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SERVICE We guarantee our ear rler service. If your : paper doe not arrive lay", 6:80, call 500 and a copy will be delivered a once. THE WEATHER , . Cloudy today and Sunday, possibly f rlng at night t Max. Temp. Friday 45, Mln. .84, river 4.2 feet, rain .13 Inch, wind south. -. f FOUNLDEOr 1831 EIGHTIETH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Alorning, February 21, 1951 No. 23 4 AGRICULTURAL COfJSOLfflTIOfl PASSES SENATE Bill to Create Department Out of ,14. Separate V Agencies Voted Ballot is 21 to 9 After "-Three; Hour Debate; Brown is for it A state department of agricul tare which will include 14 state agricultural agencies now "operat ing ttenaratelv. was given a zi to 9 approval in the senate yes terday after a three-hour debate conducted before a pacxea nai lery.'' -The bill calls for the appoint menf-of-a director of agriculture and fire bureau chiefs, the di rector to be"; appointed by the governor to serve at a salary of $5000 annually. The measure was introduced in the senate by its committee on agriculture. The bill now goes to the lower bouse for its consideration. The vote on the bill follows: For Bennett, Booth, Brown, Burke, Crawford, Dunn, Dunne. Eddy. " Fisher, Hallj Johnson, Jones. Maun. Miller, Moser, Dchulmerich, Spaulding, Staples, Wheeler, Woodward and Presl dent Marks. -. Arainst Bailey. Billingsley, Carsher. Eberbardf : Franclsco- Tich, Kiddle, Kuck . Strayer and Upton. (Consistent Program Ta Imi Carried out "This bill Is in the: Interest of a consistent program for the de velopment of agriculture anaine elimination of dupHcatftt-Snd expansion," said-senator Miller in nnenlnsr the debate. "Under this bill all agricultural agencies! will be concentratea, ana me x departments new operating sep arately will be directed by one bead. ' - "The proponents of this meas- use hare not stressed any ciaim of great financial saving to the state, but "they do believe that (Turn to page 2, col. 1) ' : RED TALKS. WALKER PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 20 (AP) Communistic lectures which he delivered at the Univer sity of Washington and at Reed college recently were at the invi tation pf the students, Fred Walk er. 23, testified today as the first defense witness in the trial of Ben Boloff, charged witbrcrlminal Byn dicallsm. - -'": 'r r. "'. Walker is orsraetrer' for the Young Communlstlle-s&ue .of Ore- J gon, Washington, Idaho and Alas ka.. : ",.,.f f. Paul Munter, 22, secretary of the international labor defense for Portland, second defense witness, was asked whether In the event a revolution broke out "at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning" be would Join the communist forces. "It would be unnecessary to Join," he replied. j"I would be there." . Walker and Munter, among 12 'others indicted for criminal syn dicalism, are at liberty under ball while awaiting trial. A defense motion for a directed verdict of acquittal, made after th state rested, was denied. R. P. Bonham, district immi gration director, testified for the state and told of communistic ef forts to bring about revolution. He described communist schools for children conducted at Astoria. Ore, and Woodland, Wash. "Innoculation of the young with the virus of rerolution," he said, was the chief aim of the communists. Two Hanged in West Virginia MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va.. Feb. 20. (AP) Two convicted slay ers, Emery Stevens. 24. and Wil liam Claude Adams, 40, both of Mingo county, were hanged to night In i double execution at the West Virginia penitentiary. , STUDENTS 1TB) The Legislative Calendar ' ' HOUSE TODAY Third reading house bills 112, 222, 35S, 253. 2(0. 232. 230. 334. 254. 3C9. 280, 331, 53,207. . House resolution 17. 'V Third reading senate bills 184, ies, 12. S, 82. 139. 213. 20. C2. ,f Senate concurrent fjsdlu Uons 6. 10. - . (l. -- Senate Joint memorial 11. .- Senate joint resolution 15i Special order 10:30 a. m., house bill SIS, tobacco tax. HOUSE YESTERDAr - Defeated bill to raise ele mentary school teachers re quirements to four years of. normal school work. ' Approved appropriation measures totaling 31,750. "000. - Blocked move on Gordon's part to compel adjournment by Thursday, February. 29. In Tainingto Emulate Liridy Marion lvUdy, young American . avlatiix. who plans to make a solo flight from New York to ' Paris tills gammer, Is In Eng 1 land making f lights over the English channel to practice xiy ing blind. Miss Eddy holds the American women's altitude re cord for an amphibian plane. P CRITICIZES HAWLEY Congressman - not Pushing Canajization Project, - Delegates Assert Severe criticisms were directed at Congressman W. C. Hawley for Inactivity In pushing development of the Willamette river, when 61 delegates of Willamette valley i- tieaJnlerested In-canalixation" orl the Willamette met last night at Independence In their sixth ses sion to wprk out the project. One delegate went so far to de mand recall of Hawley tor slow ness in the matter, and others de clared that the river bill now In the senate! would probably be kill ed In the bouse because of Haw- ley's Inertia. The bill , now t np takes 1 care of the river only be tween. Oregon City and Portland, but this project is considered pre-; lude to development of river traf fic farther, south. :v r.? . The Willamette Waterways as sociation,! official title of the group meeting last night, went on record as I sponsoring only devel opment of the river, and not . en; dorslng any individual projects or concerns joperating or proposing to operate on the waters. R. H. KIpp, of Portland, Tice presldent of the Columbia Water ways association, outlined the de velopment of that organization and showed that the purpose of that group was development of river navigation and not of Indi vidual enterprises. (Turn to page 2, coL 1) Thomas B. "Kayv state treas urer will be the speaker at the Salem chamber of commerce luncheon on Monday. Kay, who Is a member of the state board of control and who has been active In the develop ment of the flax Industry, will discuss the flax situation In Ore gon. . Much (argument pro and con has been heard recently In regard to the flax situation and a record breaking attendance Is expected at the Monday meeting when Kay will outline the prob lems faced by those who are ad ministering the flax Industry In the state. .', . - Power : Project ; Plan Announced ' f ' - : . OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb.' 20. (AP) Development of a $3,000,- 000 power project on Lewis river In Cowlitz and Clark counties, was proposed In an application filed with Supervisora of- Hydraulics Charles J. Bartholet today by H. S. Royce, Tacoma. " The plant would be located about 20 miles west of .Woodland. f SENATE .TODAY V Third reading senate bills' lt. 283. 257V 241. 214. 2$. 291, S00. 213, 271, 378, tV 1SS. HI, 17,' 1233, 215. 281., 15, is. ; 1 , . : " Senate Joint memorial, t. - Third : reading bouse bills 120, 291. 104; 7t. 171, 181. 195. 252, 287, 292. 135. 317. 281. 30,1 93. 9t, 55. 57. 58. 61. ; ---'4 s - - SENATE YESTERDAY : Approved change of name t Roosevelt highway to Ore gon Coast highway. Defeated by lC-to-14 rote, ' pension measure for Port land firemen and police . men. (. ; " . Voted 21 to 9 for forma tion of state department ef agriculture. CHAMBER SPEflKEE T KILLED TRUE ESCAPE William Wheeler, ' Lebanon Shot Fatally by Oswego ' Service Station man Waterloo Girl Accompanies . Gunman but Claims the -Was Forced to go . OSWEGO. Ore., Feb. 20 (AP) William Wheeler, 22. of Leb anon, ore., was shot and killed by R. W. La Due as he attempted to escape after robbing La Due's ser vice station three miles south of here, Sheriff H. T. Mass reported. Pearl Billings, 18; of Waterloo. Ore., who claimed she was forced to participate in the robbery, was captured a short time afterward. Wheeler and Miss Billings en tered a lunch room operated in connection with the service sta tion, sheriff Mass said, and or dered a meal. After eating it Wheeler drew a reTolver, cover ed Mr. and Mrs. La Due and or dered the girl to take the money in the cash register and get into the car they had left outside. Seises Rifle and Shoots Boldnp Man Then Wheeler ordered La Due and hia wife into a rear room and ran out to his car. As he . was trying to start it La Due seized a rifle, ran and shot just as the car moved away. I Wheeler fell for ward, dying, and Miss Billings leaped from the car and disap peared In underbrush along the roadside, she was found by de puty sheriffs - after she , had re turned to the highway, r Miss Billings told Coroner P. M. Holman she had met Wheeler two weeks ago and knew nothing about his plans for the holdup un til they were seated In the lunch room. She objected, she said, but Wheeler told her he would as soon shoot her as anyone else and forc ed her to do his bidding. He also revealed, she said, he had served a term in the Montana peniten tiary Ahd that he was known' to police under the alias of Wade Hel ler. ., : LUC01IM -Hello Buddy" will be the pass word In Salem on Tuesday evening when more than 600 members of the American Legion will gather at the armory for the district pow wow. The session la scheduled to be gin at 8 p. m. Present plans include a program, a street pa rade and a "feed". Guests of honor will be state department officers and members of the leg islature who are Legionnaires. To help out with the fun Cap itol Post Drum corps, drum corps from other- posts and the Albany band will be on hand. Legion members from corvalils, Sheridan, Dallas, McMlnnvllle, Portland, Amity, Newberg, Al bany, Silverton. Woodburn. Stay ton, Tillamook and Hlllsboro are expected to attend. ' : Members of -the Salem post who are in charge of arrange ments for the pow wow are Mose Palmateer, Herman Brown, Paul Hand, Rufe White and Clif ford Moynlhan. Representative Herbert Gordon of Multnomah county was unsuc cessful yesterday in his move to have the house and senate ad journed next Thursday night, Feb ruary 25. He urged that the reso lutions committee be instructed to compose a Joint resolution asking adjournment at that date. Raloh - Hamilton onoosed the motion, declaring that legislators were not sent to Salem to work for 40 days and then to stop, but rather were sent to the capital to perform the functions of state as sembly and not to go home until the business before both houses was completed. ; ; . Representative Bynon joined with Hamilton In protest. He said there was enough business to keep the members busy until the end of next week. i ; ; The nav of legislators, which Is S3 a day. ended Friday night when 40 days had been completed since the session opened. " Eskimos wrw t SEATTLE. Feb. 20 (AP) Scoring a freak goal in the last two minutes of play, Ernie Ad derson, forward, broke up an ov ertime hockey game between Se attle and Vancouver here tonight to give the Eskimos a 2 to 1 victory. w.j t ij - BAN JOHNSON BETTER ST LOUIS, Feb. 20 (AP) Some improvement was noted to day in the condition of Ban John son, former president of the Am erican league, who is seriously ill In a hospital here. - AFTER HOLD! GORDON'S MOVE TO: ADJOIil BLOCKED 'Miss Europe To Invade U. S. i Baantifnl Mile. - Jeanne Juille, whose crown as "Miss France" 'has now been replaced by the till more - glittering crown of - "Miss Europe.". Mtt. Juille la expected to visit the United States to participate In the in ternational choice of at beAW4y qaeen. DENTISTS CLOSIlie SUCCESSFUL CLINIC Attendance Reaches 300, With Interest in Various Lectures Keen About 300 dentists were gath ered here yesterday for the sec ond annual mid-winter clinic sponsored by the Marion-Polk- Yamhill Dental society, and at least 50 more ' delegates are ex pected here this morning on the excursion train coming from Se attle. The attendance this year Is larger than a year ago. The sessions will end early this afternoon, when xao6t of the dentists will leave for Portland to attend a meeting and banquet of the profession there. ' Dr. William . L. Shearer, or Omaha. Nebr.. originator of the Shearer, sinus operation, was the main speaaer -at last nignvs pro gram at the Elks' temple, where all meetings are being held. He talked on "Oral Infection- and Its Relation to Remote Disease", Il lustrating his lecture with lan tern slides showing conditions caused by infected teeth. Dr. B. E. Llscher also spoke. About 150 dentists attended the banquet held last night at the Marion. Dr. C. T. Fleetwood of Seattle devoted his lectures largely to prevention in modern dentistry, declaring that treatment of de cay In the earliest stages Is pro ductive of the most good. He said the , dental profession Is (Turn to page 2, col. 1) tlUDEfl'S 8ELEASE TO BE 111 SEATTLE, Feb. 20. (AP) Arrangements were made here to day for a 15,000 bail bond for the release of Adolph Linden in New York, charged with embex illng $248,035 from the Paget Sound Savings and Loan associa tion, . Seattle, Glenn Corkery, at torney, said tonight. Corkery announced that he-had volunteered his services in ob taining the bond for Linden, for mer president of the savings in stitution, and that he had arrang ed to have the bond issued by a bonding company here, contingent on Linden or his friends raising $1500, commission on the trans action. ' However. It was reported from New York that Linden, while ac cepting Corkery as bis attorney. had not accepted the bond and wished to return to Seattle with out bond. An officer la on his way to New York to extradite Linden. Schall Asserts Naming Nordbye Aflront to Him WASHINGTON," Feb. 20-(AP) The long fight orer a Minne sota federal judgeship was put up to tbe senate today when President .Hoover Ignored ap pointees suggested by Senator Schall, republican, Minnesota and named Gunnar H." Nordbye of Minneapolis.- - Schall - Immediately went . be fore the senate with t statement that , he would fight Nordbye'i confirmation adding he "la espe cially undeslrous to me. He termed the appointment a "stu died affront to me on thr part of the attorney general." . - w Linfield Beats Pacific Quint FOREST GROVE. Ore., Feb. 20 (AP) Linfield college defeat ed Pacific university, 38 to 38, in a basketball game here tonight. The score at the half was 22 to 21 for Pacific K - A J PENSION BILL : DEFEATED IH UPPER. HOUSE - -. " . ' . , . . i Surprise Outcome ; Viewed . Agnasi . py mg urovya -r Of Supporters L - 7- i ...... . Vote 16 ! to Vl4 After- all Signs had -Pointed to ; Success of Move. Before V gallery packed with supporters of the Portland police men and firemen pension bill,' 16 senators- voted yesterday against House Bill I 242, - while only 14 gave "ayes" to the measure as their, names i were called. Unex pectedly, and with the gallery aghast - at the - unfavorable out come from the standpoint of the Portland, lobbyists, the bill had gone down to defeat after signal victory In the house. i The pre-roiicaii debate was as incisive and hard-fought as any of the session. Senator J. O. Bailey, leading the forces for the bill, declared that revenue for the measure would come principally from pre miums on Portland-owned real estate. He contended that the work of the Portland police and fire departments had been so effi cient that materially lower rates had been secured by property holders. Provision for a pension system by a tax on these benefi ciaries, was only fair, he contend- Claims Multnomah More Than Fair Bailey in closing the argument for the proponents of the meas ure, denied that Multnomah coun ty had been unfair, and declared that the county had less than, her constitutionally allowable ' num ber of senators and representa tives He also said that Multno mah county for years had paid $400,000 towards a market road program annually, receiving back little more than $100,000 a year from the state. Senator Eddy severely con-. (Turn to page 2, coU 1) ; E-JIIBED- VANCOUVER.' Wash.. Feb. 20 (AP) Three persons were in a hospital here tonight, one ser iously Injured, as the result of a headon automobile collision on the Pacific highway ten miles north of here. H. E. Sullivan, 44, Tracy Calif., driver of one of the machines, suffered a crushed chest, while Mrs. SuUivan, 43, received a broken leg. ; Mrs. W. E. Carton, Hoqulam, driver of the other, car was not Injured but Mrs. Ralph Dunham, Hoqulam, who was with her was brought to the; hospital. The extent of her Injuries had not been determined .tonight but they were not believed serious. Her husband. Ralph Dunham, riding in the same car, was not Injured. . . Reports to the sheriff's office said' the accident happened on 1 a curve In the road. TILDEN- WINS BOSTON. Feb. 20 (AP) William T. TCden defeated Kar el Koxeluh, of Cseeho-Slovakla 8-4, 2-t, 8-2. 7-8, In an exhibi tion professional tennis match before 8000 spectators at the Boston Garden tonight Day In Washington (By the Associated Press)1 House passed the Muscle Shoala WD, ; - President' Hoover seat word to senate he would ve to veterans bill next week. House committee recom mended Interstate commerce commission, control of rail- : road holding companies, Former Postmaster Gen eral New refused to tell sen-; ate committee about m Cool ldge cabinet meeting. Independent oil operators ought compromise with, ad ministration oa i oil limita tion legislation. . - . House committee approv ed measores to accelerate . deportation of undesirable aliens and exclude alien coos-' xnunlsts from United States. . President Hoorer nomin ated Gunnar H. Nordbye as Minnesota federal Judge and Senator Schall said it was ."affront by attorney gen- "House committee approved the revised employment ex change measure. : . Wlckersham commission sent- to senate testimony oa which Its prohibition report was based. ' President Hoover said the sTovernment would be em ploying 450,000 persons In construction work within 80 days. -KV' 1 Senate recommended Pres ident Hoover open negotia tions for an international silver conference. . : - , ; Senate completed congres sional action on four appro priation bills. n COLLISION Di til mimkonem( Re i n Use any Comp Exact ;H6tir for Changing Over to new System & Is Fixed ; Almost all Numbers'to Changer, i .:' Demonstrations are Qf fered , ? V ; ; ; -:: j. .. - -1 ; ;?...?Mi3rdgit,r ana date baiem will change from manual to dial telephones, according, to Harry V." Collins, manager for The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company; ; ; . z . The immense amount of work necessary to change Sa lem's telephone, system to modern dial operation is going torwara on scueuuie. lasr. weeg,r the replacement with f dial mech anlsm of the 6900 telephone In struments . and the 27 .private branch exchanges was practically completed. Nearly all of Numbers Changed This week, the work of chang ing .the number plate on each telephone, inserting the new tele phone number, will get under way. .Virtually all of the tele phone numbers In Salem will be changed, Mr. Collins pointed out. Coincident with this activity the telephone company will start giving demonstrations on how to use the dial. A , demonstration unit has been placed In the busi ness, office In - the telephone building at 740 State street. Demonstrations will be staged before lodges, clubs, schools and other large groups, and also will be glTen, if desired, at the cus tomers premises' when the num ber plates are being changed. In additions the new telephone di rectory iwhlch will be distributed about April 1, will contain the simple i directions on the use of, the dial. Once Asrain Truth Bests Big Fiction WARSAW, Poland, Feb. 20 (AP) Brutal truth In the remote village of Zagajnlkl has proved stranger than the plction which was laughed away as preposterous when -Henry Rostworowski, Pol-i Ish dramatist, wrote It as a play. ' Andrew Cygan, so this real life drama sroes. came home to tnaj little town after 18 years of hard work and thrifty living in Ameri ca. Late In the night, according to the story the villagers tell, he knocked at the door of the cot tage where his aged parents lived. His mother let him in, but the only light in the single room came from a fire on the hearth. It was too faint for the old eyes of his parents to recognize their son. He decided to pose as a stranger. Late into the night he sat with the old folks beside the fire and told them of the wonders of the new vworld, showing them a wal let bulging with money. - . A look of grim understanding passed between the old man and his wife and Louis Cygan. seizing an axe, brought it down on the stranger's skull. Then they look ed at Identification papers In the dead man's wallet. The next morning neighbors found them moaning over the body of their son. The mother was insane. H FINAL BILLOT WASHINGTON, Feb. 20-(AP) Only a flimsy senate barrier stood tonight ' between Muscle Shoals legislation and the White House. . r Sped to the senate by a vote of 21C to 183. its advocates look ed confidently to adoption of the measure there. A similar meas ure has been approved by ' the senate In the past. .The democratic house minority was Joined by 87 republicans and Representative Kvaie, fanner-labor,' Minnesota, in favor of the report. Three democrats opposed It. They were . Representatives Douglas, Arizona; and Linthicum and Palmlsano, of Maryland. For the ; second time in ten years a president must - rule ' On government or private operation of the $l60,Q00,000 project on the Tennessee river in Alabama; Two years ago a similar bin was given a pocket veto by President Cooildge. The same course is open to Hoover.. . . . ; Dog is Reprieved To be New M&scot Astoria Police ASTORIA, Ore., Feh 20. (AP) Whoopee, a wire haired fox terrior, condemned to death by police order --for . alleged wholesale slaughter of, cats, won a. reprieve' today and was adopt ed officially as mascot for the Astoria police department, ..News stories telling ' of the death sentence brought a flood of telegrams to the ; police de partment pleading for mercy for thO" dOg.' : - - : i ;. Whoopee has been assigned to f MUSCLE SHOALS the prowl car division. - A pi r it 5, Announces is the definite hour HUDDLE FIXES UP ROAD TAX DEPEAL Meier, VanDuzer, ; Kiddle and Others 'Agree One ; Mill Levy may go A smooth spot in the rough sea which has encompassed the Kiddle bill for the repeal of the one-mill market road lery, appeared last night, after a late afternoon con ference between Governor Meier, Highway , Chairman Van Duxer and senate and house leaders. Under an agreement satisfac tory to i all parties, the one-mill market, road direct levy will go. In its stead the highway com mission agrees to take over mar ket road projects as a system of secondary highways for the state and to divert 10 per cent of the annual receipts of the highway de partment to work on these roads. Governor Meier, Highway: Chairman. Van! Duzer, Senator Kiddle and other leaders indicated last night this agreement would be altogether satisfactory. Meier Is understood to have fa vored the Kidle bill. In the main, because it would reduce the tax on property one mill. At the same time, wishing to keep on a friend ly : basis . with the highway com mission he desired not to hamper the - activities of that body. The estimated amount of revenue made, available junder the 10 per cent diversion-agreement for the secondary roads. Is placed at $1,- 20010JLftayear for the next bi- ennium. i. 10 TAX MEASURES IN SEiTE HOPPER Two , major tax measures, the 1931 excise tax and the 1930 In tangibles tax, the' latter subject to the peoples vote at a special election, made their way into the house hopper late Friday, after noon. The measures were re ported out favorably by the tax ation and assessment committee after the state; tax commission an4 the attorney-general had giv en the bills a thorough inspec tion. . -i Under the provision of the excise MIL the rate of five per cent on the net Income of corpo rations doing business In Oregon, as effective for the past year, will be raised to. eight per cent on the business done, in 1931 and subject to tax. ,The Intangibles tax, which has been revised, to be a tax on net income from Intangibles held by individuals, provides for a flax tax of eight per cent on net In come. Aspeeial election will be called this spring on the latter measure. : .-.":! Unable to Tell Cause oi Blaze OAKLAND, Cal.. Feb. 20 - (AP) A coroner's Jury today declared itself unable to deter mine, whether the recent disas trous' horse shoW fire was of in cendiary origin. The inquest was held by Coroner Grant D. Miller into the, four deaths caused y the fire. M . Four men and more than. 50 valuable horses perished la the tire which leveled the stables. Cosmic Sunset Taking Place iit ( PASADENA. CaL, Feb. 20. (AP) A cosmic sunset is taking place among the stars set era) hun dred million miles away. Dr. Fred erick H. Sears, aslsstant director of Mount Wilson observatory, dis closed today. -' - 1 i - The sunset is that of 719 stars In the region near-the great Star Alpha Cygnl, which illuminates the strange nebulae called "North American" because Its shape re sembled the continent of North America. This sunset Is revealed on the fringe of a great eloud of obscuring matter . between the earth and the stars. Dr. Sears told how the eolors have been , measured and that it was found' that ! 20 per cent of these stars in the area measured had a much richer and redder light than should be normal. This was also traced In spectrum meas urements by Milton Humason, one of his assistants. - - REJECT Plfl OFFER OP CITli Mayor and Committee say Lowest Figure of Utility V.V:; Is : too High Company and Councilmcr. r Now Attempting Move y "" Toward Arbitration v ' Negotiations between the. city and the water company resulted yesterday . In a rejection by the ' company of a tender made on be half of the city by the mayor and the utilities !. committee of tbe council.- The company came back with an offer of the lowest figure they would take and as both sides were adamant In their position, the next more is to see If an agreement can be prepared under . which the amount to be paid can be determined by arbitration. , President Elliott reported at the morning session that he had com . munlcated with two of his com pany directors residing ; on. th coast, but was awaiting word from ; the New York director, whom hi . had wired the night preceding. The conference thereupon ad journed until Elliott could heat from this official. He finallj reached him by telephone at Phil adelphia, and was then prepared fldalaJ1 r Decision to try direct bargain Ing was urged by Mayor Gregorj (Turn to page 2, col. 3) ENEMY ATTACK IS i WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (AP) An enemy naval "attack" upon the Panama Canal area was re ported to the navy department, tonight as partially successful, but with the capture of 'the can al itself still In doubt. . - Reporting upon the elaborate manuevers of the "blue" fleet defending' the canal and the "black" fleet attacking it, Ad miral J. U. V. Chase radioed the department r the "enemy" had' seized Port Culebra, attacked the defending forces by air In the Nlcaraguan canal district, and was moving upon the Panama Canal. Earlier official observers in formed Washington authorities ef tbe necessity of Increased air craft facilities to protect the American coast. David S. Ingalls, assistant sec retary of the navy for aeronau tics, radioed the part played by the huge naval dirigible Los An geles had "conclusively estab-lUshed'ho'necessUy-Tor-Tfcon tlnued development of lighter-than-air craft by the navy. 1 Admiral William V. Pratt chief of naval operations, like wise endorsed the defensive qual ities of the Los Angeles and add ed in a radio message the maneu vers had shown a "necessity for cruisers, especially those of the flying-deck type." - These messages were Inter preted at the navy department as coming at an opportune - time since congress has before it leg islation affecting both types of naval equipment. Total Idleness For Man Likely Engineers Hold SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20. (AP) A world of ease with ma chines for slaves doing all the hard labor was pictured by ex perts as -a probability of the fu ture as 'the western metals con gress closed here today. "Machines," said E. S. Dixon, South Bend, Ind., engineer, are today being produced that virtu ally take care of themselves. It Is only one -step more to the per fect robot that will work for man accurately andT continuously with out -ever tiring or complaining. Distant Stai This sunset Is due to the scat tering effect of dust particles several hundred light years from the earth. A light year. In astron omical measurements, is six mil lion' million miles. The ordinary sunset seen on earth Is the light reflections on clouds only a few miles distant from the earth. Analysts of this great cloud re vealing the cosmic sunset has been made by Dr. Sears and Miss Mary C. Jorner, an assistant at the ob servatory. Their work reveals this cloud among the stars is compos ed. In-order to -effect the change of colors making the sunset, of minute dust particles each small er than the wave length of light. They determine this composi tion , rather than that of gas or heavy particles because gss to pro duce such an effect would have to be of a mass not possible or if the cloud were of heavy particles of dust would block out the light.' sucssu t.