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OREGON CTATESilAN Sde lirtFridajr Uonl JsJy s IHC 1939 .J
;a?AGE SIX
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"Vo Faror Siraya l; No Fear Shall Am"
From Firtt Statesman. March 28. 1161
Sheldon F. Sackett - - - - Editor and Manager.
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
Charles A. Sprain, pros. ; Sheldon r, SuketVSecy.
ilrmbrr ot lb Aasartolrd Vtrwm Z
The) Aaneclatmt lra to eaeluelvely eattUrS fti m far Pwi
Hm of mw dUpa trite crett
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"God Bless
Irving Berlin was a poor immigrant boy from Russia
who rose fcj fame as a musical composer without benefit
ef any sort of musical training. Kate Smith was native Am
erican girl who rose to fame-in the field of entertainment
without benefit of the ordinary variety of feminine glamour,
Both careers are representative of something that is dis
tinctly American the: possibility of achievement, despite
handicaps, through sheer , ability. ' " ' , ,
s Irving Berlin wrote "God Bless America and dedicated
it td Kate Smith, who sang it over the radio and made it pop
. ttlar all over the nation, almost overnight.
i There must be a reason why a new patriotic song should
attract outstanding attention at this time, and that reason is
notrhard to find. It is the same influence that attracted at
tanfinn tn Tt (I r.jillvprt' "Mv Honntrv Tis of Thee" editor-
ial In the Oreonian; These taVttasal wrwtth others, re-
veai tnat Americans, accusiumeu iur uecaues
erican principles and advantages for granted, have come.ra-
thef abruptly to the realization that tney are precious
things which today demand some real effort for their pres
rvktinn Tt is n. healthv sirn '
' Nftw if i hainv tmTrPipA
tihsritntH for "The Star Snancled Banner" as the national
ntTim. The rircumstances above enumerated are in its fa
vor and the song has certain other merits. The tune is both
simple and impressive ; it does not tax the average singer's
vocal ranee and is therefore suitable for group singing, and
it has spirit and character, as those who have heard it sung
by JCate Smith-or by some of our more talented local singers
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have Observed. . . .. , ..
- But, reluctantly, we are not able to join In the suggestion
1 that this song be substituted for the present national; an-
them. It is too new; its qualities of endurance are yet to be
tested. And, if the plain truth must be told, it is extremely
doubtful if it has those enduring qualities. It is our pamiui
duty to point out that, however admirable the music may be,
the words lack both depth of thought and literary merit.
"Stand beside her and guide her" and "From the mountains
through the prairies to the ocean white with foam" bear
the unmistakable stamp of Tin Pan Alley, where sense and
sincerity are sacrificed too baldly and obviously to rhyme and
rhythm. Unless we are mistaken, the words will not "stand
up.
It is just another attempt
-farther short than John Philip Sousa's "Stars and Stripes
Forever" which is excellent band music but too full of musi
cal gymnastics to have, as a soricr, the appeal which a nation
al anthem must have. Too bad.
hare to cline to the "Star Snaneled Banner" whose tune is
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borrowed and difficult to sing but whose words ring with a
sincerity and depth of feeling that is worthy of Americans
love of their nation.
., License Fee Shares of Counties
'f First apportionment of motor vehicle license fees to the
counties has been made under the new law which was passed
without much comment at the last legislative session, and
with this apportionment, the
il i r x
parenuy uawns upon jmuinoman county, wnicn, iusivauuui
1130,000.
? The bill introduced by Senator Douglas McKay provided
for division of the money on the basis of number of motor
vehicles registered in each county now, rather than on the
nnnrtinnmanf tbat mo a marfa In 1Q31 I
it should be explained that it
not apparent until the theory of these apportionments to
counties is taken into consideration. The . original purpose
was to reimburse the counties for taxes lost when motor ve-
hides were taken off the personal property tax rolls. At that
ume iv u payments to counties amountea to one-iounn
the actual license fees paid in
were at the time based on weight of vehicles. The refund n,t0P 01 a ifge, square rock
.K. ? iooa -?rtT, ;n U.onaolnat "d smooth on its upper snr
vw9 .uoii6cu w uus-uuiu u j..uv uc w a wuwwu 1
fees. ' j I
Then in 1933 when the flat
recognized that the original purpose would not be served by
division on the basis of number of registrations, and it was
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made permanent. The share
was' set at 15.7 per cent with a
u In the change to a division
nomah county loses because a
al i
mere nave always oeen neavy
or to 1933 paid higher fees.
II The question now is whether the old theory was correct
or whether, on the contrary, counties should be repaid on the
basis of what they pay into the
plication that the 1931 basis
cause percentages of car ownership on the basis of weight
are subject to change and also
tru$ criterion of motor vehicle
also entering in ; that is why
was abandoned. If another change is sought to restore some
thing akin to equity according to the old .theory, the refund
might be based partly upon payment of. gasoline, taxes, but
such a proposal probably would
Q Vulnerable
ifi The right to trial by jury is properly regarded as one of
theimportant civil liberties but there has always been some
question .about the quality of , justice as -administered by
juries with such help as the law permits judges to give. "
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"tit? uattagjur, wwca a muiii i c-
cordance with the actual facts will vary widely between dif-1
ferent types of cases. One would hardly care, for instance, to
be a juror hearing the Harry Bridges case, which fortunate
wie yuuiiM "uuiu ue calicuicijt Bivcyiicat vi bucu a jury a cuu-
elusions, whatever theylmight be. It is not yet appropriate
for 'the Dress or individuals to reach anv conclusions, since
the defense has not been heard, but already the difficulty of
xiiic la wcijr inidvu ui euipusv iiiai me piwuiwu wiu uc
, o simpler wiin respect xo aeieuse xesumony. .
r Thir U rn fntontirm hurt trt imnpsrh tho f Astimonv of
any: witness, but since adequate steps in that direction have
been and will be taken by the defense, it is not prejudicial to morning .a fine young mare be
point out that all three of the principal witnesses to date are longing to Solomon Edes - was
rather more than ordinarily vulnerable. '1 . miMiag. The wind was blowing
MMainv MilnT. fmnVrw nrlmittArl that he hstA tMtifiPrl
r Tii
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cuse in the necessity for protecting his standing among the
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commumsis; jonn u. ueecn, ine second principal witness, aa-iaa ue cause ior not crossuig.
mitted that inducements In the way of employment were of.j, "wo tet n " though the miss
nr.A mtit, v;s .i.Trtf ttAm I ig animal was what troubled us.
of membership in the communist party. And the third wit-
ces3 is 'Aaron Sapiro, whose record scarcely requires com-
. meiit . f'-vi, ;h v r .y
I It is already apparent that
complicated problem on his hands when the evidence is all in,
-one which no layman will envy hinu It is to be expected that
the1 examiner will be able to arrive at a decision more like
ly io be correct,' than would be. possible in the-case of the
average fury, or even a superior jury. It is one of those cases
wl-jch leave room; even after
tsr-ate verdict, or a disagreement, J based finally on tndivid-
nal prejudices, which the examiner may be able to avoid.
ta H or mat mUmrwta erane4
r
America'
tat "fiorl Bless America be
that falls short of the mark
For some time to come we will
significance of the change ap-
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has some justification which is
those counties, license fees
So fee was substituted, it was
of license receipts to be divided
minimum of $2,000,000.
on a registration basis, Mult
greater percentage of vehicles
i
irucics ana Dusses, wnicn pn
fund with the further com
would no longer be accurate be
because weight never was a
value, age and other factors
the weight basis for license fees
be opposed upstate. - r .
Witnesses
xi.t.i v., v,a ua
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Examiner lndis will have a
all the evidence is in, for an nl-
Qilo for
Breatifaot
By R. J. BENLMUCK3
John Minto, Oregon pioneer, .
a factor of history in Us
making; tn the '44 immigration;
an American of glorious choice i
; ;:;-.-Vv- -(Continuing
from yesterday: )
"I did not take any atoek In Al
derman's coarse and did not know
of any American settler who did,
and ao told David McLoughlln at
the time. ' He soon left me, but
not with the. opinion that the pis
tol practice was a preparation for
war with 'Alderman, if to fire me
that was David's design in speak"
tng of aim. ' ' " ' '
"After getting a little flour
and a little salt pork and a tin
bocket to cook in, I wrested in a
half dozen highly colored cotton
handkerchiefs, as barter to pay
my passage np to The Dalles.
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"1 foand Daniel Clark and some
others camped near the fort, they
having Just returned from The
Dalles. From them I learned that
there was a small party of Walla
Walla Indians at the fort, who
gjj gg
had not watched the river long
Um a canoe came up, conuining
four men and a woman. I hailed
them and told them I wanted a
passage np to The Dalles and
would pay for it. They kept on
right forward without answering
me.
In a few minutes another ca
noe came along containing two
men, a woman and two children.
I hailed them also, and one of the
men came np to the bank, and, so,
showing my goods, in less than a
minute a bargain was closed for
a deck passage to The Dalles, for
three cotton handkerchiefs cost-
ing'12 cents each, or, to be exact,
a total of 37 and a half cents
I bedded myself in my one
blanket and cooked in my Bingle
black tin bucket, using the lid for
a cup. I had but one dish, pre
pared by cutting the pork in thin
slices and putting it on to boil
with a liberal allowance of wa
ter; then I wet up a little of the
flour into a thin paste and drop
ped it in small pieces into the
boiling water.
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We camped that night at the
Hudson's Bay company's mill, and
I learned the party in the -first
canoe was a chief, his two slaves,
his mistress and her brother (no
belter than a slave.) The narty
i: uieieu wiiu w ere man ana
wifet two cnudren and the wife's
brother; and good people I found
I traveled with w ere man and
them
In going up we levied black
mail on a party of 'Chinooks, as
the Walla Wallas called them
The latter raised the yell and gave
chase across the river, the Chi
nooks making right for their
lodge. It was well situated for de-
fense, having, a dense thicket on
cMs.a J ..AL. I- 41.
There were three men inside,, but
no women or children. I fancied
there were more of the family
near by.
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They took their visitation very
las a sturgeon. At a particular
point on the way up the Indians
stopped and one of them went
"hore. As there seemed some
"ylt JJl SnnTffwai
bent on bringing an up-stream
wind. -
m order to do this he went
face; then, with a thin, flat stone
he stood lacing westward and
brought the stone along the sur
fce of the rock from west to
S' ZMtl Ved. tbe 7ld
to co,ne. making a hissing at the
same time. It was done very se
riously, the chief having first
stopped for the purpose.
We got wind, very near too
much for the little canoe, and the
fellow that operated in raising it
as ne doubtless thought be
came paralyzed with tear.
.
I have a . decided impression
that the chief was Peopeomoxmoz,
and that he had been consulting
Dr. McLoughlin in relation to the
increased American immigration,
le med to jd noticing me,
though all-the rest were very so
ciable, and one of his slaves
(much of a man I took him to
be). drew his reprimands twice
with his desire to talk with me.
His men with him were in evi
dent fear of him, and the brother
of his drab hated him as well. His
slightest wish seemed Jaw to aU
the party but the married man
and woman.
We started from The Dalles
d drove the cattle d o w a the
S!2 HJ. LttuSln,b??
oot four miles below Hood Rt-
Ter. Rev. A. P. Waller sent an
Indian with us to that noint. who
served in the doubia capacity of
l?" an.d twA. -
i Dmlles, and I think an of some
I other parties also. . Many . , had
I previously been brought down.
JVZU p"ttr troJ1
i ftieaxiiiff siock was too stroB for
i mem. i - - -..
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I iTJmiffSSi lPL i!
? ItroB8 down stream that those
J best able to Judge deemed it sat
je,! not attempt crossing the
cattle, but we did not assign that
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and reported at night that be
thought he had got on her track.
n k appeared mat two men on
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00 Pastor's CalL
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00 Freddy Nagel Orchestra.
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50 Hollywood Kibitier.
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15 Crinuon Trail, -80
Buck Sogers.
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7 :0O Vienaese Ensemble.
T:15 Trail Blazers.
horses were driving her into the
mountains.
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"The next day our good Indian
went out again and came back
early In the afternoon, reporting
that he had caught one of the
men, a youth, and. severely whip
ped him twice; on which he prom
ised to take our good Indian to
where the mare was hid in a
thicket, but on arriving at the
place she had been removed.
"He told us .they were young
men who were acting thus badly.
but he thought if we would give
something to the m , such as a
blanket or shirt, they would gire
her up. No! We would give
something entirely different
'alki wake laylay (soon, - and
would not stand for the trick or
swindle the alki wake laylay be
ing Chinook Jargon.) - We; had
not much to 'ran a bluff on, as
the slang term is, and put in after
a short time to qualify."
(Continued tomorrow.)
; LAST DAY
Jane Withers and Leo Carrillo
"ARIZONA WllDCAT"
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"DAWN PATROL"
Errol Hynn -.Basil Ra thbone .
STARTS j
TOMORROW
John Wayne ' Claire'
Trevor Andy Devine
George Bancroft
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10:15 (irimm's Daughter.
10:30 valiant Lady.
10:4:3 Betty Crocker.
11:00 Mary Mtriin.
11:15 Ma Perkins.
11:30 Pepper 1'oung's family.
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12:00 Backstage Wife.
12:15 Stella Dallas.
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1 :00 Organist.
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2:151 Love a Mystery.
3:30 Woman's Magazine ei the Air.
8:00 Orchestra.
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4 :00 Orchestra. ' -
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5 :45 Kicardo's Rhapsodies.
7:30 Fire in the Mountains.
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9:00 I Want a Job.
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2:25 Newa.
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Governor Witt Attend
Tillamook County Fair
Governor Charles A. Sprague
will crown the queen of the Til'
lamook county fair on the open
ing day, August 11, he promised
a group ot Tillamook county resi
dents here Thursday.
The fair will continue for three
days.
srith
Gall Patrick
Robert Presto.
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Japan
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TRANSPORTATION
By JACK BEIXINGER
Troon train movements are a
carefully guarded secret in Japan.
Newspaper correspondents who
send cables to- their respective
newspapers abroad report that tn
only Instance of ' censorship they
have known nave oeen in connec
tion with some Ill-advised mention
ot the time or place , of arrival or
departure of soldiers.
The direction ot troop train
movements is never mentioned in
press reports, either m Japan or
those sent out of the country, and
foreign correspondents have avoid
ed mentioning such reports in or
der to facilitate easy clearance of
their news reports.
Most of the troop trains leave
from Tokyo at night and by less
frequented routes, many ot them
going from Shlnjukn station in
stead of tbe 'more central Tokyo
station. . .
Transportation Inadeqaate
Railroads are government-owned
for the most part in Japan. They
are always overcrowded. The war
has lessened the amount of new
cas that might otherwise have
been built, and the roiling stock
Is largely old and out-moded. Iron
and steel can be put to military
purposes in Japan, so the number
of new train carriages 'built is at
a minimum.
First, second and thfrd class
passage is available on the princi
pal trains; but by far the largest
number of people travel third
class, and so few travel first class
that only on the chief, through
lines, as between Tokyo and Kobe
are there first class cars.
Only the wealthy own private
automobiles in Japan, and owner
ship implies having a private
chauffeur as well. The majority
of the people content themselves
with railroad travel most of the
time, and if in need of an automo
bile hire a taxi. Taria are to be
seen everywhere In Tokyo.
Busses are a common method
of transportation. Charcoal burn
ers have been introduced to save
on gasoline and are proving to be
quite satisfactory. Streamlined
busses carrying charcoal burners
may be a strange contrast, but it
is Japan's way of doing business
in wartime.
The streetcar is the most ordin-
Call Hoard
GRAND .
Today Sonja Henle and Ty-
rnnn Pnr In Sjt Ciit.
die."
STATE
Today Errol Flynn and Da-
vid N i v e n in "Dawn Pa-
trol" and "Arizona Wild-
cat" with Jane Withers
and Leo Carrillo.
Saturday "Stagecoach" with
. . Claire Trevor, John Wayne -
and Andy Devine.
elsixore'
Today Double bill,
-The Sun Never Sets" with
Douglas Fairbanks, jr.. and
Basil Rath bone and Leslie
Howard and Bette Davis in
"Of Human Bondage.
Saturday Mickey Mouse
Matinee, double feature,
state show and chapter 6
of "The Oregon Trail.
Saturday Midnight matinee
"Andy Hardy Gets Spring
Fever" with Mickey Roon-
ey and Lewis Stone.
CAPITOL '
Today Double bill, Vic-
tor McLaglen and Nan Grey
In "Ex-Champ" with Tom
Brown and "Women in tho
Wind" With Kay Francii
and William Gargan.
Saturday Double bill. The
Dead End Kids in "HeU's
Kitchen" and Gene Autry
in "Mountain Rhythm."
HOLLYWOOD '
Today Double bill, Gail
Patrick and Robert Pres-
ton in "Disbarred" and
William Boyd in "Silver on
the Sage."
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ANDY WANTS TO GET HARRIED
.. . but fie finds it's only
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1Kb A-rand Maul aslsViASSskl .
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WALTER PIDGEON. VlRGINU BRUCE
fTliOliGlR
Pamper Thesa or Spaak Them! What Would Tow Do?
V LAST TIMES .TODAY
Bette Baris in OF
'The Son KeYer Setsn!
War
line
IN -WARTIME JAPAN
ary method of city transportation.
A complete network of streetcars
makes it possible for one to go
from any point in Tokyo to any
other point for seven sen (about
two cents) with as many transfers
as necessary.
- Elevated electric railway trains
carry the masses. The Tamate
line encircles the city ot Tokyo,
with trains running at eight min
ute Intervals, more frequently
during the rush hours. The Cen
tral line runs through the center
of the city, connecting with the
Yamate line at two points. Pri
vate electric companies have
pushed their railway lines into the
suburban districts and bring com
muters into the main part of
Tokyo.
A new aubway line recently was
opened, taking commuters from
the downtown district of Tokyo to
the outskirts ot the city. An older
line has carried passengers from
one end of the business district to
the other for years. Osaka has the
most modern subway system in
Japan, excluding, perhaps, the new
subway just completed in Tokyo.
Subways Are Faster
The subways carry passengers
at about twice the speed Of the
surface lines traveling in a
straight path and eliminating the
winding streets of pre-earthquak
days in old Tokyo, still existent in
the modern city. They are cleaner
and more comfortable than the ;
above-ground lines, and give their
passengers some relaxation from
the noise and grind of the city.
The subways are the only anti-air-raid
cellers now existent In the
metropolitan cities of Japan, with
the exception of a few experiment
al "dugouts," never meant to
house any number of people. Just
how safe these underground tubes
would be if the cities were bombed
is not known, but doubtless they
would afford considerable refuge.
The private company that has just
completed the Shlmbashi-Shibuya
line in Tokyo at a cost of a mil
lion and a half dollars per mile is
contemplating building another
subway from Shimbasht to Shin
juku directly beneath the present
below-the-surface line. This would
be deeply embedded in the earth,
and would naturally furnish a
bomb-proof area for the citizenry.
Bicycles Numerous
Bicycles furnish the most com
mon method of transport for the
working man who dislikes to pay
the streetcar fare and prefers to,
pedal his own way directly from '
his home to work. Thousands
upon thousands of bicycles are
seen In Tokyo every day on all
6treets, particularly around S and
6 o'clock In the evening when men
are going home from work. I
A strange miscellany of vehic
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