The Alamance Gleaner *u VOL. LXI. GRAHAM, IN, C., THURSDAY FEBRUARY 28, 1935. NO. 4. - News Review of Current Events the World Over New Deal Sighs Relief as Supreme Court O. K's Gold Laws?President Urges Congress to Extend NRA Two More Years. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ?, Western Newspaper Union. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT and the ? > * New Dealers breathed easier after the United States Supreme court band ed down Its decision sustaining Inval - Irifltfnn nf nIH clauses" In private contracts, but not on federal bonds. While it was held that the government must pay off Its bonds In gold or Its equivalent In de valued currency, an other ruling that the Court of Claims had no jurisdiction over such cases means that President u WOH]d bg lmposslble r Roosevelt for hol(Jers of federai bonds to collect on their old gold basis. In other words, the holder of a $1,000 federal bond Is entitled to a technical value of $1,690, but In reality It would be Impractical to make any collection of that amount, since the Court of Claims Is the only tribunal before .which suits against the government may be taken, and other courts may not entertain such suits without a spe cial act of congress. The court also held that those who held gold certificates had no cause of action and could not sue the govern ment The power of congress to deal With currency was fully upheld. I Briefly, the ruling said: ' 1. Congress has the power to nullify promises to pay in gold contained In the bonds of private corporations. 2. A gold certificate Is worth only Its face value in present devalued cur rency. Congressional power over the currency Includes the right to estab lish circumstances under which gold certificates need not be redeemed In ?old or Its equivalent 3. Congress has no authority under the Constitution to abrogate the pay ment-in-gold clause of government bonds, but, as no actual damage has been shown, therefore there is no basis for suit for recovery. The decision was read by Chief Jus tice Charles Evans Hi%hes, who voted with Justices Brandels, Stone, Roberts and Cardozo in the majority. Dissent ers were Justices McReynolds, Van Devanter, Sutherland and Butler, the four so-called conservatives. Satisfaction within the administra tion was evident at once. Justice McReynolds was spokesman for the dissenters. He unleashed a ecathing attack on the majority views. His voice vibrant, he said: "The Constitution as we have known it Is gone." "It given enect, tne enactments Here challenged will bring about confisca tion of property rights and repudia- ' tion of national obligations." "No definite delegation of such a power exists; and we cannot believe 1 the farseelng framers, who labored ' with hope of establishing Justice and securing the blessings of liberty, In tended that the expected government ' should have authority to annihilate Its own obligations and destroy the very i rights which they were endeavoring to protect." Notified that Chief Justice Hughes was reading the decision. President 1 Roosevelt went to the cabinet room, where he listened to telephone reports ' from an aid. Three cabinet officers were at his side. The Chief Executive was prepared (o take swift action to protect the credit of the government In case an adverse decision was hand- i ed down, but executive orders were ] unnecessary. The carefully prepared i program was not needed. , I TWO more years of the NRA, with ( clarification of policies, more effec- t tlve enforcement of codes and the j granting of "unquestioned power" to ( the federal government, were urged by ] the President In a message to congress. < The national recovery act term!- f nates June 16 this year. "Abandon- ( ment would be unthinkable," he said, 1 naming the act as "the biggest factor t In giving re-employment to approxi- t mately 4,000,000 people." 1 He said congress must maintain the ; fundamental principles of the act to i establish at least a minimum fair trade practice and labor relations standard. I pleading that child labor must stay out 1 and that fixing of wages and hours was t practical and necessary. t Answering recent protests of labor, ( he said: "The rights of employees t freely to organise for the purpose of i collective bargaining should be fully t protected." . c He urged more strict application of < anti-trust laws, condemned monopolies 1 and private price fixing, opposed hind- 1 ranees to fair competition, and pro- t posed further protection of small en- e terprlses against discrimination and oppression. His suggestions. If adopted, would keep code violators from behind the bars. "The way to enforce laws, codes and regulations relating to Industrial practices is not to seek to put people In jail," he said. Admitting some mistakes, the Presi dent was well satisfied that the NRA had done a good job considering its short existence. "Only carping critics and those who seek political advantage and the right again to Indulge in unfair practices or exploitation of labor or consumers de liberately seek to quarrel over the ob vious fact that a great code of law, of order and of decent business cannot be created in a day or a year," Mr. Roosevelt declared. All details of the legislation were left to congress. While this Is in prog ress, the senate finance committee pro poses to conduct the Nye-McCarran In vestigation of the NRA administration and codes. The judiciary subcommit tee reported no funds available, but the Inquiry, which has the President's approval, will be attempted without money. "yiCTOR A. CHRISTGAU, demoted * from his position of second rank ing officer of the AAA In the recent shake-up which Involved several al leged radicals, resigned in protest Chester Davis, administrator, had not accepted the resignation and Sec retary of Agriculture Wallace was at tempting to persuade Chrlstgau to change his mind. Wallace hinted that there had been differences between Chrlstgau and A. li. Lauterbach, chief of the AAA dairy sec tion, over the milk policy. A protege of Un dersecretary Rexford Guy Tugwell, Christ gau was also supposed to have encountered "friction" with other members of the de partment This gave 1 rise to new rumors 1 Beeretarv that BraI" Truster w 11 Tugwell will resign be 9 fore his influence In the AAA Is too severely curtailed by the demotion and ouster of his con freres. Meanwhile amendments to the Agri cultural Adjustment act were declared to conceal dangerous, arbitrary and autocratic powers over farmers, manu facturers and distributors of farm products, by the legislative committee of the agricultural industries confer ence in Washington. The committee cited the provision that tlie AAA may require that a licensed processor pur chase only from those who sign con tracts. It charges that the amend ments make no provision for the farm er to express himself in the matter of licenses, but contain provisions for price control, markets, production and purchasing. Through Indirect restric tion of the farmer's market, these pro visions are equivalent to a licensing of the farmer, according to the com mittee. "The entire economic life of communities could be directed from Washington," the committee said. Bruno richard hauptmann escaped the electric chair at least temporarily when a writ of error filed iy Mefense attorneys earned him a stay of the execution sentence which was to be carried out at Trenton, N\ J., March 18. The Bronx carpen- ' ter*s life Is safe at least until Sep ember or October, since a further ap- 1 peal can be made to the court of par- 1 Ions If the court of errors and ap- 1 peals falls to uphold the writ. Lloyd 1 2. Fisher and Frederick A. Pope pre- 1 sented the appeal after a battle with '? 2hlef Defense Counsel Edward J. ? Eteilly, wbo subsequently threatened I hat either he or Fisher would have :o withdraw from the Hauptmann de ense. The hearing will probably take i dace at the next session of the court, ] vhich begins May 21. 1 Part of the dissension among de I ense attorneys was thought to exist I recause Reilly never challenged the resumption that the body of the dead >aby was that of Lindbergh's son. leorge IL Foster, former ipvestlgator I or the defense declared that seven i lutopsies were ready to show that the I iaby could not have been Lindy's be- , :ause It was. four.Inches taller than i Charles A." I.lhdbefjft.1 Jr.; was in a I ess Identifiable condition fhan would I iave been possible In the mild weatb- ' ?r following the kidnhping, and was I embalmed. 1 npHIRTY-OXE Inmates shot and killed a guard In a spectacular break from the Oklahoma state pris on at Granite, the only male penal institution administered by a woman warden. Thirteen were captured short ly afterward and a man-hunt is on for the others. The fugitives used two guns which had been smuggled to them, forced a "trusty*' turnkey to open up for them, corralled 20 visi tors in the visitors' room and, using them for a shield, made their escape. Her prison already the subject of in vestigation into its moral and man agerial standards, the warden, Mrs. G. A. "Mother" Waters, was ordered re placed by a man. Gov. E. W. Marland declaring that a woman "just can't manage** a prison. Defiantly, she re fused to clear out until completed In vestigations vindicated her. ON THE heels of the Supreme court's gold ruling, former Pres ident Herbert Hoover demanded re estahllshmpnt at thefore their exact fate could be earned. U. S. Capitol at Night Under Its Mantle of Snow THE National Capitol, In a striking view, taken at dusk, with its mantle of snow. An 11-inch snowfall for the National Capital was close to a record. BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN By THORNTON W. BURGESS THE BOLDNESS OF TERROR THE GOSHAWK For peace and safety pray beware, And never take & foolish dare. "^JEVER In his life had Reddy Fox felt more uncomfortable than he did as he stole up through the Old Or chard toward Farmer Brown's henyard in broad daylight. Terror the Gos hawk had dared him to visit the hen yard and steal a hen while Farmer Brown was about. All the way there Reddy hoped that Farmer Brown would not be about. He hoped that no one would be about. He wished with all his heart that he had kept his tongue still Before Farmer Brown Could Move He Was In the Air Again Carrying j Away That Fat Hen. when he had met Terror, and so have avoided this unpleasant scrape. The truth is, Reddy didn't dare visit that henyard when Farmer Brown or Farmer Brown's Boy was about, lie knew that he wouldn't dare go beyond the old stone wall on the edge of the Old Orchard If he should find that any one was near that henyard. So he hoped and hoped that when he got there the way would be clear, for he knew that Terror the Goshawk was sit ting In the top of a tall tree where he could watch all that went on. When Reddy reached the old stone wall on the edge of the Old Orchard and peeped over, his heart sank, for Farmer Brown himself was in the hen yard feeding the hens. Keddy stopped right where he was. Nothing could have induced him to go a step near er. "Anyway," muttered Reddy to him self, "Terror won't dare go any nearer, and so we'll be even. No one would dare visit that henyard and steal a hen right under Farmer Brown's nose. No one is bold enough to do a thing like that." Reddy looked hack to where Terror the Goshawk was sitting. Suddenly Terror spread his great wings and shot out from that tree straight toward Red dy. Reddy could not but admire the speed with which he flew. Straight j over the Old Orchard he came, and swooping down Just above Reddy's head, he cried, "Coward 1" and then shot up into the air and over Farmer Brown's henyard. There he made a little circle and then shot down like a thunderbolt, seizing a hen in his great claws only a few feet from where Farmer Brown was standing. Before Farmer Brown could move he was in the air again carrying away that fat hen. Farmer Brown yelled. All the hens screamed and raced for the hen house. Terror paid no attention either to Farmer Brown or the frightened hens. Once more he flew low just over Reddy's head and once more cried. "Coward!" then swiftly disappeared over In the Green Forest. He had made good his dare. As for Reddy Fox, he sneaked away toward the Old Pasture. In his heart he admired the boldness of Terror the Goshawk, but he hated him more than ever, and that hate grew as he thought of the tine breakfast Terror was enjoy ing while he himself could find noth ing to put in his empty stomach. T. W. Burgess.?WNU Service. EYOII Know? r i That "pin money" is an ex pression that has been hand ed down to us from the earli est ages. The importation of pins into England was forbidden (1483) but Queen Catherine (of Aragon) re ceived hers from France. They were very expensive and with the ladies "pin money" was a consideration. ?. McClur* Syndicate. W.S'U Raivlca. Question box i! b, ED WYNN, The Perfect Fool ???-?mmmmmJ T\ ? ? _ "" i uvm air. ?jun : I bought a home In the country from a real estate agent who told me it was a two-storv house with modern improvements. When 1 went to see it I discovered It didn't have any Im provements and there was no second lloor at all. What did the agent mean when he said it was a two-story house? Truly yours, IMA SAPP. Answer: The agent was right in tell ing you it was a two-story house. As you say all the rooms were on the ground floor, that Is one story, and there aren't any improvements in the house, that's the other story. Dear Mr. Wynn: I am a man 01 xoriy years or age. I met a woman my o\jn age at a party last week. 1 took her home and on the way 1 told her that her teeth were like "stars." I have called her up on the telephone but she won't talk to me. What do you think Is wrong? Truly yours, IIEYM SINGLE. Answer: You probably hit the nail on the head. You said her teeth were Just like "stars" and she thinks you said that because they come out every night ? Dear Mr. Wynn: 1 read In the papers today about a man who was crazy about golf. While he was playing a game with his wife she talked all the time, which Inter fered with bis game. It seems his ball landed In a bunker and he had a very difficult shot His wife kept talking to him. He could not sta l It any longer. As she was in the bunker with him he turned and hit her with his driving Iron, lie was arrested and sent to Jal! for six months. Do you think that Is right? Yours truly. IMA PUTTER. Answer: It .eems to me the reason he pot six months was not because he hit his wife, but, he hit his wife in a "bunker" with a "driving iron." There's the whole story in a nutshell. He used the wrong club. Dear Mr. Wynn: Can you give me an example that will fully describe what is meant by the saying: "There are two sides to every question?" Yours truly, E. MULSION. Answer: Sure 1 can. Say two girls are discussing matrimony, two sides to that subject would be as follows: One girl could say: "I do r/>t intend get ting married till I am thirty years old," IlothqfCo^Book TASTY FOODS A GOOD baked hara that Is rich in color, juicy and tender, is a main ditfk which is extremely popular. Baked Ham. Soak the ham in cold water over night Four off this water and cover with water to which has been added two cups of sugar and three-fourths of a cup of vinegar to a 12-pound ham. Simmer gently until well done, 9'hich will require 25 minutes to the pound, counting the time after the wa ter simmers. Do not boll, as that toughens the meat. Let the ham cool in its own liquor. This adds to the moisture as well as flavor. When cold skin the bam, rub with brown sugar and dry mustard and stick with cloves. Put into a hot oven to brown nicely. Apples Stuffed With Sausage. This makes a nice luncheon dish. Wash six good-sized apples?the tart kind?scoop out the apple, leaving a I thick wall, taking all the apple pos sible. Chop the apple, mix with sau sage meat, refill the apples, then bake until they are well done. This is & nice winter breakfast dish. Luncheon Croquettes. Take one cup of chopped cooked beef, one cup of canned corn, one-half cup of bread crumbs, one beaten egg and a little cream, if more moisture is needed. Make into croquettes after seasoning well, roll in crumbs, in egg. then crumbs and fry In deep fat. Cream cheese softened with cream to the consistency for spreading to which a dozen of chopped candied cherries are added, makes most lus cious sandwich filling. ?. Western Newspaper Caloa. I ? A MIRACLE By ANNE CAMPBELL I SAW a miracle from my own door. Spreading lu glamour on my patch of sky. Giving me hope and bringing me once more A dream that I supposed had passed me by. After the rain, the darkness, and the fear. After the lightning's flash, the tem pest's moan. I read a message, comforting and dear. That rainbow seemed to shine for me alone 1 It was as If God's finger wrote for me. Who am so seldom far from mj home place: * "Beauty will find yon, and felicity. And after suffering, the rainbow"? grace." ? Copyright.?WNT S?n!c?. | and the other girl could say: "1 do I do not intend being thirty years old till 1 get married." * Dear Mr. Wynn: I am opening a clothing store and have been advised to take out some tire Insurance. What 1 want to know is this: Say I had S3.0UU worth of stock and say 1 took out $15.UU0 worth of insurance on Monday and had a tire on Tuesday, what would 1 get? l'ours truly, POLLA C HOLDER. Answer: loud get 10 years in jaiL Dear Mr. Wynn: 1 am a working man, earning about $3,000 a year. My wife made me buy an automobile. I keep an account, and I find the car costs me $1,200 a year to run. What shall I do? Sincerely, X. TRAP ARTS. Answer: Stop keeping an account. 6. th* Associated Npaper*. WNU 8*rrka Oldest Skyscraper Gets a New Roof I BUILT over a thousand years ago the Great House of the Cut Grande National reservation In Arizona has been given a new transite roof by the United States government Made entirely out of mud, the "Great House" has stood up well but at last the ravages of sun and rain were beginning to ! tell. The Casa Grande was built by a race of Indians who have since com pletely vanished from the face of the earth.