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I—View1 —View of train wreck on the Pennsylvania railroad near Olney, Va., tn which nine were killed and many
Injured. 2—Scene in the bouse of representatives as the first regular session of the Seventy-first congress opened.
3—Design, by Mrs. Laura G. Fraser, for the medal authorized by congress to commemorate the achievements of
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh.
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENTEVENTS
Congress Hears President’s
Message and Gets Busy
on Tax Reduction.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
CONGRESS is doing business again
at the old stand, the first regular
session having opened Monday with
perfunctory meetings of both houses.
Next day President Hoover’s annual
message was read in senate and house,
being listened to with intense interest
and praised by administration sup
porters and criticized by the opposi
tion.
The document was long and compre
hensive, consisting of a matter of fact
statement of what the administration
has done and of what it hopes to do
tn the near future, followed by many
recommendations to the legislative
body. Concerning international mat
ters the President expressed “high
hopes” for the success of the
naval conference in London, and
made the significant statement that
if the movement for reduction of
armament falls, the United States
may find it necessary to spend up-
^^^WStrons^H^ifge^aOTcauo^or
the French debt settlement. In view
of the uncertainty with respect to fu
ture revenue, the President recom
mended that the proposed 1 per cent
cut in individual and corporation in
come taxes be limited to the present
year. He urged early action on the
tariff bill, again asking that the meas
ure be devised to aid agriculture and
industries that have not been pros
perous, and once more he advised that
the flexible tariff provision be retained.
Mr. Hoover’s liking for commissions
was evidenced in several recommenda
tions. These included suggestions for
a commission to study the problem
of branch, group and chain banking, a
commission to dispose of the Muscle
Shoals controversy and a commission
to study conditions in Haiti. The mes
sage advocated an increase in appro
priations for rivers and harbors im
provement from $50,000,000 to $55,-
000,000 annually, at least half of which
should be available for the Mississippi
inland waterways system. It also
asked bigger appropriation for con
struction of public buildings and for
ocean mail contracts. Concerning the
reorganization of government depart
ments, the President said he had come
to the conclusion that the only way to
avoid endless controversy was to dele
gate authority to the executive.
When he reached the subject of pro
hibition and law enforcement the
President used decidedly vigorous
language. In dealing with the former
he said that "it is not to be expected
that any criminal law will ever be
fully enforced so long as criminals
exist,’’ and of law enforcement and
observance generally he said it is “the
most serious issue before our people.”
He scored the citizen who insists on
selecting the particular laws which
he will obey, branding him as the
enemy of society. He made a num
ber of recommendations for legislation
to aid in enforcement of the prohibi
tion law.
ON WEDNESDAY the President
sent to congress the budget for
the fiscal year 1931 calling for the en
penditure of $3,830,000,000. Os this
sum about $719,000,000 are for na
tional defense activities, including the
laying down of the three 10,000 ton
cruisers on which suspension of work
was ordered by President Hoover last
summer. An outlay of $33,000,000
for the army and navy air services is
contemplated, and $30,000,000 to to be
expended on public buildings.
SPEEDY action on the administra
tion’s $160,000,000 tax reduction
program was obtained in the bouse,
the joint resolution for the legislation
going through practically without op
position. It was assumed that the
senate also would adopt the resolution
after some debate, and that the legis
lation would be enacted before the
Christmas holidays. While the reduc
tion applies to only one year, there
were indications that the President
hopes it can be made permanent.
THE senate, according to program,
took up the three year old con
troversy over the right of William S.
Vare of Pennsylvania to a seat in that
body. Efforts to delay the debate were
defeated, and on Wednesday Mr. Vare
himself, crippled by partial palalysls
and watched over by his physician, ap
peared in the senate chamber and read
a detailed denial of the charges of
fraud and corruption in his campaign
for nomination and election tn 1926.
Every one knew that Vare’s appeal
was hopeless, for a majority of the
senators were hostile to his cause.
The privileges and elections committee
had decided in his favor the contest
brought by W. B. Wilson, the defeated
Democratic candidate, but a minority
of that committee reported that al
leged ballot box frauds and corrup
tion made Vare’s election illegal. Rad
ical Republican senators could vote
for this report because it would ac
complish the exclusion of Vare without
seating a Democrat.
WHEN President Hoover and Sec
retary Stimson, backed by Great
Britain, took cognizance of China’s
appeal and sent a note to Russia and
China asking them to remember their
obligations under the Kellogg pact
telling the United States to mind its
own business. He attempted to justify
Moscow’s course in the Manchurian
embroglio, and then emphasized that
the United States government had ap
pealed to Russia at a time when direct
negotiations were being carried on
with Manchuria. By strength of this
circumstance, the American note to
Russia was termed an unjustified at
tempt to influence the Chinese-Rus
sian negotiations and consequently
could not be considered as a friendly
act.
The commissar followed this with a
public statement in the course of
which he advised the United States
and Great Britain to turn their minds
toward activities in South America,
warships in Chinese waters, and armies
in colonial countries rather than at
tempt to obstruct the Russo-Chinese
negotiations.
Secretary Stimson in a statement to
the press made a sharp rejoinder up
holding the right of any nation to
mobilize world public opinion against
a threatened outbreak of war.
Tae Nationalist government of
China announced it would do all pos
sible to effect a peaceable settlement
with Russia of the controversy over
the Chinese Eastern railway.
NT EARLY four hundred of the coun
try’s leaders In business, finance
and Industry gathered in Washington
Thursday at the invitation of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States to take steps for the advancing
of President Hoover’s campaign of
business progress. Mr. Hoover himself
told them first df the progress made
through the series of conferences held
previously, and Assistant Secretary
Klein of the Commerce department
addressed them on “the elements of
strength and weakness in the present
business situation.”
A general discussion followed, cul
minating in the organization of a per
manent committee, which is to main
tain an alert scrutiny over national
production, distribution and consump
tion, for the purpose of noting depres
sions in particular fields as they de
velop and of evolving a means of end
ing them before they become serious.
In his survey Mr. Klein, although
saying that “admittedly in some in
dustries the situation is not as satis
factory as it might be,” and nothing
is to be “gained by gilding these less
solid wheels in our business mechan
ism,” went on to declare that agricul
ture, in a broad sense, is sound, trans
portation active and efficient, mining
and most major manufacturing activi
ties “predominantly healthy, with a
sound fiscal and banking system and
available credit at reasonable rates.
Prices are steady with a somewhat
downward trend, and inventories are
low and without Indication of any
serious congestion."
THE BULLETIN, IRWINTON, GEORGIA.
King victor emmanuel and
Queen Helena of Italy made his
tory Thursday, when they paid their
formal visit to Pope Pius. They were
the first sovereigns of united Italy
ever to enter the Vatican. Minister
of Foreign Affairs Dino Grandi, Count
de Vecchi, Italian ambassador to the
holy see and a great throng of cour
tiers accompanied the rulers to the
Vatican City, all being in closed auto
mobiles and escorted by cyclist police.
Hundreds of thousands of persons
gathered in the streets to witness the
procession, and on buildings along the
way the Italian and papal colors were
displayed. High officials of the Vat
ican City met the king and queen at
the Arch of Charlemagne, the papal
gendarmes presented arms and their
band played the royal march. After
a lot more stately ceremonial the visit
ors entered the throne room alone, the
pope met them and raised them up as
they bent to kiss his hand; then the
door closed and the three conversed
alone for a time. The royal pair as
they left carried precious religious
gifts bestowed by the pontiff. After
calling on Cardinal Gasparri, papal
secretary of state, and receiving holy
water from Cardinal Merry del Vai,
they worshiped in St. Peter’s and re
turned to their palace.
ALL of our biggest oil magnates
and Sir Henri Deterding of Hol
land, managing director of the Royal
a director of the institute. Edward L.
Doheny was retired at his own re
quest. Deterding addressed to the
convention a plea for conservation of
oil.
“A great many today,” he said
“think the oil supplies inexhaustible.
We pay too little attention to waste
ful exploitation (apart from producing
too much), forgetting that new fields
in the States may still be discovered,
but that they can never be created.
Nature put them in limited number
and it is almost childish to state that
the more that are discovered the fewer
are left to the fate of discovery.”
E. B. Reeser, president of the insti
tute, asserted that the American
petroleum industry had succeeded in
balancing demand and supply of crude
oil supplies but that there was still
an overproduction of gasoline.
POSTMASTER GENERAL BROWN’S
annual report revealed that the
deficit in his department for the year
ending June 30 was $85,461,176, or
more than twice as big as the pre
vious year. Among the factors re
sponsible for this fact were the grant
ing of $7,470,000 additional pay to
postal workers and the payment of $7,-
390,000 on ocean mail contracts; also
the downward revision of postal rates
during the last year reduced revenues
about $21,528,000 below what they
would have been. Mr. Brown’s report
said that the department handled free
of charge special privileged mall that
otherwise would have paid in nearly
ten millions of dollars.
Representative tinkham of
Massachusetts has prodded the
senate committee on lobbying so se
verely that it may inquire into the
activities and sources of revenue of
a lot of lobbyists other than those
whose concern is with the tariff.
These may Include the Anti-saloon
league and other bodies that are sup
posed to Influence the votes of con
gressmen in matters relating to prohi
bition. Chairman Caraway of the com
mittee told Mr. Tinkham the Investi
gators would give him a public hear
ing. The Massachusetts representative
has introduced a measure to require, ;
under the threat of heavy penalties
for violators, the registration of per
sons attempting to Influence legisla
tion.
COBLENZ, GERMANY, was ablaze
with bonfires and torches and gay
with banners during a twenty-four cele
bration of the liberation of the second
zone of occupation of the Rhineland.
As the allied troops marched out, the
German authorities marched in. the
bands played and the people rejoiced
hysterically. It has been announced
that the last of the British occupa
tional troops will leave the Rhine
land on December 12.
(©, 1829. Western N.wqMpar Union-)
Improved Uniform International
Sunday School
* Lesson’
(By REV. P. B. FITZWATER. D.D.. Mem
ber of Faculty. Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.*
(©■ 1929, Western Ne wane per Onion.)
Lesson for December 22
THE CHILD Tn A CHRISTIAN
WORLD
(Christmas Lesson)
LESSON TEXT—Matthew 18:1-®;
Mark 10:13-16; Luke 2:1-20.
GOLDEN TEXT—Suffer little Chil
dren and forbid them not to come unto
Me for of such Is the kingdom of
heaven.
PRIMARY TOPIC—The Story of the
First Christmas.
JUNIOR TOPIC—The Story of the
First Christmas.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
lC—Finding and Following Right
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YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
lC—Christian Obligations to Childhood.
I. The Greatest In the Kingdom of
Heaven (MatL 18:1-6).
Jesus answered concretely the dis
ciples’ question as to who is greatest
in the kingdom of heaven, by plac
ing a child in their midst and declar
ing:
L The condition of entrance into
the kingdom (v. 3).
In order to enter the kingdom one
must become childlike. He thus
showed to these ambitious disciples
that a change of heart was necessary
in order to even enter the kingdom,
let alone having an honorable posi
tion therein. Birth from above is es
sential, even to see the kingdom
(John 3:3, 6).
2. Those who possess childlike hu
mility are the greatest (v. 4). The
child is dependent, lowly and modesL
Such characteristics are only possible
to those who have been regenerated.
11. Little Children Brought to
Jesus.— (Mk. 10:13-16).
1. The mothers’ desire that Jesus
might touch their children (v. 13).
Doubtless they had witnessed the
healing power of His touch and cov
eted it for their children. All Chris
tian parents want their children to
come into contact with Jesus ChrisL
2. The disciples’ rebuke (v. 13).
They thought the children were too
insignificant to be allowed to interfere
with Jesus’ work, therefore they re
buked the mothers for bringing them
to Him.
3. Jesus' reply (v. 14
He declared that the kingdom be
longs to the children, therefore the
TJTbsSea fHem^nnsuanny is pecullar
ly favorable toward children. Only
where Christ is known is the child
duly recognized.
111. The Child Jesus (Luke 2:1-20).
L His birth (vv. 1-7).
It took place at Bethlehem accord
ing to prediction (Micah 5:2). The
Lord moved upon the emperor to en
force the decree of taxation just in
time to bring Mary to Bethlehem.
His surroundings were of the most
humble sort The eternal God con
descended to be thus incorporated
with humanity, to be born in a man
ger, becoming the poorest of the poor
that none might be hindered in coming
unto him.
.2. Jesus’ birth announced (w.
8-14).
(1) By whom. An angel of the
Lord was the first to give the gospel
message.
(2). To whom. His birth was an
nounced to the shepherds who were
keeping watch over their flocks by
night.
(3). The nature of the message. It
was good tidings of great joy. It was
good tidings because the darkness of
heathendom which had so long cov
ered the earth was beginning to van
ish; the casting out of Satan, the
prince of the world, was about to take
place. Liberty was soon to be pro
claimed to those who were in bond
age. The way of salvation was to be
open to all. So glorious was this mes
sage that a multitude of the heavenly
host accompanied it with their song of
praise.
3. The shepherds investigating
(vv. 15, 16).
They did not stop to argue or raise
questions, though these things were no
doubt passing strange to them. They
went Immediately to Bethlehem where
they made investigation and found
everything just as represented. They
had the privilege of first gazing upon
the world’s Savior, the Lord of glory.
4. The shepnerds witnessing (vv.
17-20).
They found things as announced.
When they beheld the Lord of glory
they could not remain silent, therefore
they went back praising God and mak
ing known what their eyes had beheld.
Those who really hear the gospel can
not be silent—they must tell it out to
others.
Electrical Progress
Starting with the year 1878. when
the first incandescent lamp was pat
ented by Edison, the development of
the small electric generator became
rapid. Edison developed the direct
current system of electric generating
and distribution. Nikola Tesla de
veloped and patented the alternating
system of distribution.
Like Love
The course of true growth never
runs smooth.—American Magazine.
Removes Handicap From
“Sound’* Motion Pictures
When talking movies were first
made they depended on having a
phonograph timed with an ordinary
film. Os course, the method was crude
and did not succeed. But one of the
latest developments in the production
of sound pictures is the discovery of
a method by which an actor can re
main silent during the filming of a
picture and then retire later to a
room perfect in acoustics in order to
speak his words, says Pathfinder Mag
azine. Later his conversation is in-,
serted tn the picture and is simultane
ous with the action.
A report made to the Society of Mo
tion Picture Engineers at Toronto,
says: “This method makes it possi
ble to do the recording in acoustically
proper rooms without confusion of
lights and camera. The method is to
do the sound recording firsf and then
to do the photography by interlocking
cameras with a play-back device.
There promises to be an expanding use
of this method, particularly in musical
numbers.”
Straus*’ Death Chamber
The Austrians are inclined to make
fun of everything, even their famous
musicians. Os Richard Strauss I
heard many amusing stories. Thus
you may, if you are fortunate, be
shown the handsome apartments of
the greatest living Austrian composer,
and finally be taken into his bedroom:
“Here,” the lady guide will say with
bated breath, “is the room in which
the great Richard Strauss will die."
It is probably a unique experience to
stand reverently, by anticipation, in
the future death chamber of a living
celebrity!—From “Europe in Zigzags,”
by Sisley Huddleton.
Hi* Clever Refusal
Poet—l think I shall call my new
collections of poems “Secrets.”
Publisher —Fine. An excellent Idea!
But please keep it to yourself.—De
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