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The Capita! Journal; Salens Oregon
Friday; June 21, 1940
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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
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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-
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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
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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.
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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.
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