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A-2 ¥w NEW DEAL SCHEME BELIEVED DOOMED Too Many Obstacles De- clared = Facing 25-Year Natural Resources Plan. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Will Rogers’ idea of a “plan to end all plans” may come to fruition sooner | than is generally expected if the administration continues with its am- bitious programs for developing nat- ural resources. The latest plan—the project for utilizing the resources of the Mis- sissippi Valley—has been made pub- lic after many weeks of planning, but the White House significantly lets it be known that all this is tied up to the big plan of the National Resources Board. The latter involves a 25-year-plan, costing about $105,- 000,000,000. If the planners are to await the discovery of ways and means of financing such a huge undertaking very little will be dane about it during the present generation's struggle with ; the depression. Too Big a Job. 1In other words, the more the plan- ners try to plan the more they find that the whole of the United States has to be reconstructed, and that's a rather large order, even for an ad- ministration which won such an overwhelming victory at the polls last November. Fortunately or unfortu- nately, parties do not stay in power for 25 years with such heavy majori- ties in both houses of Congress, where the authorization for spending is made. + Also, there’s another fly in the ointment. The President gently re- minds the press that the localities affected should pay part of the cost. One needs to turn back a few years to the files of the newspapers just after the Mississippi flood and it will be discovered just how enthusiastic the various States affected by flood control were about paying the cost of the construction work which was to protect them against future floods. Maybe, if the Tennessee Valley proj- ect were assessed against the residents of the territory affected, there might be a different attitude toward some of the improvements being made in that region. But the idea that re- gions should bear special assessments, just as city property owners do, who have the benefit of improvements. is rather novel coming from the Fed- eral administration, Local Opposition Seen. If this part of the President’s policy is retained, it will have the effect of ending all plans much sooner than the planners dream. For a bickering match on what each locality should pay would lead to all sorts of log- rolling and doubtless such a lopsided arrangement as to discourage the na- tional plan. One of the principal difficulties the planners have is with the American system of government, which still gives the States and the cities certain rights and obligations and powers to raise revenues for their own purposes. The forthcoming conferences on means of eliminating tax duplication between Federal, State and city gov- ernments may accomplish much, but tax co-ordination will have to be done by moral suasion and cannot be achieved by compulsion. The same thing is true of the degree of co-operation between Federal, State and city governments to put into ef- fect such a mammoth plan as the Mississippi Valley project. ‘The com- mittee, which drew it up was well aware of this difficulty, for it re- marked in conclusion as follows: Vast Changes Necessary. “The Nation can create such a Mis- sissippi Valley as has been outlined if | 1t collectively so wills.” But it would have to express its will in many changes in State con- stitutions and city charters and the National Resources Board would have to be superseded by a national board that would derive its authority from the Congress in co-operation with the several States. It can be done. There’s no doubt that the Constitution is sufficiently flexible to be amended to iron out all differences and make the Nation adopt 8 broad-gauged plan, even though it drives the Government into various businesses in competition with private industry and forces investors to lose &5 a consequence. But the probabilities are that no such national plan will be undertaken for the simple reason that, just now. the crying need of the country is for somebody to bring out a plan that will give 10,000,000 persons work in the year 1935, and not 25 years hence. (Copyright. 1934.) HOUSTON OBSERVES “JESSE JONES DAY” Chairman of R. F. C. Honored by His Home City—Bust Presented to Public Library. By the Associated Press. HOUSTON, "Tex.. December 27.— Jesse H. Jones, chairman of the Re- construction Finance Corp., was being honored by his home city today. A bronze bust of Jones was unveiled and presented to the Houston Public Library. A gift of Houston admirers, it is the work of Enrico Cerrachio, former Houston sculptor, now of New York. Mayor Oscar Holcomb issued a proclamation setting aside the day as “Jesse H. Jones day.” The proclama- tion referred to him as “a distin- guished citizen who has performed a notable service for his country in a crisis.” Six close friends of Mr. Jones were to speak briefly. They are Bishop A. Frank Smith of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, Mayor Hol- combe, President Gus Wortham of the Chamber of Commerce, J. W. Evans, Frank Andrews and former Gov. W. P. Hobby. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home | Band Orchestra in Stanley Hall this evening at 5:30 o'clock; John S. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant leader. March, “The New Ebbitt” Zimmermann Overture, “Hancredi” Suite Oriental, “From India”.. “The Bayaderes.” “By the Ganges.” “The Almas.” “The Patrol.” Grand scenes from the opera “La Traviata” .........co0c...0. Verdl Comic, “The Skipper of Tooner- ville” Slater Valse lonte, “Vision des Etoiles” (“Vision of the Stars”), von der Mohden Finale, “Ni-O-de-Mus”....Richardson “The Star Spangled Banner.” What’s What Behind News In Capital Morgenthau: Reported to Have Failed - in O’Connor Removal. BY PAUL MALLON. ECRETARY MORGANTHAU'S own personal public works proj- ect, directed toward moving Man Mountain O'Connor out of the Treasury controllership, is reported to have failed. Indeed, the chirping New Deal birdies say that the Federal Reserve! Board may even expunge from its rec- ord the fact that Treasury Secretary Morganthau tried, and did offer Mr. O’Connor a $25,000-a-year job with | the San Francisco Bank. A movement to erase the record has actually been started by Mr. O'Con- nor's pals. Apparently they consider | it a blot of some kind or other. Al-| though it is a secret record of the board. In fact, the idea seems to be that every one concerned will erase everything, including all those stories inspired by certain New Dealers from time to time, suggest- ing that Mr. Morganthau would recommend to the wext Congress the abolition of Mr, O'Connor's job. However, while all is now quiet on the O'Connor front, and has been for weeks, no careful newsman will pre- dict eternal peace. Erasers never work very well on men’s memories. Morganthau Misled. It was all a mistake. At least it will be announced as such whenever the erasures are accomplished. 1 Apparently the guileless and in- nocent Mr. Morgenthau was misled by one of Mr. O'Connor’s personal enemies, one in the Treasury and one across the street from there. The one in the Treasury is sup- posed to have personal feeling against Mr. O'Connor from bygone days when they were in North Dakota politics. ~The enmity of the enemy across the street is mot %0 old, but it is supposed to be more competitive. At any rate, that is the story which | is going to be told, and it will be suffi- | cient. { Every one concerned will breathe easier to have the matter settled, be- cause it has caused more inner phe- nagling than all the other famous brotherly misunderstandings within the New Deal family, including Rich- | berg vs. Johnson, Hull vs. Peek et al. Farley Credited. It may be that the Yuletide spirit seized the interested parties and filled them suddenly with brotherly love, but it is more likely that one James Aloysius Farley had a hand down deep in the proceedings. There are many insiders who will tell you that Mr. Farley is the secret of Mr. O'Connor’s success. Every one knows Mr. O’Connor must have had some secret, be- cause even a New Dealer of President Roosevelt's pre-eminent importance would have had difi- culty withstanding the phalanz of inside opposition which was aligned against Mr. O’Connor. You may score the play as a stolen base by Mr. O'Connor, an assist by { Mr. Farley, an error by Mr. Morgan- | thau. But do it in pencil, so it can easily be erased. Helvering to Stay. You also can be reasonably safe in | declining to believe currently pub- ! lished yarns suggesting that Internal Revenue Commissioner Helvering may be transferred to the Kansas City | Reserve Bank. He is to remain here | under the same trade by which the New Deal keeps O'Connor. Credit ! Mr. Farley with an assist on that i It is evident that Mr. Farley is getting to be quite a fellow around & PR i€ T While the O’'Connor-Morgenthau | squabble in the New Deal has been | settled, another inside row is bobbing up to take its place. The peace-mak- {ing influence of the Postmaster Gen- | eral may be needed shortly in the A A A Nothing has leaked out about it yet, but a rather strong misunder- standing has arisen between liberal Consumers’ Counsel Frederick G. Howe and Candy Administrator Ches- ter Davis. At stake are a nmumber of im- portant policy questions, perhaps even the future erxistence of the consumers’ counsel office, but the immediate issue revolves about the Chicago milk market. Howe fought vigorously against a | provision added to the milk license in that area. He contends it gives a virtual monopoly to the existing marketing agencies. The amendment has the effect of putting a ring around |the market and barring all cream shipments from outside it. This, Howe contends, offers a chance for exces- sive price boosting by Chicago milk distributors and is an unfair deal for { consumers Secretary Wallace signed the amendment on Davis’ recommenda- | tion, but the inner fighting about it { has just started. Program Aid Rejected. At the White Sulphur Springs business conference last week, the officers in charge received the fol- lowing wire: “I can write program to meet all problems. Rush expenses.” It came from an Ohio man, not known to officials of the conference. After reading comments by Messrs. Hopkins and Ickes on the program later adopted, the business leaders agree they should have accepted the offer. (Copyright. 1934 ) — | sponsors arguing that it would pre- | MURRAY’S PAPER SOLD OKLAHOMA CITY, December 27 (#).—The Blue Valley Farmer, weekly newspaper which proclaimed the pol- icles of Gov. W. H. (Alfalfa Bill) Mur- ray to the people of Oklahoma during his campaign and admtnistration, has been sold. Cicero I. Murray, cousin of the Gov- ernor, announced its sale to James H. Stroud of Ardmore. “I owned one-fourth, the Governor one-half and the Governor’s wife one« fourth,” said Murray, THE EVENING BTAR, WASHINGTON, D.- €. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1934. - Judges and Opposing Counsel “Get Set” for Opening of Hauptmann Trial DEATH TOLL RISES No. 1—Judge A. O. Robbins of Flemington, N. J., who will be one of two judges presiding at the trial of Bruno Hauptmann, beginning next ‘Wednesday. No. 2—The staff of the prosecu! fion, shown in conference at Trenton. Left to right, seated: Anthony M. Hauck, Hunterdon County prosecutor; David T. Wilentz, attorney general of New Jersey;, George K, Large and Joseph Lanigan, special deputies to the attorney general. Standing: Richard Stockton and Harry A. Walsh. < JERSEY T0 IGNORE HAUPTMANN ALIBI Law to Compel Notice of Defense Plan Waived, Fearing Appeal. By the Associated Press. FLEMINGTON, N. J,, December 27. —The State of New Jersey, an official source said today, has decided to ignore one of the cards in its hand against Bruno Richard Hnuptmann—‘ its new “alibi law.” | By invoking the law, passed by the 1934 Legislature, the State could force Hauptmann's defense to give notice of any intention to claim that Haupt- mann was not at the scene of the Lindbergh kidnaping at the time of the crime. The official source said the State has determined not to invoke the law before the trial starting next Wed- nesday. because its constitutionality never has been tested. The State's attorneys therefore fear it might be | made grounds for an appeal. “Surprise Witnesses” Possible. | The decision left the way open for “surprise witnesses.” The law was, debated keenly by the Legislature, m‘ vent lawyers from introducing such witnesses at the eleventh hour. | Under the law, at the State’s de- | mand, the defense in a criminal case | must give notice of its intention to | prove that the defendant was esle- | where than the scene of the crime | five days before evidence is presented. | Witnesses to the alibi must be listed. | The State, however, is required to| name, two days later, the witnesses | with which it plans to refuge the alibi. | While the State might gain strateg- | ically by demanding such a declara- ! tion from the defense, the official | pointed out, it too would be forced to “show its hand” by naming its rebuttal witnesses. The State is known to be planning an aggressive attempt to show that Hauptmann was near the Hopewell home of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh March 1, 1932, when his infant son was abducted. Probable Alibi Indicated. Hauptmann’s probable alibi was in- dicated in the New York hearing which preceded his extradition, but until the trial, January 2, its details now will remain secret. Z Hauptmann, his attorneys have dis- closed, will testify he was employed in the construction of a New York hotel on the day of the kidnaping and went that night to the Bronx bakery, where his wife Anna was em- ployed. News that reporters were being as- sessed “contributions” for court room seats during the coming Hauptmann trial incurred gubernatorial displeas- ‘ure today, and Gov. A. Harry Moore directed County Prosecutor Anthony M. Hauck to take steps toward having the money refunded. The “assessments” were levied by a deputy of Sheriff John H. Cuftiss, who called in reporters one by one and charged fees of $5 and $10 for press seats to “pay the cost of installing seats, carpentry and other expenses” incident to accommodating the press during the trial. 3 Moore, it was pointed out, was pow- erless to order Curtiss directly to re- fund the money, for the sheriff is re- sponsible only to Supreme Court Jus- tice Thomas W. Trenchard, who as presiding jurist has complete jurisdic- tion over the court.room for the trial. Forty-eight persons—21 of them ‘women—were drawn yesterday from the jury list of 150 to report for duty at_the start of the trial. Defense and prosecution attorneys met Supreme Court Justice Thomas W. Trenchard at Trenton after the talesmen were selected. There was no request for a delay, or for a new jury list. After nis arrest, police and Fed- eral authorities found nearly $15,000 in ransom bills in Hauptmann’s Bronx garage. They also found on a removable panel in a closet of Hauptmann's home a penciled nota- tion of the 1932 telephone number and street adcress of Dr. John F. Condon, the “Jafsie,” who negotiated No. 3—Supreme Court Justice Thomas E. Trenchard, who will share the bench with Judge Robbins. No. 4—Munching & huge red apple, Mannfried Hauptmann, infant son of the Lindbergh kidnaping suspect, arrives in the arms of his mother for a visit with his father at the Flemington jail. No. 5—Attorneys who will defend Hauptmann. Left to right: Lloyd Fisher, Edward J. Reilly, Frederick New Organization Is Ex- pected to Reach 1,000- Plane Strength., Organization of the greatest com- bat air force in the history of Amer- jcan military aviation. an organized unit expected eventually to reach & strength of 1,000 fighting planes o([ all types, has heen approved by Sec- | retary of War Dern and is in progress, the War Department announced to-| day. . Command of the great serial thun- | derbolt, which will be directly at the disposition of the chief of staff, has been intrusted to a veteran lieutenant colonel of the Air Corps, Frank M. Andrews, who probably will become a brigadier general at once, it was announced. Tn selecting Col. An- drews for this important post the | War Department passed over the | three general officers of the Army Alr Corps and two former generals. Headquarters at Langley. Col. Andrexs, now on duty with| the War Department General Staff in the Barr Building, is to establish headquarters of the General Head- | quarters Air Force immediately at| Langley Field, Hampton, Va., 110 miles from Washington and to set | about the actual setting up of his new | command, which will consist of prac- tically all the combat elements of | the Air Corps in the continental United States, together with certain | of the observation and service units. | Under the new plan, Bolling Field, which never in its more than 16 years has been the home of a combat air _organization, is to become the home of two tactical units yet to be created | —the 14th Bombardment Squadron, to be organized here as a part of the | 9th Bombardment Group of the 2d ‘Wing, and the 21st Observation Squad- | ron, which is to be equipped with long-range amphibian airplanes suit- able for coastal reconnaissance and aerial photography or for work at sea. Indorsed by Baker Board. Creation of the new General Head- quarters Air Force, which is regarded, the War Department said, “as of tremendous importance to the national defense,” comes as a result of many months of study by the general staff. Necessity for the plan was realized, it was explained, as a result of de- velopment of the “four-army plan” for the United States. A tentative plan of the chief of staff for organization of the new force was presented last April to the Baker board, headed by former Secretary of War Newton D. Baker and created to study the situa- tion of the Army Air Corps. The Baker board, strongly indorsing the plan, recommended that the force should be headed by a general officer of broad fiying experience, who should have headquarters, with his air troops, away from Washington. Selection of Col. Andrews for the new post came as one of the out- standing surprises of the announce- ment that creation of the new force has been started. Andrews is out- ranked on the Air Corps seniority list by a number of experienced officers, but none of them have a higher repu- tation than he for experience and efficiency. Passed Over 12 Colonels. In selecting Andrews the War De- partment passed over 12 colonels and lieutenant colonels of the Air Corps who stand ahead of him on the senior- ity list. This number includes the three present Air Corp generals, Ben- jamin D. Foulois, James E. Chaney and Oscar Westover, and two former Air Corps generals, Charles H. Dan- forth and Henry C. Pratt, who have reverted to their regular ranks follow- ing completion of duty as assistant chiefs of the Air Corps. Officially advised of his appointment to what general staff officers charac- terized as “the toughest job in the Army,” Col. Andrews, 51-year-old, soft- spoken Southerner, said, “I couldn't have picked a better job for myself.” Force Is Highly Mobile. “This force,” it was explained at the War nt, “will be- highly mobile and will have great striking power. It will be able to employ its mobility in such a manner as to exert the ransom payment for Col. Lind- bergh. the maximum {nfluence upon -land defense, not in one restricted region Col. Andrews to Command America’s Greatest Air Force| LIEUT. COL. FRANK M. ANDREWS. —Army Air Corps Photo. but potentially in all theaters of op- | eration, ready to meet a threat from any direction.” The elements of the new General Headquarters Air Force will be grouped in three great territorial subcommands, or wings. These will be the 1st Wing, on the Pacific Coast, with headquar- ters at Hamilton Field, Calif.; the 2d Wing. on the Atlantic Coast, with headquarters at Langley Field, Va., and the 3d Wing, in the Central and Southern United States, with head- quarters initially at Fort Crockett, Gal- veston, Tex., and later at Barksdale Field, La. The new organization will relieve the chief of Air Corps, Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois, of responsibility for command over the troops of the Air Corps and permit him to devote full time to his duties in matters of | procurement, technical training and developmnet, the Army Aviation School system and the evolving of sound National Guard and Reserve units, the War Department said. “This will place the chief of the Alr Corps in a position comparable to those of other chiefs of arms and services, who are free from responsi- bility for command over the troops and elements of their arms and serv- ices,” it was explained. Revisions May Be Made. The War Department announced that after a year of tests of the new air force plan revisions might be made if found desirable on the basis of actual experience. “Although several years may be necessary to achieve a final soiution,” it was said, “it may be said that the initial step, alone, constitutes by far the most important and evolutionary step toward modernization of the forces of the United States that has been taken since the World War. The principles involved in this step are transcendental in their full implica- tions and will doubtless influence the development of other arms as well as of the Air Corps. * * * The effect on all military organization is likely to be marked.” ‘The plan calls for the basing at Langley Fleld, which becomes the air defense center for the whole At- lantic Coast, of headquarters of the G. H. Q. Air Force, the headquarters squadron; the headquarters of the 2nd Wing, neadquarters of the 2nd Bombardment Group, composed of the 20th 49th, 96th and 54th Bom- bardment Squadrons; the 8th Pursuit Group headquarters and the 33d, 35th and 36th Pursuit Squadrons and 37th Attack Squadron (attached); the 41st Observation Squadron, the 19th Airship Squadron and the 58th and 59th Service Squadrons. No date has been set for the crea- tion of the 14th Bombardment Squad- ron and the 21st Observation Squadron at Bolling Fleld. The bombardment squadron is to be a part of the Sth Bombardment Group, which will have headquarters at Mitchel Field, New York. The various elements o fthe air force will remain at hout the country, but will be subject entirely to orders of the commander at Langley Field, and in an emergency or for training will be prepared to concen- trate at any point immediately. Col. Andrews, however, will be given full authority to reorganize the units of his command so far as may be neces- sary. £ Pope and Egbert Rosencrance. —A. P. Photos FLLSWORTH FALS T0 MAKE FLIGHT| {New Zealand Report of 2,300-Mile Antarctic Trip Is Refuted. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 27.—The | New York Times and the North American Newspaper Alllance in copyright dispatches said today that a projected flight across Antartica by Lincoln Elisworth had been prevented ) by clouds hanging low over Snow Hill | Island, in the Wendell Sea. | Ellsworth, the dispatches from the | island said, is anxiously waiting for | the weather to clear in order to make the fiight. (Dispatches from Wellington, Newf Zealand, yesterday said Ellsworth, along with Bernt Balchen, had suc- | cessfully made the hop of about 2.300 | miles across Antartica, from Deception | Island to the Bay of Whales, where | the Byrd expedition is encamped.) | In a radio conversation the Byrd expedition reported last night it had received no word from Ellsworth con- cerning the flight, CLOUDS BALK FLIGHT. Weather Holds Plane to Base, Leader of Expedition Reports. BY LINCOLN ELLSWORTH. Leader Ellsworth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, Flight Antarctica, December 26 (by Wireless to N.AN.A)—Our second Christmas | |in the Antarctic has come and gone and still our objective, a trans-Ant- arctic flight, is not in sight. Hill Island, clearing sometimes to the | | east or west, but, to the south, dullness of the heavens seems permanent. Since the trial flight of the Polar Star some days ago there has not been | an opportunity for even a short flight toward the unknown area of the Ant- arctic. The Polar Star is loaded and | we are still anxiously waiting, but the days pass without encouragement. | Cheerful Christmas Spent. Our Christmas this year was spent merrily. We missed the serenity that |18 felt when one’s ship is held fast by the pack ice, a5 when we were in the Ross Sea last year, but here, in touch with the greatness of the great ice- bound unknown, it is not difficult to sense the magnitude of the universe and its creator, and at this season. in these latitudes, we feel His nearness. | After a hearty Christmas dinner we had our celebration in the fore- castle, where phonograph records and | selections from the violin of Harald | Bigset, the expedition's machinist, | made the evening cheerful. Humorous Paper Read. ‘The Polar Times, our Christmas newspaper, which set forth interviews | with most every one on board, each giving his opinion of the weather and conditions and other things, was read to the great amusement and sat- isfaction of every one, for it was give and take as far as compliments were concerned. ‘While waiting for the weather to clear we have been busy gathering fossils and a fine collection of many species is now boxed ready for the American Museum of Natural History. (Copyright. 1934, by North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) MINERS VOTE STRIKE —_ 15,000 Men Will Go Out in Anthracite Belt. ‘WILKES-BARRE, Pa., December 37 (#P).—A strike at all collieries of the Glen Alden Coal Co., one of the larg- est producers of anthracite, was or- dered last night at a special meeting of the United Anthracite Miners of Pennsylvania. Approximately 15,000 men are employed at the operations. ‘The employes are members of either the United Anthracite Miners, a new union, or the United Mine Workers of America. ‘The major grievance is the alleged cutting of daily wages of brakemen on motors from $5.28 to $3.18. SNOW HILL ISLAND, Weddell Sea, - WAR FEAR HOLDS FRENCH PEORLE Expect German Invasion While Leaders Move to Preserve Peace. By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 27. — Cheaper bread is the first goal of Premier Flandin as restless France looks to the new year with hope of wiping out the memory of a bitter 1934 Instructions to cut bakers' prices on workmen’s grayish bread have been sent prefects throughout the country. ‘The price is now 6 cents a pound and is expected to be reduced by three- fifths of a cent. In the hope of preventing war in Europe during 1935 Pierre Laval, for- eign minister, is preparing for a trip to Rome, convinced that an agree- | ment with Premier Mussolini is “close- ly linked to the interests of European peace.” War Is Burning Question. The 1934 surge of confidence in Great Britain and wave of hope in America have still Yo find their coun- terparts in Prance The question that obscures every- thing else in the Frenchman's mind is: “Will 1935 bring war?” For years in the background of his thoughts has been an ever-present fear of a Germany eager for revenge. In 1934, more than ever, war scares were dinned in his ears. Justified or not, the average French- man lives in fear that some day with- out a word of warning, giant German planes will swoop across the Rhine and bring death and horror to Paris in a sudden devastating raid that will paralyze the brain of France. With that raid, he fears, will strike a mobile shock army of perhaps 300,000 Germans smashing their way across the border by way of Belgium or Switzerland, to disorganize and terrorize the country, wrecking mobil- ization plans and forcing peace before France can even draw the sword. “A few weeks, that is all Germany | counts on to force us to our knees,” said Col. Fabry, a former minister of war and World War veteran. ‘Two great factors combine to make 1935 hold fateful possibilities in Frenchmen's minds: 1. The Saar plebiscite, January 13, with its potential political dynamite. 2. Firm belief that German re- armament will be completed and that Hitler will be ready to strike. ‘War fears are not simply confined to the man in the street. They go higher: “The situation seems to me to be at least as grave as in 1914.” said Marshal Franchet d'Esperey. “The Germans are preparing for War; We are not preparing enough. They are as dan- gerous now as they were then.” “The enemies of France are pre- paring for war as though it were to be in the near future,” declared Leon Archimbaud, reporter of the 1935 the field in a few days in 1935. Coeds Prefer “Cavemen.” MURRAY, Ky. (#).—Coeds prefer “men who are men,” big, broad-shoul- dered “cave men” who would “be the boss,” & poll of woman students at Murray State Teachers' College re- vealed. Blond men ran second to the black-haired, blue-eyed type, and red- heads were out of the running. INWINTER STORM Temperature Reaches Low of 21 Here—Heavy Gales Sweep Country. By the Associated Press. The Arctic blast which swept across the country struck with renewed fury at many points today, leaving behind a steadily mounting list of fatalities. Washington escaped the full force of the cold wave when the tempera- ture dropped to only 21 degrees here last night. A minimum of 24 is fore- cast for tonight, with rising temp<ia- ture and rain due tomorrow. Shipping along the North Atlantic coast was endangered as the storm whipped across the Eastern States. The British freighter Quebec City, caught by a 40-mile-an-hour wind, was wrenched loose from her an- chorage and driven aground on the mud flats of Brooklyn, while the rud- derless Belgian freighter Emile Franc- qui, bound for Antwerp from New York, with a crew of 35, was battling a gale off the coast of Nova Scotia. An ocean-going tug finally got the vessel in tow after a line had parted and was taking the crippled craft to Hali- fax Harbor. New England Hard Hit. Heavy seas battered the Maine shore when a 57-mile-an-hour gale howled across New England, with rain, snow, sleet, hail and lightning in its wake, | San Prancisco felt the tall end of the storm, in the form of a hard | rain, while the Pacific Northwest was | raked by 70-mile-an-hour gales, jeap- ordizing shipping. A hangar at the Portland, Oreg., airport was demol- ished. Blizzards were raging in the | Cascades. The storm appeared to be moving southward, and a heavy fog tled up shipping in the Los Angeles Harbor. Some relief was promised from the zero and subzero temperatures in the Middle West, but colder weather was |in store for the Applachian region, and the Middle and North Atlantic States. Meanwhile the number of deaths attributed to the fury of the storm in- creased yesterday and last night Two persons were killed at Niagara Falls when a heavy snowstorm swept across New York State. Their auto- mobile was struck by a train when a swirling gust of snow clouded their | vision. Traffic in the Adirondack re- gion was paralyzed and at Malone the State police turned their barracks int: a shelter for stranded motorists. Seven Dead in Minnesota. In Minnesota, where the tempera- ture had sagged as low as 39 below at | Eleveth, seven deaths were attributed ! to the cold. At least two were dead in Towa, including Daniel Devine, 63, | frozen to death at the rear of his | home at Lost Nation. Seven died yes- | terday in Chicago when their automo- | bile skidded on an icy road and was struck by a train. | Icy highways were blamed for four automobile fatalities in Montana. Two persons were missing in that State, and fears were held that they had died of exposure. Wisconsin and Up- | per Michigan counted five deaths in motor car accidents. In Western Can- | ada, where blizzards raged, the death toll stood at 10. Five of the victims were frozen to death. Fires added to the dangers of the storm. Two hundred workers were | thrown out of employment when a blaze destroyed a mill at Mavo, British Columbia. At Milwaukee 20 persons | were forced to flee from & burning | apartment house. Fire Destroys Hotel. At Ashland, N. H., fire today leveled the 50-room Squam Lake Hotel, the hotel annex housing a drug store, the hotel garage, and two residences, | causing damage estimated at $100,000 The fire, which firemen said began in the hotel garage at 4 a.m., was under control at 9 am Twenty guests of the hotel, who lost practically all their belongings, were driven into the streets in subfreezing temperature, along with several occu- pants of the residences destroyed. None was injured. HOUES PROBERS CALLED | A meeting of the special House committee investigating “un-American activities” has been called for Sat- | urday to give consideration to a final report. There were indications the pos- sible registration and deportation of | undesirable aliens advocating over- | budget, in warning that Germany | throw of the American Government Clouds still hang low over Snow Wwould be able to put 5.500,000 men in A Would be discussed at length in this document. Cavalry Trophy Awarded. Award of the Goodrich Trophy for 11934 to Troop B, 1st Squadron, 3d | Cavalry, at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., was announced yesterday by Maj. Gen. Leon B. Cromer, chief of Cavalry. | The trophy is donated annually to |lhe Cavalry troop demonstrating the highest efficiency rating. Life’s Like That BY FRED NEHER. e 2 (opyright, 1904, by Pred Neber) “MY GIRL SENT IT TO ME FOR CHRISTMAS." (Copyrisht. 1934.)