The Alamance gleaner
0L- LXIL GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20, 1936. ' NO. 3.
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Norris Urges' Congress to Curb Supreme Court ? Oratory
on Lincoln Day ? Death of Charles Curtis
Long Newspaper Tax Invalid.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
? Western Newspaper Union.
SPEAKING In advocacy of the admin
istration's substitute farm bin.
Senator Norrls, the independent Re
publican from Nebraska, scathingly at
tacked the Supreme
court's AAA decision
and urged congress to
use Its right to curb
the court's power. He
argued that the 6 to 3
decision Itself was un
constitutional by the
court's own reasoning
and shouted "It can
not stand."
"The regulation of
agricultural produc
tion, they say, is un
constitutional because
Senator
Norrit
not mentioned in the Constitution,"
Norris assorted. "Nowhere In that
great document Is there a syllable, a
word, or a sentence giving to any
court the right to declare an act of
congress unconstitutional. Hence,
when the court Indulges in that pas
time it Is itself violating the Constitu
tion according to its own words."
Norris quoted from the majority
opinion of the Supreme court holding
that the regulation and control of
agricultural production was a local af
fair reserved to the states and beyond
the power of congress. Under that de
cision, he declared, not only the pend
ing bill but "a large portion of the
laws which congress has passed dur
ing the last hundred years are abso
lutely unconstitutional."
i Of the later decision ordering return
of processing taxes to the processors,
the senator said Secretary Wallace
perhaps was too severe In calling it
the greatest legalized steal in history,
and added: "But it is a gift, the
greatest gift since God made salvation
free."
I Norris urged that congress pass a
law requiring unanimous decisions by
the Supreme court to overrule the acts
of the legislative branch of the gov
ernment.
LINCOLN day was the occasion for
a flood of oratory, largely by Re
publican opponents of the New Deal.
Herbert Hoover spoke at Portland,
Ore., on the "State of the Union,"
which he said was a state of confusion
In thought, government, economic life
and the Ideals of liberty. "The New
Deal," Baid the former President, "has
been a veritable fountain of fear.
The day after the New Deal was given
life at the election of 1932 began the
great fear which, created the bank
panic of March 4. The stock boom
today Is not from confidence in the
future; it Is partly from fear of in
flation."
In Greensboro, N. C., Senator Dick
inson of Iowa warmly defended the
Supreme court as "the only remaining
guardian of the liberty of the people,"
and inveighed against what be said
?was the New Deal's "planned econ
omy" and Its "attempted bribery of
the states" through the invalidated
AAA and its proposed substitute, the
soil conservation measure.
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan
was a speaker in New York city, and
like his fellow Republicans he fiercely
assailed the administration, terming
It the "third party now in power."
Among the few leading Democrats
heard was Secretary Wallace, who, in
Indianapolis, defended the administra
tion. Referring to the Constitution, he
declared that "most of us" thought
the agriculture adjustment act was
valid, and "some of us. Including three
Justices of the Supreme court, think
so still."
CHARLES CURTIS, former Vice
President of the United States and
before that representative and sena
tor from Kansas, died suddenly of
heart disease at the
Washington home of
his brotber-ln-law and
sister, Sir. and Sirs.
Edward E. Gann. Be
was seventy-six years
old, and was the first
man of Indian blood
ever to nreside over
the senfte. He was
one-qaarter' Kaw In
dian, his grandmother
having been Princess
Julie of that tribe who
married a French voj
Charle*
Curtis
ageur. Id bis boyhood uurtis was ?
Jockey, and later a reporter. Having
studied law, be became a prosecutor
at tbe age of twenty-four In Sbawnee
county, Kansas, and was elected to
congress In 1892. Be wss mad* sen
ator In 1907. was defeated In 1?12,
and two years later was arsln elected
senator. Be wss elected Vice Presi
dent on the ticket beaded by Berbert
Hoover, and was renominated for that
position In 1932.
Mr. Curtis was greatlji liked by his
associates In Washington and his death
caused genuine grief. President Boose
velt said:
"I am deeply distressed to learn of
the sudden passing of my old friend,
Charles Curtis. Whether they knew
him as a senator, as the Vice Presi
dent of the United States, or as the
man he was In his own right, his le
gion of friends will remember him,
always affectionately, and will mourn
his passing.**
ONCE again the Supreme court of
the Dnlted States comes to the
rescue of a free press. Unanimously
the nine justices ruled that the Louisi
ana law imposing a punitive tax on the
advertising of the principal newspa
pers of that state is unconstitutional.
The law was passed by a legislature
controlled by the late Senator Buey
Long. The court said of it:
"It is bad because, In the light of
its history and of its present setting,
It is seen to be a deliberate and cal
culated device in tbe guise of a tax
to limit the circulation of information
to which the public is entitled In virtue
of the constitutional guarantee.
"A free press stands as one of the
great interpreters between the govern
ment and the people. To allow It to
be fettered Is to fetter ourselves.
"In view of the persistent search
for new subjects of taxation, It is not
without significance that, with the
single exception of the Louisiana
statute, so far as we can discover, no
state during the 150 year* of our na
tional existence bas undertaken to
impose a tax like that now in ques
tion.
"The form in which the tax is im
posed is in Itself suspicious. It is not
measured or limited by tbe volume of
advertisement. It Is measured alone
by the extent of the circulation of the
publication in which the advertise
ments are carried, with the plain pur
pose of penalizing the publishers and
curtailing the circulation of a selected
group of newspapers."
PRESIDENT WILLIAM L. RANSOM
of the American Bar assocatlon,
with headquarters in Chicago, an
nounced that Newton D. Baker, for
mer secretary of war,
bas accepted the
chairmanship of the
association's special
committee on co-oper
ation between the
press, radio and bar
against publicity In
terfering with fair
trial of judicial and
quasi-Judicial proceed
ings.
The creation of this
special committee to
N. D. Baker
define standards to be recommended to
lawyers, newspapers and radio broad
casters In tbe matter of publicity as to
court trials, said the announcement. Is
an outcome of tbe Incidents arising In
tbe course of tbe Bruno Hauptmano
trial and various proceedings before
governmental boards and bodies, "and
It Is boped tbat sucb standards can be
made effective through rules of court
or through legislation."
LETTERS have been sent by Pres
ident Roosevelt to tbe beads of tbe
Latin-American governments inviting
tbem to participate in a Pan-American
conference, probably In Washington,
the purpose of which will be to or
ganize the peace machinery of tbe
western hemisphere. Our State de
partment says tbe meeting will en
deavor to provide means for adjusting
internatinonal disputes by peaceful
means. The conference may bring up
the Monroe Doctrine for a new defi
nition through multilateral endorse
ment.
ACCORDING to the London Dally
Herald, a secret decree providing
for expulsion of all Jews from Ger
many as rapidly as possible has been
prepared by Nazi leaders and laid be
fore Chancellor Hitler for his signa
ture. The paper said the decree pro
vided for the confiscation of all prop
erty of expelled Jews.
This story may not be true, but there
Is no doubt that Hitler and bis associ
ates are determined to extirpate all
the organizations and groups which
tbey consider In opposition to tbe Nazi
regime, and Hitler himself baa de
clared tbe Jews ara to blame for all
tbe troubles of the relch In recent
years. Scores of Catbollc youth lead
ers have been arrested, charged with
co-operation with Illegal Communist
groups, and It la predicted tbelr or
ganizations will be dissolved.
AMERICA'S delegates to tbe naval
conference In London consented
to an agreement that would bind thla
country for five year* or more to re
frain from building any more cruisers
hi excess of 8,000 tons In size. When
the news reached Washington there
was Immediate and loud protest In
congress against what was termed a
"colossal blunder."
High ranking nary officials refused
to comment officially upon the Lon
don agreement, but said privately that
any program which does not Include
the co-operation of Japan and Ger
many would be a failure.
Any agreement will not affect the
navy's present building program, these
officials pointed out, and tbey refused
to be alarmed about the prospect of
future limitations.
TRIAL of tbe assassins of King Al
exander of Jugoslavia at Mar
seilles came to an end at Alx-en-Prov
ence, France, with verdicts of guilty
for the six defendants. For three of
tie band of Croats, members of the
secret Ustachl society, who were ap
prehended, mercy was recommended
and they were given sentences of life
Imprisonment In French Guiana. The
others, who never were caught, were
sentenced to death. One of the latter
Is Dr. Ante Pavellcb, reputed head of
the Cstacbl.
ELMER B. O'HABA, Democratic
state chairman of Michigan and
former clerk of Wayne county, which
Includes Detroit; State Senator A. J.
Wilkowskl and 16
others of lesser prom
inence were convicted
In Detroit of having
attempted to steal the
1934 election. Eight
defendants In the re
count case, which had
been on trial for
nearly 12 weeks, were
acquitted. Two other
defendants previously
bad pleaded guilty,
thus bringing to 20
the number facing sen
Elmer 6.
O'Hara
fence for their part Id the vote recount
conspiracy.
For O'Hara, tbe verdict came as
the culmination of a series of calami
ties In a brief political career. Last
November a Jury in Macomb connty,
adjacent to Wayne, found blm guilty
of bribery In a drainage transaction In
connection with real estate deals be
had made before 1932 when he en
tered politics and was elected Wayne
county clerk. He awaits sentence
under that conviction. After conviction
he was removed from office.
In the recount case O'Hara was found
guilty on three counts, permitting
others to alter ballots, conspiring to
permit others to alter ballots, and con
spiring to permit others to conduct
the recount in an unlawful manner and
change the result of tbe November.
1934, election by putting Democrats
In office instead of tbe Republicans
elected.
LEADERS of congress hope for an
early adjournment, by May 1 at
the latest, and therefore they pushed
the new farm bill forward, trying to
get It through both houses without
much delay. In their desire to get
away from the Capital, they already
had decided to let the proposed per
manent neutrality legislation go by the
board.
The farm, bill as rewritten by the
senate agriculture committee is based
on the soil erosion prevention scheme.
Some Democrats Joined with many Re
publicans In opposing tbe measure, one
of them being Senator Walsh of Mas
sachusetts. In a statement Issued to
the press he declared It was > "dan
gerous" bill conferring "autocratic and
blanket authority" on the secretary of
agriculture. He said the measure was
"neither valid in law nor valid in
economics."
Chairman Doughton of the bouse
ways and means committee said be
expected definite word from the White
House or treasury soon on the amount
and kind of taxes that might be Im
posed to Onance the new farm pro
gram.
ACTION against John J. Raskob,
former chairman of the Demo
cratic national committee when Al
Smith was the Presidential nominee.
aua who is now presi
dent or the American
Liberty league, has
boMr becwby th?
government for an al
leged deficiency of $1,
026340 on bla 1928
Income tazea. Tbe
claim was filed In an
amendment to tbe pe
tition recently tiled
against Pierre S. do
Pont two days before
A] Smith bad bitterly
moor h.*.
J. J. Raikob
a Bulled the .New DeaL In Uie petl
Uon. which Baskob described aa "New
Deal persecution," Mr. du Pont waa
alleged to bare understated his 1029
income bj $2,897,832 and an addi
tional tax of $017,316 waa asked. 1*
the amended petition a censing ilr.
Baskob. It was alleged that be and the
Industrialist engaged In "fictitious"
sales of securities, one to tbe other,
to a toUl of sbont $30,000,000 tot tte
purpose of sbowlng losses.
Provincetown Offers a Home to Lindbergh
PItOVINCF.TOWN, on Cape Cod, which has not had a
serious crime since It was founded In 1727, has offered
Itself as a United States haven for CoL Charles A. Lind
bergh and his family. The great mansion shown here, over
looking the Atlantic ocean, is offered to him rent free.
The town authorities have also expressed a willingness
to build a private hangar for him on the town's airport.
By air Provlncelown is two hours from New lork and
80 minutes from Boston.
BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
MR. AND MRS. QUACK ARE
STARTLED
IT WAS the evening of the clay after
the closing of the hunting season of
LIghtfoot the Deer. Jolly, round, red
Mr. Sun had gone to bed behind the
Purple Hills and the Black Shadows
had crept out across the Big River.
Mr. and Mrs. Quack were getting
their evening meal among the brown
stalks of the wild rice along the edge
of the Big River. They took turns la
searching for the rice grains in the
mud. While Mrs. Quack tipped up and
seemed to stand on her head as she
searched In the mud for rice, Mr.
Quack kept watch for possible dan
ger. Then Mrs. Quack took her turn
at keeping watch while Mr. Quack
stood on his head and hunted for
j rice.
It was wonderfully quiet and peace
ful. There was not even a ripple on
the Big River. It was so quiet that
they could bear the barking of a dog
at a farmhouse a mile away. They
were far enough out from the bank to
have nothing to fear from Reddy Fox
or Old Man Coyotte. So they had
nothing to fear from anyone save
Hooty the OwL It was for Hooty that
they took turns In watching. It was
Just the hour when Hooty likes best
to hunt
By and by they beard Hooty's hunt
ing call. It was far away In the Green
Forest. Then Mr. and Mrs. Quack
felt easier and they talked In low,
contented voices. They felt that for
a while at least there was nothing to
fear. Suddenly a little splash out In
the Big River caught Mr. Quack's at
tention. As Mrs. Quack brought her
head up out of the water Mr. Quack
warned her to keep quiet Nolselesssly
they swam among the brown stalks
until they could see out across the
Big River.
There was another little splash out
there In the middle. It wasn't the
splash made by a fish ; It was a splash
made by some one much bigger thaiv
any fish. Presently they made out a
silver line moving toward them from
In Black and White
The Jacket of thla Jacketand-dreaa
?ult ia of black taffeta with a white
faconne design and velret bows. The
dreaa la of tbln black crepe with vel
ret aleerea and a bow at the neck.
The salt If by Many Ronff.
the Black Shadows. The; knew ex
actly what It meant It meant that
someone was out there In the Big
River moving toward them.'
Could It be a boat containing a
hunter? With their neckg stretched
high Mr. and Mrs. Quack watched.
They were ready to take to their
strong wlDgs the Instant they dis
covered danger. But they did not
want to fly until they were sure that
It was danger approaching. They
were startled, very much startled.
Presently they made out what
looked like the branch of a tree mov
ing over the water toward them. That
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"Pop, what I* patience?'"
"The Sphinx."
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was queer, very queer. Mr. Quack
said so. Mrs. Quack said so. Both
were growing more and more sus
picious. They couldn't understand at
all, and It Is always be3t to be sus
picious of things we cannot under
stand. Mr. and Mrs. Quack ball lifted
tbelr wings to fly.
A T. W. Burette. ? WNU Service.
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Roof Colore in China
In China tbe use to wblcb 9 build
ing Is put Is not Indicated by Its de
sign but by tbe color of tbe tiles used
for the roof. Green Indicates an offi
cial place, yellow a commercial place
and brown a place where people live.
? MOTHER'S ?>
cook.. book;
INVITING DISHES
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WHEN cooking carrots add a silver
of onloo to the vegetable while
cooking, and the addition of a stalk of
celery will make the dish, when served
with a little butter, quite different.
Mutton and Psaa.
Take a piece of lamb or mottob for
stewing, simmer In boiling water with
an onion, three cloves, two pepper
corns and an eighth of a bay leaf for
favor. When tender, remove the meat
to a hot platter and make a gravy of
the liquor from the kettle. Strain and
add to It a cupfnl or two of fresh
cooked green peas. More seasoning of
salt and pepper may be needed and a
half teaspoonful of sugar will make
the dish much more tasty. Seasonings
are always much more effective U add
ed while the food Is cooking.
Data Cracker*.
Put a pound of well-washed dates
with a cupful of sugar and a half cup
ful of water In a saucepan and cook
until soft and smooth. Cool Cream
together one cupful each of ahortenlng
and brown sugar, two and one-half
cupfuls of rolled oats that have been
parched to a light brown, add two cup
fuls of flour, a teaspoonful of soda in
half a cupful of hot water. Mix well,
roll out very thin and cut Into rounds.
Place a spoonful of the fruit on the
cooky and cover with another.
_ Chees* Salad.
Dissolve a tablespoonful of gelatin
In four tablespoonfuls of bot water,
add one-half ponnd of grated cheese
and a pint of whipped cream, season
with salt and paprika with a bit of
cayenne. Pour Into a wet mold and
chill. Turn out and cut Into slices and
serve on lettuce with a snappy mayon
naise dressing.
Piquant Rtllah.
Take one package of lemon-flavored
gelatin, dissolve in one and one-half
cupfuls of boiling water and three
tablespoonful* of vinegar. Add one
finely cut plmlento, one-half a green
pepper cut fine, one-ball cupful of grat
ed horseradish. If the prepared horse
radish Is used omit tbe vinegar. Pour
into green pepper shells and chlU.
C W??t?m Neww?r Union.
Beta Ccit*
Bean geste means beautiful exploit,
beautiful feat or beautiful gesture.
THREE DAYS
WITHOUT HEAT
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
HpHREE days without heat, while
they're fixing the furnace.
And go In the kitchen each day we In
tern U8,
Or sit by the fireplace and pile on the
splinters,
Not much like the cordwood of old
fashioned winters.
Three days without heat, and the
family shivers.
Or late in the morning still clings to
klvers.
And all because something unknown,
unsuspected.
Went* wrong? that ? gleeful young
salesman detected. _?
"VI ,
And yet the unfortunate, woe st Its
summit.
Are those who have trouble and learn
nothing from It
The greatest misfortune, whatever our
sorrow, ?-?
Is, having It, not to be wiser tomorrow.
When furnaces fall, or when anything
falters.
Let's hope that our Viewpoint accord
ingly alters.
Experience teaches us, children Or
fsther.
Some truth that repays US for all of
the bother.
-- \
Three days without heat, but again
when we get It
In living room, dining room, bedroom.
I bet It
Will make us appreciate that simple
blessing
We took without thinking br doubt
ing or guessing.
I haven't a doubt there U many a
pleasure
Our hearts never feel and Cor minds
never measure
We have all along without thinking
about It
(We would. If we had to go three Slav"
without It).
? DouglM Hallocb. ? WNU Senrlc*
ANNABELLE'S
- ANSWERS \ '
, By RAT THOMPSON
? ? w n nir w ? \
TYf" t ~ ft II ? ? ? ? i?
DEAR ANNABBLLE: DO YOU BE*
LIEVB THAT A GIRL SHOULD
USB PERFUME TO MATCH HER
MOODS AND EMOTIONS? EXOTIC.
Dear "Exotic": YES. UNLESS
SHE'S THE TYPE WHO'D BE
SMELLING LIKE A FIRE
CRACKER ALL THE TIME!
' Leg Broken , Dog Walks Into Hospital
rPARE.NTLY (truck by ? careless motorist, this dog showed unusual sense
by walking unattended right into Receiving hospital in Detroit Bather
than disillusion by shipping him to the Humane society, attending physicians
accepted "Measles," as be was christened, as a charity patient, and set kls
broken leg in a cast The story has an eTen happier ending, because an ?rderly
immediately adopted the dog as a pet and took him home to convalesce. The
photograph shows Dr. Myron Rosenbanm placing the doc's leg In a cast while
Nnrse Vic Gauthler holds him. Looking on Is Orderly Eric Neman, who "
adopted the cup. -