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: .m. n ri iri> •» i3- -l.. 'I ■ '' I -— pur ^i* > ^ »y,...^ QiWMlfefcifclfcMi* **»■» y. -i'; Tht Barmwell Ptoplt^—tlatl, Baniwell, S. C n October 2S, 1934 News Review of Current > . • Events the World Over Assassination of King Alexander and Louis Barthou Alarms All Europe—Spanish Revolt Suppressed— CCC Will Be Continued. | T J SB of the taxpayers' money for the ^ government operation of factories in competition with private enterprise was condemned by the board of direc tors of the National Association of Manufacturers, which- acted on peti tions received from seventeen targe trade associations. The manufactur ers assert that such government experl- By EDWARD W. PICKARD Q by WjMtarn Newspaper Union. King Alexander T WO men of great Importance in the maintenance of peace In Europe were removed from the scene by the bulieta of the assassin, Petrus Kale- men. who slew King Alexander of Jugo slavia and Louis Bar thou, French foreign minister, in Marseilles, "Another Sarajevo?” was the question In every mind, and, in deed, there was some slight danger that the crime would start an other great war. Alex ander was Just begin nlng a “good will" visit in France, which was closely tied up with Barthou’s plan for an accord between France and Italy, and Barthou was soon to go to Romo to further the scheme. Jugo slavia is allied to France but is not at all friendly to Italy, and Alexander hated Mussolini personally, believing that the duce gave moral support to the rebellious Croats. But the king did not want war and was willing to help along the proposed accord If it was not Inimical to his country. If trouble does follow after the as sassinations It probably will start with revolution in Jugoslavia. Only by as suming and exercising dictatorial pow ers was Alexander able to keep peace in the hodgepodge that comprises the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, otherwise Jugoslavia, and It is not certain that there la anyone else there who can do It. Civil war might tempt some other nation to Intervene and grab part of the realm, and In that case a general conflict might be pre cipitated. ’ Alexander’s eldest son Peter, who was In school In England, was prompt ly proclaimed king and, being only eleven years old. will rule under a regency of three men who were named In the political will of the murdered monarch. Whether these three can bold the kingdom Intact Is a question Only the Serbs are really loyal to the royal house, though all the people had admired the strength and bravery of Alexander, whose life had been at tempted four tlmee before. The death of Alexander was held especially Important to Germany by tbs statesmen of that country, for they had looked to him to ctirh tn ■ i»»n. siderable extent the alleged ambitions of Mussolini. He was considered a close friend of the relch and a^poten dal ally. x France was not only worried by the possibility of trouble In the Balkans, but also deeply mourned the death of Barthou. one of her ablest statesmen and. Indeed, one of the ablest In Eu rope. He had been working assiduous ly on his pet scheme of a security pact for eastern Europe; and. although Ger many had scored him for trying to build a diplomatic and economic ring about the relch. last June he personal ly negotiated an accord between France and Germany that waa believed to give aaaurance of peace. Petrus Kalemen, the assassin, who was quickly killed by the French po^ lice, was found to have been traveling on a forged Czech passport Two men who accompanied him on his mission of death were captured near the Swiss border and another was being hunted down In Fontainebleau forest W’here they came from and what organization was hack of the assassinations had not been learned at this writing. The po lice thought they belonged to a secret Macedonian revolutionary society. C IVIL war In Spain was precipitated by the radical elements, starting with ■ 24-hour general strike which was declared by the Socialists and Communists In an swer to the formation of a conservative gov ernment by Premier Alejandro Lerroux un der the domination of reactionary Catholics. Within a few hours bloody conflicts broke out In many regions, and C a t a lo n 1 a. the northeast corner of the country, decided this was the time to Luls Companyt establish Itself as an independent re public. Luis Companyg, president of the state, announced; "Catalonia Is breaking off relations with the rest of Spain. I demand complete discipline from everyone." He called on Gen. Domingo Batet, commander of the gar rison at Barcelona, to swear allegiance to the new regime, but that wily sol dier sparred for time, and before an hour had passed he received orders from Madrid to declare a state of aiege His troops battled with the Catalans, and aoon had Companys and his fellow leaders cooped up in the presidential palace. Reinforcements for the gov ernment forces arrived swiftly by land, sea and air. Then the artillery opened up, and after the palace bad been thoroughly •helled, Oompauys and hie colleagues sn(rendered and were marched to a prison ship In Barcelona harbor. The revelation waa over and the new Cata- laa republic went oat of existence. It was rumored the collapse was partly due to a dispute between Companys and former Premier Manuel Azana, a co-leader in the revolt Azana waa found in hiding and arrested. Surrender of Companys did not end the fighting In jorthern Spain, for the revolutionists in various regions con tinued their desperate efforts, but the government considered the revolt real ly had been suppressed. There was no telling how many had been killed or wounded, bat certainly the casualty lists were terribly long. G EN. DOUGLAS MAC ARTHUR. chief of staff and. now In com mand of the G. H. Q. combat air force and also of the ground forces, Is plan ning to develop a fighting fleet of super battle planes. The first step will be the organization of the G. H. Q. air force of at least I.OtX) planes grouped - In five “wings'* based on both coasts and In the Middle West. This would bring the army corps up to about 2,300 planes, making an aerial flghtlAg fleet approximately the equal of any In the world. Gov. Plnchot G OV. GIFFORD PINCHOT of Penn sylvania has In the past been tn sympathy with much of President Roosevelt’s program, but he has now definitely broken away by coming out in fa vor of the re-election of Senator David A. Reed, antl-New Deal Republican whose de feat would be most welcome to the ad ministration. Immedl ately after Plnchot announced his stand In a speech at Wilkes- B a r r e. Postmaster General Farley con ferred with Mr. Roosevelt and then, as chairman of the Democratic National committee, gave out a stinging attack on Plnchot In It he referred to Sen ator Reed as "perhaps the most out standing foe of the President's poll- cies.’’ who. If elected, would "do every- -thlng In his power to hamper the Pres ident's program and to make a misdeal out of the New Deal." It Is said that the Pennsylvania Dem ocrats are Importuning the {’resident to take a hand personally, and perhaps make a speech In the state, in an effort to win over rock-ribhed Pennsylvania and retire Senaffr Reed In w-tlefeT which could also be construed as a slap at Plnchot and Andrew W. Mellon. G overnment crop benefit checks for more than $3S2.uno.OOO have been paid to farmers participating In the production adjustment program, according to figures complied by the AAA. Some $.’>75,000,000 additional la scheduled for payment under pro grams now in effect, nearly 00 per cent of It before the end of this year. Thus, the farmers’ stake In the AAA approximates $1,000,000,000. Payments already made or to be made before January are included In the estimate of the bureau of agricul tural economics which places 1934 cash farm Income at about $6,000,000,000 compared to $5,000,000,000 last year and $4,333,000,000 In 1932. P RESIDENT ROOSEVELT has made it plain that the Civilian Conserva tion corps, one of the leajst criticized features of his recovery program, la to be continued Indefinitely. He wrote to Robert Fechner, director of the corps, saying: “I have been greatly Interested and encouraged by the tine ^port from your visits to CCC cam* In many parts of the country. “This kind of work must go on. I believe that the nation feels that the work of these young men Is so thor oughly Justified and, In addition, the benefits to the men themselves are so clear that the actual annual cost will be met without much opposition or much complaint" Mr. Fechner had reported to the President that the cost of the COC dur Ing Its eighteen months of operation had amounted to $443,000,000. mentation merely results In depriving employees In private Industry of their Jobs, creating employment at one point and unemployment at another. "Entrance of the government Into the manufacturing business in compe tition with Its own citlaena," says the manufacturers’ statement, "even to supply relief for the unemployed, con stitutes an extravagant use of the tax- payers’ money in further experimenta tions. "Where those in- distress cannot be provided with either public or private work for which they could be paid, then public funds may legitimately be used to provide relief of actuat seed on a subsistence basis. But to furnish necessities required through govern ment operated factories is the wrong way to do the right thing. C ONFERRING with the full mem bership of the new national indus trial recovery board headed by S. Clay Williams. President Roosevelt let it be known that he was far from satis fied with NRA enforcement in the past and asked the board to devise more vigorous and effective methods. Price-fixing and production, control T HERE is an Interesting report clr dilating in Wisconsin, especially in Madison. It is to the effect that Pres ident Glenn Frank of the University of Wisconsin is looking toward tin Republican Presidential nomination in 1936 and that this idea explains his re fuss) to permit Lloyd K. Garrison ts remain In Washington as head of the national labor relations board. The Madison Capital Times said tt understood Doctor Frank feels the Re publican party is in need of a ‘‘lib eral’’ candidate, yet not a "dangerous' liberal, and believes he Is in a posi tion to qualify. To interviewers Doctor Frank de clined to comment on the newspaper story. He said his insistence that Gar rison return to his duties as dean of the law school was solely in the Inter ests of the universitT- were discussed but not at length and with the general understanding that, although price-fixing policies of the Johnson regime would be reversed on paper, no sweeping action would be taken to upset existing codes and any action at all would come slowly. A ttorney general cummings has called a national conference to discuss crime which Is to open In Washington December 3 and continue three days. President Roosevelt is tu address the first session in constitution hall. The conference will be invited to give broad and practical considera tion to the problem of crime In these principal aspectST - ^ 1. Causes and prevention of crime. 2. Investigation, detection, and ap prehension of crime and criminals. 3. Criminal courts and prosecution. 4. Detection, parole, probation, and pardon. u'T'HE voles of Hauptmann Is the 1 voice I heard in the cemetery that night when the $50,000 ransom was paid," said Col Charles A. Lind bergh to the grand Jury In Trenton, N. J., after he had listened to the suspect in the kidnaping and murder case. The grand Jury accepted this as clinching testimony and returned an Indictment against Bruno Hauptmann, charging murder. The words "Hey doctor. Over heiA doctor" were spoken by the man who got the ransom money from Lind bergh's intermediary. Dr. John F. Con don. They wars spoken in ilia g—p tery where the payment was made. Lindbergh heard them and remembered the voice. Although the case Is Invariably re ferred to as the ’’Lindbergh kidnap ing,’’ the grand Jury returned no kid nap Indictment Kidnapers may only be sentenced to life terms. Murderers face the electric chair. BRISBANE THIS WEEK Anotlier liojal Murder Mr. Rockefeller Starts Propaganda Work ' Mussolini Winks King Alexander of Jugoslavia, land- lag at Marseilles, beginning of a "good will" tour of France, was kilted by an assassTQ, and Louis Barthou, foreign minister of France, who bad gone to Marseilles to meet the king, was shot down at the same moment and died later from loss of blood. Their car was "spattered w|th bullets." Louis Barthou, seventy-two years old, ono of the shiest of French statesmen, had looked forward to the visit of the Jugo slavian king as the beginning of an .era of peace in Europe. As a result of the king’s assassina tion on foreign soil It might have been feared that another war would be pre cipitated. The great war started with the murder of the Austrian archduke. Vienna published rumors that the Jugoslavian government had ordered mobilization of its army on the Italian and Hungarian frontiers. It happens, however, that the mur derer in this case Is a certain Petrus Kaleman, tnirty-dve-year-old Jugoslav one of King Alexander’s own subjects, so that no international complication is suggested. Kaleman, captured after firing the shots which killed Barthou and Alex ander, attempted suicide by shooting himself in the mouth, but was cut down by police sabers and died from the deep gashes Inflicted and from po lice bullet wounds. John D. Rockefeller, not delaying this year, has started for Florida ac companied by his son, John D. t Jr. There Is longer life in sunshine. Some day swift air transportation will make it possible for miniomj of old men and women and young cjflldren that now fight cold and cold/ In the northern winter to spend that winter somewhere In the United States’ sun parlor, that stretches from Florida on the east, west along the gulf coast, and north along the Pacific ocean. Los Angeles reports Industrious "reds" trying to corrupt sailors of the United States navy. One plan seeks out young, attractive university girls that havq^not been elected to sororities They take advantage of their hurt state of feelings to make Communists of them and send them to make Com muolsts of sailors Propaganda work Is also done In high schools by Com munists One newspaper urges negro students to "rise end demand colored teachers in the high schools" Special attention is naid tn young college graduates lacking Jobs that have enlisted in the navy. Their feel ings also were hurt and they are ex pected to respond to the song. "Arise, Ye Prisoners of Starvation,” although men in the navy are well fed. National Topics Interpreted \ by William Bruckart Washington. — Whatever may he gleaned from recent developments in Washington, It can NRA Will be stated with cer Continue tainty that President Roosevelt has no w set his mind definitely to continue the National Recovery administration as a governmental unit. It may well be that the organization will be changed as to form; it may be possible that the aVm • •1 J t-. name will be revised and that there may be revision of methods. can he no equivocation-about the But there fact I and announced it on a Tuesday. His return to JVashlngton on Wednesday was followed immediately by confer ences with Mr. Richberg and a quick announcement of the new program. It Is evident, therefore, that when the President decided something had to be done, he moved at once to get rid of General Johnson and to start the new machinery through orders Issued to Mr. Richberg. Formulation’ of Industrial policies henceforth are regarded as likely to Jie xnorAxuUM haaia of trial and error that Mr. Roosevelt Intends to maintain NRA and that he has acted at this time to give notice of his decision in advance of the convening of congress. Observers here have taken note of the unusual emphasis placed upon the President’s part ln NRA reorganization plans. They think this was done at the behest of the Chief Executive with the thought in mind that it would serve as a reassurance to hundreds of thou- than heretofore hfis been theuase. >> • D William Green R ELEGATES to the American Fed eration of Labor ccnvention in San Francisco adopted unanimously and with cheers s resolution proposing adoption of a six-hour day and five-day week for all workers, pri vate and government. A committee ap pointed to Investigate possibilities and merit of shorter work peri ods reported favor ably. William Green, pres ident of A. F. of L.. made an impassioned speech in. favor ol shorter work periods during which he said the federation can be expected to mobilize Its economic strength to make a concerted drive on Industry and owners of industry for adoption of a six-hour day and five-day week and that legislation by congress would be sought at the forthcoming session so that there will he enforcement of this economic reform, not to make less work .or those already employed but to ere ate work opportunities for more people Resolutions as adopted provide for no reduction In wages to result from shorter work periods. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, won a victory when the convention voted unanimous ly for the organization of workers into single unions embracing whole indus tries, as distinguished from craft an ions limited to particular trades. The executive council was instructed to is sue charters ior the creation of na tional and international unions in the automotive, cement, aluminum and oth er mass production industries. The council also was ordered to In augurate organization campaigns in the iron and steel industries. The federation also went on record In favor of pensions for the aged, for mothers of dependent children and for sickness and unemployment benefits. Mussolini, talking with "amplifiers" to 500,000 Italians in the Cathedral Square of Milan, remarked, "Relations between Italy and France are notably improved," and winked as he said it The huge Italian crowd roared with laughter. Mussolini says the corpse of dis armament can never be resurrected, which means that European nations will continue arming against each other more and more extravagantly. Money changes Its so-called "value* and those supposed to control it do not always realize how it Is changing. We rejoice over Increased govern ment receipts, forgetting that the gov ernment Is now talcing In 50 or 60 cent dollars. In England the pound ster ling, normally worth more than 124 francs, sells for 74 francs, a drop of 40 per cent. And In England gold sells above 142 shillings an ounce, or at a premium of 69 per cent with Trouble continues In Spain, troops guarding the parliament and Inconceivably savage outrages reported In the war against religion. A priest and two civil guards are said to have been burned alive and a Catholic or phanage dynamited In an outburst of terrorism and religious hatred in north ern Spain. The Associated Press re ports many churches burned, and fifty- two soldiers killed when a military truck was blown up. D' HODE Island Republicans are quite satisfied with Felix Hebert is senator and have renominated hiai * For governor the state convention named Gen. Luke H. Galian, a veteran of tha Spanish-American and World itxNITARIES of the Roman Qatho- llc church from many lands snd pilgrims by the hundred thousand gathered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for the thirty-second International Eucharistic congress. Ship after ship entered the harbor laden with pious folk from Europe, Africa and all the Americas, and the city threw open Ita homes for their accommodation. The plctureeqne open air ceremonies were held In Palermo park, and other re ligions rites were celebrated In the magnificent cathedral. Urged on by the belief that Upton Sinclair will be elected governor of California and proceed to give every old man a pension of $50 a month for the rest of his life, many $50 and $29 second-hand automobiles, fully loaded, •re said to be on the way to California. One well-informed says: "Everybody that can raise $25 or $50, and buy a car that will run, la bound for OaH- fernla to get some of that Upton Sin clair money." This Is written to advise those gen tlemen to turn around, go back and enjoy their newly bought cars nearer me. You cannot "glva everybody sixty $90 s month" unless you have the $90 to givei hom* <^ast The bureau of agricultural economics Mia you to prepare for a change la diet It will be made necessary by the drouth for all but the "predatory rich" and the fairly well off. The real rise In food price* win not come until next; spring; then meats dairy products, poultry, will go up Fourth of July skyrocket fashion. Too will sat vegetables. wxu sands of people throughout the country^ I believe there can be no doubt that a good many people, some influential, some Just the mlne-ruu, have ques tioned the flying qualities of the Blue Eagle. Their dissatisfaction and distrust has been shown In many ways and thus It appears logical that Mr. Roosevelt would seek to allay their fears. Under the new set-up of NRA, the President has taken active leadership. Of course, he has been the leader here- tofore, but there has always been the disposition on his part to allow the former administrator, Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, to guide his own ship. Despite the fact that Mr. Johnson was given a free hand. It was easy for Mr. Roose velt to take control because, after all. he is President of the United States. By dividing management of NRA among the heads of three boards. It Is generally believed that the President has made It easier for himself to assert his influence and his ideas more di rectly than has hitherto been the case This Is particularly true when the per sonality of the former administrator is considered although the President had only one man with whom to deal under that circumstance. Politically minded people In Wash Ington seem to be wondering, however, what the effect will be en Mr. Roose* velt. Suggestions have been heard that by taking a direct hand in NRA Mr, Roosevelt has put himself “out front" where, some seem to think he may be tha target for some of the ‘‘rotten eggs' about which the bombastic General Johneon spoke so frequently. The fe tiring administrator said frequently he did not mind being the target, hut many times Sir. Roosevelt has taken occasion to fight back at his critics by calling them torles, unawakened Rip Van Winkles, and other such descrip Uve terms. e e e It Is yet too early for a general reac tion to be evident among conservative ■ . . business men on the Opposition president’s NRA re Active organization pro gram. Those who have given voice to their feelings thus far, however, have Indicated that the right wing group tn the country are finding amall unction from the new program. Indeed, the undercurrent of Information which we get In Washing ton is to the effeat that there are more secret meetings and definite mores among business Interests to ward off any left wing swing by the admlnlstra tion than there has been at any time since Mr. Roosevelt took office. The President’s recent radio speech to the country was generally under stood as a conciliatory move on his part and It seems not to take a stretch of the imagination to link that speech and NRA reorganization with these various movements against the over hanging threats of such liberals as Donald Richberg, former Chicago labor lawyer, who is certainly the most influential man in the new NRA set-up. Everywhere I go, I find that bus!- i ness interests are accepting the reor ganization of NRA as notice of its continuation and it may be pos sible that one result of this interpreta tion of the President’s act Is the grow ing opposition movement mentioned above. Business generally is mindful that the matter of continuing NltA must be decided by congress. They recog nize that the present recovery act ex pires next JTune and that the Presi dent will lay before congress a com prehensive program early in January after congresa returns. Their efforts In opposition, therefore, naturally will be directed to the congress In an effort to accomplish some of the changes in the law which they believe advisable to permit free and untrammeled commerce and Industry. With regard to the President’s de termination to continue NRA it needs to be pointed out only that if he-had wanted to scrap that unit of his recov ery set-up, the retirement of General Johnson afforded an excellent oppor tunity. It was then that he could have allowed the organization to disintegrate and could have transferred to various agencies of the government thfth are permanent in character such functions as he desired should continue. But he did not do that He acted with dis patch. This Is best shown by the chronology of events, 'it appears that the President made up his mind over one week-end. He received General Johnson's resignation on n Monday Banking-and other financial interests of' the country are apparently quite disturbed over the 1 Financiers trend toward. easier Disturbed hank examinations. Mr. Roosevelt lately has told the treasury that the bank examiners w’ere too hardbolled In going over loans held In portfolios of banks and that he was anxious to see a jiiore uniform system developed than the ex amining methods long In use. The fear seems to be that the bank examiners will relax too far In grant ing approval for loans outstanding. Heretofore, banks have had to toe the mark and any questionable papers or any loan that gave evidence of not be ing liquidated In accordance with Ita terms was promptly called to the atten tion of the bank management with In structions to make corrective adjust- pnts oh the hooks. Trrwsmne-finau- dal authorities expect, bank examin ers become too lenient it Is suggested in many quarters that the banks again may find themselves with paj>er upon which they cannot realize Just as oc curred at the beginning of this depres sion. It was bad loans that forced the closing of many hanks. Then, too, many observers are find ing it difficult to reconcile the Presi dent’s attitude with the frequent criti cisms he has made of banking prac tices heretofore employed. I am re minded also of the stinging rebuke* that have cdhie from the senate com mittee on hanking and currency after its Investigation of the hanking struc ture. Time after time that commit tee, which proceeded with Its investi gation with a blessing from the White House, has attacked banks and hank ers because of bad loans and worse judgment in dealing with the borrow ers. The question has been asked sev eral times lately whether banks are going to be willing to make loans that are in some res|>ects a gamble eveu under the President's urge If. later, they will he subjected to attacks tn the halls of congress. • • • On the bank loans the President Is convinced that bank examiners have „ been throwing out a Examiners | ( ,t of loans that are To© Sfr«nf«nf perfectly good. They have been forcing the banks to charge off this paper as a loss. In other words. Mr. Roosevelt believes that under the old rules of ex amination a too stringent attitude was adopted by the administrative authori ties In the treasury and the hank ex aminers carried out those rules lit erally. In the background. It is to be remem bered, however, there Is the federal deposit insurance corporation. This agency guarantees that the depositors will be repaid in full up to a limit of $5,000 on each account. It would seem to he that the existence of this Insur ance corporation ought to fend off any particular fear. But bankers know and a good many of the political and administrative leaders recognize that the corporation .could not withstand wholesale bank failures. It draws Its funds from assessment of member banks and, therefore, when its present reserves are exhausted banks must dig up more. Following this line of rea soning, one cannot help arriving at the conclusion that a series of hank fail ures, resulting from bad loans, would throw more of a burden upon the good banks than they can carry, Thus It is made to appear that a high per centage of bankers In the country after ail are going to continue to exercise their Judgment on the type of loans they make and will not be influenced materially by administration wishes. Some, of course, will extend credit with abandon, and It Is this group of bankers who eventually will wit ness the deposit Insurance corporation paying off their depositors. • * » Consumers must look to $ change In their diet as regards some Items of food during the coming winter, iccord- ing to a statement from the Depart ment of Agriculture. Through the bu reau of agricultural economics the de partment said that It expected some In creases In prices between now and the end of the year but that the climb In price levels Ukely would be more grad ual and not so large as has occurred in the last three months. This fact. It appeared, was traceable to the short age of some kinds of food resulting from the drouth in the cehtraf*states and a superabundance of some other kinds produced in the eastern half snd far western sections of the United States. The department suggested that the full effect of tHk drouth on retail food prices will not be felt Until next spring. At that time, supplies of dairy . products and ' poultry products will have been reduced. A Wsatara Mswreapar Ua)«^ »' ft X ■: *