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WiTHOUTJEATHS
Morgan City Bears Brunt
Of Property Damage
Clothes Blown From Child
Populace Saved By
Warning.
MORGAN CITY, La., June 18.
(AP) A hurricane with a 70-mlle
an hour wind tore in from the Gulf
of Mexico at noon today, damaged
practically every building in this
town including the electric light
plant which left the city In dark
ness, but no loss of life was re
ported. The storm caused heavy damage
along the Louisiana coast but Mor
gan City apparently bore the brunt
of the blow.
After sweeping the gulf the hur
ricane turned Inward and blew north
ward toward Baton Rouge, the cap
ital of the state. Communication
lines were blown down and highways
were blocked by fallen treea and
flying debris.
A sixty mile an hour wind with
a blinding tropical downpour and a
falling barometer swept through
Baton Rouge in mid-afternoon as the
disturbance swept its way northerly
up through eastern Louisiana, appar
ently headed for the southwest tip
of Mississippi and the Louisiana lino.
Baton Rogue is about 60 miles dir
ectly north of here. In the capital
city state officials and employes,
school children and every person in
the vicinity were herded into the
great masonry confines of the new
tate capital in shelter from the howl
ing storm.
Business was suspended throughout
the city and every resident of Baton
Rouge ran for safety in the stronger
buildings. Trees were blown down,
minor damage was reported to resi
dence and timbers flew through the
air us signs were torn away. No in
juries had been reported.
The storm was felt over a radius
of two hundred miles as far east as
Gulfport, Miss., north to Natches and
west to Crowley. New Orleans caught
a fringe of the blow and trees and.
parts of small buildings were blown
down.
Windows of Morgan City stores
were blown in and merchandise was
scattered over the city. -
At Ferrlday, La., across the river
from Natchez, the St. Thomas Cath
olic church was demolished and
clothes were blown off a five-year
old child.
Residents In the path of the storm
were warned hours in advance by
the weather bureau and they pre
pared for the blast. Dwellers in low
lands abandoned their homes to the
high tides and livestock was taken
to places of safety. Heavy damage
was reported to the sugar cane crop,
the principal crop of the area.
TAYLOR GRAZING
BILL APPROVED
WASHINGTON, June 18. (AP)
Legislative action was completed to
day on the Taylor grazing bill to
establish Interior department control
over hitherto unregulated public do
main, consisting of 173,000,000 acres
of range land in 11 western states.
A conference between house and
senate managers of the bill reported
modifications of two provisions In
the act which had been found objec
tionable by the president. The re
port was accepted by the senate and
then by the house without debate.
The bill, written by Representative
Taylor (D., Colo.) would permit the
secretary of the Interior to establish
grazing districts with an area of 80,
000.000 acres and to Issue permits for
a limited number of head of livestock
to range within them. In this man
ner over-grazing and erosion resulting
from abuse of the range would ' be
prevented.
The bill was supported at every
turn by the administration.
MRS. ROOSEVELT VISITS HOMESTEAD PROJECT
Arthur Clum, Hawaiian, who la
used to playing baseball barefooted,
led the Pomona college club In hit
ting during the 1934 season with a
,357 average. He played third base.
TOO LATE TO CLASSIH
CASH PAID for men's 2nd hand au'.tA
hats and show. Will B WlUon. Si
No. Front.
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home, close to city. Phone 1122-R
YOUNO. AtlROra wool rabbit, (2 it 3
each. 528 Boardman, corner Manza
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Skinner's Ranch on Old Stage Road
Phone 510-R-3.
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W. th.
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Wiring and Repairing
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SEVKRIN and
Mll.TNO.MAH RtTTERIES
Renlndlng a Specialty
Generator and Armature Exch.
Severin Battery Service
Mrs, Franklin D. Roosevelt, wlfo of the President, Is shown at Reedsvllle, West Va., as she Inspected
models of the cottages built on the government's subsistence homestead project. She visited the home
steaders' cottages while on a 200-mile tour of the northern part of the state and talked to the people at
various points. Left to right, around the table: Gov. H. Q. Kump of West Virginia; Rep. Jennings Ran
dolph of West Virginia; a woman reporter; Homer Morris, district superintendent of the homestead
project; Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Harold L. Ickes, wife of the secretary of the interior. (Associated Press
Photo)
BOND, Colo., June 16. (AP) The
Rockies tonight were officially con
quered by steel, before a cheering
crowd of 2.500, a new transcontin
ental railroad that fulfills the dreams
of empire builders to pierce the
heart of the gigantic mountains was
dedicated today.
It Is the first rail line to disdain
natural passes or canyons to shoot
at one of the highest Rocky moun
tain peaks, pierce It with an $18,
000,000 tunnel, and continue on to
the west coast.
Railroad executives and state and
city officials of Colorado and Utah,
who participated In the dedication
ceremonies, pronounced construction
of the new line one of the outstand
ing railroad developments of the
country.
"Inauguration of service over the
Dotsero cutoff means that the Rocky
mountains are now nothing more
than a fence on which Utah and
Colorado can rest their elbows while
talking over mutual problems," said
Gov. Henry H. Blood of Utah, In
his address.
Gov. E. C. Johnson of Colorado,
echoed this sentiment.
The new route, which utilizes the
old Moffat road and Is connected
with the Denver and Rio Grande
Weatern In western Colorado. 40
miles west of this little station, first
was vlsioned by William Gilpin, the
first territorial governor of Colorado,
almost 7fi yeara ago.
It eliminates 176 miles of the
transcontinental route from Denver
to the west coast.
The route pierces rugged James
peak, through the 6 mile long Mof
fat tunnel west of Denver and for
the first time puts Denver on a trans,
continental line.
CHARLESTON, W. Va., June 16.
(AP) President Roosevelt told West
Virginians by proxy today the first
year under NIRA "reveals significant
and extraordinary Increases in Indus
try and business generally."
CHICAGO, Juno 16. (AP) The
reorganized Republican party, said
Secretary of the Interior Ickcs to
day, Is "20 years behind the times
In progresslveness."
FOR COULEE BIDS
SPOKANE. Wash., June lfl. fp)
Eyeing a Job that will require from
15,000.000 to $20,000,000 to handle,
representatives of some of the biggest
builders in the nation were here to
day preparing to bid on construction
of the $63,000,000 Orand Coulee dam.
Foremost among the contractors
were The Six Companies, Inc., formed
to build the Boulder dam, Silas Ma
son company, of New York, which Is
building four tunnels on the Fort
Peck ai60.000.0OO project, for navi
gation and flood control on the Mis
sour! river. Silas Mason, which built
the original tunnel under the Hud
son river in New York city, has the
contract for the Thirty-eighth stress
mid-town tunnel under the Hudson.
The Six companies. Inc., would nor
bid under that name, but under an
other name not disclosed.
HOG TAX PAYING
WASHINGTON, June 18. (JP) As
one of Its final actions, congress to
night voted modifications of the farm
ac tto afford some relief from process
ing taxes on hogs and floor levies on
cotton, Jute and burlap.
By general consent, the house
adopted senate amendments to a nlll
authorizing the treasury upon tUe
recommendation of the agricultural
department to postpone from 90 to
180 days the time In which the pro
cessing taxes may be collected.
The bill also redefines the process
ing tax as affecting hog producers to
compel packers and others processing
hogs for the market or for other use
to pay the levies instead of the farm
ers. Chairman Jones (D Tex.) of the
house agricultural committee said
"the practice has grown up In cer
tain sections whereby local packers
require farmers to kill hogs before
bringing them In for sale and there
by make the farmers pay the pro
cessing taxes."
Able to Leave Hospital 'Mrs. W. E.
Fulton, of Eagle Point, who has been
confined to the Community hospital,
was able to leave for her hame last
night. D. S. Newland, of this city, also
left the hospital last night.
CONGRESS JUNKET
WILL EYE COAST
FORTS AND GUNS
WASHINGTON, June 16. ()
Chairman McSwain D., S. C.) of the
house military committee. In a let
ter to Rep. Dockweller (D., Cal.) today
promised to make an Investigation
this summer of Pacific coast defenses
Dockweller had introduced a resolu
tion calling for a formal inquiry into
the defense of California, Oregon,
Washington and Alaska.
"Because of the unusual press of
administrative bills," McSwaln said
"and relief measures your resolution
has not been reported out of the
rules committee for consideration.
"You have my assurance, as chair
man of the committee on military Af
fairs of the house of representatives,
that I expect to visit the Pacific coast
this summer or early fall.
"I shall invite several members of
my committee, and In addition, such
other members of congress who reside
on the Pacific coast and Rocky moun
tain states who may find it conveni
ent to Join me with the view of of
ficially Inspecting and surveying Pa
cific coast defenses."
RAIL RETIREMENT
ACT BOOSTS JOBS
WASHINGTON, June lfl. &) The
more than a million employees on
the nation's railroads will be placed
under a federally supervised retire
ment-pension system when President
Roosevelt signs the Crosser bill snt
to the White House today by cong
ress.
legislative action was completed
with house approval of a senate
adopted conference report composing
differences between the two branches.
Effective on the first day of the
second month after the executive's
signature, the legislation is designed
to increase employment by a compul
sory retirement system and at the
same time to insure to aged employees
an adequate subsist a nee.
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WASHIr3TON, June 18 (AP)
Congress tonight gave to President
Roosevelt power to set up a special
board to seek to settle such labor
troubles as now spot the national
industrial map. ,
The senate and house approved
unanimously a Joint resolution, draft
ed under the hand of the adminis
tration, conferring that power and
providing that such boards should
have the rights to hold secret elec
tions for the selection of workers'
representatives for collective bargaining.
The administration measure was a
compromise substitute for the origi
nal labor disputes bill by Senator
Wagner (D., N. Y.)
The substitute was approved after
the Republican Independent, Senator
ia Follette of Wisconsin, threatened
to hold up its passage with a de
mand for approval of the Wagner
bill and, in turn, after Wagner him
self haid prevailed upon La Follette
to recede from that stand. The house
previously had whisked the measure
through without debate.
The substitute measure, when it
finally emerged, contained, in addi
tion to the general purpose bill, two
expressions of policy.
It declared that not only should
workers have the right to select In
dividual spokesmen for collective bar
gaining but should be allowed to
choose organizations, while It did
not specifically mention unions, the
provisions were interpreted by some
officials as designed to bolster the
position of union recognition.
It declared nothing In the resolu
tion should be Interpreted to stand
in the way of the "right of workers
to strike or engage in other concerted
activities."
The former provision had the em
phatic '.eking of the White House;
the latter was Inserted at the In
stance of La Follette and on a unan
imous roll call vote.
ANSWERING FOES
OF BRAIN TRUST
CHICAGO. June lfl. Attacks
on the "brain trust" were declared
by Secretary of the Interior Harold
L. Ickes tonight to be inspired by fer
of that group's ability.
The criticism, he told the graduat
ing class of Northwestern university
in a commencement address, masks a
fight to block "social advance."
"Should the president, the cabinet
and all other administrative officials
be required to prove beyond a reason
able doubt that they are perfectly
dumb?" he asked.
Playing a stream of sarcasm on the
brain trusts' foes and on the brain
trust issue, Secretary Ickes said:
"It is their very ability that of
the men In question) that creates
forebodings In the minds of a privi
leged class who, by the unfair use
of usurped power, have come to be
lieve that they constitute the real
America.
"What they fear is not brain as
such, but brains that are used for the
benefit of the masses of our people.
Instead of for privileged few.
"If Lincoln were at the head of the
government today he would feel per
fectly at home. there Is the same
implacable resistance to an overdue
reformation of the social order."
Brains, the secretary observed dry
ly, have been "too sparingly used'
at times in the past. "If not the
brain," he asked, "what part of the
anatomy should be employed in the
solution of our normal problems?"
The criticism will die down, Secre
tary Ickes predicted, and the critics
sink into obscurity.
No Operator's License Archie F.
Find ley, of this city was arrested by
state police yesterday afternoon for
driving with no operator's license,
when he failed to stop at an Inter
section on Sixth street. He is cited
to appear at Justice court Monday.
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(Continued from page one)
groups known to be reluctant to sup
port either Joe E. Dunne and Charles
H. Martin, the nominees of the ma
jor parties.
The grange unanimously passed a
resolution to oppose any candidate
for the state legislature who did not
stand squarely behind the three chief
points of the organization's legislative
program anti-sales tax, state owner
ship of power transmission lines from
Bonneville, and the state banking
bill. Candidates for the legislature
could learn whether or not they would
receive the reputed grange suppoit
by classifying himself on these issues.
These Issues, too, were the prin
ciples advocated by Zimmerman as
the platform of the "regular progres
sives." for which he said he would
work. The grange, following three
hours debate, passed the state bank
ing proposal, and likewise separately
approved the other Issues. There wa
more consideration of the banking
bill than any other of the more than
79 resolutions introduced, ranging
from suggestions affecting world fi
nance down to the time of holding
the Oregon state fair.
The banking bill would provide that
all public funds be deposited In tht
State bank. The bank would do a
general banking business and could
make loans up to 50 per cent of as
sessed valuation, and further would
loan on warehouse certificates up to
the same per cent as the interme
diate credit bank now does. It was
Ore and! Bullion
Purchased
LkauMd by Stat ! California
BiMUikid 1907
WILD BERG BROS.
SMELTING & RHFINING CO.
Officut 742 M.rk.t S(.,Sn Fr.ndtce
Plant! South San Francisco
alleged during the debate that bank
now In operation were opposing th
grange efforts to secure signature f
the Initiative banking act petition
by coercing borrowers.
Criticism of the ;oajiI agricultur
al ad'ustment administration mth
ods was voiced by Strelt in th grange
session when he commented upon th
government ordering the plowing un
der of cotton and "at the same tlm
appropriate funds for the extermina
tion of the boll weevil."
It was reported following th ad
journment of the convention at
Saturday morning, that a pool of
votes was found necessary on virtual
ly every issue but the banking bill.
The vote in many cases waa very close,
ALBANY, Ore., June lfl. (p) H
S. Wlrth, Portland Insurance agent,
today launched his campaign her a
an independent candidate for gover
nor of Oregon. He la starting a tour
of the Willamette valley.
ROSEBURQ, Ore., June 18.-
Ray W. GUI, master of the Oregon
state grange, today spiked the report
he was seeking election as national
master with the statement he htl
never had such an Intention and thai
reports he was an aspirant wr
"surprising news to me."
Has Operation Mrs. J. Keenan, at
this city underwent a minor operation
at the Community hospital yesterday.
Kathleen
Estes
formerly with Bowman's Beauty
Shop, wishes to announce that she
Is now with the
Palace Beauty Shop
338 nest Sixth St. Phone 14
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