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Thirtieth Year
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Afofrs I CONGRESS ACINr J
Bgmi is concluded uyjr
B, SENATE APPROVAL! if ' f:
By PAUL MA1.LOS
(Copyright, 1939, by Paul Mallon.)
WASHINGTON. April 8. The cur
rent condition of hesitant public
opinion regarding the new deal could
be condensed
Into four simple
questions. They
occur red to
wondering news
editor out west,
who wrote In to
ask:
What Is the
new deal really
aiming at in the
way. of business
stability?
How does Pres
ident Roosevelt
nronose to pay
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PAUL SIAI.MIN .
off his stupendous mounting debt?
Has he any limit on how high It
will Rur ,
What Is holding back the circula
tion of money and credit?
These four fundamental questions
were submitted privately to the four
men In Washington best able to
answer. The four men are not po""
tlcos of the new dcsl who go run
ning around the country bellowing
clouds of economic speeches or who
write high-toned books, wandering
through fields of ethereal economics
and confusing everyone. These four
are the ones who do the resl think
ing for the new deal, also the work.
If anyone knows the answers they
do.
Their identities cannot be disclosed
for obvious reasons, but the follow
ing represents their balanced view
point, enressed with the sin"''!1?
which confidence gusrantces.
i
Th. fundamental idea is to attain
an indefinite htgher price level,
equal to the level under which eitlst.
Ing debts were Incurred. The precise
point is unknown, but the adminis
tration believes prices are still too
low. Roughly, prices now- are at 80,
and about 100 Is sought.
The goal cannot be fixed more
definitely because the maturity of
. the indebtedness and Its, original
dollar value are not exactly com
putable. Nor Is. It accurate to esy they went
a 25 per cent Increase In all prices
above existing levels. Some existing
prices are almost high enough
(building materials and foodstuffs).
Some are too low (rubber, shoes,
rlno. ties).
To state It technically, what they
really want la an equalized level
restoring the 1928, '28 and '29 bal
ance between production and con
sumption. Hote Nothing new Is contem
plated along this line now, except
what you already know about. - .
Mr. Roosevelt does not Intend to
pay off the- debt. He will let his
successors do It. He haa no plans for
monetsry Inflation to pay It. If In
flation comes It will be accidental.
His announced plan calls for three
methods of payment. First, with the
net recoverable assets on government
sdvsnces (about 13.400.000.000. This
money has been loaned out by the
government. It will be applied to the
debt later when repaid. Secondly.' he
will use the 82.000.000.000 of gold
profit which he has not yet used.
Together, these two items will pay
about five billions, which is only a
small part.
The rest will be paid by a new
gradual tax program. This may have
"to begin before Mr. Roosevelt re
tiree. The chances are he will have
to start it within the next three
years. The process of retiring the
debt this way will require perhaps
30 years.
The unofficial celling on the debt
U $50,000,000,000. There Is no of
flcial celling. Published plans call
for a top limit of $34,000,000,000
June 30. 1936. It Is bound to go
higher, after that. The $50,000,000.-
000 limit -implies that the president
can boost It twice again as much
as he has so far, without running
Into trouble.
This supposition is founded on the.
p-opvt that he will resist the
bonus, the Townsend plan and other
plans which would shake confi
dence In the treasury program.
Low interest rates mske the debt
problem less serious than it appears
to be. Interest charges cn the cur
rent debt of $28,500,000,000 are less
than the charges on a $20,000,000,000
debt in 1P25. If the promised $34.
000.000,000 debt is carried at 2
Continued on Page Pwelve)
AUTOIST ACCUSED OF
ASSAULTING MINISTER
rFNDLETON. Or . April 5 (AP)
Jsmes Ferguson of Pendleton was ar
raiened in Just Mr court here today
on chargps of driving while intoxi
cated, reckless driving snd assault
and battery after th Rev. Oscar
Payne of Hermiston had filed a com
plaint. Bond was set at $M. The
minister accusM Pereuson of havint?
knorV.rd him dn affr he had con
to a telephone, to report tli fijofl
man of violation of highway regulations.
1 1 ""is5 '
Largest Money Bill in His- KIT, . . &Y, !
tory Now Requires Only
Roosevelt's Signature to ij ijk. i
Become Law of Land; w
WASHINGTON, April 5.-AP)- fi h, I I
WASHINGTON. April 5. (API
Congressional action on the 84
000.000 work-relief program was
completed today by senate approval
of a conference agreement. '
This biggest money bill In history
now needs only President Roosevelt's
signature to become law.
The senate vote on final passage
was 68 to 13.
,House approval was voted a little
earlier by 317 to 70.
The measure 75 days in the mak
ing la designed eventually to re
place the dole by furnishing a vast
range of Jobs for 3.500.000 persons
now on rrllef. .
1 will be sent to the White House
el er brief formalities of enrollment
and signature by the speaker and
vice president and dispatched by air
plane to southern waters for Presi
dent Roosevelt's spproval.
On final passage of the bill. Sena
tor MrNary, Oregon, voted for the
bill and Steiwer against It.
WASHINGTON. April 5. (AP)
The senate today began final consid
eration of the long-delayed 84.880.
000.000 work-relief program with
leaders pressing for a vote before
nightfall the last step needed before
rushing the bill to President Roose
velt. Shortly alter the house voted Its
approval of the conference agreement
317 to 70. Senator Glass (D., Va.) ob
tained consent for senate considera
tion. and. after a quorum call Vice
President Garner put the question on
approval of the report.
It was agreed to' without debate.
but Senator Robinson, the Democra
tic leader, raised a question of parlia
mentary procedure which reversed the
qutckly-glven approval and opened
the report to debate. Then Senator
Thomas (D.. ' Okla.) was recognized
and proceeded to discuss the bill.
Before the house voted it heard
Representative Short (R., Mo.), de
scribe the bill as "putrid, rotten and
foul." Short followed Representative
Taber (R., N. Y., who contended
that the "object of this bill la to have
(Continued on Page Thirteen.)
JITTERS HANDICAP
AUGUSTA. Ga;, April 6. (AP)
After electrifying the gallery with a
sub-par 33 for the first nine today.
the great Bob Jones suffered an
other attack of the putting "Jitters"
and barely succeeded la equalling
par with a 73 for his second round
In the $5,000 Augusta national golf
tournament. .
His total of U6 for 36 holes left
him 11 strokes behind Henry G
Plcard, Hershey, Pa professional,
who added another par-busting 68
to his opening 67 for low score of
135 and a decisive lead.
OIL TANKER SHE
NEAR PEACEFUL END
SAN FRANCISCO, April 3. (AP)
An amicable end to the Pacific coast
strike of oil anker sailors appeared
In- sight today aa both aides In the
controversy considered a new pro
posal for peace.
Disclosing both employers and the
striking employes have studied the
truce plan for the past two days. A.
A. Rosenshine, chairman of the fed
eral mediation board, said the two
factions have promised to give theil
decisions today.
1$n vM Congressional action on the S4.BBO.- I 'p f-mfr I I : I
BESIEGED SCHOOL WARM
DEFIES OUSTER EFFORT
OLOBE. Aril.. April 6. (AP) An
embattled school teacher, barricaded
against eviction from her little school
house In the Isolated Oreen Valley
district, today continued to defy ef
fort of school hoard members and
county officials to dlslodce her.
While County Attorney Roulsnd
W. Hill prepared to go Into superior
court to obtain a writ of Injunction
to restrain her from occupying the
premises. Mrs. L. Madse Woodley. of
Phoenix, remained adamant behind
! the school' locked doors.
She moved her bd. cooKing utn
Mls snd supplies into the school
house, snd declared "I mill not come
out until I collect my PJ."
m1m aulifr Jl
MaJ. C. E. Start (man. commanding
nfftrtr of the first half-allm. of the
30th Infantry nt San Francisco, has
been appointed commander of the
central Idaho rlvlllnn conservation
corps district. (Associated Press
Photo).
MAY HELP BONUS
SAYS V. F.W. CHIEF
PHOENIX,, Ariz... April 8. (AP) j
James E. Van 2.andt, commander-in-chief
of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, told delegates to the Arizona
encampment here today Huey Long
and threats of a third party are
worrying ''the Democrats and might
keep President Roosevelt from veto
ing the bonus bill."
The reference to Long. Father
Coughlln or a third party movement,
drew loud applause , from the floor.
"The veterans are sick and tired
of this party and that party and
want someone, else to lead them,"
Van Zandt declared. "Huey Long la
not dumb, and he la the . greatest
showman In- Washington at present.
He may be able to take enough votes
away from Roosevelt to let a Repub
lican In."
He attacked the five "big business"
organizations which he- accused of
seeing that a veto was promised for
every measure advocated- by ex -soldiers
of the Spanish or world wars.
Van Zandt said the purpose of the
vlst to Arizona wa to "turn the heat
under" Senators Aahurst and Hayden,
and he urged hearers to write their
senators demanding they support vet
erans' legislation.
He listed aa "bitter enemies of the
veterans' the United' States Chamber
of Commerce, the Manufacturers' As
sociation, the . American Liberty
League, the American Economy
League of the American Veterans'
Association. The latter, he said, was
made up .of wealthy veterans who
had never known unemployment and
hunger.
The "gall of an army mule" he at
tributed to Eugene C. Grace, who. he
said, "received a. salary of $13,000.
000 and a bonus of $3,000,000 during
the war years and who now fights
bonus for veterans."
PORTLAND, April 5. AP) Five
Chinese, questioned here after they
were picked up on request of Ban
Francisco police In connection with
an investigation of the slaying of a
Chinese there last Sunday, were re
leased, last night.
Cap'. sin John J. Keegan of Port
land detectives, sharply criticized
bay city police for non-cooperation,
and they finally sent word the Ori
entals were not wanted.
I Mrs. Woodley barricaded herself In
the school when the bosrd of trus
tee pent a nw teacher to take her
plsce.
8am Haught. chairman of the
school board, said, "Mrs. Woodley
w naBd for a term that was
to expire rbniry 1. Then the school
i district was reonjsnired and another
I teacher was appointed to take charge
April 1."
Mrs. Woodley. however, contended
' she was entrnned for the enttre year.
I When Mrs. Wood ley's uccenvr ar
rived st the school. Hmiylil told
Count) Attorney Hill. Mrs. Woodley
pulled her hir snd threw her be
ilongingi in tbe vara."
MEDFORD, OREGON,
$425,000,000 Paid
In Taxes By Beer
In First 2 Years
KB WYORK. April 5 (AP The
first two years of beer's return,
the United States Brewers' asso
ciation estimated today, have di
rectly created $2,000,000,000 In
new business and have enriched
federal and state treasuries by
$425,000,000.
The brewers' association records
show from the legalization of 3.3
boer on April 7. 1033, to April 1,
1035:
Paid Into state treasuries by
brewers for sales taxes and license
fees $75,000,000:
paid by brewers to the federal
government, for taxes on beer
withdrawn and license fees $360,
000.000. With the aernnij anniversary of
legalization next Sunday, beer of
3.3 or higher alcoholic content Is
now sold In 46 states.
EUGENE. Ore,, April 5. (API
Disappearance of more than $30,000
of Springfield city funds without ad
equate explanation; falsified balances
and Incomplete records were found in
city books. It waa charged today by
O. V. Brese, auditor employed by
the city council of Springfield to
check the city's accounts.
Every Item in the city's asset and
liability statement submitted to the
council at the end of 1934 Is faulty,
Brese charges, citing specific In
atancea of large Items being charged
off the city books without explana
tion. Tht report, which will be submit
ted to the city council Monday night,
la said to be an amazing story of lax
bookkeeping. Illegal transactions and
questionable business practices over a
period dating back to 1924. Bonds
outstanding were said to have been
ahown In the previous audit at a to
tal of $2000 loss than actually ex
isted.
Brese found that the town U In
default $11,500 on bonds and carried
a warrant Indebtedness of $26,023.47.
A potential default of $20,000 on
bonds due November 1. 1935, Is faced
and a similar situation la found In
the bond lsaue due November 1, 1936.
Brese recommended the city rear
range Its financing and refund the
amount now In default aa the first
step In putting it financial house In
order.
LI
T
NEW YORK, April 5. (AP) The
$100,000 seduction suit against
Arthur M. Loew, wealthy film exec
utive, waa dlmlssed late today when
Supreme Court Justice Aaron Levy
ruled the plaintiff, Collette Fran cols,
31-year old Parisian, had failed to
present sufficient evidence.
Mile. Francois charged Loew was
the father of her four-year old
daughter, Catherine, and that the
theater executive had seduced her
after promising her a movie career.
INCOME TAX RECEIPTS
FAR OVER LAST YEAR
WASHINGTON. April 5. (AP)
An Increase of 89 7 per cent In In
come tai collections In March over
March last year waa reported today
by the bureau1 of Internal revenue.
Reports from the 64 collectors in
the United States showed total col
lections of t321,72S,348, compared
with i230.348.089 In the 1034 per
iod. Commissioner Guy T. Helvering
said the Increase In receipts of In
come taxes occurred In every col
lection district except Hawaii.
Thirteen districts showed an In
crease In collections of 50 per cent
or more.
OF
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.. April 8 (AP)
Henry Wsdsworth Longfellow Dana,
author, lecturer and grandson of
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Ism
oua poet, ptesded not gnilty todsy
to a morals charge Involving a 14
year old boy and waa held for trial
In Middlesex county superior court.
Dana was taken Into custody yea
terday after a secret Indictment had
been returned, based on statements
msde to cambrldee police officers ny
a bov who. Police Cnptain John J.
Canney said, was Konatant Avlu,
messenger.
$30,000 MISSING
FROM CITY FUNDS
SPRINGFIELD TOLD
FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1935.
T
SOCIAL SECURITY
BILL APPROVED BY
E
Old Age Annuities and
Unemployment Insurance
Will Mean Huge Addi
tional Load for Taxpayers
WASHINGTON. April 5. ,'jP) Fin
al, formal approval waa given by the
house ways and means committee to
day to the social security bill.
The 17 democrats present voted for
motion to report the measure to
the house while the 7 republicans
voted "present." Representative Lam
neck (D.. Ohio), waa absent because
of Illness.
The democrats. In a later meeting,
however, deferred until later In the
day & final decision on whether to
ask leaders to let them bring the bill
up under a "gag rule, ' It waa indi
cated that the committee's request
would be for a rule permitting con
sideration only of amendments offer
ed from the floor by the committee.
$81)0.000.000 New Tare
Official calculations that the social
security bill would mean $800,000,000
tn new taites In 1937 and a minimum
of $1,800,000,000 by 1949 brought
new energy today to the fight over
the measure.
The figures were prepared by house
ways and mean committee experts.
They became known as the commit
tee waa called into another meeting
to give final approval to the bill.
Republicans Immediately seized up
on the estimates as providing new
support for their contention the bill
puts too heavy a burden on business.
The republican members of the com
mittee talked over the figures In
meeting preliminary to a conference
of the 13 O. O. P. house members to-
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PETERTlNAGER
OF
E
Announcement waa made last night
by Otto J. Runte, district supervisor
for the atate Uquor commission, of
the appointment of John Peters,
clerk at the local store since Its In
ception last year, as manager to flit
the vacancy left by the recent resig
nation of I. E. Fby.
John Orth, former cashier at a lo
cal bank, will fill the position va
cated by Peters. Mrs, J. P. Reddy, act
ing manager since Foy's resignation,
will return to her regular post aa
caahler. There were no other changes
In the personnel.
While here. Runte also stated that
the store will be moved before the
first of May from Its present location
Into the bultdlng on South Central
opposite the Jackson hotel, Into the
room formerly occupied by the
"Oasis." Danger of robbery, limited
space and various other reasons were
given for the move.
BRUNO'S WIFE BALKS
AI LINDBERGH LINE
CHICAGO. April 8. (AP) The
T. W. airline recently lost 3 reserva
tions because It waa tne "Lindbergh
line," Tom Crane, traffic manager,
said today.
And the persons who cancelled
them, he said he was Informed by
the porter who took the order, were
Mrs. Bruno Richard Hauptmann and
two friends.
Crane said the three reservations
were made for a New York bound
plane. An hour later they were can
celled. AUDITOlfCLlN UP
ESTK
M. V. VanScoyoc of Salem, utility
auditor, arrived this morning by
train to spend several days In Med
ford "cleaning up'' the Copco rate
investigation case, which was drop
ped aa an economy measure by the
public utilities commission. His
work will consist of routine details
relative to bringing the case to a
close, and he will be aided by W.
B. Robinson, assistant engineer who
haa been stationed In this city dur
ing the course of the investigation.
GLEEMEN'S CONCERT TO
BE HELD LATE IN MAY
Roland O. Beach of the Medford
Oleemen announced today that the
spring concert Is to be held late in
May at the auditorium of the senior
( high school. In preparation for thif
roncert. a rehesrsa will be held on
Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock at
Hi Elk' tempi.
c No. 12.
teliEHT
MRS. PIERCE NOT
INCLINED TO QUIT
EDUCATION BOARD
Governor May Take Imme
diate Action to Secure
Active Member Two
Stand Out for Ins. Post
By CI.AYTOX V. nCRMIARD
Associated Tress staff W rlter
SALEM. Ore., April 5. (AP)-r-Ap-potntment
of either W. L. Graham or
J. W. Brennan of Portland as insur
ance commissioner, proffer of the
management of the state fair to Max
Oehlhar, former agricultural director,
and the Immediate ouster of Mrs.
Walter M. Pierce from the atate bosrd
of higher education appeared as to
day's high lights upon the political
horizon at the state capital.
While Graham's name has been
mentioned prominently for some time
as prospective insurance commission
er, the name of Brennan came to the
fore today following the conference
held here late yesterday between him
and Governor Martin.
Earle Elbowed Out
Hugh Earle of Eugene, reported as
the first choice for the position to
succeed Commissioner A. H. Averlll,
appeared to have been "elbowed" out
by later considerations. Political ob
servers have eliminated his name
from the list of those who may re
ceive the appointment.
Graham, a member of the state
legislature, has had much experience
In real estate business, aupportera de
clare, but the governor waa said to be
considering someone whs has had
more Insurance experience. The In
surance commissioner, however. Is
also real estate commissioner and
state fire marshal. J. M. Sehon, dep
uty commissioner, has handled most
of the Insurance work In the depart
ment for many years.
Brennan the past year has been
with the Commonwealth company In
Portland, a firm dealing with title
Insurance and mortgages.
Oehlhar to Head Fnlr
Solon-T. Whlte. dlreotor of agrlcul-
(Continued on Page rbree)
WOODEN PISTOL
STORY WAS LIE
FORT WAYNE, April 8. (AP) On
the authority of the- United States
department of Justice
John Dtlllnger's taunt to hla Jallr
ers, "Ha, ha, I did It with a wooden
pistol," when he fled from the
Crown Point; Ind., Jail' March 3,
1034. waa a He.
He had "outside" assistance, prob
ably woman who allpped him
murderous automatic- pistol not
"comic opera" Imitation.
There la no evidence to support
criminal charges against Lillian Hol
ley, woman sheriff who had custody
of the Indiana desperado, or against
any of the attaches of the "escape-
proof" Jail.
"Sheriff Holley was the Innocent
victim of circumstances," James R-
Plemlng, United States attorney for
the northern Indiana district, said
today. "The ' evidence gathered In
this long investigation shows Dlllln
ger's escape may have been a genu
lne Jail break."
f
CONTINUES INCREASE
WASHINOTON. April 5 (AP)
Th. Aaaoclatlon of American rail
roada announced today that load
inga of revenue freight for the week
ended March SO wer. 617.486 cara,
an lncreaae of 0709 above the pre
ceding week, .730(1 above the .cortea-
ponding week In 1034 and 110,130
above 1033.
Coal totaled 140.863 cara, an In
crease of 1303 above th. preceding
week, 701 above 1034 and 61,743
above 1033
151 INJURED, 80 HOUSES
RAZED BY TEXAS STORM
EAOLE PAS. Tel., April 5e-(AP)
An unidentified man was killed
and Iftl persons Injurnd by a storm
12 miles north of here last night.
Eighty houses were blown down snd
more than 100 others damaged.
There also was hall and rain.
ft woe ping the Quemado valley, a
farming area, the tornado caused
Inestimable damage to crops as well
aa leveling dwellings and outhouses
In a wide area. A new school build
ing was blown flat, and Normandy.
new development south of Quctn
ado, was prartleslly 'a
I
Besides ths l:S9 f te
Infant Strangles
To Death Eating
Piece Dry Bread
SILVERTON. Or... April I.
(API Jerry PUtt, i-ynr-oW im'
of Mr. nd Mr,. Prank Pfaff of
Mt. Angel, itr.ngled to death late
Thursday while eating a piece of
dry bread. Th. mother waa re
ported In a, aerloua condition aa
th. result of .hock. '
The youngster la aurvlved by hla
parents and brother Bobby, aged 4.
DUNS1IR SLAYER
JUDGE FOR
E TO
TREKA. Cal.," April 6. (UP) Ald-
rlch IiUli. 31, pleaded with Superior
Judge C. J. Luttrell yeaterday, asking
that he be permitted to enter a plea
of guilty to chargea of ahootlng and
killing Prank C. Anfermelr, 63-year-
old restaurant keeper.
Lute, according to hla attorney.
wanta to b. hanged for the ahotlng
berauae he believes death will send
him on the way to "a better world."-
"He wanta to get It over with aa
toon aa possible." th. attorney, Chas.
E. Johnson, declared.
Johnson asked Judge Luttrell to
accept a plea of not guilty by reason
of Insanity at the time the ahootlng
took place, early In the morning of
March 30. .....
Lutz, a former Portland, Ore., resi
dent, haa confessed ahootlng Anger
meler. According to his a tory to po
lice, h. ahot the aged man without
warning or cause when he cam. to a
cabin he had permitted Lut to atay
In for the night. Chattering of a
net monkey kept by Angermeter had
frayed hla nerves to aucn an extent
that he waa not responsible for the
act. Luta Insisted.
The shooting took place In a. resort
operated by Angermeler near Snow
men's Hill, a popular winter apona
playground near the baa. of towering
Mount Shasta
Lute also admitted to police that
Angermeler had permitted- him to
stay In the cabin after reeaing mm
and otherwlae befriending .mm.
Lute .waa captured with two com
panions at Bend, Ore., where ne nan
tied after the killing. Tn. two youtna
were released after proving they had
Joined Luts after he had left Duns
mulr. 4-
OF
ROME, April .. (AP) Cardinal
Locatelll died today. Th. cardinal
had been 111 with pneumonia.
Archill. Cardinal Locatelll was a
papal diplomat who paased almost
40 years In the Vatlcan'a diplomatic
aervlce. representing the pop. In
nln. different countries. He waa be
sides, a nobleman.
Born at Seregno,' In th. diocese
of Milan. 1866. he studied In th.
seminary of Monza and the Roman
seminary. Ordained priest In 1880 he
entered th. Academy of Ecclesiasti
cal Hoblea, Rome.
TEA-WHISKEY COCKTAIL
LANDS DRINKER IN JAIL
CHICAGO, April 8. (UP) He who
drink tea aplked with whlakey drives
tractors recklessly. That la not an old
Chinese proverb but the explanation
Earl Karner gave today In court,
where Patrolman R. W. Riley brought
him for playing rodeo In the public
streets astride a tractor. Karner said
the tea-whiskey cocktail waa Intended
to help hla lumbago.
Heppner Sheriff
Wrestling Champ
PENDLETON, Ore., April 6. (API
Larry Bennett. 100. Portland, took
two out of thre. falls from Marine
Jacoba, 180, Bremerton, last night In
on. of the faateat bout, aver aeen
on the local canvas.
Sheriff Clarence Bauman, 106, of
Heppner, defeated Buck Lleuallen,
300. In straight tails, to win the Le
gion heavyweight champlonahlp of
astern Oregon.
farmer, two persons were aertously
Injured.
Four Inches of rain and much hall
fell aa the wind swept In from Mex
ico shortly after midnight. It tore
down telephone and telegraph lines,
cutting tha communities off from
the outside world. All communica
tions remained off to Del Rio. 38
mtlea north, until 10 a. m. today.
Rivers and creeks were swollen.
All available physicians, druggists
and nurses were dispatched to Que
mado from here several hours be
fore daylight. One victim, Everett
Woolrldge. about AO, was brought to
a hospital hara,
ROB PASSENGERS
ON CRACK T
Wide-Spread Manhunt On
for Dandified Quartet
After Reign of Terror On
Illinois Central- Railway
KANKAKEE. III., April 8. (AP)
Pour awashbuckllng "two gun" nat
tily dressed robbers who held up
nearly forty persona aboard the
crack gulf-coast bound Illinois Cen
tral train, the "Louisiana" were
sought in a wide-spread man-hunt
today. Their loot totalled only about
1843. railroad reports said.
Taking virtual command of the
train In m reign of terror, cowing
those aboard for some twenty mln
utea as the train aped southward
out of Chicago last night, the gun
men, each armed with two .46 cali
bre pistols, escaped after shooting
and wounding one man. and com
mandeering the automobile of Ed
ward Ooetzler. 36, of Wheaton, 111.,
whom they kidnaped.
Salesman Wounded
The ' wounded man waa George
Kerr, a aalesman from Chicago, ahot
In the lea; when he resisted the gun
men In the apparent belief that they
were only "kidding." He was taken
to a local hospital, Hla condition,
however, waa not regarded aa aer
loua.
One of th. gunmen ahot him when
he lurched against a robber. The
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BUSINESS ENTERS
NBW YORK, April B. (AP) Dun
& Bradstreet in Ua weekly trade re
view said today business had entered
ths second quarter ' with renewed
force.
"Buoyed by the abundance of sta
tistical Information that during th
first quarter of the year the trend
was constantly upward," the survey
stated, "current signs of more ac
tivity In some of the laggards ar
helping to provide momentum for
still better progress during the see
ond .quarter, in spite of the numer
ous complications which will be en
countered. .
'While a few trades a till bear evl-
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Drops Of Mud Fall
In North Colorado
DENVER, Colo., April 8. (AP) A '
atorm that brought big dropa of mud
to the clttea but welcome moisture .
to farmers extended throughout
northern Colorado laat night.
snow followed a dust atorm and
when It first started falling brought
down big dropa of mud, waahlng the
dust from the air. :
FUTURE FACTORY TOILER
WILL HAVE EASY LIFE
CHICAGO. April . (UP) The fao.
tory worker of the future will work
In plant, "with Interestingly tinted
walla" to the atralna of soft music.
William Ketterldge told the Western
Art. association today.
WILL
ROGERS
'SANTA JI0NICA, Cal., 'Apr.
i. Flying through Phoenix,
Ariz., this morning and an old
boy Rtnnding tliorc that I got
to talking to, as I always do, ag
to how things were eoing. He
said they shipped 130 cara of
lcttui'e out of that one valley
yesterday. Now a carload of
lettuce is conidcrab!c lettuce,
but 190 cars, and at a good
price!
Talking to a cattle man in
Claremnre yesterday. He had
just shipped a bunch of steers
to Kansas City and netted $t'J8
A head. These .pint to show you
how quick your business can
change. Now a sheep man
wires me that mutton hasn't
gone up. Now I don't want to
he caught helping out a sheep
man. but it sounded like he
might be right.'
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