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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over Franklin D. Roosovrlt Inan pirated Trrsidont Thomas J. Walsh Dios Siulilonlv Japan rushing China Out of Jehol Turmoil in Connany. Fy KOWAUn W. riCKAKD TAKING th oath of otlUv administered admin-istered by (,-liU-f JiistUo Hushes of the Supreme oourt nnd Imwlni; Ills he.ad tn k1 n throe hundred year old yOOV81" ,ll,oh xxm' l''1'!UlklUl ji emtio I ho thirty see- L 1 .nut l'rvsldont of the 1'tiitod States. His lips fj,."..?1 vor.i pressed on tho i ''l'' whore was f 1 i'aul's admonition to trf -C j :ho Corinthians elos- ' 1 ns: "Ami now tMd- ?V J oth faith, liopo ami LjaCwiBjsSli . 1 iharity. those throe: Roosevelt tlu0 is l''':'ril.v " TiirniiiR then to faoo the cheering thousaiuls of his follow citizens, mostly IVnnvrats, Mr. Uooso velt told thetu hriotly why he had faith and hope In his plans for the "'new deal" that he had promised the country. The eharlty that "never faileth" will eonihine with the trust of the people in their new Chief Kxeeti live in the movement upward from the depths. In his demeanor and words the new President showed how deeply he was lYecled by the sudden death of the mau he had named as his attorney general Thomas J. Walsh, the veteran vet-eran senator from Montana. Though fairly colorful, the inaugural in-augural ceremonies were somewhat restricted re-stricted by Mr. Koosevelt's determination determina-tion that economy should be practiced. prac-ticed. The parade, for Instance, was kept down so that it passed the reviewing re-viewing stand in about two hours. But it was a tine procession, led by general MacArthur, chief of staff, as grand marshal. He acted in that capacity ca-pacity because General Pershing was kept in Arizona by Illness. In the evening the inaugural ball, main social event though unofficial, was a gorgeous affair. It was managed man-aged by Mrs. John J. Dougherty and the large proceeds were turned over to charity, rresident Koosovelt was not present, but his wife and daughter daugh-ter Anna graced the occasion. Mr. Hoover and Mr. Roosevelt drove together from the White House to the Capitol in an open car for the inauguration, inaugu-ration, and their wives followed In another an-other machine. The first event was the swearing in of John Nance Garner as Vice President, this taking place In the senate chamber. Then everybody went out to the stands in front of the Capitol where Mr. Roosevelt took the oath of office. When this was over. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover drove quickly to the Union station and took train for Is'ew York. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S cabinet was invaded hy death even before it entered upon its duties. Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, who had Just resigned re-signed as senator to become the new attorney general, passed away on an Atlantic Coast line train near Wilson, X. C, as he was on his way from Florida Flor-ida to Washington. His death was sudden and was a great shock to his official associates and his multitude of friends. He was married only a fan-days fan-days before In Havana. Cuba, to Senora Nieves Chaumont de Truffin, a wealthy widow, and she was with him at the time of his demise. Senator Walsh, who was seventy-three seventy-three years old, was born In Two Rivers, Riv-ers, Wis. When he resigned he was serving his fourth term In the senate, In which body he served his country ably and faithfully. He was considered consid-ered one of the leading authorities on the Constitution. Walsh was permanent perma-nent chairman of the Democratic national na-tional conventions of 192-1 and 1932. MOST immediate of the problems before Secretary of State Cordell Hull is the Sino-Japanese embrogllo, which now Is really a war. With his full approval the State . 1 department already t had sent a note to t-. Viv-ji Geneva expressing s "j "general accord" nith x1 v the League of Na- r tions' action in con- , x , demning the Japanese , military policy in Man x ciurla. Though this & action was profound- ; i . 5, ly disturbing to the s i Tokyo government T Yu.n Japan went right ahead with its campaign for the conquest con-quest of the Chinese province of Jehol. I The governor of the province. Tang I Yu-lin, mustered all available forces for defense but his troops were steadily stead-ily driven back by the thoroughly trained and equipped Japanese col-j col-j unms that were advancing on three lines toward the city of Jehol. Great ISrituin followed up the action of the League of Nations by declaring an arms embargo against both Japan and China, Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon explaining that his government gov-ernment would under no circumstances circum-stances he drawn into the conflict and did not favor one against the other. Both China and Japan lesented this, ; though It was apparent to every one that, as Senator P.orah said, "to put i mi arms embargo on China and Japan j 1 tr take sides with Japan under the ! conditions and circumstances that ex 1st." The ISrltisli openly Imped that the I'nlled States would Join In the embargo policy, but there Is strong opposii ion to this among the members of congress. Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois voiced this opposition In a speech in the senate, warning the nation that application of an embargo against both China and Japan or against Japan alone might Involve us In another disastrous foreign war. He told his colleagues that "Urltaln already has sold all the anus to both nations they can pay for, and In ad dltlon has sold them the machinery with which munitions can be manu facturcd." (One of the peculiar angles of the Japanese Invasion of Jehol Is that If it succeeds It may prove disastrous to the cause of Communism In China. It would threaten Russia's last Important Impor-tant channel of transport and com mnnlcatlon with China and virtually close the Communist Internationale's connections with the Chinese Ueds. Dispatches from Latvia say the Russian Rus-sian munition plants at Leningrad are working day and night to produce guns and munitions for the Chinese government. SEVERAL days before the Inauguration Inaugura-tion Mr. Roosevelt formally completed com-pleted his cabinet, the appointments being as given In this column previously. previous-ly. The last names given out were those of Daniel C Roper as secretary of commerce and Francos Perkins as secretary of labor. Miss Perkins, who, in private life Is Mrs. Paul Wilson, is the first woman to be a member of an American cabinet, but Mr. Roosevelt In selecting her was not bidding for feminine political support, according to his friends. He regards her as he would a man, highly capable for the post. Some time ago William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, said that organization was deeply disappointed by Mr. Roosevelt's selection of Miss Perkins. Cordell Hull, secretary of state, resigned his scat In the senate. Governor McAllister of Tennessee ap pointed Nathan L. Fiachman of Chattanooga Chat-tanooga to succeed Hull. Bachman was formerly Justice of the Tennessee Supreme court. UNCLE SAM has been for months Investigating the collapse of the Instill public utilities concerns, and ' finally 'he federal grand Jury In Chi-tn Chi-tn N nju i. i ii cn? Indicted Samuel " J lasull, his son Samuel, s his brother Martin, ; '. and sixteen others. 4 The latter include -' stanIey FieId- banker . x and president of the . Field museum; Har- f j old L. Stuart, presi- f y. ''"it of Halsey, Stuart 'sk '"ss - Co., Internationally j 'A known bond house, Sam Insull llnd Edward J. Doyle, president of the Commonwealth Com-monwealth Edison company. Mr. Field was a director of the Corporation Securities Se-curities company, one of the Insull concerns. The defendants are charged wkh using the mails to defraud. The Indictment In-dictment Is based on alleged "false pretenses, representations and promises" prom-ises" made to prospective Investors In the common steck of the Corporation Securities company. The defendants engaged In a nation-wide campaign of selling this stock through Halsey, Stuart & Co., Utility Securities company, com-pany, Insull, Son & Co., Corporation Syndicate company and others, the Indictment In-dictment charges. It is charged that the defendants represented to Investors that they would find a safety of principal In their Investment because of the grent physical properties of the company when, in fact, there were no great physical properties and the security back of the common stock was worthless. worth-less. ; The Investors were told, according to the true bill, that the yield on the stock would be 0 per cent or more when, In fact, there could be no Income In-come on the stock "by reason of the fact that the company operated at a loss throughout Us existence." "This Indictment is only the beginning," begin-ning," said United States Attorney Dwight H. Green. "I propose to investigate inves-tigate fully all the ramifications of the so-called Insull empire, its creators crea-tors and sponsors." There were rumors In the federal building In Chicago that Samuel Insull In-sull would return voluntarily from Greece and stand trial rather than permit the blame for the crash of the utilities concerns to be placed upon his son. HIS testimony before the senate committee on banking and currency cur-rency resulted In the resignation of Charles 13. Mitchell as chairman of the board of the National City bank of New York, the world's second largest larg-est bank, and the National City company, com-pany, Its subsidiary. He had been sharply criticized for the financial acts he testified to at the hearing. I FOLLOWING Mlelilgan'H hank troubles trou-bles an epidemic of financial woes broke out In many parts of the country coun-try T'.' stiito authorities, however, p..,,-. were on the alert and ' ,c ' v, slops to mivti the J ; i banks and their do- i '! pnsllors wore taken f . ilAer 'J quickly. Ihmk holl- ! '' days wore declared f ? by tho governors of V. 4.' several slates of thu i '"! Mlddlo West, and 111 i ; . t f, 5 L 1 ' Indiana ami B ,s-V- f 3 elsewhere many banks Sk Ai AjJ I'hiced restrictions on Henry Kord withdrawals. P e n n-Nylvanla n-Nylvanla and West Virginia also ftcro affected hut tho legislatures got busy with remedial measures. While Governor Conistoel; was trying try-ing to speed up tho Michigan legislature, legisla-ture, Henry Ford and his sou Kdsel came to the rescue of the First National Na-tional and Guardian National banks of Detroit with a plan to put up 'J.'.O.lHHI of their private funds and create two new banks that would take over the two mentioned, enabling their depositors to receive Immediately 'M per cent of their deposits. It was expected ex-pected that New York bankers would grant a loan of $'JO,tKHl,lKH) to tho First National and that thereupon It would receive ?5 l.OXKl.OtH) from tho Reconstruction Re-construction Finance corporation. Hut the New Yorkers who never did like Ford hold back and tho result was that the plan was delayed In execution execu-tion and material changes were necessary. neces-sary. The two new banks wore given the names of People's National and Manufacturers' National. PLANS for recapturing control of congress In VX'A were laid by the executive committee of the Republican national committee at a meeting In Washington, and Herbert Hoover was told that his party would continue to look to Ii I in for leadership In the days to come. As the mooting was hold bo-fore bo-fore Mr. Hoover retired from the White House there was no attempt to mako-anyone else leader or to displace Chairman Everett Sanders. The opponents op-ponents of those two gentlemen In the national committee, however, may be expected to get Into action later. In a message to the committee Mr. Hoover outlined the fundamental policies pol-icies which he asserted Republicans as well as Democrats should follow. These Included a demand for, economy In government and protection for government gov-ernment obligations. He urged the necessity of maintaining sound currencies cur-rencies and sound national credit. FIVE representatives were named to prosecute the Impeachment of Federal Judge Harold K. Louderhack of San Francisco, which was voted by the house recently. i They were all mem- i bers of the Judiciary "t committee In the con j gross that is now dead and gone. Two '.' Jj of them. La Gunrdia of New York and . y-,v ' i Sparks of Kansas, -vi-2s. were lame ducks, so i their places will be V"-: -y filled by others. The rest are Gordon Judg, H K-Browning K-Browning of Tennes- Louderback see, Malcolm Tarver of Georgia and II. W. Summers of Texas, all Democrats. Judge Louderback was Impeached for distributing lucrative receiverships and attorneyships In bankruptcy cases under him to friends and political allies. al-lies. He will be tried by the senate during the special session. GERMANY moved back to the first page again when some Communists Commu-nists tried to burn down the huge relchstag building In Berlin and did succeed In ruining the main session hall and the glass nnd gold cupola. One young Dutvh Red was arrested and confessed to setting the blaze. The occurrence was seized upon by Chancellor Hitler and his government as an opportunity to destroy the Communist Com-munist party, and action was swift and drastic. Capt. William Goering, Nazi minister without portfolio and virtual ruler of Prussia, first ordered the arrest ar-rest of one hundred Red members of the relchstag and suppressed the entire en-tire Leftist press. Then, as rumors of a Communist plot to overthrow the government spread. President Von Hln-denburg Hln-denburg Issued a decree annulling all constitutional liberties of private citizens, citi-zens, Including free speech nnd free press, the right of assembly and the secrecy of postal, telegraphic and telephonic tele-phonic communications. The decree empowered the federal government to take over executive power In states that fall to enforce law and order; nnd the death penalty was ordered for attempts on the lives of the President and members jf the federal and state cabinets, car-ying arms during rioting, political kidnaping, kidnap-ing, high treason, poisoning, arson, explosions ex-plosions damaging railways and plundering. plun-dering. A government spokesman said that the decree was drafted after police had discovered evidence In the cellars of the Karl Llebknecht house, Communist Commu-nist hendquarters In Berlin, and In other raids that the Reds were planning plan-ning wholesale assassinations of members mem-bers of Hitler's government, besides Intending to kidnap women and children chil-dren as hostages for political purposes and to poison wells and food. PUESIDENT MACHADO of Cuba, whose regime is threatened by a new outbreak of rebellion, ordered the immediate mobilization of all the armed forces of the republic. The revolutionists were expecting two expeditions ex-peditions from Mexico and Honduras to help them. 1933. Western Nowapaper Union |