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
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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"
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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
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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.
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