Show eirsa kevick of current E events cents CHINESE QUIT chiang will lead his armies against the invaders enact tax law revision congress Is expected to W J 4 t 3 1 i i looking as it if he had just bitten into a sour very sour pickle norman delegation to the nine power conference in n H davis chief of 0 the american brussels is pictured chatting with british foreign minister anthony eden left and french foreign minister yvon delbos right IW P I 1 picket NJ Y M summarizes THE WORLDS WEEK 0 western newspaper union chinese flee flea from capital capital of china was abandoned as the seat of the government because of the rapid advances westward of the japanese I 1 forces officials we yb y B being scattered in i rj several cities the 1 ys y central point being jjr wa 14 bankow on the 1 I yingtse miles west of one army of the invaders was moving from shanghai on and another A was about to at aa tack ksinan capital chiang of shantung brov kaii kai shek ince in north jh china china however was wa far from giving up the fight it was reported in shanghai that generalissimo chiang kai shek had resigned as president of the executive council in order to lead his troops irl irla ina a final effort to stop the ja panes eind win the war H ff kung it was said would succeed chiang in the presidency he is finance minister thousands of civilians and foreigners were fleeing from but military authorities remained there and declared the city would not be surrendered to the japanese without a desperate fight if the japanese penetrate the powerful hindenburg line anchored on Soo chow Chang shu and kashing the chinese were expected to fall fail back to new positions stretching from Kian gyin on the yingtse river to miles east of paris heard that japan was threatening to establish a naval nava I 1 blockade of the chinese coast it if any nations attempted to send supplies to the chinese armies f britain woos hitler VISCOUNT VISCOUNT HALIFAX lord dent of the council in the british cabinet was in germany ostensibly for the purpose of visiting a hunting exhibition but actually to negotiate with hitler and other nazi chiefs for the establishment of more friendly relations between great britain and germany public belief was that he was authorized to hint to hitler that there was hope germany might regain some of its lost colonies if germany would abandon its economic isolation and operate cooperate co with other european powers in a revised league of nations the british want to detach germany and italy too if possible from their alliance with japan halifax was a fitting messenger to send to berlin for he is an outstanding friend of germany among british officials leaving it up to uncle sam U UNLESS congress changes the neutrality act it is probable the nations that signed and adhered to the nine power pacific treaty will take no posit positive ive action against japan for or violating that pact the delegates to the brussels can ference Je rence with the exception of ita italy ly voted t to censure the japanese for making war on chi china na and then adjourned j y k to get further instructions from their governments N U davis great britain and france franc e agreed to join in any elfort effort short of war which the united states may decide should be made this meaning economic sanctions against japan but the isolationist policy of this country would have to be abandoned avail if such sanctions were to be of any A long document was submitted to the conference by china asking kin that the war be ended by the infliction of penalties against japan the memora memorandum adum gave statistical tables that showed economic sanctions could halt japan because of that nations dependence on foreign markets and foreign sources of supply norman H davis chief amer american delegate in addressing the conference wa was s rather conciliatory toward japan but he said the question in its final analysis is whether international relations shall be determined by arbitrary force or by law and respect tor for international ter treaties in fact lipat seems to be the greatest issue facing the world today f airplane crash tragedy G GRAND RAND DUKE GEORGE OF HESSE his wife mother and two little sons and six other persons were killed when a belgian air air liner crashed and burned near ostend they were on their way to attend the wedding of the dukes brother ludwig in london ludwig succeeded to the title and the themar marn i ariage ceremony was performed privately with him and his bride margaret campbell geddes daughter of sir A auckland geddes in deep mourning ludwig was the third grand duke of his line within a week for his father died only a few days before the airplane tragedy K extra session opens ITH the evident intention of WITH doing what it can to aid business congress began I 1 its is extraordinary session its first business was to listen to a rather long message from mr roosevelt e in which the chief executive committed himself to limited tax law reF revision ision for the purpose of removing admitted injustices suffered especially by small business and investors president mr Roose roosevelt v e it roosevelt proposed tax modifications adequate to encourage productive enterprise ter prise but explained that he sought primarily to aid at the expense of individual or partnership undertaking the president said exercise of ordinary prudence would protect the nation against prolonged b business us recession he reiterated his intention to balance the next fiscal year budget et and demanded that congress find and provide new revenue tor for any added expenditures authorized now the president asked congress to provide 1 wages and hours legislation 2 an all weather crop control control program 3 reorganization of executive departments part ments 4 national planning for better use of natural resources 1 it t appeared certain that a vigorous opposition to all or part of this program would arise but nearly everybody seemed in favor of tax law revision plot to kill stalin prom FROM 1 foreign diplomats stationed in moscow came reports that a plot by german agents to assassinate dictator stalin of russia had been uncovered and that it might compromise maxim litvinov foreign commissar who left the brussels conference suddenly and parent ly seriously serious I 1 y worried investigations apparently I 1 by the G r P U already have resulted in the recall or disappearance a ppe arance of many leading russian sia n diplomats the german consul general in leningrad was ordered to leave the country I 1 immediately arne dia tely it is believed two german agents arrested some weeks w confessed the ago conspiracy to murder stalin and involve the civil war country in a preside fireside chat on the nation for full cooperation CALLING in the taking of the voluntary census of tile the unemployed edv taken by the post office department president roosevelt in a fireside chat by radio said that permanent cure of the nent ment problem lies in finding jobs in industry and agriculture nevertheless he said it is still the policy of the administration that no one shall starve through lack of government aid he gave assurance that the government will try to stimulate private industry enough to enable it to reabsorb re absorb the jobless and after the results of the census are tabulated a long range program will be launched this program he said will apply to employers as well as to workers and in this was perceived a note of encouragement to business the president said prosperity of the nation depended upon national purchasing power and added our farsighted far sighted industrial leaders now recognize that a very substantial share of corporate earnings must be paid out in wages or the soil from which these industries grow will soon become impoverished eri shed our farmers recognize that their largest customers are the workers for wages and that farm markets cannot be maintained except through widespread purchase purchasing hasZ power mr roosevelt emphasized that america will not try to solve the employment problem by a huge armament program as other nations are doing thalberg rh alberg s millions A AN N INVENTORY filed in probate court at los angeles placed a gross ross value of on the es tate ate of irving G thalberg motion picture producer the net estate will amount to about after several cash bequests to members of the family the remainder will be divided into three trust funds of about each the income from one of those will go to norma shearer his widow for the remainder of her life their two hildren children are to receive the I 1 income acome from rom the remaining two funds until they hey are thirty five years old then the he principal lewis back from europe S SENATOR LEWIS of illinois s returned from a tour of germany in which he sought to arrange for payments to american holders of german municipal bonds the group of which he was a member has submitted a report to secretary of state huu hull in france england and germa ny the senator said he found a strong increase in american exports to the three countries but expressed himself at a loss to see how the nations could pay for their purchases because they are all in debt as a result of feverish preparations for or against war f K row in coal bureau GEORGE drector EORGE E acting director of the division of examiners iners of the bituminous coal commission mission resigned and suggested a congressional investigation of the agency he says it has almost completely broken down and for this he blames senators mcadoo of california nia and mcguffey of pennsylvania aaret revealed that there has been a row in the commission for several months over patronage which he alleges has been hogged by the senators and that another cause of dissension has been the fact that the commission has been seeking to grant railroads below cost fuel at the expense of general consumers here s wallace s program SECRETARY WALLACE offered a program which he said would promote security for both farmers and consumers in his annual report to the president to finance it he recommended a moderate processing tax on cotton only crop control tro when necessary and the ever normal granary are parts of his plan these are the six points of the program which wallace said would harmonize with the general welfare 1 farmers should have a share in the national income to reestablish establish re the prewar ratio of the average farmers purchasing power to that of the average non farmer 2 the people who live on the land must have security of tenure either as owners of I 1 land and or renters on a longtime long time basis 3 the soil must be used properly and conserved for future farmers and future city dwellers 4 farmers through sound coop co op era t tives ves must come into control of those marketing processing purchasing and service functions which they can manage efficiently 5 family sized farms should be favored by federal programs benefit payments and other such aids to rural income 6 federal and state funds should continue to be spent to promote agricultural ri research and farm efficiency death of ailee Por pomerene nerene PNEUMONIA put an end to th the e career fr of atlee pomerene former senat senator or from ohio he died in cleveland at the age of seventy three years pomerene gained fame as a special prosecutor in the teapot dome oil inquiry and president hoover made him chairman of the reconstruction finance corporation |