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Evening star., 1933-12-24
NORTHWEST COLD
Z MAY STEM FLOODS
Deaths Total 13 and Many
Thousands Homeless as
Relief Appears. esA
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press'
SEATTLE, December 23.-The wealth.
er man brought the perfect Christmas
gift to the water-soaked Pacific North
west today-colder temperatures to stem
the floods which have caused lS deaths
and made thousands homeless.
General relief was felt in Washington.
oregon and British Columbia, although
traffic by rail and motor was still almost
paralyzed in Western Washington.
Fifteen cities and towns were in
undated in whole or in part, scores more
were isolated except to airplanes and
some rivers kept on rising, adding to
food damage already OF tremendous
extent.
William Greenwood, "the prophet of
DOOM" of Olympia, Wash, who is build
ing an ark and predicting deluge that
will wipe life from the earth, chuckled
grimly anent the inundation OF q few
hundred thousand acres in the North
west and said, its only sign. A
genuine flood will occur IN 1888, he de-
clared in warning sinners to prepare
for watery graves.
Rail Traffic Blocked.
All rail traffic into Puget Sound, ex-
cept from Vancouver British Columbia
and Grays Harbor was blocked by slides
and washoutS, and railroads said they
did not expect to operate much be-
twene Eastern and Western Washington
for two days. In Central Washington
traffic was blocked and hundreds Of
travellers were marooned.
In North Idaho floods thundered
down from the mountains, wrecking
houses as they came, shattered COM
DAlene mining cites of Wallace, Null
len, Kellogg and Burke for a time.
British Columbia, where earth slides
and foundations had wrecked havoc
with rail and motor traffic, reported
conditions were much improved.
Three deaths from the floods were
reported last night, bringing the total
to IS dead and many injured.
Hundreds of houses and stores were
abandoned, and at many points score
of men. women and children were found
packed into single upper room when
relief workers in motor boats came to
bring them food. Many schools closed
and two hospitals were evacuated.
Weather Bureaus at Portland and
Seattle predicted definite and immediate
relle1, Win COlQer WeaJner ana no rain
in sight. It had rained steadily for six
days, breaking rainfall records and flood
stages of rivers.
Service Near Hourly Basis.
Air travel doomed in Western Wash
ington and Oregon. The United Air
Lines at Seattle reported it was oper-
attng planes to Portland almost on an
hourly basis, with hundreds waiting for
passage.
Bert Hall, veteran pilot flying the
route, reported the whole country was
an inland sea-"more water than I
have ever seen before"
Down below" he said, villages were
pitifully poking the tops of houses
above vast sheets of water, and many
barns we're submerged or floating.
saw one herd of about $50 frightened
cattle huddled on knoll with nothing
but water in sight for miles around
them. Occasionally, on a highway, an
automobile would be creeping along.
throwing high spray of flood water
like a boats PROV"
Evening star., 1933-12-24
PlL0T-BALLOON SCARS
TO 17.1-MILE RECORD
Meteorological Sphere Stays Aloft
152 Minutes, Exceeding P-evi-
Gus Time by 10 Minutes.

An all-time altitude record for Navy
pilot-balloon observation flights has
Just been announced here by the Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics,
Released for regular daily Sound
ings," standard meteorological balloon
was observed for 152 minutes above
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, recently. This is
19 minutes longer than any previous
Navy record.
Assuming that the initial ascen-
sional rate of 600 feet per minute was
maintained throughout the sounding, y
it was explained, 'the balloon reached
an indicated altitude Of I'll miles"
The observers were r. A. Schneider,
aerographer, third class, and w. E.
Hey, seaman. first class.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
TRIP NORTH FOILED
Goodsaid Twins, 12, Fail in Ad.
venture Attempt,

George Goodsaid and his twin brother
Allan, II, of 1412 Chaplin street, will
be at home for Christmas in spite of a
trip north" they had planned.
George was picked up late yesterday
by police at the Bel Air, Md, sub
station. His brother was said to have
left home with him, but decided to re-
turn after getting as far as College
Park
A lookout for George had been broad
cast by police upon request of the boys
father, Morris Goodsaid He went to
Bel Air last night to bring the boy
back.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
RAY CAPABLE OF DESTROYING
LIFE AND CROPS is REPORTED
London Dispatches Say Ne,U Scientific Device Could
Be Used for Neutralising Plague
Conditions. ;

revealed some Of the characteristics Of
the ray.
It was described as "a wireless device
made to initiate deadly rays which have
been found In nature.
"Emulsions of abnormal bacteria are
taken from patients suffering from vari-
Gus diseases. These bacteria send out
rays SO strong that in some cases they
swing the needle of a galvanometer at
ranges up to 48 feet,
The wave lengths Of these emanations
are then said to have been reproduced
and Sarot oiit hu u,iralaes
Evening star., 1933-12-24
Croat Leaders Father Dies.

zAGREB, Yugoslavia, December %
R.-Ivan Machek, the father Of the
imprisoned Croatian leader, Viadko Ma
chek, died today at the age Of SO. The
release Of the younger Machek and
other political prisoners had been ex-
pected under an amnesty granted In
connection with the birthday Of King
Alexander. but this failed to materi-
Evening star., 1933-12-24
BY the Associated Press.

BY the AsSoclated Press.
LONDON, December 24.-A new life.
death" ray, said to be capable of pro-
jecting bactria emanationS which viii
destroy humans, animals and crops, wa.
described today in special article ir
the Sunday Dispatch.
The article said the new scientific de-
vice could be used as well for neutraliz-
ing plague conditions and fostering
healthier animal and plant life.
Prof. o. A. Newell, head Of the re.
search department Of the NatlOna
Health League. the newspaper said, hac
Evening star., 1933-12-24
SENDS CONGRATULATIONS.
King George Dispatches Message Ex
pressing Pleasure.

LONDON. December % P).-King
George sent message Of congratula-
ton today to the Emperor and the
Empress of Japan on the birth of q
son.
The Queen and I rejoice at the happy
news Of the birth of an heir to your
imperial house and hasten to send to
your imperial majesty our warmest con-
gratulations," the note read.
King George and Queen Mary are
spending the Christmas holidays with
their children and grandchildren at
Sandringham
Evening star., 1933-12-24
Bricks Scarce in England.

Although one firm in Britain is pro-
ducing 5000, 900 bricks a day, the coun-
try has shortage of bricks, and this is
holding up house construction in many
cities
Evening star., 1933-12-24
ILL BANKER FLIES TO U. S,
Peru Manager of National City
Leaves by Plane.

Leaves by Plane.
LIMA, Peru, December % R.-Ar-
thur s. Dewey Of Sheboygan, Wis, man
ager of the local branch of the National
City Bank, started by airplane today
for the United States and treatment
at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MINI.
Mrs. Dewey accompanied her hus-
band, who Is seriously LII With kidney
trouble. He was carried aboard the
plane after the cabin had been espe-
cially remodeled to accommodate a
stretcher.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
MONETARY POLICY
APPROVAL IS SEEN.
President Expected to Ask
Congress for Far-Reach-
ing Laws.
Continued From First Page.)

the inevitable purchase Of substantial
amount of silver in the near future.
"A rapid purchase of silver bullion
against which silver certificates can
be issued, redeemable in gold, would
have more to. do with restoring 1926
prices than anything I can think Of"
Speaker Rainey declared.
With Acting Secretary of the Treas
ury Morgenthau out Of town for Christ
mas and the holidays beginning, the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation set
no price for gold yesterday. The quo
tation has been $31.06 for the last few
days. President Roosevelt was at work
In his study in the White House proper,
but his secretariat gave assurance that
no monetary development could be ex-
pected over the week end holidays.
Eugene Black, governor Of the Federal
Reserve Board, was at his home in
Atlanta.
A White House visitor yesterday was
Robert w. Bingham, Ambassador to
England, who Is home for Christmas.
He told inquirers that economic condi-
tionS had been improving in England
ever since it departed from the gold
standard, and he attributed the upturn
partly to wise management Of the
6QudllZdLlOn Iu0Q.
Indications available yesterday after
the meeting of Federal Reserve bank
governors were that administration fis-
cal experts were beginning to be i'm
patient with the failure Of commodity
prices to respond to the increase In the
price set for gold since the Warren pro-
gram was launched. It has been the
Presidents idea to force prices upward
through one device or another before
devaluating. Now he Is under pressure
to hasten matters by devaluating.
But some Of his advisers are reluctant
to see q permanent devaluation. fearing
subsequent action by Great Britain and
the natural forces which would tend to
send the dollar upward thereafter on
the foreign exchanges. The President
also has not given up his idea, SO far as
can be learned, for variations in the
gold content of the dollar in an attempt
to maintain steady purchasing power.
Evening star., 1933-12-24
Would Set Price Here.
The kglSAtlOn COnSeQQentlY belng


advanced is understood to provide lee
way for considerable action with respect
to gold content In line with t6e same
thought of centralized control, the
Treasury would be placed In charge
Of all the country's gold and given
authority to buy all gold offered. setting
a world price here. This would make
the gold program effective and avoid
the indirectness Of Reconstruction
Finance Corporation financing in the
view of some who are advising the ad-
ministration. 1t is acknowledged, how
ever, that international complications
might be risked.
There have been no definite sugges-
tons as to the greater monetary use
OF silver. but President Roosevelt made
clear Friday that he believes silver is
one of the two recognized bases OF
currency on worldwide scale and
that he has no fear of bimetalism.
His delegation to the London Economic
Conference suggested the countries
agree to optional inclusion of silver
as one-fifth of the reserve base foI
currency. He will be under pressure
in Congress to go beyond his present
Whether final decision on these dis
cussed proposals has been reached was
not disclosed yesterday.
Aid to West.
In his statement on silver, Speaker
Rainey said:
II see nothing to get excited about.
It is very small bite at the cherry.
The encouraging thing about it is that
it is evident the President Is thinking
now in terms of silver. 1t does not
materially widen our metallic base.
Our gold-buying program evidently,
however, will not stop, and this pro-
gram forces as inevitably to make
substantial purchases of silver in the
near future.
The Presidents program will help
silver producing sections of the West.
1t will not materially increase the world
price of silver. Practically what 1t
24,000,0 900 ounces of silver a year and
to this extent 1t will help raise silver
prices. 1t is an inexpensive experiment
and costs the Government nothing at
ALL
The market reactions were signifi-
cant. 1t shows what even a slight step
in the direction of a bimetallic base
will do. A rapid purchase of silver
bullion against which silver certificates
can be issued, redeemable in gold,
would have more to do with restoring
1926 prices than anything I can
think of.
I'VE are approaching the time when
we cannot attempt to maintain a ratio
between gold and silver. 1t would be
difficult to maintain even a ratio of
20 to !. But certificates issued against
silver bullion would make it unneces-
sary to attempt to maintain a ratio"
Evening star., 1933-12-24

Who Pays, Is Question.
A phase Of the assessment feature
that Is causing speculation among de-
nositors Is the question Of who Is going
70 nav the u Of l per cent fee, the
bank or the customer?
In this connection It is recalled that
Controller oaoennor. 10 Q speech he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-18

Unusual TO find a
coat like this that will
do as a dress coat or
as a sports coat. take
the belt off and you'll
have a dress coat. All
brown .......... S19.75
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-18
BedUerette (rdbbit)
Manchurian Wolf (dOg)
Pointed Wolf (dOg)

Harmony in Black"
a high neckline is eff
fected with the richly
furred collar. A fash
ion highlight is the
sleeve details. .S19.75
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-18
Jersey Dresses. .S2.29

Well made, all wool in brown,
green, navy and red. Waist
line styles, collars, ties, fancy
stitch, button and belt trimmed.
Downstairs at Ayres.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-18
SIipover Sweaters, S1.25

AlI-wool, novelty weave
sweaters. Puff or long sleeve,
with or without collars. Some
turtle necks. Wine, green,
brown, red and blue. Sizes 30
to SO.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-18

Wide Shoulders is
the story on this sports
coat, with very wide
lapels. Double breast
ed and belted to give
that extra bit of chic.
Deep brown ..S19.75
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-18

A "Study in Black"
beautiful high fur col
lar tied at the youth
full neckline. The fur
on the sleeves adds a
touch of chic. . .S19.75
Downstairs at Ayres.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-18
Boys Corduroy Shorts
Boys Warm Union Suits


Select seconds in short sleeve, knee length or long
sleeve ankle length short ankle length. Col
Ors are white random and some part-woO Sizes
from "a to 81 mostly.
tai at
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-18

A fashionable wardrobe this season
must have Twins" the sweater set
that goes everywhere All-woOI
slipover and a matching coat sweat
er. In navy, brown, wine and green.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-18

It's made of cotton but looks and
feels like angOra wool. This spOrtiest
of the sport dresses comes in dark
shades and football colOrs. Sizes IA
70 20.
Downstairs at Ayres.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-18
Boys Fast Color Shirts.
Sturdy PuII.On Sweaters.

Exceptional quality materials that will give plenty
of good long service and at the same time keen him
warm. Plain cOIOrs with fancy borders
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-25
A Weapon in the Hands OF
the Steel Workers

In the struggle against these new
wage-cuts the Daily" will be wea-
pom in the hands of the steel workers.
The capitalist newspapers in every
large and small town are already
working to convince the steel workers
that the cut will be necessary, that
the companies are losing money!
that it will mean more work." ETC..
Only the Daily is exposing these
lies and showing that a wage-cut
means more hunger and impoverish-
ment for the steel workers and their
families. And above all, the Daily
Worker is giving organizational guild
ance and assistance in the struggle to
smash the coming wage-cuts.
+
THE steel workers understand this.
4 They have always stood by the
DAILY" in past emergencies, and viii
work energetically to maintain and
strengthen it in this present critical
period. Support must and will be Civ
en- the Daily" from every steel town
and section, every branch of the
Steel and Metal Workers Industrial
Union, every individual member Of
the union, as we'll as the unorganized
steel and metal workers Of this coun-
try.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-25
Campaign to SAGE Daily
Must Be Sbeeded Up

the Daily
$4,000 fund continued the
of the Communist The this
is be found the failure of leading committees OF the
ally the district and section comneeo realize the essential political
the problem question Daily
brought objections raised
the order of business it out of order discuss it.
ought everyone ridiculous
chancal separation the Daily Worker the problem
TO effective in the industries has nothing
with Communism 1t is opposition the statement
Party poicaized
and made integral part of all campaigns.
THQUALLY approach
T. found in practically district the Party The
lack of Daily"
haven't
take the work with the Daily This
continuation of the committed the section
conference there political appreciation what this drive
will interfere with will
all such campaigns higher political level showing the
the
dnatng that revolutionary direction all the
manifold struggles the oppressed
the
unbeevbefor District (Chago) the district
United States which
OF the Certainly with the splendid the
the conference
there should be steadily for the Daily without
special campaign such the under way
ITO possible
payzng the
immediate
be to correct them the best doing this
verify the
district
fractions in the organizations the nghborhoods
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-25
Norman Thomas Further
UnmaSkS Himself

GOVERNOR HORNER of Illinois, although only in office
few weeks is proving to his capitalist masters that he
knows how to make of the sOcaascst leaders of the
Socialist Party to supplement his of the armed forces of
the state (the police and mtia) against the fighting miners
of Christian County.
The Rev. Norman Thomas recently presidential candl-
date the socialist party ticket went to Springfield last
Saturday speech Springfield press
officially the
with brought the he enter
tanned BETTING of bourgeois During
effectively settle Christian
recording the that Thomas
spoke Governor initiating his Illustration with
determined effort tranquility the of the
of Horner consisted sending Christian help
the and the thugs their muerous attack the
pckets the relief station kitchen supplement bull
bayone and backcks with the of starvation directed
the whole working class population children
ntamen who crush the and have
enforced virtual martial permitted the breaking
guest, Thomas speak at Taylorvile.
stgmaze
the Socialist possibly unmask this socaast
than he has mmasked himself.
Undoubtedly,
leadership to fulfill its capitalism against the
tong revolutionary
revolutions
their which
their future action Thomas will
Party party
ing class
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-25
ington government.


However, the chief reason for
this is not merely the failure in
the matter of recognition. We con-
slider that the chief reason is (and
this may be quite so), that the
representative of your government
in our country all the time attempt
to SOW discomfort and to spread
ideas of Soviet government.
We are having in our country
what is called the Monroe doc
trine', which means, that we do not
wish to interfere with any country
in the world, but are strictly adj
herring to our own business. We,
therefore, do not wish any country
be it England, France, Germany,
Russia, or any other-to interfere
in our own affairs.
Russia is so vast a country that
she can accomplish independently
all the tasks decided upon by her
people. Russia has her own re-
sources of all kinds, and though
in the long run it will require
more time, the Russians will be
able to develop their resources
quite independently.
I'VE are glad to feel that in many
W instances we are an ideal for
the Russian people, and I think
that we may be quite useful to
them, particularly as regards the
saving of time. Since we have
solved numerous economic prob
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-25

THE decision of the Party to make
L this steel plant point of con-
centration is absolutely correct. We
have seen in the last 2 or months
activity to make it ready for i'm
mediate transformation to war pro-
duction. Already barbed wire is
made inside the mill for Japan. We
have not yet the full details on this.
What is particularly significant is
that while all the Is open hearth
furnaces are not running full cap
acity, they have built up three
more open hearths-and this to-
gether with other activities in the
plant shows that with the coopera-
ton of the War Department the
plant is being transformed for war
production in preparation for war.
Normally $4,000 workers are en-
ployed here. In the event of war
at least 10000 will be employed,
since they will manufacture very
important war material.
The composition of the workers
is 40 per cent foreign born; 80 per
cent Negro and 80 per cent native
born. The major groups in the
mill are Finnish, Polish, Greek and
italian. The town itself is COM
pany town. A lot of the smaller
towns while not actually company
towns are controlled by the steel
corporation. Jim Crow sections in
which the Negro workers have been
segregated exists in the town. The
workers live in an area of rs miles
which makes it somewhat difficult
to reach them.
WITHIN the last two weeks the
" wages of the workers have been
cut by so per cent. There have
been three regular general cuts in
February, October and January of
last year. They affected all de-
partments. But the wages are
forced down even beyond this, be-
cause most of the workers are em-
ployed part time.
WEAK LEADERSHIP TO
WORK IN SHOP
Within the past few weeks we
have gotten in new workers
American workers. The Commu-
mist Party and Y.C.L. membership
has gone up as high as 40. 1t
dropped little since then. Other
workers who were laid off were not
kept in the nucleus and allowed to
drift out. The members were not de-
veloped, no guidance from the
Party section committee and from
the center, no discussion on trade
union and Party problems. Very
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-25

and has seen the work carried out
in preserving the monuments Of
art, and in general in the improve
ment of cultural standards. He
was particularly struck by the care
taken of workers (men and women.
He found it an interesting coinci-
dence that before his departure
from the United States he was in
vited to visit the president and saw
his son and Mrs. Coolidge, whereas
yesterday he was the guest Of Ka-
linin, who is the President of the
u. S. S. r., and who made deep
impression upon him.
Comrade Stain. AS regards the
plans for agricultural and indus
trial construction, as well as our
work in the development Of cul-
tural life, we are as yet only at
the very start of our work. Very
little has been as yet accomplished
by us in the realization of the pro-
gram Of reconstruction of agricul-
tural economy. We must not for
get that our country has been ex-
ceptionally backward, and this
backwardness is a great obstacle
even now. The difference between
the former and the new leaders in
Russia lies in the fact that the
former leaders considered the back
wardness of the country as an as
set, seeing in it "a national pecu-
liarity", a."national pride, whereas
the new men, the Soviet men are
fighting this backwardness as an
evil, which is to be rooted out.
Therein lies the assurance of our
success.
We are quite aware of the fact
that we are not free from errors.
But we are not afraid of criticism,
nor are we afraid Of facing diff
culties or recognizing our mistakes.
We accept all proper criticism and
welcome it. We are watching the
U. S. A. for this country stands
high in scientific and technical
development. We would like the
men Of science and engineering in
America to be our teachers in the
matter Of technique and ourselves
to be their pupils.