GOVERNMENTS FIGHT
4,000,000 Pawns In War
Of States
PEOPLE STARVE AS
GOVERNMENTS
WRANGLE
Washington, Aug. 28.
The nation's unemployables- 4,000,000 needy men, women and children who cannot earn a liv ing-are pawns in the contest between the Government and stakes over who shall pay for their keep.
There is no hope for them in the New Deal's U.S.$4,000,000,- 000 work-relief programme. States, counties and munici. palities have, for the most part, refused to feed and clothe them, i
The showdown will come late this autumn, after almost a year of bickering. They will con- tindo meantime to live Federal dolca,
on
Relief Administrator Harry L.. Ilopkina demanded last winter that political subdivisions care for their needy who could not qualify for the employment drive because of menial or physical incapacity.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1935.
HUMAN CANNON
BALL
HUMAN CANNON BALL
ESS GREGGS
GALAPAGOS QUEEN
The man we zes flying through the air above is daredevil Capt. Cliff Gregg. By means of com pressed air and black gun powder the captain is shot out of a cannon placed near the sea, and from the,
month of the cannon he lands 150 feet out on the ocean.
Chelsea Parson
Local governments protested. Wears A Skirt
They asserted their treasuries were empty and recalled President Roosevelt's promise that "no one
shall starve." The situation
Ohlo is an example.
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The state, with 330,000 L-
employables out of a total relief
AND HER SERMONS ARE FUNNY
London, Aug. 30.
load of srne 1,130,000 persons, THE Ley. Miss Doreen Hope-
has been receiving $9,000,000
well, the new woman minis- month from the Federal Emer-ter of a Chelsea (London) Con- gency Relief Administration,
gregational
The needy who cannot work still in: will be destitute when the job programme gets under way. Hop- kins has insisted he will cut off direct relief grants. Governor Martin L. Davey refuses to offer any means of providing state funds.
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The Ohio legislature passed bill giving county commissioners the power to call a special election on innuing relief bonds against anticipated revenue from the one per cent. utility excise tax. But counties generally are opposed to the plan.
Hopkins sought to force the issue when he threatened to cut the state's U.S.$9,000,000 relief alloca- tion by 50 or 60 per cent, during August. He changed his position. however, and made the full amount tentatively available.
Hopkins holds the whip hand. Backed by Prcaldent Roosevelt, he can supply only enough of the U.S.$4,000,000,000 fand to finance the number of jobs he allota cach state. By cutting off direct relief. political subdivisione must care for their lame and blind or allow them to go hungry.
Hopkins said he will not hesitate
to tako that drastic move. He explained states and their sub- divisions cared for their needy un- able to work before the depression through local relief funds, com- munity chests and the like.
Church, believes
Comfort tipup, plush seats joj
church;
Free-and-casy dress for her con- gregation, and
Funny storica in her sertions.
Miss Hopewell has had to i fight hard to enter the ministry. The greatest opposition to the idea of a woman preacher came from the women themselves, she said:
"Women, especially the middle-aged want a man prea- cher," she added.
"One was especially indignant, and said that she couldn't beur the thought of being buried by someone in skirts,”
But now that Miss Hopewell has been ordained, and a church put wholly in her charge, she hopes to make some radical changes.
ful place," she said.
"A church should be a cheer-
"I see no reason why women should come to church in hats they would feel more comfort- and starched Sunday-best, when
able in somothing a little less orthodox.
Cinema And Church
"And, if we could afford it, I The problem will not come near
should insist on soft, plush, solution until after November 1, Lip-up sents. Cinemas have when the government plans to end them, so why shouldn't the: the date. Indications are, however, Church? that grants must be made at least uhtil January 1 because of delay in transferring employable needy from relief rolls to federal pay
rolla-United Press.
NEW DREYFUS REVELATION
Snake Mystery On Devil's Island
Paris, Aug, 25. "Dreyfus was lodged in a special coll built for him outside the bar- racks," he writes. "One night I heard desperato shrieks coming
fron the prisoner.
"I thought he had gone mad, so I called out the guard. We lined up with bayonets. Tho Hergeant, brandishing a revolver, opened the door.
20-Foot Boa Constrictor
"There was Dreyfus on top of a cup-board. Below him was a boa constrictor with its head anyrlly awaying to and fro. One of the men, whipping out his bayonet, decapitated the monster, which measured over 20ft. Searching inquiries were made, but none ever discovered how the snake got into --the cell."
One can imagine what would have been the effect in France of the nows of the death of Dreyfuă în such a manner, only ̈n fow months after a trial and conviction which had convulsad the whole country.
Col. Dreyfus, victim of an atroci- ous conspiracy, to find him guilty of spying, died on July 12 last.
"Sermons should be enter. taining. If a preacher сап Illustrate 2 thought with a humorous story, not only does it. put the congregation in a good| mood, but it holds their atten- tion.
SPORT-AND BIG FEET
Women Can Blame Tennis: Hockey
London, Aug. 28. 'British women's feet are getting bigger.
the
Mr. John Mason, dean of of National School Chiropody, which maintains the largest foot hospital in the world, said this week:
"Our women's feet have never been particularly small, but a great many girls have larger feat than their mothers because they play hockey and tennis and do a great deal of walking and hiking."
Mr. Mason does not agree that women should wear low heels. A medium heel gives the necessary arch support.
NER
The third marital venture of Adrienne Amme, acrean player, ended in Los Angeles · court when she divorced Bruce Cabot, She testified Cabot told her that she interfered with his screen career and that he didn't love her, anyway.
GRETNA GREEN ROMANCES
Government Plans To End Them
London, Aug. 30. THE romantic illusions which surround the Gretna Green marriage are being dispelled at inst.
Sir Godfrey Collins, Secretary of State for Scotland, ig16w considering plans, which will put an end to them.
For years romantically-mind- ed couples have gone to Gretna, just over the Scottish border, to pledge their froth bealde the blacksmith's anvil.
Sir Godfrey Collins is to hold! an early meeting with the heads of the Scottish churches to Bec what can be done about it.
Empress
Of Eden Is Found Again
DISCOVERED ON LONELY ISLE
IN PACIFIC :
The alluring blonde Baron- Cas Bosquet von Wagner Wherborn, the missing "Em- press of the Galapagos Islands," has been found in a new Eden,
She has been discovered hid- ing in a lonely island off the coast of Ecuador.
With her is a man believed to be Robert Philipson, who accompanied the Baroness on her dramatic light from the Galapagos Islands after sallora had stumbled across the bodies of two men, the manner of whose death ins aroused sits. picion.
Astonishing Story
In the meantime the Baroness Is being held on her latest Eden pending advice from the Ecua- der police.
She is said to have given aston- ishing details of her bizarre reign to representatives who questioned her.
Recently a dramatic account of
of the amazing adventures the Baroness on her island domain were published.
The Baroness, it is learned, was confronted on her second Eden by made by Captain statementa Borthen, skipper of a fishing vessel whose crew found the two men's
bodies.
Things happened there on Charles Island, under the rule of the Baroness," Barthen said at the time, "that were too horrible to imagine. I am not telling any secret when I say that life there in that small colony was a hell of horror,"
Charges Pooh-poohed
The Baroness pooh-poohed Cap- Lain Borthen's insinuations, and He has received during the said she would tell the true story last few weeks several complaints of her life on the island later. about the unsatisfactory state of
the present law. These have
She landed on Charles Island in
come from church elders, minis-the Galapagos.group in 1932 with two lovers, Robert Philipson and ters, and prominent citizens and Alfred Lorenz.
couples who have "married" at Gretna Green,
}
One of the reasons for choosing
A Scottish M.P. is urging Sir such a secluded abode were the Godfrey Collins to make radical unconventional loves of the trio, changes in the law which governs but they were also searching for the issuing of these marriage pirate gold. licences.
At the same time he wants an enactment passed to ensure that such marringes as have already taken place at Gretna are legally binding.
The Baroness and her three lovers wore scanty clothing and Jealously guarded their territory
from intrusion.
when Lorenz and Philipson began Trouble developed in the colony
At present many of the couples to quarrel over which one should are not quite sure whether they enjoy the Baroness's affections. are officially married or not.
The Scottish church leaders who have been investigating the matter. have come to the conclusion that Gretan marriages are very different now from what they
used to be.
She showed plainly that she preferred the manlier attentions of Philipson, and some bloody battles took place between the two men.
ness forced the men to whip each Captain Borthen says the Baro-
other for her entertainment.
In the old days there was Some months ago a Dano named usually a touch of romance about Nugeruud landed on Charles them.
Island. What happened after- wards is a mystery.
To-day, in many cases-as the subsequent actions in the courts The bodies of Lorenz and show--the man has no Intention | Nugeruud were found on the beach of marrying and the girl only of a neighbouring island, mummi- realises that when it is too late, fled by the sun,
CAMOUFLAGED FOR WAR
Although Ethiopia's air fores is small, this plature of Italian troops encamped in Eritras, near the Ethiopian border, reveals them. using shelter tents camouflaged to defy detection by serial observera. The gray, sunimai aceno testifies that the rainy season still
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