Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 11

OAKLAND TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22; 1932 If kept in the grounds nave been FIVF-VFUR PI UN GARBAGE BILLS Grocer Wipes $8108 Debts Off His Books RHODE ISLAND WINS TROPHY EX-KSISEB ILL, IVES IN FEAR lengthened In order to enable the. animals to intercept suspected per sons at longer range. The castle bridge over a moat is drawn up and the servants' entrance closed at nightfall, After which everybody must pass through the main gate. 100 Middies Doomed to'Hit Christmas Tree' Ur MIL I Lflll I LMII ALTERS WHOLE MINUTE MYSTERY CanYou Solve It? BY H.A.RIPLEY LIFE IF RUSSIA HALIFAX, N. Dec.

22. (UP) John Dregatls, who operates the largest retail grocery store In the mining town of Glace Bay, has made his customers happy by announcing he had wiped all their debts, amounting to $8108, oft his books. The majority of accounts were owed by people who have been hard hit by the depression. BERKELEY, Dec. 22.

That Berkeley residents are honest was attested to today by the municipal garbage department, which reports that in 8'4 years less than 1 per cent of its bills for service have been cancelled as "bad." Fewer Cold, lest severe colds tor you this winter with Vlcks Plan lor bettor Coatrolof'Colds ANNAPOLIS, Md Dec. (UP) More than 100 naval academy midshipmen have "hit the Christmas tree" and not for a nice present. That bit of acadeimy slang means that they are behind In their studies, in danger of flunking out and hence will be denied the annual Christinas lesve. The 1600 who sre in good standing will leave here Friday ind return January 2. Scononric Revolution in Soviet Is Held Greatest In AH World History WASHINGTON, Dec.

2 2. (UP) The Wa'r Department today announced the 243rd coast artillery of the Rhode Island National Guard had won the trophy given annually by the U. S. Coast Artillery Association to the most proficient national guard regiment. The Hhode Island unit made a score of 90.23 in nine proficiency tests.

The other high ranking units in their respective order were: Two hundred sixty-first Coast Artillery ot the California National Ouard, 202nd Coast Artillery of the Illinois National Guard, 206th DOORN, Holland, Dec. 22. The former German Kai.ser Wil-helm II, suffering from a cold and rheumatism, was confined to his room In Doom Castle today by order of his court physician. Measures to guard him against future intruders have been again intensified. (A German, believed by (he police to be mentally deranged, was caught crouching in a castle room recently with a dagger and pistol on his person.) All locks to outer gates and also to some, of the doors of the castle itself have been renewed.

Chains by which the dogs were A report from Owen Dyer, super- Dr. Fordney is professor of criminology at a famous university. His advice is often sought by the police of many cities when confronted with particularly baffling cases. This problem has been taken from his casebook covering hundreds of criminal Investigations. Try your wits on it! It takes rSH ONE MINUTE to read! Every fact and every clew necessary to Its solution are in the story itself and there is only one answer.

How good a detective are you? ntendent of the municipal garbage (This is the fourth and last of a series of articles on various phases ot the ive-Year Plan.) department, as rendered to the city council, showed current "had" bills of $1,516.65, with a total of ELKS BURY MEMBER. WOODLAND, Dec. 22. Members of the Elgs lodge officiated here yesterday at the funeral of I'eter F. McLaughlin.

The lodge officers were in charge ot services at both the chapel and graveside. Burial was in Woodland Cemetery. 18 In "bad" dbts incurred in mistakes in bookkeeping, adjustments Coast Artillery ofk the Arkansas National Ouard. ail 240th t'oas Artillery of the OrJfeon Nationa 16 end si PREVENT and errors in addition to inability many Colas Cojd SOONER to locate patrons. Guard.

By El'GKNE T.YON'S Vnltori Press Stnff CorresioinlenK Dee. 2 2. The economic revolution In the Soviet I'nion through the Five-Year Plan has had profound effects upon the everyday existence of the population, not alone in obvious economic ways, hut in deeper social and cultural channels. The very fact that the urban population, In 1928, has now grown th 27.000.000, means an incalculable alteration in the wholetemper of life. The life of those who remained on the farms has been completely reorganized by the advent of machinery and collectivization.

PEASANTS JTEAIUT ABSORUKD About one-third of the peasant households are still holding out against socialization, but their tenure as private owners is likely to be. short-lived. At the moment collective farms are in a critical Stage. The government has not yet succeeded In making them sufficiently productive. But a return to the old private methods Is out of question; the merged properties eannot possibly be unscrambled.

The familiar Russian village existence, known to the world The Lineup CAM WELSH was tellinp Profes-sor Fordney about the man who, while keeping him covered with a pun, had taken a handful of unset diamonds from a tray he'd been showing him. He was just closing up and had been alone in the store it the time. "We sot several suspects. Come along and see if yon can pick him out," suggested the professor. On the way to headquarters, Fordney Inquired: "Whal'i the value of the stones?" "Ahout $10,000." Casting a sidelong glance at Welsh, he seriously doitbtcd the statement, but that was the insurance company's worry.

Ushering the jeweler into Inspector Kelley's office, he warned him how easily one rsn be mistaken in identity. Three men were brought before him. Ti'e first, powerful fellow, an ugly scar in the corner 0f his mouth, the left sleeve of his srmy overroat empty, had a nervous twitching of his eyes, which made Fordney wonder if he was an unfortunate victim of the war. The second was ahout the same stature and bore a strange resemblance to the first. There was no scar on his face and his coloring was a shade lighter, however.

The third, a small, thin man with bead-like eyes and parrot nose, sniffed constantly. Without hesitancy, Welsh identi. lied the first is the thief and the' prisoners were led away. Closing the door, Professor Fordnev turned towed the jeweler with an angry gleam in hit eye. "Are you sure?" "Positive!" "Hold him, Kelley, for This alleged robbery looks like a frumeup to me!" WHY? (See Solution of This I'robhm Tomorrow) through Russian literature, Is therefore ended.

The club, the movie house, the school, have taken the place of the church as the hub of village life. Collective work or collective reluctance to work, as at this writing have altered old ways. A flow of city goods to the peasantry factory-made clothes, radios, city furniture, etc is certain as soon as Industrial output is large enough. This will further revolutionize village existence. EDUCATION ADVANCES.

Solution to "An Inside Job" (Problem Yesterday) Had the night watchman's account of the affair been true he could not have seen him and, therefore, could hot possibly have known that the robber was a big, husky brute. Thus did he inadvertently involve himself, fie had Ranted Ian accomplice-in the bank. Much ton gut and much judgment seldom go together. L'Estrange. Literacy and elementary education have made remarkable advances under the Piatiletka.

Where 8,000,000 people were receiving education of some type in 1913, some 24,000,000 are receiving it now. In more advanced regions Illiteracy has been almost entirely wiped out. In the country as a whole It has been reduced by more than half. Motion pictures, other forms of culture, have been carried to every locality. Where 3,000,000 newspapers were read dally in 1913, same are being read at present.

Under these figures is the pulsing- reality of widened mental hor-lz6ne to many wlHicmH who for the first time have come in Intimate contact wilh machinery, art forms, the printed word. The" cultural achievements are far more striking in quantity, of course, than In quality. Education Is widespread but it is narrowly orthodox, lntelectuiilly limited. Literacy is being extended but the press and literature tends to a Communist parochialism. From the standpoint of a rounded human being, capable of Independent thought and' unregimented emor tion.

the lacks are vast enough. CLASS STRUGGLE CONTINUES. Clashes which blocked the progress of th Piatiletka have been conquered or destroyed. Soviet society, however, Is far from the classless monolith of socialist lit uypuHiuon which was pitilessly "as no real conception of the magnitude and the fury of vnr' v. V- pt4) ift "io struggle, sun very much under way.

To those iyho have watched the course of the plan at close range It Is clear that every major achievement was won by beating down and sometimes destroying entire layers of the Russian people. The first task of the plan was to crush Nep, the New Economic Policy, and the economic classes which had grown up under it. The hated Nepmen were the villains of the piece. They became the bulk ot the "lishentssi" or disfranchised, without rights to work, to eat, to educate their children. By now they have been defeated and for the most part absorbed.

But that first bloody battle Is part ot the history of the plan. It required the sooialliatlon ef all manufacture and distribution, and not th humblest artisan or street psddlsr could be spared In the revolutionary direct action. TKRRIORISM IS PURPOSEFUL. The socialization or agriculture similarly called for direct action against the peasantry: the kulaks (well-to-do) primarily, but all those who demurred in actuality. That the terror which raged in every village In the gruesome winter of 1929-SO was not finicky In choosing Its vretims Is by now an STAETIH AT and (G0IM6 STffi mm 4 Here is the AAA Official "Standard" Starts in 2.11 Seconds at 10 Below Zero old story.

It was a typhoon of class warfare loosed upon the, country under the slogan of liquidation of the kulaks as a class, and Its casualties may be counted In millions. erature. Indeed, a number of new classes have thrived in these years And at the moment are consolidating their position on what may be a permanent basis. At any rata, It will require fore to dislodge thtm. Power and posts ars te the new society what money was to the old.

The ruling element higher officials, the O. P. U. personnel, wsll-placed Communists are so distinctly a nw class that Its members oan easily be picked out In any crowd. It Is better dressed, housed and fed, occupies the best theater seats, fills the best vacation uses the limited number ot automobiles.

Younger Soviet intellectuals, engineers, Red professors, "responsible workers'' constitute another relatively privileged class. In many eases higher earnings, rather than political power, set them aside. The ordinary factory worker, In Whose name the Soviet regime rules, for the time being Is not economically the most favored. He has gained a self-respect and a sense of economics safety, through social Insurance which he did not formerly possess, but the cream 'of the nation's economic advantages "-thin cream, It must be noted Ja still bein lapped up by other classes. PLAN IS GRIM WARFARE.

The story of the Five-Year Plan Is usually told In graphs, figures and percentages. That familiar economic language gives It a deceptively peaceful look and encourages talk about applying the principles in other countries under non-Communist direction. To convey the reality of Its character, however, the. story should be told In the grim language of war. This Is no mere literary figure of speech but real war to the death class war, which Is civil war with its victims in millions of dead, exiled and wrecked.

The outside world knows In a general way that there was Internal There followed the war sgainst the nonconformist Intelligentsia. For the outside World it was dra QUICK STARTING even when frozen in a solid block of ice! Freeze-tested by the American Automobile Association at 10 below Zero "Standard" got away to an official starting time of 2.11 seconds! Standard Gasoline is just what the "Doctor ordered" for your car. Try a tankful today. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (GASOIiIKTE matized in a few sensational court trials. For the mass of engineers, specialists, professors and pre-war educated generally It meant suspicion, persecution, uncertainty.

It was forced to drop Its class unity. i its class psychology and Interests This is to certify that a Freeze Starting Test on Standard Gasoline, purchased by us in the open market, resulted as follows: The test was conducted in a stock Model A Ford Engine at the following temperatures: Combustion Chamber 10 Below Zero Atmospheric Temperature 10 Zerolene Motor Oil in Crankcase 6 Zerolene Gear Grease, Winter 7F 44 Standard Gasoline 7.5 The engine started and continued to run in 2.11 seconds after first pressure on starting button. This test is officially sanctioned by the AAA and conforms In all respects to the regulations of that body; the engine and all products being of the grade and consistency regularly purchasable. Temperatures given are Fahrenheit CONTEST BOARD, AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION to become a flexible tool of the new masters. That, too, was dictated A ,1 by the logic of th Five-Tear Plan.

Coincident with these major engagements there were continuous running battles against less definable groups, against attitudes of mind and unorthodox appetites. Moral suasion through propaganda wag used, of hut the final arbiter was the revolutionary weapon force. At the end of the Five-Year Plan it Is essential thus to review its history in terms of struggle. The question of tight or wrong scarcely enters, except as It enters In revolutions generally. Those whom the' Soviet regime challenged and crushed were not political Inventions but real enemies.

Only an understanding of this basic tact makes! the sacrifices and the seeming brutalities logical, at least fronihe viewpoint ot those dedicated to the cause which Inspires the Kremlin. i KITES BEING SET. SAN JOSg.LDec, Kjjnera.l arrangements" were being made today forlf. F. Marshall, 8, former San Jose township Mar" shall died, at his home following 'a two 'months' Illness.

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