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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1930)
COMING SOON! With Thanksgiving here, nd soon cone, Christmas is Just roaad the corner. ' , Special holiday offerings a display soon. " ' WEATHER : Generally cloudy today and Monday with light rains. No change la tern' " perature; moderate south east winds; Saturday maxl- 48; minim am. x. Y L EIGHTIETH YEAR ROGUE FISH BILL BE Avalanche of Appropriation Bills Threaten law Makers V Julius Meier Expected Home V Early . This Week to Start Work W REVVED IFJ LEGISLATURE - Pre-leglslatHre' scouting" Is be-' ginning and promises to be well under way, . now that Thanksgiv 1ns to past. Senator - Edward Miller ot Grants Pass was in Sa lem Saturday. He was checking up with legislators on the favor which would meet the introduction- ot the Rogue river fish hill which was defeated as a consti tutional amendment in the last election. He said he was sent by southern Oregon sportsmen's or ganizations to interrlew legisla tors and get their viewpoint. The Rogue rirer fish restriction, rota-i sure has1 caused tossy ! i legists- tire battle, and the coming ses sion promises to be no exception. . An interim committee is sup posed to report." but its findings are problematical. Many Expected -To Seek Money An outbreak: of appropriation " hills is also expected by Teteran legislators. In recent years the deficit in the state treasury, real or expected. serTed as a buffet against raids on the treasury. "With the tax question In the way of settlement the bees are expect ed to start buzzing where they think the nectar is. Uouso organization matters are still not exactly settled. Her bert Cordon who appears so far on the short end of enough rotes to win the speakership,-is said to be seeking the support ot governor-elect Meier to strengthen his candidacy. Mr. Meier who has been In California since Just alter the election, is expected borne early this week. Whether he will lend a hand to aid Gor don and whether he can swing enough rotes away from Fraag Lonergan to enable Gordon win afford the political dopesters something to speculate upon. Meier Dae Here .To Select Homo - Air. Meier will visit Salem - soon after his return to Oregon and decide on his living quarters in this city. He has looked at an apartment in the. Marlon ho tel; and may be offered for lease one of the stately mansions on Court street, the B. C. Miles home for Instance. A l major problem confronting the new governor will be the de termination of his appointees. - With many faithful to he remem bered now that victory Is In hand, and with numerous Influ ential as well as lucrative posi tions to be passed around, the governor will, have occasion to wrinkle his brow many times In setting the place cards for his official table. Thus far the gov-drnor-elect'bas disclosed none ot the appointments which he will .. make. ' " PORTLAND, Nov. 29 (AP). . Several measures designed to - Improve the financial conditions of Oregon cities may be submit ted to the next state legislature by the legislative committee of the league of Oregon cities. The committee concluded a two-day conference here today. The proposed measures will be drafted, copies ' sent to other members and another meeting called In about two weeks to on r aider the final forms. - ' One of the proposed measures ' would enable the cities to get a share of the automobile license fees. ' Another would , have the (Tarn to page 2, col. 4) t-i Sentiment is v On Cat Opinion as to the wisdom of calling a special election was sharply divided according to com ments made Saturday. The attor ney general held that only by a epeclal election cc-uld the Marlon ; county senatorship be filled as the law now sta-nds; Governor Not hlad Is weighing the matter, de ferring to the wishes of the peo ple of this county whether they desire to go to-the expense of a special election to make sure the county has full representation at the beginning ot the session. . County . Clerk Boyer was busy checking up to see what supplies .would be necessary la case the call is Issued. He found an abundance of supplies, except of coarse, ballots for the election. The special election in 1927 cost the county $3600; and it is not anticipated that a special election now would be much less expensive.'- ! -" -Local citizens were , in some- - thing of a quandary. - Some ex pressed the belief that the cost of the election was so much that it would be better to let the legisla ture rush through a new law by which the Taeancy would be filled without an election. Others were of the opinion that . the only way the people r would be satisfied would be by holding an election. Gbvernor Norbladv Is waiting to heat from the people of the coun He'llbe Chief Justice Shortly Justice Henry J, Dean, who will become chief justice of the Ore gon state supreme court Janu ary 1, as m result of the death of the late Justice Thomas A. McBrfcle. This was announced at the offices of the supreme court here yesterday. Justice Beau will succeed Chief Justice Ooehow, who jetlree from the ' supreme court January l. ON STRIKE TODAY Miners in South Wales Ac cept Temporary Settle ment With Owners LONDON, Nov. 29 (AP). Ninety-two' thousand coal miners In Scotland will go on strike to morrow afternoon unless the government Intercedes success fully, because the mine owners Insisted on a "spread over" working schedule Instead - of a straight 7 hour day provided in the new coal mines act which takes effect Monday. The spread over system would permit the owners to stretch the 45-hour week through five eight hour days and one five-hour day. The miners are bitterly "opposed to this schedule, maintdinihfi that seven aad a halt hours 44 long enough for a man to stay in a mine, at one stretch. The menscing possibility of an extension of the strike to the South Wales mines appeared to have been averted, however, when the union delegates from that field decided by a large ma jority to accept a temporary set tlement of disputes with owners, pending renewal ot conferences which have been going on tor some time. The next meeting of these conferences was scheduled for Tuesday In both these Important areas there Is also a wage dispute, for some of the owners hare insisted that when the 7M hour day be comes effective, no matter what the working schedule is, it must be accompanied by a wage cut. The miners have refused to ac-i cept this proposal also. Announcement of the Scottish strike came clos on the heels of a hopeful assertion by Em manuel Sbinwell. the secretary for mines, that the danger ot a national strike had been avert ed as a result of continuing ne gotiations between owners and union representatives. He said no state of emergency existed and the mining land movement of coal would proceed In tbja normal way. HOW MANY HUNG? CHICAGO. Nov. 29. (AP) Ninety four murders have been solved by the Chicago police de partment in the last five months a record which Acting Police Commissioner John H. Alcock to day said was unmatched In world police history. - Divided ling: Election ty. Indicating that his action will be determined by the weight ot minion as exnressed to him. He also said he was opposed to a law giving the governor power to ar point. j : ., . ' . Knmerons hnddles were started over - possible candidates If the election should be called. - Meier supporters ' were Interested ' to make sure that no anti-Meier man was named who would he offen sive to the administration. W.-A. Delxell was mentioned as the possible democratic nominee. He was a recent candidate for con gress In this district. Settlemeier of Woodburn . and .Charles Ar cherd of Salem continued to re ceive attention of interested re publicans. Custer Ross was a new name spoken of, also Ivan Mar tin, former representative. , - i ti rhfii riven to nominations by party committees In the late election was indicated in a saui lTinu nvi that form of nom lnatlon. It is the only one that appears possible under the law, althnnrh tha committee might au thorize a voluntary party primary of its own: but the delay and ex pense of that is considered a bar to that method. ; ; The decision will be arrived Jit Tery soon : by Governor Norblad, Inrn ih Km A is Terr khort In which an election may be held be fore the legislature convenes, ; sMi iis' DRIES DIVIDE SAL OF Oliver Stewart Opposed, Dr. Wilson Says j He is not Methodist Sheet Warns Re . .'publicans Against . . Hedging j WASHINGTON. Nov. 29 (AP) Stern opposition and some sup port were manifest today among the dry forces to the proposal broached at a secret meeting ot temperance leaders here that prohibitionists Join with the anti prohibitionists in having congress provide for a nation-wide prohibi tion referendum. One of the conferees, Oliver Stewart, president ot the Flying Squadron foundation, disclosed that sentiment at the hotel room meeting had been largely against the proposal, and said Jn a state ment he believed "the ilrys wotUd fight to the last ditch" against It. Dr. i Clarence True "Wilson, sec retary of the Methodist board of temperance and public morals, who has said he was not opposed to a referendum. Issued a state ment I asking the intentions of Representative Ondrew, a Massa chusetts republican anti-prohibl-tlonlst. Andrew seized upon the proposal even before it had been made public, and said he would introduce Just such a resolution In the coming congress. Republicans May "Die as Fool Dieth" Meanwhile, the Methodist board issued a warning to the republi can party through its weekly clip- sheet; saying: "If the republican party wants to die and die as the fool dieth, the quickest way is to hedge on prohibition. "As for the democrats, we will hare something to say later. In the meantime, we will Just re mark that there are literally-mil lions' of honest, sincere, intelli gent,! God-fearing democrats in the south who understand per fectly well that they are being contemptuously ignored by a re- CTurn to page 2. .coL ), TO Oustric Bank Failure Re acts on Cabinet; Break Up Possible PARIS, Nor. 29 (AP) In the lobbies of the chamber of depu ties tonight the polical dopesters were saying Premier Tardieu will hold onto his job despite the as saults' on his internal financial policies. : He is understood to take the position that his cabinet as a whole is : unaffected by the lnci dentsi of the past few weeks In which Briand, his foreign minis ter, was subjected to bitter criti cism,; and Peret, his minister of justice, was forced out under fire as a i result of the Oustric bank failure. The cabinet resignations, Tar dieu Is said to believe, were per sonal, decisions concerning the ministers alone and he has de cided to fight the opposition to the last ditch rather than turn in his resignation and make way for a new cabinet. The opposition appears to be equally determined to fight a gov ernment which, the opposition leaders say, has lost the confi dence of parliament. Paris listened avidly to rumors that the premier was to step aside and make way for Raymond Poin care, the former president, who has stepped into the breach in prevloua emergencies, but no one! with! authority to back him up would say that these reports had! any foundation in fact. Leon Blum, the socialist lead er, has contended that Perot's res ignation, which was followed by those ot two under-secretarfes, leaves the Tardlen cabinet a cari cature. The radical socialists go even further and aay that the cab inet! has lost its moral authority". Soviet Railroads -Haul More Freight 1(EW YORK, Nor. 29. (AP) Soviet railroads probably will carry more tons of freight per mile this year than United States lines, Ralph Budd, president of the Great Northern railway, said in a statement tonight. ; f Budd, who recently made . a survey ot railroads in Russia, said the Soviet lines were func tioning normally, moving freight and . passengers with : , "fair promptness". i - i " ' - ' '"" BOBBERS HOLD VP TWAIN BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Nor.' 29 CAP) Entering the express car of Southern Railway train No. 19, as it backed away ; from the terminal station this morning, wn mavt men 'Obtained two currency consignments totalling 1 8,1 S 7 droppe grom me car uu escaped. ; - OVER PDOPO RfiDl TMDEU C IS PREMIERSHIP Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, NoTember 30, 1930 Public Service Commission Cuts State Grain Rates Freight Rates on Grain and Grain Products Are Reduced 20 Per Cent on Intrastate Traffic REDUCTIONS of approximately 20 per cent in intrastate freight rates affecting; grains and grain products were announced by the public service commission here yesterday. These reductions conform to interstate rates on grain and grain products shipments fixed in a recent order of the interstate commerce commission. "The record in- this ease amplyO- supports the contention often made that the rate to the first primary market Is most impor tant to the producer ot grain," read the public service commis sion's order. "The producer's country price la generally the market cash price at the nearest primary market less the freight and handling charges into the market. . It accordingly follows that a reduction In the ln-bound rate to the market is more likely to result in benefit to the pro ducer than reductions , in rates beyond 'the primary market. I : ; . 'The , Interstate , , , commerce commission has apparently rec ognized this principle In estab lishing specific rates' from the principal grain producing terri tories to - Portland somewhat lower than the mileage scale ap plicable for other hauls, and we will accordingly adopt and ' pre scribe these rates so far as ap plicable to Oregon intrastate movements. "Heretofore a cnarge of two and one-half cents has been made tor the privilege of clean ing, blending or milling grain in transit. The record shows that this privilege Is used but little In connection with Oregon intra state shipments, the bulk of the grain moving direct to the port to be later exported. This would seem to support the thought that the best interests of Oregon shippers would be served by a separate charge for transit and a correspondingly lower transpor tation rate. "However, the Interstate com merce commission ' has pre scribed tor interstate application and recommended for Intrastate use a rate basis which makes al lowance for transit service In the line haul rates and it seems de sirable that this system be adopt ed for Oregon Intrastate applica tion for this special accessorial service. It is contemplated that except as otherwise provided or required by the interstate com merce commission all existing r rules, regulations, practices and charges relating to transit, diver sion, reconsignment, demurrage and other incidental service shall continue in effect and be applied in connection with the rates prescribed in this order. "There is evidence in the rec ord dealing with the existing transit balances south of Port land. There is some complaint from carriers because ot the fact that interstate movements through Portland to points south pay a combination on Portland whereas under the order of this commission a joint through mile age scale is in effect on intra state business, resulting in a substantial variation in transit balances south of Portland. "These discrepancies ' result from the refusal of carriers to apply Interstate the basis pre scribed by this commission for Intrastate application, although joint through rates have long been in effect to points both north -and west of Portland. The Interstate commerce commission has expressed the opinion that the best interests of the carrier, shipper, consumer and market would seem to lie in a constant balance south of Portland but the order contains no such re quirement. "The use of the interior scale prescribed for single and joint line movements in Interstate commerce through . Portland, which we are likewise adopting for Oregon intrastate application, will produce substantially the re sult which the Interstate com merce commission suggests as desirable. Die at Johnstown But Not in Flood JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Not. 29 (AP) Fifteen persona were in jured, several seriously, when an explosion, believed to have been -aused by gas, wrecked a br:k apartment dwelling here late to day. Fire followed the blast. Reports that one person was missing - in the ruins could not be confirmed. The explosion followed a simi lar blast an hour earlier In a single dwelling a quarter mile away. One aide of the latter structure was blown out buf. none was Injured. Those caught In the wrecked apartment house snf fared large-. Iy from burns. It was a two story building housing five fam ilies. . CUT WAGES IN ITALY "ROME, Not. 29. (AP) The salaries of mllllpns of Italian workmen, clerks and office hold ers will be cut an average of 12 per cent Monday as new sweeping government orders go Into effect. The ; reductions affect persons from Mussolini and ministers down to industrial workers re ceiving the equivalent of $1C monthly. - FOSTER ON TRIAL IS EWE KILLER State Forced to Proceed With Trial After Long Delayt ' c CHICAGO, Ndf i : 29 (AP) Time forced the state's hand to day and a battery of prosecutors, denied their last effort to delay the event, placed Frank Foster on trial for his life as the alleged murderer of Allred "Jake ' Lln gle. Tribune crime reporter. 1 Nearly six months had inter vened since the revereberation of a single revolver shot in the crowded Illinois Central pedes trian subway under Michigan boulevard startled the nation with the ' dramatic assassination of a newspaper reporter. Lingle was later found to have had con nections with gangsters as well as with the police. For' five months' Foster had been In the county jail, denied freedom, while the state prayed for postponements and went on gathering evidence. Failure to bring him to justice today would have meant automatic discharge and a last minute effort to grant the gunman liberty on bail In ex change for another continuance was vetoed by defense attorneys. . The serial numbers . on the snub-nosed weapon found on Lin gle' s body were the state's first index to the trial of the assasin. Through gun dealers its purch ase was traced ot Foster, who was later captured In California, Indicted, despite his protest that he had long since disposed of the tell-tale , revolver, and brought back for trial. Examination of veniremen br Jamea McShane, assistant state's attorney, as to their attitude to ward the penalty of death was in terrupted and the trial deferred until Monday when a prospective Juror, John S. Durante, said he had been a few feet , from the tunnel when Lingle was slain. He insisted, however, that he had not seen : the killer and told the court he wanted to serve on the Jury. The defense immediately asked adjournment for the week end. STEFFI GRINDS PRISON FIRE W PORTLAND, Ore., Not. 29 (AP) Branding the Oregon state penitentiary a 'fire trap," Vincent J. Steffan, Presbyterian minister, today warned that Ohio's prison break and fire may be duplicated in Oregon unless something is done to eliminate the fire haxards at the peniten tiary. Rev. Steffan, who is said to be a former convict, visited the peni tentiary this week. "The Oregon state penitentiary is a fire trap," he said. "Because of Its housing facilities it is in danger of arepetltion of the tra gedy at ' Columbus, O., for that fire was' started by convicts on a definite plan for a break : which failed at the expense of 820 lives. "The cell blocks In the Ohio penitentiary were of wood Just as they are in Salem. The same overcrowded conditions existed there as at Salem." ' Steffan expressed the opinion Oregon would benefit in the end by appropriating money to build modern houses for the state peni tentiary.! He paid high tribute to officials and guards at the insti tution. Shepherd Dog Saves Farmer From Mad Boar LEWISTON, Idaho, Not. 29. (AP) "Spike," a German shep herd dog., attacked an enraged boar . today and probably aaved his master's life. Orrie Hamilton, a farmer, said he was goading; the hoar through a pasture gate when the 'animal, with a snarl, turned on him. ' ' Hamilton leaped baek, but not before a. tusk had sunk into his leg and ripped. It open. Hamilton went down and the boar charged into him. v.'--. '-:,,.; "K: "Spike on the other aide of the fence, leaped to Hamilton's assistance. He barked and bit the hog until the animal retreated. Meanwhile Hamilton crawled to safety, Longworth Would Speed Program to Avoid Extra Session of Congress Hawley Says no Chance to Continue Emergency i In t come tax cut By FRANCIS M. STEPHENSON WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (AP) The congressional ! hosts returned to the capital today to begin on Monday the work of completing their legislative j tasks in a limited session ending next March 4 with a political truce in prospect for immediate considera tion of unemployment ! and drought relief measures, j : President Hoover's decision to put the world court Issue uj to the senate brought predictions from all factions that it would lead to an extra session. j . . , Once more both the republic can and democratic leaders In the senate and house today declared themselves for completion of busi ness within the three months of the present meeting to avoid an extra session but new controver sies persistently arose to threaten the program. i Senate republican leaders did not favor Injection ot the world court Issue into the session but they prepared to go ahead In the effort to complete the emergency domestic business. Speaker Longworth in an ap peal against an extra session an nounced he would favor action by the house on both the, Muscle Shoals bill and the Norris con stitutional amendment to abol ish meetings jf, congress after the members have been displaced by a newly elected congress. ! Norris Demands Action on Bills Senator Norris, of Nebraska, a leader of the republican i inde pendents, who holds the j whip hand on the question of an extra session, has demanded action on these propositions as the i price , (Turn to page 2, col. 1) GERMS BITTER AT OTHER BERLIN, Not. 29 (AP) Germany's oft-repeated complaint that she stands alone and de fenseless amid a Europe armed to the teeth while ahe Is herself accused of secretly accumulating arms for a war of revenge was voiced again by the defense min ister. General . Wilhelm Groener. in a-statement Issued tonight. ; Enumerating ' the vast quanti ties of . arms and munitions de stroyed and the strongholds dis mantled to conform with the Ver sailles . treaty, Groener said "these exorbitant Requirements imposed upon I theajGerman peo ple demands of discipline and re straint which were fulflllable only because - behind these re quirements stood solemn engage ments for disarmament, "What do we find? Twelve years after the general limitation of armaments was proclaimed we find more money is spent upon armaments than ' before the World war and that armies on peace footing In Europe, exclud ing those of the central powers, are stronger by a half million men." Groener declared certain na tions were always finding fresh excuses tor ' Increasing and, per fecting their armaments and sab otaging disarmament. DEATH GOMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP 1 ST. PAUL, Not. 29.-(AP) Surounded by- a small group of the helrarchy, the Most . Rev. Aus tin" Dowling. Roman Catholic archbishop and metropolitan' ot the St. Paul area, died at his resi dence here today from complica tions caused by. a long-standing heart ailment. " Quietly and without pain, the 82-year-old prelate breathed his last while priests and nuns knelt about his deathbed. For a half hour he lay In a coma... Then he was pronounced dead.. .. " ' 1 ;. r Funeral will be held here . on Thursday. Most Rev. Austin Dowling was the second archbishop of St. Paul, succeeding. Archbishop John Ire land. A linguist and a man of the widest . literary - experience, his Grace waa known 'principally aa an educator and was recognized as a capable exutive, an eloquent speaker and an historian. : PREMIER RESIGNS WARSAW, Not. 29- (AP) Marshal Joseph Pllsudski, who yesterday resigned as premier. Is not expected actually to giro np the post until December 9, aince It is believed he desires person ally to open parliament on that date.' :", - ' - . POWERS Youth Planted Deadly Trunk " i - - ' ' Thomas Boyle, above. 24-year-old , San Francisco bookkeeper, who toM authorities solution of the Spokane bomb rase. 1 UBfci aald he shipped the trunk at the In stigation of Henry A. Hse, for 8250 and expenses because he waa desperate over approach ing birth in his family. KILL BOOTLEGGER E. B. Mills Victim of Re volver Shot at Six Feet Recently CORVALLIS. Ore.j Nov. 29. (AP) E. B. Millsj about 4Z, Corvallis, was shot and wounded fatally here tonight by W. L. Henderson, police 'said. Mills, who police Said was a convicted bootlegger, v died en route to a hospital. :"i Police said ; they believed the shooting was the culmination of a bootleggers' war.f Witnesses to the shooting told police Mills was about to enter his automobile which was parked in front of a theater when Hen derson approached him and tired a revolver point blank at dis tance of .about six feet. Miss Emma Stabenow was waiting In the car for Mills. After the shooting Henderson ran around the corner of a build ing". To Police Officer Thomp son's command to I halt he re plied, "I'll be back in a min ute". He continued; to the river a abort distance ' away, hurled his revolver into the water and returned to give himself up. Police said Henderson admit ted the shooting buUthat he had not given a reason for his act. Mills is survived by a daugh ter in Ventura, Calif., his father in Spokane, Wash., and a broth er somewhere in Idaho. Police said they did not know the names ot the relatives. An Inquest will be held Mon day, Coroner A.' L. . jKeeney said. Gas Explodes Thirteen Dead In Coal Mine LUTIE, Okla., Not. 29 (AP) i Explosion ot gas in the No. 5 mine of the Halle-Ola Coal com pany mine here today killed 13 men and burned four other min ers, one seriously, ! It was the second maj Okla homa mine disaster I in less than five" weeks. Thirty-elfht miners working In other parts of the mine emerged unassisted. Thirty men wer killed October 27 In an explosion at the number 4 Wheatley mine of; the Samples Coal company on the state peni tentiary grounds at ! McCalester. IN COR LLIS WAR Seek Air Mail Bids New York to Europe (AP) Regular alt mail from New, York to Europe In only a few more hours than it took Lindbergh to fly the Atlantic was predicted by post office officials today In announcing blda for a transatlantic air mall service would he opened December 29. Eugene R, White, director of international 'postal service, said the average mall service of a fast liner was 5 days and that the air mall service- would beanhat by 2tt days or more. J Lindbergh's time across the ocean was 33tt houra. i .... - - The contract Is ro run for ten years beginning Jane 1, 19S1, until July 1, 1932. the service would extend only as far as Ber muda.: After that." however. Eur ope and return Is to he the des tination of each plane that leaves New York and the round trip Is to be made atJeast weekly. The bids, to be opened at noon In the office of Assistant Post master General Glover, called tor an air mall route from New York by Norfolk. Va., or Charleston, S. C. then across to Hamilton in the British-owned Bermudas, on No. 213 COLD ABATES IN WINTER'S LUTE PREVIEW Temperature Rises Satur day Over Eastern Hair Of Continent Motor Traffic Blocked in Area of Great Lakes; Rains in Iowa By The Associated Prets Bitter winter weather abated today from the middle west to the Atlantic ocean. In its wake, record low temperatures for No vember gave way to rain, -ltaht snow or cloudiness which prom ised precipitation by tomorrow br Monday. At Elkins, West Va.. it was eight below this morning and at Agawam, Mass., the temperature was.' two degrees: under ro. They were ,th. (YMI tqwtK ; J. : ; Chicago Icy rain iiFturned ti ?"' warmer drizzle, and generally throughout the wintry area the thermometric tendency waa up ward. Farmers rode Into Chardon, Ohio, on horseback through six foot drifts to get food for fami lies snowbound since Thanksgiv ing day. Motorlats caught in the vicinity In 26 Inches of anow sought refuge in farm house: one such farm house held 32 per sons. Air Mail Is Resumed Air mall was resumed west ward from Cleveland. Two Great Lakes steamers, storra-tovsed yesterday, found their way to ward port and a distressed Brit ish vessel off the New Jerney coast resumed its Journey un aided. The Susquehanna river and the Potomac were frozen over, and small etreams were frozen to the bottom in Pennsylvania and Maryland, making graver a water shortage already serious because of last summer's drought. Baltimore restricted use of city water with only 10 days' supply in the reservoir. - CHICAGO, Nov. 29. (APT The whims of a dying November put skids under the middle went tonight. Winter's preview ended abruptly as the mercury bobbed up from zero regions to the freezing point and higher. Fog and rain and sleet moved in where bitter cold and snow bad chilled the central staffs and blocked highways In many sections. Highways are Sheathed In Ice Sleet and rain sheathed i he highways for 200 miles around Chicago with a perilous film of Ice whose menace to traffic in likely to be enhanced by the rain, snow and colder tempera tures predicted for Sunday. Hail and bus transportation was hain-y pered seriously, and the relaslag of sero's toll In misery and deatb to the homeless found a new claimant of human Ufa in treacherous pavements. A Chicago motor club bulletin said motor traffic was nearly paralized In the area bounded hy Milwaukee. La Crosse, Clinton, Mollne, Springfield, Indianapolis, Toledo, Detroit and Kalamaxoo. with the sleet storm moving eeet and colder weather predicted is Its wake. " In Iowa It was drizzling while clendy but dry and warm wheth er prevailed in Nebraska. WINS CANNING CONTEST CHICAGO. Nov. 29. (AP) Mildred Osborin, of Eugene. Ore.; won first place In the canned fruits contest sponsored by the national 4-H club con gress, it was announced today. .The contest was held in con nection with the livestock show now nnder way here. to the Atoresand to . London, Paris or perhaps Berlin. Leeway is given contractors who think they can vary the route slightly and do better. Three hundred pounds of mall is the specified load for each plane. The-maximum rate allow ed Is 2 a mile for the 300 pounds and $1 a pound for each 1,000 miles Is charged for excess weight. Just what the govern ment will charge tor postage has not been decided. Mechanic Hangs to Wing OAKLAND, Cal., Nov. 2 9. (AP) Harry Huking, Bering air transport pilot, told company officials today a mechanic, iden tified only as Meyers, clung to the wing of a Sacramentj to Reno plane last night until he landed at Sacramento. Pilot Huking said Miss Olette Hasel, plane matron, noticed Meyers predicament and notified Huking. He returned to the Sac--ramento airport. Meyers Js uild to have loading mall on tha plane at Sacramento and IluUr.r took off believing Meyers tad left the plane. J-