The Alamance gleaner
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19,1936
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Secretary Roper Plans National Census of Unemployed ?
Armistice Day Duly Observed ? Opening of the
Huge San Francisco-Oakland Bridge.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
? Western Newspaper Upion.
NOW that the election is over,
Secretary of Commerce Roper
is laying plans for the complete
census of the unemployed in the
United States which
has so long been
called for. He said
he would ask con
gress to appropriate
between 13 and 15
million dollars (or
this count and that
it would require the
services of about
25,000 persons who
would be given spe
cial training for
several months.
"The census would
Sec. Roper
not only take up an enumeration of
those classified as unemployed,"
said Koper, "but we want to find out
which trades or industries the un
employed would fall into. We would
also like to help the states in clas
sifying the unemployed from the un
employable.
"There are many economic ques
tions involved. Some families have
enough income to support them, but
one or more members may be out of
work. We want to obtain information
on this phase."
The secretary intimated that the
census machinery might be made
permanent so that a close check
be kept on persons out of work, as
is done in England.
According to the American Fed
eration of Labor 2,900,000 workers
have been re - employed since last
January.
IN A joint report by the federal
* bureaus of agricultural and home
economics the prediction is made
that farm cash income available
for spending in 19S7 will continue
the upward trend shown in 1936.
As a basis for this expectancy the
bureaus cite increases in net in
come from agricultural and non
agricultural sources, lower inter
est rates and long term financing
of debts.
Record production of truck crops
also was forecast. All sections of
the country will share and all im
portant truck crops will be included
except celery, onions and spinach,
it was stated, with the likelihood
that in spite of indicated larger sup
plies, improvement in consumer
buying power would help maintain
the higher prices of 1936, which
were about 10 per cent over 1935.
OECRETARY of Agriculture Wal
^ lace in an interview intimates
that for a year there may be no
new legislation for crop control
along the lines of
the outlawed AAA,
for farmers would
like to have one
really good crop
without forced cur
tailment. But he
added: "We will
need some legisla
tion eventually un
less the weather
changes or the
world demand for
our products great
ly improves."
See. Wallace
Wallace was asked whether the
lack of a control plan might not
result in another surplus, leaving
the administration up in the air
without any machinery to cope with
it. He said he could not estimate
a surplus ahead of time and that
he would rather wait to see what
would happen.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT led
' the nation in observance of
Armistice day by going to Arling
ton National cemetery and laying
a wreath of chrysanthemums be
side the tomb of the Unknown Sol
dier. The ceremony was quiet and
simple. General Pershing, com
mander of the American expedition
ary forces, and Secretary of the
Navy Swanson stood by the Presi
dent's side and a small detach
ment of soldiers, sailors and ma
rines was present. General Pershing
also placed a wreath at the tomb,
and all stood bare headed as "taps"
was sounded precisely at 11 o'clock
eighteen years after the guns ceased
firing on the western front in
Prance.
Everywhere in the United States
and in all the allied countries the
anniverasry was suitably observed,
and in Poland the day was one of
especial rejoicing for it is regarded
as the birthday of that re-born na
tion.
An ironical note cam* from Gen
eva where the League of Nations
announced that 8,200,000 men are
now permanently under arms
throughout the world. Of this total
545,000 are attached to world navies.
The league calculations show that
men under arms throughout the
world just before the outbreak of
the World war numbered 5,900,000,
not counting naval units. The figures
released show that since 1931-32
world armies have increased 1,700,
000 men. In Europe total armed
forces are now 4,800,000, compared
with 3,600,000 in 1931-'32.
CAN FRANCISCO'S dream of 30
^ years was realized when the
great bridge across the bay of Oak
land was formally opened with elab
orate ceremony. This longest vehic
ular bridge in the world has been
under construction since July 19,
1933, at a cost of $77,000,000, the
funds being largely supplied by the
Reconstruction Finance corporation.
It is eight and a quarter miles long
and, except for a tunnel passage
through Yerba Buena island, is en
tirely over water.
It is divided roughly into two
parts, mechanically speaking. The
west side, from San Francisco to
Yerba Buena, is of the suspension
type. The cables are the largest
ever spun for a bridge ? nearly two
feet in diameter. The east crossing,
from Yerba Buena to Oakland, is of
the cantilever type.
As the climax of a four-day cele
bration, President Roosevelt pushed
a button in his White House
office lighting two green lamps on
the bridge and officially throwing
it open for traffic.
/"X)L. JOSEF BECK, foreign min
ister of Poland, concluded his
visit to London and departed with
assurances of Great Britain's
friendliness and de
sire to co-operate
with Poland in its
contest against Nazi
intrigues, especially
in relation to the
Free City of Dan
zig. Foreign Minis
ter Eden talked
with Colonel Beck
for three days and
was told by him
that Poland would
reject the overtures
of both Moscow and
Col. Beck.
Berlin and work for the same neu
trality in eastern Europe that Bel
gium intends to maintain in the
west.
One feature of Poland's celebra
tion of its independence day was
the bestowal of a baton on Gen.
Edward Rydz-Smigley, making him
the fourth marshal in the revived
nation's history. He thus succeeds
the late Marshal Josef Pilsudsky
and is regarded by many as the
new military dictator of Poland.
President Moscicki presented the
baton during an imposing ceremony
in the courtyard of Warsaw castle.
VX/HEN Admiral William H.
* * Standley retires on January
1 from the post of chief of naval
operations, it will be filled by Ad
miral William D. Leahy, now com
mander of the navy battle force.
This selection by the President was
announced in Washington. Half a
dozen other high officers of the navy
will be advanced when the change
occurs.
It was also announced that Maj.
Gen. John H. Russell, commandant
of the marine corps, would be suc
ceeded in that post when he retires
from active service December 1 by
Brig. Gen. Thomas Holcombe. The
latter will be elevated to the rank
of major general of marines.
KING Victor of Italy had a birth
day, and President Roosevelt,
in his cabled message of congratu
lations, was careful to follow the
American policy of not recognizing
territory acquired by force, ad
dressing him only as "king" and
not as "emperor." However, the
Italian conquest of Ethiopia was
formally recognized by both Aus
tria and Hungary, following Ger
many's example.
/""?ORNELL university at Ithaca, N.
^ Y., is to have a new president in
the person of Dr. Edmund E. Day,
an internationally known social
scientist and economist. Ha will as
sume office June 30 next on the re
tirement of Dr. Livingston Farrand.
Doctor Day, who is 53 years old, is
a graduate of Dartmouth and has
taught there and at Harvard and the
University of Michigan.
\A/ HILE the Fascist insurgents
" * were smashing their way into
Madrid and hurling shells among
its chief buildings, the Socialist gov
ernment of Spain, headed by Prem
ier Fancisco Largo Caballero, fled
from the capital and set itself up
in Valencia on the Mediterranean
coast. The capture of Madrid by
the rebels seemed certain and this,
it was believed, would be followed
by recognition of the Fascist gov
ernment by several powers, includ
ing Portugal and Italy and perhaps
Germany. The first nation to ac
cord this recognition was the Cen
tral American republic of Salvador.
It is not to be assumed that
this would end the civil war, im
mediately or soon. Caballero, it was
reported, believed the loyalists
could best continue the struggle
from the south, and it was claimed
they had strong concentrations at
Valencia, Cartegena, Alicante and
Albacete. Moreover, there were in
dications that they would soon re
ceive open aid from Russia and per
haps France. Leon Blum, the
French premier, told a Socialist
meeting that he was ready to scrap
the non-intervention pact and help
Caballero if Great Britain would
join in such action. This caused
consternation among the British
statesmen.
Fighting in the suburbs of Madrid
was continuous and bloody. The
casualties on both sides were heavy,
and the Fascist bombardment by
artillery and planes killed and
wounded hundreds in the center of
the city. The Socialist defenders had
been ordered to hold their posts
regardless of losses, and they
fought bravely and stubbornly.
TpHROUGH the efforts of Edward
F. McGrady, assistant secre
tary of labor and the department's
chief conciliator, the strike of rnari
time workers that
tied up a large part
of the shipping on
the Pacific, Atlantic
and Gulf coasts may
be settled amicably.
Negotiations be
tween the shipown
ers and the union
leaders were re
sumed in San Fran
cisco, and in Wash
in g t o n Secretary
Perkins said she
E. F. McGrady
was hopeful that a just agreement
would be reached.
On the Pacific coast the strikers
had already consented to ease the
plight of stranded passengers and
release perishable cargoes. The Joint
strike committee recommended that
their membership return strike
bound vessels to home ports. This
promised relief for 600 stranded pas
sengers and 900 strikers in Honolulu
as well as for hundreds of mari
time men idle in Atlantic and gulf
ports.
\/f AJOR producers of steel, led
by the Carnegie-Illinois Steel
corporation, largest subsidiary of
United States Steel, and the Colum
bia Steel company, west coast mem
ber of the same group, announced
wage increases averaging 10 per
cent and in some cases running as
high as 25 per cent, which will add
about $80,000,000 a year to the in
dustry's payroll. In most instances
the increases were to take effect
November 16. According to compi
lations of the American Iron and
Steel institute they will affect 528,
700 employees throughout the coun
try.
Committees acting for employees
at more than a dozen plants rejected
the offer, demanding higher pay.
Negotiations in these case* are
therefore continued.
Directors of numerous big cor
porations authorized special divi
dends to stockholders and wage bon
uses to workers that will release
many millons of dollars. This is
in pursuance of the policy of avoid
ing so far as possible the stiff levies
imposed on undistributed profits un
der the revenue act of 1936; and
also, in most cases, in recognition
of improved business.
SECRETARY of the Navy Claude
Swanson, who it is believed may
retire from the cabinet, made his
annual report to the President show
ing that the navy had made con
siderable progress in its program to
build up to full treaty strength.
At the end of the 1936 fiscal year
last June 30, the secretary said,
the navy had under construction 79
vessels. Further, the 1937 appropri
ations act provided for the building
of IS vessels as replacements for
over-age ships and for the begin
ning of construction in 1937 of two
battleships.
The secretary emphasized the
need for auxiliary vessels, which
service and supply combat vessels,
as necessary to the maximum effi
ciency of the fleet.
Chief of Staff Malin Craig report
ed to Secretary of War Woodring
that the army in the second year
of its five-year rebuilding program
had gained ground toward its ob
jective ? a defense establishment up
to the minimum needs of the na
tion.
Perfect Team Work by Chilean Army Officers
Perfect jumping co-ordination was recorded by the camera as the members of the Chilean army team
worked out on Governor's island, New York, in preparation for the national horse show. The four riders,
left to right, are Lieut. Pelayo Izurieta, Capt. Eduardo Yanez; Lieut. Louis Perez, and Lieut. Rafael Montti.
Bedtime Story for Children
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
THE ROBBERS DECIDE TO
FIGHT
WHEN one of the young robber
rats at the meeting of all the
rats in the big barn which Billy
Mink had visited boasted that he
never had seen anyone he couldn't
hide from, all the other young rats
nodded their heads in approval. You
see they prided themselves on know
ing every hiding place in that big
barn, and they never had known
an enemy small enough to follow
them to these hiding places. So
when the gray, old leader of that
robber gang said that unless he
was greatly mistaken they were
"Knowledge of Life b Obtained
Only Through Experience," He
Began.
likely to have a chance to see some
one they couldn't hide from, they
at once demanded to know what he
meant.
The old leader looked around the
circle of rats waiting for him to
speak. There were big rats, little
rats, and middle-sized rats. There
were rats gray with age, and sleek
young rats. He counted noses. Ev
ery rat of the tribe, save only the
Satin and Chiffon
This jacket of stiff yellow satin
with a quilted effect in gold thread
is made with huge puff sleeves and
stiffened revers. It is worn over
a high-waisted (own of palest gray
chiffon.
babies too small to leave the nests,
and the one whom Billy Mink had
caught, was present. In the faces
of the gray old rats he could see
worry. Like himself they under
stood the danger they were in. In
the faces of the younger rats there
was no worry. It was plain to see
that they felt quite confident of be
ing able to take care of themselves.
Never in all their lives had they
met an enemy they could not run
away from, and he knew they didn't
believe such an enemy existed.
"Knowledge of life is obtained
only through experience," he be
gan. "You who are so sure you
can hide from this new enemy are
confident because you are ignorant.
Cats and dogs you do not fear be
cause you can go where they can
not follow, but this mink who has
found our den can follow where
any of you, even the smallest, can
MA "
go.
"But if he does not see us hide
how can he find us?" squeaked a
sharp-nosed young rat.
"A mink does not have to see
in order to follow," retorted the
gray old leader. "You cannot move
without leaving ? scent which he
can follow by means of his wonder
ful nose. All he had to do is to
find where you have been and then
follow straight to where you are
hiding. He can run faster than you
can and longer than you can. There
is no escape from him, once he
sets out to catch one of you. The
best fighter among us is no match
for him alone. I tell you, friends,
our tribe is in danger. It is in the
greatest danger it ever has faced.
I have called you together to make
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this plain to you and to get your
ideas as to what we should do."
For a few moments no one spoke.
The worried look on the faces of
the older rats had crept into the
faces of the younger rats. Finally
a scarred old fighter spoke'. "It
seems to me," said he, "there is
only one thing to do, and that is
fight. What one of us alone can
not do, all of us together can. I
propose that the next time this
enemy appears we all attack him
together."
To this all the rats agreed.
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THE LANGUAGE . J
OF YOUH HJJfD ;
? By LttcMttr K. Dtfji j
? Public Mnr. IH <
SPIRITUAL TYPE;
HAVE you sometimes "felt" the
leads of the inner self prompt
ing you to action in a definite kind
of occupation, giving you "hunches"
which you felt impelled to follow?
Your hand, if its type be read cor
rectly, may be relied upon as a
guide to the activities and surround
ings in which nature has fitted you
to function best.
The Spiritual Type o t Hand.
You will have little trouble in
placing this type by its beautiful but
seemingly fragile structure. The fin
gers and thumb are notable in their
graceful proportions, the nail tips
being well tapered, with the nails
themselves long, oval in form and
delicately set. The thumb of this
BIG SANDY ROLLS
By DOUGLAS MAI. LOCH
THE old Big Sandy rolls along
As though the world were no
where wrong,
Rolls as it rolled ir. other years
Before the doors of pioneers.
Rolls as it rolled when men wer*
men.
For there were few complainer*
then,
Rolls as it rolled when womankind
Some good to do could always find.
The old Big Sandy rolls away
Hour after hour, day after day.
Rolls as it rolled before men thought
They toiled too hard who something
wrought,
Rolls as it rolled when fruits and
flow'rs
Were counted oftener than hours.
Rolls as it rolled when work was
found
A meeting place, not battle ground.
The old Big Sandy rolls along
And knows that nothing's really
wrong.
Rolls as it rolled, while men must
burn
Their fingers, then to truth return.
Rolls as it rolled, as age has smiled
So often at a wayward child, ?
Rolls as it rolled down through the
past.
And as it shall roll till the last
C Dontfu Malloch? W.S-f 8ervlc?.
"And there was the firl wh*
thought book matches," says catty
Katie, "came from the public li
brary."
type is often extremely flexible, and
the first or nail joint may be bent
backward readily toward the wrist.
The palm end underside portions of
the hand are often extremely pliable
and are never overfleshed.
The spiritual type of hand, al
though the most beautiful at the
seven types, is the least practical of
them all. Its possessor is sure to
live on a receptive plane which
sometimes confers extraordinary
psychic powers.
The man or woman with this type
of hand is seldom of robust consti
tution, and this, combined with ?
tendency to assume a visionary atti
tude toward worldly things, makes
the selection of an understanding,
practical mate and associates of su
preme importance if health and
prosperity and happiness are to be
assured.
WlfU Servfea.
Romans Used Carrier Pigfcm
Homing pigeons were used by the
Roman army to carry messages in
wartime at least as far back a* 43
B. C.
Calls Workers to the Cane Fields
For a century and a half this ancient bell has summoned workers
to the sugar cane fields of St. Croix, Virgin Islands. Once an unhappy
signal to the ears of slaves, it now sounds the starting, dinner and
quitting hours for the native employees of one of the government-ownad
Virgin Islands company's sugar estates.