Capital journal., April 21, 1936, Page 4, Image 4

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"Willi or without offense to friends or foes
I sketch your world exactly as it goes."
The Smear Brigade
The group of financiers, industrialists and profiteers
headed by the du Ponts, who are financing so many organiza
tions whose sole purpose is to "beat Roosevelt" by any means
possible, comprise what has been styled as our "in
visible government" which so long ruled the nation. The
organization of the "Liberty League" has made them both
visible and exceedingly audible. Nothing that the president
has done or tried to do or plans to do is right. The real
grievance is that Roosevelt has driven them from the temple
of the government they prostituted for special interests and
they seek a return to power.
The senate lobby probe has disclosed that the Liberty
League backers, principal contributors to -the republican
campaign fund, also financed:
The recent southern "grass roots" convention of "Jef fersonian demo
crats" at Macon, Ga., for the purpose of building up Governor Talmadge
as an'opponent to Roosevelt.
The Crusaders, to defend the constitution by Ku Klux methods.
The Sentinels of the Republic to raise religious and racial issues.
The Farmers Independence council to fight the AAA.
The League for Constitution government to ..raise the. red scare.
The American Taxpayers' League to combat corporation taxes. -
The Southern Tariff association to fight reciprocal tariffs.
The list is far from complete. Most of the organizations
are pure rackets utilizing the industrialists as a sucker list
for contributions but all of them are pledged to do clandes
tinely dirty work that neither the Liberty League nor the
republican committee care to be caught at.
The Liberty League is a fine bunch of constitution de
fenders and wavers of the flag but these cynical sneering re
actionists are not fooling the people despite their control of
the metropolitan press. The record vote cast for Roosevelt in
the state primaries and the increase in democratic registra
tion show that conclusively enough.
Mr. Holman, Economizer
Presumably in his desire to foster Oregon industry at
all times and particularly during this, his election year. State
Treasurer Rufus Holman seems at times to be forgetting his
self-assumed role of protector and conseryer of the public's
funds.
.. In his enthusiasm for the purchase and use of home pro.
duel's' by the state Hbtma'n has seemingly overlooked the fact
that the legislature has by statute seen fit to restrain such
favoritism on the part of public purchasing agencies by pro
viding that differentials of five percent in favor of Oregon
products may be recognized.
Last week the board of control at the request of the
highway department was called upon to open bids and award
the contract for two pumps to be installed ina roadside oasis
in eastern Oregon. The low bid, tendered by an out-of-state
concern was $1100 apiece fot.the pumps; the high bid, by an
Oregon concert, $1698 each. The pumps of both companies
met the specifications stated.
At Holman's insistence and upon his motion, the board
voted to accept the higher bid, 54 percent in excess of the
low offer.
. Then it developed that construction of the oasis and the
purchase of equipment for it is being paid for out of federal
funds subject to approval by federal officials, who put their
foot down flat that if the state wished to pay $1698 each for
$1100 pumps it could do so but with its own funds. . .
With Mr. Holman again converted to the cause of econ
omy, insofar as pumps and federal money is concerned, the
board yesterday voted to accept the low bid.
Scooped the World
A Hearst newspaper, the Detroit Times scooped the
world on the Hauptmann execution, printed an extra on the
afternoon of March 31 when the electrocution did not occur
until the evening of April 3. When the event was postponed,
the extra was scrapped", but newsboys somehow got hold of
from 1500 to 2000 copies and sold them the next day as
"April fool extras." This is how it happened according to
the Editor & Publisher:
On the afternoon of Tuesday. March 31. the Times made up an extra
an 'the death of Hauptmann. scheduled for 8 o'clock that night. An eight
column line across the lop proclaimed that -Bruno Dies." Dropping down
almost to the bottom of the left side of the. page was a two column pic
ture of Hauptmann. Spreading across the remaining six columns and
going well below the fold was a composite picture of Hauptmann being
sirappea into the electric chair by two guards while Executioner Rob
ert Elliott stood watching at one side and Prison KcCDer Mark o Kim.
berling stood at the other side. In the upper left corner below the line
and Inset Into the picture was the slug -Extra." Below the cut was an
eye-witness story of the execution, which ran word for word the same as
mat used in the real Times extra the following Friday night.
This is a typical example of Hearst newspaper cnter
prise. The pictures were faked as well as the "eye witness
story" of the execution, which although first printed on a
Tuesday, was reprinted on Friday evening as the authentic
account.
It is small -wonder the reading public is losing faith in
the yellow press, when their sensations are faked and their
editorials inspired propaganda.
BOY ORATOR MAKES
HIT IN LOS ANGELES
That George McLcod, Willamette
university student orator who ac
companied Prof. H. E. Rahe and
members of the debate team to
southern California last week, made
an excellent impression when he
spoke before several hundred mem
bers of the Los Angeles Breakfast
club is the Information received in
two letters by President Bruce R.
Baxter.
Harold B. Link, manager for the
breakfast club who has charge of ar
ranging the elaborate weekly pro
(rams write President Baxter In
part: "You have no Idea what en
thusiasm this lad and his talk cre
ated among our members. , He spoke
with more than case, because while
Editor and Publisher
he was fluent he was at the same
time very forceful and his manner
quite spontaneous. He is certainly
a worthy representative of Willam
ette. Thank you for sending him to
us. You can do that every year for
us if you keep tnem coming like
McLebd."
'.'Your young boy orator knocked
us all for a loop at the breakfast
club." J. Whltcomb Brougher. Jr.,
pastor of the First Baptist church of
Los Angeles wrote Dr. Baxter. "He's
a mighty clever boy and did a good
Job."
CALLOUSES
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quick, i.fe, eiy rvmoval of four
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Remorse
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COURT APPROVES
COMPROMISE IN
BANK PAYMENT
Offer of a compromise settlement
of the claim of Bank of Woodburn
against Keith Powell, wife and chil
dren, has been confirmed in an or
der by Judge Le welling handed down
today.
Under the compromise settlement
the Powells will turn over to the
superintendent of banks bank. ac
counts and interest on bank stock
aggregating Si 660.73 and also the
Powell and Espy homes in Wood-
burn. Houses on these homes were
constructed at a cost of approxi
mately $20,000. the petition states.
and there is an encumbrance against
them of $2000, unpaid balance on a
mortgage.
As to the claim It Is shown there
were 100 shares of stock in the Bank
of Woodburn subject to assessment
at 100 cents on the dollar, 32 shares
owned by Keith Powell and -wife
jointly and one share each owned
by George Bingham Powell and Ro
bert Walker Powell, their children.
Assessments totaled S340O against
these shares and- $3200 against the
Bingham trust for shares held,, this
latter assessment having been paid.
The petition states that in addition
Keith Powell is indebted to the re
ceiver of the First National Bank in
Salem $5650 on account of a -note
and $500 on account of stock assess
ments on that bank, with possibly
an additional assessment to be
made.
The petition sets out that the su
preme court has held invalid a
pledge made by Keith Powell of 400
shares of United States National
bank stock in the Bingham -trust
and held that Powell as trustee had
no authority to pledge the Stock.
The note, the petition states.- was
put in the bank to strengthen its
financial status and no considera
tion whatsoever passed to Keith
Powell because of it.
BONNEVILLE INSPECTED
Independence Verd Morgan, ac
companied by his mother. Mrs. Es
ther Morgan, and sister, Mrs. Ben
Johnson and niece. Connie John
son, motored to Bonneville Sunday
to view the dam. Thev were joined
at Hubbard by' Vanness Johnson
and his wife, who mad the trip with
them. Vanness Johnson is teaching
in the Hubbard schools.
LEGALS
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, by an order of the
County Court of Mai .on County,
State of Oregon, duly made and en
tered on the 3rd day of April, 1936,
was appointed admiriJtrator of the
estate of Teresa E. D .rcy, and that
he has duly qualifieu as such. All
persons having claim- against said
estate are hereby notified to present
the same, duly verified as required
by law, at the offices of W. J.
DArcy, in the D'Ar; Building, in
the City of Salem. Marion County,
Oregon, within six months from the
date of this notice, to-wit: April 7,
1936.
W. J. D'ARCY.
Administrator nf the estate of
Teresa E. D'Arcy, Deceased.
"April 7. 14 21. 28. Mav 5
CHURCH GROUP
ASKS FOR BAN
ON GAMBLING
Urging- every minister to take an
active part in ' the circulation of
initiative petitions and to cooperate
in all efforts to educate the "citizen
ship of Oregon in this matter",
.preachers and laymen in attendance
during the Cooperative Church con
ference held at the Y. M. C. A. Mon
day went on record as recognizing
"the peril that threatens our entire
social and political structure through
the growth of gambling in Oregon
"We give to the movement for an
amendment to the Oregon const I tu
tion prohibiting gambling and the
. licensing of gambling in the state,"
the resolution states. Appreciation
of the efforts of the attorney, gen
eral's department In cleaning up
vice and crime was voted.
In touching upon world peace, the
resolutions committee said: .
VWe .deplore the world wide condl
tions that now. exist, forcing the
various nations of the world to en
gage in extensive military prepara
tions for war, the greatest in all the
world's history. We advocate a sane
propaganda for peace with all na
tions of the world."
The group delegated to study reli
gious education cited four major
problems in connection with week
day religious schools; a leading spirit
who Is really for it; adequate teach
ing; financial support; and com
munity cooperation. The" group re
Commended the efforts of-the-Ore
gon Social Hygiene society in its
work of trying to teach youth and
parents how to live and this so
ciety's citation of the "great need
of this type of education."
The work beintr done bv the com
mittee on comity of trie Oregon
Council of Churches In its effort to
eliminate over-churching and under
churching of communities was prais
ed by the conference committee.
"We commend the national mission
boards of our various denomina
tions for drastically curtailing the
amount of mission funds sent into
those communities which are over
churched and their using this money
to better advantage in cooperative
efforts in those communities which
are not adequately served by any
church," the report added.:
"We urge upon the citizens-- of
every community that they be more
tolerant and that they drop their
contention for non-essential religious
views in the interests of a more
vital Christianity and a more effi
cient and united service to the local
community, the suite, the nation
and the world."
Aumsville Mr. and Mrs. Darwin
Calfee of Salem spent Sunday with
Mrs, Calfee's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Lester Ellis.
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Don't Forget
! 1c Sale Starts I
i Wednesday, Thurs.,Fri., and Sat. ;'
i April 22; 23; 24; 25 . j
Bring this Adv. and 10c
and receive a
$1.00 bottle of perfume.
Wednesday Only
DRUG STORE
The Original Yellow Front Drug and Candy Special
Store of Salem
135 N. Commercial St"
News Behind
The News
By Paul Ma Hon
. Washington, April 21 Harry
Hopkins was indignant because the
newspapers said he would pay union
wages for relief work instead of the
bare livelihood wage he has favored
up to now.
The relief boss called in his denial
secretary and issued a statement. He
specifically refuted the news ac
counts relating that he had tipped
a certain congressional committee
the prevailing wage would be fa
vored. He said he had never said
any such thing.
Do not take Mr. Hopkins' indig
nation too seriously. He has turned
it on and off frequently of late. The
imminence of the political campaign
requires him occasionally to deny
publicly what he says privately
Labor leaders have received suf
ficient inside assurances to lel
them to believe the prevailing wage
theory will be extended.
Warning Ordinarily labor lead
ers would be extremely distrustful of
private assurances. They would rath
er have a signed statement from Mr.
Hopkins. Even then they might not
be entirely confident.
But this time they believe . their
long, fight for the prevailing wage
scale will bring sympathetic cooper
ation from Mr. Hopkins for several
reasons.
The new dealers are sensitive of
their personal relations with labor
leaders as the campaign approaches.
The executive council of the A. F.
of L. is meeting soon and must be
appeased. Then, too, there is a pos
sibility of a congressional fight
against security wages on the relief
appropriation bill now pending.
Nevertheless, skeptical students of
the art of politics will prefer to watt
until prevailing wages are ordered,
before believing that they are com
ing. From now until election, every
one would be wise to believe only
what is signed, sealed and delivered.
' Note Because of labor protests,-
WPA has been paying prevailing
wage rates in New York and a: few.
other places, but maintaining the
security wage as a rule.
Another Reservation Even- 225
members of congress can be fooled
these days. That number bludgeoned
President Roosevelt into- keeping
CCC camps limited to 350.000 boys,
instead of 300.000 as he had planned.
You may "recall how the papers were
full of their big victory over the
president a few weeks back. Since
then they have have had two shocks.
First, they found out that the pres
ident had a private understanding
with Chairman Buchanan of the
house appropriations committee to
get rid of fifty- camps. Next, they
learned that a couple of jobs are
being abolished: in each of- some 2,
000 camps. That means 4000 jobs,"
very good patronage jobs, are being
lost to them. -
Not only that, but the 4.000 CCC
camp authorities who will lose their,
posts will blame the congressmen
for not protecting them. The groc
ery store keepers in those fifty lo
calities from which camps are being
removed will be up in arms. :
Skeptics, however, will wait to
count each of those fifty camps as
they are abolished and each of those
4,000 Jobs as they are lost. The to
tals may turn out to be very much
smaller by the time the congressmen
get through with the fuss they are
now starting to raise.
Holding Companies After all
Father Coughlin has said against
holding companies, interlocking di
rectorates and the practices of big
business in draining one corpora tian
to support another, you will find
these facts interesting: .
His first campaign expense' state
ment, filed in the house, shows that,
from January 1 to February 28, he
received $101,060 In the names of the
National Union for Social Justice.
Apparently that is his top holding
company because the itemized list
of the receipts indicated that $76,
692.17 of the amount came from his
Radio League of the Little Flower,
which might be called his operating
company. Only $21,443 was actually
collected by the top holding com
pany, In amounts of less than $100.
High Finance His expense sheet
showed expenditures of $96,388, so
apparently he tapped the treasury
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of the Radio league because he had
difficulty in raising funds.
Furthermore, his report disclosed
payment of $2,926 and $2,000 on
loans respectively to the Radio
league and to St. Therese parlst, in
dicating that he has followed an
other big-business practice of bor
rowing from one company to another.
PROPOSE JOB
OF COLLECTING
CITY LICENSES
- An ordinance bill introduced at
the city council meeting last night
by Alderman Walter Fuhrer would
create a new city office carrying a
salary of $1500 a year.
The measure provides for a city
license collector. He would be ap
pointed by the city council each year
on recommendation of the city re
corder. It is provided also that he
might at times be used as a special
police officer.
Alderman Fuhrer is chairman of
the committee on licenses which is
now engaged in a campaign to col
lect delinquent license fees from
scores of Salem businesses. The li
cense situation has become chaotic
in recent years and a considerable
amount of money has been lost to
the city. -
- It was reported to the council last;
night that parking of automobiles
in the center of the street at Salem
Deaconess hospital, which has been
the practice there for several years,
has been discontinued and the cars
are now being parked at an angle
at the curbs as in other part of the
city. The hospital petitioned for au
thority to place signs reading "Hos
pital Zone Quiet" in the neighbor
hood of the hospital. It was granted.
Apartment house owners petition
ed for a removal of the restriction
against all-night parking of cars in
the vicinity of apartment houses
where there is no great amount of
traffic. It was referred to a committee.-
Mayor V. E. Kuhn instructed City
Building Inspector E. C. Bushnell
to make a check of electric business
signs to find out how many of them
are not conforming to the building
code.
The popcorn -wagon issue which
has troubled aldermen for several
years came to an end probably
last night when the council passed
an ordinance bill by Alderman Don
ald A. Young repealing an existing
ordinance that allowed them In cer-;
tain places. Two wagons, one on
Church street and one on Chemeke
ta. are put out of business by. the
measure.
An ordinance bill prohibiting the
firing of guns or other dangerous
explosives on city-owned property
outside the city limits was passed.
- A bid of $1,325 for repairing of the
city incinerator was accepted.
On motion of Alderman Fred A.
Williams the council instructed the
city engineer to make a survey to
determine the feasibility of widen
ing D street by removal of parking
strips, to remove a hazard to school
children.
Silver ton Lester Green, who is
employed at Valsetz, drove to Sil
verton Friday and was accompan
ied to the coast resort by Mrs. Green
and their son and daughter, Lester,
Jr., and Lydla. They remained until
Sunday.
AUTO PAINTING
Complete Paint fin Up
jobs DJ.4
Fender and Body Repairing,
Radiator Repairing and Clean
ing. HAIN'S TOP & BODY
SHOP
"' 261 So. Com'l. St.
WONDER CAR TO BE AT
MILLER'S Store
Wednesday and Thursday
Open 9 A. M. to 10 P. M.
Largest Traveling
Museum In the World
FREE
The First Electric Light
Edison
World War Relics and
Curios
Smallest Book every print
ed Exhibits front Japan.
Arabia. Haiti, Africa and
Australia
, Pre-historic Relics
' The story of Silk and
Chocolate
Jlvarro Indian shrunken
head from south America
The Lincoln Exhibit
Oram Exhibits
CONTROL BOARD
HAS POWERS TO
INTERPRET LAW
. Interpretation of many phases oi
the laws governing state-aided in
stitutions for children is left to the
discretion of the state board of con
trol and the budget department. At
torney General I. H. Van Winkle
held today in an opinion on a pro
posed policy to be adopted.
Eight questions were answered by
the opinion, to the board of control,
briefly as follows:
Board payments made by parents
and others to institutions (or any
quarter must be deductible from trie
state aid payment. .
Deductions for over-payment by
the state to any institution may be
adjusted by the board of control
and budget department.
Payments for clothing for any
child is deductible from the sum
paid monthly by the state, but gifts
of clothes cannot be deducted.
Interest on payments made bv
county warrants reverts to the Institution.
Semi-Annual
Coat & Suit
SALE!
ALL SPRING
GOATS
ALL SPRING
! SUITS
GO
AT GREATLY
REDUCED PRICES
Shop the City 1
We Have the Values!
Wanted Salesman
To Sell
Hudson Terraplane
and Packard
Salary and Commission to Right Man
Auto Selling Experience Not Necessary
SEE MR. LAMBETH
STATE MOTORS, Inc.
The World Wonder Car
Sponsored by The U. S. Marine Corps
Salem Eihibil Made Possible
. Bjr Millers
Thisg reat exhibit Is housed and transported In a car 53 feet long.
It has traveled over 300.000 miles and exhibited tn 32 states.
All students- In Marlon county schools have been given special
invitations to see this wonderful exhibit. All families are urged
to come during the car's stay.
The car and exhibits have been insured for 2Z5.000 but admis
sion during the exhibit is FREE.
. There re no lectures no recruiting-no advertising, and there U
noming to sen.
ON COURT ST.
Apportionment between mothers
and children in Volunteers of Amer
ican Mothers' and Children & horns
of state aid is left to discretion of
board of control.
Deduction for time from the in
stitution for short visits is left ;o
the board of control.
The length of time for eligibility
for the $20 a month payment for
maternity cases is a "question, of
fact,'! and left to discretion on caui
ca.se.
The responsibility for Investigat
ing claimant Institutions and
checking on inmates is placed by lnv
with the board or control and tle
state budget department. :
FOREIGN WARSHIPS
INVITED TO OREGON
British and Canadian warships
were invited by Governor ' Martai
today to attend Portland's Fleet
week August 3 to 9. Eighteen cruis
ers, destroyers and submarines nf
the United States navy have al
ready been assigned to the event.
The governor forwarded hie invi
tation to the British ambassador
and Canadian minister in Washing
ton, D. C, through Secretary of
State Cordell Hull.
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