Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-06-09
HIGHSP0TS
in the Worlds News

If Uncle Sam can't step crime, he
plans at least to make it unprofi.-
able for the criminal. Congress new
has a proposal to levy 4 tax Of 100
per cent on all incomes CHAINED by
crime-in other words, c~9nfiscating
the proceeds of criminal activities,
whereas new all the federal govern
ment can do Is to levy its regular
taxes.
The SeaDury commission, investi-
eating affairs in New York, has
charged Mayor Walker with violat-
ing tho law erbidding a city offic-
iaI to own STICK in any company
holding a ETY. contract. 1t has shown
that in December, 1890, ne deposited
$500 werth. of coupons from bonds
Of a company that had the contract
to furnish bronze lighting standards
for Fifth avenue. the contract
amounting 10 S43,556. The commits
ion cites this and other acts as suf-
ficient cause for the mayors removal
from office.
The proposed action by congress
t. increase letter postage so per
cent has resulted in an attack on
the abuses ef the free mailing priv
ilege given to members Of congress.
1t has been found that a Virginia
cgrrgres man allowed a personal
friend in Oklahoma to mail 40, 900
can paign sneeches in that state
under his frank, but refused, after
the fact had been published in the
newspapers, to grant his second re-
quest to allsw him to mail another
10000 without postage
President Won Hindenburg Of
Germany has named Franz Won Pa
pen as chancellor to succeed Helm
rich Bruening. The new chancellor,
once a staff officer in the kaiser's
army, has been in political life for
the past ten years, a member of the
Prussian diet.
World wheat supplies are report
ed to be $4,000, 900 bushels less than
a year ago, and while the supply in
North America is $4,000, 900 bushels
greater than last year, it is estimat-
ed that this years crop of hard
winter wheat will be about 0,0O0,-
600 bushels less than it was in 1881.
June Is has been fixed as. the day
for a vote on the proposal to pay
fha roIIsa~s5 Ln,.. 40 o L;II.ou AN
ars, the former service men having
secured the signatures of 145 con
gressmen to force a vote on the bill.
Thousands of veterans have arrived
in Washington and others are en- the
way to demand favorable action BY
congress on this measure, and feed
ing and housing the visitors has be-
come a serious problem for the city
and military authorities.
A young Italian armed with two
bombs and a pistol was arrested In
tn Venezia palace in Rome just
outside the office Of Premier Muss-
olini. He confessed that he had en-
tered for the purpose Of killing the
premier and had then intended to
shoot himself.
A revolutionary government head
ed by a military junta was set up
in Chile Sunday after army support
ers Of Carlos Davila had seized the
presidential palace. No resistance
was made on behalf of President
Montero.
Edouard Herriott. new premier of
France, has made it known that it
will be the policy Of his government
to ~collaborate with other nations,
particularly the United States. IN
working out a solution of the
worlds economic problem.
County officials at SaIina, Kansas,
attached 10000 bushels of wheat
held in storage by the Grain Stabil-
ization Corporation, federal farm
board agency, in an effort to collect
1881 and 1882 taxes amounting to
$I3,140.
SIX nations have ratified the NOR
atcrium agreement which postponed
war debt payments for one year be-
ginning July /, 1881. The agreement
calls for the payment of the post
pcred sums In ter annual install
ments beginning December Is, 1888.
The nations that have signed the
approval are Austria, Greece, Ger.
many, Great Britain and Italy. Ter
mere have yet to sign.