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OKLAHOMA CITY IltDNESDAY MARCH 3 1937 :
Reveal Joker in House Bill No 133 - - - 'Needy Distressed Citizens' Who Would Benefit by Tax Cancellation'
Are the 'Poor' Bankers Real Estate Promoters Mortgage Holders and Large Insurance -Companies
- By CLYDE WAERS
Who will reap the benefits should our Leg-
islature pass House Bill No 133?
This bill proposes to bring relief to the
distressed property owners by cancelling all
unpaid ad valorem taxes prior to 1936
That is its professed purpose But will the
distressed property owner really be the bene-
$ ficiary?
"No!" says County Treasurer William F
Vahlberg
The Legislature is preparing to donate
millions of dollars to real estate promoters
banks mortgage and insurance companies and
wealthy individuals who own thousands of
vacant lots and other property on which they
have paid no taxes for years Mr Vahlberg
charges
There was a time Mr Vahlberg points out
When farmers home owners and business men
'were unable to meet their tax obligations and
perhaps needed relief But it is a sad fact
OIL UNIONS SET
BALLOT TONIGHT
ON STRIKE MOVE
Meetings Called in Three State Cities to Give Lead-
1 ers Authority to Order Walkout I T O
Agreement Is Assailed
Threat of a sit-down strike in the oil fields of Tulsa
Seminole Wewoka and Drumright is expected to reach a
showdown at union meetings in three of the cities tonight
The strike would affect the Mid-Continent Petroleum
Corp 900 of whose 1400 employes are union men according
to C H Chaffin secretary of the
Seminole local of the International Mid-Continent officials to agree to
Association of Oil Field Gas Well collective bargaining principles
At Refinery Workers - J C Denton company attorney
The meetings were called for Tul- and director was in Madison Wis
sa Wewoka and Drumright and could not be reached A M
I T I O Contract Attacked Bush personnel director said all
At the same time that he an- other officials were out of the Tulsa
trounced the meetings for tonight office of the company Mr Bush
Mr Chaffin asserted that the Okla- declined to comment on the situa-
home City union agreement with tion
the Indian Territory Illuminating No Wage Issue Raised
oil Co made last week was a "be-
trayal of union principles" and that Mr Chaffin made this statement
the action to be taken tonight by early today:
"We are in this position: if the
the Mid-Continent Co union em-
ployes "might lead to breaking the company should discharge union
contract between the I T I O and men which they threaten to do and
the union in Oklahoma City" refuse to negotiate with our corn-
Mr Chaffin said that the unions mittee a strike will result"
will vote tonight on giving author- Mr Chaffin said that except for
ity to their negotiating committee the request of Tulsa refinery work-
of 11 to call a general strike ers for a 10 per cent salary raise
Mr Chaffin saw no possibility of there had been no specific wage
a strike tomorrow or later this week question raised
"unless the company fires some "What we wanted at a meeting at
union leaders" Tulsa Jan 13 with company off
Company's Rejection Blamed cials was recognition of a griev
In that event he predicted an im- ance committee and seniority
mediate sit-down strike He added rights" Mr Chaffin said
that the non-union workers "would First Agreed to Demands
have a tough time working if we Af
he suggests that most of these distressed citi-
zens are no longer in the picture For nearly
all of them not only were unable to pay their
taxes but they were unable to pay their loans
and mortgages
And thus their property has fallen into
hands of insurance companies building and
loan associations banks and other speculators
These and real estate promoters with thousands
of vacant lots and other property held for
speculative and profit purposes are the ones
who haven't been paying taxes these past five
years
They are the ones who have imposed on the
efforts of the state to aid the distressed and
who will benefit by the passage of this bill Mr
Vahlberg asserts They will benefit and other
property owners who struggled to meet their
tax obligations will have been made suckers of
he asserts
The bill according to Mr Vahlberg not only
will pay a premium to the tax dodger but will
cost Oklahoma County more than $2000000
""nuule Jul:a' u' ''' 4"I'c'"4"'"'" Mid-Continent officials to agree to
Association of Oil Field Gas Well collective bargaining principles
& Refinery Workers -C Denton company attorney
The meetings were called for Tul- and director was in Madison Wis
sa Wewoka and Drumright and could not be reached A M
I T I O Contract Attacked Bush personnel director said all
At the same time that he an- other officials were out of the Tulsa
flounced the meetings for tonight office of the company Mr Bush
Mr Chaliin asserted that the Okla- declined to comment on the situa-
home City union agreement with tion
the Indian Territory Illuminating No wage Issue Raised
oil Co made last week was a "be-
Mr Chaffin made this statement
trayal of union principles" and that
early today:
the action to be taken tonight by
"We are in this position: if the
the Mid-Continent Co union em-
ployes "might lead to breaking the company should discharge union
contract between the I T I O and men which they threaten to do and
the union in Oklahoma City" refuse to negotiate with our corn-
Mr Chaffin said that the unions mitt a strike will result"
will vote tonight on giving author- Mr Chaffin said that except for
ity to their negotiating committee the request of Tulsa refinery work-
of 11 to call a general strike ers for a 10 per cent salary raise
Mr Chaffin saw no possibility of there had been no specific wage
a strike tomorrow or later this week question raised
"unless the company fires some "What we wanted at a meeting at
union leaders" Tulsa Jan 13 with company off I-
Company's Rejection Blamed cials was recognition of a griev-
In that event he predicted an im- ance committee and s e n i 0 r i t y
mediate sit-down strike He added rights" Mr Chaffin said
that the non-union workers "would First Agreed to Demands
have a tough time working if we At present no contract exists Re-
called a strike" ' cording to Jack Hayes of Tulsa
According to the union secretary
crisis arose from the refusal of the 'rum To PAGE 14 COLUMN I
Steel Victory May Speed
Coal Union Negotiations
By HERBERT LITTLE
4 News Washington Writer
41! : WASHINGTON March 3 — The
1 tl Ctioonmmpliattneneedfora IpnedauscetfruilaldrOivregatnoidzaay-
L4ti?
to obtain recognition of its steel
' 11 union in every mill in the nation
t and to speed up an agreement be
lk 1 twe en coal operators ad the
United Mine Workers
Bolstered by a contract recogniz-
ing the Amalgamated Association of
Iron Steel and Tin Workers in
Carnegie-Illinois Corp's 27 plants
John L Lewis prepared immediately
to seek similar agreements with all
other U S Steel affiliates and then
approach the independent operators
C L O leaders believe the steel
victory will accelerate the negotia-
tions between coal employers and
the miners The two factions one
demanding longer hours and no pay
increase and the other higher wages
and shorter hours are meeting in
New York to formulate a contract
to replace the one which expires at
the end of this month
Labor leaders said they felt a
peaceful agreement would be more
easily secured in coal because of
kindred interests of Eastern finan-
ciers in that industry and steel
The General Electric Co today
TURN TO ?AO S 14 COLUMN
ONO w 13H—Well Turn I rm apt
beds Oen elec bills pd
Vacant apartmrnts? The
NEWS rents LOTS of them!
Tell News readers about that
vacant room house or apart-
ment of YOURS NEWS ads
cost less And remember you
can cancel your ad as soon
as you get Results and pay
for only the number of days
It appears
"Results lor Less"
PHONE THE NEWS-1-1551
CITY YOUTH ADMITS
REVENGE BLAST PLOT
Opened Gas Jet in Plant to
Get Even With Employer
A 15-year-old boy was questioned
by county authorities today after he
admitted attempting to blow up the
yeast plant where he worked at 1824
tindwood-blvd
The boy told Marcus Brewer
county Juvenile officer that he be-
came angry with his boss O R
Arthur yesterday afternoon when
he was admonished for laziness
Mr Arthur left about 5:25 p rn
and told the boy to lock the plant
The boy locked the doors and win-
dows but opened a gas Jet and left
it blowing gas
Mr Arthur said that had the jet
run gas all night it undoubtedly
would have reached a fire in the
rear of the building causing an ex-
plosion Bruce Beard the plant chemist
returned to the plant two hours
later and discovered the open gas
jet which he closed
This morning Deputy Sheriffs Y
V Burks and George Long were
hidden in the building when the boy
appeared for work They watched
him enter and go to the gas jet He
was questioned and later paroled in
care of his mother a University
Hospital employe to return to high
school
75 ARMED DEPUTIES
GUARD WPA WORKERS
tMMMMOgna
Tinton Organizers Threaten Relief
Workers On Denver Project
By Iln lifd PHss
DENVER Co lo March 3---8eventy-five
special deputies armed
with machine guns sawed off shot-
guns tear gas and clubs were dis-
patched to a paving project north
of Denver todRy to protect PWA
sorkers threatened by a group
seeking to unionize the projrct
FIGHT OPENS
AGAIN ON OIL
SALES TAXES
House Directions to Kill
Broadened Base Not
Obeyed is Claim
By DICK PEARCE
Tax issues whioh legisla-
tive leaders believed they had
settled last week popped to
the fore again today with re-
newal of a fight to strike the
broadened base of the sales tax and
the drive to kill the Speck 10 per
cent oil tax bill
Asserting tnat Me revenue and
taxation coMmittee did not remove
the broadened base of the sales tax
as instructed by the House Rep
Leon Phillips minority leader de-
clared he will move to send it to a
different committee
Kight Sees Only Slight Change
Rep H Tom Kight chairman of
the revenue and taxation commit-
tee said the only change the com-
mittee made in the original bill was
to strike labor and services from
that section of the bill levying a
tax on contracts involving more
than COO
He in effect a gr eed that the
broadening features have not been
removed when he placed an esti-
mate of $18000000 yearly on in-
come from the bill Rep Phillips
declared that under the House in-
structions the bill should have been
limited to $12000000 a year
Senator Favors Oil Tax
At the same time Rep Charles
Jones Ardmore assistant floor
leader said he will demand a vote
to kill the Speck oil bill Only yes-
terday Floor Leader James C
Nance agreed with western Okla-
homa legislators advocates of the
oil tax increase to leave the bill
on the calendar
Sen John MacDonald Durant
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TO DAY 11-1E
ficiia- tee' r2
Tax Battle
New fight breaks out in House
over broadened features of the sales
tax as oil tax foes again plan at-
tempt to kill Speck bill (Story on
Page 1)
Road Program
Oklahoma County legislators plan
bloc to force commitment on
widening of arteries into Oklahoma
City under $35000000 road con-
struction bill A 035000000 road
building program was projected into
a Senate hearing today when Sen
Joe Whitaker said the Federal Gov-
ernment might send $80000000 of
its funds into the state (Story on
Page S)
I
College Fees
House committee kills bill to limit
college fees (Story on Page 11)
0
O U Fund
House appropriktions committee
sets Institutional bill at 89500000
after effort to increase Oklahoma
University budget Is defeated (Story
on Page 5)
0
Dam Opposed
House votes opposition to $35-
000000 Red River Dam at Denison
after opponents claim it will flood
four town a and destroy two coun-
ties (Story on Page I)
New Job Storm
Another patronage uproar struck
today—this time in the state Senate
when lists of patronage were dis-
tributed to members of the upper
House who in many instances dis-
claimed acquaintance with jobhold-
ers charged to them
Weather Forecast
Loa: Cloudy and unsettled to
day with possibility of rain t
HOURLY TEMPERATURES
Midnight 56 8 a m 53
1 a m 55 9 a m 54
2 a m 54 10 a m 54
3 a m 53 11 a m 53
4 a m 53 Noon 63
5 a m 52 1 p m 52
8 a: m 53 2 p m 51
a m 83
and the state many times that sum if passed
Fourteen representatives including eLallerne
Carleton of Oklahoma City were listed as au-
thors of the bill but Carletonotoday struck his
name from the measure saying he had not
read it but had consented to allow his name to
be used on the understanding the bill would
aid those in need of relief
House Bill 133 purports to aid "our citizens
who are totally unable to pay" But records
in the treasurer's office indicate that only a
very very few are Pa that class
"Fully 90 per cent of all delinquent taxes on
Oklahoma County books is owed by persons
who are able to pay" Mr Vahlberg said "They
are owed by real estate promoters banks in-
surance and mortgage companies who during
the depression took over the little fellow's home
and farm
'These will be benefited and the men and
women and businesses who religiously have met
their tax obligations will be penalized
' "Fewer than 25 per cent of the delinquents
a
are farmers I believe It would be exaggera-
tion to say that more than 10 per cent of de-
linquencies were caused by financial distress
Nearly all of these people are pure promoters
and speculators
"Since 1929 the hands of county tax 91ficia Is
have been tied against collections from de-
linquents rich and poor alike The rich have
benefited by legislation meant only for the
poor
"Legislative acts had stopped resales and
penalties pluggirAg the only effective weapons
against tax dodging In waiving penalties
alone the Legislature literally has given more
than $200000 to tax evaders
"In five years from 1931 until 1936 the
uncollected total mounted to $179476464 That
amount still IS on the books There ti an ad-
ditional sum probably about $250000 unpaid
prior to 1931
"The grand total of unpaid taxes exceeds
FIND BODY OF VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL GIRL
SLAIN WITH CHLOROFORM IN CEMETERY
State Slayer Given Liberty
On Plea of Victim's Widow
two million dollars Say 10 per cent or about
6200000 is owed by the man totally unable to
pay And that despite the avenues of relief
opened by liberal government credit
"In other words these legislators would
hand a check for more than one and three-
fourths million dollars to interest which though
able have refused to pay
"That is for Oklahoma County alone If the
' bill should pass every honest taxpayer in the
state would be Justified in refusing to pay
another cent of tax"
With all unpaid ad valorem taxes on real
and personal property wiped away rich man
' and poor man would start from scratch this
1 week The first three-quarters of 1936 taxes
are due now
Who would be delinquent again on April
1 when the 1 per cent per month penalty
becomes effective? Rich man or poor man?
According to Treasurer Vahlberg it would
be the cunning rich man who has profited
greatly by a kindly Legislature The poor man
By United Pre
STEELS AgAIN Woman Whom Murder Left With Five Children maCrliclilk113LOTTE The SVcILI
h lgEr f 'ram"
Helps Convicted Man Obtain Executive death of pretty auburn-haired
' Cleo Sprouse 18 high school
LEAD LIST UP Clemency honor student today present-
ed a mystery that startled this quiet
college town
Stock Market Climbs to New
Highs in Heavy
Buying
By United Press
NEW YORK March 3—The stock
market pushed through to new
peaks since 1931 today in a heavy
buying movement setoff by an
I 'or cle
nouncement of the new U S Steel mency
Quickest With Rifle
Corp labor agreement Story of the hill country battle
The advance was one of the as constructed by County Attar-
broadest of the year railroads join- ney Claude Thompson in his recom-
ing steel shares in a bullish dem- mendation that helped win the
governor's approval
onstration Utilities lagged Trad- 'rhe two men confronted each
ing volume which at times forced
other in a woods near the line di-
tickers four minutes late crossed viding Cherokee and Adair County
the 3000000 share level for the first
With Thornton was a woman of
time since Feb 5 Numerous new
the hills for whom he had deserted
highs were established his wife and children Mr Thomp-
U S Steel opened 10000 shares 1 son said
at the new high of 120ti and then
"Both of the men had guns" he
rapidly pushed through to a high I
declared "There was bad feeling
level since 1931 aboue 124 The stock
Thompson was quicker with his
was buoyant In London prior to the
rifle"
New York opening
Given Life Sentence
Bethlehem made a new high since
County surveyors were called to
1930 around 103 gaining more than
the scene to determine whether the
4 points Youngstown Sheet & Tube
killing took place in Cherokee or
opened with a 7 point advance Gulf
Adair County
States made a high on more than
Thompson who was unmarried
5 points advance and almost all steel
and lived with an invalid father
Issues made new peaks for more
I near Stilwell was tried and given
than a year
1 life sentence in Cherokee County
CURR LIST HIGHER after It was determined that the
killing occurred several filet across
Curb stocks moved Irregularly
higher today under the lead of the county line "-
The wife of the slain man told
heavy industrials Gains ranged officers that her husband left her
from fractions to more than 6 for long periods of time and went
points into the hills
STEEL BONDS ADVAINCE
Strength and activity in railroad
and steel company loans featured
an irregularly higher corporate
bond list today U S Government
obligations were quiet and irregular
and foreign funds generally firm
WHEAT OFF AFTER GAIN 06
Further advances in world mar-
kets gave tempoiary firmnes to
wheat prices here today but selling
substituted small base At the
close wheat was to cent lower
May $133 new corn 44 cent lower
to cent higher May 106 old'
corn unchanged to cent lower
May SLOI and oats 'tot to 1
centA lower May 45 cents
COTTON TO NEW HIGHS
Cotton futures climbed to further
new highs for the lives of the cur
rent contracts today March rising
well above 13(1 cents a pound while
January and February crossed the
12ti-cent level Gains ranged from
12 to 18 points before the close
with distant months around the
highs and the nearby 3 or 4 points
below the tops
Liverpool spots moderate busi-
ness: market steady: reeeints 22000
bales Including 2200 American
bales Futures opened firm and
closed 14 to 16 points higher
ICE WI ROCKS
NIAGARA RIVER
Freeze Leaves Bed Dry 500 Feet
From U S Shore
IIV ttnhIpi Preve
NIAGARA FAILS N Y March 5
Huge piles of ice some 40 feet high
and growing larger by the hour
blocked the Niagara River below the
falls today in the biggest ice Jam in
yeara
A solid mesa of Ice etretehed from
the bottom of the falls to the Whirl-
pool Rapids
Ice formations above the Ameri-
can Falls deflected the flow of
water leaving the river bed dry for
500 fret from the U 8 chore No
ice wan coming over the American
Falls and only a small quantity of
shrill ice watt pouring over the
Horseshoe Falls
A plea of a murdered man's wife that her husband's
slayer be paroled from serving a life sentence in the Mc-
Alester Penitentiary today won freedom for John Thompson
40-year-old Indian of Stilwell
Ginsie Thornton the mother of five children and widow
of Will Thornton who was shotto
death six years ago by Thompson
asked Gov E W Marland to parole CITY REVENGE GAINS
the man who has served five years
Gov Marland in granting th's
appeal revealed that 10 of the Jur- DECLINE IS FORECAST
ors convicting Thompson also asked
for clemency
FORECAST PROMISES
TORN FOR — COLD HERE
Possibility of Rain Seen by
Weatherman
Today's forecast of sunless skies
and unsettled weather do not super-
cede yesterday's promise of moder-
ate temperatures for this afternoon
Weatherman Wahlgren reported
Temperatures today should reach
the 60's despite cloudiness and the
possibility of light rain Mr Wahl-
gren said Yesterday's high was 66
degrees The low was 52
The temperature will probably be-
gin to fall late this evening and
reach 36 to 42 degrees tomorrow
morning There appears to be no
freezing weather for the next 24
hours the forecaster said
HOT TUB IS FATAL
lird Peon
DALLAS Tex March fall
Into a tub of icalding water wat
fatal today to Ceorrie Stone CI of
WillmInton Del Stone faint-rt lett
night and fell Into the tub of 'ster
he had drawn In his hotel room
Auditor Predicts Year Will
End With Loss "We'll handle this ourselves" said
Chris Sprouse Cleo's strapping 23-
year-old brother "I think I know
City revenues for the first eight I who killed my sister an I pray that
I
months of the curent fiscal year may lay my hands on him I won't
need any help from the law "
were 8163646460 a gain of $127-
Two university students discovered
079 over the corresponding period I
the body as they visited a friend's
last fiscal year City Auditor Nor-
grave Nearby were the girl's under-
man Pendley announced today
garments hat and gloves
Despite the gain he predicted
that the total year's miscellaneous A man's handkerchief bearing
revenue collection would fall short possible blood stains was found close
of the $2537907 paid in last year to the body Police checked every
February income showed a slight drug store and chemist's shop in
A
drop compared with February 1936 lbemarle County to learn identity
the respective totals being $178- of a man who had purchased a can
38029 and $182718 Gains were re- of chloroform
ported in garbage water police Disappeared Monday
fines Park-O-Meter and franchise They reported one druggist said
tax collections but oil and gas roy- he had sold a can recently but could
alties and oil well permits fell off not remember the purchaser's name
Mr Pendley predicted that water or description An autopsy revealed
revenue would set an all-time rec- that Cleo had nor been criminally
ord since $815923 is already in for attacked that there were severe
the first eight months compared burns on her lips and cheeks and
with $700620 for the first eight that chloroform entering her lungs
months last year The oil royalty had caused death: There were no
total is $309923 compared with signs of a struggle
$331346 at the same stage last year
BUTLER IS JAILED IN
FILM WRITER'S DEATH
To Be Questioned Further lit Mys-
terious Gun Slaying
By Vosited Primo
RIVERSIDLCalMarth3---
The Negro butler of Humphrey W
Pearson Hollywood writer who was
shot to death in his cottage at Palm
Springs last week was placed in
the county jail 'today as a material
witness
The butler Allred Blackman was
supposed to be the only person be-
sides Mrs Rive-King Pearson the
scenarists wife in the house at the
time of the shooting
District Attorney Earl Redwine
denied there was any new evidence
to prompt the butler's arrest but
said he wanted to question him be-
fore closing the case
hours the forecaster said CITY STATE SHARE
TOWNSEND DOLLAR
HAS FAST TURNOVE BIG GIFT — OF TREES
Nets 40 Cents In Two Days of Pen-
slim Ilan Test National Park Service Will
fly Itniteti ?mg
GREENFIELD Mass March 3— Give Away 90 000
Mrs Carrie E Saben 61 who styles —
herself "just the guinea pig" of rive thousand trees and many
Greenfield's Townsend plan expert- species of shrubs will be presented
ntent was overjoyed to learn today the city nursery in Will Rogers
that the first earmarked dollar she park the National Park Service
spent already had changed hands Braniff Building headquarters an-
20 times and had produced for the nounced today
local Townsend club a total tax of The service Maid it will plant 00-
40 cents 000 trees and shrubs in stale and
The Greenfield grandmother metropolitan parks this season
spent that particular dollar early
Monday for a necktie and socks for
her husband Walter 65 As the DIONNE NEIGHBOR
spending test entered Its third day
she had spent 52 of the '200 dollar BEARS TRIPLETS
bills which she is to put into cir-
culation this month Girls and Mother Doing Well
' Give Away 90000
-
Five thousand trees and many
species of shrubs will be presented
the city nursery in Will Rogers
Park the National Park Service
Braniff Building headquarters an
nounced today
The service said it will plant SO-
000 trees and shrubs in state and
metropolitan parks this SPIAMOIL
BEARS TRIPLETS
Girls and Mother Doing Well
Doctor Reports
Relatives Hunt Unnamed
Doctor as Suspect
In Murder
Relatives of the girl said they
believed she had been murdered
and they had a definite suspect—a
doctor But they refused to reveal
his name even to the common-
wealth attorney
Cleo's body the mouth crammed
with cotton and a towel drawn over
It tightly was found alongside the
wall of the University of Virginia's
historic cemetery yesterday An
empty choloroform can its punc-
tured end close to her mouth stood
upright on the towel
'llandie This Ourselves' I Frederick Sen Dennis Bushyhead
We'll handle this ourselves"
said 1 at Bartlesville Chief Justice Mon
roe Osborn at Chickasha Sen E
"
Chris Sprouse Cleo's strapping 23-
year-old brother I think I know
V George at Enid and tentatively
"
who killed my sister an I pray that Judge Ben Arnold at Muskogee
I may lay my hands on him I won't The Oklahoma City dinner will
need any help from the law" begin at 7 p m with Judge Samuel
W Hayes acting as toastmaster
Two university students discovered Reservations may be made for the
the body as they visited a friend's affair by telephoning County Din
grave Nearby were the girl's under- I ner Chairman Rex Belisle at 3-7439
garments hat and gloves ! or Mr Ferris at 7-3923
A man's handkerchief bearing I Tickets which are 8250 each
possible blood stains was found close ' were going fast today and early
to the body Police checked every reservations were advisable Mr
drug store and chemist's shop in ! Belisle said:
Albemarle County to learn identity I
of a man who had purchased a can ' FIRST LADY SPEAKS
of chloroform
Disappeared Monday IN STATE Tr
They reported one druggist said 1 11 TIMES IN
he had sold a can recently but could I
not remember the purchaser's name I
or description An autopsy revealed Mrs Roosevelt Scheduled for
that Cleo had nor been criminally I
attacked that there were severe 1 Five Alva Talks
burns on her lips and cheeks and
that chloroform entering her lungs
had caused death: There were no Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt will
signs of a struggle make at least 11 speeches in Okla-
' h h southern lecture tour
Cleo left her home in a moderate
r oma on her s e
i from March 4 to 28 it was an
residential section Monday after
school ! nounced today as she prepared to
i leave Washington for New Orleans
Ask Federal Aid
where her tour begins Saturday
Police sought aid of the Federal The President's wife will make
Bureau of Investigation in attemp- five public appearances at Alva
ting to obtain fingerprints from the I when she goes there March 12 to
towel and handkerchief by a new help dedicate the new building at
process of taking the prints from Northwestern State Teachers Col-
cloth through a silver nitrate solii- lege
Lion She will speak twice here the fol
They questioned Cleo's sweet- lowing day both lectures being
heart 18-year-old Lester Smith scheduled for the Shrine Audi-
member of a nearby CCC camp torium She will lecture twice at
who had planned to marry her lie Tulsa March 15 and twice at
established that he was at the camp I Durant March 17
14 miles from here during the time ! p nitrant tha natinA's firqt
miles from neve curing tne time From Durant the natioil's first
le was miming lady will go to Houston Tax -
Mrs Roosevelt's appearances here
IRITAIN SUBMITS will be afternoon and night affairs
and both lectures will be devoted to
the subject of maintaining world
HuGE NAVY PROGRAM peace
she was rnJsing
BRITAIN SUBMITS
Ask $525325000 to Bolster
Naval Armament
By Vnited Proml hull bU 111ti nrrin nil comy
CALLANDER Ont March 1— have been laid seven cruisers And
eiri triplet a born Monday night two aircraft carriers There is an
to Mrs Jonathon Brown who lives increase of E516500 (22283200) in
12 miles from the birthplace of the the appropriation for now aircraft
Dionne Quintuplets were doing And maintenance of the fleet air
well today Dr a W Smith sold arm
Final Home
Edition
PRICE THREE CENTS
By Carrier IS Cents Week
could not afford to take another gamble But
the real estate promoter and other absentee
landowners and speculators could and would
Mr Vah !berg does not believe the real
estate developers—some of whom take a3
many as four profits in their deals—would
again start paying taxes on their speculative
holdups Nor does he believe banks and
mortgage companies holding hundreds of thou
sands of dollars in busisaess and residence prop
erty would pay They are the sort that don't
pay taxes when and if there is a chance to
evade them
Mr Vah lberg points to Nichols Hills as an
example in the tax situation There the
county holds certificates on more than 800
lots bought in after November sales In ad
dition the county has an investment of $844
000 in Nichols Hills bonds and some $14000
of them are in default
"The county is holding the sack in two
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TURN TO RACK PACK COLUMN 2
VICTORY DINNER
ORATORS NAMED
Murrah's Talk at Tulsa to Be
His Last Before Taking
U S Bench
Roosevelt victory diners at Tulsa
tomorrow night will hear the last
public address A P Murrah 33-
year-old Oklahoma City attorney
will make as a private citizen Mr
Murrah will be sworn in as U B
district Judge here early next week
While Mr Murrah is speaking at
Tulsa Rep Kent Keller of Illinois
will be addressing the Oklahoma
City dinner at Hotel Biltmore
State Chairman Scott Ferris an-
nounced that Sen Jot Whitaker
has been assigned to speak at the
Duncan dinner Senators Cecil
Chamberlin and Al Nichols at
a
YOUNG KIDNAPER
GETS SEVEN YEARS
Pleads Guilty to Abduction or Taxi
Driver
LONDON March 3--Navy est1-1 By United Preng
By tnited
mates of £105065000 102532500011 KANSAS CITY Mo March 3-
tn Ise f 1 unist sPtseko 1totrtitsetitm 111 Seventeen-year-old Laurel J Nash
for the fiscal year beginning April '
I were submitted to parliament to- yrn 11111 r 11 Alitlin
imprisonment no his plea of guilty
I luts sentenced todny to seven years
day—part of the government's gi- to violating the Lindbergh kidnap-
Frantic rearmament program to meet Ii Ret
the menace of attack from the con- Nash was arrested Dec 17 in
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tinent Manhattan Kim after- abductin
Oria Young trixicab driver In t
They will be followed by air force Kansas City the day before Young
and army estimates designed to put escaped near Victory Junction
Great Britain further along the
road to adequate defense under the
X1500000000 (837500000000i re- EARTH SLIDE AT
armament program
Navy estimates exceed by C23-
776000 t$118880000) those for the
current fiscal year when the goy- DAM KILLS SEVEN
ernmnt already realised the neces-
sity for defense measures
Construction during the new Three Others Injured at Pol
fiscal year as disclosed in a white
paper on defense issued Feb le in- son Project
chides three battleships in addi- —
Lion to two whose keels already By 'mod Prowl
have been laid seven cruisers and POLSON Mont March 3 — An
two aircraft carders There is an earthquake slide at the Poison Darn
increase of £516500 42582500i in construction project crushed seven
the appropriation for new aircraft men to death today and another
and maintenance of the fleet air slide relight and injured three other
arm workmen who went to the scene
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