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KBiiroGE lessons ; VVn fX?V MX K .VV.rY, n h a 1 iXX i r t;i. 21 -i ill r,a i II iif.i 1 1 i j 1 iai i i f ri m :imjt . LI I vl l I ' ! TJasttled.wlth rein today :C tad Saturday.' Maxi I Temp. Thursday Mia. 37, river ? ,:,4 fee, rain' .35 Inch,' south erty winds, partly cloudy. Z: Salem, .Oregon, Friday Morning, January 12, 1934 . No. 250 TO- i? -Vj, ; ll A.; ' v I-1 J Jury IT X? IIII! I 11 I llll III ff viiii. I ii I im ri UIU.I II I Ull I L BY GHAUT : Directory of, "FewiMen of &: 6Energy Proposed When i mods Riot uutsiae cnamoer V ncyime hi Huuicas . i w ' r-Atxia, Jan. ,11.-7 eienainj -. Y " refiase from a barrage of. cor 1. ' raptioa charges In the chamber m , 01 oepnues, nremier- gamine woauiempa loaigni uiaciosea wdii t , he said was ptotalnat his sot V ernmont In connection with the yl 140,000,000 Bayonne hank scan- ' ; daL ';--Vv;:;V!:-". J?..:,-. - Whn nobs rioted ontside tfco cnamDer, ine premier loid or a eonp ' d'etat which ho said had been, prepared , tbreedays ago to place vtbe government . In the hands of a directory, of a few men '""reputed for their energy." In a fighting mood, Chantemps told the chamber that the demo cratic regime was ; endangered when a resignation of th cabinet was eniisaged last Monday fol lowing npon the death of Serge iHandgome Alex" SUTlsky and the collapse of his hnge under ground financial machine. "Tracts were. prepared demand ing that France confide its des tiny to a directory of a few men reputed for ' their - energy," the premier said, r dding. howeTer, that these men had not been con sulted about the matter. The premier did not giro the names of the men nor those whom he called plotters against the goT- y X'-ernment.,- He closed bis i speech by de manding that, parliament "sare the regime and public morality by uniting behind thj cabinet." He pledged the - chamber to clean up the "gigantic swindle" x oyer toe tsayonne oonas wunoni , X of the alleged swindler Serge Stv Tisky shook of ffcitf rJncelto: V? night as the' chamber of .deputies I'-tVv heatedly debated his $40,000,000 l X pawnshop bond scandal and Pre- C, mler Camilla Chautemps defend ed the cabinet's life against char res of rwidesnread comiution. Hundreds of royalist youths. ' . shouting "down With thieres and . L, p assassins ! ' clashed with a police "autobus army"; in the nearby - " ii " Indignation Tose again to a high t ; tf Police busses blocked the streets ; , about the chamber building while ' k ! Wjrr lo the legislators fulminated VfCH; '' jC ?n political and financial scandals ' i.and were told the cabinet frank S :f R' Xly admitted Its "faults and neg " ' : 4 7- licence." ; ' Scores of demonstrators were held for questioning. A number were bruised by police clubs and the royalists xreely-swnhg canes. 'A dozen interpellations about the alleged "protection" enjoyed by the late Bayonne pawnshop founder in his financial schemes were , listened " by all political groups for hearing before the pre mier conld ask a rote of confi dence' on his efforts to prosecute those guilty in the Starisky af fair and to plug holes to prevent repetitions. Reported Police i Graft is Probed By Grand Jurors .-r . PORTI-AND. Jan. 11, - (JPi - : Connty grand Jury members In if ' veetlgatinK alleged police graft by ?V- some members of the force today called in six policemen for auls- r tins. Tha group Included DetecUro ' Tfi Captain Harrey A.' Thatcher, d- r: tectrre Sergeant jewel. Detectives Tacgaoerry ana wiuums ana Jr : s Patrolmen O'Halloran and Seely, the latter two ex "members of the vice squad. i "V . - J. N. Barde, Portland business . - J, N. Barde, man and ex-cand X f v nan and ex-candidate for the Ute senate, also , went Into the grand room. Referendum is Assured, Claim Almost enough petitions for the referendum of the bus .and truck V, law massed at tha special legisla tive session, nave oeen signea, u u renorted at Thursday aight'a V meeting of the Salem local of the 1 r,v rtwim n-nA farmer' fm. t V A 4 1ft b. w wm wm - - ' - - , V5,j,' j tectlvo association. Seven days re ,.Z7: main in whichto complete-. eireu- KLU lation and ftUag of peutions.' One Black . Fatally In MESA,!-Arts., " Jan lt-P)- Charles ' C' Mack, of tha "Two Black Crows'? vaudeville team, Moran and -Mack, was injured fa- ' t tally-in an automobflo aecident IT tx miles east of heTe tonlghtHe JIIAJ , .v. lm l.f., it ' tltm y : Vouthglde hospital here.- Flood Control Of Northwest Public Works Repair of Damage in Recent High Water Cited As Urgent in Letter by Dana; River; , Here Gets Some Attention PORTLAND, Ore., Jan.-11 (AP) Flood protection for Oregon and Washington was urged by Marshall" N. Dana, regional FWA adviser, in a letter sent today to Harold L. Ickes, public works administrator. " V 4 A United States engineer corps survey to indicate the cost of protection for western Oregon and Washington was TELEPHONE COSTS Too Man Lines, Apparent Conclusion Sought by State at Hearing PORTLAND, Jan. U.-UPY-Tes- tlmony that Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company station costs hare increased since 1930 in the face of decreases in the number of stations and customers was of fered here today in the company's rate bearing case before the Ore gon utilities commissioner. Claude R. Lester, director of en gineers for the utility commission er, testified the Increase has been approximately SS0 a station. Ex hibits showing station Installations and fixed capital of the company were Introduced. Statistics submitted pointed to ward an attempt to show that the utility company has more plant and line property in Oregon than arailable business warrants and that the rate payer foots the bill. The company has not yet at tempted to plead Us cause. How erer, Vice-President C. E. Flaeger of San Francisco has made a few explanations. Today ho explained the company considered It was good business" for the company and the rate payer to wire whole structures for future nsa at time of construction, although the tele phone fferrtee had not been eon tracted for. A. E. Clark, commissioner's counsel, attempted to show through testimony by Lester that station installations not used and useful should be excluded from the fixed capital. Another reference was made to the company's fixed capital, de clared by the commissioner to be S4.OOO.OO0 In excess of needs. (Turn to page 2, col. 4) JURY IN WYNEKOOP CRIMINAL COURTS BUILD ING, Chicago, Jan. ll.-(4P-Dr. Alice L. Wynekoop went on trial for murder today while a mob of 2000 rioted ia the corridors for entrance to the courtroom. Weak from illness, the (2-year-old woman physician sat impass ive while prosecutors demanded that she pay with her life for the death of her talented young daughter-in-law, Rheta Gardner Wynekoop. Absent from the courtroom was the slain girl's husband, Earle Wynekoop, favorite son of the frail, stooped physician. The young " widower reportedly still was in seclusion. - Selection of a Jury proceeded slowly after the defendant had pleaded not guilty. Several venire men were excused - because they said the defendant's age " she will be 3 next month might Influence them. Objections to the death penalty or the ' possibility of influence by her long career as a physician were other grounds for disqualification.? '' r CARSON MAKES DEMAND ' PORTLAND, Jan. 11. (A3) -Mayor Joe Carson tonight de manded that , Municipal Judge Fred W. Stadter resign Immedi ately In keeping with an econ omy program, which calls for res ignation of tha two municipal judges and appointment of a single successor. . - J: Judge Henry TomllnsonV resig nation, off ectlve March 1. .has been accepted. Judge Stadter of fered to resign, "but has failed to name a specific date.,;:;', lt4 STOCK SALE REFUSED 4 AURORA, Jan. ll-tyPHTele-phone rate were lowered CO ceats a phone by the Aurora Mutual Telephone company, at- ' its asuraal meeting here. A ten tative offer for the purchase of company stock was nnanlmons- lJected.rr L--:;:, MS ASTORIaJtO PRCrTEST - ASTORU, Jan. , llP)-From a source generally reliable It was reported- here today that the Spokane. Portland Seattle train service between roruana, .astoria 4-&d Seaside-would, be reduced to mm CASE BEING 11 ---""--- Needs Shown Leader O requested in tne leuerme secona 01 lis una. "The question as to protec tion of property, buildings and towns from maxima- - flood levels cannot be settled without addi tional surrey which can appar ently only be undertaken by re quest of the administrator or by act of congress," Dana said. "Emergency, relief afforded through the Red Cross, contribu tions obtained through chambers wf comr erce and other agencies, together with the civil works adminietration, are meeting the emergency repairs so far as pos sible, but there are damages that can only be repaired by elabor ate works to be provided in the future." J (Turn to page '2, coL S) ELEGTHQM Polls Will Be Open at 434 North High Street From 2 to 7 O'clock The special school election of District 24, called to Tote upon diversion of $25,000 of an old bond '.sue to construct an east wing at Leslie Junior high school unde CWA aid, will be held a' the city school superin tendent's office, 434 North High street Monday, Polls will be open fiom 2 o'lockfn theafter noon until 7 o'clock In the even lag, and every legal voter may cast his or her Fallot In the mat ter. The v i Monday docs not ask for authorization of a new bond issue, but simply for allowing 126,000 of the 140,000 remaining from an old bond issue to be used in construction of the addi tion to Leslie. The other 115.000 of the 240,000 authorised some years ago will be used half and half, under the CWA building program, for additions to the schocls for which th whole was originally -intended. Highland and Englewood grade school build ings. ' Tne CWA projects. It Is es timate , will cost about 21 00, 000, of which sum the govern ment will give outright $60,000. the district to pay for materials, hich will run about 1 4 0,0 00. Chairman P. E. N r of the school board stated yesterday in connection with reports that peo ple may hesitate to vote at the (Turn to page 2, col. 5) O'Farr ell Named As Boss of Reds; Buy Syl Johnson CINCINNATI, Jan. ll.-tVP)-Cin- cinnatl Reds tonight announced the signing of Bob O'Farrell of the Cardinals as a player-man ager for the coming baseball sea son. - -With O'Farrell, the Reds ac quired Sylvester Johnson, once called "the unluckiest pitcher in the nauonal league." For the two they sent to St. Louis some cash and young Glenn Spencer, a pitch er obtained from the Giant re cently. Stadter Asked to Quit - Aurora Phone Rate Cat McCormack is Candidate May Cut Train Service one train dally each way, effective January 22. Ran officials here refused to confirm the report, but the cham ber of commerce was planning to protest the matter. The schedule. it was reported, would be tor the train to leave Portland in the morning and make the return trip late m the aiternoon. The present service Includes two trains each way. daily, - i SEEKS SENATE SEAT EUGENE, Jan. ll.-P)-State representative K. A. uccormack, republican, today announced : his candidacy for the joint senator- snip for Lane and Linn counties. now filled by Senator Joel Booth of Lebanon. . , . . : WELD . GOOSE PREFERRED -. MEDFORD, Jan. llP)-WUd geese too a me lioerty or augm- ing in the .business district ' here and u were unmolested. A tame goose 'took a few liberties and .a court reprimand resulted. -. "The Justice of peace instructed the owner to corral his goose and keep It from' dining In Neighbor .Waterman's goldtish pond. iffiui Senate Cuts That Provision From Liquor Bill Which Is Finally Passed Approval of Russian Envoy Significant; Pay Cuts To Be Retained WASHINGTON, Jan. ll--House and senate turned down the road pointed out for them by the White house today in votes that bound the house to a con tinuance of pay cuts for federal workers and took out of the li quor tax bill in the senate a penalty for foreign- debt default ers. In the house, where the repub licans grouped into a cohesive fighting; minority, sufficient dem ocratic votes were lost to make the voting close. The senate, doinc an about face from yesterday's voting, cut out c f the liquor tax bill the pen- alizaticn for debt defaulting na tions. Removal of this sent the half billion dollar liquor tax measure to the house where it gained quick approval of senate changes. It as sent Immediately to the White House, but a de sire of President Roosevelt to submit it to the treasury prevent ed him from signing it tonight It becomes effective on the day after he signs it. Afte. striking out the war debt provision, which would have plac ed a higher tax upon liquors from nations in default on their debt payments, the senate passed by unanimous consent a bill to pro hibit individuals and corpora tions from doing business with such nations. Senator Robinson (Turn to page 2, col. 3) EX-PDLICEMAH IN KIDNAP CASE HELD CfiiCAGO, "Jan. ll-ffV-Wiliiam A. "Buck" Hendrikson, a former policeman sought throughout the country in connection with the kidnaping of John '"Jake the Bar ber" Factor, is under arrest here. Detective Captain Dan Gilbert an nounced tonight. - An alleged member of the no torious Toahy gang, four of whom are about to go on trial here for the kidnaping of Factor, Interna tionally known speculator, Hen drikson was seized Tuesday in a north side apartment by Captain Gilbert and has been held Incom municado since. Hendrikson once was a member of the Cook county highway po lice force which patrols the subur ban districts through which Roger Touhy and his henchmen allegedly have conducted their liquor, gam bling and kidnaping traffic. Hendrikson was on the last list of "public enemies" announced by police. Milk Consumer To Have Say in Control Prices PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 11-JP-The Oregon! milk control board feels sure it can work out price setting problems to the satisfac tion of all concerned. Chairman E. G. Harlan said ere tonight before leaving for conferences at Eugene and Medford where tem porary prices will be announced. Earlier today Governor Julius L. Meier sent . a letter to the board asking it to invite consum ers to aid in arriving, at proper price schedules for milk and milk products. Harlan said conferences with consumers and producers would be held here soon and that simi lar conferences would be held In Medford and Eugene. Community Club Gathering Held RICKEY, Jan. 11 Marlon County Federation of Community clubs met here tonight filling the house to capacity for a program furnished by Roberts, Keixer and Turner clubs. Dean U. G. Dubach of Oregon State college, speaking particularly to the many young people in the audience, talked of opportunities the future will open to properly developed personali ties. President Lather Chopin pre sided.. Nine clubs were repre sented. . -. ' Cascade Skyline CleaTlyVmie r An unusually dear view of the Cascade skyline was enjoyed in Salem" Thursday. The peaks from ML Hood to Mt. Jefferson," all well covered with snow In con trast to their sometimes barren summer appearance, ? were -all plainly visl ble. . An exceptional sight late in the afternoon, was the slope of Mt. Hood glowing in sunUght-Wfiile tbe Salea vicinity was in comparison" darkened -by a thin haze. - TAKEOFF HARDEST PART OF Officers In command of the navy seaplane mass flig ht f ram Saa Fraacisce to Hoaolmla report that bo serions difficulties were encountered on the way, but the six fljing boats had plenty of trouble taking off Wednesday with their heavy loads of gasoline. Here is the flagship, or flagplaae,' 10-P1, pictured a couple of seconds before she lifted of f the water of Paradise Cove at 12:45 on her second attempt, 4The 10-P4 had gotten aloft at 12:05 and was forced to cruise around for two hours, 20 minutes be fore all of the plane were in the air. Two convoy planes flying ahead of the' 10-P1 created artificial wind to help counteract the calm which made the takeoff doubly difficult. -International Illustrated News. .--".. The Washinston Spotlight (By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt and Attor ney General Cummings discussed a proposal to call federal reserve gold into the treasury. The senate voted to outlaw pub lic or private financial transac tions with debt-defaulting nations. Congress passed the liquor tax bill, minus penalties which the senate proposed Wednesday on im ports irom dent-defaulters. President Roosevelt's strength in the house was demonstrated by a test vote. Edsel Ford parried questions of senate investigators about tax pay ments on the Ford millions. The senate adopted a republican resolution requiring weekly re ports of emergecy expenditures. House democrats called a can ens on patronage troubles. gewetcry Mergeataaa eaid large whisky importations were being allowed "to break the bootleg ring." The public works administra tion allotted I12.457.8S2 to 57 non - federal projects in many states. 14 iE IfffllTED Acquaintances made through books formed the basis for the address delivered by Harriet C. Long, state librarian, last night at the installation services of the Salem high school chapter of the National Honor society. Selee tlons by the junior boys quartet and vocal numbers by Aliens Moored, all high school students from the classes . of Lena Belle Tartar, completed the non-ritual- lstlc portion of the program. Originally planned as the in stallation ceremony for hlne Sa lem high school seniors the final number of initiates was raised to 14. Lebanon chapter. Invited witn Albany chapter as special guests, asked that four of their novitiates might be installed at the same time, and Jovce Albee. elected to membership last spring, came to Salem from Portland. wnere she Is now attending hirh school, so that she might become one of the class. Between two and three hundred townspeople and students attend ed the services held in the hjgh school auditorium. Late Sports PORTLAND, Jan 11.-(ft -Coaeh Anse Cornell's Pacific uni versity Badgers defeated the Col nmbla university basketball team 35 to 33 on the Columbia floor here tonight. Douglas, center of the all-veteran badger five, was high scorer with 14 points. Rossi scored 11 points for the Irish. Pacific led 16 to 14 at half time. PORTLAND. Jan. llv-PV-The Llnfield college Wildcats defeated Pacific .Packard! 34 to 28 in a basketball ' game , here tonight Durham Was-high scorer 'for Lin field with, 10 points. , -WALLA WALLA Wash.. Jan. llj-(ff)Tne Whitman Missionar ies outclassed the Eastern Oregon Normal five tonight, winning 40 to 24, after the first and second string teams had run up a 40 to t lead."g? V- i -r " ' -' " Frank McCully. Eastern Oregon center, was the game's high point scorer getting 11 ftoints. SEATTLE, Jan. ll-i?-Ths Se attle seanawKs ran. up a s-to-e lead tonight before" the Portland Buekaroos conld score, -and then beat them, 7 to I,-to tie them tor second place Jn the Northwesters pro hockey league. BY HONOR SOCIETY MMMMMMMI GASOLINE PRICE IS No War, Says Code Leader. But Nine Operators are Alleged Violators No changes in downtown gaso line prices were reported here yesterday although there were rumors that a decrease in price was imminent. Portland prices fell two cents yesterday. No change has been made here since January 1 when prices went down one-halt cent due to the reduction in the tax collected by the federal government. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. ll-(P- Henry W. : Brown, secretary of the Oregon Petroleum commit tee and code authority, today said there was ' "no price war here" among gasoline dealers; but that federal action is being taken against nine alleged vode viola tors. He said reports of nine al leged violations were forwarded by his committee to Washington, D. C. The charges against local operators, he laid, were made af ter thorough investigation and in each instance the operator had been . warned of the findings against him. A report that 165 stations were cutting prices from 22 to 20 cents a gallon is far in excess of the facts. Brown said. He de clared there had undeniably been some price cutting, but It was decreasing. A large dealer who yesterday announced his places were pre paring to meet competition said today he had not yet cut his prices but would do so to meet competition unless reported vio lators were prosecuted. New Passage to "Little America" Sought by Byrd ABOARD ADMIRAL BYRD'S FLAGSHIP IN THE ANTARCTIC- (Via Mackay Radio) -Spurred by the hope that an un known back passage into little America had been found, the Byrd expedition drove its flag ship steadily southward today In an open sea. . The track of the vessel sup posedly is barred to navigation by Ice off Antarctica, but nothing of it had been seen. At noon, the vessel's position was latitude 69 degrees, 2 min utes south, longitude 152 degrees, 20 minutes ; west, about 700 miles northeast of little America and (00 miles west of the usnal pass age into the Ross sea to Little America. : NOT U HERE Nation to Watch Test of U lility Control Efforts I - - A utility budget control law test the constitutionality of the with teeth in It a censorship ex ercised by the state over expendi tures of companies - operating within the state, has drawn the fire of public utilities of Oregon npon , the head of Charles M. Thomas, Oregon's public utilities commissioner. ' . Salary slashes ranging as. high as 50 per cent for upper bracket officials of utilities operating within the-state,- have been order ed by Commissioner Thomas who based his action on the 1933 leg islative act 'empowering the com missioner, with authority to reject-"imprudent and unwise ex penditures of payments": in any rate valuation proceeding. : Thomas " lias .further : ordered cancelled those .usual payments made by local utilities to service and . holding companies I in the east. W-.'i-- s I r - Protesting companies have de clared that if such orders are up held by the; court, Thomas would be a cxar of : public utilities ia the" true sense Of the term. v V The Pacific Telephone V Tele graph company has tiled suit to LONG TRIP World, News at a Glance (By tho Associated Press) Domestic: CHICAGO. Dr. Alice Wyne koop goes on trial for slaying of daughter-in-law; crowd fights for admission. , WASHINGTON. Roosevelt economy legislation wins in house by five votes. OKLAHOMA CITY. Governor Murray authorizes 3100,000,000 suit again government over tax free Indian lands. WASHINGTON. Air line offi cials tell senate committee air mail memo altered before copied for committee. DETROIT. Investigation start ed into steriliration of defectives at a county home. Foreign: HONOLULU. Six U. S. navy planes complete 2400-mile mass flight from San Francisco. LIMA, Peru. Secretary Hull calls on old world to forget an cient hatreds and settle future dis putes by friendly means. BERLIN. Prussian secret po lice confiscate church membership lists. Lipscomb Asked Walter to Quitx He Now Reveals PORTLAND, Jan. ll.-(ff-H. B. Walter's resignation as assistant manager of the Federal Home Owners' Loan corporation of Ore gon came after Manager L. P. Lipscomb requested it, the latter said today. Lipscomb said he had not ap pointed Walter and as far as he knew would not appoint a succes sor. Meanwhile Walter was In Washington, D. C, to confer with HOLC directors there to get the Oregon office "straightened out." Shots by Police Halt Fugitive in Bad Check Case PORTLAND, Jan. 11.-V Po lice said that Jack Hodge. 29, abandoned flight and was arrest ed tonight after a police detective fired three shots while pursuing him In a residential section here. Police detectives sought Hodge after Jean Howard, 23, reputedly attempted to . pass a spurious check she said Hodge had given her to cash. She was booked on a charge of check vagrancy. Oregon law.and a temporary in junction was Issued in federal court in Portland. On January 29 ia Saa Francisco the senior circuit judge win rale on the utility's pe-. tltlon for an Interlocutory injunc tion and final decree holding the; law, illegal and void. a ;i "The company may spend the money," Commissioner Thomas admitted. , "but - It it does to it must be charged against the stockholders fund which includes SUrplUS. : - ' r: . ; "The utility, of course, is given the right to appeal," Commission er Thomas admitted in discussing Oregon's control law, the first of its kind In the United SUtes. "but the law provides that -the items objected to by 1 the commission shall not be charged against , the rate payer ; unless and until 'the commission is reversed by court decree. t .;..!... r.;wiSfc-;i m: i - Among the companies to feel the , weight of Thomas ruling have1 been the Telephone Utility, tha California-Oregon Power com pany, ' Mountain State Power company and the Northern Elec tric company. Lack of Uncertainty is Seen As Major Factor; Just Routine Flight ' Takeoff ..Chief Trouble . but ; Fog Also Hinders; 24 ' Hours Flying Time ft - HONOLULU, Jan. ll.-CThp greatest overseas mass flight fa aviation T history, was complete . with elockllke precision her ta day . . when six American: navy planes carrying 30 men on a swfXt , 2400 - mile 'routine" transfer from California to Hawaii landed at Pearl harbor In 1-2-3 order. All Ho'n o 1 u 1 u roared and screeched with the din of welcome as the big planes loomed oat of the northeast, thundered past I sinister Koko head, then over pie turesque ; Diamond head and th ' glittering sands of Waikiki and oa to the gentle waters of Peart har bor to come to rest at their future home. The over-all elapsed time of tha planes in the air was 20 hoars aaa 11 minutes but the flying time la formation from the Golden Oat across the perilous streteb of tba Pacific to Pearl harbor was 24 hours and 45 minutes. The first plane, carrying Lieu tenant Commander Knefler Me Ginnis, in charge of the flight, knifed the glassy waters of Peart harbor at 5:59. p. m., Eastern Standard time, 'and came to rest one minute later. At 0:01 p. plane number 2 landed. They had their troubles with fog, dead-weight and darkness, but they came through with a certainty, perhaps never before equalled in long distance group -flying. And it was not their first swift victory over distance. A lew months ago they flew In forma tion from Norfolk, Ya.,-to Coco Solo, Panama, and thence to San Diego. A quick move to Sau Fran cisco preceded their epochal flight to Hawaii, where they will be sta tioned permanently. In many respects this aerial odyssey differed widely from the overseas flight of the past, Oat standing; among these was the virtusl absence of fear for the safety of the 20 men participating. The success of - the adventara seemed to have been take for , granted from the inetant the last plane left the waters of Paradise cove in San Francisco bay. There were no expressions of anxiety from relatives; no specs- lation on whether the gaaeJina supplies would hold out; no tear that the navigators would shoot wide of their goal the small island which is to be the perman ent home of the .sea-conquering air squadron. Just before boarding his plane Lieutenant Commander McGlnnia gave each of his colleagues a pat on the back and vowed they woald eat pineapples in Hawaii today. Admiral David F. v Seller?, earn-mander-in-chlef of the Unkel States fleet, wirelessed McGinnls a message i of confidence and the flight became what senior officers called a "routine" affair. The troubles of the squadron, however,: were more numerous than had been expected. . Lack of wind delayed the take off and five of the planes batttea for two hours before they got In to the air with their heavy loads. Each plane, , loaded.- weighed about 20,000 pounds. ' . There were the Inevitable fogs through which the adventurous squadron had to pass during tha night but this was perhaps Mt as trying as the feat of making . the long flight In formation. .. : , r--; Y. Finances Are Foiind Improved Payment of I860 on the defi cit of former years was show ia the financial report' given Tbars day noon when directors at the city Y. M. C A. held their regu lar meeting. Full payment af, membership fees this year-mSS make possible still greater pay- . menu on the deficit It -mm said. An Increase of approximate ly 6 0 per cent In attendance as gym and ' swimming classes November was chalked up ta eember although the report ed that much of this gain nlx&t be credited to the free h4idar use of the T. granted to ehol boys.?:?X':r;-- -' f Sentenced mTThree 7 PORTIJIND Ore Jaa. It. -&-Cohrt arguments were t pensed fith here today whea ,32s trel Samuel Oata changed sao mind and nleaded guilty to a holdup charge. "r -v circuit ; Judge .Fred W, Wilsow sentenced! Oats to three Tears ia the sUte penitentiary. Oar waa an - alleged holdup partner af Frank 8. ' Psrker who waa aea tenced recently, to 12 years la tha state penitentiary. I -