The Syracuse Journal, Volume 29, Number 45, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 11 March 1937 — Page 4

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The Supreme Court Issue

■ONTRAY to. the general impression | the United States Congress does not I have the explicit right to alter the

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size of the Supreme Court at will. It is true Congress assumed the right in 1789 and it has never been questioned. But there is a welLsettled principle of constitutional law which holds that .because a right has never been questioned does not mean it has necessarily been given validity under the Constitution. There is not a word in the Constitution which vests in the legislature any control over the judicial branch of our national government.

\DER THE American system, itappears that there are some things lacking in the regulations concern-

iag tne Supreme Court, its decisions, its members and its number. We do not mean to imply that we either favor or oppose the President’s proposal to enlarge the judiciary by naming six additional judges. We do believe however, that there should be some de inite understanding regarding certain functions of the Court. The Supreme Court itself has said on many occasions that it jnust resolve doubts in favor of the legislative body. To pronounce a 5 to 4 decision holding a statute invalid indicates considerable doubt in the minds of the justices. A simple majority in such cases does not win public confidence.. Much of the controversy over the Supreme Court's decisions in the past 30 years has evolved around this point.

i? THEREFORE seems reasonable to I, suggest that close decisions Should I be eliminated with a law requiring

that no act of Congress should be declared , invalid by the Supreme Court except by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the sitting justices. ' ■' Citizens who interest themselves in the discussion of the Supreme’ Court —seem to have little to say regarding the retirement question of judges. There is some - existing doubt regarding this part of the question. The Supreme Court seems little different than any other Court in this respect. In practically all states, judges are required to retire at a fixed age, usually 65 or 70. It seems reasonable to suggest then, that Supreme Court judges retirement be compulsory at the age of 75. If these men were elected by the pe’ople, it is highly doubtful if the intelligent citizenry would elect men to these high offices who have passed the age of 75. In fairness to ’ men who have reached the age of 75, it may be said that in many cases, men at the age of 75 are vigorous and mentally alert. But the fixing of a definite rule and a retirement age limit is by far a safer rule for democracy to than no rule at all.

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OWERi TO fix the size of the Supreme Court should be reserved to the people by Constitutional a-

menament. The ommission In the Federal Constitution of any mention of how the number of Supreme Court justices shall be fixed, may not have been serious in the past, but it now has raised a constitutional crisis. The submission to the American people of a clearly 7 worded constitutional amendment, fixing the number of judges to serve in the highest judiciary of the land, the ajje at at which they are to be retired, the manner in which they should be appointed together with ruling regarding the majority vote on decisions, might settle this (question for all time.

The Problem Os An Editor

|N EDITOR of a newspaper is confronted by a problem similar to that Sos any person trying to understand

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a foreign nation with a foreign culture. In his splendid book My Country and My People, Lin Yutang tells how difficult it is for the foreigner to understand China. What qualities are required for the understanding of the Chinese, as he lists them, are the qualities that in our opinion should be istapdard equipment for the successful, creative newspaper editor qnd publisher. “For this work.’’ says .Lin = Yutang, “there is need for broad, brotherly feeling, for the feeling of the common tiond of humanity and the cheer of good fellowship. One must feel with the pulse of the heart as well as see with the eyes of the mind. There must be, too, a certain detachment, not from the country under examination, for that is always so, but from oneself and one’s subconscious notions of one’s childhood and equally tyrannous ideas of ones

I adult days, from those big words with capital letters like Democracy, Prosperity, ■ Capital, and Success and Religion and Dividends.”

INSTEAD OF thinking of people as ; mere readers or advertisers, he I must'think of them as fellow hu-

man beings—people with needs, with hungers, with desires that demand gratification. ! How to feed the bodies and the minds of his fellow citizens is actually the work of she greater newspaper leader. Only by interesting himself in the growth of his community, by thinking in terms of the needs ot a, 11 the people, by striving to be a raiser I of standards throughout the territory served by his paper, can the newspaper man achieve increasing and permanent success, .ie cannot be a slave to Big Words. He must be the servant of Great Ideas. f ; ’

■ $ I I Measures of Success I !$ | § is not measured by c § -hat a man has accomplished > § >ut by what opposition he has y . & overcome, and the courage with which r he has maintained the struggle against § ? overwhelming odds. The distance run £ y does not mean so much. The obstacles ? § that have been overcome; the disad- > § vantages under which we have made S & the race will decide the prizes. y

Courtesy! A Simple Thing

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ll; RTES Y seems such a simple thing! Yet there are those who must think it isn’t worth while, for

i ilicj won’t practice it. They neglect the little acts that make the world a better place to live in. Strangely enough they don’t seem to realize that they are cenying to themselves certain, definite benefits to be gained from the practice oi courtesy. Courtesy is a mark of good breeding. It commands respect. It is the polish that welcomes the customer, cheers the iello\vworker and makes the day easier for everyone. Courtesy is a recognition of the rights of others. It is what we all want for our- ( selves. i To be courteous, therefore, is to practice the Golden Rule. To be discourteous is to be brutal—self-centered — intolerant. There is no surer way of annoying people. : Discourtesy breeds scowls and grouches, promotes misunderstandings, sows discord. jlt is one of the ingredients of failure. On | the other hand, the desire to be courteous i cultivates a cheerful, beaming personality ; and radiates good will. Increasing one’s stock of courtesy to- ■ wards others increases one's own stock of I happiness. Railroad Cooperation

!N INCREASING railroad travel and I freight movement has caused the i major railroad lines to consider

better service for passengers and shippers. A few weeks ago, the editor of this ' publication requested the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to investigate con- ' ditions at the local railroad depot, and if I possible do something about it. The suggestion was made that the platform be lighted at night, that markers be erected designating east and west bound tracks, J and that if possible the station be left open at night to accomodate passengers coming into Syracuse, or leaving Syracuse by train.

i,HE RAILROAD company very kindi ly sent a representative here to dis- | cuss the matter. This gentleman

uook notes on the several suggestions, expressed his surprise and enthusiasm of the improvements being made here, and promised to make some recommendations for better service and accomodations at the station. 1 He said the railroad company is always vJi'lHng to cooperate with progressive comi njunities along its line, and expressed his •appreciation for the interest shown in the ■ .mpleasant conditions at the station. We appreciate the interest of the comjany and realize that they have many places o look after. It is therefore easy to uni dei-stand why the local situation has been i nesrlected, in-as-much as the company had . never been notified. We are satisfied that : ttie company will take favorable action.

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Mail Pours in on Court Issue i V .. ' ' . S . * <X '' ' BSKIThe capitol < r... . . . r xXSX-t F i ty the j° stmcn! ! * ■IB ' ' ■> J of < ■ ■ < .'— ' ■ fl'.' ■■ * xAv’' I£ '/- . * [r.Tutor Corah rc?. ris IwMI • Congress is being snowed under by an avalanche of mail pouring in from all parts of the United States relative to the president's plan for revision of the supreme court, • Most of the letters thus rar received are opposed to the pre.-' ’l. t" i Ifot.lers feel to tide will turn in their favor as too drbate croccc?.?.. xX'.hov.Ai congressmen are more l-c-.-i cthe v; ue c? si; .’:-, i : ' ■ since the recent propaganda c...:.j st' TTd . y t.i.- -I'y interests, Dr. Francis Tcwr.se: 1 .,'. and ..e 1.: U - h 1 minority are doubtless influenced by the •.opst/.U. is possible, then, that if the vote on the issue this awno.'.iy may swing the dccisi:..

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By ORRY-KELLY Famous Hollywood Stylist Writing For International News Service HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 11 (INS)— One reason there are so many new fashions popping up each new season is because every woman, has a flair for the dramatic. She doesh’t want to be a statuesque Grecian in flowing robes month after month, nor is she content to be frankly mannish in a severe, tail.eur two seasons in succession. She definitely wants a new role before the old one palls even a mite. This spring and summer the lad£ of moods and modes will have a chance to be a coquette. Coquettish fashions went out of date )vhen electric fans relegated tiny femine ones to the attic trun,k and the vogue for suntan sent silken parasols skittering away. How ex er these feminine foibles have beeh out of duration for so leng that a new welcomes them as a novelty. The regular Philharmonic firstnighters were agog recently over a cerise ostrich farm which Marie Wilson gracefully waved in the smoke-filled foyer during intermission period, to keep the smoke away. With it she wore a quaint black slipper satin dress and tiny

WORDS Os Wisdom In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.—George Washington. I wholly disapprove of what you say. but will defend to the death your right to say it.—Voltaire. It is time we men bolstered our ego and self-confidence with good clothes and good colors arid show ourselves od. —Frank C. Nagel, prominent New York tailor. Women could be better flyers than men. Their reactions are quicker.—Dorothy Martin Whitney, flying field manager. Nearly everything these days seems as contradictory as the war news from Spain. This recovery would be a humdinger if people would just stop fighting each other, being critical and expressing doubt, and would jump in and take advantage of it before the next depression comes along. Thrift is-a fine thing, but it is never wise to save more than you earn. In the competition between men’s mustaches and women’s eyebrows, the former seems to be gaining in visibility. Mankind needs a sitdown reproductive strike of the busy breeders among the morons, criminals and social ineffectuals of our population.—Prof. E. A. Hooton, Harvard University*

contrasting cerise slippers. The effect was so fetching it’s our wager the next first night will see more than one little fan stirring up a faint breeze Many of the new lace d'esses, too, such as the -one we did for Anita Louise, are -replete with a matching fan. Anita’s dress of creamy lace is fashioned with a fitted bodice and full gathered .skirt while her dainty fan of the same material is embroidered in pastel rose. In “Talent Scout” Jeanne Madden will wear a modernized period frock with voluminous skirt of white openwork organdy. The shoot velvet jacket has a short peplum in the back and its lapels are bound in military b; a'd. However the ouaintest part of the costume is the tiny parasol of the same pattern isl openwork organdy as the skirt. A’though it is no earthly good to shut off the sun's rays it is a coquettish gesture, in the Paris showings of spring fashions several of these tiny parasols were in evidence. Some were of sheer chiffon in monotones as well as figured materials and others were edged in lace. A hint for girls who like a rosy glow over their complexion is a tiny sunsh: de in one of the soi'ter’irose tints

1 Rev. H. E. Turney, To Speak Here Sun. Rev. H. E. Turney, D. D.. President of the Indiana Synod of the United Luthern Church will conduct the service and i pieach £ G ace Lutheran Church Sunday evening. The Church Council will meet with Dr. Turney and the council of Cai vary Luthj eran Church, Cromwell, in a joint session at 2:30 p. ni. in Calvary Church, Sunday. Kev. Jerome S. Kaufman is pastor of the Syracuse Church. LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLICATION No. 20782. State of Indi na. County of Kosciusko, ss; In the Kosciusko Circuit Court. February Term, 1937. Sai ah Howard, Plaintiff i Roscoe Funk, E- ’l Baumgartner. Hester Funk; Milla Funk; Ma inda J. Smith; Howard Smith; Ralph Smith; Hester Smith; Ri ey Smith; Do cus Shyre; Ada Mallon; Glenn Shock; Wii iam Bowers; H. C. Fagan; Frank Corns; Della Bousse; i...;.we -Ai.-he: De.os Hare; Minnie Peterson: William b.ichart; Myrtle Hicks; Cviitpia Brur.'.baugh: Paul nagan; Dennis Funk; Ada Hack; V/oodrow Funk; Irvin Funk; The unknown heirs of E iza Jane Fonk deceased; Kcscce C. Howard, Admin;st:ato.' of the estate of Eliza Jane Kunk, deceased. To the unknown heirs of Eliza Jane Funk,'deceased: You are severally hereby notified that the above named petitioner as plaintiff in an action of partition, has filed in the Circuit Ccu t of K 'sc usko County, Indi.na a petition making you defend- . nts th; veto, a- d prating therein or an order and decree of said Cour , a.iho -iz.ng the pa tition of certain real es.ate !:e onging- to the s tate of said Eliza Jane Funk, deceased in saiii pe’iticn described ad has also averred by an ai’f avit Hied, that, be m mes of each of you are unknown and believed to be non-residents of the State. of Indiana, or that vour residence is un' nown ; rd th t said pe i ion so tiled and wb eh is new pe dmsi is set for hearing in said Circuit ■Mih day es April 19$?. ‘ • Witness, the clerk and seal of said Cou ‘ ih'ls -7. h day of Feb-■u;-rc, '937. ' ’ 'SEAL) OI.VEL E. PHILLIPS, Clerk, j Geo. L. Xanders, Attorney.. NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS ' S.:/.e of Irdi- no, , Kosciusko County, ss: ‘ In tho Kosciusko Circuit Court, ’ i February ’e.' ”, 1937. Ambrose E. Poulson > I vs. Lillian B. Poulson G Ciui.;aint No. 20819. : Now comes the Plaintiff, by ‘ Frank M. MacConneil attorney, I ./I fii r<! comr’alnt herein, to- - gether with an affidavit cf a com- ' . e e t pe son th t s id defem a' t, Lillian B. Poulson is not .a resi- ■ dent of the State of Indiana; that I ' 1 ac.mn is for Divorce and that ’ saijl non-resident is a necessary > ; ; ac y thereto. ; Notice is therefore hereby given ;. said defendant, last named, that . I " she he a'd appea - on the ■ 30th day of the next term of the ; Kosciusko Circuit Court, being' the Bth dey of May, 1937, to be holden ■ n the first. Monday of April, A- . D. 1937, at the Court House in .-/ariaw, in said County and State, and answer or demur to said complaint, the same will be hea d and ; determined in her absence. i WITNESS WHEREOF, I here- ‘ unto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at the office of ; the Clerk thereof, in the City of ‘ Warsaw, Indiana, this 6th day of March, A. D. 1937. (SEAL) ORVEL E. PHILLIPS. Clerk Kosciusko Circuit Court. NOTICE TO HEIRS. CREDITORS ETC. No. 4690 In the Kosciusco Circuit Court, February Term, 1937. In the matter of the estate of Amanda L. Xanders, Deceased. Notice is hereby given, that Israel L. Xanders.' Imilda I. Abts 1 and George L. Xanders as Administrators of the estate of Amanda i L. Xandms, deceased has presentjed and tiled their account and I vouchers in final settlement of I said estate, and that same will ■ come up for examination and acl tion of said Circuit Court on the I 18th day of March, 1937 at which ■ time all’heirs, creditors or legatees ‘ of said estate are required to ap- ! pear in said Court and show ■ cause if any there be why said I account and vouchers should not i be approved. Dated, at Warsaw, Indiana this I 17th day of February, 1937. ORVEL E. PHILLIPS, Clerk Kosciusko Circuit Court. LEGAL NOTICE I will offer for sale at the resiI dence of the late Eliza Jane Funk, ■! deceased, 4 miles N. E. of A.wocd and 7 miles S. W. of Leesburg on i Thursday, March 18, 1937 at : 10 A. M. 10 straight chairs, 3 rockers, 3 stoves, bureaus, clocks, cupboards, ■ steelyards, 6 legged. drop-leaf i tsb’e', dutch oven, iron kettles, black-walnut rope beds, one spool bed. powne.homs, caudle sm iters, dough, box, Little Giant Truck. 1915 model, copper kettle, bedspreads, quilts, blankets, 320 yds. calico, brass bucket, old bottles, jars, dishes, Almanacs, few chick- ! ens, corn, potatoes, and canned fruit. R. C. HOWARD, I . Administrator. Q. L. XANDERS, Attorney.

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NEW YORK, March 11.—Mary Asior is married again. The Hays office has bananed “Dear Diary" as a title. The

district attorney who was going to have him dragged back to Les Angeles by the ears to be punished for contempt of c o u r t doesn’t have an election to think about n o w. T i m e marches on. So George Kauf- 1 man is going back to Holly-

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wood on Apri 1. The date has no significance in this story. it is a retu n that m ght well prove historic and not for reasons .i.ai. m.ght occur to mos<. readers nisi. time Mr. Kaufman came out of Hollywood, with f. Le whisr.e.§ and a phoney name, he hau w.ih him the scripts oi ’ai.gv Door’ and “You Can't lake it vVith You,'' and from .them eventuated the productions that will mote than any others make th:s season memoi'abie. “S.age Door," in which Jkaufn an had .uiss Edna Ferber as co.iabo. aior, is not in itseif a distinguished play. It is unique bec use its taeur periormancea mark .he rust _ time appto. thing xnb.im.nood has been made a highly pi.tiicizea atiraciion on the s.age. ror all audiences in the mpi'th th erale enough to re-d ii..\c. Ute., acutely avva e iha v us .it., .uts i,.aiga.v U. -1 vu, is ..p pi.i-r.. ; g in uas long as she can uetu.e prut.ueß *<i-. t» uicne.. vvi-.n ;» ijlueStu event item auu i_eiu...u tiaywaid with an heir, (’liie ~m.u ;s go.x.u <.6 c.ose the ena oi ..he mm ,h, because no acceptable . 1-UiUi.e lor buss buliavan can ...• oui.u. ceur. muir, whose expo icx.ets form the basis of the •.ertx-r opus, is among iiise lire producer tried in vain u ..-.a . the role.) Comedy Is Smash Hit. “You Can't lake It With You" s going into the records as one of the greatest hits’of all time, sclciy on its merits. There are as many standees at each performance a ii-'e laws will permit., Tickets are being siold now tbr nu.y performances. There's been no such aemand fdr tickets from out-of-towusis since the days oi “ itam.” It is a hit of simiiav proportions in Chicago, where the No. z company is booked to remain through December. J By that time, a third company wid be touring the euSi a..d a troupe showing in the south t.nd far weD. The toad might have to wait two dr three jears to see the original company. in Hollywood Kaufman will get together again with his collaborator on “You Can’t Take It With You,’’ Moss Hart —whose contribu-. tion to the play hasn’t been sufficiently recognized by anyone ex- , cep Rauiinan. They're secretive

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By HARRISON CARROLL Copyright, 1937, King Features Syndicate, Inc. HOLLYWOOD— -Lights! CameraC Action! It is like magic this week to come onto a sound stage and see President Theodore Roosevelt* and Admiral, Dewey holding a conference in a gas-lit office of the White House. In the picture, “This Is My Affair”, these two famous Americans appear only as supporting chD’acters to Barbara Stanv/yck and Robert Taylor, but today they hold the the stage alone, Admiral Dewey is obviously Robert McWp.ie, but it will take a shrewd eye to penetrate the Roosevelt makeup and discover Actor Sidney Blackmer, who has phyed many suave heavies on the screen. Here is a younger Roosevelt than vbu probably remember, bu» the physical resemblance, the mannerisms are all there. It is the reproduction of the voice, though, which is considered most remarkable.. “To think,” says the president to Dewey, “with all the criminals in the country, we almost convicted an innocent man!” As the high-pitched, nasal, gravelly voice comes from the screen, many a theatergoer, who heard vootevek speak, is due to feel a inglmg sensation around the spine. Actor Blackmer secured phonogri *h records of the late preside t’s voice and spent hours learning to imitate them exactly. Screen idol Robert Taylor, wearing the uniform of a naval lieutenant, also is on the set waiting ether scenes in which he will appear. But he is restless. Presently, he says: “I think I’ll drop over to the recording stage.” Grinning sympathetically, Director William Seiter gives consent. He knows that Barbara Stanwyck is over there recording

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about what their new composition , is to be like, but this reporter can inform you that it will be a musical comedy showing how musical comedies are produced, in which Hart, Kaufman and their musical ! assistants, George and Ira Gershwin will appeal - as characters playing themselves. Though not a line of it has been written as vet, not even the title, the boys have already set Nov. 8 as the opening date and Philadelphia as the place. Two wee’ks taxer Broadway will see it. This follows the precedent of “You Can’> Take It With You.” They actually engaged the theater and actors and set an opening date for this hit before they had mode than an idea for it! Which all goes to show, as has been said by many peisons, including Miss Astor, j there’s no one like George Kauf- . man. jlr.other Cinderella Talc. And no one like Moss Hart either. Last time Mr. Hart was in HoLywood, he was engaged to prepare a story for the films, and paid 819,000 bonus for signing. Auer he saw the story he was expected to prepare, he tore up the contract and returned the 810,090. There's a story for Mr. Hart to write for the movies in the career of Miss Katherine Locke. She started with the Provincetown theater eight seasons back, and trouped through enough failures and semi failures to break the spirit of anyone without talent. Inevitably she had a Hollywood test and after one picture was through. She was just another embodiment of the legend that u<.rt's a bioken heait for every bright light on Broadway until she •.rem. chris.mas

.Jmppir.g one day last December. In a department store she happened to meet an o.d friend, Sylvia Sidney, the cinema star, who only that uay had been told by Ma r c Connelly that he was having a haid time finding a leading

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woman lor a play, “Havipg Wonderful Time,” he wanted to'do. Seeing Katherine Locke in the store reminded Miss Sidney that Katherine would be just the actress for the role, and she hastened ,o tell Katy and Mr. Connelly so. Miss Locke got the job, and that chance meeting is the reason why cocay Miss Locke is acclaimed the’ histrionic discovery of the year and “Having Wonderful Time” is climbing to success as one of the bigger hits. And also why the the movie company that previously decided she didn’t have any screen possibilities is now having a hard time to keep other companies from grabbing her. Miss Locke, a native New Yorker, is married to a writer.

a song. And that these two simply can’t stay away from each other. On a nearby stage, Winchell’s and Bernie’s picture, “Wake Up and Live”, is shooting. It is a big case set. Walter isn’t working in the scene, but Bernie is up on the orchestra platform * with his band. Significantly or not, this platform is too high for him to jump off and hit anybody. In the sbene they are going to take, Bernie has to introduce Alice, Faye and then lead the accompaniment for her song. The rehearsal goes off okay up to the point where the music starts. Director Sidney Lanfield, who is up on a parallel behind the camera, doesn’t like something here. “Ben,” he yells, “when you lift your baton, do it like you were going to lead an orchestras. Don’t just go klunk!” In the argument that follows, everybody gets a big laugh, for it develops that Bernie is doing it just like he does in a night club. “Okay,” surrenders Lantield, “but no wonder everybody i» out of step at the Cocoanut Grove!” I. took Dorothy Kilgal’en 24 d ys to fly around the world, but Wrrner Brothers are making the picture based on her flight in 21 days. This film is called “Flyaway Baby” and, of eouse, is liberally Actionized. Glenda Farrell plays the smart woman reporter in the picture and Barton Mac Lane is a detective. The same characters that the two portrayed in “Smart Blonde”. We watch Director Frank McDonald shoot a scene this week. It is a small set showing part of the China Clipper hangars in San Francisco. The water and the giant planes are indicated in the . beckground on a flickering “process” screen.