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Events the World Over
Kidn.med Louisville Woman Ransomed for $50,000—
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Jugoslavia’s Murdered King Buried—Collective
Bargaining Plan of General Motors.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
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© by WeAtara Nawapapcr Unl»<i.
L OUISVILLE’S sensational kidnap
ing ease came to a climax with the
return of the vlctlfn, Mrs. Berry V.
Stoll, to her home. The young society
matron had heen held
captive for six daya
In Indianapolis by
Thomas H. Rohluson,
Jr., a maniac who had
twice been held In In
sane asylums. She was
treated rather roughly
but not really Injured,
and was set free after
Mr. Stoll paid $50,000
ransom. Robinson fled
with all but $500 of
this sum and a coun-
try-wlde hunt for him
was at once begun. Ills wife and
father were arrested, charged with
complicity In the kidnaping. Mrs. Robln-
aon, however, was said to have protect
ed Mrs. Stoll to the best of her ability
and It was she who returned the ab
ducted woman to her relatives, aban
doning her craxy husband.
In Detroit one Edward Llckwala, a
youth with a police record, was ar
rested for attempting to extort $000
from Edsel Ford under threats of flCTth.
He was promptly Indicted by a federal
grand jury, pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to serve ten years in the
Leavenworth penitentiary.
BPUBLICAN senatorial candidates
five states have incurred the
displeasure of organised labor, sad
President Green of the Americas Fed
eration of Labor baa called ea the
members to work for the defeat of
thoae men in the November electloaa.
The five are Senators Bead of Penn
sylvania. Walcott of Connecticut, Hat
field of West Virginia and Pess of
Ohio, all seeking re-election, and
George M. Bourquln, Republican nomi
nee In Montana.
Circular letters signed by .Green re
view the records In congress of Reed,
Walcott. Fesa and Hatfield. They say ». uTr p somewnat ntg
the candidates .voted ;against the 90- •' mau,a y but he has adv
l abour worlLjyeek bU 1. ior reduction of.
T. H. Robin
son, Jr.
C'RANCE lost another of her elder
* statesmen In the death of Raymond
Poincare, who was president from 1913
to 1020 and returned later to public
service as premier. It was during that
period that he seized the Ruhr In an
effort to compel Germany to pay the
war reparations to France. Poincare
was born In Lorraine, and that fact-ex
plained in part his unrelenting attitude
toward Germany in dealing with post
war problems. Entering political life
in 1887, he was mixed upi ln many
prominent “affaires’’ and made a. rec
ord as an Intense patriot and a liberal
republican. In 1926, when he wa*
called out of retirement, he succeeded
In saving the country from Its dis
astrous financial state. Poincare was
seventy-four years old when be died,
and had been In poor health for some
years.
W ITH overpowering pomp and cere
mony Alexander I, assassinated
king of Jugoslavia, was laid to rest
with his fathers, the founders of the
Karageorgevltch dynasty. Nearly every
nation on earth was represented at the
funeral rites. King Boris of Bulgaria
and King ('arol of Rumania were there,
as was President Lebrun of France.
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy was
represented by the duke of Spoleto,
and Chancellor Hitler of Germany by
Gen. Hermann William Goerlng, premier
of Prussia, who flew from Berlin. Eng
land sent Prince George, now duke of
Kent Other notables present wero
Prince Cyril of Bulgaria, a delegation
from Poland, Foreign Minister D. Maxi-
nos of Greece. Foreign Minister Dr.
Tevflk Rustu Bey of Turkey. Foreign
Minister Dr. Eduard Benes of Czecho
slovakia. Foreign Minister Nicholas Tl-
tuleacu of Rumsnla, Prince Nicholas of
Rumania, and Undersecretary of Jus
tice Karl Karwlnsky of Austria, with
many others.
• Belgrade was thronged with many
thousands of Serbs. Croats and
Slovenes. One -entire -village of 966
peasants arrived from Herzegovina, a
picturesque crowd many of whom had
■worn net to shave for three months In
token of their grief.
For two days Alexander’s body lay
In state In the palace while the people
passed by the hler. Then It was re
trieved to the cathedral for requiem
high mass, after which there was a two
mile procession to the railway station.
From there the body was conveyed to
Topolo, 53 miles from the capital, and
Interred In the family mausoleum.
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PllENCH police having caught three
^ of the companions of “Kalemen,"
really Tscbernocemskz. who slew Alex
ander and Louis Barthou In Marseilles,
the authorities of half ■ dozen coun
tries were making progress In unravell
ing the assassination plot.
From the confessions of those cap
tured and from the Investigations of
the police of France and Belgrade It
was learned that Kalemen was a no
torious Macedonian terrorist named
Valda Georgeff Tscbernocemskz who
killed two Bulgarian political leaders
several years ago. He and his asso
ciates In the pint were directed In their
murderous work by a mysterious “mas
ter mind.’’ and the authorities assert
this man. whom -the assassins knew
as “the doctor," controlled the activi
ties of several distinct terrorist bands
who were Ignorant of one another's
moves.
Dr. Ante PaveHc, described aa the
leader of the Croatian terortsts,
and Eugent Kvaternik, his aid,
were arrested In Turin, Italy Just
as Alexander was being buried in Jugo
slavia. Kvaternik was known as- the
‘‘defegate’’ and was supposed to have
acted as liaison man for PaveHc, mak
ing contact with the Marseilles as
sassins.
The police had hunted them through
out Europe. Kvaternik was trailed as
far as the village of Etaples In France,
where the trail was lost. Pavelic. how-
•Ter. was known to be In Italy, and
th* aearch turned there,' on the theory
that the two would get together.
Continental police were still hunting
for Marla VJoudroch. blond siren, who
Is supposed to have smuggled Into
France the murder weapons, and Gus
tav Perchec, alleged to have conducted
the Croatian exile "murder farm” at
Janka Bufta, Hungary, where the as
sassins held target practice.
Premier Doumergue’s French cabi
net was considerably changed as a re
sult of the tragedy In Marseilles. Al
bert Sarraut. minister of the Interior,
and Henri Chet’dn, minister of justice,
resigned and were replaced respective
ly by Panl Marrhandeau and Henri
I^emery. Laval was made minister
of foreign affairs to succeed Barthou
«nd hta place as minister of colonies
was given to Lonls Rollln.
CEORETARY OF STATE HULL is
^ vexed by what he calls the "Inde
fensible practice" of certain countries
In boosting tariffs or other restrictions
to obtain concessions by reducing them
again In negotiations with the United
States for trade agreements. He made
a statement about it. Intimating that
under such conditions there may be a
failure of negotiations.
Although no nation was named, Ger
many has begun a program of con
trolled Imports and has denounced Its
most-favored-nation treaty with the
United States, and France Is Increasing
tariffs.
CMRST shot In the coming contest be-
* tween the automobile manufacturers
and the American Federation of tabor
was fired by the General Motora cor
poration In the form
of an offer to Its 130.-
000 employees of Its
own plan for collec
tive bargaining. In a
letter sent to every
worker President Al
fred P. Sloan, Jr.,
said : “We of the Gen
eral Motora recognize
•collective bargaining*
as a constructive step
. , forward, both for the
W. gloan, Jr emp|oyees tnd the
management. Regardless of any obli
gations that may exist, we propose not
only to continue the Idea, but to de
velop It"
The plan, which actually Is already
In effect, was designed to meet all re
quirements of section 7A of the Na
tional Industrial Recovery act. Though
the company in Its communication did
not mention the A. F. of L.. It declared
that “membership In a labor union or
other type of labor or employee or
ganization does not In Itself establish
the right of any such union or other or
ganization to represent employees In
collective bargaining negotiations. Rep
resentatives for such purpose must have
been specifically chosen by the em
ployees they are te represent and the
fact of auch choice must be estab
lished."
Employees must be given complete
freedom In setting up collective bar
gaining organizations and choosing
representatives, the company declared.
The management may. however, as
sist any employee organization in
plans for employees' mutual benefit,
provided that In the determination of
the right of employees to participate
In the benefits there Is no discrimina
tion by management on the ground of
aflilintion with any labor organization.
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federal salaries, for the sales tax and*
for confirmation of Judge John J.
Parker of North Carolina te the Su
preme court after he had upheld what
union men call the “yellow dog” con
tract between employers and workers.
Each letter reminds the members of
the federation's declaration to “stand
faithfully by our friends and elect
them; oppose\our enemies and defeat
them." .. ;
O RGANIZED labor doesn’t like S.
Clay Williams, chairman of the
new national Industrial recovery board
recently appointed by President Roose
velt. At the San
Francisco convention
of the American Fed
eration of tabor, a
resolution was adopt
ed demanding an in-
vestlgatlon—o-f- • M r.
8. Clay WII-
llama
Williams’ attitude as
vice chairman of thq
board-of the R. J.
Reynolds Tobacco
company of Wins
ton-Salem, N. C.,
the charge being that
he was opposed to
trade unions and to collective bargain
ing with them. The federation’s exec
utive council Instructed President Wil
liam Green to present the matter to
Mr. Roosevelt on his return to Wash~
Ington, and he promised to do so. In
cidentally, It should be recorded that
Mr. Green was re-elected president
without opposition.
It Is not considers! likely that the
federation will get far with Its fight
j on Mr. Williams. He was deliberately
selected for membership on the board
because his conservatism will be a foil
to the comparative radicalism of other
members, especially Sidney Hillman
and Leon C. Marshall. The other two
members. Arthur D. Whiteside, head
of Dun and Bradstreet. and Walton
: Hale Hamilton, are rated as moderate-
, ly conservative.
The new board la hard at work on
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National Topics Interpreted
by William Briickart
Washington. — President Roosevelt
believes that commodity prices shoul
/ go somewl
sed
Pricm Boott administration lead-
fers to be op/guard
against a runaway movement. /In mak-
doubts the efficacy of the brain trust
proposals. '
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The guiding hands of NRA -have run
Intel a tough adversary right here In
the National Cap!-
NRA Facet tal in a firm by the
Bitter Fight name of w * F Rob '
erta company, T
porated. The Roberts company“de-
Although Mr. Roosevelt never has [ c]|nfid. to slg» ttie graphic arts code,
publicly esponsed the' 1926 price level
Ihg known his view, the President like
wise for the first time tossed over
board the plans of many theorists for
stabilization of prices on the basis of
the 1926 price range and adopted In
stead something approximating the av
erage of quotations existing In the pe-
riod between 1909 and 19t4.
as such, his discussions have given rise
to a general belief that the parity ex
isting around that time constituted a
relationship between farm products
and industrial products which was sat
isfactory to him. Therefore, when he
said the other day that he preferred
the 4009-14 level, he turned his face -tses to be as bitter as any yet arising
from the position occupied by numer
ous groups, such as the committee for
the nation and several farm organlza-
'tlons that have contended the 1026 re
lationship between farm and industrial
prices should he the ^oaL -
Most Washington observers agree
that the administration is alert to the
dangers of runaway prices, resulting
Pot so much from the unbalanced con
dition of the budget and paper infla
tion as from uncontrolled and ungov-
erned credit expansion. In other
words, it is believed the President
recognizes threats of a dangerous boom
which; If it occurred, and was followed
by the Inevitable collapse, would leave
our country In the throes of another
depression.
In a conference with the President
• few days age.- Mr.- Rooeevett
newspaper correspondents every Indi
cation of a conviction that nrlcfc- oues-
tions involve many factors that are
at the particular moment quite ImpoV
sible of ascertainment. He showed,
too. In the opinion of many of the
writers, that he Is not following ad
vice of the theorists without giving
some practical consideration to the
doctrines they advance. For example,
! the President’s position clearly shows
a desire to find ways and means of
1 the problems whjcb beset the NRA. It preventing wide fluctuations In com-
has devised methods for quicker Iran | modity prices such as those that have
sactlon of business and has strength | characterized quotations in periods like
be proposal^ In the next congress
which will have .the support of a con-
segment of business, a seg- whispering propaganda.
ment that is decidedly not pulling with
the administration^ now because It
the codfe that applies to printing and
allied Industries. Having refused to
sign the code the Roberts company
paid no attention to the code pro
visions governing wages and hours of
labor, so NRA turned the case* over
to Its lawyers for prosecution, and that
was the beginning of a fight that prom-
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
Deeds, Not Words
Many Kings, Real Onea
X Great Frenchman
$1 a Day and Board
Russia has troubles corresponding
with our anxieties about Communist#—
In Russia the trouble Is the other
wpy around._ Fascists In Russian fac
tories are spreading Fascist propagan
da among Communist workers, telling
them that Communism is a failure.
Here we are content to moan, wring
our hands, roll our eyes toward heaven.
In Russia they believe in words, not
deeds only, and three engineers of the
“Kuhnetzk” metallurgical works are
raising Fascism, the
Of dictatorship, as; com-
pared with Communism, the Stalin
kind of dictatorship.
from New Deal legislation.
The NRA lawyers, armed with affl-
rtnvttg nt Ptpht Roberts’ employees to
the effect that they were not receiv
ing minimum code wages and were
working more than the maximum
hours, sought' in an injunction in the
District of Columbia courts to prevent
the corporation froin violating the code
further. Their contention was that the
code applied to the Roberts company
despite its refusal to sign because It
was drafted with the assent of a ma
jority of the printing Industry. But
tion, deciding that the case should be
tried on Its merits. The Roberts com
pany felt it had gained something of
a victory In the court’s ruling, but it
did not stop there. It has laid out a
much Broader campaign” and It is tbit
campaign'which is proving so embaras-
slng te the NRA.
B. H. Roberts, head of the corpor
ation. told me In the course of a dis
cussion of the case that he was de-
terfnined to awaken the country to the
excessive costs of code maintenance.
Serbians gathered along the Hhe as
King Alexander’s body passed be
moaned the passing “of the last rea)
king In Europe.’’ Other kings must
take orders from parliament It waa
the last real king who w^s passtng.
King Alexander did make his own
laws and enforce them, but in so doing
he aroused the hatred of Croatians, on*
of whom killed him. He might better
have imitated miH King George of Eng
land, and allowed his parliament and
ministers to carry the load of responsi
bility.
However, plenty of otSer “real
kings” remain in Europe—Mussolini In
Italy, Stalin in Russia, Hitler in Ger
many. They do not at the moment
wear golden, crowns or cloaks of er
mine, but any one of them may wear
one or both, and, in the meanwhile^
the court declined to grant the in June- they are real“kings” as regards power.
greater, more absolute, than Alexan
der ever had.
ened the subordinate executive person
nel, and. In the matter of enforcement.
It has agreed not to Interfere In labor
disputes, these being relegated to Sec
retary Perkins and the labor relations
board. . .
I O TUB White House correspond
itnts President itooaeveU said that
a federal housing program with a
great many ramifications undoubtedly
would be submitted to the next con
gress and also would constitute an im
portant part of the administration’s fu
ture relief policy.
The President expressed approval ef
the latest undertaking of the Federal
Emergency Relief administration,
which Is to develop small communities
of from 100 to 500 famillea. The fami
lies are taken off the direct relief roils
and moved into small houses, where
they are Intended to become aelf-aup-
l porting on communal farms provided
by the government.
P RESIDENT ROOSEVELT went to
Williamsburg. Va.. and took part
In the ceremonies aftendujit on the In
auguration of John Stewart Bryan as
president of the old College of William
and Mary. In return for his courtesy
Mr. Roosevelt was given the honorary
degree of doctor of laws. The same
honor was conferred on Gov. George
C. Peery. The exercises were conduct
ed In the reconstructed main building
of the college, designed by Sir Chris
topher Wren.
On the same day took place the for
mal rededlcatlon of Duke of Glouces
ter street, the city’s main thorough
fare, which has been restored nearly
to Its original appearance as the last
major construction project of the res
toration of colonial Williamsburg.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., financial back
er of the restoration which already has
cost approximately $15,000,000, was
among the distinguished visitors pres
ent. along with cabinet raembers, con
gressmen, diplomats and educators.
A LL the members of the German
Oftbfnbt took the oath of loyalty
to Chancellor Hitler at their first fall
meeting, and then Dr. Hans Heinrich
tammers, chief of the chancellery of
fice. announced that “Adolf Hitlef Is
fuehrer for life." He added that the
Weimar constitution no longer exists.
Many laws were decra&l by the cabi
net to carry on Hitler's policies. These
Included laws reducing the tax burdens
of the big families and the cog of tax
administration, laws reorganizing co
operative associations and “purifying
the auctioneers’ trade,” laws altering
bankruptcy sales, reorganizing the traf
fic la grain “to enable the National
Grain company to control grain even
when the harvest is yedneed."
N AZI dictatorship over religion in
Germany was bitterly attacked by
16.UU0 Protestant pastors from their
pulpits, despite the presence in every
church of secret police and spies. The
congregations cheered and shed tears
as they were told that a crisis in the
rebellion against the tyranny of Reicbs-
blshop Mueller was nearing a crisis.
Mueller and Dr. August Jaeger, com
missioner of Protestant churches la
Prussia, were held responsible for the
“triumph of violence and hypocrisy” in
a manifesto distributed to congrega
tions. ——
“Through Mueller and Jaeger Satan
does his work,” the manifesto said.
“The church regime has nullified the
gospel. It has violated the constitu
tional church government, and is using
political force to gain Its end.
“It splits Bavaria’s unified church
Nation it
Solvent
into two parts, but still it talks ef un
ity. It denies the Ten Commandments
and employs lies against truth and rob
bery against justice. S alks of
Bible and creed.
“Caprice and falsehood have gained
the upper hand In the church." ,
N EARLY fifty persons lost their
lives In a typhoon that swept over
Manila and nearby provinces of the
Philippine Islands. Property damage
in the city was estimated as high as
$2,500,000, and undoubtedly was heavy
in the country.
T WELVE hundred coal mlneri at
Pecs, Hungary, won a sensational
fight for oetter wages, risking their
lives on the outcome. They Impris
oned themselves far underground for
days, declaring they v^ould die there
voluntarily unless the employers would
raise their pay. which had been only
$2 a week. Food sent down by their
friends was returned,'and many of the
men were grazed and nearly dead be
fore the company was forced by the
government to make a settlement the
workers would accept.
The owners agreed to eliminate a
wage cut, to raise the working time
from two to three day* a t week, and
1920 to 1930. How far he will get In
working out such a system Is, of
course, entirely problematical, hut his
comprehension of the problem has heen
accepted by the conservative element
with more enthusiasm than they have
given heretofore to his pronounce
ments.
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Mr. Roosevelt believes that the na
tlon Is solvent. He contends that the
column of assets has
risen, through in
creases in general
prices, to the point
where It exceeds the column of liabili
ties or debts by a .small margin. Ar
rival of this condition, therefore, has
prompted him to give thought to the
question of putting on brakes for ris
ing prices. It is tny understanding
that the brakes are not to he applied
yet. He Intends, however, to keep
them ready for use in case the run
away boom appears.
None of the administration spokes
men are willing' at this time to dis
close statistics which will represent the
price level that Is satisfactory to them.
It Is said, nevertheless, to he a per
centage somewhat higher than now ob
tains.
The commodity price index of the
bureau of labor statistics shows farm
products now at 72.S, which research
discloses Is not far below the i>eriod
from 1909 to 1914. The low point of
this index figure for 1931 was 57.4. and
the low point of the depression In
March. 1933. was 42.S. Of course, in
dex figures do not breathe life, but
when two sets of them are arranged
alongside each other, they become at
least a basis of comparison, and after
all. comparison is the best basis for
judgment.
In some quarters of Washington I
trear^ex press Ions to ttieeffectthat Mr.
Roosevelt’s latest move regarding
prices indicates a conviction that res
toration of the country's solvency Is
more important In the general recov
ery program than a good many of the
theoretical and untried remedies
brought into use in the last fifteen
months. His price proposals obvious
ly have not ended conjecture as to pos
slble new moves. The program being
In generalities did not cause fears to
subside concerning future tampering
with the monetary structure nor did
It alleviate conditions born of the pres
sure on commerce and Industry result
ing from NRA and its hundreds of
cedes.
Taken as a whole, the Washington
picture at preaafttls viewed by many
astute observers as an Indication that
Mr. Roosevelt is trying to get together
with those who would release credit
if given reasonable assurances as to
future plans of the administration. It
mast be Mid that Mr. Roosevelt has
not been coaxing business leaders into
the White House. It can be said with
With the death of Raymond Poin
care, France loses a noble patriot and
great statesman.
four times prime minister of France,
he was war-time president of tho
French republic.
All of France knows that Poiacare,
a devoted patriot, member of one of tho
most distinguished Intellectual fami
lies of France, died of strain and over
lie object! strenuously to some of the : t0 which he cheerfully submitted
code provIslHqs and maintains that the
hulk of his payroll is well above the
minimum prescribed by the code, but
that his main complaint la against the
arbitrary actions of th^code authori
ties set up by NRA for enforcement
of the code provisions.
The Roberts company further con
tends that the code authorities are
Impractical, that they lack an under
standing of the businesses over which
they preside and that their whole
course of action tends tn put legitimate
industries In a strait-jacket which, ac-
in the service of his country.
Happy the nation that, like Fraoc!
can boast of so many devoted sona,
shining with patriotism through tha
ages.
For the first time since January,
1932, according to the Department of
Agriculture, the average pay of farm
laborers has gone up to $i a day and
board.
The $1 a day and what you need to
eat seems small, but there was a time
when a President of the United Stat<
cording to Mr. Roberts, can have Q"l.v j <^1,,,,^ fhlt ba eeald mat
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equal force, however, that he Is being
kept Informed fully’ as to what these
business leaders think. Thar being
true. It seems to be a proper predic
tion that the administration Is search
one result. nnmolrv Insy of profits URT
eventual dismissal of some If not many
employees.
The reports in Washington are to the
effect that since the Roberts company-
case reached the trial court, something
like 1.890.print shops throughout the
country have declined to pay further
assessments to the code authority for
their Industry. There Is no means at
present available for ascertaining this
figure accurately, but the gossip around
NRA is to the effect that not onjy have
scores of print shops refused to pay
assessments, but in a vast number of
cases they have surrendered their blue
eagle to NRA headquarters. This
means virtually an open revolt In that
part of the printing industry, and It
is a circumstance that ls#causlng con
siderable worry among NRA adminla
trators.
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This weekly resume of Washington
affairs Is not Intended to he of a gos
sipy character, but
Nearing there is a report g<>-
Open Break ln P around in Wash
ington, quite uncon
firmed as yet, that holds much slg
nificance. For that reason I shall include
It that you may know all things are
not serene.
The story concerns a rift In the De
partment of Agriculture and Its adopt
ed child, the Agricultural Adjustment
administration. In no governmental
agency are there as many brain trust
ers and theorists as art to be found
in the AAA. They have come to be
known as the Tugwellians, named for
Prof. Rexford Guy Tugwell. undersecre
tary of agriculture. Professor Tugwell.
long regarded as the outstanding brain
truster, has been conriatent in proma
tion of his theories and his sub-brain
trusters have followed his lead through
all the storm and strife between the
theoretical and the practical men with
in the administration.
Now. according to the report, the
rift between the brain trusters and the
practical men In the AAA and the de
partment as well is approaching an
open break. It has gone so far, ac
cording to well authenticated reports,
that the practical groups have pre
pared their resignations and have left
them In the hands of one individual
to present when and If he believes
that course becomes necessary. I am
not Informed whether the Tngwellian
group is prepared to take the same
action in event of an explosion, but
past performances would Indicate that
they will stick on the job and fight f
It Is difficult to predict at this time
what the outcome may be, but one
thing Is certain. Thert are going to
b4 changes In the AAA and in the De
partment of Agriculture, and when
thoae changes come It necessarily will
hire a really good American workman
for less than $100 a year. Times bad
as they are. Improve. But actual
wages mean little. The lni|M>rtant ques
tion Is not how much are you paid,
but how much can you get for your
money?
Sir Artluir Schuster, one of Eng
land's ablest mathematical physicists.
Is dead at eighty-three. Born In Frank
fort, a German of the Jewish race, ha
chose to live and work In England for
many years.
Had he stayed in Germany he prob
ably would have been driven out In hit
old age. The British king conferred
knighthood upon him, making him “Sir
Arthur” Schuster, In appreciation of
his services to science and Britain.
Germany’s Protestants protest vio
lently against the Hitler government,
going so far as to denounce the Nazi
church
as
’Satan's agent." The
Protestant church demands the right
for Protestants to worship and helieva
as they choose. This Protestant anti-
Hitler -demonsjration makes it unani
mous, with Catholics, Jews, Protestants
united In denunciation of Interference
with religious and racial freedom.
The American Federation of Labor
hopes for 1,000,000 more members with
in a year, and President Green. In San
Francisco, predicts that Increase In
1935.
H new- members paid- In -dm^
$10 a year, which would be very IRtle
for the protection thatthe American
federation offers, the new membership
would mean an Increased income of
$10,000,000 a year, a very substantial
addition to union labor's war chest.
to pay a bonus of $8 a to bolp ln * Quietly fbr ways of compromise ^ prelude to revision of polid
tido over tbo win tar.. ■’ I and Is hoping at least that there can | •. waatern Nawai>*p*r union.
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The late Percy Rockefeller, son of
John D. Rockefeller’s brother, William,
said to have left $100,000,000 behind
him. gave everything to his widow.
Mr. John A. Carver and the National
City bank of Nf»w York are executor
and trustee. . — — '* '
Mr. Rockefeller’s will ^mentions no
gifts to charity. Perhaps he- thought
bis widow would spend the money as
wisely as any charity could spend It,
and perhaps he was right
At- least he set a good example,
showing appreciation of his wife and
leaving her the "head of the family.’*
French authorities announce a new
"death light l ray’’ manufactured from
a metal proenred only in this Cona
kry. This ray of light turned on an
airplane, would paralyze the pilot, and
bring his plane to earth. The light,
reduced In i>ower, can be packed Into a
■mail “flashlight" container for police
men. blinding the criminal and maklig
him helpless without killing him.
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