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VOL. LIX. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY OCTOBER 12, 1933. NO. 36.
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
President Roosevelt Addresses American Legion Conven
tion in Chicago?Direct Federal Aid for
the Needy Is Planned.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT made a
hurried trip to Chicago and deliv
ered a stirring speech at the opening
session of the American Legion con
President
Roosevelt
vention. wiiaiy
cheered by vast
throngs of citizens on
his arrival in the city
the President sped to
the Stadium and be
fore 30,000 veterans
made his appeal for
full support of his ef
forts to bring about
national recovery, and
for national unity to
ensure national safety
and credit. Mr. Roose
velt said in part:
"inuuscry cannot oe resiureu, peupie
tannot be put back to work, banks
cannot be kept open, human suffering
cannot be cared for, if the government
itself is bankrupt. We realize uow
that the great human values, not for
you alone, but for all American citi
zens, rest upon the unimpaired credit
of the United States.
"It was because of this that we un
dertook to take the national treasury
out of the red and put it into the
black. And in the doing of it we laid
down two principles which directly af
fected benefits to veterans?to you,
and to the veterans of other wars.
"The first principle, following In
evitably from the obligation of citi
zens to bear arms, is that the govern
ment has a responsibility for and to
ward those who suffered injury or
contracted disease while serving in its
defense.
"The second principle is that no per
?on, because he wore a uniform, must
thereafter be placed in a special class
of beneficiaries over and above all
other citizens. The fact of wearing
a uniform does not mean that he can
demand from the government a benefit
which no other citizen receives. It
does not mean that because a person
zerved in the defense of his country,
performed a basic obligation of citi
zenship, he should receive a pension
from his government because of a dis
ability incurred after his service had
terminated, and not connected with
that service.
"It does mean, however, that those
who were Injured In or as a result
of their service, are entitled to receive
adequate and generous compensation
for their disabilities. It does mean
that generous care shall be extended
to the dependents of those who died In
or as a result of service to their
country.
"To carry out these principles, the
people of this country can and will
pay in taxes the sums which it is nec
essary to raise. To carry out these
principles will not bankrupt your gov
ernment nor throw its bookkeeping
Into the red."
In closing the President said:
"You who wore the uniform, you
who served, you who took ifhe oath
of allegiance to the American ueglon,
you who support the Ideals of Ameri
can citizenship, I have called to the
colors again. As your commander in
chief and your comrade, I am confi
dent that you will respond."
QN' HIS way to Chicago President
Roosevelt came to final decision
as to direct federal aid for the jobless
during the coming winter, assuming
tnat the plan would
speedily worked
?ut in co-operation
*ith Secretary of Ag
riculture Wallace and
George Peek, agricul
tural adjustment ad
ministrator. The ac
tion to be taken will
Practically establish
dole in the Cnit
?<i States. The Imme
diate object of course
IS to avert suffering.
Gut tbe plan has the
SPCfttlfloe^
Harry L. I
Hopkins
?uaij purpose or tne utilization
of the great surpluses of food, fuel
anl clothing. These things will be
purchased by the government with the
5330,000.000 of the public works fund
yet allocated, and congress will
be asked to appropriate more if neces
,ary. The announcement by Stephen
Early, the President's secretary, said
In part:
"The President announced he has
Instructed Harry L. Hopkins, federal
fellef administrator, to take the leader
?hlp in prompt organization of a non
profit corporation, of which Mr. Hop
bins is to become chairman, for the
Purpose of buying the necessities of
i afe and distributing them among the
i unemployed. . . .
"In order to assure speed and effec
tiveness in the movement of huge sup
plies, the President has directed not
only that the corporation be equipped
with adequate funds, but also that It
should be given wide powers In the
purchasing and distribution of surplus
foods and other commodities.
"The corporation will have powers
to purchase directly from farmers,
whenever desirable, in such a way as
to carry out the purposes of the agri
cultural adjustment act"
CHICAGO was in the possession of
the American Legion and the vet
erans had a joyous time in their con
vention and all its associated doings
Edward A.
Hayes
and back throu
ana especially at the
World's fair. The
Forty and Eight, fun.
making organization
of the Legion, held its
torchlight parade the
opening night, and the
following day the Le
gion staged one of the
greatest parades ever
seen in this country.
For many hours the
,4boys" marched, down
Michigan avenue,
through Soldier field
i?rh fJrnnt: nnrk tn tho
disbanding point. In the line were
about six hundred musical organiza
tions and drill teams.
In its serious sessions the Legion
convention elected Edward A. Hayes
of Decatur, 111., national commander,
and adopted various resolutions that
supported the policies of the Roose
velt administration. Mr. Hayes, a past
commander of the Illinois department,
had a great deal to do with the
formulation of the "four-point" pro
gram designed to conciliate differ
ences between the Legion and the
national administration concerning ex
penditures for veterans' relief.
ENGELBERT DOLLFUSS, chancel
lor of Austria, barely escaped
death at the hands of an assassin in
Vienna. One Rudolf Dertll, a recent
o.vivol fenm Cfwrs-ta
fired twice at the lit
tle statesman, one bul
let hitting him in the
arm and the other
glancing from a coat
button. Naturally the
authorities Immediate
ly declared this was
part of a Nazi plot,
but they were unable
to show that Dertil
was a Nazi. Anyhow,
the attempt on his
life strengthened the
Chancellor
Dollfuss
chancellor's position and made him a
hero In the eyes of the public.
Dollfuss plans the establishment of
a state that is a compromise between
Fascism and democracy, and this does
not suit many of his friends, notably
Prince Starhemberg, leader of the
heimwehr. The prince wants Italian
Fascism for Austria, but he was
forced to postpone action until the
chancellor should recoTer from his
wound.
GRIFFITH park forest preserve at
Los Angeles was the scene of a
terrible holocaust In which at least 27
men met death?and the victims may
have numbered fifty or more. The
men, relief roll workers, had been or
dered to put out a small brush fire
and In their Ignorance of proper meth
ods started a back fire that trapped
many of them in a ravine. At least
that was one explanation. Another
theory was that the fatal conflagra
tion was started by a carelessly
thrown cigarette. The flames swept
through the woods, dried out by a
long spell of hot weather, and the
panic-stricken men lost all sense of
direction in the dense smoke. Two
hundred or more were taken to hos
pitals badly burned or suffering from
suffocation.
DEATH took two well-known fig
ures in the world of sports. W.
L. ("Young") Stribling. Georgia boxer
who had been a contender for the
heavyweight title, was fatally Injured
In an automobile accident, failing to
recover after the amputation of one
leg. William L. Veeck, president of
the Chicago National League Baseball
club, died of leucoeythaemia.
AMERICAN Intervention In Cuba
was brought appreciably nearer
by a bloody all-day battle that took
place between the 500 recalcitrant army
and navy officers who had been be
leaguered In the National hotel and
the troops of President Qrau. The
hotel >u bombarded until late after
noon with rifles, machine puna and
cannon and the government said 18 of
the officers were killed and 17 wound
ed, which probably was an underesti
mate. The losses among the soldiers
were officially stated to be 9 killed and
27 wounded. Correspondents said the
total dead In the day's fighting num
bered at least 44. Among the non-con
testants killed was Robert Lotspelch,
an American, assistant manager In
Havana for Swift & Co.
When the hotel which Is owned and
managed by Americans, was practical
ly wrecked by shell fire, the officers
surrendered. As they emerged under
a white flag, unarmed and under guard
of soldiers, they were again attacked
and a number of them massacred.
Apartment buildings near the hotel. In
which many Americans resided, were
frequently hit by machine gun bullets
and shells from the Cuban cruiser Pa
trla.
DISCUSSION'S of the British war
debt to the United States were
opened in Washington and, much to
the surprise of the public, were turned
Dean Achesor
over to the Treasury
department by Secre
tary of State Hull,
the announcement be
ing made that the
matter was being
? treated as purely a
I financial problem. The
administration desig
nated Dean Acheson,
' undersecretary of the
? treasury, to handle
Its part In the affair,
1 and he was aided by
r reaericK Ldvesey, wno is an asso- i
date economic adviser of the State
department. For the British govern- |
ment appeared Sir Frederick Leith
Itoss and T. K. Bewley. The question
at issue was: IIow much, if at all,
shall the United States reduce the
British war debt, funded i? 1923 for
$4,000,000,000?
TN'TENT on gaining from the XRA
1 the greatest possible advantage for
organized labor, the American Federa
tion of Labor opened its annual con
vention in Washington. In a prelim
inary statement President Green said
that since the enactment of the na
tional recovery act the federation had
increased its membership by 1.G00,
000, the total being now approximately
4,000,000.
Nailed to the masthead of the feder
ation, Mr. Green said, is the slogan:
"Organize the unorganized in the mass
production industries," with a member
ship of 10,000,000 as the next goal, and
after that 25,000,000, "which will bring
the majority of Americans genuinely
and actually within the trade union
family."
Among the important pronounce
ments of policy and recommendations
for action placed before the delegates
by the executive council were:
L The 30-hour week of five days'
work, six hours a day.
2. Increase of minimum wages pro
vided in the codes.
3. Increase of wages for skilled
workers, as well as unskilled.
4. Representation of labor In every
stage of code making.
5. Public works must be speeded up
to supply work this winter to large
masses of the idle.
6. Congress, upon convening, must
provide adequate relief appropriations.
NEW York Is now enjoying a three
cornered race for the mayoralty,
for Joseph V. McKee decided to be an
Independent candidate against Mayor
John Patrick O'Brien, ^ ? , ,
the Democratic nomi
nee, and Florello H.
La Guardia, the fu
sion candidate. In
his announcement, Mr.
McKee said:
"I refused to enter
the Democratic pri
maries because I felt
that to do so would
mark me as a tool of
the machine, and that
would prevent my do
j. v. mckn
In? the job that must be done to re
store our city government.
"There Is no real fusion In this cam
paign. The so-called fusion standard
bearer Is as objectionable to the solid
element of our Republican citizenry
as he is to the vast army of Democrats
who are disgusted with machine pol
itics. The present standard bearer of
the alleged fusion is a poor compro
mise by a faction of would-be bosses."
VIRGINIA fell into line for repeal
of the Eighteenth amendment The
wets won by something like 2 to 1.
Fifteen of the 100 counties went dry,
as did the cities of Danville and Rad
ford. The Old Dominion was the
thirty-second state enrolled against
prohibition.
MRS. ISABELLA G R E E N \V A T.
close friend of Mrs. Roosevelt,
was elected to congress in a special
election In Arizona to fill the seat va
cated by Lewis W. Douglas, now di
rector of the budget Nominated by
the Democrats, she easily defeated the
Republican and Socialist candidates.
?, lilt. WMtsrn Newspaper Usloa.
They Will Feed Byr<Ts Expedition
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J UK COATS (left), of Texas, and William Jackson, of California, who will see
to It that Admiral Byrd's men get plenty to eat during their forthcoming ex
pedition to the Antarctic, are shown In the galley of the Bear of Portland,
where they will preside during the expedition. The other ship making the trip
Is the Pacific Fir.
BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
SAFETY FIRST AND
COMFORT NEXT
IF ANYONE should ask Jerry Musk
rat how to build a house the advice
he would give would be something like
this: "Build It for safety first and
comfort next" There isn't one of the
little people of the Green Meadows
and the Green Forest but will say
that this is the best of good advice.
Even Peter Rabbit will say so, though
as everybody knows he doesn't live
up to it If safety means bard work
Peter will take a chance with danger
every time. Even when his own com
fort Is concerned Peter will avoid the
work if possible. Isn't It funny bow
lazy and shortsighted some people
can be?
But Jerry Muskrat Isn't one of these.
Oh, my, no. No, Indeed. When he
dug those tunnels from the cellar of
his house down under water over to
the bank and to the deepest part of
the Smiling Pool he was thinking of
safety and preparing for It And
safety was his first thought as he built
the walls above water. He knew that
when Jack Frost should come and
cover the Smiling Pond with Ice It
would be an easy matter for Old Man
Coyote and Reddy and Granny Fox to
get to his house. If the walls were
thin and poorly made they might be
torn open. Then, too, the cold might
creep through and freeze hlra. For
some reason, Just why he didn't know,
he had a feeling that the coming win
ter was going to be extra cold.
So Jerry made those walls extra
thick. He chose the stoutest cattails
and rushes he could find and dug up
the biggest roots he could manage. He
went a little way op the Laughing
Brook for sticks. All these things he
towed across the Smiling Pool to the
new bouse and worked Into the walls.
He dug up mud and worked It in with
the rushes and cattails and sticks In
a way that only he and Paddy the
Beaver can.
reier xia uu l l, nauuiujj uvui
bank, turned up hlg nose "It !g noth
ing bnt a pile of rubbish," said he In
truth Peter wasn't to be blamed for
saying so. That Is what It looked
like?Just a great pile of rubbish.
What Peter couldn't see was that In
the center of It wag a nice big roomy
chamber, one big enough for Jerry
and two or three friends to sleep In In
comfort Not only this, but It was
high enough to be dry even though
the water should rise quite a lot In
the Smiling Pool. And this nice dry
chamber connected with the water cel
lar beneath, from which led tunnels
to the bank and to deep water.
So, while In his tunnels and thick
walls Jerry was looking out for safe
ty, In the nice, big, dry bedroom he
was looking out for comfort If he
couldn't have had the safety with the
comfort he would have chosen the
safety. But as long as he could have
both he Intended to have both.
Higher rose the walls and presently
the bedroom was roofed over. As had
been the case In the old house, tiny
spaces were left for fresh air to come
In and bad air to go out No one
knows better than Jerry how neces
sary fresh air Is, no matter how cold
the weather. So he took care not to
seal the top of his roof with mud. that
the air might pass through. Many
nights Jerry worked and when at last
he laid the last stick and the last bul
rush In place he felt that his new
house was worth all that he had gone
through, all the hard work, and eyen
the terrible experience with Booty the
OwL
?. 1933. by T. W. BurfreM.?WNU Service.
VITAMIN-RICH FOODS
THE popular cook Is the one who
is able to serve the common things
In an uncommon way. We need to
serve dally foods rich In vitamins, and
they may be found in the cheap vege
tables so common everywhere.
Red Cabbage and Apples.
Wash a small cabbage and cut It
Into quarters, aemove the hard core.
Cover with boiling water and cook ten
minutes. Drain and chop. Pare, core
and chop three medium-sized apples,
mix with the cabbage. Melt two table
spoons of shortening and add the cab
bage and apples. Cook five minutes,
then add three-fourths of a cup of
stock, one-fourth cup of vinegar, one
teaspoon each of salt and sugar, a
grating of nutmeg and a few dashes
of pepper. Cover and cook slowly un
til tender.
Macedolne of Vegetables.
Melt three tablespoons of shorten
ing, add one tablespoon of chopped
onion and the same of chopped plmlen
to. Cook for five minutes. Add two
tablespoons of Dour, and when well
mixed add two cupfuls of canned to
matoes and cook until the mixture
thickens slightly. Add one cup of
peas, corn, lima beans or carrots, one
and one-half cup of boiled rice, one
tablespoon of chopped parsley, two
teaspoons of salt and one-half cupful
of grated cheese; add a dash of
cayenne and bake for twenty minutes
In a hot oven.
8tuffsd Eggplant.
Cut one eggplant Into halves and
cook In boiling salted water until al
most tender. Drain well, scoop out
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Life Hat So Much
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
LIFE has so little, so you say,
But bave you looked at life today,
Or bave you oDly looked wlUilu
At your own care and your owe sin?
Some live forever In a cell,
Witb all the world In which to dwell.
By their own troubles held and caught.
Poor self-made prisoners of thought
There are so many other things
Besides some care to which one clings;
Such beauties, pleasures, harmonies,
Why shut yourself away from these?
Why live a hermit In your mind
When you might walk ahroad and find
Far greater matters than your cares.
Concern yourself with life's afTairs?
Life has so little, you have found.
Because you shut yourself around
With walls of thinking, musty walls,
The while a world of wonder calls.
Old thoughts will bring you only grief,
New thoughts will bring you new be
lief.
New hopes to And, new heights to
touch,
New Joy to know?life has so much.
?, 19*3. Douglas Mftllock.?WHu Serrlc#.
the centers. Melt one tablespoonful
of butter, add one small onion minced,
and cook until a light brown. Chop
the centers taken from the eggplant,
add one cup each of bread crumbs
and stewed tomatoes, one tablespoon
of chopped parsley, one teaspoon of
salt and one-eighth teaspoon of pep
per. Fill the eggplant halves and
cover with buttered crumbs. Bake in
a moderate oven.
?, 1933. Weotern Newspaper Union.
Rounded Shoulders
This Malnbocher frock In black
crepe Illustrates the new rounded,
dropped shoulder, the use of the flow
ers at the neck and the low skirt
flounce.
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TILTING WRISTS
Stewart maiden, who piloted
Bobby Jones along the paths of
golf skill and Is one of the foremost
Instructors of the present day, be
lieves that the club with the flat lie
Is an easier club than the upright to
play. Ells reason Is that the player
can thus address the ball with the
hands In a natural position and a
straight left arm. With the upright
lie the golfer might find It necessary
to tilt his wrists to accommodate a
suitable position for the clnbbead.
This position Is almost Impossible to
maintain on the downward sweep of
the clubhead with any degree of exact
ness and power. Naturally the Ue to
use Is that which the player can most
easily adapt himself to. In the ma
jority of cases and particularly for the
player of average height or less, the
flatter He will be found more suitable,
? 1131. Bell Synaicmte.?WSV Service.
KONERS
The Open Shop la beneficial to tb?
wo^tman because be fete more fresh
air.
BONERS are actual humorous
tid-bita found in anamination pa*
pen, essays, etc, by teachers.
Pasteur prevented rabies by Invent
ing the dog muzile.
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Julius Caesar was a man of very
fine character. He wrote many very
Interesting paragraphs to be trans
lated Into English.
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Dumping Is when the captain of a
ship gets out to the middle of the
ocean and finds that bis cargo Is too
heavy, he dumps some of It over
board.
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Jonah was In the whale's stomach
three days because It was pitch dark
and he thought It was the ark.
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There were three men made to walk
through a fiery furnace, their names
were Shem, Ham and Bacon.
ft. IMS. Bell Syndicate-?WNtJ Sere lea.
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Upside Doicn House Built in California
WHEN this house was erected In
California Its owner wished a
good Tlew of San Francisco and Sansa
llto, so the nsual procedure In houser
building was reeersed. The cellar and
garage are where the attic generally
is, and the attic is In the basement
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