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An Old U. S. Custom
VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON
WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1938
Scenes and Persons in the Current News
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
These men are members of Uncle Sam’s "pickpocket squad," pic­
tured on their patrol boat as they speed down the bay at New York to
pick up an incoming ship from Europe. The enforcement division of the
United States customs saves Uncle Sam a huge sum annually in revenues
he would not receive if the
lynx-eyed guardians of his
“front door” were not on the
job. A great percentage of the
human race is born with lar­
ceny in its soul and it is with
this percentage that the work
of the enforcement division is
mostly concerned. Varied and
ingenious are the schemes de­
vised for "beating” Uncle Sam
out of his just dues on dutiable
goods. Worthy of a better
cause are the dodges employed
for smuggling contraband,
such as narcotics, sweepstake
tickets—and even human be­
ings who do not come by the
legal quota.
But never was a scheme de­
vised that fooled the eagle-
eyed men of the Customs for
long. They know people; they
know all the tricks, and they
possess an uncanny faculty
for looking in the right place
for what they seek.
For example, the smuggling
vest for opium, demonstrated
at left, seldom gets by.
MEW YORK.—This summer’s ses-
sion of the Institute of Pacific
Relations will have many new fac­
tors and policies to consider, as
new power formu­
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las and equations
Now Turned
are being drawn.
The
Philippines
on Pacific
have changed
their mind about cutting their Unit-
ed States towline. Japan and Ger­
many make a joint survey of a 50-
mile, low-lying canal route across
the upper neck of Siam, which will
bring Japan four days nearer Aus­
tralia and perhaps five days nearef
India. England’s Singapore naval
base isn’t what it used to be. Aus-
tralia announces a big new rearma-
ment program.
1—Spanish insurgent troops who took part in the capture of Lerida and the operations cutting loyalist
Spain in two move on toward Barcelona. 2—Gen. Francisco Franco, commander of the Spanish insurgent
Ian
Mackenzie,
Canada's
troops, whose successful operations drove a wedge between Barcelona and Madrid. 3—Officials of American
handsome and versatile defense
railroads and labor representatives shown after they visited the White House to confer with President
minister, breaks the news that
Roosevelt. Left to right: George Harrison, chairman, Railway Labor Executives’ association; Ernest E.
Canada will rely on the United
Norris, Southern railroad; J. J. Pelley, president. Association of American Railroads; and S. J. Hogan,
States fleet, voicing "reasonable
president of Marine Engineers.
assumption,” rather than defi­
nite “commitments.”
And Paul V. McNutt, commission­
STRAWBERRY TIME
er of the Philippines, says we
should carry “liberty and peace” to
the Far East.
Mr. Mackenzie, a Vancouver law­
yer, is one of Canada’s most famous
scholars who
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writes fluently and
la Canada’a
publishes articles
in Gaelic. In his
Top Scholar
native
Scotland,
he was the most illustrious prize
scholar of his generation, virtually
monopolizing all the medals and
garlands of the University of Edin­
burgh, for attainment in the clas­
sics.
He later won a Carnegie research
fellowship, gathering more honors
in his work on old Irish manu­
scripts. He later attended the Roy­
al academy at Dublin, wrote songs
and stories in the ancient Celtic
language and picked up a law de­
gree as a sort of afterthought.
He went to Vancouver in 1914,
returned for the war, and
romped through grades to the
rank of captain, fighting in ail
Pretty Catherine Agaisse, straw­
the major engagements.
berry ambassadress, enjoys one of
He kept his stride in his later
the ripe berries she has just helped
success in law and politics in Van-
to pick in the strawberry patch
couver, becoming national defense
near Hammond, La. Marketed by
minister in 1935. He is regarded as
David Gaudette, five years old, of Yonkers, N. Y., one of the young­ a growers’ organization, the Louisi­
Canada’s most eligible bachelor. He est fishermen to get out his rod and reel as the trout fishing season ana Farmers' Protective union, the
says his favorite recreation is study. opened recently in New York state, is shown making his first catch of fruit is handled through an auction
in Hammond.
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the season in the Croton river near Croton Falls.
First Catch of the Season
JOSEPH A. LYONS, Australian
J prime minister who announces a
QUEEN MARY SMILES
rearmament program of approxi­
mately $215,000,000, has no such gift
of tongues and
Rearmament
reached eminence
Fever Hita
by a longer and
harder road.
Australia
He rose to pow-
er in the labor movement and, in
1931, like the late Ramsay Mac­
Donald, broke with his party and
entered a coalition government. His
shift to the right brought him under
vigorous assault, but he was re­
Above is a close-up of the ingenious, hollow rubber heel, once in great elected by a large majority last Oc­
favor with smugglers of narcotics and jewelry.
tober.
He is sixty years old, gray
and tousle-haired, the father of
11 children, and walks with a
limp as the result of a railroad
accident 13 years ago.
He began his working career as
a country school teacher in Tas-
mania, insularity and "home rule”
marked his attitude a few years
ago. Now he recommends as a
commonwealth slogan, "Keep in
tune with England.”
Queen Mary, mother of King
Everywhere, the little nations are George VI, had a gracious smile for
calling, "Wait for baby.”
the photographer who snapped her
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photograph as she was leaving the
George Allen of Bromley, England, offered an unsuspected problem
'T'AKING arms against this sea of Exhibition of Handicrafts at the to air precaution wardens of Beckenham, Kent, during house-to-house
A troubles is the Countess Alain Kensington town hall in London for visits to fit residents with gas masks. The wardens found that a bearded
Dedons de Pierrefeu, formerly Elsa the benefit of the Metropolitan Bor­ individual like Mr. Allen requires extra-careful fitting because the hair
Tudor of the Boston social register. ough Tuberculosis committee. The forms an inlet between the mask and the face. They solved the problem
Under impressive dowager queen appeared in perfect by fitting a mask one size smaller than that required for a clean-shaved
person and contributed to his future safety. .
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patronage, which health.
of Youth la
includes
faculty
members of lead­
Peace Move
ing
universities,
scholars, diplomats and sociologists,
she organizes a "world youth tour,”
with a fervor comparable to that
of Peter the Hermit leading the
children's crusade.
She is Recruiting young persons
from all nations, including Ger­
many, Italy and Russia, on a world
tour to flux animosities and foster
good
will
and
understanding.
"World peace through world trade”
Smugglers are just as alert for new methods of beating them as are is their slogan.
the Customs men for uncovering those methods. Above is a squad mar
Rear Admiral Richard E.
in the chain locker of an incoming ship.
Byrd is among those who give
warm indorsement to the plan.
Headquarters for the tour are
in New York.
The French husband of the count­
ess was killed in the World war.
Since then she has been vigorously
active in social movements in Eu­
rope, Chicago, Boston and New-
York. For nearly four years she
has been traveling around the
world, recruiting support for her
Florida's new overseas highway bridge which cost $7,400,000 and has a capacity of 3,000 cars a day was
youth organization among diplo­ opened to traffic recently at Miami. This gigantic engineering feat connects many coral islands south of
mats, economists and business men. Miami that separate the Atlantic ocean on the east and the Gulf of Mexico on the west. The longest of
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the overwater spans is seven miles.
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