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Five Million Homeless Dykes Break
RUSSIAN OVERDUE 24 HOURS--IS FOUND O. K.
Cruise Ship Dellwood Returns Nome From Siberia
WASHINGTON
CURRENT
COMMENT i
The year 159 has just closed. Most
persons find it convenient to figure
that we are living in the year 1935,
but on the 4th of July we began the
IGOOth year of independence of the
United Stats, under a system of
chronology that is referred to inci
dentally in some federal documents.
The Chinese are said to open their
New Year by paying their debts.
We did not celebrate our national
holiday in the same way. Money is
coming into the Treasury rapidly
but is departing with a speed more
marked, and there is no room in
this column for the results of the
elaborate computations. Let it suf
fice to say that we are considerab
ly in the hole.
The World War laid us under a
heavy monetary burden, which has
more than doubled since 1918, to say
nothing of an increase of very con
siderable proportions that has piled
up during the past six years. At
one sweep, four billion dollars were
added to the deficit. Athough re
quests for aid along certain lines,
for instance the refinancing of mort
gages, are fewer in number, a group
numerically equal to twice the pop
ulation of New York City still is
on relief, and it is the view of those
skilled in such matters that the four
billion appropriated will not be suf
ficient to tide over until relief shall
be unnecessary. More money will
be needed, and tax increase, al
though mentioned in a low breath,
are far from being left out of the
discussion. It may seem that al
though there was reason for re
joicing on the Fourth of July on
account of our independence of a
foreign power, we were in bondage
in a different way on the date speci
fied.
Such is the dark side of the pict
ure. Per contra, the average in
dividual is under the shadow of debt
now and then, but the average in
dividual, except for,short and occa
sional pinches, is solvent and not
broke. The country has fared, and
will fare, no worse. History is
long. The Thirty Years War creat
ed chaos in Europe, but is forgot
ten. Washington did well to pray
for aid in the dark days of the Am
erican Revolution, but the Revolu
tion is remembered only on the 4th
of July. Though there were many
things to worry about on the last
occurrence of that date, the ulti
mate truth, and ground for an ab
iding hope, are found in the philo
sopher’s observation: “This too will
pass.V
In 1937 the navy will begin to re
place warships which are more than
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5 Million Persons
Homeless In China
Floods Break Thru
Refugees Clinging to Rem
nants Dykes, Dying Like
Flies Say The Reports
(By The Associated Press)
SHANGHAI, July 24, —Reports
from other points indicated a far
greater loss of life than was at first
believed, as a result of the disastrous
summer floods.
Five million are homeless in Shan
tung, Hopei, Honan and Shenshi,
provinces which were deriousy hit.
Reports said that refugees were
clinging to the remnants of dykes
under the pitiless midsummer sun,
and were dying like flies.
Great Britain Will
1 ke Stand For A
Speedy Settlement
Great Britain Wants A Frank
Airing of Issues Between
2 Nations at Geneva
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, July 24, —Great Bri
tain intends to make a firm move at
Geneva next week, to solve the It
alio-Ethiopian impasse, and will
press for a full airing of the issues,
in a final effort to avert an open
break, but is taking no chances on
her own security of communication
lines in East Africa which are jam
med with instructions for strength
ening the empire’s political and mil
itary positions about Ethiopia.
Britain does not intend to become
the lone policeman to enforce cove
nant provision of the league cove
nant, if the council fumbles. Bri
tain will insist that any settlement
of the dispute must have the sanc
ion of other powers.
General Strike Is
Ended With 150
Persons Arrested
Tansportation and Stores In
City Affected By Labor
Strike Ended Today
(By The Associated Press)
TERRE HAUTE, Juy 24, — The
two-day general strike which tied
up transportation and closed almost
every store in the city, ended to
day, officially, with national guards
men remaining on duty.
The two day labor holiday ended
with more than a hundred and fifty
persons arrested. Tear gas was used
several times to quell riots. One
soldier is in the hospital with brok
en ribs, resulting from a blow ren
dered by a thrown brick.
Seaplane Is Lost
Russian Official
Is Aboard Craft
\ .
Soviet Representative Is En
route North On Board
Plane 24 Hours Late
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, July 24, —Coast Guard
Division headquarters here announe
ed that a government message last
night said that the chartered Seattle
seaplane carrying N. A, Sokoloff vice
president of the Amtorg Inc., was
overdue twenty-four hours at Ket
chikan, and was being sought by the
cutters Cyane and Haida.
The plane was piloted by Jerry
Smith and was last reported al Al
ert Bay at 2 P. M Monday, taking
off for Ketchikan.
The plane was enroute north to
make connections for the projected
Soviet flight over the North Pole to
San Francisco from Moscow. A
heavy fog blanketed the district
where the plane was last seen.
(By The Associated Press)
PRINCE RUPERT, July 24. — N
A SokolofF, vice-president of the
Amtorg Trading Company is ready
to resume his flight to Ketchikan,
after being forced down near here
by fog. in a chartered seaplane.
Ttie pilot and he are enroute north
to arrange for radio aid for the Sov
iet fliers planning a flight to Oak
land from Moscow.
They left Seattle Sunday A. M.,
with the ultimate destination, Akla
vik and Fort Simpson in Yukon Ter
ritory.
Pilot Smith set the plane down
when he felt the fog was too dang
erous to continue to Ketchikan. At
first, it was believed in the states
they were lost, and cutters were out
searching for them. It w'as thought
they were out to sea until they
were located here.
DELLWOOD RETURNS
NOME AFTER VOYAGE
TO EAST CAPE SIBERIA
The Alaska Line Steamer Dellwood. aboard which are
the Arctic Vagabond Cruise passengers, returned about
noon today from a voyage into the Arctic Ocean with a stop
at East Cape, where the passengers went ashore and visited
Soviet residents of Siberia.
They were royally entertained during their short stay
and shown the interesting highlight of that nation, as re
presented at East Cape. The vessel left tonight for Seattle
taking with her many Nome passengers, the names of whom
will appear in tomorrow’s edition.
The tourists came ashore this afternoon and visited
new friends and acquaintances made in Nome during the
short stay when the vessel first arrived from Seattle. Dur
ing the interim when the steamer went to Siberia, the local
Eskimos have been busy at Nome preparing ivory and oth
er souvenirs which many of the passengers wished to take
back with them.
Arriving at East Cape, the vessel encountered much fog
and was forced to lay off the Cape for some time before a
landing could be made.
Democratic Front
Is Almost United
Behind Roosevelt
Confident Will Defeat Attem
pts Block Roosevelt Pro
Being Passed Present
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, July 24, — Al
most a united Democratic front was
presented in the senate against all
attempts to force bills through ag- j
ainst the administration’s wishes by
i presenting them as riders to Roose
velt measures.
Some legislators today felt that
this latest development would hast
en adjournment. Administration
leaders are confident they will de
feat the attempts predicted by Sen
ator Borah for an inflationary pro
gram.
Von Cramm Wins
From Allison U. S.
(By The Associated Press)
WIMBLEDON, July 24, —The
German, Von Cramm won the single
championship, winning from Allison
of the United States, three games
to one. Allison lost nine pounds
in yesterday's doubles victory.
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Rebellion Causes
Governor To Lose
Position Mexieo
—
Cleaning Up Governors Left
Over From Old Regime
Former Pres. Calles
(By The Associated Press)
MEXICO CITY, July 24. — A
peasant uprising forced the resigna
tion today of Governor Manuel Last
ra of the State of Tabasco, and
threatened the position of Dr. Rafael
i Villareal, Governor of Tamauli Pas.
Lastra and other officials were
[forced out by the federal congress'
permanent commissionat under Pres
ident Cardenas’ instruction, who de
clared that Lastra violated the con
stitution when he failed to main
tain order, and was guided by out
side influences.
This action was seen as a move to
clean house of the governors from
the old Calles regime.
Late Telegraphic
Brevities About
World Of News
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, July 24, —Win. Berri
gan, former Fairbanks drug clerk
is here today studying ways of spend
ing his sixty-one thousand dollars
won in the Nenana ice pool and add
ing to it. The government took some
fifteen thousand dollars as a tax. He
said he’d travel first and then find
some investment to increase his for
tune.
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, July 24, —The
intercoastal freighter Calmar, tow
ed by a cutter and two tugs arriv- i
ed in the harbor here with a twenty
foot hole amidships on the starboard
side, as a result of a collision with [
the Japanese freighter Koryu Maru, '■
in a dense fog, twenty miles off i
Golden Gate
The Maru appeared about the same
time badly stove in about the bow,
as she headed for her wharf. The
full extent of the damage to the
vessel was not learned. The Cal
mar was immediately taken to the
drydock with her crew still aboard.
(By The Associated Press)
Wimbledon, July 24, Allison in a
straight sets victory over Heiner |
Henkey of Germany, enabled the ,
United States to eliminate Germany !
from the Davis Cup competition, j
and qualified the U. S. to meet Bri
tain in a challenge round Saturday, j
(By The Associated Press)
ROME, July 24, - The War Min
istry proclaimed that every young
fascist graduating from the youth 1
movement, at the age of eighteen,
becomes a soldier, ,
SCIENCE BEHIND
TIMES STATES
CMC CHIEF
KETTERING DECLARES SOCIAL
AND ECONOMICAL WORLD
IS FAR AHEAD OF IT
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, July 24, —Science,
contrary to current belief, is 15 or
20 years behind social and economic
development, according to Charles
F. Kettering, president of the Gen
eral Motors Research corporation,
whose message was read at a din
ner meeting of the boards of the
national engineer societies and affi
liated groups.
Advancement of the profession
and practice of engineering in the
interest of effective service to Am
erican business and industry was
the central theme of the discussion
at the meeting, in which a number
of prominent engineers participated.
“Research is a way of finding out
what you are going to do when you
can’t keep on doing what you are
doing now,” said Kettering’s mess
age. “If there has been more re
search with this viewpoint in mind
we should not have been in our pre
sent difficulties.
Calls II Industrial Prospecting
“Research is industrial prospect
ing. We believe that there are still
things left to be discovered. We
have only stumbled upon a few bar
rels of physical laws from the great
pool of knowledge.
“Some day we are going to hit a
gusher that will keep us industrially
busy for a long time to come refin
ing the new oil of knowledge and
making it into useful new products.
Men will be back to work and all of
us will live a fuler, more useful life
as a result.
“Industry has been criticized for
having several times too large a
manufacturing capacity. We will
never have too large a capacity un
til every one has the things he needs
and wants. We really should say
we have too few products for our
factories to make. The world isn’t
finished. We have only begun to
make the world a better place for
mankind to live in.”
(By The Associated Press)
SPOKANE, July 24, —Lightning
killed a man and set a forest afire
today. Cloudbursts flooded streams
and country; hailstones bombarded
sections, and searing hot, ground
dust swept the country on a sixty
mile gale. The mercury climbed
far above the hundred mark at some
points in eastern Washington, Ore
gon and northern Idaho.
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