Show W IF W y summarizes THE WORLDS WEEK 0 western newspaper union house passos wage hour bill ID representative MARY MAHY NOR R v TONS wage hour blu bill finally got through the house by a vote of to ba 7 despite fierce opposition of the southern demo brats etwas it was sent on to the senate which has passed a widely differing measure and where opposition blocs were reported 40 forming to carry on a filibuster the southerners fought for or differentials favoring their industries and were rep norton aided g by y a few y republicans republic public ans tins who called the bill a vote catcher that would throw millions out of work the measure establishes rigid wage hour standards for certain classes of workers in all industries operating in interstate commerce regardless ot ol prevailing sectional scales it fixes an initial wage of 0 25 cents an hour which steps up to 40 cents an hour in three years and a 44 hour week graduating to 40 in I 1 two years A coalition of farm state representatives senta tives and the southern democrats put over a drastic amendment offered by mrs norton exempting thousands of employees engaged in the processing of agricultural commodities modi ties from the provisions of the measure other amenda amendments anti exempt retail establishments in intrastate commerce the entire fishing indest industry ry and of and semiweekly semi weekly newspapers with less than circulation the shipment in commerce of goods produced with the aid ot of child labar labor Is prohibited but child actors are exempt from this provision when the fight ft ended mrs norton chairman of the labor committee was cheered and hugged by the victorious administration democrats 1 1 l morgan charges deceit D DR R ARTHUR E MORGAN ousted chief of TVA wa was I 1 the first witness heard by the congressional committee inquiring into the affairs of the authority in straightforward fashion he told his side of the story atory charging his fellow directors with dishonest management he explained he did not mean david lil bribes or stole money but that they deceived the president congress and the public that they covered up important facts tending to throw doubt on the advisability of the governments ern ments huge social experiment reported a false electric power yardstick and were subservient to political ind and other special interests interest ile he accused lilienthal LlUent hal flatly of deceit in leading the public to believe that the financial accounts of the communities buying power from the TVA include all the costs of the service they render to the public dr morgan discussed in great detail the celebrated berry marble case involving sen george L berry tennessee democrat A boss mines hines arrested TAMES AMES J HINES most powerful aj leader of tammany hall and chief dispenser of federal patronage in new york was arrested on charges arising from the million dollar a year policy game racket tn in that city ile he surrendered in the of district attorney thomas E dewey hard hitting young prosecutor of manhattans Manhat tans multitudinous rackets and was released in 14 bonds bond of 20 lewis backs barkley JOHN OHN L LEWIS C 1 10 0 chieftain has asked labor to support sen alben W barkley of kentucky in the primaries august 6 in his hs ca opacity as chairman of labors nonpartisan league lewis sold said ot of barki ley he Is recognized as one of the I 1 nations leading statesmen liberal moerai in his viewpoint and operative cooperative co in his attitude toward legislation in the interests of labor and the common people harry hopkins administrator found occasion to say a good word in favor of rep otha of iowa who Is seeking to take the democratic senatorial nomination away from senator gillette Gillet fe for this hopkins was denounced by senators who were demanding that the relief appropriations be earmarked so they cannot be used for political purposes ickes weds in dublin HAROLD PAROLD L ICKES secretary of JL A the interior and administrator put one over on all but his closest friends lie sailed secretly from new york to ireland and in dublin was quietly married to miss jane dahlman of milwaukee twenty five years old and a clerk in his department mr ickes aho vho is sixty four years old lost his first arst wife nearly three years ago in harold ick ickes 9 an automobile accident in the southwest the new mrs ickes red haired and pretty is a niece of john cudahy hy american minister to ireland and sister of mrs wilmarth Wll marth ickes of winnetka widow of mr lakes ickes stepson step son minister not the wedding but was represented by S J shattuck ck ari an of the leg legation aaion the couple left dublin by automobile for a brief honeymoon trip mr ickes cabled friends in washington Washing that hei he would teburn there in a week and would be at home on his estate near olney md plane crash kills ten TEN persons died when a twin motored plane of the united air lines bound from new york for chicago crashed and burned south of cleveland ohio the victims included seven passengers two pilots and the stewardess officials of the air line said their information indicated the pilot was forced to td make a landing because of engine trouble and that the ship did not hot catch fire until it struck japan demands apology now it Is the turn of japan to demand an apology from great britain the tokyo government felt it was gravely insulted by a statement attributed to R A butler parliamentary of the british foreign office that japanese marines had shot many chinese war prisoners and civilians when they captured the port of amoy tokyo demanded banded that the british government speedily give satisfaction for this cluron slur on japans honor the japanese announced in shanghai that they had at last gained complete control of the mile klikow railway and expected to resume operations linking PI pel ping and shanghai early ln july two taxation decisions I 1 IN N TWO far fai reaching decisions the united states supreme co court urt further narrowed the field of re cipro cal intergovernmental tax immunity the rulings continued the trend in the direction of president roose bells theory that the federal and state governments can tax the salaries of each others employees and the income of each others securities without a constitutional amendment in a decision delivered by justice stone one the court upheld levying of federal income taxes on employees ot of the port ot of new york authority in a decision delivered by justice roberts the court upheld federal aa admission mission taxes on tickets to football games conducted by the university system ot of georgia must ro re hiro hire sit strikers THE HE national labor relations loni board ordered the kuehne manu fac factoring fracturing turing company flora to reinstate with back pay american federation of labor tit sit down strikers it was wa the norba third major sit down decision but the first involving an A P F ot of L union the labor board refused to answer 74 questions put to it it by by ane the ford M motor company in united states circuit court at covington ky the board particularly resented being asked whether thomas cor con coran benjamin V cohen john L lewis or homer martin were consulted in arriving at an order charging the ford company with violating the wagner labor act too late for wheat quotas WALLACE sa said ld that S SECRETARY under the new crop control law it is too late to invoke marketing quotas on this years indicated bumper wheat crop lie he explained that the law authorized quotas this year only in the event congress appropriated funds by may 15 tor for parity payments provided in the new legislation martin loses in oregon OV CHARLES H MARTIN of 10 1 0 oregon the veteran soldier who has been fighting against the C 1 L 0 and other radicals was beaten for in the democratic primary by henry hess who had the backing of labor unions and of secretary of the interior ickes charles A sprague ewas was nominated tor for governor by the republicans and they believe they have a good chance to win in the fall fail elections tor for the democrats there as in pennsylvania were badly split war narrowly averted ERM GERMAN and czech troops by agthe VJ the thousands were massed on the frontier between the two countries president benes of fakla and his cabi i 1 net decided to call reserves to the colors poland assembled armed forces close to the j slovakia border i hungary was reported to be taking 11 certain military measures france was ready to defend her er ally y T la i president fakla agi against nazi denes aggression a and n d there was assurance that great britain and russia would come to the aid ot of france li if she were attacked without provocation no wonder the governments ol of europe were desperately worried by sucha such a critical condition hitler must have realized that the time was not ripe for aggressive action against the czechs czecho tor for german authorities in berlin solemnly assured dr vojtech mastny czech minister to berlin and the czech military that germany planned no military expedition a against czechoslovakia this eased the situation somewhat but the british cabinet continued to urge benes and his government to make all possible concessions to concerning the demands of the su aeten german minority it was be liev edthe fuehrer would ultimately 1 get about everything he wants from the czechs czecho without a fight dr milan hodza premier of czechoslovakia and konrad henlein leader of the german party were brought together in peace talks in prague henlein was reported to have sald said he believe much progress in that line could be made until the government had recalled the reservists who had been mobilized the czechs czecho informed the french and british governments they are willing to become a central european switzerland in which all races of the polyglot republic win will have equal rights however they insist on further guarantees against german aggression to compensate for in paris it was reported that the french government asked that the united states associate itself with france and britain in their efforts to keep hitler from attacking czechoslovakia oslo and that tha t reply through ambassador bullitt was a refusal to mix in the row this was denied by mr bullitt italy warns france ITALY intimated it would keep out of the nazi czech quarrel but mussolini broke off the friendship talks talka with france and warned that continued french acquiescence in the shipment of arms to govern 4 merit ment spain would not be tolerated the duce declared that tir unless iless france ceases aiding transmission of soviet and czech arms to barce lona iona italy and germany may be forced to increase their assistance to the insurgents this naturally would endanger the new anglo ital 11 ian agreement predestination Is out f GENERAL 4 assembly of the presbyterian by terian church in the united states in session at meriden miss voted to to omit from the confession of faith these two tant sections by the decree of god for the manifestation of his glory some men and angels are predestined unto everlasting life and others fore ordained I 1 to everlasting death A and nd their number is so certain and definite that iti cannot be either increased of or diminished |