The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-08-08

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by her and the President for the chill
W completed on Massachusetts avenue,
uilt on the west side of New York city.
Chicago reporter. 1t was asserted
Buckley had been the intimate friend
of underworld characters. and the
Detroit police said they had in their
possession an affidavit purporting to
show that he had been extorting
money from bootleggers.
DETER A. ROGDANOv, the Russian
who heads the board of directors
of the Amtorg Trading corporation.
which is the official buying agency for
the Soviet government in the United
States, is much peeved. Grover
Whalen, Matthew VOL and others
told the congressional committee in
vestfgating Communist activities that
Amtorg has been using it's powers for
propaganda against our government.
and he says unless the charges are
Thoroughly investigated and found
baseleSs," the continuance of Soviet
American trade will be an almost
impossible task" This was under
stood as plain threat that govern
mental interference with Amtorg will
be resented to the tune of more than
S1OO,OOO,OOO a year-the amount of
Russian imports from America the
company controls, and can withdraw.
The committee obtained from Bog
danov admissions that the Amtorg, a
million dollar concern Incorporated in
New York state, is owned by the
Soviet bank of foreign trade. which in
turn is controlled by the Soviet gov
eminent, and that high Communist
officials have been sent here to head
it, and only two naturalized Russians
are among its directors. Amtorg has
been extended credit of $SO,O00,O0O by
. banks in this country.
CLAUDIUS HUSTON, after confer
~ ring with President Hoover, an
nounced that he would resign as chair
man of the Republican national COM
mittee on August Z. This greatly re-
lieved the leaders of the party, who
had insisted on Mr.. Huston's retire
ment because of revelations made be-
fore the senate lobby committee.
EMOCRATS Of Iowa in state con-
- vention adopted plank in their
platform calling for "a reasonable
definition" of what constitutes intox-
icating liquor and advocating a ma
tion-wide referendum on prohibition
The reason for this stand, the resolu-
tion says. is the nationwide scandal"
brought about by dry law enforcement
methods. In this way the Democrats
accepted the challenge of the Repub-
lican state convention. which voted
down resolution urging modification
of the prohibition law.
Y IOTING by the Egyptian Wafd-
~ lists was renewed last week in
Cairo and Port Said. and there were
number of deaths In the battles with
the police and troops. Up to date the
British had not INTERVIEWED.
Miriam Pasha, Egyptian finance
minister. declared before the inter-
parliamentary congress in session in
London that in Egypt today a strug-
gle is going on between brutal au-
tocracy and democracy, and that in
nOcent blood is being shed. For the
fourth time in five years. he said. the
Egyptian parliament has been sus-
pended and the people goaded beyond
endurance.
= LEM Fl. CURTISS, a distin-
~ guished pioneer in aviation, died
suddenly in Buffalo hospital ut the
age of fifty-two years. He was oper-
ated on recently for appendicitis and
was thought to be well on the road to
recovery. Mr.. Curtiss was one of the
foremost aviation experimenters and
was ranked next to the Wright broth
ers. He retired from active business
shortly after the World war, retain
ing directorships in several companies
that bear his name.
Another well-known American who
passed away was James Eads How,
millionaire hobo" who during his life
had spent large fortune in trying to
help the hoboes, denying himself even
sufficient food and clothing and other
necessities of life. He died in hos
pital at Staunton. Va.
Harry S. Black. chairman of the
United States Realty and Improve
ment corporation and known as the
moving spirit in the modern growth
of New York city and the construction
of many of its greatest buildings,
committed suicide by shooting AT his
country home at Lloyd Harbor. Long
Island. He had been in poor health
for a long time.
&C. 1880. Western Newspaper UniOn.l