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Newspaper Page TextCOTTON MARKET MIDDLING ‘v s:ius bn 2o 8 108 PREVIOUS CLOSE .. .... 9 1-4¢ No. 196 FULL Associated Press Service. Vol. 101. Tropical Disturbance Approaching . Flonda Brings Storm Wamings NRA COAL CODE IS NEAR COMPLETION DINGEROUS WINDS {RENOT EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS Center of Disturbance Is Near Long llsland, In the Bahamas IS MOVING WEST Those in Weak Buildings Advised to Seek Shelter WASHINGTON.— (AP) — The Weather bureau Thursday ‘rdered storm warnings displayed along the east coast of Florida from Jacksonville to Key West, with the approach of a tropical distur bance. It said the disturbance Thursday morning was centered near Long Island in the Bahamas, moving west, northwestward at about 60 miles an hour with “some slight indication that it is decreasing in intensity.” Forecasters said there would be an increase in the veloeity of winds along the southern portion of Florida's east coast Thursday night with an increase along the northern part of the coast Fri- They had incomplete reports on which to base observations Thurs day morning, with no reports from islands in_the south Bahamas which they hah requested. There was a possibility these had failed to arrive because of interference with communieations as a result of the storm, but confirmation was lacking. GALE NOT EXPECTED MIAMI, Fla.—(AP)—Richard W. Gray, government meteorologist here, Thursday said there would be no dangerous winds along the lower Florida east coast during the next 24 Thours, despite the presence of a small tropical dis turbance in the Bahamas near Long Island. The storm is of only moderate intensity, Gray said, and of very small diameter. Long Island is approximately 350 miles southeast of Miami. Radio reports from the Bahamas Thursday, the meteorologist de clared, fail to show the sStorm is attended by any dangerous winds. Winds of gale force probably are occurring over a very small area near the center of the dis turbance, but Gray said - there would be no dangerous winds on the lower east coast during the next 24 hours. The weather and marine fore cast Thursday and Friday is for “strong” northeast and north winds. “Strong” winds are rated in weather bureau terms at from %5 to 38 miles an hgur. SEEKING SHELTER TALLAHASSEE, Fla— (AP) — Fred C. Eliott, tngineer for the state internal improvement board, Thursday advised residents of the Lake Okeechobee area “not se- Curely housed” to seek temporary shelter in substantial buildings because of possible danger, from a Storm now in the Bahamas reg ion, ¥ _Elliott said his reports from the Jacksonville and Miami weather P»lux'v;lus indicated that no substan tial evacuation of the Okeechobee area was necessary at this time. Flliott stressed that his advice to “seek temporary shelter in Substantial buildings” was only for those persons ‘“not securely houged,” NOW IT’S YOUR TURN .(‘AI\'TON, 111. —(#)— The city’s Jail being only large enough for 'We persons at a time, a problem arose when eight youths were sentenced to serve six days each for the theft of a ten cent water- Melon, The judge ruled they would Serve two at a time. + —— e LOCAL WEATHER = Probably showers tonight and Friday. TEMPERATURE Highest. iy wiis iiv oaui 380 Lowest.ves s suases snave 0.0 Mean., .o siat b vA H Wormud.i io Giiis il dIT.O RAINFALL Inches last 24 h0ur5........ -06 Total since August 1........ 4.93 EXxcess since ANSUSt 3., .. W Average August rainfall.... 4.68 Total since January 1......26.56 - Deficiency since January 1 9.51 ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Repeal Within Ten Weeks Now Considered Probable As Washington Joins List Wet Movement Surges Two Thirds Distance Toward Goal MINIMUM PROVIDED New England Becomes National Focal Points Of Wets and Drys By JOHN F. CHESTER Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON—A@" . _l——A clear-cut possibility that = t‘§ ~ eighteenth amendment could be “voted void within the next 10 weeks emerged foday from ithe three-one repeal majority cast by voters represent ing nearly three-fifths of the na tion’s population. The heavy recording of Wash ington as the twenty-fourth state to ballot in favor of the twenty firs or repealing amendment car ried the anti-prohibition surge across two-thirds of the distance ‘to its goal. * At least 15 or more states will vote before November B—providing a minimum of three more than necessary for repeal—should the uninterrupted procession of the first 24 be continued. New England becae the focal point of national wet and dry in terest today as Vermont and Maine sharpened pencils for early September balloting. They were the first of seven states to vote 'within the next three weeks. Should twelve of the 15 states sure to vote before the eight of November, follow the line of the first 24, the prohibition amendment would be formally abolished on December 5, or 6th., Three ratify ing conventions meet on Dec. 5, and two more on the 6th. Statisticiang adding up and an alyzing the vote thus far figured today that although only half the (Continued On Page Three) FEDERAL POLICE PLAN HITS SNAG Old Issue of States Rights Crops Up at Lawyer's Convention - ; ' GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—(AP)— The old issue of states rights, raised by the disclosure of revolu ‘tionary federal plans to crush the underworld, pushed itself to the foreground as the American Bar association assembled for the sec ond session of its annual conven tion here Thursday. The constitutional question, which has been a subject of cloak room debate since the first dele gates arrived, came to a head late Wednesday as a result of the pro posal by Pat Malloy, assistant United States attorney general, of a huge federalized police force which would mobilize all federal, state, county and municipal law enforcement officers in a nation wide war on crime. In answer to the suggestion the bar Thursday had indicated that it would not sanctlon any plan of fighting crime which entailed the setting aside of constitutional pre rogatives and the jurisdiction of the courts. ] Malloy appeared before the as sociation at his own request. After he had outlined his far-reaching program he heard the convention applaud Dean Justin Miller, of the‘ Duke University Law school, when, in response to cries from the floor of “answer him!” the latter re .marked that “when the official ‘steps outside the law and the courts he provides the eriminal ‘with his greatest protection and defense.” These develipments focussed ex traordinary interest on the appear ance before the convention Thurs ‘day night of United States Attor ney General Homer S. Cummings, who, Maliloy told the association, approved the plans for the feder alized police force. Attorney Gen eral Cummings was exptcted to eral Cummings was expected to seript long enough to outline fur ther details of the administra tion’s plan to combat ecrime. Dean Miller, who followed Mal loy on yesterday’'s program, pre sented the report of the section on criminal laws. When the de mand went up that he answer Malloy he said that he preferred to be guided by the earlier re marks of Judge John J. Farker, (Continued on Page Three) BRITISH INVASION S oW T % : L e W el B ol B R [ gy e T B Era o T § R P o Ry IR 2 5 = 2. Be B B é R R e e e R R SRER aRe g "!‘:éff!':lfif-:if?fv:‘/-é?‘z""- %& eAO S 3eo B o 8 %’ WmenT o N B PR o momny s el e o B % BRRx. IR R s | S L R B S e G SIS B 7 S Posic v-zzz-f.::f:f . RERE R S 4 : G iz s B R P E: S SRR # S, G SRR P o ) A biioa o R ; R : & PR S | g 4 g \ T ’% G s 1 PR 0 A i e \M 5 e 2 DR i i Vi o @ o Lovely Ida Lupino, daughter of Stanley Lupino, British stage star, plans a try as a movie ac tress in Hollywood. She is shown here as she arrived in New York, en route to California for a screen test. YOUTH 3 RESCUED FROM PRECIPICE Three Boy Scouts Tell of Harrowing Experience, Clinging to Mountain | PLATTSBURG, N. Y., — (P) — i Three Boy Scouts who clung for 'their lives to a tiny ledge 400 feet up on the rocky side of Wallface mountain told Thursday how they were saved from death after two days of privation and peril. The scouts—Robert Glenn, Ty ler Grey and William La Due—were nearing exhaustion and a probable fatal plunge down the perpendicu lar ecliff into a gorge when rescu ers, in a thrilling feat of mount aineering, hauled them to safety at the end of a 2256 foot rope late ‘Wednesday. | Lifted to.-a higher ledge, they were brought down along a wild Adirondack trail. Today they were recovering at their Plattsburgh homes from the effects of hunger and exposure to freezing winds. The youths, who were trapped on the sharply sloping ledge when a piece of rock broke off behind them early Tuesday, suffered only slight cuts when they were hoisted up the mountaingide. “We were never frightened a moment during the two days we werg prisoners on the narrow ledge,” said William La Due. | “From the time we saw the plane‘ !cone sailing down over the moun-l‘ tain late Tuesday afternoon we knew we would be taken down and we just waited, The pilot came so! close to us we could almost talk to him. Later we could see some of the rescue party climbing just bo-i fare dark. 1 ' The pilot to which La Due re ferred was Fred McLane of Lake Placid, who flew over the remote spot searching for the boys after Robert La Due, young brother of William had raced back to the lodge for aid. ~ “We were trappéd when the rock which we used for a step broke off and crashed to the ground 400 feet below us,’ La Due said, ‘“We knew then that we could not get off the ledge without help, It was a ledge about two feet wide and sloping downward at an angle of about 45 degrees. We had a hard time staying on it.” During the night, he said, Glenn and Grey tied themselves to a bush so they would not slide cff. They slept about an hour, But La Due ' (Continued On Page Three) Athens, Ga., Thursday, August 31, 1933 BARNETT 70 TAKE GASE TO SUPREME COURT, HE SAYS Hearing on Motion. For New Trial Will Be Given Saturday LOSES MANGHAM CASE Federal Government Will Continue Holding Up Big Highway Fund BUCHANAN, Ga.— (AP) —The highway regime .Governor Eugene Talmadge set up through use of martial law functioned today un der a stamp of legality from a civil jury but the opposition threatened to carry the dispute to the' Stute Supreme court. - Yesterday, a jury in Haralson county court held the appoint ment of J. J. Mangham to sucs ceed Captain J. W. Barnett as chairman of the Highway board was legal. The decision upheld the state’s contention that Barnett, ousted by the military in a budget con troversy with Governor Talmadge, -had abandoned office. It was ren dered fifty minutes after the case went to the jury, which, since Monday, has heard a volume of evidence, largely of political na ture. . Captain ' Barnett brought the suit to oust Magham on a charge that the Talmadge appointee had usurped his office.. When it was decided against him, he filed mo tion for a new trial and announced he would go to the Supreme court if necessary. Judge James R. Hutcheson of Tallapoosa circuit called a hearing on the motion for Saturday at 10 a. m. in Doug lasville. The controversy began early this year when Barnett and a fel low highway commissioner, W. C. Vereen, refused to discharge five engineers as ordered by Governor Talmadge under a budget slash. Finally, Talmadge declared mar tial law and ousted both Barnett and Vereen. He removed the mil itary restrictions later and ap pointed Mangham to the chair manship. Talmadge did not appear at the hearing but when he learned of the outcome he commetned, “I thought that when a jury of lay men had the facts put before them they would sustain my judgment, and they did.” The case marked the first jury decision in the Talmadge-Barnett |teud and once more brought up !the matter of Georgia’'s $10,000,000 Ifederal highway allotment which had béen held up as a result of the legal controversy over the highway board. | From Washington last night came word that federal officials did not consider that the Haral son county decision cleared the ‘way for advancement of the Geor gia public works allotment. ~ Secretary Wallace’s office said the case probably would be carried g ro 1 (Continued on Page Two) | Forest Commission Approves Purchase Of Southern Sites WASHINGTON —-(A’)—- The Na tional Forest Reservation commis sion has approved purchase of more than 274,000 acres of forest land in 17 states for approximate ly $546,000. Clvilian Conservation C o r p s workers will take over improve-| ‘ment work in several of the tracts immediately. The units will be | added to areas under administra tion of the forest service. They ‘will be devoted to timber growing, water shed protection and other| national forest purposes. sl In addition to the 274000 :..:rrg purchases the commission ap-| proved establishment of new pur-i chase units in several states, in- | cluding the Appalachicola unit lni iberty and Franklin countiesl Florida. This unit: eventually is to attain national forest status. | The purchase unit, state number | of acres and cost of the purchase| \program approved by the commis-| sion included: ! ‘Cherokee unit, Tennessee, Geor-f gia and North Carolina, 665 acres $1,701; Georgia unit, Georgia, 890 acres, $2,797; Nantahala unit, North Carolina, South Carolina and Geor-| gia, 645 acres, $1,438: Alabama | unit, Alabama 305 acres, $1,363; Osceola unit, Florida, 10 acres | $39; Ocala unit, Florida, 39 wcreql S7B. —ESTABLISHED 1832 Huey’s Smile Before Things Went Black—And Blue SEE S R R R t}i ?Ug‘%‘l % “ﬁ s o g 3 : ~‘> Q e _:;:-, % Y 7@!317”:" S _::;:2351-:, ey ™i b S Bt ’;v\ B . oo el &WY o b By T % Y oo Eulta = AN 1"5"; B wx~ ey v\% SOy w 3 [ ™% ; T ’ _ i "1:5" &% P SO R % ,:‘i ¥ 5 "‘ o g SR eMR S Sy \fi .. e b & 4 e A Bz& ¥ ﬂv&:’iﬁ;\ B oo ;Ll- (] i"v_ & _:. g‘g-’l Tt gt ’ Se G ! F G g- OX Ty _;:~.”z:¢:-{ 23 ' ;) Y 3 "‘if 5 " ; é 3 :;;e’f»,« 4 3 :'. T 3 i ’:"N: °': " 1:’ ’ V RS ?‘s\’% : ‘;, G y vP A “ i , Bk .y : e xS , k.. e T BRI i L T VT TITANR P f« "et ‘ “Vho “hooked” the “Kingfish”—and how? That was the burning question when Huey Long, Loulsi ana’s stormy Senator, arrived in Milwaukee from New York sporting a black eye. He got it, he says, when he was “‘ganged” by three or four straugers at a charity reyue at the Sands Point (L. 1.) Bath Club, where he here is shown in a picture taken shortly before the mysterious battle. Left to right: Miss Helen Mulrooney, Captain A. Williams, Mrs. Al Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Buck, Senator Long, Mrs. Edward P. Mulrooney, Commissioner Mulrconey and Miss Elaine Hyland. Corra Harris Is ‘lnspired’ By Nation's New Deal Reaction Struck by Country’s Faith In Roosevelt, Says Noted Writer Here ' Corra Harris declared in an in terview Wednesday in Athens that she is inspired by the reaction of the country to the ‘new deal” 'saying that iy is a lively and vital flare of patriotism in youth, in spired by the presdent's convincing integrity. Mrs. Harris, author of “Circuit Rider’'s Wife”, and other novels is {a nationally known figure. “Cir cuit Rider's Wife”, which created such a sensation at the time ol ’its original publication, a score of | years ago, is being republished | this fall because of an unusual de- Jmand for this Georgian’s writings. On her way to Elbert county to visit her ancestral home, Mrs Harris stopped in Athens for {lunch. When interviewed at the Georgian hotel she commented on ithe phase of national life that is !most vital to the American people‘ )with the following statement: “Of course we ere interested [primarily that these codes shouldi | work successfully at a time like lthis when the people are passing frhmugh the reconstruction period |of commerce, industry, and social ‘oivlllzation. Mr. Roosevely stands in the relationship of school master ‘tol a new primary form of national life, Jjust as the kindergar ten teacher does toward the students who will pursue the lsame studies by theip own lwill and by their own intelligence. If we make the grade for two ¥_vears we shall not need the codes \any longer; we shall enter the | ]common school grades of this re-l construction period and choose our {own studies. There is really no 'choice. The curriculum of national life is as inevitable as law and lib erty. .. ! ™But the thing that impresges ‘'me most is the reaction to the ‘new deal’—a lively and vital flare of patriotism in yh}jh inspired by Mr. Roosevelt’s convincing in ‘tegrity even more than by his ‘policies, which we are still tak ing by faith.” ~ Mrs. Harris was accompanying ‘her nephew, Al Harrls to Elbert county, to see as she expressed it “the green hills upon which his ancestors were born, and the egraves in which their dust lies" Mr. Marris, formerly on the staff of th:' Atlanta Constitution, is now‘ coniaected with N. W. Ayer Sons Company, of Philadelphia. He is a veteran of the World War. His present vigit home is the firs¢ one in four years. Insolvent' Firm Given Permission to Harvest Its Crops in Georgia ST. LOUlS.—(®)—The Missouri State Life Insurance company which owns about 88,000 acres of fgrm land in Georgia, Missouri Arkansas, Mississippi, and Califor nia, has obtained authority to spend money for harvesting of crops on its farm property. The Missouri State last Monday was placed in the hands of R. Emmety O’Malley, state insurance superintendent because of insol vency. The authority to harvest crops was. granted O'Malley by Cireuit Judge Charles Williams. CLAIRE WINDSOR DEFENDS ACTION Says California Broker Misled Her Into Believ ing He Was bamarried L.OS ANGELES.—(AP)—CIaire Windsor, blande actress, says she ,ullowed her acquaintance with lhandsome Alfred C. Read to { blossom into a love affair because | she believed the broker's state ment that he was unmarried. The assertion was made in tes timony in the alienation of affec tions trial in which Mrs. Marian Read, former wife of the Oakland, Calif., business man, seeks SIOO,- 000 from 'Miss Windsor. The ac tress had only begun her story when court adjourned Wednesday. Extra bailiffs were ordered to the courtroom Thursday to control the crowds as she continues her tés timony. Miss Windsor testified her ro mance with Read progressed on a transcontinental train as it rolled through the farm lands of Kansasg and she and Read sat on the ob servation platform during a ‘gor geous moonlit night.” The actress said she was walk- | ing on a desert .railroad station platform during a stop when Read introduced himself and asked lt‘ ‘she would play bridge, She was willing. ‘ , Read, Miss Windsor intimated, was a fast worker. The next night —"a gorgeous moonlit night some where in Kansas''—he kissed her 'as theéy stood on the observation car patform. “lI pushed him away the first time,” she said. “But you were . not resentful ‘after the firsy kiss?” the plain 'tig’s counsel asked. . ““No,” the actress replied. ' “They were very affectionate (Continued On Page Three) WHOLESALE PRICE LEVEL RISES WITH FARM PRODUCTS | WASHINGTON, —() — After !weeks of steady decline, an up swing in the wholesale prices on Iranu and food products for the week ended August 26, paved the 'way today for an increase in the general wholesale price level for the . week. The bureau of abor statistics of the department of labor today placed the index of the general le vel of wholesale priceg for the per llod at 69.6, as compared with 69.3 for the preceding wek. The figures are based on average prices for the year 1926 as 100. Farm products, after declining frem 59.6 to 57.5 during the four 'preceding weeks, stepped back to a 58.2 level Wholesale food prices had exper ienced a similar dir{. going from 66.1 on July 29, to 644 on August 19. for the most recently recorded week, however, they swung back tO 65.0 : The general inerease in ‘whole sale prices was shared by all major groupg except building materials, chemicals and drugs , and certain nuunamukmu. i B 'H%‘] A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—>sc Sunday. CAPTAIN JOHN K. WALBRIDGE DIFS Son-in-Law of E. K. Lump kin Passes at Saratoga Springs, N. Y. | Captain John K. Walbridge died |at his home in-Saratoga: Springs, N. Y., Wednesday night -‘after a short illness. Death was caused by cerebral hemorrhage. |, I Mr. Walbridge is survived by his widow, the former Miss Mar ion Lumpkin; a sister, Miss Mar garet Walbridge; brother, Benja min Walbridge, and his father, John Walbridge. Recovering from several days illness, Captain Walbridge went to his office Tuesday but his con dition became worse. He was re moved to his home and died two hours later, | The son-in-law of E. K. Lump kin, Captain Walbridge had madt\‘ many friends in Athens during the many visits he and Mrs. Wal bridge had made to Mrs. Wal bridge’s parents and his death will come as a great shock to them. Captain Walbridge was owner and editor of The Saratogian, a non-partisan daily newspaper pub lished in Saratoga Springs and for two years was editor and general manager of the New York Evening Sun in New York city. Through his newspaper work and his personal activities, Captain Walbridge took a prominent part 'ln the civic and social develop ment¢- of upstate New York. During the Spanish-American war, he served as captain in the New York volunteer regiment, which was billeted near Athens. Besides serving as a director in the Adirondack Trust company jand the Saratoga General hospital, hhe was president of the MacGregor Country club and was keenly in terested in the affairs of Sarato ga Springs and Saratoga county. Funeral services will be held Saturday in Saratoga. Bryan C. Lumpkin, Mrs. Charles Weeks, Washington, D. C, and Dr. R. M. Goss left Athens for Saratoga Thursday worning to attend the services, * BANK LOCKJAW DES MOINES.—(#)—His mouth was wide open but he couldn't ex plain his difficulty. That's what happened to Lloyd Mussell, 22 when his jawbones “locked” in a bank building. Police took him to a hospital and a doctor shut his mouth, September to See 7,000 Men Going Back to Work in Oyster Industry BIVALVE, N. J— (AP) —The “R” in September intensifies the “R” in NRA by sending 7,000 men back to work in the oyster fishing industry of Delaware Bay and nearby waters Friday. Four hundred boats, scraped, painted and with gear in perfect order, will scoop sea food which by the time fishing ends next April is expected to have added some $7,000,000 to Southern New. Jersey’s income. ' Shucking has increased greatly as- a side Industry and the output of opened oysters from the Mau rice River cove runs to about §5,- 000,000 quarts a year. J ~ Like other industries, the oyster \\,’ - b ore , R e L e Wi 00 SR WAA NOVES 10 AID MORE UNEMPLOYED DURING NEXT MONTH Coal Code and Ferd Amfg Among Biggest of NRA Problems e F. D. R. BEGINS CRUISE President Talks Over Ford Matter With NRA Chieftain ‘ |By MELBOURNE CHRISTERSON Associated Press Staff Wﬂ“"fg WASHINGTON —(#)— Hugh B*% Johnson ané his recovery admin< | istrators counted August employ ment gains under the Blue mbu today and launched a new effort to open the doors of metoﬂe&f: mines and stores to an even great er number of idle in Sentemhg&??%i Their immediate problems wera the speedy formulation of permas= nent codes of competition for bit~\§ uminous coal operators and the retail trade—affecting more thar a million workers—and -the question of bringing Henry Ford and his g huge plants within the wcope of the automobile agreement, 4 Recapitulating August activities mﬁ the NRA chieftains found that eighteen permanent codes and 240 »q; temporary trade pacts had heen approved, bringing upwards of 10,~ 000,000 workers under shorter hours and higher minimum wage agree ments. . 1 Simultaneously, Johnson wasg confronted with a demand by la bor's chief spokesman — Willlam Green, president of the American \ Federation of Labor — that evem {shorter hour prvoisions be inserted In codes so as to spread employment at a faster and great er rate, o Green sald federation figures showed that 2,000,000 idle had found jobs since March 1. This estimate agreed in substance with an estimate made by Johnson, the only reemployment figure announc= % ed by NRA officials. ~ o " Report Asked % Johnson returned last night from a speaking trip to Boston to find a request from President Roosevelt for a detailed report on the failure of Ford to sign the au tomobile code approved last Sun day. Ford has until September 5 to come in under the code and ob= tain his Blue Wagle. If he fails to do thils, Johnson said he thought the American people wonld “erack down on him when the Blue Eagle is on other cars.” , A. D. Whiteside, deputy admin is*rator, sought to shape a' master code for the entire retail trade, including druegists and grocers. for dispatch to Mr. Roosevelt by% the middle of next week. A ten tatlve plan has worked out wyos terdav hy .which the small s‘!ﬂ'a!,’sg especially those family operated, would hear a share of the labor load imposed by the code. . Anproval by Johnson of a mnd ified re-emnlovment aegreement for ’;% small dally and weekly newsna pers and job nrinters thronshont the countrv was announeed hv ot;'}% ficers of the National Editorial as sociation, 'The agreemeny provided a 40-hour dveraze work wee with a 4R%-hour nmaximum, but exermw'- ed from ‘hese nrovisions reporters earnine $25 and more a week. 2 President Roosevelt last night appointed-a committes of 15 to govern the ol industry. They meet today in Washington with Recrwf' tary Ickes, the oil administrator. James A. Moffett, who res'sm. ed as a vice president of Standard Oil of N. J, was named by *‘he president as the chief representa tive of the government on the committee, % Mr. Roosevelt designated Mof (Continued on Page Two) e fishermen are working on a code under the NRA. The proposed } agreement would set up four div- 4 isions among the bivalve-raising states, regulate marketing and provide a more uniform system of grading, The proposed divisions are: North Atlantic — Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Delawarei :Z;s Middle Atlantic—Maryland, Vir ginia, North Carolina; Scuth At- ﬁ% lantic and Gulf—South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missis sippi, Louisiana and Texas; Pa cific — California, Oregon’ and ‘Washington. T e o ey e eR R R T R