Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1931, Page 2

i R Hoover, Speaking on Units ? Fiftieth Birthday, to Be Heard by Millions. Pifty years of service to humanity by |1 $he American Red Cross, calling for tion of millions of workers the United States and its territorial -possessions, will be observed én May 21. * Piaps - for the ‘gigantic. anniversary. THE - EVENING 8 “Ten Years of Hell!” Lieut. McCurry Describes Feelings After 16 Hours® in Chicago Underground Inferno—Workman | Rescues Six, Then Is Overcome, but Is Rescued. By the Associated Press. R 0 CHICAGO, April 14—A saga ism was 'flh‘lptndl by Chicagp fire~ men and other rescue workers who bravedl the blistering heat and death- jaden air of dhe city sanitary ‘bore, where 10 men perished. “It was just like 10 years of hell” Tound ‘the place filled with amoke. We ran into some of the woskmen and blundered she tunnel umtil we reached the end. Just Sat and Waited. “We found the safety chamber and sasd Toiead that freah air was peing pumped t. Leo McCurry from a cot in | notices r r was being pum, St. Axnhn‘:my's Ho-plt:‘;,y rescued today |into the chamber and we thought we affer 16 hours .in the underground| were safe. inferno. “We could do nothing; we just sat “I ordered by Division Marshal and waited. Patrick, Plerce to go into the tunnel as| “Sometimes we could hear the men ved the scene of the down but | ] mfi. hardly m‘ Red: Gross . e ind s Seriouari of ihe smoKS, | hadl amoke masks dws by Boggles regmer, neinal gheser | The Rtk 0 Taftuns reler far-flung relief ashington exerélses will be fea- this way the keynote of the Presi- 's message will reach millions of Red Cross workers in every organized will ‘::“-lmm anni- John Barton Payne, chairman of the Oentral . -will be -another. speaker at this annf r versary dinner and possibly Huber, president of the Internatiol Committee of the Red Cross. Plans for the observance include the issuance by the Post Office Department of a special fiftieth anniversary com- memorative stamp. . The idea of 50 S, e e, T wa stickers and 3 general Nation-wide ‘:vmee. Under its directions, will be conducted af2 F: g & s i §a 128 ee L L is§§§§i§ E EES L % i Cross y afternoon and last night. , one of the hundreds of | fur. = e diec | tricts, told of his personal experiences | in Arkansas. e ! Mr. Wells said there was not a single | e | 8asping Judge | 1o . | avenue and Second street; south on Sec- ond street; west on @ the year | tion ‘with {bad on a new Spring hat of blacl trimmed told me it was not necessary. As soon as I entered the tunnel I saw men run- ning m‘:tmu about, choking and ar. “I then decided I needed a gas mask to carry on the rescue work, but it was too late. Another fireman and I grabbed hald of ‘three laborers and we dashed | And énnil?" the bulkhead, which is a large Held in Bulkhead 16 Hours. “Unable 1o Jeave, we were forced to remain in the bulkhead for 16 hours. “As it hecame more and more suf- mflg.mmdunnmrwmz rear the bulkhead. There, except for an occasional whiff of smoke, we were fairly eomfortably and had enough air. Just before 9 a.m. howevcr, the air suddenly was shut off and we bad dash for our lives. The dasn was & 30-foot stretch right through the smoke that almost suffocated us. But we made it." Marshal Pierce, his curly iron gray ‘hair rumpled, his face streaked and his clothes covered with muck, was another who spent the night in the smoke- filled ‘tunnel. “When we went down yesterday we JOHNSON UNLIKELY 10 RECEIVE OUSTER Trustees Meet Today After 2,000 Rally to Commend “ang the air thick with heavy, Ih& smoke from the smold: . that you could hardly pick bodies you stumbled over.” SHOUSE PREDICTS Tells lefferson Day - Diners Democrats Will Elect Next President. By the Associeted Press. tion that the Democratic panty would ‘win the mext presidential election was made by Chairman Jouett Shouse of the Democratic National Executive Commit- tee at a Jeffersan day dinner here last aight. - “For more than two years” Shouse said, “the Government of the United States has simply drifted. An harass- if I read the auguries correctly, to rid itself of the most inep!, inadequate and adminisration that fate L ! leln-izri-ue sent from New York a \luek and best wishes & PLAN TO OPEN MILLS IN SPITE OF STRIKE By the Associated Press. , April o by & mass meeting at Garnet-Patterson School, Tenth and U streets, at which colored and fessional men will , it was said y Wilson, grand 14.—Hoslery Elis, time The . be headed the Community Center Band, is in charge of Wilson Hueston, who will foliow di- rectlv behind the band. Other Eiks’ ;uwwmm‘ will make up the Forming at Tenth and U streets, the parade will go south on Tenth to 8 street; east on § street to Rhode Island = &l Union officials asserted the “The band will give its first concert of | mills would not have enough workers to in the suditorium, in connec- | operate when they open Wednesday. FANS WATCH OVER’S TOSS TO OPEN FIRST GAME | (Continued From Pirst Page.) HO struck up “The Star Banner." to the per- 3 with He wore a snappy brown | suit and a brown fedora. Mrs. 'k and in black As soon as the throng had seated itself after completion of the national 2nthem the grand march to centerfield for the flag-raising ceremony began. ‘With the gray uniformed Army Band furnishing the marching cadence, Secs retary of State Stimscn and President Clark Griffith began the march at the bead of two Jong files formed by the Arriving at the array of furled for- e , the a wine-colored coat passed 5 xcesds | hoisted skyward by a Boy Mr. Wells, who is chairman of Red Cross Chapter at Lonoke, Ark., in the evening at the United tes Chamber of Commerce where the remainder of the sessions Scout. Just as the band began the opening f the Argentine pational an. were hoisted in turn. The last emblem to flutter upward | was _the rican A by playing of “The Star Spangled Ban- ner.” VCTORYFORPARTY = LOS ANGELES, April 14—A predic- | & 10DE, 7 EGAP FROM SEWER FE Firemen and Workers Perish in Gas and Heat in Chicago Tunnel. (Continued Prom First Page.) AR, WASHINGTOM , D. .C., TUESDAY, SEES AMERICAS AS PEACE ARBITERS Hoover Describes Aims to End War as Major Gift' to Civilization. (Continued From Pirst Page.) face and threatened the sheds at the | mouth. Suddenly the elevator bell rang, the cage ran up and the grimy faces of the first handful appeared. A tremendous shout went el in the the fire drove them back from the shaft last night. There in the little 22-foot- m they spent the night, some .| praging, singing st times, some even sleeping despite the stvess. ors were ocertain all had escaped and that refuge in the wesiern national -co-operation -called for mo abandonment of legitimate national aims, but “does mean that all such aims must be shaped as not to conflict with and | the complete fulfillment of international obligations.” Asks Peace Promotion. An appeal for the promotion of peace was made by Ambassador Tellez. “History teaches,” he said, “that civil- ization comes by cycles, determined by spiritual, ecomomical and political re- posing each other with a progressive tendency and it seems that now none but blind spirits can pass unheeded the earnest, the imperative call that fills the world for peace, for conciliation, for all to labor in good faith with the be- lief that we are co-operating in a com- on sincere endeavor to attain the ouly ideal mankind has ever had— human happiness. “The American continent is young, but not so much in experience; we have even now territories of wealth never ponents have shown their capability by past and present accomplishments; we | want nothing that does not belong to us: we wish our hospitality extended to all that come in earnest to work for the betterment of all; we desire assiduously to wark for peace and human content- aent through the means at our disposal, through Jur elleris 4o help maintai e liberty of nations, the dignity and freedom of men, human Self-respect and an equal oppertunity ;4 for all. at first and it was three-quarters of an hour before firemen were called. Capt. James F. O'Nelll, commanding a fire truck company, was the first $o pleted. O'Neill and his crew hurried Pifteen minutes later three of emerged, half dead. This crew went in without gas masks, not realizing their danger. Workers Call for Help. “The first tongues of smoke licked into the main tunnel section, which forms the top to the “T" shaped mm;'v.‘:’iur: . |ed and indignant Nation is preparing, gered collapsed ” and . waiing ant ‘wal -bearers carried them away. Oxygen Supply Exhausted. The oxygen supply was exhausted within an hour. = Calls for fresh tanks went out, and soon a stream of them to arrive. Dazed the deep and made 1t to inches ahead in the thick, white mist Association for Good of AN. “In the past the Pan-American Union has been merely an association American States for their common good. Through the creation of the Pan-Ameri- can day it has become an institution of , it _has become an After Ambassador Tellez had finished, nade for exer- representing . Washington universities and high schools participated. Addressing this group, Ambassador Ferrara asserted the international pol- icy of the world has been based palnci'hl of elimination and ation. interdependent. rules of life are heid 70 much in unru only a noble ideal, a mandate of Provi- necessity dence, but of our daily ex- istence. * . ‘Work Rests Upon Youths. “I desire to address especially the young pecple. The work of consolidat- ing Pan Americanism rests particularly upon them. The work of harm actual facts with the psychols people of our 21 . Above, crews were at work with pick | attaining and shovel, digging down in a race to reach the tunnel and set blowers to |each work from far ends. Two of them suc- the blanikel ard. Relati ves stormed 8t Vincent de Paul Hospital as e county morgue, where dead and overcome m’ I‘kmw. ‘Thousands mained there the 3 med numbly in the glare search- lights from fire trucks, which focused at the shaft entrance re- | U Figh Bchool, McKinley Figh Setveo) €] 3 Western High School, eéolumbil Junior 2 _harmonious accord that permit us|Ib dreamt before; our ethnological com- |2 APRIL 14, 1931. Text of Hoover’s Speech Tells Governing Board of Pan-American Union That Spirit of Mutual Helpfulness Is Corner Stone of True Pan-Americanism. ‘The text of President Hoover's speech before the governing board of the Pan- American Unicn on the occasion of Pan-American day, at the Union bulld- ing here today, follows: “I am glad to be your guest at this | Latin special session of the governing board of the Pan-American Unjon which you are helding in henor ef Pan-American Shling it st s 2R our e fias Seoevind geomeey epirovel. through a e omanmmmm are_being held at this time in public schools and mmun:m:mmhu in every sectien of the Pan. American day will become an outwar quirements of human aggregates super- | UBity of 11 of the countries . This visit made a deep and lasting impression upon me. ‘was inspiring to , at first hand, not only the progress that Latin America _is m along social, eco- important part which the coun you represent are destined to play in world affairs. ' 1t was clear, too, that the na- tions of America bhave everything to gain by ketpl.r#'ln close memth one nother and by developing spirit of mutusl confidence which has its roots in a reciprocal understanding of national eims and aspirations. Basic Problems Common fo All “Although each of the republics of this hemisphere = possesses problems peculiar to itself, there are certain basic questions to democratic progress and social betterment common to us all and 4n the solution of which we can be most helpful to one another. | cit ‘This spirit of mutual helpfulness is the f | and significance, plas- | association of the American peoples for | traditio: candle, | the good of all.” the members of the governing board | Buages, proceeded to the espla: o cises in which delegations of students|in the becoming better ac- quainted with the history and develop- ment of the United States exists in the countries of Latin America. Increasing tional understanding, but also empha- THORNE NURDER DATE S CHANEED Evidence Introduced at In« quest Tends to Fix Time Later Than March 1. size the essential unity of interest of the American republics. Evidence tending to show Emanuel H. Thorne of the"‘I:hrlP:: il 25§ 1 i DRY AGENTS WOUND TWO IN AUTO CHASE Peace | Federal Supervisor Hits Boy, 17, With Riot Gun Slogs—Aide Shoots Youth, 20, in Back. Ei L 8 H To New York Daily By Aerial Express ‘Washingtonians visiting in New York may obtain late coples of ‘The Evening Star by supper time, within less than three hours after * , through arrangements made b the ?v Yorker Hotel and the New York, Phil- adelphia & Washington Airway Corporation. 112 BOSTONIANS INJURED AS STREET CARS CRASH One Man Is Seriously Hurt—TUn- derground Station Is Closed Temporprily. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, April 14.—At least 12 per- ‘infured, ‘seriously, ‘and ‘Witnesses said a three-car hook-up bound for Lechmere Station struck the DR. J. C. PYLES ELECTED Heads Southeast Washington Busi- ness Men's Association. L Charged With Conspiracy in Postal Appointments. By the Assoclated Press. Had Nearly Given Up Hope When Sighted at Sea. iy arrive in New York tomorrow. —_— ERMANS AND RUSSIANS SIGN BIG ORDERS TODAY Germany Unless Eleventh- Hour Snag Arises. - " By the Associated Preas. Man Dies as Heart Fails. BERLIN, April 14.—Unless eleventh- RIDGELAND, 8. C., April 14 (#)— |hour snags develop wnm be- ;;mnwwhun'.ncmu Tenn. twun!wletnw-':mmnuouc and Co., was found dead > A zaxe| ASKS $20,000 DAMAGES Glinks | Woman Seeks Sum for Alleged Crash Injuries. Celia i .‘?‘W-l. 1411 Hamilton street, has