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ofer Not to Reopen Law
to Amendment After |
6 Months Trial.
]oHNSON TO §TAY IN
RA Chieftain Warns
Both Labor and Industry
Not to Press Pleas. |
By JAMES COPE 1
pssociated Press Staff Writer
WASLINGTON '—(#)— Govern
qent officials have decided after
ix months trial of the industrial
oeovery act that they would pre
. not to reopen it to amendment
i the coming session of cangress,
Unless conditions then demand
i consequently, they intend to
&no changes. One exception,
ovever, may develop from the
osire of Senator Wagner (D.-N,
)to get down in black and
pnite the powers of the national
hor board which he heads,
e men whg have administered
e NIRA do not consider the law
herfect They helieve it contains
yme inconsistent and even con-l
indictory provisions, hut hope
ese will not prove of sufficient
mportance te warrant reopening
he entire structure.
That, by and large, reflects their
oiisfaction. with the results ob
hined to date, though it does not
mean that all codes now in force'
re considered satisfactory, or that |
fhanges may not ‘be sought in the
ntnre threugh the codes them
wazner wants the law to insnrn!
the workman a really free (-han(-e]
i clect a repregentative to bar- |
win with his employer; he wants |
the labor hoard put on a perma- |
went basis with statutory power to |
witle disputes between omplo_vv'
and employer. |
I{ it should develop that this ecan |
i accomplished by further execu- |
five orders Wagner’s plan for leg-!
ation may be dropped. |
But two or . ‘more moves fmmi
mtside the government are (‘X‘l
wected for modification: of (he»{aw.‘-
some one is almost certain to Tre- )
ntroduce a 30-hour work week |
bi (‘ongressional sympathizers|
with husiness are expected to try
for elimination of section TA, thol
tlause drawn to prohibit m)dod|
smplovers from interfering with |
the unionization of their labor.
Hugh 8. Johnson, who is going
to remain administrator at least
mtil congressional storms are met |
and dealt with, has warned againstl
hoth courses. l
He told labor he believed hOul‘S’
would have to be shaortened but
it a flat 30-hour Work week
would be suieidal. Industry \\'39l
ol equally pointedly thag if it
pressed to reduce labor benofits‘
mder the law it could expect an}
‘ureasoning” rebound from Con
gress that would give the work- |
ers more than they haye now, “"di
business less. |
U.S. COTTON MONEY
WILL BE RELEASED
WASHINGTON. —(#)— The
farm adminigtration announced
Monday county agents will be
wthorized this week o release
Yix cents a pound cotton op
tions to farmers who hold op-’
ns on approximatety 2,400,000
es of government held cot
t It is estimated by the ag
liture departmeng that $48.-
00 will be distributed to
roximately 600,000 c¢otton
‘he exact date of the re
lease of the options will depend
N the time county agents
eceive the necessary forms,
It Secretary Wallace gave in
ructions. thaty the ~money
11d be disbursed as rapidly
the options were called.
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That Washington is busily preparing for the convening of the 73rd
Congress on January 3 is indicated in the signs of activity bere re
corded by the cameraman in his rounds of the capital.+ Above (at
left) you see Speaker of the House Henry T. Rainey making plans for
the big day. Preparing for a colorful ceremony on the opening day
is Kenneth Romney, House Sergeant at Arms, pictured upper. right
with mace., Workmen are shown below preparing for the laying of
new carpets around the House rostrum.
Congress Next Month For Once Will Face
Scarcity of Petitions; Less Than 40 Now
WASYINGTON.—(AP)—No one|
would guess from the petitions on |
file gwaiting" the return of con
gress that the nation has been
passing through one of its most
troublesome periods. A
Less than two score petitions
and memorials asking legislative
action have been filed with con
gress since the adiournment six
months ago. Most of those have‘
no connection with economig con-‘
ditions. Furthermore, there are
not more than three or four deal
ing with any one question.
Less than a dozen have heen‘
sent in by state legislatures,” us- |
ually a most prolific source. i
Wisconsin has presented resolu-'
tions expressing confidence in thol
Roosevelt program; asking liberal- |
ization in the veterans compensa- |
tion laws; requesting laws to end
Political W in |
olitical Warfare in |
-
Ireland Is Climaxed !
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By Leader’s Arrest
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WESTPORT, Mayo, Irish ["l'“(‘:
State. —(®P)— 1t was the ;rfl\'nrn—{
ment’s next move Monday in the |
bitter political warfare (-limaxodi
Sunday night by the long-expected
arrest of General Eoin O'Duffy. l
The blue-shirted co-leader of |
the United Ireland party, npposingi
the government of President Eam
on De 'Valera, was hustled into po
lice barracks after a series of
clashe between his followers and |
‘police.
. The opinion was expresesd that
Ne blue-shitt leader would be |
notified so prepare for arraign
}ment before a military tribunal.
In such an event. the govern
ment could hold him a monthl
while completing its ease.
Meanwhile, General O'Duffy's
followers were scattered for the
time, mursing bumps and bruises
received in Sunday night's affrays
Among leaders of the outlawed
| League of Youth movement, spon-l
sored by the United Treland partyi
in defiance of the government |
ban, it was said Ernest Blythe, |
who served in the cabinat of for-!
mer president William T. Cos
grave, was most likely io succeed
O'Duffy as chief of that group,
should be long detained.
Cosgrave was expected to pre-‘
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Ilynchings. to prevent um‘ea‘sonahlo}
profits in and to ' provide proper
ganitary regulations for the dairy
industry. |
Arizona also asked more liberal
treatment of veterans; Kansas
sought enactment of the Frazier
farm refinancing bill; and Michi
gan petitioned for ratification of
the St. Lawrence waterway treaty.
From the Hawaiian legislature
‘came a resolution asking that pro
‘hibition repeal be extended to that
territory.
The petitions from individuals,
cities and organizations are more
‘numerous and deal with a greater
| variety of subjects.
: Three oppose recognition of Rus
'sia. two ask legislation against
|obscene movies and several, from
i city councils, ask issuance of cur
{rency on the basis of municipal
bonds.
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g NEW YORK.— (AP) —The ‘
| American Export line received |
1) word Monday that A, T. Hic- ‘
l key, master of the steamer |
Exarch, committed suicide 1
l early Sunday after -his ship ‘
{ had gone ashore on the coast
l of Cyprus.
Hickey, who was born in
1896 and was unmarried, lived
in Rochester, N. Y.
i The message to the steam
ship line did not disclose the
means Captain Hickey used to
end his«life. Frederick W. Kel
l clive, first officer, reported his
superior's death and took com
mand of the vessel.
Captain Hickey had been
! with the American Export line
for several years.
Eight passengers who were
aboard the Exarch when she
grounded have been put |
ashore, line officials said.
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| SANTA CLAUS TO RETURN
} A wireless message received to
i day said that Santa Claus who left
!here several days ago to get more
{ toys for Athens children, would
arrive Tuesday afternoon by air
plane at Epps airport on the Lex
ington road the jolly old man is
scheduled to land in a big Ford tri
motored plane at 3:30 o’'clock
weather permitting. :
Athens, Ga., Monday, December 18, 1933.
TEANESSEE COUNTY
LOSES CWA BACKING
AFTER MOB ACTION
First Instance in Which
Support Had to Be
- Withdrawn.
OFFICIAL ATTACKED
Unemployed Group Ush
ers School Superintend
ent From Dayton.
DAYTON, Tenn. —(#)— Support
of the state civil works adminis«
tration has been withdrawn from
Rhea county because of a disturb
ance here in which the county
school superintendent and his
family were ushered oug of town
by a group of unemployed. .
C. C. Menzler, state administra
tor, announced the action in Nash
ville Sunday night, saying ‘“this isg
the first instance in the country
that I know of where it was neces
sary to withdraw CWA support
from a county.”
“Upon orders of the federal gov
ernment,” Menzler said, “I notified
them the CWA is out of Rhea
county until we are assured of a
peaceful and efficient administra-
Hon
The school superintendent, J. H.
Miser, said he had been at work
on CWA projects in the school
system and that he was forced to
leave Saturday by a growing “mob
spirit.” .
“I suppose they thought T had
the authority to give them jobs,”
Miser said. A number of the un
employed chk.cged the CWA ad
ministration with “favoritism” . in
placing men. ’
At a mass meeting Sunflay the
unemployed turned down a resolu
tion apologizing for the disturb
ance which resuylted in the Misers
leaving the city.
Officials estimate there are 2,000
unemployed in Rhea county which
has a CWA quota of 229.
It was here that the John T.
Scopes trial invelving Tennessee's
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LOUISIANA TORNADG
KILLS 4. HURTS 1§
Terrific Blast Strips Cloth
ing From Victims, De
stroys Much Property.
SHREVEPORT, La. — (# — A
tornado which roared out of the
southwest tfo break the Sunday
quiet of a (Caddo parish lumber
camp and a plantation took four
lives, injured 19 and caused heavy
property loss,
The blast, so eerrific that it
stripped the clothing from individ
uals, killed a white woman and
two Negroes at Grayson lumber
camp, 18 miles west of here, and
a Negro at Soda Fountain planta.
tion, 10 miles to the north.
Those killed at the lumber camp
were Mrs. H. B. Tress, 28, A. C.
Johnson, 44, and Hanna Reed, 27,
the latter two Negroes. Charlotte
Hill, 75, a Negro, was fatally in
jured on the plantation. Eleven
others were injured at the camp
and eight more at the plantation.
Flying timber, debris and wreck
age of houses caused pandemoni
um at the lumber camp. John H.
Roden, manager ¢of the camp com
missary, took refuge inside the
store ' when the tornado hurled
heavy articles through the air.
~ Numerous workers inthe mill es
caped injury amid the maelstrom
of flying articles.
Dr. L. T. Baker, Dixie physici
an, who administered to the in
jured at the plantation, gave a
vivid description of the tornado.
“The Negroes were standing or
sitting around in their homes one
minute and the next minute the
storm had passed. their homes and
possessions had vanished and thev
were wondering what it was all
abbut. Three or four of the less
seriously injured were stripped of
their clothes by the winds and left
stark naked.”
Several cabing were blown com
pletely away.
Choir to Rechearse
Carols At Woodruff
Hall Tuesday Night
Rehearsal of the big choir to
sing Christmas carols Christmas
Eve in connection with the Com
munity Christmas tree, will be
held Tuesday night at 8:00 o’clock
in Wodoruff hall. The tree is al
ready .in place in the hall.
All church choirs or other sing
ing organizations, as well as indi
vidual singers, whether members
of a choir or not, are Invited to
meet with L. C. ‘Alexander, direc
tor of the choir, at this practice
and to take part in the singing
Christmas Eve.
—ESTABLISHED 1832~
Supreme Court To Hear
Test Case To Determine
Liquor Violators’ Status
Will Rush Decision on
Wpeether Uending Liti
gation Is Valid.
WITHOUT PRECEDENT
Georgia Court of Appeals
Upholds Valdosta Law
Against Buying.
WASHINGTON.— (AP) — The
Supreme court Monday set for
nearing on January 15 ‘a test case
brought by the government to de
termine whether pending litigation
charging violations of the national
prohibition law can be prosecuted
or must be dismissed.
Every possible effort will be
made by the high court to expe
dite its decision.
‘There are pending in federal
district courts throughout the
country thousands -of indictments
charging prohibition violations.
~ “Solicitor General James C. Biggs
‘told the court the Department of
Justice was without precedent to
guide its action in such cases, and
requested an ggrly ruling.
The case set for hearing was
against Byrum Gibson and Claude
Chambers, charged with conspir
‘aey to violate ‘the-federal prohibi
tion law ‘in Rockingham county,
‘North Carolina.
The federal district court dis
missed the indictments on the
ground that adoption of the repeal
amendment had nullified the Vol
stead act.” ™
AGREEMENT SEEN
WASHINGTON. —(AP)—Acting
Secretary Phillips disclosed an
agreement is expected on the tan
gle arising when France acted to
increase both the American quota
and its own tariff on apples, pears,
ham and lard in exchange for an
enlarged wine quota.
Phillips told reporters that Mau
rice Garreau-Dombalse, French
commercial attache, would hold a
conference with State department
officials during the day at which it
was expected present obstructions
and misunderstandings would be
ironed out.
Wine shipments, over and above
f'rance’s basic quota, are held up
pending the settlement,
_~ ORDINANCE UPHELD
VALDOSTA, Ga.—(AP)—An or
dinance of the city of Valdosta,
permitting prosceution of buyers
of whisky nad other intoxicating
liquors, has been upheld by the
State Court of Appeals.
O. W. Franklin, city attorney,
says the erdinance passed 18
manths ago to stop liquor traffic
here, does not conflict with state
or federal liquor laws because
there are none making it a penal
oflense to buy liquor.
The Valdosta ordinance makes
possession -of intoxicating liquor
here prima facie evidence of ;its
purchase.
The Court of Appeals decision
was in a case which was transfer
red to that court by the State Su
preme court.
Matthew Brown, proprietor of a
pressing club, appealed to the high
court after the -superior court of
Lowndes (Valdosta) county had
refused to sanction a writ of cer
tiorari to the higher court to cor
rect any errors which might have
been made at the trial in the city
court of Valdosta.
Counsel for. Brown contended
that the ordinance was void be
cause it made possession of liquor
evidence of purchase, and that
this'put an illegal burden of proof
on a defendant. The argument also
was advanced that the law was in
conflict with the state’s penal laws
dealing with the liquor question.
Five Cases of Measles
Reported During Week
Five cases of measles were re
ported in the county during the
past week, according to the city
and county health department offi
cials. One case of diphtheria and
one of influenza also were report
ed. '
The measles report represents
the largest. number of cases of a
disease to be reported in a single
week in some time. Parents are
urged to take special precautions
with their children against the
disease at this time.
LIGHT WEEK-END IS
REPORTED BY POLICE
A light week-end was recorded
on the deckets at city hall with
only 23 arrests: seven for disor
derly conduct, two for drunken
ness, one for speeding, two on li
quor charges, one on suspicion,
one for pasisng sage money, and
nine for gaming.
Seven warrants for Paul Griffith
have been received by county po
lice, according to County Officer
Bill MecKinnon, from Spartanburg
county, South Carolina. The war
rants charge Griffith with house
breaking and grand larceny in the
daytime, the crime for which he is
being held in the county jail here.
WRECKED SEAPLANE
FOUND: FOUR SAVED:
Dramatic Rescue Follows
Day-Long Search Over
. Stoermy Mediterranean.
MARSEILLES, France — (#) -
Four men who had been adrift
abosgd _heig crippled seaplane for
more than 20 agours in the stormy
Mediterranean were rescued at
dawn Monday by the steamer Saint
Marguserite,
The heavy snowfall which had
hampered thg visibility of = four
ships steaming blindly around the
plane in an angry sea stopped dur
ing the night.
At daybreak, the St. Marguerite
sighted the stricken craft at a
point about 80 miles south of Mar
seilles.
The cold and weary occupants
of the plane were taken aboard
along with the mail carried and
the ship steamed for Dizreta,
Africa.
All through Sunday and during
the night, shipg carried on a fruit
lJess search for the plane whose
frantic SOS sang through the sleet
and spow after it was forced down.
To those who caught the calls
along the coast and in the wireless
rooms of the searching vessels
Radio Operator Capelin appeared
to be the star in -the seaplane
drama.
While Piloy Kermal and Mech
anic Chevillard, assisted by a pas
genger named Kotival, a World
war flier, battled to keep the craft
afloat, Capelin. flashed his SOS
slgnal over and over again.
The three members of the
plane’s crew and their passenger,
all Frenchmen, hopped from Mar
seille on the regular commrecial
line to Algiers at 8:40 a. m. Sun
day. .
CHRISTIAN PAGEANT
WILL BE REPEATED
Christmas Production At
Christian Church to Be
Given Again Tuesday.
“The Shepherd’s Vision” a
Christmas pageant presented at
the Christian church Sunday night,
will be repeated Tuesday evening
by popular request.
So large was the crowd which
wished to see the production Sun
day night that many had to be
turned away, as they ware unable
to secure seats in the church au
ditorium.
Half of the free will ~ffering
Tuesday night will go to the
Empty Stocking fund and the oth
er will be dispensed among local
charity cases through the church
organization. The offering taken
Sunday night went to the South
eastern Christian Orphanage at
Atlanta. 5
The pageant is being repeated so
that those who were unable t, get
into the chureh Sunday night will
be able to see iy Tuesday. The
church doors will not be opened
‘until 7:30, 1t fs announced.
~ The . presentation, which has a
cast of fifty people, is under the
direction of Mrs. J. L. Laßoon
with Miss Hazel Poss as dramatic
director.
KIWANIS MEETING
The Kiwanis elub will hold their
regular meeting Tuesday at 2
o'clock at the Georgian hotel. A
special Christmas program has,
been arranged, with Rev. David
Cady Wright. jr., of the Episcopal
church, as the chief speaker. The
singing of carols and a short
musical program is also scheduled
for this meeting.
VCaffery, Stepping Inte Havana Lion’s Den,
Is Expected to Get Along With the Lions
By RODNEY DUTCHER |
NEA Service Staff Correspondent.
WASHINGTON.—Mr. Jefferson
Caffery, who now steps into the
lion's den at Havana, is expected
to get along with the lions. )
The new American envoy to
Cuba is a veteran of diplomatioi
“situations.” Though he will be
unable to offer the Grau govern
ment prompt recognition, he is a
more flexible and practical person
than his predecessor, Ambassad.r
Sumner Welles.
Welles, as assistanf Secretary of
State in Washington, will be his
boss and directing head of our
Cuban policy. The two men are
being switched around because
the lions were growling at Welles,
but the Grau government must
prove its ability to survive a while
longer before it will be recog
nized.
Caffery is quiet, studious, but
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2¢—sc¢ Sunday
Reported Planning
New Cuban Revolt
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tion was felt in Havana with the
report that Antonio Guiteras
(above), Cuban Secretary of War
and Interior, was planning a mili
tary coup with the aid of the
forces in Cal nas Fortress.
CAFFERY ARRIVES N
CTRIFE-TORN HAVANA
New U. S. Representative
Reaches Cuba on Heels
of Another Qutbreak.
HAVANA —(P)— Jefferson Caf
fery, representing President Roose
velt in Cuba, arrived here Monday
morning to be greeted by repre
sentatives of President Grau San
Martin, the staff of the American
embassy, and 200 spectators. .
Caffery replaces former Ambas
sador Sumner Welles in charge of
the United States embassy.
Meanwhile Havana Monday
counted six dead and 13 wounded
Monday in the capital's’ latest
boodshed and disorders,
More than 100 Spaniards were
rounded up and taken to old Cabana
fortress during .the night, charged
with: having participated in the
outbreaks. Shooting broke out Sun
day a{}err;gon with the sacking and
‘burning of the offices of the news
paper E Pais. Firing spread.
~ Soldiers did not succeed 'in re
storing a sembance of order until
nearly nightfall. Throughout the
night, occasional shots were heard.
A mob comprised largely of Ne
groeg fired i Pais offices because
they considered the Spanish news
paper unfrieny to the government,
Most of those killed and wound
ed were struck by bullets fired in
indiseriminate shooting in and
around the El Pais building after
soldierg attempted to preveng the
nmob from entering.
Only one large daily remains
with the damaging of the El Pais
building. That is El Diario, pub
lished under threats from both
government and opposition forces
FUNDS CONTRACT
FOR UNIVERSITY
BEING HASTENED
ATLANTA —(AP)—Earle Cocke,
gecretary-treasures of the Board of
Regents of the wuniversity system
of Georgia, was in Washington
Mionday, aiding federal public
works authorities in working out a
contract under which the univer
sity system is to receive $3,569,565
in PWA fundg for new buildings
and repairs to existing structures.
Approval of the¢ allotment was
announced last week. .
The framing of a contract agree
able to the PWA and Governor
Talmadge and the board of regents
is one of the formal details to be
worked out before the university
system can advertise for bidg on
the various projects, which are to
be scattered over the state among
the various ~elleges and schoo.?
in the system.
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wiry and athletic. He has a sly
sense of humor. .
, He is quick to see the point in
|any issue and can rapidly size
| people up. The many Foreign Ser
vice men who are personally de
voted to him believe he will soon
{find out who the key people are in
.Havana and thereupon get next to
{them. Prejudices are unlikely-to
obscure his judgment. |
| He is one of those handsome
career men, who worked up in the
service from way down at the
bottom. His age is 47, his height
five feet and eleven inches, his
hair dark, his eyes blue, his socks
green, his clothes immaculate, his
face thin and strong, his brow
wrinkled and his general disposi
tion genial and human. He comes
from Louisiana and is still a bach
elor.
“The secret of successful diplo
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RFC PUSHES PLANG
FOR DIRECT LOANS
10 MD INDUSTRIES
Roosevelt Directs Search
For Business Help Into ...
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WASHINGTON, —(P)—ln a re« .
newed effort to extend financial
help, the administration Monday
pushed a study of the possibility ot
direct RFC loans to industry. g
Notified of a huge sheaf of'. a]:~
plications for aid under a previouss :
ly formed NRA loan plan, designed
to aid business men to mee fatten
ed payrolls, President Roosevelt
was reported authoritatively to
have directed the search for a
new channel. 3
Chairman Jesse H. Jones ot-ih‘q
reconstruction corporation, who,
‘with other members of its board, is
‘conducting the study, disclosed
‘recently that the NRA loan plan
was not working, Out of 15,000 ap
pications ony a small sum has been
advanced. i
Plan Suggested
Barred at present from making
direct loans to individual borrow
ers the RFC under the. NRA loan
plan suggested that small b_usinm
men needing money get together
in their own commumty to form
lsmall mortgage loan companies.
The corporation would loan to these
!small groups and the maney could
be divided among the s eral indi
’viduals composing It.
At the corporation offices Mon
day it was understoon no report
was yet possible to the President
lon how direct loans to industry
‘could be made legally. Unless some
lmothod is found shortly it was in
| dicated congress may be asked
learly in January to amend the
RFC law. . o
! Jones, athough decaring the sit- '
‘uatinn had improved recenty, have
| been quited frequently as being
unsatisfied " with the way bankers
have been meeting the credit situa- 3
tion,
The corporation’'s drive to get
bunks and trust companies to seil
the government preferred stock
and capital notes hag been aimed
at least in part at easing the trans
fer of cash for normal business
loans. As a purchaser of stocks and
notes the corporatio'n has a voting
power in around 2,000 banks,
GAINING GROUND 3y
NEW YORK. — (AP) — The
National retail dry goods as
sociation announced Mon
day it had sentto President Roose
velt the results of a survey show
ing that many leading merchants
believe the recovery drive is gain
ing ground steadily. i .
The merchants praised the NRA
and expressed confidence it will
bring further improvement.
The association, is headed by
Lew Hahn. Its announcement said
that it i¢ a trade group of 4,500
department and specialty stores.
George K. Whitten, general
manager, Burdine's Miami: “Our
sales trend has been nicely ahead
of las+ year. for the last Yew
months. Everyone in Miami seems
to be quite enthusiastic over the .
prospects of our winter season.
and it is predicted thay we will
probably enjoy our biggest season
since our real estate hoom im 1923
and 1926. . . . It is a well-known
fact that when b-minesx is good
in a resort area, 1t is a barometer
of business improvement in other
parts of the country.”
¥. J. Paxon, president and
treasurer, Davison-Paxon Co., At
lanta: “The recovery program has
been of tremendous value to busi
ness. It has changed consumer
psychology from pessimism to op=
timism. 'This phase alone justi
fies a recovery program.
“The recovery program has more
in favor of iy than against it, and
I believe that 1934 will be a year
of definite and marked improve=
ment.” e
LOCAL WEATHER
Cloudy, probable occasional
rain Tuesday and in west and
north portions tonight; not
change in temperature. ’
TEMPERATURE
l-‘.ighest “4res sese esse on-o"-'r
LOWESt ... sees - sese sashOßio
MEBN ..y savh bise avin -00 N
NOrmßl .... ive'duss hu=it
RAINFALL .
Inches last 24 hours .. eees .00
Total since Dec. 1 ... sees 108
Deficiéncy since Dec. 1 ..q 143
Average Dec. rainfall .. <. 438
Total since Jan: 1 .. «e +.32.6%
Deficiency since Jan. 1 .eeelß:49