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Thirtieth Year
. By Faul Mannon
Copyright, 1939, by Paul Mallon
WASHINOTON, Feb. 31 President
Roosevolt called a republican senator
down to the White Hou&e vol long
ago and asked him what w.,s wrong
deal.
The Republican
la loyal, but
somewhat Inde
pendent, and
distinctly not a
word ml cer. He
has a picturesque
vocabulary and
special use In
short vronla com
monly used In
conversation but
not in urlnt.
- PAUL MALLON He used them
all, one by one, and then collectively,
to describe what, he called "the blank-ety-blank
saps" who ere operating
some Important phases of the new
deal. He said they never had a dash
dashed bit of business experience,
but were formulating federal business
policies. Also that they had never
made enough money tJ spend any of
their own. but were spending million
and billions of Mr. Morgenthau'a.
It la doubtful whether the presi
dent has ever been talked to that way
since he entered upon his life among
the political fawners of Washington.
He took It quietly, thanked tee sena
tor for the advice.
Note The senator also emitted a
blue haze about the low cost nouslng
program. Ho. contended It tends to
fieese the existing low standard Of
living, tenda to freeze low labor wage
scales. Also he wanted to know what
would happen to the government If
the tenants of the low-cost homes
were unable to pay.
Another easler-golng Republican
senator was called In later and asked
what he thought was wrong. He also
.poke frankly, but with less entnl
asm. His complaint was chiefly
against the swing away from the
. atl-trust laws and against waste in
governmental expenditures.
Both senators accepted the presi
dent's inquiry at face, y.alu. Both
also went away with a feel ns ; that
be waa contemplating an early sprtn
house cleaning.
The peeularttlea of this session e-i
congress continue to expand as each
day passes. There has never been an
other session quite like it. Virtually
no suspended Interest exists In any
pending legislation, and. In tact, very
little Interest of any kind.
What is happening Is this: The ad-
( Continued on Page rwelve)
MarshfMdMiil
Damaged By Fire
MARSHFIELD. Ore.. Feb. 31. (AP)
Damage estimated by the owners
at 15.000 waa caused, today when
tire swept through the Prosper saw
mill and retell lumber yard on
Marshlleld'a water front.
Fire Chief P. J. Shepherd eld the
blare was of Incendiary origin. The
loss wss only partly covered by in
surance. SIDE GLANCES
by
TEIBUNE REPORTERS
mm Achtson. Junior high coach,
Prankle Peck, Bill Frohnroayer and a
reporter standing on a eorner In ani
mated converse as a email boy ap
proached and said "How many of you
guys are wrestlers." and the small
boy not believing when all pointed
to Achlson, saying, "he's the only
The above reminding Achlson of
the time he was In a barber shop
as Peck left, and the barber, after
small-talk about the ring In genera
asking Ach who he was wrestling that
night.
Bill Bowerman In the Ashland Jr.
huh Jvm where tonight's classic Is
to be played, standing tip-toe on a
step-lsdder testing the basket with a
level, after Chuck Taylor had re
ported they were lopsided, but Bill
finding them not bsd.
Jim Collin, innuraneer, remarking
that more motor Accidents occur on
Eleventh and Fourth street than
happen down town, or any where elae
in the city.
Sari Shirley so completely recover
ed from a recent oreratton. and feel
ing m good about it, that he was
dnvtng about In a brand-new auto
of atretmlinM detiga.
iviEDFORD
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12-
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WITHOUH SHOT
Entire Fertile Plane of Buie
Enveloped by II Duce's
Force No Sign of Ethio
pians Beaten Last Week
By EDWARD i. NEIL
Associated Press Foreign Staff
WITH THE NORTHERN ITALIAN
ARMY IN ETHOPIA, AT THE FRONT,
Feb. 20. (Delayed) (AP) An Ital
ian army of 20.000 white troops took
another slice of Ethiopia today, start
ing a new advance southward f but
without firing or hearing a shot.
The Ethiopian army of Raa Mulu
gheta, minister of war, continued
fleeing to the south.
In three hours three Fascist divi
sions In columns advanced 12 miles,
enveloping the entire fertile plsln of
Bute, establishing a new line to the
foothills of the mountain range.
There was - absolutely no sign of
Muluwheta's force of 60,0002 badly
beaten last week In the six days' con
quest of Amba Aradam.
Twenty new towns fell. Into the
Italian hands as a result of today's
advance In addition to 35 taken be
tween February 10 and 15.
The total territory conquered since
February 10 la now exactly 1.820
square kilometers, 840 of them being
csptured today.
The new line now runs from huge
Mount Dabra A Hat. on the right
flank; through Aberat In the center,
to 'Mount Garadsclam on the left
flank. Including the major towns o:
Buie and Aderat and commanding Mai
Meshlc. '
This correspondent watched the ad
vance today from an observatory here
with the Italian high command.
There is no questioning that the
Italian victories were tremendous.
Natives In towns captured today eald
they defended their possessions by
shooting on Mulugheta's fleeing
troops from housetops last week. '
Pictures taken by Italian aviators
show columns of "Ethiopians in flight
and ptlea dead beside roads where
airplanes had slaughtered hundreds
of them.
ALL POSTMASTERS
WASHINOTON. Feb. HI. (AP)
President Roosevelt said today he
hoped there would be legislation plac
ing all postmasters under the civil
service.
While not specifying action at this
sew ion. the president told hts press
conference he expects to continue
conferences on the subject.
He remarked that he advocated
such a proposition as far back as
1813.
First, second and third class post
masters do not come under the civil
service now.
As various emergency agencies of
the government become permanent,
Mr. Roosevelt said he expected their
employes to be covered by civil serv
ice regulations.
The president did not designate
which agenclee he had in mind. In
hts budget to congress, however, he
said that success of the AAA and
civilian conservation corps warranted
their designation as "regular activi
ties" of the government.
The AAA waa killed the same day
by the supreme court but the pend
ing soil conservation -subsidy farm
bill would set up a permanent state
aid system.
CHAUFFEUR SUSPECTED
IN 'MURDER-BY-CLOCK'
LOS ANOELES. Cal.. Feb. 21. (AP)
A 35-year-old chauffeur. Fred Stea
ler, was booked on suspicion of mur
der early today In connection with
the double slaying of Cart 8. Barbour,
M, and hla wife, Dorothea. 01. De
tectives who arrested 8 tat tier had
checked the Barbour rooming house
register to find a perm with the
technical knowledge to perpetrate a
"murder -by-the -clock."
The elderly couple was bludgeoned
to death and their bodies placed on
a bed. which the slayer set on fire
early yesterday by a "time clock"
mechanism connected with an elec
tric heater.
Detective Liutnant Lioxd Ptioii
said Stettler formerly lived at the
CAPONE GANGSTER SHOT DOWN
-Macnlne Gun" Jack McQurn (right), notorious gangster and re
puted Al Capons lieutenant, waa shot down and killed by three gun
men at Chicago juat three years and a day after the famous St Valen
tine's Day massacre of seven mobsmen of which he waa accused. At
left ia his widow, nicknamed the "blonde alibi" becauae ahe swore
McGurn, whom aha married afterwards, wa with her at the time of
the. maasacre. (Aasociated Press Photos)
Washington's birthday being a legal
holiday, banks and all public offices
will be closed all day tomorrow.
Offices to be closed Include those
in the county courthouse, city hsll
and federal building. Both the main
postofflce and ttie branch will be
closed. WPA, workers will be given a
holiday.,.
Medford"" stores;' however, will not
only remain open but will oonduct a
special George Washington sale, of
fering quality merchandise at prlcea
set especially low for this novel Feb
ruary event.
The state liquor store also will re
main open for the usual Saturday
period, 0 a. m. to II p. m.
WIFE OF HIGHWAY
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PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 31. (API
Mrs. Catherine Lynch, 50, wife of W.
H. Lynch, district engineer of the
federal bureau of roads, died at her
home last night from sn apparently
self -Inflicted " bullet wound In the
head. Deputy Coroner Earl Shea said
today.
Lynch said he entered the bedroom
about midnight and found his wife
deed, the coroner related. Ill health
waa the only reason ascribed. "
WILL RESIGN APRIL 1
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Feb. 31.
(UP) Warden James B. Holohan of
San Quentin prison will resign April
I as an outgrowth of the drscovery
of counterfeiting behind the walls of
tola prison, Judge T. H. Harvey,
chairman of the California board of
prison directors, announced today.
Holohan's resignation has been ru
mored for weeks. San Quentin Is the
largest state penal Institution In the
United States.
NEW YORK, Feb. 31. (UP)
Eight hundred communist pickets
demonstrated before the German,
Italian and Japanese consulates here
today, protesting against alleged
preparations by those countries for
war on Russia.
. Barbour house and one of his charred
' rwrnnail rrtm with hla mw as1r1rsM
was found In the couple's effects.
The detective said Stettler had been
reported tinkering with electrical de
vices in much of his spirt time.
When the chauffeur, who works
part time, was arrested at hla home
last night, Pat ton said he was found
in possession of an electric soldering
iron and wlra similar to that used In
construction ot the arson machine
whtch fired the Barbour bedroom.
Stettler maintained under ques
tioning that he had not been near
the Barbour home Wednesday night
and had last Men the couple, with
whom he had a close acquaintance,
a week ago.
Special
nyffA T
MEDFORD, OREGON.
i.1 -::ii-s32ii
PROBE AT JOLIET
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JOLIET, Til., Feb. 31. (AP) War
den .Roy Best of the Colorado state
prison, a member of the committee
Invited to study prison conditions af
ter the slaying of Richard Loeb by a
fellow convict here on January 38,
said today that testimony of Inmates
pictured 'conditions that were noth
ing less than astounding.' -
" Among ' the "disclosures : reported
made by convicts to Investigating
committee members were that con
victs played poker for large stakes in
their cells, that money was smug
gled thto Inmates and was used to
corrupt guards, that liquor was man
ufactured and circa la ted freely, that
narcotics were obtainable and that
favored wealthy Inmates were per
mitted to wear white shirts and flan
nel trousers Instead of prison garb.
E
SPOKANE, Feb. 31. (P The
plight of game and song birds In the
Inland Empire remained critical to
day as additional snow counteracted
the relief of more moderate weather.
Hordes of birds have been reported
dead during the past week, as enow
and Ice covered their natural feed
and Intense cold sapped their vitality.
Robert Oroseclose, president of the
Walla Walla County Sportsmen's as
sociation, reported hundreds of ducks
dead of starvation and freezing In the
oounty'e popular hunting area. Toe
state game farm and sportsmen's as
sociation have tried to meet the situ
atlon by providing feed to farmers.
From Vsklma came the report of
thousands of wild duck seeking
crumbs and grain around back doors
and haystacks in the lower valley
districts. Ice covered their usual
feeding grounds,
BEST SINCE 1931
SAW FRANCISCO. Feb. 31.
January business activity on the Pa
cific coast wss the best opening
month for any year since 1931 the
Wells Fargo bank and Union Trast
company Index showed today.
Business was 88 3 percent of the
1933- 36 average. This was a slight
reaction from December when Christ
mas trade swelled the figure to 91.3
but by far the beat January since tne
Initial month of 1931 showed 90.3.
Previous January a were; 1936 71.3,
1934 70-2, 193368.3, 183289 6.
MAUREEN ORCUTT WINS,
4-3, OVER PATTY BERG
PALM BKACK, FIs Feb. 31. (UP)
Mra. Maureen Orcutt Crowa of Mi
ami today defeated Patty Berg of
Minneapolis, 4 and 8, In tha finals
of tha Palm Beach women's golf
championship.
ROBEBimO, Ore., Feb. 31. (AP)
For tha aacond consecutive day Rosa
burg this morning waa the warmest
spot In Oregon. Minimum tempera
ture last nlKht waa CO degrees. A
warm rain started last night contin
ued without Interruption, bringing
M of an inch of precipitation prior
to the A a. m. reading at the local
station of tha V. weatber bureau.
Bargains
T r
as ii
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21
DRAFT TAX BILL
FOR FARM PLAN
President Plans Formula
tion After Return From
Hyde Park Tax Advisers
Give Hope of Low Levies
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. (AP)
The administration's $300,000.
000 farm bill was passed today
by the house and returned to
the senate for action on amend
ments. WASHINOTON . Feb 31. (AP)
President Roosevelt said today the tax
bill to finance the new farm program
would be formulated finally after his
return next week from hla home In
Hyde Park. N. Y.
He added that conferences with the
heads of government spending agen
cies would continue through April.
Discussions with the officers of thu
government lending units, Mr. Roose
velt told newsmen, have about been
completed.
A billion dollar cancellation In au
thorised borrowing has been projected
by the president, but he has given no
intimation of what may be accom
llahed In the way of curtailing direct
expenditures.
Optimism Prevails
Legslators hoping and praying that
President Roosevelt will make the tax
bill as small as possible In this com
palgn year took comfort In optimistic
notes struck by congressional tax ad
visers ,
Noting & rise of 36,63fl,13 In ordi
nary internal revenue collections lsst
month as compared with January,
1036, the advisers gave figures to
show that with a further upswing In
business the present tax rates would
pour much more money into the
treasury than It ever received In peak
prosperity years.
' One congressional tax report said
that present levies, applied to earn
ings approximating those of 1029,
would produce $0,76S,0OO.OOO annual
ly. Total revenue receipts recently
have been running at the rate of
about 4. 000 ,000,000 a year, almost as
much as the receipts In 1039, when
the tax structure waa different.
Argue for Low Levies
These figures were welcome to con
gress members who have been argu
ing that sizeable new tax levies are
not necessary, despite the deficit, re
lief demands, congressional passage
of the bonus, and the wiping out of
AAA'a processing taxes by the supreme
court,
(Continued on Page Seven)
RAIN ERASES ICE
PORTLAND, Peb. 31 (P) Rain
and above freezing temperatures re
turned to Portland today and washed
way tha Ice and anow which fringed
the etreeta for two weeka.
Edward L. Wells, government mete
orologist, predicted that occasional
rain would continue In wMtm om.
j gn tonight and tomorrow, while
more snow would visit portions of
eastern Oregon.
Southeast storm wsrnlnga wera dis
played along tha coast from Eureka,
Cal., to Aberdeen, Wash., and north
east warnings on the northern Wash
ington coast.
The heavy rain were general In the
Willamette valley and aa far south
aa Roaeburg, where .82 inch of pre
cipitation fell In leas Khan 24 hours.
Roeeburg was one of the warmest
spot In Oregon with a minimum tem
perature of SO degrees last night.
A blinding snowstorm In tha Co
lumbia river gorge blocked the high
way again today for the second time
this winter.
ORDER AKRON PICKETS
TO LET COAL THROUGH
AKROH O., Peb. 31. (UP) A six
Judge court tonight ordered pickets
at the Ooodyear Tlra Rubber Co
to break their lines and allow coal
trains to pass Into the three block
aded plants.
The court order waa Issued aa an
other effort waa made to Induce the
company to enter negotiations with
atrlkers. who are protesting dismissal
of 70 veteran tire builders.
Income Shares
Maryland Fund., bid 113 3a; asked
20 as.
Quarterly income shsres, bid II A5;
asked 1 .70,
for Saturday and
o o.
Ml
IN CASEBRUi
Fresh Evidence Report Col
lapsesSpiritual Adviser
Says Hauptmann Has
Been Greatly Wronged
By John Ferris
(Associated Press Start Writer)
TRENTON. N. J.. Feb. 31. (API
Reported fresh evidence fixing Bruno
Klchard Hauptmann anew aa the
writer of the Lindbergh ransom
notes collapsed today at the aame
time that Oovernor Harold O. Hoff
man reiterated he has no Intention
of granting a second reprieve to the
condemned man, , .
Tne handwriting "evidence" was
supposedly discovered In the office of
Col, Marie O. Klmberllng, warden of
the state prison, by a subordinate
who said he detected a similarity be
tween tbe letter "p" In the ransom
notes and the aame character In let
ters written by Haupmann atnee he
had been In the death house.
No Reprieve rian
Oovernor Hoffman, In a formal
atatement, said he waa "more con
vinced than ever" by Hauptmann's
alienee that the crime la still un
solved, and aald he had made no plan
for another reprieve.
(Continued on Page Nina)
WILL HOLD DIXON
RITES TOMORROW
Funeral services for H. O. Volney
Dixon will be held In the Perl chapel
at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Tho
Rev. w. F. Shields will officiate.
Burial will be In the family plot
In the I. O. O. P. cemetery whero
Medford lodge 83, t. O. O, p., wlU
conduct a graveside service.
The Rotary club, of which Mr.
Dixon waa a charter member, will
meet at the Hotel Medford at 1:48,
so that all Rotarlans may attend the
funeral In a group,
Mr. Dixon died auddenly Wednes
day night at his home, 83 West
Tenth street. He had been In busi
ness here for 31 years and his death
la mourned by a large circle of friends
snd associates.
JUDGE WIMBERLY HERE
10
Circuit Judge Carl B. Wlmberly of
Douglaa county occupied the circuit
court bench thla morning, hearing
argument on a demurrer in the case
of the state banking apartment
agalnat Stiver and othera. The liti
gation Involves the Pompadour
Spring property near Aahland that
haa been pending In the court for
some time. , Arguments were sub
mitted. The court deferred ruling.
Judge Wlmberly waa accompanied
by Ouy Condon of Roeeburg.
Circuit Judge H. D. Norton was dis
qualified to sit In the caae.
C. Pass Protests
Bums Blockade
O RANTS PASS. Feb. Sl-(AP)
Acting on suggestion of Commission
er Clyde of Portland, the - Oranta
Pass city council laat night protested
the bos Angeles ban on indigent
transients being enforced at Califor
nia stale linen.
GLANCE OUT OF WINDOW
SAVES WOMAN IN STORM
CHAPLIN. Sask, Peb. Jl. (AP)
A story reached her today of bow a
farmer's chsnee glsnce out of a win
dow across the blluard-swept prsl
rlea south of Chaplin Mondsy saved
the life .of Mrs. Joseph Prycr, 70-year-old
pioneer of the Esther dis
trict. When Mra Fryer's husband fell
dead auddenly, the aged woman, left
alone In the house, set out to seek
aid In 40-below aero weather. She
made her way a quarter of a mile
from the house to a post that has
been used ss a community bulletin
board.
Thtr ahe posted news of bar hus
full United Press
Business Activity
Is Represented In
Mail Tribune Ads
Evidence of the fact that The
Mall Tribune's dally and weekly
l&sue of today are representative
of the business activity of Med
ford and the Rogue River valley
la shown by advertising messages
from 101 business concerns In
this area. Including the firms
affiliated with the Independent
Grocers Alliance, and the Food
Buyers' Association, a total of
101 advertisers used The -Mall
Tribune and the Tribune's Buyer's
Oulde to advertise exceptional
values for thrifty shoppers this
week-end and next week.
The Washington Birthday Sale,
sponsored by the Retail Mer
chsnts' Bureau of the Jackson
County Chamber of Commerce,
promises to be a genuine buying
festival In Medford tomorrow and
Monday. Indication are that this
community sale will set a new
record for co-operative events of
this nature In Medford. as prac
tically ell local firms have fea
tured values that will bring many
hundreds of shoppers from ts
rioua sections of southern Ore
gon and northern California Sat
urday and Monday.
THORNDIKE AGAIN
ELECTED HEAD OF
COMMUNITY CHESI
At a meetlna of the executive1
board of the Community Cheat held
Thursdey afternoon at me
National bank, offloera for the en
t,ln im.i wnm elected Bunene
Thorndlke was reelected aa presi
dent of the community unest, wmwi
position he haa held for three yeara.
, r. iMmni rr.menter wsa aaaln
elected vice-president of the board
and Miss Rutn Meusei aa secrcnu
treasurer. r. rtftinh Phinn. waa chairman
of the nominating committee, Larry
Schado and Mra. a. o. b. weiu
acting with her.
Re porta for the past three months
were heard from the seven pertlcl
pstlng organisations, ahowlng mucn
ntivttv in relief and welfare work
In Jackson county. Those represent
ing the organlaationa were: iw
Cross, Miss Lillian Roberta and Geo.
T. Frey, Salvatton Army, Capt. O.
R. Durham; Boy Bcouta, Larry
Schsde; Jackson County Public
Health association, Mrs. 3. O. 8.
Wellls; Girl Scouts. Mrs. R. E. Oreen:
Olrls Community club, Mrs. Dolph
Phlpps; Allied Welfare association,
John 0. Mann, and Welfare Ex
change, Mlas Helen Carlton.
The board of the Community
r-,.... w-..t An record aa extending
a vote of thanka to the offlcera for
their work this past yesr and espec
ially to those men wno comprweu
the executive committee during last
..ii. .mnn, M N. Honan. chair
man: Leonard Carpenter, Raymond
R. Rcter, M. D. Field, w. a. nonrot,
r, r .nrf A. 3. HaUk. Thla
MmmitiM worked untlrlnff.lv to make
the csmpalgn a success, having raised
a total Of S13.680.I3.
MARTIN NAMES 2 FOR
BUILDING CONGRESS
SALEM, reb. 31. P) Oovernor Mar
tin today appointed O. W. Pecore and
W. T. Williams, both of Portland, aa
members of the Oregon building con
gress, for terms' of two years.
Pecore la an attorney while Wll
llama la an engineer.
SACRAMENTO, Peb. 31. (API
The governor' offloa Issued papers
todsy for the return of Ernest a
Keyser from Ban Diego to Lane
county. Oregon, where he la charged
wltn . "burning with Intent to In
jure." band's death In the hope It would
bring her aid.
When Mra. Fryer tried to make the
return Journey to her home, alia
faoed tha full fury of the storm.. Dli
wandered about for three hours In a
futile attempt to find her home,
then, worn out by her exertlona, fell.
Chris Mlnkey, a farmer residing
about a mile away, chanced to look
out when a lull occurred lu the blla
aard and aaw Mra. Fryer fall. Us
brought her to shelter.
Today Mrs. Fryer was still suffer
Ing from shock and exposure. Ron
ald Dell, grandson ot Mrs. Fryer, man
aged to break trsall Into town and
related tha facta.
Monday
Save Time
If Jou want a bujer, a
renter, or trade or hate a want
of any kind you may depend
upon Mall Tribune Want Ads
(or results and tare yourself
time.
No. 284.
LIGGETT'S WIDOW
SAYS POLICE GUN
KILLEDHUSBAND
Underworld Character Gives
Tip That Machine Gun
Furnished Assassins by
Minneapolis Policemen
MINNEAPOLIS. Feb !,.,
Mra. Walter Liggett today aald ahe
waa Informed by an "underworld
character" that the machine gun
which killed her publisher-husband
"waa furnished by the Mlnnespolis
police department."
Chief Of P0ll Knk ...
termed her atatement "a dream."
cnier oiiered to fire a teat
bullet from every machine gun In
the police deDartmi-ni: j .,
to the department of Justice at Wash-
"Kiun w aetermine whether they are
similar to the ones that kiiim t.i..
gett. , .
Mra. Llesettt mm .h ,
- a Mi
formation to ahe authnrittM BM,.-.t
days ago, asserting It came from a
w. roui unuerwona" character who
haa police connections." She . said
her Informant fnrmerlv
matlon to her husband.
Liggett, who published the Mid
west Amerlcsn. a weeltlv . bm.
lsst December 8.
TOWNSEND DENIES
THIRD PARTY PLAN
WASHINGTON, Feb. 91, (API
One threat of a third nrt
ment faded today with the an-
iiuuiHnmeni or tir. r. e, Townsend
that n la old age-pension organisa
tion will not back aucb a proposal.
Townsend declared th. niti
will his group Join movement la
any state that would mean a con
flict In nresldential nrimirij Av
either party.
The co-founder of the J00-a-month
pension plan, referred to
DrODOSal to enter a rielAmMtn iM ,
California primary nominally pledged
to representative Mcoroarty (D
Calif.) for president. Townsend de
clared "such a program could only
unng oeieat and discredit to the
Townsend movement," though h
ssld the movement's leadera had no
desire to "antagonize" any such
"fsvorlto son" csndldscy as McOro
arty'a. . :
TULSA. Okie., Feb. 20. (AP) W.
D. Phillips, state area manager of
tn Townsend old sge pension move
ment, satd today he had been ad
vised that Oomer Smith, Oklahoma
City attorney, would be a candidat
for president of the United State
on the Townsend ticket.
"The decision for Mr, Smith to
run wsa made at a conference In
Loa Angeles today with Dr. F. E.
Townsend," Phillips said he wa told
by telephone. "Mr. Smith will enter
his name for the presidency In
preferential primaries In IS state."
Smith Is national vice-president
of the Townsend plsn.
Copyright, 163, by Associated Press
MADRD. Feb. 31 UP) Martial la-
spread through Spain today against
revived radical rioting In which at
least eight persons were killed,
churches and rightist centers raided
and the red flag of communism raised
at isolated points.
The new left-republican govern
ment of Premier Manuel Azana. which
came Into power after the leftist vic
tory In Sunday's parliamentary elec
tions, took Immediate measures to
attempt to halt the celebratlon-dia-orders
and demonstrations,
O, t hundred gusrds, armed with
mactJne guns, were dispatched to tb
town of Eclja. In the far southwestern
province of Huelya, where commun
ist proclaimed a soviet state and
raised their red flag.
HOOD RIVER PHEASANTS
SUPPLIED WITH FOOD
HOOD RIVER, Ore., Feb. 91. V-Klnd-hearted
Hood River resident
sre regularly feeding many game and
field birds who fed uply has been
cut off by the continued cold wea
ther and anowa.
Pheasant have been doing fairly
well, but quail and amaller birila were
finding It difficult to locate natural
feed. A number of robtna were found
dead from cold and hunger.
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