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GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1936 No. 48
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Cuban Congress Ousts President Gomez ? Another Arch
bishop Attacks Edward, Duke of Windsor ?
Treasury Plan to Curb Credit Inflation.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
? Western Newspaper Union.
A/I IGUEL MARIANO GOMEZ,
president of Cuba, was on his
way out because he defied Col. Ful
gencio Batista, the real ruler of the
republic, by vetoing
the sugar tax bill to
raise funds for the
building of schools
that would be con
ducted by army of
ficers. Despite plen
ty of warnings, Go
mez persisted in his
opposition to the
measure which, he
said, would lead to
fascism. So the
house of representa
Miguel Gomez
! A. .
uvea, uummaiea Dy causia, im
peached him and he went to trial
before the senate with the certain
ty that the decision would be
against him. He was accused of
attempting to coerce the congress
unconstitutionally to defeat the tax
bill, and of mal-administration. It
was the first bill of impeachment
ever voted in the history of the
Cuban republic.
Gomez defended himself vigor
ously but was resigned to his fate.
The prosecution was conducted by
three members of the house ? Car
los Palma, veteran Republican lead
er; Eduardo Martinez Fraga, Na
tionalist, and Felipe Jay, Demo
crat.
Vice President Federico Laredo
Bru was ready to succeed Gomez
automatically. He is a lawyer, sixty
one years old and was a colonel in
the Cuban war of independence.
A RCHBISHOPS of the Church of
England just can't let the duke
of Windsor and his love affair alone.
The Most Rev. Dr. William Temple,
archibshop of York and second only
to the archbishop of Canterbury,
took his turn in lambasting the ab
dicated king, in a Christmas dioces
an letter that displayed little of the
Christian spirit. Said the archbish
op:
"It has happened to many a man
before now to find himself beginning
to fall in love with another man's
wife. That is a moment of critical
decision and the right decision is
that they should cease to meet be
fore the passion is so developed as
to create an agonizing conflict be
tween love and duty.
"This decision often has been tak
en by men of honor. And when the
power of personal attraction is re
inforced by the glamor of the throne
the moral obligation is the more
urgent for that reason.
"Let us remember that any kind
of love which can be in conflict with
duty is not the love of which the
gospel speaks."
The British press and a great
many of the English people are dis
gusted with these repeated attacks
on Edward by the prelates and
there is a growing danger of a split
in the Church of England.
Dispatches from Edward's haven
in Enzesfeld, Austria, say that he
is planning to make Mrs. Simpson
the duchess of Windsor in May next,
immediately after her divorce be
comes absolute. Meanwhile he prob
ably will remain at the castle of
Baron Eugene de Rothschild with
out seeing Mrs. Simpson.
There were reports that the duke
might take legal action against the
archbishop of York, presumably for
slander.
GIMEON D. FESS, former sena
^ tor from Ohio and for years a
leader in the "Old Guard" of the
Republican party, died suddenly in
the Carlton hotel, Washington. He
had been in retirement from na
tional politics since 1932 when he
was defeated for re-election to the
senate.
A CCORDING to a decision of the
United States court of appeals
in New Orleans, the national labor
relations board has authority to
compel employers to bargain collec
tively with their employees. The
tribunal upheld the board's cease
and desist orders against Agwil
ines, Inc., which operates the Clyde
Mallory Steamship lines, in con
nection with the dismissal of seven
employees for alleged union action.
T1 HE Supreme Court having up
held, in the Chaco arms em
bargo case, the neutrality powers
of the President, Mr. Roosevelt let
it be known that he would ask con
gress to revise the present neutral
ity law to give him broader dis
cretion in his relations with foreign
governments. In otner words, the
"teeth" which he and the State de
partment have always thought the
statute lacked. Just what the Pres
ident would ask was not told to the
press, but there were indications
that he wants authority to:
1. Declare an arms embargo "up
on the outbreak or during progress
or* a war, and forbid the passage
of American citizens or transport
of American goods on belligerent
ships, except at the traveler's or
shipper's own risk.
2. Determine the actual volume to
which commodity shipments would
be limited and enumerate the items
becoming contraband beyond those
limits.
Government officials looked upon
the Supreme Court's decision as
the most sweeping approval of a
New Deal law the tribunal has yet
given. They read in it an inferen
tial approval of the reciprocal trade
treaty program, still untested, and
a broader inference that the Presi
dent should be given more latitude
in negotiations of all kinds with for
eign governments.
ELEGATES to the inter-Amer
ican peace conference in Bue
nos Aires signed the 69 accords ap
proved during the sessions and the
conference came to an end. Fare
well congratulatory speeches were
made by Secretary of State Cordell
Hull, Argentine Foreign Minister
Carlos Saavedra Lamas and the
head of the Peruvian delegation,
Carlos Concha. They all urged that
the peace efforts be continued in
the next Pan-American conference,
which will be held in Lima, Peru,
in 1938.
SECRETARY OF THE TREAS
URY MORGENTHAU and
Chairman Marriner Eccles of the
federal reserve board announced a
new program for ,
curbing credit in
flation, and it is
likely to involve $1,
000,000,000 of bor
rowings in 1937. J
About a billion dol
lars worth of gold is
flowing into the
country annually,
and if this continues
next year, it was
said by officials, the
treasury will take
M. S. Eccles
that amount out of the money mar
ket, to offset the effects of the gold
influx on domestic credit.
The plan, which probably was de
vised by Mr. Eccles, is intended to
hold the excess reserves, which are
the reserves that member banks de
posit with the federal reserve sys
tem in excess of legal requirements,
on the same plateau where they are
now. Previously gold flowing into
the country was chalked up as ex
cess reserves upon which an infla
tionary credit boom could be built.
majui oil companies, oil trade
publications and individuals were re
turned by a federal grand jury in
Madison, Wis., in order to avoid de
lay in the trial of the anti-trust cases.
With few changes the new true bills
are similar to those returned previ
ously by the 1935 grand jury and con
tested as invalid on grounds that the
grand jury was illegally impaneled.
It is understood that the govern
, ment plans to bring the cases to
trial in March.
UNDER the general leadership of
John L. Lewis the war for
unionizing the steel industry and
destroying the company unions is
new indictments against
now unaer way.
Some 250 company
union representa
tives from the Pitts
burgh, the Cleve
land - Youngstown
and the eastern dis
tricts met in Pitts
burgh and were told
by Philip Murray,
chief aide of Lewis
and chairman of the
committee for in
dustrial union, that
John L. Lewis
a strike in the J5,000,000,000 indus
try might result "if the industry
continues to employ it* dog-in-the
manger attitude," in dealing with
trade unions.
Thereupon the delegates adopted
resolutions unanimously condemn
ing the company union plan as a
"farce," and establishing a new or
ganization called th? "CIO repre
sentatives council."
IJ OPE for the recovery of Pope
1 A Pius dwindled day by day. He
suffered a fainting spell and was
reported to be exceedingly weak.
His illness was complicated by high
fever and there was danger of In
fluenza. Senator Nicola Panda of
Rome, widely known as a specialist
on the ills of old age, was sum
moned by Dr. Amanti Milani, and
both agreed that the pontiff must
have complete rest. His visitors
were limited to the ten cardinals
who are prefects of executive bodies
of the church and they were per
mitted to enter the sick room only
one each day to obtain the pope's
authorization for their most impor
tant decisions. The customary
Christmas eve audience for cardi
nals and diplomats was canceled,
and the pope also had to abandon
his plan to celebrate mass on the
57 th anniversary of his ordination
to the priesthood.
(GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI
SHEK not being released by
Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang within
the specified time, the Nanking
troops moved
against the Sianfu
rebels. Two of the
mutinous battalions
were captured and
disarmed at Huh
sien. It appeared
that Marshal Chang
really was reduced
to negotiating for
his own life and
safety, and there
were reports that he
was willing to sur
render the dictator
Chan;
Hsueh-lianf
ana quit tne country, as nas many
a rebellious Chinese war lord be
fore him. T. V. Soong, who is Chi
ang's brother-in-law, went to Sian
fu to attempt to arrange for Chi
ang's release.
Japanese military authorities
charge that Marshal Chang's revolt
was part of a deliberate plan to
line up western powers, including
soviet Russia, against Japan. The
Chinese ambassador to Tokio was
told by Foreign Minister Hachiro
Arita that the Chinese government
would not be permitted to enter in
to any accord that would make it
appear that it favored war against
Japan. Arita made it plain that
Japan would abandon its waiting
policy if Nanking compromised with
Marshal Chang.
D ARON NUFFIELD, one of Eng
*-* land's wealthiest industrialists
and a generous contributor to phil
anthropic causes, has just donated
$10,000,000 "to stimulate employ
ment in Great Britain's poverty
stricken depressed areas." Four
trustees are given full discretion in
use of the sum. Baron Nuffield,
who is Sir William Morris, is head
of a vast manufacturing organiza
tion including automobile plants, ex
port companies, a publishing house
and affiliated subsidiaries.
EARTHQUAKE shocks accompa
nied by volcanic eruptions dev
astated large areas in central Sal
vador, killing more than a thousand
persons and injuring about four
hundred. San Vicente, a city of 26,
000, was the center of the temblors, ?
and it was reported to be practically
destroyed. Several thousand persons
there were participating in a reli
gious procession when the first
quake came, and many of them
were crushed under falling walls.
Other towns in the stricken region
were wrecked. Roads from the
capital were broken up and com
munications were destroyed, so that
accurate information was slow in
coming out.
All of the towns affected by the
quake are in the vicinity of the
San Vicente volcano.
PETER NORBECK, United State*
senator from South Dakota since
1920, died at his home in Redfield,
S. D., at the age of sixty-six after
a long illness from heart disease
and cancer of the tongue and jaw.
Norbeck, a Republican with radi
cal tendencies, entered politics in
1908 as a member of the state sen
ate. Later he was lieutenant gov
ernor and governor of his state
and then was elected to the
United States senate. In that body
he was an insistent advocate of ag
ricultural relief measures.
Norbeck's death reduced to 16 the
number of Republicans in the sen
ate, but jf the selection of his suc
cessor is left to the Republican gov
ernor-elect, there would be again
17.
CENTIMENT in favor of legisla
^ tion to lessen the powers of the
Supreme court is growing weaker in
Washington because the President
seems to be opposed to it, at least
for the present. But Senator Hugo
Black of Alabama has announced
that he will introduce a bill de
signed to strip the lower courts of
their injunctive powers. The meas
ure would prohibit lower courts
from enjoining the operation of laws
of congress and require them to
forward all records and complete
transcripts to the Supreme court
within 30 days after an appeal.
Once a Famous Sacred Monument in Spain
Here is what the famous Sacred Heart monument, familiar to many tourists who have visited Angel hUl,
Madrid, looks like today. Shattered beyond recognition, what is left of the monument is now in the hands of
Seneral Franco's nationalist rebels. Franco'3 flag is shown on top of the ruin.
Bedtime Story for Children
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
BILLY MINK HUNTS IN VAIN
FN VAIN Billy Mink searched for
1 rats in the big barn. The smell
of them was everywhere, but the
iats themselves had disappeared
completely. Time after time, fol
lowing a trail, Billy was led to the
opening out of doors under the barn.
It was clear that all the rats had
left the big barn and that all had
gone out the same way.
"They've moved off somewhere,"
thought Billy. "I frightened them
so that they didn't dare stay here
any longer. All have gone, young,
old, big, little, and middle-sized.
There is no fun left for me here in
the big barn. I think I'll follow
them. Where they can go, I can
go. They are a gang of robbers.
They are ugly, dirty, and of no ac
count whatever. In fact, they're
worse than that, rhey have so
many babies at a time and have
them so often that there is danger
that they will drive their honest
neighbors off the earth. Yes, I think
I'll follow them."
Billy cautiously poked his head
through the opening that led out
of doors. Then he blinked with
surprise. Outside everything was
spotlessly white. It was snowing. It
had been snowing for some time.
Not a footprint of a single rat was
to be seen. Moreover, there was no
scent for Billy to follow by means
of his wonderful nose. The snow
had covered their trail. Billy could
only lick his lips and wonder in
which direction those rats had gone.
"If I knew more about this part
of the country I would know better
where to look for those rats," mut
tered Billy. "As it is, I haven't
; been here long enough to know
about anything but this barn, the
henhouse, and the big woodpile be
! tween the two. I wonder if they
can have moved over to that wood
pile or to the henhouse. The wood
pile would give them hiding places,
but they wouldn't find anything to
eat there.
"If they have gone to the hen
house they can hide underneath it,
Collecting the Wash
Novel wheel chair being used by
an elderly woman in Cliftonville,
England, to save effort on her wash
collecting rounds.
and f or food they can steal eggs
and kill a hen. I've known rats to
do just those things. I've known
them to kill chickens and then have
the owner of the chickens blame me
or Jimmy Skunk for it. I hate rats.
Everybody else does. I know most
everybody and I don't know a single
person who has a good word to say
for Robber the Rat and his gang.
I think I'll run over to the hen
house to see if they are there."
So Billy Mink went first to the
big woodpile and from there to
the henhouse, but not so much as
the smell of a rat did he find in
either place.
C T. W. Ujrgeu ? WNU Service
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"A Jury," say* Reno Ritxl, "are
twelve men chosen to decide who
has the better lawyer."
WNU Service.
? MOTHER'S ?
COOK BOOK
COLORFUL DISHES
r LOWER bowls, candle sticks,
1 compotes and sherbet glasses as
well as the ordinary service dishes
are full of color these days. When
the snow covers the ground and
the bleak winds blow, the cheery
fireplace and the colorful glasses
add much to the coziness of enter
taining. Linen and flowers carry
out the color scheme. Fruits are
always a note of color In ? dining
room. A bowl of Chinese china,
filled with oranges, pears, apples, of
various hues such as red, yellow
and green ; the banana with its
bright yellow, with the purple of
grapes and the brown of nuts,
makes a centerpiece for the table
which is hard to equal.
Small cakes may be frosted with
a white icing and coconut colored
with any desired color, using paste
or liquid fruit coloring, blending un
til the right shade is obtained.
Sprinkle this over the cakes while
moist with most charming result.
Cut cakes with a small biscuit cut
ter in cylindrical shapes, dip into
moist frosting and roll well in tinted
coconut, making another attractive
shape.
Angel food may be mixed as usual
and divided into two or three parts,
making as many shades of color
1PAPA KNOWS-1
Jfcl
"Pop, what Ia r*inly?"
"Ostricb'i hip*."
? Bell Sjodicfttt. ? WN U Serrk*
with a bit of coloring. Put together
in layers, adding a fourth of a cup
ful of cocoa to the layer to be used
at the bottom, then add the other
colors as desired. The cake may
be baked in a loaf as marble cake
if one has less time for prepara
tion.
For a daffodil cake have one layer
yellow, using a sponge cake with
the yolk of eggs and one of angel
food mixture. Put together with
lemon or orange Ailing, ice and
sprinkle with coconut.
(Q Western Newspaper Union.
or TOUR HAND
A By I>*icMt?r K. Dtvii
? Ptfbllc L?d|sr, Inc.
/Th# Stubborn
Thumb CT
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TT1 HE first, or nail join* of the
thumb denotes the manner in
which the will is used. It shows un
mistakably whether its possessor is
stubborn or easily influenced, im
pulsive or cautious. The formation
of the first, or nail, joint, holds a
wealth of information concerning
the variations of the will.
The Strong and Stubborn Win.
The nail joint jvhich indicates this
temperamental trait also denotes a
man or woman who cannot be
budged once the mind has been
made up to follow a given course of
action. It is most notable in the
rigidity of the joint when pressure is
exerted to bend it backward toward
the wrist, while any unexpected at
tempt to close the joint palmward
meets with involuntary resistance.
The nail joint of the stubborn
The Trail of Truth
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
Mankind moves onward day by
day.
But some men grow impatient. They'
Are like the lad who runs ahead
And scorns the path his elders
tread.
Deserts the trail the woods to try.
Though there's a road to travel by.
Yet he shall presently return.
Young error yet old truth shall
learn.
The marks of other mer remain.
Their cairns erected on the plain.
Here high the shafts of honor lift.
Erected on the rock of thrift.
Impatient hands would change the
earth,
When it is men who must have
worth;
And you may pass a thousand laws.
Yea, even in a righteous cause.
Yet statutes will not make a state
While men still covet, men still hate.
We need not change the law, wt
need
Not alter anything, indeed,
Except men's hearts ? and even
they
Need n$>t the dawn of some new
day,
Need not new trails that men may
miss.
But men who better follow this.
C DousUu U&lloch. ? WNU Servic*.
Shopping Ensemble
Charming yet businesslike is
this trim street ensemble, seen at
a Paris fashion parade recently.
Three-quarter length coat and skirt
are of black velvet. The coat,
cut with that fashionable dip to the
back, is trimmed with gray persian
lamb at the collar and cuffs. The
hat is of black velvet, also trimmed
with the persian lamb. The suit
is ideal for shopping.
thumb is usually of moderate length
and inclined to be thickest. There is
a marked absence of taper at the
sides. If the joint appears to be ex
tremely short, the will of its owner
is often blindly unreasonable, act
ing upon conclusions which, even
though faulty, are next to impossi
ble to change. If with this com
bination the underside opposite the
nail is bulging, or "clubbed," we
have sure indication of self-will
that may get its possessor into dif
ficulties through failure to control a
violent temper. If, however, the
sides of an otherwise stubborn nail
joint are cleanly tapered, with the
underside portion gracefully shaped,
the stubbornness indicated is more
likely to be confined to decisions,
calmer though difficult to alter
in business matters.
WSU Service.
Thought China Was World
For thousands of years the Chi
nese were encouraged to believe
that China was practically the en
tire world, that what was left was
only a little fringe of islands be
yond the mists of the sea. These is
lands were reputed to be peopled by
sea monsters and demons. Hence
the Chinese existed on their natural
resources, which enabled them to
live without trading with other na
tions.