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. n.V ■’ sws Review of Current | Events the ^orld i ^King Albert of Belgium, Killed by Fall While Mountain Climbing, Succeeded by Leopold—Three Great Powers Protect Austria. By EDWARD W. PICKARD O N« of the best and most beloved /of the few remaining kings, Al bert I of Belgium, met a;Tragic death /while practicing for his favorite sport, mountain climbing. He was attempting, alone, to scale a 90-foot pin nacle near Namur and felt, being probably Instantly killed. Hours later his body was found and carried to Brussels. Queen Eliza beth was 111 and was not told of the king’s for soma houra. The Belgian natloh King Leopold plunged tn genu ine mourning, and all the world sym pathized, for Albert had won high es teem by his heroism during the World war and his Just government of 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 1926 to Princess Astrld of Sweden. They have a daugh ter and a son. The new ruler was probably one of the youngest soldiers In the World war, enlisting as a prl rate when he was thirteen years old. He was treated as an ordinary soldier, seeing active service in the trenches, and was a sergeant when the armistice was signed. His coronation was set for February 2H. the day following the late king’s funeral. King Albert was the third of his line. He was born In 1875 and as cended the throne In 1909. Through out the war he was one of the most icTWtrWmbefs of the BeTglan Trmy; ‘continually at the front to.help his troops and often in imminent danger of death. After the armistice he got the task of reconstruction well under way and then, with Queen Elizabeth _ and Prince Leopold, took Journeys to the United States, England, France, Spain, Brazil and other countries to study trade condltlonr and tlnd new outlets for Belgian products. . ' Leopold, a Catholic like his father, was carefully educated and trained for his duties as ruler. Queen Astrld Is a niece of King Gustav of Sweden. A Protestant at the time of her mar riage to Leopold, she has since joined the Catholic church. F OR the time being the danger of a European war arising from the Aus trian Socialist rebellion Is over. Great Britain, France and Italy have united to .uafeguard... Austria^. ..Independence, and while that holds no other nation dare attack. Long conversations were held In Paris by British Ambassador Lord Tyrrell, Premier Doumergue, For eign Minister Louis Barthou, ('apt. An thony Eden, British lord privy seal, and representatives of Italy, and the outcome was this statement to the world: “The Austrian government has ip- \ quired of the governments of France, Great Britain and Italy as to their at titude with regard to a dossier which It prepared with a view of 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 Austria's Independence and integrity In accord ance with the relevant treaties.” This pronouncement was proposed by Premier Mussolini, who seeks to keep Austria Intact as a buffer state between Nazllsm and Fascism. It is, of course, directed to Hitler, who hopes that the government of Chancel lor Dollfuss may be overthrown. If not by force, then in elections. In that case Hitler believes the Austrian Nazis could gain control of the country and bring about the long cherished Idea of a political union with Germany. The recent Socialist rebellion was seen a$_. an aid to the Nazis since the govern ment, In suppressing It and wiping out the Socialist party, did what the Nazis would have had to do in event of their winning. Hitler declared that the Austrian workmen would now rally to the Nazi banner. Chancellor Dollfuss declares that the number of fatalities In the revolt was greatly exaggerated, and puts It at only 214. Correspondents on the spot still Insist that the dead num bered between 1,000 and 1,500, and refugees In Czechoslovakia said at least 2,500 were killed. x Irfv C APT. ANTHONY EDEN Is mov ing from capital to capital In Eu rope on the rather hopeless mission of reviving the disarmament negotiations. In Paris he was told by the seven big men of the French cabinet that France was un willing to reduce her military power while the Nazi menace con tinues, and the French government bad al ready coldly refused to discuss tbs matter with Hitler “while Germany Is rearm- Inf.” Concessions re cently offered to the lor had been met arguments, and w"! Eden chancel- inconclusive demands for a German army .of 300,000 effectives, , which France rejected. The most the French statesmen would say was that they “looked forward In a most gen eral manner toward the possibility of an International accord, equally hoped, for by both parties on the question of disarmaments Discouraged but persistent. Captain Eden weht on to Berllp and Rome for further conversations based on the British plan for reduction of: arma ments. x . 'HE appropriation bill for the Treasury -and-Poet Office -depart- C OL HORATIO B. HACKETT cf Chicago was appointed director of the housing division of the Public Works administration by Secretary of tha Interior Ickes. He succeeds Rob ert D. Kohn, a New York architect, who has held the position for the last nine months. 'A Selection of Colonel Hackett, a mem ber of tha Chicago architectural firm of Holablrd ft* Root, was regarded ta Washington as a move to speed np the federal • housing corporation. Given $100,000,000 of public works money for low cost houslhg developments, It has spent very little. v T HE Civil Works administration ob tained from congress an appropri ation of $50,000,000 for its Immediate uses and its workers, numbering >000 persons, receh their bay. But at the same time Adminis trator Harry Hopkins began the task of cut HSrry ting down the forces, ordering reductions of from 50 to 90 per cent He directed that work cease on all federal civil projects not on federal of other pub- inrranratTa : rcrai A- National Topics Interpreted • by William Bfuckart ments had just slid ea«Uy~ through the senate when Senator' Vapdqftherg hustled Into the chamber and demand ed and obtained a reconsideration. He comes from Grand Rapids, Miciu where as every one knows a lot of furniture Is manufactured; and he was aroused by the fact that the bill as passed contained a provision for the manufacture of furniture and oth er equipment for the postal service lb factories established by the govern ment. Senator McKellar, In charge of the measure, admitted the Intent of the provlsiop was goverhment manu facture to begin with the Heedsville (W. Va.) subsistence farm, In which Mrs. Roosevelt/ls deeply Interested. Mr. Vandenberg and others, Includ ing especially Senator J. W. Bailey, change has been taken. - Senator Democrat,, of -.Carolina,..artamd^-Geefge W. -NeiH^resolutIon proposing- the amendment- was .approved by the bill, denouncing It as socialistic, and ! senate Judiciary committee, with only when a vote was taken the measure Senator Stephens of Mississippi voting got through by the narrow majority j n the negative. “ of 34 to 28, Thirteen Democrats were j BkfflBM the emnnHmony ^ gcltUa. kins’ plan of cutting Hopkins down the total num ber of employees about 10 per cent a week, the CWA army will be virtually out of existence by May*»L The largest force affected by the nonpublic property order Is In the pub lic health service. Hopkins ordered It to stop malaria control efforts employ ing 29,779 men, rural sanitation using 32,010 and the sealing of mines by 6,571 workers to prevent water acidity- in the Ohio valley. I NDEPENDENTS and Insurgents In. , congress have long advocated an .amendment of the Constitution provid ing for direct election of the President, - and at last the first step toward this recorded In the negative, but seven .Republicnus, mostly the “Independ ents,” supported the measure. A S THE fighting planes _ of the -American army, with removed, began carrying the air mail over routes formerly covered by prl- dentfal candidates would be written on the ballots and the votes cast dt» yate^jr,Jjae„j:oj^|LAjtectJy-for.titem v ^^^ nlesi. the senate comr The amendment would also do away Colonel Lindbergh m 111 e e Investigating matt contractu re- sumed its 1 n q u 1 r y,. The main witness was Walter F. Brown, postmaster general under President Hoo ver,'who has been ac cused by his succes sor of collusion and favoritism in the let ting of the contracts. Mr. Brown had de- Into the federal Constitution it would abolish the present system by which citizens vote for Presidential electors Instead of for the candidates them selves. Under the amendment the of Presidential ami Vice Preei- Waahtngton.—If 1 read the signs correctly, neither the Democratic nor the RepobHcan party Torrid With Is going to be able to Same Stick d0 * ny touting in the campaign next faH about the graft and corruptioa that has tskea place while the other party is in power. The clothing of party bears Indelible stains os that score, sad if one could overlook the serious character of the malfeas ance that has taken place, there might be ocessioq for a laugh. That Is to say, neither party can point the finger of scorn at the cither and plead purity before the voters ‘ Just as Senator Black of Alabama, a democrat, bead of a senate in vest 1- turns up - some “pay dirt” la dlgginx Into fraud Hr award of ocean mall and air mail con tracts under the Hoover adminlsi tiou, s District of Columbia grand turns out indictments charging fraud In the award of contracts for the pur chase of millions of dollars worth of motor trucks for the army under the Roosevelt administration. Actually, the disclosures-came' within 24 hours ef each other, although naturally the Black discoveries were of incidents that took place about two years ago. It dees not change the picture, how ever, from the political standpoint Each party has found slime In Its own household, knd neither can deny It be fore the voters next November. In addition to the motor contract fraud charges that- the Democrats must explain awny. tftrrtr Treve'~tlgen < numerous cases throughout the coun try of $etty graft In connection with Civil Works administration affairs. None of these'have been of more than -local however, claim they constitute • vtif discrimination. They allege them te be unjust use of taxpayers’ money, be cause they suek cash from the treas ury that should be used for general purpoees ef government. Further, It Is the claim of subsidy opponents that such payments produce monopolies, drive out domestic com- petition which might not fall within the formula far ’subsidy payments. 'cahip, can be found. %'w■ ■■■ %§aws sera ozaarosuj vcsj sjLS^^svm* m 9 M fl*aer*Uj, U» o^erttioft claim, that T 111 ” P 1 "? of dence has been found to confirm that portion of the BibljS story. Atmos pheric and climatic conditions have changed the country east of the Jor dan and, while It may have been a rich plateau In Moses 1 day. It Is com- paratlvely poor land JgdM.— subsidies add to the strength of the rich and the taxpayers carry the bur den. This extra load, the figures show, amounted te $54,453,000 In the last five years. . As far as I can see, and 1 have dene considerable research work on tha question,~the~arguments of neither side are Involved only ©he or two persons hard ly knows outside of their own commu nities, hut they have made up In >num- bers that which they lacked In size. And from the partisan standpoint they constitute'the basis of trouble for the" party in power when they occur. The reason is that the average person tn those oommunttl»»-mW 4hw*w »4.about with the present system by which a state's- whole*-fclftetbrtl vote (equal to its representation In'’both houses of congress) Is cast for the candidate re ceiving a plurality of votes cast with in the state. Instead a state's elec toral vote would be pro-rated accord ing to the proportion the entire vote which each candidate received. that kind of crooked nog*, whereas ■ gigantic conspiracy of the -type al- and In appearing before the committee he waived the Immunity whjph general ly shields a congressional witness from subsequent prosecution. 'j Colonel Lindbergh, more or less In volved In the air mall affair, gave to the senate Investigators a statement of his aviation profits, as follows: 1. From sale of warrants to pur chase stock ta the Pan-American -Air- ways. $150,884.80. 2. Salary from Pan-American, $10,- 000 a year. a Salaries of $7,194.45 In 1931 and $6,000 In 1932 and 1933 from Trans continental and Western Air. 4. From Transcontinental Air Trans port (predecessor to Transcontinental and Western Air), $250,000 In cash, reinvested In that company's stock and later sold at a $195,633.75 profit. 5. A $10,000 a year salary as tech nical adviser to the Pennsylvania rail road for three years and a $1 a year salary since 1931. Losses; $554.75 from investments In other aviation companies prior to 1930. L. H. Brlttln, former vice president of Northwest Airways, went-to Jail for ten days for contempt of the sen ate; and William J. MaeCracken, Jr., who received the Maine sentence, was out on bond pending appeal to the courts. x P RESIDENT ROOSEVELT’S pro- gram for carb^ of veterans as he pre sented It before the American Legion tong- ztatement '-iabf October le endorsed hy the Nation- al Economy league in a letter to sena tors. They are asked to support this plan, which embraces these two points: Generous treatment for the truly war disabled veteran and his depend ents. No gratuity or preference over other citizens for the veteran whose disabil ity is not the direct result of his war service; ELVIN A S ECRETARIES ICKES. WALLACE, Dern and Perkins were named by the President as a committee to draw up definite plana for his- permanent public works program. This Ik Intend ed to effect great economic and social changes and will cost probably mbre than half a billion dollars yearly. Mr. Roosevelt and his advisers take It for ranted that even after business has chleved recovery there will be from three to five million persons still un employed and that they must be cared for by something like the Civil Works administration. This new project as now conceived Includes these major undertakings: Methodical development of water ways, water power, flood control, soil erosion preventives, reforestation, and other public works, Onj^ese works employment would be furnished In the manner of the present OfXJ and CWA. Decentralisation oj/mdustry through establishment of^mall Industries In rural regionsj^fnable people to make a living partly by farming and partly by factor employment. A start In this Erection is now being made In bslstence homesteads, for which enty-five millions of recovery funds have been allocati Government purchase of submar- ginal lands unfit for cultivation,-which would be added to the public domain and devoted to foi For this purpose twenty-five millloma already have beea allot! TRAYLOR, president the nrst Natianai nafiir’gr Chicago and one of the country’s lead ing financiers, died at his home of pneumonia after fighting the disease bravely for several weeks. Mr. Tray lor was born In a log cabin in Keq^ tucky 55 years ago and made his way to leadership In business by sheer ability. He also become prominent enough In politics to be considered favorably for the Democratic nomina tion for President In 1932. Chicago and the country sustained a consider able loss In his death. J APAN'S new ambassador to Wash ington, HIrosi Salto, presented his credentials to President Roosevelt, and the two gentlemen exchanged assur ances of friendship and mutual.confi dence bet*eo|Ftheir countries. Salto said he was sure that “what ever question, either political or eco nomic. may arise between our two countries, can and will be amicably composed In a spirit of friendship and mutual confidence—the spirit that has' characterized-our relations ever since Japan made, at-the instance of the United States, her formal entry Into the family of nations;” : y *T share fully,” the President said In reply, “the view which you have expressed that all- questions which may arise between our two countries will be resolved In a spirit of friend ship and mutual confidence. You will find this government devoted now as In the past to the principle of main taining peace In the Pacific region as elsewhere and ready to co-operate cor dially and sympathetically with your government in all of the many lines of endeavor which are possible In pur suance of and toward making prevail that principle. It Is our constant de sire that, by co-operation, all the coun- tries of the Pacific region may continue to enjoy peace and may attain 'con ditions of abiding prosperity” _ ’ T EN women, all of them widows or daughters of Civil war veterana, were burned to death At Brookvllle, Pa., in'a fire that destroyed tha In firmary of the Pennsylvania Memorial home. Most of the victims ware In firm and had do chanea to escape tha tames, though the attendants woilcif heroically to save them. • hr WwUrm ‘(•wvpapsr UalMk leged In the- air mall contracts or these Involving the motor trucks seems rather outside of the picture because they have no local connections. In other words, we don’t kno^ the^people concerned. , r But, the President has moved with considerable speed on the charges, in each Instance. He ordered Postmas ter General Farley to cancel the air mall contracts, not one but all of them, and turned the Job of carrying the air mSHr~5vwIcT tmTArtayr TTr-ordered Attorney General Cummings to go aft er the aReged crookedness In the mot< truck case, wRh the resulting Indict ments. All of which seems to give the present administration the advantage In the political battles that may be expected In the campaign, yet the opin ions 1 hear around Washington do not support that view. The observers and analysts Insist that neither political party can make mnch nse of the ar gument about fraud. .without stirring a fresh m up mess for Itself. Tliere Is, and always has been, a sharp difference of views about grant ing subsidies for Mail carrying the air Suhndiea mai * and the ocean mail. Aside from the fraud charges. It appears there Is a natural basis upon which opinion may be divided. Roughly, those who favor the subsidies do so because It Is the one way In which our govern ment may encourage by direct aid the expansion of an Industry. Those who favor subsidies point out. for exam ple. that the mlllerHum has not been reached and that war Is not banished from the earth. Why. then, they ask, should not the_ air craft Industry and the shipping Industry be emHiurnged to go ahead, develop, expand, experlmei/t, produce bigger and better ships and planes? If there he war. those ships and those planes are avallaMe for gov ernment service. They are built; the)? are ready, and the government can ‘command them. Besides, If, there be war. the Industries concerned will have plants and equipment and plans. Production of ships and planes for war can go forward at wartime speed. Thus, say the subsidy advocates, sub sidies for sir mall and for ocean mall actually are for defense of the realm In their full effect Then, .there la the question of Amer ican predominance In the field of com- qaerce. Other nations subsidize their shipping, their air craft Industry. It is only by use of the subsidies, which means paying more for the service ren dered than it actually Is worth, can we keep pace with foreign nations In those two fields. As a*' matter of cold fact, the use of subsidlea la the reason why the Amer ican air craft IndTndffT has grown and now equals or exceeds the same indus try anywhere else in the world. As a further matter of fact, the use of sub sidles has kept a good deal of Amer ican shipping alive and, thereby, has kept American exporters from falling Into the clutches of foreign shipping companies who would have no compe tition la numerous routes wore the Americans to withdraw. Those who attack the subsidies, Ing by utilitarian or nationalistic senti ment X-—m, _ ■ fc, * ' - ..-“f-r __ 1 have always held the conviction that each of us. as an Individual, Is and can be no Take Themselvet more than Just Seriouaiy one of the teem * ' v v Ing millions In habiting this old earth, and. holding that belief, I never have thought that any of us ought to he Impressed with his own Importance. In other words, “don’t take yourself too seriously.’* But my philosophy of life apparently Is not shared by members of congress. Most of them do take themselves »e- rlouslv. very seriously. — Will Make Search for Motet’ Camp Th# French archeologlc mission ra» tturqqd recently from Palestine ban announced that a motor road now legds to the.summlt of MouDtNebo,the Palestine mountain, where on Mosen Is supposed to. have died as be con templated the Promised Land. Toon- ls£s new may speed at a mile a min- ate up a EMendM" road to look over the Land of Canaan, contrasting with the heart-breaking climb of Moses, v who spent a week on the Journey. The French mission made such sat isfactory progress In Its excavations atop Mount Nebo that It was decided to send another missfon as soon as work can be resumed.. It Is hoped that some trace of Moses, of Of Ms According to native legend, Moses Infallible. Each side. In support- .burled on top of the mountain an ta ils view. Is not wholly motivated scribed stonfe with instructions and lessons for his followers. Thousands of stones were dug up, bnt none bore even a suspicious mark. It Is for such a stone that the Franciscan mission Is looking. MercoJized Wax In proof df my statement, permit mo to oaf! attention to a small uproar that was created among several members of the house of representatives be- cause officials and staff of the Farm Credit administration tailed to do a hop, skip and jump when the house members sought something or other from the credit administration offices. The house members becamqjso wrathy that they decided they wanted to In- p vestlgate the credit administration. The rules committee of the house, the committee that rea Uy. determines . t . whether proposals . for action by tha house shall ever get before that Jbody, bad Dr. wiiuam t. - Myers, farm credit administrator, before' It Doctor My ers was told that there bad been nu merous charges of graft and Irregular ity In credit administration affairs and the house members were trying to de cide whether to delve Into them. In the midst of this discussion, Repre sentative O’Connor, a New York Dem ocrat, burst forth with what the news paper correspondents seemed to think was the real reason for the flareup it credit administration affairs. Jfeeps Skin Young "ans using _, w _ freckles and j then be&ttti* ft—face looks blemishes and _ Wax daily as < of aged skin are fectsanchasl years younger, your hidden beau ler i and i one ounce aad use Make Real Profits, buy “Baby Chicks" from flocks personally culled, blood tested for (BWD), Antlsren Method. Free folder. Champa!srn County Hatchery, Urbans, Q. Bookkeepers. Substantial- permanent Income by our new bookkeeping service plan. Free details. Accounting Serviee Co., Box 146S, Springfield, Maas. “The main reason we are consider Ing an investigation,” said Represent ative O’Connor, “Is because we have trouble with farm credit officials whose salaries we appropriate and whose Jobe we create, and who think we have no control over them.” The New York representative called tha credit administration “the depart- ment that sneers at congressmen ” and Representative Carpenter of Nebraska, also a npmarrnf an Id ha had triad. Us get an appointment with Doctor My ers but had failed to get by the admin istrators secretary. At this point, Representative _We rner °f South Da kota. another Democrat, chimed In with an observation that “when you go down to the Farm Credit adminis tration. they laugh at yon.” Doctor Myers denied any intent on his part or'on the part of his staff to snub members of congress, but the representatives certainly felt they had j been snubbed. • • • While It Is no grief of mine whether a member of the . house or senate wants to have every body kotow to him, I continue to be a AGENTS WANTED To Mil our Mit’om&tlc poultry fountain. Writ# Cone Fountain Company, Stunrt,Fin. WANTED—Shippers of outdoor flower*. Daffodils, Iris, Ulac*. Jonquils, Narcissus Gladiolus, Gerbla. Terms, 16% commission lees freight or express charges. Reference: Dun and Bradstreet. American Decorative Hewer Co., 491 N. Pace St., Bnltlraore.Md. ed—Every'county. Fast selling, Bed line. Exr^TTenvemrimtwinns. Hnet- Ings W. Baker, Box 1006, Dayton, Ohio FIVE PAIRS SILK HOSIERY $1.00 money back guarantee. 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