The Alamance gleaner 1
VOL. LVII. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY AUGUST 27, 1931. , NO. 30.
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
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Cuban Revolution Collapsing After Bloody Battle at
Gibara?Oil Wells of East Texas
Are Closed Down.
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By EDWARD W. PICKARD
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WHEN Gen. Mario
Menocal and Col.
Carlos Mendleta were
captured by the Cuban
government troops
and locked up In Ca
banas fortress. It ap
peared to observers on
the Island thnt the
revolution had col
lapsed. Indeed, Pres
ident Machado started
off the week with the
? iiuMuuuiTmem i n n i
the revolt was over,' that the rebels
were surrendering everywhere and
that there would be peace throughout
Cuba within a few days. The most
Important of the remaining leaders
were said to be In Santa Clara prov
ince with rather small bands of fol
lowers. Aviators were sent out to fly
over rebel territory dropping leaflets
annonnclng that Machndo would grant
amnesty to all who surrendered Im
mediately.
But the revolutionists had not yet
reached the end of their resources. A
filibustering expedition landed men
from half a dozen countries and quan
tities of arms and ammunition at
Glbara, near the eastern end of the
Island, and that port was captured
and fortified. The government Imme
diately moved against this force, and'
there followed one of the bloodiest
battles ever fought In Cuba. The gun
boat Patrla destroyed the Glbara
fortress and a land army Inflicted a
crushing defeat on the rebel troops
end the filibusters. Meanwhile planes
dropped bombs on the town, which
was badly shattered. It was reported
that about 500 revolutionists were
killed and that the federal casualties
were heavy.
Lifting of the censorship revealed
that the rebels also had suffered
severely In fierce engagements in
Santa Clara province.
Despite these defeats, the revolu
tionary leaders still at large were In
sistent that their cause was not lost.
General Menocal managed to smuggle
out of his cell a proclamation urging
his followers to continue the struggle,
and there were Indications that Machn
do's troubles were not over by any
means. In Washington, though the State
department would mnke no comment on
the situation. It was the general opin
ion of officials that the only way
| Machado can prevent renewed upris
ings Is to enact speedily the reforms
along democratic lines that his admin
istration promised. Certainly tire
American government hopes he will
adopt this course, for It has no desire
to Intervene In the affairs of the
Island republic and will not do so un
less developments bring on n state of
virtual anarcby there.
POLITICAL observ- I
era In Illinois saw, I
In the latest epi
sode of the Frank L.
Smith case, Indication
that the man who was
elected to thi United
States senate by Illi
nois and was twice
denied -a seat In the
npper house because
of Samnel Insult's '
contributions to his - . - ...
campaign fund, might umitn.
seek again to represent his state In
the senate. What has happened Is
. that Mr. Smith has made public the
fact that Jnllus Itosenwald, Chicago
financier, between tbe primary and the
election of 1926, offered him stock In
Sears. Roebuck & Co., then worth
S5&.000. to withdraw from the Repub
lican nomination. Ur. Rosenwald Is
too III to be Interviewed but his Inti
mate friends admit tbe truth of the
story and nphold the parity of the
financier's motives In thus seeking har
mony within tbe Republican party.
Mr. Smith, at his residence la
Dwlgbt, said:
"I did not fssue the statement for
political purposes. If I Intended to
use It for such, I would have used It
In my two campaigns for the senate
and again last year. I Issued It be
cause others saw fit to wclte a book
about the case and because they did
not give the people all tbe facta
"As to my future action politically.
I shall be governed by conditions."
TEXAS baa taken Its stand beside
Oklahoma In the fight against
rulnoualy low prices for crude oil, and
It was expected that Kansas also
would adopt measures for curtailment
of production. Tbe net result. It was
believed, -would be higher prices for
mldcontlnent crude oil and possibly
the stabilization of the Amerlcnn oil
Industry.
Following action by the legislature.
Got. Ross 8. Sterling ordered the
complete shutdown of the 1.000 pro
ducing oil and gas wells of the great
east Texas aren, and then sent almut
a thousand National iGuardsincn Into
four counties to enforce the order,
martial law being proclaimed. No re
sistance was met, the larger com
panies closing their wells before the
soldiers arrived.
Governor Sterling, himself an oil
man, predicted higher crude prices and
estimated the Texas and Oklahoma
shutdowns would take about one mil
lion barrels a day off the market. Be
snld martial law In east Texas will not
he lifted until the state railroad com
mission has Issued proration orders.
Governor Murray of Oklahoma, who
originated the Idea of dealing with
overproduction by declaring martial
law, sent a message of congratulation
to the Texas executive.
Most of the operators In the oil re
gions planned to care for employees
during the shut down period. Drilling
was continued as usual for there was
no ban on bringing In new wells pro
vided they were shut- down Immedi
ately.
D.R HENRI
Prlchett, presi
dent emeritus of the
Carnegie Foundation
for tbe Advancement
of Teaching, Id the
annual report of the
foundation makes the
bold assertion that
the leaders of the
American Legion "in
tend to raid the treas
ft. T. O'Nell. "fyt ? United
States.' And be ques
tions the jjiptrlotism of war veterans
who |tsk pensions or bonuses when un
injured. Odder the subheading "Pa
triotism, Pensions and Politics," Doc
tor Prichett says:
"There has come about in our coun
try a complex of patriotism, bonus
seeking, and politics the like of which
can be found in no other nation on
earth. Organizations that started In
pure patriotism hare lent themselves
to pension lobbying on such a form as
to demoralize both the veterans and
congress."
"Erroneous and unfair" is what
Ralph T. O'Nell, national commander
of the American Legion, says of the
Prichett statement, adding:
"The American Legion never has In
the past or. In my opinion, never will
In the future, ask anything that Is un
fair or that will place an unjust finan
cial burden on the country."
He says the real objective of the vet
erans' organization has been to get
disability compensation, but that it
never has asked a pension for able
bodied men.
RECURRING reports that President
Hoover would call a special ses
sion of congress to deal with the un
employment situation were declared st
the White House to be without foun
dation. The President feels, too, that
it is unnecessary to call congress ear
lier than December to organize in time
to consider the reparations wdr debt
plan. He believes this can be han
dled In the regular session.
The President appointed Walter 8.
Gilford, president of the American
Telegraph and Telephone company,
head of a national organization which
will be charged with the task of
mobilizing national, state and local
relief agencies of every kind In meet
ing the unemployment crisis during the
coming winter.
Jouett Shouse, executive chairman
. of the Democratic national committee,
came out with a statement demanding
of President Hoover "more positive
action and less theoretical Investiga
tion." He asserted that the President
is spending more time ascertaining
how many persons will be out of work
next winter than he Is In taking meas
ures for their relief.
FROM a preliminary treasury state
ment la derived the unpleasant In
formation that the government suf
fered a drop of more than $000,000,000
in Internal revenue collections during
the fiscal year 1961, the first full year
during which taxes were effected by
the economic depression and the fall
ing stack market. Total collections
for that year were $2,428^28,700. In
come taxes yielded $1,800,040,400, a
decline of $560,000,000. while miscel
laneous Internal revenue accounted fur
collections of $008,188,200, a drop of
$81,008,246.
Corporation Income taxes netted the
government $1,020,292,091), a decline ot
$237,021,700, and Individual taxes
$833,647,700, a decrease of $313,1110,
000, reflecting the depressed conditions
In the business world and the wide va
rlatlons of collections In times of proa
peritv and In times of depression.
While both corporation and Individ
ual Income taxes were cutting a deer
swath In government revenues, mlscel
laneous taxes showed only a small
loss despite the business slump.
QO 1T B recently
Rafael Largo j
Herrera, noted Peru
elan political lender
and former minlater
of foreign affairs, ar
rived from Lima by
airplane- He lias now
been nominated for
the presidency of
Peru by the Econo
mist party, und It Is
saw stands an eicel- _ , . .
lent chance of being Raf?' L,rfl0
elected. So Senor Largo started back
home the other day to participate In
the elections, and again he traveled
by the air route. He thus was tne
first passenger to make a round trip
by plane between Peru and New York.
During his brief visit to this coun
try he spent a day or so in Washing
ton, where he has many friends and
admirers.
*"pHERE cannot be any genehal re
vival of prosperity until the na
tions of Europe settle their political
disputes and the German reparations
have been revised. Such is the opln
Ion of the Wiggin committee of inter
national bankers at Basel which was
appointed to study Germany's flnaa
clal needs and capabilities. The Ger
man government was greatly encour
aged by the report, and one of its offi
cials said that a new conference on
finances, politics and reparations must
be called immediately and that all Eu
rope hoped it would be called by Pres
ident Hoover.
JOHN E. BAKER, American relief
expert and adviser to the Chinese
railway ministry, sends word that the
flood in the Yangtse valley is China's
most terrible disaster in the present
century. About thirty million people
have lest their homes and a third of
them are destitute. The loss of life,
already terrific, was increased when
a great dike protecting part of Han
kow gave way and several hundred
persons were drowned. Typhoid, chol
era and dysentery are epidemic, and
Industry is paralyzed. All foreigners
were reported safe.
The Chinese government has made
an offer to the federal farm board for
part of its surplus wheat to help feed
the refugees, and the idea is favorably
considered by officials in Washington.
ONCE mighty but !
now fallen like
many another, Prof. J
Angustlnas W a 1 d e
maras, former dicta
tor of Lithuania, was
put on trial before a
court martial at
Kaunas on charges
of plotting a revolt
a year ago to over
throw the present i
M.Waldemsras J?l"t dictatorship of
President Anthony
Smetona and Premier Jonas Tuhellua.
Twenty-foor of his followers were his
fellow defendants. The plot was be
trayed to the authorities by several of
Waldemaras' adherents, all members
of the Iron Wolf organisation, and It
was expected theft testimony would
result In severe sentences for those
accused. Professor Waldemaras, who
returned to Kaunas from his place ot
exile near Idemel to attend the trial,
said the charges were exaggerated,
which sounds like a weak defense.
There won't be any sympathy for him
In Poland, for when he was In power
be was the bitter foe of that country
and of Ita dictator, Marshal Pllsudskl.
Developments in the New Tork
legislative Investigation of the
administration of New York city may
bring ahont a political feud between
Governor Roosevelt and Tammany
Hall that would have a decided effect
on the governor's chances for the Dem
ocratic Presidential nomination. Some
of his friends believe a break with
Tammany might help rather than hin
der his caase In that matter and would
bring him support from other states
where the leading Democrats hnve
been holding aloof from the lloosevelt
boom because of fear that he was too
closely allied with Tammany. These
friends think that even If Tapimnny
shonld tarn hostile, nooseveft could
carry New Tork state against Mr.
Hoover aniens there should he a great
Improvement In the economic situation
within a year.
Leading members of Tammany
would not discuss for publication their
attitude toward Roosevelt because
the Tammany policy apparently Is to
avoid an open break with the gov
ernor so long as he has the state
patronage at his disposal and remains
? decided Presidential possibility.
igt ISIL Wvstsra KmHNt [ atom.I
CHEHALIS MAKES THE WORLD'S BIGGEST OMELET jj
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CUEUAL1S, an attractive town In Washington, la the
center ot the great egg and poultry producing district
of the Pacific Northwest, and every year It lets the wArld
know this by holding a festival. The feature of this year's
doiags there was the making of the largest omelet ever
cooked. Ten thousand eggs were used, and the cooks were
armed with huge paddles and salt and pepper shakers. To
grease the Immense frying pan. Miss Thora Yeager skated
about It with slabs of bacon strapped to her shoes. The
pan was eight feet In diameter and weighed a thousand
pounds.
c BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
MORE VISITOR^ TO
PADDY'S POND
WHEN Hooker the Goose dropped
Into the pond of Paddy the Beav
er deep in the Green Forest on his
way to the Sunny Southland other
eyes than those of Peter Itabblt saw
him. That clear "Honk, bonk, k'honk,
honk," with wblcb he bad shouted to
the world below the message that Jack
Frost and Rough Brother North Wind
were coming hud been heard by many
ears It had reached way In to the
den of Old Man Coyote up In the Old
Pasture and he had hastily thrust Ids
head out to look up In the sky. He
had seen Honker turn and lead Ills
followers down, down, and finally dis
appear Id the Green Forest
Old Man Coyote had licked his chops
hungrily and grinned as he watched.
"They are tlregl and are going to
spend the night In the pond of Paddy
the Beaver," thought he. Then lie
yawned and went back to finish his
nap and dream pleasant drenms of a
fat goose for dinner. You see he
knew that It would he of no use to go
over to Paddy's pond until after Honk
er and his followers had had time to
go t( sleep.
Reddy and Granny Fox had heaid
that message from the sky and they,
too, had seen Honker lead the way
down Into the Green Forest and had
guessed Just where he had gone. Red
dy was for going over there at once,
but wise old Granny knew better than
to do that.
"You think you know It all," she
said sharply, "but you've got a lot to
il.
"You Think You Know It All," 8ho
Bald Sharply.
learn yet. Redely Fox. It Isn't every
day that we have a chance to get a
goose (or dinner, and If It were left
to yon we wouldn't have any chance
at all. Honker Isn't like those fool
ish geese In Farmer Hrown's yard.
Oh, my no I Ton're cot to have all
your wits abcut you when you try to
catch Hooker. In fact I don't expect
that we are going to catch Honker ut
all, smart as we are. But I do think
we may catch one of the youngsters of
whom he Is the leader, and that will
he much better. Honker Is old and
, tough. Perhaps we can catcb two.
| Bnt whatever you do, Reddy Fox, don't
go near the pond of Paddy the Beaver
until I tell you It Is time. Honker
mustn't even suspect that we know
that he has come."
? Iteddy promised to do Just as old
Granny Fox said, although he was so
Impatient that he Just had to go down
on the Green Meadows and hunt for
Danny Meadow Mouse so as to keep
from thinking of Honker the Goose
and his followers. So It was that
Honker and the other geese, of whom
he was the leader, went to sleep with
out hearing or seeing a single thing
to make thlm anxious or suspicious.
And so It was that In the still small
hours of the Dlght when those who
sleep at night are usually deepest In
dreamland stealthy feet trotted softly
through the Green Forest toward the
pond of Paddy the Beaver.
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SINGLE SCULLS CHAMP
William C. Miller of the Bachelors
Barge cluh of Philadelphia who won
the national championship In the sin
gle sculls In the flfty-nlnth annual
championship regatta on the Schuyl
kill river course.
rfptHj^CiplBook
SEASONABLE GOOD
THINGS
THIS Is the time of the year when
a chilled soup Is often more agree
able than a hot one.
Orangs Soup.
Heat a quart of orange Juice In the
top of a double boiler, over hot water;
when hot add a tablespoonful of corn
starch which has been cooked until
smooth In boiling water after moisten
ing with cold water. Cook and stir
until perfectly well blended, adding a
clove or two for additional flavor, and
removing them when serving.
Glorified Pudding.
Wash one-half cupful of rice and
put It. with two-thirds of a cupful of
brown sugar, one-fourth of a pack
age of sliced dates, and one quart of
milk, in a deep baking dish. Sprinkle
with a half teaspoonful of salt nnd
bake In a moderate oven for two to
three hours. Stir often during the
, first half hour of cooking to prevent
a crust from forming. By adding a
half cupful of suet lightly mixed with
two tablespoonfuls of flour, this will
make a very good suet pudding. Have
the suet put through the food chopper.
This forms a rich brown crust on top.
Serve with a hard sauce or with
cream if the suit Is not used.
Jam Cake.
Cream one-half cupful of sweet fat,
add one cupful of sugnr. and two well
beaten eggs. Sift one and one-half
cupfuls of flour with one-half ten
spoonful each of soda, cinnamon,
cloves, nutmeg and allspice, and add
the creamed sugar mixture attefnately
with one-half cupful of buttermilk.
Fold In one-half cupful of jam. one
half cupful each of citron cut thin and
chopped nuts. Bake forty-five minutes
in a moderate oven in a square pan.
Cover with nny desired Icing.
Orange Blossom Salad.
Peel the oranges carefully and sep
arate Into sections, to resemble a
flower. Place the orange on a curled
leaf of lettuce, moisten the whole
with freneh dressing, dredge with the
coconut frostettes nnd top with a
spoonful of mayonnaise and whipped
cream. ?
Pear Salad.?Dip canned pears Into
salad dressing, then Into chopped nuts,
lay on lettuce nnd serve with nny de
sired salad dressing.
Cherry Pudding.
Beat the yolks of two eggs with
one-fourth of n cupful of sugnr. Blend
two tablespoonfuls of cooking oil with
one-fourth cupful of sugar nnd add to
the egg yolks. Sift one nnd one-half
cupfuls of flour, one nnd one half tea
spoonfuls of baking powder, with one
lialf teaspoonful fif salt and add to the
first mixture with three-eights of a
cupful of cheery Juice, beating and
mixing well. Boll one-half cupful of
sirup until it threads and pour over
the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs.
Fold this Inlo-the cake mi it are, flavor
with almond, poor Into a well greased
cake pan, cover the top with fresh
cherries. Bake one hoor.
A simple and most delightful cock
tail for a company luncheon is grape
friut Juice or canned grapefruit with
a maraschino cherry and a bit of the
cordial for flavor.
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SHT HAS HEARD THAT?
If you are lucky enough in these
days when horses are few and far be
tween to find a horseshoe?and then
perchance to lose it?oh. woe for you,
for that's a sign of double trouble.
But cheer up, danger may be avoided
ty tying up a lock of your hair, if you
have any.
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I CALM |
I Br DOUGLAS MALLOCH i
SOMETIMES Id summer 70a wW
And n lake
No storms disturbs. No rolling billow*
break
Upon Its shore. It l? * place of
peace.
Yea here It seems the things that
trouble cense
And trouble man no more. He thun
ders roll
Across the sky, across the human sodL
Be not deceived; no lake, howeTer
still.
But has Its winters, as all wateri wilL
Sometimes In living someone yon may
find
To whom Dame Fortune must be al
ways kind.
The voice so quiet, dignified the meia.
That they remind yoo of that sylvan
scene. ,
rain, grief and anger, tbry know none
of these.
The little lakes so far from wider
seas.
Be not deceived. The calm may have
their care.
A greater burden they more bravely
bear.
There Is no shelter from the storm*
of life.
We do bnt difTcr in the way Its strife
Is suffered. In the way its grief I*
borne.
They feel the most who do least loodly
mourn.
The aspen quivers when unmoved the
palm;
In controversy greatness Is most calm.
And they perhaps may bold the dear
most dear ,
Who nay the tribute of the unshed
/ tear.
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