Show news review of current events EUROPEAN WAR AVERTED britain prance france and russia would not stand for german aggression against the czechs czecho y W mayy w aa hw is y A w X XZ an I 1 14 here is an armored car detachment of czechoslovakian up to date amy which was sent to the frontier to meet the threats of aggression by lal fuehrer hillers Hit lers troops that were massed on their side of the border wo summarizes THE WORLDS WEEK a western newspaper New paper union on the verge of hostilities GERMAN and czech troops by G VJ the thousands were massed on the frontier between the two countries president benes of czechoslovakia and his cabi net decided to call 3 reserves to the colors poland J assembled armed forces close to the w slovakia border hungary was reported to be taking certain military measures france was ready to defend ix fim ti her ally czechoslovakia president ident against nazi benes aggression and there was assurance that great britain and russia would come to the aid of france if she were attacked without provocation no wonder the governments of europe were desperately worried by such a critical condition hitler must have realized that the time was not ripe for aggressive action against the czechs czecho for german authorities in berlin solemnly assured dr vojtech mastny czech minister to berlin and the czech military that germany planned no military expedition against czechoslovakia this eased ased e the situation somewhat but the british cabinet continued to urge benes and his government to make all possible concessions to hitler y concerning the demands of the su aeten german minority it was believed the fuehrer would ultimately get about everything he wants from the czechs czecho without a fight both france and britain were w ere bringing strong pressure to bear on berlin and the british especially were determined to avert general war it if it could be done prime minister chamberlain it was said was working out a plan under which his government would play the part ol of mediator the scheme was based on autonomy for the germans in czechoslovakia slovakia it with freedom free dom in municipal and educational affairs Hen heinleins leins german party in the districts ot of czechoslovakia was winning victories in municipal elections and this made the nazis quite cocky in their attitude they 44 refused to negotiate with the government until their safety had been guaranteed 1 1 so southerners uth erners are soro sore they were fighting a lv losing battle southern depre bitterly contested the progress of the wage hour bill through the house the test vote on discharge of the rules committee was to 73 in the debate that followed northern democrats and most of the republicans public ans indicated their approval of the measure the south opposed it mainly because it contains no differentials ferenti als in favor of that section two taxation decisions N TWO far reaching decisions the I 1 IN united states supreme court further narrowed the field of reciprocal intergovernmental tax immunity the rulings continued the trend in the direction of president roose belts theory that the federal and state governments can tax the salaries of each others employees and the income of each others securities without a constitutional amendment in a decision delivered by justice stone the court upheld levying of federal income taxes on employees of the port of new york authority in a decision delivered by justice roberts the court upheld federal admission taxes on tickets to toot ball games conducted by the university system of georgia italy warns france TALY intimated it would keep out I 1 ITALY of the nazi czech quarrel but mussolini broke off th the e friendship talks with france and warned that continued french acquiescence in the shipment of arms to government spain would not be tolerated he said the past conversations could not be resumed until franco and his rebels had won a clear cut victory the D duce uce declared that unless fran france c e ceases aiding transmission of soviet and czech arms to barcelona italy and germany may be forced to increase their assistance to the insurgents this naturally would endanger the new anglo ital ian an agreement must re hire sit strikers T THE HE national labor relations board ordered the kuehne manufacturing fac turing company flora ill to reinstate with back pay american federation of labor sit down strikers it was the third major sit down decision but the first involving an A F of L union the labor board refused to answer 74 questions put to it by the ford motor company in united states circuit court at covington ky the board particularly resented esen ted being asked whether thomas cor coran benjamin V cohen john L lewis or homer martin were consulted in arriving at an order charging the ford company with violating the wagner labor act I 1 IK martin loses in oregon G GOV OV CHARLES H MARTIN ol of oregon the veteran soldier who has been fighting against the C 1 I 0 and other radicals was beaten for in the democratic primary by henry hess who had the backing of labor unions and of secretary of the interior ickes charles A sprague was nominated for governor by the republicans and they believe they have a good chance to win in the fall fail elections for the democrats there as in pennsylvania were badly split 11 too late for wheat quotas WALLACE said that S SECRETARY under the new crop control law it is too late to invoke marketing quotas on this years indicated bumper wheat crop he explained that the law authorized quotas this year ear only in the event congress appropriated funds by may 15 for parity payments provided in the new legislation asks 23 millions for navy C CONGRESS received from the v 1 president a request that it a appropriate P prop immediately to begin strengthening the nations sea and air defenses in accordance with the billion dollar naval expansion act the president outlined the intended uses of the fund as follows in a letter to speaker bankhead for three new warships ten auxiliaries ili aries and a fleet of small vessels of great speed and maneuverability 1 for nine patrol planes of the latest type for a dirigible the first since the macon and akron crashed several years ago for improvements at navy yards doom sealers says parley farley P postmaster GENERAL FARLEY attacked the critics ot of the administrations spending lending program in an address to the commonwealth mon wealth club of chicago the doom seal ers he said are again sending forth their mournful prophesies ot of evil because of government acts performed or suggested stocks are down a bit there is a re james A currence of vast un farley employment certain taxes bear heavily on people or corporations with plethoric purses so the same element that has held every national emergency as a precursor of doom is out again in full cry asserting that he would not underestimate either the value of criticism of government acts or the service of those who think they are warning ri r i of impending dangers he told his audience there should be some intelligence some reasonableness and some moderation in these controversies t the republic he said is in no danger it never has been in danger since the present administration checked the downward spiral of the big depression and started us again on the upward path crop loan losses T LOSSES incurred by the federal AJ A J government in crop loan operations by the commodity crop cori cor horation po ration since its creation in az 19 aji have totaled 1 fe I 1 this was made known in a 3 c COQ muni cation president roosevelt sei se i to the capitol asking that be appropriated to restore t th capital ot of the corporal corpora tion A budget bureau statement ac companying compa nying the presidents copia muni cation showed that the bullara a S c CD the losses grew out of the shrinkage in the market value of cotton corn tobacco turpentine and other commodities modi ties put up as collateral for price bolstering loans the principal loss of was incurred in loans on the 1934 cotton crop predestination af ion Is out GENERAL assembly ot of the pres VJ by terian church in the united states in session at meriden miss voted to to omit from the confession of faith these two important sections by the decree ot of god for the manifestation of his glory some men and angels are predestined unto everlasting life and others fore ordained to everlasting death and their number is so certain and definite that it cannot be either increased or diminished 11 I 1 phil la follette snubbed THE HE wisconsin farmer labor progressive federation snubbed gov philip lafollette La president of the new national progressive party and unanimously indorsed endorsed indor sed daniel W hoan socialist mayor as progressive candidate candida e tor for united states senator the convention applauded when the secretary ruled out governor LaFollett es name as the in dorsee tor for reelection election re I 1 japanese take suchow TOKYO OKYO gave out word that the japanese forces had captured virtually all of suchow the important rail junction city in central china the assault force fought its way through a hall hail of chinese fire and there was furious hand to hand fighting in the streets then other forces stormed the walls from other sides of the city A foreign office spokesman said japan would now push on to han kow the capture of which is regarded as necessary from a strategic standpoint av IN F D R going to chile was made at athe announcement the white house that president roosevelt is planning an extended trip to south america this summer it is expected he will leave from an eastern port aboard a cruiser pass through the panama canal and spend a month along the west coast of south america going as far as santiago chile and stopping at the capitals en route on his return the president probably will disembark on an our west coast and sweep across the country on a special train making speeches following a brief trip to annapolis to see the boat races between harvard and the naval academy mr roosevelt inspected the model community project at arthurdale Arthu W va in the middle of june he will go to massachusetts tor for the wedding of his son john and miss anne dark clark 1 1114 jersey inquiry ordered HARGES that free speech and C CHARGES other civil liberties have been suppressed in the jersey city do main ot of mayor frank hague resulted in justice department orders tor for a thorough investigation of the situation there attorney general homer cummings announcing the inquiry said it was prompted by newspaper ra reports and complaints received from many persons it would be dire directed cadd he said at determining cheth whether r ana one in jersey city ha has been deprived dep rivea ot of civil rights guaranteed by federal law 1 l jl ai ft bless number 7 B NONE ot of the biall n the ent census difed iggers report thaltha total er of terea re unemployed byg lin in ina UA united bated states is is 7 an and Lly 4 P per 6 cent Q eu twenty n ve 01 said they were totally I 1 L A M 4 0 without employment and said they had emergency jobs such as the works progress administration national youth administration civilian conservation corps fand and others the census was ta taken kenin in november h h i red tape study T THERE HERE have haire been frequent complaints that the government is requiring the filing of too manare many reports and the filling out of too many questionnaires by business now the president has ordered a study of these red tape demands by the central statistical board asking chairman rice to see if it would be possible to consolidate the fact find ing activities of the various departments NAI earle beats CIO man T THE HE desperate primary battle among the pennsylvania democrats resulted in complete victory tor for gov george 11 earle and his state machine and equally complete defeat tor for the duffey lewis C 1 I 0 faction whose candidates all the way down from senator and governor govern orAo to minor county offices were routed earle won the senators bip nomination 0 ve r mayor wilson ot of go earle P philadelphia it i I 1 a d e I 1 p h I 1 a charles alvin jones pittsburgh lawyer captured the gubernatorial gubernator lal nomination beating thomas kennedy secretary treasurer of the united mine workers of america who was on the duffey lewis ticket jim farley national committee chairman had projected himself into the hot fight by advising the compromise choice of earle and kennedy but the governor indignantly told him it was none of his bis bustness business and the voters gave him a swat on the head by rejecting his hi advice republicans were elated because the returns showed a ground swell back toward G 0 P conservatism the republican total vote exceeded the democratic vote and this fact together with the graft and bribery charges that enlivened the campaign of the democrats led the republican leaders to hope the keystone state would ret return urn to the R republican e told fold in november judge arthur james won a smashing victory over gifford pinchot twice governor for the republican gubernatorial nomination and this was another swat at johnl lewis tor for he was reported ready to back pinchot it if kennedy lost sen S I 1 n james J davis was by a heavy majority I 1 both senator guffey and lewis appear to have lost their claims to ito political leadership lew lewis s had boasted that he be controlled control jd C 1 I 0 votes in pennsylvania but the best he could do dobas s earle though hegi he came caine out on top td P was considered 61 to 1 have lost pr prestige s greatly by nae ahe accusations vt ot misrule mis rule made agamet his adain admin administration 3 tra tion his presidential aspiration as were believed wrecked the C alro other osto i cal fights but as this thi s pres president en william a giefen of 0 ahe American kner a 4 F la b bop id th oli olea c chiate chip t he te repudiation e pud lation tion of the C 1 I 0 leader leadership headed 0 his become abunda nUy clear that no candidate who be bera s abe cl 1 I 0 brand can be electea 0 high office in this country the primaries lid provi proved the C CI 1 0 1 is a pow ca not a p political powe T 11 f T 1 1 T 1 f 1 1 pla laae ne cra 1 K i i 1 A sine ame JINE fe persons were killed in i ie al wash crash ot of a luxury air liner a q i a not lar far from los j geles k plane was being ta tat n ho 1 far delivery gellise ry N Aab pyna 4 lwe west Airlines 9 arid iV appeared a aed e di faster ater was s due t tp the e desire e of e alot 0 s e I 1 by t tl g afat aias r t at Sadat ea inato P e 0 a through rough the e mountains 0 t ns |