The Alamance gleaner
VOL. LX. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY AUGUST 9, 1934. NO. 27.
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Von Hindenburg Dies and Hitler Seizes Presidency of
Germany?Roosevelt's Economic Security
Program Is Being Formulated.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
?by Western Newspaper Union, i.
PAUL VON HINDENBUKG, "Ger
man Gibraltar," has gone to his long
rest, and Adolf Hitler Is now absolute
ruler of the relcli. Immediately after
SB the death of the
president at his sum
mer home In East
Prussia was an
nounced the cabinet
met and put forth this
decree:
"The reich govern
ment has passed the
following law, which
is hereby promul
gated :
T. The office of
the reichspresident is
united with that of
the relchschaDcellor. In consequence
thereof, powers heretofore exercised
by the relchspresldent are transferred
to der fuehrer (Hitler) and the vice
chancellor (Franz von Papen). He
(Hitler) determines who shall be his
deputy."
Hitler for the first time became also
the commander of the reichswehr or
regular army, aud Gen. Werner von
Blomberg Issued an order that every
soldier must pledge absolute loyalty
to the death to Hitler.
Ever since his great victory at Tan
nenberg, early In the World war, Von
Hindenburg had been the Idol of the
German people and their grief over
bis death was general and sincere. Their
expressions of sorrow were mingled
with veiled but anxious discussions
concerning the possible effects on the
reich of the aged leader's death and
the assumption of full power by Hit
ler. The president, though forced to
give the Nazi chief the chancellorship,
bad been a constant check on extreme
Nazism, and he had the full con
fidence of other nations that has never
been accorded to any other German
since the war. As Jacob Gould Schur
man, former American ambassador to
Berlin, puts It:
"Now that Von Hindenburg Is gone,
no successor, having regard to his
achievements, his prestige, and his
tried and tested character, can, at
least for a considerable time, create
an atmosphere equally favorable to
diplomatic negotiations with foreign
powers."
Doctor Schurman, however, does not
believe the Hitler regime Is in danger
of falling at this time. He says the
German people are not naturally rash
and revolutionary and probably will
give Hitler a chance to seek a solu
tion of the economic problems that
confront the country.
Von Hindenburg, who was eighty
six years old, was a patriot all his
life, a veteran of three wars and a
marshal of the empire under Kaiser
Wilhelm. He was a hard fighter but
a kindly gentleman. He supported the
republic when It was created but at
heart he was always faithful to the
self-exiled kaiser. His last days were
clouded by the realization that he had
failed in the effort to really check
Nazism.
Chancellor schuschnigg of
Austria appeared to have the Nasi
revolt completely under control and
was making overtures to the Social
Democrats and the workers, the lat
ter being warmly praised for not tak
ing part in the putsch as the Nazis
had expected they would. The trial of
the leaders In the uprising was con
ducted with dignity and the condem
nation and execution of two of them?
the man who actually killed Dollfuss
and the chief of the raid?were taken
as matters of course. Another Nazi,
who killed a police captain of Inns
bruck about the same time the chan
cellor was being murdered, also was
found guilty and hanged.
Three thousand Nazis who took part
in the outbreak in Oarlnthia escaped
to Jugoslavia and were disarmed, and
the Belgrade government now wonders
what to do with them.
WITH monarchists in control of
the Austrian government the roy
alists of that country and of Hungary
resumed their schemes for putting the
young Archduke Otto on the old throne
of the Hapsburgs. There are reports
that they held a secret meeting In
Vltznau, Switzerland, and formed a
restoration plan which they hoped
would be acceptable to France. Italy.
Great Britain and the little entente.
Their first object was to secure the
approval of Premier Mussolini. Lead
ers in the movement are Colonel Ran
da of the Austrian army, Felix Dun
kel, an Austrian monarchist, and
Count Hojos of Hungary.
According to the story current in
Paris, the condition placed by the lit
tle entente and the big powers to al
lowing Otto to assume the throne is
that he will sign a pledge guarantee
ing the present boundaries and other
terms of existing treaties with regard
to Austria and the succession states.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT returned
to the mainland from his Ha
waiian cruise. The Houston and the
New Orleans moved up the Oregon
coast, stopped briefly at Astoria
and entered the Columbia river. The
Presidential party debarked at Port
land and almost Immediately boarded
a train which carried them rapidly
eastward. Stops were made at the
Bonneville project in OregoD and the
Grand Coulee irrigation and power
project in Washington. Mr. Roosevelt
spent Sunday in Glacier national park
and then continued his Journey home
ward.
IN ITS monthly survey of business
the American Federation of Labor
issued a warning that the enormous
expenditures of the government for
emergency needs and the artificial In
crease of buying power, If continued,
will lead to currency inflation to meet
the huge accumulating deficits.
It called attention to the steadily
mounting tax burden, the extension
of the relief rolls, the decline In bus
iness credit with the Increase of gov
ernment borrowing and the failure of
NRA to put men to work In Industry.
"The government cannot go on bor
rowing more than Its Income for very
long," the statement said. "We can
not go on increasing buying power
in this way without a general expan
sion of production and consumption.
Industry cannot pull Itself up by its
own boot straps."
ONE of Mr. Roosevelt's pet proj
ects, the program for greater
economic and social security, already
Is being mapped out by the special
committee, including
several cabinet mem
bers, that was named
to get ready the nec
essary legislation for
action by the next
congress. Executive
director of this com
mittee, and therefore
the most important
member, is Prof. Ed
win E. Witte, econo
mist of the Univer
sity of Wisconsin fac
utty. 1'rolessor Witte has heen rather
active In Wisconsin politics as a La
Follette progressive and has advanced
ideas along the lines on which he is
now working.
One of the main points of the pro
gram Is the gradual decentralization
of industry and this has been got un
der way already througli the estab
lishment of homestead projects In sev
eral localities. The purpose Is to re
move thousands of workers from tene
ment districts in large cities to areas
where their standard of living could
be raised. Officials believe that great
er economic security will result
through home ownership with small
tracts of land.
There Is now under consideration a
related plan designed to offer to farm
ers who have suffered severely from
the drouth a haven in Alaska. Jacob
Baker, assistant chief of the federal
emergency relief administration, has
just completed a survey of a million
acres of fertile land In the Mantanus
ka valley and has been discussing with
Gov. John Troy the feasibility of tak
ing 2,500 farm families up there as a
federal colony.
WILLIAM LANG Lit, deposed as
governor of North Dakota be
cause of his conviction on federal
charges of conspiring to solicit political
contributions from
federal relief work- ji
ers, and who was re- I
nominated for gover
nor by the Repub- j
llcana. has withdrawn I
from the race. The '
Republican central ?
committee promptly I
selected Mrs. Langer I
to head the ticket, and t
If she,wins, the vie- ,
tory will be hailed as
a vindication of her
husband?Just as Jim
Ferguson of Texas once was "vindi
cated" by the election of his wife.
Mrs. Langer, a member of a family
socially promlLent in New York, has
never before taken part In politics.
She is a home-loving woman and the
mother of four daughters. Her op
ponent in the fall election will be
Thomas H. Moodie, a Williston news
paper nian who was nominated by the
Democrats.
SEIARP criticism of the tender
handling of deportable aliens by
the Department of Labor has brought
results, following the disclosure that
when President Roosevelt recognized
Russia no arrangements were made
for the deportation of Russian Reds.
To straighten out this situation Sec
retary Perkins has called back Into
seiMce Walter W. Husband, a Ver
mont Republican who was assistant
secretary of labor under Presidents
Hoover and Coolldge. Only a month
or two ago he was dropped to make
room for Arthur Altmeyer of Wiscon
sin. Mr. Husband has been made
a special assistant to Secretary E'er
kins and may be sent to Moscow.
PAUL MAY, Belgian ambassador to ]
the United States, died in a Wash
iugton hospital following an abdo
minal operation. Mr. May was a vet- !
eran diplomat and had held the post j
In Washington since April, 1931. He j
was a man of engaging personality, j
MARTIAL law in Minneapolis, de- j
creed by Gov. Floyd B. Olson be- J
cause of rioting incidental to the j
strike of teamsters there, proved ob
everybody and both
the trucking Arms
and their 7,000 strik
ing drivers asked for
its dissolution. At
the same time Adju
tant General Walsh
announced that the
"Insurrection" had
been suppressed. Still
the governor declined
to withdraw the state
troops. Additional j
trucks were given mil- j
uury permits to operate, and a ban j
against those in interstate commerce
was revoked because its legality was
in doubt. Beer trucks, however, were
removed from the privileged list and
were forbidden use of the streets on
the ground that they did not furnish a
necessary service.
At a mass meeting of union laborers i
the leaders demanded the withdrawal
of the troops, the secretary of the I
truck drivers' union charging that the I
soldiers were "little more than strike
breakers."
Governor Olson's reply to this was
to have the strikers' headquarters
raided and their three leaders arrest
ed. This naturally enraged the truck
drivers and there was considerable
violence.
Notwithstanding all this, the federal
mediators, Father Haas and E. J. Dun
nigan, were hopeful of bringing about
a peaceful agreement in the near fu
ture.
Blots In Kohler Village, Wis., in which
two men were killed, led Gov. A. G.
Schemedeman to place the community
under martial control, and 600 mem
bers of the National Guard were sent
there. During the riot the police and
deputies used tear gas bombs and
blank cartridges and where these failed
to disperse the mob, they opened fire
with loaded shells. The officer com
manding the Guardsmen ordered the
disbanding of the force ot special dep
uties and permitted the strikers to
resume peaceful picketing.
Longshoremen of the Pacific coast
ended their two-month long strike and
returned to their Jobs in all the ports,
as did the marine workers. Pending
arbitration by the federal board, steve
dores will be employed by employer
controlled hiring halls under super
vision of observers representing the
board. Control of the hiring halls was
the chief Issue In the strike and Is
still to be settled by the arbitrators,
along with the questions of increased
wages, shorter working hours and im
proved conditions.
SENATOR HUEY P. LONG and
Mayor T. Se mines Walmsley of
New Orleans were having another
lively fight In the southern city.
Governor Allen, one of Long's hench
men, mobilized oOO of the state troops
and seized the registration office and
Its files, and the soldiers also were
ordered to search out the city's red
light district and gambling houses.
The mayor Increased his police forces
to 1.400 and for a time there was
prospect of "civil war."
Walmsley sale the "moral crusade"
was Just a "smoke screen" to conceal
the senator's real purpose of taking
over the city government and Influ
encing the primary election In Sep
tember, in which both he and Long are
supporting rival candidates.
JAPAN'S hopes for naval equality
with Great Britain and the Unit
ed States were dashed by a frank
statement by Secretary of the Navy
Swanson to the effect that. In his per
sonal opinion, while the United States
might favor a slash of 20 per cent In
naval armaments. It would strongly
oppose any realignment of existing
naval ratios for the principal powers.
"I take the same position I always
have," Secretary Swanson said. "The
naval powers met in London and dis
tributed naval strength as they
thought Just and right Naval strength
Is relative. If we abandon the ratios
there U no tailing where we shall go."
Paul Von
Hindenburg
E. E. Witt*
Mrs. William
Langer
Gov. F. B.
Olson
' ? ?________________________ I
Naval Hospital Completed With PWA Funds
Tfciis handsome building, the new naval hospital in Philadelphia, Is almost readj for occtipancy. For its com
pletion the Public Works administration allotted S2.350.0U0.
BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN
By THORNTON W. BL'RGESS
CHEWINK IS GRATEFUL
FROM his perch Id the top of a lit
tle tree In a thicket od the edge
of the Green Forest, Chewlnk the
Towhee watched Reddy Fox out of
sight, then called softly: "To-whee!
To-whee! Chewink! Chewlnk! All Is
safe now Peter Rabbit. Come out and
talk with me and let me tell you how
grateful I am to you for saving my
life."
Chewlnk flew down to the ground '
and Peter Rabbit crept out of the
bramble-tangle where he had been
hiding. "It wasn't anything." declared
Peter. "I saw Reddy and I knew
you didn't, so of course I gave the
alarm. You would have done the same
thing for me. Do you know, Chewink.
I've wondered a great deal about
you."
"What have you wondered about
me?" asked Chewink.
"I've wondered what family you be
long to," replied Peter.
| Chewink chuckled. "I belong to a
big family," said he. "I belong to the
biggest family among the birds. It is
the Finch and Sparrow family. There
are a lot of us and a good many of
us don't know that Rosebreast the
Grosbeak and Glory the Cardinal are
members of my family."
"I didn't know it," replied Peter,
"but if you say It Is so I suppose It
must be so. It is easier to believe
that than that you are related to the
Sparrows."
"Nevertheless I am," retorted Che
wink.
"What were you scratching for
when I first saw you?" asked Peter.
"Oh, worms and bugs that hide un
der the leaves," replied Chewlnk care
lessly. "You have no idea how many
of them hide under dead leaves.*'
"Do you eat anything else?" asked
Peter.
"Berries and wild fmits In season."
replied Chewlnk. "I'm very fond of
them. They make a variety in the bill
of fare."
"I've noticed that I seldom see you ,
in a tree-top," remarked Peter.
"I like the ground better." replied
Chewink. "I spend more of my tinif <
on the ground than anywhere else."
"I suppose tliat means that you nest
on the ground." ventured Peter.
Chewink nodded. "Of course." said
he. "As a matter of fact I re got a
nest in this very thicket. Mrs. Towhee
is on it right now. and 1 snspect she
is worrying and anxious to know what
happened over here when yon warned
me about Keddy Fox. I think I must
go over and set her mind at rest"
ft T. W. Barren. ? WXU Service.
(QUESTION BOX
?rED WYNN ...
TW Ptrftd FmI
Dear Mr. Wynn:
Is It true that the average weight
of a woman's clothing when she is
dressed to go out In the evening
weighs 14 ounces?
Yours truly,
N. CREDIBLE.
Answer: Yes. But that is only tem
porary. as a manufacturer has just an
nounced an Invention which makes
shoes much lighter.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I have been ill and my doctor ad
vises "chicken livers." Do you think
they are healthy?
Yours truly.
EIFELE ALLIN.
Answer: I never heard of a chicken
complaining of its liver.
/?
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I am very fond of flowers and have
Just planted an entire bed of 'Saliva
Bulbs" for next summer I should like
to plant another kind of flower that
would make a pretty border for my
"Saliva" blooms. What do you sug
gest?
Sincerely.
ANN ASTOR.
Answer: Inasmuch as you have an
entire bed of "Saliva" why cot sur
round It with a border of ?Spittoon
las?"
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I am a married man, have been mar
ried only three months. I am a gvxnl
.hardworking man, give ray wife every
thing she asks for. lots of spending
money, lots of clothes. In fact, every
thing. Here's what I want to know:
I.ast night I arrived home and found
my wife In another man's arms. As
I give my wife everything, how do you
account for me riuding her kiss ng
another man?
Yours truly.
I. M MAPD.
Answer: Inasmuch as you do so
much for your wife, the only way I
can account for you discovering your
wife In another man's arms Is that
you came home sooner tbao she ex
pected.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
1 ha\e been in 111 health for some
tltne. The doctor told Ibe to fake
some IKON. Do you think he advised
me correctly?
Yours truly,
DELA WARE.
Answer?Your doctor's advice Is
very good. If taken properly. I knew a
man once who was sick and his doc
tor told him to take some IRON. He
took a stove and was arrested.
?. the Aeeoolated Newspaper*
WNl' S*r\ let.
Balloon Found In.ido Cod
Fishermen found inside a cod caught
In the North sea a toy balloon lent up
from Hendon, England.
ppyoii Know?
1
tuXS2kTOBACCO ?\
That wooden Indians first
were introduced to the job
of cigar store guardians by
a man named Chichester
about 1850. The sculptor
was Tom Millard. They
were made of white pine
and considerable skill was
required in the carving.
Q. by IfeClur* N>w?pan?r Svcnicat*
WNU 8?r*?c?
WITTY KITTY
By NINA WILCOX PUTNAM
Th? girt chum says that in Errgiand
they ca'l it a ladder and .n this coun
try they cafl it a run. but n either
country it rea*'! a .-???*? pa * of stock
ings.
WNT Service
rfoihepCooliBook
THE FAMILY PICNIC
F T NTIL tae snow riles and the cfc.li
^ winds of winter drive us an<Jer
the shelter of roofs alI to the warmth
of hres we will roam abroad with the
picnic basket, enjoying the woods and
streams. The advantage of sandwich
filling that w*il keep several lays is
that it can be prepared in quantity
and kept In the ice chew: The filling
can he taken in glass jars and used
for *alaiis ff so desired. Serve oa iet
mce.
?Hippy Cheese Sandwich.
Add two tab tespooofule of quick
cooking tapioca to two cnpfuia of
canned tomato, strained ami heated!
Cook ffteen minutes inril -fie tapioca
is clear, stirring frequently. Add two
and one-half cupfuls of grated cheese,
stir on til meiteii. add one-eighth tea
spoonfui of pepper, one-fourth tea
spoonful of mustard and one-fourth
teaspoonfui of Worcestershire sauce.
Remove from the lire and add one and
eoe-haif eupfuis of hneiy ground dried
anef. Cool well before spreading. This
makes nearly three cupfuls of Uling.
Egg Salad Sandwich.
Aid one-half teaspoonfui of salt,
l one-eighth teaspoonfui of pepper, one
rupful of milk and three tabiespoon
fuls of tapioca, cook until clear, stir
ring frequently. CooL Combine four
tahiespoonfuis of chopped eeiery. four
hard cooked eggs dneiy chopped. two
tahiespoonfuis each of sweet pickles
chopped ami liquid from the pickles,
one teaspoonfui. of Worcestershire
sauce and the tapioca mixture. Cool
before sprea<ling.
Sirup for Dnnns.
Take one gallon of boiling water
and twelve pounds of sngar. Stir until
thoroughly dissolved. Seep In ster
| ilized bottles. Add to any fruit drink
as it sweetens quickly and makes a.
more agreeabie drink than with the
ase of sugar. Use one and one-half
tahiespoonfuis of lemon juice and the
?ume of :ne simp to 1 g ass of .racked
! Ice. for an Individual serving.
5. W^stym N'tw?5pap?r Ttaion.
MOTHER PLAYS
BRIDGE
By ANNE CAMPBELL
SHE would be a better player
If she could just leave behlod
All the dear domestic problems .
That perplex ber loving mind.
If she could forget the children
And the naughty things they did?
But that's Just what she remembers!
She forgets the no-trump bid!
If she didn't have her mind on
Mrs. Johnson's lovely gown;
If she wouldn't bother listing
All the things shell bu> in town.
She would be a better player!
Now she's making up her face.
And she's sort of absent-minded
As she trumps ber partner's ace!
She would be a better player!
She describes each dress that's
worn!
The refreshments? She could make
eas.
And her husband laughs In
Though there's humor in his laughter
As he hears his bonny lass
When he bids -Two heartsr say:
"Partner! YoctH excuse me! . . ?
IH just pass !"*
If she'd concentrate live miantes.
What a player she weald be.
But she must describe her diet.
And the show she went to see.
Sae would be a better piayerr
Dad opines (and lie is bun!)
IS ?feed keep Qer mind oq contract
Ami forget she is i woman
< CoBTr'jfJit.)?WsC Service.
Old Point Comfort Has Its Monster
gm
RKSOKIKKN at Old I'olut Comfort Paacb on the Vlrgiula coast got a real
thrill when a sea monster like the one at Loch Ness. Scotland, made Its
appearance. But it was only a practical Joke deviseS by Mrs. Richard Bonn
and Mrs John M. Lewis who ars seen above with their pet