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Evening star., 1934-01-14
CARNIVAL SEASON
HOLDS SPOTLIGHT
IN NEW ORLEANS
Climax Will Be Reached With
Annual Mardi Gras,
February 13.
By GEORGE HEALY, n.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW ORLEANS, La. January 13.-
New Orleans and South Louisiana are
preparing for their greatest carnival
season In recent years.
Participants in New Orleans Carnival
gayety, which was started on January
8, the twelfth night after Christmas,
with the annual Twelfth Night Revel-
ers' ball and which will be climaxed
by the general merrymaking on Mardi
Gras, February 13, are expected to be
more numerous than ever.
Repeal Of prohibition has given New
Orleans many Of its "old time" attrac-
tions, and the holding Of the Pan
American Air Races to mark dedication
of the shushan Airport on February
9, 10. II. IL and 13. at the height Of
the carnival festivities. is expected to
draw thousands Of new visitors to the
city.
Increase in ViGt0rs.
According to reports prepared by the
convention and visitors bureau Of the
Association of Commerce, there already
are more visiting motorists In the city
than at any time In the past at this
period.
Preparation of the Louisiana census
of business is under way, and political
activity has not decreased during the
past week. Candidates on three tickets
are taking the stump daily In their
campaign for municipal offices. which
will. be ended with holding Of the
Democratic primary on January %,
provided a second primary Is unneces-
sary.
Agriculture Encouraged.
Agricultural leaders were encouraged
Tuesday by the statement Of Lionel L.
James, Department Of Agriculture sta
tistician, that reduced output Of farm
products In Louisiana in 1888 yielded
the producers sl3.750, 900 more than
the 1882 crops.
b The value Of the 1888 crops. accord
ing to Mr. James. was $40 .878 900. COM
pared with $57. .128 900 valuation Of the
1892 crops. Cotton topped the list
Of 1893 crops In value, with rice second,
sugar cane third and corn fourth.
Evening star., 1934-01-14
DECEMBER CONDITIONS BREAK
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RECORD
Monthly Surrey Reveals Business activities Accom-
panied by Dividends and Ne,o Orders-Los
angeles Homestead Plan Considered.

ments by the Transamerica Corporation
was announced this week. Following q
meeting Of the board Of directors In
San Francisco a dividend Of 1919 cents
a share was declared, the disbursement
will total $780, ,240.
The Los Angeles City Council Friday
was asked to assure its cooperation
with the Federal Government in q
proposed homestead subsistence project
for 40 Los Angeles families, but after
some discussion. the matter was re-
ferred to the Emergency Works Com
mittee and the Housing Commission.
According to an order handed down
this week by Oil Administrator Ickes
the daily allowance Of California oil
fields for the first three months Of this
year will be 437, 1000 barrels, cutback
from 451 200 barrels in December.
A proposal that leading bankers Of
Los Angeles finance the construction Of
the new $2,115,500 county building and
the additions to the Olive View Sana-
torium at a cost Of $507 900. instead OF
voting q 4 per cent bond issue to Sc
cure Government loans under the Pub
Lie Works Administration demands,
was made Saturday by Supervisor
McDonough, chairman Of the Public
Works Committee of the board Of su-
pervisors. McDonough charged that
the p. W. A. IN requesting the bond
issue Is acting In direct contradiction to
the spirit Of the national recovery oct,
Evening star., 1934-01-14
Business in Omaha Continues
To Improve After Holidays
Old Type Currency Reoppears as Hoard.
mgs Return to Circulation in
Nebraska Cities.

company wrote an increase Of s3.000,-
900 Insurance this year above last. Its
headquarters are here.
Funds from the Civil Works Admin
istration and the Civil Works Service
are permeating business channels Of
the State, reaching directly into re-
motest corners. For instance, road
project at Ericsson. a small town in
Northwest Nebraska, has supplied a
pay roll Of $1,000 month for the
Winter. The city Of Ravenna, in West
Central Nebraska. is building an audi
tcrium partly with G. w. A. funds:
These instances could be multiplied
many times.
When Spring opens large irrigation
and power projects in West and Central
Nebraska will afford much employment.
as the projects already are approved.
Improvement Apparent. e..
Corn-hog payments. and corn loans
are going out into the State in heavy
volume, 50 that the most conservative
are noting improved conditions. -.
Evening star., 1934-01-14
Senatorial Boon,
On in arizona for
Isabella Green,Ua'
Contest for Ashurst Sc
Assured by Action of
WOmen's Group.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PHOENIX. Ariz., January 49,!
group Of Arizona women have started q
senatorial boom for Representati,c
Isabella c. Greenway, recently electt
to serve the unexpired term of Lewis w
Douglas. Arizonas lone Representative
who was appointed director Of tn
budget
Mrs. Greenway has been regarded fo
some time in political circles as a poten-
tial candidate for the United States
senatorial nomination, but it wasn''
until this week that friends have pub
licly suggested she contest Senator
Henry F. Ashurst for the seat he ha
occupied since statehood.
Two other candidates are now out II
the open. The first to announce was
w. L. Barnum, Phoenix attorney. A
short time later, Sidney p. Osborn.
chairman Of the Democratic State Cen
trail Committee, let it be known that he
was a candidate. Osborn Is generally
credited with having played an import
ant part in electing Gov. B. B. Moeu'
and Is expected to have the full suppo:
Of the Moeur administration.
Whitney May Enter Race.
1t Is expected that Louis B. Whitney,
former Phoenix mayor, may enter the
senatorial primary if the contest is
confined to at least three candidates.
Gov. Moeur will have plenty of oppo-
sition In this years Democratic guber-
material primary, judging from present
indications. j. A. Brannan. Phoenix
business man. has announced his can
didacy. George w. p. Hunt, seven times
Arizona's chief executive. Is making
public appearances in many parts OF
the State preparatory to announcing
r. c. Stanford, former Mar1copa County
superior judge, Is circulating petitions
to get his name on the ballot. r. B.
Jones, president of the State Senate
has publicly announced that he expects
to be In the race.
The Moeur administration Is involved
In its first clash with the special Legis-
lative Investigating Committee ap-
pointed by the last Legislature to in
vestigate the various departments OF
State.
A report filed with the Governor this
week accuses r. M. Kelly, superintend-
ent of the Boys Industrial School at
Fort Grant, and four guards at the in
stitution with brutal and inhuman
treatment" of inmates. The committee
recommended the immediate dismissal
of Kelly, but the Governor answered
by saying he wouldn't be stampeded
into action for political purposes"
The chief executive announced he
would ask q group Of Juvenile judges
to make an impartial investigation"
Of conditions at Fort Grant,
Evening star., 1934-01-14
$4,000 WEEKLY
C.W.A. PAY ROLL BIG
NORTH DAKOTkA|D
Employment Of $4,000, With
5000 More in Sight, Rec.
ord for One Organization.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
BISMARCK, N. OAK, January a.
With . pay roll of more than $250.000
weekly. the civil works set-up now rep
resents the biggest business In the his
tory Of North Dakota.
It has more than $4,000 persons at
work with . prospect that more may
be added to bring the total to the
$1,000 authorized by the Government.
Restrictions on the special quota Of
10000 allotted to drought-stricken dis
tricts, which prevent use Of Federal
money for material and equipment.
may prevent reaching the maximum,
according to John williams, secretary
Of the State c. w. A. Committee.
Never before in the history Of the
State has one organization employed
SO many men or met so large a pay
roll.
Political developments continue to
hold the spotlight as the time nears
for the State political conventions
ANOAeAA O0AOtn AAoo = CACCbloAA
system, but its usefulness is diminished
by the fact that all major political
groups hold conventions at which can
didates to be entered in the primary
are indorsed.
This was brought about by the fact
that the major contests in the past
have been between candidates for the
Republican nomination and the ma jol
strife has been In that party. The
rapidly growing Democratic party
however, has adopted the same system
and intends to hold a State indorsine
convention, as it did two years ago.
The chief moves to date have been
within the Non-Partisan League, DOM
inant wing Of the Republican party
where enemies of Gov. william LANCER
are trying to unseat him. The old rad
ical group, represented by A. C. Town
ley, Is supporting the Governor.
State Treasurer Alfred 8. Dale, an
opponent of the Governor. Is holding ur
the pay Of 20 beer inspectors, appointed
by the Governors faction. pending de-
termination in court Of their right to
serve. Opponents Of the Governor as
sert no provision for their appointment
Is contained In the law and that they
are being used for purely political pur-
poses,
Evening star., 1934-01-14
BANKS ADVANCE
REVIVES AID FOR
100000 in TEXAS
Cooperation Auerts
NeedofSpecialSes.
sion nofLegislature.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
AUSTIN. Tex. January 13.-Texas
bankers this week sent to the State
treasury $1,1oo.O 900 as a loan advance
against the sale of State relief bonds,
and their action permitted Col:
Lawrence westbrook, State relief
director, to resume the direct. relief
feeding of about 100000 Texas people,
which had been interrupted for 10 days.
The bankers co-operated as group
for the sale of $2,750 900 Of relief bonds.
Slightly over 81 ,250.000 had been sold.
pending distribution and the collection
of the money, in sums from 81 900 up,
when the bankers advanced the State
enough money to resume relief, and
also undertook the sale Of remaining
81, ,602, 900 of bonds for which bids are
being taken January %.
Averts Special Session.
The first result of the bankers CO.
operation was to avert forced special
session of the Legislature to liberalize
the terms Of the bonds.
Charters were issued for formation
of corporations to have charge of the
creation Of four units Of Government
financed subsistence homesteads.
Evening star., 1934-01-14
MISSISSIPPPS TOPICS
ARE beer AND BILBO'
Eleventh-Hour Attack by Drys
Delays Legalizing Of Wine
and Beverage.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
JACKSON. Miss, January 1s.-With
an eleventh-hour attack Of the "Drys"
delaying the predicted passage Of .
bill legalizing beer and light wine, and
with the unexpected legal airing" Of
former Gov. Bilbo's domestic difnculty,
Mississippians during the second week
of the present session of the State
Legislature were discussing Beer and
Bilbo.'
The two have no connection. It was
expected that the Legislature would
legalize beer In the State In less than
10 days. BY Q call for . Statewide
DRY" meeting in Jackson, the bill was
delayed through the efforts Of the re-
ligiouS leaders who are opposing It.
They insisted upon Z legislative hear.
ing and have been given one.
Evening star., 1934-01-14
Special Dispatch to The Star.


LOS ANGELES, January 13.-Busi-
ness activity in Southern California
reversed the receding trend obtained
during the Autumn months and turned
upward In December. according to the
monthly summary issued by the Sc
curity First National Bank.
The report further states that the
general economic conditions in this
region were considerably improved as
the year ended. It was the first period
since 1928 in which December showed
increased activity In comparison with
the similar month Of the preceding
year.
The Republic Supply Co.. distributors
Of oil well equipment, reports that
their net profits show . marked i'm
proyement for the fiscal year ended Oc-
tober 81, last, totaling $3.50, ,726.36, after
all scharges and Federal income tax,
eQy1al to 78 cents share on 100, 600
caxatal shares outstanding at the end
of3he year. In the preceding year the
prints after charges and taxes were
deducted amounted to $1,157.31. Ex-
penditures Of the Southern California
Edison Co. during the year for pay
rolls. taxes. operation and maintenance
and new construction under the budget
as approved by the board Of directors
wdn total approximately $14, ,750, 600
This sum does not include bond Interest
or ether payments for use Of capital
Resumption Of regular dividend pay
Evening star., 1934-01-14
BY GEORGE F. FISHER.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


~ MAHA, Nebr.. January 13.-Con-
1 tinued increase in bank clear
J ings after the holidays was
noted in Omaha. This city
showed the largest gain, 36.8
per cent, of any large city, according
to a national commercial agency report,
for the five days ending January 3.
compared with the same period a year
ago.
Bank deposits here December 80, the
last day of business Of 1888, were $82,-
547,549, or $6,774,00 above the figures
at the close Of 1882. They were So
39s 900 more than at the time Of the
previous bank call, october IS, 1888.
The Federal deposit insurance law,
effective January 2, has brought many
thousands of dollars in new deposits. In
many instances boarded money, Of the
old type blanket currency, made its way
again into circulation. The Govern
ment postal savings banks have not
been visibly affected.
Loans in national banks have dropped
81. 100000 from the figures Of Octo-
Der rs.
An indication Of business conditions
generally is revealed in the statement
OF the Woodmen Of the World Life In
slIrance Co., a fraternal company with
an old line basis, doing more business
in the South than in tho North. The
Evening star., 1934-01-14
FutreU Demands
Special Session Act
On Ref4nding Bill
Says Arkansas Faces Ruiz,
U$l55,OOO,OOO if High.
,Uay Debt Is Neglected.
Jpecial Dispatch to The Star.

Jpecial Dispatch to The Star.
LITTLE ROCK, ARK, January 13.-
After being in session a week and ac-
eomplishing little, the Arkansas Legis-
ature was given warning by Gov. ].
Marion Futrell Tuesday that it must
show prompt action in passing a re-
funding bill or the State faced ruin.
The bill to which he referred was
for refunding the States sl55,0o0,o00
highway debt, and he pointed out that
there are five sources from which to
derive revenue to meet the refunding
agreement and with holders of the
State bonds.
Five Revenue Sources.
They were: Eliminate the county
turnback on gasoline taxes, increase in
the gasoline tax, abolish all refund, ex-
cept to agriculture; tax on natural
gas, q modification of license taxes on
trucks, or q substitution Of present laws,
and abolition of the per cent gross
tax, with mileage tax law.
The warning from Gov. Futrell came
after q three-judge Federal Court held
last week that acts 167 and 48, passed
by the 1888 session of the Legislature
In an attempt to divert highway reve-
nues to purposes other than payment
Of interest and maturities on the high
way and toll bridge bonds, were un-
constitutional because they impaired
the obligation of the States contract
with its bondholders.
Injunction Made Permanent.
The decision made parmanent q
temporary injunction restraining State
Treasurer Roy ". Leonard from dis
bursting State highway revenues under
the 1893 acts. He will be allowed only
10 pay out revenues for the mainte-
nance of roads and operating expenses
Of the Highway Department.
The only bill Of importance passed
thus far by the Legislature and signed
by the Governor Is Senate bill No. /,
allowing delinquent taxpayers until
April 10 to redeem tax-forfeited lands
by the payment of one years taxes.
"A bill that would put Arkansas In
the liquor business was approved by the
House Temperance Committee and re-
turned to the House with q recon.
mendetion that it be passed, with GER
tain amendments. The bill would Gre
ate an alcohol-control authority Which
would operate retail shops and agencies
IN counties which vote In special elec.
tions to be held the second Tuesday
n March to permit such operations.
Evening star., 1934-01-14
SHARP CHANGE
IS SUGGESTED IN
KENTUCKY BILLS
State Government
Would Be Com.
Pletely Revised.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


LOUISVILLE. KY, January ia
complete overhauling Of the State gov
ernment has been proposed by Gov.
Ruby Laffoon and his advisory council
in a series of messages to the General
Assembly to be followed by bills giving
effect to the recommendations. Their
general idea is to concentrate power
in the hands Of the chief executive, to
consolidate the 78 existing State de-
partments and agencies into 13 ad-
ministrative and independent agencies
and to simplify the entire financial
system in the interests of greater ef-
fectiveness and economy"
The recommendations propose cabi-
net of 13 heads of departments to sit
with the Governor. as follows: State.
law, treasury, finance, revenue and
taxation, highways, welfare, health
agriculture, labor and conservation,
banks and insurance, education. library
and archives and military The inde-
pendent agencies proposed are: Auditor
Of public accounts, who would be q
rowing investigator; board of election
commissioners, railroad commission,
State racing commission and work.
mems compensation board.
Evening star., 1934-01-14
BY L. M. THAYER.
| Dispatch to The Star.


T IELENA, Mont, January 13;-
Politics was initiated formally
the other day with announce
L i ment that Speaker Dennis Dei1-
wo Of the Montana House OF
Representatives Is contemplating becom-
ing Q candidate for the United States
House of Representatives In the first, or
western. district.
Mr.. Dellwo, a Democrat from Lane
County, is serving his sixth term IN the
Montana House.
1T is too early to formulate definite
plans" said the speaker in announcing
that he was considering coming out for
Congress, but after having served the
Legislature this long, feel that Con-
gress should be the next step, providing
the party so desires"
Mr.. Dellwo aspires to the seat Of Rep
resentative Joseph P. Monaghan OF
Butte, who displaced. in the primary
two years ago, the veteran John M. Ev-
ans of Missoula. It Is understood that
candidate again, in which case there
primary from this district. Representa-
tive Roy Ayres in the second, or eastern,
district thus far Is without Demo-
cratic opponent and in neither district
thus far has a Republican come forward.
Normally the western district Is Demo-
cratic and the eastern Republican.
Ayres was swept in on the Roosevelt
landslide.
Employment Gains.
The next 60 days should say whether
or not the recovery program is likely to
succeed, as far as Montana is concerned.
With the coming of Spring work of the
great Fort Peck Dam project will begin
in earnest. employing thousands of men.
In addition, many more will 60 to work
on the roads, and not few p. w. A.
projects will be going full blast
Whether these can take up the slack
remains to be seen.
Taking the situation by and large, II
is safe to assert that normalcy will not
return In Montana until normalcy in
copper mining resumes, and this date
seemingly is on the knees Of the gods.
At least, no date is assigned at present
to that happy event. The copper in
dustry apparently is still in the doldrums
into which it fell several years ago.
The mines of Butte and the smelters of
Anaconda and Great Falls are the heart
Of the State and until they again pump
blood into all Montana hope Of normalcy
is vain.
The cheerful spirit-undoubtedly an
Evening star., 1934-01-14

special Dispatch to The Star.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla, January 13
Florida Is not proposing to be
chided with modesty or slowness
in setting forth claims and re-
quests for Federal appropriations
for Civil Works Administration projects.
A story from Tallahassee recently told
of the approval of preferred projects
totaling s5,s14, os in one day. This
was remarked as the biggest days work
of the State engineering department,
and brought the total Of preferred
projects approved for the State to $l3.-
4l0.S6O.57. It was added that 10 Of
Florida's 81 counties have not yet been
given consideration, although they have
many requests to make for funds. In
the latest approved list Polk County
asks for more than half q million. indi-
eating proposed work for public health,
schools, Fairgrounds, roads. gardens
Evening star., 1934-01-14
BY GEORGE HOYT SMITH.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla, January
The Washington times., 1934-10-03
STARS HOT TER
THAN SUN

Compared with other starts Of
the solar system, the sun is COM
paratively cool.
This amazing fact was made
known yesterday by DR.. Charles
g. Abbot, secretary of the Smith
Sonian Institution, following
another summer of research at
Mount Wilson, Calf.
DR.. Abbot started taking the
temperature" of stars more than
10 years ago with an instrument
Of his own invention, so delicately
fashioned it hinged upon a frag-
ment of the wing Of fly.
This summer, with a new in
strumental setup, DR.. Abbot was
able to split up the radiation of
blue, white and yellow stars bill
lions of miles away into their diff
1erent components.
Thus, it was found that one Of
the great blue stars has surface
temperature of 10000 degrees Gen.
tigrade, or more than three times
that of the sun. Such a star is
literally too hot to be bright, -"
barely a third of that of the sun.
The Washington times., 1934-10-03
GLAZERS START
STRIKE HERE

Though their demand for an
increase in wages from $1.121a per
hour to SIPS has been met, ap-
proximately 100 glazers in the
District of Columbia are out on
strike.
Speaking for the paint and
glass dealers throughout the Dis
trict, E. J. Murphy, president Of
the paint company which bears
his name, stated that while the
dealers have agreed to the in
crease, they feel they should be
allowed to finish jobs contracted
for at the old wage scale. This
will be about January l, he said.
The glazerS insist on an imme-
date increase, Mr.. Murphy said.
Among the dealers affected by
the strike are: Dyer Brothers,
Inc: Hugh Reilly Company; Ru-
dolph and West; E j. Murphy
Paint Company and the Pitts
burgh Plate Glass Company.
There will be another meeting
between dealers and glazers to-
day, Mr.. Murphy said.
The Washington times., 1934-10-03
ISLAND TARIFF
MOVE DELAYED

Proposed increase in Philippine
tariffs designed to protect Philip
pine free trade with the United
States will be deferred at least un-
til next year, it was learned from
authoritative sources today.
The Japanese foreign office
spokesman had said the increased
tariff rates might affect adverse.
ly the friendly relations between
Japan and the United States"
The Japanese government had
instructed its representatives to
state to authorities at Washington
and Manila that trade between
Japan and the Philippines, re-
Gently rapidly increasing, maybe
virtually killed."
The Washington times., 1934-10-03

MoToR.BoAT RACER. Bill Horn,
who drives a big racing hydro
plane at 70 m. p. h., says: ITS
a swell feeling, when tired, just
to smoke a Camel and be your
real self again. That's what /
do whenever l feel played out."
The Washington times., 1934-10-03
JUDGE GETS TOKEN

AS a token to Judge Joseph c.
Mattingly, of the Circuit Court,
from the Board of County Com
missioners which will retire in
December, the board yesterday
authorized the purchase of rug,
chair and bookcase for the judges
offices in the courthouse at Up.
per Marlboro.