The Alamance Gleaner
Vol. LXIII GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1937 No. 37
JVwr? Review of Current Events
CONGRESS CALLED BACK
President Calls for Crop Corftrol Measure and
the Regulation of Labor's Wages and Hours
Hall, Davis mod Welles Going to Confer With President.
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SUMMARIZES THE WORLD'S WEEK
C Weiura Newspaper Union.
Special Session Called
(CONGRESS was called in ex
^ traordinary session to start No
vember 15, and immediately after
ward President Roosevelt explained
President
Roosevelt
m a nresiae cnai
over the radio the
necessity lor this as
he sees it. Report
ing cheerfully on his
western trip, he out
lined the legislative
program which he
declared the Amer
ican people need to
promote prosperity.
These are the five
measures he said
should be passed
without delay:
Crop production control to "build
an all-weather farm program so
that in the long run prices will be
more stable."
Wage and hour standards to
"make millions of our lowest paid
workers actual buyers of billions of
dollars of industrial and farm prod
ucts."
Regional planning to conserve nat
ural fesources, prevent floods and
produce electric power for general
use.
Government reorganization to pro
vide "Twentieth century machin
ery" to make the "democratic proc
ess work more efficiently."
Stronger antitrust laws in fur
therance of "a low price policy
which encourages the widest pos
sible consumption."
Chairman O'Connor of the house
rules committee predicted the house
would pass a farm bill in the first
week of the session and then take
up -the wage and hour measure.
Some Democratic leaders said the
labor bill, which was passed by the
senate in the last session but held
up in the house rules committee,
would probably be the only one of
the five measures to get through
congress in the special session.
Even that is strongly opposed by
southern Democrats and has been
condemned by the American Fed
eration of Labor.
Labor Hiti Labor Board
SEVERE condemnation of the fed
eral labor relations board was
voiced in a resolution adopted by
the American Federation of Labor
in the Denver convention. It was
presented by John P. Frey, head of
the metal trades department and
charged that the board was act
ing "without warrant or author
ity" in interfering in disputes be
tween the A. F. of L. and the C. I. O.
and was violating "the spirit and
specific intent of the labor relations
act, with decided advantage" to the
C. I. O. affiliates and damage to
the A. F. of L.; that the board has
sought to "destroy the validity of
contracts" between bona fide trade
unions and employers and that such
actions were taken "in some in
stances with full knowledge of the
facts involved"; that the board, in
direct contravention of the mean
ing of the law, has repeatedly "de
nied employees the right of desig
nating the bargaining unit and the
right of selecting representatives of
their own choosing with full free
dom."
fr'rey in his speech asked that Ed
win F. Smith be removed from the
board and that three regional direc
tors be dismissed.
The convention adopted a resolu
tion opposing the pending wage and
hours bill, and one calling for a boy
cott on all Japanese products.
Authority was voted the executive
board to expel finally the ten C. I. O.
unions under suspension, and Presi
dent Green announced plans for the
attack on the rival organization in
several great fields. The first vig
orous blow will be struck on the
Pacific coast in a drive to organize
workers in the cannery and agricul
tural field. The second battle
ground will be among the white
collar workers generally.
C.I.O. Upholds Contracts
A tumultuous session at Atlantic
City ISO. leaders of the C. I. O.
routed a "left wing" movement and
went on record in favor of a policy
condemning "quickie" strikes, sup
porting the sanctity of collective
bargaining contracts and pledging
co-operation in safeguarding the op
eration of these agreements.
The delegates also condemned re
cent decisions by the national labor
board as being contrary to the pro
visions of the Wagner-Connery act
by which the board was created and
approved a four-point federal legis
lative program. This program called
for a wages-and-hours bill, licensing
of all industries operating in inter
state commerce, appropriation of
sufficient WPA and PWA funds to
provide jobs for every American
worker, and expansion of the social
security act.
Big Battle at Shanghai
CHANGHAI was witnessing the
^ fiercest battle of the Sino-Jap
anese war. Land and air forces of
both sides were fighting furiously
and the casualties were piling up
hour by hour. The Chinese were
making a great counter-offensive for
which they had massed men and
guns about the city. The Japanese
were ready for the attack, and des
perately battled to turn back their
foes. Observers described the hand
to-hand fighting as that of madmen,,
especially in the Chinese quarter.
A big fleet of Chinese airplanes
was sent down the Yangtse and
bombs were showered on the Jap
anese warships along the Japanese
occupied shore of the Whangpoo.
An American navy radio man, J.
P. McMichael of Connorsville, Ind.,
was slightly wounded by Japanese
shrapnel as he stood on the signal
deck of the United States cruiser
Augusta between Admiral Harry E.
Yarnell, commander-in-chief, and
Capt. R. F. McConnell, chief of
staff. American navy authorities
immediately entered a protest and
the Japanese commander expressed
his regret.
Brady Gang Wiped Out
T AST of the big "mobs" of bank
robbers and murderers, the
Brady gang was wiped out in a gun
battle with federal agents at Bangor,
Maine. A1 Brady, the leader, and
Clarence Shaffer, Jr., his lieutenant,
were killed; and James Dalhover
was wounded and captured. The
outlaws were recognized by a clerk
in a sporting goods store and the
G-men were summoned. Dalhover
was to be taken to Indiana to stand
trial for the murder of a state po
liceman, one of four killings attrib
uted to the gang. He made a full
confession.
The gangsters' capture was be
lieved to have nipped a potential
New England crime wave.
May Meet in Brussels
LI OW far President Roosevelt is
willing to go in the effort to
stop Japan in China is what other
powers, especially Great Britain,
are eager to know. The people of
the United States also would like to
be informed in that matter. The
British statesmen wish America to
take the lead, and also they would
like the suggested conference of the
nise-power treaty signatories to be
held in Washington. This latter sug
gestion is definitely opposed in our
capital, and so it was believed
Brussels might be selected as the
meeting place.
Mr. Roosevelt, who conferred with
Secretary of State Hull, Undersecre
tary Sumner Welles and Norman
Davis, his roving ambassador, was
represented as being strongly
averse to taking a solitary lead in
the action to check the Japanese.
Apparently he preferred that the
"quarantining" of nations guilty of
"international lawlessness" which
he proposed in his Chicago speech
should be limited to a united inter
national moral stand.
In his radio talk the President al
luded to the conflict in China rath
er vaguely, reiterating that "Amer
ica hates war" and stating that the
United States is going to co-operate
with the other signatories to the
nine-power treaty in an effort to find
a "solution of the present situation
in China." He did not tell just
what he proposes to do, but assured
his listeners that he could be trusted
to do the right thing.
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Italy Supports Japanese
HPHERE was considerable doubt
A whether Italy would take part
in the Pacific treaty conference, but
it was assumed that if it did. it
Giacinto
Auriti
would defend the
course pursued by
Japan in China and
would do what it
could to frustrate
the designs of the
other conferees.
This was assured
by the message con
veyed to the Tokyo
government by Gia
cinto Auriti, Italian
ambassador to Ja
pan. According to
a Japanese news
agency, Auriti promised Kensuke
Horinouchi, Japanese vice foreign
minister, that ''Italy will never
spare general support to Japan."
Japan Denies Violations
|tl A formal reply to the charges
* of treaty violation the Tokyo for
eign office flatly denied responsibili
ty for the Sino-Japanese conflict and
asserted that China, not Japan, had
violated the treaties. The anti-Jap
anese attitude and the mobilizing of
Chinese troops, said the statement,
forced Japan to take military ac
tion, entirely in self-defense. Japan
disclaimed any desire to annex
parts of Chinese territory.
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Court Upholds Black
FOR the present, at any rate,
r Hugo L. Black's seat on the Su
preme court bench is secure. The
court refused to permit Albert
Levitt, former federal judge in the
Virgin Islands, and Patrick Henry
Kelly of Boston to contest the le
gality of Black's appointment. The
ruling was announced by Chief Jus
tice Hughes, who said the two men
did not have sufficient interest in
the litigation.
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Ogden Mills Dies
r\ GDEN L. MILLS, who suceeed
^ ed Andrew Mellon as secretary
of the treasury and for years was a
leader in the Republican party, died
of heart disease at his home in New
York. Besides being a financier, Mr.
Mills was an able lawyer and busi
ness man and had a fine record as
a member of congress. He served in
the army through the World war.
Divorce Rule Stands
/""HURCH laws against remarriage
' of divorced persons by Episco
pal clergymen stand unchanged for
at least three years. Proposed lib
eralization of the rule was defeated
by the house of deputies of the
church at the general convention in
Cincinnati. The deputies voted to
continue for another three years the
commission on marriage and di
vorce, but the question probably will
not come up again for a long time.
U. S. Consul Murdered
J THEODORE MARRINER,
?American consul general at Bei
rut, Syria, was assassinated by an
Armenian who had been refused a
visa for travel to the United States.
The murderer was arrested and the
police said he admitted having act
ed for personal vengeance only.
Marriner, who was forty-fl^e years
old and a bachelor, was oonai d?ed
one of the most valuable men in our
diplomatic service, which he entered
as third secretary of the American
legation at Stockholm. At one time
he was chief of the western Europe
section of the State department.
Bedtime Story for Children
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
REDDY FOX HIDES
D EDDY FOX stole swiftly through
the Green Forest in the direc
tion of the pond of Paddy the Bea
ver. Reddy took the greatest care
to keep out of sight of all the other
little forest and meadow people. It
would not do to let one of them see
him because ? well, because you
know, he was supposed to be down
on the Green Meadows. He had
said that he had a very important
errand down there which prevented
him going to look for Buster Bear
as Prickly Porky had asked him to.
Of course he hadn't had any errand
down on the Green Meadows. It
was just an excuse. The truth is he
was afraid to look for Buster Bear.
And so he had made up that excuse.
Then Jumper the Hare, who, you
know, is one of the most timid of
all the little people who live in the
Green Forest, had offered to go look
for Buster Bear. Reddy Fox didn't
believe that Jumper really would
dare do it, but if he should why
Reddy Didn't Need to Be Told That
It Was Buster Bear.
Reddy knew that everybody would
say that he was a greater coward
than Jumper, and would laugh at
him ever after. There was just one
thing to do and that was to give
Jumper such a fright that he would
forget all about Buster Bear. So
as soon as he was out of sight of the
other little people Reddy had turned
into the Green Forest and run aa
fast as ever he could to head off
Jumper the Hare.
Now, Reddy couldn't have done
this had Jumper started in a great
hurry to look for Buster Bear, be
cause fast as Reddy can run Jump
er can run faster. But Jumper had
not been in a hurry and so it hap
pened that Reddy was nicely hidden
behind a big pile of brush when
Jumper came hopping alone. When
Reddy saw him coming he smiled
and it was a wicked hungry smile.
He had started out to scare Jumper,
if he could. Jumper would ma he a
very good dinner. Yes, indeed, he
would fnake a splendid dinner. Red
dy's mouth watered at the thought.
Now it isn't for nothing that old
Mother Nature gives things to her
children and so, of course, there is
a reason for the long ears of Jump
er the Hare. It is that he may be
able to hear the slightest noise so
that he can run away from danger,
(or you know he cannot fight. So aa
"Turbo-Fuaee"
Monsieur Millet of France, the in
ventor of this vehicle, called it the
"Turbo Fusee," but for practical
purposes it is still an automobile.
The strange road craft is equipped
with a five^horse power motor, which
gives it a speed of 180 kilometers
an hour. But the motor itself does
not directly drive the car; it com
presses the air which supplies the
actual power. The inventor claims
an increase of speed, reduction of
fuel consumption aad a bigger cruis
ing radius.
he came through the Green Forest
he kept stopping every few jumps to
look and listen. He had almost
reached the pile of brush behind
which Reddy was hiding when his
long ears caught just the teeniest
weeniest sound. Perhaps in his ea
gerness Reddy rustled a tiny dead
leaf. Anyway, Jumper stopped short
and looked very hard at the pile of
brush. Reddy held his breath and
his yellow eyes looked very fierce
and hungry. Still Jumper sat there
looking and looking and looking. It
seemed to Reddy as if he never
would move.
Just as Reddy had about made up
his mind to rush out and try to
catch Jumper where he sat a heavy
step sounded behind him. Reddy
turned his head hastily. There was
the big black stranger who had come
to live in the Green Forest Reddy
didn't need to be told that it was
Buster Bear. He gave one hasty
look at the great claws on Buster's
feet and then with a yelp of fright
he tucked his tail between his legs
and started for home as fast as he
could run, the most frightened Fox
who ever rarf through the Green
Forest.
?T. W. Burgess. ? WNU Service.
"Few ?u to drivers," says fliwer
ing Flo, "live to admit their mil
takes."
WNU Service.
Founder of Osteopathy
Andrew Taylor Still, founder of os
teopathy, was born near Jonesboro,
Va., in 1828. He farmed in Missouri,
studied medicine at Kansas City and
saw service in the Civil war. In
1864, when three of his children died
of spinal meningitis, he devised the
treatment known as osteopathy and
practiced as an itinerant physician
for some years. He settled in Kirks
ville. Mo., in 1887, and developed a
large practice. Five years later he
opened the American School of Os
teopathy there. He died in 1917.
MONEY FOR MILK IS WELL SPENT
Most Valuable Food of All
Others for Children.
By EDITH M. BARBER
A NATION of milk tops. We are
** proud to be classified as such
in the literal, although, of course,
not in the figurative sense of the
term. To the fact that milk produc
tion, handling and distribution have
kept pace with the growth of this
huge country, we can give credit
to a large extent for the fine physi
cal development of American chil
dren.
Milk production is more than pur
chasing cows, feeding them and
milking them. When milk is pro
duced for market, the state takes
a hand and inspects the herds for
their healthfulness. There are also
regulations in regard to cleanliness
and sanitation of cow houses and
milk houses. There must be facili
ties for keeping milk chilled until
its distribution is begun. Sometimes
it must travel many miles to the
city distribution plant. It must, of
course, be kept cold on its journey.
At the milk plant it is weighed and
inspected for cleanliness before it
is pasteurized as a final precaution
for the safety of your milk supply.
After the pasteurization or heating
to 140 to 145 degrees Fahrenheit for
half an hour, the milk is cooled
quickly and then runs directly into
sterilized bottles which are capped
by machinery. The crates of bot
tles then go into a refrigerating
room from which they are taken
by the milkman who delivers them
to you.
The safety of your supply of the
most valuable food of all is thus
guaranteed to you by both the city
and state authorities. The money
you pay for milk is well spent.
SELECTED RECIPES
Cheese Tlmbales.
4 eggs
1 cup hot milk
1 cup grated cheese
2 tablespoons chopped green pep
per
% teaspoon paprika
% teaspoon salt
Beat the eggs very light, add to
tbem the hot milk, the grated
i MANNEBS OF
THE MOMENT
BrJnu?iiir j|
DEOPLE think I'm awful when I
' don't get my shoes shined, and I
think I'm awful when I do. I sit up
there on one of those bootblack's
high chairs, with my legs stretched
to the limit of my skirt and my face
as red as my last summer's bathing
suit. Honestly, I can't see why
bootblacks don't build those silly
foot rests closer together, so a girl
can at least reach them without so
much trouble.
But since they don't and since you
do have to have shines, the best way
around the awkwardness seems to
be to take it knock-kneed. And how
ever you pose when you sit tor the
bootblack, you want to be sure that
you have a full-sized newspaper be
hind which to hide your face.
WNU Stnict.
I
cheese, green pepper, paprika and
salt Grease timbale molds, fill with
the mixture, set in a baking pan of
boiling water and bake in a mod
erate oven (375 degrees Fahrenheit)
until set. Turn out carefully on a
hot platter. Serve at once with to
mato or pimento sauce if you wish.
Boiled Fresh Tongue.
1 fresh tongue
to cup diced carrots
to cup diced celery
to cup diced onions
1 sprig parsley
Salt
Peppercorns
Put tongue in 'boiling water, add
vegetables and seasonings and cook
slowly until tender. Cool in the wa
ter, drain and remove skin.
Golden Cream Tapioca.
2 tablespoons granulated tapioca
2 cups scalded milk
to cup brown sugar
Salt
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
Add the tapioca to the milk and
cook in a double boiler about 15
minutes until it is transparent. Add
the sugar and salt to the egg yolks,
and to this add slowly some of the
hot mixture. When thoroughly
mixed add to the mixture in the
double boiler and cook three min
utes, constantly stirring. Remove the
top of the double boiler, set in cold
water and fold in the stiffly beaten
egg whites. Add the flavoring and
pour into a pudding dish. Serve
very cold.
Cottage Cheese Croquette*.
1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons flour
to cup milk
to teaspoon salt
Pepper
2 cups cottage cheese
2 cups mashed potato
1 tablespoon ground onion
1 egg well beaten
Sifted bread crumbs
Prepare a white sauce of butter,
milk, flour and seasoning. Stir in
the cheese, potatoes and onion.
Chill. Form into balls, roll in
crumbs, then egg diluted with 1 ta
blespoon water, then crumbs again.
Fry in deep hot fat, 395 degrees
Fahrenheit. Drain and serve with
tomato sauce.
Chocolate.
lto squares chocolate
1 cup cold water
to cup sugar
3 cups milk
Salt
Cut the chocolate into pieces, add
the salt and water. Stir constantly
over the direct heat until smooth
and let boil two minutes. Add the
milk and sugar, heat until foamy,
beat with an egg beater to prevent
the scum forming, and serve at
once. If for any reason the bev
erage must stand, place over hot
water but do not let the water boil.
Swedish Almond Cookies,
to pound shelled almonds
3 egg whites
1 cup granulated sugar
to teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
Wash but do not akin almonds.
Dry in a moderate oven ten to Sf
FIRST JUD
TO THE
AILING HOUSE
By Rogu B. Whitman
SCREENS AND STORM SASH
Y\7 HEN insect fcreeni come
* * down in the fall, they are likely
to be piled somewhere in attic or
cellar without much thought as to
putting them into condition (or the
following year. As a matter of
(act, they are well worth caring for,
and especially so i( they are o ( cop
per or bronze netting. One neigh
bor of mine has worked out a plan
that is about- the best that I know.
He built his house (our years ago,
and as part o( the construction, ev
ery window was fitted with an out
side insect screen and with a storm
sash. Screens and storm sash fit in
to the same spaces and are hooked
on the same hangers, these being
screwed to the upper crosspiece of
the window (rame. Each window is
numbered, and there are identical
numbers on the screen and storm
sash that fit it
In his cellar he built a cabinet
deep enough to hold the storm sash
when slid in edgeways, and of a
width that just hold the entire set,
placed side by side. The screens,
of course, fit into the same cabinet
In the spring, the storm sashes
come off the windows, and the
screens go on in their places. The
cabinet, emptied of the screens, is
immediately refilled with the storm
sashes. With its tight door, the cab
inet protects its contents from dust,
and there is no danger of breaking
? pane of glass, or punching a hole
through netting. This arrangement
is strongly recommended.
With the end of the bisect Mason,
screens should be put into food con
dition before being stored away.
Usually, brushing will be enough,
although the frames may need a
fresh coat of paint or of varnish.
With copper and bronze screen
ing, there is frequent complaint of
the staining of white paint by drip.
This is due to the combination at
copper salts with the zinc in whit*
paint, and the stain is permanent.
There is also a staining with
straight lead paint, although tills
will wash off.
Staining can be prevented by coat
ing the screening with varnish. Var
nish cannot be used as it comas in
the can, for by its thickness It will
fill the meshes. A satisfactory mix
ture is one-half good spar varnish
and one-quarter each linseed oil
and turpentine. Before applying, the
screening should be scrubbed with
soap and water, and traces of the
soap rinsed oS with clear water. Aft
er drying, the screening should then
be scrubbed with turpentine.
The easiest and quickest way to
apply the varnish is with a piece of
carpeting tacked to a block of wood
to give the effect of a scrubbing
brush. A little of the mixture is
applied to the nap of the carpeting,
and then rubbed on the screening.
The varnish mixture will go on in a
thin coat, which will be sufficient
to protect the screening from mois
ture for a full season.
? Bt Whltoj"
-v WJfU Mrne*.
teen minute* and then put through a
food chopper. Beat egg whites (tiff.
Fold in ground almonds, sugar, cin
namon and lemon rind and drop
from a teaspoon onto a greased bak
ing sheet Bake in a slow ovca, 300
degrees Fahrenheit, for fifteen min
utes. Cool and store in a tightly
covered container.