Show news review of current events the world over chancellor hillers Hit lers defiance of treaty provisions alarms europe drouth threat causes wallace to lift restrictions on n spring wheat planting by EDWARD W PICKARD 0 western newspaper union GERMANY having recently boldly that she was now possessed of a military air force in violation of the treaty of versailles still more boldly declares she Is no longer fanger bound by the obligations of that pact and proposes to build up an army of about men comprising 12 corps of three divisions each this was the decision of the cabinet which decreed compulsory military training throughout the retch chancellor the g exact g number of hitler men in the army will be determined by a law to be enacted later this was chancellor hillers Hit lers reply to the action of frances chamber of deputies in accepting premier flan dins plan to increase the term of conscript service in the french army to IS 18 months and subsequently to two years germany considered that france was deall dealing rig the last blow to disarmament and hitler rushing to berun berlin from berchtesgaden aden directed the action of the cabinet and issued to the german nation a rousing appeal for full support lie he declared that the failure of other nations to reduce armament as called for in the versailles treaty had released germany from all treaty obligations and that while the belch had only peaceful intentions tent ions it most mast rearm re arm to protect its territorial integrity and maintain the respect of the world as a of european peace france Is in no mood to take hit lers defiance lying down an appeal was sent to the league of nations to convoke an extraordinary council to deal with germanys germanas Germ anys violation of the versailles pact the note hinted at the possibilities of economic sanctions pen penalties alUes against germany which might result in a boycott an attempt Is being made to force britain into an alliance with france and the mission of sir john simon british foreign minister to bring germany back bach loto into the corn comity ty of european nations Is regarded as seriously compromised france and italy insist that simon go to berlin as spokesman of the three powers and not as the represent atle ath e of dr britain t alone premier mussolini Is said to be backing france and Is alleged to be the prime power in a scheme to revlie revie the prewar pre war nar policy of encircling germany with a ring of steel president roosevelt expressed his hope that his good neighbor policy might be extended to europe as a basis for peaceful settlement of the tense situation just how the president expects to prevail upon those traditional enemies to become good neighbors was not fully explained he declined to say whether this government will send a note to germany protesting abrogation of military provisions of the separate treaty with this country although the united states Is not a signatory to the versailles pact the separate peace treaty negotiated with germany includes the military phases of the versailles treaty many people in this country feel that united states intervention in the european dispute is neither necessary nor advisable OV MARTIN 4 L DAVEY DAVE of ohio GOV G charged by federal relief belief administrator harry L hopkins with corruption in ohio relief went before the state senate and demanded a thorough investigation he defied hopkins to come to ohio for trial on a warrant he had secured charging hopkins with criminal libel hopkins had bad alleged in a letter that he has proof ot of corruption of relief administration in ohio including soliciting of funds tor for campaign purposes from firms that wid sold relief materials hot hop klias through C C stillman FERA regional officer has taken over administration of ohio relief department of justice attorneys in washington declare they stand ready to defend hopkins but there was no indication that hopkins would go 90 to ohio although he may change his mind the spectacular blowup is said to have had its inception in the 1934 political campaign davey made campaign speeches charging that ohio relief was mismanaged and particularly aimed his barbs at cleveland this irked cleveland leaders since relief there had been administered through a non poll group which later became the official cuyahoga Cuya hoga county relief administration hopkins often took note ol of the tact fact that Clev Cleveland elands 8 relief corn com cittee was one of the best la in the country later davey pledged him self not to touch the cleveland organ Iz iza tion atlon but is said to nave have ousted several members and repeated old charges cleveland leaders took the th light to washington ohio democrats stand firmly behind davry davey the democratic delaga tion in the ohio legislature appealed appe alec to president roosevelt to right tin the wrong which has been done our gov bernor and francis W poulson demo cratic state chairman summoned to ti appear before the grand jury delly ered a scathing attack on hopkins poulson charged that republicans in high government offices have betrayed the president and named nop kins as one who could be expected to tear down the democratic party C CLARENCE LARE NCE DARROW foe of NIIA N and author of the famous report which attacked NIZA more than a year ago assailed the administrations economic theories including the national recovery act in his testimony before the senate finance committee the famous lawyer whose sharp speech and fiery courtroom tactics have made him famous denounced as playing into the hands of big business to the destruction of the little fellow ue ile argued that KRA attacked the problem from the wrong angle and that the real trouble lay in faulty distribution thus assailing the theory of scarcity darrow swept aside statements that had helped organized labor reduced unemployment and abolished child labor with art an assertion that it would have happened anyway the panic put an end to child labor he said there any room tor for it while fathers and mothers were out of work there Is no question that small business has suffered under the darrow continued it has suffered more than it would have suffered otherwise the suffering due to continued concentration cent ration ot of wealth would have gone on anyhow he be said but added that accelerated it 1 I am not an optimist he added 1 I may be an idiot but not a cheerful idiot reheat restrictions ESTRICT IONS on planting spring ng wheat have been removed by secretary of agriculture wallace who fears the effect of another widespread 1 drouth the years y e a rs first crop report showing C that farmers intend to plant acres of spring wheat is said to be responsible for wallaces about face last year the acreage was 1844 acres the administration 44 Is convinced that the gov eminent and farmers secy sec wallace y have a duty to protect consumers against a wheat shortage he be said farmers will plan an additional to acres as a result of the new order and will III barvest between ten and thirty million bushels more wallace estimates spring wheat normally constitutes about one fourth ot of the nations crop ile he denied that the european situation pointing to a possibility of increased sales had anything to do with the new decision farmers under contract who plant their full spring v wheat beat acreage will receive full benefit payments but in return will be required to agree to reduce production in 1930 by the amount asked in next years contract plus the amount they would have reduced this year there Is no indication that the corn acreage control program for 1935 1035 will be altered LANS to reduce american money to pa PLANS a single class possibly federal reserve notes are being considered by the administration thus simplifying the nations monetary structure and making it easier to control before this could be established it Is necessary to make widespread changes in existing laws and tills this will undoubtedly be undertaken when more laime immediate stages of the recovery drive are completed according to 10 a high government official one class of money must be established in order that the government may effectively control issuance of money under this plan treasury notes and united states notes would be retired the silver bertill cates backed by bullion now held in the treasury might be withdrawn Ith drawn from circulation and transferred to the federal reserve banks as was done the gold certificates since the r reserve banks would be sole holder of gold and silver certificates a definite ratio of silver certificates could thus be established ONALD R was DONALD named by the president to head a reorganized board taking the file place of S clay williams resigned at the same time the president increased the group governing the blue eagle agency from five fire to seven A white house statement emphasized the change was made to accelerate the drive to push extension of the through cag congress ress Y A vote of to the house booted BY voted to substitute the patman currency expansion bill for payment of 0 the soldiers bonus for the sound money plan of representative via son A boisterous house thus defied president Roosevel ts that he will veto immediate payment of the adjusted compensation certificates the administration Is counting on the senate sustaining the veto ping PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT Is look looter ins ahead to 1936 authoritative word has reached the capital that lie wants all controversial administration 0 n legislation cleared away at this session sessco n so that congress can meet for a short and harmonious session prior to the 1936 presidential campaign besides the relief bill mr roosevelt Is said to be specially anxious to have congress pass his social security pro program ram utility holding company legislation a bill continuing tor for two years transportation regulation co ordina tion banking legislation ship subsidy and increase in the capital of the home owners loan corporation 11 this can be cleared from the calendar it may prevent any serious party squabbles that might interfere with plans to bring about Roosevel ts reelection the white house Is seriously concerned over rumors that congress may scrap a good part of the administrations controversial legislation M answer to the latest note on the abyssinian situation postpones approval of the proposal that differences be decided by an international commission on conciliations at T least until the futility of direct negotiations has been proved 11 II duce made a counterproposal suggesting that the italian minister to abyssinia and the ethiopian foreign minister get together for a series of personal conferences go premier over all the data and Mur mussolini attempt to settle the dispute without the necessity of conciliation ellia tion under the direction of the league of nations direct ne negotiations otia are said to have the approval of both the french and british arrived in the west with SPRING a stifling dust storm which shrouded the country from eastern new mexico mexica to the great lakes powdered soll soil whipped up from the drouth scourged urged prairies hid the sun and beat relentlessly upon the senses A dozen deaths were reported due to eions dust induced pneumonia and traffic accidents freight trains were rolled to sidings and passenger trains crept along on slow orders schools were closed in a number of communities in western states wheat prices jumped from 2 to ai 31 1 cents a bushel as winds cut into the dry southwest cst and governor landon of kansas appealed to president roosevelt for aid TUG HE government Is ready to sell gold to foreign nations that can offer an attractive proposition secretary announces recent sales to the bank of mexico and to guatemala points out have cleared the way to similar negotiations tiati thit ions ons with other countries although he emphasized that no other transactions are being considered at this time no conditions were attached to the transactions already colsum mated in the dealings N with ith mexico virtually nil all her silver sales have hare been made to this country weve got all the gold we can possibly use added indicating that the government would make no further undue efforts to accumulate the metal compromise and white house pressure brought about the defeat of the mccarran prevailing wage amendment to the work relief bill in the senate and administration leaders were confident that the measure would be laid before the president for signature within a few days the deadlock over the amendment was broken when senator richard B russell jr of georgia proposed a substitute which leaves the president free tu to pay security wages officially estimated at 50 a month provided they do not adversely street affect the wage scale I 1 in private Indus industry and providing that the prevailing wage must be paid on all permanent t ederae building projects this way out which had been approved by the white E house was accepted by the senate by a vote or of w 83 to 0 2 after the mccarran amendment had bad been defeated 50 to 38 the two i votes against the compromise were cast by Metcalfe of ot rhode island and hale of maine blaine both republicans before the vote on the mccarran amendment as taken senator glass announced he was waa authorized to say bay that if it prevailed president roosevelt would veto the measure senate action finally developed into a race to pass the measure measure before huey long returned front from louisiana administration forces defeated three attempts to slash the bill and overrode protests of old line democrats that the bill imperils Im perils the nations cat ions credit senator glass class chairman of the appropriations committee in charge of the bill solemnly asserted 1 I stand on my prediction that this tremendous appropriation will impair the credit of the united states senator tidings of maryland described the bill as the grandest pork barrel ever to come before congress I 1 ILEY POSTS beconi attempt to W WILEY fly from los angeles to new york through the stratosphere in ree rec ord breaking time ended at cleveland w where here be was comel compelled led to come down because his supply of oxygen was running short ile he said he would have passed out in a few minutes if lie he had not descended to breathable air post Is courIn ced that only tills this trouble prevented its ills making the transcontinental light flight in seven hours and au W minutes ini and lie declared lie would toun boon try again ills average speed to the HIP cleveland HUH miles mi an hour |