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Show ! News Review of Current Events the World Over ' , Revolutionary Movement Threatens Machado's Regime in Cuba--MJerman Reich Saved by Defeat of Radicals. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ' n,i , V . , f . v- n - ( IjlsinJIsVJB-iWiii jams' n a r d o .Machado, president pres-ident of Cuba, not long ago, scoffed at the danger of revolution revo-lution In his tight little Island. But the threat has- materialized ma-terialized In a way to make him sit up and take notice. I Rebels In various system, as It operates throughout Europe, with the possible exception of Italy, Is that It Is Intertwined with politics." "ORGANIZED labor In certain parts of this country Is not doing do-ing much to help solve the question of unemployment Quite the reverse. re-verse. Take the Hoover dam, for instance. The workers on that big project made wage demands that construction company holding the contract considered extortionate, so 125 men quit work. The superintendent su-perintendent Immediately shut down operations and about 1,000 men were thrown out of work. The company, he said, was six months ahead of schedule, and could afTord to refuse concessions that would cost $2,000 dally or $3,000,000 during the seven years allowed for completion of the dam. Living conditions for the workers work-ers on this desert job are admittedly admitted-ly rigorous. In Chicago thousands of men and women were thrown out of employment employ-ment when more than one hundred small movie theaters closed rather than submit longer to the demand of the motion picture operators' union that two operators be employed em-ployed at each house. The managers said this was unnecessary and that they could not afTord It Extensive highway construction operations In Illinois are delayed and may not get under way before next spring, because labor organizations organiza-tions objected to the rulings of a state board as to the "prevailing wage" in various districts, which must be paid for the work according accord-ing to the law authorizing It These are only a few instances of the many that might be cited. It would seem to the ordinary citizen that organized labor might well strain a point or two In such a time of stress. "But In this case certain adjust-ments adjust-ments must be made, as complete suspension of these payments might result In suspension of certain classes of payments to Individuals. Accordingly, the committee agreed in principle that all payments of funds A" and U' under the agreement agree-ment signed at Paris on April 20, 1930, should be continued during the Hoover year. "Negotiations are continuing In regard to adjustments required In the case of Bulgaria." D LANTERS of the fourteen cotton states of the South are asked by the farm board to plow under one-third of their crop Immediately, In order to enhance the price of the other two-thirds. The board sent telegrams to the governors of the states urging that this course be adopted. In return, said the board, the cotton stabilization corporation will agree to lurid off the market Its 1,800,000 bales until July 81, 1032. and will urge the cotton co-operatives financed by the board to do likewise. PDWARD A. O'NEAL, president - of the American Farm Bureau federation, announced at a meeting of state furm bureau leaders In Mil- .... regions staged out-Prea. out-Prea. Machado brcnkl( that nrmc(j the government and martial law was declared In the effort to stave 4 off civil war. Machado aacf his cabinet ministers conferred with military and civic advisers, ? and the martial resources of the republic repub-lic were hastily mobilized. Troops were sent to the troubled areas and an effort was made to improvise a navy by commandeering private yachts and arming them with eight- een pound guns. ' Meanwhile the authorities were gathering up all the known and sus-" sus-" peeled rebels they .could catch and putting them In jail. Hundreds , were- arrested and charged with treason. Former President Meno-cal Meno-cal and Colonel Mendleta were credited cred-ited with the leadership of the revolt re-volt and especial efforts were made to get them, but at this writing . they VftSS MARY AN-derson, AN-derson, head of the women's bureau bu-reau of the Department Depart-ment of Labor, Is a woman of Ideas and the ability to express them. Having Hav-ing returned from Europe, she gives out an address urging urg-ing a modern era OKI ' waukee that the federation "must renew Its demand for an equalization equaliza-tion fee" and that the present marketing mar-keting act was Inadequate to cope with agriculture's "most acute problems-control of Its surplus crops." The announcement was said to be unexpected by the farm board officials offi-cials and the administration In Washington. "The federation has always stood for the principle of the equalization fee, as expressed In the old Mc-Nary-Haughen bill, which provides that each unit of a commodity produced pro-duced shell bear Its fair share of the cost of disposal of surplus," O'Neal said. are still at large. The most active ac-tive of the rebels were in the province prov-ince of Plnar del Rio, and it was reported to President Machado that they, with Gen,. Ealderno Acosta, aiayor of Mariano, as leader, were . preparing an invasion of navana province. Indeed, there were several sev-eral sanguinary skirmishes only a few miles from the capital, which was isolated by the cutting of com-Bunlratlons. com-Bunlratlons. Col. Julio Sangully, chief of the army flying corps, ordered every available plane to keep on constant patrol along the north coast especially espe-cially in Pinnr del Rio, and for several miles out at sea, in search ef both Cuban and foreign organized organ-ized filibustering expeditions. Several Sev-eral craft that attempted to escape the navy patrol ships were bombed by the flyers. . . Late reports said Menocal, Mendleta Men-dleta and others were on a yacht making their way " to Chaparra. Oriente province, where Menocal bas a large number of followers. He was at one time manager of tbe Phnnnrrn antra mtlla tlia ta-iraet for c o o k s and M maids, .a higher AZtrLn status for domestic Andert0" service In keeping with modern Industrialism. In-dustrialism. Her program Includes the establishment of training schools to fit the worker to the position through the federal employment service, and an employee's life Independent Inde-pendent of the employer's house-i house-i hold. She thinks modern apartment j living means not the eventual extinction ex-tinction of the worker in the home but added advantages for her. Miss Anderson also points out that apartment living must necessarily neces-sarily give opportunity for much part-time work. . I J D ROBABLY to his own surprise, quite a vigorous though small boom has developed for Melvln A. Traylor, Chicago banker, as the Democratic nominee for the Presidency In 1031. It was started In f n 1 (in atiil IT m In the world. Headquarters of the revolutionists revolution-ists have been opened In New York and are In charge of Dr. Domingo Mendez Capote, wbo says he Is the 'chief delegate of the rebels' organization organ-ization In this country. He was vice president after the war of Independence Independ-ence and has bad a distinguished career, POR the time being, at Jeast the German repftfelfc Is safefor the i latest attempt.- to wreck: It has failed. This was the move to dissolve dis-solve the Prussian diet through a .. . plebiclte, which, if It had succeeded, would have Imperiled the relch. M. A. Traylor. boro' Texas, where Mr. Traylor formerly former-ly lived and where he is most popular. pop-ular. Then, a few days later, Dan-lei Dan-lei TJpthegrove, president of the St Louis Southwestern railroad, announced an-nounced that he would support the banker for the nomination, and that a committee was being formed to further Traylor'a candidacy. It is not likely that Mr. Traylor takes the matter seriously except as a compliment, but those who know him and bis abilities feel that the Democratic Demo-cratic party might go further and fare worse. He Is president of the First National bank of Chicago and has been prominent in national and D RESIDENT nOOVER'S fifty- seventh birthday came on August Au-gust 10, but he entirely disregarded the anniversary. Returning from the Rapldan camp, he spent the remainder remain-der of the day In work as usual, and though Mrs. Hoover had hurried back from Akron, there were no guests for dinner. COU LUKE LEA. Nashville pub-Usher, pub-Usher, his son, Luke Lea, Jr, and four others were Indicted by the grand jury In Nashville on charges of conspiracy In connection with the affairs of the defunct Liberty Bank and Trust company. The scheme was devised by the Hitlerites Hit-lerites or Nationalists, and that 'ether ' set of radicals, the Communists, Com-munists, Joined with them, although their ultimate alms are utterly diverse. di-verse. But even with the aid of the - National Socialists the combination fell some 3,500,000 votes short of accomplishing Its purpose. The French government was almost al-most as pleased by the result of the German plebiclte as was that In Berlin, for it meant that tUe growing grow-ing accord between the two nations would not be broken, and it was said In Paris that the proposed visit of Premier Laval to Berlin was now a certainty. INTERNATIONAL experts charged ' with the task of dovetailing the 1 Hoover moratorium plan and the 1 Young plan announced In London International financial affairs. CEARPLY criticizing "third de- gree" methods in police force administration, ad-ministration, which is found to be widespread in both cities and rural communities, the Wlckersham commission com-mission reported to President Hoover Hoo-ver that "it remains beyond doubt that the practice Is shocking In its character and extent violative of American traditions and Institutions, Institu-tions, and not to be tolerated. Citing many instances of police brutality and unfair tactics-by officers, offi-cers, the commission declared that the trend toward "lawlessness in law enforcement" had resulted In "a deplorable prostration of the processes proc-esses of Justice," and urged that congress enact a code of federal criminal procedure which might serve as a model for the states. T E LEGATES from nearly all na-tions na-tions were present when the press congress of the world opeued In Mexico City. Men and women from North and South America, Europe Eu-rope and the Orient were welcomed at a reception given by Senator Don Laraberto Hernandez, head of the federal district. The Inaugural meeting was directed by Frank U Martin, acting dean of the school of Journalism of the University of Missouri, and the guests were addressed ad-dressed by Dr. Don Jose Manuel Pulg Casaurano, secretary of public education. The newspaper men of Mexico then gave the delegates a theater party, and next afternoon they were received at Chapultepec castle by President Ortiz Rubio. On Wednesday there was an excursion to the archeologlcal excavations at San Juan Teotlhuacan, and on Frl- SENATOR FELIX H e b e r t of Rhode Island, chairman chair-man of the senate committee on unemployment, un-employment, spent the week end at the Rapldan camp and then gave out, apparently ap-parently as President Presi-dent Hoover's spokesman, an at- I iu uuu icaititru a tuuipieit; agreement, which was signed at the treasury office. Their communique aid: "Complete agreement was reached, as regards the detailed measures required re-quired "fo- give effect to President Hoover's proposal in case of payments pay-ments by Germany under the Flague agreement of January 20, 1030. "Recommendation of the experts in regard to suspension of these payments have been approved by the governments of Australia, Canada, Can-ada, Czechoslovakia, Greece, India, New Zealand, Portugal, Rumania and South Africa. "Agreement also was reached In regard to detailed measures for suspension sus-pension of Interallied war debts to the United Kingdom, France and Italy of payments tmder agreement with Czechoslovakia,, "Agreement also was reached on , the principle that payments due by Hungary tinder the Paris agreement of April 2S, 1930, and paymenti by Bulgaria . under the Hague agreement agree-ment of January 20, 1030, ahould be suspended during the year ending June 30, 1032. day the closing day of the congress, a great fiesta was held In the stadium. sta-dium. Of course between these festive affairs the delegates transacted considerable con-siderable btislness.much of It through their committees, and at the three general sessions some serious and thoughtful addresses were delivered. deliv-ered. DARKER CRAMER, the aviator who was mapping out a northern north-ern air mall route to Europe, got as far as Lerwick In the Shetland Islands safely on his way to Copenhagen Copen-hagen and then ran Into trouble that, it is feared at this writing, resulted re-sulted in his death. Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh were held up at Point Harrow for three days by adverse weather conditions, and then took off for Nome. However, How-ever, dense fogs compelled them to come down on the north coast of the Seward peninsula about 75 miles from Nome, which Is on the south coast of that peninsula. When the fog lifted they went on to Safety bay, near Nome. , 1SJ1. Western Newapaoer CnUa.) tack on the Idea of senator a government dole Hebert and federal unemployment unem-ployment Insurance. He asserted that the latter would inevitably lead to the dole as It operates In England. Eng-land. Mr. Hebert based his conclusions con-clusions upon a study of the dole abroad made during a trip from which he recently returned. He visited vis-ited most of the countries of west-era west-era Europe for the special purpose of Investigating unemployment insurance, in-surance, and he predicts now that there will be little clamor In congress con-gress for the establishment of such a system. He said of the dole: "The main difficulty with the dole |