The Alamance Gleaner
VOL. LVII. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY APRIL 30, 1931. NO. 13.
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News Review of Current
Events the World Over
The United States Joins Great Britain and France in
Recognizing the New Spanish Republic?
Hoover Upsets Coolidge Precedent.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
WITH the United
States, Great
Britain. France, and
several smaller re
publics of the world
according the new
government at Ma
drid. headed by Nice
to Alcala Zamora.
formal recognition,
Spain's republican ex
Istence has come
promptly Into being, j
The recognition of ;
the Spanish republic
President
Zamora
Dy me uritisn government served 10
clear the way for similar action by
the United States.
Secretary of State Henry L. Stlm
son instructed the American ambassa
dor to Spain to advise the republican
government of the action taken by
Washington.
Recognition by the United States
was sild to have been hastened by the
consideration, urged by President Za
mora, that a general recognition of
the new government by the great
powers will tend to strengthen It at
home and enable it to maintain order.
Although Ambassador Irwin B.
Laughlin is to continue at Madrid for
the time being, his permanent reten
tion ^there will depend upon his ac
ceptability to the republican govern
ment. There have been reports that
the ambassador, who is a Pittsburgh
steel millionaire, has publicly ex
pressed a low opinion of the republi
cans forming the new government.
The provisional government an
nounced It would recognize all debts
of the monarchy. This resulted In
strengthening of stocks and securi
ties on the exchange.
HIGHLY Interesting at this time Is
the announcement that the Soviet
government has decided to adopt a
new wage system, known as the
"KhoTfraschiot," which apparently
changes the government's policy and
amplifies the inauguration of piece
work.
It is to go into effect at once. The
wages of workers, according to Soviet
authorities, will not be based on the
communistic theory of equal division,
but on the capitalistic idea of reward
ing individual efforts in skill and
ability.
The word Kliozraschlot literally
means "economic accounting.It is
Interpreted in the decree to mean that
each factory, plant, collective farm,
mine, railroad and such henceforth
must take the responsibility of ful
filling contracts and adjudging wages
without interference from trade un
ions.
Although certain elements among
the disciples of Lenin view the innova
tion regretfully as a compromise with
capitalism, the government hopes the
system will speed up production.
THE mess age of
Secretary of State
StlmtoD w a rnlng
Americans to' get oat
of the Interior of ban
dit-Infested Nicaragua
was sent to the Amer
ican legation at Ma
nagua and to the
American consul at
Blueflelds.
The message, draft
ed by Secretary Stlm
. son after he had
talked to President
Hoover was as follows:
Secretary
Stimeon
"In view of outbreak of banditry In
portions of Nicaragua hitherto free
from such violence you will advise
American citizens that this govern
ment cannot undertake general pro
tection of Americans throughout that
I country with American forces. To do
so would lead to difficulties and com
mitments which this government does
not propose to undertake. Therefore,
the department recommends to all
Americans who do not feel secure un
der the protection afforded them by
the Mcaruguan government through
the Mcaraguan National Guard to
withdraw from the country, or at least
to the coast towns whence they can be
protected or evacuated In case of ne
cessity. Those who remain do so at
their own risk and must not expect
American forces to be sent Inland to
their aid."
Six years ago Calvin Coolidge, then
President, affirmed In an address In
New York what he called the "distinct
and binding obligation on the part of
self-respecting governments to afford
' protection to the persons and property
of their citizens, wherever they may
ha"
This American doctrine Stlmson
now amends. American protection, by
the new policy, follows American citi
zens ashore, but not to the Interior of
rebel-infested Nicaragua.
TpHE federal farm board during the
* week announced Its decision to
offer for sale on the European market
as rapidly as possible the huge sur
plus of wheat acquired under the
wheat stabilization operations of 1930
31. It has been estimated tlie surplus
of such vyheat controlled by ihe board
will be approximately 273,000,000
bushels by July 1, next.
The board Is of the opinion that
such sales cAn be made without de
pressing domestic wheat prices. The
government purchases were made at
an average price of about 92 cents a
bushel, and the estimate has been
made that the board might suffer s
loss as high as 50 per cent in sales
on this wheat If made In Europe at
the present time.
Advice to farmers to store their
grain on the farm Is extended. It wHI
cost about one-third of the regular
carrying charges. If the wheat is stored
on the farm Itself. The attempted
solution of the problem so far as the
board has worked it out appears to
be that the hoard is going to try to
unload its surplus when nnd where
it can. so far as it can without bring
ing about too great a slump in the
market.
The farmer Is then to be asked to
help carry the load of the coming
crop and the board will offer him a
tentative promise of aid. through co
operatives suggesting an additional
Incentive to the farmer to join a co
operative.
James 8. Stone, chairman of the
board, announced that the govern
ment had sold 7,000,000 bushels of
wheat abroad recently at a figure
above the world price decrease of su
perior product.
UIGH place In the
* * list of encourag
ing comments on the
business situation Is
accorded that of Rog
er W. 3ahson, the
trade prophet, who
told President Hoover
that better times are
on the way. Business,
he said, has turned
the corner and now is
definitely on the up
grade.
"In almost every
? Roger W.
I Babaon
line of Industry there are some con
cerns which. In March, showed an In
crease In earnings ore February.
What Is more Important, they showed
an Increase for this March over March
of last year. Certain of the railroads
also have turned fhe corner." he said.
Mr. Babson has earned the right
to be listened to when he ventures
upon the thin Ice of economic prognos
tication. Statistics being his dally diet,
he asks the country to observe the
statistics of car-loadings. Thgse are
steadily Increasing. They have al
ways been of barometrical signifi
cance. When freight la moving facto
ries are working and shipping, mer
chants are buying and customers are
consuming. In every key Industry sta
tistics show that one or two big Arms
have turned the corner, promising
that smaller fry, too, are headed out
of the red.
If the American people turn their
gase from, the "big board" In Wall
Street to the bigger opportunities
which await them In constructive di
rections of every sort the upturn fore
seen by Mr. Babson will come all the
sooner and all the surer.
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Recognition at
t h ? In peratlve
necessity of solving
the problem of unem
ployment I* seen In
the complete reorgan.
izatlon of the United
State* employment
service, with 48 state
employment bureans j
and one In the DIs
trlct of Colombia and -
Shven special central
divisions established
to deal with the prob
Secretary
Doak
Iems of Tanoui trades, announced by
William N. Doak, secretary of labor.
John R. Alpine of New York will
head the new aet-up. which has $800,
000 of appropriations available for Its
work. Francis L Jones Is to continue
as director general, with supervision
also over the special mining and quar
rying trades division. The Veterans'
placement service will be maintained,
nation-wide in Its scope, and the farm
employment service will be expanded.
"The United States employment
service hns decided." Secretary Doak'a
announcement said, "to open up at
least one employment bureau In each
of the stutes and the District of Co
lumbia to co-operate with state and
local authorities.
"A co-ordinated service throughout
the entire country will undertake In
the broadest sense to take care of
Interstate labor placements in co-oj?
eratlon with employers and employees,
giving employers a ready field from
which to draw all needed labor nec
essary to carry forward any kind of
work."
MUCH to the surprise of financial
circles, stockholders of the Unit
ed States Steel corporation adopted a
proposed pension plan under which
James A. Carrel), president, and for
severul years a leading figure In the
steel industry, would automatically
retire on reaching the age of seventy,
or In 11)33.
Mr. Farrell was a leader of those In
favor of the new plan, pointing out
that the old one had been unsatis
factory.
There are others in the great United
States Steel corporation who will re
tire if the plan is adopted. It pro
vides 65 for voluntary retirement, and
70 for compulsory.
In this class soon would fall E. J.
Buftington. president of Illinois Steel;
Joshua A. Hatfield, president of Amer
ican Bridge; War J B. Perley. presi
dent of Canadian Steel; J. S. Keefe.
president of American Steel & Wire,
and E. W. I'urgny, president of Amer
ican Sheet Jc Tin Plate. All these are
subsidiaries. The retirements would
fall between 1933 and 1935.
WITH more case
than he himself
expected Ramsay Mac
Donald comes safely
through the tempest
of a serious parlia*
mentary setback.
Stanley Baldwin's mo
tion of censure, an
open and heralded ef
fort to drive the Mac
Donald govern ment
out of ofTlce. was de
feated by a majority
of rotes. Lloyd
Ramsay
I MacDonald
-
ueorge, wnose iaoerni rnunwing imiua
| the balance of power In the house
of commons, turned the tide to Mac
Donald when he denounced the Con
servative motion as unfair. Of 58 Lib
eral votes. MacDonald received 35. the
Conservatives only 10, the remainder
not voting or absent.
Quite evidently. Oreat Britain Is In
no mood to fall victim to political
spellbinding. It knows that none of
the political leaders possesses a magic
wand that can charm away the dis
astrous consequences of the war. The
nation must climb a 'ong and weary
trail, and It is prepared to do so.
Doubtless the Indian situation,
which has been one of the chief causes
for the depression In the British tex
tile Industry because of the Indian
boycott on British goods, was an im
portant consideration with the Lib
erals in supporting MacDonald.
Belief that the
revolution In Hon
duras Is related with
operations of the In
surgents under Au
gustino Sandino In
Nicaragua has gained
ground among observ
ers of Central Amer
ican politics.
It is pointed out
that Gen. Gregorio
Ferrera. head of the
revolutionary move
ment in Honduras, is
? Fausto
Davila
openly opposed to united states inter
vention activities. sharing Snndino'f
view* in this regard.
Ferrera was In Mexico a year ago
He Is of Indian blood and has a large
following among the laborers on the
large United States banana plants
tlons of the north const of Honduras
Dr. Jesus Castro. Honduran charge
d'affaires at Mexico City, who recent
ly returned from a rlslt to Tegud
galpa. said Presldept MeJIa Odlndre*
refusal to admit Ferrera Into his cab
Inet was the probable cause of the
revolution. He Is confident It wil
fall, as the President has an Influen
tlal backing and a well-trained army
Dr. Vicente MeJIa Collndpes whi
named President of Hondurah In the
last election and was Inaugurated or
February 3. 1020. Municipal election4
last December gave the Liberal partj
a majority.
Julius O. \aj. United States minis
ter In Honduras, reported to the State
department that. In his opinion, the
revolt would soon "fizzle out.** He
said no military or political figures
of consequence appear to be connected
with It
Fausto Davila is the premier anl
foreign minister of Honduras, and li
considered by South American dlplo
mats at Washington as well able tc
dee) with the situation.
(A ltSL Wwtwa M?vipm)?t Uuoa.)
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German "Big Sisters" Meet Again
Three "big Bisters," born In Germany, as tbey met for the first time In years at the docks at Southampton,
England. On the left Is the Berengnrla which was the Imperator. Directly behind her is the 8. S. Majestic,
which was the Bismarck, while on the right Is the S. S. Leviathan, which was formerly the Vaterland.
Historic Tree Is
Given to England
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'Grandchild' of Washington
Elm to Be Planted at
Sulgrave Manor.
Washington.?Registered on the na
tional honor roll of the American Tree
association, a "grandchild" of the fa
mous Cambridge elm, under which
George Washington took command of
the American arm; in 1775, has been
shipped to Sulgrave Manor house In
England. This Is the first tree reg
istered to be planted on foreign soil
and. standing as It will at Sulgrave
manor. It will typify the friendship
between the two nations.
The American Tree association Is
registering thousands of tree plnnters
who are marking the bicentennial In
1932 of the birth of George Washing
ton by plnntlng trees. The memorial
plan has been taken up by patriotic
organizations, the Mnaonlc fraternity,
of which Washington was a member,
civic associations, the women's clubs.
Boy Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, and
thousands of schools.
Washington Ancestral Home.
This "grandchild" of the famous
elm Is nearly eight beet tall, and will
be presented to the Sulgrave Manor
board through Viscount Lee of Fare
ham, the chairman of the board for
planting at the ancestral home or the
Washington family at Sulgrave near
Banbury, Oxon. England. The tree Is
the gift of Mrs. James H. Horsey of
the Baltimore chapter of the Mary
land Daughters of the American Rev
olution. With the tree goes a bronze
marker, giving the history of the
| Cambridge elm.
Charles Lathrop Pack of the Amer
ican Tree association has also sent
with It a certificate of registration In
the American Tree association, made
out to the Sulgrave Mnnor board. This
has been sent to Viscount l.ee along
wlthan American flag to stand beside
the tree.
At the presentation, when the tree Is
planted, Mrs. Gillespie, the regent of
1 the Walter Hlnes Page chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
In London, will represent Mrs. Horsey
' and the Maryland D. A. R. At the
planting a box of soil from Annapolis,
where Washington resigned his com
mission as commander-in-chief of the
army, win be nsed. Thus the begin
ning and the end of his generalship
will be recorded at the ancestral home.
This "grandchild" of the Cambridge
elm has a very Interesting history. It
grew from seeds scooped up In box
by a relative of Mrs. Dorsey some 2f>
years ugo. Two children of the tree
are at Mount Vernon, and another Is
at Annapolis.
Mrs. Dorsey haa grown other trees
from these seeds, and two of the
grandchildren are to have a place of
honor on the iiount Vernon boulevard
which Is to be opened between the
Capitol of the nation and Mount Ver
non. A cablegram Just received by
Mrs. Dorsey from Viscount Dee said
that his board had accepted the gift
with great delight, and that the plant
ing of the tree would be a great occa
sion In the history of the board. An
other grandchild of the Cambridge elm
has heen planted at the headquarters
of the American Tree association on
Sixteenth street, and will he marked
exactly like the tree being sent to Sul
grave manor.
Due to traffic demands and old age,
the original Cambridge elm has dis
appeared and a bronze marker In the
pavement marks the spot where Wash
ington took command of the army on
July 3, 1775.
Youth Blind* Shark
When It Attack* Him
Brlsbane.-*-Sharks aren't so much,
according to Stanley loser, eighteen,
who recently staged a quiet t>out with
one of the man-eating fish. While
swimming the shark attacked him,
sweeping up from beneath with a furi
ous rush. Just as the shark closed on
him, Roser extended one of his fin
gers and pushed It directly Into the
shark's eye, ending the struggle.
Washington Crime Wave
Is Girl and Cap Pistol
Washington.?The capital's most re
cent crime wave has been abruptly
terminated and June Fiddelsop. the
gun girl who terrorized taxi drivers,
sent pedestrians scurrying Info door
ways and had a perfectly beautiful
time, has been disarmed and sent sob
bing to bed.
June, who was sixteen recently, went
out for a stroll and found a pistol.
She picked it up and strolled on down
the street, banging fcway aimlessly.
Half a dozen or so riot squads sur
rounded June and her pistol. They
discovered it was a cap pistol. June
was sent home.
Traffic Ticket Fixing
Taboo in San Francisco
San Francisco.?Prominent citizens,
or those with a "f-lend on the force."
are finding It hard sledding when It
conies to squnrlng a traffic tag.
The traffic law enforcement hoard
of San Franclaco has decided on S2
weeks of rtgld adherence to the stat
utes. with special emphasis on the
rule that no department of the city
government shall "tlx tickets."
"There are too many temporary
safety drives and other spasmodic ef
forts at enforcement." one hoard mem
ber said. "People get the Idea from
safety weeks that they can violate
the law at other times. The cam
paign of education Is over and It's
time we made the streets safe every
day In the week."
Woman Operate*
Detective Bureau
Buffalo, N. T.~If a womnr
asks you a question In Buffalo,
beware. Perhaps It la one of
Buffalo's female sleuths.
1 Buffalo la headquarters for
the only woman's privnte detec
tlve organization In the United
States. It is managed by Mlsa
Adelaide Jennings, who operates
a chain of detective agencies
throughout the country.
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Four Accused Murderers
Locked Up in Same Jail
Toronto.?Tour accused murderers
are Imprisoned In the York county
jail here for the first time In the jail's
history.
One has been convicted of murder,
another allegedly has confessed, and
two are awaiting trial.
David Steinberg, tombstone maker,
convicted of having shot his nepbew
i and business associate to death and
i then having set Are to his office where
the body lay sprawled over a desk,
has an appeal pending.
John Brockenshlre and Harry Clark
? son. alleged slayers of Police Consta
> ble Roy McQuillan, are being held
> until Brockenshlre, wounded by pollce
i men. gains sufficient strength to ap
I pear In court.'
The fourtb man charged with mur
I der la Ambrose D. Greenbill, twenty
? nine-year-old engraver, who, police say.
confessed to having sbot to death Mon
i tague Jack Hamilton, bis "boss." for
reasons wblcb be refused to divulge.
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Dutch School Has Glass Walls
This new grt imor g-hool In Amsterdam. Holland, haa glass walla which
can be easily thrown open, making the claaa roome practically out doors.
On the roof la a gymnasium.
Llf Daddy's
Evei\ii\g
Faiiy Tale i
^5y/WY GRAHAM BOWER
? ? wr?a??i m ftsntn wwy mar?? jj
IN WAVING GRASSLAND
Waving Grassland was very beauts I
ful country. The meadows were very
large and the grass was so beautiful
and so long that it always waved in
the soft breezes so that the Bobolinks, |
who had Just moved there, named
their new summer place the Waving
Grassland. That was really how It 'J|
got their name. '*?
Now there was a tea party being
given for the Meadow Larks. The
Bobolinks are great friends of the
Meadow Larks and they wanted to be
the first this season to entertain them.
Besides most of the Bobolinks had
their new summer homes and their
colony was near a beautiful stream.
You know the Bobolinks always j
build their homes in the meadows? j
but they build very near a stream
and their homes are always deep down
in the long grass. ? -l
That was why they loved Waving
Grassland so much.
They had all come to live In Wav
ing Grassland for the summer?that . |
Is, all the Bobolinks who always
moved about together In the summer
and winter?and many of their friends !
had come along, too.
The Bobolinks made all their prep*
a rat ions for the tea party. All tbw
guests arrived dressed up in their best
new summer plumage.
The Meadow I^rks came first as
they were the guests of honor. The J
Red-breasted Grosbeak family were all
there looking too lovely for words.
And the Bine Jays. Downy Wood
peckers. the-Orioles, the Thrush fam
ily, the Chipping Sparrows, the RoWnm,
the Indigo Birds and even the Ay 4
Vleros ventured forth.
Of conrse, usually, they are afraid
of crowds and of parties, bat they
loved the stream nearby and the beau
tiful country the Bobolinks had chosen
for their home. '
They thought, too. that once a year
they ought to be a little bit sociabla
and friendly with their neighbors.
Yon can Imagine what a gay party
It was with all the beautiful feathers
The Guests Arrived.
of the bird* looking lovelier than ever
a* the eon was shining through the
trees which hung over the stream?
and which made snch lovely lights
and shadows
After they bad all chatted together
?or to us It would have sounded more
like chirping?yie Bobolinks began to
serve tea.
They had spring water for their tea
?the water from the cool stream
which had a deep spring within It.
This tea they served In little moss
covered stones. That gave It the
most delicious flavor and all the birds
asked the Bobolinks where they bad
found such good tea.
Ton know In Blrdland they don't
ask each other where anything la
bought, but where It can be found.
The Bobolinks wero only too ready
to tell their secret!
But as they were drinking cup after
cup?or stoneful after stoneful of tea
?who should arrive but all the
; brownies
The birds greeted the brownies with
their best songs and the brownies
put on a regular circus for the oc
casion.
PUZZLES
Which Is proper to say, 5 plus 4 Is
11, or are 11? Neither: 5 plus 4 are 9.
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Why Is a lame dog like a schoolboy
adding six and seven together? Be
cause he puts down three and carries
one
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How many bushels of earth can you
take out of a hole that Is 3 feet square
and 3 feet deep? None. It has all been
taken out.
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What Is that which Is put on the
table and cut but never eaten? A pack
aI cards.
see
What comes aft? cheese? Mies.
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