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Kidnaped Ross Was Slain
CCORE another for J. Edgar
Hoover and his “G-men”. They
have solved the mysterious case of
the kidnaping of Charles Ross, elder-
ly retired manufacturer, in Chicago
last September, arrested the kidnap-
er and obtained his confession that
he killed both Ross and his own con-
federate after getting $50,000 ran-
som money from Mrs. Ross.
The murderer, Peter Anders, was
taken at Santa Anita race track,
near Los Angeles, where he had
been passing some of the ransom
money through the pari mutuel ma-
chines. Full details of his confession
were not at once made public.
Mexican High Tariff
E'OR the purpose of “leveling the
*■ balance on international pay-
ments,” Mexico has just put into
effect virtually prohibitive tariff
rates on items considered to be lux-
uries.
No details regarding the amounts
and nature of the new rates were
revealed, but the finance depart-
ment indicated that Mexico desired
to abolish the importation of almost
everything except machinery.
The new rates will chiefly affect
United States exporters, who al-
ready have complained of recent in-
creases in Mexico’s tariff schedule.
Secretary of State Hull has said
that the increases were contrary to
the plan of removing trade barriers
as advocated at the inter-American
peace conference at Buenos Aires
in 1936.
More Woe for Jews
O UMANIA’S government, headed
by Premier Octavian Goga, is
so anti-Semitic that shousands of
Jews are seeking means of escape
from the country. Jewish commit-
tees visited foreign consulates in
Bucharest to ask about the possibil-
ity of emigration to Brazil, Ethio-
pia, Madagascar, Mexico, or Aus-
tralia. One of the lastest moves of
the government is the issuance of
orders that make virtually impos-
sible the intermarriage of Jews and
gentiles.
All alien Jews not engaged in
farming were given 30 days in which
to quit Ecuador, under a decree by
the provisional military government
of Col. Alberto Eriquez. Hundreds
of Jews permitted to colonize in
Ecuador to escape persecution in
Central Europe entered business in-
stead of agriculture, as the govern-
ment had expected them to do, the
decree said.
Every Tenth Worker Idle
STATISTICS released by Secretary
of Labor Perkins showed that ev-
ery tenth worker in the country is
without employment. Her findings
were disclosed as the senate unem-
ployment and relief committee
called state and local relief admin-
istrators to testify on increased de-
mands for aid during the recession.
Approximately 1,162,000 persons
filed unemployment compensation
claims for benefits during the first
week of January when 21 states
and the District of Columbia began
this new plan, the secretary report-
ed.
Security Fund Shy
EXPENDITURES under the social
* security and railroad retire-
ment acts were $294,68L344 more up
to January 1, 1938, than was re-
ceived by the treasury from taxes
imposed to finance these programs.
The treasury said this condition
would not hold permanently, and
that the social security taxes were
being used primarily to build up a
reserve for old age pensions which
began operating the first of the
year.
A great portion of the expendi-
tures was used in grants to states
to set up social security machin-
ery.
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Tax Changes Planned
pHAIRMAN DOUGHTON and his
house ways and means commit-
tee began hearings on proposals for
63 changes in the revenue laws
which would exempt small corpora-
tions, constituting 90 per cent of
American business, under the undi-
vided profits levy and grant large
enterprises only part of the relief
demanded from harsh rates.
These changes were formulated
by Fred Vinson's subcommittee,
which in a long report defended
them as fair and predicted they
would stimulate business without re-
ducing the federal revenue.
& cabinet had re-
| signed because of
| financial and labor
troubles. Several old
timers tried in vain
to form a new gov-
ernment and Chau-
temps was again
called on for the
job. His new cabinet
was much like the
former one and it
was believed it
would not need the
support of the com-
Eighteen of the twenty
were
Chautemps in Again
rpRANCE’S latest governmental
* crisis ended with the return of
Camille Chautemps to the post of
premier. He anji his Popular Front
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munists.
ministers were Radical-Socialists.
Chautemps was drawing up plans
for extensive social reforms.
Continuation of France’s vast
armament program seemed as-
sured, what with Foreign Minister
Yvon Delbos and Defense Minister
Edouard Deladier retaining their
posts in the new cabinet.
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SUMMARIZES THE WORLD’S WEEK
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Drags Wolf and Foolish Bear, aged members of the ancient water-
buster clan of North Dakota's Gros Ventre Indians, are shown being
greeted by “The Great White Father/’ President Roosevelt, whom they
visited on a trip which they hope will bring a merciful rain to end the
long drouth in their parched country. The Indians were on their way to
the Heye foundation of the Museum of the American Indian where George
G. Heye was to return to them a'sacred bundle, a “medicine” they believe
will make their lands fertile again. Since the loss of the bundle in 1907,
their country is slowly turning into desert due to lack of rain.
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than a billion dol-
lars in the last three
years. This was due
to strikes and mari-
time tieups.
“Bridges
even vote in this
country,” said May-
or Carson, “yet he
exercises more power over
maritime industry of the Pacific
coast than all the ship owners and
all the seamen combined.”
Bridges, who came from Austra-
lia, is not naturalized. He is a Com-
munist and his deportation has been
requested by the inspectors of the
bureau of immigration and natural-
ization, but issuance of a war-
rant has been prevented by Secre-
tary of Labor Frances Perkins.
Mayor Carson said the shipping
and fruit industries of the West
Coast had suffered not only because
of maritime strikes but also because
of tie-ups caused by the longshore-
men’s- unions, which are controlled
by Bridges.
“The fruit industry is endangered
by the present attitude k>f maritime
Choice of Reed Liked
’\TOMINATION of Stanley Formen
’ Reed of Kentucky, solicitor
general, as associate justice of the
Supreme court met with general ap-
proval and it was
predicted in Wash-
ington that he would
be speedily con-
firmed by the sen-
ate with little or no
opposition.
Republicans and
Democrats alike
were quick to praise
the Kentuckian,
who, while a de-
fender of many New
Deal measures, has
acquired a reputa-
Huge Loss Laid to C.I.O.
EROM the lips of Mayor J. K.
*■ Carson of Portland, Ore., the sen-
ate's joint committee on commerce
and labor learned that the activities
of the C. I. O. and
Harry Bridges, its
leader in that re- _
gion, have cost the . W|
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labor,” Mayor Carson said. “The
continued disruption of deliveries
has resulted in a lack of confidence
in our ability to fulfill orders, caus-
ing us to lose our European mar-
kets to Argentina and South Africa.”
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Stanley F.
Reed
tion for being realistic and a liberal
with “moderate” tendencies.
Senator Ashurst, chairman of the
judiciary committee, named a sub-
committee which approved the nom-
ination after a public hearing.
Mr. Reed, who anil fill the va-
cancy caused by the retirement of
Justice George Sutherland, is fifty-
three years old and has never be-
fore been on the bench. In 1929
Herbert Hoover, then President,
made him general counsel of the
federal farm board. Later he was
shifted to the same capacity in the
Reconstruction Finance corporation.
He retained his post at the outset
of the present administration.
Then President Roosevelt picked
him for solicitor general to defend
the New Deal cases before the Su-
preme court. Of these he won 11
and lost 2.
Business at White House
r?IFTY members of the business
* advisory council of the Depart-
ment of Commerce, all of them
leaders of the nation’s business and
industry, went to the White House
for a long conference with the
President, and told him what they
believed to be responsible for the
current “recession.” Then they
promised to co-operate with him in
combating the slump on condition
that he made clear the course he
intends to follow.
The business men specified that
necessities to aid in the struggle
were limitation to wage-hour legis-
lation, a truce with public utilities,
no general purge of holding com-
panies and no further tinkering with
the currency.
To these suggestions Mr. Roose-
velt gave his approval. Others were
heard by him without comment.
W. Averill, the council’s chair-
man, issued a statement which em-
braced the views of his colleagues
and which was read to Mr. Roose-
velt.
The statement said re-employ-
ment in private industry is the criti-
cal problem now before the country
and that uncertainties that exist in
“the hearts of men” must be eradi-
cated.
“We wish to record with you our
faith in the efficacy of the prin-
ciples of democracy, and yet our
grave concern over the possible far-
reaching effects of our present sit-
uation,” the statement concluded.
“Tolerance and understanding must
be used by all sections and interests
in the country.”
At the conclusion of the confer-
ence the President announced that
he will seek the formulation of a
definite policy, designed to end the
depression and create a framework
for steady functioning of the nation’s
economic life through the appoint-
ment of a group representative of
all the interests within the country.
The group would consist of as
many as twenty-five or as few as
five or six persons, who would be
charged with the task of sifting
over all proposals to aid business
and unsnarling all conflicts existing
among the various interests with a
view toward perfecting an adminis-
trative and legislative policy for
business.
Stalin Checks the Purge
XTOT a single bit of legislative
work was accomplished by the
first session of the new parliament
in Soviet Russia. But there was a
lot of speech making, and external
enemies, especially Japan, were de-
nounced and defied.
Dictator Josef Stalin, through the
central committee, ordered an end
to the mass expulsion of Communist
party members, which has usually
been followed by death, banishment
or loss of jobs.
Pravda, the Communist party
newspaper, indicated satisfaction
with the results of the purge, but
assailed “rotten leaders” who
played into the enemy’s hands. “Un-
der the mask of false vigilance
agents of Fascism sought to break
up and oust from the ranks our
bolshevist personnel,” Pravda said.
Egypt’s King Weds
EAROUK, king of Egypt, was mar-
*• ried in Cairo to Miss Farida Zul-
fikar as 100 cannon boomed a salute.
The city was thronged with natives,
but they had no glimpse of the
bride, because the Moslem clergy
were in control and would not per-
mit her even to be present at the
ceremony. They did, however, con-
sent to a semi-public reception aft-
erward in the Abdine palace at
which the seventeen-year-old queen
made an appearance.
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Tragedy in Canada
EIRE that destroyed the college of
* the Sacred Heart at St. Hy-i
acithe, not far from Quebec, result-
ed in the death of at least 47 per-
sons and the injury of many others.
The victims included members of
the teaching staff as well as stu-
dents.
Fourteen drums of gasoline
housed in the four-story structure
contributed to the speed with which
the fire roared through the building.
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United States Circuit Justice Florence Allen, shown as she presided
over the three-judge court hearing the recent TVA-Utility company case
at Chattanooga, Tenn. Judge Allen was prominently mentioned for the
vacancy on the Supreme court of the United States for which President
Roosevelt nominated Solicitor General Stanley Reed.
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with the tick-tock head at Edward
Hines, Jr., Memorial hospital near
Chicago now stands the case of the
man with the whistling eye. He is
Henry L. Baker, pictured above be-
ing examined by Dr. Edward Wag-
ner. A stethoscope applied to the
eye records a low moaning sort of
whistle. Doctors at the hospital said
a tumor behind the eye caused it.
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killed by automobiles for the year of 1937 were buried there is visualized by the above picture. The crosses
were painted on this photograph to impress motorists and nedestrians alike of the enormity of the death toll.
Police figures show that in 1937 a total of 943 people were -----
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Not Jack Dalton, but Lou Gehrig,
iron man slugger of the New York
Yankees, is shown above, as he ap-
pears in his first picture, “Raw-
hide.” Lou portrays a two-fisted
westerner hot on the trail of a gang
of cattle thieves. And while his guns
are cooling off, Gehrig rolls him-
self a smoke—one-handed.
COWBOY LOU
1—His Eminence, Patrick Cardinal Hayes of New York pictured at Coral Gables, Fla., en route to Nassau
for a winter vacation. 2—King Carol of Rumania pictured with Crown Prince Michael (left) after the cabi-
net- crisis which brought Premier Goga into power and banished Carol’s sweetheart, Magda Lupescu. 3—Wil-
liam J. Kelly, president of the Machinery institute, “ticks” off his counts against the New Deal in an ap-
pearance before the senate unemployment committee.
Du Pont Heiress and Husband
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Pauline Louise duPont, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Francis
duPont, and her husband, Alfred C. Harrison III, New York lawyer,
shown in their car as they left the Christ Protestant Episcopal church
Wilmington, Del., after their marriage.
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News Review of Current Events
BUSINESS WILL BE AIDED
President Approves Suggestions of the Advisory
Council . . . C.I.O. Blamed for West Coast Losses
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Credit Loss
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From a MEDICAL JOURNAL
THIS: ABOUT COLDS! *
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“WSRMING” ACTIOK
EASES CONGESTION OF
COLDS IN UPPER CHEST
Tonight—rub your chest with
Penetro at bedtime. Its concen-
trated medication creates thorough
counter-irritant action to increase
blood flow, stimulate body heat.
The mutton suet base of Penetrol
helps to “hold in” this heat so that
tightness and pressure of your
chest cold are eased. The aromatic
vapors of Penetro breathed intoi
nasal passages help to relieve
“stuffy nose,” make breathing eas-
ier. Ask for stainless, snow-white
Penetro, 35c a jar. Sold everywhere.
Gassy Stomach
Anadarko, Okla.
Jesse Beavers, 122 1
Oklahoma St., sa>
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Ask your druggist fc®
do when
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“The researches
(of these doctors)
led them to believe that colds resultfrom an add
condition of the body. To overcome this they
prescribe various alkalies.”That’s why, today...
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Safekeeping
If a man empties his purse into
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Now improved —better than evert
EX-LAX
THE ORIGINAL CHOCOLATED LAXATIVE
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BAD?
Who said that you have to screw up your
face in disgust every time you take some-
thing for constipation? You have to’do
nothing of the kind 1
Taking a laxative can be every bit as
pleasant as eating a piece of delicious
chocolate—-provided you take Ex-Lax.
Ex-Lax gives you a thorough cleaning'
out—but it works smoothly, easily, with-
out throwing your eliminative system
out of whack, without causing nausea or1 /
stomach pains. ;
For over 30 years, Ex-Lax has been
America’s favorite family laxative. Now
it has been Scientifically Improved. It’s
actually better than ever! It TASTES
BETTER than ever, ACTS BETTER
than ever—and is MORE GENTLE
than ever.
Equally good for children and grown-
ups. 10 and 25 p boxes at your druggist’s.
Usually It's Pig Iron
One hates to knuckle down to
the iron will of another man.
Crime will continue as long as
men with defective intellects are
born.
There are bachelors who do not
complain, although in their life-
time they have bought 127 wed-
ding presents.
It Would Be a Sow’s Ear
Greatest obstacle to making a
silk purse out of a sow’s ear is
that no sow’s ear wants to be a
silk purse.
Sales resistance means not buy-
ing something because you can’t
afford it.
A mart in an unbecoming hat
acts as if he knew it.
Men have their masculine ag-
gravations, but none to compare
to that of a housewife who has
prepared a feast for company that
fails to show up.
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Read, David. The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 27, 1938, newspaper, January 27, 1938; Silsbee, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1403325/m1/2/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Silsbee Public Library.