The Alamance gleaner
GRAHAM, N, C* THURSDAY JANUARY 31, 1935. NO. 52.
News Review of Current .
-Events the World Over
President's Four Billion Dollar Relief Program Jammed
Through House After Bitter Fight ? Hauptmann
Takes Stand in Own Defense.
By EDWARD W. PIQKARD
? by Western Newspaper Union.
Administration forces using
steam roller tactics crushed all
opposition to Jam the President's j
$4,800,000,000 relief program throueh ,
the house. Efforts to
flfcht the grant of such
unprecedented author
ity to the President
were unavailing as the
White House cracked
the whip over revolt
ing representatives. Fi
nal vote on the meas
ure was 328 to 78.
The vote climaxed a
furious eight-hour de
bat- on the measure.
Members attempted to
attach amendments
President
* Roosevelt
wmch would protect private Industry
from government projects which might
be launched under the relief plan.
When this failed they endeavored to
allocate the money for specific pur
poses.
, When the debate tad reached Its
belght, the President sent a message
to the house declaring It would be
Impossible to segregate items for which
the money would be expended, but that
the huge outlay of sums would be de
voted to public projects and that after
the immediate crisis of unemployment
bad passed It was his hope that the
country could set aside $500,000,000 a
year for the "national plan."
The White House message was the
signal for the Democratic majority to
push the message across with little
change from Us original form. Od the
final vote 28 Republicans voted for
the bllL Seven Progressives and three
Farmer-La borltes also registered af
firmative votes. Ten Democrats, five
frem Georgia, three from Virginia, and
two from Indiana, voted with the oppo
sition.
Because of the gag rule adopted by
the house, only amendments offered
by the appropriations committee could
be consFdered In vital sections of the
measure. Such minor amendments as
were decided upon went through with
out serious opposition.
One of the amendments striking out
a list of projects that might be includ
ed In spending the $4,000,000,000 and
left the vast sum to be used for "fed
eral or nonfederal projects" actually
broadened the powers of the President.
The $800,000,000 will be used at the
President's discretion for relief pur
poses while the program Is being put
Into effect.
Another amendment struck out a
subsection which gave the President
authority to postpone the end of any
existing government agency. This was
a move to satisfy certain Democrats
who were opposed to Secretary Iclies,
and his PW'A program which expires
In June. Another clause granting au
thority to the President to acquire
personal property by the power of
eminent domain was also"remov?d, as
was the section granting the Chief
Executive the power to impose two
years' imprisonment on any violator.
The only other amendment which suc
ceeded in passage was one which pro
Tided that an accounting be made for
all moneys spent.
Minority Leader Snell attacked the
bill declaring that the money involved
amounted to one-eighth of the nation
al Income, and that the house was en
titled to know what the , money was
for. Later In conceding the minority's
defeat he said that if the opposition
was free to speak its mind, the bill
would be defeated two to one, hut that
tinder the executive lash, there was
no chance of defeating It
^EW DEALEKS sighed with relief
^ ' as the Supreme court recessed
until February 4 without handing down
its decision in the gold cases, thus
Siring the administration more time
In which to prepare legislation de
signed to handle the situation in the
event the court renders an adverse
decision.
At the aiune time the court promised
to decide a case presenting a clear-cut
test of the constitutionality of the na
tional recovery act, and which will
probably have considerable effect upon
the ultimate fate of the already be
draggled Blue Eagle.
Legislation which wonid permit
th? small Inrestor to buy govern
meet securities and which provides for
radical changes In government finan
cing has been Introduced In the house
by Chairman Doughton of. the bouse
va^a and means committee.
The bill, prepared by the Treasury
department, places the administration
aqoarely against Inflation. It provides
authority to raise money necessary for
the public works, social security and
similar measures, meet federal deficits,
and might even be used to provide
funds for payment of the soldiers'
bonus.
Under provisions of the measure
there would be ten-year bonds In
amounts as small as $23, and as ex
plained by the Treasury department,
would be sold below par. There would
be no Interest, but each six months
tho bonds would appreciate In value
at the rate of per cent, plus con
pounded earnings.
Huge sums are Involved: first, the
creation of a revolving bond authoriza
tion fund of $2,500,000,000; and sec
ond, the consolidation of the two pres
ent revolving funds of $10,000,000,000
each Into a Joint $20,000,000,000 fond
for bills, certificates and notes.
A
NEW lease of life for the Recon
struction Finance corporation was
seen as a result of a favorable rote by
the senate banking committee, after
hearing Jesse Jones RFC chairman,
and Commissioner Charles D. Mahaffle
of the Interstate commerce commis
sion.
The proposed bill permits the RFC
to buy railroad obligations In reorgani
zation proceedings with the approval
of the ICC; to buy stock in mortgage
loan companies and similar financial
Institutions; to purchase the assets
of closed banks under certain con
ditions-; to increase authorized in
vestments in preferred stock and cap
ital notes of Insurance companies, and
to continue the Commodity Credit
corporation and the Export-Import
bank.
WHITE-FACED, under the glare of
the courtroom lights, but appar
ently cool, Bruno Richard Hauptmann
took the stand to begin his fight for.
life. The little Flem
Ington (N. J.) court
house was packed as
the man accused of the
nurder of the first
born son of Charles A.
Lindbergh began his
testimony which he ap
pears confident will
sav him from the elec
tric chair.
Calmly he told of
his early life, of his
war service, and ad
mitted that he had
Bruno
Hauptmann
once been convicted In Germajy. ills
thick, guttural voice resounded through
the room as he recounted how he had
made three attempts to enter this coun
try before he was successful.
Under the smooth questioning of
Chief Defense Counsel Reilly he re
lated the details of his life up until the
time of the Lindbergh baby kidnaping,
and then proposed the alibi upon which
he is apparently relying for acquittal.
Hauptmann declared that on the
Dlgbt of April 2, 1932, when $00,000
was paid to a man In St Raymond's
cemetery. New York, he, his wife and
a man named Kloppenberg had been at
home until about ileven o'clock and
that he did not leave his home at all
that evening. He also denied that he
had been absent from work on the day
the kidnaping took place.
Two witnesses Introduced by the
defense to establish Hauptmann's ali
bi were not entirely satisfactory. Chris
tian Frederlckson, Bronx baker, said
Hauptmann's wife had been employed
In bis store as a waitress and counter
girl and that the accused had called
for her on the nlgbt of March 1. Upon
cross-examination, however, he stated
that he was not sure, but that It must
have been so because it was Haupt
mann's custom to call for his wife
whenever she worked late.
Mrs. Frederlckson also stated that
Mrs. Hauptmann worked late op the
nlgbt of March 1, but was unable to
say whether Hauptmann bad been at
the bakery. She stated, however, that
she had seen Isador Flsch, furrier
friend of Hauptmann wbo died in Ger
many, on the eve of bl? sailing for
Germany In November, 1032. She said
Flscb displayed a large sum of money,
but she was unable to say whether it
was in greenbacks or gold certificates.
Throughout Hauptmann's testimony
Colonel Lindbergh continued to stare
at blm. During the court session, Lind
bergh reiterated his belief that Haupt
mann's voice was the saire as that
of the mysterious "John* who had
hoaxed him oat of the raosorn money
nearly three rears ago.
WAR flamed again In Manchukoo
ai Japanese troops struck ?ud
denly at three points in Chahar prov
ince In northern China. Three fortified
cities were shelled, and there were in
dlcatlons that the drive bad only be
gun.
The Japanese attack came as a sur
prise since it was reported that nego
tiations for a peaceful settlement of
the dispute over Chahar -province had
been nearlng a successful conclusion.
Japan had asserted that Chinese troops
lp Chahar had Invaded JeboL
Military authorities declined to an
nounce the real objective of the drive.
The district which the Japanese troops
occupied Is about 150 miles long by 50
miles wide, and Is said to contain val
uable gold mines.
Japan's action Is seen by Chinese
leaders as a determined gesture to In
timidate Uongollan princes of Inner
Mongolia and to cut the overland route
connecting Peiplng wltb Crga, capital
of Soviet controlled Outer Mongolia.
The situation is viewed wltb consid
erable apprehension by Soviet Russia.
The driia .will bring Japanese military
operations Into direct contact wltb the
borders of Outer Mongolia, and prac
tically all high officials of the terri
tory who have been attending the
Soviet anniversary celebrations In Mos
cow have hurried back to their pro
vinces.
JAPAN'S foreign minister, Kokl Hi
rota, warned Soviet Russia that sbe
should atop fortifying the Siberian
frontier north of Manchukuo If friend
ly relations are o be continued be
tween the two countries. His remarks,
made In an address before the Impe
rial diet, had special significance In
view of reports that Japanese troops
are Invading Chahar province to pre
vent Sovletizatlon cf that region,
Russian fortifications In the Far
East, particularly of the strategic cross
ings of the Amur river, are becoming
Increasingly Irksome 1o the Japanese
army In Manchukuo. Other projects to
which Japan Is objecting are double
tracking of the Trans-Siberian railway
to Vladlvostock and remodeling of the
strong fortifications of that Pacific
port.
RECOMMENDATIONS that Amer
lea's air defense facilities be great
ly Increased will be made by President
Roosevelt in a special message soon to
be sent to congress, It has been Indi
cated by those close to the adminis
tration. Construction of a series of air
bases for the United States, the addi
tion of 4.000 planes to the service, and
building a huge dirigible will be among
the projects which the President ap
proves.
The proposed construction Is In ac
cord with a report Just made by the
special aviation commission. It Is the
purpose of the commission to lease the
dirigible to a commercial firm as a sis
ter ship to the Oraf Zeppelin which will
start regular transatlantic service with
in a few weeks.
The series of bases along the Pacific
and Atlantic coasts will make America
Impregnable to air attack, the commis
sion believes, while the addition of
4,000 planes to the army and navy serv
ice will bring It up to far more than
the existing fighting strength.
The commission has also recommend
ed creation of a tpecial five-man avi
ation commisbion to regulate civil aero
nautics.
THE death toll continued to moant
as reports seeped In from north
west Mississippi and southwest Ten
nessee where the turbulent Coldwater
river was a racing torrent, threaten
ing the lives and property of thousands
In Its march to the Tallahatchie basin.
Freezing weather added to the suf
fering of thousands driven from their
homes. Workers tolled to rescue ai
many as possible of those who had
been marooned on roof tops and In
trees. A number of communities have
been evacuated because It Is feared
tbe waters will continue to spread.
Appeals for additional help in caring
for the homeless have been made by
public officials, and Ited Cross aid has
been rushed to the stricken areas.
POSSIBILITY of a move by the Ital
ian government to make a protec
torate out of Ethiopia was seen by
European statesmen. Exploitation of
the announcement of
the slaying of a
French Soma I Hand ad
ministrator and 00
French Somallland ad
ployees and Somalia
was said to Indicate
that a movement was
on for Italy to take
over the rnountalnona
African kingdom to re
store order. The con
sent of France and
(ireat Britain to the
plan has been obtained.
Premier
Mussolini
It wag reported.
A number of recent developments
point toward some action by tbe Ital
ian KorernmeDt. Premier Mossollnl
recently took orer tbe omce of min
ister of colonies ; Gen. Emlllo de Bono,
former minister of colonies, was
named high commissioner of Italian
East Africa; military roads hare been
constructed through Italian Somallland
to the Ethiopian frontier; and the
Italians hare recently taken orer a
bister share In tbe operation of the
Djibouti and Addis Abbabs railway.
Yellow Tiber Overflows Its Banks
RECORD-BREAKING rains In the mountains of central Italy recently caused the yellow Tiber to overflow Its banks,
the river reaching Its highest point In many years. This view was taken at Rome during the flood, which caused
much distress.
!
Bedtime Story for Children '
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
HORNS THAT ARE REALLY
NOT HORNS
??TF TOD are so fond of the cold, I
i don't see what you leave the Far
North at all for," laid Peter Rabbit to
Eaowflake the Snow Bunting.
"Because, Peter," replied Snowflake,
twittering merrily, "like everybody
else I have to eat In order to live.
When you see me down here yon may
know that the snow up North 1? v>
deep that It baa covered all the seeds.
I hope I will not have to go any farther
sooth than this, but If some mernlng
It Wm Wandertr the Horned Lark.
roa wake up and find the snow so deep
that all the weeds are burled, don't ex
pect to find me."
"That's what I'd call good, sound
common sense," said another voice, and
a bird very near Snowfiake's size, and
who at first glance seemed to be
dressed almost wholly In soft choco
late brown, alighted on the snow and
began to run around In search of seeds.
It was Wanderer the Horned Lark.
Peter had known him ever since his
first winter, yet did not feel really ac
qualnted, for Wanderer seldom stayed
long enough for a real acquaintance.
Now, as Wanderer reached up to
pick seeds from a weed top, Peter bad
a good look at him. The first thing
he noticed was what looked like two
little horns above and behind the eyes.
It Is from these that Wanderer gets
the name of Horned Lark. Of course,
they are not really horns at all, but
little tufts of black feathers. His fore
head, a line over each eye, and his
throat were yellow. There was a black
mark from each corner of bis bill curv
ing downward and almost Joining a
black crescent shaped band across the
breast Beneath this be was solid
white with dusty spots showing here
and there. His back was brown In
places, having almost a pinkish tinge.
His tall was black, showing a little
white along the edges when he flew.
Altogether he was a handsome little
fellow.
"Do all your family hare those fun
ny Httle horns?" asked Peter.
"No," replied Wanderer promptly,
"Mrs. Lark does not hare them."
"I think they are very becoming,"
said I'eter, politely.
"Thank you," replied Wanderer, "X
am inclined to agree with you."
Just then Peter discovered some
thing that he hadn't noticed before.
"My goodness," he exclaimed, "what
a long claw you have on each hind
toe!"
It was true. Each hind claw was
about twice as long as any other claw.
Peter couldn't see any special use for
theae, and was Just about to ask more
about them when Wanderer suddenly
spied a flock of hla relatives some dis
tance away and flew over to Join them.
Probably this saved him some embar
rassment, for it was doubtful If he
himself knew why Old Mother Nature
bad given him those long hind clawa.
C. T. W. Burr?M. ? WNU S?rvlc?.
Through JEAN NEWTON
A WOMAN'S EYES
MORE EMPHASIS ON FACE
DECAUSE he shared responsibility
^ for the emperor's party talcing a
wrong turn In their trip through a city
which received a royal visit, a police
Inspector In Japan attempted to com
mit suicide.
Death waa preferable to the dis
grace that would descend upon the un
fortunate blunderer and his family and
all his relatives. For by bis mistake
this man had "lost face." And In
Japan to lose face Is a far worse thing
than to lose material possessions.
Question box
k, EDWYNN, The Perfect Fool
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I am ? girl nineteen years of age.
There la a young man who seems to
be madly In love with me, but I am
not sure I lore him ; he has proposed
to me. He swears that If I marry him
he will treat me like an "angeL" What
shall I do?
Yours truly,
I. M. KICK IDE.
Answer: Always beware of the man
who calls you an "angel," or the man
who says he will treat y< - like an
"angel." Go to any art gallery and
look at a painting of an "angeL" You
will Immediately see all the clothes be
Intends buying you.
Dear Mr. Wynn :
I live In an apartment house and
there Is a rumor about a married cou
ple, In the same building. The rumor Is
that the husband beats bis wife up ev
ery morning. Do you believe this?
Yours truly,
L WONDER.
Answer : I know the people yon refer
to and It Is a fact that the husband
beats his wife up every morning. He
gets up at 0:00 a. m. and she doesn't
get up till 7 :00.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I am a acientlst. At present I am ex
perimenting with "flies." I am trying
to solve the big problem of tbe cen
tury; that 1?: "Should Flle? Marry?"
This is my sixth year on the subject
and my greatest difficulty Is to keep
the flies over the winter months. Last
winter I put a fly In a cuckoo clock to
i?st, but It woke the fly up every hour
and the poor thing died from the lack
of sleep.
Can you tell me the best place to
keep a fly so It can rest peacefully?
Yours truly,
WILL U. HELPMEE.
Answer: Nothing in the world, ex
cepting the discovery of the North pole,
will be of greater benefit to humanity
than the solution of the problem,
"Should File* Marry?" I find that the
importance of flies Is a subject to think
about Some folks like flies, others
don't 1 know one man who owns a
candy store and be likes flies so much
that he has Just engaged a blacksmith
for his store. This blacksmith is sup
posed to "shoo the flies." On the other
hand, I hear, every day, of a man
named Babe Ituth who doesn't like
fllea. At least, it appears so, as be keeps
hitting flies over the fence. Now I
would like very much to help you, so
after years of research work 1 find the
best plsce to keep a fly, if you do not
want It disturbed at all, Is in a Scotch
man's pocket book.
e th? Sintmtt
wnu awnc. *
In China, too. It U a not uncommon oc
currence (or people to take their own
lives for reasoni of far less Importance
than causing the car of the emperor to
take a wrong turn. However, they are
mistakes which cause the person to lose
face ? that Is the Important thing. To
lose face Is to lose dignity and the
respect of others. And what then, say
these sons of an ancient culture. Is
there left?
"A good bank account," would be the
rejoinder of some American politicians
? "and everything that will buy, wblcb
Includes about all one wants.1*
It seems to me that the onus there
Is not alone on the man or woman
who exemplifies that philosophy ? as
for Instance a well known New York
The House Awakes!
By ANNE CAMPBELL;
THE house awake* with Dickie,
.whose bare feet
Come pattering across the sunny hall.
And then the other children'* voices
(all
Across the qnlet rooms; and on ear
street
A dozen houses, filled with children,
rise
And dust the sleep out of their drowsy
eyes.
When off to school the happy children
Death,
And does not wake till the returning
breath
Of > make Its staring windows
And down our street a dozen houses
shout.
And wake to happiness when school
Is ontl
CoDTrljrht. ? WOT S?rrlc?
go.
The house sinks In n sleep as deep ss
I PAPA KNCWS-I
"Pop, what It tho horizon?"
"Oroonor Hold."
?. Ball Cradlwu.? WXU Serrtca.
mayor who with honor tod reputation
besmirched still haa a very good UaM
on the surviving bank account ? that
the onaa la on the viewpoint of tfc*
vast number* of people who make
possible that good time. For no on*
can enjoy life who la ostracized by
hit fellows. And In China and Japaa
a man or woman who had lost reputa
tion, honor, dignity, would be ostra
cized, regardless of how mnch of the
world's goods remained with them.
The western slogan that "money la
power." and the penchant for winking
an eye where an offender haa that
power, la Important not only In rack
matters aa discredited officials and the
absconding rich. It la significant an
the way down the line to the dally
actions of average people. There la
that emphasis on getting what one
wants, without too mnch thought oa
how one geta it In social as well
as business matters, women are guilty
of little tricks to attain their ends,
so tbey undoubtedly "lose face," but
they seem Indifferent to this aa long
aa their end la attained.
I am not promoting the Idea of sui
cide for lost dignity. But I believe
our standards of life would be very
much Improved by placing more value
on what In the East 1* called "face"
and lesa on getting the things we
want
B?ll Byndlcat*. ? WNTT Rerrle#
Woman Becomes an Air Mail Pilot
MISS HELEN IUTCHEI Is the first woman to win the right to pin locle
Sam's air mall vines on her left coat pocket, and has begun work aa
co-pilot of a mall and passenger plane. She la seen here receiving the con
gratulations of William W. Howes, second assistant postmaster general.