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VOL. LIX. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY JANUARY 18, 193^ NO. 50.
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
President Asks Senate to Ratify St. Lawrence Waterway
Treaty, and Battle Begins?Russian Ambassador
Troyanovsky Presents His Credentials.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
PUTTING to the test his Influence
over the senate, President Roose
velt In a special message to that body
asked speedy consideration and rati
Bcation or tne
Lawrence waterway
treaty with Canada.
The opponents of the
pact had been wait
ing for -the chance to
start the battle, and
they were so numer
ous and so determined
that no one would
predict the outcome.
Ratification requires a
two-thirds vote, or G4
of the 90 senators.
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Coincidental with the reception of
the President's message was the sub
mission of a minority report by Sen
ator Wagner of New York as a mem
ber of the foreign relations commit
tee, in which Mr. Wagner argued vig
orously aganst ratification of the
treaty. He declared the cost of the
waterway to the United States would
be $573,138,000 instead of the $272.
453,000 estimated by the proponents of
the pact; and he asserted the United
States would spend three times as
much as Canada, though the Do
minion would receive a "vast prepon
derance" of the benefits. The senator
added:
"Most Important of all, I am not in
favor of a public works project de
signed to employ Canadian workmen
with United States money. The treaty
provides that although the United
States is to supply the funds for most
of the work in the International rap
Ids section of the St. Lawrence river,
the portion of this work on the Cana
dian side of the section is to be per
formed with Canadian workmen using
Canadian materials."
The President's message to the sen
ate gave his opinion that the treaty
was fair, that the waterway project
was economically sound. He declared
that "local fears of economic harm to
special localities or to special inter
ests are grossly exaggerated." He at
tempted to dispose of opposition from
Illinois and Mississippi valley senators
by declaring that the treaty provision
on the diversion at Chicago was ade
quate to guarantee a sufficient volume
of water.
The opposition of Chicago and the
Mississippi valley to the treaty was
voiced especially by Senators James
Hamilton Lewis of Illinois and Ben
nett Champ Clark of Missouri. Both
these gentlemen declared entirely un
acceptable a suggested compromise for
attaching a reservation to the treaty
holding that if the United States Su
preme court at any future time al
tered its present order that the Chi
cago diversion should be limited to
2,500 cubic feet per second after 1938,
the altered judgment of the court
should automatically be enforceable
under the treaty.
The Mississippi valley people are es
pecially opposed to the surrender of
the domestic sovereignty of the United
States over Lake Michigan; and all
the members of the army board of en
gineers except the chief engineer held
that the treaty provisions for diversion
at Chicago were Inadequate.
RECOGNITION of Russia was for
mally completed when Alexander
A. Troyanovsky, the Soviet ambassa
dor, arrived in Washington and pre
sented his credentials
to President Roosevelt
at the White House.
He brought with him
several members of
the embassy staff and
as soon as the diplo
matic procedure had
been completed he
eagerly got down to
work on the matters
of trade relations,
credits and other
questions with the of
ficials of the State
department.
Ambassador
Troyanovsky
Mr. Troyanovsky was accompanied
on his Journey from Europe by Wil
liam C. Bullitt, American ambassador
to Moscow. At the Washington station
he was welcomed by Jefferson Patter
son and Robert F. Keiley of the State
department, and by Toshihiko Take
tomi, the Japanese charge d'affaires, a
personal friend during the years when
Troyanovsky was ambassador to To
kio. '
In a brief interview granted to the
press Mr. Troyanovsky said he was
not planning to negotiate a nonaggres
slon treaty with the United States
similar to those the Soviet Union has
with various Europeon countries. He
thinks this unnecessary because of the
good relations established by the ex
change of letters between President
Roosevelt and President Kalinin.
CHICAGO'S milk supply was practi
cally cut ofT by a stride of dairy
farmers of that region who demand a
higher price for their product. The
controversy was complicated by the
evident desire of the larger milk dis
tributing companies of the city to
drive out of business the smaller con
cerns that depend on "cash and carry"
trade, and by the determination of the
organized milk drivers not to accept
reductions In pay. The farmers, thor
oughly organized and ably directed,
and the temporary Idle drivers commit
ted Innumerable acts of violence and
vandalism, almost with Impunity. Milk
trucks were burned or dumped In the
river with their contents, and In at
least one instance a train was stopped
and robbed of a consignment of con
densed milk.
When the strike had lasted Ave days
and the farm administration and Sec
retary Wallace had shown no disposi
tion or ability to end it. Mayor Kelly
arranged a truce and arbitration
agreement and the shipping of milk
to Chicago was resumed.
EARLE BAILIE, who has been act
ing as fiscal assistant to Secretary
of the Treasury Morgenthau, has re
signed, and it Is no secret that his
retirement was the
price paid for the un
opposed confirmation
of the appointment of
Mr. Morgenthau by
the senate. Certain
members of the upper
house, notably Sena
tor Couzens, let the
secretary know that
they did not approve
of the retention of
Bailie, and Morgen
thau told them Bailie
Earle Baltic
had consented to help him temporarily
and Intended to quit goon. So the fis
cal assistant wrote a nice letter say
ing that he wonld have to get back to
New York to resume ills work with the
Sellgman firm of investment bankers.
It was Bailie's connection with the
banking house that aroused the oppo
sition to him. Senator Couzens had
said openly that it was scandalous
that there should be chosen for a high
treasury post a partner of the Sellg
man firm, whose flotation of loans to
South American countries, now in de
fault, was aired before a senate In
vestigating committee. One revelation
was that the firm paid a "commission"
of $450,000 to Juan Leguia, son of the
president of Peru, in connection with
negotiation of a loan to that country.
SPEAKER RAINEY, after a confer
ence at the White Bouse, an
nounced that President Roosevelt was
making no out of town engagements
for the period during which congress
would be In session but would remain
at his desk until adjournment. He
added that the President hopes this
will be early In the spring, as he be
lieves the legislative program will be
disposed of speedily.
PLANS for the Issue of $2,000,000,000
of farm bonds for the purpose of
refinancing the national farm mort
gage burden were got under way at
the instance of the President, who
~sent to congress a special message on
the subject. The bonds were author
ized last year with a guarantee only
of the interest, but Mr. Roosevelt
asked that both interest and principal
be guaranteed in order that the bonds
might be made readily acceptable to
investors. The administration's bill
also would Increase to $800,000,000 the
$200,000,000 emergency funds estab
lished last spring for mortgage loans
to farmers who cannot refinance their
debts through the land hanks.
WITH only nve votes In opposition,
the government's liquor tax bill,
which Is expected to add ?4"0,000.000
to the national revenue, was passed by
the house of representatives. Not one
of more than a score of amendments
altering the tax rates was accepted by
the house and the measure, as finally
passed, carried the same rates orig
inally recommended by the ways and
means committee.
A rigid requirement that all bottled
liquor sold at retail must carry a fed
eral stamp showing the government
tax to have been paid and Indicating
the quantity and quality of the con
tents was written into the bill by the
ways and means committee at the In
stance of the Treasury department.
As passed by the house, the bill lm
poses a tax of {2 a gallon on distilled
spirits. $5 a barrel on beer and from
10 to 40 cents a gallon on wine.
When the measure came np In the
senate the Democratic leaders were
caught napping and Senator Clark of
Missouri secured the adoption of two
amendments that stirred up quite a
row. The first provided for the plac
ing of additional high tariff duties on
wines and liquors from foreign coun
tries that have defaulted on their war
debt payments to the United States.
The second change repealed that por
tion of the Reed "bone dry" act pro
hibiting newspapers and periodicals
carrying liquor advertising from en
tering dry states. At present such
publications must make over and send
out copies for dry territory with blank
spaces In place of the liquor adver
tisements.
Administration pressure was brought
to bear and next day the rote on the
first amendment was reconsidered and
the change was rejected.
The antl-cancellationists came to the
front agaiD when Senator Johnson of
California obtained passage of his bill
prohibiting the future purchase or sale
of securities of, and loans to, any for
eign government or subdivision which
Is In default to the United States, or
to any American bondholders.
IN HIS efforts to save New York city
from bankruptcy Mayor Fiorello H.
La Guardia asked the state legisla
ture to pass a bill that would give
mm rull control or tne
city's finances. But he
ran Into a snag at
once, for Governor
Lehman In a stinging
letter told the mayor
he would never ap
prove such a measure
which, he declared,
would establish a fis
cal and political dic
tatorship that he con
sidered entirely un
necessary and essen
11 ally un-American.
Mayor
La Guardia
"No man In this country has ever
asked for or received the dictatorial
powers which would be yours through
the enactment of this bill," the gov
ernor wrote.
Mayor I.a Guardla, who always has
been a fighter, came back with a let
ter that bristled with references to
the evils of the situation confronting
the city, the hopelessness of trying to
get assistance from the board of alder
men or putting piecemeal legislation
through at Albany and accusations of
political maneuvering by the governor.
Later the governor and the mayor
got together and worked out a com
promise to reform the city's financial
setup and balance the budget. Under
this program the mayor will not be
able to set himself up as sole dictator,
with power to abolish Jobs and con
solidate departments, but will have to
share these powers with his fellow
members of the board of estimate.
The mayor has only three of the six
teen votes on the board, but his Re
publican-Fusion confederates hold an
additional ten votes and on the face
of things, the mayor will be able to
swing his plans Into effect.
SIX navy seaplanes carrying 30 men
made a nonstop flight from San
Francisco to Honolulu, 2,306 miles, In
24 hours and 43 minutes. It was the
longest mass flight over water ever
made and Lieut. Comm. Knetler Mc
Glnnis and his men were entitled to
the high praise they received from
high officials of the navy.
BY A 5 to 4 vote the United States
Supreme court sustained the con
stitutionality of the Minnesota emer
gency mortgage moratorium law which
provides that, during the emergency
declared to exist, courts might step In
to halt or delay real estate mortgage
sales and extend periods of redemp
tion. This was held to foreshadow the
probable stand of the court when oth
er New Deal measures come up be
fore It
ONE of the country's best known
newspaper publishers and ed- I
(tors, Frank I\ Glass of Montgomery, |
Ala., died of Influenza Just after the ?
senate Interstate commerce committee
had decided to recommend his con
firmation as a member of the federal
railroad mediation board, a position I
given him by the President last year.
Mr. Glass was publisher of the Mont
gomery Advertiser and also had been
editor of the P.irmlngham News and
the St. Louis Star. He was a vigor
ous writer and a man of Influence In
the Democratic party.
FRANCE enjoyed one of those great
financial scandals not infrequent in
these times, and the government of
Premier Chautemps was endangered.
Serge Stavisky, known as "Handsome
Alex," had duped countless widows
and orphans out of some sixty million
francs through a Ilayonne pawnshop
swindle, and certain members of the
cabinet were Involved. Stavisky fled
but was traced to a lonely villa at
Chamounix. where two bullets in the
head ended his life. The police said It
was suicide, but the general belief was
that the police shot the man so that
the ministry could appear before the
chamber of deputies with clean hands
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"I'LL BE GETTIN'
ALONG"
By ANNE CAMPBELL
HE WAS shabby and grizzled and
old.
And be stood at the side ot the road.
In bis arms were his clothes, no great
load.
But all that bis frail arms could bold.
He had tried all In vnln for a ride.
As he stood In the afternoon sun.
And I. homeward bound, my work
done.
Remained for a bit by his side.
At last, as be hummed a blithe song.
He turned down the street toward
the light
Ot the sun sliding down from Its
height.
And he said: "I'll be gettln' along!"
"FU be gettln' along!" and his tone
Had a ringing and resolute sound.
And his old feet struck bard on the
ground
As they strode toward the sunset
alone.
And I, when I heard him, grew strong!
In spite of the difficult years
Because of the pain and the tears,
I, too, "will be gettln' along 1"
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AVOID FORCING STRAIGHT
LEFT ARM
SO MUCH has been written about
the straight left arm that the aver
age golfer forces himself to adopt It
There Is little doubt that It has numer
ous advantages for one who can adapt
himself to Its specifications, but to the
others, and they are legion. It proves
a disadvantage. Numerous successful
golfers such as Bobby Jones and Dens
more Shute use a straight left with
distinct beneflt but In their cases it Is
more or less natural Jones has used
It since his early golfing days; his
physique and elastic muscles hare al
lied themselves to this fundamental
easily. Many of the golfing gentry,
however, only use It by adoption. In
some cases they consciously force the
left arm to keep straight Doing tills
tenses their whole stroke; they are
unable to swing freely and their con
trol suffers. Tor such players It would
j Work Progresses on Four IS'ew Destroyers ,
UNCT.E SAM Is building up his nary
and providing work for man; ar
tisans at the same time. The other day
the keels of four new destroyers were
laid at Camden, N. J. this photograph
being made at the time. The vessels
will be named the Porter. Selfrldge.
McDougal, and Wlnslow and are the
first of 32 to be constructed under the
national Industrial recovery act. Each
will have a displacement of 1,850 tons.
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BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
BLACKY THE CROW
DROPS A HINT
REDDY FOX sat on his doorstep In
the Old Pasture feeling very fine
indeed. In the first place he had had
a splendid sleep. All the long, sunny
morning Reddy had slept, for he had
been out all the night before. Now
It was afternoon and Reddy was tak
ing a sun bath, a thing he dearly loves
to do at times. And while he took
that sun bath he was dreaming.
There was only one thing wrong
with those dreams. That was that they
made Reddy impatient. In the '-at
place he was hungry, and In the sec
ond place he knew, or thought he
knew, exactly what kind of a dinner
he would have as soon as shadow-"
time arrived. He would have a musk
rat dinner, and the very thought of
It made his mouth water and water.
That Is why he was Impatient?Impa
tient for the coming of shadow-time.
Aside from this impatience, Reddy
was perfectly happy. He had tried all
sorts of ways to get Jerry Muskrat
up on land where he could be caught,
perhaps be a better Idea to allow a
slight bend and thus gain a measure
of that relaxation that is so essential
to a successful golf stroke.
Harry Vurdon enjoyed considerable
success without using a straight left,
and there are many among the pres
ent-day golfers, Including Harry Coop
er (above), who have found it more
advantageous to discard the straight
left, which did not suit their game, In
favor of a freer swing.
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but always without success. But this
coming night It would be different.
Jerry had promised to be waiting for
him at the Smiling Pool after the com
ing of the Black Shadows. Then to
gether they would start for Farmer
Brown's garden, where were growing
the rows and rows of carrots Jerry
Muskrat Is so fond of. They would
start to get Jerry a dinner. At least
that is what Jerry would think. But
they would get a dinner for Reddy
Instead. Jerry himself would furnish
that dinner Just as soon as he was
once out of the water.
"He doesn't suspect a thing."
thought Rt*lily. "It's funny how stu
pid some folks can be. but It Is well
for me that they are stupid. If Jerry
Muskrat really was smart at all, he
wouldn't have listened to me. He
would have known what I was trying
to do. But his appetite was too much
for his wits. Jerry Is like a lot of
others?ruled by his stomach Instead
of his head, which Is very fine for me.
Hello, here comes Blacky the Crow. 1
wonder If he has any news this after
noon."
Sure enough, there was Blacky com
ing from the direction of the Green
Meadows. When he saw Reddy sitting
on bis doorstep he stopped in the top
of a little tree nearby to pass the time
of the day.
"What's the news?" asked Reddy.
"Just what I was going to ask you,"
replied Blacky, who is a crafty black
rascal and is seldom to be caught nap
plng.
Reddy Fox grinned good-naturedly.
"There Isn't a thing to tell you," he
replied. "I have been asleep ever since
daylight and you are the first person
I have seen."
"And I." replied Blacky, "can tell
you little more except that I saw Jerry
Muskrat a long way from the Smiling
Pool."
Reddy Jumped as If a sharp thorn
had suddenly pricked him. "What's
that you said?" he exclaimed.
"I sal*! that I saw Jerry Muskrat a
long v:j/? from the Smiling Pool," re
plied Blacky. "He was 'way over
toward Farmer Brown's cornfield."
"Excuse me," exclaimed Reddy. ris
ing hurriedly. "I hnve suddenly re
membered an appointment which I had
quite forgotten. I would like to stay
for ? chat, but this matter Is so Im
portant that I must attend to it at
once. You understand how It Is, don't
you ?"
"Perfectly," replied Blacky. "Don't
let me detain you a moment." Then
he spread his black wings and flew
away chuckling. You see, he hadn't
told Reddy that when he saw Jerry
It was quite a while ago and Jerry
was w ell on his way home.
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CANDY GOODIES
THE tired mother whose children
clamor to make candy. If she Is
wise, will set out a few Ingredients,
give a few necessary directions and
quletV close the kitchen door and
steal away to read and forget the mess
they are making. Let It be part of the
fun to clean up and leave everything
In order.
Simple confections should be tried
at first, then the more complicated,
when they have learned to handle ma
terials and follow recipes.
Here Is one that Is easy; this Is
sometimes called Jew bread or
Date Loaf.
Take a pound of dates, remove the
Young Woman Climbs Mt. Victoria
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LOOKING down on I-ake O'Hnra, In Alberta, Canada, from the topmost
pinnacle of ML Victoria (11,365 feet) are Miss Georgia Engelhard, noted
young New alpinist and her Swiss guide, Ernest Feuz. The photograph
was made on the occmaion of Miss Engelhard's second visit to this region of
lofty heights, beautiful %1stac sod shimmering mountain tarns. On her first
visit she surmounted 39 of t.HH41^" ?nd this time she
added 18 new ones to her total
BON EPS!
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wife and family, and when he was
I thirty, left home in search of happi
ness
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tid-bits found in examination pa
pers, essays, etc, by teachers.
The aquatic plants differ from the'
terrestrial plants In that they are com
pletely surrounded by their environ
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When Napoleon's last attack at Wa
terloo failed, he turned very pale and
rode at full gallop to St. Helena.
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pits and cut fine or chop with one
cupful of nuts and just enough oranjte
Juice to moisten so that It majr le
pressed into a small pan or cfakfctr
box to shape. When well chilled sprin
kle with salt, wrap In waxed papelj
after cutting Into slices or dip the
small slices Into melted chocolate.
Taffy.
Take one cupful of brown sugar,
one cupful of molasses, one-half table
spoonful of vinegar, one-half table
spoonful of butter, cook until It forms
a soft ball In cold water. Sprinkle a
buttered pan with coconut, pour the
hot mixture over this and cool. When
It Is cool enough to handle, knead and
pull, adding enough coconut to use a
cupful altogether. Roll Into a small
roll and cut Into Inch lengths with the
scissors Roll In coconut and set awayj
to harden. This makes one and one-i
fourth pounds
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