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MARKET NEWS Daily The Statesman re ports the local ami Port land market prices; an in valuable service to buyers and sellers of produce. THE WEATHEH Cloudy today, onset tied probably with rain Satur day; Max. Temp. Thursday 66, Mln. 39, river 4.5 feet,' cloudy, westerly winds. ' FOUNDED 1651 EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, April 12, 1935 No. 14 DIRECT BELIEF WILL BE MN DUE TO DELAY ( 1000 to Resume! SERA Jobs Monday, Equal Number Get Requisitions Places are Designated for Conferences; funds are Finally Received While more than 1000 men and women return to SERA jobs in Marion county Monday, anoth er 1000. approximately, will re port at 30 emergency stations to receive grocery requisitions to tide them over until they can be riven work assignments, Dorothy Ann Gordon, head i ot the social division, announced last night. Her announcement closely fol lowed word from Glenn C. Mies county relief administrator, that an allotment of funds sufficient for April relief had been receiv ed. At the capital Governor Martin received a telegram from "Wash ington, D. C, officials indicating that the state had been allocated $927,210 ot federal unemploy ment funds for the month. He had requested $1,017,000. The telegram did not specify how the funds should be disbursed. From a red barnj a white gar age, the old relief office location, the relief warehouse, the dinger field bath house, several stores, a newspaper office schools, via foremen and throigh the mail the grocery requisitions will be distributed to persons "who should have received an SERA check, April 15," I Miss Gordon said. The case workers will de ploy throughout the county to prevent extreme congestion at re lief headquarters here. Cards Calling Men Back Being Prepared Assignment cards to SERA workers calling them back on their jobs Monday were being prepared for mailing last night by the placement., di?isio,o In charge of R. F. Patton. Workers who missed out on jail or part of their employment ihe past week while work relief was closed down will have thfclr time made up at last In part i through addi tional assignments; where pos sible, otherwise through the di rect relief orders on grocery stores. Monday or Tuesday will Bee . the opening of two new projects, the widening and i deepening of Shelton creek between South 12th street and the river, and the (Turn to Pagtf; Col. 1) The state highway commission gave excellent consideration to Sa lem's and Silverto's request for oiling of the road to Silver Falls state park, the local delegation reported last night upon its re turn from Portland where It con ferred with the commission at the latter's session yesterday after noon. Henry F. Cabell,; new chairman of the commission, said he would personally Inspect the road within the next few weeks. Carl Wash burne, Eugene member of the commission, spoke; highly of the project. R. H. Baldock, highway engin eer, estimated that; a proper oil ing job on the road would run to 1100,000. The proposal is that 23 miles be oiled running from a place a few miles southeast of Sil verton to the first: falls, then on through the park and to the Union Hill school corner. Howard Hulseyj president of the Salem chamber, was spokes man for the local men attending the meeting while Dr. P. A. Loar of Silverton represented that com munity. Other men from here to attend included W. E. Hanson, T. M. Hicks and CJ E. Wilson. Salem police caught Frank A. Harris, Willamette student living at 332 North Churfch street, twice on reckless driving charges be fore he could appear in municipal court yesterday. They so charged him late Wednesday night and again yesterday. As a result Al fred Mundt, deputy recorder, sus pended Harris' driving license for 30 days. Fines aggregating $22.50 were collected from other offenders by Mundt yesterday; Raymond Hoff man, 1335 North 19th street, and Wayne W. Coe,' Portland, both paid $5 fines for speeding; Am nion S. Grier, route three, $2.50 for falling to stop,! and C. Owens, address unknown, $10 for being drunk. In addition police yesterday 'booked William H4 Shelton, route three, for speeding and Ralph S. Graf, 494 South Winter, for non-stopping. DIM PLEA BY HIGHWAY BOARD STUDENT DEPRIVED OF DRIVER LIKE Over Dozen Are Killed as Train Crashes School Bus Toll May Be as High as 23; Rain and Fog at Crossing Impair Visibility; Driver and Teacher Among Those Little Hurt T)OCKVILLE, Md., April 12 night crushed into wreckage a school bus, bringing a death toll estimated by police at 13. Physicians and police placed the known death toll short ly after the accident at 13, but the Baltimore and Ohio rail road, whose train was involved, announced the death list was - . obetween 19 and 23. STATE 10 Hi HI II IHE SOLD Joplin and Eldon, Portland, Awarded Contract for Dayton Road Unit . PORTLAND, April ll.-()-A condemnation suit will be brought at once to obtain a 28-aere tract needed to reroute the upper Col umbia River highway between Troutdale and Cascade Locks In connection with the Bonneville dam project. The land was sold 10 years ago by the state fish commission. The present owners, E. G. and Elma Gudhart, contend that due to the dam the valie has greatly increased and that various cab ins, tents and a small hotel are bringing in a 6 per cent return on a $7 5,000 investment. However the highway commis sion members said some who have appraised the tract contend it is worth only between $10,000 and $15,000. The commission took under consideration requests by a Sa (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) STUDENT "STRIKE" IS PEACE GESTURE' NEW YORK, April U.-(JF)-A call for a nation-wide student strike against American partici pation in war went out today to university campuses and public schools, with the notional stu dent strike committee here esti mating that at least 150,000 stu dents would heed the call. The strike, scheduled for be tween 11 a. m. and noon tomor row, has gained the approval of a number of eastern college and university officials and the sup port of church and political lead ers, the leaders said. Willamette students will not join with students in numerous other colleges all over the coun try in striking for an hour to day as a demonstration against war but will placidly listen to talks on peaceful international re lations during the chapel period as their contribution to the stu dent peace movement. Sang-Kau Yao, Chinese student who came to Willamette from the University ot Hawaii and was largely responsible for Willam ette getting an exchange scholar ship arrangement with the Ha waiian school, will tell of the University of Hawaii and the in ternational situation in the Pa cific. His talk will lead into a further talk of world peace and amicable international relations. BLAZE SPREADS FAB SEATTLE. April 11. - (JP) "Some crazy firebug" was blamed by Constable Dick Owen, leader of a band ot 25 volunteer fire fighters for the blaze which raged through 1000 acres of brush and second growth on Mercer island, Lake Washington, until brought under control tonight. Lumber Code Future Isn't Settled, Compton Admits By H. C. HUNTER WASHINGTON, April ll-(&y- Although settlement of the lum ber code dlfficultleshas been an nounced by NRA, word from the national Lumber Manufacturers' association today indicated the future of the code remained ex tremely uncertain. This Intimation was contained in a letter by Dr. Wilson Comp ton. manager of the association, to the society of American forest trs that "regardless of the uncer tainties of the Immediate future of the lumber code, both by rea son of pending NRA legislation in congress and the sort of ad ministration and policy a new code may have, the forest conser vation provisions of tho present code will be continued." The uncertainty with which code authority officials view the future also is indicated in the fact that pending 'definite settle ment of the code difficulties, au thority headquarters and its re gional agencies . throughout the country will be operated with skeleton forces, . the order dis charging most of the employes on Children (AP)- An express train last The driver of the bus, Percy Line, said he knew nothing of the approaching train until a whistle screamed, to be instantly followed by the impact which tore the bus virtually in two, tossing the bodies of its young occupants along the right-of-way as the train ground to a stop. Those at the scene said rain and fog made visibility low. Po lice reported the view of the cross ing normally was good. Five injured were rushed to one Washington, D. C, hospital, (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) Shocked at Some Pictures but Her Own Aren't Bad Because Not Serious HOLLYWOOD, April 11. - (JP)- Mae West, the blonde "Diamond Lil" of the screen. Bald today she has done much to .bring healthy entertainment to the movies, "be cause I never took sex seriously; I kidded it." Being opposed, so she says, to nudity, crudity and vulgarity in all forms," the actress commend ed the campaign to clean up the screen, and said she was all for it. There were rumors she might retire because of the campaign. She said she had no Intention of retiring immediately. "I'll quit when the p'ublic gets tired of me," she explained. "And the 'day' of any entertainer is fairly short. Can't say when that will be." But as for the decency cam paign "It was a very good thing, and It had to come," she said. "Every body was trying to outdo every body else in being dirty. The stage, the new books, the maga zines, and the movies were all in a race to see just how far they could go. "And I know, as well as most people, exactly the effect of ero tic entertainment whatever its source on people. I could tell you stories that would make your hair curl about kids who got ideas from no place else but the shows they saw and the things they read "So it had to stop some place." The actress said she believed she was selected to be the princi pal sacrifice because of her promi nence. "I'm at the top, so It was na tural for them to pick on me, she said. '.'My pictures aren't bad. (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) Compulsory Drill Kept by Vote of President Boyer EUGENE, Ore., April 1 l.-iPf- Only the vote of Dr. C. V. Boyer, president, swung a University of Oregon faculty vote In favor of retention of compulsory military training for underclassmen of the college. Dr. Boyer cast his vote when the count stood 42 to 42 on the motion by Charles G. Howard, professor of law, that compulsory training be abolished. April 15 remaining in effect de spite the announced settlement. The order of discharge was is sued by authority officials with in a few days after the justice de partment announced it would ask for dismissal of the Belcher vio lations case, then pending before the supreme court. Despite protests of code offi cials and a resolution introduced in the senate demanding: that the case be continued to a supreme court decision, the justice, de partment asked and was granted a dismissal ot the case. Compton told the foresters that the Lumber Manufacturers' ' as sociation "as the original spon sor of the lumber code," would continue with "the development of the forest conservation work within the Industry, and the ef fort to encourage sustained yield forest management will be con tinued." For all Intents and purposes the lumber code authority Is mark ing . time, pending, submission by the national industrial recovery board of certain amendments to (Turn to Page 2, CoL 2) MAE WEST FAVORS DECENCY CAMPAIGN UNCI L RESOLUTION F Situation as to Hutton Not Exactly as He Outlined It Says Committee No Demand for Resignation Made; Aldermen Ready to Act, is Report A resolution calling for the im mediate dismissal of Harry Hut ton as chief of the Salem fire de partment will be laid before the Salem council next Monday night for disposition at that meeting, members of the fire department committee of the council said last night. A majority of the aldermen are said to favor passage of the resolution. Concurrent with the announce ment that Hutton's ouster would be sought from the council, Mer rill D. Ohling, fire department committee chairman, denied that Hutton at an executive meeting Wednesdaynight had been asked to resign. "The committee and Mayor V E. Kuhn and City Attorney Kow- itz met at the latter's office," Oh ling said. "We had decided that it wag Impossible for the chief to continue longer in his position We did not 'demand his resig- nation; rather we called him to the conference and informed him of the resolution we intended to submit to the council. We gave him an opportunity to retire without controversy if he wished." Held Necessary For Department Efficiency Ohling said last night that his committee, which includes Cuy ler Van Patten and Carl B. Arm Driest and himself, had spent a great amount of time investigat ing the Salem fire department. He said their investigations had reached Into a period long before the present council took office Ohling said the conclusions of tbe committee were unanimous mai Hutton was subject to removal for cause under the civil service act and that his going was necessary to improve the efficiency of the fire department. Monday night will also bring the introduction of an ordinance compelling city workers to testify at proceedings of the civil service commission and providing a fine for failure to obey a summons to the hearing. Chief Hutton yesterday releas ed information to the public that his scalp was being sought by the fire department committee of the council. The latter had decided to keep the matter an executive (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) T IP, BASE PORTLAND, Ore., April ll-(P) -The Willamette Democratic so ciety today announced receipt of word from Senator McNary (It Ore) that the house resolution urging a naval air base or depot for the Pacific northwest was "scheduled for a favorable re port." J. E. Cooter, speaker of the Oregon house of representatives, praised the 1935 legislature for refusing to increase the tax bur den. Cooter, the main speaker, call ed attention to the many "isms" prevalent today in political and economic circles and hailed "Roo sevelt democratic optimism" as the force capable of winning in the 1936 election over what he termed "Hoover reactionary pes simism." The society gave Representative W. H. Graham a vote of confi dence as a candidate for state in surance commissioner. The trustees were authorized to Investigate and determine whe ther to recommend that Governor Charles H. Martin Intercede to prevent deportation of Walter Baer, Portland engineer, to his native land of Germany. It was pointed out that Baer has led an upright life for years following conviction in his youth of forgery accounts, for which he served sentences. A pardon by the governor from the sentences for which Baer already has served, would save him from deportation, it was stated. Hops Commodity Bill Favored by Group in Senate Unanimous approval of Sena tor McNary's bill to make hops a basic commodity was given yes terday in Washington, D. C, by the senate committee on agricul ture. Hop growers here last night expressed pleasure at hearing of this action, saying that the basic commodity provisions were nec essary if hops were to be suc cessfully handled under any mar keting agreement. Under-Secretary Tugwell of the agriculture department estimated that a 10 cents a pound processing tax on hops would add only 1 per cent to the cost of beer. FAVORABLE REPDR ON A LOOMS World News at Gl ance (By the Associated Press) Domestic: CHICAGO Wheat prices near dollar mark as western dust storms ravage crops. WASHINGTON Administration security program off to stormy start with stunning setback for Townsend old-age pension advo cates. WASHINGTON Public works regarded as permanent national fixture by administration relief heads. NEW YORK Today is zero hour for students in national anti war strike; backers claim 150,000 participants. SAN FRANCISCO Silver west stirs hopefully under govern ment's 6 cent price boost for newly mined domestic metal. WASHINGTON Perkins con ference fails to produce truce In threatened Akron rubber walk out. WASHINGTON Congressional republicans chary of Hoover for 1936. Foreign : STRESA, Italy British-French discord over German rearmament marks opening of tri-power con ference. PARIS British propose arm ament ratios at Stresa conference to insure European peace, Paris hears. BERLIN German participation in European peace negotiations contingent upon "complete equa lity." PARIS Franco-Russian pact approved: little entente, Turkey and Greece would model similar ly for eastern Europe. MEXICO, D. F. 40,000 work ers threaten strike action as gov ernment manages to settle com panion labor dispute. KINGSTON Jamaica Eleven thought dead in foundering of Norwegian steamer Havmoy off Jamaica Tuesday. Bail Set at $2000; Police Officer Will Go South, Seek Extradition An Indictment charging Rev. H Richardson Tebbets with obtain ing money under false pretenses was returned here late yesterday afternoon by the Marion county grand jury of which W. F. Buch her is foreman. Tebbets disappear ed here last Friday after serving since August, 1934, as pastor of the Unitarian church of Salem Judge L. H. McMahan imme diately set Tebbets' ball at $2000 and the district attorney's office took steps to have extradition papers issued for the minister who is now being held in the county jail at San Diego. He was apprehended In Tijuana, Mexico Wednesday where he is reported to have passed a check for $200 without funds to cover it. Tebbets is said to have passed bad checks totalling S3 50 here and In Portland. District Attorney Trlndle said he would ask that a member of the city police force be sent to Cal ifornla to return Tebbets here. The court may sentence a person found guilty of obtaining money under false pretenses to prison as well as impose a fine. It is expected that extradition papers will be obtained from the governor's office here today. Seeks Jail Cell, Place to Sober Up, Avoid Arrest PORTLAND, Ore., April 11-JP) - I want to be locked up for 10 days," a man giving the name o Fred Wetzel, 48, said today. "Why?" asked deputy City At torney Harold Davidson in aston Ishment. "I've been drinking for several days and I want to sober up be fore I get thrown in." His. wish was fulfilled. TRUCK DRIVER DROWNS ASTORIA, Ore., April !!-()- John Keiness, Portland truck driver, slipped from a log boom and drowned in the Lewis and Clark river near here t day. Late Sports ST. LOUIS, April ll-P)-Louls Nova, San Francisco 200-pounder, sprang the big surprise in the heavyweight class with a techni cal knockout over George Theo doratus, highly rated contender from Pullman, Wash., In the na tional amateur boxing champion ships here tonight. Outweighed by more than 25 pounds. Nova floored his former Sacramento (Calif.) high school mate with a neat two-fisted at tack, but the big Greek was saved br the bell ending tne secona round. PORTLAND. Ore., April -The Reed, college tennis team trimmed Oregon Normal's racquet wield ers fire matches to two here today. Chapman of Reed defeated Kemp of Oregon Normal and Far lss of Reed beat Saunders ot Ore gon Normal tn the feature matches. TEBBETS INDICTED ON FRAUD CHARGE RICO-BRITISH GUSH FEATURE OF CONFERENCE ingland Takes Long View, Seeking to Pave Way for Security Pact Stern Measures Sought by French Over German Breach of Treaty (Copyrirht. 1935. by Associated Press) STRESA, April 11. A clash of opinion between British and French delegations developed at today 'b inaugural sessions of the tri-power conference here, author itative quarters said, after France moved unexpectedly to get Brit ish and Italian support for her ap peal to Geneva against German rearmament. The French, it was learned, tossed into the midst of the after noon session their memorandum of Adolf Hitler's- alleged repudia tions of treaties Pushed into the background by the French move were other. broader issues of security, even though Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain at the morning session had outlined his nation's desire for an inclu sive system to safeguard the con tinent 8 peace. French Memorandum Details Kept Secret The contents of the French memorandum, which supports the Fans appeal against Germany's violation of the Versailles treaty. will not be disclosed until it is in troduced at the extraordinary ses sion of the League of Nations council opening next Monday. Officials here indicated it would be accompanied by the draft of a resolution condemning the treaty violation which France will seek to have the league CQun cil adopt. The three wise men of the west" MacDonald. Premier Be nito Mussolini of Italy and Pre mier Flerre-Etienne Flandin of France reached no decision dur ing their five and ope-half hours in conference on the island as to the method of handling the French protest, and the problem win be tackled again tomorrow. Flandin and his foreign min ister, Pierre Laval, both address ed the conference to urge the ne cessity of clear cut action in re monstrating against Germany's violation ot the Versailles treaty Dy ner rearmament. Hope Germany Will Be Party to Pact Reliable sources said MacDon aid and the British foreign secre tary, Sir John Simon, who during (Turn to Page 2, Col. 5) RAIN APPRECIATION TACOMA, Wash.. April 11. -an Sun worshippers have been loud ly sung in stories, but a new cult of rain worshippers is forming wnich may be more important to western Washington. Mrs. Lena Huelsdonk Fletcher, daughter of the pioneer Huels donk family "of the Hoh valley, tells this story: A South Dakota woman living with her family on the Hoh, where they moved when driven by drought from their South Dakota farm, is a true rain worshipper. Let a good rain come down, says Mrs. Fletcher, and her South Dakota neighbor will stand outside, with face to the sky, getting thoroughly wet iou aon i appreciate your rain: it's marvelous," says the soutn Dakota woman. Hoh residents feel it is diffi cult to really appreciate their rain, which averages 110 inches a year. NEWCOMER S Edna Beardsley is Winner Of Easter Recipe Contest Edna Beardsley, route 4, Al bany, wins first prise of $1 in this week's Round Table contest for her "Sweet Potato Bunnies" recipe. To Mrs. George Parkhurst, Sublimity, route 1, and to Mrs. W. Oldenburg, route 2, box 129, go the two 60 cent prizes. Miss Beardsley and Mrs. Parkhurst will receive theirs through the mail and Mrs. Oldenburg may obtain hers by calling at The Statesman office. Next week there will be twin topics, spinach and avocados. Spinach, championed by Popeye, can be prepared in so many at tractive ways that practically everyone likes it now. Avocados are popular in salads and early summer dishes. Send In as many recipes for each as you like. Either fresh or canned spinach may be called for. The contest closes Thursday noon, April 18. The winners follow: Sweet Potato Bunnies Boil large sweet potatoes for IS minutes and cut lengthwise Into slices about 1 Inch thick. Cat bunnies out of these slices, inserting cloves for eyes. Place ESTES SIDECO CHOSEN REFERE FOR m CASE Attorney, Governor's Recent Both Sides; Hearing Will Start About Middle of Hay; Matter Will Be Expedited, Belief of Local Counsel;' Procedure is Set Up Matters on Which City and Aside, Rulings by Referee Before Federal Court Jury; Be Rushed, Announced AGREEMENT on Estes Snedecor, Portland attorney, as referee for the water system condemnation hearings, was announced late yesterday by Walter C. Winslow, special council for the city of Salem. Winslow said attorneys for both the city and the Oregon company had found Snedecor necessary court order to Federal Judge Fee, now in Pendle ton, for signature. The hearings, which in part, at least, will supplant trial before a jujy, will start either May 13 or May 20, according to when the city and the company can prepare their evidence, Winslow said. Belief that the entire pushed to conclusion by the third week in June was expressed E PORTION OF lEITjROP GONE Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas Present Gloomy Picture; Some Families Leave (By the Associated Press) Out of the choking clouds which still hung like a pestilence over thousands of square miles in the southwest In the brew ing spot of big dust storms re ports emerged Thursday night of rapidly mounting losses in wheat, "the money crop." Piece by piece the gloomy pic ture came from the area where the storm was concentrated southeastern Colorado, south western Kansas, northwestern Ok lahoma and the Texas panhandle. It was tempered in part by re ports elsewhere. The big wheat acres of north central Kansas maintained a favorable outlook. Rain and snow raised hopes in the northwestern tier of states. At Washington, the AAA rush ed plans for full benefit payments to drought-harassed farmers who plant no wheat. In the grain mar kets, wheat rose nearly four cents a bushel. Walter Barlow, Amarillo grain elevator operator, estimated the wheat crop damage in the Texas panhandle to range between $18, 000,000 and $20,000,000 based on current prices. Harry B- Cordell, president of the Oklahoma board of agricul (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) Armament Ratio Plan Suggested PARIS, April U.-(JP)-lt was authoritatively reported here to night the British delegation at Stresa proposed the fixing of ra tios for armaments between the principal powers, contending the establishment of such control was the best means ot insuring Euro pean peace. them in a baking dish and sprinkle with grated orange rind and sugar. Add cup orange juice and bake in a hot oven un til "potatoes are soft and candied, about 40 minutes. (Editor's note: A pattern for the bunny was en closed with the recipe and any one desiring to trace a copy is in vited to call at the office.) Serve with baked ham prepared as fol lows: For a whole ham, add 2 cups water and cover roaster. Bake in a slow oven, 325 degrees, allowing about 21 minutes to the pound for a large, whole ham. When ham Is done, remove from oven. Lift off the rind. Score sur face and dot with cloves. Rub with mixture of cup brown sugar and 1 tablespoon flour. Brown, nncovered for 20 minutes In a hot oven, 400 degrees. For Easter In stead of brown sugar, try coating the ham with orange or grape fruit marmalade. ' r Edna Beardsley Route 4, Albany Easter Bonny Cake ' '(Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) Adviser, is Agreeable to Company Agree Will Be Laid on Others May Be Taken Preparing of Evidence to - Washington Water Service acceptable and had sent the condemnation action could be by Winslow. He estimated the hearings before Snedecor would require three weeks. Questions on which the city and company agree will be canceled out, rulings by Snedecor which either side dis putes then will go to a federal court jury. One week should be sufficient for the jury portion of the case, he said. Hearings will be held both In Salem and in Portland with those here probably to be conducted in the city council chambers. Pro cedure will be Identical with that of a court. I Which of the! two tentative dates will mark the start of the hearings will depend on the time required by John W. Cunning ham, engineer for the city, to assemble his data, Winslow stat ed. Cunningham, now at Red ding, Cal., is expected back in Portland Saturday. The referee probably will be paid $75 a day for his services, it is understood, the fee to be set by the federal Judge. Snedecor, whose selection was ratified by Walter Fuhrer, chair (Turn to Page 2, Col. 5) TO SAN FRANCISCO, April 11.- (P) Extension of the oil industry code to include a collective bar gaining provision for employes of tank ships was urged in a tele gram sent to President Roosevelt. by unions representing striking seamen here today. The appeal was made as the ill . V nn 11 . V TV- coast continued their month-old strike while fellow searaem on passenger and general carge ves sels studied a mediation award of increased pay and adjustments in hours and working conditions. In the appeal to the president, the second made - by spokesmen for the strikers, the tanker mer- ators were charged with rejndl- atlng a pledge to grant tank ship employes collective bargain!. "We respectfully petition you," the message said, "to extend it necessary the provisions ot the oil Industry code relating to the rights of collective bargaining to the employes of the oil tankers," It was signed by the nattaal organization 01 masters, mates and pilots of America, West Coast Local No. 90; the Marine Engin eers Beneficial association. Pa cific coast district: the sailors union of the Pacific; the Pacific coast marine firemen, oilers, water-tenders and wipers association and the marine cooks and stew ards association of the Pacific coast. Seven Negroes Asphyxiated in Residence Fire WASHINGTON, April 12:( Fri day )-(tfVSeven negroes were as phyxiated In a fire ' which de stroyed their home here tonight. r lve oi me aeaa were cnnaren. The dead represented members of three families. A roomer who smelled smoke caught up his mother in his arms and carried her to safety, then turned in an alarm. - , KLAMATH BUN KILLED KLAMATH FALLS. Ore.. April 11. -(fln-Hurled from a derailed speeder, George Livingston, abort 50, received a skull fracture near here last night and died en route to a hospital. MAY EXTEND CODE TWER CREWS