The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 30, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight; cooler, Sunday partly cloudy. ESTABLISHED 1873 MONEY NEED IN. FLOODED AREA: Two New Levee Threat of Five More, Add : to Need For Relief DISASTER Hoover to Tell Nation of Con- ditions Over Radio; to Report to Coolidge — aap te ‘ Memphis, Tenn, 9 ippi river has ever ing demands for relief which have caused President Coolidge to appeal } $5,000,000, first asked for the Amer- ican Red Ci stantly enlarging as the rushing wa- them ordinarily far from ie - of q conference with Herbert secretary of commerce, who has from Memphis to below New Orlea “Hoover, himself an engineer, tonight As from Memphis Commercial Appeal, wit be other stations in two national net- hich | \ company. Mr. Hoover will go on the air at! 0 p.m. centr: aoe wh A fe minutes later he will leave for Washington to report personals 2 to President Coolidge. 200,000 Refugees Registered Red Cross officials at disaster re- lief headquarters in Memphis doubtless represented than half of the total number af- fected, x A relief fund of necessary after struck by a lurricune last Septem 5 ber, when fewer were affected, the Red Cross nouncement said, When the Arkansas an river le Arkansas Ci was made necessary. already suffering from the high wa- ferers in the new inundation. tentional one below New Orleans. | Minnesota ‘U’ Girl " Wins First Place in St. Paul, April nesota, Minneapolis, stitution here last night. and the Constitution.” went to Eugene F. McElmeel, 7 Thomas College, St, Paul; th Milwaukee, lay 10. Weather conditions et North at 8 a, m. toda; INCREASING | April 30—(P)— Two new levee breaks and the threat | of at least five more under the slow surge of the high@t crest the Mis- recorded added today to the steadily increas- S for a fund greater than. that of! With the scope of the disaster con- . ter inundates additional towns, “the e river, the president was awaiting 2 Hoover, nt, ’ a week in touring the flooded zone will lay before the nation a word) picture of what he found in a radio; station WMC of the/ works of the National Broadcasting said | y, today that more than 200,000 refugees | tor Lynn J. Frazier, 1 had registered, and that the figures | hardly more| termed s an half as many! as have been victims of the flood McGehee, Lake Village, and Dermott, 4 ter, were indicated as the chief suf- The other levee break was the in- Oratorical Contest 30.—{7)—Miss Genta Bearman, University of Min- r was awarded ime: first place in the Minnesota-Wiscon- sin section of the National Intercol- legiate oratorical contest on the con- Miss Bearman spoke on “Lincoln Second place of St. ird to Major L. Younce of Marquette Uni- versity, Lelan and fourth to “Darin of St. Mary's college, Bearman will compete in the regional meet at Sioux City, kota points for the 24 hours ending IS INCREASING Breaks, | hooked up with probably 30] 1 standard time, hp, $4,600,000 was Nicaraguan situation in an a south Florida was | | e i broke at South Bend late yesterday, | hundreds of workers lost a 10-d a battle and the evacaution of every small town in southeastern Arkansas AY 1 res; | st asterday Lowest I ie Precipitation to Ta, m Highest wind velocity Crosby . «Devils Lake . Dickinson . Dunn Center Ellendale . Fessenden .{ mittee chairmen announce that their Grand Forks Jamestown ‘Langdon Harimore . Lisbon .... ans . japoleon ... Pembina Williston . Moorhead, Mini 38 WEATHER “For Bismarck and evetnign Pasty cloudy to cloudy tonight Gay pegtly cloudy. forth Dakota: to cloudy tonight west portions. and cooler east portion. A high pressure ai ¥% ¢oo! veath rr, is o upper Mississippi rea h temperatures of freezing or ee occurred over thet section low pressure smn Diererasies be by Precipi. i= ‘warmer centered aes ponthers Plaine ‘States, ‘hep! Valley and at scattered places i ct hy northeastern Rocky Partly cloudy 3 cooler north and Sunday partly cloudy «GENERAL WEATHER Poypisions tered over the ley, Ai laces joun- while elsewhere mostly | Lions International. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1927 | Paris-bound | | A. R. Swanson of Linton, N. D., former member of the royal air ser- vice of Sweden, plans to contend for the New York-to-Paris flight prize His plane is Swallow, made at Wichita, Kas, 1 a 1S DERIDED BY N.D, SENATOR | razier Denounces ‘Secret Di-; plomacy’; Takes Issue With | State Department April 30, -()-Sena- Republican of | a, denounced what he ary of Howe's | Mexican- Los Angeles, North Dako Secret Diplor esterday before the Friday Morning b Club. Characterizing the government's at- titude as “bluff and bulldozing,” Sen- ator Frazier accused the state de- partment of trying to “pull ehest- nuts out of the fire for oil interests at the expense of national dignity and et.” je necused Secretary Kelloge of virtually gagging the senate foreign’ relations committee by a pledge ie| secrecy, and then himself giving to the press a “flimsy document which made the fantastic charge that the | very foundations of this nation ere being endengered in some myster- ious manner by the engineering of a great, bolshevik plot south of the Rio Grande. “Tam convinced that a large ma- jority of both branches of congress are opposed to our forcible interfer- ence in the affairs of Nicaragua and still more strongly opposed to any breach in our friendly relations with Mexico,” Senator Frazier said. Fargo Lions Making Elaborate Plans For Fifth District, Meet N. D., Au 30.- nee H. Prd ‘Greybull, hijo governor of the Wyoming and Montana district, will represent Lion International at the fifth district annual convention to be held in this city May 20 and 21, according te word received from Mel- vin Jones, secretary and treasurer of Elaborate plans are being made by a large number of committees of the Fargo club for the entertainment of between 800 and 1,000 Lions and Lionesses at the convention. -, Word received from the various clubs in the fifth district indicates that considerable interest is being shown in the coming session because of many important matters to be brought before the delegates. As many of the Lions will bring their wives to the gathering, a spe- cial committee of Fargo Lionesses is bending its efforts exclusively to the entertainment ‘of visiting ladies. This committee is headed by Mrs. F. Davoll as general chairman. While detailed plans of the enter- tainment of the Lions and Liones: have not been made public, the com- preparations are nearly completed. The fifth district of Lions Inter- national comprises the states of Min- nesota, Sout ta, North Dakota and the provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan,: Canada. There are ow 35 clubs in the district, two new ones—Forman, N. D., and Swift Cur- rent, Saskatchewan—having been ad- ded recently. The membership in the district is approximately 1,000. Temperature and | id | Road Conditions ‘| (Mercury readings at 7 a. m.) Bism: rek-~Raining lightly, roads good. ockaree Partly cloudy, 425 so einot—Reining, 53; roads good. St. Cloud—Clear, 48; roads good. Mangan Het rain, 48; roads good Jam we -Cloudy, 52; is roads food. Winona—Clear, 51; roads goo: -Mankate—Clear, 53; roads fair to good. " *"Rochester—Partly cloudy, 53; roads Hibbing—Clear, 44; roa id, ind Farks—| arty cloudy, 8: val fair (0 go uluth-Clear, 40; roads fair. Devils Lake—Cloudy, 50; roads Crookston—Partly cloudy, 43; 48; | roads WERE E.| company of Minneapolis, ha: U.S. FLYERS WILL FINISH | FULLBLAST IN | TRIP MONDAY THIS SECTION Aviators on Return From South America to Be Present When Plan Land at Washington Washington, April long flight of the American es, lidge to Greet gl Favorable EIGHT ON FLIGHT|/SOME FIELDS ARE GRE! {Kellogg and Davis Expected |Planting ; pleted in Other Parts of | 30.—(P)—The army aviators to the south on a mission of goodwill comes to its close at Boll- ing Field here Monday afternoon. The flyers will be greeted person- ally by President Coolidge, whose letter of friendship and good feeling they carried to every principal coun- try in central and South America, and and representatives of every nation vis- by other government officials ited, If present plans go through, Se cre- \tary Kellogg and Secretary Davis of jor Herbert A. Dargue and his seven companions to the president's box immediately after they land. In addition to Major Dargue, the flight personnel includes Arthur B. McDaniel, Eaker, and Lieutenants Ennis Whitehead, Charles McK Robin: Muir S, Fairchild, Bernard S. Tho son, and Leonard D. Weddington. Cc son, mp: | W Captain Captain Ira C. Five of the fliers’ wives expect to! be present at the wel ‘leoming. |Vote Elders’ Orders Mim, Marshall, April 30. ‘even pastors voted elders’ < ‘sat the 60th session of the 3 ota conference E ehceh here today were voted deacon ler and E.G. Moede, St. Paul; ' to Seven Ministers | at Evangelical Meet; Mandan, NX. D.. April 30.—(P) - Ninety per cent of the wheat acreage s| in Morten county is now showing is. Seeding was} all completed a week ago,| Utzinger, Duluth; F. A. Spong, geant; A. A. Kasson; Utaman, Racir Se Mankato. In the latter, were D. J. Nugel, Preston; “T, “Meckel, South ven, and) William) Thomas, Chi- cago. Four were granted preachers licenses: Ralph erly, Minneap- olis Pipestone; Roy Ma Rollert, Steen, Faribault was selected for the 1928 convention, MOUSE RIVER RECEDING AT MINOT TODAY Dikes Continue to Hold Flood Waters From Residence Part of City Minot, N. D., April 30.—(?)—The Mouse river, fier having reached the highest point in 23 years, today is slowly receding in Minot, having: dropped one inch since the ‘peak was reached yesterday, slight! flood level. The river is still more than three feet above Dikes which have been constructed in Minot to keep the stream from flooding a major portion of the resi- dence section are fontinuing to hold back the waters. R. E. Cobb Creamery Plant at Devils Lake Sold to Fairmont Co. Fargo, N. D. Lake, built in 1920 by the R. April 30.—()—The R. E. Cobb creamery plant at Devils considerab been purchased by the Fairmont Creamery on oe the deal becoming effective Deems, mai r of the Moorhead’ plant of the Fairmont or- The ganization, announced today. consideration Was not announced. The purchase of the Devils Lake plant was handled by M: it will be maintained a: ent branch of the organization. plant has a capacity of more than/| 3,000,000 Lawrence Jay, Deems, but inepene. | Plea for higher salaries for his as- pounds of butter annually. | who has been em- pleas at the Omaha office of the} |’ ‘airmont company as territory man- ager, wil be the new manager of the Devils Lake branch, duties in about 10 days. assuming his No imme-! diate alterations to the Devils Lake| institution are planned, according to| Mr. Deem: ~*|Four Navy Airmen Dead After Plane Crashes Into Sea}? April. 30,—U)—The | ents have won another grim vic=| tory over man in his battle to con-{ Norfolk, Va., quer the air, During a severe electrical rainstorm, lightning struck a plane 1200 feet Comfort late x hurling into C’ four navy airmet 32) —two a splintered and and above New Point and sent it e Bay, killing lieutenants id two petty officers, the plane was ittered wreck. dead are Lieutenant Victor F. Marinelli, Lieutenant George Watecn je: Lehman, L. E. Poyner, aviation c! machinist mate and George M. [sels machinist mate, second cl: a | same as last y Weather Condi. | tions of Past Week Have | | Aided in Spring Work Practically State, Reports Say operations in Central North Dakota during the last week, according to x survey by the Soo Line railroad. Reports received at the railroad of- fices here from agents on its lines! indicate that in some places all the| wheat ‘is in and the percentage in| other localities has mounted rapidly. In some sections south of here seed- ing has been completed and the fields already are green, the report said. In many cases farmers are seeding | feed crops ahead of oats and a few are seeding feed ahead of wheat. From Hankinson to Lidgerwood, | the report says, all wheat is in and! 20 per cent of outs; Forman to Oakes, | 50 per cent of wheat, the percentage Fullerton to ent; Wishek to Artas ent and Herried to Pollock, | all wheat is in and fields are gr | Wishek to Bismarck, 95 per cent Bismarck to Wil 78 to 85 per! Butte to ict, 45 to 55 per} nd in the vicinity of Van Hook, | cent. ' imates by the ilroad company, | however, generally a igher than | those issued by the federal weather ‘bureau here which also makes seed- ing estimates, small gr “ ns are concern- ed. The a will be about the Jamestown, N. D., April 30.-«) Reports from the office of the county agent, Harper J. Brush, show 80 per cent of the wheat crop Stutsman county seeded and about 50 per cent of the entire ¢ Devils Lake, About 70 wheat acreage Ramsey county ner, county extension agent, who ex t seeding will be com- ., April 30, nt of the anticipa has been pects that w pleted next w Minot, N. D., 1 30.—44)-Less than half of the wheat crop to be iF reported here. There is un abundance of moisture in the soil Grand Forks, N. D., April 30.—(2)— Grand Forks county farmers are ap- proximately three-fourths done with their wheat seeding, a survey of the progress made by William R. Page, county agent, shows. Many farmers have completed their wheat seeding and are starting on other grains. Al- though there were occasional showers during the week, not enough rain fell at any time to halt work in the fields. The first week of May will see farm- seeding of onts, flax, barley and oth- er grains, Fargo, N. D., Tprit 30.—()—Seed- ing work which was greatly delayed in Cass and neighboring counties along the Red rived has been rushed through to such an extent this week, which has been ideal for work in the fields, that fully 75 per cent of the wheat seeding in the county is now completed, it is estimated from re- ports by E. A. Calhoun, county agent of Cass county, and from neighbor- ing counties. There has been considerable change from bread wheats to durum here and a reduction of probably 10 per cent fn the wheat perenge due to the late sprii There will be a very age in Cass county and a big acreage sugar beets. Assistants Should Have More Pay, Says Atty. General Shafer Com- | Generally favorable weather condi- | tions have operated to speed seeding | ers in this section engaged in the |° je inerease in barley acre-! Two Silver Medals and More Than The citations, six girls, ranging in age from 1 21 years. The seven men who died in commission of heroic deed Lester C, Dunham, of Ri 1, Pulas' boy, who, after rescuing one to the nid of a second girl. eived a silver medal. Clayton Statskey, rural route, Webster, N.Y. ing at Rochester, N. 1926. Charles Statskey. ing at St. Clairsville, Sept. 7, Donner. David H. Siff, Hotel Earle, town, N. J., June 29, {mother, Mary L, Siff, | bronze ‘medal, Santi Violante, 331 1926, when he attempted to save a ber 30, 1925. Rose Fabiani, | William D. Price, Level | Ky. ja train when he attempted to locomotive at Hartwell, \27, 1926. ;ceived a bronze Ohio, medal de here today by At- George Shafer, the occasion being the departure t of John Thorpe, his first us- nt for four years, | torney Gen given yesterday by employes of the | attorney general’s office and was pre- xented with a handsome golf bag and. @ golf club. Commenting on Thorpe's resigna- | tion Attorney General George Shafer : “Mr, Thorpe hi since January 1, 1923. During this | he has handled with eminent ; both in the district and su- preme courts, most of the important litigation on which the attorney gen- | | eral's office has appeared. He is, in my judgment one of the most capa- ble lawyers in North Dakota and it is to be regretted that the compen- sation allowed to members of the at- torney general’s staff is inadequate to further retain his Rell ime serv- ices I expect to employ him as a) special assistant to important cases now pending in this office.” machines, ranging from 1400 B. from which water dripped at reenin- intervals to the most elaborate mod- ern clocks, are Br of the collection | ih the English Science Museum. been first as- | sistant attorney general continuously { | Thomas Jefferson Tackett, for Oak street, New Boston, Ohio, saved { 1926. was awarded a bronze medal. Six Girls Cited | The six girls cited as heroines and | jawarded bronze medals ‘are: Susan Ruth Sherwood, 1834 field Road, Cleveland, 01 years, saved a companion 1925, | Betty C, Taylor, 19, ; Place, Buffalo, N. Y., saved \from drowning at West Irving, N. hy,, August 25, 1925. | "Susanna Mizerak, | fe it. 21, 1924, 11, of 81 janice B, McMahon, 12, of rural! jroute 1, iki, March 12, 1924. |_ Alverna M. McConnell, 17, East Railroad avenue, End, | C. | girl pool on June 27, 1926. General hospital, the | (Continued on page three) Bronze Medals Presented—. Fiftancial Awards Total 5,000—Six cational and other worthy purposes. i heraldng new hero and heroines, covered the cases of ty L-year-old sch from drowning at Pulaski on March 12, 1924, lost his Ife when he went father, M. M. Dunham, Pulaski, re- Whiting Road,! attempting to save a boy from drown- Y., July 8, Bronze medal to his father, Carl Donner, rural route 1, Saint Clairsville, Ohio, drowned when he tried to rescue a girl from dro’ Bronze medal to his father, Newton Waverly Place, New York City, 17-; year-old student, died attempting to save a girl from drowning at Gri received Washington | street, Dedham, Mass., 16, drowned from Charles River, Dedham, Novem- mother, received 2 bronze medal. Green, a crossing watchman, killed by ja woman from being struck by the! Fred Price, his son, re-{ and death! benefits for u dependent daughter.! aged 11’ through an oversight. A. drowning at Lakeside, Ohio, July 11 appointed hawk street, Little Falls, N. Y., saved a boy from drowning at Little mel Pulaski, Mich., attempted to andle certsin | save a ‘girl from drowning at Pulas- of 682 demand. Liverpool, Ohio, attempted to save a irom soya at East Liver- |" Hazel Irene Webb, 21, in care of | ital,” Ashtabula, 27 REWARDED BY CARNEGIE HERO FUND COMMISSION-7 LOST LIVES 25 | $50 More Given Flood Relief Fund Fifty dollars more was contrib- uted to the Burleigh county Red fi ss otf Cross chapter's flood r fund Girls Are Cited as Heroines | uring the past 24 hours, nH So ing the total to $185 winich has heen forwarded to ond Pittsburgh, April 30.—(@) Seven | quarters in atleast the sid {of the 27 heroes rewarded by the | taken from the chapter's trea- Carnegie hero commission «at its | sury. meeting here late Friday, lost. their The need of funds is even lives in the commission of heroic | y han was at first thought deeds. ‘ording to reports from the Two silver medals and 25 bronze | flooded areas today, and. more medals, together with fin jal_re- | contributions are s ited. Those wards totaling more than $25,000, | wishing to give should send were given to he dt de- their checks to Miss 3 -!pendents, ax pensions, and for edu- chapte at s reported — today 1 to id Mrs. Geo. Buck, Jr. % Loga Margaret J. A friend Dr. M. W. Josie A. $10.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 the rose Roan Grinde 8 \ Virginia Farmer May Die Despite His; died more death was be! qo24, 21, by artificial respiration, after he had shown 103} § igs. | f companions. to force air into His a | mean instant death. | dislocated vertebra in an bile accident. an ope his lungs boy his! suddenly collapsed ‘istered since then, Burchard and Poole Are Reappointed on save June 4243 Burchard was appointed for inning in April of this year. iE Gar-| of Burchard had been from! pr, E. Bechler, Edgeley, a member of the City, was | Lisbon, Valley City, who died recently. OLD DANCES RETURN Cheyenne, Wyo., April 30, square dances are comin, cattle country, and. olde Mo- At ranch East try halls, the old call of partner Tike the hinges being heard again. state. Texas has the most, iaicaimd and Oklahoma is second. Respiration Aid Roanoke, Va., ape 30.—(#)—Once lieved near to Wal- ter L. Boothe, 18 yeur old farm lad’ cast, who has been’ kept alive since April, John Le: B: He was growing weaker early solar Hosa strect east, Sixteenth street} crashed through the old levee near improvement east, Avenue A apd the Boulevard; | the Poydri over a previous sinking spell earlier, Duncan Wallace, Lloyd Murphy, Bud in the week. The continuous raising, Munger {and lowering of Wi arms by # group hounded by Third street east, Seventh Some time ago Boothe sustained a; artificial respiration has been admin- Accountancy Board Reappointment of F. F. Burchard, one girl and died when he went to Grand Forks, and Thomas Poole, Bis- ;the aid of another who was drown- | marck, as members of the state board orpe was a guest at a luncheon | ing at East Liverpool, Ohio, June 27, of public accountants was announced John M. Tackett, his father, /today by Governor A. G. Sorle. a three-year term, beginning in April, ] and Poole for a three-year term It s explained that re-appointment neglected wis, Minnesota Legion Has New Chaplain, Paul, state board of dental examiners and Chas. ! of 14 Ripley! A, Stearns, Valley ap- | man ‘pointed a member of the board of ! trustees of the state soldiers home at succeeding Henry Beal of -The old back to the; timers who! the used to saw a mean fiddle and call Legion convention at Hibbing August the dances are finding themselves in 8, 9, houses and coun-| ‘swing yore the Misscest is ix the leading nti! nual aA—<. .. Up | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ™ PRICE FIVE CENTS | FLOOD WATERS SPREAD OVER DESERTED TOWNS SEEDING Is IN Due For the An EVERYHING Yun GOT SCOUTS START CLEANUP WORK | | To {| With last couts. sed | troop m Seout bish_ pil | located lers up. La make a | Avenue Frank Seventh |members and five by street, Third street, Hoskins, Mai HERE MONDAY final instruc en them t. B its will to canvass city nts to “Clean Up and y has been divided into 11 i | districts of 16 blocks each and these |have been ssigned to groups of four Six districts are to be can- by the Presbyterian troop the Methodist embers. ure to determine where jes and unsightly plac: and will request hom these points to clea ter in the week, t second trip to see i rub- are | own- them will the clean-up work has been done. Canvassers and Districts The following are the Methodist | }troop members and the districts) | which they will canvas | dack Munger, Philip Campbell, ' Harold Tate and Melvin. Thorson— district bounded by Washington A; Loraine Thornton, Robert Woodrow Sheppard and Mayo-—district_ bounded by street east, Eleventh street avenue and Avenue A; Edw. Lahr, Merl Enge and district bounded by and Irvin Lee—district street east, Avenue A and the Boule- inert lungs was giving him some pain. vard. and he complained although he was, The entire troop wil canvass the jaware that for them to stop would’ south side from Ninth street west i Tuesday afternoon. Squad leaders were chosen at the/_ mile south of the 1922 crevasse sonius— ‘street, Emerson avenue, Wa: ‘street and the Northern Pacific rail-! ‘road; Henry by Elevent! Sixteenth avenue; automo- Presbyterian Scout troop meeting) As he was to undergo! jast - night. tion to correct the difficulty, three troop members to help in can- | and yassing the territory assigned. Leaders, and the territory they are; !to cover, are as follows Each leader will name riffin ington -district bounded b Potter—-district bounded street east, Avenue A, street enst and Main | Chester | bounded by Third street east, Avenue | A, Seventh avenue. street east and Main Garvin Croonquist—-district boun- | ded by Seventh street east, the Boul- ; ‘evard, Ave. A; ed by Eleventh street east and Tod Potter—district bound- | Third | Washington street, street east, Avenue A and the Boul- east of St. Austin evard; Marvel Kjelstrup--south side Ninth street. April 30.—()-—Rev. Pardue, Hibbing, Minn., was appointed department chaplain of the | | American | A. Saunders of Hibbing, who re ed, it was offic by Edwin L. Lindell, state adjutan Rev. Pardue will hold office until| expiration Legion, succeeding Rev. E. lly announced of the American and Rev. Saunders, who was elected at 1926 convention the gate”, resigned his post because of leaving at) Mankato, . the state. [dates Si The oldest settlement with world is Vera Crus, Mex, the new It ante- . Augustine, Fla., by 46 years. ain avenue and | John Jan-! Perry —- district | i i. FINAL | MORE CHARGES OF DYNAMITE PLACED TODAY ‘Yesterday's Attempts to Break Huge Dikes Were Only Partially Successful ‘FLOW IS VERY GRADUAL | Artificial Lake 60 Feet Deep ' and Half Mile Long Formed at Poydras New One: La, April 30.— (AP) — Additional charges of dynamite were fired today at the opening in the Mississippi river levee on the cast bank of ¢! river 15 miles below the city in | an effort to widen the breach and allow for a greater flow of the flood waters. A call wan went to New Orleans today for two more tons dynamite. ‘The request for more dynamite Pas went by a motorcycle courier B. Kohnke, engineer, who i Be ‘the following message: | “Don't fail to get two tons of dynamite by boat today. Will | lay over and work tomorrow. Spare no ¢: ne.” The firut charge of dynamite shot inte the levee today jen- ed the gap near the point where the break wan greatest and the water began to rwoh through with greater speed. | New Orleans, April 30.4) A | widening lake of water was spread- | ing gradually today over parts of two deserted parishes to the south- tward from three small crevasses made in the Mississippi levee yex- terday so that the threat of a seri- !ous flood might be removed from |New Orleans, | The blasting of the broad earthen | embankment thrown up to keep the | vagcant river in its channel was not |as successful as state engineers hud oes but erosion in the deep trenches cut by the dynamite charges {ip noticed early today. George. Schoenberger, chief ~~ engineer, announced that the levee definitely had_ been broken MS that there was an opening 60 feet wide at the ed of the series of gaps through which water was rushing into. the parishes of St. Bernurd and Plaquemine. He agded that he expected the opening to widen Make Initial Canvass of j rapidly and that it ‘would have an ap- y in Afternoon; Boys Assigned Districts preciable effect on the river level which would be felt at New Orleuns within 48 hours, Rush Fails to Come A situation so serious that it was deemed necessary to deliberately break the dikes for the first time in history has served to focus the eyes of the world here, but the spectacular ush of waters, sweeping all before its fury, failed to materialize. The first blast in mid-afternoon cut a trench about 10 feet deep and six feet wide, allowing a small stream from the coursing flood to find its way to the lowlands. A second blast 10 minutes later and a third within a minute or two of that failed, how- ever, to produce even as good results jas did the first. | Only thin streams eased through {the openings and a force of men worked with pick and shovel to nd deepen the crevasses. more dynamite was used and | slightly larger cascades resulted. The blasting wi done on each side of the dividing line between St. Bernard and Plaquemine parishes and directly in front of the little jcanning town of Caernavan, which, like most of the other villages in the threatened area, had been de- serted by its inhabitants. Slowly the water found its way across the highway skirting the base of the levee, overran a meadow and spread out over the town, reach- ing finally to the Caernavan Canal, |wrecked in the 1922 flood which | widen Finally settlement, Flow Very Gradual All night the streams tumbled down the side of the embankment to push forward the waters in tne lowlands, but so gradual was the j flow that few of the houses in the Jeanning town had been damaged. The breaks in the levee were made (Continued on page three) a PTE TTR oe | | Last Minute | . | Bulletins j { Detroit, April 30.—(AP)—A | date for a new trial in the $1,- 000,000 libel suit of Aaron Sapira against Henry Ford, and the Dearborn Independent will be set at a hearing July 1, Federal Judge Fred M. Raymond dec! teday at a conference with at- torneys for both sides. New York, April 20-—(AP)— Talo, week: peteand thet Bae jo wel tl on Diamond Reef, tie eras Gor Sev gs oti! fi he ren tugs o free t! fighting ship. = Minnei today was declared to be a “little better,” by attendants, “— serted, however, that confined to his bed. <