Conservatives Gain
k In England
LONDON <#*)—Conservative and
Labor party headquarters both
claimed gains today in small town
and village elections in England
and Wales.
Polling in approximately 70o
districts started Saturday and will
not be concluded until Wednesday.
No general compilation of returns
will be available until later, th;.
week.
‘‘It is expected the results will
show a tremendous change of pub
W lie opinion compared with la-t
year,” Conservative headquarters
declared.” Today’s reports are bet
ter than we anticipated on the
basis of Satuday’s highly satisfac
tory results.
ANAGRAMS WERE PLAYED
in very ancient times according to
Encyclopaedia Britannica. The
Rastime was mentioned by the He
brew writers, was known to the
Greeks and Romans, and became
so popular in France during the
Middle Ages that Louis XIII ap
pointed an ‘‘anagrammatist to the
king.”
AN ALIBI is the most conclu
sive proof of innocence that can be
given, if substantiated, according
to the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Contrary to popular usage, an al;
bi is not simply an excuse, but is a
claim that the suspect was so fa:*
distant at the time from the place
where the crime was committed
that he could not have been guilty.
Spain To Resume
Monarchy Status
MADRID, l/P)—An authoritative
source said today the Spanish cab
inet is expected to issue a decree
Tuesday declaring Spain a “tradi-l
tional monarchy,” and, in effect,!
recognizing the regime of Gener-;
alissimo Francisco Franco as mere
ly a temporary one.
This .informant said that while
the cabinet disucussed the decree
last night it probably would not
make any announcement until
April 1, Spain's “victory day,” the
eighth anniversary of Franco’s
victory in the civil war and his
assumption of full power.
He said such a decree, when and
if announced and made effective,
would be the first public acknowl
edgment by the Franco regime of!
| the "temporary nature of the pres
ent government."
Many Franco supporters have
long advocated such a course,
which would, in effect, simply rec
ognize the generalissimo as admin
istrator for the monarchy because
of his victory in the civil war.
OGDEN, Utah, i/P) — La Moine
Wall, 15, was rehearsing for a
school play with the script calling
for him to be “knocked out” in a
fight.
La Moine didn’t get up when di
rector Gladys Sargent ended the
rehearsal.
Examination showed he had
bumped his head a little too hard
when he fell to the floor. First aid
treatment brought him around.
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Japan's House Of
Peers Replaced
TOKYO, (/P)—Japan’s house of
peers formally died tonight after
a half-century of aristocratic ap
proval of Japanese imperialism.
Adjournment of the 92nd regu
lar Diet session—last under the
old 19th century constitution—
ended the life of the house of
peers. Under the new constitution,
effective May 3, it will be replaced
by a house of councillors whose
300 members will be elected April
20.
Tiie onee-powerful privy coun
cil, last political adjunct of the
imperial court, emerged briefly
from obscurity to approve and
make into law revisions in elec
tion procedures. The privy council
also will be abolished by the new
constitution. It formerly served as
the emperor’s highest political
body, charged with final decisions
on matters of major policy.
Members of the house of repre
sentatives prepared to return to
their constituencies for their second
election campaign in two years.
During its past 46-day session,
the Diet spent 40 days mainly in
political battles. In all, 94 bills
were passed, including a budget
totaling 114.500,000,000 yen.
Govt. Agencies
Keep Costs High
WASHINGTON, (^ — Senators
Reed (R.-Kan.), and Cordon (R.
i Ore.', complained today that gov
ernment agencies are battling ev
ery attempt of Congress to whittle
down government costs.
“The people very definitely
voted for economy in government
in the last election,” Reed told a
reporter, “but we have yet to get
any real help from any government
department, bureau, agency or of
ficial.”
Cordon is chairman of an ap
propriations subcommittee now re
viewing an $882,000,000 cut made
by the House in operating funds of
the treasury and post office de
partments. He said:
“Apparently Congress is having
organized opposition of the execu
tive departments on any and all
economies.”
Reed declared Congress may be
forced to “take unintelligent ac
tion” on slashing government out
lays unless heads of departments
and agencies wrill advise where
cuts can best be made.
Commissioner H. R. Johnson of
the treasury, customs bureau
agreed to return today with plans
for meeting *a $3,500,000 House
slash in operating funds by some
means other than dismissal of
1,500 border and port patrol offi
cers.
Powerboat Races
To Be Run In July
SEATTLE, (/P)—This summer’s
colorful Pacific international pow
erboat association’s annual race
will be run from Bremerton to
Nanaimo, B. C., probably in July.
Nearly 70 yachtsmen from Puget
Sound and British Columbia cities
decided on the course here over
the week end.
More than 125 cabin cruisers
completed last year. The race was
inaugurated in 1928 as a capital-to
capital contest from Olympia to
Juneau. In recent years it has been
run from various Puget sound cit
ies to one in British Columbia.
The Bremerton-to-Nanaimo course
is about 130 to 135 nautical miles.
It’s Only A Demonstration
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WICHITA, KANS.— Don’t be alarmed . . . this is only an educa
tional feature typical of southwest state fair demonstrations by a
manufacturer of home and building insulation. Amazed spectators
watch as a company representative subjects a few inches of Insul-Woci
insulation on tne youngster’s chest to the steel-melting heat af an
acetylene torch. No fire and no harm to the youngster.
Navy Will Train In
European Waters
WASHINGTON, (/P)—The navy
announced today it will send two
new battleships and two new large
carriers to northern European wa
le:- in June on the first training
cruise of U. S. Navy academy
midshipmen since the beginning of
World War II.
Admiral Richard L. Conolly,
commander of U. S. naval forces
in the eastern Atlantic and Medi
terranean. identified the battle
ships as the New Jersey and Wis
consin, and the carriers as the Es
OMAHA, Nebr. (jP)—The i'am -
iar reminder that “your slip is
showing” was something of an i
derstatement for an office -<
ployee at Union Pacific rail.**'
headquarters here.
Arriving for work, she disc
ered that in her haste she had fo -
gotten to don a skirt over her bit* v
slip.
A smock hanging on a nearby
coatrack served as a tempos y
substitute.
sex class Kearsarge and Randoln .
They will be accompanied by t
destroyers Cone, Stribling, O’Ha ►>
and Meredith, and the Lard Mai -
dan.
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