam foundation, The project located on v above Joined the point where that tributary Joins w. : to the Wilson dam at Muscle Shoals by . mission line. Princess and Pretender IT J fc- f .si. 7 !' f- j 11 1 1 l " - w - i-. - "' . 1 1 i hotweeO tnuv m( teeri-yesMld daughter of King Emmanuel Lj-ycar-oia son or me lorraer kiu - -to the throne formerly occupied by bis ""' ! .r. -P. WT5-" " I |