Morning Press News 
T7.S.S. HOUSTON 
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23 July, 1938 
NATIONAL NET'S 
Wat erbnrv , Oonn . ; 
Lieutenant-Governor -^rank Hayes and-?>2 others Including ranking 
1 ? C:5 ~ political leaders, hangers-on, contractors and auditors^ 
plea, io a not guilty today to changes of conspiracy to defraud 
the city of more than a million dollars. 
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La Juna. Colorado: 
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77 year old Charles Carson, son of the famous western pidneer 1 
uit Oar son p died today in La Jura 
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He v ^s the only surviving son 6f the famous -American family. - 
Hit Carson achieved lasting fame as a scout, hunter, explorer 
befo .T e 1?e ^ '■ e<? - in 18SS; he also ranked with 
Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Kicock as one of the most color 
rui ngures In the mstory of the American Frontier. 
Washington. : 
WPA Administrator Harry Hopkins announced late today that he 
would take Immediate steps to aid -the economic situation in 
vr® . 0uth : Hopkins said that 200,000 persons would begiven 
NPA jobs in the southern states as scon as possible. 
President Roosevelt recently described the South as the - 
Nation’s No . 1 economic problem. Hopkins said that 200,000 
additional workers would be given MPA jobs harvesting crops 
iti all 11 southern states* Said Hopkins, . f? TIie income of the 
^.-outh needs to be raised now. One way to help is to get wages 
into the hands of those who need to spend it”. 
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Los Angeles. Calif.: 
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Oil producers in tlie filmington , California, oil fields agreed 
today to reduce their output by 100 barrels per day per well. 
The agreement will cut ’it lie field's -production by about 6 900 
barrels a day. * " ’ 
Philadelphia : 
The King of Hoboes, Jeff Davis, is on his way to Hollywood 
today with a promise that he will never forget his old friends 
oi the^ road. Davis left Philadelphia with his wife for Mew 
Yorx where he will board a train for Hollywood. He will take 
part m a picture with comedian Bob Burns; and will have all 
expenses paio. for a comfortable ride across country instead of 
riding the rods. 
Victoria, B.C.: 
X00 families deserted their homes today in settlements on 
Vancouver Island. Fire fighters battled one of the greatest 
forest fires in the -Northwest History. The flames already 
have spread cvor 50,000 acres of the island and still are 
unchecked. The inhabitants cf the villages lied while the 
flames were still 2 or 3 miles distant . but there is little 
hope than the lire can be checked in time to save their homes, 
-orit^sli Loj/uDiuian an t lie r i t i e s and IT • S • Forestry Officials 
charged that firebugs have slashed hose lines and retarded 
efforts to check the Vancouver Island fire and others in 
ashington and Oregon. Canadian officials said that Forbes 
Landing, a resort village destroyed yesterday, could have been 
saved except that someone dumped sugar in the gasoline used 
in a water pump and put the pump out of commission. No fire- 
bug suspects have been arrested as yet but it is believed that 
it will go hard with anyone convicted of starting fires or hin- 
dering the efforts of fire fighters. 
