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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Forecast: Fair Sunday and Mon day; some nh at higher temperature and lower humidity I Itch est yesterday 12 Lowest yesterday So MEDFORD MAB-i ? IKIBUNE Make Your WANTS KNOWN The quickest, surest and moat satisfactory wit Is through Mall Trt- bnn Classified Adi. Thirtieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDA- XAY 19, 1935 No. 49. SOVIET AIR LINER HIT By SHIER, TOPPLES KILLS 49 SENATOR McADOO TAKES IT EASY Li. 2 AIDES Held As Gang Scout L T HEALS RIFT AFTER u't'M, J TO OE RELIEF PLEAS WITH GILL f L .Js 1 1 .aw I By PAUL MAI.LON (Copyright, 1935, by Taiil Mallon) WASHINGTON. May 18. The an nual dog days are upon congress At this time of year, near the end of the session, both houses begin act ing queerly. The natural processes of legislation give way to covert backstage banter ing of bill for bill, amendment for amendment. Dire rumors and predictions fill the air In a con fusing din. The only thing for a hopeful I'M . nl ALL U.N public to do is to close Its eyes and ears and hope. Uusually the origi .nally planned course of legislation works out about 80 per cent as ex pected. Thia year, things are a little crazier than usual. As an example, the ru mor went around that President Poosevelt would not bear down on Democratic senators to support his veto of the Inflationary Patman bill, thereby secretly inviting them to make it n law over his veto. This was somhat angrily denied at the White House. The fact of the matter seems to have been that some of Mr. Roose Telt'a friends put out a feeler in the senate along that line, possibly with out consulting him. The result was a flurry of confusion In which the touchy question of veracity became involved. A better example may be found in what, happened In connection with Mr. Roosevelt's fishing trip with con gressional leaders. The- White House announced emphatically that the bonus was not discussed, nor was any legislative business mentioned thru out the trip. Yet some of those who went along returned to the capitol and informed their Republican pals privately that Mr. Roosevelt had read portions of a proposed bonus message to them. They even went as far as to say Re publicans would have a hard time voting against the president in view i of arguments he expected to make. The publication of these reports aroused the White House to further emphatic denials. Again the question was who should be believed, if any one. The situation of the NRA bill is a case In point. Senators wrangled for months about it, refusing to agree on anything. Their vehemence indicated ome of them would rather lay down their lives than permit its continu ance. Yet, a few days ago, the senate passed an authorisation continuing It for ten months without any discus sion whatever and without a record T0t. Tricky administration leaders slip ped out the word that the house would stand by President Roosevelt and continue It for two years. Thus, tne issue would be put up to the seriate again in a peculiar way, so the senate would have to give in eventu ally to the president for a two-year lease. I The administration leader Pat Harrison arose and announced he would not be a party to slipping any- thing like that over on the senate. , Those behind Harrison Insisted he may have had his fingers crossed at the time. But the point is the con dition of Washington affairs Is devel oping to a place where truth serum might be of use. One explanation for all this is that Washington has been teeming under neath with politics to an extent usu ally reserved for presidential cam paign years. In fRct. the campaign of 1936 has opened a year ahead of time. Opposition tactics have tended lately to put and keep the New Deal on trial constantly, and the New Dealers are fighting back. The job against the administration Is being done not only by the Republicans but by such autatanding heckler as long. Coughlln. the American Liberty League, the Chamber of Commerce, etc. Wise politicians In all camps be lieve the fever pitch Is being reacned too soon. Privately, they do not be lieve the opposition momentum can continue to grow for the next 16 months until election. Hidden away In the auto strike settlement are some provisions which virtually wreck the auto labor board. The board chairman, Leo Wolman. has been vacationing out of town during the strike. In his absence, the labor department fixed up a set tlement which may permit Mr, Wol man to take a permanent vacation. Hereafter, grievances of discharged workmen will be settled directly be tween the employes and the compan ies. This takes away the main busi ness of the board. Furthermore. ..the agreement says that seniority rules will also be agreed upon directly, without Intervention by the board. (Continued on Page Sii) SrhiHil Tlrr 1 m I tjhl Damc1 e.timted not to excec j sryi -a ca-.s.M'd Fr:dv er.nlnj when f:-e. T.ir:.n from an undetermined source tn wooden r,,r Iwiet !n bawmenr. b;:rned a portion of t:--e jtairway at t ie J.i-icon s-hcol TMe fire was dee.--i rv.- h? j.itW -o n irr.T.-r.e'i ? ri ,;!j , ;..r n;ire unde- rr '!; upon a.T..i of flSLcA Collision With Escort Plane Brings Disaster World's Largest Plane Over Rus sian Village Tragedy At Flint, Michigan. Br the Associated Pre. rtfty-thre persona were killed In the three airplane crashes here and abroad yesterday (Saturday), 49 dy ing when the huge Maxim Corky, world's largest land plane, collided with a smaller ship near Moscow. At Detroit. Mich.. Stanley Hauser, 35 year old Polish-American aviator, died In the wreckage of hla mono plane, which crashed and burned as he stunted at memorial services for the late Marshal Josef Pllsud.sk! of Poland. Hausner. who In 1032 was reacue-1 from hla drifting plane In the At lantic ocean when he failed In an attempted trans-ocean flight to Po land, had planned a Detrolt-to-War-saw night for next month. By John Lloyd (Associated Press Foreign Staff) MOSCOW, May 18. (API The world's largest land plane, the Maxim Gorky, collided with an es corting plane today, broke In mid air and crashed to the ground, bringing death to 40 persons In the worst disaster even to befall a pas senger plane. The wreckage of the two air ships Bnd the broken bodies of the vic tims fell over the village of Socol. on the outs-klrta of Moscow, crush ing at least one house, but reports that several villagers died under the debris failed to find confirm ation. "The Gorky dived craElly and I watched with horror while It went to pelce. In the air," said one eye witness. "One house was hit by a wing weighted down by four motors, and It tore the roof and the whole side off . the building. The bodies of the victims, some of them wo men and children, were strewn about with the wreckage, many dis membered." Blame for the tragedy was fixed by Soviet officials on the pilot ot the small escorting plane. Nikolai Blaglm. whose ship rsmmed head long Into the leading edge of the giant Maxim Gorky'a wing while he was stunting In violation of orders. Blaglm died with all 48 occupants of the Mammoth passenger plane. Soviet officials announced tonight that a state funeral will be ac corded the victims, and that their families will be granted special pen slons and a lump sum Indemnity. A piece of the wreckage foil on a man riding a bicycle. Construction of the Gorky began In 1032. on the 40th anniversary or the beginning of Maxim Gorky's literary activity. The machine had a maximum speed of 150 miles an hour ana sufficient fuel for a non-stop flight of 1,240 miles could be carried. All cabins were more than six feet high, with four sleeping berths each. There were offices for edi torial work, a passenger lounge ana buffet. There was also a messroom for the crew and a wireless and telephone exchange. Th. Mn w. eniiinned With loud speakers, enabling the occupant' voices to oe neara on me graunu when the Gorky was flying low. FLINT, Mich., May 18. (AP) A pilot and two passengers were killed and two other occupants of a trl motored transport plane were ser iously Injured here today when the plane crashed during dedication ot a new airport. The, dead: Theodore Knowles. De troit, pilot: Mrs. Mary Rushlow, 84. of Flint: Conrsd Rushlow, 7, son of the dead woman. Clement D. Rushlow, husband of the woman killed, and a three-year old daughter, were taken to a hos pital In a serious condition. Knowles' plane. In which he had been carving passengers throughout the day. crashed as he attempted to take off from the field with ten passengers. At an altitude of less thsn 200 feet both wing motors failed, witnesses ssld, and Knowles barely slipped It past a group ot tents occupied by a Selfrldge field ground crew before It struck the ground and nosed over. A flight of 31 army planes haa come here to participate In the dedication of Bishop airport. Offi cer Immediate!? called Into serv ice their own ambulances end trucks and rushed the Injured five miles to a hospital. F BY RAIN, OUTLOOK Tenon: fair Sunday snd Mon day; somewhat higher temperature and lover hum!dty: moderate changeab'.e wind off the coast. ; SfN FRANCISCO. May 18 (AP , Weekly outlook for the far western .at. Uy 20-3. V Orr.-va:;-.- f?.:r ?:t.i rnrrr.a! tcrn- ;,.;-.re b-;; -.ij;: t;w; tn indole c; eeic ;n n;r h paanc ?.a'e nu ." Whatever was happening In ths senate banking committee when this picture was snapped, It apparently didn't Interest Senator William Glbbs McAdoo of California. (Associated Press Photo) SINCLAIR CLAIMS 'EPIC CONVENTION Bedlam Reigns After Tongue Lashing Of-Red Element Chairman Breaks Mal let Pounding For Order. LOS ANGELES, May 18. (API Communists and communism were given a trenchant tongue-lashing to day by Upton Sinclair, last year's Democratic nominee for governor, at a state convention of his "Bnd Pov erty in California" forces. Cheers alternated with a few cries of "Throw him out" as Sinclair charg ed communists had invaded the con vention as would-be delegates and were trylrg to cause dissension with the Idea of seizing control of the EPIC movement. Sinclair yelled: "Thorw the communists out." Near-bedlam prevailed before order finally was restored. The scene fol lowed heated charges by some dele gates that others had been seated without proper credentials. During the tumult, the convention ch I arm an, Sheridan Downey, who ran for lieu tenant governor with Sinclair, broke his mallet and threatened to throw It at one shouting insurgent. The argument started when Downey offered the credentials committee's report for adoption. Delegate John Glbbs accused him of packing the convention. Cries of "Railroad, rail road." started and Sinclair took the rostrum and charged communists were In the audience. He said they had dropped their leaflets from the galleries. "You communists are trying to de stroy democracy," Sinclair declared. "We EPICS know democracy hasn't worked out but we believe we might save It and we will have absolutely nothing to do with sny organization striving to bring about the downfall of democracy." He was gretted with a roar of ap plause. T STREET BATTLING VIENNA. Austria. May 18. (AP) Unconfirmed reports today said 14 persons were slain In street fighting in the Yugoslav provinces of Slove nia and Croatia growing from the refusal of young recruits to perform military service in Macedonia. (In Belgrade nothtn gofflclal was published concerning the reported distorder. Miltary authorities would not comment, but election officials pointed out a committee which dis tributes parliamentary seats In ac cordance with the complex electoral law had not finished Its work, fol lowing the May 5 election, in which the Croats and Slovenes charged they were robbed of many mandates). UP PRESS EIGHT WATERVILLE. Me., May 18. (API Two noted publishers pleaded today for unceasing battle airalnst en croachments on the freedom of the press at a Colby college convocation commemorating the death of an edi tor who was slain because he refused to be muzzled. Col. Robt. R. McCormlck, of the Chicago Tribune, and Toward Davis, business manager of the New York Herald-Tribune, both intimately Iden tified with the American Newspaper Publisher' aoIatJon's flpht aalnt restrictive code provisions, asserted the threat of government censorship ; had not ended- j The convocation honored Kijah ;Lo-.ejoy, militant abolitionist editor 1 of St. tout". Mo., and Alton. I'.l , who was rr.rfcrer; In the TrectF and f"hof : o Cf-a ' ii b-ffrr the rr-11 viir w nrn he o?j;mr( v icg.-ous attempts to gir -r wt H . f l OATE UNCERTAIN HEAR WS VETO President To Appear Before Joint Session To Oppose Bonus, Monday If Pos sibleQuick Vote Seen. WASHINGTON, May 18. (T) While President Roosevelt completed a sternly worded bonus veto, a check of senate votes today disclosed that his rejection of the inflationary $2, 300.000,000 Patman bonus bill almost certainly would be upheld. A virtually complete survey fail ed to show a single chango In the fi3 votes registered or announced against the inflationary bill when it parsed the senate early last week, despite the Intense anti-veto campaign con ducted by its friends. Should 33 vote with the president the veto would be upheld. On the other hand, several sena tors who voted for the bill original ly appeared to be wavering in view of the president's dramatic show of determination to kill the bill. The executive's Intention to appear per sonally to present his veto, a hither to unprecedented action, was held by administration leaders to have al ready made Itself felt. Whether Mr. Roosevelt would make his personal appeal on Monday was uncertain. House leaders said it might not be possible to complete arrange ments for a Joint session in time to receive him. Should there be delay the veto might not be delivered until mid-week because of a scheduled senate-house memorial service on Tues day. Despite the solid front of vote against them, Patman bill leaders in a conference today decided to face the showdown immediately after the chief executive delivers his message. without prolonging the Issue by de bate. WASHINGTON, May 18. (AP) House and senate Democratic chiefs engaged today In some additional underground defy-hurllng which seriously threatened the very lite of NRA. Word was sent to ths house that there would be dangerous delay In the senate if any major charge were made In the Clark resolution extending NRA only 10 months and stripping It of control over Intra state business. And promtply the retort went back that the senate should let the house do Its own legislating. One of the messengers was S. Clay Williams, former NP.A chief, He conferred with Chairman Har rison of the senate finance com mittee and Chairman Dough ton or the house ways and means com' mltte. ' But since the situation was act ually endangering chances of get ting a bill through before NRA died June 16, the disputants gen erally declined to let their names be used. SOCIETY LEADER RENO, Nct , May 18. (Jp, Pret,y. socially prominent IjoI Clarke de RuyVr Sprecklee. divorced only yes terday from her husband, was mar ried for a third time here today with Frank C. Clinton of San Franleco and Loa An,Ia aa husoand No 3 Tne marriage was performed at th Washoe county court boww by Dis trict J-.idc Tiomas F. Moran only 24 hO'irs after he had (rrantr-J th nr.O n n.vo-fe from Afirnph B-rnird Pp-er,. w-r I : h r San f'raacisco Former Park Head To Be Taken To McNeil Island Wednesday Bonds Pending Appeal. Not Granted. PORTLAND. Ore.. May 18. iPi E. C. Sollnsky. deposed superintendent of Crater Lake National park, will be taken to McNeil Island federal prison Wednesday to serve two years for manipulating funds and padding pay rolls. Federal Judge Pee sentenced him today aftr a two weeks' stay of exe cution had been granted. Sollnsky's attorney filed notice of appeal but Judse Pee denied the application fo bail. A. R. Edwin, former chief clerk at the park, indicted with Sollnsky pleaded guilty and turned govern ment's evidence, as did I. P. David son, former superintendent of park construction. Although the United States attorney succestcd paroles for these two, Judge Fee refused to en tertain the motion and sentenced Edwin to 13 montlis in prison, and Davidson to eight months in a feder al road camp. Sollnsky was convicted on 1 count of payroll padding. Total peculations at the park amounted to 96,000, the government said. Judge Fe said he was still unconvinced that Sollnsky had profited personally, and for that reason imposed a light sentence. FASTER TRAIN TO 6 OMAHA. Neb. May 18. jPt Union Pacific offllcala said trans-continental service on a 39ai hour schedule would be Inaugurated June 6 be tween Portland and Chicago by tho atrsamllned, seven car train. "City of Portland." Formerly the M-10001. Tha train which established two world's records on a' west-east run last October, will leave Portland June 6 and arrive In Chicago June 8 at 9:30 a. m. The first westbound de parture from Chicago will be from Chicago and Northwestern station at 6:lfi p. m., June 8, arriving at Port land at 8 a. m. June 10. Eleven-car trains will include four sleeping cars. LOST LOVE SUITS LONDON. Eng., May 18. (AP) Oreat Britain is casting a critical eye at its breach of promise actions, hard on the heels of legislation by some American states outlawing heart balm suits. Cases such aa this week's suit by Angela Joyce, former "Miss Englsnd," against wealthy young Lord Revel stoke, with its accompaniment of In timate love letters, may become fewer, if not 8xtlnct, If the tendencies to reform develop. The government will be given the opportunity to tell what It thinks of reform Tuesday in the house of com mons In answer to a question by W. S. Liddall, conservative, directed at Sir Thomas Insklp, the attorney generat. LUMBER WALKOUT HITS BERRY CROP SALEM, May 18. T) A serious handicap to harvesting the cherry and strawberry crop was seen here In the existing lumber and woodworkers' strike, when growers became aware that the strike would prevent them from selling berrlea and cherries fit freezing1 and barrel packing to local processors, Local growers faced a situation of being without barrels to handle the crop unless the strike Is dispersed Edgar Burns, secretary of the North west Canners' association and the Northwest Fruit Barrelers' associa tion, declared "the situation is ex tremely serious." FLU SERUM DASH TO NORTH STARTS SEATTLE, Ma 18. ( APi Test tubes and glycerine, instead of nets and caees. were ','ie weapons of an other "bring 'em bark alive" ex pedition which left here today, on a race to Point Barrow, Alaska On another lap of their 6.000 mile Journey from the halls of the UniverMty of Pennsylvania medical srhool to the scene of a rw In- fhrnra epidemic, Drs. Horace Pcttlt and trsant Pepper sailed on the I'J&Ojl tot 4m.tttU Mrt. Francis Krug, alias Mar garet Lux. alias Margaret King was held In Lot Angelei as a suspected member of an asserted burglary ring operating In Hollywood, Bev erly Hills and San Msrlr.o. (Asso ciated Press Phntnt BANK BILL FOES DARE F.D.R. TO ASK WASHINGTON. May 18. (AP) A direct challenge to prrsa officially the government-owned central bank pro posal advocated by Secretary Morgen thau today was hurled at the admin istration by Senator Olass of Virginia. He said It waa "not too late" for Mr. Roosevelt to aeek Inclusion In the omnibus banking bill before his sen ate sub-committee of the Idea of fed eral ownership of the reserve system which the president said yesterday would solve a great many problems. Tills waa after Morgenthau openly en dorsed the plan before Olass' com mittee, But some senate foes of the bill to strengthen the reserve board's powers over money and credit re garded the Roosevelt and Morgenthau statements more as a threat that un less the omnibus bsnk bill received approval, the more drastic legislative step would be asked. One senator, who refused to be quoted, even contended the adminis tration wanted the pending bill to avert the government banking owner ship advocated by Father Charlea E. Coughlln and Senator Thomas (D., Okla.) Coughlln has been Invited to ap pear before the Olass sub-committee now considering the house-approved bank bill. GERMAN GIRL IS ISSFRANCE'-OUI! PARIS, May 18. (AP) A Jury's choice of a Oerman girl as "Miss France" In a beauty contest nearly resulted In a riot among the aud ience today. A committee headed by Paul Chabas, painter of "September Morn," picked Miss Elizabeth Pits, 32-year old Saarlander who took French nationality after the recent plebiscite. The decision was greeted with cat' calls. Order was restored with dif ficulty. E ASK POLICE HELP SPOKANaT Wash., May 18. iff) "I guess Barnum waa right" waa the response of Police Chief Ira Martin tonight as he turned deaf ears to pleas of chain letter brokers that they be closed and to the Irate clam or of customers tiisl the brokerages be forced to "come through." "There's a fool Dorn every minute," Martin commented, refusing to order the police to take action to stop the letter brokers. BUTTE FALLS TOT IS HURT BY FLYING CHAIN Winifred H a y n e s, six year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. F Haynea of the Butte Falls road, was brought to the Community hospital late Saturday suffering from he id Injuries sustained Saturday at her home when she was struck by a log ging chain used as a swtnc, which broke. The attending phyclclan, Dr. C. I. Drummond, said her skuu was fractured, but that she was ex pected to recover. BULLETIN SACRAMENTO, May 18 (AP; The Pacific Coast league la on the verge of "folding up" due to it nr4rarlmi. financial rAnriltlnn Karl ! MrNrely. owner of the Sacramento j Senators, declared hrr tonluht a(tr j asking PrfiOcnt My Haggeriy to call 14 dixectors tftccUag at, occe. Aid To Be Given Strikers Only After Close Check By Case Workers State Agents Announce Few Expected. HOt I I A M, Wash., May 1I. iyP) The most hopeful business news In the Pacific northwest lumber strike was announced tonight, with the revelation that labor unions had concluded agreements will mill and plywood operator that will send 300 men hark to work Momlav. PORTLAND. Ore.. May 18. ( AP) Pleas for relief supplies have been made by approximately 130 family heads aa a result of the Pacific north west lumber strike, the Oregon state relief committee announced today. Relief will be extended strikers on the same basis as to other needy, with the closest possible scrutiny to determine whether the applicant is in actual need. It waa announced. So far only about 0 of the cases have been fully investigated, but a speedy checkup Is to be made of the others In compliance to rulings from national headquarters. Application for relief must be In writing with statements of income. dependents, past employers and many other questions before case-worker Investigation Is made, officials said. Practically all relief applications traced to the strike have arisen In Multnomah county. Some cases are by-producta of the strike with work ers In Industries dependent upon lumber seeking federal aid. Relief officials said they do not an ticipate many strikers will apply for relief, but the federal government haa been notified of the slightly In creased needs. STRIKERS RESENT L LA SALLE, III., May 18. (API Strikers and and sympathizing citi zens, numbering between 400 and 800, today stormed the plant of the Apol lo Metal works. In which were housed 40 men employed by the company to dismantle the plant for removal to another city. Repulsed repeatedly by , tear gas bombs hurled by deputy sheriffs, the rioters fell back and atoned the huge building, breaking every one of its several hundred windows. The plant employed about 75 men. who had walked out when the com pany declined to comply with their demands for union recognition, the re-employment of five dismissed workers and the dismissal of one fore man. ASK NEW TAX FOR OLD AGE PENSION SALEM, May 18. M A prelim inary initiative petition providing pensions for disabled persons and those more than 00 years of age, waa filed with the secretary of state yes terday by BJorn Johannsen of Port land. The petition stated that funds would be raised by a tax on real and personal property having a value of not less than 10.000. The amount of pension was not specified. Completed petitions must contain 16,371 names HERO OF ARABIA WOOL, Dorsetshire. Eng., May 18. (AP) The condition of Col. T. E. Lawrence, legendary figure of world war romance, grew suddenly worse tonight after he had been uncon slcous for more than fire daya fol lowing upon a motorcycle accident. A. W. Lawrence hastened to the army hospital In which Lawrence of Arabia lay, after news of the change in his brother's condition reached him at hla little cottage in Clouds Mill, Moreton. E COAST UP 30 PCT. SAN FRANCISCO. April 18. (AP The barley harvest in the San Joa quin valley started with Indications of a bumper crop and prices about 30 per cent hlgh-r than a year ago. The new crop of Valencia oranges Is making a good showing. General Dunnes was reported a out steady, with automobile sales continuing Lbout Coubls 1B34. Refutes Report Of Opposi tion To Organization By Farmers Attends Clack amas Grange Meeting. SALEM, Ore.. Mav 18. (AP) Di rect refutation of Governor Charles H. Martin's reputed attitude against organized farmers the belief an out growth of his rift during the past legislative session with Grange lobby istsis found in the executive's re cent statements to delegations of farm organizations and his willing ness to talk before Grange groups to urge their support In a program of state-wide development. "The day of rugged Individualism of the fanner tn Oregon Is past. As In most industries, it Is more and more evident that organization and co-operation are essential." Governor Martin told a large delegation repre senting the state organization of the Farmers' union this week. The gov ernor said he had a very friendly visit with the farmers and announced he would place some direct representa tives of the soil on the Willamette valley project committee. Later today the governor will ad dress the Eagle Creek Grange organi zation ?n Clackamas county, and be fore leaving to attend the session, said In an Interview: "Why should I not discuss farm problems with our farmers? I have been a farmer and can milk cows and pitch hny as well as the best. While I am not a fanner now, I have had much experience In handling farmers' problems during my four years In congress and I am willing to help tnem. i want them to feel free to come to me to discuss their difficul ties at any time. "I am trying to encourage farm ers to special l In crops for which Oregon is peculiarly fitted. Today I will address the Grange, an organ ization, about the same age as my self, for which I have much respect. The organ taction has accomplished a great deal of good for the farmers as a whole, and the national master la a real leader." Continuing his comments upon the need for organisation among the farming people, Governor Martin said "w are for'tunate in Oregon in having strong and experienced farm organizations through which the needs and aspirations of ths different branches of the state's ag riculture can be so effectively ex pressed. All the organizations have had a tremendous Influence In up building Oregon's agricultural in dustry In the past, and I am de pending on them for advice snd leadership In their respective fields In the future." Even further organlfAtlon was urged by the governor In hla talk with President G. W. Potts of the Farmers' Union." TEXASJWHOMA ALTUS. Okla.. May 18. fpt- Five persons were known dead tonight and at least seven missing In a storm that wrought an estimated million dol lars damage In Texas and Oklahoma. Four persons ware killed and many more Injured probably fatally in a series of devastating "twisters" In widely separated sections of north, and central Texas. Driving rains, swelling mall streams into torrents, accompanied the torneilo Texas winds. Tn Oklahoma, which escaped the wind's attack, roaring flood waters in the region of Altus, In the south- . western corner, left one dead and seven missing. SANTA MARIA, C'al., My 17. Kddie Vail, one of Califor. nia's real cowmen, and I are prowlini? through here. This is a mighty pretty little town. They raise more different things in this part of the coun try. Ixmipoc, near here, is great fields of flowers (thou sands of acres for commercial use. Think of sellinc a thou sand acres of jnst flowers. Then out of the same ground they take a kind of sandstone for insulation. Then a big sugar licet factory and the bigfrest mustard fields in America. Cat tle by tho thousands. Piece in the local paper about Mr. Hoover comiiif? out acainst the NRA, also one about Jack Garner i.suinir statement. I don't believe that. Oarner thinks but don't talk. Well, got to get on up the road.