— "By EDWARD W. PICKARD WHILE relentless heat drove the nation’s farm losses from drouth toward the $300,000,000 mark and sent grain prices soar- ing, long needed rains in scat- tered regions of the drouth belt brought temporary relief. In sec- tions of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Ohio, which faced the prospect of the disaster already confronting the Northwest, the rains were a God- send to sun-parched corn fields, pastures, and crops of spring wheat. Rains in the Northwest re- vived portions of North and South Dakota, Montana and Nebraska. But a heat wave lasting nearly a week had brought temperatures ranging from 90 to 114 in the Great Plains territory. Twenty-three states, eight of them in the South, were listed as suffering in some degree from the drouth, Ten of them-—North and South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Minnesota, Missouri, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Virginia and South Car- olina—were already in a critical stage. Five others — Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina and West Virginia—were borderline cases. Eight others where the full severity of the drouth had not yet been felt were: Nebraska, Wiscon- sin, lowa, Michigan, Illinois, Kan- sas, Indiana and Ohio. With the full extent of the dam- age in the ‘dust bowl” area of the Northwest not yet known, the fed- eral government made plans to deal with a long-range disaster. President Roosevelt, taking person- al command of the relief program in Washington, announced that he would make a personal tour of the drouth-stricken areas within the next few weeks, a comprehensive plan whereby 170,000 out of 204,000 farm families impoverished by the drouth in the Northwest would be given immedi- ate cash assistance. He declared that he will make his trip after the relief program has had an opportu- nity to get under way, to see for himself exactly how much damage was caused by the drouth and whether financially-ruined families are receiving the proper assistance. He said that 50,000 farmers were being given jobs immediately on WPA projects at an average wage of $15 per week, carrying out use- ful work—digging wells, construct- ing earth dams to old any rains which may fall in the near future and building farm-to-market roads. A livestock program is under way which would call for the movement of cattle from the arid sections as a private enterprise, to protect the foundation herds of the livestock growers. OMANCE outmaneuvered diplo- macy in the life of Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, American minis- ter to Denmark and former ges member of con- EB gress. The engage- ment of the daugh- ter of William Jen- nings Bryan to Cap- tain Boerge Rohde, an officer of the Danish army, was announced in Den- mark by the lat- ter’'s mother. Cap- ; tain Rohde is a member of King Ruth Biya Christian's personal i bodyguard. Captain Rohde arrived in Amer- ica on the liner Drottningholm a day or two after his fiancee had reached the country. They were married at an estate on Long Island. In political circles the opinion was expressed that Mrs. Owen will probably resign her diplomatic post in a short time. While there are no formal regulations which com- pel an American woman minister to resign when she weds, it has been customary for women in mi- nor positions in the American for- eign service to retire when they marry. i i {GOVERNOR Alf M. Landon re- turned to Topeka, Kas., after a vacation in the Colorado moun- tains, for the reconvening of the state legislature and to prepare for the acceptance speech he will deliver at the Republican notifica- tion ceremonies July 23. The Republican presidential nom- inee appeared before a joint ses- sion of the legislature and urged passage of amendments to the state constitution to provide adequate so- cial security measures. Governor Landon declared that care of the needy aged and others suff misfortunes is a “public obliga- tion.” Following his address, the Kan- sas senate adopted a constitutional amendment by a vote of 35 to 1, empowering the legislature to en- act a uniform system of direct aid for needy aged persons, indigent infirm persons and others suffering misfortunes which give them a claim on society for aid. It like- wise passed by a unanimous vote another proposed constitutional amendment authorizing the state to levy taxes on employers and em- ployees for systems of old age pen- sions and unemployment insurance to which the beneficiary must con- tribute. Meanwhile, Governor Landon opened a series of major confer- ences with farm leaders for the purpose of drafting a farm relief program for inclusion in his ac- ceptance speech. He conferred with former Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, and former Senator Otis F. Glenn, Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas, Representative Clifford Hope of Kansas and R. K. Lauben- gayer, a Kansas farm publisher, AS THE long-awaited campaign to unionize the nation's steel industry was under way, one of the most serious crises in the history of movement when strife out between Wil- liam Green, presi- dent of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor and John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America : 4 and head of the » Committee for In- William dustrial Organiza- Green tion, who has pro- moted the unionization drive in the steel industry. Meeting in Washington, the exec- utive council of the American Fed- eration of Labor considered the matter of suspending eight national and international unions on the ground that these eight union. have begun the formation of a rival, or duel labor federation. John L. Lewis announced that he would not respond to a summons of the executive council to answer charges that he had violated the federation’s policy by trying to or- ganize 500,000 steel workers into broke into several unions crafts. Should the rift widen and a break occur, observers believe it at a critical time. Denouncing the action of clared: “It is sincerely to be regretted that the committee for of the American Federation of La- bor to inaugurate an campaign in the steel industry.” Back of the collision over the at- tempted unionization of the steel industry are two contending schools of thought over the future of or- ganized labor in America. One is that sponsored by Mr. Green which rose to power on a policy of trained craftsmen, trained by crafts The other is championed by John L. Lewis who visions a powerful labor machine organized regardless of crafts, which includes the semi- skilled and unskilled workers as well as the trained craftsmen. EFYING the threats of Com- munist members of the cham- ber of deputies, the French gov- ernment decided to use armed force ‘‘with care” to oust French strikers who refuse to evacuate their places of business. The announcement of this new policy was made by Minister of the Interior Roger Salengro, fol- lowing the outbreak of fresh ‘‘fold- ed arm’ strikes in Paris and the provinces. It war estimated that 80,000 workers were still on strike in various industries throughout Frances ENATOR William E. Borah, about whose future political plans considerable doubt exist. ed, formally announced that he would be a candi- date for re-election to the senate. Several days be- fore making his an- nouncement the Idaho statesman had pledged alle giance to the Re- publican ticket and platform, thus re- moving the ex- pressed doubts of many political lead. vorably on both the Republican and Democratic platforms, praising both for the stand they had taken on the question of monopolies. The seventy-one-year-old senator in clarifying his position on the Re- publican platform said: “1 have no intention of bolting the ticket, . “I am supporting the platform and I h been supportirg the orm Toon i baappork re * Virginia, leave of absence without pay from August 1 to November 5, the day after the presidential elections. Thus Mr, Farley will be freed from official duties to devote him- self during the next three months to the direction of the President's campaign for re-election. The an- prise to those in informed political circles in Washington, but it had been rumored in some quarters that Mr. Farley would resign his tional committee. Mr. Farley announced that Rep- cratic speakers’ bureau. swing by Labor Day. of Shenandoah National Park, to Monticello, Jefferson and to Williamsburg, capi- tal of the Old Dominion from 1699 to 1779. In an address at Jeffer- son’s home, the President called on the nation to rekindle the ‘sacred fire” of *“‘true freedom’ which had can history. He declared the pres- ent emergency required the same leadership as that displayed by Thomas Jefferson. UTTING a big cake to celebrate his ninety-seventh birthday, John D. Rockefeller predicted that he would live to be one hundred. Despite temperature of 92 in the shade, the famous nonagenarian donned a sun helmet and went out- doors on his summer estate near Lakewood, N. J. The multimillionaire oil man and philanthropist did not let the cele- bration of his birthday interfere with his daily nap or his daily aft- ernoon automobile ride. Mr. Rockefeller long since has given up all forms of athletic activ- ities, including golf, formerly his favorite pastime. A few years ago he was down to a few holes of golf a day, but now he has given it up entirely. It has been his custom to spend his winters at Ormond Beach, Fla., and his summers ei- ther at Lakewood or at his other estate at Pocantico Hills near Tar- rytown, N. Y. —— V AR-WORRIED Europe shifted its anxiety from the Italo Ethiopian sanctions problem to the newer and baffling question of what ce to do about the Free City of Danzig now seeking to free itself from the bonds of the League of Na- tions, The league dis- posed of the sanc- tions problem by voting to abolish them, thus to all ] practical intents and purposes removing Adolf Hitler Ethiopia from the family of sovereign states. Appear- ing personally before the league as- sembly, the refugee emperor, Haile Selassie, made a last moving bid for Ethiopia's freedom. The “king of kings” denounced France and Great Britain without mentioning their names. To the generally expressed desire to re- form the league, he said the weak- itself, but a lack of international voted down. join his loyal tribesmen and fight for Ethiopian independence. city now surrounded by Polish ter- ritory commissioner for the port. Observers were of the opinion that Greiser was acting under or- ders from Chancellor Hitler. In view of Germany's expansionist program and its rearmament, they feel that Danzig will be the next Nazi objective now that the Rhine- land is remilitarized. By the elim- ination of Commissioner Lester or by the curtailment of his authority over the international affairs of the city, it is believed the Nazi would be in a position to crush the opposi- tion party and pave the way for an- nexation of Danzig by Germany. TOLL of 346 lives was exacted in the celebration of the Fourth of July throughout the United Bl. crackers played cannon pare nose Dut the A lost in accidents due crackers. 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