The Alamance gleaner
Vol. LXIII ? GRAHAM, N. C.f THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1937
No. 8
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Spanish War Bringing Italy, France and Great Britain Into
Conflict ? Lewis Ends Chrysler Sitdown Strike ?
Martin Warns Henry Ford.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
? Western Newspaper Union.
S:PAIN'S civil war is becoming to
a great extent a war between
Italy and France fought on Spanish
soil, and both those nations are ex
asperated and en
raged, while Great
Britain anxiously
strives to avert an
open breach. Italy,
too, is now furious
against the British
because English
newspapers taunted
her with the fact
that Italian volun
teers were defeated
by French volun
teers in recent vic
tories won by the
Dino Grandi
loyalists northeast of Madrid. Count
Dino Grandi, Italian ambassador to
London, told the subcommittee of
the international committee on non
intervention that he would not dis
cuss the withdrawal of foreign vol
unteers from Spain and that not a
single Italian fighting in the Spanish
war would be ordered home until the
conflict ended.
France's response was quick and
startling. Foreign Minister Yvon
Delbos proposed to British Ambai
sador Sir George Clerk that France
and Britain assume a naval block
ade of Spain to keep Italian troops
from landing to join the fascists.
The British and French govetp
ments thereupon agreed, with full
knowledge of other European pow
ers within the non-intervention com
mittee, on "all points" of a program
to make non-intervention complete
ly effective and decided it was im
perative to prevent, even by force,
any further Italian landings. No de
cision was reached to send war
ships at once for this purpose.
In Rome the belief was expressed
that if France appealed to the
League of Nations against alleged
dispatch of Italian troops to Spain,
Europe would come near to war. A
spokesman for the government an
grily repeated the official denial that
Italy had sent any volunteers to
Spain since February 20, when the
international agreement for non-in
tervention was reached.
The indignant outburst by Grandi
followed closely on a speech which
Premier Mussolini delivered in
Rome. Alluding to the League of
Nations' sanctions against Italy dur
ing the Ethiopian war, of which
England was the chief promotor,
II Duce shouted:
"It has been said that the Italian
people forget easily. Error! Error!
On the contrary, the Italian people
have a tenacious memory and know
how to bide their time. We waited
40 years to avenge Adowa, but we
succeeded."
DR. HANS LUTHER is soon to be
replaced as German ambassa
dor to Washington by Dr. Hans
Heinrich DieckhofT, a veteran dip
lomat who is now secretary of state
for foreign affaifli. He was counsel
lor of the embassy in Washington
froqp 1922 to 1926 and has been a
staunch friend of Americans. Dieck
hoff is described as belonging to the
"Ribbentrop group" in German af
fairs, and is a brother-in-law of Joa
chim von Ribbentrop, German am
bassador to London.
UNDER the persuasion of Gov.
Frank Murphy of Michigan,
John L. Lewis, head of the C. I. O.,
and Walter P. Chrysler, chairman
of the Chrysler mo
tor corporation, were
brought together in
more or less peace
ful conference at the
state capital in Lan
sing. The immediate
result was an agree
ment that the ?it
down strikers should
evacuate the eight
Chrysler plants i n
Detroit, and that the
corporation should
not resume pro
Governor
Murphy
duction during the period of ne
gotiations. Six thousand strikers
had held possession of the plants
since March 8 in defiance of court
orders and the governor, as in
the case of the General Motors
strike, had been extremely reluctant
to authorue forceful methods of en
forcing the law. He had, however,
insisted that the men must obey
the law and court orders, and the
concession by Lewis was a victory
for the governor, as well as for the
corporation which had declared it
would not negotiate while the men
held its plants. Mr. Chrysler also
has asserted the company would not
enter into any agreement recogniz
ing any one group as sole bargain
ing agency for all employees.
It seems likely that this Michigan
case will put an end to the epidemic
of sitdown strikes. Most of the small
er strikes in the Detroit area hato
been settled, and in Chicago and
elsewhere vigorous action by the
authorities has brought sitdowners
to their senses.
President Roosevelt had steadily,
refused to take a public stand con
cerning this new weapon adopted
especially by the Lewis labor group,
but finally yielded to the pleas of
his lieutenants so far as to agree
to hold a conference on the matter
on his return to Washington from
Warm Springs. Secretary of Labor
Perkins has shown a partiality for
the sitdown strike, and various New
Dealers have defended it; but others
in the administration, like Secretary
of Commerce Roper, have con
demned it. And in the senate and
the house it has been attacked by
Democrats and Republicans alike.
TN THE big mass meeting of
4 workers held in Detroit, Homer
Martin, president of the United
Automobile Workers, addressed
himself to Henry Ford, saying:
"Henry, you can't stop the labor
movement. You can't keep your
workers from joining the labor
movement even if you have a 'fink'
(company sympathizer) at every
other post in your factory. The best
thing for you to do, Henry, is to get
ready to do business with your or
ganized workers."
Mr. Ford is on record as saying
that his company will continue to
make cars as long as a single man
will continue to work for it; and
in reply to Martin's threat, Harry
Bennett, Ford chief of personnel,
says:
"What Martin calls 'organized la
bor' is not going to run the Ford
Motor company. For every man in
this (the Ford Rouge plant) that
might decide he wants to follow
Martin and take part in a sitdown
strike there are at least five who
want their job and don't want a
strike."
Amelia earharts giobe-en
circling flight ended, for the
present, at Honolulu when she
cracked up her $80,000 "laboratory
plane" at the take
off for Howland is
land. By quick
thinking and action
she saved her life
and those of Capt.
Harry Manning and
Fred J. Noonan, her
navigators, but the
plane was so badly
damaged that it had
to be shipped back
to the Los Angeles
factory for repairs.
The daring aviatrix
Amelia
Earhart
sailed immediately for San Francis
co, asserting that she would resume
the flight as soon as possible.
As the big plane rushed down the
runway for the take-off it swayed
badly, the right tire burst and the
ship went out of control. The left
undercarriage buckled and the left
wing slashed into the ground. The
ship then spun to the right, crashed
down on its right wing, and the right
motor snapped off the right wheel.
Miss Earhart quickly cut the igni
tion switches, so there was no fire.
TEN passengers, two pilots and a
stewardess were killed when a
big Transcontinental and Western
airliner crashed near Pittsburgh. No
one survived the disaster. The
plane, from New York for Chicago,
had been awaiting a chance to land
at the Pittsburgh airport, circling
around, and suddenly fell from a
height of only about 209 feet. Pre
sumably the motor failed.
CONGRESSMAN RALPH E.
CHURCH of Illinois raised a
storm in the house by making a
fierce attack on Adolph J. Sab
ath, also of Illinois and dean of the
house. Sabath is chairman of the
committee to investigate real estate
bondholders' reorganizations, and
Church accused him of "question
able practices," demanding in par
ticular an explanation concerning
benefits reaped by the Chicago law
Arm of Sabath, Perlman, Goodman
& Rein as a result of Sabath's ac
tivities.
Democratic leaders rushed to the
defense of Sabath, and finally
stopped Church's attack by forcing
adjournment. Sabath was furious
and promised a reply at length.
JOHN DRINKWATER, distin
guished British poet, novelist and
playwright, died suddenly of a heart
attack in his sleep at his home in
London. He was only fifty-four years
old and seemed in normal health.
Drinkwater's historical plays were
widely known in the United States,
particularly "Abraham Lincoln,"
and "Robert E. Lee." He had just
completed a motion picture for the
coronation of King George VI of
which he was both author and pro
ducer. The film deals with "the
king and his people" from the time
of Queen Victoria to the present.
EAR Salem, 111., a chartered
^ ' bus carrying a roller skating
troupe from St. Louis to Cincinnati
crashed into a bridge abutment,
overturned and burned. Of the 23
occupants, 19 were killed outright
and another died in a hospital. The
accident, listed as one of the worst
ever occurring on an Illinois high
way, was caused by the explosion of
a tire.
CHIEF JUSTICE CHARLES E.
HUGHES created something of
a sensation by sending to the senate
judiciary committee a letter declar
ing that an increase
in the number of Su
preme court jus
tices, as proposed
by President Roose
velt, "would not pro
mote the efficiency
ol the court." He
added:
"It is believed that
it would impair that
efficiency so long as
the court acts as a
unit.
"There would be
more judges to hear,
Chief Justice
Hnghes
more Judges to confer, more judges
to discuss, more judges to be con
vinced and to decide. The present
number of justices is thought to be
large enough so far as the prompt,
adequate and efficient conduct of
the work of the court is concerned."
Mr. Hughes said his letter was
approved by Justices Van Devanter
and Brandeis. He made it clear
that he was commenting on an in
crease from the standpoint of ef
ficiency and "apart from any ques
tion of policy," which he said, "I do
not discuss."
Senator Burton K. Wheeler of
Montana, Democrat, was the first
opposition witness called before the
committee, and he started in by
reading Mr. Hughes' letter. Be
fore entering the committee room
he said he believed the adminis
tration would eventually accept a
compromise plan. He advocates a
constitutional amendment, permit
ting congress, by L wo- thirds ma
jority, to override Supreme court in
validation of acts of congress, pro
vided a national election had in
tervened between invalidation and
overriding.
Prominent among the witnesses
for the opposition to the President's
plan was Raymond Moley, former
head of the "brain trust" and now
professor of public law at Columbia
university. He was outspoken in de
nouncing some of the Supreme
court's decisions and favored the
amendment method. He told the
committee we might as well not
have a constitution at all as to pack
the Supreme court for the purpose
of securing favorable judicial con
struction. Carried to its logical con
clusion, he said, the President's pro
posal will mean "destruction of the
Constitution."
President H. W. Dodds of Prince
ton; Dr. Theodore Graebner of St.
Louis, prominent Lutheran leader,
and representatives of the National
Grange, oldest nonpartisan organi
zation of farmers, also appeared be
fore the committee to argue against
the bill.
C EVE RAX. investigations into the
" terrible explosion that destroyed
the fine London Community school
in east Texas and killed nearly 500
pupils and teachers were under
way, but at this writing the cause
of the disaster has not been deter
mined. The most plausible theory
was formed when D. L. Clark, field
foreman for the near-by Parade Oil
company, testified that the school
had been using "wet" gas from the
pipe lines of the company. This is
a residue gas rich in butane, a high
ly explosive compound of carbon
and hydrogen, and it is considered
too dangerous for home use. Clark
said he first learned the school was
using the gas when he was notified
that Superintendent W. C. Shaw of
the school wanted it shut off. School
employees said the change from
"dry" to "wet"' gas was made
only a month ago on order of the
school board chairman.
SPANISH government forces were
victorious in some heavy fight
ing on the Guadalajara front north
east of Madrid, their chief gain
being the capture of Brihuega,
headquarters of the insurgents. The
latter, however, scored in the Uni
versity City quarter of the capital,
and on the southern front were pre
paring to attack Pozoblanco, the
key to mercury, lead, sulphur and
coal mining territory.
Top Hats Go With Rifles Among the Eton Boys
Not even so important an event as the first issue of rifles could impel these boys in the famous English
school at Eton, recruits in the officers' training corps, to flout tradition. So they turned out for their first
drill wearing their top hats and swallowtail coats.
^Bedtime Story for Children
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
WHERE MRS. GROUSE WAS
SAMMY Jay had spread a false
report all through the snow-cov
erad Green Forest and over the
glistening Green Meadows. He had
told every one he met that Farmer
Brown's boy had killed poor Mrs.
Grouse and taken her home for his
dinner. Now, it was true that
he had taken her home, but
it wasn't true that he had killed
her. You see, he had found her very
weak and helpless under the hard.
Some of Them Peter Babbit Saw,
u>d He Told Them Sammy Jay's
Story Was Not True.
icy crust that Jack Frost had made
while she was asleep down under
the snow, and which she couldn't
break. Sammy Jay and Peter Rab
bit had both seen her carried away
and both knew that she hadn't been
killed. But it made a bigger story,
a more dreadful Ftory, to say that
she had been killed, and Sammy
Jay dearly loves to tell bad news.
Besides, he is always ready to think
evil of others.
"If he didn't kill her, then he will
kill her when he gets her home,"
said Sammy to himself, "and so it's
all right to say that he has killed
her." So he Sew about spreading
that dreadful false story and ac
tually enjoyed telling the dreadful
news.
Of course, all of the friends of
Mrs. Grouse felt terrible. Some of
them Peter Rabbit saw and he told
them Sammy Jay's story was not
true ? that Mrs. Grouse had not been
killed. But he had to admit that she
had been carried away by Farmer
Brown> boy, and to her friends
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tnis seemed almost as bad, for most
of them were very much afraid of '
Farmer Brown's boy and quite will
ing to believe the very worst of [
him. So they all mourned for poor
Mrs. Grouse and said how dreadful
and how sad it was and how they
hoped something dreadful would
happen to Farmer Brown'* boy.
But Mrs. Grouse didn't know any
thing about this. At first she had
been terribly frightened when she
had been picked up and knew that
Farmer Brown's boy held her a
prisoner. But after a while his hands
felt very warm, for she was shiver
ing with cold, and they seemed very
gentle. And then, she didn't know
why, she wasn't afraid any more.
She just cuddled right down and
felt sure that nothing dreadful was
going to happen.
And nothing dreadful did happen.
Oh, my, no! She was taken up to
Farmer Brown's house and right ?
inside, where it was as warm as
in summer and where Farmer
brown's boy's mother stroked her
with such gentle hands and said,
'You poor, poor little bird." And
then when she was warm she was
taken out to the henhouse and put in
a box with plenty of nice warm hay
and there she was left with all the
corn and oats and barley that she
could eat. This was what she needed
most, for you know it was because
she had had nothing to eat for so
long, while she was a prisoner under
that dreadful icy crust, that she
was too weak to fly when the crust
was broken.
So she ate and ate until she could
eat no more and then nestled down
it the soft, warm hay to sleep, for
she was tired, so very, very tired.
And as she closed her eyes h
seemed to her that she couldn't re
.nember when she had jeen so com
fortable ? Certainly not for days
and days. And she could sleep with
out fear of Reddy Fox or Hooty the
Owl or any other danger. To be
sure, she was a prisoner, but some
how she didn't mind. Not then, any
way. And ? and ? well. Farmer
Brown's boy wasn't dreadful at all;
he was rather nice.
C T. W. Burgess. ? WNU Service.
FIRST-AID TO AILING HOUSE
By ROGER B. WHITMAN
LOOK BEFORE YOU BUY
WO years ago a friend of mine
bought a suburban house. The
design of the house suited him and
he was greatly pleased with the
location of the property, which was ;
at the foot of a gradual slope heavi
ly covered with trees. As soon as
he was installed he laid out a garden
behind the house, and looked for
ward to the pleasure that he would
have with it. Three months later a
heavy storm blew up one night. The
next morning, to his dismay, he
found that a rush of water down '
the hillside had washed away part
of his garden and cut gashes and
furrows in the rest. On talking It
over, he realized that his many vis
its to the house before buying were
ail made on pleasant days; that it
had not occurred to him to And out
what the place would be like in bad
weather.
I have known of many similar
instances ; the development of un
pleasant qualities that could have
been foreseen if the buyer had
looked the place over unJer all con
ditions. My advice to a prospective
buyer is to visit the property in
bad weather as well as in clear;
late at night as well as in the day
time; on Sundays and uolidays as
well as in the middle of a week.
Here are some examples of failures
to do this:
One district that I know is charm
ing in dry weather, but as the sew
ers are too small to take care of a
heavy rainfall, the street may be
flooded for hours at a time.
A street that I know connects with
an avenue leading to a public beach
and amusement park some miles
distant. On summer weekdays it
carries but little traffic, but on week
ends and holidays it is jammed with
cars; traffic is heavy and noisy un
ti late at night. *
A family bought a country proper
ty that answered all of their de- j
sires in house and garden. The sec- 1
tion was isolated, the only near
neighbor being a similar house a
few hundred feet away. On their
first night a dance band started up
in the neighboring house, and many
cars collected there. The family
'hen realised that the onus*, ouiet
in the daytime, was actually a road
house and responsible for music,
shouting and whoopee that lasted in
to early morning.
No buyer can know what he is
buying and the conditions surround
ing a property until he has visited
it under all conditions of weather
and time.
C By Roser B. Whitman
WNU Service.
KNOW THYSELF
by Dr. George D. Greer ?
oms\
WHY DO THE SELF-MADE OFT
EN SN"ER AT COLLEGE
EDUCATION?
\* J HEN any one ridicules some
' * thing which has been denied
him, it usually means that this per
son is putting up a "defense mech
anism" ? that is, he is trying to
raise himself by lowering the thing
which makes him seem small. Most
people who have not oeen to col
lege greatly overestimate '.he value
and importance of college training
and imagine that they lack some
thing very essential. This some
time* drives them to ridicule the
education they do not have and
which they envy in others. There
are some self-made men who re
alize that they missed something in
the line of education and try to
compensate for it by reading and
becoming well informed. This is
much better than ridiculing educa
tion and is a mark of superior in
telligence.
?-wiraatniM.
The Things
Delayed
By DOUGLAS MAI -OCB
NLY a tittle month ago
We faced the Allegheny snow
And thought the spring would
never come;
But spring, at worst, is only slow,
And winter only wearisome.
Some joys are oftentimes delayed.
And hearts grow oftentimes afraid
Some joy desired will never be;
And yet the snowy blanket made
But greener grass and fairer tree.
The things delayed will yet appear;
We need not worry, need oot fear,
Need only pray, and wait, and
pray.
There is a springtime every year.
Though mountains have their
snow in May.
Far better have the flow'rs ot June
To come too late than come too soon
While yet the winter lingers nigh.
So I'll await tomorrow's noon
If clouds today obscure the sky.
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THE LjUfGUlGX
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I T IS surprising how clearly weD
1 balanced initiative or the lack at
it shows in the conformation and
placing of the forefinger.
Other compensating influences
within the hand may, of course, off
set many an adverse indication in
this element which se unerringly
tells the trained analyst of the in
dividual's trends in power and pur
pose. The importance of careful
study of the forefinger as an aid to
complete and correct interpretation
of the inner self cannot be too
strongly emphasized.
The Executive Finger jt Japtter.
A small amount of comparative
study will enable you to recognize
the efficient conformation of this
finger immediately. This type is
marked by definite characteristics.
These are (1) Unusual straightness
from root to tip; (2) full yet smooth
ly modeled joints; (3) pronounced
width of space between the fore
finger and the adjoining second fin
ger.
The nail tip of this type of fore
finger usually tapers slightly, but
the end is nearly always definitely
squared, with square though slight
ly elongated nail symmetrically set.
With the hand extended wide, one
gets a very positive impression that
the finger is pointing directly at
some unseen but clearly under
stood objective. .
Forefingers of this type are found
on the hands of men and women
who are real "go-getters," who know
what they are about, form their am
bitions concretely, and employ effi
cient means in reaching their ob
jectives.
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