Show news of current events 0 CIO candidates LOSE pennsylvania democrats turn on lewis earle named for senator republicans happy add nap r I 1 on the eve of national air mail week the first air mail and passenger er service between juneau and fairbanks alaska was established by the pan american airways as the first link in its route connecting southeastern alaska with the interior this photograph shows the scene at juneau as the plane a twin motored lockheed electra was about to depart lor for fairbanks W Pui huLd 1 summarizes THE WORLDS WEEK 0 western New newspaper union earle beats CIO man THE HE desperate primary battle samong 1 among the pennsylvania democrats resulted in complete victory for gov george H earle and his state machine and equally complete defeat for the fey lewis C 1 I 0 faction whose candidates all the way down from senator and governor to minor county offices were routed earle won the nomination 0 over v e r mayor wilson of gov earle earl philadelphia charles alvin jones pittsburgh birgh lawyer captured the gubernatorial nomination beating thomas kennedy secretary treasurer of the united mine workers of america who was on the duffey lewis ticket jim farley national committee chairman had projected himself into the hot fight by advising the compromise choice of earle and kennedy but the governor indignantly told him it was none of his business and the voters gave him a swat on the head by rejecting his advice republicans were elated because the returns showed a ground swell back toward G 0 P conservatism the republican total vote exceeded the democratic vote and this fact together with the graft and bribery charges that enlivened the campaign of the democrats led the republican leaders to hope the keystone state would return to the republican fold in november judge arthur james won a smashing victory over gifford pinchot wice twice governor forthe for the republican gubernatorial nomination and this was another swat at john L lewis for or he was reported ready to back pinchot if kennedy lost senator james J davis was by a heavy majority both senator guffey and lewis appear to have lost their claims to political leadership lewis had boasted that he controlled C 1 I 0 votes in pennsylvania but the he best he could do was earle though he came out on top was considered to have lost prestige greatly by the accusations accusation S of misrule made against his administration his presidential aspirations were believed wrecked the C 1 I 0 has lost other political fights but none so important as this president william green of the american federation of labor called the vote a complete repudiation tion of the C 1 I 0 leadership he added it now has become abundantly clear that no candidate who bears the C 1 I 0 brand can be elected to high office in this country the primaries proved the C 1 I 0 is a political liability not a political power japanese take suchow T TOKYO OKYO gave out word that the L japanese forces had captured virtually all of suchow the important rail junction city in central china the assault force fought its way through a hail of chinese fire and there was furious hand to hand fighting in the streets then other forces stormed the walls from other sides of the city A foreign office spokesman said japan would now push on to han kow the capture of which is regarded as necessary from a strategic standpoint some chinese troops were said by the japanese to be trapped in the funghai zone but it was likely many of them would be able to escape goin going 9 to south america A A was made at ta the white house that president roo roosevelt is planning an extended trip to south america this summer it is expected he will leave from an eastern port aboard a cruiser pass through the panama canal and spend a month along the west coast of south america going as far as santiago chile and stopping at the capi capitals t als en route on his return the president probably will disembark on our west coast and sweep across the country on a special train making speeches following a brief trip to annapolis to see the boat races between harvard and the naval academy mr roosevelt inspected the amodei model community project at arthurdale Arthu IV va in the middle of june h he e will go to massachusetts for th the e wedding w edding of his son john and miss anne dark clark deladier Da ladier defies italy N negotiations for a branfo franco italian accord came to an im impasse because italy sought to break up frances alliance with russia premier deladier Da DaI ladier adier was angered and to newspaper men he declared that france would defend her frontiers against ta all attempts at violence whatever the circumstances the direct cause of a break in the conversations was shipment of arms al deladier Da ladier through france to loyalist spain shorn of diplomatic technicalities italy seems to have demanded that france choose between italy and russia should she choose russia disrupting brit ains plans for a general european settlement britain might leave france to her own devices and proceed to reach an agreement with germany slattery has bests job 0 R lv IGNATION resignation ES of charles west as undersecretary of the interior was accepted by president roosevelt and harry slattery of north carolina was immediately named in his place the retirement of west marks a complete victory for secretary I 1 ickes ekes in their long feud only recently ickes dismissed all but one of bests office assistants and then turned the office over to assistant secretary ebert K burlew their feud began when the president named west to the post without consulting ickes white house secretary steve ear ly announced the president was looking about for another post for west woman ambassador THERE THERE is a good chance that the united states will be represented at moscow by a woman for mrs charl charles es C broy is under consideration for the post of american ambassador to soviet russia which oseph joseph j E davies recently relinquished ed to become abbass ambassador a dor to belgium mrs broy who is a texan by birth is the wife of an american borei foreign agn service J officer and the wid ow of representative houts ivet thomas U sis son of mississippi she was recommended for the t he ambassadorship b the by Y chairmen of the foreign relations t and foreign affairs committees of congress and has the backing of many prominent members of congress if appointed and confirmed she will be the first american to be an ambassador woman mrs broy was officially presented to secretary of stat state e hull by senator key pittman but the secretary has known her 16 years personally for jersey inquiry ordered CHARGES that free speech and other civil liberties have been suppressed in the jersey city domain of mayor frank hague resulted in justice department orders for a thorough investigation of the situation there attorney general homer cummings announcing the inquiry said it was prompted by newspaper reports and complaints received from many pers persons ons it would be directed he said at determining whether any one in jersey city has been deprived of civil rights guaranteed by federal law red tape S tudy study THERE chere have been frequent complaints A that the government is requiring the filing of too many reports and the filling out of too many questionnaires by business now the president has ordered a study of these red tape demands by the central statistical board asking chairman 1114 man rice to see if it would be possible to consolidate the fact finding activities of the various departments part ments plane crash kills nine NINE INE persons were killed in the crash of a luxury air 1 liner iner on a mountainside not far from los angeles the plane was being taken to st paul tor for delivery to the northwest ai air I 1 r lines and it appeared the disaster was due to the desire of the pilot to save a few minutes by taking a shortcut route instead of keeping t to 0 the beam directed route through the mountains ministers are recalled D T relations between ij great britain and mexico were broken because of the dispute over medicos cos action in expropriating foreign oil properties president lazaro cardenas of me mexico C took the initiative by recalling pr primo imo villa michel mexico minister at london and ordering the closing of the legation indefinitely the british government promptly directed minister inister TI owen st resident president clair to cardenas ardenas leave mexico together with his staff the legation being put in charge of consul gen J dalton murray while the suspension of relations is a direct outgrowth of the oil sei seizure the immediate cause of cardenas action was what he considered britaina Brit ains insolent methods in demanding a claims annuity of due ue since january 1 for damages to british interests in a revolution years ago foreign minister eduardo hay handed a check for the amount to minister told him of the recall of minister michel and said may I 1 be allowed however to call your excel lences attention to the fact that not even powerful states with ample resources at their disposal can boast of having fulfilled their monetary obligations jobless number IN TN ONE of the final summaries of the unemployment census director biggers reports that the total number of registered unemployed in the united states is and per cent of the jobless are either under 25 or over 45 years of age of those registering said they were totally without employment and said they had emergency jobs such as the works progress administration national youth administration civilian conservation corps and others the census was taken in november hanes in treasury post PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT nominated john W hanes who has been a member of the securities and exchange commission less than five months to be f ivl w ma assistant secretary of the treasury it is likely that before the end of 1938 mr hanes will 41 succeed roswell magill as under secre tary of the treasury mr magill who I 1 is s on leave from columbia university is anxious to return to his old position it is hanes reported mr hanes may not lot assume his new duties until 1 I the reorganization of af the new york stock exchange is completed ile he will aiu be the first new deal assistant secretary of the treasury na who has been identified with wall street investment banking ing when selected for the SEC he was a partner in the firm of C D barney arney co ji with his 11 wide knowledge cledge of the securities business the new appointee will be of value to the therel treasury J which faces s important refinance ing ne operations in the near future e L league eague censures japan rh V K wellington KOO A chi chinese nese delegate to the league leabu of nations had better luck in the geneva sessions than did haile selassie once emperor of ethiopia or del mayo of spain the council finished its business by resolution adopting a condemning japan for its course in china and urging member nations to give direct china aid to |