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TIMES, WILLAMINA, OREGON Page 2 Thursday, August 6, 1036 « 4 OREGON STATE NEWS News Review of Current Events the World Over OF GENERAL INTEREST Frank Knox Notified of Republican Vice Presidential Nomination— Spanish Rebels Winning Victories— Third PWA Building Program. By E D W A R D W. P IC K A R D C Western Newspaper Union. ACING an enthusiastic crowd that completely filled the big F Chicago stadium, Col. Frank Knox com crop in most of the leading producing states. In some sections there will not even be fodder and over a much larger area no grain will be obtained this year. There were good rains, however, in parts of the central and eastern areas and improvement was noted there in both corn and pasturage. The present drouth in Iowa, the department said, has caused great er damage to com than that of 1934. The summ ary reported al most complete destruction of the crop in two southern and two west ern tiers of counties. Brief Resume of Happenings of the Week Collected tor Our Readers l i l i l í McMinnville— Places on the l.ln- fleld college honor roll for spring semester were won by b3 student«, of whom three received straight A grades. J. K. Riley, registrar, re leased the Information. Klamnlh Falls — Weed-Klamath highway has been opened to one-way traffic again after having been blocked by debris sent down the slope of Mount Shasta at Whitney I creek. Train service on Southern Pacific’s Cascade line Is also re sumed. received from Senator Steiwer of Oregon the official notification of his nomination for the vice presidency by the Republican par Zigzag— .A pioneer's bear trap was ty. National Chair discovered In the woods near Govern man John Hamilton ment Camp by Larry Kspinosa, for introduced the sen est service sign man, and his crew ator, who spoke briefly but forceful of CCC boys. The trap, a yoke-llke ly and with his cus contraption, was Identified by Wil tomary eloquence. liam Faubton as one he and O. O. As Colonel Knox Yocum set some 50 years ago. Colonel Knox stepped forward to RESIDENT ROOSEVELT ended C orvallis— G eorge Y. Martin has deliver his speech of acceptance his 437 mile cruise when his he was greeted by a roar of ap yacht docked at Campobello island, been recommended as superintendent plause that continued for many New Brunswick, where he has a of the printing plant at Oregon State minutes. His fellow citizens were summer home. He shaved off the college to the state board of higher glad to express their gratification sidewhiskers he had grown to sur education by George W. Peavy, col for the honor done him, and the prise his wife and mother and went lege president, and approved by F. thousands from outside Chicago ashore for a picnic and a reception M. Hunter, chancellor. Martin at were no less warm in their appre with m em bers of his family and present is head of the plant at South ciation of the candidate. In the friends in the summ er colony of Dakota State. streets surrounding the stadium the island. Canadian Royal Mount was another vast throng of people ed police joined with the American D allas— P rune growers liere elect who, unable to get into the build secret service men in guarding the ed J. G. Hogg and Harry Webb of ing, listened to the proceedings as distinguished visitor. Dallas as directors of the Oregon broadcast by a loud-speaker sys Mr. Roosevelt remained at Prune Control, Inc. L. R. Price, N. tem. Campobello only two days and then T. Guy and T. A. Dunn were chosen Unlike Governor Landon, Colonel took a special train to Quebec, members of the executive committee. Knox devoted much of his address where he visited with Lord Tweeds- Members present voted unsnlmously to the alleged failures of the Roose muir, governor general of Canada. to go ahead with organization of the velt administration which, he said, control group. had the most glorious opportunity Q E N . FRANCISCO FRANCO’S in the history of the nation but ig '■-* rebel forces in Spain, accord F lorence— The Slnslaw Pioneer as nored its responsibility, failed in ing to late reports, were pressing sociation, In Its annual meeting last its job and defaulted in its obli the government troops seriously week at the Main River grange hall, gations. and winning some Cushman, was attended bv 50 mem “ From the day that it took of- I bloody encounters, bers. A basket dinner, songs, spe flee,” he declared, “ it embarked rhis despite the cial numbers and early-day tales on a series of hysterical experi claims of Madrid comprised the program following the ments on the economic life of a that the Fascists business session at which Mrs. Ken burdened people. At a time when had been checked. neth McCornack was elected presi universal co-operation was a neces- ! The rebel columns dent. sity it initiated a campaign of advancing on the abuse and vilificatioi. of business I.a k ev lew — P u rch a se o f 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 capital from t h e men. At a time when the credit of south were reported acres of privately owned land In the the country should have been to be threatening Hart mountain area was agreed up strengthened it inaugurated a poli- ; communications be on at a meeting of stockmen and gov cy of credit adulteration and cur tween Madrid and ernment officials. The tract would Gen. Franco rency experiment that demoralized t h e eastern sea become a game refuge. Ira Gabriel- foreign trade and frightened do coast at Valencia and Alicante, son, chief of federal biological sur mestic finance. It set up a system chief sources of the government’s vey, and F. R. Carpenter, director of of regimentation of industry that food supplies. Indeed, it was an grazing, department of the interior, reduced production and prevented nounced by the insurgent radio sta re-employment. By coercion of con tion at Seville that the garrison at met with state leaders here. gress it forced the passage of re Valencia had revolted and gone Enterprise— S hortage o f w ater In form m easures so recklessly drawn over to the rebels. Leaders of the Wallowa vall>y has become a serious that they hamstrung the revival of insurgents claimed they held Huel problem for farmers depending on enterprise and paralyzed the re va, important seaport, and all the irrigation. Owners of farms under newal of investment. It installed territory between Seville and the the ditches coming from Wallowa a regimentation of agriculture that Portuguese border. The loyalists lake met recently In the office of destroyed food and reduced foreign directed a strong attack on Sara- Max Wilson, secretary of the Asso m arkets and increased the cost of gossa but advices from the front living and multiplied the expense reaching Perpignan, France, said ciated Ditch companies, at Joseph. All recognized the fact they will be of relief. their three columns were ambushed “ At a time when private industry by the rebels in a narrow canyon on short allowance for the rest of was struggling desperately for a and lost perhaps 2,000 killed. Gen the season. new sta rt it set up governmental eral Caballero commanded the in Drain— P ion eer stage coach driv enterprise to compete with private surgents in that action. ers of Douglas county were honored business. At a time when the bur Claude G. Bowers, American am when a monument in their den of taxation was already hard bassador to Spain, was cut ofi from recently to bear it embarked on a policy of communication with the summer memory was dedicated at the Para squandering public funds and in quarters of his embassy at San dise creek bridge on the Drain-Reeds creasing the weight of taxes. At a Sebastian for several days, being port highway. The Sons and Daugh tim e when united effort and mutual himself at his summ er residence in ters of Oregon Pioneers and the good-will would have completed Fuentarrabia, close to the French Douglas County association of Port recovery it promoted sectional hat border. He finally got in touch land erected the monument on land red and class strife. At a time with the embassy and removed the donated by the state highway com mission. when returning business confidence staff to his villa. was ending depression it began a WORKERS RESENT TH EFT campaign to terrorize business and TTWO MEMBERS of the Ameri- Albany— “ W orkers”— In this case, subjugate the banks. At a time A can Olympic boxing squad i when confidence in the character of failed to take warning from the honey bees— strongly resented the government was vital it estab fate of Eleanor Holm Ja rre tt and pillage of their hives by Norbert lished a spoils system. At a time broke training rules soon after their ■ Heins, local bee man, and followed when the economic system was arrival in Berlin. Roy Davis, man- ’ him to town last week. At his honey worn and emaciated it performed ager of the boxers, advised that plant in the heart of Albany’s busi m ajor surgical operations upon the they be sent home, and the Amer ness district, one swarm laid Beige industrial body to see what was ican Olympic committee so or- ' to the front door. A larger number inside. It adopted an economic dered. The two delinquents were discovered the back door and buzzed philosophy of scarcity and forced it Joe J. Church, featherweight, of around It. To make matters worse upon a hungry and distressed peo Batavia, N. Y., and Howell King, for Heins, some of the more irate In ple. . . . welterweight, of Detroit. Their sects flew inside, where they literally “ No one can define the New Deal places on the team were filled by made things hum. or even describe it. But we know Theodore E. Kara and Chester Ru- Undaunted by the closed doors and what it means. It means federal tecki, both of Chicago. frigid welcome, the visitors kept control over local business, over their vigil on the honey all night and local bank credit, over local wages, C' MPHASIS is placed on smaller all the next day. over local conditions of work. It scale projects to be completed leads to federal regimentation of speedily, in the third building pro TEST RESULTS PLEASE the labor, the business, and the gram of the public works admin C orvallis— Dr. G eorge M. Darrow, home of every American citizen. istration, which was opened by the United States department of agri It leads to price-fixing and produc allotment of $22,742,034 by Pres culture, here at the state college ex tion control by federal authority. It ident Roosevelt. It includes 352 perimental station to supervise the leads inevitably to the extinction projects in 37 states, and the larg recording of data concerning some of the small business man, to the est of these is a courthouse for 5000 hybrids of raspberries, logan end of free enterprise in America.” New York city to cost the govern berries, blackberries, youngberrles Before the ceremonies started ment $4,835,000. The average al and others, has expressed gratifica there were four big parades, con lotment is only $64,323. tion at the progress of the work. He verging at the stadium ; and elab Secretary Ickes, PWA admin established the work in 1930 and istrator, said that, in addition to 45 orate m usical program s were pro vided both inside and outside the per cent donation, PWA will lend 1931. Believing that some of the more $2,142,000 to help communities de building. fray their 55 per cent share of the promising of the new crosses may HE WEEKLY crop report and cost. President Roosevelt has or lead to important new varieties of weather sum m ary of the De dered that all projects “ be com berries for commercial production, partm ent of Agriculture revealed menced by October 1, 1936, reach a Dr. Darrow points out the Importance that the drouth and high tem pera peak by the end of the year and be of the cross-breeding by showing ihat the work is the largest federal proj tu re were playing havoc with the completed by October 1, 1937.” P T ect of its kind In the United States. “Death's Hack Window” By FLOYD GIBBONS ELL, sir, here’s another candidate for the Kiri’s dormitory ol the Adventurers’ club. What I mean, the ladies have been bust ing in here so fast that I wonder if w e’re not going to have to throw a couple of the men out to make room for them. Now don’t get nervous, fellows. I was only kidding when I said that. There's room enough for four billion people in this club of ours, and at last reports there were only two billion in the world. Unless the Martians or the people from the moon get to flooding in here in large numbers, there’ll be room enough for everybody. But I’ll admit I get s little nervous when I see the girls put ting it over on the men in this adventuring business. Adventur ing was once a Job for men and men only. But what I’m scared of now is that some dame like Shirley Temple will grab my meal ticket and I ’ll have to hunt up a Job washing dishes or minding a baby. Window Boxes Don’t Make a Hit With Mary. And speaking of babies, that brings us around to today’s Distin guished Adventurer-lady—Mrs. Mary Donohue of The Bronx, N. Y. Mary has a baby, and the baby had an adventure. The baby isn't much of a hand at writing—it’s only three now—so Mary sent the yarn in herself. Afier all it was more of an adventure for Mary than it was for the child. The baby w asn't quite old enough to know what was going on. It happened on Septembei 10, 1934. Then, Mary and her family were living in a comfortable home on the fourth floor of an apartm ent house. The place was nicely fixed up, even to a window box on the sill in the living room. And about that window box—well—th at's the main part of the story. Whenever Mary sees a window box now, she gets a queer, slckish feeling inside her, no m atter how beautiful the flowers are In it, for it reminds her of the m urderous one in her own home, and brings her back to that terrible September morning when she snw her youngest child—her eighteen-month-old baby—plunge to certain death. Baby Climbs Into an Adventure All His Own. It was eight o'clock in the morning, and Mary was mighty busy. She has five other children, and this was the first day of school. There were a million and one things that had to be done for those other kids on this W T The Baby Plumm eted Four Stories to the Ground special morning. They had to have an extra good washing, now that the vacation days were over. They had to be fed a little earlier, and packed off with their new notebooks and pencil boxes under their arm s. Mary had just put the finishing touches on one of her little girls’ hair ribbons when she just happened to wonder what the baby was doing. It’s one of those hunches that pester a mother probably forty tim es a day. Most of the time they’re false alarm s. But this one wasn't. Mary went to the living room to see if everything was all right—and everything wasn't all right. There, in the window box, outside the window and four flights up from the ground, was the baby. He had climbed up there and stood looking over the line of back yards that stretched away down the block. And just as Mary entered the room she heard an ominous, crack ing sound FROM THE WINDOW BOX ON WHICH THE BABY WAS STANDING! Baby and W indow Box Plunge to the Ground. “I didn’t scream ,” says Mary. “ Instead I walkod cautiously toward the open window, trying not to frighten him. My senses seemed to be leaving me. I took another step and reached out to catch him. But it was too late ” Yes. It was too late. Just as Mary reached, there was an other loud crack, and the window box went plummeting toward the earth. The baby went with it—down four stories in a clear drop to the ground. Mary CAN’T describe the emotions she felt then. No pen ever m ade could describe them. "When I saw my baby go, my heart went with him,” she says. And that’s the nearest she can come to telling us how she felt. “I rushed down the stairs,” she says, “ I wanted to be the first to fold his little dead body in my arm s. My eyes were unseeing—saw nothing but the space in front of me that led to my baby. I reached the cellar and started up the steps leading to the yard. Then I saw my nine-year-old daughter coming toward me with the baby in her arms. She had gotten there before m e.” Providence Plus Defective Drain Save Child’s Life. But what was this? The baby, instead of lying stiff and motionless in his sister’s arm s, was crying lustily. “ 1 took him in my arm s," says Mary. "I don’t want to try to express my feelings then. God alone knows how I felt to be holding my baby alive. For a while, I couldn’t believe my eyes. Then I saw what had happened.” And what had happened, boys and girls, was just this. It had rained for several days previous to the accident. The drainage of the yard was defective and water had collected. In some spots it was almost a foot deep, and it was into one of those spots the baby fell. And though Mary took him to a doctor and then to a hospital, no one was ever able to find a scratch on him. That’s the story, boys and girls, of why Mary Donohue can’t stand the sight of a window box. It brings back too terrible a memory. “ If I sound incoherent,” she says at the end of her letter, “ it’s because I ’ve been going through that ordeal all over again as I’ve been writing it ” g>—W NU Service. Leads in Salt Production Michigan leads in total output of salt as well as in the production of brine salt. New York is second. 4 I ' Pretence to Knowledge May not he be considered a wise man, who does not pretend to more knowledge than he possesses? 4
