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MEDFORD, OREGOX, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 1934
No. 277.
Knox Law Legality Upheld by Unanimous Supreme Court Opinion
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I Mjdps I
By l'AI'L MALLOX
(Copyright. 1934. by Paul Mallon)
Wrong Man?
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. Smart,
unprejudiced lawyera believe the aen
ate Is picking on the wrong man In
the MacCracken case.
They aay there la hardly a chance
In a hundred that lawyer MacCracken
. will be convicted, the way things are
going now. He has certain wide open
legal loopholes and has employed the
f world's greatest loophole attorney.
Frank Hogan, to defend him. Hogan
once got Colonel Robert 8tewart of
aranHnrri Oil nut Of a much WOrSC
senatorial Jam through a legal hole
no bigger than the eye or a neeaie.
in.iri.ri tn the case believe Mac-
Cracken and Hogan have figured out
an Impregnable defense, based on wie
Idea that MacCracken's papers were
not his. but his clients' that Mac
Cracken was bound as a lawyer to
give the papers back to hla clients.
Th.t Avnlnlna whv MacCracken and
Hogan have been so willing to take
the llmelifzht In the case, demanding
that MacCracken be Birested ana an
that.
Chances.
The seriate may have a much bet
ter technical case If It proceeds
arsalnst one of MacCracken's cllenta
who destroyed evidence.
Courts are strict about such mat
ters. Such a client could not claim
the Immunity of an attorney. Also.
It might be difficult for him to prove
legal Justification. He has no such
loopholes as MacCracken.
The senate seems to ml&s the late
f Senator Tom Walsh. He handled all
contempt cases for the senate during
the past twenty years. He favored
turnlnff such cases over to the dis
trict attorney without so much fuss.
Game.
Politicians all agree privately that
the senate Is not primarily after Mac.
Cracken or his clients. The real 'pos
sum they want to tree le ex-Postmaster
General Walter Brown.
Postmaster General Farley has been
growling about Brown since March
4. When Farley moved Into Brown's
office, he found Brown had left the
political cupboard bare.
Brown had even arranged so that
his own and Mr. Hoover's names
were chiseled on the corner stones of
postoftlces not then built. Farley
had the names chiseled off. The
papem burned In the furnace were
civil service records which the Demo,
crata could have used to throw Re
publicans out of office for cause.
Their deatructlon prevented Farley
from firing possibly 100 Republican
postmasters before their terms ev
plred.
Brown also let all the airmail con
tracts he could, intending to leave
none for Farley. Congress put a stop
tn that bv passing a law preventing
Brown from doing anything except
extending old air mall lines. There
upon Brown extended every line he
possibly could. Farley set out Imme
diately to cancel those extensions.
That sltuntlon Is what appears to
be at the bottom of the current tur
moil. Politicians.
Brown is a clever politician. He
has spent a life time learning to be
one. He made no secret of the fact
that he favored the large established
air lines. He openly asserted It was
better to pay them a little more to
carry the malls than to trust the little
'independents. He handed out the
gravy with a big ladle.
The air mall Industry sprang up
under Republican administrations. It
hired Republican attorneys, like Ma-
bel Walker Wlllebrandt. Wild Bill
rnA.ar, r.rt MncPracken. Ton will
probably nst even find an office boy
In that whole Industry wno i -Democrat.
Therefore, the current expos will
be entirely at Republican expense.
Farley Is also a clever politician.
Slin.
There was a slip 'twlxt the cup
and the lip on this stock mamev.
Mr. Roosevelt's Dickinson commit
tee had recommended moderation m
rflrnlartno- thn evrhnnae. The hlffheat
Wall streetera thought they had been
promised privately a lno-worn om
merely licensing them. The exchange
accepted the Dickinson Ideas. A ma
jority of the senate committee was
apnsrently willing to go along.
Then suddenly a new bill was pro
posed which had fanes Instead of
teeth In It. No one Is supposed to
know where the bill came from. Mr.
Roosevelt said he never saw It.
Pfoalhlllllea.
One of two thine, may have hap
pened Mr. Roosevelt msy not have
l:xed the reaction to the Dl-klnson
report He msy hare decided a
s'rorcer bill was necessary, and
srreer.ed his maneuver by entrusting
the mitler to Prorrutor Pecora.
The other possibility Is that the
a ultra-reformers swunc Pecora around
and put Mr. Roosevelt on the spot
(Continued on Page Four)
E MANNING
KILLS RIM
IN OFFICE FIGHT
Prominent Lawyer Declares
Former Partner Shot First
Slayer Questioned On
Cause of Disagreement
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Reb. 13.
(AP) Klamath county officers today
were conducting an extensive Investi
gation into the shooting of Ralph W.
Horan, 29. prominent Klamath Falla
attorney and state representative.
Young Horan was ahot to death last
night by Horace M. Manning, 55, his
former legal partner. In Manning's
office on Main street.
Manning, a veteran criminal attor
ney, was held In the county jail after
he had telephoned the sheriff's office
to give himself up.
N Claims Self Defense
He said he had shot Horan In self
defenses
D. E. Van Vector, deputy district
attorney, said charges would be filed
this afternoon following a coroner's
Inquest.
City police were checking finger
prints on the .38 calibre revolver
found In Horan'a left hand. The
authorities were attempting to estab
lish the ownership or the weapon
since Claude McColloch, Horan's
partner, said his friend never carried
one. The revolver was an almost
Identical match to the one used by
Manning.
Although the gun was found In the
dead man's left hand, Sheriff Lloyd
Low said Horan was right handed.
.Continued on Page Five)
STORES TO CLOSE
6 P. M. SATURDAY
IF
A meeting of retail merchants waa
held In the chamber of commerce re
cently at which time C. H. Gram,
state labor commissioner, was the
main speaker. Mr. Gram explained
In detail the new law, which does not
permit women In mercantile estab
lishments to work after 6:00 p. m.,
and which according to Mr. Gram
goes Into effect on April 4th. Bakery
goods establishments where there Is a
cafeteria, confectioneries, and restau
rants do not come under the law, he
stated.
Following Mr. .Gram's talk a vote of
those present waa taken and. It was
decided that oh and after April 4th
the hours for mercantile establish
ments employing women would be
from 8:30 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. dally
Including Saturdays.
It was also decided at the meeting
to conduct a city wide dollar day on
Saturday, March 3rd and John Mof
fatt, chairman of the retail "mer
chants committee appplnted C. D.
Bean, chairman of a committee to
arrange for same. It la hoped by Mr.
Moffatt that every store in the city
will cooperate by offering dollar mer
chandise. Complete details regarding
the sale will be announced when the
committee haa completed Its plans.
BY VISITS HERE
Horace Manning. Klamath Falls at
torney, who figured in a sensational
killing In the eastern Oregon city last
night, la well known in this city. For
many years he has been a regular
visitor, at the southern Oregon term
of the federal court. He has made
several appearances In the circuit
court, his last case here, being as
counsel for a former Klamath Falls
chief of police, charged with prohibi
tion law violation ten years ago.
Manning's wife, from whom he was
estranged, 15 years ago operated a
millinery store on West Main street.
A daughter Elisabeth, a resident now
of New York City, is also known here.
Local attorneys today said Manning
was a brilliant criminal lawyer.
Slayer Of Singer
Given Life Term
REDWOOD CITY. Calif . Feb. 13
fAP) Superior Judc Franklin Swsrt
today sentenced L'mberto Glustl. 87.
opera impreiMario, to life imprison
ment at Ban Quentln penitentiary
: for the murder of Miss Emilia da
I Prato. 37. south San Francisco singer,
1 December 19. OlusU was convicted
by a jury last week.
- in Klamath
"
, t.- , 1 TOVr v
Klamath Falls was stunned inst night bv (he killing nf Ralph w. Ilorau
(left), representative In the state legislature from Klamath county anu
prominent attorney, by Horace Jinniiing vriBiuj, mnen r ;u iajer.
The men were formerly law partners.
MURDER
FOR LEADERS OF
PRISON OUTBREAK
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Feb. 13
(AP) Warden James M. McCauley
moved quickly today with the aim of
lodging first decree murder charges
against ringleaders In yesterday's
bloody prison break attempt, in which
eight men were killed, seven of them
convicts shot down from the walls.
Several of them had given trouble
in the past," he said.
While a rapid Investigation waa
under way, he disclosed that he con
templated lodging murder charges
against only the leaders or all sur
vivors of the 30 who attempted to get
away.
Meanwhile, slight chances for their
recovery were held out for two of
the convicts who were mowed down
under a withering fusillade of bul
lets from the walls.
Six prison employes, five of them
turnkeys and one a guard, were suf
fering from murderous knife wounds.
inflicted by the convicts. One other
convict bore bullet wounds.
The dead:
H. L. Brlggs, assistant chief turn
kev, stabbed to death.
Wall Turcott, 21, serving five to 30
years for attempted robbery.
Paul Krouse, 22, eight to 20 years
for robberv.
Gerald Hill. 18. two and a half to
15 years for grand larceny.
H. R. (Buster) Clark. 22. 10 to 20
years for second decree murder.
James R. DeLong, 25. 10 to 25 years
for robbery.
Ernest DrBoer, 28, five to six years
for robberv.
H. Robert Parks. 20. six months to
10 years for a statutory offense.
The outbreak, which began shortly
after lunch yesterday, was being
thoroughly Investigated today by
Warden James M. McCauley and his
assistants. The warden has been in
offlre less than a year.
"There was no indiratlon in ad
anre that the break was planned,"
he said. "We have learned, however,
that the men made their knives In
the shop where license plates are
manufactured. They evidently burled
them In the prison yard, disirtng them
up Sunday, whirh la 'yard day. "
I The planned escape, which ended
: tn mid-afternoon yesterday with bul
; let-torn bodies lying about the prison
Jyard and with tumkevs suffering
from knife wounds Inside the cell
'blocks, began In the office of F. W.
jackm, head turnkey.
I FISHERMAN LOST WHEN
! TROLL BOAT OVERTURNS
NEWPORT. Ore., Feb.- 13. (AP)
One man lost hU life late Monday
when the trolling boat "Pearl" over
turned while going to the aid of the
fishing boat "Columbia" which was
in trouble off the entrance of the
I harbor.
; A coaat guard cutter searched for
i the man's body until darkness called
a halt.
j The first sawmill on the Parifle
roaat waa built by the Hudson Bay
j company in the winter of 1827-28
'near Vancouver. Wash.
Gun Battle I
"
L FILE
CO. JUDGE RACE
H. D. (Johnny) Reed of Gold Hill
yesterday said that he would file h's
declaration of intentions to run for
county Judge on the Democratic
ticket. '
Friends of Reed state that the de
cision to enter the race was made laat
Friday, when leaders or the Jackson
county Democracy assured Reed h-j
would have the united support of the
party in the primary. Reed, when
first mentioned, balked at the Idea.
Reed Is at present Justice of the
peace for the Gold Hill district, and
has been a resident of the county for
40 years. He -is well known In all
parts of the county.
Chief of Police Clatoua McCredie
this morning formally filed hla dec
laration of intention to run for sher
iff on the Republican ticket.
It is the Intention of the Demo
cratic party to put a full county
ticket In the field for all posts. They
are looking for a full-blooded Demo
crat to run for commissioner, and
want htm to be from the Mod ford
area, to balance the representation
on the county court. C. W. "Wui"
Ashpole has been mentioned. M'
Ahpole ran In 1932, and was beaten.
The popular cowman has announced
he would never run again for any
thing.
Commissioner R. E. Nealon haa been
urged to seek re-election, but the
Table Rock farmer so far haa sn
swered all queries with : "I'm not
snylng I'm running for anything."
REPUBLICANS SLAP
L
By the A'wwlnted Prew.
Republican leader, speaking at
Lincoln day banquets In various
places last night compared the "new"
deal and the "old," and coupled urg
Inga for republican action with criti
cism of Democratic deeds.
Arthur M. Hyde, secretary of agri
culture In President Hoover's cabinet,
pictured the new deal as having
"gageed" and "regimented" the peo
ple of the nation.
Representative James M. Bck, of
Pennsylvania recalled the "old" deal
and urged opposition to policies
which are "destructive of the form of
government under, which this nation
has grown great."
I George H. Moaea, former senator
from New Hampshire, called for new
and young candidates with "bark to
sanity' as their watchword.
Hnry P. Fletcher, former ambassa
dor to Italy, said that when the stim
ulant of government subsidy is wllh-
1 drawn business will be worse off than
lit was before.
LINCOLN BANQUETS I STl
SENATE PONDERS
PUNISHMENT FOR
EX-AIRMAIL
MacCracken's Counsel Asks
Acquittal On Ground Client
Purged of Contempt by
Return of Documents
NEW YORK, Feb. 13.
Federal Judge John C. Knox to
day granted an order, applied for
by Trausrontluental and Western
Air. Inc., requiring lostmaster
Cieneral James A. Farley and
Pout master John J. Klely of New
York to show cause Friday why
t hey should not be rest ra I ned
from aellnjr under the Farley
order of February 9, cancelling
all airmail contracts.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. (P)
Frank Hogan. counsel for William P.
MacCracken, Jr., told the senate to
day in his final argument in the air
mail contempt trial, that the former
Coolldge and Hoover official had no
knowledge of the removal or deatruc
tlon of the Northwest Airway flies.
and had purged himself of contempt
by return of the others.
Asking acquittal before a full sen
ate and crowded galleries, he conceded
that Mttccracken had been In con
tempt of the senate when he per
mitted removal of Western Air Ex
press flies, but contended he had
been completely purged of It when
they were returned.
The senate soon thereafter went
Into executive session to deliberate
on all four contempt cases.
Besides MncCrackcn, the defendants
are L. H. Brlttln, vice-president of
Northwest Airways; Harris M. Han-
shue, president of Western Air Ex
press, and Gilbert h. Glvvin, Wash
ington representative of the latter
company,
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. Iff) The
assertion that every army and navy
airplane contract is "secretly and
colluslvely" let was made today before
the house military committee by
James V. Martin, an aviation pioneer
He testified in the investigation of
airplane contract Just as another
house committee decided to call the
Aluminum Company of America to
explain testimony that one airplane
builder waa compelled to pay JO psr
cent of his manufacturing cost to
the aluminum concern.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. ffl) The
White House said today more than
200 telegrams, representing about an
equally divided opinion, had been re
ceived after Charles A. Lindbergh's
protest against cancellation of air
mail contracts had been described
there as "primarily for publicity pur
poses. "
Stephen Early, a secretary to Presi
dent Roosevelt, told reporters about
50 per cent of the messages supported
the protest or Lindbergh while the
other half upheld the position of
President Roosevelt.
Lindbergh 'waa both criticized and
defended on Capitol Hill as a result
of hla telegram to the President.
Chairman McKellar (D Tenn.) of
the senate poatoffice committee told
newsmen Lindbergh "never should
have written such a protest under the
particular circumstances.
"I think he made a mistake," Mr
Kellar said. "He was connected with
an air concern that gave him 1250.'
000 in stock and he waa interested In
that concern. If he had been wholly
disinterested hla protest would have
been proper."
On the other hand, Senator Van
denberg (R., Mich.) said:
"I decline to reject him as Amer
ica's premier aviation authority aim-
ply because he happened to disagree
with an executive order. He is en
titled to his day in court, as every
body ele."
iTES SEE
ROCKETING STAR
DENVER, Colo., Teb. 13. (API A
biasing meteor that streaked out of
northern aklea and appeared to some
observers like a "rocket ship speed
Ina throufh space," and to othera
like a blaring airplane, left at least
,ik states talking about the brilliant
phenomenon today.
I Starting In the norlhweat, the lire,
j ball waa seen at Billings. Monft
shortly after 0 p. m mountain time
i last nlaht, and afterwards In other
Montana and northern Wyoming
j cltlea.
Colorado BouWi Dakota and Ne
' braaka polnu today reported slght-
Ing the flaming body as It traveled
i in a southeasterly direction and ap
I parently fell lomewhere In southern
Nebraska.
, The polar region, of Mara are be- the foreat by the CCC crews were
lieved to have Ice caps much Ilka the used by Supervisor Janouco to lllua
aama regions of the earth. luate the talk.
AUSTRIA TAKES
DRASTIC ACTION
TO
Death Toll Estimated Be
tween 500 and 2000
Loyal Forces Shell Social
ists On Bank of Danube
VIENNA, Austria, Feb. 13. (AP)
With anywhere from 600 to 3.000 un
officially estimated dead in the civil
war. Austrian government troops to
night made their most spectacular
attempt to crush the socialist rebel
lion. They crossed the blue Danube in
the heart of the city on pontoon
bridges while loyal artillerymen
shelled the foe encamped on the
farther- side.
Already the greatest socialist
stronghold in Vienna, the Karl Marx
apartment building had been wrecked
by government howitzer shells.
No one could estimate the exact
number of dead.
Police said officially that 123 civil
ians lay dead in the Vienna general
hospital alone. They admitted 1 1
police .had been killed and 38 seri
ously wounded.
The rage of war painted other sec
tions of the country red. Conditions
were reported becoming steadily more
serious In the Tyrol. Every avail
able fighting man, Including war
veterans, was called to arms by Chan
cellor Doll fuss.
4
Orders have been received for the
discontinuance of the local office of
the United States deputy marshal,
and there will be no appointment to
fill the vacancy.
Cal C. Wells, who has held the post
for seven years. leaves tomorrow night
for Portland, and Is closing the af
faire of the office.
John T. Summervllle, former local
barber and councilman, named United
States marshal, will assume office Fri
day morning, according to local ad
vices. There were nine active aspirants
for the deputy marshalshlp In this
district.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. (AP) The
NDA today decided to abandon past
policy and encourage the formation
of regional codes of agreements In
the trades which are clearly outside
Interstate commerce.
This waa understood to mean that
there would be lesi effort to enforce
regional codes In federal courts. The
blue eagle insignia will continue to
be available to firms subscribing to
the regional agreements.
The outline of the new policy pro
vided that even In the trades local
agreement, a national codet might be
prepared and approved by NRA as
the basis for the local pacta which
would make "acceptable adaptation
to local conditions."
(Br the Associated Freas)
Lines were drawn between Oreat
Britain and France today for a trade
war of serious proportions.
At midnight an extra duty of 20
per cent waa clamped on most French
imports by Britain. The duty waa in
retaliation for French paring down of
quotas In British Imports to France
Just before the duties became ef
fective France got In another blow
by denouncing Franoo-British trade
trestle of 1B2S and 1882.
Uncle Sam was an "interested ob
server" In the conflict although com
merclal officials at Washington said
they believed American trade would
not be greatly affected, favorably or
adversely.
FOREST CHIEF TALKS
AT ROTARY MEETING
I Supervisor Karl L. Janoueh of the
: Rogue River National foreat today ad.
; dreamt the Rotary club at Its regular
i weekly luncheon. Slides, pertaining
to the work being accomplished In
BRITAIN, FRANCE
OPEN TRADE WAR
fexz,, I
Another sign of southern Ore
ion's mild winter this year was
5rouht to The Mall Tribune today
two amall green tomatoes
which had Rrown at the home of
R. A. Patrick. 543 Effle streot.
The tomato vines, sot out laat
summer, have been growing all
winter, and now have small toma
toes on them.
Yl
FOR PRESIDENCY
BY
In keeping with a move gaining na
tional momentum, United 8tatee
Senator Charles L. McNnry was in
dorsed last night as the standard
bearer of the Republican party during
the next presidential election in 1036.
A resolution to that effect was unani
mously passed at the twentieth an
nual Lincoln club banquet held at
the Hotel Medford. one of the largest
gatherings of southern Oregon Re,
publicans In recent years.
The nation of late has been looking
more and more to the west for Its
leaders, and thtis far the western
glance of national political vision has
been confined to California. Don R
Newbury, retiring president of tho
club, said In Introducing the resolu
tion. His remarks stressed thoughts
that Senator McNary Is Ideal presi
dentlal timber, in view of lemg years
of governmental experience, which
have won him prestige In congress,
equalled by no other Republican to
day.
Liked by All Parlies.
The speaker went on to say that
political observers have agreed he Is
thoroughly Jlked by his own party.
Is greatly admired and respected by
the opposition and that ha Is one or
the most Intelligent members of his
party and one of the most open
minded. A master at conciliating
different factions of his own party.
ho has no superior tn congress In the
delicate art of winning from the op
position support for his measures and
ldena and Is said to have the best
political mind since Henry Cabot
Lodge.
(Continued on Page Eight)
WITHIN 30 DAYS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. (AP) Re
habilitation of silver was Included
today by Secretary Morgenthau In
the administration's program.
"It is the firm policy of the ad
ministration," he said in a letter, "to
move forward on a program" for
that purpose.
The secretary of the treasury also
waa quoted by Representative Dies
(D Tex!) as saying "the adminis
tration Is going to act on silver
within 30 days." a
The administration, however, has
not decided definitely what It will
dc For this reason, Morgenthau
was excused today from testifying
before the house colnntje committee
on a number of silver bills.
E, FOE OF
T
NEW YOPK, Feb. 13. ( AP) Wil
liam Travera Jerome, 75, arch foe oi
Tammany Hall and a former district
attorney, died of pneumonia today
Jerome, who has been noted for
his attacks on gambling and vice
while district attorney from 1002 to
1010, had prosecuted Harry K. Thaw
for the shooting of Stanford White,
the architect.
In the 1032 mayoral election Je
rome broke a long silence on poli
tics to endorse tie candidacy of Flo
rello H. La Guard la.
NEGRO GETS REHEARING
OF TRIAL FOR MURDER
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 13. ( AP) The
supreme court today granted a re
hearing In the first degree murder
riue against Theodore Jordan of
Klamath Falla. The order was hand
ed down orally by the court
PARK CONSERVATION
FUNDS ARE ALLOTTED
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. P, The
i Public Works administration today
allotted 13.339.000 for purchase of
land for emergency conaervatlon work
In national park and natlouai monu
ment areas.
MATH LOSES
IN COURT MOVE
FOR HOME RULE
Statute Has Attributes Crim
inal Law Is Finding
Judge Leweiling of Lower
Court Is Well Sustained
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 13. (AP)
Portland's four liquor stores will
open for business Thursday, the
Oregon liquor control board announc
ed today, and the Salem store will
open Friday or Saturday. Other
stores will be opened as rapidly as
the personnel can be trained.
The state stores will be the only
legal sources of nard liquor, in Ore
gon, except that dispensed by drug
stores on prescriptions.
Properly licensed shops will con
tinue to sell beer and wine us in
the past. The Oregon law, the con
stitutionality of which was uphold
by the supreme court today, does not
permit dispensing hard liquor by
the drink.
The control board waa meeting
here today to agree on liquor prices
which, it was materially indicated,
would be materially lower than those
published in Portland Monday. Geo.
L. Sammts, administrator, said the
list as published was only tentative, .
and that Its release waa premature.
The commission disowned It and
when a wavo of criticism of hlgft
prtces arose, set to work today to
undertake a downward revision.
SALEM, Feb. 13. tp) The Oregan
state Uquo law passed by tho special
aession of the legislature was declared
constitutional today by the Oregon
supreme court in an opinion written
by Justice Harry Belt in which tha
other six Justices concurred. The ac
tion establishes the statute as a
valid law. confirming the circuit court
In the final step of , the test suit
brought by the city of Klamath Falls.
The opinion declared the law did
not contravene the home rule sec
tion of the state constitution, around
which the plaintiff attack waa cen
tered, and that the statute "has the
attributes of a criminal law in that
penalties are provided for violation of
its provisions."
Permits No Conflict. .
The new statute "la a general law
applicable to all municipalities and
repeals by Implication all charters
and ordinances in conflict therewith.'
Assuming the home rule provision,
granting cltlea the right to regulate
traffic In liquor, waa still In effect,
the opinion stated tliat "notwith
standing the power delegated to cltlea
under the home rule amendment, they
are still Instrumentalltlea for the ad
ministration of the general lawa of
tha state within their corporate boun
daries. Under our constitutional sys
tem of government, a municipality
la an agency of the state. In dele-
( Continued on Page Eifiht)
WILL
ROGER?
'says:
SANTA MONICA, Cal., Feb.
lU.Wlmt's all tlio hundreds
nf ncrnpluno pilots and the
thousands of people who make
an honest living in the aero
plimn husincsH (roiiig to dot It's
lihe finding a crooked railroad
president, (lien stopping all the
trains.
You lire (foiiiK to lose some
fine hoys. These army fliers are
marvelniiHly trained in their
line, hut not in night crosa-
i country flying, in ram and
snow. I trust an air line for I
know that that pilot has flown
that nniirsfl hundreds of times.
Me knows it in the dark.
Neither could the mail pilots
do the army fliers' atnnts and
his close formation flying.
I do wish they would prose
cute the crook, hut not make
great growing industry (where
00 per cent, are hard-working
Hiid honest) suffer.
I hope they don't stop every
industry where they find
crookedness at the top.
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