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VOL. LXI. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY OCTOBER 24, 1935. NO. 38.
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Laval in Uncomfortable Position as Anglo-Italian Relations
Grow Worse?Senator Vandenberg
"Not a Candidate."
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
?) Western Newspaper Union.
PIERRE LAVAL, premier of France,
found himself in a tight place be
cause of his efforts to retain the friend
ship of both Great Britain and Italy
ami iu seep 111a gov
ernment from being
upset by its foes at
home. In the process
of trying to find a way
to bring about a peace
ful settlement of the
Italo-Ethiopian war.
Laval proposed that
Britain withdraw its
big home fleet from
the Mediterranean to
mollify Mussolini. This
suggestion was laid
Pierre Laval
before the British caDinet ana turnea
down flatly.
The cabinet save hearty approval to
the policy at Geneva of CapL Anthony
Eden and Samuel Hoare, secretary for
foreign affairs. Its stand was reported
to be substantially this: Mussolini
will respect nothing bat force. He
would interpret any withdrawal of
Britain's Mediterranean forces as a
sign of weakening. If Mussolini wants
to clear the way for Italo-Ethopian
peace talks, let him halt his armies in
Ethiopia and accept league terms as
basis for negotiation as Ethiopia al
ready has done.
Furthermore, the British government
called on Laval for a definite reply to
its question whether France would co
operate with the British fleet If there
were an open break with Italy. The
French answers to this query had
been too wabbly to suit Downing
street Particularly the English
wanted to know if their fleet would be
permitted to use the French naval
dockyards. It was believed that If
Laval could not satisfy the British,
the latter would withdraw from active
leadership In the League of Nations
and refuse to renew the Locarno com
mitments on which France relies for
protection against Germany.
rjtSPATCHES from the African
^ war front are subjected to so
severe a censorship that they are not
only unsatisfactory but often quite
unreliable. All kinds of sensational
stories are circulated and some of
them may be true. One such is the
report from Djibouti, French Somali
land, that Italians killed a number of
British Somaliland subjects near the
Ethiopian frontier, some of the vic
tims being members of the camel
corps that Is a part of the colonial
army. British Vice Consul Lowe
heard, also, that Italians had gassed
and shot a lot of cattle and goats In
British Somaliland.
Certainly relations between Italy and
Great Britain were growing worse
daily and there were many predictions
that the two nations would be at each
other's throats before long. The Brit
ish have been In a deadly cold humor
ever since they found out that Musso
lini's friends had been trying to stir
up an anti-British revolt In Egypt.
Kow the border between Egypt and
Italian Libya Is the scene of swift
concentration of troops on both sides.
SENATOR ARTHUR H. VANDEN
BERG of Michigan, who has been
mentioned frequently as a possible
Republican nominee for the Presl
aency, came back from
a summer tour of Eu
rope and declared flat
ly he Is "not a candi
date for anything on
earth." He did not
attempt to predict who
would be named by
the Republicans, but
did say he felt the
6- O. P. would win
in 1936.
"I think President
Roosevelt wrote his
obituary in his first
Senator
Vandenberg
speech In congress In March, 11)33,
he said, "and historians will show it,
when he said 'most liberal governments
have been wrecked on the rocks of
loose fiscal policies and we must take
care to avoid that/"
Liberal spending by the New Deal
was defended by Senator Fletcher of
H>rida, chairman of the senate bank
iri* committee. In an interview he
Su d that "government activities'and
expenditures have restored about $10,
'**>,000,000 of bank credit lost in the
?-1.000,9Q0.000 deflation of 1030-33.
Business Is going to get the bene
fit of that. The money the govern
ment is putting out is going to people
are putting it In the banks. It
js increasing purchasing power and
''kewise expanding the credit facili
ties of the banks.'*
Th? senator expressed the belief
business was "reviving," declared re
lief and other emergency expenditures
would drop as continued improvement
was shown, and predicted many work
projects would be of lasting benefit.
TT DOESN'T take much these days
to cause the Republicans to rejoice.
The latest event hailed by them as a
harbinger of victory next year was
merely a by-election in Massachusetts
to fill a vacancy In the state senate.
The district normally is Republican
and this time as usual a Republican
was elected. The reason for the
G. 0. P. shouts was found In the de
creased vote polled by the Democrats,
and the fact that Salem, a mill town
and former Democratic stronghold, was
captured by the Republicans.
Democratic leaders said that the Is
sues in the election were purely local
and that the reverse at most was a
rebuff for the administration of Demo
cratic Gov. James Curley.
VICE PRESIDENT JOHN GARNER
and a large number of senators
and representatives sailed from Seattle
for Manila to represent the United
States at the formal establishment of
the Philippines commonwealth and the
inauguration of President Manuel
Quezon on November 10.
For the first time in history both
the President and the Vice President
were outside United States territory
at the same time. Secretary of State
Hull was the ranking official left in
Washington and consequently was the
temporary head of the government.
However, Mr. Roosevelt was yn close
and continual communication with the
capital by wireless throughout his
cruise.
IN SOME quarters Col. Theodore
Roosevelt is credited with consider
auic iuuuculc auiuug
the Republicans of
the eastern states,
and often be is men
| tioned as a possible
| Presidential c a n d i
! date. Another poten
i tial candidate, strong
j in the West, Senator
! William E. Borah of
j Idaho, recently wrote
| to Olonel Roosevelt
proposing that the
1936 Repnblican cam
paign be based on a
i tka
Col. Theodore
Roosevelt
trust-uusuijg isauc< i iic tuiuuci
turned down the plan. He replied that,
while he was in sympathy with the
senator's attitude on monopolies, he
felt there are many other issues as
great or greater. Among these he
named -"scandalous waste of the peo
ple's money, government extravagance,
multitudinous taxes, and attempts to
subvert onr type of government"
"I entirely agree," Colonel Roosevelt
wrote, "that monopolies are evil, for
I am a firm believer in the established
American principle of competition. I
have stated this over and over again
during the last eighteen months.
"I do not agree, however, that this
will be the major issue of the cam
paign."
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT turned
his back on the Pacific and began
his return voyage on the cruiser Hous
ton. The vessel was started through
the Panama canal while the President
went to Fort Clayton and other posts
to inspect the garrisons, and to the
new Madden dam on the Chagres riv
er. He boarded the cruiser at Pedro
Miguel locks and. with President Arias
of Panama and Mrs. Arias as guests,
proceded to the Atlantic.
MAJ. GEN. WILLIAM L. SIBEItT,
one of the three men who reall?
built the Panama canal and last sur
viving member of the canal commis
sion, died at the age of seventy-flve a',
his country home near Bowling Green,
Ky. He was buried In Arlington Na
tional cemetery with full military
honors.
General Sibert's career as engineer
and soldier was distinguished. He was
made brigadier general by special act
of congress for his services in con
nection with the building of the Pan
ama canal. During the World war he
commanded the 1 irst division of the
A. E. F.
He retired In 1920 to engage in pri
vate engineering work and subsequent
ly served as chairman of the Ala
bama state docks commission in con
struction of the state docks at Mobile.
From 1928 to 1932 he was chairman
of the Boulder dam commission, and in
1929 and 1930 was president of the
American Association of Port Authori
ties.
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JOHN L. LEWIS, president of the
United Mine Workers, and his In
dustrial union bloc lost a hot battle
when the American Federation of La
bor, In convention In Atlantic City,
voted to continue the policy adopted
last year In San Francisco. This
policy was to organize workers In mass
production Industries, such as automo
bile and steel, along Industrial lines
with due protection of the rights of
craft unions.
Lewis and his followers proposed
that the mass production Industries
be organized, one union for each In
dustry, with the craft unions kept out
altogether.
PARLIAMENTARY elections in Can
ada resulted In the defeat of Pre
mier Richard B. Bennett and the Con
servatives who have been In control
since 1930. The next premier will be
Mackenzie King, leader of the Liberals
who won 158 out of 245 seats In the
house of commons. The new deal poli
cies of the Bennett government were
repudiated by the electors.
In the program outlined by King, In
case he won, the great emphasis was
laid on relieving unemployment and
lowering tariffs back to 1930 levels. A
reciprocal trade agreement with the
United States was one of his strong
arguments. Nationalization of the Bank
of Canada, to control credit Inflation
and deflation was another plank.
One Immediate result of the Liberal
victory was the resignation of W. B.
Uerridge as Canadian minister to the
United States, effective when the new
administration takes bold. Herrldge
Is a brother-in-law of Premier Ben
nett and his appointment to the Wash
ington post was severely criticized by
King during the campaign.
CAROL, king of Rumania, cele
brated his forty-second birthday
at his summer palace In Sinaia, and
as the family gathered for the ocen
n 11 - ? - - sion Mme. Macd.i Lu
pescu, the king's inti
mate friend, arrived
unexpectedly from
Paris. The Peasant
party had Intended to
make the day notable
by "anti-Lupeseu" dem
onstrations, hoping this
would help to keep
her in exile, but her
return confounded the
leaders.
The agitation against
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King Carol
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?uasuu nas iiuvy laicu a ucviucu aun*
Semitic turn, her enemies circulating
broadsides calling attention to her
Jewish origin and charging that
through her Influence a large number
of Jews are getting easy jobs in the
public service.
The peasant leaders also redistrib
uted a statement of Julius Maniu, out
standing foe of Mme. Lupescu, that
she is "responsible for almost every
ill which besets Rumania."
"I am a monarchist," Maniu's state
ment continued, "but every Rumanian
should receive a good example from
the palace. The crown must respect
itself."
CONSTITUTIONALITY of two New
Deal projects?the AAA processing
taxes and the TVA operations in gen
erating and selling power in competi
tion with private power companies?
is to be determined by the Supreme
court of the United States, and an early
ruling on both is expected.
Among the court'a negative rulings
was a refusal to.consider the latest
habeas corpus proceedings brought in
behalf of Thomas Mtmney, California's
most famous prisoner. The court also
refused to hear an attack on a law
which strengthened the political ma
chine of the late Senator Huey P.
Long of Louisiana.
SECRETARY WALLACE should wel
come the announcement by the
American Liberty league that Its com
mittee of 58 noted lawyers has volun
teered to defend small potato growers
against the potato control law. Not
that Mr. Wallace intends to violate the
act by growing unlicensed spuds, but
he has declared he is so opposed to the
law that he will try in every way to
avoid enforcing it.
FOR about twenty years John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., has owned a 60
acre tract of land at the upper end of
Manhattan Island, known as port Try
on park, and has cared for It and beau
tified It. Now he has presented It to
New York city as a public park?truly,
a magnificent gift The land, which Is
valued at $6,000,000, extends from One
Hundred Ninety-second street to Dyck
man street,
DON JUAN of Bourbon, the twenty,
two-year-old son of former King
Alfonso of Spain, and the Infanta
Maria de la Ksperanza of the Sicilian
house of Bourbon, were married in
Rome, blessed by Pope Plus and start
ed for London on a honeymoon trip
that probably will take them around
the world, including a visit In the
United States. The young man la of
international Importance only because
he is the beir presumptive to the
Spanish throne, and there are chances
that the monarchy will be restored by
the Spaniards.
"Save Your Old Inner Tubes," Says Miami
THESE girls at the Rone; Plaza Ca
bana Sun club In Miami Beach, Fla.,
looking for something new to swim In,
bare taken old Inner tubes of automobile
tires and are fashioning tbem Into the
latest In bathing suits. One tube is
enough for three suits.
BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
LIGHTFOOT VISITS PADDY
THE BEAVER
DEEP In the Green Forest Is the
pond where lives Paddy the Beav
er. It Is Paddy's own pond, for he
made It himself. Be made It by build
ing a dam across the Laughing Brook.
When Lightfoot the Deer bounded
away through the Green Forest after
watching the hunter pass through the
hollow below him, he remembered
Paddy's pond. "That's where I'll go,"
thought Lightfoot "It Is such a lone
some part of the Green Forest that I
do not believe that hunter will come
there. I'll Just run over and make
Paddy a friendly call."
So Lightfoot bounded along deeper
and deeper Into the Green Forest
Presently through the trees he caught
the gleam of water. It was Paddy's
pond. Lightfoot approached It cau
tiously. He felt sure he was rid of the
hunter who had followed him so far
that morning, but he knew that there
might be other hunters In the Green
Forest He knew that he couldn't af
ford to be careless for even one little
minute. Lightfoot had lived long
enough to know that most of the sad
things and dreadful things that bap
pen In the Green Forest and on the
Green Meadows are due to careless
ness, often only a moment's careless
ness. No one who Is hunted, be he
Ulg or Hint;, can tuioiu cvci lu uc tour
J less.
Now LIgbtfoot had known of hunt
ers biding near water, hoping to shoot
him when be came to drink. That al
ways seemed to Llghtfoot a dreadful
thing, an unfair thing. But hunters
had done It before and they might do
it again. So LIgbtfoot was careful to
approach Paddy's pond up wind. That
Is, be approached the side of the pond
from which the llerry Little Breezes
were blowing towards him, and all the
| time be kept hig nose working. He
knew that If any hunters were hidden
there, the Merry Little Breezes would
bring him their scent and thus warn
him.
He had almost reached the edge of
Paddy's pond when from the farther
shore there came a sudden crash. It
startled Llghtfoot terribly for Just an
Instant. Then he guessed what It
meant That crash was the falling of
a tree. There had been no sound of
axes, so he knew It could not bare
been chopped down by men. It must
be that Paddy the Beaver had cut It
and If Paddy was working by daylight
It was certain that no one had been
around that pond for a long time.
So Ligbtfoot harried forward eager
ly. but stilt cautiously. When he
reached the bank he looked across to
wards where the sound of that falling
tree had come from. A branch of a
tree was moving along In the water
and half hidden by It was a brown
head. It was Paddy the Beaver -tak
ing the branch to his woodpile.
c T. W. Durpess.?WNU Servlc*.
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THE DAY OF LEFTOVERS
?N EVERT well-regulated home there
*? will be nice food which should not
be slighted because It Is left over. One
housekeeper cleverly gets everything
eaten by serving a tray with small
dishes, nicely warmed and seasoned
and each member of the family may
have a choice. The food never goes
begging.
Leftover baked potatoes make most
delicious creamed potatoes, having
quite a different flavor from the fresh
ly cooked or boiled ones.
In these days of vegetable plates
one may have a bot vegetable plate
with a few spoons of peas, beans, toma
toes, cabbage or onions. Such a meal
Is often preferred by those who realize
that they eat too much meat
One large grapefruit when carefully
peeled and the sections (minus their
covering) placed ou tender lettuce
with a sprinkling of shredded almonds
and a good dressing, makes the best
of salad.
By the way, our beauty dietitians
tell us that a dozen almonds a day
with an apple, banana or a glass of
fruit juice Is one of the best lunch
eons for beautifying the complexion.
The almonds must be carefully mas
ticated.
Rice and Meat Mold.
Mix two cups of boiled rice with one
half teaspoon of salt and line a but
tered mold with two-thirds of the mix
ture. Mix two cups of chopped cooked
meat with one cup of soft bread
crumbs, salt, paprika, two tablespons
each of chopped onions, celery and
parsley; add two beaten eggs, one-half
cup of mill; and pour Into the mold.
Cover with the remaining rice. Over
the top place a thick waxed paper.
Set Into hot water and bake in a mod
erate oven 3d minutes.
Tomato Sauce.
Take two cups of tomatoes, two
slices of cnlon, two bay leaves, two
celery leaves, four whole cloves, one
teaspoon of salt, one-fourth teaspoon
of paprika, one-half teaspoon of sugar
and one cup of water. Cook together
slowly for 20 minutes. Strain and
add to three tablespoons of butter and
four of flour that have been well
blended. Cook until creamy.
? Western Newspaper union.
GH?PGi6X> 11
"The world maybe round," sayt solil
oquizing Elizabeth, "but everybody on
| It eeeme to be pretty flat."
6. Bell Syndicate?WNU Service
Question box
t, ED WYNN, The Perfect Fool j
Dear Mr. Wynn:
Is It true the best way to make a
vegetable speak Is to cut out the In
side of a melon and make It hollow?
(holler).
Jours truly,
Q. KOMHEIt.
Answer: Your guess.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
Is It unlucky to postpone your wed
ding day?
Jours truly,
L. M. DO I NO IT.
Answer: Not If yor keep on postpon
ing It.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
My brother and I have an argument
for you to settle. He says the "Eye
Teeth" are the last teeth people get;
while I say It's the "Wisdom Teeth."
Please til us who Is right?
Jours truly,
DENT. L. FLOSS.
Answer: Jou are both wrong. The
teeth which people get last are "False
Teeth."
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Dear Mr. Wynn:
I am writing a play but can't seem
to get a finish fo. It. I have It all
completed up to the last curtain. The
last scene shows the heroine starving
to death. What do you suggest for a
finish?
Jours truly,
LENA GAINSTMEE.
Answer: Have the heroine kneel on
the stage, lift up her hands and beg
for bread, then hav< the curtain come
down with a roiL
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I met a young chap from Atlantic
City. Ue told "ie that In ils home
there Is something that runs all over
the floor of his basement yet It hasn't
any legs. As you know everything,
what can that be?
Sincerely.
C. SACLT.
Answer: Water.
G Associated Newspapers.
WHO garvlca.
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I DOWN ST. CLAIR
COUNTY WAYj
By ANNE CAMPBELL'
DOWN Sl Clair Coonty way, thf
summer lingers.
The Dawn comes leading Day wltM
rosy fingers. .
There Is no hint ot autumn rain. The
wildwood
Is green and fragrant as the lane ttt
childhood. ,
t
The bees are humming stllL MldsunV
mer gladness
Brings to the silver rill no hint of sad-'
' ness. .
The winter snows will fall, but In the
glowing
Red sunshine,-green and tall the corit
Is growing.
Down St. Clair County way, were I J
sparrow,
I'd fly at close of day straight as ah)
arrow.
Alone in the dark wood, I'd need na
guiding.
For in the solitude a dream is hiding^
Copyright.?WNU Service.
Military Touch
Coq feathers cascade In military
fashion from the top of this olire groan
felt toque. The rolled brim Is bound
with gold silk braid. !
eiYOC Know?
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That goldfish in their native ,
waters are not the colorful
fish that you see in the aqua
rinms? It was the Chinese
many years ago?who first
took wild goldfish out of their
streams and evolved the beau
tiful colorings so common
today.
C McClar* Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Service.
Someone Stole the Minute Hand
KENTUCKY. Colonel C H. Emerson, floor manager In charge of the majority
side of the house. Inspects the famous clock below the gallery of the boom
of representatives. Sad to relate, a tourist had "borrowed" the minute band,
the same one that was set back so often last session so that It would not be
later than 12 when the house adjourned. As a result the chamber has been
locked until the next session convenes.