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Evening star., 1933-12-24
UTAH HOME LOANS
TOTAL $881,205.10
Dwellings Of 353 Families Saved.
G. W. A. Checks Bring
Real Cheer.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, December
23.-Home loans have saved the homes
of 1853 families in Utah at q total cost
Of 1881 ,205.10, which means that more
than 1,500 people have had the burden
Of worry lifted from their shoulders
Just as Winter set in. Utah has been
enjoying one of the mildest Winters
on record. What early this season gen.
orally is snow was rain this year. and
there Is scarcely enough snow now for
q schoolboys' battle. And the weather
has been warm and balmy. This help
from Nature has been q boon to the
relief organizations which have pre-
vented actual suffering. The strain has
been heavy on those who had to give,
but the contributions were made.
Real cheer for Christmas has been
brought by the @. w. A. checks which
the heads Of families now are drawing
instead Of allotments from the relief
warehouses. There are 5000 C. W. A.
workers in Salt Lake City and many
more throughout the State, and all are
doing useful work.
One angle Of the work which Is bene-
fitting Salt Lake City especially is the
mosquito abatement work. The flats
near the Great Salt Lake, and only
few miles from the city, have been q
breeding place for mosquitoes for many
years. Plans have been drawn and
every preparation made for the actual
drainage Of these lands for several years,
but the work was not started.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
new MEXICO BENEFITS
BY TRADE BOOST DRIVE
Governors Program Marked by
General Upturn-state Highway
Department Debts Paid.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SANTA FE, N. Mex, December 23.-
Gov. A. w. Hockenhull's trade booster
program, called a holiday jubilee" In
his proclamation, has gone over.
Up to week ago business was dull
everywhere in the State. During the
last week, however-the week covered
in the chief executives proclamation
there has been decided change. Stores
have been tull Of pref Christmas shop
pers and money has been circulating
freely.
One of the biggest factors in bring
ing this about and incidentally Hook
enhuI's biggest accomplishment since
he has been In office, was the paying
of Of the State Highway Departments
old debts. nearly $400,0 000--almost q
dollar for every person counted in New
fexico's last census. This was made
eossible by the issuance Of $500, 900
highway debentures, to be paid for
out of the States gasoline tax. These
had been tied up until recently by the
referendum. A court decision released
them.
Another thing that contributed was
the election to put the secondary road
program workers on q weekly pay ba-
sis. This turned loose additional thou
sands that otherwise would have been
held up until after Christmas.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
new GOVERNORSHIP
CANDIDATE IN RACE
J. W. Bartlett Receives Praise Of
Massachusetts, Governor to
Succeed Him.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

| Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOSTON, December ga new
candidate for the governorship was
projected into the political spotlight
here this week when Gov. Ely, who
repeatedly has spurned overtures from
his fellow Democrats that he seek a
third term, stopped Just short Of in
dorsing Joseph w. Bartlett as his sue
cessor next year.
Lavish praise heaped by the Gov
ernor on Mr.. Bartlett came at the
climax of his activities as chairman of
the Massachusetts civil works admin
istration under which he directed the
assignment for expenditure by local
municipalities Of $4,000, 900 in Federal
funds for public works projects which
will provide jobs for 13l 1000 unem-
ployed citizens between now and Febru-
ary IS.
Unusual significance was attached to
the Governors action In view of the
fact that Mr.. Bartlett's chances Of
being elected to the governorship have
been widely discussed in the press for
several weeks, with no disclaimer Of
such political ambitions coming from
him.
Mr.. Bartlett of course, is q Demo-
crat and would make an excellent run
ming mate for United States Senator
David l. Walsh, who win seek re-elec-
ton next year. Mr.. Walsh comes from
the middle section of the State, while
Mr.. Bartlett resides In Newton, Just
outside Boston. They would produce q
balanced ticket, Q combination that has
been successful among the Democrats
in recent years.
The Republican nominee Is almost
ceretain to be Lieut.. Gov. Gaspar q.
Bacon, son Of the Secretary Of State
In the late President Roosevelts cab
met, and q brother of Representative
Robert L. Bacon, Of New York. .-4,
new method OF selecting its party cau6-
dates for the State wide Offices next year
for the first time. A recent Legislature
enacted q law under which the two
major political parties will have the
authority to give official party indorse-
ments to the candidates for United
States Senator, Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, secretary Of State, State
treasurer, State auditor and attorney
general.
Once the Republican and Democtatic
conventions the nominees must 60 be-
fore the voters In the regular direct
primary election to win the places as
ballot. This pre-primary convention
Will be held In Jttne, with the regular
primary election coming In September.
The Republicans have not yet ad-
vanced any candidate for the senator
ship against Senator Walsh. but It Is
believed that oil Ebcn 8. Draper,
twice an unsuccessful candidate for the
G. @. P. senatorial nomination, win
again seek II. probably without any
E-eat onpSSiticl,
Evening star., 1933-12-24
BY GEORGE HEALY, JR.

NEW ORLEANS, La, December a.
The waning years last days are bring
ing no dearth Of developments in the
fields Of economics, crime and politics
In Louisiana.
Conviction of two murderers within
the past week climaxed investigations
Of the States most sensational crimes
of the year. Both convictions carry the
penalty OF death, and one Of the per-
sons ordered to be hanged is q woman.
A New Orleans jury found Louis Ken
meth Neu, young adventurer, guilty of
numbering Shefheld Clark, ST.. Nashville
Tenn, business man, in aaotel room
here. Defense attempts to prove alleged
insanity Of Neu. who clubbed Lawrence
Shead, Paterson, N. j., to death less
were futile.
Woman Convicted.
Two days after the New Orleans Jury
returned a verdict carrying the penalty
Of death in the Neu case, q Washington
parish jury convicted Mrs. Allie Mae
Purvis, 38-year-old grandmother. for
the murder Of her husband. The de-
fense unsuccessfully attempted to prove
that Mrs. Purvis' confession, in which
she related she employed a Negro yard
boy to push her husband into Pearl
River, was obtained by duress.
Continuing its record of having at
least one new political development each
week, Louisiana is turning its attention
to maneuvers preceding the New
Orleans mayoralty primary. The city's
general election Is fixed by law for
April 8.
Thousands of citizens who had not
previously qualified crowded the regis
tration ohice during the week to register
after Registrar Of Votes G. s. Barnes
Evening star., 1933-12-24
MURDER TRIALS HOLD INTEREST
Neu Widely Followed in Louisiana During
Week-Thousands Of Citizens Register for
Elections Next April 8.

announced that his rolls would be
closed today. Under Louisiana law, the
rolls must be closed 30 days before a
primary election; but the Orleans
Parish Democratic Committee, under
the law, cannot meet until January 2
to fix the date of the primary.
Primary Date in Doubt
Jules A. eraser, city employe and
chairman Of the Parish Committee, and
Mr.. Barnes, who was appointed ~ Gov.
0. K. Allen, announced, however, that
the primary election will be held
January 23-justifying, they claim, the
closing Of the registration rolls today.
Opponents Of the Long ALLEN admins
tration, which Is expected to support
Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley for re-
election, counted that no one can know
definitely when the primary will be held
until the Parish Committee meets
legally. They say that they had ex-
pected the primary to be called for
about February /, permitting the regis
tration rolls to remain open until
January 2.
Preparations are being made for the
formal opening Of Shushan Airport with
Pan-American air races during the week
Of Mardi 0ras, February IS. Finishing
touches are being completed at the
lakefront flying field, and thousands of
visitors have inspected the airport dur
ing visiting hours on Sundays.
Phil and Cliff Henderson, who are in
charge Of plans for the air races, an
nounce that they expect . majority Of
the Nations best known speed flyers to
participate In events marking dedication
Of the new airport.
Depositors Of the Morris Plan Bank,
which Is In LIQUIDATION, are receiving
dividends Of 50 per cent Of the amounts
of their deposits.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
HELENA. Mont, December 23.-The
State Highway Commission has award
give DS work o to undrsds s Of men sa HnoteI M
letting will be made on December 20
This work will continue through much
OF the Winter and will be q godsend
to the idle. Highway work now /,
occupying a neat per cent OF the un-
employed in Montana.
Another project which means work
is dormitory for the State School oi
Mines in Butte. Approval by the
to be $4,000. The building has long
been needed by the school.
II Is estimated that this project will
give work to $50 men for eight months
It is one of a number of projects for
the Greater University Of Montana, OF
which the mines school Is q unit. In
addition, the P, w. A. is considering
several sizable high school projects for
the State, all sorely needed
Here in Montana-as elsewhere
there Is considerable speculation re-
garding the probability or improbability
that legal liquor will run the bootleg
ger out. And, privately, not a few
fear it will not, at least for some time
to come.
Here, again, as elsewhere, the price
OF constitutional drinks Is possibly to
be too high. Montana Is to control
sale of the hard stuff and there is
talk Of peddling something which will
slide down-with sputter, Of course
at as low as $3.50 to 50 per pint. But
the real stuff, is the story, is to cost
as high as 81 and such prices, the
wise ones say, simply will not worry
the moonshiner and bootlegger at all.
For the time, bootleg has risen, but
it would be simple to lower the price
again-to a point far under the States
seeming notion Of what q snort is worth.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
MICHIGAN URGES
GROESBEC|K TO RUN
Man Once Discarded by Poll.
ticians Seen Nominee +.
for. Governor.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

GpcCihl Dikp6tcd TO xn0 Star.
DETROIT, Mich, December ga
man Nllihed and discarded by politi-
clans and the public q few years age
because he admittedly had the char
actertstics and to some degree the per-
Sonal appearance Of Mussolini is now
being courted and acclaimed for pos
sessing these same characteristics.
He Is Alex j. Groesbeck, three times
Governor, who has emerged as the man
Of the hour In Michigan and the re-
cipient Of hundreds Of letters uring him
to become candidate for the Repub-
ucan nomination for Governor.
Developments Of the last week ir
efforts of Groesbeck Arrangement
which have been made to pay in ful
all the small depositors of the closec
Guardian National Bank, this has tend
ed to increase the Groesbeck popularity
Groesbeck in urging this plan on the
r. F. G. acted officially as attorney 70.
the Guardian Depositors' Committee
and co-author Of the plan.
No sooner had the R. F. G. an.
nounced that loans would be advanced
to pay the 1o4, 900 depositors with less
than 81 900 in the bank than Groesbeck
announced similar plan could be
worked out for small depositors in the
closed First National Bank. Efforts
now are under way to arrange surrender
of certain rights by the large depositors
in the First National Bank to permit
q successful conclusion Of the plan.
Groesbeck so far has refused to dis
cuss the gubernatorial proposal. He
says he Is too busy to talk OF politics.
At the same time the loan to the Guar
dian National Bank is rebuilding Groes-
beck in the public eye and Is adding to
the popularity of the Federal admin
istration in Washington.
The passage Of liquor control bill
by the Legislature in which State con-
troll of liquor Is assured and local op-
ton Is provided was q victory for the
Democratic administration in Lansing.
Gov. William A. -Comstock has an
nounced he will call The lawmakers into
a second special session II they put the
skids to his tax reform proposals, as
seemed probable with the Christmas
holidays approaching. Arrangements
were made In the liquor control act to
lend revenues derived in profits to the
weak school districts in the State, but
this revenue is far from SUFFICIENT to
meet the imperative needs outlined by
Comstock.
It was announced at Warrington dur
ing the week that the Michigan G. w.
A. quota Of $4,000 men would be In
creased to $4,000.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
MISSISSIPPI HOMESTEAD
PROJECTS ARE PLANNED
Special Dispatch to The star.

JACKSON, Miss, December 49,
Plans for seven homestead projects in
Mississippi have been announced by
Adjt. Gen. Thomas Grayson, head Of
the State Committee, who said he had
assurances that Secretary Of Interior
Ickes would approve.
The plans cal for 160-acre farms, and
the homesteads are to be near Richton,
Hattiesburg, Laurel. McComb, Meridian,
jackson, Tupelo and Vicksburg.
Announcement Of the employment of
$4,000 men In Federal aid projects Of
the @. w. A. in Mississippi was made
by Chairman Boyd Campbell Of the
State COMMITTEES.
Although the Government aid prof.
ects now under way and those under
contemplation have attracted more at
tention than the usual run Of Miss1-
sippi politics, Theodore Bilbo, former
Governor, but now Of Washington, stated
In an interview he ID contemplating
making o race against United States
Senator Hubert Stephens. BIlbos state
ment Is looked upon as q feeler for
support.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
MONTANA HIGHWAY PROJECTS ~
WILL GIVE JOBS TO HUNDREDS
P. ". a. Approves Erection of Dormtory for State
School of Mines-Money Received to Aid
Idle Teachers-Ripple of Politics Seen.

And, human nature being what IL Is,
not q few may continue to 20 I'D the
alley for their red-eye.
intendent of pubic instruction' an
nounces that Montana has been al
lotted $1,000 per month 10 carry on Q
two-month program to provide en-
pif piHfymbens be Morn toT Tor IDLE teaenefs There
Is estimated. Authority for the program
Is obtained from L. r. Alderman, d.
rector Of relief In education, In the office
Of Harry Hopkins. national director Of
relief, in Washington, D. c.
Certified teachers and those capable
OF teaching who are without employ
rnent will be considered In filling the
$50 positions. Glasses are TO be set
up for adults and illiterates and for
rural education. Payment is to be on
q per hour basis, corresponding to the
pay Of regularly employed teachers.
There Is q ripple-just a faint one
Of politics In Montana The resigna-
ton Of George NJ. Bourquin, Fed
eral judge in the western district Of
Montana, has caused speculation re-
garding the old rumor that his honor
Graves seat In the Upper Mouse Of
Congress.
Two senate seats Will be at stake in
the Montana elections of 1884 The
regular term of Senator B. K. Wheeler
will expire and Senator J. E. Erickson
also will go before the people, it Is
believed, to retain his seat. He Is serv-
ing out the unexpired term Of United
States Senator T. J. Walsh, who died
last Winter Just before he was to have
entered the cabinet as Attorney Gen.
eral Of the United States Both Wheeler
and Erickson are Democrats.
Judge Bourquin, whose resignation Is
to 90 into effect next Spring, Is Repub-
hcan. 1t has long been known that he
would like to round out his remarkable
career in the Senate.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
W|NANT IS SILENT
ON LIQUOR REPEAL
New Hampshire Governor
Gives No Hint on Attitude
Toward State Law. 9.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

MANCHESTER, N. H., December %.
Despite the many petitions presented
to the Governor and Council at its last
meeting favoring a special session Of
the New Hampshire Legislature to re-
peal the State dry" laws, Gov. John
G. Winant has not indicated whether
he would or would not call the State
solonS for special meeting Of the
General Court. Meanwhile New Hamp-
shire will continue to remain dry" the
only hard liquor permitted being that
which Is sold for medicinal purposes.
Six per cent beer is permitted to be
sold in the State
protect dry New Nanll Hampshire In srofr from s1
wet" States nearby, will send a num-
Der Of prohibition officers here 10 pre-
vent any how of liquor. across the bor-
only four Federal officers to protect the
State under the Webb Kenyon act, and
1t Is expected that the force will be
enlarged by transfer of officers from
wet States. If Vermont and Maine
decide to change their liquor laws, New
Hampshire will be the only dry" spot
In New England.
State Buys Bridge.
The mile-1ong bridge over the Eamp-
ton River has been purchased by the
State from the receivers of the Massa-
chusetts Northeastern Street Railway
Co., the papers being passed this week.
The bridge, q toll span. will continue
as such, but under lower schedule of
rates.
Both the Republican and Democratic
parties in the State are getting ready
for the 1884 gubernatorial race. The
Democrats are elated over the gains
made by the party in the recent city
elections, with most of the Granite
State cities now safely Democratic.
Raymond E. Stevens of Landau, Amos
Blandin of Bath, John B. Jameson of
Concord, Maj. Tilton of Tilton. former
Congressman Eugene e. Reed of Man.
chester and DR.. James j. Powers of
Manchester are being prominently men,
toned for the berth.
Much interest Is manifested in the
Republican gubernatorial nomination
H. Styles Bridges Of Concord is the first
In the field with an announcement as
q candidate. Many believe that former
Gov. Huntley N. Spaulding will again
cast his hat into the ring. but the
former Governor says he will not run
Many Of his friends believe that If
enough pressure can be brought, he may
enter the fight.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
NEBRASKA REPORTS.
INCREASE IN TRADE.
c. w. A. Jobs and Higher
Bank CIearings ForeteII
Better Business.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
OMAHA, Nebr, December 23.-In-
creased bank clearings. thousands more
provided with work by the Civil Works
Administration, satisfactory betterment
in retail trade and numerous reports of
improved business in the remoter parts
of the State all contribute to a feeling
of well-being such as this agricultural
State has not experienced for many
months.
Nebraska farmers have not yet begun
TO take advantage OF the corn loan pro-
gran gram in IN numbers: The local R. F. G.
has devoted its services to farmers of
that State almost exclusively so far,
for Iowa got in legal line earlier. When
the Nebraska farmers start cribbing
45-cents-a-bushel basis, there seems
assurance that the holiday feeling will
continue through the Winter. And 1t
is not without the realm of possibility
that Nebraska farmers are not in such
need of these loans as was supposed.
In the Spring the public works proja
ects, already approved, will get an early
start, State N. R. A. 0fficialS assert.
They are many in number, planned to
follow the G. w. A. program that will
thin out around March, according to
plan.
Clearings Up 80 Per Cent.
Omaha bank clearings for last week
showed an increase Of 80 per cent above
the same week a year ago. Allen T.
Hupp, secretary of the Omaha Asso-
ciated Retailers, reported increase in
retail trade about to 10 per cent in
dollar volume. The Omaha World
Herald reported an increase of 5,675 in
its State circulation from August to
November
Job placements in the c. w. A. pro-
gram this week in SO out of SO counties
in the State totaled 43,463, compared
with about $1,000 q week ago. At the
same time the registration Of unem-
ployed reached 50,955. A rush to reg
lister has been noted, since only regis
tered men are given Federal program
Jobs.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
"New Deal" Brings
Changed Situation
In South Carolina
County Farm Agents Find
Improvement All
Along the Line.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
COLUMBIA, S. c., December 49,
Economic recovery made possible by
but even more vital is the social sig
nificance of the changed situation.
Standards of living are being main
tanned, and institutions which build up
the citizenship of the future are func-
tioning. Reliable reports from all sec
tions of the cotton belt are bringing
us a dramatic picture Of Just what the
increased income is meaning to the
cotton farmer and to the entire South.
Schools which would have been closed
are staying open; long-needed clothing
and other essentials are being bought;
bank notes and debts, some of them so
old as to be legally uncollectable, are
being paid" The foregoing is a state
ment made by one of more than 20
county agents in different parts of
South Carolina. There was not dis
cordant note from any from whom
:Satements we're asked.
Reports Are Encouraging.
The State is not entirely out Of the
doldrums, but from one end to the
other there are reports which are most
encouraging. This means the farmers,
the most influential single class in the
State, are behind President Roosevelt.
The cotton mill employees are enthusiast
tically behind him, regardless Of the fact
that there Is beginning to be q lessen
ing Of the number of hours worked and
to some extent of the number Of en-
ployes.
With both farming and manufactur-
ing In this State in much better condi-
tion than year ago, with number of
public projects under way which would
never have been undertaken but for
Federal aid and with much greater
projects proposed, South Carolina prom
ises to rise above normal.
Eighty projects are proposed, aggre-
eating S58, ,669, 900, and the State G. w.
A. Board has approved as more which
are pending in Washington.
r- Offers Transportation.
The greatest of these is the Santee-
Cooper hydroelectric and navigation
proposal, which would create about
100000 electric horsepower and which
would be in the center OF the coastal
region of South Carolina. The project
also would permit water transportation
between Charleston and Columbia, the
capital, 100 miles away.
The Santee-Cooper River Canal was
finished in 1900 by the State and the
first to pass through the canal was a
farmer who lived about $50 miles away
in,..tne upper part Of the State. He
took small boat laden with hides and
indigo through the canal in 1900.
Before the Civil War there was a
large water traffic between Columbia
and Charleston, but the devastations Of
war and the building of railroads
bronght this traffic to an end. The
Santee-C Cooper project. while now pri-
uisrily for power, would give the oppor-
tllnity to develop this traffic again.
II the projects proposed materialiSe
South Carolina will be q transformed
State, due to the forces ses In mqtion
BY Prefdent Roosevelt. 4
Evening star., 1933-12-24
CAMPAIGN ON LIQUOR
Is STARTED IN MAINE
Legislature Re-enacts Law of 1917,
Making Acquisition of
Rum Easier.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

cpo0tAi GnspstCu W Aue 6vers
AUGUSTA, Me-, Dec. 2s.-After
nearly 100 years Of prohibition, SO of
them constitutional prohibition. Maine
this week was lining up for decisive
battle to decide whether that policy
would be retained or q form of liquor
control be substituted for 1t.
This campaign viii come to climax
In September, with the referendum on
the constitutional prohibition ordered
by the special session Of the Legisltaure,
which adjourned on Wednesday night.
At the same time the Legislature made
1t easier for Maine people to legally se-
cure intoxicating liquors, by re-enact-
ing the laws relative to transportation,
which prevailed up to 1917. It was In
1917 that the Legislature began passing
laws Tightening up on transportation to
the extent that It was unlawful for q
person to carry, even half pint on his
person. This Is done away with by tile
measure approved by Gov. Brann,
which forbids only transportation for
Illegal sale.
Despite the urge Of Gov. Brann tt;st
. liquor sale bill 10 provide new reve-
iiues for the State b passed, the Legis.
lature refused to enact under law.