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Show CACHE AMERICAN ancj HEARD around tfe j NATIONAL APITAL Carter Field Not This Session Waahlngton, How long the present "breathing spell In the reform battle o the administration against business Is going tn last Is one of the most Important questions in Washington. Few observers believe that it is anything more than a strategic retreat Most of them believe that the offensive will be renewed, with fresh vigor, when the present business recession turns, as everyone hopes it soon will, into renewed prosperity. Some of the Capitol Hill leaders predict however, that even if business should blossom like the rose next summer the drive toward "planned economy will not be re sumed until after the election next November. A few even predict that It will not be resumed in full force until after the Presidential election, though this seems less probable. Such a long delay is not compatible with the President's normal mentj processes. Had It not been for the business recession there would have been battle between congress and the President almost as bitter, and probably as significant, as that over enlarging the Supreme court last winter. Congress was ail act for revamping of the undistribuled earnings tax, and the capital gains tax. long before the business men back In the districts and states be gan to blame the whole recession on governmental interference with business management and invest ment trends. The business recession simply strengthened this determination. But it also determined the President to yield, at least in part, and to lay more emphasia on balancing the budget This In turn promises les government competition with private business, particularly In the electric industry. To Fight Again The same battle will be fought, but the battleground will be differ ent The President has retreated to a stronger position. Son James and Charley West Tommy Corcoran and Charley Michelson, will be found buttonholing senators and representatives to prevent modification from going too far, rather than to prevent any modification at all. And there may be no fight whatever to force immediate power projects Into the seven TVAs. In fact Sen. George W. Norris is already giving out Interviews that his understanding with the President on that subject seems to be very different from what the President now thinks it is. As another result of this "breathing spell the President and Sen. Robert M. La Follette, of Wisconsin, seem to be further apart than they have been at any time since Mr. Roosevelt entered the White House. La Follette has never been afraid of taxes nor of admitting frankly that more must be laid on the small Income group. He has consistently scorned the New Deal intimation that the rich could be made to pay for New Deal spending. So he wants to boost the rates on small incomes and lower the exemptions as well. Moreover, he wants the government to go right on with spending increase it until every available "employable" can be put on the government payroll. Strategically, this puts the President in between the two extremes, an extremely enviable political position. It may make very much harder the task of the southern conservatives, who hope to win party control, nominate a conservative, and really "turn to the right in the next national platform. Tax Revision as to equal) the competition between them end the big ones. Tims, he says, a I .mg step could be made in the direction of preventing the growth of nionopoiiee. Actually his own Treerury depart ment hee proved to its own satisfaction from its own figures that Die undistribuled earnings tax did not bear so heavily on smalt corporations ss on targe ones. Actually most of the suggestions ss to why the business recession hid come wes simed st big business concerns rstlicr than small ones. This administrstion eagerness to confine modification of the undistributed earnings tax Is excellently Illustrated also In lha statement made by Sen. Alben W. Barkley, Democratic leader, after a talk with the President Barkley said: "In my Judgment we cannot act this session (meaning the short session) on proposals for amendment of the undistributed profits tax to relieve new and debt burdened corporations. Contrast thla with Senator George, who says: There can be no business recovery unless those who employ labor can retain some of their earnings to pay debts and to expand oiierations. I am confident the congress will modify the provision imposing tlie surtax on undistributed earnings, and allow those earnings to be used by business in the interest of the worker." Some very shrewd observers do not believe the President will insist on the text of his first message. They think it was almost purposely put in general terms. Certainly left plenty of loopholes. Kvcn his fiat declaration against speculative profits an old dogma of the New Deal doctrine wai not specific. On this point congress Is drier mined to permit the spreading of losses over at least two if not three years, in clear opposition to Die New Deal theory that saving for a rainy day merely makes it rain harder, and sooner. Again Soft Coal "Lika the poor, the soft-coa- In- l dustry Is always with us, a high administration official lamented at a little gathering of the best govern- mental minds. At present two agencies of th government, the interstate commerce commission and the bituminous coal commission, are not Just teeing eye to eye on this terrifically important problem, intensified at the moment by the fact that the administration is straining every nerve to get business out of its doldrums. The National Coal association is Indignant both at the boost in railroad freight rates on coal already granted by the 1. C. C., and at the present demand for a further increase of about IS per cent. The present increase, the association's officials claim, "is to take effect despite the evidence that high rail rates are diverting coat in large tonnage to truck transportation as well as accelerating consumer use of substitute fuels which move by pipe-linTo add another 15 per cent increase to rail freight rates on coal, as now asked for by the railroads, will be suicidal. The bituminous coal commission, which earlier maintained that the increased cost of coal would be borne mainly by the railroads and utilities, and not by householders, It is opposing is now perturbed. vigorously the increase now on the table before the I. C. C. But the Railroads But on the other hand, what is to be done for the railroads? Weakness in their stocks is regarded by the administration experts as one of the big factors in the recent stock market slides, and in the general recession of business. Administration agents have been delving eagerly into the possibility that business could be revived by railroad buying. First there was the idea of lending them more money pouring it out. But they learned that this would interest only a few roads, chiefly those already in financial trouble. The stronger roads would prefer to do their own financing if and that has been the trouble they considered the situation justified the spending. So it has become obvious that the railroads must be permitted to earn more, not just to have cheap money loaned to them, in order to start any real amount of spending. On this phase the I. C. C. is inclined to agree, but it has learned through sad experience, as indeed have the railroads, that rate advances are nonguarantee of bigger earnings. Freight diverts quickly to trucks. The I. C. C. has rather reached the conclusion that the only freight-rat- e advance that is sure to produce more money in the railroads treasuries is one on products so heavy that truck hauling is uneconomic. Of these, coal and ores stand out like sore thumbs. But the danger point has been reached on coal, the bituminous coal It is concommission believes. cerned about the switching from coal to other fuels, though of course not concerned with whether traffic is diverted from the railroads to trucks. President Roosevelt bends to the gale, to keep the New Deal trunk from snapping, but even as he bends be shows clearly the resiliency which will lend power to the swing back so soon as the gale has ceased blowing. With a congress all set for revision of the tax laws to ease the burden business has been bearing, the President springs in with his message saying some changes are necessary. Then he hints at changes far less drastic than congress was determined to make. For example, he says nothing about when the tax modifications shall be made. Sen. Walter F. George of Georgia, member of the finance committee and powerful figure among the group of southern conservatives who hope to take control of the party away from the New Dealers, and nominate one of their number, in 1940, wants immediate revision of both the capital gains and losses and of the undistributed earnings taxes. Not only that, he wants to make the modifications retroactive e Bell Syndicate. WNU Service. to apply to 1937 earnings. .0005 Per Gallon Again, the President wants to use One of the largest oil companies the modification of the undistributed earnings tax as another club against in the United States says that He says flatly that the through advertising it is able to bigness. ta.c could be changed, by granting market its product at less than mill per gallon. exemptions to small companies, so one-ha- lf o l-l&- yd I XXI A S , CACHE COUNTY. UTAH QiM-6-n-s-i WHOS THIS WEEK... ..Ciolili ADVENTURERS Thinkd about SANTA MONICA, CALIF. said that there were always two big sporting events the one Graham McNamce saw and the one that actually took place. But, alongside the prtienl sports broadcasters, Graham'! wildest CLUB HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELFI Fporta Rraadraalers. Dy 13a.) One lirand New Suit By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter 1 Take it from me, boys and girls, you cant take it from Bob Kaiser. That is, you may take it from him, but you wont keep it. Its been tried before and it just didnt work. t These Customers Were Dandits. Then, about noon, a customer came in. He asked fur a package of rigarrtles and Bob turned to get them from the rack. And as he turned he heard a low, grating voice say: "Don't move or I'll blow your brains out! Bob didn't move, but out of the corner of his eye he could see man holding a thirty-eigh- t cal.ber revolver on him. "It was a hrt day. Says Bob, "but the sweat that broke out on my forehead just then was cold ice cold." The man came behind the counter and ordered Bob to sit down on the floor. That's where Bob began to get mad. He had on a nice, new suit that day and the floor had been freshly o.lcd. The porter had oiled It the day before, and he had given it an extra heavy dose. If Bub sat pulse-warmer- Political Predictions. Di- gest, or rather its journalistic successor, will not conduct a poll on next year's congressional and state elections. The burnt child dreads the poll. Let others go around taking straw votes, but, the way the Digest folks feel now and, in fact, have felt ever since last November, they wouldnt start a canvass to prove that two and two make four. Because, look here what if it should turn out that two and two merely make some more Marx brothers or a double set of Siamese twins? Anyhow, the business of basing cocksure predictions on estimates doesn't seem to be flourishing these days. Figures don't lie, but the citizens who furnish the figures may do so, either unintentionally or just for the. sake of a laugh. The rise of candid camerasa-tionalizin- g say, we just thought up that word proves that a photograph of tilings as they are is mightier than a lot of loose statistics predicated on what the voters may or may not do and probably wont, when the time comes. d Forgotten Stars. clamored for hearing and her face was on balf the magazine covers and her name in letters of flaming light above all the marquees. Once impressive tycoons catered to her temperamental whims; press agents waited upon her, courtiers attending a queen. Autograph seekers besieged her then, while now only bill collectors desire her signature and theyd like to have it on a check. Speak of her to the newer generation, and somebody will say, "Who? Spell it, please. She is all through, all washed up. But, like the deaf husband whose wife has slipped, will be the last person in town to hear the news. Having traveled a road which issues mighty few round-tritickets, she still dreams of a come-bacShe is the most tragic and the most pitiable figure and one of the commonest to be found in this place called Hollywood. She is any one of the host, men and women, who, ten years ago, or even five, were glittering stars in movieland. IRVIN S. COBB. NCE interviewers p Copyright. WNU Service. v ft tTtT i Oberlm M. Carter. I eighty-on- years old, again appeals to the Supreme court in h incessant fight of 39 years for to tlie and the army voiding of tlie ver- l dict wh.ch sent him to prison fur fraud. Powerful influence has backed the former captain and his friends call him "the American Dreyfus." The case against him. on charges of fraud involving many millions, was one of the notorious scandals of He the McKinley administration. had been m charge of river and harbor reclamation at Savannah, Handsome, gifted, of a distinguished family. Captain Carter was Tncnnd in scV irh p only to Robert E. Lee in r.ll tic history of Wc--- t account of Point. A March. 1839. n veals him at Savannah just before the turn of his fortunes: "Captain Carter was an exceedingly popular man in club circles and among his numerous female untai.ces. He was polished in his manner, exceedingly cordial to all and ran toward the rapid set. He was a very fashionable dresser. "He generally appeared in three or four suits of clothes daily and never failed to don his evening suit for dinner. In tlie morning he wore his business suit, but by lunch time he appeared in his bicyccle suit. After taking a spin about the principal streets of Sa vannah for a couple of hours, he next appeared in his driving suit Late in the afternoon, he would appear in his riding suit. "In the yachting season, he was far in the lead of otlipr followers of the water. He had seven distinct ways of shaking hands." e The record, or the or something upped him to tlie job of helping man the teacups at the American embassy in London. As he prepared to leave Savannah, there were routs, assemto blies, fetes and army blow-out- s honor him on his departure. Seeing him oil at the boat was Commander E. Gillette, a salty, weather-beateold sea dog. Captain Carter's gush of affection embarrassed him. The captain insisted that the commander make use of his house. The old commander was inclined to suspect persons. , , He pondered the Commander s captains conduct and then went to Suspicions I si MX J it- - Thumbtack Your Draperies to a Board. draperies the smartly TO GIVE ciTect obtained by the professional decorator, a valance board mu-.- t be used. A straight one by two inch board will be needed. A small finishing nail in the top of tt.e window casing near each end ond screw eyes placed ncur the top of tlie back of the valance board will hold it in place as shown at A. Both side drapes and valance may be thurnbtackcd to the Loard ond then be quickly hung all at once by hooking the screw eves over the finishing nails. Think of the advantage on cleaning day! Just lift board and all oil the nails and take outside for dusting. Tack the side drapes to the board first as at B, arranging fullness in flat pleats. In making the valance, allow enough material to fold around the ends of the board as at C; then tack it along the top, stretching it just enough so that it is perfectly smooth. The valance shown here is made quick-chang- hand-shakin- g Gagged and Tied, Bob Chased the Bandits. down on that greasy floor well his suit wasnt going to look so new any more. Bob got mad about it, but he didn't lose his head. He took another look at that thirty-eigh- t and decided that maybe the gangster was right He sat down on the floor. And about that time, a second gangster, who had been watching outside, came in to help the first. They told Bob to open the safe, and he opened it. The comwere to give the bandits pany's lnstruetlons. In case of a hold-up- , the money without any argument. The gangsters took four hundred dollars of the company's money and it made Bob mad to see them get it that easily. Likewise, he was still mad about bis ruined suit. When the bandits had the money they tied Bobs hands behind his back, put a gag in his mouth and pushed him down to the floor. A friend of Bobs came into the store and bought some tobacco. The bandits waited on him. When they asked where Bob was they told him he was out to lunch. After Bobs friend had gone the bandits told Bob not to move for five minutes, and left, themselves. But Bob didnt wait even five seconds after those thugs went out the door. With his hands tied behind his back and a gag in his mouth, he leaped up and ran in pursuit of the bandits. When he got to the street he saw the thugs walking toward Sixth avenue. He tried to yell, but the gag in his mouth was so tight that he couldn't utter a sound. So he started across Thirty-firs- t street after those crooks. He followed those birds to Sixth avenue and street and there the bandits split up and went in different directions. Bob lost sight of one man but he continued to follow the other. He trailed him to Thirty-seconstreet and Seventh avenue, and there the fellow turned around and caught sight of Bob, gag still in his mouth, hands tied behind him, trailing along in his wake. At that the thug turned and bolted. Are Aroused Thirty-secon- on the Thug. The thug ran across the street toward Pennsylvania station, dashed street entrance and bolted down the stairs toward Into the the concourse. Bob lit out after him. Running as fast as he could with his hands tied, Bob dashed down through the main corridor and down the slippery marble stairs. At the bottom of the stairs, right in front of the ticket windows, he caught up with the thug and there a strange battle took place probably the strangest scrap in all history. Bob fell on the crook, and when 1 say "fell, I mean that literally. With his hands tied behind his back, there just wasnt anything else Bob could do. He gave a leap and landed on the crook. And the crook went down. Bob, gagged as he was, couldn't yell to attract attention but the spectacle of a bound and gagged man, legs flailing in the air, rolling on the floor and all over the top of another man attracted plenty of attention as it was. People began to yell and run to the spot. Tom Eagan of the station police came running up with the crowd and grabbed the bandit. That bandit was out of breath and pretty badly frightened by his strange experience. He was still wondering what landed on him as they led him away to the calaboose. Bob got his hands untied then, took the gag out of his mouth, and went back to his store. He had left the door open and a big crowd had day, selling stuff gathered about the place. He did a record business that to people who wanted to hear his story of the hold-up- . The bird Bob caught squealed on his partner, and both of them got seven-yea- r sentences. And the company gave Bob a $550 bonus, a raise and a vacation. Thirty-secon- d WNU Service. Copyright. The Final Dun e duns are curiosities. Here isacopyof a dunning notice 150years ago: "Take Notice: Debtors This is the last time of asking in this way; all those who settle their accounts by the 18th of June instant, will have the thanks of their humble servant; and those that neglect, will find their accounts in the hands of some person who will collect them in a more fashionable way, but more expensive. Oath Taken by Justices The oath taken by a justice of the United States Supreme court is as follows: "I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich; and that I will faithfully discharge all the duties incumbent on me as judge, according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the Constitution and laws of the United States. Rifles Used In Civil War A great variety of arms were in use during the Civil war. The percussion principle was applied to many of the flintlocks in the possession of the government, and the muskets and rifles made in the government armories were adapted to that style of ignition. Breechload-inrifles, carbines, several types of repeating arms and foreign weapons were also used. Albino Dingo Not Popular The albino dingo (wild dog) of Australia is not popular among his own kind This was proved some years ago when the first pure white dingo ever seen in Queensland was captured alive. The animal was placed in a cage with other dingoes that were in captivity On the fol lowing morning the aibino airmal was found dead, having be.-torn to pieces. Old-tim- g of fte d d lie Literally Fell I the.offlc engineering corps. On a map, he saw a retaining wall of masonry spotted up as having been built at a cost of $7,000,000. Then he strolled down the river, looking for the wall. It wasnt there. He kept on exploring. He reported to the war office that $7,000,000 had awarded to Mrs. THE courts Astor Wilks, daughter of Hetty Green, the entire estate of her brother, the late Col. Edward H. R. Green, estimated as between $30,000,000 and $30,000,000. This, with a similar amount inherited from her mother, and the fortune bequeathed by her husband, makes her, according to all current estimates, the richest woman in the world. She is much like her mother. Sixty-six years old, she lives in an un pretentious house on "Electric hill, in Greenwich, Conn., with a few collie servants and a dog named Prince as did her mother in her later years. And like her mother, she does her own marketing, driving to town every day or two in a small car. The late Matthew Astor Wilks was of John Jacob Asa tor. When they were married in 1909, in her mother's fiat in Hoboken, Hetty Green was quoted by the newspapers as saying to the groom: "Matthew, years old and you you are sixty-fivhave the gout. Some day my girl is going to have $5,000 a day. I want to be sure that she is marrying a man who will help her take care of her money. She has managed nicely. H her $160,000,000 is bringing 3 per cent, thats not $5,000 but $13,178.10 a day. For twenty-seveyears she has lived in the house near Greenwich. Her husband died in 1926. Her fortune consists of many blocks of real estate in St. Louis, Boston and New York and railroad and other securities. She has no box at the opera, assumes no grandeur of the reigning do wa ger and lets Green wich highest per capita wealth in America run itself without her aid. Her participation in public affairs consists mainly of her annual contribution to the Greenwich Firemen's association. Consol d ted News Feature. great-grandso- n of glared chintz and matches the glazed chintz border that faces the edges of the side drapes. The glass curtains may be bung just inside the w indow frame or to the bottom of the valance boardr Every Homemaker should have a copy of Mrs. Spears new book, Forty-eigh- t SEWING. pages of direct'ons for making slipcovers and dressing tables; step-by-ste- p restoring and upholstering chairs, couches; making curtains for ev-etype of room and purpose. Making lampshades, rugs, ottomans and other useful articles for the home. Readers wishing a copy should send name and address, enclosing 25 cents, to Mrs. Spears, 210 South Desplaincs St., Chicago, Illinois. ry Advertising Did It In 1869, when advertising was almost unknown, the total value of manufactured products in the United States amounted to only As a result of cre$3,385,860,354. ating a demand through advertising the value of our manufactured products increased over a period of 60 years to a total of Q n Ruined Suit Made Bob Angry. . the opportunity to WE TAKEthat tlie Literary 7f7 uT r XTEW YORK. ac-q- u e fellow-inmate- Virtues In Snakea. I said recently about SOMETHING killing every snake on sight, without Investigating the snake's character, brought a flock of letters from readers who don't like snakes. venomous snake Even a may have his better side. In Kan sas. In the old local option days, you could get a drink only on a doctor's prescription, excepting in case of dire emergency, such as a snake bite. So every properly run drug tore kept a rattlesnake on the premises to serve the citizenry. And the only time a drug store rattler ever refused to bite a thirsty stranger was when he was all worn out from accommodating the regular local trade. And what though it was a snake that led Eve astray in the garden of Eden? He may have brought sin into the world, but wouldn't we have missed a lot of spicy reading matter in newspapers f he hadnt? Yep, I plead guilty to thinking an occasional charitable thought tor any decimated and vanishing group. I feel that way about old line Republicans and mustache cups and red woolen m Ruth Wyeth Spears Lemuel F. Parlon court-martia- LI ELLO EVERYBODY: L It all sounds mysterious but it's as simple os A B C. As a mutter of fact, it's the tule of today' adventure story the stirring tale of how Bob Kaiser of New York city got mad about having a brand new su.l ruined and fixed the guy that ruined it with both hands tied behind his back. Today Bub works for the New York Steam company, but on June 7, 1925, he was a sales manager for the United Cigar Stores, runn.ng a shop located at Broadway and Thirty-firsstreet, New York. It was on a Sunday, and things were quiet along that section of Broadway. There weren't half a dozen people in sight on the street, a .1 there hadn't been a customer In the store fur half an hour. tionists who'll wind Irvin 8. Cobb up the season suffering from nervous exhaustion, wrecked vocal chords, violent rush of loud words to the mouth, complete collapse, even madness. You'll be passing the rest cure sanitarium, and, as the windows burst outward, you'll hear pouring forth something like tills: "Oh boy, boyl with one tremendous burst, Irish Goldberg Is jamming his way from tha red back line right through the black Interference! Nothing can stop him! But dont get worked up. What you hear is merely a convalescent microphone orator mentioning a s checker game between two. and reverting to form. NEV.'S New Excuse Policeman How did tire accident happen? Motorist My wife fell asleep in the back seat. Rastus was his bemoaning wifes laziness to bis friend "Shes so lazy, he said, dat she LUBEE'S done put popcorn in de pancakes so theyll flop over by Menthol Cough Drops Homage "When Robinson returned from abroad he fell on his face and kissed the ground of his native town? ALKALINE FACTOR "Emotion? "No; banana skin! In Reverse Office Boy Sorry, madam, but Mr. Snifkins has gone to lunch with h's wife. The Wife O! Well . . . tell Mr. Snifkins his typist called. Ask Dad Little Billy, aged four, was being shown the shape of the earth on the globe atlas by his mother. After pointing to all the countries with their peculiar shapes, she asked: "Now, Billy, what shape is the world? Dad re"Terrible, says, sponded Billy, looking very wise. HOSIERY Buy Tonr Hosiery from mills. Snve Five pmrs beautiful silk, $1.00. D1KECT-CO- ., SL22I W BROAD, Savannah, Ga. REAL ESTATE TO BUY SELL or TRADE HOMES, FARMS, RANCHES, or BUSINESS PROPERTIES Consult the BEE HIVE REALTY, INC. BEASON VvNU SALT LAKE Salt Lakes Most Hospitable HOTEL NEWHOUSE Hotel Invites YOU The Newhouse Hotel 400 ROOMS 400 BATHS The Finest in Hotel Accommodations at Moderate Prices It is our aim to serve you in the manner most pleasing to you. Service. "V. The BUILDING - mm e n 5F contain an added II. Never Identified to whom Shakes"W. H. peare's "Sonnets were dedicated has by a pirate publisher in never been satisfactorily identified. Dining Room Mrs. J.H. Waters, Pres. 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