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? i The Alamance gleaner VOL. LVIII. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3, 1932. NO. 39. News Review of Current Events the World Over President Orders Tariff Action to Help Employment? Steel Corporation Sees Business Improvement? Doings of the Presidential Campaigners. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ?rtjmncn ?*?1 * ? i'unxiic.n pruteciiou ror American ? Industries and American workmen against certain foreign competition may be expected in the immediate fu fliro Rnmn Hnva n rrn Frank X. Eble, Unit ed States commission er of customs, began a series of hearings on the complaints of manufacturers that the dumping tof for eign products on our mnrkets at ruinously low prices was threat ening our industries. Mr. Eble heard tbe testimony of repre F. X. Eble industries and examined the foreign goods they took to Washington. He was urged to correct the cvtl by or dering higher import duties. Then President Hoover, fulfilling promises made in several speeches, directed the federal tariff commission to open at once an Investigation into the foreign competition that is dis tressing the manufacturers and caus ing increased unemployment in many American communities. Mr. Hoover's letter was directed to Chairman Rob ert L. O'Brien of the commission and appended to it was a list of sixteen industries that are being adversely af f-cted, together with the names of the cities and towns that are Injured by the influx of foreign goods. The letter said: "You recognize that ctirrencies in thirty countries have now depreciated from 5 to 55 per cent, which has re duced the standards of living in those countries and greatly widened the dif ference in cost of production between the United States and those localities. "I would therefore be obliged if the tariff commission would expedite this matter in order to afford all possi ble relief to unemployment in these communities. I urge this expedition because of this possible retardation of increasing employment of our people. If It shall prove that the differences in cost of production between here and abroad in these industries have al tered the basis of the tariff duties, I wish to receive recommendations of the tariff commission at the earliest possible moment." Included In the injured industries are rag and grass rugs, brushes, leath er gloves, silverware. Jewelry, chem ical products, electric light bulbs, cut lery. pottery, rubber boots and shoes, iron and steel products, lumber prod ucts, canned vegetables and fish and dried beans. The list was compiled by the Commerce department. D 'RECTORS of the United States Steel corporation came to the front boldly with action that indicated they could see real improvement in the business condition of the country. They voted to declare the quarterly dividend on the preferred stock, al though It was not earned during the previous three months, and no margin of profit had been shown for the issue since September of last year. Pay ment of the dividend requires the out lay of $6,304,919, and the net loss for the quarter ending September 30 was announced as $20,871,709. But a special supplementary report was made showing gains In production since last July and still better gains In the shipments of finished steel Three months ago the directors had warned the holders of preferred stock that continuance of the dividend pay ments would depend on improvement In business conditions. Wall Street had been tense with excitement In advance of the divi dend announcement. probably no group of men could he assembled In Wall Street whose combined opinion would be more highly respected by the financial community than the Steel directors, representing, as they do. the strongest banking Interests In the country. GOVERNOR ROOSEVEI.T returned to Albany from his campaign tour of the Middle West and the South with the assurances of Demir cratic leaders that the southern states which voted for Mr. Hoover in 1928 had definitely returned to the Demo cratic fold. His speaking program from this on was somewhat uncertain but probably was to Include talks in Boston. New York and other eastern cities. President Hoover made a quick trip to Indianapolis where he spoke Fri day night and then hurried back to Washington to put the finishing loucnes on auuresses to be delivered in Newark, N. J., and New York city. The latter he was said to consider one of the most Important of bis cam paign. Some of Mr. Hoover's advis ers were urging him to make another tour of the Middle West, the real bat tle ground; others thought he should make a big transcontinental swing that would land him at his home at l'alo Alto, Calif., for election day. A1 Smith's speech In Newark, which was broadcast by radio, was listened to with intense Interest He devoted a great deal of It to the liquor issue, and that bad the effect of bringing Senator Borah out Into the open with the flat assertion that he would vote for Hoover, though he Indicated he was not going to take part In the campaign. The Idahonn character ized Smith's address as "the most effective talk for President Hoover In this campaign." SEVERAL hundred thousands of unemployed men from many parts of England and also from Scotland and Wales moved In groups on Lon A...ln- iu. -l uvu uuilllg IIIK WUt'K and concentrated there to demand that parliament rescind the "means test" I which requires a re- J cipient of the dole to furnish proof that he has no other means of support. There were few untoward I Incidents in their | march for the author- ^ lties of the towns through which they passed provided them with food and shelter. 8lr Oswald Mosley But It was reared there might be rioting In Lon don, so the regular police of the met ropolitan district and civilian volun teers sworn in as special police, some 40,000 In all, were mobilized to keep order. Despite this precaution there was serious rioting when the jobless army was concentrated In Hyde Park. The fighting was started by a gang of young hoodlums. One of the preliminary Incidents was a lively street light between Job less men and the British Fascists or ganized by Sir Oswald Mosley. The millionaire baronet, addressing a meeting in the East End, had been heckled, and, at the head of his black shlrted followers, was on the way to their headquarters near the parlia ment buildings, followed by a Jeering mob. Near Trafalgar square Sir Os wald's men broke ranks and engaged in a sharp battle with their tormen tors. During a debate in the house of commons on a motion of censure for the government's dole policy?which motion was defeated?Prime Minister MacDonald declared the means test could not be abolished but promised that some phases of the policy would be reconsidered. These, he said, might Include the items of pensions and sav ings, which under the present arrange ments must be spent before an unem ployed person Is eligible to receive benefits. WHEN the assembly of the League of Natio- ? meets In special ses sion the third week in November to consider the Manchurlan problem and the Lytton report, | both Japan and China will be well repre sented. Yosuke Mat suoka will be chief spokesman for Japan, and he and his two colleagues will be in Genera with a free, hand to act as they deem wise. They may even decide that their country must with draw entirely from the league. Chief represents tb e Dr. Yuen-Li Liang I of the Chinese Nationalist govern ment will be Dr. Tuen-Li Liang, who passed through the United States re cently on his way to Geneva, stopping briefly In Washington. He was for merly Judge of the Shanghai court of appeals and is a finished diplomat and a strong debater. The line of strategy klatsuoka will follow Is indicated by his statement: "J will talk to the league as though talking to God. I will tell what I think is Just and will let It go at that 1 will not deal with men: I will deal with God. God transcends all racial hatreds and understands any language. If the league can also face God and do what It thinks Is for the ultimate good of humanity I am satisfied.** ITALY has been busy celebrating the end of the first decade of Fascism, and Premier Mussolipl has been mak ing interesting addresses in Turin, Milan and other cities. The Turlnese have been the most active of the Duce's opponents, but lie moved among thousands of workers in fac tories without escort and made prof fers of peace to them, urging them to Join the Fascist purty. Then, In an outdoor speech heard by half a million, the premier put forth a plea to the United States to cancel or reduce the European war debts. Con tinuing with International matters, he declared G rmany's demand for armament parity was fully Justified but that the Germans must wait un til the world disarmament confer ence breaks up in what he predicted would be failure. He said Italy would remain a member of the League of Nations because "the league is very sick and we cannot abandon It.'* Without mentioning France by name ' he made what was Interpreted by the crowd as a challenge to that nation? whose frontier is only 40 miles west of there?In his statement that "Turin has never been afraid of war.'* After being banqueted In Turin by Crown Prince Humbert and his bride, the Duce went on to Milan where he predicted that within ten more years all Europe would go Fascist and that before the end of the century Italy would again be the leader of civiliza tion. The premier said there was no need to waste time reviewing the past or thinking of It?that his thought al ways was for the future. "In these days of unrest and un certainty elsewhere in the world there are countries far older than this which do not know what their future will be. We know. We are sure of our future and are advancing always straight ahead with courage and de termination." He expressed the opinion that some- j times his words were misunderstood abroad, adding: "I am desirous of ] peace and tranquility, but I also am anxious for new battles and fresh combats." COL. AND MRS. CHARLES LIND bergh have announced that their second son has been named Jon Mor row Lindbergh. The Jon was chosen for a Scandinavian forbear of Colonel Lindbergh, and Morrow in honor of Mrs. Lindbergh's father, the late Dwight W. Morrow. Probably the family wil call the baby Jon, those close to the Lindbergh household said. The family nurse, Betty Gow, re turned from Scotland, and was whisked away to the Morrow home In Englewood, N. J., In a station wagon. SINCE Raymond Robins dropped out of sight on September 3 not a clew to the whereabouts of the noted Chi cago reformer, philanthropist and pub Raymond Robins Heist has been found. III s friends cannot understand how a man of such promi nence could thus dis appear and have now renewed the search for him. However, they fear that he was slain and not merely kidnaped as was at first believed. Kobins was a pow erful figure in Cliica go civic affairs for many years. He was a lender of the Progressive party and In 1914 was Its candidate for United Stales senator from Illinois, lie has a home In Maine and another in Flor ida. I.eading people of the country were his friends. He was a noted or ator. a temperance worker and a sup porter of prohibition, hut never was known as a snooper, his friends say, although he waged war on bootleggers In the Florida county where he re sided. That Florida rum runners might have waylaid him in New York seemed improbable to many, but It Is the only theory of his disappearance his friends have. They think a powerful syndi cate, having bases In Florida and New York, may be responsible. LED by Acting Mayor McKee, the board of estimate of New York decided that the project for the Thir ty-eighth street tunnel under the Hud son river must he abandoned for the period of the depression, ft asked the lteconstruction Finance corporation not to lend the port authority money for the project until the city has a chance to he heard; and It unofficially warned the port authority that If it tried to go ahead with the scheme they could not nllow any streets to be dedicated to the tunnel approach. IN A Navy day message to the nation President Hoover took occasion to I warn the powers of Europe that. If current negotiations for effecting fur ther reductions In world armaments fall, the United States will build up j Its navy to the full strength permitted by the London treaty. e ltll Wasura Ntw>c>aw Unlaw. CHILDREN'S STORY ?By THORNTON W. BURGESS LIGHTFOOT TELLS HOW HIS HORNS GREW IT IS hard to believe what seems Impossible. And yet what seems Im possible to yon mny be a very com monplace matter to some one else. So It does not do to say that a thing cannot be Just because you cannot understand how It can be. I'eter Rab bit wanted to believe what I.lghtfoot the Deer had Just told him, but some how he couldn't believe It. You see Llghtfoot had Just told Peter that.the... splendid great horns which crowned Llghtfoot's head were new and had grown that summer. Do you wonder that Peter found this hard to believe? If he had seen them growing It would have been another matter. But he hadn't seen Llghtfoot since the very last of the winter nnd then Llghtfoot had had Just such handsome horns as he now wore, so he really couldn't be blamed for not being ab!e>to be lieve that those had been lost and In their place new ones had grown In Just the few months of spring and summer. So when Peter had asked him about the rags hanging to his horns, Llght foot had told Peter that he didn't like to tell things to people who wouldn't believe them. And Piter didn't blame Llghtfoot In the least. "I'm trying to believe It," he said humbly. "It's all true," broke In another voice. Peter turned to find his cousin, Jumper the Hare, sitting near. Un seen and unheard he hnd stolen up nnd had overheard what Peter and Llghtfoot had said. "How do you know It Is true?" snapped Peter, a little crossly, for Jumper had startled him. "Because I saw Llghtfoot's old horns after they had fallen off, and I often ! saw Llghtfoot while his new horns were growing," retorted Jumper. "All right! I'll believe anything that Llghtfoot tells me If yon say It Is true," declared Peter, who greatly admired his cousin Jumper. "Now tell me about those rags clinging to your horns, Llghtfoot. Please do." Llghtfoot couldn't resist that "please." "Those rags aj?. what Is left of a kind of^covering which covered the Trorop-' while they were growing, as I told you before." said he. "Very soon after my old horns dropped ofT, the new ones began to grow. They were not hard, not at all like they are now. They were soft and very tender, and the blood ran all through them Just as It does through our bod ies. They were covered with a sort i of skin with hairs on It like thin fur. j The ends were not sharp pointed as j they are now, but were big and round | like knobs. They were not like horns | at all, and they made my head hot and very uncomfortable. That Is why I hid away. They grew very fast, so fast that every day I could see, by looking at my reflection in the water, that they were a little longer. It seemed to me sometimes as If all my strength went Into those new horns. ; And I had to be very careful not to hit them against anything. In the first j place It would have hurt, and In the second place It might have spoiled the shape of my horns. "When they had grown to the length you now see they began to shrink and grow hard. The knobs on the ends shrank until they became pointed. As soon as they stopped growing the blood stopped flowing up In them, and as they became hard they were no longer tender. The skin which had Nippy Jacquette One of tbe prettiest things brought oat recently is this little Jscquette of broadtail. With its close collar and cape let sleeves It converts tbe wool l frock into a smart ensemble. Able to Sit Up and Take Food j WHEN Jo Mend!, performing chimpanzee of the Detroit Zoological park, ' fell dangerously 111 not long ago, letters and flowers came from his friends all over the country who had been entertained by his tricks. Hut Jo * is slowly recovering, and our photograph shows him in his new pajamas sit ting up and taking a little broth administered by Director John Millen. ' Leads the Badgers I Gregory Kabat, who last year made the all-conference team. Is captain of the University of Wisconsin eleven this season. He plays regularly at guard but Is also an excellent back field man. covered them grew hard and split and I rubbed It off on trees and bushes. The little raps you see are what Is left, but I will soon be rid of those. Then I shall be ready to fight a man. If need be, and will fear him only when he has a terrible pun with hlra." Liphtfoot tossed his pretty head proudly and rattled his wonderful horns against the nearest tree. "Isn't he handsome?" whispered Peter to Jumper the Hare. "And did you ever hear of anything so wonderful as the growing of those new horns In such a short time? It Is hard to believe, but I suppose it must be true." {?. 1132. by T. W. BurfeM.) ?WXC Service - KONERS Rosetta Stone?a missionary to Turkey. BONERS are actual humorous tidbits found in examination papers, essays, etc., by teachers. Shakespeare was born In the year 1554, supposedly on bis birthday. ? ? ? The enraptured tourist stood on the bank of the Grand canal In Venice drinking It all In. ? ? ? An Idiom Is a person of low Intel ligence. ? e ? A demagogue Is a vessel containing spirituous liquors. ? ? ? Explain the effect of heat and cold and give an Illustration. Heat expands: In the summer the days are long. Cold contracts: In the winter the days are short ? ? ? Fish lay eg?s This Is called swarm ing. C. Hit Bell Syndicate.?W VU Service. A Mountain Man Goes Home By DOUGLAS MALLOCH j<| (XTES, I'm from the mountain coun l try," he aald with a lonely algh, 'And the prairie ain't not country for a mountain man to die. -yB 've aet my face to the mountalna, my j feet on the rlaln' road, tnd I'm goln' back up yonder to ? mountain man'* abode. [ come front the mountain country, a* many a man bag come iVhen the wand'rln' fever'a on him, and the call of atreet and alum, 3ut now I nm alck of cltiea, and alck of the clty'a waya, Ind I'm goln' back up yonder, in the hllla to end my days. : .4 'So thanka for your breakfast, farmer, and thanka for the bed I had; t waa Just a hayloft, farmer, but A hayloft ain't go bad. J J The amell of the hay waa aweeter than any I've amelt before Since I waved my hand to Mother, and I turned from Father'a door. I can't help you none with harveat, I can't help you none with stock, F"or my feet are aoft with prairie, and I want the feel of rock. 3h, gome of you call me hobo, but that doean't mind to me, " for I'm goln' back up yonder to the place I ought to be. ?Yea, youth la the time to gander, but age la the time to reat, and your home'a the place to head for, and a mountain home la beat. Not many, I guess, will know me, not many'll care to know, But your home'a the place to head for, and It'a there I mean to go. There'a many a year left In me, but whether it'a one or ten. It la there I want to finish, In the hllla up there again. I'm off for the mountain country, and here la the reason why: For the prairie ain't no country for a mountain man to die." e. till. Douelav MaHoch.?WNU Benrloa. MADE OF MOLASSES MOST of ua think of molaasea as an old-fashioned alrup which was used In grandmother's day to sweeten the gingerbread, cookies and Juicy plea, that gave an aroma to her pantry which we never forget However, molasses goes back much farther than grandmother's pantry, for our Puritan grandparents used mo losses In all their cookery, and the full molasses keg waa a large part of the food equipment. It was eaten with mush and cereals, on griddle cakes and all kinds of bread, sweet ened dried apple plea, baked ham, cakes and puddings, as there waa no sugar In those days, such as we com monly use now. Molasses being the product of tha South, has Its delectable dishes which have been handed down to us from generation to generation. The follow ing are a few worth keeping, as they are choice: Louisiana Pudding. Take one-half cupful of well washed rice, four cupfuls of milk, one half cupful of raisins, one half cupful of New Orleans molasses, one-balf tea spoonful of each of cinnamon and Is salt. Mix well and bake two and one- (' half hours, stirring often during the first hour of baking. On the last j stirring add two tablespoonfuls of butter. Southern Waffles. Sift one pint of flour with three ta- j blespoonfuls of baking powder one half teaspoonful of salt, then add one {j and one fourth cupfuls of milk, two egi-s. whites and yolks beaten sepa- jf rately. mix and beat well, then add lh two tablespoonfuls of melted butter. ? Add more milk If the batter seems too thick. Serve with New Orleans mo lasses. e br Western N?w?pap?r Cnioa. "Wedding of Father ISile" Celebrated ONE of the gaily decorated barges participating In the ancient and pic turesque ceremony of Wafa el Nil (wedding of Father Nile), which marks the rising of the river to the point necessary for irrigating every part of the Nile valley. Thousands of years ago the priests of Egypt annually sacrificed a young maiden to tho Nile during the ceremony as the canals were cut amid great rejoicing and the water allowed to flow from the Nile throughout the land. Now, becaus< of modern irrigation. It la no longer necessary to cut the dams, nor la It desirable to sacrifice a young maiden, but the elaborate cere- j monies are held Just the same, with firework displays after sundown. KITTY McKAY By Nina Wilcox Putnam The girl-friend says she hasnt yet decided whether to take her vacation at the seashore or In the mountains: she cant make up her mind which Is the least exhausting. (A lilt. Bell eradicate.)?WXD Carries ^ ^
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