Show news review of current events the world over first rebuff in prim primaries aries 9 senate enate committee boosts income taxes house playing hai oc with economy bill i i B EDWARD BEDWARD W PICKARD the first time since he tart start FOR cd ed out on his ills hunt for instruct cd ed delegates gobernor Gocr Goer nor franklin D act met alth a rebuff tio two of them in fact in the massachusetts primaries marles he lie ex peeled to win uin eight or ten of the 30 del agates chosen for tho democratic presidential con ven bention vent lon tion but al at smith swept the state and ridded the entire dek delt gatlon to his ills little bundle of votes ben gen J J davis 11 more 0 r e important because more anex peeled nas as the result in ienn unia ionia the new ew rork york go governor arnor cap lured the tile greater part of hit thit states delegation perhaps perli aps CO go out of 70 0 but binelli ninde made a much bet ter alio timing ing thin an one had antica incomplete returns andl bated he be hid bid tarried 15 of the 07 67 counties and his majority in to ahll bit adelphi I aas ft as impressive altogether the leaders of the stop roosevelt ta were considerably heartened by the out come of these two tuo primaries president hooker homer was virtu illy assured of the republican dele gates to the two no states in kno P no elbanla la the republican primary was mide interesting by the con test be between teen monitor james J divis and gen smedley D butler buffer the famor marine was ba backed ched by governor Ilin pinchot chot and ran as a dry but bals dals da Is who nho bad had been comer concerted ted to anti antl through gh the tile influence of S vare are lican boss of the elate state the gentral by a plurality that ap op ched cd it was thou thought ht that this might inight mean that the ailenn sylvania del egitton in the lican co contention mention would tight fight earn estly for a plank promising mission of the he eighteenth il amend ment sirs mrs IlIn pinchot chot the tile goi governors ernora wife sought the Ite republican con gress gressional lonal nomination in the fit rit district but was uns whipped by congressman I 1 mils nuts T 11 McF cradden adilen who borne some months ago attached the administrations il finance policies and accused rest dent of selling out to eu rope F FIRST rejecting a proposal by senator couzens to boost sur taxes to the wartime maximum of 45 per cent the senite finance corn cittee voted an increase in nil all in come tax rates above the lees leles written into the new revenue bill oy ay that house the committee almost unanimously adopted a schedule presented pre anted by senator harrison Harrlson of mississippi lissi the ranking democrat calling for a maxi maximum murn surtax of 45 per cent in stead of the 40 per cent figure car lied ried in the house bill normal income rates were boosted to 3 per cent on the first 4 income 0 per cent on the next 4 and 0 9 per cent on the in come aboe the present normal rates are 1 3 and S 5 per cent the house voted to increase these rates to 2 4 and 7 per cent respect hely lely dy by close lotes otes the tariffs on im lm ported oil and coal alch which the house added to the measure were struck out tie tax on automobiles was approved the house passed and sent to the president the ta to tf ill bill restoring to congress all nil biwer iier to alter im lin port duties the house also passed the 1000 navy bill after refusing to cut the amount 10 per cent D to get the 2 20 WO economy bill before the senate as quickly as possible ain ma bority floor leader rainey decreed that the house should hold night sextons until the measure was disposed of icely abi a bl ansur gent coalition took charge and overrode the democratic end and he ile publican ienn le to ider first thins thing it did wis to knock out the broyl slon of the rule limiting the number of amen lim ms to the econom measure to forty and then it start ed to rip the bill to pieces flit it primary achievement in till this line was the adoption nf of an amendment by britten of illinois exempting from the proposed 11 per rent cent pir reduction nil federal employees with so lirles up nil to and including 2 As fra framed tiled by the tie en the e ex emption ran to in 1 1 the ch cinn me took more thin nut out of the 2 the hill bill was wai sup gar ened to t i effect in the annu it rist of ot the tile federal agni eminent U lith this as fl nn on lie file sni III herlea of the tile house were thron ced with kith federal who cheered on the ibur benir the administration nl hut that veterans ripen sn lion he cur 4 ia Sil r if teso aad r x tailed in the case of single men ro re ceiling a 1501 income or married men alth ft etli 1 income with WO exemption for dependents also was as expected to bring a storm of protest on the house floor the tile economy committee sig for a consolidation of thearty the army and navy establishments into a single department of national de fenc fente vigorously opposed by the president and ills advisers li likewise keIse meets with ith objections in both he lie publican and democratic ranks R RICHMOND was full of governors and other dignitaries last beek cek and was uns mighty buy busy in other respects the events included tho the an nual conference of state exec executives the washington bicentennial celebration a celebration in honor of the landing of the first permanent colonists a state music festival dedication of the tile first monument to james junies monroe in the tile s inte and the opening to the public for the full week of IW colonial homes and gar dens the goer governors nors thirty in number after offer being received by Co governor vernor pollard helped to dedicate the monroe statue at ash I 1 lawn aun the chief address ans as delle delivered by claude G 0 lowers loers eminent democratic journ iha and orator I 1 he lie also took pirt in all the oilier other ceremonies besides holding their onn fourtly malt on edne iday they were addres addressed qed by president hoover homer who ulio in one of his most important sp speeches etches presented the federal eminent s case to the states and eked for their fuller co operation in beitling seitling seit ling nil lonal lems evening tie boier nors were entertained at dinner in the while house biliti r 11 LA of tev nei lork leader of the bloc that the files siles tax proposition provided the tile sensa tafoi of the week r in tin thi senate bank ing con cot gittoe hear bear ings on stock ex change methods it was as an exposure of alleged hah pres sure publicity methods including even eien bribery to manipulate prices on the file evv aw lork stock exchange and nn the document do ciment F H la guardia ri he offered in la proof of his charges in evolved vol ed a number of financial writ urit ers formerly employed on oil new ev lork papers they were employed by brokerage houses he said to bally hou hool stocks and sent out misleading statements in order to promote stock purchases in some cases be s ila ex from newspaper aralles urt art liles lles in by hiah po powered ered publicity methods were included by brokers in letters to customers ave pools in which stocks were manipulated according to la guar dia were cited by the new worker to back up his ills he lie said that high pressure method methodi had been utilized in the handling of pools in gindlin motorcycle stock S I 1 age anus artus maev makwell ell motors pure lure oil simms petroleum and superior OIL in ull till In instances except tie ile in dian than Mii stuck stock the pools operated hick h irk in VU and mr sir la guardia Guard named A neton plummer HS the lie high pressure pub flub fielty mun man v ila had distributed SO OW among nes newspaper paper men this man mail he iad slid penned operated under the title of publicity counsel and some times under the name naine of the insel tute of Ite earch plum mer Is now under indictment tor for forging securities the committee in exec executive tiffie session es S decided to make a sweeping la in luto the whole stock and bond selling as it affects the file stock exchange and wid thi mil ran last all sum suni mer mey A steering om ommittee mitlee of five was named by norbeck to tile estl gatlon atlon und and line up witnesses senator J 11 ens ot of midi senator pan gan c nc no of the couzens progressives progress ives Is a peril ilia the lendi lending rg member of this sn sit iller bi d dt and will III be a most important tailor in the lii inquiry fliss helfaer and norbeck him spit nisi also are oil ilic file steering coin millee ablott of counci til ut vt who in ineil tied the tile inquiry has hi been forted into a minor place by for nor le ile k APAN opened a prent great drive in i JAPAN ailant hurin to in sill press iss ilic tile fam growing revolt tile lie govern goern meal elf i file state of 31 mm in io lillig mirriel the rest of the file world to kep hind hinda off the rebel fone aln aa the A f sl cistern lines of the chinese east rn railway and la in the lower loer suir sun tarl lori valley alley vuro cre estimated ut at ow 20 and there ere more of them in regions the Ju pinese government scorned the reso luil in of the tile league of no lions committee of nineteen calling for the immediate evacuation of 0 shanghai and then went ent ahead to arrange it ft own ao 10 with till the tile cooperation of sir miles titles lampson La the british minister to china it not ft a reported in geneva that this dosal was A accepted by ed so the league committee meekly ail ad rallied it would have to remake if its resolution to conform lon form the mall small po powers IV e rs which had insisted In 1 1 on drastic action against japan like this development but could do nothing gaul Is especially grateful to hoover for hia his promotion of the moratorium on reparations and war debts but there was uns no way ony in which this gratitude could be 1 l shown shonn directly to the president EO to ambassador fred e r I 1 c 11 sackett was as chosen to be the recipient of an unusual ho northe bestowal of the degree of doctor of political science by F M sackett the one edt ent and fa to un university hersIty of this high honor was uns presented to the ambassador in an Impre improve she ceremony lere in the pros pres ence of represent representatives ades of the german gerwan cabinet and many of south germany s most distinguished men in its centuries of existence the Un university hersity of has dis hensl d only a few honorary titles but as the rector eald said because of his ills great effort in to alleviating cco eco noille problems the university con eluded tint the Ame american Amerl cin dor did signi signil work vork in singling out some of 0 the causes of the present difficulties and decided to honor him ot of the artion vion question arder pro inions of article ore fire of the eighteenth amendment was voted by BlIch michigan Igan republicans in convection convention at grand rapids the convention alo al o voted indorsement endorsement Indor of president resident hoover homer the platform was adopted cally after a riotous session on the floor preceded by two no hours of debate in the wv com cittee on oil resolutions the commit tee refused a report on abe sold soldiers leral bonus question G borgia has a new teni pointed by gov richard rd B hussell russell jr to nil fill out part of the term of tic late am J harris the therein min selected Is maj sid john S cohen td cd aitor of the atlanta journal he lie will serve sere until next november 17 an the liar ilar I 1 ris term does not expire until 1937 t 0 and governor rus sell himself will be a cand candidate for the place in the general election in the fall maj J 8 major cohen who cohen has been democratic cratic national committeeman t oin georgia since 1921 24 Is a member of a distinguished southern family he ile joined the stall staff of the journal in to 1800 1850 and was reporter perter re special washington and cd ed writer HP lip was a it correspondent spon dent and later loter an army officer in the tile spanish american war his ills father was a confederate of officer fleer since 1017 1917 major cohen has ins been president aid and editor of the journal he ile Is no stringer to political wash ington having been for a time secretary to hobe smith who was bee u detary of the interior under tinder frest dent cleveland NATIONAL socialists under the leadership leade ship of adolf hitler hiller scored a greit victory in the ibrus elections elect Inns and non on enough places in other of germany to make them the strone strongest zt political party in four of the it five ve states in the retch but they still lack a clear majority to control any of them in bavaria they fell slightly behind in prussia where the fight was vas most bitter because of the theory I 1 hat that uh whoever neer controls prussia con fools the retch the forces pirn porn cred pred 9 lagal rist theriane the ther nine itne they held heretofore the coalition which makes up the present govern ment also obtained beats scats the comm omm initta also gained it was mas announced tent the pros stan government would resign on may alay 21 24 2 1 when the newly elected diet convenes hut but III carry on until a new premier of the state ii elect rd ed hitler Is Ins insisting islIng that tie nazis should be given ghen control hut can he no definite nite decision on a as 9 to the of the partle parties un til fit the mid lie of may when the tile carbolic entrusts meet in berlin for a mucus in the lin elections also the national scored heavy heay and 11 giani but ills ali con arol of the he remil ris in tile bandli of the 1 and lichtlin in tie 71 p pinger 11 in ger nun nin and irlin parties u were ere pruth ich wiped nut out by the 1 nays nals 0 lilt 1912 irn newspaper fr enlon I 1 |