The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, June 19, 1937, Page 1, Image 1

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news of Important Saturday
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EIGHTY -SEVENTH YEAH
Moscow
Censorship Is
Closely Kept
UponProgress
. - - - , ' '-. -Uncertain
Weather, Blind
. Spots on Map Ahead
' for Flight Trio
Fear of Second Failure Is
Reason for Secrecy, .
6000-Mile Hop 1
SAN FRANCISCO, June 19-JP)
-The Russian consulate early to-
rfa atfnAiinn.il rAiafnt' aF o mpi-
nage stating the Moscow-California
fliers had crossed the North
Pole region at 9:10 o'clock last
night (12:10 a.m., E.S.T.)
"We hare been inrormed the
fliers crossed the pole at 9:10 p
ra.." said a spokesman. "That la
all the Information we hare."
1 SAN FRANCISCO, June 18-flPj
-A big Soviet airplane sped three
Russian aviators across the North
polar wastes tonight on a daring
attempt to fly nonstop the 1,000
miles from Moscow to Oakland,
Calif. ...
Conflicting Reports
Given Out
Uncertain Arctic weather, cen
sorship and - conflicting reports
veiled the exact whereabouts of
the' plane but it was believed fol
lowing a route which would take
it close by the North Pole, down
across central Canada to Edmon
ton, Alta., and straight for Oak
land, across the bay from here.
From Moscow, where strictest
secrecy surrounded the flight, the
Russian government announced
the project was under way 24
hours after the takeoff.
The official takeoff time was
given as 4:05 a. m., Moscow time
(8:05 p. m., Thursday, E. S. T.).
On the basis of the 9 p. m. po
sition reported by the Russian
embassy, the plane was about
halfway between Franx Josef
Land : d the pole, or 350 miles
from Ithe latter point.
Ahead lay "extremely difficult"
weather conditions, the embassy
reported, as well as "blind spots"
on international-maps, marking
unexplored area. '
Position Messages
Not Complete
Further difficulty In determin
ing the fliers' position resulted
from the fact they failed to speci
fy east or west longitude in the
infrequent position .reports which
were picked up by the United
States army radio station at An
chorage, Alaska.
Presumably to minimize pub
licity should the flight fail, as did
one predecessor., the soviet em
bassy brought vigorous diplomat
ic pressure to bear in suppressing
news of the flight.
voiwn, dune otr i wen-'ty-four
hours after their takeoff,
the Soviet government tonight
announced that three Russian av
iators had left Moscow on a pro
jected nonstOD flieht to San Fran-
H r C. "" TIT .A , .n h.
Cisco, via the North Pole.
The. plane, piloted by Valerl
Chkalov, with the co-pilot Georl
Baldukov and Navigator Alexan
der Beliakov is the same used
last August on a long-distance
flight of 5,000 miles to the far
east. . ,
Altitude Record
; Try Is Due Today
HONOLULU. June l8-jp)-Two
Honolulu women fliers announced
they would attempt tomorrow to
smash the women's altitude rec
ord for light planes, 15,252 feet.
They are Miss Beverly Dodge,
21, formerly of Cleveland and
Los Angeles, and Mrs. Virginia
Thomas, 28. -
Colin Clive 111
!. HOLLYWOOD. Calif.. June 18.
P)-ColIn Clive, prominent stage
and screen actor, is in a critical
condition with a. pulmonary Ill
ness In a hospital, Dr. Frederick
Bergstrom, his physician, dis
closed toptght.
Requirements '
For School
Voter Monday
Blast be citizen of Ore
gon, of age of 21 years or
over, who has resided in the
district for a minimum of
SO days.
' Registration la not re
quired. .
It is not necessary to be
a taxpayer to vote for school
director. ' "
Paper
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- Calif omics, fliers Cross NortiM IPdfa
French Leader
Facing Crisis
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LEON BLUM
Blum Cabinet Is
Threatened Again
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Senate Refuses tq Allow
Premier to Control ,
French Finance
. PARIS, June . 18-(;p)-The llfe
of Premier Leon Blum's cabinet
virtually was put at stake tonight
in a deadlocked conflict with the
senate over the premier's demand
for emergency powers over
France's finances. ,
The senate today refused to
grant Blum the powers to con
trol finances by decree he. asks
until July 31. The premier re
fused to accept anything less.
Premium! Blum and Abel Gar
dey, reporter of the senate's fi
nance committee conferred to
night, but both announced they
had been unable to find any
grounds for compromise.
This foreshadowed a stiff bat
tle in the senate tomorrow, with
the fate of the people's front cab
inet in the balance.
Premium -Blum and his finance
minister have insisted that the
government must' have full pow
er to take I emergency action to
meet an expected deficit of $1.
760,000,000 in regular and ordi
nary expenditures for 1937. .
Court Refuses to
Take I. L A. Suit
I PORTLAND, Ore., June 1$-JP)
Circuit Judge Louis P. Hewitt
ruled today, his court was without
jurisdiction! in the suit brought
by the I.L.A. Warehousemen's un
ion , here against the officials of
the central labor council to re
strain the council 'from barring
participation - by warehousemen's
delegates in affairs of the body. -Sustaining
a demurrer: to the
complaint, entered by council at
torneys. Judge Hewitt held jthat
the court could not interfere
where no property rights were in
volved and where the plaintiff
had failed to seek every remedy
within the organization.
Early Voting Favors C.I.O.
For Sea Groups, Leaders Say
l SEATTLE, June lS--Union
officials said tonight first returns
received here from balloting by
Pacific coast maritime warkers
showed a definite trend in favor
of affiliation with the Committee
for. Industrial organization..
Voting by the Sailors Union of
the Pacific, the Pacific Coast Ma
rine Firemen, Oilers, Wipers and
Watertenders, and the Interna
tional Longshoremen's association
will continue for a week.
PORTLAND, Ore.. June 18-iff)
A short and assertedly stormy
session of the Maritime Federa
tion of the Pacific ended here
this afternoon to permit the pow
erful International Longshore
men's association delegation to
work out reported internal trou
bles. ;;'-. ;-: .-- ; ..V, .
Taroma Longshoreman
Starts Fuss
The contention press commit
tee gave out no statement about
the session, from which newsmen
were excluded, but it was under
.EiopansKMi
Zo sueto
Reach Council
Monday
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Divided Sentiment Noted
Regarding Bonesteele ,f
Garage Proposal?
Sponsor Claims Ohjector
List Reduced, Denies "
Used Car Feature :
. Final decision upon the ques
tion of a change of zone to per
mit construction of a motor ser
vice and garage building at the
southeast corner of 12 th and
Court streets, just north of the
state agricultural building, is ex
pected to come up before the city
council at its Monday night meet
ing. - , - -
The change, asked by Wallace
H. Bonesteele, received unanimous
approval from the city planning
and zoning commission and the
state board of control. On the
other band . there is a remon
strance,, signed originally by 23
property owners in the general
vicinity, but which is partly coun
terbalanced by a statement from
eight of the same persons or oth
er joint owners of the same prop
erty, declaring that they do not
oppose the zone change. i
Bonesteele Claims J
Objeotors Cut to 15
This, according to Mr. Bonesteele,-
reduces the objectors to
15, a small minority of the 63
property owners in the district.
He . estimates that- it is 19 per
cent, in contrast to the 60 per
cent claimed, my the sponsors of
the remonstrance.
The original 23 signers include
on Court street one property own
er in the 1000 block, two in the
1100 block, six in the 1200 -block
and four in the 1300 block. . No
property owners on 12th street
are represented. On 13 th street,
there are two in the 100 block
and five In the 200 block; on
Chemeketa, two in the If 00 block
but none in the 1100 block; on
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Portland Yacht,
Crew Are Rescued
Coast Guard Takes Storm
Damaged Boats in TW , ;
off Columbia Bar
ASTORIA, Ore., June 1$-JP)-Three
boats reported in danger to
day were safe tonight ,and the
storm that held up shipping off
the mouth of the Columbia river
had abated so traffic over the bar
was no longer impeded, the coast
guard here reported. i
Captain Lars : Bjelland, com
manding the point Adams coast
guard station, said E. N. Carlson,
Astoria fisherman, had brought
his damaged trolling boat safely
into Quilliute bay Thursday nighL
The coast guard boat from
Grays Harbor, unreported since
Wednesday when It set out in
search of Carlson, ' also had re
turned to its station. , -
The yacht Talis II, containing
Dr. W. E. Livingston, Portland,
his two sons and another passen
ger, disabled In the storm, was
expected to enter the river by to
morrow morning, in tow of the
coast guard cutter Onandaga.
stood Tacoma. longshoremen set
off a "firecracker" with a request
that a scheduled I.L.A. ' referen
dum on the C.I.O. issue be delayed
until they-"know definitely what
tbe C.I.O. has to offer."
. William - Fischer, president of
the federation, charged after the
session that Harry Bridges. I. L. A.
chief, was trying to "stampede"
his longshore group into immedi
ate affiliation with the C. I. O.
The convention's protest earlier
this week to alleged - quizzing of
delegates by- U. "S. immigration
authorities was re-echoed today
when the Oregon Commonwealth
federation, in a communication to
Secretary of Labor Frances Per
kins,: requested the dismissal of
Roy J. Norene,- regional director
of the immigration service.
Teamster Agent ;S
Held by Norene V
James Richard Scott, 30, busi
ness agent for the teamsters' union
and not connected with the mari
time group, was arrested today
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POUNDDD 1651
Salem, Oregon, Saturday
Bricks Fly as Workers and '
- Steel Strike Pickets Fight
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Disorders such as depicted above broke out earlier this week at the
Bethlehem steel plant at Johnstown, Pa., as pickets and non-strikers
clashed. State troopers were called to prevent further out
breaks. ' .
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Insurgents' Push
Troops Mass. on Outskirts
of Bilbao; Government
Located at Trucios .
(By The Associated Press)
Thousands of insurgent troops
massed on the outskirts of Bilbao
last night awaiting orders for a
final "big push" into the Basque
capital while others battled to
drive Basques from a range of
hills at the western edge of the
city.
Occupation of these hills would
forge the last link in Insurgent
General Francisco Franco's "ring
of steel" about the besieged
northern industrial city.
Basques fortified themselves
behind '-cobblestone barricades and
planted mines in the city for
their "last stand" against the in
vaders. ,
Advices received in Hendaye,
on- the Franco-Spanish border,
placed Basque losses in a week of
furious fighting at 20,000 killed,
wounded, captured and deserted.
Basque government officials.
fleemg from the capital, were re
ported to have established them
selves at Trucios, some 20. miles
west of Bilbao. A defense junta
remained In the capital to direct
fighting. ,
Insurgents closed an avenue, of
escape for Bilbao refugees by cut
ting the road from Bilbao to San
tan der. The coastal route, how
ever remained open. ;
Cannery Shut up
By Union Strike
BELLING HAM, June 18-(ff)-Operations
at the Stokely Bros. &
Company, cannery, were suspend
ed today when the Cannery Work
ers' onion established a picket
line at the plant.
Only a small crew of about 15
workers was affected by the shut
down as the cannery force was at
a minimum, having just completed
the packing of asparagus and otii
er vegetables not being ready for
packing. The workers are strik
ing for higher wages.,
J. W. Norris, local manager 'of
the company, said that blanket
negotiations are being conducted
by northwest canneries and union
labor to establish a uniform wage
scale which, he said, "We are wil
ling and have agreed to meet," .
104 Americans on ;
Ill-Fated Vessel
ROME. June 18-P-The Gior
nale d ltalia in a dispatch from
Salamanca, Spain, reported today
104 American volunteers to the
Spanish government army . per
ished In the sinking of the steam
ship Cuidad de Barcelona May 30.
. The Americans "were said to be
part of a group of 1,000 foreign
volunteers most of whom were
reported lost.
The dispatch also said 800 air
plane' motors of American manu
facture sank with the vessel.
Is Expected Today
Horning, Jane 19, 1937
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Status Quo Plan
Rapped by Steel
Industry Merely Hoping to
Avoid Contracts, Is
Reply of C. I. O.
CLEVELAND, June 18.-CP)-Charging
that a "veritable reign
of anarchy exists" and that "civil
authority has broken down com
pletely before the terrorism of the
C. I. O.," the Republic Steel Corp.
issued a statement tonight oppos
ing Secretary of Labor Frances
Perkins' plea for maintenance of
the steel strike "status quo" while
federal mediation is under way.
"Any suggestion that the 'status
quo' of plant operations be main
tained during the work of the fed
eral mediation board is destructive
of the rights of the thousands of
workers, idle for nearly four
weeks, who want to go back to
their jobs," the statement said.
From John Owens, Ohio direc
tor of the Committee for. Indus
trial Organization and director of
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Closing of Steel
Mi ls Requested
HARRISBURG, Pa., .June 19
-(Saturday)-;p)-Governor Earle
today asked Eugene Grace, presi
dent of the board of the Bethle
hem ' Steel corporation, to close
the Cambria plant . in Johnstown
"to preserve, peace and avoid
bloodshed.". :'-',.
The governor, sent this tele
gram to Grace: .
."Because of reports - of 40t)0
miners assembling in Johnstown
next Sunday to demonstrate sym
pathy for the steel strikers, Sher
iff Boyle of Cambria county, be
lieving the city, county, and state
police Inadequate to cope with
this situation, has requested me
to send a large force of national
guard troops to Johnstown.'
"To preserve peace and avoid
bloodshed. . I earnestly request
you to close your Johnstown plrnt
pending action of the recently ap-
pointed federal mediation board."
Drivers Brewery
Ban Is; Opposed
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; SEATTLE, June 1 8.-flHrhree
groups which have opposed the
teamsters' onion in jurisdictional
disputes ' announced a counter
attack tonight as the teamsters
Pacific northwest" ban on beer
from brewerie- not employing
their members stirred activity In
scattered cities. ; j
. Officials of the Woodworkers'
Federation. the Internatinoal
Longshoremen's - association and
the Marine Oilers, Wipers and
Watertenders announced they had
pledged their members not to buy
teamster-handled ' beer. . .
: At San Francisco, Paul B. Ma
lone, California brewery Industry
leader, expressed doubt the team
sters would put the ban into ef
fect until handing down of a fed
eral coart decision, expected soon.
to settle tbe jurisdictional dispute
between the teamsters and . tbe
brewery workers union - .
Rerouting of
Commission Picks Route,
-- Crossing Tracks at '
v Eighth Street
New Overcrossing Will Be
Built, Plan; Aid for
Walkma Eyed .
PORTLAND, June 18-P)-The
state highway commission, agreed
here today to re-routing of the
East Side Pacific highway
through Albany to avoid ttte main
business section.-
The new right of .way will di
verge from the present route
north of the city and cross the
railroad tracks at Eighth Ttreet,
on a new overcrossing to be con
structed, between Thurston and
Ellsworth-streets.
Corvallls Traffic
Routed off Ramp .
Traffic bound toward Corvallls
will leave the ramp at the south
end of the overcrossing and turn
approximately west to the pres
ent bridge. . ' .
" After a conference with Wil
liam Lyn-h, district engineer of
the bureau of public . roads and
Rre-gional Forester C. J. Buck,
the commission . decided to ask
tte forest service 'to modify the
forest highway system to permit
-a ten-mile- extension of the Enterprise-Flora
highway in Wallowa
county., U connect Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho. ' .
'. The commission will suggest a
switch of the necessary mileage
from some existing forest road
project, or the application of for
est funds from another project re
ceiving hoth federal aid and for
est service financing.
The body also agreed, fater a
conference with Commissioner Or
mond R. Bean, to take over
maintenance of arterial streets In
Portland from curb to curb.
Plan to Reduce :
Astoria Ferry Fee
At a conference last night with
Lacey V. Murrow, Washington di
rector of highways, and officials
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Names Disclosed
By
Tax Inquirers
Charles . Laugh ton Listed ;
More to Follow, Is
Committee Wrd
' WASHINGTON, June li-JPt-The
treasury spread on the public
records today the names "of six
men who,-it said. -have utilized
the device of foreign corporations
in such a way - as to reduce or
eliminate income taxes. ; i
Expressly making no charges
of. illegality, Elmer L. Irey, chief
of the intelligence division of the
bureau, of internal revenue, told
the joint . congressional commit
tee pit tax evasion and avoidance
that the f ollowlhg have employed
that practice: . ' '
; Charles Laughton, the motion
picture, actor; Jacob Schick, re
tired army officer, - the inventor
and manufactor of an electric
razor; and Jules S. Bache, Wal
lace Groves and Percy K. Hudson,
well known in Investment, broker
age and financial circles.
. (Turn to page 2, col. 2)
Road Is Voted
Citizenship Gra nted to 52
Men and Women Here
Final citizenship papers were
granted to 5 2 persons when Thom
as S. Griff Ing, Portland, natural
ization . examiner, completed his
Work here i late yesterday after
noon hearing applications of - CI
persons,, the largest class ever
to come up here. Applications of
nine persons' were continued ' for.
another hearings ' ' ;
In many, of the cases, .the final
papers - go Z to -women . who have
prevtously been' citizens of this
country but - have. - lost those
rights upon moving to foreign
lands.";;-;'.-"-. ; ;; ..' I .V - .
Those receiving . . citizenship
rights yesterday were:
Lucia May Walker, ' West Sa
lem; Elizabeth Mary Brady, Sil
verton; Grace - Neoma . Joseph,
2450 South Cottager . Susanna
Jacobean Varty, Hilda Bertha
Smith and Carmella M. Fertello,
all of Salem; Marion E. Brady
Lienhard, 233 Mill, Silverton;
Ethel Greta Winters, 898 North
17th, - Salem ; Joseph : Zellner,'
route one, Gervais; David Gordon
Schofield, route .three, box SO C,
Price 3c; Newsstands 5c
Contract for Cily
Water ' Surplus Is
prop
osed
Utilizing 5 or 6 Million Gallons per
Day Suggested; Officials in Salem
Decline Comment on Prospect
New Digester ; Recently Installed
: Plant Here; Former Plans . Are
Recalled; Market now Good .
REVELATION that the Oregon Pulp & Paper company is
planning substantial expansion of its plant in Salem was
made when a letter from the company's general manager,
N. Tefen, suggesting purchase by the company of a large
volume or possibly all of the surplus water which will be
available when Salem's new gravity system is completed,1
was read at the water commission meeting Friday night. .
What' the nature and extent of the paper company's
expansion plans may be was not made known and the com
pany evidently is not ready to make an announcement. Local .
officials of the company said they were not authorized to
make any, statements and refused to give any information.
' O The company has just complet
Mary
Marry
to
Rogers Today
Obtain License Friday; to
Sail for Honolulu
for Honeymoon
LOS ANGELES, June 1 S. -()-Mary
Plckford was so excited phe
could not remember the street ad
dress of Pickfair, her home, as
she and Buddy Rogers applied for
a marriage license here late today.
They arrived breathlessly Just
as the license bureau was about
to close. . Word spread rapidly
through the hall of records and
the floor was soon jammed with
interested persons. . -
Rogers, - actor and orchestra
leader, said he was 34 years old
and this would be his first mar
riage. " -.
Miss Pickford gave her age as
43 and said this would be her
third wedding, she having been
divorced previously from. Owen
Moore, early day film star, and
Douglas Fairbanks. She said, she
was an actress-producer.
"I ' guess I never . did know
where that place was," she said,
when the clerk asked her the ad
dress of Pickfair, and she appeal
ed to a friend, "except I always
knew how to get there. .
"We'll be married at S. o'clock
next Saturday ' afternoon at" the
home of my old friends, the Light
ons. -t; ' ' ".
"Then we . sail 1 for Honolulu
June" 2 for a month's' honey
moon.; . .. ' ' " ,
' The Lightons she 'mentioned
are Louia D. Llghton, film produ
cer,' and his WV ope goring,
screen writer. ; .' ''. '-. ' '
' , Destroyer Arrives
LA ROCHELLE, France, June
18 The United States de
stroyer Kane arrived at La Pal
lice from St. Jean-de-Lnz today.
She did not enter Spanish waters.
Salem ; .. Harry Barnard Erickson,
196 South 21st street, Salem.
: George Vogl and Grace Jdarion
Vogl, 1078 Highland, Salem;
George Columbus' Deaver, route
four, Salem;. Beatrice Mabel Scho
field,. 898 North 17th, Salem;
Konhia. -Conella . Chittick. . "2234
Lee, Salem; Eva Hirntng Ammon
Grenz, route one, - Jetrerson;
Frank : Dominick - Hetterscheid,
route one, Mt. Angel; -Alfred E.
Coover, 194 North Fifth, Salem;
Gnstav Illert, 2020 North Fourth,
Salem. - - --: : . 'd - .
, John Henry Baldwin, route 2,
box 11. Salem; Emilie Wilmes,
H o bbard ; William Henry ' Lucas,
1606 S. Libertyi Salem; - Mosea,
Collier, 1143 Second street. Wood
burn ; Josephine Bemis, 808 Cor
by, Woodburn; Oscar Aslagsen
Forgard, Youte 7, box 87, Salem;
Einar Abrahamsen, route 2, box
9V Salem; Joseph Becken, route
4, box 427, Salem; Minnie Mey
ers, route 6,. box 440, Salem; Tre
odor Diekmann, route . 1, box ,58 L,
Anmsville; Ingvard Napoleon
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Friday
;..v leather
Generally cloudy today
and ' Sunday, showers on
coMt and over mountains; -max.
temp.'1 Friday tlQJi,
mln. 63.4, river 3.3, feet,
sooth-southwest wind.
No. 72
eerec
by
Teren
at
ed installation of a new digester,
making the fifth in the plant.
This in Itself makes possible a
considerable increase in the
plant's operations but does wot'
account for the proposed increase,
in water consumption, and is al
ready being utilized without any
change in water supply arrange
ments. It is recalled that' tbe company
had definite plans in 1931 for
enlargement of the plant, at the
time that the city government
vacated a portion of Trade street
west of Commercial at the com
pany's request. These plans were
dropped during the depression. At
present paper mills throughout
the country are running to full
capacity and are scarcely able to
keep up with their orders.
Price Suggested la
Declared Ridiculous
The proposal put to the Salem
water commission was that the
paper company would purchase
four or five million gallons of
water daily, or Would take all of
tho surplus water which under
present-conditions would exceed
that considerably. However the
price suggested in Mr. Teren'a
later, around 1 6 a million gal
lons, was declared by commission
officials to be "ridiculous" even
for: surplus, water which would
otherwise go to waste, since any
water sold, would have to be de
livered through the city's mains
and provision made for mains of
sufficient size.
It was pointed out that the low
est . cost under the city's present
schedule . for large quantities of
water would be 869 per million
gallons. Commission members in
dicated they might-reduce that
materially In: a special contract
providing for -delivery of surplus
: (Trn to page 2, col. 2)
Search for Plane
: Victims Near End
SALT LAKE CITY, June 18.-(iip-Eight
. men risked- life and"
limb today in the spectacular "fi
nal phase" of a hunt for bodies ef
seven-victims or a December air-
piane irageuy. -
Recovery of some' of the hod lea
was predicted "within a matter of
hours" at the somber search aceae
along and below the granite face
of a 1,000-foot cliff 25 miles
southeast of Utah's capital.
The eight employes of Western
Air Express, owner of the trans
port that crashed last Dec. 18 and
was not found until June 6. were
lowered from the cliff's brow by a
rope reeled off a windlass.' They
' Through glasses, the watchers
saw seats, -thermos jugs, a wom
an's dress, doors, blankets and an
arm rest pulled from the shatter
ed portion of the cabin. But there
were no bodies. . -;
At L A D E
of TOD A V"
By ft. C.
, In 1909 a hardy band of bold
; explorers ventured forth, with
dogs and sleds trudged slowly.
, overland, arrived at last at "far-
thest north"; now Russian fll
: ers soar In planes .with San
Francisco as their goal, avold-
ing arctlc's rough terrains they
calmly glide across the Pole.