"*> ' ? |) ??
The Alamance gleaner 1
VOL. LVIII. GRAHAM, IS, C., THURSDAY OCTOBER 20, 1932. NO. 37.
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Efforts to Bring Insull Back From Greece for Trial?New
Canada Tariff in Effect?Big Political
Guns Are in Action.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
WHEN Samuel Insull, the former '
utilities magnate under Indict
ment In Chicago, was about to take a
plane from Italy to Greece In his
from loctlon
11I?IIW UWU1 JUOIIV.C,
"he wrote to his wife:
"I am feeling as If I
were going on a real
adventure." lie was.
From Salonikt he hus
tled down to Athens
and within a few
hours of his arrival
at the Grand Bre
tagne hotel he was
taken Into custody by
the Athens police. At
first he was merely
Samuel Insull.
Uciaiucu uu a ijuco"
tion as to his passport; then, at the
formal request of the American con
?ul, he was arrested and taken to Jail,
where he was given a comfortable'
room. By the next morning his legal
representatives had got to Premier
^nlzelos, at whose instance the at
torney general examined the affair,
found there was no legal basis for In
sult's detention and ordered his re
lease. The convention of extradition
between the United States and Greece
was not In force, the Instruments of
ratification not having been ex
changed. Twenty-four hour later In
sull was told be was free to go where
he pleased, so far as Greece was con
cerned.
There was a possibility of Insull's
being handed over to the United
Mates on the strength of a former
treaty, and the whole matter was to
be laid before the court of appeals
in Athens. Of course the American
government was determined to try In
every legal way to bring him hack for
trial Consul Morris In Athens was
Instructed to keep close track of him.
Developments In the Insull affair,
far too uumerous to be detailed here,
Included the decision of the banking
committee of the senate to Investigate
the collapse of the Insull utilities sys
tem. James E. Stewart, federal oper
ative who had charge of the commit
tee's inquiry into the New Tork Stock
Exchange Inst summer, went to Chica
go vested with broad powers to In
quire Into all phases of the situation.
Martin J. Insull, Indicted with his
brother and who was arrested in Oril
lla, Ontario, was released under ball
pending extradition proceedings.
IT NCI.K SAM is now getting a large
dose of the tariff medicine he has
been giving the rest of the world for
many years. At midnight of Wednes
a.v the new Canadian tariff increases
against United States products went
into effect in accordance with the
trade agreement between Canada and
the United Kingdom, Southern Rho
desia. the Irish Free State and South
Africa, reached at the recent Imperial
-:/tren~ The principal Items on
which Canada has raised the tariff
against the United States are:
1- Iron and steel products. Includes
Meet plates, steel sheets and also
structural shapes.'
2. Anthracite.
3- Leather products of ail kinds.
A Gums of many varieties.
5- Chemicals of all kinds.
8. Toilet accessories. Including per
fumes, soaps and bath salts. In which
ere ^as been a huge trade between
the United States and Canada,
t- Cotton goods.
8- Processed and fabricated steels,
esuch as cutlery, machinery and wire
products.
Previously these and all other Amer
ican products had been entering the
Dominion under Canada's general tar
iff rate. Cnnnda has been the best
customer of the United States, but
now much more of her trade will go
to Great Britain.
yA S THE Presidential campaign
drew toward Its close major par
ies nnllmbered their biggest guns and
the oratorical battle grew loud and
er'*- Cnf the Republicans Calvin
< oolidge opened the week with an ad
ress at a rally in Madison Square
garden. New York city, lie came out
?quarely and forcibly for the policies
o President Hoover and said he was
convinced the public welfare required
that gentleman's re-election. The for
mer President attacked the Demo
cratic leadership In congress for at
tempted raids on the federal treasury,
?'sailed Franklin Roosevelt for fall
ing to announce his stand on the sol
ier bonus question, and warmly
Praised Mr. Hoover for his moves to
maintain "sound money."
former Senator Jim Reed of Mia
sourl, selected by the Democrats to
reply to Sir. floover's Des Moines
speech, went to that Iowa city nnd at
tacked the President In his well
known scathing manner, dwelling at
length on both his policies and his
personality. He declared the Chief
Executive's address was "a series of
Incorrect statements and unjustifiable
deductions," and especially contract
ed Mr. Hoover's statement that only
the steps taken by the administration
kept the country from going off the
gold standard.
Senator L. J. Dickinson of Iowa,
himself no mean orator and denouncer,
answered Reed on that gold standard
matter, accusing the Mlssourlnn of
flagrantly misstating the facts and cit
ing figures that he said upheld the as
sertions made by Mr. Hoover.
The President himself, still In his
new fighting mood, made his second
big speech Saturday evening In Cleve
land, and there was a chance that be
would yield to the Importunities of his
followers In the Middle and Far West
and deliver several more addresses be
fore election day. His opponent. Gov
ernor Roosevelt, was busy In his own
state during the week but found time
to make a radio address over a na
tion-wide hookup In reply to a ques
tlonnalre on the subject of federal re
lief to those In distress. Increased ap
propriatlons for public works as an
aid to employment, unemployment In
surance, and child welfare. It was
announced that Governor Roosevelt's
next trip would be through the South
and Middle West, though why he
should go Into the southern states Is
a puzzle.
SENATOR DAVID A. REED of
Pennsylvania, who went to Europe
in the summer at the direction of
I President Hoover principally to find
out tne attituue or
Grent Britain and
France on the Man
churian question, re
turned and immediate
ly reported at the
White House. To the
press he denied cate
gorically that any bar
gain or secret agree
ments had been made
by the United States
with either Great Brit
ain or France on the
course to be taken In
hnnrllinfr fhp f.vttnn rp
Senator Reed
>nnrt nnd othpr
I developments In Japan and Manchuria.
The Chinese National government
has announced that it accepts the Lyt
ton report as a basis for negotiations,
but a large group of Influential and
powerful Chinese has declared against
it, asserting that "it is suicidal fot
China to place further reliance In the
League of Nations, which is exposed
to Impotence and inability to uphold
right and Justice."
Dictator josef stalin has
taken steps to scotcli the plot tc
bring about his downfall, which was
mentioned in this column some weeks
ago. The Communist party of Russia
has expelled from its ranks as tral
tors Leo Kamenev and Gregory Zino
viev, two once powerful friends ol
Lenin, and they were locked up It
Lubianka prison. Twenty other Bol
sheviks were ousted along with them
Kamenev was formerly commissar ol
the Moscow district and president ol
the people's commissar and Is a broth
er-ln law of Leon Trotzky, the foe ol
Stalin. Zinoviev used to be commissai
of the Leningrad district and prest
dent of the Communist Interaationale
Both were accused of plotting agalnsl
Stalin In 1927 but were forgiven wher
they abjectly apologized. The decret
of the central executive committee ol
the Communist party says that boti
commissars were discovered by the
Gaypayou or secret police to be falsi
fying documents in order to compro
mise the work of the party's contro
committee.
CART. WOLFGANG VON GRONAl
and his three companions wht
were making a round-the-world flighi
came to grief in the Indian ocean. Bui
their radio was working after tlieii
plane was forced down by a broket
water pump, and the British steamei
Karagola responded to their call ant
rescued them, taking them and thcil
flying boat to Rangoon.
NORTHERN IreUnd Is having seri
ous trouble with its unemployed
For two days a mob of ten tbousant
Jobless men raged through Belfast
lighting the police and setting Ore t<
many Urge buildings. After one mat
had been killed and more than thirty
seriously wounded, the disorder was
quelled. But In a few hours the riot
ing was resumed with increased fury
and it was necessary to call on Brit
ish troops. The Ennlski lien Fusiliers
and the king s royal rltles were sent
In a hurry.
pUROPEAN powers are still Intent
on bringing about disarmament?
each for the other fellows?and their
various plans seem as far apart as
ara* Vnnmon II n?_.
t
N. H. Davis v
f
is, American delegate
o the disarmament
onference in Geneva,
s striving to recon
ile the various de
nands as applied to
laval strength, and
vas in London during
he week trying to find
compromise between
lie British thesis of
nany and small ships
vithln global tonnage
Igures and America's
aesire ror rewer ana Digger snips. Air.
Davis, however, did not confine him
self to naval matters, but discussed
disarmament generally with Prime
Minister MacDonald and Sir Bolton
Eyres-Monsell, first lord of the ad
miralty. lie also met Sir Walter Day
ton, England's leading economist, and
talked about the coming world eco
nomic conference. """
Premier Herriot of France nlso was
in London, conferring with Mr. Mac
Donald on Germany's demands for
arms equality. He has devised a dis
armament plan providing for a consul
tative pact which would include the
United States, and he consulted Mr.
Davis about this.
T"*WO years ago the American Bar
association appointed a committee
on criminology to study gangsters and
their operations. The committee has
now made its report, stating that or
ganized crime by gangsters Is based
largely on supply and demand and that
prohibition "brought about a demand
for the services of outlaws such as
we never had in this or any other
country prior to prohibition."
The committee consists of George
A. Bowman of Milwaukee, chairman;
Herbert Munro of Detroit and William
D. Knight of Itockford. 111.; all prose
cuting officers.
A NNOUNCEMENT was made by
** the Reconstruction Finance cor
poration that It had deposited $0,000,
000 with the Treasury department as
capital for Its agricultural credit cor
porations at Minneapolis, Minn., and
Wichita, Kan. Both these regional
concerns were expected to start Im
mediately making loans to farmers
and stock raisers in their respective
districts. The loan agencies in Co
lumbus, Sioux City, Spokane and Salt
Lake City already had their funds.
ALL candidates for the house and
senate are being polled as to
their views on prohibition by the
Woman's Organization for National
Prohibition Reform. The replies so
far tabulated show that 347 candi
dates of all parties are for straight re
I peal, 42 are evasive and 28 are op
posed to repeal. Out of 228 replies
from Democratic candidates, only one
) was opposed to straight repeal. Out
I of 170 replies from Republican candl
I dates, on the other hand, 105 were
for repeal, 42 evasive, and 23 opposed
to repeal,
i
DR. ALEXANDER FLEX NEIL di
rector of the new Institute for
1 Advanced Study which is to oj>en In a
1 year and will be located in or near
rnnceiun, ?*.? ???
' nounces that Prof. Al
bert Einstein, discov
1 erer of the relativity
theory, has accepted
a life appointment as
head of the school of
' mathematics. The em
inent scientist will oc
cupy a home in Prince
ton with Mrs. Ein
stein; will he Iff res!
dence at the Institute
annually from Octo
1 ber 1 to April 15, and
* will make a yearly vi:
Prof. Einstein.
sit to Geimnny.
' The Institute. It Is announced, Kill
1 be exclusively a postgraduate nntvcr
! sity. entirely separated from the "col
legiate" activities of existing Ameri
can higher education. It will be de
' voted to scholarship and research In
the spirit of pate science without out
side distractions.
I
VOKWAEIITS, the Social Demo
cratic newspaper of llerlin, accuse*
former Crown I'rlnce Frledrlch Wll
helm of plotting to overthrow the Cer
1 man republic and restore the mon
r archy with the help of Chancellor Von
' Papen, General Von Schleicher and
r president Von lllndenberg. It says the
prince Is to be proclaimed regent of
Germany at a propitious moment, and
that at the same time former Crown
Prince Ruprecht of Bavaria will be
1 proclaimed head of a Dantihlan king
? dotn. "A product of pure phantasy."
' says the government at Berlin.
> c t*1*- wrstvra I<<W1PKP<C UK pa.
World's Champion Farmerette
HENRIETTA BAKivER, eighteen-year-old world's champion farmerette, won
this title at the Los Angeles County fair at Pomona, Calif. In a field of
15 girls she ,ook first place In corn husking, churning, milking and hay cock
ing. Miss Bakker has been In the United States for only two years. She came
from Holland. , j
A STORY FOR BEDTIME
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
PETER RABBIT MEETS
LIGHTFOOT
DETER RABBIT was on his way
* back from I ho pond of I'addy the
Beaver deep In the Green Forest. He
had just seen Mr. and Mrs. Quack and
their ten young Quacks start on their
long, terrible Journey to the far away
Southland. Farewells are always
rather sad. and this particular fare
well had left Peter with n lump In his
throat, a queer choky feeling.
"If I were sure that they would re
turn next spring It wouldn't be so
bad." he muttered. "It's those terri
ble guns. I know what It Is to have
to watch out for them. Farmer
Brown's Boy used to hunt me with
one of them, but he doesn't any more,
and he won't let anybody else near
the Old Brier Patch, with one or over
here In the Green Forest But even
when he did hunt me It wasn't any
thing like what the Quacks have to
go through. If I kept my eyes open
I could tell when a hunter was coming,
and could hide In a hole if I wanted
to. I never had to worry about my
meals. But with the Quacks It Is a
thousand times worse. They've got to
eat while making that long journey,
and they can eat only where there Is
the right kind of food. Hunters with
terrible guns know where those places
are and hide there until the ducks
come, and the ducks have no way of
knowing whether the hunters are there
or not That Isn't hunting. It's?
j It's?"
"Well, what Is It? What are yon
talking to yourself about Peter Rab
j bltr
I
Heavy Plunger
Otl* Edmunds, fallback of the Cnl
I rerglty of Indiana eleven, la a power
ful 198-pound plunger.
Peter looked up with a start to find
the soft benutlful eyes of LIghtfoot
the Deer gazing down at him over the
top of a little hemlock tree.
"It's awful,", declared Peter. "It's
worse than unfair. It doesn't give
them any chance at all."
"I suppose It must be so If you say
so," replied LIghtfoot, "but suppose
you tell me what all this awfulness
is about."
Peter grinned. Then he began at
the beginning and told LIghtfoot all
"I Hope They Will Get Through All
Right." Said He.
about Sir. and .Mrs. Quack and the
awful dangers they must face on their
long Journey to the far away South
land and back again In the spring,
all because of the heartless hunters
with terrible guns. Llghtfoot listened
and his great soft eyes were filled
with pity for the troubles of the
Quack family.
"I hope they will get through all
right," said he, "and I hope they will
get back In the spring. It Is bad
enough to be hunted by men at one
time of the year, as no one knows
better than I do. but to be hunted
In the spring as well as In the fall Is
KITTY McKAY
By Nina Wilcox Putnam
The girl-friend lay* thai when the
cook unpacks her trunk It's no elgn
she'* going to stay: oho may be merely
making room for tome of your things.
<e lilt B?U gradient*.I?WXU Sot 1ML
HUSBAND'S DAY
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
THERE'S Mother's day and Father's
day,
Observed and honored by the young,
And yet one fellow goes his way
Unwept, unhonorcd and unsung.
There's Raisin day, to celebrate
The raisin, with a reason, too;
But there's a man, almost as great
As raisins, who has something due.
A wife should have a day she thought
About him as the Scripture bids;
About him as her husband, not
As Just the father of her kids;
One day of all the year all his.
When each man's wife, from sea to
sea,
Would love him some for what he Is.
And some for what he used to be.
Of course, she thought of him at first,
But now she thinks about the house,
The parlor rug that looks the worst.
The moid, the club, the pantry
mouse.
The church's work, the children's play,
Some other fellow's worth or wit?
There ought to be a Husband's day
To think of husbands just a bit.
e It32. Douglas lift]loch.?WNU Service.
more than twice as Dad. Men are
strange creatures. I do not under
stand them at all. None of the peo
ple of the Green Forest would think
of doing such terrible things. 1 sup
pose Is It quite right to hunt others
In order to get enough to cat. though
I am thankful to say that I have
never had to do that, but to hunt
others just for the fun of hunting Is
something I cannot understand at all.
And yet that Is what men seem to do
It for. I guess the trouble Is they
never have been hunted themselves
and don't know how It feels. Some
times I think I'll hunt one some day
to teach him a lesson. What are you
laughing at, Peter?"
"At the Idea of you hunting a man,"
replied Peter. "Your heart is right,
Llghtfoot, but you nre too timid and
gentle to frighten any one. Big as you
are, 1 wouldn't fear you."
With a single swift bound Llghtfoot
sprang out In front of Peter, lie
stamped his sharp hoofs, lowered his
handsome head until the sharp points
of his horns pointed straight at Peter,
lifted the hair along the back of his
neck, and made a motion as If to
plunge at Peter. Ills eyes, which
Peter had always thought so soft and
gentle, seemed to flash fire.
"Oh I" cried Peter In a faint, fright
ened-sounding voice, and leaped to one
side before It entered his foolish little
head that Llghtfoot was Just pre
tending.
"I?i didn't know you could look
so terribly fierce," stammered Peter.
"Those horns look really dangerous
when you point them that way. Why
?why, what Is that hanging to them?
It looks like bits of old fur. Have
you been tearing somebody's coat,
Llghtfoot?" Peter's eyes were wide
with wo'riderSind suspicion.
(?. 1832, by T. W'. BurroM.)?W.NU Service.
GOOD SOUPS
A SOUP Is always a part of the
meal that we feel should never
be omitted. It warms the stomach
and prepares It for the heartier foods
that follow and Is of Itself u nourish
'BCNElgV 9
Most bulls are harmless, but cows
stare horribly.
BONERS are actual humorous
tidbits found in examination papers,
essays, etc., by teachers.
Lions with four fpet are called quad
ropeds.
? ? ?
A canal Is a long straight ditch,
filled with water, and drawn by ? |
mule.
? ? ?
The Pharisees were people who liked
to show off their goodness by praying
In synonyms.
...
Density Is that property of mattei
that proves the absence of molecules.
? ? ?
Ills coat was torn and his trousers
in the Ins* stages of despair.
? ? ?
A Job*s Comforter is a rubber arti
cle for a baby to prevent It having
sore gums while teething.
. . .
The Germans used to make the oc
cused persons stick their arms In the
fire for two or three days. The one
that came out cleanest was not guilty.
?. 1932. Bell Syndicate.?WNU Serv'ce.
ment when prepared with cream and
vegetables.
Pea Soup.
This Is so simple that a child may
prepare it. Take one can each of pea
soup and canned milk, or rich sweet
milk if at hand. Mis well, heat aDd
serve hot with croutons.
In the making of soups as In any
other food preparation much depends
upon the cook. All ingredients should
be carefully measured, seasoning ap
propriate should be added. Mace,
cloves, nutmeg, thyme, bay leaf all
play an Important part. The same
ingredients blended with lack of care
may be tlat, state and insipid, or a
royal feast. A teaspoonful of sugar
brings out the flavor of many of the
vegetables and is au addition to most
soups.
Mock Basque.
Scald one quart of milk with three
fourths of a cupful of bread crumbs,
one small onion stuck with six cloves,
a sprig of parsley and a bit of bay
leaf. Remove the seasonings and rub
through a sieve. Add two teaspoon
fuls of sugar, two cupfuls of canned
tomatoes am! cook fifteen minutes. Re
heat the milk and bring to the boiling
point. Add the tomatoes, stirring
| gently. Add one-third of a cupful of
butter, onehalf teaspoonful of salt
and a few dashes of cayenne. Serve
with croutons.
? by Western Newspaper Union.
For G. A. R. Memorial at Lincoln Tomb
HERE Is tbe artist's drawing of a proposed G. A. R. memorial to be erected
on the terrace Immediately north of the tbmb of Abraham Lincold In
Springfield. Tbe structure would be In the nature of an amphitheater seating
approximately 3,000 people, with a building for keeping the records and his
torical documents of the 0. A. R. The coat of the memorial would be about
1250.000. ... . %