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Breckenrldge Weekly Democrat
UUECkEMMIKIE WEEKLY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY DEC. 10 1931
TAX INCREASE PROGRAM PRESENTED
are Campaign Workers Obtain One-Third Of Quota
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pre kenrtdRe dur .t
th wind
in rampiinn
in n'h-t hw r
in which e
puflcrpnte l
mil re Illy (
abundance i.f i .
toy we hop1
1 M not inl
' ' . We ail
('i ti 1 1 been n
imii.iiti h re Somi
-i 'hi wth under
che-i . hi In thi
infii'ii'f i i wiipiKri
n f 'nnraniv
hi inner oae -
-oniutit n iiimr i utd ri
itiiMly Hoj S-n it and other work
I JOWEVKIl t ln t ih.it wy now
and thru1 lnt anvlhinic to h
done about I' The IHtrcnt Tm hr
AiK-Tlillon "f Itie kenrldtfc h ivi
taken over the work Ihev will do
their rwn tnve.ti;atinK mil their
own distributing There w.ll be few
iljj'iimt'nrw if they are .il'nwed o
carry on the wurk as they w.tn' to
If not. then theie will he There l
nothing one n do about that
either
'JVitiAY unit tomorrow tho m
1 "K fund with which t !
crate Not enU arc they ukmn for
money but thty are appeal tig to
clothes quilt. Kanka.s. c mnej
gooU ami other foods. Etch tf
theic things u needed tmtl.
IVK if you poenifoly r in The
plan they have adopted n
unique llualneaa firms oil romp ta-
les municipal buildings have been
cnnvnsned timl the head of each
conrern tine been asked to if
hut eriMikiyt- w II give I i nvnth
'it nt thai i ( for .i tlue
month' pei ! Ttie plan wtkr.l
well th flrt momma Oil
pinie -weir anxioua to t i i il
to this extent
()N'E DOM.A.K mon1h -n
with the work it w.ll do thin wit-
ter That much t thrown tn t
the average perin
I ET IT not be Mid that Hicck
J enrldge failed to prowd fm her
neeily Tlrta $) should be .thtmn
ed in two ili (In third of it wni
pledged teiU morning Ttie rest
should be on Iwml'bcfdfB Yrrurxday
n-ght.
'PUB women of IlreekenrtilRe are
' Rtvtnj; then tune to the ran
They hnve worke.1 hurd nil will
continue to work hard Thra char-
ily work hhmk be placed In the
hiimlii of thiMe wl will work at It
The women re dolne. that ami
eo mostly eollclt the financial Md of
HrrrkrnrldRe flmw and individu-
als. They deaorve It.
Immunization
Pnrk'st Striatal
'pin
" ' -.-- rlilg''. ne saia. - Hnnuui oc crn-) --
Students Hiuls" Vr. "r' b:i7Zn"trin
avolileil Our HttrUiulion Mlnt eniiuess it. u ink in
The Immunization of Parka
school children npilnst diphtheria
was complcteii Tuesduy afternoon
when Dr tlrover t". Wood coun-
ty hciilUi physician administered
101 doses of toxlotl. ' A total of
MO children at Par kit have been
given the serum. Dr. V 'd said.
Tlie Immunliatlon prograin
which Is being advocated by the
state health dapartiiistit will be
carried nut tn the majority uf
the Stephens county schools. It
vsu3 lenrnctl from the otflcu of
Mrs. Millie Illackbum. county
school miperlntendont. Itel dap.
Necessity CrytAal VulU ami Ivan
pupils -will be Ktvon the dtphtiterta
ioxoiu in wie neur mmm "-
twven son nrul l0t are e:
..u.l.1 I
r.....a
to be Klvon the diphtheria tox-
oid during the extensive program.
Vaccmutlon ngnlnst small pox
ffiXT xi"rzr -e-n.-' -i h" trui
state dctKtrtinant wlH be launched
von.
Dr. Wood will superviM the ad-
tninUtratinn of the serums and
vaccine He wxu ajaisttxl Tues-
day nt Parks by Dr. W. U. Oulnn
and Miss Kuhi Oinstian. a nurse.
Ralph C a pone
Shifted From
Gang Members
I.KAVENWOKTH Kan.. Deo 0.
URl Itnlph Capone. brother of
Al Cupone. Chlcagt) Kngster. was
on his way to the McNeil Island
prikon on the Pacific coast form
the federal lnltntlnry an to
day. It was explained that with
Al Cupone and uthtM members of
his gang sentenced to Leaven-
worth It wus thought wlio to move
the brother.
Stolen Truck
nin liViffiwIinnd SSOtXX) eattle. He has
ariS r Ollll(lmntll ovr 4JXOo poople at
Stolon truck parts" aald to have
been taken from a maclilno in
Throckmorton County wero re-
covered here Tuesday by Constable
L. It McFnll.
The parts were returned to the
owner. They were found In u looal
automobile wrecking yard. The
owner of the firm hud purchased
them McFull KlUI.
No arrotits were innile.
$1070 RAISED
FIRST MORNING
BY COMMITTEES
Oil Company Employes And
Others Pledge Monthly
Payments
one third of the ttOOO quota net
b the Parmt-TmcheM A-oclation
'or welfnr aroek In ItierkenrldRe
thle winter n o'itainel the first
morning of the two-duy i-tmpalKn
which started today.
-Wording ti Mre C K West
hi'rniitn of the drive ami pre ti-
ll nt of the nty council of the !
1 A official were well satisfied
ith the wtirk cT the opening ilay
1 he worker composed for the
limit lutrt of members ot the ao-
mtirn met nt a luncheon at th
Y M A today and made their
firt report.
A J Morgan who canvased oil
companies eupfily stores c.ty hull.
i-inirthouae and poatofflce. reported
tha f20 a nmnth for three months
tin I hern pledged.
Ktuplo)iN f the varioiM concerns
puticf.l to gie tl a month for the
' mun'h pi i lod.
Thi.i' w..ik nrf In the bimlnr.i I
Ii 'r ii report
t t iling $151.
i in .inu uiriHjr.-
The Kant W'trd committee re-
. te.i ft an the north ward J12S8.
.in.l the i.outh ward JlOl 20
In aillitln to caah and pledxes
of f itute ih payments a quant i -
ls of nullts Mankets. canned Roods
in. I other food were obtained b
he viirNni committees.
Toe campaign writ be conducted
th. afternoon ami Thursday. The
workers will meet again between
four and four-thirty o'clock Thurs-
day altcrnoou to make a final re-
port. ft 1. Imnulll fa. t'.wt ilartU.n.l
i .avr.s4t ... ..w. i(.i.iv.i..
imi uie vrtiiro din.nj wni iic uh
tainetl ln.twx days. We folt Julilhint
today that the first morning's work
netted $1070.15. Unloas the entire
quota Is raised In tho two ditys
hnvever. It will be nocoasnrj' to
continue the drivo until tt Is."
Mrs. West itrRml that ovorj' as-
sistance iKmatblu bo extended tho
amc-clation In distribution of sitjt-
plles In order to avoid duplication.
Hhe declined that a number of btia-
inru flnnt reported indlvlilual
Charity work.
The charity work in Iliecken-
rlilifc." she said. "hIwuh! be cen-
wlU be :he fire station with U. M.
Pardee in charge Much time and
money can be baved if all appll-
catlonit for charity are turned over
to our cmnmtttaes in order that
they may be Investigated and pro-
per hnndllng of the claims instir-
ed.'
iaw Trial For
Ranger Slayer
Given Court
AUSTIN. Dec. 9. l r The Court
t f Criminal Appeals today ordered
. tkmml r. .. n-. iriv..t iv.
"-" .. - o -
on a -year murder sentence in
Kasttand County on conviction of
killing Melton Ducnaon May 15.
1930. There was an Insufficient
ktlV WMI h tvuil...
Old Ranger
Quits Service
aUJCO. Nv . Die. H iUR After
23 years with the I'nited States
Forest Service. Charles (Undo
Charlie) Butler Is about to retire.
His life over the nearly quarter of
a century he has lieen employed in
the service hi filled with incidents
showing that Uncle Charlie did ev-
erything .from teach young maidens
to cook and find them husbands to
dodging "mail order" brides.
Charlie Butler has helped care
for II widows. 17 orphans and
taught nane young ladies the art of
cooking and
w that they gut
husbands when they become pro)-
erly trained."
His service for the department
took his over approximately 80500
miles on horsehnck about 3600 by
cur. and 2800 miles on foot. During
that trine he count! SOO.OOO sheep
onter-
hls sta
tion.
lllcht To Surname lleuuch.imp
LONDON. Doc. 0. (lW5-Tho
King hut grunted to Joculyn
George Itoglmtld Murker-Huhlo. of
Iangloy Park Norfolk llcotuo and
authority to uie tho surname of
Ileauahamp In lieu ot these of
Ilarker-Hohlo and to bear tho
nrma of Uonuchnmp.
HOOVER GAVE DOLE TO ALL
BUT THOSE STARVING SAYS
ALABAMA REPRESENTATIVE
ViASHIXCTON. Pw U. (flMTh.' Demonatic s:ttmk
ii Pr.'s. Hrxiver's mt nm- to ('mijrivss opoiiod in the
hoimo tcxlnv by the caustic i'hui;ccs th.it Mr. Iloover luus
ffi rud n dile t everyone but to those who are starving.
Hep. lliHlillcxtoii. denimnit Alalnima. notetl democratic
orator led the jisxnult lie tenned the president's pro-
posal for building fimtrce Imnk relief and moratorium
as doles to building loan .uvtociatnms bankers and for-
iKtiers. "To the Kind Imnk and the commercial bank he
would jrive billions." he shouted. "Hut to the starvni";
children he would jmo not one red cent."
Kane Hears
Testify To
Heard Near River
HAMPTON a.. Dec. 9.
ixinjf clams in the vicinity
hmi ihoi- II
added their testimony today to the state's
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nessee professor deliben.tely drowned his wife Mrs. Jenny
.'rnham Kane.
The testimony had to do mainly with screams heard by
the fishermen but failed to establish them as cries of lis-'
. ... .. ...
. w-iei .i.i me ounnes oi
scream IIKO a Woman.
Doan Elected President Methodist
Men's Club At Tuesday Night Meet
Daughter Rich
Chicago Family
Takes Own Life
CHICAGO. Dec. !. (U.PJ Hose
Kaufman &chwnb 10 years old and
pretty disowned by hur wealthy
father for her marriage to a h in-
Imnd who loft her. wrote a few
line of oetry and committed sui-
cltle totlny.
The jrlrt also scrtlibltd u note to
her hustwinl which ended "I hopu
her ninth
flour hotel room she took nolson
antf died.
Kidnaping Des
Moines Man Is
Stopped Today
DKS MOIN'KS. Iowa. Dec. 0. iU.Ri
An attempted kidnapping mm frus-
trated umul the battle and roar of
pistol . ml shotgun fire hero toduy.
Richard II. Kennolley manager
of a clgur store and alloged gam-
bling pluco was robbed of $308
when he drove Into the garage at
his honlN Hut warned of the at-
tempted kidnapping and officers ar-
rived In time to prevent that.
Star-Telegram
Worker Killed
FONT WORTH Dec. 0. (U.PJ -George
Sllllmnn. 35. was killed In-
stantly today when his automobile
and a Mtrcet car collldod head on.
Stlllnuin was night foremun of the
storotype room at the Kort Woith
Star-Telegram.
Owsley Shepherd. 25 copy leader
at the Star-Tclognim was hurt in
the crash.
Read This Chapter of "Three Kinds of
When
In the yem nineteen nun -
dred and sixteen. Profemior
Fen -
wick and his wife Ann died of
f luenzu d .ring the same week in
ltt March. their acquaintanc. i
thankci a merciful Providence !hit
the three little glris hud those per
feotly charming grandparents who I
wero willing and glad to take them '
right in and give them a g iot
home. The nurse In the house at
tho Unto one sturdy Gladys Clapp.
was the only person who folt the I when tho bug was open; challenged
least apprehension as to the trim-j her llstanors to show her another
qull future of tho Fenwicks' dauh- mother with common sense enough
ters- Ann. U years old; Cecily. to send hor children away and re-
elght years old; and baby Mary- fuso to kiss theni goodby for fear
Francos ono year old on tho third ' of contagion though they bawled to
of last February- be klssotl; mentioned nothing about
Poor okl Gladys was meroly a the morning of that same day whon
ptnctlcal nurse a mysterious trou-
hlo with her left kneo had prevent-
ed her from completing her hospit-
al training ar.d aho was still en-
cumbered with a capacity for inter-
est unprofessional but sympathetic
Fishermen
Screams
(IT) Kwhenimn who were
of I Hack River lighthouse oiiuMrs. Dorothy Lomko to hi con-
e .. ..;. '
a nuiiuui or mail UO COUKl
nen J. Doan wa elected presi-
dent of the Methodist Men's Fel-
lowship Ctub to micceed Illako
Johnson at the "holiday jtplrlt"
banquet of tho orpinlzatlon held
in the basement of the First
Methodist Church. Tuesday night.
Approximately 150 men attend
ed tho banquet and heard a hum
orous uddrctM by Dr. A. J. Weeks
editor of tho Texas Christian Ad-
vocate Dallas. Musical numbers
given during the banquet Includ
ed two vocal solos by Mrs. I. II.
Ittchardson violin solos by H. It.
Dultoeck .numbers by a quintet
cooiposod of Miss Florine Martin
Miss Klixabeth Htitchlngson. Mian
Floy Bntnutn. and Mrs. I. H.
IUchnrdson accompanied by Miss
Iolu Ilowden ami music by the
high school urchwtru.
A featuro of the program was
the apptmrnnce of Santa Claus
and the aubsoquont presentation
of gifts to various membora of
the organisation. The "gifts"
wero reported by offlcsiltt of tho
club to hnvo been "appropriate
beyond wouls."
Dr. Weeks gave a philosophical
talk In which he told of twine of
hbt travels over tho Unlic States
ami In European nations.
Ono of the largest crowds over
to uttund ono of tho club ban-
quets whs present.
SCHOOL VISITKI)
Mrs. Margaret Hatwley of Rast-
lund state health dcpaiimcnt
nu rue iml Mrs. Mllllo Illackbum
county school miporlntundcnt visit-
ed tho Washington school (color-
ed) this morning.
Tho visit woa In preparation of
a health clinic to be held tomor-
row under the direction of Mrs.
Hassloy.
Mrs. Hassley and Mrs. Illack-
bum visited tho Ivan school this
afternoon.
i and almost affectionate for a few
. v .nt. r .. ....
i of her patients It was a nuinneo.
i- . ... .
orcauie even after me double fun-
ral she could not put tho Fenwitk
fimily entirely out of hor memory.
For sevornl months she spoke of
them from time to time and prais-
ed pretty ft all Mrs. Fenwick. Said
she was Just as common as an old
shoo though .she was a profes-
sor's wife; said she know beans
Mrs. Fonwlolt had hung hor head
and bitten bar fist and cried right
In front of the doctor and argued
"I ugrce wljh you Dr. Elm but I
haven't any plaoe to send the girls.
Thore Is no plnco for them to go."
JAP DRIVE ON I
CHINGHOW IS
EXPECTED
riKl'INCS thlmi Dec. I).
(UI1) IntciiK Jitpiiniv iicrl.it
uctMtj south of Mukden It
helloed to Ih the prelude tl
n drln mi Chluciiow it com-
liiuiiliin front Miinchiirlu head
quarters hiiIU tonight.
STATE CLOSES
POWERS CASE
TESTIMONY
Slayer Takes Stand In
Own Defense Of Murder
Of Woman
cuutKSBimo. w v.i. ncc n.
'I'l'i The sttite today completed Hi
cne npilnst Harry V. Powira.
mtilrlninnlnl nnnnl nrnii.nil nlliirllii.
crcte Broso in quiet Dcii. nmi
UllllnB her.
Judge John C. Southern then I
sued Instructions to the Jury that
they must consider only such evi-
dence as related to Mrs. Lcmko for
wpse slayirvsr Powers is on trim
and that thov mu.it lenore all evi
Icnoe tcMin' to tho fnmlIy ot Mr.
Asia Blcher and her three children
whose bodies were dug up with
that of Mrs. Lcmke's.
Powers ".van then called to tho
stand In his own defense. He seem
ed to have lost suite of his com-
posure though ho smiled as ho
looked directly at his counsel.
Defense Attorney Law plunged
Immediately Into Powers early life
and then nftcr n few brief ques-
tions and while the spectators
watched In deiith-llko stillne.is ask-
ed the .-ic.du.fcd murderer for his
version of his meeting with Doio-
thy Lcmkc.
Jury In Annie
Caldwell Case :
Reported Out
A Jury after deliberating two and
one-half hours had fulled to ngrcc
at 3 o'clock this afternoon on the
guilt or innocence of Annie Citld
well nogrcss who went to trial
Monday morning on n charge of
murdering Theresa Johnson anoth
or n egress.
The Jury' received tho case at
12-20 p. in. toduy.
The chargo wus dollvorod to the
Jury by Judge C. O. Hamlin this
morning and arguments by lion J.
Dean for tho state and Judge
Thoma.1 H. Illdgoll for the defense
were heard boforo noon.
For the first time the knife with
which the woman allegedly wcildcd
when tho formor negro school
toncher was slain was brought Into
court. It was not Introduced us ovl-
Ucncc however.
Five Prisoners
Shot To Death
MKXICO CITY Doc. 9. U'l'i Five
prisoners sentenced to death were
killed In an attempted oscapo at
Tulanclngo prison n dispatch to tho
nowspapor. La Prosna said today.
Police fired on the prisoners after
they had dug under prison walls.
Love" and the Rest
I In the ond Gladys herself had
'taken the three children across the
city from the trim brown bungalow
tightly fenced in Its neat yard near
tho campus of the small Oregon
college to the suburb where the
Fenwick Mansion Incorrigibly in-
correct Victorian Gothic stood In
Its block of unpenned trcos and
shrubs and weedy lawn.
The children's grandmothor hid
thrown the two front doors wldo
open as Gladys enmo carrying the
baby up the steps with Ann und
Cecily lagging behind.
"Welcome" she had called In hor
creamy sweet voice. "Welcome wel-
come home my darlings!" AnJI In
spite of her flesh and she was ex-
traordinarily fat and disregarding
the fancy lacy perfumed rose-colored
silk thing she was wearing
she had gone right down on hnr
knees to embrace Ann and Cecily
and they hud to stoop far over to
her while she cooed and shed tears
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THE DEATH Wf PPMAtrvy ' SA ff
VERDICT T LrtHBLjJ !
UumoII McWilllams 17-year old
our conductor has nbaiidoned hope
dlo in tho electric chair nt .lollet
cxectitwl lie-will be tho youngcHt man ever to p.iy the extieme pen-
alty In Illinois. Highlights on his life are kIiavii above. The at-
restlng officer shown with McWilltnma it upper right is Sergeant
Itnlph Fobslur of Rockfoid The picture at the lower left shown hlra
in couit a he heard the death verdict. In the cvnt-r 1 .1 clrwe-up
uf the slayer
Hoover
Dispute
Senate Proceedings!
County Solon s
Release Small
Security Fund
e- -
Due to a drt.p In county de-
posits the commissioners court
hiut releasotl $20000 worth of
Unitod St a tea thiec and one-half
per cent bonds of the First Nu-
tlontil Ikink as security according
to nn order ontorod upon the
mimitee) or tlio court.
The Imnk asked that tho se-
curity be reduced by this amount.
A porsonal bond in tho amount
of $100000 ronmlns as security.
The releoso of tho bonds wns
nskod when county dopotiite ex-
clusive of school funds amounted
to $213083.32 November 18.
Frank 11. Sloan commissioner
cast a dlssontlnc vote retmrdlnir
I the release.
KI.KS Mi:iTI.VC TONIGHT.
Tho regular meeting of tho I5I1
Lodge will be .held ut the club
rooms nt tho Ilurch Hotel tonight
at 7.30 o'clock.
Member are urged to attend as
according to officials lnuiness in
connection with the charity foot-
ball gaaiie hore S'lturday will be
transacted.
Will not be M issed
Into their white necks tears that i
tinkled wetly on to their l.ttlo
aiiiiitii.-oa nun iiiuuv toi'iii sttiiiiu
unbecomingly. :
Gladys stood and sniffed tho :
hoavy heliotrope perfume and hold
tho baby and admired the stained-
gin .....ares In the door until the
baby ono of thojo storn hlg-eyed
babies who novor cry began to
scream with suddon high fury na
It Gladys hnd pinched hor or pick-
ed her or had done some embar-
rassing thing of that sort.
Ann who Gladys said was so
protty that ho fairly took your
broath away though actually ahe
was not pretty nt all but purely and
logically beautiful from the point of
t. i i- i ...i.i i.... i
viwwii ttuii uit out noia toiviiuiiii
to the ourve of her perfect chin
wont to the blushing Gladys and
(Continued on Pngo 2.)
Last Hope For Life
i
M.iyer f a Uockfoid. III.
.sirc-t '
for lit- life and is nicinrln
state penitentiary Dec 11. If ho s "
Moratorium
Breaks In
WiUHINGTciN Dc 9 LP
Tho Homer niomtoiiiini ttlyputi'
broke out In the Senate tr.l.iv
with the intuMluction by Sen.
Johnson Republican California
of a resolution which would au-
thorize an Investlgatlrn of Intc- '
national banking opet.itlon.-t in I'
S.
Tho resolution took some of tho
Hopubllcnn lemleru by mirprlse. It
Immediately revealed a divistt n in
the party on tho moratorium plan.
Johnson said he wanted quick ac -
tlon on the resolution beontls It
Is "ossontlal to legislation soon
to conio oeiore us. mo meant
tho Hoover moratorium iroiKisal.
I'IKST IlKIVK IN VOTi:
WASHINGTON Doc. 0. U.R- i
Tho fiivt sign of a break in the
deadlock over tho election of a
picKiuuni pio-icm ot me aenaiu
came on the fourth ballot today.
Son. Urookhart Imleiiendunt re-
publican Iowa deserted tho lian-
nor of Son. Moses republican
Now HampsJiire fcr whom ho had
buen voting .The fourth ballot
fulled to givo any of the contest -
ants majority sufficient for dec-
tlon.
Miookhait ciut his vote for Sen.
Jones republican Waahlnat-jn
whoso total was Incieaaeil to 5.
After tho fourth ballot the count
stood: Moses 32 Pittman 13 Nor-
lis 0; Jonoj 3; Capper 1; and
Lafulletto 1.
Slipi'dtlC Coill'l
Sustains Will
of Mrs. Morion
The State
AUSTIN Dec. 0 (U.R
" "" " ZV "" ""VJ
t! -. . I ..! ...1..
Korsuon Morton
of Haskell In
James E. For-
whloh former Gov.
guson nnd a brother A Ivan Fergu-
son were laft only $100 onch from
tho estate valued at $300000.
DEEM VISITS OLIwN
OLBAN N. Y.. Dec. 0. U.PJ
small doo appeared In the
- A
city
i hot "" 'I'B slowly up But-
tjio street. 'i no tioe nosiniLea to
fulo Street. Tho doe liosltnted to
pass through a vladuet nnd Instoml
jumped a wlie fence slightly In
I Juting Itself. When last seen the
i animal wns honded for neat by hills.
RICH 'AND POOR
WOULD SUPPORT
NEW TAX PLANS
Mellon And Hoover Plead
For Various Forms
Of Taxation
WASHINGTON. Dec. n I r-
The administration placed b f n-
congicMy today tho most n& i mi
peace time tux Increase pio-ruu
n history -a program to i.ii-- t
new taxes nearly ono billion tl .1
I'irs in a year.
I'ractlcttlly no one ileh or pr
would csc-ipe.
PrchUIcnt Hoover and Srcn'iiry
of Trctuury Mellon Joined fexti
enlly In an npponl to the itimtiv
to face this additional buid.-u
courageously uh n necemmry .mm
fice Imposed by the depression.
The administration plan cilN
for doubling the number of Inc- mr
tax ixavcrs.
It would levy special taxes on
checks telephone ohIIm. telfgrtph
mcs.tagott automobiles i.itllos and
amuitments down to the hum
nlext picture show ami hlhcr
rate on postage cigarettes .in. I
corpora Ions.
Tro administration hopes to
raise J92O.O00.00O a year by m w
taxos. It proposed to begin them
Januury 1 if possible and to end
them July 1 1031.
Secretary Mellon force-ant bun
ness Improvement for 11)32 but
emphasized that depression moan-
lnlc " causing the government to
run octiind. billions of tioiiir.
making emergency measures ne-
cessury.-
'Wo cannot maintain public
confldcnco nor stability in fed-
eral government without under-
taking some temporary uix In-
crease" said President Hoover in
his mowKigo.
Mellon at tho same tune I ml
down tho detailed program in In i
annual report to congress.
FINAL SESSION
OF CHAMBER
WEDNESDAY
Efforts will bo nude by i'Iii'h
ber of Commerce membcis hn
the largest crowd of th. .ir
present next Witlncstl.iv n n it
tho rogular luncheon which will
be the final ono of the j.n . nt
year.
It will bo In the form of .. t . .
' buto to Claud Thompson. pn-Md. i.t
j of tho organization whom tno
wilt end
Plans for tho butt meeting .i
1 the year woio (United today at th
i regular meeting of the memln i
1 Only u small number wiu pit
cm.
Tho members voted for ren.ii .f
tho cottcn ucrougo retluctli n l.iv.
rocontly passed by the leKiduun
but went on tecoid at being op
posed to calling a special scii.i
for thut purpose.
uancy w. iiamy state icpi.
. scniaiivc discussed lliu law in.l
I declined hlmsolf as being oppu. i.i
to anothor spoclal sesHiim.
Announcements were m uie i .
' gnrdlng tho charity football gi.-.
to bo played here Saturdnv hi
noon botwoon the Iliet keniiiu
1 All-Stun and tho Oil Melt ah
Stars composed of IUngi i mi i
' ISastland playerM. The game i
j scliedulod for 2:30 o'clock s.nut
I day. It Is sponsored bv tin Kll
ciuu nnu piocccus win lie ;.-. it
to tho Paront-Teuchoi h A. .mci.
tlona and to other welfjto tji-up
thnt participate.
It wnu voted by the body t .
inerotisa tho oard of dirci t . .
from twcnty-flvo to thuty fi..
members.
1 YOSE.M1TE .MAY KNTEIl
I WINTEK SroitTS KANhS
SAN FRANCISCO Dec. 0 iu "
Yoscmlto Park may becomi i
compotltor with Lake Pl.ieid n
wintor sports rosort if plim i
build .a tramway to Glacier Poim
thus Insuring year round ncir..i
blllty of the point mntuie.
Dr. Hartley Dewey director . f
medical servico ut the park .n.
nounccd tho plan recently on h
return from tho East.
Glacier Point Is always providul
with sufflolcnt snow for skiin
'dog kled racing and similar event
Dr. Dowcy said with lnaccos.ibn
tty tho only draw back to devclon
mont solve the problom he . -clarcd
Tho project would cost appro -mntely
$100JX)0
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