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Four The Capita! Journal; Salens Oregon Friday; June 21, 1940 CapitalfflJournal vi i loa d i i SALEM, OREGON ESTABLISHED MARCH I. 18 Ad lhdependen Newspaper published Ever? Afternoon Sxerp Sands at 444 Chemeketa St Telephones Business Otilo 9671 Newt Room S573; society Editor 8671 GEORGE PUTNAM ' FULL LEASED WIRB SEBVICB Of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND THE UNITED PRESS SUBSCRIPTION RATES BS CARRIER! Weekly. $.18; Month! .0: On Teat. 17.30. BY MAIL IN OREGON! Monthly, $J0: 81 Month, $3.80; One Year, S.OO UNITED STATES OUTSIDE OREGON! Monthly, ttO; 8U Month. $3.00; Year $0.00. The Associated Press U eicluslvely enUUed to the use for publication of all news dispatcher credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also local news published herein. Our Pot of Gold The thought of our national debt, present and prospec tive, is staggering. What a far jump from that of 1860-1. At that time we had a funded debt of but around 190,000,000. Our total annual expenditures amounted to ?6b,3j7,000 and our revenues $41,345,000 leaving a deficit of $25,000,000 for ithe fiscal year. , , Today we have a mountain of debt and a pot of gold, lo fill that pot we have drawn upon the world for 75 percent of its store, repudiated our obligations, emptied the vaults of the rich, uncoverefl the hoardings of the miser, scraped the pawnshops, shaken the coffee pot that secreted the scanty savings of the housewife and extracted fillings from the teeth of the dead. And to what end? Burried deep in the heart of the blue grass and race "hoss" section of Kentucky, the shades of Boone, Clay, Hardin, Breckenridge and Marse iWatterson look down upon it with curiosity and wonderment ndthey, too, ask: "What the hell?" We have read the great "economists all of them from ''Coin" Harvey to "Ham" Fish and "Weeping" Walter in an endeavor to learn what makes money money, and how to get it other than by working, but without success. Our know ledge in that direction is, therefore, limited to the fact that we have always needed a dollar, and a good one, to buy gro ceries and pay debts. Soon Hitler may control, and control absolutely, the whole of Europe and will, from necessity, set up a synthetic currency system of his own. His, and other peoples, will be made to accept such money and like it. This new monetary system will not even smell of gold. It will be backed and sup ported, not by gold and silver, but by the glint of the metal bayonets pointing the guns of their soldiers. The old gold standard monetary system will have been shot into a million pieces by the results of the war. Our great gold store will be of about as much value as a cocktail shaker at a W.C.T.U. convention. In our home economics it will be of little use for, lacking the required hardness, it can be used neither for tractors, plow shares, hatchets, chisels, fishhooks nor bullets; and, being of so little value, it will no longer be In demand in the manufacture of watch cases, wedding rings and front teeth. So, there is but one solution to this our great monetary problem and here it is: Declare to the world that we are going to discharge our funded debt in gold, and instruct bond hold ers to come and get it bringing their own picks and shovels. Thus will we rid ourselves of a valueless and useless burden, reduce our national debt, simplify our national financial set up, and restore many acres of Kentucky soil to fertility and blue grass to say nothing of the bankers and gold minded bond holders who will die happy and broke. Not a Coalition Cabinet While the appointment by President Roosevelt of two republicans Henry L. Stimson and Col. Frank Knox to his cabinet as secretary of war and navy respectively, may have had the political motive of embarrassing the republicans now drafting a national platform, it is nevertheless to be com mended as a move to strengthen the national defense. The conduct of both war and navy bureaus have been disgracefully inefficient. The former has had a discordant divided control and the latter almost no control at all during the entire Roosevelt administration, Secretary Swanson being too ill to function and his successor a lightweight. The army and navy brass-hats have had their way. Mr. Stimson, who is not active in politics, was secretary bf war under Taft and secretary of state under Hoover with broad experience in diplomncy and national affairs and Ideal ly fitted to administer the army. Colonel Knox, who was re publican vice-presidential candidate on the Landon ticket, is a self made man of force and energy, who ranks near the top of his journalistic profession. Neither are rabidly partisan and both in sympathy with the administration's foreign pol icy of aiding the Allies in war and providing adequate defense. Their appointment does not make a coalition cabinet, for Ihcy are appointees of the president and not selections of the republican party. Coalition calls for party conferences and agreements which have not been had. Their selection, like that of the bi-partisan defense advisory board is a broad ges ture lo strengthen defense preparations. However these arc not the first republicans appointed to the cabinet by Roosevelt. Wallace, Hopkins and Ickes were all republicans and Madame Perkins a socialist and "fellow traveler." The president could can a few more cabinet mem bers and greatly strengthen it. In time of national emer gency, politics should be adjourrncd, but it never is in de mocracies. That's their weakness. Jhe Balance of Power One of Hitler's most emphasized objectives is to destroy ike British empire so that Great Britain can no longer inter fere in continental affairs to preserve the balance of power, which has been British as well as European policy since the close of the religious struggle of the 30 years' war in 1648. It probably originated with Richelieu against the Hapsburg em pire, but all nations have followed it, except aggressors, to prevent any one country from becoming strong enough to threaten the safety of its neighbors and dominate Europe and the weight of England has been invoked many times to this end. To preserve the balance of power, the British have bought the French, when they were in ascendency, to aid the Germans, far oftencr than they have the Germans to aid the French. Indeed for centuries France was the traditional foe of England and it is only recently that Britain and France have been allies in an effort to preserve the balance of power against Germany. British armies fought alongside German armies to pre vent the absorption of Germany by France in the many wars of Louis XIV, and again in the seven ypfirs' war in the mid dle of the 18th century when it was Prussia and England against France and Austria and, again during the Napoleonic wars, starting in 1793 and ending at Waterloo in 1815. Only In the World war of 1914 and the present war has Britain been allied with France to prevent the domination of Europe by Germany. In the long run, Germany has gained more than It has lost through the preservation of the balance of power policy and though for the time being it has been overthrown, prob ably a revolt of Europe against Nazi bondage will restore it eventually, or bring in its place a United States of Europe devoted to peace rather than conquest. Editor and Publisher Slips for By Don It's the good old summer time. It's the good old summer time, And It's easy to finish up a verse, When you get a word to rhyme. According to the almanac, tills is the beginning of summer and the longest day In the year. But we heard a young woman re mark that yesterday was the longest day In the year waiting for the Senators to get back. She didn't X-Ray Limit Shown by Test Seattle, June 21 The limit to the curative powers of x-rays has been measured for the first time at the University of Oregon medical school. The results were reported to the American Association for the Ad vancement of Science Thursday by Dr. Edwin E. Osgood and Evelyn Packham. They used x-rays on hu man bone marrow which Is grown in test tubes at the medical school and which offers science the first complete testing material. The effects of 0 unite of x-rays on these human cells were com pared with 400 units. The larger dose was eight times bigger than the small one, but the curative ef fects were less than two times larger, nils showed a rapid falling off In curative power with Increas ing dosage. The same tests were tried on human leukemia, grown In the same test tubes, and the result was sim ilar, Indicating, Dr. Osgood said, that leukemia probably cannot be cured by x-rays. Slayer's Wife On Witness Stand Oregon City, June SI (m Mrs. Evelyn Odcll, 43, testified Thursday at the murder trial of her husband. John Odell, 43-year-old Cherryvllle farmer, that she was criminally as saulted by David Dunlap, 22, hired man Odell is accused of slaying. She asserted Dunlap attacked her on their way home from Portland, that Odell saw she had been crying and learned why, then picked up a shotgun and ordered the youth from the houso. Dunlap, she testified, refused to leave. Odell ordered him out again, then retreated as the youth started toward him. Mrs. Odell said she grappled for the gun but that her husband fired twice as Dunlap ap proached. Mrs. Odell was the only witness to take the stand today. The state completed Its case and Indicated tiint Victor Rice, an Odell employe held as a material witness, would be used as a rebuttal witness to morrow. MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS (Br ths Assoclewd Press) National League Batting Dannlng, New York, .364; Moore, New York, .343. Runs Frcy, Cincinnati. 41; Her man, Chicago, P. McCormlck, Cin cinnati, and Moore, New York, 38. lilts P. McCormlck, Cincinnati. 69; Dannlng, New York, 67. Home runs Mlze, St. Louis, 18; Dannlng, New York, 0. Stolen bases Frey, Cincinnati, 0; Moore, St, Louis, 7. . Pitching Melton, New York, 6-1; Pltr.Mtnmom, Nrooklyn, 6-1. American League Iiattlng-HadclKf, St, Louis, .3S9; McCosky, Detroit, .358. Runs Williams, Boston, 49; Mc Cosky, Detroit. 45. lilts Carmer, Boston, 79; Wright. Chlrngo, 77. Homo runs Foxx, Boston, 16; TTosky, Cleveland, IS. Stolen base Case, Washington, 14; Walker, Washington, 10. Pitching Rowe. Detroit, 6-0; Newsom, Detroit, 8-1, Husbands j Supper Upjohn reveal the name of the ballplayer but we hope he goes out and smacks a couple of homers tonight Just to show off. Tom Russell, engineer for the pub lic utilities commission, started out today with a bevy of other engineers, presidents of a couple of power companies and a galaxy of super numeraries, taking the state's radio sound car to investigate the reason for the great variation In radio re ception along the coast highway. We asked Tom what he thought caused this phenomenon and he let us in on Uie Inside directly. "There are dikes of Intrusion of metamorphosed rock," said . Tom "coming up through sedimentary measures." "And what is metamor phosed rock?" we asked Tom. "Why that is lngeous rock," Tom tossed back at us, which made the whole thing about as clear to us as how a radio works in the first place. But folk who have been worried about their radio reception will now know what to do after this lucid explanation. There should be an organization for the suppression of sedimentary measures. Arturo Godoy received $23,620 for getting beat up by Joe Louis In New York last night. We've seen the time when as a kid we took a worse beating for swiping an orange off a fruit stall. Eddie and Wallle have cut short their stay in France for obvious reasons. The next American girl who wante to marry a king will probably change her mind and do her picking at home. The Forlornert Hope Portland (U.R) Headquarters for tlie Oregon Draft Herbert Hoover for President club have been es tablished here, it was announced to day by Clarence W. Walls, president of the statewide organization. Apparently the republicans with the best chance they've had In a decade or so are doing all they can to garrote it in the making. Tncldentalty the president of the United States, whoever he is, should have the privilege of calling on anyone he pleases from any politi cal party when the country faces a life or death emergency. As old Ben Franklin once remarked in a similar situation If we don't want to all hang seperately we'd better all hang together. And aint it the truth? Waferford Mill Has Serious Fire Marshfleld, June 31 (U.B Flames that apparently broke out in the green chain at the Waterford Lum ber company mill on North Front street Thursday afternoon burned the mill property to the ground with a loss of between 130,000 and $40,000. A strong north wind carried sparks over the entire Marshfleld water front and set fire to the Bear estate barn two blocks away as well as four garages and sheds nearby. Only the barn was destroyed. Workmen saw the flames break out as they ate their lunch, three of them being cut off by fire as they started to rush to the office to call the fire department. Trucks came from Coqullle and North Bend to help halt the flames' spread. Lyons Miss Frances Schwlndt of Pendleton is spending her vaca tion with her mother, Mrs. Anna Schwlndt, In Jordon. Miss Schwlndt Is taking nurse's training in Pendle ton. One Beautifu Hand jm8PRlNTJOPtj developed, printed J 1 from your film, iffff- Satisfaction jjuorontefd. Prompt tr vlct. Quality work. Send coin. "Vittitfti btnd eolorrd bt rtsl riVit. OREGON PICTURE COMPANY Vt 4292 Portland, OrtfM Kelly Says: Public Knows Little What's Going On Defense Overseas Not Managed Well Starvation Facing People of Poland - By John W. Kelly Washington, June 21 No confi dence Is violated by stating that top flight officials in the government and members of certain bureaus are Intensely worried the way things are going abroad not only in the war zone of Europe, but the west ern hemisphere. Scarcely one-tenth of one per cent of what Is going on behind closed doors among officials Is leaking out to the general public. "Jitters" best describes the mental processes under which hundreds of public servants are laboring. And these are aside from the army and navy folk. Take the financial angle, for ex ample. The man in the street knows of troop and fleet activities, but not being a specialist, Is giving no thought to gold, securities and credit which are Involved. As each country is Invaded by Hitler, steps are taken by President Roosevelt to "freeze" the credits of that country which has the effect of preventing Hitler from getting all the loot in sight. The United States did not act quickly enough in Holland and $650,000,000 of American securities were captured by Hitler. Before a "freeze" could be ordered on France's credits, about two billion dollars in gold was taken at Bordeaux, al though some gold had been shipped out of the country. England Ships Gold Bank of England Is shipping gold In anticipation of Invasion. It is go ing to Canada and from Canada tons of the once-precious metal finds its way into New York. Most of the gold in the world Is now in the United States and if Hitler over-runs Europe he can use some thing other than gold for currency. These are matters which are caus ing sleepless nights for the bankers and the government officials who look after such affairs. England could be receiving S00 planes every day, at this moment, had the purchasing mission used its head. England knew through its in telligence service (same as United States) of the air armada Germany had available. This threat from the air did not disturb the purchas ing mission one whit. They contem plated a long war, one of several years, and were in no hurry to build the royal air force. Last December the mission received a proposal that 500 planes would be delivered daily, if the mission would finance expan sion of plant and 24-hour opera tion. In six months (which means June), mass production would be at the 600 rate. The offer was rejected, and that Is one of the reasons why the United States has been dispos ing of Its navy and army planes, an aid which would not have been ne cessary had the British mission used its head. 1 Wasted on Maginot France also was Indifferent to planes but spent 32 billion dollars on the Maginot line, which wasn't worth a nickel when Hitler did a forward pass and a flying wedge. Half the money spent on the Magi not line If used for airplanes might have told a different story. Only whispered Is the assertion that Hitler is deliberately starving two million people In Poland. They are all doomed to death the coming winter. It is his way of getting rid of people in an area. American Red Cross knows of this planned whole sale death by starvation, but are helpless. Not even the 60 million dollars congress has voted for relief or refugees will do those in Poland any good .The Red Cross cannot get food to the doomed people as it will never reach them the supplies will be confiscated and probably used to feed the Oerman troops. The more people who are disposed of In Invaded countries the fewer German troops will be required to police the survivors and keep down revolt. Horrible as this report sounds and Improbable, It Is vouched for by officials. Worried About Mexico Government agents of the under cover variety are worried about the situation In Mexico. They have been browsing around that country for several months. According to their reports, thousands of Oerman tourists have been filtering into Mexico, young, husky lads, not the typical tourist type. Assurances made by Mexican officials that only a few hundred Oermans have en tered In recent months fall to con vince businessmen in several towns on the north side of the border. Cer tain of these businessmen have come to Washington within the past week asking for protection against trou- Popular... btau( Iff GOOD MASTER BREAD Al Vm Gimn Prizes Wanted For Celebration At Penitentiary An Invitation to Salem business men and other citizens to donate prizes for competitive events at the state penitentiary in the prison's Fourth of July celebration Is con tained in a letter sent out by War den George Alexander. The warden's letter says: "Gentlemen: Would you be In terested in giving the Inmates of this institution a real Fourth of July? "Of course you would. "It has been the policy of this institution for the past years to turn the day over to the inmates for relaxation and enjoyment. An athletic meet and a boxing card will be the features of the day. "Would you, in your name or the name of your firm, make some do nation to the list of prizes that will be given the winners of the many events? Your donation may take any form that you wish, merchan dise, cash, or whatever strikes your fancy to give some lucky inmate. "The inmates really put on quite a show with their field meet and fight card. Though the performance does not equal that of some univer sity meet, the spirit of competition is perhaps a little keener. It Is a day that Is looked forward to by the entire Inmate body. "The world conditions of today emphasize to us Americans the real significance of our day . . . The Fourth of July ... so let's help make It a grand day for the in mates of this Institution. "Thank you." Problems Faced By Dentists Portland, June 21 (U.R)Dr. Leo M. Bolre of Portland, president of the Oregon State Dental associa tion, told the group's 47th annual convention Thursday that socializa tion of medicine and dentistry and the advertising dentist are the two big problems of the profession. Dr. Bolre, dlwusslng the trend to ward socallztvion, said that "our group power must be used wisely but firmly to protect the public from its own ignorance of dental problems and from the unthinking exploitation of politicians and of conscientious but uninformed so cial workers." He said the dental board has "ex hausted all possibilities" of regulat ing advertising lintists under the present law ana at "further im provement will require more legis lation." He said "dentists are still allowed to advertise in the most blatant manner the fact that they give credit and also to emphasize the desirability ol dentures." (The dental board was recently enjoined from enforcing many of Its advertising regulations. The suit was brought in a Portland court by Dr. Harry Semler of Portland and Salem). The convention opened with a past presidents' luncheon. ble which they are convinced Is In evitable. Diplomats of Latin America are frightened over "fifth column" ac tivities. They apprehend that Oer man bunds (many organized, unl formed and armed), will appeal to Hitler to come over and protect their rights, which was the excuse for In vadlng Poland. When Uruguay or dered bundsmen arrested, the Ger man minister went to the president and demanded release of the leader as he was a member of the legation staff and had diplomatic immunity, Bundsmen Freed The leader was released and the order to Jail all bundsmen was re scinded. One of the South Ameri can diplomats reported this during a golf game a week before cables from Montevideo told of Germans attempting to seize the country. Of Immediate concern to the high command Is whether Hitler will take all French colonies. French Guiana, adjoining Dutch Guiana, would pro vide an excellent base from which to operate against the Panama Ca nal and should Hitler attempt to occupy French Guiana the Monroe Doctrine would come into play. Official Washington Is praying for time, time In which to build the national defense 18 months or two years. YOU ARE SURE OF SAFETY WHERE YOU S THIS EMBLEM Salem Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n 130 S. Liberty Phone 3801 Saiem Sketches byWMDanch "Better tell dad to be more careful about fingerprints on my bank. I'm practicing up to get a Job as fingerprint expert with Chief of Police Frank A. Mlnto. Morse Renders Labor Decision Eugene, June 21 (IP) Wayne L. Morse, dean of the University of Oregon law school and coastwide arbitrator for maritime labor dis putes, today handed down a deci sion In which he ruled that a branch hiring hall not be established at this time at Long Beach, Calif., and that longshoremen are entitled to carfare but not to travel time when they are dispatched from the cen tral San Pedro hiring hall to work in Long Beach. The decision was made after hear ing of a case arising from a con troversy between the Waterfront Employers Association of the Paci fic coast, complainant, and the In ternational Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's union of district No, 1, respondent. Dean Morse further declared that it was clear to him that "any move on the part of the employers which endangers, to any serious degree, the operations of the central hiring hall, as set up by the National Longshoremen's board will in all probability result in a serious eco nomic deadlock between the union and the employers." Hubbard Will Start Daily Bible School Hubbard The vacation Bible school will start Monday at the St. Agnes Catholic church with two sisters from Mt. Angel as Instruc tors. School will be held from 6 to 8:30 o'clock. Father Raleigh is the new priest mi The "NUTTY FLAVOR" of Our Family's Whiskey Sure Goes Big With AD You Folks! It seems like eoeryuihere we go folks are taking mighty kindly to the good old-fashioned "nutty flavor" of Our Wilken Family Whiskey. Well, we want to tell you that tasti ness is no accident. Our family's had 54 years of distilling experi ence and on top of that we make our whiskey right straight from Pa Wilken's Personal Recipe. No won der everybody's so delighted with its goodness and mild "nutty flauor," as well as its neighborly price. imm BLENDED WHISKEY The Wilken Family Blended Whiskey. 75 Grain Neutral Spirits. 66.8 Proof. ' Copyright 1940. Thft W ilken Family, Inc.. Aladdin. Pa, ' for the Hubbard parish and Is ex pected to take over his duties in a month. Father Fleming who has had charge of the parish for the past four years will go to Scappoose. SUNBURN NEEDS SCIENTIFIC CARE Br J. H. Willett Of the Capital Drue Ste-ra That healthy appearing sun tan and the deep brown so de sired by most people should be acquired gradually in order to avoid possible damage to the skin tissues and subsequent pain ful, as well as dangerous, sun burn. Tlie beneficial action of the actinic rays of the sun can be changed by over-exposure to a seriously harmful condition re quiring the scientific services of a medical doctor to relieve you. Neglecting severe sun bums sends thousands to hospitals every year. With many people even one day's exposure to the sun on the beach or playground produces an anguished aftermath of burned bodies, not soon cured or forgot ten, if proper care Is not secured without delay. If it happens to you, lose no time before getting in touch with a doctor. After see ing the injured surface he will know at once what treatment Is necessary. Whatever his prescription calls for should be prepared by a well trained druggist. This Is the 83rd of ft series of Edi torial Advertisements appearing; la the Capital Journal each Friday. Copyright Here Us Wilkens are. Calling on the Statue of Liberty My brother Bill, on the left then, remarked to my brother-in-law Tom landing next to him that thia Statu In New York harbor hat been holding the torch of Liberty for 54 yeara, juit a long a ua Wilkent have been dla tilling fine whit key, William A How ay, in the dark clothei, our chief of cooper, got a amile out of that one. r-AMILY 0
