Show news review of current events 0 mra w mr a N 0 I 1 T L eff R T O 0 F th 0 w 0 C APS fib E I 1 Z ea rim A U S T I 1 A reich army enters vienna invasion forces to resign european powers thrown into panic by germany s startling coup united states to keep hands off secretary hull says A IF 9 F it apa a we y s summarizes UM THE WORLDS WEEK 0 western newspaper union coup amazes world STRIKING s with rapidity adolf hitler s moton d army crossed the austrian frontier seized vienna forced austrian chancellor kurt to resign and placed a full fledged nazi adminis in command of the austrian government jittery european governments were thrown into a panic as they learned of the german leader a astounding coup britain and france sent hitler identical protests protes tg against the austrian invasion warning of grave reactions and several other powers were reported to have joined in the protest in washington secretary of state cordell hull announced a hands off policy toward the european crisis and noted leaders gave their ion that there was no immediate danger of a general war although they regarded the present situation as highly dangerous by a anam molls vote the house of represent Re presen natives began consideration of the billion dollar naval expansion bill hitler s austrian coup was a dem on of the rapidity of modern armed forces in less than twelve hours 50 picked troops had ad danced into austrian territory and had forced the fall of the nigg government at 10 15 0 clock at night the first mobile units crossed the border at 1 15 in the morning the advance guard seized the vienna police and telegraph sta eions and clamped down a rigid cen complete surprise marked the movement this was in contrast to germany s movements in 1914 when five days were required for her armies to enter belgium faced with overwhelming forces broadcast the follow ing message to the austrian people the president of the republic has received from the german Reich fuehrer and chancellor an ul tima turn demanding that his own candidate be appointed head of a new austrian government president miklas asked me to austrian czechoslovakia border about 40 miles from vienna said trams trains and automobiles arriving there were filled with refugees from vienna hungary u was as said to be strength ening and reinforcing the defenses along the closed austrian frontier following an emergency cabinet meeting TVA pot boils to get the low down on the controversy among the directors of the tennes see valley authority president roosevelt summoned to the white house chairman arthur E morgan and his col leagues david lih anthal and harcourt wheeler in action WHEELER of montana SENATOR took the lead in opposing the bill for a reorganization of the executive branch of the government and the 1 a debate took on many of the features of the senate battle over the supreme court enlargement measure last year supporting the re organization b bill I 1 I 1 I 1 warmly were sena tor byrnes of south A carolina and others who backed the ill fated court scheme sen wheeler wheeler said that if congress approves the measure it ought to close up shop and go home he was assailing the pro vision of the bill authorizing the president to transfer regroup con or abolish any government bureau or agency or the functions thereof we have got to recognize the fact said wheeler that under democratic institutions there is sometimes inefficiency in govern ment certainly there can be more inefficiency although it is not al ways obtained under dictatorships the american people have got to recognize that it is necessary for them to pay the price in order to maintain their liberties I 1 say to the senate that it is far better that we maintain the bureaus we now have than it is to turn over dictatorial powers to the president of the united states and admit to the world that the congress of the united states overwhelmingly dem socratic in the house and in the sen ate is incompetent to function byrnes said that wheeler was im buting dictatorship ambitions to president roosevelt and that he even feared for the safety of the republic in to this wheel er intimated that he believed the republic would survive despite pres ident roosevelt N family firm tax killed G GREATLY to the surprise of the majority leaders the house considering the tax bill adopted an amendment offered by mccormack of massachusetts striking out the 45 surtax on family or closely held corporations this so called third basket levy was elim mated by a vote of to then the representatives voted to add 25 cents a gallon to the tax on distilled liquors chairman doughton doughten of the ways and means committee and fred vinson who wrote the bill vainly warned the representatives that the president would veto the measure unless that surtax were included democratic members of the corn cittee were hurriedly called er to study possible replacement taxes to make up for the loss in revenue due to this change and treasury officials pondered new sources of revenue but doughton sore from his first defeat said the house would go |