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r0L. LXII. ' GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY JULY 16, 1936. NO. 24.
(Q Western Ncuspaper Union
Danzig Crisis Worries
Nations of Europe
War-worried Europe shifted
its anxiety from the Italo
Ethiopian sanctions problem to the
newer and baffling question of what
to do about the Free
City of Danzig now
seeking to free itself
from the bonds of
the League of Na
tions.
The league dis
posed of the sanc
tions problem by
voting to abolish
them, thus to all
practical intents and
Adolf Hitler trom?^
family of sovereign states. Appear
ing personally before the league as
sembly, the refugee emperor, Haile
Selassie, made a last moving bid
for Ethiopia's freedom.
The "king of kings" denounced
France and Great Britain without
mentioning their names. To the
generally expressed desire to re
form the league, he said the weak
ness was not the league covenant
itself, but a lack of international
morality. The Negus' request for
a loan of $50,000,000 to Ethiopia was
voted down. Previously Haile had
informed Capt. Anthony Eden, Brit
ish foreign secretary, that he would
return to Ethiopia Immediately to
join his loyal tribesmen and fight
for Ethiopian independence.
With Mussolini given satisfaction,
the Danzig situation brought into
the foreground the figure of Adolf
Hitler, chancellor of Nazi Germany.
It was a Nazi follower of Hitler, Dr.
Arthur Greiser, president of the
Danzig senate, who demanded inde
pendence for the former German
city now surrounded by Polish ter
ritory and who denounced the
league and Sean Lester, league high
commissioner for the port.
Observers were of the opinion
that Greiser was acting under or
ders from Chancellor Hitler. In
view of Germany's expansionist
program and its rearmament, they
feel that Danzig will be the next
Nazi objective now that the Rhine
land is remilitarized. By the elim
ination of Commissioner Lester or
by the curtailment of his authority
over the international affairs of the
city, it is believed the Nazi would
be in a position to crush the opposi
tion party and pave the way for an
nexation of Danzig by Germany. In
the event of a Nazi putsch on Dan
zig, it was believed that Britain and
France would co-operate in oppos
ing H.
July 4th Celebrations
Cost 346 Lives in U. S.
ATOLL of 346 lives was exacted
in the celebration of the Fourth
of July throughout the United
States.
Booming cannon crackers played
a comparatively innocent part in
the slaughter, for only 11 lives were
lost in accidents due to fire
crackers.
But if the nation heeded warnings
about the danger of fireworks, it
forgot the menace of motoring ac
cidents, for 208 people in 36 states
were killed as the result of acci
dents on streets and highways.
Ninety persons were drowned in 36
states. Miscellaneous tragedies ac
counted for 37 additional fatalities
in 15 states.
Roojevelt and Landon
Return to Their Desks
' I * HE Presidential candidates of
both the Democratic and the
HctmbHcgn-pai ties letuined to their
desks in their respective capitals
following absences.
President Roosevelt came back to
Washington after a three-day pil
grimage to Virginia. Included on
his program was the dedication of
the Shenandoah National park, his
Fourth of July address from the
portico of Thomas Jefferson's home
at Monticello and his visit to Wil
liamsburg, capital of the Old Do
minion from 1699 to 1779. In his ad
dress at Jefferson's home, the Pres
ident called on the nation to rekin
dle the "sacred fire" of "true free
dom" which had lighted the "golden
age" of American history. He de
clared the present emergencies re
quire the same leadership as that
displayed by the founder of the
Democratic party.
Gov. Alf. M. Landon returned to
Topeka, Kan., after a vacation in
the Colorado mountains, for the re
t
convening of the state legislature
and for the acceptance speech at
the Republican notification ceremo
nies July 23. National significance
was attached to the meeting of the
Kansas legislature because of the
fact that it would have to deal with
old-age pensions, unemployment in
surance and general social welfare
legislation and that an amendment
to the state constitution was in pros
pect. Discussions of the farm prob
lem and conferences with Governor
Landon's political advisers were on
the program. The Republican stand
ard bearer was not expected to re
turn to Colorado until after the no
tification ceremonies.
In the meantime, great activity
was apparent in opposing campaign
headquarters.
President Roosevelt summoned
Democratic National Chairman
James A. Farley to Washington for
a conference on the political cam
paign.
John Hamilton, national chairman
of the Republican party, opened
national headquarters in Chicago.
He addressed 2,800 banqueters at
a dinner in his honor and declared
that the reaction of voters in recent
days has been disheartening to the
Roosevelt administration.
Pope Pius Orders World
Censorship of Movies
A WORLD censorship on movies
was ordered by Pope Pius, in
an encyclical letter addressed di
rectly to the bishops and archbish
ops of the Roman
Catholic church In
the United States.
The pope also or
dered bishops
throughout the world
to obtain from their
communicants annu
ally renewable
pledges "to abstain
from witnessing bad
films." The encycli
? cal of his holiness
Pope Pius was addressed to
the American bishops because they
originally took the lead in movie
censorship. He invited bishops ol
the entire world to follow their ex
ample.
To carry out the plan of censor
ship, the pontiff directed that a per
manent national movie reviewing
office be established in each coun
try.
Labor Leaders Begin Drive
for Steel's Unionization
WITH labor organizers spread
ing throughout .he nation's
steel mills in a drive to enroll 500,
000 workers into one big union, the
National Labor Relations Board re
opened a fight in the courts to force
steel companies to accept the Na- j
tional Labor Relations act as a
means of keeping peace.
The board announced it had peti
tioned the Federal Circuit Court of
Appeals at New Qrleans in a new
effort to enforce the act.
Meanwhile the full resources of |
the $5,000,000,000 steel industry were
marshaled against the unionization
drive. Observers pointed out that I
the situation was fraught with grave j
possibilities, of industrial warfare.
Principal steel companies who have
banded together in a militant ef
fort to maintain the open shop
warned employees not to be "mis
led" into affiliation with the Amal
gamated Iron, Steel and Tin Work
ers Union, which forms the basis of
organized labor's drive.
John L. Lewis, president of the I
United Mine Workers and head of |
the committee for industrial organ
ization, in a radio address broad
cast from Chicago entitled "Indus
trial Democracy in Steel," sought |
the support not only of union labor,
but of the public generally in his
crusade.
Breckinridge Long Resigns
as Ambassador to Italy
Breckinridge lono. Ameri
can ambassador to Italy, sub
mitted his resignation to President
Roosevelt because of illness. The
diplomat declared that he hopes to
recuperate his health during the
summer and to take an active part
in the Presidential campaign in the
autumn.
Mr. Long's place will be taken
by Undersecretary of State William
Phillips. He will represent the
United States government in Rorr|e
in an effort to solve Italo-Ameri
can problems arising from Musso
lini's conquest of Ethiopia.
Recovery of Business
Holds in First Half
/CONTINUING business recovery
^ during the first six months of
1936 fulfilled the hopes of optimist
ic prognosticators and surpassed
the expectations of conservative
forecasters.
All the leading trade barometers
registered fair business weather at
the close of the first half of the
year. The production of automo
biles reached 2,400,000 units in the
first six months of 1936, the best for
the period since 1929.
Improvement was further reflect
ed by the steel industry, the opera
tions of which rose from 49.2 per
cent of capacity at the start of the
year to 71.2 per cent at the end
of June. The output of electricity
climbed steadily to reach an all
time peak in June.
The steady recovery of the rail
roads was indicated by carloadings
which worked up to approach their
best levels since 1931. The figures
for the first six months of 1936
were substantially better than
those for the similar period of 1935.
Gen. McCarl Criticises
New .Deal on Retiring
Retiring from the post of
Comptroller General, J. H. Mc
Carl announced that following the
expiration of his term of office he
would aid in the government re
organization study undertaken by
the senate committee headed by
Senator Byrd of Virginia.
Gen. McCarl criticized New Deal
emergency agencies as "loosely
and extravagaptly set up" and as
"tax consuming in the extreme."
He declared that a systematic reor
ganization of both regular and
emergency agencies would improve
government administration and re
duce the cost to taxpayers.
Justice Bailey Decides
Rail Pensions Are Legal i
ESPITE his previous decision
U declaring unconstitutional the
tax on railroads to permit pensions,
Justice Jennings Bailey o{ the Dis
trict of Columbia Supreme Court
ruled in an oral opinion that the
railroad retirement board could
pay pensions to railroad workers.
The justice declared that his pre
vious decision on the validity of
the rail pension laws could not be
construed to mean that the retire
ment act itself was unconstitution
al. He ruled that the government
could proceed to collect from rail
workers a sum amounting to 3%
per cent of their salaries and could
use the money to pay retirement
pensions to the workers when they
reach sixty-five years of age or
have worked 40 years.
He also ruled that the railroad
retirement board could proceed to
collect information on which to al
lot the pensions, provided it did so
at its own expense.
Drouth Crisis Brings
Government Aid
FEARS that drouth may irretriev
ably destroy farm crops in North
and South Dakota, eastern Montana
and Wyoming prompted President
Roosevelt to mar
shal $500,000,000 in
relief funds to com
bat the damage and
to develop further
plans for fighting
drofith.
Secretary of Agri
culture Henry W.
Wallace, who left
Washington for ?
personal survey of
the stricken areas,
declared that from
all reports condi
Secretary
Wallace
tions had become as serious as they
were in 1934, due to lack of sorely
needed rains.
The secretary declared that un
less rains descend in the sun
scorched regions the government
will buy 30,000,000 head of cattle.
In St. Paul, Minn., the governors
of the five drouth-stricken north
western states met with Federal
Wofks Progress Administrator Har
ry L. 3fepkinr-?Kt"*lirrinistrator?
from the various states. Mr. Hop
kins ordered relief jobs made im
mediately available tor from 25,000
to 50,000 farmers who have seen
their sole source of livelihood de
stroyed. The jobs were to be made
available on water conservation
projects, farm-to-markct roads,
rural schools and recreational proj
ects.
President Roosevelt, in Washing
ton, appointed a special committee
composed of Secretary Wallace,
Budget Director Daniel Bell, Aub
rey Williams, Assistant Works
Progress Administrator and Dr.
Rezford G. Tugwell, resettlement
administrator. They will work in
cooperation with a committee of
Department of Agriculture officials.
The President instructed Budget
Director Bell to study government
appropriations to determine what
funds are available.
Greatest of Glaciers Sweeping Grandly to Sea
COLUMBIA, the greai i*t of living glaciers, to the lace of whic.i ships call Sweeping erandly for 80 miles from her
huge icescape and pushing uut to the quiet sea, Columbia forms a solid ice wall four miles wide, reaching to pin
nacled heights 300 feet from the water's edge. (Photo by Rolphe Dauphin. St Paul.)
BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN
0
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
BILLY MINK AND BOBBY COON
WARN THEIR FRIENDS
DOBBY COON had been so fright
" ened when he had sprung that
trap there by the Laughing Brook
that probably he would have run
clear back to his home in the Green
Forest had he not found Billy Mink
waiting for him at the old log
where they had met earlier in the
evening. Billy was grinning.
"What are you running for?" he
demanded. "I thought you were
not afraid."
Bobby Coon stopped. "It ? tried
to catch me!" he panted. "It ?
jumped right at me!"
Billy Mink chuckled. "But I see
it didn't catch you," said he.
"Didn't I tell you it wouldn't hurt
"Hi, Tod Fellows!" Called Billy
Mink. "Come Over Here!"
you if you put your paw under it?
That kind of a trap is perfectly
harmless as long as you do not step
in it. I'm glad you sprung it. I
sprung the one on the other side of
the Laughing Brook the same way.
Now. both of those traps are per
fectly harmless. They will be un
til the trapper sets them again.
"We can go up and down the
Laughing Brook through the open
ings in those little fences with noth
ing to fear as long as those traps
are in plain sight. That trapper
will probably come around tomor
Bernhardt'* Jewels
Ornate Jewelry which formerly
belonged to Sarah Bernhardt, noted
actress, is displayed by Lucille
Montney. It is now on exhibit in
the collection of international art
at the California Pacific Interna
tional exposition* in San Diego.
row, but for the remainder of to
night there is nothing tor us to
worry about. Let's go down the
Laughing Brook to the Smiling
Pool."
The idea of going down to the
Smiling Pool was too much for
Bobby Coon to resist. So he fol
lowed Billy Mink down the bank
of the Laughing Brook. When they
reached the trap which Bobby had
sprung, Billy Mink kicked it aside
as he passed. It was plain to see
that Billy Mink had known what
he was talking about when he said
that now that trap was perfectly
harmless. Then, without hesitat
ing, Billy slipped through the little
opening in that fence the trapper
had built. That proved there was
nothing to fear there now, so Bob
by followed. He had to make the
opening big enough to get through,
but he did this by pulling up a cou
ple of the sticks.
When the; reached the Smiling
Pool they saw Little Joe Otter sit
ting on the Big Rock. Jerry Musk
rat was swimming over toward his
house.
"Hi, you fellows!" cried Billy
Mink. "Come over here. We've
something to tell you."
Little Joe Otter dived into the
Smiling Pool and he and Jerry
Muskrat had a race over to the
place where Billy Mink and Bobby
Coon were waiting. "What is it
you have to tell us?" demanded
Little Joe. "I don't believe it's
anything important."
"That depends on how you look
at it," retorted Billy Mink. "Some
body has been setting traps along
the Laughing Brook. I've found
three of them, Bobby Coon and I
have sprung two of them. We
thought we'd just come down here
and give you fellows warning."
Then Bobby and Billy told Little
Joe and Jerry all about those traps.
G T. W. Burireaa. ? WNU 8ervice.
? MOTHER'S *
COOK BOOK
GOOD THINGS FOR COMPANY
the busy housewife a meat
mi I that may be prepared and
served easily is always welcomed
and appreciated.
Ham and Veal Loaf.
Mix all the following ingredients
and pour into a well-buttered loaf
pan: Two cups of cooked, chopped
ham, one cup of cooked, chopped
veal, three tablespoons of chopped
celery, one tablespoon of chopped
onion, two tablespoons of chopped
pimientos, one teaspoon of salt, one
fourth teaspoon of paprika, two
beaten eggs, one cup of soft bread
crumbs, one cup of milk and two
tablespoons of batter, melted. When
well mixed, bake 30 minutes in a
moderate oven. Garnish with pars
ley when serving.
Mashed Sweet Potatoes.
Take three cups of mashed sweet
potatoes, mix with one egg yolk, two
tablespoons of butter, one-half tea
spoon of salt, one-fourth teaspoon
of paprika. Beat well then drop
portions on a buttered baking sheet
and spread with the stiffly-beaten
egg white. Place in a moderate
1PAPA KNCWS-1
"Pop, what is ft renuiiiim?"
" Bartender's nose."
? B*U Brad leaf.? WHO Btrrlem,
oven to brown. Remove carefully
to a hot serving platter and garnish
with small pieces of candied pine
apple.
Pear Salad
Use two tablespoons of mayon
naise mixed with one-half cup
of celery and one-third of a cup
of candied ginger. Arrange eight
halves of pears on lettuce and
stuff the centers with the above
mixture. It may then be topped
with mayonnaise.
Chocolate Pie.
Prepare a pastry shell and bake.
Fill with the following: Two- thirds
of a cup of sugar mixed with four
tablespoons of flour, a pinch of salt
and one and one-half squares of
melted chocolate. Add two cups
of milk, two egg yolks and cook
in a double boiler until creamy.
Stir often. Fold in the stiffly
beaten egg whites and add a tea
spoon of vanilla when cool. Cover
with whipped cream and serve.
C Western Newspaper Union.
DOING NOW
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
DIVIDE the week in seven equal
parts.
Divide the seven into twenty-four.
And then by sixty, ere the morain?
starts,
The sixty then by even sixty
more ?
And yet we think in years, yea,
even lives,
When with each second all life re
arrives.
We think in years, who ought to
think in these.
Of months to come, of weeks to
yet appear,
Delay in days, waste hours, the
minute flees.
While ev'ry second life again is
here.
We dream tomorrow, plan this aft
ernoon;
It is too late, and now is not too
soon.
Live now, do now! ? for now is all
you own ?
Whatever you endeavor, now be
gin!
Who thinks tomorrow finds tomor
row flown.
The season gone before the seed
is in.
For all men do, whatever field*
they plow,
They do by doing, and by doing
now!
# DoufflM MaJloch. ? WNTJ Btrrlot.
Striking Dinner Dress
Chanel makes a striking dinner
dress of black net embroidered with
white thread in a pattern forminf
horizontal bands. The top is cut on
tailored lines, the skirt is flared
from the knees with stiffening at
the hem. The white bow at thai
throat is grosgrain ribbon, the belt,
black patent leather.
6IPL!?AGJ^> 1
I ? ?
"The hotels advertise their haaie
like atmosphere," says home keep
lag Hilda, "bat who want* to go on
a trip to smell -abbafe cooking?"
e Ball Sradlcat*. ? WHO Same*.
It's Rush Hour in Panama Canal
nmss.
rHE United States fleet crowding the harbor at Balboa at the Pacific entrance
to the canaL The U. S. S. Pennsylvania, flagship at the Beet (right fore
[round) it dwarfec by the Empreaa at Britain, returning tram a world cniiae. (