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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1933)
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL'. SALEM. OREGON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21. 1933 CapitaUJournal Salem, Oregon Established Marcb I. ISM An Independent Newspaper Published Every Afternoon Kxoept Sunday . at us a commercial street. Telephone teal, news vaa. OEORQC PUTNAM. Editor and Publisher FULL LEASED WIKE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PBBS8 AND THE UNITED PRESS I BUBSCBimON RATES t - By carrier 10 cents a week; is oenta a month; 93 a year In advance By mall In Morton, Polk, Linn and Yamhill counties, one month N eenta; month! 1-2S; a months 13.23; 1 year K00. . Elsewhere SO oents a month; 6 months $3.76; 16.00 a year In advance. The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication o! all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also local news published herein. "With or without offense to friend or foet I sketch your world exactly as it goes." Byron The Black Case Commenting on the law's breakdown the Capital Jour nal Wednesday cited the case of Hugh Black, former clerk of Folk county who was convicted last May and will not be sentenced until next July. The case deserves further men tion because this procrastination in the enforcement of the law is as unusual as it is inexcusable in this locality. Black was county clerk for two terms. He was a Sunday school superintendent and a leader in lodge and social affairs. ' He confessed to having feloniously appropriated county : funds to his own use, yet entered a plea of not guilty, forcing the state to expense of a trial. He was convicted of embez- . zling $2211.21 on May 26, 1933. Judge George R. Bagley of Hillsboro, who presided over the trial, has not passed sentence upon Black as yet. The court first fixed May 31 as date for sentence. When that day wag reached, time for passing sentence was deferred to December 2. On November 29, Judge Bagley at McMinnville, on petition of District Attorney Barnhart and Oscar Hayter, attorney for the defense, deferred sentence until July 14, 1934. If a judge can thus suspend sentence for over a year, why not for 5 or 10 years ? Then if the culprit is not actual ly brought into court, an astute criminal lawyer will prob ably contend that the court has lost jurisdiction over the case and has no power to pass sentence. Such court procedure, which Judge Bagley has foisted on the people of Polk county undoubtedly brings courts and the administration of criminal law into disrepute. Is ennv inal procedure merely a judicial cobweb which catches the small fly but lets the wsns and hornets get through ? Are those with power and influence, who betray public trust and steal from the people, to escape with a slap on the wrist, while those poor devils who steal under stress of circum stances, get the limit? The Black case, however, reflects no discredit upon the criminal procedure as provided by statute. It is not so much the fault of the law as it is of those who administer the law. The most efficient set of rules which the human mind can devise, if administered by incompetents, will produce poor results. After all the human element is the most important factor in the administration of justice. The Difference Commenting on the fear of some observers that the ex tension of government control over American economic life is placing the nation on the road to a planned economy in the Bussian style, Walter Lipman, the publicist says: The difference Is that the Russian planning is a glgantio collective effort to Increase production In a country which docs not have enough of anything, whereas the American regimentation Is a collective effort to curtail production in a country which believes It has too much of every thing. Stalin is concerned with five-year plans to grow larger crops and build more factories and turn out more goods. Secretary Wallace and General Johnson make their plans with the conviction that we must grow smaller orops and discourage the building of new factories and turn out less goods. Russia is attempting to solve the problem of scarcity; America, at the moment, la attempting to solve the problem of a tem porary glut. The AAA he points out derives its vital force from the fact that it offers to raise farm prices by paying farmers to reduce their crops; the NRA derives its vital force from the desire of established industries to "stabilize" themselves through cooperation by relaxing the anti-trust laws, and the purpose is to keep production down to the effective demand. When recovery comes, and prices rise through scarcity of supply, a revolution in public opinion will come and a rebellion against restrictions will follow as the day the night, Regimentation will last only as long as the emergency that created it by the breakdown in exchange of goods. As Mr. Lipman concludes "while we have been appalled at ine paradox or poverty in the midst of plenty, we are in some danger of embracing the greater paradox that we can become rich by creating scarcity." That's what we are try ing to do. Taxing the Exempts A strong effort is already underway at Washington to "plug the income tax loopholes afforded by tax-exempt bonds. Senator Lonergan of Connecticut will lend the fight. He in troduced measures to that end at the recent session, the one a bill and the other a constitutional amendment. The bill provides that income from federal securities issued in the future shall be taxed. The government can tax its own securities under such legislation but it cannot tax those of a state, Hence, a constitutional amendment, giving it power to tax all securities. Under his plan, only federal securities issued in the future could be taxed until ratifica tion of the proposed amendment, which means a delay of sev eral years. It is also proposed to reach tax exemnt securities with. out waiting for ratification by a special excise tax, which would be by imposing a tax upon the doing of business by corporations and by individuals and by a net income tax upon those not subject to excise taxes, reach most of the exempt securities. Tax exempt securities reached a grand total of nearly aoo minions as iouows at tne ena oi laai, : Totally tax-exempt federal securities 6.9S3.000,000. In addition, there were aiz.ua.uuu.uuu exempt rrom tne normal tax. making a total of $19 -078,000,000. To this Is added 116,583.000 flOO. state county and citv bond's. totally exempt from all taxes. The grand total for all classes was 34,Mlr vuu.uw. ui wmcn t44,Dtio,uuu,uuu are totally exempt. DAVE ACCUSED BY A1MEE IN COUNTER SUIT Los Angeles. Dee. 11 (IP) A nrlm. rose path lined with pretty chorus girls who caressed and kissed her errant husband was described today u; Auueo oempw Mcraereoa nut ton as grounds for divorce from portly David L. Button, Jr. Striking back at her husband, whn Instituted divorce proceedings last summer, the evangelist accused him of cruelty In moving to brlna to an eon cneir two-year-oia romance In a counter-suit. The counter-suit was filed only a few hours before she returned home from a nationwide evangelistic and vauaeviue tour. Hutton was accused in the cross. complaint of stooping to "cheap' publicity stunts In furthering his stage career. He allowed himself to be photographed with "scantily dressed girls whom he permitted to caress and kiss him" in "utter dis regard to the marital status of the parties and disclosing- a marked attitude to Indifference toward her hls wife's) ideals, wishes and. de sires," according to the complaint. Aimee, who herself drew $4,000 a week for several vaudeville appear ances, described herself as "an in ternationally known evangelist' who nas been devoting all of her time and energy In nromulsatinff by the preached and written word, at home and abroad, the fourfold message of lull gospel evangelism, the Bible the second coming of Jesus Christ and the return of the apostolic power of healing." All tnese "Ideals" were utterly dlsre. garded by her husband In embark. tag on a stage career, Mrs. Hutton auegea. Hutton's "career" at present has been reduced from that of a vaude ville headliner to that of an enter tainer at a small, local night club. government revenues will be better. He can pay off In years of plenty the obligations Incurred In the years of want Soma experts doubt his ability to do that. But what It all boils down to Is a question whether you think business is going to be sufficiently better to meet tne expenses within a reason able tun. If you do not believe it will, then you do not want rot. ernment bonds or money or any thing els except a storm cellar full roon. The administration men here think It cannot heln but work out sausractoruy. Tny say that If Mr. Roosevelt keeps spending within reason and keeps congress from go ing off on a ten billion dollar pub lie works spree and other things like that, he will be all right. ' They know the existing budiret system is trick bookkeeping. They auo imow tnat it is a practical ne cessity. Therefore all they want to do Is to keep excess expenditures within reason, and they will not worry aooui "Balancing tne budget." voice Mr. Hoover himself con curs in the republican decision to lay off Roosevelt In the coming con gressional session. At least his unofficial Washing. ton spokesman, Larry Richey, has joinea in tne move. Richey has told all republican senate and house leaders who asked him that he thinks it would be unwise to use obstruction tactics. He thinks the welfare of the country should be considered first. Richey would hardly have taken such a step without having heard from Palo Alto. (Oopyruht. IMS. br Paul MaUoaJ Washington, Dec. 21 Calamity howlers are yodellng In despair Brout tne ieaerai Dunget. Thev think It is in bad share. Thev sav it win not do unbalanced but so for askew as to disturb confidence in government bonds. They see no prospect of performing the spring refinancing successfully. They do not say these things openly, but that is what they are driving at. ineir trouble is that thev assume the government needs monev to Balance the budget. As a matter of practical fact, all the government needs Is a good snarp pencil. Fundamentals No well-informed people use the phrase "balancing ine ouuget" anymore. It is obso lete. It does not mean anything under the existing treasury book. seeping system. Everyone knows these alphabeti cal super-relief agencies are costing more money man tne government can take it. Thev will noss ble cost ten billions during' the next tnree years, nut tnese expenses are NOT In the budget. They arc segregated outside. The budget contains only the or dinary running expenses of the gov ernment. The inside estimate Is tnat it will show a surplus of a billion dollars at the end of this fiscal year (June 30). So the question Is NOT whether the budget is balanced, but whether the whole scheme of income and out-go Is on a sane basis. The real problem Is not to make the books balance but to maintain the confidence of bondholders in the government's ability to pay off its excess current expenditures In the end. At least that Is the principle upon wrucn iwr. Kooscveit is nroceedlng. He believes It can and will be done that way. Mr. Roosevelt's theory Is that business will be better. If It is. Effect The decision means that Senator Fesa can keep on saying tne country is going to hell, If he wants to. senator scnail win be permitted to characterize General Johnson as a scorpion or worse. The republican national committee can lambast the money policy. These will be considered purely personal ana routine political matters. The general basic pollcv of the nominal republican leaders In con will be to go along with the administration whenever they can, now much the decision means will depend on how It woiks out In prac. tire on tne noor or each house. Candidates The big shot repub licans reacneo another decision which was NOT made public. They agreed to soft pedal talk about presidential candidacies for 1938. To talk about or work for McNary, Snell, Mills, Reed, or Hoover again, at this time, would be foolish. The only Immediate political problem irom tneir standpoint Is the con gressional election next November. They decided to concentrate on that in an individual rather than a na tional way. These decisions merely apply i little common sense to the sltua tlon. After all, that Is the best politics. Republicans do not have to go out and seek Issues or candidates. They will have plenty of both when the time comes. Any policies or men they might concentrate on now will be forgot ten or aeaa oeiore lyue, Censorship The new federal re serve bulletin (published today) may not nave reen censored, but It was certainly written cautiously. The survey of business is included after having been omitted last month. The bulletin contains no mention of the gold policy or the NRA. One thing is clear. The White House will not be displeased at this months issue. Notes The present day standine of the treasury books means noth ing because the real outflow of money has only started. For In. stance, on December 26 onlv $153.. 000,000 of the three billions aUoted to public works had then been dis bursed. The only significant figure in tne statement issued was the one showing that the public debt had been increased $1,200,000,000 since July 1. That. is where thev get me money (Dy refinancing and ad- ing it on tne debt). Apparently some on told Jesse Jones about the treasury press room cartoon allowing himself and Mor genthau shooting dice to determine the gold price. He never mentions the gold program without some reference to dice and seems quite proua or nis crap-snooting vocabu lary. Most of those trying to get for eign service appointments In Rus- sia are out of luck, as the state department Is moving men from Every Public School In Salem Presenting Christmas Programs Every public school in Salem is observing Christmas this week. No two schools are celebrating the event in exactly the same; way, and several programs, remarkable for originality, hav been prepared. Nearlv aver school boy and girl In the city hasiM"" Its purpose will be to dedicate opportunity during the week to par ticipate In a program of soma kind. in addition to tlx- Christmas fea tures all the schools participated In the sale of Christmas seals sponsor ed, by th Oregon Society tor the prevention oi Tuberculosis. Grant school prepared two pro grams which are being presented at various times during the week. One of these Is by the pupils of th third, fourth, fifth and sixth grades and tne otner oy tne first and second grades. At McKinley school will be an all, school program for the children this afternoon and for the Barents at 8 o'clock this evening. The Christmas story will be told by readings and the singing of carols. A cast of 30 children from th fifth and sixth grades comprises the main chorus In addition there is a small chorus from the primary grades and 10 oth er characters from other grades. The main hall at McKinley school has Deen maae attractive with built-in scene, All of the children have ta ken part in the fruit drive of the Salvation army for the benefit of the poor. Richmond school will observe Christmas by an assembly Friday af ternoon for th singing of carols. After that each grade will give a pi-ugram in its own room. Park school will give its annual Christmas concert Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Christmas story will be depicted by Biblical readings and songs. Gifts wrapped In white paper and tied with green ribbon will be offered by the children for distribu tion by the Salvation army. At Lincoln school Christmas has been observed throughout the week by brief ensembles In the main hall each morning. Each room has charm of this program one mornihg. Car ols are sung and the room In charge gives a special number. The children bring toys for the Salvation army, and "Silent Night" is sung as the gifts are placed about the tree. On Friday afternoon each grade at Lin coln will have Its own program In Its own room. Englewood school has prepared a program for Fridav afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Christmas story will be depicted by shadow pictures and the singing or carols. Every child in the scnooi win nave a part. At Garfield school several pro grams are to be given in the various rooms Friday. Programs by the Individual mn during the week and an all-school program Friday Is the order at Hlgh- mnu wiiooi. me r-rioay program will be by the sixth grade and will be entitled "The Message of the An- Chrtstmas scenery which th sixth grade pupils have earned money and bought and presented to the school. For Washington school the pro gram has not been announced in de tail but will consist of various pro grams and special assemblies. Two plays and Christmas program will be featured Friday afternoon at ParrLsh Junior high school The pupils of Leslie junior high school will give a play, "Love Lights the Christmas Tree." This will be presented Friday morning for the seventh grade pupils and their par ents and Friday afternoon at 1:45 o'clock for the eighth and ninth grades and parents. The play was arranged by Miss Anna Miles. The senior high school has arrang ed a special home-coming event tor Friday. Each home room of the school Is taking care of one forally not otherwise able to afford Chrls mas cheer, and It Is said about 40 families will be cared for In this way. WILD NORSES FILM TOPIC The battle of man to conauer the wild horses of the west and also his struggle to win his mate is re vealed In "Strawberry Roan", sug gested by Curley Fletchers famous song, which will open an engage ment at the State theatre today- its iir.se saiem snowing! Two hundred and fifty wild hors es led by the famous and notorious Strawberry Roan", a natural ruler of the range, and several human villains form the obstacles which Ken Maynard, famous Universal western star, must triumph over. The hard riding cowbov star and his famous Palomino horse. Tarznn. match their wits against their en emies In no uncertain way, and the result is a fast action picture with plenty of thrills. Including a stam pede, "broncho busting" contest, and the capture of a wild horse, Ruth Hall Is th girl who has played with Maynard during the making of three of his western stor ies, and has received such critical approval that she has again been assigned to work with him. Maynard, a native of Mission, Texas, has been reared on the rang, and knows Just what to do. when it Is necessary to expose and capture a horse-rustling foreman. Goodwin, who plays the role of the villain, is physically a perfect match ror htm and they stage several re alistic encounters. HITLER SIGN ON NUN'S DOOR Paris (IP) The sign of the Sw&stl ka, adopted by the Adolphe Hitler as the Insignia for his Nazi troops, dates back to about 33 B.C. but many Frencft critics side witii a correspon dent of the erudite I'lllustratlon. who has revealed the fact that this crolx-gammee. as It Is called. ap peared above the convent door at Lambach where the German dicta tor went to school from 1897 to 1898. "It seems certain," says the French correspondent, "that during his in fancy, little Adolphe Hitler had this symbol constantly before his eyes. The convent was founded by Bene dictine monks and the Swastika had formed part of the coat of arms. It is only natural, therefore, that this emblem should have made a lasting impression on the observant Adolphe so that when it came time for him to choose something that would rep resent his new form of government he chose the simple Swastika." From time immemorial, that use of the croix gamma has been pro vocative of good luck. The transla tion "svatika" is Hindu, proceeding from the Sanscrit, Etymologically lsu-astl" translates In the French hlen-etre" or "well being" which signifies good fortune or prosperi ty. "With these definitions and tradi tions in mind," continues the French man, "It Is a logical conclusion to draw that Hitler felt a certain se curity and superstition in selecting the Swastika for his troom of Nazi. NOTHING DOES SO MUCH POR SO LITTLE AS YOUR TELEPHONE CHRISTMAS Call them at home the border states Into Russia, fig uring they know more about cur rent Russian problems. When young Robert Stranw (hp ambassador's son, left the NRA. it was explained he was nervous from overwork. It now develons that Strauss' nervous condition first be came apparent to General Johnson when Strauss overruled him in a dlsputs which came before the pol- Irish Bing Grocery Co. Phone 3527 294 N. Com'l. St. Turkeys Turkeys We have R. A. Barton's flock of fancy dressed birds. Get your order in early. 18canl20c Kitchen Queen f Fresh Medium 11 Flour 9X? Eggs, 2 doz 4 IRaido, Mix Candy 2 lbs 4Jg Apples, faced and CAs filled, box J 7 STONE REVEALS VIKINGS' VISIT Winnipeg, Man fltt That Norse man had penetrated th Interior of Canada 130 year before Columbus discovered America may be proven by character carved on a stone near Sandy retort, 41 milts north of Winnipeg. An Icelandic scholar has read on It faos inscriptions Identified as Scandinavian runlo. Th atone is oeiievea to oe eviaence tnat Mani toba and the Hudson bay area were explored in 1392 A D. The runic rock Is of gray stone, badly weathered, five feet long and three feet thick. It Is about one and a half miles back from the nresent shore line. The Importance of the find It em phasized by the finding of what Is now called the "Kensington Stone" at Kensington, Minn., In IBM. One stone, it is sold, will confirm the ev idence of the other. Both point, It is claimed, to the unmistakable con clusion that the Vikings explored America long before Columbus. 1 Pat MenthoUtMa In 111 HI th rtMtrlk to relievo III jjj congestion ami clear HI the krlhle; paMd. MiMia for Holiday Travel Rounds Trips Reduced effective De cember IB to Jan. 1st Return Limit Jan. 15. LOW FARE EXAMPLES On Reend Way Trip Portland $1.05 $1.60 San Francisco .... 9.75 14.65 Eugene 1.45 2.20 Medford 5.00 7.50 NEW SENATOR HOTEL PHONE 4151 Legion of Honor Won By Paris Decorator Paris (In M. Menessler has been given the Legion ot Honor, lor which he watted all of his life. For more than half a century his name has been associated with Paris theatri cal life at a decorator, A short time ago he amused himself by sending a picture to the Paris Salon and to his great delight It was refused with the notation "too Immature. Men essler began hit career by decorating dane hall Bine then he hat dec orated nearly all the theaters and aiuslc halls In Paris. Oklahoma Hunters Not Severe On Deer Oklahoma City OP Only 23S bucks one for about every 10 hunt' era were killed during Oklahoma! first open season on deer hi 11 years. Not a single hunter wat slain, and none was wounded. State Gam Warden Robert Chandler estimated th number of bucks killed at about four per cent of those In the wood In th aevta counties where hunting was allow ed. All hunters were forced to wear red Jackets so other ntmrada would not mistake them for deer. HY, it s as if they were in the same room!" How often you hear that about today's Long Dis tance telephone service! Inter-city tele ' phoning main tains family ties as nothing else can do. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company Baslnes Offic 740 State St. Ptiom 1101 SALEM BREWERY ASSOCIATION I SALEM BEER 1 "QUALITY FIRST" o ON DRAUGHT TODAY AT Salem FLINT & KELLY. Silvcrton GEO. MANOLIS, Silvcrton DOC HEATER, Silverton DUCK N'SW ALLOW, Silverton COZY REST, Silverton FRANK WILDE, Mt. Angel MT. ANGEL HOTEL, Mt. Angel MT. ANGEL CONFEC. . Mt. Angel TOM RENN, Woodburn L. D. McKEE, Playmore Pool Hall Hubbard Marion Hotel Elks Club Hill Candy Co. 697 N. Capitol B to B Beer Garden, W. Salem Eugene Eckerlin, No. High'y. Tourist Cafe, So. 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