G apitalAJoiariiial
11. unnflrr"
. Circulation
Dally average dlotrlbu
tlon for the Month of
November. 1933
9.814
Average (lit My net paid
0333
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of Circulations '
City Edition
Occasional rains to
nlte and Friday: little
change In temperat
ure; southerly gales.
Local: Max, 64, mln.
46, rain 1.03; river 16.3
ft. Cloudy, southerly
winds.
45th YEAR, No. 303
Entered as second class
matter at Salem, Oregon
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1933
iniliirjlLlUJO - STANDS FIVE CENTS
Hi
Wl 00 om w
Wl DO OUR PAW
1
pniiMTV nniiDT
LEVIES $60,000
PENS10NC0STS
Mandamus Proceedings
To Old Age Benefits
Dismissed by Court
Held Not Proper Form
Of Procedure Tax
payer May Enjoin
Mandamus proceedings Instituted
against the Marion county court by
Hugh Smith to enforce a levy to
cover old age pensions were dis
missed in circuit court here today
bv Judge L. H. McMahan on agree
ment between the county court and
District Attorney W. H. Trindle. It
was immediately announced that
the county court has levied a $60,
000 tax to cover pensions for 1934
While it is conceded on estimates
now made that to fully cover costs
of pension in the county based on
applicants who already have visited
the court would require a levy of
$150,000 a year, the smaller sum
was levied to ascertain the worka
bility of the law. Court members
stated that as far as Oregon is
concerned they are pioneering in
a new field with the old age pen
sion and when time arrives lor
levvin of the tax for 1935 the ex
perienced gained on a basis of this
year's expenditures wm give uiem
solid ground to work on. It Is es
timated the $60,0000 levied for the
' (Concluded on pnge 11, column 5)
FLOODS MENACE
ROAD TRAFFIC
Portland. Dec. 21 MP) Highway
Jrafflc In the Pacific northwest was
hourly becoming more dangerous
and uncertain as the storm ana Hea
vy rainfall continued.
The most serious situation was on
the Pacific highway north to Seattle
near Woodland where a dike burst
and the Lewis river piled water two
feet deep on the road, with indica
tions the flood would grow deeper.
Most automobiles can negotiate not
more than 18 inches of water safely.
Points north may be reached over
the lower Columbia highway to Kai
nier. crossing the Longview bridge,
but falling rocks, small mud slides
and water called for carerul driving.
A scout car reported "rather tough
going" between Portland and Rain
ier, with creeks running over the
pavement. .
West from Rainier on the lower
Columbia highway Beaver creek was
n a wild rampage with water tear
ing over the highway in three places
with great force, threatening to car
ry small cars from the road.
A slide across the regular entrance
to Astoria blocked the upper road,
and one at the lower road forced
one-way traffic. High tides closed
the Astoria-Seaside route.
The Pacific highway south from
Portland remained open but the
danger of water over the road near
Jefferson, Corvallls and Junction
City was growing houriy. Suitable
detours have been provided.
The upper Columbia river highway
Wapinltia cutoff and roads leading
to 'Tillamook were reported "O.K."
The road from Vernonia to As
toria was closed by a large slide ten
miles west of vernonia.
relieTyotedfor
STATE COLLEGES
Olympia, Wash., Dec. 21 (LP) Re
lief for University of Washington
and Washington State college was
provided In a bill introduced in tne
legislature today, appropriating ki,
640 for the two Institutions.
The money was needed to enable
the schools to complete the blen
nium ending March 31, 1935, the
measure stated, as their Incomes
from taxes had been cut short by
delinouencles.
On the heels of an unsuccessful
attempt to override the governor's
veto on the chain store tax In the
senate Thursday, a measure was In
troduced In the house today setting
Bp such a tax.
It would require all stores to be
licensed yearly. The tax would be
graduated, starting with $2.50 for
tingle stores, up to $100 for each
store above 75.
1NSIII.1. TOLD TO GO
' Athens, Dec. 21 (P The Greek
government decided today that Sam
uel Insull, Sr., former Chicago Mil
Hies operator, must leave Greece
January 31. The alien department
notified him the government will
make no further extension of In
sult's permit to remain in this coun
try from which the United States
seeks to extradite mm.
Good Evening!
Sips for Supper
By DON UPJOHN
Great weather for ducks
That Is for ducks from one down
town stairway to another;
The shortest dav of the vear with
the longest rain.
Qod pity the sailors at sea on a
day like this and incidentally the
man who leaves his umbrella at
home.
Gosh, what a lot of snow there
must be at Table Rock to bring on
all this moisture.
Yesterday we thought the St.
Mary's football team must be in
town there was a gale at every cor
ner. But even the weather doesn't pre
vent the Elks from putting on the
best show yet and don't forget there
is another performance for charity
by the same cast In the same show
at the armory tonignt a grand
show. And they are giving promise
of being more scintillating than ever.
We hope no member of the cast gets
sore at us lor using tnat word on 'em
This is a strange old world. Herr
Hitler ordering sterilization ol 400,
000 misfit Germans and Herr Mus
solini offering prizes for the largest
families. Germany probably consid
ers It a great compliment from Herr
Hitler to be told it has 400,000 mor
ons in its midst. That's what we'd
call a Nazi dig.
VIOLINS BY THE YARD
Our little girl story about Marian
Carson the other night has brought
in a flood of kid stories. Among the
best we think is one about Dan Fry,
the Junior junior. It happened after
the late Mildred Roberts concert but
time has neither maimed nor marred
it. Members of the Pry family were
discussing the cost of Miss Roberts'
charmed and charming iiacue. one
of them opined the rumor .-. was
around the violin cost $10,000.
"Whew I" said the Junior Junior
Pry. "If that violin cost $10,000 how
much would one of those big tall
ones cost?" Of course, If we'd sprung
that on our own hook folks would
have considered it a bass viol story,
but coming as it does it's different.
We have word from the prize
beauties in the hosiery department
at Miller's that hosiery for both left
and right legs are again being fea
tured in milady's sheerest for this
Christmas. We can't help but won
der what makes the difference. For
Instance, there's the Ripley story
again, that the left ham of the hog
is tenderer because he scratches
himself with his right hoof. Which
may or may not have any bearing
on the need for right and left styles
in hosiery. It's a thought worth pon
dcrlng anyway.
And we have been asked a dozen
times, how Is it that Senator Fred
E. Kiddle has become acting gover
nor.
The answer Is asy
In paraphrase of the famous song,
it's because "Julius doesn't live here
any more."
TERRORISTS RENEW
ACTIVITY IN CUBA
Havana. Cuba, Dec. 21 (IP) Ter
rorist activities were resumed today
when three trains were wrecked on
the United Railways. A fireman was
killed when a train was wrecked by
unknown persons between Guarelr
as and Manguito, province of Mat-
araas. Another train was derailed
near Aguica, with one person killed.
A relief train enroute to the second
derailment also was wrecked.
At Santa Clara, a bomb was ex
ploded In the railway station as an
excursion train was leaving for Ha
vana.
Salem Police
Down On Beer and Wine
Sale To Minors, Drunks
Salem police officers were today receiving instructions
from Chief Frank Minto to start strict enforcement of all
of the provisions of the state liquor law, now in full force
and effect, that are suDjecu to en- r
forcement prior to the time the
state liquor commission completes
Its organization, establishes its
hard liquor stores, and sets up Its
administrative machinery for regu
lating and licensing the sale of
beer and wine.
Particular stress was laid by the
chief on those sections of the law
forbidding:
Sale of any alcoholic beverage
containing more than 1.5 per cent
of alcohol to any person under the
age of 21 years, either by the glass
or In original containers. These
Include both beer and wine.
Sale of any alcoholic liquor to a
drunken person.
UNER WRECKED
ON ROCKS BUT
CREW RESCUED
Passengers of Canadian
National "Prince Geor
ge" Escape in Boats
Vessel Abandoned With
Holds Punctured Off
Prince Rupert
Vancouver. B. C. Dec. 21 UP)
The Canadian press was advised by
telephone today that the Canadian
National Liner prince ueorge,
which struck on Vadso rock in a
snowstorm, was refloated early to
day and taken to Anyox Harbor,
B. O.
Seattle, Dec. 21 UP) The crack
Canadian National liner Prince Geo-
rge was abandoned by her crew
shortly after It had been wrecked
on Vadso Rock In far northern Bri
tish Columbia waters and its 12
passengers manned the lifeboats
successfully.
Going ashore about 11 p.m. last
night, frantic calls for Immediate
assistance were sent out, and within
a short time the vessel's plight be
came serious. The passengers and
part of the crew were ordered to the
lifeboats.
With the weather not severe, the
lifeboats found their way safely to
Anyox, a mining center four miles
away, radio messages picked up nere
said. The' passengers' baggage was
also safely landed.
"All passengers and baggngc land:
ed safely. Vessel punctured badly
NO. 1 and 2 holds. Do not expect to
(Concluded on pnge 11, column 3)
PLAN WAR ON
DOOTLEGGING
Washington. Dec. 21 UP) The ad
ministration today disclosed that
a rush of foreign liquors Into the
United States had brought a ma
jority of the Import quotas near
exhaustion, and at the same time
moved to combr.te domestically
what Attorney General Cummlngs
described as "a rather wholesale
plan to violate internal revenue
laws on liquor."
The attorney general told news
men the entire force of 1,170 prohi
bition agents will be deputized by
the internal revenue bureau to
prevent bootlegging and other Il
legal liquor operations.
Joseph H. Choate, Jr., alcohol
control administrator, ' announced
that both France and Portugal had
exhausted the liquor Import quotas
allotted them ,and that other for
eign quotas were nearing that
point.-
The French commercial attache,
Maurice Garreau-Dombasle, renew
ed his effort to haw his country's
quota Increased in a conference
with state department officials.
He sought to break the Impasse
that arose when France agreed to
increase its quotas on American
apples, pears, ham and lard In ex
change for enlarged wine Imports,
but at the same time hoisted its
tariff rates on these products.
Peak Price of Gold
Is Reported Today
Washington, Dec. 21 My-The R.
F.C.'s offer for newly mined domes
tic gold was re-set today at $34.06
an ounce. This quotation represent
ed the fourth repitttlon of this peak
figure, which was reached Monday.
To Clamp
Sale of hard liquors by the glass
to anyone.
"These portions of the law need
no further Interpretation by the
liquor commission, nor action by the
commission to make them enforc
Ible," said Chief Minto. "They are
designed to cure evils that have
grown up since the legislation of
3.J beer without proper regulation,
and to head off return of the old
saloon or any Imitation of it.
"There is no reason for delay
ing their enforcement, plenty of
good reason why they should be
enforced and they are going to be
from now on In Salem.
(Concluded on Pag 1, column 6
Draft Salem
Beer on Sale
for Christmas
Hold everything I
Santa Claus is due Sunday, night
then Christmas and after that the
New Year
But before all that comes Salem
beer. .
Announcement Is mode that the
long delayed beverage will be on
draught In various Salem dispen
saries tomorrow. Over a long period
the first brew In the newly remod
eled brewery has been lying In the
vats and passing through the pro
cesses required to give it just the
right age to be at Its most palat
able stage.
Frank Schmidt', In charge of the
brewing processes, announced when
tne beer went into tne vats tnat
none would come out of them until
the proper time had elapsed for the
brew to be in prime condition.
The brewery announces at the
same time no bottled beer from the
Salem Brewery will be available
until March 1, 1934.
HITLER ACTS TO
UNIFY CHURCHES
Berlin. Dec. 21 UP) Relchsblshop
Ludwig Mueller today ordered the
dissolution of the Evangelical Youth
organization and turned the mem
bership over to the leadership of Ba
ron Von Schirach, leader of the Hit
ler Youth movement.
(Baldur Von Schirach Is an ex
ponent of the Germanic cult move
ment which would establish a single
church neither protestant nor Ca
tholicIn Germany).
Relchsblshop Mueller's action was
a direct answer to an ultimatum by
the Evangelical Youth leaders who
told him yesterday he must reform
the protestant church cabinet by
next Saturday-or lose their confi
dence..
Von Schirach assumed authority
at once, Immediately removed Herr
Stange, the chief leader of the pro
testant youth, from office, and in
formed him he also had requested
the nazi party to strike his name
lrom the membership roll, asserting
he "had tried to sabotage the unity
of German youth desired by Chan
cellor Hitler."
The relchsblshop himself telegra
phed Hitler, Informing him that his
act enabled the protestant youth
movement to apply itself to a uni
fied upbringing of the entire Ger
man youth. He concluded -his mess
age: "May God bless this hour for our
people and church. May God let his
mighty word become powerful In the
national socialist education of fu
ture generations."
LOWELL SPURNS
FILM CODE JOD
Washington. Dee. 21 (P) Dr. A.
Lawrence Lowell, president emeritus
of Harvard university, has written
to Hugh S. Johnson declining ap
pointment as a presidential member
of the motion picture industry code
authority under NRA.
Johnson in reply explained in full
detail the opportunities which he
believed existed for constructive
work In the post, urging Lowell
to change his mind.
The educator's objections were
understood to be based principally
on the fact that presidential mem
bers have no vote on the authority
and serve only in an advisory cap'
acitv. Lowell was invited to watch
particularly the operation of code
provisions designed 10 insure murm
standards In the industry, a ques
tion in which he had long been in
terested.
It was known that President
Roosevelt, who tendered the ap
pointment to Lowell, was desirous
that ne snouia cnange nis mina.
wasIngInto",
STUDY BONNEVILLE
Olympia, Wash., Dec. 21 (IP) A
study of Bonneville dam as to pros
pective markets, revenues and divi
sion of energy between Washington
and Oregon was recommended in a
resolution Introduced In the legisla
ture today by Senator George A.
Lovejoy.
A committee of seven legislators
and citizens would be appointed to
make a survey of the dam as It af
fected Washington. Oregon appoint
ed a similar committee at its recent
legislature.
"It shall be the duty of the Bon
neville power committee to study the
project, particularly with reference
to prospective markets lor such elec
trical energy, revenues to be derlv.
ed, legislative problems Involving
transmission lines and distributing
systems, methods of financing, alio,
cation of costs of development be
tween power and navigation, and di
vision of such energy between Ore
gon and Washington," the resolu
tion stated.
SPIES HELD TO
BE IN EMPLOY
OF GERMANY
French Fear Documents
Containing Military
Secrets Stolen
Communist Documents
Thought Plant To Di
vert Suspicion
Paris, Dec. 21 UP) Robert Swltz,
American citizen, said today he was
innocent of connection with a gang
of alleged international spies, des
pite the accusation of rcencn ponce
who have arrested him as a leader,
and was "the victim of an error.'
Paris, Dec. 21 (P) Shadows of
Germany's reputedly master spy
system were seen by police today
behind the operations of a myster
ious band of forty spies in whose
alleged network two Americans
were caught.
With, ten persons under arrest
and the Investigation broadening
outside the borders of France, fears
were expressed by authorities that
highly valuable documents contain
ing French military secrets already
had left the country.
Threads of evidence leading to
Berlin were declared to have been
Indicated in the huge mass of con
fiscated documents studied by the
investigating magistrate.
The discovery of- communist
documents among the many popers
and books seized caused police to
believe at first that Soviet espion
age was -involved chiefly, but as the
Investigation Sped forward today
officials conjectured It might have
been part of tne plan to allow sucn
documents to be found.
With these developments, police
also said they thought Mr. and Mrs,
(Concluded on page 11. column 3)
M'NARY FORMS
PARTY POLICIES
Washington, Dec. 21 (P Republi
can leaders weighed today tne pros
peels of formulating a legislative
program for the coming congress.
Indications were, however, that
they would watch in the background
for a time, awaiting any maniicsta
tion of a break in democratic har
mony before voicing strident oppo
sition to administration policies.
The attitude the party might as
sume in congress was given a thor
ough analysis yesterday when six
well-known republicans held confer
ences here. Ogden Mills, former sec
retary of the treasury, and Walter
E. Edge, former senator from New
Jersey and ambassador to France,
talked policy with Senator McNary
of Oregon, party leader in tne sen
ate. Later, McNary was a luncheon
guest of Edge, along with Senators
Reed of Pennsylvania and Walcott
of Connecticut and Frederick M.
Sackctt, former senator from Ken
tucky and ambassador to Germany.
McNary would like to unite party
factions on a single line of action.
FIRE BREAKS OUT
IN WHITE HOUSE
Washington, Dec. 21 () A fire
broke out in tne wastcpaper room
in the White House executive of
fice today but was quickly extin
guished without any damage.
It is an inside room, without
light, In the cellar of the executive
offices which were , damaged oy
flames several years ago at Christ
mas time.
A lire detector system started
today's alarm and a White House
policeman put out the the blaze
without tne necessity 01 caning lire
apparatus.
Smoke fumes from the fire, how
ever, spread throughout the execu
tive office.
President Roosevtlt was not pre
sent at the time of the slight
blaze.
Sir Henry Dickens
Dies From Injuries
London, Dec. 21 W Sir Henry
Dickens, 85, son of the novelist,
Charles Dickens, died today from In
juries received several days ago
when he waa hit by a motorcycle
on the Chelsea embankment.
With Sir Henry's death disappear
ed the last direct link with the cre
ator of Oliver Twist, Pickwick, and
all the other famous Dickens char
acters. Sir Henry made his fame in the
profession his father detestedlaw.
He was the novelist's sixth son. He
was Knighted in 1022 during his dis
tinguished career at old Bailey, Lon
don's famous criminal court.
RIVER DIKE BREAK
MENACING KELSO
AND OTHER AREAS
Lewis River Dike Goes and Cowlitz Follows;
200 Homes Under Rising Mood at Wood
land; Succession of Storms Continue Down-
. pour; Gales Sweep Coastline
Kelso, Wash., Dec. 21 (U.R) Cowlitz county which suf
fered disastrous floods hist summer and last week, faced the
most menacing situation in years today when the Lewis river
dike broke and the Cowlitz river dike threatening to give way
in many places. More than 200 homes and thousands of
acres in and near Woodland, were
Inundated tihs morning, hundreds
were driven to seek quick safety
and property losses were running
into hundreds of thousands. So
rapid was the rise of the water and
so swift the current that many fam
ilies weiD unable to save even per
sonal belongings.
At the same time another dike
south of the town, built against
waters of the Lewis and Columbia
rivers was threatening to give way
and 60 men were feverishly sand
bagging it at noon.
In Castle Rock, the south end
of which has been inundated for
a week, all -available men were at
tempting to keep the dike from
breaking at the north end of the
town and flooding the entire city.
The Cowlitz river had risen four
and one half feet here during the
night and stood at the 23-foot
(Concluded on pflge 10, column 7)
50 MILE GALE
HITS ASTORIA
Astoria, Ore, Dec. 21 UP While
a 50-mile gale -blasted the coast
line and stirred up tremendous seas
at the river mouth, shipping held
closely to the safety of the har
bor hero today. A half dozen ves
sels were awaiting an opportunity
to move out to sea.
The gale was so Intense that no
further attempt was made to remove
the steamship Charles L. Wheeler,
Jr., aground on Band Island north
of the river entrance.
Word reached Astoria today that
residents of the Arch Cape section
of Cannon Beach have been ma
rooned since last Sunday, and that
persons living at Silver Point have
been forced to wade up to their
waists to reach Cannon Beach
stores for supplies.
First reports from Puget Island
since Sunday said five houses have
been damaged by falling trees, that
the central parts of the Island are
flooded to great depth, and that
there has been no electric service
all week.
The lower Columbia highway was
reported clear again today, and the
Oregon Coast highway was passable
as far south as Tillamook.
BIDS OPENED FOR
FOREST HIGHWAYS
Portland, Dec. 21 (P) The fed
eral bureau of public works today
opened bids for the oiling of 32.5
miles of the Oregon Coast highway
from Waldport to the Umpqua river
in Lane and Douglas counties, and
for clearing 2.7 miles of the Wil
lamette highway from McCredle
Springs westward in Lane county
F. J, Kernan of Philomath was
low on the Coast highway work
with a bid of $78,000. The North
west Roads compony of Portland bid
$80,105, and A. Milne of Portland
80,640.
For the Willamette highway work,
Heller and Oillgannon of Portland
bid low at $11,170; Smlth.Erlckson
and Smith of Nachcs, Wash., bid
$11,700, and E. L. Gates of Med ford
bid $12,560.
Absentee Government
As Practised By Meier
Denounced by Holman
Sharp criticism of Governor Meier's- prolonged absences
from his office here and the manner in which some board of
control contracts are awarded was made by State Treasurer
Rufus C. Holman today. Comment-
lng on an Intended agreement be
tween the state of Oregon and John
H. Davis, a partnership, and the
Salem Linen mills, a corporation,
already signed by Governor Meier
Secretary of State Hal Hoss and
State Purchasing Agent William
Elnzlg, Holman gave the United
Press the following exclusive writ
ten statement:
"Yesterday there was put on my
desk for my signature, without op
portunity for conference with other
members of the board of control, a
contract signed by Governor Meier
and the secretary of state obligat
ing the state to deliver about $15,000
worth of flax, under a complicated
LUND PRAISES
NRA PROGRAM
Philadelphia, Dec. 21 (LP) The
president of the National Associa
tion of Manufacturers analyzed the
president's N. Ft. A. program here
today and found it good.
Robert L. Lund, a member or the
N. R. A. industrial advisory board
and head of one of the most power
ful business organizations in the
country, approved every act of the
administration in Its attempt to
end the depression. His only criti
cism concerned the labor unions,
which he said were trying to use
the N. R. A. as a springboard to
increase their memberships.
"The philosophy of the act Is to
release business and industry from
the shackles of the anti-trust laws,
which for 60 years have made It
impossible for business management
to set its house in order," Lund
said in an address before the
Philadelphia chamber of commer
ce. '
"The act lifts those restrictions,
authorizing industries to get to
gether for the purpose of self-government.
There could be no more
definite nor gratifying evidence of
trust In business management, nor
stronger denial of the thesis of
those who have attempted to lay
responsibility for the depression at
the doorstep of Industry."
Lund pointed to higher prices in
agriculture and industry, to In
creased employment and higher
wages as being attributable to Mr.
Roosevelt's program. These de
velopments compared more than
favorably with statistics of other
nations," he said.
VETOED BILLS
E
Vetoed bills repassed by the leg
islature become laws without the
governor's signature, Attorney Gen
eral I. H. Van Winkle ruled today
In an opinion asked by Secretary
of State Hal E. Hoss.
The bills In question were HB 555,
authorizing payment of numerous
small claims against the state, and
HB 571, appropriating and addition
al $1,000 for the state treasurer's
office. The special session of the
legislature passed both bills over
Meier's veto by necessary majori
ties. Van Winkle ruled that they
went Into effect immediately upon
being repassed, since both bore em
ergency clauses.
Van Winkle, in another opinion
for the state land board, ruled that
title to land uncovered when part
of Blue lake In Multnomah county
was drained should be held up
pending decision In case of United
States vs. Oregon, now In the U.
S. supreme court.
Bottoms of all navigable streoms
and lakes used in Interstate com
merce belong to the state. The su
premo court will decide ownership
of bottoms of Inland navigable
lakes and streams.
and Indefinite agreement, to the Sa-
lem Linen mills, which already Is
indebted to the state in past due
accounts of approximately $13,000,
by what legal authority I do not
know.
"This Is but a sample of how the
state business is drifting along on
account of the absenteeism of the
governor.
"Even now, the papers inform us
Julius L. Meier has again departed
for another vacation in 8an Francis
co .where he has spent prolonged
periods several times since he has
taken the oath to be governor of
Oregon. However, since his absence
"(Concluded oH'pbbo lC column 4)"
WILLAMETTE
PASSES PEAK
SLOVLYFALLS
Rainfall Records for De
cember Broken With
Over 13 Inches So Far
Streams Bank Full, Low
lands Flooded But Lit
tle Damage Follows
Driven by a renewed windstorm
sweeping in from the Pacific rain
continued to fall over the Salem
district today and had boosted the
precipitation record for December
more than two inches beyond the
all-time record set in 1805, and the
month still has 10 days to run.
One and three-hundredths inches
of rain during the 24 hours ending
at 7 o'clock this morning brought
the 20-day total up to slightly In
excess of 13 inches.
While small streams draining the
saturated flat lands and foothills
were running full everywhere. In
many places spreading far out of
their banks, the danger of serious
flood conditions was believed post.
The Willamette river here, after
reaching a peak of 16.5 feet late
yesterday, had dropped to 16.2 feet
this morning and continued to re
cede slowly.
Reports from Jefferson said the
Sontiam was falling slightly, and
(Concluded on page 11, column 7)
FIND VACCINE
FOR PARALYSIS
New York, Dec. 21 U The World
Telegram says an Immunising vac
cine has been developed which
gives concrete grounds to belief
that science is on the verge of
conquering Infantile paralysis.
The vaccine, aimed at the di
sease which is responsible for
more than half of the nation's
cripples, is the result of experi
mentation in the laboratories of
the Long Island College of Medicine
infantile paralysis commission.
It has proved effective in immun
izing three-fourth of the animals
tested a ratio fully as high as that
of standard vaccines, such as that
used attainst diphtheria.
Discovery of the vaccine was an
nounced In a paper read at the
Academy of Medicine, by Dr. Sid
ney David Kramer.
"We have reason to expect," he
said today, "that this vaccine will
be effective In human beings."
Much remains to be done. Dr.
Kramer warned, before Infantile
paralysis vaccine is available for
general use. How quickly the work
can be completed depends to a great
extent on the availability of funds
ARCHITECTS VIEW
COURT HOUSE PLANS
Messrs. Knighton and Howell of
thp firm nf TCniehton to. Howell
1'ortiana nrcnii.ee us, bjxmiii a kwu
share of the day today going over
Lhe courthouse, and also discussing
with Salem citizens ideas as to the
remodelling of that structure which
has been tentatively approved as a
civil works project.
The architects started at the top
floor and worked down, taking mea
surements and in other ways gath
ering details as to the work of gut
ting the building and getting In
readiness to replace the interior
with entirely new construction.
Date was made with the county
court for a conference late this
afternoon when the architects and
court members will swap their Ideas
as to how to proceed in framing
plans. Local architects, it is un
dcrstood, will also sit in.
WEE CARMEN BABY
FAILS TO SURVIVE
Flndlay, Ohio, Dec. 21 (P)-The
tiny daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Carmen her only name was
"Doll Baby" Is dead.
She weighed Just 20 ounces when
she waa born last Saturday night,
four months before she was ex
pected, and for the first two hours
after her arrival it appeared she
was not alive.
A faint cry sounding from the
kitchen table where the doctor had
placed her apparently lifeless body
heralded the beginning of her four
days of life, and she was bundled
Into a little basket beside the 'am
ity's old fashioned coal stove.
The "Doll Baby" was blond and
blue eyed, 14 Inches long, and very
thin. Her parents, each 10, art
of about average size.