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FASCIST EDITORS
ASKED TO STOP
CESSATION LEAVES FIELD OPEN j
FOR DIPLOMATIC NEGO
TIATIONS
ROME, June 1, (/P)—Prospects of;
a settlement of difficulties be-1
tween the Vatican and the Italian j
government emerged from the:
conferences of the Pope and Mus-!
solini. J
The two held a meeting with I
advisers and after the meeting j
24 cardinals of Curia directed the j
editor of the newspaper Asserva
tore Romano, to discontinue it’s!
editorial attacks on Fascist stu- j
dents who participated in the j
anti-Catholic demonstrations.
The premier passed the word
that Fascist editors must cease,
their anti-Catholic campaigns fori
the time being leaving the field
open for diplomatic negotiatoins. j
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NEW YORK, June 1. (VP> — South
America’s economic ills were blam -
ed on the practise of carrying all
their eggs in one basket by Dr. Ed
win Kemmerer, who has served as
financial adviser to several Latin
America republics. They are too de
pendent upon export trade in one
or two commodities, he said.
As a result he said that “In
times of depression when this trade
falls of they are unable to finance
the huge projects which they had
started with money borrowed in
the United States in times of pros
perity.”
Don Manuel Malbran, ambassa
dor from Argentina to the United
States severly arraigned the United
State's tariffs as discriminatory and
threatened high tariff walls in his
country as a reprisal.
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BFiTEN QUARTER FINALS
PARIS, June 1, (IP) —J. Van Ryn
and Helen Jacobs, two of America’s
ranking tennis players were elim
inated in the quarter finals of the
singles competition in the French
hard courts championships.
Van Ryn was beaten by Jiro
Satoh, Japanese Davis Cup play-;
er, and Miss Jacobs was a victim,
of Betty Nuthall, leading star ofj
England.
C. Lott did not play. He is to j
meet Perry Hughes next and if j
successful in securing a win over j
him will play Boussus, of France, in;
'he semi-finals. j
OPPOSE INCREASE
WASHINGTON, J!une 1. (A5) —
A resolution opposing increases in
railway freight rates and discrim
inatory sailes tax legislation was
adopted at the closing session of
the convention of the Retail Dry
Goods Association.
FAMOUS WOMAN DIES
NEWPORT, Rhode Island, June
1. (/P)—Mrs. Linda Marquand Terry,
80 years of age, died at her home.
She was the wife of Rev. Roderick
Terry and a daughter of th late H.
Marquand, former president of the
Metropolitan Museum of New York
City.
TWESTY DEATHS ON
MEMORIAL DAY, COAST
SEATTLE. June 1, (^—Califor
nia, Oregon and Washington count
ed 20 and possibly 21 deaths and
14 seriously injured in Memorial
Day weekend activities.
Ten deaths were the result of
auto, streetcar and motor cycle
accidents, five and possibly six
from drowning.
BABY FELL 001
DEEP WELL, SAVED
MILWAUKEE, June 1, (/P)—Sav
ed from a 24 foot concrete walled
well, only a foot in diameter, two
year old Jane Fonder was recov
ering from injuries suffered in
her fall and the shock of her im
prisonment of two hours.
A crowd of 1,500 cheered as
the child was brought to the sur
face by the use of ingenious hooks
slipped under her arms.
PLOTTED ASSASINATION
ROME, June 1. (/P) — A natural
ized American citizen, Michele
Schirru, was sentenced to death by
shooting in the back for plotting
the assasination of Premier Musso
lini.
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DECIDES TO STAY
PARIS, June 1. (/P)—Foreign
Minister Aristide Briand withdrew
his resignation and said he would
remain in the French cabinet.
COMMITTS SUICIDE
NEW YORK, June 1. (JP> —Gus
tave Tuska, consulting engineerand
a former Columbia university pro
fessor killed himself at his Park
Avenue home. Tuska, a retired army
officer had been ill for three years.
RINGS ARE STOLEN
ATLANTIC CITY, June 1. (IP) —
Mrs. Morgan Larson, wife of the
governor of New Jersey reported to
the police her wedding and engage
ment rings valud at $3,000 were
taken from the room in a hotel
where she was stoppiig.
TO REMAIN ALOOF
PARIS .June 1, (&) — France will
take no part in the forthcoming
conference between Prime Minis
ter Macdonald of Britain and
Chancellor Bruening and Foreign
Minister Curtius of Germany on
international subjects a govern
ment announcement said.
DROPPED FROM SQUAD
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June
1. (/P)—Two varsity Yale rowers, Ly
man Goodbody, of Toledo, and Sam
Childes, of Denver, Colorado, were
dropped from the crew fr smoking
while in training;. Ten other mem
bers of the squad received similar
punishment.
! COMMISSIONED
! SUGGESTS MEET
DECISION ON FUTURE REGULA
TIONS DEEERRED TULL A
LATER MEETING
I
i Otaawa, June 1, (A5)—A decision
I to invite the various branches of
!the Pacific coast halibut industry
: to appoint representatives to a
i conference board was reached when
; the International Fisheries Com
i mission met here Thursday.
I The prposed conference board
! would enable the fishermen and
| vessel owners to keep informed as
• to activities of the commission
! and permit discussion with the com
missioners relative to the facts and
! reasoning upon which proposed re
gulations are based.
Questions touching on future re
; gulations were considered by the
I commissioners but decisions were
; deferred until a meeting which will
! be held later in the year after an
' opportunity has been given the
'halibut industry for an expression
; of its views.
FEMALE “BLUEBEARD” POISON
ED HUSBANDS FOR INSUR
ANCE, SAID
CHICAGO, June 1, (/P)— The
deaths of the five known hus
bands of Mrs. Margaret Summers,
as well as those of 14 other per
j sons, are under investigation in
' connection with the poison mur
1 del* charges made against the
j woman.
Coroner Herman Bundeson said
the inquiry is being carried back
over a period of 25 years as the
result of information supplied
concerning Stanley Jones and
James Lyncy, 1 two of her hus
bands whose deaths antedated
those of the other three.
Investigators are trying to learn
whether she insured these men
as she did the others, James
Fairfax, Stanley Korzen and
Thomas Summers.
She is charged with murder in
connection with the Summers,
Thomas Reeves, a nephew. Thos.
Lanagan, William Reenan deaths,
on which she had insurance.
GENERAL AND ADMIRAL
LONDON, June 1. (/P) — The
Prince of Wales played the part of
both a genera land admiral in the
golf matches with representatives
of His Majesty’s army and navy. As
Admiral he lost to General. The
decision was reversed when he
turned to General.
IMPROVEMENT NOTED
WASHINGTON. Jjune 1. (/P) —
Slight and gradual improvement in
the employment conditions in the
United States was shown in re
ports of Secretary of Labor Doak
and President Green, of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor.
PASSES BILLION MARK
WASHINGTON, June 1. (JP) —
Deficit of the United States Trea
sury passed the 1,000,000,000 mark.
Officials are working out a financ
ing plan and a long term bond
issue is practically assured.
11 ON GHENT
ODIDCE IS STARTED
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1. (/P) —
Acutal work on the $75,000,000 San
Francisco-Oakland bay bridge pro
ject will be begun this week.
State Highway Engineer Charles
H. Purcell, in charge of the work,
has startd engineers on the com
pletion of the Verba Buena Islanc
I survey. Data and a final report
I was transmitted to the War De
partment.
Ml SHUTTERS
ILL PAST TRADITIONS
NEW YORK, June 1, (£>) —Un
able to drop her anchor because of
a broken steampipe .to a forward
winch the Steamer Berengaria
shattered all traditions of the port
of New York by steaming to her
i pier without the customery stop
at quarantine. Examination of the
passengers was performed on board
the ship by doctors who boarded
the vessel.
elected moderator
PITTSBURGH, June 1. (/P) — Dr.
Lewis Seymour Mudge of Philadel
' phia, was elected moderator of the
j Presbyterian church by the General
1 Assembly.
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figures decrease
LONDON, June 1, (#*) — Great
I Britain’s unemployment numbered
2,506.937 in the week ended May 18.
It was the smallest total reported
: this year.
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TO FILM LONDON ROMANCES
LONDON, June 1. (/P) — Local
newspapers said that Charlie Chap
lin had consented to direct taking
a picture under the auspices of the
British government dealing with
the romances of London.
400,000 RECEIVE AID
WASHINGTON, June 1. VP) —
The department of Agriculture has
loaned more than $47,000,000 our of
the $57,000,000 made available for
drought relief of individual farm
ers. About 400,000 farmers have re
ceived money.
OPPOSES INCREASE
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 1. VP)
—Opposition to any increase of
taxes at the next session of Con
gress was voiced by Senator Har
rison of Mississippi, the ranking
Democrat on the finance com
mittee.
LITTLE DIFFERENCE
MADRID, June 1. VP)—Going
back to monarchist days, when
| mobs met with bullets, the Re
| publican authorities allowed the
Guardia Civil to fire into malcon
tents at San Sebastian, with the
result that five persons were
killed and 30 wounded.
ASH ABANDONS
PROJECTED FLIGHT
ACROSS PACIFIC
MOTOR FAILED TO DEVELOP
SUFFICIENT POWER LIFT
PLANE OFF GROUND
TOKYO, June 1, UP)—A Rengo
News agency dispatch from Sam
ushiro said that Aviator Ash has
abandoned his proposed flight
to Seattle from Tokyo and is re
turning here because of the fail
ure of his plane to come up to
expectations.
The message said the motor
failed to run perfectly and devel
oped power for only 1,600 revolu
tions per minute when 1,850 was
needed to rise with the heavy load
of fuel oil.
The failure of a dolly was also
listed as a factor in the decision
as well as a bent left auxiliary
wing.
The message said Ash had found
that the plane did not respond
properly to the controls.
NATIONULLir DM
PHOT, TOE OTHERS,
- KILLED IN OH
CHICAGO, June 1, (/P)—Shirley
Short, nationally known pilot, and
three members of the crew of the
“Blue Streak,” big twin-motored
experimental plane, were killed
when the ship crashed as they
attempted to better the speed rec
ord for heavily loaded planes.
The sesqui-plane of radical de
sign was owned by the Chicago
Daily News. It was carrying a
load of 2,000 kilograms.
The impact of the crash buried
the huge motors six feet in the
mud. The plane was the only
one of its kind ever built. It was
the handiwork of Guiseppe Bel
lanca who sought to construct a
ship of tremendous speed which
would weight 10 tons when fully
loaded.
Dims CDF TEAM PLATERS
SET OFF GOOD SHOT
NEW YORK, June 1. (£>)—The
United States Davis cup team got
off to a flying start in the Ameri
can zone finals when Prank Shields
and Sidney Wood won their singles
matches with Ronaldo Boyd altd
Guillermo Robson of Argentina, re
spectively.
Wood won in three straight sets.
Shields, after losing th efirst set,
3-6, allowed Robson only two games
in each of the remaining sets.
STILL ALIVE
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., June 1.
(JP)—The veteran river man, Wil
liam Hill, was removed alive from
a barrel in which he had been
caught in the Niagara whirlpool
during an attempt to shoot the
rapids. The barrel was brought
to the Canadian shore and opened
three hours after it had been set
adrift.