THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1938. PIATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FIVE Reform Bills for Judiciary to be Revived Next Congress Expected to Take Up,ination and treatment of behavior Five-Point Profrram Inrlndinp- ! problems in children. o E Court Reorganization. WASHINGTON- ( IT) The 75th eongress systematically passed more legislation to improve the efficiency of the federal judiciary than any other recent congress. Much of the program died with ad journment, but is certain to be re vivod by its sponsors and pushed to enactment in some form by the 7 6th congress. The series of laws began a year ago with the measure which hastened the death of the supreme court re organization bill by permitting su- 1 rme court justices to retire with j prisonment no longer is a major so pay at 70. if they have served lOjcial problem in the southern Philip 'ars. j pine Islands, where on of the world's It ended with legislation provid- in:: 1( additional district iudecs and : lie circuit court judges. j Five Proposals Advanced Such of the work was done by the h(.;-se judiciary ec.mmittee. authorized ' a year ngo to make a complete study j ot the courts and recommend con- ix t uct n e legislation. Scheduled by that committee for continued study and possible enact inint next year arc five important proposals : 1. Redistricting to equalize the r.reas and the amount of work of dis trict courts. It was pointed out dis tricts Mere shaped to conform with waterways and railroads, and do not ci incide w ith motor roads. 2. Ren 1i of unfit district judger. biil to establish j The house passed a a court to remove judge for bad be-! havior. It died in the senate judiciary j icmmittee. j A 'proctor" or administrative officer for the inferior courts, under j either the supreme court or the senior ; circuit court judges to give courts linancial autonomy and control over! personnel apart from the department of justice 4. Reduc tion and equalization of . . . .. tt rri'-'u if litigation to nuike tne corns more accessible to persons of 'limited means. ft. Giving authority to U. P. com missioners in minor matters so as tD relieve judges of routine burdens. Most spectacular ot the laws af fecting the judiciary enac ted by the ! "V.th congress was the compromise ; court reorganization bill which shelv-; ed the proposal to enlarge the su-1 pre me court. j Speed Final Appeal j It requires a three-judge court ,to i ir in cases to enjoin enforcement cf federal statutes; permits the attor r y general to intervene in cases v here constitutionality is involved .nvww ,Hrort nnne.il from dis- Prt in! c ot stitutional cases. Knactnients of the last congress included laws to restore the per diem fee of $4 to federal jurors; the muni cipal bankruptcy law sustained by the supreme court after another had be n declared unconstitutional, and a v umber of bills to provide court terms in cities .where there have I been none. of 27 new judgeships, more than j at any time since 1921. I Burglary and larceny in banks has ; been made a federal offense, like ; bank rohberv. Penalties for narcotics law violation were inreased. It was! provided that federal nrisoners be put to death in '.lie manner employed j by the state in whih the execution j occurs instead of universally by I hanging. i i New Regulations in 3 Months In three months, new regulations; for civil procedure in district courts, go into effect. They were promul-, gated bv the supreme court under authorization 01 a 19C4 law providing they might be suspended by congress. A number of minar laws to ex vedite court procedure were drafted. Under a resolution authorizing it to f;'iidy the courts, th committee was given 510. "00 and spent only ?21S.a9, under the direction of Chairman Hat t':i V. Sumners. !.. Tex., and Rep. e.m Hobbs. I).. Tex. Among the bills which failed and v ill be placed before the 76th con gress was one to equip a District of ('(.lumbia court room experimentally f-r sound recording, to determine whether photograph records could supplement or replace the traditional court reporter's shorthand. TEACHES C AND YM AXING BERKELEY United Sl;V.e.s 1 ..-.'Mi.ftl.: 0.000 . Cal. (IT), consuming pounds of With the more than candy an- nrally, or about K pounds per c i pita, the University of 1:3 deemed it expedient California to adl d c -jurse rr.akin? to its curriculum in cand: FATHER OF 15 HEADS CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY CLEVELAND (UP) A father of la children. Common Pleas Judge" Joy Seth Hurd, has been elected presi dent of the Chliddren's Aid society, which is a study home for the exam- Judge Hurd also is president the Cleveland Children's Bureau. of Prison Utopia in Zamboanga without Rival Restricted Family Life Permitted at:workt'1 together in aneffort to solve San Roman Colony Pris oners Contented. ZAMBOANGA, P. I. (IT)-Ira- finest penal colonies provides a Uto-! i.in fnr rv5,-t Zamboanga wonders why other I places do r.ot imitate its San Roman j prison and penal farm where family 1 life, music and education make escape iities said they had a suspect. But hardly worth the trouble and risk.j they said evideiue the" nad U11,v" F.rahlishpd hv tho Kn.-.n ih :imvitlcu " "s "" in 1870 and reorganized by Gen. John J. Pershing in 1912, the 3,000-acre farm turns in an annual profit to the insular government and keeps prisoners so contented they sometimes ask rot to be released. No Escapes in Four Years There have been no escapes in foui vears. although between 1,000 and 2.- 000 prisoners have been placed in the ! cue of a few guards. Sixteen of the i:im"tes sPcnd tnc rst naf eat' I J-car' ung-uarctea, nsning irom an inland rive miles off shore, r ltteen others spend their time unguarded i cutting trees from a nearbv forest. Several cf the prisoners are per mitted to bring their wives and chil dren to the farm, living in native style houses. One inmate was im . prisoned seven years ago when he had: retired after serving for 11 years as j two children. Now he has five. 'superintendent of public schools in j i The prisoners include three-time j Marion. Since that time he had been ir ..,7 I " : l : : . V ' . r i r- . i . , t ' V , , . e; .-. 1 1 n .'lt'io iiiuiufiLis, x iiipiuu t.nuviiici ; ' and a few American and European : convicts. I The farm produces rice, corn, cas-j cr.i-n r.reQtr,n frni nTiH vpwt,i hies I The inmates care for 600 cattle. 300 ; pigs and maintain a large poultry ! farm. They learn blacksmithing", barbering, soap making, photography bakery and carpentry. They produce copra from To.OOO coconut trees, Prison Has Brass Band Movies, a library, a brass band Ftrjnfrc(j orchestra and athletics help keep the prisoners contented. Illiter ate prisoners attend night classes. There is a hospital for men and :other for women. The farm has; : ... '. . . .V . ', . t .-vwo .....o . I road. H - !ll T?i'nc rt m n r 1 1 -a m i y fr j Some of the more skillful prisoners i are encouraged to spend their leis i ure time at wood carving and other J hand work. Their articles are sold i to visitors and 00 per cent of the pro- ceeds is placed on deposit in the names of the owners for use when they are rleased. in prisoners r;na it comparatiei easy to earn a livelihood when they arc released. Many of them become pioneer colonists in the wilds of danao, the richest and least developed , of the Philippine Island:;. TREES TO FORM ODD CATH- EDRAL IN NEXT DECADE SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (UP) Al- j safety contest, according to Frank A. though it will be yO years before the Godwin,-motor vehicle resigtrar. Minnie Taylor Mallory Cathedral of. The Bay State official told dele Living Trees at Springfield College gates to the Eastern States Motor freshman camp attains its full j Vehicle Administrators conference stature, more than r0.000 persons ! here that "you cannot get any better from all parts of the country al-! government or any better law en- ready have visited the outdoor sane-j tuary. , manos. 1 The Gothic arches of the cathe-j He said Massachuetts residents for dral. its tall, rugged pillars, will be many vears have demanded strict and Jive trees. Sixty elms will form the impartial enforcement of motor ve ; pillars, and the natural curve of j hide laws. I the branches will form the "inter-1 "As a result of this attitude," he Jor" arches and dome. Cathedral I faid, "the courts, police, and all law iwalls wil consist of 123 bush plants, enforcement officers in Massachuetts spruce, hemlock and pine. perform their duties strictly, with a A huge natural stone altar even tuarlly will be erected, and cedar wood pews will be placed in the in terior. Electric candles will furnish the lighting. Three large Gothic arches, of tlms. will comprise the front exterior. The cathedral is in the shape of a cruciform. College students are mak ing a 12-foot clearing round the ex terior of the natural cathedral. The first tree, the channel tree, was plant- jed Nov. 17, 1935. At the time it was 'estimated that lights, altar and pews ! could not be placed for 10 years. Sea the qoods you fcuy. ClaJog : descriptions are alluring enough, but how about the cooas wtien you set them? Killing Clews Only Becloud Unusual Case Marion, 111., Civic Leader Mutilated and Murdered Blood was Found in Auto. MARION, 111. (UP) More than two months have passed since the emasculated body of Arno Bratten, one-time superintendent of schools, was taken from the drifting sands of a small creek bed near here and yet no clews have been found to lead to the arrest of the murderer. Local and state authorities have the mystery Nearly every resident !of this small coal-mining commun ity has had a hand in trying to solve the case. The case has been bandied over backyard fences and discussed by miners at work in underground tunnels. Bits of evidence have been Picked UP -v amateur sleuths but notning nas substantiated an ainsi. Shortly after the body of the mild-j i mannered little school teacher was rerovcrea IIom ine PTlcaui- aumoi-;tnat vince a jury. Eelatives Report Threats Relatives of Bratten reported they:iower Pilocene period of three to j had received anonymous threats to four million years ago. are imbedded. j"lay off" the investigations. And the.is about 2 feet in thi.kness. runs case was complicated further by in-!aiong near the surface of the earth idications that a woman was involved ; for about 100 feet and then goes j in the slaying. I Investigators are working on a theorv that a love-triangle may have resulted in the Killing. The state's attorney's offke said several women had been questioned in regard tojto the fact that it represents an aii- ove letters found in Bratten's borne. ! The questioning, it was said, revealed that one woman had admitted writ- ing a letter telling of a planned ' reason can be supposed for the ac elopement to South America. j cumulation of so many specimens in Bratten was prominent in Marion 'one spot, civic affairs and was known as a i The fossils are much more ancient model husband and father. He had than those of the I.a Rea pits, but a Buirnuuui iv;i a v. uHuf.ii mm. tiv- also had been interested in politics. js the short-jawed type, with bone-:111 ,n" co.onies and dominions, tne Blood Found in Auto jcrushing teeth similar to those oflnunimum subscription is a shilling He disappeared in February, twojthc hyena. It is about the size of!-" cents) a month, but unemployed moil t hs before the body was found, the German shenherd doe: but more I persons may join for nothing. He had left home to attend a 5tal mef,tinP at Carbondale about 20 miles distant. He tailed to return and a search began. The Bratten automobile was found a few days later in Carbondale. In the front seat was a blood-stained coat belong- jtwo kinds of camels, one of which i?. , to Bratten. The floor boards also .much taller than the modern camel. I bore traces of blood. Ismail antelopes, measuring about 3 I Fifty days after Bratten's dlsap-!feet jn height, three kinds of hyena jpearance two fishermen, casting in : ili e dogs, and a number of other a little stream near here, saw the Janimals. I body partly covered by sand lying! the bottom of the creek. It was ,'iadly decomposed yet identity was itablished by a wallet and other ef - !f,.,c , i 1-. t rv i.- ."uiiu n: in,- int nrio. Authorities said it appeared Brat- ten had been stripped, mutilated then killed. fter the mut ila t ion the clothing had been carefully to- ou ine no"om ol Ine orpeK- 11 "afso far. comprising placed. Kach button on his over- next year. Later they will be in coat was fastened. Then the slayer j eluded in museum of paleontology or slayers had dumped the body into!at the university. the creek where it had apparently , floated a hundred yards downstream j from a side road. j Min-jEAY STATE CUTS AUTO FATALITIES CENTRE LOVELL. iit. (UP) Public insistence on careful driving resulted in Massachusetts winning 1st honors in the 10:J7 national highway! forcement than public opinion tie- i minimum of favoritism or 'fixing'." He attributed the attitude to con tiuous press a"d radio activity "in the interest of safety." Goodwin believes such public opin- on a great aid in solving ,traffic problems through the familiar "three E's Engineering Education and En forcement." He praised the teaching of high way safety to Massachuetts school children, attributing to such training the annual reduction of child fatal ities from 1!60 in 192.,, with ler& than half the present total of machines registered, to last ear's low vecorc' of 113. Phone news Items to Ko. G. FHA INSURANCE WASHINGTON. June 30 (UP) Officials of the Federal Housing Ad ministration estimated today appli cations for mortgage insurance this month will total $9,U00,000, ap proximately $41,000,000 more than received in June last year. They also predicted the FHA will accept as high as $08,700,000 of the applications, an increase of approxi mately $20,000,000 over June 1937. Surface Strip Gives Up Rich Fossil Store TJniversitV of California Explores the Pliocene Era and Its Life ; Lare Camel Found. I BERKELEY, Cal. (UP) One of j t he greatest fossil beds in the United States has been discovered in Contra Costa county, Cal.. and is being work- 'ed bv the University of California. Secrecy of the discovery lias been maintained to date ov. inp; to the fact me oeci is on prnaie property. but it is now admitted that it ranks in importance with the famous Ranch nit m nuuuioH . ww..j nui. The layer, in which the fossils of I animals, birds and reptiles of the idown to a depth that has not as yet .been ascertained. j Site of Ancient Water Hole ) The great number of fossils be ing found in the bed is attributed ciem water hole or valley water ; course to which the early ; came to drink and to die. creatures No other not nearly as well preserved, One of the best specimens taken 0ut to date is that of a dog of the . - - . . . c i im. : , most iMiiiuiive i pe ifi khiihi. ini.- polit-'heavily built. It was a branch of the j f a m i I y tree of the docs and later be- .came extinct. j Large Camel Found ; Other known types found in the region are the long-jawed mastodon. There are 19 tvnes accounted for 'en far. comnrisinc a good represen es-'tation of the larger mammals of that ;time on this part of the continent. I , o lmpoiiaill IS I lie UIMUio nui- j sidered. that the more interesting 'specimens found are being restored ! for a diorama to be exhibited at the Golden Gate International exposition EXPERIMENT IS FATAL PEORIA, 111.. July f (UP) Pa trolman Norman Lawler, gambled on his luck and lost. He was telling his mother and ai guest last night how Russians under the czar's regime gambled with thrir lives by placing one shell in a re- ivolver and then pulling the trigger with the gun pressed against their temples. Lawler illustrated with his own gun. "I guess I'll try my luck," be said. But it was Lc.wler's luck that the spinning chamber had stopped with the cartridge squarely under the firing pin. He fell dead at his mother's feet. FRIDAY AKD SATURDAY Donlilr Kramrr l.nnrrl V Ilnnly 'Swiss Miss In i i i-1 i riot from start ti finish. if there ever was in-. .-m- O'llrlcu in 'Border G Man' So.- this haivl-liit tint: cowboy rhle lwn tic smusceu-rs. Also I'ii: lit i hic lrvil IIokk Serial. Matinee Saturday, :?::;'. Adults 25c Children .. .10c SUNDAY - MONDAY UJ IIKMi: mi'l HO'N MKCHi: iu 'Happy Landing' le tter than "Thin I e.' . show ukIow with happiness, t'omrily, 'artotm, .- SIMIAV lIATIKK .T i:: Matinee, 10-25c Nights, 10-COc TUESDAY ONLY iiiit llnrr"! " l)n ih'W ( arulf Lorn- lmrl n?il Feruuud t.rnvet In Tools for Scandal Al. o Comedy and I,atc;-t March of Time MiUk.ce at Night shows, 7 and 9. Ail Shows, 10 and 15c Swastika Unit in Britain Led by Veterinary Arnold S. Leese Uses Slogan "Aryan izaticn Is Civilization' Has Eight-Point Program. By JAN II. YINDRICK LONDON (UP) Britain's "Julius Streicher" is a pleasant mannered, red-faced veterinary surgeon, v. ho used to buy mules for the British army in East Africa. His publication is a penny month ly tailed The Fascist, which is not connected with Sir Oswald "Moslcy. His badge is a black swastika in a white circle superimposed on a Union Jack and his watchword is, "Aryan ization is Civilization." His name is Arnold S. Leese and he is director genera! of the Impe rial Fascist League and editor of The Fascist. Attention has been called to his activities lately by the dis covery of anti-Jewish pamphlets in parked automobiles and by anti Jeuish speeches at the league's meetings. This correspondent interviewed Leese in his dingy three-room head quarters from which. propaganda goes out to different parts of the em pire. A huce Union Jack, with a swastika in the center, was pinned on the wall of one room, with a pic ture of Gen. Francisco Franco along side. On another vail was a poster advertising Lesse's publication. Black swastikas were plentiful. Wears Swastika Armband Leese is a corpulent, iron-gray haired man of r.!. with a small fair mustai he. He wore a crumpled gray flannel sr.it with an armlet made of a Union Jack with swastika super imposed on his left arm and he had an enamel swastika badge edged with red. white and blue in his lapel. Leese told the story of his life and the Imperial Fascist League. His words were conservational without a trace of fanaticism, although he said that to belong to the league a person had to be a fanatic. He said there were 2.0"o members of the or ganization, which also has affiliates The learue was founded bv Leese and four others in 192S on a C 5 (?25) note, with the object of fight ing democracy, establishing the lead er principle and expelling Jews from the British Empire. Leese is the only one left of the original quartet. He said that he served six months imprisonment in 153C on two charges of seditions libel. The case arose out of an article in The Fascist. Has Eight-Point Prog-ram Expulsion of Jews from the Brit ish Empire and their segregation on some island, such as Madagascar, is one of the main planks in the eight point program of the league. Other points of the program are: Provision of adequate protective forces to assure the safety of the empire. Preservation of the national char acter, particularly of the priceless and worldwide reputation of the 1 Briton for honesty. Elimination of evil, alien influ ence. Deliverance from the gold stand ard, and adoption of a "scientific monetary policy." Federation of the empire's foreign policy. Protection of industries. Compulsory arbitration in indus trial disputes and cessation of in dustrial civil war. F0LICE EADGE 100 YEARS OLD MAHANOY CITY. I'a. (I'D- ilarrv Schatzlein. a constable, wears a badge more than 100 years o'.d made from the back of a silver watch case. Only one word Constable is on the shield. BE SURE TO GET AN AMERICA'S STANDARD TIME! ' I M . , t J - 1 t m 7J-J-S 5 sd-t ' lJe ' . r Gel trustworthy time in a smart Ingcrrall watch. Yankee is tbe smallest and thinnest pocket watch at $1.50. Chrome -platid rar, clear numerals, unbreak able crvstaL 3- f DISTRESS NOT SO ACUTE ANCHORAGE, Alaska (UP) Pi lot Gordon McKenzie was flying peaceably along when he noticed be low a large pile of brush laid out in the form of a circle it was a signal of distress. He landed. A trader rushed out to greet him and handed him an order for cod liver oil and a jar of face cream. Sulu Pearling Dying Industry as Prices Ebb Eight Boats Fishing Now Compared1, to 70 Few Years Ago Moro Divers Replaced. JOLO. r. I. (I'D The glories of the pearling industry in the Sulu Sea are fast fading. European rearmament and world depression have left little money in the pearl market, according to Jack Marco, who has been buying Sulu pearls for 10 years. Eight fishing boats are carrying on a business that a few years ago occupied 7 0 vessels and 700 men. Pearls once valued at $10,000 are ! now worth a tenth as much. Six or seven buyers fcrmcrly visit ed Join annually to purchase the gems from Moro and Japanese fish ermen, louav Marco carries on tne work alone. A Pritisher who 'com mutes" from London the world's pearl beds md Paris to he has visit - d the Sulu archipelago 1 ?. times iiijSon daily in Texas. The New Mex- the past It! years. Moro Divers Replaced Moros were the world's best pearl rivers until the advent of diving suits, and Japanese are gradually re- placing them. Marco told the United Press. Moro swimmers could plunge to the bottom of the sea and collect oysters for three minutes before re- turning to the surface for air. 1 lie 1 Japanese have adapted themselves more readily to modern equipment. Each year. Marco returns to Paris. the world's pearl marketing center, to learn changes in styles and price. Stvles change from pear-shaped to round pearls, from pink to yellow in tint. "As a general rule." Marco said, "people of various nations buy in tints to match their complexions. In North America, the pink shades from the Sulu Sea and the Persian Gulf are the best. The darker-skinned Latin Americans prefer yellow shades from Australian waters. Scandinavians buy pure white pearls. Black Pearls From Tahiti "If an Australian aborigine should want black pearls, they could be ob tained from Tahiti, if he were pre pared to pay the price. "The Chinese also use pearls for medicine. They grind the culls to be a fine powder and spray the power on wounds." Pearl divine: is one of the world's most dangerous eccuriations. Marco believes. Sharks, octopi and huge fish frequently attack the divers. Some of the men rise too quickly from the water and di-3 of the bends. Most pearls, he said, are form ed around the tiny larvae of a para site, a flat worm which works its way into the young oysters in some waters. The pearl becomes a tomb surrounding the worm. THE TRACK! Endurance makes star performers on the track! Lasting: edges make Star Sinple-edge Blades star per formers on your fare! Made since 1880 bv the inventors of the original safety razor. Manner, cn L v i 1 Drouth Ended but 'Hoppers Become Peril Five-State Area Faces Scourge Next Crop Year; Threshed Wheat Affected. m PALHAitT, Tex. UP) -Inhabitants of a hve-state area, once plagued by dust storms and drouth, already are making plans for continuing the fight next year on a new enemy the grasshopper hordes that feast on their crops when rain tomes. The insects thrived in great num- i" southern Colorado last sum mer. A favorable winter and lack oi organized extermination units per mitted them to reach formidable pro portions in the northwest Texas Tan handle, northeast Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Panhandle and southwest Kansas, as well as Colorado this year. The situation in Texas became so acute that Gov. James V. Allred or dered troops and trucks from the ?,fith division to aid in the peace time war. The army prcw to approxi- Imatcly 700 men in Texas alone ranch hands and soldiers, farmers WPA workers. Poison Widely Spread Their ammunition was poisoned feed for the grasshoppers and their "arms" were makeshift mechanical blower-rprtadeis that spray the poi- j son across hundreds of feet. The 'army spread 1550.000 pounds of poi- i ico allies spread three times as much poison, covering 45.00O acres a day. i The fight in Texas and N'ew Mex- ; ico has cost an estimated SaOO.ono : for poison alone this summer. Laoor : was donated, and equipment and funds for supporting the work ers was provided 1 y farmers ard business men in the infested areas. , hue damage in the two states probably is less than $5,000,000 this j summer, experts estimate it would have been possibly five times greater ; had no effort been made to control the pests. The spectacle of grasshoppers mov- j ing into the fertile plains in hordes. stripninfr foliage from the ereuis. be- ,ing crushed to death em highways and 'grazing on gardens spurred the j greatest organized fight in recent .Panhandle history. Wheat farmers ! suffered further loss on their har- ivested crops when the insects were 1 . picked up by threshers and contam- inated new-threshed wheat. Buy ers were forced to elock the prices paid for such wheat. Next year, the battle should be easier. The ingenuity of Panhandle farmers and machinists has developed newer, more efficient poison spread ers. Strategy to halt the "hoppers." advance has improved with one cam pa icn for experience. The poison is spread in the path of the insects once, then repeated within a few weeks to make the work complete. Col. Nat S. Perrine. commander of the national guardsmen in the cam paign, believed that the next battle will be easier. The farmers know what they must do and how to mo bilize. 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