PAGE TWENTY
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM, OREGON
THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1931
FARMERS BANK
SYSTEM FAVOR
BYBROOKHART
Washington (ft Describing the
federal land and intermediate cred
it tanks as In the control of Wall
Street representatives," Senator
Brockbs:t, republican, Iowa, sug
ffest that farmers be allowed to
establish a banking system of their
awn.
Bach a move, he said, In an ad
dress over the National Broadcast
ing system, would lay the founda
tion for success of efforts to bring
ftgrlcultre out of the depression "an
established institution since 1920."
The board which now controls the
federal land and intermediate
credit banks, Brookhart asserted,
should be abolished and the insti
tutions turned over to the farm
board. Then the latter should be
authorized to develop a complete
Cooperative banking system, he
added.
"When this is organized and de
veloped, it would supplement the
necessity for government money
and enable the farmers to finance
their own cooperative propositions,"
Brookhart said. "At present they
have no permission even to organ
tee such a system under either the
laws of the states or the United
States The big financial interests
have watched these laws and kept
11 such authority from them."
He blamed the federal reserve
board for having done "more to
bring about the agricultural de
pression than all other causes com
bined," and said if the farm board
''does not want to be abolished" It
hould bark legislation for an "ef
ficient and nation-wide cooperative
banking system."
The simplest way to establish the
srystcm, he said, would be "to amend
tlie intermediate credit act and
change that bank Into a national
cooperative reserve oank with all
the powers of the federal reserve
Dank, Including the power to is
sue cooperative reserve notes as
currency upon the same security as
the federal reserve bank Itself."
"As our banking system Is now
controlled," Brookhart contended,
"even the surplus credit and depos
its of the farmers themselves arc
sent an ay to New York to be loaned
to brokers in stock gambling at a
low rate of Interest, as low as 1
per cent, while farmers must pay!
from 6 to 12 per cent for loans
to produce the food of life itself.
GIRL RE-ENACTS POLICE SLAYING
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Aaoclaied i'rest i'Aoto
In the urns lonely Long Island lant where Francis "Two Gun"
Crowley admit he shot to death a patrolman who Interrupted their love
tryst, hie sweetheart and companion on the fatal ride, Helen Walsh, 16,
re-enacted the slaying. She la shown (right) with a police matron at
the scene of the killing.
FRANCE DRAWS
MAGNA CHARTA
FOR COLONIES
PKILOSOPISTS
FLAN PROGRAM
Philadelphia (IP) The American
Philosophical society has an
nounced the program for the
general meeting April 23, 24 and
25 to celebrate its 204th anniver
sary. The meeting will be held In the
organization's 142-year-old hall.
Following the general meeting
there will be organized an all day
eymposlum of the "Changing
World" which will attempt to
trace the past, present and future
of the human race.
The second day of the session
will be behind closed doors. It will
mark the balloting for new mem
bers which is carried out In the
aame manner that has been used
lnce 1727.
Last year Admiral Richard E.
Byrd, Sir Oeorge Hubert Wilklns,
Cyrus H. K. Curtis and Professor
Albert Einstein were honored by
the group. Presidents of the United
Btates, who have been members of
the society are Oorse Washing
ton, John Adams, Thomas Jetfer
on, James Madison, John Qtilncy
Adams, James Buchanan, U. S.
Orant. Grover Cleveland, Theo
dore Roosevelt, William Howard
Taft. Woodrow Wilson and Her
bert Hoover.
Jefferson was president of the
ociety while president.
BRAZIL LIKES
'FIVE AND TENS'
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (IF) What
tiiav be termed "an a II-American"
Institution the five-and-ten-cents
tore Ihls invaded Brazil.
One year ago two Americans,
James Marshal and Patterson Bo
er stopped over in Rio de Janeiro.
en-route from New York to Buenos
Aires. The Brazilian field offered
Mich a splendid opportunity that
they remained here to open the first
of Brazil j "five and tenners," per
haps the first In South America con
ducted alons American lines.
Today there are three of these
tores thriving In this city and one
in Sao Paulo, the Chicago of Brazil.
The stores are evidently fillim a
long felt want in Brazil for they are
croaea.
Paris (tPi The French government
has drawn up a 1931 "Magna Char
ta" for its great overseas empire
intended to gtve the colonial pos
sessions a greater voice In matters of
the empire government, filled with
promises for the energetic develop
ment of the rich territories scatter
ed around the seven seas.
France promises to spend hun
dreds of millions of francs to make
the colonies better places for the
natives to live in, and asks in re
turn only continued loyalty to the
Tricolor. Political observers in Paris
see in the move another master
stroke of French diplomacy in avoid
ing future troubles of the kind
which have rocked the British Em
pire since the start of the century.
In Its "bill of promises," France
makes among others the following
offers
Develop lnter-colonlal communi
cations by airplane, wireless and
trans-Saliarien railway.
Prospect the colonies scientifical
ly and methodically for minerals
and oil.
Provide ft new regime creating
Colonial Banks of Issue, to provide
credits for agriculture and Indus
try.
Legislate for free-exchange be
tween France and the colonics.
Over-rule French laws obtained
in 192J by French winegrowers and
permit colonial rums to be sold in
French markets,
Subsidize efforts to produce In
the colonies the products France
is novr buying In world markets:
rubber, cotton, coffee, raw silk,
wool, rice, arachldc, sugar and
meats.
Introduce a project at the League
of Nations for the creation of an
International colonial bureau, un
der the league, to draft ft code of
colonial law.
Send medical missions with most
modern equipment to cleanse the
colonies of fevers and epidemics.
Nine million francs will be spent in
1931 In fighting "sleeping sick
ness." The utmost Importance is attach
ed to the clmnge from a htKh pro
tective tariff in France, which keeps
our colonial and foreign goods alike,
to ft regime of free colonial trade.
Such legislation niltiht cost the Unit
ed States and Britain some of their
fine.'t export markets, particularly
in (X-cania and Africa where Am
erican competition has practically
driven French niauutactuied goods
from the maiket.
At present only 15 cr cent of
Frances exixirt trade is with her
colonies but the government has
set aa its aim the equivalent of
RADIO SEEN AS
WORLDJATIONS
Paris (LP) The creation of an In
ternational broadcasting language,
which will unite the United States
and Europe by common bonds, is the
vision of John W. Elwood, vice
president of the National Broadcast
ing company, of New York, who has
been in Enrol arranging trans-At
lantic radio programs.
"We must start with the universal
language music," Elwood said dur
ing his Paris visit. "Just how much
time would be devoted to it would
depend upon the possibilities of pro
gram material, for we would not
want to exhaust it all at once.
"The difference In time would In
general make it easy for America to
get European programs in the day
time, but probably special programs
would be arranged In America for
Europe. Just as the north and south
have been brought together in Am
erica by the radio, so I would like
to see Europe and America estab
lishing new bonds by the same
means.
Elwood admitted that language
differences was the only important
difficulty to such an exchange of
regular programs. Through starting
with music and gradually mcreas
lng the amount of language mater
ial he believes that Americans will
be encouraged to learn one or more
foreign languages end Europeans
to listen with pleasure to Engllsi
Before coming to France, Elwood
studied International broadcasting
possibilities In England and Or
many. From Paris he went to Italy.
In order to achieve his project. El
wood Is encouraging the European
countries to Improve their equip
ment, especially the construction of
short-wave transmitting and recelV'
ing stations of sufficient power and
capacity to carry on the proposed
trans-ocean exchange.
"At the present time there Is, I
believe, no adequate short wave
transmls-slon station in France.
receiving station Is to bo built soon.
While here I am negotiating with
the Compagulf Oenerale de Tele-
granhle Sans Fll and the com
papule Krancalse do Kaaiopnonie
Ux)klng toward an exchange of pro
grams."
METEOR SURVEY
WILL DETERMINE
NEW STAR DATA
Cambridge, Mass. (IP) Shooting
stars will lure scientific expedi
tion into the wide open spaces of
the West next September.
Dr. Harlow Sliapley of Harvard
observatory will lead ft group of
Harvard and Cornell university as
tronomers to Flagstaff, Ariz., for
what may be one of the most elab
orate surveys of meteors In astron
omical history.
The sky studies expected to pro
duce much valuable new data on
the subject, will cover from one to
two years, under present plans.
Tire expedition has been made
possible through grants by the
American Academy of Arte and
sciences of Boston and the Com
mittee on Milton Fund grant at
Harvard university.
Besides Dr. Shipley, Dr. Ernest
Oplk of Harvard, Professor S. L.
Boothroyd of Cornell, and four
young scientists yet to be selec
ted, will partlctpaet
"One of the principal aims of
the expedition is to determine the
frequency of meteors throughout
the year, and, secondly to deter
mine their altitude in the earth's
atmosphere," Dr. Shapley said.
"In order to measure the height
It will necessary to work from two
stations separated by approximate
ly 25 miles. At each station two
observers, will continually watch the
sky throughout the hours of dark'
ness except when the weather con
ditions of the strong moonlight
Interfere. At each station one
j -tan will observe the northern and
one the southern sky.
GIRLS IS GAME
Dresden, Tcnn. (LP) Twenty
four girls dressed In basketball
uniforms wero used as human
checker men In a checker game
ftaged in the school auditorium
here. Four of the county"s best
checker players guided their moves.
WEDDING RECORD
IN KANSAS TOWN
O'.atlic. Kan. (U Just why tlicy
omio to Glut he to get married no-
bodv seems to know; but they do.
and in numbers far beyond the po
mitntlon. or apparent vantage point
Great Britain's over-.eas trade, half ;0e ti,ij Cftst Kansas town of some
College Mistake for
Some Girls Is Claim
WellcKley, Moss. (tP -For some
girls It Is a mistake to go to college
in the opinion of Dean Alice Waite
of Wellcley colleee, who is soon to
retire after 35 years' service.
Young women should consider
their futures seriously before com
mitting themselves to four years of
Academic activity which mltrht prove
of little benefit to them, according
to Dean Walte.
"I. is great pity that girls feel
there la a stigma attached to not
(oing to college, and tiiat once in
college they feel it Is disgrace to
leave and make other plans," she
ays.
VOTKR IS IIKAI?
Dulutli, Mum., (LP) "You can't
vote, you're dead," Dulutli citizen
ws told when he arrived at his
polling point revealed that there
hod been two men of the tame
name in the district and one had
died.
of atuch is with her dominions and
colonies.
TAXPAYERS KICK
ON UMATILLA LEVEE
Pendleton (.!" Following an open
meeting at which rendleton tax
payers expressed opposition to pay
ing tl.n.0OO to strengthen the Uma
tilla river levee Bgainst flood dan
ger, the city council Wednesday had
several plans under comidcratton.
A concrete factnn was declared too
expensive. Raising the levee, bol
stering the weak sivts, and install
ing a sccpeue toewall could be dune
fur s.xiuoo less, the taxjmycrs Mid.
Alaska Kill Would
Make Marriage Easy
WORLD'S SMAI.I.KST SCHOOL
Olasgow, (LP) The smallest dchool
house in the world, located In the
Ayrshire district and with only one
pupil, has been closed for reasons of
economy.
Juneau. Alaska, (tpi "Marrinse
made easy" might be the title of a
bill Introduced In the territorial lc
lslatuie to permit maniage without
the formality of legal or church
ceremonies.
MMO population.
In 1J0, l'.,ii4 marriage licenses
were Issued at the probate Judge's
office. Of that number 1144 were Is
sued to ix-rsons living in Canada
and 23 states; only 130 were for resi
dents of this county.
And the work goes merrily on in
1SMI. For the first three months, the
records show Issuance of 291 llcens-
ca, an Increase of 19 over the cor
responding iertod of last year.
Vernon K. Campbell, tho bachelor
Judge, nlftrtntcs at most of the wed
dings. HLi ol flee is known as ' Cu
pid's Parlor." He lives at Merram
and obliges the late coiners by ask
ing them into his parlor.
Ho has ono liniolable rule: Don't
get out of bed to tic the knot. Judge
Cftniibell said if he had married ail
the couples who had pounded at his
door In the midnight hours, his rec
ord wchiU be something to really
Ixxist about Hut if he has retired,
they wait until the next day or go
clv where.
Baxter Spi ings. Kan. art The fa
mous hangman s tree here, whose
branches served wrll attempt of
vigilantes to stem lawlessness in the
pkmcer days Is dying. It rceentlj
as struck by llghmlng.
Persons living more than 50 miles Approximately 50 men, most ol
from a commissioner could declare theme horse thieves and dislioncst
themselves married, and make it I gamblers, were hanged fiom the old
binding by writing a statement. I tree In the late 80s when Baiter
signed by two witnesses, etllii Sprints was a terminal on the Tex-
forlh the fact of marriage. las cattle trail.
Train Robbers
Face Indictments
Rawlins, Wyo. Train robbery
charges were riled Wednssday
against Oeorge A. Bachmann and
Russell Howarth, youthful soldiers
who held up three passengers on ft
transcontinental Union Pacific train
near Hanna. Wyo., Tuesday.
If convicted the two youths, IB
and 19 years old, would be subjeot
to the death penalty or a sentence
of life Imprisonment,
newIatToTal
party formed
north china
Pelping. (LP) A new political
party, called the New Nationalists,
has made Its appearance in North
China, and has shown so much
strength that government leaders
have become concerned.
The ruling party at Nanking, the
Kuomtntang, has taken the view
that there Is room for only one
political party in China during the
revolutionary period, but this view
is being vlgourously contested by ft
group of intellectuals assembled In
tne norm, wno contend that a one
party dictatorship Is rot beneficial
to cnina.
Kuomlntang representatives here
have tried to prevent publication
of the new party's views, and the
Ul-Ieellng thus created led to the
wrecking of the official Kuomln
tang newspaper In Patplng, the
Hua Pel Jin Pao.
The new party Is so strong that
police and government officials have
done practically nothing to appre
hend those w ho wrecked the Kuom
lntang paper, and only one arrest
has been made.
The new party, in a statement of
policy, declares that the national
budget must be published, and de
termined by a freely elected repre
sentative body. They have adopted
the American revolutionary slogan,
Taxation without representation
tyranny."
RACKETEERING
IN ENGLAND ON
BASIS OF TOLLS
London (LP) Beggars and book
makers, tradesmen and tramps pay
toll to petty racketeers In Britain
today, but the "big boss" who can
put racketeering on a good sound
basis has not yet flashed his bullet-proof
vest In Piccadilly.
From an historical point of view,
racketeering is In a decadent stage
in the kingdom of George V. Hun
dreds of years before "Big Jim1
Coloslmo organized the beer-run-ners
south of Chicago's Loop, rack
eteerlng was ft noble profession In
these Islands and "muscling In" was
was fatal social error.
In those days, doughty knight
would don his best steel shirt, sta
tion himself at the head of a bridge
and demand toll of all who passed.
Merchants, monks and women in
distress paid. But the knight In
tum paid tribute to the biggest
racketeer of them all the king of
that day.
The quaint old racket of paying
toll survives, but In a very modest
form. There ace about 100 toll
gates and bridges in England and
Wales, some of them bringing in
only $75,000 a year.
At Connel In Scotland, fee of
$2.50 Is charged for every automo
bile crossing the bridge. Cows
cross at the rate of 25 cents. Sheep
must be led over one at a time
and the attendant must pay eight
cents for himself each time.
In the Isle of Ely. Queen Mary
herself paid toll last year.
But even conservative England
has found some new rackets. Book
makers are terrorized by race-naci.
gangsters, who force them to pay
exorbitant fees before they can ac
cept bets. Even the chalk with
which the "bookies" mark up their
betting odd must be purchased
from the gangs at fixed price.
"Intimidation at race-tracks still
persists, although he have stamped
out much of It In the last two
years," an official of (Scotland Yard
said. "In the north of England
it Is probably worse than around
London. I don t know what rack
eteerlng means, but maybe that's
what It is."
Gangsters are active In several
Scottish cities. In Glasgow they
have forced theater owners to con
tribute to their coffers, just as Al
Capone's Laundrymen's Associa
tion has wrung "contributions'
from the laundry proprietors of
Chicago. If the theater owners
refuse to "come across," their per
formances are spoiled by stink
bombs and rowdyism.
Musicians who play for their liv
ing on the streets of London, have
organised a petty racket. They
have divided the city Into districts,
and "muscling in" is not tolerated.
Even the royal family is involved
in something approaching a racket
although It Is almost lese majes
ty to say so. Any merchant, who
wishes to have his shop recognized
one of the best must have the
royal coat of arms over his door.
Hundreds of merchants pay thou
sands of dollars to the crown each
year for the right to display the
arms of the King, the Queen or
the Prince of Wales.
FORGOT HIS HOTEL
Worcester, (LP) James Lyons of
Easthampton registered at ft Wor
cester hotel. Then he went out.
Then he forgot what hotel he was
stopping at and appealed to police.
They located his name on the reg
ister.
ASSEMBLY LINE
ONLY NEED FOR
AUTO 'FACTORY'
Cleveland, O. (,P;--If possible
now to become an automobile
manufacturer with only ft ware
house housing an assembly line.
All parts may be purchased from '
the parts manufacturer.
Tills has become possible because
In recent rears the manufacturer
of parts and accessories has come
to play an increasingly lmpartant
part in the automotive Industry,
due to economic conditions and the
need for specialized research.
These are statements of Elroy J.
Kulas, president of the Otis Steel
company and the Midland Steel
Droducts company of Cleveland, who
said that automobile parts are made
in 33 states with normal employ
ment of 200.000 workers, and with
a total output of 1.313,570.000 In
1929. not to Include tires and bodies.
"The average motorist," he said
"Is quite likely to have ft ear with
equipment from all parts of the
nation. Some automobile manufac
turers buy as mucl. as 83 per cent
of their parts from suppliers, while
others buy seml-ftnlshed products,
such as pistons, from outside sources
and machine them In their own
plants. Practically all Important
producers, except one, purcnase
their frames from suppliers.
'One automobile producer sells
steel to the parts maker who makes
the finish item. A few companies
buy Dart of their supplies and make
the rest to keep a check on the
suppliers' prices."
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