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Show L a'W:r.. , ,. wSSJlTSI-. 1 President Ortis Eubto of Mexico (with heart handaced) nuking Ms first public appearance since the attempt U Uc Ufa. Bishop Maiming of New York and other clergymen pray fur an end to the Ilusslau church perse-KWom. perse-KWom. C V- OffltWIjA at Lowell observatory, who discovered tlia ow planet, wltij his Brat home-made telescoiw. ' ', ". " - ' . ' ....... 5 NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Hopeful Signs in Business and Industry Indicate Returning Re-turning Prosperity. RBTURNINO prosperity la heralded In hopeful signs seen In various lines of business and Industry in the United States. Reduction In rediscount redis-count rate by Federal Reserve banks and cheaper call money have given great vitality to the stock market Money Is cheaper today than It has been In five yeura. In New Tork the official call rate dropped to 2 per cent while aome loana were made outside at l'i per cent The United Statea employment aerv-Ica aerv-Ica In Washington reports that business busi-ness and industry are consolidating the progress made In January for an expected upturn in employment during the spring months. The automobile industry has made a sharp upward awing In production, registering the largest output of passenger cars and tracks since October. Other Industries Indus-tries such aa electric equipment, airplane, air-plane, silk and rayon show Increasing activity with a full complement of workew.' The gigantic building programs projected pro-jected throughout the country, together to-gether with great betterment programs by public utility companies, will fur-stBh fur-stBh employment to an army of workers, work-ers, the report states. s .. WORLDWIDE demonstrations nave been featuring the struggle between be-tween established religion and the atheistic commission of Russia, Bishop William T. Manning of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of New Tork recently participated with other clergymen in a prayerful . protest against Russia's anti-rellgloua policy at services held at the cathedral of St Jehn the Divine in New Tork city. Fops Plus, before a congregation of 60,000 la St. Peter's in Rome, led OathoUos of the world in Intercessory services against religious persecution la Soviet Russia. In Chicago, New Talk, London and many other, cities, CafhoUcs participated in similar services. AnU-religioua demonstrations con-ttnoe con-ttnoe in various parts of Russia nnd plana bava been completed by the Society of Militant 'Atheists for the epealBg of aa "anti-God congress." Germany, and Czechoslovakia report sttscks by edmmunlats on churcbea la setae parts of those countries. . HOPB that a way has been found to break the Franco-Italian deadlock dead-lock over naval parity, which ' threatened threat-ened the very llfa of the live-power navel conference In London, waa seen Is remarks madeby Aristide Briand, French foreign minister, after a private pri-vate talk with Premier MacDonald. U. Briand said: ' '- . "Always whan things seem at their worst one finds a way out. That is true now. We have been talking ! boot means to bring the conference to a successful conclusion and we are going to apply these means aa quickly aa possible." In refusing to dlacuss details, the French leader continued : "I am in the habit of chattering too much, and then I am reproached for it afterward. We have been taking tak-ing our bearings and experts have been making the observations precise." pre-cise." The smile on Premier MacDonald's face aa he left M. Briand gave further assurance that the situation had taken s new turn and that optimistic events were in the air. However, this optimism is not Shared by the other powers and a suggestion to adjourn the conference until June, to meet at Geneva concurrently with the League of Nations preparatory disarmament commission has been offered. OUT of the tense situation that confronts con-fronts grain producers of the country cornea an important announcement announce-ment from the Farmers National Grain corporation, the grain co-operative of the federal farm board. In ' i ' ' ., " " making public the' result of their survey sur-vey on congested grain storage facilities facili-ties In the United States, they announced an-nounced their Intention of vurchaalnf and building additional elevators throughout the grata producing area, by means of loans to co-operative as-sociatlona. as-sociatlona. "In leas than three months the movement of the new wheat crop will begin in the Southwest" aatd the corporation's cor-poration's officers. "There is great need for facilities in that area. Some new. construction Is required and some of the existing bouses need enlarging. Some houses now owned by others must be acquired by co-operatives. Some sub-terminal warehouses should be built" The harvest Is farther away in the spring wheat area, the report aatd, but the problem la "In some respects similar, sim-ilar, and hardly less pressing." GREAT BRITAIN is mourning the passing of one of Its moat eminent em-inent public men. The death of Earl Balfour removes from the scene one of the greut Victorian statesmen. Be was the last eurvlving minister of Queen Victoria, but sof Men was his intellect and ao peraisteut his youth that until his final retirement a year ago he waa regarded in Great Britain as a modern statesman. The end came peacefully to the statesman, who was In bis eighty-second year. He bad been distressingly i 111 for a long time with laryngitis. j From the time he entered parliament parlia-ment In 1874 until the dosing years of his life he figured as an Important factor In British politics. He succeeded suc-ceeded his uncle, Lord Salisbury, as leader of the Conservative party, and served as premier from 1002 to 190.1. CENSORSHIP by federal courts over Imported obscene, Immoral or treasonable literature was almost unanimously adopted by the senate, and Included In the tariff bill, after two days Of spirited discussion, in which charges of Intolerance, denunciations denun-ciations of the principle of censorship and pleua for the protection of the morals of young America rang through the senate chamber. The amendment to the tariff bill, as adopted, provides that questionable literature may be seized at the port of entry, but cannot be destroyed until it baa been Judged in a federal court and adverse decisions de-cisions appealed. PRIMO DE RIVERA resta in a soldier's sol-dier's grave, honored by the highest high-est tributes a nation can bestow. The body of the man who ruled Spain as dictator for six years and then went Into exile, waa placed beside the body of his wife in San Isldro cemetery in Madrid. Premier Berenguer and foremost dignitaries of the country, Including King Alfonso, participated in the funeral. The man, who in 1923 seized, and for six years held In his soldier's hand, the destinies of 20,000,000 Spaniards and the ancient dynasty, came to bis end suddenly and alone .in s hotel room in Paris, a virtual exile. He had lived there quietly for the month that elapsed since he took the hint from . his successor that bla presence in Spain might be dangerous and would complicate the task of a transition government and crossed the frontier into France. De Rivera waa in bla alxty-flrst year. , INCOME tax receipts from the March 15 collections aa shown by the treasury totaled 314,200,558, exceeding exceed-ing by more than S40.000.000 collections collec-tions for the same date last . year. Thla sum waa the total for the month of March aa shown in the treasury statement for March 18. PRESIDENT HOOVER has announced an-nounced his purpose of completing complet-ing the housecleaning which he commenced com-menced s year ago in the southern patronage situation. Commenting on the recent report of a senate committee, commit-tee, Mr. Hoover pointed out that the incidents dealt with were not. recent and that all federal officials known to have engaged In Improper practices bad either resigned or been removed. "Under Instructions to the various departments of the government said the President "a system haa been established es-tablished by which these reprehensible practices have been absolutely stopped and the system of purchase and sale of appointments, ao fur aa It existed, has been ended."" ' ' ALTHOUGH two and a half billion dollars will be spent for streets and highways throughout the country In 1930, the economic loss from congestion con-gestion and accidents due to Inadequate Inade-quate planning In metropolitan areas will equal this amount, Presideut Charles M. Hares of the Chicago Motor Mo-tor club declared at a meeting of traffic experts of the American Automobile Auto-mobile association in Washington. PRESIDENT ORTIZ RUBIO, In the course of an Informal Interview with the press in Mexico City, announced an-nounced that President Hoover bad accepted ac-cepted his personal invitation to visit Mexico City during bis Presidency. President Rublo did not reveal the date of the proposed visit He Is anxious anx-ious for the American President to return his visit to the United States last year. The Mexican chief also announced that the government had Invited a committee of International bankers, the chief holder of Mexico' foreign debt to meet with representatives of the Mexican government in Mexico or New Tork to attempt to reach s more definite understanding on the debt question, with a view to making a settlement set-tlement which the Mexican government govern-ment could end would live up to. An agreement, he aald, would encourage the owners of factories and business to extend their activities, giving work to thousands of unemployed. BANDIT. hordes In Klangsi province of China have massacred more than 2,000 men, women and children in the Fuan district Reports reaching Shanghai said the wholesale slaying were committed early this month under un-der the direction of the bandit chieftain, chief-tain, General Chuteh, He la reported still occupying the district Fearing further massacres, American, British and Japanese gunboats are patrolling the Tangtae river. SECRETARY WILBUR haa appealed to all evangelical bodies In the United Statea to join In the drive to eliminate illiteracy. The "shocking facta" of illiteracy are being called to the attention of the church organizations now, he said, In order that plan can be made at the annual meetings thla spring for active participation In the campaign sponsored by the government Mr. Wilbur said that the 1920 census reported 4,831,006 persons ten years of age and over unable to write In any language. OWING to extensive activities of communists in the Philippines, Gen. O. E. Nathorst, chief of the con-I con-I stabulary, haa made a request to Governor Gov-ernor General Davis that proletarian congresses be denied the use of the malls throughout the Islands. The boycott of American goods, spread of communist doctrines among the Ignorant masses of the islands and the active participation of communists in the recent school strike at Manila were among the activities which caused the request to be made. PROHIBITION has become a dominating dom-inating Issue in the nation within the last few months, according to a survey made by tie United Press. Recent developments show that about 100 bills have been Introduced on the subject in congress; 12 statea have prohibition legislation either Introduced, In-troduced, or about to be Introduced; II recent polls have been taken inquiring inquir-ing prohibition sentiment and aome till are under way; bearings have been started on several national measures; meas-ures; both wet and dry forces are tightening their lines for concerted drlvea either, toward legislation or toward election of congressmen or state officials this fall A TWENTY-FOUR tour strike waa declared in Cuba as a protest against unemployment The affair passed off without serious disturbance. The police charged that tbe strike was in compliance with orders from the third Internationale In Moscow. It waa estimated that 200,000 workmen walked out Public utility plants and railroads were about the only industries indus-tries not affected. (A Wwtara Nmpapw Unloa.) |