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Review of the History -Making Events of the
By
P I C K A R D
EDWARD
C West*rn Newspaper Union.
tion administrator, was named
chairman of another committee to
draft recommendations Mr a per
ssertions made by william manent land use program designed
Randolph Hearst and other op to avert drouth emergencies in the
ponents of the New Deal that the great plains area.
President “ passively accepts” the
The President suggested the crop
support of the Com- ►
insurance plan might be limited
munists have got
to one or two major crops at the
under Mr. Roose
start and that it should be formulat
velt’s skin. A state
ed with the advice and assistance of
ment issued through
national farm organization leaders
Stephen T. Early,
so that it can be submitted to con
his
secretary,
gress with their support.
said:
"My attention has
A1 Smith W ill Make Some
been called to a
c e r tain notorious
Anti-Roosevelt Speeches
newspaper owner to
PECULATION concerning what
make it appear that
part A1 Smith would 'ake in
W. R. Hearst
the President pas
the Presidential campaign seems to
sively accepts the support of alien be settled by the news that he will
organizations hostile to the Ameri deliver several anti-Roosevelt ad
can form of government.
dresses, the first probably in Carne
"Such articles are conceived in gie hall in New York in October.
malice and born of political spite. He is reported to be making out his
They are deliberately framed to I own program and planning talks
give a false impression, in other also in Massachusetts and New Jer-
words to ‘frame’ the American i sey. It is said neither the Republi-
people.
I can party nor the American Liberty
"The President does no: want and , league will be sponsor for his ap
does not welcome the vote or sup pearances. Unti’ Mr. Smith an
port of any individual or group tak nounces his intentions it will not be
ing orders from alien sources.
known whether or not he will ad
"This simple fact is, of course, ob vocate the election of Governor Lan-
vious.
don.
"The American people will’ not
permit their attention to be diverted
fr«m real issues to fake issues Virgin Islands Have New
which no patriotic, honorable, de Federal Judge
cent citizen would purposely inject
EORGE P. JONES of Minne
into American affairs.”
sota. who has been serving as
Mr. Hearst, who was in Amster a special assistant to the attorney
dam, promptly replied by cable, general of the United States since
saying in part:
1934, has been made
“ The President has issued a state judge of the federal
ment through a secretary. He has district court for the
not had the frankness to say to Virgin Islands. This
whom he refers in the statement is a recess appoint
. . . I think 1 am justified in as ment by President
suming that I am the object of the Roosevelt and is
statement, and that I may cour subject to confirma
teously endeavor to correct Mr. tion by the senate.
Roosevelt’s misstatements and to Mr. Jones planned
set him right . . .
to leave for St.
"Let me say that I have not stated Thomas about Octo
at any time whether the President ber 1. He succeeds
G. I*. Jones
willingly or unwilling received the Judge
Albert C.
support of the Karl Marx Socialists, Levitt of Connecticut, who resigned
the Frankfurter radicals, commu August 1 because, as he alleged,
nists and anarchists, the Tugwell the Department of the Interior in
bolsheviks, and the Riohberg rev terfered with the processes of his
olutionists which constitute the bulk court.
of his following.
The oath of office was admin
"I have simply said and shown istered to Mr. Jones in Washington
that he does receive the support of by Ugo Carusi, executive assistant
these enemies of the American sys to Attorney General Cummings, in
tem of government, and that he has the presence of Mr. Cummings and
done his best to deserve the support a number of other officials.
of all such disturbing and destruc
tive elements.”
R oosevelt vs. Hearst
on “ Red Backing”
A
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Crop Insurance Pushed
by the President
action toward put
I MMEDIATE
ting in operation a two-fold crop
insurance and drouth prevention
program was called tor by Presi
dent Roosevelt. It
is designed to guard
the farmers and the
consumer; against
the danger of food
shortages or price
collapses. Two com
mittees were named
to work out legisla
tion to be asked of
the next congress.
Mr. R o o s e velt
named Secretary of
Cooke
Agriculture Henry
A. Wallace chairman of a commit
tee directed to "prepare a report
and recommendations for legislation
providing a plan of ’all risk’ crop
insurance,” and suggested that the
system provide for payment of pre
miums and insurance in commodi
ties. This is in accord with Wal
lace’ s proposed plan under which
farmers would put part of their
crops of good years into a pool
from which they could draw in lean
years. It would serve, he believes,
to keep surpluses from destroying
the price structure in good years
and provide an "insurance” against
crop failure* in other years.
Morris L. Cooke, rural elcctrifica-
Veterans of T w o W ars
Open Conventions
proceedings with a service in Wash quarters that he might fall back tf U ltr r ‘ yp* of io,n tk
ington cathedral. The route of their he thought best, lie replied posl 1
parade was six blocks on Pennsyl lively: "1 will hold my lines," and c** ll' 1 U,e rUM l"
It was the Germans who April 1 iic*t
vania avenue, the scene of the grand he did
review of the Union armies before fell back.
11 *'• tan-lrratooa the i w
President Andrew Johnson seventy-
1 '■ •‘ '■ •'forporaucer
Spanish Rebels Push
• UP to lio.nyg
one years ago.
an T ow ard Madrid
EVERAL columns of Spanish
Fascists and Moorish legion
e p u b l ic a n s wire highly grat naires were reported to be making a
ified by the results of the Michi determined drive toward Madrid
gan primary election for two rea under the direction of Grnrr.il
sons: First, because three out of Franco, and the loyalists were fall
ing back at the rate of five miles a
five persons who
day.
went to the |>olls
'Pie rebel garrison of the Alc.i/ar
asked for Republi
in
Toledo wsis still holding "ut
can ballots; second,
though
the government forces, aftrr
bee a u s e Senator
dynamiting part of the old f >rtress.
James Couzens. a
I made attacks with flaming gasoline.
Republican who has
The defenders lost heavily but the
openly declared that
! survivors kept up their deadly m a
he is supporting
chine gun fire and repulsed the
President H o o t e
charges of the loyalists
velt for re-election,
The American State department
lost his fight for re
ordered the embassy in Madrid
nomination. C o u z -
.sen ( uuirni
closed and warned all Americans
ens,
one of the
wealthiest members of the senate, still in the capital that they re
was badly defeated by former Gov. matned at their own risk. The
Wilbur M. Brucker. and there Is consulate at Malaga also was closed
more than a suspicion that he knew and the consul took refuge in G i
Diplomats of 13 nations,
his fate beforehand Brucker, who braltar
is only forty-two years old. has been who had gone to Saint Jean de Lux.
in public life for almost twenty France, rejected the Spanish gov
years. The Republicans renoml- ernment’s demand that the) return
nated Frank D. Fitzgerald for the to Madrid.
governorship.
On the Democratic side Repre Com m unism 1* O utlaw ed
sentative Prentiss M. Brown won by Greek Governm ent
the senatorial nomination against
HE EC E has Joined the list of
Louis B Ward who was supported
J r.ali' ns that will not tolerate
by Father Coughlin. For governor the Communists and their activities.
they chose Frank Murphy, high A ministerial decree establishing
commissioner to the Philippines and new state defense laws was sanc
former mayor of Detroit Both Mur tioned by King George. It outlaws
phy and his defeated opponent. Communism, punishing by heavy
George Welsh.
campaigned as prison sentences and fine; any one
Roosevelt supporters.
^ publishing anti-state propaganda.
In the New Hampshire primaries
All book shi ps were ordered to sur
Gov. H. Styles Bridges won the Re
render anti state literature within
publican senatorial nomination, end
20 days.
ing the effort of former Senator
George H. Moses to stage a com e
back. The Democrats put up Hep. H.tvana Paper D ynam ited;
rescntaUve William N Rogers. Four Persons Killed
Nominees for governor are Maj.
'OUIt persons were xillrd and
Francis P. Murphy. Republican, and
two buildings wrecked by a dy
Amos N. Blandin, Democrat.
namite blast that shook Havana,
Massachusetts will have for sena Cuba. The plant of the newspaper
tor either Henry Cabot Lodge. Jr.. El Pais was destroyed, and only
Republican, or James M Curley, the quick work of the police saved
now governor. Democrat. John W that of the Diario de lar Marina.
Haigis, Republican, and Charles F
Informed authorities expressed
Hurley, Democrat, were nominated belief the explosion was planned by
for the governorship.
Spanish residents who became an
The gubernatorial nominees In gry over publication of Spanish civ-
Wisconsin are: Gov. Philip La Fol- i il war news in the two newspa
lette. Progressive; Alexander Wi pers.
ley. Republican, and Arthur W.
The blast demolished a Catholic
Lueck. Democrat.
church near the El Pals building
Scores of suspects were arrested,
many of them being members of
Killings Pave the W ay for
the Spanish Socialist circle.
Defeat of Senator Couzens
Pleases the Republicans
R
F
Japan s M ove Against China
V/"ETERANS of the World war and 13 ROBABLY Japan is about ready
’ °f the Civil war opened their 1 to proceed further with the sub
annual gatherings, the American jugation of China, the latest ex
Legion in Cleveland and the Grand cuses being the alleged murder of
Army of the Republic in Washing several Japanese nationals by Chi
ton. The Legionnaires, many thou nese It was announced by the navy
sands of them, started off with the department in Tokio that Japanese
dedication of the Peace Gardens in marines had been ordered to land
the Ohio city, for which soil had at Hankow to protect the life and
been brought from sacred shrines property of Japanese there, and
of foreign countries and the forty- I that "the navy fears that it may be
eight states. National Commander forced to resort to some defensive
Ray Murphy presided over an im measures in the near future.” The
pressive ceremony and unveiled a announcement added that the sin
memorial plaque bearing the in cerity of the Nanking government
scription:
, in wanting to end anti Japanese
"These gardens, planned by men feeling in China was not dependa
who know the horrors of war. were ble arid he.ice protective measures
dedicated to the brotherhood of man were taken.
and peace throughout the world.”
Commander Murphy in his annual M cAlexander, "R ock of
report said: “Whether our country the Marne,” Dies
shall be sparel participation in an
other great international conflagra Y 1 AJ iK‘V ULYSSES b. GRANT
tion may well depend upon our cour 1 1 M c ALEXANDLK. u. S. A . re-
tired, who won fame in the World
age as Legionnaires to stand up and
war as "The Rock of the Marne ”
demand that our government now
died suddenly in his home in Port
take the steps which may save us,
land. Ore., at the age of seventy,
without the loss of honor—a sacri two.
fice we are unwilling to make at
The general won his appellation
any cost.”
Only about nine hundred surviv Tor his stand in stemming a terrific
ors of the Union army were able to assault by the Germans in their fi
attend the G. A R encampment,
and many believe it will be the last
to be held Th^ aged warriors,
headed by Oley Nelson of Iowa, the
national commander, began their
S
nal great offense on the western
front in July. 1918.
nfHL W“JLil? n c°l°nei In command
of the Thirty-eighth infantry, and
at the most critical period of the
German attack he was told by head-
Noted French E xplorer
L ost W ith His Crew
L' RANGE'S famous polar explor
^ er, Dr. Jean Charcot and 59 of
the crew of 00 aboard the explora
tion ship Pourquoi Pas were
drowned when the vessel foundered
in a gale off the Iceland coast. One
petty officer swam ashore and told
of the tragedy. Charcot led two ex
peditions to the Antarctic and n re
gion there is named for him. Char-
colland. In 1925, when one of Mould
Amundsen’s north polar expeditions
was missing. Charcot searched the
east coast of Greenland in the Pour
quoi Pas.
New Seed Corn Loan
Program A pproved
SECRETARY o f a g r ic u l t u r e
WALLACE has approved the
new 010,000.000 seed corn loan pro
gram of the AAA The government
will advance farmers twe types of
loans on seed corn store 1 on the
farm. Advances of 91 75 a bushel
will be made to farmers on 1,000,*
000 bushels of selected corn. The
government will have the option of
buying this corn at $3 50 a bushel
up to April 1, 1937
The second type of loan permits
advances of 55 cents a bushel on
"good quality and properly stored
cribbed corn which can be sorted
for seed at a later d a t e " On the
‘
«ram Th* *
b.r ,r •"*« ‘ - farmers t i Z
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f''»t rate -». jh
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the
pr' tr.u n
Tobacco Men Ask FedenI
H e lp m Business Control
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b» en a-.krii by two i^g,
of the tobacco industry
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A m erica. Inc., repr««!^
300 .(XSJ retailers a i
ucts requested the 'tderg
com n ' '
‘ to suthotue i
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fo r for •; .. ih rig rules for si
ihation of unfair methods*
Utlon and trade abuses
Representatives Pom r.a
co producing states wounds
day conference in Wjstunji
a request addressed It the
tural adjustment »dtr.injtr
draft a model product«
bill
Savants Gather for the
Harvard Tercentenary
I :
turn fra
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tisd read of I
logs at Cambridge, Msu.
H .ir*. .i: 1 jv.vefsity is oU
the tercentenary of
its
founding
In
Sanders theater was
held the academic
recept. r> fur 554
scholars represent
ing 502 universities.
M0 ■
societies in every |
sla te of the Union
and in forty foreign
countries, and all of
them wearing the
caps,
gowns and
h o o d s signifying
their v .if o is degrees of I
President James B C«*ci
ed the guests, sccrpted Wrt
dentials and delivered i f
address of welcome. Hr M
the assem bly *»» in ***
demonstration of the v ■
the academ ic world, and«»»
g ree tin g ' Of the ¿cleg«’-«
tir.urd aspirai.on °* rnarxr:"
• unlver
feiLwihip
m an reason.
klepM »**
up m the order of th* »**
»n.-.tituti-«.S they repr««»
tori T M l w «
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Attia of Al Azhar unneriitj
ro. founded in 9 * 0 .
U n s c r u p u lo u s Lawyer
Blamed for Crime
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certain class of law> witi
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com m ittee declared
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tut ion s m this cot
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