| Show news review of current events the world over grau ran san martin tries to establish government for cuba four more afore states for prohibition repeal blue eagle 0 notes by EDWARD W PICKARD precariously on the edge S SITTING of the cuban presidential chair to which lie he had been hoisted by tile radical junta ramon gran san martin endeavored earnestly to maintain his balance and to establish a government so solid that it would be given recognition by the united states slates on all sides he was beset with difficulties and threats in the big national hotel were the deposed army and navy officers heavily ramon grau rau armed and supported sar M martin rtin by the more consert tive live factions that favored the return to power of de cespedes whom the radi radicals cais had shoved out in the harbor of havana and elsewhere about the island were american warships embodying the possibility of arm armed intervention by uncle sam it if conditions became too chaotic in the capital city and other centers new political and revolutionary factions formed nightly and various strikes complicated them the situation money food and gasoline for the troops that were supporting grau grao san martin were running low and merchants were refusing credit nevertheless the president who Is a more forceful figure than de cespedes carried on bravely and proceeded to select a cabinet posing and speaking for the tackles talkies tal kies he declared at last cuba 0 Is again free among civilized nations of the world cuba now has a stable government all that we need for prosperity and we hope that prosperity will come quickly the ousted military officers who haa taken entire possession of the national botel and were beleaguered beleaguer ed there by the radical soldiers sent col horatio ferrer secretary of war and navy un der do de cespedes to the presidential palace to demand the immediate resignation of grau san martin but he met with no success meanwhile the entire staff of the hotel left and the officers were forced to run the place themselves ambassador welles who had bad resided in the hotel also departed as did most of the americans who had taken refuge there ASIN INGTON of course was washington watching the developments la in cuba with deep interest not to say anxiety but president roosevelt was determined to avoid intervention it if possible through secretary of state hull hall he indicated that he be would follow a line of strict neutrality among the islands factions and would permit cuba to solve her own political lems mr hulls formal statement was the government of the united states has no lir interest litterest terest in behalf of or prejudice against any political group or independent organization which Is today active in the political we life of cuba former formy president marto marlo G menocal who returned to cuba after the ousting of machado entered into the picture when the military officers invited him to lead their effort to force grau san martin out of the presidency FOR several days spain was without a cabinet following the ousting of the pro socialist government of Il premier manuel azana and the altu aion was critical however president zamora called in alejandro larroux Ler roux veteran republican leader k and charged him to form a coalition cabinet based solely on 6 the radical party and the independent republicans this lerr roux 0 u x accomplished alth some difficulty alejandro alejand ro persuading all the ml larroux dority republican groups to support him although two of their leaders salvador do de madariaga Madar laga and felipe sanchez roman had bad refused to sign up larroux selected a cabinet that was approved by president zamora of its thirteen members six are arc members of the radical party which Is really the most conservative serva tive party in the country so the government has taken a decided turn to the right larroux nod and his government may bae considerable difficulty in the cortes for the socialist left and the monarchist right will tx be strong in opposition one thing the spanish government has to cope with Is the great crime wave that la is sweeping over the country murders bombings and incendiary fires have been frequent and the police arid and civil guards so far have bero been unable to check the outrages many of 0 the crimes are attributed to comma nests F FOUR OUR more mere states fell into line for repeal of the eighteenth amendment aill making ing twentynine twenty nine that so far have voted with none in ID opposition only seven more are needed for the ratification of the amendment and now riot not even the most confirmed pro believe the wet wave can be pushed back it Is a moral certain ty that repeal will be accomplished before christmas maine alaine stronghold of prohibition since 1851 proved her change of heart by voting more than 2 to 1 for repeal the wets carried every county and their SO 80 delegates will take formal action in convention on december C L then all in one day came maryland nearly ato 5 to I 1 for repeal minnesota where the wets outnumbered the drys more than to 1 and colorado where the won by nearly 3 to 1 other states to vote on the repeal amendment this year are idaho and new mexico september 19 virginia october 3 florida october 10 ohio pennsylvania north Caro carolina ilna south carolina kentucky and utah november 7 the can afford to lose three of these but probably will not do so N NEW EW YORK city staged a huge NHA parade and as a preliminary administrator hugh johnson addressing a mass meeting informed the nation that 83 per cent of the employers in the united states were akere already enrolled under the blue eagle he attacked critics of the NHA which he declared was not an attempt at regimentation of industry but a charter of freedom and asserted the country had been lifted about one quarter of the way out of the inky blackness of last march 11 while general johnson was struggling straggling in washington to formulate a code that would be accepted by the soft coal interests president roosevelt was endeavoring in a conference with the heads of each of the recovery units to push ahead three of the major parts of his program expansion of credit insurance of bank deposits and control of the oil industry aid for the small business man who still Is having trouble with his credit arrangements now Is the central question in the governments credit lem according to jesse IT jones chairman of the reconstruction finance corporation who attended the conference large industries are finding accommodations he said banks in small towns must be convinced that loans are now feasible according to mr jones they are still hanging banging back and not helping the merchants and industries in their communities muni ties mr jones said mr jones repeated his threat that the government plans to take over functions of banks through the medium of mortgage corporations formed among industries for the discounting of paper with the R F C this device he be said would clear up the remaining credit difficulties difficult les in the road of the recovery drive secretary ickes after his big conference with the president said that the price fixing bring provisions would remain in the oil code but that he would not attempt to regulate prices until such a step became necessary to in another conference plans to collect a billion dollars in back taxes due the federal government were laid before president roosevelt by guy T helvering commissioner of internal revenue of the total due Is tied up in litigation which the government Is seeking to speed helvering explained pla ined because tax payers are seeking to have it refunded to them another has not been paid in assured by the president of a sufficient fund to carry on the work helvering said he be hoped to round up in the near future without great difficulty no prosecutions are being planned at present of recognition of the A ADVOCATES soviet russian government by the united states are much encouraged by the appointment of john van A macmurray as minister to estonia latvia and lithuania they believe this Is a stop step toward recognition V and that mr macneur ray will be our ambassador bas at moscow 4 before very long tie he li Is a college professor specialist to in russian affairs and history and recently returned john van A from a trip through macmurray hussel in every respect mr macmurray Is qualified to represent the united states abroad for he has held many important posts in the diplomatic service in europe and in the elie far east in 1024 he was an assistant secretary of state elate and soon after was appointed minister to china it Is believed that the next step in the program for russian recognition will be the establishment of credits amounting to at least for russian purchases of copper cotton and railroad supplies in ID this country was in deep mourning for king I 1 IRAQ feisal who died suddenly to in berne lid ills his son ghail twenty one years old was declared his successor and took loot the oath of office at barrah lie he retained his rathers fathers cabinet and was expected to follow fel bals policies PEACE for ten years between greece and turkey la Is assured by the pact which was signed at ankara by premiers Tsa ladris and ismet pasha the pact guarantees reciprocal frontier security against aggression a common understanding before deciding on domestic and international questions and mutual representation at international conferences HANCE LLOIL HITLER and hla big C chancellor nazis have compelled prof albert einstein to revise in part his long held pacifist attitude ills his altered views appeared in a letter to a belgian an ti militarist who a appealed P to him to help two belgian consal conscientious objectors to military service who aa ow had started a hunger strike you will be very astonished at what I 1 am going to tell you professor sor E einstein I 1 n s t e I 1 n prof einstein Ein sUIn wrote only y a short time ago we could hope to fight militarism in europe successfully by individual refusals to do service but today we are in the presence of 0 a altogether different circumstances there Is in the center of europe a state germany which Is publicly preparing for war by nil all means in these conditions the latin countries above all france and belgium are in great danger and can only count on their preparedness As far as belgium Is concerned it Is obvious that this little country will not make abusive use of its preparation and that it has the greatest need deed to safeguard its existence imagine belgium occupied by pres ent day germany 1 it would undoubtedly be worse than in 1914 even though occupation at that time was terrible that la Is why I 1 am alm telling you in the most direct fashion that it if I 1 were a belgian I 1 would not refuse to do military service under the present circumstances but on the contrary I 1 would accept it in full conscience with the feeling that I 1 was contributing to save european civil civilization at that time dinst einstein eln was in brussels V 1 but it was reported rep orFed a nazi organization had put him on its death list so he fled to england and hid bid in a cabin on the east coast provided for him by commander oliver locker lampson its location was kept secret and he said he would remain there until october when he was coming to america to lecture T women have no intention louisianan LOUI of letting up in their fight to obtain the ousting of huey long and john 11 II overton from the united states senate semite their organization headed by mrs hilda phelps hammond sent a long telegram to senator connally of texas chairman of the senate investigating committee demanding that the committee conclude its inquiry into the state election that seated senator overton the telegram said in part the evidence of record that was adduced by a competent counsel and skilled investigators conclusively shows that overtones Ov ertons election from beginning to end was a gigantic fraud designed and perpetrated by senator long Ov overtones ertons campaign manager with the knowledge and consent of mr overton who Is the beneficiary senator long has openly boasted that word has gone down to lay off of him we prefer to disbelieve senator longs statement but the attitude of your committee must seen seem to confirm its truth in the name of decent citizenry and appe appealing alling to a rightful sense of duty doty as a united states senator we urge you yon and your committee to take immediate and energetic action and footsore after a week B of struggling through the forests foresta of ontario ward T van orman and frank A trotter pilots of a goodyear balloon in the james gordon bennett race from chicago were found and brought back to civilization caught in a bad squall they had bad been forced to land upside down in dense woods carrying heavy packs the two men fought their way slowly toward the line of the W T van ontario hydroelectric orman orma company their res reg cue was made possible by the cutting down of a telephone pole along this line for james barrett lineman seeking the cause 0 of an interruption tn in service found a note written by the aeronauts aero following a course which the note mentioned the lineman found the americans in a camp at tower no 38 an outpost though formal announcement had not been made it appeared the winners of the race were capt franciszek and zbogniew burzynski of poland who landed near riviere a nerre alerre quebec miles from chicago van orman and trotter made about BOO miles lieutenant commander T 0 W settle and charles IL kendall pilots of the united states navy balloon ba floon landed in connecticut they traveled about miles balloons representing germany belgium and france flew shorter distances rony pony CANZONERI made a gallant 1 L I effort to regain the lightweight title in new york and failed for fifteen rounds lie he battled with barney ross boss of chicago the present champion hot but tn in the end the decision was given the younger man who had bad conquered tony lost last june ca cill 1933 witta nl unton |
