| Show news review of G current events the world ove over 1 L new deal wins in tennessee valley case picking delegates for national conventions substitute c r farm arm bill pushed to passa passage ra e by EDWARD W PICKARD 0 western newspaper Newa paper union SCORE one for the new deal and a big one the supreme court in its long awaited decision ruled that the valley authority act Is valid on all points at issue in the suit brought by the alie stockholders of the alabama potter company under the ruling the A adI mInIstration is free to go ahead with its I 1 power program in the hy I 1 tennessee valley actually bally under way the decision was read by chief justice hushes hughes chi chief jus justice ice and was concurred in hughes aighes by y all the associate justices except justice he read a dissenting opinion because of circumscribed limits the decision was much narrower lhnn most of the new deal findings of tile the supreme court it was limited strictly to the terms of tile contract on which the suit was brought namely acquisition by TVA of a transmission line to convey power from the wilson dam certain phases are still open for possible legal contest in the future and only wilson dam not norris dam am or any other dam constructed or projected on the tennessee river was involved in the courts finding the legal right of the federal government to acquire find and own transmission lines to a market for surplus energy never before directly passed upon by the united states supreme court was ruled upon in the nerma tire unanswered Is the question of what constitutes surplus power among the chief points in the majority opinion wore were these the government had full authority to build wilson dam keystone of TVA congress tin lins undisputed power to order disposal of electricity developed at the dam the government acted legally in building or obtaining through purchase from private companies certain transmission lines to transport power to a wider market I 1 the government has the same right to dispose of surplus power as it would have to dispose of copper gold and minerals on public lands justice in answer to this sard said it if under the thin mask of disposing of property the united states can enter tile alie bulnes of generating transmitting and selling power its as alen 1 and some hoard board may specify with the definite design to accomplish com ends wholly beyond the sphere marked out for them diem by the constitution an easy way has been en found tor for breu breaking liln down the limitations it t heretofore supposed to guarantee protection against aggression OTH house and senate passed the B BOTH resil resolution lution extending for oue one year the existing embargo on arms ammunition and implements of war and prohibiting loans and credits to bell belligerents senator nye was out of the city when the senate assembled an hour earlier than usual to act on the measure hearing what vas nas going on he flew from minneapolis through a 11 storm and arrived five minutes before tile the final vote but too late to put through any of tits liis proposed amendments one amendment that was adopted provides that after the lie president shall have leave Is sued his proclamation of the existence of war between or among two or wore more foreign countries it shall be unlawful thereafter to sell or purchase in this country bonds or other obligations of any belligerent the Presh resident lent Is authorized it to exempt ordinary commercial credits and short time obliga eions ELECTIONS of delegates to the national S selections co conen mentions tins already bi being made in situe states stales are especially in the case of now new york representative hamilton lla nillion lish fish supporting uerah for the republican pres identical Ident lal ial nomination led a hot fight to displace some of the old guard and lost the state committee naming these delegates at large charles P D hills and sirs mrs keith pratt members of the national com cittee mrs low lacon bacon vice ch chairman nirman of the state committee inep T 11 1 aneli minority leader of the house Represent atle james W endsworth for former ner uni united ed states senator edward ril ward 11 II I 1 iiller pub usher lisher of the evening news john it II crows crews brooklyn rooklyn IS loader leader charles IT II GrIf lillis westchester coun ty chairman tammany made public file list of its delegates to the democratic convention and it Is beaded by alfred I 1 smith who ho will ir present the tip of manhattan ant and staten island president was called on to choose the alie california democratic delegation from three sets selected by the democrats the upton slot sin clair EPIC followers and tho the supporters of the townsend old age pension plan it was heli belie eird ild lie would rive give the balance of to the conservatives led by splinter senator william U G me adoo with representation for the other two groups birss governor hoffman of new U UNLESS jersey grants him another reprieve kruno bruno richard hauptmann Haupt maon will be executed during tile lie week of march 30 for the and killing of the lAnd bergli bill behy T sentence on the german carpenter hns has been again pronounced for several days day samuel noted new york criminal lawyer tried to get hauptmann to tell another story and reveal his accomplices in the crime but the condemned man flatly refused and withdrew from the case saying lie believed bruno to be guilty TEN tate days of lint hot debate in tile the senate culminated in the passage of the lie administrations substitute farm f IIII bill by a vote of 56 to 20 and it was hurried over to the house with the pr prospect hect of quick approval cp by vint fiat body attacked attached by republicans as a subterfuge to get around tile the supreme court AAA decision sion and frankly conceded by democrats to be a measure indirectly continuing control of farm production the soil erosion bill would accomplish its objective as follows the secretary of agriculture would be empowered to make benefit payments to farmers who voluntarily cooperate with tile the governments suggestions on retiring certain land from production to conserve its fertility payments would be determined on four factors 1 acreal acreage e of crop land 2 acreage of soil improving crops S 3 changes in farming practices 4 percentage of normal farm production which equals fit tant it percent percentage age of normal national production of farm commodities required for domestic consumption this arrangement would be limited to two years bears it would be ren replaced aced laced by a system of 48 43 individual state to regulate production with the federal feder it government apportioning funds to the states instead of to farmers the senate bill provides the state systems ss s stems may be set up lit at any time during the next two years dlan DELAYED clayed dispatches from the italian field quarters in northern ethiopia tell of a six day battle the fiercest and most important of the war so far in which the forces of general bado I 1 nd no about in number defeated and routed SO ethiopians including of the emperors guard under pas has Mulu gheta beta war minister and fl warriors under ras kassa and ras pas S se the italians gen baroglio badoglio Ba Bac doglio loglio were left in full tins session of the fertile and strategic in en dorto region and in control of the passes in the region after six days day of encircling operations during which torrential rains bogged the field of little battle and heavy clouds enabled the ethiopians to make mil e invisible movements the march 23 di division ision of planted tile italian flag fing on the nilst mist veiled high summit of abadam completing that particular operation they then had a clear patti path to amba alagia IS 18 miles further south and it was presumed that the taking of that mountain would mark the cessation of activities S b because a of the coming coining march rains it was estimated that in tills this battle more than gout ethiopians had been killed hilled nod and many times that number wounded the italian casualties were not announced but they undoubtedly were not light only white italians participated in tile the C considerable ONS I 1 DPRA interest was aroused in by the publication in a rome home newspaper of a secret report made by a british commission appointed in the spring of IJ iri 1 to study Br Illish interests in ethiopia the commission reported that alint it found no outstanding interests in ethiopia of sulli sullie clent fent imbor tance to his maje goern ment in resisting ic italian conquest in ethiopia it declared that stops steps should be when taken to 0 o safeguard british interests in lake lahe tsana source of tile the clue blue nile 0 ONE NE of the hie most spectacular and dynamic figures in Amet lenn lire life of today pissed with wilh the hie death or brig en ell Al Itchell 11 in a new boik hospital ile HP succumbed to a heart at tack lack and influenza at the age or of fifty acty seven years hilly billy as he was known to airmen was as com commender minder in chief ot or the american air fore forces s I 1 in n I 1 ra rince 13 c e during the world w war ar unit and was by six governments afterward while yet in the regular service lie severely criticized the governments air preparedness pa redness policy and was dialed and sus suspends d immediately y resign resigning inz he devoted himself to lee faring and writing to further furl lier his bis do de merids for a th of in the inet coin hInIng both urmy unil and navy air bar defense tating ane rie war department bill appropriating approximately million dollars for national defense was passed b by y the house for purely military purposes the sum of Is allotted t tile remainder goes for rivers and harbors projects generally I 1 classed as pork an attempt to put back into the bill a appropriation for carrying on such projects as the tidal talal power experiment in maine and the florida ship canal was suppressed firmly not until congress has authorized these projects project a will more funds be provided them the leaders ruled the military budget provided provide by the bill will be sufficient lelent to maintain an average army of men during the coming year ty by 19 1031 0 according to the war department the maximum of 10 permitted by congress should be reached tile the most important amendment added to the bill was one providing for the employment each year of 1000 reserve officers on active duty for a 12 month period of whom rio fia will lip ho annually commissioned in the regular army l tva I 1 L BLACK of alabama S SENA and ills his lobby investigation committee are creating a flood of resentment sent ment among Amer american ienn citizens that Is likely to do 10 vastly more I 1 harm arm 4 1 than good ond to the lie new deal quite without concealment ellick black la Is I 1 using the lie committee in a way that thousands of people to do not like ile he sent out a questionnaire to individuals and organizations known to be opposed to the new senator deal demanding information black on relations with all organizations and their corporation and other investments many refused to answer the questions and they are supported in this position by the american liberty league which has challenged the right of r blacks committee to compel answer under oath to the queries in effect the lie league dares black to cite for contempt of the senate those who refuse to reply to the questionnaire senator blacks Pl acks only reply to date was that it was a little difficult cult to believe ant that tile league would attempt to intimidate or coerce its own members to keep their mouths shut until the du ponts fonts say they can talk ACTING on behalf of the senate finance committee senator cymes byrnes consulted the executive department and then introduced an amendment to the independent offices office appropriation bill to provide to cash the he veterans bonus ile he predicted that it would require no new taws takes the sul sum mentioned will lie be sufficient byrnes said together with the million milbon dollars now in the adjusted service certificate fund to pay in full every outstanding bonus certificate in addition to ap appropriating abing the cash the byrnes amendment would transfer GOT million dollars in bonds bond to the united states government life insurance fund to repay loans on bonus certificates four members voting in the WITH negative the house ordered an investigation of the money raising methods of the townsend old age pension plan advocates during the dehate debate dr francis 1 II 11 townsend was described variously as a quick quark char antan knave Irrin ve and brool fool ile he and his program were der defended ended by the small townsend bloc attempts by several congressmen to broaden the scope of the lie inquiry to include such euch organizations as the liberty league and the crusaders were futile rITTIS TS wo won n the general election L LEFTISTS in span spain and their lender leader mnnuel azana was ninde premier awl formed a new cabinet to supplant that of azana Is a veteran statesman having been the first premier of the ahe present S Spin sh republic one of his first nets was the granting of amnesty to thousands of political prisoners who nho had been in jail since the revolt of october 1934 mostly R tiry and led tv bv Coin colonels neis smith and ant Ite calde veterans of the caneo war took possession of the government of paraguay liay after some fighting tl in the streets of asuncion the capital the government forces surrendered to tile the rebels and president avala tool took refuge ge on a gunboat it was announced t now government had been formed with col Ila fiel franco as its head ile he was an exile in buenos aires especial ceremony tile the W WITHOUT league of nations moved into its new home the white stone palace built for it on tile the shore of lake inke leman just outside the city of geneva ill alip structure it iq not yet completed for there were di delays iq chii caused ed fly by disputes among the architects of 0 various nations I 1 tie he large central assembly room will not he be ready before september ant and the lie library to tn abich john 1 I rockefeller jr donated 12 gil oil cannot lie ile occupied for several tt ni ef acs ics the palice palace is really composed of several everal build buildings inz one long iong wing con taeng HIP secretariat another the counell council hull a third the library and a fourth fit lie assembly hill hall some mea idea ot of tile alie immense size elze 0 of the lie Is 19 find by a few figures luiere are about nhoun allx an and other rooms 1700 1 i urt doors and tile the same number of windows tharp are 21 1 elevators either for passengers passenger 0 or for goods |
