The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon
Wednesday, December 21, 1938
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Appropos of the agitation for re-establishment of fixed
maximum speeds lor moior venues .""t"
highways on a zone plan graduatmfr legal limits to conform
to the design, construction and traffic density of different
roads, State Highway Engineer Baldock offers a construc
tive suggestion. . . ,
The zone plan suggested previously, which is already
in use in a few states, contemplates the establishment of
zones along all highways which would be marked with signs
indicating the maximum speed permitted on each stretch
CiiaU at it) an urn 11 m invnlvn the signing of some
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6000 miles of highway. in the state, an expensive and time-
consuming procedure.
Baldock proposes that the maximum limit be fixed at
stretches as
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might be designated by the highway commission as being
safe for higher speeds. .Limns wouia oe nxea on wwc
selected pieces of modern highway with relation to their
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spiciously along the roadsides. Thus would motorists be per-
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mined to fully utilize tne saieiy jeaiures uum, hilu luuunu,
wide, straight, well-surfaced roads at speeds ranging up to
AK. txn KK er.A Rft miles fin hnlir.
The engineer estimates that there are not more than
2000 miles of road in Oregon, Including the long, straignt open
stretches east of the Cascades, which can be driven safely at
speeds in excess of 40 miles. The work and expense of zon
ing and signing would, therefore, be lessened under his plan.
Baldock also proposes that the highway commission be
authorized to establish zones with maximum speeds of less
than 40 miles an hour to cover especially hazardous stretches,
and that a uniform state-wide limit be established for all city
streets except specially designed main arteries built to speed
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liBh an enforcible maximum consistent with safety, but not
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to lempt urivera iu viuiulc iiio iw uy icniuvunK incm i,, un
reasonable regulations on roads that are obviously safe for
The public will respect only such laws as are reason
able, and, ne argues, it is unreasonaoie to limit speecis on ou
mile roads to 40 or 45.
Utilizing the CCC in National Defense
Among proposals for national defense entertained at
Washington is one that youths in the CCC camps have mili
tary training as part of their education. Another contem
plates the permanent creation and maintenance of a large
airforce by graduates of the CCC, along lines followed in Ger
many, where the Reich has trained youths in somewhat sim
ilar camps to build planes and care for them on the ground
and in the air.
As part of the Hitler youth movement, the Germans es
tablished a four year course in air mechanics, teaching boys
everything from the blacksmiths trade to skilled tool making
and the use of tools to manufactured parts. Then they were
assigned to manufacture and maintenance. They are well
cared for and receive a little money. The supremacy of Ger
many In the air, which so frightened the allies, was attained
by these means.
Under the plan being considered by the president, the
government would set up schools beside the private aircraft
plants and man them with members of the CCC who have the
aptitude or desire to become aviation mechanics. The youths
would be given stiff training for several years and the sur
vivors formally graduated. They would then man the pri
vately operated plants or be employed in the air establish
ments of government military forces or furnish a necessary
reserve.
The plan has many advantages for It provides a useful,
well-paid and nationally essential occupation in connection
with national defense as well as relieves the tragedy of youth
tne iaa; nas none mucn to avert.
A Welcome Reform
The attempted party nuree and the elei-tinn reti irna fnl.
lowing evidently had their effect, for President Roosevelt is
reported to have forbidden administrative departments to
draft legislation for submission to congress and adopted a
"definite policy" of leaving the jobs of bill drafting up to
aenaie ann nouse committees.
The president's forthcoming message to congress, con
gressional leaders have been advised, will make merely "af
firmative suggestions" for legislation, recommending only
uivaii m niLipii-a m iiu session ann let congress work out
the details.
This Is a departure from methods hitherto followed, of
nnvnig dims nrauea Dy Lorcoran, L'ohen and other members
of the new deal palace janizaries, whose aim in "romnlro
the government," and presented congress without consulta
tion with leaders with must orders to pass. Those high
handed tactics breed revolt and discord and split the demo
cratic party.
This reform constitutes a return to constitutional gov
ernment and orthodox procedure and abandonment of dic
tatorship which will he welcome by the people as well as
congress, and will make for party harmony. It will not be
complete, however, unless congress reasserts its rights to
i.mrui puunc purse strings and allocates expenditures in
stead of providing lump sums to be spent at whim and caprice
of executives, who play politics with public funds.
Missionary Society
Groups Study Book
Jefferson A Joint meeting of the
two RTOupe or the Mlulonary eo
clety of the Christian church wa
held In the church parlori with a
covered dlh luncheon at 1 o'clock.
The atudy topic wan taken from the
atudy book, "The American City
and 1U Church." Mrs P. R. Camp
bell and Mrs. Irvine WrlRht led the
discussion.
Present were Mm. Hueh Bllyeu.
Mrs. Ernest Powell. Mrs. Robert
Terhune, Mr. Irvine Wrljht, Mrs.
P. R. Campbell. Mrs. Ouy Aupperle.
Mr. a. A. Pease. Mra. Marvin
Hutchlnus. Mra. Sallie TaiAly. Mrs.
Charlea Hart. Mra. Ray Boslwlck,
Mrs. Lee Wells, Owen Campbell and
Mri. John Calahan.
Pension dub Delrralee
Palla City J. A. Relber and Or.
E. DavU have been elected dele
eatee to attend a meeting at Mon
mouth for the Age Retirement club.
A rum Una's 1M7 exports were
378- per cent higher than the aver
age for the last 10 years.
A Dog's Life
B By Beck
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Sips for Supper
By Don Upjohn
Th shortest day of the year
brought snow, rain, gale, and hail
In Pasadena and sunshine to Salem.
Perhaps they'll have to change it
over and call It the Snow Bowl
game. But the Trojans can veil
beware. Remember what Duke did
to Pittsburgh In a snow storm?
The whole thing seems to be
getting turned around, Iceland en-
Joying spring weather white folks
in England are freezing and the
same thing happening between Sa
lem and Pasadena.
While everybody Is getting ready
for Christmas cheer the town's fa
vorite bachelor, Frank Lynch, an
nounced he's not going to hang up
his stocking on Christmas eve. He
didn't explain whether this is Just
frustration complex from past
Chrlstmases or he's decided there
isn't any Santa Claus.
The Oregonlan the other day
showed a picture of children Ice
skating in a Portland park. On
the same page the weather report
showed a minimum temperature in
Portland for that day of 38 degrees
above. That Bull Run water Is
sure easy to freeze.
Not us alone, but Salem in gen
eral, has always been more or less
suspicious of some of these tem
perature reports which emanate
from Portland. One leaves here on
a balmy day and lands In Portland
where the east wind feels like a
sneeze off the north pole, yet the
papers there report temperature
readings all the way from 6 to 10
degrees higher than reported here.
Maybe the thermometers there are
hardier and can stand more cold.
Out at Swcgle school a Camp
Cookery club has been organized to
be known as the "Hashers' Club"
and its motto Is "Eat Our Meal and
Then You'll Squeal." We're glad to
see the boys are taught to be frank
and candid as well as how to cook.
It must be pretty cold back In
Washington, D. C, what with the
treasury forty-nine billion below
zero. And still going down.
Zollie Volchok has finished his
career at the University of Oregon
and is going back into the cinema
business where it is a cinch Salem's
Zollie will travel fast and far. This
is one case where it looks as if a
boy who was an infant prodigy is
going to keep right on going.
If you have toys, food, clothing,
donations of any kind from money
to chalk, don't forget the lady San
ta Clans who annually presides over
the Christmas cheer fund of our
favorite paper. The donations have
rolled in rapidly and will do wide
spread good, but there is plenty of
good yet to be done and plenty of
donations needed. She will see
that they get Into the right places
and the right hands.
Winners Banqueted at Church
Palls City The Christian church
held its annual dinner at the church
dining room. The honor guests were
Mrs. LIHte Ward and John Letter
man, winners in a recent contest.
After dinner they retired to the up
per part of the church and held an
hour song service. Richard Allen
showed his slides of China.
Santa the Lost Princess
The Story So Par: A on-y1 giant
ncoopa up thm irwftn Quern, hrr ik1
dlcr. and Hulda. He mnkes the
Queen wash his big dishes to teach
her some manners.
Chapter 15
The Queen 1 tarns a Lesson
"Now then," said the one-eyed
giant to Hulda as he strode back
into the throne room. "Where
did you come from, and what is it
like there?" He Uked stories of
other lands because he could never
leave his own, since he was the
only one In his kingdom who could
see.
Hukla swallowed and tried to
speak, but she was too frightened
The (riant laughed and said. "Oh
I'm sorry. I'll sit farther bark and
then you won't be so afraid." He
did. and Hulda described Toyland
and Santa and the fairies and the
ermine.
The giant listened, and then he
looked around his barren throne
room, and then he looked back
again, and when he did there was
a big tear rolling out of his one eye
and right down his nose.
"Why, what's the matter?" said
Hulda.
"It's Just that Santa's place
rounds so fine and we have such
few fine things here," said the
Riant. "Look at this old suit of
mine. It's made of sheep skins. But
see how rough it is and I'm the
King of Giants. I should have some
thing fine to wear, but none of my
people can see to sew."
"I Can Sew"
"Sew?" said Hulda. "Why. I can
sew. I ll make you a suit.
"You will?" said the giant "But
how?"
"Can anyone of your people spin
mwlen thread from the sheep's
wool ?" asked Hulda. "I have
mnglc needle."
"Fine." said the giant. "We have
a spinning wheel and 111 set my
people to work at once." So he
called In several giant women and
told them to spin wool thread for
suit for him. They put the big
spinning wheel in the center of
the floor and spun and spun until
there was little hills of woolen
thread all over the floor. You see
they could spin, when they could
n't sew. because they could guide
the spinning wheel with their fin
gers.
Hukla threaded the woolen threaf ,
into her magic needle and again
the needle raced back and forth
Just as though It knew what It was
supposed to do. Pretty soon there
were lovely folds of soft woolen
cloth lying on the table about her,
and then there was so much that
it fell to the floor, and finally
Hulda cried, "That's enough."
Then at Hulda s direction the
giant women cut the cloth so that
there was a long Jacket for the
giant, and a pair of knee breeches.
Again Hulda sewed and after a
while the suit lay finished.
But then she wrinkled her brow.
The whole stilt was a soft tan color,
but there wasn't a stitch of trim
ming on tt, and Hulda knew that
was what the giant wanted. She
looked perplexed. Then she had
a strange idea. There was a shaft
of sunlight falling through a high
window right onto the table where
she worked. It was a shining gold
en color with flecks of pink in it.
She wished very much that she
could use it for thread to weave
patterns on the giant's suit. Then
she thought. "Why not? It is a
magic needle."
Quite Like a King '
60 she fried, and sure enough,
long threads of sunshine separated
U1en1.se Ives and threaded into her
needle. She embroidered a rich
pattern of oak leaves over the giant's
Jacket. His one eye glistened as
he watched and when she finish
ed he exclaimed, "I'll keep it as long
as I live. It's the most beautiful
suit I ever saw." He slipped on
the Jacket and as he turned the
pattern of oak leaves sparkled. He
looked quite like a King.
By that t Ime the mean Queen
and her soldiers had finished the
breakfast dUhes and they came up
stairs dragging their tired feet But
when the Queen saw what had hap
pened and how happy the giant look
ed she gasped. "Well. I declare."
The giant frowned at her. and
then laughed, "Now. your Majesty.
yon see how this child with her
kindness has accomplished more
than all your soldiers. She has
made me quite happy and in the
morning I shall curry you back
to where t found you."
The Queen looked at Hulda and
then looked down as though he
felt a little ashamed. I
Tomorrow: Imprisoned aeatn. J
News
Behin
By PaijlLUmO
Washington, Dec. 21 The Wash
ington connections of those Muatca-
Costers will be turned up by a con-
q jff1""'"""' Invest!-
gHuun iirAV ntvMiui
if not before.
Anyone who can
steal $18 millions
should have had
one or more lobby
ists, or at least
know more than
one congressman.
In this case, the
suspicion Is not
solely surmise. In
siders have defin
ite info rmatlon
leads involving three names. Con
nections of two of them seems to
be direct. You will be able to recog
nize these offhand. There may be
more.
It has been an old Washington
custom for lobbyists to take money
from financial trimmers for "per
sonal influence" that is never ac
tually used. That is, some lobbyists
get paid for the people they know
rather than for services performed.
Officials generally would like to
see a certain large lobbyist exposed
In this case Just to break up the
practice, If for no other reason.
Pan Malta
Garners Return
You cannot see Mr. Garner these
days for the smoke from his "Texas
cheroots," a strong gaseous weapon
he calls a cigar, reported to be made
from gunpowder and tanbark rolled
in cowhide. He smokes them Incest
santly. Three newsmen who have
tried to talk to him have been over
come, but were revived after arti
ficial respiration by their comrades.
All they could remember of the
conversation was something about
two "bobcats" sold by the V. P. to
Bascom Timmons, Texas newsman,
and the fishing he has done; nothing
at all about political shooting or
fishing, or his trip to the White
House.
Developments may tell more about
that situation than either of the
parties to It know now.
New Neutrality Act
Text of a new neutrality act
which the administration Is going
to espouse at the next session has
been completed inside. Word of fts
completion has seeped to congress.
All that is known there is that it
gives full discretion to the president
for applying trade embargoes. There
will be trouble about it. Sen. Gerry
Nye will lead the opposition.
Congressional Investigators of the
Tennessee Valley authority are mull
ing over a new idea for their com
ing report to congress. They may
advise continuance of the existing
setup with the addition of a busi
ness man to work under the thrce
man board. They figure scm ue In
TV A should have some business
sense. Presentation of the report
will be delayed a month or two, while
the investigators continue thinking.
Spending Expose
Several high hats are going to be
blown off by the forthcoming re-
port of Acting Comptroller General
Elliott to congress. His annual re
ports have been soft-pedaled In Jie
post few years. They have not even
been printed. This new one will ex
pose systems in most of these
spending agencies and will be
printed.
Greenbelt, the government's Ideal
community near here, is not getting
along Ideally. Farm security admin
i&tration runs It, although this
particular resettlement's connection
with farm security Is only rhetorical.
FSA did not want to pay county
taxes for police, fire protection,
school, so it made' a deal with the
Prince George's county auperlnten
dent of Schools (Maryland) to hire
14 school teachers for $36,000 a year.
However, FSA has not paid up, pos
sibly because It is not legally au
thorized to make such deals. The
schools may be closed January 1 If
sometlung Is not worked out.
FSA also has hired Greenbelt
busses npon which its losses are re
ported to be running $650 a month,
and the comptroller general is in
no mood to play Santa Claus for this
either. He has turned down a FSA
voucher calling for $8,000 arrears
In bus costs.
Odds and Ends
Collectanla Labor peace Is fur
ther away than ever, as far ai
Messrs. Lewis and Green are con
cerned, but government officials
have received some recent evidence
of working cooperation between lo
cal CIO and A PL groups out In the
field . . . One of Miss Perkins lady
bra In trustees, Mrs. Otto Beyer, has
moved into the compliance division
of the wage-hour administration,
crowding Deputy Administration
Fletcher . , . Treasury Assistant
William H. Mc Reynolds, a Morgen
thau man. has the inside track for
the permanent comptroller general
ship If and when the general ac
counting office is revised under the
new reorganization bill ... A Mexi
can resident in the U. 8. has filed
his name as a foreign propagandist
with the state department, saying
his Job Is to "overthrow the govern
ment of Mexico" but his application
wisely omitted a return address . . .
Chairman Die of the committee in
vestigating un-American activities
is going to ask for $150,000 to con
tinue his investigation, and will get
no less than $100,000. tf the talk of
returning corurressmen Is Indicative
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TWO DAYS OF CRACE askrd Secretary of Interior
Harold Ickes (shown leaving White House) when newspaper men
questioned whether he'd enter the Chicsro mayoralty race.
German Proposal
On Jews Studied
London, Dec. 21 U.fi) George
Rublee. American vice-chairman of
the international refugee commit
tee, conferred with British, French
and Netherlands finance experts
Tuesday on a German proposal for
emigration of German Jews.
The plan was outlined in talks
here by HJalmar Schacht. president
of the German Reichsbank. It met
with a cold reception. Schacht's
plan involved an International loan
to finance the emigration and an
increase in American. British and
other imports from Germany. Thus,
in a sense, foreign nations would
pay Germany for permitting them
to take care of Its Jews.
Schacht's proposal Is that Jews
leaving Germany should receive
coupons on bonds representing the
wealth they leave behind. The
Jews would be permitted to sell
these securities outside Oermany
by drawing on an international
loan floated for the purpose. The
loan would be paid off by means
of additional German exports to
countries Interested in the refugee
problem. It was said Oermany
might also give poor Jews some of
the money recently seized from
them.
Candle Light Vesper
Services Advanced
Silverton Rev. M. J. K. Fuhr
of the Trinity Lutheran church Is
announcing a candleBight vesper
service of song Christmas day at
7:45 o'clock. Mrs. Tom Anderson
will be in charge of directing and
arranging the program of special
selections and the Junior and senior
choirs. The program had previous
ly been scheduled a week later.
of general congressional sentiment
. . . A democratic senator's private
view: "Mr. Hopkins is about as well
fitted to be secretary of commerce
as a chorus girl is for the supreme
court I mean a really smart chorus
girl, of course. However, I shall vote
for his confirmation, it's not my
cabinet" ...
Novelties
In the News
(By Aiioetatfd Press)
Parting
Pittsburgh A ruling by bank
ruptcy trustees today separated
"Buck" and John Rechtenwald, pals
and co-workers for 17 years.
"Buck" is a big Belgian draft
horse and Recktenwald is his driv
er. Both worked for a provisions
firm.
The trustees ruled "Buck" was
"Inefficient by reason of obsoles
cence" so he's going to a farm at
the age of 24. Recktenwald will
drive a truck.
Double Trouble
Hartford. Conn. Mrs. Bessie Ma
ther broke an arm last winter when
she fell on an Icy sidewalk and she
sued the city for damages.
The case came up in superior
court yesterday but Mrs. Mather was
absent.
Her attorney said she tripped over
a rug Sunday and fell, breaking the
same arm.
Bad With Good
Canon City, Colo. George E. Bay
ha had good luck he won an $800
car at a lodge drawing.
Bayha had bad luck his name
was taken off the Colorado old age
pension roll. With the car, his per
sonal property .exceeded the $250
limit permitted pensioners.
Merry Christmas, but
San Francisco Michael 0Dea fil
ed the same lawsuit against a bank
38 times.
The 39th time, the Judge said
"five days for contempt."
The 40th time, the Judge said
"$100 fine.'
The 41st time yesterday the
Judge said "Merry Christmas."
But," he added, "you'll have to
come back after the holidays" to
answer another contempt charire.
Sundown
Stories
Belndeer Eipresa Hurries
-Keep well covered up." Willy
NUly told Sweet Face, the lamb.
"It's anowlng hard."
"Oh. Willy NUly. you look almost
like Santa Claus. Your whiskers are
whit and you'll have a white beard
belore you know It I"
The reindeer were hurrying mora
than ever. WUly Nilly had stopped
to do several things before leaving,
but the reindeer knew how to make
up time. WUly NUly had given them
a good meal ol moss oeiore leaving
and they felt aa though they want
ed to race against tha snow and
me wma.
"I'm not a bit cold, are you, Willy
NUly?" bleated Sweet Pace, whose
head Just peeped up above the
heavy robes Uiey had over them.
"Not a bit," shouted WUly Nilly.
"You don't think this storm will
delay us. do you?" Sweet Face
asked.
"Not when we have the Rein
deer Express making time I Noth
ing wUl delay any of Santa's rein
deer." The reindeer heard what WUly
NUly said, and It seemed u though
they passed great forests and mea
dows and villages and then wide,
lonely stretches before Willy NUly
and Sweet Face could even say an
other word to each other.
"Baa, baa." bleated sweet Face,
"this la thrilling. I like thlsl I am
having adventures without having
to plan them for myself. I'm being
taken right along."
"The reindeer express does Indeed
make time," agreed Willy NUly.
They passed Santa Claus on their
way but he was In such a hurry
getting back to the places he was
going to visit that he only had time
to wave his right arm and shout
a cheery greeting, while both teams
of reindeer gave an extra Jingle to
their bells.
Now Sweet Face and WUly Nilly
were at Santa's workshop.
Tomorrow The Quacko Ducks."
Reclamafionisfs
Dronaro Moaciiro
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Corvallls. Dec. 31 The Ore
gon reclamation congress legislative
committee Included an enabling act
on the formation of soil conserva
tion districts Tuesday in measures
it will present at next month's le
gislature. Major C. R. Moore of the army
engineers reported a'bout two mil
lion dollars had been spent for
lower Columbia river flood control.
The project included erection of
about 190 miles of levee. 14 pump
ing plants and two dozen tide
gates.
He predicted the next congress
would provide for early work on
water storage projects In the Wil
lamette valley.
Approximately 129 farmers and
other Interested persons attended
the two day session to discuss soil
surveys, soli management, fertility,
reclamation, conservation and re
lated subjects.
The delegates received a complete
chemical Inventor of western Ore
gon soils, the llrst compiled, from
W. L, Powers, head of the Oregon
State coUege soils department.
Smiths Both III
Jefferson Mr. and Mrs. C. B.
Smith, who have both been ill wilh
severe colds, are Improving. Smith
is aoie to be out but Mrs. Smith is
confined to the hoiL.e.
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