The Alamance gleaner f
VOL. Lvm. ? W GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY JANUARY 19, 1933. NO. 50.
News Keview of Current
Events the World Over
Congress Not Accomplishing Anything Important?
Budget Balancing Likely to Be Postponed?Johnson
, Assails Borah in Senate Debate.
i By EDWARD W. PICKARD
^ IF ANYTHING of moment Is nccom
I plished by the present session of
congress, almost cerlninly the Inst
"lame duck" session that ever will be
held, political observ
ere will be aston
ished. The Democrats,
in numerical control
of the house, seem be
wildered and uncer
tain; the Republicans
gleefully assist In die
trading their oppo
nentgnnd complicating
their attempts at leg
islation; the more rad
ical members of both
parties slash right and
left and add to the
conrusjon. The senate doesn't espe
cially like the house's beer bill, and
the bouse doesn't approve of the re
peal resolution before the senate. I To
ceedlngs In the upper chamber at this
writing nre held up by a filibuster con
ducted by Senator Huey Long of
Louisiana for the purpose of defeating
the Olass banking hill. And over all
hangs the prospect that I'redden!
Hoover will veto certain of the most
Important measures If they reach the
White House.
As for balancing the budget, that
probably will have to wait for the
special session of the new congress.
Tresident Hoover apparently has aban
doned hope that It can be accom
plished at this session, and the Dem
ocrats, Including President-Elect Roose
velt, give no Indication that they have'
decided how It should be done. They
now deny that they plan to raise I he
Income tax, the leaders who conferred
with Mr. Roosevelt repudiating their
first statements that such was their
Intention. Representative Henry T.
Itnlney of Illinois, majority lender,
declares congress can balance the fed
era! budget without the Imposition of
additional taxes, except a tax on beer,
and his statement Is greeted with gen
eral expressions of approval from the
taxpayers and many members of con
gress. He says the budget should be
balanced by cutting down the cost of
government?a proceeding that has the
nominal approval of bolh parties?and
that the imposition ot a heavier lax
burden on the people would be to "In
vite revolution." All of which sounds
fine, hill so far congress has failed to
reduce governmental costs In any ap
preciable degree. The amount It will
save In this session may not be as
much as $10l),UtKI.000.
0 Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi,
one of the most astute of the Demo
crats. agreed witb the Kainey pro
gram. "We." he said, "nre going to
try to retrench sufficiently to avoid
levying of new taxes, ft Is too early
now to tell )ust how close we can
come to balancing the budget through
economies. Our plan Is to hold off on
.revenue legislation fot several weeks
while we try to secure enactment of
the beer hill, ee enactment of the gaso
line tax and all possible economies.
When we know how much we can
raise and save It will he time enough
to talk of tjew taxes."
SENATOR BORAH'S assertion In
the senate that France was Justi
fied In her stand on the war debt
because President Hoover in his con
ference with M. I .aval
nun given the Knro
pean debtor nations
reason to believe their
obligations to the
United States would
be scaled down if
re|>a rat ions were re
duced brought on a
sharp debate between
the Idaho gentleman
and Senator Hi rani
?lolmson of California.
The row started with
the reading In the sen
ate of letters from
Secretary of State Stimson and Sec
retary of the Treasury Mills denying
thai Mr. Hoover had given Ijtval any
inch assurance. These denials, Borah
Mid. were Inconclusive though It is
hard to see how tliey could he more
SfHTific.
Johnson thereu|*>n soundly berated
Borah for his stand, and satirically
scolded him for not giving the senate
the ??facts'" known to Idm when the
moratorium was before that body In
H*11. The exchange of personalities
between ~the two erstwhile close
friends was acrimonious.
Though Mr. Itoosevelt declined to
CO operate with President Hoover on
the war debt question, he is getting
ready to tackle this snd other Inter
national mntter3 Immediately after
his Inauguration. In pursuance of this
plan he held long conferences In New
York with Secretary Stlmson. Col. Ed
ward M. House, who is pn authority on
foreign affairs; James \V. Gerard.
American ambassador to Germany at
the time the United States entered
the war; Sumner Welles, who was
assistant secretary of state In the Wil
son administration, and Senator Swan
son of Virginia, one of our delegates
to the disarmament conference.
AS [.AID before the senate, the reso^
lution for repeal of the Eight
eenth amendment was a compromise
between the drys and wets on the
Judiciary committee and satisfied no
one. It Is designed to bar the saloon,
retains for the federal government a
certain amount of control over the
liquor traffic, alms to protect dry
states from Importations of liquor
from wet neighbors, and provides for
submission of the amendment to state
legislatures rather than to special
state conventions. Speaker Garner and
Representative Rainey said the reso
lution In that form would not even be
Introduced In the house If It were
passed by the senate, because ft does
not conform to the Democratic plat
form.
DEMOCRATIC logrolling and Re
publican tactics of hampering
I marked the debate on the "domestic
allotment farm relief bill In the house
Even If It were passed by house and
senate It probably would be subjected
t^.fe(o by the President The measure
j was loaded down with amendments
1 by representatives who refused to be
controlled by their party leaders.
Proposals to include rice within the
benefits of the act were adopted 99
to 24; peanuts were added by th2 close
teller vote of 11] to 110 and the but
ter fat products of the dairy industry
Included 102 to 75 on a rising vote.
When It was finally assured of passage
hy the house, the Roosevelt farm relief
program was rounded out with the In
troduction In the senate of companion
bills designed to lighten the burdens
of agricultural mortgages through the
use of further federal aid and federal
money. V??
;? IX INGFISFT LONG'S filibuster
against the Glass banking bill
amused a handful of senators and a
lot of visitors In the galleries, bat kept
I the senate from ac
compnsmng onytntng.
Huey made a number
of sarcastic allusions
to Senator Glass,
which rather annoyed
the Virginian. He as
serted that when re
cent!.? he said he
knew more about
branch banking than
Glass, he really "was
not giving himself
much credit." Then
he produced a big
Bible and rend from Isaiah:
"Woe unlo thetn that Join house to
house, that lay field to field, till there
be no place, that they may be placed
alone In the midst of the earth."
"Just change that to brnnch banks,"
be shouted, "and you've got what'll
happen to the Independent bankers."
"If yon dont lake the bouse of
Morgan Into ct nslderation.' was an
other contribution, "yon ain't going to
regulate many hanks with any bill yon
pass here. The house of Morgan Is
the undisputed kingfish ot the bank
Ing business."
PRESIDENT HOOVER In a special
message asked congress to ratify
the long pending international arms
convention or to enact legislation at
this session, giving the CJrief Ex ecu
tive wider powers in placing emhar
goes on shipments of arms to lielllger
enls. Neither request is likely to be
granted, t'hnirtnan Itorah of the sen
ate foreign relations committee has op
posed the arms convention for years
and Is still against It. he and others
holding that it wonld not Interfere
with the enterprises of the greater
powers, but would discriminate against
small nations. Senator Sltlpstead of
Minnesota said he could approve nel
ther plan, and some of the Repnb
lienns. nolnbly Representative Ham
ilton Fls!t of New York, declared
themselves against them.
REPCBMCAN membership In the
house of representatives was re
duced by two dming the seek by
death. Congressman Robert R. Butler
of Oregon died of heart dtiense In
duced by pneumonia. Nest day Ihe ,
capital was shocked by the suicide of
Samuel Austin Kendall of the Twenty
Fourth Pennsylvania district. For
months be had grieved over the death
of his wife and Anally gave up and
put a bullet through bis head as he
sat In his room In the bouse office
building.
Among other well known men who
died were Guy D. Golf, former Cnlted
States senator from West Virginia,
and Benton McMlllln. former gover
nor of Tennessee and for 20 years a
member of congress
IN KKSPONSK to a special message
from the President urging "emer
gency action" to stave olf wholesale
forced foreclosures, congressional lend
ers promised a partial revision of the
bankruptcy laws at litis session. The
house Judiciary committee began con
sideration of a hill embodying the prin
clples suggested by Mr. Hoover to ease
the debt situation during the present
period of depression.
ILLINOIS Democrats victorious In
' the November election gave the
country a lesson on how to get elected
at ranlt cost. Figures submitted by
(lie candidates in tnat
state to the clerks of
the senate and house
showed that William
H. Dleterlch spent on
ly $272 In winning the
United States senator
ship; the expenses of
his defeated rival.
Senator Otis F. Glenn,
were $5,83S. Martin
A. irennan expended
only $2 In his success
ful race for the place
of congressman ? at -
large.
Tbe most expensive victory in Illi
nois?the contested victory of James
Simpson. Jr? Tenth Illinois District
Republican congressman elect, cost $3,
030. Personal, exempted expenses
brought the total up to $18,014. Bis
election was contested by C. H. Web
er, Democrat, who spent $1,525.
THOSE Iowa farmers who conduct
ed the "strike" of last year are mnk
Ing rather successful attempts to stop
the sales of property for delinquent
taxes and unpaid mortgages. In sev
eral localities they gathered In large
crowds and saved the properties of
farmers, at least temporarily. Their
demonstrations were orderly.
FIVE THOUSAND Indiana farmers
met In their annual conference at
Purdue university : nd adopted a pro
gram developed by the farm manage
ment experts of that Institution. The
fourteen point plan, worthy of the
attention of agriculturists of other
states. Includes a policy of "pay as you
go, reduction In costs esi>ecinlly those
for outside labor, production of concen
trated products to reduce marketing
costs, production of high quality
goods, taking advantage of marketing
short cuts. Increased Intensity of op
erations on good lands, culling of live
stock 'vigorously' and feeding of good
animals well. Increased attention to
seed selection, testing and other crop
practices, increased study of manage
ment practices. Increased use of home
grown seeds, producing more of the
family's rfqulrements on the farm. In
creased production of legume crops,
avoidance of Investments lis permanent
Improvements, and making more use
of governmental and educational
forces available to farmers."
Desperate fighting for possession
of the rich Jehol province was |
going on between the Japanese and the
Chinese armies toward tbe close of
the week. The scene .
of the battle wa#
Clilumenkow pass In
the Great Wall, the
"Pass of the Nine
Gates." The Japanese,
employing Infantry,
cavalry, artillery and
bombing planes, at
tacked fiercely and oc
cupied the northern
end of the pass, but
the Chinese concen
trated at the south
ern end and put up a
stiff resistance belnc
aided by the mountainous nature of the
country. Jaiuinese pin nestle* far across
"the border of the province snd bom
barded the city of Jehol and other
towns, the war ottice justifying this so
tlon hy cliarging that the presence of
Chinese troops there constituted a
?menace* to the Japanese forces Of
course the Chinese were on their own
soil, hut a little thing like that does
not deter Japan The Toklo war of
fice claimed victory at fhlumenkow
(Jen. Tsai Ting kal. who commanded
the Chinese Nineteenth route army to
Its gallant defense of Shanghai a year
ago. has come to the front and asked
that he be permitted to lend his army
from Its encampment In Fuklen pros
Inre against the Jaiuinese Invaders
lie has little confidence In the stamina
of Marshal Chang and seeks to replace
him as commander In the Shan
halkwan region.
e ISSS Wasters Newtpspei Galon.
Rap. Ralney
Senator
Johnson
Sen. Glass
William H.
Dieterich
Gen. Teat
Ting Kal
Harvard Acquires the Earliest Dinosaur
THIS mounted specimen of Plateosanrus, the earliest of dinosaurs, bas
Just been acquired by the Museum of Com pa rat ire Zoology at Harvard
university. Discovered In Germany, It Is the flrst mounted specimen to be ob
tained by any museum In the United State*. The Plateosaurus Is estimated -
to be 100,000,000 years old, and Is regarded as the "ancestor" of Tyranno
saurus and other giant dinosaurs of later periods.
KIDDIES' EVENING STORY
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
THE FOOLISH QUARREL
/""* HEED doesn't pay. It never does.
^ And yet some people never seem
to lenrn this. Just take the case of
Happy Jack Squirrel and his cousin,
Chatterer the Red Squirrel. In the
Green Forest were ever so many hick
ory trees, and there were more nuts
than Happy Jack and Chatterer could
eat In a lifetime. But both were so
greedy that here they were quarrel
ing over the nuts which the Merry
Little Breezes had shaken down from
the top of a tall chestnut tree.
Happy Jack claimed all those
brown nuts were his because he had
happened to be right under that par
ticular tree when the Merry Little
Breezes shook them down. Chatterer
had been near enough to hear them
as they rattled down and had come
running over to get a share At once
Happy Jack had tried to drive blm
away. Chatterer had refused to go.
In fact, at the sight of all those nuts
on the ground Chatterer had at once
decided that he would have all of
them. You see he was quite as greedy
as Happy Jack. Those brown nuts
didn't really belong to either of them,
and wouldn't until they had been
picked up and hidden away. Rut Hap
py Jack and Chatterer didn't stop to
think of this. Each was so greedy
that he wasn't willing to let the other
have a single one.
"Thief I" shouted Happy Jack.
"Robber!" cried Chatterer.
"No such thing! They're all mine
because I found them first," sput
tered Happy Jack.
"I'Ig. P'g. pig!" shouted Chatterer,
thrusting out bis tongue at Happy
Jack.
Do yon wonder that the Merry Lit
tle Breezes, who had thought to help
Happy Jack and Chatterer, looked
down In dismay and stopped shaking
down the brown nuts? Do you won
der that Sammy Jay. hearing those
sharp angry voices, came stealing si
lently up to see what such a dreadful
quarrel was about? You can depend
on It that Sammy will be somewhere
about when anything like that Is go
ing on.
At first Happy Jack and Chatterer
were content to scold and call each
other bad names. Then as they grew
angrier and angrier they began to
fight, each trying to drive the other
away. Happy Jack, as you know. Is
a great deal bigger than Cbntterer.
but Chatterer is quicker and more
nimble, and his teeth are quite as
sharp as Happy Jack's. So it wasn't
as uneven a fight as you might think
They forgot the brown nuts lying
there among the leaves on the ground
They forgot everything but their an
ger. They chased each other around
the trees and up In the trees, all the
time losing their tempers more and
more.
Now their little cousin. Striped
Chipmunk, wasn't far away, and of
course he heard that dreadful quar
rel. He pricked up his ears. Then he
stole softly over to see what It was
all about Happy Jack and Chatterer
didn't see him. They didn't see any
thing or anybody but each other.
Striped Chipmunk watched them for
a few minutes. Then he spied the
brown nuts which the Merry Utile
Hree7.es turd shaken down. His bright
eyes sparkled. He 'chuckled.
"I suspect" said be. "that these are
what they are quarreling about How
silly. How very foolish. These nuts
belong to anyone who can get them
They are as much mine as their}."
Without wasting another minute
Striped Chipmunk stuffed the pockets
In his cheeks with those brown nuts
until be couldn't get another one In
Then away he scurried. I'retty soon
he was back again. He paid no at
tention to his quarreling cousins, but
stuffed his pockets again and was off
to bis secret storehouse.
Hack and forth be scurried, work
ing with might and main. He knew
that once Happy Jack and Chatterer
stopped quarreling and discovered
him they would drive him away, and
he would have to go because he was
too little to fight.
Sammy Jay watched him and
chuckled. The Merry Utile Hreeiei
saw him and they chuckled. But his
two big cousins were still fighting and
saw only eacb other. At last Happy
Jack and Chatterer had to stop for
breath. They were too tired to run
and figbt any longer. But still each
was determined that the other
shouldn't have those brown nuts.
Happy Jack looked down to gloat over
the treasure he bad been fighting for.
Then be gave a little gasp. Not a
single brown nut was to be seen.
Chatterer did the same thing. For a
few minutes both forgot tbelr quarrel
and raced down to poll over the
leaves In search of those nuts Not
one was to be found. Their foolish
qoarrel had been for nothing. Just
nothing at all
e IMS, St T. W. Barew-WJVC ferries. ,
r^. iStt*
Then as They Grew Angrier and An
grier, They Began to Fight.
Gone Professional
v r
When Mildred (Babe) Uldrikson.
the marvelous young girl athlete of
Texas, was suspended recently by the
Amateur Athletic Dnlon she protest
ed rigorously, and later was exon
erated. But she now hss forsaken ber
amateur status As a professional she
will do Sports writing snd work In
the movies.
?
THE GREATEST
THING
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
WHAT Is the greatest thing In life?
The man of arms may say the
strife.
The man of trade may say the mart?
Vet who takes money to his heart
Will find her faithless, and the cheers
Of victory mean some one's tears.
What Is the greatest thing of all?
The rich may say the castle ball.
The proud may say the wreath of
fame?
Vet earthly glory fades the same
As earthly wealth. There must be
more.
Than these In life to hunger for.
What Is the greatest thing we find?
The wise may say the learned mind.
The fool his passions and delights?
Vet life some sudden question writes
Focls cannot answer, nor wise
Do more than wonder and surmise.
What Is the greatest thing? Not these
Poor things that either pain or please.
To love, to feel, to smile, to grieve.
Not much to know but much believe?
For, books or pleasure, wealth or
strife.
The greatest thing In life Is life.
?. 1123. Dooirlaa Malloeh.?WNT7 S*rr1c?
Sunday Evening Supper
NJO ONE enjoys balancing a plate
^ on an unsteady knee while help
ing one's self to a dish and holding a
cupful of hot liquid in the other hand.
The host and hostess who think of the
comfort of their guests will provide
ample space for the placing of a plate
anl cup. The enjoyment of good food
can he entirely spoiled by the too In
formnl and careless manner of serving.
A convenient spot should b* provided
for ench guest and a minimum amount
of equipment, for there are few sleight
of hand performers who care to Juggle
a plate and cupful of hot coffee.
To most of us there is a real sense
of relaxation and enjoyment In meet
ing around the fire a few congenial
irienus, ur 11 lu summer ? ? liuer a
porch or garden Is equally delightful.
Try to serve such food as nil! be eas
ily handled without the discomfort of
dripping dishes. The meat if hot should
be served In such a manner as to be
eaten easily, the salad compact enough
to stay In shape Accessories like
pickles, olives or celery should be ar
ranged on one plate. If cheese can
not be dispensed with put It Into the
stalks of tender celery, where It may
be nicely handled.
If hot rolls are served, butter them
?for butter and knives make another
burden. For dessert Ices, sponge cake,
or chilled fruit and cakes of different
kinds will be enjoyed.
The tea cart is one of the helpful
aids In serving such a supper. Have
the plates, cups, the hot dish, what
ever Is served In casserole, hot toast
ready to serve with the hot meat dish
and the lea or coffee equipment as
well as the silver to be used, all on
the top shelf. If the tea cart has
leaves so much the better for serving.
On the lower shelf place the dessert
plates and serving dish or sherbet
cups.
With a small table placed for the
serving of each two or three guests
everybody will be comfortable.
As the Sunday dinner has been a
hearty one, the supper should be food
tasty hut not too heavy.
? by Wester* Newspaper Ualo*.
ECNEI3S
Every morning my mqfher wares
ber arms to stretch her abominable
muscles.
BONERS are actual humorous
tidbits found in examination papers,
essays, etc, by teachers.
A surfeit Is an apron worn in the
front,
? ? ?
Macbeth rode a vaulting horse which
threw him, but because he had ambi
tion he went right on riding.
? ? ?
Mineral wool Is the shearings from
a hydraulic ram.
? ? ?
Religious fanatics went out Into the
desert and sometimes hollded high
columns on which they would spend
their lives In order the better to com
mute with God.
? * ?
If It were not for Madame Carle
and her husband there would be no
radio today.
? ? ?
Before Daniel was born his mother
was visited by an angel and so she
called him John.
? ? ?
Cardinal Woolsey soared up like a
rocket and came down like a brick,
because he tried to sit between two
stools
<e. Bet! Syndicate-) ? WNU Service.
Champion Hen to Defend Her Honors
ANNOUNCEMENT having b?n made that the world's est laying contest is
to be beld at Chicago's exposition tbls year, America's most famous ban
and champion egg layer for the past two years Is now in training for the
event. Owned by George England of Inglewood. Calif, the ben. knows only
by number as "^3." holds the record of 830 eggs per yeas A white legbor%
she has a score of cups to ber credit and enough blue ribbons to cover the
roof of her hen honse. She will defend her title against hens from every stata
In the Union and tlx foreign nations.