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-mm The Alamance gleaner ! VOL. LVIII. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY MARCH 31, 1932. NO. 8. News Review of Current Events the World Over Tornadoes Kill Hundreds in Southern States?An Insur gent House Killed the Manufacturers' Sales Tax Provision of the Tax Bill By EDWARD W. PICKARD OPRING tornadoes that swept across ^ five southern states took a toll of more than three hundred lives and caused property damage that will not ; be estimated for a long time. Other hundreds of persons were injured and a great many were rendered homeless. Alabama was the worst suJTerer. the deaths In that state reaching a total of at least 246. Thirty-five were killed In peorgin, eighteen in Tennessee and two each in South Carolina and Ken tucky. As communications were brok en down over wide areas the lists may be enlarged later. To add to the dis tress a wave of unseasonably coltT weather came, and farmers ir. the re gious hardest hit faced the prospect of a planting season without imple ments live stock or shelter. *.he National Guard was called to the relief work In Alabama :tnd tents, cots and blankets were hurriedly dis tributed to the sufferers, while welfare agencies collected food and clothing. Gov. B. M. Miller formally called on the people of the state to contribute to the relief of those in the storm areas and the Red Cross, of course, was on the Job promptly. AN INSURGENT house killed the $000,000,000 general manufacturers' sales tax provisions of the billion dolJar tax bill In one of the most spectac ular sessions In years, j It marked tlie revolt I of both Democrats ! and Republicans from party leadership. The sales tax sec ; tlon was knocked out of the bill by a vote of 223 to 153. Wild cheering by the antl ' sales tax forces greet ed the announcement. Having adopted Rep. La Guar- amendments boosting .* (jja the individual income and estate taxes and having restored "double taxation" on companies with plants abroad?all estimated to yield around $100,000, 000 in revenue in 1933?the house im mediately took steps to raise the $500, 000,000 necessary to fill the hole in the bill caused by killing of the sales tax. In throwing out the sales tax sec tion, the house under lash of insurg ent Republicans and Democrats, led by Representative La Guardia (Rep.) of New York, and Representative Doughton (Dem.) of North Carolina, bowled over the regular leaders of both parties and overturned the pro gram of its ways and means commit tee. As a result of the action of the house in wrecking the tax bill, con gress probably will have to adjourn, over the Republican and Democratic national conventions in June, return ing in session to complete the legisla tive program. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic senate leader, said. Majority leader Henry T. Rainey (Dem., III.) said after adjournment: "The house has rejected the Demo cratic bill_ and now is compelled to turn to the Republican bill proposed by the treasury in order to balance the budget. It will be necessary to provide for more than $500,000,000 of revenue to take the place of the sales tax." OVKR on the senate side there had grown a group known as the "ten per centers" who. under the leadership of McKellar of Tennessee, undertook to do?things in the way of government economy. This group is already so large that It dominates the senate and on Tuesday tliut body by a vote of 50 to 29 sent back to the committee on appropriations the $124,000,000 state, jnstice. labor and commerce appropri ation bill for a mandatory cut of 10 per cent. Chairman Jones of the committee, who opposed the move, said he would take tlds as a mandate to make similar cuts in ail the sU|?plv hills. Senator McKellar thought it would result in a saving of at least $25,000,000 to the government. Ap propriations for Interest on the public debt or payments to war veterans, which together amounts to more than *1.000.000.000. alone are to be ex empted. TWO house committees, those on ap propriations and on economy, are taking great Interest in the movement to close np or curtail the activities of ?orpins ihore properties of the nuvy. Beven station* now are under con gressional fire. Whether they art doted or placed oo a lew expeaaivt basis depends largely upon the ques tion of whether the congressional de sire for economy Is stronger than Its desire to cling to Its pork barrel sta tions and yards. The properties under discussion In clude: The Boston navy yard, the Charleston navy yard, the 1'ortsmoutb (N. H.) navy yard, the naval stations at Key West and New Orleans, the am munition depot at Baldwin. L. t, aud the Newport naval training station. MAYOR FRANK MURPHY, of De troit, announced last Thursday his plans to have the city of Detroit stop paying interest on the $400,000,000 debts owed by the city. The announce ment was made following a long tele phone conversation with Senator James Couzens, who was said to have ap proved the pJan. Representative royal & Johnson of South Dakota, a Re publican who used to be a dry, went to the White House the oilier day to discuss legislative matters with Pres ident Hoover, and In me course 01 ineir conversation he told the Chief Executive he believed the peo ple had a right to an other vote'on the pro hibition question. 1-eavlng the confer ence, Mr. Johnson said to the corre spondents that less than 25 per cent of the voters of the conn try had bad an oppor R. C. Johnson tunny vo register their views on the national wet and dry question. He said that census bureau officials had lold him that 20,000.000 Americans had reached voting age since the Eight eenth amendment was adopted. "In addition.** Mr. Johnson said, "there are the 4.000,000 veterans of the World war who did not have a chance to vote on prohibition. The women never have had an opportunity to express their views through the bal lot. This Is a democracy and the peo ple of this country are entitled to a referendum on prohibition." HOPE for the safe return of Colonel 1 Lindbergh's kidnaped baby re vived with the entry into the case of H. Wallace Caldwell of Chicago, a real estate man and member of the board of edncatloa He made several hasty trips to Hopewell to confer with the colonel aDd, while refusing to make public his plans, told the press: "1 possessed such information as 1 be lieved would be of value, and 1 turned it over to the family. The situation Is extremely critical and I desire to give every possible assistance." Mr. Caldwell was believed to be acting for the "Secret Six," anti-crime group of Chicago, but this he would not admit He is a wealthy man and Is interested In crime solution In an amateur way. and was tbonght to have obtained his lnformatnoa con cerning the Lindbergh case by chance. JW. DULANTY. high commissioner ? for the Irish Free State In I-ondon, notified J. H. Thomas. British secre tary for the dominions, that Presi dent Eamon de Ya lera Intends to nbfll ish the oath of allegi ance to King George, which fa taken by members of the Irish parliament, believing the Irish people made this mandatory by their vote at the re cent election. Mr. Thomas told parlla 5 ment he had "grave _ .. , information" rrom President ~ . ... D? Valera ,he Fre? SU"- but did not present the details. Instead be went to Kurklng hutn palace and conferred with the king for fort; minutes and then Joined the cabinet which took, up the matter. Mr. Thomas then returned to the bouse of commons and announced that the government was determined that tbe F?ee State should not abolish the oatb of allegiance, and had sent word to Dublin making the British stand point "clear beyond the possibility of a doubt." He said the same stand was taken regarding tbe land annui ties. President De Valera bad declared he would also abolish the land annuities, which amount to about I10.130.ls*) and on which Ireland now owes the Brit ish government S380.000.u0o These annuities consist of money advanced by the British government to enable Irish farmers to buy holding^ ^rom landlords on a GO year purchase scheme. ADOLF HITLEH wasn't being given much chance in his utteinpt to win the German Presidency from Paul ?on Hlndenbtirg. He was refused the privilege of broadcasting his speeches, and then thirty Nazi newspapers and periodicals were prohibited from pub lishlng becnuse, 1t was alleged, they were endangering the republic by their attacks on the government. They had printed Hitler's proclamation denounc ing the raids made by the Prussian po lice on 160 Nazi offices. Political feel ing in Germany was running high and the course taken by the government was not winning it any more friends. PEACE prospects in the Orient grew brigiitcr during the week, though there was a chance there would be further lighting before uu agreement was reached by Japan and Cbina. Par leys were proceeding quite nicely when Gen. Chiang Kunng-niti. repre senting the Chinese government, walked out of the conference insulted because the Japanese representative was Gen. Kenkichi Uyedu, his Inferior in rank, instead of Gen. Voshinorl Shirakawa The Interruption was be lieved to be only temporary and the negotiators, including neutral foreign diplomats, continued hopeful. However, it was reported that the Japanese, Instead of preparing to with draw from the Shanghai area, were digging new trenches and erecting new barbed-wire entanglements, and there was complaint of the acts of their scouting planes. For their part, the Japanese accused the Chinese of try ing to advance into the zone of occu pation, and said they were prepared to take strong measures to prevent this. * The revolt in the new Manchurian state was growing daily In strength and there were many fights between Japanese troops and the Chinese whom they call bandits. The latter are un der command of Tsing Hal. war lord of Kirln province on the Soviet border who captured the city of Fu Yu. I THAT the power question will be a major Issue in the Presidential campaign is the substance of a dec laration signed by fifteen senators and twenty-two representatives, and they assert that the "power trust" is try ing to influence the selection of can didates. { ?. The statement, with the names of the signers, appeared on the frontis piece of a booklet issued by Judson King, director of the National Popular Government league, giving an analysis of the power stands of Presidential candidates. The signers Included Senators John son, Norris, Nye, Frailer, Brookhart, Cutting and Howell, Republicans; Walsh of Montana, Wheeler, McKel lar, Costlgan, Dill, Gore and Long. Democrats, and Shipstead, Farmer Labor. The analysis of the Presidential can didates, which was not included In the section endorsed by the legislators, described President Hoover as a "pow er-! rust President"; classed Governor Ritchie of Maryland and Newton D Baker as also on the "power trust" side, termed Alfred E. Smith as on middle ground and listed Speaker Gar ner and Franklin D. Roosevelt on the "public interest" side. IOWA's Republican convention elect ed twenty-five Hoover delegates to the national convention and pledged the support of the Republicans of the state to the President. Elsewhere In the Middle West the anti-Hoover Re publicans were more active. In Illi nois they were preparing to put up slates of candidate* for delegates who will oppose the candidacy of Mr. Hoo ver or of any man who is not in favor of repeal of the Eighteenth amend ment and of the reduction of cost of government so as to lower taxes. The leadership of this group, especially In Chicago, however. Is not of a char acter to enhance their chances of suc cess. Dispatches from Washington said U was learned there that the La Follettes were planning to en ter Seuator George W. Norris of Ne braska In the Wisconsin Republican primaries of April .5. THAT troublesome old question of American adherence to the World court Is up again before our senators. In a letter to the senate foreign re lations committee Secretary irf State Stlmson said he believes the revised protocol for American adherence "ful ly accepts" the senate's reservation against advisory Jurisdiction hy the conrt. When this was read to the commit tee by Chairman Borah there was a storm of debate, and It was decided to ask Mr. Stlmson to appear for ques tionlng. Senator Johnson of Call fomla. who Is one of the hottest op ponenta of the World court, suld Mr. Stlrason's statement was at variance with what he has said heretofore. (? list Wwtera >'?wsp*e?r laioa.) Ofi^5OOO^5H>^^OOO^CH>CH>O<H>OOO0O^OOOOOOOOOOOOOOCHCH>CH5OOOOOOOOOO<H>C^CHCH>OOO<H^H>OOO^5OW!H5<HIHC^O^5 I Where the Story of Transport Will Be Shown | CHKHKKH?0fiK>0000mXHK>?0<KW?t?WrKKHHKKKK?>C?HJ&aO?K}O0O?KKKKKKKK100?KKXH><H9O?HKKK> EMtOM the time that man first learned to tloat upon u hollow log and ride I ' * astride a horse's back until he learned to propel floating palaces thou- I51 sands of miles across the seas and hurl motor cars and airplanes four I'j miles a minute through space has been million of years. L But the whole story will be told in the compass of a few hours and a H hundred acres at Chicago's 11133 World's Fair?A Century of Progress. In Most of the theater for the travel and transport show of 11)33 has al- ? ready been built. It consists of the travel and transport building with its H "sky hung" dome and a mile si rip of shore along l^ike Michigan Dear th?- H heart of Chicago. H xouuy visitors gaze in wonder at itallrond Dome?a gargantuan struc ture rising 125 feet high and 200 feet across from Its 310-foot base. The dome of the Washington Capitol or of St. Peter's in Home could be comfortably tucked beneath Its hanging roof. Architects explain that the roof is suspend ed by steel cables hung from a circle of 12 steel towers and unchored on the exterior to slabs of concrete each as big as a house. It Is the first application to architecture of the suspension bridge principle. The dome "breathes" I Expansion Joints enable the roof to rise and fall, expand and contract as much as six feet in circumference with changes In temperature, wind velocity, rain and snowfall. Use of the suspension bridge principle has obviated the use of pillars, arches or other Interior supports and given Railroad Dome the largest unobstructed area ever enclosed beneath a roof. Here spectators will see Stephenson's Rocket, the first successful steam locomotive, which has been loaned to the exposition by the British government?nnd other historic engines and cars. East of the Travel and Transport building visitors will view a pageant of men and women from all lands and ages traveling and hauling goods in the principal ways of which history has knowledge. The procession will move by land, water and air. Ox team and log dugout will give place to stagecoach *nd sailing vessel, these In turn to primitive railroad train and steamship, these last to ultra-modern electric locomotive, speed boat, racing automobile, monoplane and dirigible?all to the accompaniment of music and drama. Special phases of railroad history will be shown in the dome and the south portion of Transportation Hall, 1.0U0 feet long and windowless, adjoining it. Marine exhibits will be shown in a section of a modern de-luxe ocean liner complete from B deck to captain's bridge. The north section nnd at least two separate exhibit buildings will be used to tell the story of motor transpor tation. In I he building which the General Motors company is erecting, one w ill see carried on the entire operation of assembling motor cars. CHILDREN'S EVENING STORY By THORNTON W. BURGESS DILLY MINK and l.lttle .loe Otter O do most of their fishing In the laughing Brook or the Smiling Pool and are content with rather small H*h, so long as there are plenty of thpin. Buster Bear Is another tishennan who does all his fishing in the Laughing Brook. This Is because Buster does not want to leave the Green Forest. His cousin, Bobby Coon. Is also quite content with what he can catch In the Laughing Brooks. Longlegs the Heron often lishes along the edge of the Big River, but he. too. Is content with minnows and pollywogs. But it Is not so with Plunger the Fish Hawk. No, Indeed. He wastes no time on the little fish of the Laugh ing Brook or the Smiling Pool. Once In a while he fishes In the Smiling Pool when his keen eyes discover a ' fish there which Is worth catching, | but most of his fishing is done In the Big River. Every day he and Mrs. j Plunger fly over to the Big River. One i goes up the Big Riygr and one goes ; down. To their broad wings miles are nothing, and so. high In the air j above the shining water, they swing : bock and forth from shore to shore for long distances, their wonderful ! eyes fixed on the wafer. Now, It Is a fact which perhaps you do not know that from high in the nlr, looking straight down Info the water, ! yon can see mnch fart tier below the 1 surface than you can when close to the water. So the keen eyes of Plun ger can look right down Into the Big River and see the fish swimming there. When he sees one near enough, to the top he closes his wings and drops like a shot, with his great claws spread ready to seize the fish. But he does not always succeed. Oh, my. no I Did you ever know a fisherman who al ways succeed? I never did. Plunger Is Just like all fishermen, missing his fish quite as often and perhaps often er than he catches one. And he Is like all Rood flselunen In another thing, the possession of patience. On this particular morning Plunger was having rio luck at all. Perhaps it was because he wasn't as patient ns usual. The truth is he was rather Impatient He wanted a flsh. a big fish, not for himself, but for Mrs. It* ^ Round and Round and Round, Swung Plunger, Never Once Taking Hie Eyes From That Fith Down Below. Plunger. Why didn't he leave It to Mr*. I'lunger to catch" her own break fa?!'' I'll tell you why. It was be cause Mrs. Plunger was very busy with household duties. There were three eggs in that nest over In the Green Forest, and Mrs. Plunger was sitting on them to keep them warm, so that hy and hy they would hnlcli Into three little Plungers. So Plunger wanted a particularly nice fish to take to her to show her how much tie thought of her. Put it seemed as if all the particu larly nice fish were staying at the bottom of the Big River that morning. Several times he saw splendid fat fish ( almost near ecough to the top, hut not | quite. Twice he shot down, only to ! spread his wings Just before he ' readied the water and then flap back up In the air. Both times he had seen Just In time that tfie fish were too ' deep In the water and he would simply scare them and get a bath for nothing. Once he had discovered a fish taking a sun bath close to the surface, but even as be had steadied himself for the Ion; swift plunge the fish bad dived. Perhaps It had been fright ened by the shadow of Plunger. He was Just about ready to think that he and Mrs. Plunger would have uo ^breakfast that day when he saw deep down la the water the biggest fattest fish he had yet seen. It was lastly swimming or at times remain ing quit# still. -That fellow will hear watching," muttered Plunger. "He hasn't any thing Id particular to do. and perhaps he iv111 come up for a sun bath. My, hut tie would taste good! I think I'll wait a bit." So Plunger waited and watched. Ills way of waiting was to swing in little circles round and round right over the spot where the fish was, only, of course, he was high In the air. ltound and round and round and round swung Plunger, never once taking his eyes from that flsh down below. Ser eml times he was tempted to give op and try his luck elsewhere, but be didn't. Finally patience won, as pa tience almost always will. Slowly the Idg fish came nearer and nearer to the surface. At last he was only a few Inches below. Plunger steadied him self for an instant to make sure that his aim was good. Then be closed bia wings and shot down like an arrow. There was a great splash as he struck the water and disappeared. A few'rt seconds later he burst out in a shower I of spray and flapped heavily up. Hi Clutched tn his great claws was the '"! big fish, struggling helplessly. ;j'J (?. 1932. br T. W. Bursew-i?WNC Settle*. jjih GieuaGiP, ft _ "Mary had a littla lamb," aaya im. pacunloua Imogine, "but ona day It follewad har to Wall Straat." (C Ifttl B?U tradicatc)?wxu tarvlc*. . I THIS BRIDGE f iji By DOUGLAS MALLOCH if. THIS bridge Is much too much for me. Just ask my wife, and she'll agree. I am a conservationist I bid too little when I'm strong. Or when I'm weak I bid too strong. Concerning trumps, though wives Insist The thing to do Is lead them out. I say "Insist," I should say "shout." We get along a day or two As well as married people do, And then some bridge-hounds hap pen In. And that's the way that wars begin. About so long they fuss and fldge, Then say, "What say a little bridge?" What say? I wouldn't dare to say The things J think of righr away. I'm not an intellectual. I can't learn bridge, I never shall. All I can tajk about Is books, The market, and how business looks. And world events, and news of friends. And what the government Intends, Inconsequential such as those. Oh, well, I'm hopeless, I suppose. (?. 1?32. Douirla? if alloc h. >?WMO Service | TASTY SANDWICHES j SANDWICHKS thai ure tilling enougti fore good ir.eul are the kind to put op for an active youngster or a pic nic party that will have a day of fish ing or hiking. Lamb Sandwich. Chop cold roast lamb fine, season with salt. pepi>er and tomato catsup. Add to this mayonnaise dressing to which chopped olives have been mixed and spread on buttered bread. Elite Sandwich. Take three-fourths of a cupfu! each of finely minced cold lamb and celery, add one tables[>oonful of minced mus tard p ckle. two rablespoonfuls of shredded watercress, salt and paprika and a pinch of curry. Cse one round ing rablespoonful of this mixture for each sandwich and a crisp leaf of let tuce dipped into frencb dressing. Spread on whole wheat bread but tered. Lamb and Pepper Sandwich. To fyulf a cupful of minced lamb add one tablespoonful of finely chopped green pepper. Mix with mayonnaise or boiled dressing to spread. Lamb and Mint. Take one-half cupful of chopped lamb, one and one-half tablespoonfuls cooked green peas, one and one-half tablespoonfuls of diced celery, mayoa - rraise. one teaspoonful of chopped mint. Mix and use on split, buttered dinner rolls. Lamb and Jelly Sandwich. Split rolls and spread with currant Jelly with mint. Lay on a thin slice of roast lamb and cover with a buttered top of the roll. To the currant Jelly, beat until smooth, add the grated rind of an orange, salt, and two tablespoon fuls of finely minced minL Mutton Sandwich. To one cupful of chopped mutton add two tablespoonfuls or more of chopped cucumber pickle, season to taste. Mix with a boiled salad dress ing and spread on the sandwich bread. Horseradish instead of pickle may be used for variation. <6. 192Z. Western Newspaper Union.) *+6*0***6+66****+*++*+***+ I KITTY McKAY t ,j! By Nina Wilcox Putnam X The girl friend says she just knows her dentist would make s good sol dier?he's always drilling. <?. 1932. Bell 8yndlc*te.)?W.VU Service. Putting Old Destroyers in Shape j| I.N THE I'hiladelpbla navy yard many workmen are busy oterbauling and outlining 15 destroyer* that hare been out of commission for tome time. The men In the photograph are putting into condition a four lnch gun from one of the swift warships. v
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