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Show THE LEW SUN. LEIII, UTAH News Review of Current Events the World Over Heavy Fighting Reported as Greek Government Seeks to Put Down Insurrection Senator Robinson Scores Huey Long in Heated Senate Session. By EDWARD W. PICKARD 0, Wetern Newspaper Union. . ' , f ONISY markets of " 4 v- Ex-Premier Venlzeloa. TnD Greek government U making mak-ing grim effort to stamp out the fast growing revolt which started start-ed In Crete and has spread to the mainland, ureen government planes bombed the home In Crete of former Pre-m Pre-m I e r Eletttherlos Venlzelos, and also struck at five naval vessels manned by rebels standing off the shore of Crete. Venlzelos Is openly heading the forces of sedition, and. reports re-ports say, has seized $1,000,000 from the Canea treasury to finance the revolt. re-volt. The rebellion has been plotted lor whole year, and broke when 20 inval officers, both active and retired, seized the Salamls arsenal. Ai the revolt spread, rebels boarded the five warships while the crews were Ignorant of the plan, and put snder steam. Government planes were dispatched to the scene and pursued the rebel ships down the Aegean sea. The cruiser Averoff was struck by an aerial bomb while the vessel lay in Sotuia bay, near Crete, and the two other ships were reported to have been overtaken and bombed near the Island of Cythera with undetermined damage. Martial law prevailed throughout the country; rail, telephone and telegraphic tel-egraphic communications have been cut off and normal activities suspended. sus-pended. Heavy fighting with serious losses n both sides have been reported in the Struma valley, and In the Macedonian Mace-donian city of Kavalla. Fear has been expressed that the country will be plunged Into a factional civil war of uneRtlmnted proportions. propor-tions. The government has offered amnesty to the rebel troops If they capitulate peacefully. Salonlkl harbor has been heavily mined In preparation for an attack ly the rebel fleet, and land batteries batter-ies have been reinforced by heavy caliber naval guns. Eight additional classes have been called to the col-rs col-rs as wounded troops pour Into Balonlkl from the hattlefront The government claims 100,000 loyal troops. 00 airplanes and a quantity of heavy motorized artillery are ready, although good part of this equipment Is said to be old and defective. de-fective. A report from Alexandria claims thnt Venlxelns has abandoned Crete nd fled toward Egypt rviMINUTIVE King Prajadhlpok of Slam has renounced his throne, relinquished his claims to being known as "brother of the BiiMin and possessor of 24 umbrellas," um-brellas," assuming the simpler. If still unpronounceable name of Prince Sukhodnya, and retired to the simple sim-ple life of an English country gentleman. gen-tleman. By his action, the ex monarch mon-arch set a record, for It It probably the first time in history that a ruler has abandoned power because his government rejected his demands for greater freedom and democratic control for his people. "My Inten tlon that the people should have real voice in the policy of the government has been Ineffective." the ex king wrote In his message f abdication. "Since I realize that bow there Is no longer any way of my assisting or protecting the peo ple In the future, I hereby renounce all rights which I had as king or tights of succession, but 1 reserve the rights which I formerly enjoyed berore accession to the throne." Prince Ananda, nephew of Pra Janhlpok, has accepted the throne. reports state. The prince, now eleven years old, Is attending school in Lausanne. served bis nation so gallantly. Justice Jus-tice Holmes was born In Boston, the son of the noted American poet of the sniue name, lie entered Harvard Har-vard and was In his senior year when the Civil war began, lie enlisted en-listed as a lieutenant, was promoted promot-ed to a captaincy and retired with the rank of colonel. He was wounded wound-ed three times. After the war be returned to school and obtained his law degree. In 1882, Holmes was elevated to the Supreme court of Massachusetts, and In 1902, President Presi-dent Roosevelt appointed him to the United States Supreme court. On October 4. 1028, when he was eighty-seven years old, he became the oldest man ever to sit on the bench of the Supreme court He retired In January, 1932. the world reacted violently after Presi dent Koosevelt declared his administration admin-istration would seek further Jack ing up of commodity prices. Stocks rallied in Mew York, government bonds sagged, and the falling Brit ish pound rose four cents. The President hurriedly issued another statement explaining that his ad vocacy of higher prices did not mean further devaluation of the dollar, at least not for the present The first statement was made by the President at a press conference when he was asked If he believed prices had now risen sufficiently to warrant stabilization. He replied that they had not; that they were still too low Id relation to debts. fUVEIt WENDELL HOLMES. Jurist, scholar, soldier and gen tleman. Is dead. Two days before bis ninety-fourth birthday, the be loved "great dissenter" dis-senter" succumbed to the ravages of pneumonia. The next day- In the somber som-ber Supreme court chamber, the court led by Chief Justice Hughes paid tribute trib-ute to the man whose career, be said, had been one of "unique distinction. distinc-tion. Justice Hogbes voice choked as be spoke. The grind of legislation and the disputes of the day were forgotten In congress as both the house and senate paused while glowing words were said In memory of the retired Justice. Funeral services were held In Washington, Wash-ington, attended by the Presldeut and Mrs. Roosevelt and members tit the Supreme court After the ceremony. Holmes was given military mili-tary burial la Arlington National remetery. as befitted one who bad CENATB administration leaders -' have decided to virtually abol ish NRA when It expires In June, and set up In Its place a plan of self-government In business, eliminating elim-inating present . coercive measures. and giving over administrative func tions of the new program to the federal trade commlsion. Thus would end one of the administration's administra-tion's most spectacular and far- reaching experiments. In Its general gen-eral form, the plan calls for per mission to Join In voluntary codes regulating trade practices and elim inating unfair competition. Price fixing will be outlawed. Business and Industry will agree to minimum wages and maximum hours, and only when these standards are violated, vio-lated, can the government apply compulsory codes. At the same time United States District Judge W. (1. Borah, in New Orleans, denied a government pe tition to compel a box manufacturer to comply with the maximum hour and minimum wage provisions of the lumber code, ruling that the national Industrial recovery act Is unconstitutional. The ruling Is ex pected to bring before the United Spates Supreme court the constitutionality consti-tutionality of the Interstate com merce clause of the lumber code. TM1AT "ancient repository of dig- nltv." the senate, has been treat ed to eh exhibition of personal! ties, vituperation, barely avoided 1 1 s 1 1 c encounters, and general uproar up-roar centering about Senator Long thnt should set a record for even thnt august body. Gond- ed Into action by the almost dally tl rades of Louslana's Klngflsh, majority lender Joe Robin son of Arkansas arose, white with rnge, and let loose a cnstlgatlon detdgned to blast the Irrepressible Ir-repressible Long Into submission. Robinson appealed to the senate to assert Itself and put Long, whom he called "a madman," In his place. Vice President Garner and more than a dozen senators shook hands with Robinson when he closed, and galleries applauded until the chair threatened to clear them. It had no perceptible effect on Long other than to cause him to rush back to the senate chamber, and renew bis attack on Robinson. The next day Huey precipitated another verbal free-for-all when he resumed his one-man campaign against Postmaster Farley and the New Deal In general. Long charged that Farley was Instrumental In Quashing an Indictment agnlnst bank In which Norman Davis, "am bassador at large," was Interested, For his trouble Klnerish received a liberal supply of ridicule. He also sent to the senate post office com mlttee a letter In which the ac cusation was made that Farley Is "profiting" from 25 business concerns con-cerns In New York city. Involving violation of four criminal statutes. When questioned. Farley said he had no statement to make. OKI HIROTA, Japanese foreign minister, sees In the dispute over settlement of Japanese farm ers in Arizona, a spark which may Ignite flames of discontent and cause regrettable consequences be tween Japan and the United States, he told the lower house of the Jap anese diet He expressed extreme regret that American authorities bad not been able to settle the matter, mat-ter, and said he was pressing for an early solution. Exclusion of the Japanese has been asked under the alien land ownership law, and It Is probable that no fundamental so lution can be arrived at until the exclusion clause of the Immigration Immigra-tion act which has been hanging fire since 1924, has been settled. Vr . Nv Donald Richberg Senator Robinson DONALD RIC11BERQ, executive director of the National Emer gency council, and one of the closest clos-est advisers of the President "guar anteed" fiat there would be no mone-ta mone-ta ry Inflation as long as Franklin D. Roosevelt Is President Presi-dent His state-ment state-ment came In answer an-swer to a questioner question-er at a lecture In Boston. "If we are to assume as-sume that President Presi-dent Roosevelt will be President for the next six years, I can tell you this: I can guarantee there will be no Inflation while Franklin D. Roosevelt Is President" Richberg said. He dodged further discussion of the subject and refused to comment as to what was being done by the government Internationally and na tlonally on monetary policies. However, How-ever, Richberg did touch on the Townsend plan for payment of $200 monthly to all persons over sixty. He said: If everybody over sixty Is to get $200 a mouth, you can be certain it la going to come out of the pockets of everybody between eighteen and sixty. "When those under sixty have ar rived at the unselfish attitude where they are ready to dig to pay everybody every-body over sixty the $200 a month, there will have been a tremendous spread of real Christianity. But the government can't get the money out of thin air." THERE seems to be no doubt about the "pink slip" clause In the income tax law being repealed. Overwhelming sentiment for Its abolishment has been expressed In both houses of congress, and the house ways and means committee has already approved the resolution offered by Chairman Doughton. Polls taken disclose a heavy major ity In the senate favor repeal, and both Democratic and Republican house leaders are pledged to lend their strength to prompt passage of the measure. Congressional decl slon on the "pink slips" must be registered before March 15, the date for flllne tax returns, if It Is to serve Its Intended purpose. Plan to Strengthen Our Land and Sea Defenses Largest Appropriation for Army and Navy Ever Proposed Pro-posed in Time of Peace Given Congressional Congres-sional Consideration. s. By WILLIAM C. UTLEY APPROPRIATION of approximately approxi-mately $1350.000,000 for mil-Itary mil-Itary expansion on land, on the sea and In the air Is going through the mill of legislation legisla-tion In congress. It Is the largest peace-time appropriation of Its kind ever attempted by the United States. Officials In Washington have taken particular pains to emphasize the fact that all of the proposed additions addi-tions are strictly of a defensive nature. na-ture. Included In the program are large additions to and replacements for army fighting equipment naval replacements re-placements and auxiliaries, and what Is regarded as most Important of alL at least by the Japanese and other Orientals the projection of America's western frontier 2,000 miles out Into the Pacific ocean. "The world's largest air base," as the Japanese press has been pleased to phrase It would consist of a chain of air bases stretching In a gigantic, sweeping curve from Alas ka through the Hawaiian Islands to the Panama Canal Zone. This would, In military affect, make the Pacific coast the secondary western line of defense and would create of the northeastern Pacific a great "In land sea." The plans have been In the making for more than a year and are claimed by officials to hare no relation whatever to Japan's re cent abrogation of the naval treaty. Key to the whole project will be an $11,000,000 air base at Hawaii, supplemented by a large naval base. The entire new frontier will of New and Improved munitions supplies sup-plies and purchase of reserves, $45,-000,000 $45,-000,000 ; air corps expansion, as recommended rec-ommended by the report of the Baker board last year, $90,000,000; anti-aircraft equipment, $35,000,000; coast defenses, $23,000,000; mechanization mechan-ization of army units, $16,000,000, and procurement of . new types developed de-veloped since the World war, $18,-000,000. $18,-000,000. Housing the army would take a generous slice of the total: air corps construction, $44,(500.000; army quarters and barracks, $80,-100,000; $80,-100,000; National Guard camps. $8,-400,000, $8,-400,000, and automotive equipment $22,189,000. According to General MacArthur, army equipment Is In a deplorable state. The boys are still drilling with 1903 Springfield rifles, he says. He urged that 175 pursuit, 200 bombing, 140 observation, 100 training train-ing and 65 cargo planes, be secured for defensive purposes, and asked that $16,000,000 be set aside for modern arms and mechanism. Mechanized Equipment This amount would equip only one regiment with medium weight tanks, one with light tanks, a mechanized brigade of cavalry, a battery of field artillery, seven troops with armored cars, and seven Infantry companies with light tanks. This force would require the acquisition of 2S5 lightweight light-weight tanks. 162 medium tanks, 48 armored cars, 44 combat cars, S3 scout cars and 76 half-track trucks. All these would be armed with .30 and .50 caliber machine guns. .Increases in the National Guard "While we are laggard neither Id numbers of aircraft nor In their general gen-eral quality at the present time, we might easily become go if we fall to accept these lessons of the current policies of other powers." This hardly agrees with the charge of Brig. Gen. William E. Mitchell, former chief of the army air corp9, before the patents committee of the house of representatives. The fiery general said the United States did not have a single airplane suitable for engaging In warfare against a first-class power. He also let loose a tirade against the manufacturers aircraft association, which has control con-trol of most of the aeronautic patents, pat-ents, declaring that an airplane could be made for $1,000 If It were not for this monopoly. Said the Baker report: "In general gen-eral aviation the United States leads the world; It Is superior In commercial com-mercial aviation, Its naval aviation is stronger than any other power, and with more financial support its army aviation can be raised to a world position equal to that held by our navy." The Federal Aviation commission was all in favor of the expansion. "Nothing short of a radical change In the International situation situa-tion should be allowed to Interfere with the completion of this program pro-gram or with the making of the necessary nec-essary appropriations to carry It out," said Its report. Aviation Plans. Military aviation plans In this country and frequently In others have always been hampered by two directly opposed schools of thought. These have been deplored by the Baker board, which held that recriminations re-criminations and individualistic public pub-lic announcements have destroyed harmony and co-operation. One of these schools feels that "the next war will be fought in the air," to employ a phrase that has become hackneyed by frequent repetition repe-tition In the last few years. The faction, supported most laudibly by General Mitchell In America, con- jr ft'- 'S- 4 f '"NT ; i tii, M - - , it 4.' . I x i M t , -ft - Center, Giant Guns of the U. 8. 3. Indianapolis. Left 12-Inch Railway Mortar. Right, Gen. Douglas MacArthur. i J - . i I l Oliver W. Holmes CIIANCELIX1R HITLER was not pleased with announcement that Sir John Simon. British foreign sec retary, would visit him to discuss the proposed Anglo-British pact lie sent word that he had a "cold" and could not see Sir John. Offi cials In London derided Hitler's cold, and attribute It to the fact thai Hitler is determined to say when the visit will be acceptable. High sources In Germany have In timated that Hitler wtll not wel come Sir John unless Britain recog nizes Germany's equality. ITALIAN government officials state that nearly 1,000 aviators and several squadrons of planes have sailed for East Africa, and that a second wave of troops has been started to Join the 20.000 already tnsased In Somaliland. General Graziana has been named governor of Somaliland and commauder of the troops. CLAY WrILLIAMS. head of the NRA, tendered his resignation to the President starting what Is expected to be a wholesale house- cleaning of the recovery adminis tration's high command. Chairman Williams explained his action by say- tng that he had to return to his job as head of one of the country's larg est tobacco companies. Three of the four remaining members of the board. Arthur D. Whiteside, Walton Hamilton, and Sidney Hlllman, are known to have their resignations ready. Rumors say that the PresI dent will not fill the vacancies, but will return the NRA to a one-man command. rY A Tote or za to l tne nouse w wavs and means committee ap proved the Vinson bonus bill, and gave the rival Patiuan bill a possible possi-ble edge. The committee Instructed Instruct-ed Chairman Doughton to ask a wide open rule permitting Inflationists Inflation-ists to move the Patmaa measure aa a substitute on the floor. Fat man supporters claim the house will pass the first bonus bill brought op. but conservatives are working to Jockey the "printing press money" measure out of preferred position, The Vinson bill Is favored by the American Legion. FACING Its third "revolutionary general strike" In fourteen months, President Carlos Mendieta's government turned the situation over to Fulgenclo Batista, army commander In chief, who will try t bring some order out of the Cuban chaos. Nearly all government em ployees have Joined the general strike, as have those working In the Havana municipal government course require considerable added man power and equipment to operate. op-erate. The army's share of the appropriation appro-priation would be $405,000,000, as proposed by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, MacAr-thur, chief of staff. The budget of the navy would be Increased to $528,87U47, exclusive of the $278,-000,000 $278,-000,000 the PWA allotted to It for new warships. The latter amount U still largely unused. Use Merchant Marine. Besides this, President Roosevelt has conceived a huge subsidization of the United States merchant marine ma-rine which would permit modernization moderniza-tion and strengthening of ships along basic plans of the navy. This would make It possible for the ships to offer a maximum amount of usefulness use-fulness as auxiliary naval equipment equip-ment In time of war. Ills plan also Includes gradual replacement of 100 auxiliary naval vessels, with construction con-struction of 30 vessels during the next two years, at a cost of about $150,000000. The present personnel of the army Includes approximately 118.-750 118.-750 men. The expansion program would Increase this by at least one-third, one-third, and would add 2.320 planes to the air service; President Roosevelt would be given the power of augmenting aug-menting the personnel, with a limit of 165.000. The army's budget would be Increased by $00,000,000; the budget only a short time ago was stepped np more than $48,500,-0(0. $48,500,-0(0. The expansion requires an anount about double the lverage appropriation to the War department depart-ment for military purposes. As Indicated In a series of meetings meet-ings of the military affairs committee commit-tee of the bouse of representatives, the army's $405,000,000 would be spent somewhat along these lines: personnel from 190.000 to 210.000 would require $2,500,000 and an ad ditional 5854,000 a year for maintenance. main-tenance. Pay, clothing and the necessities of life for additional officers offi-cers and men would take $25,000,-000. $25,000,-000. Not Included In this outlay Is $600,000,000 which will go to the CCC for the next year, the administration admin-istration persisting in Its declaration declara-tion that the camps are In no way military ventures. Asked If It would not be more advisable to double the standing army than to double the CCC personnel. General MacArthur replied : "Yes. the arguments are Invincible. In-vincible. It costs you less by a third for a soldier than a CCC boy, the training Is Just as good and you are Insuring the future of your country." Long-held ambitions of the air service may be realized with, expansions ex-pansions which would give the United States by far the most powerful pow-erful aviation force In the world. The proposals which were suggested by the Baker committee In Its report re-port on the army air corps last July have the full backing of the Federal Aviation commission. Projections outlined would more than double the air strength of the army. By 1941 the United States would boast 4,230 airplanes, a force much stronger than any which exists ex-ists In the world at the present moment. mo-ment. Present strength of the army air corps Is about 1.4D7 planes. Under the expansion program, this would be Increased to 2.320 by 193S. The navy today has 971 planes, and would Increase this to 1,910 by 194L America Not Behind. The aviation commission reported that America is not seriously behind other nations In the air. Its report said: SAVINGS ets of these baS U4 7.834 to$liV(Sbji ttaandatsbeinS der record a., wish - -ouieg ior Tm to Thlllp A. Benson, p5cl National AssoolMtu'l. ings banks. Ul UH There nlan . .... i 756,405 to surplus brtoJ. to $1,192.61 deposits. New Ye-.?? savings banks led the n tlo'1 They also led In deposit rJ being $81,245,170 10 keeP dean tnd Wil - J Pierce-. Ple,.ant fU.A Uver, boweU and t macCT tends that the air forces should be completely separated from land or sea forces. General Mitchell, when in office, went so far as to secure the aviators special pay and different dif-ferent uniforms. According to his views, a good air force could wipe out all surface vessels of the sea with dispatch and could reduce armies by overwhelming numbers because of the suddenness of their attack. The other school contends that the air force Is only a part of the general military program of defense, and this school seems to find General Gen-eral MacArthur on Its side. This faction, of course, would expand ex-pand and foster the air service, keeping its speed and efficiency at least on a par with that of the forces of other nations, but It declares de-clares that since the planes depend upon ground forces for supply and support they should be regarded only as extremely valuable auxiliaries auxil-iaries to the fighting forces of the land, which In reality take, occupy and hold territory. This Important discussion has caused congress for many years to be exceedingly wary In the matter of appropriations of money for aerial expansion. 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