The Alamance gleaner
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VOL. LVI. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY JANUARY 15, 1931. * NO. 50.
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News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Ten Italian Planes Make Flight From Africa to Brazil
at Cost of Five Lives?Doings in Congress?
Unemployment Decreasing.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
2 ITALY'S "air ar
I * mada" conquered
I the Atlnntlc ocean,
3 hut at the expense of
I Ave lives. Of the four
S teen his seaplanes
a that started from
I Rome for Ilrazil, ten
I made the flight across
1 the sea successfully.
| Two crashed Immedi
I ately after the tnhe
o(T at ISolnmo, Portu
guese Guinea: one
G?n. Batbo
man was killed- in the fall of the first,
and the entire crew of four perished
when the second fell and burst into
flames. The two replacement planes
that were in the squadron were or
dered into flight nfter these mishaps,
and both of them were forced down
by mechanical trouble not fur from
the Brazilian penal Island of Kernnn
do do Noronha. Their crews were
picked up by Italian destroyers that
were patrotlng the route.
Of the ten planes that got across
safely, the first te land at Natal,
Brazil, was the one piloted by Gen.
Itaio Balbo, Italian air minister, who
commanded the armada. The second
was [Jlloted by Colonel Mnddalena,
holder of the world's distance and en
durance records. General Balbo was
highly elated by the success of the
flight, saying It was greater than he
had expected, despite the misfortunes
at Bolnma. The aviators were given
a great welcome at Natal, and Inter
In the week, when they flew on to
Itlo de Janeiro, were the recipients of
a wonderful ovation In that capital
city. The planes are all to be sold to
the Brazilian government, but may
first be flown to Buenos Aires and
back. They are of the Savola-March
ettl "55" type adopted as bombing
planes by the Italian navy and on the
transatlantic flight each carried four
men and radio telephone and telegraph
sets.
BEST news of the week was that
many thousands of men were be
ing put back to work, especially by
the rallronds and the automobile man
ufacturers. The tension of the unem
ployment slt.'.tlon wns appreciably
lessened. The Chicago & Northwestern
system returned nearly 7,IKK) em
ployees to their jobs In the mechanical
and car departments which hail been
closed since December 24. These de
partments were reopened on a three
day a week basis. The Monon lines
took back nearly 800 men on a part
time basis, and the Santa../ e and the
Rock Island lines were preparing to
give at least temporary Jobs to hhn
dreds. Other thousands, mainly shop
men, were returned to work by the
Illinois Central, the Norfolk & West
ern, the Missouri Pacific, the New
York Central and the Southern Pa
cific.
In Detroit and Cleveland the auto
mobile factories were humming again.
Twenty-two thousand men were re
called to the plants In the Detroit
area Monday, and in the Ohio city not
only the motor car makers but many
other Industries added to their pay
rolls.
CONGRESS no
sooner resumed
Its session after the
holidays than the
opponents of the ad
ministration resumed
thalr troublesome tac
tics. These centered
for the time being
largely about the ap
proprlatlon for
drought relief. The
house passed the bill
carrrlns S45.000.000
ten. Caraway
for this purpose, but the senate
promptly amended It by adding $15,
000,000 tor the purpose of loans to
farmers for food. Senator Caraway
of Arkansas sponsored this move. He
declared he knew there was extreme
faffertng In the com try districts of
his state, and his assertions were
strengthened by the reports that hun
dreds of farmers had rioted for food
at England, Ark., and were appeased
to some extent by gifts of food from
the Red Cross.
John Barton Payne, head of the
Red Cross, In testimony before the
committee on appropriations, denied
there was a riot at England and said
that 800 persons had been quietly fed
after "about forty men came In with
eome excitement" and demanded food.
The administration does net think
congressional appropriations for food
are necessary or wise. The radicals
and perhaps some other members of
Ha
congress more tlmn Intimate that
President Hoover and his advisers are
cold blooded and heartless In this mat
ter.
EIGHT United States marines were
ambushed and killed by Nicarngu
an bandits on New Year's day. and as
a result the senate, on motion of Sen
ator Johnson of California, called on
the State department for a compre
hensive report on the use of our ma
rines In the Central American repub
lic. Evidently the old question Is to
be debated again in congress. How
ever, Secretary of State Stlmson said
the administration plans to keep the
marines In Nicaragua at least until
after the 1932 elections. This will be
In accord with the wishes of the
Nicaraguan government. President
Jose Moncada stated he believed
it would be unwise to withdraw
the marines at this time; he
added that he would like to Insure ad
ditional co-operation of Nlcaragunna
with the United States force in an
effort to stamp out banditry. His gov
ernment, he said, is trying to obtain
a loan of $1,000,000, part of which
would be used to strengthen the na
tional guard for this purpose.
Responding to a
resolution of the
senate asking for in
formation on the sub
ject. Secretary of La
bor William N. Doak
reported that approxi
mately 400,000 aliens
are now illegnlly re
siding in the United
States, and that of
this total, 25 per cent,
or 100,000, are de
nn.tnt.ln nmln. tl.A
M.W. Littleton
jiui uiuic uuuci lire
provisions of the Immigration act. In
order to facilitate the federal program
of deporting undesirables who are Il
legally residing In the country, several
suggestions were made by Mr. Doak
for changes In the present law, among
them one for strengthening the law
relative to the deportation of those
aliens "who are affiliated with or
ganizations which advocate the over
throw of the government of the Unit
ed States."
That last phrase, of course, means
chiefly the communists, nnd It Is In
teresting to note thaf a big antl com
munist mass meeting, presided over
by Martin W. Littleton, was held In
Carnegie' hall. New York city, Friday,
at which a resolution calling fer the
exclusion of those disturbers was
adopted. Representatives of the lead
ing civic, patriotic, labor and church
organizations of America took part In
the meeting, and Congressman Hamil
ton Fish told something of the findings
of his congressional committee of In
vestigation Into the activities of the
Reds.
Treasurer joseim! r. nutt of
the Republican national commit
tee told Senator Nye's committee that
Robert H. Lucas exceeded his author
ity nnd made a mlstnke of Judgment
In pledging the national committee's
special account to secure the $4,000
he borrowed to finance his antl-Norrls
propaganda. Rut Mr. Nutt said he
didn't blame Mr. Lucas for fighting
N'orrls and added that he had loaned
Lucas $3,500 a few days ago to pay
ofT the bank loan. The committee's
special account, he said, was not a
slush fund but was created to help
out In certain congressional districts.
MORE trouble for
the administra
tion is brewing In the
matter of Immediate
payment of the World
war retcrans' adjust
ed compensation cer
tificates In cash. Rep
resentative Patmanof
Texas, sponsor of the
bill for such payment,
said It was likely the
house would discharge |
the ways and means
committee from fur
Senator A. H.
Vandenberg.
ther consideration of the measure so
that action could he obtained. He as
serted a petition for this course bad
been signed by members from many
states who believe, with him. that
unfair tactics have been employed to
defeat the bill.
Senator A. K. Vandenberg of Mich
igan. an administrator supporter, was
actively seeking to bring about some
sort of compromise. He favors legisla
tion to permit veterans to borrow up
to 50 |or rent of the ultimate value
of their certillcnles. But tills doesn't
satisfy Patman. "Our nation," said the
Texan, "Is the wealthiest on earth. It
owes less In proportion to wealth than
any other country. It has given bil
lions of dollars to other countries in
recent years and much of it was used
to pay their own veterans adjusted
pay and bonuses up to $7,000 each.
"We can pay the veterans In cash
now by selling bonds at the lowest In
terest rate In the history of our na
tion and retire the last one of those
bonds In three or four years. By di
verting payments from the public
debt, which Is already overpaid up
to this time, no Increase In tuxes will
be necessary now or later."
PANAMA started
the New Year oil
with a bang r.nd add
ed that country to
the list of laitin
American nations that
have set up new gov
ernments hy force.
This revolution, how
ever, lasted less than
twenty-four lionrs and
was accompanied with
very little bloodshed.
? When it was over
Ricardo Alfaro
Florenclo H. Arosemena had given up
liis office of president nnd was under
arrest at the home of a cousin who
was one of the revolutionists, the gov
ernment was In the hands of a Junta
and Dr. Hnrinodlo Arias was named
acting president.
The office of president was at once
offered by cable to Iticardo Aifaro.
Panama's minister to the United
States, asking him, if he accepted, to
return nt once from Washington. Al- !
faro took only four hours to decide, '
and then accepted tlie call and began
to wind up his affairs in the American
capital, lie Is a veteran liberal and
has been minister In Washington for
nine years. It was believed by the
revolutionists that his close relations j
with the American government would j
tend to hasten* the recognition of the
new regime by ('resident Hoover.
For a day or two it seemed likely
that Panama City would be attacked .
by a small army of armed farmers |
from the Cbepo district where is the
country seat of Vice President Tomas
Duque, an adherent of Arosemena.
But the provisional government placed
machine guns on the highways lead
ing into the city, and the counter re
volt. faded into nothingness.
Secretary of State Stimson con
ferred with President Hoover on the
matter of recognition, nnd, while no
statement was given out, the Indica
tions were that the Aifaro govern
I ment would be recognized after some
delay.
Modification of the so-caiied
consent decree of 1020, ordered
l>y Justice Jennings Bnlley of the
District of Columbia Supreme court,
greatly loosens the restrictions Im
posed on the big packing companies.
The Armour, Swift, Cudahy and Wil
son concerns are now permitted to
engage In the manufacture and sale
of nearly all classes of food com
modities. But they ?,re not allowed to
enter the retail field. Justice Bailey
holding that retail activity by the
packers "would probably result In al
most complete annihilation of the In
dependent retail grocers."
ONE day after flat
ly denying the re
port that he was
about to resign,
George Akerson. sec
retary to President
Hoover, handed in his
resignation?to the
considerable rellef^t
the Chief Executive's
supporters. As his suc
cessor prominent Re
publicans In Wash
ington are urging
Franklin Fort
Representative Franklin Fort of New
Jersey.
Mr. Fort will leave public life on
March 4. He was the unsuccessful
dry candidate for the Republican
nomination for the United States sen
ate last spring, being defeated by
Dwlght W. Morrow.
M EARLY seven months of Intensive
* ' and careful work by detectives
and newspaper men has resulted In the
arrest of the man who Is declared to
be the murderer of Alfred I .Ingle, a
reporter for the Chicago Tribune. The
law authorities in Chicago assert that
mysterious crime that excited the en
tire country Is now cleared np. The
accused man Is I-eo Brothers, a gun
man of St. i-ouls where he has a long
police record. He was quietly arrested
In Chicago on December 21. but the
capture was kept secret while the of
ficials completed their Investigation.
Brothers, who In Chicago went an
tler the natne of l-ouls V. Bailer, an
swers the description of IJngle's assas
sin and Is said to have been positively
Identified by wltn.wses to the murder.
The officials declare he was hired lo
slay I.lngle. but refuse for the present
to tell who hired him or to name the
witnesses who Identify him. Neither
would they reveal nny of the proof
they say they have of Ids guilt.
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Have\6u a Double ?
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'Which is Lindy?
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By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
[)* OAKE a look at the lop two
pictures shown above and
? answer the question,
I "Which Is Llndy?" Now
I check your answer with
? this: The famous uvlator
I Is shown in picture No. 1.
r The young man In picture
* No. 2 who so closely re
sembles the "Lone Eagle"
la Dledrlck ftnmke, twenty-three years
old, who was graduated front Louisi
ana Stale university last year. Not
only Is he "Llndy's" double In appear
ance but also In courage, for despite
the fact that he Is stone blind it could
not hinder hint from his determina
tion to get an education and us a re
sult he ranked third In a class of 221
and was elected vuledlctorlun by his
fellow-seniors.
Now take a look at the lower two
pictures shown above and answer the
question, "Which Is Buffalo Bill?"
Whether you answer "No. 3" or "No.
4," you will be wrong for neither Is
a picture of the famous scout, Indian
lighter and Wild West showman, de
spite the fact that both resemble Colo
nle Cody so strongly as to be able to
pass for him among most people. No.
3 Is Col. C. L. Alexander of Hastings,
Neb., an old-time stage-coach driver
and contemporary of Cody's. Now 4
1s James Beftel, Civil war veteran
who Is spending his last days In the
State Soldiers' und Sailors' home at
Sandusky, Ohio. Several years ago
Beltel attracted considerable attention
by his claim that he was a friend of
Cody's and that he often substituted
fur Buffalo Bill In the arena during
Cody's Wild West show career.
Interesting as are the above cases
there's nothing especially remarkable
about them fur scientists toll us that
every one of us has u double?some
where. The only reason why that fact
Is not more commonly known Is that
our path, or the path of our friends
who are likely to notice the striking
. resemblance, doesn't always happen
to cross the path of our double so we
don't know of his existence.
To account for such doubles. Doctor
van Betnmelen, a professor at the
University of Croningcn, Holland, bus
advanced the theory tlmt they are
blood relations, though the fumily
connection. Is often remote. In many
Instances of striking resemblance
Doctor van Bemmelen established u
common ancestry. He calculates that,
going back eight generations, a man
has 256 ancestors, and In 3C genera
tions 1,000,060I Hence, there would
not be enough forebears to "go
around" unless many of us have the
same ancestors In common.
But perhaps the most Interesting
case of a double In which Lindbergh
Is concerned Is the striking resem
blance between him und another trans
atlantic flyer, almost as famous as
he. Only here It's n case of u man
and woman being doubles, for this
example of some one who "looks liko
Llndy" Is Miss Amelia Karhart, some
times referred to as "Imdy Llndy."
Following Lindbergh's rise to fame
and her own Interest In aviation. Miss
Earhart's friends often commented on
her resemblance to the international
hero of the air, nnd this may hnvo
acted as a stimulus to follow bis flight
If there Is some connection between
ambition to be like some one else nnd
a physical resemblance between those
two, then It may account for the un
usual likeness that has been found to
exist between Jack Dempsey, former
heavyweight champion, and Max
Srhtnelllng. the Uermany heavyweight
But bow can this be applied to ac
count for the resemblance between
Senator Hnyul 8. Copeland of New
York and Senator Hiram Johnson of
California. Did Mr. Copeland have
an ambition to be like Sir. Johnson or
vice-versa? Or does the fact that they
are in the same calling, I. e. being
a L'nlted States senator, have some
thing to do with It?
AJmost every famous man, It would
seem, has a double, and some of them
have more than one. Sir Charles E.
Madden, former commander of the
British fleet, is declared to be a "per
fect double" for King Georve V of
England, as is Sir Henry Whitehead,
British textile manufacturer, who re
sembles the English monarch so
closely that, arriving In New York
some months ago, he had difficulty
convincing shlpnews reporters that lie
wasn't the king Incognito.
A half block away from the roar
of the Grand Central terminal In New
York city, a man who Is a "dead ring
er" for Thomas A. Edison wears a
porter's badge and pushes a baggage
truck. A humble moujlk was the
double of the late Czar Nicholas of
Russia, and a petty swindler of Count
I.oo Tolstoy, the great novelist.
I.lncoln hud a double In Colonel El
mer Lootnis of Glrard, Kan., whose
presence on the streets used to send
school children home declaring that
they had seen Abraham I.lncoln in
the flesh.
He served In the Civil war and al
ways appeared on the streets in a
high silk hat and long cont, similar
to that worn by the President. His
friends had often commented upon Ids
likeness to I.lncoln.
"Out In Glrard, where 1 lived for
more than forty years," said Colonel
I.oomls once, "they called me 'Honest
Ahe'l They sent me for three terms
to the Kansas legislature and I am
proud of my resemblance to Lincoln.
I try to live as I.lncoln did."
There were several known doubles
of president Roosevelt, L. M. Garfield,
a manufacturer of Xcnia, Ohio, used
to be mistaken for Teddy nnd cabmen
often refused his fare, saying they
were repaid by the honor of driving
hint about, while In Chicago, when T.
It. was scheduled to be in the city,
newspaper men besieged Garfield In
the hotel, Insisting he was the Presi
dent.
In Florence, Italy, Pletro Cassinl, a
woodcutter, used to put on spectacles
of the kind worn by Colonel Roosevelt
and delight American tourists with
his Imitation of Teddy's grin. He did
not speak a word of English. The
colonel's most conspicuous doulde was
F. O. Huddleston, general manager of
a mining company at Los Angeles,
Calif. His travels In the western
states caused many, even former
Rough Riders, to think he was T. It.
Incognito, as he had the same keen
eyes, prominent nose, heavy Jaws,
wore his mustache In a similar man
ner and had many personal character
istics of the colonel.
Thomas Merton, a newspaper man
of Canton and Pittsburgh, who report
ed McKlnley's "front-porch" cam
paign In 1890, was often photographed
as the candidate, and many of tlie
daily and weekly magazines carried
snapshots of McKinley which were
really reproductions of Mert oil's face
and figure taken with the tncit con- |
sent of McKinley, who once remarked
that they were "Just'aa Jifelike and
often better-looking than the real
article."
Five hundred persons, ail of whom |
knew Merton personally, saw him do
his first posing of this sort. A fa- t
mous publication which had always ,
prided Itself upon the accuracy of its
pictures sent a corps of men to Can
ton in the early days of the campaign
to get up a big pictorial Issue. They
arrived on Saturday afternoon, only
to learn that tlie candidate was not
feeling well. While bewaiJing this de- ;
lay, the leader of the picture corps
saw Merton passing and captured him
by main force.
"I want you to get tip on the porch
and pose as Mr. McKinley," he
shouted.
The newspaper men thought the fel
low was crazy when he began to take
off his I'rlnce All?ert coat. In a few
minutes, Merton, dressed in the silk
hat and coat, mounted the steps of
i the McKinley home and, while the
! future President was slumbering In
side, he posed for pictures which aft
erward became famous. Mr. McKln
Ijy, when told of the incident the
next day, laughed heartily and later
declared that they were among the
best he had ever had taken.
President Wilson enjoyed the lux
ury of several facial counterparts. A
tremendous commotion was caused in
New York city In the spring of 1916,
when one of them, Deputy Fire Com
missioner W. Ilolden Weeks of New
York, dropped dead In the street.
Grief-stricken crowds with bared
heads blocked the thoroughfare. So
pronounced was the resemblance to
President Wilson that police had dif
ficulty in convincing the people of
their error.
Another Wilson double was a New
York man named Fleming who. It Is
said, was refused n life Insurance
policy during the World war because
his strong resemblance to the Presi
dent made him a possilde target for
an assassin's bullet and therefore a
poor "risk." The familiar features
of Calvin Coolidge have a replica In
those of Charles Hitz, n Philadelphia
waiter whose resemblance to the for
mer Chief Executive was so marked
us to give him a chance to play the
part of the lYesident in a motion pic
ture. and friends of George McKelvey,
an attorney Jn Ohio, declare that he
Is the "very,Image" of the present
head of the Yiation, Herbert Hoover.
(0 b7 Wy tar* Newspaper Union.)
f Daddy's
H Evei\ii\A
Fairy Tale ~.
*jy MARY GRAHAM BONNER
? ? corrnotfi it >mtu? nhtwb unmi ?
ROSEMARY'S TRIP
It was the first time Rosemary had
iver taken a trip on a sleeper.
She was going to visit her uncle and
aunt In a very large city. She had
taken trips before in automobiles and
ja trains be* site had always traveled
in the daytime.
Oh, it was so exciting traveling at
night. 15111 she did find it very con
fusing when she wanted a drink of
water.
She pressed the faucet with the
warm water when she was getting a
drink, and pressed the faucet with the
cold water when she was bathing be
fore she went to bed.
After she got In her berth she
raised the curtain of the window and
looked out.
Everywhere there was snow. The
country looked Just the same In each
place as they hurried along through
the night.
There were houses; lights eould be
seen from time to time, but every
where the ground was covered with
snow.
Then the scenery changed and they
sped along by a river There were
chunks of ice in the river and snow
had rested on the ice.
Scon the hills became higher and
taUer and larger and they looked so
strange and so beautiful In the night
light.
Rosemary wished she bad brought
her doll al??ng with her She knew
her doll would have liked looking oat
Soon the Hills Became Higher.
of the vyindow as she did, but then
her doll would wait for her and be
taken rare of very well. Indeed.
She wouldn't have such a rood time
In the city as Rosemary would have,
for Rosemary would go to so many
places and see so many people and
the doll couldn't go to all of them.
Yes. It had been better leaving the
doll home, but she did know the doll
would enjoy thl3 part of the trip?
being In bed and yet looking oot Into
the night while the train sped rapidly
along.
Her dolJ's name was Annette?
named after her mother and her aunt.
The doll had blue eyes and golden
I hair and long brown lashes and was
: quite a big doll. She could walk If
! Rosemary held her hand and helped
| her.
At Inst Rosemary fell asleep and
i the next thing she knew she was In
the big city.
Oh. what excitements there were In
j the city. She rode In the subway,
i right under the ground.
| And she went to the theater, and
she visited so many people, and ate
so many meals.
People lived so far away from each
other but they dhjn'j seem to think
anything of the long trips they took to
get here and there.
Nor did they think anything of rid
ing In the subway. To Rosemary It
| was something unlike any other ad
venture.
It was certainly wonderful to have
a lovely aunt and uncle to visit In the
city, but when she went back home
she decided that she was glad to go
home. too. to her beautiful mother and
to her doll Annette.
There was certainly something to
do all the time In this Jolly, nice old
world.
That was what Rosemary decided,
' and Rosemary is very, very bright and
! clever.
Don't you agree with her, too?
His Go Was Gone
Donald had been on a shopping ex
, peditlon with his mother since early
morning. Along towards noon, in go
ing from one store to another, he
began to lag. She enconraged hlra
with promises of lunch later. This
solved the difficulty for once or twice
more, but finally as she started to
walk to another shop, Donald sat dowu
flat on the sidewalk.
??Oh come on, I'm only going a little
farther,'* his mother urged.
Just can't," declared Donald, "my
go is gone."