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The Alamance gleaner Vol. LXIII GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1988 No. 49 jygira Keview of Current Event* BILLION FOR DEFENSE President Wants Bigger Navy . . . Budget Message Reveals Larger Deficit, Less Revenue Silk to feed anti-Japanese bonfire flames is being gathered from the shapely limbs of girls at Vassar college, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where the delegates to the third annual convention of the American Student Union staged a demonstration for a boycott against Japanese goods. Silk stock ings, shirts and neckties were burned. A ~^&LnraJui U/* fiicJcsJcdT 4^ SUMMARIZES THE WORLD'S WEEK C Western Newspaper Union. Budget Message Summary V/f ORE vitally important than his A 1 annual message on the state of the nation was President Roose velt's budget message to congress. In it he forecast a deficit of $1,088, 129,600 for the current fiscal year which ends on June 30, and a deficit of $949,606,000 for the 1939 fiscal year. There was no promise that the budget would be balanced in the near future, the national revenue estimates being reduced because of the business depression. Nearly a billion dollars was asked by the President for national de fense because of "world conditions over which this nation has no con trol," and more may be called for soon for the same purpose. Summari2ed, the President's budget statement said: Revenues for the next fiscal year will total $5,919,400,000, a decrease of $401,076,000 from the present fis cal year. Expenditures, exclusive of debt retirements, will total $6,869,000,000, a decrease of $539,600,000 from the present fiscal year. National defense appropriations will total $991,300,000, an increase of $34,300,000. Later the President may ask for additional funds to construct several extra naval vessels. Relief expenditures for the next fiscal year will total roughly $1,138, 304,000, a decrease of $841,356,000 from the present fiscal year. The deficit will be financed through Social Security and other trust funds and not through public borrowing. The deficit estimate for the fiscal year which ends June 30 has been raised from $695,000,000 to $1,088, 190,-000, because of the business re cession. Expenditures for new highways, new rivers and harbors projects, new public buildings, new recla mation projects and other new pub lic works will be reduced sharply. The public debt will reach a rec ord high of $38,528,200,000 on June 30, 1939. Senators Hear About Autoi A FTER listening for two days to government officials, the sen ate committee studying unemploy ment and relief turned to industrial leaders for information and advice. It began with the automotive in dustry, receiving a long and ex haustive statement from the Auto mobile Manufacturers' association which includes all the most impor tant concerns in the industry ex cept the Ford company. Major points in the statement were: In 1937, 4,800,000 automobiles were produced in the United States, 10 per cent less than in 1929. Employment averaged 517,000, largest ever and 16 per cent above 1129. The automobile industry was the only one having an increase in la bor cost per unit of output since 1929. Weekly earnings of workers averaged $32.04 for first eight months of 1937. At present dealers have on hand about 400,000 new cars, highest since 1930; manufacturers have very large inventories of parts and sub-assemblies. Hourly wage rates are 30 per cent above 1929, all direct manufac turing costs equal to 1929, but auto prices per pound are still 13 per cent below 1929. For National Defense D EFORE the reading of the budget message in congress had been concluded, the President was in conference in the White House with men who will have most to do with putting into effect his plans for strengthening the national de fense. These were Assistant Sec retary of the Navy Charles Edi son and Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of naval operations; Chair man Edward T. Taylor of the house appropriations committee. Chair man Carl Vinson of the house naval affairs committee, and Representa tive William B. Umstead, chairman of the appropriations sub-committee on naval appropriations. The group considered additions to the navy building program, includ ing recommendations for beginning construction on five battleships to replace all obsolete American capi tal vessels, ten to fifteen cruisers, and additional submarines, destroy ers, and auxiliary craft. Sutherland Retires HAVING passed the retirement age of seventy-five years, As sociate Justice George Sutherland notified the President that he would Sherman Minton quit his seat in the Supreme court on January 18. Like Justice Van Devan ter, he will still be eligible for duty in the lower courts at his own pleasure. Justice Suther land, a former Unit ed States senator from Utah and a former president of the American Bar association, was ap pointed to the Supreme court by President Harding in 1922. He was born in Buckinghamshire, England, and was brought to the United States in his infancy. He was iden tified with the conservative wing of the court. Immediately upon the announce ment of Sutherland's retirement, ev eryone began guessing as to his successor. It was taken for granted that Mr. Roosevelt would select a liberal. Prominent among those men tioned for the place was Senator Sherman Minton of Indiana, a steadfast supporter of the New Deal. If the appointment goei to the Middle West, Gov. Frank Mur phy of Michigan seemed to stand a good chance. Can't Limit Strike*? THE national labor relations board informed congress in its annual report that legal limitations on the right to strike would be un constitutional. The statement was made in the face of a reviving drive to amend the Wagner act, under which thfe board operates, and to take steps to increase trades un ions responsibility. Hill to Be Alabama Senator D EP. LISTER HILL, administra " tion adherent, is to be the new senator from Alabama. In the Dem ocratic primaries he defeated for mer Senator Tom Heflin, and that is equivalent to election. The seat he will have, formerly filled by Hu go Black, has been occupied since Black's elevation to the Supreme court by Dixie Bibb Graves, wife of Governor Graves, but it was agreed that she would resign as soon as an election was held. Mr. Hill, who is forty-three years old, will be one of the youngest members of the senate. He has been serving as chairman of the house military affairs committee. No New Deal Retreat D EADING his annual message on 1 * the state of the nation before the senate and house at the opening of congress, President Roosevelt de ciared his purpose to advance upon the same fundamentals of the New Deal that have hitherto been proposed. He said: "I do not propose to let the people down. I am sure the con gress of the United States will not let the people down. We hold our principles and our objectives to be sound. We will never go back on President Roosevelt them." The President again urged con gress to enact legislation (or con trol of wages and hours of work. He asked that all segments of the na tion co-operate with the government to achieve better economic balance. Reasserting his approval of pro posed changes in tax laws, he said: "Three things should be kept in mind. First the total sum to be de rived by the federal treasury must not be decreased as a result of any changes in schedules. Second, abuses by individuals or corpora tions designed to escape taxpaying by using various methods of doing business corporate and otherwise ? abuses which we have sought, with great success, to end ? must not be restored. Third, we should rightly change certain provisions where they are proven to work definite hardship, especially on the small business men of the nation. "But speculative income should not be favored over earned in come." Speaking of his attitude toward ' the nation's business as a whole, Mr. Roosevelt declared: "The overwhelming majority of business men and bankers intend to be good citizens. Only a small minority have displaced poor citi zenship by engaging in practices which are dishonest or definitely harmful to society. This statement is straightforward and true. "No person in any responsible place in the government of the Unit ed States has ever taken any posi tion contrary to it." He called for prompt agreements on a farm program ? now in con ference between the house and sen ate ? and asked specifically that con gress "keep the cost of its adminis tration within tne figure of current government expenditures in aid of J agriculture." Farley Finds a Surplus TIM FARLEY, in his annual re ** port as postmaster general, was able to show a surplus of more than 12 millions for his department. To do this, however, he deducted an ex pense item of about 60 million dol lars, calling it a "nonpostal" item. He charged off the air and ocean mail subsidies and all free mail. Dealing with the activities of the postal inspection service, Farley said the traffic in spurious lottery tickets is believed to have been broken up with the arrest and con viction of a band of racketeers in the East who disposed of more than 10 million dollars' worth of such tick ets in the last few years. China Reorganization INSTEAD of surrendering to the * Japanese invaders, the govern ment of China has been reorganized and plans made for continued re Chiiof Kjti-thek sistance against the enemy. Chiang Kai shek, as was pre dicted some time ago in this column, has dropped all his civil duties and will devote himself to building up and leading the army. He is now command er in chief of the land forces and tem porarily at the head of the navy. Finance Minister H. H. Rung, hi* brother in-law, succeeds him as president at the executive yuan, or premier, and other important changes have been made in ministries and key posts. It was announced that he has ir training a new army of 800,000 mer to support the 900.000 who arc com bating the Japanese. r Ay. TKornton W Burgess PETER RABBIT HUNTS FOR A FRIEND Bumble. Bumble. Bumble Bee. Somebody la seeking thee. Not (or honey Nor for money. But to have a word with thee. Handsome Mr. Bumble Bee. ""THAT somebody was Peter Rab ' bit. You see, it was this way: When Jimmy Skunk had said that if he wanted to find the storehouse of Busy Bee he wouldn't waste his time and break his neck by look ing for it, but would ask some one who knew where it was to tell him, he put an idea into Peter Rabbit's head. Peter wanted to find that storehouse of Busy Bee. What for? Why, to tell Buster Bear, for Buster had said that he wanted some honey and Peter, like all the other little people who were afraid of Buster, wanted to find it for him so that he would be a friend. Jimmy Skunk, who isn't afraid of Buster, and so didn't care anything about finding that storehouse of Busy Bee's, had made fun of all those who were looking for it, but he had given Peter just the idea he wanted and he could hardly wait for Jimmy to go on about his business, he was so anxious to try it. "Of course," said Peter to him self, "if any one knows where Busy Bee's storehouse is it will be her cousin, Bumble Bee. Bumble is a pretty good friend of mine and per Two or Three Bright-faced Flowers Whispered That Bumble Had Been There and Had Just Gone. haps he will tell me. Of course I won't tell him why I want to know, because if he knew that Buster Bear wanted to steal the honey he might not tell me. I'll just let him think that it is my natural curiosity." So as soon as Jimmy had gone on about his business Peter started out to hunt for Bumble. "I'll be sure to find him where the brightest flowers are," thought Peter. So away he went across the beautiful Green Meadows looking for the brightest flowers. But there were so many of them it was hard work to tell which were the brightest. Peter sighed. It looked as if it would be more of a task to find Bumble than he thought it would be. KNOW THYSELF by Dr. George D. Greer CAN TOD JUDGE INTELLIGENCE AND CHARACTER FROM PHOTOGRAPHS? AX/' HEN an employer (electa ap * * plicants on the basis of photo graphs, he is about as likely to get intelligent employees as he would if he closed his eyes and selected them by chance, according to studies made by Prof. Donald Laird of Colgate university. Dr. Laird took ten photographs of people whose intelligence ranged from very high to very low, and had a hundred peo ple rate the ten pictures on the basis of intelligence shown in the pictures. The result showed that it is impossi ble to judge either intelligence or character by a photograph alone. I have tried similar experiments in my own university classes, with similar results. It is like trying to read character from the hand, or i the shape of one's head. OwrriaM.? WKU anrm. 1 But it would be worth a whole lot of trouble to find out where that storehouse of honey was and so win Buster Bear for a friend, and so Peter hurried, lipperty-lipperty-lip, from one bright group of flowers to another. It would have been hard enough if he had nothing to do but watch out for Reddy and Granny Fox. He had to watch out for Old Man Coyote. He had to watch out for members of the Hawk family, who were very fond of dining on Rabbit. So, whenever Peter had to cross an open place to get from one group of flowers to another, he first had to sit up and look all over the Green Meadows to see that no danger was near, and then all around in the sky to see that no danger was likely to come from there. Then when he had scampered across the open place he had to do it all over again before he dared look for Bumble. Two or three times bright-faced flowers whispered that Bumble had been there and had just gone. Then Peter hurried on more hopefully than ever. But always he was just too late. At last he grew dis couraged and sat down to rest. "Bumble is always around when he isn't wanted and never around when he is wanted," he grumbled. ? T. W. Bunm- WNU Scrvtca. Make You Hungry? This unusual sign post in Kent, England, which speaks for itself, attracts much attention from motor ists passing the spot MEN AND WOMEN AGREE ON FOODS <\~ Seems to Be No Real Sex ,/V5 Division on Tastes. A Bj EDITH M. BARBER ARB foods that men like so very different from women's favorite foods? Actually, I don't think there is any real sex division when it comes to taste in food. Perhaps women in general are fonder of sauces and thick salad dressings, but I have yet to find a wpman who scorns the steak which many men choose as^their favorite dish, or a man who will turn down a pudding with a rich sauce. Women seem as a rule to like vegetables better than men. Men, however, are apt to be devoted to such vegetables as fried onions and baked potatoes, although I do know men who actually dislike onions. Not long ago just for amusement, I asked a number of men to tell their favorite dishes and this is the list: Steak French fried onions Apple pie Ham and eggs Cheese cake Chocolate cake Sweet potatoes with marshmal lows. French Fried Onions. 1 cup flour % teaspoon salt 2 to 3 cups water 2 tablespoons salad oil 1 egg white 10 to 12 large onions Mix and sift dry ingredients. Add water, beat smooth; add oil. Fold in stiffly beaten egg white. Slice the onion one-eighth inch thick. Sep arate into rings, reserve the small rings for other use. Soak in milk to cover one hour. Drain and dry, dip in batter and fry in deep oil about two minutes. Drain on soft paper. Sweet Potatoes With Marshmallows. 5 sweet potatoes Hot milk Butter Marshmallows Seasoning Cook the sweet potatoes until soft. Pare, press through the ricer, and add seasoning and hot milk, enough to make a soft consistency. Add a tablespoon of butter to each pint of potatoes and place in a greased baking dish. Cover with marsh mallows and bake in a hot oven (500 degrees Fahrenheit) until brown. Casserole of Chicken. 1 chicken (3 to 3% pounds) 3 tablespoons butter ft cup chopped celery % cup chopped carrots 2 tablespoons minced onion 1 cup cream % cup sherry Cut chicken into pieces for serv ing. Melt butter, cook vegetables in it until they are yellow, not brown. Remove vegetables. Cook chicken in butter until all sides are golden brown. Add more butter if needed. Place chicken in casserole, add cream and wine and cover with vegetables. Cook in ? moderate oven (350 degrees Fahrenheit) until chicken is tender. Savory Scalloped Oysters. 5 tablespoons butter 4 cups soft bread crumb* Vi cup minced green pepper Vi cup ground ham 1 teaspoon salt Pepper 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 pint oysters Melt butter, add crumbs, green pepper, ham and seasonings and mix well. Drain oysters and ar range in alternate layers with the buttered crumbs in a greased bak ing dish. Bake 20 minutes in a hot oven (450 degrees Fahrenheit). heit) and bake until brown. Pate de Foie Gras Canapes. 3 tablespoons pate de foie gras. 2 tablespoons cream Cayenne pepper Salt 8 rounds of bread Sliced truffles or sliced stuffed ol ives Mix paste with cream and season ings. Rub through a fine sieve and spread on the rounds of bread. Gar nish with sliced truffles or sliced stuffed olives. Staffed Baked Potatoes. 8 large baked potatoes tt pound grated cheese % cup milk H teaspoon paprika 1% teaspoons salt Cut potatoes in half lengthwise and scoop out the centers. Put through the ricer. Add cheese to hot milk and beat until smooth. Hix with mashed potatoes, add season ings and beat until light and creamy. Refill potato shells, return to hot oven (400 degrees Fahren Pound Cake. 1 pound butter 1 pound sugar 10 eggs 1 pound flour % teaspoon mace 2 tablespoons brandy Cream butter, stir in sugar gradu ally and mix until light and fluffy. Stir in well-beaten egg yolks and flour sifted with mace. Add brandy and fold in well-beaten egg whites. Bake in a deep greased pan one and one-quarter hours in a slow oven (300 degrees Fahrenheit). Sboo-Fly Pie. Line a pie tin with pastry rolled a little thicker than usual. Sprinkle plentifully with brown sugar, dot with butter and bake in a hot oven (490 degrees Fahrenheit) IS min utes. ? B?I1 Byndlcat* WNU ImlM. Capture of Two Sharks Proof of Right to Wed Among many of the New Guinea coastal tribes it is compulsory for ? native to capture at least two sharks unaided before he may marry. In most cases, says a writer in the New York Times, the sharks are caught in a very ingenious trap. The trap is merely a big float carved out of a long piece of soft wood. Through a hole in the center of the float there is fastened a length of strong, hand-woven cane rope, knotted at one end and tied in a running noose at the other. Towing this curious contraption the bridegroom-to-be sets out in his tiny canoe. He takes along with him several dead flsh, one of which is tied at the end of a long stick. With this he seeks to attract the shark toward the canoe. When the shark draws near the fisherman places his trap in the water with the nooee hanging downward. Then, using the strong-smelling fish as bait, he tempts the monster until. In order to secure the flsh the shark thrusts its head through the cane nooee. As it doea to the nooee 1 tightens and the shark is caught U AVE you ever wanted to ciuw 1 ' some one who is always read ing aloud signs she sees along the road? "Hot dog wagon 200 feet ahead," she reads out jovially, as though it were a piece of* news or a gem of wit. "Room with bath for only a dollar and ? half," sb? goes on. "Swimming pool and cab ins ten miles ahead. The Wee Bitty Inn, why not come in and a have a wee bitty rest?" It gets dreadfully monotonous. If s a wonder more drivers don't fall asleep at the wheel on account of riding with sign readers. Having been both a reader and an anti ourself, we think there's only She Reads Aloud Every Sign She Puses. one cure. That Is to beat your sign reading pal at her own game. Read the ones on your side of the road out loud just as fast as you can for about half a mile stretch. If that doesn't cure her, you'd better join the anti-billboard crusade. WNUSartc*. Name, Canada, la Traced to the Iroquois Indiana The derivation of the name Can ada accepted by our leading histo rians who have investigated the rec ords makes it an Iroquois word, still surviving among them in the form Kanata, meaning a collection of dwellings or a settlement. Cartier, in one of his vocabularies of the Iroquois speech, says of it: "They call a town (ville) Canada," reports a Canadian Resources bulletin. Its evolution into a place name, Canada, can be fully followed in the narratives of Cartier, wherein it ap pears first in his account of his sec ond voyage in 1535, observes a writ er in the New York Times. The two Iroquois Indians whom he had seized at Gaspe and taken to France the preceding year informed him on entering the Great River (now the St Lawrence) that their home was in Canada, which proved later to be an alternative name for the village of Stadacona, on the site of Quebec city. Cartier himself seems to have extended the word to the surround ing region as a convenient territo rial name ? much as the name Que bec has been extended from the , city to the province. Accordingly this interpretation of Canada is well attested by unim peachable documents; but the same is not true of several other current explanations, which are nothing oth er than guesses based on chance resemblances between Canada and certain other Indian or Imaginary roots, e. g., from segnada Canada meaning "men seeking land (or a country)"; a Montagnais root mean ing "foreign"; "mouth of the coun try," descriptive of the SL Law rence ; a Spanish aca nada, mean ing "nothing here" (L e., in gold); a Spanish cana, "a reed," extended to an equivalent of beaupre. fp=mm Ai.=ii CRACKERS II By WARREN GOODRICH ? '
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