The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-16


state-Jews, Catholics
the foreign press and
S the Stahlheim war vet
- Grams. He predicted
a"' So0oDe's these important de-
velopments:
/. Suppression of the Catholic press
and intensification Of the Nail cam
paign against all Catholic opponents
Of the third reich.
2. Nationwide dissolution of the
Stahlheim.
3. An official ban in near future on
marriages between Jews and Aryans
ENGLAND and France were still try
- ing to find the way to avert war
between Italy and Ethiopia, but Pre-
mier Mussolini of Italy was so skep-
teal that he ordered $4,000 more men
to the colors. BY the first of October
he will have about million men In
uniform. Halle Selassie, the Ethi-
opian emperor, was reported to have
sanctioned the concentration of 10000
Of his troops on Italy's east African
frontiers. The chiefs, 1t is said, are
finding 1t increasingly difficult to re-
strain their warriors from overt acts
that would surely preclpitate warfare.
A NANDA, the eleven-year-old king
of Siam, nearly lost his throne
the other day. A widespread plot was
formed under the leadership of non
commissioned officers of the regular
army to overthrow the government.
But loyalists uncovered 1t and effec-
tually smashed 1t. The plotters in
tended to seize and kill their superior
officers and GUST the regency council
that rules the country.
CUDDEN death put an end to the ca
~ reer of Nathan P. Bryan of Jack
sonville, Fla, presiding judge of the
United States Circuit Court of Appeals,
Fifth Judicial circuit. Judge Bryan,
who was sixty-three years old, was
formerly United States senator from
Florida.
Frank FL. Hitchcock, publisher Of the
Daily Citizen Of Tucson. Ariz., sue
cumbed to pneumonia after several
months Of i'll health. Prominent in
Republican party politics all his ma
ture life, Mr.. Hitchcock managed
Taft's Presidential campaign in 1908
both before and after the convention
and was postmaster general In the
Taft cabinet. For years he was ac-
lively interested in the progress OF
aviation.
TOE LOUIS, negro pugilist Of De-
- troit who hopes some day to be the
heavyweight champion of the world,
advanced another step toward that
goal by defeating king" Levinsky in
the first round of a scheduled ten
round bout In Chicago. Levinsky was
knocked down four times in little more
than two minutes, and the referee
then gave the fight to Joe on a tech
meal knockout. Louis and Max Baer,
former champion, have signed for a
battle in September.
CAMUEL INSULTS annual pension
- of 1000 has been restored by
vote of the directors Of the Chicago
utility companies which he formerly
headed, and he also receives about
$33,250 to cover payments accruing
since the beginning of last year when
payments were suspended by the COM
panies. insult previously announced
he had made no effort to regain his
pensions. Agitation to restore the
payments was begun after insult had
been freed in the federal and state
courts of all criminal charges growing
out of his management Of his former
properties.
VXTAGE cuts decreed by the French
wv government led to strikes and
violent demonstrations. Especially riot
Gus were naval shipyards workers a.
Brest, steamship employees at various
ports and bus and gas plant workers
in Paris. The sailing of several large
liners was delayed. Finally the gov
eminent issued new DEGREES lowering
the cost of living. and the strikers were
somewhat Modified. The Communists
we're blamed for the violence.
n Yearly $S.O00,O00-$7, $4,000, to
~ be exact-has been allotted from
the works-relief funds by President
Roosevelt for a census Of American
business. The census bureau asked
and received this after 1t had been
allotted $20S.000 for a survey Of retail
trade. The business work Is to be-
gin at once, and the canvass will
start on January 2.