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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
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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.:-
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on nis share-the-wealth" promises. Since the death of the
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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
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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"
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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
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This time with
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of Jantzen's newest foundations to
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Thursday, Friday
Saturday.
no longer have to lace up and
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sllm waistline, flat abdomen
round hip look. Jantzen does It
In a new gay way,
and perfectly, loo.
Yes, It's the same
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stills . . . and It's the
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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.
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