Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1931, Page 1

Tion 1 delivered 1o as fast as the papers an second class matter »n":nn Wllhll'l‘\". D. C. FLOOD SUFFERERS Jnformal Inquiry Made Here to Learn Total for Sale ‘and Credit Terms. DIKES FAIL AS WATERS OF YANGTSE TOP 52 FEET Nanking Message Through Consul + - at’Hankow Will Be Turned } Over to Farm Board. 'Th - t lald bef government lore informal dnquiry to ascertain the quan- tity of wheat avaflable on credit terms for ficod strickén areas in China. The inquiry was cabled to the State Department. by the American consulate -t ‘The tion did the amount of wheat which & nor did it offer s & for purchase. the Chinese “on & business sug- of wi f H g I git : ! i 8 i i b x i i i s41 -3 % i . ke gisg i E KNIFE THROWERS SLAY THREE FORCED TO SERVE AS TARGETS m u- S. Tu A“] Band of Six Invades Speakeasy to Avenge Attack on Girls—Witness, Hiding Under Table. Tells Story. . By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 17.—Police to- day revealed details of what they called the most brutal murder in Brooklyn | o crime annals, the killing of three men who were made targets for knives in a speakeasy cellar. The victims, Charles Maturo, Charles Simminelli and Joseph Barberi, were found dead in the eellar last Priday, their heads crushed. and their bodies covered with knife wounds. Now, police said today, an eyewitness has told them- how it Klppened, This man said two gitls had been assaulted in the speakeasy and returned with six man friends, identifying Maturo, Simminelli and Barberi as the men who them. One by one, the witness said, the accused men were taken to the cellar where they were made to sit on a chair while the six avengers hurled knives and stillettos. Each murder was com- pleted with biackjacks. The eyewitness said he happened to be in the place at the time, and when he saw what was happening, he slipped under a table and watched. Working WACHADOCENTES DR ONREBELS SANTACLARA AREA Remaining Insurgents Declare They Will Fight Until All Are Dead. MENOCAL AND MENDIETA PLACED IN HAVANA FORT on the information he gave, police ex- | Four Thousand Additional Soldiers to make arrests today. OL VELLS CL05E BYNARTIAL LAW N EASTERN TEUS Gov. Sterling Acts to Check Production Waste and Price Depression. i i HH i '“Eizs g?g, H H 55 §eiie alt £ ; i i | z i | o i '! 4 | gg fg ; : h i | 4 MARINES ARE AT WAR, MW CARL DECLARES F L SHTH CLAMS OFFER OF SO0 T0 QT 195 A Alleged Rosenwald Proposal Speedily Refused, Says Rejected Senator. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 17.—A statement was made public todsy by Frank L. Smith saying Julius Rosenwald, Chi- ¢ago millionaire, offered him 10,000 shares of Bears-Roebuck stock to quit the 1926 United States senatorial race in Niinols. ‘Smith, who yas denied e seat in the Senate following his election in 1926, made the statement in an open letter directed to Pref. Carroll H. Wocddy of the University of Chicago. It came as ® reply to a recently published book written by the professor under the title, “The Case of Prank L. Smith.” Smith's letter said that he “declined the offer without hesitaticn.” - §g§§z l Prosecutor Albert J. Rapp sald today that questioning of the three toreh slayers who killed and burned two young couples near here last Tuesdiy had convinced him that Miss Catherine friend of one of slayez hvolvedtn'\-':ne e - the few M‘Mm to sald, but said he i 4 § . Prosecutos le" i g i ? H to tor said had S iy ¥ i 1] ¢ Blackstone, in b sald Miss be Keller will tained until minor points are cleared up. ok H E @z i E : | | is FOOT-WASHING RITES ARE HELD BAPTIST CHURCH 7 BY KENTUCKY and Six Airplanes Used in Coneentration. By the Assoclated Préss. HAVANA, August 17—Its principal spirits behind bars, Cuba's week-old revolution was viewed by the govern- ment today as nearing the stage of a lost cause. President Gerardo Machado concen- trated his sttention and armed forces op Santa Clara Province, where ves- PR gfiisg 3 Ei faief ghasf ES 3 1 e il ¥ ¥ s i fi&k!&gé s Feet, According to Alti- meter, By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, August 17.—A o N T & R Was h - ; Dorothy PROBE BANK LOANS Federal Land Institution Officials Go to Porto Rico. 4 1o spend two weeks in Porto and expressed a belief that the difficulties in_collections wi have caused some complaint by mortgagees can be ad- in the Dutch Garden™ , gripping, thrill- LINDBERGHS AWAIT PLANS BERLIN-TOKIO HOPS | German Aviatrix Will Take Off To- morrow on Solo Flight. STUDY OF WEATHER 2= = e [ Face Dangerous Journey Over Storm-Ridden Kurile Islands. By the Associated Press. :iliis it FH]| ' gigg e i%it!gfi i ¥ : ! 5 4 i 2 L i ! !4 i i TH] i : casually revealed flflmflmfl“‘ BANDIT SLAIN IN BATTLE Intended Victim and Another ‘Hold-up Man Receive Wounds. 17 Lead to Opposition Against Candidacy Drive. LEGISLATURE TO MEET AUG..25 ON PROBE BILL THH : i i 1 O ¥ it ; By the Associated Press. EDENTON, N. C.