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V0L- LX- GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY JUNE 28, 1934. NO. 21.
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
(Congress Quits, Having Done Most Things the President
'Asked?Steel Strike Postponed?Roosevelt's Daughter
in Nevada, Presumably for Divorce.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
? by Western Newspaper Union.
AFTER several days of beetle work,
pushing through the last measures
labeled "must" by the administration
and a host of other bills demanded
by various members, the Seventy-third
congress closed Its second session.
The measures passed during this ses
sion Include some of the basic laws
of the New Deal and considerable
elaboration and modification of laws
passed last year In addition to the
regular appropriation biljs and a nor
mal amount of necessary routine legis
lation.
Aa In the first session. President
Roosevelt was In full control, though
the legislators displayed a more crit
ical attitude and a tendency to give
proposed legislation closer scrutiny
before giving It their approval. This
could not be attributed to a lessening
of the President's Influence or of the
confidence In him, but rather to the
fact that the members of congress
didn't wish longer to be labeled as
"yea men." On the whole Mr. Roose
velt succeeded In getting what he
aaked and In preventing what he did
not want
Several measures that had the back
ing of the administration failed of
passage. These Included the oil bill,
ardently desired by Secretary Ickes;
the pure food and drug bill, which
never came to a vote; the ratification
of the St Lawrence waterway treaty;
and a series of amendments ampli
fying and clarifying the powers of
the AAA.
In Its closing hours the congress
spent money like water, Indulging In
what Congressman Britten of Chicago
called "an orgy of spending such as
never has been known In the history
of the world during peace times." The
last of the major bills disposed of
were:
The deficiency appropriation bill,
allotting the President more than two
billion three hundred million dollars
for relief and other emergency pur
poses.
The one billion dollar housing bill
to promote the revival of the building
trades and of the durable goods In
dustries.
The Frailer bill for relief of farm
mortgagors.
The bill amending banking legisla
tion.
The railway labor bllL
WILLIAM GREEN, president of
the American Federation of La
bor, succeeded where President Roose
velt, Administrator Johnson and all
Earl J.
Forbeck
otners had railed. He
appeared before the
delegates of the steel
workers' an I o ? s at
Pittsburgh and per
suaded them at least
to postpone their
threatened strike. The
plan which be ofTered,
and which may lead
to a permanent settle
ment of the contro
versy, In brief pro
vides:
Establishment of a
inreeman board by the President to
adjudicate and mediate all violations
of code on matters of discrimination
against employees.
To Insure the right of workers to
organize, empowering the board to
hold aDd supervise Industrial elections
for collective bargaining representa
tives.
All grievances or complaints would
be referred to the board for final de
cision.
If acceptable to labor, capital, and
the federal government, the strike
wonld be called olT permanently.
Leaders of the "rank and file"
steel workers. Including Earl J.
Forbeck and other chiefs ot local
unions, were especially bitter In their
attitude toward General Johnson, and
were still eager for a strike, hut they
were outnumbered and the Green plan
was adopted as a basis for further ne
gotiations. The union leaders went to
Wellington for a final decision. They
carried authority to call the strike
If the peace plan were rejected by the
government or the steel operators.
TN* A formsl letter, accompanied by
* a long explanation, the code au
thority of the cleaners and dyers has
notified the President that It has with
drawn Its consent to the code. The
reason assigned for this action Is that
Administrator Johnson, acting by au
thorlty of the President, suspended the
mlnlmnm price and other fair trade
practice provisions of the code while
leaving In effect all other provisions.
Including those establishing minimum
wages and maximum hours of labor.
"Dye cleaners and dyers say that
with operating costs greatly Increased
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by the labor provisions It is Impossible
to make a profit unless a minimum
price Is established and enforced.
In Its appended explanation the code
authority challenged the validity of
this action by General Johnson, con
tinuing:
"We cannot believe that you would
knowingly countenance a reckless dis
regard of repeated promises and assur
ances given to authorized representa
tives of the trade by the administrator
personally within two weeks of the
date on which he played a major role
In their breach."
The code was consented to, says the
memorandum, "on the express under
standing" that the minimum price
and other trade practice provisions
"were absolutely necessary If mem
bers of the trade were to comply with
other provisions of the code. Including
the limitations on maximum hours
and minimum wages of labor." The
suspension of the minimum price pro
vision Is pronounced "a deprivation
of the primary benefit of the code to
members of the trade, leaving them
only the burdens."
SECRETARY OF WAR DERN and
President Roosevelt have received
a unanimous report from a house In
vestigating committee demanding that
Gen. Foulolt
MaJ. Gen. Benjamin
D. Foulois be re
moved as chief of the
army air corps "with
out delay." The re
port accused the gen
eral of "dishonesty,"
"gross misconduct,"
"Inefficiency," "inac
curacy," "unreliabil
ity," "Incompetency,"
and "mismanage
ment"
After praising the
"young men" who fly army planes un
der Foulois' direction, the report con
cluded:
"We find It necessary to report that
we are most flrmly convinced, from
the evidence and records submitted,
that before any substantial progress
In the npbulldlng of the morale and
materiel of the army air corps can be
attained, Maj. Gen. Benjamin D.
Foulois must be relieved from his
position as chief of /he air corps."
/"lOLLUSIVE bids on city supplies
and contracts arc ended by the
recognition, by the NBA administra
tion, that NRA code regulations are
unworkable In dealings with municipal
and other governmental agencies. An
executive order has been Issued ex
empting contractors, manufacturers
and merchants from the most impor
tant of the code restrictions in all
transactions with federal, state or city
or other subdivisions of government
ANOTHER divorce in the Roose
velt family is Impending. Mrs.
Anna Dall, the daughter of the Presi
dent. has taken up residence In Ne
vana wnn ine eviueut
though not yet de
clared purpose of
seeking legal separa
tion from her hus
band, C n r 11 s Dall,
New York broker. "The
news was no surprise
to friends of the fam
ily. The Dalls hare
not been living to
gether for a year,
Anna and their two
children, "Slstle" and
"Burzle" residing In
the White House.
Mrs. Anna
Dall
tor the six months she must remain
In Nevada Mrs. Dall has selected a
log cabin on the shores of Lake Tahoe,
some fifteen miles from the house
where her brother. Elliott, lived a
year ago, when he and the former
Elisabeth Donner of Philadelphia were
divorced.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT went up
to New Haven, Oonn., for the Yale
commencement and was presented
with the highest honor the university
can bestow, the degree of doctor of
laws. After the ceremony he attend
ed a luncheon of alumni and took oc
casion to challenge the critics of his
New Deal and especially those who
make fun of the "brain trust."
"It is true," he told his hearers, and
there was obvious in his voice a note
of defiance, "that today, more than
ever before In our public life, we are
calling on the teaching profession for
assistance in our government. There
have been certain ribald comments
and some laughter about the use of
brains in the national government, but
It seems to me a pretty good practice.
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?'It Is a practice that will continue,"
he added firmly. And the professors
around him started the vigorous ap- [
I plause which followed.
Later on he evoked further applause
when he said: "I couldn't tell you the ,
party affiliations of the majority of
people holding responsible positions in I
Washington, and it is a mighty good
thing I cannot"
That evening Mr. Roosevelt boarded
the presidential yacht Sequoia and
proceeded slowly to New London,
Conn., to witness the boat races be
tween Harvard and Yale. His son.
Franklin, Jr., was one of the Harvard
freshman crew. After the regatta the
President motored to the family home
at Hyde Park, N. Y., to remain over
the week end.
Chancellor hitler has been
receiving some hard knocks re
cently. Vice Chancellor Franz von
Pa pen delivered himself of a vigor
uuo cm iv l siii oi me i
more radical experi
ments of the Nazi |
regime, and its "ex
cesses and arrogance."
Alluding to the pagan
revival, Von Papen
said: "Germans must I
not exclude them- I
selves from the so- |
ciety of Christian na- I
tions." The speech, I
delivered at Marburg,
was kept out of the
German press but the
Count
Nadolny.
Herman people read It In Swiss pa
pers, and then learned that President
Paul von Hlndenburg had sent Von
Papen a telegram of congratulation.
Immediately after this Incident
Count Rudolf Nadolny announced his
resignation as German ambassador to
Russia. This was the first defection
from Nazi government ranks since Dr.
Alfred Hugenberg resigned as minister
of agriculture and economics In June,
1933. Nadolny's resignation Is attrib
uted to his failure to persuade Chan
cellor Hitler to accept Russia's pro
posal for a non-aggression pact. The
count Is a close personal friend of
President von Hlndenburg.
Late dispatches from Berlin say Hit
ler has rejected Von Papen's offer to
resign and has made a temporary
truce with him. Both of them ar
ranged to confer with the President
at Neudeck, but not at the same time.
JAPAN was obviously pleased re
cently when the American fleet
was moved from the Pacific to the At
lantic, but it will not be so glad to
hear that the fleet Is to return to the
Pacific about November 1, when all its
maneuvers have been completed. Pre
sumably there will be an attempt, In
passing through the Panama canal, to
break the 47-hour record made In the
spring.
Secretary Swanson says the navy's
construction program will be pushed
ahead with $40,000,000 obtained from
the public works administration. Six
new submarines and fourteen destroy
ers will use up most of this sum.
TERRORISTS In Cuba, who have
been stirring up continual trouble
for the Mendleta administration, pre
cipitated bloody warfare in Havana
by making an unprovoked atack on a
parade of 35,000 members of the ABC,
the Island's largest secret political so
ciety. The radicals, ambushed In
cross streets, opened fire with ma
j chine guns, pistols, sawed-oft shotguns
and rifles, mowing down scores of the
marchers and many bystanders. About
a dozen were killed outright. The
ABC members fought valiantly with
their revolvers and with clubs and
stones. Later the fighting spread
throughout the city, the students tak- |
lng sides with the terrorists.
Only a few hours before this furious
battle. President Mendleta narrowly
escaped death at the hands of the
terrorists. A bomb was exploded be
hind his chair during a luncheon at a
naval base across the hay from Ha
vana. and he was badly wounded In
the legs and arms and severely shocked.
Two naval officers were killed and ten
others were wounded by the blast.
LADY ASTOR, the American-born
member of the British parliament,
has done a lot of bright things and
some stupid ones. In the latter rate I
gory comes her action In Plymouth at i
a ceremony In memory of Sir Francis :
Drake. She grabbed from a midship- I
man of the American battleship Wyo- ,
mlng a wine filled goblet and threw
the wine Into the river, saying: "I j
cannot understand why men will leave !
home for this beastly stuff."
BEGINNING July I, the air mail
postage rate will be six cents an
ounce, flat. The old rate was eight
cents the first ounce and 13 cents for
each additional ounce. The reduction
was announced by the Post Office de
partment.
HENRIK SHIPSTEAD won renom
ination In Minnesota as the
Farmer-Labor candidate for the Unit
ed States senate. He will be oppose I
at the polls by Congressman Elnar
Hoidale, Democrat, and V J Holm I
berg. Republican. The Farmer-labor
I tea alse renominated Gov. Floyd B. ^
Olson. ?
| Griffith Observatory, Near Hollywood, From the Air
THIS aerial picture shows the Griffith
observatory and hall of science, situ
ated in the mountains overlooking Holly
wood, Calif., which has Just been com
pleted. Unique in that it is for public
education and pleasure rather than for
purely scientific usage, the new observa
tory's scientific equipment ranks with the
nation's finest
BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
PETER GETS ANOTHER
SURPRISE
(irv ID you hear my cousin, Brownie
U the Thrasher, sing?" asked Jen
ny Wren of Peter Itabbit.
"Did I hear him sing?" replied Pe
ter, his eyes shining at the memory.
"He sang especially for me. He has
a wonderful voice, has Brownie, and
when he Is singing he acts as if he en
Joys It himself and knows what a good
singer he is. I noticed that that long
tail of his hung straight down, the
same way Mr. Wren's does when he
sings."
"Of course it did," retorted Jenny
promptly. "That's a family trait The
tails of both my other big cousins do
the same thing."
"What?wha?what's that? Have you
got more big cousins?" cried Peter,
staring up at Jenny Wren as if she
were some strange person he had never
seen before.
"Certainly," retorted Jenny. "Mock
er the Mocking-bird and Kitty the Cat
bird belong to Thrasher's family, and
that ntakes them second cousins to
me."
Such a funny expression as there
was on Peter's face! He felt that
Jenny Wren was telling the truth, but
It was surprising news to him, and so
hard to believe that for a few minutes,
he couldn't find his tongue to ask an
other question. Finally he ventured to
ask very timidly, "Does Brownie imi
tate the songs of other birds the way
Mocker and Kitty do?"
Jenny Wren shook her head very de
cidedly. "No," said she; "he's per
fectly satisfied with his own song."
"He ought to be," declared Peter.
"Anyone who can sing as he can should
be quite contented."
Before another word could be said,
the clear whistle of Glory the Cardinal
sounded from a tree Just a little way
off. Instantly Peter forgot all about
Jenny Wren's relatives and scampered
over to that tree. Yon see. Glory Is so
beautiful that Peter never loses a
chance to see him.
As Peter sat staring up into the tree
trying to get a glimpse of Glory's red
coat, the clear, sweet whistle sounded
once more. It drew Peter's eyes to
one of the upper branches, but Instead
of the beautiful brilliant coat of Glory
the Cardinal, he saw a bird about the
size of Welcome Robin, dressed In ashy
gray with two whit? bars on his wings
and white feathers on the outer edges
of his tall. He was very trim and neat
and his tall hung straight down after
the manner of Brownie's when he was
singing. It was a long tall, but not as
long as Brownie's. Peter blinked and
stared, for he was a very much sur
prised rabbit.
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(QUESTION BOX I
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Tin Nrfid Foal
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I have Just written a song. The
lyrics are very sad. They are about a
young man telling how he made love
to a young girl and of her promise
to marry him, then on the day before
the wedding she tells him she will
not marry him because she found out
he didn't have any money. Will you
please give me a suitable title for my
song?
Yours truly,
ART ISTICT.
Answer?The best title for your
song (according to the above descrip
tion) would be "She Looked Me Up in
Bradstreet's, Now I'm Dun."
Dear Mr. Wynn:
Is It true that a Scotchman "loves
HIS whisky?"
Sincerely,
JACK KNIFE.
Answer?It is true that he loves
whisky, tut not "his." He loves some
one else's.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I am a young lady 22 years of age
and considered very pretty. I am keep
ing company with three young men
about my own age. Is It all right for
me to go with three different fellows?
Yours truly,
I. M. A. FLIRT.
Answer?It Is not all right if the
other two (lnd it out
Dear Mr. Wynn:
In the government Income tax no
tice, mention Is always made of "A
Full Return." What do you think that
means?
Sincerely.
D. LINQUENT.
Answer?To roe "A Full Return" al
ways means when a roan comes back
home drunk.
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IloiHi^oglBook
FOR WARM DAYS
ICED coffee prepared as usual, served
with Ice, sugar and cream, according
to taste, makes a most refreshing
drink for a warm day. served at lunch
eon. Here Is a treasured recipe which
It will be well to prepare and have
ready for any emergency.
Lemon Sirup.
Grate the rind from one lemon, add
Ihe Juice of six lemons with tour ?up- i
fuls of sugar and two cupfuls of water.
Roil together for ten minutes: cool and
put Into a bottle In the Ice chest When
serving pour a tablespoonful or two
of the sirup Into a glass, add chipped
Ice with cold water and serve at once.
This Is so good and is always ready
to serve at a moment's notice.
Lemon Soup.
Add the Juice and grated peel of a
lemon to four cupfuls of water, bring
to a boll and thicken slightly with
three teaspoonfuls of arrow root mixed
with a little cold water. It Is better to
add the Juice of the lemon without (
cooking, Just as It la served.
Chicken a la Stanley.
Melt one-fourth of a cupful of bat
ter, add one large onion thinly sliced
and two broilers cut Into pieces for <
serving. Cover and cook slowly for I
ten minutes. Remove the chicken, rub i
the stock and onions through a sieve j
and add one and one-half tablespoonful i
?acb of batter and floor cooked to
[ether. Add cream to make the sauce
>f the right consistency, season well
ind seire poured orer or around th?
rhlcken on a hot serving dish. Gar
llsh with sauted bananas.
Mint Sangarse.
Crash three sprigs of mint with a
amp of sugar, drop into a glass half
nil of cracked Ice. Add four table
ipoonfuls of grape Juice and All the
[lass to the brim with charged water.
Shake thoroughly and strain into an
>ther glass. Serve garnished with a
rprlg of mint.
C by W?t?ni XcwapaserXaioa.
Afternoon Tunic
This attractive tunic dress for after
noon is of powder blue silk linen. It
buttons down the back and bas a sheer
navy blue scarf. I
goYOl) Know
ANCIfNr HORN BOO*
t OSCO BY SCHOOL
r CHILDREN MANY
_MANY YEARS AfcQ
Q~h?t before the general 1
adoption of glass in win- 1
dows, thin plates of horn 1
were often used, as they
still are in barbarous parts <
of Asia. Horn was also s
used for lanterns and book
covers, hence the nama
horn-books. '
WNU Service
A ROOM IN A
HOSPITAL
By ANNE CAMPBELL
SEEN In the morning light, the
creamy walls
Are tinged with the faint luster of the
dawn.
Outside my room, a rustle In the halls
Whispers another night has come and
gone.
The rattle of the trays proclaims the
hours.
As steadily the day moves Into
night . . .
There may be visitors, new books,
bright flowers
To touch the heart with exquisite de
light
There are good thoughts to share la
spite of pain.
Sew friends to make, old friends to
greet once more;
a slow advance toward health and
strength again
To meet that strange old world outside
my door.
But In the meantime, my affection
holds
3tie world alone. . . . The sun
light speeds the gloom,
as I Ue here, while all my love enfolds
IIy world . . . the narrow walls of
one small room. ...
Coprrifht-??WJfU Serrle*.
QPLIQ6P I ?
"Ona thing about us woman.* says
lenauous Sua. **wa always know our
r>sxt scant Is coming from the comar
jrug stora."
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A Mod.r. Babel
In one French Tillage, Chalette-en
Satlnais, there are foreign resident!
belonging to 21 nations, inclndlng Ger
many, Belgium. America. Austria.
Spain, Finland, Hungary, Greece, Rus
ila, Switzerland, and Turkey.
Model Farm House of the Future
ILLLS1KAT1NU the changes !n American living conditions, this model farm
house erected by The Country Home, a national farm magarine, attracta
much attention at the World's Fair In Chicago. It la In a beautifully land
scaped Jot adjoining the dairy exhibits. New ideas are embodied in its con
struction, which is of brick, steel and concrete. The lower floor contains living
room, kitchen, laundry, wash room, farm office, work shop and two-car garage.
The upper floor has four bedrooms and bath, plus a "roof deck** over the
entire garage. The brick used is reinforced with steel rods, precast in panels,
and set in place much as the so-called fabricated bouses are bullL The house
is fireproof and can be built for less than $5,01*1. As shown at the World's
Fair, it Is completely equipped with all modern improvements. The house has
no cellar. Ug tUt ? I# fibfolatp and txpaasfrfe