President Hoover for the nation, Union Terminal, were breaking the refueling NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Congress Finishes Up Much Legislation and Ends the Special Session. By EDWARD W. PICKARD riemunED to bring the special session to a close before the Fourth July, busy tl e firs ing ing up bill again si of CONEress was very of the week, clear- 1 endir gislation. Tak- World war veterans’ the the Pp new by the owed it President Hoover's views and its for votes next fall, 1 3 ¥ x +h Own witli passed genate Ss utter desire the chief of measure pension Ii Another woul contracted their war allowances, The hill gent to conference the features that would 1 Mexico. ablishes an unified border vice in the treasury under the as | of the the number of patrol in charge a mis 1 makes it | | entry station, 1 house bill which authorized the President to con sgoiidate and co-ordinate government: activities affectin ¥ - : YECRETARY of the L lon announced that tl = the war veters Treasury ¢ fiscal yer 1920 cloged with a surplus in the treas- SI184.000. 000, This amount rep- rise ury of resented the and expenditures, between ceipts debt 740.000 000, in the year of S31I8.000 (6K), While the surplus was substantial ly the same as in the fiscal year 1029, Secretary Mellon pointed out that it included the abnormal sum of $76,000, 000 paid by foreign governments in June in cash instead of in securities of the American government and also included abnormal customs receipts, due to anticipation of tariff legislation. SENATORS JOHNSON of California, J Moses of New Hampshire and Rob. inson of Indiana filed with the senate their minority report from the foreign relations committee, setting forth their reasons for opposing ratification of the London naval treaty. These rea- gong are already well known to the public and need not be repeated. Dispatches from Washington sald that the national defense committee of the American Legion had made a report two weeks previously recom- mending that the Legion declare for rejection of the treaty, and that noth- fing more had been heard of the mat- ter. One rumor was that administra- tion influences had succeeded in bring- ing about the pigeonholing of the report, Over In London two. of England's most famous naval commanders, Earl Beatty and Earl Jellicoe, made hot at- tacks on the treaty, asserting that by signing it their government was throw- ing away “the sea power hy which the British empire came into being and developed Into what it is today.” reduced during the year by was general RESIDENT HOOVER has named as head of the new federal power commission Lieut, Gen, Edgar Jadwin, who in his service as chief of army engineers gained a thorough knowl edge of the waterways of the country, His nomination, with those of the other four commission members, will he sent to the senate In special session this summer for confirmation. When two members have taken office the new commission will supplant the old one, which had ns its members the secre taries of war, Interior and agricul. ture, and which, since 1020, has super. vised the expenditure of about $350, 000,000 for power development. In the new commission applications the hands of five £10,000 a who, the act stipulates, may have no other occupation. Nor may been connected In any hold any in, power fit At present 70 applications are peading way with, or stock with the commission, N A radio address to the conference which met in governors ‘ity, President Hoover announced t I, state an or contracted $1,700 0063 (Hx) first 1 local Ot fIeY governn during the six mo calendar works the present year. ian said, exceeded ure, he 000,000 that of the He advi te 1 is stil boom year of 1020, the governors that for every sia to bring an god] need effort” in early reduce unempl of the and to Several add delivered resses nent JROHIBITION 1 July partment to the and At Justice, became the commander in transferred m ury de Department torney General Mitel federal dry Ww. was ur 3 the firmy Ww Vv ood Dron MEL commercial larger while the e to detecting egging, f« greater co-operatior be expanded tant be! New former signed when ord charge of alcohol out a States n asp tions.” an department cinlgs who have not heen sincere } “ $ + forts to enforce this law, He declared | i t the following “Prohibition is not the logical tion for temperance under our form of government, and [ now publicly ad. vocate the repeal of the Eighteenth amendment ation Is sumed In its conse quences.” perience had leg i%8 XD i conclusion : 1 solu. before the the fires con. of Col. John H. J. Herbert became the enforcement hoss of lilineis, Indiana and Wisconsin, displacing E. C. Yel lowley, who remains in control of al- cohol permits in that arca. ONGRESSMAN E. E. DENISON of Illinois, a dry Republican who was indicted on a charge of illegally possessing liquor becanse of a leaking suitcase, escaped being tried when Justice Gordon of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia sustained a demurrer and held that the indict- ment failed to particularize the charge against Denison sufficiently to enable the latter to frame a defense and plead an acquittal as a bar to a sub- sequent Indictment, ITH the stroke of midnight on June 30 the last of the French troops of occupation departed from the Rhineland and Germany was freed from the Incubus that had rested on it for almost twelve years. The Ger man people celebrated the event with the ringing of bells, with great parades of singing men and women, with the playing of bands and with fiteworks. Especially Impressive was the Jubilee in the town of Speyer In the Pala. tinate. Torches and flares lighted the bridge across the Rhine over which marched the town's police force of G60 men as thousands along tk: wa. ter's edge and in boats sang “Deutsch. land Ueber Alles.” The final phase of the military evae- uation began In Wiesbaden at 0:30 o'clock in the morning. The Interal- lied Rhineland commission, which has headquartered at Wiesbaden since Sep. tember when the headquarters were moved from Coblenz, closed shop. A battalion of French troops lined uff on Kaliserstrasse In front of the commis. slon’s building where three flags floated ~Belglan, British and French, The regimental band broke into the ! the Belgian flag Then the military band played "God Save the King the Union the and descended “Brabanconne” slowly Jack slid down rds, was a tense moment as the “Mar i strains f the thine reserve fi our father A’ MOST 4 knew after a his friends fle } ign legat ’ k $ie . ff 2) $v charge of thie ronment and announced and other plans for the Immediat restoration mal condition on It » a wonld be the republic fi const & understood that free ele presid nanner that held at a new in ot perpetuate designated such office La Paz , a8 of was de the revolu “i y Nos nded legation helterod Ei nanding that the courts chief 0 he be given up for trial bs Hans Kundt, of the Bolivia not only of ut of Pruss a 1 Heo Gen, German { staff who Doctor army, aiding ianizing the German General Galindo took steps to protect all the former officials from forces, to the violence, REAT BRITAIN Is taking relent less measures to end rebellion In India. The latest of these was the arrest of Pandit Motilal Nehru, a Hindoo and acting president of the All-India national congress, and Sayed Mahmud, a Moslem, secretary of the congress, They were tried im- mediately and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. These arrests created a great sensation throughout India and a hartal or cessation of all work was proclaimed In protest. In Bom. bay’ a “baycott week” was started and housewives were urged to refrain from buying British goods. The spirit of the Nationalistz seems far from broken. In many cities the school students, both boys and girls, Joined the movement, quitting their schools, holding parades and ss- sisting in the picketing of British shops. he sive” have on a ATIERICANS of countries gath- ered in Paris with Frenchmen to celebrate the France-America commit. tee’'s “week of American nations” heard Raymond Poincare, former pres. ident and former premier, take the United States to task for its new tariff law, M. Poincare presided at a din- ner to national delegates, “There is a crisis In the friendship of the two nations which if pot rem. edied promptly will grow worse,” he said, “Countries that try to antag. onize other peoples will find that they are attached to those other peoples by bonds they cannot break.” WO feats In aviation marked the week, First Roger Q. Williams with two companions made a nonstop flight from New York to Bermuda and back in the Columbia, the transat. lantic Bellanca monoplane, In 17 hours and 8 minutes, Second, John and Kenneth Hunter of Sparta, Nl, smashed to smithereens the refueling endurance record over Sky Harbor alrport north of Chicago. They re. fused to come down until the motor of their plane was worn out. (©. 1930, Western Newspaper Union.) Af [Zaia Strozt of Town No Place for Highway If the New York through every ns It the ‘I'wentieth fo fin teria izhways Central rallrond town down the miin street, goes through Syra- would Ar practically potential to the Cuse, Lentary tnke n week get to Chicago, Hre now rilironds, in of function purpose anid seed traffic, still attempting whi passing through of nel Send of wny ridings muin streets They the rights every town, hive to tinken of wide he out owns the ting rom cities and erossing the three “Harmaous Havant guined at once First, through fucitituted in existing towns it grently movement, Second, nre recinimed live iife In with thelr ancient plun of community coherence and dignity. Third, an ex- punding population, pressed out from the und by motor can move In and out dally ights of way, rods to their local gecordance cities car, these the made mobile the over turning gltle to new commu ide zoning luws and In the count here there Is room for nt planni wl present choked cone i liv ubiirban When Modernizing ‘ riizat Home he i res GFF fine condition of {iveness Shrubs Transform Grounds m A. Deaudry, 8 Chile nd And ry Mr courag $ vy i around destroved where the fire prop erly planted and eared The meanest man and the ruthless child seem to respect well kept plunts in their community and often take a great pride in helping protect them.” growing i hulldings nnd never around trees, he i] aE public shrubs flowers for. most Loss by Cheap Construction In securing the financial menns for the very first and most im- requisite is honest constroc- material, If the house is stands virtually as its building, portant tiom nnd well made, it own security. who slight their work and are trifling with one of the noblest impulses of the human heart, and are making sport of one of the prime forces of national greatness, Those build faithfully and well ore real patriots, for they are con tributing to the solidarity of the na tion and the welfare of the people as a whole, Those material who Modern Homes in Demand The avernge person wants a home that is uptodate, He wants to live in a house that has modern fixtures, hnrdwood floors, well-arranged rooms, tiled baths and clean cut graceful Ilnes. When he finds a place of this sort he is enger to rent or purchase It Homes that are modern are always in demand. They sell more easily in the slow market. The house that is difficult to sell or rent is usually the old-timer that has ne modern con venlences or with hixtures and acces- sories that are out of date, Trees Repay Care Although most of us appreciate the great value of our trees we often for get that they need care, As a result, many of them are diseased and starve ing to death. We know it takes years for an large shade tree to grow, but still we nllow them to suffer from neg leet. When we eonsider the large quantity of leaves, seed nnd wood ma: tured hy the average tree every year woe cun hetter realize that it cannot thrive without a goud supply of plant tnd PEDES Vg a New York missioner, by pedestrians violating crossing Fifth avenue JAYWALKING EDICT * jaywaixing eget ROADS RENDERED PUNCTURE PROOF Three Large Magnets Patrol Missouri Hichways. Remove Cause of Puncture. of E08 Mis from Opersting Apparatus. nt {us of Traffic Authority the centers next all major of population will be connected via high. epeed motorways, such as is now pro Prediction that within century posed to be constructed between New York sand New Haven, made recently by W, L authority. “The rapid motorization of entire members the American amily, which Is adding many thousands of new cars on our roads every month, i= making such highspeed motor ways not only necessary but impera. tive,” Mr. Hinds states. “A street or highway, like a rallroad trackage sys tem, can only carry up to a certain maximum traffic charge, and when this is exceeded, congestion, delay and oft. entimes injury result. Authorities es timate that even at the present time existing traffic congestion Is costing thi= nation approximately $2,000,000 a year" Conn., was Hinds, traffic of Pressure Reading Does Not Determine Quantity It does not pay at any time to ac cept the pressure reading on the dash oll gauge as final on the amount of lubricant in the crankcase. This is particularly true in the summer, The gauge iz an efficient mechan fem but it is not devised to record the amount of oil. To determine accurate- Iv, the gauge under the oil filter pipe ghould be read. This should not be construed as reflecting on the dash gange, It is designed to record ofl pressure not oil quantity. There is a great difference, Reckless Driver Target of Laws in 12 States Safety responsibility laws now In effect In 12 states are providing vale unable experience In the nation’s quest for the solution of the problem pre- gented by the reckless and irrespon- sible driver. The law In whole or In part is now in effect in the following 12 states: New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, California, Town, Maine, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Vermont, New Jersey, New Illampshire and Minnesota. EN a feof fee defofedeod aw Jun de onde ' ‘ iii THE MOTOR QUIZ I + 3 3 I Mar 3 won i Q tot pet * ed Ln oe Le] 4 ede fed oaee Lau La) preted AEA peep 3 : wefan { ete 3 i idem eid fede Curing Leaky Exhaust Valve Guides on Motor I Hub ¥ INTAKE VALVE Spring and Washer on Inlet Guides Stop Leaks. is fitted over the valve stem and =o felt or leather washer is fitted on the stem with a hole that will just allow the valve stem to slide, It is a good idea to place a thin metal washer between the spring and the felt, although this washer is not shown in the Hlustration. The light spring will keep the washer pressing against the top of the guide and pre- vent air leakage and the consequent spoiling of the mixture. This sugges- tion should prove useful on old cars where the expense of new valve guides i» net Justified—Popular Science Monthly. FARRER EA RERERT HERR RTREREREEER AUTOMOBILE HINTS FRE X BRR RLBRRHEEERREPRBRXER The object brakes Is to prevent long steady use, » - - ave the radiator contents checked at every stop for gas on the touring trip. The cooling job is exceptionally heavy. of cooling devices “fading” on after One way to keep from being at tacked as you sit In your cur on ® jonely road at night is to keep the ear moving. .- * » Practically everything earried by rail and steamer makes some part of the journey between sender and re- ceiver by automobile, * » = Noiges under the floor board, when the ear Is coasting with the clutch disengaged, may be a clew to wear in the universal joints. .- 8 » Do you ever step on the starter with out getting any results whatsoever? It so, before you begin to worry about your starter check up on the terminals of your battery, especially the one which leads to the ground.
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