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Show News Review of Current Events the World Over Illinois Primary Results Interesting and Significant New Tax Bill Drafted President Roosevelt Favors Flood Control Projects. By EDWARD W. PICKARD Western Newapaper Union. ILLINOIS' primary held the cen- ter of political interest, for It not only provided lively state battles bat-tles but also was of considerable relief funds for the projects and that there would be no funds for the projects unless congress reversed re-versed its refusal. On the same day the United States Chamber of Commerce issued is-sued a warning against encroachment encroach-ment of the federal government on flood control projects which are the primary responsibility of the states. The committee also objected to the New Deal policy of expending large sums for dams to develop hydro-electric power and declared that the administration should follow fol-low a well-balanced program having as Its foremost purpose the control of floods. moment nationally. Col. Frank Knox, publisher of the Chicago Daily News, and Senator Borah of Idaho, who was born in Illinois, were the contestants for the Republican Presidential Presi-dential preferential vote, and the former for-mer came out with 31 delegates against Frank Knox 20 for Borah. The senator's friends were elated, because, without organization, or-ganization, he carried a large part of the state outside of Chicago. This preferential vote is purely advisory advis-ory and neither man has a slate of delegates, to the national convention. conven-tion. The result makes it T1 Y A vote of 153 to 137 the house L rejected a resolution to permit per-mit Senator Black's lobby committee commit-tee to pay $10,000 to special counsel coun-sel in injunction litigation started by William Randolph Hearst to protect his telegrams from the probers. This action, which followed fol-lowed a bitter debate, doesn't halt the work of the committee, which has its own funds, but it prevents the payment of more than $3,G00 a year, in accordance with general law, to Crampton Harris of Birmingham, Bir-mingham, Ala., former law partner of Chairman Black. that Knox will make a respectable showing on the first roll call. It also adds to Borah's prestige and aids him in the coming Ohio primary. pri-mary. Gov. Henry Horner, seeking re-nomination, re-nomination, was victorious in the bitter fight with the regular Democratic Demo-cratic organization and the Kelly-Nash Kelly-Nash machine in Chicago, which had thrown him overboard and supported support-ed Bundesen for governor. The Democrats almost unanimously voted The lobby committee in a recent session brought out the fact that some wealthy men who are backers back-ers of the American Liberty league also have contributed to the Southern South-ern Committee to Uphold the Constitution, Con-stitution, though what this has to do with lobbying was not quite clear. The. Southern committee, which is headed by John Henry Kir-by Kir-by of Houston, Texas, is opposed to some of the New Deal doings. C UDDEN death, due to a coronary thrombosis, came to James M. Beck at his residence in Washington, Washing-ton, and all informed Americans for the renomination of Senator James Hamilton Lewis, and the Republicans Re-publicans named former Senator Otis Glenn to oppose him in November. Novem-ber. Republican leaders in Washington Washing-ton were encouraged to believe the Internecine warfare in the Democratic Demo-cratic ranks would help the Republicans Re-publicans to carry the state. The Democratic sages, on the other hand, liked the showing of strength made by Borah, feeling his liberal following might switch to Roosevelt Roose-velt in November if the G. 0. P. V p v x v, j LLJ mourn the demise of this public spirited spir-ited citizen and eminent authority o n constitutional law. Though he was a sturdy and conscientious con-scientious opponent of the present national na-tional administration, administra-tion, leading officials offi-cials In Washington united with the Republicans Re-publicans in declar- puts up a conservative candidate. In Nebraska's primary only Borah's name was printed on the Republican preferential ballot, but about one-sixth of the voters wrote In the name of Gov. Alf Landon of Kansas. For the Democratic preference President Roosevelt was unopposed in both Illinois and Nebraska. pjEFEATING the opposition by ' President Roosevelt's supporters, support-ers, the state Democratic execu- J. M. Beck ing that in his death the nation had sustained a great loss. Mr. Beck was not only one of the foremost lawyers of America but for more than three decades was a public man of distinction, holding numerous offices at Washington, Wash-ington, and an influential place in tive committee of Georgia ordered a Presidential preferential primary on June 3 and fixed the entrance fee for each candidate at $10,000. "The New Deal has plenty of money to pay for a primary in Georgia, Geor-gia, and I am in favor of letting them do it," said Will Mann, close personal and political friend of Gov. the counsels of the Republican party. Born In Philadelphia in 1S01, he first held office as United States attorney for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, as a Democrat. He left that party on the silver issue and was made an assistant attorney attor-ney general by President McKinley. Richard Yates, former governor of Illinois and former congressman, died In Springfield at the age of seventy-five years. The son of the Civil war governor of the state, Mr. Yates was for many years a picturesque figure in Illinois poli- Eugene Talmadge, administration foe. The governor was asked directly whether he would oppose President Presi-dent Roosevelt in the primary. "I don't know," he answered. "I am pretty busy with state affairs right now. It depends on bow things shape up in the state." U AVING discarded the Presi--I dent's suggestion of temporary processing taxes, Chairman Sam B. Hill's house subcommittee complet- ed its draft of the new tax bill. It calls for a new type of corporation levy, ranging from 1 per cent to 20.7 per cent for corporations corpora-tions with net income in-come up to $10,000, and from 4 to 42 per cent for corporations cor-porations with net income over$10,000, depending on the tics and an influential member of the Republican party. 1VI USSOLINI'S armies in Ethiopia LV-1 occupied Dessye, an important military base, and captured vast stores of war materials. Marshal F.adoglio at once started an expeditionary expe-ditionary force along the excellent road from there to Addis Ababa, and it was believed the capital city would be captured within a few days. Stiffened by military successes in Africa, the Italian delegation went to Geneva for peace conversations, prepared to demand a peace on Italy's Ita-ly's terms, including virtual Italian control of the entire empire of Haile Selassie. Settlement of the matter within the framework of the League of Nations seemed remote if not impossible. Sam B. Mill amount of earnings that are not distributed. dis-tributed. Preferential tax treatment is given to banks and insurance companies, to debt-ridden companies, com-panies, to companies in receiver-i receiver-i ship, and a new system of taxing ; non-resident aliens is created. ! Knilroads will continue to have I the right to file consolidated returns j but the committee refused to accept i the petition of I?. V. Fletcher, general gen-eral counsel for the Association of American Railroads, that railroads J as a segregated group of industry, be given a variety of special deduc-i deduc-i tions In computing taxable net income. p LANS for mutual defense in case I Germany attacks France or Belgium Bel-gium were studied by the general staffs of Great Britain, France and Belgium at a meeting in London. High ollicers of the armies, navief and air forces were present, with experts to assist them. It was understood that a major feature of the plan would be to reply re-ply to any German attack with a terrific aerial bombardment by massed fleets on German industrial centers, railways, army headquarters, headquar-ters, airdromes and seaports. It was clear that the relatively small British professional army could not give a great deal of help against German aggression, and that Britain's effective aid would be rendered ren-dered by her navy, which could easily eas-ily seize control of the North sen and the channel, and her steadily increasing air forces. IN HIS press conference President A Roosevelt said government departments de-partments are concentrating on flood control problems and that If congress con-gress would pass a bill appropriating appropriat-ing a billion dollars for that purpose he would sign It, provided the measure meas-ure put men to work immediately. Mr. Roosevelt said the rassama-qtioddy rassama-qtioddy project In Maine and Florida Flor-ida ship canal were eliminated because be-cause of the recent refusal of congress con-gress to make appropriations for continuance of the work. He said he did not contemplate doling out |