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Newspaper Page TextTHE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON WEDNESDAY, APRTL 21. lf),.7 CapitalJournal Salem, Oregon ESTABLISHED MARCH 1, 1888 a Independent Newspaper Published Ever? Afternoon Except Sunday at 444 Chemekel Street Telephones uusineu oiiice 3571 News Room 3572; Society Editor 3973 GEORGE PUTNAM. Editor and Publisher TVLL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND THE UNITED PRESS SUBSCRIPTION BATES: BY carrier 10 cents a week, 45 oenu a month: $5.00 a year In advance. MAIL In Marion, Polk, Linn, Yamhill. Benton, Clackamas and Lincoln Bounties: One month 50 cents; 3 months 11.25; t months 12.25; 9 months 3.00; 1 year $4.00. Elsewhere 50 cent a montn; 0 monms i.o; so.uu pear In advance. The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of an news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise creanco m uiu papa, and also local news published herein. Drastic Economy the Answer The president's budget message indicating that the gov ernment will go $418,000,000 further into the red for the 1938 fiscal year, the eighth successive year of federal deficits, ought to convince congress and the country of the necessity of economy as well as of additional taxation to balance the budget. Mr. Roosevelt has promised economy before but it has never materialized. There is organized pressure all along the line to defeat it, among department heads and bureaucrats, among congressmen who have organized blocs to increase expenditures, among governors of states and mayors of cities Intent on making Uncle Sam pay their bills and shoulder the relief burdens that belong to localities. The emergency that justified these mammoth expendi tures is passing. Hut each year sees their costs increased and new costly programs added. Their continuance will mean eventually inflation and national bankruptcy and leave the nation in worse shape than ever before. A period of severe pruning is justified. All appropria tions should be trimmed 10 percent. Such costly experimental programs as farm tenancy calling for $135,000,000, education, $100,000,000, low cost housing $30,000,000, crop insurance $100,000,000, flood control, $550,000,000, should be modified, postponed or dropped altogether, even though desirable and pet projects of the administration. Conditions, not theories, govern the situation. An un balanced budget means loss of public confidence. The reduced treasury balance, the mounting deficits, the weakened bond market supported only by the treasury, the forced borrowing program of $50,000,000 a week indefinitely, which will drive the national debt beyond the $35,000,000,000 mark within a month, all indicate too plainly the national drift toward inflation. Let s See if it Works Pending practical experience with them in actual use, the city should go slow in establishing and marking parallel parK Ine zones on the downtown streets, because of serious ques tion as to whether they are to accomplish the object for which they are intended. When traffic engineers for the Btate highway depart ment drew up the model control system at the city's request they included parallel parking zones on some of the narrower streets for the accommodation of four traffic lanes to facili tate the free movement of traffic along the center lanes and provide space in the outside lanes where cars might stop mo mentarily to load and unload passengers without blocking or Infringing upon this free center flow. To make this theory work, however, cars must be per mitted to stop in the outside lanes only momentarily. Other wise there will be constant encroachment into the center lane by vehicles seeking to pass others standing in the outside lanes. Judging from the experience of motorists during the past few days in experimenting with the difficult feat of parking their cars in the stalls painted parallel to the curb, it is doubtful if the plan is going to work In reducing obstruc tion of the outside lanes. It is a difficult feat for the inex perienced driver to jockey and back his car into position for , nuch a landing, hard on the fenders of his own and other parked cars and the time consumed operates seriously to block traffic in the outside lanes. The system should not be condemned until it has been Riven a fair trial. But before it is extended its success in ex pediting traffic movement should be carefully checked against results where the simpler head-in parking is in use. If it does not result in relieving congestion it should be aban doned for angular parking, which accommodates nearly twice as many cars to the block. The Coronation Ode John Masefield, Britain's poet laureate, has written a onnet as a coronation ode to commemorate the crowning of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Perhaps the lame and halting verse is fully up on the greatness of the occasion, but it seems to echo the decadence of poetry. The poet laureate is a medieval institution just as the coronation itself is. Chaucer was the first to assume the title and in 1389 was given an annual grant of wine by Richard II. James I made the allowance 100 marks and Charles I increased it to 100 pounds per annum, with a tierce of wine thrown in. On Southeys appointment the wine was commuted for 27 pounds. The first poet laureate in the modern sense was Ed mund Spenser. Ben Jonson was the first to receive the office by formal letters patent. The list of poets laureate comprises: Edmund Spenser 1591-9; Samuel Daniel 1599-1610; Ben Jonson 1619 37; William Davrnant 16C0-8; John Dryden 1670-88; Thomas Shadwell 1689-92; Nahum Tato 1692-1715; Nicholas Rowe 1715-18; Lawrence Ems den 1718-30; Collcy Clbber 1730-57; William Whitehead 1727-85; Thomas Warton 1785-90; Henry James Pye 1790-1813; Robert Southey 1813-43; William Wordsworth 1843-50; Alfred Tennyson 1850-92; Allred Austin 1896-1918; Robert Bridges 1913-1030; John Masefield 1930 The names of half a dozen of the poets laureate are fa miliar to us today and their works have a permanent place in literature, though their official productions have long since been forgotten. The balance rest in oblivion. Many of Eng land's greatest poets never received the honor, among them Shakespeare, Byron, Shelley and Kipling, all of whom were designedly discriminated against. But compare, if there is a comparison, the "Recessional" of Kipling, written for the Queen's jubilee, with Masefield's coronation ode written for George VI: You stand upon Uie highway of the sea. Wherein the ships, your children come and t" In splendor at the lull of every flow, Rovuid to and from whatever ports may be. Hirouirh this beginning relfm. for years to come. May fortune set your lot In happy times: Your aeaman saUit still marking, with his chlmea Daily, some ship of yours returning home. Though you are changed from what I once beheld: Though your remembered hulls are with Hie coral: I can not think upon your might unstirred. O sacred city of the lost sea-bird May wealth, our ransoming the porta of aid. Be yours, with spiritual gold and holy laurel. V Life's Little Tragedies j j ii RICHARD CW."? SCW0L BRING THOSE 4Vlm'l","i MARBLE5 TO ME W" I WILL TAKE WILL TAKE ft: r7i-?-;;i-BETTER CARE fLL i-i i, j .' ' !. nc Tutu . - "' ES35 ZZtf "WfJZ- Robin Reed Divorce Case Airs Charges of Alleged Cruelty to Wife (Uontlnupd from ptR 1 lr. She &ald that after these in cidents he was very repentant, ask ed forgiveness and said there would be no recurrence. She alleged he was frequently Intoxicated and that he vi.sited speakeasies, attended parties and otherwise humiliated her. In his opening argument for the defendant Reed, Custer E. Ross de clared that Reed didn't claim he was always free from fniilt as a husband but he contended that all the altercations elleerd were start- BODY OF HOSPITAL INMATE IN SLOUGH The body of S. Damianion, 69, state hospital inmate who was among the patients on the hos pital's Polk county farm, was found In a slouuh on the farm todny. The Polk county coroner was notified by hospital authorities. He is said to have committed suicide. Damianion disappeared yesterday and was believed to have wandered away from the farm. The informa tion was broadcast by the Salem police radio and relayed by Port land. The body was found by farm workers. Damianion was received at the hospital from Portland May 18. 1936. He has a widow living in Greece, according to hospital rec ords. HIGHWAY STORM ' DAMAGE $150,000 Storm damage to Oregon high ways fell well within the expected budget needs for such contingen cies, the state highway department reported today. All damage from snow, slides, and high water will not excepd $150,000. the maintenance department esti mated. Bicgest single item of ex pense was snow removal in the Jan uary snowstorms, when state equip ment was pressed Into service clear ing city streets. Damage from last week's floods was small, the department said Shoulders were washed away at several points of the Pacific high way in the southern Willamette valley but the balance of expense was merely clearing slides on other nigh ways. PROCESSING TAX . REFUNDS SOUGHT Secretary of State Earl Snril to day announced he was preparing claims to recover approximately $100,000 from the federal govern ment in refunds of the processing tax paid by the state under the de funct AAA. "There can be no question as to the merit of this claim. " said Snell. It appears that the state's insti tutions have about $30,000 coming to them, and the state relief com mittee should get about the same amount." Divorce Decrees (liven by Default Seven default divorce decrees were given in Judge Levelling 's court yesterday afternoon, decrees being granted in the following cases: Kathleen Pio vs. Lester Pio: Florence Ramsdel) ts. Lura Rams- delt; Lora Turley vs. Edgar Walton Turley; Lolabelle Foster vs. Wulte A. Foster; Herman W. Fry vs. Fran ce Fry; Louise B. Bneller vs. Clar enc F. Bueller with stipulated property settlement; Eva E. Dun can vs. Jay E. Duncan. Modification of the decree in the case of Helen Armstrong vs. Tom Armstrong was granted by reducing to $17.50 monthly psvment which previously had been ed. by the wife and not by himr-elf. In one case, he declared, the de fendant was attacked by his wife when she was armed with a butcher knife. He said the defendant ad mitted he had been intoxicated buL not frequently ' and that his wife also had been intoxicated. In re gard to a property settlement, said Ross, he apprehended that was the 'real reason for the lawsuit. He said Reed's net assets If he could realize in their full value right now would be $3,714.77 and (hat everything he owned was encumbered, in fact he had obligations of $29,20.1.17. Ho said corporate stocks Reed held had been given as security for debts. Ross averred that the defendant Reed does not want a divorce, that he wants to maintain a home and family. He said Mrs. Reed had been hurt In an auto accident some time ago and since then she had been nervous and showed a Jcnlous disposition. "The parties stand equally before the court as to who is at fault," he asserted. Custer Ross and Roy Hewitt, Sa lem attorneys, are appearing for Reed, and John H. Hall and Jay Bowerman, Portland attorneys, for Mrs. Reed. Mrs. Reed asks $15,000 permanent alimony, in addition to $75 a month support money for the child and S 1 000 in attorney's fees. She al leged Reed's assets at from $40,000 to $50,000. Reed in his answer al leeed that Mrs. Reed herself Is worth $125,000. However, a demur rer to his further and separate an swer was sustained by the court and his answer stood as a general denial to the charges in her complaint. Circuit Judge Lewelling is sitting on tne case. News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Mi Washington. April 21 Politicos decline to take seriously those two surveys showing Postmaster General r Farley as the most popular choice for T!l04O Rnmnhmii tha political manag ing end of Uiis l presidential bust- z ness has always j been considered eparate and en t i r e 1 y distinct from the offiw holding end. Per haps that old Idea is founded on the PALL MALLON supposition that candidates must always be sinless, while their managers are expected to be capable of indiscretions. Never the twain have met, but do not be too sure they will not this time. For one thing, Postmaster Gen eral Farley has not missed reading those two surveys suggesting him as the peoples man. There are inner indications that he has not taken the matter as lightly as the old-time politicians here, who, after all, are merely thinking that, because it has never been done before, it cannot be done now. He has moved so genially and quietly they do not realize the ex tent of his personal friendships and the fact that he is closer to the president than any other possible candidate yet suggested. Lately he lias made more speeches for the present's court plan and has otherwise done more to put it over than anyone else. Continuation of Father Divine from page 1 of whom you speak." Earlier, Madison had indicated he expected to hear from Father uivine: "I wont tell you anything that amounts to anything, and what don't amount to anything I will tell you, he said. Green was stabbed while attend ing one of the evangelist's services in his "kingdom" headquarters In West 115th street. There, a friend of Green, Paul Camora, attempted to serve Father Divine with a sum mons to appear in a civil suit. A riot ensued. Negro adherents of "God" whose legal name, police said. Is George Baker fell upon the process server, from Union City, N. J., and beat him. His hurts. It developed, were few. But Green was less lucky. In Harlem hospital his condition was described as serious. Police said the charge against Father Divine, would be changed to homicide if the man died. Already under arrest in the af fair were three negroes, charged similarly, A third outside witness to the fracas was Joseph De Nove, a news paper reporter, also beaten. Escap ing the wratn of some 2.500 negroes who set upon the process server. De Nove called police. By the time of ficers arrived Father Divine had vanished. Cards are Played Dallas. Ore. Airs. L. L. McCarty was surprised Saturday evening when a group of friends dropped in. Cards were played during the evening with Mrs. Stinnett in first place for the ladies and Mrs, Cruson second. Emmett Cruson was hieh for the men with Al Cleveland sec ond. In the group were Mr. and Mrs. R. 8. Kreason, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Cruson, Mr. and Mrs, A. J. Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs, Carl Bales, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stinnett and Mr. and Mrs, MoCarty. Power A phase of the scope of Mr. Farley's superior possibilities is revealed in a bill which recently passed the house almost unnoticed, It, has been on the general's desk during the last few days, awaiting his suggestions before the senate takes it up. The bill is a remodeled one from last session, known as an act to put postmasters under civil service, but it really puts them under Far ley. It gives him power in the future to name postmasters without con firmation by the senate. In general it would perpetuate In office exist ing Farley postmasters "who have satisfactory records." that is "satis factory" to Mr. Farley. Its fate in the senate- is prob lematical. As a rule, however, sena tors usually leave these appointments to house members on the theory they are in closer touch with local newels. The real reason is that, for each person made happy by a post- mastership, a dozen or so enemies are made. Consequently, many are not loathe to give Farley this power. The official Justification is that the bill will increase the civil ser vice efficiency of the service. It may, but it will also Increase the political efficiency of Mr. Farley. Coup The Green craftsmen of the A. F. of L, have discovered that their foe. John Lewis, got a prefer red position out -of the Wagner la bor act. They are crowding con gressmen In behalf of the Dies- Walsh amendment (which they wrote) to correct the situation. A somewhat strenuous lobbying strug gle is in progress backstage. It seems the Green men did not discover the Lewis coup until April 5, just be-fore the supreme court up held the act In a surprise decision, At least they made no objection to the original wording of the act, permitting the labor board to select either their craft unit or any other appropriate unit for collective bar gaining under majority rule. They were probably not suspicious at that time because the Lewis break had not then developed. Now they find that the bill, which they fought for, gives the Lewis industrial unit a chance to outvote the smaller A. F. of L. craft units in collective bargaining elections. The Lewis groups, cover ing a whole industry, are naturally likely to be larger than the craft units, covering only the craft work ers in each industry. The amendment they are now pushing, the Dies-Walsh bill, would require the labor board to recog nize the craft unit. It says: "In any case where a majority of the employes of a particular craft shall so decide, the board shall de signate such craft as a unit ap propriate for the purposes of col lective bargaining." Fundamentally, it is a struggle between Green and Lewis for con trol of the board, and Just now Lewis seems to have the edge. Mood Congressmen have been Legal IN THE DISTRICT COlRT OF THE IMTF.n STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON NO. B 22 146 In the Matter of Elsie Butler, bankrupt. To the creditors of Eltie Butler, of Salem, in the County of Marion and District aforesaid, a bankrupt. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the 14ih day of April, 1937. the said Elsie Butler was duly adjudicat ed bankrupt and that the first meet ing of her creditors will be held at the Law Library of the Law Office of Keys V Page. Room 304 U S. Na tional Bank Building, in the City of S.ilem. orecon. on the 3rd day of May. 1937. at 2.00 o'clock in the af ternoon, at which time the said cre ditors may attend, prove their claim, appoint a trustee, examine (he bank. nipt and transact such other busi ness as may properly come before said meeting. WILLARD L. MARKS, Referee in Bankruptcy. 96 Scientific Marriage Would Remove Cancer As Curse of Humanity Chicago, April 21. (fl) Recording of every family's medical history for diagnostic purposes holds the secret to longevity and freedom from disease, Dr. Maud Slye, noted miner rewKnn acitmui, saia day. The pathologist, who has atudied hereditary cancerous strains In 150.000 mice during the last 26 years, asserted that compilation and study of family tendencies which are passed on from one generation to another and the practical appli cation of them "would In time eliminate cancer. "I succeeded through the use of records and scientific breeding In completely eliminating the cancer- oua strains In many families of mice, "Dr. Slye said. "But, this was only possible through bookkeeping. Volumes of records are kept In her laboratory, sketching the hered itary traits from generation to generation. "Prom these records, she said, "I can predict with a very NEW COURTHOUSE FINANCES SLATED Methods of financing for the pro posed new courthouse will probably be one of the topics discussed at a meeting of the courtliouse building committee called for Thursday eve ning at 7:30 when both court and lay members will be present. At that time the lay members will have their first glimpse of the re vised building plans and there may be some definite cost estimates on hand from the architects. Other de. tails are also likely to come up for consideration. moved by the budget situation, but not very much. The house hearings on the CCC camp appropriations, indicate tUere are still a few con gressmen who prefer the printing press to the bond embossing ma chine. No real economy moves have been attempted. The tendency for weeks has been to sit down and awiat delivery of President Roose velt's revised budget estimates. Three of the ten annual budget ap propriations bills still are in early legislative stages (agriculture, In terior and war) and only one (In dependent offices) has passed both houses of congress. There Is, therefore, time for eco nomizing on nine-tenths of next year's appropriation bills, but the inclination Is lacking. J small margin of error what will cause the death of every mouse in the laboratory." "Human records should be kept In a central bureau for the use of the medical profession. The government has succeeded In filing the records of some 7,000,000 criminals; the same could be done with family health charts." If human beings could be bred like mice, she said, cancer and many other diseases would be eliminated in a few generations. Dr. slye, who had bred mice through more than 100 generations, said In an Interview that her 26 years of research revealed: 1. That cancer susceptibility Is in heritable. 2. That it Is possible to breed out this susceptibility to a given type and location of malignancy. 3. That cancer can be bred Into a family by mating with members of families carrying the various types of malignancy. At the same time, Dr. Slye of fered a three-point program for cancer prevention: 1. Avoidance of Intermarriage be tween persons who are cancerous, or whose families have shown sus ceptibility to cancer. 2. Record the medical history of families In a central bureau for di agnostic purposes. 3. Recognize cancer as a social rather than an academic problem with a view toward Its elimination from the human rnre. 'HEARTBURN ME FOR 13 YEARS' writM busy housewife, "vntll ! bgan laking GID GranuUi". This natural dsmulcrat (a oat. ural food malarial) ha helped thousand! of men and women who suffered from heartburn, add stomach, acid Indigestion constipation, biliousness, ul cers and dyspepsia. If yon seek relief without drugs come In for free booklet y T W "S donee's Progress f II 1 InGastTo-Intestinal I Treatment" and free sample. Willetfs Capital Drug Store I. fess -'is" ! i ' : fell i 'I BLENDED WHISKEY b JOHNSONS 464 State St. Come with the crowds to JOHNSON'S "always busy" WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATRONAGE THERE MUST BE A REASON Tuesday we will be packed Watch and See ' The Prices Will Do It We sell our mer chandise just as we advertise it. DOWN STAIRS STORE BARGAINS Ture Silk blips lvalues Tuesday only. ; While they last, your choice, nngk each I IV Throe slirM are guaranteed pull-proof. Limit t to customer. Garden & Cannery Aprons Rep;. $1.49 values. Tues- caTT 19C Better hurry, folks. They won't last Ion;. Purses Rep. $1.00 values. Out they fro Tuesday 50C While They Last Cr'lfltt ljr, tnl Martb,rtr, HwTn(l OLD SCHtMLtV BRAND rvdotrt ar S twar end 4 fntt r smf aid. 9.M .-! JLi.iu. m .7" . ) to d l tilled frm ftwioHcM srsln. 111 tral(ft rkik,v. 1 run 4 Ntfc Rollins Panties Reg. 59c grade. We made a special purchase of these. We took all that the factory had. Out they go Tuesday only, each 18C 2 for 35c Limit 6 to s customer One Lot of Fall Hats Reg. values up to 2.95. Out they go, while they last Tues- 4 A . day only, each A UC Belter Be Karly or They tVill Be All Gone Lace Collar and Cuff Sets Reg. values up to $1.00. Tuesdav , only 5C Brat these If you can Rollins Silk fiose ! Reg. values to 79c. j Tuesday at Johnson's, ! Jchoice ... 39C I Beat This If Von Can House Dresses The largest stock in town to choose from. We mean every word of it. Extra Special for Tuesday, Dresses worth up to !r!! $1.49 THERE Ml'ST BE A REASON WHY .IOHN-SON-S ARE ALWAYS BISY. VALl'ES EV ERY DAY IN THE WEEK. THAT'S IT. JOHNSON'S "The Slore for Ladies" 464 State St.