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Constitution's
Defense Given
FuU
Oath Is Taken Amid Rain
Which Prevents Most
of Crowd Hearing
I Millions Whose ; elf are
1 ilust Be ' Protected,
' Address Theme
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-fl-rranklln
D. iRooserelt. standing
bareheaded while rain beat Into
his face, pronounced the preslden
tlal oath today and dedicated his
second administration to helping
the economically unfortunate.
Thousands I of his fellow cltl
sens huddled In the capltol plasa.
too chilled and soggy for prolong
ed demonstrations of enthusiasm.
. Thousands more lined PennsylTa-
: nla arenue to see the president
. pass and watch the parade which
. followed. ... j ! . j
Police estimated 160,004 or
100,000 . people saw at least por-
tions of the ceremonies.
Many Depart Soon -After
Talk Began
So penetrating was- the cold
and the downpour that hundreds
began tearing capltol plaxa soon
' after Mr. Rooserelt commenced
his speech. Those who remained
' heard only scattered phrases, for
' the rain, drumming on a canopy
' of umbrellas, created a clatter
that the loud-speaker system
could not! orercome. The speech
was more than half-dellrered be
fore there was a murmur 'of ap
plause. Then,; the president, ap
proaching his climax, raised his
Toice: j'
"I see millions whose dally
lires In city and on farm continue
under conditions labelled Indecent
by a so-called polite society half
a century ago; I see millions de
nied education, recreation and the
opportunity toi better their lot and
th lot of their children.
"I see millions lacking the
means to buy the products of farm
and factory and by their poverty
denying work and productiveness
to many other millions. I see one-
third of a nation ill-housed, ill
clad. Ill-nourished.
"It Is not in despair that I paint
you that picture. I paint It for you
In hope because the nation, see
ing and understanding the Injus
tice in it, proposes to paint It out.
; . . The test ! of our progress is
not whether we add more to the
abundance of j those .. who have
much. . It is whether we provide
enough for those who have too lit
tle." i , . -1 W
Democracy Abie te
Solve Ills, Coatrnds
Throughout the address rsn a
central theme the president's
contention that the processes of
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aGopd Sermon" Is
Verdict
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-(JPh
Some republican congressmen
Joined their democratic colleagues
today in praising President Roos
evelt's inaugural address.: t
Others, howevet1, said It failed
to end uncertainty concerning' his
future plans.
The comment of Senator O'Ma
honey (D-Wyo) was fairly typi
cal of the expressions from mem
bers of the president's party.
O'Mahoney said the speech was
one of the greatest since Andrew
Jackson's. i i.Tf-'
Senator McNary of Oregon, the
republican leader, called it "a
fine sermon. r ;t
Regains uitcase
With Little Gone
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William Raymond of' Klamath
Palls got his suitcase, back last
night after It had been stolen from
his ear parked at 888 North Com
mercial street.) ' -" ",
The suitcase was found -near
the fairgrounds by police.- Nothing
was missing -except -a bank "book
and a deposit; slip. There were
8(00 In un-negotiable-postal sav
ings bonds left untouched In the
- suitcase. - 1
Detroit Bishop Dies
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- DETROIT, Jan. t- 0-5VThe
most Rev. .Michael . J.. uallagher.
bishop of the Catholic diocese of
' Detroit, died la Providence -hospital
tonigfV He was 7 rers old.
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Starts Second Four-Year Term
f I As Chief Executive of Nation
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Speech Forecasts K
Plenty of Action
Inaugural Remarks Point
To Continuation, New (
Deal's Vital Aims
WASHINGTON. Jan. IQ-iM-President
Roosevelt's Inaugural
indicated today that there will te
plenty of governmental action In
the next four years. i
Those mho hoped, or feared,
that the president had reached I a
resting place, that his second ad
ministration would be devoted
chiefly to consolidating the status
quo, found little In the speech to
support such a thesis.
Although he gave no specific
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Garner President
3 Minutes, Until
Roosevelt Sworn
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-6!P-
Red-faced and shivering John
Nance Garner of Uvalde, Texas,
may have been president of the
United States for three rainy min
utes today.?
Some sticklers for technical de
tails argued that when he was
sworn In for his second term as
vice president, he actually be
came the chief executive. H
According- to their ' thesis, the
president's term expired at 11
o'clock noon, and Cordell Hull,
secretary of ; state, became the
chief, executive. - ii ;
Garner was sworn In at 12:36
p. m. and 'automatically became
president in fact, if not in name,
until Mr. Roosevelt intoned Ms
oath at 12:2 p. m. I
Milk Control La
! By State Dairy mens Group
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noRVALLIS. Ore" Jan. 20-tiPl
-The Oregon Dairymen 'a associ
ation went bn record today, with
only one dissenting vote, ravor-
lng continuance of the states
milk control law. l i i
; George Fullenwider, Carlton,
Ore.,1 was elected president fer
the sixth time. - "- t "
nthor resolutions nassed . . at
concluding session asked a $$000
appropriation for i an investiga
tion Into the cause ol crumbly
butter; a law providing for the
licensing of scrub bulls; compul
sory cream grading when all ele
ments of ' the dairy industry
agree on a program. . - J
Ixxwcrin of Cheese -. i ;S
Tariff Is C?poed ; ' !
Opposition was expressed. In
the form of resolutions, to losf
ering of cheese tariffs in reclpro
'cal trade agreements and to the
further lowering of agricultural
tariffs except under special con
ditions including i strengthening
of sanitary ; requirements.
' Adoption; of the .report -of ,a
specUl committee placed the
groap on record favoring sup-
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Hope;Arises
In Motor Strike
Shutdowns Continue While
Leaders on Both Sides
Head for Capital
(By the Associated Press)
New:, hope for peace In the far
flung General Motors strike de
veloped despite a growing list of
idle yesterday as opposing lead
ers converged on Washington. :
Lack of supplies! brought clos
ing orders to three more General
Motors subsidiaries, bringing the
total of men out .of work to 135,
000. The . glass Industry brightened
with settlement of the 9 8-day
Pittsburgh Glass company strike.
Leaders predicted it would smooth
the way to agreement in the Llb
bej -Owens-Ford strike. t
Alfred P. Sloan, jr., . General
Motors president, and William S.
Knudsen, executive vice president,
conferred with Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins In Washington. :
Homer Martin, president of the
United ; Automobile Workers of
America, and John Brophy. di-
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Rural Schools Hard Hit ;
By Flu But None Closed
Influenza has struck hard In
several rural Marion; county
schools but none- has been forced
to close to date, Mary L. Fulkcr
son, county superintendent, re
ported yesterday. Many teachers
as well, as pupils are 111, she said.
At Central Howell school, which
she visited Tuesday,' she found If
pupils; or nearly one-half the en
rollment, absent on account of Ill
ness.
iv Defended
port of the present Bang's dis
ease campaign, the concentration
of research on diseases most Im
portant economically, and the ap
propriation of adequate funds to
1 support further research on dis
eases by Oregon State college. .
' Only opposing vote on the
.milk .control resolution was cast
by ; Frank- Hettwer, manager ot
the Mounts Angel . Co-operative
creamery, who said the law was
unfair to some producers , and
consumers.; h i i
r Hettwer also east the only
no'; vote on the resolution fav
oringj a law to require creamer
ies to report the extent of butter
over-run." j :." '
" .Wj Lv Teutsch, the i:i Oregon
Statei college; representative at
the AAA conference in. Washing
ton, reported provisions of the
193 f agricultural act will bring
increased ' benefits ' to '- Oregon.'
The changes throughout the na
tion will be felt over & period of
years, he said.; , i, :. ; ' ,
. C. L. Burllngham, manager; of
the ' Oregon Dairy council, said
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Cold Weather
Grips N.W. as
Flu Increases
Fuxtlier Low Msu-ks Will
Be Set Is Forecast;
44 Below Noted
Hope of ' Waning Disease
Spread Is Reported ;
! Absences Fewer
PORTLAND, Jan. - 2 0-i!p-Re-curring
cold weather, with a menn
calling for more, shot sickness In
the Pacific Northwest to a new
peak, today.
.Many schools closed. Sports
events and public gatherings were
cancelled. Hospitals In many in
stances were crowded to capacity.
Portland's death llsjt from pneu
monia, went to seven for the week.
Three j died of Influenza. Some en
couragement was seen, however,'
In a. slightly-decreased list of
school absences. t ;
Seattle's health commissi oner
said about - 5,000 persons In that
city were : 111 with lnfluensa.
Deaths from pneumonia' there
were reported about normal tor
this time of year. " .
Oregon's health officials did not
revise: their first estimate that be
tween; 10,000 and 20,000 persona
were 111 with "flu- In thla state, y
44 Below Recorded-1- -
In Mifcbsm Regloa" "a : '
Temperatures dropped as low
as 4 4 i degrees below sero at
Meacham. Ore., high In the Blue
Mountains. Portland's . minimum
waa 17, and an even lower read
ing was expected tonight. '
Thermometers registered 18
above; at Seattle the coldest In
two years. To the east, it was 19
below) at Spokane and 15 below
at Lewiston, Idaho. An ice Jam
in the Columbia liver was threat
ening rabove Kennewlck, Wash. At
Pasco Wash., a reading of If
below; was the lowest in years.
Principal highways remained
open as a result of top-speed work
on the part of scores of road
crews ; In battling new snow In
eastern portions.
Beiioit Admits He
Killed Patrolman
MONROE. Mich.. Jan. 20-P-Sherlf
f Joseph J. Balrley of Mon
roe county said tonight Alcide
"Franchy!' Benoit, 24,, paroled
convict, confessed he slugged, shot
and killed Michigan state trooper
Richard F. Hammond this morn
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Benoit was captured at the edge
of Monroe an hour earlier by. four
state troopers and rushed to the
Monroe county Jail, where he was
questioned by state and county
officials.
Prosecutor Francis C. . Ready
and j State . Police Captain Law
rence A. Lyon declared Benoit ad
mitted In an oral .statement that
he fired the fatal shot, but in
sisted that it was fired during a
tight with the , trooper, and . not
while the officer was dazed.1 -
Pope's Recovery r
Impossible, Held
VATICAN CITY. Jan. 20.-OP)-Physldans
have given up all hope
for the recovery of Pope Plus, Vat
ican sources said tonight, and add
ed It no longer could be "disguis
ed" that he was sinking. -t
' Thej doctors; however, believed
the 79-year-old pontiff was In no
immediate danger of death, these
sources declared, unless his heart
should give out suddenly.
The pope was said in a reliable
quarter; to hare completely lost
the use: of his legs, which were
swollen J and causing', him great
pain. . f ""' ' ' : ' ' .'
In - addition, his heart action
was reported weak and he breath
ed with difficulty. His holiness'
condition was complicated- by
hardening of the arteries, asthma
and varicose veins. T ..'
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Secret Indictment Filed. '
; By. County9 Grand Jury
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' The ! Marion1 county grand Jury
yesterday returned one secret in
dictment and then adjourned un
til 10 o'clock this morning. The
person indicted was believed to
be in' custody outside - the - state,
facing ; a charge from another
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Report i Opposes Passage
i But Minority . Fight ;
I Planned by Hyde
Temperance Delegations
Attend . Hearing,1 Give
l ' Vrews on Measure v
Members, of the house are go
ing, to .get - the opportunity - to
vote for or against the proposal
to ; prohibit liquor advertising in
Oregon as; a result of .the alco
holic r control -eommlttee's action
yesterday afternoon ln; vpt!ng;to
report H.B.9 out on a divided re
port. The county stood five, that
this bill does not pass, to one that
ft does pass.. Clarence Hyde, Lane,
the lone.1 supporter of the mea
sure, announced that he would
bring In a' minority report. -
The committee action came af
ter the group had listened for an
hour In public hearing to argu
ments on the measure. The com
mittee ' room was filled and a
number of spectators were un
able to Jam Into the hearing.
Ray Gill, state grange master,
led the six speakers In behalf of
the bill. Other groups support
ing . the measure were the W.C.
T.U - the Portland council of
churches, the anti-liquor league
in addition to several local speak
ers. . Each! side was limited to
the-balf hour.
Ads Held Opposed
Ts Knox Fwrnose
QUI declared that the advertls-
fng of liquors was in direct op
position to the stated purpose ot
the Knox law which was to con
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Last of fugitive
Trio Is Captured
The remaining uncaught mem
ber of the trio of prisoners who
escaped from the county Jail here
last November ; was apprehended
yesterday and was being held at
Klamath Falls pending the arrival
of Deputyj Sheriff B. G. Honey
cutt. He Is Arlte Hixson.- 17-year-old
Indian! Officials of the Indian
service located him on a reserva-'
tion near Klamath Falls.
Hixson, Robert Perry, 16, and
H. T. Smith, 15, pried a lock off
a Jail door and made their get
away soma time during the night
of November 21 or the morning
of ; November ; 22. Their absence
was not discovered - until break
fast time. ; All three - faced auto
theft charges.
Perry gave himself np the same
afternoon land . Smith waa . later
taken Into: custody in Portland.
prt" km,. :
Suspect Geared
PORTLAND. Ore... Jan. 20-(flP)
Municipal Judge Julius Cohn
sentenced George Dewey Wilson,
38, to SO days in jail on a vagrancy-charge
today after officers'
finished questioning -Wilson : re
garding the kidnaping of Charles
Mattson at TacomaJ U
Wilson was picked up by patrol
men who noticed his rehemblance
to ! a . drawing of the. kidnaper.
They said he expressed hatred far
well-to-do families because, "they
starved me to death""; and. was
"glad- of the Mattson Incident. ;.'
He denied all knowledge of the
kidnaping. , . t ', '
Nippon Relations "1
Witli U. S: Better ;
Slinister Asserts
: TOKYO, Jan. 21.-(Thursday)
(iip-ForeIgn Minister Hachlro
Aria carried to parliament today
a defense ! of his administration,
blamed : communist activity f o r
world political troubles, and ex
tended a friendly greeting to the
United States. '- f
The. foreign - minister devoted
much of . his address opening the
diet,- or parliament, amid allega
tions the military might seek a
dominant position In the state, to
vigorous attacks on the komin
tern. - .-; .7 7 -'--l ' ' "1
v He defended the German-Japanese
pact as directed only against
communism and "not intended to
foment dispute with world powers.
He advocated thaCall colonial pos
sessions of all nations be opined!
10 rree trade. , ,
. Improved American relations,
he observed, were due "as well to
our consistent policy of contribut
ing in cooperation with that power
to the maintenance aX peace in the
Pacific as to a deeper understand
ing on the part of the American
people regarding hm attnation in
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tions oh
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Cap
itol Site, Library
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Constru
chon
Office Building Also Would e Authorized If Two
Bills Being Drafted Become Law; Some"' of
Residents Are Reported Receptive - ;
BILLS which if enacted intof law would enable the state of
Oregon to purchase four blocks of residence property di
, rectly north of the capital jsite in Salem, and to construct
a state library building and a new of f ice building, were being
drafted Wednesday. ' jj ; - '.;,- . :
' - - The measure - providing for purchase would authorize
Grange on Record
IroriVlilkLontr
Pomona Also Seeks Probe
Of Rural Phone Rates;"
:j Gill Slain Speaker
SILVERTON HILLS, Jan. 20
Pomona grange of Marlon county,
in session here today, adopted
three resolutions: 1. Asking Po
mona to investigate rural tele
phone rates; 2. approving the
milk control law as it now stands;
and J. requesting that one-half
of ; Junior grange membership
dues be kept In the subordinate
grange.
A committee named by Pomona
Master J. O. Farr ot Ankeny to
investigate rural phone rates in
cludes George Benson and L. O.
Hadley of Silverton Hills and O.
W. Humphreys of - Union Hill
granger "
Pomona grange tabled a reso
lution presented from eastern
Oregon asking diversion of a share
of gasoline taxes for county road
purposes. 1 .
Legtolatira Isaacs A ';. ; ' ",; -.1 -j..
Oatllaed by GUI
Ray . GUI, state grange master,
addressed the 100 persons present
today on grange-sponsored bins
coming before the legislature. He
objected strongly to the manner
in which newspapers handle beer
advertising and urged Pomona
membership to keep In mind the
move for utility districts in con
nection with Bonneville, power.
He also urged more cooperative:
movements 1 among ; farmers and
described, without comment, his
recent interview with President
Roosevejt on the strike, situation,
Oscar Lee spoke on cooperation
and explained the grange - weed
control program N and . Charles
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Snow Packed too ;
Hard, Plow Can't;
Gear.Roads Now
: ' The r eounty court thought It
had the snow problem whipped
Tuesday when It rented a snow
plow truck from the state highway,
department ; : but yesterday the
hopes went agllmmerlng. Snow on
the-roads which the court most
desired to have cleared had pack-!
ed so hard the state plow couldn't
remove it. Commissioner Roy Mel
son reported, v. - .
- With one caterpillar grader out
of commission, the court Is at-;
tempting to get along, with Its oth-j
er one, alone; for snow-removal
purposes. Melson 'said he under-;
stood Road Foreman J..R. Bewley
was keeping the Mill Clty-Detrolt
route open by using, a heavy trae4
tor-grader, T ; ". 1
Reports that a girl was 111 at
the woodcutters' camp above
Bridge creek were deceived - byj
County Engineer N..C Hubbs but
he said 11 the -ease -were serious,
the girl could be, brought out by
improvised sled.'
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The Lobby
SEN. Lessard has a bni in to pro
vide a bottle of milk free to
young 'r school children. His;
bright young daughter, Barbara,
quick to learn legislative trick,
circulated an amendment to add
"one ice-cream cone.: When she
got the signatures of all the other
senators she gave it to dad.
v v Raf us nolman, state treas
urer, worries, great deal aboat
keeping all the millions of dol
lars of state money entrusted to
him.' Bat Monday sight he ar
rived at the legislative ball. in
evening clothes without even si
ntnall : coin ; to pay" the check
boy.; His . g o d friend . C. C.
Chapman staked him for m
dime. . " ' .;. v '
- Legislators - who are members
of Scottish Rite Masons got a - bidj
to the reunion of the Salem lodge;
tonight at the Masonic hall. The
Portland Jodge of perfection is to
put ,on 4th degree work.' t,-. A j
Ray Gill, state grange master.
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state officials -to take options' on
the property to forestall any ex
pensive improvements which even
tually would have to be taken over
by the atate. Present tenants
would be allowed to reside on the
property until It was taken over
by the state and taxes would be
eliminated. . " . V V
j' Legislators . said ' several prop
erty owners had expressed a will
ingness to give such an opinion
provided the outright purchase
was not delayed too long. The cost
of the paoperty has not yet been
determined definitely,
j. The other biU would carry an
appropriation of approximately
1850.000 wtych was said to be am
ple . for construction 1 of the two
proposed buildings. .
j A governor's mansion also may5
be Included In the construction:
program, legislators said.
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To Be Presented
Council Committee Today
To Confer With Court
Members on Offer
With presentation OT a Propos
ed architectural - agreement . ex
pected momentarily, the . county
court today will receive the first
direct overtures from the city in
connection with the city council's
proposal Monday . night - that the
municipal and county govern
ments unite In a building pro
gram on the present i courthouse
site. ; ' .'-; -' -: - ' -
. ; Alderman W. H. Da ncy, chair
man . of the special council com
mittee named -by Mayor Kuhn
Monday, said last night he would
confer with court members today
to 'gejt a line on what they are
planning" and then would call his
committee . together. probably
Monday. Other committeemen are
Fred A Williams and Van Wleder.
Time Considered" " " i
Possible Obstacle '
l County Commissioner Roy Mel
son commented yesterday that
time might be an obstacle to the
city's joining the building pro
gram. He pointed out that arch
Meets already . had been r selected
and the contract tor preliminary
plans and . PWA application was
about to be adopted by the court.
Leslie Howell, of Knighton &
Howell, Portland firm designated
as associate architects for the
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ie ot Voters ?r
Asks Labor Peace
The Salem branch of the league
of women voters Wednesday ad
dressed a communication t? Presi
dent Rooserelt urging him to take
action to. bring peace to this, coast
in .the maritime strike. The wo
men surged a "prompt settlement
on a fair basis to relieve the loss-'
es piling up In industry and agri
culture. ' V" y ' : -! -;
: The Salem ' league also adopted J
a resolution strongly urging the
Immediate construction of a new
state library. ; ' ' I .
Proposed
City-County
Happenings Around the Legislative
Halls, Including Some That House
'and Senate . Spectators Missed. -. '..
; made his appearance at the ses- ;
ton yesterday to aagment tbe ;
farm group lobby. He has. Just
'returned . from' Washington, i
D. C. His first "Job waa to ap
. pear before, the house alcoboiie
..control committee urging pas-'
sage of a bill prohibiting adver
: tUing of liquors in Oregon,,
With little . question. E U I s
Barnes, representative from Multnomah,-is
one of tbe most popular
men with the prisoners at the state
penitentiary. Not because, .Barnes
has anything in common with :the
inmctes of the - prison, but ; be
cause It was hoi who . introduced
in the house a-measure to allow?
to the men in. the prison, good
time allowance. Indications are
that the bill will go through both
houses with little difficulty, ss
most of the members feel that' the
prisoners got an unfair break with
the ruling of the attorney general
that good time could not be given
autpmatkally ' as - bad '- been the
practice for IT ; years before the
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Indiana Levees
Crumbling and .
Residents Flee
Coast Guard Rushes Aid
to Trouble Centers;
v People Evacuated
Patrols Ordered ' "Shoots
! to Kill" Anyone Who
: Cuts Embankment
CHICAGO; Jan. 20.-(P-Crui-bllng
levees loosed a deluge of wa
ter over fertile farm land today
while the coast guard cutter rush
ed boats and men to the mid west
ern flood bowL ' ' . I j
A seven-foot cascade of water
surged through a breach in the
White . River embankment . near
Decker, Ind., and sluiced serosa
thousands of acres. . j . .
The business district and the
west section of Hazelton, , Ind..
were flooded by three to 12 feet of
water also from the White River
a levee protecting the community
of 500 Inhabitants crumbled,
sending a wall of water "several
feet high" surging into the town.
No loss of life was reported. .
. Coast guard headquarters ; at
Chicago loaded six radio-equipped
surf boats on flat ears and dis
patched two of them to Hazelton
and four to Evansville, Ind. Four
coaet guardsmen were assigned te
each of the, boats. Four wireless
operators were sent along to di
rect the crews from strategic ten-.
ters. -
SOO Families Are 1
Taken to Safety .
Three relief directors from na
tional Red Cross headquarters su
pervised the evacuation of at least
500 families from the Evansville
district. ,--. .. '
Guards patrolling levees $:.t
Blythevllle, Ark., were ordered te
''shoot to kill" any persons found
attempting to cut through levees
to save their own property -from
inundation.
The rain-fed Ohio swelled
steadily for 'some 700 miles front
Belleville, W. Va., to Cairo. Ill,
although It fell or remained sta
tionary from Belleville upstream
to Pittsburgh. The Mississippi,
gorged by rains ranging up to
more than two Inches, rose along
Its middle and lower reaches.
' Rain and more enow were fore
cast. Colder weather ' was pre
dicted, too, but meterologists ex
pected ' flood waters to burden
the Ohio for at least a week It
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Profit on Water
Operation Shown
The Salem water department
Was able : to show an operating
profit before depreciation for De
cember, 1J38, slightly exceeding
that of December 1925, despite
the fact its operating expense in
creased, according to a statement
presented to the .water commis
sion. -
The operating profit last month,
before depreciation, amounted "te
$8428.30 as against f 8 29 0.80 a
year ago.' At the same time oper
ating expenses, boosted by a me
ter repair and distribution system
Improvement p r o g r a m, totaled
$255.03 last month, or an in
crease of $1423.03 above the fig
ore for December, 19 3 S.
'; Income from consumers last
month amounted to $14,224. Cf
and, on the books' but not in act
ual payment, $45$. 4 was earned
fore fire hydrant standby service.
The city council has refused' !
pay for, this service. V
The month's net operating pro
fit after depreciation -was $C5C9.
78. -
He-Man Has Leatl
For Beaxitv Prize
OXFORD, O., Jan. .-PV-Leading
. the vote fori "campiO
queen set two-fisted Mitzl Green
to gritting his teeth tonight and
Towing ho could "lick any mil -my
size at 'Miami university."
But his loud-voiced opposition
to vleing with co-ed beauties for
the title of queen only spurred
students to take up what started
out as unintentionar misrepresen
tation or a Joke and cause an sva
lanche of votes giving him a big
lead.
A LLADE
of TODAv
By R. C "t;; .
The president - Is launched
.upon a term of four more years
with a speech profiding hints
V npon tbe future course he
steers. ' -
.Whether ads .that' tell" the
"merits of this beverage or that.
should, run - in. Oregon papers
'causes legislative spat. 7
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