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.
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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 <took enter
gency steps to remain on, the gold
standard. The cabinet, beaded by
Premier J. R. >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. _
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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.
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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.
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The pilgrims came to this country
to free thelrselves of religion.
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The original tribes of Central Amer
ica were the Aztecs, the Cults, and
the Morons
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Who said "After os the deluge?"
Noah. ,
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Orthography means having the right
opinions about everything.
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Papacy was what the people wrote
on.
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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. ?