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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1940)
Four CapitalJournal SALEM, OREGON ESTABLISHED MARCH 1, 18M An Independent Newspaper Published Svery Afternoon Except Sunday at 444 Chemeketa St. Telephones Business Ofllce 3511 News Boom 3573; society Editor 8573 GEO ROE PUTNAM, FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND THE UNITED PRESS SUBSCRIPTION RATES BI CARRIER: Weekly, .16; Monthly, .6o; One Year, VIM. BT MAIL IN OREGON: Monthly. $.50; Six Months, $2.50; One Tesr, 15.00. UNITED STATES OUTSIDE OREGON: Monthly, $.50; BU Months, 13.00; Year, 6.O0. Vln Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper, aian trw.nl mw nubllshed herein. intf.'iL ....'41. .tif,t Willi UT WllllUUb UJ J ; sketch your world Inviting More Debt Another easy way and an invitation to the states and municipalities to go into debt for the construction and recon Btruction of highways, especially into and through cities, is contained in H. K. 7891 now pending before congress, whiclt also includes authorization for regular federal aid road ex penditures for the next two years. The resolution authorizes the federal commissioner of public roads to Acquire In the name of the United States by gift, purchase, exchange, exercise of the power of eminent domain, or otherwise, and to hold, lease . , use, sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any real property or In terest In property necessary or desirable for, or adjacent to, any road project which will be a post road or will foster interstate commerce, aid In the national defense, facilitate the use of the mails, or promote the general welfare. . . , Th nrnoosal also authorizes the Reconstruction Finance corporation to make 40-year loans to carry out the purposes of the act, either directly to the cities and states or to the fed eral commissioner of public roads, whose approval of each particular project is required to make it eligible for a loan. It also makes available the services of the federal attorney general in condemnation proceedings, and opens the way to condemnation of excess widths of right-of-way both in cities and out at the discretion of the The scheme is designed to In financing the heavy right - of entrances into and routes through large cities ; i.e., tne water front boulevard project in Portland. Entirely aside from the objection that it invites aban donment of the pay-as-you-go policy of highway building by holding out the lure of cheap loan money, the plan has other "bugs" in it, conspicuous among which is the arbitrary power it confers upon the federal commissioner of roads to promote such projects at the ultimate expense of the cities and states. Henry F. Cabell, chairman of the Oregon highway commis sion and president of the American Association of State High way Officials, appearing before the house roads committee, offered a partial remedy by suggesting that the authoriza tion given the commissioner be confined to projects "request ed by a state acting through its state highway department." City and state highway officers will be slow to promote such projects if they must assume responsibility for incur ring heavy indebtedness to finance them. As written, this section of H. R. 7891 offers too much opportunity for buck- passing, and confers upon the too much authority over matters of local concern. Concealing the Public Debt In response to a senate resolution Secretary of the Treas ury Morganthau has submitted to congress a 65 volume re port detailing information as to the operation of 30 govern ment corporations which have issued obligations to the amount of S7 billion, guaranteed in full by the United States government but not included in shows the tremendous increase in the recent use of corporate devices in administration of federal affairs, constituting a fourth branch of government Independent of auditing and subject only to budget control of congress for purely admin istrative expenses. The report fails to give an appraisement of the assets of these corporations, or a list of loans made and, until these are furnished, any estimate of profit and loss will be conjectural. Senator Byrd is endeavoring does show however that $1,053,742,488 loans made are now in default on both principal and interest, and that it has been necessary to take title and possession of property for resale to tne value or $880,905,469, a total of ?2 billion, indicating the losses that may result in liquidation. The treasury report shows there is no uniformity of auditing of these corporations, that only 11 are subject to audits, 5 partly exempted, 15 completely exempted from auditing control and 7 do not even make annual reports to congress. Loans and funds are transferred from one corpora tion to another, even when their capital has been completely exnausiea. aim yet tncir obligations are guaranteed in full by the government. Could any scheme be devised better calculated to speed the spending of public money? And probably the vast ma jority of these corporations, run by politicians, are being operated at a staggering but concealed loss. As Senator Byrd says: The report clearly shows one of the most Important duties of congress Is to coordinate tho activities of these various corporations and place their "Mciauuns unner t,ne control or congress; to cancel the unlimited au thority given for additionnl borrowing: provide that all or thrs ment corporations comply with the wmiuug oiiicb; ana lo estimate the value of assets by Independent ap praisements. We at least owe an obligation to the nihil., tv h. frir candid with respect to public expenditures and not conceal the real public vB ,,., it-oio iitwn nu wie citizens oi our nation. Third Purchase Repudiated Evidently the attempted tt'na n failiif-o t. .lfl.n,.l. ...... .,,.,, , ,u, aiiuiiuu,!! uic term flf tllO Rl'ntwlul VtrMun T . ..l..,,.,. i,v,i,vll uUMB iiinvillll vn UUMKUl UV BUI- pression, at least temporarily of grand jurv indictments for ....,..,, ui-iu reijiiiiuuen oy me people in tne cleieat ot Long in the run-off gubernatorial primary. Sam Houston Jones has been nominated by a majority of 20,000, on a pledge to "drive the rascals out." Rural parishes elected Hucy Long governor in 1928, and he ConvprfpH thn ainia In! n 4!,rlwl.. 1 11..J j:..ii I.:- U- , ........ a. VUlln uiu:u UltlHlUlMlip on nis share-the-wealth" promises. Since the death of the UltinrfiaV. tl. h....!.!... 1J I 1 1 .. . . . - . - i"1'11"1 " "iMciinie, iiui oy nls nrmner, Governor r.nrl a. Long, and his ally, Mayor Robert S. Maestri of New Orleans, has retained control, but federal or state indictments have sent many of his lieutenants to prison. Jones is evidently also a rabble rouser. nl least he used the .same nntwnl tn tho "mwn- riti,. r..n...- .i.i i , ..... vuioiLi.v n,mn unit una pui fluey in power over the opposition of the New Orleans ring """ i,u"-t. Jones promised to "rut the state of political crooks;' $3 auto licenses; $30 monthly pensions; free hot lunches, library books and school supplies for chil dren; homestead exemptions free of political favoritism; and unhampered local government. Anyway he got the votes of the cotton farmers, shrimp fishermen and Acadians, along with the silk-stockniB" opponents of the Kingfish. Editor and publisher tn 4fittirta e tnfilt CfWO l i wwv exactly as it goes." federal road bureau. aid municipalities and states - way costs of super-highway federal commissioner of roads the published federal debt. It to secure this information. It independent audit of the general ac- "third purchase of Louisiana" ..i:i: i i . ji ...j iiuuiicm Muiiurx xor a intra fv.r..,1,:.. ., 1 l.L 1... Sips for By Don Announcement that Willamette plans to Ions t rue t a new $100,000 science building on the campus has thrilled the town no end as it should. But Immediately it raises the old question of whether a do-hlckus such as adorns the new library building will be set atop the science hall. If we remember rightly we were called sternly to account by Dr. Baxter et al, for referring to the ulceration on the roof of the library as a "do-hlckus" and ad vised same Is a "lantern tower" al though to date we've watched in vain for the lanterns. Whether a do-hlckus on a science hall would be a lantern tower we have no way of knowing, the question of a do me kl on science halls being one far beyond our ken. But common sense would dictate that to have Novelties In the News (By the Associated Press) Newton, Mass. Tills city's resi dents come pretty close to fulfilling the goal of the prosperity area two automobiles in every garage. The tax assessors' 1939 report showed the city had 14,894 homes and 27,527 cars, 4,508 more auto mobiles than last year at a valua tion of $9,265,000. A Bad Day San Rafael, Calif. Charles Goes sell, 50, was hauling his pet dog and two cases of beer to his country cottage. The car turned over In a ditch. The frightened dog tore across the fields and never came back. And while Goessell, with two broken ribs, was lying helpless in the wreckage another motorist stopped and stole the beer. Niles Center? Yes! Niles Center, 111. Note well the name of this town, because it is still Just plain Niles Center despite a three months' campaign and the cheers, Jeers, and threats of the Rldgevlew-ltes. After two hours' debate and much heckling on the part of a fraction which wanted to change the name of the Chicago suburb to RldgeWew, village trustees decided, 4 to 2, that the old name Niles Center was good enough. Opponents of the change claimed that theirs was the only Niles Cen ter in the United States, while Ridgeviews come a dime a dozen. Woman Tells of Cruel Treatment Somerset. Pa., Feb. 31 UP) Strug gling to hold back tears, Ada Paugh, 22, told authorities today how she was locked out of her cousin's home while barefoot, causing her ears, icet and right hand to freeze In the Intense cold. Probation Officer A. D. Shaffer reported that when the young wo man was kept out of the house at neighboring Quecreek, she wore only a flimsy black dress wet from Just being washed. She stood In the foot-deep snow and shivered In an outbuilding until he and a con stable. Informed of her plight, ar rived and took her to a hospital. Shaffer said that Miss Paugh. whose left hand has been paralyzed sines childhood, had soiled the dress and was sent to the out-bulldlng to wash it. Her back was bruised from a beating, he added. Her father dead and her mother out of the slate, Miss Paugh went to live with her cousin, a miner, two years ago. She said the only food she received since then was scraps left by the cousin's family, including five children. She now weighs only 75 pounds, about 35 below normal. District Attorney A. H. Matthews said he would complete an inves tigation before making any arrest in the case. Immediate Drop In Rates Impossible The proposed Lincoln county peoples utility district, which would contain 175 square miles, could not effect an Immediate substantial rale reduction If It purchased the prlr.itely-owned distribution sys tem which is valued at $437,590, the state hydroelectric commission said today. The district would have a popu lation of 8,000 and an assessed valuation of $3,830,722. r. T. Lam, N. D. O. Chan, N. D Herbal remedies for ailments of stomach, liver, kidneys, skin, blood, gland & urinary system of men and women; 22 years In ser vice. Naturopathic Physicians A.sk your neighbors about CHAN LAM. DR. CHAN LAM Chinese Medicine Co, Court SU Corner Liberty Office oprn Turtdav A Saturday nnljr. 10 A.M. to 1 P.M. 6 to 1 P.M. Con u Ha I Ion. Mood pretnurt A urine testa art frc of charss. The Capital Journal, Supper Upjohn lantern on a science hall would be more or less of an Insult to the spirit of progress. It would be something like referring to a garaye as a livery stable. A lantern on a library seems appropriate enough, hinting as to all the groping which Is being done by the minds below. But science surely has passed the lantern stage and the do-hlckus should, at least, rate some such dis tinction as "Klleg tower." Taking No Chances Olympia, (fp) Mayor David Gam- mell said Monday he does not plan to visit Salem, Ore., in the near future. The reason well, Olympia patrolmen, Sunday, arrested Salem's Mayor William w. Chadwick for speeding. He was released after handing over $15 ball. The great mystery surrounding the vacation trip of the president is still screened behind an unplerced veil, and newspaper men who are trailing along confess great befuddle' ment. We're glad to offer one guess as to the solution and bet a sack of Labish onions we're right. . We make the guess he's just taking a vacation trip and having some fun on the side, with his mystery. After he shut the boys off on third term guessing he had to have a guessing game of some kind going, and this one is as good as any other. The Salem chess club Is out after big game and has framed up a 22 man tourney for Thursday after noon against visitors from the Port land chess club. George Swift, major domo of the local organiza tion, says that the Salem boys have reached a stage where they are patient enough to meet most any body in chess games. A chess player has the reputation of being the most patient Individual In the world but how about the chess player's wife?. Candidates are beginning to bob up from all sides, In fact, blossom ing out about like the daffodils and crocuses which are beating the gun to spring. This is sure great blossoming weather. Bonneville Surveyor Victim of Bullet Gold Beach, Ore., Feb. 2t fVP) Death ended an out-of -season hunting trip near here yesterday for J. M. Pettyjohn, 25, Bonneville surveyor, who was shot accidentally by his brother, Robert, 20, State Police Corporal Guy Forsythe said. The brothers and Vernon Turner of Gold Beach, had separated. The elder Pettyjohn shot a deer and was packing It to camp. His brother saw the animal in the dense under brush and fired. The bullet struck the surveyor in the head. Young Pettyjohn, a Bonneville crew superintendent, and Turner notified authorities here and Turn er led them to the body. Both con fessed to hunting out of season, Forsythe stated. Coroner W. A. Cartwrlght sched uled an Inquest for today, placed both men under technical custody but released them on their own recognizance. The victim was part owner of a Gold Beach beauty parlor. Herd oflikRaid Farmers' Stacks Baker, Ore., Feb. 21 (U.R) Farm ers of the Muddy creek district In Powder valley are having their hay stacks raided occasionally by a herd of Elk, which started out sev eral years ago with only one bull but which has now grown to 45. The farmers, however, most of whom are members of the Haines Sportsmen's club, don't object and were the first to protest the cow elk hunting season last fall. Farmers report the herd Is becom Ing larger each year and that the animals are In good condition. They come down for the easy feed on rootnni farms rather than scratch for senrce food in the mountains, tajvCTflEv. ffiWt-?'1 T1 Salem, Uregon Mother Who Killed Her Child Asks for Death Los Angeles, Feb. 21 tm Mrsy Betty Hardaker. who, polict say, confessed slaying her 6-year-old daughter, sobblngly asked for death In her Jail cell today. "Why don't they electrocute me? " she cried. "Why do they have trials? I want to die." Asked about reports that she be longed to a cult which believed In "human sacrifices," she said: "I believe In God, but I don't be long to any one church. I did be long to the Presbyterian church. I tried to get my husband to go with me but he Just laughed and tola me I was crazy to go to church." xne 25-year-old mother was transferred later today from her cell to a bed In the Jail hospital ward. An Inquest Into her daugh ter's death was set for Friday morn ing. - , "She was too good to live." Police Chief Harry Blspham of Palm Springs said Mrs. Hardaker told him after he arrested her in a shack on the Indian reservation there yesterday afternoon. The child's body, with a crushed skull, was found in a rest room of a park in nearby Montebello Monday aft ernoon. Mrs. Hardaker was returned here last night to face questioning by psychiatrists and for determina tion of formal charges. Police said they would ask her about a strange religious sect whlcl. her husband, Charles Hardaker, 20, lmormea mem she had Joined. Of ficers quoted him as saying: "She told me that the cult mem bers believed In human sacrifice. She thinks God tells them to kill people." Dr. Russell M. Gray, Palm Springs physician who treated and ques tioned her, reported she said she had been "hearing voices" for a year or so. Deny Germany Aviation Oil Bucharest. Feb. 21 fyP) Pressure by Britain and France was reported authoritatively today to have led to a Rumanian government decree banning the shipment of aviation oil to Germany. The reported decree Is In direct contradiction with an arrangement made with Germany's trade envoy, Dr. Karl Vlodius, a few weeks ago by which Rumania agreed to In crease her shipments of aviation oil provided that increased export taxes were paid. (The decree presumably applies only to refined lubrication oils for aircraft.) The decree was said to be the latest of Rumania's desperate at' tompts to keep the balance between Germany's demands for fuel and lubricants for her war machine and the allies' counter demands. It was believed to be the result of Bri tain's recent note asking an expla nation of Rumania's petroleum policy toward Germany. Both Britain and France consis tently have pointed out In Bucharest that they might be compelled to re consider their guarantees of Ru mania's Independence if King Car ol's government favored the nazis In oil policy. It also was reported today ' that Rumanian promises not to favor Germany have resulted in resump' tlon of British shipments of arms and ore to this country. Nearly all exports from the allies to Rumania dwindled to a trickle when Bu charest promised last month to ship 30 per cent of her annual oil production to the reich. (It was reported in London that Rumania had told Britain her agreement called for shipment of 1,560,00 tons of oil to Germany this year.) Dunbar Family Moves Rlvervtew The Wesley Dunbar family has moved into their new house. Their home was destroyed by fire last month. Foreign and domestic telegrams handled In Germany in the last year totaled over 12.000.000. Mystery Death Los Angeles police were investigating the strange slaying of Geraldlne Hardaker, 6, whose body with a crushed skull was found in a park restr-oom. Geraldine's mo ther, with whom she is shown In top picture, was reported found after a search at Palm Springs. The father, Charles Hardaker (lower), was being questioned. Police said the Har daker girl's grandmother had told them the Hardakers had Joined a cult which "believe in human sacrifice." Police also were Investigating the possibil ity the child had been killed by a hit-run driver. Associated Press Photo. Sprague Advises State Architect Governor Charles A. Sprague to day suggested to the board of con' trol that the board hire an archi tect-engineer to work permanently lor tne state. There is no such de partment at the present time. Such a man could plan state buildings and report periodically on tne condition of present buildings, so that repairs might be made early, the governor said. Two ways of paying such an In dividual were discussed: through the budget department, or by a pro rate fee to be charged each Insti tution Inspected. No definite action was taken on the proposal. Valentines Exchanged Brooks The Brook. orarlp jtrTinni children held their annual Valen tine exchange at the tchoolhouse. eacn room separately- WIS anlzevh jroun 4 1 ,rr 1; 3 Via''!. r-o. JANTZEN Animals Die In Circus Fire Al Rochester Rochester. Ind.. Feb. 31 0J.PJ Pressed against the still red hot bars of their cages, circus men found today the tortured bodies of six Hons, two tigers, two black leop ards, two zebras, 100 monkeys, 15 antelopes, two llamas, and a sacred cow. They had died horrible deaths In the fire which swept the winter quarters of Cole Brothers and Rob- bins circus last night. Three hundred horses, 12 camels, 11 elenhanta. and 20 mules, mon keys, and ponies, liberated by their keepers, stampeded through this town, and scattered over the north Indiana countryside. Early today townspeople and farmers assisted circus men in rounding up the grazing animals, which, because or their peaceaDie natures, had been permitted to es cape the inferno that engulfed the meat eating and savage animals. They found camels grazing along the paved highways, amid bill boards, silos, and farm houses. Here and there, they discovered an ele phant, his placidity restored, trudg ing distastefully along through the snow. The circus employes were badly shaken by the horrible deaths of the big, ferocious Jungle beasts. Their screams and howls filled the night, ringing shrill and tortured above the roar of the flames and the shrieking of fire truck sirens. Also roasted alive were two mou ffons and two aoudads, the wild sheep of Aardlnla and north Africa respectively. Employes heard the great black leopards throwing their magnificent, rippling bodies against the steel bars of their cages. They heard the fierce snarllngs of two lionesses turn to tortured whimperings as the flames engulfed them. The lionesses had cubs and the two babies died with them. The roarings of two male Hons came through the flames almost to the last. A pigmy hippopotamus died the worst death of all. He was slowly boiled to death in his tank. The screams and shrieks could be heard for half a mile. The grazing animals were led in dlvldually from the burning build lng and liberated. Mad with fright they raced a half mile over fields and U. S. highway 31 into this com munity of 3,500, running down the main street more or less in a pack, the camels with their necks stretch ed out, the elephants with their trunks curled over their heads, oc casionally trumpeting. Most townsmen heard the thun der of the galloping herd from a distance and were out of the way by the time it arrived, and there was no sign of panto, among them J(ale 2), 9 9 Kiisns (DIM 9 9 e o io tumiiig iu Miner s wiiii Joundat 5U 22, 23, JANTZEN DOES IT AGAIN This time with Foundations . . . Mice riimnlnrr KHnoc a nnmnlnl. of Jantzen's newest foundations to miners, one win conduct t.hrpi rioVR Thursday, Friday Saturday. no longer have to lace up and your breath to get that neees sllm waistline, flat abdomen round hip look. Jantzen does It In a new gay way, and perfectly, loo. Yes, It's the same Janteen that put al lure lnll eaHmmlnff stills . . . and It's the same brand of allure, too. Try It and see. Till'! service Is compli mentary . . , and vou are Invited to attend any hour of the day from morning till store closes. Millet Wednesday, February 21, 1940 Carl Quick turned ft comer In hU automobile and ran into an ele phant. The elephant ran on but Quick's car was brdly damaged. A pony ran in front of another mo torist and was nuiea. In the ruins, the firemen found the charred body of an elephant. Anrarontiv it returned to the build ing after being liberated. State Hospital Overcrowded The state hospital Is badly over crowded and Is in need of financial assistance, Dr. John C. Evans, su perintendent, told members of the Salem Active club during their din ner at the Marion Hotel Tuesday evening. Despite lack of room for the ever-Increasing patient load, the per capita cost of the Institu tion Is the lowest in the state and has an envinble record throughout the nation, It was revealed. During the course of his talk, Dr. Evans nntntH mil. that. 40 tier cent of the first admission cases are ultimately released from tne msuiuuon. Rvnhiiu and alcohol aro respons ible for a large percentage of In sanity cases, Dr. Evans stated, add ing Uiat w.ooo cnuaren are ourn with syphilis in their blood each year. He spoke of the Swedish method of handling the disease, a'hpr nerxmis who fall to report In fection are sent to Jail. As a re sult that country has Just about wiped out sypnuis. ur. uvuns saia Hiat. TR nor i.pnt of the alcoholic. admitted to the hospital have be come unbalanced through the use of fortified wines. Ignazzirto Defendant Dallas A complaint for divorce was filed In circuit court Monday afternoon by Willa E. Ignazzitto against Antonio J. IgnazzUto, charg ing cruel and inhuman treatment. The couple were married In Van couver, Wash., on July 1, 1039. How One Woman Lost26Lbs.ofFAT Fat Girls Here's a Tip NEW YORK Special. In 40 days Mrs. Helga Blaugh reduced 26 lbs. Took 4 inches off hips, 3 Inches off bust and 7 inches off waist. Writes:'T feel fine and look 10 yrs. younger." How would you like to ntiMy and harm lessly lose in pounds ot fat In a few weeks? How would you Ilka to lone your double chin and your too prominent hlpn and abdomen and a Ions with It vet thn iiicrrase In energy and Improvement In health which so often accompanies ex cess fat reduction? Oet on the scales today and see how much you welsh. Take a half teaspoonful of Kruschen In a class of hot water first thins every morning to gently activate liver, bowels and kidneys. Cut down your caloric Intake. Est wisely and eatlslylnfcly. Then after 3D days, welch yourself an a in and Just aeo tf you haven't lost pounds of ugly fat. Refuse Imitations. Demand and set the genuine Kruschen made right here In the U.S.A. A Jar lasts 4 weeks and costs but a trifle. Money back it not Joy fully sntlsfled. 'unnuxq lond 24 JANTZEN n 'A ! 1 mm, MiOVtHWTIfriW.,-
