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of Steuens Point Daily Journal EDITION VOL. 39-No. 56 STEVENS POINT, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1933 10 PAGES SUB-ZERO WEATHER CONTINUES IN STATE Seek Suspension of Order Cutting Loan Interest Rate MEAT PACKERS OPENLY DEFYING RECOVERY PLANS Speaker Rainey Charges Packing Industry Passing Processing Tax to Consumer Washington, Dec. Speaker of the House Rainey charged today that the meat packing industry is operating in open defiance of the recovery program. He urged strict government control of all meat packing plants to prevent the industry from passing processing taxes along to the consumer.

"The thing for the government to do is commandeer the plants and them," Rainey said. He asserted that if present emergency legislation did not carry such powers, additional legislation making possible such control should be passed early in the forthcoming, government session. control of meat packing plants such as controlled industries the war should start," "Meat during, packing plants are a monopoly. Through direct buying they, are controlling prices. They are interfering with the entire program and stand in open defiance of the entire recovery set-up." Rainey asserted that "other industries are cooperating fully.

The textile industry is cooperating although it has opposed to it the great rayon industry. The packers claim, however, to comply with the program of the government would involve competition with other and cheaper foods which they could not meet. Other industries, however, are complying and at the same time meeting competition of like character." Rainey asserted that "Chicago packers are the chief culprits." Rainey's control plan, goverment agents would be placed in all plants and control minimum prices for meat products so that the producer would get a fair price and so the processing taxes would be borne in part by the industry. INDUSTRY EXPRESSES INDIGNANT SURPRISE Chicago, Dec. 28 great meat packing industry expressed indignant surprise today at the sweeping charges of non-compliance with the president's recovery program made at Washington by Speaker of the House Rainey.

Spokesmen for Swift world's largest packing firm, declared the concern was "doing its best to aid the president's program." "The attack by Speaker Rainey seems unwarranted," officers of the company said. "We are doing all we can to cooperate. These charges come as a complete surprise." Of interest in connection with Rainey's statements were the financial reports for 1933 submitted in the last few days by three leading packing firms. Despite the depressed condition of the livestock industry, each of the firms showed sensational gains profits over past years. While farmers were getting less than claimed production costs for their hogs and cattle packers are completing a most prosperous year.

MISS MARY PRINTZ OF SHARON EXPIRES The death of Miss Mary Printz of the town of Sharon occurred Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock in Sharon at the home of her brother, John Printz, with whom she had been making her home. She had been in poor health the past three years and was confined to bed the pasty two years. Printz was born in Detroit, Michigan, on January 1, 1868, the daughter of the late Mr. Mrs. John Printz.

She came to the town of Sharon when an infant and had lived there since. She attended the parochial school in Polonia. Surviving are two brothers and three sisters, John Printz of Rosholt, Paul Printz of Mosinee, Mrs. Anton Smith Milwaukee, Mrs. Kate Papke of Ashland and Mrs.

August Dallman, who resides in Poland. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock at Sacred Heart church at Polonia. Rev. Leo Jankowski will officiate and burial will take place in the parish cemetery. The body will be at the family home Friday evening.

Branch of Tree Kills Antigo Man Antigo, Dec. 28-(UP)-Fred Honzik, 45, died in a hospital here of injuries received when a branch of a tree fell on him while he was cutting trees for firewood on his farm near Neva. NO INQUEST IN FATAL ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 54 Driver and Companions Explain How Plover Pedestrian Was Struck No inquest will be held in the death of Josephine Pestka of Plover, age 79, who died Wednesday at St. Michael's hospital as the result of injuries she suffered when struck by a car on Highway 54 at 7:30 o'clock last Sunday morning while walking to St. Bronislawa's church from Plover.

After investigating the accident and interviewing six occupants car which struck the woman, District Attorney Walter B. Murat announced today that an inquest would not be held. Daughter With Her Mrs. Pestka, who was in a state of shock when brought to the hospital and had a laceration on the forehead, was walking west on the highway, between the Portage railroad crossing and the church, accompanied by her daughter, Miss Kathryn Pestka, when she was struck by an Oldsmobile sedan owned and driven by Steve Chojnacki, residing north of Stevens Point on Highway 51. With him were two brothers, Victor and Stanley, and three other men, John Bemowski of 514 Smith street, Henry Bemowski of 514 1-2 Smith street and Stanley Firkus, who lives three miles east of Plover.

They were driving west on a rabbit hunting trip to Babcock. The men reported that just prior to the accident a car owned by Firkus, which was being driven by Mrs. Steve Chojnacki, some distance ahead of the Chojnacki car, turned out to avoid the two pedestrains and in doing so ran off the highway and partly into the ditch. Driver's Explanation Steve Chojnacki and his companions said that when they were about 200 or 250 feet away Mrs. Pestka and daughter were walking in about the center of the road.

The driver reported that he sounded his horn and that the women on foot moved over toward the right side of the road. Chojnacki then turned his car to the left but when within 50 to 60 feet the women started toward the the daughter having her emoteth, the hand, whereupon the driver swung to the right to avoid them. His car skidded on an icy spot and struck Mrs. Pestka. Chojnacki said he was not driving over 15 miles an hour at the time and that he stopped within 25 feet.

He believes the victim was struck by the left front fender or left running board as he attempted to pass to the right of Mrs. Pestka, who, he said, was then in about the center of the concrete with her daughter on her left. Chojnacki stopped and found the victim lying on the pavement. He and his brothers brought her to the hospital. Funeral Thursday Funeral services for Mrs.

Pestka will be held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Branislawa's church. Rev. W. B.

Polaczyk will officiate and burial will be in the parish cemetery. The body will be her daughter, Miss Kathryn Pestka, at Plover. Mrs. Pestka was born in Poland on March 19, 1854. She was married there to Martin Pestka.

They came to this country about 40 years ago and located in Dodge county. The family lived Stevens Point for a short time and subsequently at Plover where they resided for the past 15 years. Mr. Pestka died eight years ago. Surviving are four sons and two daughters, Joseph, Thomas and Frank Pestka in the town of Lanark, Mrs.

James O'Conner of Horicon, Miss Pestka at Plover and John Peska. Strikers Picket Plant At Fond du Lac Fond du Lac, Dec. 28- (1.P.) -Strikers picketed the Fred Rueping Leather company plant today after the International Leather Workers Union 41 announced a strike as a protest against an employes supervised by the state administrator. ballot, Union delegates were rejected as representatives of a majority of workers in the voting Dec. 19.

State and local union officials protested the vote to the national labor board. F. J. Rueping, president of the company, said only 49 of the 750 employes failed to report for work yesterday when the strike was called. Two men carrying potato mashers and a toy pistol were arrested at the plant but later released when no complaint was filed against them.

Ralph Hills, president of 10- cal union, said officials of the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor would be here today to direct the strike. Women Endurance Fliers Near Record Miami, Dec. 28 es Harrell and Helen Richey, WOmen stunt fliers, were only a few hours away from a new world's endurance record for women today as they neared their eighth day aloft, United States Cannot Waste Its Way Back Into Prosperity, Col. Theodore Roosevelt Says Philadelphia, Dec. 28 -The United States can not "waste its way back into prosperity," Theodore Roosevelt today told the Manufacturers and Bankers club.

"There is only one way a country can exist permanently with happiness," the former governor genthat is by balanced buderal of the said, "and Philippines, get, a good credit, and a sound currency." Col. Roosevelt called for a return to the ideas of economy that were summed up in phrase "we should not spend thore than we receive." these ideas, he said, were taught to American citizens as children. "What applied in family life ap plies in national life." he said. "A nation must not, and in the long run cannot, spend more than It collects from its people. There is one way and one way only in which a budget can be permanently and 1 properly balanced and that is by this principle.

"The silk shirt days are over." He said that the nation must return to a simpler scale of living, both governmental and private; that it must adjust Itself to changed conditions. There is no way, he said, by which a program calling for the balancing of the budget, the reduction of taxes and the maintenance of expense can be followed in the light of present rigorous economic conditions. "There is but one way to balance the budget at this time," Col. Roose- Paris, Dec. 28 (U.P) -Diplomatic reports that Belgium, France's staunch ally, favored limited German rearmament coincided today with signs that a crisis was impending in European disarmament negotiations.

Paul Hymans, Belgian foreign minister, conferred yesterday with, Joseph Paul-Boncour, French foreign minister. It had been taken for granted that, with Belgium sharing France's anxiety at the Nazi government's activities in Germany, Hymans and Paul-Boncour would agree in detail on A program. But reports today were that Hymans supported the British Idea that, as no other nation is disarming, Germany as a matter of national pride should be permitted a strictly limited program of rearmament, perhaps to include more soldiers as well as "sample' quotas of armaments. Confirmation of this report would mean that France was further isolated at a moment when its cabinet was despairing of the success of direct negotiations with Germany and was considering informing Chancellor Adolf Hitler that any proposals he might advance must be submitted through League of Nations machinery--in this case the whole disarmament commission, which has almost many plans as members. BelgiumFavors Limited Arms For Germany CHECKS TOTALLING $27,000 RECEIVED FOR CWA WORKERS Checks totalling about $27,000 were received by Robert E.

Kostka, county civil works director, at the regional disbursing office at Marshfield Wednesday night and were distributed to Portage county civil works employes today. Mr. Kostka planned to return to Marshfield this afternoon to pick up the balance of about $10,000 in checks due Portage county workers. Payments which were being made today were for services performed on civil works projects in Portage county last week. A delay in the regular Saturday payment was caused by a shortage of blank checks at the Marshfield office.

The total payroll for Portage county last week was $37,095.35. Superintendent to be Tried in Death of Work Farm Inmate Superior, Dec. 28 (U.P)Charged with having beaten an inmate of the Douglas county work farm to death with his fists, W. J. Philbrook, superintendent, will be suspended, during the January term.

It will be the second time the case has been tried. Philbrook is alleged to have beaten Andrew Mormon, father of three children, while the latter was in a solitary cell, in such a manner that he died. He was tried in October on a charge of manslaughter. The jury hearing the case, however, was unable to agree. During the January term in court, Louis Dahlgren, former treasurer of the Superior lodge, will be tried for embezzling approximately $19,000 of the lodge's funds, CWA PURCHASING AGENTS NAMED FOR WISCONSIN Chicago Man to Have Charge of Marshfield Regional Office Madison, Dec.

28 -Appointment of a purchasing agent to have charge of buying of materials in each 22 regional the, civil works offices of the state was announced today by Lt. Comm. Casper T. Fredrickson, chief purchasing officer. The appointees, who will assume office today, were chosen from A list of men who had previous government purchasing experience and were given two days of intensive training in the proper procedure of government purchasing.

Fredrickson also announced appointment of Dennett Barrett, Sheboygan, as assistant in the state purchasing office. A director for the women's division of the civil works program also has been appointed, but her name withheld pending final arrangements. Meanwhile projects suitable for women workers are being lined up throughout the state. They provide for extension of domestic skill to social work, skilled work in beautifying publia buildings; research. cultural, and recreational service.

Paul C. Winner, director of the federal employment service, announced that women workers already have been placed. Of this number, 278 were given work with private employers, 282 in connection with the public works program and the balance on civil works projects. A total of 12,000 women have registered for work with federal reemployment offices in 68 counties, Winner estimated. The deputy purchasing agents by districts are: Central office In Madison, Dennett Barrett, Sheboygan; Madison district, E.

E. Norman Berg, B. Wood, superior; Two MIlRivers; Green Bay, Ashbury H. Vale, Madison: Marshfield, E. J.

Carroll, Chicago; La Crosse, Luther H. Clayton, Mendota; Eau Claire, W. T. Skeels, Milwaukee; Rhinelander, Wieland W. Kradwell, Racine.

Superior, Frank Graham, Madison; Lancaster, H. W. Werner, Beloit: Racine, R. D. McCoy, Sparta: Kenosha; A.

H. Tridball, Milwaukee: Waukesha, Fred Schlater, Kenosha; Janesville, John H. Bowman, Madison; Fond du Lac, Stewart M. Welsh, Madison. Portage, Arthur Beschenbossel, West Duluth, Sheboygan, E.

Samuel G. Trask, Madison; AppleCarmichael, Milwaukee; Oshkosh, ton, E. M. Newberg, La Crosse: Marinette, Carl A. Zahn, Ft.

Atkinson; Wausau, George S. Turner, Waupaca; Ashland, D. L. Strong, Mauston, and Menomonie, Paul Swanson, Eau Claire. HUMPHREY OUT TO RECOVER $1,200 IN BACK SALARY Washington, Dec.

28 (UP) Former Federal Trade Commis. sioner William Humphrey, who was removed by an executive order of President Roosevelt on Oct. 7, prepared today to file suit In the United States court of claims to recover about $1,200 salary. William J. Donovan, his In, attornev, said the suit will be filed this afternoon.

It will question whether the president is empowered to remove a member of a non-political commission under the constitution, Donovan said. Should Humphrey's claim be sustained, Donovan added, it would be tantamount to recognition that the president his, powers in the case. Reoverstepped, publican, subsequently was replaced by Commissioner George C. Mathews. Donovan Indicated that If the suit is successful, further court action may be taken to restore Humphrey to his former position, The president's action followed Humphrey's repeated refusal to vacate his office.

The federal trade commission recognized the president's authority by permitting Mathews to take his seat on the commission. Sen. McAdoo Speeds To Daughter's Bedside Atlanta, Dec. 28 -Senator William Gibbs McAdoo, rushing from his California, home. to the bedside of New York, took off in his monoplane at 7:17 a.

m. today. The Lockheed plane, piloted by Captain Harry Ashe, will fly nonstop to New York. Senator McAdoo stopped here flight to New York where overnight on his trans continental daughter, Mrs. Nona Cowles, is seriously ill with pneumonia.

The former secretary of the treasury was cheered by reports her condition was slightly improved. His daughter is the wife of Dr. Edmund Spencer Cowles, noted neurologist and psychiatrist, State Treasury Chief is Named In Injunction Milwaukee, Dee. 28 -State Treasurer Robert K. Henry today was restrained from discharging 32 deputy state oil inspectors who latarted an Injunctional suit against him alleging they were dismissed as the result of politica! favoritism.

Trustees of the Wisconsin State Employes' Association and the State Federation of Labor also are plaintiffs in the suit. The that 39 of the Inspectors charger, been discharged since their department Was consolidated with others in the state inspection bureau last July. It is charged that the dis. missals were made in violation of ing employes the right to civil laws and statutes givservice, join labor unions. Court Commissioner Morris Stern signed a temporary injunction restraining the defendant from dis charging any plaintiff or certifying any other persons to replace them.

The state treasurer also is restrained from Intimidating any person in employ of the state against joining a labor union. Circuit Judge Daniel W. Sullivan will hear arguments for a continuance of the injunction Jan. 6. In addition to Henry, other defendants are Adam Port, state stpervisor of inspectors, and A.

J. Bieberstein, Janet Syverson and John Campbell, members of the state bureau of personnel, MRS. ANNA DAMASK OF POLONIA DIES AT HOME IN CITY Mrs. Anna Damask, Polonia, died this morning at 8:10 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Anton Hintz, 515 North Michigan avenue, where she had been the past four weeks.

She had been Ill the past nine weeks, during which time she was confined to bed. Mrs. Damask was born In Polonia on December 6, 1877, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Zdroik.

She continued to live at Polonia and attended the parochial school there. She was married to Frank in 1894 and after their marriage located in the town of Dewey. Mr. Hintz died on April 2, 1913. She was married to John Damask in July, 1916 and moved to Polonia where she had lived since.

Surviving besides her husband are two daughters and five sons, Miss Virginia Hintz of Chicago, Mrs. Hintz, city, John and Walter Hintz of the town of Dewey and Stanley, Bernis and Edward Hinta of Polonia. She is also survived by one step-son, Frank Damask of PoIonia; one step-daughter, Mrs. John Karch, also of Polonia; 10 grandchildren end one sister and four brothers, Mrs. Helen Wroblewski and Paul Zarolk of the town of Alban, Joseph and John Zdroik Polonia and Anton Zdroik, Stevens Point.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning, January 2 at 9 o'clock at Sacred Heart church in Polonia, Rev. Leo Jankowski will officiate and burial will take place in the parish cemetery. The body is at the Prais funeral home and will be taken to the family home at Polonia Saturday afternoon. MANY BANKS JOIN INSURANCE PLAN By RICHARD L. GRIDLEY Washington, Dec.

28 Millions of dollars in assessments from thousands of banks today were pouring into the government's gigantic insurance pool under which most of the country's bank depositors will have their money insured up to $2,500 beginning Tuesday, From persent indications less a thousand of the country's operating 14,500 banks will not have their deposits insured in this manner at the first of the year, and most of these are expected to be brought in shortly afterward. Employes of the Federal Deposit Insurance corporation have been working day and night for weeks In the re-examination of the country's banks required before their participation In the pool. Meanwhile, assessment checks came in from thousands of banks The rapidly checks, as they were approved. amounting to many millions of dollars, are deposited in the treasury for the account of the Federal Deposit Insurance corporation. The money will be left there until needed or invested in government bonds.

STUDENT KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY STREET CAR Milwaukee, Dec. 28 -Ernest Heers. 19, theology student at Concordia Lutheran college here. received fatal injuries last night when struck by a street car. The young man came to this country from Hanover, Germany, two and a half years ago, and with the exception of an uncle believed to be living in Nebraska, relatives in the States, SNOW TO REACH HERE ON FRIDAY; OVER 142 DEATHS Report Companies Unable to Operate Under New Lower Rate Ordered Madison, Dec, small loan companies awaited I the state banking commission's decision on their plea for suspension of its order reducing interest on small loans from three and onehalf per cent monthly to one and one-fourth per cent effective tomorrow.

Legal counsel for the companies contended at a rehearing, here yesterday that the did authorize commission to fix an "experimental" lower rate and that if it were enforced the companies would be unable to operate and there would be nothing on which to experiment. Wilkie, Madison, Personal Finance company counsel and spokesman for attorneys of the other companies, asserted that the commission ought to conduct further inquiry into the small loans business to determine what rate is essential sustain the companies' operating capital base and attract new capital. He pointed out that the state public service commission ordered only a 12 1-2 per cent reduction in Wisdespite of reduced comTelephones company rates modity prices, company stability and capital returns, while the banking commission attempted to slash small loans rates more than 50 per cent in the face of increasing bad debt losses. The companies feel that "their interests and those of the commission would not be advanced by a temporary order which will force the matter prematurely into legal reCommissioner Wilkie. Peter A.

Cleary Informed company representatives that all rate fixing must be experimental to a certain degree the present unstable economic conditions ought to be left open to alteration in fairness to borrowers and lenders. Walter F. Mayer, Milwaukee Loan W. J. P.

Wisconsin and Finance company, counsel, and Association of Personal Finance Companies, said great losses would result if the companies operated under the rate set by the commission. Aberg argued that other types of loan firms, such as discount companies, are authorized to charge much as 32.5 per cent annually. Other companies represented included the Household Finance company and the Personal Finance company. STALIN SEES "REAL DANGER" TO SOVIETS FROM JAPANESE: New York, Dec. 28 New York Times, in an exclusive cable dispatch from Moscow today, quoted Josef V.

Stalin in an interview as seeing "real danger" to the Soviets from Japan, but as believing that Japan "would be unwise to attack." "We should like to have friendly relations with the Japanese," the Communist party leader said. "But unfortunately that does not depend upon us alone. If the more reasonable elements and more prudent counsels prevail in Japan two countries can live in amity, but we fear the militant faction may push saner policies into the background it is uncertain, too, whether she would get support for such an adventure from other powers there la grave danger, and we cannot but prepare to meet it." Stalin spoke optimistically of the possibilities a lively trade between Russia and the United States, and laughed at fears expressed by some economists regarding the Soviets' ability to pay for goods. WAUPUN CONVICTS STILL AT LARGE Waupun, Dec. Waupun state prison convicts who slugged a guard and escaped in his automobile after robbing him were still at large today as state authorities maintained a constant watch at the prisoner's homes.

The two men are Arthur Kons, 25, Washington county, serving one to two year term for automobile theft, and Joe Dillinger, serving a one to three year sentence for obtaining property without the consent of the owner. Dillinger lived in Wood county. They made escape near Sun Prairie while they were being returned by Elmer Lickel, guard, to Waupun. One of the men struck Lickel over the head with an automobile crank. They then robbed him of $45 and after keeping him they prisoner drove, for ejected several him hours from while automobile.

Frank Johnson, another prisoner, refused to escape. NAMED SOLICITOR Washington, Dec. 28 Roosevelt today appointed Clarence T. Ellis of St. Louis of assistant solicitor of the treasury.

velt said, "and that is to governmental expenses to the bone mcrease taxes where possible. All other moves are sophistry." The national administration is separating its expenses into two classifications, Col. Roosevelt said, those of general or ordinary penses and emergency or non-1 curring expenses. He attacked this classification as one "used by the various European Governments when they were tottering on the edge of the abyss and wished to conceal their true condition." He contended that by this method, expenses previously, included in the budget their way around and appear 1 in the national debt." He said the national debt of the United States has risen from $16,000,000,000 in 1930, according to his estimate, to at least 000 when the sums now allocated are spent. This figure, he said, is more than billion dollars greater than at any previous time in American history.

Six steps were outlined by Col. Roosevelt as a sound program for rigid economy in the operation of the federal government. These were: 1-Consolidation of departments and bureaus to avoid duplication. 2-Elimination unnecessary personnel, 3-A reduced scale or abolition of all unnecessary services. 5-Discharge by the government of its basic obligations only to erans of wars.

6-The effecting of administraits, economies. 14 BELOW ZERO HERE TODAY AS COLD CONTINUES Snow, Slowly Rising Temperature Forecast for Central Wisconsin A minimum temperature of 14 below zero was registered officially in Stevens Point early this morning as compared with 24 below Wednesday, 15 below Tuesday and 23 below Monday. The mercury climbed up just above zero Wednesday afternoon after practically 72 hours of continuous sub-zero range. It was one above at 3 o'clock and two above at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Then it started its downward slide as the cold wave that swept in on Christmas eve renewed its grip.

As is usually the case during severe weather, the temperature and 9 o'clock this morning when reached its lowest point between the 14 below mark was registered. This was two degrees lower than between 7 and 8 o'clock. Today's forecast predicted continued cold weather, possibly snow in the central and west portions of the state slowly rising temperature Friday, Former Resident Dies in the South R. S. Rogers of Lone Pine received a telegram from New Orleans Tuesday morning stating that Leon Smith had passed away Monday at 10:30 o'clock.

He was evening, Mr. and Mrs. Mack Smith, former residents of Stevens Point for many years. From Stevens Point they moved to Columbus, Ohio, where Mack Smith family then moved to New Orleans. He is survived by his wife and mother, who has been in very poor health for the past year.

She is an aunt of Mr. Rogers. BORDER PATROLMAN IN TEXAS KILLED BY RUM RUNNERS El Paso, Dec. 28- (UP)-A United States border patrolman and a smuggler lay dead here today after a renewal of the government's campaign against rum runners on the Texas-Mexican border. Four suspected smugglers, two of them wounded, were under arrest.

Twenty gallons of contraband whisky was in the hands of officers. The dead patrolman was Bert Walthall, 34, formerly of Flagstaff, body of Joe Estrada, who had served a prison term on a federal liquor charge, was found in the smugglers' wrecked automobile. Patrolman Walthall, Louis A Smith and Curtis Mosely gave chase when they saw the suspected smugglers cross the al bridge in an automobile Juarez last night. The four suspects were captured later. They were Juan Lopez, Ramon Rico, Ruben Rico and another who refused to give his name.

Ramon Rico bore a bullet wound in the face and the fourth man had been shot in eye, Slowly Rising Temperatures Forecast for Tomorrow; Entire Nation Suffers Milwaukee, Dec. er day of bitter cold weather prevailed in Wisconsin today with snow forecast for tomorrow. Slowly rising temperatures were predicted for tomorrow but sub zero marks will continue, weather bureau officials said. With the exception of a 28 degree below mark at Superior, the mercury slightly higher in zero, Wisconsin today. It was 10 below at La Crosse, 4 below at Green Bay, 2 below at Madison, and 2 above in BATTLE BLAZE IN SUB-ZERO WEATHER Owen, Dec.

28 -(UP)-Routed from their beds at 3 a. m. in 10 bellow zero weather volunteer firemen today battled a blaze which the two story frame destroyed, housing the Owen postoffice. The building was valued at $2,500. Greatest loss was suffered by Dr.

0. A. Klemme, a dentist whose office and living quarters occupied the second floor. All postoffice records and valuables were carried out of the blazing building to an unoccupied building where government businesa was resumed today. COLD WAVE MOVES SOUTHEASTWARD (By the United Press) Another cold wave, sending temperatures back to sub levels, moved southeastward today out of the Arctic.

A short respite between the new storm and the season's most severe cold wave was indicated by U. government forecasts. The second high pressure area was preceded by snow in Canada. Cause of 142. Deaths Temperatures rose slightly today from the Appalachian to the Rocky mountains, bringing some relief from the storm which caused at least 142 deaths.

Hundreds of others were injured in accidents causled by the snow and ice. The Pacific northwest, with 24 deaths caused by the storm and floods, and the New England region, which reported 18 deaths due to the storm, suffered the most severely, United Press reports from other sections revealed 15 dead in Wisconsin, 21 in Illinois, 10 in Indiana, 8 in Michigan, 7 in Iowa, 12 in Minnesota and the Dakotas, 11 in Pennsylvania, 4 in New York, 4 in Massachusetts, 6 in Ohio and one each in Connecticut, Oklahoma and Washington, D. C. Still Below Normal Temperatures still were below normal in all sections of the United States with the exception of extreme southern states. North of Duluth, the temperature was rising after falling to 47 degrees below zero.

A low of 23 was recorded at St. Paul, The fishing tug Seagull with three men aboard was missing today on Lake Michigan. Chicago coastguard headquarters was conducting a search along the western shore of the lake. On the eastern shore coast guardsmen searched for the bodies of eight men who drowned when two fishing tugs foundered Tuesday night. Many Localities Snowbound Along the Atlantic coast, where snow reached a depth of 18 inches, localities still were snowbound or just beginning to clear away snow which drifted to a depth of several feet.

While northern states suffered from the cold Jacksonville, reported the thermometer reading as 44 degrees above zero. New Orleans registered 40 degrees above, and generally mild weather prevailed along the gulf coast. SERVICES ARE HELD FOR MRS. SCHOPF Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Schopf, 413 Jefferson street, a resident of Stevens Point for the past 35 years, who died at her home Sunday morning, were held Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock at St.

Joseph's church. Rev. H. J. Ehr officiated and the body was placed in the Boston receiving vault to await burial in St.

Joseph's cemetery in the spring. Pallbearers were Stephen Marx, Stephen Gruidl, Joseph Colby, William Crueger, Michael Donermeyer and Stephen Neuberger, Out of town persons who came for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Weiss of Kenosha, Mr. and Mrs.

Peter Kriegler of Paul, Martin Gabler and son, Frank, and Mrs. Roman Rothe of Fond du Lac, Paul Schopf, of North Fond du Lac and Joseph Schopf of Union Grove. FORECAST Generally fair, continued cold tonight; Friday increasing cloudiness, possibly snow in central and west portions, slowly rising temperature.