Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1927, Page 21

THE STAR. WASHINGTON. 31, 1927, Fishing Boat Lost Hide-and-Seek Game With Liner in Heavy Fog, Survivor Says EVENING D. €, MONDAY. OCTOBER AS THOUSANDS WATCH ported that Cayten had suffered com-| ship cut deep into the Avalon and pushed her down. Most of the dories Worker Loses Grip on Swinging | pound fractures of both legs and pos- | i sibly internal injuries. | were filled with water, only one boat P . men, rushed through the dark theater | in an effort to resch a window and resciie him. Traffic stopped and a throng gathered. At Polyclinic Hospital it was re HOTEL FOR UNEMPLOYED. Catholic Daughters Plan $1,000,- 000 Structure for Homless Girls. CHICAGO, October 31 (#).—Plans to S e B Ve’ “Presidenits Wilion. was build a $1,000,000 hotel for homeless, o 5 T half a mile away and direct- unemployed girls was announced to.| BOSTON, October 31.—The tale of n. This was 12 {0 15 minutes ONTROL IS ST =5 B ississippi inti America. Girls of all creeds will b apt. Voler had just gone belo Mississippi Association to|Jmericr. cirls of an crects wil be 0 T allen mim- batk Urge Huge Program BILLION FOR FLOOD was lowered with three men in it, and capsized.” Fleet said he floated about a few minutes and then found an upturned lory to which he clung. Walsh held pat. Hemeon, who could pt_himself afloat bits | B s Ladder and Drops in Front of | When New York Theater. Might Be Modern, From the Atlanta Constitution, | Just because a skull found in' Arizona is a_half-inch thick, scientists | s thousands of years of age. | Dampwash ¢ t Only 5 vV YORK, Oct the tumultuon. hobbing about in the water. He g I it seemed to him half an hour b dered De built near the loop on a site not yet chosen. ds watched a m: i in Congress. e i Special Dispatch to-The Star. K, NST. LOUIS, Mo.. October 31.—A | : street northeast about 4 o'clock yes- < Jackson, 6 years old, of 811 K street lion-dollar program for flood control and waterway development extending over a period of ten submitted to the deleg: the” ninth annual c Mississippi Valley A held here on of the | ion to bhe| ber 14 tnd 15, de- | % Smith. president of | on, in outlining the g proximately 1,000 dele from all sections of the coun expected to attend the meeting. of the most important in the as: tion's history. Outstand will_be @ to Congress : ar Program involving the ultimate ex- | penditure of $1,000.000,000 or a total | ©of $100.000,000 a vear. The program | as tentatively outlined by Smith, in- | cludes: | Improvement and use:of all navi- gable rivers of the country as mediums | of cheap transportation. | Harbor Development. Further improvement and develop- ment of the ocean and Great Lakes | harbors of the country. | Building of dams for hydro-electric | power and to aid the navigability of certain rivers. Building of storage basin: wide for the irrigation of ari Construction of spillws meeded. for the control of fl engineers. Reclamation of swamp areas and | the use of such non-productive land for agricultural purposes, fish, game and wild life preserves. | Building of reservoirs to hold back | the flowage of surplus waters until needed for any purpose and especially 1o prevent floods. Reforestation Urged. Reforestation of denuded forest | areas to make provision for the neces- sary timber supply for our future needs. Development of hydro-electric energy, to be economically distributed to the numerous industries now and here- after to be located in the Mississippi Valley. ® "“The convention, according to Smith, Tikely will ask Congress to pass legis. lation authorizing additional appro- | priations to care for the extension of | the Federal barge service and addi- | tional equipment for the services al | ready in existence; to pass the annual | $50,000,000 rivers and harbors bill; a | more definite policy for the American | merchant marine, and to continue the | diversion of waters from Lake Michi- | gan into the Illinois River, which is | declared to_be vital to the successful operation of the Federal barge line on the lower Mississippi River. Plays With Pistol, Shoots Playmate While playing with a pistol in an alley near his home at 923 Ninth terday afternoon, Richard R. 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