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V0L- LX. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY MAY 17, 1934. NO. 15. ,
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Tnsull, Brought Back for Trial, Defends Himself?Token
Payments on War Debts Are Barred?Compromise
Silver Bill Being Formulated.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
SAMUEL IN8ULL, once the grand
old man of public utilities, has
been brought home to be tried for his
alleged sins after his long period of
Samuel Insull
refuge In roreign
lands. His "prison
ship," the Exilona, ar
rived off Fort Han
cock, N. J., and Insull
was taken off at open
sea by the United
States coast guard
cutter Hudson, which
landed him quickly.
After an automobile
ride to Princeton
Junction, he was put
aboard a train and
transported swiftly to Chicago. His
son, Samuel Insull, Jr., had been per
mitted to join him on the Exilona and
accompanied him on the trip west.
Landing on American soil, Insull
appeared to recover his old time con
fidence. To reporters he said: "I am in
America to make the most important
fight of my life. I am fighting not
only for freedom but for complete
?indication. I have erred, but my
greatest error was in underestimating
the effects of the financial panic on
American securities, and particularly
on the companies I was trying to
build.
T worked with all my energy to
save those companies. I made mis
takes?but they were honest mistakes.
They were errors in judgment, but not
dishonest manipulations.
"Arbitrarily, I had been Instructed
to resign as head of these companies
whLch I had built and which I had
tried to protect.
"I was told that I was no longer
needed. Tired from the fruitless
struggles to save the Investments of
thousands of men and women, dis
couraged In my attempts to save the
Investments of my friends and asso
ciates as well as everything I had, I
got out
"No charges were brought against
me until I had been away for three
months. My return at that time would
have further complicated the prob
lems of the reorganization of the com
panies.
"The whole story has not yet been
told. You only know the charges of
the prosecution. Not one word has
been uttered in even feeble defense of
me. And It must be obvious that
there also is my side of the story.
"Whe.i it is told in court, my judg
ment may be discredited, but certainly
my honesty will be vindicated."
RUSSIA has been angered by a rul
ing of Attorney General Cum
mlngs and there Is danger that all the
plans for re-establishing trade with
that country will go awry. Mr. Cum
mings was called on to determine
what nations would be barred by the
Johnson act from marketing their se
curities In this country or in any way
receiving financial assistance. This he
did by announcing the six foreign
nations that are not in default to the
United States government on their
obligations. These are Finland. Great
Britain. Czechoslovakia, Italy. Latvia
and Lithuania. Finland has met in
full all installments on Its war deht.
The others have made token payments
on recent Installments.
Immediately after the attorney gen
eral's ruling was made public It was
authoritatively stated in Washington
that President Roosevelt had decided
to accept no more token payments:
therefore England and the others that
have made such pfyments will fall in
to thd default class on June 15, when
the next^nayments are due. Even Fin
land m;#S now default If the nations
proffer token payments they may be
accepted by the treasury as "on ac
count/' but the nations will still be
held in default and thus will be shut
out under the new Johnson act from
obtaining any government loans in the
United States.
The President will Inform congress.
It Is reported, that he desires no legis
latlon at this time with respect to the
debt question.
Soviet Hussla fell in the default
class because it Ignored obligations of
the preceding czarlst and Kerensky
governments.
AIMING directly at the American
Telephone and Telegraph com
pany and the Western Union company,
both of which are said to have defied
him. Recovery Administrator Johnson
made public a drastic code for the
wire communications Industry pre
pared by his own staff. Imposition ot
a code is regarded to all Intents the
tame aa writing law for the Industry
affected, equal in scope to the author
Ization for licensing Industry. Noth
ing like It has been resorted to here
tofore.
Tn the telegraph case, with all but
one minority group flatly opposed to
any code, the NRA Is proposing to
change long-standing conditions and
alter the Internal economy of the In
dustry on the ground that existing
conditions burden commerce and re
duce employment. A date for hearings
was set, after which the President
was to be aslced to take action.
The code. If adopted, would deprive
extensive Interests of financial ad
vantages amounting to many millions
of dollars, the NBA authorities de
claring these are not fairly held.
Among the things it would abolish
are: Exclusive rights of the Western
Union Telegraph company to some
thing like $25,000,000 worth of busi
ness annually; use by many corpora
tions of private wire circuits leased at
figures alleged to be out of line with
regular charges for the same volume
of business, and free use of these cir
cuits by clients of the lessees to the
tune of millions of dollars worth of
words each year.
SOME sort of a compromise on silver
legislation that will be acceptable
to both the White House and the
silver bloc In congress Is likely to be
worKea out, tnougn
Senator Borah, who
wants outright remon
etization of the white
metal, thought the
plan being prepared
would not serve. Sec
retary of the Treas
ury Morgenthau and
eight silver senators
held prolonged confer
ences, and all but the
gentleman from Idaho
were fairly well satis
fled. Senator King of
Secretary [
Morgenthau
Ltah said he hoped for a bill which
would nationalize silver bullion and
provide for the establishment of a 23
per cent silver reserve for currency.
Probably the measure will be manda
tory as to policies and permissive in
leaving to the discretion of the Pres
ident the means of carrying out the
policies.
DRASTIC reorganization of the
NBA to give the federal govern
ment a permanent balance of power
between large and small industries
was recommended in the majority re
port by the Darrow board, which Pres
ident Roosevelt decided not to make
public in its original form but referred
to three government agencies for pre
liminary digesting.
On the theory that the NRA has
shown business incapable of self-regu
lation, the 5-to-l majority report pro
poses to scrap all the present code au
thorities in favor of an entirely new
set-up In which the federal govern
ment, big business and little business
have equal voting representation.
TO AVOID Impending defeat by the
senate, the President withdrew
from its c/nsideration the names of
two men h\ had appointed to office.
One was W11 lard L. Thorp who had
been made head of the Commerce de
partment's bureau of foreign and do
mestic commerce. The senate's objec
lion to Mr. Thorp, who has been serv
ing as head of the commerce bureau
pending action on his nomination, was
based on the fact that he once regis
tered as a Republican in a Massachu
setts primary.
The other withdrawal was of Rene
A. Vio^ca as United States attorney
for the Eastern district of Louisiana.
He was opposed by Senator Iluey P.
Long.
Andrew w. mellon. the ven
erable and wealthy ex-secretary
of the treasury and former ambassa
dor to England, came out on top in bis
latest contest with the
Department of Jus
tice. The government
had accused hlra of
evading his Income
taxes and sought his
indictment by a fed
eral grand Jury In
Pittsburgh. However,
the grand Jury re
fused to return a true
bill, declaring the
charges were without
basis.
A. W. Mellon
The foreman of the Jury was Wll
liam Beeson, a bank clerk. Among
others on the Jury were Ave laborers,
two farmers, two engineers, two me
chanics, two clerks, one plumber, one
carpenter, a lumber dealer, and a
writer.
Mr. Mellon said: "I am of course
gratified that I have been exonerated
by a Jury of my fellow citizens. The
fact that the grand jury reached a
sound conclusion, notwithstanding the
unusual methods pursued In ray case,
is proof of the good sense and fairness
of the American people/'
The finding of the jury probably
ended finally the affair, Mr. Cummlngs
saying the government would not chal
lenge the decision. It may also put
an end to the not Infrequent attacks
on Mr. Mellon In congress.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT is again
a grandfather, for down in Fort
Worth, Texas, a daughter has been I
born to Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt.
The baby, who weighed six pounds !
six ounces, has been named Ruth
Chandler Roosevelt
AIR mall flying by the army has
come to an end, and the routes j
are being taken over by commercial j
aviation as fast as the short term
contracts are let.
LJ OVV the League of Nations pro
* poses to aid China was told in a
long report, made public by the Nan
king government, covering the ar
rangement made by Dr. Ludwig Kajeh
man, representative in China of the
league. This plan, it is supposed, led
to Japan's recent statement of a policy
demanding that other nations keep
their hands off China. The document
was politically Inocuous, being chiefly
the recommendations of technical ad
visers for projects designed to attract
foreign capital to China and consoll
date it as an independent nation. The
list of advisers did not include any
Japanese.
The chief interest in the report,
from the standpoint of the United
States, concerned the section devoted
to cotton. It shows that China must
purchase about $60,000,000 worth of
raw cotton annually, most of which
comes from the United States.
The report also proposes an exten
sive road building program which is
likely to improve the market forAmer
lean cars as well "as gasoline.
A Chinese national military and
communications commission has Just
left Shanghai for the Uqjted States by
way of Europe. Its twenty-two mem
bers are Instructed to learn how China
can acquire a modern war machine
and methods of communication that
ore up to western standards. This
commission Is sent by Chiang Kai
Shek, dictator of the Chinee National
government
O El'ORTS from Cairo, Egypt, told
^ somewhat hazily about fierce
fighting that was going on In the Ara
bian peninsula where Ibn Saud, the
fnnaucai King or
Saudi Arabia, was
making war on the
ancient kingdom of
Yemen, determined to
conquer it. Already
the Saudian army,
which is powerful an 1
equipped with all mod
ern arms, had cap
tured the Yemeni sea
port Ilodelda, and It
was advancing to at
tack Sana, the cap
w& a
Ibn Saud
Ital. The war started with a border
dispute.
According to the conflicting stories
reaching Cairo, both sides claimed vic
tory. One report was that the Emir
Feisai, heir of Ibn Saud, had over
taken and defeated the rear guard of
the retreating Yemeni army.
From Yemeni officials, however,
came telegrams stating that their re
treat had been halted and that the
Saudian army suffered a severe defeat
In a 23-hour battle. Capture of 30 ar- I
mored cars, nine of them undamaged;
30 guns, and 400 prisoners was claimed J
by the premier of Yemen, who wired j
that the Saudian casualties exceeded
2,000.
GREAT BRITAIN and Japan are on
the verge of a big trade war. The j
British have threatened to take strong
action to protect their textile export
Interests against increasing Japanese
competition, although the British gov
ernment officially declares it will do
everything to maintain amicable rela- I
tlons with Japan. The official position j
In Tokyo Is that Japan can take care
of herself, and there was every Indira I
tion that It would not yield to the Brit- I
fsh ultimatum that It must modify its j
trade program and tactics. Tie Brit
ish already have begun to Impose I
quotas on Japanese goods, but trade j
leaders In Tokyo said this would not
hurt their country seriously, especial
ly since Japan's Imports from the
British Isles In 1033 totaled 83,000,000
yen or almost as much as was export
ed there, 80,000.000 yen. Hence, they
said, the Tokyo government would be
able to make reprisals.
Trade with the British dominions
Is considered far more Important and
the Japanese are confident the domin
Ions will not follow the mother coun
try's lead?especially Australia, which
sold to Japan In 1033 four times Its
purchases, and Canada, which aold
seven times as much as It bought
_ e faT Western N?w*pnp?r Union.
Rome as It Was in the Days of the Caesars
PAUL BIGOT, member of the Institute of France, constructed this beautiful model of the city of Rome in the
time of the Caesars, on a scale 400 times smaller than the actual dimensions of the buildings. At the left Is the
Circus Maximus, with the Coliseum at the right, above which Is the Imperial Fprum with the temples of Con
stantine and Venus. The Tiber follows the edge of the model at the top o' the picture, past the Palatine and the CapitoL
BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
PETER FINDS A FRIEND IN
TROUBLE
OEEING Farmer Brown's Boy cora
^ log through the Old Orchard, Pe
ter Rabbit decided that that was no
place for him, so he scampered for the
Green Forest, Ilpperty-llpperty-llp.
Just within the edge of the Green For
est he caught sight of something which
for the time being put all thought of
Farmer Brown's Boy out of his head.
Fluttering on the ground was a bird
than whom not even Glory the
Cardinal was more beautiful. It was
about the size of Redwing the Black
bird. Wings and tail were pure black,
and all the rest was a beautiful scar
let It was Redcoat the Tanager. At
first Peter had eyes only for the won
derful beauty of Redcoat. Never be
fore had he seen Redcoat so close at
hand. Then quite suddenly It came
over Peter that something was wrong,
and he hurried forward to see what
the trouble might be.
Redcoat heard the rustle of Peter's
feet among the dry leaves and at once
began to flap and flutter in an effort
to tly away, but he could not get ofT
the ground.
"What is It, Redcoat? Has some
thing happened to you? It is Just Pe
ter Rabbit. You know you don't have
anything to fear from me," cried Peter.
The look of terror which had been
in the eyes of Redcoat died out He
stopped fluttering and simply lay pant
ing. "Oh, Peter," he gasped, "you
don't know how glad 1 am that It Is
only you. I've had a terrible accident,
and I don't know what I am to do. I
can't fly, and If I have to stay on the
ground some enemy will be sure to get
ine. What shall I do, Peter? What
shall I do?"
Right away Peter was full of sym
pathy. "What kind of an accident was
it. Redcoat, and bow did it happen?"
he asked.
"Broadwing the Hawk tried to
catch me," sobbed Redcoat "In dodg
ing him among the trees I was heed
less for a moment and did not see Just
Where I was going. I struck a sharp
pointed dead twig and drove It right
through my right wing."
Redcoat held up his right wing and.
sure enough, there was a little twig
sticking out from both sides close up
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a meat eater," says titlan Tlllle, ?'like
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to the shoulder. The wing was bleed
ing a little.
"Oh, dear, what ever shall I do, Pe
ter Rabbit? What ever shall I do?"
sobbed Redcoat.
"Does It pain yon dreadfully?" asked
Peter.
Redcoat nodded. "Rut \ don't mind
the pain," he hastened to say. "It is
the thought of what may happen to
me."
?. T. W. Burgess.?WNU Service.
BONERS
The Magna Chart a Is an oak tree
near Hartford, Conn., containing the
hidden charter of the state of Connec
ticut
BONERS are actual humorous
tid-bits found in examination pa
pers, essays, etc., by teachers.
The British compelled the Ameri
cans to place tax stamps on all legal
doctrines.
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Becthoveq remained deaf ever since
a conductor boxed his ears and It has
shone upon bis work.
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Oral Question?Tell what you can
j of Bonar I .aw.
Answer?The prohibition law Is
I known In England as the boner law.
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How are sardines caught?
By throwing tin cans overboard.
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Food passes from the mouth through
the asparagus to the stomach.
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SEVERAL GOOD THINGS
COR a warm day try the following
* cooling and delightful dish:
Jellied Consomme.
Dissolve two tablespoonfuls of gel
atin In one-fourth of a cupful of cold
water. Dissolve In one quart of hot
consomme. Pour into bouillon cups
and chill, or poor Into a shallow pan and
when chilled cut Into cubes or beat
with a fork, before serving In the cups
Cucumber Jelly.
Grate enough peeled cucumbers to
make a pint, season with salt, pepper.
paprika, olive oil and vinegar?two of
oil and one of vinegar. Add one tea
spoonful of gelatin softened In two
teaspoonfuls of cold water, dissolve
over hot water until soft, then add to
the cucumber and mix well. In the
bottom of each individual mold, place
a half walnut meat, then pour In the
pucumber mixture. Serve turned out
on lettuce leaves and top with a tea
spoonful of mayonnaise. A little grat
ed onion added to the cucumber will
Improve It for most people.
Melba Pastry.
Take one cupful of oven-dried
crumbs, when a golden brown put
through a food chopper. Mix well
with one-third of a cupful of sugar,
one teaspoonful of cinnamon and four
tablespoonfuls of butter. Line a large
^YOLI Know? |
^^^t^beginning theW
American newspaper was
a very small affair. The
Boston News-Letter, one of
the first newspapers pub
lished in America, April
24, 1704, was printed on I
half a sheet of paper
7 V4 x 1 2 '/4 inches. It
contained one adver
tisement?that of the
proprietor. I
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MY CABIN
By ANNE CAMPBELL
f SHALL have a cabin with no plc
? tures In it.
There will be wide windows gleaming
In the sun.
Ever; oaken frame will hold a land
scape In It,
Chnnglng In the morning and the set
ting sun.
Nothing ever painted will excel the
splendor
Of the lovely scenes that hless my
weary gaze.
Dawn will come with fingers silver
tipped and slender,
And the midnight moon will leave her
misty ways.
Paintings cannot tempt me when the
hills and valleys
March outside my window In eternal
pride.
From my hilltop cabin where the east
wind dallies,
I shall see the treasures Time has
deified.
Copyright.?WXD Servle*.
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1PAPA KNOWS-I
"Pop, what it technic?**
"Fleecing lambs."
?. Bell Syndicate.?WNTJ Serrlce.
pie plate with the mlitare and bake In
a slow oven for 20 minutes. Allow
the crust to cool, then pour In the
cooled filling.
Banana Custard.
Slice three ripe bananas. Cook two
beaten eggs, one-fourth cupful of cake
crumbs and one cupful of milk two
minutes or until the custard lightly
coats the spoon. Add two teaspooo
fuls of lemon rind and stir In the ba
nanas. Pour Into a greased baking
dish, set In a pan of hot water and
bake until the pudding Is set. Cover
with a meringue and brown.
Deviled Crab.
Melt three tablespoonfuls of butter,
add two tablespoonfuls of flour and
when well blended add one cupful of
thin cream, one teaspoonful of paprika,
a dash of cayenne, two egg yolks, two
cupfuls of crab meat, one-half tea
spoonful of lemon Juice, two-thirds of
a cupful of buttered bread crumbs.
Mix and cook three minutes, place In
a buttered ramekin and cover with
buttered crumbs Place a thin slice of
lemon on top of each serving. Bake
until brown. Garnish with parsley.
C br Western Newspaper Unloa.
Garfield's Famoaa Remark
James A. Garfield used the expres
sion "God reigns and the government
at Washington still lives," In address
ing a crowd from the balcony of the
New Tork customs house following the
death of Abraham Lincoln.
Cleveland Girls Learn Mens Work
GIltLS wearing overalls and boys bustling around In kitchen aprons Is the
contradictory situation that greets visitors to morning classes ot the Emer
lon Junior high school In Cleveland, Ohio. While the boys are fixing salads
ind beating cake batter, the girls take possession of the work benches where
tbey are Just as proud ot their accomplishments as the boys are of tlMir
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