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The Alamance gleaner ? * VOL. LVIII. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY MARCH 3, 1932. NO. 4. News Review of Current Events the World Over . . -.11 r ? ? * Washington Bicentennial Opened by President Hoover? Stimson's Stern Warning to Japan?Chinese t' Pushed Back in Terrific Battle. By EDWARD W. PICKARD EVEHY city, town nnd hamlet In the United States nnd most of the oap Itals of the world paid tribute to the character and achievements of George Washington on Mon uav, nit) i?u iiuu dredth anniversary of bit birth. Tbe cele brations* fostered by Congressman So! Bloom's commission, will continue in this country through most of the year in one form or anotlier. Of ficially. the bicenten nial doings we r e opened in Washing ton when President Hoover delivered an Preeldent Hoover address before a Joint session or con gress which was attended by all high officials of the gorernment, the mem bers of the Supreme court and the dip lomatic corps. Standing before the brilliant gather ing. Mr. Boover called en the Ameri can people to rededicate themselves to those principles befitting a free peo ple of whlib Washington was a living exponent "We have need again." he aald. "to bring forth the picture of the glories and the valor of l.exlngton and Concord and Bunker Hill, the suffering and fortitude of Valley Forge, the vic tory of Yorktown. We have need to revive the meaning and the sheer mor al courage of the Declaration of Inde pendence. the struggles of the conti nental congress, the forming of the Constitution." No part of these great events, the President reminded those who packed the galleries, "can be separated from the name and the dominant leadership of George Washington." There were many other ceremonies in and near Washington. The Presi dent laid a wreath on Washington's tomb at Mount Vernon; the Richmond Light Infantry Blues and tba Rich mond Grays marched In a colorful pa rade through Alexandria ; the National Education association in convention were addressed by Mr. Hoover j and in the evening there was a grand co lonial ball In Washington and a "birth night ball" at Gadsby's tavern In Alex andria duplicating as far as possible the last blrthntght ball Washington attended there. In 1708. THROUGH the medium of a letter to Senator Borah, Secretary of State Stlmson served notice on Japan and the world at large that the United States still stands by the open door policy enunciated by John Hay In 1890. recognised by the Washington confer ence of 1921-22 and Implicit In the nine-power treaty and other agree ments concerning the Pacific. These pacts he declared to be interdepend ent. and the maintenance of the In tegrity of China necessary for the wel fare not only of China but of the whole world, la effect Mr. Stlmson's state ment Is a threat by the administration flint the United Statee will abrogate the Washington treaty limiting the capital ship strength of the naval pow ers and restricting American defenses In the western Pacific If Japan per sists In disregarding the nine-power treaty guaranteeing the territorial In tegrity of China. He said if the Pa cific treaties had been faithfully ob served such a situation as now exists could not have arisen. COACHED by skilful German sol diers. the Chinese troops In the Shanghai battle area successfully with stood a terrific attack by the Japnnese that lasted three days and cost uncounted lives. The Invaders shelled the positions held by the Chinese along the line to the TVoosung forts almost continuously and re peated attempts to ad vsnce the Infantry were made, bnt at the close of the oper ations the Chinese, badly battered, were sHIl there. Two days T. V. Soeng Inter the Japanese airmen made a fu rloua attack on $langwan, showering down huge bomb* on the defender*: and then the troop* aa.iln attempted to rush the Chines* positions, without any success. Reinforcements were called for and the Tokyo govern men", which had Just won a ylctory In the elections, decided te send two root* army division*, and s full general to snperseds Lieut Gen. Krnklchl Oysdn. The Chine** government secour dfUnrlaed to r**Ut te the last, was hurrying more troops to Shanghai and the energelli T. V. - Soong was making mnrke<] progress In bis great task of raising money to keep up the tight. I-arge contribu tions were received not bnly from all parts of China but from Chinese In many other lands. As the week neared the close the Japanese, enraged by the resist ance they bad met. launched a new offensive that was reported to be driv ing the Chinese back In disorder. Tills was the bloodiest battle so far In the Shanghai conflict. Japanese plane* dropped cans of gasoline on Klangwnn and Mlaohungchen, bombs Ignited the explosive and conflagrations resulted. JAPAN'S reply to the latest admoni tion of the League of Nations coun cil was received in Geneva and was found to be a stiffly worded and re sentful retort. The Japanese govern ment. It said, could not understand why the appeal of the twelve powers was made to Japan, Instead of to China, the real aggressor. The league pact. It added, docs not exclude self defense, Dor does It leave China free to attack everybody lu sight. Tokyo told the league that Its observations are "obscure" and "superfluous," for Japan entertalna no territorial or po litical ambitions In China. Japan, said the note, cannot consider China as nn "organized people" In the sense used by the league covenant, and declares It Is Impossible to treat the chaos In China as If It were order. Altogether, the reply from Tokyo was little less than a slap In tbe face for the leagne council. ONE seeming result of the war In the Orient was the approval by the senate aaval affairs committee of the Hale hill authorizing the expendi ture of $775,000,000 for the building of nur navy up to tonnage parity with Great Britain and to the treaty ratio with Japan. Heverslug Its attitude of several weeks ago, the committee voted unanimously to report tbe measure to the senate with a recommendation that It be passed at once. A similar bill ts still stack In the house naval affairs committee. BEFORE getting too far away from China, tbe latest developments In Uancburla must be recorded. With the assistance of friendly Chinese, In nlrdlnrv fonnro 1 Mo wbo formerly fought them, the Japanese have carried out their plaD to make Man churia a state Inde pendent of China. They created a new state of Ankuo?which means "land of peace" ?and It was an nounced that it would be ruled by Henry Pu ll, the young man who for a time was ?pa mm H?nry Pu-YI the ?'boy emperor? or Ulna, unang chuo was selected is the capital o( Ankuo and public buildings there were being prepared for Henry's Installa tion which was set for March 1. It was believed he would he declared president or dictator for life. Of course the government of Ankuo will be quite subservient to Japan. This new state will not be permit ted to exist unchallenged, however. Al ready rebellious forces have been col lected and are reported to be mov ing against Hst Hsla. governor of Klrln province, and one of the lead ers who organized Ankuo. Their at tack was directed primarily at Imlem po. 00 miles from Harbin. FRANCE'8 new premier Is Andre Tardleu, and bis ministry and pol icies have been promptly given a vote of confidence by parliament Tardleu will make no change In the French disarmament and reparations policies, he told the deputies. The government, he said, will participate In negotiations with a view to adjusting the repara tions schedule, but It will not permit repudiation of existing agreements. In the field of disarmament the new ministry agrees with the last that se curity Is a prerequisite to reduction of arms. One change made by Tardleu. bow ever, was the subject of hot debate He has united the army, navy and avia tion ministries Into a single ministry of defense, the portfolio being given to Francois Pletrl. The premier de fended the plao warmly, pointing out lhat the unified ministry gave France ? tremendous advantage over other countries io discussing soy scheme of ? - ? ? ? ? ? -tr " r- * disarmament and would enable the na tion to make drastic cuts, both budgetary and direct. In certain branches of armament withuut sacrl Being defensive strength. GOV. WILLIAM II. MURRAY of Oklahoma is now a full-fledged candidate for the Democratic Presi dential nomination. Calling the news pnper men to tlie ex ecutive mnnsion in Oklahoma City, "Al falfa Hill** handed out a statement to that effect. In It he de clared he would "make no trades, form no combination nor com promise on any prin ciple" for delegates or for the nomination. "If successful my hands will he free of baneful Influences," Gov. Murray ne said '"I reel reasoiiani.v cerraiu^ of the election tf nominated." Thereupon this speetnculnr. gcntle man departed for Indiana where he made a nnmlier of adilresses calculat ed to further Ids ambition. Senator liurion l?. Wheeler of Mon tana wrote to Governor Murray ask ing his opinion of the senator's bill to establish a bimetallic currency, ami the governor's reply shows he think* as did William Jennings I'.rvan. SPEAKER GARNER'S plan for an economy conimittee to survey the possibilities of a reorganization of the government and reduction ef fed eral expenditures was accepted by the house, the resolution being adopted by a surprisingly large bipartisan majority. The committee, which Is to report by April 15, was named and be gan Its work by asking President Hoover for his detailed views on re organization and economies. Drafting of the revenue bill Increas ing taxes to meet the deficit was start ed by the honse ways and means com mittee. The measure will Include a manufactures sales tax that Is expect ed to bring In $600,000,000. Secretory of the Treasury Mills told the com mittee that be didn't wholly approve of this feature but that the treasury would prepare a workable plan for assessment and collection of such an Impost. It Is proposed to aroly the lax at the point of final processing before the article goes to the whole saler. The same tax Is to he levied on Imported articles in addition to the tariff. Representative Beck of Pennsyl vania made an eloquent appeal to the honse to refuse the appropriation of $11,309,500 asked by tha appropria tion committee for the enforcement of prohibition during the fiscal year 1933. The honse applauded him gen erously and then voted to sustain the appropriation. EAMON DE VAI.ERA'S Hanna fail party won the election* In Ire land and he Is almost certain to be the next president of the Free State. With seven districts yet to rlect, lie and his labor allies hare 77 seats in the new dnll elrann, to 08 for the government party and Its Independent supporters, president Cosgrnve said he and his party had decided te go Into opposition and not to seek any alliance to keep the flanna fall out of power. The Irish Labor I Eamon de Valera party, according to ita leader, Thom as Johnson, will go along with De Va lera In big program of economic re construction, but it stands by the treaty with England, and If I>e Vnlera trleg to abrogate this, the En bo rites will turn his party out of office. They ran do this, holding the balance of power. TQKEE candidates will oppose Paul ron Blndenburg for the presidency of Germany. The nomination of Adolf Hitler, leader of the Fascists or Na tional Socialists, was formally made, as was that of Theodore Dneeterberg. head of the steel helmet organisation, be being the Nationalist candidate. The Communist nominee Is Ernst Thaelmann. The entry of Puesterberg and Hitler Indicated that their attempt to nnlte on a candidate to run against Von Hlndenhnry had broken down. Hitler's headquarter* recently had de nied he was seeking the presidency. Governor booskvei.t of new Vork took the bull hy the horns defied Tammany and nested from of flee Sheriff Thomas D. Farley of Ne.v Vork city. The governor said he was not satisfied with Farley's explanation of his Income as reveated by the leg Islatire Investigation committee. Farley has said he would give his support to Itoosevett'a candidacy for the Presidential nomination, regard less of what action the governor might take In his case. Politicians did not agree on the possible eTect of the gov ernor's action. till- Wasters Nssiwtr UI3S-1 Battling With Eggs and Vegetables * . \\J HEN the sophomores and freshmen of Liverpool university put on their ' annual battle their ammunition includes eggs, tomatoes, oranges and even flour. Above Is a view of the desperate conflict at the peak of the excitement. I King Snake Kills Tropical Rattler BROOKLYN Museum's Brazil expedition staged an international reptile bat tle at Marajo, largest of the Amazon delta islands, and one of the pictures taken by Kmerson Smith, the expedition's camera man, is shown above. A common American king snake was taken to Brazil and pitted against a trop ical rattler, which he killed and swallowed. Having bent the rattler's neck back upon itself, the king snake (foreground) is here administering a con j strictive coup de grace to its strangling antagonist. While the victorious I king snake Is harmless to man, the vanquished tropical rattler is the dead 1 liest and most aggressive of the entire genus. A STORY FOR BEDTIME By THORNTON W. BURGESS v PETER'S HEART IS IN HIS MOUTH /~VF COCRSE not! And of course no one ever does really and truly have bis heart !? Ids mouth. But If you ever have been terribly frightened probably you hove felt as If your heart were In your month, or nt any rate In yonr throat. Peter Rabbit Is quite positive that his heart has Jumped quite Into his mouth more than onee. You couldn't make hlra believe any thing else. He would tell you that It Is bis heart and he ought to know, If anybody does, where his heart Is and what It" does. You see, Peter Is like a very great many people?set in Ills opinions. So It would be quite useless to tell him that his heart wasn't really In his mouth that night when he stole from tlie brush heap to the old stump and then to the young hemlock tree again right in plain sight of Ilooty the Owl had Ilooty but turned his head at the right time. He Is positive It was. Ilooty sat on the top of his watch tower, which, as yon know, was a tall dead tree. So still he sat and so straight that he looked in the moon light like part of the tree Itself. His great yellow eyes were fixed on the little hole In an'old log Into which he had chased Shadow the Weasel. He ! was waiting for Shadow to come out. : Once in a while he turned his head | without moving his body at all until ! he could look straight behind him. j Then it seemed as if his head had I been put on his shoulders hindslde before. He would look behind him this wny for on Instant Just to make sure that there was no one moving there. Then his head would snap ?4*. .?!Hh'UH?V* - Hit Great Yellow Eye? Were Fixed on the Little Hole in an Old Log Into Which He Had Chased Shadow the Weasel. irosod Imi '.x In ? II tab, ipd he would once more fix Ids great, fierce, hungry looking eyes on the old log in which Shadow had found safety. Peter waited until llooty had looked hack this way and then the very In stant Hooty's head flew around so that ho could watch for Shadow, Peter started across for the old stump. He hurried. Oh, yes, indeed, he hurried I Hut he took the greatest care not to make a sound. It was then, he says, that his heart was In his mouth. If it wasn't there he doesn't know where it was, for lie is very sure it wasn't where it ought always to be. When he reached the old stump be slipped around to the other side and squatted down close to It. Then be took a long breath, for you know he had held his breath all the way across that open place. "So far, so good," thought Peter. "Hooty can't see me behind tlds stump. Now, if I can reach that little hemlock tree, I guess III be safe from him." He peeped around the old stnmp to watcli Hooty. He saw Hooty look be hind him and then, satisfied that there was no one In sight, turn back to watch for Shadow. Once more hold ing his breath Peter started for the little hemlock tree. Just as he slipped under it lie stepped on a dry stick sticking above the snow and it broke with a tiny snap. It was a very little sound, hut Instantly Hooty's head flew around and Peter could Just feel those great fierce eyes glaring at the little hemlock tree. This time he thought that his heart would Jump right out of his mouth. "But Peter was quite under the spreading branches of the little hemlock tree w hen he had so carelessly stepped on that little dry twig, and Ilooty couldn't see him. For a minute tie stared very hard, but only for a minute. You see, he didn't dare keep his head turned longer for fear that Shadow would slip out of that old log - and get away Such a sigh of relief as Peter did give then! He was safe now from Hooty, for the little hemlock tree was tall enough so that Hooty could not see beyond it. * "I wish I could get away from Shadow as easily," thought Peter as he hurried away through the C. reen Forest," lipperty-llpperty-llp. "But Just ns soon as he gets away from Hooty he will follow my tracks. Oh. dear! What shall I do next?" 11? tiv J. O. Lloyd.)?WNU Servlc*. ?aacp m u +r r -. I "A chap who propose* trial mar riage/' says Reno Ritzl, "just wants ? girl to lend him a hand." (?. 19S2. B?ll Syndicate ) ?WNU Service FOUR GOOD THINGS GOOD dressing for a fnt chicken Prune Dressing. Soak one cupful of prunes over night, drain, stone and chop. Add one cupful of chopped tart apples, one fourth teaspoonful of nutmeg, one eighth teaspoonful of salt, a dash of cayenne and one' cupful of bread emmbs; mix well and add two table spoonfuls of melted butter and stuff tbe fowl. Cranberry 8herbet. Wash and cook two cupfuls of cranberries In water to- cover. When soft force through a potato rleer and add two cupfuls of sugar, mix well and add three tablespoonfuls of lAnon Juice, a pinch of salt and a pint of rich milk. Freeze aa usual. 8calloped Ham and Potatoes. Take one and one-half pounds of ham cut Into convenient sized pieces, four cupfuls of sliced raw potatoes and a pint of well-seasoned white sauce, flare a layer of potatoes In the bottom of a well greased casserole, using one-third of them, rover with a few slices of onion and one-half of the ham; season with salt and pep per, repeat with the same and hare a layer of potatoes on top. Cover all with tbe white sauce and cover the casserole; bake until all are w ell done. Green Pepper and Corn Scallop. Take two tablespoonfuls of sugar, one teaspoonful of salt, one-eighth tea spoonful of pepper, one-half cupful of milk, one chopped green pepper, one chopped red plmlento and two cupfuls of fresb or canned corn. Fill a but tered casserole one-third full of the mixture, add one-fourth cupful of fresh bread crumbs buttered, then another layer of corn and peppers and cover with buttered crumbs. Bake until well done. <& lilt Wwtsra Ktwscsosr Unlaw) ' I THE THINGS i . EACH DAY ? ' By DOUGLAS MALLOCH L npHK little tilings we do each day To help to smooth another's way Have never brought us any fame, Or any fortune, If It came. The little things, that only take A minute, for another's sake, Our kindnesses, too small amount To really take Into account. Our fame Is much more hardly won With greater deeds that we have done, Our fortune roust he measured by Gigantic figures, written high. The little things we don't put down To be remembered by the town, The little things, so small, so plain. Are done without n thought of gain. And then some day, our record writ, St. Peter lets us look at it. And there we find, beneuth our name, So word of fortune or of fame. We find Instead, to mount the skies And pass the gates of Paradise, Requires a record, strange to soy, Of little things we did each day. I?. 1512. Douiflan Ualloch.) ?UNO Servlc* Winner in Motional Yard and Garden Contest | GMItST prise in class 1 of ihe 1!i3J Xnlionnl Yard and Garden contest. It has Just been announced, has been award " ed to .Mrs. Charles A. Emery of Pomona, Calif, In this class all the worlt mnst have been done by the family. Mrs. Emery, whose husband Is a police sergeant, did practically all the planting and henutificatlon with her own hands, though her three children, who live In the garden most of the tim*\ gave her considerable help and Mr. Emery assisted In the heavy work. Our illustration shows the back yard n.id. Inset. Mrs. Emery and her chil dren. The Emery garden took first place among the west coast entries be fore winning the national prize.
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