Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1932, Page 16

26TH ANNIVERSARY OF QUAKE OBSERVED San Francisco Leaders Point to Skyscrapers as Re- covery Proof. | Bs the Assoctated Press. | SAN FRANCISCO, April 19. — A greater San Francisco, risen from the ruins of disaster, was the keystone of a program yesterday in observance of | the twenty-sixth anniversary of the | city's earthquake and fire which claimed more than 500 lives and destroyed prop- | erty valued at $400,000,000. | At a cheon sponsored by the Junior Chamber of ommerce, civic Jeaders ponted to skyscrapers and busy streets in proof San Francisco had risen It was early the morning of April 18, 1906, the earthquake struck. The city was literally shaken from bed as build- ings toppled and the ground cracked. Fire followed and by late afterndon alls of smoke curling from scattered | lazes foretold the start of the con- fagration which was to complete | destruction. With water mains broken, flames raged unchecked until dynamite was used to balt their advance. Persons trapped in wreckage of build- ings begged for death before the flames | reached them. Men and women sought | franticallv for missing relatives and frie: Dead were pi'ed in the streets. But fn 26 vears. a new San Fra has been built. Speake to the modern safegu s against duplication of the disaster—fire and earthquake proof buildings, huge reser- volrs and a high-pressure water system, together with an efficient fire depart. ment. United States Census figures were quoted to show a population growth of from 416,000 in 1910 to 634,394 n 1930. CHURCHMAN CHALLENGES FOES OF PROHIBITION ACT Declares Time Has Come for Them to Reveal Their Real Objectives. By the Associated Press. WATERBURY, Vt. April 19.—Dr. Deets Pickett, research secretary of the Board of Temperance, Prohibition and | Public Morals of the Methodist Church, | Sunday challenged the foes of pri hibition to “justify the terrible implica- tions of their conduct.” | He spoke at the closing session of the | annual conference of Vermont Meth- | odists, ’ “The time has come” Mr. Pickett said, “when men who are pouring out their millions to destroy the prohibition Jaw must assume full responsibility for | the possible consequences of their policy. | They have no right longer to attemnt concealment of their objectives.” | s = HOOVER VISIT URGED | | An invitation to President Hoover to | take part in the dedication of the fa- | mous Bonnet Carre Spillway, in Louis- iana, was renewed yesterday by a New Orleans celegation. James M. Thomson, New Orleans pub- | lisher, headed the delegation. Thomson had spoken with one of the 's secretaries principally as a reminder of the invitation extended i some time ago. i Gets New Post NAMED WARDEN OF FEDERAL PRISON AT LEWISBURG, PA. HENRY C. HILL, Warden of the Illinois Penitentiary at Joliet, has been made warden of the Northeastern Federal Prison, at Lewls- burg, Pa. —A. P. Photo. STATE SOCIETY TO ELECT Officers will be elected tonight at a meeting of the New Mexico State So- lard Hotel at 8 o'clock. be madc participa- i in the Bicentennial Flag day para here in June, The meeting is to be informal, and all residents and former residents of New Mexico are invited to attend. Rep- resentative Dennis Chavez, president of the society, is to preside. 5/ in. ROUND TRIP BUS FARES Go Any Day— Return in 60 Days Extraordinary new rates! Round trip fare is double the one - way fare less 25 per cent. Go soon! NEW ROUND TRIP FARES NEW YORK . ... $8.25 INDIANAPOLIS . . 22,50 DETROIT .. 19.50 CHICAGD . . 26.25 CLEVELAND 15.40 ST. 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