| Show news review of current events mank amb HITLER TROOP r M SEIZE AU AUSTRIA reich army enters vienna invasion forc forces es to resign european powers thrown into info panic 6 by y germany s startling coup united states to keep hands off secretary hull says A 0 r Is 1 a W y NA summarizes THE WORLDS WEEK 0 western newspaper union coup amazes world with startling rapidity s STRIKING adolf hillers Hit lers motorized army crossed the austrian frontier seized vienna forced austrian chancellor kurt to resign and placed a fuu full fledged nazi administration in command of the austrian government jittery european governments were thrown into a p panic a nic as they learned of the german leaders astounding coup britain and france sent hitler identical protests 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 oft off policy toward the european crisis and noted leaders gave their opinion that there was no immediate danger of a general war although they regarded the present situation as highly dangerous by a unanimous vote the house of representatives began consideration of the billion dollar naval expansion bill hillers Hit lers austrian coup was a demonstration on of the rapidity of modern armed forces in less than twelve hours picked troops had advanced into austrian territory and had forced the fall of the government at 1015 at night the first mobile units crossed the border at in the morning the advance guard seized the vienna police and telegraph stations and clamped down a rigid censorship sor ship complete surprise marked the movement this was in contrast to germanys germanas Germ anys movements in 1914 when five days were required for her armies to enter belgium faced with overwhelming forces broadcast the following message to the austrian people the president of the republic has received from the german Reich fuehrer and chancellor an ultimatum ti demanding that his own candidate be appointed head of a new austrian government president miklas hildas asked me to tell you that the policy of the austrian government is to recede from force so that no german blood shall be shed we have therefore given orders to our army that if it has occasion to meet german troops our soldiers will retreat 1 I yield to brute force we must avoid bloodshed our troops have been ordered to retire before german troops and await further developments may god protect austria it was announced the plebiscite had called for sunday to permit the people to vote on whether the country would remain independent or submit to nazi rule had been called off the plebiscite had been denounced by the nazis as a violation of Aus agreement with germany arthur inquardt hillers Hit lers personal representative in the austrian cabinet assumed the post of chancellor and a new cabinet composed of nazis was announced meanwhile italis reaction to the german coup was watched with interest and it was believed to have placed a heavy strain on the rome berlin accord in 1934 italy massed troops on the border to prevent hit lers intervention in austria and preservation of the batters lat independence pen dence has been a major point in italian diplomacy however in view of the new accord existing between italy and germany mussolini will be forced to abandon either austria or germany and since he has not completed negotiations with great britain and having few other european ties he will be left in virtual isolation should he break with hitler unverified reports stated italian troops were being rushed to the brenner pass gateway between italy and austria in london stock market prices slumped as the coup became public news despite the strong terms in britaina Brit ains note to hitler it is believed in some quarters that a deal has been made with hitler whereby the latter has been allowed a free hand in central europe in exchange for renouncing claims to colonies france already in the throes of internal disorders and without a cabinet stood helplessly by pre mier designate blum hurried consultations with political leaders striving to rally support and to combine the various opposing factions into a united group reverberations in czechoslovakia of nazi power in austria was the chief concern in france although the cabinet meeting in prague was said to be considering the situation calmly reports from bratislava Brat islava on the LEADING EVENTS VIENNA austrian government Nazi fied alter after ultimatum by nit hit ler german troops cross border RO ROME aie italy was declared by diplomats to be facing a serious situation as the nazis marched into austria official italy refused to comment on the dan danger daner er to the rome berlin alliance and the presence ol of hillers Hit lers troops on italis border LONDON british warn germany in strongest possible terms of dangers of austrian action cabinet meets today PARIS france without a cabinet protested to berlin against the seizure of austria but appeared helpless to act against the coup BERLIN germans are jubilant as radio tells them their army has crossed into austria I 1 following nazis seizure of power PRAGUE czechoslovakian cabinet studies new nazi peril austrian czechoslovakia border about 40 miles from vienna said trains and automobiles arriving there were filled with refugees from vienna hungary was said to be strengthening and reinforcing the defenses along the closed austrian frontier following an emergency cabinet meeting TVA pot bolls determined to get the low down on the controversy among the directors of the tennessee valley authority president roosevelt summoned to the white house chairman arthur E morgan and his colleagues david lilienthal and harcourt morgan it was believed in washington that if they could not compose their differences he might ask all of them to resign sen byrnes upon the outcome of this conference depended the action of congress leaders in relation to the resolution calling for a senatorial investigation of the entire TVA setup sponsored by senators bridges of new hampshire and king of utah and senator norris proposal that the inquiry be conducted by the federal trade commission senator byrnes of south carolina put forward the suggestion liked ked by many that a single administrator be substituted for the three man board of TVA directors this one man to be selected by a joint committee of congress norris thought this plan had good features but would prefer a board of three business executives who in in his opinion would be more capable of administering the project than engineers lawyers or other experts bridges engaged in hot debate with administration senators senat ors he d defended his investigation n resolution in a long speech in which lie he made detailed charges against the TVA administration and characterized lilienthal as a hitler seeking to assert dictatorial powers over the tennessee valley I 1 diplomats shifted our diplomatic depre 0 senta tives in latin america president roosevelt sent to the senate these nominations meredith nicholson of indiana now minister to venezuela transferred to nicaragua boaz long of new mexico now minister to nicaragua transi transferred erred to ecuador antonio C gonzalez of new york now minister to ecuador transferred to venezuela hoover sees hitler aver FORMER ORMER president herbert hoo vcr in europe to study conditions had a long talk in berlin with adolt adolf hitler who expounded his views on world politics and was entertained by other nazi notables at the close of his two day visit in the german capital mr hoover said only that he is even more reinforced in his belief that progress in america rests in the principles of intellectual liberty and spiritual freedom a system of free economy regulated to prevent abuse and popular government wheeler wheelar in in action SENATOR WHEELER of montana a took the lead in opposing the bw bill for a reorganization of the executive branch of the government and the debate took on many of the features of the senate battle over the supreme court enlargement measure last year supporting the reorganization b bill I 1 I 1 I 1 warmly were senator byrnes of south carolina and others who backed the ill fated court scheme c ait se sen wheeler wheeler peeler said that if congress approves the measure it ought to close up shop and go home he was assailing the provision of the bill authorizing the president to transfer regroup consolidate 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 government certainly there can be more inefficiency although it is not always 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 democratic in the house and in the senate is incompetent to function byrnes said that wheeler was imputing dictatorship ambitions to president roosevelt and that he even feared for the safety of the republic in replying to this wheeler intimated that he believed the republic would survive despite president roosevelt 4 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 surtax on family or closely held corporations this so called third basket levy was eliminated by a vote of to then the representatives voted to add 25 cents a gallon to the tax on distilled liquors chairman doughton 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 committee were hurriedly called together 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 ahead with passage of the bill and leave the problem up to the senate mccormack and his supporters all the republicans and man many y southern democrats contended the surtax would penalize family owned corporations ultimately forcing them into the hands of monopolists war pact rumors ESPITE official denials the ru amors mors that the united states and great britain have entered into a secret war alliance persisted and were given credence when the house of commons was told by the parliamentary undersecretary ot of the admiralty that there was an agreement between the two nations under which the american navy will be permitted to use the facilities of the great british naval base at singapore on payment for services given this privilege has been extended to no other nation secretary of state hull would not confirm the existence of the agreement but department officials admitted an understanding had been reached and that it would greatly increase the potential strength of our navy in the far east our navy base in the philippines has no dry docks large enough to accommodate battleships Clev elands cleanup clean up C HARGES CHARGES were made in cleve land by judge alva R corlett that chicago labor leaders raised in a plot to bribe a woman juror in in the trial of D don on A campbell and john E mcgee alleged labor abor racketeers the two men had just been convicted of extortion they were sentenced by judge corlett to serve from one to five years in the penitentiary and were taken there at once to block their efforts toward release on appeal bonds the judge said he was informed of the bribery plot by eliot ness cleveland safety director whose investigation vesti gation resulted in the indictment of campbell and mcgee we take two islands T orders from the dent secretary of the interior ickes added to the island possessions of the united states which he supervises two little bits of land in the pacific canton and enderby islands in the phoenix archipelago their value is as stopping places for transoceanic air flights to australia included in the presidents order are lands in the antarctic first visited by admiral byrd and other americans |
