Show news review of current events WAGE BILL IS PASSED southern democrats lose hot fight in the house secretary ickes Is married in dublin 1 7 a 56 1 aw here Is an armored car detachment of czechoslovakian up to date army which was sent to the frontier to meet the threats of aggression by fuehrer hillers Hit lers troops that were massed on their side of the border W A v summarizes THE WORLDS WEEK kenern newspaper paper union house passes wage hour bill representative MARY NORTONS representative wage hour bill finally got through the house by a vote of to 97 despite fierce opposition ot of the southern democrats it was sent on to the senate which has passed a widely differing measure and where opposition blocs were reported forming to 1 I carry on a filibuster the Sou southerners therne rs ought fought for differentials favoring their industries and were rep bep norton ged aided by a few republicans public ans who called the bill a vote catcher that would throw millions out of work the measure establishes establish esi rigid wage hour standards for certain classes of workers in all industries operating in interstate commerce regardless of prevailing sectional scales it fixes an initial wage 0 of 25 cents an hour which steps up to 40 cents an hour in three years and a 44 hour week graduating to 40 in two yeats years A coalition of farm state representatives senta tives and the southern democrats put over a drastic amendment offered by mrs norton ex exempting e m epting thousands of employees engaged in the processing of agricultural commodities modi ties from the provisions of the measure other amendments exempt retail establishments in intrastate commerce the entire fishing industry and employees of rural weekly and semiweekly semi weekly newspapers with less than 3 circulation the shipment in commerce of goods produced with the aid of child labor Is prohibited tut but child actors are exempt from this provision when the fight ended mrs norton chairman of the labor committee was cheered and hugged by the victorious administration democrats morgan charges deceit D rr R ARTHUR E MORGAN oust LJ ed chief of TVA was the first witness heard by the congressional committee inquiring into the affairs of the authority in straightforward fashion he told his side of the story charging his fellow directors with dishonest management he explained he did not mean david lil lenthal and harcourt morgan took bribes or stole money but that they deceived the president congress and the public that they covered up important facts tending to throw doubt on the advisability of the governments ern ments huge social experiment reported a false electric power yardstick and were subservient to political and other special interests he accused lilienthal flatly of deceit in leading the public to believe that the financial accounts of the communities buying power from the TVA include all the costs of the service they render to the public dr morgan discussed in great detail the celebrated berry marble case involving sen george L berry tennessee democrat boss mines hines arrested JAMES AMES J HINES most powerful leader ot of tammany hall and chief dispenser of federal patronage in new york was arrested on c harges charges arising from the million dollar a year policy game racket to in that city he surrendered in the ft office of district attorney thomas E dewey hard hitting young prosecutor cu tor of manhattans Manhat tans multitudinous rackets and was released in bonds of lewis backs barkley JOHNL OHN L LEWIS C 1 I 0 chieftain has asked labor to support sen alben W barkley of kentucky in the primaries august 6 in his capacity as chairman of labors nonpartisan league lewis said of barkley he Is recognized as one of the nations leading statesmen liberal in his viewpoint and operative cooperative co in his attitude toward legislation in the interests ot of labor and the common people harry hopkins administrator found occasion to say a good word in favor of rep bep otha of iowa who Is seeking to take the damoc democratic ratio senatorial nomination away from senator gillette for this hopkins was denounced by senators who were demanding that the relief appropriations be earmarked so they cannot be used for political purposes ickes weds in dublin HAROLD L ICKES secretary ot of JL A the interior and administrator put one over on all but his bis closest friends frIeh ds he sailed secretly from new york to ireland and in dublin was quietly married I 1 t to miss jane 1 dahlman ot of milwaukee twenty live years old and a clerk to in his department mr ickes who is sixty four years old lost his first wife ne nearly irly three years ago in harold ickes an automobile accident in the southwest the new mrs ickes red haired and pretty Is a niece ot of john cudahy american minister to ireland and sister of mrs wilmarth ickes of winnetka ill widow of mr ickes stepson step son minister cudahy did not attend the wedding but was represented by S J shattuck an of the legation the couple left dublin by automobile for a brief honeymoon trip mr ickes cabled friends in washington that he would return there in a week and w would duld be at home on his estate near olney md I 1 plane crash kills ton ten TEN EN persons died when a twin motored plane ot of the united air lines bound from new york for chicago crashed and burned south of 0 cleveland ohio the victims included seven passengers two pilots and the stewardess officials ol of the air line said their information indicated the pilot was forced to make a landing because of engine trouble and that the ship did not catch fire until it struck japan demands apology now it Is the turn of japan to 1 demand an apology from great britain the tokyo government felt it was gravely insulted by a statement attributed to R A butler parliamentary ot of the british foreign office that japanese marines had shot many chinese war prisoners and civilians when they captured the port of amoy tokyo demanded that the british government speedily give satisfaction tor for this slur on japans honor the japanese announced tn in shanghai hai that they had at last gained complete control of the mile bukow railway and expected to resume operations linking pel ping and shanghai early in july two taxation decisions IN TWO far reaching decisions the united states supreme court further narrowed the field of reciprocal r intergovernmental tax immunity the rulings continued the trend in the direction of president roose belts theory that the federal and 8 tate state goveA ments can tax lax the s salaries of each others employees and the income of each others securities without a constitutional amendment in a decision delivered by justice stone the court upheld levying of federal income taxes on employees of the port ot of new york authority in a decision delivered by justice roberts the court upheld federal admission taxes on tickets to football games conducted by the university system of georgia must re hiro hire sit Siri strikers kers THE tard E national labor relations board ordered the kuehne manufacturing fa fac company flora ILL to reinstate with back pay american federation of labor sit down ers it was the third major sit down decision but the first involving an A P F of L union the labor board refused to answer 74 questions put to laby it by the ford motor company in united states circuit court at covington ky the board particularly resented being asked whether thomas corcoran benjamin V cohen john L lewis or homer martin were consulted in arriving at an order charging the ford comp company any with violating the wagner labor act too late for wheat quotas S SECRETARY WALLACE said that under d e r t the h e new crop control law it fun is t too 0 0 1 late a t e to invoke marketing quotas on this years indicated bumper wheat crop he explained that the law authorized quotas this year only in the event congress appropriated funds by may 35 15 for parity payments provided in the new legislation martin loses in oregon GOV GO OV CHARLES H MARTIN ot of oregon regon the ahe veteran soldier who has been fighting against the C 1 I 0 and other radicals was beaten tor for in the democratic primary by henry hess wh who 0 had the backing of labor unions and ot of secretary ot of the interior ickes charles A sprague was nominated for governor by the republicans and they belleve believe they have a good chance to win in the fall fail elections for the democrats there as in pennsylvania were badly split war narrowly averted agthe GERMAN ERMAN and czech troops by VJ the thousands were mass massed e d on the frontier between the two countries president benes of and his cab net decided to call V reserves reserves to the colors poland assem assembled b led armed j forces close to the VI slovakia border hungary was reported to be taking certain military measures prance france was ready to defend her ally I 1 president yaya against nazi benes aggression and there was assurance that great britain and russia would come to the aid of france if the she were attacked without provocation no wonder the governments of europe were desperately worried by such a critical condition hitler must have realized that the time was not ripe for aggressive action against the czechs czecho for german authorities la in berlin solemnly assured dr vojtech mastny czech minister to berlin and the czech military that germany planned no military expedition against czechoslovakia this eased the situation somewhat but the british cabinet continued to urge benes and his government to make a all H possible concessions to hitler concerning the demands of the sudden german minority it was believed the fuehrer would ultimately get about everything he wants from the czechs czecho without a fight dr milan hodza premier of czechoslovakia and konrad hen lein leader of the german party were brought together in peace talks in prague henlein was w as reported to have said he be lieve much progress in that line could be made until the government had recalled the reservists who had been mobilized the czechs czecho informed the french and british governments they are willing to become a central european switzerland in which all races of the polyglot republic will have equal rights however they insist on further guarantees against german aggression to compensate for weakening their defense in paris it was reported that the french government asked that the united stites states associate itself with france and britain in their efforts to keep hitler from attacking czechoslovakia oslo and that Washing toWs reply through ambassador Bui bullett litt was a refusal to mix in the row this was denied by mr bulatt 1 italy warns franco france I 1 TALY intimated it would keep out cut 1 ot of the nazi czech quarrel but mussolini broke off the friendship talks with france and warned that continued french acquiescence in the shipment ot of arms to government spain would not be tolerated the duce declared that unless france ceases aiding transmission of soviet and czech arms to barcelona italy and germany may be forced to increase their assistance to the insurgents this naturally would endanger the new bew anglo ital ian agreement predestination Is out G GENERAL assembly ot of the presbyterian by terian terlan church in the united states in session at meriden miss voted to to omit from the confession of faith these two important sections by the decree of god for the manifestation of his glory some men and angels are predestined unto everlasting life and others fore ordained to everlasting death and their num beris so certain and definite that it cannot be either increased or diminished |