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LXII. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY AUGUST 6, 1936. I
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By Edward W. Pickard
? Western Newspaper Union
Spanish Government Is
Checking the Rebellion
D EPORTS from various sources
when analyzed indicated that
the Spanish government was more
than holding its own in the dea
perate fighting with
the Fascist rebels.
It was sending
men out to check
the advance of
General Mola's col
umns on Madrid
from the north and
bombing rebel
strongholds in that
part of the country,
as well as Cordoba
and Seville in the
south and C e u t a
C. G. Bowers
ana raeuua in Morocco. Tne loy
alists won decided victories at
Caspe in the Guadarrama moun
tains where the rebels were trying
to break through to Madrid, and at
Oviedo.
Mola's officers explained that he
was waiting for the arrival of Gen
eral Franco's forces from the
south, but those troops had not
been able to get very far in their
advance on the capital. Their
chieftains, however, professed to be
confident of ultimate victory.
Claude G. Bowers, American am
bassador to Spain, was cut off from
communication with the summer
quarters of his embassy at San
Sebastian for several days, being
himself at his summer residence in
Fuentarrabia, close to the French
border. He finally got in touch
with the embassy and removed the
staff to his villa. Mr. Bowers also
provided safe haven for a number
of other foreign diplomats and their
families^ He said he had ascer
tained that not a single American
had -been injured in the civil war.
American warships and liners were
utilized to evacuate all the Ameri
cans in ports where their lives were
in danger.
Nazi-Polish Quarrel in
Danzig Is Ending
A CCORDING to announcement
^ by a Polish news agency which
is generally considered to be the
mouthpiece of the Polish foreign
office, an accord has been reached
between Berlin and Warsaw on the
policies to be followed in the Free
City of Danzig. The Nazis are said
to have agreed to give explanations
that will take the sting out of re
cent incidents in the city. The
texts of notes exchanged between
Germany and Poland will be sub
mitted to the League of Nations be
fore being made public.
Vimy Ridge Memorial
Unveiled by Edward
V/fDRE than 100,000 persons stood ,
^ ^ in silence at Vimy, France, '
as King Edward VIII of England
unveiled the magnificent memorial
Kins Edward
built by France to
commemorate the
heroic capture of
Vimy Ridge by the
Canadian forces in
April, 1917. After
greeting President
Lebrun of France
in French, the king
said:
"We raise this
memorial to Cana
dian warriors. It is
an inspired expres
sion in stone cmseiea by a skillful
Canadian hand of Canada's salute
to her fallen sons. It marks the
scene of feats of arms which his
tory will long remember and Can
ada can never forget. And the
ground it covers is the gift of
France to Canada."
The dedication culminated ten
years of labor and an expenditure
of about $1,000,000 on erection of
the memorial. The work was com
pleted after earlier delays in con
struction because of difficulties in
finding the 7,000 to 8,000 tons of
special stone required.
Walter S. Allward, Toronto archi
tect and sculptor who designed the
monument for the Canadian battle
fields memorial commission, super
vised the preparations for the un
veiling.
Sir Henry Wellcotne,
Scientist, Dies
OIR HENRY WELLCOME, who
^ was born in a log cabin *0 Wis
consin 83 years ago and who be
came one of England's greatest
scientists and explorers, died in
London following an operation. His
scientific achievements ranged
from the establishment of physio
logical laboratories to pioneering in
the field of archaeological survey
through the use of airplanes. He
won the Royal Humane society life
saving medal in 1885 and as late
as 1927 founded the Lady Stanley
Maternity hospital in Uganda, Cen
tral Africa.
Queen Mary Sets New
Atlantic Record
"TpHE Queen Mary, Cunard White
*? Star line's great liner, set a
new transatlantic record in her lat
est crossing to New York, taking
the blue ribbon of the sea from
the Normandie of the French line.
Her time from Cherbourg break
water to Ambrose lightship was
four days, eight hours and thirty
seven minutes. This beat Norman
die's record by three hours and five
minutes, but Queen Mary's course
was somewhat shortei than that
taken by her rival, and the latter
still holds the speed by hour rec
ord.
Flying out to greet the British
liner, a big seaplane piloted by
Capt. W. W. Wincapaw fell to the
sea. The nine persons aboard were
picked up by a boat from the liner
Exermont, but one of them, E. T.
Ramsdell, a Boston newspaper pho
tographer, was fatally injured.
Repudiate Debts If Lemke
Loses, Says Coughlin
FATHER CHARLES E. COUGH
" LIN, speaking at the home-com
ing celebration for William Lemke
at Hankinson, N. D., advised his
hearers to repudiate their debts if
the Union party candidate were not
elected President. "And if anybody
tries to enforce them," he added,
"repudiate them also." This, the
priest declared, is the only way out.
Board Is Appointed to
Study Drouth Remedies
SCATTERED rains over limited
areas brought only temporary
relief from the heat and drouth,
and then warm weather started a
M. L. Cooke
new aavance over
the corn belt. The
federal crop report
ing board in Wash
ington s a i a the
drouth was as se
vere as that of 1934
and worse than any
since the western
country was settled.
The serious condi
tions prevailed over
practically the en
tire area from the
Rocky mountains in Montana to the
Hudson valley in New York and
southward over western Pennsyl
vania, central Maryland, the Ohio
valley, parts of Arkansas, and most
of Oklahoma.
It was announced in Washington
that President Roosevelt had creat
ed a national committee to study
measures for remedying conditions
in the drouth region through uti
lization of natural resources. The
committee is headed by Morris L.
Cooke, rural electrification admin
istrator. Other members are Col.
Richard C. Moore of the army en
gineers; John C. Page, acting com
missioner of the bureau of recla
mation; Frederick H. Fowler of
the national resources committee;
Rexford G. Tugwell. resettlement
administrator, and Harry L. Hop
kins, works progress administrator.
Many Quitting the CCC
to Take Private Jobs
I-yRECTOR ROBERT FECHNER
'-'reports that nearly 13,000 mem
bers of the Civilian Conservation
Corps left that organization dur
ing June to accept private employ
ment, and he said this was largely
attributable to the general im
provement in business conditions,
and in part to the practical edu
cation given the men.
The exact number discharged in
June was 12,995, the largest group
to quit since the corps was reduced
to a maximum of 350,000.
Nominations for Senate
Are Made in Iowa
IOWA Republicans nominated Bar
ry Halden of Chariton, editor
and American Legion leadet . for
the United States senate seat made
vacant by the death of Louis Mur
phy. His Democratic opponent is
Guy M. Gillette.
The state Farmer-Labor party
delegates met in Dea Moines and
named former Senator Smith Wild
man Brookhart as their candidate
for the seat.
Organized Labor Split
Nears the Climax
TT SEEMS at this time that noth
*? ing can prevent the great schism
in the ranks of American organized
labor. John L. Lewis, head ot the
United Mine Workers, and his fol
lowers in the industrial union
movement, are determined to go
ahead with their plans for the or
ganization of steel workers into a
mass union, and now have expand
ed their program, proposing to un
ionize thus the employees of steel
fabrication and processing plants.
Moreover, Lewis and his asso
ciates have declared they will not
appear before the executive coun
cil of the American Federation of
Labor to stand trial on charges
of "fomenting insurrection," so it
appears the council can do nothing
but suspend the rebels and their
unions, these constituting about one
third of the federation's member
ship. If this is done, the final de
cision as to expulsion of these un
ions will be made by the national
convention in Tampa in November.
Gov. Landon Accepts the
Republican Nomination
GOV. ALF. M. LANDON now
knows officially that he is the
Republican nominee for President
of the United States. Before more
Gov. Landon
than 100,000 of his
fellow citizens ha
stood at the south
entrance of t h ?
Kansas capitol in
Topeka and re
ceived the formal
notification from
Congressman Snell
of New York, who
was p e rm a n e n t
chairman of the
Cleveland c o n v e n
uon. Around him
were grouped a thousand leaders
of the party, and in front of him
were the throngs of his supporters
and admirers wh* had gathered
from far and near to do him hon
or and to witness the ceremonies.
The nominee's speech of accept
ance was the plain spoken, outright
kind of talk his hearers expected.
Here, briefly, is what Mr. Lan
don had to say on some of the
more vital issues:
Recovery ? "The record shows
that these (New Deal) measures
did not fit together into any defi
nite program of recovery. Many
of them worked at cross-purposes
and defeated themselves. The na
tion has not made the durable prog
ress, either in reform or recovery,
that we had the right to expect . . .
We must be freed from incessant
governmental intimidation and hos
tility. We must be freed from ex*
cessive expenditures and crippling
taxation. We must be freeu from
the effects of an arbitrary and un
certain monetary policy, and from
private monopolistic control."
Relief ? "Let me emphasize that
while we propose to follow a policy
of economy in government expendi
tures, those who need relief will
get it. We will not take our econ
omies out of the allotments to the
unemployed. We will take them
out of the hides of the political
exploiters."
Agriculture ? "We " shall establish
effective soil conservation and ero
sion control policies in connection
with a national land use and flood
prevention program ? and keep it
all out of politics. Our farmers
are entitled to all of the home
market they can supply without in
justice to the consumer. We pro
pose a policy that protects them in
this right . . . We propose to pay
cash benefits in order to cushion
our farm families against the dis
astrous effects of price fluctuations
and to protect their standard of
living."
Labor ? "The right of labor to or
ganize means to me the right of
employees to join any type of union
they prefer, whether it .'overs their
plant, their craft or their industry.
It means that, in the absence of ?
union contract, an employee has an
equal right to join a union or to
refuse to join a union."
Constitution? "It is not my be
lief that the Consitution is above
change. The people have the right,
'by the means they have prescribed,
to change their form of govern
ment to fit their wishes . . . But
change must come by and through
the people and not by usurpation.
. . . The Republica.i party, how
ever, does not believe that thi peo
ple wish to abandon the American
form of government."
State Rights ? "There has now
appeared in high places a new and
dangerous impulse. This is the
impulse to take away and lodge in
the Chief Executive, without the
people's consent, the powers which
they have kept in their state gov
ernments or which :hey have re
served in themselves. In its ulti
mate effect upon the welfare of the
whole people, this is the most im
portant question now befoxe us.
Shall we continue to delegate more
and more power to the Chief
Executive or do we desire to pre
serve the American form at gov
ernment?"
Unearth Ancient City in Nebraska
The University of Nebraska Archeological
expedition which excavated an ancient city at
Lynch, Neb., is convinced that their explora
tion places pre-Columbia American civilization
back as much as forty centuries. The city is
probably the largest pre-historic community
which ever existed in North America. Work
men here excavating its "profiles" are leaving
narrow partitions to make the "profiles" better.
BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
JERRY CAN FIND NO TRAPS
JERRY MUSKRAT was puzzled.
" He was very much puzzled. When
he discovered that the stranger had
left pieces of carrot and apple at
some of Jerry's favorite eating
places he had guessed at once that
a trap had been set in each one of
those places. So, for a whole day
he had kept away from them. Then
curiosity had been too much for
him. He just had to go over to see
if those delicious tid-bits were still
there.
The first. place he visited was an
old log partly under water. On the
It Seemed to Jerry That He Simply
Most Have Those Pieces of
Carrot.
part above water were several
pieces of carrot. Jerry swam along
both sides of that log and made
sure that there was no trap under
water. Then he crawled up on the
bank beside that log and looked
carefully for signs of a trap. He
could And none. There certainly
was no trap where those pieces of
carrot lay in plain sight on that
log.
It seemed to Jerry that he simplv
must have those pieces of carrot
He tried to turn his back on them
Cleared of Murder
A Jury whicn deliberated less
than one hour frund Peter Voiss
seventy-two. bp-rded prospector
citizen of California, not guilty of
the murder of Or. Jasper Gattuc
cio, San Jose dentist who was ac
cidentally shot when he was an- I
noying the old prospector who was
a picturesque figure on the highway
leading his two old burros and an
old car with his trade tools.
and go away, but he couldn't. He
knew he was foolish, but he finally,
very, very cautiously crept up on
that log until he could reach out
one paw and knock a piece of car
rot off. Nothing happened. Jerry
jumped down and ate that piece of
carrot with relish. Then he climbed
back and did the same thing to an
other piece* of carrot. Finally, he
had eaten the last piece of carrot
and nothing had happened.
Then Jerry visited in turn the
other places where the stranger had
left good things to eat. At each
place temptation proved too much
for him, and he ventured to take
those good things. He ate until his
stomach was full and then he car
ried what was left over to his
house. At none of those places
could he find the least sign of a
trap.
The stranger came the next day
and left more good things, and that
night Jerry had another feast. The
following day the stranger did not
come, but the day after he did. As
before, he left good things to eat,
and, as before, Jerry got them to
the last scrap.
But all the time Jerry was puz
zled. He couldn't understand why
that stranger was bringing him all
those good things to eat. At the
same time, Jerry was growing care
less. He no longer used his eyes
and nose so carefully when he ap
proached the places where those
good things were left. In fact,
sometimes he was in such a hurry
to get them that he didn't look at
all, but just scrambled up where
the good things were. You see, not
once had he found a single thing
wrong. He was beginning to doubt
that the stranger was a trapper at
all. In fact, he was beginning to
look on the stranger as a very
good friend indeed.
6 T. W. Burgess. ? WXU Ssrrlcs.
MOTHER S COOK BOOK
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GOOD THINGS FROM GOOD
COOKS
WHEN you cannot think of a dif
ferent salad for your family
try:
Cottage Cheese With Figs
Mold well seasoned cottage
cheese into dome shapes and dis
pose on crisp lettuce. Cut plump
figs into halves and arrange in an
upright border around the cheese.
Serve with trench dressing.
Veal and Ham Pie
Cut one pound of veal steak into
inch dice and place in the bottom
of a casserole. Over it arrange
one-half pound of cooked ham cut
into strips. Then add four hard
cooked eggs cut into halves length
wise. Dissolve one bouillon cube
in a cupful of boiling water, add
one-half teaspoonful of salt, one
fourth teaspoonfu) ot paprika, one
tablespoonful of onion juice and one
pint of tomato pulp. Pour this over
the meat and cover with:
wVegetable Crust
Take one each of grated raw car
rot and parsnips, one pint of
mashed potatoes, one-half cupful of
melted butter and salt and pepper
to season. Spread, after blending
well, over the pie, leaving it rough
SiPUGAGvP
"They would be like that." u;i
.'a*hionable Fern, "the clothes that
briar the women oat beat certainly
' lint oat the men."
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on the top. Cover with oiled paper
for the first hour of baking.
Molded Crab Meat
Dissolve one package of lemon
flavored gelatin in one and one
half cupfuls of boiling water, three
tablespoonfuls of vinegar and one
half teaspoonful of salt. Chill slight
ly and add two cupfuls of crab
meat, three-fourths of a cupful of
finely cut celery, two tablespoonfuls
of chopped pimiento, one teaspoon
ful of onion juice and one-half cup
ful of mayonnaise. Put into a mold
and chill until firm. Serve on let
tuce with stuffed olives and sweet
pickles.
? Western Newspaper Union.
Mahabharata Oldest Epic
The Mahabharata, a sacred book
of the Hindus and one of the two
great religious books of ancient
India ? the other being the Rama
yana? is probably the oldest epic
in the world. It is about eight
times as long as the Iliad and the
Odyssey together. ? Gas Logic.
IF MY HEART
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
IF MY heart were a vagrant wincf
' It would follow you.
Follow up where the sun is kind.
Or amid the dew.
If my heart were a rose in bloom
In the border grass
It would give of its heart's perfum*
But when you pass.
If my heart were a star tonight
It would only shine,
When it caught the reflected light
Of your eyes divine.
If my heart shall a song begin ^
It is you must say ?
If my heart were a violin
How you could play!
e Dougla* Ma.] loch. ? WNU 8*rv4oft.
RY THIS TRICK
By PONJAY HARRAH
Coprriekl br rrnbta W
JUMPING ELASTIC
The magician shows a rubber
band around the first two fingers
of his left hand. He uses his right
hand to snap the elastic, proving
that it is tightly in position.
Bending his fingers inward, the
magician lets everyone see the elas
tic about the first two fingers. Mag
ically, the rubber band jumps to the
last two fingers of the hand.
This trick is very deceptive. The
actual trickery begins when the ma
gician snaps the elastic with his
right hand. Holding the palm of his
hand toward himself, he draws out
the rubber band; then bending his
fingers, inserts all of them into the
loop thus formed.
Turning his hand so only the back
is seen, the magician shows the 1
elastic apparently on the first two
fingers only. A quick extension of
the fingers ; the rubber band jumps.
WXU 8*rrlo?.
ANNABELLE'S
ANSWERS
By RAY THOMPSON
DEAR ANNABELLE: WHAT
WOULD YOU CONSIDER A
REALLY SUCCESSFUL MAN?
AMBITIOUS.
Dear Ambitious: ONE WHO
CAN MAKE MONEY FASTER
THAN HIS SON CAN SPEND
IT AT COLLEGE!
Annab?ll?.
Built by Resettlement Administration
Such an establishment in itself goes a long way toward giving new
hope to a drouth-discouraged farmer. In this instance the already estab
lished trees were utilized to provide a windbreak for the cultivated land.