The Alamance gleaner
VOL. LX. GRAHAM, IN, C., THURSDAY NOVEMBER 15, 1934. NO. 41.
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
,
Nation Indorses President and the New Deal at the Polls?
Democrats Gain Nine Seat3
in the Senate.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
? br Western Newspaper Union.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT and his
fellow New Dealers had every rea
son to gloat over the results of the
elections, for, generally speaking, their
policies ana acts were
endorsed by the citi
zens of the United
States by what
amounted to a real
landslide. The Demo
crats gained nine
seats In the United
States senate; and on
Incomplete returns,
appeared to have Just
about held their pres
ent strength in the
lower house.
Joseph Guffey
Outstanding among the many Demo
cratic victories was that scored in
Pennsylvania. That state has not pre
viously sent a Democrat to the senate
in a half a century, but this time Jo
seph Guffey. the party boss, rode rough
shod over Senator David A. Reed, lead
ing adversary of the New Deal, and
sent him to the discard. Two other
persistent critics of the administration
who were retired were Senator Simeon
B. Fess of Ohio, beaten by former Gov.
Vic Donahey; and Senator Arthur R.
Robinson of Indiana, soundly walloped
by Sherman Minton. Hatfield of West
Virginia, Walcott of Connecticut, He
bert of Rhode Island, Kean of New
Jersey, Goldsborough of Maryland and
Patterson of Missouri, all Republican
senators, must give up their seats re
spectively to young Rush D. Holt,
Francis T. Maloney, Peter G. Gerry,
A. Harry Moore, George L. Radcliffe
and Harry S. Truman, all Democrats.
Cpton Sinclair, the extreme radical,
had the fun of scaring California out
of its wits with his EPIC campaign for
the governorship, and at little or no
expense to himself; but the national
administration had turned him down
and the Republican nominee. Gov.
Frank F. Merriam, won by a handsome
majority. So the wealthy "refugees"
who make California their home de
cided not to abandon the state. Hiram
Johnson, being the nominee of every
one for re-election, goes back to the
senate.
Wisconsin remained true to the La
Follette dynasty even though it had
created a new "Progressive" party for
its own uses. Senator Bob La Follette
had been patted on the ?:
head by President
Roosevelt, and John
M. Callahan, the Dem
ocratic nominee for
the senate, was not ac
ceptable to the admin
istration because he
was a friend of A1
Smith; so Bob came
through with a big
plurality over Calla
han and John B.
Chappie, the Repub
lican candidate. To
mm m ma^m
Sherman
Minton
cunch the victory of the third party,
Philip La Follette was elected gov
ernor again, defeating Gov. Albert
Schmedeman, Democrat, and Howard
T. Greene, Republican.
There was a crumb of comfort for
the Republicans In the re-election of
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of
Michigan, who has condemned parts
and espoused other parts of the New
Deal. One other crumb, less comfort- j
ing, was afforded them In Maryland
where Albert C. Ritchie was defeated
in his attempt to annex a fifth consecu- j
tire term as governor. He was beaten
by Ilarry W. Nice, a Republican of
Baltimore whom Ritchie defeated for
, the same place In 1919.
The old line Republicans succeeded
In re-qfarrtnfl Senator -Au^Hn. in
ffiont and Senator Townsend In Dela
ware.
Illinois, New York and Massachu
setts were among the states that were
swept by the Democrats. In the first
named they took five house seats from
the Republicans, the defeated includ
ing the veteran Fred Britten. New
Yorkers returned Dr. Royal S. Cope
tond to the senate and H. H. Lehman
to the governorship by tremendous ma
jorities. Senator David I. Walsh was
rc-eiected In Massachusetts, and Jim
Curler, three times mayor of Boston,
was made governor.
In the main the Democratic cam
paign had been skilfully conducted un
der the leadership of Postmaster Jim
Parley, a fight to oust thj^Mns" al
ways is difficult, and the ?Republicans
to their hearts had not hoped for
rnuch. They did not get even the little
toey had expected. For at least two
years President Roosevelt Is assured
?f full support by congress for what
ner policies and experiments he may
undertake, and the voters of the na
tion have told him to go ahead and do
what he can to restore the country to
prosperity.
SEVEN states voted on repudiation
of prohibition and only Kansas,
still stontly Republican, remained dry.
The others, all turning wet, were Flor
ida, West Virginia, Nebraska, South
Dakota, Wyoming and Idaho.
In Nebraska Senator George Norris
succeeded in putting over his pet
amendment to the state constitution
providing for a small one-bouse legisla
ture, and there is a belief that he will
run for governor in 1938 to guide the
experiment Under the amendment,
the 1935 legislature will pick a number
of legislators?between 30 and 50?for
its one-house successor. Annual sal
aries will be determined by dividing the
number into $37,500.
GASTON DOUMERGUE, utterly un
able to make'headway against the
political schemers in the French cabi
net, has resigned the premiership and
returned 10 me retire
ment from which he
was called last Febru
ary to save the coun
try from imminent
civil war. The six
Radical Socialist min
isters, determined to
frustrate his plan for
constitutional reform,
refused the premier's
offer to postpone dis
cussion of this scheme
until after a regular
hndcet was voted. nrrv
Gaston
Doumergue
Tided the chamber of deputies first
passed a three months' budget Dou
mergue thereupon read his resignation,
and at the suggestion of Edouard Her
rlot, leader of the Radical Socialists,
the entire cabinet resigned.
President Lehrun Immediately asked
Pierre Laval, foreign minister, to form
another coalition government but he
refused the commission. So the difficult
job was turned over to Pierre-Etienne
Fiandin, a left Republican who was
minister of public works In the Dou
mergue cabinet
The crisis aroused fear of armed
conflict in Paris between the Socialists
and the so-called Fascist groups, for
both these parties called on their mili
tant elements to be ready for action.
There was danger, too, that the meet
ing of war veterans and patriotic so
cieties on Armistice day would be
turned into an anti-government dem
onstration.
FMRST of the administration chiefs to
" make a post-election speech. Secre
tary of Commerce Roper said over the
radio: "We are not going to have a
dictatorship to the left or an auto
I cracy to the right."
He insisted that the Roosevelt re
i covery program contemplates the resto
ration of private profits and that, in
fact, the government's essential rev
enues, through the Income tax, are de
pendent upon private profits.
"As soon as future relief require
ments can be determined," Secretary
Roper said in announcing a new ap
proach to the relief problem, "the ma
jor portion of these expenditures
should be assumed by the states and
localities, with federal assistance sup
plied only in those Instances where
the situation cannot possibly be met
without federal aid. We need to dis
courage the growing tendency to 'let
the federal government do It'w
f^FFICERS and crew of the Mor
^ ro CaSfl^^rP^ nem rrt^nWfte -fijr
the heavy loss of life when the liner
turned, in the government's report on
the disaster, but no attempt Is made
to fix the origin of the fire that took
134 lives.
"After a careful examination of the
wreck and evaluation of the testi
mony," says the report submitted by
Dlckerson N. Hoover, assistant direc
tor of the steamboat inspection serv
ice, "It is not possible to state what
the exact cause was."
?
UNDER the auspices of the National
Association of Manufacturers, a
drive has been started "to prevent la
bor union coercion," and all state leg
islatures, when they convene, are to
be asked to enact six specific pro
visions "for the purpose of fixing the
legal responsibility of labor organiza
tions for their acts." The association
says It la moved to thla course because
it believes the federal government la at
laat aware of the "terroriam" practiced
by union member* against other em
ployees who desire to act.
The laws to be asked of legislatures
are:
1. To make sympathetic strikes and
sympathetic lockouts Illegal.
2. To make both employers and
unions equally responsible for the ob
servance of contracts.
3. To make It Illegal for any associ
ation of employers or employees to ex
pel, suspend, fine or otherwise punish
members refusing to participate In an
Illegal strike or lockout
4. To make picketing Illegal when It
Is carried on in such a manner as to
Intimidate or coerce employees or cus
tomers.
5. To declare Illegal employment
contracts requiring a person either to
join or not to join any labor organi
zation.
6. To require written consent of the
employee before the deduction of any
part of his wages for the payment of
organization dues may be made.
SOVIET Russia celebrated the sev
enteenth anniversary of the Bolshe
vist revolution with a parade of the
great Red army before the tomb of
I^nln la Moscow, and at the same time
the Comintern, or Third Internationale,
issued by cable an appeal to the toll
ers of the world to unite In a common
front against Imperialist wars and Fas
cism.
BECAUSE of her personal achieve
ments and not because she Is the
wife of the President, Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt has been awarded the
second Gimbel prize of $1,000 and a
medal for outstanding work for Amer
ica. She will receive the award in
Philadelphia on December 12.
Mrs. Roosevelt has requested that
the $1,000 be applied toward sending
a child suffering from the effects of
Infantile paralysis to Warm Springs.
FOLLOWING a week's conference
" with agricultural economists from
40 states, officials of the Department
of Agriculture and leaders of the AAA,
the bureau of agricultural economics
has Issued a bulky report forecasting
generally Improved conditions for the
farm Industry during the coming year.
Here are the chief points in the pre
dictions:
1. Greatly reduced supplies of moat
farm products will be seen, which,
with Improvement in consumer pur
chasing power, will probably bring a
higher level of farm income during the
first half of 1935, this despite low for- ?
elgn demand for American farm prod
ucts.
2. Farm production will be larger
than this year's unusually small pro
duction.
3. This year's higher prices may tend
to stimulate excessive planting of some
crops not under production control
next year.
4. Continued Improvement In demand
late next year will depend primarily
on recovery in the durable goods in
dustries.
5. "A small Improvement in the pur
chasing power of farm families may,
in general, be expected."
0. Prices of goods used in farm pro
duction are expected to average some
what higher, at least until June, 1935.
7. The farm credit situation "will
continue to show gradual Improvement
above the bad conditions of the past
several years."
8. Next year's wheat crop Is expect
ed to result in an export surplus, with
prices banging close to an export basis.
9. Substantial advance in prices of
meat animals is expected, with no ma
terial expansion In live stock numbers
sighted before 1936.
10. Next year's wool clip will be the
smallest in several years, with prices
dependent on world production.
11. "A generally favorable" outlook
is seen for poultry raisers, with prices
remaining at seasonably high levels un
til next summer.
Francis j. gorman. head of the
United Textile Workers* commit
tee that directed the recent strike. In
a letter to George A. Sloan, bead of
tne cotton 1 eiuie in
stitute, said that
onion labor would be
glad to co-operate
nir" fine "^fciuiwtry tn
developing new mar
kets for the ontpot of
the factories.
He declared that
after controversies
had been Ironed out
by the federal board
named as a result of
the strike, represent
mm
i F. J. Gorman
stives of the two sides could "begin
, conferences looking toward the Im
provement of the industry.?
Mentioning the Increased competition
from Japanese goods and other factors
which caused demand for American
textiles to fail "millions of yards" be
low production capacity, he said:
"A part of the purpose of the con
ferences which I have In mind would
be to create Joint employer-union ma
chinery for the expansion and exten
sion of the textile market Such a pro
gram would be In furtherance of the
Interests of workers and employers
alike."
"Mechanical Brain' That Solves Problems
THIS Is the "mechanical brain" be
ing completed at the Moore school
of engineering of the University of
Pennsylvania. The machine weighs six
tons, and was ^designed by Oscar
Schuck to facilitate the solving of all
problems In higher mathematics In jig
time. It Is technically known as a "dif
ferential analyzer" and Is able to com
plete in 15 minutes the work that
would require five mathematical tech
nicians four months to do.
Bedtime Story for Children
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
A LESSON IN POLITENESS
A FLOCK of modestly dressed yet
a* rather distinguished looking feath
ered folks alighted In a cherry tree and
began helping themselves to Farmer
Brown's cherries. They were about
the size of Winsome Bluebird, but did
not look In the least like him, for they
were dressed almost wholly In a beau
tiful rich, soft, grayish-brown. Across
the end of each tall was a bright yel
low band. On each, the forehead, chin,
and a line through each eye was vel
vety black. Each wore a very stylish
pointed cap, and on the wings of most
of them were little spots of red which
looked like sealing wax. From this
they get the name of Waxwings. They
They Were About the Size of Winsome
Bluebird, but Did Not Look in the
Least Like Him.
were slim and trim and quite dandi
fied, and In a quiet way were really
beautiful.
"If they stay long:, farmer Brown
won't have any cherries left," re
marked Peter.
""Don't worry," replied Jenny Wren.
**I don't know anybody equal to them
for roaming about Here are most of
us with families, while those gadabouts
haven't even begun thinking about
housekeeping yet They certainly do
like those cherries, but I guess Farmer
Brown can stand the loss of what they
I
eat. He may have fewer cherries, but
he'll have more apples because of
them.*
"How's that?" demanded Peter.
"Oh," replied Jenny, "they were over
here a while ago when those little
green canker worms threatened to eat
up the whole orchard, and they staffed
themselves on those worms Just the
same as they are stuffing themselves
on cherries now. They are very fond
of small fruits, but most of those they
eat are the wild kind which are of
no use to Farmer Brown or to anybody
else. They eat so many cedar berries
that some folks call them Cedar Birds.
Others call them Cherry Birds. Now
just look at that performance, will
you !"
There were five of the Waxwlngs,
and they were seated side by side on
a branch of the cherry tree. One of
them had a plump cherry which he
passed to the next one. This one
passed It on to the next, and so it
went to the end of the row and half
way back before it was finally eaten
Peter laughed right out "Never in my
life have I seen such politeness," said
he.
"Huh!" exclaimed Jenny Wren. "I
don't believe It was politeness at all.
I guess If you got at the truth of the
matter you would find each one was
stuffed so full that he thought he didn't
have room for that cherry, and so
passed it along."
"Well, I think that was politeness
Just the same," retorted Peter. "The
first one might have dropped the cher
ry instead of passing it along."
Just then the Waxwings flew away.
?. T W. Burgess.?WNU Servics.
^YOII Know?
i 1
That the first engagement
token was the Gimmal ring,
this name being derived
from the Latin Gemmellus,
which means joined. The
ring was made of two sep
arate bands, with little teeth
cut in their inner edge, and
were joined together by the
bride and groom when they
walked to the altar.
C. by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Mrvlca
(QUESTION BOX
ByED WYNN...
Tli? Perfect Feel
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I am sure I met the meanest man
in the world. This man, as soon as the
cold weather comes around, goes down
to the railroad tracks and calls out
all sorts of "lie names at the engi
neers as they pass in their engines.
It seems the engineers get angry, but
they can't stop their engines, so they
throw pieces of coal at him, trying, of
course, to hit him. That's Just what
this man wants. He has a hag with
him and as the engineers throw the
,mrt.it h'm ha .uiv./u?Ljuik??
it home for his furnace. Did jrou ever
hear of anyone meaner than that?
Truly yours,
I. GOSSIP.
Answer: That's pretty stingy; but I
knew a man once who was so stingy
it is unbelievable. He wanted to com
mit suicide and he went next door to
use his neighbor's gas.
Dear Mr. Wynn;
I read in the paper that a man fellr
from the roof of a ten-story building.
Into a wagon filled with soda water
bottles. The newspaper claimed ti e
man was not hurt If this is true
how do you account for It?
Truly yours,
L DOCTIT.
Answer: That could happen, espe
cially so If the soda water bottles
were filled. In this particular case
the man wasn't hurt because be fell
Into a wagon full of soft drinks.
#. tb? AMOctftt*d N?w?pao?r*.
Huckleberry Pie
By ANNE CAMPBELL
IT'S Just a huckleberry pie
Set on the window ledge to cooL
Outside the summer sun Is high.
The sky a blue inverted pooL
And once again a barefoot child
Sets out to And, tin pail In hand.
The berries hiding In the wild
Far oil upon that pleasant land.
It was in huckleberry time
The farm was loveliest to see ...
1 saw the morning-glories climb
Upon my window happily;
And glancing backward, as I walked
With cheerful footsteps down the lane.
It seemed to me the brown wrens
mocked
That little girl so tanned and plain.
But nothing changed that sense of
peace
That was my heart's blest quality.
The woodland path was a release
From irksome household tasks to me.
But now upon small things Intent,
I view with an approving eye
The sweetness of home's sacrament.
Caught In a huckleberry pie.
?. We?tern Newspaper Union.
Checked Tweed Suit
Mannish lines are developed in thla
dark brown, yellow and green checked
tweed suit The skirt Is cut straight
and the coat is slit up the back. Hand"
knit gloves and sweater of dark brown
wool complete the costume.
THROUGH A
Woman's Eyes
By JEAN NEWTON
DOING NOTHING USEFULI
c?T IIAD two hundred letters waiting,
1 a few days ago, and I deliberately
went out for the afternoon and spent
two hours reading poetry. This was
entirely outside my schedule, and you
will probably raise your hands In hor
ror at the thought of breaking up a
well-budgeted day, but I believe In the
end it makes for better quality of
work."
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt wrote
that not long ago In a message on the ]
necessity of every person occasionally J
to learn to loaf.
"Sometimes It Is extremely good for |
you to forget that there Is anything
in the world that needs to be done,
and to do some particular thing that
you want to do," she remarked.
"Every human being needs a certain
amount of time In which he can be
peaceful. Peace may take the form
of exercise, or reading, or any con
genial occupation, but one thing which
must not be connected with It is a
sense of obligation to do some particu
lar thing at some particular time."
That is a message which should be
reprinted and sent to every woman,
particularly every wife and mother In
the country. The man or woman with
a Job and office hours may work very
hard, they may be under great stress
| and Strain, but usually, when they shut
the door of the office behind them they
know that time of peace which Is In
deed necessary to every human being
?that time when there Is nothing In
particular that they have to do. When
a man comes home, his time of relaxa
tion begins. And so with the working
girl who comes home to her mother,
or the bachelor woman who returns to
her flat. Usually, the time there
has "no strings tied to it."
But the wife and mother! How aptly
some one said hers is the clock that
has no hands. Take a rainy Sunday.
There may be no cards or games, the
papers may be read. Then the family
will be Just "sitting around." But
mother? Ob, no; that's a chance to
catch up on the darning or to start
that sweater she wants to knit (or
little Jane. She doesn't hare to (old
her hands to rest!
But, doesn't she! It It were not (or
that darning or knitting on ber mind,
would she not enjoy occasionally just
folding her hands and "sitting around"?
I say she may not even know it, but
she would. I say that every woman
who keeps bouse should keep some
time free for what Mrs. Roosevelt calls
a time for being peaceful?a time when
she will do nothing that could possibly;
be called useful!
?. Bell Syndicate.?WN*U Service.
Oysters Crown in 29 A. D.
As early as 29 A. D., oysters were
grown by the Romans for commercial
purposes, according to PliDy.
Making It Tough for the Fishes
Clt. KLEIN of Santa Monica, Calif., Is here shown with bis recently com
* pleted harpoon gun which will be used for shooting sword tish, alligators,
sharks, etc. The gun can also be used In emergencies by life guard stations
for firing life lines to distressed persons and boats The gun. constructed of
steel and bronze. Is 30 Inches In length and weighs but 20 pounds It haa two
hand pumps, one for low and the other for high pressure. The line can be
shot 130 yards with 300 pounds pressure. The sight on the gun Is similar to an
airplane ring sight The gun also has a rail attachment that can be used
Instead of a tripod. The tapered cone Is used with the line wound on It, this
cone keeping the line from tangling when the harpoon la Bred. It Is equipped
with a pistol grip and trigger for firing.