Show news L 11 IL review of current events the world over king albert of belgium killed by fall while mountain climbing succeeded by leopold three great powers protect austria EDWARD V W PICKARD 0 NE of the best and most be bc loved of the few remaining kings albert I 1 ot of belgium met a tragic death while practicing for his favorite sports sport mountain climbing hp he was attempting alone to scale a 00 foot pinnacle near namur barour and fell being probably instantly killed hours later his body was found and carried to brussels queen u e e n elizabeth was III and was king leopold not told of the kings death for some hours i the belgian nation was plunged into genuine mourning and all the world sympathized for albert had won high esteem by his heroism during the world aarand his just government of ills his people albert Is succeeded by crown prince leopold duke of brabant his eldest son leopold Is thirty two years old and was married in 1020 1026 to princess astrid of sweden they have a daughter and a son the new ruler was probably one of the youngest soldiers in the world war enlisting as a private when he was thirteen years old ne lie was treated as an ordinary soldier seeing ing active service in the trenches and was a sergeant when the armistice was signed the dead kings funeral was of course a stately affair the procession from the brussels palace to the cathedral of st gudule was led by mounted gendarmes gen darmes who were followed by british italian and french troops then came the belgian troops with crepe draped lags flags alberts personal colors were carried just ahead of the gun carriage that bore the casket and his favorite charger followed the saddle empty and field boots reversed in the stirrups next walled walked crown prince pence leopold his brother charles and their brother in law crown prince Uni berto of italy the latter carefully guarded by police because of the attempt to asas assassinate sinate him in brussels in 1929 in the throng of notable persons in the procession were representatives of all nations Amb ambassador assad r 0 morris was there for tile the united states president lebrun and premier mier dommergue Doumer gue bended beaded the large french delegation from england were the prince of wales field marshal arshal SI lord allenby and admiral sir roger keyes germany was represented by dr friedrich von keller I 1 and poland by ignatz ew ski next day leopold was crowned with astrid on the throne beside him the parliamentary reply to the new rulers speech from tile the throne tb thanked anaed the new queen for having given birth to two children insuring the permanence of the dynasty king albert was the third of his line lie ile was born in 1875 and ascended the throne in 1009 1000 throughout the war he was one of the roost most active members of the belgian army continually at the front to help his troops and often in imminent danger of death after the armistice he got the task of reconstruction st well under way and then with queen elizabeth and prince pence leopold took journeys to the united states england france spain brazil and other countries to study kade ade conditions and find new out ets ts for belgian products art ANTHONY EDEN Is amov tj ing from capital to capital 11 in europe on the rather hopeless blon of reviving the disarmament negotiations in I 1 n paris he was told by the seven big men of the french franell cabinet that france A was un unwilling vOlling to reduce her military z power while the 11 nazi menace continues and t the it e french government had already coldly refused to discuss the matter with athony anthony eden hitler while germany is re arming concessions recently offered to the germ german an chancellor had been met with inconclusive arguments and with demands for a german army of effectives which france rejected the most the french statesmen would say was that they looked forward in a most general manner toward the possibility of an international linter national accord equally hoped tor or by both bolli parties on the question of disarmament discouraged but persistent captain eden went on to berlin and plome home for further conversations based on the british plan for reduction ot or armaments fa POK OR the time being the danger of a E european war arising from the socialist re rebellion fellion is over preat britain france and italy have united to safeguard Aus independence and while that holds no other nation cation dare attack attach long conversations were held in paris by british ambassador lord tyrrell premier dommergue Doumer gue foreign minister louis barthau Bar thou capt anthony eden british lord privy seal arid and representatives of italy and the outcome was this statement to the world the austrian government has inquired of the governments of france great britain and italy as to their attitude with regard to a dossier which it prepared with a view of 0 establishing german interference in the internal affairs of austria and communicated to them the conversations which have taken place between the three governments on this subject have shown they take a common view as to the necessity of maintaining Aus independence and integrity in accordance cor dance with the relevant treaties this pronouncement was proposed by premier mussolini who seeks to keep austria intact as a buffer state between and fascism it Is of course directed to hitler who hopes that the government of chancellor dollfuss may be overthrown it if not by force then in the elections tall TREASURY reports reveal that all sources of internal revenue showed large increases duran during the first seven months of the present fiscal year compared with the same period of 1933 with the exception of corporate income taxes tases total receipts of the seven months period ended january 31 amounted to a gain of as compared with the year before for the seven months the go governments vern collection of taxes on distilled spirits wines and beers amounted to as compared with in the same 1932 period S in favor of tile the immediate ims payment of the veterans bonus Is so strong among the democrats in the house that the promise of a veto by the president did not deter r rep e p r esentad I 1 ves from signing a petition to take the patman bill from the committee and bring it up for a vote on march 12 speaker R a I 1 n e y had been to the white louse house and Wright in Patman returned kith this message 1 I am authorized by the president to say that this Is not the time to pay the bonus and if that I 1 it he cannot approve any legislation to that effect cat but the members went right on signing mr rainey was visibly disturbed but said in reply to inquiries queries qu iries were going to lot let the house do just what it pleases wright weight patman of texas D democrat emo author of the bill told the house the measure would provide the administration with the mechanism for carrying out the inflationary program it already has embraced and that it would saie sae the government billions of dollars in interest it seemed most likely that the bill would be passed by the house and it may also get through the senate for the sentiment for it it has been steadily growing in that body seven members of the 0 ONLY house voter voted in the negative when the tax revision bill came up for passage it Is expected tte the senate will make many alterations in the measure for the purpose of further fortifying the statutes against evasion erosion of principal interest to the average taxpayer payer is the bills readjust ment of the income tax rate structure to provide a now new normal rate of 4 per cent and surtaxes sur taxes starting at 4 per cent on net income above and ranging in graduated brackets to TO 59 per cent on incomes of or more the new tax rates however will not be effective on 1933 incomes generally tile the bill Is designed to iiii prevent everit such tax evasion methods as were disclosed during the recent investigations of the senate banking in and currency committee into stock market practices i JUSTICE USTICE finally has caught up lip with will roger touhy of chicago and tio members of his notorious gang their second trial for tile the of john factor ended in ic a verdict of guilty the jury fixing the penalty at 99 years in the pent peni tertiary tent iary one charles W mayo of ala barina bama with an accomplice devised devi soi i a fantastic plot pint for the of 13 P adler blinker banker and pub usher fisher of bf davenport iowa from a chicago hotel both wore were caught and confessed cont esseS and then mayo hanged himself in his cell the snatching game appears to be about played out fiery RANCE was stirred stirred by a mystery murder that Is connected with the scandal albert prince counselor of the tha court of appeals and the key witness in the case was lured from parts paris and slain and his body was tied to a railroad track near dijon and mangled by a train in the same game connection the paris police announced they had discovered evidence that was an international spy as well as a swindler that he was wag aided by a number of women and probably had find sold valuable information to tho the german government A AS S THE fighting planes of the american army with their guns removed began carrying the air mall mail over routes formerly covered by private air ZT N 6 K line companies the s senate te n a t e committee investigating a air I 1 r mall contracts resumed al its inquiry a tho the main witness ws walter F brown postmaster 19 general under president hoover who istl 1 has been accused by his bis successor of colonel colone I 1 collusion and fa lindbergh la in the letting of the contracts mr brown had denied the charges in a long statement and in appearing before the committee lie he waived the immunity which gene generally rolly shields a congressional witness from subsequent prosecution at the hearing mr brown again denied the accusations in detail but made admissions that were not favorable to the defense colonel lindbergh more or less involved in the air mall affair gave to the senate investigators a statement of his aviation profits as follows 1 from sale of warrants to purchase stock in the pan american airways 2 s salary lary from ran pan american a year 3 salaries of in 1931 and in 1932 and 1933 1033 from transcontinental and western air 4 from transcontinental air transport predecessor to transcontinental and western air in cash reinvested in taint companas comp anys stock and later sold at a profit 5 A 10 a year salary as technical adviser adviser to the pennsylvania railroad for three years and a 1 a year salary since 1931 1031 losses from investments in other aviation companies prior to lav 1930 EN AUGUSTO SANDINO SANDING for G years the leader of rebels in nicaragua until a year ago when he be made peace with president t was murdered by members of the national guard at M managua ills his brother and two of his aides also were killed the crime was denounced by and an investigation vesti gation was ordered for t the 11 e govern government in ent had guaranteed tile the lives of and his followers while in the capital E EVEN VEN in a republic the people like to road read about the doings of royalty so there has boon been much interest in the romance of prince sigvard twenty six year old son of cron prince gustav adolf of sweden 41 sigvard fell in love with erika ck a german film actress who is little known and comes from a middle class family the prince was determined i ter mined to marry erika but his grand prince Sig sigivald ivard father king gustav refused his consent anti anil told sigvard he would be disowned if he persisted in ills his plan nevertheless the young man unable to get the necessary papers in berlin erlin li went to london with erika and it was reported the wedding ed would take place there on march 8 F the prince Is well aware that if he marries the german girl lie he will forfeit ills his royal rights and thenceforth will ile be just mr bernadotte but he apparently Is ready to give up tip everything ever tiling azir for love in 1932 1032 ills his cousin prince lennert married the daughter of a stockholm industrialist and Is now known as mr lennert bernadotte 0 OFFICIALS of st paul and minneapolis Den polls were considerably an a ti by a statement made by attorney general homer flower S cummings Cuni in lie he said the tin tain cities were breeding grounds of 0 crime maor mahoney Mali oncy of st paul telegraphed mr cummings demanding I 1 that lie he amplify jus ills charge hut but the attorney generals only reply was to say that he meant what he said thereupon the mayor gave the farnsey county attorney a 11 list of telve belve persons including ai mr caim wings hom lie he wished asked to before the grand jury which i Is now in session it was sald le gril complications probably would prevent the subpoenaing subpoena ing of thi BT torney general and other national 0 officials inc jai S Q 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