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Show r LEHI FREE PRESS, LEHI, UTAH jections so strong as to havt J smashed party lir.es. Ax a matter of fact it did not take a Franklin D. Roosevelt to topple the third term tradition over. Calvin Coolidge today does not have the prestige he enjoyed during hi lifetime, but no one who remembers the state of affairs when the Republicans held their convention at Kansas City in 1828, and in the months preceding that gathering, when delegates were being selected, doubts that Coolidge could have had that nomination by crooking his finger. , and HEARD annind the NATIONAL III ni r hi it IJ ft i i I fBill I , . jru.ii fi processes that are supposed to duce an ostrich to bury its head in the sand in the presence of danger. The men who have the final say on this know perfectly well that the next revenue bill, if it is going to provide anything like the amount of money needed, must hit the smaller incomes. As predicted at the time, the new revenue law now on the books has made tax evasion a fine art. Also, there is a law of diminishing returns, even in taxes on wealth. For example, a very high income tax on the upper brackets is remarkably effective in discouraging gambling, even business gambling. It has restricted gambling in stocks and commodities far more probably than all the securities and exchange commission's restrictions, effective as they have been. Which may be a fine thing, but that is not the point. The point is that a man with a substantial fortune, while he still retains the natural human desire to increase it, looks at any new venture more coldly than in the olden days. If he loses, the government has nothing to say, but if he wins he has to give up more than half his profits to the Treasury. So he takes fewer chances, plays more sure things, is satisfied with a much smaller return on his money, and puts more and more of his money in tax exempt bonds. Then to balance the danger that inflation would hurt him in that direction, he is apt to buy some land, not looking for immediate return, but just as a hedge against the possibility of his dollars being worth les3. afterwards that they had not all united behind Roosevelt to defeat Wilson. The interesting thing to watch now is the reactions of those Democrats, particularly in the South, who in their hearts have not agreed with the New Deal, but who have gone along largely bec ause of party regularity. Many of them have had very definite ideas about chancing some of the economic slants of the Democratic party at the next national convention, and nominating some one more in sympathy with their own ideas. It is rather obvious that 1944 is too far off fur most of them to wait. Naturally there is nothing for them to do risht now, so long as party regularity retains its present importance in their minds. And there is not much ground for suspecting any change in that direction. But it is well within the realm of possibility that they may make up their minds shortly that they will fight against a third term for the New Deal. Which may lead to more of the sort of insurgence that has characterized the actions of such senators as Carter Glass and Harry F. Byrd of Virginia, Josiah W. Bailey of North Carolina,- Millard E. Tydings of Maryland, and Walter F. George of Georgia. Russia for Peace Tax Returns Disappoint All of which is part of the explanation of why, with business tremendously better last year, and with a wonderful crop of dividends, the income tax returns of March 15 were so disappointing. The other part of the explanation, congress and the administration realize, is that considerably more of the total crop of dividends goes to small income people than had been thought. Treasury experts knew this from previous figures, but their comments on the tax plan last year were ignored, for the most part, though attention was called to them while the bill was under consideration. So to get the money that the Treasury must have, unless spending is to be curtailed more drastically than any one familiar with the political situation really expects, tougher levies must be made on the little incomes. Exemptions must be reduced and rates on the little fellows must be boosted. But that is "terrible politics and every one knows it- Senator Robert M. LaFollette of Wisconsin ;s one of the few who have had the political courage to advocate it, Sqrfif 'it can e postponed in one wajrVir sanother until .after the 1033 election or at least so that the returns will not have to be made un.: til after that election it migltf'PTe-,ven- t quite a few defeats offeouse members and of the senators who Actual then come up. for prospects ore, however, that the wolf just won't stay away f rorrt" Jthe as that. door ' - v . i as-lon- Third Term. Talk ' " ..: - v- While eager for any disarmament conference that the United States may propose, or that any other nation may suggest for that matte, the Soviet. Republic, Secretary of State Cordell Hull has been unoffi cially informed, believes for the moment that the best guarantee of peace in the eastern hemisphere is the strength of the fighting forces of the U. S. S. R. As every one interested in world diplomacy knows, much of the talk of the "next war" centers around the idea of Japan and Germany fighting Russia. Soviet officials believe that as long as their counti ; remains strong enough so that German and Japanese spies continue to report its resisting qualities, just so long may "Der Tag" be postponed. "The question of speed and fighting ability of planes alone is a good illustration," one friend of Moscow said to Secretary Hull the other day: "Any German expert, with the material the Hitler secret service has been able to obtain, can figure out very quickly that there just might be considerable danger in any move against th;Soviet. It might not be over quickly and victoriously, which of course is the only kind of war any country wants." r Officials here are smiling, discreetly, over a retort made, bjr, a friend of the Soviet at a recefit rer ception in London, whiqh wasjquick-l- y country by .graperelayed to this " vine. ' ., The Easterner was asked by a distinguished attache ofthe British Foreign office why his government had concentrated such a huge force in its maritime. provinces. "My government is anxious to preserve peace," said Jthg Russian. "We are willing to go to great lengths in that direction even to removing temptation, from possible Victims. We realize fully .the weak- 'hjss of the Japanese for invading, unprotected territory. They don't seem lo b able to resist it. So we thqught if we. put a powerful force out 'there we wodHd be contributing to tle cause of peace on , . - aut ay There ia more snd more talk a third, term for Franklin D. Roosevelt. More and more, the talk'objaut other Democrats, such' as Governor . of Pennsylvania, George Paul V. MNutt ofjndiana and Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace11 IS subsiding; "II."-Eorie- ThereT Is no real7 Question in any- - one's-- mind, that popular prejudice aeainst a third term is Yiot of Suftfc , cient importance to interfereJfJVIr. Roosevelt decttterf ndtfto t V not br because of nny objection to violating that old tradition. It will be or some other reason or reason. -- sarthJV. , French Not Fooled Incidentally .the French do not Uaki TetibuiW1" alK; ihe"' recent pro- of the r!wra.rsihe'-tBei-ouFranco forces at Guadalajara rbCftit. the Italian soldiers' lack of fighting wability.-- ; They have been chuckling about it, naturally, es pecially since the flight of the Italian LjftytrfS has iipfc&jrt i. t beea-pinje- d By WILLIAM C. UTLEY 0 FOR super-artiller- y - propul-sipn.cam- slin-sho- t. .. d dJVJT H-taii-ks, nf-mea- n NU w -- Vill Ooi, Monsieur "Consomme, bouillon, d'oeuvres, fricassee poulet, tw mes de terre au grat.n. demitas des glaces, and tell that muTta the comer to keep his lamps off me moll, see?" Masonic CraftJ man. w death-defyin- a it iwuiKj Quite a Difference . you please me the difference between An? ings and pence? Ikey You can v:k down d street vidoui shillings. Abie g from; pile "The Advance InformUn Commuter God-by- , Dear , can't get home for dinner m send you a ire. Wife Don't bother, Milbur -TVA -TA9I- it alrcr,.. But now all is still. Almost emn, if there can be solemnity in a circus. The big finale is about to cap the climax of a remarkable afternoon. They are going to shoot a man out of a cannon. A live man. . . . and to all appearances a real cannon. It is enough to produce awe in the breast of the most sophisticated onlooker, and it does. At the far end of the arena a small army of prop boys raises a net, silently, expertly. Death waits the human cannon fodder should he miss the r.et. At the other end they are wheeling in the giant gun. And it IS big. Despite its red and silver paint, its very size the bore must be large enough to admit a man's body makes it ominous. It's All Over Quickly. Walking beside it is the strange being who makes his living im- personating a shell. He wastes no He surveys the situation time. quickly to make sure that every-- i thing is in its proper place, then 6wings up astride the lowered muzzle of the cannon. In his silver helmet, bright cape, white uniform and leather puttees he looks rather un-- ; earthly, something like a character in one of those comic strips about rocket men who commute between the earth and Mars. As the muzzle of the great gun is raised, drums begin to roll, height-- ! ening to a roar as the final angle is reached. The bullet man slips quickly into the gun's mouth and slides down the barrel. It is all over in a wink. If you are sitting close enough you can hear him cry. "Fire!" There is an crash, a flash of flame, a belch of smoke. And hurtling through 150 feet of space goes the flesh and blood missile, landing on his back squarely in the heart of the net. From the grand stand comes a sigh of relief, then a roar of applause. The show is over. It sounds like a precarious method of making a living. It looks like it. And it is. More than a dozen men have been killed in the United States alone being shot from a cannon, according to one old time circus man who has seen them come and go. He believes that more than that have met death in the same manner in Europe, although the exact mortality figures are not available. The cannon stunt is the result of the tireless search of the circuses g thrills. As for new nearly as the old "timers can re- member the first sunt in which a human being impersonated a projectile of warfare was used by the John Robinson circus back in the '90's. In a spectacle portraying medieval warfare, an ancient catapult was employed. Instead .of throwing, rocks it w;as used, to hurl a beautiful girl somewhere, nobody today seerns to remember just where. Later the act was improved by hurling the young lady to a flying trapeze. The First German Cannon. This act was spectacular and successful until the Great War came along, with its giant field, guns and which fircrLsthe imag ination of the world. A German hit upon the idea of firing a man out 'of one of these gianj cannons as the thrill of thrills to surpass anything that was then being shown . under the Big, Top. His cannon was constructed k simulate the appearanceiof one of tfie "Big Berthas." Exactly how it worked is not known, for the .operation of circus cannons' has been since that day a trade secret jealIt is, jf however. ously: guarded. e Known- that the. .power far from heavy rubber bands the size of inner tubes, which were wound "back with the aid af a winch. At "the proper time they were let fly suddenly and the human bullet was propelled through the air much after the manner f a mis- - mm miles your coat pocket. t ire, the report and he snTflte.' an Italian oliicer protesting to II are an iljusion, for they do doubt that is the lasgcly there any jNor; LDJute sfcirfc Xb.at. it. wasarot "fair' tTot .occur tl&fll jafter the map. has President could easily be renoi$J5"iajt-evu yui men i iij uguuiM tin uppusing left the cannon's. moutlv'TSoniMning lecUd. ilthe election .and which also had and on his person sets off the. delayed, weretriiS"alr:insfead' of in 1940 'army AlLolwhith. showsplanes that .Italy delbeJfijMong epouflt , There SSStM SPVSBSW& didnr:wia ns- nfltehprestlge y chargethe his to insure safely.'3ut to the fhe victory Ethiopian prob he seems unitiated, the actually to have strength. ably believed. been fired out by a powder charge. opinion that ifhe. Supreme court But the Fjrench make the point The inventor of the cannon, who enlrti&mi4 'plan .tvGete . 'merely1' 'a" that Xhis behavior of Italian solcTlers Europe under, so many played device originating ,on Capitol hill, in Spau does names" that no one seems and on whUrTttie PesJdenH.1rsa1d They insist that many of theanything. "stage Italians publicly that he considered this a did not want to go to Spain, that to remember who he actually was, ?to work performed his act for several years out, many did not "even know raajluer Ipr congress1 theywere until he had enough money to rethere "Would not be a handful 'of going to Spain until were'land-ethey Then, the story is told, after public sentiment for it. there. The French claim to have tire. of casehe was urgecj to come enorvThey contend .that .it is the jeara Italians the "in'rrinny back, as a sort of sentimental gesmous popularity of the President reporuJ'lhat to surrender, instances are ture, for Just one more farewell that is going to put the court plan not having any eager heart in the fight. obif appearance. It was a farewell in it is put over, despite over, C BtU SyndlcaU.-W-- FOK A LIVING of Human Bullet; One of Strangest of All Occupations Is Thai Are Xany. Dozen Have Been Killed, but Applicant. three hours the show been going on under the Big Top at a furious pace. Elephants, rough riders, Watch Reactions trapeze wizards, tight wire to The third tradition term to In even began refusing Washington. walkers, lion tamers and a hunadmit that there is a possibility of wither back in the Theodore Roose- dred others who dare death more new taxes, despite the bvious velt administration. Few now beto do with daily to satisfy the public necessity for either more revenue lieve it had anything Wilson deWoodrow fact the that and er Jess spending, senator repger for thrills have followed and William How- one resentatives, not to say administra- feated Roosevelt 1912 upon another. Violent, election. There tion officials, are not as stupid as ard Taft in the was some talk about it, naturally, age music such as only a circus tome critics seem to think. Taft orators, but Taft's band can produce has added There is a reason as big as a from the with the voters was at a ceaseless, exciting accompaniprestige house for what they are doing, and low Republiment. It has nothing to do with the mental very who ebb, and many cans supported Taft regretted insol- JCAPITAL Carter Field ui HIT tim: 1 ri Li 9a .. Grea Br 1 Victor, Hugo and Mario. Two of them are with the Ringling & Bailey circus, while the other tours county and state fairs. They brought their cannons to the United States when they discovered that there was more money to be , made here. hyw:::ySells-FlotThe Zacchinis are expert show men. Victor, who does most of his work out of doors, is an artist in building up the crowd by making his act look even tougher than it is. After the net and the cannon are set up, he will spend many minutes Sells-Flotsurveying the apparatus from this v .Mi. and that angle, measuring the vefjuA locity of every little breeze, back(One way fare from Ogien or ing the cannon up and moving it Salt Lake City, good in forward again, sighting the barrel and resighting it until the specditioned coaches or chair carl.) e it- tators' nerves are thoroughly frazWe have the FASTEST TRAINS zled. to San Francisco, all Hi He has even been known to refuse meals on the to go on after half an hour of testPacific Limited. pict ing wind velocity, claiming that it Fen-dricwould be almost certain death to $31 ROUNDTRIP to San Francisco; $32 ROUNDTRIP to lot attempt so dangerous a feat on so fcren; windy a day. Then after much coax Angeles via San Francisco both a and his assistants by great ing fares good in deal of clamoring by the crowd, he standard Pullmans (berth extra). will, in the manner of a true mar tyr, consent to go ahead with the show, entirely "against" his better F For information, set trvritt D. R. Ouw, judgment. Of course, he always lands safely, right in the heart of Gen. Aft., 41 So. Main St., Salt Uki Olf the net, a bigger hero than ever. Not all human bullets are so lucky as to land in the net every time. There is now with the Co'es Bros.-Clyd- e EE59EESEE Beatty circus one Wilno, who I SALT LAKE'S NEWEST HOSTELRTf is by no means the first of his line. The original Wilno was killed when Dnr Inhhv Is dcIiehtinllT lb the same cannon now being used, cooled during the summer montlu one of the German type, failed to Radio for Every Room project him far enough to reach the 200 Rooms 200 Baths net. Human Rocket Misses Aim. Lying in a hospital in Buffalo, N. :Vk Y., right now is a daredevil who has cracked up several times, but intends to try it again as soon as he is well enough. This is one Albert Barkus, billed as the "Human wi jo Rocket." Not satisfied with merely being fired from a cannon at 200 HOTEL miles per hour, which is the speed of a human projectile as he leaves 1 the gun, Barkus invented a device r to wear which explodes while he is i' i Si X. six,' in mid-aiHates $1.50 to S3.0Q This, theoretically, is to twtirfiih'iMaieiimatoi make him aprear like a bursting Tho Hotel Tempi" Sqr y shell or rocket. .' Parenti Goes to Work. highly de.irable. fri.;n.l f""1 " phere.You will He crashed the first time while ulate, supremely comfortabl. with tfe"e wave in his hair. The trying his act at Atlantic ra.n j tborouRhfy City. After is as for. un.lcr.tana why thia hotrl as about marcel just pretty recovering from that mishap, he RECOMMENDED niCIILY Parent! thinks it is, at that' "pei e' tried it again in Buffalo. This time ' You can also ppreclale hy' is a picture above of Parenti crawlithe rocket device gave'him a little' a mark of distinction to stop lf into his realcannon. For ng, extra "push' which threw him 20 f thin beautiful hostelry II ism, 4; should" really; have hown feel, past ti e r.et into a. brick wall, C. ROSSI 11 ERNEST him with the helmet which he fie n be in Buffalo" for a little while. wears - whei) actually performiOccasionally women, have been ng" 'his" act.ln fact there ".was" u'?cd in the- cannon act, but their quite an argument when the pic- logs do not seem to bejequal to the ture was being made, i The photog- strain of the first jolt as thev tnk AND rapher wanted him to wear the hel- oil'. Alro, according to Parenti, they met. Eareni didn't want ,ioAcpvdr are "too ficlcctv cinu are UKQjy ;to his lovely TotRs. ''ParSnti "Udn but be otit of 'posiit'!ni,Jpovederiruj because he was adamant in his pol- uui.ei noses, when t!Vj cannontheir is' icy of no marcel, no picture. niea. mere are at tfh ' Parent! is five feet five, weighs few of them suell' an'oetVitfi no pounds and is somewhere in his some of the doihq smaller sbfows, 'bul' the middle. tvvienties., Resides, the mar- cannons are smaller tlion the men's cel he is "the possessor of a trick type, and shoot them enly 25 or 35 a musfache, flashing- smile and ;a feeU Such cannons are'looked upon ge.nUe,.ingratiatingi(pefsonality. He with some disdain by the human is' not'at faHthe'; tough' "sort of guy IT? you would expect 'the enemy 'to fire at you if they .were reaUmad.. . this country: Parenti's,'-thbeHe says there really isn't much longing to the Zacchitfs. arSiSWrti; ui a uti uie nrst time no's. One woman wto uH tu? you g($ fired out. and. you can Riant cannon, a.certairf-Carret- t. the or not ThejirsV tim; wjfket Qirl, "ieracd'Vp; lbav'Bls you a little pale back or bieaHmc'her Sese. ' !G?,Tl Rooni -'- Ccf ,1 - . ..'V.11IHUIIU. . .. v.n the gills, though. in hr.r r,.iM iiHptlU)l ' iiu III Serious Lounge v LoDQ' ..JJSiire," he says, "I've been getAlmost w, tyd. of person-fired from a cannon twice a ly to apply Tor ne ting ime flgw. . The ortlv job in. the circus. Sr. lirQaxi r day 6 will be found af h&d wasi-a- . black.eaer. accrdenUl wnen i bumped into a door in eye, r Ji-ane had 25'" fib. the dark." hcants for the job. fourteen of them f women None of them knew fvrftUpTs YOU ARE. Showmanship Is Effective. anyiibout.it. he said . IJaly hasofTered some Competi- thing thrill-ckersjuftt 7 tion to GermaTty as a rodtrcer"bf 10, It stfffms'to hie 1 rfhrt WNU W circus cannons. There the Zacchini where that certain kinds of reT-fas-t brothers, developed one which uses cereals aro --pafTedV compressed air' instead-o- f rubber' At MORRISON'S It is said that this makes the act Jhot from a cannon, bit Parenti D0llar.ee.iu1y 'lilllon " he never knew of a Plmnlri Bhfiiinn('s. a litlle safer than the rubber-powereIiruf" N. human , Vf" tallouarn, Chapped for rubier every sense of the word, for the poor man, rusty, perhaps, at his rather exacting profession, missed the net and was killed instantly. At the famed Strassburger fair, the cannon continued to fire more human bullets for the public edification. In 1929 it was brought to circus by the American a human bullet who called himself Cliff Aeros. The original Cliff Aeros was killed performing his act in Oklahoma City in the early thirties. "Bullet" Cherishes Marcel. circus is long The since dead, but the cannon which has sent several human projectiles to a violent death is still in operation. It is being used today by a man named W. O. Parent in the show. For some Hagenbeck-Wallacreason the circus makes no attempt to capitalize on the fact that this is in truth a death dealing weapon. The human bullet in the act is a young Pole named Boysi who uses the pseudonym "Parenti" and apparently doesn't give a hang for the cannon's awesome history. Mr. Parenti, nee Fendnck, is far more concerned Bros.-Bar-nu- m :;v.': San Frandsco o o -' fcaintii Southern Pacific Jtt m mtwrr MSKflU Temple Square r. aar'' mm IN UTAH m. JfL e to gently . Jor-.sojfo- vs.-M- - .S'.' .' - d reacts "to cligun, matic conditions. There are three of the Zacchinig hradi nlwippear 'tinMtj, l len aaca It not aninni lhaf '". ' . 1!a. |