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. . .- . . circulation , r : . - vfriiA. vi r I a n iti f if It it n i i n h .Vfv; cs uux v. n . THE WEATHER hewers to4y; awl- probably Sunday;? Mar. Temp. FrW 5T, illm. 45, rirer A.S fet, rain .IS lacn, south wtad. ' - ' ' " ' . . . , .. . - -- . 1 - ' T ' . ... . j - P r r. r - : J? ' X, -1 ' r . f 1 .- 4 , ITEIGHTY -THIRD YEAR .Viewed as Gesture-to Block . Congressional- Moves For Big Increases Brown Turns Over Air Mail . Papers; Removal Hinted : Plot to Injure Him - WASHINGTON.- Jn lJ-iV-1 Trent-; the Ttntaf e point of tbe White ' Houf e lat today," Presf dent RooTelt took Bteps to block eongressioiial mpTes for a hefty Increase lo veterans compensation and tOx cleat, the way to the St. - Iawrence treaty In the senate. - He . annonaced : an,. Increase in 1 "Teterans allowances of 121,092,- - 205 and this was - expected to Tring many warering democrats back In line on Teterans legisla tion. " ' ' . - , . Shortly, afterwarda, MrRoose Telt remraded a -conference ef railroad and labor leaders that whether or not the senate ratified " the St.. Lawrence treaty. It lay In Canada's power to construct a seaway to the- Atlantic without entering the United States. Much of the opposition to senate- ratif i- ' cation apparently has come from railroad interests which fear the - effects on their traffic i .-The busy chief.. executlT also let it -be - known he hoped the .. Mendieta government in Cuba would proTe! stable enough . for early recognition and that he was hopeful also I next summer of traveling to the Pacific coast by way, of Puerto Rico and the Pan ama Canal. . The auccesslon of late devel opments in a crowded day found Postmaster General -Farley dis closing that he had asked Presi dent Roosevelt to be relieved of duties as chairman of the demo cratic national committee so that he might give hla time tar his cabinet post. : For the time being however, he will do double duty, although a successor for ; the chairmanship probably will 1 be chosen In the next few months. A former postmaster general, Walter F. Brown, delivered aome papers to Farley that , had a di rect bearing on a recent develop ment at the capltoL ' t Brown explained he had found two files of official correspon dence on air mall .and merchant marine In his personal papers. ; Witnesses recently testified be fore a senate committee that of ficial correspondence of the post office department had been barn ed at the former postmaster gen eral's orders. ; Brown said the papers delivered- were the correspondence which was 'burned', and Intimat ed that some one . might hare slipped them Into his files In an effort tot injure him. . Meanwhile, congressional voices rose and: fell In praise or criticism of tne presidential monetary pro gram but after the oratory sub aided the principal decision had been to nrovlda him with a dollar stabilization fund ' early J next week. ' , AFTER GUN BATTLE QTJTNCY, - IlL. Jan. ' l-flV-Four of five men who allegedly robbed the State Bank ot Glrard of between $2500 and 15000 iihi out to surrender after a spirited gun battle with a huge posse . that ..- trapped them la a woods near Basco, 11L, tonight. - Shortly after the four surrend ered; the fifth alleged member of the band was apprehended about a mile from the scene of the gun battle. He had fled on horseback. The four, ail strangers in the . r1nii : were rushed .to Jail at : Carthage for identifica tion.- - - - . - Their arrest climaxed a gun battle n the Milo McCllntock 4a.pknMS felL A DOSse Of (a atiarif fa - from four counties. depaUea, state police from. Mia- oarl and XUInois, uincy pouce. and hurriedly deputized farmers , f!rrf Toller after Toller into the woods in answer to fire .from , the trapped- men. y LIrs. Paris Puts ; ' 145 Threads in ;l One Needle Eye RIB ATTL5L Jani IS. - API - Mrs. T . t Pari, tia a raw nnt 1& SB BIIITS CN v -' h r e a d r through the eye of a . n mi was ncr reniv ioqit 10 uc . . . . . . . L Challenge of a Penrer man, who urn a trtAra It threads thronch a .CS needle, and stirred up a contro Vx. irersy, involving such men as Peter f niiver ef Reno. Nev- who thread- 1 ad 78, and several other mere Jnalea. - , ' h Tot example, Anton Oanlst rranAaA ha. and J. R. Blnyon L threaded 1, 'these entries being f-. received today" . - END OF NAVY SQUAD RON'S LONG FLIGHT r , - One of the first consignment of picture to reach the United States, of the arrival of the six navy planes which flew in formation from San Francisco to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The last plane to alight, the 10P-6, fa pictured as it was being taxied up Into line with Its companions. A portion of the crowd which -turned oat to greet the squadron la shown. International Illustrated News photo. World News at a Glance (By the Associated Press) Domestic: LANSING, Kas. Seven con victs escape from state prison, kidnap school teacher. "ST. PAUL. Blood stains on car seat raise fears for safety of kidnaped bank president. CHICAGO. Wynekoop mur der trial adjourned over week end as ' physicians pronounce de fendant very ill. Foreign: LITTLE AMERICA. Collapse of ice mountain near Admiral Byrd'8 flagship imperials expedi tion. . HAVANA. Early recognition of new government by United States expected. MADRID. Four Americans sentenced to prison by supreme court for assaulting Civil guard. . EXPECTED BY CUBA HAVANA, Jan. 19. - UP) - The confident expectation of early rec ognition by the United States was felt in high and low Cuban cir cles tonight as Jefferson Caffery, President Roosevelt's personal representative, conferred with Sec retary ot State COrdell Hull. Reports from Washington that the, American administration is hopeful the new government ot Carlos Mendieta, will fulfill the hopes of stability and permit an early recognition, and dispatches from Key West quoting Mr. Hull as saying the prospects seem bright for an early recognition were enthusiastically received here. Meanwhile, Colonel Falgenelo Batista, commander of the Cuban army and a center of political de velopments that led to Mendleta's assumption of power yesterday, prepared to take over the duties of secretary of war and the navy. Gridman Out of Luck in Love; He Dances Terribly NEW YORK, Jan. 19.-(flVThe football star may be a hero on the gridiron but he's Just a "clumsy ox" on the dance floor. v That was the opinion expressed today by Arthur Murray, president of the National Institute of Social Dancing, who contends athletes are "the world's worst dancers.'' - All other things being equal. Murray declared the big drawing he may have will lose in the game of lore to the man who knows his staff on a waxed floor. EARLY RECOGNITION Seven Long-Term Convicts From LANSING, Kans., Jan. Seven long-term convicts broke out of the Kansas" penitentiary here today under the. gun fire of guards and two ot them kidnaped Louis Dresser,' rural school teach er, in a desperate flight from pur suing 'posses and national guards men. V .. , - ".T'-''' The escape was virtually a re petition ot that last Memorial day, when eleven convicts fled the pri son and spread a long trail ot crime and terror-through, the southwest.- Boh (Big Boy Brady, and Jim Clark, desperadoes who partici pated in the Memorial day break, were the leaders today. Prison officials expressed the belief that it probably waa Brady and Clark who abducted Dresser and stole his motor car to use in their escape. . Dresser, a teacher at the Mis sion school, near Wallula, Kas., BREMER KIDlie MYSTERY DEEPENS Blood Stains in Car Cause Fear of Murder; Taxi Man Offers Note ST. PAUL. Jan. 19. (JP) A maze of mystery, shot with in creasing fears for the safety of Edward G. Bremer, enveloped the $200,000 kidnaping of the wealthy St. Paul banker tonight. Temporarily balked at every turn in efforts to trace the gang of at least three men who seized the son of Adolph Bremer, per sonal friend of President Roose velt, last Wednesday morning and threatened his death, federal In vestigators pressed their search in hopes of unearthing a leading clue. Meanwhile Governor Floyd B Olson, farmer - laborite, a friend of Adolph Bremer, staunch demo crat, visited the aged and ill father ot the missing man to ex press his sympathy. Blood stains on both front and rear seats of the automobile driv en by the 37 year old president and owner of the Commercial State bank when be was made captive, instilled anxiety In the Bremer family far his safety. Presumably be was beaten on the head by his captors, dragged into tne oacK seat, ana tasen to an outlying residential district where he was transferred Into the kidnapers' own car and his ma chine abandoned. Police placed little credence In a taxi-cab driver's tale that two men he had picked up last night had given him a ransom note for delivery to the missing man's home. Authorities claimed he had penned it himself for publicity. He was questioned and released. Conference Upon Plan for County Agent Held Here Here yesterday to discuss with the county court applications which have been' received for a temporary county agent to head the AAA control projects in Ma rion county were Paul Maris, head of the extension service at Ore gon State college, and F. L. Bal lard, state county agent leader. No decision will be reached for several days, though it Is now well established -4hat the county will take on a temporary agent to di rect the wheat, hog-corn and dairy control campaigns. The extension leaders will make the final deci sion on the agent with recommen dations of the county e o u r t in mind. Kansas Prison about ten miles from Lansing, was seised as he was leaving home this morning. - In the belief that Brady and! Clark and possibly their compan ions would seek to reach the Cook son hills country of northern Okla homa, an outlaw hideout with which, they are familiar, national guard units were ordered out at Fort Scott, Pleaaanton, Coff ey Ule, . Tola andjother . cities ? to form a cordon across highways leading southward. The guards men were equipped with machine guns, rifles and other weapons. Late today Brig. Geiu. Milton R. McLean, adjutant general, tele phoned the captain of a national guard cavalry unit guarding a bridge across the Maraiade Cxgne river that the two convicts with Dresser in .a car, were seen 21 miles south of Leavenworth, head ed SOBth. .; -. Salem; Oregon,! Saturday i iiC-? The Washington Spotlight . (By the Associated Press) President Roosevelt restored $21,000,000 of veterans' benefits. Postmaster General Farley ask ed the president to relieve him as chairman of the national demo cratic committee. Walter F. Brown, postmaster general in the Hoover adminls-4 tration, produced a file of air mall correspondence that left office with him. Roy A. Young, governor of tho Boston Federal Reserve bank, op posed seizure of Federal Reserve gold. ' Senator Glass (p., Val) chal langed the constitutionality of the Roosevelt monetary program. Charles B. Mitchell, former chairman ot the National City bank of New York, asked the board of tax appeals to re-figure tax claims of $1,275,644 against him. Speaker Rainey said President Roosevelt wanted his monetary plan to become law within "a few days." Senators Borah and Nve aimed new verbal thrusts at Hugh S. Johnson, the recovery adminis trator. The national labor board ruled that captive coal mine operators mast enter Into contracts with Untied Mine Workers officials. Witnesses debated the Pierce birth control bill before a house committee. ASK RECEIVERSHIP VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. Is. -iff) Receivership for the $20,- 000,000 Western Timber company, was asked in a petition filed in superior court here today In which the First National Bank of Chi cago, holder of 348 shares of the corporation's stock, requested the court's permission to intervene in the case recently filed against the company by Julius Simon of Chi cago. The company has large tim her and mill holdings in Oregon and Washington. Allegations of fraud and con spiracy against the trustees and officers of the Western Timber company, including J. T. Gregory, Tacoma; Henry T u r r 1 s h, Eau Claire, Wis.; P. M. Beach, Eau Claire; E. Q. Swlgert and M. R. Kelly, Portland, arfS John Pear son, were made in the bank's com plaint Specifically, the bank charges the trustees with lending $205,' S94 to John Pearson, secretary and general manager of the com' pany in 1920, "in concert and con spiracy to conceal the transaction from the stockholders." A loan ot $!2&,407 was also made to Henry Turriah, the complaint alleges, and neither was ever repaid. "D" Applicants For Pension to Turn Out Today Applicants for old age pensions in Marlon county whose name be gins with. D will be received at the pension office on the fourth floor ot the courthouse this morn ing. It is hoped the Ds wU2 be finished today, along with any who are left over on the A, B, or CS. ' -- :. ...... . - The office will only be open un til noon, as the crew of registrars is 'employed on a J 0-hour weekly baaia Since the office opened Tuesday, a steady lineup has been noticed. It was originally estimat ed 109 persons would file in this county, ..... . , . TIMBER 1 Morning',' January 20, 1934 OFFICES IIP IN Eight Council Places Will Be Filled; Veterans To Face Ballot New Mayor is Certain -With Manager Plan Probable Issue for Voters With IS offices due to figure on the ballot, the city election here next May promises to give Salem voters many names and a welter ot campaign pledges to sift out in making their choice as to the locations of their "X" marks. To be filled at the polls at that time will be the offices of mayor. recorder, treasurer, two water board positions, and eight coun cil .seats. When, Mayor Douglas McKay re -injected the proposal for a managerial form of municipal government into city politics in his annual message early this month, he probably brought forth campaign ammunition that will supplant municipal water. But he is not likely to fire any of that ammunition in his own behalf? He has already declared the Job of mayor takes too much time from his personal business. . Races for the city recordership and treasurership most likely will be run in two directions. The ins" will say their many years of service make them better fit ted for the work than "green horns." The "would-be-ins" will assert the naed of a change. Mark Poulsen, recorder for many years past, said yesterday he had not yet thought, about the election. He outran H. R. Boss hard and Lester Jones in 1932. although he had to wage a cam paign in November ot that year to obtain a majority. Clyde O. Rice, now starting his 20th year as city treasurer, will enter the lists once more in May, (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1 ) IS ASKED IN BATTLES CASE Petitions were being circulated here yesterday asking Governor Meier to grant an unconditional pardon to Everett Battles, who last summer was sentenced to six months In the county Jail for hlt run driving as the result ot an ac cident in which Wah Hong, aged Cninese, was killed. Battles' al legedly premature release from Jail is now being Investigated by the grand Jury. Meanwhile he has voluntarily returned to Jail. The petition reads: "We, the undersigned petition ers, knowing Everett Battles to be a young man of good moral char acter ana unquesuonaoie naoits and believe that he has served suf ficient time considering the cir, eumstances surrounding the acci dent for which he was sentenced. respectfully petition your honor for en unconditional pardon." Water Company Asks Case Go to Federal Court The Oregon-Washington Water Service company, against whom the city of Salem recently filed condemnation proceedings, yester day petitioned the circuit court here to remove the action to the federal district court In Portland. The water company alleges that none of the resident defendants, named by the city allegedly tor purpose of keeping the trial in the circuit court here, is an In dispensable defendant, and cites further that none has interest in the water properties. Late Sports PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. !-(&- In -a hockey game that featured close checking in the first and last periods, Vancouver's Lions downed the Portland Buckaroos here tonight 4-3, despite gallant efforts ot Goalie Rheume, who several times saved the Buckar oos single-handed in the early minutes be the game., MONTREAL, Jan. 19-CaVTwo high ranking stars from the United States, Frank Shields of New Tork ' and George M. Lett ot Chicago, reached the finals of the Canadian covered courts ten nis championship today. Shields took a long match from J. Gil bert Han of South Otange, N. J -4,.-J, 5-7. 10-1 after Lott had beaten Laird Watt of Mon treal . s-ay n-t. MIAMI. Tia Jan. IMSV Tommy Goodwin, of Monroe, N. Y with a sub-par splurge on the final sine, today defeated Brooks Glenn of Miami, 1 and 2, to re tain his midwinter amateur golf championship,: mm . :v. w.,. .-v., 1 7 - Party Meddling Into CWA Issues Deplored By Chairman in Polk - m"" - - Political Boat-Rocking Contrary to Policy of Roosevelt; Says Finseth; Wilcox Case Cited; Partnership is Denied DEPLORING the introduction of political party consider ations into the vital problem of unemployment relief through the CWA, and denying Hons nave entered into his selection for any position in the CWA organization, Leif S. Finseth of Dallas, chairman of the Polk county civil works administration, Friday night issued ' 1 i - i -o statement in reply to criticisms L TO RETYPE BONDS Says Governor is -Spoiled Child; Hoss Signs but Joins Meier Plea Refusing to retype two bonds, each for $5000, Issued by the world war veterans state aid com mission and the state highway commission, as requested by the governor, State Treasurer Rufus C. Holman Friday addressed a let ter to the executive In which he declared he could "give no further consideration to your peevishness and your contemptible littleness." The renewed controversy be tween the two state officials opened when the bonds were re turned to the treasurer by the gov ernor unsigned for the reason, the executive office announced, the typing on them was too dim for legibility. Holman was asked to have them retyped. In refusing to comply "with the request Holman wrote the "bonds are now going forward for the sig nature of the secretary ot state and should you continue to refuse to sign them without some valid reason therefor, the responsibility for the failure of the state to exe cute these bonds and the impair ment of its credit thereby will rest entirely with you." In submitting the bonds to Sec retary of State Hal E. Hoss, Hol man WTOte "The bonds will not be retyped. As you know from your own experience, this Is merely an other of the governor's' persecu tions of a public official toward whom he bears malice. I have borne with the unreasonableness and puerile caprices of the gover nor as long as I intend to do so. On account of the unwarranted at titude of the governor in this transaction, I am compelled to take a stand." i In a statement accompanying the communications made public by Holman Friday, the treasurer (Tnrn to Page 2, Col. 1 ) CWi PAYROLL THIS Today's CWA payroll for Mar lon county will amount to 3 0,2 60 or 11598 more than last Saturday, Administrator Glenn C. Niles an nounced early this morning at his office. Checks will be delivered to 1681 employes, (8 more than last week, but not all of them on local projects. Some are federal work men, such as at the Salem airport, and others coast and geodetic sur vey crewmen. Until further appropriations for civil works are made by congress, today's payroll will be the record one for the county. Hour and cor responding wage reductions, and purchasing restrictions ordered Thursday will reduce CWA ex penditures by approxi m a t e 1 y $9500 here, Niles estimated. No decisions have yet been made as to which projects will be abandoned so that more important ones may be pushed to completion under the curtailed program, he stated. H0LM1 DEC IS WEEKEND H Eugene Gleemen Delight in -Benefit Concert in Salem By JESSIES STEELE Perfect harmony, perfect rhythm, perfect oneness of expression-- these are but a few of the splendid Qualities exemplified in the singing of , the Eugeae Gleemen last night for the Boy Scout benefit in the armory. -The sparkling personality ot John Stark Evans and the quick movements of his baton have al ready won the hearts of his Gleemen and last night made the audience his own. In the first group, "O Flllil et niiae'f by Lelsnng, with the an tip honal double quartet Was beau tlfully done. The difficult phras ing, and echoing of the quartet were executed with the clean ac curacy, of a skyline at sunset- each high point, sharp and dis tincteach low point mellow and blended. "Dank Sel . Dir. Herr" by Handel, arranged especially for , tho Gleemen by Director Evans, was sing la German and had a humming . accompaniment that throbbed like a powerful mo tor with rhythm and precision. : ' 1 - George Bishop, charming and that any man's party affilia-1 voiced by the county democratic central committee Thursday night. Supervisors of CWA Jobs have been selected not by the commit tee but by the re-employment of ficer and in all Cases so far as Mr. Finseth knows, the re - employ ment officer has appointed the person recommended by the offi cials of the governmental unit which applied for the project, Finseth declares. His statement in full follows: "The civil works program now under way is the most ambitious program of its kind ever attempt ed by any government. Its success seemed assured from the begin ning when President Roosevelt de clared flatly that politics must have nothing to do with the allo cation of Jobs. (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) HOSPITAL. THREAT Final threat of foreclosure has been made by representatives of the bondholders on the Salem general hospital. In a letter re ceived by W. H. Dancy, presi dent of the hospital association. Foreclosure would mean the clos ing of the institution, which would deprive the city of a standardized hospital and greatly reduce the number of hospital beds in the city. The board has exhausted every means for averting foreclosure, has sought aid from some gov ernment unit, but without avail. Unless the community comes for ward to assist, the board will be powerless to keep the Institution going, according to Mr. Dancy. The amount of bonds outstand ing is not large, and the hospi tal met its obligations until the depression slowed up Collections. It has been earning Its operating expenses but has not been able to keep up interest and bond re tiement obligations. Immediate action is imperative if foreclos ure is to be avoided, in the opin ion of Mr. Dancy. Doughtonfs Auto Is Tossed Onto Lawn; No Injury Colliding with a Consolidated Freight lines truck at Superior and South Commercial streets last night, a heavy sedan driven by I. M. Dougnton, l45 East Su perior, was turned around and thrown onto a nearby lawn. Neith er Doughton nor H. K. Shope of Portland, the truck driver, was injured. Damage to the sedan was slight and to the truck, virtually niL City police who Investigated said Doughton apparently attempt ed to pass the truck and turn into Superior street without sufficient clearance. AIRPORT PROVED PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 19.-W) -Allotment ot $1S,405.60 CWA funds for improvement of the air port at Baker was announced here late today by Lieutenant Basil B. Smith, airport engineer for the department of commerce aeronau tics division. unassuming as always, captivated his audience with his group of four baritone solos. The first two were love ballads, the third a humorous piece, "Song of , the Flea" by Mousaorgsky, and the last a . plaintive melody Tally Ho" by. Leone.: The second group by the Glee men was made up principally of familiar selections displaying the blend and tone Quality of the male Toices. A Brown Bird Singing by Wood was outstand ing in the last two groups for Its type ot song. .. MLlebestraumMby tlsxt, arrang ed by Mr. Evans, Introduced as soloist Don Eva,' tenor, together with Mr. Bishop. Cora Moore, ac companist, deserves unqualified praise for her rendition of the difficult accompaniment. Through out the concert the playing of Miss Moore was ant hat could be desired as a background for group singing. 'V . Mr. Eva took the solo part In "Serenade" by Romberg, by spe cial request. One of the most FOB BUSH UPON .(Turn to Page Js CoL I) ; N. 257 HELD CERTAO Physicians for State arid .' Court Say She is Too -III to Continue Defense is Silent; Accused a Woman Hopes to Go on And be Vindicated CHICAGO, Jan. 19. - (ff)- Tw . ! members of a jury of three pbysl- " clans appointed to examine Dr. Alice Wynekoop, elderly physicta on trial for the slaying of her " daughter-in-law, Rheta, tonig&t agreed she was a sick woman. As a consequence of their op inions, it appeared more likely that the matriarch of Wynekoop : house might not hear a pro- : nouncement from a jury as to her guilt or. innocence since Judge Joseph B. David has said that if physicians agreed she could mot ' be in court for the duration of taa trial he would grant a defense mo tion to witnuraw a juror and de clare a mis trial. Dr. Wynekoop has been suffer ing from a heart ailment and oth er complications and has had sev eral relapses, some so serious thi doctors expressed belief she might die at any time. Dr. Arthur Byfield, appointed by the court as one of the three to examine the physician, said: "She is a very sick woman, and not feigning illness." Said Dr. William D. McNally, who represented the state: "She's 111, all right." Dr. Frank Chauvet, represent ing the defense, would make ae comment and the other physicians declined to elaborate theirs, say ing they would make a. full report in court Monday when the trial is scheduled to reopen.v " Assistant State's Attorney Char les S. Daughterty said any move ' to declare a mistrial would be ep- posed strenuously by the state, adding that the discharge of one -juror would be nothing but a "subterfuge." Her face a ghastly white and slumped in her chair. Dr. Alice's condition when she entered court today appeared to be worse than at any time since the trial startl ed eight days ago. Her lndomin able will continued to prevail, as told the court and her lawyers, ia Judge David's chambers: "I'm going to die and you all know it. For heaven's sake let's get on with the trial so my name may be cleared before I past away." WILL IE CB IB 3 PROJECTS Crews to build the two small Butte creek and Pudding rivr bridges and grade approaches near Woodburn will be employed as close to the two jobs as possible, Manager E. T. Barnes of the na tlonal re-employment agency an nounced yesterday. Thursday he visited the two locations and in vestigated the possibilities ot hir ing the crews. there. The Butte creek job, four miles east of Woodburn, will employ bat a few men at a time beginning around February 1 and ending July 31. Engineers' estimate places the total number of workmen at 21 skilled and nine unskilled la borers. Twelve unskilled and 28 skilled laborers will receive work on the Pudding river bridge, two and one- half miles southeast of Woodburn on the Woodburn-Monitor road. France Reduces Import Taxes on Apple and Pear PARIS, Jan. 19-VC?Iving sat- L isfaction to importers of American apples and pears, the French gov-' ernment tonight promulgated a decree in the official journal re ducing Import taxes to SO francs per quintal (220 pounds) on ap ples and f 0 francs on pears, a re- . duction ot approximately CO per. cent. The action was taken after it became apparent that high prices -prohibited the sale of. American apples and pears, while under agreement with the United States France had guaranteed a definite quota In exchange for wise im port privileges. - Harrison Fisher Death is Sudden; Cause NoTold , NEW TORKV Jan. If f- (P) -Harrison Fisher, whose beautiful American girls have smiled f rem magasine covers tor more than 28 years, is dead. - -'-'''s-'-K-vV--' He died unexpectedly in Doc tors hospital today after an em- -ergeney operation last night. -He had been 111 for four months and ; was rushed to the hospital yester day for the operation. The cause -. of death waa not disclosed. , -5-