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The Alamance gleaner * . V0L- LV1I. GRAHAM, N, C.,' THURSDAY FEBRUARY 5, 1931. NO. 1. News Review of Current Events the World Over Red Cross Rejects Proposed Federal Aid of $25,000,000 for Drought Relief and Opposition Senators Threaten a Filibuster. By EDWARD W. PICKARD C*EDEKAL aid Is not * needed and not wanted by the Amer ican Red Cross, ac cording to the state ment made by John Rarton Payne, chair man of that organi zation, to the house subcommittee that was considering the Interior department appropriation bill. Mr. Payne said the cen J. B. Payna. irai commiciee or tne nea uross nna adopted two resolutions, as follows: 'That It Is the sense of the central committee that the Red Cross is in a position adequately to complete the task it has undertaken in the drought stricken areas, and It hereby assumes the responsibility of completing said task without public appropriations." 'That It Is the sense of the central committee that the Red Cross cannot accept the administration of the funds for general relief purposes, as pro vided for under the terms of the bill which has passed the senate and is now pending In the house." Senators who upheld the senate p attempt to give the Red Cross a $2.\ 000,000 relief appropriation rallied to the defense of that plan and. led by Robinson of Arkansas, denounced the Red Cross, President Hoover and the administration generally. They gave notice that they would filibuster against the general appropriation bills unless what they consider to be ade quate relief for the drought areas Is granted. INCREASING pressure In behalf of the plan to make immediate cash payment of bonus certificates to World War veterans was met by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon with a statement te the senate finance committee that such payment was neither needed nor economically sound, and he more than Intimated that legislation to that efTect would be vetoed by the President. Both he and Undersecretary Mills told the committee that the proposed bond Issue of $3,400,000,000 for the retire ment* of the 20-year bonus certificates would not only disturb government finances, hut would prolong the busi ness depression. Next day they re peated their arguments before the house ways and means committee. Harry e. row bottom, Repub 11 c a n congressman from the First district of Indiana. was ar rested In Evansvllle and placed nnder $10,000 bonds by Unit ed States Commis sioner C. E. Harmon. He Is charged with baring taken $T-r<0 from Walter G. and Aaron Ayer la return for the promise of Hurry ?. Rowbottom. I appointment of Gresham Ayer ns a rural mull carrier at Rorkport. Ind. Rowhottom's term In congress expiree on March 4 next. He was an out standing member of the 1020 Indiana house of representatives when the Ku Klux klan began to show Its great political influence. The Post Office department In Wash ington announced on January It the dismissal of four postmasters and the suspension of a rural mall carrier, all In Rowbottom'a district. The of ficial statement of the department at that time said that reports prevalent In Indiana that "certain postmasters and others who were applicants for positions In the Post Office depart ment had been paying nnd causing to he paid various sums of money to a congressman to obtain the appoint ments desired" were brought to Its attention by Senators James E. Wat son and Arthur Rohlnson. THE Democrat-radical Republican coalition In the senate Is still after those three members of the fed eral power commission. Smith. Gar saud and Draper, and It appeared cer tain that Walsh's motion to take quo warranto action to oust them would be carried. The mutter cair.e up In the lower house on a motion to cut nui the appropriation for their salaries, hut the representatives derided the quar rel was none of their business and defeated the motion by a vote of 37 to 102. MAJ. GEN. SMED1.ET D ROT ler. commandant of the marine at (Juantlco. Vs.. whose propen tor speaking bis mind freely has K made trouble In the past. has heon talking again. This time, before t?ie Contemporary club In Philadelphia. General Butler, according to press re ports. made a speech in which he severely criticised Premier Mussolini of Italy, culling him "one of those fellows who are waiting to start an other war." and declaring: "He Is polishing up all the brass hats In Italy. He Is getting very Roman." He also said Mussolini ran over a child with his automobile. Mussolini cabled a Hat denial of the automobile story to Italian Ambassa dor de Martino, who promptly lodged a protest at the Department of State. Secretary of the Navy Adams called on General Butler for an explanation, and when this was received Seere tary Stimson made a formal apology to Italy for Butler's statement. At the same time Mr. Adams ordered that the officer be tried by court mar tini. SRNATOR CAPPER'S Joint resold tion authorizing the federal farm board to make 20.000,000 bushels of the wheat It owns available for emer gency relief was passed by the senate. The board's revolving fund is to be credited with the cost of the grain at prevailing prices. Holding that as Mttorney general of the United States he has the right to pass on the profes sional and ethical fit ness of candidates for places on the federal hench, William D. Mitchell has openly and rigorously at tacked the qualifies tlons of Ernest A. Michel of Minnesota, recommended for Ju Attorney Gen eral Mitchell. diclal appointment by Thomas Schall. blind senator from tbnt state. Schall has retaliated by questioning the good taste of Mitchell's action and declar ing that unless Michel Is nominated the post will remain vacant. The attorney general In this state ment asserts that Michel Is not quail fled for a Judgeship and Infers that Schall's recommendation was In pay ment of a political debt. "President Hoover," he adds, "has raised a stand ard of Judicial appointment In which political 'usefulness' does not enter He has refused repeatedly to be bent by such motives. I am sure that the people of Minnesota approve of his attitude. When It conies to Judicial office they want men about whose qualifications there is not room for difference of opinion, not men ap pointed to pay political debts." Senator 8chall ccepted the Issue and replied: "1 am forced to the conclusion that the attorney general displays less than good taste to say the least when he makes reference to the payment of political debts. Ft Is an Inferential insult to the people of our state to even Intimate that they would eonsld er political expediency rather than sound qualifications and Integrity In their choice of a Judicial appointee." PIERRE LAVAL, only forty-seven years old, became premier of France and got together a cabinet to succeed that of M. Tardieu. It Is a ministry of the right whose political complexion does not differ greatly from that of Its predeces sor. The radical So cialists refused to Plerrt Laval participate out politicians in runs (re lieved the new government would sT rtre. Terdlea accepted the ministry of agriculture. and llrland the foreign affaira portfolio. I,aval himself took the portfolio of the Interior. The one legged General Maglnot whs made minister of war. Dumont of the navy and Dumesnll of the air. while Flandln became minister of finance and Landry of labor. For the flrat time a negro la In the cabinet. He la Blaise Dlagne of Senegal and is undersecretary of state for the colonies POSSIBILITY of another controversy with Canada loomed when It was announced that the twu masted auxil iary schooner Josephine K.. of Nova Scotlan registry had been captured by a coast guard cotter after a Ave mile cbase In lower New York hay and ber skipper. Cap*. William t. duett of Lunenherjt. Not* Scotia, killed by a shot from a one-pounder. On the schooner and on a garbage scow which was In tow of a tug and also was captured the officials found a large quantity of liquor. After m conference In the White House. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Lowman gave out the state ment that the coast guard was per forming Its statutory duty In pre venting smuggling. BEFORE he com mitted suicide by shooting himself at his home in Jersey City, Edward L Ed wards. former gover nor of New Jersey and former United Suites senator, wrote a note to his daughter which gave no ex planation of his act. However, his family and business assocl E. I. Edwards Hies Knew lie ii uu oeen ucaimiuicm, and that he was suffering from an In curable disease, so they were less surprised than shocked. In the senate Mr. Ed wards was a pioneer of the wets, though he never took a drink of liquor. In 1924 he was mentioned as a Democratic presidential possibility on a wet platform. In 1928, Mr. Edwards was called back from the convention in Hous ton, Texas, hy the fatal Illness of his wife. Broken with sorrow, he entered his campaign for re election and was defeated by Hamilton F. Kean. Then came financial misfortunes, a break with his lifelong friend. Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City, and not long ago the death of his favorite brother, David F. Edwards. WHEN the kinc and queen of Slum pay their offi cial visit to Washing ton In April they are to be provided with a residence that will have all the luxuries of a royal palace. Our government has no official home for dis tinguished visitors and so always Dor - ?i,-. King ot oiam rows one when the occasion arises. This time It has ac cepted the offer of Lars Anderson former ambassador to Japan, of his great castle-like house on Massuchn setts avenue, and there the royal cou ple from the Far Fast and their suite will by housed. INVESTIGATION of the admlnlstra * tlon of law In the federal courts throughout the country Is to be car rled on under the supervision of a committee of which Dean Charles E Clark of Tale law school has been appointed chairman. Plans for this study were approved by President Hoover's commission on law observ nnce and enforcement. Assuming that the MacPonnld government remains In power. Great Brit ain Is likely , soon to Imitate Italy In one respect. Philip Snow den. chancellor of the exchequer, and his associates are plan nlnj: n drive to reduce costs and help the J British manufacturer j to recover his su premacjr In . t h e j Philip Snowden world's export markets. The scheme proposed includes a 10 per cent cut in wages and a similar reduction In tiie prices of nil goods and commodi ties. The British working man. ac- | cording to officials, would he as well off ns ever though receiving less for u his work. Mr. Snowden has been sound | !ng out the large employers on the ! plan, and In a letter to prominent ' manufacturers lias Intimated that the government in Its next budget would set the example by making a cut of 10 per cent In the salaries of all gov ernment employees. The trade unions j have been consulted and have given | the scheme their approval. CARRYING out the policy and plans of the British government. I?rd Irwin, viceroy of India, decreed the unconditional release from prison of Mnhatma Gandhi and his chief lleuten ants, all members of the working com' mlttee of the all-India national con gress. The "holy man." desiring to ?( avoid demonstrations, did not leave the Yeravda Jail unth eleven o'clock at night. Clad only In a loin cloth he took a train for Bombay, where he was met by Immense crowds of ador ing and rejoicing natives. Gandhi told Interviewers that he emerged from Jail with an absolutely open mind unfettered hy enmity and prepared to study the whole situation and the statement of Crime Minister MacDonald. He still insisted every political prisoner in India should be freed, but said he dl< not yet know what would he his course If the Brit ish government would not consent to tills. 1WL w*t?nin???pip?r Union.) Diverting the Waters of the Mississippi River The Bonnet Carre spillway, 28 miles above New Orleans, Is rapidly nearlng completion, and when finished will divert the waters of the Mississippi river Into Lake I'ontchartraln when swirling floods threaten the city. All that remains to be done on the $3,(XX),000 safety valve Is the completion of side levees from the spillway to the river. This Interesting alrvlew shows the expanse of concrete. Stool Pigeon Is Put on Spot t, New York Gangsters Turn Trick That Doesn't Ex cite Police Much. New York.?To wine and dine a young man, particularly a youth who fancies himself and his reputation as a "tough guy," and then to pick out a nice hot spot for him and All him full of lend, while he is standing on It Is nothing new in the realm of gangland murders. So the police of New York and of New Jersey are not working any too hatd at the task which confronts them in so far as the task concerns discov ery of the murderer of Cheeks Luci ano, whose parents christened him Nicholas. ShouHf TT turn out, how ever, as It mny, that the demise ot Luciano is In some way connected with one or two of his past ofTenses, or with the notable difference of opin ion between him and Bum Bodgers. then possibly they might be willing to work a little harder. Rodgers In "Solitary Stir." It is well-known police history, In those places where such history Is really recorded?and that Is not In the record books or flies of any depart ment, but rather In the memory of de tectives?that hack In 1020 somebody told the New York police where they could And that same Bum Rodgers. They found him, too. And since then Bu who carried the reputation for being just about as tough a general crook as ever operated In and around the city, has been In solitary "stir" In New York's "Siberia," or Dannemora prison. The Bum, as they say. faces life. If he lives that long. He Is not. so say the grapevine reports, standing his imprisonment well. It Is whispered that Bum Rodgers. who was all tyrant when he was back of a revolver with Its muzzle pointing toward some one else, has become fed up with his 10 or 12 feet of exercise pen, his days upon days of being alone and his Inability to see or do anything without a guard watching him. Revenge for Rodgers? If he Is In that frame of mind, and word of some such condition has reached the police, he most certainly can't be terribly enthusiastic when he thinks of the events which put him where he Is. And outstanding among such events is the fact that some one told the police where he could be found. Cheeks Luciano Is dead. His mur derers poured 21 shots Into Ills body In the Carlnite Social and Athletic club over In Manhattan recently. It was, In a manner of speaking, as thor ough a killing as New York has expe rlenced In years. Can It be that the "death party," because that seems to have been exactly what attracted Lu vlano to the speakeasy where he wasn't known, was arranged as some thing of a retaliation because some one told the police back In 1020 where Bum Rodgers could be found? There are some things to support such a theory, not the least being the fact that even a convict In solitary con finement can have an exceedingly long arm If he Is plotting revenge. Dry Lake May Flood San Joaquin Valley Corcoran, Calif. ? Tulare lake, marked on many maps as permanent ly dry. may again come back and flood the 750 square miles of the San Joaquin volley If once covered. C. K. Grunsky. government engineer. Is the authority for that prediction. The lake was alternately dry and full for several decades until lately when It has been dry most of every [ year. GrunRky points out that studies of trees and other natural records show the lake has covered as much ns 750 square miles many times, and once covered 800 square miles. For periods of ns long as half a century the lake has averaged 350 square miles In area and for equal periods It has been practically dry. he points out. Tulare lake bottom for the last half century has proven one of the most fertile large areas devoted to wheat In the United States. Poor Girl Wins Sight and Music From Duce Pola, Italy.?Morla Rlnoselll's life dream has come true, because she had the courage to write a letter to Musso lini. Maria, who Is twenty years old. was born blind, but to offset her affliction she bad s natural gift for the piano. An operation would give her sight, but her family, poor people, could not afford It any more than they could I afford to buy her a piano. She wrote the Duce, asking his aid. In return, Mussolini sent her money for the operation, which was success ful, and enough extra to buy the pi ano she had always wanted. Famous Cat Dead; Was Stage and Screen Fan I-aporte, Ind.?Mike, ? ten-year-old rat that haa not mlaaed teeing a mov ing picture or vaudeville art at the l.aporte theater alnce It was built, haa died-of old age. The animal wai owned by the houae manager and alwaya ant on the the ater piano watching th? (II. a the flr.t nlfhl they were ahown. Other nlghtn tje walked around the arreen to And where the playera went. Mike had been uted In many vaude ville acts. I I * 1! Three in One Family | Hold Political Jobs $ '' Rochester, N. H.?All three i : | member* of the Greenfield fam * II lly will hold either itate or city X ]] ofllcee during the coming year J i! Mrs. Dell* Greofleld will be a* * 11 member of the school board, j ' ' Her husband Is a city council- X |! man. Their daughter. Dell*. Is J 11 a member of the state legists * i ...j Musk Oxen Herd to Find Home in Alaskan Wilds New York.?Musk oxen, the strunge creatures which make their home in the northernmost port of Greenland, are soon to try tlie life of Alaskan pioneers In one of tlie most ambitious of nil game stocking experiments. Thirty-four of these bison-like nnl mals, valued Igjth as nohle game anl ma is and as a food source, were cap tured last summer In Greenland, and after a ft.UOO-mlle Journey In crates have been landed at Fairbanks, Alas ka, the United States biological sur vey has Informed the American Game Protective association. These 34 animals will form the nu cleus of n herd with which It Is hoped to stock the Alaska barrens, for It Is believed that the animals will thrive in their new surroundings. For the present they are confined for study In a 40 acre enclosure at the agricultural college experiment station at College. Alaska. When first landed the musk oxen were reluctant to leave the crates In which they had traveled nil the way from Greenland, but once outside they quickly made themselves at home. Porto Rico Finds English Prefer Small. Grapefruit San Juan. P. R.?Between the Amer ican and English markets Porto Rlcnn grapefruit growers are able to seal their products regardless of sire, one of the Island's leading fruit men re ports. American buyers demand a good-sized fruit which when halved makes a satisfactory Juicy breakfast course. Anything else Is contemptu ously branded undersized and 1 passed by. The English, on the other hand, pre fer the smaller fruit, nnd their prefer ence Is decided that they nre willing to pay much more a box for their choice than nre the Americans for the larger product. Because of what, from the American point of view. Is so oddity of taste on the part of the British, from 1.r> to 21) per cent of the Island grapefruit crop would other wise he thrown aside, finds a profit able market. , HAS ISLAND POST George G Butle of Teres who ha* Just been sworn In as vice governor of the Philippines and will soon leave for Manila. ?' ion ten i r> ?num mwiu u*mom . ? ? CACKLING GEESE "Well,** cackled some of the geese who were strutting and waddling around the barn yard, It Is funny to hear the tur keys talking about how much life means to them. "They're o s e d for holiday din ners. They were eaten at Christ mas time.** "What's thatr asked some of the younger turkeys. "We said din ners," said the geese. "Dinner for us, or are we to be the dinner?" asked some of the tur keys anxiously. "What's That?" iou arc iu oc inc uuimct, sain the geese, "or perhaps we should say that sorue of the members of your family were the dinners. "Ha, ha. ha, ha." they shrieked In their shrill voiccr.. "turkeys are en Joyed for dinner?." "Now, children," said old Grandfa ther Turkey, "you must not mind If you are ever eaten for dinners. "It's an honor that belongs to tur keys alone?that is the honor of be ing chosen for \ery special and fine and holiday dinners. "Just Imagine how fine and wonder ful It Is to be eaten at the greatest dinner in the year!" But the turkey children were not happy. They didn't want to be eaten for the finest dinner' in the land. "We'd rather be eating all the time ourselves," they said. "Ah," said Grandma Turkey, "I re member how frightened I used to get. "But you mustn't, turkeys, for it is really an honor, and you would feel ? sad indeed if no one thought anything of you. "That's why you've been so well fed, and are so nicely looked after. Suppose you had to hunt and work to get good things to eat, and seek for a comfortable place to sleep. "It's better this way. If your life Is not so long as the life of another, it's much more fun to have It this way and be well fed and looked aft er wh 11 e j o ur e about." "And you must remember, chil dren." said Grand father Turkey, "that on Christ mas Day, old San ta Claus, one of the most famous old men in the world, visits all the homes of the ; children. *N o w, aren't yon flattered?" "Here, cheer up," came from a voice nearby. There Stood Bil? lie Brownie. There stood Bllie Brownie. "We're going to give jou a party," he said. And the turkeyB went on a party with the brownies?along on the bark of Fly-High, the Elves' bird. Fly-High had been borrowed for the occasion. You know he Is a magic bird in Elfland. The turkeys had a splendid time, and they went off gobbling for all they were worth. When they reached Elfland the brownies and the elves gave a circus and the turkeys were delighted. But when they came back to the barnyard the geese were cackling and talking and saying: "They didn't ask us to the party. But do we care? No, we like to be ourselves." And the brownies and the elves knew that. Trick to Try This little trick is very easily per formed, but you must first of all find some very thin writing paper. Now, when you have this, tear a small square off, and ask a chum to write down the name of some animal in block letters on the paper. Give him a pen to do this, and while he Is writ ing turn away, so that you cannot see . what he Is writing. Now. quickly step In front of a mir ror, and then ask your chum to place the paper writing Inwards, against your forehead. The Ink will show through the paper, and in a mirror you will be able to read exactly what your chum has written. ?\ :>l '? ' l
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