The Alamance gleaner
VOL. LX. ? GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY AUGUST 30, 1934. y NO. 30.
News Review of Current
. Events the World Over
Speaker Rainey's Death Starts Race for His Position?
Prominent Men Organize Liberty League
to Combat Radicalism.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
? by Western Newspaper Union.
HENRY T. RArNEY, veteran con
gressman from Illinois and speak
er of the house, died unexpectedly In a
St Louis hospital where he was be
lleved to be recover
lag iruin an aiutca 01
bronchial pneumonia.
The immediate cause
of his death was an
gina pectoris. Mr.
Rainey, who was with
in a day of being seven
ty-fonr years old, was
first elected to con
gress in 1902, and he
served continuously
mlth lha orr>antlnn nf
Henry T. one term, being de
Ralney feated In the Harding
landslide of 1920. He was elected to
the speakership when John Nance
Garner became Vice President. His
control over the house during the ses
sions of last year and this year, while
the President's program was being
put through, was gentle but so firm
that the legislators were kept well In
line.
Mr. Ralney devoted much of his
service In Washington to efTorts to Im
prove the condition of the farmers,
for he held that farm prosperity was
essential In any program for national
well being. He also was a student of
tariff and fiscal subjects. As a Demo
crat be was always a "regular." He
was the author of the tariff commis
sion law and of much other Impor
tant legislation.
Mrs. Ralney acted as her husband's
secretary for years and Is so well ac
quainted with congressional work that
the Democrats may select her as the
candidate to complete his term as rep
resentative from the Twentieth Illinois
district
Mr. Ralney was burled In his home
town, Carrollton. after services which
were attended by President Roosevelt
and many other notable persons.
SPEAKER RAINEY'S death will re
sult in a spirited contest among a
number of men who are ambitious to
succeed him. First In the line of suc
? cession, so to sneak.
Is Representative Jos
eph YV. Byrns of Ten
nessee, who has been
serving as majority
floor leader and who
Is head of the Demo
cratic national ?pn
gressional committee.
President Roosevelt is
going to take no part
in the race, but the
more liberal of the
wosepn w. New Dealers are
Byrns known to favor Sam
Rayburn of Texas. Well Informed ob
servers believe Byrns will be elected
speaker and Rayburn floor leader.
Other aspirants for the speakership
are John E. Rankin of Mississippi,
who has announced his candidacy;
William B. Bankhead of Alabama, and
John J. O'Connor of New York.
Mr. Byrns has been a member of the
house continuously since his election
to the Sixty-first congress. His work
as floor leader, in conjunction with
Rainey's rule as speaker, was not es
pecially pleasing to the New Dealers
for some months during the last ses
sion, but before adjournment most of
the misunderstandings were cleared
up. In any case, the administration
seldom interferes in the selection of
the leaders of congress, not wishing
to Incur the enmity of powerful mem
bers of the party.
"D ETUBNINCf from his swift trip to
^ attend the funeral of Mr. Rainey,
the President went directly back to
Washington instead of going to his
Hyde Park home. This change in plan
was due, it was said, to the develop
ment of a bitter dispute between Gen.
Hugh S. Johnson on one side and Don
ald Richberg, Mr. Roosevelt's chief in
dustrial adviser, and Secretary of La
bor Perkins on the other, over the new
structure to be given the NRA.
The Issue, it was disclosed, is wheth
er there shall be a board of control
In authoritative management of the
NRA or a board which shall be more
advisory in power, leaving the real
control still In the hands of the ad
ministrator and his deputies. It was
expected Mr. Roosevelt would take
command of the situation and deter
mine definitely what shall be done
with the recovery administration.
ORGANIZED labor scored a victory
over Recovery Administrator
Johnson when the national labor rela
tlons board ordered John Donovan,
former president of the NRA union
dismissed by Johnson for "inefflcien
cy," reinstated to his position with
the labor advisory board.
"The agencies which are adminis
tering the law should In their own
dealings uphold Its purposes," the
board said In Its decision, giving a
veiled reproof to Johnson for what it
implied was a violation of section 7a
of the NRA.
With rather bad grace the NRA ac
cepted the rebuke and permitted Don
ovan to return to his Job. Johnson
himself had nothing to say about It,
but Dr. Gustav Peck, Donovan's Im
mediate superior, Issued a statement
in which he sniffed at the board's de
cision and warned Donovan that he
would have to "toe the mark."
Soon after this the NRA announced
that It does not regard Itself as
obliged to withdraw the Blue Eagle In
cases where the national labor rela
tions board has found companies guilty
of violation of section 7A of the na
tional Industrial recovery act and of
subsequent failure to obey the instruc
tions of the board.
The labor board has recommended
withdrawal of the Blue Eagle to the
NRA compliance board In all cases
where companies have disobeyed Its
Instructions to reinstate discharged
employees. Tbe decision by the NRA
will remove teeth from decisions by
the board, since It may now hear
cases, make decisions, and find that
no penalties are inflicted for disobey
ing Its orders.
/"'OTTON garment code amendments
^ reducing the working hours and
giving workers a wage increase have
been signed by the President. The
amendments, which affect plants In 42
states, are of far-reaching Importance.
Sidney Hlllman, labor advisory
board member and Amalgamated
Clothing union head, termed signing
of the order "the most far-reaching
move NRA has yet made to Increase
employment." It was hoped that this
order would avert the threatened
strike of the garment workers.
TWO prominent Democrats, two Re
publicans almost equally prominent,
and one leading Industrialist, all of
them of conservative tendencies, have
united to nrrranize the ?
American Liberty
league dedicated to a
war on radicalism in
the United States.
The five founders of
the league are: Al
fred E. Smith, Demo
crat 1 c Presidential
candidate In 1928;
John W. Davis Dem- i
ocratic Presidential I
candidate In 1924; ?
Nathan L. Miller, Re- Jouett
publican ex-governor Shouse
of New York; James W. Wadsworth,
Republican congressman from New
fork, former senator and Presidential
possibility for 1936; Irenee Du Pont,
manufacturer, who supported Smith In
1928 and Roosevelt In 1932. They be
lieve the league membership will
grow Into the mljllons and that it will
become an Important element In the
national life.
For president of the organization the
founders selected Jouett Shouse, for
mer chairman of the Democratic na
tional committee and president of the
Association Against the Prohibition
Amendment until repeal was accom
plished. In a statement Mr. Shouse
set forth the purposes of the league
as follows:
"It Is a nonpartisan organization,
formed, as stated In Its charter, 'to
defend and uphold the Constitution
of the United States and to gather
and disseminate Information that (1)
will teach the necessity of respect for
the rights of persons and property as
fundamental to every successful form
of government, and (2) will teach the
duty of government to encourage and
protect individual and group Initiative
and enterprise, to foster the right to
work, earn, stive, and acquire property,
and to preserve the ownership and *
lawful use of property when ac
quired.' "
To Interviewers Mr. Shouse declared
the league was not anti-Roosevelt, but
It seemed clear that it will be opposed
to most of the major purposes of the
New Deai and the radical professors
of the brain trust He said he had
visited the President and Informed him
fully of the purposes of the league,
but he would not tell what Mr. Roose
velt's reaction had been.
THE strike of truck drivers In Min
neapolis was ended when the men
and their employers accepted a com
promise agreement, and martial law
In the city was discontinued, business
thereafter speeding back to normal
conditions. Tbe peace plan, devised by
federal representatives, provided that
all employees on strike be returned to
their Jobs without discrimination and
on basis of seniority. It Included an
agreement to hold sb election wlthlD
ten days In each of the 166 Arms In
volved to determine whether their em
ployees want the drivers' union or
other representatives to act for them
In collective bargaining, and a pledge
of the 166 firms to pay for at least
one year not less than 50 cents an
hour to drivers and 40 cents to help
ers, platform men and Inside workers.
\XfILLIAM GREEN, president ot
* * the American Federation of La
bor, says he hopes the general strike
of textile industry workers will be
averted; out he an
nounces at the same
time that the federa
tion Indorses the
strike and will co
operate fully with the
I officers and members
of the United Textile
Workers' organization.
He appointed federa
tion committees to as
sist the textile work
? ???in _ C 1 O t. U U DUUUUULTU
William Green .. . . ,. ,
that he would draft
trained organizers and strike special
ists from other unions to assist the
textile union. '
George A. Sloan, president of the
Cotton Textile Institute and chairman
of the cotton textile code authority,
said the threatened strike Is not Justi
fied by the facts established by Im
partial government economists.
Challenging the wage increase de
mand of the United Textile Workers
of America, Mr. Sloan declared that
"as a result of three basic wage pro
visions In the code the hourly wages
paid In March, 1934, show an Increase
of 7 per cent as compared with March,
1933, when there was no code.
"All of this has meant a substantial
Increase In manufacturing costs," Mr.
Sloan said, "and the research and plan
ning division of the NRA found, after
a comprehensive Investigation last
June, that 'under existing conditions
there Is no factual or statistical basis
for any general Increase In cotton tex
tile code wage rates.'"
LIEUT.-COL. MARIO HERNANDEZ
organized a plot to overthrow the
government of President Mendleta of
Cuba and establish a military dictator
ship, but the authorities got wind of
It and frustrated the conspiracy, In
which a considerable part of the army
was Involved. Col. Fulgenclo Batista,
head of the army, said that Major
Benltez and some soldiers were sent
to arrest Hernandez and that eight
men of the detachment were killed.
Hernandez tried to shoot Benltez but
was himself shot In the head and neck.
The official report said Hernandez was
being rushed toward Havana In an
automobile and that the car upset, the
prisoner being killed, though the oth
ers In the car were uninjured.
MaJ. Angel Echevarrla. commandant
of Fourth Infantry at Camp Columbia,
and Capt. Augustin Erlce, chief of the
signal corps, conspirators with Her
nandez, were captured later and a
summary court martial sentenced them
to fleath.
Eighty-eight soviet citizens ?r?
now under arrest In Maochukuo,
charged with plotting against Man
chukuo and Japan and sabotaging
Japanese military trains. The Russian
government, through Acting Consul
General Rayvld at Harbin, has pre
sented to the foreign office of Man
chukuo a demand for an explanation
of the arrests and insists on prompt
measures for the release of the
prisoners.
"The arrests were made without
documents, accompanied by searches
of the apartments and offices of Soviet
employees of the Chinese Eastern rail
way which have not been explained,"
Rayvld said.
The Japanese allege that some of
the prisoners confessed to an attack
on the Japanese military intelligence
office at Suifenho (I'ogranlchnaya). to
sending Manchurlan and Corean com
munists Into the territory, to wreck
ing trains carrying Japanese troops
and munitions toward the frontier,
and to creating general disturbances
along the eastern line.
Probably before long will come the
news that the Japanese have seized
the Chinese Easter., railway, and that
may very well result In war between
Japan and Russia.
Bt A vote of about 10 to 1 the peo
ple of Germany decided that Chan
cellor Adolf Hitler's action In assum
lng the powers of president was all
right The result of the plebiscite
was: "Yes," 38.302.760; "No," 4,204,
054; "Invalid," 872.206. Though the
"yes" votes were several million less
than In the November plebiscite on
the withdrawal from the l-eague of Na
tions, the Nazis are satisfied and Hit
ler appears to be safely fixed as the
country's ruler for the rest of his life.
His power, as chancellor-leader. Is
greater than that of any other dictator.
Here's the Fireless Steam Locomotive
REGARDED at first as a mere whimsy of a fanciful inventor, W. J. Kremer's tireless steam locomotive is being
successfully utilized in the Brooklyn Navy yard. This latest product of the machine age dispenses with the con
ventional fire box, but boasts instead a water tank. Capable of moving at 12 miles per hour, the engine has treble the
power of other engines its size.
BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
PETER DISCOVERS LINNET
IT DIDN'T take Peter Rabbit long
to find the sweet singer whose hap
py trills had caught his attention. He
spied him sitting on the tip-top of a
fir tree In Farmer Brown's yard.
Peter didn't dare go over tfcere for al
ready it was broad daylight Bnt he
didn't have to, for the sweet singer
flew over in the Old Orchard and
alighted Just over Peter's head. "Hel
lo, Peter 1" he cried.
"Hello, Linnet!" cried Peter. "I
was wondering who it could be who
was singing like that. I ought to have
known, but you see It is so long since
I've heard you sing that I couldn't
remember your song. I'm so glad you
came over here for I'm Just dying to
talk to somebody."
Linnet the Purple Finch, for this is
who it was, laughed right out. "I see
you're still the same old Peter," said
he. "I suppose you're Just as full of
curiosity as ever, and Just as full of
questions. Well, here I am, so what
shall we talk about"
'Tou," replied Peter promptly.
"Lately I've found out so many sur
prising things about my feathered
friends that I want to know more.
I'm trying to get it straight in my
head who Is related to who, and I've
found out some things which have be
gun to make me feel that I know very
little about my feathered neighbors.
It's getting so that I don't even dare
guess who a person's relatives are. If
you please. Linnet, what family do you
belong to?"
Linnet flew down a little nearer to
Peter. "Look me over, Peter," said he
with twinkling eyes. "Look me over
and see if you can't tell for yourself."
Peter stared solemnly at Linnet.
He saw a bird of sparrow size whose
entire body was a rose red, brightest
en the head, darkest on the back, and
palest on the breast. Underneath he
was whitish. His wings and rail were
brownish, the outer parts of the
feathers edged with rose red. His
bill was short and stout. Before Peter
could reply, Mrs. Linnet appeared.
There wasn't so much as a touch of
that beautiful rose red about her. Her
grayish brown back was streaked with
black. Her white breast and sides
were spotted with streaks of brown.
Had she not been with Linnet, Peter
certainly would have taken her for a
sparrow. She looked so much like
one that he ventured to say, "I guess
you belong to the Sparrow family."
"That's pretty close, Peter, that's
pretty close," declared Linnet. "We
belong to the Finch branch of the.fam
ily, which makes the Sparrows own
cousins, but they never can mistake
me. There is nobody else my size
with a rose red coat like mine. Hello!
Here comes Cousin Chlcoree."
?. T. W. Burgess.?WNU Service.
jgyou Know?
r ? n I
That an average-size tree
with a spread of 50 feet of
foliage under normal condi
ditions throws off five bar
rels of water a day in the
form of vapor. This is at
tracted to the clouds and re
turns to the earth as rain.
?. by McClura New* paper Syndicate
WNU Sarrlea
I PAPA KNOWS?I
I ???" y&T71
"Pop, what is boredom?"
"Dc*j under stove."
?. Bell Syndicate.?WNU Service.
FAVORITE RECIPES
THE following recipes hare been
chosen from prize dishes or cher
ished recipes:
A Prize Salad.
Take one pint of shredded cabbage,
one can of white cherries, one
can of sliced pineapple, one pound
of blanched almonds, one-half pound
of fresh marsh ma Hows and one pint
of whipped cream. Cut the cherries
Into halves. Dice the pineapple, shred
the almonds, quarter the marshmal
lows and mix all together with the
whipped cream with a few tablespoons
of any good salad dressing.
Almond Soup.
Blanch one-fourth of a pound of al
monds by dropping them Into boiling
water and after ten minutes drain ai.-d I
add cold water to cover. Put the al- I
monds through a food chopper. Mix
with two hard cooked egg yolks and
add a quart of beef 01 chicken stock.
Make a paste of a teaspoon of flour
mixed with a little cold water and
add to the broth; cook slowly, season
wllh salt and pepper and add one cup ,
of cream. Serve very hot. Top with ]
whipped cream and sprinkle over It
a few shredded almonds.
Prune Dressing.
Take two cups of cooked prunes,
ot.v-half cup of cooked rice, using the
prune Juice In which to cook the rice.
Add six large chestnuts blanched and
chopped, butter, salt and pepper to
season. Mix well and stuff the fowL
Piquant Cocktail Sauce.
Take four tablespoons each of to
mato catsup and white grape Jnlce,
one tablespoon each of lemon and
orange Juice, one-fourth teaspoon of
cinnamon and one-eighth teaspoon
each of salt, paprika, sugar and cloves.
?. Western NewaoaDer Union.
I QUESTION BOX
ByED WYNN...
Tk? Ptrftd Fool
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I am a schoolgirl and my English
teacher wants me to write a sentence
with the word "and" five times in suc
cession, and still write it sensibly. Can
you help me out?
Tours truly,
L TALLIAN.
Answer: That is very simple. Say
you were having a sign painter paint
a sign which should read "Silks and
Satins" and say the sign painter con
nected the whole thing like this:
"SILKSANDSATINS" and you wanted
him to paint it over so it would be
right. You would say to him: Paint
this sign over and be sure to leave a
space between "silks" and "and" and
"and" and "satins."
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I have Just arrived in America from
my home in Ireland. I always heard
this was the land of opportunity. In
fact, since childhood I have heard you
can pick gold up in the streets in this
country. When I got off the boat yes
terday I saw something shining on the
ground. I picked it up and, sure
enough, it was a five-dollar gold piece.
I was going to put it in my pocket
when I noticed a man holding his hat
in his hand and a sign on him read:
"Please help the blind"?so I dropped
the five-dollar gold piece in bis hat
Did I do right?
Truly yours,
M. E. GRANT.
Answer: You did the right thing
giving the gold piece to the blind man,
because you can see to pick them up.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I live in the country and aih twelve
years of age. My boy chum of the
past four years doesn't play with me
I any more. We had a fight He says
that my father went over to his fa
ther's home and stole the "gate" from
In front of his father's house. If this
is true why doesn't his father say
something to my father for taking his
father's "gate."
Truly yours.
IGO BAREFOOT.
Answer: The reason his father
doesn't say anything to your father
for taking his father's "gate" Is that
his father is afraid that your father
might take "ofTense" (a fence).
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I know ydu are an actor and a stu
dent 6f the theater. Can you tell me
when the first theatrical entertain
ment took place and where?
Yours truly,
IMA THESPIAN.
Answer: The first theatrical enter
tainment was In the Garden of Eden
when Ere appeared tor Adam's bene
fit
c. the Associated Newspapers
WNU 8errice.
Silk Crepe Turban
Anne Nagel chooses a smart turban
of navy silk crepe for wear with her
sheer navy afternoon frock. The chic
of this softly draped turban is en
hanced by a nose veil which lends
fascination to the eyes. The veil may
also be worn turned back, forming a
lacy frame for the face.
PETUNIAS
By ANNE CAMPBELL
THE fragrance of petunias
Drifts on the morning air.
They summon me tn memory
To lovely gardens where
Grandmother grew in days gone by
Those sweet old-fashioned blooms
Their presence brings remembered
springs
And quiet, homelike rooms.
The humming birds came every year
To Grandmother's bright flowers.
The brown bees soomed in the per
fumed
Enchantingly quaint bowers.
Moss roses graced a hollowed log.
A locust tree flung high
Glamorous boughs against the house.
White clouds sailed in the sky.
I never see petunias
Without a thought of home.
Their spicy flowers recall the hours
I wandered (happy gnome!)
Down paths I would be glad toTse^
Batbed in the present's glow^0
On happy feet I'd run to meet
The friends I used to know I
Copyright.?WNU Serrlco.
Muscle Man Learns to Be an Actor
VI LSCLK MAN, young son of Chief Loud Voice of the Tuscaroras, is here
seen rehearsing the part he is to play in the pageant drama of Old Fort
Niagara, the great historical presentation which Is to be one feature of the
Four-Nation celebration at Niagara. September 3 to 6. Muscle Man Is one of
500 Indians in the pageant drama's full-costumed cast of 3.000.