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The Alamance gleaner ? * VOL. LXI. GRAHAM, IS, C., THURSDAY APRIL 4, 1935. NO. 9. News Review of Current Events the World Over / * Anglo-German Conversations Disappointing, Simon Re ports ; Hitler's Demands Include Return of Colonies, Air and Naval Parity, and Minimum Army of 500,000. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ?, Western Newspaper Union. FOREIGN SECRETARY SIMON re turned to England from his his toric talks with Chancellor Hitler, and reported to the cabinet that Germany is seeaing return or the colonies she lost In the war and a greatly Increased navy. He said that Hitler ad mits Germany's air force equals that of Britain. Prime Minis ter MacDonald then called on King George to whom he gave a pfjysjlpary report of Simon's talks, which have been described as "disappointing." Chancellor Hitler .tiitier maae a bold play for Anglo-Ger man understanding, declaring both na tions should unite to defend western civilization against Communism and the colored races. Briefly, his demands were: First?Germany must have an army with a minimum of 30 divisions?500, 000 men?as decreed. Second?Germany wants parity In the air with Britain. Hitler admitted that Germany now possesses equality with Britain. Hitler stressed the danger to which Germany Is exposed In the air. He declared that Russia Is using Czechoslovakia as a European air base. He demanded return of certain Czecho slovak territory and repatriation of 3,500,000 German residents there. Third?Hitler wants a navy equal to one-third of the British fleet, which Is tantamount to 400,000 tons. The Brit ish admiralty Is opposed to such a ra tio and Germany has been Invited to bilateral naval discussions In London. Fourth?Germany wants return of her former colonies. Little encourage ment was given Hitler on this score. Fifth?Hitler refused to have any thing to do with an eastern pact, though he Is willing to enter nonag gression pacts with Germany's neigh bors, as he did with Poland. Sixth?Hitler is prepared to sign a pact of noninterference in the affairs of Austria, but only if it means non interference by all powers. In Berlin demonstrators howled their resentment at death sentences Imposed by Lithuania on four Nazis, and only stout police resistance kept the mob from the Lithuanian delegation Itself. The four were convicted when a Lith uanian military court trying 126 Nazis for an asserted plot to start an armed uprising in Memel, former German ter ritory, found them guilty. Eighty-sev en others were sent to prison. CONSIDERABLY mutilated, the ad ministration's $4,880,000,000 work relief bill finally got through the senate by a vote of 68 to 16, and was returned to the house later, to be adjusted in conference. The senators accepted an amendment by Senator Thomas of Okla homa for a currency expansion of $375, 000,000 through the issuance of silver certificates at the $1.29 an ounce mone tary value of the treasury's silver stocks Instead of the present practice of using the purchase value of the sil ver. Later the Thomas amendment was stricken out after congressional con ferees had deadlocked for forty-eight hours. Members of the silver bloc as serted they would not stand in the measure's path, although Thomas had declared he would filibuster against any attempts to strike out the amend ment. Besides eliminating the silver inflation plan, the conference modified the Russell labor compromise amend ment to provide that the President shall pre-determine the rate of wages on public buildings to be constructed, and this rate will be submitted to con tractors for bids. An amendment pro viding that all officers and employees receiving more than $5,000 a year will have to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the senate was modi fied. It now provides that any new administrator or member of any cen tral board will be appointed by the President with the consent of the sen ate. Among the senate changes approved were the allocation of the fund to eight general types of projects; con tinuation of the federal relief admin istration one year; extension of the Civilian Conservation corps two years from March 31; continuation of PWA two years from June 16; the George amendment to make funds available in the discretion of the President to ad minister tbe agricultural adjustment act; the Russell amendment to author ize farm loans to share croppers, ten ant farmers and farm laborers for land purchase. One day Harry L. Hopkins was re ported lazing In the Florida sun and thinking np ways he would spend bil lions as administrator of the work re lief fund. The next day, rumors were that Rexford G. Tugwell was to be nom inated for the "biggest spender In his tory." Later reports from the na tional capital were that nobody but the President would be the big boss In the program. You can take your choice, but It seems likely that the latter is true. Senatorial discontent over the methods used by the two others mentioned will probably elim inate them from consideration. This strategy has been successful In the past. When a house group became too highly incensed at Public Works Ad ministrator Harold Ickes, they were quieted with assurance that the Presi dent would have complete control of the work relief program, and the furore died out Mr. Roosevelt will be the nominal head of the program, but he would not be expected to handle every detail. He must delegate author ity, and it is highly probable that everyone will not be entirely satisfied. JAPAN steps out of the League of Nations and flanked by her single avowed ally, Manchukuo, she faces the world as the self-choseh preserver of peace in the Orient Japan's action is the culmination of a series of events started Feb ruary 24, 1933, when Tosuke Matsuoka Jed the entire Japanese delegation in a walk out from the league assembly. Shortly aft er, Japan gave formal notice of her with drawal from the league because the as Kokl Hirota sembly bad censured Japanese aggres sion In Manchuria. She has adrlsed other powers that she considers her self guardian of peace In eastern Asia, and that outside assistance Is neither desired nor Invited. In addition, Japan has embarked on an armament policy marked by denunciation of the Wash ington naval treaty, demands for naval parity with Great Britain and the United States, and armed forces "suf ficient to defend, but inadequate to at tack." With considerable ceremony the Soviet government transferred to Ja pan full ownership of the Chinese Eastern railway and thus ceased to be an opposing factor in the Japanese occupation of Manchuria. In the ofli cial residence of Foreign Minister Koki Hlrota in Tokyo the sale agree ment and general protocol were signed and the bargain was clinched by the payment by Japan of 23,333,000 yen to the Soviet ambassador. The yen is currently quoted at about 27.8 cents. Japan's vigorous reply to British pro tests over the alleged Manchukuoan oil monopoly reflects development of the "Asia for Asiatics" plan an nounced some time ago. Japan denied that treaty provisions have been vio lated by the so-called monopoly. With the deal for the Soviet Russia interest in the Chinese Eastern railroad com pleted and Japan's withdrawal from the League of Nations, Japanese pene tration of Asia is expected to go for ward nfider the strong leadership of Koki Hlrota, foreign minister. Devel opments during the next few months will be highly important. Replacement of the aaa's sys tem of crop control Is seen as a future potentiality of a new organiza tion established at the Department of Agriculture under Rex ford G. Tugwell. The organization consoli dates federal agencies dealing with soil ero sion, and Tugwell Is expected to direct the expenditure of about a billion dollars in pub lic works funds on the public land program. At present plans call for retirement of mil lions of acres of mar R. G. Tugwell ginal lands now contributing to sur pluses, which experts contend will prove a more effective way of dealing with overproduction than AAA's policy of taxing commodities for acreage slashes. The latter Is meeting In creased opposition, due to rising living costs and Increasing competition from foreign producers. There will prob ably be little Immediate change In crop control plans, since the Tugwell pro gram will require considerable time be fore It can be operated effectively. FEDERAL expenditures are soaring faster than ever before In peace time history. The end of the drat nine months of the fiscal year disclosed ex penditures of more than $5,000,000,000. Revenue meanwhile has amounted to only $2,827,000,000, or a nttle more than half of what was spent New Deal spending, statistical experts say, has been at an average of $13,000 for every minute, day or night in the nine months since the fiscal year began, and total expenditures are expected to reach nearly $7,500,000,000 by the end of the year. Unemployment relief has required the $S20,000,000 appropriated I for this purpose and an additional $488,000,000 from the RFC, making a total thus far of $1,308,000,000. PWA Is next In line with having poured out $819,000,000 In nine months. Despite these terrific totals government credit has not been Impaired. The treasury has been able to refund all bonds with approaching maturities, and when the fourth liberty loan Is called for re demption, a move which Is expected to be made ot; April 15, no federal bond ! will be outstanding with a call date earlier than 1940. HERBERT HOOVER suddenly proj ected himself Into the political ) picture, and set wagging the tongues of countless politicians and observers. in a letter addressed to the California Re publican assembly, meeting In Sacramen to, the'former Presi dent spoke his mind with utmost freedom concerning the doings of the Roosevelt ad ministration whose theories, he asserted, "are no longer a propa gandized miiennium; they are self-exposed." The Republican party, Herbert Hoover said Mr. Hoover, has today the great est responsibility that has come to It since the days of Abraham Lincoln?to raise the standard in defense of funda mental American principles; and be called for a rejuvenated and vigorous Republican organization. Here are some of the things Mr. Hoo ver said In arraigning the present ad ministration : "The most solemn government obli gations have been repudiated. "The nation Is faced with the great est debt ever known to our country. "The currency has been rendered un certain. "The government has been central ized under an enormous bureaucracy in Washington . . . small business men have been disabled and crushed. Class conflicts have been created and embittered. "More people are dependent npon the government for relief than ever before. "Recovery is still delayed." Leaders of the regular Republicans In Washington were quick to declare their approval of Mr. Hoover's attack. THE senate finally got around to passing the "pink slip" bill repealing publicity provisions of the 1934 Income tax publicity act. An amendment al lowing state and local taxing authori ties to examine federal tax returns must be Ironed out In conference be tween the house ami senate, but both are agreed that the main publicity clause should be repealed. The slips filled out by millions with their March 15 returns must now be secreted In the files of the Internal Revenue de partment 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 that the Italian minis ter to Abyssinia and the Ethiopian foreign minister get together for a series of per sonal conferences, go over ail the data, and attempt to settle the Premier Muesolinl dispute without the necessity or con ciliation under the direction of the League of Nations. Direct negotia tions are said to bare the approval of both the French and British. HOUSE leaders are rushing action on the national defense pro gram. Bills designed to strengthen the national defense are being rushed through the legislative hopper. Four navy bills were passed with little op position and no record votes These In clude authorization for expenditure of $38,000,000 In 1030-37 to build up the navy's shore stations on the Pacific coast, Hawaii and Canal Zone, and an Increase of 1,000 In the navy's officer | strength and provide a system of avia tion cadets to take care of a shortage of naval filers Secretary Swanson has ordered concentration of the fleet'* three most powerful cruisers in a new cruiser division commanded by Rear Admiral A. P. Fairfield, now assistant chief of the bureau of navigation. Reindeer at Last Reach End of Five-Year Trek WHAT can happen in this great world In a period of five years? Among the great achievements we can list that ot Andrew Bahr of Seattle. Five years ago he took an assignment to drive 3,000 reindeer across the Great Arctic circle. Bahr, although not a young man, took this great task at the instance of the king of England, through a commercial trading company, who believed It a good Idea to provide meat for the Mackenzie district of Canada, where there was a scarcity of food. In 1929 a herd of 3,000 reindeer was turned over to this herder and for five years he has plodded 1,200 miles across the Arctic circle and has at last reached his goal. Camping for months waiting for a river to freeze over, weathering Arctic bliz zards, camping for the breeding season and a thousand other obstacles have befronted this great hero, but he has delivered, not only his original herd, but an increase for the five years of over 10 per cent and incidentally there were two children born on the stormy passage, and are husky individuals. The Andrew Bahr feat will go down in history as one of the greatest feats of man. BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN t By THORNTON W. BURGESS AN UNEXPECTED DANGER T~*ANNY MEADOW MOUSE, swlm mlng across the Smiling Pool to escape from Keddy For, was worried enough as he thought of how helpless he would be should Billy Mink or Snap per the big Snapping Turtle discover him before he reached the other bank. But Danny would have been still more worried had he known of a certain Big Pickerel, which you know is a kind of fish, who was making his home In the Smiling Pool. Now the Big Pickerel lived very largely on the minnows and other lit tle fish of the Smiling Pool, but he was always ready for anything else that might be good to eat He had been some distance away from where Danny dived Into the water, but he had heard the splash Danny made. It was dif ferent from the splashes made by the young frogs, and the Big Pickerel knew the difference. He would have been very glad to get one of the young frogs. In fact he could have told what had become of a good many young frogs which had disappeared very mysteri ously. But he had paid no attention to the splashes of the young frogs when they had dived Into the water at the warning of Itedwig the Blackbird. You see, he knew all about frogs, and he knew that they had dived right down to the bottom and hidden In the mud. But this other splash Interested him, and he began to move along In the di rection of it. Now If he had hurried in the first place, this story might have had a very different ending. But the Big I'ickerel had had a good breakfast, and he was only mildly Interested. So he swam rather slowly. Danny Meadow Mouse was almost across the Smiling Pool before the Big Pickerel saw him. When the Big Pickerel did see him he quite forgot that be had had a good breakfast It was seldom that he had the chance to dine on a fat Juet at Danny Scrambled Out On the Bank, Those Great Jawe Closed With a Wicked Snap. meadow mouse, and he could think of nothing In the world that would taste better. If he had moved slowly before, now he shot forward like an arrow. Grand father Frog saw him and tried to warn Danny, but Danny was already swim ming as fast as he could, and all the warnings in the world couldn't have made Win swim any faster. The Big Pickerel's great Jaws, each of which had ever and ever so many sharp teeth, were actually opening to seize Danny, Just as Danny's feet touched bottom. Just as Danny scrambled out on the bank, those great Jaws closed with a wicked snap, almost on the end of Dan ny's funny, short tail. There was a great splash, for the Big Pickerel had rushed so that he had al most stranded himself in the shallow water. For a minute Grandfather Frog couldn't see what had happened. TJjrn he saw the Big Pickerel dart back Into deep water, and with a sigh of relief saw Danny Meadow Mouse pop Into one of the holes in the bank of the Smiling Pool. G. T. W. WN'U Service. Leave It Up to Enemiee "Tain* no use tryin' to destroy yoh enemies," said Uncle Eben. "If dey'i as bad as you thinks dey is you kit let 'em alone to fight among dem selves." Hand of Great Apes The hand of the great apes Is more highly specialized than a man's hand, says an anthropological report, but man's foot is the more highly special ized. INUTE MAKE-UPS = By V. V. One of the newest de luxe fashions Is the wearing of natural flowers. A necklace of orchids?natural?Is star tling and becoming, especially If you use a powder foundation over your neck so that the delicate color comple ments your skin. Copyright by Public LMgor. Inc. WNU Servlco ? MOTHER'S * COOK. BOOK AU GRATIN DISHES A U GRATIN signifies, In French, a dish baked with a coating of bread crumbs. Such dishes are par ticularly good ro serve for luncheon, as they are easily prepared and quick ly served. However, they may make a chief dish for dinner, or for a part of a company dinner. The main part of the dish, whether fish, meat or vege table, is usually mixed with a white sauce. To these dishes one may add cheese, chopped hard-egg, peppers, red or green, mushrooms and parsley. When the food is all cooked, the buttered crumbs are used for a topping and the dish Is simply heated for ten or fifteen minutes to brown the crumbs. When the food is used that needs longer cooking the crumbs are added ten minutes before removing from the oven. Cabbage au Gratin. Cook cabbage eight minutes In boil ing water, drain, chop in small pieces and sprinkle with salt and pepper, cover with a rich white sauce, stirring j lightly with a fork to mix well. Turn into a baking dish and cover with but tered crumbs over a light layer of cheese. When the crumbs are brown the dish is ready to serve. Summer squash, potatoes, carrots, eggplant. In fact, almost any vege table Is most attractive served In that manner. The nice thing about such dishes is they may be leftovers from the dinner of the day before. Soak a three-pound baddle in warm water or milk to cover, for an hour. Hake In a moderate oven for thirty minutes to separate the flakes: there should be two cups; cook one table spoon of chopped onion in one-fourth of a cup of butter five minutes, stir ring constantly. Add one teaspoon of salt, one-half teaspoon of paprika, a few grains of cayenne In four table spoons of flour, stir until well blended, then add. stirring carefully two cups of milk. Bring to the boiling point, add the fish. But Into a greased bak ing dish and cover with crumbs. Brown and serve. C. Weatern Ne**r>ar*r Union. THE BUTTERFLY By ANNE CAMPBELL T HAD been In the kitchen half the day. Cleanings the cupboards, making the room fair. When hands are busy, honrs fly away. And It was noon before I was aware. Weary before the open door I stood. Looking at my own patch of homely green. When I was joined In my brief soli tude By a brown butterfly, with goldee sheen. I was transported on Its gauzy wings Far from the sordid tasks of every day. Intangible bnt high Imaginings Captured my thoughts and bore me far away. / m There was my early home, the open door. The locust tree, the garden rich In blooms; The sunlight on the whltely scrubbed pine floor. And heaven lending peace to little rooms. From toil there Is escape. The drab cocoon Of ordinary day cannot hold fast The thoughts that soar like butterflies In June, And find their way to God's blue lanes at last. Copyright.?WXU S?rr1c?. Resembles Pre-War Style - a Tying her luxurious scarf of Russian sables, this young lady Is almost a re plica of pre-war style. Yet her tai lored, braid-trimmed suit, and shiny straw sailor, not to mention her furs* are strictly 1935. Piano for the Bedridden Invalid THE Invalid's piano, a new Invention which enables the bedridden to plaj the piano, as it was demonstrated at the British Industries fair in Olympia.
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