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NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Senate Rejects Nomination
of Parker as Supreme
Court Justice.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
’ TYOMINATION of Judge Jol
he Parker of North . H
associate of the Supreme Court
of the
Justice
years.
It was
President
app
nently mentioned
+
stated in
Hoover would
the names
were those of
Justice Fer
of Cl
Democratic
1024, an
on
Court
was rather taken
that
he appointed ;
another
1 ir
iabor in-
ion in a
Junction cz his personal stand
on the negro
af nominee
North
participation of the
tion when he was
governorship of
stated that
is a source of ev
anti-g inistration ®OT
ors in the result
1
asserted President by
ntment
irs, 34
up for Parker
were
lieans were eq
od against
Democrats for
him.
the Supreme
lepublicans
There were 13
‘arker and 20 against
Since the
court in 1780, nine men appointed by
the Chief Executive have been reject.
ed by the senate. One of these—John
Rutledze of South Carolina—was a
nominee for chief justice. The last
reelection before that of Judge Parker
was that of Wheeler H. Peckham in
1804.
creation of
RESIDENT HOOVER was credited
with a victory when the
house passed on controversial admin.
fstrative provisions in the tariff bill
By a vole of 161 to 231 it defeated a
motion to accept the senate export de-
benture amendment to which Mr.
Hoover was so firmly opposed that its
inclusion probably would have result-
ed In a Then the house, by a
vote of 154 te 232, rejected a motion to
accept the senate amendments repeal-
ing the flexible provisions of the pres-
ent law. The President has strongly
advocated retention of power in the
Executive to make emergency changes
in duties on the recommendation of
the tariff commission,
oth house and senate sent the tar
if measure back to conference, and it
was expected the senate would finally
yield on both these points,
decided
veto,
N CONNECTION with tariff matters
it is interesting to read that Pre.
mier Mackenzie King announced in
the Canadian house of commons that
n general election would be held, prob-
ably early in August, In which the
main issue will be Canadian tariff re-
taliation against the United States for
fmpending American tariff increases
against Canada,
The premier's announcement, which
staggered the house because of Its
suddenness, followed a three-hour
speech by Richard B. Bennett, Con-
pervative leader, in which Mr. Bennett
scene during the conflagration
denounced the countervalling duties |
provisions of the Canadian budget and |
wound up by moving a motion of po
confidence in the Mackenzie King ad-
ministration,
Under
the Canadian tariff on 16 major items
i
these countervalling duties
automatically moves to the level of
American Imposts against Ci
and the items consist
review
largely
by the
for Increase.
now under
States congress
C' INSTERNATION
brewers followed
among
orfeiture of kegs, bottles, bottle
ther apparatus
{
rue is an act
to influend
timely
~ XASP
“4 tT
he Brit
wed to the
Gandhi's wife
were prompt
wdership of the
isobhedience campaign. The
the arrest was
carried swiftly over the peninsula and
result was renewal of
jotous demonstrations in many lo-
natives had frequent
clashes with the troops and police and
there were numerous casualties, Dis.
turbances were violent in
lombay, Delhi, Chittagong
and Lahore.
Several leaders of the moderates of
India are in London carrying on peace
negotiations and it was reported that
Wedgwood Benn, cocretary of state
for India, was willing to give assur.
ance of the determination of the Brit.
ish government eventually to grant
dominion status to India.
take over
civil d
news of mahatma's
the immediate
the
calities, The
especially
Calcutta,
OLD star mothers to the num-
ber of 235 sailed from New York
on the first of the pilgrimages to the
battlefields of France under the aus
pices of the government and at its ex-
pense. These women whose sons died
in the World war came from many
states. They were given a most hos-
pitable reception by New York offi
cials and organizations, and then
started across the ocean on the steam.
ship America to visit the graves of
their boys.
E ARTHQUARE, Hollowed by a tidal
wave and conflagration, wiped out
Pegu, an old seaport of Burma, 58
miles north of Rangoon, and also did
a lot of damage in the latter city, The
total dead were estimated at 600, of
whom two thirds were inhabitants of
Pegu. Hundreds of others were In.
jured. A large section of the Indian
population In Rangoon connectud the
disaster with the arrest of Mahatma
Gandhi, leader of India's civil resist.
ance campaign, and police and mil
tary forces were diverted from rescue
work to quell a riot, in which persons
wearing foreign cloth were stripped
of thelr clothing, which was piled
on bonfires,
destroyed hundreds of residences
About the same tim
urred in the
Persia
part of
that 2,000
Wis
killed. The
recently re
18 were destroyed
birthplace
perso
of Ur
Rezaleh, and Ss
The former
of Zoroaster,
were
towns
is the reputed
Tornadoes
tered sections
seventy
ren
sand persons homeless
and on Long Island and
forest and brush fires
lays did gre
N CARTHAGE, that
nortl
net
Sor RTERS of
s eement me
tinent to the naval
an
constru
recommends
LATTE for new
aval es
the 11831
857
of the 1
fiscal
year. Of this sun SK) is set
aside for new construction work and |
for modernizing the battleships. The
measure represents an increase of |
£14.851,056 over the naval appropri |
ations for the present fiscal year, It
is £1.710.500 below the 1821 budget es
timates recommended by President
Hoover.
HE senate foreign relations com. |
mittee arranged to hold open hear |
ings on the London treaty beginning |
May 12 with Secretary of State Stim
son as the first witness, The naval |
affairs committee of the senate
made its plans for hearing
the pact, i
Senater David A. Reed, last of the
delegates to return from London, ar |
rived in Washington and enthusiasti- |
cally predicted that the treaty would |
be ratified.
also
on
HE National Live Stock Marketing
association, the fourth national
commodity marketing concern under
the auspices of the federal farm board,
was organized In Chicago with a cap
ital of £1,000,000 after being approved
by representatives of 17 live stock co
operatives, The Farmers’ union and
the Central Live Stock Producers’ as
sociation declined to join the new
corporation,
HE Farmers’ National Grain cor
poration, through its president, C
5. Huff, announced that plans for re |
glonal and branch development now
under way call for the establishment
of five branches of the corporation,
at Kansas City, Mo, for southwest
territory: St. Paul, Duluth, or Minne
apolis for the spring wheat area;
Spokane, Wash, or Portland, Ore, for
the Pacific northwest, with Henry W
Collings of Pendleton, Ore, as man
ager; Buffalo for the mill business and
export outlet In the northeast, and
St. Louls or Indianapolis, probably,
for the soft wheat territory from Mis
sour eastward to the seaboard.
(@. 1920, Westerns Newspaper Union)
BILL, THE
“The middle of
man's-land, w
here many
man mowed down for
gets
(By MARCUS A. DOW.)
“Are Ww human?’ a drivin’
fool once asked that question. Read
this and answer it yourself:
Fifth avenue in little
“Superb, Majestic, Ia-
this ex-
runs for a few
Manhattan, As an
flat tire to me, but as
ilkers
one
scene is i
York.
some
old
spiring,
New
poet called
rhich
ansportin’ it's a
in this lane durin’ busy
three
Small Villages Tire of
Through Traffic Schem
the main
FE a : 3 Og
ere
ibitants
now find
successful
trafiic around
business rict to avoid cong
in the wntown
; are
the
nonstio
that
shunts
Evstier
centers,
ce———————
Important Suggestion
on Prevention of Wear
Spatterings of oil found on the ga-
rage floor or on the pavement where
the car has been parked usually indi
cate loose oil line connections or loose
crankcase bolts, After adjustments
are made, the oll filter should be serv
feed If It has been used 10,000 miles,
Attention to these important items
means oil economy and prevention of
wear on the automobile engine.
(How Many Can You Answer?)
Treffer fede eed
Q. How many passenger auto-
mobiles are on farms in United
States?
Ang. Approximately 4,750,000,
(). What states lead In the
number of passenger cars on
farms?
Ans, Texas, Illinois, Iowa,
Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania,
Minnesota, Missouri and New
York, in the order named.
bile TP
Brakes Are Subjected
to Mest Terrific Heat
to the
excessive heats devel-
automobile to a
to he of such
ill not break
these higl
proj
quite possibile
four-wheel
$50 On fou
Screen Helmet Shields
Speeding Auto Driver
/
we
Protects Speeding
SOLO COOO0N0000LR000
AUTOMOBILE FA
DOB VOVOLOVOLVVVLVVLV0
the sound of the
here are faces, of cour
ould stop a clock, but the prin
ciple bere is different,
- * »
A good pressure gauge is ealil rated
for ail of balloon tires. That
means that If you have several cars
using different sizes of tires the same
gauge will do for all of them,
. 0 »
sizes
A man was arrested in New York
for whistling on the street at mid-
night. He should have run through
town with his muffler open if he
wanted to make a noise and get away
with it.
COMPARISONS
driver whenever necessary.
HR
SCIATICA?
Here is a never-failing
form of relief from
sciatic pain:
Take Bayer Aspirin tablets and avoid
needless suffering from scigtica— lume
bago-—and similar excruciating pains,
They do relieve; they don't do any harm.
Just make sure it is genuine,
BAYER
ASPIRIN
BPFARK PILUG DISTRIBUTORS
EE DIGN]
tt - ro
For Barbed Wire Cuts
Try HANFORD'S
Baisam of Myrrh
All dealers are authorised to refend your money
for the first bottle if not soited.
Ins and Outs of It
Peterkin ti ‘ 4
From Old Salutation
¢ 3
Too much to eat—too rich a diet
~—or too much smoking. Lots of
things cause sour stomach, but on
thing can correct it quickly. Phil-
lips Milk of Magnesia will alkalinize
the acid. Take a spoonful of this
pleasant preparation, and the sys-
tem is soon sweetened,
Phillips is always ready to relieve
distress from over<cating; to check
all acidity; or neutralize nicotine.
Remember this for your own com-
fort; for the sake of those around
you. Endorsed by physicians, but
they always say Phillips. Don't
buy something else and expect the
same results!
SAVE YOUR BABY
FROM WORMS
The most dangerous ill of
childhood is—worms! You
may not know your child has
them. Disordered stomach,
gritting the teeth, picking the
nostrils are signs of worms.
Take no chances. Give your child
s Vermi today, It is the
hy a te medicine which
BF eraione ot youd Seri
Frey’s Vermifuge
Expels Worms
ER ———
W. N, U, BALTIMORE, NO, 20-1930.