The Willamina times., July 13, 1939, Image 2

T H U R S D A Y . JU LY
A BIT OF
LaRINE
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Potential Enemies Help Reich
Build Powerful War Machine;
‘Neutrality’ Looks Like Myth
ADVENTURERS’ CLUB
H E A D L IN E S FR O M TH E L IV E S
O F P E O P L E L IK E Y O U R S E L F I
(EDITOR'S NOTE When opinions »re expressed in these colum ns, they
are those of the news analyst and not n ecessarily of this newspaper.)
“ C/iosf (if the Door
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INTERNATIONAL:
Armaments
W hat constitutes absolute "n e u ­
t r a lit y ” in w a rtim e has never m ade
its e lf q uite clea r. S u pe rficia l neu­
tr a lity under the U. S. la w bans sale
o f a rm s and m un itio n s— “ le th a l
weapons” —ye t under the am end­
m e n t o f O hio’s Rep. John M . V o rys
such
indispensable
w a r-m a k in g
e quipm ent as tru c k s and c o m m e r­
c ia l a irpla ne s m ay be sent abroad.
E a rly J u ly , when the n e u tra lity b ill
was m a k in g its w ay th ro u g h con­
gress, found the a g ric u ltu re d e p a rt­
m ent proposing g overnm ent subsi­
dized e xp o rt of cotton in a p ro g ra m
whose ch ie f benefactors w ould be
aggressive G e rm a n y and Japan,
both o f w hom need cotton to s tu ff
into th e ir a m m u n itio n .
B u t U. S. p a rtic ip a tio n in d ic ta to r
re a rm a m e n t is o nly p a rt o f the p ic ­
tu re .
Though F ra n ce has ju s t
banned sh ip m e n t o f scra p iro n to
G e rm a ny, though B r ita in ’s new m in ­
is try o f supply w ill have the r ig h t
G e rm a n y ’s to ta l 1,146,027 tons of
1938 scra p iro n cam e fro m B el­
g iu m , L u x e m b u rg , F ra n ce , G re a t
B rita in , H o lla n d and the U. S.. a ll •
p o te n tia l enem ies. In M a rc h , 1939,
the sam e co u n trie s c o n trib u te d 161,-
344 tons, w h ich w ould m ake 1,936,128
tons i f the sam e im p o rt level w ere
m a in ta in e d th ro u g h o u t the ye ar.
F ro m the U. S. in 1938 cam e 462,782
to n s; in M a rc h , 1939, cam e 20,175
tons.
O th e r im p o rt figures fo r G e r­
m any:
Iron Ore (tons).
¡930
1937
1938
Sweden .............. 8.725 432 9,083.751 8.992 331
France .............. 2.779 868 5.739.513 5 056.121
Spain .................. 1.824.880 310.540 1.082.551
Copper Ore (tons).
32 055
60.081
20.121
G. Britain . ........
France ___ . . . . 2,779.868 5.739.513 5.056.121
53.710
66.752
64.970
Belgium ..
M anganese Ore (tons).
60
924
61.336
U S S R .......... 173.653
17.226
121 318
Brit. India ........
78.353
..........
Australia .
290 679 268.044
Nickel Ore (tons).
60
3 593
Brit. India . . . .
3.711
G reece ..............
8.839
......................... |
Canada ..............
99
13 250
13 368
99
H
ELLO EVERYBODY:
You know, boys and girls, Old Lady A dventure is the ’
m ost d em o cratic fem ale in the world. She doesn’t confine her
atten tio n s to any p a rtic u la r class of people, but visits her favors
on all alike. Why, kings and queens huve had ad v en tu res, and
so have doctors, law yers, cab d riv ers and p reach ers.
Today I’ve got a y arn from a d en tist—Dr. R obert Lentz of
D anville, 111.
This ad v en tu re happened to Doc along about the su m m er of
1912, and in those d av s he w as living in W illiamson county, n ear
Wolf C reek, 111. T h a t’s down n e ar the Ozark ridges and in 1912
th ere w as som e p retty lonely country in th a t neighborhood.
Doc knew , because he used to ride through som e of it
p retty reg u larly . He was courting a girl who lived about
five m iles from his home and he used to ride out th ere on
Wise F e llo w
S peaker -T h e m an who gives in
when he is w ro ng is a wise m an ,
but the m a n who gives in when
he is rig h t is------
Voice F ro m A u d ie n ce - M u rrie d .
T w o ’s co m p an y— th re e ’s a film
plot.
horseback, along a w in d in g road th a t was a lm ost im passable in places
because o f the th ic k g ro w th on e ith e r side.
T h a t road led dow n in to a place know n as Big G rassy C reek b ottom ,
and th a t b o tto m w as m id w a y between his home and his g < l s house.
T h e re w as a fo rd across the cree k, and near the fo rd , an old tu m b le-
down c h u rch th a t h ad n ’t been used fo r u pw a rd s o f 50 years.
W om an Burned to D eath in B ygon e D a y s.
N ea r the c h u rch was an old c h im n e y —a ll th a t was le ft o f a house
M ost lo g ic a l deduction is th a t the
th a t people to ld s tra n g e sto rie s about. A c c o rd in g to one ta le a w om an had
next W o rld w a r m a y find B ritis h ,
been burned to death when th a t house took fire.
F re n ch,
C anadian,
B e lg ia n — and
T he re was so m e thin g eerie about the old c h u rc h and the old
possibly U. S.—troops d y in g of
c h im n e y . Doc used to feel s h iv e ry when he passed them rid in g
wounds in flic te d by a rm a m e n ts I
hom e a t tw o o’ clock in the m o rn in g . B u t one n ig h t he made the
m ade o f
m e ta l fro m th e ir own
m is ta k e o f going into th a t ch u rch , and th en —
hom elands.
I t was one d a rk n ig h t when Doc was c o m in g back fro m a date.
I t had s ta rte d to ra m ju s t a fte r he le ft—a th in d riz z le a t firs t.
B u t, as he rode along, he heard the ru m b le o f th u n d e r and the ra in
began
co m in g down h a rd e r. He had reached the bottom then. and the
No Fears
PHILIPPINES:
SCRAP IRON SHRAPNEL
British steel, British deaths?
to ban such shipm ents, p ro fit-con ­
scious dem ocracies and d ic ta to r­
ships have no m o ra l com punctions
about such th in g s; scrap iro n o r any
o the r m a te ria l o f M a rs is sold
abroad to the highest b id d e r u n til
d om estic
re a rm a m e n t
dem ands
th a t i t be kept a t hom e. Sam ples:
L a s t m onth B r ita in ’s lib e ra l L o rd
D avies to ld how scrap iro n and
steel e xpo rts fro m the U n ite d K in g ­
dom to the R eich rose fro m 4,500
tons in J u ly , 1938, to 17,000 tons in
A ugust, 21,000 tons in Septem ber
(m o n th o f the M u n ich c ris is ) and
23,000 tons in D ecem ber.
F ra n ce gave G e rm a n y 350 tons of
pig iro n last A ugust when the Czech
c ris is was ju s t ris in g , gave h e r 19,-
000 tons in Septem ber when the c r i­
sis was a t its peak, and 75,000 tons
in N ove m b e r.
S till m ore re ve a lin g are G e r­
m a n y 's 1938 fo re ig n tra d e s ta tis ­
tics, show ing th a t 1,059.800 tons of
W o rld econom ists have long enu­
m erated reasons w h y Japan should
w an t the n ea rb y P h ilip p in e islands,
w hich even now are undergoing an
o rd e rly w ith d ra w a l fro m U. S. su­
p ervisio n. B u t never have m ilita r y
s tra te g is ts to ld w hy Japan should
not w a n t the P h ilip p in e s .
Such, how ever, is the opinion of
Gen. D ouglas M a c A rth u r, fo rm e r
U. S. c h ie f of s ta ff and now m ilita r y
a dviser to the P h ilip p in e s. Asked
p oint b la n k fo r his opinion. G eneral
M a c A rth u r a d m itte d th ere w ere “ so
m an y im pon d erab les invo lved I
w ould be a fool to p lay the p a rt
o f a p ro p h e t,” ye t offered an opin-
P IN C H E D I I E I t
"J o a n 's b ath ing s u it arrested
e veryon e ’s a tte n tio n ."
"Y e s , u n til she was arrested
h e rs e lf."
C om petent Judge
T w o b u rg la rs had broken into a
ta ilo r ’s shop and w ere busy s o rt­
ing out some su its when one o f
th em saw one m a rk e d $65.
" B e r t , look a t the p ric e o f th a t
one.” he sa id . “ W hy. it's d o w n ­
r ig h t ro b b e ry , a in 't it? ”
N otice in a d o c to r’ s s u rg e ry :
"L a d ie s in the w a itin g room w ill
please not exchange sym ptom a.
I t gets the d octo r hopelessly
m ix e d .”
D isad van tag e
B oogy—T ru th is s tra n g e r than
Action.
W oogy— Yes. b u t i t ’s seldom so
w e ll expressed.
LOST YOUR PEP ?
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w ith o u t
I t was a hum an fo rm of some s o rt, standing th ere w ith a rm s o u tstre tch e d .
c h u rc h w ould a ffo rd s h e lte r o f a so rt.
Doc tie d h is horse to a sap­
lin g and plunged th ro u g h the u n d e rb ru s h to the door.
The c h u rc h was a ll b u t fa lle n dow n. I t leaned o ve r c ra z ily to one
side as i f it had been pushed o ve r by some g ia n t hand in to a g re a t p a ra l­
le lo g ra m . The w ind ow s w ere o u t and the flo o r was p a rtly gone, but
guided by in te r m itte n t flashes o f lig h tn in g , Doc w orked h is w ay fo rw a rd
to a p o in t n ea r the ro s tru m , w here the ro o f was good and the rain
d id n ’t com e th ro u g h . The ra in d id n ’t show any signs o f le ttin g up. si-
Doc la y dow n on a fro n t bench to go to sleep.
Hunch Makes Him Stay Awake.
" I la y th e re about 15 m in u te s ,” he sa id , “ when som ething
caused me to open m y eyes and look a t the d o o rw a y a t the o the r
end of the c h u rc h .
L ig h tn in g Bashed ju s t th en — flashed ju s t
enough to enable me to see d im ly th ro u g h the door. S om ething
to ld me to stay aw ake and. w ith sleepy eyes I gazed a t th a t door
in s p e c tin g it each tim e the lig h tn in g w ould p e rm it m e.
" I heard a tw ig bre ak outside, and could te ll th a t m y horse
w as uneasy. I fe lt the h a ir rise on the back of m y neck, and m y
h e a rt began to beat fa s te r. I t seemed th a t it w ould be hours
before the lig h tn in g flashed again to te ll me w h a t m ig h t be
th e re , and in the m e a n tim e I s tra ig h te n e d up ju s t as q u ie tly as
HEADLINERS
D R . JA M E S M O N R O E S M IT H
N in e years ago th e - tr a v e lin g
p re sid e nt o f L ou isia n a State u n i­
v e rs ity a rriv e d a t Baton Rouge
in a M odel T F o rd and a 35-cent
h a irc u t. L a te in June w hen he
le ft fo r Canada, tw o N ew O rleans
banks and one a t B aton Rouge
said he had $500,000 o f th e ir
funds.
The u n iv e rs ity m issed
$118,000 in good bonds.
A fo llo w e r o f the la te H uey P.
Lon g, who set out to b u ild L o u ­
isia n a State as
revenge
against
T ula ne , w here he
had been denied
an h o n o ra ry de­
gree, D r. S m ith
earned his doc­
to ra te a t C olum ­
b ia u n i v e r s i t y
te ach ers college,
N ew
Y o rk ,
in
1927. M eanw hile
h e s e r v e d 10
y e a r s (1 9 2 0 -3 0 )
as dean o f educa­
tio n a t little Southw estern L o u is i­
ana in s titu te .
D r. S m ith ’s disappearance c li­
m a xe d a s to rm y ca re e r, a fea­
tu re o f w h ich was h is censorship
o f th e school new spaper in 1934
to p ro te c t H ue y Long fro m c r it i
c is m . I t is now re p o rte d th a t he
ra is e d h is s a la ry fro m $12,000 to
$18,000 a y e a r w ith o u t the super
v is o ry b o a rd ’s know ledge. Lush
w ith o il and gas revenues fro m
the sta te , b u s ily spending m oney
on an a m a zin g b u ild in g p ro g ra m
the u n iv e rs ity vo ted bond issues
on w h ic h s ig n a tu re s w ere alleged­
ly fo rg e d to secure th e m oney
w ith w h ic h D r. S m ith is said to
have tra d e d in m o re th a n 1,000,
000 bushels o f w heat,
13. 1 9 3 9
GENERAL MacARTHUR
Ao
prophet, but he has opinions.
ion based on “ broad basic fa c ts .”
The o p in io n :
Such a w a r m u s t be b ro u g h t to the
P h ilip p in e s , w ou ld cost m ore th an
$5,000,000,000 and 500,000 m en, w ould
r is k a lm o s t c e rta in fo re ig n in te rv e n ­
tio n by a p o w e rfu l fleet, and m ig h t
not then in su re co nce ntra tion o f su­
p e rio r fo rce s a t any v ita l area.
W h e the r Japan even covets the is­
lands is d o u b tfu l to the g eneral.
Puzzled o ver such p op ular beliefs,
he to ld re p o rte rs such o w nership
w ou ld a c tu a lly be a s tra te g ic w eak­
ness to Japan, s p littin g the e m p ire
m ilit a r ily in to tw o p a rts separated
by broad oceans and w ith Chinese
enem ies betw een the tw o p arts.
POLITICS:
I
C O U ld .”
.
.
.,
. .
Soon each m a jo r p o litic a l p a rty
m u s t choose its 1940 convention site.
Though both groups look fa v o ra b ly
on C hicago, no c ity o r state could
fra m e so flo w e ry an in v ita tio n as
th a t received by D e m o c ra tic C h a ir­
m an Jam es A. F a rle y fro m the C a li­
fo rn ia le g is la tu re :
..
And along a bo ut then th e re entered Doc s m in d the thought that
th is old c h u rc h m ig h t be haunted. T h e re w as th a t old c h im n e y - c h a rr e d
re m n a n t o f the house in w h ic h a w om an had burned to death. And as
if th a t w asn ’t enough. Doc began th in k in g o f the countless people who
m u s t have been b u rie d fro m th a t old c h u rc h -w h o s e bodies m u st have
la in in th e ir pine co ffins before th a t sam e ro s tru m near w hich he
was ly in g now . Those th o u g h ts w ere ru n n in g th ro ug h Doc s m in d then.
suddenly, lig h tn in g flashed again.
hum an
A nd th is tim e Doc saw so m e thin g in the d oorw ay
I t wai
fo rm o f some s o rt, s ta n d in g th e re w ith a rm s o u tstre tch e d touching both
fc
1
sides o f the door. “ N o w .” says Doc, “ I w anted to m ake m y e x it
The
began to get re a d y to do so, b u t how w as I going to go about it .
o nly door was blocked, and the w indow s w ere too hig h up. I w ailec
a n x io u s ly fo r the n e x t flash o f lig h tn in g .
. . .
. .
“ I t cam e, and m y gho stly v is ito r was disclosed standing in
the d oo rw a y loo king a t m e. I t was p la in ly silho ue tte d and it
seem ed to be an old w om an w ith m a tte d , tw is te d h a ir hang­
ing down to h e r shoulders, no h a t, no shoes, and w e a rin g some
s o rt o f a sack apron.
"S h e m oved w ith as lit t le noise as the s p ir it its e lf. Could it possibly
be a s p irit?
I c o u ld n ’t m ove
H ow w as I going to get out? Was the
T h in g c o m in g closer? To m y d iso rd e re d im a g in a tio n « seemed as if
i t was
W hat w o u ld it do when it d iscovered me? W ould it block m y
e n tra n c e ’ W ould i t ta ke out a fte r me? A ll those th in g s I a n tic ip a te d
before the n e x t fla sh o f lig h tn in g . When it cam e, the T h in g was about
tw o feet close r, c o m in g o nw a rd w ith o u ts tre tc h e d a rm s !
S till th e re w as no sound. The a p p a ritio n had advanced noiselessly
In the d arkne ss befo re the n ext flash Doc could im a g in e cold, c la m m y
“fThereas, California is an ideal state
on h is fa ce .
. . .
,
within which to hold such a contention fin g e rs "N
o w ” he says, " I decided it was tim e to m ove. I slipped
because of its adequate convention facili­
up s lo w ly , hop in g to get past the T h in g before the n ext lig h t­
ties . . . unsurpassed cuisine . . . best enter­
n in g disclosed m e. I reached the p osition th a t I th ou gh t was
tainment in the world . . , most equable
bv h e r side, and then cam e a n o th e r flash. I ju m p e d , and yelled
spring climate . . . unexcelled vacation at­
o ut loud. She follo w ed s u it w ith a y e ll e q u a lly as intense and
tractions . . . magnificent lakes . . . friendly,
loyal people . . . foremost and most pro­
m ade a g ra b a t m e. B u t too la te !
gressive state in the greatest nation on
“ J u s t one ju m p and 1 was outside the door, ru n n in g to m y horse
earth, now therefore, be it
and o ff lik e a s tre a k . I believe i f T om M ix could have seen m e rid e
“Resolved: That the assembly and sen­ he’d have e n vie d m e .”
,
,u „
ate of the state of California memorialize
A nd w h a t w as the T h in g th a t Doc saw in the doorw ay? W ell, the
the national Democratic committee . . . to n e x t d ay Doc h e a rd a re p o rt th a t an aged insane w om an had escaped
designate a major city in the state of Cali­
n o t fa r a w a y. And th a t w as D oc’s ghost.
fornia as e place where the 1940 Demo-, fro m the A nna a s y lu (R m eleased
by Western Newspaper Union.»
erotic national convention shall be held.”
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