ARIST. AR clouds over Europe were growing denser and blacker dur- fag the Christmas holidays when all the Christian world was supposed to be singing “Peace on Earth, good will toward men.” Under the skillful guidance of Anthony Edea, the new British foreign secretary, a solid front against Italy was being built up. There was no present talk ™ of further sanctions ww 4 against Hausolinl, Dui it is expected a Anthony Eder penalties will be pat in force late In January. Meanwhile the gemeral military and naval staffs of Great Britain and Framce concluded conversations which were declared “satisfactory,” meaning that those na- tions were prepared te stand by each other In case II Duce makes what Prime Minister Baldwin called “a mad dog attack.” In the capitals of other members of the League of Nations similar plans were being laid by mill tary and naval attaches. Turkey came iute line with the other presumptive opponents of Italy, but 1s reported to have made a sugges- tion that France doesn't like. This is that it be permitted to fortify the Dardanelles, the strait between Eu- rope and Asiatic Turkey which was demilitarized under the treaty of Lausanne after the World war. The Turks also, according to Paris ad- vices, ask the eventual return of the island of Rhodes in the Aegean sea, which has been under Itallan sov- ereignty since 1023, Eden is a firm in the League of Nations and, though he is moving with caution, is determined to bring Italy te terms through the sane- tions provided the other members of the league give the necessary support. The British government certainly doesn't want war with Italy, but it Is fast preparing for armed conflict If that shall prove to be unavoidable, That Mussolini, too, is getting ready for extreme eventualities was evi believer mas leaves of all officers and men of the army. The the return to 000 army men demobilized ber in order that they needed work en their Italian press ceased its Great Britain, and this was taken tc mean that some peace move Was on foot or that Mussolini bad said his last word in that way and that he and his government were prepared to meet their fate. In Nome the hope Is still entertained that Laval will not go all the way with Britain In the policy of extreme sanctions. The French them- selves hope that the advent of the wet season Im Ethiopia will balt the Ital- lans there before it is pecessary to impose the final penalties decreed by the league. Egypt's cabinet was taking steps to protect the Libyan frontier against invasion by the Italians. The Egyp- tian leaders are urging the speedy con- clusion of a treaty with Great Britain that will give the Egyptians the rights they claim, remove their re- sentment against England and enable them to line up with the British if war with Italy comes, game orders directed their units of the 100. in Novem- ight do the farms. The attacks on m UTER Mongolia is aroused by threats of Invasion by the Jap- anese troops and their puppets, the Manchukuoans. Already the border bas been crossed by the latter and five Mongol guards killed and eleven car. ried off by the raiders. The Mongol government has filed a strong protest, demanding an apology and the return of the captives, Most of this news comes from Moscow and naturally the Russian Soviet government is deeply interested, for this and similar inci dents may bring on the long expected war between Russia and Japan. The Japanese authorities in Tokyo Jet it be known that they are prepar- ing, through the autonomy govern ment in North China and hoped for eo- operation by Chiang Kalshek, Chi. nese dictator, to combat the spread of govietism in China. In line with this is the proclamation of Prince Teh, Mongolian ruler, declaring the inde. pendence of the western part of In- per Mongolia, a vast territory with a population of two million pastoralists and rich mineral resources, Chinese students continued thelr riotous demonstrations against North China autonomy, demanding that it be stopped by armed force, In Shang. hal thousands of them took possession of the railway terminal, demanding free transportation to Nanking to pre. sent their protests te the central gov ernment. Chiang Kal-shek invited their leaders to confer with him on January 15. The tenseness in China was In creased by the assassination in Shang. hal of Tang Yu-Jen, vice minister of railways and known as pro-lapanese, This and other antl-Japanese demon strations led to the declaring of mar tial law In Shanghal and Nanking. IBERTY league has put out a 12.point program which It thinks the Incoming congeees ghould follow for the sake of the country.. It is de- signed “to put the government's house in order.” In Its statement the league accuses the New Deal of “doing violence” to the Constitution and charges the Roosevelt administration with “gigan- tic waste” In handling rellef funds, “promoting pet theories of monetary cranks,” responding to “socialistic in- fluences” In competing with private in- dustry, and capitalizing on the na- tion's emergency to make centraliza- tion of power In the federal govern- ment a permanent policy. Continued deficit financing will de- stroy government credit and may lead to chaos and dictatorship, the league warned in demanding a balanced bud- get and repeal of tax laws almed at “redistribution of wealth” Emphasizing adherence te the Con- stitution will be the vital issue In next year's election campaign, the league called upon congress te defeat two “threatened” amendments which would bring about “a virtual change In our form of government.” These proposals would create an “unhampered dicta- torship,” the league declared, by ex- tending federal authority “to permit complete regimentation of Industry afid agriculture” and by taking away the Supreme court's power to declare laws unconstitutional. ENATOR THOMAS D, SCHALL of Minnesota, who was struck by an sutomobile as he was being conducted across the highway near his residence in Maryland, sue cumbed to his injuries, The blind statesman had been one of the bitterest opponents of the New Deal and President Roosevelt He had started his campaign for re-elec tion, and Gov. Floyd Olsen of Minnesota had announced he also would seek the noemination for Schall's seat, The goverpor sald after the senator's death that he would soon appoint his successor; that he had neo intention of resigning i148 order to be himsell named to fil Schall's place, Mr. Schall, who was born in 1878 in Michigan, Jost his sight io an accl- dent gfter he had been law in Minne#®ta four years RESIDENT ROOSEVELT clared himself satisfied with the progress made by Harold Ickes and Harry Hopkins in carrying out the re- lief program. He said that the Works Progress administration had come within 20008 of reaching its goal of 3500000 men at work, and that 77 per cent of public werks projects were un- der way. By January 15, he predicted, PWA will be functioning 100 per cent. Mr. Roosevelt repeated that the gov ernment assumed no responsibility for those not hired under the program. He had asked congress for four bil lions last January, he sald, based upon an estimate that there were 3.500.000 needy men whe could work, He got the four billions and the 3.500000 have been put te work, he said. The re maining unemployed must be cared for by “states, municipalities, counties, and private charity,” he added. When reporters sald that some es timates placed the total of unemployed at 11000000, the President held that it was often difficult to say whether a person should be classed as unem- ployed. He cited the case of people who have resources, but desire part. time employment for supplemental In- come, He also said, In discussing unem- ployment further, that 5000000 per- sons had found employment since the spring of 1983 In Industries which re- port such statistics. Senator Schall de- NEXPECTEDLY early decision as to the validity of the Guffey coal act was assured when the Supreme court agreed to pass on the constitu- tionality of the law without waiting for a ruling by the Federal Court of Appeals, Both the government and Kentucky soft coal producers had asked the Supreme court for this “short cut.” EPEATED threats of kidnaplog and even murder for their little son have driven Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh from the United States, They have sailed with their boy, Jon, for England, and plan to establish a residence there, though they will not give up their American citizenship. Where they will live has not been re- vealed to even their closest friends, It is believed the colonel will not sever his relations with the two alr trans port companies for which he Is a tech. nieal adviser, ARVARD university received a handsome Christmas present from Thomas W. Lamont, one of the part: ners in J. P. Morgan & Co. It was £500,000 for the establishment of a new chair in political economy, one of the “roving” professorships to be created by gifts from alumni In recognition of the university's three-hundredth snail versary that comes In 1936, HEN the Supreme court passes | on the constitutionality of the | Tennessee Valley act, its opinion will | i not be unanimous, is the prediction of those who were present during the | oral arguments, The case was taken | up to the highest tribunal by fourteen | preferred stockholders of the Alabama | Power company. i During arguments by Forney John: | son, Birmingham, Ala., attorney for the stockholders, and by John Lord | O'Brian, New York attorney, for TVA, | justices shot many questions at the | lawyers. Justice McReynolds, known as a “conservative,” appeared to challenge the TVA lawyer to defend the right er produced.by. Wilson dam at Muscle Shoals, On the other hand, Justices Bran dels and Stone, who are known as “lib erals,” inquired into the right of minor. ity stockholders of the Alabama Power company to bring the sult which led. to the Supreme court test. The stock holders sought to enjoin performance of a contract under which the com: pany was to sell lines to TVA for transmission of power, FEDERAL Judge Merrill E. Otis at Kansas City has held unconstitu- tional the Wagner labor dispute act which gives employees the right to or- ganize and bargain collectively. The judge granted the Majestic Flour mills of Aurora, Mo., a temporary injunction against a National Labor board com- plaint which cited it for alleged refusal to bargain concerning a wage and bour agreement with a union of its em- ployees, WO grand juries, a house commit- tee and an army court martial have been investigating lobbying at the War department for two years, The climax came with the indictment in Washing- ton of a dismissed army officer, a for- mer member of congress, and two al leged lobbyists on charges of conspir- acy to defraud the government, Those named were former Brig. Gen. Alexander E. Williams, one time acting quartermaster general of the army, who was convicted by a military court last spring of accepting an improper loan and ordered dismissed from the service; Thomas Jefferson Ryan, law- yer and former representative from New York, and the well known Silver. man brothers, Joseph, Jr, and Nathan, surplus army goods dealers. The four men were charged with conspiring to prevent the house mill tary affairs committee from question. ing Frank E. Speicher, “mystery wit ness” of the long inquiry by hiding him ont In New York city while federal agents were hunting him throughout the nation. OVERNMENT swnership of Amer fea’'s rallroads 1s the objective in a campaign which has been started by the Railway Labor Executives’ as Describing the carriers as “chips in a financial poker game.” the in a circular to members of congress, ask for government own ership as “the only way out of the morass in which the roads have been placed by the bankers.” The financial practices, the circular sald, “endanger the equities in the roads of insurance companies, educa institutions, mutual savings banks, philanthropic institutions, and ast but not least, the individual In vestor who, In many instances, has his all In the securities of rallroads, FF WISCONSIN Republicans wish to make [enator Borah their candidate for the Presidential nomination, it Is State Senator P. E Nelson of Maple, Wis, and former State Sen ato: Bernhard Gettel man of Milwaukee called on Mr. in Washington asked permission circulate granted, Bons and tion representing the lberal forces In with them.” ment: devote my efforts district the liberal forces think that it will help the liberal cause to pledge with that plan. If, however, to some other liberal, I shall co-operate | just as fully. In other words, inflex- ible as to the objective, flexible as to | the tactics. “As | see the political situation In | this country, a man would be seeking political immolation to take a nomina. tion upon any other than a liberal plat. form. So the first thing to do is to get | a convention committed to liberal prin. | ciples. So far as my efforts count, | | am not going to permit personal mat. | ters, either my own or those of others, | to interfere with the main purpose.” ONTRACTS have been awarded for 108 new bombing planes for the army alr corps. The Douglas Alreraft company, Ine, of Santa Monica, Calif, was given an order for 90 all-metal, low wing, twinengined monoplanes, costing a total of $6,408,000, Thirteen giant four-motored “sky cruisers” were bought from the Boeing company of Seattle, Wash. The price for the Boeing eraft was not given is the announcement by Harry H. Wood ring, assistant secretary of war, Old Br'er *Coon Is a Wise One; TCH . . How joyfully a baby cries, “Good Could Be Chosen National Animal by”; but as It grows up it has te learn to get over showing its de- “If we were to adopt a national animal, just as we have adopted ight. ' ties, He gives the following expla- = the eagle as the national bird, what better could we find than the rac- nation for this characteristic: . ALWAYS CROSS PRAISES CHANGE coon?’ asks Leon FF, Whitney in the “Probably this development has i! come about through its tree climb- Journal of Mammalogy. Whitney favors the raccoon because it ranks ing propensities, Idving high up a tree where the wind roars and the thunder is louder, possibly a rae- coon would need to be less sensl- tive to noise, and less wary for sound warnings. But he would need to be extremely sensitive to warnings through the sense of touch, and he is. If an enemy at- tempted to climb a tree in which he was living the facts must needs be transmitted to him; hence his de velopment of this extraordinary power. Sometimes when hunting, my dogs have treed 4 raccoon in a tree too large to climb, gnd it seems impossible to induce him to look down at the flashlights so that his eyes may be seen and the hunter may know where to sheot. When an incident of this kind occurs, the hunters pound on the tree trunk with a rock. This will almost al-| ways arouse the animal's curiosity | and he will look to see what Is! end has proved its abllity to sur- vive where many other animals have succumbed, Because the raccoon Is nocturnal, our animsls, says Whitney. The common belief that the raccoon washes all of its food is diaccunted him, “This observation has been made on raccoons in captivity and not In their natural state,” he says. Raccoons are popularly belleved to hibernate all during the winter, but this is not always true, says Whitney, He calls the matter a relative one, for a cold snap which will drive a "coon to his den in the fall may be not cold enough to keep him inside in the winter. “In December, the raccoons will be found out on nights which may be as cold as 20 degrees, and when the temperature drops to 12 or 15, the raccoons will not be out,” he says. “But temperatures which will make them go to their dens and go there during the early part of the | fall, will not trouble them at all in the latter part of the fall. It seems | sroalined “street” which marks the | to be an entirely relative matter, | a.,,r of Bryce Canyon Nationa) park, and the same condition applies| , gouthern Utah. 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