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OCTOBKK :?, 1933 1 ie. The dog is an off , \Jeff owned by former j Alfred K. Smith, and* ra, a blue ribbon winner. ill be presented to Piesi- evelt. n y Yard ; Inspected *TOWN, Oct. 2.—What it ? the first official visit if ; to the naval station* at arbor, quarters of the Wal Naval Militia, was madcj] by Rear Admiral R-* E s and Lieut. H. B. Need*| e engineering: corps of th« vy. They were met ber«*l n Homer M. Rice and es Sacket Harbor. \ val officers* visit was, tc 4 e station which is knowill tallest as one of the old^ stations in the country ;ard to work being Won* the government pu,bli« \ oject. It is planned to re ;ks and ways and mak« repairs at the station*. -. I. 'COLONIALl 1 id ff ESS \M )X-:- 2S aper \ties e IED s rg 1 r = 1 • II • . : 1 • 1 II i •I 3!COL0NIAL!l nur; • a NRA CANVASS TO DETERMINE RESULTS NC WS A HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER FOR OGDENSBURG AND THE NORTH COUNTRY VOL. 1 —X... l«;.\i ocDKXsnrKc x. v.. WKPXESPAY .MOKXIXU, orr. 4. UKW PRICK 3o Relief Workers Perish in Park Fire Virginia Votes For Repeal By Large Majority NRA. Will Canvass Virginia in I Mollison Plane Fails in Results in Nation Wet Parade Take-off, May Start Today Questionnaire to be Sent to 3,000 Employers Returns indicate Ratio of Near- Asking Data on Four Month Change. I * Three to °™ for Ee 1 peal. WASHINGTON. Oct. 3.—By di- rection of President Roosevelt, an intensive canvass will be started . almost at once to ascertain from employers over the nation what program has actually been made in the recovery drive. Three million questionnaires, one to every employer in the coun- try* will ask them to report their , comparative figures for employ- ment and payrolls for the pay per- iods of June 1 and Oct. 14, 1933. These will toe delivered simultan- eously. This mammouth survey, to be completed soon after Oct. 14. was revealed today in an NRA announ- cement, which stated that the 48,- <KH) postmasters of the nation would distribute the question- naires. The replies will be tabu- lated by the Census Bureau. Message From President Addressed by President Roose- velt \to every employer.\ the ques- tionnaires carry this message from him: \Two months ago I invited you to enter into an agreement with me to aid industrial recovery by shortening hour of work and by increasing wage rates. \The time has come to take stock. The information here re- quested is necessary to determine the progress we have made.\ The answer will be regarded as confidential, available only to the sworn employe of the government. The Census Bureau will tabulate them first by States, next by the fifteen or twenty largest cities in the United States, and then by counties and possibly toy indus- tries and trade. Farley's Order on Delivery A letter from Postmaster Gen- eral Farley to postmasters regard- ing the recovery census, read as follows: Within the next few days you ; will receive from Washington a message to be distributed 'to every employer.* It is now two months <Continued From Page One) RICHMOND. Vir., Oct. 3.—Vir- ginia today became the 32nd state j to join the wet parade. Repealists .conceded defeat early in the even- ing and ibut a few hours aftrr the polls had closed at 5.51 sundown. Returns available tonight indicate that the state voted for repeal by a ratio of nearly three to one. But jfour more states are now needed to insure the death of the eight- eenth amendment. A liquor contiol commission, which has already been appointed, will meet in October 11 to consider a state control plan. Liquor pro- hibiting in one form or another has •been in force in Virginia for more ; than half a century. Governor Pol- lard, a life-long dry, announced last night that his ( vote would be cast for repeal today. \Prohibition.\ he said, \is no longer the weapon with which to fight the liquor traf- fic/' 3,000 Public Employes Unpaid in Hawaii: Banks Halt Funds Until Budget Is Balanced President Returns to j TORONTO. Or. 3.—The Seaiar- | er, ii. long distance plane of the | Molliscns, Amy and Jim. failed to j get off the beach in three attempts j at Wasaga Beach today. \It was ail ! my fault,\ said Amy. The plane j loaded with over a ton moie than i its rated capacity actually did get J a few feet in the air on the third • attempt and Amy cried to Jim that they were over the water. Jim Kheiefore throttled down the en- gine and the plane settled back on- to the beach with a crash damag- ing the under carriage. Mechanics were working frantically on the '• plane at a late hour tonight to at- tempt to have it in shape for an- other attempt in the morning if j the weather is favorable. J The young couple flew to the 1 beach here from Toronto late to- day and put their plane in an en- closure on the sands. There was little wind and visibility was good. • The ship was not covered and its 'wings gleamed in the moonlight. ago and in which they crashed at Bridgeport, Conn., when only 60 miles from New York. After turning the plane over to I the mechanics tonight, Jim and Amy ascertained all arrangement* had been made for fuel supply, and retired to Collingwood nearby with instructions that they be called at about 4.30 a. m. This will bareiy leave them time to get to the bea< ii and warm their motors before sun- rise. During the day. the two had studied reports from the Meteoro- logical Bureau which indicated weather was favorable over the At- lantic route. Tonight they learned the weather also was good on tne other side of the o**ean, and imme- diately announced the takeoff would-be made at six o'clock. Although this summer resort had been practically abandoned by its warm-weather residents, thousands started for the bedch tonight. Was* Their plane, the Seafarer 11, is a sister ship to the plane in which they crossed the ocean two mom.is aga, its sands hard-packed unril they are almost like concrete, was in perfect condition. For two miles the beach provides a practical straightaway, and automobiles cam drive at top-speed. The cars we -e roped off the beach tonight, how- ever, authorities hoping to keep the sands in their good condition in order the heavily-laden plane may get away without difficulty. Little food is being carried ;»y the Hying couple. Coffee, chocolate, date- and nuts were stored in the plane. They have oredered a break- fast of « oifee and toasl. which will be consumed at a small refresh- . <Continued on Page Four* . New York HONOLULU. Oct. 3.—Governor Jndd announced today that the Ter- ritory of Hawaii had no fund* ii sight to meet its payroll of 5,W? and other government obligations incurred from OcL 1. Indications are that a special ses- sion of the Legislature will be called before the month is over to remedy the financial situation, which U called critical. The Governors announcement follows disclosure of the fact that Honolulu hankers nave served no- tice oa the Governor they will no longer honor Treasury warraais drawn against anticipated taxes un- til a program to balance the budget has been enacted into law. A stud? of the general fund op* eratioas lor the six-month period to end Dec. 31 indicates a defk-ii at that time, under the present taxation set-op, of $2 .£».#*•_ The Territory i» already obligat- ed to the banks in the sum of $3*4.- 1£2. This carnation is a resnR *f the to enact lams which would result in a balanced budgets although it was known at the time of adjourn- ment that the program as then con- stituted mould not raise funds suf- ficient to meet expenses for the bienniuin. Goveruor Judd flew to the Island of Kauai Saturday to confer with the chairman of the Senate and Hoase finance committee, and plans to fly to other islands next week for conferences with other legislators. Des^te Hawaii's present Budge- tary problems the territory has re- cently been repotted as being* vir- Taally -depression free.*\ This re- sults in large measure from the fact that its exports greatly exceed its imports. Long before the present recov- ery drive uras slatted in the United States, Hawaii had a*, the most serious of its labor problemr by empUjmnt m the throurh what is the Ready to Take Up Retailers' and Motion Picture Codes With Johnson. 25 Relief Workers Perish in Park Fire \i NEW YORK. Oct- 5.—President Roosevelt returned from his fly ing trip to the American Legion convention in Chicago toda>. The chief executive was prepared ;o jump into the National Recovery Program work with Administrator Johnson tomorrow. It was thought probable that the first work a«ong this line to be considered would he the retailers code and the motion picture code which, it is under- stood, is nearly leady for approval. Meanwhile the president is keering a watchful eye on the Cuban sit- uatioa which appears to be grow ing more serious hourly. j LOS ANGELES. Oct. 3—At least 125 men were burned to death and 5»» more received serious burns LINDBERGH FLIGHT j STAVENGER, Norway, Oct. 3.— Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lind- bergh arrived here at 5 p. m. after a flight from Oslo. They announc- ed upon arrival that they plan to remain one day but declined to di»c!ose their next destination. POLICE NOTES TODAY'S WEATHER Partly c; in temperature. j Police received a cail at -->* j yesterday afternoon from Miss Nita i Woods requesting an officer at once. Officer S* ars responded to the call and found that Ralpa Je!- 3y of $*T Montgomery street had :beea taken ruadenly m in his car ] in the ssreet. JeDjr was taken to j his haane ia the from which >oaw of them may die when a raging lire swept through a city park late this afternoon. The men m ho were burned to death were caught ia a blind valley be- tween tmo deep ravines and so smiftly did the tire sweep through the dense underbrush of the park that they were unable \o make their esvape. Men dropped like flies and Charles Ryaa, an eye mit- ness, said tonight that he had counted 4* charred bodies in tiie valley. The men were at work on a relief project for the city and me:e aroonc *,«*•* others to be eiu- ployed in the park. The fire mas <ause*1 by a match to^ed *»y a careless sightseer. Hospitals are tall of suffering victims of the and city officials an- toahrht that they urouid do all in their paver to relieve too suffering of the