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The Alamance Gleaner 1 VOL. LX. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY MARCH 15, 1934. NO. 6 News Review of Current Events the World Over President Asks for Shorter Hours and Higher Wages; NRA Penalty Provisions Will Be Invoked; Desperate Dillinger Escapes From Jail. By EDWARD W. PICKARD SEVERAL thousand members of the code authorities gathered In Con stitution hall, Washington, at the call of the President to revise and strengthen NRA industrial agree ments. The opening session was for mal and rather stately, with the mem bers of the cabinet, other high govern ment officials and many senators and congressmen present. Before this as sembly came Mr. Roosevelt to tell not so much what had been accomplished in the last twelvemonth as what he hoped for in the near future. He warned the Industrial leaders that "the government cannot forever con tinue to absorb the whole burden of unemployment," He called for great er protection of small business, term ing the code authority "the keeper of your small Industrial brother." Briefly summarized, this is what Mr. Roosevelt proposed: Wage increases and shortening of hours to bolster consuming power and spread employment. Greater adherence by the people to the Blue Eagle symbol to make all "play the game." Continued enforcement of the anti trust laws to retain competition and prevent monopoly. Strict adherence by employers to the law allowing free choice by employees of representatives to do their collective bargaining. Permanent reorganization of the economic and social structure along the lines already started. General Johnson, NltA administra tor, wound up the code authority ses sions with the blunt announcement that the Blue Eagle rules were to be tightened up and the assertion: "I have been too gentle. 'You ain't seen nothing yet'" Urging the Industrial ists to play the game fairly, the gen eral uttered three warnings. One was that under specific orders from the President the NRA was reorganizing to enforce the penal sections of the act; the second, that the country faces this spring "the worst epidemic of strikes In our history because of Illegal Interposition of employers In the matter of company unions; the third, that, with the recent Supreme court decision upholding the New York state emergency milk law, the administra tion has dropped all hesitation, and Is ready to use the powers of the Indus trial law to the limit if opposition forces it. To draft his new plan for making more Jobs, Johnson asked the code authorities of the heary goods Indus tries and of the consumer groups to select twelve men each. President Roosevelt, said the admin istrator, has approved the plan for put ting teeth In the NRA. The President himself intimated that he would ask congress to extend the time limit on the licensing provisions of the NRA. The act gives authority to the President to place any industry under license and to revoke the license of any concern In the Industry, thereby compelling It to shut down. This au thority to license expires next June under the terms of the recovery act which granted it for one year only, whereas the life of the act was limited to two years. COMPLETION of President Roose velt's first year in the White Mouse called forth a chorus of lauda tion and of hostile criticism from his admirers and his op ponents. The least that can be said is that It has been a year of excitement and action, of bold experimentation in methods of govern ment, and of the spending of vast sums of money in the fur therance of the Pres ident's determination to establish a New Deal that amounts to President Roosevelt A social revolution. Mr. Roosevelt himself. In a brief address on the occasion of the install ing of Dr. J. M. Gray as chancellor of the American university In Washing ton, said "one of the most salient fea tures of the salient year in our Amer ican life has been the amazing and universal increase in the Interest" of the people In the subject of govern ment. The Joint congressional Republican campaign committee took occasion to Issue a statement declaring that the administration ends its first year "with many platform pledges untried and practically abandoned, with policies unshaped and conflicting, with Its monetary program bewilderingly un certain?a situation baffling enough to prove a hindrance to a return to prosperity." Replying for the supporters of the administration. Senator Hiram John son of California, nominally a Repub lican, said: "It Is not necessary to agree with all that has been done in every con ceivable particular, but unfair and un Just would be the individual who would not emphatically concede that with an enlightened audacity the President has acted, and has accom plished amazing results. "It is a sorry policy that now says to 120,000,000 people that nothing has been done that is right and that the President has brought thein no relief, and the future holds for them no hope. "We are better, and our country is better, and our people are better, and our times are better for what the President has done during the past year." T EGISLATION to restore the air mail to commercial operators will speedily be started through congress at the instance of the President, lie sent letters to Chairman McKellar of the senate post office committee. Chair man Mead of the house postal com mittee and Chairman Black of the special senate committee investigating the air mail, in which he outlined his plan for new temporary contracts and the eventual regulation of air mail rates and routes by the Interstate commerce committee. The new policy will be for contracts to be let for not more than three years "on full, open and fair competi tive bidding, with a limitation of the rates of compensation above which no contract will be awarded." The legislation carrying the pro gram into effect. Senator McKellar in dicated, will fix the limit of compensa tion mentioned by the President far below the prevailing 40 cents per mile. The figure, the senator said, may be as low as 25 cents. Six months before the three year contract expires, according to Presi dent Roosevelt's suggestion, the ques tion of the public convenience and ne cessity of the various routes and the question of maximum rate of pay would be submitted to the ICC. Under this plan transportation of the mails by air would be placed under substantially the same regulation as that of the railroads. JOHN DILLINGER. eminent bank robber, gang leader and alleged murderer, who was captured with great eclat In Arizona and conveyed to In $ diana for trial, be came Irked by con finement In the "es cape-proof Jail at Crown Point. So he made a pistol out of a piece of wood and the handle of a safety razor, cowe<l the guards and deputies and locked them In cells, obtained two machine guns from the jail armory and a John Ditlinger pistol from a guard, took Sheriff Lil lian Holley's car from the garage and drove away with a negro murderer. They took one deputy sheriff and a garage attendant as hostages but re leased them near Peotone, 111., and then vanished. It was believed Dillln ger was hidden somewhere In the vicinity of Chicago. The law authori ties of the Middle West were all searching for him, and all officers had orders to kill him at sight. Sheriff Holley's car was found aban doned on a street in Chicago. This escape of the desperado was one of the boldest performances of his career, and It is amazing to consider how It could have been successfully carried out. In view of Dillinger's record. Perhaps some sympathy Is due the woman sheriff, Mrs. Holley, who was given that office alter the death of her husband. Terribly de pressed by the fiasco, she made the futile gesture of strapping an auto matic about her waist and setting out to find Dilllnger. Mrs. Holley declared she would not resign her office, but steps were taken to force her out by court action. Two of her deputies were arrested, charged with aiding and abetting the escape. The Investigations and recrimniina tions In I>ake county are unfortunate ly mixed up with local politics. DESPITE the protests of the "little navy" group, the senate by a vote of Go to 18 approved the administra tion's naval replacement bill authoriz ing the construction of a 15.200 ton air craft carrier, approximately 55 de stroyers totaling 99,2*10 tons, some 29 submarines totaling 35.530 tons and the airplanes (from 650 to 1,250) quired to complete the fleet's air equip ment. Planned to cover a five-year period, the replacement program will cost ai> proximately $475,000,000 In all for the projected vessel*, and $95,(XX),000 more If the maximum number of planes are built. Enactment of the measure assures the United States of a navy as strong as Is allowed under the London agree ment of 1930. AS WAS predicted recently, the President appointed Judge Flor ence Allen of Ohio to the federal Circuit Court of Appeals bench. She is the first woman to be made a fed eral Judge. Since she was admitted to the bar twenly years ago her legal career In Ohio has l>een notable. In 1922 she was elected to the Supreme court of that state. The ('resident also appointed Mrs. Bern ice Pyke of Cleveland as collec tor of customs there, and Frank P. Corrigan, likewise of Cleveland, to be minister to El Salvador. TWO more vacancies In the Demo cratic national committee are an nounced as a result of the President's belief that national committeemen should not practice law before govern ment departments or hold party and government positions at the same time. Arthur F. Mullen of Omaha, who was floor manager for Mr. Roosevelt In the Chicago convention and who is counsel for Public Works projects Involving some $15,000,000, resigned from the national committee; and his action was followed two days later by the resignation of Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, of Wyoming, director of the mint, who quit the committee with reluctance. At this writing the only prominent holdouts remaining are Postmaster General Farley, who is chairman of the national committee and also of the New York Democratic committee, and William A. Julian of Ohio, treasurer of the United States. Mr. Mullen, it Is rumored, may turn up as an opponent of Gov. Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska in the forthcoming race for the United States senator ship. SENATOR SIMEON D. FESS of Ohio is one of the most voluble of the administration's critics, and he found opportunity for another ener getic attack when the senate was consider ing Senator Tom Con- ; nally's bill to Include j cattle among the ha- j sic commodities sub ject to farm adjust- I ment control. The I provision for an ap- | propriatlon of $*200,- j 000,000 was the spe cial point of ussault hy Fess, McNary of Oregon, Dickinson of Senator Fes? towa, ana iarey or Wyoming anu >an denberg of Michigan, all of whom agreed that the Agricultural Adjust- ! ment program has been a complete , failure. The Democrats, with the excep- ! tion of Connally, made no reply to the verbal barrage. The Ohio senator said that hog j prices had fallen instead of rising, that the prices of farm commodities not under the AAA had In many cases risen faster and higher than the so called basic commodities. "That sort of thing is \nauseating to fjpy decent person who wants business ro%e done in a business way," he said, alluding to the hog buying program. "It's time to stop this foolish expert- j mentation, time to take the heavy hand of government off business and let business recover." Senator Vandenberg and Senator j McNary could not understand why $200,000,000 were required for cattle when only $100,000,000 were asked in the original bill covering six corn modities. They suggested that benefits were to be paid before a processing tax was levied and that perhaps no processing tax was intended to be levied on cat tle. Senator Connally fumed, but could not answer their queries. "1 think 1 can answer." Senator Dickinson finally put In. "The AAA has obligated Itself for $8!V?,000.000 In benefits; an Sflflllluiiftt fS3J.noO.OOn are called for 103f?. Yet treasury re ceipts show only $203.0*10,000 received from processing taxes." "In other words, a potential deficit at the present time of more than $0fl0.? OOO.UOO,'* remarked Senator Vanden berg. CHICAGO'S most sensational mur der trial In recent years resulted In the conviction of the elderly Dr. Alice Wynekoop who was charged with killing her daughter-in-lnw. Kheta, presumably to get the Insurance on her life. The Jury fixed her penalty at 2T? years in the penitentiary, which amounts to a life sentence. The first hearing of the case resulted in a mis trial because the defendant was too 111 for its continuance. Doctor Wynekoop. a member of a family of physicians, had practiced medicine In Chicago for many years and her crime astou.ided her numer ous friends. @ bjr WfiUrn N?w?par*r "nfa-a. I Berlin to New York in Seventeen Hours? | ? t - _ i ? THIS Is the designer's conception of a new giant flying boat that Is planned in CSermany. It would he capable of carrying 1,500 passengers and would make the trip from Berlin to New York in 17 hours. Engineers of the Rumpler company are already building a ship of this kind on a smaller scale. BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN By THORNTON W. BURGESS PETER LEARNS OLD MOTHER NATURE KNOWS BEST DETER RABBIT sat under his fa * vorite old Bramble Bush In the middle of the Old Briar Patch, and Peter wasn't altogether happy. No, sir, he wasn't as happy as he should have been. You see, he was feeling rather dissatisfied. It seemed to him rhat everybody had more than he. At least that is what he tried to make himself believe. lie wanted to be lieve It and you know you can make yourself believe almost anything If you want to bad enough. Peter was waiting for Ntmbleheels, the Jumping Mouse, to return. Nlm ?^?1 ? I j I < HI II V ?! '. ? "What Kind of Seeds Are Those?" Asked Peter. bleheels had gone to, search for a pocketful of seeds. It was finding out that little Nlmbleheels has a pair of handy pockets In his cheeks that had made foolish Peter dissatisfied. "Old Mother Nature isn't at all fair," muttered Peter. "Why didn't she give me pockets? Why 6hould she have given Striped Chipmunk and this little snip of a Mouse pockets and not me?" Peter quite forgot that he was not the only one without pockets. You see, he was thinking only of himself. "What is good for one is good for another," he continued, still talking to himself. "I'd like to go out and fill a couple of pockets and then come borne and eat In peace. Nothing would be nicer. No, sir. Old Mother Nature hasn't been at all fair. 1 was taught when I was little that she knows best, but I don't believe it. 1 certainly do not. I would be ever so much better off If I had a couple of nice, handy pockets." Just then Nimbleheels returned with a pocketful of seeds which he emptied in a little pile and at once began to eat. "What kind of seeds are those?" asked Peter. "Some grass seeds, but mostly weed seeds," replied Nimbleheels. "Won't you have a couple?" Peter turned his head to hide a smile. "No, I thank you," he replied politely. "I am not very fond of seeds. My teeth are not made for them. 1 like green food such as sweet clover, grass and vegetables, when I can get them In Farmer Brown's garden." In side he was laughing at the offer of a couple of seeds, and thinking that It would take all Nimbleheels had brought to make even a good taste. "You were quite right when you called those pockets handy," said Pe ter. "I wouldn't mind having a cou ple myself. I suppose you can carry a whole dinner In them." Nimbleheels nodded. "They will hold a lot of seeds," said he. "more than I can eat at one time. But I don't think you would have much use for pockets in your cheeks. Peter." "Why haven't I, Just as much as you?" demanded Peter indignantly. The little bright, beady eyes of Nim bleheels twinkled and snapped, but he didn't even smile as he said: "From what 1 have seen of you, Peter, your stomach Is bigger than any two pock ets in your cheeks could possibly be. Besides, the kind of food you eat couldn't t>e put In n pocket very well. I rather think you'll tind. If you think It over, that Old Mother Nature knows best." Peter pulled his whiskers thought fully. He remembered what a lot of sweet clover he could eat at one meai. and then tried to Imagine crowding I: Into a couple of pockets In his cheeks The idea made him laugh right out. "You are right, Nimbleheels." he cried. "There Isn't the least doubt : about it. Mother Nature does know i best. She certainly does." ?. T W. BurgtM.?WNU 8?rv1r?. CHINESE DISHES /"\lf ALL the interesting and in ^ trigulng things that the Chinese do, their marvelous handwork, their tireless Industry, nothing is so popu lar as many of their dishes have be come in America. One may now in almost any mar ket in the city find the sauces, the canned hearts of palm, the water bulbs, bamboo shoots and various food accessories used In the Chinese 'rttihSl in , " =.._. Chop Suey. The American way of preparing chop suey is usually well liked and Is quite tasty without the bean sprouts, although the sauce which Is made | from beans is necessary to give it the ' proper seasoning. Fresh pork, cut in- ' to bits. Is cooked until well browned. I then finely cut celery is added; a few canned beans will do very well In place of the bean sprouts If they can not be obtained. Cook until nicely done, heap In the center of a platter and put mounds of fresh hot rice around the meat and vegetables. Pour over all several teaspoonfuls (depend ing upon thw amount served) of soy sauce. 8errc at once. Fish Soup. To two quarts of water add chicken bones and trimmings and one and one half pounds of lean pork, cook until It Is reduced to one quart. Cool and skim off the fat Cook a four-pound fish until tender, remove the bones and head and shred the meat Into | pieces about one and one-half Inches long. Canned salmon may be substi tuted. Soak one-half cupful of dried mushrooms ten minutes in a cupful of lukewarm water and a teaspoonful of sugar. If fresh mushrooms are used peel them and cut into inch and a hall pieces. Shred one can of water chest nuts the same way as the fish and mushrooms, shred one cupful of bam boo shoots. Cook the mushrooms, the shoots and the chestnuts for twenty minutes. Fifteen minutes before serv ing add the fish, soup stock, and a ta blespoonful of soy sauce mixed with a teaspoonful of cornstarch. Cook fif teen minutes. ? by Western Newspaper Union. WITTY KITTY By NINA WILCOX PUTNAM. ^~l 1 1 ?-i H or o ftcuH ' ) RJN 8 liA#DT '^7) VA^PVKT <v/ COffOT v Rcupe^s The Girl-Friend tays she sees that a millionaire has just bought a Rem j brandt, a Vandyke, a Corot and a | Rubens, and she thinks it would be Just lovely to be able to afford four of those big foreign cars! ?. 0?I1 Syndicate? WttVJ Barvlea. Lawyer's Solution First lawyer?But this is going to give our client a lot of unnecessary trouble. Second Ditto?Well, we must charge him for It. that's nil. ivou Know? j the dandelion geUrtsT name in a very peculiar manner. One of the early botanists likened its leaves to the teeth of the lion and so he called it in his native French, "Dents-de-Lion", which means "teeth of the Eon." WNU S<rv:e< NEIGHBORS Dy ANNE CAMPBELL I LAN do without love; 1 can do without friends; 1 can do without laughter, and rest from my labors. I can do without luxury. (Life makes amends!) But I find that I simply can't do with out neighbors. The cheerful "good morning," the wave from the walk, The moment of gossip across the new (lowers; The smile when I'm weary, the futile small talk. Put comradeship into the swift-passing hours. I may break with my kin; I may frown on ray love; I may rniss the rich harvest rewarding my labors. But I, to be happy, must think kindly of A world full of people I know as my neighbors! ? by Western Newspaper Union. BCNEKS in the Eighteenth century traveling was very romantic; most of the high roads were only bridal paths. BONERS are ctual humorous tid-bits found in examination pa I pers, essays, etc.. by teachers. Caviar Is a tropical disease, some times black, and usually fatal. ? ? ?. Three fur bearing animals are the baboon, the racoon, and the buffoon. ? ? ? Raul Revere was the massage man of the Revolution. ? ? ? Marble is cement with stones In It. ? ? * Cooties are Chinese who draw Jin rickashaws. ? ? ? Realism deals with life as it is; ro mance is sometimes possible but not often profitable. ? ? ? Illiteracy is one of the most common figures of speech. ? 1933. Roll Syndicate.? WNU Service. Million Pearls in a Monument In recognition of the importance of the Japanese cultured peari industry, a monument is being built near the place where the Industry was experi mentally developed, and In the base of the monument will be imbedded a million pearls. Model of Memorial to "The Wizard" A M KM OKI A L to Thomas A. Kdison is to he erected at Kagle Kock, N. J., to commemorate for all time the achievements of the great scientist and Inventor. The monument, as designed by John IV I'eterkln and Hugh A. Kelly, architects, and Charles Keck, sculptor, who are shown here inspecting the model. Is the result of two years Intensive study, resulting In an impressive conception In keeping with the great in-ss of the man It is proposed to im mortalize. The memorial, the shaft of which will stand 350 feet high, will cost some $2,000,000. Work is expected to start on it this year.
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