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Santa Claus Doesn't Look So Benign When He Tries the Role of Court Czar. He Probably Figures Now That His Next Gifts Will Be Chief Iy Rubber Stomps.
THE WEATHER
Highest temperature yesterday 53
Lowest temperature last night ill
I'rcclplnitlnh for 21 hmiiw 0
I'l-edp. since first of month 2,92
I'nicln, frnti) Sep. 1, 1!ta 12.55
llcficicncy since Sop. 1, 1!i:ll 8. :l!l
Probably rain; less cold.
LAWMAKING
Watch the dull)' Oregon legis
lative proceedings t h I o u k h
NtiW8-HKVIKWi coltiutiiH. Im
portant bill are being disposed
of hh the .session operates In ltd
final stages. Tax bills art In
the OfflllK.
THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAIL.Y
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ROSEBURG, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1937.
VOL. XL
NO. 245 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
VOL. XXVI NO. 165 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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MINES CLAIUIES
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LETTER SENT
All in Old State Home at
Time of Transfer to Be
Retained; Conversion
Reason Stated.
SALEM, Feb. 10. (AP) In a
lotter to Governor Martin by
Frank T. Hines. administrator of
tbe veterans administration in
Washington It was pointed out to
day that all persons in the old state
soldiers homo at Kosoburg at time
of its transfer to the veterans ad
ministration would remain at the
lloscbm-g facility.
This letter camo on the heels of
agitation in the lower house to
create a commission to inspect the
facility In an attempt to straighten
out alleged confusion and misun
derstanding as to Its parpose and
plans among Oregon veterans.
It was decided some time ago to
convert the homo into n neurophy
SL'hiatric hospital.
The lotter said In part:
"In the studies of the 1 federal
board of hospitalization in an effort
to adequately care for the require
ments of the veterans administra
tion In the several areas through
nut the country, the utilization of
existing facilities to the best ad
vantage as a subject Is always giv
en careful consideration . V ." The
decision to convert this facility to
the care of neuropliyschiatric pa
tients wns done so in our effort to
adequately meet the requirements
of this area."
ANTI-FIREWORKS BILL
GOES DOWN TO DEFEAT
SALEM, Feb. lO.-(AP) Spon
sors of legislative, action to prohib
it Use of firework at public gath
erings mot defeat today in the
house with the adoption of a ma
jority report recommending against
passage of tbe bill.
Tbe measure, introduced by Iiop
rosentntive Archie lliggs. Port-
(Continued on page
of cms
U E. rtrown, 57, former resident
nf nmurifiR rmintv. died suddenly
from a heart attack Sunday at his
hnn.n In Murshf ield. whore he was
engaged for a numbnr of years in
the insurance business.
Born at Old Fort. Hays. Kans.,
Juno 12. 1X70. Mr. Hrown setllel
In Camas Valley with his parent
in 1x99. He was engaged in teach
ing school in Cons county and
was In the mercantile business in
Myrtle Point ' prior to taking up
residence in Marslifleld 20 years
nKHo was a brother of Arthur
iirnwn. slate mange deputy at S.v
inn, w-ilf nil ami F. R.
R. Hrown, !
Church and Mrs. Hes-
ale Wheeler of Camas Valley.
u. leaves a wife, two daughter
n,l n son. Tbe latter. WiUla
ltrown. is mi a yachting tiifT some
' . ... ...I r.T.
where in tne nun in
in inn koui n kcuh uu
forts are being .nuuie- io
him by radio.
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Editorials on the Day's News
lly KRANK JKNKINS
B'
IO news In Ihe papers nirat
past few days.
President Roosevelt, under the
constitution. Is the executive
branch of our government. By rea
son of last November's landslide,
ho controls the legislative branch.
He Is NOW reaching out for the
Judicial.
We can only hope that the dic
tatorship under which we already
live will remain a benevolent one.
ITALY is ruled by a dictator.
And Italy, beyond all question,
is BETTEn OFF (economically,
that Is) than before the dictator
ship. Her people have more to eat.
more to wear, better shelter and
MORE SKCntlTY.
Mussolini is an able admlnistra
' 1 ' -'
Demo Opposition to
Edwin Markham
Mentally Feeble;
Guardians Named
NEW YORK, Feb. 10 (AP)
His memory impaired because
of advanced age, Edwin Mark
ham, author of the poem, "The
.Man With the Hoe," will have a
committee of guardians to pro
tect bis interests in his remain
ing years.
' His white hair gloaming and
his patriurchal beanV flowing,
the 84-year-old poet went into
supreme court in llrooklyn yes
terday to hear a jury declare
him 'mentally Incompetent.
' Clasping four volumes of bis
poems, ho listened attentively
us two physicians testified be
was suffering from encephnltls,
a disease which often causes
lapses of memory. Others, In
cluding his sister-in-law, Miss
Maty Murphy, told of his inabil
ity to manage his estate. t
Tl
MEETS APPROVAL
Fawn Heads Begin Drafting
V BiU to Conform With
: bW Wallace's Program.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. (AP)
Four farm lenders set out today
to write Secretary Wallace's "ever
normal granary" program into a
bill whose crop control features,
some said, would be stronger tlinu
the invalidated agricultural ad
justment act. .
Wallace explained, however,
these controls would be invoked
only to prevent stored supplies
"from running over to a point
which would embarrass the govern
ment and destroy the purchasing
power of farmers."
A conference of 62 farm leaders
approved the system unanimously
last night.
One loader described the whole
program as an historic move for
agriculture because it shifted em
phasis from production control to
marketing aids and price stabiliza
tion. He predicted the loan value of
stored crops would tend to become
the stabilized price. This, ho said,
would protect both consumer and
funnel.
The farm conference asked that
lonn values be set high, because
"accumulating surpluses depress
prices and create a ceiling above
which prices of commodities can-
(Continued on pace 0)
INCOME TAX RETURN
HELP DATED HERE
Auditors from the state tax com
mission vlll be In Roseburg March
fl to aid income taxpayers In pre
paring their l!3fi returns, it was
announced today. Headquarters
will be at the courthouse Deiween
mii-a nt S n 111. allll 4 P. m.
Aiiv tnxmivers desiring asslstanceistopped on his trek to the snov:tjve antfl naH ,ei,n ue stumbling
.jin preparing inetr reiurns are iii -
viioii hv (lie tax commission to hi-
in-n
the aid of the auditors, aiaie,
fn,.,i r before
April 1.
lor.
GERMANY Is ruled by a dicta
tor. ,
Ilefore Hitler, Germany was wcnlt
md almost helpless practically
a vassal nation. Now she Is stronK.
Instead of meekly taklnn orders,
she Is beclnninB lo GIVE orders.
All this has come about under
dictatorship.
RUSSIA Is ruled by a dictator
nt nnnlhpr ttnrt. hut RIIU a dic
tator.
There can he little doubt thnl
tbe people of Russia have Improv
ed their averase condition (eco
nomically speakinc) sinco the be
ginning of tbe communist dicta
torship. Regimentation lagait speaking
(Continued on pais 1
VETERANS
ill
FALL IN NEW
REBEL THRUST
Government' Planes Making
Desperate Attempt to
Hold Supply Road
.,to Valencia.
(Editor's note: Telephone com
munication with Madrid was dis
rupted suddenly yesterday when
fascist troops took control of a
section of the Madrid-Valencia
highway. Since then, the only di
rect contact with the cupltul has
been by cable and wireless, operat
ing under government censorship.
It mny be several days,
telephone
tho lines
officials believe, before
are restored to service.)
MADRID. Feb. 1U. (By direct
cable at 12:3 p. m., today. Madrid
time) (AP) Fourteen fascist
fighting planes flew over the Span
ish capital this morning.
(The heavily censored dispatch
did not state whether any attempt
was made to bomb, the city.)
Government military reports on
the fighting for possession of the
Valencia highway uenr vaclama-
drid said the fascist attackers were
being severely punished by social
ist war planes.
'The insurgents had , not suc
ceeded up to last night in physi
cally cutting the road," military
commander said.
Government fliers, swooping low
over advanced fascist positions
about 10 miles southwest of the
capital, swept the lines with ma
chine guns, the socialist officers
renorted.
Mn, 1.-1,1 nnit-ennnririi Infill twl tlip!
i. .V.'"". "t I ,1, .,,i' . ,,,!
last few days of fighting.
Press reports termed the fascist!
attackers "German" in assertions
large bodies of "German troops ;
are participating in the fighting in
typically "German tactics." , (
MADRID, Feb! 9. (Tly direct
cable at 10' p. in. Tuesday X--( A P)
Seasoned1 socialist, defenders of
Madrid wll be able "to hold the
city indefinitely" against fascist
(Continued on pngo 6)
TRAPPER MISSING
MARSHFIIOLD, Ore., Feb. 10.
(A P) I J rthcrs of A. J. Lealon, 44-year-old
Kngeno trapper, said to
day thov would send an airplane
over the forests enst of Coos bay
if word is not received booh that
Lea ton Is safe.
He left his cobin nn Milllcoma
creek 14 days ngo with rations for
only five days. C. 1. llnwen.
nomesienner ni wnose iioine iiuun
cmiiiu?, wi'i-i "-j
mru j """"i
inp.
Thomas
i-enton, nromer. 01 im;
missing man, suld he would go In-,
to the hills via snow-shoes If air-
nlnnes fail to sight I.eaton's camp-
nre.
LEBANON, Feb. in. (AP) A
senrcblne party found Ralph
Smith, 20, exhausted and suffering
from exposure at a cabin where he
had taken refuge from the snow
In a hilly aection of soulhenst I.itui
criunty. Smith. Here irom uma-
homn to visit his brother, lost hlsj,.r Rnv0 10,,0 toly of finding
wny as he walked home from
neighboring farm.
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DBPCUVTTDI AN l-IPAD
c r- munKi rvin-c
O. r. IIVYVll-1. LMJ:llon.
PlIll.ADEI.PHIA. Feb. 10 (AP)
Samuel F. Irwin, vice-president
of the Presbyterian pension board
died Inst night. lie was 79. Irwin
formerly was vlce mndernlnr of lhe;3S, anil John S. Oberdorfer, 22
Presbyterlnn general assembly
'FLU" AT REDDING
TAKES HEAVY TOLL
"FLU" AT REDDING Pi
RETIDING, Calir.. Feb. 10. (AP)
Sixteen deaths have resulted here
since Sunday from an Influen,
and pneumonia epidemic, health of
ficials reported todig.
FACILITY PLANS
' T , i ,i
Court Tack' Flares
B SUSPECT DICTATORSHIP
IN ITTSON t! PERIL SEEN IN
CASE JAILED
Ex-Convict, Questioned at
Seattle, Denies Guilt; .
His Reputed Woman
Pal Sought.
SEATTLE, Feb. 10. (AP)
State Patrol Chief William Colo,
who last night announced the ar
rest of a Malison kidnap-slaylng
suspect bore, left his Olympia of
fice today to get a "rod haired-woman,"
reputed recent companion of
tho man, and bring her here for
questioning, too.
Cole said ho expected to pick up
the woman at Steilacoom, near Ta
coma, en route here, and that ques
tioning iter might shed further
light on the prisoner's activities. ,
Chief Cole said the- prisoner was
in Tacnuui tho day of the kidnap
ing and had been In Iiothell, be
tween Seattle and Evorett, several
days later. He said the man's rec
ord included u 5-year term at San
Quenttn (Calif.) prison, on convic
tion of grand theft,
(But families of the three chll-J
dren who witnessed 10-year-old
Charles F. Mattson's abduction
from his Tacoma home December
27, denied a Seattle police of
ficial's statement that tho young
sters would seek To identify tho
suspect from a police lineup.
Charles' mother, . Mrs! W. W.
Matt30ii, in Tacoma, said "there Is
nothing to the report," that her
son, William, 1G, and daughter,
Muriel, 14, would come here to
confront the man.
1 IU- - '
The children are not going to
Seattle to look at tbe man,
she
(Continued on page 6)
IN STRIKE PARLEY
DETROIT, Feb. 10. (AP) Rep
resenlativi's of ' General Motors
Corp. and labor considered at def
inite plan of strike settlement for
two and three-quarters hours to
day, then recessed for two hours.
Governor ' Frank Murphy said
"the situation was unchanged from
last night," and announced that
another conference would begin,
Ilefore the conferees, in today's
meeting it was learned authorita
tively, were proposals based on the
recent agreement that ended tho
Libby-Owons-Kord glass strike at
Toledo. This provided for rei
nitiou of the Glass Workers' fed
eration as bargaining spokesman
for Its members only,
Tho automobile workers demand
ln.t ,ho xmon im recognized
aoP bargaining agency in at least
n of Genera Motors' fill automo-
diock in peace negotiations. iw
cession irom t us stano. 11 was un
itierstood, wouiii no accompanied
DV ,,finile Kimrnntee that the cor-
norallon would show no partiality
, n. i,n,.,.ii,iL' nt-pm-lpa In
Bny negotiations for settlement of
disputes
HOPE GIVEN UP FOR
TWO MISSING SKIERS
DENVER, , Feb. 10. (AIM
Sonrehor. hrnviiitr nilh-zcro tt-elltll-
a;ve two Denver skiers lost along
'the blizzard-swept Continental di-
vide near Berthoud pass, 411 miles
iwest of here, but turned their
I hunt eastward on
"new Informa-
We ve given up hope as far as
finding litem alive," said Grosveti
or S. llarron, head of the automo
tive nppliance firm which employ
jed the two. Joseph Oppenbelini r,
TOLEDO VOTES FOR
WATER BOND ISSUE
1(1. (AP)
The proposal to Issue G0,000 In
bonds-to participate with the pub
He works administration In con-
structlon of a $97,000 waler system
here received overwhelming up-
proval. Vote was 305 to 14,
mm
Ohio Representative Caustic
in Reference to Power
"Usurpation;" Foes
Gird for Battle.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.
(AP) The house passed to
day the Sumners' bill to permit
supreme court justices with
ten years of service to retire
at full pay at the. age of 70.
The measure went through
on a roll call vote without a
single amendment. Several re
publicans joined democratic
sponsors In urging passage.
Speaker Ilankhead announced
the vote 316 to 75.
The measure would extend to the
members of tho supreme court the
same privilege of retirement now
extended to members of the other
federal, courts.
One. amendment which was de
feated would have raised the re
tirement age to 75 Instead of 70,
-WASNaTONF1l.:;.lft(AP)
In tho first burst of democratic
opposition on the house flour to
President Roosovolts court reform
program, Representative Lam neck
(D., Ohio) suggested today It might
lead to a "Hitler, a Mussolini or a
Stalin government."
Lam neck spoke shortly before
the house planned to lake up a
bill for retirement of supreme
court judges at 70 a part of the
judiciary reform recommended by
Air. Roosevelt.
"How long," the Ohioan asked
"will we permit the executive
brnuch of government to do our
lecislntimr foi us?
J hone the time has nrnvou
when we will meet this challenge
to the usurping of our powers and
duties and serve notice liiut we in
tend to insist that the executive
occupy ills position ; that the Ju
diciary shall occupy Us position
and that the legislative branch of
government will do the job Ihe con
stltullon Intended it lo do."
F. R. Calls Conference
La in neck spoke shortly . nfter
President Roosevelt had arrangei
a series of conferences with con
irressinnal leaders nn his court re
form proposals. The meetings were
designed, noine officials believed
to amnllfv and expand his aims,
White House aides announced
the conferences ati ten democratic
representatives banded together to
unite opposition to the president's
(Continued on page fi)
NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 111. (A
New Orleans counted five deud
felt lis bruises, held lis bead an
survoyed littered streets today In
lenien penitence, Ms gay mardl
eras a memory.
As l ie cb nies or olrl mi. i.oui
cathedral tolled midnight In tin
200 vear-old French (Miarler, III
carnival was over.
Hut the courts of Ilex, maid
gras ruler, and Conius, one of til
most excliinlve carnival organize
Hons, danced inn II dawn in tnnul
dual auditorium and plebeian
slrugglers wended Ihe streets past
lavllubt.
Four persons died In liutoinobll
accidents and a negro woman wa
wounded lata ly by an nccldenia
discharge of a Plilol In a barroom
A masker was Injured critically
In toppling from a third-story gu
lerv In Hie heart of tbe Freni-
nnarlr. F ve nelsons were sine
bed, Including a policeman, un
tho policeman Inflicted a revolve
wound on the negro who slnshe
him.
MINERS ENDORSE
BUREAU PROPOSAL
GRANTS PASS. Feb. 10 (AI
The Southwestern Oregon Min
ers' association went on record en
dorsing Governor Charles Martin's
proposal for
eau.
state minniB uur-
U. of O. Dean Heads
. v National Survey
.... (S
Dean Wayne L. Morso
EUGENE, Ore., Fell. 10. (AP)
Wayne L. Morso, dean of tbe Unl-
erslly of UreKon law school, on a
loavo of, absence now heads the
national survey of release proced
ures, under "appointment' of Attor
ney General Ilomor Cumnilngs, u
notice from Washington said to
day. Tbe WPA project has a. bud
get of 2,000,000 and employs 1300
persons. 11 Is dosignod to assem
ble corelato information concerning
the niunnor in which prisonors are
-eleased evorywhure in tho United
States, to obtain- greater uniform
ity of release procedures.
I
A
Shield Against Drought and
Dust Storms Asked in
Report to Congress. .
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. (AP)
President Roosevelt urged con
gress today to formulate a "long
run" policy for readjusting tho ug
ricullural economy of pililrle slates
combatting drought and dust
storms. - ,
In transmitting n report from
bis great plains drought commit
tee "for the Informallon" of one
gross, the i-roKliI-lit suggested a
federal-stale privule iilllanco in a
now economy ba.'ed on conserva
tion and ciTinilvy iilill.ullon or
water resources.
The cotntnltlen- report stressed
tbe need for a perijuv,"'"1 clmmca
In farming methods la the droughl-
devaslateil pralrl i region. It pro
posed creation or ft new leilerae
agency to dlrci I the i-rogrnm In co
operation wllh slates liud p'lvnle
gunizutinnr..
Tho! area Involved covers much
of tho land belwcen .hu Mississippi
river and the liiiaiiy mouu'alns
from Canada to Mex-cn.
Among methods proposed were:
Acuulsltlon of millions of acres
of lands by public agencies lo pre
vent misuse und lo start reclama
Hon.
Federal and slain legislation to
assure running methods nilapleil
lo I he area.
Increase In sizes of man farms
termed too small to maintain tauii
lles. 'oiisolidalion of local govern
meul units.
Immediate surveys to determine
plowland Hint should be re-grassed,
grassland that may be tilled,
and grassland that should retain
natural cover.
Extension of co-operative grazing
associations.
The cominltlee suld tbe new fed
eral agency would prevent over
lapping anil confusion Hint now ex
ists with fill federal agencies and
many more slates and local nulls
dealing with Ihe problems.
WORKER AT STATE
CAPITOL LOSES ARM
SALKM, Feb. In. (AP) Wilbur
Lorenzo Duncan, :10, won Ihe first
casualty In the construction of the
nr-w stale capltol, losing bis b-fl
forearm after It had been catmlit
In a conveyor belt. He was rushed
to the hospital, where his ami
was amputated. Dnncnn wrm car
ried nenrty lo the top of the bunk
er In the conveyor empties before
other workmen saw bis predira
men! and turned off the machinery.
LABORITES OPPOSE
PENSIONING EX-KING
I.11-
An
borlte iitt-nilier of the hmme or
coininoiiB derided today lo oppose
grunting former King Kdwnrd n
state pension.
, At a speeinl meeting, tbe lnhor
lie "M. I'.'s" adopted. Instead, a
resolution fuvoring his "being pro
vided for by tho roynl Jrnlly."
SHIP THOUGHT
ITS NOSE
on
TL
Bodies of Two Pilots and Stewardess Fftdnd
in Wreckage; Eight Passengers NotJ )
in Social and Business Worlds, f ; ,
Thrown Out by Impact.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 10. (AP) The con3t cuaVd
reported today that only three
the Los Angeles-San Francisco
wreckage in San Francisco bay,
A short-wave broadcast from the scene of the wreck near
the municipal airport, south of here, said the toD of the cabin '
had been sheared off and eight
thrown out when the plane struck
Loss Comes as Legislative
Bill Was Due Granting
Purchase Right.
IIICND. Ore., Fob. 10. (AP)
PI re sweeping across the southwest
wing of the Deschutes county
courthouse and spread subsequent
ly by a terrific explosion burned
tho $52,000 structure to the ground
.shortly after 1 n. in. today. V ,
i no origin or u.uo names oiv tne
cause, of the oxploaioivwhlcli: Col
lowed , liflve not been, Fii.erhiliiod
and the total loss cnunot bo fixod
until llin vault In tho sheriff's of
fice cools, permitting an examina
tion to determine if valuable con
tents were preserved.
Virtually all records and tho val
uable law libraries of , Circuit
Judge 10. .f. Duffy and District At
torney llert C. Hoylan woro fodder
to the flumes. Dawn found only tho
scorched, black walls of the big
brick structure stnndlng.
Coincidence was a part, of the
disaster. An enabling hill to buy
tbe building from the school dis
trict, from which It had been tens
ed, was to have been introduced in
the legislature today by Itep. ,1. V.
Ilosch. The district valued tho
building at $r2,U00.
Itrenklng out on the windward
side In or near tho circuit court
room, tho flames leaped across a
hallway. Suddenly an car-shattftr-lug
report spoutedTlre high In Ihe
sky, followed by groat clouds of
black smoke, which rolli d over the
city.
Without any placo to transact
the county's business and with lit
tle to work with had there been
any, county officials bunted a tem
porary home this morning but
without much success. Formerly
quartered down-town, they had
moved into the building, construct
ed In about two years ago,
The school district vacated it upon
construction of a now high school,
FISH BUYING FOR
RELIEF IS VOTED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (AP)
The senate passed n bill by Sena
tor Walsh ID., .Mass.), today to au
thorize l be agriculture depart. ,
tnent to purchase fish In Us buying
of surplus commodities for re
lief. The. senate also pasHed and sent
to Ihe hoiiHO today a bill to ex
lend for two years treasury au
thority to Issue federal reserve
notes on the basis of government
obligations.
"Wally" Linked With Stage Ditty
..
John Bud Upset, Singer Regrets
LONDON, Feb. 10. f AP)The
nrllisb llroiidcastlng corporation,
red about its rorporate ears, main
tained an embarrassed silence to
day on the linking of Mrs. Wallls
Simpson's name with a musical tag
Hue "and we all have sex appeal
Kxp.anM.on pile,, on explanation
as to how tho Incident occurred
:'.....,: r,, f : n
AI Ihe end of the program, how-1
nn announeer stepped to the
nilerophrine and ieelurcd:
"We apologise to nil of our lis
teners for Ihe unfortunate lapse
from taste which occurred earlier
In tbe priigrnni
It was while a mule chorus sang Simpson, he was quoted. "What
"and wo oil huvo sex appeal," that I ever mado me mention lief name,
listeners were utartloil to hear a I Iyinnot think." . v 4
TO HAVE WT
AFTER PILOT!
bodies of the eleven victims of
plane crash were found in the .
victims apparently had been
with terrific force.
The bodies still in the pinna.
were reported to be tliose of Pilot. :
A. K. "Tommy" Thompson; co-pilot
Joe Ilo Ceaaro nml Stewardess :
Ituth Klmmel. .
Tho cnift's right wing had been
torn off about a yard from the -fuslhiKu.
and the tail assembly was -shea
rod off. ' - .
Two department of commorco .
Inspectors arrived from Ios An
geles mid Immediately went to the
spot, about a mile off shore, to
view tho wreckage.
Inspectors B. H. Griffin ami W.
. Phelun said they had no idea,
what canned the mishap.
The 12-ton plane was half-lifted
out of the water, revealing that
tbe safety straps on the seats weiot
hanging down. This was believed ,
to Indicate the straps wero miap-t
pod by the terrific impact. i .?
Shearing off the right' wing ami ,
motor indict ted, airmen- soldi lhat-,
ttu ,bi(i plane- hadvHtruvk.vfin' Un.
iioHu on that sjde , while . the pHott
was making a wide circle to re-,
turn to the landing field, which ho
had overshot, v
SAN FllANCISCO, Fob. 1(1.
(AI') Shifting allien sucked the,
wreekugo or an ulr transport,
which plupged Into Situ Fninclsco
bay with eleven occupants, com
pletely under the murky waters
early toduy.
The protruding tail of the craft.
Hlghted about five hours after ft
crashed uround 9 o'clock last
night, sunk from sight as a murine
derrick and a deep sea diver were
preparing to go to tho Bpol,
, Observers expressed bellof tho
Outgoing tide, which reached low
ebb at r:lti a. in., pulled the Ili
um Untied Airlines truiiHport un
der tho water.. ' ' i ,
II. M. Doolin, San Francisco air
port manager, said: "Thorn is no .
possibility liny one on board Is
allvo."
About in feet of tho tnll was pro
truding when the wreckage, was
sighted about 2:30 a. in., lying one
mile rrom the south snn h riiucisco
shore and nhnut 11 miles from
Mills field, San Francisco munici
pal nil purl, where It was to huvo
landed.
Tbe nose of tho piano rammed
Into the muddy bottom of the bay
In about lli foet of water. Before
It sunk Ihe big craft wns lying In
the waler back down, as lr It bud
whirled over us it struck.
(Jhler pilot was A. H. "Tommy"
Thompson, veteran of nil' mull and
transport experience. Joseph Oo '
Cessiiro, (llendule, was 1 co-pilot
and Itutb Klmmel, Alameda, wns
stewardess,
Notables Among Victims
Passengers aboard the big olr
llner included Meprescnlntlves- of
wealth, business and society.
Murk I-:. Fontiinn, r7, millionaire
food mauurueturer and yntcbsman,
wns returning to Ills home hero af
ter ft business trip to l.os Angeles.
Miss Gertrude (Irenuan, 24, .was
enrnute to Uer Berkeley homo
(Continued nn pngo 6)
innHi'utlne voice exclaim: .
"Mrs. Simpson!"
Within a few moments after the
reference to the woman for whom
Kdwaid Vlll abdicated bis throne
and who prohuhly will soon hold
, the title of Duchess of Windsor,
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i " ,,M -
i Ly" .SP.J .;!"c.' ,r.k W
since 192a.
"ll's all a terrible mistake,"
liorke was said to have moaned.
II seems the words just slipped
out. There was not, he suld, any
. explanation.
I did not make tho rnmnrk wllh
nny thought of disrespect for Mrs.