Show news review of C current events the world over murder of dollfuss DoII fuss by nazis creates serious situation in europe bandit dillinger slain by federal A agents ants in chicago by EDWARD W PICKARD 0 by watern costern union E DOLLFUSS intrepid little chancellor of austria has ha fallen alien a victim of his political enemies A group of nazis disguised in uner forms broke into the th chancellors chanc ellory in vienna and made prisoners ol of dollfuss Doll tuss and a num her of his ministers the chancellor was beaten and shot and left to bleed to death his captors refusing to permit a physician or a priest to be called wa without hout revealing the ojik engelbert 1 fact that they the had murdered the dicta nf dollfuss tor the nazis then surrendered on promise of safe conduct across the german border being aided in the negotiations by K N rieth the german minister to austria when it was learned that dollfuss had been killed the promise was revoked and the nazis were nere locked up meanwhile another small bunch of nazis had seized the radio broadcasting office odice and had given out a statement that dollfuss had bad resigned and would be succeeded as chancellor by dr anton the minister to italy nin telen was called to vienna immediately put in a cell and there shot seriously officials said he be tried to commit suicide president miklas called on dr kurt minister of education under dollfuss to head tile the government and he together with former vice chancellor EVI amii fey and prince ernst von ton Star hemberg the vice chancellor took charge of the situation with the helm wehr to back them up soon afterwards it was announced that von Star bemberg bad been made chancellor in the province of shyria and tome some other regions civil war broke out almost at once and the nazis strong in numbers especially in graz were desperately lighting fighting with the regular army and the helm wehr italy france and great britain were conferring as to the best measures to take to carry out their pledges of last february that the integrity of austria should be maintained italy especially was determined that the austrian nazis should not gain control of the country and was ready for armed intervention Musso mussolini lint had troops encamped near the austrian frontier and personally assured prince von emberg that he would defend austrian independence the french professed to look on the nazi revolt as an internal event not warranting intervention at present but the question of maintaining austrian independence is one of the few in which they agree entirely with the italians naturally everyone blamed germany for the tragedy in vienna for the german nazis have carried on a long and persistent campaign against dollfuss making use of the radio without restraint hillers Hit lers government however tried to avoid implication in the vienna uprising minister keith was recalled to berlin because of hla his unauthorized action in helping the nazi group and hitler appointed franz you von to succeed him the bo border was closed to all political fu fugitives 1 I from austria the german press always under control co nirol was careful not to express joy over the killing of dollfuss on the side lines waiting to see what course would prove most advantageous to themselves were czechoslovakia jugo and hungary the situation in central europe thus was packed with dynamite almost us as it was twenty years ago and in all the world capitals the danger of serious international repercussions was recognized another general european war aar may be folded for the present presen tv but bloody conflict in austria seemed certain OR the first time in history a president rent FOR of the united states set toot foot on hawaiian soll soil when mr air roosevelt landed at hilo lie ile went ashore there especially to visit the great volcano and being driven to the edge of the huge greult of ile he made a s sacrifice to pele the fire goddess by tossing a bunch of red chello berries into the crater the city of gave the president a warm welcome and staged a pageant then lie he proceeded to honolulu tor for the main events of ills his visit ills activities there included a review of troops and an inspection of the pearl harbor naval based base ile he was entertained at luncheon by maj gen B H wells commandant of the army department attended a picnic given by the haryard harvard club ate dinner with gov joseph poindexter and after a reception at the governors mansion retired to the royal hawaiian hotel at waikiki bench beach IN NEAPOLIS became the labor M minneapolis riot center of the country the striking truc kmen there and tile the police engaging in bloody fights and as in san francisco much of the violence was attributed to communist agitators tile the striking striding drivers sought the stoppage of all industry but only the cab drivers joined them father francis J haas and I 1 B H n dunnigan Dnn federal labor conciliatory conciliators concilia concilla tors offered a plan of settlement which was accepted by the strikers but the employers turned it down asserting that the reds were behind the strike and that they would have no dealings with communists gov floyd olson immediately il declared martial law in the city and Henn hennegin Hennep epin ln county and adjutant general walsh 0 of the national guard became dictator the decree even muzzled the press to a considerable degree four thousand guards men were mobilized and motor patrols toured the streets at intervals following a conference of delegates J J noonan president of the licensed Tug mens protective association announced in detroit that a unanimous vote bound all unions and continued strike action in demand of an eight hour day and a 2400 yearly wage noonan said the next move was up to the ship owners chiefly represented by john AV cushing chicago and G A tomlinson cleveland about ninety tugs have been tied up at great lakes ports since the men left their jobs june 1 noonan said OHN DILLINGER murderer bank i J robber outlaw and most notorious of americas modern desperadoes Is dead traced to chicago he ventured a visit to a moving moning picture theater to see sec a film of the life of a man who ended in the electric chair As he came out of the theater federal agents and a police squad from X tg east chicago indiana S surrounded him he drew ills his pistol and was instantly shot to death melvln melvin II 11 pur john vis chief of the hinves D Dill illinger mger tl ti galing gating forces of the department of justice in chicago led his men in this final and successful effort to get dillinger dead or alive the outlaw had bad sought to disguise himself by having ills his face lifted and his hair dyed and by growing a short mustache ills his finger tips also had been treated with act acid ills identification however was immediate and certain it was credibly reported that a woman had bad given the tip that resulted in the killing of dillinger but naturally her name was not made anade public for five members of his gang are still at large and might be expected to avenge their leader the informant Is due to receive at least a considerable share of the rewards offered by the governments of the united states indiana and minnesota for information leading to the capture or death of dillinger these rewards total attorney general cummings in washington was elated by the news of death lie ile warmly praised the work of mr purvis and his men who had devoted most of their time for four and a halt half months to the elimination of the desperado three of the dillinger gang besides the leader have been killed in battle with the law eight others are in prison two of them under sentence of death WITH W itic the collapse of the general strike in the san francisco area and the defeat of the radical element among the workers the longshoremen at all ports of the pacific coast voted to submit to arbitration their differences with the ship owners the latter had agreed to arbitrate and at the same time had promised to bargain collectively with other maritime unions in the san francisco bay region there were IOS vessels in port aud and the work of loading and unloading these went on rapidly in other respects normal conditions there were restored tile the vigilante bands continued their raids on communist hangouts and the police arrested a number of radicals the hope that the alien agitators captured can be deported was rather dashed by the attitude assumed by secretary of labor perkins to in the matter of deportations she Is waiting tor for the next congress to pass the leniency measure that would give her dictatorial power in these cases 0 LE 11 II OLSON Is in the saddle as the acting governor of north dakota and matters political were quieter in bismarck the house of the state legislature called into session by william langer the ousted governor went home after naming a committee to consider impeachments Impeach ments the senate coul dat muster a quorum and so it quit acting governor olson declared a moratorium on every form of debt where the debtor can show inability to pay it Is designed to protect the farmer small business man and home hoine owner from foreclosure ONE 0 NE HUNDRED miles of the texas gulf cult coast was swept by a terrific tropical storm that cost possibly a score of lives and did vast damage to crops and other property an eighty mile gale brovo a tidal wave ware six miles inland flooding towns trapping the residents breaking com communication munt lines and smashing boats and buildings athe ALL LL american possessions except the philippines samoa and guam are now under the direction of 0 a single g government anent agency ag ency the division of 0 territories and island possessions created by president roosevelt under authority of the government economy act has haa taken over control of hawaii alaska puerto rico and the virgin islands previously puerto rico nice was wag under the war department and th the others under the interior department the navy will continue to govern guam and samoa and the war department will have charge of the philippines until they accept independence voted them by the last congress I 1 TN N AN executive order ader given out in 1 washington the president set in motion his great reforestation program designed to help the plains area of the middle west lie he allocated from the drouth relief fund tor for the beginning ot of work on a forest shelter belt a hundred miles wide and extending rn more re than 1000 miles through the heart of the drouth area from the canadian border to the texas panhandle announcement of the presidents eriCs action and of the gigantic undertaking was made by secretary wallace who authorized the forest service to use up lip to of the allocated to begin work on the project immediately S PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT laboard AS aboard the cruiser houston was nearing hawaii he took time to announce the membership of the national mediation board for the settlement of 0 railroad disputes the men he appointed are william NI lesserson Lel yellow springs ohio for the term ending february 1935 james W carmalt washington D 0 for the term ending february 1930 john carmody now chief engineer of the federal emergency relief administration tra tion for the term ending february the president also named murray latimer chairman of the railroad retirement board created by a recent act of congress MOSCOW has finally realized that it cannot get trade credits in the united states until it in some way squares up the old czarist debts owed in this country therefore ambassador and secretary of state hull have begun preliminary conversations on the subject at the instance of the soviet government russia owes the united states government which this country lent to the czarist and kerensky governments during the war the reds repudiated these debts when they seized control of russia the roosevelt administration has firmly refused trade credits to the soviet government until some sort of an agreement Is reached on these debts although the reconstruction finance corporation has had an export import bank set up for months to finance russian trade not a single loan has been made under terms of the johnson act which prevents new american loans to foreign debt defaulters default ers the tha bank lias has held that it cannot extend credit to russia hie given nearly three months to the study of the nations air defense the board headed by newton D baker has submitted a report which calls for immediate strengthening of the army air corps to meet the most serious war threat against our country that can be conceived tile the report says the irmy army air forces are decidedly interior inferior to american navy and civil units that lead the world la in strength st eDth newton D and efficiency effle lency the baker budget bureau and ana niggardly appropriations by congress are held to blame shortage of modern equipment resulting from the reduced appropriations and stagnation in promotion of army air officers the board warned has affected the morale of the entire army the report scoffed at reports the united states was vulnerable to air invasion it also opposed the catlon cation of army and navy air forces under a separate national defense unit first giving assurance that its recommendations ions do not embrace a national policy of aggression the board proposed 1 A national aviation policy to be retained for a reasonable length of time 2 effectuation of the 1920 act which W aich called for expansion of the army air corps to 2320 planes with will a larger ratio of combat units 3 steady program of procurement which would keep alive the nations nation airplane building industry 4 drastic changes in the air corps regulations which would increase flying hours per pilot from to 1 hours to yearly revisions in the promotion system for officers increased training in flying under dangerous conditions and with instruments common on commercial planes 5 consolidation of the joint agencies of army my and ad navy such as the joint munitions board the joint aeronautics board etc under the authority of the army and navy board functioning as a superior board toi foi both departments 0 purchase of small email inexpensive commercial planes for uso in training pilots in group night flying 7 continuation of experiments with small mall non rigid airships as an partial substitutes utes tor for observation balloons 8 increase of the air corps corp pomia nel eel by officers officer |