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PAGE PAGE TWO ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH PWA Mum On Inquiry at Wood River Looking Into Rpporls.TJul Found 'Drfinitrly Wrong' Kumors Run Rife i(lB Byrd Tells Italy Takes Of Hardship Highway Bi EDWARDPVILLE. March 3. of the road and! bridge committee were meeting here afternoon to discuss nf on the unpaved State Aid Route 9-8, thi Cit.v 'o Troy highway. Bids were taken on the section! Jan 9, nnd were rejected because! tmcerutinty to the union Admiral hmpliasizes INced At Soas Construction til' 1 Mndison Construction nnd the Construction all pres'-ntrd bids. Ail bid.i hud been far above the ro'intv superintendent's and state's A a i Stocks Take Tax Note Bullishly to Maintain Sllrnrc Protest Filed on Nesbit Petition to Oppose Campbell For Preparation to Fare 'Conditions Sik-nt On His Plans emnb resumcd NEW YORK.

March 3, The stock market paused for a brlei today to consider the ministration's new (ax program its steady upwarc Automobile and motor equipment i AT i lssues led tne advance In the final Proud of I'act PVo Man hour. Mnny tops for the past five Ha? Life on Expeditions the I'ublir Admin tnilif.n'B department, of invrstiifii-' fion looking into rrp 01 comlnt; tf, 11, aftrntlon regarding prrlim-' BrllCVllie Objects to innric.i la construction nf thr nnfl Wood River trunk and relief fwrr ivns definitely confirmed to- Richard Evelyn Byrd, rear admiral of the U. S. Navy, conqueror by air of thp Atlantic, and of the North South member of an old Wording on Papers as Candidate and distinguished Virginia family. sclent i-st and geographer, sat In his room at the Mineral Springs Hotel.

Monday afternoon. Brother of the years were recorded with gains ranging from fractions to 2 or more points. The close was firm. Transfers approximated 2,700,000 shares. With trading more active than in recent sessions, many equities prices were boosted to new 5-year levels.

General advances ranged from fractions to around 2 points, although there were scattered jumps of greater proportions. The administration's move to repair the ordinary budget found low- junior United yield bonds in a firm position, In- nay In a statement by Farley Fer- cufon. assistant director of the PWA nt Ohlratro. but Fergu- SPRINGFIELD. 111..

March 3, i senator from Virginia, former eluding federal securities. nothing definitely wron? I A formal protest was on file Gov. Harry Byrd; and himself ad-1 lar also moved up against the prin- v.isii the t.raiifactions hnd been day against the petition of Walter; ding scientific achievement and dar-I cfpal foreign currencies. Commodl- broiiBh! befnrc him ye'. N'esblt of Belleville as a candidate Ing adventure to the lustre of a tics were narrow.

Questions were submitted today for Democratic state central com-; name long honored in the Old Doby Die Tflnzrnph through the As- mltteeman in the 22nJ district, i minion, Admiral Byrd is making a f-ociatrd to PWA officials at! Nesbit, supported by the Horner lecture tour, proceeds of which arc Chlr-nco who professed ignor-1 Democrat's, is the only opponents to pa some of the debt of his last nnce "as to actual trouble at Wood of state chairman Bnice Campbell, expedition into the River" nnd Assistant Director Far-j Ed Rodemayer of Belleville made! cost a million dollars. The life of a lev he would have! the complaint that Ncsblt's petition scientist and explorer is like nothing definite until he receives incorrectly described him as a can- he risks his life, impairs his health, report from the Department of in- didate for nomination rather than and then, when he should be rest- whose Investigator, as a commlttoeman. N. Moe. "looked into it and should The slate wrtlfying board is ex- be In Chicago today." pec-ted to meet this week to hear It was hinted privately, however, i a protests.

that difficulty of the contractor in! Lpland C. Scott of Chicago, a no- bonds maybe back of it, the Mary public, asked permission to appear before the board In behalf Chicago dispatch said. Dame Rumor Busy Indications that an Investigation was beins conducted by some PWA governor, whose certificate of can- H. Wallace Caldwell of Oak a Republican candidate for bureau Investigation representatives In Wood River had been the subject of wide spread rumors In the Alton- Wood River area the last week without hitherto any confirmation. The investigation Is said to have had Its basis In what appears to be a curiosity of the PWA authorities over details of the attempt to get work started on a sewer project In Wood River with PWA financial backing.

Mayor John Hamilton of Wood River told the Telegraph that he had been questioned by Federal agents and it Is reported that he has been requested by those who questioned him to maintain silence on the subject. It Is also reported that other members of the Board of Local Improvements having charge of the receiving of bids and awarding the contract had been interviewed too. Edwin Burger and William Shawmaker, both members of the board of local improvements, have denied they have been interviewed by Federal agents. The rumors which have been going like wildfire, some angles of which have been somewhat sensational, attracted a larger audience didacy was not notarized. Scott said Caldwell swore to the certificate but that it was not signed sealed because of an oversight.

Walter Miller of Quincy protested tnat petltioas or Robert Koose: of Quincy as a Republican cadldate for Congress did not have sufficient signatures. to the regular Wood Council meeting last than usual River City night, and there was manifested an intention to heckle the city officials, but the one person who propounded a question was ruled out of order by Mayor Hamilton and the meeting of the council was adjourned on a vote pending at the time the question was put to Mayor Hamilton by the citizen who wanted to get some Information. "Street Talk" The Telegraph made inquiry In Chicago at the headquarters of the PWA and obtained a statement that State Director Bauer of PWA was out of the city, but that acting State Director Farley Ferguson in charge during Bauer's absence, had that "many rumors concerning the Wood River project have come to this office. I believe some Wood River officials will be in this office tomorrow to discuss the situation, but I cannot say who Is coming. So far as I know, no investigation of the Wood River situation is actually under way." It was because of the prevailing rumors that the Telegraph sought a statement from Mayor Hamilton, When he was asked for a statement on the report that he had been questioned, Mayor Hamilton told the Telegraph that PWA Investigators had told him merely that they had received reports of "strecttalk" and were trying to learn what basis it had.

They had urged him to maintain silence to the questioning, he said, so he had disclosed nothing previously. Slate PWA Director Bauer had urged that the sewer rumors be ul- lowed Mated. to "blow over," Hamilton A former mayor of Wood River, Henry Schnaufer, under whose administration the PWA grant for the sewer was obtained, today denied one report that the PWA bureau Investigation men had questioned him. Today Corporation Counsel Frauds Manning went to Chicago to confer with PWA officials, but Hamilton said he was unacquainted with the trend of the expected conference. Commissioner Is Named Deeatur Mayor Pro Tern DBCATUR, 111., March 3, Finance Commissioner Walter Rugh held office as mayor pro-tern today after Mayor Harry Barber's resignation was accepted by City Council.

Barber, Indicted with Police Chief Jack Cooper and State's Attorney Arthur O. Frazler in January by a grand Jury which Investigated alleged vice and gambling In Deeatur, accompanied his resignation yesterday with a statement that "political enemies" had "made it impossible for me to further serve the city." Commissioner Rugh was appointed to head the council temporarily. Under Decatur's commission form of government, the council has 30 days in which to name Barber's successor. Chief Cooper resigned last month. He was charged with malfeasance.

Barber was charged with embezzling township funds when he was township supervisor, malfeasance as mayor through alleged -failure to act against commercialized vice and failure to account accurately for contributions to his mayoralty campaign. State's Attorney Frazier, who was charged with bribery, embezzlement and malfeasance, has been 111 in a hospital has not been arralgncL Charges against Cooper were noil pressed by Special Prosecutor F. Evans when the chief resigned President Offers Sweeping Tax Law Change Continued from page 1. ing, he's working to pay for the privilege of having undergone hardships. Admiral Byrd, handsome in' his navy uniform, the blue brightened by gold 'braid and the multi-colored decorations on the breast of his coat, appeared as a glamorous figure to the dozen or more college and high school reporters, but his manner soon put them at ease when he smilingly answered the questions of a professional reporter, long since unawed and at the moment determined on making an approaching deadline.

The curly hair, once shining black, is streaked with gray, but the ruddy Byrd complexion is there. His voice Is soft, his accent Virginian. Modest About Record He speaks easily and fluently and is easy to Interview. Modest In his speech, he is inclined to say little 01 himself, and minimizes his own hardships. He speaks of his achievements as contributions to science rather than accomplishments of an individual.

One thing he speaks of proudly, ihough not boastfully, Is that he las not lost a man in the four expeditions he has most unusual thing." Byrd told a Telegraph reporter: "On this last expedition there were 110 men with me arid good luck kept me from losing a one. a village that size one could plan, to lose one or two persons in a of nearly two years, but good "ortune was with us and not one Shares of Allied Chemical, Eastman Kodak and Owens-Illinois Glass were up around 5 points each as the market approached the fourth hour. Among other active gainers of lavy to provide as rapldly lesser amounts were sih1 reserve nf Rtn Armaments White Paper Announce Crown Program to PParliament 'Copyright. 193A. It? Aiioclllfd frtitl LONDON, March 3.

Grea Britain's government announced today a vast immediate expanslor of. Its army, navy and air forces am Industrial mobilization for instan readiness in case of war. A white paper, or government re port, said the rearmament and in creased national defenses wen made necessary by complications the International situation, com bined with a "deplorable and undeniable" world-wide expansion armaments. The United States, Germany Belgium, France, Italy and Soviei Russia were listed as having embarked already on similar plans. Citing "dangers of war" and proclaiming a necessity for means ol defense against aggression and enforcement of collective security, the white paper disclosed: Text of Paper "A fresh examination of the position, made last summer and autumn, led to the conclusion that was necessary to make further changes in the Royal Air Force and peed up measures contemplated modernization of the army and Johns-Man- vlllc, Marshall Field, Douglas Aircraft, U.

8. Industrial Alcohol, Pullman, Westinghouse Air Brake, Pacific, Great Northern, Pe, American Telephone, Union Santa Western Union, Consolidated" Radio, Hercules Motors, General Motors, Chrysler, Midland Steel Products, Interlake Iron and U. S. Steel. Such issues as Sears Roebuck, American Can, Bethlehem, National Cash Register and American Tobacco were a shade higher or lower.

sible necessary reserves of stores of ent tax structure, would cstablK equality in clpicnts of taxation between re business profits fron Former Chesterfield Man Is County Music Leader CHESTERFIELD. March 3, Rev. Wallacp Mitchell son of the Rev. and Mrs. Walter Mitchell of Rlverton, has born engaged by the University of Illinois extension department as music leader In Boono county with headquarters In Belvldere.

The Rev. Mitchell for several yeurs! GREENFIELD, March 3 was pastor of the E. Church hiw ial.) Mr.s. a ciempp, 77 who where ho did much toward organlz- has been n.v,iMmg in the household Ing several different musical groups. her biotiirr, Frank Davis 10 In his new work he will lead two southeast here fell 'and orchestras, three bands, and has broke her hip and wn.s tukni lo corporate and non-corporate sources simplify the tax system for th taxpayers as well as the govern ment, and eliminate taxes cntlrel on corporations which distributee all their Income.

The present laws, treasury ex ports advised the President, maki it difficult for a small business tc be Incorporated because of the cor poration taxes in addition to per somil Income taxes paid by owners As a part of the reform, the President also proposed that the present exemption of dividends fron the normal tax on individual be repealed. This point reflected the theorj of the now tux plan: That Instead of taxing corporation profits the revenue should be raised by taxing these profits they are reflected in individual Income tax returns from those who get the profits. Injured Woman Is Carrier! on Cot to Slab, From Home charge ol athletics and dramatics in two churches. Ho specialized In music while attending the university Chostcrflrld CHESTERFlELD-Mr. and Mi'8.

HoUand Elliott of Wavcrly were gueaU Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Duokela.

Mrs. Maggie Lee returned to her home Sunday following several jjionths' vWt with her daughter, Everett MiiUbauer in Rlvcrlon. Macoupin Hospital nmbulnrTce Sunday. The dirt roads to the home were Impassable tor CHI.S mid the Injured woman wiu, taken on a cot in a rarm WUBOII to the hard road, where was placed in the ambulance (0 can tin tic the trip. The Iroquok Indians called the Jaok-ln-the-pulpit a baby-in-the- irodle vas lost." In planning an expedl- lon the utmost of care Is taken to nsure safety and health for all men of the party, but at best thsre are misfortunes which are unlocked for, md the fact that no Byrd man has been lost stands out In the annals at exploration." Despite the work Byrd himself did at the Weather Base when he was 200 miles from the base he consld- red the most Important facts estab- ished by the expedition were to be 'ound in the geographic reports.

"We proved in this trip that An- rtirtlca was one continent instead of two, and while there mapped a treat deal of it from a plane as we lew over." The. place gives indlcn- ions of being rich In resources, there being "enough coal there to supply the world, nnd promise of a great supply of oil." Although the time seems to be far distant, Byrd is confident that some, time the world will go to Little America fflr supplies, and that the ice cap, now hundreds and, in some Instances, thousands of feet thick, will recede and cease to be the menace It now Is. He likened the huge Ice cap that covers the continent to the one that thousands of years ago was over the North Pole, reaching nearly as far south as United States and which since has leceded leaving rich land in its wake. "Suspended Animation" But there is a great deal of difference betwecn'the areas about the North nnd South Pole. Admiral Byrd related, although "Not many persons realize that.

One of the difference, between the top and the bottom of the world is that there is no life found In Little America the year round, other than the penqulns. All others are 'summer visitors'." The explorer found In the ice a great deal of suspended animation, and when organisms were thawed the researchers found they could be revived. Fish found In the ice could not be revived, though. "The cold down there Is different, he added. "You ask If I pre- this cold or that Intense cold.

Jp here you notice It because you are not used to it, but on the bot- um of the world It Is noticed because the air is filled with moisture almost to the saturation point, and he air consequently is damp. For square miles from the Pole It about 40 degrees colder than In the arctic, and at the weather station it was sometimes 16 degrees colder nan In the other places there. One ay the temperature was marked In tie shack nt 83 degrees below tero." Unofficially, that temperature Is he lowest found any place on the lobe, The men of Byrd's party had a rent deal of amusement, according their leader, In planning the pro- rnms which were broadcast each eek from "Little and It ook a great deal of their leisure. Byrd remarked that he was glad of the success and reception of the fund, and that sum was augmented by interested organizations. Research Work Research work done by Admiral Byrd himself while he was Isolated In the weather shack for six months may make weather reports the world over more accurate.

Although he enjoyed the two months stay there while he was well, Byrd remarked that the two and a half months he was ill was "some and had he dreamed of the privations the hermitage would entail, he doubted that he would have undertaken it. But the undaunted courage and daring that he has shown in all of his achievements, brought the mild-spoken Byrd through the trying ordeal. It was possible for only one man to remain at the weather shack and that job was taken by the leader hlmseir. 4i why only one man at the shifck? Admiral i Byrd replied to that question: "It was a Job for one or three men. We could not take provisions for three and so the job had' to be undertaken by one man.

It Is psychologically Impossible for, two men to live in solitude for six months. Had I a companion, we would have tried to kill each other in a short time." The old weather station, erected during the intitial expedition was not so accurate as it was situated on the sea coast where local weather conditions affected the reports greatly. This second station was erected far inland and Byrd said plans were made so that more of those stations for observation of weather conditions could be made. Admiral Byrd remarked two of his men were named Parker and Alton Wade. This 47-year-old, twice-retired navy man was the youngest ever to obtain the rank of rear admiral, at the age of is easy to understand why he has succeeded and overcome physical handicaps, and flirts with death, because of his calm, determined manner.

How many times he has missed death by inches is not known, but one of the closest was when he missed a train and the consequence was that he was not on the personnel of the dirigible ZR-2 when it blew up in England, killing most of the crew. Richard Byrd launched his worldwide Jaunts at the age 12 when he started for Manila to visit friends and ended up in a round-the-world trip by railroad and tramp steamer. Never since then has he lost the love of adventure. In 1923 Byrd went on the MacMil- ammunltion and equipment and organize industrial sources of the country in such a way as tq allow Immediate expansion of productive capacity in case of an emergency." Parliament will debate the white" paper next week. "The problem before us differs materially from that with which we were faced in the great war," the government announced, pointing out that the Italo-Ethiopian conflict showed claims on Britain's defenses in various parts of the world.

Navy Treaty Passing Control of Its Large Banks Private Operation Abolished by Sweeping Decree of Council Move Explained Financier Says Govern- ment'Aided Institutions In rises (Copyright, Anoelnted Prem) ROME, March 3. Private banking in Italy was abolished today by. a sweeping banking reform, passed by the Council of Ministers in a session at which Premier Mussolini declared anew Fascism's defiance of League of Nations sanctions, The cabinet ordered the three biggest banks in Banca Commerclale Italians, Credlto Italian a and Banco Di public banks. The Ministers also confirmed a public bank status for a number of other important banks, including The.Banco de Napoll, Banco de Sicilia and Banco Nazionale del Lavoro. The strength Farm Bureau to Help Farmers Find Sect EDWARDSVILLE.

March 3 offer to help farmers the county locate seed corn in case they found their unsuitable for planting was being Issued today by the Madison County Farm Bureau which haii mailed a number short card questionnaires. "Samples from Madison farmers tested on accurate reliable germinators at the university of Illinois are showing many dead and weak kernels, unfit for seed," said the notice to residents of the county, which urged them to check their own supply beforevlt was too late to look for replacements. Patronage Issue, DeclaresBundesen At Jacksonville of the Bank of Italy was reduced to a capitalization of 200,000,000 lire (about $24,000,000) be subscribed to by the 'public banks. Time To Return Favor prominent banker explained the provisions envisaged abso- ute state control of banking operations. He said the major Italian banks have encountered many difficulties during crises as a result of unwise financing and that the gov- irnment had frequently come to heir aid.

Now, he asserted, the government had determined that another abnormal financial situation had arisen I as a result of the war in Ethiopia, The urgency of Britain's rearma- and that the state Itself would ment was emphasized by the an- a hand ln the operatlon banking nouncement that the government would attempt to prevent extravagant profits to the munitions Industry but that "it will be important, however, to see that the work is not delayed by over-elaboration of financial safeguards." The government conceded virtual collapse of naval limitations as regulated by the Washington and London treaties, denounced by Japan and expiring at the end of this year. The government report announced plans to lay down the keels for two new capital ships in 1937, addition of 6,000 men to the navy, 4,000 men to the army and 250 planes to the air force. U. S. Wins Dispute LONDON, -March 3 OP) An authoritative source said today that France had agreed to the Unite'd States' demand for a maximum limit of 35,000 tons for battleships, agreeing to that figure until 1940.

Tills source said the agreement had been reached In a conference between American and French delegates to the international naval conference, thereby removing one of the major obstacles to the conference's conclusion. Previously, one of the reasons for the conference deadlock was the fact that the French wanted a maximum of 27,500 tons set on capital ships while the United States held out for the higher maximum on the grounds that the American fleets needed long cruising ranges. As a result of the agreement, observers considered that a tri-power treaty, among the United States, Great Britain and France, now wa? in sight. The conference started as a five- power affair, but Japan withdrew and Italy announced it was not yet ready to sign any new treaty. Simultaneously, Great Britain announced a big British shipbuilding and replacement program beginning in 1937.

Legion Starts on Memorial Plans institutions. The banking reform accompanied a declaration by II Duce that the United States extension of its neutrality policy without resort to embargoes on and other raw an important contribution to world peace. Extols U. S. Neutrality II Duce announced the holding of an Italo-Austro-Hungarian conference In Rome, March 18, 19 and 20, declared Italy would not sign any naval accord while sanctions were in effect and said the Italian people had reinforced still further their political and moral resistance to the state of siege under League penalties.

Of the United States neutrality law, said: we to receive-'with satisfaction trifa political direction on the part of the United States, but I wish to add that the Congressmen and American Senators who have rejected every embargo upon oil and other raw materials have above all rendered a precious service to the cause of world peace." Mussolini told his cabinet the forthcoming conference here with representatives of Austria, and Hungary "will develop along the lines of the Roman protocols which in the first two years of their life have had an indubitable effect of fortl- ylng political and economic relations between Budapest, Vienna and Rome." Caravan of Democratic Slate Due in Alton Tonight JACKSONVILLE, 111., March 3, was a major issue today in the campaign of Dr. Herman N. Bundesen of Chicago, the Kelly-Nash regular Democratic candidate for governor. Bundesen opened his downstate spsaklng campaign here last night with an attack on the appointments made by Governor Horner and promised a capacity crowd in the Morgan county courthouse that if elected he would fill the jobs with "competent Democrats." "I shall be largely guided by the recommendations of the recognized Democratic state leaders. Preference will be given to those who support the regular Democratic state organization in this primary, and proper consideration will be given to all those who aid us in the election." For several weeks at Springfield it has been rumored that the Democratic fight between Governor Horner and Mayor Edward J.

Kelly of Chicago was because of dlferences between them concerning the governor's appointments. Bundesen who was accompanied here by the other members of the Kelly-Nash ticket, outlined four other principal planks in his campaign platform. They were proposals for reduction of taxes by use of all available sUte funds "instead-of building up a construction of a complete system of farm-to-market roads; expansion of the rural school system with Increased 'allotments from the distributive school funds without Increased taxes; and full cooperation with the federal and state pension systems. Others who spoke at the first night meeting of the caravan were Treasurer John Stelle, candidate for lieutenant governor; John C. Martin, seeking the treasurershlp; Lewis Long and E.

V. Champion, candl- Third Year New Deal's PresidentSmbpthingDents As Period Ends, Fao ing Election History Traced Change in Attitude ql of Supreme Court By NATHAN ROBERTSON Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON, March 3. The close of President Roosevelt't third year In the White House today found him smoothing over dents' In the New Deal program preparatory to facing the voters in November, While the Chief Executive sought to restore a budget battered by Congress and the fall of AAA, swiftly swinging the a year farm subsidy aides were $500,000,000 ilan into a keystone position occupied by AAA before it was inval- dated by the Supreme Court. The new taxes were designed to the budget back to the con- litlon it was in before Congress yoted to cash the bonus and the Supreme Court outlawed the taxes. Breathing Spell Many observers believe history for congressman-at-: 'ary of State ard J.

General'Otto Kerner and Auditor Edward J. Barrett, all seeking renomlnation. Prom here the caravan went this morning to Vlrden with the second night meeting of the for tonight' at Alton. may record the third year as the urnlng point in the New Deal. During the first part of the year, he spirit of reform was still dominant.

Much new was pressed through Congress. But suddenly the President announced a "breathing spell," and the New Deal devoted much of its attention to fighting in the courts to preserve its measures and consolidate Its ground. With controversy over government spending raging as the gross public debt reached a new all time high, of the President promised decreasing governmental deficits and indicated hunt was on for places to retrench. The Supreme Court, whlph had played 'little part In the first two years thi New Deal, suddenly swung Jnto action in the third year. The AAA, NRA, and some less yltal'laws were declared unconstitutional.

Congress Slows Up President Boosevelt met the NRA decision with a warning that it would return the nation to the "horse and buggy" era. There was unofficial talk of a constitutional amendment to broaden the federal government's powers; Instead of greeting the AAA decision the same he asked and substitute WPA to Start on Rock Spring Drive Ian Arctic Expedition that charted 6000 miles of northern wastes of Greenland and then, Byrd admits, grew a desire to fly over the North Pole, which he did in 1926 with the lute Floyd Bennett, Within three and a half years and before he was 40 Byrd was first to fly over both the North and South poles, and was a pioneer in trans-Atlantic nonstop flights. Lecture at School This Is the man who thought himself a failure at the age of 28, but several years after graduation from Annapolis when on old leg injury, inflicted while on flying rings in a gymnasium, forced him to retire from the navy for the first time, During the war he came back and has since retired, overcoming physical handicaps to perform seemingly Impossible feats. Although he could not be drawn into a conversation on the subject, Byrd is an Inventor. His first great invention Is known as the "Bubble Sextant" which enables the flyer to watch an artificial horizon whereon he docs not have to worry about curvature of the earth, and by which is possible to calculate a plane's position in flight.

Another invention is the drift Indicator which shows direction of winds. In his lecture nt Alton High auditorium, Monday niuht, Admiral Byrd mated humorous as well as gripping Incidents of his expedition. First plans were made for the 1936 Memorial day observance in radio back here. "I prayed they would be broadcast all right, as they were helping to pay (or the trip." Expeditions are expensive things, and Byrd would have gone bankrupt several times on his return had he not written books and delivered lectures to help pay the debts. Byrd told haw be niibeii $150,000 of the rhc motion pictures of the Antarctic were excellent.

The admiral, In full- dress uniform, was Introduced by President Thompson of Bhurtleff College. The lecture followed generally the trend of the interview with, the Telegraph. Read Telegraph Want Ads Dally Alton at the March meeting of the American Legion Post 125 at the Upper Alton hose house, Monday night. Harvey Burjls, 831 Logan street, was appointed chairman of the committee in charge of making preparations for the observance. A resolution was passed donating money from the Legion's child welfare fund to the Alton Parent- Teacher's council milk fund.

Money in the Legion's child welfare fund is obtained by voluntary contributions from Legion members. Announcement was made that the Madison County American Legion Council will meet in Collinsville March 18, Commander Cox said arrangements arc being made to hold a mass meeting of Alton veterans on April 8, when a special effort will be made to get every Alton World War veteran, to attend. The purpose of the mass meeting will be to get all' veterans acquainted with the policies of the Legion. Entertainment at the meeting was furnished by a "one man band" William Hoppe, 1925 Ffcldwlch street and talking pictures of Will Rogers and a company of American soldiers In France. The pictures were furnished by William Brockmler of Edwardsville.

In the "one man band" act, Hoppe played the trap- drum, cymbals, accordian and harmonica. Hoppe also demonstrated a musical of his own Invention. Preparations were being made today for a start of work on the latest WPA project approved for the city, the Rock Spring Park drive extending north and south through Shields valley between College avenue and Pearl street. Mayor Hoffmann and City Engineer Pitchford were notified today through, the. project supervisor that authorization had been received for an initial force of 50 workers to start on the road construction project Thursday morning.

The men assigned to the job will be transferred from another Alton project. First work to be undertaken, City Engineer Pitchford said, would be the clearing of the route for the driveway, starting from a point Just north of Brown street at the bridge at the site of a former stone quarry. There are some obstructing In the old quarry site to be removed, and much preliminary clearing or brush and trees to be nnrft 0 wl Dractlc al to undertake the moving of earth to form the new road bed. In preparation for the start of work, Pitchford was to have a surveyor stake out the lines this afternoon on a section of the road where first work will be done The point selected for the start Business Census Workers in City Canvassing for the federal census of business and maufactures in the, Twenty-second congressional district was extended to Alton yesterday and will be continued until all requisite data has been accumulated. The census is much similar to those made for 1929 and 1933, which were representative respectively of the boom and depression peaks.

Figures now taken are as of the close of the year of-1935. They are expected to be of interest in comparison to those revealed in the two previous census projects, a particular value being the establishment of trends and tendencies In 'the distribution system. Percy M. Davis of East St. Louis is the a-ea supervisor In charge of the census project in Madison County.

Lee Cairns of Alton was the first enumerator assigned to the gathering of statistics in this saon. favorable court decision on the sale of power under the Tennessee Valley Authority act took some of the edge off the growing issue of the Supreme Court's powers and the constitution. As the third year ends, Congress is proceeding -at a. Blackened pace. Two years lago it approved New Deal measures almost as fast as the President submitted them.

Last year, with an even greater Democratic majority, it moved more slowly but still it ground out gigantic legislative measures requested by the President. This year Congress is doing comparatively nothing. It has passed an administration farm law and a bonus bill opposed by the President, It has discarded administration desires for a permanent neutrality law, and instead extended the tern- porary act. Flames Damage Callahan Home 80Utn of that winding drive wni of scenic beauty an extension southward past College avenue of Rock Spring Park The prevailing moderate weather speed the of the u. Bh 'f hway surveying 6 the lines for the rs du Pwkway between Alton and Orafton.

Today, the survevs were at work In the vlclnUy EUah, some three-fourths of the route to Orafton thus having been surveyor draughtsmen are enl the -and this portion of the work also reported well advanced city, and yesterday began interviewing the operators of local business enterprises. Many Applicants For Age Pension While the rush of callers this week has not been comparable to that of last week, city hall offices still are thronged with applicants for old age pensions who are seeking assistance in the preparation and filing of their application papers. City Clerk Hemphlll today had received a new supply of application blanks which he was Issuing to persons requiring them. Hemphill has suggested that persons coming to city hall to make th f' Pension applications bring with them their last tax receipt are owners of any real estate. The tax receipt, he points out, contains information as to the assessed value of the property which Is called for In one of the questions on the pension application forms.

Time and effort can be saved the applicants have their tax receipt to show the assessment figure. As was announced pen" so BiwJiop Scarlett to Conduct Rites Here 1 Scarlett, bishop of Missouri, will preach St. Paul's Episcopal Church D. at Thursday evening. invited.

The public Is Workman CHICAGO, March 3, neth Wlttw, as-yew-old workman stone today by statue with eight other laborers, he WM it pink colored a rc(Mlll dl No definite estimates are Alton tOT Olerk HeSlI he did not think 40 per cen ot the dependent upon motor lor transportation. Pire discovered shortly after 8 a. m. today caused heavy damage to the residence of Mrs. Margaret Callahan at 2605 State street.

The roof was almost entirely burned away before firemen could get the flames in check, and there was considerable damage to furnishings as weirdos to the house Itself. The residence, and a structure of frame, Is of old tlm construction, and the roof was already a mass of flame at the peak before anyone noted A man acros sthe street from the Callahan residence is believed to have been the first to observe the flames. He ran to the door, and Informed jMra. Callahan and her daughter, Miss Margaret. CMlahan, clerk of Alton Court.

Investigation revealed that fire already was eating Its way into the upstairs bedrooms. With help of neighbors, a few personal belongings were hastily removed from the upper rooms before riremen arrived, and later some of furniture on the main floor was removed. Firemen were obliged to run out a line or hose, and played a strram ior 46 minutes before the fire was rally extinguished. As a result, considerable water worked down into the firat floor (boms, mid rurnlshings that could not be taken out at the atart of the fire were said to have been water-soaked. Shortly after the start of the fire, Mrs, Callahan's son County Auditor James Callahan.

who resides at the family home, was notified by telephone office in Edwards- wile. He returned at once to Alton, arriving before the riremen had riniihed their work. While the flre damage was held to the roor and upper floor of (lie home, much water had found tyi way downward that it was the house could not be occupied fuC the present, and that members of the would have to make arrangements to live elsewhere until were undertaken. UarrU Funeral In Obampalrn FunewU of H. P.

Harris, father or Mrs. William Levla of Toledo, formerly or Alton, will be held Wednesday morning la.