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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1931
No. 281.
WHOSE HEflTfFF MEHflPEKS
By PAVL MALLON.
(Copyright, 1934. by Paul Mallon)
niunders.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 31. The btg
airlines have quieted down the last
few days for a reason
A cool-headed faction among them
decided the industry was wrong In
the way It handled the Room ve It
Farley airmail cancellation program at
the start. This faction Is confessing
sotto voice that the Lindbergh pro-!
test and the New York court suit were
tactical blunders.
Such actions merely infuriated the
administration ' authorities and put
them in a position where a sensible
compromise would be embarrassing
In the face of such tactics the Ad
ministration could not concede any
thing without surrendering the whole j
position.
The air boys may break out In a
rash again, but not as long as they
believe there is a chance to get their,
contracts back. They will take a stiff
.cut in rates, and promise to be good.
Leopold. . ;
The new Belgian king, Leopold, was:
raised by his family rather strictly.1
He was not permitted to sow any
wild oats. i
He Is popular among his people.
but In a rather impersonal sort of
way. He Is not known, for Instance.
In the same way the British know the
Prince of Wales. For that reason,
he has not had a chance to be rever
ed In the same way his father was.
His ascendancy will make little dif
ference in International policy. There
Is no chance for the Germans to gain
a foothold in Belgium, although they
would like to.
The Belgians will continue to walk
behind France.
Veterans.
Statesmen have their bad days, too.
The day Democratic House Leader
Byrns announced a soldier bonus-bill
was going to pass was the day he
happened to have a heavy cold. . That
day everything seemed black to him.
All was lost for th. Administration.
Such Announcements are common
In Washington. In winter they are
called "influenza statements." In
cummer, the name for them is "hot
weather announcements."
The fact, at that time, was that
a soldier bonus bill would certainly
pass the house if a vote could be
obtained. There was some doubt
about the prospects of an early vow.
One or two duplications were discov
ered on the vote petition.
Only four or five additional mem
bers had signed 'during the previous
two weeks. How the necessary addi
tional signatures were going to be
Obtained was not then apparent.
Ohintncles.
Even if the bill passed the house.
It would still be a long way from
enactment.
On the soldier issue the senate
would not be so amenable to outside
political pressure. Not because sens
tors are any more noble than house
members, but only one-third of them
are up for re-election this year. A!
members of the house must face sol
dier vote.
Then if the senate should fail the
pclmlnistratlon, there is always in the
background the insurmountable ob
stacle of a presidential veto.
The administration might permit
nature to take its course so that the
congressmen could place themselves
on record in favor of the soldiers
fore election time, but there is no
Indication yet that it has any au:h
Intentions.
. Banter.
It happened some weeks ago, but
only four people knew about the
story, and they kept it under cover.
A repreMntative of the electric potf
er companies offered his code and in
sisted on mail .lining Its provision.
One provision would have given the
code control board Jurisdiction over
public utilities. Mr. Roosevelt put
his foot down on that.
The representative insisted he could
not change the code, because he was
only an emissary under specific in
structions to accept no changes. He
was run around town from office to
office for several days, crying: "What
hU I tell my people?" He used the
same line finally In a conference with
Mr. Rocwevelt. "What shall I tell my
people?"
The President leaned back In his
chair, stroked his chin, and replied:
"Oh. just tell them there's a big
bad wo'.f in the White House."
Fashion.
Labor Secretary Perkins was an
hour lat in appearing to testify oe
fore the house labor committee a few
days ago. Congressmen sat around
twiddling their thumbs, growing more
Irritated every minute.
The very next day William Ore?n
of the A. F. L. appeared on time to
testify, but the committee members
mere exactly an hour late In awem
b:in. Mr. Green twiddled.
The New Deal apparently has not
settled the matter of punctuality.
Perhaps It Is still fashionable to be
lute, and then acaln. perhaps it de
pend on who is late.
Notes.
In a house committee hearing, a
congressman kept asking an aviation
official what contracts his company
Md with "Ooopflovakla" Tie of-
lth anyone iiice that. Aftr n arg t-
(Continued on Pag Two)
flMF PAPT PFnRV ave. Pri.on ' Pal of Sullivan X Q AHPITPT I Guard Cartoonist I I A Y IN rA
HOTEL DETECTIVE
AFTERTRAP FAILS
Hotel Room Yields Evidence
of Elaborate Plan to
'Snatch' Wealthy Pub
lisher at Chicago Meeting
CHICAGO, Fob. 21. Pj E. - P. Ad
ler, publisher of the Davenport, Iow.i.
Times and head of the Lee Syndicate
of newspapers, was attacked by two
men in a hotel corridor today In an
Apparent attempt at kidnaping.
Slugged twice, Adler dodged the fu.l
effect of the blows and ran down thr
corridor from his room, eluding h.s
MuiiAnt. rvft.r -am t.hn
assailants. Officers said one of them
was arrested.
In the room next to Adler's detec
tives found a large trunk In which air
holes hsd been poked. They said It
was apparent the two men. intended
to lock Adler In the trunk and have
him carried out.
The publisher was here to attend
a meeting of the Inland Daily Press
association and was staying at the
Morrison hotel at Clark and Madison
streets.
Slugged with Saps.
At 7:30 a. m. today Adler stepped
from his room, locked1 the door and
suddenly two men Jumped from the
next door and slugged lm with black
jacks So severe were the blows that
several stitches had to be taken. Nev
ertheless, Adler broke away from the
pair and summoned help.
Adler and the house detectives In
spected the adjoining room and
found the trunk, apparently a larec
sample case about three feet high,
five feet long and two feet wide.
There was a pistol in the room, and
other bags containing clothing, ad
hesive tape, sponges and a screw
driver. While the inspectors were going
over the room Adler noticed a man
walking along toward them.
Adler yelled, "Get that man.17
.c. Attacker Captured.
The suspect, whom he said he rec
ognized as one of the attackers, turn
ed and raced away, hut was caught
by House Detective Michael Colllgm.
He was taken to the first district
police station.
The suspect told the police he and
his companion had driven here from
New York in a coupe. The trunk
bore the initials "B. M. K., Pitts
burgh The man captured Identified him
self as Charles Clyde Phillips. 29. New
York. He refused to reveal the Iden
tity of his compsnlon.
Adler recalled that he had been
warned before leaving Davenport Sun
day that two men were following him,
but had given it no further thought.
Followed by Pair.
As he was purchasing his railroad
ticket, a man stepped up to him and
told him he had been followed from a
cigar store by two men and that they
were then watching him from the
station platform.
DAVENPORT. Iowa. Feb
E. P. Adler, attacked In
21. 0P
Chicago
hotel today In an apparent kidnap
attempt, is publisher of the Daven
port Dally Times and president of the
Lee syndicate of newspapers.
Adler also Is president of Daven
port's only bank, the Davenport Sav
ings Bank and Trust company. He
a 81 years of age and prominent In
civic and Republican -political circles.
SPY ANGLE SEEN
DIJON. France.
yeb. 21. (AP)
Police announced today they were in-
vestlgatlng the possibility that Serge
Handsome Alex" Stavlsky, founder of
the ' Bayonne Municipal Pawnshop,
was an International spy selling In
formation to the Nazis In Germany.
They said It was possible that he
had used women agents.
Their announcement followed a few
hours after the bound body of Judge
Albert Prince of the court of appeals
was found on a railroad track near
here.
Judge Prince was to have sppearcd
today as a witness In the Stavlsky
scandal trial.
IN rflmo oWWUAL
Dawes Sees Prosperity
Under Roosevelt Plans
CHICAOO. Feb. 21. (AP) Charles
O. Dawes, former Republican Tlce-
president of the United States, said
today that he saw "continued better
conditions' ahead for business and
industry of the nation and that he
predicted this belief on a feeling that
President Roooevelt would carry
through hia announced plan for a
balanced budget rn 1939.
General Dawea made thta, hla flrat
utterance on national affairs In morel "I believe he will withstand the I tie. Portland and Belllnsham Preaby
tlian two years, In an addrea before tremendous politlral prewmre upon i terlan pastor, and former University
:h- aAorlntion of commerce at noon .him to continue e:nc:(tency exnf-ndl- i of Oregon football plajer. Mvit and
Before he apoke, he a.ked that It be
msde clear that he meant in no way
1 - ' -1 w - X 1
3. a m -1 'Bv A f ' .
Aa soon as he was freed after
11 years in Massachusetts state
prison on "get-rlch-qulck" swin
dling charges Charles Ponzl was
" '-n -umonnei
Pendin0 hearings on a government
order that he be deported to Italy.
tMssociaiea rresa rnoto)
SALES TAX DEBATE
BY GILL, BROGKWAY
AT ARMORY, 8 P. M.
Plans have been completed for the I
debate to be staged there tonight by
Ray GUI, master of the Oregon State
Grange, and A. E. Brockway, state
representative to the legislature from
Jackson county, en the question of
the sales tax. The debate will be
held at the armory beginning at 8 t
o'clock rand the public Is Invited to i
attend. The affirmative and the
negative arguments will be presented
In acordance with strict debate rules
and the gathering will not be In the
form of a mass meeting, J. G. Cam
eron, chairman of the debate com
mittee, announced this afternoon.
There will be no questions asked
or answered from the floor during
the meeting. Representative Brock
way will open the debate, taking 45
minutes to present the affirmative
arguments. He will be followed by
Grange Master GUI, who will be given
one hour In which to give the nega
tive side of the question. Brockway
will then complete the debate with
t.he customary 15-minute rebuttal.
Fred Holmes of the Bc.lvlcw
(Continued on Page two)
Phllo Macklntyre, 08 years old, a !
resident of Jackson county for a
quarter of a century, will receive the
first old age pension certificate Issued
by Jackson county.
The distinction was won by a toss
of a coin, in the county court this
week. The county court had County
Agent Robert G. Fowler act as um
pire. He called "heads" and lost, for
John B. Grlffen, pioneer Jackson
county resident. Grlffen will receive
the second certificate.
Macklntyre was born In Urbana,
nVilit rWir-Amhase )4 IQIsnH' warn
' . . ' , . , .
Christmas baby. He Is hale and
, ... . , . .
ncnrij, urajjue ucAiiy m vcuvury ui
life, and has smoked the same brand
of tobacco for 72 years.
Macklntyre lives In the Howard
district and Usta as his first friend
i Dr. C. T. Sweeney of this city, who
for yoara has had a kindly Interest In
him. providing a house on his pro-
perty.
ceruncates are now oeing
td by the county court, and will
! be turned over to the county clerk as
' fast as possible. A large .amount of
detail- work la necessary. This Is be
ing done as speedily as possible.
ELKS WILL ATTEND
ASHLAND MEETING
A delegation of Medford Elks will
motor to Ashland tonight, where a
Joint meeting of southern Oregon
j lodge members will be held. A dele-
gation from Klamath Falls will be
present to put on the Initiatory work
land an interesting evening's enter-
i to criticise the president
"This la no time for politics,' he
mid bluntly. -
j "in my Judgment. said Dawes, "we
i are facing continued better condition
j in business and Industry In this
country. I prrdlrt this chiefly upon
my belief that the president will
rtrry through his announced program
of a balanced national budget in
193H."
j ture. after the emergencies
have!
paucd."
IfliTMGETS
FIRST OF PEPNS
FOR BEER SALES
IS BOMS EDICT
No Serving Between 1 and
6 A. NT, Either City or
Rural, Says Notice Posted,
at Headquarters in Salem
SALEM, Feb. 21. CAP) No beer
will be served to customers of any
beer dispensary, either city or rural,
between the hours of I and 6 a. m..
egulatlons posted yesterday at the
lquor commission offices state. Pen
ilty for violation of the order is re
vocation of the dealer's license.
Six days from the time of posting
.his regulation will take effect as
law. Violators are also subject to
a maximum fine of 500. county Jail
sentence up to six months or both.
Gambling along with drinking in
places where beer Is sold, will make
the dealer liable for loss of his license.
Administrator George Sammis stated.
No information had been received
in Medford this afternoon regarding
such a ruling by the stat liquor com
mission. Stat police, city police and
Mayor E. M. Wilson stated that It
was all new to them.
Such a suggestion was offered In
the ordinance proposed by the League
of Oregon Cities, read at last night's
meeting of the city council. bit no
regulation to such effect from the
liquor commission was Indicated
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. (API
President Roosevelt and his aides are
concerned over continued activity of
bootleggers and are Investigating the
prices of legal liquor.
This was made known today as
newsmen gathered today at the presi
dent's semi-weekly press conference.
IS JOHNSON'S VIEW
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. (AP)
The opinion that such a flat work
week limit as 30 hours cannot be ap
plied to Industry was expressed to
the house labor committee today by
Administrator Hugh S. Johnson of
the NRA
In his first capltol appearance as
blue eagle chief, he said the NRA was
a "much more flexible and Intelligent
way" to reach the end sought more
employment.
Gerard Swope of General Electric
likewise opposed the flat 30 hour
week as provided In the Connery bill,
"I think something has got to be
! done very promptly," Johnson said
however, "to shorten hours and raise
wages." I
He Intends to carry hour reductions i
farther under the NRA.
Swope had Insisted It be done thru
the present NRA setup.
Swope favored old age, unemploy
ment and life Insurance for workers,
ri t h hnh Jtmnlm-ar nnH Dmnlnv ortei-
. , ' . : . ,
trlbut ng. and the worker assured of
. B" , ... . .
Kecking ins uciiciiu uti viihukimk
jobs a plan he said had been ad opt -
ed by General Electric.
Asked If the NRA had not failed to
employ as many as had been antlcl-
pated, Swope said:
"The NRA has accomplished a great
deal more than I had expected of It.
j It has done a remarkable Job."
PLANNED FOR PARK
Plans for erection of a memorial
In the Medford city park to the late
C. W. Palm of this c!'-y were revealed
at jast night's meeting of the city
council. Request for removal of the
horseshoe pitching court from the
section of the park, now occupied,
was made with announcement that It
was planned to place the memorial
there.
The plans were approved by the
council, and the hoieehoe pitchers
will te asked to engage a court else
where. The report was presented by
Councilman R. O. Stephenson. A de
scription of the memorial planned was
not given.
TAKES SUICIDE ROUTE
SEATTLE, Feb. 20 ( AP Word
was received here today that the RfT. j
Harry 8. Templton. 69, former Seat-
killed hlnvHf In Loa Angeles jester-
kday. He had been 111.
Pal of Sullivan
Dies From Injury
In Stubbing Toe
EDMONTON. Alta.. Feb. 21.
(AP William "Old BUI." Burns,
76, blind news vendor and a fa
miliar figure on city streets, is
dead today. His death followed
an operation to remove his right
leg Infected after he stubbed his
toe while tapping his woy along a
sidewalk.
Old Bill traveled with John L.
Sullivan when the great fistic
champion toured the United
States. In his youth he fought on
the levees of New Orleans. He was
with his father when the latter
managed the "white hope" Mike
McCool, In 1B65.
T
KEITH WILL TRIAL
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 21. (AP)
The contest of Miss Margaret
Keith's will, now in Its eleventh week
and still playing to good-sized crowds
in Judge Robert Kenny's court, Is
making up in comedy what It lacks
In brevity.
Last week a steamfltter sang op
eratic arias for the Jury and the
court room spectators applauded,
much to the consternation and in
dignation of the bailiff.
Today a bit of pantomime liter
ally "rocked" Judge, Jury and spec
tators. It followed a long argument
on the word "visnomy," which even
the Judge admitted was unknown to
him.
Baldwin Robinson, who .had asked
a witness to describe Miss Keith's
visnomy, leaped for a dictionary and
In so doing, knocked over a water
filled vase of almond blossoms. The
water spilled over the clerk's desk
and surged over a transcript and rec
ord of opposing lawyers.
Robinson won his point, proving
by the dictionary that visnomy means
countenance or visage, but Robl n
son's associate, A. Brigham Rose, got
an even bigger hand when, to dem
onstrate the neckline of a pink house
arena Miss Keith wore shortly before
she committed suicide last April, he
removed his coat and put on the
dress.
Rose stands more than six feet
tall and weighs more than 200
pounds. The batliff almost cracked
his- gavel.
Miss Keith left her million .dollar
estate to her nepnew, Albert C. Al
len, young farmer of Medford, Ore.
Other relatives are contesting the
will on the grounds the wealthy
spinster was of unsound mtnd.
rhe
Keith fortune was made In Utah sil
ver mines.
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 21. (AP)
The third marriage of Kay Francis,
30 -year old brown-eyed film actress,
was terminated today with an inter
locutory decree of divorce granted
against Kenneth McKcnna, actor and
director.
She charged cruelty In .asking for
' the legal action to undo the wedding
; , u . .
knot that was tied three years ago at
years ago
Catallna Island,
In court where the screen atar told
her troubles today, the rase was 11st-
; ed aa Katherlne Glbbs Mlelzlner
against Leon Mlelzlner, Jr.. their real
j live names. They separated last De
cember.
Her previous marriages were with
William Gaston and J, Dwlght Fran
cis. WHEN HIT BY AUTO
Mrs. J, C. Woods, wife of the well
known local Civil war veteran, sus
tained Injuries late yesterday after
noon when struck by an auto driven
by Mrs. A. Meusel of thU city. She
was reported getting along satisfac
torily in the Community hospital
this afternoon.
Mrs. Woods, according to the report
filed with the city police, stepped In
front of the car, when Mrs. Meusel
was driving down Riverside In front
of Sampson's feed store.
KNOX LAWlblATOR
PAYS PORTLAND FINE
PORTLAND, Feb. 20 fypf In one
of the first esse under the Knox liq
uor law, Irene Dunn was fined 920 in
municipal court here Monday for sell
ing liquor without a license. Arrest
ing officers said she so'.d them two
drinks of whlfkey in her apartment.
BANKS, COURT HOUSE
. TO OBSERVE HOLIDAY
All bank, of Medford will be c!oed
Thursday in commemoietion ')f
George Waahmgtun'a birthday. Court
oftic:s will also be dosed..
KAY FRANCIS ENDS
THIRD MARRIAGE
I w I U.I JJ I 111 II Will
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G.
Five Projects in Oregon
Favored for CWA Funds
Ashland Advised Modify
Plans Less Costly Basis
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. (A P)
Handling of airmail by the
army was i-luirut-temcd today by
.Stephen A. Clsler, general super
intendent of airmail, as "very
satisfactory" thus far, despite
bad weather.
Air malls have been hewy, be
cause of the first flight matter
posted hy collectors.
Ohler said the next routes to
go Into o pern I Ion would be the
( hlcago-MtnneapoHs-St. Paul, the
Kansas city to Los Angeles, the
.Seattle to Snu Diego and the
Fort Worth-llrownsvllle routes.
PORTLAND. Feb. 21. (AP) Lieu
tenant Basil B. Smith, supervisor of
airports for Oregon has announced
the approval of five new airport pro- '
Jecta In Oregon Involving an expendi
ture of $50,935 CWA funds giving
employment to 641 men until May 1.
Grants Pass will get the largest
portion of the expenditure, a total
of 919.738 being set aside to surface
two long runways on the present air
port and for enlargement of the field.
A total of 176 men will be employed
on this work until May 1. .The air
port will be located one mile north of
the city on a main highway. The
city will contribute U75 for the
field.
Vernonla, with an allotment of
112.600, ranks second on the list.
At Madras, the CWA will spend
7400 to clear, grade and level a run
way 4700 feet long.
Prlnevllle has- been allotted 95767
to grade and surface one runway 4400
feet long.
Ontario waa given $5400 for the
Improvement of their airport two
miles west of the city for which the
citizens donated IA300 to purchase
the site.
ASHLAND, Feb. 2lT (Spl.) Re
vamping of Ashland's application for
OWA funds for construction of an
airport was underway today by the
airport committee following receipt of
a telegram from Senator Charles L.
McNary In which he stated he had j
been advised that the application was
disapproved on account of excessive
cost and high materials cost. The
application was for 978,000 and would
have provided a runway at the local
airport 500 feet wide by 3500 feet In
length.
The committee Is attempting to
arrive at a plan for making the run
way 400 feet wide, which would re
duce the cost of the project consider
ably. Actual status of the original plans
was a matter of conjecture after re
ceiving telegrams from Senators Mc
Nary and Stelwer and Congressmen
Mott and Martin.
AUTO CRASH SUIT
Suit was filed In circuit court yes
terday by Elmer E. Barrett against
Lee Wilson of O rants Pass for 9 i 5. 000
damages as result of an auto acci
dent on the Pacific highway near
the Rogue River bridge.
Barrett, a passenger In an auto
driven by his brother, H .P. Barrett
of the American laundry of this city,
alleges In his complaint that Wilson
"was In a drunken condition": that
he was on the wrong side of the
highway," and that he was "travel
ing at a high rate of speed."
The plaintiff further alleges that
as a result of the negligence of Wil
son he sustained Injuries to his neck,
ribs and back that will require medi
cal attention for a long period; that
his false teeth were broken In the
crash, and that because of the aa
erted Injuries he la unable to work
as a railroad man. The complaint
sets forth that he had a Job with
a railroad and was on a short vaca
tion at the time of the collision.
Wilson waa recently tried before
a Justice court Jury on a drunken
driving charge and was acquitted.
Attorney Allison Moulton of this
city appears aa counsel for Barrett,
125,000 ASKED IN
Federal Funds to Spur
Home Building, Rumor
Bt 1. H. HK.U-KKTT
WASHINOTON. rb. 31. (IP)
President Roosevelt is believed by
some of his closest associates to be
considering a request for congress at
this session to put a fedcral-flnsne-Ing
spur behind home building.
Although disinclined to .tslk oe
rsuae formal Announcement of the
selection of a committee of 13 to get
the legiilatlpn ready has yet to be
rr.sde, offlciala said today the ula is
contemplate mass production of tl
expensive, homes by pilTaV enter-
Guard Cartoonist
From Kidnap Plot
1 -dttTrT3!l
Jay N. Darling, Dea Moines car
;oonlst, waa closely guarded after
jfflcera learned of an apparent at
tempt to kidnap him for ransom,
(Associated Press Photo
E
DISCARDS TITLE
T(
By Kliuer W. Peterson
Associated Press Foreign Staff.
LONDON, Feb. 21. (AP) Prince
Sigvard of Sweden was hiding in a
small, exclusive hotel on Piccadilly
Circus today, steadfastly determined
that royal displeasure shall not pre
vent him from marrying a blond Ger
man screen actress.
Disowned by the Swedish royal
family In a terse news agency com
munique Issued In Stockholm last
night, the 27-year-old prince was re
ported today to be planning a private
marriage to the blond and petite
Ertka Patzek at the London registry
office.
Kin Hold Hope
Neither his father. Crown Prince
William, nor King Gustav, however,
have abandoned hope of halting the
marriage of the prince to a common
er. This was evident from the secret
airplane dash to London from Stock
holm last weekend of Count Folke
Bernadotte.
The court, representing the crown
prlnco, was exhausting every effort
today, aided by detectives from Scot
land Yard, to discourage the mar
riage. He was reluctant to comment,
but It was learned that Scotland
Yard was called upon for hetp when
he had been unable to find the
couple himself.
Disowned by Family
Word that Prince Sigvard had been
disowned by the Swedish royal fam
ily came In . the brief Stockholm
statement last night which said that
"Prince Sigvard . . . arrived at Lon
don recently and there made prepara
tions to marry a woman of German
nationality. The prince took this atep
against the expressed will of the king
and the crown prince."
The prince, under the present attl-
(Continued on Page Two)
KLAMATH FAI.L8, Feb. 31. (AD
The few drugstores In Klamath Falli
till poMPMlng liquor to?k made
haate today to unload before the
opening of the atate atore on Friday.
Only two drug storea. however, were
reported holding auppllca of any pro.
portlona.
Blended whlakey waa aelllng at (3
centa a pint and 16-year-old atock
wa placed on countera at 3 10 per
pint.-
Report. Indicated that dealera In
northern California were planning to
go Into the liquor buslneee to com
pete with the atate atore for the
Klamath Falla trade.
prM, rehabilitation of eilstl.ig
homea, and clearance of alums.
The project would require expendi
ture of msny billions over t, 10-yewr
period, while a relatively new Indus
try develops to produce homea to
coat as much as 30 per cent less
than at preaent.
The President was aald to believe
the program offered not only an op
portunity to help business but would
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LIQUOR BARGAINS
RULE IN KLAMATH
Worst Storm Since '88 Par
alyzes Traffic, Perils Ship
ping Commuters Spend
Chilly Night in Depot
(R-y the Associated Press)
Cold that knifed to the marrow
staggered the east today as It atrov
to shake off the paralysis caused by
Vie "worst blizzard since '88." At
least 25 persons lay dead, struck down
by the storm.
Many towns were still practically
Isolated, transportation systems crawl
ed at a snail's pace In numerous
spots, and whistling winds Imperiled
shipping. The mercury plunged to
ward reero, nd the cold glazed the
land with Ice, hardening snowdrifts
that Impeded traffic.
Relief Unsighted
No Immediate relief was In sight.
The frigid wave extended aa far south
as Florida.
New England, hardest hit by the
slashing 60-mile gale, was still burled
in many places under snowdrifts six
to 12 feet deep. There wore at least
nine dead there. 10 In Now York
city, and six In Pennsylvania.
New York will spend 92,000,000 to
dig out the snow that marooned 500,
000 workers in their homes and forced
the stock exchange to open an hour
late yesterday.
Highways Blocked
Highway traffic Is still tied up in
a knot In many places, but most
trains were moving, although regular
schedules were largely disregarded.
Schools, courts and businesses were
reopening after suspending because
of the storm.
Through the night 30 sailors stuck
to the collier Northern Sword, which
Jammed ashore off Wlnthrop Head,
near Boston. Coast guardsmen with
breeches buoy stood ready to take
them off If smashing seas started to
break up the vessel.
Here are some of the high spots of
the storm's havoc:
A Boston train due In New York at
6:35 a. m. yesterday arrived at 0:45
p. m., the first to get through.
Stork Handicapped
An expectant mother. Mrs. E. D.
Melller of Westbury, Long Island,
started for the hospital in a doctor's
car. It got stuck in a drift. A po
liceman got another car. It also be
came stuck. Then a tractor was
hooked on to the car and Mrs. Mel
ller reached the hospital In time to
give birth to twins.
Fifteen trains, carrying 8,000 or 4.
000 persons, were snowbound In Con
nectlcut and Rhode Island yester
day. National guardsmen delivered news
papers to snow-Imprisoned families
In Dan bury. Conn. School children,
of Augusta, Me., unable to get home
to the suburbs, spent last night In
(Continued on Psge Two)
WILL-
ROGERS
'says:
GRAND ISI-AND, Neb., Feb.
li'O Glad they didn't start the
army fliers out on this route
till morning, for it wns a tough
night. Been talking to army
pilots all the way aerois, and,
gee, they are just kids.
I preached and pled with cm
if it got tough, to turn round
and go back or set her down m
an emergency field. Don't try
to show how brnve you are;
show how sensible you are.
There is not a letter being writ
ten that is one-tenth as valu
able as one of you kid's lives.
But they aro so keen to make
good, well, it kinder scares you.
Mr. Roosevelt, I believe it
would do great good if you
would warn 'em that you don't
;xpect the servico the level
headed old experienced regu
lars delivered.
Colonel Arnold, an old friend
of mine, in charge of all of 'em
in the west, told me in Salt
hake today that he had been
preaching that to 'em.
I know you will like the way
the regular mail pilots take it.
(And most of them are ex-sore
heads.) They are fine men of
fine judgment,
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