THE NEWS-RECORD. MARSHALL. N. C- THURSDAY, DECEMBER S, 1936
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
One Big Catch
War Cornea Closer
More Houses Needed
Would Not Eat Ladies
President Roosevelt, interrupting
his Journey to attend to official
business, did a lit
tle fishing from a
whale boat off
Port-of-Spain. It
was poor fishing,
but the President
did not complain;
he caught some
thing worth while
on election day
to catch forty-six
out of a possible
forty-eight fish is
good fishing.
Europe and
Asia seem to be
getting a little
closer to war, al
Arthur Briibaae
though many wise ones think it still
far off.
Germany admits willingness to
side with Japan in a fight against
bolshevism. Practical Stalin, man
of few words, tells Japan what he
thinks of her pact with Germany by
refusing to renew a treaty that per
mits Japan to fish in Russian waters
off the coast of eastern Siberia. "
That fishing privilege is vitally
important to the feeding of Japan's
surplus millions, increasing at the ;
rate of one million new Japanese I
every year. 1
Langdon Post, New York's com
missioner of housing, tells the Amer
ican Federation of Labor that a
great national shortage of houses
exists, because there has been no
building. New York City, especially,
is in a bad way, according to Mr.
Post; there the shortage in housing
"may have tragic consequences."
That is good news for the build
ing trades, and temporarily good
news for landlords; they will not
overbuild. As usual, politicians will
seize the opportunity to raise taxes,
and presently money lenders will
be once more selling real estate un
der foreclosures.
Life is a brief game of seesaw
now up, that is prosperity; then
down, that is depression. The bud
get is not the only thing that needs
balancing.
Our neighbor, Nicaragua, well ad
vanced in modern intelligence, es
tablishes a military flying school,
orders fighting planes from the Unit
ed States, hires a first-class instruc
tor. There is progresss everywhere,
and you realize it when you read in
chapter 26 of Westermarck's "The
Origin and Development of the Mo
ral Ideas":
In ancient Nicaragua wemen were
held unworthy to perform any duty
in connection with the temples, and
were immolated outside the temple
ground of the large sanctuaries, and
even their flesh was unclean food for
the high priest, who accordingly ate
only the flesh of males.
What a jump from a civilizatio:
in which the high priest would no
eat ladies that had been slaughtere
to a modern air school in whicl
young Nicaraguan women, once ex
eluded from the temples, will be a'
lowed to fly planes and learn he.
to release bombs!
Schumann - Heink, artist of tn
operatic stage, and a fine exampl
to all women, is dead at seventy
five.
Young ladies who say "I car.
have children because I must ha
a career," and sometimes ha
neither, please observe that Mnu
Schumann - Heink had a magnif
cent artistic career and many chii
dren also, including two boys kille
in the big war, and one on a sub
marine, who survived.
Winston Churchill, able English
man, thinks Great Britain, France
and the United States should remain
"one in support of democracy,"
and calls the United States "a child
of our blood and ideals." This coun
try is the child of many different
kinds of blood and ideals. Greater
New York includes the biggest
Italian city in the world, bigger
than Rome or Milan; more than a
million of Italian birth or descent.
The same New York contains two
million jews, many more than ever
were in Palestine.
Colombia has written a new con
stitution, authorizing its govern
ment, among other things, to con
fiscate private property without
paying the owners. Conservative
citizens of Colombia call that "com
munistic," which seems hardly an
exaggeration.
Mora pay increases, more bo
nuses, more distribution of accu
mulated surplus by big corporations.
Sixty - five thousand workers in
textile and shoe industries learn
that they are to have Christmas
bonuses and better wages.
Two young female geniuses,
Kisses Fanny Hurst and Agnes Rep
plier, disagree about book writing.'
Agnes Reppher says ft is "peril
usly easy"; Fanny Hurst says no
it is bard. . - ,,-
Publishers say aQ depends on the
kind of books you write and the
brain yon have. - .
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News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Drouth Commission Gets Data for Program Britain
Moves to Protect Her Shipping From Spanish
Fascists German-Russian Break Threatened.
By
EDWARD W. PICKARD
Western Newspaper Union.
pHAIRMAN MORRIS L. COOKE
and other members of the fed
eral great plains drouth commis
sion are holding a series of meet
ings in the drouth
blighted states for
the purpose of for
mulating a relief
and control pro
gram and are call
ing in the farmers
to consult with
them. At the first
of these sessions, in
Bismarck, N. D., of
ficials and agricul
turists nf Montana,
M. L. Cooke Wyoming, Nebraska
and North and South Dakota heard
O. W. Roberts, federal meteorolo
gist, give the encouraging promise
that "greater than normal precipi
tation is anticipated in those states
next spring on the basis of light
precipitation this fall."
Reports of existing conditions,
however, showed that the situation
is serious. Gov. Walter Welford, of
North Dakota, told the conference
that water levels throughout his
state are seriously diminished, con
stituting a major problem for the
state and federal governments.
Another official declared that
North Dakota's live stock situation
is "most deplorable," that virtually
no live stock is left on ranges in
western sections of the state and
that feed is seriously scarce in all
sections.
"There is no magic wand at the
disposal of the government to make
drouth areas bloom," Mr. Cooke
said. "We came here to hear your
suggestions and we hope to gain
from this and similar meetings data
which will guide future, helpful leg
islation. "The reports so far received indi
cate that much can be done through
government assistance and expert
advice."
'T'HE Mississippi Valley associ
ation, meeting in St. Louis, adopt
ed a resolution calling for rejection
of the St. Lawrence seaway treaty
unless the crown colony of New
foundland and Anticosta island are
ceded to the United States by Great
Britain. Of course no one thinks
for a minute that Britain ever would
do that.
"The position of Newfoundland,
astride the mouth of the St. Law
rence, is an insuperable obstacle to
the treaty in its present form," the
resolution said, "inasmuch as New
foundland is a crown colony of
Great Britain and is entirely sep
arate from Canada.
"This crown colony as well as the
St. Lawrence plug of Anticusta
Island should both be ceded to the
United States to guarantee our safe
ty in case of war."
The new president of the associa
tion is Arthur J. Weaver, former
governor of Nebraska and now
president of the Missouri River Nav
igation association.
"NE thousand banqueters in
Washington celebrated the
hundredth anniversary of the
American patent system and an an
nouncer from a transport air lner
gave them the names of America's
"twelve greatest inventors" as se
lected by a secret committee of
prominent men. These are the in
ventors and their inventions:
Robert Fulton, steamboat; Eli
Whitney, cotton gin; Samuel F. B.
Morse, telegraph; Charles Good
year, vulcanized rubber; Cyrus Hall
McCormick, grain reaper; Elias
Howe, sewing machine; George
Westinghouse, airbrake; Alexander
Graham Bell, telephone; Thomas
Alva Edison, electric lamp, phono
graph, motion pictures, and many
other devices; Ottmar Mergenthal
er, linotype; Charles Martin Hall,
process for making cheap alumin
um; Wilbur Wright, co-inventor
with his brother, Orville, of the air
plane. SEATTLE has a habit of recall
ing its mayors when they are
not satisfactory. One was thus oust
ed in 1911 and another in 1931. Now
a movement has
been started for the
recall of Mayor
John F. Dore, who
is accused of incit
ing acts of violence
in a labor dispute.
Formal charges of
misfeasance, mal
feasance and viola
tion of the oath of
office were con
tained in a petition
signed by fifteen
women and eleven
Mayor
John F. Dore
men. It asked the corporation coun
sel to draft the charges in, con
densed form so that an effort could
be made to obtain the 24,000 signa
tures necessary for a special recall
election. .-
- Dore, fifty-four, was elected tn
March over Arthur B. Langlie, can
didate of the New Order of Cincin
natus, an independent organization
of young voters seeking better mu
nicipal government. .- v
f:
The charges against the mayor
largely have to do with his ac
tions in connection with the strike
of employees of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
OREAT BRITAIN asked Gen.
Francisco Franco, leader of
the Spanish rebels, to establish a
safety zone for neutral ships in Bar
celona harbor which the Fascist
chieftain had declared blockaded.
Franco's reply was not satisfactory,
and besides, one of his vessels sank
an unidentified ship off the capital
of Catalonia. Therefore the British
government promptly started a con
siderable number of warships
toward the Mediterranean, cruisers
and submarines being included.
Foreign Minister Eden already had
assured parliament that British
shipping would be protected on the
high seas with all the might of the
Pritish navy which is something
to give the Spanish Fascists pause.
Prance took the same stand, but
warned its merchantmen to conduct
themselves "with extreme caution."
Excitement over the torpedo at
tack on a loyal Spanish cruiser by a
submarine which the Madrid gov
ernment more than hinted was a
German vessel was allayed by the
report that the undersea boat was
a Spanish submarine that had gone
over to the rebel side.
Madrid was being continually
hammered by rebel shells and
bombs, and there was intense fight
ing daily in University City, the
northwest section of the capital
where the insurgents had penetrat
ed, the American embassy was
closed on orders from Washington
and Eric C. Wendelin, charge d'af
faires, gave protection to those
Americans who wished to go to Va
lencia to board a United States war
ship. The German and Italian em
bassies, abandoned by their staffs.
were seized and sealed by the de
fense junta and a number of Fas
cist refugees were arrested in the
former. Berlin scoffed at this ac
tion but Rome called it banditry.
P I. STICKLING, a German en
J' gineer, was sentenced to death
in Russia for sabotage which he was
said to have confessed. Hitler had
his ambassador in Moscow make
earnest demands for postponement
of the execution, and then suddenly
announced that if the sentence were
carried out Germany would sever
diplomatic relations with the soviet
government. Great Britain feared
such action would seriously aggra
vate the European war situation
and so Prime Minister Baldwin in
terceded. He asked German Am
bassador Von Ribbentrop to urge
Hitler not to bring about the open
break with Russia, and he instruct
ed the British ambassador at Mos
cow to appeal for mercy for Strick
ling. Thereafter the Soviet govern
ment commuted the German's sen
tence to ten years in prison. Sev
eral of his fellow plotters were shot.
The agreement directed against
the; communist internaf.ionale,
which angered Russia, was signed
by Japan and Germany in the Ber
lin foreign office. Under it the two
nations are to co-operate in n cam
paign against communism, and they
invite other nations to join them.
JOSEPH E. DAVIES, wealthy
" lawyer of Washington, A a s
served the Democratic party in va
rious ways for many years and has
contributed liberally
to its campaign
funds, and now he
has been rewarded.
President Roosevelt
has appointed him
American ambassa
dor to Soviet Russia,
to succeed William
C. Bullitt, who was
transferred to the
Peris embassy.
Mr. Davies, whose
wife is the former
Mrs. Marjorie Post
Davies
Hutton, heiress of the big Post cere
al fortune, is a native of Wisconsin
and practiced law in that state un
til 1913, when he went to Washing
ton. He was chairman of the fed
eral trade commission under Presi
dent Wilson in 1915-'16, and was
taken along by Wilson as an eco
nomic adviser to the Versailles con
ference. Before that he had served
as western manager of Wilson's
campaign and as secretary of the
Democratic national committee
and he was offered in 1918 the am
bassadorship to Russia, to Italy and
the governorship of the Philippines.
He declined, however, so he could
run for the United States senate
from Wisconsin. He was defeated.
He was active during the recent
campaign, serving on the advisory
committee at Democratic headquar
ters in New York.- -.. - j :
President - Roosevelt signed the
Davies commission before be left on
his South) American cruise, but the
announcement was withheld until
word was received from the soviet
government that Davies was per
sons grata at Moscow.
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J. E.
((! Tales and
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PotitkJ Hi
FRANK L HAOtN
I
HMO SCOn WATSON
DEMONSTRATIONS
CONVENTION "demonstrations'
v- those amazing exhibitions oi
hysterical enthusiasm, usually
manufactured rather than sponta
neous had their origin in the Re
publican convention of 1860 in Chi
cago.
The two leading candidates were
William H. Seward of New York
and Abraham Lincoln of Illinois.
The New York delegation brought
along a prize fighter named Tom
Hyer and a band which marched
about the streets playing martial
music.
To match these noise-makers,
supporters of "Old Abe hired
Chicagoan "whose shout could be
heard above the most violent tem
pest on Lake Michigan" and I
leather-lunged Dr. Ames, who,
though a Democrat, also consented
to whoop it up for Lincoln. But the
real "blow-off" came when Lin
coln was nominated on the- fourth
ballot. An eye-witness has de
scribed the scene as follows:
The immense multitude rose,
and gave round after round of ap
plause; ten thousand voices swelled
iiuo a roar so deafening that, for
several minutes, every attempt to
restore order was hopelessly vain
... A man appeared in the hall
Cringing a large painting of Mr.
Lincoln. The cannon sent forth roar
after roar in quick succession. Del
egates tore up the sticks and
boards bearing the names of sev
eral states, and waved them aloft
over their heads, and the vast mul
titude before the platform were
waving hats and handkerchiefs."
Another chapter in convention
"demonstrations" was added by the
Republican convention, also in Chi
cago, in 1880. Roscoe Conkling of
New York led the forces that had
determined to nominate Grant for
a third term. At the first mention
of Grant's name, a demonstration
began which lasted nearly half an
hour. Conkling, noted for his "aris
tocratic coldness," unbent enough
to stimulate enthusiasm in the gal
leries and among the delegates by
waving his handkerchief. Then
Robert G. Ingersoll started wave
after wave of frantic cheering when
he grabbed a woman's red shawl
and waved it aloft.
Men tore off their coats and used
them for flags. Then the Grant
delegates seized the standards of
their states and started a parade
around the hall thus starting a
custom which has been perpetuated
to this day.
KEYNOTERS
TJOW many of us recall the key-
note speech of Senator Steiwer
at the Republican national conven
tion in Cleveland this year? Or
that of Senator F-arklev rt the Phil
adelphia gathering of Democrats?
The answers to that one fortify
the fact that keynote speeches fade
rapidly, then die as completely as
an ancient mackerel. The only one
which persevered through a cam
paign was delivered at the Demo
cratic convention of 1916 and later
events made a farce out of it.
That keynote was delivered in
favor of Woodrow Wilson; the man
who voiced it was Martin H.
Glynn of New York.
Like the "Three Long Years"
whieh Republicans emphasized in
1936, Glynn s keynote beat the tom
toms for Wilson's achievements in
avoiding war in 1914, 1915 and 1916,
ending each recital with the as
sertion: But we didn t go to
war.
Seizing upon the then catchy
phrase, which set convention dele
gates on their ears, the Democrat
ic national committee made the
race on the slogan of: "He rwpt us
out of war." It barely lasted to
re-elect Wilson, for two months aft
er beginning his second term the
United States was in the wars
Success of a keynote in this par
ticular instance was made at least
partially possible by the pussyfoot
ing tactics of the rival party. They
didn't want to discuss the war. But
the American voters were talking
about nothing else I
One other keynote has found a
place in our permanent political
history. It was delivered by im
posing Albert J. Beveridge of Indi
ana at the Bull Moose convention
of 1912 which brought Theodore
Roosevelt back into the spotlight
Said Beveridge: "The people's
government has been usurped by
the invisible government, and the
people's government must be given
back to the people again."
Even today, with history record
ing a Bull Moose defeat, there is
something about this well-turned
phrase which accounts for the per
petuity which has 'fall a to it.
WasUra Hmuit Uatoa.
Destroyed Indian Fopulatioa
The prehistoric Indian population
of northern Arizona was destroyed
by "tenement" conditions nearly
1,000 years ago. Tracing the hab
its of the Indian population, an au
thority said that from the time
they moved from single-family pit
bouses to multi-family apartment
bouses, or pueblos, similar to mod
ern tenaments, the population of
these tribes dropped from 23,000 to
1.000. ...
Simple But
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Perfection does not consist in
doing singular things; but it does
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singularly well.
The sophisticated person finds
little to enjoy. Everything is old
tn him.
A man who knows that his hard
ships made the best part of his
character may not want his son
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We always feel great admiration
for those clever people who can
mend something when we break
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Those That Tried
Failures are facts that prove a
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Always be sore your friends can
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Admitting our faults is half way
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. Everyone remembers what a
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Never allow yourself to live for
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All friendships between men are
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Poise is something that keeps
one from speaking too suddenly.
No two men are exactly alike;
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