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- -mmm . The Alamance Gleaner VOL. LXI. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY MAY 9, 1935. NO. 14. News Review of Current Events the World Over Senate Committee Defies President and Ricliberg on NRA Extension?Roosevelt Lists "Must" Bills and Business Opposes Them. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ?, Western Newspaper Union. Disregarding the wishes of pres- i ?dent Roosevelt, the finance com mittee of the senate adopted and re ported for passage a simple resolution continuing tne nation- i al recovery act until i April 1, 1936, and at the same time making , these provisions: 1. No price fixing i shall be permitted or i sanctioned In codes, j except In those re lating to mineral or 1 natural resources i which now have price i llxing provisions. Donald 2. No trade en- j Richberg gaged In Intrastate commerce shall be eligible for a code, i 3. The President is given specified time In which to review present codes to carry out the conditions laid down in the first two exceptions to the reso lution. Both President Roosevelt and Don ald Richberg, head of the NRA, had urged the passage of a new two year NRA bill which would set up a stricter dictatorship over business and indus try. The senate finance committee, however, would not consent to this and Instead passed the resolution, which was drawn up by Senator Clark of Missouri and approved by Chairman Pat Harrison. Twelve senators first called at the White House and the ( President seemed willing to accept the continuing resolution until Mr. Rich berg came In and protested urgently; ( whereupon Mr. Roosevelt turned it , down. The committee then took the action noted by a vote of 10 to 3, de- | fying both the President and Rich- ( berg. , Senator Harrison said he had no , doubt the senate would adopt the res olution with little debate. ( UIGH optimism marked the "fireside ] chat" which President Roosevelt , delivered over the radio to the people , of America, which people, he said, are, ? as a wnoie, reeling a lot better?a lot more cheerful than for many, many years." He asserted we are already on the unmis takable march toward recovery, and told how he means to promote the return to normal conditions with his works relief program. He promised to put to work three and a half 1"?'""",! 5 million persons now Roosevelt s on the relief rolls, and to press for en- t actment of legislation he considers nec essary for carrying on the New Deal. Only once did Mr. Roosevelt allude , to such critics of his administration as r Senator Long, Father Coughlin and t Governor Talmadge. He said: s "The overwhelming majority of peo- g pie in this country know how to sift t. the wheat from the chaff In what they t hear and what they read. They know that the process of the constructive re- c building of America cannot be done in c a day or a year, but that it is being s done in spite of a few who seek to con- ^ fuse them and to profit by their con- r fusion." * I These six "fundamental principles," E said the President, must guide the t work relief program: Projects must I be useful, most of the money must go c for labor, "a considerable proportion of the costs" must be returned to the treasury, only those projects which can | employ persons on relief will be ap- f proved, and projects will be approved t in a given area In proportion to the g ----xxjpiujea iu mat area. T EGISLATION which the President t said, in his radio talk, should be ^ enacted by congress immediately in- s eluded the old age and unemployment ^ insurance bill, the NRA extension bill, 6 the public utility holding company bill, 11 the transportation control bill, and the r banking bill. 1 Here he comes Into conflict again c with the views of business leaders of the country. The National Association | of Manufacturers has Just issued Its economic analysis of conditions, which t says recovery is "within our grasp" a and that the nation is closer to break- a lug the back of the depression than c at any time for years, but asks that, t In order to stimulate business, the ad ministration and congress temporarily t shelve as "disturbing" such legislation 1 as unemployment insurance, the omnl- t bus banking bill, the utility holding I company bill, the 30-hour work week, ( the Wagner labor disputes bill, the Guf- < 'ay bituminous coal measure and pro- 1 posed changes In railroad laws. I This document was given out as the t members of the United States Cham ber of Commerce were gathering In Washington for their twenty-third an nual convention, and naturally their speakers endorsed It and attacked much of the proposed legislation men tioned as unwarranted Intrusion of the government Into business. Before It adjourned the chamber adopted resolutions condemning aboli tion of utility holding companies, op posing the banking bill, asking for re laxation and extension of the N It A Instead of the administration bill, and postponing "for further study" the luestion of social security. Henry I. Harrlman, who has been president of the organization for three years, retired from that office In favor of Harper Sibley of Rochester, N. Y. tj 0\V the New Dealers propose to redistribute wealth by double tax ation of large estates Is revealed by Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau id a tetter to senator Pat Harrison, chair man of the senate fi nance committee. Mr. Morgenthau outlines a plan of Imposing In heritance taxes and also retaining the ex isting estate taxes, as serting this Is in line with "our fundamental objectives." That this would result in the dissolution of large properties, the secre- Morgenthau tary recognizes, for he says: "To prevent the necessity ot hasty liquidation of large properties in order !o pay the tax, it might be provided lhat inheritance taxes be payable in > convenient number of installments." The plan as outlined by Mr. Morgen lhau is to impose graduated inheritance laxes on estates, with rates following those of the present Income tax rates, tvhich approximate 00 per cent on in :omes of a million dollars or more, rhe present estate taxes have a max imum of 60 per cent over ten million lollars. SECRETARY ICKES' Department of the Interior has now been elevated o the level of the State, Treasury and tgrlculture departments, for congress las granted one of Harold's dearest vishes and given him an undersecre ary, whose salary is to be $10,000 a ear. This was a senate amendment to he Interior department appropriation (III, and was accepted by the house, !43 to 92, only after considerable pres ;ure had been applied by tbe adminis tration. A RIZONA'S victory over the govern Cx ment In the Parker dam case uled on by the Supreme court alarmed he New Dealers for the safety of ome of their other big projects of the ame nature. The court decided that Secretary Ickes, as public works ad ninistrator, was without authority to lam navigable rivers unless specifically irdered by congress and that the law rearing the .'WA had not listed any luch specific projects as the Parker lam. The same applies to many huge eclamation projects that have received ?WA funds, and It is not unlikely that uits will be brought to stop some of hem. Mr. Ickes said congress would ie asked to authorize specifically the onstruction of the Parker dam. FEDERAL Judges Woodward, Wil kerson and Lludley of Chicago are lot going to be Impeached, for the louse subcommittee investigating quity and bankruptcy receiverships ind practices reported the evidence ? ?': ^ n-drronf atioh npf inn UKeu UiU U"L . The report said that in several In tances "conduct prejudicial to the lignity of the federal judiciary" was lisclosed, but that substantial Improve aents had been made both in the ules of the court and In the law ap illcable to the administrator of re elverships and bankruptcy litigation. CHAIRMAN' JOHN J. M SWAI.V of >-A the house military alTalrs commit ee sent to the President a letter of ipology for disclosure of defense plans mtlined In execeutive sessions of the ommittee, and assumed full responsi bility for "the unfortunate incident" McSwaln was rebuked by letter from he President for the publication in a louse document of possible defense ilans against Canada and British and Trench Islands in the Atlantic and the Caribbean in the event of war. Brig, lens. F. M. Andrews and Charles E. tllbourne had outlined the program >efore a secret meeting of the corn ill ttee. Foreign minister pierre la VAL of France and Ambassador , Potemkin of Russia finally fixed up the mutual assistance pact between the two countries in a way acceptable to both and it was signed In Paris. M. Laval then prepared to leave for Moscow, planning to stop in Warsaw en route. It would seem that Laval had his way with the treaty, for it subordi nates military action of the two powers to the procedure of the League of Na tions, to provisions of the Locarno pact and also to the Franco-Polish alli ance. SETTING a new transcontinental rec ord for transport ships, a TWA test plane flew from Burbank, Calif., to New York in 11 hours and 5 minutes. What is more Important, for all but about one hundred miles it was con- j trolled by a robot pilot D. W. Tom llnson, the pilot, was accompanied by Harold Snead, an expert on radio beam flying, and Peter Redpath, navigation engineer. Tomlinson had the controls for only three brief intervals?over the San Bernardino range, at Durango, Colo., where a snowstorm was encoun tered, and at the landing at Floyd Ben- j nett field. The plane reached its great est cruising speed of 262 miles an hour over the Allegheny mountains. "TpEXANS are going to have the op 's- portunity of deciding whether their state shall remain dry or fall into line with most other states and repeal the prohibition law. The legislature has ' voted to submit the question to popular a ptlnn Under the resolution adopted the vote would be held next August 24. Regulation would be left to the legis lature and at the general election In 1930, a vote would be taken on a man datory state monopoly over gales of hard liquor. GERMANY'S latest breach of the treaty of Versailles, the building of submarines. Is stirring up a lot of angry talk in Great Britain, France and Italy. The English are especially disturbed, for they remember only too vividly how near the Germans came to starving them during the war by the destruction of shipping by the un dersea boats. Anglo-German conversa tions on naval restriction were to have been held In London the second week in May, and these may now be called oft or at least postponed. The French are less vexed because they think the development may force a showdown on the whole status of the German navy and Hitler's demand for at least 35 per cent of the British ton nage and approximate parity with that of France. Information obtained by the powers was that Germany already had under construction a number of 250-ton sub marines and planned a large fleet of them. Spokesmen for the German gov ernment denied that any were being built yet, but at the same time ad mitted that submarines were being "considered" In connection with plans for rebuilding the navy. HAVING listened to Senator Long of Louisiana and other orators who do not like the administration and Its New Deal and also have little love ior tne u. u. i ., me National Farmers' Hol iday association. In session at Des Moines, Iowa, decided tbat a third national political party should be formed. Milo Reno, national president of the asso ciation, bad a lively encounter with a group nllorrod Pa m m nnl oto Ul aucgcu vviuuiuuiaia Milo Reno during a business ges slon. They sought adoption of a reso lution calling for legislation for "re lief without debts," "production credit without strings," and Immediate re peal of the AAA. Reno denounced them as Wall Street racketeers and henchmen of Soviet Russia. "You can't talk. You can't argue. Don't try to get the floor. I'm running this meeting," Reno said. "Sit down and shut up. Get out before we get really mad." D EPCBLICANS of nine mldwestern states who met at Excelsior Springs, Mo., decided that the "grass roots" conference of leaders of the party should be held In Springfield, 111., the date to be fixed later, though It probably will be early In June. The purpose of this gathering will be the rejuvenation of the party and the launching of a campaign to restore popular government. POLICE of Havana apparently are well on the way to solution of the mystery of the fire which destroyed the Ward Uner Morro Castle and other recent marine disasters. They have ar rested three men, all natives of Cata lan province In Spain, and say that they found on their persons letters of Instruction concerning the destruction of the steamship Magallanes of the Spanish line, which was soon due In Havana. The documents, according to the authorities, ordered the accused to "take necessary action to precipitate a disaster similar to that of the Morro Castle." The police say the prisoners are well-known anarchists. ? ~ ~ "" Even the Farmer Gets Air Conditioning SOMEBODY la always giving the farmer a tractor with more comfort, more power, more traction. Low pressure tires started It all. Now come these Hula brothers of Medford, Okla., and steal the show at the national equipment displays at Wichita, Kan., with this "tractor of the future." It is alr-conditloned, and Is sound-proof to give good reception for its radio. Even a cigar lighter is included on the instrument panel. Bedtime Story for Children By THORNTON W. BURGESS DANNY HAS THE SHAKES Of all the chills of which you hear There's no chill like the chill of fear. Danny meadow mouse sighed with thankfulness and relief as he reached the other side of the Laugh ing Brook by way of the old log which had fallen across It, thus making a bridge. To be sure he was a long, long way from his snug little home, where Nanny Meadow Mouse was anxiously waiting for him, but at least he was on the right side of the Smil ing Pool and the Laughing Brook. He no longer needed to think of the Big Pickerel or of Snapper the Turtle. He had left Billy Mink and Reddy Fox way back by the Smiling Pool, so he felt quite safe from them. Of course when he should reach the edge of the Green Meadows and start across to his snug little home he would have to watch for Reddy or Old Granny Fox, but just now he felt quite safe and it was a very good feeling indeed. Being at last on the right side of the Laughing Brook, Danny felt that he hqd earned a rest, but having the wis dom of long experience he first looked ; for a place where he could rest In safety. Just a few feet from the end of the log on which he crossed the Laughing Brook was another old log. At once Danny scampered over to It for he long ago learned that old logs are quite likely to he hollow and when they are they make the very finest re treats in all the Great World for timid little people who wish to keep out of sight Just as he hoped, this old log was hollow and the only entrance was lurouKU an ?*iu KIKJI iioie imirij ui$ enough for Danny to squeeze through Making sure that no one else was there, Danny squeezed In and prompt ly forgot all his recent troubles and was happy, which fortunately Is the way of the little people of the Green Forest and the Green Meadows. In two minutes Danny was fast asleep. How long be slept he didn't know but suddenly he was wide awake. He heard nothing, but he had a feeling of uneasiness. He crept to the entrance and peeped out. The moonlight lay full on the old log across the Laughing Brook and even as he looked a slim dark form leaped up on the farther end and began to run swiftly across with nose close to the old log. It was Billy Mink, and Danny knew Billy's wonderful nose had found his scent somewhere on the other bank and that It would lead Billy straight to that hollow log. And so it hap pened. It was scarcely a minute be fore Billy's nose was poked In at the knot hole and Billy took one long sniff. "Ah, ha," said Billy. "So this is where you are. Come out like a gentleman and be eaten." Danny said nothing, but he began to shake as with the cold. It was the chill of fear. lie was trapped. ?. T. W. Burgess.?WNU Service. Benzine From Petroleum Benzine is a colorless, inflammable and volatile liquid obtained from pe troleum by fractional distillation, con sisting of various hydro-carbons. It is used as a solvent for fats, for cleansing and other purposes. Crept to the Entrance and Peeped Out. <SiPUGAGsf> "To be lucky at love," say? Reno Ritil, "meant to hold a better hand of diamonds than to be lucky at cards." WNU Service. Question box i t, ED WYNN, The Perfect Fool | Dear Mr. Wynn: I have an uncle who swears from morning till night. I never heard such language as he uses. Where In the world do you think he learned to swear like that? Sincerely, HELEN DAMM. Answer: My dear Miss Darnm, If your uncle does what you claim for him I assure you he could not have learned it any place. It must have been a gift Dear Mr. Wynn: I am a poor widow and have a hard time making both ends meet. I now find out that I could make some extra money by taking In washing. I don't know any people who send out their wash, so please tell me the best way to get In touch with those kind of peo ple, will you? Yours truly, I. VOREES0PE. Answer: Just put an ad In the news papers to read as follows: "A POOR WIDOW NEEDS WASH ING." And then give your address. Dear Mr. Wynn: I met a boy at a dance last night and I like hlrn very much. During our conversation, though. It seemed to me as if he was bragging a bit He said that his brother lived In England and that he sits before the king and queen every day and keeps his hat on. Do you believe that? Sincerely, HOC A BIBABY. Answer: Sure I do. lie is their chauffeur. Dear Mr. Wynn: I have Just started in college and am taking up a course In gardening and farming. I have been paying par ticular attention to the caterpillar and have discovered they always climb trees and eat the leaves. Can you tell me how to keep them from eating the leaves? Sincerely, CUIUS. ANN TENUM. Answer: Let them climb telegraph poles. ?. the A?Me!tt#d Newspapers. WNU Service. IPAPA KNCWS-I "Pop, what It helter-akelterr* "Rain on tho roof." ?. Bell Syndicate?WNU Sirrloi. | SAM By ANNE CAMPBELL SAM U an officer walking onr beat. No one could lire on a quieter street If there were a riot, our Sammy would quiet The riot, and never disturb our repose. Each child on our street when he goes to sleep, knows lie's under a special policeman's good care! Sammy is there! And many a child on our street when he prays Says: "Please God, bless Sam, 'causei he has to sleep days!" While children are sleeping, his watch be Is keeping, And sleeping is better because we have Sam. The children sleep on If they hear at door slam. He takes all the grief that they might bare to bear! Sammy Is there! Sometimes the dear children drift off into dreams. And thinking of God, and of Sammy, it seems That some one who's thinking of others, unwinking, And thinking not once of himself, is so fine He must have a lot In his heart that's divine. So the children sleep tight, and the whole night Is fair! Sammy Is there! Copyright?WNU Servlc*. Double Duty Dress This tailored ensemble of navy and white pin-dorted sheer taffeta does double duty. The jacket with Its white linen revers and big sleeves makes the costume an Informal dinner dress or serves as a little wrap over the low-cut gown. 'Peter Paii" Is a Devoted Mother Now DO IOI know what became of lovely Betty Bronson, who first gained film fame with her portrayal of "Peter ran"? Here she Is, In private life Mrs. Ludwlg Lauerhass, with her son, Lndwlg, Jr. Betty doesn't miss the glamoc of the cinema bnt la now a devoted mother and housewife. , - ^
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