The Alamance gleaner VOL. LXI. GRAHAM, N; C., THURSDAY MARCH 28, 1935. NO. 8. News Review of Current Events the World Over Chancellor Hitler's Defiance of Treaty Provisions Alarms Europe; Drouth Threat Causes Wallace to Lift Restrictions on Spring Wheal Planting. \ By EDWARD W. PICKARD ?, Western Newspaper Union. GERMANY, haying recently boldly announced that she was now pos sessed of a military air force In vio lation of the Treaty of Versailles, still moPA hnltJlv ripplnrea she Is no longer bound by the obligations of that pact and proposes to build up an army of about 480,000 men, comprising 12 corps of three divisions each. This was the decision of the cabinet, which decreed compulsory military training throughout the relcb. *"c The exact number of *r men In the army will be determined by a law to be enacted later. This was Chancellor Hitler's reply to the action of France's chamber of deputies In accepting Premier Flan din's plan to increase the term of con script service in the French army to 18 months and subsequently to two years. Germany considered that France was "dealing the last blow to disarmament," and Hitler, rushing to Berlin from Berchtesgaden, directed the action of the cabinet and Issued to the German nation a rousing appeal for full support He declared that the failure of other nations to reduce armament as called for In the Ver sailles treaty had released Germany from all treaty obligations, and that while the reich had only peaceful In tentions, It must re-arm to protect its territorial integrity and maintain the respect of the world as a co guarantor of European peace. France Is In no mood to take Hit ler's defiance "lying down." An ap peal was sent to the League of Na tions to convoke an extraordinary council to deal with Germany's viola tion of the Versailles pact The note hinted at the possibilities of econom ic sanctions (penalties) against Ger many which might result in a boy cott An attempt is being made to force Britain Into an alliance with France, and the mission of Sir John Simon,. British foreign minister, to bring Germany back into the comity of European nations is regarded as seriously compromised. France and Italy insist that Simon go to Berlin as spokesman of the three powers, and not as the representative of Brit ain alone. Premier Mussolini is said to be backing France, and it alleged to be the prime power in a scheme to revive the pre-war policy of encir cling Germany with a ring of steeL President Roosevelt expressed his hope that his "good neighbor" policy might be extended to Europe as a basis for peaceful settlement of the tense situation. Just how the Presi dent expects to prevail upon those traditional enemies to become "good neighbors" was not fully explained. He declined to say whether this gov ernment will send a note to Germany protesting abrogation of military pro visions of the separate treaty with this country. Although the Dnlted States is not a signatory to the Ver sailles pact, the separate peace treaty negotiated with Germany includes the military phases of the Versailles treaty. Many people in this country feel that United States intervention In the European dispute is neither necessary nor advisable. GOV. MABTIN L. DA VET of Ohio, charged by Federal Relief Ad ministrator Harry L. Hopkins with "corruption" In Ohio relief, went be fore the state senate and demanded a thorough Investigation. He defied Hopkins to come to Ohio for trial on a warrant be had secured charging Hopkins with criminal libel. Hopkins had alleged In a letter that be has proof of "corruption" of relief admin istration In Ohio Including soliciting of funds for campaign purposes from firms that sold relief materials. Hop kins, through C. C. Stlllman, FERA re gional officer, has taken over admin istration of Ohio relief. Department of Justice attorneys In Washington de clare they stand ready to defend Hop kins, bnt there was no Indication that Hopkins would go to Ohio, although he may change bis mind. The spec tacular blowup is said to have bad Its Inception In the 1934 political cam paign. Davey made campaign speeches charging that Ohio relief was mis managed, and particularly aimed his barbs at Cleveland. This Irked Cleve land leaders since relief there bad been administered through a non-poll tlcal group, which later became the official Cuyahoga county relief admin istration. Hopkins often took note of the fact that Cleveland's relief com mittee was "one of the best In the country." Later Davey pledged him self not to touch the Cleveland organ ization, but is said to have ousted sev eral members, and repeated old charges. Cleveland leaders took the fight to Washington. Ohio Democrats stand firmly be hind Davey. The Democratic delega tion in the Ohio legislature appealed to President Roosevelt "to right the wrong which has been done our gov ernor" and Francis W. Poulson, Demo cratic state chairman, summoned to appear before the grand jury, deliv ered a scathing attack on Hopkins. Poulson charged that Republicans In high government offices "have be trayed the President," and named Hop kins as "one who could be expected to tear down the Democratic party." /CLARENCE DARROW, foe of NRA, and author of the famous report which attacked NRA more than a year ago, assailed the administration's economic theories, including the na tional recovery act, in his testimony be fore the senate finance committee. The famous lawyer whose sharp speech and fiery courtroom tactics have made him famous, denounced NRA as playing into the hands of big business to the destruction of the "little fellow." He argued that NRA attacked the prob lem from the wrong angle and that the real trouble lay in faulty distribution, thus assailing the theory of scarcity. Darrow swept aside statements that NRA had helped organized labor, re duced unemployment and abolished child labor, with an assertion that It would have happened anyway. "The panic put an end to child labor," be said. "There wasn't any room for It while fathers and mothers were out of work." "There is no question that small business has suffered under the NRA," Darrow continued. "It has suffered more than it would have suffered otherwise." The suffering due to continued con centration of wealth would have gone on anyhow, he said, but added that NRA accelerated it "I am not an optimist," he added. "I may be an idiot, but not a cheer ful idiot" Restrictions on planting spring wrheat have been removed by Sec retary of Agriculture Wallace, who fears the effect of another widespread drouth. 1 be years first crop report show ing that farmers In tend to plant 17,847, 000 acres of spring wheat Is said to be re sponsible for Wallace's about face. Last year the acreage was 18, 521,000 acres. The ad ministration is con vinced that the gov Sec'v Wallace eramvm an<> mrmers * have a doty to protect consumers against a wheat shortage, he said. Farmers will plan an addi tional 900,000 to 2,300,000 acres as a result of the new order, and will har vest between ten and thirty million bushels more, Wallace estimates. Spring wheat normally constitutes about one-fourth of the nation's crop. He denied that the European situa tion pointing to a possibility of In creased sales had anything to do with the new decision. Farmers under con tract who plant their full spring wheat acreage will receive full bene fit payments, but In return will be required to agree to reduce produc tion in 1936 by the amount asked in next year's contract plus the amount they would have reduced this -year. There is no indication that the corn acreage control program for 1935 will be altered. Doxald r. richlerq was named by the President to head a reorganized KRA board, taking the place of S. Clay Williams, resigned. At the same time the President In creased the group governing the Blue Eagle agency from five to seven. A White House statement emphasized the change was made to accelerate the drive to push extension of the N'RA through congress. BY A vote of 202 to 191, the house voted to substitute the Patmao currency expansion bill for payment of the soldiers' bonus for the "sound money" plan of Representative Vin son. A boisterous house thus defied President Roosevelt's warnin; that he will veto immediate payment of the adjusted compensation certificates. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT Is look ing ahead to 1936. Authoritative word has reached the Capital that he wants all controversial administration legislation cleared away at this session, so that congress can meet for a short and harmonious session prior to the 1936 Presidential campaign. Besides the relief bill, Mr. Roosevelt Is said to be specially anxious to have con gress pass his social security program; utility holding' company legislation; a bill continuing NRA for two years; transportation regulation co-ordina tion; banking legislation; ship sub sidy and Increase in the capital of the Home Owners Loan corporation. If this can be cleared from the calendar, It may prevent any serious party squabbles that might Interfere with plans to bring about Roosevelt's re election. The White House Is seri ously concerned over rumors that con gress may scrpp a good part of the administration's controversial legisla tion. MUSSOLINI'S answer to the latest note on the Abyssinian situation postpones approval of the proposal that differences be decided by an Inter national commission on conciliations "at least until the futility of direct negotiations has been proved." II Duce made a counter | proposal suggesting I that the Italian minls I ter to Abyssinia and the Ethiopian foreign ? minister get together ; for a series of per . sonal conferences, go ..rem ?r, over all the data, and Muuolinl attempt tQ KtUe ^ dispute without the necessity of con ciliation under the direction of the League of Nations. Direct negotia tions are said to have the approval of both the French and British SPRING arrived In the West with a stifling dust storm which shroud ed the country from eastern New Mex ico to the Great Lakes. Powdered soil whipped up from the drouth scourged prairies hid the sun, and beat relentlessly upon the senses. A dozen deaths were reported, due to suffoca tions, dust-Induced pneumonia and traffic accidents. Freight trains were rolled to sidings, and passenger trains crept along on slow orders. Schools were closed in a nnmber of communi ties In western states. Wheat prices lumped from 2 ro 314 cents a bushel as winds cut Into the dry Southwest, and Governor Landon of Kansas appealed to President Roosevelt for aid. THE government Is ready to sell gold to foreign nations tbat can offer an attractive proposition, Secre tary Morgenthau announces. Recent sales to the Bank of Mexico and to Guatemala, Morgenthau points oat, have cleared the way to similar nego tiations with other countries, although he emphasized that no other transac tions are being considered at this time. No conditions were attached to the transactions already consum mated. In the dealings with Mexico vir tually all her silver sales have been made to this country. COMPROMISE and White House pressure brought about the defeat of the McCarran "prevailing wage" amendment to the work relief bill la the senate, and administration leaders were confident that the measure would be laid before the President for sig nature within a few days. The deadlock over the amendment was broken when Senator Richard B. Rus sell, Jr., of Georgia proposed a substi tute which leaves the President free to pay "security wages," officially esti mated at $50 a month, provided they do not adversely affect the wage scale In private Industry; and providing that the prevailing wage must be paid on all permanent federal building proj ects. This way out, which had been ap proved by the White House, was ac cepted by the senate by a vote of 83 to 2, after the McCarran amendment had been defeated, 50 to 38. The two votes against the compromise were cast by Metcalfe of Rhode Island and Hale of Maine, both Republicans. Be fore the vote on the McCarran amend ment was taken Senator Glass an nounced he was authorized to say that If It prevailed President Roosevelt would veto the measure. Senate action finally developed Into a race to pass the measure before Huey Long returned from Louisiana. Administration forces defeated three attempts to slash the bill, and over rode protests of old line Democrats that the bill Imperils the nation's credit. Senator Glass, chairman of the appropriations committee In charge of the bill, solemnly asserted: "I stand on my prediction that this tremendous appropriation will Im pair the credit of the United States." WILEY POST'S second attempt to fly from Los Angeles to New York through the stratosphere In rec ord-breaking time ended at Cleveland, where he was compelled to come down because his snpply of oxygen was run ning short He said be wonld have "passed ont" In a few minutes If he bad not descended to breathable air. I Screen Star Builds Miniature Doll House THE doll bouse of Colleen Moore, screen star, Is a fairy castle of Incom parable beauty?a work of love wblcb has made the world's most exquisite and costly toy a veritable shrine to the little god of miniature. Created by a score of famous artisans over a period of nine years and at a cost of $435,000, the enchanted capital of fairyland soon is to be booked on a world tour for millions to see. Proceeds from exhibitions throughout the United States and abroad will be donated to hospitals for crippled children. By this means more than $1,000,000 will be realized from showings which will I require a three-year schedule of bookings In every city in the United States and all foreign capitals. Constructed of aluminum and copper with fantastic angles and sky-sweeping turrets and steeples, no semblance of architectural conven tion is found in this giant abode of little people. Resting on the summit of a rugged precipice, the castle, which is nine feet wide and nine feet long, rises fourteen feet into the air and weighs approximately 0,000 pounds. The house, except ing rivets, contains more than 200,000 pieces, being a mechanical marvel of unprecedented intricacy, yet practicability. Equipped throughout with mechanical wonders in miniature, the house boasts of a solid golden cathedral organ stand ing nearly tifteen inches high, which plays 'through an elaborate electrical system via remote control. Miss Moore's famous doll house also has the world's smallest electric light bulbs, each being the size of a grain of wheat and Imbedded in Bockets with the circumference of plnheads, in a golden chandelier, strung with glittering, pear-shaped diamonds. The doll house, wired with an electrical system requiring months of labor and experimentation, is controlled with a series of transformers and switches for each room. All lighting, with the exception of flood-lighting in the gardens, is indirect, with more than 400 small-watt bulbs being utilized in the system. Water tanks on turrets and in the dungeons of the castle feed live fountains in the kitchen, garden and bathrooms. The tanks, on emptying, play beautiful chimes in the steeples every ten minutes automatically. Operated by electricity, a magic feathered nightingale perches on a lav ender glass tree In the Garden of Aladdin and sings full-throated. Joyful tunes. The doll's house contains eleven rooms, Aladdin's Magic garden and Noah's entrance hall. The furnishings throughout the house represent years of effort In collecting In every part of the world. They are In scale an Inch to the foot and are probably the most price less In existence. Photograph shows the prince's bedroom In Colleen Moore's doll house. Bedtime Story for Children By THORNTON W. BURGESS . WHAT DANNY MEADOW MOUSE DID TO GRANDFATHER FROG, watch log from the safety of the Smiling Pool, It seemed that Danny Meadow Honse hadn't the least chance In the world. There he was on the bank of the Smiling Pool with water In front of him and Reddy Fox creeping np right behind him. To try to run back would be to run right Into Reddy's mouth. There wasn't a place for Dan ny to hide. "I told Danny he was foolish to come over here," muttered Grandfa ther Frog. "I'm rather fond of the lit tle fellow, and I hate to think that I shall never see him again." Grandfather Frog saw Reddy start to spring on Danny Meadow Mouse and closed his big, goggly eyes so that he would not see the dreadful end of Danny. He expected to hear Danny's last despairing squeak, but Instead he heard a splash. Grandfather Frog's big, goggly eyes flew open, and then he gave a grunt of surprise. On the bank where Danny had been a sec ond before was Reddy Fox, and If ever there was an angry and disap pointed Fox, that one was Reddy. And there In the Smiling Pool Itself was Danny Meadow Mouse swimming straight out toward the midflle as If he were quite as much at home In the water as his big cousin, Jerry Musk rgt himself. From the way he was beaded It was quite clear that Danny Intended to swim across the Smiling Pool to the other bank. "Chugarum!" exclaimed Grandfather Frog. "Chugarum! Bravo, Danny MeadJw Mouse! Bravo!" Danny made no reply. He was too busy. He couldn't waste his breath talking. Besides, he was afraid he would swallow aofae water and choke. So he kept right on swimming as hard as ever he could. The truth Is, Danny was In a hurry to reach the other ; bank. While he wasn't afraid of the water, he was afraid of certain folks who lire in the water. He knew that Snapper, the great, big Snapping Tur tle lives In the Smiling Pool, and that nothing would make him happier than So Danny Swam With All His Might for the Other Bank of the Smiling Pool. a fat meadow mouse for his digner. Then Danny couldn't help but think of Hilly Mink. If Hilly Mink should hap pen along, well, Danny didn't like to think of it. You see. Hilly Mink is also fond of fat meadow mice. So Danny swam with all his might for the other bank of the Smiling Tool. YOU AND I TOGETHER * ~ By ANNE CAMPBBLL YOU and 1 together ?. Have'shared adversity. Our faith has (ambled mountain* Of care lDto the sea. We've faced small tribulation* With laughter In each heart; Hut what has life to offer For yon and me, apart? Tou and I together Are strong to conquer Fata, But separate, how stony The path to heaven's gatef I do not fear life's sorrows. But I should mtss the stjrt. And never reach the hilltop. With you and me, apart! 1 Copyright.?WNU Scrvlc*. ty|INUTE MAKE-UPS j w If you are going to wear a veil?and many of tbe new hats flaunt them?be sure you rouge up close to your eyea to make their color brighter. If the veil extends past your lips, use ? brighter lipstick than usual. Copyright by Public Ledger. Inc. WNT Service. Growth of Fishes The growth of fishes probably decel erates with age. but under favorable circumstances It never stops. If fish growth were shown on a graph, tbe weight curve would show a steady up ward line, but the length curve would ascend rapidly at first, then almost straighten out That la because as the fish grows large, the corresponding in crease In girth tends to make the weight increase rather constant?De troit Free Press. There were some little holes Id that baDk where he would feel quite safe. As for Reddy Kox. he looked both fool ish and angry. You see, Reddy had felt absolutely sure of that Meadow Mouse dinner. As It was he wouldn't ' even get a frog dinner, for, at the | warning of Redwing the Blackbird, all the young frogs along the edge of the Smiling I'ool had dived for safety. c T. W. Burfesa.?WNU Servlcs. First Medical Degree The first medical degree conferred In the United States was In 1770. Question box k, ED WYNN, The Perfect Fool J Dear Mr. Wynn: I am a man twenty-four years of age and extremely bashful. I am mad ly In lore with a girl my own age and would like to marry her, but I am too bashful to even broach the subject l will never get over my bashfulness, and do not know what to do. Can you give me an Idea that will help me? If ours truly, O. B. O'GOSU. Answer: The next time you call on her get the conversation switched around to the different kinds of drinks there are In Ihe world. Then each of you take turns r3klng each other which drink you prefer. Now you're all set. When she asks you: "Do you like tea," turn to her and say: "Yes, but I like the next letter better." Dear Mr. Wynn: I went to the circus yesterday, and in one of the side shows there was a skeleton of a horse. The man said It was the skeleton of a horse that was ridden by "Richard the Third." I am a student of Shakespeare and I was surprised at this, as I always under stood he didn't have a horse; in fact, he offered his kingdom for a horse. What do you think of the situation? Tours truly, ELLA PHAN'T. Answer; Very simple. The skeleton you saw Is of the horse he offered his kingdom for. Dear Mr. Wynn: I am a young and rather attractlre looking blond glrL I am In lore and go with a handsome boy about my own age. He Is a professional baseball player. My mother says It Is wrong for me to go with a baseball player, as he Is In a wicked business. Is this true? Sincerely, A. FOUL. Answer; Tell your mother baseball Is not wicked. If she looks In the Bi ble she will read: "Rebecca took a pitcher to the welL" ?. the Associated Newspapers. WNU Service. L ~