Wednesday, September 21, 1932
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The steps of a good man are
delighteth in his way. Psalm
ARMAMENT REDUCTION
Last week Germany served notice to the world that she
would send no representatives to the League of Nations arms
conference at Geneva until she receives assurance that "all
states will be subject to the same rules and principles in
respect to disarmament, and that no discriminatory system
will exist in the case of any one of them."
The German foreign minister, Von Neurath, in his note to
Arthur Henderson, the conference chairman, said, "Germany
cannot be expected to take part in negotiations with regard
to measures of disarmament to be laid down in convention
until it is established that the solution which may be found
is also to apply to Germany."
The English government promptly expressed the view that
Germany had no legal right to seek a revision of her military
status except through the world disarmament conference,
and charged Germany with a deliberate attempt to disturb
the harmony between nations at this crucial period.
Yesterday President Hoover, realizing that the Geneva
conference will go on the rocks if Germany presses her de
mand for greater military and naval strength, appealed to
Germany to reconsider her ultimatum and continue to work
through the world conference for a general reduction of the
armaments of all nations.
Judging from the editorial comments of German news
papers, there is not a great deal of hope that Germany will
neea tne aavice mat is being
decided that right now, when other nations are in no condi
tion to enforce their demands, is a good time to have things
her own way. She was able to bring about a reduction, in
reparations which was practically cancellation; and thnt
doubtless encouraged her to insist upon arms equality. ;
The Versailles treaty, which is the sharpest thorn in Ger
many's flesh today, allows her only a very small army and
navy and restricts her battleships to 10,000 tons or less. And
the other nations who signed the treaty agreed that they
would gradually reduce their armaments to proportionate
levels.
But in spite of conferences and agreements the European
nations are not reducing their armaments and France con
tinues to insist upon "security" and to maintain a huge stand
ing army, gigantic air forces, and a strong navy.
Perhaps Germany's recent move, therefore, is not entirely
destructive in its influence. It may be the means of securing
the long-sought general reduction of armaments, combining
iU pressure with that of the United States ultimatum that
war debt revision will not bo considered until European na
tions stop spending so many millions yearly on armies and
navies.
GOOD EXAMPLE
Policemen are usually extremely useful citizens when your
house has been robbed, or your store burglarized, but Patrol
man Robert Overman of Detroit has proved that they may be
just as useful in other ways.
Here are the facts:
Patrolman Overman lived on a little residential street of
small homes, small apartments and vacant lots, hardly dif
ferent from the average street in the average town.
Children played in the streets, exposing themselves to
possible injury from motorists. Neighbors just didn't exist.
Most families didn't know who lived across the street, and
what's more to the point, they didn't care.
So Patrolman Overman decided that his street wasn't a
very good place to live. Then he got busy, lie cleared the
weeds from several vacant lots as a starter.
Other residents of the street became interested. He told
them he was going to build a playground to keep the children
of the neighborhood off the streets. In true neighlwly fash
ion, they turned in to help him.
They built swings and teeter-totters from scrap lumber
left when Overman's garage was partly burned, they laid
out a baseball diamond and an ingenious workman fashioned
a scoreboard of waste boxes and boards.
As a result Patrolman Overman's street is vapidly becom
ing an excellent place in which to live. Children of the
neighborhood didn't have to he asked to come to "Overman
Park" to play twice.
Their fathers followed them. And now the big problem
is to find room for a baseball diamond for the boys. Their
fathers are using the first one almost as much as the voung
stors. Overman himself summed the whole thing up very well
when he said, "This sure goes to show that it doesn:t cost
anything to enjoy yourself if you just find out how."
Other Papers
Say:
I'HKSIIlKVr IIOOVKK I KIIITS HACK
All the world loves a fighter.
Whether we agree, or disagree, a man
who has the courage of his convic
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sequences, hx. our resjvot and ad
miration. frraldent Hoover occupies that !
position tixlny. In opposing the Im
mediate cash payment f the bonus
in the face ot the American llon
convention In Portland, which (avors
it. the President of the tinted states
exhibits a degree of moral courage,
which has never been surpassed in
OUT OUR WAY
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this country's political history.
...
This courageous action, may well
spell his political doom, and Presl-
I dent Hoover knows It. To defy an
I organization of 4.000,000 war vctorans
the strongest political unit In the
j country today on the evo of a presl
I dentlnl election, will be designated
1 by every practical politician, as
j nothing short of political suicide.
I Nevertheless President Hoover does
i It. And he does It, because he be
lieves It is his duty to do It. As he
well says:
"I was elected to protect and
promoto tho Interests of all the
people. As long as I am presi
dent I shall continue to do so
and to opposo with all the
strength and Influence at my
command, any demand that runs
counter to the common welfare."
In the legion convention there arc ;
many men, with decorations on their .
uniforms, granted In recognition of ;
their bravery and courage under fire. :
We don't give medals and decoration
for bravery In civil life for courage .
under the fire of political opponents. !
...
Nevertheless, regardless of how the ;
election comes out In November, re
gardless of whether President Hoover ,
wins or loses: we believe the time
will come when thousands of Ameri
can men and women, IN THEIR
MINDS AND HEARTS, Wll grant
mednls of gratitude and approval, to
President Hoover, for ' placing 'what
ho believed to be their welfare, above ;
his own political fortunes, at this I
critical time In tho country's flnan- .
ctal and economic history. i
He may be beaten beaten badly.
But ho will nt lenst have this satis- ;
faction perhaps the greatest satis
faction any public mnn can have I
that he went down fighting with his ;
colors nailed to the masthead fight- '
ing for those things in which he I
believed fighting for his country '
all the country whose welfare he
took a solemn oath to protect Med
ford Mnll-Trlbuue.
II. S. HACK TO 1'OHKVHONT
. United States aeronautical en
gineers havo been making definite
progress. This was Indicated dur
ing tho national air races when1
Major Doollttle brought back to this
country the land piano speed record
with an average of more than 298
miles an hour and on a trial run
more than 309 miles per hour. The
feat' of Mrs. llalzttp In cracking the
women's speed record aud bringing
it up to 255 miles an hour strength- j
cned this conviction. j
It has been eight years since
America held the speed record for :
land planes. For several years this
country's aviation engineers have
stressed development of both planes ,
and engines that hud durability.
Tests show the Steel- lM$$f&&&X'&f r 7 f
cut "jrnW of Golden t?AV4v'"iS ' ' I sfVfl
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They figured that speed without
durability would be worse than use
less. In fact dangerous. As a result
Franco has held the land plane rec
ord and England and Italy the sea
plane mark for years. ;
The recent feat of Amerlcon-bullt
airplanes In copping these two rec
ords indicates thnt United States
designers are coming up alongside
their fellow craftsmen of other coun
tries In speed and at the same time
not sacrificing In safety.
The wide differential between sea
and land plnne speed records of more
than 100 miles an hour Is explained
by the proctices of construction. Sea
planes that have gone more than 400
miles an hour use engines that may
run only a few hundreds miles be
fore they break up. Land planes
that hove gone more than 300 miles
an hour In this country and have
thus broken all existing records will
run many thousnnds of hours before
any repairs are necessary. t
Predictions have been Justified that
a year of slack sales would prove to
be one of progress in technical mat
ters. Walla Walla Bulletin... .
By Herbert l'lummer f
WASHINGTON Habitues of.the
galleries of congress who thrlllrdl nt
tho idea that perhaps Ccne TunneV
would come down from Connecticut1
Buino any to sit in tne senate .nay
have as great a treat In store niter
next March 4. (
For advance reports reaching Wash
ington indicated that Connecticut
Republicans had hit upon one . Mr.
Thomas Albert Dwlght Jones as the
man they hope to place In Col.
Johnny Tilson's seat In the house.
This Mr. Jones is "Tad" Jones.
Yale's famous football and basqball
star as an undergraduate and more
recently head coach of Ell's grid
Iron teams. Of course, before Jones
enters the house, ho must beat his
Democratic opponent In November.
ATllI.KTK-l'OI.ITK'l.lNS
Jones will not be the first man
to enter the field of national poli
tics by way of the athletic route. If
ho should enter the house, he would
havo as a colleague a South Carolin
ian whoso proud boost Is that his
ability as a baseball player sent him
or at least had a lot to do with
sending him to congress.
Tommy McMillan was once a star
on the Charleston club of the Sally
league.
Tad would find plenty of company
among his colleagues In the house.
Many of the representatives won
famo In their younger days as ath
letes. Fred Pumell of Indiana, a Re-
In Washington jj
By J. R. Williams
publican leader of the house, was a
! champion pole vaulter at the Univer
sity of Indiana. Hamilton Pish of
New York, a Harvard football star.
whs captain of the team for one year,
and Is an old grid foe of Tad's.
Bnnkhiad of Alabama was a star
fullback at 'Bama when he was in
. college. Dick Kleberg of Texas won
I note as'(i pitcher at the University
of Texas and turned down the offer
of a big league contract.
BACHMAX AX ATHLETE
Carl Bachman of West Virginia,
I tho Republican whip, was an all
I round athlete at the University of
West Virginia. Lou Douglas, youth
j ful representative from Arizona, was
j a baseball star at Amherst,
j Fred Vinson of Kentucky still is
. remembered at Centre college for his
ability to play baseball. The lanky
; Elzey of Mississippi was a diamond
star at the University of Mississippi.
I Fred Britten or Illinois once was
1 an amateur boxer of note. And over
, in the senate, Barbour of New Jersey
once was hailed as a potential heavy
weight champion boxer.
Venice in Its Glory
Crowo and Cuvalcazelle say thai
In tho days of Dandolo Venice held
state In the imperial city with all
but tmperinl rank. Venice "owned,
as her chroniclers alllrra, a quarter
and n half of the whole Greek em
pire "n 'jifitt ''of 'Itiousjnutfnbpuf gov
erned hy her own laws; Candln,
which hail been bought of Boniface
of Montserrat, anil all ports of call
from Venice to the Dardanelles."
' American Paper Money
Massachusetts began to Issue pa
per money In lCflO; South Carolina,
1702; Connecticut, 1700; New York,
1709; New Jersey, 1709; Rhode Is
land, 1710; New Hampshire, 1709
10; North Carolina. 1712-13; Penn
sylvania, 1723; Maryland, 1733;
Delaware, 173S; Virginia, 175D;
Georgia, 1735.
Land of Many Tongues
The principal languages' of Switz
erland are German, spoken by 71
per cent, and Italian, by 0 per cent.
Other languages are Koinnnshe and
I.adin. 15y the federal constitution
of 1S4S and 1S74 German, French
nml Itnllnn are recognized as na
tional languages.
Require Good Company
"Riches are like men," said HI
Ho, the sage of Chinatown. "They
lose respect If they drift Into un
worthy companionship." Washing
ton Star.
lj'oe flvmi nt tho
Cooking School . . . says:
uoiaen west tonee
One try . . . and you'll
KNOW WHY!"
Featured at Your Favorite
Grocery Store.
REDUCE EXPENSE,
BATTLE CRY OF
NEW YORK MAYOR
. (Continued from Fags One)
but It expected action of a political
work. New York expected changes;
sort rather than business.
There Is sound politics In Mayor
McKee's action, - politicians' agree,
but the first effect Is economic: Almost-
the minute McKee assumed
office business management of the
city came Into the spotlight.
1. Ho ended a long-time printing
monopoly, cutting $50,000 off the cost
of ballots. -
2. Reduced his own salary from
40,000 to 125,000 and cut the pay
of other officials.
3. Fired an Important officeholder
who didn't produce' the facts and
figures as requested,
4. Ordered the police commis
sioner to take a census of the un
employed so that relief could be
handled efficiently.
6. Started to fight Tammany's
plans for a special mayoralty election.
0. Said the 5-cent subway faro
would be upheld.
7. Declined a limousine for him
self and said other officeholders
might be expected to ride more
cheaply.
But most startling was his an
nouncement that the budget would
be cut as much as $100,000,000. Bud
gets are difficult reading, seldom nre
first parge news for more than a day.
Mayor McKee kept the budget on or
near the front page for several days.
In the opinion of Peter Grimm,
chairman ' of the Citizens' Budget
commission, a non-partisan civic or
ganization, it was time that the bud
get did become first page news. In
1926 when former Mayor Walker as
sumed office the budget was $437,
000,000. It climbed every year, be
ing $631,000,000 In 1932. Grimm, said
the city's expenses weye actually
over 700.000.000 In 1932, certain
Items not being apparent In the offi
cial budget totals.
The funded debt In 1926 was Sl.-
565,000.000. In 1932 It was $2,246,
000.000. The debt situation became
such that Wall Street bankers de
clined to lend tho city money with
out severe retrenchment.
Grimm believes the principal op
portunities for savings are In salary
and wage cuts, which he says should
total $30,000,000. These reductions
are difficult to make because most
rates are mandatory under the state
law. Grimm says if the cuts are not
made voluntarily changes In the law
must be sought.
Salaries and wages advanced In
1930 over 1929 by six and a half per
cent; In 1931 over 1930, eight per
The La Grande Observer
fnmg School
IS BEING CONDUCTED FOR YOUR BENEFIT
Don't fail to attendl
MISS ALICE GRAY
will give you valuable information on home
economics and the products she uses in her work.
Be sure and notice her demonstrations using
25 Ounces for 25c
SAME PE1CE'
f os Over 42 Years
The demonstrator will show
you that K C is a DOUBLE
ACTION baking powder
that in using it you get FINE
TEXTURE and LARGE
VOLUME in your bakings
that you can use less than you
do of high-priced brands. You
will realize that it is not neces
sary to pay high prices for bak
ing powder.
After seeing the demonstrations
use K C in the same way in
your own home. Give it the
oven test and judge by results.
ODI GOVERNMENT DIED
MILLIONS OP POUNDS
cent; In 1982 over 1931 another six
per cent- These advances occurred,
Grimm- points out, despite difficul
ties engendered by the depression.
"When Mayor Walker assumed of.
flee." Grimm says, "there were Iie.ooo
city and county employes, receiving
wages and salaries of 248.0OO,O00. In
1932, there were 148,000 employes, and
their earnings were $308,000,000 - a
$120,000,000 or 48 per cent increase
wtr -u itv hns assets Of
mayor a v.-j
some $25,000,000,000, including about
$20,000,000,000 ot assessed tbiusu
nnrf Hr..rt. nurnerslllD Of SOme $5.-
000,000,000 of other Items. Its pay
roll runs a million dollars a auy.
has 19.000 policemen. Its educa
tional system employs some 40,500.
Mosquito Saves Man's Life
Two bites from a mosquito saved
the life of a man attacked by a ter
rible tropical disease, in Iioscombe
hospital, Itournemouth, England, re
cently. The mosquito, a rare Afri
can specimen, was taken In a cage
from the tropical disease research
laboratories In London. At the hos
pital the cage was opened and the
buzzer allowed to take two biles at
the patient's leg.
Normalcy
' President Harding didn't invent
the word "normalcy." It had Its
place In the language long before
be was born, but It was obsolete
and not often met with. Ho gave It
currency through his use of It In
his Inaugural address "we must
strive for normalcy to reach stabil
ity" Just as Roosevelt gave popu
larity to several words, notably
"strenuous."
Believing in History
"Since we must go on without nt
temptinR to change the past," said
HI Ho, the sage of Chinatown, "we
may as well try to believe that ,ln
the eternal ordering of things his
tory bus revealed no mistakes."
Washington Star.
When Glass Sticks
When two glass vessels get stuck
together so that there Is danger of
breaking them In getting them
apart, put i cold water In the Inner
one, and bold tho outer one In warm
water, and you will Had that they
will separate at once.
' Ancient University
Tradition, says that the Univer
sity of Paris dales from 7S0, but
authentic annals seem to commence
about 1107.
niEKBBSHSE
FALK8
MUNSIHO
$1.60
Shorts,
Bloomers,
Vests,
and
Step-ins
Mow Reduced to
Never before has this perfect
fitting lingerie been sold at
such a low price , . . delicate
pastel hues of peach and pink,
Indian MountU
Afeheologicul excavations of In
dian mounds have led to the conclu
sion that these mounds seem to have
been designed for a variety of uses,
Some of tliein were burial places,
others foundations for edifices, while
still others served ns fortresses. The
most pretentious were used for sac
rillcinl and other religious purposes.
In many of the tribes the custom I
obtained of collecting the bones of
the dead, cleaning them carefully
and putting them in a common
grave, over which a mound was
erected.
Prairie Chickens Wiped Out
Prairie chickens are now entirely
extinct In the West, and at present
are found In considerable numbers
only on the Island of Martha's Vine
yard, off the const of Massachusetts.
They were mercilessly persecuted
both for sport and for food and
will probnbly never again be found
In large numbers anywhere outside
of game preserves.
Theory's Importance
To despise theory Is to have the
excessively vain pretension to do
without knowing what one does,
and to speak without knowing
what one says. Fontenelle.