Miami News-Record from Miami, Oklahoma • 1

i andSuburbah a Nine Mile Radius Population 1930 Census Including Richer Cardin i QuapawCommerce Century North Miami '22742 VOL XXVIII NO 213 MIAMI OKLA THURSDAY MARCH 12 1931 PRICE IVE CENTS 9E SUSPECT INGIRL InO i Speanm5 feEx ters presses Surprise at Vehe Man ound Hanged if zt i (Continued on Page Two) Late lashes (Continued on Page Two) he (Continued on Page Two) Pvbluhod Ever Etanlni iCioqjt Sannta and SaMai Moraine be Miami NtRbrl PoMfahlng Co (Im I OKLAHOMA CITY March (2P) A special session of the legis lature probably will not be held this summer although there is a bare possibility that the governor might call the meeting the chief executive said today Afr ve Unfinished Income Tax Report Office Pubbrattaft A ftreet and irst Ar eno Salesman Held After Af fray at Little Rock Victim May Die County Isolated by Hampshire Snow New Version Given in Draves Death Case 4 Guards Ousted in Prison Probe MURDER HELDIN OKLAHOMACITY INCOME TAX BILL IS UNDER ATTACK Commercial institu tions THAT ARE GUARANTEEING 1931 NORMAL PRICES A VALUES OKLAHOMA CITY March OP) Van Dyke state prison warden at McAlester today advis ed Governor Murray that four guards allegedly involved in a nar cotic smuggling ring have been discharged He withheld their names The warden said the guards con nived with 12 trusties to maintain contact outside the prison walls to obtain narcotics and smuggle them to addicts in prison Prisoners implicated were pun ished by having their classification as trusties revoked Van Dyke said day: 2 pm' 4 pm 6 pm 8 pm 10 pm Midnight (MIAMI TEMPERATURE Temperatuers in Miami from 2 Wednesday until noon to Merchandising 4 Index ca Metal Market NEW YORK March i Lead steady spot New York 450 East St Louis 425 Zine steady East St ouis spot and future 405 LONDON March Lead spot £13 5s future £13 12s 6d Zinc spot £12 2s 6d future £13 Its 6d EVANGELIST DIES STEPHENS CITY Va March 12 GP) Mrs Hortense Ropp evangelist of died sud denly in a theater here last night immediately after concluding her sermon Doctors said death was due to a heart attack LANCASTER March 12 UP) Coos county today remained imprisoned by the monotonous miles of drifted snow that fell dur ing the southeast storm of Sunday night Gangs of tired highway workers dragged themselves from their homeSi stalled plows physicians made their calls on snowshoes and toboggans and scores of motorists settled down to face another day of dull existence in the confines of farmhouse walls Little hope that the roads could be broken out before Saturday While fears of a food shortage had been allayed there was no end of difficulty in getting sup plies through jj Voters Discussing and Half Dozen Issues i Utilities Main Topic i TO BALLOT TUESDAY cPONTIAC Mich March The body of Russell Van Sickle 50 year old president of the Lincoln Printing company of Detroit was found hanging in a room of his summer home near here The floor of the loom was littered with income tax data and a half completed income tax report was on a table STATE CAPITOL LAGLESS OKLAHOMA CITY March 12 or the third successive day Ok domeless capital 5 was without a flag flying atop it' desi pite' efforts of two Negro boys to up the to slip a rope''? through the ring 7 Capitol work men failed and the boys sought $5 fee for the job offered by the Board of Affairs A March wjpd that swayed the flagpole stopped them halfway up K'V LITTLE ROCK Ark March 12 (TP) McCabe representa tive from Baxter county in the Arkansas Legislature was seri ously wounded by a bullet which passed through the door of his ho tel room today Lansdale Atlanta Ga traveling salesman was arrested itxficers said they found a re volver in room across the hall from Tat occupied by Mc Cabe condition was so criti cal officers were unable to question him No charge was filed against Lansdale Officers said he was held for questioning alter they were told by the hotel clerk and those occupying nearby rooms that McCabe was intoxicated and had been creating a disturbance just before the shooting The clerk said he had received several complaints about noise room including one from Lansdale who was reported to have told thff clerk: you stop him I The clerk was preparing to in vestigate when heard the shot and hurried to the sixth floor where he found McCabe lying on the floor a bullet wound ip his chest Spokesman Labels It Unfair Rpssell 1 Says Illegal 42 42 44 48 57 61 Wife of Slain Philadelphia Theatrical Magnate Exhibits Red Marks on Throat 4o rench Police in Substan tiation of Her Version of atal Quarrel BLAST KILLS IVE IN HOME I killed him then would have killed she sobbed in answer Says He Was Drinking Her account of the shooting as given to police in a formal state ment follows: 1 dinner my husband start ed 'drinking whisky I undressed to go to bed and returning to the salon started to read an Italian paper' He infuriated said that my desire to learn that language was because had an Italian lov er This started the quarrel went to 1 bed but I took the precaution of putting the revolver I bought three months ago under my pillow because" he had threa tened me before He was only half undressed when he started talk ing about an Italian lover by Throat leaning over my bed he seized me by the throat I man aged to escape him and seized my revolver I tired it full into his face and then three more times He staggered to the other room and I followed him and then faint ed beside him recovered I awakened the janitor and told him to notify the riends of Nixon Nirdlinger and his wife who was Miss Charlotte Nash of St Louis said that he un doubtedly loved his wife very much but was most jealous Ye terday morning he engageu de tectives to trail her explaining that he wanted to know what she was doing Californian resno After Brooks Crime Has Bloody Shirt i MORE CLUES OUND Strands of Black Hair AreAdded to Evidence by San Diego Officers 4 'Ip tr OKLAHOMA CITY March 12 WE 5THER ORECAST Oklahoma luvsuy viuuuy tw night and riday warmer in east portion tonight A a nsas Cloudy a er tonight: riday unsettled prob ably rain Kansas Cloudy possibly some rain in east portion tonight or riday colder in west and cen tral portions riday BOSTON March Chair man JVickersham of the Law En forcement commission today inter preted the prohibition report as holding more comfort for the than the He expressed surprise that most vehement ws had come from anti prohibition sources adding he thought would have derived more encour agement from the report and the separate statements of the a com missioners attached to it than the i The 72 year old i chairman included this statement in a luncheon address before the Boston Chamber of Commerce Answers Criticism Hitting out St various criticism of the prohibition report Wickeri sham asserted it' was untrue that the conclusions and recommendations utterly at variance with the He de nied flatly statements tliat the dry law study had cost $500000 or of $5 a The total amount expended upon it he said was $5695859 addition of over head gxpenses leaving the cost be low $100000 The time spent upon it he said left us with too short a per iod which to complete with sat isfaction ihe adequate consideration of reports of experts upon other matters which are either now be fore us or in Ihe commission technically ceases to exist after July Discusses Reactions Discussing reactions to the com mission report Wickersham said comments of dry press and of the dry had been friendly he continued have taken to heart the criticisms of the methods adopted by prohibi tion advocates in the past and to have realized fiom the description of existing conditions the need of rallying their forces and reconsid ering their plans in the light of tbe facts set forth the past there has been much well founded complaint of the ex treme intolerance of the prohibi tionists Their peculiar character istics of late appear to have been appropriated by their opponents Apparently large body of anti prohibitionists expected the com mission to find a way for them to secure liquor with ease and were enraged when we failed to do Explained Wickersham spoke at length upon the reported be tween the individual reports of the 11 commissioners and their brief conclusions He contended the dif ferences mainly were confined to remedies suggested for recognized ills report frankly recognizes the evils which have developed in the course of 10 years of the ad ministration of the Rational prohi bition act but nevertheless points out that the great achievement of the act has been the abolition of the legalized he said 1 2 i rf WASHINGTON March 7 Shorter working hours wider distribution of wealth weteasa suggested today to the conference as possible steps to a solution of unemployment and in dustnal troubles i Robert Scripps president offe the Scripps Howard newspapers? put the twe point 'proposal 'j into vns plain words after similar sugges tions had been voiced by President William Green of the xAmenauri ederation of Labor Senator Laollette of Wisconsin whom the veteran Norris of Nebraska said he look'is ed upon to lead in the independent movement after he had passed on' $1 presented the problems to the con iftr tercnce ive Day Week Broached In the general discussion Bi Nv Robertson president of the Broth jyri erhood of Locomotive iremen and Engineers said one third: of his organization was the streets" The five day week was proposed by Green Robertson proposed in sm addition i six hour day Scripps said working hours than we have ever dreamed' would be necessary A of the industrial sw financial and political of the nation was seen today by Laollette when le called upon the conference to draft a for stabilization of industry and eiployment Enough to s' In asking for remedies Senator Laollette offered none but said is not enough to held that independents in Congressxs are ready to exercise their power in the next session and urged W' xuxiiiuiaLiuii ux uic piugicuii Laollette said: terrific dislocation of national life he said was not 1 caused by over production The people' of this country and count less millions abroad would have consumed more than we produced had their purchasing power bewvWS' adequate to absbrb the output of factory and farm a few days ago Congress adjourned without taking any ac tion to relieve the distress caused by unemployment The federal gov eminent gave assistance only to s' those farmers in the drouth strick en states who could furnish ade quate Mergers Assailed Laollette assailed proposals of industrial leaders for mergers and reductions of wages asserting 'their program means reduced liv ing standards and permanent un Green said he was not willing to admit failure to deal with the ecor nomic forces bringing on ft distressing believe there is in us the inhe trent he asserted ability to control and master these forces so that by orderly planning we can make it possible for every man and woman willing to work to secure a livelihood Machinery Is actor Green saw in the replacement of man by machinery a army of In the last 10 years he estimated 900000 workers were thrown out of work in the leading industries by ma chinery The labor head proposed imme'di ate inauguration of a five week in both public and private inustry He said Congress would in its if it did not or der such a program for federal a employes at the next session He 'N insisted upon some kind of A committee to study agricul tural relief proposals was named ft by Senator Borah of Idaho who yesterday conducted the farm dis cussion Borah is chairman and the members include John At son Oklahoma City and Senator" Thomas Oklahoma Committees on public utilities ft headed by Norris and unemploy ment and industrial stabilization ft headed by Laollette were named As tho two dav meeting here en tered its last sessions conferees considered a proposal by Senator Norris Republican Nebraska their chairman for establishment o'f i of political independ ift Twenty Seven Candidates Cl Up for Consideration of Electorate BANKER DIRECTOR ENDS LIE ATER AILURE NEWPORT March 12 Mims u2 lawyer and a director and large stockholder in the closed Holston Union National bank at Knoxville died today from what officers said were aelf inflict ed bullet wounds Officers said Mima worried a eit sincq the closing of the Knoxville ft OKLAHOMA CITY March (Ab Hyde legislative repre sentative for farmer organizations today attacked the graduated cor poration income tax bill before the Senate revenue and taxation com mittee charging the measure was unfair to corporations in its pres ent form and asserting it was not satisfactory to farmers Hyde was followed by Campbell Russell former corporation com missioner who appearing for at a recent House commit tee hearing charged the measure was not constitutional ft! ft Hyde said the farmers were for a graduated tax in proper form Substitute Proposed Hyde proposed a substitute in come tax plan before the commit tee which he said would represent more nearly what the farmers de sired He would tax income of per sons and corporations on a guaru sons and corporations on a gradu port total gross receipts deduct ing itemized expenses and in addi tion 5 percent on capital invested Capital invested would be re ported as the assessed valuation of the property Harry Smith of Tulsa secre tary of "the Mid Continent Oil Gas association urged a low flat rate tax for corporations instead of the graduated tax which he said was unfair and had been repealed by the federal government in fa yor of the flat rate He also urged a depletion deduction for oil com panies Textbook Bill Ready Called for in one of the planks of the state Democratic platform the free textbook bill was ready to be voted in the House today after having been perfected yesterday James Nance Cotton county Democrat inserted an amendment in the measure providing that a five cent gasoline tax should be collected during 1932 one cent to go for purchase of free textbooks Approximately $3000000 would be raised Nance said The bill provided $2000000 ap propriations from the general rev enue fund the books to be pur chased by a State Textbook com mission and the board of educay tion and distributed without charge to students in the first eight grades Crop Lien Bill ails Opportunity for farmers in Ok lahoma to borrow money from the federal government giving a prior lien on growing crops dimmed in rancis Bushman Offers to Marry Highest Bidder 11 ft 1 CHICAGO March 12 rancis Bushman' former screen star who recently an noynced he had lost his movie fortune today said he had of fered himself in marriage to the woman who would pay the most to wed him 4V Bushman who 'is appearing a stack company in an out lying theater stipulated how ever that the woman must have enough money to support him in the manner to which he had become accustomed ft He was not sanguine that one would be found as he set the figure at million dollars or The erstwhile movie lover gave his age as 47 his weight as 193 pounds his height as 5 feet 11 inches and his health as perfect' married twice for Move Ke said both were failures' I may find happiness with a third wife wnom 1 mar ry for i ft I UNEMPLOYMENTS CURES DEBATED' At CONERENCE ive Day Week Urged Upon Progressives by A a President ment Criticism by Anti Prohibitionists and Seeks to Explain Reputed Dis crepancies Survey Cost Less Than $100000 He Asserts BemiyDiclaresShe Killed Her Wealthy Husband in Self Defense MAMMOTH DAM PROJECT BEGINS fV "1 Nl Companies Whose Bid Was Accepted Put Crews at 1 JVork Near Las Vegas' MIGHTYRIVER AT BAY "NICE rance March (Ab Long hours of merciless question ing today failed to shake the story of Mrs red Nixon Nirdlinger that when she shot and killed her husband the Philadelphia theatri cal magnate last night she killed in self defense She told police that after hours of nagging jealous quarreling her husband accused her of having an Italian lover? Then just as his fingers clutched at her throat leaving vivid ft red marks which were still visible today she took a revolver she had hidden and shot four times two' bullets finding their mark While Mrs ft Nixon Nirdlinger was at the police station other of ficers searched the apartment she occupied with her husban scanning their correspondence and seeking some flaw in the story she tells Their two children aged 3 and 18 months who were not awakened by the shooting were under the care of the janitress 4 Police are Startled The case has startled police who find it hard to believe the beau tiful but distraught woman before them is the confessed killer of her husband who at 54' more than doubled her 26 years They were married in 1925 and have been di vorced and remarried once since As "Miss St she was run ner up in the 1923 Atlantic City beauty pageant I you regret your her Mayor LRush (D)1 ft James 1 1 Comm Ward 1 A Miller (D) Hamblett (D) Davis IR) Ed oster (R) Cotnm Ward 2 ftsIoyd Myers (D) Goodwin (R) a Comm Ward 3 Wilson (D) Torbert (D)' Austin (D) Wood (D) Simmons (R) I A Harper (R) Comm Ward 4 Spoonhour i(R) 1 Clyde Evilsizer (R) Trigg (D) Blankenship (D) Board of Ed Ward 2 A Wallace (R) Doty (D) Board of Ed Ward 3 Bradley (R) Kyser (R) Cotton (D) DeArman (D) Board of Ed Outlying District' A Scott Thompson (R) Wiford (R) Kipps (D) Davidson was held here today by polic who said they would ques tion him in connection with the murder of Virginia Bfooks 10 year old San Diego Cal school 8irl ft Police Chief Charles Becker said the man about 55 years old had beenp arrested several times at Tulsa for molesting small gipls His home officers 4 said is at resno Cal Officers said he came' from resno to Tulsa about a week after the Brooks girl disappeared eb 11 ft 4 Hfcd Bloody 41 The suspect was brought here from Tulsa where officers said he had a bloody shirt in his pos session claimed this was the result of a motor car accident Officers also are questioning the man in connection with a burglary Davidson has grey blond hair sV Tie Brooks mutilated body was found Tuesday near San Diego She had been dead ftaboutjifour 1 Long Criminal Record 'TULSA March Tulsa police 'said today that Gerald Davidson held at Oklahoma City as a in the slaying of Vir Brooks 10 near San Diego Cal has a criminal record extend ing from California to Michigan over a period of 20 years In baggage in a room which he occupied here two days before his arrest police found a silk slip underwear and stockings of a small girl They said they learned Davidson drove into a garage at Oklahoma City eb 27 with a girl about 10 years old Black' Hair Is Clue' SAN DIEGO Cal March A plaster cast of a tire track and two strands of black hair were the chief clues from which officers sought today to identify the fiend who killed and mutilated 10 year old Virginia Brooksftjft The car tire cast was made from an imprint on Camp Kearney mesa :15 miles north of here where the school (decapitated body wasfound in a sack Thursday One of the hair strands was caught' undet a thrnib nail and the other on the left hand Sheriffs' officers said they sought a man with the appearance of a moron seen with a girl re sembling Virginia shortly after she disappeared on her way to school here eb 11 furniture dealer and Bill Williams trapper of mountain lions were their in formants Hair from the head of a man who registered at a Los Angeles hotel as George Silvers a 1 shot himself to death yesterday was sent here for comparison with the strands found in hands Contradicts Himself The suspect denied any connec tion with the crime Chief Beck er however said the man con stantly contradicted himself He admitted taking a girl to a garage here eb 26 officers said after first denying this: The suspect said he last was in San Diego in 1929' He said he would waive ex tradition Engineers Begin Harnessing Stream Prominent in History LAS VEGAS Nev March The uming of the mighty Colorado river got under way to day rft Actual' work started on Hoover dam a monumental engi neering effort fittingly placed in a wild cection that has been a land of romance since the Sixteentji century The turbulentstream which draws its volume from seven states before emptying into the of California has been the object of study by government more than 40 years Out of 40 years of study "and 10 years of fighting tame the Swing Johnson bill providing for an expenditure of $165000000 for the great dam project but even as the crews went on the job today the fight was still on in Washing ton' e'' Arizona Is Defiant Arizona dissatisfied with pro visions ofthe Swing Johnson bill filed suit in the United States supreme court to prevent its con summation on the grounds that it discriminated against the state Waving aside opposi tion the six remaining states of the Colorado river basin entered a compact under which the develop now proceeds i The supreme court case still is pending When i Secretary Wilbur of the Interior department yesterday ac cepted the bid of the Six Com panies Irc of San ranciscojfor construction of the dam for slight ly less than $50000000 officials in charge announced workawould start immediately Skeleton crews were called on the job to clear a right of way for a rail line that will carry supplies to the dam site 400 Years of hundred years ago gold seeking: Spanish explorers entered the Southwest Later Mormons came down the Colorado found rich mineral deposits and establish ed colonies fiBut it remained for engineers to 'discover the real trea sure house of theWest lockedjP Colofado A great desert once the Salton sea was reclaimed near the delta of the Colorado" This now is theImperial valley of California from whose 2000 square miles early fruits and vegetables speed by ex press to all parts of the' United States River Is Menace But like a whimsical giant the 1700 mile Ti ver of sand and water continuously threatened to turn the rich valley back into the sea: More than seven million dollars have been spent levee and flood protection Each day the Colorado builds up its bed high above the Imperial Valley1 (de positing enough sediment each year to cover a hundred thousand acres a foot deep The flow of Colorado at Yuma Ariz': has reached 200000 cubic feet per second equivalent to that over Niagara alls Imperial "(Valley leaders faced continuously with annihilation by the flood menace iere joined by thirsty fasting growing southern California cities which sought the MIAMI PRIMARY? Commission Report Contains More CAMPAIGN TALK Comfort: foWets Tian for Drys The public school as an institu tion is Yigger than any individual Reaching as they do into almost svery Thome affecting the present and future welfare of the youth of the 'community the public schools must not be made either a political football or the medium for some disgruntled individual or in dividuals to vent personal griev ance We are interested in that only: men and women are elected to this board who have the best interest of this institution at heart and women members on this board who are not: inspired by selfish 'motives but "with a broad conception of the great service it is possible for each to render Administering to the affairs of the1 public ftschoolsft'is a job for trained executives 'The public school system of Miami is per haps the biggest business insti tution in this city and should be considered as such jr if ilt requires more $90000 an nually to operate the public schools In fact the operating expenses in 1928 29 was $9728880 In 'the year 1929 30 the operatings cost was jinn the year 1930 31 ssithe operating cost was J9150600 The program for the oast three years has been $439220 ess annually than the cost of iperation in 1927 28? or the pastwo years the Miami public schools pave been operated without state nd 'j Previous to this time more chan $12000 was? receiveds from ihe 1 state for the of the schools Taxes have not been in creased operating costs have been the state has not 1 been cajled upon for assistance and athe'same time these chools are iffering a wider curriciilunj thanver before wJStatistics show that only 5 per tent of high school graduates evef inter college? and receive the possibilities of a higher? education in? order to provide greater ad vantages and better equipment for ifie '95 of ''pupils who mt into workaday lite after finish ing high school: the: program of ihe past three years has made it possible' the boys or girls of the iverage home to receive training nt instrumental music vocal in struction commercial arithmetic kusiness law bookkeeping short land and typing 4 Operating under a modem sys tem of business administration the rliami schools are using an ac hirate and detailed budget con testing of seven major divisions Scientific business management has lot only reduced operating expenses Bid added an increased range of Dlucational i' advantages but has ftaced these schools 45 outside the parity state aid class do not believe that athe Iverage citizen after weighing all he facts will cast his 'ballot for Viy candidate for member of thehool board who does not measure itr or subscribe to this admin rtrative program of good business ftat facts and figures disclose has pen put into force in the manage lent of the Miami No Bcrease in taxes no state aid in jt eased educational advantages' Kvuig children of the family in lodest circumstanceswan oppor nmity' to go out into life not only Ijuipped a good high school fflucation but with a working Mowledge of business administra Rm is the present program the Miami schools accomplishedt 'through an increase in taxes ut through additional state aid Bitithrough system and modern Management and at the same time nth a decreased operating expense $439220 annually The budget 1927 28 four years ago 0850 The budget for 1930 31150000 with an operat ing cost for the past three years1 $9289600 The Record' is neither noosing norv backing individual Ilndidatesr This is a job for theters Neither are we interested nor have we much time ortience for the individual with aievance as against the "welfare the public schools as a wholemember this is a 'public insti Igion bigger than any individual be fair acknowledge Kts when facts are proven we justice when justice is de ved i BftVe are with "criticism but Bhatructive criticism we intend Ijlen: after investigation we feel lit criticism is justified but lbwing the 'facts after investi Iffiing the facts" we cannot do less BEn? commeqd the business like Epiinistration of publicBools ft Stove Explosion in House at Duncan Okla Laid to Use of Kerosene DUNCAN Okla? March 12 4P) kerosene explosion in a home here last night killed five persons The dead: '4 Mrs John Thurio 20:) her 2 year old daughter Mrs Ed Thurlo 22 hertwo daughters 5 and 2 The explosion followed by fire that destroyed the 'home small frame dwelling occurred when one of the women attempted to start a fire by pouring oil from a five gallon can into the kitchen stove One child was rescued 1 Husbands 'of the two women brothers employed at a re finery here They were not at home 1 One Child Rescued (: nrr 'i Hearing the blast iW Moss a neighbor rushed to the house and with the assistance of others res cued Helen 3 yeartold daughter of Mrs John Thurlo who had been playing on the back porch 4 Mrs 'Ed 'Thurlo seized one of her children Rafter the blast and staggered into the yard rolling in the grass but she died in a few jninutes The child idietLen route to a hospital1 Other bodies were' too badly burned to be recognized The stove'was a little open kitchen type 'in which the family 'burned oil sediment for fuel It wasbelieved one of the women not realizing there1 were embers left poured kerosene or gasoline on the fire ft SOLONWOUNDED BYHOTEL GUEST if VALPARAISO Ind March 12 (Al A story that Arlene Draves 18 years old died from wounds re sulting from being struck over the head with a milk bottle in the hands of a jealous girl friend and not from bruises inflicted by the convicted Virgil Kirkland engaged the attention of his counsel today raming their plea for a new tri al to be presented to Judge Grant Crumpacker Monday Defense At torney Barratt said that he was seeking the witness who was responsible for this new bit of evi dence SHOT ATAL TO DEPUTY BORGER Tex March A McLaury 47 years old dep uty sheriff died early today of bullet woupds received yesterday when he went to make an arrest A man was in jail at Stinnett in connection with the case Dr Wi McLaury a brother drove here from Aspermont and gave a pint of his blood for transfusion WELARE ACTUAL TOIL ON DE PUBLIC SCHOOLS MORE IMPORTANCE than Politics or ''f at' INDIVIDUAL GRIEVANCE Every votlr every 'citizen of Miami and 4 this school district should be vitally interested in the work of the public the biggest industry in ie community No citizen or voter should allow himself to overlooks facts and be influenced either by politics or by the biased judgment of one or more WASHINGTON March 12 (Al Secretary Wilbur today announc ed that all of the oil companies that been approached ne gotiations to limit imports have said they were willing to co oper Ddak Reports Gain in Jobs Bast Month WASHINGTON March 12 (Al SecretaryDoak today reportedthere "had been a general increase in the volume of industrial employ ment during ebruary Doak bas ed his announcement on depart ment statistics 1 He said the increase constituted first satisfactory indication of a general upward trend since the stock market collapsed in He estimated the total number of persons employed in industry had increased 14 percent in ebruary as compared with January and that the wages paid for ebruary would be 75 percent greater than in the preceding month I With the time becoming short for campaigning in city election workers unusually active in behalf of their primary favorites and Miami will see one of the warmest municipal elections in a decade it is believed Talk of and programswith municipal ownership of utili ties wbrth of the utility board sys tem and city manager system ad ministration of general city af fairs park board policy appoint ments and many other phases of city policies have entered into the election The primary is next Tuesday ollowing is the list "of candi dates: LaOLLETTE SPEAKS' Vr A Asks "Program to 'Stabilize Six Hour Day Also Broached arket THE Market pages tof every NewS Record are devoted to display advertising of fering many grocery specials Be sure and read them every time and save money on your groceries j' PENNEY A new suit for Easter at $1975 COLEMAN HUTTS Nyal Salts? 35c and 60c ') PENNEY New spring dresses at a low price A MIAMI BUILDING LOAN Watch' your money ac COLEMAN THEATRE of the Rio GLORY Gary Coop er in Caravans" WEARMen? get your wardrobe here ft IRST NATIONAL BANK $1 opens a savings account CROWN DRUG CO for colds SECURITY BANK TRUST CO Expert edvice NATIONAL ADVERTISERS Aspirin Grove's Krus chen Salts Mello glo riend Northrup King Dr 'Pierce SSS Santa Smith Bros 1 AUDIT ORDERED 4 Oklahoma city March 12' John Rogers state examinerI inspector was directed by Gov lor Murfay today to make an pit of bdoks and records of the Kek county treasurer The coun 1 the governor said' does not be money to make an audit of county official records now A buest for the audits was madeJimmy Wilson countyuse member and a committeem tbe eountv 4 AMT I 1 ATT 1717fVDTA 1 I Bft 4 a Vf 1 VBB iW tj ruunui 1 57 2 am' 59 4 am 57 6 am 52 am 49 io am 44 Noon.