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Newspaper Page TextMONDAY, JUNE 13, 1932 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON CapitalJjJournal Salem, Oregon Estsbllshed Much 1, 1M! Ad Independent Newspaper Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday at IM a Commercial Street. Telephone 46$L News 4M1 OBOROE PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher subscription rates By carrier 10 cento a week; 45 cents a month; M OO a year In advance By mail In Marlon, Polk. Linn and YamhUl counties, on month SO cents; 1 months 1.25; 6 months $2.25; 1 ytsr $4.00. Elsewhere 60 cents a month; 6 months 12.75; 15.00 a year in advance, FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF TUK ASSOCIATED PBESI AND THE UNITED PRESS The Associated press Is exclusively entitled to trie us for publication of ill news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also local news published herein. "With or without offense to friends or fou I sketch your world exactly at it got." Byron The Mail Subsidy Graft The Congressional Record of June 4 carries a table listing the volume of mails carried and compensation paid to contractors under the Merchant Marine act of 1028, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931. It reveals plainly enough one of the sources of waste in federal expenditures and why the postal department incurs an annual deficit. The table shows a total of $18,790,765.72 paid steamer lines for carrying 28,103,600 pounds of mail. The amount to which they would have been entitled under the standard rates under Sec. 4009, R. S. totalled $2,925,216.25. The bal ance, $15,865,548.97 was subsidy, or as this form of graft is called under the amenities to the law, "subvention." A few of the more glaring examples are as follows : The American West African Line, Inc., carried 133 pounds of mail, for which it received $87,862.50, or $660.62 a pound. The cost under standard rates would have been $12.32. The subsidy amounted to $87,820.18 or $660.30 a pound of mail carried. The Mississippi Shipping Co., received $607,792.50 for carrying 161 pounds of mail, an average rate per pound of $3,775.11. The cost under standard rates would be $95.68. The subsidy amounted to $607,696.82 or $3,774.51 per pound of mail carried. The South Atlantic Steamship Co., of Deleware carried 74 pounds of mail for which it received $363,022.50, or $1,905.71 per pound. The cost under standard rates would have been $32.56. The subsidy amounted to $362,989.94 or $4,905.27 per pound of mail carried. The prize subsidy grabber however was the Tampa Inter ocean Steamship Co., which carried 83 pounds of mail for which it was paid $438,775. and average rate of $5,162.06 per pound. The cost under standard rates would be $58.64, so the subsidy amounted to $438,716.36 or $5161.37 per pound. The camouflage for the subsidies is to encourage an American marine and keep the American flag afloat on the high seas perhaps a commendable motive, certainly from the standpoint of shipping patrioteers, but so expensive to taxpayers as to be scarcely worth the price. It is a fair in stance of the abuse of government for special privilege so rampant in federal affairs. Congress remedies the situation it itself created with the approval of the administration by raising postal rates 50 percent to the people along with other ' taxes to perpetuate the graft. Small wonder the budget can't be balanced. Farewell to Common Sense Congress having failed to reduce government expenses the needed amount to balance the budget, faces the necessity of raising an additional $150 millions or $200 millions by taxation, despite the $1,100 estimated raised by the new revenue bill. In the battle between bureaucrats and tax payers, the former always win. Congress could of course, have met the issue and raised the required revenue by imposing a general sales tax, ex empting food, clothing, and other vital necessities, that would not have been burdensome upon any one. But instead it levied a comparatively high sales tax on a selected list of articles, classified as luxuries, but really necessities, such as oil and gasoline, tires, autos and accessories, matches, electric light bills, telegraph and telephone messages, and bank checks along with erecting a new tariff wall. There is still left one taxable resource which will fur nish all the revenue needed and insure a surplus the legal izing and taxation of beer, which would penalize only the racketeer and bootlegger and restore to the government the billions now going into the gangsters coffers. But any such simple solution is toft complex for a congress dominated by the Anti-Saloon league. Yet the same congress which pro tects the speak-easy does not hesitate to penalize the home brewer with a tax of 15 cents a gallon on wort, 3 cents a p-mnd on malt syrup and 20 cents a gallon on concentrates, thereby putting the stamp of government approval on law violation by sharing in the proceeds. At the same time congress is voting doles and relief measures that will hopelessly throw the budget out of bal ance and be mere palliatives of results without remedying causes of distress. Where "there is no vision, the people perish" and that seems to be the plight under the existing bankruptcy of Ntatesmanship. We seem to have bid farewell to common swnse. The Statesman's Plan The Statesman suggests that instead of selling Its $2,-1 500,000 water bonds, the city of Salem borrow the money from the federal Reconstruction Finance Corporation pro vided of course congress passes the administration bill or the Garner bill authorizing loans to cities to be expended on self-liquidating projects and providing also that the validity of the bonds is upheld by the courts. The objective is to hasten the project so work may begin next fall to provide employment during the winter months. The bill has not et passed congress. The bonds have not been passed on, and as the decision, whatever it be, will be carried through the federal courts, there is no possibility of immediate adjudication. And the project as voted upon, is not suitable for winter work. If the bonds were declared illegal in the state courts, the city might drop litigation, ef fect a compromise with the water company and a new pro posal be submitted to the people for immediate action. - The main objection to the water proposal is that it plunges the city into debt a million dollars more than necessary-to secure an adequate municipally owned water supply. Proserity can never be created by going into debt to an ex tent where the project will not bo self-liquidating. If it is self-liquidating, the bonds will probably find a market with out tapping Uncle Sum. One of the causes of the existing depression is the large number of bonds which have been issued on the supposition that future generations would pay for them. But the carry ing charges, interest and installments, have become too heavy to pay for the present gene' ion hence the break- SCENE AFTER EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICAN CAPITAL 4 iMMl(rd l'rea$ Photo This picture made after recent earthquake In Mexico City showi the destruction reft In Its wake. More than three score persons were known to have been killed and upwards of 100 were Injured. Much damage was done over a wide area and a number of smaller towns were destroyed. COAST DANCER WINS BERLIN Berlin ftP Making her first Eu ropean appearance at the Komoedie theater here, the California dancer, Myra Kinch, successfully survived the relentless scrutiny of a German audience. Slightly jaded by performances of the best European artists, the Ber ltners, curious to see what an Am erican dancer could offer them, ac corded her their approval. The Ber lin concert was the list of a series, to be continued in Copenhagen, Vi enna, Milan, Paris and London. Among Myra Kinch's 14 dances, three revealed particular talent "Dynamic," "Allegro Barbaro," and "Polianka." In contrast to some of her more languid, studied dances, there thre;, full of verve, spontan eity and swinging rhythm, allowed the Californian artist to cast off the restraint which hampered some of her other performances and "let herself go." In a dance she called "Rlng-a-peg," which could have been a sub tle satire of the American flapper, Miss Kinch was, perhaps, too sacha rine to suit sophisticated European onlookers. But the Slavic peasant girl, adroitly caricatured in "Poll- anka." showed that Myra Kinch Is capable of Instilling humor and rich Irony la her mimicry. Masks and costumes, designed by the Danish sculptor, William Mor tensen, of Laguna Beach, Cal., were of unusual excellence and finesse and contributed to the illusions with which Miss Kinch won the favor of her first European audience. Myra Kinch began her career In 1929 lit the Pasadena community theater and is at home in Los An- ffelea. Artist Plans Huge Fresco At College Hanover, N. H. (IP On the walls of Baker Memorial Library at Dart mouth college, Jose Orozco, cele brated Mexican painter of frescoes, will undertake the largest fresco project yet executed In the United States. He decided to do this after re cently completing a small panel at the college. Th2 myth of Quezalcoatl. the American culture hero and patron of arts and crafts, will be the sub ject of the mute fresco on which Orozco Is to begin work this month. It will consist of two main panels and eight small ones comprising more than 3.000 square feet, Sl'CKERS FKKI lll'NDKEDS Pond Du Lac, Wis., IP Hun dreds of families used shovels, rakes, pitchforks, spears and dip nets to fill their larders during the sucker "run" in deNevcu creek re cently. One fisherman reported he took 16 suckers in one haul with a dlpnet. Many carried their fish from creek to house In bushel bas kets. In recent month 2.098.177 bun ches of bananas were shipped from Honduras to this country. Cat Freed After Two Weeks Durance Vile Berkeley, Cal. (LP) The mystery of Berkeley's "ghost cat," whose plaintive meaows came from every where and nowhere, has been solved. William Sharpe dlscouvercd the "ghost," just a shabby cat of no particular ancestry, entombed in an old culvert. Upon Investigation, Sharpe found srteet department workmen had sealed up an old cul vert at both ends, imprisoning the cat. Emergency crews boke open the concrete pipe and freed the ' ghost' after two weeks captivity. UNIFORMS WON BY CADETS IN FRANCE Paris (tP With the beginnln? of the fall term at Saint Cyr, the West Point of France, cadets will be per ml tied to wear their pre-war uni form of bright red trousers striped with blue, and a black coat. Since 1914 the dress uniform of Saint Cyr has been a French blue with a cap surmounted by a white plume, and has been the only cadet uniform materially different from those of the regular army. Led by their commandant. Gener al Pre re. the cadets have won a long and hard battle with the bureau crats, who insisted that the lighter blue suit and white plume should remain. Government sanction has not been granted for the re-adoption of the pre-war uniform. Six thousand for mer Sant Cyrlens, exactly half the total of Saint Cyr officers In the French army at the time, were kill ed during the World war. MUSEUM GETS MEDALS Cambridge, Mtiss. (LP A collec tion of medals bearing the Likenesses of every president of the United States, together with original sig natures of each, has been presented the Eliot House library at Harvard university by B. S. Prentice, an alumnus. Bristol, R. I. (LP) Edmund Larue, 13 year old Bristol boy scout who holds the southern New England marble championship, says the chief requisites for good shooting are a strong thumb, cons taut practice and determination. Piles All Gone Without Salves or Cutting Itch In?, blerdtne. protruding piles go quickly and don't come back. If you remove the cause. Bad blood trculatlon In the hemorrhoidal veins causes piles by making the affected parts weak, flabby, almost dead Salves and cutting fall because only an internal medicine can actually correct the cause of piles. Dr. J. 8 Leon hard t discovered a real inter nal Pile remedy. After prescribing it for 1.000 patients with success in 960 cases, he named It HEM-ROID Capital Drug store says one bottle of HEMROID Tablets must end your Pile misery or mdney back. adv r No matter what distance between 1(D REACH for the telephone and hold direct conversation with per. sons in other cities nothing, ex cept a visit in person, so vividly brings personalities together. The inter-city telephone is the greatest time and travel -saver known to business. The Pacific TixtriiONE and Tu ixiurii Compani Business Office 740 State St. 1'hor.e 3101 SOVIET TRADE IS LOST TO U.S. Moscow ftPV-The "United States fell from the head of the Ills to sec ond place In. 1931 as a source of Soviet imports, the first official an alysis of foreign trade by countries disclosed. The outstanding fact Is the sharp rise of Soviet purchases in Ger many, with a total of 410.S43.000 rubles In 1930. The corresponding figures for America are 229.91S.000 rubles in 1931 and 364,393,000 rubles In 1930. Soviet exports to the United States, always extremely small, de clined by nearly half last year. Whereas In 1930 America bought 40.932.000 rubles worth of Soviet goods in 1931 it bought only 22,690, 000 rubles worth. This declne Is regarded as par ticularly significant by officials lwre. It Is their contention that trade mast be roughly reciprocal and that American hopes for a lar ger slice of Soviet Imports must not overlook the necessity for favorable conditions for Soviet exports. Germany, however, h3s not been much more generous in this respect. Despite its enormous expansion of sales to Rusuia, its purchases here for the year fell off from 205.702. 000 rubles in 1931 to 129.339,000 rub les last year. Totals for Great Britain were: exports to the Soviet Union. 73.381. 000 rubles compared with 80.129.000 the year before; Imports from the Soviet Union. 260.071,000 rubles scainst 279.909 000 rubles in 1930. THEATER STAR SAYS WRITER IS ALL WRONG Paris OP) Sinclair Lewis Is all wrong In the way he sees Main Street and George F. Babbitt, ac cording to MUe. Colette d'Arville, French prima donna, who has re turned from a seven months' con cert tour in the United States. Mile. d'Arville took up the cud gel In defense of America's best known thoroughfare and the peo ple who live on It of her own ac cord. "Lewis Is decidedly unfair In his portrayals," she says "He has de picted the warts, the pimples and the ugly excrescences, but he has forgotten to stress the finer qual ities of the American pejple. After all, George F. Babbitt Is not such a crude, vulgar fellow as Lewis has painted him. On the contrary. Bab bitt has redeeming qualities, among them a series of life, and a grow ing appreciation, of art particular ly of music. "Young America Is Infinitely more than automobiles, golf dubs, radio sets and tabloids. Hurried tourists who 'do' America in a week or ten days and then write learned tomes on the subject see only the super ficial, sensational aspect of that great country, so their Judgments are lopsided, prejudiced and unjust even as Mr. Lewis. He has, it seems to me, an unwholesome taste for the drab, the tawdry and the vulgar. "The real America Is not at all like that. During the past visits re gularly, of five to seven months each, I have been permitted to know and to love the real America whlcn cherishes finer things of life. I have been gratified not only by the friendly reception accorded me, but a:so by the seasoned. Intelligent comprehension of my art." "I was told that In certain cities musical appreciation was as dead as the dodo. Imagine by surprise then when, in these very cities I dis covered a cultivated enlightened taste for my art! Doubtless my aud iences contained what Lewis de scribes as Babbitts, but I can tell him that they know music and good music at that!" The popular French singer com pares America to the cocktail It has created. "It Is a little bitter at first, but later fien.ls the blood to the head, giving one a dashing and con quering feeling." After three or four months In Europe for rest and travel pur poses. Mile. d'Arville says, "I am goto? back to Main Street to sing Carmen. La Boheme and other operas because Msin Street, with all lis Lewis delects, loves and apprec iates good mustc." Boston, (IK F. Arthur Hlnch- cliffe. GO. an automobile merchant, and Wiliiam E. Beakes, 51, a radio company official, made successful solo flights at Boston airport recently. Doris Blake Says:- Beauty Isn't Prime Item in Girl's Charm, Need Good Disposition "What do you think of tba matrl monlal chances of two girls who are not beautiful, but reasonably good looking, dress smartly, have brains, as opposed to two girls unusually attractive of face and figure?" Why oppose them, we ask of the first two girls? Why think of one self in competitive beauty terms? If one hasn't beauty, why not scout around among one's other assets rig up a good array of charms not dependent on nature's handout? Why not remove oneself entirely from the field of beauty competi tion? That is, seek boy groups that are not persuaded wholly and solely by a pretty face? Or, better still, set up an opposing camp where boys will find amiable dispositions. Jolly good times, belief in their import ance, a Jar of blarney standing around for spooning out at Use right and psychological moments. We're not trying to minimize the natural advantages of honey hair, violet eyes, sweeping long lashes, ant a Diana silhouette In a boy in terest winning campaign. It's a walkaway for most of these girls. But, comparatively speaking, this beauty supply is limited. There is not nearly enough to go around. The remaining bovs must have girl Interest, also. And there's when you get in your good work, you girls of the lesser beauty rating. Should you reach a discouraging moment when you cry out about pretty girls only getting the breaks. Just look over both the engaged and married girl situation. You'll rec ognize tht trita fact that men, the oretically, may be beauty worship ers, as aren't we all, but that they can be persuaded into steady com pany before, and after marriage on other terms. And the comical part of It Is when it comes to this matrimonial choice a man can endow the plain est Jane with beauty assets her own mother would never claim for her. That's the magic of lore, sisters. The magic of a charming disposi tion. Of a kind, sympathetic na ture. Indeed, the magic sometimes works where there aren't the gifts of sweet companionship, provided the man is sulficlently in love. RECORD IS MADE BY AIR TRAVELS Pari (IP) Three hundred and eighty-five travelers sets the record at LeBourget'iirdrome. On 23 in coming airplanes were 219 passen gers. 410 kilograms of mall, two and a half tons of freight and three tons of baggage: 21 outgoing planes car ried 166 passengers 225 kilograms of mail, two tons of freight and two tons of baggage. An international round-Europe airplane flight will start from Ber lin, Germany, in July. DO YOUR FEET HURT? Quick Relief for Tired Aching Feet, Fallen Arches. Burning Feet, Corns, Callouses, Bunions, Sweating Feet and Varicose Veins "A RELIEF FOR ALL FOOT TROUBLES" BURNS CUBOIDS THEY WORK WHERE OTHERS HAVE FAILED r tSft tf?7 ? rs' -.'.is 3X- . 3 - N:. 4T? 1 1 .3 K jdFJe "A I aW.WtVA.rih. . X- f st.MM.ia Sf ? . 'HaKt.vi, "'-" V This is W. C. Bums, Cuboid Foot Specialist and Inventor of Burns' Patent Cuboid Muscle Developers and Arch Builders, of New York STOP STRETCHING THE CORDS AND NERVES Mr. Burns Will Be with l's the Entire Week June 13-18 Re will adrke and show yoa. 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