The Administration Points With Pride to the Big Gain in Home Building in 1936. How About Putting the National Industrial-Labor House in Order?
THE WEATHER
Highest temperature yesterday 41
I-mve.Hl tt-iiiciuiuiw lust night 31
Precipitation Tor U himrs 01
lrci-ii. alnco rhul nf iiioiiIIi 2.17
Prerlp. from Sep. 1, l'.i:!C li.sr,
iH-fii-leney since Sep. 1, 19:IC ll.SS
6nows or rain.
STRIKES
They'll be dealt with In labor
union bills ilun in the Oregon
legislature next week. A hot
fight la the offing. Keep posted
through the news service of the
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NO. 230 OP ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY. JANUARY 23, 1937.
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Editorials P IT LOOMS
o.u. UtfER BILLS TO
DaNew.1 COBBSTRIKES
. Ily FRANK JUNK1NS
tlOWAIt!) HI1GH1CS, who cross
. fid tho country fust or the olh
or day than uny human being ever
tin vp In (I it similar distance before,
gets Ilia' 11 vint? out nf oil and
movies. Ho flies speed pianos as
.a hobby.
He IHIILDS thorn as well. Tho
"winged bullet,' in which his record-breaking
trip was made,, was
built In hfH own factory at Ilur
bank. California.
I IIS job has made him a million-
aire. Ills hobby has made hi m
world-famous. Hobbies, you son,
nrft worth while.
I IK FLEW in nn open plane,
1 through I he ley substratos
phere, which is tho thinner upper
air above the denser air wo
breathe. In this thinner uir, at
mospheric resistance Is greatly
reduced, making possible higher
speed. , -
If wo could drive automobiles
through the - sub-stratosphere, we
rould attain . speeds that would
make nindoru ground speeds seem
like crawling. lint we can't", be
cause there .are no highways up
there. . - . ' ,
The stratosphere Is reserved for
lirships. Whe.ii it is . conquered,,
engineers and designers promise
us speeds dwarfing anything we
now know.
IF YOU want to get an Idea of
what lowered sir resistance
means, swing a lath, with the
broad side to the nii at sea level,
then climb to the summit of Mount
Shasta and swing your lath there.
Even at this moderate elevation,
sllll far under the sub-strntosphere
in which Hughes travoledyou, will
find the resistance to your lalh
(Continued nn nneo A.)
MEED OF SCHOOLS
. SALEM, Jan. 23. (AP) Di
vulging an increased expenditure
for the year ending June 30,
the audit of tho state dei.artment
of higher education commented
that "it is apparent new sources of
revenue must be forthoiTming or
curtailment nf the department' ac
tivities wovld bo necessary."
Inspection of the secretary of
state's audit, just completed, re
vealed current fund disbursements
for tho year were $5:1.329 in excess
of the current fund income, or an
Increase in expenditures of 4. Si
per cent In expenditures over the
previous year.
One of the direct causes of the
Increased expenditure, the audit re
port pointed out. was the 8.S2 pel
cent increase in enrollment, bring
ing the student bodies nt the five
institutions within approach of the
3932 "normal year." Salaries for nn
enlarged teaching staff likewise
added to the Increase.
Arguments on Proposed Repeal of
Milk Control Act Heard at Salem
SAt.EM. Jan. 23 (AP) The
opening bnlllp over the milk con
trol net staged in the hoilso cham
ber here last night saw a capacity
crowd listen to vlrws of opposite
factions nt the public hearing be
fore the Oregon leglslalure.
During Hie two-hour session ar
guments for and against the pro
posed repeal of the IMS statute
dealing the milk control bonnl
wore given by milk producers and
distributors and delegations from
consuming groups.
Senator Dellmore Lessard. Mult
nomah eonntv. sponsor of the re
peal hill, hejd that the law was
primarily nimed as a supplemen
tary measure to the nntlonal AAA
and NRA acts. He said the "very
purpose for which th law J as
passed was out or existence. "q
I.essnnl, who Is also sponsoring
a hill to provide school children
with free milk, clerlnred that chil
dren all over Ihe state were fv
coWIng nn insufficient quantity of
Battle Lines Being Drawn
Over Measures Before
Legislature; Clark
One of Sponsors.
ny CLAYTON V. I1ERNHARD.
; SALEM, Jan. 23. (AP) Close
upon the heels of the statistical
flurry over the now famous million
dollar error In the "Oregon state
budget, which threw tho legisla
tive ways and means commlttoo in
to a quandary, butllo lines were
beinc drawn for Clio assembly's
consideration of the so-called antl
strike bills scheduled early next
week.
To precipitate Immediate action
cm two proposals already Intro
duced Into tho bouse, tne identi
cal measures will be Introduced In
the senate Monday by those favor
ing their passage. Sponsors an
nounced tho senate bills will carry
the names of Senators (Mark of
Roseburg. Dunn of Ashlnnd nnd
Duncan of Burns.
The move was designed to force
quick pi action on the house bills,
one which would prevent sym
pathy strikes nnd lock-outs and
the other to require registration
of Inbor unions, by the members
of the house labor and industries
committee. That committee was
considered pro-labor whilo the sen
ate labor committee was declared
to lean to the other side,
i In addition to these two propos
als, the controversy will take In
two other bills not yet tntroduc
led but 'which have been prepar
ed by -the nnti-iahor proups and rep
resentatives of growers' organiza
tions which have been hard hit by
the maritime strike. One of these
would call for a 30-day compulsory
arbitration and the other "would re
quire registration of aU pickets.
Producers over the state are
showing united front in defense of
their own interests in support of
these measures. On the other hnnrt
the organized labor leaders have
been rush in r In lobby reinforce
mnts to assist in the scran. These
bills will be nlred in public hear
ings -before floor debates, com
mittees announced. .
Error Upsets Hopes
The budget error uncovered dur
ing the past week nnd which ov
ershadowed all other events of the
second week of the legislature,
meant a delny In the ways and
menus consideration of biennial
appropriations and seriously im
paired hopes for termination of
the session shortly after the con
stitutional 40-day period. Predic
tions were the session would reach
fiO days. Legislators must serve
without their $3 a day pay after
the 40 dnys.
Reports of ninny other errors
in the slate budget have aroused
legislators to a thorough Investiga
tion of the entire report and have
brought out caustic crftich.m of ad
ministration officials. A bill will
he dropped in the svnate Monday
calling for abolition of the budget
department and placing that work
in tho hnnds of board of control.
Govornornor Martin said be was
not seriously concerned over the
error which he tenm J a "hook
keeping mistake." V'r.c million dol
lar shortage on estlmaies for ap
propriation t "wiil mean the boys
will be muihle to spen.I so, much
money," ihe governor said, adding
"look at the federal budget; no
two neople have ngreed on Its fig-
vires.'
Liquor Ad Ban Slain
The week just passed failed to
bring out final action on any of
(Continue!) nn page (!)
milk and laid this condition at the
door of the milk control net. ns nn
evidence of "exorbitant prices."
This contention wns denied by
Chester Mulkev. McMinnville pro
ducer, who held that the milk con
trol net was not associated with
Ihe. AAA.
Dairyman Cites Losi
C. A. Ruogge, Oresham. spoke
for the repeal group, saying: "I
am Ihe kind of a dairyman who
would like to run his own business;
when 1 am not able to sell all the
milk I produce nt top price, I'm
willing to step out." He produced
a set of statistics selling out that
for similar amounts of milk he re
ceived $117.10 before the milk
control, and SS7.06 after milk con
trol was Instituted.
"Kverv day I lose 12 out of this
milk control act," Ruegge conclud
ed. In general, the speakers for re-
(Continued on pago 6)
Bandon Man in
Spain Protests
U. S. Aid Ban
VALENCIA, Spain, Jnn. 23.
(AP) Tho U. S. government's ac
tion in Invoking a 190U law Im
posing a $1,000 fine and a pri
son sentence on anyone enlisting
In the United States for servlco in
a foreign war brought a protest to
day fmin D. J). Dickinson, Handon,
Ore.
Dickinson, spokesman for a
group of American pilots on the
socialist government side, In voic
ing his objections to Ambassador
Claude Bowers ulso urged Bowers
to use his influence to have the
United States arms 'embargo lift
ed In favor of the Spanish gov
ernment. The flier's protest said Ameri
cans fighting on tho government
side "volunteered their services
because of anti-fascist Ideals and
are not receiving pny other than
that given to .Spaniards or the
same rank."
(The U. S. state department al
so recently Invoked a law ca I
celling the citizenship of anyone
inking an oath of allegiance to a
foreign stnte nnd said it wns mark
ing passports "not valid in
Spain.")
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Former Roseburg Business
Man Was Son of Early
Day City Marshal.
Claude R. Cannon,; 65, long-time
resident of Roseburg, died at his
home in "Portland ''Friday,-- accord
ing to word received here last
night
Son of James Cannon, early day
city marshal of Roseburg, he vas
engaged for a number of ears
here as proprietor of a book store
nnd was RoHcburg's first automo
bile agent. Prior to his business
activities In Roseburg be served
as an official in the customs bur-
vau in Alaska.
He was quite prominent in tarly
d,y sports activities In Roseburg
and wub also a member of one of
the city's first bauds.
He was past exalted ruier or
the Roseburg lodge of Eiks.
Most of Mr. Cannon's ooyhsod
was spent nt Silverton. Oregon,
wbero he was a chum oi the late
Homu Davenport,, famous cartoon
ist. Surviving are a son, W. V. Can
non, a daughter, Mrs 'looi-go
f'nwne, both of Portland, nr-' three
sisterMrs. J. H. Upton. Bend:
Mrs. i L. Johnston, M'lwuukK
aim Airs. j. w. liaskiil, Kan An
geles.
Tim body is to be brought to
lioypbuvg, and funeral servies
will lie held In the. chapel of the
uougms Mineral home at M a. m,
Monday, Rev. Pcrrv Rmi'h oii'i
claiiii". Services will be c'oR.ed "by
tne vlUM lodge. Inte'-rncnt wilt
take place in the Masonic come
cry. AUTO BLOW KILLS
EX-ROSEBURG MAN
Word was received here toilnv
of tho denlb at Red Illuff, Cnliinr
nla, of Albert A. Titrnctl. 55. for
mer resident of Roseburg. Turnell
died from Injuries suffered when
lie wns struck by an nulomnbll
while walking along a road to Ihe
eonntv home, where he wns em
ployed ns Janitor, according to the
report received here. His dentil
occurred Jnnuary in.
Mr. Turnell was employed at
Roseburg ns a stone mason nnd
contractor prior to moving to Cull
fornln about 15 years ago. lie was
a brother of Mrs. Prnnklyn Barker
or Dlxnnvllle, nnd his wife Is a
sister of Mrs. Edith Palbe of this
city.
HEARING DATED ON
RIVER CLOSING BILL
SAI.EM. Jnn. 23 (AP) An
nnen benrlnir nn the hill In nFn'
hibit commercial fishing of snlinnn
and sleelhead In all Oregon
streams but ihe Columbia river
W 11 he held hv Mm nennte trnma
and fish committees Wednesday
aflernoon following adjournment
of the linper house.
The hill wns introduced by Sena
tor C. W. Clark of Roselnirg.
WINTER NO BAR TO
NUDISM DEVOTEES
LOS GATOS. Calif.. Jan. 2.1
(AP) Despite the chilly weath
er. Airs, uenrge. Sprav, wife of the
manager of the lilyslum nudJsl
colony, exnecta the ustisl .week-end
visitors. They will have to break
an Inrh nnd a half or Ice In the
swimming pool If they want to take
u nip, Mrs. Spray aald.
CITRUS BELT
WINTER LOSS
560,000.000
Greatest Freeze Since 1913
Hits California Orchard
Operators; Smudges
Kept Going.
LOS ANGELES, Jnn. 23. (AP)
Citrus growera of scini-tropictll
southern California, numbered by
the greatest freeze since 11)13, reck
oned up losses today that might
aggregate $110,000,001). :
Tho destructive, temperatures of
early Friday morning moderated
toduy hut "continued unseasonable
cold with freezing temperature" is
forecast tomorrow.
The smudge pall from -1.000.000
blazing orchard heaters that cost
approximately $1,000,000 u night to
keep going enst a naze over oven
the middny sun.
Tho temperature in llivorside,
San Ilernardino nnd Santa Ann.
key cities of the citrus belt, ranged
around 25 this morning, up at lenst
five degrees from tho previous day.
In general tho loss seems to lie
about 60 per cent or tho region's
crop, valued Inst year at 8112.000,-;
000, but ranchers pointed out high
er prices for oranges, lemons and.
grnperruit would lie at least par
tial compensation. :
n Santa llarnnrn, temperatures
In tho lemon groves vcrled from 23'
degrees in tho lowlands to 30 In. I
the foothill areas. The county agri
cultural commissioner there, ISti
gene Kellogg, estlmnted the citrus
losses to bo "conservatively . at
least 20 per cent, it mny be a grout
il.. Mini U la tnn eni'lv
Some orchards In Snnta Barbara
county, whore there was no heat
ing, suffered not only n 100 per
cent loss of fruit, but a 50 per cent
loss of .the trees. :
In Santa Marin, a vegetable dis
trict, the thermometer fell last
(Continued on page U)
BLOODY CAR EYED
PORTLAND. Jan. 23 (AP)
The search for the Uldnnper-slayer
of Charles Mattson apparently
swung Houth again today with the
arrival here from Tacomn of C. C.
Spears, special agent In charge of
the tederal bureau or investigation
In the northwest, the questioning
of two men and the discovery of a
blood-Rtnined automobile.
TestH were being made to deter
mine whether the blood In the ma
chine wns human. A lUKl tnn coupe,
it was discovered on a road near
here yesterday by a farmer. Blood
wns skilled over tho driver's seat
and some straw wns found In the
back. Captain Vayne Onrdann, of
Ihe stale police, said the machine
was stolen Dec. 17.
Gurdane snld there was no In
formation that the machine wos
connected with the Tacomn kidnap
ing and snld tho thief may have
been In an accident and abandoned
the machine after he was hurt.
The federal agents had no com
ment. SHIPPING CONCERNS
GET STRIKE BLAME
SALKM. Jnn. 23 (AIM John
M. Brost, president of the Portland
longshoremen's union, publicly
placed the bin mo for delay In the
maritime strike settlement to four
shipping companies bnndllng
per cent of the Pacific coast ocean
transport business.
UroHt wns one of four spenkers
at the labor hall last nlubt gtvlnr
to n packed house the union's view
of the strike. Brost said further
that the Influence o flhe four com
panies kept 27 coastal operators
from agreeing with union terms.
Declaring first that not the long
shoremen but the employers were
on strike. Rront stated the "ship
owners are smart enouu'h to man
enver so we have to strike.'
CASH. FOOD DONATED
TO CHILDREN HERE
Donations and contributions to
taling 8151.50 In cash. Ill cans of
fruits and vegetables, together with
a large amount of oilier staple fond
commodities were received In lb
benefit drive by the united service
clubs of the city for the Granger
cniuiren, urure Elliott, chairman
announced today. In Bddlllon to
tne proceeds already co ected fo
lowing the largely attended bene
fit dance at the armory last night.
there hnve been promises of still
further donations, Elliott aald. ;
PLOT TO HID
TO 1
Partition and Delivery of
Country to Nazis. Japs
Alleged Aim of 17
Put on Trial.
MOSCOW, Jan. -3. (AP) So
viet Russia ope.ied the trials of 17
once high bolshcvlsts today with
an amazing account of "full con
fessions" to a i let to partition
Itussia between .Gennnny and Jap-
in and to aid Japan v ith soviet
oil in event that nation went to
war with the united Statos.
The soviet govirmient placed
Kail Ri'.dek, bearded man, of let
ters, and 16 of his accused co-plotters
on trial for their lives. Amer
ica's new ambassador, Joseph E.
Uavies. listened avidly.
Reading of the startling Indict
ment showed complete admissions
of guilt allegedly had been ob
tained from all 17 defendants.
They were accused of conspiring
with the exiled I-cou Trotsky, now
in Mexicn, to glvo the Ukraine to
(evrnany nnd the soviet maritime
and Amur provinces to Japan In
order to obtain foreign r.ld In over
throwing the regime of Joseph Sta
lin.
The Indictment ent far beyond
the Zlnoviefr-Knmencff conspiracy
accusations of Inst year by charg
ing Radek nnd the others conspired
directly with tho secret agents of
Germany nnd Japan to wreck the
soviet government.
Trotzkv s Letter Quoted
Many of the. charges we;'o hnsed
on a letter which Trotsky allegedly
wrote w Hfttieir in "necemotn.- ot
l!)!i5.
In this he is stated to hnvo snld
"We shall have to vleld tho oil of
Sakhalin (a aoviet-Si'iorinn island)
to Jnoan and guarantee her n sup
ply of oil In case of war with
America.
Radek, poeml" old nnd b'-oken
yet with p'wns nf t'" old ftio in Mr
eves, test'f'ed Vhvlfm'r Tonui, for
mer wnshiirrtoM correspondent for
IzvoRtia. th rMivpvjwiont n'.vn,
ner for wbich Radek v.rotn. h"lned
him ctrb'lsh contact with Trotz-
ley. Romm wns en-noted two
months ago after belpg culled
homo from Washington.
Two agents nro"ocoteur wore
Identified In the Indtrtn-.onts ns
"Mlk" of Germany and "Mister X,"
(Continued nn pane (1)
E
MODE FOR HOMES
. Yl'AQHlMfiTOW lim 93 ( AP
Rooretnry Perkins said todnv the
rountw snent 114.3 per cent more
to nulla homes insi year man in
This represented a I least 270,-
onn new nnn-rnnii dwellings in me
nf Slnivflfl 1 f 1)1)1111 If I
bousln" ndinlnistrtitor. Ho nredlet
i i i. ........ i.. mii
nq (l (Ml hit r'"Mi. nn . (!-' i .n
for n total of between .100,000 and
.f;n,0ri0 new homes.
1 McDonald based bis 1017 predic
tion on the assumptions thnt bulld
imr coitH would not rise "no pre
.iitttni.ilv nt in cniiHllliitn ii mntor
deterrent." that Induntrhil produc-
linn t'miiiii lint nnriim uiinic-
ctablv, ami that t'" lending market
i-jiiil.t rnntniii Ktnhhv
As fn-'ombln factors, be IMed
Inerensed bu-nmes tv-u1Mti from
bettor burnous, "r.bundance of
,! II nvnllrillle Oil rellltlvelv PftHV
teem and for Ion? ivrimh." rising
rents nnd Hhnrtnen or nouses.
Mr.Tnniili1 mild ha tv.ronnv nndod
u(Mi mnrn tlin't 00. 000.000
In new buines on tne uiwk no-
cmi'-e nf ptnrt'W" tnau"iincp. aiioui
10 per c"t. of R represented new
s.mi.H.11 (lull
He estlmnted H'A nH'o b'ii"tnF
prnfirmn had ereiited the wn.
lent of n yeiir's work for 2.000,000
men.
MURDERER OF COP
DRAWS LIFE TERM
MONItOK. Mich.. Jan. 23. (AP)
Alelde I h'relirhy) Hennlt, con
fessed slaver of Stale Policeman
Rlchnrd K. Ilnmmond. was sent
enced to life Imprisonment in
southern Michigan prison after he
pleaded i-ullly to a flint degree
murder charge.
Circuit .tudge fl. Arthur llathhun
Imposed the sentence after talk
ing with tlin stolid killer In his
chambers.
Iteiiolt listened sullenly the
sentence. Thn he Bsked If It
might be changed to Ihe Marquette
branch prison, lie din not xiiai,i
Ills request.
Deadlock Holds
In Strike; Plea
Sent Congress
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 23
(AP) A meeting between long
shoremen and employers was
scheduled for Into today hut ship
owners reltornled that "the time
for further negotiation has passed"
in the long maritime strike.
T. G. Plant, chairman of the
coast committee for tho shlpown-
ra, made public letters to three
of the seven unions involved, de
claring the employers had made
their final and best offers of set
tleuient.
"Our agreements negotiated with
the representatives of all maritime
unions and consolidated into the
form of official offers, represent
the last word of tho shipowners.
and obviate the necessity for fur
ther meetings," Plant's statement
said. '' - .
"If nnd when the maritime unions
accept our offers, we will eagerly
res imiul to an invitation to meet
for the purpose of clarifying any
points in the agreements."
I ho employers' statement came
as mayors of San FrnneiBco bay
cities appealed for congressional
action to end the "deplorable" 80
day strike.
c
Relief Experienced From
Intense Cold, Wave of
Influenza Declines.
By tho Associated Piobs
Snow lay ovor tho Ion nth and
breadth of Oregon toduy but-lt wuh
a woicomo roller troin subzero
temperatures brought on In many
sections by previously clear weath
er. More snow was prodlcted.
Two and one-half. Inches of snow
covered Portland and there were
slight flurries through the day but
tne thermometer went no lower
than 23 degrees above zero.
Marshftcld and Astoria along the
usually rainy coast wore as white
as tin .'ntorlor of the state, al
though snow was only a covering
thero, whilo Inland on the central
plot on 11 It was u foot or so deep.
A : Hllver thaw coated trees and
shrubbery at Astoria and a light
rain hud begun to fall through a
heavy fog. Roads were sanded and
safe for chain-equipped automo
biles. Motorists frequently found
difficulty In keeping windshield!:
clear,
Thero appeared to bo soiuo d3
cllue In the Influenza wave, As
toria reporting only a minor num
ber of cases. Bend Haying "very
little flu and Salem describing Hie
danger as "past. In Portland the
"end of tho first wave" was hailed
but fear was expressed-that a sec
ond and more serious spread of Ihe
dlseaHe might bo In the offing. The
number of new cuses at Portland
dropped S5 per cent from Thurs
day.
There was eight Inches of snow
at Bond and temperatures of 25 do
greeS above prevailed, a marked
comparison with previous readings
as low as 17 degrees under zero.
It wns foggy at, Klamath Falls.
Baker had an Inch of snow over
night and u low tompernture id
three degrees ahovo zero. Tbore
was a trace of snow at Tho Dalles,
a low reading of 17 degrees above
aero, anil nil roads were open,
whilo l.n Grande reported heavy
winds' In the Grand Rondo and
fresh Hiiow wns Blocking some sec
ondary roads hut slate highways
were passable.
GANGRENE" PERIL
CONFRONTS POPE
VATFCAN CITY, Jan. 23. (A P)
Pope PhiH, endangered by the
possibility of gangrene In an open
sore on his left leg, was given In
jections tonight to combat whu'
physiclniiH thought miuht bo the
start of Infevllon.
The Tlt-ynar-old pontiff, wos de
scribed as "sleepy" after the mod!
cat Ion. Vat tea n hou i ces sa Id he
took less nourishment than during
the pjist several days,
The treatments worn ordered b
Dr. Milan! nfier an almost. .complete
obstruct Ion of circulation In the
holy father's leg The sore appear
ed pome time imo, cniiHcd by ttw
bursting of a varicose vein,
BAD CHECK PASSER
OF SALEM GIVES UP
TACOMA. Jim. 23. CAP) Clif
ford ('resell. H. sleclworkcr. sur
rendered to Toconia nnlhCU'e I'rl
day night, confessing he huty pass
ed two worthless checks In Hiilem,
Ore., and had olitalned an automo
bile hy prctendlnn to ho a federal
hureau nf investigation agent.
The automobile, Creson snld, was
obtained In Portland nnd Inter
abandoned In Olynipiu, Wash,
COLD INCREASES MISERY OF
VICTIMS; RELIEF SUPPLIES
POUR INTO TWELVE STATES
Roosevelt Asks
Nation For Funds
For Flood Relief
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. (AP)
-President Roosevelt Issued a
proclamation today raking tho na
tion to raise J J.uiio.iiuu as a "mini
mum relief fund" for flood victims
In the Ohio and Mississippi val
leys. Mm president said 270,000 per
sons bud been driven from their
homes and thnt It was "Imperative"
that the people contribute to as
sist the Red Cross In providing
Immediate relief. -
Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson.
retired, chairman of the Red Cross,
simultaneously Issued a statement
saying ut least $3,000,000 was re
quired to meet "minimum needs,"
and that tho relief society could
provide Jl.OOO.OQO at once.
i'ourtoon thousand work roller
employes In the flood stutes were
diverted to rescue and rellof duty
yesterday as part of the fedoral
government's efforts to aid suf
ferers. Tho coaHt guard rushed
surf boats and amphibian planes to
remove marooned fnmllles.
Artillery Deals Havoc
Buildings as Populace
Flees to Cellars.
to
MADRID. Jan. 23. (API Fas
cist artillery batteries poured
shells Into central Madrid today
In ono of the moHt intense bom
bardments of the civil war.
Crowds in the main thoionur.
faros of tho capital scurrle.l for
cover us tho rain of projectiles
continued for more (ban an hour.
Casualties weru not Immediately
known.
Firemen raced to extinguli'i fires
In shelled buildings from which
flnmes nnd smoke poured soon aft
er the bombardment started. More
than a score of shells crashed In
to the city In two periods of at
tack, each lasting half nn hour.
Insurgent artillerymen apparent
ly were tmlng larger shells than In
previous bombardments when six
Inch projectiles rained on Madrid.
Streets In the center of the city
were strewn with debris,, mnrtnr
and bricks, forcing a fe-routtng of
traffic. Thoroughfares were crowd
ed because of Ihe Saturday rush,
and thousands fled to refuge, mnny
in the cellars of buildings struck
by shells.
Government Planes Busy
The air ministry announced to
day socialist planes had bombed
tin Insurgent fleet coneentri'lon bi
the harbor of Cadiz, slnktut out
of the vessels.
AnioiiK the many ships anchor
ed In tho fascist port on the south
weKtern coast of Spain was the
liiHUi'gent. Cruiser Cnnnrlns.
As the government uvhilnrs
flew nway after looRlng Ihelr dead
ly cargo, they said they saw one
ship slowly sinking In the hnrbnr.
A government squadron also
bombed tho town of Motrll In tho
southern province of Ornmidn, the
miulMrv reported.
Socialist troops fortified ndvnnr-
(Continued on pace it)
101 BUSTED
Townsend Plan Spender, Facing
Last Dollar, "Visits" With Sedan
CHKT'AN, Wash., Jan. 23. (API
With the hotlom dollar bill of
his packet of 200 fast fluttering
upward to haunt him, Rll-yenr-old
C. C. Fleming stroked the wheel
of n shiny new sedan ami phllos
op'il.ed :
"Maybe I ain't, no nulo d.lver
now, but in one of these hero new
ciit'H I sure would like to lenrn.
Me and Mn would take a trip
evorywhero, especially hack to
Texas where we lived 'fore I went
broke raisin' cotton."
Flemlnif - If you haven't heard
Is the re.hiveiinted unemployed nr
chard worker who has "been hav
ing tho titan nf my life" during the
pHt week In spending 2o0 uwnril
I'd to htm In the nation's first
Townsend revolvlmr dollar experi
ment, lie bnd put irr,.77 Into
frep-whceling circulation today.
The . depresHlnn-huttered grand
father wna suffering from no do-
liiulnn nf mntm-fzixl orumtpiir nn ho
puffed ono of bis TownRond-M
Death Toll Mounts to
Twenty; Damage to
Property Vaults
Into Millions.
More Rain Predicted for
Ohio Valley; Lighting ;
Service Halted in
Many Places.
(Ily the Associated PreaB);
1 1 1 11 it ii misery mounted In tho"
mil Ion's 'flood zones today ns high
water Invaded now territory and
the number of homeless und deatl-.
tutn exceeded 280,000.!
The American Ited Cross nnd
olhor rescue agencies ponred sup- '
plies Into the inundated areas oe .
12 slates to prevent threatened epi- .
demies of disease.
Hitter cold ndded to the Buffer-
Inir of tho flood rofiiKees. but act-,
ed to Slav the rise ' ot watora.
Wenthor burenus darkened hopes
Willi a prediction of more rnln
Mondnlr In the Ohio valley nnn
Tennessee.
Const Riiard forcea mobilized art
lillnnal men and boats for service t
In the flood wastes, where more
than 40 snrfhoats already were on : "
dutv, evncuatluR stricken famlllea .
and nldlne In tho transportation
nf food, fuel and nieillcal sup- .
plies.-
A special trntn sped toward i;in-..
clnnnll .with 55 man nnd IS boats
recruited' -from.. Uia..Athuitlo coast. ....
The Red Cross leunehed a. cam-
pcien to raise 1 nno.000 for the
relief nf flood victims. I
Kentucklana Routed
Forty -thousand KcntuckinnR
abandoned telr homeR before the -devastating
flood of the Ohio river.
lu cities nlonp tho river electric
no'er failed, water simnlies wero
noltuted. and nronerty damage rose ,
into the iniliions.
T.onlsvlllo tried to care for 6.000
homeless aa the Ohio went sovernl -feet
above the ull-lltne record. A .
third of the city was throntenod
with Inundation It tho rise con-,
tinned. :,
The llsl of dead Increased to 20. '
'divided amnnir these states: Ohio
A. Illinois S, Tennessee 4. West
VliKliiln, Kentucky and Missouri.'
2 eacji, Arknnsns, Mississippi and:
Pennsylvania 1 each. ; - .
The river nt Cincinnati reached
a record crest of 72.7 feet, hut Mo-
teoroloitlsl w. C. Uevoroaux pre
dicted 73 feet or nioro hv Monday. '
Fire Hazard! Arise
Cincinnati was Icy with tho
teninonitiiro around 111 deRreea
iibovo Koto. A recapitulation of the
hn-n'leira In that area showed 2I,
noo In Cliirlnimll. lli.BOO In north
ern Kentucky - suburbs, H.nno In
Clermont county nnd 3,000 ' in
Aurora, lud. -
A radio appeal was mndc to'
avoid firo hazards (rem more than,
a milllmi gallons of gasoline, kero-,
sene ami ft.el nil rinatliiK on the
surface of (,-e Mlllcreek bottom.
The liquids escaped from over
turned or leaktiiR tanks. .
There wero 12,000 homeless In '
Ihe Wheeling, W. Va., area, whom
the water whs nearly 10 feet ahovo
flood slago. The total for tho met-,
rniinllliiii area was estimated nt.
-10,000.
Food Shortage Feared
Pnrismmilli, Ohio, feared a milk'
nnd fond shortage, with half tho
city submerged ami 20.000 of Its
Inhabitants refugees. Pain a go
(Cnnllniied on page (I)
nnnced nickel cigurn at the wheel.
He said he wasn't fluurlng on put
ting bis Inst $14.23 Into a down
payment on n enr; ho wns "JiiHt
enioying Kpenklu' terms with It."
Fleming, In putting SK.ftS Into cir
culation yesterday, showed him
self n far-sighted spender. Ho look
ed ahead to summer In bis five
room bungalow home and bought
Ifi cents worth of fly up lay.
Tip to todnv, tho transaction tax
"kitty" on the earmarked dollars'
nccumulnteil $1R.20. A 2 per cent
tax is paid voluntarily by mer
chants ami citizens on each trans
action with one of tho dollars.
Fleming n waited today possible,
developments on a stage nnpenr
nnen suggestion after a theater
executive bad expressed Interest
"If the rtcht sort of proposition'
worn made.
A bit bewildered by the proppeet,
Fleming responded: "Well, mother
nnd I would turn actors, I guess,
hut I won't ride In ono of thont
denied noroplnuos,''
o