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MEDFOKD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1933.
No. 132.
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By FBANK JENKI.8
A MONO the meaaurea for the reato.
ration of business passed by the
laat congreaa la the Uom Ownera'
Loan Act. which provides for the re
financing of home loana that are In
default, or about to become so
The machinery for the admlnlstra
tlon of thla new service by the gov
ernment la just being aet up In Ore
gon, and the loana contemplated by
the act will aoon be available to thoae
who are eligible to receive them.
THE PURPOSE of the Home Owners'
Loan Act, put Into a few words,
la to enable distressed home owners
to save their property from fore
closure. If this purpose la kept clearly
In mind, a lot of misunderstanding
will be avoided.
The government Isn't going Into
the mortgage loan business. It Isn't
undertaking a campaign to reduce in.
terest rates. -It isn't attempting
through this new law. to stimulate
extensive construclon of new homes.
It Is simply trying to enable hon
est people, who have acquired homes
at considerable sacrifice for buy'
Ing a home and paying for It out of
eamlnga DOES Involve considerable
sacrifices to retain these homes in
the face of difficult conditions.
That la the whole story.
iirHO are eligible for these loansf
W First, home owners who OC
CUPY their own homes. If you have
a bouse that you are renting to
somebody else that Is to say, a house
that rates as an Investment, rather
than as a home you are NOT ell'
Bible.
Second, home owners who are about
to lose their homes by mortgage fore,
closure, tax sale, or other similar pro
cess.
N OTHER words, If you are to take
1 advantage ol the Home uwon.
Loan Act, you must be In actual dis
tress and .you must prove that you
sra unable to get relief In any other
way. It is strictly a salvsge measure
Intended to help those who can't get
help otherwise.
tr FORECLOSURE proceedings have
1 been started against you, you are
eligible for relief under thla new law,
which will undertake to Induce the
holder of the mortgage against your
home to accept bonds of the Home
Owners' Loan corporation In payment
of the mortgage.
But that isn't all. If your property
has been foreclosed, but your period
of redemption has not yet expired,
you are still eligible for one of these
loans so that you may be enabled
to redeem your property and again
make It your home.
It doesn't even stop there. If your
property has been foreclosed and a
sheriff's deed taken by the homer o
the mortgage, you may still get one
of these loans If the holder of the
mortgage who has foreclosed and
taken possession can be Induced to
take bonds In payment of his loan
and deed the home back to you.
The plain Intention of the law is
to go the limit and then some m
order to save peoples homes.
rrHI3 nolnt shouldbe kept In mind:
1 It ISNT the purpose of this new
, v.-J m,t monet to home
i- Hi.r Moderate
f,vi.Ti who are in distress. Moderate!
cash loana will be made, under cer
tain circumstances, but these loans
will be restricted to 40 per cent of a
rather strict appralssl value, and they
will carry an Interest rate of sli per
cent. It Is probable that such a loan
would be accepted by private loaning
agencies. In which event the borrower
would be disqualified for the federal
loan.
The purpose la to Induce the mort
gage holder to accept bonds of the
Home Owners' Loan corporation in
payment for his mortgage.
THE principal of the bonds la not
guaranteed b 'n government,
which merely guarantees Interest for
a period somewhat exceeding 15 yeere.
The ultimate value of the bonds will
depend upon the extent to which the
loans are repaid.
i-iFPEATTNC) what has been said be-
I fore, and putting it briefly, the
purpose of this new home loan law la
to lend money on security that no
private Individual or Institution will
lend on In order to enable people who
are about to Icee their homes to ssve
them or to enable those who have al-
resdy lost their homes, to emer,11( ,n a hospiul 0f Internal Inju -
them.
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A. AYRES,
Tourist Traveling at High
Speed On Wrong Side of
Crooked Highway Strikes
Truck Skull Fractured
Howard A. Ayres, proprietor of the
Ayera confectionery at Nlsqually,
Wash., waa Instantly killed about 6
o'clock laat evening on the Pacific
highway at the Siskiyou summit in
head-on collision wth a large re-
frige rat or express truck. No one else
waa Injured. Ayres was traveling
alone.
The body was '.aken to the Dodge
funeral parlors In Ashland, and no
Inquest will be held, according
Coroner Frank Perl. Ayres, aged 48,
la aurvuved by his widow and two
daughters In Nlsqually.
On Wrong Slue
State police, who Investigated the
crash- said the collision occurred
about one and a fourth miles south
of the Richfield beacon at the sum
mit of the Slsklyous, and that Ayres,
who was traveling norti, was on
the wrong aide of the highway when
the car and truck moulded.
The truck, owned by H. P. Knut
zen of Seattle, Wash., was being op
erated by Olen R. Bailey of Belli ng-
ham. Wash., who was taken Into
Ashland to file an accident report.
He then returned to his truck on the
mountain.
According to Mr. and Mrs. George
Yolt of Tule Lake, Cal., who were
also traveling tra the .highway, the
sun was In Ayres eyes, and he was
traveling at a high rate of speed.
They siid their attention had- been
attracted to the car by the terrific
speed and the howling of the tlrea
when Ayrea made turns on the wind
ing highway.
hkull Fractured
Dr. Joseph Langer of the Hilt .hos
pital, Hilt, Cal., was called to the
wreck, reaching there about 15 min
utes after the fatal crash. State
police fcaid the doctor stated that
Ayres death waa caused by a frac
ture of the skull.
Paul Zabrlst of Seattle, relief driver
for Bailey, was asleep In the com
partment on the large refrigerator
truck at the time of the wreck.
State police reported that the en
tire left side of Ayres' car was torn
away, and that the rear spring In
the truck was broken by the sudden
impact and application of the brakes.
The truck had an approximate load
of seven tons, it was said.
The traffic fatillty is the second
In Jackson county within four days.
Haroli Runnels of Klamath Falls
having been killed near Jacksonville
Sunday morning.
SINGLETON KILLED
OFF EMBANKMENT
ROSEBURQ, Ore.,' Aug. 34.
Phil Singleton. 27. for a number of
years employed as a saleman In Ore
gon . for the Zellerbach Paper com
nanv. and more recently for the Car
ter-Rice Paper company, was killed
this morning when a Union Oll.com
pany truck which he was driving
skidded over a grade five miles from
Roseburg
He secured a position with the oil
company as truck driver three weeks
ago. and was engaged in supplying
farm trade In the Deer creek area.
He lost control of the truck as it
skidded on loose gravel near the foot
or short " ,h n"vy
..... . , .
I niClfl rolled dm riuuq.m-
ment. killing him almost Jnstantly
when he was pinned under the car
Jsck Hoshsw. a farmer residing
nearby, witnessed the accident and
ruahed to the scene, shutting off the
motor of the truck, and emptying the
gasoline to prevent fire.
Singleton was a native or Kosenurg
graduating from the local high school
in 1324. He Is survived by a widow
and small daughter.
P'nll Singleton was well known in
Med ford, having covered this terri
tory for several yeara as a paper sales
man, and making hi headquarters
here part of the time.
FARMER KILLED
BAKFR. Aug. 24 (API Frl D
Shurltff. 30. of Payette, was fatally
injured Wednesday night wnen pin-
ned beneath Ins overturned truck
aftr the machine hsd struck a cow
on the Old Oreon Trail near here.
Mr. Shurtliff. who was riding alone
- miiUrl frntn be-
neath It by motorist, and brought!
I to Baker, vhere n atro a hitjti. hk
1 riea.
Hurricane Takes
FRUIT MARKETING
CODE 10 OPERATE
AFTER SEPT. I5TH
Growers of Four States As
sured of Plan to Improve
Industry Some From
Wenatchee Give Approval
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 24. AP)
Fruit growers of tha four Pacific
northwest states looked forward to
thelr harvesting seasons today with
the asvurance that a code to Improve
their industry would be completed
and In operation by September 16.
At the close last night of a two
day session with representatives of
the agricultural adjustment admin
istration, the growers of Oregon.
Washington, Idaho and Montana
were given reason to believe that all
governmental action on their mar
keting agreement would be complet
ed by Labor Day and put Into op
eration within two weeks from thst
date.
Growers Unanimous
As tha final action of the extended
hearing, some S growers who had
stayed for the conclusion of the
meeting stood at the request of Por
ter R. Taylor, federal official who
presided at the hearing, and unani
mously approved the adoption of
some code. Total attendance at the
hearing was more than 300.
Mora than 60 witnesses were heard
before the hearing waa concluded. A
large delegation from Wenatchee,
Wach. voiced objection to the mar
keting plan as advanced, offering
the opinion that sectional organiza
tions, each working under a general
code, could better administer that
( Continued on Page three)
L
HAVANA. Aug. 34. (AP) Alarmed
by outbreaks of lawlessness through
out Cuba, the provisional govern
ment and military officials today
considered how they could best dis
arm civilians.
Authorities studied the possibility
of Issuing military orders that all
non-military persona turn In the
weapons they collected In three years
of bloody struggles against the re-cently-ended
regime of Oerardo Mu
ch ado, In order to prevent a repeti
tion of mob violence aucb as that in
Santiago when two men were taken
from soldiers and shot.
It was understood the ABC secret
society, which has taken a leading
role In tracking down and Imprison
ing or killing Machadlstas. Is willing
to turn over Its guns and leave the
pursuit of Machado's followers to
soldiers and police.
In Santiago, more than 1000 men
seized two men from guards, kiled
them, and dragged the bodies thru
the streets. The victims, Victor VI
cay. former mayor of San Luis, and
Joaquin Ramos, former army ser
geant, were accused of having been
Machadlstas.
I
GROWING BETTER
NEW YORK. Aug. 34. (API
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., reported
today 'a further change for the bet
ter, over the earlier figure for Aug
ust, appears In the latest bank clear
In srs.'"
The votal for the week ending Aug-ust-23
at leading cities in the United
States waa (4.134 378.000. an Increase
of 12 7 per cen . over a year ago. At
New York city clearings rose A
per cent above 1933, while outside
the metropolis the gain was 4 4 per
cent.
WOOD DEALERS CALL .
MEETING ON FRIDAY
WowJ PJLPTn of Mwlford will meet
tomorrollt nlrnt the Jarkson conn
tv co1irt house auditorium st 6
o'clock, it was announced this after-
noon through the chamber of com
i
The meeting will be In line with!" "' l"t 10
, ox;'.eni npio ay nriou uiifiiirwi u.
j the city to perfect orgsnliation and
I raouusuoa oi prio.
Cuban Envoy To U. S.
Dr. Manuel Marquez Sterling, for.
mer Cuban ambassador to Mexico,
accepted the offer of President do
Cespedes to be ambassador to Wash
ington. (Associated Press Photo)
BASEBALL
American
(First game.)
Boston
6 10 0
18 3
Chicago
Welch and Fen-ell; Hyatt, Klmsey
and Grube.
(First game.)
Philadelphia, -
St. Louts 7
10
11
(U Innings)
Grove. Walberg and Cochrane;
Stiles, Hebert and Hemsley.
New York - 10 '11 0
Cleveland 17 3
Allen and Dickey; HUdebrand,
Dean, HudUng, Connolly and Spencer
Myatt.
National
(First game)
Chicago . ...... 5 8 3
Philadelphia 0 8 3
Bush and Hartnett; Holley and
Davis.
Second)
Chicago ,. 8 16 0
Philadelphia 6 18 3
Tinning. Hald, Hermann and
Campbell; Moore, Pearce, Elliott, Col
Una and Davla.
Cincinnati - 0 7 0
Brooklyn 3 8 ' 0
Derringer, Kolp and Lombard!;
Mungo and Lopez.
(Second game)
Cincinnati - .......... 3 1
Brooklyn 3 J
Benton and Manlon; Benge
Outen.
0
3
and
CRATER LAKE BIDS
' PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 34. (API-
Bids ljr the construction of six high'
wsy projects In Oregon and Wash
ington will be opened here Septem
ber 13, 14 and 15 by W. H. Lynch,
dletrlui engineer, federal bureau of
public roads. The work will Include
two lobs In Crater Lake national
park, ono In Rainier natlonsl park
and to national forest highway pro
ject In Oregon and one In Washing
ton. The Oregon projects listed by Lynch
were :
Ornclng 48 miles of Weston-Elgin
highway northerly from a point lour
miles west of Elgin.
Orvllng J.7 miles of Tlller-Trall
highway In Douglas county north
from tne Jackson coupty line.
Grading .two sections of the rim
road in Crater Lake park one 7.8
miles from Dlsmond Lake Junction
to Wineglass and the other 4 2 miles
between Wineglass and Cloud Gap
Inn.
HIT ECONOMY ACT
LOS ANOD.E8. Aug. J4 'Ti The
National United Spanish War Vet
erans' convention, which yesterday
Jeered speskers explaining pension
reductions, todsy demanded the Na.
tlonal Economy Act be repealed.
Bt unsnlmoui rote they elected
Wllllsm H. Armstrong. Rsclne, Wis.,
commander-in-chief; Judge Leon Mc
Cord. Montgomery, Als., senior vice,
commander-in-chief, and Robert 8
Csln of Pennsylvania, Junior vice
command er-ln-chlef.
Ban Antonio was awarded tha 1K3
convention. The 1914 convention
T ftnnrl MlMluinni delta COt-
. ton p'Miter. exhibited tha first open
( cotton dou oi
OPEN. SEPTEMBER TWO PATHSOPEN
Toll
SPECIAL SESSION
MAJ0RFACT0RS
If NRA and Public Works
Unable Provide Enough
Jobs Meier Will Act When
Tax Program Is Agreed
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 34. (AP)
Governor Meier said today that the
calling of a special session of the
state legislature will depend on two
things
First, If It Is determined that the
NRA and the federal public worka
program "are unable to meet Vie
unemployment situation In the state."
and second. If these agencies cannot
cope "successfully with the situation"
the session will be called only after
a revenue -raising program has been
formulated that will have the united
support of the press and of the peo
ple. Any Tax Plan Favored
The governor stated that he la not
personally advocating a aales tax and
emphasized that any revenue-raising
measure designed to meet the situa
tion Adequately would have hi sup
port. Ben T. Osborne, secretary of the
Oregon State Federation of Labor, to
day stated that labor would fight
any sales tax proposal such aa that
suggested at a conference of legis
lators and relief leaders with Gov
ernor Meier here Tuesday. He said
labor waa lined up definitely against
this new plan aa it waa against the
original sales tax rejected by the
voters at the special election July 31.
(.range Still Opposed
Ray Gill, master of the Oregon
State Grange, said that organisation
would probably oppose the newly
suggested salea tax as It had opposed
the one rejected by the voter.
He said a special meeting of the
executive committee of the state
grange will be held In Portland on
Auguo; 29 to consider the matter.
Governor Meier has been advised
that the NRA undertaking In Oregon
will afford employment to between
30,000 and 40,000 persons. The fed
eral road program will give work to
from 3.000 to 4,000. There la yet no
estimate as to how many persons will
get employment under the federal
works program.
The governor said that, "although
Raymond B. Wilcox, chairman of the
state relief committee, frankly ex
pressed himself as skeptical that these
agenclea would be able to meet the
situation, I feel that we must have
something x the way of definite es
timates from them before any de
termination can be reached as to
the extent of funds necessary to be
reached to provide for those persons
(Continued, oo Page rwo
TO REPLACE DAY
SAIsEM, Ore., Aug. 24. Two mem-
ben of the 1933 legislature would
not be eligible to serve at the spe
cial sesalnn now being considered by
Governor Meier, according to Dave
O'Hara, In charge of the election di
vision of the state department.
These Include Lynn Jones, state
senator from Clackamas county, and
Earl B. Day1, representative from
Jackut. county. Day recently was
appointed county Judge of Jackson
county, while Jonea has accepted the
office of secretary of the atate board
of pharmacy.
There are two waya In which tsese
vacancies could be filled, O'Hara
aald. One la by special election called
by Governor Meier. The other Is the
enactment of a law by the special
legislature authorizing the governor
to fill the vacancies by appointment.
FOG AIDS BATTLE
PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. J4 (AP)J
Dense fog and cooler tmperstiires
durlni the nlht materially aided 3
000 fir flRhters who for more than
a waek .have carried on a relentless
battle with ravaging forest fires In
the Oregon coast mountains esst of
here.
Todsy hot fires still blawd on
thousands of seres of the beit virgin
timber holdings In the west, but the
favorable break. In the weather gave
new encouragement to the fire fight
ers. Crews of picked men were being
sent to critical polnta to construct
flra irtlU. It wss believed the fire
could be held unlena unusually high
temperatures and an east wind com
plicated mattors.
L
ives, Property East Coast
FehVs Charges Baseless
County Court Declares
Following Audit Studies
Few Minor Discrepancies Explained by
Poor Bookkeeping Systems
And Clerical Errors
The county court, In conjunction with L. B. Haines, publlo account
ant of Klamath Falls, yesterday afternoon completed a three-day atudy of
the audit of the county books, conducted by Haines, and Issued a state
ment of their findings.
DODGE LEADERSHIP
OF
Copyrighted by McClure Newspaper
Syndicate.
By Jame McMullln
NEW YORK, Aug. 24. Opposition
to the NRA Is growing under cover.
It hasn't reached the point where
tha rebel care to talk out loud. At
present they are looking for a sacri
ficial goat someone who la willing
to stand up and say "This Is an in'
vaslon of my constitutional rights
and I demand legal redress," Some
how nobody seems anxloua for tha
role. Bach of the disaffected can
think of lota of swell reasons why
someone else should try .it.
They had eome hopes that Andy
Mellon or Henry. Ford could be per
suaded to carry the banner but
neither of these nominees seems
willing to go beyond passive resis
tance. It all simmer down to a revival of
the ancient fetish that the govern
ment shouldn't meddle with busi
ness. The torles Just don't think
it's right for NBA to encourage labor
to be ao "fresh." They can't seem
to see beyond that point at all. The
thread of compulsory unionization
has them scared to death.
Another point that sticks in their
crawa la the Increasing tendency in
high quarters to regard code arrange
ment aa permanent. It's one thing
to agree to pay more people for less
hours to meet an emergency. It's
quite another to abdicate forever
their "rights" to the luscious profits
of the boom era. Industrial Individ
ualist are beginning to realize what
they are up against.
You'd be surprised how many of
the old guard are still unconverted
at heart. Their dlr.y panic of & few
months back la changing to a feeling
that somebody's done em . wrong.
They want to fight but they don't
know how. They are leery of bucking
puhllc opinion directly.
Most New York business men are
sold on tha Idea that purchasing
power must be rebuilt before any
thing else. But there are enough of
the other stripe left to give General
Johnson plenty of headachea. The
next few weeks will bring a show
down. If anybody should be ao brash a
(Continued on Pag rwo)
AT
Alfred 8. V. Carpenter, chairman of
the Jackson county relief committee
thla afternoon Issued a call for 38
strong husky men, preferably loggers,
one cook and one flunky, to report
at the relief headquarters In the city
hall tomorrow morning between 8
and 13 o'clock.
According to Mr. Carpenter, the
men must be unemployed, legal resi
dent of Jackson county. '
DREAD DISEASE APPEARS
IN BORDERING REGION
8T. LOUIS. Aug. 34. (AP) Aa the
toll from the epidemic of "sleeping
sickness" rescued 37 In this city and
IU auburbsn communities, the pua
r.llng dieeene wss reported In another
bordering stat Illinois.
Previously cases In Oklshoma and
Ksnsss. as well as other Missouri
towns, hsd been diagnosed aa ence
phalitis, as the dlsesae Is known In
medicsi circles, tint the ones reported
during the last 34 hours at Pekln and
Pleasant Hill, III., are tha first known
in that ststa during the current out.
break.
The deaths of four persona here yea
terdiy wsa tha greatest numbfr to
succumb to th dlsaas la on day
The audit waa the result of sensa
tlonal charge voiced by Earl H. Fehl
and L. A. Banks, former local agl
t store, now serving state prison terms
for ballot theft and murder, that
county funds were being mishandled
and misappropriated, and "the gang
la riding on the gravy train.; The
audit reveals thst the chargoi were
falsehoods, apparently manufactured
and spread for the sole purpose of
creating passion and prejudice for
political and personal ends.
No Serious Discrepancy.
The audit shows that no serious
discrepancy existed In any depart
ment, that during the three-year p'
rlod covered by the audit cash to the
sum of $5,472,259.38 flowed through
the county offices, with cash not ac
counted for, a shown by the audit,
totaling a paltry S2701.74.
Of this 3701.74, settlement haa been
arranged for $604.44, and $643.30 of
the discrepancy total Is embodied In
Jail meals, the recorda of which are
described as poorly kept, and the sys
tem employed inadequate. ,
Of the amount $1100 1 contained In
walvera on county funds granted
when tha Jackson county bank closed.
Tlie waiver were extended upon the
advice of tha then county court, and
business men. The county will recover
Its proportionate share of the amount,
when and If, dividends are declared.
Fine Record Misleading.
A total of $354 la embodied In tha
unverified report of collection on
fines, imposed with jail sentences.
The recorda show the errora occurred
when the defendant were released
without psylng fines, but marked
fined, on tha Jail record. In many
Instances they were freed upon plea
they were needed In the aupport of
their famine, and Job awaited. One !
former Jail Inmate informed the
county yeaterday that though he was
credited with paying -a $100 fine, he
had not done ao. Four former pris
oners, credited erroneously with pay
ing fines, running from $100 to $300,
made affidavits thla morning they
had not paid them.
At the time of the audit, county,
city and federal prisoner were kept
In the county jail, at the city hall,
there waa a fairly regular arrival and
departure of prisoners, and omission
and error occurred In keeping a rec
ord of meala served.
Huge Hums Handled.
The audit shows that In 1030, $2,
110,710.33 waa collected by the county,
$1,029,187,98 in 1931 and $1,432,301.07
laat year.
A statement on the audit by the
county court Is as follows:
"Although all monies ahown by the
cash records of the varioua county of
fice to have collected during the pe
rloda under audit have been properly
accounted for, there waa a consider
able number of errors and omissions
In collsteral recorda of the county,
apparently resulting from error or
oversight on the part of officers or
employees or others, which have re
sulted in amounta evidenced a due
the county. These errora and omta
alon have been Investigated by the
county court the past few days.
In proportion to the amount of
busines handled by the county, these
; errors are minor In nature and may
be classified as follows:
Cash Collections Not Accounted for,
$1531.50.
fa) Collection for fines and ball
forfeiture, a evidenced by memo
randum notations In the records of
the county Jalt, reported by the au
ditor In the aggregate amount of $743
Purther Investigation by the county
(Continued on Page Four.)
during tha epidemic which took Its
first victim July 30. It also surpassed
the number of fatalities from the dis
ease In the Bpokane, Wash., outbreak
of 1313-31 when IB lost their Uvea.
Nine new esses hsve been reported
In St. Louis county and four In the
city of St. Louis, bringing the total
number slnra the epidemic stsrted to
137.
Meanwhile federal, ststa and city
medical esperta are concentrating
their Investigation In an attempt to
find a causa and curt on tha possl
blllty that Insect are suspected as
being posslbla carriers of tha imec-
tlon.
DOZEN DEAD AND
MANY MILLIONS
DAMAGE COUNTED
Caribbean-Born Storm Rages
Far North Shore Resorts
and Shipping Suffer
Fear Additional Loss
(Ry the Associated Pre)
An entire village of 800 lying be
low the dam of an overflowing moun
tain like in upstate New York was
endangered today as the Atlantic
seahoaid's raging storm swept Inland.
Inhabitants of Fleisclimanna awoke
to find their town half flooded and
the emergency gates of Switzerland
lake already three feet under the
rushing waters. Frantic efforts were
started to reach the machinery.
(By the Associated Press.)
A mad atorm born In the Carib
bean and raging strangely into the
North Atlantic still tore at the east
ern seaboard today after a night of
fury.
Striking with hurricane or who1.
gale force, It killed at least dosen
people on land and sea and Inflicted
damage running into many millions.
Smashed shore resorts, marooned
communities and the wreckage of
small craft 'dotted the coast. At sea
shipping shuddered In the grip of
tremendous waves.
Crippled Mner Safe.
A partly crippled' passenger liner,
the Madison, with 109 person aboard,
fought her way Into Norfolk. Vs.,
today after sounding two S...O.
call yesterday, she reported two
men missing. At least two other
large vessels were missing and no one
knew their fate.
The City of Norfolk, a Chesapeako
Bay Line steamer, carrying 40 pasAn
gers from Baltimore, waa more then
24 hours overdue at Norfolk.
Fear that the death list might
mount swiftly grew as calls for aid
came from communities beset by
raging wavea or floods resulting from
record-breaking rains. Frantic calla
ror Coast Guard aid reached Wash
ington from half a dozen Maryland
towns where 100 families were ma
rooned and reported In deadly peril.
irginia Hardest Hit,
The hurricane racing far out of
the usual path of auch storms
(Continued on Pago Three)
No further action Jiait been taken
terday asking recsll of the new
amendment to the milk ordinance.
The petition, said to carry 6S0 names,
had not been checked .by Recorder
M. Li. Alford, who stated that thera
waa a question as to tha legality of
the petition.
Tha city law, he explained, re
quires thst a referendum petition ba
filed within 10 dsys after the pass-
ago of an ordinance. . The state law,
however, permits a longer period for
filing and a legal opinion will b
sought before the petition Is offi
cially checked and filed.
aWill
LAS VEGAS, Nov., Aug. 23.
Going to flrop this off here
at Hoover dnm. Ilnpe they
don't irrigate more land so
they can raise more things that
they can't aell and will have to
plow up more rows and kill
more pigs to keep' 'em from
becoming hogs.
Looks like this whole hog
destroying scheme of Jfr. Wal
lace's is a direct -slap against
my old friend and companion
"illue Boy." What Wallace is
trying do is to teach th
farmer corn acreage control
and the hog birth control, and
one is just as hard to mak
understand it hs tha other.
I lll MlNsufkt lralau. las.
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