| Show nerva Review of current events CHARGES FILM MONOPOLY government sues big movie producing companies and officers to break control 17 A U X U J 1 v 1 vincent meyer farmer of johnson county kansas received the first cro crop p insurance policy issued by the federal crop insurance corporation left to right in the picture above are donald meyer mrs meyer rita james joseph and vincent meyer roy M green of the washington bureau of the corporation and d roy turner johnson county bureau super in ltd y summarizes amz THE WORLDS WEEK 0 western newspaper paper union film companies sued U T undertaking to break up what the government alleges is a great moving picture monopoly attorney general cummings started a civil antitrust anti trust suit against 8 major motion picture producing W companies 25 subsidiary or associated companies and officers or directors in an effort to divorce production distribution and exhibition hibi tion phases ol of the cinema industry 7 the suit was filed Atty it gen in the y federal deral dis u brict court t for the s southern district ot of new york federal judge he henry nry W goddard signed an order for or the service of subpoenas on all the defendants directing that each appear before the court in new york within 20 days after being served the government Is seeking an equity decree thurman W arnold assistant attorney general announced noun ced requiring the companies to divest themselves of ownership of theaters or of production and distribution trib ution facilities the suit named paramount pictures inc loews inc irving trust company new york as trustee in bankruptcy for radio keith orphe urn um corporation warner brothers pictures inc twentieth century fox film corporation columbia pictures corporation un universal 1 versal corporation po ration and united artists corporation mr arnold said that allegedly monopolistic nopo listic power exerted by the defendants fend ants has a tendency to drive independent theaters out of business or to compel them to sell to the producer owned theater chains on the latter batters lat terms asserting asserting the companies control about 65 per cent of all pictures produced from the selection of the r tory story to the final showing at the theater mr arnold added the actual control of the product is even greater than would ap pear from this figure because from 80 to 90 per cent of the quality feature films upon which exhibitors are dependent tor for successful operation are produced or distributed by the eight major companies mr arnold alleged that independent theaters are subject to numerous oppressive discriminations such as block booking high rentals and the imposition of preferred playing times first death clause case ACTING A under the utility holding t I 1 act the federal com company pany securities cities commission began its first action to simplify a major utility holding company system chairman william 0 douglas announced that a hearing would be held in washington august 8 to determine what steps the utilities power light corporation should take to limit operations to a single integrated public utility system the commission will consider whether the company should be required to rid itself of interest in any or all of its 45 subsidiaries douglas said the commissions action was being taken under section 11 B of the holding company act the so called death sentence section utilities power light with headquarters in chicago has subsidiaries si in midwestern mid western and northeastern states the company is be I 1 ing reorganized under section 77 B I 1 of the bankruptcy act russia vs japan SOVIET russia and japan quarreling over a disputed territory at the junction of Manchu kuo siberia and korea were openly threatening each other maxim litvinov soviet foreign commissar in confer ence with japanese ambassador Shigemi tzu in moscow told the latter that russian troops would not be withdrawn from the area in question that the territory was a part of siberia and that japan would be held responsible for the consequences it if the present calm there Is disturbed the two sti statesmen used violent language and the situation was considered decidedly delicate ak I 1 pick a back flies sea MERCURY the top part of the novel british pick a back seaplane separated from mala maia the lower and heavier part about a thousand feet above foynes ireland and then sped across the north atlantic making the crossing at moderate speed and without mishap passing over botwood Bot wood newfoundland the pilot flew on miles further to montreal alighting on the st lawrence after refueling the plane completed its flight at new york the flying time from foynes to montreal was 20 hours and 20 minutes madden Is accused J WARREN MADDEN chairman of the national labor relations board was charged with secretly conferring in washington last december with C 1 I 0 officials official s concerning the weirton steel co company m pan y hearing at steubenville Steu benville ohio the charges almost broke up a hearing of the board the three members of the board were considering the appeal of at clyde A armstrong chief counsel for the steel company who WES was barred from the weirton hearing by examiner edward grandison smith attorney E F reed acting tor for armstrong made these charges that C 1 I 0 organizer kenneth coe active in the weirton hearing went to washington last december conferred secretly with madden and then returned for another conference with lee pressman chief court counsel of the C 1 I 0 that another C 1 I 0 follower an armed constable served subpoenas tor for the labor board while requests by weirton lawyers for subpoenas were ignored for weeks that donald wakefield smith junior member of the labor board attended the weirton hearing last november 18 and made disparaging remarks about counsel armstrong during the taking of evidence strike brings martial la law W GOVERNOR GOVERNOR KRASCHEL of iowa declared martial law in newton home of the maytag washing machine company whose plant was kept closed by C 1 I 0 pickets despite efforts of nearly halt half the employees to return to work national guardsmen guardsman Guards men with armored cars and machine guns occupied the area but before they got there the two labor factions had a bloody street battle in which many were injured in north chicago pickets of the steel workers organizing committee affiliated with C 1 I 0 who had bad been keeping employees from returning to a hai hardware dware plant in defiance of court orders were routed by deputy sheriffs with tear gas tin ten of the pickets were dire found guilty of contempt of court charles P howard dies CHARLES P HOWARD fres president ident of the international typographical ical union and secretary of the C I 1 I 1 0 died in his sleep at colorado 0 springs colo lie he was w a s fifty eight years old howard wa was s defeated for reelection election re in a referendum last may by CM C M baker lot san francisco and would have gone out of office september 1 owen wister author of the virginian and other novels di dil 1 l I at his summer home in north kingston R I 1 at the age of seventy eight british monarchs in paris part KING kind GEORGE VL VI a and queen lueen elizabeth of england englad d went t to parts paris tor for a state visit of four days and this was regarded as a vitally important event politically alpar bently it was undertaken to letche let the dictator countries know that great britain and france would continue contin uc to stand firmly as allies britaina Brit ains foreign secretary VW vis count halifax the french premier edouard Da ladler and forelli minister georges bonnet held po litreal talks to ao discuss the worlo situation dur during ing the visit to demonstrate the strength france can lend the common cause with great britain the french pa craded men and their latest war mac machines it ines before george anc pres president dent lebrun this militar display outdid that put on in rome for hitler and it was significant thal tha places in the reviewing stand were reserved for th the german eGerman and ital ian military attaches aft after er th the e re view the royal v visitors were sump entertained at the palace 0 versailles CIO proposes a purge M MORE ORE than 40 members of con gress are marked for C 1 I 0 opposition in the fall elections by t black blacklist formulated by john L leals lewis and given out tl bybe by E L oliver executive vice president of labors nonpartisan league eague the political agency of the committee for V industrial Org organization niza tl oliver said id the opposition to those named was based chiefly on tl their B w stand on the wage hour biu bill he andl john L L awls bated it merely was a coincidence coincide nc that almost without exception thos marked for defeat also fought mr Roosevel ts government re tion and supreme court packing biu bills among the democratic rules corn members marked for oppose tion were rep E E cox of geor gla gia opponent of administration poll cles cies in the house rep howard V smith of virginia against whon james roosevelt and thomas G tommy the cork corcoran havi put up a young radical william E dodd jr and rep lawrence lew is of colorado chairman of th democratic congressional campaign campa igi committee included in the lewis blacklist are senators tydings of maryland adams of colorado and lonergan of connecticut wheat allotment HR TOLLEY AAA adminis tra tor announced a national wheat allotment for fall fail and spring planting of not more than acres the mini 1 mum allowable un der the act the action which came as the result of the J bushel yield forecast T for this year on a r seeded acreage ol of il came in the form of a an n order signed by M L wilson acting H R tolley secretary of agriculture state allotments for 1839 1939 compared with 1938 and 37 average acreage of wheat land in the major grain producing states include pennsylvania acres compared with in 1928 and tor for the period oklahoma and texas and illinois and indiana 2029 and iowa and michigan and minnesota and missouri and 2293 nebraska and ohio 2415 and south dakota 2 and wisconsin and california and colorado 1846 and idaho 1 and kansas II 11 and montana and 4 north dakota 10 and oregon and washington and 2260 M sneak flight over ocean DOUGLAS ayoung P CORRIGAN a young airplane motor expert from california get permission from the air commerce bureau WAY to fly across the atlantic 10 he started off secretly from floyd bennett field new york and landed at baldonnel Bal donnel ireland 28 hours and 13 minutes later the remarkable feature ot of the flight was that awas it was made la in a rickety old single motored curtiss robin plane that kasnot was not equipped with navigation instruments radio or the ordinary safety devices corrigan did no not teven even carry a parachute having neither flight permit landing papers nor passport corrigan laughingly declared in dublin that he be hid had li intended tended to fly bick back to california but set his magnetic compass wo wrong n and flew i in the opposite e direction t in Ws hi s wa was s the sixth west east solo flight aar across 0 ss the atlantic in the opposite dir direction action only Moll lson and beryl markham have been beef successful cess cesE ful tul |
