Belmonte, Dec, 4.
Miss Winifred Spooner, who, companied by Flying-Oficer F.C.T. Edwards, attempted to fly to Capetown in five days but fell into the sea at midnight two miles from here, decided to swim ashore as their shouts for help and their distress flares went unnoticed.
In the meantime, Edwards had! managed to attract the notice of fishing-boats, which landed him—Reuter. plus amounts required for retirement of the public debt, The increases in appropriations for roads recommended by the President are in line with his policy of speeding up public wi struction in order to give employ ment to as many men daring the prevaili nomic depress ed in the presence of millions of Jobless.
The national defence item in the! budget is the largest and it provides for maintenance of the army and navy and other defence units.
The Congress is expected to engage in heated debate over the presidential recommendation of in-Jereased appropriations for prob bition law enforcement.
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