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The Alamance Gleaner Vol. LXIII GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1937 < - No. 23 New * Review of Current Events STEEL GOES BACK TO WORK Two-Thirds of Idle Have Returned . . . Riots Kill Two In Aluminum Strike . . . Siege of Madrid Gets Setback * ^ SUMMARIZES THE WORLD'S WEEK ? G Western Newspaper Union. I C.I.O. Steel Grip Loosens TP HE grip of the C. I. O. con 1 tinued to loosen in the steel strike as three big independent steel corporations ? Republic, Bethlehem and Youngstown Sheet & Tube ? reported more than two-thirds of their idle mill hands had returned to work. This covered plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Inland, the fourth of the steel independents, announced that it was operating with its nor mal force of 13,000 in Indiana since it and the Steel Workers' Organiz ing Committee signed a compact with the state labor commission. Steel production in the Youngstown, Ohio, area, one of the principal scenes of strike violence, climbed to 76 per cent of capacity, 3 per centage points above the operating figure before the start of the strike. ? * ? Strike Riot Kills Two A NE striker and one policeman ^ were killed and twenty men were injured at an aluminum plant in Alcoa, Tenn., when rioting broke out as 3,000 strikers started a back to-work movement. The plant, be longing to the Aluminum Company of America, had been closed since May 18, when the strike was called by the Aluminum Workers of Amer ica, an affiliate of the American Fed eration of Labor. Difference in wages paid at Alcoa and at the com pany's plant in New Kensington, Pa., was the issue in the strike. State troops were on hand, but Adjt.-Gen. R. O. Smith, in charge, said that they were there merely to protect rights, and no martial law had been declared. Lewis Scans the Sea JOHN L. LEWIS sought to expand ** the scope of his Committee for Industrial Organization by invading the maritime industry. With Harry Bridges, west coast longshoremen's leader, he sought to unify scattered maritime unions in one big industrial organization dominated by the C. I. O. The American Federation of La bor already has two strong unions in the maritime field, so' this action brings Lewis into another point of friction with William Green's or ganization. The nation has 250,000 marine and coastal workers. 'Compromise' Takes Bow CENATOR M. M. LOGAN, Dem ^ ocrat, of Kentucky, presented the "compromise" version of the Pres ident's Supreme court bill to the senate, apparently with the blessings of Majority Leader Joseph T. Robinson and the chief execu tive. In form an amendment to and substitute for the old Ashurst administra tion bill, the new draft authorizes ap ( pointment of one new justice to t h e court each year for ovorv iliolina pnmninir Sen. Robinson wv*/ j tuuwv tetuauuu5 uu uic wuuit after reaching the age of seventy five years. Under its iyo visions the President would be permitted to name one new justice this year (be sides filling the vacancy left by the retirement of Justice Willis Van Devanter) and assure him of at least one new appointment to the court in, each remaining year of his present term of office. All of the ap pointments would hinge on the de cision of justices seventy-five or older on retirement. The opposition immediately charged that the new bill was as offensive as the old one. Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, Democrat, Montana, said: "The compromise is not going to get through. The new'bill is just - ?? objgtj tiuiMble~gs~the old, -becauSe' it seeks to pack the Supreme court just like the original bill did." Sen. Edward R. Burke, Democrat, Neb raska, said the 43 senators would vote against any kind of measure that would increase the Supreme court. Rebels Fall from Madrid CPANISH rebel forces which took " Bilbao after the city's first suc cessful siege are still finding Madrid a tough nut to crack. In a two-day battle the loyalist forces broke through the siege lines about the city, captured the villages of Villa neuva de la Canada and Brunette, and threatened to cut .the besieging rebels off from their main forces. So nearly successful was the at tempt to rout the rebel forces that Amelia: Lost in the Pacific. the latter -were forced- to admit new troops might have to be withdrawn from other fr6nts, delaying tempo rarily the drive on Santander, next rebel objective on the Biscayan coast. Meanwhile, the fall of Bilbao was expected to add 150,000 refugees to the constant stream pouring into loyalist Valencia. Bingham's 4th of July D OBERT WORTH BINGHAM, United States ambassador to London, became the third promi nent American to bring down the fury of Nazi Germany's officialdom and press when, in an Independence day speech before the American society in that city, he declared Un cle Sam had been forced by the dic tator countries to join Britain in an armament race. Mayor LaGuardia of New York and Cardinal Munde lein of Chicago had been other re cent Nazi targets. The ambassador was quoted as saying: "There must be some (of the dictatorships) who realize that they have imposed upon the British commonwealth and the United States an armaments race. "We did everything in our power to avert it, but it is a race, and the British and ourselves must inevita bly win. I admit the strongest ar guments that can be made for dic tatorships ? they offer a better meth od of preparing for waT. But I am sure that democracies provide a better way to finish a war." The Nazis charged that the am bassador had insulted Germany and Italy with his "arrogance and ig norance." Voelkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper, added: "If there is any talk of defense, then we should speak of defense against the arrogant and teacher-like atti tude of the defenders of western ideals." Navy Hunts for Amelia tf OUR ships of the United States r navy, with attendant airplanes; two ships of the Japanese navy, and a British freighter scoured the vast wastes of the South Pacific in an effort to find and rescue Amelia Earhart Putnam, America's No. 1 woman flyer, and her navi gator, Fred Noonan. The pair had been forced down before complet ing the 2,570-mile hop from New Guinea to Howland island, a "leg" of their 'round-the-world flight. Signals received from the hapless flyers were so weak that it was impossible to tell whether they were afloat at sea or marooned on some tiny island, and as the days passed it became doubtful that many of the radio messages which served as clues for the 3earchers were from the two at all. Storms over the area of the sea in which they were believed lost hampered searchers and minimized possibili ties of a rescue. So alarmed was the world at the loss of Amelia and_hjer.?q?ifia&Mfii ffie unlfiKf Stales even sent out the giant aircraft carrier Lexington with 98 planes aboard, which, it was said, could explore an area of 36,000 square miles in five or six hours. Mae West Tells All IT SEEMS Mae West, buxom blonde cinema menace DID mar ry Frank Wallace in Milwaukee on April 11, 1911, after all. After stout ly denying the marriage which aroused the whole nation when it was revealed in 1935, she did an about-face and confessed it, al though denying she had ever lived with the vaudeville player as his wife. Her admission was necessitat ed when she answered Wallace's suit for declaratory relief in a Los Angeles court. Uncle Sam Checks Up UNCLE SAM wound up the 1937 fiscal year with a net deficit of 12,707.347,110, or about $150,000,000 more than President Roosevelt esti mated last April, according to the report of the United States Treas ury. The gross national public debt climbed to a total of $36,424,613,732 as of June 30, it was shown. Receipts for the period just closed wpre the largest in 16 year*, amounting to $5,293,840,236, com pared with $4,115,956,615 for the 1936-37 year and about $70,000,000 in exc&s of estimates. Expenditures wefe $8,105,158,547, including $103, 933,250 for debt retirement origi nally , planned for that period but carried over into the current year. Reliable authorities around the capitol said that as soon as all ap propriation bills for the 1938 fiscal year were cleared, the President would direct the heads of all govern ment departments to impound 10 per cent of their appropriations, ex clusive of fixed charges, in an at tempt to balance the budget. Ex perts said that a maximum of $400, 000,000 could be saved in that way. The prospective net deficit for 1938 was estimated at $400,000,000. Ford Tests Labor Board T* HE national labor relation* board is receiving its most ex acting test in the hearings at De troit on the United Automobile Workers' union complaint that the Ford Motor company is guilty of unfair labor practices. The U. A. W. U. is a C. I. O. affiliate ; Ford is opposed to the unions. It was expected that the hearings might take a long time and may eventually reaeh the United States Supreme court. After the hearings in Detroit a board examiner will draw up "intermediate findings" and send them to the NLRB in Washington, accompanied by a transcript of the evidence and briefs of both sides. The board will then either order the Ford Motor com pany to "cease and desist" its un fair practices or dismiss the union's charges. Appeal may be taken to the United States circuit court of appeals, which has the power of enforcement which NLRB lacks. The case may r*each the Supreme c <turt if the Constitution is involved. One of the allegedly unfair practices to which the U. A. W. A. objects is distribution of anti-union literature by the Ford company to its em ployees. The company charges that a denial of ttfis would violate con stitutional guaranties of free speech and a free press. Mediators Blame Steel THE federal mediation board named by Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, which reached a deadlock and gave up in its efforts to help the C. I. O.-afHliated Steel Workers Organizing Committee and the independent steel corporations solve their difficulties, laid the blame for its failure at the door of the steel concerns. "We cannot but believe that the bitterness and suspicion which sep parate the two sides would be al layed by a man-to-man discussion around the conference table between the heads of the four companies and the union representatives, and that the only present possible hope of settlement lies in such a meeting," the board's report said. On the board were Charles P. Taft, chairman; Lloyd K. Garrison and Edward F. McGrady.' Isolates Paralysis Germ WHAT the medical profession considers a major step in the conquest of infantile paralysis was taken when Dr. Edward Carl Rose now announced to 100 physicians, surgeons and medical research workers in Glendale, Calif., that he had isolated the germ which causes it. Dr. Rosenow is professor of ex perimental bacteriology at the Mayo foundation in Rochester, Minn. Work with spinal fluid taken from nurses who had contracted the dis ease at the Los Angeles general hospital in 1934 enabled him to iso late the micro-organism. ? ^TffpJr-Spfft -fur wteittor PALESTINE would be split into three parts and British man date over the whole country ended, according to suggestions made by the royal commission on Palestine and delivered to the British govern ment. The commission was formed a year ago to find some way of put ting an end to Arab-Jew iih riots. Under the new plan, about two thirds of Palestine would be con verted into an Arab state and about one-third into a Jewish state. A small territory, including the holy cities of Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Nazareth, and a corridor to the sea, would be given to Great Brit ain as a permanent mandate. It is claimed that the plan would re move the Arabs from Jewish dom ination, give the Jews a home and protect Christian shrines. Rebel Parson Goes Right on Marrying ? T-r Darlington, England.? Rev. R. Anderson Jardine congratulating George Gamble, a local coach-painter, and his clerk-bride, whom the vicar united in marriage here two days after officiating at the wedding of the duke of Windsor in France. His resignation from the pulpit of St. Paul's church here a few days later caused a sensation throughout Great Britain. Bedtime Story for Children By THORNTON W. BURGESS PETER RABBIT ASKS AFTER OLD FRIENDS NO SOONER had Winsome Blue bird finished telling how 01! Mistah Buzzard warms his toes on the chimneys of the houses in the far-away South than Peter Rabbit was full of questions about other friends who had been spending the long winter in the land of sunshine. "Where is Little Friend the Song Sparrow?" he asked eagerly. "Little Friend of All is not very far away," he replied. "In fact, \ Cheerful Robin. I think he will be here in a few days, Peter. You see, Little Friend loves the Green Meadows and the Smiling Pool so much that he can not bear to go any farther away than he has to. I guess he feels just as I do. And so he doesn't go way, way down South as some do, but just far enough to be comfortable and to be sure that he will be able to get enough to eat. I heard him singing only a few days ago, and he said to tell his friends up here that he is on his way." "My, but I'll be glad to hear him again," said Peter with a sigh. 'Somehow I always feel better when I hear the voice of Little Friend. I hope nothing will happen to him on the way." "Oh, I guess not," replied Win some Bluebird. "You see, every body loves him so that nobody wants MOPS1 'WHAT PLANK ? THAT'S AN <?HIP ON MY SHOULDER - , VSft IT T*?* A LOT TO HAKt ' WlfU ??ill? . to harm him. He hasn't any beau tiful suit. He's just the plainest little fellow. I guess he is just loved because ? why ? because he'* always so cheery and lovable." "Yes," said Peter, "I guess that's the reason. It must be beautiful to be loved like that. I suppose you've seen Cheerful Robin this win ter." "Oh, nv, yes! Cheerful and I have been together a great deal this winter. He's coming right along, and if 1 don't watch out and get about my business Mistress Spring will be making him her herald in stead of me. He looks just as fine as ever, and he really is very well and in splendid spirits, considering the hard time he has had ever since he left here." "What do you mean? Doesn't Cheerful find enough to eat down South?" demanded Peter, pricking up his long ears. "Plenty, plenty!" replied Win some Bluebijd. "It's the way peo ple treat him down there. Men and boys are altogether too fond of Cheerful." Peter looked up quickly to see if Winsome was joking, but he didn't seem to be. Indeed, he seemed to have a kind of sorrowful look, as if thinking of the hard time Cheerful Robin had had made him feel bad. "If they are so fond of him I should think that Cheerful would have the best kind of a time," said Peter. "They are fond of him in the wrong way," replied Winsome sad ly. "They are fond of kim to eat. and Cheerful has to be watching out all the time for dreadful guns. I wish he had come along up with me. I won't feel quite easy until I see him. Don't you think guns art dreadful things, Peter Rabbit?" "Yes, indeed! The most dreadful things in all the world," replied Peter promptly. "But I didn't sup pose that Cheerful Robin ever had anything to fear from them. I don't see what he goes down South for, if that is the way they treat him." "He has to get enough to eat," replied Winsome Bluebird, "just as I do. If it wasn't for that we wouldn't either of us go, because you know we love the Green Mea dows and the Smiling Pool and the Old Orchard so. Now, I have sat here gossiping with you just as long as I can. I must be spreading the glad news that Mistress Spring is coming." "I'll help you," said Peter hap pily, and made ready to start right away for the Green Forest. C T. W. Burgees. ? WNU Service. FIRST-AID TO AILING HOUSE By ROGBR B. WHTTMAN I SHINGLE STAIN 8 F OR wood shingles it is generally ' considered advisable to use stain rather than a paint. With the ex posed surface sealed by paint, mois ? ture does not dry out readily, and rotting of the under side of the shin gles is likely to take place. Stain penetrates the shingle, and does not interfere with the drying out of moisture. New shingles should be dipped in stain before being laidjto cover all surfaces. The restainBg of an old roof must, of course, be with a brush or spray. Shingle stain can be bough; in a variety of colors. However, excellent shingle stains can be made at home. The following formula^ can be relied on, and is easily prepared? 4 gal lons raw linseed oil, 2 gallons coal tar cresote oil, 1 gallon Japan drier. This stain is clean and dark. If S?i8E-? ?hguM he - mired with linseed _oiL. to the consistency of paint; 2 gallons of the mixture should be used with the foregoing for a stain to be brushed on. Coal tar cresote oil has a preserv ative effect and checks rotting. Its use in a shingle stain is always advisable. Its color is dark, how ever, and it cannot be used for stains of light tone. A good treatment for shingles and also for dried-out and weather beat en wood is a mixture of I parts of raw linseed oil and 1 part of tur pentine. to be applied liberally. The effect of the turpentine is to draw the linseed oil deeply into the wood. This has but a slight darkening ef fect. When color is desired, color in-oil can be added. In dipping new shingles before laying, a small barrel or other coo ? ^ I tainer is filled with stain, and the shingles are dipped into it, butt-end first, (or three-quarters of their length. They are then thrown in a loose pile for drying. There are ad vantages in buying shingles ready stained. In the first place, the shin gles are inspected one by one be fore dipping, and imperfect ones are thrown aside. Dipping is under pres sure, so that the stain is forced into the wood much more deeply than is possible with dipping by hand. Also the colors are more permanent and less likely to fade. C By Roger B. Whitman WWU 8?rrlc?. QDWOEg "If we paid u we go," ujn re iterating Rita, "molt ol as wavld Bod ourselves traveling la reverse." ? Ball Syndicate.? WNU S*rrfc?. Only President Under Battle Ftre At Fort Stevens in Washington, Lincoln became the only President in office to be under battle fire. SOME BETTER CAUSE By DOUGLAS MALLOCH COME men work hard to fill with 0 hate The hearts of some imagined "class," And others labor until late To pour for youth the brimming glass. And so to many -a plot and plan Men give their misdirected skill. Forget the brotherhood of man And work but work their brother ill. Work is a virtue when it's done To help and not to hurt mankind; Work is no virtue if the sun Shall leave a poorer world behind. The glory of a busy hand Is not a busy hand alone: It must be serving God and land. For usefulness it must be known. A web I saw a spider spin, A thing of beauty and of skill. And yet it hoped to lure within Another insect it might kilL Thus all its splendor was destroyed. This thing of rainbow-tinted gauze. 1 wish it might have been employed. Such labor, in some better cause. C DoucU* Mjlloch ? WWP Scrrlc*. Q NE of the most flagrant faults ^ of the average golfer is jerky, hurried hitting. This is most ap parent on the short shots around the green where the player, ap prehensive over the success at this shot hits down hurriedly and raises his head in the same mo tion to see where the ball is go ing. There is not quite the same anxiety displayed on the longer shots but the tendency to stroke hurriedly is there none the less. As a rule it is the result of lack of confidence in the actual golf stroke. Most players like to get the job of stroking over with as i j?> I 60LPCAS TO make s umg. T)?Y ?AC SWNGW6 CLUB i BACK M moc I ARC i \ i soon as possible once they have started the motion. For them the long, gradually accelerated back and downs trokes are fraught with dangers and invite errors at every description. The real trouble is largely mental and it is through this channel that the fault must be combated. One method at cure suggested by Billie Burke, the for mer Open champion, is to teach the golfer to force his stroke back further in the backswing than he is inclined to do. This win take a little will power at first but, ooce the ice is broken, the player will find it increasingly easier to in crease the width of the backswing arc. As a result he can bring the clubhead down very slowly, in creasing the momentum gradually and make the stroke a swing in stead of sharp hit. WHU Sutlcv. Off-the-Fez Multi - colored belting ribbon is doubly pleated and set together with plain strip* of black in this new treatment oi the "off-the-face" fez. The colon are coral, green, cin namon and mustard. The clip* are pal*, dull gold, **t with diamond* - ^ - ? -
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