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The Alamance Gleaner! VOL. LXII. GRAHAM, N. C? THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1936 No. l F^flVfA News Review of Current Events the World Over King Edward Abdicates and Is Succeeded by Duke of York ? Pope Stricken With Paralysis ? Wallace Promises Better Farm Program. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ? Western Newspaper Union. ? uvl ana tne rsruisn constitution are the winners in the great contest that has stirred the vast empire to its furthest borders. Ed waru v in, stead fast in his determin ation to make Mrs. W a 1 1 i s Warfield Simpson his wife, abdicated as king of Great Britain and emperor of India, and his brother, the duke of York, reigns in his stead as George VI. Edward's fateful decision was com George VI municated to the house of com mons by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. Haggard and deeply moved, the man who has born the brunt of the struggle on behalf of the cabinet and parliament handed the speaker the royal message and the speaker read it to the half stunned members. This is what Ed ward said: "Realizing as I do the gravity of this step I can only hope that I shall have the understanding of my peo ples in the decision I have taken and the reasons which have led me to take it. "I conceive that I am not over looking the duty that rests on me to place in the forefront the public interest when I declare that I am conscious that I can no longer dis charge this heavy task with effi ciency or with satisfaction to my self. "I have accordingly this morning executed an instrument of abdication in the terms following: " 'I, Edward VIII of Great Brit ain, Ireland, the British dominions beyond the seas, king, emperor of India, do hereby declare my irre vocable determination to renounce the throne for myself and my de scendants. My desire is that effect should be given to this instrument of abdication immediately. " 'In token thereof I have hereun to set my hand this 10th day of December, 1936, in the presence of the witnesses whose signatures are subscribed.' " There followed a request that the accession of his brother to the throne be expedited, and according ly enabling legislation effecting the abdication and the .accession of the new king was promptly introduced and put through the house of com mons and the house of lords. The new king was proclaimed with the traditional ceremony following an assembly of the accession coun cil made up of privy councilors and other distinguished persons. That evening the ex-king went on the air to broadcast a message of farewell to the half billion people who had been his subjects. Edward left England for his self imposed exile and probably never Edward VIII will return to his na tive land. Where he will make his home has not been an nounced. It was stated in Cannes, where Mrs. Simpson was with friends, that he would not go there now. "WalJy" publicly offered t o renounce her associ ation with the king, if that would settle the controversy, but he chose oth erwise. Her divorce would not be come absolute until April 27, but steps were taken in London to speed up the date. Notwithstanding the widespread sympathy for Edward and his once enormous popularity, the general sentiment throughout the British empire is now that he let his coun try down, that he mainly was to blame for bringing on the crisis and, to quote one correspondent, that "the cabinet's victory was the only possible victory which could be allowed on the present issue." The great majority of the people djd not think Mrs. Simpson, a commoner and twice divorced, was fit to be queen of England. The cabinet and the house of commons emphatically vetoed a morganatic marriage. If he would be true to his love, there was nothing left for the king to do but abdicate. For a day after announcing his resignation of the throne, Edward remained king. But as soon as par liament passed the abdication mea sure it was carried to him, and the moment he signed the document Edward ceased to reign. It was presumed that, with the permis sion pf the new king, Edward would retain the duchy of Cornwall and its revenues. With his other re sources he goes into exile with an annual income of about $500,000. In all the British dominions steps were taken to ratify the abdica tion of the king and the accession of the duke of York. There was considerable uneasiness concerning the course the legislature of the Irish Free State might pursue, for events seemed to give Ireland the ch*ce to shake oft the last vestiges of adherence to the British empire. CTRICKEN with paralysis that af ^ fected both his legs. Pope Pius XI was believed go be in a serious condition because he already was aiuu;ieu wnu iib L li ma, arterio sclero sis and high blood pressure. At first the holy father flat ly refused to submit to a medical exam ination, saying "I am in the hands of God," and he even insisted on dictating and signing letters. But later he was persuaded to take Pope Pins complete repose, which his physi cians said was vitally necessary. Father Agostino Gemelli of Milan, a medical expert, was summoned to Vatican City and gave out a state ment indicating that rigid meas ures were being taken to stave off possible uremic poisoning. The pope's illness was discovered when he was unable to arise for a ceremonial concluding a week of spiritual exercises. He was barely able to stir the left leg and physi cians found that the heaviness of limb had spread also to the right leg. \\J mi the launching of the ** Gneisenau, her second 26,000 ton battleship, Germany moved an other step toward her goal of a navy large enough to bottle up the Rus sian fleet. Reichsfuehrer Hitler and many high officials attended the ceremony. The ship was christened by Frau Maerker, widow of the commander of the old Gneisenau, which went down in the battle of the Faulkland islands 22 years ago. Berlin correspondents believe the new German fleet will have reached 420,000 tons by 1942. It will possess no less than five 35,000-ton battle ships, to which can be added two 20,000-ton battleships, three existing 1,000-ton pocket battleships and fourteen light and heavy cruisers, including three more 10,000 - ton boats. There will be 40 destroyers and torpedo boats, two airplane car riers and submarines up to the limit of the 1935 pact with Great Britain. HEADS of n delegations to the peace conference in Buenos Aires outlined national policies, and among them was Secretary of Stata Hull, who proposed a program contain ing what he termed "eight pillars of peace" upon which rest peace and pros perity. These were: 1. Internal quiet and education. 2. Frequent inter national confer ences. 3. Swift ratifica tion of existing peace pacts. Secret at} . Hull 4. Adoption of a common neutral ity policy. 5. Fair and equal commercial pol icies. 6. Practical international coopera tion. 7. Strengthening of international law. 8. Faithful observance of the sanctity of treaties. Next day Mr. Hull offered a neu trality pact for all American repub lics. His plan would create a per manent inter-American consultative committee to co-ordinate existing peace instruments and bring agree ment on a common neutrality poli cy, based on the United Statea' neutrality theory. HAMILTON, chairman of Republican national com mittee, called a meeting of that body to be held in Chicago Decem ber 17, and announced that at that time he would submit his resigna tion. Mr. Hamilton desires that the committee shall be able to address itself to the plans for a party come back with a clean slate and with new officers in command, if a change of personnel shall be deemed more conducive to success. The management of the late cam paign has been criticized by some leaders in the East, and also by a few of the most radical of the western leaders; but it may well be that the criticism represents only minority views of the committee and that Mr. Hamilton's resigna tion will not be accepted. OECRETARY OF THE TREAS ^ URY HENRY MORGENTHAU announced the mid-December fi nancing operations of the treasury, the main features being further borrowing and refunding that will put the national debt above 34 bil lion dollars, lowered interest rates on government bonds and elimina tion of preferential treatment for the small investor. The secretary said that the December 15 financing, which includes the borrowing of 700 millions to cover continuation of deficits incurred, would be the lust until March, when heavy income tax collections will pour into the treasury. Refunding raises the over all amount of the financing to )1, 486,631,900. In announcing that the treasury would not permit the small inves tor to have his subscription up to $5,000 met in full as in the past, but would be forced to accept a pro rata share just as is the big bond buyer, Morgenthau declared that the public had "abuser'" the privi lege. The plan "to give the little fellow a break" was initiated by Secretary Ogden Mills during the Hoover regime. C'ROM Manila came belated di? 1 patches telling of the worst dis aster that ever befell the Philip pines ? a great flood which swept through the fertile and densely pop ulated Cagayan valley in northern Luzon and destroying possibly thou sands of the inhabitants. The full extent of the death toll may never be known. The waters of the Cagayan river, suddenly swollen by a typhoon and torrential rains, in undated mar.y villages and towns in the 50 mile wide valley. So isolated was the stricken area that a former provincial military com mander required four days to fight his way to an outlying point from which he informed the world of the disaster. Military airplanes were used to carry medical supplies and relief agents to the district. Kcepitvg Christmas / * ^ KalhtriM Efclm* MARIAN turned slowly from where she had been sur veying herself for a critical moment, and looked across the room at her twin sister. "I'm so tired of all this Christ mas fuss," she said languidly; "it is all so old-fashioned, so out dated." "Are you expressing my feel ings?" Nadine's voice was even more languid; "but how in the world are we going to make our dear family feel as we do about the matter? You know they are already in the throes of Christmas preparations." She threw out her slender hands in a gesture of infi nite boredom as she finished. "We can let them know that we won't be a part of the silly business ? we can serve notice on them that we are going to work against all the noise and fuss that is made about Christmas." Forgetting their pose of boredom and sophistication for a moment, the seventeen - year - old twins jumped excitedly around the room. "Just think of how they will be shocked!" Marian cried; "I can see mother and dad. It is all go ing to be so exciting ? fighting the world, so to speak." But they were taken back quite a little when they announced their big news . . . mother's voice was very serious. "If you really feel that way, I guess the rest of us will have to celebrate without you. We're going to miss you a lot, of course^ but we must consider your feelings." The twins failed to see the twinkle in her eyes as she looked across the table at dad. As if to make matters worse, Bill and Dick laughed in derision at their plan. "I bet they'll be on their knees to get in on our fun be "I'm Going to Do Like Everybody Else." She Said. fore Christmas," Bill predicted. And as if that were not enough, he suggested that now there would be nothing to buy for the twins, may be he could have the moving pic ture outfit he had wanted so long. "I hope you don't change your mind, sweet sisters," he cautioned, as he proceeded to put a huge piece of pie in his mouth. "I do want that picture machine pretty bad." The twins threw scornful glances in his direction; they couldn't trust themselves to speak. There were things they had forgotten when they made their big resolve to do away with Christmas preparations. As soon as dinner was over, they hur ried from the table. The days that followed were not very happy. The twins could And no one interested In their plan to change the way of keeping Christ mas. Even the most modern of their friends laughed them to scorn. No one was really interested in advancement, they decided. Here they were willing and eager to get a new crusade started, one that would save time and temper and money, and no one, not even their best friends, would lend a hand. ATTENTION, Mr. Santa! W Their Christmas J* Jry /_ Jocile Webb Pearson BILLIE JONES adored his big j brother. Jim had been a boy scout before going to col lege and to be a scout like Jim | was Billie's one ambition. "If we're goin' to be scouts," he : confided to his chum Joe Perkins, "we oughta begin practicin'." "Yea, but how do we know how to begin?" inquired Joe. "Huh," snorted Billie, "anyone can do a good deed every day." "We can help our mothers," said Joe. "Sure," replied Billie, "but this must be somethin' special like helpin' old Miss Riley carry her basket when it was icy, or some thin'. An' bein' Chrismus, we oughta give somethin'; mebbe a present, too. Say, I got an idee, Joe. Why can't we give her somethin' for our first good deed? She don't have a daddv or nobrvl v to help her." They grew fretful, impatient, even peeved at each other. One evening Nadine came home and found Marian in their mother's bedroom, peering into some boxes that had just been delivered. Na dine smiled to herself, and hur ried from the doorway so Marian would not see her. But next day in the toy depart ment of Smith's store, things came to a showdown. The twins ran into each other, found themselves side by side clutching for foolish things that lay on the counter. Brown eyes challenged blue as the/ stood in the crowded aisle. Guilt showed plainly on both faces. Then Nadine was speaking, quickly, incoherently: "You might as well know, Marian, I'm chuck ing your silly plan. I'm going to do like everybody else. I'm going to make a big fuss about Christ mas. I want to push through the crowds ? to buy foolish things? to hang up holly wreaths ? to ? to do Just everything! . . . And if I'm not mistaken, you're just dying to do the same?" "You're absolutely right," Mari an answered, utterly careless of - the amused glances thrown in their ( direction. "We've been a pair of fools, but we're going to have one grand and glorious time in the two days that are left . . . We're going to make the biggest fuss about Christmas that has ever been made before." "But we ain't got money," ob jected Joe, "an' I bet she needs a lot of things ? coal an' kindlin' an' everthin'." "Leave it to me, Joe, I got an other idee, but it's to be a se cret. 'Tain't a good deed if ya tell anybody. Now cross your heart an' say: 'I'll never tell till death us do ? Tk... fu> ?. A 11 V 1 C| ? | that's the bindinest words I know." ? ? ? Anyone would know it waa Christmas by the spicy fragrance in the air. Even before one saw the big lighted tree in the living ' room. And Jim was coming home. There were many whispered con- > versations and signs and giggles between the two boys that Jim's keen eyes found amusing. Coming home one evening he surprised them in the act of smuggling a basket of coal out the back gate. "Hey. fellows! Where you going with that?" It was Joe who blurt ed: "Billie says it ain't no good if ya tell." Billie hung his head. "We're just practicin' to be scouts," he stammered, "an this is our good deed. We been doin' it for two weeks ? I mean takin' coal to Miss Riley. She's poor an' deaf ' an' ain't got no daddy to get Iter coal ? half the time we take it from Joe's house" ? Billie looked appeal ingly at Jim. "An' she only had a teeny little bit," put in Joe, staunchly. "An' you're s'posed to give to folks Chris mus, ain't you?" "I salute two mighty fine scouts right now," said Jim. "But first we'll have to make clear the scout ideas of property rights. Deliver your coal, then come up to my room and we'll talk things over." When old Mrs. Riley hobbled to her door in response to a loud knock Christmas eve, she did not see two little boys scamper behind the coal shed, but she did see a huge basket filled with a generous supply of food, and many bulgy packages piled high on the top, with a "Merry Christmas to you" tied to it. Wettern Newspaper Union. Beginning of the Tear As early as 251 B.C., the Romans accepted January as the beginning of the year. They named the month in honor of Janus, the two-faced , god, as looking both into the past and the future. During the Middle Ages the year was made to begin at various dates. In England, in 1751, January was made the first month by act of Parliament.
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