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THE I BEE 3 LARGEST NEWSPAPER IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY THE WEATHER Fair to-night and Friday moderate temperature Forecast of 8 Weather Bureau (Pei Dm Dan la hahr Ikl (Bv Center Dilinn eta MaMhirl taunt at 4-clan wtttet Oti 17ia a rraaaa CaHI VOL 22 NO 3751 FRESNO IIURSDAY EVENING APRIL 20 PAGES (TWO SECTIONS) IS LEGALLY SANE MENTAL 18 Camps Work For Iri Sierra Branded Murderer By Practical Joke Three Billion In Inflated Currency In Roosevelt Plan Federal Reserve Co-operation Provided III Expansion Program Silver For War Debts Up To Hundred Millions To Be Accepted By LYLE WILSON (United Press Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON April The inflation proposal apon sored by the administration as an amendment to the agricul-tural relief bill wee made public to-day revealing that it provides for Federal Reserve co-operation in a $3000000000 currency expansion program The program provides also that the president may reduc the weight of the gold dollar by a maximum of 50 per cent The third major provision would EXPERT DECLARES Mrs Judd Suffering From Of The Says Dr Catton SHE FULLY REALIZES PLIGHT COURT TOLD Get Better As Soon As Shadow Of Noose Vanishes Alienist Believes Roosevelt Announces 166 Projects For California Sugar Pine May Be First In Use Near Fresno Enrolment Begins Here (Bv The Associated Pmt) WASHINGTON April 20 President Roosevelt to-day approved establishment of 538 conservation corps work camp in national foresta of twelve western states The camps will hdld 107000 men TJlie larjrest number of camps 166 will be established in California There will be twenty-eight in Arizona thirty in Colorado' 100 in Idaho twenty-five in Montana four in Nevada twenty-three in New Mexico sixty-five in Oregon thirteen in South Dakota twenty in Utah forty-two in Washington and twenty-two in Wyoming Each camp will ha the work center for 200 men who are to he selected during coming weeks In the mobilisation of ths conservation corps Selection of the sites announced by Robert Fechner director of emergency conservation work brings tha total number of camp to be established in national to 645 These are to provide work for 129000 of tha 250000 men whom Fechner plane to have enrolled Laater projects in national parks state and on private forest lands will be announced Near Valley Camps The number of camps to he established in national forests in California follows: Angeles seventeen Cleveland nine El Dorado six Inyo three Klamath seven Larsen nine Mendocino eight Modoc six Mono three Plumas eleven San Bernardino sixteen Septa Barbara fifteen Siskiyou one: sequoia nine Shaita eleven Sierra nine: Stanislaus nine Tahoe nine Trinity eight ITBST AT SVGAR FINE I Bv Hr Bureau I KORTHFORK (Madera Co) April 20 The announcement from Washington that nine forest conservation corps camps will be established In the Sierra National Forest represents an enlargement of tha program previously dis-cussed for thl forest This was the statement today of Forest Supervisor A Benedict who said locations had been tentatively selected for only five camps "If wa are going to havo four more campe we will find a place for them tha forest supervisor reassured however Ha said ha had been Informed recently that a 200-man camp at Sugar Pine would probably he the only one started immediately in tha local forest Other Site Selected Four other camps had been tentatively located one for 200 men at Rush Creek elgh- miles south of Peterson Milt and others- for 100 men each at Oak Flat nine miles south of Dinkey Creek at tha Hogua Ranch and at Nippin-nawassce After these aitee had been se-lerted Benedict said word was received that the campe probabl all will have a quota of 200 men SEQUOIA PLANK INDEFINITE iBv Bee Bureav7 PORTERVILLE (Tulare Co) April It wae said at the Se-uoia National Foreet headquarter here to-day that definite plana for the establishment of nine forest conservation corps camps In the forest had not been completed but that tha camps undoubtedly would be established if authorized Forest Supervisor Frank Cunningham waa not at headquarter and could not he reached for a statement regarding th status of plana for camps here LOS ANGELES April 20-WI-Hurd McLellan film alunt man died to-day from a bullet wound ha suffered while wearing a to-celled bullet proof vest McLellan was demonstrating the vest before a new reel camera Th vest stopped thlrty-rin bullets but the fortieth pierced it and struck Mo-Lellan in the abdomen RILEY PUN GAIN Secret Meeting Of Assembly Is Held To Hear Confidential Tax Return Figures LITTLE HOPE SEEN FOR PASSAGE OF MEASURE Senate Agrees To Recess Next Month To Allow Election On Vital Issues (Bv The Amocieted Prett) SACRAMENTO April Sitting in executive session to discuss tha so-called Riley plan of atate taxation tha assembly learned today the proposal would result in substantial savings in taxes for large corporations while taxing mailer concerns more heavily than at present Franchise Tax Commissioner Charles McColgah opened up his confidential records of corporation tax returns for the assemblyman and by comparing present returns with the proposed 1 per cent gross receipts tax contemplated under the Riley plan they were able to note which companies would profit and which would pay more taxea Oil Companies Benefit Coming from tha closed session from which all attaches and newspapermen were excluded some members said it had been shown that four of the largest oil companies operating in the state would pay about $3000000 a year less under the Riley system It was explained the reductions in taxea would come about through Controller Ray plan to lighten th tax burden on real estate The large corporations would pay less on their inoperative prop erlies The proposed system would limit to 50 per cent the proportion of state general funds to be raised from property taxes While the assembly debated in executive session the senate discussed end passed Senator Arthur Breed's resolution calling for a recess May 5th and reconvention July 17th so that a special election can he held (n tin- interim on urgency taxation unemployment prohibition and other matters needing approval of the people Conflict Predicted Senator Breed told the senate he did not think tLe Riley plan would be approved by the assembly and that it is doubtful Assemblyman Feigenbaum's consumers' tax plan for raising revenues wlU gain tha approval of th senate "Thia means wa must get together right Senator Breed aid "and work out aoma acceptable plan of The tenet debated Governor Rolph'e contention that if the legislature recesses more than loot billa will be thrown into hie lap for signing or veto within ten days Senator Breed acid this could he remedied by the bills to the governor' office jver a period of thirty days Rolph Want Adjournment Governor Rolph wanted tha legislature to adjourn ao he might have the constitutional thirty days allowed him for hill consideration Proponents of the Breed resolution did not favor this plan how- because it meant the governor must call a special session of the legislature which wjuld be limited to conelderatior of matters specified in tha governor's cal) "These are days of rapid changes said Senator Ralph Swing of San Bernardino when wa can not fortell what will happen between sunup and sundown Wa should return here In July free to act on whatever emergency has Job Relief Urged Senator Walter Duval of Santa Paula urged tha senate to art Immediately on aoma form of unemployment relief- -Wa hava done- nothing ao far' Duval aaid "We hava legislation before ua proposing a $20000000 unemployment relief bond Issue (introduced by Senator Roy Fel-lom of San Francisco) and I urge you to do something about It right away Unless we do ao wa won't get another thin dime of help from the Reconstruction Finance Senator Inman bitter political enemy of the governor charged the executive's suggestion of adjournment was actuated by desire to obtain absolute veto power -Adjournment would clothe the governor with absolute veto power That la If he vetoed a hill after we adjourned we could not override that veto during a special session" Lindberghs Continue Westward Flight BALTIMORE (Md) April Colonel end Mrs Charles A Lindbergh took off In the face of unfavorable flying conditions today to continue their transcontinental inspection flight Lindbergh raid he expected to make Harrisburg Pa hie next stop (Bg The Aeeodated Brut) FLORENCE (Aria) April With her Ufa at ataka 28-year-old Winnie Ruth Judd blond confessed alayer of Agnea Anna LeRol and Hedvlg Samuelson heard three alleniata teatlfy to-day for the atata that they believe aha la aana knows aha 1a under death aantenea and know a why Dr Joeeph Catton Ban Francisco psychiatrist Raid aha la -Buffering from the nauroaia of the condemned" but he did not think her condition aatinfied the legal definition of Inaanity Unlesa The Jury of twelve men In her lunacy hearing decidea Mra Judd ia Iniane the ia to be hanged at dawn April 2Sth at the atate prison here The legal definition of Inaanity Involved in this case presupposes inability of the defendant to comprehend tha fact of death penalty or the reason for it and inability to inform counsel Intelligently of any facts which might act as a bar to execution of sentence Dr Uttslnger Rav Aria aaid Mrs Judd "cursed avore" when ha questioned her about the sanity hearing and aaid -they can't take me out of they can tear me limb from limb" The young woman has exhibited -emotional reaction such as any person would under sentence of Dr Steward prison phvaician said ha believed Dr Catton expressed belief that Mrs Judd's- condition would he ameliorated soon if she should get a commutation of sentence Disagreeing with alienists who have testified on behalf of the condemned woman he said she la not suffering from dementia praccox in anv form aa he seea it Aa to Mrs realisation of her plight Dr Catton quoted a prison matron aa aaying th young woman had asserted guards are pointing me out aa a woman to be bad told a pardon board member ahe knew she was TV In prison and had aaked Dr Wili-W lam Judd hrt husband for saw to get out of prison Catton Views TYm flirt Certain of Mrs Judd's symptoms said Dr Cation "ir believed truly to be present must be considered or but ha said hia opinion waa divided His belief ha asserted is about 60 per cent that Mrs Judd la suffering In part from a prison psychosis or insanity and -about 40 per rent that ehe Imposed on the credulity of those persons who believed her The alienist then confessed -about 40 per cent a to whether the whole aspect of Mra Judd's condition -may not be fraudulent and emphasized a belief that t'j -entire picture could be feigned" Reviewing her efforts to escape the death penally and what he described as her realization of failure In these attempts Dr Catton aaid -numerous complexes developed In relation to all these things and her nervous reserve has been much reduced until she has com to show all sorts of eigne and symptoms of Irritability and fatigue Mrs Judd knows what ahe wae tried for Dr Catton decided -She talk of her case tha fight and relates it over and over to Mra Heath (Mrs Ells Heath prison matron! She states that she and oii'e Jack West were tried for kilting but he was helped by ths doctors snd shs was not -Sha ha continued "having killed her two beat frlensd and the bloody trunk (in which the bodiea were sent to Loa Angeles) and the crime Realizes Punishment To ths quastlon "does sha know the purpose of ths he declared -Sha tells Mrs Heath that she does not merit tbs that it is eblng given for reverie talks freely of the gallows Mra Heath she does not want to hang Sha tells Mra To Provide 3600 Men Sequoia his office is taking the application of youths In the Fresno district for enlistment In the reforestation now being enrolled In California under President Roosevelt's relief program The applications are limited to youths between the ages of 18 and 25 who hava relatives dependent upon them for support All applicants enlisted must agree to end 75 per cent of their $30 monthly wage to their dependent Clothing food and shelter are furnished the reforestation recruits by the government Ed Fitzgerald a deputy In tha county welfare department la In charge uf the registration of the reforestation recruit here It is understood youth recruited here will he sent to a government camp to he established in the Big Creek area Factor Breaks Under Strain Of Waiting For Son CHICAGO April John (Jake the Barber) Factor broke last night under tha strain of the days and nights of waiting for the return of his kidnaped son The promoter whose glib tongue and daring carried him from poverty to riches broke down just aa it appeared probable that hia eon Jerome 19 might be released While police vied with gangs to find the youth Factor was put to bed in hie hotel suite Atop the tame building an assorted group continued In a penthouse the vigil which Factor abandoned when almost a week of constant excitement finally broke ths strong nervous system that had helped him through a career that led from bootblack to beating tha prince of Wales In a card game Among those waiting In the penthouse was first wife now Mrs Leonard Marcus She la the mother of Jerome' who was kidnaped ona week ago and held for $50000 ransom With her was Factor's present wife Factor's other on Alvin 6 son of the present 'Mrs Factor also was there YEARS Seven Million Shares Sold As Public Rushes To Buy Before Inflation QUOTATIONS SKYROCKET HIGH AS $9 A SHARE Ticker Half Hour Behind Price Averages Break Record Commodities Climb NEW TORK April The wildest trading In nearly three veara swept over American markets to-day as Wall Street and Main Street sought to anticipate 'controlled of currency by putting their money into shares ana commodities On the New Tork Stock Exchange the scene was reminiscent of the palmiest hull market dsvi and on the Chicaeo Board of Trade aa well aa In leaser marts the same rush to buv developed Turnover In stocks waa approximately 7000000 ah area Heavy profit taking hit both stocks and wheat after extreme resnectlve gains of $1 to 39 a share and mote then 3 cents bushel but fresh purchasing orders poured in to maintain prices well above Wednesday's close Dollar 14 Per Cent Off The American dollar off the gold standard went to a discount estimated at about 14 ner cent in terms of European gold moneys while highest grade bonds whose fixed income returns would represent smaller purchasing power should living costs advance weakened sharply Spot prices of silver copper lead sine rubber and sugar climbed with futures though some of the latter' reacted before the dose With the ticker tape running as much as half an hour behind the market it was Impossible at times to keep tab on prices except as they were telephoned from the floor i Utilities Sten In Breach When the market showed signs of lagging in the last hour utility issues were brought forward fresh leaders and their upward rush nulled the whole list up again though generally speaking industrials which piloted the early spectacular upsurge finished under their highs The market average climbed Into new high ground for the year Utility share were moving swiftly higher at tha close making nearly all their gains in a wild upsurge during the last half hour American Telephone'! final price was $96 the high-and a net gain of $6 United States Steel common finished at $4225 un $4 Its extreme gain having been $650 United Corporation closed at II un $212: Consolidated Gas of New Tork $50 un $625: Electric Power and Light $8 up $337 Corn Products Refining which had jumped $962' to 174 at the frenzied opening closed at $6950 up $550 Columbia Gas gained $287 net to $1425: General Motors $150 to $1727 International Telephone 3250 to $1125: Standard Oil of New Jersey $312 to $34 International Silver 85 to $30 25 Cerro de Pasco Conper $362 to 32350: Goodyear Rubber $175 to Liggett and Mvera Tobacco $475 to $77 Allied Chemical $225 to $9150 Santa Fe Railway closed at $4075 up $312 Wheat's net advances were around 2 cento bushel while New Tork cotton quotations dosed at gains of 90 cents to $115 a bale Transactions on the New Tork (Continued On Page 8-A Col 8) I BUDGET Senate-Approved Bill To Allow Review By Supervisors Meets Opposition By WALTER JONES (McClatchy Newspapers SACRAMENTO April Having killed the bill to reduce the number of school district in California from 8600 to 297 tha education lobby is concentrating it efforts to defeat In the assembly 8 543 which would give to county boards of supervisors the right to review school district bug-gets The bill was paaaedbv th senate several weeks ago and is now before tha house education committee Approved In the senate by a vote of 82 to 5 the bill has been held in the assembly committee due to the opposition of the big city education lobbyists who argue that to give the supervisors tne power to decrease school district budgets would throw the schools Into politic Proponent! of the measure insist however these fears ere unjustified that they are born out of a selfish determination by school officials to maintain their preferred XMition as czara of the education inance Bush Explains Stand "Why-should the school -irtd Senator David Bush of Stanislaus County ona of tha author! of the bill "object to a budget review and even a revision to which every other unit of government must submit? 'Their fears that tha power to limit school expenditures would be used to destroy the schools in an echo of distrust' of the people themselves a thoroughly un-American attitude to assume Surely the educators must realize the neople are not going -to the supervisors or anv other governmental agency to destroy th school avstem Bosnia of supervisor in recent yeere heve shown a disposition generally to raise mr-e money by countrywide taxation than ia required by law the excess aver- (Contlnued On Page 8-A CoL 4) Mrs Marian Semmelmcycr an expert pistol shot who fired the fatal bullet waa oxonerated by police of all blame Dcctors unsuccessfully tered blood transfusions and glu-i Ledbetter to-day announced that Welfare Department Accepts Applications Coqnty Welfare Director A authorize tha president for ono year to accept silver up to an aggregate maximum of tha value of $100200000 in payment of wae debts Thera ia proviso that the silver may not he accepted at a value greater then 50 cento aa ounce The administration bill is aa worded that if the federal reserve banka refuse to co-operate in the isaae of a maximum of $3000200-000 (B) of new currency or if such an operation would ba inadequate to meet an emergency the president may order the 1 sue of $3000-000000 (B) United States notes It ia provided however that "notes issued under this sub-section shall be issued only for tho purpose of meeting maturing federal obligations to repay lumi borrowed by the United State and for purchasing United States bonds and other Interest hearing obligations of tha United The amendment stipulates that all bonds so purchased shall he retired and cancelled The amendment was introduced late to-day by Senator Thomas Democrat of Oklahoma Report To-morrow Senate Republican Leader Me-Nary aided by Democratic member of the hanking and currency committee forced reference of the inflation amendment to that committee Chairman Fletcher summoned tha committee to meet at 10 A to-morrow and promised a report by noon McNary untested against attaching tha Inflation to the farm bill Detail! of the program were discussed last night at a WTiit House conference In which Senator Pittman Democrat Nevada and Senator Byrnes Democrat South Carolina participated and again today between tha president Secretary nf Treasury Woodln and Senate Majority Leader Robinson Speaker of the House Rainey today rtaarged a "planned and concerted effort" on the part of "nations tied up with the English to attack the United Statee world' monetary position Abandonment of the gold standard ha added wae a "weapon of May Force Agreement "We have taken the only atepd we could to stop this war against the United the apeaker aid predicting the RooeevelK monetary policy would force an International agreement to stabilize currencies hope the stabilization will be a hl-metallie he added "The announcement that tha United States would accept 1100 -000000 in debt payments from foreign countries in ailver" the sneaker said "is a step toward ht-netalism and a long step at that Wa would have difficulty in retracing our steps even if we wanted to" House Support Pldeeed Full support of the Democ ratio congressional leadershin for any monetary program which President Roosevelt may decide upon waa pledged to-day by House Majority Leader Byrna "Tha house la back of President Roosevelt 109 per Byrna said feel that the nation must have a leader and that tha president Is that leader Some one must have authority to deal with th present Tha Thomas hilt will ba tha has of the sections to revalue the gold dollar and for the Issue of United States notes Pittman waa explicit In denying the proposed note Issue would be fiat money "because there Is redemption fund It suggested to Pittman that the proposed legislation would force tha "federal reserve to do (Continued On Page 6-A CoL 1) Woman Tortured With Hot Needles By Gem Bandits (Bv The Veiled Prett) SAN MATEO April Jab-bing red hot needles under her fingernails to force her to relinquish her diamond rings three men tortured and robbed Mrs Bernice Feeney peninsula society me- tron to-day She waa driving alone on Bay-' shore Highway near Burlingame returning home from San Wan-' cisco horee show when her car was aldeswipcd by another ma-' chine When she etopped three swarthy men leaped from the other car and Jerked open the doors of her eedan Mra Feeney' threw her puree into the road but the men demanded her rlnga She clenched her fieta fighting to eave her jewelry One of the men clamped hia hand over her mouth while the other two tried to pry open her handa Tear Off Binge Failing In that tha men heat-' ed needles and jabbed them under her fingernails until Mra Feeney unable to stand tha excruciating pain opened her handa The men tore off the ringa lacerating her Angara After obtaining two diamond ringa a wedding ring and her -puree the robber Jumped into their own car and fled Mra Feeney nearing col lapse drove to -h-r home and waa taken to a hoe-ital Ha lota waa estimated at LASTING BENEFIT EXPECTED AS Administration Hopes For Beneficial Permanent Price Advance WASHINGTON April Administration officials hops America's abandonment of tha gold standard will bring a lasting Improvement in prices that win stimulate business and prove beneficial in tha long run to persona in every walk of lifai Already the stock and commodity markets hava jumped upward Every gain In wheat and corn help tha farmer And ae prices rise individuals and corporations tend to buy in larger quantities because they think prices may go atlll higher The sell era liTTurn are getting more for their products and hava more money to spend fir other goods Gradually the Increased prices makd the cost of living higher and thia will work aoma hardship on wage earners end salaried persona whose income remains fixed Officials hope Improved business would lead later to higher wages that would offset this disadvantage Expected- To Boost Trade The effect of abandoning tha gold standard ia felt most directly in International finance and trade and there it ia expected to prove a powerful stimulant to American foreign trade Cut off from the gold standard tha American dollar ia left to find a lower level in terms of other nation's money As the dolls- declines foreign era can buy American goods more cheaply For instance this morning a Lon don merchant exchanging British pounds for dollars to buy American goods could get $372 for each pound A few days ago ha could get onto $347 At tha same time the fall of the dollar makes it more expensive for American companies to buy good abroad Thia ia expected to increase purchaaes in the domestic market Dollar Buys Leaa At Homo Aa the dollar declines abroad its value also tenda to decrease at home That la prices rise and the dollar will not buy as much in groceries or ether necessities The extent of the expected price increase can not be foretold Nor is the administration reedy yet to ay to whether and how much It will use additional inflationary measure that would give prices a further boost The very anticipation of higher ed will stimulate nrires it ia hope buying that will apei ging wheels of Indu ness Higher prices In tha stock markets not only increase the wealth of the security holders but improve the condition of banka and other financial institution Substantial increases In securit values would make It possible to liquidate profitably assets which now could ba sold only at loss State Salaries Under $100 Free From Reduction SACRAMENTO April State employes to-day rejoiced over a hard-won victory after tha drastic assembly ways and means committer's salary reduction bill waa introduced in the lower house with salaries of $100 and under exempted from cuts Originally the bill provided for cuts in even the lowest salary brackets Rising legislative opposition cut minated In "behind tha railing' agreement during the assembly budget bill fight Thia agreement waa that opposition to immediate passage of the budget measure would be largely withdrawn if the ways and means committee would agree to exempt the "little fellow' from salary cut The measure provide for a graduated reduction extending from 5 per cent at $100 up to $2 per cent for the highest paid employes Actual saving was estimated at $6000000 for the biennium Body Of Murdered Prospector Found QUINCT April 20 murder committed more then three months ago In the rugged mining district southwest of here was revealed yesterday when Coroner John Moodv returned Quincy with the body of Walter Kuhlawlc prospector and caretaker Investigation showed Kuhlavic had been shot while seated at a table his assailant apparently through the cabin window Date of the murder was set at December list Inasmuch as a calendar in the cabin had been carefully marked off until that date Kuhlawic's body wae discovered by two prospector A White-side and Russel! Phelps who Journeyed aeveral miles on eklla to notify authorities ed up tire lag-ustry and buei- SLAYERS FREED IN STRANGE TRADE American Who Killed Waiter In Vengeance Error Returns To Texas (Bv The A ueefated Prett) EL PASO April Climaxing ona of the strangest murder caeca in Mexican border history William Jefferson Meers American youth once sentenced to death for shooting Juarez waiter waa exchanged at tha international bridge here to-day 'or a Mexican serving a life sentence in Texas for another killing Pardoned by th governor of Chihuahua in accordance with tha exchange agreement Maera brought hers by automobile from Chihuahua City Mexican officials middle of tha where the party was met by Sheriff Chris Fox of El Paso County the Mexican proner Jose Carrasco and wife and mother Means and Carrasco shook hands and then returned to the countries from which they had been absent for years Carrasco had been In the El Paso County Jail since last July He was brought here by two Texet rangers and hia pardon waa signed by Rosa Sterling former governor of Texas Joke Ends Tragically The tragic mistake growing out of his desire to avenge the murder of hie father led Meers to shoot an innocent waiter Antonio Vlsconte In a Juares saloon July 18th 1930 His father Meers wae Iain In a gun fight between five Mexican bandits and special officers guarding an $18000 payroll in El Paso in March 1924 In that affray an Innocent bystander also waa killed and several persona were wounded Three of tha bandits were captured From that day young Meers vowed to ascertain tne identity of hie alayer By haunting border resorts and questioning Mexicans he thought might know he finally learned that a desperado Manuel Villareal waa responsible But Villareal was an elusive character hiding most of the time from Mexican authorities who wanted him for various crimes persistent efforts to locate Villareal resulted in a practical Joker telling that hit alayer was a waiter in the saloon where ha and a friend were drinking Calling the man over to the table Meere drew an automatic pistol and shot him six time at close range Then Meere waa informed he had killed the wrong man Meers 21 waa arrested and held in Juares jail for months Later he was sentenced to death by Chihauhua judge and was transferred to the Chihuahua State Penitentiary near Chihuahua City Carrasco had been tried and convicted of murder for tha El Paao payroll holdup shooting He waa sentenced to death by a Jury that deliberated but twelve minutes The case wae appealed and his sentence changed to life imprisonment they would do for them "A sock on the jaw la worth more than all tha shocks of an electric chair and many a spoilt boy has landed In "Many fathers hava ahouted Let tha kid sow his wild forgetting that the boy may turn out to ba aa had a farmer as the old man "Tour cup of happiness may be rusty and leak but aa long aa It has a handle hold on "It is cheaper to go in debt to hold the boy or girl at home rather than wait until Whey are gone and then say you would give the world to hava them hack again" "The best place to find sympathy ia under the Be In the And lo tha girls: smash your mirror because you look right 8mah your habits not as plentiful as coses Injections following cate abdominal operation deli PAY FOR MISSION Legation At Peiping Excepts Buildings Housing Chinese Troops i By HERBERT EKINK (United rreas Staff Correspondent PEIPING April Japan will make full payment for all damage caused American and other foreign mission property by the bombing raid of her military airplanes the Japanese legation announced today Only one exception wae made II must bs shown that the bombed missions were not harboring Chinese troops The announcement came as American missionaries filed through tha American legation protesting numerous bombings directed at American missions throughout the north China area where Japanese troops are in control It was understood the American legation had prepared formal representations French Catholic Paid Japan already has paid $600 In silver for damage to the French Catholic mission at Chlenchang-ylng Sha paid $100 to tha Methodist mission at Shanhalkwan which waa temporarily occupied by her troop It waa expected that compensation would he made for the damage to the Methodist mission at Miyunhalen and to Rev Oscar Kauttos1 Brethern Mission at Tai-towying 1 The missionaries were from the 250 square miles of China proper now under complete dominance of Japanese and Manchoukunan troops Japanese airplane operation were extended to within a few miles of Peiping and Tientsin Chinese troops were reported disorganized Urban populations were (Continued On Page 6-A CoL 2) Hobo King Finds Fault With Parents For Laxity CINCINNATI (Ohio) April do more for their children than (Continued On Paga 6-A Col T) Will Nearly Hit By Cow In Biy Wind AMARILLO (Texas) April Editor The Bee and Republican Sir: Just flew in here headed treat We had to come in here mighty high to dodge the farms and ranches that were blowing around down on the lower strata It anything to be hit in the eye with a cow that is blowing 4ith the dust from one ranch to another But with all her dust and her drought she is a pretty country This fellow Clarence Young the bead of commercial aviation has done more for it than anybody aince the Wright brothers I don't know anything about hia going to be removed for Democratic purposes but it will take twelve Democrats to take his place Yours -WILL ROGERS After thirty-seven year hoboing up and down tha land Jeff Davie -king of has decided -too much freedom has made ua -Instead of going to cur heads it went to our be say "Wa got jazz-crazed and drifted down big-house lane until most of us would give anything to know where wa are at" Fifty years old and a hobo sines he was 13 Jeff now ia helping Cincinnati care for wanderers and has put in writing hia own slant on things Among hia observations are: le not whet you make it but whet you make of "Many a father looka for hi boy or girl after when he ehould hava looked for them before it got "The trouble with many families la that they expect society to.

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