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Accident Insurance You cannot afford to bo without the ' Travel ; and Traffic; Accident Insurance which It Issued to State - man subscriber f or only fx a year. THE WEATHER TJasettled, probably rata today, jSoaday cloudy; Max. Temp. Friday 65, Mia. 40, riTcr 9.2 feet, rain J&O Inch, -south wind. POUNDHD 1851 EIGHTY-THIRD YEAR , Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning December 30, 1933 BANK SERVICE Bill Hugh Johnson to Study All Schedules; Error Made In Announcement Oregon Code Provides, for Fees on Out - of -Town Checks, Exchange WASHINGTON, Dec 29. UP) Bank charge schedules drawn up by banking - groups under their code will not be permitted to go into effect until iney nave oeen reviewed individually by Hugh S. Johnson, recovery administrator. In an announcement tonight Johnson said that contrary to In formation distributed by the banking code authority to clear ing house associations all over the country the"recovery administra tion had not approved any stand ard rules for charges to custom ers and that "they have aot even been submitted to the administra tor." Banks have been reported as announcing scales of charges on checking accounts and other serv ices which were Intended to go In to effect Immediately after the new year and which had been drafted to parallel as closely as local conditions warranted the standard regulations proposed by the code authority, .allegedly with administration's sanction. Simultaneously with his an nouncement Johnson dispatched telegrams to the banking author ities informing them that the time for filing proposed fair trade practices with the recovery ad ministration was being extended to-February 1. The principal pur pose of this was to afford the administrator sufficient time to study the proposals now being filed. - "Careful scruntiny in the public Interests," was promised by. John son - to each local -or . state as sociation's proposal. The errdr in announcing that the standard rule had been ap proved by the administrator was officially explained as a mlaunder-t standing. Only yesterday a release from the press section of 'he NRA had announced that this approval bad been granted. ' A schedule of service charges 'effective January 2 will be New Year's presents of Oregon's banks to their customers. Charges will include fees on collection on all out-town checks, on accounts of less than 50, on checks drawn on accounts of more than 1 50 if in excess of five checks a month. as well as a variety of other charges some of which have, pre vailed heretofore. The new schedule, It is said, is obligatory on all banka under the state banking code. In an announcement being dis tributed to customers local bank ers say: "All the provisions and regula tions under the code have one common objective to strength en the banking structure of the country. Safe banks are possible only by the rigid and constant application of sound banking prin cipals. A bank which, receives proper compensation for regular services rendered is not forced to seek revenue from-transactions involving high risk or to venture into other fields of finance. It is now a well established rule that a bank In order to be sound must not beperated at a Joss." The new charges, in effect next week at all local banks, include the following items and fees: Float Charge to Customers: All checks deposited by customers of 1100.00 or less, payable at banks outside the city where deposited, there shall be a charge of 3 cents per check. On such checks in ex cess of 1100.00 the charge shall be the regular rate of interest for the check to reach Its des tination and for returns to be re ceived. When customers cash out of town checks over the counter they shall pay the same rate as non-customers. For an average balance of $ 50.00 allow maximum of S free checks. Under $50.00 4 average, charge SO cents and 3 cents per check over ten. Above - 350.00 average, one additional free check for each additional $10.00 of average balance. Additional checks 3 cents per Item. Interest Bates Savings Accounts: The maxi mum rate shall be 1 percent payable semi - annually. Interest will be figured on a minimum quarterly balance and withdraw als will be deducted from the ori ginal balance. No interest will be paid on accounts closed .within the Interest paring dates, "unless such funds be on deposit " tlx months or longerrithout inter est. No interest shall be paid for parts of . a, month.- on fractional parts of a dollar, or on accounts with less than $5.00 balance. No interest shall be raid on accounts with an average - of - more than three withdrawals per month dur ing the interest period. A charge of 50 cents shall be made on ac count closed within thirty days t opening. All accounts that Milk Producer Merits Ch ief Consideration; Control State Organization to Handle Industry Has First Public Hearing; Dairymen Ask Proportionate Share of Price PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 29. (AP) The declaration that milk producers in the Portland milk shed have suffered losses in the milk trade more definitely and consistently than either the distributors or the retailers was made by Chester L. Mulkey, independent dairyman of McMinnville, at the two hour hearing held by the newly created Oregon state milk O control board at its first meeting Mir cm LABOR RACKETEERS Quarter Million Extracted From Contractors and Haulers, Charge CHICAGO, Dec. 29. UP) Charging a gigantic conspiracy to prey on Chicago's building con struction, coal hauling, excavating and city contracting, the grand jury returned another batch of Indictments today in the campaign to drive racketeering from the city. The indictments named William "Three Fingered Jack" White, successor to the slain George "Red" Barker as boss of outlaw unions and trade associations, and 16 others as having extorted money from legitimate trade a quarter million dollars from the coal business alone. So powerful was the illegal combine headed by White and the notorious trucking and transpor tation exchange, prosecutors said, that a fair start had been made toward levying a daily fee on every motor truck used in build ing construction, coal hauling and other work. ' Other charges were that the 17 defendants, enforcing their "dic tates by sabotage and threats of strikes, forced contractors to rent truck, steam shovels and other equipment from certain firms, in fluenced letting of contracts, made unreasonable demands and called two strikes of city employes to enforce them, literally drove business men into bankruptcy to fatfieS- their own pocketbooks. Final decision on the City of Salem's action In bringing suit to condemn the water plant here and on the city's attitude on beer licensing will be made next Tues day night at the first 1934 meet ing of the city council. yesterday, anticipating t n e meeting. Mayor Douglas McKay said he would at that time make known his councilmanic commit tee appointments for the forth coming year. These appointments for the last few years have been made by the council. Recently the aldermen restored the ap pointment power to the mayor. In addition McKay win an nounce his 1934 appointments to the following city boards: Pub lic playgrounds, planning and zoning commission, parks, library, NO BAD EFFECTS ALBANY, Dec. 29. (if3) About the time Mrs. L. A. McCormick of Albany, today missed a safety pin that had been in the clothing of her eight-months-old daughter Margaret Ruth, the baby began to cough and gag. Margaret was rushed to a hospital here where an z-ray picture showed the pin, opened, had lodged in her throat. Physiciahs removed the pin with little difficulty. Margaret at latest report was feeling fine and apparently had forgotten all about the Incident. WHEELER MAY FLOAT 'ASTORIA, -Dee. 29. UP) The McCormick line freighter Char les L. Wheeler, Jr., which went aground on Sand Island at 'the mouth of the Columbia river De cember 17, was moTed about 20 feet seaward, at high tide today, and company officials expressed the belief that she wiU be freed. , Report of the progress was made by Captain a A. Beckley of, Los Angeles, official c2 Merritt, Chapman- Scott, the salvaging company holding a contract to free the ship. v, n Three- anchors have been laid out astern of the vessel, and a rnnstant strain la being made on these lines by the ship's wenches. In addition, the salvage tug Pea cock nulled at the vessel tonight until er. hawser broke. The work WILL DECIDE SOON ON UDEIIJTl Reliefs Board is Told here today. E. G. Harlan, chairman and administrator of the board, and O. M. Plummer of Portland, and B. W. Mason of Klamath Falls, the other two members, were all present at the meeting. Harlan. who resigned as secretary of the Eugene chamber of commerce to assume his new post, presided. "We feel as producers that the groceryman In the past has al ways been the first man to get the ultimate 10 cents for a quart of milk," Mulkey said. "The milk distributor is-paid 8 cents for the quart by the retailer, after he has taken off his 2 cents or 20 per cent profit. Then the distri (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) FREE SILVER PLI Wheeler Claims 44 Senate Members are Favorable To Coinage Scheme" WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. UP) A powerful senatorial silver bloc organized today behind a program for remonetization of the white metal and claimed enough votes to put it through provided Presi dent Roosevelt does not come out openly in opposition. Disclaiming any attempt to block the president's silver pur chase policy and describing their proposal as supplementary, 18 senators from the west and south attended a conference called by Senator Wheeler (D., Mont.) and after less than an! hour and a half of discussion unanimously adopt ed the following resolution: "We favor bl-metalism the free and unlimited coinage of both gold and silver at a ratio to be established by law." Nine other senators were listed by Wheeler as having approved the proposal by proxy. In addition, he claimed 17 oth ers were sympathetic, making a total of 44 in all, or 11 more than the vote cast last April for Wheel er's bill for free coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1 with gold. Wheeler's bill was defeated then 44 to S3, with 18 not voting. Among the 44 claimed for free coinage today were 33 democrats, 10 republicans and one farmer labor. CWA Payroll to Be Large Today Glenn Niles, county CWA ad ministrator, expects today to dis tribute a payroll of nearly $22, 000 to the 1400 workers employ ed by the federal government here during the week. The pay roll will be the largest yet dis tributed, last week's having been 317,000. In order to get out the checks Niles and his assistants worked far into the night. ADHERENTS Infant Swallows Pin Vessel Aground Stirs Locks Protest is Filed George Matthews Dies BIGGER ONES WANTED THE DALLES. Dec. 29. UP) The Dalles port commission today requested the public works ad ministration to approve installa tion of sea-locks at the Bonne ville dam of sufficient size to pass ocean-going ships. Present plans call for navigation locks large enough only to permit passage of barges. Today's action was the first direct step taken since rejec tion of the Inland Empire's plea by the chief of the army engi neers. In Its communication to the PWA, the post commission com plained that it had received no formal notification of the type of locks to be Installed. - . ' " " NOTED AS 'ENGRAVER ' PORTLAND, Dec 29. UP) George E. Matthews, 48, of Port land, president of Hicks - Chatten Engraving company and ? well known in the photo engraving business, died in a hospital here last night after a long illness. . He was also noted for his know ledge in photography, chemistry and engineering, and before com ing - to Foruana ne servea j. xor many years as a photographer and staff writer for Collier's magazine and for several Chicago papers. Worldwide events he covered, In eluded the Olympic games , in Athens, Greece. SBTETDURfe OFFICIALS VOTE Dates March 21 to 24 Says Gary; Invitation is Taken Up by Control Board Fans Here Worry at Delay; Success Necessary to Keep Big Show PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 29. UP) Willamette university's invita tion to the Oregon State High School Athletic association to hold its annual basketball tour nament at Salem this season was accepted by the officials of the association at their meeting here today, John L. Gary of West Linn disclosed to the Associated Press tonight in a telephone con versation from his home. Gary said the invitation was written by Dr. Carl G. Doney, president of the university. The officers, Paul T. Jackson of Klamath Falls, president; Austin Landreth of Pendleton, vice-president, and Gary, voted today to accept the invitation. The dates of the tournament, to be played in the Willamette university gymnasium, were set at March 21 to 24, inclusive. The annual prep basketball tourney has been held at Wil lamette since its inception. A slight change in the method of awarding the state high school basketball tournament this year, causing a day's delay in the an nouncement, caused some concern here Friday in view of the hints last summer that the big hoop meet might go elsewhere. Willamette's invitation was the only one presented. Instead of being voted on at the athletic association's general meeting, the invitation was turned over to the board of control for action, hence the brief delay. f Salem basketball fans and business men particularly Inter! ested in keeping the tournament here, have emphasized the neces sity for complete success of this year's meeting, financially and otherwise, in order to avoid any danger of losing it in the future. STATE STORE PLAN OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 29. VP) Governor Clarence D. Martin and bis advisory liquor control commission stepped Into the smouldering liquor control battle in the legislature today in an at tempt to steer the state stores plan safely through the house. The commission issued a state ment that it would disown the "Steele bill," which has passed the senate, if the lower chamber in sisted upon amending it to allow the sale of mixed drinks in hotels, restaurants and clubs. The state ment was filed with the house li quor control committee at the request of Chairman J. T. Ledger- wood, following a conference be tween three members of the com mission. Chairman Robert E. Evans of Tacoma, Alfred J. Schweppe of Seattle, and Reno Odlin of Olympla, and Governor Martin. Immediately after the meeting the chief executive Issued a brief statement. It said: "I am not advocating the sale of hard liquor by the drink and doubt if private retailing can be made consistent with the princi ples of the Steele bill. This prob lem, however, is in the hands of the legislature and I am not in clined to oppose a more liberal solution if it can be worked out by the senate and house in a man ner consistent with the alms and purposes of the measure." John R. Nichols Chosen Dean of Idaho U. Branch BOISE, Idaho, Dec 29. UP) Dr. John R. Nichols of Lancas ter, Cal., was selected today by the state board of education to be executive dean of the south ern branch of the University of Idaho, at Pocatello. He will take office February 1. He was selected from a group of 66 candidates to sueceed the late John R. Dyer,' who was kill ed last August In an automobile accident In North Dakota. Dr. Nichols received an A.B. degree from - Oregon ' State col lege and an M.A. degree and Ph. D. degrees from Stanford nni versity. .: ...-v, w" r , HISTORIANS ELECT PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 29. UP) William H. Ellison of the Santa Barbara State Teachers college was elected president of the Pa cifie , coast branch of the Amer ican Historical association at the concluding session here today of the organisation's two-day annual GOVERNOR BICKI1 meeting. j T Houses Dive; Slides Again Cause Havoc . NELSON. B. C, Dec. 21. ff) The Canadian Pacific railway link around Kootenay lake was again tied up tonight following a sec ond earth slide at Blake, 80 miles east of Nelson. It measures 1,000 feet long, and there are two smaller slides on the western end of the big one. TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 30. UP) Six houses have been carried into Puget Sound at Dash Point, a suburban community near here, and two others were in danger of destruction today as a result of a huge slige of earth loosened by excessive rains. The power line was down and the Dash Point wa ter mains were reported dam aged. Most of the houses were .va cant, their occupants having re moved their household goods on the approach of danger. Spanaway lake, to the south of the city, was reported up another fire inches today and families on the west side were reported pre paring to leave Wieir homes along the lake front. WEATHER SUB-ZERO 50 Below in Upland N. Y.; Lowest on Continent 64, in Ontario (By the Associated Press) Sub zero weather held New England and New York in bitter thralldom Friday, sending the mercury down to unfamiliar depths. Boys took their daily dip in a Boston public pool at 17 below, the lowest temperature ever re corded in that city. Two persons died of cold, and an epidemic of frostbites kept the doctors busy in Boston and its environs. The uplands of New York state and its eastern neighbors felt temperatures in the sub zero for- hdfUeV-While aCrosa tne breadth of Canada Whence the high atmospheric area sent the unwonted and unwanted frigid wave there were readings from 20 to 60 below. In the Sudbury-North Bay re gion of Ontario's wilds some hardy fellow went out long enough to check the thermometer reading of 64 below, the lowest officially reported on the conti nent. New York City through a minimum of 3 below was plenty chilled, and. one wayfarer was found frozen' to death in the none too sheltering lee of a downtown building. Even southern New York cities felt 20 and 30 de grees below sero, and the weather man telephoned from atop Mt. Washington, highest point In New England, that it was no picnic weather up there with the mer cury hiding under a sub 46 and the wind blowing at 95 to 115 miles an hour. Missing Coiiee Held Reason of Slaying, Canada PRINCETON, B. C, Dec. 29. UP) Charged with the slaying of Robert Campbell, 55, Decem ber 21, Charles Hunter, 59-year-old rancher of Five Mile creek, near here, was committed for trial here today. The trial will be heard at the Vernon, B. C, assizes open ing June 11. Albert Mclnroy, a neighboring rancher, testified Hunter had come to his house in a dazed con dition, bleeding from a scalp wound, and had said he had shot Campbell after the latter had at tacked him with an axe, and later with guns. The trouble was over the disappearance of some coffee, Mclnroy said Hunter told him. Late Sports CALGARY, Alta.. Dec. 29. UP) The Calgary Tigers tonight added two more notches to their lead in the northwestern pro hockey league standing by swamping the Portland Buckar oos 10-2. BUTTE, Mont., Dec. 29. UP) University of Idaho Vandals open ed their Montana invasion with a thrilling J 4-3 2 victory over Mon tana Mines Cagers here tonight Tomorrow Vandals invade Mis soula to play Montana university. CHICAGO, Dec 29. UP) Knocked down' seven times Don McCorkindale, the British South African, proved to be no more than a punching bag in his ten round international heavyweight battle with King Levinaky, Chi cago, at Chicago stadium tonignr. - McCorkindale did not win a round. Levlnsky was ont in front every step of the way. The verdict of Referee Tommy Thomas and the two judges was unanimous and the decision met with hearty approval from the 12,000 spec tators who paid 19,000 to wit Of, EASTERN COAST ness the bont. i - v GONTRAGT FOR Sin North Mill Creek Bridge to Cost $6840; Capitol Street Job Let Abiqua Job, Also Woodburn Projects Hold Up Over Right-of-Way Issue PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 29. UP) The problem of selecting a route through Milwaukle for the Portland-Oregon City super-highway occupied a large share of the state highway commission's at tention at its meeting here today. A total of about I20M00 inroad and bridge contracts were awarded. A delegation of Milwaukle and Clackamas residents at today's hearing were informed by the commissioners that the $500,000 super-highway project will not proceed until the Toute is selected and the right of way obtained. No decision was reached today, and it was decided to hold a further hearing January 30 at Milwaukle. The largest contract awarded today was to Harold Blake of Portland for surfacing the New-berg-McMinnville section of the west side Pacific highway. He bid $124,130. Other awards included: Kern & Kibbe, Portland, sur facing The Dalles section of -the Columbia river highway, $47,513. Earl McNtott, Eugene, surfacing the Brunk's corner-Oak Point Creek section of the Independence secondary highway, $15,272. Settergren Bros., Portland, con struction of a bridge over North Mill creek on the Pacific highway in Salem, $6,840. All bids were rejected on sur facing the Ontario section of the Old Oregon Trail.. Three contracts were held for future letting when right of way matters are settled. Low bidders on these were: Birkmeier & Saremal, Milwau kle, $19,845, construction of the w n. a 9 a ouiie ureea oriage on me vvooa (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) HE L LOS ANGELES, Dee. 29. UP) Captured at the end of a search that led from Michigan to Calif ornia, William McMann, 20-year-old electrician, admitted to detec tives today he was the killer of Margaret Peevey, 22-year-old deaf mute of Grand Rapids, Mich. M.'I loved her but she played me a dirty trick," Detective Lieutenants H. C. Llndley and Sollhaxier quoted the youth as saying by way of explanation for the slaying of the girl last week in Grand Rapids. The officers arrested McMann when he walked into a telegraph station here, seeking an answer to a message he had sent his mother, Mrs. Lloyd A. Walcott, of Grand Rapids. The detectives hid behind a counter. MI was tired of running away," the youth said wearily as the of ficers drove him to police head quarters. "I wanted to go back and face trial." He indicated he would waive extradition. Drunken Driving Charge is Filed George Schuett, route two, was Jailed on a charge of drunken driving early last night after his automobile collided with a ma chine driven by Homer Worthlng ton, 765 Ferry street, at the in tersection of 18th and State streets, city police reported. Neither driver was Injured. Only slight damage was done to eith er machine. ADMITS KILLED MUTE Infant's Operation Held Success; Goes Home Soon BALTIMORE. Dec 29. UP) "The baby is doing very nicely. She shonld be ready to go home In two or three weeks Thus Dr. Walter B. Dandy. noted' surgeon, tonight reported the probable success of the deli cate brain operation he perform ed this morning on five-months-old Sue Trammell, flown 1400 miles from Houston, Tex to Baltimore, - in what - her parents believed to ha a race with death. This morning, when "Sue went into the operating room, hospital attaches said the baby's lite de pended upon the outcome. The "very dangerous" operation might km her. they said, but without It she certainly would die. - Two hours : later 4; attendants wheeled : the. baby back to her room. Dr. Dandy and his assistant. Dr. Paul : A. Kink el, issued the following statement: Five Million IMlars Allocated ridges Says Report Civil Works Use In Flood Region Said Unlimited WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. UP) Harry L. Hopkins, reljef and civil works administrator, said today civil works officials in the flood swept area of the Pacific north west have been given virtually unlimited power to carry forward relief work there. He said they had been instruct ed to use as many men as neces sary and to advise Washington later as to the amount of money required. Civil works organiia tions in the area then will be re imbursed from Washington he explained. ' E State of Siege is Voted by Cabinet; Early Word of Suppression Doubted BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 29. (JP) A state of siege was declared for an indefinite period tonight by the Argentine government as the result of a revolutionary plot leading to violent disorders in four provinces. The action, which is similar to a state of war, followed upon a cabinet meeting at which It was decided that the disorders must be curbed at any cost. Earlier the government had an nounced that the plot, launched concertedly before dawn by ex tremist elements among the na tion's million radical voters dis enfranchised since a 1930 rebel lion, had been suppressed. Private reports from Rosarlo, in Santa Fe province, said firing was renewed daring the morning between rebels and loyal forces at Rosario, where 20 persons were slain last night. About 100 per sons, including many soldiers, were hurt, and 500 were ar rested. ( Rebels claimed they controlled most of the police stations in San ta Fe but Buenos Aires, where all policemen and two infantry regiments were held in readiness, and other cities were quiet. AFTER RECORD SET MIAMI, Fla., Dec 29. UP) Through thunder, fog and bril liant f sunshine, Frances Marsalis and Helen Richey continued to fly today to build a new refuel ing endurance record for women. They were in their tenth day aloft as they completed their last refueling contact of the day and received sufficient fuel to take them well into tomorrow. "We could land tomorrow or Sunday," Mrs. Marsalis said in a note dropped to the ground shortly before they entered the tenth day at 1:03 p. m. and nineteen hours after they had broken the previous record of eight days, four hours and five minutes. "Helen and I both feel swell today," -she continued. She attributed their recovery from the weariness and exhaus tion that at times before the record was broken threatened the success of the flight "perhaps to the excitement of breaking the record and hanging up a new one." o "The operation may be termed successful The obstruction which caused the hydro-cephalua condi tion has been removed. The ulti mate outcome of the operation. cannot, of course, be determined at this time.. It was during the afternoon, alter sue had recovered cons ciousness, that from Dr. Dandy's office was received another state ment: "She is doing splendidly," And tonight the doctor was talking about the baby going home.-; v , The baby's parents, . Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Trammell, of Houston, became alarmed when she grew sick, frantic when they discovered the contour of her head changing early in the, week. Houston doc tors said she had hydrc-cephalus or water on the. brain. They ad vised she he taken to Dandy, ENU EM.T U WOMEN STILL to Oregon Word Not Confirmed; Source Considered To Be Reliable Three Allotments on File; Board Acts, News Held Up WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. UP) A report that the public works board has approved an allotment for $5,000,000 for five Oregon coast highway bridges was re ceived by the Associated Press to day from a usually reliable source. The report said further that an allocation of $307,000 on a loan and grant basis had been made for building purposes at Oregon State college. It was said the five bridges on the Oregon coast highway were in three dockets in the public works files, and that slightly more than $700,000 was allotted for one span, $3,300,000 for two others, and $1,000,000 for the other pair. The information available did not designate the bridges for which the sums were allocated. One member of the Oregon con gressional delegation who refused to be quoted, admitted he had re ceived u n o f f i c i al information "from a source considered very reliable," that the board had act ed favorably on those projecta yesterday but was withholding the announcement until next week. Word was received at the high way department here Friday from J. M. Devers, attorney for the highway commission, that the coast bridges were considered by PWA board Thursday but that no announcement of the decision would be made for several days. Leslie M. Scott, chairman of the commission, said in Portland Friday night that he had no in formation about the decision oth er than the Associated Press story. LONG BEACH, Cal., Dec. 2t. UP) Four hours, five minutes and 22 seconds after he flopped aia airplao over on Its back, Mile Bucham, 28 -year -old aviator, flopped right side np again today and landed with the upside down flight record in his possession. Once more he had taken it away from Lieutenant Tito Fal coni, Italian aviator, with whom Burcham has been engaging in a friendly duel ever since last Aug ust Falconl's record was three hours, six minutes in an upside- down flight from St, Louis, MO, to Joliet, 111. Last Saturday Burcham made an attempt to break Falconfa record and was only 22 mlautee short of it when he was forced to land In a plowed field near the east Los Angeles airport. . World News at a Uiance (By the Associated Press) Domestic: I WASHINGTON. Senatorial bloe asks remonetization of ait ver; - claims enough votes it Roosevelt approves. WASHINGTON. Labor board calls steel companies for hearing on Pennsylvania mi Be eontre- versy. y ; , NEW YORK. Sub sere we- ther ties np traffic, causes deaths in New York and New England. WASHINGTON. Relief adate lstrator estimates $100,000,0t needed for aid to July 1. BALTIMORE Successful bxaia operation performed on 5-moathe old baby, brought from Texas by plane. - WASHINGTON Roosevelt con siders protection of small mer chants and retention of, anti trust principles ander NRA. CANON CITY, Colo. Governor denies clemency plea for youth condemned to die by lethal gas. FLIES UPSIDE 0011 OVER FOUR IIS v WASHINGTON. Roosevelt W ask congressional action on for eign trade recommendations. MIAMI. Women endurance fliers, with . record secure, con tinne in air for tenth, day. CHICAGO. Grand Jury indicts 17 Inl alleged construction and . contracting racket. , ' ,: ., Foreign ; -.v:;-k SIN AIA.' Rumanian prime minister, foe of King Carol, a sassinated by student, v A i .: BUENOS AIRES. State ot siege declared after extremist di orders kill 20. (Turn to Page 2, Col. J will be resumed tomorrow.