Moscow, May 16.
The sweeping changes which have been going on In all Soviet Institue tions have now reached the trade unions which have been completely reorganized on the basis of the new Constitution, Five prominent Trotskyist Jabour leaders have been arrested on a charge of "bureaucratic mismanagement, embezzling of millions of State funds and sabotaging work for the protection of labour."
"The new regulations forbid the appointment of Union officials and provide democratic elections to establish the control, by members, of all tivities of oMclals—Reuter.
Londoners are at present making nearly 28,000,000 telephone calls a week, an increase of about 3,000,000 as compared with a year ago.
New York, May 14.
Breaking his own Bast-to-West cord, Mr. Dick Merrill, veteran cormercial alreline pilot, who hopped eft from Southport, Loneashire, at 925, last evening with Mr, Jack' Lambie, his ce-pilot, on his return Aight to United' States, tio once again successfully crossed the Atlante. He wirelessed at 1214 pam, GML. that he was over central Newfoundland, He is now on his way to Floyd Bennett airfield with pictures of the Coronation, Thus Mr. Merrill has crossed the Aulantic four times. hig first two attempts he was ae-companied by Mr. Harry Richman, the New York night-club entertainer, He took eighteen hours for the 3400- mile flight from New York to Lion" dio, Wales, last September, while his latest flight from New York to Croydon occupied nineteen hours and three minules—Reuler,
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