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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE, MONDAY, MAY 21, 1934
Number 7024
BRIGHT
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Editorials
On the
Mi
Day's News
lly FRANK JKNKIN8
4 IK KB li an liituroothis stnto
" mont:
For tlio tint throe month ol
1034, etnas 1 railroad ot the
Vnltod Stales showed a not
operating Income of 1112,27(1,'
800. In the first three months
ot 1033, their not operating In
eome wai 134,501,940,
Not io bad,
A hundred and twolvo million
dollar! Ii a lot of mouoy.
When we look at that figure,
ur first thought la that the
railroads hare done very well In
deed tor thoitnelvei.
But when we read further that
the ium ot 1112,170,008 amount!
to a roturn at an annual rate of
only 1.03 per eent on the rail
roaila' properly Investment we
reallie that It Isn't so terribly
good, aftor all.
The rallroada, you soe, have
4 eost a lot of mouey,
JJOPINO. OF COUR8B, won't
do much good, but at loest
let's bopo the railroads do evon
better a great deal better, If
they can In the last nine months
ot 1034 than they did In the first
three months. a
If the railroads show good
profits, thoy will be able to buy
more lumber and other products
of Orogou, end If tho railroads
are ahlo to buy more of our
products we shall show an In
orease ot prosperity bore In Ore
gon. We are all Interested In that.
rjON'T GRUDGE fair profits to
Industry,
. Industry must have fair profits
If It Is to pay fair wages to Its
labor and fair prices for Its raw
materials. ' ,
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NOTHBIt Intorostlng figure:!
During the first four months
of 1034, sales of state and muni
cipal bonds In the Unltod 8tates
amounted to $311,236,015.
That Is to aay, the people of
this country still bare confidence
enough In the solvency ot Its
states and cltlos to Invest ap
proximately third ot a billion
dollars In tholr securities.
That If rathor encouraging.
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TT Ii QUITS a ebange, Incldon
A tally, from a year ago.
In the first four months ot
1033, totals of state and
municipal bonds amounted to
only 0170,135,060.
People didn't have much con
fidence then.
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ANOTHER SLANT!
In the month of January,
1034, as reported by the safety
soctlon ot the Amorlcan Railway
association, thore wero 800 ac
cidents at railroad highway
crossings. In January, 1038
there wore only 176 such acci
dents.
Do people get more reckloss
, .. aa they grow more proaporouef
e t
TUT LET'S OET BACK tor a
moment to the lncroasod
earnings shown by the country's
Class 1 rallroada.
Those lncroasod earnings aro
especially Intorostlng, bocauso
thoy rofloct lncroasod movomont
of all the various oommodltlos
A. entering Into trndo and oonv
morco.
An Inorease In the movomont
of commodities Is the best poi
slble Indication that times are
ronlly gottlng bottor.
HARLINOMN, Tox May 21,
ap wuiiam ushorne, ie.
yonr-old Promont high sohool
studont, was onnrgoa wltn tiiur
dor and lodged In tho Falfurrlas
Jp.ll without hnnd nt a prollmln
nry hoarlng thore today In con'
nocllon with tho slaying of J
M. "Jack" Brlnck, former mom-
bor of the U. S. Olympic row
ing toam.
Tho youth was arrostod yes'
tordny as he emorgod from brush
toward tlio highway noar the
soono of tho slaying. He dlroct
ed offlcars to a point In the
brush whore a wonpon wns hid
den and produced $70 whloh he
told tlio shoriff he took from
JJrluck's wallet.
Grasshoppers Swarm Over Droug
Gigantic Farm
Losses Expected
in Central Belt
Hundreds of Farmers In
Middle States Pray
for Relief.
PRODUCTION CUT
ABOUT 85 PER CENT
Wheat, Hay, Small Grains
Ravaged by Dry Spell
and Pests.
(fly The Aaaoclatod I'm)
Drought, aided by grasshoppers
and chinch buns, spread further
destruction tnrough the grain
bolt today, incroanlng crop losses
to as high as So por cent In
somo sectlous.
Many farmers prayed yoater-
day la churchea for rain, borne
rains ramu. but thny were too
light to bring much benefit.
Moro local ahowurs wore fore
cast. Hugo Losses Reported ,
Evon Ideal weathor. said agri
cultural exports, could not now
afford any mutorlal rellof In
much ot the midwest
Nobraska farmers reported all
crops In tho central part ot tho
state. Including oats, bay, and
other small grains, have boon
cut 40 por cent. The strawberry
crop has been sevorely damaged
and chinch bug damage Is the
wont In the regions farming
history.
liny Crop Slashed
Indiana's bay crop Is cut 60
per cent and wheat and oats aro
aorcroly damaged. Corn Is germ
inating slowly. Dust storms
havo blown away largo
parta of the onion and mint
crops. Tho fruit crop In tho
southwestern ' region Is porlled.
Timber and grain Is drying, and
small Insects and timber fires
are adding to tlio damage.
With hay and pastures most
afflicted, crops throughout Wis
consin aro monnced. No aprlng
planting has been flouo In sovor
al sections. Corn Is Buttering.
Miniioaota Is suffering from
an opldomlc of grasBlioppora. Tho
yield ot aprlng wheal will not
reach 85 per colli of normal.
Dust Btorma havo blown away
plants. Pasture lands are dry
ing up. and oats and hay havo
boon hurt.
Kansas Wheat Down
Some unofficial ostlmutcs woro
that the wheat crop yiold In
Kunsns will not oxcood 60 por
cont. Corn planting will be de
ferred In soveral parts of tho
state. Tho applo crop area is
hard hit.
In soveral soctlons of the grain
bolt Sunday church services woro
devoted to prayers for rain, by
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Closo restrictions on public ro
llof for the roninlndor of the
spring and summer wore Indlcnt
od at tho county rollof office
Monday.
"Tho rollof funds havo boon
drastically roducad by tho gov
ernment," said Miss Phyllis
Hartsng, rollof dlractor. '"People
must roly on thomsolves as much
as possible.
"Tho govornment fools that
all poople on rollof Bhould bo
hunting Jobs. This office hopos
that employers who havo work
to got out will notify us so we
can help, Uioho pooplo to the
plnco whoro thoy - will Biipport
thomsolvos."
Tho rollof director- Indlontod
that rollof for slnglo mon will
probably recolve tho most dres
tlo out. ' , , :
Plan Advertising
Airmail Started
WASHINGTON, May 21, UP)
The postofflco dopartmont Is go
ing to start an Intensive adver
Using campaign to boom use of
the airmail.
Marlloe Branch, second assist
ant postmnator gonoral, Bald to
day the drive would start May
24 with posters, nowspaper pub
licity and oratory. Tho cost Is
to bo limited to "less than 8100,
I 000."
Baseball
XATIOXAL
R. II. E.
St. Louis 2 8 2
New York 5 8 1
Hulltthan and V. Davis; Bow
man and Mancuso.
R. H. E.
Chicago 10 18 2
Brooklyn 8 8 1
Leo, Joiner, Malono, Wcavor,
fluah and Ilnrtnott: Herring,
Carroll, Duck, Leonard and Lopes.
AMKKICA.N
n. h. e.
Now York 6 18 0
Cleveland 8 14 0
. Uhlo, Vanatta and Dickey;
Hudlin and Pytlak.
R H E
Waihlngton 6 " ll' 2
Detroit 6 14 0
Whltohlll. Prim and Phillips:
Marberry, Hogiett and Hayward.
E1P0US IT
Eight Officers and Ten
Strikers Injured in
Fighting.
MINNEAPOLIS. May 21. (AP)
Riots broko out again early
today In tho market district and
olght policemen and ten strikers
foil as 300 pickets and nearly
100 special policemen clashed
over tho movement ot trucks.
Strikers were at tho sccno at
dawn, as soveral produce firms
began moving out trucks with
vcKolublcs, berries, and other
perishables. Police woro already
on hand. The majority of tho
strikers woro armed wltn clubs,
bata and poloa. Many carried
stonos.
Pickets Dlork Trucks
As two trucks started out, a
mass of plckota stopped Into tho
alloywny to block them.
Police 'ubs swing. The pic
kots surged Into tho fray, swing
ing clubs thomsolvos. Half a
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PORTLAND. May 21, (IP)
A peace parloy at police head
quartors In tho wco hours Sun
day morning followed "tho first
annual conforence against war,
fascism, unemployment and re
trenchment In education."
The dologatos wore rounded
up on tho watorfront while dis
tributing handbills which Identi
fied them as studonts from the
UnlvorBlty of Oregon, University
of Washington, Hoed College ot
Portland and Oregon Normal
sohool at Monmouth.
Tho handbills declared the or
ganisation supported the long
shoromon's strike, cnutlonod the
strikers against any compromise
In sottloment, domnndod the sot
tlomont agroomont bo only on
forms approvod nttor a referen
dum ot all tho strlkors, support
ed the program of mnrlne work
ers In a complete waterfront tie
up on the coast, denounced
"scab-hotders" and promised the
organisation's action to prevent
studonts from strike breaking.
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SALEM, May 21. (AP)
Goorge McMorran, chairman of
the state liquor commission, with
Goorgo Nounor, attornoy, will
appoar betnro the bonrd of con
trol hero this attornoon to ex
plain the snlnry ndJtiBtmonts of
olght employes ot the commis
sion, which had previously been
rojooted by the board.
The board ot control was In
session during the forenoon, but
othor than approval of several
purchnso Horns, only routine bus
iness wns transnotod. The moot
Ings ot the banking bonrd and
state , land board were also hold.
STOGKYARDS
AT
E
Material Damage Is Esti
mated at More Than
$8,000,000.
TWO MEN DIE
IN BIG BLAZE
Hundreds of Fighters Are
Injured in Terrific
Holocaust.
CHICAGO, May 21. (AP)
The charred body of a man was
found In the ruins of Chicago's
stockyards today as crews of
workmon groped through the
debris of Saturday's 18,000,000
fire preparing the way for ro
bulldcrs. Through acres ot hot ashes,
Into heaps of bricks, skoletons of
old landmarks and twisted steel
girders the explorers dug, bunt
ing valued documents and prop
orty that might have survived the
holocaust, and hoping the loss
of human life would not grow.
Watchman la Killed
The ono known victim was
Isaac Moans., 60-year-old watch
man who- discovered the first
flamos in tho cattle pens near
the Forty-third street viaduct.
The charred body was found less
than two blocks from the point
whore Mems shouted to other
workers: "It's a fire." So quickly
aid tno maze spread on the wings
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HERE THIS WEEK
Students of Klamath Union
high school und of the city
Bchools started Monday on tho
last lap of tholr work for the
year, whon final examinations
got undor way.
All examinations will be com
pleted Wednesday, and lists ot
graduates from the various
schools compllod when' grados
are learned.
Commencement exorcises for
Klamath Union high school will
he held Friday afternoon at the
Polican theatre, and the vari
ous elementary schools of the
city will bold their exercises on
Thursday and Friday.
At a special assembly to be
hold at the high school Tuesday
morning various honor awards
will bo made.
Pins will be given to the sen
iors having perfect records ot
attendance, to those who are en
titled to permanent membership
In tho honor socloty and to mem-
(Contlnuod on Page Three)
WASHINGTON, May 21. (AP)
The senate refused today to
submit the lntost Norrls consti
tutional amendment to the states,
and thereupon returned to its
reciprocal tariff jousting.
Nebraska's vetoran Indepen
dent won 42 votes for his pro
posal to abolish the electoral
college and elect presidents di
rectly. Opposed wore 24, mean
ing that he barely fell short ot
tho two-thirds voto required.
Senators McNury and Stolwer
ot Oregon votod against the
moasuro.
Logging Work
Starts Monday
ROCK CREEK, Oro. Louis
Robbins, with a orow of 25 mon
bognn operations this week In
the yellow pine timber near the
head ot Rock Crook, owned by
tho late Pete Back, wall known
lumberman of Klamath county,
who died in 1082. Robbins ex
pects to cut four million feet of
pine from the district for the
Klnmath Lumber and Box com
pany. One million feet ot sugar
pi no on the land will not be cut.
Logs will be loaded at Home
tonder's Landing.
CHICAGO
Weekend Air
Deaths Many
THIRTEEN FLIERS KILLED
IN ACCIDENTS OVER
UNITED STATES
By the Associated Press
Thirteen persons fell to their
deaths In airplanes over the week
end. v
Four were killed at Tulsa, Tex.,
airport when a plane piloted by
Harry Lynch of Wink, Tex.,
crashed before a crowd witness
ing dedication of the field. The
victims were Lynch, two 12-year-old
boys, Bruce Anderson and
Bobby Sesler, both ot Wink, and
Willie Ravol. 28. ot El Paso, Tex.
Fire Consumes Plane
Lieut Frank J. Flndlay, 80, of
Detroit, and Private George J.
Scott, 27, of the 17th pursuit
squadron, died In flamos near
Port Huron, Mich. Their Self
ridge field plane tell and burst
Into flames just after a take-off.
Flndlay was a reserve officer with
Inactive status.
A plane borrowed without the
owner's consent crashed and
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Three Competing Incum
bents Lose Posts .,.
At Elections.
SALEM, Moy 21. (P) Only
three incumbent members of the
Oregon legislature who had filed
for nominations were eliminated
for membership In the 1935 ses
sions, while auother who had not
filed was nominated oy tne
write-in method, a survey by the
Associated Press revealed.
Stato Senator W. F. Wood
ward, voteran Multnomah coun
ty member was eliminated in the
republican primaries by Roy K.
Terry. Should Senator Jay Up
ton be elected for congress from
tho second district, his place
would have to be tilled In the
upper house.
Estes Sncaocor looses
Estes Snedecor, democratic
leader in the house last year
from Multnomah county, was eli
minated In his race, while Ar
thur McPhilllps, democrat from
Yamhill county, likewise lost out
In the primaries. Charles ri.
Chllds of Linn county was nom
inated by the write-In method.
With those eliminations, tne
house will see at least 28 new
faces In the legislature opening
next January 14, whllo eight new
members will be in the senate,
just half ot the number ot the
upper house seats vacant tor the
1934 elections. Twenty-seven
house members and seven Benate
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TOKYO, Moy 21, (P) Eleven
Japanese, Including five school
boys, wore reported to have beon
killed, when 100 Chinese Irre
gulars raldod a model Japanese
settlement In Mnnchukuo.
The roport, contnlned In a dis
patch from Hslnklng (Chang
chun), capital ot Mnnchukuo, to
Rengo (Japanese news agenoy),
said tho attack took place at
Lake Chlnpo, northwest of Tun
hua in eastern Klrln Province,
Troops wero dispntched to the
scone from Tonhua.
STRIKE FACTIONS
I
PORTLAND, May 21,, (VP) R.
J, Baskett, spokesman of em
ployes In the genernl longshore
mon's strlko negotiations at Snn
Frnnclsco, wns today advised by
Portland watorfront employes
that they havo agroed to four
major points In the attempts to
sottlo the waterfront strike.
The employers rejected the
union's proposal that "closod
shop" operation be established,
and opposed assignment ot work
ers by tho union. They agreed
to collective bargaining with re
presentatives ot the longshore
men and to arbitration on wages
and hours.
CITY VOTERS
G I fill
TO SALES TAX
Farm Sections Succeed in
Defeating Relief .
Levy Measure.
NEW CANDIDATES
MAY COME OUT
Independent Job Seekers
Likely to File by
November.
By Malcolm Eplcy
An analysis of the returns on
the sales tax reveals that Klam
ath Falls proper voted in favor
of tbe tax. Klamath county,
outside the city, went against it
sufficiently to offset the favor
able vote in Klamath Falls, and
to put Klamath county in line
with most ot the rest of the
counties in defeating the tax.
Inside the city, according to
an unofficial tabulation, the vote
on the tax was: Yes 1714; No
1070. Outside, the vote was:
Yes 807; No 1587. Total coun
ty vote; Yes 2581; No 8267.
Farm Influence Seen
The strong outside vote, while
not as unfavorable to the tax as
the state as a whole, indicates
that the farm organization fight
against tbe tax was effective.
The favorable vote Inside the
city was interesting because this
Is tne second Industrial city in
Oregon and there has been a con
centrated fight against the tax
among industrial workers.
The official tabulation of
Klamath county's vote was on at
the courthouse Monday, but no
contests were In donbt on the
basis ot unofficial returns ex
cept possibly that for circuit
judge, where Edward B. Ashurst
apparently edged out William
Ganong by less than 100 votes.
Opinion May lie Asked
In connection with thiB situa
tion, it was rumored Monday
that an opinion may be asked of
the attorney general regarding
the law on tiling for circuit
judge after the primary election.
W. M. Duncan and Ashurst are
the nominees by virtue ot coming
out two highest in the primary.
Whether the law will permit one
of the defeated candidates, or
another lawyer, to file and run
against these men in the fall is
the question being raised nere.
There is also a rumor that in
dependent candidates are being
groomed for other oiuces, those
beine mentioned including tbe
county commissioner and district
attorney contests. Whether this
talk merely represents a post
primary puff of hope or whether
it indicates actual plans for fall
candidacies remains to be seen.
Two years ago Henry Semon
came out independently for rep
resentative and made a victory
out ot it. He received a nice
write-In on the democratic tic
ket in the primary that time.
Somon ran this time without op
position on the democratic prt-
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SALEM, May 21. (IP) With ex
ception of the Alsea bay bridge at
Waldport, on which construction
Is well under way and the first
monthly estimate rendered for
payment, there will be no work
commenced on any of the other
four coast highway bridges until
all contracts have been finally ap
proved In Washington and an ad
ditional allocation oi rwA lunus
doflnltoly made, it was announced
horo todny by R. H. Baldock, state
hlchwav engineer.
"Increased material costs over
the prices prevailing when the
nlans and estimates were pre.
oared last September now make It
apparent that we will require
about $400,000 additional from
the PWA to complete the
bridges," Baldock said.
Catholic Churches
Ordered to Close
NOGALES. Aril., May 21
(AP) All Catholic churches In
the state ot Sonora, Mexico, were
closod today by order of Gover
nor ltodolto Ellas Calles.
Balkan Bomb
Hurts Worker
EXPLOSION OCCURS TODAY
IN WASHINGTON, D. C.
POST OFFICE
WASHINGTON, May 21. (AP)
A bomb which Inspectors say
was destined for the Hal nans ex
ploded in the postofflce dead let'
ter office today, shattering a
clerk's band and slightly injur
ing a negro messenger.
It was concealed in a hallow
ed-out book, and went off when
the volume was opened by Myrton
L. Genung.
Genung was In too critical a
condition after to tell what hap
pened. He specialized In improperly
wrapped or addressed parcels ad
dressed to foreign countries from
Maryland, Delaware, West Vir
ginia,' Virginia, North Carolina
and the District of Columbia.
W. H. Jackson, the messenger,
cut by flying gloss from Genung's
table top, said he was bending
over another table when the
explosion occurred. He looked up
to see Genung, dazed, stumbling
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J. A. Neal Loses Eye and
Ralph Egger Crushes
Arm in Accidents
Jay Rice, Involved in an auto
accident over . the weekend.
bringing serlons Injury to J. A.
Neal, was fined 850 In the jus
tice ot the peace court this after
noon on a charge of reckless
driving.
J. A. Neal ot the Altamont auto
camp will lose an eye, and Ralph
Egger of this city.- may lose his
left arm as a result of week end
automobile accidents. Neal was
injured in a crash on South Sixth
street and Shasta way, shortly
after midnight Saturday, and Eg
ger was hurt Sunday nigm on The
Dalles-California highway about
three miles from the Diamond
lake junction.
. Recklessness Charged
Jay Rice of KKmath Falls is
charged with reckless driving In
connection with the Neal crash,
and was cited to appear in justice
court Monday afternoon. Accord
ing to officers who Investigated
tbe wreck, Mr. and Mrs. weal were
driving toward town, and Rice
was going out South Sixth street
Rice turned out to pass a car trav
eling in the same direction and
sldeswiped the approaching car
driven by Neal. Tne automoDiie
was demolished, and Mr. and Mrs.
Neal rushed to Klamath Valley
hospital. Both sustained severe
(Continued 'on Page xnreej
The annual meeting of the
Klamath county chamber of
commerce, one of the year's big
gest civic events, win he nem
Monday evening, May 28, at the
Willard hotel, It was announced
Mondav.
Claudo Ingalls, editor of the
Corvallis Gazette-Times, will be
the speaker. Ingalls is one ot
the state's best-known newspaper
men, and 1b a vigorous writer
and speaker. '
T. W. Delzell will be toast-
master. Other plans for enter
tainment features will be an
nounced later.
The annual meeting will take
the form of a banquet, starting
at 0:30 p. m.
PORTLAND, Slay 21, (IP)
Mrs. U. F. Ditcmnn, 08, mother
of Urban Ditcmnn Jr., flying
Montana cowboy, who lost bis
life in an attempt to fly the At
lantic In 1020, died at her home
here last night.
SALEM, May 81, OP) Clacka
mas, Sherman and Morrow conn
tics today filed their official pri
mary election returns, and take
tho distinction of being the first
to report Friday's results to tho
secretary of state's office for
canvass. ,
LATE NEWS
htArea
MONOPOLISTS
PROFITEERS
HELD AT IRK
Darrow Review Board De
livers Blistering
Criticism
BAD CONDITIONS
TOLD IN REPORT
Johnson, Richberg Seek
to Eliminate Author-; .
ity of Probe.
WASHINGTON. May 21. (AP)
The national recovery review
board In a three-page statement
today assailed tbe criticism on
its report made oy KMA omciais.
promised a second report before
tbe end of the week and chal
lenged NRA to answer that one.
The second report, the board
headed by Clarence Darrow said,
covered Industries "in which,
conditions are even worse than,
in those that nave severed jar.
Rlchberg's vision."
Johnson Against Board
The reference was to Donald
R. Richberg, general NRA coun
sel. 'Who charged Darrow's nnlt
Wjlh abuse of public confidence .
in having so conducted Itself as
to develop only evidence in sup
port of already fixed views.
Meanwhile, it was indicated at
the White House that President
Roosevelt expected the Darrow
board to wind np Its work soon.
Nothing was said as to how the
president looked upon Hugn u.
Johnson's recommendation that
the board be abolished at once.
Statement Given Out
There had been no hint of a)
supplemental statement such as)
given out by the Darrow board
today.
It read in part:
"The monopolists and profit
eers that were uncovered by tho
review board's report had thels
innings today and with their at
torneys, paid and unpaid, filled
the air with their clamors. 1
"Then they pause to take)
breath and reason has a chance
to be heard, it may be well to
remind the public of certain
basic facts totally, and no doubt
intentionally, disregarded In these
infuriated clamors,"
The board said here that by
investigation It bad concluded
that monopolistic practices ex-
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STATE OF OHIO
WASHINGTON. May 21. (AP)
The supreme court held today
the state ot Ohio, in exercising
a monopoly In the sale of in
toxicating liquor, 1b subject to
federal taxes Imposed on the
wholesale and retail business.
Ohio was refused permission
to file suit against the United
States to prevent collection ot
taxes. , ' '
Oregon Residents
Wanted by Police
LOS ANGELES, May 21. (AP)
Fedoral authorities . were
searching today for Col. Dan
Morgan Smith, vice president of
Corvallis, Ltd., a poultry con
cern located at Riviera, and J,
L. RusbbII, president ot Corvallis
Poultry Co., Ltd., of CorvolliB,
Ore., In connection with an al
leged $188,000 swindle.
WASHINGTON, May 21, (IF)
President Rooaevclt todny signed
a bill for suspension of annual
usscasmcnt work on mining
claims held by location In the
United States and Alaska. -
WASHINGTON, May SI, (Pr
Senate and honae conferees vir
tually agreed today on the cor
porate bankruptcy bill substanti
ally as it passed the senate. Tbe
measure would permit cities and
towns to scale down their In
debtedness through agreements
with creditor : .