TAGE FOUR
The OREGON STATESMAN.1 Salem- ' Oregon, Wednesday Moraihg. April y 1933
Favor Sways Us; No Fear Stan Aire"
From Flrtt Statesman, March 28, 1851 :
THE STATESMAN
Chasles A. Spracui -SlIKXDON
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r; Alember of the Associated Prew
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"What, No Beer?"
mHE title of a recent movie became the byword in Salem
jl yesterday wnen tne newsoi we ueieat in we ucw
dinance was published in the morning Statesman. Having
been faithfully assured by the evening paper that Salem
could gurgle unrestrained on Friday it was something of a
-shock to learn that the prophecy of 11 or 12 eager to vote
ayew when the bill came up for passage had dwindled to
six, an insufficient number to pass the ordinance. Vendors
who had been urged to get in line so as to be ready to sell
beer at the stroke of midnight found their burst of speed
futile. The result is that "What, no beer?" Is the catchword
which causes consternation in beer circles in Salem.,
The ordinance was based on the fraud that 3.2 beer
is I non-intoxicating. It violates the city charter aswell as
state and federal constitutions. Now it is alleged that ven
dors will proceed with sales which will invite a court test
of the stuff with respect to the charter. That is proper, and
the question may be decided just as well without a license
as with one. The method is also fairer to the vendor who,
if the business is declared unlawful, will lose no license
money. So far as selling outside the city is concerned such
joints can be proceeded against as nuisances the provision
for state prohibition being "self-executing."
Nothing is gained in the solution of the liquor question
by wets and dries calling each other; names, but what oc
curred at the council chamber Mondiy night indicates the
deep chasm separating the two elements of the population.
That is one thing we dread in the reopening of the issue:
the endless and bitter strife in communities which need har
mony for the solution of their community problems.
The check which the wets received Monday night may be
sobering to them. If they want to postpone repeal of state
prohibition in Oregon all they need to do is to display wet
fanaticism, which in our observation has been quite as par
tisan as that of the dries.
Progressive Socialism
THE steady march of socialism in this country continues.
It went far under the Hoover administration; it is go
ing farther under the democratic administration. The gov
ernment is fast becoming proprietor through its grant of
cradit; and it is fast becoming employer through its grant of
relief. The public on the other hand are deserting most
forms of security for government bonds.
Here are the progressive steps by which the American
system of "free competition" has been yielding to socialized
controls:
1. Ship subsidies consisting of huge construction loans
at low rates of interest, followed by generous grants under
the guise of mail contracts, to cover operating losses.
2. Air mail subsidies plus maintaining elaborate and
costly groundworks as aids to aviation. I
3. Farm aid : loans on lands, loans on crops and chattels ;
loans to cooperatives ; price-fixing on wheat and cotton.
' R. F. C. loans to banks, railroads, insurance compan
ies. 5. Government control of banking, and impending con
trol of railroads and of farming.
6. Government as employer "of labor, launching public
works of various kinds on a vast-scale with the purpose of
. nKAinMi'nrr fltnnlnvmcnt
7. Government as tax-gatherer absorbing an ever larger
proportion of the incomes of the people; and as issuer of
bonds absorbing an ever larger
liauid capital.
- There remains only a very short step to government
ownership of major lines of industry. Crippled railroads are
almost toppling into the governments lap. When coal mines,
oil wells and farms come under strict government control
little additional is required to have the government merely
r.nrnnn'afa them fnr AWTlArsrifn AS, Well &3 ODeration. AS
they progressively become bankrupt the title becomes mean
ingless anyway. The owners have already been dispossessed,
through erasure of values. '
. How far will the trend go? That depends. It is quite
conceivable that it will go on until government credit breaks
BBk lUL WV A W w -
under the strain of excessive, emissions of bonds; and the ex
haustion of nrivate sources of
complete. What will happen then? Weil, people have a way
of dealing with debts which become too-onerous; but the
method is not mentioned in polite society.
Wreck of the Akron
mHE storm which wrecked
A unfortunate "acts of God" like the- Long Beach earth
quake or the Mississippi tornado. It is beyond prediction and
. beyond prevention. That it occurred when the dirigible was
over the sea doubtless added to the loss of life; but even on
land the crash might have caused just as many deaths.
The misfortune which has
a public reaction against them as types of naval craft. It
should be recalled however that other dirigibles, the giant
Zeppelins, have excellent records for durability and strength
to withstand storms. They have crossed the ocean many
times; one has flown entirely
ule.
The chief criticism against the dirigibles is not the
chance of disaster due to lightning or to storm, but to the
rather impractical character of the craft for nival nurnoscs.
Anyone wno saw tne Akron on its cruise over the west coast
last year will realize how shinincr a mark it wnnlrl rw ir. time
of war. Swift swooping wasp planes or big bombers could
quickly puncture its gas bag to make it dash to earth. The
costs of these vessels Is so great, their range of utility so
limited, that further investment seems foolish at the pres-
cui time
Wa thought MarMi hA n.Knrt.l . tl i.t .
might ta expected, bank holidays, earthquake, beer and tornado.
'" Bkiuus wui. film
crasu, imnj oanner neaaa to a
the rate Ms events hare been
eaulp all our papers with shock
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Care? ll ont of th fim&na
gon back to his old position as
., iibu kmim uumsBiHioB. vsrey is a competent engineer, and his
talents will now be pat .to good use." Oregon haa had a aoell of peace
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wealth to be taxed becomes
the Akron was one of those
attended dirigibles may cause
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seaate paper like The Statesman,
happening of late we shall hate
absorbers. ,. .
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MARY
SYNOPSIS
Maxj Faith, Touag and comely
fiancee of Ktmberlty Farrefi, hand
some bland jroath, jast oat of law
school, learn hex position as secre
tary to the wealthy Uark Nest to
marry Kim." Mary Faith receive
a not from Cm mother inviting
her to dinner. Arriving late, doe to
Kim's deity, Mary Faith b greeted
sooHy by lira. FarrsB. Suddenly
there is a crash and scream from the
kitchen and Kfan calls to Mary Faith.
Mrs. Farrell had knocked over a pot
af coffee slightly borning herself.
The nnpleaaant attitude of Kim's
mother proves to Mary Faith that
she does not favor the niarriag.
Driving home, Mary Faith realises
a mother's feelings in giving np her
only son. Before leaving, Kim Unne
ty asks Mary Faith to postpone the
marriage. The next morning Kim
arrives early. He again startles Mary
Faith by telling her he called on an
other girt. Janet, after leaving her the
night before and asks Mary Faith to
return hit ring.
CHAPTER VII
It was half past nine when Mary
Faith walked into the office that
morning.
Jean Bartlett and the other sten
ographers looked op at her and
smiled when she opened the door.
Something ia Jean's smile made
Mary Faith turn a quick half-frightened
glance at the door of her own
little room. .... Suppose the girls
were giving her an engagement
shower! A shower like the one they
had given Miss 0Keefe last year
just before she left to be married!
"I hope they haven't Oh, I do
hope they haven't," Mary Faith
prayed silently.
Bat the second she opened the
door she saw that the thing she
feared would happen had happened.
Her desk was covered with white
packages tied up with satin ribbon
and her glass flower vase was filled
with long-stemmed bride's roses.
She stood gazing at them in asonv
for a second. Then she closed the
door and went into Mr. Mark Nee
bit's office without stopping to
knock.
He was sitting at his desk, doing
nothing. His letters lay in a neat
stack before him. She saw that they
bad not been opened. She had al
ways opened his letters for him.
"I'm sorry I'm late," she said, and
then: "May I speak to yon a mo
ment?"
He nodded.
"Mr. Nesbit, yesterday afternoon
I told yon I was going to leave yon
at the end of the month. . . . I'd like
to stay on if it's all right with yon.
i ve changed my plans."
He glanced up at her.
"You mean that you're not aroior
to be married in two weeks?" he
asked sharply. So sharply that it
did not occur to her at the time that
this was anything but a business
like question.
"I m not going to be married at
all," she answered quietly. Tve
broken my engagement"
"I see." He got uo and stood be
side the desk, hit hands in his pock
eta. "Everything here goes on just
as it usually does, then. . , , Wen,
thaf s fine, Mary Faith."
He never bad called her Marv
Faith before.
Everything had always been oer.
fectly . business-like and matter-of-
fact between them. She had don
his work and he had paid her her
salary. They had always been "Miss
fen ton" and "Mr. Nesbit" to each
other.
"Please send Miss Bartlett in." he
said as Mary Faith turned to bo out
of his office. "I spoke to her just
now about taking your position
when you left . .-. IH tell her you're
staying on. That wiD save you any
embarrassment"
The Call
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Board
By OUVE M. DOAK
ELSINORB
Todar -Jean TTArsTiAlt In
The Crime of the Century."
tury."
Friday Constance Bennett
In "Our Betters."
CAPITOL
Today Double bill: Richard
Cromwell. That's My Boy"
and Bvalyn Knapp in "Air
Hostess."
HOLLYWOOD
Today John Barrymore and
Helen Twelretrees In
State's Attorney.
Friday MItxI Green and
May Robson In "Little Or
phan Annie,
GRAND
Today Double bill: Alexan
der Klrkland, Boots Mal
ory In Humanity" and
Irene War and Phil Har
ris la So This is Harris."
Thursday Warren William
in "Dark Horse." ;
Friday Regis Toomey and
Anita Page In "Soldiers ot
the Storm."
The Crime of the Century,
mystery drama done In reverse or
der, with the crime confessed be
fore: its actual commission, will
opes at the Elslnore today.
The story centers around Jean
Hersholt, an alienist who walks
Into n police station one night and
begs the detectives on duty to lock '
him up. He has planned a perfect
crime for that evening, he ex
plains, and if the of fleers won't
take him into custody, he'll com
mit it, The policemen, impressed,
accompany him to his home. And
there, while they look on, not only
the murder he has planned, but a
second one, takes place.
A unique feature IS introduced
In the , film. Halfway through.
there la n CO-eecond Intermission, J
during which tho .various clues are
"
The second she opened the door, she
happened her desk wss
In her own little room once more
Mary Faith stood looking at the
white tissae-paper packages on her
desk.
One of them smeOed of gardenia
sachet powder. The heavy scent
rose to her nostrils and mad her
think of the little hunch af nr.
denias, tied with silver ribbon, that
turn nad sent to her last Easter.
Once aniii she could m thm nt.
watery sunlight of Easter Sunday
morning wnen sne and Kim had
walked, aide bv side, to church. Kim
There would be something to re-
mina ner ot nun always. . . .
She was Dickinar uo tha vhitt
packages from her desk when the
door of the room flew open and
Jean Bartlett came in.
"What's this Mr. Nesbit'. he.
telling me?" ah asked, shutting the
door behind her. "You're awe animr
to leave after aU?"
Marv Faith ah&ok her' head. Kr
face white and still above the bride's
roses on her desk.
"WelL what on Mrtti t Wl.t.
happened?" asked Jean. "Aren't you
going to be married?" Her black
eyes were wide with curiosity.
She was one of those fnnV. rfi
ful, talkative people who have no
secrets. 2b told everything there
was to tell about herself
who would listen to her. Mary Faith
Knew au about ner lore affairs, her
home life, her friends, and her bank
account
And because she had na urrfi.
of her own, Jean bad no qualms
about poking her nose into other
people's business. But she was I or
acle and loyal and amusing, sad she
and Mary Faith had been great
friends for four years.
No, I'm not going to he married."
Mary Faith told her with Km that
felt stiff -although thev ten tum
bling. She looked down at the pack.
ages in her hands, and when she
looked o again her erea war akim.
ing under a film of tears.
"What haDoened? Did Handsom.
change his mind?" asked lean, who
knew Kim and frankly admitted he
was tne best-looking man she had
ever seen.
Mary Faith nodded slowly. Then
briefly reviewed, and the audience
is offered an opportunity to solve
the crimes.
"That's My Boy " the story of a
national football idol's trials and
tribulations when collegiate com
mercialism threatens to bring him
eternal disgrace, opens today at
tne capltol theatre with a east
headed by Richard Cromwell and
Dorothy Jordan.
"Air Hostess" lands at the Can.
itol theatre today for n run of
three days. It's a Columbia plctur
featuring Eralyn Knapp, James
Murray and Thelma Todd. De
scribed . a high-soaring dramatic
romance against th raile-a-mln-
ute background ot commercial
aviation. Matchless aerial photog
raphy is bnt one of its claims to
fame.
"Meet my fiancee," says Inn
Claire. "Not that we're engaged or
anything like that!" That sets the
tone and the pace of Samuel Gold
wyn's "The Greeks Had n Weird
for Them" now at the, Hollywood
theatre. It's audience gets much
laughter from contemplating the
antics of its three blonde sirens as
they cavort through life from mfl
Uonairo to millionaire, quarreling
among themselves, but all for one
and everyone for herself when It
comes to making the best profit
out of any situation.
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saw that the thing she dreaded had
covered with package.
she cam around the desk with the
engagement presents in her hands.
"These presents. ... It was
mighty nice of the girls to bring
them to me," she said. "You give
them back to them. Jean, please. I
can't" She shook her head, unable
to go OS.
Jean fairly snatched the packages
from her. Then she seized the
bride's roses by their long stems and
shook the water from them.
"Oh. but I'd just like to tell Kim
Farrell what I think of himl" she
said, bristling all over. "It's too bad
you haven't a father or a brother or
somebody to go round and give him
the best sock on the nose he ever
had, Mary Faith. Thaf s what he
needs. ... To do a think like this to
your
She dropped the roses into the
waste basket and picked up the
waste basket
"Buck up, Mary Faith. Don't
take k this way!" she went on.
"Plenty of mothers have sons, you
know. A girl's a fool to break her
heart over one man when the world's
so full of men. . . . You'll find some
body else pretty soon and in six
months you'll have forgotten you
ever knew Kim FarrelL I know.
I're been engaged twice and I
wouldn't shed a tear orer the best
man alive I"
When she had gone, taking the
wast basket-of roses and the engage
ment presents with her, Mary Faith
ran downstairs to the rest room
where she cried bitterly as she
washed the scent of gardenia sachet
from her hands.
All day long as she went back and
forth in the office she could feel the
curious erea of lean and
and Miss Kelly upon her. She knew
tnat tney were au wondering just
what had haooened between hmeif
and Kim.
And Miss Gilday, who operated
the switchboard, bad put through
telephone calls from Kim to her
every day for almost four years. . . .
Miss Gilday must be wondering
what had happened, too.
(To B Coattaued)
Caprrtskt. ltSt by Beatrice Birlti
Distributed by
Una reatarca Svndieata. laa.
. Advertising Blossom day here
this year, Murray Wade w!U pub
lish a special Issue of his Oregon
Magazine to be known as the
"Cherrlan Special", with endorse
ment ot the ehamber of commerce
through Its board of directors,
which met on Monday. It Is ex
pected Blossom day will be on
April II.
The chamber directors voted to
sponsor n special entertainment,
in cooperation with Capital post,
American legion, next month to
obtain funds tor th Salem cham
pion drum corps. Th plan was
presented to the board by J. T.
Delaney, chairman of the legion's
Oa-to-Chlcago committee.
Cooperating with other cham
bers ot commerce In the north
west, the Salem directors went on
record In favor of a law by which
commercial vessels would be per
mitted to transport army supplies
In place ot the army transports
which now handle this tonnage.
As army transports call only at
New York and San Francisco,
northwest ports and businessmen
are virtually shut out from bid
ding to provide these supplies, It
was pointed out.
WE TO
BLOSSOM EDITION
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BITS for BREAKFAST
By a J. HENDRICKS-
The court house clock:
History of Installation:
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In giving the history ot the
Marlon county court house In this
column, taking a couple of Issues,
March IT and II. the reader was
premised something about how
th publle cam by the town clock
la the tower ot that building.
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The writer has found this n
rather large order. Details of that
part of the history ot the court
house are largely shrouded la tra
dition. The reader will perhaps,
recall that the old Marlon county
court records show that at the
July, 1S7S, term a $150 warrant
was voted to A. Myers for a bell,
and one ot fit to H. Simmons
for placing the bell In the cupola.
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The reason that no record ap
pears of any payment tor the
clock, ft Is interred, is that the
clock was paid for by publle sub
scription, ot which nothing ap
pears on the old court book.
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The writer gets from an old
"Do you think the United States
government should continue to
build and operate dirlglbleef"
This was the queetlon asked by
Statesman reporters yesterday.
O. T. Aadmoa, painter t "There
are the 101. the Shenandoah and
now the Akron, all costing mil
lions of dollars, that have crash
ed. Does that pay? What good are
they? No, I don't think the gov
ernment should waste its money.
It could spend th same amount
on airplanes and have a real
fighting air fleet"
A. L. Teller, trucker: "There
has to be loss In all new devel
opments, but it does seem that
something should be done to stop
such terrible life and money
loss."
George D. Fraser, photo
graver: "That was a terrible trag
edy. Looks Ilk that will be the
ead of these big ships. I don't
think they will allow any more to
b built."
The Most Baffling
Thrill fo 100 Years!
a murder stalks.,
yon so th crimo
..know th details
bat wo challenge
yr tolationi
JEAN HERSH0LT-
STUART ERWIN
New Views
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TODAY - THURSDAY - FRIDAY
Two First Run Features
Sky-Bride of a
Cloud-D ust ing
Dare - Devil . .
valyU taixp?
THTU.ATODD
fateaea sto sfMflslaW at
Trwm Stery Msg ssf
ft
timer n story of the statue ot
liberty on th court hoaso, his
memory being that at first the
scales were held la the left hand
ot the figure, end that former
U. 8. Senator J W. Nesmlth com
ing orer from his - Polk county
farm near the present Rlckreall,
and seeing the left handed figure
ot Justice, declared that the next
time he visited the capital city
he intend to bring along his In
dian war gun, with which ho pro
posed to shoot the scale from th
sinister paw of th old girl, unless
by that time he found it changed
to the dexter one. In fact, he de
clared, he had in his time seen
better looking females than the
one holding the scales. Taking
warning, the proper authorities
saw to it that Improvements were
made in tho pulchritude of the
figure representing Justice, and
that the scales were held In her
right hand.
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There are also stories of how
at on holiday season some of the
young men about town clinTBed to
the bell tower and hammered a
tocsin on the bell that aroused all
the people ot the town from their
past midnight slumbers, who tum
bled out ot their downy beds snd
scrambled hither and yon In all
kinds ot half dressed consterna
tions, fearing something terrible
had happened. The Identity ot the
miichlef makers was not di
vulged. But they left a mark of
their deviltry In the shape of a
cracked bell, as they had em
ployed some Instrument that was
too heary for the use they made
of It.
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The crack was arterward re
paired, so that no one has since
noticed It in the tones and re
rerberations of the bell as It
strikes th hours but the writer
is informed, the wound is still
there, and can be plainly seen by
any on who may have the curi
osity to climb up and observe It
The clock that so operates as
to make the clapper ot the old
bell strike the hours was Installed
some time after th July, 1873,
data mentioned above, by J.
Henry Haas old time Salem
watchmaker and Jeweler. Just
what time, and the cost of the
clock, and the names ot th Sa-
m a
iodav and r4
Tomorrow
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Of A GREAT FOOTBALL HERO I
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lem man and firms contributing v
to th fund, tho writer has not
yet learned. He ia still searching.
Somewhere, there Is an eld news
paper fllo that will telL Or some
one has kept a clipping. Or per
haps the old sabseriptlon paper
still exists. As will appear fur
ther along, the 'fund was likely
one of considerable else, showing
n rather generous publle spirit for
that day, in a town that was not
large, nor most ot Its people over
rich In this world' goods.
J. Henry Haa was a prominent
figure In tho Salem ot pioneer
days. Ho was for many years tht
principal leader of bands and or
chestras. An ancient business card
still in th Haas family reads:
"J. Henry Haas, practical watch
maker and jeweler. Union block.
Commercial street."
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His advertisement la the 1871
Salem Directory reads: "J. H
Haas, dealer In watehes. clocks
Jewelry, etc, etc.. Salem. Oregon
Solid silver ware of all descrip
tions. Watches, clocks and Jewel
ry repaired and satisfaction war
ranted. Patton's block. State
street. J. Henry Haas.
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The Union block was where, or
near where, the Ladd A Bush
bank Is now. The Patton block
still stands, about as It was when
th Haas establishment occupied
one of Its store rooms.
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H. Dlmond had a ton so rial em
porium in Salem In the old days.
That Is, hewas a barber plus.
With baths, and Individual shav
ing mugs, etc., etc.. according to
the barber shops then common,
before there were bath tubs In
homes or rather the ordinary
home. No one see sneh empori
ums In these days. The ordinary
price of a haircut In the old times
was $1. and a shave 50c, and a
bath 25c and up, and perhaps
a tip thrown In by the casual cus
tomer. Barbers became wealthy.
On in Salem, Newtom McCauley,
was a money lender on the side,
and a large property holder. And
this was not. unusual, in the capi
tal city, in Eugene and Roseburg,
and other such towns and cities
of the west
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Well, H. Dlmond and J. -Henry
Haas furnished the musle for all
public occasions; for theater,
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