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    In View of the Fate of the Maine at Havana in 1898, It Might Be Advisable for U. S. Warships to Avoid Spanish Harbors During the Present "Family Row."
THE WEATHER
Tflyhesl temperature yesterday 51
Lowest temperature lust night 43
Precipitation for 21 hours .06
Precip. since first of uioulli .77
Precip. from Sep. 1, l!in 1.99
LOOK 'EM OVER
Those headlines Bhow you the
dny'a biggest news, brought first
to you by your home-city dally,
Hie NEWS-RKVIEW. lie a steady
reader anil you'll have the news
wlillo It's fresh.
Drfi.'leiicy since Sept. 1. 1936 9.13
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Mostly Cloudy;' Possibly Rain.
THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY
VOL. XL
NO. 120 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW
ROSEBURG. OREGON. FRIDAY. DECEMBER !8, 1936.
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By FRANK JENKINS
QI IIS dispatch eomos from
Shanghai:
"The Nanking government: will
give rebellious Marshal Chang
Qlsuch-Liuug a final chance to de
liver Genernllssimo Chiang Aai"
Shek safely, a high official saiiT
day (Thursday).
If that is true, it appears "that re
ports of Chiang Kai-Shek's assas
sination hr.vo boon grcutly exag
gerated. IUST what Is going on in China,
behind the smoke screen of ru
mor and propaganda? This writer
will admit frankly that he hasn't
I lie faintest idea, and doubts if
very many people have. But it
seems to be something import
ant. TIIESE British cameramen who
has been assigned to the castle
In Austria where the Duke of
Windsor (late king of England) is
In hiding about like a gold'Qi in
a bowl, aren't so dumb, 'they've
been ordered to get pictures, and
will have to get pictures' or bo in
the dog house with their editors, so
they got together and sent the
(Hike tliis note:
"Dear Eddie: We want lo be
.With our wives and children by
Christmas, but we can't leave un
til you come out of your hole."
Kdword David Windsor, taking
him by and largo (as judged by
his public actions ovs) a period
of years) Is i pretty good sort, and
an appeal of that kind is probably
just the one that will bring him
ojt into the open, aii'lltug, to have
his picture taken.
b
ENING how to "handle"
newspaper m e n (including
cameramen) is an important part
(Continued on page 4.)
Word
was received here
Ihi
morning
J" tho death last
ui KhL
(Mrs.
nt Stockmu, California, M
Sam D. Evans, until recently a
well known resident of Roseburg.
Mrs. Evans was born in Douglas
county, a daughter of the late
Judge W. R. and Carolfii Haines
Willis, both members iHs pioneer
Douglas county families. She was
the widow of S. D. Evans, one of
the founders of the Roseburg pub
lic library .fvho passed away in
.August, Q
Mrs. Evans recenrfy moved to
Stockton to make her home with
her daughter, Mrs. Dorolhy-Hayne.
Surviving are the daughter and
two sisters, Iju. Willis, who re
sides In Miction, and Mrs. Belle
Sherman of Portland.
The body is expected to arrive
j n Roseburg Saturday and will be
jj taken lo the Roseburg Undertake
l ing company parlors. Funeral ar
f ran cement have not been defi-
nitely made, but will probably be
A Monday afternoon. Interment will
. be In the I. 0. (). F. cemetery be;
side the body of Mr. Evans' son.
who died a number of years ngo.
Diz&lce, Ccm$&
Sunday's
Kt
R programs will
offer almost a complete schedule
of entertainment by Douglas coun
ty talent. J. B. Toles, manager,
announced today. Sunday's broad
cast will be made under the in
creased power authorization which
wilt give KRNR the strongest sig
nal strength of any Oregon radio
station exclusive of Portland and
Coi willis. Q
The talent entertainment will
start at 10 a. m., '!) the radio
debut of the Nebo Drumatics club
of Roseburg senior high school.
The club, under the dtmVn of
Miss Kate Buchanan, will present
it, annual Christmas production.
"The Ricsed Vagn.nl." The cast
Mill Include Iowell Nutting. Elea
nor Entler. Hob Harris. Frank
Wells and Frank Spain. The club
Is planning In Inaneurate a series
of weekly dramatic broadcasts
"TD SjMBTT'.. .,rl 0FFICE& RILLS 4 o WIWTS VOTE 0FG1TEI rL,A
Ex-Iiv&iaker Recalls No
Important Kole KlgySd
by Gore in PeaSSg
of RefufrH Bill. .
MEDFORD, Ore., Deo. 18. (AP)
Willis C. Hawley of Salem, for
mer congressman from Wis uis-
triet, testified for the defense this
mOfng in the suit of William II.
Gore against Jackson county for
$8S,000 claimed as due for serv
ices rendered by (lorn in behulf of
the passage by congress of . the
Oregon-California tux refund bill
in 1926.
It does not run fvmy mind that
Mr, Gore played an important
part in the passage of the meas
ure, the former congressman tes
tified
CiorVc
contends tiK over a period
b and at the l!(2t session of
of years
congress he labored in behalf of
the measure and was iufluentlan
111 1IH im&MMKU.
Chief credit for the passage of
the measure was given by Hawley
to former Congressman N. J. Hin
nolt of the eastern Oregon dis
trict, as chairman of the house
cotninittoe on public lands. Sinnott
perl'ormcjd 'yeoman service,"-, Hnv
ley declared. . ; -
"Not Reluctant" ;
Hawley testified thai ho was not
reluctan lo introduce the measure,
aa inferred by Gore in his direct
testimony, "but simy wantetl to
read it over, and ro that it did
not amend or modify any part of
the Chamberlain-Ferris bill." '
Hawley testified that he had
never seen the bill until it was
presented to him nt the door of the
house chambers by the (J ore dele-
gallon.
The former solon also said
"there wore no stormy words on
my part CM this meeting," as in-
continued on pa go" 6)
CflrAtSft I iS TffJV AM
Digs m &Detfb&&
Frank f. Ruebush, 71, resident
of Portland, well known In Rose
burg. died Wednesday at Portland
following a long period of 111
health. Mr. Ruebush, a native of
(Virginia, was enmjoyeil foc 28
years wun me jnwr ami Fran it
company, from which he retired In
im
Mr. nud Mrs. Itu(.I)iu(;pent con
siderable time in Douglas county,
at their North Unipqua summei
home.
Surviving are his wife and
son, Clarence U (Dale) fTlebush of
Roseburg.
Funeral services
PortlQl today.
were held a
SEA TT LE, Dec. 1 8. ( A P )
Churhw H. Clarke, 31, Pendleton.
Ore., Wis in a critical condition to
day from a pistol wound, self in
flicted a few minutcster he told
n Christmas tree vendor last night
he was going to kill himself be
cause he recently loot his wife and
child, police said.
A police automobile, speeding to
the sceue, collided with an unto
mobile driven by A. F. Hanson
Burlington. No one was hurt.
TafarJS to Fafatf
over station KRNR.
At 10:30 a. m. Pearl R. Robinson
will be heard in another of her
enjoyable vocal programs. , Q
rne regular bunuay service iron,
the First Baptist church, starting
at 11 a. m.. will feature special
Christmas music.
At 12:30 p. m. the Rhythmeii
orchestra will present a concer
of popular music.
C. B. Hays and the Roseburs
Gospel Messengers will be heard
starting at 1:15 p. ni.
At 2:30 o'clock the Melrose
choir will he heard In a Christ
mas program, while the Canyon
ville Community program, featnr
trie music bv the Merrymakers,
will siartt 3:30 o'clock.
The An&liiB Hour, a Weekly
feature conducted by Rev. C. A.
Edwards, will be heard atT4 p. m.
; 1 PIlipjOKpOfMUNl JH HOSPITAL ; 7j
Because he assertedly libeled
President Roosevelt by terming
him a "false alarm" and a
"mountebank" in a postelection
editorial, P, Milton Smith, above,
68, Mountain View, Cal., publish
er, was arraigned recently. After
printing the article in the week
ly paper he has published for 32
years, he was arrested on com
plaint of Horace T. Beales, presi
dent of the City Patriotic league.
If charges were" dropbed "imme
diately, Beales might be subject
u a .ii.iyc vi in.iii.iuua wiusc
cutlon.
G. 0. 9. 9ilt 91ooTou
Qronr PIiticOl GCaiag
& ft$9 nsfticit.
fllltAUU, Wee. I a. IAI)-1
Members of the executive efSmiH
tee of the republican nat lonar com-1
mitte disclosed today that Chair- j
man John Hamilton had been vot-1
ed a salary of $25,000 a year to
devote his full time to the party's
rehabilitation.
It was the first time the chair
man of the republican national
committee had been put on a full
time, salary basis in tho interim
between presidential campaigns,
the committeemen said.
The action was taken at a meet
ing of the executive committee late
yesterday, after the national com
mittee gave Hamilton n vote of
confidence and refused to nccept
his resignation.
Soon after the committee reject
ed his resignation by a 74 to 2
voteesterday, Hamilton disclosed
he would make a tour of the Dull
ed States to solidify republican
power in stuto aiQ congressional
elections.
fie announced permanent head
quarters would be set up In n
dozen states where present or
ganisation was tempon that
state chairmen would lnfid vised
to hold state and county committee
meetings more frequently and that
he would attack the party's $9ul,
501 deficit with the aid of a spe
cial committee.
One of the first to congratulate
I he Kansnn after the vote was Rep.
Hamilton FIbIi of New York, whose
demand for "liberalization" of
party policies precipitated three
and a half hours of outspoken ora
tory at the committee's session.
"I'm a republican." said Fish.
"I'm going along with him. I just
wanted an opportuntt) to express
myself."
HOKEF-S OF S&IJtffi
MINISTERS ROSSBED
j
SALEM, Dec. IS. (AP)
Thieves failed to discriminate In
lw. - Onlnh. ,vr,n-.,B nil t tl r.l- on.
kUered and robbed the homes of two
lIUIllHlt?! a iiuiiUK l lit-ir biici rnnt-u
activities during the past few days.
White they and their families
were at church. rv. I,. W. John
son, of the First Church of God.
and Rev. J. F. Olthofr. of the First
German Hnnlist church, were re-
lipved of cash and other articles
from their homes. She cash loss
was reported as tl:&
A series ofQobberies were re
ported the post few days. In some
ipHtnnces valtinble Jewelry wns
taken from residences.
CfrOrdBd Wit ffiiStrHt
Girl or 12, VolicOJkiOn at
DuguWrteGureS E8G9
PITTSnURC.H. Dec. JJ. (API
TJist rici Attorney Andr7w T. A'urk
said todny Kiiiy-imlreil Murlln Sul
livan, veteran patrolman of subur
ban Duqiioane, confossod killing
five personB three of them women
for "revenge."
Park said the Oli-yoar-old officer
told lilm of stalking from lne to
house throiiKli ilark yards and
streets, firtnK shots from his ser
vice plslnl nt . one-lime friends and
neighbors.
The district attorney said "it was
simplv a question of revenge" af
ter Sullivan had beon charged
with mist renting a 12-year-old girl
and ordered held for trl?.l.
"The man claimed ho was being
framed and felt that people were
persecuting hun; so he tlecided. tp
TnoBe miled i'a8t night were:
square accounts, i ui'k saiu,
Mrs. Dr.ua.'
Bncon, rill-year-old
social worker.
Mrs. Mary Vukelja, 411, mother
of the 12-year-old girl.
Milan Vukelja, 19, her son,
Joseph Honda, 53.
Mrs. Helen Benda, 45.
;cusationis.
Park (g)ntinued:
"He wanted revenge on Mrs.
Vukelja for prosecuting him on
(irgus he claimed were false, (g)
"He claimed that Mrs. -Henna
$)had told Mrs. .Vukelja of rela
tions between him and trap Itttlo
girl. ffikllYfti. claims theso stories
are untrue. So he was angry at
Mrs. Renda.
"The parents of the Utile girl
had consulted with Mrs. Bacon, the
(Continued on
E YORK, Dec. 18 (P)
Iliam HofQan, who vit
to sleep with a lighted cigar-
3HS inis hand and cauQi ()
fi.in a roomirvgjhouse, which
cost U or five lr
($.anflg). to and chatf
fc)J with second Qj man-
QO9h0.
NEW YORK, Dec. 18 Five
persons were killed at dawn today
in a west side rooming house fire.
Four were burned to death In
side the four-story building on
West 73 i-d street, and one man
jumped to his death from o third
floor window when the fire cut
off his escape.
The man who Jumped to his
dentil was August Frank, 43.
The fire started from an unde
termined cause in I he room of
William Hoffman, third floor rear.
Four perished on the top. fjoor
when ,-ovcrconie by smoke. -jQ-y
were Elinor Duffleld, 32, ainf iter
eight 'weeks old son Henry, Jr.,
Nancy Green, 25, a sales clerk, and
her sister Mnrgaret, a bookkeeper.
Hoffman said he thought he
had dozed off on the bed In his
room while smoking a cigaretin.
When y) awoke he found the bed
and the room In Names, he said.'
and ran out of thebung.
TTESSJD SLOT
ffiCHfSES $IDED
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. K
tAP) Police and tho city coutici
took sepninte actions here In a
campaign against lotteries a fid slot
machines.
The police nrrepted 2fflersous
In raids, with charges iudinc
possession of loltery Mktilpment.
being behind closed doorS?ind visit
int? lottei
The coVfcll revolted t!(Qciiy li
censes of four store proprietors ac
cused of operating gambling de
vice. Ten others wtro given "an
other chance" and the ensea of six
were continued.
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Uta0r ib3r Strife
Not SW!d.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18.
(AP) KeKotiuMoiiH in the 50-day
Pacific const maritime strike near-
ed the point today of a vote' by
one union on whether to accept a
settlement proposal born after
hours of nouce conferences.
Exact Qmo of the vote was In
doubt. Harry Dundeberg, head of
the sailors' union, said he might
not submit the proposal to the
membership until ho returns from'
a contemplated trl to Seattle to
discuss provisions technical do
tails peculiar to tho Alaska trade.
He said he might fly north today.
Lundeberg indicated conferences
had resulted In tentative accord of
sailors and tho murine firemen,
with shipowners. The. cooks and
,0 to wards union reported progress
in -conferences on f he "workers' de
mands for an eigut-hour day owr
u 12-hour period.
All agree menU must bo ratified
by tho affected unions and ship
owners before any break hi tho
stiSKV of ueui ly !0,000 maritime
worTTers which has tied up 232
ships. Employers hnvo estimated
the total cost or the strike as high
as $7,000,000 dally, u total to date
of $310,000,000.
Further conferences were plan
nod today between shipowners arid
tlho cooks and stewards, whose
leader, E. F. Rurlie, reported con
ferees reached "a verbal accord on
certain sections dealing with work
ing conditions."
STRIKE SITUATION OVER
SHCS NO :pROVEMENT
(By the Associated Press.)
John U Lewis of tho committee
(Continued on page 0)
11 H
Wand Cralgmlles of Portland
has been elecled as teacher in the
Knglish department in Hoscburg
high school to Jjie position made
vacant by the Vjignullon of l.ova
Huchnuan, v. M. Lnmpuoii, cny
school superintendent, announced
today.
Miss craigmlii's urn had exten
sive training In die TTeld of Kng
lish, having studied at the Univer
sity of Oregon, University of Chi
cago. Illinois Woman's collego, and
University or Illinois. She receiv
ed -the degree of Master of Arls
from the UniverMly of Illinois.
Klncc gradusQ; from college
.MIbs CraigmllesTias had six years'
teaching experience. This Includes
work In the high school nl ren-
illeton. Oregon, and al Mllwaukee
Itowner colir-ge.
She will f ngln her work In lloe.
hurg at t.'ie opening of school
January 4, following llie Chrlsl
mas vacnlloni
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Christmas yia
TQo Shotgun Blasts Fired
Into His Chest by Boy
ChicQd for Scolding
His Mother,
CORVALUS, Dee. 18. (AP)
William Cahlll, right guard on the
Oregon State college football team,
fought for his life In a Corvallia
hospital today while authorities
hunted. 14-year-old Clyde Kills, a
seveulh-grade school pupil.
District Attorney Fred McHonry
of Benton county said the young
ster fired the two shotgun blasts
critically injuring tho Junior stu
dent from San Francisco.
Cahlll lectured tho boy for scold
ing bis mother, Mrs. Moss King,
about the food at last night's din
ner, the prosecutor said. The stu
dent "talked things over" with the
lad In his bQdlng house room
and when they canto dowMiaJairs,
Mc Henry said, Ellis ran O the
basement and returned with a shot-
Officers said Cahlll wns shot',
once and then again as he anpar
entiy sought to protect himself
with a chair.
The district attorney quoted the
step father, who called police when
he failed towialm the boy, that
he found EIiTh standing over the
unconscious football player with a
smoKing gun.
The shotgun charges struck Ca
0 in Hie right chest-ttnd shoul
der. AMiiougn the wountiH were
ctillca), hospital attendants said
he had a "good chance" lo rocover.
His condiilon today was reported
"satlstactory,"
A survey by the slnle highway
commission -of the North Unipqua
road from Roseburg to Rock creek
will be made If the action can be
legally taken, a Roseburg delega
tion was Informed at Portland yes
terday. Appearing before the com
mission, a delegatinnmposcd of
A. c Mn raters, W. C. Tiaiding and
Britt Nichols requested that the
Roseburg-Rock creek link be sur
veyed to join the location work
previously made between Rocli
croelrjind JXamond luke. This
final Qrvey Is necessnry, It was
pointed out, In oigr that, the im
provement work done by the coun
ty be made permanent and not
discarded when, at-somo future
dale, the rols laVn over ui
stale hlgliwiiyT as contemplated
The commission said It would In
vestigate whether It hnd a right
to make such n survey on n road
not now it 'part of the stale sys
tern, and that If the action Is IcufSy
.lil I Ml. II, tl. c
F. E). J.. lDGRGOJDS
' SISUS OPERATIC)!
no S TON, Dec. !. (AP)
Franklin O. itoosevclt son of
the president, underwent ithuccchs
ful oeration for correction of u
sinus infecilnn at ihimMnHsachu
setts (lenerul hospital Walay. Phy
sicians fluid the operation wns a
success anil his condition was "per
feet." -o-
DRIVER ACCUSED IiV
CAR-BICYCLE CRASh
GRANTS PASS. Dec. IS (AP)
A charge of reckless driving 1o
day faced Zelma Poole, Belling -
ham, Wash., on a complalnl filed
by District Attorney Smith In Jus
tice court. Howard II. forfeit
whose son, Frank, M, was Injured'
tit a hlcyfie-ear collision south of
Grants Pass Monday evening, plac
ed the charge,
Joseph Poole said In a subse
quent accident report that the side
of the car struck the bleyrle as
tho Poole automobile passed a sec
ond car. Physicians reported the
boy's back was torn almost to ihe
.ItidneyO
Among the seven persons
aboard the missing airliner be
ing sought In a mountainous re
gion of Utah are S. J, Samson,
the pilot (at top), and Gladys
Witt, stewardess (lower photo).
National attention was directed
to the romance eurroQding Miss
Witt, who took the stewardess
fobQyhen unable to decide be
vecn two suitors. Another wo
man on the ill-fated plane Is Mrs.
John Wolfe, nee 8tryker, of In
dependence, Oregon, who, with
her husband, was on a honey
moon, lolwlng their marriage
two weVlts ago.
CUBED FOR PIM
Search for Lost Airliner
With 7 Aboard Exgndj
... Over Wide Area.
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. IS
(AP) Searchers, bombarded
with "new clues," today spread
their hunt for n lost airliner nud
seven occupants hundreds of miles
over Utah's wide open spaces.
Twnnty-flve planes were enlist
ed In the expanded Honrch for llm
Western Air KxtirqM transport
which disappeared cWly Tuesday
between Los Angeles and Salt Lake
Gltv.
Roughly, today's hunt ranged
in an Irregulur quadrangle extend
lug southeast from Utah's capital
lo Ihe village of Alpine, thence
southwest to distunl Mil ford, hack
noli h west across the Great Salt
Duke desert lo the Nevada line
and hack east again to Salt Iakc
(ily.
Latest reports, coming ns the
hunt moved through the fourth
heart-hreaUing day, Indicated thu
possibility rouMlo but not ov?
looked -r thai, ihe miiig crau
may have lost the rudlnwm ami
swung westward toward Nevada,
The regular airline travels i
fairly even norlh-south course be
iwern MM ford nnd Knit Lake City
A. K. Cablan, Western air
spokesnifiii, Hld "at least 20 peo
pie" in a region l'i0 lo 120 miles
east of Tnuopah, Nev., had report-
(Continued on
CHIANG'S RELEASE
O
f
S(S2)N INDICATED
NANKING. Dec. 19 (Salnrdny)
- (AP) Generalissimo Chiang
"Kai-Shek "may be back in Nank
ing by Saturday," the r?ntral (of
ficial Chinese) news ag'vicy report
ed today.
Tho prediction was based on
letter, the agency said, which the
mlllliirv nvprlnrrl U'nt dorlnrntl lo
have been written lo War Miifjcr
Ho Ylng-Chiii Slnnfu where he is
hetd prisoner by Marshal Cluing
Hsneh Liang.
WliW I
ERIE
P0RT1USEO
Spanish. Rebels Sail Away;
w nen Americans rreparo
to KepljM intent to
Harm Doubted.
MADItlI.1, Dec. IS (AP) '
The insurgent cruisei' Eniuna fir
ed seven shots at tho United States
lestrover Erie In Port Musel, on:
the northern const,' the Febus
Spunlsh) news agency reported
todav.
The Amerlcnn vessel was not
struck bv the shells, the news
agencv declared, adding thnt tho
fascist gunboat hurriedly Hut the
harbor wheiiQhe Erie's nuns were
prepareil for action.
Tho Ki le entered Port mti!jy nt
s
Kebus reported. About nn .
hour Inter the Kspana apprnnchea
and fired the shots from her 12-
inch guns without warning, the
ULgency said.
P All of the shells fell about. 300 .
yarda boyond tho American vossnl, .
droiiing on a hlllsido behind tha
port, Fehus declared.
Sailors nhnard the Kile 'wero ;
iillied to their stations during theQ
shelling and began to remove, tho
covers from the destroyer's guns,
the agency Bald.
The Insurgent crulsor, however. :
Immediately stennied off nt full'
speed to the west without firing
further shots, l-ebus declared.
Officials of the Spanish suctnl
1st .government wore ronorted In '
vestigatlng the attack to make a
full statement to the Spanish mln
ister or mater ' .- - -
NO ACTION CONTEMPLATED '
BY AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 Thfi
state department announced today
that a shell fired yesterday by a
Spanish fascist cruiser In tho Port
of Musel, Spain, hit tho water 600
yards from the American gunboat
P;iie, which was anchored there
at tho lime. : ,
rite gunboat suffered no dnmage
and Its commanding offlcor, 'ro
porting the incident to Washing
ton, said there was nothing to in-
llcate the lOrlo was tho object oZ
tho Spanish warship's fire.
Musel Is the Port of (lljon. which
Is held by government forces.
The Erie's commander - advised
Ihe state department that the
cruiser, the Kspann, fried two
shells Into the port, from a ttis
Lfuncu of about 10.000 yards, The
nrsi shuck not rnr rrom the una
and tho second whistled overhead
into the hills behind 'the harbor.
mmedialely afterwnrd the Es
pana steam im! off to the westward.
The stain denarlment mild I in
American government contemplate
ed no action in the mat I or.
Tho Kilo had taken two Ameri
can cojahuIh to Musel lo check up
tlnitUenshlp pQnrs of re
(Continued on page 0)
U,SJilllBU?9
BffiSMS
PORTf.AND, Ore., Uec. 1S.-
I'lilled Slates National bunk has
Just concluded negotiations for tho
purchnsn of the Auerirnn National
bunk of Klumnth Falls. Actual
transfer of ownership will not tnkn
place until early In January.
Tho Amerlrim National bnnk
was cHtahMshcd In 1020. It has total
resources of $ t.K20.onr) ami Its do.
posits Inst month reached f2,20fi)
000. highest In lis history.
W. C. Pallnn, president nnd R.
M, lluhli. cashier, of tho Klumntli
Fulls bank, will retho from tho
Imnklug field In thiak city when
transfer of ownershlKlB nunlo.
Adilltlnn of this hanl: will malts
20 brunches nwned by the Unite!
States National nnd v. Ill place it
In competition with Transamerlca
corporation, which some tlmo ago
purchased First Natinnal bank otj
Kluniathalls. ' v
W. -
DEFTCIFNCY RELIEF
FUND TO BE ASKED
WARIIITON. Doc. IS. (APV
With tho opening of congress
only three weeks nfJ President
Uoosevelt snid today he would ask
n deficiency appropriation of about
r.(in.non,non to rnrrv on relief foe
the ret of the flscnl year.
Mr. lloosevelt said he had not In
tervened with the cenferenee nf
ninvnrs In slop WPA cuts, nnd sal9
relief estimates for Ihe next fiscal
year would be dnlnveil until sprint
Instead nf Including them In til.
regular budget In January, ,