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Paralysis Halts Boy Scouts Jamboree
Military Lands Alaska Transferred Interior Department
Post-Rogers Leave Juneau Enroute to Dawson on Visit
BOY SCOUT JAMBOREE
CANCELLED INFANTILE
PARALYSIS IN THE EAST
Infantile Paralysis Epidemic Vicinity Of
Washington, D. C. Cause President’s De
cision Cancel Boy Seoul Jamboree
(By The Associated Press')
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, —Declaring that he acted
“with deep regret”, President Franklin D. Roosevelt Thurs
day cancelled the National Boy Scout Jamboree because of
the infantile paralysis epidemic in this section.
Nearly thirty-five thousand boys were headed for the
National Capital for the big Scout Meeting scheduled to be
held from August 21 to 30th inclusive. The decision was
reached at a White House conference attended by Surgeon
General Hugh S. Cumming, District of Columbia officials
and Boy Scout executives. Reports were considered by them
from health officers of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina,
and surrounding states.
The White House statement said that the paralysis
conditions were not considered unduly alarming but the
conferees decided that the Jamboree should be cancelled in
the best interests of the Boy Scouts and all concerned.
President Roosevelt, Honorary National President of
the Scouts was himself a victim of infantile paralysis four
teen years ago. Surgeon General Cumming said that the
epidemic was spreading slightly northward, but at present
was being restricted as much as possible.
Political Query Is:
Did GOP “Grass
Roots” Manage It?
By Byron Price
(Chief of Bureau, The AP Wn.)
>
The important question about the
Springfield Republican conference,
from the standpoint of the practical
politicians, is whether it helped to
ward consolidation of “conservativ
es” sentiment in opposition to the
re-election of Mr. Roosevelt.
That such a consolidation is high
ly to be desired by the opposition is
recognized generally now by anti
Roosevelt leaders. Almost without
exception they voice conviction that
the President can be defeated next
year if all those who distrust his ex
periments, and believe his policies
depart from sound American prin
ciples, can be induced to vote to
gether for one opposing candidate.
Whether that estimate of the sit
uation is correct or not, it is the act
uating factor behind the present
maneuverings in the opposition
camps.
The thought of the leaders is that
a preponderance of public sentiment
hardly can be mustered to the left
of Mr. Roosevelt, and that to op
pose him with a middle-ground can
didate, looking both to the left and
to the right would be suicidal. They
Mid-Summer Gain
Business Holds Up
Will Be Added To
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Aug. 9. —A consoli
dation of recovery gains, was not
ed by Dun Bradstreet: “Recovery
took a firmer grip on most divisions
of trade during the week, with the
unusual midsummer upturn expect
ed to gain momentum until reinforc
ed by the normal fall rise,” said
the survey.
The gain of the country over 1934
was estimated to be from twelve to
forty percent in the retail field.
Committments for the fall exceed
those of last year by fifteen to twen
ty percent.
see their hope on the right.
Their problem is to find a means
of attracting “conservative” Repub
licans and ’‘conservative' democrats
to a single opposition ticket; and
none denies that it is a serious pro
blem indeed.
No Abandonment of GOP
The meeting at Springfield gave
ample evidence of the desire for un
ion which burns in the breasts of
so many Republicans.
Parts of the conference declara
tion of principles read like a defense
of the Democratic party against its
present leader. The democratic plat
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Cost Utility Lobby
5 Million Dollars
Chairman States
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, —After
declaring that ultimately the con
sumers of gas and electricity must
bear the cost of the five million
dollar lobby carried on against the
utilities measure, Chairman Black
of the Senate Lobby Investigation
Committee mapped out new hearings
for the future.
He predicted that the foes of the
bill eventually would be shown the
'five million had made the radio sta
tions. Meanwhile the senate com
mittee planned to obtain testimony
from leading attorneys including
John W. Davis a former presidential
candidate; Newton D. Baker, the
Secretary of War under President
Wilson; and Stimson, Hoover’s sec
cretary of state, together with sev
eral others not mentioned.
Pres.’s Program Of
Social Security Is
Very Likely Pass
IBy The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 9, — Sen
ate leaders today said they believ
ed that President Roosevelt's vast
social security program was near
final passage arid would be delivered
to the White House virtually in the
form in which Roosevelt asked for
it.
There is only a last minute fight
for an amendment to exclude private
pension plans, which stands in the
way of final approval.
Meanwhile the administration's
tax plan is headed for another maj
or test, as the senate finance com
mittee was called behind closed
doors to begin the revamping of
the measure which the house pass
ed. Conservatives are determined to
cut some of the new higher rates
from the bill.
War Fever Is Felt
More And More As
Dispute Continues
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Aug. 9, —Italy is driv
ing toward a perfection of military
power today, after the loss of one;
of its army planes and the death of
seven members of the crew, in Eg-<
ypt- |
The British are taking precautions
to protect her nationals in Addis
Ababa in the event of war. London
press reports said that tire United
States was taking an active inter
est in the crisis'.
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Old Man And Wife
f ound Dead In A
Mouse Vancouver
(By The Associated Press)
VANCOUVER, Washington, Aug.
9, —Mr and Mrs G C Cates, both
about sixty years old, died in their
residence today, which had caught
fire.
Mrs. Cates, it is believed by offi
cers, was fatally wounded prior to
the blaze. Cates was dead when
his body was dragged from the
house.
His wife, with a wound on her
head, was also removed, but died
soon after.
The coroner said that Ex-Minister
Cates’ body revealed no injury. He
declared he did not believe there
was sufficient smoke on the first
floor to cause their deaths.
Examination disclosed that the
house had been ransacked. Charred
papers were found in a table draw
er, which lead officers to believe
that the fire also started on the
ground floor.
Neither body was burned. A
neighbor reported seeing a prowler
in the neighborhood and the theory
of a plunderer was further carried
out by the fact that the bill fold of
Cates had been stolen from his
clothing while he was asleep
IJi^lics! Court Is
Soon To Move In
To Its New Home
BUILDING PRACTICALLY MONU
MENT TO FORMER PRESI
DENT, CHIEF JUSTICE
By Herbert Plummer
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, — Just
over the broad east plaza of the
Capitol they are putting the finish
ing touches on the stately new home
of the nation's highest court.
The nine justices will move in
some time between now and the fall
term starting in October.
To the members of the court, at
taches, and almost everyone else on
capitol hill, the magnificent white
marble structure is regarded as a
memorial to the late William How
ard Taft. The former President and
Chief Justice had hoped to live to
see the day when the court would
be able to move into its new home.
It was under his steady pressure
that general plans for the building
were completed, title to the land ac- j
quired and the structure itself auth
orized by law. He died just before
the actual appropriation could be i
made. i
Far back in the first years of Taft’s 1
Washington life, when his then Chief, (
Theodore Roosevelt, suggested that i
he was available timber for the j
Presidency, the big, genial man let i
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ORDER ISSUED TODAY
TRANSFERRING LANDS
WAR INTERIOR DEP’T
IVenlv Military Reservations Alaska Are
♦
I rnnsferred By Executive Order From
War Department To Dep’l. Interior
fBy The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, — President Roosevelt today
issued an executive order transferring twenty military re
servations in Alaska from the War Department to the De
partment of the Interior, lands improvements^i .• vsivv,i,«which
were placed under the jurisdiction of Secretary Harold I.
Ickes.
He has been authorized to reserve the lands from entry
as they may be needed by the Alaska Road Commission
which is to dispose of any unneeded property.
The reservations affected are at Beaver Dam, Chesto
chana, Copper Center. Donnellys, Gakona, Grundler, Gul
kana, Ketchumstock, Livengood, McCallums, McGrath,
Mentasta, Paxons, Richardson. Salcha, Teikhell. Tonsina,
Haggard, Wortmans, and the Valdez to Fairbanks right of
way.
Junior Flier Sets
Keeord Kill Was
(By The Associated Press 1
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 9, —Frank
Kurtz of Los Angeles circled over
Caliente, Mexico at 6:45 P. M. Thurs
day night, in less than fourteen
hours after leaving Victoria, B. C.,
in quest of the Canada to Mexico
Junior Flying Record.
After circling over Caliente, he
returned to San Diego and landed.
This was the first flight over this
course, the junior pilot had made.
Over the twelve hundred mile
course he refueled at Medford, Sac
amento, and Bakersfield.
He took off from Victoria at 4:08
M. Thursday
William VanDusen official time
ceeper here for the National Aero
nautical Association, said he had not
neen asked to time Kurtz’s arrival,
md as a result Kurtz’s record will
not be recognized as official.
Body Of Youth Is
Brot Out Rockies
(By The Associated Press)
MONARCH LAKE, Colorado, Aug.
—The body of William Brode, 15,
nember of the socially prominent
tlemphis, Tennessee family, was re
overed Thursday night, by Alpin
sts near Chimney Rock, along a
agged slope, about two miles high
in Lindbergh Peak. The body was
ound lying in a crevasse.
Post And Rogers
c
Mop I rom Juneau
Enroutc Dawson
(By The Associated Press) .
JUNEAU, Aug 9, -—Wiley Post and
Will Rogers, after nearly a 45 hour
visit here hopped off at 12:25 P M
I this afternoon for Dawson via Skag
way.
When they took off they did not
know whether they would make a
brief stop at Skagway or fly direct
to Dawson where they will stay for
an indefinite period before proceed
ing to Fairbanks and thence to Nome.
Rex Beach was at the float to bid
them good luck and goodbye. Hun
dreds of others lined the wharves
and watched the plane take off from
the PAA float an skim down the
channel—then circle over the city
and head up Lynn Canal for fur
ther destinations.
Farley’s Postage
Stamps Bring In
Revenue To Govt.
(ByJThe Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 9—The post
office reported that sale of “Farley
Imperfortes” had brought $1,663,
707.66 to the government. The
stamps duplicates of some that Post
Master General James A. Farley
bought and presented to friends,
were manufactured and sold when
stamp collectors claimed favoritism
to Farley's friends.