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Newspaper Page Texto o . MRimifroRB Matt, Tribune The Weather Prediction Fair, uiih fruit to ultrlit; warmer Saturday. Maximum yettrnUiy t Minimum today .. 31 Precipitation Tnico Weather Year Ago Minimum j 62 Mlnijiiiuu . , . 34 Dally Tvratr-thlnl Tear ?' FittKiilh Vnr SIXTEEN PAGES MEDPORD, OREGON. FIJI DAY, APKIL ft, 192S. Xo. 13. Today By Arthur Brltban Depew, Wise Man Another Special Baby Dangerous Arbitrators One Big Payroll (Copyright, 1927, by New York Evening Journal, Inc.) Chuuiicc SI. Dcpcw, (Iciul in his ninety-fourth jour, older thiin the Kepublicuti party, which he served lonj; and faith Jjlly, said: "I have lived long because I could laugh at any thing." Of Napoleon, it was said that in his youth "no one ever saw him laugh.' He didn't live ninety-three years, but he did live more in one day than ami able Sir. Depew in all his ninety-four years. Chauneey Depew attended 8000 banquets and never let sjfboi-edom drive him into eating too much. That's wisdom. lie campaigned for Lincoln, got $1.75 for his first legal ser vices, lived under twenty-four presidents, from Andrew Jack son to Calvin Coolidge, and knew thirteen of them person ally. How many can name the twenty-four from Jackson on? Milton wrote, "Hail, wedded love, mysterious law, true source of man's offspring." Sliss Sylvia Pankhurst doesn't flgrec with that. A photograph shows her holding a child called by re porters, "A Love Baby," as though that were a special breed. Sliss Pankhurst,. who is Un married and declines to name Ihe child's father, is mistaken hut he idea that her demonstra tion of a strong mind "will con tribute to woman's freedom." If the idea spread too far it would contribute to woman's in isery. It has taken' men one million years to climb up from u "pithe canthropoid" state to scmi-de-cency in married life, and it ought not to go back. ft I'jielo Sam and Holland claimed a little island called I.as Talmas, between tho Dutch East Lidies and the Philippines. Mux Hubcr, Swiss statesman, named arbitrator, gives Hol land the island. Holland would also have got Pikes Peak had the moiitain been included in the arbitra tion. We're not complaining, of course, but let's hope nothing really important will ever be submitted by this nation to a foreign world court. M tiood news for Detroit and prosperity generally is the em ploying of more men by the Kord Motor company. Ford's working total is now 97,50,") men, only 12,433 below the peak of 1021). A payroll of more than $1)00 a day, about $180, 000,000 a year is not so bad. The stock market quit yes- terday for a three days' rest. For the first time on reeord the brokers stop work on Saturday following (iood Friday. Noth ing to do now until Monday. Anything can happen be tween Friday and Monday and fear of the unknown usually sends stocks down. Yesterday confidence in tbe unknown sent stocks up. New York merchants report busi ness excellent in women's apparel. They buy more of It and lesa of It. more garments, less material In them. Paper underwear for ladles makes Its appearance In several stores. SilkOf wood, underwear of panr not pleasant news for cotton growers. (Continued on Pag Four, Second Section) PLANS NEW 1 FIELD Special Committee Has Been Investigating Sites For Some Time To De- cide Soon Present Field j Adequate to Handle All; Traffic This 'Year Med-1 ford to Maintain Air! Leadership. In order that this city rmilntuln Uh well knuwn poHillun um an avi ation center, and to meet the grow ing demands of aerial traffic, steps toward securing a larger and more adequate airport . field, ready for use In 11)29, have been taken by j a special committee, und will soon UI W1C VU..- U. Mention. The committee has been ' -.... j ... - -Investigating and working upon the forecaster, following their morn proposed Important changes for'n their chart9 th,lt weeks and a decision will be mado soon. sideratlon by tho committee, and . as soon as one is decided upon, l,mul"rn uocKy .ituunuun action towards the consummation tatM' "u I'""8 of ,th0 tar "outl' of the pirn' will 1.0 taken. w?st ne(''1 " a'" mnY would Tho committee plans call for tho I "u Iou,,t rcter t0 BnolV8 ncw establishment of a field, of a size I Ea!,tcr nner a,"l "I11"1 lhaf sufficient to meet aU demands of,1"1100 washing rainfall on fruit aviation for years to come, a mile lttn,,', and trac Brdon. nr in inrth nnd h.ii mill. Throughout llipeh nroclplta- wlde, with graveled runways 5.000 or 6.000 feet long and 260 or 300 actions, and especially nein-lent feet wide, and other specifications'1" Ncw Mexico, Arizona, southern to handle the largest as well MM California and southern Florida, the smallest types of planes to be WA8HIXOTON. April 6. m built for a number of years. Fo , f , ,,. preai. .f-ilnS n "la""t"1r han" dent coolidge entered tho White gc s. parking, machine shops, res-, Washington children will muinius, ut.-iuis uur uil pH.1eil- gcr lines, radio stations and aero logical observatory tower. Plans are also under considera tion for lighting of tho field at night and .modern ..equipment! throughout. ' " Work that has been delayed by recent rains will be resumed on I the present field on a large scale Monday, and in a week or ten days the runways will be com pleted and the field will be per fectly ample to handle any of the planes now flying. The present principal runway, north and south. Is 2.300 feet long. 200 feet wide, and when completed will be grav elled to a width of "5 feet, the full length, over 1,600 feet having already been gravelled. Another summer runway, para lelllng tlie main runway, 2,500 feet in length, nnd 200 feet wide, is under construction and will be completed this month. Medford was a pioneer In avia tion in Oregon, establishing the first airfield in ihe slate and one of the first on tho Pacific coast. It is recognized by aviation chiefs, pilots and government, as a logical center. Tho citizens have main tained a progressive attitude to wards aviation,, from the begin ning of commercial flying, and there will be no slackening in this policy. Harbor field was the first air plune field In Oregon, und until a few months ugo was the only air-mall port In tho state. One of the -first privately owned nlnneii on the Pacific coast, after the World war. was "The Medford," purchased by several local busi ness men and aerial enthusiasts. The plane flew over the state, pi loted by two Medford fliers, with actual experience on the battle front. As a result of these flights. Medford was the first city In the state to be placed on the govern ment and commercial air maps and is promlnctly marked on tho maps now being published. llccause f the local prok'reRHlve-llucky'H ness, the forest fire patrol plants wven delegates at large, were stationed here for several' While Lowden Is not expected years. The Pacific Air Transport'10 l,I,k un anv mor thls planes, holding a mail contract, I n,fl porters look to him to add with passenger 'facilities, next made al 'ast 41 of ne 61 nilno8 dele" thls city an Important air center. KateH lo his column In next Tues and were followed this spring by! day's primary. He alfo is rc the newly eKtahllxhcd Went Coast' gnfded as the second choice f Air Transport, with their lari- i the Norris delegates In next Tues- cabin planpd. lli'Hldea. the local field was tho "topping place of nrmy and navv p!anc. north and routh bound, tho round-the-world filers, and lat year tlje jtoal of Eddie Htlnnon. who lant week liroke the world s endurance flluht record, over Flor ida. "I.lndy" alno flew over this field, dipped low and waved to the crowd assembled, on his trip south last fall. The only ae'rologleal weather bu reau station in Oregon and one of two on the coast. Is located on the local field. The crowth of aviation makes Imperative the need of an enlarsed and Improved eld. The develop ment to date, locally, has required I me expenditure of a large sum. "i any ueunue provisions for securing- same, and much work by publle-spirlted rltiuens, who have donated their services. WAS HINT, TON. April . n There are now.SODo landing fields (Continued on Pag Eight) SUNSHINE FOR EASTER Bright Skies Over Entire Nation Assured By the Weather Man Children to Make Merry On White House Lawn Snow In Nebraska. WASHINGTON'. April C VP) An Easter Sunday with sunny skies over practically the entire country was pro mined today by the weather bureau, with the reservation that tho present "staic nation" period in the Atlantic states might end Saturday night. States in the lower l,ake re gion, the Mississippi and Ohio valleys and the northern Kooky Mountain section were partlcu- . . . 1... .... ,.,,. on Sunday. The weather men were dubious "'B mir wi-uih.. itlon "aa le3M tl,an normal In mostj roll their eggs on the executive lawn on Kaster Monday unaided by Mrs. Coolidge. The critical condition of Mrs. Leniira Goodhue, her mother, Is still keeping Mrs.- Coolidge In Massachusetts, and It is not be lieved at the While House that it will be possible for her to re turn to Washington before Mon day. Despite Mrs. Coolldge's absence, however, preparations have been made to entertain Washington's little onos as usual. ISENMSFILE HOOVER IN LEAD WASHINGTON, April 6. Guy D. Goff, junior senator from West Virginia, has filed in his slate as a candidate for the He- j publican nomination for presi-j dent, seeking tho state's 19 dele gates at the primary May 211. Goff is tho seventh United States Honutor to enter the lists, the others belneg Curtis, Kansus; AVatKon, Indiana; Norris, Ne braska; Heed, Missouri; Walsh, Montana; and George, Georgia. The latter three are Democrats. Hoover and Lowden may enter the West Virginia primary fight. .Considering that Hoover has Michigan 9 delegates lined Up for him, although they have yet to be selected, the commerce sec retary today had forged ahead of the former Illinois governor in pledged and claimed delegates by tho carying yesterday of Ken- 22 district delegates nnd day's Nebraska primary. On the basis of delegates ac tually selected t h u a far, the Hoover-Lowden lineup follows: lowden (Instructed) Iowa 17. Missouri 8. Minnesota 19. North Dakota 17, North Carolina 1; to tal. 58. I'nlnstructed nut claimed for Ixiwden Iowa 10, Minnesota J. Missouri 17, 8outh Carolina 11: total. 40. Hoover (Instructed and claimed) Ceorgia in (if Coolidge cannot, be drafted. Iulslana 10 (contest pending). Minnesota J. Kentucky !: total. 57. (PledkTd). New Hampshire. 11. I'nlnstructed but claimed for Hoover Iowa 2. Maine 15. Mis souri 8. Minnesota 4. New York t. Virginia 15: total. 46. 4 WAMIU.VtiTON. April P The Newton bill to permit the formation of American buying pools to combat foreign govern- PRED CTED mntnl monopolies In rubber, pot- j Airbridge. California, aeeks to au ash and sisal, was defeated today j thorlze the secretory of the Inte In the house by a vote of I SI to rlor to acquire new lands within '20. 'the limits of Lassen park, SCENES AS SPRING FLOOD WATERS HIT SACRAMENTO -S :ld rzk Xfb - -v, , s va..', - i ! - r - 'T'.iesc vicwi were snapped in Sacramento, Cal., as spring flood waters inundated sections of the city nd surrounding territory. Heavy mountain rains caused streams nnd rivers to rise to flood proportions.' SEEK EX-FELONS ASCAPIORSOF!:... I RpVPnflA Hatr.hpH R P h i n (1 Cnlcnm Drionn Ao11c- UfllrT 1 u,ou "aMO Motive For Mystery Kid naping State-Wide Hunt Under Way. J.OS ANGfcLKH, April G. (A1) A state-wide manhunt was on to day in California with u two-fold object tho finding of either nine-year-old Walter Collins, or; the whereabouts of a gang of j eight ex-convicts from Folsom I penitentiary- ' Police here yesterday started ! the search for the eight one-time i inmates of F o 1 s o m with tho i theory in mind that a possible feud engendered within prison ! walls may have resulted in the! abduction of young Collins, with ; revenge upon tho father of the lad as a motive. Walter J. H. Collins, tho fathoi has been a trusty at Folsom and officers believe that his duties of reporting Infractions- of rules by his fellow convicts may havo led ' some of the prisoners to have at- ', tempted vengeance when they ( were released, by abducting and possibly slaying tho lad. j The abduction angle of the; case was strengthened yesterdav , when the mysterious "dead boy" i seen In the back of an automo bile by filling station attendants 1 several days ago was located and found to have been sleeping. Collins has for the past two years ljpn a sort of boss con vict in Folsom's dining room. He commands ,some 100 convicts from time to time cooks, bakers. waiters, messmen. dishwashers, nil kitchen and dining room help. They take their orders from him. Names of convicts released from Fo Iso m In the past t wo years are being "checked" by tho police. - BILL IS REPORTED WASHINGTON. April 6. (Spe cial to Mall Tribune I The com mittee on public lands today or dered a favorable reixirt on Con gressman Hawley's hill to extend the boundaries of ('rater Natloiftil foiest, also his bill to authorize exchange of lands. WASHINGTON, April 6. (! Four naHure In change or e large the boundaries ol Crater Na tional forest, Laxnen 1 Iranfc Na - tionni park and Olympic National roroHt were ordered favorably re ported the houxe today by thef public landn committee. Two of the bllld by UepreBenta tivp, republican. Ore iron. hou'UH to enlarge ant adjust the Crater Na tional bouiidarlea. One by Kepre nenatlve Johniion, repuhlican, of WaHhlngton. would adjunt the Olympic National foreat boundarla and the other by Representative Movie Comedian j Robbed of $100,000 j He Had in Loat l.-il I .OS A.VOEMW, April C. ! Wallace lleery, fea- , ! ture moving picture come- j 4 tfinn, reported himself abuut 4; ;4 $100,000 poorer today. 4' 4 He told police that nego- 4i 4 tlable securities and checks 4 approximating that amount 4 1 '4 hud been stolen from ills coat pockets while ho was 4 chanKins clothln U in a port- 4 loom at his 4 ! 4 able d reusing 4 studio. u 'mussing- valuables wei o 4f 4 listed as Hunt-Italy stock, 4j 4 shares In two building and 4i 4 loan assocaitions and a rice 4 1 4 growers' company. 4, 4 Beery refused to say why 4 ; T "C Wil8, Jurying Hurn a mrKo SALEM 0re Apr 6.-(fl) Mo- 4 sum with him, declaring that 4! ' 1 4 he could "not make the 4 I1"1 bwm are exempt from any 11- X miiiiiiK ....t.ii,, ... iiiu iImia" A'cnnu iro wimievi-i iiuwer tin iniiin matter public 4 JUST USING CATCH COUGARS 1L OF CATNIP , , . , I BrUteS 01 FOreSt AS. i Big Crazy Over It As House! u" to "'t bin, insiemi of ' uluclng tlio fee to ., actually In- Pat Tovac Hnntpr Aftpr '-oiixu'l it 13 for tho reason that uai lexas nunier nut.iU pmvl(l0(1 f()1. ro.(,nact,,1K thfl Rabbit, Bags a Lion. fl', VICTOHIA, II. C, Apr. 0 Catnip Is catching cougars In lirlt ish Columbia. ': :ic nig predatory forest cats love It Just as much as a house cat, Ihe provincial gume conservullon board bus found, ami!"''1"'1" " l'y Pr cent in is using It 'successfully as bull for j a(l(l't on to," regulnr fee based cougar traps on "Kht weKhl- "The cougar Is just a great big' '"'' Htallard bill pass the pussy in many ways, and he ,B;'nly fee eft for bussea to pay mighty fond of catnip." says onld he the throe-fourths mill per II. Jackson, chairman of the boafd. P""R""f r,m.110 "'""T 1,0U80 Wo have been Importing oil of , h 11 4 1 .of. tha lM latlve ses- rii,. i,,t sn.-inkii.ii. it about the ground where cougar traps are flx- erl We tre nhinnlntr In use slleh a lot of catnip Hint I am making arrangements to have tholl made in lirltish Columbia." Tho I'nlted Htates blologlcaj sur vey Is watching, the eXH-rlmlTnt with a view to using catnip traits in stntcs that nre also afflicted with the cougar menace. DALLAS. Tex.. Apr. 6. (!) Carl Paytnn, a farmer, went rabbit j hunting today and bugKed a neven-' foot liunenn. & j The beaitt wan being nbipped byj exprenn frnm the Dalian koo to In-I dependence, Mo., when it em-aped from Hh cag and Jumped from tbeltcv. AIopko F. Workman of Jop ear between DalbiH and f ;reenvlllf, in. Mo., - han filed with tho nee bint night. It look refuse under retary of Htute a requeMt that hla a culvert wh'-re 1'nvtnn nlmt it I mini- be utaced on the nrlmarv 1 without knowing of Km eHu:pe from me xpr"Hfl car. ubii Apr. '.; (A J ii mes I Neal. HlipervlHor transportation In tb aintn depart- ment of public works, and HamuH J. Wettrkk. Hnttle attorney, open- " . L. ' . . Kr",n ration hns not been completed, growers and shippers of Pendleton.: 4 . Oregon: Wa WslU, Waitsbitrir. AMIANV. N. V.. Apr. 4Ari Dayton and Pomeroy. Wash., for . Mrs. Florence !;. K. Knaip entered the purpose of obtaining data lo rens of not guilty fo six Indlct- he used In henrlmcs in the m-iteml . ments charglnK her with criminal grain rate case before 11. JI. Meyer acts in her administration of the of the Interstate commerce corn-llf25 censiiH. when iirralvned in ' minion In Hfrattlr, May 22. NEW AUTO BILL T Ctollorrl In PnmnMir.fi fc viauui in vui i uuviiiy hw Fee Bill Defects, Creates Another Defect, Lawyers C o n t en d Legislative Levy Unchanged. ijtlvo bill tiled hove yctitorduy by I II. IT. Stallard of Portland, who at tempts to correct ilofects dlacov. ereil in his bill previously filed, designed to reduce uutoinobilo li cense fees to :i flat. Thut his new measure oxemjitH motor biiseB is tho opinion of at- tonie.VH who linvo examined the bill ; for tho reason that this class of i vehicle is Included In Ilia list of i oxcoptlons continued in tho follow ' ing provision : "All motor vehicles, rognrdlcss iof weight or ugo, excopt moior trucks und trillion! nnd soml-trull-Jors, eloctrlc vehicles for coinmor Iclnl purposes, ull motor vehlclos I for hire and motor busses for transporting passengers, 13." This defect also occurred ln the first Stullartl bill as woll as In tho Hvlnllder bill. A further defect, wiih liresent schedule. These dofoctB wore discovered nnd mnde public. 1 Htallard a attempt lo correct his first hill corrects only the 8:1 in crease leaiure. Since the bill exempts btiaes from payment It nutomatlrully repeals the provision that anywherefor- ""' w:n was roierrcu 10 unci a proved by the people. Musses also pay a capacity foe of II per pas- , ?n"r hut umior a provision of house bill 413 this Is refunded. I The new milliard bill leaves the license fee for trucks and trailers, .based on width, as it is now. FREE ADVERTISING y HAf.KM. Ore,, April 6.(P) election ballot In Oregon a a ! ln rno nillc candidate fop prnxl- Willinm Welmfop nf Ilnrvrim. f.0ii l.flM rp..iiMll ,th,.t hi. nume on tum Ifntiubllf-nn nrl- mary ballet nit n candidate for i vice prenldent. The latter appll- supreme court here today. WOULD MOTOR A A. O.- urt Hears ment on efund Grab 4 SAl.KM, Ore., Apr. 6. UP) With nil seven members of 4 4 the riupteme court sittini:, the 4 Oregon-California land Krant tax refund cuho today was ro- aritued. It was firt heard 4 January 27. No Information t was to be had as to why tho f 4 court risked for a ro-iirun- ment, but tho desiro to have 4 all members hear the ease Is believed to havo been one rea- H sun. 4 OUST FEDERAL JOBHOLDE Florida Postmaster Says He ' Pair! Tithp Intn Pnlitirnl raid IlineS iniO rOIUICai Pot For G. 0. P Though He Is Democrat No Buy ing of Offices. WASHINGTON, April 6. PohI mantel; Ouncral Now today ordered the dtsmlimnt of Alvln 1j. Durranco and Leslie D. UoberU, poxtmnHtern at KroMt proof and Avon l'urk. Flu., respectively. New Haiti ho watt advised that Durranco had declared he paid $500 to secure tho recommenda tion for re-appolntment to his of- flee and that Huberts had said ho J was "willing to pay ror a recom momlution." "This positively will not bo tol erated In this depart mont," the postmaster general said. "No man will be appointed who bus paid for his endorsement and any man will be summarily dismlsse dlt it de velops that he bought his office." FIIOHTVROOF. Kla., April .6. (A1) Alvln 1j. Durranco, dlHcharged hh poHtmaater hero today, charged that he han paid ten per cent of hlfi Halary into tho coffcm of the republican party organisation In tho Hlate slnco lie went Into office in 100. ".My dltmilMHal, I think, la tho rcHiilt of refusal on my part to pay $100 additional which wan de manded of me," Durranco declared today. Durranco aald the payments had been made under a rule which ho believed to prevail in at least thin Hoctlon of Florida." "I understand that at leant ono other puHtmaHler, L, D. HobertH, of Avon Park, haa been nlmllarly notified of hit dismlsMal. HobertH, I understand, haa been a life long republican." Durranco Is a democrat. Ho said pay men Ih were made to Kugeno Oberflorfer, Atluntn, tronKUt-cr of tho Florida republican committee by order of Cleorgo V. Itean, na tional republican committeeman for that Htute. SMITH FORCES OF STATE TALK, SING PORTLAND, Ore., April 6. A1) About .300 Oregon HUpportom of Uovcruor Alfred K. Hmtth, Includ ing a number of deleKatlonH from up-Mtuto, held a meeting here lant night at which Hpeakcra endorsed iho New York governor uh candi date for tho democratic presiden tial nomination. There alno was enthiiHlHstlc Hltmlng of "On the (Sidewalks of New York." Kpeakorn Included Bert K. Haney former phlppliiK board momber, John ( Veatch, member of the state fish commission; M. J. Slo vens, a republican; H. K. Turner. former state suporlntcndent of public Instruction: W. C. Culber sun, .Mrs. Nan Wood Iloneyman, I and Dean Hamsey of St. Stephens i'ro-1-.aincurai, KtrcsH was laid on Smith's effi ciency and plea was made that religion should not enter us factor. 4. IS A GOOD ONE CI If CO, Cel., Apr. . W) By coming 240 miles from Jackson county, Oregon, George F. Tuman, member of Company O. 18tth In fantry, Natlonnl Guard, gave that company a 100 per cent attend ance at the federal Inspection here RIO PAID FOR SAME yesterday. The Inspection wascntrafto conducted by Major Charles B.I Chicago. rownsena of Hncramento and nis staff. Oregon Went her Fair tonight, with local frosts; Saturday fair, warmer In the In terior. Moderate north to east winds. SNOW AND COLD CUTS OFF OMAHA Nebraska Metropolis Iso lated by Storm All Com munication By Radio All Wires Down South western Iowa Also Hit. OMAHA, Neb., April 6. W (By riadlo to Dos Moines.) A prediction of zero weather by to night was made tor Omuha, which was today visited by tho heaviest April snowstorm in Ne braska history. Tho storm ex tended as far west as Lincoln and eastward Into Iowa toward Des Mo'nc"- , 1 Kltctrlc nnd power service was lnlorru,u,d ln omaha, and the AmrU.an Telegraph & Telephone I company said the damage to their i lines would run Into the thou ls.ida of dollars. NEW YORK, April 6. New York's hottest April 0 in ,U years was reported by the weather bureau today. The ther mometer reached 73. Tho mer cury Btill had four degrees to dumb to. reach yeuterdny's mark of 77. OMAKA.'Keb., April 6. () ( By Radio to Kansas City) A heavy snow which bore down tele phone and telegraph wires and blocked street traffic. Isolated Omaha from the outside world thU morning. With wires broken over a wldo area, the Associated Press resorted to radio, dictating this dispatch from WOW, tho Woodmen of tho World station ln Omaha, to WDAF, the Kansas City Star. Tho vicinity was Ihe center of storm that extended eastward into Iowa. Temperatures were a de cree or two below freezing. ' ' ' In, Omoha. stret cars were- ae layed by Snow on the track and' scores of automobiles were strand ed In deep drifts. Council Bluffs and Omaha street carB were blocked for a time when wires went down near the Missouri rlvor bridge. Workers walked across the river to work. Many telephone and telegraph poles were brought down by the weight of the heavy, clinging snow. Trnins were delayed not so much by the snow as by the difficulty ln dispatching orders by wire. 1 he heaviest snowfall was In the . eastern halt of South Platte county. The, llurllngton railroad lost its wires at 3:45 a. m. Botween 50 and 60 poles were broken between Omaha and Ashland and many moro to Pacific Junction in Iowa. Powor lines wore hit by the storm and Honnlnnton and other towns were without electric serv ice. Linemen were out early trying to untangle fallen wires and pre vent accidents. The telephone company reported it had lost all Its toll linos out of Omaha at b a. in. Nearly 600 local phones were out of order. . SIOl'X CITY, Iowa, April . P) A severe snow and sleet storm struck a large area in southeastern Iowa and southeastern Nebraska during the night, with snow fall as heavy as ten Inches reported from some points. Omaha appar ently was the center of the dis turbance. Kadio appeals sent out by station WOW at Omaha said the city was entirely Isolated from wire communication witb tbe out side world. - - The storm area extended north ward toward Sioux City as tar as Whiting and eastward as far as Cherokee. Ten inches of snow was reported frohm Storm bake. . No reports of snow had been re ceived from South Dakota or from northern Nebraska points. j CHICAGO, April 6.--ffV- A heavy wet blanket of snow, cov ered Nebraska today, putting telegraph and telephone wires out of commission, delaying railroad and Intcrurban trains and block ing the highways. ' The fall of snow was five inchea deep, according to the weather bureau here, with mod erate to fresh winds and' tem perature 30 to 40- degrees. , ' The storm hit the central west last night after moving northeast from the Texas Panhandle, ac companied by thunder storms and in some places snow. , ParU of Iowa and northern Missouri were expected to get some now today1, the weather bureau said. Points farther cart will receive only rain. .. . ; Arrangements were made to broadcast news to Associated Press papers. Isolated by the storm In Nebraska, through the Bankers' Life station nt Dex i y oines, Iowa, and WMAQ. the Dally News station at I TOPEKA. Kas., April (. AV With snow reported from central und northwestern Kansas and a freoze predicted for tonight, winter returned to Kansas today. The (Continued on Pag Elfht)