Friday, August 11, 1933, ,
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If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask
what ye will, and it shall lie done unto you. John 15: 7.
STERN REMEDY NEEDED
No society in which kidnaping1 for ransom becomes as
common a racket as it has become in the United States re
cently is offering; its citizens anything very substantial in
the way of security.
No crime emphasizes the helplessness of a community as
does kidnaping. There will always be human passions that
will result in murder, there will always be desperate rrien who
commit robbery, there will always be weak men who commit
forgery and defalcation, there will always be gamblers and
panders and confidence men. The most society can hope to
do is keep such crimes at a minimum.
But kidnaping is different. It cannot be organized racket
unless the society in which it thrives has demonstrated its
utter inability to protect the lives and persons of its citizens.
Its appearance is the gravest symptom that the machinery
of law enforcement cum display.
Today we have just about reached a point at which we
must discuss some extremely revolutionary revision of our
whole system of law enforcement.
, Police methods could not be more disorganized than they
are now. From New York down to the smallest hamlet, each
police force is entirely independent. There are 48 states,
each with a separate jurisdiction. The powers of the federal
government to co-ordinate and direct the war on crime arc
very limited. The cards are stacked in favor of the racketeer.
He could not ask for a bettor set-up.
: The editor of the Daily Post-Tribune of La Salle, III.; re
cently suggested to President Roosevelt that changes be
made in the law so that federal agents could take a hand in
(ill kidnaping cases, and not just in those where the victim
is transported over a state line. This is an excellent proposal,
but it may be that we need to go even farther than that.
It may be that we need to follow Attorney General Cum
mings in his scheme for a nation-wide federal police force.
It may be that we need to surrender our old fondness for
local independence and make every cop in the land part of a
great, centralized organization, just as we have already put
our national guard under federal authority.
It is perfectly obvious that we have got to do something.
The kidnapers could not operate as they have been operating
if the existing machinery had not , proved its utter inadequacy.
It is said that members of the Senate consumed 500 aspirin
tablets at the expense of the taxpayers during the past year.
But just think how many aspirin tablets the taxpayers had
to consume because of the Senate.
The Weather
Recovery's Off-to a Flying Start
OliKUON KOItHCAKT
Oregin.; Fulr tonight and Hut unlay,
but foH near the fUMwt; no t-lmngtt
In temperature; iWMlerultt imr.huet
ulmfN off (shore.
LOCAL WBATIIKIl
Thunulay: maximum ly, minimum
58 uhove. Clear.
Today: minimum J3, 7 a. m. 71
above. Clear,
What! No Pension?
Yet Gen. Hines
Served 35 Years
lly Herbert IMiimmer
WASHINGTON Amid all the
clamor which accompanied the re
duction Jn compensation to veterans,
nothing much was 'heard of the
plight of tho man who. since the
Harding administration, has admin
istered the affairs of the veterans'
bureau.
During the past 10 years or so,
Brig, Oen. Frank T. Hlnes has super
vised the expenditure of around
$7,000,000,000 for pensions and oper
ating costs of Uncle Sam's agency
to care for his ex-soldiers.
Yet when the general retires short
ly, as ho Is expected to do. after 35
years of service In the government
he will not be eligible for a pension.
Of course, In a technical sense It's
the general's own fault. Immediate
ly following the close of the World
war, Hlnes was tempted to quit the
army and venture out on a private
enterprise. He surrendered his rank
as a brigadier general to become vice
president of the Ill-fated Baltic
steamship lines.
His company soon encountered bad
luck, however, and he re-entered gov
ernment service as administrator of
the veterans' bureau.
In 1028 two bills were Introduced
In congress looking toward his re
lief. One would have retiredi him
with the rank of major general In
recognition of his long service. An
other would have given him an an
nual pension of $5000. Both failed of
passage.
Then again In 1030 his friends in
congress renewed their efforts. A
llttlo different strategy was employed
this time. A rider was attached to
the veterans' disability allowance bill
seeking a straight $5000 annual al
lowance. But this also failed of
passage.
Honor Not Voted
Back In 1808 he enlisted as a pri
vate in artillery for service In the
Philippines. He participated In 24
engagements during the Insurrection
with such distinction that he was
recommended for a Congress Ion Medal
of Honor.
Congress never got around to vot
ing him the honor, however. The
promotion that came to him was a
commission In the coast artillery.
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In line with President Koosevelt's effort to "speed" the recovery pro
gram, Cen. Hugh S. Johnson, rlRht, administrator of the National
Recovery Act, and Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes, In cockpit,
flew to tho president's yacht in Chesapeake Bay to map out with him
the next steps In the administration's dual endeavor to put purchas
ing power In the hands of termers and wago and salary earners.
They are shown with their pilot lcaviug the capital.
WHEN "EAGLE"
GOES, THERE
IS NO RETURN
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YOU PAY FOR THREE THINGS
OF THEM
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Ration by tho president.
A cotlo for barbers waa forwarded
to Washington today from New York.
If approved, the minimum cost of a
hnlr cut will be 60 cents and, a shave
26 cents. It provides for a 48-hour
week of six days, a minimum wage of
$25 and 00 per cent of . chair re
ceipts of $37 weekly wage.
An Intimation was forthcoming to
day that the federal government
would provide for rigid control over
oil production In the petroleum trade
practice plan now near lug completion.
Tho Intimation camo from Oen.
Johnson, whose aides are writing the
plan.
Concerning revocation of the Blue
Eagle for violations. It was said that
alter any revocation, the Blue Eagle
would be removed permanently from
any placo held guilty. There would
be no return for the Insignia of the
N.R..A., government officials said.
Johnson, In connection with his
warning that pledge signers would
bo t'llBclpllned If it were found they
were not complying with their agree
ment to raise wages and Increnwi em
ployment by Hhortenlng work hours,
said that he Intended to lot the sit
uation rest Tor a brief period in the
hauda of local committees. Violations
of permanent codes, where they arc
not cleared up after conciliatory ac
tion by the administration, will be
referred to the federal trado commls
Nlon and then to the department of
Justice If nervssary, the administrator
explained, but said: "Wo are going to
assume good faith until wo see some
thing different."
TODAY IN BRIEF, IN AND
AROUND
AS C1IKONICI.EI) BY THE DAILY LEASED Willi?
OF THIi ASSOCIATED PRESS
I'M AT ILL A CONVICT FREED
SALEM. Aug. 11 tJPy Lee Dale
will doubtless find the world much
changed during the IB years he has
been living apart. Governor Julius
L. Meier granted Dale a conditional
pardon from a life term In the peni
tentiary for second degree murder.
On October 0, 1015 Dale was re
ceived at the Oregon penitentiary for
conviction of shooting and killing a
couple by the name of Ogilvy In Um
atilla county. Consideration of Dale's
case was recommended by Frederick
Stelwer, who prosecuted the defend
ant In the Umatilla county circuit
court. Other persons also InterceCcd
in behalf of the prisoner.
L Under provisions of the pardon
Dale will go to Kansas City where he
will make his homo with a brother,
Harry C. Dale. - . i , ;
forfeited. As a consequence Baldock
I ordered three shifts a day and Sun
day work. The Sunday work was de
clared justified even though traffic
would be inconvenienced.
TUITKMEN IN' NO AGREEMENT
SALEM. Aug. 11 Ui f Salem truck,
men who met yesterday to consider
regulations in connection with NR. A
provisions adjourned at noon with
out coming to any agreement.
EXTORTION PLOT BAKED
BEND, Aug. 11 (!) Jack Duck
worth, 18. waa held in tho county
Jail here today accused of attempted
extortion and threats on the life of
Dr. J. C. Vandevert, member of the
state game commission. Police said
ho attempted to extort $5000 from
the doctor under threat of death.
Duckworh was arrested last night
at his home In the Tumalo com
munity by state and county officers
after they had taken his brother-in-law,
Clarence Parsons, 15, In custody.
Police said that a "week ago Dr.
Vandevert received! a letter demand
ing that he place $300 In an old
shack north of Bend. Unless the
money was delivered, the note wild,
antic vert Vand his son. Jack, would
be killed. Police placed a dummy
roll In the hut and It disappeared. A
second letter then demanded that
$5000 bo left In a Tuirmlo gravel pit.
For two dnys federal, state and
county officers remained on watch.
Late yesterday a boy on horseback
rode to tho pit. grabbed the clunmiy
roll and hurried away. The officers
overtook him.
PLAN RIVER STI DV
PORTLAND. Aug. 11 W) A tho
rough study of sulphide wastes from
pulp and paper mills on the Willa
mette river will bo unc'prtaken at
onco by a technical committee of
seven experts, in connection with
sewage disposal work.
Tho committee was appointed by
the board of consulting ejijrlheers'-on
sewage disposal, appointed by Gover
nor Meier at the request of the re
construction advisory board.: An ex
penditure of $0,000,000 is planned to
free the Willamette of pollution.
Wallowa Valley
Pioneer is Dead
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TO SPEED ItOAD WOltK
SALEM, Aug. 11 m Pacific
highway grading and surfacing be
tween Salem and Can by will be
speeded to forestall loss of $50,000
federal emergency money. Highway
Engineer R. H. Baldock announced
tocay.
Unless the work Is completed before
January 1 tho federal funds will be
Pto his brothers, ho, Joined Jarnqs Tul-
,ley and together they canto into the
Wallowa valley In the year l72, bring
ing the first wagon and carrying the
first plow with, him. Ho struck the
first furrow in1 this fertile country
and became one of Wallowa county's
first white settlers.
On Jan. 21, I860, Mr. Masterson
married Miss Aim Ira Blanchard. at
Cove, and four children were born
to them, three of whom with Mrs.
Masterson survivo him, Mrs. Hattle
Mayes and Mrs. Re tin. C; Parks, of
Portland, and 11. Glbens Masterson, of
Wallowa. A son, Daniel, diedyin early
childhood.
For a number of years Mr. and Mi's.
Masterson mado their homo in Elgin,
but on account of advanced age and
ill health, returned to their old homo
in Wallowa a few years ago to livo
.with their non. Mr. Masterson has
been bedfast for over two years.
Funeral. services were held, in Elgin
today. i -
Mrs. Hattia Mayes arrived In Wal
lowa Thursday ' from her home in
Portland to attend the funeral.
In Washington
By Herbert PI u miner "
WASHINGTON i Political observers,
despite the fact that the next session
of congress Is as far distant as Janu
ary, already have begun to 'peculate
as to what stops the Democratic lead
ership In the house will take to wold
Itself Into a more compact align
ment. That a crucial test Is to come early
In the session is a prediction heard
often.
Speaker Ralney, Floor Leader Byrne
and others high in the couitcils of
the party had a comparatively easy
time of It In tlie special session. Party
leadership came from the other end
of Pennsylvania avenue In the person
of tho president himself.
This la perhaps no better Illustrated
than what happened in the closing
days of tlie session when the presi
dent's economy program was endang
ered by the rebellion on veterans'
compensation.
It was following a Whit House
conference with house 'leaders that
word went out that either the houso
would stick by the president on the
veterans' proposition or else It must
levy Increased taxes on its consti
tuents. 1 ' y
They Bad To Choose
The house reluctantly accepted tho
former alternative, but not without
rumblings of discontent.
Ralney succeeded to the speakership
and Byrns became floor leader after
a party battle that left scars. And
almost immediately they were hurled
into so swift-moving a legislative
drama that there was little oppor
tunity or need for compact leader
ship. In the first stages of the game, tho
Democrats unhesitatingly approved
legislative procedure that had the ef
fect of throttling) debate and permit
ting legislation to be enacted often
without so much as a change of a
word.
Looking Ahead
Howovcr, when the regular session
convenes in January thing3 are likely
to be different. Permanent legislation
then will bo enacted. The maglo
word "emergency" which, had so much
to do with the success of tho Roose
velt program In the special session is
nob expected to carry the c&mo
weight.
It may require tact and skill then
on the part of the leaders to keep
the house in line.
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I Health I
DEATH FROM BUBBLES
Tho writer of a detective story In
which murder is committed by tho
Injection of a small quantity of air
Into the body of the Intended vic
tim has possibility but not prob
ability on his side.
It Is known that the entrance of
air Into the circulatory system may
cau&c death,, and mystery writers
have not overlooked this possibility.
Tho air bubble might be carried
Into an artery leading to the brain
and there become lodged in a still
smaller artery, plugging up the chan
nel which carries blood to some vi
tal' riervo center. This mechanism, as
Is evident, calls for an extraordi
nary conspiracy of events.
Experimentally, it has been shown
that animals can withstand as much
as 300 cubic centimeters of air in
jected Into their veins, provided the
Injections are given slowly. On the
other hand, It Is definitely known
that death can be produced by the
rapid injection of large quantities of
air into the circulation.
Tho question therefore Is not
whether air in tho blood circulation
can destroy life, but rather whether
minute air bubbles can cause death.
This question arises not In connec
tion with the writing of defective
stories, but aa the possible explana
tion of certain fatal accidents which
occasionally occur when surgical op
erations are performed on the chest
wall,
Occasionally, In the course of In
jection of artificial pneumothorax, a
treatment employed in collapsing tho
lung affected by tuberculosis
through the injection of air into tho
space between the lung and the chest
wall, the patient develops tho symp
toms of shock and collapse.
Medicine has been at a loss to ex
plain this rare but serious reaction.
A number of scientists have con
tended that collapse la due to the
accidental entrance of air Into tho
circulation, the air bubbles ultimate
ly reaching the circulation of the
brain and causing the train of symp
toms described. Fortunately, the
number of fatal accidents of this
kind Is exceedingly small.
Nudist Miss Finds
Life Good in Camp
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fruit, sourdough hotcakes, coffee and
toast.
Following the repast, some of the
colonizers settled down to read or
write letters. With the coed I start
ed out to leisurely inspect the 20
acres owned by the colony.
Returning to camp wo found five
of the inhabitants going through
various health exercises. I remarked
that, as a whole, figures were better
than I expected to find them. My
companion laughed.
"Naturally they are." she said.
"Haven't you become more conscious
of your own physical defects and
aren't you striving to eliminate them?
It's the same with everyone here."
We watched Jack Austin, owner of
the camp, vigorously massage a 25-year-old
stenographer.
"Thls'll help,"' he said disgustedly,
"but unless you get out and hike
exercise it off, all the massage in the
world won't remove those hips."
- A bang of saucepans signaled lunch
cold meats, vegetable salad and
fruit. Some of the plates omitted
meats because of Individual diets, or
dered by Charlotte Austin, registered
nurse and dietitian.
After a rest period five of us hiked
a quarter mile to the swimming pool.
A neighboring farmer and his wife
Joined us as did six men and a woman
from a "dude ranch" up the moun
tain. A few minutes later more peo
plo arrived from the colony and a
game of water tag was soon in pro
gress. Wo hailed dinner gratefuly on our
return to camp after all the exercise.
It was a hearty meal but composed
mostly of vegetables. After we fin
ished a campflre was built but most
of the nudists retired for the night.
I was Introduced to a well-known
college athlete. I asked him If he'd
mind me using his name in this
story. He studied it over:
"I'm not ashamed of this or I
wouldn't be here," he salt! finally,
"but most people think differently
than we do."
That Is the attitude in a nut
shell of most of the nudist, While
not ashamed of going nude they feel
It is a personal matter. They do not
want personal acquaintances and
business friends, who might feel dif
ferently on the subject, to know.
Seventy per cent of the youths in
tho civilian conservation camps in
tho Santa Barbara national forest
had never seen an ocean prior to en
rollment. .
There will be 2.804 steel towers,
65 to 00 feet high. In the power trans
mission lino that will transmit elec
tricity from Boulder dam to Los
Angeles.
73YearsanM.D.
He Likes Today's
WaysThe Best
BETHEL. Ohio m Being a doc
tor today is not so hard as it was
73 years ago, says Dr. W. E, Thomp
son. 98-year-old physician.
And he ought to know. He's been a
practicing physician 73 years, end ex
cept for the tlmo of hla student days
at Cincinnati College of Medlcino he
lias spent all his llfo hero.
When he began practicing medicine
73 years ago. he rode horseback to
see his patients, and then after about
12 years the roads became good
enough for him to use a horse and
carriage. Fifteen years ago ho switch
ed to an automobile. A chauffeur
drives him from patient's door to pa
tient's door now.
"Many times I had to swim my
horse across tho streams and hotd my
kit of medicine high to reach my
patients," he says.
"When the streams were too high
I would have to learn tho symptoms
from a member of the patient's fam
ily standing on the other bank, and
then I would take my medicines, tie
them to a rock and throw them across
the stream."
In those days Dr. Thompson was a
surgeon as well as a physician, and
many of his instruments had to bo
made by himself, because It took less
time to make them than it did to
go to Cincinnati, the nearest place
where he could buy them. ,
Although liking the old days, he
has a preference for modern life.
"Llfo was too hard in those days,"
he says. "Today the practice of medl
cino not only is more interesting, but
is not so hard on the doctors. When
I came out of college I had to be pre
pared to take care of anything that
came up. And a very 111 person hod
to bo treated on the spot." .
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"NECCESSITY" TOYS
By Brooke Peters Church
My mother who was a little girl
In the south during tho war between
tho states used to describe to me
some of the hardships which she en
dured at the time.
What seemed to have Impressed her
most was the lack of toys for the
children. She showed me how they
made dolls out of the twigs of the
white pine until I was inspired to
make a family of them myself.
Necessity has ever been the moth
er of invention and now when funds
aro not generally over-abundant It
might be well to cultivate our own
ingenuity and our children's imag
inations by a little clever contriv
ing. Excellent blocks con be made out
of the left-overs of carpentering Jobs.
If the children are old enough they
can easily make them themselves
either for their own use or to bo
given to smaller brothers and sisters.
Doll houses made of packing boxes
aro well-known to us all, but to put
tho entire family to work on long
rainy days to furnish and equip
tho house as a Christmas present
for a small sister, or to start a com
munity of children working on it
to make Christmas happy for some
child whom Santa Claus is likely to
forget may bo a new departure.
Paper, which seems in the average
household to be consumed by the ton,
was supplied to my children by a
devoted aunt, who saved all the en
velopes of a bulky mall and silt them
down the sides, so leaving an unused
pago for the endless drawing and
scrlbbllngs of a household of young
sters with literary and artistic leanings.
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