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Show News Review Events the President Iloover Urges Economy in National Expenditures Ex-penditures Earthcpiake Practically Destroys City of Managua Knute Rockne Dead. By EDWARD W. PICKARD DIIKSIDB N T Hoover returned to Washington aft' er an eleven-day cruise to Porto Rico and the Virgin Vir-gin Islands, with a countenance that approximated tn shade of an almost ripe tomato. West Indian son and wind had burned his face badly, and there was a strong suspicion the skin would peel. There President Hoover was no question, however, that he was rested, and greatly so, as a result of his leisurely trip. One of his first announcements was that a tax increase could be avoided If his budget and other recommendations for expenditures were not increased by congress next winter. To that end he appealed ap-pealed to the nation to bring pressure pres-sure on congress against "the demands de-mands of sectional or group Interests." Inter-ests." The statement was made in the face of lagging Income tax receipts Indicating a treasury deficit of perhaps per-haps $800,000,000 at the close of the current fiscal year, June 80. It was regarded as part of the President's Pres-ident's effort to mobollze public sentiment against further soldier bonus legislation, farm-relief appropriations ap-propriations or similar proposals In the new congress to convene In December. Senator William B. Borah, Republican Re-publican Insurgent, Idaho, retorted, retort-ed, through the press, that "the record is that congress has appropriated appro-priated less than the budget bureau bu-reau has recommended each session ses-sion for the last few years." He declared his willingness to cut off the $00,000,000 provided for the administration's , naval building program. A BLIZZARD In Rocky mountain and plains states took a toll ef eleven Uvea, Including five children, chil-dren, two men and a woman In Colorado. Scores were In a serious condition from frostbite and expo-sore. expo-sore. Thousands of cattle perished In a wide area including Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota, Nebraska Nebras-ka and the western parts of Kan sas, Oklahoma and Texas. In the southern part of the storm area, peach, apricot and other stone-fruit stone-fruit crops were ruined. Thfl child victims of the storm were pupils at Pleasant HID school, Towner, Colo. The morning of the blizzard Maude Moser, the teacher, ended classes because of the storm. Carl Miller arrived to take the pupils to their homes in the school has. Miss Moser started to walk to her home. There were twenty-two twenty-two children In the bus when Miller Mil-ler started, all between the ages of eight and thirteen. Three miles from Pleasant Hill the bus plowed into a snow drift ten feet deep and stalled. Outside the mass of falling snow was a curtain, obscuring the road, tracks and covering fences. Miller tried to back toward the school but could npt get the wheels of the bus free from the drift. After remaining with the children chil-dren for many hours, Miller realized real-ized he must get aid or all would perish. In the driving storm he started out, thinking he could reach a farmhouse. Struggling on for more than three miles be fell exhausted la a cornfield and perished. per-ished. Five of the children were dead when a rescuing party found them, but the rest were saved. There were other tragedies in the storm that swept the mountain states and other sections; but this tragedy was one to arouse the utmost ut-most pity. Bravely the children met their fate! They sang and boxed and played to keep warm, as they were told by the driver before he left them to seek eld, as urged by the young leader put In charge, until the merciless wind and chill benumbed them Into helpless help-less drowsiness. KNUTE KEN-neth KEN-neth Rockne, football coach of the University of Notre Dame, with a name that became be-came a collegiate byword, plunged to his death with five fellow passengers and two pilots on i Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc, air liner In the mid-Kansas grazing country. Witnesses said Knute K. Rockne the craft, flying through clouds and fog, lost a wing In the air and hurtled to the ground like a crippled crip-pled bird. Rockne had only recently recovered recov-ered froia an Illness which a 3rnf ago had threatened to terminate his brilliant coaching career. I.asi year, however, he developed one of the very best of his many excellent excel-lent tenuis, and made a schedule for I!i31 which Indicated that he lacked forward to sn equally great team this year. President Iloover in an official Ststement described the death of Rockne as "a national I ok. American football sustains a 'Hv t . ' of Current World Over great loss. Americans lose one who typified the best In useful, wideawake citizenship. THE development of Fascism ha Italy Is to be marked further on July 1 of this year by the banishment ban-ishment of the twelve good men and true from the penal courts ef Mussoiinlland. Juries are abolished abol-ished with the reform of the courts of assizes, or those which try criminal cases, which Premier Mussolini will put In effect three months hence, and for them wlu be substituted a Juridical committee, commit-tee, or what'a called a "college" consisting of two professional Judges snd five nontechnical citizens citi-zens who are called "assessors.'' But every one cannot be an assessor. as-sessor. Only special categories of citizens who have had moral and Intellectual, If not political attainments, attain-ments, will run the risk of having their names In the wheel to be drawn as assessors. The reform of the courts of assizes as-sizes and the abolition of the Jury is a result of the reformed penal code In Italy, a work on which Minister of Justice Korea and his collaborators have labored for five years. The reform was brought about by what were considered scandalous decisions often returned re-turned by Juries made up of men of insufficient Intellectual attainments attain-ments to distinguish between the facts and the emotional bunk of the lawyers. Discontent with these abuses had accumulated In less than a century for the Jury system was only Introduced In Italy In 1S48. a T URING the for-4 for-4 nial adjourn ment of the German Ger-man relchstag the Bruening cabinet Is armed with parliamentary par-liamentary certified certi-fied dictatorial powers to run the country until next autumn, when the reichstag reconvenes, recon-venes, The government gov-ernment also prepared pre-pared measures to Chancellor Bruenlng curb attacks on President lllnden- burg and other hich oflklnla ine emergency decree enormously enormous-ly curtails the vital civic rights anchored to the German constitu tion. Basing the action on article 48 of the constitution, enabling the President to take dictatorial measures meas-ures when "security and order are threatened," the decree curtails the personal rights of citizens such as the freedom of speech, the inviolability inviola-bility of homes, freedom of the press, secrecy in the malls, the right to meet when unarmed, the right to form associations, or own property. Public announcements of political polit-ical gatherings must be confined to the barest facts. Newspapers Infringing upon the terms of the decree may be suspended for eight weeks, and other publications may be suspended for six months. The public speaking "muzzle decree," de-cree," the old timers eloquently claim, Is more severe than a "ukase" in the days of the former kaiser. During adjournment committees will continue working on a mass of Internal reform projects, and the reichstag can be called together togeth-er ar any time on the demand of one-thlid of the members, or the council of elders can authorize such a special call by majority vote. RUSSIA bade open Ceflance to the international grain conference confer-ence at Rome when Abraham Ki8sln, Soviet delegate, declared that, far from reducing her wheat production, his country would Increase In-crease It this year and that Instead In-stead of giving up het policy of so-called so-called "dumping." she Intended to Increase her wheat exports In order or-der to pay for her Imports, which exceed f.'KKi.OOO.tWO a year.- "Any proposal to exclude from economic Intercourse a nation occupying oc-cupying one-sixth of the world's surface Is foredoomed to failure," Klssin said. "Russia's population Is Increasing at the rate of 4,000,-000 4,000,-000 a yeur, which Is proportionately proportionate-ly twice as great as the Increase of Europe's population, therefore we must Increase our wheat production. produc-tion. The United States Agricultural department has estimated that spring wheat plantings would be reduced 14.7 per cent. This exceeded ex-ceeded the hope of the farm board for a 10 per cent cut THE Cuban Supreme Su-preme court has given a decision deci-sion against Preside Presi-de nt Machado's suspension of newspaper publication, publi-cation, holding that he acted la violation viola-tion of the constitutional consti-tutional provision guaranteeing free Speech when he fchut down presses which had published pub-lished Information nnd criticism dis 4 1 President Machado tasteful to the government. Mr. Machiido set forth the necessity of public securlr hikI tM-iliT a reasi, for the prohibtii'ii t p i'lu-:itioh but without any showing that there was sn emergency or that the ti newspaper comment was contrary to the public good. AVAST financial organization with millions of capital to relieve re-lieve the cotton producers of the South from the distress caused by low prices of their commodity. Is declared to be In process of formation forma-tion by Chicago capitalists, headed by William Wrlgley, Jr. Details of the scheme have not been revealed, but the main Idea Is understood to be to accumulate large quantltes of baled cotton and bold It for higher prices. Cotton Is now selling at prices ruinous to the planters and Is a drug on the world market. The plan Is also said to embrace a system of trading credits by which the vast surplus of cotton will be exchanged for commodities, of which the cotton growers stand In dire need. These include farm equipment of all kinds, groceries and clothing. FIRE; which folio wed earthquakes In Managua, Nicaragua, Nica-ragua, took an estimated toll of 1,000 dead and many thousands thou-sands injured, many of them Americans. The Arrow Points to Managua American legation, the British legation lega-tion and Nicaraguan government buildings were all destroyed. Fire following the earthquake razed twenty blocks of the business district, dis-trict, causing an estimated property prop-erty damage of $30,000,000. American agencies were quick to respond to the need for help. The Red Cross rushed supplies. Marines, sent to the little republic on a political mission - several years ago, were used to maintain order ,and relieve distress. It Is too early to know definitely definite-ly the extent of the disaster. Managua's population was in the neighborhood of 40,000. The re-giou re-giou of this city Is dotted with evidences of its volcanic character, and history records at least two major volcanic disasters. Nicara-qua Nicara-qua has been less afflicted with earthquakes than its Central American Amer-ican neighbors. So far as Is known there Is not a habitable building left In the once beautiful Central American city, the second in size In the republic. re-public. President Moncado himself him-self abandoned the national palace pal-ace for a tent. BASEBALL loses two of its major ma-jor luminaries In the passing of Ernest S. Barnard and Byron B. Johnson, the president and the ex-president of the American league dying within sixteen hours of each other. Both devoted their lives to the American national game. Their terms of service In the presidency spanned the life of the league Itself. When Johnson quit the sports desk of a Cincinnati newspaper to seek his fortune in .the business administration of baseball, James J. Hill had arrived as the empire builder of the Northwest, and John D. Rockefeller had established estab-lished the dynasty of Standard Oil. As each of those In his separate sphere wore the Napoleonic mantle, man-tle, so Johnson did In baseball. Mr. Barnard would have been fifty-seven years old on July 17. He had been re-elected president of the American league for a five-year five-year term. His activity In connection con-nection with the draft controversy and In the adoption of the schedule sched-ule Is believed to have hastened his death. A CHANGE in the leadership of the Republican i national commit- ' tee, It Is admitted, p has been under discussion by par 1 4 ty chieftains but p a responsible spokes men Insist no plans Ittve been agreed on. Despite continued con-tinued silence by the national chairman, chair-man, Senator Simeon Sim-eon D. Fess of ft- - Senator Fess Ohio, one high Republican spokesman spokes-man predicted Important developments develop-ments within the next few weeks. Fess has given no Indication of an Intention to retire In the near future, though it has been generally gener-ally - understood for months he would like to be relieved of the chairmanship. Among those being discussed for the chairmanship are Secretary Hurley, Postmaster General Brown and David Mulvane, Republican national committeeman from Kansas. Kan-sas. THE $1,000,000 libel suit Gus O. Nations, former prohibition agent, filed against Mrs. Mabel Walker Wlllebrandt former assistant as-sistant attorney general, In 1929, In connection with a series of articles ar-ticles she wrote about prohibition enforcement was stricken from the docket in Federal court at St, Louis for failure to prosecute. Mr. Nations Baid he could not proceed any further with the suit because he had been unable to obtain ob-tain service on Mrs. Wlllebrandt, but be asserted that suits for $20.-000 $20.-000 damages each were pending against her in New York and Washington for alleged Injury done to him by the articles. The only observation of Mrs. Mabel Walker Wlllebrandt to the news that the $1,000,000 -libel suit filed against her by Gus O. Nations had been stricken from the record was: "The action speaks for Itself It-self She would make no other com ment than that the Inference the ! suit had been dropjted because papers could not be served upon her was "amusing." " At her office ' It was said she bad been In Mis- f sourl Kccrul times since the suit was filed, and that her presence there Mad been widely carried In f the press j (& 1)11. Waatara Mmptw Colon.) I rA. no THE LEIII StIN. LEW. UTAH Intermountain News Briefly ToU fcy Busy Readers SUMMER WHITE II0USE PLAN PUBLICITY DRIVE TO HOLD STOCK SHOW TO PROTECT GAME SNOW IS SCANTY CHEYENNE, WY0. Hans for establishment of a summer White House on the shores of Brooklyn lake, In the Jackson Hole country, are going forward. In anticipation that President Hoover might spend a Tacatlon there this summer, the Mt. States Telephone and Telegraph company is planning a $200,000 telephone tel-ephone circuit Into the territory. " GRACE, IDA. $300 has been appropriated ap-propriated by the county commissioners commis-sioners to finance the annual Black and White day to be held here in May. POCATELLO, IDA. The local chamber of commerce will make a good will tour . of Kemmerer and other points In Wyoming in May. NAMPA, IDA, Members of the Nampa Fish and Game league are planning to construct a group of trout rearing ponds, with a view of making the Boise valley a better place to fish and hunt CALDWELL, IDA. Members of the chamber of commerce from Boise to Welser are planning a cooperative co-operative campaign of publicity for western Idaho. The main project will be a booklet, containing information infor-mation about this section of the COALVILLE, TJT. Snow depths on watershed of upper Weber river serving the Echo reservoir are less this year than for several seasons, according to data gathered by a snow survey recently. POCATELLO, IDA. A financial report presented recently to the city council showed Pocatello's indebtedness in-debtedness has been reduced from $615,000 a year ago to $582,000 at present NAMPA, IDA. 150 men have been employed by the Oregon Short Line railroad for the work of re-ballasting re-ballasting 50 miles of the track on its right of way between this city and Glenns Ferry. MORONI, UT. Citizens have organized or-ganized a local corps to fight the coddling moth and to preserve apples ap-ples and other fruit from destruction. destruc-tion. TOOELE, UT. An extensive war has been started by the farmers of Tooele county for the eradication of ground squirrels. The pocket gopher campaign started early in March has been successful. PROVO, UT. Adoption of a uniform un-iform wage scale for strawberry pickers was agreed upon by unanimous unani-mous action of representative growers grow-ers of Trovo Bench at meeting held recently at Oreni. FARMINGTON, UT. The dates for the Davis county farm bureau day and fair were set as August 25 and 20 at a meeting of Davis county farm bureau officers, PROVO, TJT. Strong condemnation condemna-tion of any increases in this year's tax levy in Provo City and school district was voiced in a set of resolutions res-olutions adopted by the members of the Provo real estate board at a recent meeting. OGDEN, UT. The 14th Ward L. D. S. chapel at Adams avenue between Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Thirty-eighth streets, erected at a cost of $53,000 was damaged to the estimated esti-mated amount of $20,000 by a fire. SPANISH FORK, UT. At a meeting of the Nebo district board of education members voted to bond the district for $250,000 In order to carry out a building program. The board will conduct, an educational campaign for the informing of the public as to the need of the expansion. expan-sion. MONROE, UT. For each quart of flies Monroe residents catch and bring to the city council in April, fifty cents will be paid. In May the price is to be 25 cents per quart. This announcement was made with the order of city officials to clean up yards, ditches and corrals. TONOPAH, NEV. A ' new ore body 30 feet wide has been struck on the Gold Dome mine, SO miles south of Battle Mountain. The new ore was opened on the 250 foot level lev-el and will be developed. MOSCOW, IDA. Concentrates to the amount of 38,701 tons were produced pro-duced by the Hecla Mining company com-pany operating in the Cocur d'Alene district In northern Idaho, the past year. These concentrates had a value of $1,700,709. I9AIIO FALLS, IDA. Declaring Declar-ing that Idaho needs a greater outlet out-let for her potato crop if the state Is to continue in the market the Idaho Potato Dealers association decided to file a freight rate complaint com-plaint with the Interstate commerce commission and the Idaho public uimues commission. Reduction on all potato shipments to territory east of Chicago will be asked. OGDEN, UT. A lady, recently arrested by the police, has brought suit for damages totalling $15,000, for alleged loss occasioned by the arrest CALDWELL, IDA. About C300 automobile licenses have been Issued Iss-ued in Canyon county this year. A reduction of 3000 licenses as compared com-pared with last year is shown. SALT LAKE CIY. UT An to crease of $3SS,532.1G in total resources re-sources of all 12 banks of Salt Lake City Is noted In the comparative statement of 1930 and 103 L Race "pern 0i &u swam: ini&arrrrT . The old story of the race to Charlotte (N. C.) street car and Scenes and .... I :th u , ,tl , ' ,' N JLuvmMA-h,,r m 1 Admiral Plunkett World war leader, buried at Arlington, 2 Three men escaped with minor I ries when this biplane crashed into an artificial mountain at a scenic resort near Portland, Ore. 3-Demete 3urilliaun, who has Just been dismissed as governor of the Bank of Rumania. Knotty Problem for the Court f"" " mi-. II I.I.WUI1.UIMI'IMH H.JI..IIWI.J..M, HIjUH, I.I III 1 1 I IHJOII i mM& : itH! so long as he remains healthy and bright Jtt V?Jl?J T gr0,w8' Angeles judge, who decided In favor of the Ser tJ? iSt.'0 Roome, fourteen, over six feet tall and weighs folS Elinor Smith's Plane After Crash . ... :.- r. J ?&to&tl" nW It crashed new altitude recor folrJ h les ,e was trying to estahiish s ith S'rJ-. S nKe.y . sklng on." The in the rarefied atmosphere. to Crossing Usual iii:Fl off f i d, s -rs ?-5r j. i yj-jti i : i real ,:xs:jsK:: j gS It the crossing Is told again with graphic details In this photona a railroad train called it a tie. Forty-three persons were tnjuret Persons in the Current News ;:-v"'?.l' nly fr,, "luuiea 10 "e engine "going Result 51 X" it ' ltyei CONFESSES MURDER Jl Willi mii Michael Burke, sixteen-jeawJ high school boy of St Joseph. P. is charged with committing burglaries, and has admlttefl v killing of one man. FAMOUS FINANCIER Montagu Norman, rrf. the Bank of England, who lng In the United States. Remunerative Admirb0,fSJ -We give "d'"''" has great wealth." said M sage of Chinatown inu. and If wealih return? tw pliment In Its own 'W'"9-, Hnd tin harsaln nrofifal'le - If rtnti s K Ington Star. |