Show review of current events FLIGHT AROUND EARTH howard hughes and companions set new record 0 of 1 91 hours japan cancels 1940 olympics IT it 7 pan 7 I 1 I 1 yr 3 M p president roosevelt addressing louisville citizens from the platform of his special train urging them to support senator barkley for the senator is at the presidents left and mayor of louisville at his right A 0 summarizes THE WORMS WORLDS WEEK a 0 newsham union hughes great flight H OWARD HUGHES and his crew of four completed their remarkable flight around the world when they landed at floyd bennett airport new york 3 days 19 hours and 17 minutes after starting from that place they had covered miles and made six stops 11 for refueling at P paris a ris moscow 0 amsk m s k sk fairbanks and minneapolis they cut more howard than 3 three days ays off hughes the g record made by wiley post in 1933 but hughes said after landing that he still considered posts solo flight was the most remarkable job of flying ever done on the hop across the atlantic the time made by lindbergh was nearly mearly halved with hughes wealthy sportsman and aviator who financed and organized fian ired the flight were harry connor and thomas thurlow navigators richard stoddart radio operator and ed lund flight engineer hughes himself was at the controls all the time but said the robot pilot did all the flying except the takeoffs and landings much credit also was given the automatic navigator loaned by the army air corps the chief perils encountered were on n the flight to paris because they had barely enough fuel to reach le bourget airport and the trip over siberia where they had to go to an altitude of feet and accumulated much ice radio communication with the land was maintained most of the time except for six hours before minneapolis was reached during that period their transmitter was out of commission the monoplane named new york worlds fair 1940 was welcomed at new york by mayor la guardia and grover whalen an and d a tremendous crowd the weary fliers soon got to bed but next day the metropolis gave them one of its customary ticker tape receptions with a parade the wives of stoddart connor and thurlow were at the airport to meet their husbands katherine Kath crine hepburn the movie star bade hughes goodby good by when he started and welcomed omed him back in hollywood it is rumored they are engaged or possibly secretly married another woman deeply interested in the flight was miss elinore hoagland of new york fiancee of ed lund deficit to be 4 billions IN N REVISED budget estimates for the current fiscal year given out in washington the president forecast a net federal deficit of an increase of over last years deficit and more than he had estimated in january for the 12 months ending next june 30 the deficit which will increase the gross public debt by will be financed the president indicated by a reduction of in the working balance of the treas general fund by the use of in special issues of government obligations and by in new federal financing the gross deficit was estimated dt t in which is included for debt retirement the business slump which grew sharper after roosevelt submitted his budget estimates to congress 1 dinst ast 1st january was blamed by him fur for the inaccuracies of his forecasts japan cancels olympics APAN evidently thinks the war JAPAN in china is not near its end the tokyo government has cancelled the olympic games of 1940 dropping a all 11 plans to be the host of the worlds athi etes the announcement made by marquis koichi kido public welfare minister surprised even the japanese organizing committee and the members of that body declared tho the camei would bo held whether or not tha government supports lup porta them in tokyo it was said the governments action was due to the cost of financing the games and to military leaders opposition to a growth of nationalism among the japanese people though the government lacks money and materials for the necessary esary sports structures it had prepared to contribute toward the cost and only a few days ago 40 men for the japanese football team were selected and started training count michimasa member of the international olympic committee said japan might bid for the 1948 games 1 I hope japan can bid then he said apparently it is impossible to bid even for the 1944 games the cancellation was inevitable under the present circumstances it was expected the international committee would meet soon to determine the next move london and Helsing fors finland were mentioned as possible sites for the 1940 1940 games senator thomas wins VICTORY of senator elmer thomas of oklahoma in his fight for by the democrats was hailed by the new dealers as a direct result of the campaign speaking T fi tour of president A roosevelt the president told the okla homans what a help the senator had ja ra been to him and how A k n much he had done for the state and he gave some swipes to thomas rivals governor sen thomas marland and representative senta tive gomer smith so the oklahomans Okla homans picked thomas by a good majority for governor they named leon C philips much to the disappointment of alfalfa bill murray in the course of his trip acro across s the country mr roosevelt in hi his capacity of head of the democratic party first boosted the cause of senator barkley of kentucky his staunch supporter and cleverly avoided hitting too hard at govar nor happy chandler who seeks Bark leys seat scat in arkansas mr roosevelt found time to say kind words about senator hattie caraway passing through colorado and nevada he avoided politics in his talks for senators alva adams and pat mccarren both of whom have opposed some of his chief policies are mighty strong in their states both of them boarded his train but their reception was decidedly cool the president delivered the only set speech on his program at the san francisco worlds fair administration building he then reviewed the united states state battle fleet of 66 vessels and spent several hours aboard the cruiser houston next day he spent in yosemite national park after three days in california the president boarded the houston at san diego and went to the galapagos islands for some fishing thence he was vas to pass through the panama canal and come back home by way of the southeastern states van nuys nominated 0 OPPONENTS of senator freder ick van nuys of indiana accepted defeat with wry faces they had intended that he should be purged for his fights against new deal measures but realized his threatened independent candidacy would split the party in the state wide open and also would injure the presidential aspirations of paul V mcnutt so governor townsend invited the senator to present his name to the state late convention and other candidates withdrew van nuys was then perfunctorily without anyone anyon saying a good thing about him |