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MEDFORP, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUA 7, 1935.
No. 262.
MILITIAMEN QUELL
FLOODS DRIVE FAMILIES FROM HOME
'L
BRUNO TALKS IT OVER WITH REILLY
WORLD LASHED BY
GALES, ZERO COLD
AND HIGH WATER
E
By PAIL MALLON
Copyright, 1935, by Paul Mallon
V WASHINGTON, Jan. 33. The ad
f ministration has put rubber Urea on
It congressional steamroller. It U
till flattening out all opposition in
the same old way,
but with soma
consideration for
how the boys
will feel after
ward. You see
that by what
happened behind
the widely ad
vertised house
revolt agaln&t
giving President
Roosevelt nearly
5. 000 .000 .000 to
play with for re
lief without lay
PALL MALI. O.N
ing down any rules for his game.
It was a pleasant revolt for all. It
started when a few conscientious
democrats, like capable Cox of Geor
gia, protested half apologetically that
the house leaders (not necessarily
Mr. Roosevelt) were going too far.
They said more than an hour should
be allowed for 435 elected representa
tives of the people to debate a $5.
000.000.000 appropriation bill. They
also hinted It was wrong for the
J leaders to refuse consideration to all
amendments. Certainly a couple of
Innocent amendments could be considered.
Ordinarily the leaders would pay
no attention to such an apologetic
revolt. They did not. this time, until
they suddenly found their own rules
committee was divided 7 to 7 on the
question whether they were going too
far.
Before doing anything, the house
leaders trundled down to the White
House, went Into a huddle with the
driver. They then decided to make
the Inevitable crushing of the revolt
ers reasonably pleasant for the vic
tims by permitting three hours In
stead of one hour for general debate.
In the fullness of their hearts, they
also agreed to consider amendments
to one inconsequential section of the
legislation, but not to the-Important
sections.
The steamroller then moved on,
with the mutineers falling under the
roller resignedly, and the leaders
content with having lost nothing but
a few hours of time.
) The Inside explanation for 8Uch
shennanlgans furnishes a rather In
teresting expose of the whole exist
ing legislative situation.
Congress has an Inferiority com
plex, and Justly so. Each revolter
knew that If the $5,000,000,000 pork
barrel was ever opened
up for amendments on the floor of
the house, there would be a riot. The
rush to get a slice of that money for
the folks back home would be un
stoppable. Congressmen would start
proposing amendments to build dams
In every creek In their districts.
Also, the argument about the rid
iculously small amount of time per
mitted for debating such a tremen
dous bill Is largely political.
Talk Is the cheapest commodity on
the Washington market. Nobody cares
anything about that.
The real reason the opposition
wanted more time was to organize a
real revolt. The reason the adminis
tration would not permit a reason
able period for debate was to prevent
the opposition from getting organ
ized. The result is the legislation un
doubtedly has many flaws. These
may or may not be discovered when
full time la allowed for consideration
of the bill in the senate.
Half the Insiders in congress seem
to feel the Democratic leaders made
a mistake In not showing a ruthless
front toward the mutineers. They
suspect that when congressmen find
out they can revolt, even apologet
ically, and get away with it. there
will be nothing but revolt. However.
If future revolts are aa gentlemanly
as this one. they will not be revolt
ing to anyone except the spectators.
Mr. Roosevelt has also been crowd
ing the mourners on the world court.
He caught the opposition wholly off
guard by sending his world court
message to the senate. Some opposi
tionists who are his friends had in
side reasons for believing he was
such a sturdy natlonellst that he was
secretly against the court, as well as
the league of nations (despite his
1920 presidential campaign.)
Tndeed, the gossipy word Is now
being spread In senatorial cloak
rooms that neither the president nor
the Democratic leadership Is strong
enough for the court to die for it
and Is merely pressing the Issue to
appease certain peace societies, which
might otherwise be aroused at the
strong new deal trend toward na
tionalism. That Is possibly a sour-grape argu
ment put forward by antl-courtcrs.
They are going strong now. If they
could delay a vote for a few weeks
mere, they might be able to defeat
the court move.
The Japsmiw are not going to stop
In China this time until they dom
inate thoe caravan routes westward
The president's consulting rcono
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Rnnkr' Guilt t'phetif
TOPEKA. Kns . Jan. 26 (API
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court proceedings.
the miprme !
court affirmed fxlsv the conviction'
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tisry sentence.
AGAINSTHUEY RULE
Civil War in Louisiana Is
Averted When 'Square
Dealers' Surrender Gas
Barrage Saves Reputed
'Spy' From Angry Crowd
BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 26. (AP)
Two sheriffs tonight described as
"lies' the chsrge that they had con
spired to assassinate Huey Long.
Sheriffs Henry N. Sherburne of
Iberville parish and Sidney Dubroca
of West Baton Rouge parish declared
that statements made at the open
court hearing In Baton Rouge "today
by one of the witnesses. Sidney
Songy, connecting them with an as
serted conspiracy to kill Long, were
false.
Sherburne's statement. Issued at
Plaquemlne, follows:
"There Is not a word of truth In
what Sidney Songy said In Long's
hearing In Baton Rouge, concerning
myself. Songy la a man without
character and few. If any, would be
lieve his statement under oath."
Dubroca's statement follows :
"Sidney Songy is a deliberate falsi
fier. Tli ere la not a word of truth
in anything he said concerning me
in Long's Investigation today."
(Copyright, 1035, by the Associated
Press ).
BATON ROUOE. La., Jan. 26.
Senator Huey Long's dictatorship
rode out an armed uprising here to
night as more than a hundred square
dealers surrendered or fled Into the
woods before machine guns snd rif'
les of national guardsmen. One man
was wounded.
A thivi tened nltched battle be
twee the dlltla and anti-Long forc
es came as a climax to an exciting
day which saw martial law declared
In this parish and city by Governor
O. K. Allen, and Senator Long charg
Ing In court that antagonistic public
officials plotted his death,
It was only a short time after the
senator abruptly ended his Inquiry
into the alleged conspiracy against
his life when square dealers started
to assemble at the airport. At first
they were unarmed, but guns soon
appeared.
As the anti-Long men began to
form their batUe line, a company of
guardsmen under Colonel E. P. Roy
reached the airport, unslung their
weapons and prepared for action.
The opposing forces were only
about 500 yards apart. The guards
men deployed In a line about a quar
ter of a mile in length and lying
flat on the ground began advancing
slowly. The armed citizenry, carrying
pistols, rifles and shotguns, backed
up against the woods nearby.
Ernest Bourgeois, president of the
anti-Long square deal association,
was in command of the citizens. It
looked for a short time as if neither
side in the Impending struggle would
weaken. Both forces maneuvered cau
tiously, their guns poised.
Then suddenly, finding themselves
outnumbered and surpassed In
equipment, most of the square deal
ers surrendered to Colonel Roy. They
were disarmed, placed under technic
al arrest and freed.
The citizen shot and wounded was
identified at the hospital as George
N. AHessl, 30, of Independence. La,
a member of the Tangipahoa parish
police Jury.
Physicians said buckshot had en
tered bis body just above the heart.
In the abdomen and In the back. An
emergency operation was performed.
Disorder broke out at the airport
tonight as guardscen still deployed
over the field.
A hundred or more men, women
and children had collected about the
field after the surrender. Suddenly,
someone yelled:
"There he is I There Is the spyl"
He pointed to a short, stoutlsh
man.
The crowd believed he was respon
sible for notifying the guardsmen
that the citizens were gathering on
the air field.
The crowd pushed at the man.
knocked him down, tore his clothing
and trampled him. Guardsmen charg
ed to the rescue but were finally or
dered to fall bnck and shoot gss
guns at the crowd.
The gas barrage finally drove the
crowd back and it left gradually. By
6 o'clock practically everyone was
gone and thft guardsmen were pack
ing up to leave.
Senator Long, at hit short court
hearing today, charged that the re
volt against his "klngftsh" regime
was being fomented by the Stand
ard Oil company.
Their dispute arow over a barrel
tax on refining of oil. It was an
nounced, however, a "compromise"
had been reached providing the com
pany used 80 per cent Louisiana
crude.
The square deal association waa
the outgrowth of this controversy, al
though leaders said they were fight-
,ng for tne rtpeM of aU of the Mna.
tor's "dictatorial laws." They
had
sworn to end the dictatorship.
More Dividend
NEW YORK. Jan. 26. (AP) There
were 23 favorable dividend changes
lat week against 26 the week before,
according to the dividend compila
tion of Standard Statistics Co. Un
favorable rhangs numbered 7 com
pared with 4 in the previous week.
KTRMINOHAM. Ell..
Jan. 26.
David Lloyd George, the Tormer Brit-
Ish premier, enpretved apprehension
rrmr th iturion in thr fr
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1 ipn tne united rstate? uid Britain
to take action to present peace.
Mothers with babes in arms fled from Northern Mississippi flooda
In the vicinity of Sledge. They auffered from rain and cold. Two of
those who deserted their dwellings with children were Mra. Ralph
Holmea and daughter (left) and Mrs. Jack Stanley and daughter.
(Associated Press Photo
MARKS, Miss., Jan. 26. (AP) A store of motor boats were putt-putt-putting
tonight In the flood cone surrounding this mecca of north
Mississippi refugees In search for numerous families still marooned In
their homes after four days of rampaging high water.
The number of dead from the Tennessee - Arkansas - Mississippi flood
was placed at 27, at Least, and the homeless, marooned or suffering at 2i.
000. Damage to property was estimated at more than 5,000.000.
Most of the victims in the trl-state area suffered from the unprece
dented flood of the Coldwater river basin.
I
HUGE WORK FUNDiON BONUS PAYING
Move Intended Curb Opposi
tion in Senate to Political
Power Grand Jury to
Probe Texas PWA Graft
Charges.
WASHINGTON, Jan: . 26. (AF)-In
a move to head off rising opposition
to the 4,880,000,000 public works
bill, word waa sent to congress today
from the White House that Presi
dent Roosevelt, himself, would allo
cate the fund.
Democrats and Republicans in the
senate were objecting to the vnst
power the bill would give the presi
dent to delegate authority to sub
ordinates. A White House conference
waa held between resident Roosevelt
and Senator Byrnes (D., 8. C.) one
of the executive's close advisors.
At the White House, It was said
authoritatively Mr. Roosevelt person
ally would administer the fund In-
httead of Secretary Ickes who han
dled the first 3,300,000,000 program.
It waa added that existing govern
ment agencies would handle alloca
tions made by presidential direction.
Under such procedure, Ickes as secre
tary of Interior would direct only
allotments to that department.
Senate Republicans, meanwhile, held
a conference on the relief program
and agreed to contest sections of
the measure which would give Presi
dent Roosevelt discretion in the use
of the fund.
They will meet again after the
senate appropriations committee acts
on the measure and determine then
what attitude they will take toward
tjie bill when it comes up for con
sideration, probably next week.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. (AP)
The first special grand Jury here
since the famous Pall-Doheny oil
cases was called today to meet Feb
ruary 6 to investigate charges of
graft In a $4,000,000 Texas public
works administration project.
Secretary Ickes. whose PWA investl-
lgfttlons uncovered the alleged graft.
refused to name the project in
volved, or to say whether any public
works officials were Implicated. All
other having knowledge of the case
steadfastly declined to name the pro
ject most directly involved, icxes
did, however. Indicate this Inquiry
'may have ramifications."
First word of the proceedings came
from United States Attorney Leslie
G. Oarnett after he had summoned
the Jury. Garnett said the inquiry
was being undertaken solely at the
request of Ickes and that the jury
would analyze "specifically one pro
ject, a 4.000.000 project in Texas."
Louis Glavis. head of the PWA in
vestigation division, has been in
Texas three or four timea recently.
JOURNALISM FRAT
EUGENE. Ore. Jn. 2 (API B
W. Fuhl. editor of the I9:;4 PaUtrrt
prlre vlnnrr. th! Mfd'ord Mall Trib
une, end Hush O. Bull of the Hood
River Ne's. were formally Initiated
Into Sterna Delta Chi. men', nation
al Journalism fraternity here mday.
In recognition of their outstanding
si Journalism rraternlty here rnnay,
in rcoenltlon of their outstanding
! nrv in the field of imirn11m in
,
HONORS EDITORS
inr io rr nr acnaing me
Oregon press conference.
cnierence.
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FORCE EARLY VOTE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. (AP) A
threat to use rare parliamentary tac
tics to force a vote on the 3,100,-
000.000 bonus unless It Is brought
up promptly was discussed by bonus
advocates today on Capitol Hill.
The men who were discussing It
declined to let their names be used,
giving as the reason that the plan
would 'involve over-tiding the , pre
siding officer. In the house.
The proposal was this: During con
sideration of some bill, a member
would offer the bonus measure hi
an amendment. The chalrmsn a
speaker, presumably, would Immedl'
ately hold It out of order since It
did not pertain to other subject mat.
ter in the bill under consideration.
That ruling immediately oould be
appealed to the house. A simple ma
jority of those balloting would be
sufficient to overrule the speaker
and then permit a vote on the bonus
rider.
Only once in their two-year terms
were the rulings of the last speakers
Ralney of Illinois and Garner or
Texas contested. In one, Rainey was
sustained; In the other, Garner waa
defeated.
Some bonusltes, among them Rep
resentative Patman (D., Tex.) said
they thought such procedure would
be Inadvisable. But the others con
tinued to discuss methods and the
most strategic time to act.
HAMILTON. CHIEF
E,
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DIED LAST APRIL
(Copyright, 193.1, by the Associated
Press)
ST. PAUL, Minn.. Jan. 28. (AP)
B,v(r1rn tn ni-mflrm nimnri of .Tohn
Hamilton's death was claimed here
today, an authoritative source dis-
cl0Ked
John Dllllnger's chief lieutenant
succumbed to bullet wounds last
April S at ChlcaRo, the informant
announced. The Information waa fur
nished by a former member of the
gang and corroborated by a letter
penned by DUlinger himself, he aald.
Department of Juitte offtclala at
Washington commented merely that
reports of Hamilton's death had been
Increasingly frequent In the last few
weeks but that his name would not
be crossed off the wanted list until
hla body had been found.
The evidence waa said to have come
from a former henchman of the out
law whoae Identity waa unrevealed
beyond a hint that he waa a prisoner
In the Ohio penitentiary. The letter
waa written to Hamilton's girl friend
Patrician Cherrtngton, by Dllllnger
before he himself waa slain last July.
Hamilton Incurred hla mortal
wounds last April 23. the source made
known, when he and Dllllniter were
fired upon by Patrolman Fred Me
Ardle and Deputy bherlff Norman
Dieter near St. Paul as they were
I fleeing from the trap aet by govern
ment agents at the Little Bohemia
In Wisconsin. Bleeding profusely.
Hamilton waa rushed to Chicago and
kept alive by two physicians until
April 2.
Hubby Joint Amelia
ALBUQUERQUE. N. M.. Jsn. 26
; cap, Amelia Earnarc and nr nus
, hand. George Palmer Putnam, took
off from the Albuaueroue airport at
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' uurosna, iai., vo new jora.
Legislature Expected to Do
Something With One
Third Session Passed
Bill Changing Primary
Election Up Monday.
SALEM, Jan. 36. (AP) Only three
measures saw their way successfully
! through the Oregon legislature aa
one-third of the scheduled 40-day
session had passed, and of these but
one was deemed of seml-lmportance.
Committees, however, were flooded
with scores of minor proposals and
numerous enactments of major im
portance when the assembly adjourn
ed over the week-end. The coming
week would see virtually all remain
ing large Issues Introduced, with the
exception of the appropriation bills
of the ways and means committee.
Out of the 326 bills introduced, an
Increase of about 30 per cent over
the same period in 1033, defeat In
the form of withdrawals and by vote
saw 1 1 eliminated, and 33 which
passed have passed one house and
were ready for the other. The execu
tive has but one measure for con
sideration, since he has attached hia
signature to the other two which
have passed.
Increased activities were Indicated
by the house at the beginning of the
third week next Monday, however,
when II bills were on the calendar
for final passage, one of which would
defer primary elections from May to
September. It will be a special order
of business at 3:30.
The senate, running more smooth
ly, to the extent that no session has
been much longer than 30 minutes
in duration, has no proposals up on
third reading Monday, but commit
tees are functioning on many bills
while waiting for house action on
the bulk of the so-called major meas
ures. The first of the administration
measures, the creation of an ad
visory planning commission for the
governor, waa approved by the house
by a large majority late yesterday,
but only after the original bill as
Introduced had been redrafted to
take power and control away from
the proposed group of seven mem
bers. The only bill which passed both
houses and was signed by the gov
ernor tbat'was considered of seml-
lmportance was the one giving the
executive power to remove members
of the state pilot commission at will
without cause.
ONTARIO, Ore.. Jan. 26. (AP)
After a conference here late today
Malheur county officials remained
undecided whether to hold an au
topsy to determine If a reported
kicking by small boys brought on
the death of Phyllis Weatfall, 7, Vale,
Ore.
At a conference In the office of
Sheriff C. W. Olenn, County Coroner
R. A, Tacke read statements from
two attending physicians who said
they had no knowledge of any body
bruises which might have caused the
girl's death.
Dr. W. J. Weese stated that diphth
eria was the cause of death. Both
he and the other physician said
that a Jaundice condition from which
she suffered had appsrently cleared
while she waa in th hospital. The
county health officer had reported
lrt n bruise on her
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While the officials leaned toward
h teoi7 that nothing could be
"7 w"umini
holding an autopsy, they kept that
course under consideration.
At today'a conference It was re
vealed that there was no positive
Identification of the child's assail-
anta and that no one notified either
the sheriffs office or the district at
torney until after the funeral.
After talking with two phyalelsns,
the child's father said It appeared to
him that the death was from natural
causes,
TWO STORES KEEP
Among those Medford merchants
who have announced that their stores
will not change their regular busi
ness hours, aa will some of the other
merchants, are Whillock's Golden
Rule and the Buster Brown shoe
store.
Those two stores will stay open
every week night until 6 o'clock, and
until 8:30 on Saturday, opening every
morning at 8:30,
Other local stores that will keep
thote hours are the hardware stores,
and those which feature men's rloth-
inE cmlv. Thoe In the lstter cate
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.nop. iiu viiici. vivui.i.i
i company.
PHYSICIANS SAY
VALE GIRL DIED
NATURAL CAUSES
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Bruno Richard Hauptmann (right), defendant In the Lindbergh
case at Flemlngton, N. J., confer, with hie chief eouneel, Edward J.
Rellly, ae the atate conclude. It, case agalnit the Bronx carpenter.
Hauptmann wai hi, own flret witneee, mounting the etand ehortly
fterthle talk with Rellly. (Associated Preea Photo)
HAUPTMANN ALIBI
NAMES DEAD MAN
AS BABYSLAYER
Montreal, Can., Residents to
Testify They Saw Isador
fisch With Child-State
Masses New Evidence
FLFM1NGTON, N. J., Jan. 28. (AP)
A New York policeman, returned
from Germany with relatives of the
late Isador Flsch to testify at the
trial of Bruno Richard Hnuptman for
murder, haa also given the state new
handwriting evidence. It waa learned
tonight, to be used against the Bronx
carpenter.
As Hauptmann a counsel moved to
bolster Hauptmann'a main hope an
alibi the state announced that Lieu
tenant Arthur Johnson of the New
York city police, recently returned
from Germany, had brought back
several samples of Hauptmann'a hand
writing.
Lieutenant Johnson also brought
back for possible appearances on the
witness stand relative of the dead
Isador Flsch the man Hauptmann
by Implication accuses of the Lind
bergh baby murder who will testify
that Flsch died in poverty. Tills tes
timony will be used In rebuttaj to
tear down defense claims that Flsch
was the money man of the Haupt
mann -Fisch fur business partnership,
and tbe actual kidnaper of the baby.
In this connection came a dispatch
from Montreal tonight saying that
Edward J. Rellly, chief defense coun
sel, had wired -for details of a Mon
treal man's statement that he had
seen Flsch In Montreal, with a child,
shortly after the kidnaping.
Michael Barry, a former newsstand
owner, signed an affidavit before a
Montreal notary last week that he
thought he saw Flsch In Montreal
with a child "closely resembling" the
Lindbergh baby about 15 days aftor
the kidnaping. Barry said he had not
mentioned the incident until now
"because friends advised me to keep
quiet."
Another Montrcaler, John Harrow,
owner of a tailor shop and small ho
tel, came forward today the Montreal
dispatches said, with a story similar
to that told by Barry.
Harrow "positively identified"
picture of Flsch aa that of a man he
saw with several other men in
United Statea car about the same
Barry is suposed to have seen Flsch
L RAIN IS
WEEK'S FORECAST
Oregon: Cloudy and unsettled Sun
day with rain near the coast: Mon
day, unsettled, rain west portion and
snow over mountains: continued
mild: fresh southeast and south wind
off the coast.
CAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 26 fAP
Outlook for far western states for
period from January 28 to Febru
ar 2:
General precipitation In north Pa
cific states and Idaho, probably ex
tending Into northern California and
northern plateau region by middle of
week. Normal temperatures.
Lower Hay Hale
PENDLETON, Ore., Jan. 26. (APl
The ehamnet of commerce an
nounced today the freight differen
tial on hay shipments between Pen
dleton and Pilot Rock to the mid
west drought diitricU wl'.l be
moved February 7.
Unier AppHrnttm.
SALEM, Ore., Jsn. 26. ( AF) Nine
application for water appropriation
i t, , u- nffli if
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RUM AGENT HELD
ON FALSE CLAIM
PORTLAND, Ore,, Jan. 36. (AP)
Department of Justice agents arrest
ed J. O. Spear, special agent for the
Oregon liquor contral commission,
here today on a charge of submit-
ting a false claim for travel expen-!
ses.
Spear, former prohibition officer of
Montana and now a Portland resi
dent, was In Portland at the time
he was called before the grand Jury
as a witness In three liquor cases,
declared Carl Donaugn, United
States district attorney.
However, snld Donaugh, Spenr sub
mitted & bill for 427.80 to cover ex
penses he said were Incurred In com
ing here from Grants Pass to attend
the grand Jury sessions. Spear form
erly was stationed at Cl runts Pass by
the state liquor commission.
"It's a flagarant case and there'a
no excuso whatever for this sort of
thing." Donaugh told Federal Com
missioner Kenneth Frazer before
whom Spear waa taken for arraign
ment.
Spear waived hearing and waa held
to the grand Jury under bait of
1000.
CRAZED CRIPPLE
ON RELIEF KILLS
THREE IN FRENZY
CHICAQO, Jan. 26. ( AP) The
temporary insanity of a young teach
er waa blamed todr.y for a wild ram
page that cost four lives.
A jury closed Coroner Frank
Walsh's "saddest inquest" with a ver
dict holding Henry W. Arden, . 27,
unemployed language Instructor, re
sponsible for "three murders and
one aulcldo while temporarily in
sane." Arden, brooding over hla crippled
condition and disgruntled because
the relief allotment for himself and
his mother, Ruth, was to be cut,
slew Miss Alice Mae Irwin, . comely
relief case worker, in his home yes
terday. He and his mother hastened
to the Chicago avenue relief station
and sprayed the office with pistol
bullets. Miss Caroline Wallace, super
visor, was slain, Niels Nlelson and
Miss Hazel Dugan were wounded.
Then Arden ended the gory episode
by killing his mother and committing
suicide,
"It's baffling how these people
could afford to buy revolvers," Coro
ner Walsh stated.
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NAKED IN CROWD
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26. (AP)
Two robbers early today In the heart
of Los Angeles' business section held
up Frank Brosoky. robbed him of a5
cents and stripped him of all his
clothing except his underwear. ,
A paaserby soon after loaned the
embarrajucd victim an overcoat to
wear to a police station.
PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 26. (API
Turning down Oscar Hill's alibi that
he believed It was two Mexicans rath
er than two Indians to whom he
sold rubbing alcohol. Federal Judge
James Alger Fee today sentenced Hill
to a year In prison.
Hill, of Klamath Falls, admitted
he had known the Indians for 10 1
vMra. hut thmiffht thev were Mexl- ,
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Eastern States Face New
Blizzards Europe Swept
By Storm Flood Danger
in Washington Lessens
Havoc Heavy.
(By the Associated Press)
The storm-ridden eastern statea
braced for a fresh onslaught of zero
weather and snow Saturday night as
winter pursued a ranging way.
Floods broadened the sphere of
misery In north Mississippi, where
the cost waa counted at 27 human
Uvea and five to ten million dollars
property loss.
Snowsildes, wrecked homes and
swelling rivers sent whole commun
ities fleeing to higher ground in
British Columbia.
Bitter gales lashed over Europe,
sweeping email fishing craft to sea
and damaging trees and buildings In
Britain. The Norwegian ship "Oanga"
was blown out of Blyth harbor and
disappeared. The Norwegian steamer
"Roydo" waa wrecked on the western
Scottish coast.
Down in Central America the tem
perature broke to 44 degrees above
zero at Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and
two deaths were attributed to the
unprecedented cold. Warning of an
approaching hurricane emptied the
bay at La Cetba of all vessels, which
headed for a safer place In the open
sea.
Pennsylvania, scarcely recovered
from a 40-hour bllcsard, got some
relief from the severe cold but pre
pared for a new storm reported on its
way to the central and eastern parts
of the state. Snow fell generaly over
West Virginia, where one death waa
caused by a coasting accident.
An Inch of snow fell atop the blan
ket laid Wednesday at Washington,
antt Mven Pen were hurt, three
of them on a sled struck by an auto
mobile.
Light, but steady snow fell most
of the day In the Chicago area and
Indiana, while temperatures ranged
In the tens and twenties over moat
of the middle west and were due for
a drop toward the uro neighborhood.
New York streets were still banked
with anow, but traffic waa nearer
normal, . New England temperatures
were Just under freezing, with a cold
wave anticipated by Sunday bringing
six to ten degree temperature.
Two brotheera were found frozen
to death at Lake Mllllnocket, Maine,
and a barge was reported lost at sea
off Norfolk, Va with five men
aboard. A Kenyon, Minn., farmer
died of freezing and exposure, sixth
Minnesota victim of the zero wave.
The crest of the Coldwater river
flood In Mississippi moved down up
on Lambert, and the tragic exodus
from threatened homes went on. At
Marks, Miss., 600 homeless were In
the soup line, and the refugees and
other victims of the river's rampage
were estimated as high aa 25,000. A
atate prison farm housing 500 negroes
four mllea south of Lambert was In
the tone of danger.
SEATTLE. Wash., Jan. 28. (AP)
Sunshine warmed the water-logged
Pacific northwest today, ameliorating
flooda In some districts and adding
to scenes of desolation In others as
melting snow caused new freshets
and earth slides.
Sumsr mountain. In British, Colum
bia, murled tons of mud and Water
down upon the village of Kllgard.
and police feared the slides bid the
fate of several more dead. Some vil
lages were abandoned, others were
believed destroyed, communications
and traffto were crippled.
Western Washington's inundation
wss draining off, leaving behind a
string of washed-out and mud-covered
highways and farms.
Havoc of the week's cold wave,
storms, heavy snow and sliver thaw
was tentatively estimated at 25 dead,
scores Injured, hundreds marooned by
flood and slide or driven from their
homes, traffto arteries seriously dam
aged, 10 ships damaged or sunk.
WASHINGTON. fJan. 26. (AP)
The federal communications commis
sion today received an application
for a construction permit for a new
radio broadcasting station to operate
on unlimited time from L. E. RObl
deaux of Bend, Oregon. He asked for
a permit to operate on 100 watts at
night and 250 watts day time.
Will .
ROGERS
ALBUQUERQUE. N. M . Jan. 25.
Well, all I know la Just what I read
In the Amsrlllo, Texas, Dally Nows.
Cattlemen are feeling better than In
years. No rain, but the senate will
let to that aa soon aa they get ua all
set In the World Court. That will Just
auout be the breaking of this depres
sion. Yes. sir. wish they could get out
and taik to the people. Think they
would learn something rather sur
prising about how little Interested
they are In Europe. H It waa put up
to a vote of the people you would
think It waa some Republican run
ning for aometnlna:.
Tours,
tV.,
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