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VOL. LVD. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY APRIL 9, 1931. 1 ? NO. 10.
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News Review of Current
Events the World Over
President Hoover Urges Economy in National Expendi
tures?Earthquake Practically Destroys City
of Managua?Knute Rockne Dead.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
PRESIDENT HOO
ver returned to
Washington after an
eleven-day cruise to
Porto Itlco and the
Virgin islands, with a*
countenance that ap
proximated the shade
of an almost ripe to
mato. West Indian
sur and wind had
burned his face badly,
and there was a
strong suspicion the
akin would peel. There
?? ho uu \jucauuu, uuhcyci, mui iic mis
rested, nnd greatly so, as a result of
his leisurely trip.
One of his first announcements was
that a tax /Increase could be avoided
it his budget and other reconunenda- 1
tions for expenditures were not In
creased by congress next winter. To
that end he appealed to the nation to
bring pressure on congress against
"the demands of sectional or group
Interests."
The statement was made In the face
of lagging income tax receipts Indicat
ing n treasury deficit of perhaps $800.
000,000 at the close of the current
fiscal year, June 30. It was regarded
as part of the President's effort to
mobolize public sentiment against
further soldier jonus legislation, farm
relief appropriations or similar pro
posals In the new congress to con
vene in December*
Sena for William E. Borah. Repub
lican Insurgent, Idaho, retorted,
through the press, that "the record is
that congress has appropriated less
than the budget oureau has recom
mended each session for the last few
years." He declared his willingness to
cut off the $1)0,000,000 provided for
the administration's naval building
program.
President
Hoover
KNUTE KENNETH
Itnckne, fnotliall
coach of the Univer
sity of Notre Dame,
with a name that he
came a collegiate by
word, plunged to hla
death with ftve fellow
passengers and two
pilots on a Transcon
tinental and Western
Air. Inc.. ulr liner In
the mid Kansas graz
ing country.
Witnesses said the
craft, flying through clouds and fog,
lost a wing In the nlr and hurtled to
the ground like a crippled hlrd.
Itockne had only recently recov
ered from r.n Illness which a year ngo
had threatened tn terndnate his bril
liant coaching career. Last year, how
ever. he developed one of the very
heat of his many excellent teams, and
made a schedule for 11)31 which In
dicated that he looked forward to an
equally great team this year.
American football sustains a great
loss. Americans lose one who typified
the best In useful, wideawake cltlien
ahlp.
President Hoover In an official
statement described the death of
Rockne as "a national loss."
A BLIZZARD In Rocky mountain
and plains states took a toll of
eleven lives. Including Ave children,
two men and a woman In Colorado.
Scores were in a serious condition
from frofbite and exposure.
Thousands of cattle perished In a
wide area Including Wyoming, Colo
rado, South Dakota, Nebraska and
the western parts of Kansas, Okla
homa and Texaa In the southern
part of the storm area, peach, apri
cot and other stone-fruit crops were
ruined.
The child victims of the storm were
pnplla at Pleasant Bill school, Town
er, Colo. The morning of the bllzxard
Maude Moser, the teacher, ended
tlaeste because of thr storm. Carl
Miller arrived to take the pupils to,
their homes In the school bus Miss
Moser started to walk to her home.
There were twenty-two children In
the bos when Miller started, all be
tween the ages of eight and thir
teen.
Three miles from Pleasant Hill the
bos plowed into a snow drift ten feet
deep and stalled. Outside the mass
of falling snow was a curtain, ob
scuring, the road, tracks and cover
ing fences. Miller tried to back
toward the school but could not get
the wheels of the bus free from the
drift
After remaining with the children
fsr many boqra, Miller realised be
Knute K.
Rockne
must get aid or nil would perish. In
J the driving storm he started out.
thinking he could reach a farmhouse.
Struggling on for more than three
miles he fell exhausted in a cornfield
and- perished.
Five 'of the children were dead
when a rescuing party found them,
but the rest were saved.
There were other tragedies in the
storm that swept the mountain stntes
and other sections; but this tragedy
i was one to arouse the utmost pity.
Bravely the children met their fate!
They sang and boxed and played to
keep warm, as they were told by the
driver before he left hem to seek
j aid, as urged by the young leader put
| in charge, until the merciless wind
and chill benumbed them Into helpless
drowsiness.
THE Cuban Su
preme court has
given a decision
against President
Mnchado's suspension
of newspaper publica
tion, holding that he
acted In violation of
the constitutional pro
vision for free speech
when he shut down
presses which hud
published information
and criticism distaste
ful io the government.
Mr. Mactiado set forth the necessity or
public security and order as reason
for the prohibition of publication hut
without any showing thai there was
an emergency or that the newspaper
comment was contrary to the public
good.
THE development of Fascism In
Italy is to be marked further on
July 1 of this year by the banish
ment of the twelve good men and
true from the penal- court- of Mus
solini land. Juries are abolished with
the Reform of the courts of assizes, or
those which try criminal cases, which
Premier Mussolini will put In effect
three months hence, and for them
will be substituted a Juridical com
mittee, or what's called a "college"
consisting of two professional Judges
and five nontechnical citizens who |
are called "assessors."
But every one cannot be an asses
sor. Only special categories of citi
zens who have high moral nnd Intel
lectual. If not political attainments,
will run the risk of having their
names in the wheel to be drawn ^s
assessors.
The ?reform of the courts of as
sizes and the abolition of the Jury Is
a result of the reformed penal code in
Italy, a work on which Minister of
Justice Rocca and his collaborators
have labored for five years. The re
form was brought about by what were
considered scandalous decisions often
returned by Juries made up of men
of insufficient Intellectual attain
ments to distinguish between the
facts and the emotional bunk of the
lawyers.
RUSSIA bade open defiance to tl.e
international grain conference at
Rome wbeu Abraham Kissin. Soviet
delegate, declared that, fur from re
ducing her wheat production, his coun
try would Increase It this year and
that Instead of giving ift) her policy of
so-called "dumping," she Intended to
increase her wheat exports In order
to pay for her imports, which exceed
$T)00.000,000 a year.
"Any proposal to exclude from
economic Intercourse a nation occu
pying one-sixth of the world's surface
is foredoomed to failure," Kissin said.
"Russia s population Is Increasing at
the rate of 4,000.000 a year, which Is
proportionately twice as great as the
Increase of Europe's population, there
fore we must Increase out wheat pro
duction."
President
Machado
DURING the for
mal adjournment
?f be Oerinnn relchs
t a g the Bruenlng
cabinet la armed with
parliamentary certi
fied dictatorial pow
ers to run the country
until next autumn,
when the reichstag
reconrenes. The gor
ernment also prepared
measures to curb at
tacks on President
. Hlndenburg.
irr Hmm pnormonilv
curtails the vital civic rights an
chored to the German constitution.
Basing the action on article 48 of the
Chancellor
Bruening
Tho smerrPi
constitution, enabling the President to
take dictatorial measures when "se
curity and order are threatened." the
decree curtails th# personal rights of
citizens such as the freedom of speech,
the lnvioluhlllty of homes, freedom
of the press, secrecy In the malls, the
right to meet when unarmed, the right
to form associatloi s, or own property.
Public announcements of political
gatherings must he confined to the
barest facts. Newspapers Infringing
upon the terms of the decree may he
suspended for elglP weeks, and other
publications may be suspended for six
months.
The public speaking "muzzle de
cree." the old timers eloquently claim,
is more severe than a "ukase" In the
tluys of the former kaiser.
AVAST financial organization with
millions of capital to relieve the
cotton producers of the South from the
distress caused by low prices of their
commodity, is declared to he in procestn
of formation by Chicago capitalists,
headed hy William Wrigley. Jr.
Petal Is of the scheme have not been
revealed, bur the main idea is tinder
stood to he to accumulate iurge quan
tities of haled cotton and hold It for
higher prices. Cotton Is now selling
at prices ruinous to the planters and
is a drug on the world market.
The plan is ulso said to embrace a
system of trading credits by which
the vast surplus of cotton will be ex
changed for commodities, of which the
cotton growers stand In dire need.
These Include farm equipment of all
kinds, groceries and clothing.
Earthquakes
and fire In
) Managua, Nlcara
Js^iCWUGlM jun. took an est!
cSrA. mated toll of 1.000
A*4 dea(1 cnd munJ
C/**c _ A&SrV Miousands Injured.
many of the m
Arrow Points Americans. The
to Managua American legation,
the British legation and NIcaraguao
government buildings were all de
stroyed. Eire following the earthquake
razed twenty blocks of the business
district, causing an estimated prop
erty damage of $30,000,000.
American agencies were quick to
respond to the need for help. The
Red Cross rushed supplies. Marines,
sent to the little republic on a political
mission several years ago. were used
to maintain order and relieve dis
t ress.
It Is too early to know definitely
the extent of the disaster. Managua's
population was In the neighborhood of
40,000. The region of this city .s dotted
with evidences of its volcanic charac
ter, and history records at least two
major volcanic disasters. Nicaragua
has been less aifllcted with earth
quakes than Its Central American
neighbors.
IN THE death of
Arnold Bennett.
Engllbh literature linl
lost one of/ Its mas
ters. and an unbeliev
ably long list of nov
els, dramas and e*
says conies to an end.
Absorbed In the work
aduy world n b o a t
him. never a propa
gandist or a preacher,
shunning the mazy
Introspections of the
oev school, Bennett
with mingled realism una romaniM-ism
portrayed the human comedy. With
gentle irony and exacting attention to
detail, he laid hnre the dull material
isms and the slmms of civilization,
filling the most insipid with exciting
Interest, hut never receding from his
detachment to turn crusader. Suftl
clent of his wdrks will survive to as
sure Arnold Bennett a permanent
place on the world's bookshelves.
Baseball loses two of its major
luminaries In the passing of Er
nest S. Barnard and Byron B. John
son. the president and th? ex presi
dent of the American league dying
within sixteen hours of each other.
Both devoted their lives to the Amer
ican national game. Their terms of
service in the presidency spanned the
life of the league Itself.
When Johnson quit the sports desk
of a Cincinnati newspaper to . eek his
fortune In the business administra
tion of baseball. James J. Hill had ar
rived as the empire builder of the
Northwest, and John D. Rockefeller
had established the dynasty of Stand
ard Oil. As eaca of those in tils sep
arete sphere wore the Napoleonic
mantle, so Johnson did in baseball.
Under his leadership a rather rowdy
sport became, on Its artistic side, a
profession, and. economically, entered
the company of large affairs. It was
Johnson's genius that wrought the
miracle.
IIr. Barnard would have been fifty
?even years old on July 17. He had
been re-elected president of the Amer
ican league for a five year term. His
activity In connect Ion with the draft
controversy and In the adoption of tbe
schedule Is believed to bar* hasiened
bin death.
Oft. Itil. Wa*t?m N?w?p*p?t Union.)
Arnold
Bennett
New Mecca for Those Who Are Seeking Divorces
Bli?lia III M ??
Here is ft general view of Hot Springs, Ark., which expects to rival Reno ns a divorce center, for the legia
lature has passed a law providing that a 00-day residence, instead of one year, is necessary before divorce proceed
ings are filed. ??
Indian Ruler Is
the Richest Man
Nizam of Hyderabad Worth
$2,000,000,000, but Lives
? Frugal Life.
London.?The world's richest mnn,
the Nizam of Hyderabad, doesn't
know the extent of his fortune, esti
mated at more than $2,000,000,000, and
lives In frugal simplicity In his castle
In the heart of India.
Many tales are told of the great
wealth of this proud and aristocratic
forty-flve-year-old ruler of 13,000,000
subjects. He Is said to have $500,000,
000 worth of gold bricks and coins
in his treasury house. Two English
men worked more than two years
classifying family Jewels worth mil
lions of dollars. The value of the
state gems is unknown.
During the World war he made con
tributions totaling more than $50,
000,000 to the British government to
aid In defraying the costs of*the con
flict. and makes gifts regularly of
$50,000 and $100,000 to charitable and
educational bodies.
Outraged at the German submarine
warfare, the Nizam sent his check
for $500,000 to London to bfe used to
combat the menace and then Insisted
on paying the entire cost of two bod
ies of Indian troops engaged In the
war.
Little Known by World.
Although the world's wealthiest
man, the Nizam is Lat as well knowp
outside of his country as Is the ordi
nary American millionaire. He Is pro
hibited by precedent from leaving In
dia, the tradition being that his per
son Is too valuable to he placed In
danger.
When he does travel, however, he
does It in state. On a visit to New
Delhi two years,ago the Nizam ar
rived in a special train of 22 pull
mans. The luggage had been sent In
advance In four special trains, one of
which carried only his private motor
cars. He owns more than 400 auto
mobiles, most of them expensive lim
ousines, used by his family and state
officials.
$40,000,000 Income a Year.
Various estimates have been made
of his private income, which is gen
erally agreed to be between $30,000,
000 and $40,000,000 a year. In 1923.
when his treasury vaults were over
j flowing, he ordered $4,000,000 trans
ferred to the Imperlnl Bank of India.
Despite this, one writer who recently
returned from a visit to Hyderabad
said
"He lives simply, frugally and Ij re
ported to be as penurious over sar
torial requirements as a *>oor clerk in
an office."
Yet the Nizam felt It a good Invest
ment to spend $1,500,000 on a new
eastle in Delhi which contains more
than sixty apartments exclusive of
kitchens and bathrooms. He also
spent $23,000 alone In Installing noise
less rubber flooring In'one of the pal
aces he was having renovated for use
of distinguished guests.
He Is said to have many wives and
Is reported on some occasions to serve
them food personally.
The Nizam succeeded to the title
In 1011 and is considered the principal
Mohammedan ruler in India. Much of
his wealth he Inherited, some of the
remainder he obtained from his sub
jects in taxes and "ceremonial gifts."
He confiscated estates after death and
ruled ruthlessly until the British gov
ernment In 1926 Intervened.
Largest Artificial Lake
Is Nearing Completion
Bagnell, Mo.?The largest artificial
lake In the United States will begin
filling up within the next few weeks,
when the gates are closed on Bagnell
dam, across the Osage river here.
This lake will extend 130 miles up
the river and will cover 61,000 acres,
or 05 square iniles. It will have a
shore line of 1,300 miles.
The lake will owe its existence to
Bagnell dam, the second largest dam
In the Middle West, which was con
structed for a hydroelectric plant to
supply currents to St. Louis and the
mining districts of southwest Mis
souri.
This dam, located midway between
St. Louis and Kansas City, is 2.543
feet long, 148 feet high, and 132 feet
Vide at its base. It is only slightly
smaller than the Keokuk dam in the
Mississippi river.
The hydro electric project, Inrhiding
jthe lands taken for the lake, Is
costing the Union Electric and Bower
company $35,000,000.
Whole communities have had to be
abandoned to make room for the huge
lake. Lynn Creek, the county seat of
Camden county, had to move and a
new county sent town has been set up
four miles awny. High teen hundred
property owners In Lynn Creek ajid
the surrounding country evacuated
their land.
Federal authorities declared that the
lake must he safe for navigation, so
all trees and buildings. Including the
Camden county courthouse, have been
removed.
Canada to Protect Road
Beauty From Billboards
Toronto, Out.?More strlngeut regu
lations regarding the erection of ad
vertislng signboards on or adjacent to
provincial highways are planned by .
the Ontario department of highways,
according to It. M. Smith, deputy min
ister of highways.
The department at present levies a
heavy tax agninst all signs which do
not advertise a business conducted
upon the property on which the bill
board is situated. Now It is planned
to introduce legislation forbidding erec
tion of signs where they will destroy
the appearance of tlie countryside.
It also Is planned to hnn the erec
tion of signs within .ri00 feet of road
Intersections and railroad crossings.
The present limit is 300 feet.
English Vet, Blinded in
War, Passes Exam to Bar
London.?(.'apt. inn Fraser's passing
of the bar examination Is a tale of
pluck and n haVd light against blind
ness. Captain Fraser lost his sight
during tlie war. When lie got hack to
Fngiand he set his mind on becoming
n lawyer. Me had his friends and fam
ily rend him hundreds of books on law,
and these he succeeded In memorizing.
Ills brilliant mind aided him in pass
ing the examination.
Lawyers in Minority
in Arizona Legislature
Phoenix, Ariz.?Lawyers may make
the laws In most states hut not In
Arizona. Out of a possible 82 In the
Arizona legislature, only eight sre at
torneys. The attorneys are outnum
bered by miners, cattlemen and farm
ers.
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? > Every 10 Minutes ?
Sees a Mother Die ?
?* London.?Every ndnute and a ?
\\ half in England n baby is born, +
;; and every ten minutes a mother *
pays the penalty, stated Mrs. +
J J Stanley Baldwin nt n meeting In J
?. Kensington In aid of the exten- ?
] | sion of. maternity service. J
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:! Chicken Feather
| ? ? Pierces Windshield ?
I ? ? Camden. N. J.?Can a chick- ? ?
!; I en feather pierce a pane of \ \
? ? glaaa?
, ) Sctentlata say no?but they're ] j
? > wrong.
1 I John Krown wa? driving a \ |
I ? truck near the city aaphalt ? ?
!; plant. A dog atartrd to chaae !!
' ? a chicken. The chicken flew ?
Into the air a,pd^ jtfTlck the !
? ? windshield. It was uninjured. ;;
' ! But when Krown examined
; the glaaa he found a feather j)
i had penetrated the windshield. ? ?
II One Inch of the feather la on \ |
? ? the Inside, while fonr Inches ? -
) stick out on the other aide. ' I
He announced he wonld leave - ?
| the feather where It waa \
t I 11 I I I 11 I H I I I I I I I I l< I I I I
Daddy's G3H
Fairi?^Se
Ar MARY-GRAHAM-BOBBER
GUEST OF HONOR
The fuiries hail a party today?A
dinner party. It was n turkey dinner,
hut It was a different kind of a turkey
dinner from any you could imagine.
All the fairies are feeling quite
weary now from their wonderful day
hut they will soon he fast asleep.
However, that la not telling yon
about the party.
In the first place they had a guest
of honor. I don't believe you could
ever, in a hundred years?or at least
fifty?guess the name of the guest
of honor.
Well, it was none other than Mr.
Turkey Gobbler himself. He can*
with bis chest way out, strutting
proudly along, followed by some of his
family.
They called a turkey dinner party
one which had Mr Turkey Gobbler
for the guest of honor, so you see tt
wasn't the usual kind of a turkey
dinner, for Mr. Turkey walked to tbs
party instead of being carried In on ?
platter:
"Well," he gobbled gobbled, aa bm
walked to the pine-wooded grors
where the fairies were going to hars
their dinner party, '?these silly peopls
think they have paid me an insult
when they have said I was proud and
vain and?tough?not good to est!
"Ha. ha. gobble-gobble, as if I cared
about being tough. In fact I like It. *
"That's why I'm the guest of honor
here!
"Yes." he continued, "haven't I s
right to be vain? I am at a dinnar
Mr. Turkey Gobbler.
party myself as a real guest of bo?
or, admired for the tray I walk and
chatter, and not for the way rss
cooked on a platter.
MI almost could sing a song about
that for Joy."
And. then, would you believe ttk
that silly old turkey began to sing?
or shriek we would have called it.
"Gobble, gobble, gobble," he called,
and he thought If was a perfect song.
"Good health, my dears," he went
on. "is most important. Of coarse it
Is well enough to have turkey dinners.
"I am proud that they have such
parties named after our family, bat
Just the same this is a very delight
fuj- n most enchanting, a most ex
citing, a most !>eautlful change."
"You're a fine speech maker." laughed r
the Queen of the Fairies, "but dinner
is ready now and we are all hungry.*
At that very moment a lovely table
cloth of new spring ferns was laid in
front of all the Invited guests, and
I such a feast as they did have of ber
ries, nuts, and all sorts of other de
licious goodies that the wood peopi*
like.
And all through It the guest of ho?
or ate and ate and ate. and ate. for
i he said.
"I can enjoy a tu*ey dinner party
\ when I'm the guest and not the food.
! and It Is fine to l>e so big and strong
| that the sillj* people don't want yoi,
| ha. ha, ha. gobble, gobble, gobble."
And all the fairies agreed with him.
It was really a splendid party.
RIDDLES
Why did (he pickle Jar? Became II
saw the toast stand.
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Why Is "c" the most Important let
ter In the alphabet? Because It comes
before everyone and everything.
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What precious stone leads yon Int#
a field? A gate (agate).
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Why are pelicans extravagant? Be
cause they always have big fcills.
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What has four legs and one foot? A
bed.
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Why is a nobleman like a book? Be
cause he has a title.
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What precious stones do ladles as*
In knitting? Purls (pearls).
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Why did the cellar stare? BecaoM
It saw the coal scuttle.
Edison's Medal From the Pope
Thl? li the medal preaented to Thomaa A. Ediaon by Pope Plua Id appre
ciation of a dictating device which be eent to the Vatican. One aide ahowa
a profile of the pope, and the other the Vatican City and the papal coat of
arms.