Evening Star Newspaper, June 16, 1930, Page 21

NINE ARE KLLED N TEXAS STORNS Thousands of Dollars in Wheat Lost in Oklahoma in Heavy Rainfall. By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex, June 16.—Sudden | storms over the week end in the South- west took a toll of nine lives in Texas and caused damage in Oklahoma es- | timated unofficially at several hundred | thousand dollars, chiefly to ripened Wheat. | Mrs. Morris Durham, Lamesa, host- | ess at a supper party, and Mrs. Cora | Whitaker, one of the guests, were killed | and five others injured by lightning Saturday night | Oscar Tidwell of Goree, his wife, Os- | car, jr, 8; Edna, 17, their daughter,| and Mrs. Tidwell's mother, Mrs. W. M. Gilliland, 80, were drowned when a| sudden freshet swept away their home, | on Lake Creek urdey. Lindsey Phillips, 15, of Kirven, was drowned Saturday when his automo- | bile ran off a road into a swollen stream near Fairfield, and P. C. Luling was drowned when his automobile was swept from a crossi r San Angelo. Scores of per were driven from their homes at hita Falls yesterday by a rain which ated several hun- dred acres of farm land and a mile of the Forth Worth highway. Rainfall, which was almost a cloud- burst, near Uvalde, South Texas, turned unnamed creeks into raging _torrents that washed out several hundred feet of Southern Pacific right of way and disrupted train service SHOOTING RESULTS IN DEATHS OF FIVE| THOMAS G. GATES, Philadelphia banl s the new presi- dent of the University of Pennsylvania. —Associated Press Photo. 186 ROTARIANS ARRIVE FOR JUBILEE CONCLAVE | Chicago Delegates Come From as Far as Malay Convention If‘l-'{adio Manufacturer Resigns THE EVENING STAR, a5 an industry for the things in which it believes” continued Mr. Grigsby. GRlGSBY ATTABKS “We believe the ineptitude on the part of the industry in this crisis is & pub- | . ,‘hc catastrophe. We are confident that | a large number of the members of th!’ association take the same position that we do.” I The Radio Manufacturers’ Association has a membership of about 250, con- sisting of manufacturers of radio sfl.si and radio parts. The Grigsby-Grunow Co. is one of the large manufacturers of complete radio sets. From Association He Says e Isle of Man. Is Muzzled. The Isle of Man must be boosted. | Citizens have awakened to the fact that | the advertising given the island by Hall | Caine and his books is waning. The | Manx government board is adding local | the Radio Corporation of America and |funds to a government appropriation certain associated companies are “en- | and will let people know that the island gaged in establishing a monopoly of |is sti | every phase of the radio art,” B. J.|: Grisby, chairman of the board of the | Grisby-Grunow Co., yesterday an- | nounced that his company had resigned | as a.member of the Radio Manufac- | turers’ Association | The announcement was made in A formal statement in which Mr. Grigsby also charged that the Radio Corporation of America and “associated companies” | are preventing an active stand of the | assoclation on issues vital to the radio | industry. Declaring that the United States At- |, torney General has filed a petition ask- | "I ing for a dissolution of the radio trust, Mr. Grigsby sald that the radio manu- | facturers' Association takes the posi- tion that it cannot do anything which would interfere with the members which he charges are establishing a monopoly. “The radio industry as organized in the association cannot and does not 'By the Associated Press. “CHICAGO, June 16.—Charging that THE COLLIER INN Columbia Rd. at 18th St. N.W. 7TRY our delicious Chicken Salad for your next Home Partv— also Sendwiches. Ice Cream and Pastries—a complete and satisfsing catering service—sure to please you Columbia 5042 T For the Bride PEWTER Will not tarnish or discolor. Makes an Federated States. By the Associated Press. o ‘NEW YORK. June 16.—A party of | 186 Rotarians from European countries and as far off as the Malay Federated | States and South Africa arrived yester- | day on the liner, Caronia, to ‘attend | the Rotary silver jubilee convention in p! true sentiments nor sland‘ |} ideal gift. Varied Assortment of Pieces as Low as $3.00 RUGS CLEANED Stored . . . Repaired Our expert washers and one of the most modernly Chicago, from June 23 to 27. The delegates were led by L. Sloan of London, chairman of the tour com- | mittee; Maj. Sir Charles Mander. presi- | dent of the British Rotary, and J. W.| Johnson, father of Amy Johnson, the Brother-in-Law Kills Man, Wife English fiyer who flew from England and Child, Then Self—Woman's Mother Hurt Fatally in Faint. By the Associated Press. COLUMBIA, Tenn., June 16.—Five persons were dead yesterday in con: quence of a shooting near here Satur- day night. Mrs. Josh Dycus, 70, died yesterday in a hospital from a fracture of the skull, caused when she fainted and fell on hearing the shots that ended the lives of her daughter, her small grandson and her son-in-law. Parker Steward, 26; his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Steward, 23, and their son, Leo, | 5, were shot and killed instantly at| their Lewisburg pike home by Jack Wil- liams, 45, a brother-in-law of Steward Williams then returned to his home and committed suicide. Steward had operated a store for Wil- liams. The store was destroyed by fire | & few nights ago. Officers said the| shooting resulted from an argument over proceeds of the fire insurance. GREEK SAILOR LEAVES IN CATBOAT FOR ATHENS| €ails Alone From Philadelphia, Sponsored by Greco-Ameri- can Ahepa. By the Assciated Press PHILADELPHIA, June 16.—A lone Greek sailor, Nicholas George Gongo- polos, set out from here yester- day in his 16-foot catboat Ulysses in an_attempt to sail to Athens. Gongopolos, whose trip is sponsored by the Greco-American Order of Ahepa, started May 1 from Miami, Fla., where the boat was built. Two weeks out he was stricken with ptomaine | poisoning and was towed by an oil| tanker to this port. The Ulysses is stocked with 100 gallons of water and concentrated food to last four months. Gongopolos said he ex- pected to reach Athens in 52 days. Railways of South Africa are extend- their motor services. OUR AWNINGS MAKE YOUR HOME COOL & COMFORTABLE 1t is such a comfort to know your home is equipped with reliable awn- ings—thus insuring a eool and com- fortable home during the hot Sum- mer mont hs. 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