Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

■< Tht Baniwll Peopl#4B<pUncU Baniwell 8. C, Thoraday, Aagiist 13, 1936 BRISBANE THIS WEEK Childhood Tugwell'* Liltlr Cirl Holland Buyt Planes Rev. Webber Knows Childhood lasts (longer in France than in America and it is real child hood. Boys in their teens, writ ing letters, call their fathers Cher petit pap- pa, “Dear little papa” — imag ine that from an American “prep” school. Little French girls play inno cently with Toto, their little dog, hardly knowing that such things as francs exist, when much old er than Assistant Secretary Tug- well’s intelligent young daughter, Marcia, aged twelve, who, in part nership with her friends, Mary Frances Cottrell and Joyce Hel- mick, organized “a laundry for washing dogs.” They advertised: “Small dogs, 30 cents; middle-sized dogs, 35 cents; groomed and washed. Dogs not good-natured must be sent with muzzles, and we cannot wash large dogs.” Too bad that parental severity broke up the dog laundry. It had announced working hours “10 a. m. to 5 p. m. on Saturdays,” the stu dious little girls’ only holiday, “all hours after school on other week days.” What a good example for govern ment enterprises: the little girls really meant to work to “groom and wash” the dogs, not merely stand around and collect the 30 cents. News Review of Current Events the World Over Arlhnr llrlabnnp Plucky little Holland and her wise queen seem to have decided that the 1014 “war to end all wars” did not finish its job. Holland went through the big war safely, selling butter, cheese, eggs, not disturbed, not making any bad $10,000,000,000 loans Now Holland is buying 13 heavy bombing planes in Baltimore, spending $1,500,000 for the 13. and spending many other millions for other killing machinery. That means work and wages In Baltimore, it may mean poison gas and death for some of Holland • neighbors Foreign countries read every thing said about them in America, not that foreign countries rare what Americans think, or attach importance to American opinion, as such, but America has money, taw pMaturls. and governments that are sometimes whimsical, changeable and boyiah Furupe. Asia and Africa watch with equal interest statements of Americans that count and more numerous Americans that float like feathers in the air One simple • minded Russian pointed with pride to the statement of a clergyman in our Union The- ctogwal seminary That gentleman. Rev Charles C UVbber. has a plan for a better g«-\ernment. not based on the text about rendering unto Caesar that which is Caesar s The big idea is to take away what is Caesar's Fight hundred young people 1 were told by Reverend Webber: I “God. who is not content with I things as they are. is a revolution ary Being, constantly seeking to n:.jke all things new " / > Frank Knox Notified of Republican Vice Presidential Nomination—Spanish Rebels Winning Victories— Third PWA Building Program. By EDWARD W. PICKARD e Weqern Newapaper Union. Colonel Knox C'AGING an enthusiastic crowd " that completely filled the big Chicago stadium, Col. Frank Knox received from Senator Steiwer of Oregon the official notification of his nomination for the vice presidency by the Republican par ty. National Chair man John Hamilton introduced the sen ator, who spoke briefly but forceful ly and with his cus tomary eloquence. As Colonel Knox stepped forward to deliver his speech of acceptance he was greeted by a roar of ap plause that continued for many minutes. His fellow citizens were glad to express their gratification for the honor done him, and the thousands from outside Chicago were no less warm in their appre ciation of the candidate. In the streets surrounding the stadium was another vast throng of people who, unable to get into the build ing, listened to the proceedings as broadcast by a loud-speaker sys tem. Unlike Governor Landon, Colonel Knox devoted much of his address to the alleged failures of the Roose velt administration which, he said, had the most glorious opportunity in the history of the nation but ig nored ita responsibility, failed in ita job and defaulted in ita obli gations. “From the day that it took of fice.” he declared, “it embarked on a aeries of hysterical experi ments on the economic life of a burdened people. At a time when univei ion was a neces sity s campaign of abuse Lion of business men. len the credit of the i id have been streni ugurated a poli cy of rration and cur rency hat demoralized foreif frightened do- mestM set up a system of rei if industry that reduo i and prevented re-em coercion of con- | gresa passage of rp- form i eckiesaly drawn that U g the revival of enter? ralyzed the re newal nt It installed a regi daetro markc living of reh "At private industry eas i iperately for a new • p governmental enterp rte with private ern tiers of counties, with serious damage in some other sections. Threshing of winter wheat re vealed expected yields, the report said, but spring wheat conditions were termed disappointing. P RESIDENT ROOSEVELT ended his 437 mile cruise when his yacht docked at Campobello island, New Brunswick, where he has a summer home. He shaved off the sidewhiskers he had grown to sur prise his wife and mother and went ashore for a picnic and a reception with members of his family and friends in the summer colony of the island. Canadian Royal Mount ed police joined with the American secret service men in guarding the distinguished visitor. Mr. Roosevelt remained at Campobello only two days and then took a special train to Quebec, where he visited with Lord Tweeds- muir, governor general of Canada. Gea. Franco rjEN. FRANCISCO FRANCO’S rebel forces in Spain, accord ing to late reports, were pressing the government troops seriously and winning some bloody encounters. This despite the claims of Madrid that the Fascists had been checked. The rebel columns advancing on the capital from the south were reported to be threatening communications be tween Madrid and t h • eastern sea- coast at Valencia and Alicante, chief sources of the government's feed supplies. Indeed, it was an nounced by the insurgent radio sta tion at Seville that the garrison at Valencia had revolted and gone over to the rebels. Leaders of the insurgents claimed they held Huel va. important seaport, and all the territory between Seville end the Portuguese border. The loyalists directed a strong attack on Sara gossa but advices from the front reaching Perpignan. France, said their three columns were ambushed by the rebels m a narrow canyon and lost perhaps 2.000 killed Gen eral Caballero commanded the in surgents m that action T JNOFFICIALLY, Germany ad- mits that she is re-fortifying Helgoland, the Gibraltar of the North sea which was demilitarized by the treaty of Versailles. The report that the Nazis were taking this action was brought up in the English house of commons and Foreign Secretary Eden said the government did not intend to deal separately with the question, hop ing for a fresh effort for European peace “in which Germany would play a full part.” He hinted that Great Britain would let the affair pass without comment as one of Germany’s “minor affronts.” It was believed France would take the same stand. CENATOR VIC DONAHEY of ^Ohio, while fishing in Chesapeake bay, was struck by lightning, and painfully but not dangerously in jured. The bolt hit and split the mast of his launch, ran along the rail and burned the senator’s hands badly. Another senator, Robert Rey nolds of North Carolina, was among a group of tourists who were robbed by bandits near Tax- co, Mexico. The victims lost their money, watches and jewelry but were not otherwise abused. IOWA Republicans nominated Bar- 1 ry Halden of Chariton, editor and American Legion leader, for the United States senate seat made vacant by the death of Louis Mur phy. His Democratic opponent is Guy M. Gillette. The state Farmer-Labor party delegates met in Des Moines and named former Senator Smith Wild- man Brookhart as their candidate for the seat. Until recently he has been connected with the New Deal farm organization. In Oklahoma’s runoff primary young Representative Josh Lee won the Democratic nomination for United States senator, badly de feating Gov. E. W. Marland. Lee’s Republican opponent is Herbert K. Hyde. CIR HENRY WELLCOME, who ^ was born in a log cabin *n Wis consin 83 years ago and who be came one of England’s greatest scientists and explorers, died in London following ah operation. His scientific achievements ranged from the establishment of physio logical laboratories to pioneering in the field of archaeological survey through the use of airplanes. He won the Royal Humane society life saving medal in 188S and as late as 1927 founded the Lady Stanley Maternity hospital in Uganda. Cen tral Africa. | General Franco has been quoted agriculture that as saying the revolution, when sue- reduced foreign | reasfu!. will result in a military ised the coet of ed the expense bus den ol to bea equal* creaau r when the bur< ■ already hard 1 on a policy of funds and tn- dictatorahip for the time being The government, now a red dic tatorship, has taken poeseumn of all church property and assumed control of all industry end agricul ture It also has conAscaiad the merchant marine to form a defense fleet The loyalists were encour aged by victories in end around San Sebastian. Claude G. Bowers. American am of taxes. At a baasador to Spam, was cut oC from time a _ Tort and mutual communication with the summer good will would have completed quarters of his embassy at San recovery it promoted sectional hat- Sebastian for several days, being red and class strife. At a time ' himself at his summer residence in Rev Webber, ‘'recogni/inu this.” about God being * revolutionist, has a plan to help viod in his ef forts; a plan as simple as A. B. C Capitalism, he says, must be abol ished Rev. Webber wants a planned and planning social econ omy in the United States. Under the Charles C. Webber plan, peo ple would own and manage such tilings as industry and property; rio money would be spent for war, and youth would rule. Those brought ud with the old- f;.shinned idea of God might ask Lev Webber, respectfully: “If God ically is a revolutionary’ ‘constant ly seeking to make all things new.’ why does He not carry out His will and make all things new' every few minutes' 7 Can it be that He needs the help of Rev. Webber? Lenin and Stalin got along without that help.” 4 Also arises this question: With capitalism abolished, who would build the churches, the Union The ological seminaries, and pay sal aries to Rev. Webbers for reading the mind of the Divinity’ Dean Swift should have known Rev Webber when he wrote his tale of a tub. when returning business confidence w as end mg depression U began a campaign to terrorize business and subjugate the banks. At a time when confidence in the character of government was vital it estab lished a spoils system. At a time when the economic system was worn and emaciated it performed major surgical operations upon the industrial body to see what was inside. It adopted an economic philosophy of scarcity and forced it upon a hungry and distressed peo^ pie. . . . “No one can define the New Deal or even describe it. But we know what it means. It means federal control over local business, over local bank credit, over local wages, over local conditions of work. It leads to federal regimentation of the labor, the business, and the home of every American citizen. It leads to price-fixing and produc tion control by federal authority. It i leads inevitably to the extinction of the small business {nan, to the end of free enterprise in America.” Before the ceremonies started there were four big parades, con verging at the stadium; and elab orate musical programs Were pro vided both inside and outside th< ' building. Fuentarrabia, close to the French border. He Anally got in touch with the embassy and removed the staff to his villa. Mr. Bowers also provided safe haven for a number of other foreign diplomats and their families. He said he had ascer tained that not a single American had been injured in the civil war. American warships and liners were utilized to evacuate all the Ameri cans in ports where their lives were in danger Later Ambassador Bowers and his staff went aboard the cruiser Cayuga, taking with them some of the American refugees. \/<3RE than 100.000 persons stood In silence at Vimy. France, as King Edward VIII of Engla«l unveiled the magnificent memorial built by France to commemorate the heroic capture of Vimy Ridge by the Canadian forces m April. 1917. After greeting President Lebrun of France in French, the king said : “We raise this memorial to Cana- ■ Im. w * rrl0 ** It is **** Mwarw an inspired expres sion in stone chiseled by a skillful Canadian hand of Canada’s salute to her fallen sons. It marks the scene of feats of arms which his tory will long remember and Can ada can never forget And the ground it covert is the gift of France to Canada^' The dedication culminated ten years of labor and an expenditure of about $1,000,000 on erection of the memorial. The work was com pleted after earlier delays in con struction because of difficulties in finding the 7,000 to 8,000 tons of | special stone required. Walter S. All ward. Toronto archi tect and sculptor who cesigned the monument fer the Canadian battle fields memorial commission, super vised the preparations for the un veiling. T^WO MEMBERS of the Ameri- can Olympic boxing squad failed to take warning from the fate of Eleanor Holm Jarrett and broke training rules soon after their arrival in Berlin. Roy Davis, man ager of the boxers, advised that they be sent home, and the Amer ican Olympic committee so or dered. The two delinquents were Joe J. Church, featherweight, of Batavia, N. Y., and Howell King, welterweight, of Detroit. Their places on the team were filled by Theodore E. Kara and Chester Ru- tecki, both of Chicago. pyRECTOR ROBERT FECHNER F-'reports that nearly 13,000 mem bers of the Civilian Conservation Corps left that organization dur ing June to accept private employ ment, and he said this was largely attributable to the general im provement in business conditions, and in part to the practical edu cation given the men. The exact number discharged in June was 12,995, the largest group to quit since the corps was reduced to a maximum of 350,000. France calls Paris the “aerial port of Europe, proudly. In America the still prouder title “Chief Air Traffic Port of the Whole World” is claimed by Miami, Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago, Clevelan.., and with a great deal of reason by San Francisco and Oakland, thanks to the magnificent bay, and to the fact that the greatest air line, running from America to Asia, starts from that neighborhood. C Ulna Kruturva Nji.ditata, ln«. WML H«rt toa. 'X'HE WEEKLY crop report and *■ weather summary of I, the De partment of Agriculture;, revealed that the drouth and high tempera ture were playing havoc with the corn crop in most of the leading producing states. In some sections there will not even be fodder and over a much larger area no grain will be obtained this year. There were good rains, however, in parts of the central and eastern areas and improvement was noted there m both corn and pasturage. The present drouth in Iowa, the department said, has caused great er damage to corn than that of 1934. The summary reported al most complete destruction of the crop, in two southern and two west- p'MPHASIS is placed on smaller F-' scale projects to be completed speedily, in the third building pro gram of the public works admin istration, which was opened by the allotment of $22,742,034 by Pres ident Roosevelt. It includes 352 projects in 37 states, and the larg est of these is a courthouse for New York city to cost the govern ment $4,835,000. The average al lotment is only $64,323. Secretary Ickes, PWA admin istrator. said that, in addition to 45 per cent donation, PWA will lend $2,142,000 to help communities de fray their 55 per cent share of the tost. President Roosevelt has or dered that all projects “be com menced by October 1, 1936. reach a peak by the end of the year and be completed by October 1, 1937.” TPHE Queen Mary, Cunard White Star line’s great liner, set a new transatlantic record in her lat est crossing to New. York, taking the blue ribbon of the sea from the Normandie of the French line. Her time from Cherbourg break water to Ambrose lightship was four days, eight hours and thirty- seven minutes. This beat Norman die’s record by three hours and five minutes, but Queen Mary’s course was somewhat shortei than that taken by her rival, and the latter still holds the speed by hour rec ord. ACCORDING to announcement by a Polish news agency which is generally considered to be the mouthpiece of the Polish Toreign office, an accord has been reached between Berlin and Warsaw on the policies to be followed in the Free City of Danzig. The Nazis are said to have agreed to give explanations that will t^ke the sting out of re cent inndenis in the city. Washington! Digest A National Topics Interpreted By WILLIAM BRUCKART JjBfa NATIONAL PRESS dlDG WASHINGTON Washington.—There seems to be little doubt any longer that Presi- dent Roosevelt is To Lure getting ready to Farm Vote spring a new sur prise among his many surprises and that he will employ it to wean away as much of the farm vote from Governor Landon of Kansas as is possible. The President usually has a card up his sleeve, one that he can pull out with a flourish and one. that, on the surface at least, carries very convincing prospects in the particu lar line he has chosen. In this instance, it seems rather well established that you may ex pect the President to come forward shortly with a brand new proposi- Uon for greater co-operative effort between the farmers and the city consumers. He is likely to pre sent this new proposition—some of his critics have been unkind enough to describe it as a new rabbit from the hat—in a dressing that will be quite alluring. It is not clear yet just when the new plan will be of fered by the President and his New Deal associates, but the guess can be made that it will come in time to permit a full exposition of the program by the New Dealers in advance of election. By the same token, it is apparent that the Presi dent’s 1936 promises for the farm ers will be disclosed late enough so that the Republicans will have little time to pick it to pieces. The tip-off on the fact that Mr. Roosevelt is developing another farm program comes in Mr. Sec retary Wallace's latest book “Whose Constitution." Of course, the secretary's observations may not be charged directly to the Pres ident. Nevertheless, it is the opin ion of many of us who have watched the New Deal wheels go around that the secretary o' agri culture usually leads the procession in offering new suggestions for New Deal activities. Secretary Wallace is a candid man and ins frankness continuous ly has been of an engaging sort. For the reason that he is of this type. 1 think it can be said usually that his views reflect what is going on beneath the surface That is, his views ordinarily serve as a trial balloon, whether the secretary re alizes it or not. and if they are watched closely, an accurate fore cast of what is coming may t># made It might have been that the sec retary's book would have escaped attention as a vehicle carrying a message from the inner circle of New Dealers except for one line that was tucked away m the Dem ocratic platform, or the platform adopted by the Philadelphia con vention. The sentence in the platform with which the secretary's book may properly be connected reads; “We ; will act to secure to the consumer fair value, honest sales and a de creasing spread between the price he pays and the price the producer receives.” Some observers hefe have linked that proposition with a thought that Mr. Roosevelt proposes to organize not only co-operatives among the farmers but to link those co-opera tives with similar co-operatives , among the consumers. The convic tion held by the!»e individuals is that Mr. Roosevelt, astute politi cian that he is. is seeking to kill two birds with one stone. In other words, they contend that his plan will be thrown out as an induce ment for the farmers to support his policies and re-elect him and that when he deals with the voters in great industrial areas he will point out to them the possibility of cheaper food in this manner. It is to be remembered in con nection with the reported new farm program that Mr. Roosevelt has sent a commission to Europe to study the co-operative idea. There has been no fanfare, no blare of trumpets about the departure of these men, each being an avowed New Dealer and each one being thoroughly dependable. That is, they are men who can be depended upon to present the facts they gath er in true New Deal light. They have been in Europe now about a month. It is expected they will re main at least one month longer. If, then, they take a month to write that we can expect another New Deal farm program, based upon the co-operative idea, to emerge from the White House around Oc tober 1. It is just 30 days from that date to the election. We now have had acceptance speeches by both Mr. Roosevelt and Governor Landon, his opponent. To the extent that the keynote the national con ventions indicate the trend of mind of the party workers and to the ex tent that the acceptance speeches tell in a way the deeply root ed views of the candidates, the is sues of the campaign are drawn. Of course, it has frequently been Campaign l»*ue* speeches of the case that the issues of July are not the issues that decide the elec tion in Movember. There art those students of politics who are saying this year that the question^ dis cussed by President Roosevelt and Governor Landon in their accept ance speeches are going to have very little to do with the decision of the voters three months hence. I can report only on a consensus among political authorities on this point. That # consensus seems to be that Mr. Landon is going to stick to discussion of the major problems as he sees them and that Mr. Roosevelt’s strategy will be governed entirely by whatever changes take place in campaign conditions. In other words, ithese writers in Washington who have gone through many a harried political battle, seem to feel that Mr. Roosevelt’s campaign strategy is going to be exactly like the policies he has fol lowed in his present administra tion. By that I mean, to quote the President’s own words, that “If one thing fails, we will try something else.” There is the conviction among these same writers that Governor Landon will resort to no oratorical flourishes nor will he employ any of the tactics that Mr. Roosevelt has so often used in his fireside radio chats. Further, it is quite evi dent, I believe, that Governor Lan don will make the burden of his plea to the American people an ap peal to restore what he considers to be the American form of govern ment. It was quite obvious from his acceptance speech, as it has been evident in some of his pre campaign pronouncements, that he favors the common sense idea in government management and that he will permit nothing to swerve him from that course. But it should be said, it seems to me, that if Governor Landon is able to maintain that plane throughout his campaign, he will be deserving of great commenda tion There are many observers here who believe he has undertaken a task of the most difficult kind. The governor has built up or others have built up around him an at mosphere of simplicity. It has reached a high pitch. Thfc ques tion is—can he keep the campaign attuned to that pitch from now un til November’ If he doe«. he will surprise a great many observers • • • Lately. I have heard through un derground channels that Democrat- _ it Chatrma.. Far- • artey ley m getttn„ a irked little irked at the methods em ployed by the youthful Joht Ham ilton, who is chairman of the Re publicans. “Big Jim” has taken a leave of absence as postmaster general, you will remember, in or der to devote his time to re-elect ing President Roosevelt. He is now in a position to battle and. judging by his record, he can be expected to carry on a vigorous fight That makes it all the more surprising to know that “Big Jim” has grown a little bit peevish as a result of the nudging and the razing that the red-headed Republican chair man has been handing him. Six weeks elapsed between the nomination of Governor Landon and the date of his formal notifica tion. During this time, Mr. Ham ilton alone had to carry the Repub lican ball. He made numerous speeches and minced no words m any of them. He struck out sTraight from the shoulder at Mr. Farley. During that time, Mr. Hamilton really had no one firing back at him. It was exactly the same condition as obtained befor: the Republicans had selected a candi date and Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Farley had no one to fight back at them. The test for Mr. Hamil ton, therefore will come when Mr. Farley gets into action and the Democratic campaign is fully un der way. He is young in national politics and some of the success of the Republican campaign is going to depend upon how Mr. Hamilton conducts himself, when Mr. Farley starts jibing and knocking down the Republican chairman’s ears in the heat of battle. There is another phase of the campaign that is going to be inter esting to watch. For three years. Mr. Roosevelt has had open chan nels on the radio, has had the ut most freedom in picking his spots for delivering new pronouncements or his appeals for patience by the people. But that time has passed insofar as the President is con cerned. He is now confronted with competition. What I am trying to say is that everywhere and every time the President speaks, he will speak with the knowledge that a fighting opposition is ready to leap on every word and every proposal that he makes. This is an entirely different circumstance than any Mr. Roosevelt has faced sifice he entered the White House March L 1933. C Wvairra N«»»v«|wi La.ea.