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VOL. XXVII.
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AURORA, MARION COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1938
News Review o f Current Events
MORGAN ASKS INQUIRY
Chairman of TVA Brings to the Surface the Feud
With His Colleagues . . . . C o r n Acreage Allotments
Here, photographed after their arrest in New fork, are Johanna Hof­
mann of Dresden, Germany, and Guenther Gustav Rumrich, former United
States army sergeant and a deserter, two of the three persons accused of
complicity in an international spy plot, the aim of which was the sale of
United States military secrets to a foreign government. The woman, a
hairdresser on the Gerihan liner Europa, was messenger and paymaster
for the ring.
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-SUMMARIZES
THE WORLD’SS WEEK
;, €> Western Newspaper Union.
among a,ooo communications that
Berry Claim Cause of Row
grew put of the “little business”
ONG existing warf’rr^' between conference recently held in IVashing-
Dr. A. E. Morgaitl’chairman of ton.
the Tennessee Valley Authority, and The secretary ‘.said he was im­
his fellow directors, David Lilien- pressed by the fact that the recom­
thal and Harcourt mendations in the letters showed
Morgan, has come little understanding of the broad as­
—”
1 to a climax, due to pects of the problems of govern­
the claims of Sen. ment, and he implied that small
George L. B e r r y business men were largely self-seek­
for $5,000,000,000 be­ ers.
cause his alleged
Nothing was said of the 100 reso­
m a r b l e quarries lutions, adopted at the littje busi­
were flooded in the ness conference, which demanded
Norris dam area. that the government cease regula­
Doctor Morgan has tion and interference with business,
demanded a show­ give tax relief to business, and halt
down in the form of experimentation where it affected
A. E. Morgan a congressional in­ business.
vestigation of the whole TVA set­
up and its activities.
A commission appointed by a fed­ Corn Acreage Cut
eral court in Tennessee reported the FARM ERS of 12 commercial corn
claims of Berry and his associates 1 producing states were told by the
were worthless because their prop­ Agricultural Adjustment adminis­
erties could not be profitably operat­ tration that they might plant this
year in corn 40,491,279 acres in 566
ed commercially.
Chairman Morgan then issued a counties. This compares with 58,-
long statement revealing that the 616j000 acres in 1,123 counties har­
quarrel in the authority was due not vested last year. The complete
to differences between himself and national goal for 1938, including the
his colleagues over policy, but to his commercial corn acreage allot­
efforts to obtain “honesty, openness, ments, is 94,000,000 to 97,000,000
decency and fairness in govern­ bushels.
ment.” He said: “The Berry mar­
The 1938 allotments by states and
ble case represents the kind of dif­ total acres harvested in the total
ficulty with which as chairman ■ of number of counties in each state
the TVA board, I have been faced follow:
in the effort to maintain good stand­
Illinois—1938 allotment, 7,348,396
ards of public service. To a steadi­ acres in 102 counties against 9,451,-
ly increasing degree I have con­ 000 acres harvested in 102 counties
tended with an attitude of conspira­ in 1937.
cy, secretiveness, and bureaucratic
Indiana—3,456,212 acres for 77
manipulation, which has made the counties against 4,706,000 in 92
proper conduct of TVA business dif­ counties.
ficult.”
Iowa—9,249,259 acres'in 99 coun­
The statement declared that Ber­ ties againt 11,180,000 in 99 counties.
ry charged Morgan with blocking
Kansas—2,108,602 acres for 27
“ a sacred, binding agreement,” counties against 2,456,000 in 105
when the TVA chairman halted the counties.
friendly agreement reached with
Kentucky—150,390 acres for four
Lilienthal and Harcourt Morgan.
counties against 2,906,000 in 120
“In my opinion, a ‘friendly’ agree­ counties.
ment, in the face of what seemed to
Michigan—223,791 acres for five
me to be an obvious intent to ex­ counties against 1,590,000 in 83 coun­
ploit was not a good public policy, ties.
and lacked several degrees of being
Minnesota—3,319,803 acres in 45
■‘sacred,’ ” said the chairman.
•counties against 4,788,000 in 87 coun­
Doctor Morgan intimated that the ties.
Berry deal was only a part of the
Missouri—3,267,088 acres in 6
issue of honesty and decency which counties against 4,260,000 in 114
he had to face and that there was a counties.
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lot more he would like to tell a con­
Nebraska—6,757,345 acres in 64
gressional committee.
counties against 7,904,000 in 93 coun­
ties.
South Dakota—1,635,794 acres in 17
Slaps Little Business
counties against 3,155 acres in 69
CECRETARY OF COMMERCE counties.
^ ROPER told President Roose­
Wisconsin—452,810 acres in 6
velt that the “little” business man counties against 2,424,000 in
71
appears to be forsaking tyie policy of counties.
self help and is looking more and
Ohio—2,521,779 acres in 57 coun­
more to the government to solve his ties against 3,796,000 in 88 counties.
problems.
Under the new farm program,
Mr. Roper based his conclusion on
(Continued on page four)
an analysis of 1,900 letters from
L
O bserver
Gravest Danger ¿ f
Democracy Is I indifference
America’s Greatest
Food Authority Now
Writes for This Paper
No. 10
Knights of Pythias
Burns Mortgage
The strength and clarity o.f. thinking
of the American citizerf, considered en
masse will be the most
• Vital
' * factor in
Hermes lodge No. 56, Knights of
the resistance of tho'ffltenace of the
Pythias, of Aurora, Oregon, held
world-wide shadow of dictatorship, it
the most important meeting of its
was declared by Dr. Frederick M Hun­
long history Friday evening, March
ter, chancellor of high6tt*iducatlon for
14, 1938. The occasion was the
Oregon,’in an address’aSBmre the 68th
| burning of the mortgage on its
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annual convention of the,American As­
I building. The lodge is now entirely
sociation of School Administrators held
out of debt, with a large balance in
recently in Atlantic--'Gi,ty> N.' J.
its ticasury.and considerable money
American education,!:therefore, plays
at interest on good security. The
a role of universal irdportanee, Dr.v
eoloiful ceremony was given by the
Hunter said in his talk, jjyifich was en­
tru-tees: -George Fry, Jonas Will
titled “The Next Step n American
¡and Fred Schneider. The chair-
Education.” Outlining a program for
|man of the meeting was Frank
education in this .country,'Dr. Hunter
| Renfrew, grand vice chancellor.
stressed the importad$fX>f intellectual-
Three new members were added
freedom and urgep “ a-rpAionable inter*
'.to the lodge by initiation, the work
pretation of the resultk^f the concep­
* Eyeing given splendidly, in letter
tion of intellectual freedvn in its impact
perfect order, by visiting knights.
upon human aetiVitieffjftd institutions
C. Houston Goudiss
Seventeen ^jjd’ges sent visiting
throughout recorded hMthi y. ”
We announce with pride a new delegation! totalling over 200
This interpretation I§. Hunter de­ feature in this issue, “What You knights. Five grand lodge officers
clared to be a strong j(ttlor in Ameri­ Eat and Why,” by C. Houston and district deputies were present.
can resistance to the CcfamuCst of dicta­ Goudiss, noted food authority, radio Carl Broderson, P. G. C. of Forest
speaker, author and lecture#, fa­
torships. This resistaodl can be urged mous as the man who knows food Grove: Louis Bennett, P. G. C. of
upon the basis of the .h^gh achievement “from soil to serving, from table Lebanon, and Walter Gleason,
tissue.”
of democracy here iMthe past and to One
'of these articles will appear G K. R. & S. of Portland, in brief
from our mspiring^^fel^ritance; and each week, and we know housewives talks complimented the lodge on
and mothers will look forward to
tradition of liberty.®;’
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them for the accurate, worthwhile its splendid record over a period of
A firmly founded. "pIBosophy of edu­ information they contain on foods forty-six years and on its fine finan­
cation” was:'put forth by Dr. Hunter as and their relation to health. This cial condition. Robert A. Bennett,
is not a recipe column. Mr. Goudiss
the “next step” in education. ,
has designed it to serve as a link grand chancellor of the grand do­
A note of warning tetei izens as well between laboratory and layman in main of Oregon, gave a most inter­
as educators was sounded by Dr. Hun­ the food field, interpreting modern esting address.
ter, whose observnli^sf-{.yver years/, scientific knowledge in the language
One of the outstanding things
of the home maker, giving her the
when he was superintendent of public elemental facts regarding new dis­ which caused much discussion was
schools of Oakland, California, as well coveries and the part played by that the records of the lodge show
food in building and maintaining
as years in higher education work. health.
that Andy Fry, K. R. & S., has
“The gravest danger Of democracy is Every woman wants to know what served for thirty-seven years and
to be found in the complacent indiffer­ foods will benefit her family and missed only ten meetings, and that
why, and that is just the informa­
ence of a great segment of our Ameri­ tion that Mr. Goudiss will give. Louis Webert, M. of F., has served
can youth toward liberties vouchsafed Watch for the articles each week, thirty four years and missed only
by their previous inheritance, ” he de­ make a scrap book of them for twenty-two meetings.
ready reference. They contain valu­
clared.
Two other lodges repotted that
able information every home maker
“ No effort in American education has been wanting.
within a year they will finish pay­
must be spared to provide that a
ing for their lodge homes and bum
fullness of light be spread abroad on Ftrst Sunday of Telegraphic Shoot their mortgages.
The Knights
present were most enthusiastic
the historical meaning of the American
The Oregonian Telegraphic shoot about the meeting, which was con­
guarantee of freedom in its highest and
commenced
last Sunday and there ducted with snap and closed at
most complete sense.”
10:20 p. m. Many of the knights
was a good turn-out on the Aurora
lingered over refreshments, frater­
grounds. While the average was
and renewing old friendships
Pythian Sisters Hold Initiation not as high as was expected, the nizing
until midnight.
team won two to one over the
Una Temple No. 26, met in reg­ teams they shot against. Aurora
ular session Wednesday evening, —B. W. Stoner, 25; Jule* Kohler, OSC Women’s Weekend Dates Set
March 9th. The regular work of 25; T. Allen, 22; total, 72. Hills­
Oregon State College—May 6. 7 and
the lodge was conducted by the boro, 69; Lebanon, 65; Harrisburg, 8 are the dates just announced for the
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officers and the main feature of the
annual Women’s week end at Oregon
Beginuing next week we expect State college, which this year will fea­
evening was initiation at which
time Mrs. Louise Trachel was in­ to publish a list of all members ture the Mother-Sen banquet. Two
participating in the telegraphic
itiated into the order. Several shoot. In these shoots the first 25 years age the custom was started of
having mother-son and mother-daughter
members spoke breiflyj at the close targets count in the score. Several banquets on alternate years. Ruth
of the meeting eommending officers held a better record on the next Anderson, junior in secretarial seience
25 targets.
from Portland, is general chairman of
and the staff on their work.
After shooting here some mem­ the affair, while Don Wimberly, junior
At the close of thd evening re­
freshments were served in the din­ bers of the club attended the Hi in mechanical engineering from Rose-
Everding shoot on the Portland burg, is in charge of arrangements for
ing room, at tables decorated with grounds.
the banquet.
beautiful bouquets of daffodils and
ferns artistically arranged.
In charge of refreshments and
arrangements in the dining room
were the social committee, Ethel
Manock, Hattie Ehlen, Tillie Fry
Lillie Schneider and Clara Wurster.
The purpose of a bank’s statement of condition is to ¿give the
proper Federal or State authorities, and to customers and the pub­
Aurora Boy Pledged to Fraternity
lic, a report of the financial condition of the bank.
Our bank statements list our assets and liabilities, showing
University of Oregon, Eugene, March
what we do with our depositors’ and stockholders’ money.
8—Howard Bruce Giesy, freshman in
Part of the money is set aside to maintain required legal re­
serves. A reasonable amount of cash is kept on band to meet
business administration at the Univer­
the daily business requirements.
sity of Oregon, was pledged to Delta
Under normal conditions much of our deposits go into active
Tau Delta fraternity this term.
business use. A part is loaned to individual customers and well
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lorin
managed business enterprises which help the genral business life
Giesy of Aurora
of this community.* A part goes into government bonds and
other sound readily-marketable securities.
The price of the subscription for the
Aurora Observer, 50c a year, is a rare
C A N B Y U N IO N B A N K
bargain.
W hat Is the Purpose o f a Bank’s
Statement o f Condition?