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ABOUT TOWN Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his 18:77. And it is permitted to continue at an alarming increase! accidents in the last fifteen years have accounted for the death of 388,936 people vhile all of the wars so far engaged in by the United States from 1776 to 1935, 159 years only 244,357 were killed or died of wounds in the six major wars in which this country has" participated. The Revolutionary war brought death to the War of 1812, War with Mexico, Civil War (Union Forces), Civfl War (Confederate Fortes) War with Spain, 1,704 and the World War. 50,510. Just think! Auto deaths have accounted for 144,579 more fatalities in 15 years than United States wars in 159 years.

DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE VOL. XXXV NO. 68 DENTON, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOHER 30, 1935 Pull Associated Press Leased Wire United Pn-ss Service EIGHT PAGES UTILITIES OF Ml TRANSFERRED TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS' UPKEEP Brings Total Subsidies Since 1927 to City Heads Also Authorize PWA Contract With Architect. He'll Head U. S.

Navy Board Out of this year's earnings of the municipally owned utilities, the City Commission Tuesday night' "ordered $74,441.25 transferred to the upkeep of other "city departments, the biggest transfer ever made at the municipal building an-d one that brought the utilities' subsidy of other departments, since the first such transfer in 1927,10 nearly, a third of a million dollars. The total transferred was ordered There were six deaths from automobile crashes in. Texas over thej put credit of the following I The raany weather of accounts: General fund Sunday, rather over state, likely accounts for the fact that the total was two less than on the previous week-end. A drivers' license law would not end these fatal crashes, yet, in time, by the suspension of the licenses of smash- causers, it wolld reduce them. And why the Legislature has never been able to get such a law enacted is a source of puzzlement to more tiian a few Texas citizens.

It should "be passed and it should NOT be made any revenue measure, for the auto- niobilist is bearing his full share and more of taxation Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Doak and two children, Rosemary, student of Denton High, and Gordon, student of Junior High, are new residents Denton and are living at 500 West Hickory Street.

The Doaks movea to Denton from Amarillo and he is associated with the L. C. Burr Co. as assistant manager. The family be- Icng to the First Baptist Church and.

he was a member of the Lions Club in Amarillo cemetery fund city hall bonds fire station refunding bonds $15,500. It brought a total of such utilities earnings transfers to $329,421.52 in seven payments. The first was made in 1927 -when $4,500 was shifted to other funds. No transfers were made in 1928 and-1929, but that year citizens voted a $135,000 bond issue Campaign Factor In Budset Plans WASHINGTON. Oct, drafting the new Federal budget, City of Laredo Wins In Gas Company's Appeal.

Rate Cut From 75 to 55 Cents 1,000 Feet First Major Gas Rate Controversy Tried Before Jury. AUSTIN, Oct. Third Court of Civil Appeals today affirmed aj District Court judgment holding valid a gas rate reduction from 75 cents to 55 Hunting Dog Discovers Virginia Cave (By Associated Press) MARKET. a huting dog, chased a rabbit into a hple and was found three day later in a large cave containing several rooms filled with pools and glittering stalactites. Hunter B.

Chapman, president of the Shenandoah Caverns, pronouMed the new cave unusually beautiful and the next year the water ana President Roosevelt has run square, light earnings were drawn on heav- ly aga inst the problem which fly. For the fiscal year 1930-31 a. may develop into a leading 1936 transfer of $61,525.27 was made; for 1931-32 a transfer of for T932-33 1933-34 A typographical error in about made J. E. McCrary 'have enough comment' left over to make repairs to a side walk.

Of course, it should have been 'cement', and DL. Moore, "writing Roundabout, remarks, "If 'comment' would build sidewalks this town would have side walks to burn." "Going back to an old custom" is the way one farmer expressed the situation in -regard to excess cotton is more allotment "to' the -farmers. Ypii know," he said, "When-I "was young man, if produced, more cotton than -we -wanted; to sell, we would put the seed cotton in.store- houses on the place and wait until such time the market was good. That's what a good many of the farmers are going do this they will sell their allotment and 'store the doing thai they won't have to pay the bale- tax Some believe th tax may not be permanent." a transfer of for a transfer of for 1934-35 a transfer of and for 1935-36 the $74,441.15 transfer. and Values Decline Commenting on the transfer, City Engineer W.

N. Harris also pointed out -that the. huge sums transferred these toad been reflected in a declining city taxable value and tax rate. In 1930 the rate was S2 per $100 valuation, in 1S(31 it dropped" to in 1932 was again $1.75 and in 1933, 1934 and 1935 it has been held at. $1.60.

The taxable valuation declined steadily. In 3930 it was $7,763,145, in 1931 it was in 1932 it- was in 1933 it was in 1934 it was 198,210 and this year it was $6,021,815. Harris also out that despite the, heavy drain on plant profits, the utilities had earned enough to increase the value 'of the. plant and, system, so that including the original $25,000 1905 the citizens vote any bond Dcve hunters had better get in their' sport for this season either this Wednesday or tomorrow, as the season in the North Zone closes October 31st. Dove shooters this year, as a general rule, have liad very poor spprt as it seems many cf the doves had drifted on South before the season opened on September 21st.

T. O. Bobbitt, game warden says that comparatively few hunting licenses have been sold in Denton County this year. purchase; -price" have never had "issue or to maintain or enlarge the facilities. In 1930 the plant was.

valued a in 193132 in 1932-33 at in 1933-34 at and this year at $983,217.91 while by next yea the addition of a third Diesel unit will, for the first time, have pushed the plant valuation over the million dollar mark. Accept School Plans The commission considered, with representatives cf the City School Board, the-architect's plans of the projected PWA school buildings ana authorized Mayor J. Wright to execute a contract with Preston Geren of Fcirt Woi'Mi, to" be employed by the city. They also authorized the mayor to sign a requisition immediately seeking $5,000 for Geren as preliminary fees for the work already done. City Attorney Reginald B.

Gam- CHinpaign Deal spending and future taxation. The Issue is in conflicting- statements about "whether new taxes will be necessary Republican orators recently have concentrated, more and more, on the administration's spending policies. Many have already pointed out as the prime issue for next year's election campaign. Administration critics, including Republicans, some Democrats and the American Liberty League, have said that continued spending on the present scrJe will wreck the treasury or result in unbearable taxes for years to come. In his recent budget summation, the chief executive said the budget was being prepared "with a view to sharply decreasing the spread between income and outgo." Denying what he characterized as the "gloomy predictions" of higher taxes, the president said the government "will not need new taxes or increased rates in existing taxes to meet the expense of.

necessary annual operations and. to. le.tire. its public debt." "While closely guarding the official estimates of next fev? years, treasury officials, contend that expected 000,000 in a year of normal business activity, and as high as 000 in an abnormal year such as 1928. He's No Vegetarian TROY.

Smith says groundhogs, being strict vegetarians, taste like rabbits. Maybe that is why he claims, to be Ohio's champion Since the beginning of 1933 he has killed 370. The largest if not the tastiest, say Smith, weighed 37 pounds. Upon retirement of Rear Admiral Frank H. Clark next year.

Rear Admiral Frank B. Upham, above, chief of the "naval bureau of navigation, will become chairman, cf the U. S. navy's general board, cents per 1 7 000 feet for Laredo. The appellate court upheld the lo-ver court's finding that the re- chiced rate was not unjust and unreasonable and reformed the judgment to make the reduction effective as of Jan.

1, 1932, instead of June, 1933. The United Gas Public Service Company appealed the Travis County district court decision. It was the first major gas rate controversy tried before a jury. The City of Laredo instituted the proceedings in December, 1931, by an ordinance reducing the rate tc i.Ey Associated Press) 40 cents. After a hearing the Rail- Conesssicns to Mussolini ta end oad commission fixed the rate at i c-i rtT T3m oo cents per feet, with 10 per rent penalty on bills unpaid within 10 days and a $1 minimum monthly charge.

Gas Evidence Insufficient The court held that evidence ad- Cop-Adoodle-Do HARHFORD, Conru-A device which emits a noise resembling the outcry of a distressed rooster has been attached tc 25 fire boxes in this city tio forestall any attempt by Halloween celebrants to turn in false alarms. Unbounding Main OKLAHOMA CITY-Oklahoma administration officials, always eager to co-operate with the national organization, nevertheless balked today at the latest a survey of Oklahoma's ship-building his invasion of Ethiopia, high British sources said today, would be discussed at Geneva tomorrow when the League of Nations sanctions staff meets to fix a deadline for uneconomic penalties posing the against lialy. Sir Samuel Hoare, the British existing tax rates nuxy be to yield at least Call Money Rate On Street Raised The Denton Qountry Club golf course was well filled with players Tuesday afternoon, many of them claying off their matches while others were trying to get their game in better condition for their matches. The course is in excellent condition. bill, reporting on a group of Denton County road warrants recently offered the city for investments, advised the commission in his opinion the city cannot use sinking funds repurchase warrants but can buy only bonds.

He also suggested that the city's own bonds would meet the legal requirements for sinking fund investments. Republican Chairman Abe Scott kindo' allows a 'how' the country went Democratic on that Triple A corn-hog is Democratic or sump'n, but he adds, "did you ever hear of any one pouring water on the fire that warms him?" Some one, it is understood, was made happy by getting $25,000 handed him by the Lucky Strike Cigaret 'people. A slogan was wanted and the man who turned in" "Be Happy, Go Lucky" was awarded the first prize. Surely he will Be Happy Japs to Force Chinese Obedience and he was Lucky- Strike. -in fact a Lucky Some of those Sanger boys, including Lee McClendon, have won widespread recognition for their ability to snare fish and catch squirrels.

Lee McClendon, one of the experts said here Wednesday, "You know it became rather bothersome, to say nothing of hard work attached, to go out and snare a mess of fish or shoot a few squirrels, so I trained my Shepherd doe to do the work. Now if I want fish, I say He becomes a fish-hound and goes to the creek and returns with a big cat. If it's squirrel desired, I just lock up a tree and say He's as good at one as the other, so I'm not worried any more about havirtg to do all that walking and working in order to have game or fish for supper." TIENTSIN, China. Oct. A Japanese destroyer lay at nearby Tangku today, ready for dispatch to-Tientsin if grew between Tokyo and Chinese National government headquarters at Nanking over Japanese demands for elimination of anti-Japanese elements.

Japanese naval officials here an- hcuriced the destroyer had arrived frcm Port Arthur, apparently in response to a request for material hacking to the latest of a series of demands delivered to the Nanking government by Japan. Almost simultaneously it was announced Japanese soldiers will begin sham battles along the Peiping- Tientsin railway soon. Repeatedly Japanese detachments have visited this Hopeh Province city, giving demonstrations of their nation's military power. NEW YORK, Oct. increase in the call money interest rate to 0.75 per cent ends an unprecedented easy money era in Wall Street, but the brokers are of the opinion that the boost is unattended by the usual sign that a rise denotes greater demand.

When demand is strong and supply limited, rates go up. The highest was 125 per cent 23 years ago this month during the "bankers' panic" of 1907. When demand is weak and supply large, rates go down. The record low cf 0.25 per cent continued from April 17, this year, until the initiative was taken yesterday by the i Manufacturers Trust Company of New York in raising it to 0.75 per cent. Currently the supply of excess reserves of member banks in the Federal reserve system is close to $3.000,000.000.

an all-time high in the reservoir of unused credit. At the same time the total net foreign minister, who will go to. Geneva to survey the possibilities of peace with Premier Pierre Laval, of France declared, however, any basis of peace must be "nn honorable settlement of the dispute acceptable to three parties league, Italy and Ethiopia." Sir Samuel vigorously proclaimed there has been no change in Brit- policy. Other'" British sources' rsaw a in the renewal of discussions for settlement. The foreign minister said another reason he was going to Geneva was end the whispering campaign against himself and Anthony Eden, the minister for league affairs.

Rumors have been persistent the two were at odds over the course to be followed at Geneva. Italian Armies Advance The Fascist dictator's armies, defiant of the impending economic isolation by the league members, advanced further into the Ethiopian interior. On the northern front, the advance has been so peaceful in the Aduwa-Adigrat sector that the Italian commanders felt the mountain pass at Makaie would fall without a battle. To the west of Aduwa, in the iso- ated Setit River region where Eritrea and Ethiopia border on Brit- Sudan, fierce fighting has been waged daily. The Ethiopian Italian authorities said, have daily tried to cross the river and penetrate into -Eritrea but have Deen turned back.

In the southern sector, the Italian forces under General Rudolfo Graziani were advancing on Gerlo- gubi. The war at economic of the league against duced by the gas company in the trial "was insufficient, as a matter of law, to show that the 55-cent rate order was either unjust or unreasonable or uonfisratory." In reforming make the 1BRIVAL PLANS OFFERED FOR CONTROLLING LIQUOR TRAFFIC AFTER AURED SUBMITS SUBJECT Wet Bloc Renews Drive to Legalize Mixed Drinks; Governor Also Submits Subject df Licensing Drivers. AUSTIN, Oct. rival plans for controlling the liquor traffic were introduced today as nor Allred submitted the subjects of liquor regulation-and drivers' licensing to the special session of the Legislature" The wet bloc renewed a drive to permit sale of mixed drinks in bills by Senator Weaver Moore of Houston and Rep, Houstcn. Each would authorize -local option elections to issue and drink sale of undiluted, liquor be prohibited.

Mor.oply rlans were proposedJby Senator Will M. Martin, of Hillstopro and Joe Hill of Henderson arid-Rep. George Moffett of Hep. Bryan Bradbury o'f lene re-introduced a bill substantially similar to that engrossed Tiy the Senate, which prohibited salejay the drink, while Rep. Alfred Petsch of Fredeciksburg offered one some- More For WPA Projects Okayed by McCarl the judgment to retfroacttvely effective as of Jan, 1.1932,.the court held that inasmuch as the'commis- icn right to suspend the educed" city ordinance rate pending appeal, "ifc necessarily had the pow- to such rate.

to. be ahfl" Reasonable "as" "of its original effective iLQdewSe, the commission could substitute its own just and reasonable rate, the court held, and made it effective as of the city ordinance reduction. In a second case, the court denied an appeal of the gas company from an order overruling a plea of privilege to be sued at its corporate domicile-in Harris County. The court held venue was placed exclusively in Travis Ccunty in such rate controversy trial Red Army Climbs Mountain TIFLIS, U. S.

full field equipment, a battalion'of the red army recently climbed Mt. Kaz- bak, feet, and installed a bust of Stalin on the ice-crowned summit. Rail Retirement Board Appointed WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. President Roosevelt today named the railroad retirement board of three members with Murray W.

Latimer, of New York, chairman. Latimer will represent the public on the board which will administer the new retirement act. James A. Dailey. of New was named representative of the employes and Lee M.

Eddy, of Missouri, representative of labor. Latimer was given a two-year term, Dailey three, and Eddy four. York Stock Exchange members, both call and time money, is around S800.000.000. a fraction of the $8.549.000.000 borrowed during October of 1929. Bankers admit that the half point gain in the call rate was more in the nature of a corrective action than an indication of so-called tight money conditions.

Funds Provided For Denton Marker The allotment of the advisory board of historians for the Texas Centennial for the erection of marker? in Denton County at a cost of $200 has been approved, according to word received Wednesday by the county advisory board. One marker to be erected here is to give a history of the county and a sketch of John B. Denton, and the other to mark the home of John for. whom the famous trail was named. Historic spots in many Texas counties are to be marked.

WIDOW OF THOMAS EDISON MARRIES CHAUTAUQUA, N. Oct. Nina Miller Edison, -widow of Thomas Edison, the inventor becomes the bride today of her childhood friend, Edward E. Hughes retired steel man of Franklin, Pa. Tax Suit Jury Answers Issues For Joe Gambill A jury that for two days heard Ihe tax suit of the City of Denton s.

Joe S. Gambill Sr. in District ourt Wednesday morning answer- the nine special issues them in favor of the defendant. The city was suing to collect 1930 taxes, which Gambill de- were based on an illegal valuation of the property in question. The.

jury's holding, was the valuation 'was' arbi- rabily put on the property the qualization board for that year and that the board refused a hearing to witnesses Gambill offered to was strengthened. Thirty-seven nations have notified the League they would participate in the economic isolation of Italy. These nations gave approval to both of the economic the "buy nothing from Italy" boycott and the prohibition against the exportation of certain key products to the aggressor nation. The British and the French, it was emphasized, still stand side bj side in furthering the sanctions punishment of Italy despite the renewal of efforts to find" a solution to the Italo-Efchiopian war. No Acceptable Peace Plan Premier Laval today conferred with Vittorio Cerruti, the Italian Ambassador to Paris.

The premier it was said, informed the envoy no acceptable peace plan has, as yet, been found. Circles close to the foreign office said Laval gave the ambassador to understand II Duce must propose his peace terms to the league. The premier, in his conversation with Cenuiti, was reported to have said a settlement "migh.t be accepted" if Mussolini made certain concessions. While Sir Samuel bound to Geneva for a discussion of peace possibilities, Premier Laval informed the envoy the British view was still that the initiative must be taken ai Geneva by Italy. The foreign office sources said if Duce would submit proposals along "certain lines," they would be considered at Geneva.

Two County Road Jobs Okayed Now, Officials Told Two of the Denton County road projects sought under Works Progress Administration have been sent to the Fort Worth headquarters with Washington's approval, county officials on a trip to Fort Worth were told Wednesday morning. Just how soon actual work will begin is not yet known, as the funds for the projects have hot yet been set aside out of Texas totals. The projects were understood to be a $19,000 21-mile road improvement in Precinct No. 1, including a Green Valley-Cooke County line stretch and a Navo-Mustang stretch, and a project in Precinct No. 4 amounting to about $20,000, details of which were not learned.

County Commissioners H. B. Clark, Mar- as to the property's valua. By the District Court suit, the city given judgment for taxes based the valuation Gambill himself endered the property at tha.t year, nd is refused an amount based on he board's raised valuation. Suit Called The damage suit of Gambill vs.

he City of Denton, set for Wednesday, was on call at 1:30 o'clock and udge Ben W. Boyd dismissed the ury panel until then. Five orders on the non-jury dock- it disposed of divorce suits, as foiows: Lillie Belle Cloud vs. Roy loud, divorce granted and custody minor child awarded plaintiff; Zou Aiken Spears-vs. J.

R. Spears, di- granted and plaintiff's maiden name of Zou Aiken restored; Cora May Gregory vs. William Gregory, divorce granted; Annie Stanek vs. Frank Stenek alias Fred Sokol, divorce granted and plaintiff's maiden nam of Annie Kubicek restored; Pearl Young vs. Ross O.

divorce granted and plaint's maiden name of Pearl Ragland restored. Yarbrough made the trip. and J. W. Graj AN- 45-CENT LOAN FOR CORN NOUNCED WASHINGTON, Ocft, 45 cents a bushel com loan on the 1935 crop was announced today by the AAA.

Payroll on WPA Razing Job The first payroll for the Denton Works Progress job of razing the old John B. Denton school "building was taken to Fort Worth distric headquarters late Tuesday, calling for checks totalling $250 to be Issued 31 men. Work on the razing job, one the first three WPA projects to begin in this district, was proceeding satisfactorily Wednesday. A31 the upper story and part of the firs story brick had been removed ana between 7.500 and 8,000 brick cleaned for future use. Roosevelt Will Visit Hyde Park WASHINGTON, Oct.

30. President Roosevelt will head fo Hyde Park tonight to remain unti after next week's New York Stafc elections. The president has always gon home to vote, but this year he ar ranged to leave earlier than usua because workmen are still busy re pairing the White House. Thus fa the renovators who began wort weeks ago have completed onlj three rooms. WASHINGTON.

Oct 30. Comptroller General McCarl today approved an additional $134.829,397 worth of WPA projects in eight states. This brought to $2,585.123291 total, list of approved projects, from which WPA administrators will select those most suitable. At ihe same time, McCarl released $20.059,000 bringing to $1,014.947,649 the total WPA money available for immediate expenditure. The bureau of public roads also announced that.

President Roosevelt had approved 893 highway projects, to cost $37,274.000, which will be financed from a $200,009.000 work relief allotment to state highway departments. Contracts have been awarded for 278 of these projects, at a cost of $12,905.000, of which 172 are under construction. Grade Crossing Projects With remaining allotments threatened with reduction because of delay in starting highway and grade crossing elimination work, the reau announced the president had approved 187 grade crossing projects to cost $14.013,000. Of these, for which another $200,000,000 was allotted, 74 to cost $4,279,000 are now under contract. Work on 41 already has been started.

The president has allotted similar to the Bradbury" except that it reenaeted the 3.2 beer law. Clint Small of AmarUlo re-introduced a bill "open saloon" to limit sale of to unbroken packages and- acco'rrT- tanied it with a regulatory-Sin Based on the same Mcrse said his bill was "esSerL- tially a compromise between tHtTexf- ireme wets and drys," "and inoor- poratorJ many features approved-lay the majority of both houses in the first session. It would limit the alcc-hplic content of mixed drinks to 24 per" cent by volume while the Moore would permit mixed drinks up to" per cent fay weight. Jiia Other bills would limit drink-safes to wine and beer. -The Bradbury bill proposed of 80 cents a gallon -on did the Van.Zaiiit License Bills Drivers: licensing bins were Intro- 219 approved today.

The. also approved an additional of WP.A bringing the total lie "has approved $3,330,843,803. With the exception of worth of Kansas projects; those approved by McCarl today were new. No details were given. Projects Iowa Michigan North Carolina Ohio $42,992,881: Texas West Virginia Wisconsin $27,125,984.

Poage of Waco sponsored one Ered Harris of; Pallas 6.1. Big. ducred another" by wWcijV year'license, would cost. The. House renewed- debate Von proposals" tq 'increase the 'oil' grCMJs production tax, defeating ah.

amenit- ment to'bo-st it from'two cents a barrel, while Senate considered bill to set" salaries for certain district attorneys. Hoare to Seel; Basis for Peace LONDON, Oct. authoritative sources said today that Sir Samuel -Hoare, foreign secretary, intends to sound out other members of the League of Nations as to what should be offered Premier Mussolini to make peace in Ethiopia. He will go to Geneva tomorrow. This development came on the heels of new assurances from official quarters that no British warships would be removed from the Mediterranean and after a disclosure that French- and British naval experts were meeting here to discuss details for mutual assistance in the Mediterranean.

These developments were taken to mean that the British did not feel that danger'in the Mediterranean past although officials said the meeting of experts did not foreshadow any Anglo-French military alliance. Previous Subjects Previously the governor had submitted old-age and salary- fixing, for certain county number of local and uncoritested bills also were sent up, "In'yiew of the progress made and FORT wnpTw VM- the ur necessity for prompt and FORT WORTH, effective action, I hereby submit to you ihe matter of carrying out the people's, will by proper the liquor traffic," Governor Allred. said. "Since long committee hearings weue held dj.iring the last caliea session an dthese matters vere thoroughly thrashed out, I -trust there will be no undue delay in'this legislation. "Remote Control" System Employed for Manufacturing Booze "Moonshine" liquor, Federal-officers have learned, can be made in the daytime by remote control.

Alcohol tax agents discovered" a stiil here which was operated from the distance of a city the operators were not bothered by fumes of simmering the stifling mash. The plant was discovered in a building near the downtown district. A block away, the agents thrust open a hidden door and found the alleged operators. By guages and three pipelines, the operators took their ease and ran their still. One pipeline carried mash to eigh.t 500-gaIlqn ferment- ers and the cooking pot.

Another brought back the finished product. The raiders said that every 24 hours 500 gallons of liquor could flow through the machinery. That, they said, meant a $1,000 daily loss in taxes for the government. Boyd Shannon and Roy Lee were charged with internal revenue law violation. IVegro's Death Sentence Upheld AUSTIN, Oct.

Court- of Criminal Appeals today affirmed the death sentence assessed Fred Hill, neero for the murder of "Will Foster, Austin street car operator. Foster was fatally wounded during a robbery last Jan. 7. The court overruled a motion for rehearing filed by Ed Sbers, convicted in Wichita County of the murder of P. G.

"Percy" Grabes on Nov. 24, 1934. Ebers was sentenced to 95 years. WIRE BRIEFS AUSTIN, Oct. supreme court today affirmed action of the Eastland Court of Civil Appeals in holding unconstitutional a law passed by the 43rd Legislature authorizing debtors under certain conditions to delay foreclosure proceedings pending- re-organization of assets.

WASHINGTON, Oct 30. Secretary Hull reiterated today that the policy of the United States government was to discourage American business dealings witfc Italy and Ethiopia. "Failure to act.now only. the liquor traffic unregulated, jrtJtJs crsting the state 'conservatively'' -at least $10.000 a day in revenues whiSh should' be applied toward retiring the present state defiicit and to provide fund? for old-age Praises Progress 'X Governor Allred congratulated Legislature on its progress, calling attention to fact both houses pawed old-age pension bills arjct county salary bills faced early passage. "Of course, revenues to support.

the pension bill have not he said, "but various- tax measures are ponding- in the HotSe. and the Senate cannot act on same until a tax bill comes from-the House." Fail to Tike OH All efforts to increase the oil prpt- duction tax more than one-balKctf one cent per barrel were-defeated. A proposal to boost it three.cents failed, 49 to 77. The one-half-cent increase contained in an omni- ANNAPOLIS, Oct The wreckage of a navy plane of the same type that took off from Dover, during the forenoon, was found in Chesapeake Bay near here today during a break in a heavy fog over the area, WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.

Roosevelt heard today from Rudolf S. Hecht, president of the American Bankers' Association, that "general business statistics continued to show an increase in activity." Ihe banker-in Urn asked the president to diminish government activities in the financial field as fast as conditions permit. bus tax bill to pay old ags pension costs. It wa estimated that would raise an additional $2,000.000 from the oU. (Continued on Tliree)" EAST night; showers in north and colder in north and extreme portions.

Moderate to fresh and southeast winds on the WEST j. showers Thursday and in the handle tonifht: cokk and in north and west night tonijht and Tbonday; Thursday, and hi west riifht..