No Budget Problems for
Prince Rainier of Monaco
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
. Washington, Dec. 6 (U.R) I'll bet Treasury Secretary John W.
Snyder wishes he could step into the shoes of Prince Rainier
of Monaco. '
The prince, who has just succeeded his grandfather as sovereign
of the land that boasts the fabulous Monte Carlo Casino, has no
budget problems.
jrg&z nothing but bud iMuch buildinq
The secretary, who knows a
lot about money and banking,
has been up on Capitol Hill
spilling out his troubles. He
says the government wil wind
up spending something like
$43,500,000,000 this fiscal year.
At the same time, Uncle Sam's
going to gather in only $38,
000,000,000. That'll leave Sny
der with the job of writing
checks for about $5,500,000,000
which he hasn't got, and us tax
payers haven't either.
Prince Rainier, who is only
26, Is snickering while he can.
The job of making ends meet
Is no job at all for him. He
rules over something like 370
acres, which comprise his entire
state.
According to information in
the files of the National Geo
graphic Society, Monaco gets al
most every cent it needs from
taxes on cigarettes and matches,
from the sale of postage stamps
to foreign dealers and from the
concession fees of gambling
tables at Monte Carlo.
You'd think the residents of
Monaco get most of this revenue
back, but actually they don't.
Prince Rainier really rules over
some 22,000 people. Only about
one-sixth of them, however, are
citizens.
The original planners of the
state fixed that. Only those
families who can show and
prove four generations of resi
dence can lay claim as citizens.
That cuts out a lot of people.
But, brother! Once you are a
citizen of the Utopian state, the
benefits are worth sticking
around for. You have no in
come tax to pay, and you never
have to worry about going to
war for citizens never are con
scripted. If you don't belong, in Mon
aco, you don't belong.
Non-citizens and visitors, who
kick up the kitty at Monte Car
lo, pay the taxes. Their money
goes into a fund which takes
care of upkeep for the principal
ity's exotic gardens and the
world-famed oceanographic mu
seum, which was opened almost
40 years ago.
The museum is a thing of rare
beauty, and pays its way as
you know, if you've ever been
there and paid the fee to see It.
The Monte Carlo Casino is, of
course, something special in its
own right. It's about to finish
its ninth decade.
Oddly, it's operated by an
outfit which uses the name of
the "Sea Bathers' and Foreign
ers' Club of Monaco, Inc."
Also oddly, the Casino is see
ing thin times right now some
of the few since the first wheel
was turned at the roulette in the
long ago.
Some think it might be a sign
of the times. The Casino is be
ginning to cater to us common
folk instead of millionaires.
Its even adding dice tables.
At any rate, Prince Hainier,
who is just now taking over the
reins of the tiny state, isn't wor
ried. If the budget doesn't bal
ance, he knows how to balance
It. Up the tax on cigarettes and
matches.
Not that this is an open letter
to Mr. Snyder!
Planned for '50
Compared with other record
breaking years since the end of
World War II there is no big
splurge in building construction
in Salem just now. But Salem
is just aggressive enough that it
is not lagging behind other com
munities and is ahead of most
of them.
As far as employment is con
cerned, building construction of
various kinds is going to be the
major factor in keeping men
busy in Salem and community
during the next year.
The top project will, of course,
be the Detroit dam, where a
thousand or more men will be
at work around mid-year.
In Salem will be several major
projects. These include the
Marion street bridge under the
Baldock plan, to cost about $1.-
500,000, on which a start shoufa
be made during the year. Also
there is the Marion county court
house on which a start might
be made in mid-summer, pos
sibly July.
There is the state highway
building for the state highway
department, for which the con
tract has been let and excava
tion started. The building will
cost in excess of a million and
a half dollars.
A $1,000,000 project is the
Lee apartments to be built by
Victor N. Jones & Associates of
Seattle at North Winter and
Marion. It will have 101 living
units.
A slightly larger
PTA Serving Dinner
Buena Vista The Buena Vis
ta Parent Teachers association
will serve a Bar-B-Q-dinner
Friday in the, Buena Vista Com
munity hall. Dinner will be
served between 6:30 and 8:30
p.m. A home talent program
will follow the dinner. TickeU
are being sold by members '(J
the PTA.
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Held By Chinese Communists Marine Master Sgt. Elmer
Bender of Cincinnati, Ohio, (left) and Navy Chief Electri
cian William C. Smith of Long Beach, Calif., have been
held for more than a year by Chinese Communists. In
Washington Secretary of State Acheson said Americans are
"thoroughly indignant" over the "Inhumane" detention of
the two men. (OTWirephoto.)
project is in prospect in South
Salem, but has not yet reached
definite stages. These apartment
projects are in addition to an
other which is yet in the indefi
nite stage, but which contem
plates three buildings, one in
south Salem, one in the neigh
borhood of the Capitol Shop
ping Center, and one in the Hol
lywood area.
Other projects are in the ru
mor stage.
Boje Writes Home
About Guam Typhoon
Woodburn O. H. Boje of
Woodburn who is stationed with
the navy on the island of Guam,
has written vivid details of the
typhoon which struck the island
Nov. 17, in a letter to his wife
here. Much of the letter was
written while the storm was in
progress and he tells of seeing
sheets of roof tin and parts of
apartment cars blowing up the highway.
The electric power went off ear
ly in the typhoon so there were
no lights, radio, cooking or hot
water.
Boje reported that the wind
flattened a number of ware
houses, scattering roof tin and
twisting frames. Provisions and
materials were all out in the
open. Trees were stripped
houses wrecked and leaves
blown off the brush. He also
told of the work of reconstruction.
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Basuto Ritual Murders
Create British Problem
By K. F. S. DEWDNEY
..Johannesburg, South Africa, Dec. 6 Ritual murders in
Basutolnnd are presenting British authorities with one of their
most difficult problems in African administration.
In this normally law-abiding country, where half the popula
tion are Christians, the bodies of 293 victims of ritual murders
have been found by police in the
last seven years. There is rea-:
son to believe at least twice as
many cases have gone unde
tected.
In the same period 121 Basutos
have been convicted of ritual
murders and 72 acquitted.
Judges of Basutoland high court
have sentenced both men and
women to death in batches from
five to 17. but it has made little
impression. The gruesome kill
ings go on.
A ritual murder, as practiced
by the Basutos, consists of seiz
ing a victim and cutting various
portions off his body, possibly
skinning and scalping him, while
he is still alive. "Medicine"
made from the blood or the body
after death is considered useless.
When mutilation is complete
the victim is knocked on the
head, throttled or flung over a
cliff.
In trying to stamp out these
crimes, colonial authorities find
themselves up against a blanket
of silence. Villagers will not
testify or give evidence against
one another and refuse to in
criminate the witch doctors and
chiefs believed responsible.
The natives are tonguetied by
fear and superstition. This
makes convictions so difficult
that Mr. Justice F. E. T. Krausc,
in sentencing one Basuto to
death and acquitting four others
recently, suggested provision be
made by law for a verdict of
"not proven" to enable police to
charge a man a second time if
additional evidence becomes
available.
In this particular case an old
woman nearly 100 was slain.
Her son, aged 73, told the court
he agreed to sell his mother to
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Tuesday, December 6, 1949 15
Grangers to
Hear Weims
A full evening of entertain
ment and business awaits Mar
ion county livestock men and
their families at Siverton Hills
Community hall on December 9.
That is the date of the live
stock association annual meet
ing. Ladies of the Silverton
the accused for 40 pounds ($112).
The motives behind the mur
ders are obscure, but generally
are attributed to the desire of
chiefs and witch doctors to re
gain their former powers, weak
ened under Christianity and mod
ern progress. To do so they
have fallen back on the age old
customs and superstitions that
are still only just under the sur
face of most Basuto skins.
Hills Grange will serve a family
style banquet at 7 p.m. Friday
night, December 9.
A full program of entertain
ment has been planned by Mr.
and Mrs. Victor Howard and the
Alvin Hartleys. Lloyd Sletto,
Lyons, president of the stock
men will be toastmaster and in
charge of the business meeting.
Sergeant Charles Weims of
the Oregon state police will be
the speaker. Sgt. Weims is in
charge of game protection work
in the Willamette valley and
coastal areas. Outstanding 4-H
and FFA young folks will be an
other feature on the evening's
schedule.
All county stockmen are urg
ed to be on hand when dinner is
served at 7 p.m.
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