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PREV;QUS CLOBE .. iids oo 100
l;. 101. No. 293
oosevelt Pushes New Monetary Plans
hree Chicago Gunmen Slain In Raid Were Not Convicts Police Sought
icked Squad of Chicago
police Raids Fashionable
Apartment House
ROBBERY SUSPECTS
tficers Thought They
Had John Dillinger
And His Aides
CHICAGO.— (AP) —A band of
narp-shooting - Chicago policemen
ent on capturing John Dillinger
pd members of his ring of es
aped Indiana convicts, wrote finis
o the careers of three other gun
en with bullets in a sensational
qid on an apartment in the Rog
ps Park district.
The police shot” and Kkilled the
o Thursday night, and for twe
ours afterward believed their vic
kms were Dillinger, and two of
his lieutenants, Jack Hamilton and
Harry Pierpont.
Finger prints taken from the
iead men, however, revealed they
were: Louis Katzewitz, 28, and
Charle Tattlebaum, 30, alias
Chuck Tilden, both of whom were
kuspected of helping to hold up
the Union National bank of Strea
tor, 1 and Sam Ginszurg, 33, a
paroled conviet from the Michigan
state prison at Jackson.
A total of $52,000 was obtained
in the bank robbery which occur
red M 16, 1932.
Katzewitz and Tattlebaum had
been sought since last June 15
when they escaped from jail at
Ottawa, Tlll.
Receiving a “tip” from an un
jlentiied woman that the first
foor apartment at 1428 Farwell
wenue was a hide-out for Dillin
ger and his men, 19 picked officers,
led by Supervising Captain John
dege, swooped down on the place,
posting men with sub-maching
guns at the rear to cut off escape
Ih that direction.
Captain Stege, Sergeants Frank
Reynolds, Harry Newman and
Hury Bingham remained in front
it :roup of their men, The
ell of the apartment was rung
(Continued on page eight.)
OUCATION PLANS
E
Prorgam Advocated to
Federal Authorities By
Chancellor Snelling |
ATLANTA,—(P)—Major Gener- !
il E. L. King, fourth Corps Area
tommander, announced- Friday
that plang are under way for em-
Moyment of an educational ad-
Visor for each civilian conserva- |
orps camp in the Unitedi
olate 1
Dr. ¢. M. Snelling, chancellor
fmeritus of the university system:
0 Georgia, and director of the di-
Vision of general extension of the
Miversity system, some time ago
rzed federal education authorities
ption of an educational
rogram for young men in tHe
lorestry camps.
General King said that under
the in 256 educational advisers
Wil be employed sown in the fourth
cory area, divided among ‘the
States in the area ag follows: Ala
v 28; Florida 26; Georgia 42;
L ina 27; Mississippi. 22; north
:‘ 12 34; South Carolina 21 and
1€ ssee 56,
_The office of tne education of
U. S, Department of the interior
s t in an advisory ecapacity
nd wil] comunicate directly with
e secretary of war on all matters
ffecting the educational program
' the CCC. The office of educa-
Hon-also ,will be charged with
“lection and appointment of the
‘ducational advisers and will re
end outlines of instruction,
¢ ng procedures, and types of
“aching materiats tor use in the
& purpose of the program,
re il King said, ig to strengthen
‘lt broaden the educational plan
, eing carried ouy under the
mediate direction of the war de
fariment,
Enrollment in the ecivilian con
_fvation corps have come to us
: all eclasses,” said General
‘Continued on page eight.)
You Have Only Two Days To Help The Empty Stocking Fund - Do It Now
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Full Associated Press Service
Fire Station to Hold
Open House; Hundreds
Of Toys Are Displayed
Fire Chief Lester today in
vited Athenians to visit the
downtown/ station of the de
partment on Thomas and
‘Washington streets during the
day and tonight and see the
hundreds and hundreds of toys
that have been repawed and
repainted for poor children of
the city and county.
. The fire station will hold
open house until 10 o’clock to
night and it is necessary to
see the work done by firemen
to appreciate the vast task
they have completed. The toys
will be given the children at
the Community Christmas tree
in Woodruff hall Sunday aft
ernoon from 2 to 6 o’clock.
RUBBER TIRE CODE.
b (THERS APPROVED
President Brings Present
Number of Signed Codes
To 174; Others. Pending
WASHINGTON.— (AP) —Pres
ident Roosevelt has approved the
code of fair competition for the
rubber tire industry. :
NRA announced the Chief Exe
cutive signed this important pact
together with five others, bringing
the list of approved codes to 174.
The other codes approved cover
ed the rayon and silk dyeing in
dustry; savings, building and loan
associations; grinding wheel in
dustry; rolling steel door manu
facturers, and the smelting and
refining of brass and "bronze alloy
ingots.
Later Johnson told newsmen he
was trying to get the construction
codes and those covering printing
and publishing, including the pact
of the American ..ewspaper Pub
lishers’ association, to the Presi
dent Friday.
All these codes have been com
pleted and only final reports and
executive orders needed drafting
for the President’s approval.
In reply to a question, he said
also that he had written to the
heads of press associations sug
gesting that they join in submit
ting a code to cover the news
gathering agencies.
JOHNSON PROTESTS TO CWA
WASHINGTON.— (AP) —Hugh
S. Johnson protested to the Civil
Works Administration Friday
against its paying higher wages
than are being given by many in
dustries under codes.
olt is an absurd situation,” he
asserted at a press conference,
“put it is up to the CWA. All 1
can do is call their attentiofg to
the inconsistency.” i
He went on to explain that the
code-fixed minimum wages in all
cases are supposed to represent the
utmost that industries now can
afford to pay.
He considered it ‘“ridciulous”
that men from bread lines, placed
on what he said amounted virtu
ally to a federal dole, should have
more attractive pay than those
normally employed in industries,
some in cometing lines .
Told that Civil Works officials
considered the situation an “in
dictment” of code wages, Johnson
said that was “just words” and
that he could not be, disturbed by
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6171'1, 15, Admits Slaying Father Because
Mother Said Ouija Board Ordered Murder
ST, JOHNS ARIZ,, —{(&P)— Pun
ishment for a 15-year-old girl who
admitted shooting her father at the
father at the instigation of her
mother's Ouija board was consid
ered by authorities here Friday. |
After the girl, Mattie Turley, |
pleaded guilty to a charge of at—‘
‘tempted murder, county attorney
J. Smith Gibbons recommended‘
she be sent to the state industrial
school for six years. i
L ARe mothgr, Mrs. Dorothea Irene
}Turley. held as an accomplice, de
nied the ouija board seance inl
fwhich the shooting Wwag allegedly
ordered SO that she would be free‘
to marry “g young cowboy”. Her
petition for freedom on a writ d{
‘habeas corpus was set for hearinyg
‘Tuesday.
~ The victim of the shooting, E. J.
Turley chief gunner’'s natz of the |
naval reserve was in the navy hos- f
pital at San Diego, Calif,, to which |
he was taken by airplane, Physi- |
cians said the wound in his hip |
‘still was under examination, {
Miss Turley testified at her
Empty Stocking Fund
Passes Goal Of $5,000
As Drive Nears End
Donations Valuing $5,500
Are Received, Captain
“Noble Announces
EXERCISES SUNDAY
Speeches and Songs to
Feature Progfim at,
Woodruff Hall
Donations amounting to $5,500
i: wvalue have already heem re
ceived for the Empty Stocking
Fund, and indlcations are that the
figure will pe gver the $6,000-dol'-
lar mark by ‘the time the cam
paign closes Saturday night, ac
cording to Captain Elmer Noble
of the Salvation Army.
The goal had previously been set
at $5,000, but so hearty was the
response of Athens citizens that
the goal has been overssubscribed
There are plenty of usages for the
extra amount, however, as it will
mean just that much added cheer
to hundreds of homes in the city
and county. b
There is still time and oppor
tunity to contribute to the fund
if you are one of those«who have
failed to, take advantage of this
method of giving to the needy. Do
nations will be taken today and
all through Saturday. If you are
unable to come to town to place
your gift in one of the various
barrels scattered around the city,
simply call the Salvation Army at
1481, and your donation will be
called for.
To Be Given Sunday
- These gifts to the poor children
of this vicinity will be distributed
Sunday afternoon ag twg o'clock
when the Community Tree exer
cises will be held. The gifts wili
be clustered around the Ahuge
Christmas tree, and Santa Claus
in person will have charge of giv«
ing them to the children. The pro
gram will include alse several
shory addresses and the singing of
numerous Christmas carols.
TFire Chief E. F. Lester wil
make the dedicatory waddress in
naming the tree in honor of I 9
Cobb, his former assistant, whe
died last year. After Chief Lester’s
talk. Mrs. Cobb. and her little son
will place wreaths upon the tree. /
Crowd Expected
Upwards of 5,000 people are ex
pected to fill Woodruff hall for the
(Continued on page eight.)
FIVE NEW PROJECTS
IN ATHENS “OK’D”
Five new projects for the Ath
ens Civil Works administration
workers have been received here,
according to Mrs. Frank Camstra,
administrator.
They provide for improvements
at Hinton Brown school, improve
ments in thHe grounds at West
Broad and FEast Athens colored
schools, laying of a water line,
laying of 3,100 feet of sewer line,
and an addition to the city water
works in the form of a raw water
pump. -
Work on these projects will be
gin early next week, it iz believed.
Official notification of the appro
val of the air-port project has not
vet been received here.
mother’s hearing that she followed
her father to the corral of their
ranch home and took careful air at
his back with -a shotgun. *
«“Mother tod me that ouija board
|couid not e denied,” she testitied,
{“and that I would not e\?‘n be ar
‘rested for doing it.”
Prehfstoric cliff writings and a
‘story of buried treasure also fig
ured in Miss Turley’s account.
The girl said her mother, who
ciaims to have been named ‘‘Venus
of ‘America” in a newspaper beauty
‘contest 15 years ago, noticed the
cliff writings and consulted the
ouija board which told ehr about
the buried treasure.
Both Miss Turdlev and her 14-
year eold brother David asserted
}that while ‘their father blasted
away rock in search of the treas
ure at Mrs. Turley's insistence,
their mother was much in the
company of “the young cowboy.”
It was after this, Miss Turley
said, that the ouija board was con
sulted again “and It wrote out }
was 'to kill my father”
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QUAKER CITY STRIKE
TIES P DELIVERIES
Philadelphia Transporta
tion Workers Almost
Cripple Business
PHILADELPHIA,—()—A gen
eral strike of delivery and trans
portation workers gripped Phila
delphia Friday, seriously crippling
christmag deliveries in many lines
of -business.
~ Leaders of nine allied union
who called the strike Thursday
night, said the order took 28,000
men from work immediately.
Unions participating in the
strike vote were those of bakery
drivers, piano moverg milk drivers,
cleaners and dyers. railway ex
press drivers, brotherhood of trans
portation ‘vorxers, teamsters and
taxi drivers.
Immediately after the call was
issued, men began picketing car
barns in efforts ‘to influence trol
ley men to join the strike.
Outgrowth of a dispute between
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
compiany, operator of the city’s
‘two largest taxicab companies,
and its drivers, the strike was
called in the face of a strong plea
from Dr. William M. [Leiserson,
executive secretary of the national
labor board who aksed the men not
to “ruin’’ .their cause by such
drastic actl‘)n.
Recently the national labor board
ruled that the month-old taxi
strike be called off and the taxi
driyers, agreed contingent upon ac
ceptance of the proposal by the
company. After a delay, the com
pany said it would take back
strikers ‘“as fast ag circumstances
‘will permit,” drew the line at those
‘who “have had part in violence.”
‘and refused to rélease new men ‘to
make places for the strikers,
Dr, Liserson, commenting on the
company's stand, sald the P. R. T.
“has obeved no part of the board’s
rulings.”
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GOVERNDR'S QUSTER
OF PUBLIG SERVICE
COMMISSION VRLID
State Supreme Court
Rules Talmadge Was
Within Rights
MEMBERS ALL AGREE
Suspension Legal Until
Legislature Acts
Court Rules
ATLANTA. —(®P)— The Georgia
Bhpreme coury Friday upheld Gov
ernor ‘Talmadge's authority in
suspending all members of the old
Georgia Public Service commission
until the next session of the leg
islature. 3
The tribunal, with all members
agreeing, held the governor i 3
given specific statutory power to
suspend a member of the commis
sion “for cause,” and that the gen
eral assembly is the place for a
decision on whether the suspension
is justified. ;
The supreme court ruled the
legislature has supreme authority
over any office it creates, unless
prohibited by the constitution
from interference.
The mexy regular session of the
legislature is in 1935 and the sus
pensions could come up at that
time. An extra session ecould also
consider them.
Governor Talmadge suspended
Chairman James A. Perry and
Commissoiner Jules W. Felton,
Wialter McDonald, Albert Woodruff
and Perry T. Knight after a
lengthy hearing on charges made
by the Georgia Federation of La
bor that the commission had fa
vored public utilities in its regu
lations and rate making.
The governor then appointed a
full commission headed by Jud P.
‘Wilhoit of Warrenton, who resign
ed from the highway board.
The supreme,, court rendered only
one gecision in the cases of the
members of the old commission
who brought individual ouster pro
ceedings against their successors.
Decisions of judges in Fulton
Franklin, Troup and Warren
counties were affirmed. Perry T.
Knight of the old commission did
not bring suit against his succes
sor. :
Governor Talmadge in appoint
ing the new commission announ
ced that they would reduce utility
rates or he would get aother com
mission. The present commission
of Ben T. Huiet, George Goode,
J. B. Daniel and Tom Davis have
taken steps toward reduction of
electric light and power rates, t:l
(Continued on Page Three)
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Hopkins Says Telegrams
Voice Endorsement of
Civil Works Wage Scale
WASHINGTON. —(AP)—Harry
Hopkins, civil works administra
tor, said Friday he was receiving
telegrams from throughout the
South endorsing the civil works
scale and asking that CWA pro
jects not be withdrawn,
The messages to the administra
tor followed criticism directed by
Governor Talmadge of Georgia at
the wage scale which the state
executive said might lure labor
away from the farm and cause an
emergency at . cotton planting
time. .
Hopkins, fjter saying of Tal
madge, 4All .that. guy is after is
headlines,” offered to withdraw
CWA projects from Geodrgia =if
those emploved .thereon could find
jobs elsewhere. The administrator
said it nad been his plan from the
outset to terminate CWA activi
ties in the South when the farms
needed labor, and that his decis
ion in this direction was not influ
enced by the Talmadge criticism.
Compiled figures reéleased by
Hopkins Friday showing that i
September Florida had 28 percent
of its families on relief rolls,
leading all states.
The administrator told newspa
permen he had recevied no com
munication from Birmingham,
Ala., where a protest was reported
to have .grown from the bringing
ih of outside persons to direct
relief activities in the state, and
an incident where a white girl
(Continued on Page Six)
fCut In Liquor Tax Seen;
~ Democratic Committee
-~ Makes Secret Agreement
Various Recommendations
Of Administration
Are Discarded :
WOULD AID REVENUE
Session Called Today to
Approve Tax Bill on
Liquor Imports i
WASHINGTON—(#)— Democra
tic members of the house ways
land means committee were sum
moned into session Friday to ap
prove a tax bill, secretly agreed
upon by them, which discards sev
eral administration recommenda
tions and levies $2 on each gallon
of newly-legalized hard liquor.
It was made clear, though, that
the reason the 14 committee mem
pers overrode recommendations of
tfhe presidential inter-department
al committee for a $2.66 liquor tax
with 20 per cent of that going
back to the states was, primarily,
the difficulty of agreeing upon a
workable basis.
Treasury estimates were that
the $2 tax would bring in $294,-
000,000 in 1984 if business activity
were high, $202,000,000 if it were
low.
Now, if the Democrats succeed
in pushing through their liquor
tax plan which some of the 10 re-‘
publicans may support, the meas
ure presented to the house on
opening day—January 3—will call
for the federal government to col
lect, and keep for its own use, 32
for each gallon of liguor sold ir=-
respective of state levies.
. ¥or the time being, the Demo
cratd on the committee~intend te
pass over the preoposal for a
doubled tariff on liquor imports
under which countries that made
trade agreements with the United
States would be allowed lower
duties.
Two reasons for this were
given: TFirst, the administration
contemplates broader« reciprocal
trade legislation covering liquor as
well as many other things; second,
(Continued on Page Three)
INOUEST CALLED
IN FATAL CRASH
OF CCC WORKERS
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ga. “~~(®)—
A coroner’s jury Friday was call
ed to hear an inquest into the
death of John Quentin Parrott, 22,
a Savannah Civillan Conservation
Corps worker, killed Thursday
night when the car in which they
were homeward bound for the
Christmas holidays overturned.
Wake Sheffield, Savannah, suf
fered a blow on the head.
i Others in the car were: Herbert
Thorpe, Phillip Bellevue, Reuben
‘Berkhalter, Clyde Tullis and James
Hams. They were going to Sa
vannah from the CCC camp at
Warm Springs.
Captain Russell B. Reynolds and
|Lieut. J. . Cocke of the Warm
Springs camp are here attending
the inquest.
Occupants of the car said the
'machine left the highway an a
sharp curye, one mile and a half
from Montroge. They said they
were traveling at a moderte
'gpeed and that the driver, unac
quainted with the highway waas
‘unable to negotiate the curve.
Christmas Bonuses Shew Signs of Returning;
Wall Street Lets Rest of Nation Set Pace
(By the Associated Press.)
Wall &treet, once a lavish Santa
Claus, is letting. ;the rest of the
country set the pace in Christ
m? bonuses this year.
Slim profits in the brokerage
and banking busness were cited
Friday as the reason ‘“The Street”
is unable to revive its custom of
gaver days when the payment of
bonuses was a year-end custom.
The largest Christmas bonus so
far announced for this year in
Wall street is that of Redmiond and
Company, a stock exchange firm
which will give employes_bonuses
equivalent to 20 percent of each
employe’'s yearly wage.
Some houses of Wall street in
dicated Friday that the question of
bonuses to clerical workers would
be decided Saturday. A few firms
already have announced that bo
nuses of one or two weeks’ pay
will be tucked into the stockings
of their workers.
Without exception, so far as a
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—sc Sunday
Earl Cocke Reported ,
To Have RFC Position;
Would Leave Regents
WASHINGTON — (&) — Al
though lacking official an
nouncement, a u t h o r itative
sources say Earle Cocke, has
been named head of the At
lanta division of the Recon
struction Finance Corporation,
Cocke is expected to relin
quish his present post as the
secretary of the Board of Re
gents of the University Sys
tem of Georgia and assume
his new duties on January 1.
His appointment was under
stood to have bken recom
mended by Senators George
and Russell of Georgia, &
The office which has super
vision of RFC work in Geor
gia and eastern Tennessee has
been in charge of Andrew M,
Bergstrom.
Cocke is a graduate of the
University of Georgia and for
merly taught at Gordon Insti
tute, Barnesville, and at the
South Georgia College, Doug
lns, He lis a native of Lee
county, Georgia.
aIIVER AGREEMENT
REACTS ON MARKET
Stocks and Commodities
Wind Up Brisk Day
With Gains
NEW YORK.—(AP)—SBtocks and
commodities rallled enthusiasti
cally for a time Friday on news
of President Roosevelt's silver pro
gham, but speculative ardor sub
dued later and prices reacted.
Brisk profit-taking followed an
opening upsurge of §1 to $lO in
shares. Mining issues, which led
the rally, held up fairly well and
by afternoon were up $1 to around
$6.
Silver futures, after opening 2
to 3 cents an ounce higher in wild
trading, yielded roughly half their
gains. Cotton and grains also fell
back from early highs.
Stocks, led by the metals,
jumped $1 to $lO a share early in
the day. Silver futures in excited
trading climbed 2 to 3 cents an
ounce, the latter figure being the
limit of gain allowed for a trad
ing day. Cotton jumped $1 a bale
but later receded.
The stock market, shaking off
its recent sluggish decline as the
President’s ratification of the
London silver agreement caught
traders by surprise, boiled vigor
ously. Many of the opening blocks
embraced 1,000 to 12,000 shares as
floor traders lumped the buying
orders which had poured into the
exchange before the opening gong
rang.
The largest transaction was 12,-
000 shares of American Smelting
and Refining company which sold
at $45 a share, up $6.12. U. 8.
Smelting, and Refining and Min
ing, a favorite this year, rose $lO,
to $99 a share on an initial block
of 5,000 shares. Many other stocks
advanced $1 to $4. Some profit
taking appeared after the early
rush had subsided.
canvass Friday showed, the major
Wall street banks will Tefrain
from givig extra compensation
to their employes this year.
At one time the “Street” under
stood that the firm of J. P. Mor
gan and Company paid bonuses
equal to the annual salaries of the
employes. :
Firms in otheér parts of the
United States are generally fol
lowing the rule of depression years
during which the Yuletide payment
of extra compensation has, for the
lmost part been abandoned. There
are, however, some significant ex
3ceptlons.
One, Atlanta, Ga, investment
firm, Broome, Tindall and Com
pany, has announced it will give
employes bonuses equivalent to
12% percent of the employes’ an
nual salary. The firm was organs
ized in the summer of 1932.
! The Homestake Mining company
l (Continued on page eight.)
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FURTHER EXPANGION
10D PRIGES SEEN
IN ROOSEVELT MOVE
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“STREET” SURPRISED
Presidential Proclamation
Hints Further Orders
To Be Forthcoming
By WILLIAM L. BEALE
Associated Press Staff Weriten
WASHINGTON — () — Silver
coinage Friday was commanded
by President Roosevelt in a sud
den expansion of his monetary
plans for lifting commodity prices.
By proclamation, he opened fed
eral mints to newly-mined silver
in a program estimated to push
the metal’'s price from around 43
to 64 1-2 cents an ounce, add mil
lions to the nation’s mining we.lt'fi
a(x] spur exports to silver-using
countries.
Silver produced domestically
from todar until December 31,
1937, will be ‘accepted by ‘the
mints. Half will be coined and re
turned in dollars to the producer,
half surrendered to the governs
ment and held in reserve.
Mr. Roosevelt's proclamation
formally ratified the London silves
agreement by which it was under=
stood the United States would ab-"
sorb annually at least 24,421,000
ounceg of its silver production, ap=
proximately the 1932 output,
Simultaneously with promulga
‘tion of silver coinage, the admin
istration evidenced anew its inten
tion to contihue gold buying. The
RF'C increased funds set aside for
such purchases from $75,000,000 to
$100,000,000 and disclosed thatso7,=
485 ounces had been acquired do=
mestically for $16,976,000. Thus the
weight of both gold and silver will .
go on the Roosevelt lever under
commodity prices. 4
A hint of other moves to come..
in the government's march toward
a commodity dollar was contained
in this paragraph of the president- .
ial proclamation: @
“The present ratio in weight and
tineness of the silver dollar to tfi&g
gold dollar shall, for the purpose
of this proclamation, be maintain
ed until changed by further m%
or proclamation.” v
The president’s order, Intended E
to boost silver's market worth of
half the legal value of $1.29 mi
ounce, was issued by authority of
the inflationary powers congress
voted him in the agricultural ads
justment act. It immediately was %{
hailed by Senator Pittman (D&%
Nev.), author of the silver agrees'
ment written at the London econs
omic conference. 2
This understanding between 66
countries against further silver hg
‘basement and depreciation mw.%
contingent upon an agreement be
tween major silver producing
countries. s @
Australia, Canada, Mexico, Peras
and the United States agreed to
‘absorb 35,000,000 ounces of sflver
annually for four years. China ;§
lagreed to prohibit sales of sifver
‘derived from melting up or debas-.
iing coins, India to limit such sales
'to 35,000,000 ounces annually, and
Spain to 5,000,000.
| The Presidnt said India already.
has put the agreement into effect
and “I understand other nations
concerned are about te act.” 5
Mr. Roosevelt said he took.the
joint step of ratification and coin="
age, “finding it proper to cooperate
‘with other governments and neces
'sary to assist in increasing and
'stahi]izing domestic prices,” to
augment the purchasing power of |
’peoples in silver-using countries,
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LOCAL WEATHER
Partly cloudy tonight and
Saturday, not much change in
temperature. !
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LOWESE ceee ssss ssas secpills
MEAN -.vs vese sobd sone NS
NOrMAL sive ‘seas ke et
RAINFALL Tade
Inches last 24 hours .. sees 00
Total since Dec. 1 o oo ws 299
Excess since Dec: 1 .4 sivs 36
Average Dec. rainfall .. s« 4.38
Total since Jan. 1 .. .o .3453
Defficiency siice Jan. 1 «...14.15