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The Alamance gleaner VOL. LVII. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY MARCH 5, 1931. NO. 5. 1 ? ?!.. i ?s News Review of Current Events the World Over Sugar Lobby Gift Story Under Investigation, Senator Davis Promising Help?Lame Duck Sessions Probably Will Be Abolished. By EDWARD W. PICKARD IN Tiys closing days of the session of congress the senate ran Into whnt gave some promise of de veloping Into another lobbying scandal. Mr. Borah read to It an article In a New York newspaper which said. In effect, that a senator, during his former occupancy of a high oflleial posi tion. had received 8anator J. J. Davis 1100,000 from the president of ? do mestic sugar company in return for his agreement to lobhy for a high sugar tariff. Senator Nye of North Dakota had already alluded to the story, de ploring the fact that such an unsub stantiated report had been giveD pub licity and credence. Replying to ques tions. Nye admitted that the campaign expenditure committee, of which lie Is chairman, hnd come upon tbe report of a $100,000 gift to a senator, had In completely Investigated it and had turned over a memorandum to the committee on lobbying. He said he thought the senator In question was notified to have an Inquiry made and the truth established by the lobby com mittee, which Is headed by Senator Caraway of Arkansas. At the Instance of Senator Borah, supported by Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the senate Instructed the lobby committee to Investigate the story. Immediately thereafter Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania, form er secretary of labor, announced off the senate floor that he stood ready to appear before the lobby committee at any time and that he would assure the committee of the presence of sev eral witnesses whom It would desire to hear. Among the witnesses he named was Bror O. Dahlberg of Chi cago, president of the Southern Sugar company. Mr. Davis declared he would assist the committee In Investigating the charges "to the bottom." - Appearing later before the lobby committee, Senator Davis declared the charges. If directed at him, were ab solutely false. * ITH little or no expectation that VV his veto would be sustained. President Hoover put the mark of his disapproval on the veterans' bonus loan bill. His veto message to con gress Included data provided by Sec retary Mellon showing how the bonus loans would aggravate the flouncing difficulties of the treasury, and also new estimates of the number of vet erans who will apply for the loans. Abolishment of the "lame duck" session of congress seemed as sured when the house adopted the Ollford resolution to that effect and providing for the Inauguration of the newly elected President In January Instead of March. The resolution, #hlch proposes sn amendment to the Constitution, differs soraewhst from the Norrls measure passed by the senate with the same purpose, but It was believed the differences would be Ironed out In conference It Is planned that the terms of the Presi dent and Vice President shall end on tbe twenty-fourth day of Janoary and the terms of senators and representa tives at noon on the fourth day of January of the years In which such terms normally would end. Congress would assemble on January 4, and tbe President would be sworn In on January 24. ONE of Oklahoma's lame dock Re publican congressmen, D. 8. Stone of Nor man, pat forth a pari ng wall that aroused little If any sympathy among the national law makers but con aiderable among the public at large Mr. Stone had introduced a bill barring relatives of members of con U. S. Ston* gress and of high offldals from be coming federal employee*, and tbe other day he called at the While Houae to aak President Hoover'* support for the measure and also to tell what this attack on nepotism was getting him. "I never dreamed." aald Mr. Stone, "that a simple, constructive move no my part could make sncb a difference. 1 paa* fellow houae member* In the hallways of the office building and they do not speak td me. My wife Is punished for my daring. Even bureau clerks in legislative departments give tne the cold sliouider and Interfere with my work as a member of the house. "I have had members whisper that I am right, hut that I would not suc ceed. Others have warned tne that I would suffer for my rashness. The reaction against my proposal to make it 'unlawful' for any legislative, min isterial. or Judicial officer to appoint any person rela.ed to him when the pay is to come out of public funds has been most extraordinary." The last annual report of the clerk of the house reveals that approxi mately 100 relatives are now on the pay rolls of members, and a survey shows that many of these have never done a lick of work in the offices for which they got their appointments. ONLY a veto by President Hoover can keep the government from go ing into the power business, for the sen ate Joined with the house in accept ing the conference report on Muscle Shoals. The senate vote was 55 to 2ft. This indicated that a veto would he sustained. Twenty Republicans voted for the measure, eleven of them being of the radical group which has the power question for Its chief issue. Another rebuff for the administra tion was administered when the house passed Senator Wagner's bill setting up federal and state employment agen cies, without a record vote. It was be lieved President Hoover might kill the measure by s pocket veto. Minnesota Dem ocra ta a n nounced, through Jhalrmnn J. J. Far rell of their atale ex ecu 11 to committee, that they would try to unaent Senator Thomaa D. Schnll. Re publican, who waa re elected laat Novem ber In a five-cornered contest. Farrell said S c h a 11 would be charged with violating Senator T. D. Schall the state corrupt practices act and also wltb violating federal regulations governing the use of postal franking privileges, and that the state elections committee would be asked to declare the seat vacant so that a new elec tion may be called. When Senator Schall was told of this In Washington he said only: "That does not deserve comment." The blind senator's dispute with President Hoover and Attorney Gen eral Mitchell over the appointment of a new federal Judge for Minnesota continues. After rejecting Schall's choice for the post. Ernest D. Michel of Minneapolis, the President named Gunnar B. Nordhye, now a Minneap olis district Judge, and Schall Immedi ately announced he would contest the nomination in the senate. His course In this matter. It Is said, has led some Hoover Republicans In Minnesota to support the ouster move. QNCE again the United States Su ^ preme court has upheld the val Idlty of the Eighteenth amendment. This time the action, which wjs unan imous. was In reviewing the decision of Federal Judge William Clark of Newark. N. J? who held that the amendment should have been ratified h> state conventions Instead of by state legislatures. This decision was reversed, the opinion' being written by Justice Owen D. Roberts, the new est member of the Supreme court. In a rase appealed from Michigan, the Supreme court held that the severe penalties of the Jones "Bve and ten" law are not applicable to conviction for posaesslon of liquor. piRT Democrat* In congress w ? r ? exceedingly active daring the week get ting ready (or tbe meeting of tbe Dem ocratic national com mittee achednted (or Marcb 5. Chairman John J. iiaakob had announced that tbe committee wonld con sider fntora policies of the party, and an J. i. Raakob sumtng mat n? would 117 to commit It to the wet side of the prohibition controversy, the drys were lining up to light him to the bitter end. Sen ator Morrison of North Carol Los. one at the moot arid ones, said bis group had enough rotes to defeat any wet resolution. Senator George of Georgia asserted the committee had no right to form party policies, that being the function of the national conveution. Other Democratic leaders were anx ious to head off any dlscussioL of the liquor issue. Naturally the approaching commit tee meeting caused a lot of talk about presidential possibilities. The names i heard oftenest were those of Gover nor Itoosevelt of New York. Gover nor Ritchie of Maryland and Senator- | elect .lames Hamilton Lewis of Illi nois. In Chicago there developed quite a boom for Colonel I<ewis on his return home from a sojourn In the South west. COUNTER revolu tion broke out In Peru under the leader ship of friends of the deposed president. Augusto Legula, and | threatened the regime [ of Provisional Presl I dent Luis M. Sanches I Cerro. The uprising I was quelled In Cullao 1 hut the revolution ists seized Arequipa and set up a govern ment under the name President Cerro "Southern Junta." They were Joined by con8ideruhle part*of the army and held control of southern Peru. To prove the sincerity of his inten tions In leading the August revolu tion. Cerro Issued a proclamation de claring that he would not he a candi date for the presidency when the elec tions are held. This, he and his ad herents thought, would pacify the Arequlpa rebels and lead to peace through negotiations. PKHR EVIND SVINHUFVUD. who lias Just been elected president of Finland, Is joing to have the pro hibition question put up to him promptly. Distinguished women of the country, of all parties, are circulating a petition asking his support of a speedy repeal of the "pernicious pro hibition law." The petition urges mothers to "feel deep concern in the ever increasing intemperance which ruins men, wom en, and children morally and physical ly. It is awful to contemplate how alcohol will affect the descendants of the present poisoned generation unless legislators abolish the prohibition sys tem." The petition further points out that women are unable to testart a temperance movement until the de moralising prohibition law is repealed and replaced by reasonable legisla tion. Because of divided opposition wn liam Hale Thompson won renom ination by the Republicans for mayor of Chicago after one of the hottest primary contests that city has ever enjoyed. The attack on him was fierce and he would have been beaten by Judge John Lyle, "nemesis" of the gunmen and gangsters, had It not been for the candldncy of Alderman Albert who was supported by Senator Deneen and his dwindling faction. The hope of those Chicagoans who seek to elimi nate Thompsonlsm now rests with An ton Cermak, who is the nominee of the Democrats. THOUGH Kin* Al fonso of Spain told American corre spondents that all was calm In his country now and that danger of a revolution had passed, Admiral Juan Asnar, the new pre mier. was not finding the sailing weather especially fine. This was mainly because the national executive committee of the So Admiral Juan Aanar cianst party and the labor union de elded to boycott the national election* and co-operate fully with the Repub llcan revolutionary committee. Thla determination waa so forcible that some of the moderate leaders among the Socialists resigned from the com mlttee. their places being filled with real revolutionists. These resignations ended the govern ment's dream of splitting the revolu tionary ranks hy divorcing the So cialists and their 300.000 workers with their terrible weapon of a general strike from the pnrely Republican element with their backing among the bourgeoisie and friendly soldiery. The government announced that the municipal elections, the first In a series of elections that will end eventually In balloting for an assembly to amend tbe constitution, would take place on April 12 Instead of March 29. Educa tional Institutions, closed by the Bar enguer government a month ago, are ordered reopened. In bis talk with correspondents Al fonso said be had done all he conld to satisfy bis people and that be waa willing to give up almost everything but his crown, wblcb. he added, was not his to give away, being his In herltance of which ha Is only tbe temporary bolder. ilk last, www Itewsseew Oatam) Medal for the Byrd Explorers The winning design for a medal to be presented to the members of the Byrd Antarctic expedition. The design was selected out of 17 submitted to the Navy department and approved by the commission of fine arts. It is the work of Francis N. Packer of Uockville Centre, N. Y. Young Fascists, to Drill Every Sunday Two Million Italian Boys and Girl* Enrolled in Youth Movement. Rome.?Thousands of squads, pla toons and companies of boys In Fas cist uniform march In disciplined mili tary formations every Sunday In Italy. Athletic youths In olive-green breeches, black shirts and fezllke caps with swinging tassels go through mili tary drill to the commands of Fascist mllltla officers In hundreds of towns. Botne drill with rifles, others without. From rifle ranges Is heard the crack of target practice. This Is an outward manifestation of one of the most notable and slg nlflcnnt Institutions of the Fascist regime?the Opera Nnzlonnle Bnlllln ?comprising some 2.083.240 hoys and girls between eight and eighteen years. Upon this voluntary organisation the Fascist state Is placing Its greatest reliance for the perpetuation of the regime and the moral, physical and military education of rising genera tions. Fascism is centering Its hopes for the future In youth, physical tit ness and guns. Military Only Ona Phase. The military phase Is only one, and not the most Important, aspect of this remarkable Fascist Institution, al though emphasis Is laid upon semi military training In the Inter stages between fourteen nnd eighteen. Between the ages of eight and four teen most emphasis Is laid upon moral and physical education. This stage resembles the Roy and Girl Scout movement, although more national Istlc. Sometimes little boys march with toy rifles. Some of the older girls are taught the use of the rifle and mnrkmanshlp. Children are Inculcated with the concepts of Fascism from the begin ning. In accordance with the prlmnry purposes of the movement. The Balllla's manual says: "It must nourish their minds and form them to Fascist standards. Impregnating them with all tbat Is high, noble and pure In the doctrine of new Italy," and complete the state program by "con stant Intellectual propaganda." The Institution Is organized on the basis of the armies of ancient Rome and la composed of a squadron of 11 children. Three squadrons form s platoon; three platoons form a com pany. and so on to the legion, which comprises nine companies. 4(7 Legions on Parsds. On the last anniversary of the Fas cist "march of Rome" It was an nounced there were 4117 legions of boys between eight and fourteen and 238 legions between fourteen and eighteen years. The movement Is di vided Into four great divisions?two for boys and two for girls?which are. respectively: Ralllla. Avanguardlstl. Plccole Itallanl and Glovane Italln. The latest membership figures given by Giovanni UlnrlaiL secretary of the Fascist party, are ns follows: Ralllla. BM.1IU3: Avanguardlstl. HBft, 708: Plccole Itallanl. *40.000. and (Horace Italia. U2.G3U. making s total of IJBV1.AII hoys sod 732,830 girls In the organization. I The moot exteffklva activities of the Ralllla organization an devoted to f- ? cultural. Industrial and physical train ing. Many hundreds of modern recre ation centers and playgrounds have been established, schools of arts nnd crafts, evening classes for techni cal Instruction. Industrial training, courses In agricultural Instruction, training In seamanship In the const towns, seaside and mountain colonies for weak children, classes In sanita tion, training In wireless telegraphy, anti-aircraft gunnery and preliminary training In aviation for older boys. Girls are given somewhat similar training concentrating upon the re quirements of their roles as the fu ture wives and mothers of Italy. Old Trade Gave County in Wisconsin Its Name l^incnster. Wis.?A trader, who ronmed among Indian tribes of tills region wearing his brass cooking ket tle as a helmet, gave Grunt county Its name. Although bordering on the Illinois county where Ulysses 8. Grant resld ed. the Wisconsin subdivision bore the name Grout before the former gen erul nnd I'resident was horn. Grunt, the trader, followed the trails of Marquette nnd La Salle Into this country, where he arrived ubout 1800. H-H-K I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ;; Locomotive Seized in Payment of Fines 1! 11 Wit I nut Midge. Ark.?A Frisco " ? ? locomotive was recently at inched here by Sheriff II. II. Warner to obtain payment of ?? flues assessed against the line !! ?? in Circuit court. * ; Tlie decision of the court for !! ?? flties aggregating $5,000 was af- '' I! Armed by the United States Su- .. y preme court, and when the com . pany refused payment the sher* ?? [" Iff seized a fast locomotive. j j I II I 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I"l"l"' ::i?!i?;ii;iiiiiiiiiiiiiinmiiii:iiii;i;ta? Stork Beats Reaper i in Race at Buffalo Buffalo. N. f.?More babies were born and fewer persons died this year in Buffalo than In 1029. Health Commissioner Fronds E. Fronceznk announced that there were 6,57ft deaths In Buf falo for the 11-month period ending November HO, 390 less than the same period In 1929. He also said that 24 more births were recorded for the same | period. 10.684 babies being born during 1030. Brest to Heap Honor on American Navy Brest, France.?Officials of this port Imve sent Invitations to Gen. John J. I'ershlng, Ambassador Walter Edge and officials of the Navy department In Washington to attend the dedlca tion July 4. 11181, of the great granite memorial to the Utdted States navy's heroism In the World war. The naval memorial Is being erect ed In the Cours d'AJot. It will com memorate the gallantry of the men of the United States navy. It la expected that part of the Amer ican fleet In European waters will steam Into the roads for the ceremony. The memorial Is a granite tower 135 feet high, resembling a lighthouse. The design was approved by the Amer ican battle monuments commission. At the summit on electric lantern which will he seen many miles at sea will he erected. A public garden will sur round the shaft The cost is estimat ed at $125,000. Hen Take* Over Job of Raising Small Puppies ltussellville. Ark.?Fronle. the police dog. and llenny Penny, the hen. are on the "outs'* with each other. One dny Fronle left her seven new ly-bom pups to search for something to eat and returned to find the hen sitting on as many pups as her wings would cover. Fronle objected but re celved only n sharp peck for her pains. Now Henry Penny sits all dny try Ing vainly to "protect" all seven of the puppies at once with quick pecks at anyone who dares touch her foster children. Every now and then Fronle. by foroe, chases the Khode Island hen out of the dog box and gives her offspring a light lunch. Provide White Canes to Aid Blind in Rochester Rochester, N. Y.?Wind residents ol Rochester are now provided with white cunes to aid In Identifying them. The police department co-operated In the work by ordering patrolmen to watch for and assist the users of the canes. Residents were also asked to help. If a blind person likes a partlculat cane he now has. It will be painted white for him. With the exception of New York city, Rochester Is the home of more blind persons than any city In the state, police officials said. Fanner Want* to Swap Cow for Auto License Jefferson City, Mo.?Secretary of State Charles U. Becker has reeelve<l concrete evidence that times are hard In the drought area of southwest Missouri. A farmer, stating that his only means of getting to town Is by a 101!) model roadster, wrote to Becker ask ing If he could trade a couple of good cows for a 1031 automobile license, the cost of which la S 10.00. First of New Navy Fighting Planes Fifteen feet Boeing waap-powered lighting plane*. which reached a apecc of 330 mllee per hour In a 10,000-foot vertical power dive and which will In uaed aa deck flghtcre and diving homhera bjr the naval air aervlce. were deliv ered In Seattle, Wath? to the airplane carrier Islington by the Boeing Air plane company on Itl contract for 4ft alrplanea of thle type. They are Caid to out-apeed the nnvy flghtcre of any other nation. Special flotation hog* keep the plane afloat If forced down at eea. Theee tighter* carry machine gnnt and bomb*. FAIRY PARTY "We thought we'd have a tea party," the fairies said. "What sort of a party?" asked some of the other fairies who awoke just then. "A soap bubble party," said Fairy Ybab. "We'll blow soap bubbles," said Fai ry Princess Joy. "Fine," said the rest of the fairies. So Fairy Ybab and Fairy Princeaa Joy got some of their very fine soap which makes such wondrous soap bub bles, and the rest of the brownies got the bowls filled with water and the pipes. Then they began to blow the soap bubbles. Ah, what fun they had. They all put on their little greeQ aprons so they wouldn't get wet, for in blowing soap bubbles one is apt to get wet?even a fairy. Fairy Ybab blew so many, oh, ao many! And the others did the same. Oh, what fun they had! Such great, great fun. And then they had games to see who could blow the greatest number. "We have such magic soap." said one of the fairies. "Of course. It is magic soap." aald Fairy Prlncesa Joy. "Yea, fairies," said Fairy Ybab. "It la Indeed magic soap. And we have something to do with It afterward." Most of the fairies knew what Ybab meant, but there were some new ones who didn't know. They played all the morning and all the afternoon. They all blew bubbles I I HI I f "No! Wo Havon't Had Nearly Enough." at the tame time and they taw whose babbles lasted the longest. And they thought of all aorta of games and fanny tricks to play. It was late In the afternoon when Fairy Princess Joy said: "Have we had enough soap bubbles, or soap bubble blowing?" All of the fairies shouted: "No! We haven't had nearly enough." Then, some of the fairies who thought they knew what Fairy Prin cess Joy meant, said: "Why?" "Because I thought it might be nice to come bark to our own soap bubbles later on, when it Is getting darker. We can ask the brownies aud gnomes to come and Join us and have a very big party. "But I have something I thought we all might like to do now." "Tell them about ft. Fairy Princess Joy," said Fairy Ybab. "and I am sure they will all want to do what you sug gest." Then the fairies who thought they knew what F^iry Princess Joy was going to say were certain that they knew, and those who hadn't any Idea were so anxious to hear about It and begged her to tell them right away. Have you any Idea what her sug gestion was? Well, she wanted all of them to take a little package of their magic soap and go around wherever children were blowing bubbles and scatter some of it In their bowls so that their soap bubbles would become very, very fine. And If you were blowing bubbles that day you would have noticed that never before had your bubbles been so wonderful. How Ho Got th? Jon A pot monkey one day spied Rome raspberry jam a neighbor had been making, and had pla.-ed In the garden to cool, bnt had scarcely started help ing himself to It when he was discov ered With a load outcry and a broom the lady started toward him. The mis chievous beast hastily overturned the bowl on the table. Then, rolling him self In It several times Joyously from bead to foot he scampered beyond her reach. For the rest of the day he was able to sit scraping the Jam from bis body, and licking his paws with glee.
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