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The Alamance gleaner 1 VOL. LVIII. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY JUNE 2, 1932. NO. 17. News Review of Current Events the World Over Mrs. Putnam's Great Solo Flight Across the Atlantic? House Rejects Legalized Beer?Hoover Against Democratic Relief Plans. By EDWARD W. PICKARD Ij'aauili nve yran uuer v-iianes A. Lindbergh complete J hit epoch making flight from New York to Purls. Amelia Earhart. who is now Mrs. Q. f. rumain, itnueu in Ireland after the first solo flight across the Atlantic ever made by a woman. The Inire pld young aviator had started for I'arls, but a burned out ex haust manifold and other motor trouble led her to descend at Cnl more near London derry. She had made m no the rtlslaoce fromHar P t bor Grnce' N F" ,n 14 ^ hours and 54 minutes, and landed without Injury to herself or her plane. It was her second cross ing of the ocean by plane, but the other time, In 11)28, she was merely a passenger with Wilmer Stulz and I*ou Gordon. "1 made this" flight Just for fun." said Mrs. Putnam after landing, and s^e ad mitted her achievement meaat nothing to aviation. Nevertheless, she was the recipient of innumerable congrat ulatory messages, from President Hoo ver and Prime Minister MacOonald among others, and when she flew on to l>ondon in a l?orrowed plane she was given a great ovation. She was the guest of Ambassador Mellon who, with members of his embassy staff, met her at the Hanworth airdrome. Besides being the first woman to fly the Atlantic alone, this young Ameri can girl set a new speed record for the crossing and also bettered the dis tance record for women set by Ruth Nichols at 1.077.6 miles. Her distance was 2.026.5 miles. ? EGA LI ZED beer lost another flght, and won't have a chance again until the national conventions meet In June and go Into spasms over the wet and dry planks for their plat* forms. Following the example set by the senate, the house rejected the O'Connor Hull resolution legalizing and taxing 2.75 per cent beer. The vote was '09 to 228, and technically was on the motion to discharge the ways and means committee from fur ther consideration of the hill, which If carried would have brought the measure before the house. The two parties were nearly evenly split In the vote. On Wednesday the senate again swatted beer, rejecting b} a vote of 26 to 55 the Bingham amendment to the pending tax hill which would legalize beer of 2.75 per cent alcoholic content and tax It at the rate of two cents a pint. Senator Borah did most of the talking against the proposed amendment, which was defended by Senator Bingham. SOME peculiar things are resulting from the prohibition controversy. The Democrats of Texas, formerly very dry, in their state convention adopted a resolution proposing resuh mission of the Eighteenth amendment tr the states. The measure was car ried by a vote of 851 to 504 after what amounted almost to a riot. I'res idenf Hoover. It was reliably reported In Washington, abandoned his attitude of aloofness and took an active part In framing a mildly moist plank for the Republican national platform, so mild that it prnhnbly would not seriously ofTend the dry? and probably would not satisfy the wets. Deets Pickett. Pemorrnt and dry leader among the Methodist reformers, announced that Franklin Roosevelt's moderately wet pronouncement would be satisfactory to the dry Democrats because that probably was as far as he ever would go. SENATOR WILLIAM E. BORAI! of Idaho says he is aot going to at tend the Republican national conven tion. and rhere are Indicnt.ons that he will sulk in his tent throughout the campaign. His determination to stay away from the gathering In Thlcago was something of a blow to the drya. who had counted on him to lead their forces In the convention and to Intro duce their dry plank. PRESIDENT HOOVER voiced bis opposition to the Democratic pro posals of big government bond Isanes for construction of federal public works as a measure for relief of un employment. In the same statement from the White House he further urged his own plan of leglstatloo to permit lotos by the reconstruction nnnnce corporation to at.lies ror reuer of destitution and to public and pri vate agencies for Inco-rie- product n| projects. Huge outlays for federal public buildings and similar works he said would be wasteful and destructive ot the public confidence essential to economic recovery. The Democratic leaders Indicated tbey would light the President on tbls Issue even ut the risk of prolonging the session of congress, which already appears likely to run on until after thenatlonalconventlons have been held. Senntor Barbour of New Jersey. Re publican, Introduced a bill carrying out Mr. Hoover's Ideas. It would pro vide the reconstruction finance cor poration with tl.SOO,000,000 additional capital for loans for 6elf-llqutdatlng projects that would furnish Jobs for the unemployed. Senator Bronson Cutting, the "pro gressive" Republican from New Mex ico, followed with a bill providing for Just the kind of relief aid which the President bad opposed, a in In Intro ducing it Cutting made a cnustlr at tack on Mr, Hoover. The Cutting bill carries three billion dollars for road construction and two billions for rivers and harbors work as well as public buildings and other federal works. fXlMMITTEE bearings on Repre 1 sentatlve Fred Britten's bill to place the Hawaiian Islands under an army or navy commission began and attracted a large number of witnesses and spectators. Among the former was Mrs. Granville Fortescne, mother in-law of I.leuL Thomas Massle and his co-defendant In the recent sensa tional murder trial In Honolulu. Testi mony was beard from Gen. Douglas MncArthur, chief of staff; other army and navy officers, and Floyd Gibbons, war correspondent. ELEVEN men of great national prom inence sent to the Republican and Democratic leaders of the senate and house an earnest appeal to "lay aside every torn) or parti sanship" rnd, with their party followers, 10 unite to balance the federal budget. The signers of this letter were: Nicholas Murray Butler, presi dent of Columbia uni versity, Itepnbllcan; Alfred K. Smith. Dem ocratic candidate for the Presidency In 1!)OQ. ftnv A Ihprf n Ritchie of Maryland, M- M 8ut,er Democrat; Got. Wilbur L. Cross of Connecticut, Democrat; Got. Joseph B. Ely of Massachusetts. Democrat; Alnnson B. Houghton of New York, [tepublicno; Frank O. Lnwilen of Illi nois. Republican; William 11. Crocker of San Francisco, member of Repub lican national committee; Charles Na gel of St. Eouls. Republican; Roland S Morria of Philadelphia. Democrat, and John Grter Hlhhen. retiring pre* Ident of Princeton university. Repub lican. Replies from the party leaders were prompt but scarcely satisfying. Sen ator Jim Watson, majority lender of the senate, said: "The letter Is three months.too late. We have done every thing they suggest toward a balanced budget, but we are hindered by special Interests There have been no signs of partisanship at any time." Senator Harrison of Mississippi. Democratic floor leader on the tax bill, said: "There has been no partisan ship In the house or senate on the problem of balancing the budget This legislation will be achieved without any spirit of partisanship." Other senators took occasion to praise themselves and their oppnnen'* for nonpartisan and wise action, and then all went ahead with fhelr scrap, ping over the tariff features of the revenue bill. The flght over these was sectional If not partisan. PRESIDENT P. B. CAREY of the Chicago Board of Trade went don? to Washington and conferred with Sec retary of Agriculture Hyde and took occasion to make the fiercest attack on the federal farm hoard and Its do ings that has been heard. He called the board's record a "ghastly smear" and said Its result had been the almost complete abolishment of the open, com petitive market which required 73 years to establish. He declared wheat, could and would advance If tha board were forced by congress to desist at ones front Its "senseless efforts." and said he could appoint a committee of six members of the Chh-ngo Ib.srd ?*f Trade jfho -In a short time. and wltb absolutely no drain on the tnx|wyer, could and would dispose of all the government wheat for crtsh at a steadily advancing price with the In evitable favorable reflection on the general condition of the country." Mr. Carey selected a rather unfa vorable time for his attnck. Inasmuch at Just then the wheat market showed a decided tendency toward blgher prices. J. C. Stone, chairman of the farm board, seized his advantage an-1 replied sharply to Mr. Carey's assault. Lie said: "Wheat Is the only great major commodity which for the inst five months has shown a definite up ward tendency. Its Influence under the present favorable statistical posi tion may well lead other commodities to higher ground. That opportunity will not he risked In the hands of the people In n group representing those who have grown rich from the profits gained hy market manipulation.** Mr. Stone challenged the Chicago -grain gamblers," as he calfed them, to explain how It is that wheat has been held from 5 to 1ft cents a bushel above the world market; this, ne averred. Is the result of the farm board policies. SOCIALISTS, meeting In national convention In Milwaukee, nomi nated Norman H. Thomas of New York for 1'resident and James H. Maurer of Pennsylvania for second place on the ticket Mr. Thomas, who was the party's candidate In 1928, said his campaign would be a war against the Republican and Democratic par ties and against "the kingdom of pov erty.'* Ilefore the nomination, which was acclamation, Air. Thomas de feated an attempt to commit the So cialist party to confiscation of the principal Industries of the nation. The Communist party was to hold its convention in Chicago May 28 and 20, and there seemed no doubt that it would nominate William Z. Foster for President and James W. Ford of Alabama, a negro, for Vice President CHEERED on by a throng of Tam many! tes and by the Democratic minority members of the Hofstadter legismiire committee, Mayor Jimmy Walk er of New York con fronted Counsel Sam uel Seabury and un dertook to defend or explain away numer ous alleged facts that bad been brought out before the committee and that Implied grafting. The dapper, wise-cracking mayor kept the crowd in > Mayor Walker roar by his sharp re torts, and his attacks on his attacker, and emerged from the first day's heariDg with his head unbowed though somewhat bloody. Much ot the examination centered on the grant ing of a bus franchise to the Equit able Coach company. The outstanding developments were: The story of an adventure Into high finance with Paul Block, the newspaper publisher, In which Mayor Walker made a profit of $24fi,G92 In Wall street without putting up a penny. a iic iiiaiAiug ii?i luciiuiivauuu ui a number of mysterious and unex plained letters of credit issued by Mayor Walker fn which no names were made public. The revelation by Mayor Walker that he was being paid out of the trading fund at the rote of *2.",000 every few weeks during 1927. 1928 and 1929 and that he was taking his money in cash and putting It In a safe In his home for "spending money' for him self and Mrs. Walker.** The Inability of Mr. Walker to explain why one of the Equitable Coach company"! backers should hare paid a J3.000 overdraft Walker made on a letter of credit In Paris In 1027. The explanation by the mayor of a $10,000 letter of credit which he took to Europe to pay for "the party's personal expenditures" on a Junket financed by Rodman Wanamaker. The mayor said every one?or almost every one?In the party contributed to the $10,000 pool and that It "Just hap .pened to be Issued by the Equitable Trust company." Early In the week It became known that the federal authorities had be come Interested In the revelations and were Investigating Mayor Walker's status as so Income taxpayer for the rears V.I28 and Itdk Admiral makoto saito com pleted a Japanese "combination" .cabinet to replace the (toveniment which retired upon the assassination of Premier Tsuyoshl Inukal. Gen. Sadno Arnki. Nationalist leader, was retained In his former dominant post of minister of war. Admiral Salto himself will temporarily be minister of foreign affairs. There will be no great change In policies. Gen. Toshlnori Shlrakawa, com mander In chief of the Japanese Im perial forces at Shanghai, who was wounded by a bomb on April 20, died after a relapse. <* iml wsetara Kneus Osisa.) Where the Wonders of Electricity Will Be Shown WELL on lti way to completion, the electrical group of A Century of Progress, Chicago'# World'# Fair In 1830, la here shown as seen from an airplane. The structure 1? 1,200 feet long and 800 feet wide. 8teel treee?the frame work of which Is risible In the picture?hanging gardens, electrical fountains, cascades flowing down the facade of tho inmlj>lf(<iiln, unit and brightly colored and land scaped terraces are among the Interesting features of this group. WHEN SOMEONE LEAVES US By DOUGLAS MALLOCH FRIENDS are not only made to gether playing. For Idle friendships seldom last for long; But friends together working, plan ning, praying. Know finer friendships that are doubly strong. There's a neighbor's friendship with a neighbor. The sort of friendship heaven has understood, A brotherhood, a sisterhood, of labor. Together working for some common good. So we have worked, hare planned, have prayed together. Have formed new friendships, firmer found the old. Have sung our songs, and even mocked the weather. Each day a link, each II nl of shin ing gold. Some Joy perhaps may come from hours of* pleasure. But hours of labor bring the true reward. A better friendship heaps the fuller measure Of those who work together with the Lord. And when we part, for sometimes there is parting. We only leave old vineyards for the new. For there are other vineyards to be starting. In other fields Is other work to do. Whoever, goes, although some dear friends leaves us. We shall remember ev'ry kindly grace. And know that you, although your go ing grieves us. Are working with us In some other place. (ft 1JJ2. Doudta Mallocb )?WNTT Sfrvlcs. Smart Street Frock Thl? ultra-(mart one-piece etreet i frock of gray woolen doth 1* faah loned with graceful lapel and pepltim trim, touched off with ? tailored belt and an organdie flower on the (boul der. It la worn with black hat. gloree, (Upper* and porta. YOUNG FOLKS' STORY By THORNTON W. BURGESS [_J OW cud It be so bot In a cool place? Just ask Farmer Drovn's Boy. He knows. He had gone to the Green Forest because he had thought .It would be cooler there than any where else on that dreadfully bot day. And he was right In the depths of th. Green Forest It was lalrly coot You see the trees made shade, and it was only here and there that the Jolly tittle Sunbeams could find a way through the millions of little leaves of the trees. So Farmer Brown's Boy was quite comfortable as he wnlked silently through the Green Forest look ing for the cause of Sammy Jay's ex citement When at last he reached the big hemlock tree which was Busy Bee's storehouse, and which at that very moment Buster Bear was robbing of its honey. Fanner Brown's Boy was still quite cool and comfortable. But no sooner did he discover what was going on than he broke out Into per spiration just as If he had suddenly stepped Into a very warm place. Of course the air wasn't any warmer there than elsewhere In the Green Forest. It was excitement and per haps a little uncertainty as to what micht happen If Buster Bear should discover him thnt made Farmer Brown's Boy perspire and feel sud denly hot all over. For a few minutes he Just stood right where he wa and stared. Heknewth.it Buster Bear was very fond of honey. Tou remember that once Buster had stoleD some honey from the beehives In Farmer Brown's barnyard and that time Farmer Brown's Boy had fright ened him away. But he never had realised how very, very fond Buster is of honey as he dl<l now. Like Sammy Jay he wondered what Buster could be made of to stand the stings of all those bees just for the sake of something to put In his stomach. Bus ter was making the funniest noises you can Imagine. There would be a growl and wblne of pain as a bee found a particularly tender spot and thrust her sharp little lance Into It, and right on top of that would be a grunt of pure enjoyment as he scooped a lot of honey into his mouth. It was funny. Tea. sir, It was a funny sight to sec. Buster squirmed and twisted as the bees stung bim, but be didn't once stop his greedy scooping out of .that honey. It was smeared -II over his face. It had dripped down on his black coat lie was getting iiimself Into a dreadful mess. But It was plain to see that he didn't mind this In the least. In fact he didn't mind anything, not even the stings of the bees. Be had forgotten everything but his stomach. Farmer Brown's Boy wanted to stay and he wanted to go. lie wanted to stay to see what Buster would do when he finished all the honey. He wanted to go because. In spite of the fact that every time they had chanced to meet Buster Bear had run away as fast as ever he could. Farmer Brown's Boy couldn't get over the Idea that Buster might not always run. You see Buster Is such a big fellow with such great claws and teeth that Farmer Brown's Boy Just couldn't help feeling a wee bit afraid of him. Now about this time Busy Bee and her fellow workers made up thelt minds that do what they might they couldn't drive Buster Bear away, and the least excited of them began to load themselves with sweets from thelt storehouse to carry to a new store house. They knew that they had to begin their summer's work all over again, and they didn't propose to waste any time In crying over what had happened. They would save some thing from the wreck with which to make a new beginning. So most ol them hurried to load themselves with honey before greedy Buster Beer should get all of It. But a few, still, mad clear through, were flying about looking for new enemies, and some of these discovered Farmer Brown's Boy. 1 In an Instant they had darted at him. Before be knew that be was discovered what felt like half a dozen red-hot needles were thrust Into him 1 and the angry ham was all abont him. That part of the Green Forest to which he had gone because of Its ' coolness had suddenly become a hot place, and with every thrust of those ' little lances It became hotter. Farmer Brown's Boy was no longer In donbt. Ills mind was made up. Be wanted to ' go. and to go as quickly as be knew how. ' (?. nir.br T. W. Burre**)?WST Serrtc*. Before He Knew That He Wa? Die covered, What Felt Like Half a Dozen Red-Hot Needles Were Thrust Into Him. 11 GlOLlGAGp "A eoronar," uya daflnlng Dehor ah, la a gant who slfta tha aahaa whan motorlata burn tha road." <e uu mi anAuatt )?win awrioa HONEY AND CANDY HONKY, sugars. <lrle<1 trull* and candy, the puree! thai can b* made, are all quick energy food*. Tba tired (hopper, with a chocolate cream or two or any like amount of candy will take new hope and plod on. Our physician* now are recom mending candy as an essential tor children; we are advised to remember "to treat candy and other forms of sweets as food." They have a place In every well balanced diet, just as al1 other vari eties of food have 1'ure candy Is a safe and requisite food for children as well as for adults. The fondness for sweets Is a nat ural craving and should be indulged wisely, as It Is an expression of a definite bodily need. The wise parent will give the child candy for dessert, or far enough from the meal to not satisfy the appetite and allow the child to refuse the food served at the table. By experiment It has been found that sugar In some form Is most quick ly absorbed and assimilated, thus giv ing quick energy. Tuck In a piece or two of candy In the luncheon basket, be It for young son's or father's, they both will appre ciate the kind attention. Our candy manufacturers tell pa that peppermint flavor Is called for In candles more than aU other flavors combined. As one has several flavors from which to choose and many va rieties of candles, soft or hard, he la Indeed hard to please who cannot find kinds to suit. One need never hesitate when de bating about an appropriate gift, for a box of candy Is always In season nnd always enjoyed. Therefore, when In doubt, give candy. With bridge such an everyday af fair, we find even the cubes of sugar In dainty boxes, formed In diamonds, hearts nnd clubs, making even the cup of tea or coffee more attractive and appealing. (?. 1132. Western Newspaper Union.) I "Pop, what la stupendous?" "A circus man's vocabulary.* it 1932. Bell S> n llcata.) ?WNIT Sar eat. Selecting the Modern Cinderella Leo LE.NTELLl. well known (culptor, (electing Miss ilarjorle Leroa tram among the groap of glrle who competed In the modern Cinderella content ttaged ta i feature of the convention of the allied ehoe Indnetrlae bold la , New York. Mlu Levoe'e foot wee Judged the Ideal doe. 5V4. and wee the (elected for Its comellnea of (hape. ?I
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