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VOL. LVII. GRAHAM, IN, C., THURSDAY AUGUST 13, 1931. NO. 2a
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News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Mrs. Hoover Christens the Navy's Big Dirigible Akron?
President Forms Relief Plans
for Next Winter.
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$y EDWARD W. PICKARD
\>f R S. HERBERT
^Hoover Jour
neyed from Washing
ton to Akron, Olilo.
und there graciously
christened the world's
largest dirigible, the
Akron, which has been
built for the United
States navy. As the
First Lady pronounced
the name of the huge
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ausin|'. me nauiiiwir
Hoover. a) ^proony of reieas.
Ing a flight of white pigeons was ob
served. Before the christening the
monster was brought to life by the In
flation of twelve of Its cells with heli
um gas, enough to raise It about ten
feet from Its cradle. It was then
"walked" sideways forty feet and
secured as In actual operation by sand
1 ballast, so It wns really afloat when,
Mrs. Hoover set free the homing pig
eons to carry messages of the event
to the various navy stations.
The trials of the Akron will take
place In the latter part of August or
early In September, under supervision
of a board of Inspection and survey.
They will consist of five or six flights
of various duration. Including one of
forty-eight hours, to determine speeds,
fuel consumption, endurance, structur
al Integrity of parts and other details
of performancfe and handling.
If the trials prove satisfactory the
Navy department will accept the Ak
ron^ and have It flown to Igikehurst
for commissioning and docking.
MORE trouble for the federal farm
board developed during the week
In the form of "civil war." It Is now
under Are from within Its own ranks
as the result of the flglit between the
farmers' Nntlonal Grain corporation
and the Farmers' Union Terminal as
sociation of "St. Paul, on the one hand,
and the Northwest Grain association
on the other.
IJke others the Northwest Grain as
sociation protests that the govern
ment's helping hand Is not being
stretched out to all alike. Ten other
co-operatives and farm organisations
have supported a resolution to that
effect.
The side the board has taken Is that
of the management of the Farmers'
National. Chnlrman James C. Stone
reiterated that the board would not
finance competition among the north
west co-operatives, which was tanta
mount to saying that the Northwest
Grain association must come Into line
or It will not have Its loan renewed.
The' Farmers' Union Terminal asso
ciation contains many of the old Non
partisan league crowd. Among Its ac
tive supporters has been Senator Ger
ald P. Nye. Insurgent Republican of
North Dakota.
While the row goes back to funda
mental differences between the two
groups, the more Immediate cause of
the crisis lies In the recent policy of
the Farmers' National to take over
the marketing activities of the twen
ty-five co-operatives composing Its list
of stockholder members.
The Farmers' Union Terminal asso
ciation was the first co-operative In
the Farmers' National and It now owns
30 per cent of the Farmers' National
stock outstanding. Acceding In the
progranx of the central organization,
it sold out Its marketing facilities to
the Farmers' National. The North
west Grain association, however,- re
fused to sell. Briefly, It gave as Its
reason that with the power exercised
by the Farmers' Union Terminal as
sociation In the National and the close
ties existing between the terminal as
sociation and the Nntlonal manage
ment. It soon would be forced entirely
out of the picture.
PRESIDENT Hoo
ver. In a long
conference at bis Vir
ginia week-end camp
with Secretary of La
bor Doak. virtually
completed his plans
for the organization
of government and
charitable agencies to
care for the unem
ployed and others In
distress during the
coming winter. Mr.
Sac'y Doak.
Hoover Is unchanged In bis opposition
to anything like ? dole, or direct gov
ernment assistance, and will continue
to rely on organised charily. He Is
willing, however, flist the army should
be used as a distributing agency, as
It la in tbe times of flood disasters,
and to communities where distress Is
acute there will be loans of army
blankets and supplies. Tbe Red Cross
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will be, as heretofore, the backbone of
the relief organization.
Mr. Doak presented t- the President
a report from the recent survey of
conditions throughout the country.
Neither of them would make public
the estimate of the number of people
who would be out of work during the
Coming winter, but both admitted thn:
it would be little different from last
year.
However, it was learned that the
President, as head of tile Red Cross, lias
directed.the Red Cro?s to start a new
drive to raise funds and that the ma
chinery has already been set in mo
tion. He also has Issued the neces
sary Instructions to tie army to have
concentrated at the various bases,
most of which are located near the
big Industrial centers, all of the sur
plus property available should they be
called upon to use it.
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PURTFIEU relief
" was given G e r
njtfny, in accordance
with the decisions of
the London confer
ence, when the board
of governors of the
Bank for International
Settlements at Basel,
Switzerland, ordered
the extension of its
one-fourth share of
A U u/1 I ,he *U*UXX).UW loan
. H. Wiggln. tQ (jerlnany for a
maximum of three moutlia beyond Au
gust 5, the date it fell due. It was
assumed this action would be Imitated
by the other participants In the loan,
the American Federal Iteserve hank,
the Rank of England and the Rank
of France.
The governors set Saturday, August
8. as the date for the committee of
Inquiry Into German credit needs to
begin Its work. The meeting was de
layed until then to awnlt the arrival
of Albert Henry Wiggln. the American
member. It was believed that Mr.
Wiggln, who Is chairman of the hoard
of the Chase National hank of New
York, would be selected as chairman,
of the committee. There are ten mem
bers In all, and their princlpnl task
will be to study the possibilities of
converting a portion of Germany's
short-term credits Into long-term cred
its. There were Indications that the
French would try to convert the com
mittee Into an Inquisitorial body.
New York bankers delegated to
study the same question of German
short-term credits were busy through
out the week with the technical details
of the problem, but the prospects of
reaching an agreement were said to be
small.
Through Ambassador Sackett the
suggestion was made to Berlin that
Germany purchase large amounts of
wheat and cotton now held by the fed
eral farm board, and It was prhmlsed
that long-term credits would be ar
ranged. The administration in Wash
ington thought this would both aid
Germany and relieve the farm board,
and the Idea was well received In Ber
lin. Germany Is especially eager to
get American cotton and for this rea
son might also take the wheat, al
though unofficial reports said sfie had
already contracted with Uulpanln for
wheat She needs. In addition to her
own production about 25,000,000 bush
els of the grain.
When It seemed such a deal might
be put throngh, objections to the sale
of the farm board's cotton to Germany
came from the southern producers.
Senator William J. Harris of Georgia
said he had received a protest to the
effect that such a sale would tend to
depress the world price of cotton and
that the policy of the farm board
should be to hold Its cotton and en
courage purchases direct from the pro
ducers.
There m oni- ?
venal grief and
aoxletj whea It waa
reported that Thomaa
A. Edison bad cui
lapaed at his home In
Uewellen Park, West
Orange, N. J., and was
at the point of death,
Memben of the aged
Inventor's family wen
summoned In haste
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Howe, aped to bis bedside by air
plane. Mr. Edison was Indeed In a
precarious state, but three doctors,
after tboroofh examination, salt).he
was not In Immediate danger of
death. He Ir eighty-Are years old and
Is suffering from dinl>etee. bright'* dis
ease sod stomach ulcers, as well as
?
uremic poisoning, but he declared he
was too busy to die now nn?l that he
would soon be able to resume his
work. His determination apparently
conquered nnd and within a few days
Doctor Howe acknowledged that the
"Wizard" had a good chance of being
able to return to his laboratories.
Mr. Edison soon wns recovered suffi
ciently to sit in his library and read
the newspapers, and he wanted to
smoke, but this was forbidden. He
wat sleeping well, and his son Charles
suld his father wns "In good spirits
and feeling very chipper." His health
had been failing since his return from
Florida seven weeks ago nnd the col
lapse was no surprise to the ph*
sicinns or his family.
dy AN almost unanimous vote in a
provincial plebiscite Catalonia
gave Its enthusiastic approval to a
constitution which defines the liber
ties of the people and fixes the status
of the province us autonomous within
the Spanish republic. If this is not
granted by the new government of
Spain, the Catalonians seem willing
to fight for It under the leadership of
that elderly patriot. Col. Francisco
Maciu. The apparent danger of Cata
lonia lies in the fact that Macia and
his followers have given commitments
to the syndicalists who form the huge
labor organization and who are al
ready threatening a general strike If
the!.* demands, including higher'wages
for family men, are not granted. Macia
promised his friends he would he ahle
to get out of tins difficulty when the
time was ripe.
Governor murray of Okla
homa, having been somewhat
worsted in the "war of the bridges"
he waged with Texas} found use for
his National Guard In the oil contro
versy. He made good his threat to
close down all the oil wells In the
state except the smull strippers if the
price of crude oil were not put at $1
a barrel. a proclamation to that ef
fect was issued and martini law was
declared wlthlp fifty feet of each of
the 3,106 wells within the proration
area. National Guardsmen with fixed
bayonets were placed In control of the
twenty-seven oil fields designated.
In his order the governor defended
his actions on the grounds that hf
Is protecting the natural resources of
the state. A considerable portion ol
the proclamation was given to nn ai
tack on the Harry Sinclair interests
The governor charged that Sinclair at
tempted to bribe forty members of th<
legislature and to Impeach the gov. ;
ernor; that Sinclair maintained s
large oil lobby during the last session
of the legislature and that the Sin
clair company has continually attempt
ed to break down proration of produc
tion. *
New york i* in
the throes of nn
epidemic of infnniile
paralysis, the total
number of cases re
ported since July 1
being well over eight
hundred. The death
rate Is about VI per
cent. The other day
Gov. Franklin D.
Roosevelt gave one
~ ? .. pint of blood to aid
Gov. Roosevelt. Y . _
in the tight against
the disease. It went to the state health
department for use as a serum. The
governor was attacked by the disease
some ten years ago. but has practical
ly recovered, and doctors consider his
case remarkable. Since blood from a
victim who has recovered is consid
ered the best serum for treating oth
ers, the governor's action will prove of
tangible help to the state authorities.
Dr. Ingo Galdston. secretary of the
medical information bureau of the
Academy of Medicine, announced that
more than 100 former paralysis suf
ferers had donated from 250 to 300
cubic centimeters each of their blood
at the Cornell medical school.
Mayor James J. Walker of New
York city, threatened with a physical
breakdown, sailed for Germany to take
the water cure at Carlsbad. His blood
pressure is low and his heart is weak.
IT WAS an eventful week in aviation.
Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh flew up
beyond the Arctic circle with success
and precision and rested at Aklavik
before proceeding to Point Barrow.
Parker Cramer was found to be mak
ing an unannounced flight to Norway
by the northern route, the news break
ing when he landed at Angmagsalik.
Greenland. He was attempting to blar.e
an air mail route to Copenhagen for
the Trana-Amerlcan Airlines. Hern
don and Pangborn reached Toklo oo
their world'circling flight, and planned
to try for a nonstop trip from there to
Seattle. Just before their arrival In
the Japanese capital Amy Johnson, the
English aviatrlx, also landed there.
NOTABLE* among the deaths of the
week was that of D. It. Anthony,
who for years represented the First
Missouri district in congress. He wns
a very active and Influential member
of the lower bouae. Mr. Aothony was
a nephew of Suiun B. Anthony, the
noted suffragist.
<<&. 1911. Wssura Nswtpaptr Lntoa >
I************ the Lightning on a Mountain Top |
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UP ON the summit of the famous
Mount Generoso In Switzerland
scientists of German; have just com
pleted a research laboratory for the ex
clusive study of lightning and Its ef
fects on atoms. The work of Instal
lation has taken four years. Mount
Generoso, a veritable center of at
mospheric disturbances. Is considered
the best region In the world for the
Investigations to be carried on there.
The conditions nre Ideal.
Besides the study mentioned, the
scientists, with the huge apparatus they
have placed on the mountain, part of
which Is shown In the Illustration,
will take part In the general effort
to obtain higher voltage for super X
ray tubes. They hope to obtain as
much as 18,00(1,000 volts. The re
sults of their work will be watched
with Interest by electrical experts and
physicists all over the world.
Ready for Yachting
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1'hls young lady is smartly attired
for yatchlng or spectator sports in a
costume combining brown and white,
with a pnnnma hat of the profile type.
| The two-tone Idea Is carried out In
her striped Jersey and the suede belt
(hat encircles her flannel Jacket. Me
dium pleats accent the sides of her
wool crepe skirt and buck brogues
with split tongues add a sporting
touch.
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SHE HAS HEARD THAT?
If during a wadding caramony the
minister hesitates and makes a mis
take?oh, thunder thoughts and light
? nlng looks?soma one present opposes
, ths match.
i(& 1931. McClur* N#wKt>AD?r Syndicate.*
(WXD S?rvlc?.>
c BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
HOW FLATHORNS THE
MOOSE GOT EVEN
OF COURSE that is another way of
saying that If some one wrongs
us we shouldn't try to wrong them in
return. But there are times when It
seems as If the only wny to teach
some people a lesson so that they will
not forget it is to tretk them as they
treat others. If was something like
this with Flathorns the Moose when he
did the thing about which Honker the
Goose told Buster Bear And Peter Rab
bit and the others sitting on the shore
of the pond of Paddy the Beaver deep
in the Green Forest
"It was this way," began Honker.
"Old Flathorns had been hunted and
hunted by men with terrible guns un
til he was so uneasy and worried that
he couldn't eat or sleep. The rustling
of a leaf falling from a tree would
make him Jump and shake all over.
It was dreadful. He didn't dare go
to any of the places or use any of
the paths which had been perfectly
snfe all summer. Once in a while he
would steal down to the lake where
I was, and while he got his breath be
tween drinks he would tell me about
his trouble.
" 'If these tnen things Would tight
fairly, 1 wouldn't be afraid,' said he.
'But they don't. What chance have
I got against them when they kill or
hurt with their terrible fisc-sticks
while yet 'a long way off? If they
would meet me face to face and fight
fulrly, as any honest liver In the Great
Woods does, I wouldn't be afraid. I've
never harmed or bothered them. If 1
could Just catch one of them without
his terrible flre-jjtlck, I'd show you
who's afraid.*
"Right while he was talking there
was the bang of one of those terrible
fire-sticks, and old Flathorns went
right down on his knees with a grunt,
and there was u red mark where some
thing had hit him. But It didn't kill
him. It Just hurt him dreadfully and
knocked him down. He closed his eyes
for Just a wee minute with the pain,
and when he opened them there was
the hunter running toward him and
shouting excitedly. I guess by the
"aj uc avicu mai iic never nau oiiui
anybody like Flathorns before, or he
would bare known better than to run
out that wny. The minute old Flat
horna anw him lie forgot all about be
ing afraid of the hunter. He forgot
all about the pain from the hurt made
by that terrrlble fire-stick. He Just
Jumped to hla feet, all the hair on the
back of hla neck standing on end with
anger, and with a fierce-Bounding snort
be put his big horns down and rushed
straight at that hunter. The fire-stick
banged once more, but I guess the
bunter was too frightened to shout
straight. Anyway the bunter dropped
his fire-stick and started to climb a
tree Just the way you do. Buster.
"He got out of reach of Flnthoms
Just In time. He was the worst scared
hunter ever you saw. His eyes looked
as If they would pop out of his lieod.
When he reached the first branches
he hung on for dear life while old
Flathoms butted the tree so hard that
I didn't know hut he would knock It
down. It was all the hunter could do
to hold on. How he did yell I It
makes me laugh now Just to think of
it. Then old Flathorns stamped on
that fire-stick and threw It about until
1 guess !t wasnt good (or much. Aft
er a while be grew tired mod went off
into the woods out of sight. The man
waited m long time, and I guess finally
he made up his mind that Fiathorns
really had gone away. He started to
come down, hat was only half way
when out rushed Fiathorns as angry
as ever, and the hunter scrambled
back as fast as ever he could. Flat
horns kept him up in that tree all
night and It was a pretty cold night,
too. He certainly was getting even
"If These Men Would Fight Fairly, I
Wouldn't Be Afraid," Said He.
for all the worry and trouble the hunt
ers had made him, and I didn't blame
him a bit Do you?"
"Not a bit! Served that hunter
right Guess he knows now what It
Is like to be hunted," growled Buster
Bear In his deep grumbly-rombly voice,
his little eyes twinkling. "Wish I
could have seen him."
"Did the hunter get away?" asked
Peter.
by J. 0. Lloyd.*?W1CU S*rr?cw
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Historic .Relics Preserved
To make way for modern buildings,
the walls of a granary and adjoining
building of the Seventeenth century !n
Edinburgh, Scotland, were razed, but
several sculptural stones were pre
served
Great occasion* do not maka baro?
or cowarda: they almply nnvall thaoi
to the eyea of men.?Canon Weatcott.
HOT DAYS WITH COOL
DESSERTS
IXTITH one of tbe In expend**
* ? vacuum freezers, or ? mecbanl
cal refrigerator, one mag have a dif
ferent frozen dlsb every day while the
warm weather lasts. When lees and
creams have began to pall on the fam
ily taste, try some of these dishes that
are cool bat simple to prepare.
Lemon Foam.
Roll together one cupful of sugar
and one and one-half cnpfnls of water
for Ave minutes. Stir In two tablw
spoonfnls of com starch mixed with
one-half cupful of cold water, and eaok
over Iwater fifteen minutes.
Add three tablespoonfnls of lemem
Juice, one teaxpoonful of salt and owe
stiffly beaten egg white. Chill and
serve on sponge isle
F rurt Fluff. ~~
Mix one and one-half tablespooofals
of cornstarch with half a cupful ef
milk. Scald one and one-half cnpfnls
of milk in a double holler. Beat two
eggs slightly ami add with one-fonrth
capful of sugar and ooe-batf teaspoow
fnl of salt to tbe acalded milk; add
cornstarch mixture, stir and cook until
thick. Cool, well covered, add owe lew
spoonful of vanilla, and poor the ess
tard over two njpfuls of sliced fruit.
Best the egg whites, odd ooe-third es^
fnl of powdered *agar, sad pile ow tap
of the pudding. Bake long enough tw
brown the meringue. Chill add seres
cold.
Cinnamon Stick Piidiiap
Wash, soak and cook ooe-half pnok
of prunes with a three-inch stick of
cinnamon io the wa|er. sstng threw
cupfcls of water. When the pmnen
are soft, re more the pits, ileasara
the liquid, adding more boiling water
to make three cupfula. Mix one-fourth
of a cupful of cornstarch with ewM
water to moke a paste and add tfowty
to the prune mixture. Cook carefully
with ooe cupful of sugar, stirring con
stantly ontil it thickens, then cask
over hot water for fifteen ml not en #
more. Add one tablespoonful of Vtmmm
juice, salt to taste. Poor Into awdds
or glasses to chill and serve with
whipped cream.
IC& 1921. W?at?ra Mmaxr Cilw)
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| Break the Chain
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J By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
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YOU'LL bear a lot. as like as Ml.
From women and from men
Who bear a tale and seldom fall
To tell the tale again.
But when they come to me with some
New scandal they obtain.
I let It rest. I try my best
At least to break the chain.
They Just drop in with some onfc's sin.
A secret to disclose.
They tell with winks what some oat
thinks
And not what some one knows.
They say. "My word: Too haven't
heard
Of that? I wonder why?"
Then If they vow you cant tell how
You heard it. It's a He,
Folks do not fear the truti to hear.
To tell the troth aa well;
It's only when they doubt It. then
They fear a tale to tell.
They make you swear yontl never
share
The secret told to you.
When that they say. then here's the
way
To fool them?never do..
(?. 1911. DoukIm Malloch )?WNU S?T?le?.
Life Preserver