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vIS fiNS fi K News Breaks 1 ' f The VeatberV ; . Lata evening and early ? '. ; snoraing " mi breaks ere "first la the Bwnttag bcw-- -paper's celamns because of -tU press time. . v.T. . - I I -L; t. ' Cloadv todav mm& Ua. is. " - - 1 ; we: - r i t . iwi wiifc ajitov cnaace m -, tesapcntarc. Mjuc- Tesmsw . ; Batvrday 43, Ula. SS. Rtreff -.- .-- SI e.w - l Jt 1 i , 'ft' l ' T J ( ' . EIGIITY-E1GHTH YEAR ! CIciv Oreca, Sunday Ilcraiaj, Jxsiary 22, 183 - Price 2c; Keirsstssds tt No.23S - '.. . - - :. I.I n TN wit?: n jb sssk a a bbbbbBl. HE V I- HoppertoGeti E arly in Week Public Utility Change, i6 ;: Appear, Faces Contest : ; Upon Some Details School Plan, Street Use ; of Gas Tax Are Some Impending Issues . r- By SHELDON F. SACKETT f Tbs first fortnlg-ht of tho 40th lejUlatlTS session has followed the pattern of prerlooa lawmak- ' Sng gatherlnis. Always thero U tbe expectancy that the legislature viii mi iiavn to bnslBMS . early and obriate the usual last-minute consideration of major bius. ac- tuslly the first two weeks dwln ' ii ca a tine for orraalxation. low introduction of bills and scat- trlnr committee meetings, ine 40th session has ran true to form. 1 The forthcoming week will see - - the major legislation introduced and coialderation unaer way. Leading the list will be the sub nlaalon of nubile utility district law rerision. . The kinks in the school reorganization program. drafted by the Oregon Teachers association, and approved by Gov ernor Sprague and State Superin tendent Putnam . are to oe imMtbed out tarlr in the . week and the reorganisation bills intro duced, y the end of the week - proposed changes in me state iaz laws will be formally before the session, including the revision of the corporation excise tax. League of Cities Bill WU1 Appear Tha , League of Oregon Cities, after two weeks of inaction. Will be on-hand early this week through its' legislative committee, ' to toss in its proposal for an allo cation of 11.10 per capita a year of highway funds to nranlcipall " ties of the state for malnuaance . and Improvement of their streeU. - This may lead to a counterattack iy the Joint highway committee Of the two houses which IS consid ering proposing a constitutional amendment which1 would thwart inch uses t highway fundi. - ' ' Introduction of a bill to repeal the state milk control act as well as the bakery board law which wUl Tirink committee hearings this week' on Those highly -controversial measures and the formal be- ' ginnings of a scrap which will not be ended until legislative adjourn ment. . -, Fablic Utility Law Is Moot Question While Governor Sprague Is on record as favoring amendment of the utility district law to permit revenue bond Issuance, the revi sion of the ezlstinx PUD setup Is not going to be an easy matter. The proposed new. law, substitut ing for the previously enacted PUD measure, - has been gone . through with a fine-tooth comb by utility representatives backstage at the session and the flaws in the new proposal which they find are numerous. Power to levy taxes to make up deficiency in income will be fought; power proposed for the PUD districts to pay tax levying bodies and offset for real property taxes, at the formers' option; will be questioned. . ' Behind the support of the PUD . amendment by the grange and the ' Farmer's union is the hand of J. ' D. Ross, Bonneville dam adminis trator, and Ross wans a liberal . Jaw such as prevails in .Washing ton, . with power concentrated in the hands of the districts com . (Turn to page S, column 1) -. , " - V -.. Insurgent Bombs . 1(91 25 Gvilians BARCELONA Jan . Jl.-(ffV" . Spanish Insurgent warplanes V ranged over scattered sectors of government Spain today In de structive raids. ! ' " ' Ten persons vera killed and S7 - wounded in Barcelona. - Fifteen were, killed , and. SO wounded In a heaty bomhlaf of HalgraL between Barcelona and -. Geroaa. ." '' - '" Valencia, across the Insurgent corridor to the. sea from'. Barce lona, was bombed three times.' Government observers said that ' the aircraft which bombed Baree " Inna were German-made HelnkelS. rarely seen i here , and , ItaUan- uade Savolas. - :.-: . Oreffoh Gtv Fire Injures Oldster - OREGQV CTTT. Ore.1 Jan. si --Police and firemen, tonight were investigating a resiaenuai fire which seriously burned Mrs. Jennie -Pierce, J4 :i . rtra Chief E Snrfna said the fire occurred at aon' hut t ire : men" were not notified, until Vt hoars later. Neighbors who found the elderly woman, lying on the ' - floor '. her elothinr bnrned from n her body, said she apparently had not naa lire . in . ner sieve throughout the day-. FRANCO'S TROOPS DtE ON v 4. v.- i-1. .. , . at 4 o ' .mo; V mm. t'lnddins; Into action, these insurgent v bundled against the cold, made M workmanlike Job of their march throngh the Lerida section, in southern Catalonia, daring Francisco Franco's drive toward Barcelona. Insurgent headquarters last night claimed the capture of Villanueva j Gcltra, important coaunnnications center Paramowat News photo from Associated Press. 7 League of Gales' Bill Is Prepared Legxalative Committee la Dne Here Tomorrow to r Ask Ilo4 Funds T- ( f t S The legislative committee 6( thi league otPregpn. atieilwiU meet hero omcTjxwrepaTatory tc Ktrodlretion,? ef Ihoague's! tm -tiklng r reallocation of Ltat highway funds.-? Mayor r H W. Hand of Corvallls, president of thai league, was In Saleinf yester day and stated officially that re ports that the league would in troduce no bill were erroneous. "We know from talking to many legislators, that ' the needs of the cities for a share of high way funds are in their minds," Hand said. "We think the en tire matter is one of giving con sideration to the needs of var ious instrumentalities of tho state to share in income. It has been plainly shown that the cit ies are not asking for 'diversion' of gasoline taxes; they seek only reallocation of highway reve nues." . Mayor Hand said that a num ber of ; legislators were expected to put their names on the bill which will be introduced Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. The reallocation proposal calls for the annual payment to elties of $1.50 per capita for ase in repair and maintenance of streets. About 0000,000 annually would be called for from highway funds if the bill carries. i ? Included in the league" legis lative committee meeting here tomorrow are Frank IT Farrell, city attorney of Medford; C, M. Convil, Astoria: Jay Lewis, city attorney- of Corvallls; Commis sioner Ormond i Beta, f Portland ; Alden Miller, Oregon City. McCarthy Holdup ?26 Returnable PORTLAND,1 Jan. Il-OPV-Stand- ard Stations, Inc., were informed today they eonld get $21 from the county elerk on written applica tion.. ' . . . - It was the $21 Leroy Hershel McCarthy , took Aug. 10, 113?, during the holdup when he killed Floyd Puelner, attendant. McCar thy was executed Friday tor the klUlBf., Senate - Committee Rejects . LdraerPASriendihaBill : WASHINGTON, Jan. XlP Admlnlstration . lieutenants ( suf fered sJiother thumping defeat on the relief , issue today when the senate . appropriations committee rejected a proposal 40 add $180, 000.000 to the WPA spending hill. On. a top-heavy vote of IT to 7 the committee . decided to retain the relief appropriation at $725 OCD.CO? -tto sua tfcttl lla tie house and approved by an appro priationa wabeonwnltteev w- President Roosevelt had asked $37S,000,000 and had iwarted ttat a $150,000,000 cat In the al lotment would (throw, 1,000.000 persons off relief rolls. '. ' ' Administration leaders ohtions ly were surprised by the big com mittee majority - favoring tke $725,000,000 aUotment, but they Immediately drafted strategy for a floor fight to Increase the till by $150,000,000. i ' They indicated they were not V it - X tl t Fish Dinner Is . Swept Half-Mile - Inland by Wave NEWPORT, Jan. i 21 - (ff) -Alec Gallagher, a state road su pervisor, says yoa - needBt be lieve it if yoa don't want to nt it did happent - ' Willi a rrm mmm VMiairtB 'a Fogarty creek hridgo daring r iSmi tHHBt mttm urn- m. tinm tiult. - swanped then sad ebbed hack; tO'Sesv" - --- -7 a Imsh oa the creek bank, tally half a mile from the sea, It left a 2pond redsnapper fish, wbich the crew enjoyed for awppcr.'"'i-- - ' f-"- Rose Tragedy to Qose Tomorrov Double Funeral Services for Victims of Case Set for Monday " A tearful family circle, sons and daughters,, of Mr. and Mrs. Herman S. Rose of the Broadacres district, heard from Deputy Sher iff B. O. Honeycntt at I o'clock yesterday, morning the story of the father's confession of having killed the - mother and . then of his suicide In the. county Jafl. Be hind : them Mr. and : Mrs. Rose left a $4000 insurance policy and the farm; '-i ' The children, whoa Rose had asked, shortly - before he - killed himself,' to have, brought to the courthouse yesterday morning tot him to "tell the whole story." la ter yesterday directed 'that his body be removed to the Beechler it OUalr mortuary at Wood burn where . funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Monday rafter- noon. Double burial rites for Mr. and . Mrs. Rose - will follow at Belle . Pass! - cemetery. - The Rose case, - which began when Rose heat his wife fatally with a piece of stove wood last Monday. : was considered , closed yesterday, it was announced by Deputy Ehertif Honeycut, whom District Attorney Lyle J,-Psge had credited with eUcitlng the man's confession. & Herman S. Rose, II, was born In Tennessee, his wife, Ora Pearl Rose. 47, in Oklahoma. They were married in the Utter state in r 1109. Five sons' and two daughters survive. so confident, however, as they pad been earlier that the senate would restore the, cut. , . - One administration follower conceded that, eeoaomy advocates might have sufficient votes .now to retain, the $725,000.000 .allo cation, but said the picture might he changed next week, ' ... tT - He said that mayors, relief or- EUiltatloas ': : aid ether 'Interested parties undoubtedly would ' exert strong pressure for an Increase In the appropriation and would sway some votes. vV -r' -Republicans and democrats op posing the " higher figure were plainly! JubllanL Several commit teemen; had predicted the $725,- 900,000 allotment would be ap proved, by the margin of only a vote or two. v.-'y(-''-ii cV 5 Senator Adams (D, C0I0.J, floor manager for the measure, told re porters, that -there ;ver3r.snb- , . ITurn to page z column 11 BARCELONA is nsors to Act In Radio Dispute Secret More to Attempt to Avert Threatened ArtisU Strike - NEW: YORK, Jan. 11-tfVRa- dio sponsors, in the No Man's Land of -a wage battle between .00 1 af ' their erformer and the, sdrsrtislng agencies whlck employ them, prepared tonight to. intervene in a threatened na tional talent strike.-. : The move, about which no de tails were available, was revealed by Charles J. Post, federal labor conciliator, who has been trying to avert the projected walkout of actors, singers and announcers belonging to the American Fed oration of Radio ArtisU (AFL). in Chicago, an AFRA official announced that one sponsor P. K. Wrigley, who produces his own broadcast had signed the union f'codo of fair practice." It is the old. old story that despite our desire to arrive at an agreement by negotiation, we must show our force," said Eddie Cantor, big-eyed comedian and president of the American Fed eration of Radio Actors, in Hol lywood. Among these subject to astlike call, mm members of the federa tion, are Edgar "Charlie McCar thy", Bergen, Bing Crosby, Rndy allee. Jack Benny, Phil Baker and many Hollywood- movie stars. Lawrence Tibbett, the opera sing er, and Jascha Helflts. violinist. are' vice presidents. The . wage dispute arislnc be tween tho AFRA and the "Four A American Association of Ad vertising Agencies led the Chi cago local to vote unanimously in favor, of a strike upon orders irom tne federation's national executive hoard. The New York local had taken similar action earlier this week, and balloting was scheduled late tonigkt in Hollywood and tomor row la San . Francisco. Small Poodle Is Hoiise Fire Hero COUER D'ALENE. Idaho. Jan. 21-65VA tiny poodle -was a big hero today to Mr. and Mrs, Ed ward Andreen. ? The Andreens retired in their home shortly after midnight last nlshUy-Ah boar later they were awakened by their pet dog which leaped on the bed snd barked per sistently. Mrs. Andreen found the cottage ablasew ; -t She grabbed up the dog and fled to safety.- Heri husband grabbed up his shoes and trousers and Uke- wlscfledf : t,i-.uv The house was destroved. ? Reward; for, the dogdally ra tions of weiners and dog biscuits. nis ravome tare. ' - , 01,000,000:. Voted, "Idaho's 'Counties It "1 i K BOISE Jan.tl-m-The Idaho senate voted ' unanimously today to approve a hill designed to per mit distribution of $1,000,000 fn gasoline tax .revenue to-the 44 counties. -ei - - - The bin, S Companion, of the $5 automobile license measure , ap proved ' by the senate' yesterday. would reimburse counties- for losses they would suffer by reduc tion from an average of $l4.zs to $5 in passengsr automobile 11- ppo Rebel Armies Are 22 Miles Insurgents Say Loyalists Forced to Back np - to Avoid Trap Barcelona'a Gates Being Sandbagged in Event of Last Stand HENDATE, France (At the Spanish Frontier), Jan. 21-(ff)- A Spanish Insurgent army smash ing toward Barcelona announced late tonight the capture of the Important communications center of Villanueva Y Geltru the see- ond of four key points in ,the government capital's defenses to fall today. Villanueva Y Geltru, on the Mediterranean eoast about 22 miles, southwest of Barcelona, was reported captured by a col umn which almost kept pace with tho one which was said to have taken Vlllafranea del Panades, 22 miles west and south of the capital and to have pushed on two miles beyond the town. Tho reported advances at these two points came after insurgents were driven back from a third key, Igualada;28 miles west and north of Barcelona. Late tonight, however, insurgents reported that Igualada was surrounded. , Government Forces Reported in Retreat Capture of the two towns 'was said to have forced government troops once 'again to retreat in haste toward Barcelona, They had formed 'a defense lino run ning from Villanueva Y Geltru. cn the coast, through Vlllafranea del Panades. Igualada. and Man- resa, 20 miles northwest Bar celona, Just ' iter nightfall the insurgents were within 10 miles or uanress. s? "r " : Unofficial sonrees in Barcelona had said earlier tonight that Ig ualada and VUlafrancA del Fa cades were menaced, hut the of ficii communique said only that fighting in these sectors was heavy; Barcelona Def eaeo Installed at Gases Reports to the border -said ar tillery batteries were being in stalled at Barcelona's gates and sandbag fortifications, within-tho City. V.v ; (A Lerida dispatch said the lrsurgent .government, anticipat ing: capture of the eaoitaL . or dered establishment, of govern mental machinery to take over the city. 1 . (The united States naval at tache in Paris, Captain Francis G. Cogswell, left for Barcelona accompanied by an salstant also familiar with the Spanish situ ation. Tho US cruiser Omaha waa at VUlefranche, on the French Riviera, jot miles from . Barce lona, in a position to rush to the Spanish eoast. to remove US citizens in an emergency. ' The Pans embassy listed about 100 persons entitled to aid, including about 70 Puere Ricans and Fili pinos.) Japanese Vessels' Pickets Disperse LONG BEACH, Calif.. Jan. 21- ()-Twenty-nve hours of peaceful but sealons and singing picket ing, night and day, which thous ands of persons protested against shipment of scrapiron to warring Japan ended on schedule, todsy noon and longshoremen resumed loading metal into two Japan bound ships. - The longshoremen Quit work for reasons of personal safety. they said, when the. demonstra tion started at .11 am. yesterday at piers where the Japanese freighter Aratama Marn and the Norwegian Stjermeborg were be ing loaded. - Police Chief Joe MeLelknd de nied a request that picketing be permitted - to continue until- S pan. today, five hours longer than first scheduled.: " - s From State Crow PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 21.-4P) -Oregon's lumber - Industry -; was a big boy last' year. It has grown to such an. extent during the last five years that lilt water-borne shipments' to foreign and domestic markets were, 70 per cent, above those of 1124. . . . ' - . . , , During the same " period, 1 sc- cording to Pacific lumber inspec tion bureau reports, Washington's shipments declined . and. British Columbia gained only XT per cent. ' In 102$ Oregon loaded in ships 1.00T412.I27. board feet, or $0 per cent of the total of $,tU.917r 40$ feet shipped by the two north Pacific states and British Colum bia. In 1124; Oregon's share was aly 21H per cent. , Froni 'Capital : In Iowa Blaze Four Children - Inclnded! in . Group Trapped at r : " McGregor, la. . Residents : of - Apartment Scream at " Windows for Assistance : : McGREGOR. Ia Jan. 11-(AV Elght persons, ' including four children, .died of suffocation here late " tonight in a blazing two- Story brick building.-. Coroner Leslie Oelke said the dead, all residents of the apart ments on the second floor of the Structure, were: Harvey Marlett, 21; Mrs.Ida Davis, 'SO; B. Leslie Spaul ding. 45; Mrs. Charles Long, 35. and her three children whoso ages were two, five and nine years and Mrs. -Long's grandson, 12 years of age. . . . Boy, 18, la Only Occupant , to ' Escape spauiding's son, cedric, lz, waa the only occupant who es caped from tho smoke filled structure. - Two high school youths. El- don Staples and Junior' O'Neill, discovered the flames were is suing from the rear of the build' ing abont 11 p.m. They reported several persons were' at the windows of the structure, screaming for help. The boys turned In a. fire alarm and members of the volun teer fire department removed the bodies of the eight to a hos pital here where the coroner pro nounced them dead of suffoca tion. . v The crew, handicapped by a high wind and an eight' above zero temperature, then put out the fire. - fiT s. , :Taetrm AritVa - Speeeb Is Held too Vague on Answer to US Protests TOKYO, Jan. 22-(8unday)-4P) -Tho Japanese press today criti cised Fpreign Minister Hachiro Arita for failure to state con cretely his plans for meeting pro tests by the United States Great Britain, and 'France, ?; . 4 I. J i The press expressea almost unanimous '.disappointment ; In Aritam fpreign policy speech:' to parliament yesterday. The United States, Great Britain and France have opposed Japan's "new or der" in eastern Asia and warned Japan to maintain the open door in China. I Yomiurl asked why Arita failed "frankly to clarify what is ac tually meant by moral diplomacy" and added that his statement was "too vague." The newspaper said Arita s most Important task was' to correct his understandings in the United States, Great Brit ain and France. Chugal declared that speeches (Turn to page 2, eolumn 2) Mercury SUding In .Midwest, East CHICAGO, Jan.: Il-4P)-Tem-peratures started dropping to night as the weather bureau pre dicted it would be "much colder" In the midwest and east by Son day night. 1 . ,. . " , . ? ' The - cold wave, official fore casts . saldrv will cross the T Ohio river,' extend Into Tennessee and Reach tho middle and northern Atlantic coasts by Sunday night. Automobile Industry Lcibb Crisis Appears Impending DETROIT Jan. 21 r W - pending battles, in law courts and la local anion. ranks, tor control of the lusty . young ; automobile workers' union, threatened the au tomotive Industry tonlght-with Its most critical labor problem sines the widespread sitdown strikes of i$$7.. I ;The industry" which for three years has but one dominant union the CIO'S United Automobile Workers now has two unions. In everything but name. f I Two factions, each claiming "of ficial" status, contested for the authority of UAW contracts with manufacturers, for tit! a ta the PAW name and to Its treasury, and tor allegiance of a claimed membership ; of " nearly 40 0,0 00 - A costly Internecine "struggle In local union ranks appeared a cer tainty, : its effect on automobile plant operations' nnpredietable. rf Leaders ; of , t k o contesting groups were reported in confer ence with attorneys preparatory to seeking so art Injunctions against interefereneo by tho op position.. ' : : Survivors nmhQto Ship; 3 Beared Lost Exhaust j. :Wavej8 First' Aid and Rest Needed ? Before identification Sought Dozen- Air and Surface Craft Engage . in Search, Oil Tanker First to ' ; Arriye; Quest Is Continued NEW YORK, Jan. 22 (Sunday) (AP) Ten of . 13 persons aboard the giant British flying boat Cavalier, forced down in chill seas between New York and Bermuda, were rescued early today. Three other persons were missing:. . The rescued passengers were: . Mrs. Donald Miller, Lincoln. Neb. ' ... Charles M. Talbot, 23Brookllne, Mass. Misi Nellie Tucker Smith, 41; Pembroke, Bermuda. Mrs. J. Gordon Noakes, Malba, NT. Mrs. Edna Watson, 41, Bermuda. Mrs. George Ingham, 24, Hamilton. Bermuda. The rescued crew members, all Englishmen, were: . M. R. Aldersen, captain. . Nell Richardson, first off leer. Patrick. Chapman, radio officer. David Williams, steward. The foOowing passengers were missings Donald Miller, husband of Mrs. Miller. J. Gordon Noakes, husband of Mrs. Noakes. , O Film Star Misses Trip by Illness Ginger Rogers Had Plana to Board Plane bnt bad CokL Halts NEW TORK, Jan. 21-0P-Afcd cold -epttltnger Rogers, star, off the flying boat Cavalier (when IMookriptf for Bermuda to-' dSy.-;.-, ;r; T'ifT'ff,: '' . JTour days' ago she considered flying to Bermuda-this morning, and .rumor said she was on the plans When word that it was in trouble was received. ' rriends said tonight a severe cold had led her to cancel her plans. Miss Rogers is visiting In New York. NEWJTORKV Jasw 22-(Tues-day)-(ff)-Pan American AirWays, whlck operates a-New Tork-Ber muda service in cooperation with Imperial Airways, announced to day that Its service would contin 60 as usual despite the loss of Im periars flying boat Cavalier. -' The Bermuda Clipper was or dered to Uke oft from its base at Bermuda for -New York today, as scheduled. 3.. Carroll Cone, Atlantic divi sion manager of Pan American, ordered the ship to fly over the area where the Cavalier was forced down. In search of other survivors. 'Wandering Buoy' Quits Its Home, Wanders to Sea PORTLAND, Ore-, Jan. 21-(Ay-District Lighthouse Super intendent F. C Hlngsbarg was laaiBC the old soas; toalghtt "Where. Is My Waaderiag Buoy." 1 ; . The S5000 lighted whistling owoy at the Colambtsr river en trance broke front its anchorage recently. It was last sighted off North Head, its light out bat its whistle stOI sounding. , . fhe merry-go-round of suspen sions President Homer Martin ousting IS members; of "the. 24 man executive board and subse quently being impeached by the men he suspended Uf t only one international officer untouched by the punitive action,. He was Wal ter N. Wells, a vice-president who is aligned 'with " the anti-MarUa group but who has . been out of the city since the latest flare-up of factional strife.. i - Martin- met reports today that the full support of the congress of industrial forganisauons had been thrown to his foes with the Btatementr - -' ' ,r t "This Is an Issue between the union: It Is hot a CIO issue." Hs previodsly has charged CIO leaders with destroying the au tonomy of the TJAW.; ; Insurgent board members who elaim 'Martin's sscpensions - were Illegal, said today that If CIO directors 1 and ' organisers headed by Allan Haywood, New York re gional director, sad Hugh Thomp son, Buffalo, director, had arrived for strategy conferences. Are Found Wrecked Battle Against Also mlsslnn waa Robert Sneaee.. steward, according to a wireless : from the Esso Bay town, wkleh effected the rescue. Tho message was received by tho coast guard here. Cold and exhausted by a Rfe- and-death battle of more than It hours against battering waves, the survivors were found clinging to tho battered wreckage of the aaeot luxurious airliner by,thf tanker ; Esso Baytown. . - ;.- , Urst messaxes tor a doctor were sent to the PS gunboat Erie, . whlck was nearby. Immediate aid was asked .for the shaken f sur vivors, some of them reported nu: conscious. n , .-; As the coast guard cutter Cham- plain arrived on the scene, piere ing searchlights swept the dese -late sea in search of the throe missing persons. IS Surface Ships, anea Jeta Qnest Lieut. Philip Short, executive officer of the Champlsin, and the pharmacist's mate boarded the Esso Baytown a short time later. Before the Esso Baytown ar rived, two ships and a eoast guard plane had scouted the position given by the Cavalier when it was forced down by heavy icing -on its motors at 1:11 p. m. (EST) '' yesterday. They saw nothing, they ; reported. " -""V An armada of at least 12 sur face ships and several army and coast guard planes was poised for a dawn search of the area whea the Esso Baytown messaged the coast guard at 11:25 p. m. (EST): Sighted wreckage of plane. Low ered lifeboat.' For 10 hours nothing had been heard on the wireless lanes from the 20-ton seaplane, capable of carrying 20 passengers. Its last message at 1:12 p. m., when it was about halfway to Bermuda from Port Washington, NT, was one desperate word: ' .. ."Sinking."- , The position given by the strick en plane was approximately 222 miles southeast of Cape May, NJ, ' and every craft In the vicinity turned to join the rescue race. News of the rescue caused can- ; collation of ) a more extenslvs search. Orders to send seven army bombers .from Langley field, Tlr ginia, into the hunt were rescind ed, but Major E. E. Glenn, execu tive " officer of the second wing, air corps, said the flight was or ganised "to take off at a minute's notice if needed." , . Other air and sea craft -from -both the United States and Ber mudawhich were turned hack by. darkness . were ' expected to abandon- plans to -resume tho search at daybreak. London Hits out V At Nation's Debt - X ' - : . 1 s TOPEKA, Ktn. Jan. tlTh Democratic and totalitarian gov ernments ' are almost at , death grips In an economic war, and any nation "head over heels In debt is in a had position to' defend It self,'! Alfred IL- Landon told the Kansas Press association tonight. t-vThia clash may never eome ts iem military violence," but It is Just as bitter and , Just as real, none the less. It Is an economic war, trsed on new methods of sconomic penetrttloCTtese lew methods' are just as dangerous to ; representative government as new war jsaehlnes. Jobs ' and oppor tunity for millions of free men are at stake.' lJ ' v ' '. ,iz ' T today's modern" warfare!;.' the 1 13 republican presidential nominee' said in a nation-wide -broadcast,' "financial reserves are Just ss Important as military re serves. - -' - . v