The Alamance gleaner
VOL. LVil. GRAHAM, M, C., THURSDAY NOVEMBER 12, 1931. i NO. 41.
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Democrats Win Control of the Lower House in Next
Congress?Roosevelt Defeats Smith in
"Popularity Contest."
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
npHEIlE Is no longer an; doubt at
* to which party will be In control
of the bouse In the next congress. In
Tuesday's elections the Democrats
tM|iiuieu iiiui Buiur
what dubious honor,
and In consequence
will elect the speaker.
John N. Garner of
Texas being their cer
tain choice for the po
sition. Able, experi
enced and popular, he
will be a capable, suc
cessor to the late
Nick Longworth.
Five vacancies In
the house were filled
""Tuesday, and the Re
1 ? ?1.A CI ..I.t k
|iuwiivuu u|ioci mine in iiie rji^uui
district of Michigan. There Michael
j. Hart, Democrat, nnd advocate of
prohibition modification, defeated F.
O. Eldred, Republican. The Eighth Is
the district that sent Joseph W. Ford
ney to congress for many years, and
no Democrat had won there since
3896. In Ohio J. B. Holllster, Repub
lican, and Martin Sweeney, Democrat,
were elected; Josephy Delnney, Demo
crat, was winner In New York's Sev
enth district, and Edward L. Stokes,
Republican, was elected to succeed
the late Representative G. S. Graham
In the Second Pennsylvania district.
These results made no change In the
party line-up.
The house makeup now is: Demo
crats, 217; Republicans. 215; Farmer
Labor. 1. There are still two vacancies
to be filled. One is in the Fifth New
Jersey district, and It is likely the
Republicans will win there, but they
will still have one vote less than the
Democrats. The other vacancy, in
New Hampshire, will not he filled un
til January 6. too late to affect the
election of the speaker.
-Democrats also scored heavily In
New Jersey, where their candidate,
A. Harry Moore, won the governor
ship over William Rnird, Jr., after a
bitterly fought battle Into which both
of them injected national politics,
standing, respectively, against and
for the policies of the Hoover admin
istration. Moore's victory amounted
almost to a landslide, and his admir
ers, all very wet, at once put hliu for
ward as a desirable candidate for the
Democratic Presidential' nomination!
Without opposition, Martin Sennett
Conner, who Is only forty years old,
and a Democrat, was elected governor
of Mississippi.
On the basis of Incomplete returns
It appeared that Judge Ruby I-afToon,
Democrat, had won the governorship
of Kentucky, defeating Mayor William
B. Harrison of Louisville, Republican,
by perhaps 50,000 votes. .
NEW YORK slate had an election
of Its own that was interesting
for two reasons: First, It gave the
voters an opportunity, apparently, to
express their preference as between
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Al
Smith, for a constitutional amend
ment providing for reforestation of
deserted farm lands was submitted,
and it was warmly advocated by
Roosevelt and as warmly condemned
by Smith. The amendment was car
ried by a two to one vote, Tammany
and the Republicans being In favor
of It This, according to political ob
servers. put the governor definitely
at the head of the Democratic party
and relegated Smith to second place.
The New Yorkers also elected an
assembly, and though Tammany
swept New York city despite the
charges of political corruption, the
Republicans retain control of fbe leg
islature by ten votes.
Mayor cermak of Chicago
with several otlier leader* of the
Illinois Democracy paid a visit to New
York that was held to be of considet
abie political signi
ficance. lie was look
lnf ner |l? Demo
cratic possibilities, for
the Presidency In that
region, Roosevelt,
Smith and Rltclile ot
Maryland, and be let
the" Democrats there
know very plainly
that the party In Chi
cago and Illinois
would Insist on a
candidate wbo Is (
wringing wet and not
a pussy-footer. In reply to a ques
tion. be said:
"If Governor Roosevelt was wet
enough for Alfred EX Smith and wet
enough for New York to be elected
governor, be in wet eaoogb tor us."
In addition to Ritchie nnd Smith,
he said, former Senntor James A. Reed
of Missouri would qunllfy In tlml re
apect.
Mr. Cermak, however, declared pos
Itlvely that the Illinois delegation In
the convention would give Its vote for
the nomination of Seuator James Ham
ilton Lewis, nnd asserted 1-ewis should
he considered not only a "favorite son"
but a strong flgure In the-party, who
Is entitled to the nomination. When
Senator Lewis was told of all this lu
Chicago, he gave nut a statement lu
which, though he Is a decided wet, he
said the economic Issue of jobs and
food comes before the liquor question.
"1 appreciate the constantly ex
pressed Indorsement of me by Mayor
Certnak," said Senator Lewis, "but
as to the political platform being only
wet or dry, I have to say I am sure
the mayor and myself recognize that
In the present hour the American pub
lie Is more concerned to know where
many of Ps people will get something
to eat -before they consider what they
shall have to drink.
"Also, It Is more urgent nt once to
consider places of shelter for home
less families this winter than for
places to enjoy a beverage. The pro
hibition question Is one to go along
with food, clothing, .and homes for the
needy millions, and with aiding the
returning prosperity that Is now on
the way to our nation. These are the
concerns altogether of the national
democracy."
Which statement Increases the es
teem In which Senator Lewis Is held
by those who recognize his sound Judg
ment in national matters.
JAPAN has warned Russia a second
d time about troop concentrations on
the Manchurlan frontier; China has
Informed the League of Nations that
Japan Is steadily extending lis hold on
Manchuria and shows no sign of com
plying with the league's demand for
evacuation before November 10; and
the Japanese forces continue their ad
vance toward the zone of Russian In
fluence. fighting battles with Chinese
bandits and now and then bombarding
a Chinese town. The League of Na
tions Is worried, and no wonder. i
The Moscow newspaper Izvestla
charges that Japanese militarists "In
vented the fable" of possible Soviet
Interference In Manchuria In order to
cover plans for an extension of their
own occupation northward.
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ADAMS
finally took a hand In the contro
versy between President Hoover nnd
I the Nnvy league. Indeed, he took two
| hands, and there are
those who declare he
also put his foot tp
It. First' Mr. Adams
issued a statement In
which he took a fall
out of the Pacifist or*
ganlzatlons that have
been asserting that
the United States
was spending too
much on its navy?
much more than Ureat
Britain. With figures yy
and facts be demon
strated the fnicpnoa* a#
rebuked those who had Mid It harsh
ly. Aha! said the observers in Wash
ington, that shows there Is a split be
tween the President and 'he secretary.
Then Mr. Adams had several talks at
the Whits House and gave forth an
other statement, very brief, expressing
his "unqualified disapproval" of the
personal attack on the commander In
chief of the npf* by President William
HowSrd Gardiner of the Navy league.
He followed up this fay telling the cor
respondents ?tat he bad no Intention
of resigning from the cabinet.
The , White -House announced that
the committee to Inquire fbto the ac
curacyMr. OsiGnGk assertions
would consist of Admiral Hugh Red
man. retired w John Haya Hgmaiond.
fhmmmenglueW: Bra est I J* Jabnrke.
assistant secretary of -tCh aary; Un
der-Secretary of Stato WttHam R, Cas
tle and Eliot Wadsworth, former as
sistant secretary of the treasury.
Messrs. Hammond, Wadaworth and
Jahncke are membera of the Navy
league and:these three ss well ss Mr.
Castle are all dose friends of ths
President.' ME' Hoover said the com
mittee's Investigations most be limit
ed to "assertions of fact" by Mr.
Gardiner.
DELEGATES from the Chicago
Board of Trade called on Presl
doit Hoover and told him the bual
dms committee of the board bad 4s
vised (henna to cheek bear raids In
the grain markets. Silas Strawu. pres
ident of the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States, wh<i accompanied
the group, said the President appeared
satisfied with the steps being taken.
?The President .a^ked us fo coma
down and talk over this matter with
him," Strawn snld. "We hare no quar
rel with the President shout It. Mr.
Hoover did not criticise short selling.
That sometimes Is necessary and has
to be. What he did criticise wye bear,
raiding, and we assured him we had
a machine that would turn over to
combat this when necessary." 1 *'
Itecently wheat prices liove beba
moving upward most gratify!ngly, and
the Chicagonns sold everyone in the.
market was. optimistic and glad to. pee
the farmers . benefiting. Arthur W.
Cutten, the veteran and sometimes r
spectacular trader In grain, was re
ported to Have made hiigd sums in the ?
present hull movement.
GERMANY is preparing for negoti
ations with. IjTance to obtain a
reduction of reparations, and as a
powerful argument will cite her debts
abroad. The Iteichsbank and a bank
ers* committee has completed nn ln%,
vestigation of these foreign debts and
concludes that every cent that Ger
many makes through exjwrts will he
needed for at least ten. years to pay
Interest on the amortized short and
long term loans granted Germahy by'
foreign countries. ' ' *? %
Germany'points'out that this yehr.
which Is far above the average, she
has earned a surplus of $C>00.000.(X)0
of foreign currency through' sales of !
| goods abroad. This sum was swal- |
lowed entirety "by interest due on mon-; j
I eythorrowed abroad. Including. Inter |
est and amortization on Dawes plan
loans and Young plan loans.
Reduction of wage scales for
rhllrond workers Seems to. he
coming closer. As forerunners, sev
eral roads cut salaries; and,the offi
cials of the American
uniiway association,
leading rail execu
tives of (he nation,
at their meeting In
Chicago voluntarily ,
reduced by 10 per
cent their pay from
the association, and
then proceeded to dis
cuss the wages of the
workers on the roads.
Daniel W 111 a r d ,
president of the Bnl- c
tlmore and Ohio rail
nuia, resuming nerore tne special sen
ate committee on the formation of n
national economic council, declared
the railroads would be able to build
up reserves and thereby become a
stabilizing forc^ln supplying employ
ment during the depression. If the re
capture clause of the transportation
act were eliminated. Without reserves,
he said, the roads could not do much
to mitigate the situation, but on the
contrary were compelled to cut down
their working forces.
Mr. Wlllard gave scant Indorsement
to a proposal by Senator Itoliert M.
r.n Kn]let Ie. chairman of the commit
tee, to set up a national economic
council with the object of advising
business on coordination work, lie
added that he would oppose strongly
such a measure If It would give a new
government department the right to
Inquire minutely Into every phase of
a business.
CONSIDERABLY more than half
the nations Invited to the disarm
ament conference next Eehruary have
accepted the hid of the League of Na
tions to take part In a one-year arma
ment building holiday, but the lengue
officials were uncertain whether the
holiday was In effect because almost
all the larger states had made reser
vations. However. It was asserted In
Geneva thut the primary purpose of
the agreement was to create the prop
er "psychology" and that this had been
accomplished, la Washington It was
declared the holiday waa In effect ao
far as the United States was con
cerned.
Despite the political upset In Great
Britain, Arthur Henderson, former for
eign secretary, says he will retain the
chairmanship of the coming armament
conference, holding that the fulfillment
of his position began officially with bis
appointment by the league coundL
THE British parliament was assem
bled for certain formalities. Includ
ing the election of a speaker of the
house? Edward Algernon Kltzroy was
given the Job again?and then ad
journed until November 10. when the
sesalpn waa to he formally opened by
King' George. Meanwhile Prime Min
ister' MacDonald was busy selecting
his cabinet. He found time. too. to
receive Mghatma Gandhi and to put
before tljat gentleman the nimnst the
government would grant India In the
way of self-government. This waa not
made public bnt la known to be far
short of the demands of the National
ists of India.
On Wednesday King George received
Gandhi In Buckingham palace! and
thongb It was a stale occasion, the
Hindu leader Insisted In wearing only
Ms usual garb, a loin doth and cloak.
<gk ISSL Westse Seweaaew o6ea.?
John N. Game
nnliflnnn Mnoot
lanator Lewla.
H. Gardiner
1 ?l.la .nX k.
?anlel Wlllard |
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Our Representatives Have Lost Their Carpet f
I ? ,
WHEN congresg me^ts In Decem
ber the member* 61 the bouse of
representatives will find that they can
no longer thtow their cigar and cig
arette stubs on the carpet There 1*
no carpet now In their chamber. In
the interests of economy and neatness
v it has been replaced with a rubber
floor covering In delicate blue and
/baft hues, and our l)|ustratlon show*
the workmen putting this down.
. BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
MRS. PETER'S HEART
NEARLY STOPS BEATING
LITTLE Mrs. Peter Rabbit sat In
the dear Old Brier Patch anxious
ly looking over to the Green Forest.
It was high time for Peter to be
hcane. Already Jolly bright Mr. San
had begun his dally climb up In the
blue, blue sky. and all tbe little peo
ple who are abroad by day were about
thel' buslnesa. Roughleg .the Hawk
was sitting In the top of tbe big hick
ory tree where he could see all over
the Green Meadows.
"Oh, dear." alghed little Mrs. Pe
ter. "Peter should hare been here a
whole hour ago. Why will he be so
careless and take such risks? If bo
knew how I worry I don't believe he
, would."
| Just then she heard a sound that
made her hop out to the very edge
of the dear Old Brier Patch and look;
more anxiously tban ever toward the'
Oreen Forest It was the great voice
; of Bowser the Hound. The mere
sound of It always made her silver.
! She never could understand how'^e
ter could think It fun to be chased.
by Bowser. He was so bit and had1
such a treat mouth and his voice
sounded so dreadful that she never
felt wholly safe even In the Old Brier
Patch.
Now Bowser's voice sounded as If
be war* much excited. She knew by
a ?
tbe Head; roar of It that he was
chasing somebody, and that whoever
It wits could not be very far ahead of
him. "I do hope It Isn't Peter!" she
kept saying over and over and over /o
herself. "Oh, I do hope It Isn't
Peter I"
Whoever' It was was running
straight toward that edge of 'the
Green Forest nearest to the OJd Brier
Patch. She knew this by the sound
of Bowser's voice. It was louder ev
ery minute, and of course that meant
that he was coming near and nearer.
Now It was at the very edge of the
Green Forest and?little Mrs. Peter's
heart almost stopped beating! There
was Peter running as If almost tired
to death and only a few feet behind
him was Bowser the Hound! Peter
was headed straight for the Old Brlei
Patchy and that meant that he had a
long, open stretch to cross with no
chance to hide or play tricks. He
had just had to run faster than Bow
ser could or he never, never would
get there.
And Peter wasn't running as he us
ually did. Oh, my, no! He was run
nlng as If something were the matter
with him. It seemed as If every Jump
would be the last one.
"Ruq, Peter! Oh, run!" cried Ut
ile Mrs. (Peter, Just as If Peter could
hear her.
But Peter couldn't hear her, and he
didn't run any faster. Wluit could
be the matter with him?. Bowser
seemed to be at his very heels! Lit
tie Mrs. peter shut her eves. She
couldn't bear to see the dreadful thing
she felt sure was going to happen
She kept them shut Just as long as
she could, and then she Just hod to
open them to see If Peter was still
alive and running. Just as she looked'
a surprising thing happened. 'I'fter'
who by this lime was half way to the
Old Brier Patch, suddenly kicked dp.
bis heels and then howi he tfld, run
Upperty-llpperty-lip. Ifpperty lipperty
lip, came Peter and with every Jump
he left Bowser farther behind.
In a few hiibatfei be had reached
the dear old Brier Pntcli and had en
tered one of tils private little paths
under the friendly old brambles
where Bowser could not follow him.
"Oil, Peter," cried little Mrs. Peter,
hurrying to rub noses with him.
"What was the matter? What hap
pened? Are you almost dead? Do
tell me, quick*!"
Peter grinned. **! was Just fooling
Old Man Coyote." said he.
<?by J O. Lloyd.) ? WNU Henrico.
ITolKgr^lj&I^Book
DISHES WITHOUT MEAT
GETTING three meals a day every
day in the year is no small
amount of work, nor does It mean a
small amount of thought and planning
to maintain an adequate*diet for those
of all ages and conditions?the people
who make up our families.
For those who must be spsrring of
meat the fol^wlng dish will be one
that will be enjoyed;
Stuffed Onions.
Select large, even-sized onions?as
many as there are persons to he
served. Peel and i>our boiling water
over them. Itemove the hearts, chop
them fine nod add to one and one
half cupfuls of soft bread crumbs with
one-half cupful of grated or chopped
cheese, wilt and pepi>er to taste Fill
the shells and top with a spoonful of
buttered crumbs. Bake with a small
amount of stock poured round them
until tender and brown, fcerve on
rounds of buttered foasf.
Nut and Cheese Roa?t.
Cook two tablespoon fills of onion in
one tableapoonful of butter, ndd one
fourth ponnd of rich grated cheese,
one enpful of bread crumbs, one cup
ful of walnuts chopped, one cupful of
inllk, the Julee of half a lemon, salt,
pepper nnd paprika. Put Into a bak
ing dish and brown In a moderate
.oven. ? .
Make some foJ these, popcorn halls
for the children; they will enjoy them
as well as most of the older ones:
Honey Popcorn Balls.
Take one and one fourth cupfuls of
corn sirup, three-fourths cupful of
honey, one tahlespopnful of butter.
one-half tnldesponful of vinegar and
cook until slightly brittle in mid wa
ter. Stir occasionally. Add the but
ter nt the last and pour over three
quarts of freshly popped corn lightly
salted. Mix well and mold into halls
at once.
Baked Corn Croquettes.
Take one cupful of chopped cooked
l>oef and one cupful of canned corn.
Add cream enough to make moist and
season to taste with salt and pepi?er.
If not firm enough add a little thick
white sauce to bind and a bit of grated
cheese may he added for extra flavor.
Shape, roll in crumbs and egg. then in
crumbs again and bake in a moderate
oven.
(Si 1931. Western Newnpaper t'nlon. t
Calls for Many Metals
In the manufacture of a telephone
receive, there are employed alum
inum. silk, copper, rubber, flax, nickel,
mica, shellac, lead, cotton, silver. Iron,
plat innm, r.Inc and gold.
New Mile Record
Jules Ladoumegue, idol of the
French (porting public, crossing tbe
finish line at Carls, setting a new
world's record for tbe mile run. In
one of the greatest races in the his
tory of track athletics he completed
tbe distance In 4 minutes 91-5 seconds
to, clip one and one-fifth seconds from
Paavo Nurml's old mark.
f THE OLD FIDDLER S
| ? ii '
? Dy DOUGLAS MALLOCH ; [
LJK PLAYS the tunes we used to
** hear
When old Tim Loss* harn wni clear, ?
Ills hay piled back, his rigs pulled out.
And nil the young folks all about
Would gather for a country dance,
j To turn, and sashay, and advance.
Now all those girls and boys are gone,
Put the old fiddler fiddles on.
As tenderly his cheek Is laid
On that old fiddle that he played
As is a mother's on her child.
The snow Is high, Ihc wind Is wild.
Rut he ran see across the snow
The -lantern. lights of long ago.
And hear across the silence flung
The laughter of the once so young.
And so Is memory at the last,
A queer old fiddler from the past
Who rlts beside some evening fire
And plays the tunes that do tioi tire;
The heart a fiddle, from whose strings
There comes the music of old things.
The sweeter things of sweeter days.
When life, a gray old fiddler, plays.
1931. Dourlas Malloch ? ? WNU Serried
Pretty Jacket Suit
I lore is an exceedingly attractive
Jacket fuit In black, with waistcoat'
arrangement of the black Persian
lamb trimmings.
I SUPERSTITIOUS 3
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SHE MA* HKARV'UNCLE JO **??'
That down In Wala-whan a hola la.
dug In tha ground..arjd you foarth*
dirt will not fill t^^gain, "jtO wait,1
chlla, ontll tha now 'moon eomaa a.
ridln* In da wast, nan dat dirt will
awafl an* oho null fill da hola."
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