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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over f Startling Victory of Democrats in the Maine Election i Hoover Calls for Big Budget Cuts Von Papen Triumphs Over Reichstag. i f By EDWARD W. PICKARD GREAT rejoicing among the Democrats, Demo-crats, and corresponding dismay In the Republican cumiiu. Maine, normally nor-mally a rock-ribbed Itepuhlican state, has cone Democratic, i Louis J. Brann and everyone Is quoting quot-ing the old adage: "As Maine goes, so goes the N a 1 1 o n." Whether or not thai Is true, this September Septem-ber election certainly gives Immense encouragement en-couragement to the supporters of Franklin Frank-lin D. Roosevelt. Nor did the Hoover forces attempt to minimize Its Importance. For the first time In 18 years Maine chose a Democrat for governor. He Is Louis J. Iirann, mayor of Lewiston, whose' plurality over Burleigh Martin was nearly 1,400. The Democrats also elected two out of three congressmen the victors being be-ing Edward C. Moran, Jr., Rockland Insurance agent who twice ran for governor, and John G. Utterback, an automobile dealer who was once reform re-form mayor of Bangor. Congressman Carroll L Beedy, Republican, was reelected re-elected In the First district Republican National Chairman Everett Ev-erett Sanders sent a reassuring telegram tele-gram to President Hoover, but the Chief Executive was not to be deceived. de-ceived. His reply wire said : "The result of the election in Maine Imposes need for renewed and stronger strong-er effort that the people may fully understand un-derstand the issues at stake. We have known all along that, owing to the ravages of the world depression, our tight is a hard one; but we have a strong cnse and a right cause. Our task Is to acquaint every man and woman in the country with the facts and issues which confront the nation." "We are greatly disappointed," admitted ad-mitted Vice President Curtis. "But It will only make us work the harder, and we will carry Maine In November." Novem-ber." Democratic Chairman Farley grinned exultantly as he said he was impatiently impa-tiently awaiting a Republican explanation expla-nation of the Democratic victory In Maine. "The Democrats do not concede a single state," he added. "1 think it must be admitted by Mr. Hoover's supporters sup-porters that in this particular commonwealth com-monwealth the Democratic prospects were no better, to put it mildly, than In the least promising (from our point of view) of the so-called doubtful states. Maine was no harder hit by the depression than the rest of the country and had no more reason to resent the evasive policies of the administration." ad-ministration." PRIMARIES were held in various states during the week. In Michigan Mich-igan Gov. Wilber M. Brucker, Republican, Repub-lican, easily won renomination and Representatives Walcott and Terson also were victors. The Democrats named W. A. Comstock for governor. Senators George H. Moses of New Hampshire and Porter Dale of Vermont Ver-mont were renominated by the Republicans, Repub-licans, as was Senator E. D. Smith by the Democrats of South Carolina, Cole TSlease being rejected. In Louisiana Representative John II. Overton, friend of Senator Iluey Long, defeated defeat-ed Senator Broussard who sought re-nomination. re-nomination. MR. HOOVER poked a stick into a hornet's nest when he made public the report of Attorney General William D. Mitchell on the bonus army and the regrettable incident of Its ousting oust-ing from Washington. Mitchell said his investigators in-vestigators found that most of the B. E. I members were honest, hon-est, earnest and law abiding, but that per haps a quarter of them were criminals, many were radicals, many were arrant fakers, and the worst were among those r Att'y Gen. Mitchell who were evicted by troops with tear gas and flames. The attorney general defended the manner of eviction and the conduct of the troops used, and the President Presi-dent said : "This report should correct cor-rect the many misstatements of fact is to this incident w:ith which the country has been flooded." But many newspapers and individ-nals, individ-nals, hotly discussing the report, declared de-clared it was misleading generally and absolutely false in certain vital parts; and it is a question whether it did not still further alienate a considerable con-siderable part of the body of war veterans from support of the administration. admin-istration. Of course, it was one of the major topics of talk among the members of the American Legion when they assembled in Portland. Of greater importance to the Legionnaires Le-gionnaires than this affair was the demand for immediate cash payment of the bonus. The resolution calling for tills was adopted by a vote of 1.1G7 to 100 after a noisy debate. The delegates dele-gates thus disregarded the warnings of President Hoover and General Hines, director of the veterans' bureau, bu-reau, that the payment would cost the treasury between two und two and one-half billion dollars and impose an Intolerable burden on taxpayers. Other resolutions adopted called for repeal of the Eighteenth amendment and immediate modification of the Volstead act, opposed cancellation of foreign war debts and favored adequate ade-quate national defense. Chicago was selected for the 1 0:5:5 convention, and Louis A. Johnson of Clarksburg, W. Va., was elected national commander. LJOW the problem of Intergovern- mental debts may best be solved Is the puzzling question that Is now being considered by a new organization organiza-tion of business lend- A. P. Sloan, Jr. ers of the nation, seventy-six men prominent promi-nent In Industry, agriculture agri-culture and labor. Alfred Al-fred P. Sloan, Jr., president of General Motors, Is the chairman, chair-man, and the vice chairmen include Henry Hen-ry A. Wallace, farm paper publisher of Des Moines; Dr. Nicholas Murray Eut- ler, president of Columbia Co-lumbia university ; James M. Cox, former for-mer governor of Ohio; John W. Davis, former ambassador to Great Britain ; Frank O. Lowden, former .governor of Illinois ; E. A. O'Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau Bu-reau federation, and Louis Tabor, master of the National grange. Mr. Sloan's new forum, it is announced, an-nounced, will devote itself to "mobilizing "mob-ilizing practical opinion" on the International debts question. PRESIDENT HOOVER started off the week well by calling on the heads of departments and the executives execu-tives of all other federal activities to cut out all non-essentials from bug-get bug-get requests for the next fiscal year The President said he had requested Director of the Budget Roop "to make every "ffort to secure a reduction reduc-tion of at least $500,000,000 in the estimates qf appropriations for the next year from the appropriations made for the current year, and the co-operation of the responsible administrative ad-ministrative officers Is necessary to achieve this end. A part of this can be accomplished in reduction of construction, con-struction, activities which have been so greatly speeded np during the past few years as an aid to employment." From administration sources it was learned the President hoped the total to-tal budget reduction might be $S00,- 1 000.000. Just before sending his message to department heads, the President announced an-nounced that the government would go ahead with that portion of the construction program which the relief act made contingent on the ability of the treasury to raise the necessary money. He said he had instructed the various departments to speed up the program by the amount of slightly slight-ly less than $200,000,000. On Tuesday the War department, to advance the government's employment employ-ment relief efforts, approved a great construction program that calls for the expenditure of $41,577,260 on flood control and rivers and harbors projects. proj-ects. The department expects these activities will provide work for 25,-000 25,-000 persons now jobless. THOUGH supported by only one-fifteenth one-fifteenth of the reichstag, the government gov-ernment of Chancellor Von Panen of Germany remains in power, for it has the backing of President Presi-dent Von Hindenburg who seems to agree with the chancellor that parlianientarv government in the reich is a failure. When the reichstag met Monday Von Pa-pen Pa-pen tried to read the command for its dissolution dis-solution given him by the president, nut Herman Goering, the Nazi president of the Von Papen parliament, refused to recognize him until after a vote of non-confidence in the government had been moved by a Nazi and carried by an overwhelming majority. Von Tapen walked out, leaving the decree of dissolution on Goering's desk. That gentleman announced it was not valid since the reichstag had already overthrown the cabinet. Later he admitted that both the dissolution and the vote of non-confidence were legal, after being rebuked, by the president pres-ident for his action. Government officials offi-cials said there would be new elections elec-tions within sixty days, according to the constitution, but the Deutsche? Zeitung, mouthpiece of the government, govern-ment, said: "There will be no new elections no decision on a date of election is expected in the near future." AS WAS forecast a week ago, , France rejected the German demand de-mand for equality of armaments, though In a conciliatory way, asserting assert-ing that the other allied nations and also the United States would have to assent to the proposal before it could be granted. Chancellor Von Papen thereupon announced that German delegates would not attend further sessions ses-sions of the disarmament conference, which reassembled Wednesday. FROM Riga comes the Interesting statement that Josef Stalin, dictator dic-tator of Soviet Russia, has lost his Influence and before long will be re- r,TTPTT7 TCI l s p , K. E. Voroshilov placed as secretary of the Communist party the only ollice he holds by M. I. haganovich. This latter lat-ter man, however,, is a devoted disciple of Klein E. Voroshilov, commander of the Soviet armies, so It is taken for granted that Voroshilov will thereafter direct the policies of the Communist Com-munist party and of the nation. Stalin's reign, it is said, is being brought to a close because of failure of the five year plan to industrialize the country, coupled with the growing shortage of food, which is causing workers everywhere to desert the industrial in-dustrial undertakings and return to the villages. Another reason for the fall of the dictator is said to be Moscow's hope to obtain American recognition by a radical change of internal policy. Voroshilov Vo-roshilov is anxious to obtain America as an ally against Japan, whose plans, Russians fear, threaten Siberia. MANCHOUKUO, the "independent" state set up by Japan in Manchuria, Man-churia, Is now a full-fledged nation for Japan gave it recognition by signing sign-ing a protocol Thursday nt Changchun, Chang-chun, which city was re-named Hsinching, meaning "New Capital." There was great rejoicing in Tokyo and a display of intense resentment in Chinese cities. CHILE narrowly escaped another revolution during the week. A military clique led by Col. Arturo Benitez, air force commander, served notice on Carlos Davila, the Socialist Social-ist President and former ambassador ambassa-dor to Washington, that unless he resigned re-signed the Presidential palace would be bombed or attacked by troops. The clique already had forced the resignation of the cabinet, and the men and planes of the air corps gathered gath-ered at Santiago ready for action. So Davila gracefully stepped down and out, saying he would leave Chile and probably would seek a job in ' journalism in some other country. GATHERED in Sioux City for the purpose of considering the needs of the farmers, governors and other representatives of nine middle western west-ern states outlined a proposed federal program for financial aid to farmers. Among other things they suggested tariff revision to protect farm products, prod-ucts, "sound" expansion of currency, Reconstruction- Finance corporation loans to farmers, a moratorium on farm mortgage foreclosures and crop surplus control legislation. This program seemed fairly satisfactory satis-factory to the farmers who were on "strike," and there was an immediate decrease in the picketing that had kept much farm produce out of several sev-eral large cities, especially in Iowa. FOR several days it was believed the "Flying Family," made up of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Hutchinson, their two small daughters and a crew of four, had perished off the coast of Greenland on their flight by stages to Europe. Their huge amphibian plane was forced down and smashed in the ice, but all of them were found alive and unhurt in an Eskimo settlement settle-ment and were taken to Angmagsalik Jy the British trawler Lord TalboL The projected flight of the Hutchin-sons Hutchin-sons over Greenland and Iceland was not approved by the Danish government, govern-ment, and the taking of the children has been severely criticized. O ECEIVERS for the Instill Utility Investments, Inc., report to Federal Fed-eral Judge Lindley in Chicago that the concern is hopelessly insolvent, its assets being $27,473,354 and its liabilities $2oo.9S4,341. Aside from the $14S.000,000 which 51.G78 persons invested in the stock of the corporation corpora-tion and lost, there still remains a deficit of $7S,474,403. That apparently wipes out the purchasers pur-chasers of ?5S,645,02S of debenture bonds in the company, with still a deficit of nearly $20,000,000. That is nearly half of what the baukers loaned the corporation. FOUR years ago John D. Rockefeller, Rockefel-ler, Jr., conceived the idea of restoring re-storing the old town of Williamsburg, Va., to the conditions of colonial days. The first step In the project, the restoration of the historic Raleigh tavern, has been completed, and the structure, rebuilt on the original site and furnished in the style In vogue 150 years ago, was opened to the public pub-lic on Friday. This one item has cost more than $200,000 of the $5,000,-000 $5,000,-000 Mr. Rockefeller has contributed for the entire work. Close by the tavern, which is situated sit-uated on the Duke of Gloucester street, is the old Colonial Capitol building, another of the structure which has been included in the restoration res-toration plan and which is now near-ing near-ing completion. . 1932 Western Newspaper Union. |