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VOL. LX. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY NOVEMBER 8, 1934. NO. 40.
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News Review of Current
Events the World Over
William Green Gloomy About Unemployment?Henry
Ford Cheerful?Serious Charges Concerning
Government of the Virgin Islands.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
? by Western Newspaper Union.
WITH another winter at hand and I
millions of Americans still unem
ployed, organized labor, through Presi
dent William Green of the American I
CorlaroHnn I i
has asked the ad
ministration to ap
peal to all Industries
to Increase produc
tion 30 per cent. Mr.
Green in a public
statement asserted
that for the first time
since President Itoose
velt's re-employment
program got under
way In July. 1933, nn
1 employment has ex
William Greer
ceeded last year's level The number
of persons without any employment he
puts at 8,348,000. Those without Jobs
In Industry in September numbered
10,951,000. Jobs for 2,220,000 were pro
vided by conservation camps and emer
gency relief projects, "but these emer
gency Jobs," he said, "are not creat
ing Incomes to pay the costs."
Mr. Green continued: "Could not the
administration Invite all Industries to
co-operate In a general program to in
crease production and put men to
work?
"If the nation-wide level of all pro
duction were lifted 30 per cent in a
balanced program, adjusting produc
tion to consumption needs, each Indus
try would then be assured that all
other Industries would Increase their
production, and the wealth produced
by putting labor to work would create
income to buy the product of all.
"The total number at work In the
United States was 39,764,000 In Sep
tember, 1933; by September, 1934, It
had declined to 39,367,000. During
these 12 months the normal Increase
In population has added close to 450,
000 to the army of Job seekers for
whom Industry provides no work. Thus
the number without work in Industry
has' risen from 10,108,000 In Septem
ber, 1933, to- 10,951,000 in September,
1934."
Quite as gloomy as Mr. Green's re
port was a statement of the National
Industrial Conference board. This
agency noted that the general improve
ment in manufacturing activity usually
occurring In September failed to ma
terialize. Instead, declines of 5.7 per
cent in the number of wage earners
employed, of 6.1 per cent in total man
hours, worked and of 5.8 per cent in
payrolls disbursed, were reported. In
addition, It was stated, the rise in the
cost of living from August to Septem
ber depressed real weekly earnings of
wage earners 2.1 per cent.
On the other band, the United States
Chamber of Commerce in its summary
of conditions throughout the nation
reports continued Improvement of busi
ness sentiment although it has not as
yet been reflected definitely In the vol
ume of transactions.
MANY thoughtful persons comment
on the apparent discrepancy be
tween the pleas of William Green for
more employment and the policy pur
sued by organized labor In fostering
great strikes seemingly for the sole
purpose of enforcing unionization and
the closed shop. Many thousands of
persons are thrown out of employment
by these strikes. Industries are ham
pered or shut down and often serious
disorders result To the bystander It
does not seem fair that. In a time of
distress, such methods should be fol
lowed in order that the strength of the
unions might be Increased. The latest
example of this policy Is the strikes
which brought about the closing of
all the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea
company's shops and warehouses In
Cleveland and which went into effect In
Milwaukee against the A. and P. and
two other chain store companies.
[s done In Washington doesn't
matter mu?h so far as recovery is con
cerned, came out with a statement that
bnouici oe encourag
ing to the American
business man. He toid
the Ford managers
gathered in Detroit
that his company was
out of the depression,
and they in turn told
him of generally Ira
proved business con
ditions in all parts of
the country.
"T h e depression,
Ford set forth in a
Henry Ford
statement, "would be over for the
whole country very soon if American
industrialists would Just forget the al
phabet schemes and take bold of their
industries and run them with good,
sound American business sense.
"They should take hold of their
country, too, In the same way, and run
it with good sound American common
sense."
SPEEDY ruling by the Dnlted States
Supreme court on constitutionality
of the NKA act and the code of fair
competition for the lumber and timber
products industry may be expected.
Judge W. L Grubb of the Federal Dis
trict court at Birmingham. Ala., has
ruled them unconstitutional and dis
missed an Indictment against an oper
ator of several sawmills. The action
was taken by agreement of both sides
so as to expedite an appeal to the Su
preme court.
DE E SID E N T ROOSEVELT an
nounced that, beginning July 1,
1935, he will eliminate the 5 per cent
pay cut that Is now taken out of the
salaries of all federal employees. The
pay restoration, he explained, is being
planned on the assumption that In
creases in the cost of living will ne
cessitate it
The Treasury department thereupon
admitted frankly that this means the
taxpayers will be called on to pay an
additional fifty million dollars a year
for the benefit of the 700,000 federal
employees who will benefit by the res
toration in salaries.'
Mr. Roosevelt predicted flatly that
the cost of living will advance substan
tially within the next eight months.
When he made this statement at his
regular press conference he also cau
tioned reporters to remember that an
increase in the cost of living meant
an increase In commodity and property
values, thereby lessening the difficulty
in paying debts. This is one of the
avowed aims of the Roosevelt program.
He said he expected the rise of food,
clothing, fuel, housing, and other living
costs to be large enough by next July 1
to justify the 5 per cent restoration.
DR. ERNEST GREENING, chief of
the bureau of territories and In
sular affairs, has gone rather hurriedly
to the Virgin Islands to make a per
sonal investigation into
a state of affairs that
has led to the tiling of
serious charges before
committees of both
houses of congress. In
a petition for a con
gressional inquiry,Paul
C. Yates, who recently
resigned as executive
assistant to Gov. Paul
M. Pearson, charges
that the present ad
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Gov. Pearson
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lands Is "wasteful, extravagant. Ineffi
cient, and tainted with corruption."
l'ates was recently suspended and
ordered to Washington for an inquiry
by Secretary Ickes, who accused him
of "disloyalty, insubordination, and
gross inefficiency," and in general of
being a trouble maker. Yates resigned
immediately and came to Washington,
but chose to ignore Secretary Ickes'
ofliee, carrying his plaints instead di
rectly to congress.
He charges tlJat Mr. Ickes has been
"outrageously deceived" by Governor
Pearson and subordinate officials of
the Interior department, has Ignored
"complaints, petitions, and specific
charges" presented by the citizens of
the Islands, and has dealt with officials
"In a peculiarly harsh, cruel, and dic
tatorial manner."
The petition further charges that
minor officials in the Interior depart
ment aided and abetted Governor Pear
son to "whitewash a major public
works scandal and deceived the secre
tary of the Interior regarding public
works and the general situation, and
-ware triiitmitiiy1 negiicemw cmr i*-.
formance'of their duty."
Secretary Ickes is accnsed of mak
ing prejudicial and injurious remarks
about T. Webber Wilson, judge of the
Federal District court in the islands,
remarks which "reflect unjustly upon
the federal Judiciary and which are
unbefitting the dignity of a cabinet of
ficer." Ickes also is accused of "un
justly and at the instance of Governor
Pearson," having removed from office
Charles H. Gibson and Ell Ilaer, gov
ernment attorneys, and Capt. Michael
J. Nolan, director of police of St.
Thomas and St. John, with a record of
14 years' "loyal and efficient service."
CiXVERSATIONS in London pre
paratory to the scheduled naval
conference have been quite unsatisfac
tory so far, for neither the United
States nor Great Britain shows any
disposition to accord to Japan the
equality that nation demands, even
though It be merely In principle with
the Japanese agreeing not to build up
to parity with them. Well-po-ted ob
servers do not believe the conference
will accomplish anything valuable, and
Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swan
son says that, regardless of Its out
come, his department plans to bring
the American tleel up to full treaty
strength and will ask congress for the
necessary appropriations.
KING PRAJADHIPOK of Slam Is not
satisfied with his present status as
a limited monarch and has threatened
to abdicate unless the government with
draws a measure pro
posed in the national
assembly which de
prives him of his tra
ditional right to de
cide whether persona
sentenced to death
for crimes shall live
or die. This, of
course, is but one of
the distasteful limita
tions prescribed by
the national assembly
since the revolution of
1932 which forced the
King
Prajadhipok
king to give the country a new constl
tution. There is no revolution in this
case, for the people of Siam generally
know nothing about the dispute be
tween the king and the government
Prajadhlpok is at present in England
with his queen, and the negotiations j
are carried on by cable. His majesty's ;
secretary there said the king's fight |
was really a fight for the principles of j
democratic government and that he
would not give in. The secretary ex
plained that half the members of the
Siamese legislative assembly are elected
directly by the people, and the other
half nominated by the government,
with his majesty placing "great Impor
tance upon the attitude of the elected
members," who Prajadhlpok claims op
posed th*e measure relating to life and
death prerogatives.
MEXICAN governments, both fed
eral and state, are carrying on a
determined campaign against the Ro
man Catholic church, charging that
the latter has been fostering a revolu
tionary Movement On the other hand,
a vigorous denial that the Catholic
church had advocated armed resistance
to the Mexican government or Inter
vention by the United States In the
religious conflict in Mexico was issued
by Archbishop Ruiz, the Apostolic del
egate to Mexico, in San Antonio. Texas.
Bishops ami priests are being ex
pelled from various states, and the j
state of Mexico issued an order limit- ;
ing the number of churches in the re- !
gion in which services may be held to
34, the same as th? number of priests
permitted to officiate in the state. All
churches above this number, the de
cree provided, will be used as schools
and public libraries. The action was
believed to have been taken to prevent
? priests ousted from other states from ,
coming to the state of Mexico to offi
ciate.
The Supreme court ruled that all
buildings used for Catholic ceremonies
shall become the property of the na
tion.
Acting President Rodriguez In a let
ter to Attorney General Portes Gil said
the clergy, on pretext of opposing the j
initiation of compulsory socialistic ed
ucatlon In Mexico's schools, has "initi
ated a frank campaign of sedition
which reveals clearly its Intention to
bring about a revolution.
Chancellor hitler has realize* j
the danger to his regime in the re- |
volt of the Evangelical Protestant pas
tors against the tyrannical rule of
Reichsblshop Mueller, and has decided j
to separate church and state. The gov- |
ernment' of the reich. he said, would
not interfere In the quarrel. Some ob
servers in Berlin expressed the fear
that this policy would lead to unre
strained growth of German paganism
and also to further acts against the
Jews, under the leadership of Dr. Al
fred Rosenberg, philosopher, and Ju
lius Streicher, publisher of the Storm
er, heads respectively of the pagan
faith and the anti-Semitic movement*.
Acceptance of Chancellor Hitler's
new constitution for tne German Labor
Front, which gives the Labor Front
money and property which once be
longed to trade unions and employers'
i ops, [ wast| celebrated
000 demonstrations tnrouguuyt tier- 7
many. *
BOTH France and Germany are wor
ried over prospects of trouble In
the Saar, where a plebiscite is to be
held January 111, ISKift, to determine
whether the region shall revert to Ger
many, be attached to France or re^
main under the control of the League
of Nations. The Nazi campaign In the
Saar has been active and large num
berg of Storm Troopers are said to
have entered the region In disguise.
Geoffrey K. Knox, president of the gov
eroing commission for the league, has
warned that In case of difficulties dur
ing the plebiscite he will call for the
help of French troops. Foreign Minis
tei Pierre Laval says the French will
be ready to respond. The German
Nazis are correspondingly Irate. There
is reason for anxiety.
Rat Shoots Self and Records Fatal Event
Tills Is the "Itube Goldberg" contraption rigged up by George \V. Fenner of Syracuse, N. 1a photographer,
whereby a rat killed Itself as It took bait that tired a gun, at the same time photographing the event. At one end of
the novel trap the bait was suspended from a wire. Pulling the bait released a catch which dropped a hammer operated
by a spring. This tripped the trigger of the revolver. The shot not only killed the rat but cut a piece of string,
releasing a spring, which set off the flashlight. A watch close to the revolver showed the time of the death of the
rat and the taking of the picture.
BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
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JENNY WREN TELLS WHO THE
STRANGER IS
THE longer Peter Rabbit stared at
tbe stranger In tbe^Jld Orchard,
the more he realized how mistaken he
had been In thinking that be was
dressed all In black. Now that Peter
was so near he conld see that the
stranger was speckled all over with
tiny light spots. Underneath he was
dark brownish-gray. His wings and
tall were the same color, with little
touches of buff. His rather large bill
was yellow.
Peter hurried back to Jenny Wren,
and, it must be confessed, he looked
sheepish. "You were right, Jenny
Wren. He Isn't black at all," confessed
Peter.
"Of course I was right I usually
am," retorted .Tenny. "He isn't black.
"Ha Is Spreckles the Starling and He
Isn't Really an American at All."
he Isn't even related to the Blackbird
family, and he hasn't any business In
this country, anyway. He's a foreigner.
That's what he Is, a foreigner."
"But you haven't told me who he
Is," protested Peter.
"He Is Spreckles the Starling and
he Isn't really an American at all," re
plied Jenny. "He comes from across
the ocean the same as Bully the Eng
lish Sparrow. Thank goodness he hasn't
such a quarrelsome disposition as Bul
ly. Just the same, the rest of us would
be better satisfied If he were not here.
He has taken possession of one of the
old houses of fellow Wing the Flicker,
and that means one less house for birds
who really belong here. If his family
Increases at the rate Bully's family
does, I'm afraid some of us will be
crowded out of the Old Orchard. Did
you notice that yellow bill of his?"
Peter nodded. "I certainly did," he
said. "I couldn't very well help noticing
it"
"Well, there's a funny thing about
.that bill," replied Jenny. "In winter It
turns almost black. Most of us wear
a different colored suit in winter, but
our bills remain the same."
"He seems to be pretty well fixed
here, and I Jon't see but what the
thing for the rest of you birds to do
is to make the best of the matter," said
Peter. "What 1 want to know is,
whether or not he is of any use?"
"I guess he must be of some good,"
admitted Jenny Wren rather grudg
ingly. "I've seen him picking up worms
and grubs, but he likes grain, and I
have a suspicion that If his family be
comes very numerous, and I suspect it
will, th%y will eat more of Farmer
Brown's grain .han they will pay for
by the worms and bugs they destroy.
Hello! There's Dandy the Wax wing
and his friends."
! ?. T. W. Burgess.?WNU Service
SAUCES FOR FISH AND MEATS
A N APPROPRIATE sauce to accom
pany any dish of whatever nature
makes often a most ordinary one un
usual. The common practice of using
tomato In everything, good a9 it is,
should not be overdone. A good to
mato sauce used on a meat loaf or
a dish of fish Is always enjoyed: how
ever, there are any number of equally
good sauces which are seldom used.
Perhaps It Is a form of laziness, this
too common tomato sauce, for one
may open a can of tomato soup, heat
it, add a dash of this and that, and
have a good sauce. As one travels
over the country, meals become more
and more afflicted with tomato in the
salad. In the soup. In the sandwich, as
sauce on fish and meat, all good, but
why overdo a good thing until we dis
like the sound of the name? The two
sauces which are always enjoyed and
may be varied Indefinitely are white
and brown sauce?we even use these
In the preparation of the ubiquitous
tomato sauce.
DoYOli Know?
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That our common house cat
is probably a descendant of
the North-African "gloved"
or "Caffre" cat still found
wild in the Nile valley and
which was made a domestic
animal by the Egyptians
about Thirteen centuries B.
C. From the earliest ages
cats have been the objects of
superstition and in Egypt
they are held in the highest
reverence.
?. by McClure Newspaper Syndicate
WNU Service.
Brown Sauce.
When preparing a brown sauce
which with Its fl/ivor and color adds
| much to most meat dishes, the flour
Is browned; It will be necessary to add
more of It for thickening, as browning
'??tfesWayra TtafrWrW
erty, by dextrlnlzlng the starch?that
Is, changing it to a form of sugar. Add
liquid desired?a cupful to the usual
two tablespoonfuls of flour and the
same of butter, makes a fairly thick
sauce; when browned flour Is used add
an extra tablespoonful. Broths of all
kinds, especially chicken, make most
delightful sauces.
Sauce Piquant.
To one cupful of brown sauce pre
pared with any good beef stock add
one-half tablespoonful of chopped
onion, one tablespoonful each of j
I chopped caper and pickle with a dash |
I of cayenne and a tablespoonful of
vinegar.
The varieties of sauces depend en
tirely upon the resources of the cook,
they may he three or four, or legion.
C. Western Newspaper Union.
(QUESTION BOX
By ED WYNN ...
The P?rf*d Foal
Dear Mr. Wynn:
Why do so many people bay their
milk from a milkman? Why don't they
get It directly from the cow? The
milkman puts water in It, while a cow
gives pure milk.
Tours truly,
CARRIE PALE.
Answer: It is true that a cow gives
pure milk, but the difference between
a cow and a milkman is that a cow
doesn't give credit.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I am twenty-seven years of age and
a traveling salesman. I am madly in
love with a girl who lives in Harris
burg, and feel the same about a girl
who lives In Albany. Can a man love
two girls?
Tours truly,
ISELL KETCHUP.
Answer: Sure, as they live In differ
ent cities you're perfectly safe.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I am a young man, just twenty years
old. I have a good position and earn
good wages. I want to get married, but
I am afraid of having trouble because
I'd rather play golf than eat. Is it
1PAPA KNCWS-I
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"Pop, what is philosophy?"
"Heavy fog."
fi. Bell Syndicate?WNU Service.
A Hole in the Hedge
By ANNE CAMPBELL
OUR hedge was so lovely a few
? years ago, I
Unbroken and straight, with Its clipped
edge just so.
But now It Is not so precise to the
view.
There's a hole In the hedge where oug
baby runs through 1
There's a gap In the green made by
small eager bands.
Like a small open door with a welcome
It stands.
And I like our hedge better than when
It was new.
Since It spreads a green path where
our baby runs through!
Coryr'.iht.?WND Berries.
For Cool Weather
p Hand knitted angora wool to root
and bright yellow makes a set constat
ing of old-fashioned tam-o'-shanter,
scarf and tiny muff.
possible to find a wife who will stand
for that?
Truly yours,
N. THERUTF.
Answer: A nan who would rather
play -"If than eat should marry a girl
who would lather play bridge than
cook.
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Dear Mr. Wynn:
I am glring a luncheon aad the hon
ored guest is to be tbe governor of
our state. When at the table, being the
hostess, shonld I sit on the governor"*
right hand?
Truly yours,
MRS. DICK SHONART.
Answer: By no means do that. The
governor probably eats with his right
hand. Sit on a chair.
Dear Mr. W ynn:
1 have been keeping company with a
young man for over two years. Tve
done everything to get him to propoee
to me. Last night be called at my home
and during the conversation 1 came
right out and asked him If be ever
thought of getting married. Be said:
The girl 1 marry must be able to raise
a family, take care of a house, cook
and so on." I am willing to take caro
of his bouse, raise a family, and TU
cook. too. but what does he mean by
saying so on?
Truly youn.
I WA NTH III.
Answer: When he says you must be
able to take care of the house, cook
and so on. he simply means you must
'ie able to sew on buttona
ft. Associated N* v*r.p.rs.
WNU Servict.
Famous Shrine Destroyed by Typhoon
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AMONG the many buildings destroyed Dw the recent typhoon In Japan was
the TennoJI, a famous shrine at Osaka which was erected about fifteen
hundred years ago. It was considered by the Japanese one of their national
treasures The photograph shows the shrine after Its collapse.