a
frst blood in the contest between
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Alfred
E. Smith for the Democratic nomina-
tion for President goes to the governor
vf New York. The
§ opening round of the
battle was provided
by the New IHamp
: shire preferential pri
¥# maries, and Mr
‘ Roosevelt captured
the Granite State's
eight delegates for
his forces in the na
tional convention,
Unoflicial returns
showed the Rod
Franklin D. pe
Roosevelt vel
wevelt
vdged
elected
of appr
Since the cand
mately 4,500,
were J for separs y, the individ
and held
ch
reporieq (0 aa
ds of Morris Ro
Now
stories say the
nnd payment » ransom have been
delayed by fear of the nctors that
they would be trapped. Officials In
charge of the case declared they were
and privately
some of them said they were sure the
“gtill making progress.”
baby was safe and well and would be
returned to his parents after the ex-
citement had subsided.
N THE opinion of the war policles
I of congress should
authority in time of war to fix prices
This
have
ymmission,
{ Ov OT Rt oorin
in order to prevent proiteering.
part of
sort made to the
was a vital
the reg
President by the com-
mission and a
tutional amendment to
hat was intro
duced in the senate
by Senator Arthur H.
Vandenberg of Michi
gan, a member of the
commission, It was 3§
referred to the judi Vv
clary committee, =
The proposed amend-
ment calls for an ad-
dition to the existing
Fifth amendment, providing that “In
time of war congress may regulate or
provide for the regulation of the
prices, rent, or compensation to be ex-
acted or paid by any person in respect
of the sale, rent, or use of any real
or personal property, tangible or In-
tangible, without regard to any limi.
tation contained in this article or any
other article of the Constitution.”
Should corporations or persons suc
coed In evading such a price fixing
regulation, the commission suggests a
further check on profits by recom
mending a 95 per cent tax on all in-
come In time of war In excess of the
average Income of the preceding three
years,
consti.
effect
Senator
Vandenberg
————
HEN the new tax bill designed
to ralge £1,100,000,000 in Increased
revenues had been presented to the
house, several complications arose that
promised considerable debate. Three
Democratic members of the ways and
means committee submitted a minority
report urging that about one-third of
the sum be obtained by legalizing and
79 per cent beer. These con-
1. Cullen and C. DD.
York, and J. WW. Mec-
They sald
to understand a point of
ich ecomplacently accepts the
taxation of illegal brewing and wine
making through the levies proposed in
bill on malt wort,
concentrate, yet
agree with a legal tax on legall
Restoration of the brewin
hey argued further, would
back to work,
a
taxi -
n were T.
of New
of Massachusetts,
they f ed
view w
Sullivan
Cormack
the present sirup,
and grape refuses to
y made
heer,
thousands of jobless
Representative J. WW. Martin, Jr, of
tts, a Republican, present
1 objections to the proposed
gasoline and oil, and
ated that his opposition to this
repre
the At.
levy on
was shared by many
mmtatives from
tic seaboard,
WwW H only thirteen opposing votes
"the house passed the La Guards
Gen. Tsai
Ting-kai
vhile, It was report-
of
rue to take dras
ne jeag
and
powers,
rainst Japan,
the great
were
which
the ones directly affected by
For themSir John Simon
foreign secretary, proposed the
1 4 COUrse,
eague should again remind Japan of
and obligations,
Secretary Stimson’s declara-
tion that advantages gained by force
cannot be recogn should take the
stand that Shanghal will be cared for
by the great powers, and that the Man
churian problem should be shelved for
the present. The debate was rather
warm, but fi r a committee was ap-
pointed to draft a resolution express.
ing the league's attitude and inten.
tions.
u
treaty covenant
restating
ized :
RESIDENT HOOVER, recognizing
the popular demand for economies
in government expenditures, announced
that the entire ndministrative staff was
co-operating with congress In trying
to cut down federal costs by reorgani-
zation, but the house Democrats work
economy plans were not
Chairman Byrns of the spe
committee called for
suggestions from the
He said the only adminis
who had volunteered
Brig. Gen. Frank T.
Hines, director of the veterans’ admin.
istration, proposed “reductions
in payments the bureau Is now making
to certain classes of disabled veterans.”
“Surely the President,” sald Mr,
3yrns, “has had this information for
some time and the question naturally
arises why he did not take the re
sponsibility In his message last De-
cember of recommending” this legis-
lation which he would now have the
country understand he approves with.
out stating just what It is.”
The senate did't help the economy
plans much, for it passed the agricul
ture bill after adding $2,015,954 to the
appropriations authorized by the
house, The total of the measure as it
left the senate and went to conference
was $177.424.5708 Senator McKellar,
King and Tydings tried In vain to
knock large sums out of the figure;
even the $1.450000 item for grass
hopper control was retained.
ing on the
gatisfied,
cial economy
more
President.
tration official
assistance
gpecifie
was
who
JLANON DE VALERA is now the
-< nresident of the Irish Free State,
leet William ‘I.
the dall eireann and took
once, Of the
seats in the
De Valera's
Fall party
The Cosgrave
has 00, the Laborites
7 and the Independ-
ents, who usually vote
with Cosgrave, 17. So
De Valera governs
only with the help of
the Labor party,
which demands that
economic and social
legislation be
He was « d to succeed
Cosgrave by
office nt
nssembly
Fianna
~er
holds 72.
party
W.T.Cosgrave
given
Coggrave retired from
that he and
would go Into opposition but
not unduly hamper the new
president. It appeared that De Valera
was still determined to try to expunge
the oath of allegiance to the British
king. Whether the Cosgrave follow
ing would ainst this or merely
refrain
the precedence,
power gracefully, stating
his party
would
vote ag
from voting was uncertain,
NM Hata GANDIHI'S civil diso
4 bedience movement has received
strong reinfe i aving been
Joined by the Jami lem, an or
iigher In-
students
Aristide
Briand
nl country
ng He led
arno pact in
with Frank B.
anti-war trealy
Being an
wed the “United States
still a matter of
the nations of the
recognized that
her best friend
ands had gone.
ames
» prog
* which is
among
Germany
The United States mourns the de
of John
band master and “march King”
been AND ition and a
ight to several generations of Amer.
na. For twelve years he was lender
of the Marine Corps band, and then
he organized his own noted band with
the world During
the naval service,
at Great
Sousa, its most fa
has ‘NED
which he
the war he was In
mired
being musi Lakes,
ONSIDERABLE interest was
C aroused by the mar ge. In Colo
rado Spr of Mrs. Ruth Han-
na McCormick, former congresswoman-
at-large from Illinols, and Albert Q.
Simms of Albuquerque, N, M., fo »
After the cere
left for Albu.
they will reside,
The marriage was not a surprise,
for their friends had for several
years suspected it would comme about,
ngs, Colo.
member of CONgress,
mony the couple
querque, where
INLAND'S rebellion came to a sud-
den end with the surrender of the
leaders of the Lapua movement. The
revolutionists evacuated
Mantsala, marched to the garrison
town of Tusby and lald down their
armg. Their chieftains were put in
prison and probably will be tried for
high treason. As is so often the case,
it 1s suspected that the rebellion was
financed by the Communist Interna-
tional,
would-be
——————
EPORTS from all parts of the
country tell of the success nttend
ing the efforts of the Citizens’ Recon
struction organization, hended by
Frank Knox of Chicago, In getting
hoarded money back Into trade han
nels and thus helping to restore pub
ite confidence,
(I by Western Newspaper Union.)
ted in southern Caittornia by
Welcome the
Faster Morn
one of the
services In
nia is held near Marys
devout journey toward
&, where a cross has
pass near the
il amphitheater
many
be present,
the
whe
es are held on Mount
at Easter Rock, at Rodondo
beach. at Pacific Palisades, at Santa
Monica, at the huge white pylon su
mounted by a cross at Glendale and at
Eagle rock, all in Southern California
timated that the Easter sun
throughout the state are
imtely 300,000 per
The services In the
the state, naturally,
{ the largest attendance, for there
it has been an annual event much
longer than in the northern section,
Also, more such services are held there
than in the north,
Many of thoge from nearby who at.
tend these services begin to come as
early as midnight. Many who come
from a distance are on the road the
day and evening before. Roads lead
Ing to the top of these “Mounts of the
Cross” are usually crowded with ma-
and with pedestrians during
most of the night before Easter morn.
Vices
attended by
fONR Nn ual
southern part of
have
chines
AAA MM A AAA MA A Ap AAA AAA AAPA
leave their cars
int. From
Ke Lhe ree
Easter and New Finery
Have Long Association
Gre { to wich
. hey
Descent of “Holy Fire”
Attracts Greek Devout
ure eremons Cong ted
pressed
cannot
The
the sur
even the belfry, are
Il looking down up
of the strangest sights in the
which Is believed
om heaven each year up-
omb of Christ.
nch,
i
the roofs of
the holy fire
A fr
i i
Legend of the Poplar
neiful ion prevailing
the Cross upon
! ns crucified was
made of that variety of poplar known
as the aspen, and tl
a
at ever since that
ireadful first Good Friday,
of that tree
never been nat
the leaves
nlways trembled, and
res,
have
On Mount Roubidoux
In Red Rock canyon, southeast of
Bakersfield, Calif.~in the heart of the
desert flower -Llaster comes with
and the traditional serv
ices, conducted annually 1000,
are nt Moun: Roublidoux, at the edge
of Los Angeles
Aref ~
ceremonies |
since
Lord lay.
FRETFUL,
RESTLESS?
Look to this cause
When your baby fusses
seems unable to gleep res
for one common cause, do
Constipation. To get rid quick
the accumulated wastes
restlessness and discomfo
cleansing dose of Ca
you know, is ma:
children’ licate
veel:
harsh drugs, no
id and gentle
narco
CC ——
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CASTORIA
—————
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Deal Promptly with Bladder
Irregularities
tised diuretic is so widely used
None so well recommended.
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the world “hating”
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Poverty nips mar
jug in the hud
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