Show 1 news of current events HITS IN AMERICA strong words by legion commander president refuses to abandon fight for court rejuvenation I 1 S Z Z ft T M 49 IF ya 11 N Y W american legion members embers Al from west reach new york city by airplane for their national convention ala el it ly summarizes ES THE nur nm WORLDS MST r WK WEEK 0 western newspaper union legion head hits OUR hundred thousand members FOUR bof of the american legion and their families and friends gathered in in new york for the annual convention of the organization which opened with a memorial service tor for dead veterans parades shan battles and plenty of fun making marked the proceedings but the former soldiers also gave much of 0 time to serious business harry tt N colmer olmer 7 harryw ay national ing com colmer mander delivered a notable le report on his stewardship warning against dangers confronting the nation from wit within hinand and without colmer declared attempts to subjugate judiciary would destroy the checks and balances in government and he proposed that the american legion undertake an educational cat ional program on the principles set forth in the constitution he asked each post to hold at least one meeting this fall on the basic law the commanders warning against perils from without led him to condemn severely german propaganda in the united states and the alleged action of the german government in fostering the organization of nazi groups and camps in this country this he called a gratuitous insult ro 0 o our free institutions president on constitution LL orators on the one hundred ALL fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the constitution were loud in praise of that great document president roosevelt speaking from the ejot ot of the washington monument was emphatic in his expression of admiration for and loyalty to the basic law which his opponents have accused him of trying to undermine but he called it a haymans lay mans constitution and a lawyers contract he reiterated his hi assertions that the constitution was intended by its makers to be a statement of objectives and not a rigid document and declared democratic government in this country can do all things which commonsense common sense people seeing the picture as a whole have the right to expect 1 I believe that these things can be done under the constitution without the surrender of a single one of the civil and religious liberties it was intended to safeguard mr roosevelt continued and I 1 am determined ter mined that under the constitution those things shall be done sharply condemning dictatorships abroad mr roosevelt said there is a crisis in american affairs that threatens our democracy and that it if that democracy is to survive it must meet the demands of the people tor for economic and social security and improved stana standards ards of living plutocratic and proletarian dictatorships ships said he are equally dangerous that the president has not aban boned his fight for or rejuvenation of the supreme court was made clear by the tenor of his address and it was expected that he would continue that campaign on his trip to the pacific coast which he began in a private car equipped with a loud speaker on his way to visit his daughter in seattle and on the return trip he was to enter the home states of several senators who were active in opposition to the supreme court enlargement scheme Vanden bergs battle cry 9 1 W XE E HAVE just begun to fight VI was the battle cry adopted adopted by senator of michigan in a speech at bay city that was taken as the opening of his campaign for the republican presidential nomination in 1940 he made it evident that he hopes to be the standard bearer tor for a coalition party asserting that a realignment of political parties is inevitable indeed he declared this probably was the one thing that could save our national institutions he was not so 0 sure that the opposition to the roosevelt policies would unite under a new party name said he there may be a realistic realignment which will bring like thinking patriots into common battle front whether they live north or south of the mason and dixon line whether they live east or west of the mississippi sis sippi K what will hughes do 0 objections to the seating of hugo black as a justice of the supreme court on the constitutional ground that the emoluments of the office were raised while black was a senator brought chief justice hughes back to washington before his vacation was ended associate justice brandeis also returned to the capital and he and huhes hushes were expected to confer on the matter and to examine the objections just what mr hughes or any other member of the court could do was uncertain constitutional lawyers agree that black could not be denied his seat because he was a member of the ku klux klan but many of them thought the court if it decides to take jurisdiction could bar him on constitutional grounds there was reason to believe this solution of the exceedingly unpleasant matter would suit president roosevelt should the president ask black to resign the latter might re ej fuse and that would be most embarrassing barr assing for mr roosevelt johnson quits R bombs on tor for rv several hours japanese airmen were fought desperately by chinese aviators many civilians were killed and the japanese officials said this raid was just a rehearsal therefore they warned all foreigners to quit at once american ambassador nelson johnson at first refused to abandon his post but later on orders from washington he transferred his embassy staff to the american patrol boat luzon which was to move further up the yangtze river the sixth regiment of american marines commanded by brig gen ge n J C beaumont and comprising 1435 officers and men arrived at shanghai to replace the fourth regiment K biggers to manage census U T SAM is going to make a count of his unemployed nephews in the hope that this will help solve the re employment and relief problem just how the census is to be managed is not yet determined but john D biggers of toledo president of the libby owens ford glass company has been named administrator of the undertaking and is formulating his plans at the suggestion of the president mr biggers has established his headquarters in the department of commerce and he hopes to complete the tabulation of the unemployed before december 1 I mr biggers said he proposed to do the job without salary K c when town dies move it TP TF THE recommendations of a sub IL 1 committee of the presidents national resources committee is adopted there will be a lot of ghost towns in the country in brief its advice is that every town that is dying economically be abandoned and the inhabitants moved studying the subject of depressed cities and industries the committee reported generally speaking the continued existence of a community and an industry cannot be justified it if in the long run it fails to afford its inhabitants or workers a minimum level of existence consistent with an expanding american standard of living such communities and such industries are liabilities to the nation because they do not make their full contribution to our national life this would be resettlement with a vengeance and probably would be deeply resented by thousands of citizens who love their home towns even if they are not very prosperous 41 fc green slams lewis renunciations enunciations of william dgreen denunciations green by john lewis and of lewis by green come almost daily but the attack on the C 1 I 0 leader by the president derit of the A F of L in a speech in washington was especially ally vigorous he declared the beetle lewis was an opportunist who hopes to gain political power through the formation of a party combining labor and agriculture and reiterated the opposition of the federation to the organization of such a party lewis said green was to blame tor for the bloody strike in little steel plants and for its collapse which he attributed to C I 1 0 s disregard of the rule that the workers themselves should decide when to strike surely those who are to suffer and sacrifice in a strike ought to be accorded the right to say whether they are ready and willing to do so 0 o green asserted the issues involved in any impending industrial conflict ought to be made clear and thoroughly understood fatal prison riot SEVEN convicts made a desperate attempt to escape from the folsom penitentiary in california and when the battle was over two of them lay dead warden clarence larkin and two guards were in hospital with serious knife wounds and se seven ven other persons were nursing injuries quick work by the war dens secretary prevented the escape of the convicts all long term prisoners though larkin was he held id as a shield the guards did not hesitate to use their rifles for the warden told them recently if 1 I am ever and I 1 order you not to shoot and you obey my order you wont be here the next day no matter what I 1 tell you you start shooting eden still hopeful A EDEN british foreign administer 1 minister hurried from geneva to attend a special cabinet meeting to which he reported on cevelo develop p ments in the medi situation that is so threaten ing to european peace he told of it alys reiteration ol of fi I 1 its demand tor for par Z ity in the anti piracy patrol and it was believed both he and prime min ister chamberlain were hopeful that a rupture could be anthony averted by a partial eden yielding to mussolini in this matter british public opinion was said to be strongly against a complete concession meanwhile events in the mediterranean were not such as to bolster edens peaceful designs the british aircraft carrier glorious reported it had been attacked by a submarine near malta just as it arrived to take part in the patrol of the sea also the admiralty announced an unidentified ai airplane dropped six bombs close to the destroyer fearless the british and french fleets began their search tor for pirate submarines premier juan stood up before the league of nations and fearlessly presented the evidence of italian and german intervention tion in the spanish civil war demanding that the league take steps to stop it he called mussolini and hitler international highwaymen highways an french foreign minister delbos backed up Ne grins demands in words which were taken to mean that it if italy sends substantial reinforcements Wor cements to franco spanish rebel leader or perhaps if she even refuses to withdraw her forces already there france would consider her security menaced the assembly of the league of nations voted down the spanish governments request tor for reelection election re as a member of the league council czechoslovakia loses a saint HE little father of czechoslovakia thakla THE dr thomas G masaryk founder of the republic died in pra ha he was eighty seven years old it was the efforts of dr masaryk in the great capitals of europe during the world war which made possible the creation of his country its people revered him as the symbol of their liberty no help for munitions ships NY american merchant vessels awrich ANY which carry arms or other implements clements ts of war to china or japan w will ill do so at their own risk president roosevelt warned shipping concerns this policy applies to all of the articles listed in his proclamation of may 1 1937 when he invoked the neutrality act against both parties in the spanish civil war the presidents order also forbade any government owned vessel from carrying war materials to china or japan unless war is declared lie he has no control over other american shipping but he warned ship pers that if ships carrying such cargo are bombed or attacked they need expect no action on the part of the united states nazis dump schacht N NAZI germany has put overboard the financial pilot who has served her for years dr hjalmar schacht has resigned and gone to italy on a vacation and aan d it gedly has no longer any mar ue the government his offices nance minister have been taken over by hermann wilhelm goering administrator of the nazi tour four year year economic plan and schacht will not even function as minister of economics comics since he disagreed with goering on policies capeland Cip rop eland loses in in prima primary ry TWENTY T WENTY ONE arrests were made as violence dogged the polls in new york cites most spirited mayoralty primary in years senator royal S copeland who ran for or the republican publican Ke nomination although he was supported by tammany hall lost the honor to mayor fiorello H la guardia fusion candidate tor for reelection election re co copeland apeland made his bid for the G 01 0 P by bitterly opposing pre AIM roosevelt but the stamp of M apt many precluded his nomination the L be democratic nomination was captured by jeremiah T mahoney who had the backing of democratic national chairman james A farley 4 loyalists ready to pay up IT T WAS reported in geneva that the spanish loyalist government and the american government had agreed upon as a settlement et for american claims arising out of the spanish civil war this it was understood would cover every kind of damage suffered b by Y american business in spain since the beginning of the war include including ng confiscation and appropriation of private property for military purposes as well as material damages in voluntary offering a settlement while the war is still going on the valencia government shattered revolutionary traditions it was believed that the loyalists were anxious to emphasize the fact that they are not the revolutionary government but the real government of spain and consider prompt payment of claims one of the best ways of keeping the respect of other nations |