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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1932)
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1932 Capitaljjjournal Salem, Oregon Established March 1, IBM 1 Independent Newspaper Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday at IN 0. Commercial Street Telephone U1. News 4881 OBOROE PUTNAM. Editor and Publisher SUBSCRIPTION RATES By carrier 10 cenU a week; 45 cents a month: $5.00 a year In advance. By mall in Marion, Polk, Linn and Yamhill counties, one month SO cents; 9 months $1.25: months $2.23; I year 14 00. Elsewhere 00 cents month; months I3.7S; 16.00 a year In advance. IT'LL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS . AND TUB UNITED PRESS The Associated Bress Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all 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 foes I sketch your world exactly as it goes." Byron A la Mussolini Premier Benito Mussolini, fascist dictator ot Italy, has busted five members of his cabinet and appointed himself to four of the portfolios. He is now premier, minister of in terior, minister of foreign affairs and minister of corpora tions. As H Duce seems to be the model upon which Julius Meier patterns his official career, we respectfully suggest that the governor follow in his footsteps and instead of ap pointing yes-men to draw salaries as bureau chiefs, appoint himself and save the state the salaries, thus not only carry ing out "my policies" but helping balance the budget. The governor has tried for long time to take over the entire powers of the board of control. He controls the board but an unfortunate constitutional provision prevents his fir ing Hall Hoss and becoming secretary of state, though he overlooked a bet when he appointed his henchman as trea surer, for he could have filled the job himself, perhaps better than it is being done and saved the $5,400 a year for taxpay ers. Instead of selecting a successor to Leslie Scott as chairman of the highway commission, the governor should appoint himself and thereby avert future friction. He might have appointed himself as the three members of the indus trial accident commission and thus obviated discord. And so on down the line. We would then have an harmonious administration. If Mussolini finds it a comparitivcly easy task to man age a great nation, it should be child's iilav for a man of the governor's extraordinary statesmanship to run the state of Oregon and sometimes we think it is. It would not en croach at all upon the time devoted to "Portland's own store." A hint to the wise is sufficient. Let us have a real Mussolini while we're about it. Burns Forgotten? Speaking of Robert Burns as a "forgotten poet" the current issue of the Nation says : Though Burns Is doubtless still widely read and widely loved he very rarely figures in any of the current discussions of poetry. A generation ago he would have eunw prominently to mind in any argument. Indeed, he would probably have stood for the pure poet for essential poetry or, what would then have been the same thing, for sheer emotion expressing Itself In Uie simplest terms and uncontaminated by metaphysics or learn ing. Bill today he Is seldom either cited or imitated by poets or critics. Our fatness would not hove believed that Burns could come to seem re mote from-the Interests and problems of the twentieth century. And yet H la an Indubitable fact that he Is remote. It seems absurd to speak of him as a "forgotten poet," but the phrase is almost Justifled. The Nation says that inquiry among poets showed that Burns had been pushed aside less because his genius is un recognized: but becnuse there seems nothing which can be said about him by our contemporaries, though all agreed his verse unique and "almost intolerably beautiful a kind of miraclejwhich could not be even miraculously repeated. He is too simple, too fresh, too spontaneous, too untroubled in spirit for us." It all comes to a definition of poetry. If the labored stuff the modern school of mediocrities "is turning out is poetry, then Burns is not a poet. There is scarcely a verse of the past decade that anyone remembers or deserves re membrance or that will live a year while Burns after one hundred and fifty years is still the best read and most quot ed of the poets still the supreme artist in words and un equalled song writer. We have but to scan an anthology of modern verse to realize that the rjolden age of poetry has passed. The stulti fied craftmanship and pathetic straining for novelty and imagery of those who sneer at the Burns, Byrons, Tenny sons of the past, not only has Httle imagery nnd less emotion al appeal, but is unreadable to the vast majority. Poetry is in its decadence. That Water Plant Loan A reading of the Unemployment Relief act as published In the Congressional Record does not shed much light on the issue as to whether its loans are available for the purchase of the Salem water plant. The section governing such loans, reads as follows: Sec. 201. fa) The Reconstruction Finance Corporation Is authorized and empowered 1 To make loans to, or contracts with, states, municipalities, and political subdivisions of states, public agencies of states, or municipali ties, and of political subdivisions of states, public corporations, boards and commissions, and public municipal Intrumentalltles of one or more states, to aid In financing projects authorised under federal, state, or municipal law which are self-liquidating In character, such loans or contracts to be made through the purchase of their securities ,or other wise, and for such purpose the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is authorized to bid for such securities: provided. That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit the Reconstruction Finance Cor poration, in carrying out the provisions of this paragraph, from purchas ing securities having a maturity of more than 10 years; J To make loans to corporations formed wholly for the purpose of providing housing for families of low Income, or for reconstruction of alum areas, which are regulated by state or municipal law as to rents, charges, capital, structure, rate of return, and areas and methods ot 27?, P.Li?- "1 ' lnMcin projects by such corporations which are self -liquidating in character; - (3 To make loans to private corporations to aid In carrying out the construction, replacement, or Improvement of bring, tunnels, docks, viaducts, waterworks, canals, and markets, devoted to public use and which art aelf -liquidating in character. It is evident that the securing of a loan will be depend ent upon the rules and regulations to be adopted by the board, two members of whom have yet to be appointed. What interpretation of the law will be taken is a matter of surmise at present, though apparently the money is only available for projects that furnish new employment and not for acquisition of operating properties. CUPID SSI RECORD Detroit OP Dan Cupid has a rec ord batting average In the metro poolltan area this year. County Clerk Thomas P. Parrell reports 6.448 marrlaje application filed during the first six saontha ot the year, as om pared with 6,128 for the same period In 1M1. 811T OVER STOLEN VIOLIN San Antonio, Tex. (IP) B. Tart and his wife Mildred have filed suit for tsouo Insurance on a 15.000 vi olin reported stolen from their heme here. The violfei was made by Huggierl, in Italy. The Sun Insur ance company of London, Eng., Is defendant. STAGE ACTORS APPEARING IN THEATER HERE Hie Dufwln players from Port land will appear at Warner Bros. Capitol theater Friday, offering "Rough Women. This company closed mora than a S3 weeks tv gagement hi Portland last Sunday and for the next two months will rood show throughout the north west. The local management has been assured that s second appearance of this company will be made prior to their return to Portland. Every seat in the Capitol theater will be reserved for this engagement and mall orders may be requested at once. The entire cast of the Port land Dufwin players will be used on this road show tour and they will also transport two ear loads of scenery with each production pre sented. One evening performance will be given witn the curtain ris ing mi ft:3Q o'clock. Thrills, action, excitement and romance are part of the dally ex istence of film stars; but now and again a story comes along that In termingles these qualities so close ly and so rapidly that even a veter an player must call upon every fac ulty at his command to handle the role. Such a story la "Amateur Daddy, Warner Baxter's latest Fox picture snowing maay and Saturday at tne warner sros. Esinore theater. During Its filming, Baxter was call ed upon to perform no less than eight dramatic episodes, each of which was attended with extreme personal danger. The cast which Blystone selected to support Baxter In the new film, includes Marian Nixon In the lead ing feminine role, William Pawley, Rita LaRoy, Joe Hachey, Joan Breslaw and others. The film was adapted for the screen from the widely-read novel of Mildred Cram, 'Scotch Valley." "Amateur Daddy," telU the de lightful story of a confirmed bach elor, a construction engineer by profession, who upon the death of his best friend, in an accident he Is partly responsible for, takes it upon himself to care for his family. In stead of watching over one orphan as ne did in "Daddy Long Legs " Baxter soon finds himself mother ing four children. Woodry To Manage Mellow Moon Hall 7. N. Woodry, local business man and veteran dance manager, has taken a long term lease on the Mellow Moon dance hall which is located at the west end of the Marion and Polk county bridge In West Salem. Mr. Woodry has a band of 10 ex perienced musicians and entertain ers w hich will be know as Woodry's Mellow Moon Dance Baud. The opening dance will be Sat urday night of this week. Mr. Woodry has had many varied ex periences In the dance business during the past 19 years as a dance manager. He has managed a travel- i ing aggregation of 10 musicians and entertainers last summer taking In five states In the west and middle west and played 54 dances in 10 weeks. TVV POISONED DOC.3 Detroit (IP) Seven beagle hounds ore under treatment here for poison ivy. They were poisoned m a Ca nadian field trial while crawllns be neath fences covered with the vine. FLOGGING REVIVED IN OHIO , ... , - . w -. '''.wMRaw r ,,u an sV - i.- :. ' W, , .(tor - taMvaWi SSS'SUiitUl war I f " r & m ' " jMOcfaled Prus Plot, Senttneed to an alternativa sf twenty lashes In a public flogging or twenty days at hard labor an a bread and water diet for stealing, two brothers, William and Jena Wyaa, chow the former. Sheriff John Stevens la applying the lash to the back of Jess Wynn, who la manacled to the aid of tha county courthouse at Millersburg, Ohio. About $00 persona watched tha whippings, ths first In Ohio for mora than 60 years. COSTUME PARTY ENLIVENS CAMP Camp Santaly The girls at camp had another very delightful costume party Tuesday evening about the camp fire. They repre sented characters in books for the most part There was Chief Mult nomah, an old fashioned girl. Amy in "Little Women". Dixie Lee In CimmaronM, Scherazade in the "Arabian Nights", Pear Blossom tn "Sons" a recent book by Pearl Buck, the Milk Maid who counted her chickens before they were hatched. the Italian Lily, Kafleh in Cease Firing", Parmer Brown. Pierotte, Harrisburg. Pa. (IP) Pennsylvan ia farmers lost $7,902,000 through farm fires during a one year period, the state bureau of fire protection renortfd. u a member fSSSSiW-' FEDERAL WVMi RESERVE jmMji'.jV JTJ System et steaks pjjTjTY4 TRBNCTHt TH IIMsst HAVE MONEY! We Invite Your Banking Business UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK SALEM, ORE. Member Federal Reserve System A. Strong Bank, rhoujhdully Managed New Low Price ON REPAIR WORK Mens Half Q1 flf Full Soles and Heels so.es ai.uu 52.00fcS2.50 Ladies Half fTp Soles lOC ' Patches OKn Rubber Heels both mens onv aidl womens awtiC Mens Leather rA Rips 1 0p Heels DUC only We use only the finest material and offer you expert workmanship. Do not be mislead this is equal to any ! work in the City at Any Price 1 the Health Olrl, and the Daaclng GM. There were groups also: the Gym nasium Olrl of the gay 90'3 com pared with the two modern ath letic girls of 1833; the Paul Bun yan family, the giant logger, the wife, and the baby who frequently let out a wall; the nine members of the Paget family in -Mother" by Kathleen Norris, who acted out a scene showing the family getting ready for Julia's wedding. The evening closed with songs by the group about the fire, and with marshmallow roast which the girls enjoyed. Japan has three times as many automobiles ns fn 1925. EDITORS MOVE TO LOS ANGELES Ban Francisco, jury 11 (mMtr firing a broadside at asserted dla erlmnatlrwi against the press ay na tional legislators and hearing con demnation of government In com petition with private Industry, traveling national editorial associ ation delegates pi t part d to con tinue on to Los Angelea Irons here today. The three day session of the an nual convention In San Francisco was concluded with a legislative committee report which charged "powerful groups of national legis lators" with animosity towards newspapers. The eharge attributed the animosity to resentment that the press has "faithfully held np a mirror of congressional affairs Among the Instances of alleged discrimination cited were Increased second class postage, refusal to re move government competition m the sale of stamped envelopes and allowing radio broadcasts of lot teries while postal regulations pro hibit such forms of advertising in newspapers. The delegates were urged by C. D. Morris of Chicago, representing the western railway public relation commute, to lead In efforts remove the government from com petition with private Industry. Included in the unfinished busi ness of tha convention to be at tended to in Lot Angeles waa a recommendation the association widen Ha scope and chase Its nam to the National Association of Newspaper publishers. WELTT IS YI8ITOB 8llverton Mr. and Mrs. Will Gra ham have as a nous (uest for the week, Mrs. Orahaml brother. Ells Welty of Oakland. Calif who is here to b with hia mother. Mrs. Mary Welty. Ba arrived late Mon day afternoon In Salem and plans to leave for horn Friday, airs. Graham and Welty drove to Dee, Wednesday, to visit brother, Clif ford, whom Welty had not seen for five year. A sister. Mrs. E. 8. Ferguson of Lyons, was at the Gra ham home during the week to be with her brother and mother. Welty Is well known here having attended the Stlverton high school and grad uated from the Salem nigh school. Mrs. Welty and their small son. Soger, remained at the Oakland home. His mother has not been well for several weeks but Is Improving. COMING! Stanford Kingsley CLAUNCH Ph. D. Eminent Food Scientist, Psychologist and Philos opher. In A Series of Six Inspiring LECTURES On "The Art of Scientific Living" THE ARMORY ADMISSION FREE ALL WELCOME! Exquisite Music by Luc lie Brueb, famous vielhiist 7:45 to 8:15 P. M. PENN FISHERMEN FIGHT WATER DOGS Wllllamsport, Pa. IP Fishermen m this section declared war on ut An also known a sala- I matters and hellbender Tha anglers claimed that the .sal&mandera not only eat fish spawn, but also kill larger fish. One caught recently neia an eign inch trout and the tails of ftv smaller fish. TO RULE AGENTS Philadelphia. (ID The national convention of the National Associa tion of Insurance Agents, to be held here Sept 18-23. will have an of ficial hostess, to be known as Miss Insurance. 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