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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-09
Japan Increasing
Arms

Arms
T0KYO.-The Minister of the NAN
declared that by 1887 Japan will OutrgI
the U. S. in naval strength despite IN
parity of 1917 set by the London cOnfE
ences, of 1880. At that the U. S. is spend
ing over billion for ornaments, while
millions are being laid off of meagre CWA
jobs.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-09
More German
ArnanaentS

STUTTGART, GERMANY
man ornaments feverishly heinz 4 ;u Gs
has caused a boom here. HeaSSv u We
and anti-aircraft guns are bein~ tv,C anna
as rapidly as possible. 'u'Hea M
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-09
Sea Serpent Seen
IN British Columbia

The oft repeated tale of a sea serpent
has been revived. Amy the sea serpent
has been sighted in the Powell river by
witness who described it as 80 to 40 feet
in length and black.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-09
Nazis Abolish
Flat Roofs

DESAU, Germany.-F1at roofs have
been declared "Bolshevistic'' by German Of
flcialS so all flat-roofed houses have now
respectable peaked roof.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-09

SIS, 900 by March | In Subs,
Greetings, Donations for
Farmers Weekly.
The border vidette., 1934-03-10
SILVER AND GOLD

A survey of expert opinion re-.
garding the present state of the
American currency reveals an
interesting fact. Most qualified
observers believe. that q start
has been made in the right direc-
tion. They also believe that
much remains to be done. A
great many hold to the position
that the next major step should
be the esta blishment of a fixed
permanent ratio between the
values of gold and silver.
The president now has the
power to fix a relationship.
There are obvious reasons why
be doeo not do it hastily and with
out sufficient consideration of
what may be expected to result.
But, if q legion of economists
are correct. it will eventually be
found to be essential to the pro.
gress of recovery and the regain.
ing Of lost trade.
The border vidette., 1934-03-10
The COUNTRY NEWSPAPER

Turning from city newspapers
to small town press exchanges
that come to the editors desk
is like stepping from the slums,
full of vice. into an old-fashion-
ed garden sweet with lavender
and thyme and scent of peren
nial Aowers. The pages of big
dailies are 50 full of murder,
thievery, immortality and selfish
mesa that the better news is
obscured By these glaring shat
terings of the Decalogue. One
puts the papers aside with a fel.
ing of depression and heart.
ache that the world is so full of
terrible and unhappy things.
Then picking up the papers
that record the happenings of
the little towns around US, one
gains renewed faith in life. Here
are set forth only that which
uplifts COMMUNICATIVE activity
les Of the business men. the
church items. the happy social
gatherings of the people, the
marriages, births and deaths,
farmers items, and all the thous
and apd one daily occurrences
that make up the simple annals
of the great common people, who
are really the foundation of this
broad country of ours.
Sometimes people speak light
~ of the country newspapers.
but it is one of the most potent
and uplifting factors in our ma
tional existence. Christian
Science Monitor
The border vidette., 1934-03-10
GIVE PAYROLL BUILDERS
FAIR DEAL

Whom does the railroad prob.
lem affect?
10 addition to railway invest
ors. employees and the travelling
and shipping public, depression
among the railroads ad versely
affects one of our greatest indus
tries-r4iiroad equipment and
supplies-made up of $500 com
panies. This Industry has
plants in $50 cities and towns in
38 states. which in normal times
employed more than 1000. 600
persons. They are heavy taxpay.
ers, and are among the best
customers of other great indus.
tries.
Where, between 1925 and 1929,
railroad purchases averaged 81,
700, 100000 a year,they we're less
than $3.50. 600, 600 in 193e-a drop
of IS per cent. Making locomo
tives and cars practically disap-
peared, the decline being ap
proximately 80 per cent.
The railroads plight consists
of various diverse factors-large
ly over-reguIation and extreme
taxation, at q time when unregu
lated. government subsidized
competitors we're taking their
business. That situation has
cost the nation hundreds OF
thousands of jobs-deprived in
dustries of one of their best
markets-and made bad times
worse,
Thinking persons are solidl y
behind legislation that will give
railroads fair break.
The border vidette., 1934-03-10

Some chickens was prospectin'
around out in the road but they
ell go out from there leavin' a
few feathers which settled down
with the dust. The hose goes
round a corner and the chunk he
is draggin' ketchas on the post
of the rickety old bob wire fence.
Dustin the post and turnin' the
boss fer grunt knocker. Bill
and me is follerin'. not ruupin'
very straight but purity fast con-
sider!n' the load we was carryin'.
We gifts to the boss before he
gifts up and Rethers enough wind
to run aRin. but we jest gifts the
rope when be blows his stopper
agin and drags and walters me
and Bill al! around, him tein' 10
the state of mind where he CANT
tell Us frum the seegar ssatchoo.
The citizens begins to show
their heads here and there and
finally comes the town marshall,
him bein' the last to arrive at the
trouble, as is customary. Well
Bill had to pay fer that Inj1n
and we allus figgered tbs price
was purity steep. But then we
wasn't art collectors and I bet
Bill is the fust and Cnly actual
cow puncher that ever bought d
statchoo. That was thu only
Injun upraisin' me and Bill was
ever mixed up with, but it goes
TO show the turrible treachery Of
the 1njun character. A Iojun
chief won't do to tie to. --Ex.
The border vidette., 1934-03-10

substantial Improvement over
1882. Railroad expenditures,
however. remain low. and the
railway supply business is dorm.
ant.
Commodity Prices: Following
the December recessions, an ad.
vance started which has been
maintained without deviation.
Retail Trade: January figures
show less than seasonal decline.
Subtantial gains in dollar volume
are reported from all parts of
the country, as compared with
1888.
Employment: Is registering
more than seasonal decline. The
dissolution Of the CWA will re-.
lease 100000 more people on
the already glutted labor market.
Automobiles: The only ade.
quate word for this industry Is
booming" Employment aud
wage levels are very high. Un-
filed orders are the greatest in
several years. Allied industries
are prospering accordingly.
Agriculture: Better than
might have been expected, in
view Of the disturbances of few
mouths ago. Markets are fair
aud pricss stable. Buying power
Of the major agricultural dis.
tricts is better than that Of urban
areas.
Lumber: II January produc.
tiou was third higher than in
the same month last year..
Steel: Railroad and public
utility orders have been low aud
the industry has Jagged on that
account. Rising automobile. or.
ders have done much to Offset
this.
The border vidette., 1934-03-10
CALL FOR BIDS

Phoenix-The state highway
department. has called bids for
two projects of U. s.. 80, Phoe.
nix Prescott sector to be opened
March %.
The bids call for construction of
three concrete culverts south.
east of Hot Springs junction and
erection of two concrete culverts
IL miles east of Hot Springs
junction.
The border vidette., 1934-03-10
HIGHLiGHTS OF Roosevelt
TALK

Washington. Mar. 5.-Some
pointed sentences from Presi-
dent Roosevelt's address today
to NRA code authorities:
1t is sufficient for me to point
out once more that the difficult
ADD dangerous situation into
which the Uoited States bad got
itself (last year, was. due TO- the
general attituoe,, every man for
himself; the devil take the hind.
most.
The border vidette., 1934-03-10

Wa did not know as much
then as we know now and be-
cause our eyes have been opened
it ia possible that future history
will call that crazy decade of
1919 to 1929 one of the greatest
blessings that ever came to the
American people,"
The border vidette., 1934-03-10

The real truth of the matter
is that for a lumber of years in
our country the machinery of
Democracy had failed to func.
tiOn.
The border vidette., 1934-03-10

The national industrial re.
covery act was drawn with the
greatest good of the greatest
number ia mind.
The border vidette., 1934-03-10

Notes Of business, taken prin
cjpalIv from governmentreports,
follow:
Transportation: Constant i'm
prcvement is b own in car
loadings. Complete financial re-
turns OF railroads for 1888 show
The Washington times., 1934-11-09
TREASURY CONDITION

International News Service
Treasury balance, $1,713,929,
20S.31; internal revenue, $2,313,
$50; customs receipts, 5000,
824.O8.
The Washington times., 1934-11-09
ITALY

ROME, Nov. 9 G.N.SO.-There
are no grounds for reports of Q
separation between former King
Alfonso of Spain and his wife, for
ner Queen Victoria, Marquis Tor.
res, secretary to Alfonso, stated.
The Washington times., 1934-11-09
SHOOT
NEWS AGENT

Vernon Calhouer, young Balti-
more newspaper distributor, was
shot in the right leg and his
companion, Edward A. Sims, also
of Baltimore. was injured in the
scuffle when four colored thugs
held them up and stole their
truck early today, two miles
from Upper Marlboro on the
Grain Highway.
En- route to Baltimore, they
saw four men with a wrecked
car on the road and stopped.
Before they could offer aid, one
of the four drew a revolver and
ordered them out of the truck.
When Mr.. Calhouer demurred, he
was shot in the leg.
Mr.. Sims got out of the truck
and the thugs sped away in it.
Making their way back to MARI
boro, the youths reported the rob-
berry to Policeman Oscar Beall.
who broa beast a description,
Friends took the pair to Balti-
more, where Mr.. Calhouer is at
the South Baltimore General Hos
pital.
The Washington times., 1934-11-09
FARLEY MARKS TIME

LONDON, Nov. 9 G.N.SO
Delegates to the preliminary naval
disarmament d ussions here
marked time today while the Japa.
nese awaited official instructions
The Washington times., 1934-11-09
OFFICIALS MUM
ON ROBLES CASE

PHOENIX, Ari., Nov. 9 G.N.S0
Joseph E. Dunn, in charge of the
investigation into the Robes kid
mapping case, today refused to
comment on reports current at
the office of the United States
marshal that two more suspects,
and possibly a third, a woman,
would be arrested today.
Oscar Robson, 31-year-old Tue
son night-club operator, is now
held under heavy bail charged
with extortion in connection with
the kidnapping, last spring, of
June Robes, 9, granddaughter
of Bernabe Robes. cattle king
Of Arizona, at Tucson.
V. L. Hash, attorney for Rob-
son, was scheduled to go before
Federal Judge Jacobs here today
to, seek reduction in the bail Of
his client which was raised IRON
$4,000 to 100000, by United
States Commissioner Daniel Hur-
ley, at the request of United
States Marshal Mauk.
It was indicated Mr.. Mauk to-
day probably would lift the ban
against visitors to Robson. The
ban thus far has prevented Hash
from consulting with his client.
The Washington times., 1934-11-09
MATE Of MORRO
GOES On TRIAL

NEW YORK, Nov. 9 G.N.s0.
With their counsel attacking the
Federal report on the Moro
Castle disaster, another Of the
ships five officers accused Of
criminal negligence came to trial
today.
Acting Second Mate Clarence
Hackney appeared before a United
states Steamboat Board to take
the stand from which his superior,
Acting Captain William F. Warns,
denied every charge Of poor sea-
manship.
If convicted, licenses of all five
will be revoked and their part in
the tragedy which cost 1874 lives
will ban them from bridge and
engine room.
Chauncey I. Clark, attorney for
the men, as well as their EN-.
ployer, the Ward Line, assailed
the report which DickerSon N
Hoover filed with Secretary of
Commerce Roper earlier this
week.
Mr.. Hoover, who conducted the
Government inquiry into the dis
aster last September. declared:
''What stands out is that the
ships officers failed to control
the situation with the strong
hand that was necessary In
such an emergency"
The Washington times., 1934-11-09

CONTINUED from Page ~
Robert l.. Doughton, North Caro-
lima.
Other important chairmanShips
will include: Agriculture, Marvin
Jones, Texas; Banking and Cur
rency, Harry B. Steagall, Alabama;
Foreign Affairs, Sam D. McReyn'
olds, Tennessee; Insular AZ
fairs, John McDuffie, Alabama;
Interstate Commerce, Sam Ray.
burn, Texas; Judiciary, H. w.
Summers, Texas; Merchant Ma
rine, Schuyler o. Bland, Virginia;
Military Affairs, John ]. McSwain,
South Carolina; Naval Affairs,
Carl Vinson, Georgia; Public
Buildings, Fritz G. Lanham,
Texas; Public Lands, Rene L. De.
rouen, Louisiana; Rivers and Har"
bors, Joseph j. Mansfield, Texas:
Territories, John E. Rankin, Mis-
! The East must beYcdntent With
four chairmanships. These will
be: immigration, Samuel Dick.
stein, New York; Labor, William
P. Connery, jr., Massachusetts,:
Education, Vincent Paln1fSano,
Maryland, and Post Offices,
James M. Mead, New York.
Senate Lineup Stated
It will be a like story in the
Senate. The "big six" commit
tees all will be headed by South
erners or Westerners. They arc:
Appropriations, Carter Glass, Wiz.
GINA; Finance, Pat Harrison,
Mississippi; Foreign Relations,
Key Pittman, Nevada: Banking
and Currency, Duncan U. Fletcher,
Florida; Judiciary, Henry F. Ash
urst, Arizona; Agriculture, Ellison
D. Smith, South Carolina.
Other Southern chairmansfips
will include: Military Affairs,
Morris Sheppard, Texas; Naval
Affairs, Park Trammel, Florida:
Post Offices, Kenneth Mcclellan,
Tennessee; Public Buildings, Tom
Connally, Texas; Interstate Com
MERGE, Burton K. Wheeler, Mon
tana Ito succeed DID; Privileges
and Elections, Walter r. George,
Georgia, and Rules, either Joe T.
Robinson, Arkansas, or M. M.
Nicely, West Virginia.
The East must be content with
six chairmanshipS. They will be:
Commerce, Royal S. Copeland,
New York succeeding Stephens) !:
Education and Labor, David I.
Walsh, Massachusetts,; Territor.
les, Millard j. Tydings, Mary.
land: immigration, Marcus Cool.
idge, Massachusetts,: Manufacture
erS, Robert j. Buckley, Ohio, and
The Washington times., 1934-11-09
Solid South to Control
Senate and House

Public Land, Robert -. Wagner
New York.
Westerners Jubilant
The Western insurgent and lib
eral bloc was jubilant over it,
standing in the Senate. If its
Senators survive until the Senate
goes Republican, they will take II
chairmanships.
These would be: Agriculture
Arthur Capper, Kansas; Banking
and Currency, Peter Norbeck
South Dakota; Commerce, Hiram
w. Johnson, California; Educa
ton and Labor, Robert M. LaFol
lette, Wisconsin; Finance, James
Couzens, Michigan; Foreign Rela
tons, William E. Borah, Idaho;
Immigration, L. ]. Dickinson
Iowa: Judiciary, George w. Norris
Nebraska; Military Affairs, Bron
son Cutting, New Mexico; Post Of
fices, Thomas D. Schall, Mime
sofa; Public Lands, Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota; Rules, Frederick
Steiwer, Oregon, and Territories
Arthur H. Vandenberg, Michigan
The Eastern group would get:
Appropriations, Frederick Hale
Maine; Interstate Commerce, Jesse
j. Metcaf. Rhode Island; Manu-
facturers, Warren Barbour, New
Jersey; Naval Affairs, James j
Davis, Pennsylvania; Privileges
and Elections, Daniel o. Hastings
Delaware: Public Buildings, Henry
Reyes, New Hampshire.
Six Years to Wait
The only lily" in this ointment
is that the Senate can't go Re
publicn for another six years.
In the House. the East woulc
have a more dominant voice if Re
publicans gained control. Eastern
ers would head the Rules, Appro
priations, and Ways and Mean
committees for a start. They will
have ranking minority member!
on these and seven other commit
tees in the next Congress.
WesternerS will be ranking mi
nority members on 10 less impor
tant committees, putting them il
line for the chairmanships wher
and if the House goes Republican
The Washington times., 1934-11-09

speed prize In the Lonoon'MeA
bourne dash was shipped to San
Francisco today aboard the lineK
MaripoSa. ,
ENGLAND
ONDON, Nov. 9 U.N.SG
After six days open arrest"
Judge James Ross, an American
citizen and prominent attorney
Of Manila, is faced with a suit
for 1000 marks before a Bavar
rian court as the result of an
automobile accident, it was stated
In Reuter- dispatch from Munich
today.
LONDON, Nov. 9 I.N.S) 1.-The
war debt question will be brought
up in the House Of Commons
again next Tuesday, when vii.
liam Madame, liberal, will ask
whether satisfactory settlement
with the United States on the
debt issue cannot be obtained, and
whether negotiations on this sub
ject may still be regarded as in
progress.
ONDON, Nov. 9 G.N.S).
More than 100000 persons
lined London's streets today to
watch the centuries-old, annual
Lord Mayors show, in which
Alderman Sir Stephan Killick,
73-year-old stockbroker, was in
stalled as lord mayor for 193435.
A heavy downpour of rain
failed to dampen the ardor Of
the crowds.
LONDON, Nov. 9 G.N.SD King
George V had nothing whatever to
do with the sale of ornaments by
British firms, Foreign Secretary
Sir John Simon declared in the
House of Commons last night.
Cheers greeted his characterize
ton of charges before a Senate
investigating committee in Wash.
ington as silly and grotesque.
Clement Attlee, Laborite, do
clared action" and not an in.
quiry, was needed. He declared
the opposition already was con-
WINGED of "the evil of private profit
from the manufacture of arms"
and that a preliminary inquiry
was an unnecessary prelude to
action.
The Washington times., 1934-11-09
TCENCE on COAST JOB OFFER IRZS PRESIDENT
WORLD
NEWS
AUSTRALIA

MELBOURNE, Nov. 9 d.N.s.N
The Boeing monoplane in which
Col. Roscoe Turner and Clyde
Pangborn raced to win second
speed prize in the London!Mek
bourne dash was shipped to San
Francisco today aboard the liner
MaripoSa,
The Washington times., 1934-11-09
5 D. {. Staying
PROBESFA|L
ON CLUES
Police Admit mo Progress"
on Wilson Case; Citizens
Push Curb on Crime

Five independent Investigations
into the crime situation in the
Capital were under way today
following the meeting of the citi.
zens committee on crime late
yesterday.
Determined that conditions
which resulted in the murder of
Allen B. Wilson, innocent victim
Of the gambling war, almost three
weeks ago, must be rectified, the
committee is determined to push
the probe into every phase of
crime.
Detectives working on the
Wilson case today admitted that
they are making no progress in
the search for the gunner who
shot MIN to death in front of
the Takoma Park home of
Mickey" Mcdonald, figure in
the sporting world.
A survey of crime in the Dis.
trlct reveals that murder is in.
creasing here at a shocking rate.
IN the last fiscal year there were
u citizens killed, an increase of
live over the previous year and
IA higher than the year before
that.
AT the meeting yesterday five
subcommittee were named to
conduct the probe into conditions
here.
In addition to this move, Cor.
poration Counsel E. Barre t t
Prettyman started to draft legisla.
ton tending to end the gambling
racket here.
This legislation, if adopted,
would provide maximum fine OF
$1,000 and three years in prison
for operators of the numbers
~ olyo&
The Washington times., 1934-11-09
SIR CHARLES IS
PLANNING HOP

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 9 G.N.SD.
Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith,
twice conqueror of the Pacific Air
ways between Australia and Cali
fornia, today was planning an
other hazardous flight.
The newly-planned venture, the
Australian ace revealed, will take
him from Los Angeles to Austria
liza, by air, via New York and Lon
don-a jaunt or some 1900 miles.
The announcement came after
an attachment filed against the
pilots plane, the Lady Southern
Cross, in which he recently flew
from Australia to Los Angeles, via
San Francisco, had been lifted.
Sir Charles said he would rest
for several days before starting
for New York on his long hop.
The Washington times., 1934-11-09
Jury Holds Driver
In Death of Boys

Joseph Thomas, colored, Of
Suitland, Md, is held today under
$1,000 bond for the action Of
the grand jury in connection with
the deaths of two youths Monday
night.
The colored man was ordered
held last night at an inquest
after the jury had deliberated for
three hours. The boys, Vincent
Baird, 20, and Albert Dustin, Is,
both of Suitland, were killed
when an automobile said to be
driven by Thomas, struck them
on the Suitland road.
The Washington times., 1934-11-09
SWITZERLAND

GENEVA, Nov. 9 I.N.S3.-Re-
establishment of compulsory mill.
tary service throughout the Reich
is one of the first and most
drastic measures Germany en-
visages for breaking down the
military restrictions imposed
under the Versailles Treaty, it
was learned in high official
circles of the League of Nations
today.
This follows the announcement
that Germany, soon after the
Saar Basin plebiScite in Janu-
airy, plans openly to denounce
article five of the Versailles
Treaty, laying down the maximum
ornaments permissible for Ger
many.
The Washington times., 1934-11-09
COMPTROLLER
ST|RS UP CASE
Of 'J|TTERS'
Bank Program Seen Ringing
on His Decision to Go or
Not Go West

]. F.. T. O'Connor, peppery
Comptroller of the Currency, came
forth today as one of the few men
in history capable of giving the
President the filters.
Mr.. O'Connor, who is now max
ing political sojourn in sunny
California, refuses to make known
what action, if any, he will take
regarding the questionable honor
recently bestowed on him when
he was offered q job as agent OF
the Federal Reserve in California
at a salary of $4,000 a year. The
offer of the job is merely a ruse
to get Mr.. O'Connor out OF
washington, as every Official
knows, but it has the appearance
of a distinct boost for the fiery
politician.
Can't Be Fired
Mr.. O'Connor, paradoxical as it
may seem, cannot be fired from
his present job by the President
or any other individual. His ap-
pointment is for five years. -,
His stay in Washington would
not in the least annoy officials
here were it not the fact that a
broad program for the uniflcatlon
of bank examinations is being
formulated and will go through
when Mr.. O'Connor makes up his
mind about the California offer.
Since his department is involved
in the program the details OF the
scheme will not be put into effect
until he makes known his decision.
President Roosevelt, it was
learned today in official circles,
is contemplating single program
for bank examinations for all
banks throughout the country. AS
the matter now stands the Comp.
troller's office has one standard
of examinations, the Federal De-
post Insurance Corporation has
another, while the Federal Re
serve Board has still another.
Would Unity Standards
Contrary to published reports,
It is not the intention Of the
President to scrap the various
bank examination departments OF
these three bureaus and set up a
single unit. The desire of the
President is to unity the stand
ards of the examinations, so that,
for example, the same principles
applied to a State bank, not a
member of the Federal Reserve
system, will be used when examin-
ing = national bank.
What probably will happen is
that officials of the organization
concerned with bank examina"
lions will form a board and out"
line the policies to be followed.
But j. F. T. O'Connor will not
be on that board if Henry Nor.
genthau, jr., Treasury Secretary,
has anything to do about it. The
riffs between these two officials
are numerous and well known.
Will be Shelved
#. therefore, Mr.. O'Connor per"
sists in his stubbornness not to
accept the California job, it is
believed the unified bank exami'
nation scheme will be shelved for
some time to come.
Meanwhile, President Roosevelt
and many of the Government
officials here are anxiously await
ing the decision of Mr.. O'Connor.
Until such a decision is forth
coming no action will be taken
in the bank examination unifica'
ton.