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? \ KB m r i- f News Review of Current Events the World Over fWindsor and WaUit Are Married, Anglican Church Out willed—Tax Dodging by the Rich to Be Investi gated—House Rebels Yield. By EDWARD W. PICKARD • Western Newspaper Union. Dnchess of Windsor E DWARD, duke ol Windsor, and Mrs. Wallis Warfield, the Amer ican woman for love of whom he gave up his throne, were married in the Chateau de Can- de, Monts, France, and are now spend ing their honeymoon at Wasserleonburg castle in lower Aus tria. Almost at the last moment the Church of England was outwitted by the action of an ob- s c u r e provincial clergyman from the north of England, and the civil cere mony performed by the mayor of Monts was followed by a reUgious wedding conducted by that same minister, Rev. Robert Anderson Jardine, in flat defiance of the pro tests of the leaders of the church. Sixteen principal guests were present in the chateau when Mayor Mercier, pronouncing the English names with difficulty, and speaking in French, performed the civil ceremony and pronounced the duke and Wallis man and wife. Vicar Jardine, who had volunteered his services, recited the solemn reli gious rites as prescribed by the church, the duke placed the ring oa the duchess' fourth Anger, and they knelt on white silk cushions while the minister prayed Through out the entire service the famous l "her royal eg Wallis bl said these veterans were "too poor" to make the conversion at this tima, and added: "The President appar ently didn’t consult with thoae fa miliar with veterana’ affaira whan he vetoed this bilL" PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT sent a 1 message to congress asking for legislation creating seven regional power authorities patterned after the TV A. He proposed the country be divided into these regions: The Atlantic seaboard. The Great Lakes-Ohio valley. The Tennessee end Cumberland river basins. The Missouri and the Red River of the North basins. The Arkansas, Red and Rio Grande river basins. The basins of the Colorado and other rivers flowing into the Pacific <south of the California-^regon state line. The Columbia river basin. T AX dodging by wealthy men and women, excoriated by President Roosevelt in a special message, is going to be investigated speedily by a joint committee of congress. The reso lution for the in quiry was intro duced In the senate by Senator Pat Har rison of Mississippi, of the A- yJ-v- 4 v if e e a • Jhinkdabout S ANTA MONICA, CALIF.— Wouldn't it be lovely if the other states, not to mention the federal government, followed the example set by the gover nor of New York? He commutes the sentences of for eign-born, long-term convicts so they may be eligible for parole—not mind you, to go free and sin some more, but to be turned over to the port authorities for immediats de portation. That is, it would be a lovely idea if only we could b e sure that these same criminals wouldn’t come slipping back lrTi]1 8< ^5. in again. Tht pres ent immigration law was devised as a barrier to protect decent cit- ixens, both native and naturalized, against the human scum of the old world, but it appears to be more like e sieve if we may judge by the hordes of nondesirable aliens who somehow manage to get in and stay in and even go on relief, some of them. 1 In other words, when we give these unpleasant parties s compli mentary ride back where they come from, let’s make sure it’s wot going to be s round trip. #1|S national topics interpretco by William Bnickirt Matloaal Press BelMlas Waahlactes, D. C • * * • • F ROM Petping a group of believ ers In the doctrine of Confucius are sending missionaries to the United States We've been to then 1 that dare to try the same thine a white horaa of a of am royal by the In a by «. Washington.—Farm leaders hava gone before congress again to press a new agricultural UrgaNaw program. Lika Farm Program several that have come through in the last half-dozen years, the new proposition is based on a subsidy. The current program, like the old AAA, is predicated on agreements by which farmers will not do some thing and be paid for not doing it. To obtain the subsidies from the federal treasury contemplated in the new farm legislation, farmers will have to sign contracts agreeing to curtail their acreages up to twen ty per cent of their average cultiva tion for the last several years. If they fail or refuse to sign these contracts, tte legislation describes them as not co-operating and, there fore, they would be denied the right to obtain loans from the federal gov ernment and they would not have a guarantee of "parity prices," as a penalty. Moreover, those farmers who failed or refused to co-operate in this manner would be subjected to prohibitive taxes on the sale of products grown in excess of limits on totals to be prescribed by Secre tary Wallace of the Department of Agriculture. The announced basis of this new program is for "conservation of the soil." Further, its sponsors contend that it will mean a gradual upbuild ing of the fertility of the soil so that, in the end. fewer acres will have to be cultivated to produce the same volume of corn or cotton or wheat or whatever other crop ia grown. But I think there ere few individ uals who will say that the above reasons honestly constitute the basis tor this new farm legislation. I think it must be admitted that the plan is eaiy a subterfuge; that, white II may help some farmers by ftvtecthemcaah.il with cash aa a sap. lam aal ana It la l* aaa by tea ten* af On Mvww Mr , VM bMte I —* af mm by a af rate • • A 2? late tea Qtete- My *« af a af a . Q DVT AAL RAY/ tery af J« ral ty Tessa, outlined Mr aiUoa Ha sate Us agreed to provide from the relief bill for PWA acts, highways, elimination, flood control and water conservation work. Taunted by Minority Leader Ber trand Snell, Republican, New York, for the general character of his statement, Rayburn admitted he did not know the exact amount of money that the President would divert to the various projects, which have been described as "vote-get ting" and "pork." > One of the "rebel” leaders, Joseph Starnes of Alabama, though voting for the bill, announced that con gress would never again "relinquish its control of expenditures." Still sore, especially at Harry Hopkins, the congressmen discussed the need for investigation of the relief administration, and a resolu tion calling for such action was in troduced by Maury Maverick of Texas. >. CECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR ^ HAROLD L. ICKES was taken to the Naval hospital in Washing ton to be treated for an intestinal disorder. Physicians said he prob ably would be absent from his of fice for several weeks, a protract- ad rest being imperative. B T .r2 This Prince ef t ba 1 at peers, te the prince pro to do. and he was meeting with almost complete success in finding men who would ac cept office. Tempo rarily he had trouble in getting a finance minister. The new government in cludes representatives of the big Seiyukai and Minseito parties and is considered, therefore, a national coalition cabinet. Presumably it is committed to a large army and navy, a strong foreign policy and drastic administrative reforms. Prince Konoe said he would strive to end the rivalries among the vari ous forces in the empire, meaning especially the disputes between the army and the political parties. The army will support him, but its dom ination over Japanese policies is practically ended with the retire ment of Hayashi who was accused of trying to set up a Fascist regime. B EFORE adjourning to October the Supreme court overruled a government request that it refuse to review litigation challenging the constitutionality of federal financing of municipal power plants. By coo- are Be te the af the ar- After reading some of the ing literature on this subject. I’ve decided that a true scientist is one who is positive there are no other true scientists. • • • Unemployment Statistics. T HANKS to bright young bureau crats in Washington, we know how many goldfish are hatched ev ery year and what the gross annual yield of guinea pigs is, and the exact proportion of albinos born in any given period, but it never seemed to occur to anybody to compile reasonably accurate statistics on un employment. Yet, with depression behind us and business up to boom-time levels, it’s estimated that between eight and nine million people are out of work, not counting those on strike, and judging by the papers there must be a couple of million of them. Apparently the more prosperous we grow on the surface, the more de plorable becomes the status of those off the payrolls. It doesn’t make sense. Or anyhow there was a time when it wouldn’t have made sense. This curious situation puts s fel low in mind of the old old story of the chop whose wife hmd^ an railed ot tee of e Ml I e wove M tteety n been the coee that tegia- thrtMigh several stage* and filling te congi with the result that after much bate a bill satisfactory to the ma jority emerges. In presenting their program at this time, therefore, the farm leaders are not doing s very good job of leading. There will be much agitation on the part of the farm leaders that will get just no where at all because of conditions in congress. Edward A. O’Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau Feder ation, recently was quoted as saying that the new plan would not require any payments direct from the treas ury; that is, it would pay its own way through the medium of taxes if it "works perfectly." That is the rub. I find doubt in nearly all quar ters that the plan can ^ "work per fectly." It is so complex and re quires such a bureaucracy for ad ministration of it that to expect it to "work perfectly," is virtually to expect that legislation will control the weather. I think everyone will agree that congress and the admin istration has not yet been able to find the formula for controlling the weather. I believe it can be said (airly that many fanners are dissatisfied with servation law, aa occurred aider the AAA, results in millions of dol lars being paid to individuate and corporations who are in no way par ticipating in conservation activities. Now, while Mr. O’Neal thinks that the proposed law can be operated without expense to the federal treas ury, there is yet the conviction in some quarters that it probably will cost about six hundred million dol lars a year to pay the subsidies and pay for administration of the law. Six hundred million dollars a year is a large sum at any time and it bulks much larger at a time when there is a nation-wide cry for a balanced budget for the federal government. It ia a sum that, if the budget of the federal government otherwise were balanced, would be sufficient to frighten thousands of holders of United States bonds. It would seem then that the farm leaders ought to take into consid eration the status ^of the federal government’s financial affairs if they want to develop a program that will live. I have heard from many students of agricultural prob lems that the remedy for farm con ditions is not an expensive new sys tem of farm subsidies. They assert that it will be impossible for Uncle Sam to continue annual payments to some three million or more farm ers and they are convinced, further, that most farmers themselves ob jected to being placed in the cate gory of relief clients. An argument te also advanced that more and more farmer* believ* federal poli cies that caus* money to be handed out free to fanners will, in the end, destroy the independence of agri culture However that may be and however the majority of the farm er* feel U* from the government *1 M cannot bo ante the te boing pieced m e Iff term ‘ te te teel the treesury. F II tsp. vanilla, J* tsp. salt. CHERRY KIDDING Er*. T. B. Booty, Fort Worth, Tojrao Cream cup Jewel Special-Blend Shortening with ft cup sugar. Add 1 egg. cup milk. JSt K tsp. lemon extract, IK cups flour, 2 taps, baking pow der. Beat for 2 minutes. Pour into greased shallow pan; spread with K cup drained cherries. Bake 25 min utes in a moderate oven. Cut in squares and serve warm with this Cherry Sauce: Blend K cup sugar, 2 tbsps. flour and H tsp. salt Add 1 cup water, 2 tbsps. Jewel Special- Blend Shortening, 2 tbsps. lemon juice and K cup cherries and juice. Cook slowly, stirring constantly,! until sauce thickens. Adv. Science and the Home FAST, West, home's the best. *-* And our enjoyment of home life certainly owes a lot to mod ern science. Consider our mod em comforts. The radio which entertains us, the newspaper which keeps us informed. . . the modem household appliances, and the first aids and home remedies standing by in our medicine cab inets to help us in minor emer gencies. All are achievements of modera scientific brought to u* by our local chants. HEADACHE dtMto Mel Take Try Ml ' js*l • • • BLACK DRAUGHT A OOQD IjaLaTUB te m aar room Bte% tee rose a* I WM bo • • •* ll fir Sentinels of He wl te •r«* ll boo 4r*d mite tight srrsai the *cs— Its poaKJM is further tsnteed with Om argonaut that tf any ef the pilots should Isao their live* te that the airplane as a means of trano- portation. la short, the deportment thinks that thers ar* only disad vantages and no advantages ia the prospect. While many persons may disagree with the position the department has taken, it te heartening to those of us who like to see private business encouraged, to know that a respon sible federal agency charged with supervision of a private industry is again functioning as it was intended to do. For several years, the De partment of Commerce, with par ticular respect to its aviation di vision, has been in a state of tur moil. There were wide differences of opinion and in consequence little in the way of permanent develop ment was sponsored from Washing ton for the aviation industry. In criticizing the government’s in activity, no observer would be fair unless he also called attention to the frailties and the failures of the in dustry itself. It is true that some of the larger lines lately have made sensational improvements in the equipment they use in the air and in the operations part of flying. It te true that larger and better planes have been built and are building. But it te likewise true Uiat a number oi airlines have ■ nave reruieu m rs- ate and iMsfifite ptenra LS-55rr Doans Pills WNU--7 24-37 Paprika Is made by grlndint dried, ripe, red aweet peppers. It has a mild and pungent flavor. Cay enne comes from the Japanese chill pepper—an extremely hot small red pepper. What is commonly called "red pepper" Is ground from the pods of other types of hot peppers, which are less hot than the Jap anese chili. Settlers Protected Forests The first settlers in America were wiser than many of their descend ants, for they recognized the value of forests, passed laws to protect them. Special permission had to be gained to cut trees In Plymouth colony: William Penn demanded that one acre of forest remain untouched for every five cut te The "Post Prtcsta" The "Poor Priests” were students and followers of John Wyelif. They bs re ts fry