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LXH. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY FEBRUARY 6, 1936. NO. L
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
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Southerners Launch Talmadge's Presidential Boom ?
Kansas Offers Landon to Republicans ? Bonus
Bill Passed Over Roosevelt's Veto.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
? Western Newspaper Union.
TWO THOUSAND or more "grass
root" Democrats, representing 17
southern , and border states ? though
most of them were Georgians? assem
bled In Macon, Ga?
and with wild yells
launched the boom of
Gov. Eugene Talmadge
for the Democratic
Presidential nomina
tion. They adopted a
motion asking him to
run as a constitutional
Democrat who Is op
posing what they called
the "theorists, crack
pots, brain trusters and
professors" of the
Gov. Talmadge
New Deal. Talmadge, though highly
elated, declined to comment or to make
any announcement at the time.
The platform adopted by the meet
ing called for preservation of the Con
stitution, of state sovereignty and of
the American form of government. It
accused President Roosevelt of aban
doning faith In the Constitution and
the doctrines of Thomas Jefferson and
of "repudiating, abandoning, and side
tracking'' the platform, on which he
was elected in 1932. It said:
"We do not regard the occupant of
the White House as a Democrat.
"He has broken the pledge of our
party and violated the platform of
1932. .
"We here 'today affirm our faith In
that doctrine."
It Is not easy yet to estimate the
possible results of the Talmadge move
ment. The administration leaders re
fuse to take the Georgia governor
seriously or to admit that be can Im
peril their control of any of the south
ern-states; '
The situation in the South Is fur
ther complicated by the sudden death
of Gov. O. K. Allen of Louisiana. He
was the devoted and complaisant ad
herent of Huey Long and bad been
selected to fill out the unexpired term
Of the late senator. Lieutenant Gov
ernor Noe succeeded to the governor
ship, rbut who will now be the leader
of the Long forces was not Immediate
ly determined.
TIT HAT la known as the Bankhead
*v Jones bill for soil conservation,
the administration's substitute for the
AAA, wag given tbe besltant approval
of the senate agricultural committee
by a vote of 15 to 2, although Chair
marxEHison D. Smith of South Carolina
said he "personally had some doubts"
as to Its constitutionality. The meas
ure would enable the secretary of ag
riculture to remove 30,000,000 acres
from cultivation and give bim even
wider powers tharf he had under the
AAA. It was evidently headed for a
bot debate on the senate floor.
Secretary Wallace let It be known
that officials of the Agriculture, Treas
ury and Justice departments were co
opeKftlng in an efTort to collect for the
government the $200,000,000 ordered
returned to processors by tbe Supreme
court, but he gave no details of the
plan. In referring to this conrt order
In a radio talk. Mr. Wallace went far
ther in criticism of the Soprem# court
than has- any other official of the ad
ministration. He declared It was "the
most gigantic legalized steal in his
tory." Representative Allen T. Tread
- way of Massachusetts asserted on the
floor of the bouse that "any official who
will make a statement of that nature
about the Supreme court ought to be
Impeached." Mr. Wallace may not
bave beard tbe last of this.
KANSAS Republican state commit
tee members, the Kansas Day club
and many party leaders from tbe Mis
souri valley region, celebrating Foun
<]er?' day in Topeka,
presented to the coun
try Gov. Alf Landon
of Kansas as their
choice for the Repub
lican Presidential nom
ination. In a speech
to tbe banqueters tbe
governor told what h?
hoped to do for tbe
nation if he were nom
i n a t e d and elected.
Refraining from "sub
stituting epithets for
Gov. Landon
arguments," he offered a program for
ending federal extravagance aud re
storing prosperity.
Replying to the query "What would
you ' llr. Landoo proposed relief
for agriculture through a soil conser
vation program with the honest pur
pose of saving the fertility of Ameri
can "firms.
The governor pledged himself to old
'igepeastons. Be recommended exten
?loo and improvement of civil service,
and the utilization by the federal gov
ernment of specially trained minds as
he has used them Id Kansas ? "to col
lect facts, not to administer theories."
His own best recommendation of
himself he gave In three succinct par
agraphs summarizing his budget bal
ancing achievements.
PAYMENT of the veterans' bonus by
means of baby bonds payable on de
mand was enacted into law by con
gress, and the money for the ex-gol
diers may be available on July 1.
Tbe Harrison compromise bonus bill
that went through the senate and house
easily, was vetoed by President Roose
velt The house Immediately and en
thusiastically repassed the measure.
The senate was a little more deliber
ate, but within three days It, too, had
overridden the disapproval of the Chief
Executive, and the bill was made law.
Tbe vote In the senate was 76 to 19.
In tbe house It had been 324 to 61.
It was a notable fact that all the
senators ? 95 In number, for Huey
Long's successor has not yet taken his
seat ? were present and voting. Notable,
but not strange when one remember*
this Is an election year. Fifty-seven
Democrats, 16 Republicans and 3 Rad
icals ? La Follette of Wisconsin, Ship
stead and Benson of Minnesota? voted
for the bill, while 12 Democrats and
7 Republicans voted against It
Informed of the vote. President
Roosevelt at once ordered government
departments to prepare for payment of
the bonus certificates as qnlckly as
accuracy will permit Secretary of the
Treasnry Jlorgenthau said that the
payment would be the most difficult
mechanical task the treasnry had faced
In Its history.
??TI7E CAN either take on the man
?V tie of hypocrisy, or we can
take a walk; and we'll probably do
the latter."
These words of Al
fred B. Smith In hli
speech at the Ameri
can Liberty league
dinner In Washington
were perhaps the most
Interesting and slgnlll
cant of his utterances
on that occasion, for
he professed to be
speaking for "the dis
ciples of Jefferson.
Jackson and Cleve
land" and concerning
Al Smith
their action In the Democratic national
convention next June when the dele
gates are asked to Indorse the doings
of the Roosevelt administration. There
conld be no misunderstanding Smith's
meaning, and be most now be con
sidered the leader of the conserva
tive Democrats In their revolt against
the policies of the New Dealers. The
concern of the administration Dem
ocrats is now as to how extensive will
be the bolt; and whether the conserva
tives will pnt np their own ticket sup
port the Republican nominee or mere
ly stay away from the polls. Of course
In any case the Republican cause will
be aided materially, unless the guesses
of Its leaders are all wrong.
New Deal Democrats were qnlte un
dismayed by the Smith speech, whlcb
they declared was weak and Ineffective.
They announced that Majority Leader
Joseph T. Robinson of the senate
would deliver the official reply la *
radio address.
Mr. Smith la his Liberty league
speech never oaca named President
Rooaevelt but be spedflcally put oa
that gentleman the full blame for repu
diation of most of the planks la the
"Democratic platform of 1932, which be
declared was the best ever put forth la
this country.
Senator Robinson's reply to Al
Smith's speech consisted In themslaof
-quotations from previous utterances by
Smith In which he advocated a course
quite ss radical as thst pursued by the
New Dealers In combstlng the depres
sion. ' He Jeered at the New Yorker
for abandoning the streets of the west
side for the palaces of Park avenu*
and trading bis brown derby for a silk
topper, and denounced him as a de
serter In the face of the enemy.
ACTIVITIES of tbe Townsend old ace
pension advocates are prorlng
most annoying to many congressmen,
and It is likely they will be Investigated
A resolution for such so Inquiry was In
troduced by Representative Jasper
Bell of Missouri, Democrat. It charged
that for several years "Individuals and
groups'' have "conceived and promoted
numerous schemes under tbe pretext
of obtaining pensions for tbe aged and
needy" and tbat now "several groups
of fraudulent promoters are enriching
themselves by working tbe so-called
pension plan racket." .
WASHINGTON wants to know who
ordered the United States Marine
band to walk out at the women's pa
triotic conference on national defense.
Probably It was Assistant Secretary of
the Nary Henry L. Roosevelt, bat he
would say nothing, so a resolution was
Introduced In congress demanding an
Investigation.
The difficulties arose out of a speech
before the women's conference by Baln
brldge Colby, a Democrat who said
unkind things about the New Deal.
Thereupon the band walked oot, and
certain navy officers refused to deliver
scheduled speeches before the con
ference. The Republicans did not over
look the opportunities offered by the
Incident.
NOTEWORTHY among recent deaths
Is tbat of George W. Wlckersham
of New York, who was attorney gen
eral of the United States In the Taft
administration and for many year*
one of the country's leading corpora
tion lawyers. He was seventy-seven
years old, and died of heart disease
In a tailcab.
Mr. Wlckersham was chairman of
the famous Hoover commission named
to Investigate prohibition and other
law enforcement In 1929.
FRANCE'S new government, nnder
Albert Sarraut as premier. It la
hoped will stand up until the spring
elections. If it does, the results will
not be bappy for Italy
for It will take a much
stronger stand In sap
port of the League of
Nations than did that
of LaraL The new
foreign minister ia
Plerre-Etlenne Flan
dln, noted for his pro
British tendencies ; and
Joseph Paul-Boncour,
no friend of Mnssollnl,
Is the minister of state
concerned chiefly with
Albert Sarraut
_
league affairs. Id otber respects there
Is nothing especially notable about
the Sarraut cabinet Regnler Is re
tained as finance minister, and be la
committed to the Laval poller of de
fending the franc.
Flandln went to London for the
funeral of King George, and It Is ru
mored In Parts that be wonld sound
oat British bankers on the subject
of a loan of three billion francs which
the French treasury sorely needs.
With Laval Id the discard, the British
might look on thla suggestion with
favor.
DR. HUGH S. CUMMINQ announced
that on February 1 be would re
tire as surgeon general of the United
States public health service, "because
of long -service and health that lsnt
too good." He has been In the service
since 1894 and has had four terms as
Its head. His admlnlatratlon Is cred
ited with completion of the quarantine
system; Inauguration of prelmmlgra
tlon examinations at American con
sulates; establishment of a national
leprosarium and national narcotic
farms, snd construction of elgbt ma
rine hospitals.
It was believed In Washington tbat
President Boosevelt would appoint as
the new surgeon general Dr. Thomas
H. Parran, Jr., state health commis
sioner of New York and assistant sur
geon general on leave.
A J CRT In the United States District
court In New York returned ver
dicts of guilty against acting Capt.
William F. Warms and three co-de
fendants In the criminal negligence
trial resulting from the disastrous Are
tbat swept the Morro Castle off Asbory
Park, September 8, 1934, taking a toll
of 134 lives.
Besides Warms, those convicted were
Eben Starr Abbott, chief engineer af
the burned ahlp; Henry K. Cabaud.
executive vice president of the New
York k Cuba Hall Steamship com
pany, operators of the Ward Line, and
the New lork * Cuba company Itself.
ADOLF HITLER baa Juat completed
three years a* the ruler of Ger
many, and the anniversary waa cele
brated by the Nazis with triumphant
rejoicing. Addressing 26.000 Nazi
atorm troop veterans, the relchsfuehrer
declared :
"Whoever opposes us now does It not
because we sre Nazis, but because we
restored military independence to Ger
many."
Hitler apoke 25 minutes, claiming the
Nazi movement has brought" unity to
tbe nation and adding;
"We seek peace because we love It,
but we Insist on our honor because we
do not live without It"
MUOH redactions In naral tonnage
are "oat" so fir as the I Hindoo
four-power conference 1? concerned,
owing to the unsettled condition of
world affairs and the defection of
Japan. However the parley made
some progress toward an agreement
on the sizes of ships and caliber* of
gups when the Americans. Freocb, and
Italians accepted a new British com
promise plan as a basis for discussion.
The plan proposes battleahlpa with
a maximum of 35,000 tons, the existing
limits; 14 Inch guns Instead of tbe
present 16 Inch ones, which would be
eliminated; and an entirely separate
category for destroyers, placing them
Id a classification with small cruisers.
t"
Oregon Has the World's Largest Siphon
THE axiom that water seeks its own level is the principle behind the siphon. The one shown above Is the world's
largest, yet In principle It is no different from the little glass siphons used In chemistry laboratories. The Malheur
river siphon of the Owyhee project in Oregon is built of steel pipe 80 inches in diameter, and is more than four
miles long. It carries the main canal of the Owyhee project through Malheur river valley and over a low range of hills
beyond, without requiring any pumping.
BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
L1GHTFOOT DOES THE WISE
THING
LL th? rest of that day the hunter
with the terrible gun lay hidden
he bushes of the pasture where he
could watch for Llghtfoot the Deer
to leave the place of safety he had
found when he swam across the Big
River. It required a lot of patience on
the part of the hunter, but the hunter
had pletaty of patience. It sometimes
seems as If hunters have more patience
than any other people.
But this hunter waited In vain.
Jolly, round, red Mr. Sun sank down
in the west to bis bed behind the Pur
ple Hills. The Black Shadows crept
out and grew blacker. One by one the
stars began to ^twinkle. Still the
| hunter waited, and still there was no
sign of Llghtfoot. At last It became
so dark that it was useless for the
hunter to remain longer.
Disappointed and once more becom
1 ing angry, he tramped back to the
Big River, got into his boat, and
rowed across to the other side. Thea
he tramped home and his thoughts were
very bitter. He knew that he would
have shot Llghtfoot had It not been for
the man who had protected Llghtfoot.
He even began to suspect that this
man had himself killed Llghtfoot, for
he had been sure that as soon as he
Dinner Ensemble
Mme. Suijt poises a black jet
bird on the tlnjr pillbox hat of black
antelope that is worn with Mnrcella
Dormov's new black broadcloth dinner
ensemble. The dreas is floor length and
Is slit from nape to waist In the back.
The hlp-lencth Jacket la slljbtly
flared. ?.
bad become rested Llghtfoot would
start for the woods and Llghtfoot
had done nothing of the kind. In
fact, the hunter had not had so much
as another glimpse of Llghtfoot
The reason the hunter had been *o
disappointed was that Llghtfoot was
smart. Be was smart enough to un
derstand that the man who was sav
ing him from the hunter had done It
because he was a true friend. All
afternoon Llghtfoot had rested on a
bed of (oft hay In an open shed and
had watched this man going about
hla work and taking* the utmost care
to do nothing to frighten him.
"He not only will let no one rise
harm me, but he himself will pot
harm me," thought Llghtfoot "Aa
long as he Is near I am safe. I'll
stay right around here until the hunt
ing season Is over, then I'll swim back
across the Big River to my home la
the dear Green Forest."
So all afternoon Llghtfoot reste.1
and did not so much as put his nose
outside that open shed. That Is why
the hunter got no glimpse of him.
When It became dark, so dark that
hp knew there was no longer danger,
Llghtfoot got up and stepped out un
der the stars. He was feeling quite
himself again. Ills splendid strength
? ? ?
I PAPA KNCWS-I
"Pop, what i? a locomotive?"
"Steam poff."
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bad returned. He bounded lightly
across the meadow and up Into the
bruahy pasture wbere the hunter bad
been hidden.
There and In the woods hack of the
pasture he browsed, filling his stomach.
But at the first bint of the coming of
another day LIghtfoot turned back,
and when his friend the farmer came
out early In the morning to milk the
cows there was LIghtfoot back In the
open shed. The farmer smiled. 'Tou
are as wise as you are handsome, old
follow," said he.
C T. W. BurgeM.? WNU SerYlc#.
-?? MOTHER'S ?
COOK BOOK
SOME GOOD RECIPES
IF YOU like the Chinese dlshe* this
will be one to prepare for the guests
who also tnjdj them:
Crab and Egg Omelet.
If the fresh shrimp* or crab Is used,
cook aDd cool. Shred ODe cupful of
crab or shrimp. Cut one cupful of
lean pork Into Inch long narrow atrlps.
Use scissors for the cutting. Soak
one-fourth of a cupful of dried mush
rooms, then cut Into strips. Slice one
large mild onion and cut One Into
ktrlp*. Fry the pork In two table
xpoonfuls of peanut oil until tender
rod brown. Add onion, one cupful of
bamboo shoots and mushrooms, a table
K|MM>nful of soy sauce. Just before
dinner beat six egg*, add the finely
cut crab or shrimp and the vegetable
mixture. Fry In a small amount of
peanut oil, In small bits like a pan
cuke.
Pimiento Cup With Egg and Celery.
Drain the small red peppers from I
their liquor, place In gem pans to All.
Fill with the following salad: Chop
one cupful of celery very One and
mix with two harT cooked eggs
chopped. Into this stir one-half cup
ff"'. of mayonnaise and fill the cups.
Decorate with mayonnaise and small
shapes cot of green pepper. Serve
very cold on crisp lettuce with toasted
biscuit and cheese.
Lobster Club Sandwich.
Toast bread cut one-third of an Inch
tiilck, butter and keep hot Allow
two slice* for i ach person to be lerved.
Saute tbe lobster In a little butter, use
either fresh or canned. Season well
with salt, pepper and a teaspoonfnl
of currant Jelljr. Fry bacon until crisp.
THE THINGS
YOU THINK
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
THE things yon think men can
about
When you stay borne, when you ?tep '
out,
Are not the things. It may befall.
That people care about at alL
Some are so careful of Uielr dress.
Yet guilty of the carelessness.
Some merry night, some busy day.
Of what they do and what they say.
The things you think that caller* note,
And long remember when remote.
Are not the things remembered then
By other women, other men.
Some are so careful that the drapes
Are certain colors, certain shapes.
And yet their house may be a place
Without a single Christian grace.
The things you think that men discuss*
When time has had Its time with us
Are not the things that mm relate.
Our worth, or wealth, to estimate.
Some are so careful that they leavq.
A great estate to those who grlete,"
And yet their monument shall be
Not money, but a memory.
Q Dour las Mallorh.? WNU 8?rvic?.
1
RY THIS TRICK
By POMJAY NARMH
Copyright by P*bUe Udgtr, be.
HiAp/l
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HEADS OR TAILS
THIS puzzling experiment has thej
merit of proving more tatrlguing
the more often It li repeated, for tt1
perplexes those persons who think they;
can solve It If yon do It again.
Too let some one ipln a coin on {tot
table. Tour back Is turned wbUe the
coin Is spinning. Aa soon aa It ttnps
twirling, yon announce whether th*>
coin lies heads or tails. Your guess Is*
right
A lucky guess? Not at all, for
time the trick Is repeated you tell the!
result cotrectiy. That Is why It grows
more and more bewildering.
Yon must use your own coin for tfc?,
trick. Make a nick with a knife In the
edge of the coin, on the bead side. Lls-i
ten carefully every time some one;
spins the coin. If the coin rattles to'
a slow easy stop, heads will be up. If >
It stops with a abrupt click you know'
that tails Is the answer.
WXU Strtlc*. )
Leningrad, Moscow, Differ
Leningrad and Moscow are like two
different countries, rather than-' cfttes
of the same country. Leningrad re
veals much of Peter the Great's fan
tastic dream of a glittering psendo?Ea
ropean city transplanted to the Neva.
In the ornate city that was St Peters
burg everything of historic Interest
remains.
Place slices of bacon on toast and over
this a layer of pieces of lobster; cov
er with mayonnaise, then top with a
piece of crisp lettuce or chilled watec
cress; make another layer of bacon
and lobster and on top place a slice of
toast. Garnish the sandwiches with
sliced tomato, mayonnaise and lemon.
Cat into triangles and serve.
6 WaaUre N?w*p*p?r Uatos.
Getting Ready to Jab Italians
THESE Ethiopian soldiers are taking time out to repair their spears audi
swords. An expert armorer, the man wearing beads, Is showing them how
to do the Job. 1