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The Alamance gleaner $ VOL. LXI. - GRAHAM, N, CM THURSDAY FEBRUARY, 14, 1935. NO. 2. ?ii i i , |. ? _ V News Review of Current Events the World Over Germany Studies Anglo-French Peace Proposals?Labor Rebuked by Roosevelt for Objections to the Auto Code?Governor Moodie Ousted From Office. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ?, Western Newspaper Union. /CONTINENTAL chancellories turned their attention toward a new plan designed to restore Germany to com plete equality among European nations and to strengthen the shaky foundations of peace, as conversa tions ended between Pierre Laval, French foreign minister, and Sir John Simon, Brit ish foreign secretary. Germany will be of fered a promise of re peal of the military clauses of the treaty of Versailles In return for re-entering the Pierre Laval League of Nations. Such a concession would seem a victory for Hitler's cam paign to restore Germany to Its place as a sovereign power in Europe. 1 Another proposal-arising from the negotiations greatly aids France's cam paign for security. Regional defense pacts to provide the nations partici pating with reciprocal assistance in re pelling an unprovoked air attack are part of the plan. France and Great Britain are willing to enter into such a series of pacts, and suggest that oth er European nations be Invited to Join. This signifies that either nation must rush planes to the aid of the other in the event of attack from the air. The pact will undoubtedly be concluded be tween Great Britain and France, no matter what action the other nations take, although no formal announce ment has been made. Some European diplomats are not at all certain that Germany and Poland can be persuaded to change the unre ceptlve attitude they have so far mani fested toward suggestions for their par ticipation In an "eastern Locarno." Germany may be so strongly resigned by this time that she will not be con cerned whether her armaments are le galized. This, however, is only speculation. Dispatches from Germany have Indi cated the reich's willingness to engage In any conversations proposed by the Franco-British formula, but she must first be assured of complete equality of status. C ENATOR BORAH of Idaho, always " sternly opposed to action that might lead the United States into for eign entanglements, has surprisingly come forward with a demand that con gress Investigate the alleged religious persecutions in Mexico and persuade our neighbors to the south to cease' them. The excuse for such proposed meddling is that some citizens of the United States may be among the "vic tims." Through its representatives in Washington the Mexican government calmly denies there is any religious persecution down there, ajy) says all who obey the laws are permitted to worship as they please. If the Borah resolution tarries, Mexico may well tell the United States to mind its own business. Representative Fish of New Tork followed Borah's lead by intro ducing In the bouse a resolution calling upon the President to take diplomatic steps toward abatement of what he declares Is growing communism in Mexico. He said the communistic trend was directly connected with the alleged religious persecutions, and that entrenchment of communism In Mexico would seriously affect the United States. HpHE much-advertised benefits from Russian recognition have been rather less than satisfactory. Neither the wide expansion of trade which was anticipated, or the satisfactory settle ment of debts materialized, and follow ing a conference with Soviet repre sentatives, Secretary Cordell Bull ad mltted that diplomatic dilly-dallying had come to an end. Hall Issued a curt statement that "certain diplomatic changes" had been ordered In Moscow. The acting naval attache will be withdrawn, the con sulate generalship will be abolished, and further reductions will be made in the personnel of the embassy, he stated. The United States' action means a period of strained relations between the two countries, although not to the point of the United States govern ment's withdrawing recognition. Wil liam C. Bullitt will remain as ambas sador but there Is little doubt that the United States will not proceed with construction of an embassy building, and that arrangements for creating consulates in other parts of Russia will be deferred. DIOTTNG broke out in England as ^ a protest against the new dole measure, despite an announcement by Minister of Labor Oliver Stanley that recent reductions in unemployment payfnents would be restored. Thousands continued their protest campaign, demanding not only the restoration of relief cuts, but an In crease over the scale of relief imposed before the advent of the unemployment assistance board last month. Violent clashes occurred at Sheffield, where a mob of 10,o6o battled with mounted police. At Glasgow during a discussion of the new relief conces sions two councillors were thrown out of the council chamber and a band of unemployed men and women were also forcibly ejected. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT renewed * the automobile code, with two changes designed to stabilize employ ment; but the American Federation of Labor, growing dally more dissatisfied with the government's pol icy, denounced the code extension, and President William Green said: "We will not accept it, recog nize nor yield to it" The federation's exec utive councH bitterly attacked Donald Rich berg, emergency coun cil director, and Dr. Wm. Green Leo Wolman, chairman of the automo bile labor board, asserting they are hos tile to the American Federation of La bor. Wolman's board not long ago con ducted elections in the Detroit area which revealed that less than 10 per cent of the employees were affiliated with the federation, and presumably for this reason Green and his aids were not consulted in the matter of renewal of the code. The president lost no time in serv ing notice that labor would not be permitted to dictate administration policies. Extension of the code was welcomed by the Automobile Manufacturers' as sociation, its officers declaring there would be steadier work in their fac tories and that winter unemployment would be greatly reduced. The changes in the code call for the introduction of new models during a GO-day period before or after October 1, and pay and a half for overtime work. Two days later the President again fired back at the federation in reply to the federation executive council's de mand that S. Clay Williams, adminis tration board chairman, be removed at least until a cigarette code satisfac tory to labor could be approved. Wil liams had been appointed after care ful consideration, the President said, and there was no need for any con troversy. A resolution had been passed by the labor council asking William Green to seek the ouster of Williams as a foe of labor. Before he took the NBA post Williams headed one of the nation's largest tobacco companies. AFTER less than a month In office Gov. Thomas H. Moodie was oust ed by the North Dakota Supreme court The court held Moodie Ineligible on the ground that he had voted, and thereby established residence. In Min nesota In 1930. The constitutional pro vision requires candidates for governor to have lived In the state five consecu tive years before election. His suc cessor, Lieut Gov. Walter H. Welford, will be the fourth governor In seven months. Last June the State Supreme court ordered the removal of William Langer, who had Just been convicted of conspiracy to solicit political con tributions from federal relief workers. During bif brief term In office, Moodie was In difficulties with the leg islature. the lower house being con trolled by the Nonpartisan party which was hostile to Moodie. who was the second Democrat ever to win the office. WILLIAM MACCKACKEN. former assistant secretary of commerce for aeronautics, will s[?end ten days in Jail, the Supreme court decreed, thus settling the right of the senate to pun ish for contempt MacCracken was sen tenced to Jail by the senate when he failed to produce data requested by the senate air mail investigating commit tee. The District of Columbia Sup^me court held the senate acted within its power, but the District Court of Ap peals sided with MacCracken. ACTING with startling rapidity, the Agricultural Adjustment Adminis tration ousted a group of radical New Dealers, which Secretary of Agricul ture Wallace said was "for the good of the service." Jerome N. Frank, Lee Pressman and Frank Shea and Gardner Jackson all tendered their resigna tions. The final fate of Fred C. Howe, Victor Rotnam and Alger Hiss still re main In doubt The bloodless purge of the group, known as favored proteges of Rexford G. Tugwell, was unexpected. Evident ly signals were confused, because Pres ident Roosevelt In his press confer ence stated that he was uninformed of any such action, but later In the day, Secretary Wallace said the President was aware of the action before it was announced. Wallace added, however, that Tug well, who is in Florida, had not been consulted. It may be remembered that Tugwell's fight for Frank resulted in the discharge of George N. Peek as AAA administrator, and It was felt by some that it was to avoid possible trouble with Tugwell that he was not informed of the plan. Agricultural Administrator Davis in formed newspaper men that the order was necessary to preserve harmony. "There was mounting difficulty in getting things done," said Administra tor Davis. "We believed things would function more smoothly if they were directed by men familiar with farm problems and having a farm back ground." Wallace was asked If this statement applied to TugwelL He hastily replied that Tugwell had an excellent farm background, which may be a distinct surprise to many. THE first special federal grand Jury to be called at Washington since the Teapot Dome oil scandals more than ten years ago, began investigation of the public works scandal involving an alleged conspiracy to use 200 miles of California redwood pipe in a Texas irrigation project that originally called for no pipe at alL PWA Administrator Harold L. Ickes Instituted the grand Jury action. The plot centers around the $4,853,000 Wil lacy county (Texas) water control pro gram to irrigate citrus orchards. Ickes claims the money was promised by PWA on the understanding that the j Willacy project would be a gravity sys- ' tem requiring no pipe, and that after the papers were signed by PWA the plans were mysteriously altered to make it a pressure system and to use 1 200 miles of ?redwood pipe. Accord ing to the evidence to be placed before the jury, PWA officials and engineers, Texas politicians and lumbermen were parties to the conspiracy. DOSTMASTER GENERAL JAMES * FARLEY will either have to resigD his Job as head of the Post Office de nartment. or eive ud the chairmanshlD of the Democratic na ? i o n a 1 committee If Senator Norrls, Ne braska. succeeds In putting through a bill he Introduced in the senate. Norrls would take the post office from Farley down out of partisan politics. The postmaster general would be appointed for ten years, and the James Farley present system whereby congressmen have an Important voice in the appoint ment of postmasters would be abol ished. All employees would be select ed for "merit and efficiency" only. The chances of ever putting such a measure through congress are more than prob lematical. While Norris asserts that "congressmen ought to be tickled to death to be rid of the Job," It is hardly likely that very many congressmen will be anxious to give up the "task" of handing out such political plums. The administration moved hastily to introduce a counter bill which would provide that all postmastershlps would be brought nnder civil service, and which would ban political appoint ments and open most of'the Jobs only to career employees In the postal serv ice. The measure was Introduced by Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Demo crat, Wyoming, and was said to have the approval of both the President and Farley. Only civil service employees of the postal system who have served In su pervisory capacities or as post office inspectors, postmasters of first-class offices who have had at least four years of actual experience, or execu tives "of broad experience In private life" would constitute the class from which postmasters would be selected for offices having gross receipts of $1, 000.000 or more. SPEEDY police action was necessary to avert new bloodshed In Paris on the anniversary of the uprising caused by popular indignation over the Stavinsky scandal disclosures. Thou sands of arrests were made as Com tnunists sought to arouse the public to a repetition of the riots of a year ago, when 10 were killed in the Place de la Concorde. Police gave the Reds no chance to carry out their intended maneuvers. Place Statue in Ice Jam as Villagers Pray r- i I ^3 A LL types of boats, in the way of the SL Lawrence river ice Jam, were crushed and rendered useless, as shown here. Father Bourget of the Roman Catholic church at Hogansburg, N. Y., ordered the statue of St. Peter taken out of the church and placed between the ice jam and the Indian village of St. Regis, while the villagers gave prayers of thankfulness that the river was receding. The inset shows a picture of the statue of St. Peter. "Little Stories MjjE t\) ThorrtfortW" <y Burgess ^fehJrTf PETER DISCOVERS SPOOKY DETER RABBIT had been startled * by a voice as he was passing a cer tain big apple tree in the Old Or chard. The voice had seemed to come from that big apple tree. Peter stopped short and stared up through the branches of the tree. Look as he would he couldn't see anybody. There wasn't a leaf on that tree and he could , "You Haven't Told Me Yet Why You Look So Unhappy, Peter," Said Spooky. see all through It. I'eter blinked, felt foolish, very foolish indeed. He knew that had there been anyone sitting on one of those branches he couldn't have helped seeing them. "Don't look so high, Peter. Don't look so high," said the voice with a chuckle. This time it sounded as if It came right out of the trunk of the tree. Peter starecKat the trunk, then suddenly laughed right out. Just a few feet above the ground was a good sized hole in the tree, and poking his head out of It was a funny little fel low with big eyes and a hooked beak. "You certainly did fool me that time. Spooky," cried Peter. "I ought to have recognized your voice, but I didn't." Spooky the Screech Owl, for that Is who It was, came out of the hole in the tree, and without a sound from his wings flew over and perched Just above Peter's head. He was a little fellow, not more than eight Inches high, but there was no mistaking the family to which he belonged. In fact he looked very much like a small copy of Hooty the Great Horned Owl, so much so that Peter felt a little cold shiver run over him, although he had nothing In the world to fear from Spooky. His head seemed to be al most as big around as his body, and he seemed to have no neck at alL He was drg&sed in bright reddish brown with little streaks and bars of black. Underneath he was whitish with little streaks of black and brown. On each side of his head was a tuft of feath ers. They look like ears, and some people think they are ears, which is a mistake. His eyes were round and yellow with a fierce hungry look In them. His bill was small and almost hidden among the feathers of his face, but It was hooked just like the bill of Hooty. As Spooky settled himself he turned his head till he could look squarely behind him, then brought it back again so quickly that to Peter it looked as if It had gone clear around. You see, Spooky's eyes are fixed In their sock ets,1 and he cannot move them from side to side He has to turn his whole head in otder to see to one side or the other. "Yon haven't told me yet why you look so unhappy. Peter," said Spooky. ?. T. \V. Burgess?WSU Mrvtct. I PAPA KNCWS-I "Pop. what is a blacksmith's shop?" "First roadside stand." * B? : Syndicate ?WNU S?r\ lea. RULES By ANNE CAMPBELL IT WAS because of rules he had to go *? Away from all he cherished. . . . On the street. He looked back to the ward and saw the glow Of lamps. ... He could not help it if his feet Would drag a bit. as, climbing on a bus. He rode in silence almost ominous. He thought of rules the whole way to the rooms Her presence had made sweet. . . . The hospital Must have them. I suppose. ... A man presumes But after all, there was his child, his wife? All that he held most precious in this life. But when he washed his work grimed hands and lay Alone within their bed, he thought again Of the not very distant, happy day When rules to separate them would be vain. Smiling, he thought (Queer how a grin can smart'.): "No rules can keep her image from my heart !** Copyr!|ht.?WNT 3?nlci Cost of Waterways Eighty per cent of ail the money spent for rivers, harbors and flood con trol projects is paid to labor. Question box b ED WYNN, The Perfect Fool Dear Mr. Wynn: I was to a vaudeville show last night. In one of these acts a fellow with a terrible voice sang a song. Although he sang It badly the melody still haunts me. How do you account for that? Sincerely, K. OTTICK. Answer: That Is easily explained. The reason the melody haunts you is because the singer was so bad he prob ably murdered the song. Dear Mr. Wynn: I am a man forty-fire years of are. I am single. I do not chew, smoke, drink, swear, dance or gamble. Do you think 1 will live to be ninety years of age? Yours truly. A. MARVEL. Answer: You probably will. But, If you don't do any of the things you mention, why do you want to live forty five years longer? Dear Mr. Wynn: I was in New York last wwk and saw a lot of plays. Why do the man agers produce play* which are so "raw"? Tours truly. g. PuNN. Answer: The managers know the newspapers will "roast them. Dear Mr. Wynn: I arrived In a small town, one day last week, and I had a heavy grip. I saw a tramp at the station and thought i I would have him carry niv hag lor i I me. I asked him If he wanted to make ! I a ouarfer. He said "no" agd walked | j away from me. How do you account for that? Yours truly. SAYLKS MAN. Answer: He probably had a quarter. ?. th? A?oci*l?4 WNl a#r*tc?. I COOKING WITH COCONUT 4 NOW that the fresh coconuts are in the market it is the time to use some of the good recipes that are being worked out by industrioufuhouse wives. To prepare the coconut pierce the eyes with an Ice pick and let the milk drain into a cup. Now place the co conut in the oven for a few minutes to become hot, then crack it and the meat will come out nicely without sticking to the shell. Oranga Coconut Creams. Melt one tablespoocful of batter in a saucepan, add two cupfuls of granu lated sugar, one-half capful of coconut milk and one-fourth capful of water. Boll to the soft ball stage, 236 degrees Fahrenheit, stirring only when neces sary. Cool and beat like chocolate fudge. Add flavoring, using two tea spoonfuls of orange Juice and one-half teaspoonful of grated peel; mix well with two cupfuls of freshly grated co conut. Mold with the hands, taking a tablespoonful at a time. Boll in coco nut and set aside to harden. This rec ipe yields about one and one-half pounds. Frt%h Coconut Candy. Take one cupful of coconut milk, add three cupfuls of sugar and pat on to boll: cook ten minutes after the boil ing begins, then add all of the grated coconut and cook five minutes longer. Beat until it la cold, pour oat into greased baking sheets and cut Into squares. Coconut CccK.es. Take one cupful of fresh cococnt. add to two-thirds of a cnpfiii of batter and ore and one-third capfnls of sngar creamed, add two beaten eggs, one-half capful of chopped raisins and sift to gether one and one-half cnpfnls of floor with four teaspoonfola of baking pow der, one teaspooofoi each of cinnamon and nutmeg and one-half teaspooofoi of closes. Add the dry ingredients alter nately with one-foarth copfoi of coct> na: mi Jo Baked Pork Chop Diah. Put a layer of thinly sliced potatoes in a baking dish, cotw with akredM onion and salt and pepper. Lay over this as many pork chops as needed sea soning well on both sides* Add en?>ogfc milk to moisten an?l bake until ail the food is well done. CL W?*n N?wip*j<r Caian. Pill-Box Hat A pill box of basket wetT# black straw an eye line veil and two little black bows Is the perfect eom | piemen: of a black crepe dress. T!ie ieep yoke and caffs are band embroid ? ered batiste. Magnificent Supreme Court Building TPlIE matron; ent l"nited States Supreme court buildinit. nearlng completion. * as It ai>pears from the air. The photograph was made from the Goodyear blimp Enterprise.
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