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:.TU
Ji; U'l'iilll; v " . ; -fr1 mil. ' nf!l-
. Ttso Y7eat!ie .
- Fair today and Saturday,
"to change i In ; temperature
Max. Temp Thursday 01,
llih. - 20, river -4.1 feet,
southwest wind. ' -
Your Statesman carrier t
A your;? man cf resolute'
character. No matter what
the weather, he's on Um job
each morning- before dawa,
Salea, Oreson, Friday Morning. November 13, 1935
E1GI1TY-SIXTI1 YEAR
Erica Sc; HcTrsstasdi Iz
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Spy Charge in
Marine Strike
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LoVvers Hope
Federal Commission Out
1 of- Picture; Leaders:
-Silent on Wiews 'h-
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McGrady Still Seek to
Overcome Obstacles
V i i to Negotiation
SAM FRANCISCO, "Not; ll iff
Striking maritime unions charg
ed shippers with employing "spic
In efforts to discredit the union
movement today, the federal mar-
Itlme commlaslon withdrew", from
.the strike picture, and. ilaee of
. both sides clouded proifcecta for
1 peace .. negotiations. ; Xr , -
".The spy "charge was. made by
Attorney 11. ,P. Melnikow, attor
: ney for six of the seven BtriklaK
unions, at the cJosins session ot
. the commission,' hearing into the
coast's FtrllrMrlppled marine Inf
dustry-' 'f; I " t I - :. '' f:
'Melnikow asked that the eom-
mission Vrootfont subVerslTe ac
tirities" of maritime jeinployers.
Both shIpownerajfff d strike
leaders refused lnfortaatlon of
peace conferences, ! asl Assistant
Labor Secretary Edward F,i Mc
Grady attempted to clear tip un
named ;f obstacles" to a meeting
be said was promised for tomorr
row. Last night, the official de
clared he was ; assured the con
ferences would resume today. '
- Street Disorder, at ? . i
San Pedro-' Reperted. -Street
'disordet San Pedro.
' lnTolTlng striking loBgsnoremen,
marked the fourteenth day ot the
maritime ' strike thatk has . para-;
r lyzed coast marine commerce . -Melnikow,
i whose charges ( to-;
rether with a i shipowners' reply
went Into tbs. jromraisslon' re
cords, asserted employers, plaeed
prirate ; detectires aboard shlpe.
blacklisted unwanted anion men."
and repeatedly violated working;
greementa. 'j'v' ;- ;!r
v ! Some employers used ' e T'e r y
means to discredit the union
-movement and. the anion right ot
eollectlre bargaining h e d e
ciared. Is -U r -U-
Gregory Harrison, attorney for
the shipowners, f 'quickly replied
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r Argentine Grain
Tie-up Probable
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. PORTLAND, Ore., Nor. li.-GPi
-Three big ships en route toi
t - Portland with cargoes of Argen-i
tine grain may be added tD the)
list of Teasels: made Idle by the
maritime atriiie. " f
One, the new:: British motorshitf
Wearpool, already has met delaqf
at San Francisco. The other twoL
the British eteamer Swalnby an
the Norwegian motorshlpTPtinw-
ero, left South America for Port
land late last: month,
Reduced State
Increased Budget Forecast
Cost ot . Oregon's '- government
for the years; 1937 and 1938, baaed
on reauirements recommended by
the state budaet department, will
aggregate S91.SS4.797.90, Wa
lace S. Wharton, executive Isecn
tary to Gorercor Martin, reporte
Thursday.
Of thU stoUl $12,84 8.1 7 7.0,2
wUl Involve! general fund appro
priations by the legislature and.
- 70,148,5S3.62 for self-tupportlnjg
Institutions and departments. Ac
taal general fund legislative ap
proprtations for the current bH
- e n n u ta aggregated 111,519.4
228.70. ! i V -1-
Requests of the 110 state gov
ernmental activities for whicfc the
legislature appropriations totalled
$H,161.40.t. of which $ 21.
C 3 7,911,4 1 was allowed. The re
duction - In! i requirements wai
22,523,575 Rerenaes for the
toext two yekrs were estimated at
214, 37. 487 which, after 'deduct
ing legislative appropriations, will
leave a surplus of $529,509.98.
Wharton said -the Income j tax
receipts would 'offset; the j?roper-;
ty tax withm : the six: per cent
limitation except sh, taxes as
aro TOt6d Sy special lery. Thei tax
lery for 1937 would: be reducea
from 4.1 to 3.1 mm
I New Capital Coal
' Included in Fisrnres ;
Included in the $21,437,911.48
"VPrproTed byTTharton a-re the edu
caliotial levy; the federal grant
rfor tSe new capitol, and an unex--pended
baUncei of $344,244 from
; the past blettaium. There also was
- deducted the $4. 00 0,5 10.50 allo
cation for relief from liquor -revenues,
and the $50opa restoration
fund n ml ti 3. - - - f I
I Outside revenue : will , Include
. $4,762,00 for old age assistance.
$1,124,000 for the; state" capitol;
1883.200 for aid of dependent
children and ,$727,911 .for , the
Uate board of higher education, t
Craft Unions Corisi '
i Concerted Attack
Lewis hid
Building Trades Department! Takes Lead in Flans
, - to Thwart 'Rebels ; . Radicalism . and Self
r; Seeking Charged to Committee
mAMPA,1Fla.,,Nov. 12. (AP) A proposal for a concerted
I drive by alljcraft unions to combat John L. Lewis rebel
. Committee" for Industrial Organization, came today from
leaders of the American! Federation of vLabor building
trades department. -'MjC :"1 'i ' ' ' -X "U'i;
I ' The department's executive council further: recdmmend-
Qiick 'Associatiota
Backing Research
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State Organization Holdi
Meeting Here; -(poser I
Tie-up Is Songht
Members of the Oregon Baby
Chick association, meeting in all
day session yesterday at the
chamber of commerce here, went
on record a favoring appropri
ation of) funds ' from the state
legislature Jot Dr. W. T4 John
son of the State college at Cor
vallis to I continue work in poul
try disease, control. j J
' I The group also endorsed the
move for a. poultry council I in,
which it would be affiliated with
allied poultry interests. Another
more . favored proper safeguards
against importation of foreign;
eggs, Tthla to be forwarded I to
congressional i represent 1 1 t e a
from ; Oregon for their suggested
action.., j b r r -
Tfmes for State 1 . '4
Meetings Are Set '; .1 'i
l Lloyd Lee of Salem, president
of the association, presided at the
meeting yesterday. . L. E.j Cabe
of McMlnnville .is secretary .
The association- adopted the last
week in June: and the last: week
in October as time for its; two
yearly meettngBAmbrose Brown-t
(Turn to Page 12, Col. 17'
Resume Picketing :
ASTOJRIA, Nor. 12-(AVPlcketj
Ing of j j the . Crown-Willamette
camps has been resumed because
the firm ! objected, to reorganiza
tion in the cam pa, and declined to
negotiate prorrislons of a former
agreement, the executive commit
tee! of the sawmill and timber
workers onion said today.
The committee1 stated that the
firm' and ! the union were placing
rations ' Interpretations on the
agreement, i . . .' j '
The Crown-Willainette mill waa
the scene of a1 fatal riot last
spring ' f.; i ii; 4. -
Despite the picketing, which
started last Monday, the camps
have: not closed.
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Tax Desp ite
County match money to be paid
win total $6,239,100 to! the state
fund, including $3,000,000 for
public assistance, $2,281,400 for
old age assistance and $883,200
for dependent children. Should the
age limitation be reduced from 70
to 45 years, leaving on all other
restrictions. It would - require
$1,530,900 more direct appropria
tion from the state, while the cost
to the taxpayerp would be doubled
with the county share.
Requests of self-supporting de-
partmenta aggregated $70,214,-
SSV.ZZ, or 'WniCDT J70.14S,65Z.f s
was allowed The reduction in the
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av
on
ustrvJ
o
Move
il
eed t to iu convention tnai aii
Duiiaing iraaes iocais prompuj
affiliate with central bodies and
state federations oflabor "so as
to assure concerted action." -
. This move in the battle ' be
tween the federation's craft union
leaden and the ten Lewis unions
followed' a. report that eight of
the federation's 170 execnUre
council members still wanted to
make peace- with Lewis. !i .
Nina wanted to expel, the re
bels at the federation's general
convention here next week, it waa
said in usually .' well - informed
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Conimunity Chest
iPlariHasSu
79 . Business,' Professional
Men Sign as Sternberg;
To Simplify Relief
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Seventy nine Salem business
and . professional men yesterday
had signed for membership in the
Community Chest association, an
organization being formed here
for -the purpose of grouping all
charitable financial drives into
one big annual campaign. A meet
ins of the : signers will be called
in the near future to elect offl-J.
cers and cutllaa a program to be
followed, iin promoting j the com
munity eldest idea, according to;
W. J. Braiun, who is circulating
membership blanks at service and
eiTic dtth3nee tings. r
1 1 While llhe present community
chest more originated with a
kroup of tKiwanls club members,;
the club fa not seeking to act as
the prime mover in the program,
Braun, secretary of the club, said.:
Th 79 1 aignaturea include 40
members ot the Klwanis- clnb, 15
of the Active club and 24 ot the
Lions club. The list will be aub
mitted soon to the Rotary, 20
3 a, Woman's ' and Business and
Professional Women's clubs. '
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RJonkey Business
j Qui;kly Empties
! i Park Restaurant
! LOS f ANGELES, Not. 12-(ff-Brownie,
a Simian imp with an
nnexplainable knowledge of lock
picking, lied two other monkeys
today in a break for fredom, and
auceeded in cleaning house at the
soo park restaurant. ' ! i
Four of ' the seven monkeys
housed; in the cage declined to
Join, in! the escape after the door
had,, been opened, but Brownie
and his two comrades headed at
once for the cafe.
Customers and cook; watched
as Brownie sniffed at a shelf of
pies, and then having passed them
up, seised a pepper shaker, i
i He was having a lot of fun until
the pepper made him sneeze.
! In sodden anger, Brownie flung
away the shaker It struck, broke
open, and scattered pepper in all
directions. It waa then that eTery
body cleared out.
i Everybody, that is, except the
monkey keeper, i who with ; some
expert footwork finally ended: all
the monkey business. i
BAY REGION CELEBRATES OPENING OF 77 MILLIONiDOLLARiBRIDGE
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Crowdliinig
StfAilizinff of
Business Goal
Of Conference
Coordinator Berry Calls
JUiDor ana industry ;
tofGet Together I
OiMahoney Prepares jBill
to 1 License Interstate i
XJommercel Firms;- ,i
mm:i ::
'a ! i
WASHINGTON, ' Not. 1 J.-(ff-Amid
speculation orer President
Roosevelt's plan for achieving the
objectives of NRAr a call went
out today for business and labor
to meet here next month to form
ulate "a program of industrial
legislation looking toward j long
time stabilization of recovery."
The call Issued by MaJ. George
L. "Berry, Coordinator for Indus
trial cooperation; Invited all rep
resentatives of Industry and la
bor to meet with the council for
industrial progress here Decem
ber 10 and. IL I i
At the same time, Senator
0Mahoney (D-Wyo. announced
he waa framing a new bill for li
censing corporations engaged In
lnter-sta,te commerce, a proposal
widely discussed as a means of
achieving NRA objectives,
Report on Results
Of NRA Dne Soon
On a third front. Secretary Ro
per was preparing a report for
President ' Roosevelt on the ac
complishments and shortcomings
of NRA! which officials said would
be 'ready for Jthe White 'House In
about a month. j
In Tie w of the recent election
results Berry's call was regarded
with mre significance than was
accorded his i industrial confer
ences Jast year. f
i The I first, conference. In De
cembeiiv 1925, was almost dis
rupted by an 1 angry uprising of
some business represenUtlves.who
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Law Is Sought to
Protect Officers
PORTLAND, Not. 12. 4 (a-
Slaylng of peace officers, and the
strike
situation commanded at
of Oregon district attor
tentlon
neys today at: their annual ses
sion. i
The (next meeting of the
legis-
latureiwill be f asked to act!
upon
a recommendation designating
the deliberates killing of an offi
cer In the discharge of his duty
as murder In the first degree..
The! proposal developed out of
the slaying of ja Multnomah' coun
ty deputy sheriff more than a
year ago. Hef was shot down by
two out of season pheasant; hunt
ers. One of the hunters was con-
Ticted j of "second degree murder
and the other (manslaughter, ,
Thei prosecutors will also ask
the legislature to fix the penalty
for riot Iat not to exceed 15 years.
This recommendation, represent
atives ; said, was based upon the
experience officers gained - in
dealing , with ; striking timber
workers a year! ago. if'
Officer Pursuing
Suspects Is Shot
GOLD BEACH,- Ore., 'Not. 12.
-CflP)-State Police Officer. Adrian
Campbell was shot above the knee
today 1 north. efTGoid Beach while
he trailed sportsmen reported
nanuai uiegauy. i
; The wound
clans said.
was rminor, physi-
Names of arsons In the hunt
ing party wen not made' known.
;
Huge new span linking: Sun Francisco with Oakland, Berkeley and
other thriving conimunitle across the bay, 'dedicated with fm
" pressive ceremonies Thursday.' ; ' ; n.i: ' -, : .1'"
Comes to Life,
v i Gets No Bonus
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JESSE. OWEN GIFFORD
It" j - . t :
Gif f oird Is Denied
BonustV
Was Dead v?hen Wile Made
IValid Collection and
i So That's That f
WASHINGTON. Not. 12-UP-
Th : gorernment ruled, today
Jesse Owen Gif ford could not, re
coyer war, service compensation
paid to his wife after he had been
legally but erroneously declared
dead. - . ;
! The ruling came from Richard
Nf Elliott, acting i comptroller
general, after t h e( questionhad
been referred to him by the vet
erans administration, j
I Gifford was declared dead in
Tennessee .five years age after a
body recovered from! the Tennes
see, riyer. was identified by Mrs.
Gifordashat of -her husband.
He had, , disappeared three years
earller-;w w w jmmiff'
I The , Teterans administration
disclosed last -month it had' re
ceived an application ' for bonus
payment from Gif ford, who sub
mitted fingerprints to prove his
identity.. Located at SusanTille.
Calif., Gif ford Indicated he did
not llntend to return to his home
at South Pittsburg, Tenn.:
i Elliott ruled that ''the payment
to Gifford's "widow was a good
and sufficient payment and the
settlement should not be disturb
ed." anizatioh
ri i
Petition Slated
PORTLAND, Not. I.-(ff)-A
petition of confirmation ' for the
reorganization of the Spalding
Logging company of Salem will
be filed in federal .court next
week, said Ralph King, the firm's
attorney. i I ' i
. - The reorganization involves
property valued around the two
million dollar mark. 1
Xing said, approval of the plans
has been . received from a suffi
cient number of creditors and
stockholders. Holders: of $200,
000 et the $490,000 . In bonds
have sanctioned the move. '
Linn Resident Is U
Victim of , Crash
ALBANY, Ore., Not. 12HSV
Franels Warner, . 28, t of Craw
fordsrille was. killed and; three
other persons injured In an auto
truck crash near here. Heivy fog
on the highway, was held respon
sible for the accident - ;
-v "The Injured all of Crawf ords
Tllle, were Mrs. Cydia ; Edmlson,
her daughter, Jane, and her Son,
Thomas. ' - - , .'-.-
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Italo-Russian
Rupture S een
OnNeutrality
Grandi Quotes Stalin as
' Saying All Aid Must .
Be Given Madrid '
Getafe's Recapture Now
. Claimed by Loyalist
j Defending Forces
By The Associated Press) .
In 3the wake of a bitter Italian
denunciation ot Russia before the
International Hands-off Spain"
committee in London, informed
Ietllan sources today in Rome
stated they saw the possibility of
a diplomatic rupture between It
aly and Russia.
T he attack on Russia - was
made by , SIgnor ; DIno . Grandi,
Italian ambassador to London, as
the committee last night (Thurs
day) found three Italian allega
tions against Russia of giving aid
toi the Spanish government were
not substantiated.1 l
randl quoted ' Josef' Stalin
om he called "chief of the Bol
shevist revolution as saying . It
wtts the duty of the TJ.S.S.R. -to
reader every assistance within Its
pdwer to the "Spanish commun
is revolution.
Piping Berlin's
Tttne la Charged '
f'We accept the challenge . . .,
Giindl declared. ' ,
jMoseyevitch Kagan, Russian
representative on. , the committee,
returned the attack by charging
th Italian ambassador: with "pip
ing a tune which Berlin has com
posed." ; -m. -;. -j -'it
In Moscow,., observers stated
thy had seen no signs of a dip
lomatic break between Russia and
Italy. . , '.: .
The non-intervention commit
tee also approred a plan to send
nehtral observers to watch all
eustoms" houses and ports In
Spain to ?ee that no munitions
reached the belligerents, but sent.
it hack to a sub-committee, j
Spanish fascist insurgents men
aced Madrid last night from a
spread-out line, but In turn -Were
menaced by. a .socialist,, flank at
tack in which the Madrid war
, (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1)
ed Cross Drive
Making Progress
o Salem groups 1 went over
thfe top yesterday in the ' annual
Rid Cross roll ca1l when: , the
United States National bank and
the state liquor control commis
sion offices each reported in 100
per cent membership. ., '
Roll call headquarters "have
been established in the : United
State Bank building,; at which
plice all workers are requested
to turn In their work; sheets between-
the hours of ; 10 and 2
o'clock.: - -. j - :
jThe drive by the Marlon coun
ty! chapter is getting under way
with much enthusiasm; Red Cross
officials report, and citizens are
showing a desire to become mem
bers of the organisation. ' '
1
Nbyember's Grass
rnre jLiatest iwer
all - his more than 2 5 years
Salem fireman . Assistant
Chief William Iwan does not re
call a mid-November alarm such
as was received at the central
fiife station yesterday; The call,
1;10 p. m., was to a grass fire
ail Leslie and. High streets, ii v .
(November Is a boom month for
chimney fires but grass fires are
extraordinary occurrences after
early October, firemen said. H
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A ll Indices
14-Per Cent Gain
Since Last Gensu
r
Conservative Estimate! Reveals
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Increase - to . 29,955; Close
i Agreement Observed x
Figure Based on
Of Wafer and Power Shows Trend
j;
Alsb Noted in
it : a . a m . rxi
nrfrnmrriaTvi irrmnt Yin
l( jlw Maa4 aaual -
tYHEN Uncle Sam's census takers come around kjss than
iVf four years from now they'll have a lot more heads to
j f fcount in Salem than they did in 1930. 4
J f . r If. they wrere- to cover .the city j today it is safe to say
iheylwould find 29,955 men, women and children living here,
1J.;;; Salem has most certainly not marked time since 1930
because its population' then was only 26,262f official count;
whereas indications are that it is 3693 irreater today, Friday
ihe-3th notwithstandino; in the estimator's mind. U
j : JA gain of that number in the capital city's population
since the last-decennial census is no mere goess and it must
hot be far'from exact. The city water department's records
say So; the school census says
Portland General Electric company, j .
"O
Doe Gets Memory
And Admits Guilt
Uar
Thiers Name Elliott;
Texas Former, Home :
He Informs Judge .
r; Doe- remembered ; his
name yesterday and returning
memory brought - acknowledges
mentj of his theft' of an automobile
belonging to Frank Brown, ath
letic! coach at Parrish junior high
school. He told officials that his
real name was George' Elliot and
that he had last worked (a Texas.
' He was arrested Monday by city
police after he had stolen the car.
He told officials at that time that
he could not remember hi name,
where he came from or j how be
got the car. Yesterday Jie waived
grand jury Indictment after being
bound over from justice court and
appeared before Judge L. H. Mc
Mahan and entered a n 1 e a of
guilt. The case was continued for
sentence. n . j . .
Hoogerbyde Alo . ,
Admits His GnUt It
Clarence Hoogerbyde, who was
returned from Vancouver Wednes
day to face a charge of taking a
female under the age of 16 with
out the consent of her (parents,
likewise waived Indictment to en
ter a plea of guilty. He (received
a sentence of SO days In the coun-
(Turn to Page 12, CoL 1)
John
Roosevelt, Hodverj Merriam
m
ure in Bridge Dedication
?SaN FRANCISCO Not. 1T-JP)
-The S77.000.000' trains bay
bridge,, hailed by ' dedicatory
speakers as the acme of ' engin
eering, achievement, was opened
toi the public today by the fingers
off President Franklin D. Roose
velt. :: Wv ;,.';:!;. V,f - :-f..-! x::
Lav half hour after the! nation's
chief executive pressed a button
im the White House to signalize
the ; S 4-mile span ; was formally
open, automobiles., began passing
the two toll houses at the rate of,
200 a minute. ('-. ..; -!
: Pomp and wild ' enthusiasm
marked both the official opening
of, the span br Got Fraaisarer-
f i-
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i
Eoiht
3693
School Census,! Uso
Housing Data
!
: ivi r.Hi.i .m k
V atjmi iai i
so; teo say the book bf the
Increase ot 14.02 f
Per Cent Is Shown
Evaluated conservatively, these
three : Indices of population sug
gest an advance of 14.02 per cent
since 19S0 and that is greater
than the chamber of iommerce
claims. Were the chamhjer's pre
ent guess of 28,000 pedple to be
Included In the estimates, the in
crease as shown by averaging the
four Indices would be 12.20 per
cent,- a healthy gain for any
municipality. j
1 It's all uuite simple. Just cover
several sheets -of paper! with - fig
urea and average themJ Here are
a few facts that lead te the con
clusion the city .may brag on a
population of 2 9.95S persons:
; Comparison of school j census
with actual population j in Salem
over a period of nearl 30 years
reveals a fairly stable rktio exist
ing: between the two. Tbis fact
was brought to light yesterday by
W. M.! Hamilton, district manager
of the power company J who has
lived here that long ani'has kept
his own records ot the tjwcj groups
of statistics. 1
f -I
In 1910 Mr. Ham 11
ton found
there were 3.924 peop
e to every
1920 the
n 1930 It4
school censqs child; in
ratio Was 3.9-46. and 1
was 4.0144.
Over SO.OOO If "
School Census Used
Applying the ratio existing In
1930 to today's census report
7628 I children Salemfs popula
tion would be 80.621, probably a
little too ttlffh to be correct. The
school population children from f
4 to ; 19 years of age has in- I
(Turn , to Page 12, Col. 1)
nam ! at- 10:40 a. m.,j and the
formal opening to the; public by
President Roosevelt at a 2: 30 p.m.
Even, ferry boats which now
hare a titanic competition in the
bridge for passenger, kutomobile
and freight traffic across the bay,
sounded their familiar whistles to
join in the roaring celebration.
When Governor Merriam used
an acetylene torch to sever a gold
en link in a silver chain and
shatter the last barrier to the',
bridge, the occasion was'; greeted
by bursting bombs, the salute , et
rooarlng. planes overhead, th
boom, of guns .on U, battleships
below and the cheering ot thou
sands. . . v P ,
Described ae Dream I i
Of Two Generations" j ?
Former President Herbert Hoov
er, with Governor Merriam at the
dedicatory ceremony, Joined ether
speakers la terming the bridge
completion" the crowning achieve
ment of man's Ingenuity. -j
" "The bridge stands as ; a mon
ument to American. genius in en
gineering accomplishment," lit.
Hoover said. He added that the
bridge represented a dream ef
two generations and waa the pro
duct of 100 years of accumulate!
engineering and scientific knowledge.:'.--
- : ; .
president ' Roosevelt! was - rep
resented by Charles jlendorson,
R.F.C, official, ; who fcald thera
"Is not a finer bridge In the
world." nor one more Roundly fi
nanced. - (" . - -5
Ranked as. th'e costliest ir. t'fj';
world, the span crosses the long
est stretch- of navigable water
erer bridged. - ' -;
Twenty-four workmen perished
In construction accidents and 1,
157 were injuredi. :
' The structure contains tuffld
ient steel and concrete to erect 2 5
buildings the size of tlie 2S-ftory
L03 Angeles city hall.!
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1 (