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The Alamance gleaner ? VOL. LX. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY APRIL 12, 1934. NO. 10. News Review of Current Events the World Over Irate Senate Rebukes Huey Long, Then Gags Him; Jobs and Wages Highest Since 1931; Senate Rejects Higher Normal Income Tax Rate. By EDWARD W. PICKARD tTUEY P. LONG, the vituperative * senator from Louisiana, was Boundly spanked by the senate Thurs day. Their patience exhausted. Demo cratic leaders united in administering a sound rebuke for his conduct on the floor. The proceedings were without recent precedence in the senate. Fol lowing the blistering remarks hurled at the Kingfish, the senate clamped upon liim temporarily a parliamentary muz xle that reduced him to silence. Senatorial veterans could not re member a similar occasion when a sen ator has been subjected to the humili ation of such a public chorus of dis approval from his colleagues. The Louisiauian's behavior in the senate has disgraced him in the eyes of the nation, Senator Pat Harrison (Dem., Miss.), told Huey. The Kingfish screamed his protests. He shouted that Senator Harrison was the kind of man who "would stick a knife in a friend's back and drink his blood." This brand of abuse brought Majority Leader Joseph T. Robinson <Dem., Ark.), Senator Bennett Clark <Dem., Mo.), and others to their feet and the senate rules were invoked to atop the mouth of the yelling Long. He sat down and sulked in his chair. The senatehas fumed for days as the excitabl?#Long put on his typical exhibitions, shouting to the galleries. Thursday found almost the entire body In a wrathful revolt against these dis plays of temperament which have been hampering the consideration of im portant bills. THAT MaJ. Gen. Benjamin D. Fou Iois, chief of the air corps, and oth ers acted in "violation of the law" in connection with the proposed purchase of $7,500,000 worth of ttrmj airplanes, is me conclusion of a sub committee of the house military affairs committee that has been investigating the matter. The subcom mittee also found that Harry H. Wood ring, assistant secretary of war, had attempted to assure competitive bidding for the air yiaxix^s auu mertruy comply wiin me law and the intent of congress. The transaction in question dates back to the first of the year. Army officers, asking a public works allot ment to buy airplanes, made arrange ments to purchase them from special companies without competitive bids. Woodring, the committee decided, in tervened and demanded competitive bids be sought Specifications were drawn and proposals submitted to the industry for bids. But the army judge advocate general held the proposals did not assure competitive bidding. The committee contended that in so far as it had been able to find. Wood ring's every act was to assure free competition, yet his desires were thwarted. It mentioned, in addition to Foulois, Brig. Gen. Henry Conger Pratt, chief of the army air corps' procurements division. It said Eoulois gave testi mony before the Rogers committee and an appropriations subcommittee which seemed to conflict. CONTINUED improvement In busi ness activity during February and March and expansion of employment and pay rolls to the highest point since the latter half of 1031 were an nounced by the Commerce department In one of its most optimistic reports on business since 103*). The average weekly wage was $10.81 In February, the highest since 1031. The hourly rate of 55.8 cents per hour was within 4.1 cents of February, 1029. The employment improvement was generaj throughout manufactur ing industries. Seventh-seven of the 80 manufacturing industries reported Increased employment in February and 79 reported higher total wages. When classified Into 14 major groups only the food group did not make an em ployment or pay roll gain. llQOAK the rich" forces were de ^ feated Thursday when the sen ate rejected an amendment to the rev enue bill by Senator La Follette, Wis consin Republican, for a big increase In surtax rate& The vote was 47 to 36. The party lineup showed 25 Democrats, 10 Re publicans and one Farmer-1 Jiborlte for the amendment, with 30 Democrats and 17 Republicans against it Estimated to produce $185,000,000 additional re\enue. the La Follette amendment called for a boost In the normal income tax rate from 4 to 6 per cent, with surtaxes graduated up to 71 per cent on net incomes in ex cess of $1,000,000. IMMEDIATE comprehensive revision of the national railway laL?r act to expedite and enforce the settle ment of disputes between the railroads and their employees and to safeguard the right of collective bargaining, was rec ommended by Joseph B." Eastman, "federal co ordinator of trans portation, in a letter to Representative Sam Rayburn, chairman of the house interstate commerce committee. His outstanding rec ommendations were OIC3C . The creation of a new national board of adjustment, divided into four inde pendent parts, whose awards would be enforceable in the courts. The substitution of a new national mediation board of three members for the present board of mediation of five members. The inclusion of all companies which operate equipment or facilities or fur bish service included within the defini tion of the terms "railroad" and "transportation" in the interstate com merce act Provisions similar to those In the temporary emergency railroad trans portation act of last year, insuring "the complete divorcement of railroad employees and managements In the choice of representatives to deal one with the other" and providing ade quate means for the enforcement of these provisions. The national adjustment board would be divided into four independent parts to adjust disputes. TO PREVENT extreme demoraliza tion in the industry and not to cre ate an artificial shortage, is the intent of the production control proposals submitted to the dairy industry by the farm administration, administrators asserted in an appeal for national sup port for the plan. The case for limit ing milk supplies was presented in a series of articles prepared by the AAA. Officials said it would be easier for them to let the dairy problem work it self out by natural processes, but it would mean starvation for the farmer. They pointed out that the proposed plan would affect some 4,500,000 farm families, whose income had been cut in half during the depression and whose products had been selling at 40 per cent below prewar "parity." It is proposed that dairymen limit their output to conform with sales quotas to be allotted under the pro gram. For their co-operation they would be paid benefits derived from collection of an estimated $165,000,000 In processing taxes, $15,000,000 of which would be earmarked for even distribution among three, supplemental relief plans. Involving tuberculosis eradication, purchase of surplus milk to feed undernourished city children and transfer of good cows to poor farms. A "COMMON sense recovery plan" was laid before the country Thursday by France's aged premier, Gaston Doumergue. i lit: program, wuirn was officially approved by a special council of ministers at Ely see palace. Is comparable in scope with Russia's five-year plan and America's XRA. It re flects, however, the typical distrust of ex perlments by the French peasant. It Is marked by the same simplicity and ab sence of ballyhoo which has characterized all of "Ons tounet's" actions since the dramatic February morning when he arrived In the Civil war littered capital. The French program is based on the theory that if the government puts its own house in order and minds its own business, industry will recover by itself. It all boils down to a question of re storing confidence, but the methods laid down for achieving this purpose are nothing short of revolutionary for France. The keystone in Doumergue's edifice of recovery Is tbe leveling of government expenditures down to In come, which means eliminating I in me diately the budget deficit of soml r-rro,000,000. THE house of representatives got busy Wednesday, suspended its rules and granted quick approval to three Important bills dealing with widely divergent subjects. They were: The administration sugar bill?sub ject of heated controversy for months ?which slid through to final approval without even a record vote. It in cludes sugar as a basic commodity un der the AAA, quotas domestic pro duction of sugar beets and cane, and gives Secretary of Agriculture Wallace power to quota imports of Cuban and insular sugar. The so-called Johnson bill, prohibit ing foreign nations which are in de fault on private or national obligations in this country from floating their se curities in the American market. The measure is the upshot of a senatorial investigation several years ago into the nature of foreign borrowings in the United States. A resolution ordering a federal pow er commission inquiry into rates charged for electric energy by private power companies throughout the coun try. THE liberal Spanish republic has discarded one of the major pillars upon which It was built Marshaled by the nominally moderate Radical party that once was violently anti-clerical, the cortes in an uproarious session put 7,500 clergymen back on the payroll of the state for life. For three hours before passage of the law, which directly violates article 26 of the republican constitution, Pre mier Alejandro Lerroux's supporters and the shrunken left opposition hurled Insults and waved fists at each other. Left fllibusterers were ready with some 300 amendments, but the gag rule was voted before a single one was proposed. ACTING under the power delegated to him by President Roosevelt under an executive order. National Recovery Administrator Johnson ap to the bituminous coal code imposing a five day week of 35 hours and revising its wage scale upward, figured on a S5 base with dif ferentials, on the en tire bituminous coal ?. industry. The amend ment is subject to a hearing on April 9. i Authoritative sources in Washington agreed that the operators would accept the amendment, at least until after the hearing and that the threat of a strike Is avoided at least until after that hearing by the action of the Kit A head John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, Issued a state ment praising the action of the ad ministration and promising the co-op eration of the union. SAMUEL INSUI-L, fugitive utility magnate, has learned that Uncle Sam has long arms. He thought him self safe aboard the chartered freight er, on which he escaped from Greece, anchored at Istambul, but Uncle Sam's long arm tagged him and he was ar rested by the Turkish authorities. The council of ministers Immediately or dered his extradition to the United States. Two eminent Turkish lawyers on behalf of Insull filed an appeal with the supreme court of Turkey against the extradition order. But the appeal , was denied. Unless the former utilities magnate Is able to perform some new wonder, his year and a half flight almost half way around the world has been brought to an end. THE Civil Works administration has gone out of existence, and this relief organization became the works division of the federal Emergency Relief administration. Under this title it will use some $600,000,000 remaining from its recent grant of $050,000,000 for the year l&iij to provide relief for states, which are in turn to pass the money along to cities and counties. For a month district agents have been working to j>erfect the machin ery for the change. Meanwhile, administration officials made ^t clear that industry was not expected to take up the whole slack of unemployment, absorbing the for mer CWA workers, in a day. Representatives of the flour milling Industry decided to op erate without a code of fair competi tion. Their rejection of the nra and i aaa marks the first refusal of an en- j tire industry to accept the adminis tration's recovery plans. The decision to go ahead without nra affiliation came after nearly nine months of fruitless negotiations with the nra and aaa officials. Government officials were represent ed as considering a legal test if the millers do not reopen negotiations. There was some talk that the millers might he pnt under a license. The millers contend that the cod?? offered would have brought ruin to the industry and would have forced up prices of flour beyond the ability i of consumers to pay. IB by Western Newepe-per Union. ' Gen. Fouloie <nl?nn/i *V. , J. B. Eastman Gaston Doumergue Gen. Johnson "What It Really Is Li/?e" in San Juan I WHEN Mrs. Roosevelt was Inspecting living | conditions In San Joan. Puerto Rico, she f asked the camera man to make this picture ''to i show really what It is like." She is standing at I the edge of a pool of dirty water swarming with ? flies In the center of La Perla, one of the slum I streets. k | BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN * ~ By THORNTON W. BURGESS FARMER BROWN'S BOY AND NIM BLE AS FRIENDS OF ALL the timid people I know of, none is more timid than Nimble Heels, the Jumping Mouse. But a funny thing about very timid people is that often they get over fear easier and more quickly than some who are supposed to be very much braver. It was so with Nimble Heels. Now, wouldn't you suppose that after being almost killed by a great giant who he never had seen before. Nimble Heels would have been frightened almost to death, and remained so? At first he was frightened. Of course. He would have been a funny fellow if he hadn't been. But it didn't take Nimble Heels long to find out that those hands of Farm er Brown's boy were very gentle hands. Somehow, after a little he liked to be stroked by them. Then he was wrapped in something soft It was the handkerchief of Farmer Brown's boy. In this he made the longest Journey he had ever dreamed of. Clear across the Green Meadows, up the Long Lane, across the farm yard to Farmer Brown's house. There Farmer Brown's boy placed him in the snuggest of snug little cages with soft moss for a bed, and left him to himself. Nimble Heels still felt a little weak, so he buried himself In the soft moss and went to sleep. It was night and quite dark when finally he awoke. At first he couldn't imagine where he was. Then he remembered, and all of a sudden he was all shivery with fear. It was still, very, very still, bq at last he found courage to creep out and exam ine the place where he was. It didn't take him long to discover that he was a prisoner, and a perfect panic of fear swept over him. The next day, when Farmer Brown's boy came to look at him and see how he was getting along, Nimble Heels wouldn't poke so much as the tip of his nose out from under the moss. Very carefully Farmer Brown's boy uncovered him. When he saw that Nimble Heels was all right he covered him over as he was before and left him. After a while Nimble Heels poked his head out to see what had be come of Farmer Brown's hoy. No one was to be seen, but there was the most tempting pile of seeds and grain. Nimble Heels suddenly felt hungry. After that he understood that Farm er Brown's boy would not harm him, but was his protector, and at once they became the best of friends. Always Nimble Heels was sure of finding something especially nice to eat in one of Farmer Brown's boy's pockets. He was safe, lie was safer, per haps, than ever before, in all his life. But he was a prisoner. Not even safety could make up for loss of free dom. Nimble Heels began to pine and lose his appetite. Then it was that Farmer Brown's boy showed that he had an understanding heart and was in truth a friend worth having. lie took Nimble neels in his pocket and started down the Long Lane. Out on the Green Meadows he went straight to the very place where Nimble Heels had jumped up his trousers leg. There he took Nimble Heels from his pocket. Making sure that no enemies were near, he set Nimble Heels down In the grass. From sheer joy In being free once more. Nimble Heels jumped once, twice, three times. And if only he had looked back to set.- he would have seen the most surprised boy ever. "Whew! That little chap is some jumper!" exclaimed Farmer Brown's boy, admiringly. It was the first time he had ever seen Nimble Heels jump, e. T. W. Burgess.?WNU 8*nrlce. top of the bananas. Sift one half cup ful of sol gar over the oranges and add one-half cupful of lemon juice with any of the Juice left from the oranges. Hake 20 minutes. Serve hot or cold. Very nice with cold meats. Banana Fritters, Remove the skins from eight ba nanas and cut Into halves lengthwise, then into quarters. Sprinkle with pow dered sugar, one-half tnblespoonful of lemon juice and one-half tnblespoonful of grated orange rind. Cover and let stand half an hour. Then dip into the following batter and fry In deep fat. Drain on brown paper. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve. For the batter?mix and sift one cupful of flour, one-fourth teaspoonful of salt, one-half teaspoonful of baking powder, add one-half cupful of milk and one beaten egg. Add a tablespoon ful of melted butter and beat thorough ly before using. Dananac fried In butter make a fine garnish for broiled steak. Served with cooked chops they are especially good. C by Western Newspaper Union. PoYQl | Know ?"That the wild crab-apple tree of the old world is the parerf cf most of the 1500 or more varieties of apples now cultivated. They were popular among the Romans, about 22 different species being known at that time. ! WNU Service I I PAPA KNCWS-I m- ? - ??" [1 i "Pop, what Is barbarous?*' "War before poison pas." Bt-ll Syndicate.? WNU Service. Mj^erKookBoot SERVE BANANAS BANANAS make delightful salads, fruit cocktails, desserts, Ices, and may be served as a vegetable.. Ba nanas should be thoroughly ripe If used fresh. Those a bit green will cook nicely and be wholesome. Baked Bananas. Strip the skin from the firm yellow fra , scrape the banana to remove the strings which give an arrid flavor to the fruit. Cut Into halves lengthwise, place In a buttered dish and sprinkle with sugar. Pour over six tablespoon fuls of water and bake In a moderate oven until translucent For six ba nanas, use six teaspoonfuls of sugar (brown is best), with a pinch of salt Bananas Baked In Lemon Juice. Cut four large bananas Into halves lengthwise and put into a baking dish. Peel two large oranges and divide In to sections. Add the se^'ons to the QBllGAS/t) "The girl that marries a traveling salesman because of her love for trav el/' says pouting Polly, "soon finds that the only time she gets to go places is when her husband is on the road." ?. Bell Syndicate.?WNU Service. BONERS i Taking bis tomahawk the Indian went from place to place In the camp scalloping the people. BONERS are actual humorous tid-bits found in examination pa pers, essays, etc., by teachers. A mountain that erupts lava and hot ashes is known as a catastrophe. ? ? ? At the very first fire all the British pantaloons fell. ? ? ? James II was exposed and var nished. ? ? ? A drill Is a tool for boring holes. Example: We had a fire drill today. ? ? ? Marc Antony was an undertaker; he came to bury Caesar. 4 ? lie sneezes enough to cause his shall to jump and his brain to rattle. & Bell Syndicate.?WJfU Service. A PRAYER | By ANNE CAMPBELL | T OKI), when 1 stand in that first 1' moment, blinded From being nearer the rising sun, I will be wonder-struck and unre minded Of all the kindly deeds I might have done. Give me thy pity, Lord, and blame me not For the omissions of my sorry lot. But with thine all-embracing charity Judge me by what I truly meant to be! Copyright.?WN'U Service. witty"kitty By NINA WILCOX PUTNAM. The Girl-Friend says she wouldn't marry an X-ray specialist; she hates men who can see through her. ?. Dell Syndicate?WNU Service. Roosevelt Medal Offered the Public BRONZE medals bearing a [lortralt of 1'resldent Roosevelt, and tbe Presi dential seal 'on the other aide, are offered to the public at S1.00. Mr. Roose velt apn'-s-ed the design and tbe Philadelphia mint struck off tbe medals.
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