The Alamance gleaner
VOL. LXII. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY AUGUST ]3, 1936. NO. 28.
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IN REVIEW^1
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Olympic Games Formally
Opened in Berlin
\X^ITH spectacular ceremony the
Olympic Games were official
ly opened in Berlin when a grace
ful runner bearing the Olympic
Adolf Hitler
flame that had been
started from Greece
dashed into the sta
dium, lowered the
silver torch before
Reichsfuehrer Hit
ler and kindled the
sacred fire in a
great cresset. Then
came the formal
parade of the ath
letes of fifty na
tions, nattily uni
formed and march
tng with precision while guns
boomed and bands blared. Some
of the foreign groups gave the Hit
ler salute as they passed by the
chancellor. Others did not. Among
the latter were the Americans, who
placed their straw hats on their left
breasts and marched by with eyes
right. Nor was the American flag
dipped before the fuehrer, , the ex
planation being that this was done
only before the President. The
American contingent was greeted
by an outburst of whistling whjch
the knowing declared meant "the
raspberry." But on the whole the
affair was decidedly successful.
In the first day's contests the
United States started things with a
rush. Jesse Owens, Ohio State's
colored star, broke the Olympic
and world records in winning his
heat in the 100-meter dash; and
Johnson, who is from California,
set a new Olympic record of 2.03
meters. In some other events the
Americans did well, and in yet
others they were eliminated.
In the 100 meter finals Owens won
and Metcalfe of Chicago was sec
ond. Helen Stephens of Missouri,
in winning two heats of the wom
en's 100 meter event, broke the
world record both times.
By a vote of 36 to 27 Tokio won
the Olympic games for 1940, Finland
being the losing bidder. The Amer
icans, South America and the Brit
ish empire were virtually solid for
Japan.
Col. Roosevelt Willing to
Run for Governor
W YORK Republicans are
to nominate a candidate (or
governor at their party convention
in September, and Col. Theodore
T) nncoiroH Vine eoiH
in a letter that was
mate public that
he is willing to ac
cept that honor if
the party so de
sires.
Colonel Roosevelt,
o o w forty -eight
years old, was the
Republican c a n -
didate for governor
in 1924 and was de
feated by Alfred E.
Col. Roosevelt
ouitc uieu tie nas ueen
governor of Puerto Rico and gov
ernor-general of the Philippines.
New Locarno Pact May
Give Europe Security
tX/HILE the nations of Europe
* ' were worrying over the Span
ish rebellion and the danger that it
might bring about open rupture
among the Fascist and anti-Fascist
{overnments of the continent, steps
were taken to assure peace. Ger
many and Italy accepted the invi
tation of Great Britain, France and
Belgium to participate in a con
ference this fall from which H is
hoped another and better Locarno
pact will emerge.
Puerto Rico Nationalist*
Are Found Guilty
PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS, leader
of the Puerto Rico Nationalist
party, and seven of his associates
were found guilty at San Juan of a
conspiracy to overthrow the United
States government in the island by
force and were sentenced by Fed
eral Judge R. A. Cooper to prison
terms ragging from two to six
years. In the first trial of these
men the jury had disagreed.
Lewis and Allies Absent
When A. P. of L. Council Meet*
IOHN L. LEWIS, head of the Unit
J ed Mine Workers, and his 11 as
sociates on the Committee for In
dustrial Organization, made good
their promise not to be present
when the executive council of the
American Federation of Labor met
to try them on charges of "insur
rection." The council members
were plainly angered by this defi
ance and it was predicted they
would proceed to find the defend
ants guilty "in absentia" and to
suspe'nd the unions in the Lewis
group. This would be the greatest
split in the ranks of American or
ganized labor since the federation
was formed fifty years ago. It
would mean the loss of about one
third of the federation's member
ship.
Zioncheck Does Not Seek
Re-election to Congress '
UEREAFTER Washington will
^ * have to get along without the
excitement provided by the antics
of Marion A. Zioncheck of Seattle,
Wash. That eccentric ? to put it
mildly? gentleman has announced
that he is not a candidate for re
election, because of his mother's
ill health, and says he wants to be
America's forgotten man. Zion
check has settled down to private
law practice.
Progress of Revolution
in Spanish Republic
GEN. FRANCISCO FRANCO'S
rebel forces in Spain, accord
ing to late reports, were pressing
the government troops seriously
Gen. Franco
and winning some
bloody encounters.
This despite the
claims of Madrid
that the Fascists
had been checked.
The rebel columns
advancing on the
capital from the
south were reported
to be threatening
communications be
tween Madrid and
the eastern sea
coast at Valencia ana Aucanie,
chief sources of the government's
food supplies. Leaders of the
insurgents claimed they held Huel
va, important seaport, and all the
territory between Seville and the
Portuguese border.
The government, now a red dic
tatorship, has taken possession of
all church property and assumed
control of all industry and agricul
ture. It also has confiscated the
merchant marine to form a defense
fleet. The loyalists were encour
aged by victories in and around
San Sabastian.
Fascist Italy has been accused
of aiding the Spanish rebels, and it
is asserted a number of Italian
bombing planes were sent to them
in Morocco. The leftist French
government naturally is in sympa
thy with the Madrid government
and Frenchmen, unarmed, have
been given permission to cross the
border to aid in putting down the
rebellion. German and Russian
sympathies, also, are ranged on
opposite sides, and all this caused
feacs that a general war might re
sult. France called on all other
nations to preserve neutrality, and
Spain warned Italy and Germany
to keep hands off.
Day by day the struggle in Spain
became bloodier and more ruth
less. Summary executions of pris
oners were common on both sides
and these deaths were probably as
numerous as those in battle. The
government planes showered
bombs on the rebel strongholds,
virtually destroying many towns;
and the Fascist bombers engaged
in desperate fights with loyal war
ships.
President Roosevelt's
Vacation Is Ended
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ended
' his 437 mile cruise when his
yacht docked at Campobello island,
New Brunswick, where he has a
summer home.
Ur. Roosevelt remained at
Campobello only two days and then
took a special train to Quebec,
where he visited with Lord Tweeds
muir, governor general of Canada.
Immediately alter this meeting,
Mr. Roosevelt took train for his
summer residence in Hyde Park,
N. Y., and there began mapping
the plans for his campaign for re
election. Half a dozen leaders of
the Democratic party, including
National Chairman James A. Far
ley, were summoned into confer
ence with their chief. The Pres
ident also obtained from Secretary
Wallace and Chester Davis a report
on drouth condition* and relief
needs.
Smaller Scale Project*
in New PWA Program
C* MPHASIS is placed on smaller
scale projects to be completed
speedily, in the third building pro
gram of the public works admin
istration, which was opened by the
allotment of $22,742,034 by Pres
ident Roosevelt. It includes 352
projects in 37 states, and the larg
est of these is a courthouse for
New York city to cost the govern
ment $4,835,000. The average al
lotment is only $64,323.
Secretary Ickes, PWA admin
istrator, said that, in addition to 45
per cent donation, PWA will lend
$2,142-000 to help communities de
fray their 55 per cent share of the
cost. President Roosevelt has or
dered that all projects "be com
menced by October 1, 1936, reach a
peak by the end of the year and be
completed by October 1, 1937."
Frank Knox Notified of
His Nomination
FACING an enthusiastic crowd
1 that completely filled the big
Chicago stadium. Col. Frank Knox
received from Senator Steiwtr of
Colonel Knox
uregon me omciai
notification of his
nomination for the
vice presidency by
the Republican
party. National
Chairman John
Hamilton introduced
the senator, who
spoke briefly but
forcefully and with
his customary elo
eloquence. As Col
onel Knox stepped
lorwara to aenver nis speecn 01 ac
ceptance he was greeted by a roar
of applause that continued for many
minutes. His fellow citizens were
glad to express their gratification
for the honor done him, and the
thousands from outside Chicago
were no less warm in their appre
ciation of the candidate. In the
streets surrounding the stadium
was another vast throng of people
who, unable to get into the build
ing, listened to the proceedings as
broadcast by a loud-speaker sys
tem.
Unlike Governor Landon, Colonel
Knox devoted much of his address
to the alleged failures of the Roose
velt administration which, he said,
had the most glorious opportunity
in the history of the nation but ig
nored its responsibility, failed in
its job and defaulted in its obli
gations.
"From the day that it took of
fice," he declared, "it embarked
on a series of hysterical experi
ments on the economic life of a
burdened -people. At a time when
universal co-operation was a neces
sity it initiated a campaign of
abuse and vilification of business
men. At a time when the credit of
the country should have been
strengthened it inaugurated a poli
cy of credit adulteration and cur
rency experiment that demoralized
foreign trade and frightened do
mestic finance. It set up a system
of regimentation of industry that
reduced production and prevented
re-employment. By coercion of con
gress it forced the passage of re
form measures so recklessly drawn
that they hamstrung the revival of
enterprise and paralyzed the re
newal of investment. It installed
a regimentation of agriculture that
destroyed food and reduced foreign
markets and increased thj cost of
living and multiplied the expense
of relief.
"At a time when private industry
was struggling desperately for a
new start it ?et up governmental
enterprise to compete with private
business. At a time when the bur
den of taxation was already hard
to bear it embarked on a policy of
squandering public funds and in
creasing the weight of taxes. At ?
time when united effort and mutual
good - will would have completed
recovery it promoted sectional hat
red and class strife. At a time
when returning business confidence
waa ending depression it began a '
campaign to terrorize business and
subjugate the banks. At a time
when confidence in the character of
government was vita) it estab
lished a spoils system."
Government Crop Report
Shows Drouth Damage
THE WEEKLY crop report and
weather summary of the De
partment of Agriculture revealed
that the drouth and high tempera
ture were playing havoc with the
com crop in most of the leading
producing states. In some sections
there will not even be fodder and
over a much larger area no grain
will be obtained this year. There
were good rains, however, in parts
of the central and eastern areas.
The present drouth in Iowa, the
department said, ha* caused great
er damage to corn than that of
1934. The summary reported al
most complete destruction of the
crop in two southern and two west
ern tiers of counties.
One Locality Where the Wheat Crop Is Good
JN CONTRAST to the drouth devastated regions in other parts of the state and country is this scene of
plenty on the farm of Allen Engler in Shawnee county, near Topeka, Kan., showing wheat being
threshed. The locality is enjoying a banner wheat crop with an average yield of 25 bushels an acre, sell
ing at one dollar a bushel.
Bedtime Story for Children
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
JERRY'S FEARS ARE ENDED
tpOR a week Jerry Muskrat con
' tinued to find good things to eat
at several of his favorite eating
places, things of which he was very
fond, and which had been put there
by the stranger, who visited the
Laughing Brook and the Smiling
Pool every day. At first, as you
know, Jerry had been very sus
picious. He had feared a trap at
each of those places where the
good things were. But he had
Had the Stranger Had a Gun Jerry
Would Have Kept Out of Sight
found no trace of a trap, and by
the end of the week he had ceased
to think of traps at all.
The result was that now Jerry
thought of nothing but the good
things to eat and scrambled up on
the bank and the old log which lay
partly in the water, as carelessly
as he had been in the habit of do
ing before the stranger appeared.
His one thought was to get those
good things the stranger so thought
fully left there for him.
"I don't believe that this is the
trapper of whom Billy Mink and
Bobby Coon warned me," thought
Jerry. "It must have been some
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ANNABELLE'S
ANSWERS
Br RAY THOMPSON
DEAR ANNABELLE: WHY It IT
WE'RE HAVING SUCH A RUN OP
COSTUME PLATS RECENTLY?
ROW A.
Dear "Row A": POSSIBLY TO
COMPENSATE FOR ALL
THOSE LACKING COS
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one else who set those traps (or
Billy Mink. This is a friend. I
don't know why he takes so much
interest in me and brings me all
these good things, and I don't care.
I hope he'U keep right on bringing
me apples, carrots, and such things.
They certainly do taste good to me."
Sometimes the stranger came
early in the morning and sometimes
he came late in the afternoon. Al
ways he left something for Jerry
and Jerry was very grateful. Those
feasts saved him a lot of time and
trouble hunting for food. This gave
him more time to work on his house
and make it ready for winter. Jerry
had a feeling that the winter was
going to be a hard one, and he in
tended to be fully prepared for it.
So he worked hard making the roof
and walls of his house thicker than
usual and making his tunnels in the
banks of the Smiling Pool so that
no matter how hard the winter
might be, he would be quite com
fortable.
Jerry so lost all fear of that
stranger that sometimes he would
work when he knew that the Strang
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er was watching him. However, he
always took care to see that the
stranger had no gun with him. Had
the stranger had a gun Jerry would
at once have been suspicious and
would have kept out of sight. As
it was, he would keep right on work
ing until the stranger left, and then
hurry over to see what he had left
for him. Jerry was very happy and
quite without fear.
? T. W. BurxtaL ? WNU 8?rv!c?
- MOTHER'S *
COOK BOOK
THREE GOOD RECIPES
HERE is a good ice-bo* cooky,
which is always a good one to
keep ready for any occasion:
Sufar Cookies
Cream one cupful of butter, add
two cupfuis of sugar, add two tea
spoons of vanilla, one of lemon
extract, two teaspoons of nutmeg,
one-half teaspoon of salt, three eggs
well beaten and four tablespoons of
cream. Beat three minutes then
add four and one-third Cups of
flour, one teaspoon of cream of tar
tar well blended. Shape into two
rolls two inches in diameter and
roll in waxed paper. Place in the
ice chest 24 hours. Cut into thin
slices and bake in a quick oven.
Caramel Jelly
Soak two tablespoons of gelatin
in one-half cup of cold milk for five
minutes. Pour one-half cup of
sugar into a smooth iron frying pan.
Heat slowly, stirring constantly un
til a light brown sirup is formed,
add one cup of boiling water and
cook five minutes, stirring frequent
ly until well dissolved. Add the
gelatin mixture and one cup of boil
in<t milk. Cock tlowlv until the gel
atin is dissolved. Add one-half cup
of cream, pinch of salt, one and
one-half teaspoons of vanilla and
pour into molcH to stiffen. Turn out I
md serve sprinkled with shredded
almonds.
Oran;e Cream
Cook together the juice and rind
of a lemon, one cupful of orange
juice and four tablespoonfuls of
flour mixed with one-half cupful of
sugar. Add the beaten yolks of four
eggs and cook until thick. Cream
one-half cupful of butter and one
cupful of powdered sugar and add
to the cooled custard. Lastly fold
in the stiffly-beaten whites of the
eggs. Line the bottom of a pan
with lady fingers and pour in the
orange mixture. Set aside to cool
and serve garnished >vith cream.
C WcatarD Newspaper Union.
Worth- While Things
There are so many worth-while
things to talk about, if only we would
turn our attention to them. Books,
for instance. What fruitful time
friends can have talking over the
books that they have been reading.
Music and art make good topics of
conversation. If each of us would
resolve to lift his talk a little, the
level of gossip would rise and every
body would be better off.
"The doctor told ber sbe most walk
after each meal." uj? willow y
Winnie, "so aow (he dines at the
cafeterias."
? Ball SjtbAMU*.? WHU Barrte*.
EVEN SUMMER
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
\\7 HO has not seen a lumma
? * rain
Sweep swiftly o'er a sunlit plain?
Bright was the morn
And soft the breeze,
Yet gales are born
Of even these,
And suddenly the sky is gray.
Yes, even on a summer day. '
Who has not seen some summel
hour
Grow darker with a sudden ?how'rT
Yet shall your own
Be always fair.
And loss unknown.
And hurt, and care?
Shall life be always joy to you.
The sky the same all summer
through?
Who has not seen the rain appear?
Who ever lived a cloudless year?
The dripping leaf.
The fallen nest,
So comes some grief
To ev'ry breast ?
And even so to you it may.
Yes, even on a summer day.
Q Doudu Malloch. ? WNU Servlc*.
Long Puff Sleeves
For dining in town, ? tunic at
navy blue net with long pull sleeves
is glamorously transparent over ?
simple gown of navy blue silk crepe.
Flat white carnations trim the low
neckline and a matching ostrich
plume trims the blue hat at mous
seline de soie.
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Little Walled-la Cities
Greatest attractions of all in
Ghent, Belgium, are the lay Be
guinages, or nunneries. Only a few
of these can be found in Europe.
Here they are little walled cities
within the city and in them live
some Ave or six hundred Beguines,
women who take no vows, but re
tire thus from the world for a time.
The little cities of walled-in quiet
are scrupulously tidy and neat, and
each has its little parks, squares
and churches. The Beguines them
selves pay taxe3 just as other citi
zens do, and each of them is free to
return to the life and business of
the world at any time. It is not un
common for Belgian women to go to
these nunneries for a few months,
spending their days in making lace
and carrying out religious devotions,
then to return home to their old
household tasks.