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(JVggrg Review of Current Events /AUSTRIA IS WIPED OUT Made a State in German Reich After Armed invasion By Hitler . . . The Fuehrer Enters Vienna in Triumph This picture, made in an Austrian border town and transmitted by radio photo, shows a contingent of Hitler’s troops marching toward Vienna after being landed from airplanes in the country that has now been made a state of the German reich. 14/. J^icJcaAbd * ^ SUMMARIZES THE WORLD’S WEEK © Western Newspaper Union. Arthur Seyss- Inquart Austria a German State A USTRIA, as a sovereign state, is no more. In the twinkling of an eye its independent identity was wiped out and it became merely an other state in the German reich. “Anschluss” was made a fact and the treaty of St. Ger main, by which this union of Germany with Austria was forbidden, is just an other torn scrap of paper. The German reich has acquired 32,369 square miles of ter ritory and 6,732,000 more inhabitants. Arthur Seyss-Inquart rules the Austrian state alter the enforced resignation of President Miklas and Chancellor Schuschnigg. Such is the concrete result of Hit ler’s startlingly sudden invasion of Austria and seizure of power there. His coup was well planned and it was carried out with a swiftness that demonstrated the speed with which motorized troops can act. When Schuschnigg announced a plebiscite on Austrian independence, the Fuehrer rushed his soldiers across the border by motor and air plane and within a few hours they were in possession of all govern ment buildings and strategic points. Schuschnigg, helpless, broadcast to the Austrian people the word that he and President Miklas Were yielding to “brute force” in order to avoid bloodshed. Then both of them re signed at the demand of Seyss-In- quart. Great Britain and France filed strong protests against the German coup, but their notes were scorn fully rejected by the Berlin foreign office. The British showed no in clination to go further in defense of Austria, and France, just then without a government, could do noth'ng because Premier-designate Blum could not be assured of the support of both the Socialists and the Communists in the chamber of deputies. Italy, taken by surprise like the rest of the world, was supposed to be in a tight place; but after Hitler, in a personal letter to Mussolini, promised that German expansion would stop at the Italian frontier, the Fascist grand council gave its approval to the Fuehrer’s coup d’etat. Hitler Goes to Vienna T> ET 'JRNING in triumph to the land of his birth, Hitler first visited the graves of his parents and then, standing bareheaded before a cheering throng in Linz he proclaimed the union of Ger many and Austria, declaring this had been his divine mis sion. He announced a plebiscite on Ap ril 10 to seek the ap proval of Austrians for all the acts of their new govern- m e n t. Moving through many towns and cities, the Fuehrer’s motor car avan finally reached Vienna, and that once proud city, now just a provincial capital of a German state, went wild with joy in greeting its master. Swastikas and troops were everywhere, and not a single anti- Nazi dared to show his head. Already a “purge” had been started, directed especially against the Jews, and all people of that race who could get out of the city were leaving. New laws were passed excluding some 75,000 Jewish law yers and 60,000 Jewish doctors from practice. The Evangelical church of Austria was united with that of Germany. Hitler took supreme command of the Austrian army and all officers and men took the oath of allegiance to him. On his progress to Vienna Hitler was accompanied or followed by numerous units of his motorized armies so that when he arrived the city was swarming with German troops. Nazi economists in Berlin were busy planning in detail the econom ic future of the annexed territory. Minister of Economy Walther Funk said that Austria would henceforth participate in the German four-year plan for recovery and independence of foreign markets. It was assumed that Seyss- Inquart would be “minister and president” of the Austrian state, having the same status as the chief executives of Prussia and Bavaria. David Lilienthal Adolf Hitler Insist on TVA Inquiry TT DOES not seem likely, at this writing, that the administration can prevent the congressional in vestigation of the TVA which Chair man A. E. Morgan and others have de manded. Senators Bridges and King, Representatives Ma verick and Snell and various other con gressmen insist that there be a thorough inquiry into the situ ation. However, a showdown was post poned for a week when President Roosevelt gave that much time to Chairman Morgan, David Lilienthal and Harcourt Mor gan, the directors, to settle their differences. He told them plainly that if they could not do this they should resign from the board. For six hours the President tried in vain to induce A. E. Morgan to substantiate if he could the charges he had made against his colleagues, these including the making of eva sive and misleading reports and “dishonesty of malfeasance” in handling the claims of Berry and others. The chairman steadily re fused to offer any evidence in sup port of these accusations on the ground that the conference in the White House was not and could not be an “effective or fact-finding occa sion.” He noted in a statement put into the record that he had “repeatedly but unsuccessfully” sought Mr. Roosevelt’s co-operation in correct ing “grave conditions” within TVA. Lilienthal and Harcourt Morgan offered evidence in support of their complaint that the chairman had pursued “obstructionist” tactics. No one of the directors indicated, after the conference, that he would resign. It was generally believed in Washington that the President desired to get A. E. Morgan off the board and that in that case he would make Lilienthal chairman. Mutiny in Russian Army? T JNCONFIRMED reports were re- ^ ceived in Riga, Latvia, that mu tiny had broken out in some of the largest garrisons of the Soviet army and that fighting was going on. The troops demanded that the depart ment of the interior surrender con trol of the arsenals. The Red army is the only armed force in the world which does not control its supplies of munitions. A special GPU army of 350,000 heavily armed troops guards the military supplies. TWF. STTN. NEWBERRY, S. C„ FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1938 "Must Boost Income Tax" * I 'HE senate finance committee be- gan consideration of the revenue act passed by the house. At the same time Chairman Pat Harrison of that committee gave out a warn ing that if the administration con tinues its high spending policy the income tax base must be widened, the present exemptions being low ered. Harrison came out flatly against the undistributed profits tax which is retained in modified form in the house version of the bill. He also said that the graduated capital gains tax should be replaced by a flat rate of approximately 15 per cent on all capital gains from sales of property held for more than one or two years. Crop Control Penalties OTTON and tobacco growers throughout the South and in several western states voted by overwhelming margins for the levy ing of stiff penalty taxes on pro ducers who do not conform to the regulations of the new crop control program. The Agriculture depart ment officials in Washington there fore began preparations to put into effect this system: 1. Each farmer will be told how much cotton or tobacco he can sell. 2. Any farmer who sells more than his quota will pay a penalty tax of 2 cents a pound on excess cotton, or one-half the market price on excess tobacco. Franco’s New Offensive CPANISH insurgent forces were ^ moving rapidly in the great Ara gon offensive, penetrating deep into the Catalonian border in the effort to reach the east coast and split the government territory. General Franco was personally directing the movements of his armies there and it seemed likely the decisive battle of the civil war was about to be fought. English, Canadian and American units in the government forces were said to have been trapped in a salient pear Blechite. —*— Soviet "Traitors" Condemned U'lGHTEEN of the former Soviet leaders tried < in Moscow for treason were found guilty and con demned to death, and probably al ready have faced the firing squads. Three others were sentenced to long prison terms, one of these being Christian Rakovsky, former ambas sador to France. Most prominent among those who drew the death penalty were Nikolai ' Bukharin, chronicler of the Red revolution; Genrikh Yagoda, former chief of the GUP, or secret police; ex-Pre- mier Rykov and N. N. Krestinsky. f. v % ■S~ Si WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK Lady Pull* Strings in Dace Deal Navy War Game On LIGHTING ships of the American *■ fleet, 105 in number, left the Pa cific coast bases to take part in the six-weeks war maneuvers. They were headed for widely scattered points in the Alaska-Hawaii areas and are due to arrive at Honolulu about April 1. Altogether more than 160 surface craft, 500 airplanes and seaplanes, 3,600 officers and 55,000 men will participate in the war games, * Wheeler in Action CENATOR WHEELER of Montana ^ took the lead in opposing the bill for a reorganization of the executive branch of the government, and the debate took on many of the features of the senate battle over the Supreme court enlargement measure last year. Supporting the re organization bill warmly were Sena tor Byrnes of South Carolina and others who backed the ill- fated court scheme. _ . .. Wheeler said that Sen ' Whee,er if congress approves the measure it ought to close up shop and go home. He was assailing the pro vision of the bill authorizing the President to transfer, regroup, con solidate, or abolish any government bureau or agency or the functions thereof. “We have got to recognize the fact,” said Wheeler, “that under democratic institutions there is sometimes inefficiency in govern ment. Certainly there can be more inefficiency, although it is not al ways obtained, under dictatorships. “The American people have got to recognize that it is necessary for them to pay the price in order to maintain' their liberties. I say to the senate that it is far better that we maintain the bureaus we now have than it is to turn over dictatorial powers to the President of the United States and admit to the world that the congress of the United States, overwhelmingly Democratic in the house and in the senate, is incompetent to function.” Clarence Darrow Dies pLARENCE DARROW of Chicago, one of the most famous defense lawyers in the country, died at the age of eighty after a long illness. He was always the friend of the “under dog” and a bitter oppo nent of capital punishment. Among those in whose defense he appeared during his long career were Eugene I Debs, Socialist leader; Leopold and Loeb, young Chicago murderers of a friend, and John T. Scopes, ac- I cused school teacher in the Tennes see “monkey trial” in which he de fended evolution against William Jennings Bryan. * By LEMUEL F. PARTON N EW YORK.—The absence of sa lon diplomacy or petticoat poli tics in the European struggle for a new power balance would be an oversight by the muse of history, readying the drama of the century, and at last it seems To have been attended to. Enter Lady Chamberlain, the cleverest woman politician in Eng land, widow of Sir Austen, obscurely noted in the news as mysteriously busy for the last few months in the British-Italian rapprochement. Several weeks ago, a saga cious traveler of this writer’s acquaintance, back from Rome, reported Lady Chamberlain as adroitly fostering an understand ing with Britain which would bring recognition of Ethiopia and a two-way split on Spain and the Mediterranean. She has been in Rome since November, in intimate social intercourse with the more important Fascist moguls. For many Vears, she has been known as the “most perfect political hostess” in London and has been subtly influential in many big deals in continental diplomacy. It was she who cooked up the ifocarno conference, at Lake Maggiore, in Switzerland, in 1925. When the delegates were haggling, she packed some hampers and invit ed Sir Austen, How Picnic at Locarno Made Peace G-Men On Front Page in Spy Hunt Temple of Diana a Wonder The Temple of Diana was begun about 356 B. C. and its construction work took more than 100 years. Its size and grandeur made it one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Dr. Barton Briand and Streseman to the most important picnic in all his tory. In her handsome little yacht, they disap peared around a bend in the lake, landed in a secluded spot, and, with the aid of three jurists, re-rigged Europe. Whatever came out of the confer ence, for good or ill, is traced to tnat picnic. When she returned to England, she was made Dame of the Grand Cross of the British Em pire. She is a eomely matron of six ty-two, married to Sir Austen in 1906. He was fourteen years old er. She was Ivy Dundas of one of the leading political families of England. In the earlier years of their mar riage, she was credited with hav ing coached her husband in the ul tra-English mannerisms which all of the great Birmingham family found it expedient to master when they moved to London. She is said to have been his political as well as his social mentor, and frequently elec tioneered in his campaigns. Lady Chamberlain is an extreme conservative and is believed to have nurtured plans for a British alli ance with the Absolutist powers. She has an extraordinary flair for dra matic political stage-settings and delicate sensitivity to political cur rents. Italy conferred on her the Gold Medal of Merit. • • • 'T'HE New York spy round-up by the federal bureau of investiga tion marks the first front-page work out of the G-men as an ally of the secret service*. An attache of the latter told me in Washing ton last summer that J. Edgar Hoo ver’s organization, developed post-war years, would be an inval uable aid to this country’s defenses against foreign espionage, and that, in the event of trouble, actual or impending, no foreign country could hope to duplicate Germany’s exploit in sabotage, propaganda and spy ing before our entry into the World war. Reed Vetterli, in short pants when the World war started, heads the New York office of the F. B. I. and deploys his 75 agents in^ red-hot spy scenario, in which they score as usual, with indications today that this is just the overture. Six feet tall, blond, reticent, Mr Vetterli is a veteran of the F. B. I war against thugs and kidnapers, in the bureau since 1926, in charge of 18 offices in his 11 years of service. He was bom in Salt Lake City in 1903, and took his law degree at the University of Washington in 1925. In 1933, he was wounded in the Kansas City massacre, trading shots with Pretty Boy Floyd’s gang sters. He has participated in most of the bureau’s famous kidnaping, vice and bank robbery cases. He suc ceeded Rhea Whitley as head of the New York office on September 11, 1937. He has a reputation in the bu reau for always having an airtight case against anyone he arrests.' <£> Consolidated News Features. WNU Service. Taking Vaccine for Colds By DR. JAMES W. BARTON © Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service. T HERE has been much writ ten the last few years about “colds” because colds not only cause many absences from school or from work but are the starting point for more serious conditions such as bronchitis, asthma, broncho - pneumonia and pneumonia. That colds are due to the entrance into the body of a tiny organism and its products is the belief of many physicians, but there are many “head colds” that can be traced to foods, pollen of plants, lack of vita- m i n s, tiredness, moisture in the at mosphere and infec tions (teeth and ton sils) which so drain the patient’s vitality that a cold has no difficulty in starting up in the nose and throat. That the use of a vaccine—cold vaccine—has been helpful in pre venting or lessening the number of colds cannot be denied, but the re sults vary, from 10 per cent preven tion with some physicians to 40 to 50 per cent with others. Also, most of these cases have been treated by injecting the cold vaccine under the skin. It is interesting therefore to learn of results of taking these cold vaccines by mouth instead of by hypodermic injection. Cold Vaccine by, Mouth. Dr. George E. Rockwell and Her man C. Van Kirk, M. Sc., Cincin nati, in the Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, tell of their studies of 191 patients afflicted with colds, treated by cold vaccine taken by mouth. “The patients came from various walks of life—boys in an institution, office workers, medical students, factory workers and school children. In each of these groups half the persons took the vaccine and the same number acted as controls (did not take the vaccine). The patients using the vaccine took one capsule with a half glass of water at least one hour before breakfast every morning for seven mornings, after which one capsule per week was taken throughout the season* One hundred persons took vaccine and 100 did not (controls). All had suf fered with about the same number of colds each year in the past. “Results: During the experimen tal year the controls (ones who didn’t use the vaccine) had 375 colds, whereas the ones who took the vaccine had a total of 94 colds— a decrease of about 75 per cent. There was also a very marked de crease in days of illness from all causes among the vaccinated group as compared with the controls.” For those who suffer with fre quent colds the cause of which can not be found, the cold vaccine by mouth treatment should be worth trying. • • • Dementia Praecox. When it is realized that practi cally two of every three cases of dementia praecox—schrzophrenia— or persistent dream state as it is usually described, have their begin ning before the boy or girl has emerged into manhood or woman hood it certainly gives us all food for thought. That an apparently average everyday normal boy and girl can develop into “day dream ers,” is hard to understand. Some times, however, as parents or friends think back a little, they will remember that the individual was just a little “odd,” had peculiar no tions about some things, seemed al ways satisfied in his or her mind that the way they did things in school or in the home was the right way even if it was different from the way it was usually done by Oth ers. Thus today We find parents, teachers and physicians watching more closely for any of these signs in their children, pupils, or young patients. Just how the youngster or some times the adult got started along this line of conduct can often be traced to certain circumstances of early life—even before the school age—whereby the youngster, by withdrawing into himself instead of mixing, perhaps fighting with, or studying with, others, could satisfy himself or be contented in his own mind, instead of going out among others and being not the hero he pictures himself in his dream state, but just one of the crowd and per haps not even up to the average in mental or physical ability. Dr. Benjamin Pollack in the Psy chiatric Quarterly says that the main point is that to this patient his dream world is the real world, not the world others live in. In his own world (the dream world) success or gratification is easy to attain and so he is satisfied, and he doesn’t want this idea disturbed. Hi Ho on Hypocrisy “Hypocrisy,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “is exercised for the benefit of those who find courtesy so scarce that they are willing to pay for it.” IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, Dean of the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. © Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for March 27 CORRECTING WRONG IDEAS <>F RELIGION LESSON TEXT—Mark 7:1-13. GOLDEN TEXT—This people honoreth me with their Ups, out their heart Is far from me. Mark 7:6. PRIMARY TOPIC—At Dinner-Time. JUNIOR TOPIC—What Is Real Religion? INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC— What Counts with God? YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC— Sidestepping ResponsiblUties. The never-ending struggle of Christianity is to keep the simple gospel of the grace of God in Christ Jesus free to operate in all its glory and power; unencumbered by the traditions and formulas of men. It has been my privilege to read a recent book by a brilliant young man who, while serving as a profes sor of philosophy in a large univer sity, is also versed in the related fields of theology, psychology, psy chiatry, and psychotherapy. He has had first-hand experience in dealing with the problems of men and women. With this background of both study and experience he gives it as his absolute conviction that we must get “back to the original simplicity of the Christian gospel.” He suggests that we need to “dust off the additions and superstruc tures” that have been added since Christ came to seek and to save the lost. Our lesson for today finds Jesus meeting that very issue with the traditionalists of His day. \ I. Washed Hands and Unwashed Hearts (w. 1-6). In the process of interpreting the law of Moses and applying it to the affairs of daily life the religious authorities of Israel had developed a mass of intricate and onerous rules which had literally buried the law itself and had substituted ritualistic formalism for spiritual life. So fond had the scribes and the Pharisees become of these tradi tions that they became bold enough to declare that they were far su perior to the law itself. Their attack on Jesus because His disciples ate with unwashed hands did not refer to the proper cleans ing of one’s hands before eating, but to the ceremonial washings which were said to be necessary if one had accidentally touched a Gentile, or something that a Gen tile had touched in the market place., Jesus skillfully and finally dis poses of that question by reminding the objectors that they were serving God with their lips only, but their hearts were far from Him. Washed hands are not a thing to be con demned, and Jesus says nothing about that point. When the wash ing of hands becomes of more im portance than the cleansing of the heart, however, the soul is in real danger. II. Traditions of Man Versos the Commandment of God (w. 7-13). Here is the heart of the entire mat ter, for while we may not always be aware of it the fact is that our anxiety to maintain human tradition which is contrary to the law and Spirit of God is fundament ally for the purpose of evading our full and true responsibility. The Jew who was so avaricious that he did not wish to support his aged and needy parents could en tirely evade that God-given respon sibility by declaring that his prop erty was “Corban,” dedicated to God. Thereafter no matter how great was the need of his parents they could receive nothing. The execution of this oath was carried out to such a fine point that a son who had declared his property to be “Corban” could visit a sick father or mother for only a brief period lest he might stay long enough to perform some duties of a nurse and so contribute to his par ents by saving them some expense. Thus do men even in our day make “the word of God of none ef fect” (v. 13), through their tradi tions. No right minded person ob jects to the worthy traditions of worship and service which are such a precious heritage of the Christian church. Rightfully apprehended and properly used they are both desir able and helpful. But we must never- permit the grace and power of God in Jesus Christ “to be brought under the trammels of human teach ers or the arrangements of human office-bearers. The first movement toward the mastery of the soul by tradition is the movement of that soul away from immediate, direct, first-hand fellowship with God” (Morgan). The crying need of our day, as it was of the time when Jesus was on earth, is that we should clear away hindering encumbrances. : Goodness The general goodness which is nourished in noble hearts, makes every one think that strength oft vir tue to be in another whereof they find assured foundation in them selves.—Sir P. Sidney. Simplicity of Religion Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself un spotted from the world.—James 1:27. AROUND THE HOUSE When Cooking Cheese.—In cook ing anything with cheese use a low temperature, because intense heat makes cheese tough and stringy. • • • Washing Blankets. — Do not crowd the washing machine full of blankets or other woolens. Allow plenty of space for the articles to soak. There will then be less strain on them. • • • Setting Gelatine.—Gelatine sal ads and desserts will jell faster in metal molds than in enamel, earthenware or glass molds. • • • Measuring Flour.—Wheat flour is one of the easiest ingredients in baking to mismeasure. For best results always sift flour and measure by spoonfuls into a cup, being careful not to shake the filled cup. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets made of May Apple are effective in removing accumulated body waste.—Adv. Without Law In the midst of arms the law is silent. 2 Steps in Fighting Discomfort of COLDS All it usually costs to relieve the misery of a cold today—is 3/ to 5/ — relief for the period of your cold, 15/ to 25/. Hence no family need neglect even minor head colds. Here is what to do: Take two BAYER tablets when you feel a cold coming on — with a full glass of water. Then repeat, if necessary, according to directions in each package. Relief comes rapidly. 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