Show A 4 ildi i A I 1 ff W nv summarizes THE ME WORLDS WEEK 0 western newspaper union chinese floo floe from capital capital of china was N abandoned as we the sent seat of the government because of the rapid advances westward of the japanese forces were being scattered in several cities the central point being dankow on the yingtse miles west of one army of the invaders was moving from shanghai Shan on and another was about to at tack ksinan capital capita I 1 chiang K ot of shantung brov kal kai slick inca e in north china china however was tar far from g giving I 1 v 1 n 9 up the fight it was reported in shanghai that generalissimo chiang kat kai shek had resigned as president of the executive council in order to lead his troops in a final effort to stop the japanese and win the war 11 II 11 kung it was said would succeed chiang in the presidency ile ho Is finance minister thousands of civilians and foreigners were fleeing from but military authorities remained there and declared the city would not bo be surrendered to the japanese without a desperate tight fight it if the japanese penetrate the powerful Il lindenburg line anchored on Soo chow Chang shu and kashing the chinese were expected to fall back to new positions stretching from on the yingtse river to miles cast of paris heard that japan was threatening to establish a naval blockade of the chinese coast it any nations attempted to send supplies to the chinese armies britain woos hitler HALIFAX lord prest VISCOUNT adent dent of the council in the british cabinet was in germany ostensibly tor for the purpose of at visiting a hunting exhibition but actually to negotiate with hitler and other nazi chiefs tor for the establishment of more friendly relations between great britain and germany public belief was that he was authorized to hint to hitler that there was hope germany m a ny might regain some of its lost colonies if germany would abandon its economic isolation and operate cooperate co with other european powers in a revised league of nations the british want to detach germany man y and italy too it possible from their alliance with japan halifax was a bitting messenger to send to berlin for he Is an outstanding ind friend of germany among british officials X leaving it up to undo uncle sam T U congress changes the neutrality act it is probable the nations that signed and adhered to the nine power pacific treaty will take no posit positive lye action against japan A tor for violating that pact the delegates to the brussels conference 11 j x with the exception v of at italy voted to censure cens ure the japanese fo for r making war on china and then adjourned to get further instructions it axom 0 1 n their 1 N 11 davis governments government great britain and france agreed to join in any effort short of war which the united states may decide should be ba made this meaning economic sanctions against japan B but ut the isolationist policy of this country would have to be abandoned it if such sanctions were to bo be of any avail A long document was sub submit mitt fd d to tile conference by china asking that the war be ended by the infliction of penalties against japan the memorandum gave statistical tables that showed economic sanctions could halt japan because of that na eions dependence on foreign markets and foreign sources of supply norman H davis chief amerl can delegate in addressing the con ference was rather conciliatory toward japan but he said the question in its final analysis Is whether international relations shau shall be determined by arbitrary force or by law and respect for international ter treaties in tact fact that seems to be the greatest issue facing g the world today airplane crash tragedy rand DUKE GEORGE OF G GRAND HESSE his wife mother and two little sons and six other persons persona were killed when a belgian air liner crashed and burned near ostend they were on their way to attend the wedding of the dukes brother ludwig in london ludwig succeeded to the title and the marriage ceremony was performed privately with him and his bride margaret campbell geddes daughter of 0 sir Aub auckland kland geddes in deep mourning ludwig was the third grand duke of his line within a week for his father died only a few days before the airplane tragedy c extra session opens ITH the evident intention of WITH doing what it can to aid business congress began Us its extraordinary session its first business was to usten listen to a rather er long message from mr roosevelt in which the chief executive iva committed himself to limit cd ad tax law revision tor for the purpose of removing admitted injustices suffered especially by small business and non noil speculative investors president roosevelt lt sevc mr arr roosevelt 0 as a v e I 1 t proposed tax modifications adequate to encourage productive enterprise ter prise but explained that ho he sought primarily to aid at the expense of individual or partnership undertaking the president said exercise of ordinary prudence would protect the nation against prolonged busl business recession lie he reiterated his intention to balance the next fiscal year budget and demanded that congress find and provide new revenue tor for any added expenditures authorized now the president asked congress to provide 1 wages and hours legislation 2 an all weather crop control program 3 reorganization of executive departments part ments 4 national planning for better use of natural resources it appeared certain that a vigorous opposition to all or part of this program would arise but nearly everybody seemed in favor of tax law revision plot to kill stalin FROM F ROY foreign diplomats stationed in moscow came reports that a plot by german agents agert to nate dictator stalin of russia had been uncovered and that it might compromise maxim litvinov foreign commissar who left the brus sea conference suddenly and apparently parent ly seriously worried investigations by the G P U already have resulted in the recall or dis appearance of many leading russian diplomats the german consul general in lenial rad ad was ordered to leave the country immediately dia tely it Is believed two german agents arrested some weeks ago confessed the conspiracy to murder stal stalin I 1 n and involve the country in a civil wai war Pi fireside reside chat CALLING ALLINO on the nation for full co operation in the iho taking of the vol voluntary u census of the unemployed taken by the post department president roosevelt in a fireside chat by radio said that permanent cure of the unemployment employ problem lies in finding jobs job in in industry and agriculture nevertheless he said it Is still the policy of the administration that no on one a shall starve through lack of government a aid id lie gave assurance that tile the government ern ment will try to stimulate private industry enough to enable it to reabsorb re absorb the jobless and alter after the results of the census are tabulated a long range program will be launched this program he said will apply ay to employers as well as to workers and in this was perceived a note of encouragement to business the president ant said prosperity of tho the nation depended upon national purchasing power and added our farsighted far tar sighted industrial leaders now izo that a very substantial share of corporate earnings must bo be paid out in wages or the soil boll from which those these industries grow will soon become impoverished eri erl shed our farm farmers ers recognize that their largest customers anro the workers for wag wages es and th that it farm mari markets cats cannot bo be maintained except through widespread purchasing power mr roosevelt emphasized that america will not try to solve the employment problem by a hugs huge armament program as other nations are doing 4 c Thal bergs millions A A N filed in probate court at los angeles placed a gross value of on the estate of irving G thalberg motion picture producer tho the net estate will amount to about after several cash bequests to members of tho the family the remainder will be divided into three trust funds of about each the income from ono one of those will go to norma shearer Sh carer his widow for the remainder of her life their two children are to receive the income from the remaining two funds until they are thirty five years old then the principal K lewis back from europe LEWIS of illinois re S SENATOR turned from a tour of germany in which he sought to arrange for payments to american holders of german municipal bonds the group of which he was a member has submitted a report to secretary of state hull in france england and germany the senator said he f found a strong increase in american exports to the three countries but expressed himself at a loss to see how the nations could pay for their purchases because they are all in debt as a result of feverish preparations tor for or against war row in m coal bureau EORGE E acting dl di G GEORGE rector of the division of examiners of the bituminous coal commission resigned and suggested a congressional investigation of th the a agency ile he says it has almost completely broken down and tor for this he blames senators mcadoo of Call california for and mcguffey McGuff oy of pennsylvania aaret revealed that there has been a row in the commission tor for several months over patronage which he alleges has been hogged by the senators and that another cause of dissension has been the fact that the commission has been seeking to grant railroads below cost fuel at the expense of general consumers heros wallaces program S SECRETARY WALLACE offered a program which he said would promote security for or both farmers and consumers in his annual report to the president to finance it he h recommended a moderate processing tax on cotton only crop control when necessary and the over ever normal granary are parts of ills his plan these are the six points of the program which wallace said would harmonize with the general welfare 1 farmers should have a share in the national income to reestablish establish re the prewar ratio of the average farmers purchasing power to that of the average non farmer 2 the people who live on the land must have security of tenure either cither as owners of land or renters on a longtime long time basis 3 the soil must be used properly and conserved for future farmers and future city dwellers 4 farmers through sound coop co op era tives must come into control of those marketing processing purchasing and service functions which they can manage efficiently 5 family sized farms should be favored by federal programs bene pt payments and other such aids ift to rural income 0 6 federal and state fun funds ds should continue to be ba spent to promote agricultural ri research and farm efel clency K death of atlee aflee pomerene Po mereno PNEUMONIA put 81 an end to the 1 career of atlea Por pomerene nerene former senator from ohio he died in cleveland at the age of seventy three years pomerene gained tame fame as a special prosecutor in the tea pot dome oil inquiry and president hoover made him cha chairman I 1 r m a n 0 of f the reconstruction finances corporation |