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Cooler with rain today
ad Sunday; rala and snow
over mountains. Max. temp
Friday 52, mln. 82. River
-Jl ft. Sooth wind.
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Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning January 27, 1940
Price 3c; Newsstands 5c
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Paul II outer9 Column
One of oar scouts reports that
the postofflce lobby has been tak
tn over by a young and ardent
tamp . collector
who Is going
right to . the
source for the lat
est Issues. He
has been there
three or four
days now In tne
afternoons fol
lowing ! school
and has yet
shown no signs
of w a k nine.
The young phU- m -.
atellst, our scout relates, hovers
abous the post office boxes until
en unwsry customer of Mr. Far
ley comes along to take his mail.
With a gleam la bis eye and the
look of a tiger leaping on his prey,
the youth approaches the box
holder and waits eagerly while
key Is Inserted and the mail taken
at. No sooner Is It oat of the
box than the lad ponaees. Point
ing at any. visible stamp the col
lector cries with the frenzy of the
fanatic, "May I see what kind of
a stamp that 187 The box bolder,
taking pity that oae so tender la
years should bo so afflicted, asaal
ly gives la aad the young collec
tor gets to go through aU the mail
aad bo get bis stamps.
Carries his own scissors, too,
our scout says.
let's quit raxrxa
Cat Dept.
A friend came into the
office the other day and
requested ns to ask
those who hare extra cats
they don't want to kill
to please be tboaghtfal
of others not alone of
self, and do their own
- killing. This party
thinks they have doao
their share.
Garrais Star.
WHAT? NO INDIANS?
"Salem will produce a different
show, a letter from one of its lead
ing cltlxens promised, 'not Indians
and miners and that sort of thing,
because Salem was founded by
deeply ealtured people.' "From
news item on visit of Salem dele
gation te Xsgen toequest post
ponement of Eugene's "Oregon
Trail Pageanr"t for Salem's cen
tennial. No Indians or miners
For our centennial!
From cultured stock
We're off the block.
Descendants lineal.
We hall each hundred years;
Eugene halls every three.
And that, we fear,
For us would smear
Our precious dignity.
No Indians, no miners,
No pistols and no gore.
Well take our tea
And let all, see
Our cultured stock galore.
We'll have no hairy" beards.
No hoopsklrts running wild!
No noise for us,
No etlr, no fuss,
Just culture, meek and mild.
Boydston to Run
For Pol Sheriff
DALLAS, Jan. 2 At least one
candidate will seek a place on the
democratic primaries ticket in
Polk county for the office of
sheriff, now held by T. B. "Ton
Hooker, republican.
He II County Treasurer Wil
liam A.' Boydston.
. , The treasurer said today he
would not run again for his pres
ent office but instead would tile
soon 'for the democratic nomina
tion for sheriff.
Silverton Child
Seriously Burned
SILVERTON, Jan. SC. Jean
Ue Klnti. 5-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Roman KlnU of Su
rer Creek falls, was taken to the
Deaconess hospital In Salem today
with severe second degree burns
caused -by a pot of boiling coffee.
i The little girl, who was clothed
only In. a nightgown when she
upset the coffee, was burned
from hln to knees.
Barefoot Burglar
Operates in Snow
PORTLAND, Jan. 2 (-(A-Port-land's
barefoot, burglar .Isn't to be
daunted by enow and Ice.
' A ITS watch was missed by
Jack O'Bryan. ; Police found foot
prints 2a the anew beneath CBry
uaa'a apartment window; , 1 ,
Spies "Wiped Out1
MOSCOW, Jan. 2(-AV-The red
army organ Red Star said today
that aa ' an disclosed number of
pies were "wiped oat" Tuesday
sight while attempting to enter
Rassla Illegally over an unspeci
fied point on the southern tron-:tier.-'."-'.v:
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Find Weaknesses, Devise
Remedy Is Program of
Mayor's Committee
Commission-Control Type
of Government Ruled
out From Start
By STEPHEN C. MERGLER
Of the changed forms of gov
ernment that may be proposed for
Salem within the next few months
the straight commission type is
not likely to be one, it was indi
cated by discussion at the initial
meeting of Mayor W. W. Chad
wlck's charter revision commit
tee at the chamber of commerce
last night.
But before getting down to stu
dies of systems of municipal gov
ernment, the committee will look
for weaknesses in 8alem's pres
ent form, with its mayor, 14 ward
elected councilmen, elected re
corder and treasurer and separate
water system control and manage
ment. Pabllc to Be Queried
For Complaints
The committee members de
cided to meet again next week
after devoting the intervening
time to polling their- acquaint
ances for complaints against this
system of government.
Chief objection to the commis
sion type of government, commit
t e e discussion indicated, is its
cost.
"In talking around I find sen
timent against the manager plan
in that people cant see spending
$5000 a year for a manager," W.
C. Jones, Willamette university
professor of public administration
and adviser to the committee said.
"Therefore, I feel the commission,
with three paid men, is entirely
out."
Chairman O. K. DeWitt de
c la red ho also believed it was
useless to consider the plain com
mission system. Other members
who commented were inclined to
agree.
DeWitt proposed the committee
(Turn to Page 2, Col. 6)
Four Willamette
Co-Eds Are Hurt
Skiing Trip to Mt. Hood
Ends in Crash; One
Escapes Unhurt
PORTLAND. Jan. 26-iiP-Four
Willamette university co-eds were
Injured today in a head-on colli
sion between a truck and axi au
tomobile on the Mount Hood loop
highway near Cherryville.
The injured:
Pauline Mestrezat, 23, driver.
Injuries to head and legs.
Barbara Viesko. 19. internal
and right leg injuries, face lacer
ations and bruises.
Margaret Sehon, 18, back In
jury and facial cuts.
Betty Anunsen, 18, possible
skull fracture and internal Injur
ies. The girls were taken to the
Portland sanitarium.
Pauline Chambers escaped un
hurt. The girls, all of Salem, were
en route to Mount Hood for ski
ing. Miss Mestresat Is the daughter
of J. P. Mestresat of Juneau, Alas
ka. Miss Viesko is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Viesko of
2010 South High street, Salem.
Miss Anunsen is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred S. Anunsen,
920 Leslie street, Salem. All are
freshmen at Willamette. Miss Se
hon, whose parents are Mr. and
Mrs. George W. Sehon, IS 82 Sag
inaw street, Salem, does not at
tend the university. Mlse Cham
bers is also a freshman.
Hour Limit, No
Parking Urged
By PAUL H. HAUSER, jr.
Eal.m'i mrklnr nroblem took
one ' of its recurring thrashings
last night at public hearing in the
council chambers of the city hall
atanriot hr IS citizens, three
councilmen, a handful of city of
ficials and policeman ana a ooy.
. With a change from 45 min
tn hnnr narkinr in the down
town district up for considera
Uon only Alderman E. B. Perrtne
had a good word to say for the
present 45 minute system. He re
mfmtaxl tfie meetlnsr that the
change could possibly eliminate
a fourth of tne parson- spaces
now available. Tne rest wno spo.
were solidly in favor of the one
hoar llmiL
. Already before the- council u a
resolution Introduced by -Alderman
navtd rvRara. who acted at
chairman of the meeting,; provid
ing lor we cnanao.
Also suggested as aids to solv
ing traffie difficulties were elim-
Iti a Hvn rtt na r Tr kin r" widen
ing of streets suen as High and
Liberty between court ana cne
meketa,'to make angle parkins
-Year-Old Boy
Freed in Slaying
PORTLAND, Jan. 2-(A)-Nonnan
S welder, 16, was freed today of
criminal responsibility for the
fatal shooting of his atep-fa-Uier,
James B. Hart, 40. A Ter
diet of -Justifiable homicide
was returned by a coroner's
Jury, which recommended the
boy's exoneration. The - lad,
held In technical custody, said
he shot his step-father last
Sunday to protect himself and
his mother.
Welfare Workers
Begrudge US Plan
Federal "Merit" System
Accepted in Oregon
Under Protest
PORTLAND, Jan. li.JP-The
state welfare commission "hoped
today to escape the federal social
security board's demand for a
"merit" system of employment
through combined action with
other states.
The commission accepted under
protest the board's request that
its merit system be adopted in
place of one the commission has
had In effect for three years. Jobs
of S50 state and county welfare
workers, are, involved
Oscar M. Powell, executive di
rector of the social security board;
wrote that the board 'accepted
"the resolution aa compliance at
this time. . .
However, unless it la put Into
effect. Oregon may lose federal re
lief funds, he warned.
Multnomah county relief recip
ients increased their buying pow
er with 1150.000 In food stamps
during the first three weeks the
plan was in operation, the com
mission said.
Well over 50 per cent of the el
igible persons had bought stamps
by the middle of the month.
A. request for inauguration of
the plan was filed by Marion
county and the commission indi
cated it expected tbo program to
spread to several other Willam
ette valley counties in the next
few months.
Direct relief expenditures for
December were 7.7 per cen above
November but 22.8, per cent be
low December, 1938, Administra
tor Elmer F. Goudy reported.
Oregon's public assistance bill
(Turn to page 2, coL 2)
Polk Jailbreaker
Picked Up in ND
DALLAS, Jan. 2ff. Merle Rand
Tyler, who escaped from the Polk
county jail December SI, haa been
arrested in Blsmark, ND, accord
ing to word received today by the
Polk county sheriff's off lee from
authorities In Washington. DC,
where fingerprints were checked.
Rand escaped from the Polk
county jail while awaiting a sec
ond trial on a charge of taking
money from a church. Slipping
out during the noon hoar, he ri
fled the sheriff's office and took
1 10. The S 8-year-old man has a
criminal .record of a term In the
Multnomah county jail and some
time In the Washington state re
formatory. More Parallel
on Committee
possible, cutting down on drive
way space for service stations.
Harry Scott, bicycle dealer,
Fred Burrell , manager of the
Fred Meier store, and . H. R.
Worth of Worth's department
store all agreed with Dan Hay.
representing the Salem Merch
ant's association, that a return to
the hoar limit would be a great
help to the merchants. ."The ex
tra 15 minute s," " Hay - said,
"makes a big difference."
Mayor W. W. Chadwick; said he
thought "it would be a good idea
to give hour parking a trlaL
F. H. Ely. suggested that High
street should have angle parking
as did Ben Ramseyer. - In re
sponse to a question from O'Hara
City Engineer Harold Davis in
formed the group that High street
is only If feet wide as compared
with Liberty and Court streets
70 feet. ; - r . - - -:l ' V-
The question of parking me
ters also came In for discussion
with Worth saying. I think we're
going to come to meters sooner
or later" Mayor Chadwick told
(Turn to page f column l J
Wheeler Backs
Labor Idea on
No. 1 Problem
Montana Senator Goes
to Bat for Relief
of Jobless
Noted Liberal Dodges
Direct Statement
on Candidacy
COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 2
Demands of labor and agriculture
for a government-backed war on
unemployment termed Amer
lea's No. 1 problem" received
strong backing today from Sen
a tor Burton K. Wheeler as he
turned aside queries whether he
would be a democratic presiden
tial aspirant.
President Roosevelt, who has
not acted on pleas by the Congress
of Industrial Organisations ana
the national grange for a general
conference with Industry on un
employment, also was Implored by
Wheeler to declare his third term
intentions immediately.
Wheeler told the jubilee con
vention of the CIO's United Mine
Workers of America that only
through government leadership
and solution of ''economic absurd
ities" could unemployment be end
ed, prosperity assured and "Amer
ican ideals of Industrial and polit
ical democracy" achieved.
The Montana senator, regarded
in some quarters as a leading
democratic presidential possibil
ity, gave definite Indications of a
bid for farm-labor support.
John L. Lewis, CMW's and
CIO's president, made no political
reference to Wheeler in lnirodue
(Turn to page 2, col. S)
Roosevelt Again
Rouses Questions
President Calls Two Named
hy Lewis as Fostering
Draft Movement
WASHINGTON, Jan. !B.-(JPy-Presldent
Roosevelt started a
fresh ware of political guessing
today by holding a conference
with two men whom John L. Lew
la denounced last fall on the
grounds that they entertained "se
cret plana to launch a third term
boom."
The two are Norman M. Llttell,
assistant attorney general; and
Marshall E. Dlmock, second as
sistant secretary of labor. They
visited the White House in com
pany with Oscar L. Chapman, as
sistant secretary of the Interior.
Upon emerging they would say
nothing to reporters.
The politically wise immediate
ly, recalled that last October the
CIO chieftain loosed a blast at a
western "progressive conference"
which he said Llttell and Dimock
were seeking to hold In Salt
Lake City.
Warning labor's non-partisan
league, which he heads, to have
nothing to do with the confer
ence, he said labor had not been
given a chance to offer a "legiti
mate program" for the meeting.
Other reasons for objecting to
the conference, he said, was the
"slight" to Senator Wheeler CD
Mont) and "other great liberals
of the west who hare not been
consulted and who are slated to
be excluded from the conference."
In . addition, he cited what he
termed "the secret plans to use
the conference to launch a third
term boom."
TEMPERATURES NO AID TO
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HWjob to Fill
iSenate Vacancy
iEN. JOHN W. THOMAS
Tnomas Appointed
. To Senate of US
Former Senator Named to
Fill Vacancy Left by
Death of Borah
BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 2 6-(P)-For-
mer United States Senator John
W. Thomas of Gooding was ap
pointed by Governor C. A. Bottolf-
sen tonight to the senate vacancy
created by the death of William E.
Borah.
Thomas, former Idaho republi
can state chairman and former
Idaho national committeeman for
his party, accepted immediately.
I am deeply appreciative to
Governor Bottolfsen for the op
portunity to attempt. In my hum
ble best, to carry on Senator Bor
ah's program of constructive leg
islation in behalf of our state and
nation. Thomas said.
Nb?ttaVsalixes? better: tfcan .
who was- for f iva Tears his col
league, tbatilimaiftsSf -fffl the
vacancy resulting, from Borah's
untimely death but I here and
now dedicate my services to those
fine Ideals of good government for
which our great senator so cour
ageously and valiantly fought.
I pledge myself to an undying
fight in behalf of Senator Borah's
often expressed determination to
keep our nation out of war."
SlnmberingGuns
Roar Into Action
PARIS, Jan. 26 (An The slum
bering steel giants of the western
front suddenly burst into action
today 'with a fierce artillery duel
which shattered the frosty silence
of the Vosges mountains.
Military sources said French
big guns opened the engagement
from behind icicle-draped em
placements after scouts had
brought back reports of feverish
German outpost activities, possi
bly Indicating an Impending of
fensive.
Nasi artillery replied fa kind
and for hours both sides threw
shell after shell at each; other
while allied and German, planes
took advantage . of the first far
rarable weather tn days to roar
aloft en reconnaissance flights.
One French, plane flew deep
Into Germany- bnt encountered It
enemy ships and. scurried back
to the safety of its own lines, the
military sources reported.
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Fate of Four
Red Divisions
Nearly Sealed
2 Believed Hopelessly
-Ensnared hy Finn
Land Forces
Soviet Dead Declared
to Be. "Counted in
Hundreds"
HELSINKI, Jan. 27.-(Satur-dey)-(j!p)
The fate of four soviet
divisions, which have been fight
ing almost ceaselessly all week In
the icy wilderness north of Lake
Ladoga, early, today was ap
proaching decision, Finns report,
with two divisions possibly snared
beyond hope of help.
The latter two units were
caught, far from their base in the
region of Kltela; a third division
has been battering in vain at Fin
nish lines near Kollaanjoki and
the fourth, attacking at Alttojokl.
is reported composed of the rem
nants of large forces shattered
some weeks ago at Aglajarvt and
TolvajarvL
Victims of the coldest winter
in CO years, trying to cope with
the merciless guerilla tactics of
Finland's fleet ski fighters, some
of these troops are still able to
launch attack after attack In a
valiant effort to rescue their trap
ped comrades and then fight their
own way out of threatening disas
ter. (Turn to page 2, col. )
Britain Doubles
Rations of Ham
Citizens Convinced Navy,
Army Have Settled on
'Adequate Defense
. LOilBON. , Jaiu 1 8-W-firltkh
conviction that the navy and air
force are finally solving the prob
lem of German assaults upon; the
empire's vital supply lines waa
bolstered today by a food ministry
order doubling; the bacon and ham
ration.
This development was closely
followed by official announcement
of the conclusion of an economic
and financial agreement with the
Greek government,- details of
which were not Immediately dis
closed.
Britain previously had pledged
aid to-Greece in the event of ag
gresaion. threatening her Inde
pendence.
Despite the better situation in
imported food supplies as reflect
ed by the relaxation In rationing.
three more neutral ship losses
were revealed with the landing of
62 survivors at Scottish and Irish.
porta. Eleven, other ereavnai
from two vessels were missing.
The new rationing order, effect
ive January 29, increased to eight
ounces the amount of bacon or
ham allowed each person per
week, and was greeted jubilantly
by the press with such headlines
aa "Navy brings home the bacon.'
Rationing of bacon, ham and
sugar was begun, on January g.
Eggs and bacon" or "eggs and
ham- are .British breakfast table
musts. Most bacon, and ham are
Imported. '
Elation over this i evidence of
adequate pork supplies waa tem
pered somewhat by reports of a
shortage of fresh meats probab
ly In February under the gov
ernment butchering program.
adopted recently aas preliminary
to rationing of these commodities.
FIREMEN
Tammany Leader
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JAMES J. HINES
Hines Conviction
Upheld in Appeal
Ex-Tammany Leader Must
Serve 4-8 Years in
Penitentiary
NEW YORK, Jan. 2l.-)-The
conviction of James J. Hines, a
fallen Tammany, district leader
under a 4-to-t year sentence for
acting as the political "front" for
the Dutch Schultx policy racket,
was affirmed unanimously by the
appellate division of the state su
preme court.
At the same time Magistrate
Hnlon Capshaw, one of the jur
ists claimed by the prosecution to
have been "fixed" or Improperly
Influenced by the old boss, was
removed from the bench.
Martin W. Littleton, counsel
for Hines who was convicted of
conspiracy inxhe operation of
lottery mad tamediata. prapar-J
a. Mtn wv'ta av av- ...a
Stlons td tahie ead-i to the state
court or appear, rue lasr stoyea
the road ap to the United States
supreme court Itself.
"Of course," Littleton said.
"the appellate division In this case
was an intermediary court. It did
not matter who won; Mr. Dewey
(District Attorney Thomas E.
Dewey could have appealed from
a reversal."
Dewey, whose victory In the
case had brought him national at
tention, made- no comment.
Hines himself waa out of town
and arrangements were made to
renew his bail aad permit him
continued freedom.
3 Companies Told
To Disband IE U
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2
Tne labor board today- ordered
three northwest lumber compa
nies to disestablish the Industrial
Employee' Union, Inc., and its af
filiated locals as a bargaining
agency for lumber camp workers.
The board s announcement said
Its order was based en a finding
that the three companies "domi
nated and . supported , the ISu
and as a consequence had, "re
strained and coerced' the rights
of their employes to self -organization
under the Wagner act.
The three employers . named
were the McGoldrick Lumber com
pany, . Spokane. Waahw the- Pot-
latch Forests, Ine. Lewiaton, Ida
ho, and C D. Johnson. Lumber
corporation, Portland, Ore-. .
The- IaTu. the hoard found, was
a continuation of a farmer- organ
ization known as the Loyal Legion)
of Loggers and Lumbermen es
tablished In 117. .
Southland Scourged by Cold
As Northern
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2-ilP)-
A southland which h a b i t u a lly
takes its - winters mild was
icourged' today by racking cold
that spread death, misery and fi
nancial loss from Texas to Vir
ginia. V
While relentless frigidity
smashed records for Intensity and
duration,. forecasters could prom
ise no general relief before Sun
day and predicted only relatively
higher temperature then.
Human suffering fell heaviest
on the poor in the cities where
even the beat dwellings are not
built to withstand sub-zero, and
near-zero conditions.,. Retail bus
iness was slowed , to a walk as
housewives left home only of. ne
cessity, 2nd construction work Tir
tu ally wis suspended.
Still Incomplete reports showed
94 on the winter fatality list for
this week and these added to 257
previously reported to make a to
tal of 151 chargeable, to the pro
tracted cold wave. " ." '-
The Red Cross and regular re
lief agencies carried fuel and food
to thousands -of homes, many
snowed-ln and ill prepared tor the
most severe winter of a genera
tion. " . -
Tens of thousands of rural fam
ilies, particularly, In, the. hilly re-
South Japan
Reef Catches
Ex-US Vessel
Crew, Passengers All
Taken off Before
Submersion
Ship Launched Under
ill Star Always
in Trouble
TOKYO, Jan. 27-(Saturday)-tP)
Lashed by a raging storm, the
grounded, 8341-ton Philippine
liner President Quezon was re
ported to hare sunk on reefs oft
Tanegashima island, southern Ja
pan, today afUT her crew of 114
and an undetermined number of
passengers were taken off by res
cue ships. - i .
A brief radio message from the
Japanese vessel Ukishima Mara,
which raced to the President
Quezon's side an hour after she
ran onto the treacherous reefs,
said the liner went down stern
first at 11:45 a. m. (1:45 p. m.,
PST, Friday).
Radio advices from the Ukish
ima Maru said that all the crew
men and the one or two passen
gers aboard had been removed
safely by three rescue ships stand
ing by.
Ukishima said the grounded
liner disappeared beneath the sur
face at 11:45 a. m. (12:45 a. m.,
PST) in a raging storm which
handicapped the rescue .efforts.
As Madison, She
Worried Seattle
SEATTLE, Jan. 2-(JF)-Tbe
President Quezon, reported auak
tonight off a southern Japanese
island, sailed and docked ua-
a-tata Vt 111 SlOK I
uvi. a is ii va
Since 1933 the; - vessel y haa
known nothing but zmsiortuae.
President Madison of the Amer
ican Mail Line, capsized in the
SaUle:haxhor March.. 2J-124.
1 aa m . ... a v a. - a -a . J .
antxv was righted and repaired..
.But they "jinx" eontinued. Even
t?l an mm m .nnMn Vaan hap AH t aS
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trouble. On October 24, 1934, the
converted freighter broke loeaa- -
from her mooring at Smith core
and rammed two vessels, sinking
the Harvester and damaging the)
North Haven. The American Mail
Line subsequently waa assessed
for heavy damages.
Vessel Sold for
Practio- Original Coat
Tt . ( A A A .w . 1
lean Mail Line progressed in. re
organization proceedings.
Last October the. vessel was
sold to the Cbjuanco Brothers ef
Manila for $350,000, only a frac
tion of her $5,387,111 cost IS
years ago.
Idle in recent years because et
labor dif Acuities and the fading ef
the American Mail line in the sea
transportation - picture, the once-
proud President Madison, re
named Quezon, nresented a sorry
snectacla when she stopped. over
Christmas In Portland, it was re- '
called last night by a member of
The Statesman staff who Is well-
acquainted with the vessel s pur
ser.
The President Queson waa- to, -
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luawv-- vwia ywwt aaa pi.w
New York service after: Wt w
erhanled and reflnlshed, 1 Shang- .
hal. a mid-
Blizzard Taken Toll
TOKYO, Jan. if-(SaUrday)-
Uft-A blizzard in North Central
Japan ha killed more than thirty
persons. Most of them died when
the flimsy roofs of their homes
collapsed under the weight of
snow. .: ..r
Clime Tempers
glons of Georgia, Alabama, Ten
nessee and Kentucky, were iso
lated and while the food and fuel
situation was not- believed acute
among them, there was concern
lees illness and injury find them
without access to medical aid. -Texas,
Florida and the Gulf
coast farmers could not as yet es
timate' the millions - lost - when
freezes bit savagely Into fruit and
vegetable crops. ' Further ; to the
north livestock - accustomed to
wintering with little or no shelter
froze and starved In the snow-covered
fields or inadequate sheds.
; Tbe south contributed an un
usually . high - percentage ' ef the
mounting , list of deaths charged ;
to exposure, cold-bred tires, lee-,
caused traffie accidents and ether
weather-connected tragedies. . ' .
.The deep south temperatures In
miim -Hlea ranred from 12 below
at Nashville, Tenn., to 22 above in
New Orleans,' one of the warmest
kpoU last nignu The mercury fell
to 15 above along tne Mississippi
mif enMt. a resort section and
readings In the 20's, 20's and 40 s
reached deep into Florida, t ; - .
Tlpelo. Miss., had C beiow uus ,
mornlns and it was , 4 below at ,
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