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The Alamance gleaner Vol. LXIII GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1937 No. 16 News Review of Current Events the World Over Van Devanter Quits Supreme Court and Robinson May Get Place ? Cardinal Mundelein Enrages the Nazis ? Windsor Marriage June 3. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ? Wei tern Newspaper Union. Associate justice willis VAN DEVANTER notified President Roosevelt that he would retire from the Supreme court bench immediately alter the summer adjournment of the court on June 1, and there were rumors in Washington that his example would be followed by Chief Justice Hughes and associate Justices Sutherland and Brandeis when the contest over the President's court enlargement pro gram is settled. Senator Robinson Speculation as to Justice Van De vanter's successor began at once and it was generally agreed that Joseph Robinson, Democratic lead er of the senate, had the best chance for the appointment. It was be lieved he had been promised the place at the first opportunity some time agp, and his many friends in both parties were quick to ex tend their best wishes. Of course there was talk of his ineligibility be cause of the recently enacted statute permitting Supreme court justices to retire on full pay for life. The Con stitution provides that "no senator or representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the United States which shall have been created or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time." But several authorities declared this would not apply in the present case. Some observers believed that Rob inson was so useful to the adminis tration in the senate that Mr. Roose velt would seek to be relieved of his alleged promise to give him the appointment. Senator Lewis of Illinois predict ed 'that by mid-summer Justices McReynolds, Sutherland, Cardozo and Brandeis would resign. T> Y THE expected vote of 10 to 8 ?*-* the senate judiciary committee rejected the President's Supreme court bill. The line-up of commit tee members had been certain for many days. Supporters of the meas ure then turned to compromise, some of them backing the propos al of Senator Logan of Kentucky permitting the appointment of "temporary" justices at the rate of one a year for every sitting mem ber over seventy-five. The opponents of the bill, however, rejected this and all other compromises, which was the only consistent course they could pursue. It appeared that neither this set back nor the retirement of Justice Van Devanter had changed the de termination of the President to in sist upon the passage of his bill as originally submitted. p ARDINAL MUNDELEIN of Chi cago, addressing five hundred priests of the archdiocese, hotly at tacked the German government, its Cardinal Mundelein highest leaders and its propaganda methods which h e said were directed against the Roman Catholic church and designed to "take the children away from us." He called Reichsfuehrer Hitler "air Austrian paper hanger and a poor one at that," and charged the r e i c h with breaking the concordat wivn uie noiy oee. He opened the speech by recall ing that after the World war the German government complained of "atrocity propaganda" aimed a t German troops by the allied na tions. He continued: "Now, the present German government is making use of this same kind of propaganda against the Catholic church. ' "Through its crooked minister of propaganda it is giving out stor ies of wholesale immorality in reli gious institutions, in comparison to which the wartime propaganda is almost like bedtime stories for chil dren. "It will be not only unwise, but cowardly as well, if we take the thing lying down and do not fight back every time the subject is brought up outside." The vials of Nazi wrath were im mediately opened and its press called on the pope to rebuke the < cardinal publicly. Der Angriff, per sonal organ o( Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels, Nazi minister of propa ganda, charged the cardinal "spoke in a tone heretofore reserved for the lowest brand of agitators." The official news agency of the government alleged that "Mundelein defended the crimes of Catholic priests and laymen" on trial in Ger man courts and called on Catholic bishops in Germany to make a re ply. In Vatican City prominent church men said Cardinal Mundelein had every right to speak his mind and that the Vatican would not concern itself with the speech, either to de fend or to repudiate it. The car dinal's attack seemed to meet with general approval of Catholics, Prot estants and Jews in the United States. VyALLIS WARFIELD will be * * come the duchess of Windsor when she Ja married to Edward, the duke, on June 3 at the Chateau i j _ .? Mrs. Warfield ae oanae, near Monts, France. But whether she will be "her royal high ness" is at this writ ing still a disputed question. Edward, through his Ameri can friend Herman L. Rogers, has vir tually told the world that she will, the New Yorker saying to correspondents: "I think she auto matically would be called that." It was taken lor granted that Mr. Rogers would not have said that without the approval of the duke. This widens the breach between Edward on one side and the British cabinet and Anglican churchmen on the other. The duke's friends as sert that Prime Minister Baldwin and his associates have broken a pre-abdication promise concerning the marriage, and Jhey and the duke are angry because, at the be hest of the government, no member of the royal family will be present at the ceremony. The announce ment of the marriage, issued from the Chateau de Cande, said there would be only a few guests in addi tion to the witnesses and the serv ants. Though the entire controversy seems rather foolish, it appears to mean a lot to the British and it is interesting reading. EW YORK asked and obtained from congress an appropria tion of $5,000,000 for its world's fair, with the provision that the money was to be spent by the fair com mission. But President Roosevelt vetoed the measure; and in his mes sage he rebuked congress for "an unconstitutional invasion of the province of the executive" in setting up a commission to direct the ex penditure. When the message was read in the house the Republicans roared with laughter and the Democrats, or some of them, raged. Sam Mc Reynolds of Tennessee and John J. O'Connor of New York especially voiced their resentment, and open threats were made to cut down the relief appropriation demanded by Mr. Roosevelt. The house killed a $1,250,000 ap propriation for a naval air base on the Columbia river in Oregon; and the appropriation of $5,000,000 for the construction of a national high way through the Blue Ridge moun tains in Virginia and North Caro lina was attacked. But the latter was saved when Chairman Dough ton of the ways and means commit tee said; "I have it on the highest authority that the President favors it." Incidentally, the highway will run near a large farm Mr. Dough ton owns in North Carolina. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT sent to the senate a number of State department appointments. Assistant Secretary of State Sumner Welles was nominated for the post of un dersecretary of state. Assistant Sec retary R. Walton Moore, who vied with Welles for the post of under secretary, was nominated for the newly created office of counsellor of the Department of State. John Cudahy, former ambassador to Poland, was nominated as min ister to the Irish Free State; Aivin Mansfield Owsley of Texas as min ister-to Norway, and Edwin L. Ne ville of Ohio as minister to Siam. If ING GEORGE and Queen Elii "? abeth went aboard the royal yacht Victoria and Albert at Porta* mouth and reviewed a tremendous naval parade of 311 fighting and commercial ships of eighteen na tions at Spithead. It was a corona tion feature, so thousands of of ficial guests and uncounted private citizens also watched the imposing procession of vessels. For these great commercial steamers formed a grandstand. Seventeen nations were represented by one warship each. The battleship New York was in line for the United States. At night every vessel was bril liantly illuminated and their search lights crisscrossed the sky as the guests dined and danced. Before going to Portsmouth the king and queen attended the tradi tional luncheon at the guildhall in the city of London. '"p HE tenth anniversary of Charles A A. Lindbergh's famous flight from New York to Paris was ob served in both those cities, but the hero of the event paid no attention to it. To a questioning friend he said: "I did it. Why should I cele brate it?" The colonel spent the day with Mrs. Lindbergh and young Jon in seclusion at their country home in Kent. Even the telephone was disconnected. rjEORGE L. BERRY, the new *-* senator from Tennessee, has undertaken a difficult job. He an nounced that he would try to restore peace between the American Fed eration of Labor and the Committee for Industrial Organization, and that he would ask the President to sup port his endeavors. Mr. Berry wants an impartial arbitration body to re allocate organizing territory of the two groups, allotting certain mass producing industries to the C. I. O. While the rival unions in the Jones & Laughlin Steel corporation were voting to see which should be the sole bargaining agent, Philip Mur ray, chairman of the C. I. O. steel organizing committee, changed his tactics and told representatives of the Crucible Steel Company of America he would agree to a con tract similar to that signed last March by steel producing units of the United States Steel corporation and adopted since that time by 120 companies independent of United States Steel. These contracts recog nized the Lewis union as collective bargaining agent for its members only. Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube announced their mills would be shut down if pickets surrounded them, and that they would not sign contracts. Several thousand union workers halted operations of the Studebaker corporation in South Bend, Ind., de manding a closed shop. Three thou sand employees of the Aluminum Company of America's plant at Al coa, Tenn., struck for better pay. T HENRY RORABACK, public util "'ities magnate and for years the Republican leader in Connecticut, shot himself to death at his sum mer home in South Harwinton, Conn. He was sixty-seven years old and had been in ill health for some time. As a vice chairman of the Repub lican national committee, Roraback took an active part In the national campaigns of both Herbert Hoover and Alfred M. Landon. He was the first conservative "old guard" to an nounce his support of Landon. DR. JUAN NEGRIN has succeed ed Caballero as premier o f Spain. He is forty-eight years old, a Socialist and is backed by the Joan Nefrin powerful Madrid general federation of labor. The key posts in his cabinet have been given to Social ists, and the An archo - Syndicalists are left* out of the government. Negrin promptly abolished the super ior war council that had been conducting the defense against Franco s forces and turned over direct command of the Spanish gov ernment armies to his "win the war" cabinet. He announced his govern ment would maintain "inflexible or der" within loyalist Spain. Gen. Emilio Mola continued his fierce attacks on Bilbao, threaten ing to destroy utterly the capital of the semi-autonomous Basque gov ernment unless it surrendered. He was so near to success that the British government warned British ships in the harbor to leave as soon as possible. r' WAS officially announced in Russia that forty-four persons, convicted of carrying out espionage and sabotage plots "according to the orders of the Japanese secret service," were executed at Svobod ny in the far east. The victims were alleged to be Trots kyists and to have wrecked railroads. Whale of a Problem for a New Jersey Town The seaside community of Longport, N. J., was presented with an urgent problem when this 45-foot whale was washed ashore. The animal had been dead for some time so his carcass was decidedly obnoxious. The town had no derrick equipment large enough to handle the mammal, so it was cut up and burned in sections. Bedtime Story for Children By THORNTON W. BURGESS JUMPER THE HARE CANNOT FIND THE TRACKS JUMPER THE HARE had meant to go to the place deep in the Green Forest where Peter Rabbit had seen those strange, great big tracks, and see them for himself the very night after Peter had told him about them. But there was no moon that night, and you know it is very, very dark deep in the Green Forest when there is no moon. Of course, it would be hard work; very hard work, indeed, to find those tracks in the dark. So Jumper wisely de J So Off He Started for the Deepest Part of the Green Forest. cided not to go until the next night. But the next day and the next night it rained, and it is very uncomforta ble going about in the wet unless you have a waterproof coat like Jerry Muskrat or Billly Mink or Little Joe Otter. So Jumper the Hare made himself as comfortable as he could under a thick hemlock tree and watched the rain fall and the snow melt, and tried to be as patient as he could. When it stopped raining there was very little snow left. "It's of no use to go now," thought Jumper, "because the snow has melted, and, of course, the tracks melted, too. I guess I will have to wait for some more snow." So he waited and waited, but, you see, it was almost spring time. Ev ery day Peter Rabbit came up to find out if Jumper had been to look for the tracks, and every day he was disappointed. Of course, he ought not to have been, for he knew Made Top Score Margaret Frank of Chicago wears a smile of victory, for she was the leading scorer at the women's bowl ing championship tournament in Rochester, N. Y. She led ail events with 1,697. very well that it would have been a waste of time for Jumper to go way off there to the deepest part of the Green Forest to look for tracks when there was no snow; but Pe ter thought that there might be a little patch left with a track in it there just might be, you know. And every day Peter teased Jumper to tell him who he thought might have made those tracks. But Jumper wouldn't. No, sir, he wouldn't. He would just shake his head and say: "When I see those tracks myself and know for sure, then I will tell you, and not be fore, Cousin Peter." and Peter had to be content with this. Then one day it snowed, a lovely light, fluffy snow, a beautiful snow in which to make tracks. Jumper decided to go that very night, for the snow might melt the next day. He invited Peter to go along. But Peter shook his head. "No," said he. "No, I won't go this time. It's too far, and besides, Cousin Jumper, your legs are so much longer than mine that I never, never could keep up with you. I've seen those great, strange tracks once, and I guess that wul do." "All right," replied Jumper, and FIRST AID TO THE AILING HOUSE By Rogn B. Whitman I KEEPING YOUR EYE ON YOtJE HOUSE A YOUNG married couple, who **? had Tust moved into the house they had built, were naturally very proud of it, dhd had every inten tion of keeping it in the best of con dition. They asked me for sugges tions; wanted to know how they could best keep off deterioration. I said that the first thing for them to do was to familiarize themselves with all parts of the house ; to come to know it in every little detail. They should learn the appearance of each part of the house all over, so that any change anywhere ? a crack in a plaster wall or a timber, the back ing out of nails, the appearance of corrosion on a plumbing pipe, or anything else, would be immediate ly noticeable. Then they should get into the habit of making a detailed inspec tion of the house every so often; once a month, say. They might begin with the attic, and work down to the last far corner of the cellar. Anything that began to go wrong would instantly be noticed?even so small a thing as the first cracking of putty around the outside of a win dow frame. The beginning of deterioration is trifling ? some little thing that seems of no importance. But if that be ginning is recognized, and some thing is done to correct it. deteri oration can be put off almost indefi nitely. Cedar Closets and Moths. It seems to be the general belief that a cedar closet or a cedar chest is a guarantee against damage by moths to anything within. As many people have learned to their sorrow, this is not the case. It is true that moths dislike the odor of aromatic red cedar; but it is also true that the odor of cedar disappears as its oils evaporate. There is a strong natural odor in a freshly built ce dar closet, but even then the effect is not deadly to moths. It is only repellent. The great advantage of ?* hid a smile. You see, he knew that while it was true that Peter couldn't keep up with him if he ran fast, that wasn't the real reason. He knew perfectly well that Peter was afraid, but he was too polite to say so to Peter. So oft he started for the deepest part of the Green For est, the part which Peter had found so still and lonesome. But Jumper didn't mind this as Peter had. You see, he was used to it in the Great Woods where he had been born and had lived before coming down to the Green Forest. In fact, he rath er liked it. It made him think of his g|d home. You know, very few of lip are afraid of the things we are used to. It is strange things that frighten us. And that is just the way it was with Peter Rabbit. All that night Jumper the Hare hopped this way and hopped that way through the deepest part of the Green Forest, but not once did he find one of the strange tracks that Peter Rabbit had told about. "He must have seen them," thought Jumper, "because he told about them just as I remember seeing them in the Great Woods. He cer tainly must have seen them." At last he gave it up and started back for the place where he had left Peter Rabbit. Peter was wait ing for him. ' "Did you find them?" cried Peter as soon as he saw Jump er. "No," said Jumper. "I didn't find them. Tell me about them again, Peter." And Peter did. C T. W. Burg en. ? WlfU Senrtc Short Swagger Coat The short, flaring swagger coat can be worn with dresses or suits. This one, qf a red, white and blue diagonal plaid tweed from Linton, is shown over a white dress of pure spun silk in a linen weave. Bows of red, white and blue polka dot foulard tie at the neck. The hat has a detachable brim of blue felt and a pique crown which can be worn as a skull cap. a well-built cedar closet or chest lies in its being tight; in having no holes or openings by which moths could enter. This is important be cause moths seek dark places in which to lay their eggs. Moth worms will develop from eggs in a cedar closet just as they will any where else. Safety requires that everything stored in such a closet should b? completely free from moth eggs and worms, for the surest protection, clothe* and any A DAY OFF By DOUGLAS MALLOCH \X7TrH a day off in th# offing, ' ' You don't need to go off golfing. There's enough to keep you busy Here at home, until you're dusy. You can lay away your brassie. For the garden's getting grass ie. If for exercise you're yearning. There's some ground you could be teaming. Better put on your goloshes. For one needs them when on* woshes. There is plenty to be doing, Mend the wringer, get the bloinf. We shall need a lot of water. Fix the fire, and get it hater. String a clothesline over some tree, To the cherry tree, or plome tree. If they let you off on Wednesday, Then it isn't any frednesday. It's your wife's day. Happy hearted. You can get the dinner stearted. If you really feel ambitious. You can even wash the ditious. I will take a matinee off Anytime you get a dee off. C Doulw Mallow*. ? W*I MrrlK or tour 11m A By InicMttr K. Davis ? Public Lrfnr. lac ineuetiectivt \ f inpr of Return ^ IN THIS day and age of hustle and bustle, it is indeed unusual to find the man or woman who will let nothing interfere with periods in which the mind is deliberately cleared of turmoil and permitted to reflect calmly yet constructively upon the deeper purposes of life. You will recognize such an individ ual, however, or one who at least is such at heart, by the second finger about to be analyzed. The Reflective Finger ?f Satan. The untrained hand analyst may find it sometimes difficult to differen tiate between this type of the Over logical Finger of Saturn. Like the overlogical type, this An ger is notable in its length and prominence of the Joints. The difference is discovered in a better and more symmetrical contour, with a broader and more shapely nail tip. While the overlogical type has a tendency to incline toward the forefinger, the reflective second fin ger is straight or nearly so, and with the hand extended wide is found with fairly wide and equal spaces between it and the first and third Angers. The possessor ot this Anger of Saturn not only employs sound in flective foresight to good purpose, but also is of open mind in receiving and responding to the ideas of other minds. WtfU Service. Qcuqe^ "It is reported that the iilww bile has out numbered the tele phone! hi the American homes," says flivrerin* Flo, "and the mum have out -talked the men ever both." ? Ball Syndicate. ? WKU Scrrlc*. thing els? to be stored away for any length at time should first be dry cleaned. This process destroys moth eggs and worms, and the odor that persists is repellent to moths in the dying stage. WNU wrrW. . :.V.K vf . ??flyMfeli -A*