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Show day Premier Mussolini FOR three conferred in Rome with News Review of Current Italy Baron Konstantin von Neurath, foreign minister of Germany. Then an official communique was issued indicating that the two countries were Events the World Over . . . - . e Dingible Ilindenburg Destroyed by Explosion, lwo score Representative J. J. Cochran of Missouri, Democrat. It has a worth while objective, but it is one of those expensive measures which we can defer passing for a while until the budget is in balance," declared NE of the major tragedies of aeronautical history occurred when the big German dirigible Hindenburg exploded and fell in a blazing mass at the landing field in Lakehurst, N. J. At this writing the exact number of dead is unknown, but it probably is more than Cochran. 8. American passengers who in the early reports were unaccounted for and presumably killed were: Burt is Dolan, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. John Pannes, New York City; Moritz Feibusch, Lincoln, Neb.; Edward Douglas, New York; James Young and Birger Brinck, addresses not $197,-000,00- 0. given. The airship, just arrived from Europe on its first transatlantic trip of the year, was about to Ignd when there was an explosion toward the stem. Instantly flames broke. out and ran the length of the ship. The tail sagged first, then the nose crashed down and the split sections of telescoped as they fell. the 44 passengers and some members of the crew were able to jump to safety, but many of the others aboard hadnt a chance for their lives. The navy men of the ground crew heroically plunged- - into the flaming wreckage and dragged out those Victims who could be reached. The screbms and' cries of. injured In agony were "terrible, the hardened sailors and marines who did the rescue work reported. The.cloth- ing was completely burned off one man. Another, blown through the envelope, was found moaning near the smashed airship. The survivors and, .rescue work- era told of the terrific-hea- t which followed the explosion and the surge of fire. An explosion of the No. 2 gas cell toward the stern of the ship was named as the cause of the dis--' aster by State Aviation Commissioner GiQ Robb Wilson, who called the Mast strange. Some authorities scouted the theory that the explosion could have been caused by the ignition of hydrogen inside the gas .cells. They said a mixture of 20 per cent ' free air with hydrogen would be necessary to causd an' explosion, indicating the first blast must have occurred outside one of the gas cells. Aeronautical experts said tfte only way they could explain an explosion inside the ship would be that free hydrogen had in some way es- caped and was lying in the stern of the ship where it was accidentally ignited. Capt. Ernest Lehmann, who piloted the Hindenburg last year, was' aboard it on this fatal trip, but its commander was Capt. William Pruss, just promoted to the post. He is a veteran in working dirigibles. .by cutting 1U1 down government expendiOW to economize demand-- - ed, and at the same time to continue exwith penditures as the billion and a half dollars .Mr. Roosevelt asked for relie is a puzzle that congress doesnt know how to solve. Harry ' such-hug- e Works Hopkins, Progress ' administrator and most accomplished. spender dffifowtra-- th H. L. Hopkins tion, took a hand in the discussion, telling a house appropriation subcommittee that unemployment is a permanent problemL that the government should be prepared to support seven million job- less persons at all times, and consequently that congress must appropriate the billion and a half for relief instead of cutting the sum down to a billion. Both Democrats end Republicans on the committee protested, and Chairman Woodrun of Virginia told Hopkins he would use every endeavor to have the appropriation re-duced by at least a third. He chal- lenged the figures and arguments - - Submitted by Hopkins, contending that if the extravagance of the work relief principle and the padding of relief rolls with undeserving cases ' were eliminated and the states to assume a greater share of the burden, the cost to the federal government would not exceed one ed - billion.. Senator William II. King of Utah, Democrat, not only, disagrees with ' Hopkins ..as to the amount needed '" for relief, but isnt satisfied with the way the' administrator has been : conducting the work. He introduced resolutions in the senate balling for sn investigation of the works prog- -' ress administration and taking-thfuture spending of relief money out Of Hopkins, hands.- King- said his purpose was to abolish the WPA. In the house economy received a wallop on the head wlien the reforestation, bill,' wap passed, 171 to 153. This measure would appropriate $2,500,000 ahnually for 'government aid to farmers who wish to turn part of their farms info woodlands. fought by a bloc led by i i t -- - It-wa- s . - members of congress were still further dazed when they learned that the administration was moving to obtain approval of the Florida ship canal project which will call for This was revealed when Secretary of the Navy Swanson sent to the house rivers and harbors committee a letter urging that the canal scheme' be approved. It was assumed he would not have done this without the approval of the President. Mr. Swanson argued that the canal would be of value during war for the shipment of materials. Testimony labeled "confidential was also heard by the committee from Gen. Charles. P. Summerall, retired chief of staff of the army, and Rear Admiral Frederic B. Bassett, retired. Both declared that the canal would serve as a most important element of the national defense. in time of war.- Representative Baiter of- - New Yqrk, Democrat, called upon the budget bureau to make known its stand on the Florida canal question.EWILDERED forty. tures, as the President has I determined to prevent the creation of a communist state in western Europe, holding "a complete paral-jeiism of views on this and other subjects. It was added that the Italian and German, governments will continue to follow a concordat policy on all 'major questions. It was understood in Roms that, though Mussolini and Hitler were eager to work for peace with Britain and France, they were prepared to take open part in the Spanish war if other means fail to prevent the establishment of a regime sympathetic to soviet Russia. The Italian parliament passed Mussolinis national defense budget Adcarrying $289,300,000 for 1937-3miral Cavagnari, undersecretary for the navy, told the deputies the Italian navy from now on must be an ocean going navy rather than one confined to the Mediterranean. General Pariani, for the war department, said Italy was taking no chances concerning protection of her frontiers. The government, he said, intended to build up in the Italian peninsula an army which would be able to .paralyze an enemys advances and win the war in the shortest possible time. MRS. WALLIS SIMPSON was an absolute decree of divorce in London, and within Winda few hours Edward, duke-osor, was on his way ..from St, .Wolfgang, Austria, to visit his fiancee at the Cha- - - teau de Cande. near Tours, France. The former king of Great Britain had" been waiting impatiently, baggage packed, for word that Wallis was entirely free, FREQUENT reports have been 1 heard iii and he lost no time Washington that govwhen his solicitors ernment employees, including some high officials, took advantage of telephoned him from London. It took only 25 seconds to make their inside knowledge that the attor- absolute the decree nisi which Mrs. ney general was go- Simpson obtained last October 27. ing to file suit to dis- The kings proctor had been satissolve the Aluminum fied with the lady's behavior in the interval, and Sir Boyd Merriman, Company of America by selling the president of the divorce court, percommon stock short, sonally granted the decree along thereby making im- with a lot of others. mense profits. Just The date for the wedding of the the day before the duke of Windsor and Mrs. Simpson suit was filed Pres-- has not yet been announced, but it ident Roosevelt is- - probably will be in the week beginRep. Rogers ned his order ning May 24. Edward was willing against stock speculation by em- to wait until all the coronation hulployees of the government, but it labaloo was over for he did not wish to annoy his royal brother in came too late. Attention of congress was called any way. to the matter when. Representative Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachu-- 1 EICHSFUEHRER ADOLF Republican, demanded an in-- 1 ILER was informed by Pope Pius vestigation. XI that the Roman Catholic church I hold no brief for the Aluminum must be free to fulfill its mission in Company of America, Mrs. Rogers Germany. This reply to the German I know nothing church note; which itself was a retold the house. about the institution, but I am very ply to the pope's encyanxious to know why the common clical accusing the German governstock of this huge enterprising cor- ment of violating the 1933 church-stat- e poration should decline over 300 per concordat, was delivered by cent more than similar industrial Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli to the Gerstocks in the period just prior to an- man ambassador to the holy see, nouncement of the governments Diego von Bergen. suit The note was rather moderate in To the 825,000 employees of the tone,' but insisted that economic angovernment the President's to pressure must not be nouncement was a most czaristic bear against Catholics in brought Germany; order, Mrs. Rogers declared. "I that Catholic schools and the Cathbelieve the money paid to federal olic press should not be hampered. employees is just as much their , do to withM nwney they ple. FLETEM is the money paid to any employee , Motion Picture Crafts, with working at any job in any place in about 6,000 members, went on strike the United States' in and But government employees, she filmHollywood, Calif., was' the great in serious: there industry not to have difficulties. The strike. counted added, certainly ought the advantage of knowledge withheavily on by the Screen held from the public. Actors guild, but that body, which has 5,600 members, delayed action fT W E L V E American women until it could confer with the pro reached what some people con- ducers. The guild already had presider a social climax when they sented a number of demands regardwere received by King George and ing working conditions and hours Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain and overtime pay. at the first court of the new reign. Fifteen of the hotels in San These fa v o r e d matrons and Francisco were largest tied up practically debutantes had been carefully by a strike of 3,500 employees. The coached, at the American embassy strikers were given the active supand were presented by Mrs. Robert port of 13 unions. They insisted that W, Bingham, wife of the American hotel owners had refused to agree ambassador. They were: tc preferential hiring and a five day Eleanora Bowdoin of Aiken, S. week for clerks, although other C.; Mrs. George Temple Bowdoin of groups of hotel employees had been New York City; Catherine M. Maawarded such conditions. her of Lincoln, Neb.; Mrs. George V. Norton Jr of Louisville; Mrs. COME of the most desperate fight-John Perrin of Boston; Anne ing of the Spanish civil war was Schenck of New York City; Vesta taking place in the struggle for BilPutnam Culberson of Chicago; bao between the sturdy Basques and Mrs. F. Vernon Foster of W e s t Gen. Emilio Molas veterans, reputOrange, N. J.; Lydia Fuller of Bosedly mostly Italians and German. Mrs. L. Dozier Gardner of The insurgents had promised not ton; Philadelphia; Mrs. Byron Hilliard to bomb the center of the city but of Louisville, and Mrs. Julia Henry bombarded its environs heavily of Philadelphia. from the land and the air. By fierce attacks they broke through the MINISTER STANLEY Basque lines on the Bay P RIME of Biscay BALDWIN, soon to retire, made coast, reaching Bilbao's seaports at an eloquent plea to the people of the mouth of the Nervion river. Great Britain not to mar the coronathe ot GenDisregarding tion festivities and endanger the eral Franco. Fascistprotests the chieftain, of safety democracy by engaging in British and French governments industrial strife. He was moved to undertook to remove from Bilbao this by a threatened strike in the a large number of women and chilcoal fields and by the danger that dren. the trolley employees of London would go out in sympathy with the DESISTING all efforts of the wouid-b- e striking bus men. Said Mr. Baldwin: economists, the majorI appeal to the handful of men ity in the house passed the War deon whom rests the responsibility of bill carrying. partment appropriation peace or war to give the best pres- $416,400,000 for the fiscal year 1938. ent to the country that could be This is the largest army bill ever given at this moment, to do the one passed in times of peace. thing that would rejoice the hearts of As passed the measure carries all who love this country, and that increases in the pay of the army to is rend and dissipate this dark totaling $5,861,000; and cloud gathered over us and show equipage, $5,500,000; clothing military post the people of the world that this construction, $5,400,000; ordnance democracy at least can still prac- service and supplies, $5,800,000, and tice the art of peace in world strife." National Guard, $1,600,0001 p HIT-sett- s, pre-East- er F,M - an ioM "JhJmkd about '- Humane Fax Hunting. - CALIF. SANTA MONICA, it has been deis hucided that mane. This opinion emanates from the hunters. The foxes hove, not .been heard. from, on the subject ' fox-hunti- ng Maybe you- don't know it, but among there a lot of us, especially down south. Befog but a lot of stubborn nonconformists, southerners do not follow the historic rules. A party at large wearing a red coat white panties and high boots would be mistaken for a refugee from a circus band.' And anybody blowing a horn as Irvin 8. Cobb he galloped across hill and dale would be set down as an insane fish peddler; and if you shouted View, halloo! Tantivy, tantivy! Yoicks, yoicksl or words to that effect theyd think you were a new kind iff Down there theyve, chased the fox until hes wise. The foxes have learned that the hounds cant fot low trail on a paved highway and' so quit the thicket 'for the concrete when the chase is on."- A fox has been sitting- in the middle of the Mg road . listening to the bewildered pack. On second, thought maybe Brer Fox isnt so smart, after all not with automobile traffic what it is. Tis' a hard .'choice stay in the woods and get caught or take to the pike and get run over. - fox-hunti- ng - hog-calle- King George VL 5,000,000 - line London Elizabeth. Streets to View Coronation Procession r. - Queen London England. (Special) full day ..of mortal toil for the principals concerned, and a iday and night of heroic vigil for thousands of spectators were required before George VI and Elizabeth, his queen, returned to Buckingham palace, ruler and consort of of one of the virtue Britain by most splendid and spectacular coronations the'world has ever seen. -r-- A. full-fledg- ed setting of the sun on May 11. jm night they had to stick to their watch and all the next day. Yet they did not even see the coronation ceremony itself. They witnessed only the procession as it passed us the Mall. Qneen Precedes King. The ceremony at the: abbey mi only for the peerage, the persons of royal blood and the kings repr. esentatives.. With the clergy, they were waiting at the west door of the handsome Gothic edifice, .taking their places inside as the approach Courageous Republicans. , besides the writer, can of the coronation coach, an ornate WHO, when the Democrats held, Five million persons, it was esti- vehicle made for Queen Anne in their jubilation ralliesthe night be- mated, lined the processional route, 1761, was noted. Once inside they fore a presidential election and the over which the King and Queen in were doomed to sit for seven hours Republicans the night after the re- the ancient coronation coach rolled fo their heavy, trappings of crimson miles or purple velvet and ermine, never turns were in, when they had some- solemnly the six and one-ha- lf seat spaces thing to jubilate over? Now the sit- from the palace to Westminster ab- moving from the and back again allotted them until the end of the uation is just the other way around. bey fo The Literary Digest poll was prac- fo the early evening. day, after the King and Queen hid The solemnity of the occasion departed. tically the only thing the Republicans had to celebrate during the en- was observed by the crowd, even When the coach pulled up, Queen tire fall season of 1936. Elizabeth proceeded ahead to the by the 300,000, mostly .Still, we must give that dimin- who had come from across the seas recognition chairs, there to await ished but gallant band credit for to witness it. But the cheers were her lord. When King George entered, to the sound of anthems and courage.- . Here, in an mid-morni- ng non-Brito- off-ye- . they're spiritedly planning against the next congressional campaign. prayers, he was introduced to the four sides of the assemblage by the archbishop of Canterbury, who assumed the mastery of the ceremonies from that point on. It was the archbishop who, a few minutes later, was to ask the king: Sir, is your Majesty willing to take the oath? The king answered, according to the ritual, 1 am wilting, and the Archbishop questioned him: Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the peoples of Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the Union of South Africa, of your posse sions and the other territories to English Recruiting. English are still having inducing young fellows to Join the colors. First,- the government tried, to increase enlistments by giving every recruit a giddy new blue uniform, absolutely free of charge, and still the lads refused. So now, as an appeal which, 'tis believed, no true Britisher can THE - withstand, the military authorities announce- that, .hereafter, Tommy Atkins will have time off for afternoon tea. ' This may be a new- notion for peacetime, but, during the great war, the custom was maintained even up at the front Many a time Ive seen all ranks, from the brigadiers op down, knocking off for. tea. didn't militate However, against his majestys forces, because, at the same hour; the Germans, over on their side of the line, were having coffee or what the Germans mistake for coffee. And the French took advantage of the lull to catch up with their bookkeeping on what the. allies owed them for damage to property, ground rent, use. of trenches, billeting space, wear and tear, etc., etc. Did it ever occur fo our own gen-- . staff that guaranteeing a daily eral ' interval might stimulate volunteering for the American army7 . - - this . crap-shootin- g The Job of Censorship. why moving pictures ONE reason so clean is because, some of the people who censor them dirty minds. To the very pure everything is so impure, is it not? That's why some of us think the weight of popular opinion, rathd er than the judgment of official judges in various states, should decide what should and what should not be depicted. Anyhow, there are so many movies which,' slightly amending the old ballad, are more to be pitied than censored. Sponsors of radio programs also lean over backward to be prudishly proper. But without let or hindrance the speaking stage, month by month, grows fouler and filthier. Suggestive lines once created a shock in the audience mind. The lines no. longer suggest they come right out and speak 'the nastiness. Sauce for the goose isn't sauce for the gander, 'twould seem or maybe, after the reformers got through saucing radio and .screen, there wasnt any left over for the legitimate stage. have-suc- . narrow-braine- so-call- IRVIN S. CURB C-W-NU Servlet. Modern Language Course The study of French, English and German has been introduced into El Azhur university, Cairo, the oldest university in the world, established in 972 A. D.- any of them belonging or pertaining, and of your Empire of India, according to their respective laws and customs? Heir presumptive to the most "I solemnly promise to do so," throne on earth is eharm ing, the king replied. Will you to your power cause Princess Elizabeth. law and justice, fo mercy, to be ex hale and hearty and the attitude cuted in all your Judgments? the Was one of celebration as the roar archbishop asked. And the king reof the guns in the historic Tower plied, I will. He promised forth of London split the air of the spring to upihold the clergy and the Church afternoon. It was the signal that of England. George VI had worn upon his head King Given His Vestments. for the first time the Crown iff St. followed a long drawn out There Edward, or Crown of England, and communion service during which called for the cry from 5,000,000 with the throats as one, God Save the the king was presented which the with various jewels . King! flee vests him, and was anointed Hotels Sold Out. upon the hands, breast and toe This was probably the most im- with the holy oil. Among the jewj portant point in the entire coronaels presented him were the staa tion ceremony, which was heavily and ew sceptre, with the cross religious throughout and. extremely golden spurs, handed down from burdensome to the principals as the time of St. Edward: the three well as to the 9,000 peers and their swords signifying mrcy ladies who gathered fo 'old West- jeweled justice and spiritual W' temporal minster abbey to do homage to their the kings sceptre with tne tice; king and to display for one day dove symbolic of mercy and 9uUy jewels and trappings the cost of the sword of state; the king j which ran far into the millions. and diamond orb, surmounted vj crown It was the climax of the occasion the Christian cross; the for which souvenir manufacturers state and the imperial crown had been planning for many dia. The jewels 'used in the cermonths; for which every hotel 'and emonies are reputed to be worth boarding house room in London and least $25,000,000. its environs was sold out; for which Then as the king kweWjfgJ apartments rented up to. $3, 000 for the altar, the archbishop placed a single day; for which the govern- Crown of St. Edward upon his ment had spent $2,600,000, with a w for fleeting moment but prospect of getting back perhaps its only unbearable. is weight $400,000 from the sale of seats along prayed: the processional, route at $2 to God crown you with s crm a head. By glory and righteousness, that Souvenir manufacturers, distractof this, our benrfgjj ministry ed at first over the abdication of a having right faith King Edward VIII for they had fruit of good works, you mpF . . struck his likeness off on millions everlasting of medals, spoons, plates and other the crown of anof him whose the dom gift by articles later became jubilant. For endurcth forever. the souvenir collectors were so anx- dom The choir sang: ious to obtain the mistaken souveBe strong and play the . nirs that the latter sold at a prethe commandments keep mium. Lord thy God, and walk That the sentiment for the crown which is the chief bond holding the g dvkj Solemn, Empire together,' lives healthy and for the man who must e strong was apparent from the thou- crown of one of the mewl sands who, not being able to afford tant nntions on earth in time reserved seats, took their stand tlie the seething caldron of ever- along the curbs long before the hits threatens hourly to bod im-forta-nt ld -- . j -- kr thought-provokin- |
