While the President Tries to Overhaul Covt. Machinery, the Nation Would Prefer to See Him Re-Contact Overalls With the Machinery of Private Industry.
THE WEATHER
IUkIioaI tempetalure yesterday Si
lowest temperature last night 21
Prtcipltatiuu fur 24 bom's 0
Preclp. since first o( month .57
Precip. from Sept. 1, 4.D
Defii-leucy since Sop. 1, l!:Ui 11.0
Rains; not' below freezing.
CHASE IS ON
Strong clues are spurring the
hunt for Die Muttaon boy's mur
derer. All arrest may ho made
ut any tlmo. You'll not miss the
news if you follow dally develop
nionts In the NEWS-REVIEW
columns. '
VOL. ,L
NO. 141 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1937.-
VOU. XXVI NO. 221 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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Editorials
On the "'
Day's N ews
I'M IS kidnapers of little Chillies
Mattson stmt something they
are AFRAID TO FINISH, so they
dump the child's bruised, beaten,
DEAD body in the snow irnd run.
I . - . -
llf HAT can bo done with fiends
such a? Hint?
All that CAX be done Is to cap
ture them, convict them and exe
cilto them. They are ravening,
destroying beasts, and the only
thing to do with a ravening, de
stroying beast Is to KILL it before
it has the opportunity to destroy
again.
yilE purpose of law and taw
enforcement is to prevent crime.
Dut for the crime of kidnaping we
have ample law and severe penal
ties, and so efflcent In recent years
has been enforcement of the kid
naping laws that the only major
kidnaper left at large Is the beast
that carried off and slew the little.
Mattson boy.
All that remains is to find him
and destroy him.
"OVERNOIt MARTIN, ill nd-
dressing the legislature, offers
to the lawmakers only this bit of
mlvlee:
DON'T ROCK THE BOAT.
Oregon, ho says, Is doing pretty
well. ;in.. comparison witli other
stales,- and- his advlce-is-to goou,
doing, well.
TTHE people of Oregon, at the
last election, defeated EVERY
LAW" submitted to them. The leg
islature enn't do that well, and
' (Continued on page 4.)
PEDDLERS OF DOPE'
PEIPING China. Jan. 13. AP)
An estimated 50,000 onlookers
watched five narcotics peddlers
executed today on the broad stops
of the world-famous Temple of
Heaven.
Tho executions were the second
in Ohina'n anti-narcotics crusade
and were performed with gruesome
fanfare.
The thousands of witnesses
watched intently, biit with no sign
of emotion as the condemned men.
shackled and hound, were forced to
kneel in front of the rifle squads
and bo killed with bullets through
their skulls.
Tho nlmost ceremonial killings
started with a bonefire of 10.000
ounces of assorted narcotics which
wore seized after tho "be cured by
New Year's or die" drive , started
this month.
After the contraband had been
burned, the shackled prisoners
were drafted to the scene and
forced to pos for photographs for
use by the authorities in their cru
sade. "Take nil you want," one victim
Rbouted byslerirnlly. The others
cringed in silence.
State Townsend Units Abolished;
Substitute for Oregon Considered
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 13. (AP)
Incorporation of the "People's Re
covery Alliance," designed to per
petuate Oregon's Townsend espous
ing organization, came to light to
day at the same time llr. Ralph I.
Shadduck. slnle Townsend mali
nger, announced a meeting of
Townsnd leaders to decide whether
the state set-up should be aban
doned. Q
Dr. Rhnddurk said Townsend rep
resentatives from the state's three
congressional districts would meet
In Portlnnd Sunday.
0 The announcement followed re
ceipt of copies of the Townsend
National Weekly which said all
state organizations' would be dis
solved and lhat nntlcnnl headquar
ters would maintain control throueh
units in each congressional dis
trict. Pr. Shadduck said the new In
corporation had no Intention of
"antagonizing' national headquar
ters, but that "the people cf Ore
gon are determined to hold the
Townsend movement together to
back up tbe principles of the
. i : . i 0 t
FORMER CONVICT SOUGHT IN
FINGERPRINT
CHECKOBJEC
OF OFFICERS
Autopsy Reveals Abducted
Youth Was Stabbed, Also
Beaten Several Days
Prior to Death.
FOLSOM, Calif., Jan. 13.
(AP) Folsom prison authori
ties received word today that
federal officials are seeking
Fred Orrin Haynes, former
two-time convict, in connec
tion with the Mattson kidnap
ing. The nature of the evidence
pointing toward Haynes v v
not disclosed but It was stated
the criminal Identification
bureau at Sacramento had
been asked to check oh Hay
nes fingerprints.
TACOMA. Wash., Jan. 13. (AP)
Law officers hunted v long
knife today as one of the most
important clues to the identity of
Charles Mattson's kid nap-killer.
The knife was used In Inflicting
a deep wound in the kidnaped boy's
back before he was slain by a blow
on the head.
The Assocated Press learned of
the knife hunt and confirmed rum
ors of the stab wound from several
reliable) sources.
"riie ,same v sources.:; said t;the
wound '.was narrow, apparently
made by a long slim blade. They
could not say whether a carving
knife, stiletto or large penknife
had been used, but hazarded the
weapon was one of the three.
The .wound was ono of the chief
reasons for the autonsy performed
under orders of the federal bureau
of investigation Monday nighl.
None of the sources would stale
definitely 10-year-old Charles hat!
been attacked by a pervert (Inl
ine bis cantivity. though they did
admit he had apparently been sub
jected to beating and abuse for
several days before his death.
Struggle Evidenced
In examinations made when the
body was found, physicians discov
ered ample evidence to prove
Charles fought desperately for his
life. The body wns covered with
bruises and scratches atrl the fing
ers were spread ns though he had
clawed with all his strength .
Officer believed it cer:n'n be
had crabbed his slayer ninny times
hut found no definite e'uienre ho
had clawned the man's skill enough
so the marks might be recognized.
Autonsy physicians did not reveal
whether bits of skin bad been
found under the child's fingernails
along with the clay imbedded
there. '
The knife hunt and wide-spread
(Continued on page 6)
BURNS FROM STOVE
KILL AGED WOMAN
PORTLAND. Jan. in (API
Mrs. Mallnda Sltchnn, 72, (Hod to
day of burns received when her
clothing caught fire ns she sat
beside a stove at her home, tier
daughter suffered third degree
burns on the arms and hands at
tempting to extinguish Hie flu'.',, -a.
Townsend plan and to sustain the
peonle they have elected to office."
The National Weekly said lack
of "concentration in congrf BRlonal
districts cost us at least 100
congressional seats in tho last
election."
The order from national bond
nuarters closes the state office In
Portland Saturday. Dr. Shadduck.
who operates a naturopathic clinic
in Portland, was in Salem attend
ing the legislature In the Interests
of his pension organization.
The Townsend leader said form
al approval or disapproval of the
"Peonle's Recvoery Alliance' would
be elven at the Portland meeting.
He named as Incorporators three
members of Ihe third district
Toisend board Mrs. Vyloa Ay
erv. C. V. Mitchell and L. I,. Lee
and M. C. Alhev and Eugene Burr,
also of Portland.
Dr. Shadduck said he did not
know whether he would accept tho
state managership, if It was offer
ed him. until be knew "all the con
ditlons. I have had enough
politics to last me for the next six
or eigbt months or longer."
A utomotive Workers' Strike
Found Corpse Of
' Slain Mattson Boy
Hunting rabbits in the snow
six miles south of Everett, Wash.,
led Gordon Morrow, above, 19,
to tke dead body of Charles Matt
son,...:. 10-year?old. boy kidnaped
from his Tacoma home. Gordon
stumbled over the nude corpse
as It. lay face upward In ihe
snow. j
Six Projects for Guidance
of Agriculture Listed
at Conference Here.
A six-point agricultural program.
to be proposed for county-v. hie
activity under grange sponsoi ship.
was adopted at a conierence Here
Tuesday .afternoon. The conferees
included members of grange agri
cultural committees, masters of
granges and Interested members.
together with representatives ol
the stale college extension service.
Projects adopted In the county-
wide program are:
1. Cooperation with the Btate
grange agricultural committee In
weed control.
2. Cooperative buying.
3. Cooperative selling.
4. Protection of the dairy indus
try.
5. inclusion of 4-11 club wont in
county projects.
G. outlook reports at tin grange
meetings.
Under the weed control project
each subordinate grango agricul
tural committee Is to he asked to
ascertain the acreage In each com
munity infested with noxious
weeds. A report will then be sub
mitted to Fred A. Uoff, agricultural
chairman of Pomona grnnge, and
definite plans will be made at a
(Continued ' on page 6)
LANDONS TO LIVE
ON 160-ACRE FARM
TOPEKA, Kas., Jan. 13 (AP)
Once again "Just a plain citi
zen" of the prnirie state from
which hei 'husband rose to bid for
the nat Ion's hiRhest honor, M rs.
Air M. Landon turned her thoughts
happily today toward a new adven
ture life on a farm.
Announcing the purchase of n
160-acre suburban place. Mrs. l,an
don expressed a zest for her first
taste of rural life.
The Iandonn plan to build n co
lonial style, white washed brlrk
home containing 12 or 14 room?
on their farm.
DEFER CAN YONVILLE '
RED CROSS MEET
The meeting of the Red Oofs
first aid class scheduled for K
o'clock tonicht at Canyonvllle. was
nostnoned late today because of
road conditions. Ah some of tho
members of the class live at some
distance from Canyonvllle and on
roads made slippery by Ice and
ti now. Miss Kdna Brown. Instruc
tor, this afternoon ordered post-
, ponement of the meeting to a later
date.
1
OF U. S. GOVT.
FACES BUTTLE
Republicans Joined by Some
Democrats in Plans to
Defeat Roosevelt's
New Proposal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. (AP)
Some demomats joined republi
cans toda" in opposing portions of
tbe Roosevelt program for govern
ment reorganization, amid efforts
of administration leaders, to agree
on the best methods of assuring en
actment. Although few' took exception of
tho president's request for six.
more assistants, arguments center-1
ed on these major points:
1. Should tho executive be em
powered to consolidate the 3 00 in
dependent a g e n cles. especially,
those with quasi-judicial functions
like the interstate commerce, com
mission. Into the regular cabinet
departments?
2. Should congress go beyond
tho rcconimendnilons and econ
omize by hundreds of millions?:
The president estimated a 530,000,-
00ft Hiiv nc.
Should tho Vomntroller cener-
al's office be stripped of much au
thority, as proposed?
4. Should ihe civil service sei-
up, If revised, be based polelj; on
competitive examinations?
G. 'O. P. Opposition Forms
Tho republican leadership in sen
ate and house mado plans to cnu
cus, once the administration bill
Is introduced, in an attempt to
unite tho opposition.
Senators v'denberr (It.. Mich.)
nnd Uridgea (K., N. J.), both men
tioned as possibilities for tho
nresldential nomination In 1040. In
dicated determination, to war
ninst much of tho Iloosevcll
Pb.
Mnit s""'ovters of the president
loft the talking to the opposition
frvtiiilnurvl on pace fi
T
Reorganized Hoy Scout activities
In Douglas county will be directed
by Dr. K. .1. W'alnscott, who was
elected last night, to head the Rose
burg district council, named at a
meeting held Monday night. Dr.
Wainscott has agreed to accept the
position and will take Immediate
charge of the reorganization work
now in progress.
Dr. Wainscott has had previous
experience lu Scout work. He Is
past president and past lieutenant
governor of the Klwunis club.
He reported today lhat commit
tee appointments will be announc
ed In the near future.
It was decided at a conference
last night to hold regular meet
ings or the district con "-II on the
fourth Monday of each mouth. The
field executive, It. W. Doman, will
spend the fourth week of each
month in the Hnseburg district
meeting with Scout troops, lead
ers and committeemen.
Full arrangements for getting
scout activities under way in the
Itoseburg district have been made
and tho flnancml support is to he
provided through a canvass to be
made In a dawn-to-dusk drive next
Monday.
2-WAY FINES HIT
SLOT MACHINE THEFT
IMLLRHOHO, .Ian. 13. (AP) A
deputy sheriff arrested four men
on rharees of stealing a slot ma
chine. When the district attorney
heard the machine had been re
covered, he Impounded it and or
dered tho owner, tieoro Leo Reed,
arrested on n rluuee of conducting
j a patne of chance.
! Ralph McKlnney. 29; Thatles
Dubois. 23: Kdward Dubois. 22. and
! 11. W. Nus bun m, 22. ull of KhIii-
enda. v.ere fined ISO each In Jus
lice court for taking the machine
from the linn Hart restaurant at
Timber. Reed, the owner of the ma
chine, paid a $25 Tine, urlnf $11(10
In nickels from tho recovered ma
chltio to pay part ot the penalty.
MATTSON
IK CONTROL
LAW REPEAL
AIM OF BILL
Price Gap Protests Cited
by Lessard; Doctor Call
For Drunken Driver
Cases Assailed.
SALKM. Jan. 13. (AP) Sena
tor Lessard of Multnomah county
announced today he would intro
duce a hill calling for repeal of the
state milk control act of l'Jli'i.
'I have received many letterd
stating the milk prices In other
places were below 12 cents and
that Portland was the only city
(paying 12 and 14 cents for milk,"
Lessard declared In giving the rea
sons . for Introducing the measure.
'I he Oregon senate was in ses
sion only five nirViutes today while
four bills were dropped into, tho
hopper.
Senator W. E. Hurft Yamhill
county, sponsored a bill n -vepoal
ltUifi amendment to the cu'iu.ken
driving law, whereby motorlstn ac
cused of Intoxication have been
allowed to call a phBleinn of
their own choice to detorniMi'S the
jtaxteut of their Intoxlcntion.
"Two law-enforcing agencies mot
In convention this year and -denounced
the amendment as lead
ing to evasion of the drunke.i driv
ing law," Purko said. . "The two
agencies, sheriffs and district at
torneys, are uuderdood to ho In
favor of elimination of lh-3 amend
ment."
Senator Ilurke. snld odny Hint
if his bill Is passed, choice of a
physician would rest entirely with
the, arresting officer. '
Aviation Bills Appear
Three bills dealing with aviation
affairs appeared, sponsored In the
senate by Senators Dickson and
(Iraham of Portland, and by Rep.
Wagner, also of Portland. .
The first hill of the trio called
for the purchase and operation of
an airpiaue lor me use oi me
state. The second avlalK'H bill put
forward would establish 'on lug re
gulations adjacent to certain air
ports, and would remove obstruc
tions to aerial navigation.
A refund of the state (ax on
aviation gasoline was requested in
the third hill sponsored by the
Multnomah legislators. It was
pointed out money from Ihe levy
goes into the state highway fund, a
department having noconne.itloii
(Continued on page II)
NEGRO ARRESTED IN
BATHTUB MURDER
NHW YOItK, Jan. 13. ( AP)
Tile bathtub slaying of pretty Airs.
Mnry Robinson Cuse came to n
swil't und unexpected denouement
today when investigators scl.od o
33-year-old Harlem negro and
charged blin with tho crime.
Thirty-six hours afler tho 25-year-old
hoilHewlfe was strangled
and beaten to dealh in Jicr Jack
son Heights, Queens, apartment,
District Attorney Charles 1'. Sul
livan announced that Major
Greene, negro employed in the
ui'urtmcut building, had been
charged with the woman's murder.
DIVE INTO RIVER
KILLS MOTORIST
PORTLAND, Jan. 1:1 (AP)
Alex Klohk. f:i, marhlnlst at Ilou-
neville dam. lost his life today
when his automobile skidded on
the slush-covered highway, plung
ed over a 2'M.foot cliff and landed
In the Sandy river.
The car dropped Into six feet
of water. Iturulne headlights were
still visible under the water when
the officers arrived.
The accident occurred nboul IB
miles from here near the upper
Handy river bridne.
SECURITY MONEY
ALLOTTED OREGON
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (AP)
(iinnls totaling Jl,2r.i!.0ir, (or
public osstntatice weio announced
todny by tbe norlal security Dnaro
Tbe grunis. covering the perind
from Jan. I to Msrch .11. Included
Oregon, $377.."5!i (or aged, and 510,
4 ID (or blind.
Tor the year Oregon received
1.3."iS.S2S .35 for the needy aged
and 127.716.02 for the needy blind
MURDER
Extended
AT ST.
ARE AFFECTED
Negotiations Hit Impasse
as 200,000 Remain Idle;
Coast Situation Is
Not Improved.
lly tho Associated Press.
' 'A genoriil inipusso in Hlrikone
gotiutiiins held some 200.0UO work
ers idle ill the United Suites while
tlircuts of new walkouts nnd "sit
downs" prestiged uddltlonitl unem
ployment loduy.
Another uutotnotivo strike do
velupgd ill St. Louis, willed liy Unit
ed Automobile Workers of America
In tile Fisher body nnd Chcftolot
plnnts of General Motors. It was
tho tenth Fisher plnnt anil olitlith
Chevrolet ussembly lino affected.
Gov. Frank Murphy of Michigan,
spurred by a riot Monday night at
Flint, cnlled officials of General
Motors corporation and leaders of
striking automobile workers to a
conference at uuinlng tomorrow.
Ho ordered a concentration of
nearly 2,000 national guardsmon at
Flint to hulk any further violence
nfc the strike-bounds tptsher..- ,body
plant, No. 2. '
"Finish Fignt" Lewis
At Washington Chairman John
L. Lewis of tho committee for In
dustrial organization, with which
the striking automobile unionists
ure nrrilialed, promised a "finish
right" against General Motors and
declured ho would ask n congres
sional Investigation or tho corpora
tion.
I'ho total number of corporation
employes mado idle rose to 113,000.
The Pacific coast maritime walk
out, involving 40,000 men, still was
unbroken desplto negotiations.
The Atlantic und gnir coast mart
tlmo dispute still wns deadlocked.
Strikers claim 21,3110 men out.
l.lbbev-Owens Ford and Pitts
burgh Glass company t leaps, In-
olving 13,000, were unbroken uy
negotiation attempts.
NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE
IN PACIFIC COAST STHIKt
SAN FUANCISCO, Jan. 13.
..lit M......I i.li-a fiti lll'.itWlill
deck officers and offslioro ship
owners lunoreu euriy luuuy niwuiu
a settlement plan In tho mnrlllino
strike tvlillu other peaco efforts in
llio 70-iluy conflict remained In a
clouded status.
At one mi ni. II. I'. Mclnlkow, ad
visor to tho officers' union, , an
nounced tbe conforees wore near
(Continued on pligo 6)
J
TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 13. (AP)
Waving a large revolver, a lone
unmasked mini held up the Uncolu
brunch of the Puget Sound Nation
al bank at 1tl::iu a. in. loduy. es
caping with $1,000 In silver and
currency.
The man rorceil employes or ine
bank l.ilo the vault, but neglected
to lock I hem In.
Traveling In what wns believed
to he a stolen automobile, be fled
southward out of the city, clnselv
pursued by Manager Charles w.
Greening nnd Cashier It. S. Coul
ter. Coulter emptied n rifle at
the nutomoblle several limes with
out apparent effect. The two bank
employes were forced to give up
tbe eliane near Spanway, some in
miles south of the linnk, when tney
ran out of ammunition.
The hnld-np hiilldll seized a sack
containing 11.000 In currency nnd
ii package of $510 III silver from
tbe bnnk vault.
MRS. WEMME DENIES
CHARGE OF BRIBERY
POItTl.ANI). .Ina. 13 (AP)
A plea n( not guilty by Annn F'rnnr.
Wemme brought an order (rom (ed
oral court for her trial January 2'
on a charge of, offering a $100
bribe to Mnnlev Strayer, deputy
t'nlted States attorney. In connec
Hon with proceedings Inst full up
on n Judgment obtained ngnlnst
her husband.
PLANTS
LOUIS
2 MEXICAN
PLANES LOST;
12 ON BOARD
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 13.
(AP) Hope virtually ' was
abandoned today for twelve
persons aboard two airplanes
missing in wild country near
Minatitlan, Vera Cruz.
The first plane to disappear
was a Mexican aviation com
pany airliner with six passen
gers and a crew of three
aboard. It was lost Monday
either in marshlands or high
mountains near Minatitlan,
which it was approaching on a
flight from Mexico City.
The other plane, privately
owned, carried two passengers
and a pilot. It apparently was
last heard from shortly after
ihe ar!7er liner dropped from
view but was not reported
missing until today.
Armv and civilian plnnes, al
ready hunting the first plane,
widened the search over lofty
mountains in Vera Cruz state.
Other rescue parties composed
of soldiers and guides on horse
back, penetrated the jungles
and swamps near Minatitlan.
T
cxoiorer Fatally Hurt in
r- i . v
Plane Crash Hunted Big
Game With Camera.
OHANUTE. Kus.. Jan. 13. (AP)
Martin Johnson's home towii
found It hard to ba'ljve todnv-that
the world adventurer who followed
tho most savage .iunele trulls with
impnltv, met death in an accident
of clvlllzntlon a transport plane
crash in California.
Only Mnndav Johnson had com
plained jokingly ot tho perils of a
modern world.
'Why, I almost got killed by a
taxi this morning," tho bald, keen-
evod exploror said as tho stopped
off at Salt I.akn City on their fnto-
fu) westward piano trip.
nelweon their trips to tho far
corners of tho world, ,tho explorer
nnd hie ourngeous wife, 'always
found tlmo to visit the town of
their romance and mnrrlago.
In IDUfi Chnnuto nnmed its mu
nicipal airport the lWurtln Johnson
field In honor of its two ruinous
citizens. At least twice they
brought their travel pictures to
Chunuto for premier showings.
It was In Chnnuto Hint Johnson
first met his bride. Then a grado
school graduate, Osn Helen Lolghty
sang nt a theater where bo show
ed pictures of a trip around the
world. Later ho Invited her to In
dependence, IiIb homo. They were
married Muv in, 1(110.
Hsd Flair For Travel
Johnson had wandered from the
time he was H years old. seeing
America, traveling to England on
n cattle boat, eventually drifting
(Continued on page 0)
"Flu" Still Mild in Oregon, But
Wave Threatens, Warning Issued
PORTLAND. .Ian. 13. (AP) A
wave of Influenza, sweeping west-j
ward, threatened Oregon today but
"whether It will become set iotm ro-1
malued problemaMcal, Dr. Kred-1
erlck Strldier, stale health officer.;
said. '
"It Is onlv mild In Oreuon ho
far," said Dr. SlrfcKer. "I can't say
how mnny rases there are but the:
Infection In nulle (tenernl In Port
land nnd also Is occurring In many
parts of tho state.
"While penerallv It In not yet
serious, so far as older eote are
concerned, especially people be
vend AO ynr of ace. It Is serious.
We will not kiinw how far-rearblne
It Is until (he second or th'td
waves, which nsu-Oly follow the
first, hit the slate."
A weeldv health rnort showed
a total of 171 new ruses, an In
crease ef 1?4 over the nrevloim
week. "There are. of course. mnv.
manv times more new cases than
that.' Dr. Htricker said.
Warnlni; that Influenza "It nn
extremely infectious disease," Th.
Strieker unltl tho BymptomB uro
SECOND OF 1 3 '
ON I LINER
ALSO EXPIRES
Mrs. Johnson, Along With
Others, Severely Hurt;
Co-Pilot Receives
, Broken Skull.
I.OS ANGELES,. Jan. 13. (AP)
Murtin Johnson, noted explorer,
died today of Injuries suffered In
yesterday's Western Air express
trinnsport crush, tiio second fatality
among the 13 persons aboard the
ill-fated airliner. Johnson was , 62
years old.
The big gome hunter had Buffer
ed a concussion, fractures of both
legs, multiple fractures of both
jaws, fractured nose and severe
shock. Ho was brought to the hos
pital early today after receiving
emergency trontment Inst night In
a rnnger lookout 1
With his wife. Osn. his compan
ion on many African safaris with
movio cameras, Johnson wns on
his way to fill a series of lecture
engagements In southern Califor
nia. -
The Johnsons were to havo ap
peared last night nt the Pasadena
civic auditorium In nn Illustrated
lecture on "Homco." After spon
sors learned of their Injury, 3,250
ticket purchasors were given re
funds. The first words Bpoken by Mrs.
Johnson whon she recovered from
the shock of the forced landing
wore: "Where's my husband? Is he
badly hurt?" . . ; -,. :
JolniBon nt, the time was. delir
ious nnd screaming from pain nnd
shock.
Braden Cruehbd 6 Death
James A. TJrudon, president of a
Cleveland, Ohio, Ink company, was
crushed to deuth between two seats
whon tho two-motored plane pnn
cakod on a fog-shrouded mountain
side 15 mites from union air ter
mlnul, Its destination nt Burbnnk
on a flight from Salt Lake City. 1
Co-Pllot Clifford P. Owens nnd
A. U Lnomls, of Omaha, Nob., n
passenger, were critically hurt, but
none of those riding In the big nil
mot.nl craft escaped without some
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KILLED BYEHE
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13. (AP)
A freight locomotive bucking up
in the dnrkness on the Mojnve dos
ert ron over a section crew killing
eight men, tho Union Pacific rail
road salt) today.
, Tile accidnnt occurred outsldo
Tlrant, a smiiH town on the mnin
lino 75 miles west of Las Vegas,'
Nov.
Tho crew had boon called out at
3 a. in. to clear snow from the
tracks at Shun, 10 miles west of
limit. The men wore using a small
motor car. Slma Is tbe top of the
bill, Ihe down grado of which lends'
Into tho San riornnrdlno valloy.
Only tho foroinan of tho crow,.
Vernal A. Anderson, 38, has been
Identified, the railroad office said.
Tho engineer of tho locomntlvo, '
W. H. flnlll, salt! ho was backing
up to Simn. lie struck the crow's
motor enr nboutM.OOO feet from tho
llriint station. .
headache, dizziness, body pntn nnd
Kreat museular weakness, with
fever and catarrhal dlsehaniea, llo
said sufferers should ro to bed Itn
medlnlely nnd isolate themselves,
inasmuch as tho disease quickly
travels from person to person.
Failure to tako nroper precau
tions will lend to brnnchlnl and
luntr Infections, he snbl. "It Is lm
pnrtnnt that persons III with Influ
enza should reeoRtiixe that they
have It and not pretend U Is only
n cold" Dr. Strieker added.
A total or 113 new cases of
pneumonia wns reported, n Katn of
II over Inst week, with Mnltnonmlt
reporting B6 nnd Marlon 12.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13. (AP
The nubile health service report
r"t tndav n sharp Increase In rases
of Influenza for tho week ended
Jan. n.
P.cnorled rnsci for the week to
tnlled JUR7. conmared with 1.W9 In
the nrevlous week. Officials om
nhnslred thai tbA renorts were 111
comnlelo. nnd thnt the nuereirntn
number of rases over tho ronntry
might he much larger,