The Alamance Gleaner
VOL. LVII. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY OCTOBER 1, 1931. NO. 35. C
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News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Great Britain Forced to Abandon the Gold Standard?
Steel Cuts Wages?President's Appeal
to the Legion.
/
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
Great Britain started oft the ?
week with a bang that could be
heard around the world. The national ?
government, finding the gold reserves |
or the Hank of Eng
land were reduced to
the danger point, the
money borrowed from
| America and France
\ exhausted and the
withdrawals of for
eign balances from
the country continu
ing, adopted the evid
ently wise course of
I abandoning the .gold
standard at least
temporarily. The situ
ation had become so
critical that this had
Chancellor
8nowden.
to be done. In the words of the offi
cial announcement, "This decision
will, of course, not affect obligations
of his majesty's government or of the
Bank of England which are payable In
foreign currencies."
On Monday the government's bill
was rushed through both houses of
parliament and approved by the king,
and the gold standard act was thus
suspended for six months. Whether
the nation will go back to that stand
ard depends on the course of events.
Though the government's decision
was not announced until Sunday night,
It fcas reached several days earlier
and the rulers of America and France
were warned. In the stock exchanges
of both countries a check was put on
short selling, so the evil effects were
minimized and the bears held under
curb. Of course the pound sterling
dropped to low figures, but there was
a decided recovery within a few hours.
The London stock exchange and some
continental houses were closed tem
porarily.
Chancellor Snowden, always cou
rageous in difficulties, presented the
case to the house of commons when
the bill wns up for passage and to
the crowded benches and galleries he
had no apologies to make. He cited
the chief reasons for the action as
follows:
The tying up of British funds In
Germany, with its immediate effect on
the London market.
Criticism abroad concerning the
British government's expenditure In
keeping the unemployed on the dole.
The adverse balance of trade, which
he said "has been seized upon and
exaggerated."
The new government's inability to
command a united front in the house
of commons.
The naval unrest "exploited in for
eign newspapers, causing general
nervousness abroad."
Mr. Snowden explained that as a
result of all this people began to take
their possessions away from England,
but added that the actual crisis started
last May with the collapse of the
chief banks in Australia.
J. P. Morgan, who was In London,
gave one of his exceedingly rare In
terviews to the press.
'This step seems to me," he said,
"to be the second necessary stage In
the work of the national government,
the first being the balancing of the
budget. The completion of the gov
ernment's work will be the restora
tion of trade In this country. This
being the case. It seems to me to be
f. hopeful and not a discouraging
event, and one which brings the great
work of the government much nearer
to accomplishment."
JAPAN'S action In seizing Mukden
and other South Manchurian dtles
was causing a lot of trouble not only
for China but also for the Japanese
government. The ag- .
gresslve course. It ap
pears, was taken by
the war office with
out awaiting the ap
proval of the govern
ment at Tokyo, and
the cabinet was bad
ly spilt. War Minis
ter Mlnaml aggra
vated this rupture by
? ending reinforce
ments to Manchuria
from the Corenn gar- .... .
rlgong on hi. own Inl- 8hi<"h"?
tl.tlre. Foreign Minister Kljnro
Shldehara was especially rolled, for
he hoped to settle the quarrel with
China by peaceful negotiations, and
apparently Premier Wakalsukl was of
the same mind.
On demand of Alfred Sre. Chinese
delegate to the League of Nations, a
special meeting of the league council
w?s called to hear Nanking's protest
against the action of Japan.
Kenklchl Yoshlzana. Japanese
spokesman, announced to the council
that Japan would respect In every
way the stipulations of the league
covenant and of the Kellogg pact In
her policy toward Manchuria.
T. V. Soong, Chinese minister of
finance, proposed a Sino-Japanese
commission tjo *ry to solve the Man
churia problem and this suited Tokyo,
hut It was rejected flatly by Nanking.
President Chiang Kai-shek in a mes
sage to the Chinese people, declared
that "If the League of Nations and the
Kellogg pact signatories fail to op
hold Justice between China and Japan,
the notional government Is prepared
for a final and supreme struggle. I
shall lead the army and the entire
nation in the fight for the preserva
tion of our race. I shull go to the
front nnd. If necessary, fall with other
patriots."
The Canton rebel government
ceased Its hostile campaign against
the Nationalist regime In order that
all China might unite to combat Japan.
Soviet Russia took a hand In the
melee, making formal protest to
Japan against the latter'* course in
taking steps in Manchuria without
first notifying Moscow. Russia says
her interests In Manchuria are as
large as those of Japan. The tone of
the Moscow press was warlike.
On Wednesday Secretary of State
Stimson sent notes to both Japan and
China urging them to cease hostilities,
and the League of Nations council
cabled to Tokyo asking Japan to per
mit a neutral commission to Inves
tigate the situation.
PRESIDENT HOOVER. deciding
suddenly to appear before the
convention of the American Legion,
went to Detroit Monday and delivered
a stirring address to
some 10.000 Legion
naires and their fam
ilies. He was warm
ly received and lis
tened to with respect,
and it was evident
that his main pur
pose. the heading off
of demands by the
organization for addi
tional bonus loans at
this time, had been
President accomplished.
Hoover. Mr. Hoover made
his message brief,
and he dealt with no other subject
than that which took him there. In
effect, the President made a request
that the Legionnaires should not press
for additional loans under the vet
erans' adjusted compensation act.
There had been a concerted move
ment within the Legion to have this
convention pass a resolution demand
ing that veterans be permitted to bor
row the full amount of their adjusted
compensation certificates. Instead of
only half, as at present,
j But the President shrewdly avoided
making a direct plea. He said It was
not fitting that the President of the
United States should plead with them
In a test of patriotism.
He was "pointing out the path of
service In this nation." Mr. Hoover
said, and he left the choice with the
Legion.
The President outlined the financial
plight of the country, and said he
was convinced that the Legion would
seek to add no farther harden.
When the President finished and
had left the hall with criea of "We
want beer!" ringing behind Mm. be
was driven directly back to hla spe
cial train which left at once for Wash
ington.
After a warm debate thet Legion
adopted a resolution condemning the
Eighteenth amendment and calling on
congress to hold a nation-wide refer
endum on the repeal or modification
of the dry laws. The convention als>
voted not to press for full payment of
compensation certificates at this time.
Henry L. Stevens. Jr? of Warsaw.
S. C.. was elected national com
mander.
Directors of the United states
Steel corporation, the Bethlehem
Steel corporation and the Youngstown
Sheet and Tube company announced
that wage rates of their employees
would he reduced shout 10 per cent,
effective October 1. At the same flme
the General Motors corporation an
nounced a readjustment of salaries,
the cuts ranging from 10 to 20 per
cent; and the United States Rubber
company gave out word that Its entire
organization would go on a five-day
week, without change In the hourly
scale of wages but involving a reduc
tion of one-elerentji In salaries.
These readjustments by huge corpo
rations were not unexpected hut sere
greatly regretted, by Hie Hoover ad
ministration. The wn?e cut* were I
bitterly resented by organized labor I
whose officials feared they would lead
to reduction* nil along the line. A* a
matter of fact, several other big con
cerns did put la efTect similar cuts.
PLANS' for a general urmnmcnts
construction holiday go on apace.
The League of Nations armaments
committee Invited the United States
to participate In Its discussions of
this subject In a consultative capac
ity and Uncle Sam gladly accepted.
Then Secretary of State Stimson an
nounced that Hugh It. Wilson. Amer
ican minister to Switzerland, had been
Instructed to inform the committee
that the United States Is favorably
inclined toward the Idea of an Inter
national building holiday for land, air
and rtaval armaments. Mr. Wilson
will report to Washington on any plan
of action advanced and will then re
ceive further instructions from the
administration.
Another hopeful sign Is the fact
that 1'remler I.aval of France has ac
cepted an Invitation from President
Iloover to visit Washington. It Is
expected he will come some time in
October.
JOUETT SHOUSE. chairman of the
executive committee of the Demo
cratic national committee, is one of
those who believe it is not always
wise to let sleeping
(io,4a ue. ne knows
his party is hound to
come up against the
prohibition question
before or during the
next national conven
tion, and lie conse
quently has stirred up
the animals by pub
lishing "some plat
form suggestions" j
in tne orj;an or tne ???? ?
Woman's National .
Democratic club. Jouett
In general Mr. ?hou"'
Shouse stands on the liquor question
with the Smith-ltaskoh fuctfon of the
party. He favors the submission to
the states of a substitute for the
Eighteenth amendment whereby wet
states could restore the manufacture
and sale of liquor, while dry states
could remain dry. Pending such ac
tion he would have light wines and
beer legalized by congress.
His .suggested plank on agriculture
calls for the repeal of the federal
farm board legislation, which he
terms a costly failure, and he advo
cates something In the line of a sur
plus control device employing the
equalization fee as a means of assess
ing the farmers Instead of the tax
payers generally for the cost of stabi
lization.
The discussion which Mr. Shouse's
article already has aroused is wel
come to National Chairman Raskoh.
who is openly seeking to crystallize
party views on the majoi issues.
DESPITE the President's determin
ation to keep down governmental
expenditures. It is revealed now that
the budget estimates for the 1083
fiscal year which have Just been sub
mitted to him call for expenditures
, that would break all records since
the days of the World war. It was
stated authoritatively that the esti
mates top the estimated 11)32 expendi
tures- by alm<?st a quarter of a billion
dollars. Mr. Hoover, it was said, was
having a hard time deciding Just
where to use the pruning knife, but It
seemed certain that he would use It
effectively, for he has virtually
pledged himself to hold down the
cost of government In 1933.
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WASHINGTON officialdom was
surprised and scarcely pleased
to learn that Senor Don Manuel Tel
ler. ambassador from Mexico and for
iwo yeurs ufaii ?i
the diplomatic corps,
hod heen recalled to
Mexico City, where.
It wai said, he would
be Riven a post In
the foreign office or
possible sent to some
European capital. He
Is to he succeeded hy
Dr. Pulg Casauranc.
Senor Telle* has
d been regarded hy his
colleagues In the dip
lomatic corps as suc
cessful In conducting
Msnutl
T?tl?z.
diplomatic representation! before this
(orerameat He came to Washington
in 1920 as first secretary, shortly aft
erward became charge d'affaires upon
the departure of Ambassador 'tonlllas.
and remained In that capacity until
192T>. when he was appointed ambas
sador by President Calles.
MOST noteworthy among the
deaths of the week was that of
Dr. David Starr Jordan, venerable
chancellor emeritus of Stanford tint -
versltg. He passed away at his
campus home after a stroke of pa
ngs! s. at the age of eighty yeara
Doctor Jordan had achieved distinc
tion as a scientist, an educator and a
philosopher, and ' -r many years had
been an advocate of worhl pence, fa
the field of science he was liest known
as an Ichthyologist.
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provide*] the Incns with a nat
ural stronghold for their dwellings
is evident in the site of this silent
Canete valley village, south of
Limn, Peru, atop what was once
an island In the sea. Probably/
archeologlsts say, It was a litteral
fortress, built ar the Pacific's re
cession turned the island Into a
coastal promontory, liemnants of
a wull that irdted the ancient for
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dition which has Just returned to New York after nine months of exploration and adventure in Peru.
Z BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
PETER RABBIT HAS
A CLOSE CALL
A CLOSE call means a narrow es
cape. That Is what Peter ltnb
blt had the night he gave the warning
that saved some of the geese In the
pond of Paddy the Beaver. Peter
knew Just how much risk he was run
ning when he thumped that warning.
He knew that Just on the other side
of the pond, hiding In the Black Shad
Old Man Coycte Wat So Close That
It 8eemed to Peter as If He Could
Feel His Hot Breath.
ows, were Old Alan Coyote and Keddy
and Old GranDy Fox, and he knew,
too, that they would be very, very
angry because be had spoiled their
chances of getting a fat goose for din
ner. So the Instant Peter had thumped
his warning he started for the nearest
bramble-tangle.
Now Peter never runs very far at a
time without stopping to look and
listen. He had run about a third of
the wny to the bramble-tangle when
he stopped and sat Dp. With his ears
standing straight up he listened with
all his might It was very still there
In the Green Forest where he was, but
back where he had come from he
conld Just bear the gabbling voices of
the geese, und so he knew that they
had been wakened In time, lie knew
perfectly well that the wisest thing
for him to do was to hurry on, hut
his curiosity would not let htm. Per
haps, after all there was no real dan
ger. lie would stay where he was
and then If no one followed him per
haps he could slip hack to Paddy's
Pond and learn just what had hap
pened after he had thumped. He won
dered If Ilonker the (loose knew that
It was he, Peter, who had given the
alarm.
For some little time Peter sat there
lls'enlng and heard nothing but the
distant sound of the voices of the
geese. Then suddenly his heart gave
a jump. What was that? He listened
harder than ever. As surely ns he
wns sitting there lie heard footsteps!
They were very, very light footsteps,
le 4 they were coming straight toward
him He wuited only long enough to
make sure and then once tnore he
started for the bramble tangle, lipper
ty-Ilpperty-lip, and this time he didn't
intend to stop until he got there.
Those light footsteps were made by
Old Man Coyote! Peter knew them
too well to be mistaken.
It wns true. You see the instant
Old Man Coyote, hiding there by the
pond of Paddy the Beaver, had heard
the thumps of Peter he had known
that there wasn't the least chance in
the world for him to catch one of those
geese that night and he had at once
made up his mind that if he couldn't
din' on a fat goose lie would do his
best to dine on Peter himself. He
knew Just as well as Peter did that
there was no safe hiding place for Pe
ter nearer than the bramble-tangle
and he made up his mind that that
was Just where Peter would start for.
You see Old Man Coyote is very smart.
Yes. Indeed. Old Man Coyote Is very
smart. He knows nil about Peter
and Ids ways, and lie felt' quite sure
that Peter would do just us he did do
?stop to listen to what was going on
bark there at the f>ond.
By this time Old Man Coyote was
not far behind him and his nose was
in Peter's tracks. Now I'eter can run
very fust for a short distance, but for
a long distance Old Man Coyote can
run very much faster than Peter. That
safe old bramble-tangle was still some
distance away when Peter, looking
back as he ran, saw Old Man Coyote
almost at his heels. The sight of those
grinning teeth seemed to give Peter
more speed. Never had he run as he
ran then. His heart was thumping so
that It seemed as if It would burst.
His breath was almost gone. The
bramble-tangle was only three Jumps
away, hut Old Man Coyote was so
close that.it seemed to Peter as if he
could feel his hot breath. One Jump!
Two Jumps! Three jumps! Peter
f**P the friendly old brambles brush
against Itiin and then there was a
sharp pull at his tail. With a little
scream of fear Peter pulled with all
his might and then?he was safe! H?
looked hack. Just on the edge of the
bran hle-tangle stood Oi l Man Coyote
and in his mouth was a little hunch of
white hairs. Peter looked at Ids fun
ny little tall It looked funnier than
ever. There was a hole In the middle
where the hair had been pulled out
CQhjrJ O. Lloyd.)?WNIt Service.
Scene During Hankow's Great Flood
Tllti flooded Ping Ho road In the Japanese concession at Hankow ufter
the waters of the Yungtse river rose to s new high level since the floods
of 1870. As a result of the disaster many thousands of Chinese were drowned
and millions of dollars' worth of property was destroyed.
Moili^^^|Book
They do not live in vain who keep
Close watches where the children sleep.
And rive stitches whlrh repair
The little garments children wear.
Edgar Guest.
NOW IS THE TIME
THIS i? the season when we begin
to look up our cherished recipe* to
use for canning and pickling. That Is,
the thrifty housewife does, for often
a recipe Is mislaid until too late to
prepare It.
Cucumber Mustard Pickles.
This Is one of the recipes that will
be cherished, for the pickles are firm
and good up to the last one. Prepare
a Jar with a gallon of vinegar, a cup
ful of ground mustard, and half a cup
ful of salt. Drop the fresh cucumbers,
well washed, dally liyn this pickle
until the Jar Is full. They will be
ready to eat In two weeks.
Chill 8aucs.
Take twenty-four large ripe toma
toes, aereo white onions, two green
peppers, Ave cupful* of vinegar, two
tablespoonful* ol Knit and one cupful
of sugar. Bring the vinegar and augur
to the boiling point, add the other In
gredient* which have been put through
a food chopper and cook one hour at
the boiling point. .
Tomato Cataup.
Take three dozen ripe totatoe*.
three red pepper*, alx onion*, all
chopped fine. Add two tenapoonful*
each of whole clove*, atlck cinnamon
and ground muatard. To three cup
ful* of vinegar add one and one half
cupful* of brown augar and three table
apoonfula of salt. Cook until *mooth,
put through a aleve, reheat and bottle.
Spiced Qrape*.
Remove the pulp from *lt pound*
of grape*. Put Into a kettle and conk
until soft enough to remove the aeed*
by putting them through a sieve. Put
the pulp and skins together, add three
pounds of sugar, one pint of vinegar,
two tablespoonful* of cinnamon and
one tablespoonful of cloves. Cook two
hours. Seal for winter use. This Jam
I* especially good with venison or
other game.
(A lilt WMt*ra Nawsoaiwr Union)
The Government's Most Effective Arm
| Dark Corners +
| Dy DOUGLAS^MALLOCH j
IP THERE'S a corner In your house
A little dark, yon lift the shade;
If there's a corner In your heart
A little dark?well, I'm afraid
You git and worry, worry thin.
And just won't let the sunshine in*
If tliore's a corner In your room
A little dark, a lamp yon light;
If there's a sorrow in your breast,
I fear you sit there In the night
Among the shadows, in the gloom,
When many lamps might flood the
room.
If there's a corner in your house
A little dark, the curtain raise.
If there's a corner In your heart
A little dark, then build a blaze
Upon the ashes that are dead.
Light some new dream, and look ahead.
(GO. 1931. ItoudM Malloch 1 ? WNU Service.
New German Threat
Germany ha* develped a nevr
decathlon *tar who I* ex|*ecte?J to
cause much embarrassment to A mer
lon's versatile track and field stars in
the 1832 Olympic games to l?c held at
Los Angeles. Calif. JJis name is Kurt
Weiss, and he Is here seeo hurling
the ulscus.