Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1931, Page 1

. WEATHER. (U, 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) tomorrow; not much change in temperature; lowest tonight Rain tonight and about 40 degrees. ‘Temperatures— Bay. "Full report on Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 31,745. vost office, No. EARTHQUAKE -Highest, 46, s 39, 7 Entered as second class matt Washington, at 2:30 3 am. to- page 9. s er C, @h WASHINGTON ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING D. C. TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1931 —¥ORTY-EIGHT ny Staf. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. \ Yesterday's Circulation, 117,697 PAGES. #%»% (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. KNUTE ROCKNE KILLED PARKING BAN 0.5 WITH SEVEN OTHERS AS BLAZING PLANE FALLS Famous Notre Dame Coach Was Bound for Los Angeles. MAIL EXPRESS DROPS ON FARM IN KANSAS Native of Norway, De- veloped Championship Foot Ball Teams. "7 the Associated Press. KANBAS CITY, March 31— Knute Rockne, famous foot ball edach of Notre Dame University, and seven others were killed when a Transcontinental & Western air passenger and air mail plane crashed in flames today in a pasture several miles southwest of Bazar, Kans. Rockne boarded the plane here en route to Califorhia at 9:15 a.m., and about 11 a.m. the ship, identified by its' Department of Commerce licgnse number, crashed and burned as it fought a fog and storm ‘en route to Wichita, Kans. The body of Rockne and the other victims had not been defi- nitely identified at the scene, but it was certain the noted coach was a passenger on the wrecked air liner and that all those aboard had been killed. Plane Fell in Flames. The passenger list announced here: | Knute Rockne. H. J. Christansen, Chicago. J. H. Hm, Chicago. Ww. B , Hartford, Conn. F. Goldthwaite, New York. C. A. Lobrech, 3 The pilots were Robert Fry and Jess 5. The plane exploded in midair and fell to earth in flames, witnesses said. Edvward Baker witnessed the eaplo- sion ;nd saw the pl:‘ne plunge as h: .mlhart Mm awey on farm of his father, Seward s when he Ambulances reached ane. natified =~ dertaking enZh t. #% Cottonwood Falls. - Ambulances to the scene fmpeded their presence tween planes was not generally known. FIRST REPORT. Farmer Says Plane Seemed to Explode f in Air. EMPORIA, Kans., An airplane was reported to have ‘erashed, killing its five occupants. on the farm of Seward Baker. 32 miles southwest of Emporia, shortly before noon today. Baker told Cojtonwood Falls, Kans., authorities that the plane bore De- partment of Commerce license No. N-3999. The farmer said he believed the craft to be a mail plane. The bodies of the victims were not immediately identified. , Edward Baker, farm youth, said he saw the crash, a short distance from ‘where he was feeding cattle. He zaid apparently something sbout the craft exploded and a moment later it nesed to the earth. ON WAY TO LOS ANGELES. College Official Says Coach Was on Business Trip. CHICAGO, March 31 (). —Knute Rockne, Notre Dame foot ball cosch, Teported n a plane crash near Emporia, Kans.,, was on his way to Los les on a business trip, Father Michael Mulcaire, vice president of Notre Dame, told the Associated Press over the telephone today. Had Unparalieled Record. The combined success of Knute Kenneth Rockne as foot ball player, coach and strategist scldom has been equaled in the history of the great American college sport ‘There have been men who were as able_in or the other of these de- (Conf on Page 2, Column 1.) HOOVER ‘HISSED’ ON TRIP SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, ().—News- men and others accompanying nt Hoover on his recent visit to Porto Rico found some things here dif- ferent. For instance. the crowd at Ponce hiss- »d while Mayor Emilio Fagot was read- ing his welcome to the President. The nissing was for silence—the crowd want. ed to hear. It was not a sign of dis- approval or disrespect. March 31 (P).— | ENUTE ROC! INCREASE IN TAXES . GAN BE AVOIDED, HOOVER BELIEVE Declares Present Rate Will Stand if Congress Stays Within Budget. i | boost in taxes to mest the Treasury refrain from meking appropriations over | an¥ above the budget. | “Since his return to Weshington from | his 10-day - vacation, Mr, Hoover tas | inquired caretully into the question of czbinet heads and the director of the budget. As a result of this quick re- Tues #nd the resultant Tressury deficit can be met without increasing taxes. At the President’s conferenc: with newspaper correspondents today follow- ing his meeting with the cabinet and & conference with the director of the budget, President Hoover said: “There will be no increases in taxes if the next Congress imposes no in- creases upon the budget or other ex- penditure proposals which the admin- istration will present. But for Con- gress to do. this, the people must co- lop!rlte to effectively encourage and | postpone consideration of the démands ; of sectional and group interests.” | Mounting Deficit Faced. The Treasury is facing a mounting deficit, the latest estimaies of which totaled $700,000,000. Increassd Gove: ment expenditure and an unusually large falling off in income tax payments accounted for the spread between the | Governmant’s income and its expenses. | _March 23 the Treasury reported only | 81,624,446 was collected in income tax:s, as compared with $2,861,762 on the same day of last March. | “The day's receipts brought the total {for the month to $330,741,438, as com- pared with $552,821,980 for the same number of days of last March. For the | fisc2] year the collections have totaled 1 $1,502,172,462, as compared with 81,805, | 456,121 in the same period of last year. SWARTZELL 'I:RUSTEES TO ASK COURT ORDER Authorization Sought for Return of Secured Notes Belonging to | © Former Clients of Firm. i | Trisstees for Swarizell, Rheem & Hensey will present to Justice Adkins, |in District " Supreme Court tdmorrow, |an order authorizing the return of se- | cured notes belonging to former clients, |who had left them in the safe deposii | t boxes of the bankrupt firm either for| | collection or safekeeping. | The order was prepared today, and it is felt that it will be signed without | question. Justice Adkins will be called upon Thursday to pass on the question of retu which the deeds of trust were released | without - notice to them. - The note- |owners are fighting to have the trusts restored. J‘ Labor Leader Dies in Crash. _gOH.RlNGTON, Conn., March 31 (#). 'barles J. Mcore, 37, president of the | Connecticut Federation of Labor, was|to conduct a bucket ¢hop, Benjamin R. | killed carly today when his aytomobile ashed into a tree near Derby. He was | returning from Bridgepoit to his home | here when, the accident occurred. TROOPS WILL TEST USE OF RADIO CONTROLLING CAVALRY IN FIELDIO Experi_m-enu to Be Conducted in May, When Division’ Deploys Over Plains of Texas. By the Associated Press. : OCavalry trdops deploying during May over the Texas country where Billy the Kid once rode will guide their horses with the fingers cf the radio. Maj. Gen. Guy V. Henry, chief of Cavalry, said today the coming ma- geuvers of the 1st Cavalry Division a) &m Wo‘\;llll; test, &hmml f mounted troops 3 2 Another problem will be the training of eavalrymen in mountain warfare, will be maneuvers to ored trucks and motor cars pare vith the horse over rocky hills d mesquit-covered sand. Cavalrymen admit the days of the | headleng, saber-waiving charge are over, but they will not begin to con- | cede that Cavalry has seen its day. ““The great value of American Cav- alry” Gen. Henry said, “in a war of movement is its ability to transport A ross the.country on the backs oF s horses and.deiiver st liver at.a given place a_terrific volume of machine. chine-rifie, automatic-rifis * and 'tank fire” | how | com) President Hoover does not believe a | | deficit will be necessery if Congress will | | fiscal affairs, and has conferred with - rning to former clients notes on | BY COMMISSIONERS EXCEPT IN ONE AREA Two-Hour Limit Extent Cut. Rules to Be Advertised Before Enforced. ;CONGESTED SECTION REPLACED BY ZONES Clear Streets Ordered in Rush Morning Hours in Small Area Downtown. i ARSI | The District Commissioners today adopted a new comprehensive set of | parking regulations recommended lazt | week by Traffic Director Willlam H. ; Harland. { change, made in response to numerous objections, which resulted in the elim- | ination of a large section of the new zone in which parking is to be re- | stricted t6 Ywo hours. Otherwise the new regulations went through in® the pe recommended by Mr. Harland. The mcst important featurc of the lew regulations, which will become Rirective 10 days after they are adver- tised in an offitizl form, 1s the sctting up of three new parking zones to re- place the present congesizd zone, which, as such, is abolished. ~ First comes a small zone bounded by New York avenue, K stireet, Seventh sirect, Pennsylyanin avenus and Fif- teenth strect. In this zine parking is forbidden between the hours of 8 and 9:30 in the morning, znd is limited to cne hour thereafter. Second Around First. The second zons surrounds the first, | and within it parking is iimited to one heur throughout the dey, but there is no prchibition on parzing between 8 and 9:30 o'clock in the moining. { _The boundaries of this zone follow: | Beginning at Eighteenth and L streets, east along L street to Sixth sireet, soyth on Sixth street to Consfitution nue, west on Constitution avenue to Fifteenth street, north on Fifteenth stveet -to New Ycrk avenue, west in frent of the White House to Seven- view, the President has come to the | o, ’{Pmmnmmxmm;whmg-l point The third zone begins at Tweh! and N sireets and continues east dn street to fourtcenth strest, south en Fourteenth street to L street, west on L street to Eighteenth street, south on Eightcenth street to G street, east on G strect to Seventeenth street, north on Seventeenth street to Pennsylvania ave- nue, east on Pennsylvania avenue, in front of the White House, to Fifteenth street, south on Fifteenth street to Con- stitution avenue, west on Constitution avenue to Seventeenth street, north on Beventeenth street to F street, west on F street to Twentieth strcet, and north ginning. Protests Bring Change. | ‘The original recommendation for the third zone carried it entirely sround | the second zone as far east,as Third | street and in some portions as far south ias B street southwest. This aroused - | considerable protest ffom thoee who did not wish to be limited to two-hour park- ing in this zore. Among the institutions protesting were the General Accounting Office, which is housed in the old Pension Office Building, fronting cn Fifth street south of G street; the Bureau of En- {graving and Printing, the Smithsonian Institution and the Department of Ag- riculture, all affected by the proposed {southcrn boundary, and the Interstate | Commerce Commission, which objected | to carrying the western boundary of | the zone farther west than Ellhte:m.h’ | street. { Representatives of all these institu- tions were given a hearing by the Com- missioners before the city heads took action this morning, and the hearing | resulted in a concession to all of the | institutiops except the Interstate Com- merce Commission. Taxi Stands Affected. Other important changes in the new grdup of parking regulations forbid taxi- cabs to park on hack stands during the hours at which otber parking is pro- hibited on_the flow sides of certain " (Continued on Page 2, Coumn 6.) BUCK PLEADS GUILTY; ONE COUNT DROPPED ock Broker'’s Case I | Referred to Probation Officer. 1 v | Accused St There was one? substantial | on Twentleth street to the point of be- | \ PATRICK SUGGESTS | | UNDERTHEAVENUE | Cars Could Be Removed, Commission Head Says. Construction of a subway three miles long under Pennsylvania avenue was suggested today by Maj. Gen. Masen M. | Patrick, chairman of the Public Utili- ties Commission, as the only way in which street car tracks can be removed | from this thoroughfare, in accordance | with the recent proposal of Representa- tive Britten of Illinois. Gen. Patrick’s plan was contained in | a letter he sent to Mr. Britten in an- | swer to his suggestion that steps be taken to improve ‘Pennsylvania avenue. Mr. Britten proposed removal of the car tracks and the substitution of bus for | |rall service between the Capitol and | the Treasury. | Sees Cost of $12,000,000, | The building of a subway under | Pennsylvania avenue is possible, Gen. | Patrick said; but it would bs too costly perhaps, to attract a private enterpr Lacking reliable cost of construction, he guessed, roughly, an underground system could be con structed for about $4,000,000 a mile, | making a 3-mile subway cost approxi- | mately $12,000,000. Gen. Patrick pointed out the substi- | tution of bus for rail service on Penn- | sylvania avenue between the Capitol | and the Treasury was impractical be- | caust 130 busses would have to be used to provide the same accomodations as | | 70 street cars during the morning rush | | hour, tus intensifying congestion and | | causing delays. “ Fears Break in Service. He also decjared delays would result | from the inteirupted service caused by the transfer of rassengers from street cars to motor busses at the Capitol and Treasury. Gen. Patrick explained there is no possible route other than on tbe Avenue | which street cars could follow in order to adequately serve Government work- ers in the triangle area. The commis- sion, therefore, he said, sees as the only solugjon of the problem, the construc- tion of a sub . Means of financing the proposed sub- way ave not touched on in Gen. Pat- rick’s letter. It was pointed out, how- | ever, that legislation probably would | be necessary, and i this connection the chairman of the commission recom- | mended _that both the Commissioners (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) Accident Near Akron, Ohio,f' estimates as fo the| ¢ 3MILE SUBWAY | [Only Way in Which Street| WILLTAM R. CASTLE. CASTLE IS NAMED 10 COTTON'S POST Expert on European Affairs Chosen by Hoover for State Undersecretaryship. e President Hcover announced ' today the appointment of William R. Castle, jr., of Washington, D. C., as Underzec- refary of State in succession to the late Joseh Potter Cotton of New York. Mr. Castle, who for a mnumber of years has been Assistant Secretary of State for Western European affairs, was designated by Presi’ent Hoover special Ambassador to Japan during the London Naval Conference. H: assumed his duties as Assistant Secretary after the London conference. Although born in Honolulu, he has always made his home in the Capital. When Seeretary Stimson first took office two years ago, Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urged Mr. Castle’s appointment to the under secretaryship, but_the ‘post was given to th= late Joseph P. Cotton, who died recently in Baltimore. # ‘Tae elevation of the Assistant Saci tary will leave that post open for an cther appointee. One of the first persons outside the official circle to learn of th> appoint- ment_was Justice Frank B. Kellogg of the Permancnt Court of International (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) 'SHENANDOAH HERO IS KILLED, | | SETTLE HURT IN AUTO CRASH After fighting an indictment returned! Costs Life of Lieut. C. E. | ! against him in September, 1929, charg {ing him and others with a conspirac; | Buck, who formerly conducted a stock | brokerage business in the Evans Bulld- | ing, pleaded guilty today before Dis- y trict Supreme Court Juslice Peyton ! Gordon to the first count of the indict- ment, Assistant United States Attorney Wil- liam A Gallagher nolle prossed the sec- nd count and the court referred the case to Probation Officer Steele for in- vestigation and report. Justice Gordon iecently overruled pleas in abatement flled through At- | torneys . H. Winship Wheatley and Harry S. Barger, an behalf of Buck, in which they ettacked the validity of the grand jury which returned the indict- ment. The service of women on the jgrand jury and the methods in vogue {in drawing jurics were cited in the de- | fense pleas. ! The plea will ‘make unnecessary a trial which had been expeeted to take at least two weeks. Tear Gas Greets “‘irflniet. ATHENS, Greece, March 31 (#).—Un- identified persons released tear gas in a theater where “All Quiet on the West- fhe Po ern Front” was being shown on the screen last night. | Shenandoah crew members to escape | Bauch, Dirigible Survivor. | {His Companion, D. C. Native, { Walked Four Miles to Home | After Wreck. By the Associated Press. - AKRON, Ohio, March 31.—Lieut. Charles E. Bauch, 34, assigned here as the first naval officer to be a member of the staff of the Zeppelin Akron, died in a local hospital today from injuries received when the autp in which he was riding crashed into a bridge last night. {Bauch was weill known in the aero- nautical world as pilot of airships and | | racing balloons. He was one of the death when the dirigible crashed in Noble County, Ohio, in September, 1925 The ident occurred as Lieut. LAWYER CHARGED WITH BRIBERY PLOT AT DISTRICT JAL , i Abner Siegal Arrested in At- # tempt to Establish Alibi for Client. Charged with bribing a guard District Jail in effort to esi an alibi for a c ch; naw;;am. on a murder e, er’ Washington %. a sioner’s t. x ~The 1 was placed under arres in his at the Shoreham Build- ing and taken immediately before United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage. - It is al Siegal gave $250 to H. S. Deane, 4 guard at the jail, as a bribe for inserting s false commitment card in the prison files, which purported to | show the alleged murderer was in jail at_the time the crime was committed. Deane, however, informed his supe- rvior, Col. Williem Peak®, of the plan, according to United States Attorney Leo A. Rover. The guard was jn- structed by Col. Peake, 1t is sald,”to go | through with ths scheme. r i He is sald to have told Siegal the | commitment card had been placed in | the files, whereupon, i is alleged, the lawyer gave him a check for $250. According to Mr. Rover, Siegal had been retained to represent Vincenzo Domiani. who is now awaiting trial in Wilkes Barre, Pa., on a charge of hav- |ing murdered two coal mirers during |a strike in Pebruary, 1928. Domiani, {according to records here, was arrested {in New Orleans several months ago |after a Nation-wide search lasting more | than two years. |KING GEORGE’S PRIVATE 3 . SECRETARY DIES AT 81 Lord Stamfordham Started in Zulu Brush Country and Rose to 3 High Position. ! BY the Associated Press. LONDON, March 31.—Lord Stam- fordham, private secretary to King George, died today, aged 81. Secretary to royalty for the last 50 years, Lord Stamfordham ' started in the Zulu bush country and rose to a place unique in European fouit cir- cles. He was possessed of more state | secrets than any living man, it was said, acting as England’s “man behind the throne.” He was born June 18, 1849, the son of a country vicar at Stamfordham, in Northumberland. As Capt. Arthur Bigge | of the Royal Artillery, he distinguished himself in the Zulu campaigns in Africa. Queen Victoria gave him his first couit appointment and he later be- came assistant secretary, equerry, and private secretary to her majesty. At the end of the Queen's reign he passed into the service of the present King, who was then Prince of Wales. In recognition of his valuable services the ll’(i?l made him Lord Stamfordham in 1911, FRENCH MINERS JOIN COMMUNIST STRIKERS Two Thousand Refuse to Enter Pits in Protest Against Lower- ing of Wages. By the Associated Press. ARRAS, France, March 31.—Several hundred additional miners in the Pas de Calais region today joined the pro- test strike called yesterday by the Com- munist United - Federation against the lowering of '.xea' . Two thousand miners refused to go | down into the pits throughout the entire region. The situation was reported {to be worse in the vicinity of Arras, | Lens and Lievin. DRAFTS NEAR BEER BILL MONTGOMERY, Ala,, March 31 (#). —A Dbill for repeal of Alabama’s I prohibiting the sale of near beer, was prepared here today for introduction in the State Legislature. | Radio Programs on Page D-4 AND FIRE HIT MANAGUA 'DEATHS ARE PUT AT 35 "IN EARLY DISPATCHES; -WHOLE CITY MENACED Hundreds of Americans, Includ- ing Marines and Army Men, Endangered. OFFICIALS HERE SEEK TO MAKE RADIO CONTACT WITH ENGINEERS Three Agencies Ordered to Relief of Stricken Area—Communication With Nicaragua Cut Off. By the Associated Press PANAMA CITY, March 31.—At least 35 persons were reported to have been killed in a terrific earthquake which devasted the City of Managua, capital of Nicaragua, today. Tropical Radio advices said that the city was under martial law. The quake, which began at 10:10 a.m., was of short duration. It was followed by a fire, which started in the market in the center of the town and traveled westward threatening to sweep the entire city. | Cable Office in Ruins. : THe Tropical Radio operator in Managua reported that the cable office there was in ruins and that the Tropical company was operat- ing from a plant five miles outside the city. The seismograph at the Canal Zone registered the quake, which appeared of unusual intensity, centering in Central America. A com- plete reading of the reccrd had not been made, “ul officials said that it was very distinct. BY S. M. CRAIGE, operator at Managua. Written for and personally tched by radio to the Associated Press MANAGUA, Nicaragua, March 31 (®.—At 10:02 o'clock this morning an earthquake of very short duration shcok down the major part of Managua. Fire bzoke out in the market center and is traveling rapidly westward. It will probably finish the job. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, March 31 (®.—A terrific earthquake shook the City of Managua today, causing great damage. The quake was felt at 10:10 a.m. Managua time (11:10 a.m., East- lern standard time). SAN JUAN DEL SUR, Nicar: here this afternoon indicated was destroyed by an earthquake today. Managua were inferrupted. Relief Under Way. =, The American Government hastened today to the aid ot earth- quake-stricken Managua. Three American agencies were instructed to participate. The American Red Crcss was directed by President Hoover, who also is head of that organization, to extend aid immediately. The War and the Navy Departments also directed Engineering and e Corps detachments in Nicaragua to lend aid. The State Department joined these two in seeking information of thra disaster. No word had come from any of their men cn the ground. - Shortly after noon, the State Department said communication agencies of the Government to which they had appsaled to get in touch with Managua had been unsuccessful in their effcrts to do so. ! The last message received by the State Department from the ! American legation at Managua was timed 10:35 a.m. yesterday. Wil Leave by Plane, | Ernest J. Swift, acting director of insular and foreign operations for the Red Cross, said he would leave for Nicaragua by airplane as soon as arrangements could be completed. Swift was in charge of the Red Crcss Santo Domingo disaster relief. The United States Marine Corps has over 1,400 officers and men in Niea- { ragua, nearly 1,000 of them in or near Managua. . Latest records at Marine Corps headquarters showed that 113 officers and 872 men were stationed in or near the city at the end of February, while 23 officers 2nd 402 men were scattered in other parts of the country, mostly in the Northern districts, whete the insurgents were strong. The Marine Force in Nicaragua is the 2d Brigade, commanded by Co!. Frederic L. Bradman. It consists of the 5th Regiment of Marines, an aireraft squadron, quartermaster and paymaster detachments. Tropical Radio Co. dispa . March 31 (®.—Advices 1 Communie ! Headquarters in Palace. Headquarters in Managua is in the old presidential palace, built of vol- ever, are living in tents in a ) rade ground called the Campo de Marti. | The aircraft squadron, consisting of 17 officers and 139 men, b the airfield, The Marine Brigads normally communicates with headquarfers in Wash- | ington by & naval radio station at Managus, but up to noon today no word had Besides Col. Bradman, the ranking are: Lieut. Col. Franklin B. Garrett, Maj. Ralph E. Davis, Maj. [ Dearing, Maj. Clyde C. Metcalf, Maj. Joseph D. Murray, Maj. William C. Wise, jr. 1 Maj. Ralph D. Mitchell commands the aircraft squadron near Managua. assigned to the Guardia Nationale of Nicaragua, including the following who are believed to have been in Managua today: Col. Calvin B. Matth:ws, com- G. Sheard, Maj. Julian C. Smith, Maj. Charles A. Wynn. The State Department said a partial list of the personnel at the legation Minister Matthew E. Hanna of Londonderry, Ohio; Willard L. Baulac. sec- iond secretary, Pawtucket, R. I.; Roger Sumner, third secretary, Boston; Ellis M. | Navy Men There. In addition there are in Managua the { BY FLORIDA TORNADO | 5iets caresor i woundod ¢ | will be able to care for the ir | they themselves escaped injury. | now in the vicinity of Nicaragua, The | second-class cruiser Rochester and the Balboa, canic stone. Most of the officers arg quartered in this building. The men, ho 3 miles outside of Managua, he d in two large adobe buils | been received through this channel. pe officers of the Marine tor.cje in Nicaragua In addition to the Marine Brigade proper several Marine TS are | mandant of the Guardia; Maj. Robert L. Denig, Maj. John Marston, Maj. Walter |in Managua was: Stevens, clerk, Jenkintown, Pa., and Marion P, Hoover, clerk, Ohio. } HOMES DEMOIJSHED seven officers and 24 enlisted men of Only three American naval vessels are gunboat Sacramento were at ;Six Injured in Winter Haven. Buildings Unroofed and Citrus Gatun Lake. | Trees Blown Down. A week ago Central American waters i crach, ‘but the. batte lees. Bound s By the Associated Press. i - tor WINTER HAVEN, Pla. March 31— | Qhlifornia ports, today way wall up the A tornado struck this city shortly be- | —ei Tt e fore noon today and injured six per- > —— sons. T storm swept patn 30 teet wige, BALLOTS HEFLIN WANTED The injured were trapped in & hous: 1 that was demolished near Lake Otis, while the gunboat Asheville was at nearby. Several houses were “unroofed and the sides torn from others. Hundreds of citrus trees were blown down. ‘The business district of the city showed little sign of the storm except the unroofing of several warehouses. None of the injured was in a serious condition. : Houses Wrecked in Mulberry. BARTOW, Fla, March 31 (M.—A heavy wind storm today wrecked six hous®s at Mulberry. eight miles west of here, and one near -Hawkins, north of Bartow. Reports were received here that other thouses in the path of the storm were da; jorted, although wreck- of life was od M injyfed slightly. RECOYNTED ARE BURM By the Associated Press. ; The Senate Elections Subcommittee considering the Heflin-Bankhéad econ- test was notified today that the -ballots cast in Henry County, Ala., had been | destroyed. | Former Senator Heflin, who is eon- "mnnx the clection of Senator Bank- | head, had esked the commitiee to | recount the ballots in every ecounty, | but this will now be imj e - f | L. E. Gibbons, former sheriff eof | Henry County, informed the commitiee of the destruction of the ballots. B ticle, he “was | newspaper article. 5 um the law of the State m‘ the destruction of these 30 following the elections.” 3 | \