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' > . GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY FEBRUARY 4, 1932. NO. 53.
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.INews Keview of Current
Events the World Over
Japan's Military Seizure of Shanghai Creates Dangerous
Situation?China Demands Forcible Steps by
League of Nations.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
MORE trouble for the world devel
ops In the Orient. Japan, push
ing her campaign to put an end to the
anti-Japanese boycott in China and
_______ with the added orovo
cation of riotous dem
onstrations against
her N a ti o n a 1 s in
Shanghai, assembled
24 warships at that
great port, and the
military occupation of
the city was begun by
a force of about 3.(X>0
marines. To protect
the foreign settlement,
four regiments of
American marines and
several battalions of
British troops were standing by, and
warships of those nations were hurry
ing to the scene.
Meanwhile, before the council of the
League of Nations in Geneva Dr. W.
W. Yen. the Chinese minister to the
United States, set forth his country's
side of the controversy and demanded
that the council enforce the league
covenant without delay. In Washing
ton President Hoover and Secretary of
State Stimson were considering what
America might do in the crisis. They
proposed to Great Britain that the two
nations apply economic embargoes or
boycotts to trade with Japan, but the
MacDonald government seemed re
luctant to do anything more than to
dispatch warships for the protection
of the international settlement.
The mayor of Shanghai had yielded
to the Japanese demands, but new de
mands were put forward and imme
diately thereafter the Japanese ma
rines were landed and proceeded to
) seize Chapei, the Chinese quarter. As
they swept through the district they
encountered the desperate resistance
of several thousands Chinese troops,
whreupon planes were brought into
action and Chapei was thoroughly
bombed. Conflagrations nearly de
stroyed the densely populated quarter
and the fatalities were undoubtedly
heavy. The bloody battle continued for
hours and at one time the Chinese de
fenders had recaptured the important
north railroad station. The Japanese
had previously made their way across
the Whangpoo river to Pootung, site
of big Japanese cotton mills, and evi
dently intended to advance further
into Chinese territory. Also they had
shelled and occupied Woosung, the
fort at the mouth of the Whangpoo.
Their warships at the same time had
gone up the Yangtse and three cruisers
were lying off Nanking ready to sh^ll
that capital city. The Chinese Na
tionalist government was busily
mobilizing all its strength and calling
on the League of Nations for help.
Chiang Kai-shek, former president",
was made premier and apparently was
virtually the dictator.
WHAT course the United States
government would fonow was un
certain, but the stiffening of its policy i
toward Japanese encroachments was
indicated by the sending of four more
warships to Chinese waters from Ma
nila. They were destroyers and their
presence was requested by Rear Ad
miral Y. S. Williams, commander of j
the Yangtse patrol.
Secretary Stimson cable tir Tokyo j
asking the Intentions of" Japan and
received what was called a reassuring
reply, but it was stated in Washing
ton that President Hoover was pro- (
ceeding on the theory that Japan
would be violating International law
If she landed troops on Chinese soil ?
for any purpose but the protection of
Japanese Nationals and their property. |
Russia came into the picture again I
when Japan asked permission to use i
the Chinese Eastern railway In Man
churia to transport troops to Harbin. 1
where Chinese soldiers were maraud- i
In- Russia flatly refused the request. 1
stating It intended to observe neu- i
trnl.lty. ,
WHEN the league council had i
heard both Pr. W. W Ten and I
Naotnke Sato, the Japanese delegates
Joseph Paul-Boncoor. who replaced
Brland as chairman, warned Japan to
go easy at Shanghai. He admitted J
that the aitnntion was grave, fen no
onlv relies on thd nine power treaty and j
the Kellogg pact, but he also
Invoke Article XV of the league
covenant, which Is followed by
Article XVI. and the latter Is the one i
that provides for sanctions against na
tions that resort to war. furthermore,
-war" might well he made to cover
such operations ss those of 'he -Jap- J
anese against .be so-celled Chinese
bandits. Some of the nations In the
league are mighty timid In the matter
of sanctions. Yen in his talk took n
stronger position than the Chinese
have previously taken before the coun
cil and his characterization of the acts
of Japan was forcible and uncom
promising. He complained, too. about 1
the slowness in the formation of the
league's commission of inquiry and in ,
its getting to Manchuria, where it will
not arrive until April.
ONE notable result of the whole
Manchurian affair is the., an
nounced determination of Sir ? Eric
Drummond to relinquish, early next
year, his position as ^ |
general or ,
the League of Na- |
tions. He has held?|
that office since the.
days of the peace
conference and has
been a most Impor
tant figure In the or
ganization. Several
governments sharply
criticize^ the secre
tariat because of the
extreme position
taken by the league
at the beginning of
the Manchurian embrbglio, and some
diplomats accused Sir Eric of trying
to force the powers into committing
themselves^to action in defense of the
covenant which might have led to war
with Jnpa/r.
Sir Eric was evidently* disgusted
with" what he considered the weak
action of the league council, especial
ly at the Paris session, and felt that
the league bad suffered great loss of
prestige.
SEVERE loss was sustained by both
the business and the sporting
world in the death of William Wrig
ley, Jr.. which occurred at his winter
home in Phoenix, Ariz. The Chicago
capitalist, known universally as the
magnate of chewing gum and the own
er of the Chicago Cubs of the Nation
al Baseball league, had many other
and vast interests, including banks,
mines, real estate projects and the
moving picture industry. Born In
Germantown, Pa., 70 years ago, he
ran away at the age of eleven and
started business in New York as a
newsboy. In 1891 he went to Chicago
and formed his own company, which'
soon began the manufacture of chew
ing gum and was vastly successful.
All his varied enterprises resulted
in bringing Mr. Wrigley a great for
tune. Estimates by. his associates
ranged anywhere from $30,000,000 to
$100,000,000. He was the majority
stockholder in the $63,000,000 William
Wrigley Jr. company, whose earnings
in 1930 exceeded $12,000,000.
WHATEVER may be the final out
come, Lieut. Thomas II. Massie
of the American navy, his mother-in
law, Mrs. Granville Fortescue, and E.
J. Lord and Albert O.
Jones,k will not have
to pay the death pen
alty for the killing of
Joseph Kahahawai In
Honolulu, SLspected
attacker of Mrs. Mas
ale. The four defend
ants In the sensation
al case were indicted
by the grand Jury In
Honolulu, but the
charge is second de
gree murder, the pen
alty for which is 20
years to life Iraprls
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A transcript Of proceedings of tha
?rand Jury indicated that bp<Jyt at
tempted to make.a.report earlier and
hat Circuit Judge Cristy refused It.
The transcript revealed he pleaded
ivith them to "lay aside raefe -preju
iice," to consider crimes as defined
>y statutes, not as defined by Individ
uals.
Cristy repeatedly told the grand
Inrors that whether the accused four
minished for killing *'"* '
la.i a question for the trial
lury to decide. The defense attacked
he indictment .on, the ground that
iie .grand Jyry, was coerced by the
lu4se-.^;.o
CUlkk'M financial affairs were aired
heftrfe the senate finance commlt
ee and It was revealed that a son-in
aw of President Machado had a part
n a loan of f.WOrtO.OOO mfcde by the
?hase National hank to that country.
Carl .7 Schmidlapp. a vice president
if the bank, said *.V)0.000 had gone to
rose Obregon as an official of the
?hase company's Cuban branch for
llatributloo to the banka that took
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part In the loans. He said the rein- I
tlvt of the Cuban president had only I
n minor part in negotiating the loan i
and denied he was employed for that !
purpose.
Herbert D. Brown, chief of the !
United States bureau of efficiency, tes J
tiffed that a report he had made of
conditions in Panama bad bee 1
changed by officials of the National
City bank. He said his report had
pointed out a way by which the conn
try could- avoid borrowing, but that
the bank went ahead and loaned it
$4,000,000.
LXOEY LONG of Louisiana finally
1 * abandoned the governor's chair
and went to Washington with his pink
pajamas and took the oath of senator.
Correspondents and visitors to the
National Capital anticipate that hi*
' presence in tlie upper chamber will
provide many Interesting incidents.
Before being sworn in Senator Long
fold Interviewers that the Democratic
party was sure to lose if It nominat
ed Franklin Roosevelt for President,
but could not be beaten If Its choice
was either Pat Harrison. Robinson or
Garner. His fourth choice, he said,
was A1 Smith, He asserted that pro- j
hibition is not a party Issue and J
shotold have no place in a platform.
Rear admiral mofeett, ciiRi j
.of the naval bureau of aeronau
tics,, told the bouse naval committee I
tnat the airship Akron was far supt- '
j rior to any other airship ever built;
and immediately 'afterward E. C. Da- I
vldson, general secretary of the Inter- I
national Association of Machinists, re- I
lated to the committee the story of how ]
un investigation of the materials used I
in the Akron which two men charged !
were faulty led to the dismissal of j
the men by the Goodyear company.
Many defects were left in the airship,
according to the two men, 11. C. Mc
Donald, an inspector, and W. B. Un
derwood, a workman.
TWICE In two days the advocates
of a large navy were badly Jolted.
First the house naval committee
agreed to shelve the Vinson ten-year
warship authorization bill, though giv
ing the measure its approval. Then
the naval committee of the senate in
definitely postponed action on the Hale
bill authorizing all warships needed
to bring the navy up to the tonnage
limits allowed by the London treaty.
CHARLES G. DAWES, president of
the Reconstruction Finance corpo
ration, and Eugene Meyer, chairman
of the board, were busy getting ready
to start the machinery
of the huge concern,
and the senate com
mittee on banking had
before it- the names
of two Democrats ap
pointed members .of
the board by Presi
dent Hoover. They
were Harvey C.
Couch of Arkansas
and Jesse H. Jones
of Texas.
Final approval of
the $500,000,000 treas
ury investment In tne reconstruction ;
corporation was given in both !
branches of congress to a report re- j
conciling the different profusions of.
the senate and house.
Both political parties were support
ing the next Item on the President's I
program, which was to give aid to
depositors In closed banks through !
a corporation to make loans on sound j
but 'nnliquid assets in those Institu
tions. Two nbills were under cons id ;
era Hon, ohe drafted by Republicans
and providing merely for the es'.ilih- j
lishment of this corporation, and tlie
other introduced by Senator Glass di- '
rected mainly at overhauling the ?
country's banking system.
WHAT was denominated a Cora- j
munist -uprising troubled the gov- '
ernment of Salvador, but martial law
was pr< -' timed and the revolt, was i
qtjickly. suppressed.
On the other side of the world, in
Kashmir, thousands of Moslems wer?* j
reported to be looting and burning the
homes of Hindus, and the maharajuh i
appealed to the British for help.
Disturbances continued in Spain, i
where the government was confronted
with an attempt to set up a proletarian i
dictatorship. The decree disbanding
the Jesuits of Spain was put Into offert 1
and the property of the order confis
cated.
DARTMOOR penitentiary, the hi*
toric English prison near I'ly
mouth, was the scene of a wolfrit mu
tiny in which more than .'ytfrWinvirr*
fought desperately all nn? day wit!,
the guards and police. The rioters,
who were enraged because no sug; r
was served with their porridge, horned
the principal buildings before tbe.v ,
were subdued. There were no fatali
ties, but 95 of the prisoners were
wounded.
FIFTTY-SIX men perished when tin
British submarine M-2 went down
near Portland and failed to rome t?p I
again. It was reported that the vc* '
sel exploded.
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Dr. W. W. Yen
' -Sir Eric
Drummond
Mrs. Granville
Fortescue
Eugene Meyer
Another Santa Maria Is Coming to America
/"V NCE more the Santa Maria is coming across the Atlantic to the'New world.
^ Tlie caravel here pictured, a replica of the one In which Christopher
Columbns sailed, was built as a feature of the Seville exposition. Now it has
been equipped and with Don Julio Guillen, shown herewith, as -aptafn, it will
follow Columbus' route, touch I ng? every port at which the (treat discoverer
stopped on his first voyage to America. \ .
OUR BEDTIME STORY
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
PETER IS IN DESPAIR1
"^JEVER lind Peter Rabbit felt great
er despair In his heart than when
he found who was following his tracks
through the Clreon Forest. He didn't
know where to go or' what to do. If
only it were anyone but Shadow the
Weasel! From Reddy Fox or Old Man
Coyote or I loot y the Owl he could find
safety in a bramble-tangle or a hollow
log. But there was nowhere that he
could go that Shadow the Weasel
could not follow. When the ground
was not frozen he had fooled Shadow
by running in wet places where the
After a Little He Saw a SJim White
Form Go Bounding Past.
ground v^as swampy and the water
destroyed his scent, but now these
places were frozen hard. Kven the
Laughing i J rook was frozen ever.
"Oh, dear!" sobbed I'eter. "Hell
got me this ti^no. He surely will, I
might Just as well give up r:iht now.
It isn't the least u<p in the world to
run. He can run as long as 1 can.
I can't move without leaving tracks.
Oh, how I hate this snow:"
I'eter said this last in a very hitter
tone, quite forgot ting that It was the
snow which had given him warning.
If he IkhI stopped to think a minute
he would have remembered thai Shad
ow can follow tracks on bare ground
by menns of his wonderful nose quite
as easily as he could follow those
tracks In the snow, and that If there
had been no snow Peter wouldn't have
seen Shadow's own tracks, and so
would have been caught before be had
the least Idea that he was being fol
lowed.
Peter was too frightened to run and
he was too frightened to sit still. Any
way, that Is "the way he felt. Every
second that he sat there was bringing
Shadow nearer. With terrible fear in
his eyes Peter stared back ihe way
he had come. Then he made up his
mind. "He'll not catch me wi'hout as
long a run as I can give him." mut
tered Peter, and made a long Jump
sideways. Then away he went through
the Green Forest, lipperty-lipperty
Hp. lipperty-lipperty-llp, as fast as he
could go. Never had he made longer
jumps. Every little while he made a
Hying Jump to one side, sometimes to
the right and sometimes to the left.
This was to make Shadow stop and
hunt for his tracks. Once, after a long
run straight nwav, he turned and hur
ried back in the direction from which
he had Just come, not In his own tracks,
of course, but off to one side. Then he
hid under a snow-covercd bush and
watched. Ills heart thumped dread
fully as he squatted#there watching.
After 11 little he saw a slim white form
go bounding past. It was Shadow!
lie hadn't given up the chase.
Peter waited only until Shadow was
out of sight, and then with ? little
hopeless sob he started on again. He
had seen that Shadow was running
easily, quite as if he enjoyed the
chase. Peter lilmself was beginning
to grow tired and to get out of breath.
He thought of the dear Old Briar
Patch. He couldn't go then*, for Mrs.
Peter was there. How he did wish
he had heeded her and not come over
to the Green Forest!" But It was too
late for regrets. There was nothing
?to do but keep on running. So Peter
ran. ljpperty-lipperty-llp. llpperty-lip
perty-lip. but his Jumps were shorter
now. And somewhere behind him he
knew that Shadow was drawing nearer
and nearer, running with long bounds
that didn't seem to tire him at ail.
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DISHES FROM WHEY""
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IN Till: early days of our country
* when milk was not as plentiful as
It Is today, whey was used for
drinks, added to bread, and used by
the beauty specialists a* a skin whit
en? r. All these accomplishments are
still available. If you have the whey.
Whey may be prepared from corn
mercial rennet or junket, or Ir may b?
obtuined from the natural souring of
mlllc. Whey Is the water left when
the curds of mflk are formed. It has
much nutriment in lt^-*alts, mineral
matters and sugar. In many hos
pitals, babies who cannot take milk
will grow and flourish on whey when
properly prepared.
Try a few of these whey dishes,
they will be enjoyed:
Whey Pie.
Take two-thirds of a cupful of
sugar, three tablespoon ful$ of corn
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starch, one cupful of whey, one lemon
and grated rind, a bit of salt, one ta
blespoonful of melted butter and two
well beaten eggs. Mix and bake as a
custard In one crust. Or cook and
pour Into a baked shell, uslug the egg
whites for a meringue.
Whey Sherbet.
Take one quart of whey, the Juice
of one lemon, one tablespoonful of
Kelp tin dissolved in one-fourth of a
cupful of cold water, one and one
fourth cupfuTs of sugar, one cupful of
crushed pineapple or cherries, berries
or orange juice. Mix and freeze as
usual, adding the fruit when the mix
ture Is partly frozen.
When used in bread making, instead
of water or rnllk, scald it always to
insure the bread from souring.
Whey should be scalded if kept for
a day or two. then it may be served
in apy way desired.
>? Vtrttey Salad Dressing.
Take one cupful of whey, one-fourth
cupful of vinegnr, one-half teaspoonful
of salt, two tablespoonfuls of melted
butter, one-eighth teaspoonful of tur
meric, three tablespoon fills of flour,
one-fourth cupful of sugar, and a dash
of cayenne. Heat the whey, add the
dry ingredients well mixed, then add
the butter and cook until smooth. A
lilt of mustard may be added If desired
und one egg substituted for the flour.
(ft. 1932. Western N'ewiMMr Union.)
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Norway Captain
This Is T. M. E. Srnith-Kieland, cap
tain of the Norwegian ski i team ttiat
has gome over to participate In the
winter Olympic games at Late- Placid.
N. Y. He Is froai Oslo and also rep
resents the Norwegian Olympic com
mittee.
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I KITTY McKAY I
By Nina Wilcox Putnam *
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The girl-friend says the doctor told
her not to eat too much on her vaca
tion and she guesses the landlady
where she went must have heard him.
(?. Bell Syndicate.)~WNl? Service.
t THEY CALL IT ::
f VIRTUE
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? By DOUGLAS MALLOCH ??
TllKY call It virtue?to set teeth.
Square shoulders, wear a smile,
When grief is gnawing underneath.
Some sorrow all the while.
They call It virtue?not to speak.
Ask comfort, or complain,
Yes, even when,the heart grows weak
With weariness or pain.
They call it virtue?yet I doubt
If we need doubt so much
The brotherhood of those about
We must not tell or touch.
They call it virtue?thus to bear
Our burdens all alone.
Ami yet 1 doubt if none would care.
If other hearts are stone.
They call I? \iriue?yet I know
The world ia much more kind,
Is quick its fellowship to show
To burdened heart or mind.
They call it virtue?it may be
A selfishness, a sin.
To doubt all human sympathy,
And hide the hurt within.
(fj. Douglas Malloch.)?WMtJ 8?rvie?.
"The man who wanted to die in har
ness," eays morbid Martha, "now has
a son who is something of a donkey."
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Champion of "the Younger Set"
If VOU think that there is no flaming youth among feline aristocracy, Just
take a peek at Dresden Cotton Tom, aged four months, who was Judged the
best kitten In the Atlantic cat club show at the Hotel McAlpln. New York.
Tom Is white, yellow-eyed and friendly. He Is owned by Elsie Bailey.