The Syracuse Journal, Volume 29, Number 33, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 10 December 1936 — Page 6
News Review of Current Events the World Over
King Edward Defies Cabinet, Clinging to Mrs. SimpsonGarner Mixes in House Leadership BattlePresident’s Buenos Aires Address.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD • Western Newspaper Union.
CONFRONTED with the opposition of his cabinet, the high clergy, the leaders of both the Conservative and the Labor parties and
goodness knows how many of the ordinary people of his empire, King Edward VIII insists on continuing his intimacy with Mrs. Wally Simpson, presumably with the intention of marrying her. And he does not intend to abdicate in order to cling to the American di-
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vorcee. Defying the disapproval of his advisers, the bachelor monarch proposes to test his constitutional right to wed the woman of his choice —provided she consents. Such, at this writing, is the status of what has become a genuine crisis for the British empire, highly interesting to all the world. The cabinet discussed the affair at length and sent Prime Minister Baldwin to remonstrate with the king, but the statesman got nowhere with the self-willed ruler, and next day told the house of commons he was not yet ready to make a statement. Edward called-together his close friends, including his brother the duke of York who would succeed him if he abdicated, and considered the next move in the serious situation. This might be the resignation of the cabinet and the refusal of party leaders to form another government. Some of the English statesmen, like Sir Archibald Sinclair, Liberal, or David Lloyd George or Winston Churchill, might undertake the task at the request of the king, but probably none of them could command the necessary majority in the house. It is suggested that Edward might attempt to follow the example of Charles I, who set up a government without a parliament. The British press at last has abandoned the self-imposed silence concerning the king’s course but most of them declared their opposition or their regret. Public opinion will probably have a great deal to do with solving the problem. The Church of England will not have Mrs. Simpson as King Edward's wife at any price, the Church Times, its organ, declared, lining up militantly behind Baldwin and the cabinet Mrs. Simpson and her two previous husbands have been divorced and upon that the church takes its stand, was the Church Times’ position. It is 'reported on good authority that King Edward is negotiating the sale of his Canadian “EP” ranch to Lincoln Ellsworth, the American explorer.
BRITAIN’S house of lords killed Lord Ponsoriby’s “mercy death” bill by a vote of 35 to 14. It would have allowed a doctor to end the life of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease. The measure fell before the attack of churchmen, who opposed it on religious and moral grounds, and of doctors, who felt that the responsibility was too great to be assumed by their profession. The archbishop of Canterbury made no objection to the bill on religious grounds, but said: “It is better to leave this difficult and delicate matter in the hands of the medical profession rather than drag it into the open and regulate it by legal procedure.’*
back to Washington because he is acting President during the absence of Mr. Roosevelt, Vice President Garner prompt-
ly involved himself in the battle for the house leadership that is being waged by the supporters of John J. O’Connor of New York, chairman of the rules comm ill ee, and Sam Raybum of Texas, chairman of the interstate commerce committee. Mr. Gamer put himself behind his fel-
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low Texan, declaring: “I am for Rayburn 200 per cent. He is the best equipped man for the job and I will do all I can to further his candidacy.*’ O’Connor’s friends and other representatives who had been neutral were astounded and angered by what they considered an unwarranted intrusion by the vice president into a house contest. John D. Dingell of Michigan voiced this sentiment when he said: “The distinguished vice president has a big enough job on his hands as presiding officer of the senate without interfering with the organization of the house with which he has no connection whatsoever. "The Democratic members of the house in the last congress were compelled to go through a campaign under the untrue accusations from the Republican enemy that they were
Find Air-Borne Bacteria Carry Varioos Organisms Weather men studying the angina and migration* of air masses may have to add bacteriology to their other techniques, it heed «s given to a suggestion by Dr*. Claude EL Zo Beu ano xieien ml Mainews ox we Scripps Institution of Oceanography. They have conducted quantitative Mudtea on the proportions of tend and aaa bacteri* to breezes blowing
mere ’rubber stamps* of the President. That accusation hurt the members' feelings sufficiently without rubbing it in by having the country get the notion that the duly elected Democratic members of the house are going to become the ‘rubber stamps’ of the vice president, so that the Lone Star state may run both ends of the capital to the exclusion of any participation by any of the other 47 states.** A CCORDING to the New York Daily News, Former President Herbert Hoover may become an expatriate. The newspaper quoted Mr. Hoover “intimates here and in Washington’’ that he had virtually decided to take up indefinite residence in Erfgland as did Col. Charles Lindbergh more than a year ago. Recalling that Mr. Hoover had seldom lived in the United States after his graduation from Stanford university until the war years, the Daily News said that some of the happiest years of his life had been spent in London, which was headquarters for his mining enterprises in all parts of the world. A S THE cruiser Indianapolis and its convoy, the Chester, entered the harbor of Buenos Aires, a salute to President Roosevelt boomed from
the guns of eleven warships, ten squadrons of airplanes wheeled overhead, and thousands of cheering citizens crowded the water front. Argentinians generally approve of Mr. Roosevelt’s policies and he was welcomed to their capital as “a great benevolent dictator.” They had
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planned to give him an elaborate reception, but it was toned down somewhat at his request. President Jus to, who already had greeted the distinguished guest by wireless, met him at the dock and accompanied him to the American embassy. Then Mr. Roosevelt, Secretary of State Hull and members of the American delegation to the peace conference made a formal call at the government house. Next day, after a ride about the city. President Roosevelt attended the extraordinary session in the legislative palace to open the PanAmerican peace conference which he initiated. A formal dinner for him at the government house and a reception for all conference delegates followed. The event of the third day was a luncheon at the American embassy in honor of President and Mrs. Justo, Then* Mr. RooSevelt embarked and started on the return trip, with a brief stop at Montevideo, capital of Uruguay. In his eloquent address before the peace conference Mr. Roosevelt set forth his program for banishing war from the Americas and erecting economic barriers against war elsewhere in the world. The first task in achieving this, he said, is “making war in our midst impossible,** and the second step is to insure the continuance of democracy in the western hemisphere as the best guarantee of peace. He warned the “war mad” nations bent on conquest that the American republics “stand shoulder to shoulder’* in readiness to “consult together for our mutual safety and our mt> tual good.’’
GERMANY’S cabinet, with Hitler '-J’presiding, promulgated a number of startling edicts for the furtherance of the Goering four-year plan of rehabilitation of the reich. Most important of these is the “economic sabotage” law, decreeing death for Germans who “unscrupulously” hoard wealth abroad and “damage the German economy.” This is directed against violators of recent injunctions which put within reach of the government between 1,500,000,000 and 2,000,000.000 marks ($600,000,000 to $800,000,000) which could be converted into foreign currencies should the necessity arise. Another law orders the incorporation of every German boy and girl, without exception, in the Hitler youth movement, for physical, spiritual and moral training. The “youth leader of the German reich," Baldur von Schirach. was made responsible directly to Hitler and given the rank of a supreme Nazi authority. REPORTS to the senate campaign funds committee show that John D. Rockefeller, Jr., gave $70,000 to Republican campaign funds, while Democratic organizations received $50,000 from Mrs. James R. H. Cromwell, formerly Doris Duke, the tobacco heiress. The committee said it hoped to trace the source of most of the $13,000,000 spent by scores of political organizations in the last campaign, as a basis for legislative recommendations to the President and con-
Land breezes cany preponderant numbers of soil .bacteria, „ they found, while breezes from the sea have a higher ratio of salt-water organisms. Not more than five per rt»nt of soil bacteria can live in a salt-water medium. While a somewhat larger proportion of oceanic bacteria can survive living conditions like those of intend jmil, a large g£ suKpß) Jboi air mass of unknown origin would seem to indicate that it had traveled over the sea.
CHAIN’S government appealed to the council of the League of Nations to deal with the menace to “peace and good will among nations” allegedly created by ItaloGerman recognition of the fascist rebel junta. Secretary J. A. C. Avenol thereupon convoked the council, though at this writing the date for the meeting is unsettled. It was believed Italy would refuse to attend the session; Germany is no longer a member of the league. French statesmen didn’t approre the Spanish action, feeling that it complicated an already serious situation and could do no good. There were no decisive developments in the long siege of Madrid, but the loyalist defenders seemed to have gained renewed strength and made fierce counterattacks on the Fascists in the University city area. The rebel airplanes repeatedly bombed the city and hundreds of men, women and children were reported killed by their projectiles. CENATOR BORAH of Idaho returned to Washington, and one of the few topics he was willing to talk about was the proposition of
some French deputies that France settle her war debt to the United States by a payment of 10 cents on the dollar, in order to clear the way for further borrowing of American money. Mr. Borah was quick to declare his opposition t o such a scheme, calling it downright in-
solence on the part of the French, and as he is the ranking Republican on the foreign relations committee his words mean something. Said the senator: “We settled once at 51 cents on the dollar and that was just about what they owed us at the close of the war. We have no reason to believe that they will keep their word this time any more than they did before. This is no cash proposition. It is another installment scheme. Remember this money belongs to the American taxpayers. If we continue to loan this money and then take it back at 10 cents on the dollar we cannot do any more to-promote armaments.” In the French chamber Jean Mistier, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, requested the deputies to drop discussion of the debts question in order that the government “may have a free hand in its present negotiations with the United States.” Details of the “negotiations” were not disclosed. Some Paris observers thought there was an attempt to fix up an Anglo - French - American security pact and that France was ready to reconsider the debt question in order to facilitate the execution of that project.
WILLIAM GREEN was reelected president of the American Federation of Labor before the closing of the convention
in Tampa. Secretary Frank Morrison and the 14 vice presidents also were chosen for another term. In his speech of acceptance Mr. Green made a renewed plea to John L. Lewis and his C. I. O. associates to “come back to our home and fight »the common foe.** This the insurgents
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show no sign of doing. The 1937 convention was awarded to Denver. The convention refused to concur in four resolutions attacking the Supreme court. It instructed the executive council to have a bill for tho six hour day and five day week introduced in congress and declared the 30 hour week to be the. “paramount objective" of the A. F. of L. THE cause of world peace should be the gainer by die death of Sir Basil Zaharoff in Monte Carlo. Known as the “mystery man of Europe,” he was for many years the master salesman of armaments and amassed an immense fortune in that and other business enterprises. Born in Odessa, Russia, of Greek parents, Zaharoff had all of Europe for his field of operations. He was knighted in England, became a citizen of France and married a Spanish duchess. He gave valuable aid to the Allies during the World war, founding chairs of aviation at Paris and Petrograd and presenting 25,000 pounds sterling to the British government for a similar purpose. x T ABOR department statistics reported a jump of 14 per cent in wholesale prices in the approximately three years in which the Roosevelt'administration has sought to raise the general price level. The widest gain was registered for farm products, which rose from an iidex figure of 58.7 three years ago to 85.5. Foods increased from ®.4 to 83.5. AU commodities other than farm products and food increased from 77.5 to 80.8. As figured into living costs, the department’s statistics covering purchases by wage earners and lower salaried workers showed an increase for aU items, from 77 J at the close of 1933 to 82.4 in September, this year. The increases were: Food, 89.4 to 84.3; clothing, 76J to 78.6; rent, 63.9 to 64.6; house furnishing goods, 73.5 to 78.2. Fuel and lighf costs fell from 90.3 to 87.4.
Core of Earth Still Bet Dr. L. H. Adams, of the Carnegie institution's geophysical laboratories, has announced the belief that the core of the earth is as hot today as it was when the planet first took «h»p4» 1,900,000,000 to 3,000,000,000 years ago, states a writer in Pathfinder Magazine- He estimated that the core, which he think* is made up Os danne, aemi-pla«*ie iron, bad a temperature of about 5,133 degrees Fahrenheit. (Water bods at 213
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He Was Sittin* in the Parlor Talkin’ Pleasant, When in Bosts th* Door and Through It Comes Jake.
By JAMES J. MONTAGUE THERE was a sound as of tapping — rather heavy tapping on the door of the pilot house. The mate, who from a window was directing, not too gently, the operations of the crew in divesting the boat of a cargo of mutton on the hoof, stopped short a stream of invective he was leveling at members of the crew, and without turning toward me said: “It’s Jake, let him in.” I opened the door, and a medium sized ram stepped lightly into the place, furled his legs beneath him, and lay down, apparently to pleasant dreams. I restrained my curiosity till the flock was safely stowed somewhere amidships, and we had swung out into the stream. Then I expressed a justifiable curiosity about our visitor. “I’m takin* Jake down to The Dalles to see the captain,” he said. “The old man’s laid up an’ I thought the sight of his little pet might cheer him up. He ain’t seen Jake for a long time.” I looked at Jake, and wondered how the captain could be cheered by the sight of such an unprepossessing animal. Jake was of a dark and untidy browA color, his fleece was in shreds and patches, and he was noisily chewing on what, from its appearance, as it now and therKemerged half way from his jaws, seemed to be a plug of tobacco. “Yep, he has to have his chaw, Jake does,” said the mate, swinging around a minute from the wheel and following my glance with his eyes. “It ain’t a nice habit, but he’s got it, an’ there ain’t nothing to do about it. If we took his nicotine away from him he’d die, an* we got to have him aboard.” “To serve to us passengers, I suppose,” I said. “Him? You’d have to run him through a sausage grinda before he could be et, an’ then you’d dull your teeth on him. His job is to walk on board or ashore when we got a band of sheep to load or unload, so they’ll toiler him along. Ain’t no other way to load sheep without their scatterin’ all over the shore. Come ’ere, Jake, you’ve about swallered that plug.” The dingy animal responded to the call, and received a fresh slab of tobacco, which he rudely snatched from his benefactor’s hand. “You’d never think to look at the critter,” continued the mate, as he braced the wheel to meet a sudden cross current, “that he was a lamb once, a pretty little white woolly lamb, just overflowin’ with affection. He was though. The captain brought him on board to be trained to help with the loadin’, an* the pair of ’em took a powerful shine to each other till Jake overdone the friendship business. But I found him the other day on his way to the butcher’s, an* give him back his old job, an’ now I want the captain to have a sort of reunion with him. The doctor says what the captain needs is to get riled up, ah* then he’ll be his old self an* get well quicker. He’s sort of peakin’ now an* a fit of temper will sort of wake the old fightin* sperrit in him.” I pressed him for further particulars. “Well, when Jake come aboard he was, as I said, a cute little lamb. The captain nussed him on a bottle an* kept him in the pilot house an’ used to laugh at him leapin' stiff legged around and bring his friends up here to see him. He said he was the cutest little beast he’d ever seen, an’ they wasn’t no butcher gain’ to get him after he’d served his watches leadin’ sheep up the plank. No sir, he’d stay on board just as long as he could work, an’ then he’d be put out to a nice pasture to spend his old age. “He was cracked about that critter for two or three weeks, an’ then one day he went ashore an’ Jake busted mit of the pen where he was kept an* foUered him into town, after we was tied up at Celilo. The captain he was pleased at first, an* showed him off in the saloon where
Mary Queen of Scots Though Mary Queen of Scots asked for an interview with Queen Elizabeth, that request was never granted and Mary was executed at Fotheringay Castle after her long imprisonment, without ever having me* her cousin. Whew Tee Dent Agree *Tf you don’t agree with a man,*’ said Uncle Eben, “tyh** no use of
Reveals the Inside Story of “The Captain’s Little Lamb”
he used to get his bracer, but when he went around to some of the other places, an’ Jake kept right after him folks begin to grin. “The captain he begin to grin too, at first, till somebody says ‘Hello Mary,’ an’ begun to whistle some of the song ’bout the little lamb. Be turned into another drinkin* place an’ Jake he lay down outside an* waited for him to come out. “After that he didn’t have no peace. Jake tagged him back to the boat, an’ the captain give orders lie was to be tied up, but when we got down to the Cascade locks one of the boys let the sheep loose, an’ when the captain come out of the only saloon in the place, there he was with his legs tucked up under him, waitin’. He give a sort of a happy bleat when he seen the old man an* started to toller him again, but he got a wallop on the snout, an’ hopped over a fence, while the captain went up to see a gal he was sparkin’. He was settin’ in the parlor talkin' pleasant, when in busts the door and through it comes Jake. He gives a blat, walks over to idle captain an’ tucks his nose over the chair. “ ‘An’ then he came to him an’ laid His head upon his arm,* says the gal. “The captain got up, grabbed Jake by the scruff of the neck an* hoisted him out of a window. But the gal kept singin’ the song, and by and by he got in a huff an’ walked out, an’ no sooner was the ckoor opened to let him through than up comes Jake caperin’ an’ dancin’ an’ full of affection. “‘An’ waited patiently about till Mary did appear,’ the gal croons. ‘Ain’t he sweet?’ “Well I reckon that skipper never wanted to slug anything so bid in his life as he did that little sheep, but he was afraid of what the gal might say, so he just walked off, the lamb boundin' along behind him an’ reachih’ up now an’ then to look for some chewin’ tobacco “Os course the story was toll all over the place, gals bein’ what they are, an’ the news went up an’ clown the river, so pretty soon wherever we tied up, if it was at a town or just a landin' somebody would begin to whistle ‘Mary’s Little Lamb’ as soon as the skipper come o it on deck. The old man would give strict orders to have him tied up bslow, but always one of the deck Lands would let him loose and head him ashore, an’ off he would go. “He seemed to have a scent ike a setter dog, for ‘everywhere the captain went the lamb was sure to go,’ just like it was in the song. Ar d the wust came when up at Hood River where the skipper went ashcre to see his niece graduate from t high school, the lamb walks right in in the middle of the ceremonies, an* the teacher, smilin’, says, ‘He follered him to school one day! But don't worry, captain, this teacher won’t turn him out.’ “After that the captain sort of lost his likin’ for the little cuss an’ hired a farmer to take keer of him, for he couldn’t make up his mind to have him turned into mutton. But pretty soon he brought him back an’ had him give the job of leadin’ the victims aboard, till one day h< went ashore to get a drink, an* >ne of the boys let him loose, an* w ien he come out of the place where he’d got the drink there was a hundred people, I guess, singin* the lamb song in chorus. Then he ordered him killed or thrown ash >re in some lonely place, but I s leaked him off one day an’ sent him to a farmer friend of mine to kee ? for a while. An* now the captain s sick an* needs a fit of mad to mace him feel like himself again, I'm join’ to take Jake in an* show him io him. I think it’ll do him a lot <xi! good, don't you?” O Bell Syndicate.—WNU Serv : - e. Birds Hunt in Parttai New Zealand has a bird, tie Kea parrot, which preys upon sleep. It hunts in parties and does so much damage that a subsidy is paid for every Kea parrot killed.
Living Water Tank The tree cactus, or the ghint cactus, may contain as much is 1,000 gallons of water. Nearly eviry part of the plant body, but mod commonly stems and leaves, inay be used for the storage of watei •. Changing Tour Mind To change your mind, said Hi Ho, the Sage of Chinatown, “makes you a weather vane unleis you change it so rapidly and often that you become a whirligig.**
Keeping Christmas Faith—- ♦ Spirit of Happiness Mach Needed in the Days Prior to the Festival
WHATEVER you do in the way of preparations for Christmas, be sure to preserve the happy Christmas spirit in the home. Nothing is more at war with the atmosphere of Merry Christmas than cross words, wrangles, disputes, and anything that mars good nature in yourselves or those in the home. The pressure of work, the haste that makes waste, the beauty of home life, the conflict of problems, each of which seems imperative to solve on the instant, are not conducive to an atmosphere of concord. It takes a person of remarkable poise not to be influenced by the speeding up of work and activities prior to the festival. Personal Influence Because this is true, every one of us should be on guard over ourselves. We have an influence. No one can escape this. It may do us good to realize that we are not totally insignificant. Many persons feel this is their fate when they are very modest or shy, and crave to be among the group of those who attract attention. By the negative method of induction we can discover our influence is not negligible. It exists, perhaps to our surprise, and certainly to our dismay, when we see the effects of our disagreeable conduct. Beneficent Effects It is a comfort to realize that in reverse order, the better side of our nature is equally impressive. Our good nature, our cheery attitude, our soothing words, and our hearty happiness leave their beneficent effect upon those who Household @ © Question Tomato juice may be thickened and highly seasoned and mixed with milk for tomato soup. Cake icing will adhere better and stay soft and glossy if a little glycerin is added to the icing mixture. • * • The blunt end of a pencil is excellent to use when marking initials on linens which are to be embroidered. White woodwork in the home can be kept clean by sponging with lukewarm suds of a pure, mild soap, then wiping dry. This does not harm the enameled surface. • * • Black marble clocks or ornaments will have a beautiful lustre if rubbed with a soft cloth dampened with olive oil and then polished with a clean chamois. • • • Lace curtains before being washed for the first time should be soaked for an hour or two in cold water to which two tablespoons of table salt have been added. This removes dressing in curtains and makes them much easier to launder. • • • Stains on the fingers from peeling apples, onions or other fruits or vegetables can be remo ed by rubbing with a crust of bread dipped in vinegar. Wash afterwards in warm water. • • e Never sprinkle pongee. Roll it up in a towel while wet and iron while still damp. 0 Associated Newspapers.—WNU Service.
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know us—our family, our friends, and even those who are but acquaintances. Quality Called For It is this fine attitude that is brought out in the real Christmas spirit. It is one that is needed in the rush before Christmas as much as on the day itself. Our patience and such sweetness of temperament as we are by nature endowed, or by cultivation possessed of, is called into action to help keep atmosphere serene when there is a trend toward querulousness in children, or adults. Little folk are quick to sense strain and tenseness, and they react to it by nervousness and contrariness, and an atmosphere of love and beauty is harshly disturbed. Keeping Faith On the adults falls the responsibility of keeping faith with Christmas by showing the Christmas spirit in these days of expectations of holiday happiness, and preparation for the great festival. © Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service. v Foreign Words and Phrases A la francaise. (F.) In the French style. Caeteris paribus. (L.) Other things being equal. Dies faustus. (L.) A lucky day. Ex pede Herculem. (L.) To judge of the whole from a part. Flitterwoch. (Ger.) A honeymoon. Gutta cavat lapidem non vi sed saepe cadendo. (L.) Constant dripping wears away the stone; persistence will accomplish more than force. Haute nouveaute. (F.) The latest novelty. Insouciance. (F.) Unconcern; indifference. Tant soit peu. (F.) Never so little. Oeil de boeuf. (F.) A bull’s eye.
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