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Evening star., 1934-02-04
C.. ". Il. ABUSES
ARE CHARGED
NCOMPLAINTS
Fauoritisn, Alleged
in Spending Fund
in Idaho.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special DlSpatcn TO Inc 6tar.
BOISE, Idaho. bruary s.
Charges Of favoritism in distribution
OF better-paying jobs and in purchases
of supplies under the c. w. A. pro-
gram have been filed with State and
National c. w. A. administration
headquarters.
An order by Administrator Hop
kins that all civil works pay rolls and
records OF supply and material pur-
chases shall be open to public in
spection will tend to put an end to
misunderstanding" Idaho c. w. A.
officials believe.
Patronage problems continue to
cause troubled waters in Idaho, as
we'll as in other Western States Com
plants have been filed with Repre-
sentative Compton I. White. Idaho
first district, only Far Westerner on
the House Patronage Committee.
White let it be known here that
handling of money appropriated by
this Congress under the new deal has
too long been left in the hands of in
dividuals unsympathetic to the ad-
ministration," and that he had pro-
tested alleged determinations.
Four State highway construction
projects will be undertaken early this
Spring, reports J. H, Stemmer, State
director of highways These four
projects will involve expenditure OF
about S25O,0O0.
These include market road and a
Federal aid road improvement job ir
the Jerome-Shoshone section of South
Central Idaho.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
COMPROMISE ENDS
NEVADA lob ROW
Settlement Seen Aid to Can
dicacy of Senator Key
Pittman.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special DlSpatch 10 Inc StAf.
RENO, New, February s.-The ap-
pointment of William S. Boyle, for
mer Democratic State chairman, to
be special Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral in charge of water litigation, and
his acceptance this week, may end
political turmoil within the party in
Nevada and is expected to aid Sena-
tor Key Pittman next Fall when he
comes up for reelection.
Boyle had been offered almost any
thing he wanted except the United
States attorneyship. which he did
want Senator Pittman sponsored
the appointment, and the general be-
lief is that he did SO to get Boyle
out of the other contest, for William
Mcknight, at present State chair
man, had been promised the Federal
attorney job.
Boyle was informed by Postmaster
General Farley, he told friends here.
that Pittman insisted on the appoint
ment Of Mcknight to the other office
so his supporters gave him permission
to accept the special assistant job.
The acceptance, Boyle said. does
not obligate him in any way to Sen
ator Pittman, to George B. Thatcher
national committeeman. or to Nc
Knight. This might be taken as ar
indication that he will not be on the
Pittman band wagon next Fall, but
to some it Is declared to have beer
first-rate compromise. Senator Nc
Carran did not appear, so far a!
known, in the battle between Nc
knight and Boyle for the Fedora
attorneyship Office.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
SENATE FIGHT
MADE CERTAIN
IN INDIANA
T,uO Hats in Ring
Signaling Contests
Against Peters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

CpCIldl DAspdtSh w AA'S S~N'
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. February 8.
ALI hope that Indiana would escape
spectacular Democratic United
States senatorship campaign this
Spring disappeared when two men
this week formally threw their hats
into the ring against r. Earl Peters,
formerly State chairman.
The frst was Albert H. Cole, Peru
attorney and World War veteran, and
tho second was Clarence Jackson, oi-
rector of the State Gross Income Tax
Department. Jackson, former State
commander of the American Legion,
has become q widely known figure In
the State since he pioneered the or
ganization that is now collecting ap-
proximately sl5,O00,000 annually from
the taxpayers.
Cole, not so widely known in polit-
ical or Legion circles aS jackson,
nevertheless Is accounted one Of the
best orators in the State. He comes
from three generations Of lawyers in
Miami County.
Although Jackson y running from
the Statehouse there Is Q faint sus-
picion In many circles that eventually
Cole will have the blessing OF some
of the leaders in the camps Of both
Senator Frederick Van Nuys and Gov
McNutt. Since the Governor ano
Senator broke with Peters last Fall
every effort has been made to find
their leanings relative to a senator
ship candidate. So far both have
maintained strict neutrality.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
TEXAS CONSIDERS
TAX RELIEF BILLS
Special Session May Take
Steps Toward Legaliz.
Ing Liquor Sales.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
AUSTIN, Tex, February 3.-1he
Texas Legislature began its second
called session Monday Of this week,
and started work on mortgage and
tax moratorium relief bills and bills
for the issuance and sale of $14.-
100000 State relief bonds, the two
subjects in Gov. Miriam A. Fergu-
sons call.
Administration bills, offered early
in the week. proposed to modify the
present bond sale law to make the
relief bonds more attractive to in
vestors. OF the original $500 900
bonds issued by a previous session
of the Legislature, one-half have been
sold, after repeated advertisings, and
the second block is awaiting bids
February 20.
Statewide demands from property
and land owners, after tho Minnesota
moratorium law was upheld by United
States Supreme Court, pressed the
session for relief Of thousands in
Texas threatened with forced sale Of
their property.
Steps toward legalizing the sale ol
liquor in Texas were to be taken
though the Governor did not include
liquor legislation in the sessions call
Attorney General James " Allred's
Office wrote bill to change the bone
dry Dean law SO that individuals may
import up to one case Of whisky OF
three gallons Of wine. by paying q
tax of approximately so cents a quart
Evening star., 1934-02-04
School Curtailment Denied
Wyoming School Head Declares Statement by
National Magazine Is Incorrect-Bdnk
Deposits Increased.

While the school incident was up
for correction, another note Of re-
assurance was struck by the report Of
A. =. Wilde, State examiner, showing
N incrsase in Wyoming bank deposits
for the year amounting 10 $780,
7l0.5o. Total deposits Of 81 State and
IS national banks on January were
$4l 200, ,0s4, with all banks covered
by temporary Federal deposit In
surance.
Within a few days. it is indicated,
bids will be asked on q section Of
canal construction for the Casper
Aleova project in Central Wyoming as
q stimulus to larger employment. In
a recent letter to Senator Robert D.
Carey Of wyoming, DR.. Elwood Mead.
commissioner Of reclamation, is quoted
Is stating that several features Of
project construction will be ready for
authorization as soon as the necessary
contract has been negotiated with the
Water-Use Association. Open Winter
weather has permitted steady work on
project preliminar1ea, including road,
telephone and tunnel construction.
In c. w. A. airport projects, under
authorization Of the Aeronautics
Branch, Department of Commerce,
Wyoming continues to lead all other
States on a per capita basis. An off,
cial map, just prepared, shows chart
ed air lanes extending into every
section Of the State, made possible
by airport improvements at q score
Of points. Reduction IN Civil Works
quotas = felt, but has not increased
the 1eHs4 burden materially.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
ZOO SOUTH DAKOTA
TEACHERS GET AID
General and Vocational In
struction Is Given
Adults, IIIiterates.
spsci.l pi.p.teh TO Tho star.

Spoclal DlNpAtCn 20 nv otbfs
SIOUX FALLS, 8. OAK. February
3-Through the Federal emergency
education project approximately 200
school teachers In South Dakota, who
otherwise would be unemployed be-
cause of the curtailment Of school ex-
penses, have been given employment,
according to !. D. Weeks, State super
intendent Of public instruction. These
teachers are conducting general and
vocational classes for adults, classes
for illiterates and teaching in rural
schools which were forced to close
because Of lack Of funds.
An effort is being made by MY.
Weeks and other educators to induce
Federal authorities to increase the
quota for South Dakota. the original
fund for giving employment to teach
ers in the State having been exhaust
ed. Mr.. Weeks states that the educa-
ton project gives work to unemployed
teachers and at the same time pro-
vides free educational facilities for
adults, giving them m opportunity tc
spend their leisure hours probably.
Those in charge Of Federal and
State relief work in South Dakota
will urge that the Federal relief be
provided well into the Summer, ano
in the cases Of farmers whose crops
were destroyed last year by drought
they say the relief should be extended
until they realize something from thii
seasons crops.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
TURNER CANDIDACY
STIRS IOWA G. 0. P.
Former Governor Is Expected to
Be Opposed by Old and
Young Factions.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DES MONIES. Iowa. February g.
The attention Of Iowa was diverted
from corn and hogs to politics this
week.
Politics" has been the defense OF
Lieut.. Gov. Nelson G. Kraschel to the
Federal indictment charging him
with conspiracy in connection with
P. w. A. projects, and former Gov.
Dan Turner's announcement OF his
candidacy for the Republican nom
ination for Governor.
Turner was defeated for . second
term in 1882 by Gov. Clyde L. Her
ring, Democrat, and since has been
engaging in active farming near
Corning. Iowa.
His announcement brought to the
fore the divided condition OF the Re-
publican party. Previously Turner
has not had the full support of con-
servative elements in the party.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
Head Of Bay State
Prison Suspended
Pending Inquiry
epecial ptspatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
BOSTON. February 3.-The
most advanced experiment on
modern penology In this county
was threatened with failure this
week as a result Of suspension
from duty Of Howard B. Gill,
superintendent Of tho State
prison colony at Norfolk, pend
ing an investigation Of his ad.
ministration by State Auditor
Francis x. Hurley at the direc-
tion OF Gov. Ely.
The Norfolk prison colony,
advocated and supported by the
Rockefeller Foundation and the
American Prison Association,
was established for the avowed
purpose of rehabilitating felons.
They were established in dormi-
tories out in the country and
conducted their own affairs
largely through the activities Of
an inmates council.
Rumbnngs Of dissatisfaction
with Gill'S administration
reached q climax last week
when 1t was discovered that ac-
counts of an attempted prison
escape Of three Of the favored
inmates had been eliminated
from their service records 50
that these infractions Of the
rules would not be available for
the State parole board when
the inmates applied for parole.
Numerous other charges have
been piling up, the most i'm
portant being one that an i'm
portant subordinate oficial had
been guilty Of sponsoring . de-
generate cult among some Of
the prisoners placed in his
charge.
Gill was suspended from duty
by the commissioner OF correc-
ton while Gov. Ely was in New
York preparatory to sailing TOR
a voyage to South America ana
the West Indies.
Nearly 1900 friends Of former
Mayor Curley were keenly dis
appointed at a recent testi-
monial dinner to him when
Postmaster General James A.
Farley. the principal speaker
failed to announce that Mr.
Curley had been selected by
President Roosevelt for an I'm
portant Government position
James Roosevelt. the Presidents
son, was toastmaster at thu
Curley dinner, which was one
Of the most lavish affairs OF 1t.
kind ever staged In Boston.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
Vermont, Sales Tax
Test Suit Is Filed
By Chain Store Firm
Special DISPATCH to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BURLINGTON, VT, February
3.-Whsn the last Legislature.
In looking for something that
would bring In additional rev.
enue, enacted . gross sales tax
law 50 drawn that 1t affected
chain stores more than any
other line Of business, Its con-
stitutionality was questioned by
those who claimed that IT was
discriminatory. A test case
was expected and now Q suit IN
chancery has been hled In the
Washington County Court by
the Great Atlantic & Pacific
Tea Co. against State Tax
Commissioner E. r. Harvey ana
Attorney General L. c. Jones.
The question probably will 60
before the State Supreme Court
for final interpretation.
State banks are now Ming IN
the secretary Of States once.
after first securing tho approval
of the State bank commission
er, amendments to their char
ters to increase their capital
stock by Issuing new preferred
stock. in order to be able to
take advantage Of the Federal
deposit insurance plan and to
open without restrictions. FIJI
teen State trust companies Al
ready have hled, and their de-
positors have been invited TO
subscribe for the new stock.
Gov. Stanley G. Wilson has
Just received . further grant
Of 374,856 from the Federal
Emergency Relief Administra-
tion. Part Of this grant u to
be used to buy 5000 blankets.
5000 pairs Of overshoes, cloth
for civil works service sewing
projects to be made into
clothes, cod liver oil and l00, 900
pounds Of beef. to be purchased
from Vermont farmers. All OF
the above commodities are to
be distributed among the needy
families who are receiving aid
from the towns and cities OF
Vermont. This last grant makes
q total Of $I76.544 received to
date from the Federal Govern
ment for unemployment relief,
and ID separate and distinct
from Vermont's allotment for
civil works projects.
The University Of Vermont
has submitted plans for three
new buildings. at an estima ted
cost Of $l.o57.700, to Harold
lockwood. Federal public work.
engineer for Vermont
Evening star., 1934-02-04
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The etar.
CASPER, Wyo., February S.-satis-
faction that springs from IN improved
economic situaAlon n wyoming was
mixed with resentment this week over
a statement given circulation By .
national magazine rejecting upon
wyoming school conditions.
A flood Of protests headed by that
Of Katharine A. Morton, State super
intendent Of schools, greeted the as
sertion Of an obviously uninfo1med
author that three years Of drought
had dried up education" in Wyom-
Ing. and that because OF conditions
schools would be open this year only
three or four months" Such . state
ment could not be more incorrect
was Mrs. Morton's mild rennke IN .
message to the editor. Too absurd
to deserve notice" one Newspaper
added.
Only Few schools 1ssRieseA
Az established BY . survey, me
truth l. that only one or two schools
out Of hundreds have been restricted
to as much sS Q six-month term, most
schools are functioning formally, and
teachers are being paid In full.
Records Of 1929, the last year for
which comparative statistics are avail
able. also show Wyoming was spend
ing $135 per pupil on education. while
the average for the Nation was only
S10s. In sacrificing to maintain
standards during Q period Of economic
stress, wyoming people naturally re-
sent Implications that the obligation
Is not being discharged.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
Great Prosperity
Seen in Offing by
Florida Governor
State Finishes Paying All
Its Obligations by
March IS.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, February 8.
Gov Dave Sholtz, addressing the
Committee of One Hundred at Miami
Beach the other day, declared that
Florida was on the threshold Of its
greatest prosperity. Speaking Of the
way things were going in the State
the Governor has resisted all calls
for an extra session Of the LegiSla-
ture efforts having been made TO get
the lawmakers into an extra meeting
to provide money for schools and
some other purposes, which are de-
clared in need of help.
Definitely alluding to the States
financial condition the Governor said
that on March Is all Of the States bills
will have been paid and there will
be something left In the treasury. His
campaign was made on . promise to
reduce State expenses and have
Florida live within its income. He Is
doing pretty well along that line up
to now Claiming to have reduced
the cost of operating the State rs
per cent, Gov. Sholtz told the politi-
cal club in Miami that this reduc-
tion will help to let residents hold
their property and enjoy the States
benefits"
Giving some facts and figures In
regard to Florida's business and pros
poets the Governor said: Florida Is
a forward thinking State which has
no sectionalism. There are deposits
Of 5000, 100000 in Florida banks,
which is more than in any other
Southern State, not excepting Texas.
In 1925 bank loans and discounts
amounted to S51o,000,O00. Last July
the total was s5O,Ooo,ooo. The State
has no bonded debt and the bonded
Indebtedness of cities and counties
has been reduced between s700,000,-
900 and S800,0O0000 to S550.000, 900.
At a recent meeting Of the Florida
State Chamber Of Commerce 1t was
decided that the Florida exhibit.
which was so greatly admired and
gained attention Of hundreds Of
thousands of people at the Century
of Progress Exposition in Chicago
last year, would be reopened and
maintained the coming Summer dur
ing the second period OF the big
show Lorenzo A. Wilson OF Jack
sonville is chairman OF the commit
tee which will sponsor the exhibit,
appointed by the State chamber,
which undertakes to raise about $685..
600 estimated as the cost OF re-
arranging and conducting the exhibit
this Summer. 1t will cost about
s15Oooo to collect and arrange the
Florida exhibit, now in the Halls OF
States in the exposition grounds.
The exhibit was visited and COM
mented upon most Interestingly by
Q very large number Of people; 1t was
among the most popular places on
| the fair grounds.
| Work is progressing we'll on the
| construction of the Naval Reserve
Armory being erected on the South
Side, Jacksonville, with funds OBJ
tanned through the c. w. A. The
armory Is to be large building,
concrete and brick, suitable for the
purposes intended, and the plans In
clude docks and piers, where small
Government vessels may be moored.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
ILLEGAL LIQUOR BAN
MONTANA
With State in Need of Revenue From Sale,
Sherifs Begin Arrestine Bootleg -
aers and Moonshiners.

to lack Of funds, and as late os Janu.
ary l only 4 Of So counties had
State liquor stores. However, the
matter now is being pressed and dis
tribution may be under way In oil
counties in another 80 days. When 1t
is. the era of bootlegging may pass,
as sheriffs always have been able to
enforce anti-liquor laws.
Lambs Sent for Feeding.
According to Murray Z. Stebbtns,
secretary of the Montana Live Stock
Marketing Association, with head
quarters in Helena, more than $4,000
head Of Montana lambs have been sent
for feeding to Iowa, Indiana and
North Dakota, and Of these about
quarter has been shipped to
market and 90 per cent Of the quarter
sold as tops" They would have
brought 5l2 cents at home, but
brought cents or better after trans
shipment.
Phil Greenan, chief clerk Of the
State Board Of Equalization. reports
that during 1888 receipts from the
State gasoline tax totaled s3.4l4,255,
about $17,058 under the 1882 figure.
This Is considered a good showing, as
business generally in Montana was
worse in 1888 than in 1882.
Figures compiled by L. L. Benepe,
registrar Of vital statistics in Mon
tana, show that there were 1856 motor
vehicle deaths in the State In 1888,
an increase of 20 over 1882. There
were 1895 births in the State during
the year and 1929 deaths. Births in
1882 were at total of 9,017 and
deaths at 5,291.
Purcell Gets Appointment.
Gov. Frank H. Cooney has named
r. R. Purcell of Helena as vice chair
man and secretary-treasurer of the
State Water Conservation Board,
created by the recent special session
Of the Legislature. The Governor Is
eX-oficio chairman. Mr.. Purcell is
former mayor Of Helena and long
a Democratic leader in the State. For
a time he was in charge Of re-em-
ployment work in the State for the
Federal Government.
The brewers Of Montana, gathered
in Helena in State wide conference
have adopted their code under N. r.
A., under call Of Frank j. Harrigan
OF Seattle, Wash, director Of the
United States Regional Board on the
Brewers code. The code. according
to Mr.. Harrigan, who was present al
the meeting eliminates unfair COM
petition and so fixes the price oi
brewery products that price-cuttins
and dumping are eliminated.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
KENTUCKY TREASURY
PROBE IS SC0TCHED
House Stops Efforts Of Repre-
sentative Mckinley Against
Elam Huddleston.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. February B.
The effort Of Representative Herschel
Mckinley, Owensboro. to investigate
State Treasurer Elam Huddleston's
conduct Of ofice was scotched when
the House by . 51-26 vote upheld the
report of Representative @. Samuel
Milan, Russellville, that the probe
resolution was inspired By "selhsh.
practical political reasons"
Charges against Huddleston m
cluded favoritism In redemption OF
state warrants, connection with .
brokerage house dealing in warrants.
borrowing from banks acting % de-
positories of State funds, inadeauAcy
of security for deposits and accept
ance of personal favors in selecting
repositories. Milan charged that the
attempted investigation was based on
q desire to disrupt the administration
and that 1t would be foolish to spend
$4,000 to investigate newspaper
r1lYnOrS.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
COLORADO INTEREST
IS IN CONSTITUTION
STAT. Watches Progress of Proposed
= Drastic Changes as Legislature
Adiourns Sine Die.

sons administrative code bill, passed
by the regular session of the I.egis!a-
ture a year ago. This measure con-
solidated State governmental depart
ments and agencies to the point Of
statutory limit. Acceptance by the
voters Of the short ballot would permit
the chief executive to appoint all de-
partment heads except the auditor.
Adoption of the civil service amend
ment, according to its advocates,
would put an end to interminable
controversies that have occurred be-
tween the executive arm of the State
government and the Civil Service
Commission-particularly over good
paying semi-political Jobs.
Tax Amendment Debated.
The tax amendment already has
stirred up heated debate throughout
the State One school of thought de-
clares the amendment will have the
effect of broadening the tax base SO
that real property shall not continue
to bear such a heavy share of the
tax burden. Opponents of the pro-
posal. however, express the fear that
it would give the Legislature oppor-
tunity to impose further excessive tax
burdens upon the people.