The Alamance gleaner
" VOL. LXI. '
GRAHAM, N, c., THURSDAY OCTOBER 31, 1933. N0 39
]\Tews Review of Current
Events the World Over
Hoare Promises Britain Will Not Fight With Italy?Laval's
Peace Efforts Continued?President Roosevelt
Returns to Washington.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
? Western Newspaper Union.
SIR SAMUEL HOARE, British for
ei.n secretary, assured parliament
and the world that Great Britain has
no intention of fighting Italy and would
rot alone apply mili
tary sanctions against
that nation. He held
out strong hopes that
the war In Africa
could be settled with
out resort by the
league to extreme
measures. His speech
was piainly an invita
tion to Italy to talk
peace terms. ?
Denying that Jhe
government's policy Is
hostile to Fascism, Sir
Samuel said:
Sir Samuel
Hoare
"We have not the least Intention of
Interfering: in the domestic affairs
of other people."
"The unbroken solidarity of the em
pire is behind the government's pol
icy," he said. "Let those prophets of
misfortune who have marked the em
pire down for decay and dissolution
observe this fact of overwhelming Im
portance."
Hoare hinted at British Isolation
from continental affairs If the league
collapses.
Nest day Prime Minister Stanley
Baldwin warmly endorsed all that
Hoare and Capt. Anthony Eden have
done at Geneva. He deprecated even
the use of the word war, but called for
a rearming of the empire, saying: "In
the interests of world peace It 13 es
sential our defensive services should
be stronger than they are today."
Baldwin announced the adjournment
of parliament on October 25 and the
election of a new parliament on No
vember 14. The campaign already Is
under way and is lively, with the Inter
national situation furnishing the main
Issues.
ViUSSOLINI made one conciliatory
gesture toward Great Britain
when he agreed to withdraw a division
of troops from Libya; and at the same
time he urged that France and Britain
make quick reply to his peace condi
tions. But It became known the troops
were to be moved from Libya to Tri
poli, where they wohld be almost as
much a menace to Egypt; and the
duce's peace terms were so drastic
that there was no prospect that they
would be accepted by anyone con
cerned. They included disarmament
of Ethiopia, an International protec
torate over the central regions and an
Italian protectorate over the remain
der.
Addressing the foreign affairs com
mittee of the French chamber of depu
ties, Premier Laval promised he would
seek only a compromise that would be
fully acceptable to the League of Na
tions. He told the committee that
France's battleships would steam Im
mediately to the assistance of Britain
If the latter's fleet was atttacked by
Italy.
VytfTLE Premier Pierre Laval ol
France waj still trying desper
ately to find a way of settling the
Italo-Ethioplan quarrel that would be
acceptable to both
Great Britain and Italj
?apparently without
regard to Ethiopia'!
real lnteresti ? fifty
two member* of the
League of Nations de
clared a boycott on
all Italian goods and
an embargo on rarlotu
key exports to that
country. The boycott
binds these nations to
prohibit Importation
??t? Laval
V4 goods consigned from and grown,
produced or ma no factored In Italj
?r lo Italian possessions from what*
"w place they art-Ire."
" rigidly enforced, thl? would cut
? about two-thirds of the export trade
J?01 which Italy depends In gettlni
v"n<ls 'or prosecution of the war In
Africa. The countries applying the
?actions agree to aid one another In
e?mpensatlng losses by Increased trade
'acuities, credits, cash end loans U
Possible, and discriminating against
eague members snch as Austria and
Hungary which continue to trade with
Italy,
Austria, Hungary end Albania spoke
?gainst the sanctions. SwltxerlanA
which seeks to preserre her traditional
neutrality, was silent. Some South
American republics made complicated
reservations.
?t was decided that the sanctions
?uould be put In force on October 31,
?"a Ural thus had time to continue
Peace efforts. These seemed to
center on a way to "legalize" Italian
occupation of that part of northern
Ethiopia which Mussolini's troops have
seized and to arrange for Italy's par
tial control over the entire empire.
Gen. eudolfo graziants
forces in southern Ethiopia were
reported to have won several impor
tant victories in their advance toward
Harrar and the railway. They cap
tured some towns despite desperate
resistance by the natives, and took
many prisoners. The main movement
in that region was up the Webbe Shi
bell river. The Ethiopians were re
peatedly dispersed by aerial bombs.
In Tigre province, on the north, the
Italians were consolidating their po
sitions and preparing for another big
thrust toward Addis Ababa. Their
line there extended nearly 70 miles
from Adigrat through Aduwa to the
holy city of Aksum.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, deeply
I tanned and In fine spirits, returned
to the White House, his holiday tour
ended. When he landed from the cruis
er Houston at Charleston, S. C., he told
a big crowd gathered to welcome him
that the country is on its way back to
prosperity under the planned economy
of his administration, "and don't let
anybody tell you differently."
At an Informal press conference Just
before he left the cruiser, the Presi
dent was asked to comment on the
"impending collapse" of his drive to
put three and a half million employ
ables on relief to work by November 1.
He replied that November 30 was 39
days off and that November 1 had nev
er been set as the deadline, and that
he had been very careful to say that
substantially three and a half million
persons would be put to work. If three
million are at work by November 30
he said he would be satisfied with the
four-billlon-dollar program, and that It
could not then be considered to have
fallen down.
FOR the third time In his career
Mackenzie King Is now prime min
ister of Canada, following the victory
of the Liberal party at the polls. Rich
ard B. Bennett and
his Conservative cabi
net resigned and King
was called on to form
the new government,
which he did at once.
He himself was sworn
in as prime minister,
president of the privy
council and secretary
of state for external
a ffairs. Thomas A.
Crerar of Winnipeg
was made minister of
mines. Immigration
Mackenzie
King
and colonization, interior ana inaian
affairs. Charles A. Dunning of Mont
, real is the new r Inlster of finance and
W. D. Euler of K chener haa the trade
and commerce portfolio. All the cabi
net positions except that of agrlcnl- I
I ture were filled at once.
The resignation of W. D. Herrldge
i as minister to Washington was accept
i ed and became Immediately effective,
i The department of national revenue
announced cancellation of damping du
ties on the following commodities en
i terlng Canada: Plums, prunes, rad
ishes, spinach, and peaches.
i
ONE of the government's much pub
licized efforts to punish alleged
; Income tax evaders of Louisiana failed
when a Jury In Federal court at New
Orleans brought In a verdict of not
' guilty In the case of Abraham L. Shu
shan, one of the close associates of the
late Senator Long. The prosecution
claimed he owed $71,000 In taxes. The
verdict was greeted with loud cheers
by the crowd In the courtroom, and In
the ensuing confusion several news
( photographers were beaten up by for
mer members of Long's bodyguard?
which seems to be a habit In Louisiana.
_>
NEARLY 5,000 men and women from
all parts of the United States
1 gathered in Chicago and held a na
; tlonal convention of the Townsend
plan, which, as most people know,
would give every person sixty years(of
age a $200 per month Income If the
person agreed to spend It all wlthla
the month, did not work or have an
income all told of more than $2,400
a .year.
The elderly California doctor who
devised the plan was present, and the
1 delegates seriously undertook the work
of lormulating a campaign to compel
I the adoption of the plan at the coming
session of congress
??/?GERMANY Is becoming a barren
^ nation. Intellectually, culturally
and scientifically, under Hitler." That
was the way Alfred E. Smith opened
an appeal for financial aid for non
Aryan Christian and political refu
gees from Germany, at a dinner In
New York held under the Joint aus
pices of the American Christian Com
mittee for German Refugees and the
Emergency Committee in Aid of
Political Refugees from Nazl-istn.
"I am informed that at this very i
moment I am speaking, 2,500 Ger
man refugees are on the verge of
starvation," the former New York gov
ernor said. "Centers now operating
and serving these refugees In Europe
must be supplied quickly with money.
They need aid, or will be forced to
discontinue their work."
ALL states and communities have
been asked by Aubrey Williams
acting WPA administrator, to make
better provisions for the care of "un
employables," for federal aid for the
needy will soon be confined to provid
ing Jobs. In an Interview Mr. Wil
liams said that with six states already
cut oft the dole, progress of the work
relief program would bring liquidation
of relief administrations In "the great
majority of the remaining states" dur
ing November. This will leave those
physically or mentally unable to work,
the aged, mothers with dependent
children, and other handicapped fam
ilies and Individuals, dependent upon
local efforts.
DR. HUGH S. MAGILL, who as
president of the American Fed
eration of Investors has been annoyed
by congressional Investigators, has
written to all members of congress a
letter asking whether American citi
zens "still have the right to express
their approval or disapproval with re
spect to pending legislation without
being harassed by 'inquisitors.'"
The federation opposed the recent
enactment of the "death sentence" for
"unnecessary" holding companies and
was under investigation by the senate
lobby committee.
In an open letter to senators and
representatives, Magill said he had
"refused" to permit representatives of
the committee "to read my personal
and private correspondence." He as
serted the federation "is not a lobby
ing organization ah that term Is com
monly used."
DEATH came to an eminent Amer
ican, MaJ. Gen. Adolpbus W.
Greely, D. S. A., retired, at the age
of ninety-one years. He passed away
In Walter Reed hospital, Washington,
am), was buried In Arlington national
cemetery with full honors. General
Greely was universally known as the
leader of the Ill-fated expedition Into
the Arctic regions in 1881 from which
only he and seven others returned
alive. But he bad already served in
the Civil war with distinction, and
bis later scientific accomplishments
won him international fame.
Arthur Henderson, president
of the world disarmament confer
ence and a most determined foe of
war, died In a London nursing home.
He was seventy-two
years old and had been
111 for a long time, an
111 that he bad not
been permitted to sea
a newspaper for six
weeks and did not
know that another war
had broken oat and
that the peace of En
rope was threatened.
The former Iron mold- ;
er of Glasgow who be
came a leader of the
Labor party and waa
Arthur
l-Underton
foreign secretary when It was In pow
er, was awarded the Nobel peace prlsa
In 1934. Bis crnsade for peace and
disarmament was Inspired by the death
of his eldest son In the World war.
HELENA, capital of Montana, and all
the western part of that state
were terrified by a series of earthquake
shocks extendlnf through a number
of days There were only two fatal
ities, but numerous buildings war*
wrecked or so weakened that they bad
to be rased. Hundreds of persons
were driven from their homes, and the
suffering was Intensified by a sudden
fall of the temperature.
Edward henrt carbon, who m
1921 was made Baron Carson of
Duncalrn, died In London at the age
of eighty-one years, ending a strange
and stormy career concerned mainly
wltb Irish politics. A Protestant, be
became leader of the Ulster party,
organised and led the threatened
Ulster rebellion In 1914 against the
home rule bill and secured Its post
ponement. When the war broke be
turned his army to the battlefields of
France and himself entered the British
cabinet
After the war Carsdn threw himself
Into the fight against the establish
ment of the Irish Free State and suc
ceeded In securing the partition by
which the six Ulster counties sepa
rated from the rest of Ireland.
Veteran Actor Turns Railway Magnate
WILLI Ail GILLETTE, the veteran
actor, is here soeu riding on the
railway line he has built on his estate at
Hadlyme, Conn. The locomotive was de
signed by him and uses gasoline for fuel.
The tracks are three miles long. Mr. Gil
lette's hobby is to meet his guests at the
"Grand Central station" of his railroad
and run them into his estate.
Bedtime Story for Children
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
?
LICHTFOOT AND PADDY BECOME
PARTNERS
THE Instant Lightfoot the Deer saw
Paddy the Bearer he knew that,
for the time being at least, there was
no danger. He knew that Paddy is
one of the shyest of all the little peo
ple of the Green Forest and that when
he is found working in the daytime it
means that he has been undisturbed
for a long time. Otherwise he would
work only at night
Paddy saw Lightfoot almost as soon
as he stepped out on the bank. He
kept right on swimming with the
branch of a poplar tree until he
reached his food pile, which, you know,
is in the water. There he forced the
branch down until it was held by oth
er branches already sunken in the
pond. This done, he swam over to
where Lightfoot was watching. "Hello,
Lightfoot1" he exclaimed. "You are
looking handsomer than ever. How
are you feeling these fine autumn
days?"
"Anxious," replied Lightfoot "1 am
feeling terribly anxious. Do you know
what day thi-j is?"
"No," replied Paddy, "I don't know
what day it is and I don't particularly
care. It Is enough for me that it is
one of the finest days we've had for
a long time."
"I wish I could fee! that way," said
Lightfoot wistfully. "I wish I could
feel that way, Paddy, but I can't No,
sir, I can't You see, this is the first
of the most dreadful days In all the
year for me. The hunters started
looking for me before Mr. Sun was
really out of bed. At least one hunter
did and I don't doubt there are oth
ers. I fooled that one, but from now
to the end of the hunting season then
will Dot be a single moment of day
light when I will feel absolutely safe."
Paddy crept out on the bank and
chewed a little twig of poplar thought
fully. Paddy says he can always
I
think better If he is chewing some
thing. "That's bad news, Llghtfoot.
I'm sorry to hear it, I certainly am
sorry to hear it," said Paddy. "Why
anybody wants to hunt such a hand
some fellow as you are I cannot un
derstand. My, but that's a beautiful
head of horns you have!"
"They are the best I've ever had,
but do you know, paddy, I suspect
that they may be one of the reasons I
am hunted so," replied Lightfoot, a
little sadly. "Good looks are not al
ways to be desired. Have you seen
any hunters around here lately?"
Paddy shook his head. "Not a
single hunter," he replied. "I tell you
what it is, Lightfoot, let's be partners
for a while. You stay right around
my pond. If I see or hear or smell
anything suspicious I'll warn you. You
do the same for me. Two sets of eyes,
ears and noses are better than one.
What do you say, Lightfoot?" )
"I'll do it," replied Lightfoot {
? T. \V. Burgess.?WNU Service.
doYOLC Know?
That the blue flag or iris?
the democratic nobleman of
the fields?was adopted by
Louis VII, the pious Cru
sader as the emblem of his
house? The "fleur-de-Louis"
in time became "fleur-de-lys."
It was the flower of chivalry.
G McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Service.
? MOTHER'S ?
COOK BOOK
A FEW DESSERTS
A MEAL Is unfinished without some
thing In sweets or a made dessert
to end the meal.
Adam's Crtam Pit.
Scald one cupful of milk, add one
cupful of sugar and one-eighth tea
spoonful of salt. Mix two teaspoon
fula of corn starch with a little cold
milk; add to the scalded milk, stirring
constantly. Cook until smooth; then
pour on two well-beaten egp mixed
with a cupful of cream; pour Into a
pastry lined tin and sprinkle with
cinnamon. Bake until firm In the cen
ter. Remove at once from the oven
and serve cold.
Steamed Cherry Pudding.
Drain canned cherries from the
sirup. Make a batter of one cupful of
flour, one teaspoonful of baking pow
der. one-fourth teaspoonful of salt and
milk to mix Into a drop batter. But
ter pudding cups and add a table
spoonful of the mixture, then a table
spoonful of the cherries?a bit of Juice
with them will not matter. Cover
with another spoonful of batter, leav
ing plenty of room In the cup for ris
ing. Set the cups Into hot water,
cover closely and boll fifteen minutes.
Cse the Juice lightly thickened for the
sauce, adding a little butter.
Orange Rounds.
Cut rounds from rich pastry and
bake. But together with orange fill ;
Ing prepared as follows; Melt four i
tablespoonfnls of butter In a saucepan,
add five tablespoonfuls of sugar, the
Juice of one orange and half of the
grated rind. Beat to tbe yolks of
three eggs, stirring constantly, add
two tablespoonfnls of finely chopped
or grated candled orange peel and
two tablespoonfuls of chopped candled
pineapple, stir and cook nntll the fill
ing Is thick enough to spread. Use
as filling for two ronnds of the pastry.
? WMtern Nnrgpipsr Union.
CASHMERE COAT
This fashion suggestion solves the
one-eoat problem In designing a
bronze-green cashmere coat that Is
very formal when worn with a Baume
Marten scarf.
Question box
* ED WYNN, The Perfect Fool |
Dear Mr. Wynn: i
Can you tell me what Is meaat by a i
crazy bone? I
Truly yours. ^
U. MKR. !
Answer: A crazy bone is a dollar
spent foolishly.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
This morning I tried to see how long '
I could stand on my head. After three
minutes I had to give up because the 1
blood rushed to my head. When I
stand on my feet hov is It the blood I
doesn't rush there? i
Yours truly,
CON. TORTIONISTT.
Answer: Your feet are not empty. '
Dear Mr. Wynn:
Would you be kind enough to set
tle an argument between my wife and
me? I say a person with great talent
ind a genius are one and the same
thing, while my wife says there Is a
i-ast difference between the two. Who
s right, and why?
Yours truly,
WRIGHT INGPAD.
Answer: Your wife Is right The dif
ference between talent and genius la
that talent gets paid erery Saturday.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
Every time I take a railroad trip I
have an argument with the train con
ductor about sticking my head ont of
the window. I am an American citi
re n and I always pay for my tickets,
and I object to this kind of treatment
I have a right to put my head out
the train window, haven't I?
Sincerely,
ANN. R. KIST.
Answer: Of course you have a per
fect right to put your head out of the
train window. The only reason the
conductors say anything to you about
It Is that they want you to realize that
In case the train passes over a bridge
and your head Is sticking out and your
head damages any of the Iron-work on
the bridge you'll have to pay for It
Dear Mr. Wynn:
Since automobiles have become so
plentiful I notice so few horses. Don't
people go "sleighing" any more?
Yours truly,
CY DERPRESS.
Answer: I should say they do. There
Is more "slaying" done with automo
bile. than was ever doDe with horses.
e Aieoctltid Siwitim??WNU B>| ?leg
Equine Giants Win Championship
THERE are giants. atill?these days?In the horse world?great one-ton giants
that still bear burdens for us. just as man's oldest, most nsefal friend has
always done. And a new world's hearywelgbt championship record was made
In the work horse world, at Hillsdale County fair, Michigan, recently when two
giants. Rock and Tom, trained by Russell Sando of Plgua. Ohio, defeated the
giant champions of the East and hauled a load of 25tt tons for 20 consecutive
starts A "dynamometer," operated by Michigan State college, was used to
measure the pulls scentlflcalfy. Expert horsemen and engineers were all amaxed
at this record. Rock and Tom are here shown doing their stswt.
LOVE'S BEAMS
By ANNE CAMPBELL
.
LIKE a flame burning
Steady and bright.
True love and yearning
Shine through my night
My ship would flounder,
Lost in life's sea;
Storms would break 'round her
Helen tlessly,
If the bright beacon
Love's lighthouse throws
Should ever weaken.
Should lose its rose.
Searchlight enduring,
Steadfastly fling
Love beams, insuring
Safe journeying!
Copyright.?WNU Serrlco.
GIPLIGAGJ*
Jl ,S^^. >7 ??X
"Nowadays," says ironic Irene, "the
'ounger generation never seem to out
irow anything but their clothes."
(B. Bell Syndicate.?WNU Service.