The Alamance gleaner 1 VOL. LVIII. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY JANUARY 5, 1933. NO. 48. News Review of Current Events the World Over General Sales Tax Killed by Roosevelt's Opposition? Other Ways of Balancing the Budget Sought? Samuel Insull Freed by.Greek Court. By EDWARD W. PICKARD PRESIDENTELECT ROOSEVELT has killed the general sales fax! for this session of congress at least, and Representative James W. Collier, | , chairman of the house ways anu means com mittee, is trying to devise some other method of balancing the budget. In this ef fort he is being earn estly aided by Speak er Garner and the oth er Democratic leaders in congress. They placed emphasis on economy In appropri ating government Vnnr1? ffrfi m I'll i n c closely the fixed expenditures, that amount to more than one billion dol lars. Also they renewed their fig! t to bring About the legalization^and taxation of beer. When Mr.,Roosevelt was told In Al bany that Washington reports Said he was In favor of the sales tax he ex pressed, through a spokesman, his "horror** at the story, so' Mr. Garner and the house Democratic leaders, who had said they would approve such a levy if It were necessary to balance the budget, abandoned thp plan. Tljp dispatches from Albany indicated that Mr. Roosevelt might exert pressure on congress to defedt the scheme if It were not dropped. He considers sales tax plans as belonging to two cate gories, the general manufacturers' sales tax. which he opposes, and the tax on special commodities such* as the federal taxes now being collected on gasoline and tobacco,^ which he thinks should be continued for the present. The house ways and means commit tee planned to begin on January 3 an exhaustive study of federal financing with Secretary Mills of the treasury ap|>earing before it to give his views. Roth Mr. Mills and ('resident Hoover have recommended a sales tax to bal ance the budget. Senate Democratic leaders, however, have expressed doubt that such a levy could be passed in that branch, and they have decided to make no efTorts to attach financial legislation to the Collier beer bill as a rider. RRPOKTS have been frequent that President Hoover would veto the Democratic beer and farm relief leg islation and in this connection Senator Robinson. Democratic leader of the upper chamber, said in a statement thnt? the Republican administration was engaging "in a policy of partisan political obstruction to prevent the en actment of legislation, apparently with the idea of forcing the incoming Pres ident to call a special -session.** As a matter of fact, observers tu Washington were of the opinion that a special session cannot now be avoided. ?r? SKNATOR PAT HARRISON of Mis sissippi, ranking Democrat on the senate finance committee. anmufTtced that after the holidays he would intro duce a resolution providing that a sen ate committee should htdd a confer enre with the nation's best economists, financiers and statesmen, to find the way to restore economic order. Harrison's Idea would include a study "of the whole economic situa tion. with a view primarily of obtain Ing constructive suggestions from lead Ing economists, financiers and states men as to methods and policies to re store economic stability.** Such subjects as currency stabiliza tion. Inllatioo and silver ."would be In eluded In the Investigation by the Mis sissippian. who has discussed his pro posal Informally with members of the finance committee. He believes the senate would favor prompractlon. Fll. LA GUARD!A, tbe Insurgent Republican representative from New York, introduced in the house a resolution to provide for the placing nf nil ? flvft. * day week l?asis by re during the Vegni in terest rate In the Die trict of Columbia and the territories to 3 1?or cenf. to reduce the interest rate on IP>\eminent securi ties by 29 per cent, and to cut tbe die count rate of fovern ttent agencies to a maximum of 2% per cant. The New York rep riMitatW wlnUlM intereK r*w? today are unteoably high when com pared with the earniDg power of the people and that they must come down, lie said he purposely drafted his res olution in simple language and had used the five-day week Illustration "so that even our bankers could under stand It" FIVE members of "the senate Judici ary committee have been appointed by Chairman Norris to consider the Black five-day work week bill, and hearings were announced to begin on January 5. The measure, which was Introduced by Senator Black of Ala bama, would limit the hours of labor' on goods produced for interstate ship ment to 30 a-week; with sii hours a day for five days. Norris, Itobinson, Borah, Walsh and Black are the sub committee, and they will take exten sive testimony as to both the desira bility of the legislation and Ms const! tutlonnlity. ? QUICK work -on the major appro priation bills went on in the house of representatives, iflie Interior de partment bill carrying $-13,002,DM for the fiscal year 1904 was passed after 34GO.(XX) had been added for a beat ing plant at Howard university, the federally supported institution for ne groes In Washington. In doing this 20 northern Democrats overrode the Dem cratic leadership and voted with the Republicans for the amendment. The house then went on to consider the Agriculture department supply bill.. The senate was in recess until Fri day, but attempts were &ade to begin formal consideration of the Collier beer bill by the Judiciary committee headed by Senator Norris. WHILE the congressmen were struggling with their problems, President Hoover and his |>arty were sailing down the Florida coast, trying to find good fishing, but with, small success. They made various stops but did not go ashore, receiving local dignitaries at the docks. At St. "Au gustine Mayor Mickler and a lot of other officials greeted the Chief Exec utive at the boat's rail and Mrs. Hoo ver received lovely bouquets, one sent by Governor Carlton and the other pre sented by Girl Scouts. Mail and tele grams that came aboard from time to time, some of thetn relating to the war debts, gave the President occa sional work and took his mind off the poor angling until the vicinity of Miami was reached, where the big fish were biting better. SAMUEL INSULL, the fallen utilities magnate, was set free by tbe Greek Court of Appeals that considered the request of the American government that be be extradited, and he Is at liberty to remain In Gteece or go to any. other coun try he piay prefer. After deliberating two hours the 6ourt In Athens held that do evidence had been presented that Insull was. guilty of, the offenses of granj lar ceny and Embezzle ment of $172,000, for which 'he was Indict ed by the grand Jury In Chicago.. It ruled that the money be was alleged to have taken might be considered a loan contracted for the Benefit of the corporations involved, and thntslnsull obtained from It no pergonal profit, but acted In good faith._ Greek lawyers and" officials of the American legation Said the decision was absolutely bind ing. and the latter Indicated that the Lulled States government would make no further efforts to extradite Insull on the evidence at hand. ALARMED by the flight of money from the Cnlon of South Africa, j which h#? Increased greafly of kite the government-at Pretoria 1. Hertzog. issued a decree forbidding ill export of gold. It also withdrew sovereigns from cir culation to prevent boarding. PROMINENT among those taken by death during the week waa Brig. Gen. John J. Carty. retired, vice pres ident and chief engineer of tha Amer ican Telephone and Telegraph com pany 8a died In Baltlmdre it the aga of seventy-one year*. General Carty was credited with many Important de velopments la the fields of telephonic telegraphic and radio communication. During the war he was directo^ of telephone and telegraph communion tlons for the American anny In France. Norman ?. Mark, New York mem ber of the l>ernocrntlc national com mlttee for 32 years and former pub lisher of the ? Buffalo Times, died In Buffalo, aged severity four, lie was one of the best loved of all Demo cratic lenders. CoL Richard S. Hooker, commander of the American marines stationed In Shanghai, died suddenly nt his home in that city while playing with his children. ' | ""HOUGH Japan, like all other na Hons, is hard op. its budget is the largest In its history, and in a state ment to the diet the army ollice sought to explain why the military expendi tures must be Increased. The mili tary system is to he readjusted ami improved In four ways. The- forces in Manchuria will he augmented, while those In Japan will be reduced as much as possible. Supplementary mil itary education will be, extended and improved. Army organisations are to, be bettered in various ways. Sup plies, such as munitions and uniforms, must be replenished. Probably the only Important busi ness the diet will transact Is the adop tion of the budget. The disgruntled Seiyukai party hesitates to oust Pre mier Snito, though it could do so, and that gentleman Is careful to propose a minimum of legislation, korekiyo Takahashl, finance minister, has an nounced his Intention to ask power to control the exchanges, but has not indjeated the method of control he pro poses to adopt. The flight of capital takes the form of export of goods, the value of which Is left abroad to cover purchases of raw materials. How this can be checked unless export trade Is controlled is not clear. NORMAN H. DAVIS, chief Ameri can delegate to the disarmament conference and himself a Democrat, was one of Mr. Roosevelt's most 1m ponani caners uurm^ the week. For two days the two men dis cussed privately and exhaustively the sub jects of disarmament, war debts and wurld economics. In all of which Mr. Davis is an expert. In the course of the conversations Mr. Davis told the President-Elect that he believed disarmament is necessary to a restoration or world continence ana credit and said he thought Important steps had been taken toward reduction of armameDt This, In turn, he pre dicted, would have a favorable effect on efforts for a successful world eco nomic conference. The first step, he said, would be to persuade France and Italj to Indorse the terms of the London naval agree ment of 1930, particularly regarding submarine construction. Disarmament advocates, he stated, believed they could ban submarines In spite of the objections of France and Japan, or at least limit them to coastal defense._ Then, by outlawing offensive weap ons, poison gas, mobll^Tieavy artillery and bombing airplanes and banning the manufacture of aerial bombs, the world would be ready to work toward restoration of confidence. llr. Roosevelt expressed the view that world security would return as the deadly instruments of war were reduced and mentioned that the late Premier Clemencean of France had once told him that "the one essential for France out of the W'orid war was security." "1 asked him for bis definition of security." Mr. Roosevelt said. "He re plied that for a thousand years no French babies had been horn and gone through life to three score and ten without knowing some kind of trouble with Germany. Since that was true, he said, the guaranty of no war with Germany would constitute security for the French. I think that belief Is still there." ONE of the major mining disasters of the year occurred at Moweaijua, UL when an explosion imprisoned .Vi coal miners beyond all hope of rescue. For a week their fellow workers dug frantically to get to the doomed men. but all they found were lifeless bodies At the time of writing the corpses of all butTseven of the mgp had been bronght to the surface. The little town was stricken by the tragedy, which left there 33 widows with a total of 7S children. PALL RKDFF.ItN, an American avl ator who In August, 1927. left Fort Brunswick, GsU on a nonstop flight to Itlo de Janeiro and disappeared, is, now said to have been discovered In the upper Amazon region. Charles Has ler, an American engineer who recent ly arrived from the binterlandi at a locality on the Tapajoi river near the Ford concession, said Redfern la now In the Rio Malor zone near Humayta Tillage on 'the right ahore of the Ma deria river and la enjoying perfect health among the Pa rani In Indiana 4 IMS. Wessata Mewtpsgw L'smw. Rep. Collier Rep. F. H. La Guardla Sam Insult N. H. Davit Donkey Leads a Blind Race Horse ONE of the most touching examples of loyalty between animals is to be found at the Holly Beach farm, near Annapolis, Md., where this lowly donkey, Balaam, nets as guide for his Inseparable companion. Light Brigade, winner of many important races before he Jost his sight By means of a bell tied about his neck, Balaam leads his pal to the grazing grounds and the wa ter trough, care'ully avoiding all pitfalls. Llgfit Brigade is now enjoying a life of egse at the close of his brllHant career. STORY FOR YOUNG FOLKS By THORNTON W. BURGESS JOHNNY CHUCK GETS HIS NOSE PINCHED DOWN from the Northland one stilly night whll? the little stars looked dowD frotn the sky and twin kled cam Jack Frost. He came si lently and he worked silently In the Green Forest and on the Green Meadows. He opened the chestnut burrs and the walnut busks. He painted the leaves of the maple trees and the beech trees and the birch trees and the sumacs and all the oth er trees except these which keep green all winter, and he pinched the stems so that the first Merry Little Breexd would shake them from the trees In showers of red and gold and brown. He covered the Green Meadows with a thin white sheet which people call by his own name?frost. All this he '? did In the stilly night, and then he l made ready to race away back where I he bad come from as soon as jolly, { round, red Mr. Sun should kick off his blankets and begin his daily climb up In the blue, blue sky. I'eler Rabbit and Iteddy Fox and Old Man Coyote and Llghtfoot the Deer and Billy Mink and Little Joe Otter ' and Jerry Muskrat and I'addy the Beaver and Buster Bear and llooty I the Owl, who, as you know, are usu ally abroad In the night, knew what was going on. On the whole, they were rather glad to welcome Jack Frost, for they had new thick coats to keep them warm. But Johnny Chuck and Happy Jack Squirrel and all the other little people who curl up In their beds and sleep through the night as people are supposed to do, knew nothing of the coming of Jack Frost until they awoke Just at I the break of day. Then when they | poked their noses out of their bouses Jack Frost slyly pinched them ever so gently by way of Introducing blm self. Now Johnny Chuck was, as you know, very fat, very fat Indeed. For weeks he had been eating all that be could. He had been glutting himself Just to make fat so that he might sleep threugh the long winter In comfort Of late he had been getting -very sleepy. Fnt people usually sre sleepy. So Johnny Chuck had been going to bed much earlier than be did In the summer and finding It' harder to get up early In the morning. On this par ticular morning somehow he didnt want to get up at alL He stretched ^nd yawned nnd tried to make up his iblnd that he was faf enough. But he remembered what Sammy Jay had told him of how Jerry Musk-' rat and Paddy the Beaver were pre paring for a long hard winter and of bow old kjother Nature bad given Bed dy and Granny Fox and Buster Bear and Billy Mink and Little Joe Otter extra thick coals. ' "I may as well eat a little more while I can, and so make sure that I have fat enough to carry ine through In case Mistress Spring happens to be late In coming back," thought he "I guess perhaps today will be the last day 1 will have to edt I'm getting tired of eating. Seems to me I never was so sleepy In all my life." He yawned and stretclied again, then very slowly crawled out of bed nnd started up his long ball to his doorway. He was still blinking as he poked his little black nose outside Now Jack Frost had lingered Just as long as he could, for the Jolly Little Sunbeams were already - hurrying across the Gceen Meadows, and Jack Frost knew that he was not yet strong enough to face them/ He was just getting ready to leave In a hurry when he saw Johnny Chuck's little black nose poking out of his doorway. The temptatirn was too great to resist. Jack Frost paused Just long enough to reach out and gently pinch that little black nose. "Ouch!" said Johnny Chuck and pulled his nose back. InsMb his hall It was as comfortable as ever, and so he sat there for some time staring out and trying to get bis sleepy wits to gether. He bad half a mini) to turn right around and go back to bed. At last a Jolly Sunbeam crept In. This decided matters for Johnny. He would at" least go out and see how things looked. Out he went and aat up on hit doorstep. JoJly, round Mr. Sun smiled down on him, but somehow Johnny couldn't And any warmth In that smile. He looked thla way and that way and saw what Jack Frost had been doing. Be looked over to the nearest clover patch, and somehow It didn't make blm the least tiny bit hun gry. Then, right then, he made up bis mind. "I'm fat enough!" said he Turn ing. he kicked up his Uttle black beela and disappeared 'Inside his bouae Peter Rabbit came along J oat In time to ae? tbose black heala vanish. "I do believe," aald be, "that Johnny Chuck baa gone to bed for tha winter." Peter wai right, Johnny Chock bad. e lilt *7 *? W. iirrwa-Win Sarvtes, "Night bathing ?u popular, too. ( whan Ma uraa'a girl," aaya dipping I Dinah, "but only on Saturday night*," | e :?L Ball aradteai*.??KU aarrtea. _ i OUR GLASSES By DOUGLAS MALLOCH OU. THE glasses we wear we con sider with care, Fes, the glasses we wear on our eyes. For we measure and test and decide on the best In a way that is cautious and wise? But the rest Of our glasses we never surmise. Yet we look all the day all at life all the way Through the glasses we wear on the mind. Some with glasses of hate make the little hurts great; There are some so exceedingly blind Here of late That they seem to see only behind. -4^- - But the best sort of glass shows each blossom you pass. Sees the past, and a little ahead, Makes the mean rather small, makes the kind rather tail. Makes the highway more easy to tread? After all Makes the world Just as good as God said. A till. DousUs Halloch. ?W.NU Servlc*. Coat of Black Wool 1 This smart black coat Is In new nov elty wool with scarf collar and new sleeve. It Is worn with black tam turban with grosgrnin cocarde. TASTY LITTLE SARDINE THE little silvery herring which we call sardine comes frotp the coast of Maine. We do not serve this delightful little fish often enough to learn of the pum ber of dishes which it may add to qur list of good things. How about a rare bit? Everybody likes a rarebit Sardine Rarebit. Mix two tablespoonfuls of melted butter with half a pound of rich cheese grated or broken Into bits Stir con gtautly while It melts, then add one egg beaten and diluted with two-thirds of a cupful of cream. Stir until smooth, season with paprika, a small plocb of salt and a few drops of ta basco sauce. Drain a box of sardines, broil them on slices of toast and pour over the hot rarebit. Serve at once. One may buy the sardines put up In oil, or In tomato sauce, or "done" in mustard, so all tastes may be served and given a variety. Curried Sardines. Mix one teaspoonfu) each of sugar and curry powder, adding a pinch of salt. I'ut these into a saucepan with one cupful of cream and a teaspoon ful of lemon Juice. Stir until hot, then drop la a dozen sardines. In an other [>nn beat some butter, and In It snule slices of bread targe enough to hold a sardine and a slice of apple. Pour some of the hot apple sauce over each and serve. Sardine sandwiches are probably the most popular way of serving this little Qsh, next to serving them as they come from the tin. with a bit of lemon and bread and butter. ? by Western Newspaper Union. Wrestler at Yale Henry Taft Snowden, nephew of tba ate William Howard Taft, former President and chief Justice of the Su >reme court, who Is a mainstay of the fale wrestling team, of which he Is he veteran member. He won the ln ercollegiate wrestling title In 1931 In he heavyweight class. Snowden itands 0 feet 6 Inches In stocking feet, ind weighs 221 pounds. BCNERS A protoplasm Is a person who Is al ways prophesying. BONERS are actual humorous tidbits found in examination papers, essays, etc, by-teachers. A solution Is saturated whm It goes np In smoke. e ? ? The pilgrims came to this country to free thelrselves of religion. ? ? ? The original tribes of Central Amer ica were the Aztecs, the Cults, and the Morons ? ? ? Who said "After os the deluge?" Noah. , ? ? ? Orthography means having the right opinions about everything. ? ? ? Papacy was what the people wrote on. ? ? ? Sweet smelling bread was wafted through the air and permeated -my whole being. (? Bell eradicate)?Wjrtj Servlca. Miss Mackav and Her Prize Sculpture , MISS HELEN V. MACKAY, young London sculptor, has for the sec ond fear In succession been swarded the $500 prize offered annually for tbe best piece of sculpture submitted by ? woman. Miss Mackay's work ts a study of tbe recumbent figure of Christ supported by the Virgin Uary. ?