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EIGHTY-FOURTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, Jane 21, 1934
No. 74
A.
5
TATE WARNED
IT 1ST SHARE
IN RELIEF-TASK-
Hopkins Wires That Oregon
is Expected to Defray
Its Share of Cost
Liquor Receipts Intended
for That Purpose Far
From Sufficient
By SHELDON F. SACKETT
The state of Oregon yesterday
was squarely up against the prob
lem it faced last tall and never
rolved the problem of how to se
cure funds to satisfy the federal
relief administration that this
state was doing its limit in hand
ling the problem of relief in Ore
gon. The challenge came in the form
of a telegram from Harry L. Hop
kins, relief administrator, to Gov
ernor Meier. The message read:
"I wish at this time to make it
perfectly clear that this adminis
tration does not feel that it should
carry the entire cost of unemploy
ment relief for state of Oregon
and I must insist that satisfactory
arrangements to this administra
tion must be worked out imme
diately whereby state of Oregon
will defray its fair share of cost
of unemployment relief in Ore
gon. I am prepared to continue
present arrangements for a rea
sonable time until you can have
opportunity to work out these ar
rangements but in no case do I
feel that this should be longer
than August 1 ot this year."
Withdrawal Warning
Issued Last Fall
Threat of federal government
retirement from the relief field
was made in Oregon last fall but
the actual withdrawal never ma
terialized. Governor Meier at that
time assembled a statewide com
mittee to recommend how to meet
the problem. The committee esti
mated the sum to be raised an
nually in Oregon from $3,000,000
to $15,000,000.
At the second special cession of
the legislature $3,000,000 for re
lief was appropriated out of the
first net receipts from liquor taxes
and sales but to date only $44,000
of this has been forwarded to the
state relief committee and none
of this has been used.
Federal government relief ex
penditures in Oregon since CWA
was completed have run from
$600,000 to $800,000 a month and
relief officials said yesterday that
there was no apparent letup in de
mand. The federal relief agency has
suggested that one-third of the
moneys spent here each month be
provided by the state.
Oregon has no direct arrange
ment with the federal government
for relief funds, the governor's of
fice declared yesterday. Each
month requisition is sent to re
lief headquarters at Washington
and the request for funds is hon
ored. Relief officials In Oregon de
clare that unemployment is con
tinuing and that this fall and win
ter heavy demands will be made
on relief funds to continue to aid
needy families.
While SERA work is being car
ried on, relief officials say this is
not much more expensive than di
rect relief since minimum living
budgets of $24 to $36 family are
set and these budgets are provid
ed for each month with work In
that amount.
Over Five Millions
Provided Last Year
Figures available at the state
house show that the federal gov
ernment provided the large sum
of $5,196,000 for relief in Oregon
In the period ending November
10, 1933. Since that time CWA
expenditures" in Oregon have run
to almost $5,000,000 while ex
penditures for direct relief dur
ing and after the period of CWA
have ran to almost as much.
The state's contribution to re
lief throughout the depression has
been virtually nothing. From Jan
uary 1, 1933, to October 31, 1983,
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GATES REELECTED
El
ASTORIA, Ore., June 20.-(P)-Re-elected
department command
er, H. V. Gates of Hillsboro re
mained In command as the Grand
Army of the Republic continued
Its annual convention here to
night Other officers named Included
Joseph Ridge of Portland, senior
vice-commander; George Knier
lem of Portland, Junior vice-com-taander;
George Prentiss of Port
land, chaplain; and J. W. Jones of
Portland, medical director.
. Immediate action was not taken
on Albany's Invitation that the
1936 convention be held there.
The annual "campfire," warm
In f ellowffhip, was held tonight by
the Union veterans and all affil
iated groups. Colonel Martin made
the principal address.
Installation of officers and
routine business will mark the
i closing session tomorrow.
1 I HEAD
New Dear Republican Arises .
as Potential Leader of Party
V-'AiU ill t
State capitol, Albany j jX;' , J?
W. Kingsland Macy, whose forbears sailed the Nantucket waters In
whaling ships and who, a Harvard graduate, has risen to become
New York state republican chairman, is typical of the "young"
republicans who dare to criticize past leadership. Because of his
insistence on political ideals he is. looked to as one of the strong
hopes of republicanism in the east for reunion with the progressives
of the west.
MNP LEAGUE
REVISES ITS MS
Half Million Bond Sale
Favored; Arbitration
Parley Date Set
is
While city officials were pre
paring to confer with E. C. El
liott, Oregon - Washington Water
Service company president, June
25 relative to agreeing on arbitra
tion on the price of the company's
water plant, the Salem Public
Ownership league last night re
vised its advices to the council by
passing a resolution asking that
$500,000 worth of water bonds be
advertised for sale immediately.
Originally the league had urged
the council to sell $1,000,000 in
water bonds.
Proceeds of sale of bonds in the
latest" suggestion would be used
for pipeline construction from the
Little North Fork, Santiam river,
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Jacques Gershkovitch of Port
land has been re-engaged as con
ductor of . the Philharmonic or
chestra for the coming year. The
board of directors at a meeting
last week voted in favor of em
ploying him for his third year;
and Mr. Gershkovitch came to
Salem yesterday and signed the
contract covering the engage
ment. Three concerts are planned for
the season of 1934-1935. Orches
tra practice will begin about Oc
tober 1 and will close with the
final concert about April 1.
This will be the third season
for Mr. Gershkovitch in Salem,
but he has been conductor of the
Portland Junior Symphony or
chestra for many years.
"I have already selected the
material for our first concert in
the fall" said the director yester
day. "Our first program will con
sist of lighter selections which I
believe will prove very popular."
own
Call for Independents to
Meet Here Monday Issued
O5 r-
Formal call for a state-wide as- , offices to be filled at the general
sembly to be held in the hall of
representatives in the statehouse
here Monday at 10:30 a. m., to
nominate an independent candi
date for governor at the general
election in November, was issued
Wednesday. The call was signed
by Li. H. McBee, Dallas; Cecile
Wlegand and Warren Gray, Sa
lem; George Hessler, Dayton, and
J. L. Steinback, Tillamook. Mc
Bee Is a prominent member of the
Farmers union.
The invitations, which entitle
the recipients to voting privileges
on the floor of the assembly, were
placed in the mails Wednesday
night. Sponsors of the assembly
said approximately 300 delegates
would attend and that virtually
every section of the state would
be represented. The activities of
the assembly will he limited to
the selection of an Independent
candidate for governor and other
Kingtland Macy
FIVE ARRESTED 1
Alleged Gang Rounded Up by
Police; Two Sentenced
in Circuit Court
With the arrest ot five men and
youths here Monday and yester
day, state and city police believed
they had blocked a wholesale forg
ery scheme before it had more
than got off to a good start. While
all five were said to have con
fessed, one pleaded not guilty.
Two were sentenced to the peni
tentiary and cases of the other two
will be disposed of today, i was
expected.
The five arrested were Will A.
Bartlett, James "Jimmle" Price,
21; Alfred Marion Ambrose, 25,
an ex-convict; Charles Edward
Cochran, 19, and Lloyd "Snake"
Wright, 16, on parole from the
state training school.
Bartlett yesterday waived in
dictment and trial and pleaded
guilty to issuing a forged instru
ment when he appeared before
Judge L. H. McMahan. He was
sentenced to serve one year in
the state penitentiary. He was
held to have signed the name of
L. M. Purvine to a check for $5.40
drawn on a local bank.
Price pleaded guilty to a charge
of forgery and was sentenced to
serve 16 months in state prison.
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Last of Parrish
Bond Issue Will
Be Paid July 1
The final $22,000 payment on
the $220,000 five per cent bond
issue Sold in 1924 to pay for the
Parrish Junior high" school build
ing will be made by the Salem
school district July 1, It was
announced at the school clerk's
office yesterday. Payment will be
handled through the county
treasurer's office with the latter
accepting the $22,000 principal
and $1100 interest in district
warrants of small denominations.
This payment will reduce the dis
trict's bonded debt to $43,000.
election will not be discussed
The first action of the assem
bly will be the selection of a tem
porary chairman. This will be fol
lowed by the election of perman
ent officers and the appointment
of several committees. Morton
Tompkins of Yamhill county was
mentioned prominently here Wed
nesday in connection with the of
fice of permanent chairman.
Tompkins is an active worker In
the Oregon state grange and pre
viously served several terms in
the state legislature. The impor
tant committees will Include those
on credentials, rules and resolu
tions. Who will give the keynote
address of the assembly had not
been determined tonight, members
of the committee asserted.
Reports current Wednesday In
dicated that Peter Zimmerman,
state senator from Yamhill coun
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CHARGES
OAKLAND BANK
BANDIT HANDED
QUICK JUSTICE
Enters Prison Here Within
9 Hours After Holdup
for 20-Year Term
Assistant Cashier Pursues
Robber and Forces Him
to Abandon Auto
ROSEBURG, -Ore., June 20.-(JP)
-Just 4 hours after he walked
Into the E. G. Young & Co. bank
at Oakland, Ore., flourishing a
pistol, today, Stanley Rayson,
about 25, was on his way to begin
serving a 20-year sentence in the
Oregon penitentiary at Salem.
Rayson surrendered to a posse
that surrounded him at the south
approach of Rice hill, six miles
north of Oakland on the Pacific
highway, two hours after the hold
up, in which he obtained $1881 in
currency. All the loot was re
covered. He was brought to Roseburg
and sentenced by Circuit Judge
B. L. Eddy after pleading guiltyi
Rayson fainted as sentence was
pronounced.
Rayson walked into the Oak
land bank at noon and held up
Earl Garrison, assistant cashier,
who was in the cashier's cage. He
forced Garrison to lie on the floor
and bound him with rope. Just as
the bandit was leaving, T. B. Gar
rison, cashier of the bank, came
into the bank room from a wash
room at the rear. He, too, was
forced to lie on the floor and was
bound with a rope.
Rayson then ran to the street
and climbed into a stolen car,
which he had left with the motor
running. Earl Garrison freed him
self almost immediately and fired
three shots at the fleeing Rayson,
none of which took effect. Garri
son then ran into the highway and
nnmmHYtAoeTaA o naoufner pop w I f Vi
which he chased Rayson to Rice
mil, where the fugitive abandoned
his car and ran into a thicket.
Other Oakland residents arrived a
few minutes later and surrounded
the fugitive, who surrendered
without a battle when possemen
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WASHINGTON, June 20-(JP)-Draetically
curtailing production,
the lumber code authority today
limited output of the lumbering
industry for the third quarter of
1934 to 3,845,000,000 board
feet, a reduction of 705,000,000
feet or 15.5 per cent below the
allotments for the current quar
ter. The allocation of quotas was
as follows:
Softwoods: Cypress division
35,000000 feet; northeastern
division 72,000,000; Appalachian
softwood group 16,000,000;
northern hemlock division 64,
000,000; northern pine division
32,000,000; Redwood division
88,000,000; southern pine divi
sion 1,100,000,000; west coast
division 633,00,000; Tillamook
burn area 40,000,000.
The 40,000,000 feet allocation
to the Tillamook burn area was
given in an effort to salvage a
portion of the great Douglas fir
stand which was killed by fire in
Oregon last summer.
The log quota for the west
coast logging and lumber division
was fixed at 1,119,000,000 feet
for all purposes. f
LEADERS SELECTED
The American Legion July 4
celebration committee last night
named a committee to conduct tne
children's sports program which
will be conducted following the
morning flag raising and address
by General U. G. McAlexander.
Committeemen are H. V. Collins,
Leon Brown, P. D. Quisenberry,
Leslie Wadsworth, Walter Zosel,
Dr. George Vehrs, R. R. Board-
man, Harry W. Scott, josepn
Pound. R. S. Keene, Clifford Par
ker. Gilbert Ward, Phil Bell and
Jack Nash.
The sports program will con
sist of a briquette rolling race,
two sack races, a barrel race,
shoe race and free-for-all greased
pig chasing contest, three bicycle
races, four foot races ana rour
stunt races.
Wadsworth, Scott, Quisenberry
and Parker were delegated to col
lect the prizes.
Macon Back at
Sunnyvale Base
SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 20-
(ffj-The United States navy diri
gible Macon moored at its base
here at 7:20 o'clock tonight at
ter a training cruise over north'
era California and Oregon.
LUMBER CUT QUOTA
REDUCT ON DRASTIC
CELEBRATION PLAN
Holiday Boat
Wrecked and
Three Killed
HAUGESUND, Norway, June 20
-(fl-Three women lost their lives
today when the 14,000 -ton Ger
man liner Dresden, carrying 1,
000 nazi holiday passengers,
struck a rock in a fjord near here.
The bodies were brought to
Stavanger aboard the rescue ves
sel King Harald wVfch took off
700 of the Dresden's passengers
after racing to the scene in re
sponse to SOS calls.
Fears were expressed that there
may be others missing, but noth
ing definite could be learned un
til lists of passengers and crew
have been checked.
With a gaping hole in her port
bow, the Dresden was beached af
ter the crash in a small bay on
Karmoey Island, where the other
passengers and crew were taken
off.
Some of those rescued said two
lifeboats capsized, one by break
age of her lowering gear and the
other by coming tob near the ves
sel's screw.
F
No Resolutions at Turner
Meeting; State Bank
Plan Emphasized
Marion county Pomona grang
ers, meeting yesterday at Tur
ner, gave no attention to political
matters as such and no mention
of the move for an Independent
candidate for governor was made
in the day's sessions. Reports
from the state grange conven
tion just closed at Roseburg and
discussions of the state banking
movement which the grange is
sponsoring occupied most of the
day. The next Pomona meeting
will be held at Ankeny in Octo
ber. Report was made at yester
day's meeting that the coopera
tive gasoline movement for dirt
farmers has been assured and
that Idaho, Washington and Ore
gon will unite for this venture.
The grange is sponsoring the co
operative for assistance to farm
ers, whether grange members or
not. Full details of the applica
tion in this section have not been
announced.
Unusual for a Pomona grange
session was the fact that no re
solutions were reported during
the day.
Ray Gill, state grange master,
was present to report upon the
state grange session and progress
of the state bank petitions. He
emphasized that the petition
movement must continue strong.
Peter Zimmerman of Yamhill
county and George Palmiter,
members with Gill of the state
executive committee, also spoke.
Dr. Albert Slaughter, Portland,
former master of Salem grange,
spoke at some length upon co
operation. J. O. Farr of Ankeny grange is
master of Pomona and Mrs. An
na Hadley of Silverton Hills is
secretary. Pomona yesterday ap
pointed Mrs. W. S. Krenz of
Union Hills grange as corres
pondent. IN TALK BY F. H.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 20.
-(") - President Roosevelt struck
back today botn at critics oi con
gress and of the "brain trust ana
told his newly adopted alumni of
Yale university that the use or
brains in government will be con
tinued. "After all." said the president,
we are. whether we like it or
not, living in a democracy. I like
it. We are going to continue to
live in a democracy."
The graduates of Yale, who had
heard some light reference to
congress in the course of the com
mencement exercises at which
Mr. Roosevelt was given an hon
orary degree ot doctor of law.
applauded the presidential declar
ation.
CongTess, he said, represents a
better cross section of opinion
than the viewpoint of any single
group, educated or otherwise.
"While there has been a cer
tain amount of comment about
the use of brains in the national
rnvumment." he remarked. it
seems to be a pretty good prac
tice a practice which will con
tinue."
Late Sports
LOS ANGELES, June 20.-)-
Seattle and Los Angeles battled
for-16 Innings and until nearly
midnight tonight before the An
gels punched across the winning
run to take tba game 4 to 3.
The contest started as a pitch
ers duel between Howard Crag'
head and Fay Thomas. No runs
were scored until the sixth when
Lahman beat out a bunt.
Seattle 3 IS
Los Angeles .4 6
Craghead, Radonits and Bottar-
inl: Thomas. Henshaw ana u
CampbelL
Hi HEARS D
I FfllJ HITS
BRAINS DEFENDED
UNLOAD TANKER
OF
With 150 Armed Police on
Job, Strikers Make No
Move to Prevent
Crowd Seeks to Intimidate
Special Police Recruits
but is Dispersed
PORTLAND, Ore., June 20.-(R)
-Under a guard of 150 police reg
ulars, the motor tanker Lio of the
General Petroleum company, man
ned by a non-union crew, today
began unloading a S, 000, 000 gal
lon cargo of gasoline at the com
pany's dock near here.
Small groups of strikers, both
longshoremen and sailors, gather
ed near the company dock during
the morning, but when the tanker
arrived at noon, few were pres
ent. A picket boat tried to ap
proach the tanker as it pulled in,
but was driven away by a harbor
patrol boat. The picket boat crew
shouted warnings to the Lio's
crew to leave the ship.
The only other activity of the
strikers consisted of warning a
truck driver that he "had better
not leave the plant." The driver
returned to confer with officials.
There was no violence at the dock.
Meanwhile, a crowd estimated
variously at 200 to 500 men gath
ered at the downtown police head
quarters, supposedly with the in
tention of intimidating special po
licemen who were being recruited.
A small force of regulars dispers
ed the crowd, making only one
arrest for loitering.
Albert E. Horn, Jr., Oregon
manager for the General Petrole
um company, said late today his
company would inaugurate regu
lar tanker service to Portland
from California ports if police
protection continues, similar to
that given today.
Several hundred employes of
the Clark and Wilson Lumber
company were thrown out of
work today when the mill was
forced to close last night because
its docks were glutted with lum
ber. Inman-Pulsen Lumber com
pany officials announced that mill
would not open Thursday morn
ing, thus bringing unemployment
to 250 additional workers.
THREE IMPORTANT
SI
WASHINGTON, June 20.-0?)-
Three bills vitally affecting the
high and lowly of the nation were
included in a large batch of meas
ures signed by President Roose
velt before leaving on his trip to
New England.
The White House today announ
ced that in addition to other meas
ures, the chief executive had affix
ed his name to the loans to in
dustry bill, second deficiency bill
making huge relief appropria
tions, and bill to regulate the na
tion's communications system.
The industrial loans measure,
subject of a protracted dispute in
congress, which once threatened
the measure with death in confer
ence, makes $580,000,000 avail
able for five year advances to
large and small business enter
prises. The deficiency bill is next to
the second largest appropriation
bill to be enacted in peace time.
It provides $2,629,600,000 for re
lief purposes, public building con
struction, and to meet unexpected
needs of the government in the
closing days of the present fiscal
year.
The communications bill estab
lishes a commission of seven to
regulate all wire and radio facil
ities used in interstate commerce
and supercede the radio commis
sion that has been functioning
since 1927.
IN DEFIANCE
DOC PICKETING
MEA
RES SIGNED
Banks Will Make Service
Charges Beginning July 1
A uniform group of service
charges, effective in Marlon and
Polk counties as of July 1, were
announced here yesterday for all
banks in the two counties. Local
bankers. In making public the
charges, said they were imposed
primarily to cover the extra cost
to banks of federal insurance of
deposits which the first of next
month will be added to all ac
counts of $5000 or less. Hereto
fore deposit insurance has ap
plied only to accounts of 12500
or less. Under the new insurance
provisions 98 per cent of the
number of average bank accounts
will be covered.
In announcing the service
charges local bankers pointed
out that similar charges had been
effective in many cities In this
state and elsewhere for many
months.
The official statement of the
banks follows:
"Accounts having an average
Relief Head
Chiefs in California
Charged With Fraud
Gaiser Expected
to Arrive Today
to Assume Task
Silas Gaiser, Salem's new
school superintendent, Is expect
ed to arrive here from Milton,
Ore., today with his family to
take over his new charge. The
school board has arranged for
Gaiser to go to work at once
although the contract term of
George W. Hug, retiring superin
tendent, does not expire until
August 31.
By coming early In the sum
mer, Gaiser will be able better to
acquaint himself with the situa
tion and to take a guiding hand
in arranging schedules and facul
ty organization for the coming
year.
STATE WILE TO
PLACEITS MONEY
Banks Won't Take Million
as Deposit Because No
Loans Available
The sovereign state of Oregon
which a year ago was worrying
about how to meet its payrolls
was faced yesterday with a reverse
dilemma.
The present problem is what to
do with surplus moneys of the
state.
Yesterday in the vaults of the
state treasurer was a sight draft
for almost one million dollars on
the federal reserve bank at San
Francisco.
Portland banks had drawn the
draft when they refused to accept
for deposit any more state funds
on which the law requires them to
pay two per cent annual interest
on daily balances. With the state s
total deposits averaging $3,500,-
000, in addition to the million dol
lars covered by the draft, Port
land banks called a halt on the
flow of funds and ordered the
state to take out its money.
The state doesn't want the mon
ey in currency it has no satisfac
tory vaults for the money. So the
sight draft on the federal reserve
bank is being held, duly protected
by securities posted by the Port
land banks.
The bankers claim they cannot
pay two per cent interest, so slight
is the demand for loans and so
law is the interest rate received
thereon. The state treasury, by
law, is not allowed to invest its
general funds in obligations other
than those of the United States
government. Yesterday Fred Paul
us, deputy treasurer, said short-
time U. S. certificates could not
be purchased at a basis more fa
vorable than a yield of two 100ths
of one per cent a year.
Silverton Man
Dies Suddenly
While at Work
SILVERTONt June 20 John
Larson, 67, a resident of this
community for the past 28 years,
died on the job at the sawmill
here today, stricken suddenly, he
did not -live until the ambulance,
called immediately, had arrived.
He is survived by his widow,
Anna Larson; daughters, Mrs.
Anders EJde of Paulso, Wash.,
Mrs. Ray Bowman of Florence,
Mrs. D. J. Morgan of Kelso,
Wash.; Margaret of Silverton,
Gladys and Ruth of Portland;
sons, Leonard of Fort Angeles,
Ray of Silverton and Ernest of
Salem. Ekmans' are in charge of
i f nneral arrangements.
balance of less than $50 are sub
ject to a carrying charge of 30
cents which will allow five checks
paid. Additional checks, 3c per
check. Accounts having an av
erage of $50 or more are not
subject to a carrying charge and
will be allowed a check for each
$10 In balance. Additional checks
will be charged 3 cents each.
"Accounts having unusual activ
ity will be analyzed and charged
for any loss Bhown thereby. The
bank may analyze any or all ac
counts.
"Each checking aecount ' shall
be treated individually without
regard to affiliated accounts, or
the business of the depositor with
any other department of the
bank, except that payrolls and
similar accounts of the same
company may be combined for
uniform formula purposes wun
said company's account.
"No service charge need be
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and CWA
Paying Men to Be Idle
One Allegation in
U.S. Complaint
Officials Neglected to
Give Veterans Jobs
it . is Claimed
LOS ANGELES, June 20-fJfy-R.
C. Branion, state emergency
relief director and former stat
head of the civil works adminis
tration, and eight other former
high officials of the CWA, were
indicted by the federal grand
jury today on charges of con
spiracy to defraud the govern
ment. Five of the defendants were
indicted under the CWA act. and
three, one of whom was named
in both indictments, were named
in indictments brought under
the national re-employment act.
The defendants charged with
fraud under the CWA setup were,
besides Branion, Pierce Williams,
western director for the CWA
and western regional administra
tor for the federal emergency re
lief administration; Major Jules
Hanique, former county director
and chief engineer of the CWA;
Charles C. Frye, former CWA
county director; Eugene M.
Brown, executive secretary of
the couty CWA advisory com
mittee; James T. Ritchie. hi
charge of the CWA purchasing
department in Los Angeles coun
ty, and George O. Durkee, in
charge of CWA work assign
ments. The seven defendants wera
charged in general with Improp
erly carrying out provisions of
the CWA. They were alleged to
have kept many thousands of
men on the CWA payroll on job
where "no tools or materials
were provided, with paying thea
to be "idle" and with employing
men on projects not approved by
the county CWA advisory com
mittee. Named In the second Indict
ment were Henry E. Walker, di
rector of the Southern Califor
nia National Re-employment ser
vice, and Eugene M. .Brown, who
also was named In the first In
dictment. The second Indictment charged
the three defendants with dis
crimination against registered ne
gro workmen and against veter
ans. The indictment charged "fla
grant disregard'' of the provi
sion of the law that veterans
with dependents should receive
preference in work orders.
The CWA indictments charged
fraud in cases where alleged "fa
voritism" in work orders had
been given and involved projects
which assertedly had not been
officially sanctioned.
HUGE LOSS FEARED
EARTHQUAKES
(By the Associated Press)
Earth shocks over widely sep
arated portions of the globe Wed
nesday are feared to have caused
extensive damage.
Dispatches from Istanbul said
an unknown number of persons
had been killed in an earthquake
in eastern Turkey, which was ac
companied by a downpour of rain.
The region worst affected was
Smyrnaaon where communications,
meager at " best, were reported
completely disrupted by the vol
canic of the tremors. Detailed in
formation was not available.
Villages were Inundated by
cloudbursts at the same time they
were being shaken by temblors,
causing enormous panic among the
populace.
Reports from Beuthen, Ger
many, said an earthquake in up
per Silesia entombed seven miners
in the Karsten Zentrum pit, and
was sufficiently strong to crack
the walls of buildings.
An earthquake of considerable
intensity was felt in Managua,
Nicaragua, early on Wednesday
morning.
Disastrous quakes also have
been reported recently from India
and South America.
Foochow Flooded
After Hard Rain;
Life Loss Heavy
FOOCHOW, China, June il-(Thursday)-(P)-The
worst floods
in 25 years have Inundated the
streets of this south China coast
al city to a depth in some places
of six feet.
Torrential rains In the head
waters of the Min river caused
the floods.
Traffic is carried on by boats.
Scores of houses have collapsed
in the flood and considerable losf
of life has resulted In outlying-sections.
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