The Syracuse Journal, Volume 29, Number 36, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 7 January 1937 — Page 4

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The Syracuse Journal # Published Every Thursday at Syracuse, Indiana. Entered as second-class matter on May 4th, 1908, at the postoffice at Syracuse, Indiana, under the Act of Congress of March 3rd, 1879 - SUBSCRIPTION RATES ' / One Year r in advance — $2.00 Three Years, in advance a- $5.00 Six Months in advance —<-— SI.OO Single Copies — -5 Subscriptions Dropped if Not Renewed When ‘ Time Is Out SYRACUSE PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., Publishers F. Allan Weatherholt, Editor THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1937 Journals Platform ■ 4 - "" ; ' i • ■ ■ I CIVIC ENTERPRISES Better Street Lighting. Beautified City Park on Late* Front. Sewage Disposal System. Public Tennis Courts. Adequate Playground Bathing Beach. PRIVATE ENTERPRISES , Dog Race ,Track. - f . More Hotel Accomodations. ■ Industrial Plants. Amusement Park. w < ACCOMPLISHMENTS . * Re-organized Yacht Club. Grade Crossing Protection. Action on Road 13. Broader Publicity For Lakes. —-—■ I April 21st—A New Theater—A New Era ■... APRIL 21 has been set as the tentative date for the opening of Syracuse’ first theatre. This theatre, according to all advance information, is to be one of thte finest of its size throughoutt the Middle West. It will have the latest appointments and design, and no money has been spared to give its patrons every possible comfort and luxury. The theatre will have its own air-condition- , ing unit which will assure washed and refrigerated air at all times. THE business block in which the theatre is located will also be ready for occupancy on or about this date, and will give this section of the country the most modern structure, containing stores, recrea- “ . tion rooms, offices, lodge halls and club rooms, ever erected in a community of this size. The inauguration of this great enterprise also marks a forward step in the business and and civic leaders of this section of the country and civic leaders of this section of the counttry owe a d.ebt of gratiture to Mr. W. E. Long, who ~ had the vision and foresight to introduce this great institution. . . - APRIL 21st should mark the begmhing of a more prosperous era in the history of this section pf the country. This theatre and new building block will attract thousands to this portion of the State, bringing business and opportunity to those who are located here, but if the stores of this community are to benefit, they, too, will have to modernize their shops, and stores and follow the great pioneering efforts of Mr. Long. Syracuse should be proud of its latest acquirement, and it should prove an incentive to our Chamber of Commerce to go forward in their task of bringing new business and new ■; manufacturing plants here, so that Syracuse, the Gateway City to the Northern Indiana Lakes, will become one of the thriving and big little communities of the nation. On: behalf of the community, this newspaper takes this opportunity to thank Mr. W. 'E. Long. . • ■ Sink or Swim a ( Poverty is uncomfortable, as I can testify; but nine times out of ten the : best thing that can happen to a young. \ man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim for himself. —James A. Garfieldf "Today Is Yesterday's Pupil" AS we enter the year of 1937, it might be well to follow the counsel of Benjamin Franklin who once said, “Today is yesterday’s pupil.” i ' The people of today were the students and observers of one of the greatest economic depressions the world has ever known —a depression which crumbled the temples on the heads of the money changers—a depression that rocked the financial structures of every Ration on the face of the earth. This was the subject lesson of the business man of yesterday and the observance of the youth of today. Today, as w 6 are entering 1937 and business is beginning to .come back, and it appears that a moderate era of prosperity is in the offing, we should heed the warning of Benjamin Franklin and not forget the causes of one of the greatest calamities that literally shook the world. Today, as never before, our actions and thoughts should be weighed and well planned. 4 It might be wise-to review briefly the causes of the last depression so that we will not make similar mistakes in the future. If you,recall, at the start of the war, everybody prosepred. Men and women were getting enormous salaries. They were spending money like water, and they really began to think that the world was becoming free for Democracy. Well, anyhow, they knew something was happening. Wages continued to skyrocket and factories were working night and day; everybody had more luxuries than they

ever knew existed. Then the end of the war came. With the close of the great war, manufacturers were confronted with two great problems; first, to keep up production of luxuries, and second, finding work for those who were fortunate enough to return from settling an argument on foreign shores. This was really a great problem; for at that time, wages were on the downgrade and the manufacturers had installed millions of .dollars worth of machinery to speed up production, machinery that needed less man-power. THE manufacturers realized that if something were not done, they would lose the jnillions that they had made during I the war and then some. So they turned again, as they always do, to the dear public. The public was sold through extensive advertising campaigns, *how they could have automoradios, fur coats, fine furniture, diamond riiigs or anything they might wish for, with just a few dollars down and the rest on easy. Payments. This the manufacturers to keiep their production’ up, and it also taught the public how to spend more money than they could make. And here the trouble centers. The manufacturers’ production was high. Yes, sky high, but it was not paid for; this meant that the market would be highly inflated. i Prior to this time the stock market settled to what many thought was its rightful normal base, but as the easy payment plan was further applied, more production ensued, with little money coming in. With such inducements as the easy paynient plans, furthered by high pressure advertising campaigns, the people bought and bought. People were driving automobiles who cbuld not adequately support their families; pebple had radios in their homes who under normal conditions should have been well satisfied with a phonograph. You cannot blame the people; look at the temptation. f . The market continued to rise, stocks were going skyward, and everybody started to buy stocks; the burcheF was watching the market ticker when he should have been watching his meat business; as was the grocer, the baker, the clerk, the newsboy and the bootblack. They were all getting “rich”, on an inflated market, which was brought about by enormous production that was less than ten percent paid for. Boys during 9 this period, as they do today, found it easy to put a dollar down on a diamond ring and become engaged. The girl agrees that they could furnish an apartment for a hundred dollars down or less. They get married. They then think they should have an automobile and the girl wants a fur coat. Why noL they asked each other. They will only cost a few dollars down. So the young man who is making twenty-five hundred a year, finds at the end of the year that he has obligations to the extent of thirty-five hundred dollars. This means he has to pay an additional thousand over what he makes. Then comes disagreement, which "in thousand of cases ends in divorce. Before the war divorces were rarely heard of —today it is in vogue. During this period, people who normally invested their money in real estate and bonds and also saved their money, were all spending it “getting rich” on the market or trying to pay what they owed. People, with this sud-! den rush of'luxuries decided that the home or flat in which they lived was not good enough; so there came a great demand for one, two and three room apartments with the most luxurious fixtures and trimings. Skyscrapers were builtt to meet these demands in apartment buildings, as they were in office buildings—to house these flourishing businesses that had grown by leaps and bounds. The building trades were working night and day; jeverybody said, “learn a trade, my boy, or you will amount to nothing.” Thousands of boys took this advice —they became carpenters, bricklayers, etc. Everything was humming. The world was free for Democracy. We were enjoying prosperity. Then real estate started to fall off, because it could not make people millionaires overnight like the stock market could. FINANCIERS began to realize that the people had overbought. Automobile manufacturers began to realize that changing their models every year to induce new buyers, was wrong. Demand started to slow up, for the people had more than they could pay for, and then came the CRASH! Money that should have been in the bank at good old three percent, was gone. Money that should have been invested in real estate, was not there. The butcher’s money went, like the grocer’s, the baker’s, the clerk’s, the bootblack’s and the newsboy’s. People were left penniless—all the money went to the financiers and is now in the banks in Wall Street, out of circulation. The stock situation was not the worst of it. But to realize, today, that hundreds of thousands of homes in this country there is furniture, radios and luxuries of all description which remain half-paid for . . , thtat is the worst of it This should be a lesson to the people of our great city and nation, not to enter war, and chiefly to stay out of foreign entanglements. • Now, everyone is trying to figure out when conditions will come back to their normal stride. This is a hard (Question to answer. Some people say that conditions have almost reached that level now. There is something, however, that has to happen, and that is to abolishment of the easy payment plan. People will have to learn to save their money, and when they have enough, then they can buy what they wish. Men and women throughout this country will have to stop and realize the value of a dollar. People will also have to remember that the only place where it is safe for them to.mingle with “bears” and “wolves” is in the Zoo where they are secure behind steel bars and not in the stock within reachof their pocketbooks; in other words—LET’S STOP KIDDING OURSELVES! Ignorance is Bliss I envy the beasts two things—their ignorance of evil to come, and their ignorance of what is said about them. -—Voltaire.

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1 Adventurers Club . “The Scowling Chief* By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter HOWARD E. YOUNG of Nexy York City spins us this yarn, and I guess the moral of it is: When in Rome, do as the Romans do, but when in Africa, use your own judgment and then pray for your life. There were five of them, making a jaunt into the middle of the black republic of Liberia in September, 1923. Four of them were churchmen —a bishop, the district superintendent, the dean of the Theological school and the ministerial-principal of the Industrial academy. Howard was the only sinner in the crowd—and he was also the cook for the party. The gentlemen of the cloth were looking for a suitable place to establish Christian missions. Howard was just going along for the trip. They were heading for the town of Winshu, where the first of the missions was to be established. The weather was stifling,—the trails were all but impassable, and the country was full of fierce, war-like tribes of blacks. The president had sent requests ahead to the various chiefs to supply the party with hammock carriers and porters, but they got more than they bargained for. At every village their safari would be augmented by three or four idlers who followed them along uninvited. ■ ~ - “It was one of these idlers,” says Howard, “who disrupted all our plans and gave mental hours of anguish in the belief I had cooked my last meal and was doomed to end my days under a tropical sun thousands Os miles away fi’om my American home.” Party Received by Native Village Chieftain. They reached Winshu on a Saturday—September 30—traveling at a furious rate to arrive before nightfall, for a night spent in the jungle among the leopards, rusty pythons and other undesirable denizens of the forest was something not even a native African would be pleased to contemplate. They entered the village shortly after darkness had fallen, were received by the chief and assigned to native huts for the night. The The Bishop Pleaded for a Few Porters. chief paid the bishop an official call and, through an interpreter, assured him a great crowd would gather in the morning to hear what the Godman had to say. The chief was right. The next morning a huge crowd of natives had assembled. On an elevated platform sat the chief, his inter- < prefer and the bishop. In front of them stood the party’s hammock carriers and porters—two-hundred of them—along with a motley crowd of idlers who had joined the safari en route. Behind those, ranged in a semi-circle were three thousand or so blacks. The bishop began his discourse, which was relayed to the crowd by the interpreter. He was working toward the close of his speech when one of the idlers who had followed the party picked up a stick and struck one of the local natives a terrible blow on the leg. The poor fellow rolled over in agony, but the chief didn’t’bat an eye. Only when the bishop had finished did he speak. Then he inquired through the interpreter what the bishop was going to do about his hurt subject. Bishop’s Answer Brings Immediate Action. The bishop protested that the idler who had hit him was not a member of his party and he wasnt’t going to do anything about it. The chief’s face turned purple with rage. He clapped his hands and shouted “Boh!” It was only one word, but it must have meant plenty. The crowd faded away as if by magic, and the five white men were left alone in a village deserted save for the chief. The bishop realized that he’d made a mistake. He went to the chief and pleaded humbly for a few porters to get him out of the village. He must have made an impression, Howard says, for in an hour, a dozen blacks straggled in, The bishop took the blacks and left, leaving his four friends behind, A few hours later, in came eight or ten more natives. The district superintendent appropriated them and went off without a word. Two hours more passed before any more carriers showed up. Then the dean took them and hastened away. . - It was a terrible feeling, waiting there Ih that empty town—never knowing when the chief might take a notion to cut loose with a snickersnee. The ministerial principal and Howard were alone now, and they swore a solemn pact that one would not leave without the other. It took at least eight porters to ininister to the needs of one man. They’d wait until enough porters for two had congregated. But Howard had figured without the nervous strain of being alone—in danger—in a deserted, hostile town in the African bush. It was getting dark, and that town was no place to be in darkness. When another small group of porters showed up, the ministerial principal grabbed them and, with a guilty look in his eye, was off, leaving Howard alone, Howard says he hardly “ x blamed the principal. He wanted to do the same thing himself, - f - Alone! Howard looked around him. Over at his tent door the chief stood glaring at him in away that chilled the marrow in his bones. “My plight made me bold,” Howard says. “I w alked ov ® r to His Majesty and offered him a present of a brace of pipes and a big pouch of tobacco. But I didn’t khow my Africans. The chief was furious. He ignored me completely. I sneaked back, fully convinced that the jig was up. I was a goner—no mistake.” Howard Sure This Was to Be the End of Everything, Darkness was closing in. Howard’s brain was whirling and his body felt as if it were being consumed by fever. Five hours passed. No more porters came. The certainty that he was to die, a sacrifice to the safety of the others, was heightened after flvg hours when a pudgy, cross-eyed native wearing a home-made knife with a handle full of notches, came waddling toward him across the clearing. He went straight to the chief, talked animatedly with him in gutteral tones, and then came ambling toward Howard. Howard muttered a prayer. “I was calmly awaiting the end,” he says, “but that hideous looking fellow was really on an errand of mercy. Instead of putting me to death he made me understand by signs that more carriers were near. Inside of fifteen minutes I was on my way, and I turned up at our next camp safe and sound at eleven o’clock that night.” But if Howard had slipped a little ipecac in the coffee of those lads who ran out on him, when he made breakfast next morning—-©-WNU Service.

OLD-TIMERS MILWAUKEE, Wis., Jan. 7 — (INS) —Marquette university’s athletic department is becoming more and more noted for the longevity of its members. Fooball Coach Frank J. Murray is in his seventeenth year on the staff and his fifteenth in charge of the gridiron sport, and Conrad M. Jennings is, serving his fifteenth year as track coach, and i his eleventh as director of athletics. Others on the staff include: Stanley Lowe, ticket sales director, thirteenth year. John L. Taylor, football line coach, eighth year, and William S. Chandler, basketball coach, seventh year. . iMiss Mary Alice Kitson returned to South Bend Sunday, after spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Kitson.

Normandie To Get Racing Propellors PARIS, Jan. 6, (INS) —Hoping to Win back the Blue Ribbon of the Atlantic recently forfeited to the Queen Mary, officials of the <. French Line will shortly equip the Normandie with four*bladed “racing type” propellors. This was announced here by Lieu-enant-Commander Agnieray who added, however, that the attempt would not be made during the present season. “The racing , type propellors now in construction,” he said, “were given elaborate trials in the German testing basin at Hamburg and will not be ready before the end of the year. ”

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By CHARLES GRENHAM International Illustrated News Writer NEW YORK —With construction on a memorial to one honored American well under way, plans are nearing realization for another which will pay tribute to one equally famous. On a promontory part way up Cheyenne mountain near Colorado Springs work nears completion on the feudal tower which comfiiemorates the late comedian and commentator, Will.,Rogers. In New York plans are nearing completion for the Edison Memorial Beacon tower to be erected on the site of the inventor’s original laboratory at Menlo Park, N. J. The Edison memorial will consist of a tower 135 feet high crowned by a beacon in the shape of a huge bulb containing 960 incandescent lamps. There is now a steel framework on this site which was erected in 1929 in connection with the Lights Golden Jubilee ax'd which bears a perpetual light in honor of the achievements of Edison. It is planned to enclose this framework so as to avoid interrupting the eternal light, Edison Career Depicted The tower will be a white concrete monolith with octagonal base on which will be depicted various milestones in the career of Edison. Each scene will be described on a bronze plaque relating the forward progress of one of the greatest of American inventors, Completion of the tower which is estimated to cost SIOO,OOO, is sch-

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, eduled for next fall. • The Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun’ is nearing completion and is expected to be dedicated next summer. It is being built of pinkgranite and is designed along, the lines of a feudal tower, set. in the center of a 10-acre park enclosed by a low stone wall. The lower floor of the shrine will be known as the Will Rogers room and will house many of the personal belongings of the late comedian. Here also will be located a large-size bust of the humorist sculpture by Jo Davidson. Rogers Shrine Progresses Walls of the tower, which is ascended by a winding spiral staircase ! will be decorated with murals depicting the colorful history of Colorado and the tvest. Among the frei scoes to be included in this historical i record are ones portraying the invasion of- New Mexico by Spaniards in 1789, discovery of Pike’s peak and scenes presenting the Forty Niners i and life in frontier mining camps during the gold rush. As with Edison memorial the Rogers shrine will also be crowned by a perpetual light whose beacon rays' will be visibly for miles over the plains below. Credit fo£ originating and carryping through plans for the Rogers tower goes to Spencer Penrose, : wealthy Colorado mining man and brother of the Senator Boe Boies I Penrose. It was he who initiated the movement and/ whose endowment i made it possible.

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