The Alamance gleaner | VOL. LVII. GRAHAM, IN, C., THURSDAY DECEMBER 3, 1931. NO. 44. ] News Review of Current \ r Events the World Over Japanese Armies on Move Again While League Council Stumbles?Raskob Irritates the Drys? s National Political Gossip. By EDWARD W. PICKARD "^EITHEIl Japan nor China was v willing to accept the plan de vised by the League of Notions coun cil for an Inquiry Into the USnchurlan situation, and the twelve member* of that body made a fur ther attempt to draw' up a scheme that would please both sides, but Without apparent success. The salient polqt of this latter plan was the sending of a "com mittee of study" to & Manchuria, only In stead of having an Gen. C. P. express mandate for Summerall lnvestlgat|ng a? of China as well as Manchuria, as the recent Japanese proposal provided, the committee would be Instructed to In vestigate Manchuria, and to Include China If they think it advisable. As demanded by the Japanese, the com mittee would have no power to In vestigate troop movements or to Inter fere otherwise with the war, nor to Intervene In any direct negotiations between Tokyo and Nanking ? that might be opened. Dr. Alfred Sze, In an uncompromis ing communication to the council, told how China looked on tills scheme. He said: "An inquiry without at the same time providing for immediate cessa tion of hostilities and the withdrawal of Japanese forces becomes a mere device to condone and perpetuate for a more or less Indefinite period the unjustifiable occupation of Chinn's ter ritory by an aggressor who hns al ready virtually attained his unlawful object while these discussions have been going on. In the circumstances yon will readily see it Is quite Impos sible for me to consider the proposal in question until the basis above men tioned lias been adequately laid down." When and If a committee of Inquiry Is named, its chairman may be Gen. Charles P. Summerall. former chief of staff of the United States army. He hns been suggested for this place by the Japanese and probably would be acceptable lo China. Still another plan for solving the Mancliurlan problem was to be su|> mitted to the council by the Nanking government, according to Dr."Welling ton Koo, who hns Just been nppolnted Chinese foreign minister and assumed his new duties. i DOWN on the southern coast of Manchuria Is a small strip In which Is situated the city of Chin chow. and that It still In the hands of umilil?ur WHO iubw week. But evidently the Japanese decided to take over this area also, for Doctor S7.9 gave the league coun cil Information that the troops of the mi kado were moving south from Mukden In armored.cars with the Intention of crush inn tha nnnncltlnn fn Chinchow. Tills ac tion wns explained by 0 the Japanese on the Mlnaml ground that their Interests there were menaced by bandits, but the Chinese .assert the activities of bandits there and elsewhere In Manchuria are pro moted by Japan to exeuse their mil itant course. Despite reports of dissension In the Jnpanese cabinet. It Is apparent that the militarists, led by Gen. Jiro Minan.l, minister of war, are having their own way. They will not permit withdrawal of the troops from Man churia. nor are they afraid of exas perating the Soviet Russian govern ment to the point of forceful action although always assuring Moscow that Russian Interests will not be en dangered. COMPI.KTION of the Lakes-to-the Gulf waterway In 1032 Instead of In May. 1933, with a view to assisting business. Industry and employment, was asked of the federal government by the Mississippi Valley association at Its annual convention In 8t Louis. I -nators Glenn and Lewis of Illinois and many others spoke In favor of speeding up the construction work, and argued that the objections raised by the army engineers to a quick fin ish?Ice and possible floods?would not be considered valid If the water way were a private enterprise Instead of a government project The assod atlou voted In favor of a federal bond Issue to carry on the work rapidly. Senator Glenn recently urged upon President Hoover and Secretory of War Hurley the need of early com pletion of the work, and said he vio lated no confidence In declaring both of them were In favor of this course. STIRRING up the animals Is a fa vorite occupation of John J. Ras kob. the dynnmlc chairman of the Democratic national committee, ills latest achievement In that way Is the send lng out of a question naire to 88,580 con tributors to the party campaign fund of 1928 to get their views on whether the Demo cratic national con vention should de clare for resubmis sion of the prohibi tion issue to the pen j j dalvi*k P'e- They ore also J. J. Raikcb agke H irrn ft Ing politicians for ?c?rJe E evasion of their in- Johnson come taxes. Senator Glenn denied that he had yet made any recommen dation to the President, but other sup porters of Mr. Johnson were insistent that he should he appointed now. though he has three more years to serve of his second term as district attorney and Mr. Hoover, ft was re ported. wants him^to finish his term. If Mr. Johnson is elevated to the bench, his successor is likely to be Dwlght II. Green who. though only thirty-four years old, has been one of the district attorney's most efilclenf and valued assistants in the prosecu tion of tax dodgers, acting as solicitor for the revenue bureau. IF TIIK Democrats In senate and house follow the leadership of Sen ator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkunsas, their leader In the senate, they will oppose any increase In surtaxes and any great increase in any of the gov* ernment levies. Robinson says such ac tion by congress would "approach con fiscation" and wonld be likely to pro long instead* of relieve the depres sion. He proposes instead a bond issue. Senator Robinson argues that taxes should he raised solely to obtain rev enue and not for the purpose "pf dis tributing wealth or reducing large for tunes." He Is opposed to a general sales tax*, but would consent to a sales levy on luxuries. He said In his state ment : "The most practical method to di minish unemployment Is to revive In dustry. Increase In'taxation is a poor method for overcoming depression. In other words, while Increases may he unavoidable they cannot he expected to contribute to the forces calculated to restore confidence and courage In the sphere of Investments and enter prises." He added that while he recognized the necessity of hatuncing the budget, he did not look for a great reduction In public expenditures. THOUGH he Is now elghty-ejght yeang old, (Jen. A. \V. Greely is still actively Interested In the exploration of polar regions and he has just been H|i[iunum muiruinn ui the national commit tee that sponsors a new American expe dition which will start for the Arctic next June to spend two years on Ellesmere Island, the northern most land on the globe. Capt. Flnvel M. Williams will he commander of the a w PurtJ'' ""d Dr- "? n Marls will he Its scl r**y entitle director, and the gray-bcarded lender of the Ill fated Greely expedition of 1881-1884 la helping them make their plan*. They will hare radios, airplanes and modern comforts In exploring the region where General Greely met with dis aster and where eighteen of his party starred or froze to death. SPEEDING toward Chicago with hundreds of entries for the Inter national Lire Stock show, s long spe cial train was wrecked near Lexington. Mo., by spreading rails. Reren men were killed and others Injured. Many line horses known In the show rings of the country were destroyed. The "million dollar train" was carrying the stock from the American Royal Lire Stock show In Kansas City. Noteworthy among the deaths of the week were those of Dr. Sam Small of Atlanta, noted editor and evangelist; l.ouls l/oucheur, for mer cabinet minister snd once rated as the richest man In France; O. C. Slmonds of Chicago, famous landscau^ architect and park designer, and'ITT bert H. Harris, financial bead of the New York Central lines. ?4h ISIt. Wasters Newspaper dales.) CHILDREN'S STORY ?Hy THORNTON W. BURGESS 1 PRICKLY PORKY GRUNTS CONTENTEDLY ??T TNK, unk," grunted Prickly Porky ^ the Porcupine u Bough Broth er North Wind blew hie cold brenth through the Green Poreet end made more than one of the little people who lire there shiver In spite of their fur coats. "Unk, unk, you can't frighten mel Blow your hardest fob all I care. I've plenty to eat, and you can't scare me with all your noise and bluster. That Is what comes of be ing satisfied with what I can get and not wanting things I cannot get. It saves a lot of worry and trouble." "What does?" Peter Rabbit was sit ting at the foot of the tree In which Prickly Porky was getting a meal of bark. He had come along just In time to bear the last of Prickly Porky's remarks. "Contentment, of course," grunted Prickly Porky. "Hmm," said Peter. '1 guess no one Is any more contented than I am." "Then what are you doing way over here In the Green Forest?" demanded Prickly Porky. "Why don't you stay at home In the Old Brier Patch? Isn't there enough to eat there?" "Yea," replied Peter, "but?but?" "Never mind your buta. Peter," grunted Prickly Porky. "I know *11 about them. You've got enough over there, but you want to see If you can't find something better. Mow there may be better things to eat than I've got bere, but here I am sure ot enough, and so bere I stay. I sleep when I (eel sleepy, I eat when I teel hungry, I have no fear of anyone, and so I am very contented. Unk, unk, unk." Prickly porky pulled off a strip of "Then What Are You Doing Way Over Hora In tho Green Foro*t7" Demand ad Prickly Porky, bark and slowly ate It. grunting be tween each mouthful which, while It wasn't at all a nice thing to do. told all within hearing how very well sat isfied he was with life, and In par ticular with what be was putting Into his stomach. There was no doubt, not the smallest doubt In the world, that Prickly Porky was Just as he said he was?very contented. "How many narrow escapes have yon bad, PeterT "Why?why?why, so many I can't coant 'em," replied Peter. "I have at least one almost every day. I don't snppose there la any one who has as many narrow escapes as I do." "Unit, nnk," granted Prickly Porky. "Don't boast, Peter, Boasting Is a bad habit I never like to hear peo ?????????????????????????? THINGS ;j REMEMBERED \\ < ? 1 ? > ?y DOUGLAS MALLOCH !! < * ************************** IF IOU bar* left some Joy behind. Have you not left some sorrow? Or do yon only keep in mind Four troubles for tomorrow? If Joy can leave us, Cannot pain? Or must It grieve us. Grieve again? Do bright flow'rs perish with the past. The dark the only flow'rs that last? I've found the world the other way. And thank the good Lord for 1L The sunset of departing day Threw brighter beauty o'er It The rock I could not See at all. The things I would not Care recall, I missed the narrow road I came? But all the windows were aflame. ?ll 1111. Dovslu llalloch.)?WNU Servlca. pie boost, especially when It to a foot Isb boast. Now If you boasted tbet you seldom bad narrow escapee It -Ja wouldn't be so bad. It would show ' jp tliat yoo really had some comae* a?| sense la that head of yonrs. Now, ''r\ Isn't It perfectly true that nearly all ft of those narrow escapes yon hars are, when yon are ontslde of the Old Briar -j Patch?" Peter nodded. "Then that proves that If yon were contented to stay In the Old Brier Patch you would bare nothing to worry about." continued Prickly Porky." "It la discontent that gets you Into all your trouble Instead eC filling your stomach with what yon hare you go looking for something a little better, and half the time what you find isn't a bit better than what you already bad. Ton should be Uke me. Peter. Yon should learn to be contented. There Is nothing In the world like contentment. Unk. unk, unk! There Is nothing like content' ment, Peter Rabbit. Unk. unk. unk!" "Is It contentment that makes ae - many birds fly away when cold weath er comes and that makes Johnny Chuck and Striped Chipmunk and a lot more go to sleep for the winter!" asked Peter. ? ? br J O. Lion! I?wwnifrt?? I" " " i. <5 X Handsome Coat-Frock ! Dorothy Lee, RKO-ltadlo Plctnrea* comedienne. wears this striking two piece coat-frock of black cret* larUb ly embroidered with direr and gold meul thread. oecki considerably, so at random they Jump In the air to unwind, which they do by holding the bead Station ary and rapidly revolving the body. The loud whirring noise of the spin ning gwampus Is often mistaken far a swarm of bees. A good-sized needle fastened to a Al bert head forms the rhlef working Im i jY/?&m pleinont o* this bird. A larger tllbert act* for the body. Hie feer ?re split almond*, thk legs toothpick*. and closes are used for the tall and nsck. (A Metropolitan N> warm per Servient (V7NU Strrlra ) Floating City For Atlantic Service BUILDERS of transatlantic liners seem to be engaged In a real race as to size. The vesfels the; are [ratting alloat are getting bigger and bigger. Here Is seen a bnge 78,000 ton Canard liner under construction at Clydebank, Scotland. An Idea of this ship's Immensity may be gained by comparison with the steamship MInnedosa, tied np af the left Other European steamship companies are not lag ging behind In the competition. Kimmnnnniii I ? !! Giant for Defence " W W r Jack Boubregs. who weighs 200 pounds and Is correspondingly tall, la one of tha star defense moo of the Boston Brains Ice hockey team. _ | Your Home and You | i ' % *iw ?? |r 41 By Betsy Callister | SOME USEFUL HINTS IF YOU want to use soup itock with out waiting for the grease to hard en take a rather long piece of Ice. Dip It In the stock and then scrape ofT the grease that adheres to the sides. Re peat this several times and most of the grease will have been removed. If you have no Ice, soak a piece of clean cheesecloth In cold water and strain the stock through It Dip the cloth In very hot water to take off the grease, wet again with cold water and strain a second time and practically all the grease will be removed. If the soup stock Is too salt slice a raw potato Into It and It will absorb much of the salt. If custard curdles slightly through top long cooking, mix a little corn starch In cold water?about a half tea spoonful to a pint of liquid?and stir Into the custard and cook over a low flame just long enough to cook the custard. If you want to peel tomatoes to use at once and have no time to rechlll them after dipping In hot wster, rub over the skin with the back of the paring knife. This loosens the skin almost, as well as scalding. If you want to have a gelatin des sert set more quickly than Is possible In the refrigerator, set the dJsb con taining the gelatin mixture In a large pan and qurround the dish with chopped Ice and salt Ice cream salt Is cheaper for tbls purpose, but In an emergency any sort of salt will an swer the purpose. <4h till. McClure Newypsc graduate.) I Nutty Natural f History | THE NEEDLEBEAK GWAMPUS The Illustration here thowi one of the moat Interesting end et the eame time rare birds of North Afflertca. In dividuals hare been reported In north ern New York and Ontario, where the/ are naually seen perched on mahogany trees drllllne round and round with their heads for holl weevils. A day's drllllne of this sort will wind up their