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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-01-28
WYOMING PRESSES
WORK UNDER C.W.A.
Application of Cut In Hours
Found hnpracticabIe on
Many Projects.
Special Dispatch to The Star,

CASPER, Wyo., January 27-Modifl-
cation OF the Federal ruling, which re-
duced Civil Works Administration hours
by half. was hailed as good news this
week In Wyoming communities with
projects exempted from the drastic cut.
Isolated camps in which the new Is
hour week cannot be instituted to adj
vantage are covered by the exemption,
and q list OF these has been compiled
and forwarded to Washington upon in
structtons from Harry L. Hopkins, Fed
era administrator. Airport construc-
ton at Laramie, Rawlins. Rock Springs,
Sheridan and Casper will also be per-
mitted q 24-hour week, 1t has been
announced.
The modification order followed rep
RESERVATIONS made by Gov. L. A. Miller
In connection with land surveys being
made by c. w. A. forces for the Casper
Alcova reclamation and power project
on the North Plltte River in Central
Wyoming. Delay in completing the
work and the impracticality of stagger-
ing the employment were the principal
reasons advanced. Steady progress is
being made in tunnel driving at the
Alcova Dam site and other activities
that can be carried on under Winter
conditions. and specifications now being
placed in form will permit the awarding
Of contracts in the early Spring for
more Of the major project units.
Routine Holds Sway.
In other respects developments hold
to routine or seasonal character, IA
vored by the mildest Winter weather
on record, and with public interest now
conferred principally in Washington
legislative plans and activities affecting
the West. Reports from over the State,
however, continue to show improved
conditions and stronger feeling of op-
timism and confidence. 49,. -
After holding their own last year
against the peak Of depression, dude
ranchers in annual meeting voiced ex-
pectations OF an upturn in business
next Summer They reported the best
big game hunting season since 1915 last
FAN IS q result of wyoming license re-
auctions. and look to larger Summer
patronage by vacationists as q result Of
dollar depreciation and the increased
relative cost Of travel and recreation
abroad. The tourists trade follows
closely the trend Of the ranch business.
Early reopening Of the iron mine at
Sunrise. in the eastern part of the
State Is expected with the release of
orders for rails. About $50 men were
thrown out of work the first of the
year when operations were curtailed at
Pueblo, Colo, where the ore is milled.
Land and Cattle Issues.
Questions involving disposition Of the
remaining public domain and ways and
means of aiding the cattle industry
continue to hold first interest in public
affairs.
Thus far no dissenting voice has been
raised publicly to the stand taken by
the Wyoming Stock Growers Associ-
alton. the Wyoming Wool Growers As
ISOLATION. the Wyoming State Legisla-
ture and men prominent in public
and private life urging the return of
the public lands to the State.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-01-28
ALABAMA REVIEWS
P. v. A. PROTESTS
Congressman Charge State
Sighted in Awards, Work
Delayed.
Special pisp.tch to tn. Star.


B1RM1NGHAM. Ala. January H.
Alabama's complaints that 1t has been
sighted in the allotment Of P. w. A.
funds were renewed this week before
Secretary Ickes, public works admin
istrator.
The situation has. been taken up by
Alabama Congressman. especially Rep
resentative George Huddleston Of the
Birmingham district. In q letter to
Secretary Ickes, Huddleston this week
pointed out that not one cent Of p
w. A. loan money had yet been spent
In the State, and that only $15.067. 374
OF P. W. A. funds had been allotted
on q per capita basis to at least s7o.-
100000 Of the $3,300.000, 900 appro-
pr1ated by the last Congress.
The fault. Huddleston charged, was
not with Alabama petitioners, but in
the slowness with which applications
are being acted upon in Washington.
Some applications have been pending
for months, he told Secretary Ickes,
with the petitioners having no knowl-
edge as to why action had not been
taken.
s3,343,5O0 Non-Federal.
OF the s15,O0O,O0O allotted to the
State, the Secretary Of the Interior was
reminded, S3,343,500 was for non
Federal projects. The rest has been
for Federal aid projects, including ap-
proximately $1,000 900 for roads and
another million for improvements at
Maxwell Field, United States Army
aviation post at Montgomery.
However, while complaints of this
phase OF the recovery program have
been wide and emphatic throughout
Alabama, the State in other respects
$10,000.000 distributed in 1888 In the
cotton acreage reduction and cotton
loan work Of the Federal Government,
Alabama farmers are responding en-
Enthusiastically to the campaign now on
to take 100000 acres in the State out
Of cotton production this year. More
than half Of this acreage was signed
up in the first week of campaigning,
according to DR.. L. N. Duncan, Auburn,
director of the Extension Service. Ala
ban1a Polytechnic Institute, and chair
man Of the drive. Success of the cam
paign was confidently predicted by DR..
Duncan.
Work on Dam Proceeds.
Another landmark was passed in the
State also when the Tennessee Valley
Authority reported completion Of the
Golfer dams at the Joe Wheeler Dam
site above Muscle Shoals. The Joe
Wheeler Dam will ultimately cost $23,-
100000. OF this sum the T. v. A. has
already allotted $7,500,000 and the
War Department 100000. Approx
mately 100000 gallons of water will
have to be pumped out Of the Golfer
dams before construction can start on
the Joe Wheeler Dam.
The dam is named for Gen. Joe
Wheeler, the only man to hold that
rank in both the Civil War and the
Spanish-American War. The ancestral
Wheeler home is only a short distance
from the dam site.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-01-28
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BpeMaI D1spAtch to The Star.
HCAGO, January 27-Urgent
issues are piling up on Gov.
Horner's desk They are can
~ didates for inclusion in his call
for a third special session of
the Illinois Legislature. AS this is writ
ten the special liquor control session is
nearing its end after weeks of mud
ding effort to draft bill that would
stand chance of emergency passage and
executive approval. The wearisome con-
troversy over amendments and amend
ed amendments has exasperated scores
Of groups interested in proposals in
many other important fields No
action can be had until some COM
promise is reached between the liquor
interests and those more unselfishly
concerned about public welfare.
Damned back by the prolonged I'M
passe of that tedious struggle are meas
ures related to revenue, educational
relief, low rental housing, milk mar
keting control, revision of the con-
stitution. and similar important top
les. The Century of Progress Expo
sition management Is handicapped in
preparation for the 1884 encore Of the
1888 achievement by the fact that
certain legislation Is necessary in order
70 validate the projected reopening
Liquor Bill Contentious.
No one subject that may figure in
the new call is likely to prove as con-
tentious as liquor control; but, unless
the Governor is ruthlessly exclusive in
delimiting the program, thus occa-
sioning disappointment to many friend
" groups, the third special session
probably will be wrestling with its
tasks when the dandelions bloom
again on Springfield lawns.
Low-rental housing has taken on
new vitality as an issue since it be-
came apparent that the limited divi-
dend corporations provided for in
earlier legislation cannot erect dwell
ings at a rental rate to serve the in
come group most urgently in need Of
relief. Federal provision under the
p. w. A. for loans and outright grants
to State housing authorities is be-
Ieved to be the only practicable OPEN
ing for projects of the kind required.
Illinois has no such bodies. and the
Legislature must create them If this
State is to avail itself of the new
opportunity.
Milk Control Considered.
Milk marketing control is new
candidate for consideration. 1t ap-
pears as result of dissatisfaction over
the arbitration settlement Of the re-
cent strike-which seems to have set
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-01-28
KILLING OF RATS
is HELD GREAT
BOON TO SOUTH
c. ". A. Project En-
pected to SAGE
Many Lives.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ATLANTA, Ga. January 27-Athough
individuals hostile to the new deal have
poked bit Of fun at 1t, the rat-killing
campaign now under way in Georgia
and Alabama as q function Of the
c. w. A.. Is declared by agricultural
economists and by eminent physicians
to be Of vast import to the South and
to the Nation.
Under civilian crews poison u being
spread In II counties IN Southern
Georgia and 81 counties In Alabama,
the two sections constituting Q region
in which rat infestation has reached
alarming proportions in the last three
years.
The campaign has as its main pur-
pose the control Of typhus fever. Rats
carry the disease and harbor the feas
which transmit 1t to humans. Figures
of the health departments Of Georgia
and Alabama show that the incidence
Of typhus has doubled each year for
three years.
DR.. D. L. Seckinger, epidemiologist
Of the Georgia Board Of Health, says
l27 cases of typhuS were reported In
1881, 308 in 1882 and 618 last year
The death rate rose from per cent
in 1881 to per cent in 1888
The disease is believed to have been
brought to the Georgia Alabama Sec
ton by the Warrior River Barge Line
from Gulf ports The vagrant rats
found the peanut fields Of Alabama and
Georgia ideal for settlement and propa.
CATION on the tremendous scale charac.
teristic Of the family. Biologists Of q
mathematical turn Of mind have fig-
ured that a single pair of rats could
produce in three years q posterity Of
359. 700, 900.
However that may be, vast armies
Of rats have been devastating the pea
nut and grain crops Of nearly 100
counties with the threat OF spreading
enormously the arena of their destruc-
ton. And along with it has gone an
alarming increase IN disease hitherto
unknown to the midland.
In addition to poisoning the vermin.
a large number Of rats will be trapped
and combed for fleas to determine
which type carry typhus and which
spread the bubonic plague. Three hun
dred men have been assigned to this
duty. The specimens will be sent to
experts at Washington.
The entire campaign now closing will
have given temporary employment to
10000 men and will have cost about
81 $50, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-01-28
Senatorial Race
Ercites arizona
Political Circles
Sen. Ashurst Said Plan
ming to Team Up With
6. W. p. Hunt.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
PHOENIX, Ariz., January 27.-Ari-
bona political circles are seething with
excitement over the forthcoming United
States senatorial campaign as result of
developments in the last fortnight.
Senator Henry F. AShurst. who has
held one of Arizonas senatorial togas
since statehood in 1912, will head the
roundup of Democratic candidates,
seeking reelection.
He will team, according to adroit
politics, with former Gov. George w.
r. Hunt, one-time Minister to Siam
under President Wilson. Hunt heads a
large group of Arizona Democrats.
Opposing Senator Ashurst will be In
ternal Revenue Collector Sidney p.
Osborn, one Of the early secretaries Of
State Of Arizona. He will be affiliated
with Gov. B. B. Moeur and his group
OF bourbons.
Osborn rode back into the political
picture when he championed the cause
81 Gov. Moeur in 1882 when the latter,
Q Tempe, Ariz., physician and new
conner in politics, ran for the Demo-
cratic gubernatorial nomination against
Hunt.
Osborn is also chairman of the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee, and an
svoWed opponent Of the Hunt clan. he
was an ardent supporter OF Representa-
tive Isabella Greenway when sne sougnt
end received Budget Director Lewis w.
Douglas vacated seat In the aooseA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-01-28
FEDERAL FUNDS RELIEVE
SITUATION IN COLORADO
Governor Secures $5OO,OOO After Legis
Iature Passes Bill to Provide>
Aid for Needy.

It Is estimated between 100000 md
81 10000 will be raised from each of
these sources
Gov. johnson Immediately contacted
Federal Relief Administrator Harry L.
Hopkins in Washington and arrange
ments were made for an advance Of
$500, 900 Immediately from the Govern
ment to take care Of the relief needs
here until returns start coming from
the new tax-probably about March !.
Following the legislatures action,
Gov. johnson announced . complete
reorganization Of the State relief set-
up-a revamplng, he declared, that
would eliminate all waste, extrava9ance
tnef11ciency. high salaries and expensive
overhead.
"Relief money must be used 10 All
empty stonMchs," the Governor said
The Legislature, accused Of making
more blunders than any other body OF
its kind In the history Of the State
continued to tumble even after the re-
lief legislation was enacted. It ad-
journed sine die. theoretically, within
48 hours, but the legislative clocks were
stopped while members haggled over q
legislative expense bill-a measure to
pay employees for their time while the
Legislature was In Christmas recess
This action was comparable to practi-
cally every action taken by the law
making body, which started with An er-
ror when the house was Improperly or
gained and steps were necessary "a
perform that rite all over again q few
days after the session opened
Sine die adjournment found Q num-
Der Of proposed bills definitely killed.
including the measure to amend the
State liquor laws to provide for sale
OF hard liquor by the drink in hotels,
clubs and restaurants.
A Joint House and Senate Commit
tee was authorized to continue during
adjournment Investigation into liquor
Juror two weeks ago.
=. Meanwhile. In Denver. one retail
liquor license had been revoked and
city authorities are In the midst Of an
intensive drive on alleged vtolAtors Of
the State nquor-control laws. A num-
Der Of licenses in Denver are said to
have been issued to former bootleRgers.
contrary to provisions Of the State law.
A dream Of years come true" for
Colorado motorists and the thousands
Of tourists that annually visit the State
Is taking form in the Pixies Peak re-
gion. near Colorado Springs. A new
scenic road, opening to the motorists
view q mountain area Of majestic vistas,
Is being constructed by the United
States forest service, aided by c. c. c.
workers. It will be known - the
Queens Canon Ridge Truck Trail, and
Will run q distance OF about "a miles,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-01-28
GOVERNOR ATTACKS
WISCONSIN SENATE
Schmedeman Charges Members "Play.d
Polite" in Killing Liquor Bile. WA.
Shake-Up Disturbs Democrats.

blame on the Progressives. Previously
conservative Republicans and Democrats
have voted together against Progres.
Sives on controversial issues.
Following the reading Of the mes
sage, storm of criticism broke from
Senators Of all factions, and the Gov
ernor was assailed for attempting to
pass the buck" for the failure Of the
administration to enact any legislation
on liquor, except taxation, after six
weeks Of acrobatics. When the storm
had subsidized, the lull found the Legis-
lature deadlocked, with no legislation
on liquor control before 1t that had q
chance Of joint approval by both houses.
Split on Saloon Issue.
Critics Of the Governors bill con-
tend that It restores the old saloon
system, thereby going contrary to the
announcement of President Roosevelt
against such a reversion. Gov. Schmed-
eman said his bill did nothing Of the
kind. but took politics" out Of the
licensing Of saloons by turning this
function over to q three-man State
commission. His critics replied that this
was the biggest political piece yet, as
the commission would be named by the
present administration and would have
huge political patronage in the grant
ing Of $4,000 to 10000 tavern licenses
throughout the State.
As the legislative fight rumbled
through capitol corridors, news of .
thorough shake-up in the c. w. A. Ad-
ministration further troubled Demo-
cratic leaders Howard o. Hunter, d.
rector Of recovery activities for four
States, announced at midweek that all
"a regional G. w. A. administrators in
Wisconsin are to be ousted and Robert
c. Johnson, State c. w. A. director,
may be removed. Numerous charges
OF political preferment in the choosing
Of the directors and in the activities OF
these directors in allocattng jobs have
been made.
Lobbying Causes Stir.
The discovery that Joseph Martin,
newly chosen chairman of the Demo-
cratic State Committee. Is a lobbyist
for the Association Of Wisconsin Drug
gists, caused another furry Of excite
ment. Martin Is said to have been
chosen at the insiStence Of Gov.
Schmedeman. He is a registered lob
byist and recently appeared before .
Legislative Committee on liquor con.
troll bill.
Martin was attacked as "unethical"
following President Roosevelt's state.
ment on Democratic lawyers and lob
byists in Washington using their party
connections to attract clients seeking
legislative favors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-01-28
ILLEGAL RUM SALE
IS BEING STOPPED
Indiana Revokes Licenses of
Beer ParIors Which Sell =
Liquor by the Drink.
BY HAROLD C. FEIGHTNER.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, January 81
Hard liquor. which enjoyed a run Of
lawlessness in Indiana after repeal OF
the eighteenth amendment, Is gradu-
ally being brought under control by
Paul Fry, State excise director, through
revocation of retail beer licenses.
Under the Indiana law whisky and
kindred drinks can only be bought by
the bottle in drug stores, but when the
lid came of good many beer dealers
stocked up on the more potent bever-
age. With prosecutors nearly all can
didates for denomination in the Spring
primaries, Fry found little local as
sistance. so he resorted to the only
weapon at his command-revocation Of
licenses.
Even some Of the big downtown no.
tells in Indianapolis which had taken
the liberty to serve highball or cock
tail found themselves faced by the ex-
IRENE penalty. The result Of Fry's
drive has been to straighten out q lot
Of places where beer and whisky was
being sold in direct violation Of the
law.
Because quantity Of bad liquor was
loosed on the State Immediately after
repeal and because the price has been
kept skyward, Hoosiers are turning to
beer and wine, it seems. Reports to the
State Excise Department show that
greater quantities of beer were con-
sumed in the first half Of January than
In December, fact regarded as strange
for the Midwinter months. At the
same time retailers report a growing
consumption of wine from public that
never knew much about that kind of
beverage.
Indiana brewers have been quick to
sign the national code governing the
brewing industry Eleven operating
breweries and the 10 importers who
handle all beer shipped into the State
are within the code and five or six
more will join as soon as their plants
begin operations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-01-28
G. o. P. IN SOUTH DAKOTA
PLANS FALL CAMPAIGN
Will Seek to Regain Control of
State Lost in Landslide That
Elected Roosevelt.

Special Dispatch to The Star
SIOUX FALLS, S. Oak, January
27.-Republicans of South Dakota,
making plans to win back the State
at the general election in November,
had intended holding a State meeting
on Tuesday, January 30, but learning
that this was the anniversary Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's birth, and would be
celebrated by Democrats generally,
they have changed the date to Mon
day, February II.
The meeting will organise the party
for the coming campaign, decide upon
party policies and pave the way for
an aggressive campaign to again place
South Dakota-normally a Republican
State-in the Republican column.
Among the plans of the Republicans
will be the election, If possible, Of
two members Of the House of Repre-
sentatives. Party leaders realize they
will be somewhat handicapped for
funds, while the Democrats viii have
an abundance Of money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-01-28
|U.S POLICY ON COLD.
AIDS NEVADA MINES.
Higher Profits Increase Min
eraI Business in West.
Plants Reopened.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


RENO. New, January Pit has been
q week of progress and optimism in
Nevada, much Of it actual progress and
some of it optimistic talk which has
had the effect Of cheering up the man
in the street.
The presidential gold proclamation
has been an important stimulant. It
means that the operating mining COM
panieS will receive larger net profit
and that they will increase their forces
in order to increase this profit. There
Is no gold mining property in Nevada
worth working that is not being OPP
Grated.
The same might be said OF silver, for
at 641a cent silver the net operating
profit Is up. The higher price Of the
metals also enables the companies to
work low-grade ores which they had
not touched For instance, q gold ore
worth SIS ton could not be profftably
worked with the metal at $40 an ounce.
With the price at $34 an ounce it
means virtually go per cent increase,
so the low-grade ores are being mined
and mixed with the higher grades.
Word received during the week that
the Typo mine Of the Treadwell Yukon
Co. was to be reopened cheered the
mining fraternity, for it means that at
least lis men will go to work there in
short time. Then there are we'll
sponsored reports that the Montana and
the Belmont Of Tonopah are to resume,
the former through leasing. Com
bined Metals at Phoebe also is reported
planning to place many more men at
work and resumption Of copper mining
at Ely Is anticipated, for the silver pro-
duced there as by-product is large in
volume.
The annual meeting of the Reno
Chamber of Commerce, which is viz
tually q Nevada organization, brought
out the information that the trade in
crease was large among Nevada mer-
chants during the holiday season. as
compared to that of 1882.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-01-28
Better Price Tone
Evident in Omaha
Liue Stock Market
Nebraska Farmers Get
More Than, 10 Mil
lions in Corn Loans.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
OMAHA. Nebr., January 27.-Heavy
buying of hogs for relief purposes
better demand for choice dressed beef
in the East and stronger tone in the
sheep market due to restricted supply
and increased demand have given a
f1rmer tone to the live stock market
this week.
In fact, the upturn in prices has
been so marked that dealers have
strong hope 1t will retain permanancy
Feeling grows that the Government
slaughter Of pigs will result in q hog
shortage.
Cattle. which late in last December
reached a low that had not been
eQualed In 81 years, are already more
than dollar a hundred higher, and
the market has a steady tone
Farmers in Nebraska so far have
received more than s1O000,0oO in corn
loan money. Perhaps half Of this has
been taken up by the banks that at
first fought shy Of the paper. Now
they are anxious to obtain it. Accurate
figures on the totals can only be had
now by listing inspections Of the State
Railway Commission that form the
basis for the advances.
A continued increase in bank clear
ings has been shown in Omaha, which
practically reflects the situation in
Nebraska. The city's clearing total for
the past week was 44.3 per cent above
that for a year ago. It led all metro
politan cities in percentage Of in
crease.
A survey in Omaha this week re-
vealed eos fewer vacant houses than
at this time year ago. The vacancy
ratio, considering all types Of houses,
Is slightly under 312 per cent.
c. w. A. activities slackened slightly
due to the inability of the Government
to continue its proportionate share of
purchasing materials for many civic
projects. But with promise Of more
funds in the early future from Con-
gress, 1t seems certain that this type
Of work will be continued at a slower
pace.