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anates from an ofdcial source.
A filthy Christian propaganda
is carried on by the states forces.
Jesus is referred to as swine"
and q Jewish tramp"
Much Of the youth Is turning
toward Christianity In revolt against
this sort of teaching.
immortality Is condoned in the
ranks of the party ofncials. while
Christian priests and pastors are
smeared with lies.
Many Of the people most vigorously
"heiling" Hitler might turn bolshevik
tomorrow.
Is Threat in War.
The situation has become so serious
that, should Germany have to mobilize
for war, the internal division would
constitute q serious threat to enthusi-
astic cooperation and victory.
This picture Of the German situa-
ton is not 4 series OF "atrocity stories" :"
spread by German refugees, UNDER
ground socialists, inaccurate foreign
correspondents or Jewish newspa-
pers." These accusations, which are
stated in absolutely clear terms. appear
in the most amazing document which
has come out Of Germany since the
beginning Of the Hitler regime. Most
Of the text Of it was published in q
New York newspaper on Sunday. And
its authors are the chaplains Of the
German Army! 1t is addressed to
Fuehrer Hitler himself.
The importance of this document,
which takes the form OF . petition
for radical change Of policy
toward the church and toward re-
ligion, cannot be overestimated. It
must be considered in connection
with other events which have hap
pened recently in Germany, and in
the light. OF the traditional policy Of
the German Army, ever since 1918.
Army IN Neutral Zone.
That policy, initiated by Gen.
Won Seeckt, the founder Of the mod
ern German armed forces, has been
absolute neutrality in political and
civilian affairs. The discipline of the
army is perfect. The policy has been
to serve with complete loyalty each
and every legitimate government,
monarchial, republican or Mani. Only
once before, since Mr.. Hitler became
dictator, has the army interfered,
and that was over = specific military
issue: Whether the armed authority
should be exclusively vested in the
regular forces, or whether that au.
thority should be shared with the po-
litical army Of the Storm Troopers,
under Capt. Roehm.
We still remember the results of
that conflict in the summer of 1894.
1t ended with the appalling blood
purge" in which Capt Roehm, and
still unnumbered lesser Storm Troop
leaders. as well as other uncomfort-
able political figures, were assas-
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is, must be abandoned. If there is
to be tax relief it is to be felt for the
first time in the payments to be made
In the year 1889.
This is, of course, not what the
business men Of the country have been
expecting. They had the mistaken be-
lief that the administration was pay
ing some attention to the growing Sc
robustness of the business recession and
that there was real concern in Wash
ington about the unemployment
problem.
But when Senator Harrison, who it
had been thought would champion the
cause of immediate tax relief, says
there cannot be any, it is plain that the
administration has sent word to the
rubber stamp Congressman that moth
ing must be done till the 1889 pay
ments are made Business is not likely
to be reassured by tax revision that
takes effect more than year and
three months hence. They thought
they could get relief now and make
their plans for budget payments in the
calendar year 1898.
The reason given by Senator Harri-
son for not passing a retroactive tax
law-that is, one that will affect the
income tax payments to be made next
March IS for the calendar year 1887
Is in the following paragraph:
Hardly Fair.
MANY of the corporations have al
ready distributed in dividends the prof
its of the current year, AS a prac-
tical matter, most of the others must
declare out their dividends by Deem
Der Is if they are to be sure to obtain
the benefit of dividend credit in
the computation of their 1887 taxes.
1t would be hardly fair to penalize cor
porations that have already made their
distributions in the light of existing
law and favor others who might hap
pen to be able to take advantage of
= retroactive measure. Such modifl-
cations must, in my opinion. date from
the first day of the next calendar
year and cover the future and not the
past"
The foregoing might as readily have
been phrased another way, somewhat
as follows:
I'VE in the Democratic majority
wanted to give tax relief, and We con-
vened on November Is when there was
ample time to pass overnight a joint
resolution repeating the undistributed
surplus tax and substituting for it
fiat tax over and above S25,000. 1t
would have been easy to do this before
the first of December and it would
have affected the very largest number
OF corporations. AS for the others,
which declared dividends before De-
cember L, arrangements could have
been made for a credit over a two
year period SO that all corporations
might be treated alike. But the word |
came from the Executive not to do
anything at all about it till the 1899 |
payments and we had to obey our
master"
Mr.. Harrison's speech minced no
words on the viciousness of the puni- |
tive tax measures adopted by the |
Roosevelt administration and by
-rubber-stamp Congress. He said:
If those who formulate a Govern
mert policy, either through legislative
enactment or administration, have
made a mistake which works injustices |
to the taxpayer or injuriously affects
Government receipts, then the mistake |
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The former ruler has the little
compelled
Italian government Now
sunnpo gold and silver dinner
He mad modest house q smaH1h he had
70 make the garage into utno quarters But this
tho ne could
mored his family toopers persons to BOARDING
Inc foreign once has been
TO give the former Emperor lead
modest but decent life
In the petition addressed foreign pointed out
that seass could have made
mad not been for the definite
League OF Nations that the Italians would
Ethiopia. - ~r'
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Of every compromise offered by their
own people, by those who inside Ger
many make concessions In order to fur
ther the German interests, what pos
sible reason can the outside world have
for believing that they will be salts
ned with any concessions offered by
it-n the form Of colonies, for in
stance? II the German Army accuse.
the Nazi regime of spreading outright
fslsehoods in the German press, in or
der to delude the German people, what
possible reason should England or
France have for believing that in their
negotiations with the Man regime,
they are told the truth?
Lord Halifax, take notice!
(Copyrisht. 1e37)
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the General Motors effort settle problems"
made There the lived through
depression They
gained potent
the effort made response
the highest degree violent S
Because he has dark private
sion UW the industrial
positive ideas In
place he beeue spending should
oe resumed at spending long,
serious social to be the
And, second
Government control
bad that Washington be baied
out the Government ought
attaching definite
American
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Headline Folk
and What
They Do
American Magicians at
War on Several
Fronts.
BY LEMUEL F. PARTON.

IRON Machiaveui and Tallyrand,
r on down to Geneva, Paris and
L London today. diplomats sue
cessfully have guarded their
secrets OF taking rabbits out Of hats,
the historic colonial satchel trick, the
fading ink trick in treaty illusions and
all the rest OF their repertoire.
American nagicians aren't doing 10
we'll. There are leaks, lawsuits and
lamentations. In California, there is
drive to oust Julien ]. P7oskauer,
New York head Of the Society of
American Magicians, for spilling trade
secrets. Mr.. Proskauer enters q vehe-
ment and vigorous denial. In the New
York Federal Court, Horace Goldin
charges that a tobacco company has
let everybody in on his patented tech
nique OF saving a woman in two and
therefore made worthless the illusion
out Of which he used TO get $4,000 a
week.
He brought the same suit for the
same amount against Victor A. Percy
in 1923 and against q tobacco COM
pany In 1898. There is war on several
fronts as the magicians fight to safe
guard non-illusory dollars.
Sacrifices Wealth to Marry Pretty
Proofreader" was q headline whel
Julien J. Proskauer married Miss Cor,
nelia Grant in 1918. The wealth.
was big family printing plant in New
York City, but he didn't sacrifice /
and Is today vice president Of w. c
Pepper & Co., printers and lithogra.
pliers. He was elected president of tn.
magicians in 1885, as an amateur, ant
he still keeps his amateur standing,
leader in the fight against frauds ant
takers.
I'VE don't want to deceive the pub
lie: we only want to fool them" h.
said when he was elected. He was the
only amateur ever to do Houdini's un.
derwater milk-can escape. He brok,
. brace Of ribs doing 1t, somethin,
which Messrs. Eden, Delbos and Rib
bentrop will never do, and seems to
think the price was we'll paid.
A solid, stocky man of average
stature, running a big business behind
hexagonal glasses which give . keen
CLINT to his eyes, Mr.. Proskauer is apt
TO slip visitor couple Of red sponges
to hold tight in each hand and then
make them jump from one hand to
the other or disappear altogether,
with the fists tightly clenched.
Meeting the depression, he got up
Stunts. Inc" rigging magical ad-
Vertising tricks, and this year his
turnover Is somewhere around ST.
100000. He installed in the arm Dex-
ter Sinsabough, who doubles in pey-
chology and philosophy Mr.. Sinsa-
oough gives a proposed new trick the
psychological once-over and gauges the
popular reaction with astonishing ac-
curacy. The money rolls in.
Stunts, Inc" seems to have started
the trouble. Mr. Proskauer insisted
that he has spilled nothing but "kid
tricks" and never under any circun-
stance has or would release a profes-
sional secret. He doesn't like the word
tricks as applied to real magic. He
says the illusions are rather expert
ments in magic" He has . passion for
such illusions, which, he says, have
been art and not trickery" ever since
Moses threw the canes on the ground
and turned them into serpents. That,
by the vay, still seems to be tops in
magic.
tCopyrisht. 1877
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should be Acknowledged and cor.


Today it is pretty widely contended
that the new depression has been di-
rectly caused by the punitive tax poll
cies of the Democratic administration
and the Democratic Congress.
Businesses for the most part which
have the problem of the undistributed
surplus tax to meet would have been
able to deal with current requirements
far better if they could withhold q
large portion Of their dividends. The
dividend recipients today to 4 certain
extent become hoarders Of capital
funds. Businesses. on the other hand,
need their cash, especially since capi-
tai markets are virtually clossed up.
Senator Harrison deserves commenda-
ton for this significant statement Of
the relationship between the average
man and the policy Of the Democratic
administration with respect to the un.
distributed surplus tax:
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Tate Of the two republics hardly than
The French
tenance OF the
security.
The French leaders told
yielded
panaaon Europe policy willing certain
minor acnces For instance they realize
battle and later he will be the
that the Paris Of the
extended the Spanish dcator
obtained from him before
But the uhoe. Chauenps oppced anu
substantial concessions the Reich
lance has its ultimate the
introduction OF the dctaortdl persuasion
force Consequently the French.
ing things uhen after then
haze been
British talked
certain substantial concessions to the Triple
The French
their rearauent At the pres,
ent time will favor the which
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1T is a harsh and unwise policy for
the Government to compel 4 corpora
ton that may be giving employment
to hundreds Of Thousands of men and
women to declare its earnings in the
form of dividends to its stockholders
when it needs such earnings to per-
petuate the employment OF those
people"
That's the case against the tax. but
it leaves unanswered the cry-even-
tually, then why not now?
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IOUy SlQCc 1SS4.
From IL to is
per cent Of the
people are bitterly
hostile to the rul-
ing regime, and
they are that very
part who would
normally be pill
lars Of the state.
The controlled
press sprea q d S
egregious lies, and
4 large section Of
the population
know it and do
not believe a sim
ole word that. en-.
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JERSEY c. !. o. INVITES
LEWIS INTO BATTLE
BY the Associated Press.

JERSEY CITY, N. j., Dec. John
l. Lewis, chairman Of the Committee
for Industrial Organization, was in
vited by his New Jersey leaders yes
terday to speak in Jersey City, where
police broke up the first local drive
to organize workers.
Samuel L. Rothbard, State C. l. o.
counsel. conferred by telephone with
Lee Pressman, c. I. o. general coun-
sci At washington, and said he was
told Lewis was taking . personal
interest In the Jersey City situation,
and might make - national issue
Of it."
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from the undis-
tributed S u rp lus
tax.
Announcement
has come in the
form of a speech
by Senator Harri-
son, Dem o c rat,
chairman of the
Senate F n ance
Committee, t h a t
all hope for tax
relief effective for
the calendar year
1887, ard, there
fore, applicable to
tax p y m e n t S
made next March
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This Changing World
France Reluctant to Appease Dctators, Seeing Future
Pyramiding Of Losses.
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.

<H French government making deciEon
In London. Premier chautemps and Foreign Secretary
told by the British that something
Hitler and by implication, Musoini.
Hitler has demanded Austria unhampd
for the Germans
These are his the Others
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IHE opinions OF the Dres this thetr on not
,. rstce:ary TIE Stars Such opinions presented
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
thenseIOes and directly opposed to The Stars
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And, furthermore, Chautemps
and Delbos, who are anxious to re-
main at the head of the French
government, feel certain that they
will be overthrown If they agree to
make large concessions to the to-
talitarian states.
r
The King Of Kings, the exiled
Emperor Of Ethiopia, has gone to
. boarding house in Bath, England.
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Is no man to waste his money or
his strength. Meanwhile he Is
busily consolidating his unions,
ironing out such conflicts as exist
among his auto workers, and pre-
pairing to tight the employers with
all he's got.
X
His confidence in the future is
based on his estimate Of the Sit
uation in the industrial areas.
Take a city like Detroit where
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Tax Relief
Right Now
Is Urged
Harrison Hits Profits
Levy, but Delays
Promise of Aid.
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
"HE Roosevelt administration and
the Democratic majority in
Congress, speaking through its
4 leadership on Capitol Hill, has
turned down the demand of the Ma
tion that immediate relief be given to
the small businesses Of the country.
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The Capital Parade
Garner, With Reputation for Tory Leanings, Fights
OF Tax Revision.
y JOSEPH ALsor and ROBERT xNrNER

BY JOSEPH ALsoP R0BERv KrTNER
4 gathering place President John
M N hdsaway Capitol of
|V Education . gathering which topped
4 tksm all for pure inproSAblity
Three men participated al Of them eminent and powerful
councils the of coue
The other two Harry L. Hopkins
biggest the the
last and the finance on the
unonal White House advisory board Mr. Baruch
delegation
however, still curious
TO put it bunty they wanted try persuade
the President to force action
he could not persuade to
induce the House Ways bring its
reuised tai btu Immediately.
Both Hopkins the eft-w
the Vice President
confidence They prompt Of the undisbuted
prons and capital gains taxes
in this direction Buand strange feature Of the
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or Ies8 SecondAry matters.
In regard to the colonial ques-
ton. the French are ready to fol.
low the British, who have q greater
stake than France in that matter.
But chief worry u the Central
European situation-the menace to
Austria and Czechoslovakia's inde-
pendence. The British govern
ment Is quite prepared to throw
both these countries to the Ger
mans. London's interest In the
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meeting-they found 4 most un-
receptive audience in Mr.. Garner.
The Vice President Is usually
considered the very acme Of DEM
ocratic Toryism, yet he betrayed
little or no interest in tax revision,
and positively opposed prompt ac-
tion, He said fiatly that tax re-
vision was impossible at the special
session, and. although Baruch and
Hopkins argued with him obsti-
nately, they found him still more
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BY DOROTHY THOMPSON

ny OONOIuI 1HON1I sun.
~ ERMANY Is not united. She
Is divided In most Of the
\ villages, the population Is rent
in twain, one part following
the party leaders, the other following
the local priest or pastor.
Seven per cent Of all the Protestant
pastors in Germany have either been
imprisoned or taken into police Gus.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-02-11
Our Judges

Tuesday of this week Attorney Carlos NJ Recker succeeded
John @ Lyme pleas judge Morgan couny he having
een elected last November full year He Of
Morgan couny native His parents William H. and
Flora McInf Recker and Judge Recker born Todds
the 1897 He his early life the farm After gradual
ing from Pnnve high school, he attended Ohio University where
be graduated and later took the study of law the University
Toledo where he obtained NJ A. degree and following his ad
mance the bar he became associated with the leading law firm
Toledo which of the best the northern of the
Following his practice Toledo he established himself here
the 1882 elected prosecuting attorney of Morgan
county years later was reelected In this exactng
duties he proved his marked ability Tn the primaries last May he
in November without opposition Thus age
occupying the highest office Morgan This paper
diets Judge Recke the the bench that has char
acezed him in his private and official capacity the past His
training has been thorough and he is by fitted for
the high position he occupies He only well versed
the with he has that kindly human and
standing that essential to good Judge the bench and he
has the thorough confidence of the people of this Judge
Recker his prime and predict for him still higher hon
ors
After so of honorable fair and efficient the
public his admission the bar which he served the county
probate Judge and the
bench Judge O. Lyme retiring from the practice of law As
Judge his decisions always sound evidenced by the fact
that they seldom, if reversed by higher
At the time that Mr. Recker entered his first
Judge of the probate Judge
kecke elected last November without opposition No higher
compliment could be paid any judge than the serving
his record and had been outstanding
what practically
of the county, another four
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-02-11
White Pigeon

Mrs LYDIA Parsons and Mary Nc
Elfresh were recent guests of VIM.
Best and wife.
Mrs. Jennie Reed, Retta Nice
swanger, Alta Nelson, Evelyn Mc1n-
turf, Bernice and Bun" Harris,
Eola and Maud McInturf and Mrs
Marjorie James were at Fred McIn-
turf's, at quilting, Wednesday.
Shirley James is on the sick list.
Cyd McInturf spent the week
with H. J. Allen and wife of Colum-
bus.
Mr.. and Mrs Chas. Taylor were
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
man Scott and son.
Mrs. Freed Clark and son Ken
meth, Cyd McInturf, wife and daugh-
ter Clara were Sunday callers at
Everett McInturf's. Mrs. McInturf
is slowly improving.
j. A. Fouts spent the week end in
the twin cities.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Best and
daughter spent Sunday at Harry
Hooper's.
Mrs Leonard Niceswnager and
daughter of Marietta spent the week
with her folks. Mr.. Niceswanger
came up Sunday and they accompa-
MED him home.
Mrs. P. D. Niceswanger, Donald
James and wife, all of GAINESVILLE,
were Sunday guests at Jack James
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Snearly were
Sunday guests of L. O. Snearly's.
Mrs. James Harris spent a day
recently at John McInturf's.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Niceswanger
and Mr.. and Mrs. Roy James were
dinner guests recently at John Nc
Inturf'S home
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-02-11

pointed out, the situation is tx.
tremely acute. The burden placed
upon the State Highway Depart
ment by it's having to take over
5000 miles of county and township
roads during the past year, to-
gether with the tremendous flood
damage, constitutes the most seri-
Gus problem which has ever con-
fronted the Ohio Department Of
Highways.
AS the crests of the high waters
were reached in Ohio, 750 miles of
State Highways were submerged
at one time or another during the
flood. There were !. total of 3i8
different sections OF roa d.7ay u1.-
der water exclusive Of tho &5z
miles of u. s. 52-State Route Z,
known as the Ohio River road,
which was practically all SUBJ
merged for its entire length from
the Pennsylvania state line to the
Indiana state line. =
There were Is instances in
which. state and county highway
workers succeeded in rerouting
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-02-11

Widespread damage to Ohio
State Highways from flood waters
is shown graphically in the above
illustration prepared by John
Jaster, Jr., Ohio Director of High
ways.
The state highways which were
inundated by high water are rep
resented by the dots and the heavy
solid lines.
Conservative estimates are that
damages to the extent of $1O,000,-
900 have been done to Ohio State
Highways, bridges and municipal
streets comprising state highways
due to flood waters and resultant
landslides.
State Highway officials in Ohio
and other states of the union in the
flooded areas are planning to ask
Congress for a substantial appro-
priation to be allocated to the vari-
ous states affected by the flood for
use in the restoration Of highways
and streets in these states.
I'm Ohio, Highway Director Jaster
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-02-11
Needed-A Good Town Pump

Sometimes something outside of the
usual of things remind Of what need-and that
badly One the things discovered needed
Gently place get for domestic 1t water
everywhere and drop drink The pumping station
going possible and for days
operated inconvenience but finally had shut down. and
fire dangers
water shut Whether would practical
the water works pumping station higher ground out of
flood danger do not know but hardly suppose
the the highest while shut off
the country persons from the
really
But there times ongngs for good drink of
did realize what good handy
shut At the of the 1913 flood while
works plant of people had
which have been much still
of where could be obtained Now
haven't public and experience teach
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-02-11

traffic around flooded sections to
m in ain communication with
otherwise isolated areas, while the
Highway Department managed to
assist traffic through 40 partially
flooded highways. However, total
OF 253 other sections of State High
ways were completely blocked off
because of inability to provide
adequate detours.
State Highway Department
trucks transported $50 boats from
various inland lakes to the stricken
districts, departmental employees
working day and night through
heavy rains during the early stages
cf the flood to rush the crafts into
the hooded territories. These boats
were turned over to the National
Guard or other food relief officials
in charge Of various towns and
cities along the river front.
Harry T. Flasher, operating
maintenance engineer Of the Ohio
Highway Department, states that
at various periods during the food
1000 State Highway Department