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Show CAPITAL A I GLEANINGSjlk ; '" by f-. v' l4lenryDworshak& ; ... Z'.J I YOUR CONGRESSAAM JJilliLL.Iiii 1 lil.iho 1 .cliiiniUliHl develupllielil ts stressed Fri'lay when (governor 1a.11; Chirk and Congressman Idle and Uwoishiik uiipeareit be re I he house committee on ap-oin ap-oin lal ions for the department 01 leiinr. Kadi made a lenslhy iih-inenl in behalf of utilization Hie stale's natural re.,oiirce.i. ie. governor and Hie second dla-ict dla-ict repiesenliitlve part icularly Hed const met ion of the Grand illey project on Lite South Fork Snake river, whrch has been ap-oved ap-oved by the bureau of reclama-111 reclama-111 and the army engineers board, r. While advocated larger appro-iatlons appro-iatlons to expedite construction the Payette division of the dsn project and also the Ander-m Ander-m Ranch reservoir on the Boise , iiilh Folk. Governor Clark and the entire alio delegation held a conference it unlay to discuss problems con-outing con-outing the slate. Other Idahoans siting In thu capital ar0 Robert itiller, stale chairman of the Deni-ralic Deni-ralic party. Rav McKalg and Tom n China, where tle-ie i.-, reported jii'dfound concern over tie- ilkel,-j i,od thiit Kussian aid to tiiiit conn j .ry will now he eliminated. - Mrs. W. W. Brothers of i'ocalel to, was elected as one of its vice presidents general by the nftieili conl i 111-11 1 ;t congress of the national society of D.A.R., in session here last week. Mrs. Druthers Is the first Idahoau to hold an office in Hie national society. Stale Keenl Mrs. Henry Ashcroft of Payette, ami Mrs. K. A. Wheeler of Caldwell also attended the congress. A far-reaching bill to prohibit defense de-fense strikes without a 25-day "cooling off" period and to freeze existing open and closed shops in defense plants was approved April 17 by the house naval affairs com-mittee. com-mittee. This is the first major strike curbing bill to be reporled out to the house this session, and undoubtedly will be highly controversial. I i NC, A GEM ENT' LOCAL GIRL ANNOUNCED Mr. and Mrs. Weston J. Smith of Preston, announce the engagement engage-ment and approaching marriage of their daughter, Eunice Dorothy, to R. Lewis Beesley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Beesley of Clinton, Utah. The wedding will be solonmized in the Logan L.D.S. temple on Tuesday, May 13. n r ;u t in. Although administration spokes-en spokes-en deny Ihe possibility of convoy-g convoy-g supplies to Britain, the assum-g assum-g of a protectorate by the United ates over Greenland, and various ports In the capital accentuate Is development which, it is pre-cled, pre-cled, would inevitably involve tis actual warfare. When the presi-nl. presi-nl. slated that federal statutes digate the government to protect nerican merchant vessels where-er where-er they operate outside of com-t com-t zones, he did not specifically en lion "contraband of war." Mer-:ant Mer-:ant vessels carrying such caries car-ies are subject to seizure by bel-;erenls, bel-;erenls, under international law. ! i The situation in, the Balkans, al-j al-j ough extremely serious, is not i eating any more alarm than the ; utrality and friendship pact re-: re-: ntly effected between Russia and : pun. The nonchalance displayed Secretary Hull is misleading, d informed observers are fear-I fear-I that, not only has Britain sut-ed sut-ed a diplomatic setback, but also j is country, both of w hich have 1 en seeking to cultivate a friendly iitude on the part of the Stalin 'Vernmotff. Although Mr. Hull clared "th0 significance of this i, ct could be overestimated," ob-vers ob-vers point to the repercussions |