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matter at balem. Oregon
SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1931
CITY EDITION
Unsettled with rains; somewhat
colder; southwest winds.
Local: Max. 44; Mln. 39; rain J9;
river 9 feet; cloudy, southerly wind.
PRICE THREE CENTS VtSSSiAVJSSS
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JAPAN STARTS
MAJOR DRIVE
ON CHINCHOW
Capture of City Before
Christmas Sought in
Bandit Offensive
Good Evening!
China Sends Protest to
League and America
For Intervention
BJ tfct Aticcltted Pma)
Japan started a new drive
In
Manchuria to the south of Milk
den Monday, and although the
command said the movement was
directed against bandits, there
were those who believed that Its
purpose was to capture Chinchow
before Christmas aay.
China sent a note of protest to
the league of nations and tlie for
eign office Issued a statement In
terpreted as a direct appeal to the
United States to Intervene In be
half of the nine-power treaty and
the Kel logg-B riand pact.
Dr. Wellington Koo recalled that
Theodore Roosevelt once prophesied
that the Pacific would be the storm
center of International politics in
this century. He Insisted that Man
churia should remain an Integral
part of China and that the Jap-
tnese military occupation was
violation of right and justice.
A Japanese estimate placed the
bandit force at 30.000. There were
no figures on the strength of the
tConcludeu cm pntre 8. column 7
BIGGEST LABOR
BA1CLQSES
Cleveland, A') The Standard
Trust bank, the Railroad Brother
hoods first venture into finance and
credited with assets exceeding $22.
000,000 in 1930. was in the hands of
the state banking department Mon
day. C. Sterling, president of the bank,
announced that the board of direct
ors believed depositors would be pro
tected best by letting the state li
quidate the bank s assets. The board
voted unanimously on this course.
The Standard Trust's last finan
cial statement showed a capitaliza
tion of $2,000,000, deposits of $18,
633.998 and asset of $22,047,026 with
a surplus of $1,155,510. The Engin
eer's Brotherhood was said to have
Its "war chest" of $2,000,000 on de
posit. This sum was held for use in
strikes and adverse economic situa
tions. The bank was organized in 1920
as the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers Cooperative National
of the union.
A merger, effected In 1930, ab
sorbed the Nottingham Savings and
Banking Co., another labor bank
and the Guaranty State Savings and
Loan Co.
Sips for Supper
By DON UPJOHN
IN THIS TIME OP HEAD COLDS
IT 18 CONSIDERED PERFECTLY
ALL RIGHT FOR ANY PERSON
TO BLOW HIS OWN HORN.
From vhtt rnwrts we bear In
financial circles It seems that South
America la giving this country a
good licking with her South Am
erican bonus.
WE NOTICE IN A COMPLAINT
IN CIRCUIT COURT THAT "PUB
LIC SERVICE COMMISSION, ET
AL," ET AL THE TAXES, WE
SUPPOSE.
Sir George Paish, the big British
economist, has announced the steps
that must be taken to bring pros
perity back to the world. Sir
George may be right. But we've
heard all the suggestions advanced
several times by economists in the
debating society which meets at the
Ladd & Bush bank corner.
A woman out on State street
Kan made a Utile eanvass suit
for her dug. even fitting a part
or II to prolert the dog's UiL
The covered waggin, as It were.
PROBERS SEEK
LIMITATION ON
SLUSH FUNDS
Investigators Favor
$250,000, $5,000,000
Limits for President
Senators To Be Cut to
$50,000 and Repre
sentatives to $10,000
Those who were hollering the
loudest last July when Hal Hoss
said that auto licenses must be paid
may now breathe a sigh of thank
fulness to Hal that said license
money doesn't have to be dug up
during the holiday season like it
used to be. Turn about is fair play.
It may be three days yet until
Christmas but some of the time oi
anxious waiting may be whiled away
by attending the Elks minstrels to
night and tomorrow night over at
the Grand Theater. And the money
taken In goes to the Legion and
Elks Christmas cheer funds. It's a
grand way to help out Santa Claus
and have ft lot of fun doing it.
Even if Walt Thompson as end
man plans to work out all his old
grudgrs against us. Doggone his
fat hide.
Today, we are advised by the
oflice weather shark, Is the short
est day of the year and today is
the olflcial opening day of winter.
Well, tonight Is the longest night-
just right for the meeting of the
Salem Chess club tomgnt. Mayoe
the boys can play out a whole game.
FLOYD COOK. REPUBLICAN
STATE CHAIRMAN. DROPPED
INTO TOWN FOR A VISIT TO
DAY. YEAH. THIS IS THE SAME
COOK THAT SPOILED THE
BROTH.
Asnhel Bush Is the happiest
mail in town. He's Just got cards
advising his friends have bought
him yearly subscriptions to both
"Hooey"' and "Ballyhoo."',
We expect that's Just what he
asked for In his letter to Santa.
EPIDEMIC OF FLU
RAGING IN COLORADO
RAIN FOR MONTH
TOTALS 5.8 INCHES
Addition of 1.65 inches of rain
which fell during the 48 hours
ending at 1:45 a. m. Monday to
the amount which has fallen al
ready this month, brought the De
cember total to 5 80 inches, with
prospects there would be ft con
siderable Increase before the month
Is gone. The mean average for the
entire month Is only 551 inches.
Sunday morning's total of 1.13
Inches was exceeded December 3rd,
when 1 40 Inches was recorded
Monday morning's total was h2
Inch. The river level Monday morn- j
Ing had risen 3.3 feet since Satur
day, to ft total of 9 feet above lorn-1
water mark. While somewhat more
of a rise Is expected, full flood
stage of about 20 feet Is not ex
pected by experiencd rivennen
during the current storm period.
$3,500,000 NEW
FRUIT LINER BURNS
Newport News. Va. tLP) The $3.
500 000 United Fruit liner Sefovia,
christened last August by Mr. Her
bert Hoover, lav on its side, a
charred hulk Monday, its Interior
completely destroved by fire.
The lofs Is covered by Insurance,
the company announced.
Watchmen discovered 5 lire ftt
4 30 i. m- SVnday. A general
alar", "orought the city fire de
partment and fire tugs, but the
Tames had gamed such headway
that within a fw hours the ship
was ruined.
Platteville, Colo. (LP- Half of 400
odd resident of Platteville were
stricken with iniluenza Monday, the
other half nursing them at the peril
of their own health.
The epidemic led to closing of
the school a week early for the
Christmas vacation. One hundred
and fifteen pupils were absent,
leading to the school board action.
Dr. J. H. scnerdt, one oi me
town's two pnysicians. said the flu
was light, that It was planned to
fumigate the schools during the
holidays and that the situation was
well in hand.
Dr. J. W. Fuqua of Greeley, county
health officer, said most of the
stricken were being cared for In
their own homes, and that medical
supplies were adequate.
The mild nature of the disease
dispelled fears of ft major epidemic.
No deaths or serious cases were re
port ed.
Washington (IP) - Legislation
which would limit campaign expen
ditures of candidates lor president,
vice-president and congress and
which would forbid corporations to
contribute directly or Indirectly to
their election was submitted to the
senate Monday In the final report
of the campaign fund investigating
committee.
The committee proposes ft $250.-
000 limit on expenditures to obtain
presidential nomination, and
15.000,000 limit on all expenditures
in behalf of a presidential nominee.
Campaign expenditures of candi
dates for the senate would be limit
ed to $50,000, and of candidates for
the house to $10,000.
Chairman Nye of the committee
said the bill was designed to correct
defects in the present law. which Is
supposed to limit congressional
campaign expenditures, but which
the committee learned leaves them
practically uncontrolled.
The committee found that in the
1030 campaign, which it was ap
Concluded on pnye 9, column 7)
no CLUES TO
MISSING CHILD
Cincinnati, O. (LP) Marian Mc
Lean, 6, still was missing from her
home here Monday. Four days of
search that yielded nothing had al
most destroyed hope that she ever
would be found.
Police said there were no clues
and the child probably was kid
naped by a mental defective, and
sJain.
Increasing hysteria was abroad in
the neighborhood of the home of
Mrs. Mild re n McLean, the mother.
A second hand dealer went to
one of the cottages In search of
household articles for sale. A child
answered the door.
"Are you alone at home?" asked
the dealer.
The mother, in another room,
screamed madly. A crowd gather
ed. The dealer, bewildered by the
strange happening, was saved from
mob violence by police.
Rewards totaling $1200 were of
fered, $1,000 by the Cincinnati En
quirer. Hundreds of tips and sug
gestions came, but none was of any
value.
Dayton, O.. police and county of
ficers searched when they received
reports of three men that they saw
a man and a child resembling
Marian in a Xenia restaurant.
Senate Opens
Drive to Pass
Moratorium
Washington, The senate Mon
day took up ratification of the
Hoover war debt moratorium witn
republican leaders determined to
obtain passage of the measure be
fore congress adjourns lor the holidays.
Opponents of the moratorium led
by Senator Johnson, republican,
California, vigorously protested the
administration plan to hold the
senate In night sessions if necessary
to speed ratification. Senator Bor
ah, republican, Idaho, headed a
(Concluded on page 8, column 6
KAHN FAVORS
DUMPING DEBTS
Washington (LP) Thu billions of
dollars which American bankers
loaned foreign countries In the post
war era of money lending are rep
resented now by bonds in the hands
of American investors and not own
ed by the bankers. Otto Kahn told
the senate finance committee for
eign loan Investigation Monday.
Most of the bonds have depre
ciated heavily in value.
Kahn, head of Kuhn. Loeb and
Co., was called to describe the fi
nancing operations of his company
in the foreign fields.
He declined to express an opin
ion on reduction of debts owed the
United States government by for
eign governments.
Kahn expressed the opinion that
Germany would pay her private
debts but emphasized that he was
not talking about reparations.
Asked if he believed "a tempor-
rary emergency justified the perma
nent scaling down of Europe's
debts," he replied with emphasis:
"I do not.'
France, he said, Is capable of
paying her obligations. Bur. when
asked whether France should be
made to pay he answered:
We should do what is expedi
ent. If it were possible to find a
way by which all these war debts
and reparations which hang around
the necks of nations like a mill
stone, could be taken out in the
middle of the ocean and dropped in,
I would be in favor of it. But there
is no way. How it can be done is
a problem of statesmanship."
FATALlTOl
STRIKES EUROPE
Stockholm, Sweden (LP) Hurri
cane winds and heavy snows swept
Sweden over the week-end, drown
ing at least 10 fishermen, blowing
houses into the sea, injuring hun
dreds of persons, and Inflicting
heavy losses to the timber trade.
It was estimated that 3.000,000
trees were felled in Swedish for
ests. One woodland near Stocl:
holm of 30 acres resembled a strip
ped cornfield after the storm.
Three thousand unemployed were
put to work clearing snow drifts
from the Stockholm streets. Tele
graphic communication with Ger
many was interrupted for 12 hours,
and with Finland for 60 hours.
EARLY ACTION
PROMISED FOR
HOOVER PLAN
Leaders of Both Parties
Eager To Take Up Re
construction Program
Attention Immediately
After Holidays Decided
On at Conference
Council Plans Sale
Of Water Bonds To
Test Their Validity
Anticipating that a suit will be filed in court to test the
validity of the $2,500,000 water bonds approved by the people
last Tuesday, members of the city council were of the opin
ion Monday that at Monday night's meeting an ordinance
would be introduced for the sale of a small block of the
bonds.
The purpose of the proposed small Issue would be to
expedite action in the courts if
anyone hag in mind an Injunction
BLOCKS BILL TO
GIVE AWAY WHEAT
Washington, Pi Immediate ac
tion on the Capper-Wheeler bill
giving 40,000.000 bushels of farm
board wheat to the unemployed
was blocked Monday in the senate
by Senator King, democrat, Utah.
Senator Capper, republican Kan
sas, reported the wheat bill from
the agriculture committee and ask
ed Immediate disposition.
Senator King forced the b!ll to
the calendar, however.
Jeptha Thomas Hunt
Former County Judge
Dies At Salem Home
Jentha Thomas Hunt, for three years Marion county
judye and for eight years prior to that a county commission
er, rued at his home on Court street Sunday morning auer
an Illness of more than four years. w-
Judee Hunt passed away with
one great hope unrealized. And
that was to Join the first caravan
which passe over the new North
Santi?.7Jl highway. For Marion
county owes to this sturdy old
pioneer a great debt As "father of
the North Santiam highway" his
monument is being constructed
across the Cascade mountains. And
not long before his death the form
er Judjre extracted from County
Judge Siegmund and County Engi
neer Swart the promise that when
the first crew went over the com
pleted highway he should be with
It vn if in a conveyance I
Invalid.
The North Santiam highway had
been a dream wiht Judge Hunt
way bark in the days of his young
manhood. On the old donation land
claim In the Waldo HiUs where he
lived as a boy and man the dream
of a road across the mountain?
"(Concluded on page 9, column 4) (first meeting of the new year.
Paris ILP The most severe storm
of the winter which left a trail of
death, suffering, and property loss
from the North Sea across the Med
iterranean was abating Monday.
The death list was estimated as
high as 50. Greatest loss of life
was In Tunisia, where floods and
unusually low temperature took a
heavy toll. Pilteen natives were
found frozen to death near Maktar.
Prance, Spain, and neighboring
countries suffered from snow and
freezing weather. Inland shipping
in France was halted when canals
and rivers became frozen. Three
pe irons died from exposure at
L'Orlent. Hravy snow fell at Tou
lon and In the lower Alps.
DOUGLAS M'KAY
TO HEAD CHAMBER
Douglas McKay, head of the Mc
Kay Chevrolet company and past
post commander of Capital Post No.
B. American Legion, was elected
president of the chamber of com
merce Monday noon and will suc
ceed Henry R. Crawford. Other of
ficers are Earl L. Fisher, vice presi
dent; T. M. Hicks, secretary, and
L. B. Tedi Endicott, treasurer.
Directors of the various depart
ments are Hollis Huntinpton. so
cial; T. A. Wlndisl'ar. c.vic; Wil
liam P. Ellis, legislative: W. M
Hamilton, industrial, and Lloyd A.
Lee, agricultural.
Ous Hixvn, rcently elected Klnc
Bing of the Chemans. and the
president of the Balcrn Business
men s League, to be elected thiv
week, complete the official board
Officers take their places at the
Washington (PI Senate leaders of
both parties assured President Hoo
ver Monday at a White House con
ference of prompt action on the
$500,000,000 reconstruction corpora
tion after the Christmas holidays.
The president urged the earliest
consideration for this measure by
which he hopes to bolster up the
national financial structure and par
ticularly to aid the railroads.
The senate group also told the
president, they hoped for action on
the moratorium before the Christ
mas recess begins Tuesday night.
Those at the White House parley
included Senator Watson of Indiana,
republican leaders: Senator Harri
son of Mississippi, ranking democrat
on the finance committee; Chair
man Norback of the banking com
mittee; Reed, republican of Penn
sylvania; Chairman Smoot of the
finance committee; Olass, democrat,
Virginia; Fletcher, democrat, Flor
ida: King, democrat. Utah, and Wal-
cott, republican, Connecticut, and
Ooldsborough. republican, Maryland,
and George, democrat of Georgia.
"We assured the president, said
Senator Watson, "that at the ear
liest possible moment after the
.Concluded "on "page H. column 6)
BOMB SENT TO
MARION DAVIES
Santa Monica. Cal. tP A Christ
mas package, believed to contain an
infernal machine, was received
Monday at the beach home of Mar
ion Davies, famous screen star,
Three deputy sheriffs from Los
Angeles and Santa Monica police
were called to the Davies home.
It was 'said the butler unwrapped
the package, which was addressed
personally to Miss Davies by type
writer. No capital letters were used
in the address.
When smoke started to come from
the package the butler dropped it
and summoned police. The package
was taken by Chief of Police Clar
ence Wrbb of Santa Monica, lather-in-law
of Rudy Valee, radio singer.
It was said that Miss Davies was
at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studi
os when investigators arrived at her
home. It was not known whether
she was at home when ihe package
was received. The studio said Miss
Davies could not be interviewed.
Police placed the bomb far out on
the beach and the group of officers,
reporters and neighbors of the star
withdrew to a safe distance.
Officers said the parkape was ad
dressed "Personahta Marion Davies."
It did not contain the home address
of the star. It was described as eight
by four Inches in size. From one end
protruded what appeared to be an
ordinary door key.
OREGON FISH TAX
STARTS TRADE WAR
South Bend. Wash. U Demand
for a trade war with Oregon was
growing here Monday as resentment
astainst an Oregon tax on iisn
flared. I
Taxes of one cent each on deep
a crabs, and of 25 cents a sack
on oysters will affect fishermen of
Olympia, Raymond, Long Beach.
Ilwaco, Hoquiam, Aberdeen ana
South Bend.
South Bend merchants agreed to
cease patronising Portland whole
salers. They asked merchants of
the other cities, to take tlie same
stand. The Washington Hate fish
commission was asked to take retal
iatory measures against Oregon
products.
Bank's Depositors
Form Committee
Portland. Ore. UP Depositors of
the Hibcrnia Commercial Ac Sav
ings bank Monday were organizing
a "d poMtors' committee."' One
group organized hunday. another
group was to meet Tuesday nivht
Purpose of tlie commute will be
to kixp liquidation expense low.
William D. Bennett, temporary
chairman, said.
suit either as a dead in-earnest ef
fort to defeat the issue or simply as
a test suit to determine the matter
of validity. It had not been de
termined definitely early Monday
afternoon whether such a move
would be made in the council, but
it was said to be probable.
What other action would be tak
en at Monday night's session rela
tive to the water act approved by
the people Tuesday was problemati
cal. Whatever is done will come
out of the utilities committee com
posed of Alderman Kowitz, Patton
and Olson and the committee Is to
decide during the day what it will
do In the way of a recommends -
(.Concluded on pnye 8, column 6
A. MUSSOLINI
DIES SUDDENLY
Milan. Italy, Arnoldo Musso
lini, brother of the premier, died
Monday afternoon following a heart
attack.
He left the office of the news
paper Popolo D Italia, of which he
was editor, shortly before one
o'clock to have luncheon at home.
He became 111 In his car and was
taken immediately to a hospital,
He was 46 years old, two years
younger than the premer,
Arnaldo Mussolini who died un
expectedly, was almost the direct
antithesis of his elder brother.
He despised sports. His brother
loves them. He was a careful motor
ist; the premier habitually drives
at 85 miles an hour. He was stout
and wore spectacles; the premier is
stocky with sharply chiselled fea
tures.
Both were newspapermen, and
Arnaldo was editor of Popolo
Dltalia, the Milan daily which his
brother founded.
They were united by the bonds of
a strong affection, but their friends
observed that they exhibited a cur
ious shyness in each other's com
pany. FALLING MISSILE
KILLS OFFICER
The Dalles. Ore. iu) Glenn May
field, city traffic officer, suffered in
juries that proved fatal, when he
was struck on the head by a huge
boulder that rolled off the moun
tainslde between Mosler and Hood
River at 2 o'clock Monday morning.
The boulder penetrated the roof
of Mayfield's car. Mrs. Frank
Orossmiller and Kenneth Gross
miller, also in the car, were unin
jured. Mayfield lived about an hour after
being struck. He was rushed back
to Hood River for medical atten
tion, dying shortly alter arrival.
The body was brought here pend
ing funeral arrangements. May-
field had served on the city tralllc
force for several years, and was
held In hiRh regard here.
The party was returning from
Oregon City, where they had gone
to attend the funeral of an uncle.
YOUTH TO STAY
IN PRISON FOR
PUBLICSAFETY
Hartley Rebukes Father
Flanagan for Method
Used in Case
MAX KILLS SU V
Okanogan. Wash., lpi Apparent
ly a suit ide. the body of Fred
Johnson. Malott, was found in an
automobile Ik re Sunday. Johnson
had hhot himself, officers believed.
CHRISTMAS AT
WHITE HOUSE
Washington (P) In the midst of
depression and harrassing world
politics, President Hoover has not
forgotten Christmas.
To all outward appearances it will
be "Christmas as usual" in the big
house on Pennsylvania avenue
Mr. Hoover will relax for a while
in the morning while he watches
one of his secretaries slide down
the chimney with a bag of tricks
for the grandchildren.
It may be the slender, active Law
rence Richey, as las! year, or the
rotund Theodore Joel in who will
impersonate Santa Claus tlie role
has not been definitely assigned.
But a Santa Claus there is certain
to be for the delectation of Peggy
and Herbert III., otherwise Peter.
The president s grandchildren.
who served to take his mind oft
his work last winter and spring, will
come all the way from Pasadena
(that's In California) to meet Saint
Nick. They will bring their par
ents with them Mr. and Mrs. Her
bert Hoover, Jr., and en route they
probably will pick up their Uncle
Allan, who works in a bank in Los
Angeles.
Although the big tree will be
alight as usual and the customary
wreaths will adorn the White House
windows, the pre-Chrlstnins party
for the socially-elect children of the
capital will have a different tone
than in happier years. No re
freshments will be served and no
favors handed nut.
MISSING GIRL
ILL IN HOTEL
Philadelphia ft1) Virginia Pen-
field, missing 19-year-old school
girl, who disappeared here Thurs
day, was located Monday at the
Narraganset House in Providence
R. I., her father. Clare J. Pcnlield.
was Informed she arrived there in
a daze and ill. I
She arrived there Sunday. She
was able to tell her own name but I
could not remember her father's
first name, authorities at the Nar
agansett House informed Horace L.
Wiggins, manager of the Benjamin
Franklin hotel where the girl's fa
ther has been directing the hunt for
her.
The young woman, a student at
the Mary Lyon school of Swarth
more, Pa., had been positively iden
tified, Wltrgins was informed, by
traveler's checks she carried.
The fact she was ill, confirmed,
the father said, his belief she had
suffered from over-study.
OKLAHOMA DEFEATS
ALFALFA BILL'S BILLS
Oklahoma City 1 4") Complete
unofficial returns from Friday's
special Iniative election in Okla
homa as tabulated by the Associated
Press Monday showed Governor W.
H. Murray's Income tax proposal,
which received the heaviest vote,
was defeated by 27.907 votes.
Denial Declares Youth
Menace to Society If
Given Freedom
Rejection Of Basin
Project May Boost
Umatilla Rapids Plan
WwhinKtrm, D. C. (A) War department eiitriiicer were
on record Monday disapproving immediate action on the pro
posed Columbia river development and on the Columbia
river basin reclamation project, ai-
though they offer to hold a further
hearing on it. In rc-ponse to the
offer. Senator C. C. Dill announced
that he would ak for such a hear
ing and K present at ne Ralph D
Horr said he would Introduce a bill
authori7ing the project, tif-pite toe
engineers' findings.
With a priori of 4fl days given
In which farther evidence and tes
timony may be submitted, by pr
sons favoring the tiiant develop
ment, 8nator Dill said he expected
nUres:'d persons from Oreiton and
Wa hiii'trm would apiear here tm
mcdiiUly after the bg'nnlng of the
new year.
The prlncip.il ra-ons because of
hlfh the nzineTs oppwd im
mediate endorM'mmt of tlie project,
which they submitted In a 700 word
r port Sunday, were two In number
They mere a lack of a demand Ir
the power which wmiid be develop
ed, and the exiting surplus of ari-
tC'onclmU'l on i-me 9, column Si
Olympia. Wash. cT A parole for
Herbert Kranklin Niccolls, Jr bor
slayer of Sheriff John L. Worm!!
of Asotin county, was dented and
efforts of Father E. J. Flanagan,
head of a Nebraska boy s home, to
obtain custody of the boy were de
plored Monday by Governor Ron
ald H. Hartley.
The governor's final derision in
the Niccolls case was made public
in a letter replying to Father Flan
agans persona) and written appeals
for removal of Herbert from the
state penitentiary at Walla Walla
to his Institution at Omaha. Trie
letter was based on the resuKs of
an executive investigation the gov
ernor promised Father Flanagan he
would make after a conference be
tween the two men at Seattle a
month ago.
Father Flanagan s request was
denied primarily because Herbert,
.Concluded on rmwe P. column t)
LAUNCH BAKER
BOOM IN OHIO
Cleveland A plan for elec
tion of an Ohio delegation pledged
to support Newton D. Baker for
the democratic presidential nom
ination was laid before Ohio demo
crats Monday by former Congress
man Martin L Davey of Kent
Davey. who earlier in the month
urged that Baker be drafted as a
presidential candidate, sent letters
to 40.000 democrats over the state
advocating Immediate formation of
Baker-for -president clubs in every
county.
"It Is perfectly obvious that Mr.
Baker is not a candidate," Dawy
said in his letters. "It is equally
clear, however, that he has never
said he would not accept the nom
ination." Davey continued that "If Baker
can be convinced there Is a real de
mand for him and that it is his
dutv, it Is very probable thai he
would give his consent."
At the time Davey urged drafting
Baker, the former secretary said the
move was "very gracious'' but that
it was his understanding the Ohio
delegates would be pledged to Gov
ernor Oeorpe White.
CHRISTMAS CAROLS
USED, ADVERTISING
Philadelphia HP ChriMma radio
programs sponsored by advertisers
are turning Christmas carols Into
hair-restorer ballyhoo. In the opin
ion of Dr. David M. Steele, mtor
of the Protestant Episcopal church
of St. Luke and the Kplphany.
Dr. Steele denounced the practice
In his sermon Sunday.
"Once, so It was reported, there
were antcel voices in the skv." he
aid. "Now what goes on in three
far reaches, what are the rcfounding
echoes of the ether's wave lengths?
"Last night, while I listened lor
five minutes, I heard Holy Night,
Silent Night' used to lnlmdore a
hair restorer. 'Come, All Ye Faith
ful.' was sung on behalf of a beauty
'shoppe.
Miltuns Hvmn to Nativity was
sung to promote tlie sale of a ntw
model automobile, and 'Hark! The
Herald Angels Sing' was the pre
lude to an announcement of an
undertaker's parlor.
"I ask you: We have seen ILs
star, but where Is He?'
PLAN PROBE OF
RADIO MONOPOLY
Portliind (iP)-lxmanil for an in
vestigation "with s)mci.i1 attention
to moncjKWy on the part of the Na
tional Broadcast in company In the
north wcht;' was nked In a resolu
tion in congress Monday, a special
dispatch to tlie Journal said.
Halph Horr. Wash unit on npre
sen'ative. introduced the resolution.
Horr declared the NHC rontrolletl
about two-thirds nf the radio la
nulies tn the tnte of Washinrten.
He cited oppoMtton of station WYZ,
New York, to application of KVI,
Tacoma, for increased power.