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(C0nClnued from rage ~
tain Eden arose to make his
eagerly awaited statement. His
usually calm and unruffled de.
meanor itself was shed when
constant interruptions from oppo-
sition benches compelled him to
cry:
'The honorable members
cheap gibeS are not appropriate
to this OCCASION"
The cheap gibes" referred to
were repeated shouts of coward
and "traitor"-termS literally
used by the opposition in recent
days to condemn the govern
ment's tactics in abandoning the
hopeless task of attempting to
punish Italy for her forcetul
colonial expansion.
Stays With League
There also were more gentle.
manly cries of stand firm" as
Eden arose. He prefaced his re-
marks with the declaration that
up to now the government has
taken a full part in collective
action" and will continue the
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SANCTIONS AGAINST ITALY DROPPED

practice, as collective action re
mains it's aim. He declared:
I'VE will continue to take our
full share in any decision which
the League of Nations in its as
sembly takes at the end Of this
month. We are not the League,
we are q member of the League.
We will act fully and Loyalty in
line with any action which the
assembly of so nations may de-
eide upon"
With Edcn'S statement came be
lated admission that Ethiopia as
an independent kingdom h as
ceased to exist. He said:
$50 far as 1 am aware, no
Abysinian government survives
in any part Of the emperor's
territory"
The only reason for continuing
sanctions, he added, would be "fol
restoration of AbysSinia'S position
which has been destroyed" He
concluded:
"Since that restoration can.
not be effected except by mill
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tary action, the purpose does not
in fact exist"
There were loud cries of
shame" as Eden sat down and
not a few members shouted for
him to resign. The Government
benches made a deSultory effort
to drown them out but failed.
Then came Britain'S admission
Of the necessity of accepting
MuSsolini's conquest as an un-
changeable fait accompli. These
were his words:
"After mature consideration
on the advice which / as for
eign secretary thought it my
duty to give, His MajeSty's gov
ernment has come to the con-
cluSiOn there is no longer any
utility in continuing these meas
ureS as a means of pressure
on Italy,"
Captain Eden said there were
many occasions when the British
government gave the lead to the
League, adding that now the
League is "perplexed" Britain
would again do so.
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Farley Won't Concede
ANY State as Loss

NEW YORK, June 1S. Q.NS),
James A. Farley, veteran Demo
cratic national chairman, laughed
deriSively today at the challenge Of
John Hamilton, the new and ag-
gresSive chairman of the Repub.
lican National Committee, that he
pick six States he thinks President
Roosevelt will carry. Farley said:
"Mr. HamiltOn'S statement is
ridiculous on the face of it,
Would he select six States? A
broad grin spread across Farley's
face and he shook his head. No,
he wasn't engaging in any "gueSS
ing contests" He declared EN-
phatically:
81 haven't conceded losing any
State"
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DRAFT
REFORMS TO
ENDSTRIKE
WaIkout of Workers
CripPIes American
Hospital in Paris

PARIS, June 18 G.N.S0-A
series of sweeping reforms almost
revolutionary in character were
approved at a cabinet council to-
day as the new Socialist govern
ment acted speedily to end the
grave national industrial crisis
crippling the country.
The cabinet acted as the strikes
spread to the American hospital
in Paris, paralyzing operation of
the institution and keeping pa
tientS and nurses on minimum
food rationS.
Reforms Are Listed
The reforms included:
/. Modification of the statutes
of the Bank of France to give
labor strong representation on
the controlling board of regents.
2. Dissolution of certain asso-
Citations under the law of Janu-
ary 10 forbidding semi-military
formations and private militia.
It was understood Frances
leading rightist organizations,
Fascist and Royalist, would be
dissolved.
3. Measures to defend the
franc, suppress frauds, and
modify the Bank of France
operations.
4. Measures for the national
ization of war industries.
Under the reforms labor will
be represented for the first time
on the regents council of the
Bank of France. The regents
will include representatives OF
labor unions, labor federations
and employers associations.
To Explain Measures
Minister of Finance Vincent
Auriol will explain the new meas
ureS in the Chamber of Deputies
tomorrow. The reforms today
were described as guaranteeing
representation of national eco
nomic interests in the Bank OF
France"
The DEGREES diSSolving the right
est organizations were proposed
by Roger Salengro, minister of the
interior. It was understood the
groups affected would be the
Franchises, the Solidarite Fran
caise, the Croix de Feu and the
JeuneSSe PatrioteS.
Col. Francois de La ROGUE
leader Of the CroiX de Feu
Frances great Fascist league and
probably the most vociferouS OF
all groups affected, declined to
comment on the move before
reading the full official text OF
the new resolutions.
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OverIin Stops Jones

BALTIMORE, Md. June 18.
Ken Overlin, Richmond, Va, won
by decision over Jimmy Jones,
Baltimore, in their 10-round bout.
Norman QuarleS won over Denny
London, joey Green defeated
Lou De Marris, and Sammy Sweet
beSted Reds Transparent.
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WILL DROP QUIZ

WILL DROP QUIZ
In his statement, Mr.. Blanton
declared Spokesmen for the fed
Grafton, whom he declined to name,
earnestly requested such a question
naire be submitted to the school
officers and teachers. He said:
"If the federation will pass q
resolution stating it does not
want the information / am ask
ing for in the queStiOnnaireS,
I'll burn them up and drop the
investigation at once"
Any action taken by the Board
of Education at it's special meeting
today to discuss the QUESTIONABLE
will be referred first to the boards
attorney, Acting Corporation
Counsel Vernon West, and then
to the District Commissioners, it
was learned today.
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would be completed with a sweep
from New England down the At.
lantic Seahoard winding up in New
York City two days before election.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-05

crime in other states. Inspector
Saunders, working under Walter L.
Mclaughlin, state director of agri-
culture, and in close cooperation
with press and radio, has served as
the focal head for the campaign.
Already it is bearing fruit, for
while the decrease in crime through
out the nation generally last year
was 13 per cent, the decrease in
Illinois was 40 per cent. Especially
in the last six months has the fight
against rural crime proved to be a
victorious one for justice.
1t began in Joliet, Viii county, tUith
mass meeting in tOhich more than
1000 farmers gathered tolloUing the
murder of youthful John Bliuernicht,
tUhO tUent to Investigate suspicious
car in the neighborhood of his en-
pioyer's farm and tUas shot in cold
blood. Eugene Shiicut, the negro tOho
killed him, escaped. but tOas found
later in Tennessee, shot to death by
bullet from %.
Because Will county was the first
openly to declare war on rural
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carried in the ranks or sold by
hawkers in the crowds. This was on
the occasion of the traditional me-
mortal ceremony in Pere Lachaise
cemetery for the MarXist martyrs
of the Paris Commune in 1871.
NJ. Blum is said to be watching
closely his publicity in the United
States since his speech in which he
intimated a desire to agree with
Washington on the elimination of
war debt discussions. He is hoping
to be able to obtain loans from
New York bankers. The Johnson
law is naturally an insurmountable
obstacle to Frances obtaining any
kind of credit in America, but as
the Paris Midi pointed out Blum
went out of his way to declare that
France has not forgotten the war
debt and fully expects to bring it
up for discussion some time in the
future.
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But the very publicity, ascending
sometimes to outright ballyhoo in
the enthuSiasms of the more Wig
Orous press, which attends their
cOmings and gOings, unfortunately
overshadows another type of pub
lie enemy, who works quietly and
in most cases incOnspicuOusly, but
whose evil deeds are often of more
serious consequence than those of
his more spectacular brother in
crime.
The citizen who lives in rural
areas or on the farms often enter
tains this Rural Public Enemy No.
l in his own back yard without
knowing it. For this is the COM
mon chicken thief. He and the 9th
ers of his kind who steal horses,
cattle, and farm produce and ma
chinery are, collectively, far more
important to the farmer than all of
the bank robbers in creation.
Importance Is Unrealized.
Chicken stealing is usually re-
garded as low type of crime, per-
natrated only by the small fry, the
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-05
Socialists Gain Control or
Belgian Parliament

SOCIALISTS of Belgium, like
- those of France, won a consid-
cradle victory in the parliamentary
elections, holding a larger number
of seats than any other group.
Emile Vandervelde, their seventy
year-old leader, was thus in posi-
ton to succeed Paul Van iceland
as premier.
The new party of Rexists, whose
political emblem is cardboard
broom, symbolizing determination
to ''sweep banksters and politico-
financiers out of Office" recorded
sensational successes, winning q
seats, mainly at the expense of con-
servative Catholics.
Official standings, subject possibly
to slight revision, gave: Socialists,
70; Catholics. 63; Liberals, %; Rex
lists, 81; Flemish Nationals, 16;
Communists, 9.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-05
Russia Will Maintain Big
Far Eastern Fleet

CONVERSATIONS between Great
" Britain and Russia now going
on in London will have to do only
with naval armaments in European
waters, for the Soviet government
has announced that it cannot consid-
er limitation of its far eastern fleet
while there is nc similar agreement
binding Japan.
Speaking for the government.
Kari Radek said in the newspaper
Izvestia that the Soviet union has
been striving to conclude a sepa-
rate agreement with Japan. but thus
far the efforts have been fruitless.
Throwing the blame on the shOul.
ders of Japan, the statement said
the situation was a direct result
Of the fact Tokyo broke the Wash
ington agreement and abandoned
the London conference"
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Landon Has Large Block

COV. ALF LANDON captured
~ nearly all the New Jersey dele
gates to the national convention,
defeating Senator Borah about 4 to
1 in the popular vote. This victory
gave the Kansan a total of more
than 200 votes to start with at
Cleveland, and his manager, John
Hamilton, claimed he would have
at least 900 of the sol votes neces-
sary to nominate and would win on
the second or third ballot.
James A. Farley, postmaster gen.
eral and also Democratic national
chairman, told the Michigan Dem
Ocratic convention he believed the
Republican NPresidential nominee
will be ''the governor of a typical
prairie state" and that his election,
if he won, would be a "perilous eX-
pertinent" Farley criticized the man
he did not name as devoid of eX-
perience in national affairs, and
predicted that if he is the Repub-
lican standard bearer 'even Kan
sas" will not be in the Roosevelt
doubtful column.
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hungry hobo or the wayward. min
strel-jOke darkey. Often when the
thief is caught he is sent on his
way with a kick in the pants or is
simply given a good scare. 1t is not
unusual to find the farmer he has
attempted to burglarize protecting
him from prosecution which might
net him six months on state penal
farm, a sentence that might be re-
garded as "a little stiff for just
stealing a chicken or two.
Stiff sentence? The monetary loss
to farmers last year in one state alone
Winois-trom chicken stealing and
kindred rural crimes UdS more than
the loss OF the entire nation from bank
rOb6erieS and kidndpingS, according to
Ross c. Saunders, rural crime preUen-
ton inspector for the state agriculture
department.. From the 23l 900 farms OF
the state, says Saunders, there t0ere
stolen 100000 chickens, 10000 head
of cattle and uncounted tools and i'm.
plementS.
Other states have been subjected
to enormous losses from what seems
on the surface to be petty thievery.
A survey conducted in Indiana by
a farm magazine revealed that in
single year there were 5S0,1S5 head
of poultry stolen, 1892 hogs, 1912
head If other livestock, 1928 gal
Ions Of gasoline, 27,122 bushels of
grain. There were $40 thefts of tools
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-05
Railcar Popular in France
Copyright.-WNU Service.

The railcar, or "autOmotrice," as
it is known there, is becoming one
of the most popular means of rap
id passenger transport in France.
AT the same time great efforts are
being made to increase the speed
of these railcars. Every few weeks
new record is established. Rec
ord was attained by M. Jean Bugat-
ii, who drove a Bugatti railcar from
StrasbOurg to Paris in 3 hours 81
minutes. averaging S9.4 miles an
hour. Seventy-tive Bugatti railcars
are now running on the French rail
way system. NJ. Jean Bugatti con-
siders that railcars are useful for
rapid transit transport. - London
Sunday Observer.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-05
Municipal Bankruptcy
Act Held Invalid

1--WE justices of the United States
l. Supreme court held invalid the
municipal bankruptcy act of 1884,
declaring it to be an unwarranted
invasion of state sovereignty. Four
justices dissented, these being Chief
Justice Hughes and Justices Stone,
Brandeis and CardOzO. The major
ity opinion was written by Justice
James C. McReynOlds. The case was
brought by bOndholders of water
Improvement district in Texas.
The municipal bankruptcy act was
designed to permit cities and other
political subdivision which found
themselves in financial straits to eff
feet a composition, with the approx
al of two-thirds of the bondholders
or other creditors, whereby the in
debtedness could be readjusted,
scaled down, or, as Mr.. Justice Nc
Reynolds put it, ''repudiated."
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-05
Bonus Baby Bonds Will
Be Mailed Tune IS

On JUNE 10 the bonus baby
" bonds will be mailed to $4,000
post offices from Washington and
from the eleven federal reserve CEN
ters. Final plans for delivering the
bonds to the veterans were an
nounced by Postmaster General
Farley, who predicted that payment
on a great majority of them would
be made within one week.
Mail carriers have been given in
structions to ego out of their way
wherever necessary with a view to
effecting delivery" Farley said. The
bond packets must be delivered to
the veteran in person, and not to
another person or firm at the vet
eran's address.
"If it is impossible to locate the
veteran to whom the bonds are ad-
dressed" Farley continued, "they
will be held for 80 days at the post
office of destination before being re-
turned to the respective federal CEN
ters and thence to the Treasury de-
partment."
The bonds will be in $50 denom-
nations with accompanying checks
to cover the odd amounts. To col
lect cash, the veteran must have
his bonds certified through his local
post office.
Post offices in 241 cities have
been designated as paying centers
for their districts, and SO large city
offices have been empowered to pay
on bonds issued outside their own
districts.
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VIGIL HANTES WAR ON RURAL CRIME
Loss Farm The Is Greater Than From Bank Robberes
and kidnapping in Illinois, Organize Vigilante Corps

transporting the cattle through Hi
noiS to his farm near South Bend,
Ind. Two women saw his truck at
an oil station and the furtive man
ner of its occupants aroused sus-
piciOn. The women copied the name
and address from the side of the
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-05
Street Scenes in Siam

Street scenes in Siam present a
mixture Of Chinese and Malayan
costumes and background that COM
pose a continuous panoramic series
of intriguing pictures. The women
have a clever way of wrapping
their sarOngs so as to form trou-
sers instead of skirts. The Siamese
are a courteous and gracious peO-
pie.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-05
Norman Thomas Nominated
bv the Socialists

DOR the third time Norman Thom-
Il as is the Presidential nominee
Of the Socialist party. He was Sc
lected at the national convention in
Cleveland, Ohio, and George Nelson
Of Wisconsin was put in second
place on the ticket. There was
great demonstration after the voice
vote, but it was not joined in by
the right wing leaders from several
eastern states who were angered
by the seating of leftist delegation
from New York. The disaffected
ones threatened to form another
party. The convention fatty turned
down proposal from Earl Browder,
general secretary of the Commu-
mist party. for a united front" in
the 1886 campaign.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-05

Eastman's doings in the past, might
unite in an effort to block extension
of the office, but Eastman said he
had heard nothing substantial" on
that line.
Eastman announced last February
he would exercise his powers to
compel railroads in II cities to car
ry out terminal uniicatiOns as
economy and efficiency moves. He
withheld the orders at the sugges-
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-05

That was the con-
fdent prediction of
a political observer
who is usually well
informed and close
to sources of ma
tiOnal party news.
He declared there
was a S t e a d i | Y
growing d e m a n d
from many parts of
the Union for the
nomination of the
former governor of
TI1s
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has been popular with farmers and
whose qualities of craftsmanship
are recognized generally through
out the country. Mr.. Lowden is Wig
Drous and hale, and he is always
actively interested in the welfare
Of his state and nation, especially
In the problems of the agricultur-
lSt.
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hard time living up
to the expectations
of all the leftists,
who are making a
national hero of
him. The other day
hundreds of thou
sands of French
r e d s and pin k S
marched b e h i n d
B | u N or stood
cheering on the side
lines, and pictures
of tha 1padar wora
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-05

tana had ready for
Introduction a res
Olution extending it
for two years. and
Pre- sident ROose-
welt was on record
as approving some
of it's activities.
1t was reported
in Washington that
r a i | w a Y manage
ment and labor,
both of which have
opposed some of
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The "B ! a C k

bilious plans. Among other things
it proposed to overthrow the fed
eral government, which is not an
original idea. 1t was also going to
set up dictatorship, with night
riding regiments to enforce disci
pline. Dictatorship is not a new
idea, either.
Strange things are done or
planned in the name of ''liberty"
now, as they were when Madam
Roland mounted the guillotine
platform.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-05

INSCHC OIIiISul, CTICHSn lTlCI WIN
slew Joliet OII.) youth and was
later slain himself in Tennessee.
truck. The result was an arrest,
followed by conviction and the re-
covery of the cattle by the owner.
A farmer near Chicago Sa,U car
parked along the open highway for
no apparent reason. He became Sus
piciOuS, took do,Un the license num-
Der and reported it. The result tUas
the arrest OF % chicken thieueS tUhO
had operated as gang and had stolen
thousands OF head of poultry in north
ern Illinois.
In another case a suspiciOus-ap-
pearing man went to an oil station
to buy gasoline at two o'clock on
cold winter morning. His actions
and general conversation didn't
quite ring true. They were reported
and Sheriff Clarence Roth of Cham
paign county caught several cattle
and hog thieves as a result.
Other Methods Help.
Cases just like these can be rat
tied off by the hundreds. Co-opera-
tion by all the farmers, a really
simple thing to accomplish in areas
where losses have been heavy, is
about all that is needed. 1t has
been shown that the gangs pull up
stakes when the farmers unite
against them.
can be of great help. A large num-
ber of hen houses are now being
equipped with burglar alarms which
have proved effective. But even
more important is the institution in
each state of uniform registration
of poultry and livestock. If it were
required that some kind of identi-
fcation mark be put on the web of
the wing of poultry and on the
ear or some part of the body of
animals that would be a protection.
1t is all too frequent an occurrence
that suspected criminals, when their
cases come to trial, are OF necessity
acquitted because the complaining
farmer has no ,oay OF positively iden.
hfying his poultry or his iue stock.
This "branding" can make such iden-
nfcdtion possible.
A method has been developed in
Illinois which seems to fill the bill
and which will probably be adopted
soon by the farmers of other states.
The mark is quickly applied with
simple tool and the application is
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-05

ton of President Roosevelt, how
ever, to permit rail management and
labor to agree on some plan of pro-
lection for employees thrown out
of work in such consultations.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-05

Ia k e 90. n ow,
there was a cam
p a i gn for you.
When Bryan was a
discovery instead of
a chronic recur-
renee.
Two life long
friends would meet.
What dye think
of this here free
silver thing?" one
would ask. Il think
it's the greatest no.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-05

crime, the results of its meeting
and organization were watched with
interest by the entire Middle West.
The farmers of the county them
selves were in a fever heat of in
dignation against the three or four
complaints of theft which had been
made to authorities every night.
From evidence uncovered at this
meeting and at meetings in other
parts of the state it became appar-
ent that rural thievery was not the
work of individuals, but of gangs.
Often these gangs were led by sea-
soned criminals who had been driv-
en- from the cities by the efficient
campaign against crime there.
These leaders hired men to make
systematic small thefts; the COM
bined total of all of them was
enough to stamp the new racket as
important.
Cattle Rustling Returns.
Even cattle rustling became big
business to the gangs. although it
was not, to be sure, the cattle
rustling of the old West. In these
days of smooth, concrete highways
and fast-moving trucks it is possi-
BILE to steal a few head of cattle,
load them onto truck and move
them across a state in a single
night. Often the gangs worked in
relays, one truck spiriting away the
stolen animals and another waiting
for the load to be transferred to it
at the state line. Sometimes the
gangs hideOut was 300 or 400 miles
away from the area where most of
their thievery was perpetrated.
Farmers. slow to awaken to the
seriousness of the disappearance
of their livestock and chickens a
few head at a time, were often en-
tirely unaware that their neigh
bors were experiencing similar
ported; farmers in some cases un-
dOubtedly thought themselves fully
capable of coping with a common
chicken thief. Where it was actual
ly discovered that the theftS were
the work of gangs or OF the more
desperate type of criminal, farm
families hesitated to report thefts
for fear the burglars would return
and set their houses or farm build
ings on fire.
The anStUer seems nOl0 to be that in
union there is strength. Thirty days
after the viii county farmers met and
organized, Sheriff Breen roas able to
report that thieuery had stopped.
How did these farmers effect this
efficient cleanup so swiftly?
Eyes Opened, Ears Peeled
Definite Instructions are given all
farmers in the area. Farmers and
their families are trained to be on
the lookout for suspicious autOmo-
bileS and suSpiciOuS-lO looking strang-
erS and situations. When a theft is
reported, the farmers Immediately
report any actions or persons of
suspicious nature that they may
have observed at or near the time
of the theft. More often than not
the information obtained leads to
solution of the crime.
How this works may be shown
by few examples:
Recently a man was convicted of
cattle-stealing in Iowa He had been