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VOL. LVIII. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY MAY 19, 1932. NO. 15.
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
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Col. Lindbergh's Baby Is Found Murdered?Senators
Drop Political Squabbles to Revive Mr.
Hoover'fc Economy Program.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
{^OLONEL LINDBERGH'S stolen
^ baby was murdered. probate?
soon after the kidnaping. The body of
the Infant, badly decomposed and
with fractures of the skull, was
found, partly covered with leaves and
debris, near a road In the Sourland
hills less than- five mil^s from the
Lindbergh estate. Physicians said the
little boy had been dead for at least
two months. He was stolen from his
nursery on the night of March 1.
The finding of the body was acci
dental. It was discovered by William
Allen, a negro truck driver, and three
companions who stopped by chance at
that particular place And, stepping In
to the. woods, discovered the little
skeleton. Identification was soon es
tablished by the fragments of cloth
ing, the nurse. Betty Gow, assisting
In this. The skull was fractured on
both sides, one break possibly being
a bullet hole.
With the finding of the baby's body
the authorities were freed from all
restraint in their efforts to capture
the kidnapers and murderers. CoL H.
Norman Schwartzkopf, head of the
New Jersey state police, said they
had a group of persons under sus
picion and that immediate steps would
be taken to accomplish their arrest
The search for these cruelest crim
inals is country-wide and it is certain
no mercy will be shown them if they
are caught
UNDOUBTEDLY senators and rep
resentatives have been bearing
from the home folks as well as from
President Hoover on the matter of
legislation designed to
I c u u ?. c gutci UI11CUI
expenditures and to
balance the budget
In the senate, at
least, politics began
to give way to com
mon sense and recog
nition of the national
needs, and Mr. Hoov
er was highly grati
fied with the develop
ments. The senate de
cided to set up a new
economy committee.
proposed by the Democrats, and on
'* it were named three members of each
major party. Senator Wesley Jones
of Washington, Republican, was made
chairman, the other members being
Bingham of Connecticut and Dickin
son of Jowa, Republicans; and Byrnes
of South Carolina, McKellar of Ten
nessee and Bratton of New Mexico,
Democrats.
The President immediately invited
these gentlemen to breakfast with
him and they all discussed plans to
salvage the economy bill which the
house ruined and to speed up the
passage of the revenue raising hill
which was being debated in the sen
ate.
Savings of more than $230,000,000
are regarded necessary by the ad
ministration above its cut of $3C9.
000.000 in the budget estimates for
next year. This curtailment should
permit the $1,000,000,000 tax bill to
make ends meet in 1933.
Mr. Hoover re-emphasized his be
lief in the furlough plan of "stagger
ing" federal employment as opposed
to the house provision for a straight
11 per cent cut in federal salaries
above $2,500. nder his proposition, he
believes. $,55,000,000 will be saved I
next year while thousands of workers
will be enabled to h<tfd their positions.
Senator Watson or Indiana. Repub
lican leader, put his full Influence be-4
hind the tax measure and said he was
confident that It as well as the econ
omy legislation, would be passed by a
dominant non-partisan combination.
IN THE Interests of economy and
* fairness to all civilians. President
Hoover vetoed a bill providing hos
pitalization and the privileges of the
soldiers" homes to civilians who served
In the quartermaster corps during the
war with Spain, the Philippine insur
rection and the China relief expedi
tion.
SENATOR ROBINSON. Democratic
leader of the senate, put forward
Ms scheme for providing $2,300,000,000
for the relief of unemployment, and
President Hoover indorsed it in prin- i
clple. The President then outlined his
own proposals In this line. und?r which
the Reconstruction Finance corporation
would loan not to exceed HvW.OUO.OOO
for the various purposes contemplated.
Of this amount, from $250,000,000 to
S3OO.OU0.000 would be loaned to states
for the relief of unemployment distress
and the remainder would be loaned to
public and private agencies to aid In
the financing of "Income producing"
construction projects.
To procure funds for this undertak
ing the Reconstruction Finance cor
poration would be authorized to sell
debentures in the amount of $1?YI0,
000.000. For this purpose its borrow
ing power would be Increased to $3,
000,000,000.
FRANCE'S elections and the assas
sination of President Dounier
gave the republic a new chief execu
tive and there will soon he a new
premier. Albert Fran
cois Lebrun was elect
ed president and In
stalled at once. Only
a Communist and a
Socialist opposed him.
and he received C33
of the 824 votes In
the joint session of
the chamber of depu
ties and the senate.
Premier Ta rdleo.
whose support was
riddled in the elec
tlons, Immediately I
tendered tits resignation, but was per
suaded to hold on until about the first
of June, when a new cabinet will be
formed.
There Is little doubt that the new
premier will be Edouard Herriot, lead
er of the Radical Socialist party,
which was the biggest winner In the
elections. The Socialists also made
considerable gains. If they do not
work In co-operation with Herriot. he
may hare to make a deal with the
moderate right wing headed by Tar
diea. It might be well again to call
attention to tbe fact that Radical So
cialists of France are really neither
very radical nor actually Socialists,
but are liberals with a program for
the aid of agriculture, industry and
commerce. R is not likely that there
will be any decided change in France's
international policies under Herriot.
OHIO'S primaries put that state into
the wet column, and may mean
that there will be a prohibition refer
endum plank in the Republican na
tional platform.
Attorney General Gilbert Bettman
easily won the Republican nomination
for senator on an anti-prohibition plat
form, leading Louis J. Taber. dry. mas
ter of the National Grange, by about
55.000 votes. Next November Bettman
will face Robert J. Buckley, wet Dem
ocratic incumbent, who was renomi
nated without opposition.
David S. Ingalls, assistant secretary
of the navy for aeronautics, wbo made
repeal his issue, won tbe Republican
gubernatorial nomination from Secre
tary of State Clarence J. Brown, dry,
and his nearest opponent In a four
cornered race. Ingalls will run in No
vember against Governor White. Dem
ocrat, who favors a prohibition refer
endum.'1 The governor will be the fa
vorite son of the Ohio Democrats for
the Presidential nomination.
MRS. HATTIE W. CARAWAY, sen
ator from Arkansas?the only
woman ever elected to the senate?has
announced her candidacy for a full six
year term. The polit
Icnl leaders In her
home state were sur
prised. and Gov. Har
vey I'arnell gave up !
his ambition to wear ;
a toga, declaring he ;
would retire from pol
itics at the end of
his term. However,
Mrs. C ar a w a y has
plenty of opposition
in the primary of Au- '
gust 9. for there are j
six other candidates
for the Democratic nomination for sen
ator. The winner, of course, will be
elected in November. Some of her ri
vals are veterans In public office and
prominent In state politics.
The other day Vice President Cnrtl*
wished to leave the senate chamber,
and he called on Mrs. Caraway to the
chair, thus making history, for never
before had a woman presided over the
senate. She sat In dignity but had
nothing to do.
CARTER GLASS, the strenuous sen
ator from Virginia, fighting to put
through his banking reform bill, cre
ated something of a sensation by as
serting that certain Chicago hankers,
whom he did iiot name, had "wired
some congressmen" to oppose the Mc
Fadden branch banking bill several
years ago. and also had employed a
skillful lobbyist at a high salary, lie
declined to name the congressmen,
too. Keprtsentntive Morton I>. Mull
of Illinois, who was active In oppos
ing the McKndden bill In the Itetyilf
of the Chicago banks, would not dis
cuss the Glass charges but Indignant
ly denied having been hired. The lob
byist In question. E. N. Bnty. said he
acted as executive secretary of the Chi
cago and Cook County Bankers' asso
ciation and received only his regular
salary.
GASTON B. MEANS was Indicted
by the grand Jury In Washington
on charges of having swindled Mrs.
Edward B. Mcl^enn out of S104.U0U by
promising to procure
the return of Colonel
Lindbergh's kidnaped
bnby. While the grand
Jurors were hearing
that story, there came
ont tt tale of another
possible victim of
Menns. also a .wealthy
and prominent worn*
an?Mrs. Finlev Sheje
nrd of New York, the
former Helen Gould.
The Lindbergh bnby
did not figure in the
alleged swindling of
Airs, snepara. ine story, hinted at oy
District Attorney Leo A. Rover while
arguing over Means' bond in the Mc
Lean affair, was that Means was paid
by the New York woman after he rep
resented that he could give her Infor
mation on Communist activities which
might threaten her daughter or her
fortune.
Lieut, and mrs. massie and
Mrs. Fortescue sailed away from
Honolulu, despite the efforts of the
local authorities to make Mrs. Massie
remain to testify Id the second trial
of the men accused of attacking her.
Prosecutor J. C. Kelley declared him
self determined to press the retrial,
notwithstanding the absence of the
complaining witness. Lie said if she
did not appear in court on May 25 he
would ask a warrant for her arrest,
which, however, would be of no effect
on the mainland.
FULFILLING expectations. President
Hoover vetoed the so-called Demo
cratic tariff bill, which transferred
from him to congress the power to
make changes in tariff rates as recom
mended by the tariff commission. The
roll was called in the house and It
was found the preponents of the meas
ure could not muster the two-thirds
majority necessary to override the
veto.
SENATOR TASKER L. ODDIE of
Nevada, Republican, brought upon
himself the wrath of the Democrats
and some of the Republicans when,
as chairman of the
post omce committee,
he urged his resolu
tion rescinding the
senate's order to cut
the treasury and post
office appropriations
10 per cent. It was
Intimated that he was
especially interested
in saving the jobs of
several thousands of
customs Inspectors
and postal employees
who would he useful
to the Republican party during the
campaign.
It was brought out that Senator Od
die bad taken it on himself as chair
man of the appropriations subcommit
tee In charge of the treasury and post
office bill to decide that a 10 per cent
cut was "impossible." Senators Ken
neth McKellar (Dem.. Tenn.) and Car
ter Glass (Dem.. Va.), both of whom
have contended the savings could be
made without discharging an em
ployee, asserted that for two weeks
Senator Oddie had refused to call the
subcommittee together. When Sir. Od
die maintained it was his right to de
termine when the committee should
meet be was heartily Jeered.
MAJ. GE?r. ENOCH CROWOER'9
distinguished career came to an
end with his death in Walter Iteed
hospital. Washington. The general,
who was a legal expert, was the cre
ator of the draft system used by the
United States in the World war. He
also was Judge advocate general of
the army and in 1017 was detailed as
provost marshal general. In 1928 he
was appointed ambassador to Cuba
and res.gned In 1027.
THERE Is no longer any doubt as
to Germany's intention concerning
reparations. The relch does not mean
to pay any more. First Chancellor
Bruenlng In a public address declared
Germany could not continue paying
reparations, and explained at length
why this was so. The next day
Finance Minister Dietrich presented
budget recommendations to the reich
stag, and in them there wa~ found no
provision whatever for reparations
payments, though $100,000,00) was ear
marked for Interest and amortization
on funded floating debts and repara
tlona loans. The new budget la bal
anced at nearly $2,000,000,000.
<C 1*U. Wesitra Ntvtptpt: t&loa.)
Sen. Jones.
A. F. Lebrun
Sen. Caraway
Gaston B.
Moans
Sen. Oddie
What North Dakota's New Capitol Will Look Like
HERE la the architect's drawing of the new state
capital of North Dakota that Is to be erected In
Bismarck. It will cost less than $2,000,000 and will be
the third state capitol building to be doraeless. The
others are In Nebraska and Louisiana. North Dakota's
fine structure was designed by Holablrd and Root of
Chicago associated with Joseph Bell De Remer and \V.
F. Burke, architects of that state. The lofty tower will
be risible at a great distance from Bismarck.
OUR BEDTIME STORY
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
1X7HILE Buster Benr and King
* * Eagle were quarreling over the
big, fat fish which King Eagle had
made Plunger Fish Huwk drop. Plun
ger and Mrs. Plunger had flown hack
to the Big ltlver to try for another.
Plunger is 001 one to waste any time
crying over spilled milk, which means,
you know, Fretting about things which
have happened and cannot be helped.
He had lost the finest, fattest fish he
had caught for many a day, but cry
ing about it wouldn't bring it hack.
The only thing to do was to try to
catch another. So Plunger and Mrs.
Plunger knew nothing about the quar
rel between King Kagle and Buster
Benr, nor how ^either got the fish
after nil. but Cranny Fox, who ran
V V
away with It while the others are
quarreling over whose It was. They
both believe In making the beat of a
bad matter, and. In this case the best
was Just trying to forget and going
Ashing once more.
When Buster Bear and King Ragle
grew tired of quarreling over nothing
King Eagle spread his great wings and
sailed away and Buster Bear turned
back Into the CJreen Forest. Quite nai
urally he wasn't In the best of temper*.
He had wanted fish and It was very
clear that he couldn't have fish that
day. So as he shuffled along he mora
bled and grumbled and grumbled and
mumbled, and was quite out of sorts
as anyone could see. One reason was
that his stomach was empty. He had
bad no breakfast, and Bu?ter Bear is
I not one of those people who believe In
going without breakfast. He might
have had a breakfast had he been will
ing to eat what he could get, but you
remember he had act his heart, or
rather his stomach, on fish and had
turned up bis nose at the thought of
anything else. So his stotnacb was
empty and he was cross. Did jou ever
notice how crossness almost always
goes with an empty stomach?
Presently as he shuffled along mum
bling and grumbling be came to some
plants the roots of which are very
good eating. That is. they are very
good to Buster. He dug up a lot, for
the ground was soft, and his great
paws with their big claws make very
good digging forks. As he dug he
ate. and when at ln?t tie stopped dig
ging It was because his stomach was
as full of those roots as it wanted to I
be. He had had enough. There was I
still room for some dessert, but of the '
roots be had had all ho wanted.
Dear me, dear rne.-what an Important
thing a stomach Is! It was Buster
Bear's stomach that got him into the
quarrel with King Eagle. It was his
I stomach that put him In such a rum
bling, grumbling temper. And now it
was this same stomach that restored
his usual good nature. He no longer
grumbled and rumbled He evb(i
laughed as he sat there all alone irk
the Green Forest nnd( thought of how '
first Plunger the Fish Hawk, then King
Eagle, and lastly he himself had heen
sure of that big. far fish which Plunger
had caught In the Big Blver. and how
after all It had been Granny Fox who
had eaten it.
"Three of us quarreled for that fish
and some one else, who wouldn't have
known anything about It but for that
quarrel, got iL It certainly Is a funny
old world," muttered Buster. MI guest
that quarreling doesn't pay. Not the
ones who do. any way. Ha! What is
that?"
Buster cocked his head on one side
and listened. Ills little eyes began to
twinkle. -That sounds to me very
much like the hum of Busy Bee/' sold
he. He looked eagerly In nil direc
tions. Just back of him he discovered
some flowers, nnd there sure enough,
was Busy Bee. "Hal" said Buster
Bear again.
"Hum-m-m!" said Busy Bee nnd was
gone.
"Honey."* exclaimed Buster Bear.
?That's what I need. Fish would have
been good, but honey will be better.
"The hum of Uttle Busy Bee
la sweetest of nil sounds to me;
It thrills my heart and stomach, too.
As nothing else can ever do."
"I wonder where Busy Bee Is stor
ing that honey. It is Just what I want
to top off with."
Buster smacked his lips and then
smacked them again, and little by
Urtle his mouth began to water, for
Buster Bear has a very sweet tooth,
such a sweet tooth that he will risk a
great deal for the sake of filling hit
stomach with sweets.
(C. lilt byT. W Borfw*.)?WNl' Sarvlca.
Left Dance to Fight Fire
Leaving the dancing floor during a
ball at Bickley. England, women *n
evening dress formed a bucket brigade
I and fought a fire in the building. So
| effective was their work that the
blaze was subdued in half an hour.
Tailored Suits
Spring suits are tailored, simple yet
youthful in line. Most of them are
double-breasted and hare patch pock
i ets and large lapels.
"Hum-m-m!" Said Busy Bee, and Was
Gone.
GlRUCACP T
if
"Th? trouble with * wife who reads
her husband like a book," says ob
serving Olivia, "is, nine times out of
I ten, she does It aloud."
lenu e*sniest11?wyr s*rvo>*
CHANGE
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
BEFORE we know the spring Is here
We find the summer all about,
And then the first faint frosts appear
And summer's skies are blotted out
Before we note the falling leaves
The leaves are covered by the snow.
Tes, all the things the earth receives
As swiftly come, as swiftly go.
So suddenly the seasons pass
Not even winter lingers long;
The hills again are green with grass.
The skies again are filled with song.
And so It is with Joy and grief.
For grief and Joy are always strange;
The bursting hud. the falling leaf.
So (|uiekly do the seasons change.
We find some comfort even In this.
We know how fragile Joy can be;
And, wise with sorrow, when we kiss
Perhaps we kiss more tenderly.
Love better and live better, too.
And grieve, perhaps, with greater
hope
From having seen the gray grow blue.
The grass returning to the slope.
if) 1S12. Dour la* Milloch.)?*YNU Serrlea.
KITTY McKAY
By Nina Wilcox Putnam
V
SALAD DRESSINGS [
rjNE muy vury h salad In coufltlew
' wnys by the dressings used Add
ing a tablespoonful or two of apple
butter to a boiled aalad dressing will
take It out of the ordinary class.
Standard Mayonnaise.
Mix In a small bowl one<balt taw
spoonful of sugar, tbe same amount of
salt and a dash of cayenne. Add aa
egg yolk and half a teaspoonfnl of
vinegar. Now add three-fourths of a
cupful of olive oil, drop by drop, until
the mayonnaise begins to thicken, then
add It a little faster, beating well; add
two tablespoonfuls of vinegar and
lemon Juice or all lemon.
Potato Mayonnaise.
Bake a small potato, take off the
skin, mash and add one teaspoonfnl
each of salt and sugar, the same at
mustard, one tablespoonful of vinegar;
rub this mixture through a line sieve.
Now add three-founhs cupful of olive
oil and another tablespoonful of vin
egar.
Economy Dressing.
Take two tablespoonfuls each of
cornstarch and dour, one teaspoonfnl
of salt and one teaspoonful at mna
tard. three tablespoonfuls of vinegar,
two tablespoonfuls of sugar, three
fourths cupful of vegetable oil, one
cupful of hot water, one egg. Put the
egg. unbeaten, with oil, salt, vinegar,
mustard and sugar well mixed. Cook
the cupful of water, mix with a little
cold water. Cook until thick then add
at once to the bowl with the other In
gredients and heat until smooth. Put
Into a pint Jar and keep in a coot
place. It will keep for two weeka or
more.
Honey Dressing.
Put two tablespoonfuls of honey Into
a bowl, add one tablespoonfnl of lemon
Juice and three tablespoonfuls of ollvn
oil. Season with salt to taste. Serve
on lettuce and add a dash of cayenne.
If set-red on fruit do not add pepper.
(t list. Western Newspaper Union.)
Smart Sports Coat
jam*.
The giri-Triend says that girls don't
dress to attract men one-half so much
as they dress to annoy other girls.
<?. BeUarndicstel ? WXU&frte*
An attractive departure from the
classic polo coat ts this sports coat
worn by Anita l-ouise, baby star of
RKO-Radio Pictures. Tbe new high
neckline effect Is carried out by means
of tbe buttoned lapel; tbe sleeves are
cut In rather an Intricate way. with
more of the flat metal bntton trim.
The bitter past, more welcome Is
tbe sweet.
Home of Andrew Mellon's Parents
~p HIS modest borne, knows as "Camp Bill Cottage," In Castleton. England.
<1 waa the residence of the parents of Andrew Mel'.on, American ambassador
to Great Britain. ?