The Alamance Gleaner
Vol. LXIII
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1937 No. 46
Heu>? Hecietr of Current Even ta
JAPS SINK U. S. SHIP
American Gunboat Panay Bombed by Japanese on the
the Yangtse . . . Stern Protest by Roosevelt
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SUMMARIZES THE WORLD'S WEEK
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Latest Jap Outrages
JAPANESE aviators, strafing flee
ing Chinese, bombed and sank
the United States gunboat Panay on
the Yangtse river above Nanking.
The boat's storekeeper and an Ital
ian journalist were killed.
At the same time and place the
Japanese attacked and sank three
Standard Oil steamers.
Several British gunboats speeding
to the aid of the Panay were shelled,
one enlisted man being killed and
a number wounded.
Washington and London lodged
stern protests in Tokyo.
Tokyo apologized with expressions
of deep regret.
President Roosevelt's protest was
directed through Secretary Hull to
Ambassador Hirosi Saito with the
request that it be sent to the Em
peror Hirohito of Japan. It de
manded apologies, full compensa
tion and guaranties against repeti
tion of similar attacks. The Brit
ish foreign office was in touch with
Washington by cable but Foreign
Minister Eden denied that the Brit
ish would take the lead in inter
national action.
Even Tokyo was stunned by the
attacks on American vessels, and
the planned celebration over the
capture of Nanking was called off.
Before the American protest
reached Tokyo the Japanese of
ficials and commanders began apol
ogizing and explaining. To prove its
sincerity the government promptly
recalled Admiral Teizo Mitsunami,
in charge of naval aviation and re- I
lieved him of his post. He imme- |
diately resigned.
Survivors of the bombing, most of
them wounded, told how the Panay
went down with colors flying and
its gunners firing to the last at the
Japanese airplanes. They agreed
that the attacking planes were fly
ing so low that it was impossible
for their pilots not to know they
were bombing foreign ships. They
said the Japanese excuse that vis
bility was poor over the Yangtse
that day was false.
Early Tax Revision
CUMMONlNG house ways and
means committee members and
treasury economists to a confer- ]
ence in the White House, President
RnncpvAlt directed
that revision of the
taxes that oppress
business be carried
through as soon as
possible. Those
called were Robert
L. Doughton of
North Carolina,
chairman of the
house committee;
Fred Vinson of Ken
tucky, chairman of a
subcommittee on
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R. L. Doughton
taxes; Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau and Undersecretary
Roswell Magill.
On leaving the White House Mr.
Doughton gave out the cheering as
surance that the best possible tax
bill would be formulated quickly and
that the taxpayer would be given
every consideration.
If the contemplated measure can
be rushed through congress it
may be made effective on January
1, starting out what business and in
dustry hope will be a Happy New
Year for them and for all the na
tion.
In his press conference the same
day the President gave business ad
ditional encouragement, asserting
that the interstate commerce com
mission should take action to pre
serve the solvency of the railroads.
He declared himself in favor of pri
vate ownership and operation of the
railroads, but said receiverships of
the lines cannot continue without
financial adjustment.
Shortly after this the commerce
commission put in a sour note by
overruling the carriers' petition for
15 per cent immediate increase in
freight rates.
Steel Workers Meet
\/f EMBERS of the Steel Workers
A ?* Organizing committee, affiliat
ed with the C. I. O., opened their
first convention in Pittsburgh and
wore asked by Chairman Philip
Murray to give their officials full
powers to negotiate wage agree
ments to replace those expiring
February 28 with 445 firms.
Murray said he had "every rea
son" to believe 100,000 steel workers
out of 125,000 now working in sheet,
bar, plate, sheets and black plate
mills will be displaced by machin
ery.
Hugh R. Wilson (pictured above),
a veteran of the American diplo
matic service and now assistant sec
retary of state, is to be our new am
bassador to Berlin, succeeding Wil
liam E. Dodd, whose resignation
was submitted to the President.
First Flight Celebrated
p RID AY, December 17, was the
thirty-fourth anniversary of the
epochal air flight of the Wright
brothers at Kitty Hawk, N. C., and
the day was fittingly observed by
all aviation interests in the country.
Under orders from the army gen
eral staff every military flying post
sent up all its available aircraft at
the exact hour when the two inven
tors first made their plane fly. About
one thousand fighting planes were in
the air at the same time.
Sloan's Great Gift
ALFRED p. SLOAN, JR., chair
man of General Motors corpo
ration, announced he was donating
securities worth approximately
$10,000,000 to the Al
fred P. Sloan founda
tion with the hope of
promoting a wider
knowledge of "basic
economic truths."
In his announce
ment Mr. Sloan said
he deemed it proper
to turn back part of
the proceeds of his
industrial activity to
aid 111 Dnnging auuui
A. P. Sloan, Jr.
'a broader as well
as a better understanding of the
economic principles and national
policies which have characterized
American enterprise down through
the years, and as a result of which
its truly marvelous development has
been made possible."
Once the proper understanding is
achieved, he said, the people may
promote "the objectives that all
have so much in mind."
These he listed as:
More things for more people,
everywhere.
An opportunity for achievement.
Greater security and stability.
Hungary Pays A Little
/~\NLY eleven nations defaulted on
their war debt payments to the
United States due on December 15.
Hungary lined up with Finland in
the honest list and sent to the treas
ury a check for $9,828 as partial
payment. The installment due from
Hungary was $51,240; her total debt
is more than 33 millions.
Finland made its customary semi
annual payment to the treasury. A
check for $232,142 was turned over
to this government by the Baltic
republic.
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Pope Pius Anxious
AT A secret consistory in which
he created five new cardinals,
Pope Pius read an allocution ex
pressing his "grave anxieties" be
cause of the wars in Spain and Chi
na, and his fears for the future "be
cause of the upheavals which are
the natural concomitants of armed
conflicts."
The new cardinals are: Arch
bishop Guiseppe Pizzardo, Vatican
undersecretary of state; Archbishop
Ermengildo Pellegrinetti, papal
nuncio to Jugoslavia; Archbishop
Giovanni Piazzi, patriarch of Ven
ice; Archbishop Pierre Gerlier of
Lyons, France, and Archbishop Ar
thur Hinsley, Catholic primate of
England.
Silver Policy Stands
REPRESENTATIVE MURDOCK
of Utah stated in Washington
that he had assurances from Presi
dent Roosevelt that the present sil
ver policy would be continued as
long as it was deemed necessary.
Murdock'asked the chief executive's
views when he transmitted a reso
lution drafted by western congress
men urging no change be mad* in
the silver program.
Government Wins
'"THE Supreme court decided that
the government need not pay in
terest on gold bonds that were
called for redemption in advance of
the maturity date.
The decision, written by Justice
Cardozo, was unanimous, although
Justices Stone and Black had sep
arate concurring opinions. Cardozo
is ill and his opinion was read by
Chief Justice Hughes.
The litigation was started by Rob
ert A. Taft of Cincinnati, son of the
late President and Chief Justice Wil
liam Howard Taft; the estate of
James J. Ransom of Des Moines,
and Arthur Machen of Baltimore.
New Men for SEC
'"TWO vacancies on the gecuritiea
and exchange commission were
filled by the President by the ap
pointment of John Wesley Hanes,
partner of a New York stock brok
erage firm, and Jerome N. Frank,
radical New York attorney, now
serving as an attorney for the Re
construction Finance corporation
and formerly chief counsel of the
defunct AAA.
Frank fills the position vacated by
James M. Landis, who retired last
September to become dean of the
Harvard law school. Hanes fills the
post of J. D. Ross of Seattle, recent
ly named administrator of the
Bonneville dam.
House Passes Farm Bill
ARROWLY escaping return to
committee, the administration
farm bill was passed by the house
by a vote of 268 to 129. It was be
lieved the senate measure also
would be put through successfully
at once. Then it would be up to con
ferees from both houses to iron out
the differences. There was doubt
that final enactment could be ob
tained before adjournment of the ex
traordinary session.
More WPA Spending
U ARRY HOPKINS, WPA admin
1 1 istrator, announced that in
creased unemployment was compel
ling the WPA to increase its expendi
tures by $23,000,000 a month. He said
its employment rolls, now totaling
1,575,000 persons, would be enlarged
to provide work for an additional
350,000 persons.
Landon Won't Run Again
ALFRED M. LANDON definitely
removed himself from the pres
idential campaign picture of 1940 by
announcing in Washington that he
would not be a candidate for nom
ination by the Republican party and
would not accept the honor if it
were offered him. He added that
he was not retiring from politics,
but would continue active in his
party.
While in the capital Mr. Landon
was invited to the White House and
had a pleasant chat with the Pres
ident, politics and business not be
ing discussed.
Brave Scouts Honored
r IGHT Boy Scout* who risked
their lives to save others were
cited for heroism by Daniel Carter
Beard, national scout commissioner
and chairman of the National court
of honor.
Three scouts who received gold
honor medals are J. P. Fraley of
Hitchins, Ky.; Guy Groff, Jr., of
Marengo, Iowa, and Kenneth Simon
son of Redridge, Mich., each of
whom rescued a drowning person.
Five others who receive certifi
cates for heroism are John Mentha,
New York; John Ruggi, Yonkers,
N. Y.; Philip Beaney, Bath, Me.; ;
William Benham, Napoleon, Ohio,
and Eldon Shaffer, Berrien Center,
Mich.
Liner Aground; All Saved
'T'HE Dollar liner President Hoo
* ver ran aground on a small is
land oft Formosa when en route
from Kobe to Manila. Her passen
gers, about 600 in number, were put
ashore on two rocky islets, and there
were picked up by the President Mc
Kinley of the same line and taken
to Manila. "
Wally Lowest Duchess
THE new edition of Burke's Peer
age, authoritative book on Brit
ish nobility, reveals that the duchess
of Windsor has been placed in the
twenty-ninth or last place among
the duchesses. Her husband, the
duke of Windsor, former King Ed
ward VTTI. is placed as No. 4 man in
the . empire, behind his brothers.
King George VI and the duke* of
Gloucester and Kent.
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SAMMY JAY PUTS ON HIS
THINKING CAP
CAMMY JAY had a great deal to
^ think about and so he went off by
himself to a certain thick hemlock
tree in the Green Forest where he
could be quite alone. Now, when
ever Sammy Jay goes by himself
that way to put on his thinking cap
you may make up your mind that
mischief of some kind is brewing in
that small head of his. Just now
Sammy was thinking about what he
had overheard Buster Bear say to
Jumper the Hare, and he was won
dering how he could get something
out of it for himself. You know,
Sammy is one of those people who
try to profit by the troubles of
other people. He is never so hap
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To Be Sure, Busy's Big Cousin,
Bumble, Has a Little Storehouse
in the Ground.
py as when he can find some one in
trouble, because he is almost sure
to find some way to get something
for himself out of it.
One time Sammy happened along
when Chatterer the Red Squirrel
and Happy Jack the Gray Squirrel
were quarreling about some very
fat choice acorns. Each claimed
them as his. Sammy just urged
them to fight for them, and this is
what they did. While they were
fighting Sammy carried away all
the acorns, and when finally they
agreed to stop fighting and divide
the acorns they found none to di
vide. Sammy had hidden every one
where only he could find them. That
was dishonest, very dishonest, but,
Giant X-Ray Tube
Containing what is asserted to be
one o f the world's most powerful
X-ray tubes, a new five-story build
ing erected to house complete facil
ities for treating cancer with radium
and million-volt radiation was
opened recently in Los Angeles. Or
ganized by Dr. Roscoe Smith, for
mer director of a high voltage can
cer clinic in Lincoln, Neb., the Los
Angeles Institute of Radiology con
tains enough scientific apparatus to
outfit several technical laboratories.
The tube which is designed to be
operated at 1,600,000 volts, meas
ures fourteen feet in height and
weighs over two tons. In the picture
the upper half of the X-ray tube is
at the right and the transformer
at the left.
CRACKERS
By WARREN OOODRICH j
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"What'* food for bad breath,
Da*?"
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you know, Sammy has always been
a thief. He thought it was smart.
You and I know better, but he
didn't, and there are a lot of people
in this world just like him.
Now, Sammy knew very well that
Buster Bear was the strongest and
biggest of all the people who lived
in the Green Forest, and when he
had first seen Buster Sammy had
been very much afraid of him. Now
he wasn't afraid, because he knew
that his wings would keep him out
of reach of Buster's cruel claws,
but he had a great deal of respect
for Buster just the same and he
wanted to do something that would
make Buster his friend. When he
overheard Buster ask Jumper the
Hare to try to find out for him where
he could get some honey Sammy
smiled. He knew that the only way
Jumper could find out was by ask
ing questions of those who lived
in trees, for it is in hollow trees
that Busy Bee stores up honey. To
be sure. Bust's big cousin, Bumble,
who makes such a fuss about every
thing he does, has a little storehouse
in the ground, and possibly Jumper
might find this. But if he did it
wouldn't be a taste for Buster.
What he wanted was the storehouse
of Busy Bee.
"Now if I can find it for him,"
thought Sammy, "he'll always be
my friend. I think I'll have a look
at all the hollow trees I know of in
the Green Forest."
Just then another thought popped
into Sammy's head. He and Reddy
Fox were not the best of friends. In
some ways they were very much
alike, and perhaps this was the rea
son that they were forever falling
out. Sammy had been one of the
first and loudest to jeer at and make
fun of Reddy the time he seemed
to be running away from Jumper
the Hare. Then he had seen Reddy
run from Buster Bear only that
very morning, when Buster had sud
denly appeared just as Reddy had
thought to catch Jumper the Hare,
and he knew that Reddy knew that
he had seen and laughed at him.
So now Reddy was sure to be his
enemy.
"If I can think of some plan which
will make Reddy think he can make
friends with Buster Bear, why Red
dy will forget all about his anger
with me," thought Sammy. "I have
it! I'll tell him how Buster wants
some honey and set him to hunting
for the storehouse of Busy Bee."
With that off flew Sammy Jay to
hunt for Reddy Fox and tell him
how he could make friends with
Buster Bear.
QT. W. Burieu. ? WNU Service.
ALL CITRUS FRUITS YIELD VITAMINS
Here You Have C in Large
Content, Also A, B, G.
By EDITH M. BARBER
V/j OST of us resent being told that
we must eat certain foods be
cause "they are good for us."
When, however, we find this phrase
used to describe fruits which we
like as much as oranges and grape
fruit, we feel differently about the
question.
Even before the discovery that
vitamins existed, the consumption of
these fruits had been steadily rising
for years with the improved qual
ity of packing and transportation
facilities. Oranges which have been
known as edible fruits for centuries
received an earlier distribution than
the grapefruit Mrs. Potter Palmer
of Chicago is credited with having
introduced this fruit from Florida
into northern markets. At this time,
somewhere around forty years ago,
it was fashionable to pretend to
like the small, bitter fruit which were
luxuries. It was necessary to sugar
it hours before eating and was, of
course, quite different from the
heavy, sweet fruit of today.
We now find grapefruit on the
market throughout most of the year,
although it is at its best in the late
fall and winter. Recently I en
Joyed some of the first pink Texas
grapefruit which were sent to me
directly from that state. The sea
son for oranges never ends.
While citrus fruits are particularly
valued for their large vitamin C
content, they supply as well lib
era] amounts of vitamins A, B and
G, as well as some calcium and
phosphorus besides the natural su
gar.
The citrus fruit habit should be
cultivated.
Broiled Grapefruit.
Cut grapefruit in half crosswise,
remove center core and loosen sec
tions. Place in a pan and sprinkle
each half with two tablespoons of
brown sugar and dot with half a ta
blespoon of butter. Broil fifteen
minutes under a very low flame.
* Orange Marmalade.
1 orange
1 grapefruit
1 lemon
Cut the fruit into fine strips, re
moving the seeds. Measure, add
three times the amount in water
and allow to stand for twenty-four
hours. Boil until the skins are ten
der. Measure, add an equal amount
of sugar and boil until it responds
to Jelly test (two drops will hang
side by side from spoon which has
been dipped in boiling mixture).
Pour into Jars and seal.
Orange and Pineapple Jam.
4 cups citrous and pineapple mix
ture
7 cups sugar
tt cup bottled fruit pectin
Add grated rinds and juice of two
oranges and two lemons to crushed
pineapple. Measure fruit mixture
into larfe kettle. Add sugar, mix
and bring to a full rolling boil, stir
ring constantly. Boil hard one min
ute. Remove from fire and stir in
pectin. Stir for just five minutes to
cool slightly. Pour quickly. Cover
hot jam with a film of hot paraffin;
when jam is cold, cover with one
eighth inch of hot paraffin. Roll
glass to spread paraffin on sides.
Deluxe Marmalade.
2 cups cubed pineapple, fresh or
canned
5 cups quartered peaches
6 cups sugar
1% cups sliced Brazil nuts
1 four-ounce jar maraschino cher
ries and juice.
Mix pineapple and peaches with
sugar and let stand fifteen minutes.
Crack a peach stone and add to
fruit mixture. Heat the fruit and
sugar slowly to the boiling point and
cook gently until thick and clear.
Add Brazil nuts and cherries which
have been cut in quarters and cher
ry juice. Cook one minute, pour
into clean, hot jars and seal.
Sweet Potatoes With Pineapple.
S or 6 sweet potatoes
1 cup crushed pineapple and juice
y? cup butter
Salt, pepper
Boil sweet potatoes until tender.
Pare and mash welJL Add pineapple
and butter and beat until fluffy.
Season to taste and serve at once.
Cranberry Podding.
1% cups pastry flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
Vi teaspoon salt
Vi cup sugar
2 cups cranberries
1 egg
Vt cup milk
3 tablespoons butter
Sift together the flour, baking pow
der, salt and sugar. Then add the
cranberries which have been
washed. Beat the egg and add to
the milk, then add this slowly to
the dry ingredients. Add the melt
ed butter and mix well. Pour into
individual molds, which have been
buttered, and place in the oven in
a pan with about 1V4 inches of boil
ing water. Cover and let steam
at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for one
hour.
Podding Saoee.
1 egg
1 cup powdered sugar
Vt cup whipped cream
Flavoring
Beat the egg, add the sugar, beat
until smooth, fold in the cream and
flavor.
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TO THE
AILING HOUSE
Bjr Rogw B. Whitman
HOT WATER HEAT
PI A hot water heating system
there is a circulation of hot wa
ter through radiators in the different
rooms. Water is heated in the cel
lar in a boiler that is the same as
the boiler of a steam heating sys
tem.
When heated, water becomes
lighter in weight, and will float on
colder water. In a heating system,
heated water can rise through pipes
attached to the top of a boiler, and
flow upward to the radiators. Cold
water that is ahead of it in the
radiators and piping, will sink be
cause of its greater weight, and
return to the bottom of the boiler.
The heating of water in the boiler
thus starts a circulation throughout
the entire system, the heated wa
ter rising to the radiators and, when
cooled, returning to the boiler to be
again heated.
When a hot water system is prop
erly designed and installed, all radi
ators begin to heat at the same
time, so that heating is uniform
throughout the house. There is a
tendency for the upward flow at
hot water to be much stronger in
long vertical pipes than in short
ones, and for this reason, unless
something is done about it, top floor
radiators will heat more quickly
than radiators on lower floors that
are nearer to the boiler. To make
the flow equal to all radiators, the
pipes to the higher radiators must
be choked, so that there will be
greater resistance. Sometimes this
is done by using smaller pipes. An
other method is to use washers at
the valves of the high radiators;
washers with holes in them like
doughnuts, the holes being of the
right sizes to cut down the flow.
A common complaint with hot wa
ter heat is the quicker heating ctf
the high radiators, the reason be
ing that the greater flow has not
been checked. The remedy is to
apply a washer with a hole of the
right size to the radiators that heat
most quickly.
A hot water heating system can
be greatly improved by the use at a
pump in the return pipe to the boil
er, driven by a small electric mo
tor. This pump drives water through
the boiler and to the radiators with
much more force than it has with
beating alone. Distant radiators than
heat quickly, and the entire system
shows a great improvement. A
pump of this type can be attached
to any heating system.
With a pump, pipes leading to the
radiators can be small, which re
duces the cost of installation. In
modern systems, copper tubing of
only one-half inch diameter gives
excellent results.
? By Roger B. Whitman
WNU Service.
MANNERS Or
THE MOMENT
By JEAN
?\ X/'HEN a shower catches you un
' ' a wares, it's instinct to run for
the nearest canopy. But a girl can't
stand under a canopy mil day. Es
pecially if she has an important
engagement or a pair of shoes to
buy. Standing under canopies
doesn't get her anywhere.
We've discovered that men with
very large umbrellas are a very ex
cellent substitute for canopies. And
they usually move. You can sneak
up behind them, and duck your hat
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Usually There b Boom at Least
for Ion Hat.
under the back edge of the umbrel
la. The hat, after all, is what
counts. Then you tiptoe along bo
hind until you reach the corner of
Main and Broad, and there you are.
If your moving shelter decides to
turn the wrong corner, lust tap him
on the arm and say, "Pardon mo.
but do you mind dropping mo off
at the drug store?" Hell probably
be pleased to oblige.
In fact, 11 you aren't too silent as
you sneak along behind him, ho
may take notice of you and giro
you a real woman's share at his um
brella. Some men are still very
polite in a rainstorm.
WNU 8trrlc?.
Rome Built ia a Day
The old saying, "Rome wasn't
built in a day," will have to bo
modified, for records have been
found stating that it was built in ?
day. Likewise, it is stated by the
historian Strabo that the great cities
of Anchiale and Tarsus "were built
by Sardanapalus both in one day,
according to the inscription on his
monument." The Latin word used
for the word "day" has several
meanings, however, and does not
refer to a day of 24 hours, but, like
the "day used in the first chapter
of Genesis, refers to a "period of
time." We still use the word in
that sense occasionally, when we re
fer to "the day of our youth." So
Rome probably was built in a "day"
after all!? but it wasn't in 34 hours,
asserts Pearson's London Weekly. _
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