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The Alamance gleaner VOL. LXII. . GRAHAM, IN, C., THURSDAY SEPTEMRER 3, 1936. NO. 31. News Review of Current Events the World Overl Bullitt Is Made Ambassador to France ? Hitler Stirs Stalin | to Talk of War ? Secretary Dern Dies in Washington. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ? Western Newspaper Union. TRANSFER of William C. Bullitt A from the embassy in Moscow to that in Paris is not surprising. He it W. C. Bullitt. was who was chiel ly responsible (or the recognition ol the Soviet govern ment by the United States, and when he was rewarded with the ambassadorship it was expected he would be able to swing a lot of Rus sian business to American concerns. Also it was hoped he could persuade nis nussian friends to keep their promises not to disturb this country with com munist propaganda. In these re spects at least Mr. Bullit . has been a disappointment. But he retains the confidence of President Roose velt and will not be out of place as ambassador to the leftist French government. Some observers think Mr. Bullitt is sent to Paris for the purpose of secretly sounding out the major Eu ropean powers on the possibility of reconvening the world economic conference in 1937. Jesse Isador Straus resigned as ambassador to France on the ad vice of h4s physicians. The Presi dent wrote him that "if this ad ministration shaL be continued for another four years, I shall count on your returning as a part of it." D EICHSFUEHRER HITLER has ^ injected a little more ginger into the international armament race by suddenly announcing that the term for compulsory military service for Germans was doubled ? two years instead of one. As mat ters are just now in Europe, this appeared to be aimed directly against soviet Russia, and if the London newspapers are to be be lieved, Dictator Stalin recognizes this and reacts as might be expect ed. The London Evening News and Daily Mail both assert that Stalin, in a secret radio address to the red army, said: ? "Comrades of the red forces: We are on the very eve of momentous events. At any moment now you may be called upon to lay down your lives for the defense of the proletarian birthland. "This is the moment you have been anticipating, and now your birthland is expecting you to do the duty you have so eagerly await ed. "Our enemies are getting into po sition. So be ready. The enemies are on the frontiers of our great land. Keep watch. "Everything money could buy, everything the genius of man could invent and everything the loving labor of the workers could make have been given into your hands for the defense and glory of the Soviet land." The London papers say other So viet leaders followed Stalin with similar talks. The foreign office in Moscow flatly denied that the dictator had delivered any such ad dress as was reported. German economists, worried over the mounting ccsts of re-arming their country, were told the dou bling 'of the term of military serv ice would not be quite so expensive as it appeared, for more men in barracks means fewer on dole. However, the national debt contin ued to grow and ways of meeting payments are becoming fewer and more scanty. CECRETARY OF WAR GEORGE ? H. DERN died in Walter Reed hospital, Washington, of heart dis ease and other complications re sulting from influenza. He had been ill since last spring but part of the time had insisted on attending to his official duties, keeping this up even from his sick bed. Mr. Dern, who was sixty-four years old, was formerly a brilliant mining engineer and was the second non-Mormon to be elected governor of Utah, serv ing two terms. A NNOUNCEMENT was made by ** WPA officials in Washington that more than 110,000 farmers are now at work on Works Progress ad ministration projects in the drouth areas of the West and Central West About half of the farmers on the WPA rolls are in North and South Dakota. North Dakota reported 32,762 at work on federal projects and South Dakota 22,927. Relief and agricultural authorities have esti mated that 110,000 to 120,000 farm ers will need help through the win ter in the Dakotas. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S spe cial train made a quick run to Bismarck, N. D., and the special committee on the drouth, headed by Morris L. Cooke, reported to him on its inspection of the afflicted area. The President then took an automobile tour through the coun tryside to see for himself some of the effects of the long dry spell. He conferred with Acting Governor Welford and Senators Nye and Fra zier of North Dakota and Acting Governor Holt and Senators Wheel er find Murray of Montana. Next day Mr. Roosevelt's train carried him down to Pierre, S. D., and thence into other drouth stricken states. Mr. Roosevelt's original schedule was changed to permit him to make a quick run to Salt Lake City for the burial services of Secretary of War Dern. FEDERAL JUDGE JOHN P. " BARNES of Chicago upheld the constitutionality of the Commodity Exchange act and denied an injunc tion to restrain its Enforcement asked by members of the Chicago Mercantile exchange. Judge Barnes agreed with the contention of Spe cial Assistant Attorney General Wendell Berge that the act is "merely an extension of the pro visions of the grain futures act," which has been held constitutional by the United State:. Supreme Court. FIGURES given out by the De r partment of Commerce revealed that July merchandise exports from the United States declined to $178. Sec. Roper. 324,000, the lowest level' of the year, while imports in creased to $193,409, 000, leaving an un favorable balance of trade of $15,085,000 for the month. It was the second suc cessive month an unfavorable balance was reported. How ever, compared with the 1935 month, ex ports were up 3 per cent and im ports up 9 per cent. The unfavorable balance was re garded by Secretary of Commerce Roper as convincing proof of eco nomic recovery in the United States because nearly half the increase in imports over last year in dollar volume was accounted for by lux ury items such as furs and whisky and commodities not extensively produced in this country, such as wood-pulp, paper, nickel and til}. ^c.^rate fighting, neither the Spanish loyalists nor the rebel* were able to claim a decided ad vantage, and it became evident that the conflict would be long drawn out if the other European nations could keep aloof. This latter even tuality was made more probable by Adolf Hitler's announcement that the German government had ordered an embargo on arms to Spain. He thus lined his country up with Great Britain and France, and Italy had accepted the French proposal for neutrality, though with some reservations. These "neutral" nation*, how ever, do not intend to be imposed upon and both the British and the German governments made strong protests to the Madrid government against alleged violation of the free dom of the seas. Five British war ships set sail from Gibraltar and Hitler sent seven' from the Baltic to enforce the demands that inter ference with shipping cease. The crews of these vessels were ready for immediate. acUgou.. The United States does not con sider the attempted blockade of reb el-held ports any more valid than do the European nations. Secre tary Hull told the Madrid foreign office: "My government directs me to inform you that, with the friend liest feelings toward the Spanish government, it cannot admit the le gality of any action on the part of the Spanish government in declar ing such ports closed unless that government declares and maintains an effective blockade of such ports." more than five weeks of P\URING the fall maneuver* ?s' France has been testing the strength of its new fortifications along the German frontier ? the Maginot line. In the Montmedy re gion the elaborate system of con crete strongholds was subjected to an "enemy" attack, and observers said the assailing troops, armed with the newest and speediest equipment, were able to penetrate the line only at a few places and iu small numbers. Reservists from the interior of France had moved up to occupy the line in thirty-six hours. Watching the "battle" was a delegation of generals from Soviet Russia. PLOYD B. OLSON, Farmer ' Laborite governor of Minnesota and candidate for the United States senatorship, died of stomach cancer after a courageous fight. He had been ill for months but had kept up his ex ec u t i v e and cam paign activities as best he could until the end. H j a 1 m a r Peterson, lieutenant governor, succeeds him as governor, but at this writing there is doubt as to whom the party's F. B. Olson state central committee will select to make the race for the seri atorship. Francis H. Shoemaker of Ouluth announced his candidacy im mediately, and two other men were being considered ? Senator Elmer A. Benson, now a candidate for gov ernor, and Representative Ernest LundeSn of Minneapolis. TOM BLANTON of Abilene, Tex., veteran ranter in congress, has lost his seat in that body and says he will return to the practice of law. For twenty years, with one brief interlude, he has represented his district in the house but in the run-off Democratic primary, which is equivalent to an election there, he was beaten by Clyde L. Garrett of Eastland, a county judge. JOSEPH W. HARRIMAN, former ** president of the Harriman Na tional Bank and Trust company of New York and a powerful figure in national finance, was released on parole from the federal northeast ern penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pa. He hastened to New York where, it was believed, he would seek a position teaching business subjects. Harriman was sent to prison in 1934 for four and a half years after his conviction on charges of bank ing irregularities involving more than a million dollars. CENATOR JAMES COUZENS ot ^Michigan, a Republican long noted for his independence of party restrictions and a candidate for re nomination on the Republican ticket, has announced that he will support Pres ident Roosevelt for re-election. His state ment was: "Believing as I do that the most impor tant matter confront ing the nation is the re-election of Presi dent Roosevelt, I in tend to support him. "The outcome of Bainbridfe Colby my own candidacy for the senate la neither important to the nation nor to me, out I believe it is important that my many loyal supporters in Michigan be advised in advance of the primary on September 15. "The reasons for this conclusion will be advanced from time to time between now and election next November." On the other hand, Bainbridge Colby of New York, who was secre tary of state in President Wilson's cabinet, announced that he is for Landon, declaring in a published statement : "Governor Landon's candidacy carries the hopes of every American who knows what America stands for, and who respects the principles which have brought us to greatness ? nation, and preserved our lib erties as self-governed people. "The thoughtful and independent Democrats throughout the country ? and their number is formidable ? are determined in this election to rebuke the betrayal of their party by the administration in Wash ington." Great Britain and Egypt have settled their disputes and signed a treaty of friendship and alliance. It brings Egypt much nearer to its goal of independence while at the same time it provides full safety for England's interests, especially the Suez canal. The Brit ish troops probably will be with drawn from Cairo and other cities and concentrated with the air force within the canal zone around Is mailia. The maximum strength is to be 10,000 in the army and 3,400 in the air force, but in an emer gency Britain will be allowed to send necessary reinforcements. Model Village Built for the "Quoddy" Workers This is the model village built by Uncle Sam (or the workers on the Passamaquoddy tidal power proj ect up ill Maine. The occupants live under ideal conditions. President Roosevelt has declared he still "be lieves in Quoddy," though work has been stopped for the present by fail ure of congress to appropriate more money. BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN By THORNTON W. BURGESS JERRI IS FILLED WITH DISTRUST AS JERRY MUSKRAT lay in his bed, safe in his house, nursing his sore tail, he had time to do a lot of thinking, and he did do a lot of thinking. He thought of how day after day he had found all those good things to eat at each of his favorite eating places, and how there had not been one single thing to make him suspicious. In fact, there had been everything to take suspicion away. He began to un derstand just what that trapper had tried to do, and it seemed to him that nothing coula possibly have been more unfair. "He tried to make me think he was my friend," thought Jerry. "He knew that if I had the least suspicion that he wasn't my friend, I would be watching for traps. So he pretended that he was my friend and he brought all thosi nice things to me to eat so that I would trust him. I did trust him, and he knew it. Then wher. he was sure that I wouldn't suspect him of do ing such a thing he set that awful trap for me. I'll never trust any body again! I never, never will! It's awful to distrust everybody, but after this I'll just have to." So Jerry Muskrat was filled with distrust. He had been so very hap py there in the Smiling Pool fo^o long that now life seemed hardly worth while. There was no happi ness in it. You see, he felt that not only could he no longer trust those who seemed to be his friends, but he was suspicious of everything. He no longer dared to freely climb out or his favorite places along the bank. He was even suspicious of Tweed for School This little freshman wears a three-piece suit of imported tweed in dark green and yellow plaid. The cape is lined wi:h yellow suede. Her off-the-face hat is green felt with a Chinese crown bound around with a double rolled cord? one of felt, the other of p brighter green grosgrain ribbon. the Big Rock. The only place where he felt absolutely sale was right in side his own house. But of course he couldn't stay in his own house all the time, because he had to eat. Of course. Every body has to eat. Then, too, he had a lot of work yet to do on that house of his to make it ready for win ter. This meant that he had to travel around considerably to get his food and to get the material for his house. But now he never went ashore without first looking with the greatest care for signs of a trap. One of the first things he did after he got through nursing his sore tail was to go to each of the places where that trapper had put good things to eat. He went there, not to get those good things, but to find out if there were traps there as there had been on the old log. He found a trap at each place. After that he did not go near these places. Billy Mink would have found a way Eve's EpiGr/vns I[ ? CO en a CJi|e Gives hiro so nocb rope he doesn't knoto ohftt to do cotih. it. shea sore to knoo hocj oochi it takes "to nftkej noose. to get all those good things to eat without getting into one of the traps, but Jerry preferred to take no chances. He simply kept away from those places. Those pieces of carrot and apple were a terrible temptation, but he contented him self with his regular food and tried to forget that there were such things as carrots and apples. And even when he was hunting for his regular food he was all the time watching out for traps. He was so filled with distrust that he took no joy in anything. C T. W. BuriM*? W.NU Sanrlc*. SERVING COMMON FOODS "THE change in preparation and combination with other foods makes a variety even when we use the everyday common things. Chicken is so well liked that it can not be spoiled by food combinations, yet the simplest is always enjoyed the best. For those who have never eaten chicken cooked in milk, this will be a new dish: ChickeD Cooked in Milk. Cut up a good fat fowl which would be used for fricassee, place it in a casserole after being well sea soned and rolled in flour. Cover with sweet rich milk and bake in a slow oven until the chicken is ten der and the sauce cooked down to make a delicious gravy. Serve from the casserole. Summer Squash en Casserole. Take two and one-half cupfuls of cooked squash, add three-fourths of a cupful of thick stewed toma toes, two tablespoonfuls of butter, one and one-hall teaspoonfuls of salt, one tablespoomul of grated onion, one-half cupful of chopped cooked meat or nuts ? fish is also good ? mix well and cover with a half-inch layer of well buttered "1 suppose It will be the same old itorjr," tar* forward-look inr Fern, 'Papa nudist will be eompUiaiaf i beat bow lone It takes Mamma ?cdtat to undress." # B*ll Bjndlcil*.? WHO hrtM crumbs alter putting into a baking dish. Bake until well browned. Cooked eggplant or carrots are also good (or this dish. 'Different Pot Roast. Take a four-pound piece of beef from the chuck. Make slits on each side with a sharp knife, take one fourth of a pound of salt pork, cut into strips and stuff every other slit with a piece of pork and a stuffed olive. Slice one large onion and fry in a little fat. Remove the onion and brown the meat on all sides. Add tomatoes, using three cupfuls, cover closely and simmer until the meat is tender. Use two teaspoonfuls of salt to season the meat after it has been well seared, adding pepper to taste. ? W?urn Ntvtptptr Union. YOU ARE HERE By Douglas Malloeb WHEN we were sundered bow 1 thought The things to say, , How many merry tunes I taught I My heart to play. Sweet words to tell the joy I knew When you had come ? And now the hour has brought m? you. And I am dumb. Yes, now you shelter in my arms. My love, at last; The clouds of gray, the mist* ci storms, Have drifted past. But those dream songs I meant to bring Today, my dear. Are gone ? and all that I can nog Is "You are here!" C Dmvlu M*Uock I RY THIS TRICK By POKMY CopragMkrl COIN THROUGH SLEEVE THIS is the mystery at a pene trating coin. The coin used is a small one; you show it in your right hand and deliberately drop it into your left sleeve. Showing your right hand empty, you press your fingers against the outside of the sleeve and make a few rubs. Suddenly the coin cornea ' into view, seemingly through the cloth itself. Two coins are used. One is wedged between the battens of the left sleeve. This duplicate coin is not seen as that side of the iln hi is away from view. Drop the original coin inside the sleeve. Rub the outside of the sleeve and the duplicate coin ap pears as you rub it away from the buttons. WXtJI I PAPA KNCWS-I "Pop, what to prejudice?" "Fool ball." C Ball Sjrndlcmts. ? WSD Same*. Whale Embalmed by New Process Scientists were much interested in the embalming of this huge 65-ton fin-back whale, caught recently off the coast of Southern California, under a new process which literally petrifies the gigantic sea beast, thus pre serving it for research and exhibition purposes. More than 65,000 gal lons of embalming fluid, contained in a specially constructed tank aboard a rock barge, and three weeks time were required to embalm the whale.
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