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r Valley News i
'Alert correspondent 'la
11 communities of the WD
lunette valley keep The
Statesman ported dally on
mew a of their district.
' Weather
TTnsettled with, mower
today and Saturday, little
chance In temperature; Max.
Temp. Thursday &4, 3 1 in. 40,
river &3 feet. NW wind.
EIGHTY -SIXTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, March 26, 1937
Price 3c; Newsstands 5c
No. 313
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Sit-Down Plan
In Eclipse and
Peace Looming
Old Style Picketing Now
- Prevails in Various
Labor Disputes
San Francisco Dock Men
Back atJWork, Latest
Quarrel Patched
(Copyrighted, 1837, fey Aiocited Press)
The, march of "sit-downers"
from eight Chrysler Motor cor
poration plants yesterday sparred
efforts to seek a complete settle
ment of the strike. -.
Got. Frank Murphy of Mich
igan resumed conversations with
John L. Lewis, chief of the com
mittee for Industrial organization,
and Walter P. Chrysler, head' of
the huge automotive 1 firm, at
Lansing in an attempt to solve
the major problem of the dls-
pnte--the demand of the CIO
affiliated . United Automobile
Workers of America for recogni
tion as the sole bargaining ag
ency for all Chrysler employees.
- With a show of- ceremony, the
sitters ended : their 18-day oc
occupancy of the Detroit factor
ies, they handed the keys to state
police in keeping with the terms
of a truce arranged at the Murphy-Chrysler-Lewis
parley.
, Labor troubles, "the governor
opined, were approaching an end
"without bloodshed or loss of
life." " . " - -
Jeclin of Kit-Down
Method Heralded
While the "sit-down" strata
gem remained 'a moot topic in.
congress, the exodus of the
Chrysler army of occupation was
accompanied by a wide .decline
in the sitting style of strikers.
Instead, in a half dozen con
troversiesr some of 'them sup
ported by CIO, workers resorted
to picket lines.
The UAW planned to post pic
ket watchers at the vacant Chrys
ler plants pending the outcome
of the Lansing conference.
A group of employees, twice
ousted by police when they sit
down, picketed a Brooklyn hos
pital. '
- Clothing was ripped from a
half dozen girls when workers
endeavored to pierce a picket pa
trol manned by nearly 100 In
ternational Ladies' Garment
Workers unionists at a Memphis,
Tenn., dress factory. Eleven were
arrested. ;
Pickets representing the CIO
gathered about the reopened Leb
anon, Pa., works of the Bethle
hem Steel Corp., but non-strik
ers passed through unmolested.
Doc km en at San Francls;o
were ordered back on their jobs
when waterfront employees and
San Francisco longshoremen
patched up their differences in
jurisdictional disputes five hours
after they had severed relations.
One hundred and twenty-five
employees of the Patterson Foun
dry and Machine Co. at East
Liverpool, O., went on strike
when the demands of their union.
C. I. O. affiliate, were not met.
Francisco vich Is
Oregon Governor
President Frank M.-' Francisco
lrlch of the state senate became
governor of Oregon Thursday
noon when Governor Charles H
Martin crossed the state line into
Washington. .
Governor and Mrs. Martin left
Thursday morning for Bremerton,
Wash., to spend three days visit
ing with their daughter, Mrs
Echuyler Pyne.
Governor Martin of Oregon and
Governor Martin of Washington,
were expected to confer briefly
late Thursday afternoon.
Champion Egg '..
Decorator to
Be Announced
The city's champion egg
decorators will be chosen at
the Capitol theatre on Satur
day morning when doors
open for the annual big
Statesman - Capitol theatre
egg m matinee, and every
youngster in town will want
chance at the prises off
ered.
BUI , Hageilom, Mickey
Moose chief, will present the
awards for best decorated -eggs
brought to the theatre,
and prizes will be given dur
ing the matinee.
Three eggs are all that's
needed for admission," two
fresh ones and a decorated
one. The fresh eggs will be
donated to local charity.
A full program on the
screen is offered, and other
features win be of interest
to the audience. The time is
9:30, Saturday morning.
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Knormou assemblage of unionists estimated at 100,000 persons filling Cadillac' square, Detroit, for
United Automobile Workers of America rally is shown in this International Illustrated News Bound
photo. Note the Hues of police and banners carried by the marchers.
Plan Pinball Law '
Test in Portland
Tooze Again Sends Letter
Warning Burk Against
Seizing Machines- - -
PORTLAND, MarchlSw
Walter L. Tooze, attorney repre
senting a group of merchants,
said today pinball machines and
other trade stimulators will make
a reappearance here to obtain a
legal test on whether they should
be classified as gambling devices
or games of skill.
Mayor Joseph Carson and City
Attorney Frank Grant said the
test would be welcome'd, and ar
rests will follow any attempts to
operate the machines.
Previous to Tooze's announce
ment, an attempt Jbj City Com
missioner E. F. Bennett In coun
cil meeting to block the referen
dum Invoked on the city's anti
gambling j statute failed. '
Walter L. Tooze, Portland at
torney, yesterday sent Sheriff A.
C. Burk of Marion county a sec
ond warning against confiscating
pinball machines unless he was
fully protected by indemnity bond.
"I appreciate the fact that you
will be governed largely on the
advice of the assistant attorney
general," Tooze wrote. "Neverthe
less, in view of the warning given
you and for your own protection,
would suggest that you act with
caution. There is a bare possibili
ty that the assistant attorney gen
eral may be wrong."
Tooze also advised Sheriff Burk
that in a Eugene case where a
defendant was charged with vio
lating the law because of the pos
session and operation of a pinball
machine. Judge G. F. Sklpworth
of Lane county directed a verdict
in favor of the defendant.
Sheriff Burk. in his reply, said:
"I shall perform the functions
of my office in accordance - with
what I conceive to be my duties
therein and thereto. If. I have
any doubt as to what my duties
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Gradual Change in Supreme
Court, Compromise Proposal
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WASHINGTON, March iS-VP)-A
movement ; to change the su
preme court gradually and piece
meal, Instead of the swift alter
ation provided in the Roosevelt
court hill, developed today with
in the senate .Judiciary commit
tee. Senator Hatch (D-NM) came
out in favor of an amendment to
the bill, restricting the proposed
appointments j of new supreme
court Justices' to one a year.
Under the Roosevelt program
six new Justices could be appoint
ed immediately if the six incum
bents over 70 years of age did not
retire forthwith.
Hatch Regarded as ,
Key Matt in Issue
- Hatch previously had, not ex
pressed his opinion on the bill,
and therefore had come to be
looked upon' as one of the "key
men" in the present struggle. -
Dean Smith of the Columbia
university law school, an oppon
ent of the bill, appeared before
the, judiciary; committee today
and advised against i a quick
change of large proportions in the
makeup of the supreme court.
Another witness . today. Dr.
Gould Wickey, ; general secretary
of the council of church boards
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Vic Meyers Sues
Movie Firm Over
"TnaiisMmion"
SEATTLE, March 25-(-Washlngton's
: dapper, bemous-
- tached Lt. Gov. Victor Aloysius
- Meyers sued zOth Century-Fox
, Film corporation in superior
7 court today, for- $260,000 for
, what he charged was damage
to his reputation in the picture
- "Thanks a Million." f
Meyers' complaint based his
action on a line in the picture
spoken by Fred Allen, radio
comedian. Allen, In the role of
"stooge" for a jazz orchestra
leader running for governor,
said:
"Up in Washington they
elected a Jazz hand leader
lieutenant governor, and if peo
ple will vote for a Jazz band
leader, they'll vote for any
body." For the "gag" line Meyers
sought to collect $10,000 a
word.
Southwest Dust
Blows Into East
WASHINGTON, March 25-flJ)-Dust
from the far-away southwest
gave a dirty yellow tinge today
to skies over much of the eastern
United States.
Rain falling through the dust
laden air left spots of dirt on
automobiles and other objects in
the capital. -
At Richmond, Va., the sun was
obscured to some extent. ' L'
.Charles L. Mitchell, district
weather forecaster, said a num
ber of other points reported yes
terday that it was "dusty," mean
ing objects 1000 feet away were
-invisible.
He said the dust had been car
ried from the dry southwest by
winds in the upper air traveling
30 to 60 miles an hour; He ex
pressed belief the particles prob
ably were carried as far as New
York.
of education, opposed the presi
dent's proposal on the ground that
through lt "an enthroned radical
ism could enact laws of education
al slavery and religious intoler
ance." One of Dean Smith's sugges
tions was that prompt action on
a constitutional amendment, re
placing the Roosevelt legislation,
might be obtained if congress pre
scribed ratification by state con
ventions and set an early date for
them. - :
Senator Burke (D-Neb), a foe
of the presidential proposal, deter
mined to go ahead on lines similar
to those favored by Smith. He said
he would rev fee his pending
amendment, requiring compulsory
retirement of supreme court jus
tices at 75 years of sge, to pro
vide that congress fix the date for
the election of delegates to state
ratifying conventions and set the
date for the conventions, all to be
done within six months.
In that way, he hoped to meet
objections that . the amendment
process is too slow.
He also contemplated an addi
tional revision under which ' not
more than one Incumbent justice
could be compelled to retire each
year.
DETROIT
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Editor Slain, Son
Of Rival Is Held
Reason Unknown; Rivalry
of Newspaper Never
, Personal, S tated
ALTURAS, Calif.. March X5.-(V-Claude
L. MeCracken, St. ed
itor of the Dally Mall, was fatally
shot here tonight by a man who
Interrupted a dinner party at the
MeCracken home. Sheriff John C
Sharp reported. .
The assailant fired five shots
from a .22 caliber automatic pis
tol, the sheriff said.
Harry French, S0, state board
of equalization employe and son
of Bard French, editor of the Al-
turas Plain Dealer, surrendered
shortly afterward but refused to
discuss the shooting, the sheriff
said. French was held on an open
charge.
Surgeons at the Modoc county
general hospital operated on He
Cracken in a futile effort to save
his life. He had been brought in
critically injured as a result of
bullet punctures of his intestines
Three other bullets lodged in his
chest.
Sheriff Sharp stated he had been
unable to determine a motive for
the shooting.
'-The sheriff said there were two
witnesses, . Donna Conwell, Mc
Cracken's partner In the operation
of the Daily Mail, and Evelyn
Olin, a friend of the family.
Wtinesses related that the as
sailant entered the house during
the dinner hour and while Mc
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Blowout of Tire
Bus Crash Cause
SALEM. 111., March 25 -(jP)-
xsine bodies, burned beyond rec
ognition, remained unidentified
tonight of the 2j) members of a
roller-skating troupe who rode to
death in a bus near here yester
day.
"I doubt If very many more
will be Identified." said Mayor
Omar McMackin of Salem, owner
of the mortuary where 15 of the
bodies were taken. -Five others
were sent to an undertaking es
tablishment at .nearby Patoka,
111. .
State's Attorney Ward Holt an
nounced he had conducted ji par-
trial Investigation which 'clear
ly indicated" a blowout of the
right front tire caused the bus
to crash into the concrete abut
ment of a bridge.
Eighteen persons, including a
4-year-old girl, died in the bus
wreckage. Two of the five sur
vivors died of burns in a hospital
here.
Prune Purchases
For Relief Halt
ROSEBURG, March ti-iP-A
wire from Senator Charles Me
Nary . advised the chamber -. of
commerce that further purchases
of surplus prunes is not advis
able pending definite Information
on the 1937 crop, in the opinion
of the marketing department of
the U. S. department of agricul
ture. .4
s The chamber recently asked
the senator to'request the depart
ment of agriculture to purchase
half the existing Pacific coast
prune surplus for distribution to
relief agencies. '
Salem-Daytpn
Paving Awaits
Federal TVlove
Work This Year Depends
on PWA Funds, Local
Delegation Told
Highway Office Building
Must Wait; Contract
for Ferry Given
Unless congress provides fund
for PWA projects in Oregon; al
ready approved by the state-high
way commission, tnere is mue
chance for the Improvement of
eight miles on the Salem-Dayton
road this year.
This was the answer given by
the highway commission to a dele
gation of 20 from Salem. West Sa
lem and farmers living on the Sa
lem-Dayton road at the commis
sion meeting yesterday afternoon
in Portland.
. Out of the II road projects ap
proved by the highway commis
sion, including the Salem-Dayton
road, only two had the approval
of the PWA for which funds had
been alloted on the basis of PWA
assuming 45 per cent of the costs
and the state 15 per cent, the Salem-Dayton
delegation was in
formed. However, assurances
were given that if the present con
gress does approve of Oregon road
projects and provide funds, there
was a chance for the Salem-Dayton
road this year.
Heavy Travel Upon
Road Is Stressed
The Salem-Dayton delegation
stressed the heavy travel on this
road, the closely settled commun
ity with its heavy crops, especial
ly fruits, and the heavy traffic
from manufacturing and the two
canning plants in West Salem.'
Those addressing the highway
com amission and urging improve
ment of this heavily traveled road
were John S. Friesen, mayor ot
West Salem;' Fred Gibson, Polk
county commissioner, of West Sa
lem; Earle Coburn, mayor of Day
ton; W. T. Wilier t, postmaster
and president of the chamber of
commerce at Dayton, Fred
Wlthee, farmer of Dayton and a
number CI farmers living on the
Salem-Dayton rdad who were per
sonally interested in Improvement
of the road.
W. W. Chadwick, president of
the chamber of commerce, headed
a delegation-from Salem.
Residents of the Grand Island
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John Drinkwater
Called Suddenly
LONDON. March 25-(,P)-John
Drinkwater, British actor, poet
and author who won world fame
for his dramatizations of great
historical characters, died in his
sleep today of a heart attack. He
was 54 years old.
The sudden death of one of the
playwrights best known to the
English speaking world, silencing
a voice that still was at the peak
of its poetic power and fertility,
was widely mourned.
"He died too soon," said George
Bernard Shaw. Drlnkwater's
friend and colleague. . '
United States Ambassador Rob
ert W. Bingham said Drlnkwa
ter's "loss will be shared by the
whole English speaking world."
Drlnkwater's historical plays
won. . wide acclaim in the United
States, particularly his "Abraham
Lincoln," which was produced in
1918 and introduced him to large
American audiences, and his
"Robert E. Lee."
Halibut Schooner Needs
Aid; V. S. Cutter on Way
SEATTLE, March 25-(AV
Coast guard headquarters report
ed here tonight the cutter Alert
was speeding from Petersburg,
Alaska, to Baranof Island.-about
75 miles away, to aid the dis
abled halibut schooner Akntan,
The coast guard said it was not
known how - many 'men were
aboard the Akutan.
Late Sports
PORTLAND. Ore., March 25T
(P)-Martla, Portland Wlngman,
took a pass from Coupes in the
second overtime period to give
the Buckaroos their second
straight .victory over Spokane in
the Pacific Coast Hockey league
playoff - here : tonight. The final
score was Portland 2, Spokane 1.
Although the' Clippers were on
the losing end, they dominated
the play during most ot the game.
Until the final counter, less
than a minute of the first period
had sufficed for the evening's
scoring. Moffatt of the Clippers
and Martin of Portland each net
ting the puck unassisted.
The teams meet again here Sun
day night.
Courthouse
Harmonize
In Sdleni '
Straight Line Effect, White fMarble Exterior. Are
Planned But Some Originapj Features Also in
Prospect ; Clock Question Arises Here
PRELIMINARY sketches of Marion county's proposed new
courthouse which will be presented to the county court
this afternoon will disclose a bilflding follqwinp; the mod
ern straight line effect, according to information received
by Commissioner Leroy Hewlett.
"According to Mr. Whitehousfe (of the senior architec
tural firm) the courthouse will beo
a combination ot tne capuoi ana i
the -new poetotflce yet will have
certain original features of its
own." Hewlett said last night.
A white marble exterior is defi
nitely a part Of the court's tenta
tive plan in order that the court
house may fit perfectly into the
scheme ot the city's reconstructed
civic center. Hewlett added.
Clock Necessary
Is Hewlett's View
As far as the commissioner had
been advised no consideration had
been given to including a tower
on the new courthouse to provide
a location for the old town clock
which has tolled out the hours for
many years.
"A clock Is something to be
thought out," Hewlett comment
ed. "I don't think the people of
Salem would go without a clock.
One Question of planning that
will require revisions of the first
sketches if the architects have
not changed ideas expressed on
their last visit here is that of pro
viding a basement and accom
panying dead storage vaults. Hew
lett believes.
Architect Whltehouse was un
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11 Duce Assailed
In British House
LONDON. March S.-O'Py-F"-ure
of Great Britain to resist Ital
ian imperialism in Spain and Eth
iopia Is endangering world peace,
David Lloyd George charged to
day, leading a heated attack In
commons against Premier Benito
Mussolini and British foreign pol
icy. "Stand up to Mussolini. Lloyd
George shouted. "Earn some re
spect for Britain. He is no fooL
He knows with whom he is deal
ing. "If he had been dealing with
men who spoke in the name of
Britain, with the might of Britain
behind them, he would not have
talked like that. I hope the time
will come when she shall talk in
a straightforward, fearless man
ner." Opposition spoke smen, In a
house tensely silent, assailed II
Duce for "brutal butchery" in
Ethiopia and tor alleged Italian
Intervention in Spain, denouncing
what they described as wavering
British policies.
Amelia Plans to
Resume m April
SAN PEDRO. Calif., March 25
(iP) Amelia Earn art plans to
resume her round-the-world
flight late next month.
-r The flier, who -xraahed last
Friday in taking off from Hon
olulu to Holland Island on the
second leg of the flight, return
ed home today on the liner Ma
lolo to be greeted by her hus
band, George Putnam, New York
publisher. :
Her giant plane will be return
ed by ship April 3 to undergo
repairs.
' . Between now and then she
and her husband will more into
their new home on Toluca Lake.
Good Friday
Include Final
Miss Ethel Cutler of New York
City, member of the naUonal staff
ot the Toung Women's Christian
association, will bring the Good
Friday message at 12; 05 o'clock
this noon in the closing worship of
the Holy Week services which, the
Salem Ministerial association has
sponsored at the Elsjnore theatre.
Numbers which Prof. T S- Rob
erts will play for the organ pre
lude. beginning at 11:45 o'clock,
will be "A Song ot Sorrow" (Fry
singer); ."Ave ' Maria" , (Schu
bert); and . "The March of Cal
vary" (Maunder). -
A women's trio from the Knight
Memorial church will sing as part
of the program. T- S. Roberts will
play the organ and William
Wright will direefgroup singing.
AddlUonal observance of Good
Friday will be - h e 1 d in many
churches of the city.
St. Joseph's mans t
Three Services - .
At St. Joseph's Catholic church
the schedule for today is: Mass
of the presancUfled, 1:15 a.' m.;
Design Will
With Others
Civic Center
; i i ;
school strike at
Scib Now History
it i -ii-
All ; jBradents .Back on Job
With Hope' Coach Elder
01 Be Hired Again
it ; '
SCio. March 2.5 Scio folk were
beginning to settle back today to
such j topics as the weather and
the price of wool for the three-day
lively' high school strike apparent
ly was at an end.,
Al students were reported back
in classes today, and Coach Cecil
"Bub? Elder was on the job along
with the four f other teachers.
Failure ot the school board to give
Elder, a contract to teach again
next: precipitated the strike Mon
day morning.
About 0 high school students
who;eontinued on strike until this
morning still hold the hope that
Elder; will be returned as teacher
and coach next fall, and there was
some ! unofficial indication to this
end4iere today.
As one angle ot the strike, stu
dents! objected to retention ot tne
principal.) J. IL . Tumbleson, next
yeari . . . ,4j. -
.Two members of the board, O.
A. Hall, chairman, and F. Q. Cary
Wednesday went on record
against "further : election ot any
high; school teachers until the
outcome of the formation of a un
ion high i s e hoo 1 (at Scio) is
known." '. .
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Alxllionaire Class
TORONTO, March 25.-(Cana-dian;press)-The
world famous Di
onnei quintuplets soon will be in
the millionaire class.
" The little sisters, three years
old on May 28,; already have re
ceived payments topping the half
million mark and those receivable
wtnboost the total to 1 841,14 8.
39. II l
The Ontario government an
nounced today the babies have re
ceived 3573.7(5.05 from 24 mo
tions pictures, advertising and in
dustrial contracts. 3543.174.33 of
it since they were made wards ot
the king In June. 1935.
.The largest single Item in the
qulhia' revenue was 3300,000
from; a film company for four mo
tion, pictures. r ; , i
Public Ownership
Off Rails Opposed
PORTLAND, Ore.. March 2 5-
(V-Tbe Pacific northwest advis
ory board, at its annual spring
session here, adopted a resolution
today opposing passage of rail
road; union-supported legislation.
The resolution condemned "any
movement looking toward govern
ment; ownership and operation of
the ; American railroads through
efforts to Increase unreasonably
railway costs ot operation.
Services Today
Union Program
Way. of. the Cross, 3 o'clock, and
Good Fridsy night services, 7:30
o'clock. Holy Saturday will bring
preliminary services at 7 o'clock
and high mass at 3:15 o'clock to
morrow morning.
Good Friday morning services
at the American Lutheran church
at 10:30 o'clock will include Rev.
P. .WV Ericksen's sermon, "Three
Words of Jesus from the Cross,?
and solo, "Olive's Brow.", Brad
buryi by Miss Ruth Bedford, ac
companied by Mrs. Kenneth. Rich.
Leslie Memorial Methodist
church choir will present "The
Seven Last Words' (Dubois) to
night at 7:30 o'clock.
Jason Lee Memorial Methodist
will goffer John Sta!ners "The
Crucifixion- at 7:30 o'clock tonight.-."
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At SL Paul's Episcopal church.
Good Friday services will bring
"Three Hours' from 12 noon to
3 o'clock. :i V -
Knight Memorial Congregation
al will-hold special lenten worship
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Dionnes Approach
Sudden Dive Is
Not Explained;
Ice Is Theory
Tragedy Occurs as Port
Approached ; Suburb of "
Pittsburgh Is Scene
10 "Passengers, Crew of"
'3 Dead Before First
Witness Arrives
PITTSBURGH, March 25-P)-A
aglant westbound transconti
nental and western airliner drop
ped from the sky tonight en the
rolling meadows near suburban
Mt, Lebanon, killing ten passen
gers and its crew ot three.
The. ship crashed before the
eyes of anoother pilot, Capt. A.
M. Wilkins, bringing his plane
in from" the west. -
We saw the twin-motored
Douglas. DC-2 monoplane of lat
est all metal construction, bury
its nose in a hillside 100 feet
from a highway.
Wilkins told the Associated
Press:
"When within a half mile of
the plane it looked as though
he were starting. to make s left
turn. The nose ot. the plane im
mediately dropped and he made
too complete left turns with the
nose of the plane pointed ver
tically downward. -
"When he was within 50 feet
of the ground, I looked away,
but first fleer Williams (L. M.
Williams, "co-pilot with the Wil-
kins) saw the actual impact. Mr.
WUliams says . that the snip .
struck the ground in full ver
ties I position."
Some Are Battered
Beyond Recognition
Some of the bodies were bat
tered beyond recognition. Four
women were among the dead,
one of -them the pretty blonde
tewardness. : t .
The dead were:
- Edward J. Fleming. Jr.. 22,
student, Kansas City. '
C. R. Dick" Lewers. it, stu
dent, Kansas City. " -
Hasan HaxhL Alabanlam rep
resentative of Diamond T Motor
Car company. Argo. 111.
-John F. Hermann. 45, engi
neer and Inventor, Lincoln, Lo
gan County, HI.
Frederick D. Lehman, 28. Bar-
risburg. Pa.
Miss Pauline Traak. 37. .teach
er. Germ an town. Pa, -
Edgar E. Braxelton, 36, rim
hurst. EL
Mary Black, 32, New York.
Miss F. Reed, New York.
E. G. Neill. 37. Curtis Pub
lishing Co.. Minneapolis.
F. Lawrence Bohnet, Newark.,
chief pilot.
Howard E. Warwick, East Or-'
ange. N. J.. eo-sHot.
Doris C Hammons, hostess.
Elk City Okla,
Officials struggled with con
flicting reports to determine a
cause for the crash.
Theory lev- Formed
On Wings Expressed
Dr. J. J. McLean, manager ot
the Allegheny county - airport,
said some inspectors told him
they believed ice formed n the
wings. -
"They told me they saw ice
on parte ot the ship and express
ed the opinion this liad formed
on the wings while it was de-
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Seven Convicted,
Racketeer Count
NEW YORK. March 25 (-Ijr
one of the wildest scenes ever wit
nessed in a New York courtroom,
a supreme court jury tonight eon-'
victed seven men of a 32,000,000-a-year
restaurant "shakedown"
racket.
Two defendants wept and shout
ed curses at the court, the prose
cutor and the jury.
"Give me thefiring squad!"
screamed Aladar Retek. a anion
official, hysterically. "I'm a mur
derer, a killer! rm everything!
John J. Williams, another union
official, had to be taken from 'the
court by force, he became so hys
terical, and was unable to return
to give his record;
From the time the Jury started
down the list of defendants, de
claring them all "guilty of every
count against them. Williams be
gan muttering curses which could
be heard across the crowded eeurt
room.
D A L"L A D E
of TOD A w
w By R. C
The season when men con
template- the .greatest act of
self-denial. Is here again; men
.re-create the cross and it is well
worth while; if moderns only
would accept and really prae
; ties what He taught, their every
nroblem would be sweet aside:
no wars would seed be fought.
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