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PAGE FOUR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1934. VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONL a ^OREGON VERNONIA EAGLE Entered as second class matter August 4, 1922, at the post office at Vernonia, Oregon, under the act of March 3, 1879. Isuued Every Friday $2.00 Per Year in Advance Temporary rate ............. ,.................... $1.50 a year Six months .......... 75c Two years .......... $2.50 Advertising rates—Foreign, 30c per inch; local, 28c per inch; legal notices, 10c per line first in sertion, 5c per line succeeding insertions; classi fied lc per word, minimum 25c first insertion, 15c succeeding insertions; readers, 10c per line. RAY D. FISHER, Editor and Publisher The Case of Bruno Hauptmann terring crime because criminals with the help of shrewd attorneys know that they have better than an even chance of beat ing the game. If Hauptmann’s eminent attorney confines himself to seeing that the pris oner gets a fair trial instead of having for his real object the defeating of jus tice by shrewd jury picking, delays, tech- nichalities, sentimental blah that has noth ing to do with the guilt or innocence of the accused, the lesson may come home to potential kidnapers that crimes of that kind, no matter how cleverly planned and executed do not pay; just as they should know, from the Hauptmann capture, that the big criminal is never safe from de tection. ----------- 5—5—§----------- The Morro Castle Disaster t Capture of Bruno Hauptmann, ac cused of extortion, kidnaping and mur der in the Lindbergh case, is a tribute to the persistence and efficiency of the fed eral secret srvice. While the public, en grossed in the Dillingers, Baby Face Nel sons and other gangsters who have com manded front page space within recent months, may have regarded the Lind bergh episode as only an event in crime history along with the D’Autremont hunt and Al Capone’s beer racketeering, to the secret service the abduction and mur der of little Charles Augustus Lindbergh was a live matter, a problem pursued with a zest undulled by a succession of false leads, blind trails and futile grop- ings. With such a good start it is to be hoped that equal efficiency will be shown by the courts. If general tendencies be any criterion, however, the outlook is not so favorable. Though American courts sometimes rise to the occasion—as in the Zangara trial in Florida—and act swiftly and decisively, the custom, is to putter and delay, encouraging rather than de The sea has its noble traditions, and many a seaman has gone unflinchingly to his death in the effort to do the ut most in securing the safety of passengers and preserving the ship itself. That there were men aboard the Morro Castle who lived up to the best that the sea has taught is unquestioned. Of such was the third assistant engineer who stuck to his post while his chief scuttled off in the first lifeboat to be launched—but the story as brought out in the inquiry is on the whole anything but inspiring. Officers too dazed even to send out an SOS call, tod ignorant of fire fighting to direct the crew how to combat the flames when there still was a chance of quenching the fire, too re gardless of the passengers to leave them any choice but to jump into the sea or be roasted to death—such an exhibit does no credit to American seamanship. The disaster involved not only a regrettable loss of life, but also a violation of a fine tradition. Il hat Other Editors Say Senate Investigation of Munition Business Takes Most of the Glory Out of Fighting The senate investigation of munitions may be a good publicity stunt, it may cause foreign nations to protest and muni tion makers to bring pressure to bear but public opinion in the United States wants the facts and believes the investigation should be continued. For a long time there has been a prevailing suspicion that munition manu facturers had realized that wars between manufacturers of munition supplies did not pay but that nations could be moved like pawns on the chess board of Inter national rivalry to buy war supplies, stage battles to save the fatherland, and muni tion makers in the end be the victors with the spoils in the form of enormous profits. The investigation has confirmed entirely too many of the shady business j [ 1 j methods used to stimulate traffic in arms. The facts of the investigation, if they ever become known to the world, be come a mockery of the extravagant pat riotic sentiments of jingo orators urging youth on to war. While the munition investigation may not stop wars we believe that its revela tions will result in accomplishing' more tangible results than many peace con ferences.—Forest Grove News-Times. z ----------- §—§—?----------- Quite a few children wouldn’t be so bad if it weren’t for the parents they have to live with. Other children wouldn’t be so bad if their parents would stay home long enough to live with them.—Ex. ----------- §_§_§----------- The two big problems now seem to be finding jobs for the unemployed and keeping those who are working from strik ing.—Chiloquin Review. ADVANCE IN FARM PRICES | corn have climbed above 90 per . lion more than in 1933 but nearly LARGELY DUE TO DROUGHT cent cent of parity, while hay, four billion under the 1926-1930 The general level of farm prices advanced about 10 per cent dur ing the la«t two months, accord ing to information given in a re port on the agricultural situation just re’ used by the college ag ricultural extension service. This boost in farm prices is attributed more tn the drought than to stronger demand conditions. The general exchange value of farm products has advanced 10 per cent since a year ago, hav ing reached nearly three-fourths of the prewar parity level, the report shows. Wool, oats and wheat and barley have been mov ■ average. Oregon farm income is ing toward that mark. . expected to total around 20 per Indicative of the general re i cent greater than last year, but duction in crop production, the will fall short of the 1926-1930 estimated combined yield of 33 of level about 40 per cent, according the principal crops will be 18 to the circular. For the whole per cent less than last year and country, from 10 to 12 per cent 22 per cent below the 13-year of the total 1934 cash farm in average, the report says. A late come will be derived from agri potato crop approximately equal cultural adjustment rental and to 1933 but 26 million bushels benefit payments, and the rest below average was indicated on from marketings. September 1. Cash farm income for the Members of the cast for the whole country is estintated at Nehalem club play met at the about six billion dollars in the home of Mrs. F. M. Ruhl for the year 1934, approximately one bil- first rehearsal Tuesday night. reluctance with which they ap proach consideration of any simi lar form of relief, notwithstand ing the enormous pressure be ing brought by various political groups for resumption of some form of large scale governmental Editor, Vernonia Eagle: work relief. In your issue of September 21 There was plenty of evidence appears an article about a meet ing of Democrats at Clatskanie of CWA wastefulness even in at which Mr. E. R. Treharne of I our small, local projects. It is a Vernonia is reported to have I matter of public record that Mr. stated that “Of each dollar of Treharne, as CWA project admin CWA money spent in this state istrator, was charged by his sup the republican bureau in control erior’s with extravagance in the spent 80 cents of it and the men use of blasting powder and other supplies. This, however, does not got 20 cents.” Mr. Treharne’s meaning is not mean there was graft or mis-ap- clear to me, but the inference is plication of funds; it simply plain enough and I have no doubt means that no huge governmental it was his intention to convey the enterprise, conceived and put in impression to your readers that to execution almost over night, as 80 per cent of the CWA funds the CWA was, can be handled spent in Oregon went for admini with efficiency and without waste. stration and only 20 per cent It is axiomatic of governmental reached the unemployed for whom enterprise, and particularly of re lief jobs where the primary pur it was intended. pose is to pump money into quick If this statement were not circulation, that they are waste tragic, it would be ludicrous. To ful; that administration is care any but the very blindest partison less, and that efficiency is low. it will be absurd. However, there There is a well recognized ef are many unthinking people who may be misled by even such ri fort on the part of the Democrat diculous charges. Consequently, ic party in this state to discredit while I have much to do other relief administration. It is part of than answering asinine charges the game of party politics as play about the mis-application of re ed in this day and age. I think we lief funds, I am going to take can all agree it is wrong. Belief the trouble to answer Mr. Tre- and politics should be divorevd, as they have been to date in Oregon. harne. Only chaos can result from mak < Mr. Trehane is really quite well ing a partisan football of relief qualified to speak on the appli activities. cation of CWA funds. Most of The facts and figures about C- your readers will recall that he WA accomplishments are matters was in direct charge of three or of public record. Every dollar of four CWA road projects in this CWA, and other relief money community. If 80 per cent of the spent in this state, is accounted CWA money spent on the pro for in reports that are available jects under his supervision went to any interested citizen. Com for administration, Mr. Treharne plete audit reports of CWA ex should know it better than any penditures are on file in Wash one else, for he was the admini ington. D. C., in Salem and even strator. in Vernonia. These reports are so I do nof believe that, of the clear and concise that even a CWA funds spent under Mr. Tre school child can understand them. harne’s direction, 80 per cent Remembering this, it is inexcus went for administration. Nor do; I able for even so blindly partisan I believe that any other CWA ad a citizen as Mr. Treharne to make ministrator, Republican or Demo the statement that 80 per cent of crat, was so careless of the funds the CWA money went to some spent under his direction and so undefined republican bureau and heedless of the intent of govern only 20 per cent to the men on ment in its effort to alleviate the jobs. distress and destitution. I Let’s take a look at the record. By its very nature, the CWA I have before me the report of was a wasteful extravagant form the Oregon Civil Works Admini- of putting money into circulation stration for the period from No- and was so recognized by every vember 30, 1933, to March 31, one familiar with its functioning 1934, when the CWA was wound from President Roosevelt and Ci vil Works Administrator Hopkins up. This report shows that the distribution of funds expended on down, That these gentlemen under the direction of the Ore recognized its wastefulness is well gon Civil Works Administration evidenced by the rapidity with which they abandoned it and the (Continued on Page 7) The Open Forum - - New Model Thor Washer REGULARLY $79.50 . . . ONE LEFT AT THIS Special Price - - - - SMI 1.50 COMPLETE LINE OF NEW AND USED HEATING STOVES AIRTIGHT — CAST IRON — CIRCULATORS COMPLETE LINE OF NEW WOOD RANGES New Philco RADIOS fl**J*i QiHl Compiete Line of Gold Seal Congoleum Rugs Paterson Furniture Store EVERYTHING for the Home—on Easy Terms Phone 801 Vernonia