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The Alamance gleaner
VOL LXI ' ' B
GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY DECEMBER 5, 1935. NO. 44.
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Chino-Japanese War May Come From Autonomy Move
ment?Oil Embargo Against Italy Postponed?
President Busy With the Budget.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
? Western Newspaper Union.
DOWNRIGHT war between the
Chinese armies of Dictator Chiang
Kai-shek and the Japanese appeared
almost certain when the autonomy
movement In north
China was revived In
eastern Hopel and
Chahar provinces by
Tin Ju-keng, the ad
ministrative commis
sioner and friend of
Japan. Leaders of
the rest of the region
were undecided on
their course, but Jap
anese troops began to
pour In by the train
load. Three thousand
of them with full war
Gen. Chiang
Kai-shek
equipment arrived In Tientsin, and the
garrison at Peiplng was more than
doubled. The Fengtal railway junc
tion a few miles from Peiping was
seized, Colonel Takasashi, military at
tache, asserting this was necessary be
cause the rolling stock was being
moved south, threatening the isolation
of the Japanese forces.
In Nanking officials said the Na
tional government was determined to
meet with force any attempt to force
autonomy on the territory south of
Hopel and Chahar provinces, and the
executive Yuan proclaimed five sweep
ing reforms designed to stop the spread
of tlTe movement. Chiang was hurry
ing large bodies of troops to the north
ward. He also sought to hold the sup
port of the Shantung war lord, Han
Fu-chu, by entrusting him with the
defense of the northern Honan and
Shantung frontiers and promising him
money and supplies, If needed, to stem
Invasion. Han Fu-chu of late has been
wooed assiduously by the Japanese.
Wang Ching-wei, premier and, for
eign minister of the Nationalllf gov
ernment, resigned as president of the
cabinet. He has not fully recovered
from the recent attempt to assassinate
him.
BRAZIL was experiencing another
revolt, in the northern part of the
country. Latest advices said the rebels
had control of the city of Natal and
that a hot fight was on for possession
of Pernambnco. The uprising was
laid to the Communists and was be
lieved to be led by Luis Carlos Prestes,
Communist leader for all of South
America. It was said he planned to
spread the movement all over Brazil,
Argentina, Paraguay and Chile.
Under command of Gen. Manuel
Rabelo, the federal troops, army and
navy airplanes and two cruisers were
hurriedly sent northward to combat
the rebellion.
Several days later a revolt broke out
in Rio de Janeiro, the capital, despite
extraordinary precautions. The prin
cipal partlcrjfafits there were the avia
tion forces They seized the aviation
field but government troops recaptured
it and It was announced this outbreak
had been suppressed.
Finally the Brazilian government an
nounced that the revolt in the North
also had been crushed and that 13$
persons had been killed in the four
days of fighting.
'"PHERE was terror throughout Ger
*? many when Hitler started what ap
parently was to be another "purge."
Hundreds of persons were arrested and
taken to prison or concentration camps,
those taken including some minor offi
cials of the Nazi party in Berlin. Many
others were known as Socialists The
Association of Nationalistic Jews, com
posed of war veterans, was suppressed
and its leader jailed.
MOTEMBER 29 had been set as the
date for a meeting of the League
of Nations sanctions committee to con
sider the lmpositon of an oil embargo
against Italy, but Pre
Bier Laval and Brit
ish Ambassador George
I'ussell Clerk, after a
conference In Paris,
recommended that the
session be Indefinitely
I stponed, and this ac
tion was taken. The
statesmen feared early
oil sanctions would se
riously aggravate the
Political situation, and
Laval thought If he
Premier Laval
were given more time he might Dring
"hoot the conciliation of the Italo-Ethi
fpian quarrel.
There were good reasons for the no
isiness of the French and British gov
inments. Benito Mussolini bad blunt
told the world that the Imposition
an oil embargo would mean war In
Europe, the warning being given
through his ambassador to France,
Vittorio Cerrutl. Furthermore, there
was doubt In London and Paris con
cerning the abilty of the Onlted States
government to prevent the shipment of
oil to Italian ports. In Washington It
was reported that Ambassador Au
gusto Rosso had discussed the matter
with Secretary of State Hull, suggest
ing that attempts to choke off exports,
of oil, copper, cotton and other com
mercial articles did not constitute
"orthodox" neutrality.
Emperor Halle Selassie made two
airplane flights to the fighting fronts
In Ethiopia and cheered up his forces
so that their resistance to the invasion
was measurably stiffened, especially
in the South. The government at Ad
dis Ababa announced that Its armies
had driven the Italian troops back
from Gorahal, recapturing the town of
Gerlogubi by encircling movements. In
the northern sector, according to the
official communique, a thousand Ital
ians occupying klakale retreated 60
miles to Adigrat Losses on both sides
were Increasing.
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
ICKES has revived the controversy
between the New Dealers and the big
steel corporations concerning steel
prices. Mr. Ickes said
there was "prima facie
evidence of collusion"
in identical bids on a
Florida public works
project. The PWA ad
ministrator said the
four companies bid
ding $1S5,000 each on
3,300 tons of steel for
a Miami dock?Inland,
Carnegie, Jones &
Laughlin, and Kalman
(a Bethlehem subsidi
Sec'y Ickcs
ary)?were tlie same that submitted
identical bids on an ocean terminal at
Morehead City, X. C., and the Tribor
ougli bridge in Ne .v York city.
There was no foreign bidder on the
Miami project and Mr. Ickes said the
contract would be awarded to the con
cern "that is farthest away and has to
pay the highest freight bill?the object
is to spread prosperity arounji*j
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT was
mighty busy at Warm Springs study
ing the departmental estimates for the
budget of 193C-37. Representative
James P. Buchanan of Texas, chair
man of the house appropriations com
mittee, took part in the first confer
ences and told the correspondents that
he would carry a budget of not more
than $500,000,000 in excess of estimat
ed revenues through the house by "a
devil of a fight." Then Mr. Buchanan,
who didn't appear to have White
House support for this stand, left sud
denly for Washington, refusing to ex
plain his departure; and the confer
ences continued with Secretary of the
Treasury Morgenthau, Acting Budget
Director Bell and Mark Shields, clerk
of the appropriations committee.
The President told the press they
were making distinct progress in ar
ranging the federal finances, having
already cut the departmental estimates
by $400,000,000. He contradicted re
ports that he was contemplating di
vision of the Ickes PWA and the Hop
kins WPA to ease the friction between
the two New Deal officials.
ELEVEN American diplomats and
naval officers, selected by Secre
tary of State Hull, have sailed to rep
resent this country In the coming naval
conference in London.
At their head Is Nor
man H. Davis, the
President's ambassa
dor-at-large for En
rope. who participated
in the preliminary con
versations last year.
Acting with him will
be Undersecretary of
State William Phillips
and Admiral William
H. Standley. chief of
naval operations. Ad
N. H. Davie
risers to the delegation win oe ua;
Atherton, counselor of the American em
bassy In London, and E. H. Dooman of
the State department.
Noel H. Field of the division of vest
em European affairs, who attended the
last naval conversations, and Samoel
Keber, secretary of the American lega
tion In Bern, Switzerland, will act as
technical assistants.
The navy's four technical experts
will be Capt Knyal E. Ingersol, Com
mander Iloscoe E. Scbulrmann, Lieut.
Arthur D. Ayrault, and Lieut J. B.
Fulton.
SOME Interesting views on enrrtnt
problems:
Raymond Moley, former member of
the "brain trust," told the Association
of Buying Officers In New York: "I
hare said many times that the wholo
problem of government relief and work
relief Is a necessary temporary ex- j
pedient; but It Is also a shaky and
dangerous one. Every one Is willing
to recognize that work relief In Itself
Is no curative. It Is narcotic In Its
effect"
Harry W. Nice, Republican governor
of Maryland, declared In Chicago that
America's constitution Is no more In ;
need of change than are the Ten Com- :
mandments. The Issue In the coming
election, he held. Is that of free Insti
tutions versus dictatorship.
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, former NRA
administrator, told Milwaukee Rotarl- |
ans that the administration Is proceed- !
lng to the "left," that 97 per cent of i
the business men of the United States
are against It because of the New
Dealers' attitude toward the profit sys
tem. As prime exponents of the gov
ernment's present philosophy, Johnson
cited Rexford Tugwell, Aubrey Wil
liams, and Harry Hopkins. "The Idea
of dividing the nation's wealth, as pro
posed by these gentlemen, Is not the
way out," he said. "Rather, the thing
to be done Is to create wealth, with
more persons working and each ere- I
atlng new wealth."
PAN-AMERICAN Airways opened a
new chapter In the story of avi
ation when Its huge China Clipper
carried the first consignment of air
mall from Alameda,
Calif., to Manila, with
stops at Honolaln,
Midway Islands, Wake
Island, and G n a m.
Capt Edwin C. Ma
sick, veteran chief pi
lot of the company,
was In command of
the craft and was aid
ed by a crew of six
men. Fourteen passen
gers started on the
flight and twelve were
droDned off to relieve
Capt. Edwin
C. Musick
the staffs at Midway and Wake. The
1,700 miles between Guam and Manila
had not been flown heretofore.
After one or two more flights to
Manila the clipper will continue to
China and operate on through sched
ules thereafter.
The Philippine Clipper, second of
Pan-American Airways' trans-Paclflc I
air fleet, arrived at Alameda from the )
Atlantic coast and her crew began
preparations for a flight to Manila be
ginning December 6.
Bruno richard hacptmann'S
attorneys assert that some of the
Lindbergh ransom money has been
found in Massachusetts and Aat their
investigators also have discovered
some pieces of evidence that are of
great importance to the defense. The
doomed man himself issued a state
ment calling on Dr. John F. Condon
("Jafsie") to "make a full confession"
of what he knows concerning the kid
naping and murder of Colonel Lind
bergh's little son.
GOVERNORS of the federal re
serve banks. In the bulletin of the
reserve board, have sounded a most
cheerful note concerning business con
ditions. Summing up facts gathered
all over the country, they concluded
that the United States was undergoing
the most substantial economic recov
ery since the depression began, with
every sign pointing to Its continuance.
Easiness activity has been sustained
for ten months near the high level It
reached the first of the year, the bul
letin said, "in contrast to the course
of business In the three preceding
years when advances were not sus
tained but were quickly followed by
declines."
ITOR a long time it has been appar
* ent that there would be a split In
the American Federation of Labor over
the Issue of Industrial nnlonlsm versus
craft unionism. That
split now has occurred,
and In the ranks of or
ganized labor there is
coming a great battle
between the two ele
ments. The matter was
precipitated by the res
Ignatlon of John L.
Lewis, head of the
United Mine Workers
of America, as rice
president of the fed
eration. He la the
chief protagonist for
John L.
Lowlt
unit unionisation or man proaocuon or
Industries. and his opponents, the craft
onion advocates, are led by William
Green, president of the organization.
The latter hare had a majority In the
late conventions of the federation, bnt
Lewis has a lot of followsn and Is
a determined lighter. He has set op
separate headquarters In Washington
and seven International anion leaders
joined him Immediately. It was re
ported that the "rebels'* had a war
fund of S1U.OOO.UOO. Fonr-flfths of this
came from a special assessment of gi
each on the 4,000.000 United Mine
Workers this fa!L
President Green sent a stern rebuke
to Lewis and those assoclsted with
him.
Chicago School Children Must Salute Flag
" l
THE board of education of Chicago
adopted a resolution that the pupils
In all the city's schools must salute the
American flag each day. This scene Is In
the Ogden school, where the children are
of many nationalities.
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Bedtime Story for Children
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
THE HUNTER LOSES HIS TEMPER
' | 'HE hunter, hidden near the pond
of Paddy the Beaver, chuckled
silently. That Is to say, he laughed
without making any sound. He had
watched Mr. and Mrs. Quack feeding
along the edge of the pond down
towards Paddy's dam, behind the end
of which Keddy Fox had been hidden.
Reddy had been waiting for those
Ducks Just as the hunter himself was
waiting for Llghtfoot the Deer. Then
along came Sammy Jay and spied Bed
Mr. and Mr*. Quack Called Their
Thank* to Sammy.
dy Fox. At once he had begun to
scream at the top of his lungs, "Thief!
Thief! Thief 1" Mr. and Mrs. Quack
had understood him perfectly. They
Rvnin ftnf tn tho mirlslla rtf tha nnml
while Reddy Foi, knowing that It was
useless to stay longer with Sammy
-J3y abdut, had snarled angrily and
then taken himself off through the
Green Forest
The hunter thought It a great Joke
on Reddy. To tell the truth, he was
very much pleased. He wanted those
Ducks himself. He suspected that they
wouid stay In that little pond for some
days, and he planned to return there
and shoot them after he had got Light
foot the Deer. He wanted to get
Llghtfoot first, and he knew that to
shoot at anything else might spoil his
chance of getting a shot at Llghtfoot.
"Sammy Jay did me a good turn,"
thought the hunter, "although he
doesn't know it. Reddy Fox certainly
would hare caught one of those Ducks
had Sammy not come along Just when
he did. It would have been a shame
to have one of them caught by that
fox. I mean to get one and, I hope,
both of them myself."
Now when you come to think of It, It
would have been a far greater shame
for the hunter to have killed Mr. and
Mrs. Quack than for Reddy Fox to
have done so. Reddy was hunting
them because he was hungry. The
hunter would have shot them for sport
He didn't need them. He had plenty
of other food. Reddy Fox never kills
Just for the pleasure of killing.
So the hunter continued to git In his
hiding place with very friendly feel
ings for Sammy Jay. Sammy watched
Reddy Fox disappear and then flew
over to that side of the pond where
the hunter was. Mr. and Mrs. Quack
called their thanks to Sammy, to
which he replied that he had done no
more for them than he would do for
anybody, or than they would have
done for him.
For some time Sammy sat quietly In
the top of the tree, but all the time
hig sharp eyes were very busy. By
and by, he spied the hunter sitting on
the log. At first he couldn't make out
Just what It was he was looking at
It didn't move, nevertheless Sammy
was suspicious. Presently, he flew
over to a tree where he could see
better. Itight away he spied the ter
rlble gun and be knew just what it
was.
Once more he began to yell. ''Thief!
Thief! Thief!" at the top of his
lungs. It was then that the hunter
lost his temper. He knew that, now
he had been discovered by Sammy Jay.
It was useless to remain there. He
was angry clear through. He no longer
had a friendly feeling for Sammy Jay.
c T. W. Burr CM.?WNO Service.
GIPLIGAG^ /
V -rr? ? ~ r -r ? i ? ? ?i M
"It's reasonable when you dope out
the reason why lightning never strikes
twice in the same place," says brainy
Bertha, "the same place just isn't
there any more after the lightning
visits it once."
1 C Bell Syndicate.?WNU Servlca.
? MOTHER'S ??
COOK BOOK
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ARTISTRY IN COOKERY
THE coolt who really enjoys miring
Ingredients as a painter does his
colors will Cnd no limit to the delight
ful dishes which one may originate or '
enlarge upon with the materials at
hand. One must follow a few funda- i
mental principles In cookery, and after
that let the Imagination soar, for there
Is no end to Inspiration.
After some experience with handling
foods, most toothsome dishes may be
prepared from bits of leftovers. The
cook who wastes nothing, but serves
her food In a dainty, appetizing man
ner, is a real genlns and her talents
are ever In demand.
It Is not always wise to tell all one
knows as to tbe contents of a dish,
for some conscientious objectors will
refuse to try a made-over dish, or re
arranged food.
Now, who will dare to call a steamed
pudding a leftover? Yet one may pre
pare a most tasty one with a few
squares of corn bread, a cupful of
leftover cocoa, a bit of oatmeal, a few
raisins and a couple of egg yolks left
from some Icing or dessert.
Use the things you have at hand?
anyone who knows little about foods
can prepare a good meal If the mar- 1
ket can lie called upon with no regard
to expense.
Do you use the half cupful, more or
less, of leftover lee cream In a cake
or pudding?
Accident Is often the mother of new '
things, as the discovery of one woman
when making a sponge cake that it
was more fetching when the egg yolks
were added unbeaten and stirred in
to make the cake streaked gold and
white In appearance.
Leftover custard may be need the
next day for a pudding sauce.
C Western Newspaper Union.
Renaissance Gown
This lovely renalatanee gown U in
Titian red atlff velvet, with belt of cut
gilded leather. It U from Lncile Pa ray.
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THE FORSAKEN
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
<(T ET me take the grain, Mother.
1?< you alt by the Are;
I will feed tbe chickens, and I wIT
milk the cow.
I want to get so tired. Mother, and yet
I never tire;
And nights I am so sleepy, yet can
not sleep somehow.'*
"I will do the chorea. Daughter; you
go walk awhile:
Trip across the meadows as you used
to do;
Surely there are roses there to make
you smile.
That will bring the roses back again
to you."
"No, not there, not there. Mother!?
here I must abide;
Wilted are the roses, leaving but the
stone.
Fields that you have walked. Mother,
someone at your side,
Sow you cannot walk Mother, walk
again alone."
"Yonder In the town. Daughter, on the
village green.
Men and maids are dancing, men and
maids are gay;
Hurry to the village?you are yet the
queen;
Take your share of pleasure, pleas
ure while you may."
"No, I cannot go, Mother, there I can
not go.
For they all remember when we both
were there.
They would give me pity, pity me, I
know?
That's the hardest burden sorrow
has to bear."
"Listen, foolish daughter; him you
must forget?
Better lost tbe lover that a maid
can lose:
Hope Is ali before us, all behind re
gret?
Life Is Joy or sorrow always as we
choose."
"Life Is Joy or sorrow? Mother dear,
my Jcy
After all was sorrow, though I didn't
know.
Now, to give me pleasure, sorrow I
employ?
I can't keep from laughing?It's so
funny?so?"
"Quick! Some wine! The doctor!
Now she sleeps at last
Is she only sleeping! Will she ever
wake?
Has he even killed her? Well, the past
Is past.
He shall be forgiven, for her great
love's sake."
C Douglas Malloch.?WXU 8?ilica.
P?Y011 Know
I i
That geese?so it is claimed
?have flown higher than any
other bird? They have been
seen flying over the Hima
layan mountains, at a height
of 35,000 feet, or approxi
mately six and one-half miles.
c McClor* N>wnpap*r Syndicate.
WXU Service.
II
Only Once in a Million Times
HERE Is a proud Guernsey cow on the Argilla farm at Ipswich, Mass* and
the triplets to which she recently gave birth. They were named Tom,
LMtk and Harry. Authorities say that triplets are born to cows only once Ia
k million births.