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3 PERSONS KILLED, 1. S0 HURTINTEXAS Rio Grande Valley Swept by Murricane—Property Damage Huge. (Continued From First Page.) States and only the fact warnings had been broadcast a week in advance pre- vented much larger loss of life. Despite the warnings, however. the hurricane caught many people unable to withstand its tremendous force, and fears were expressed the death list would grow as crippled communications made it possible to gather the complete story of the catastrophe. Brownsville Hardest Hit. ‘There were 20 known dead in Browns. ville and vicinity, 10 in Harlingen and two in Rio Hondo. Six of the dead in the Brownsville area were accounted for in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, just across the Rio Grande from Browns- wville. Whether the storm snatched addi- tional lives from the many small towns and villages and agricultural sections, as it raked a path of terror from the mouth of the great river toward the west, moving into Mexico, was not known immediately. Calls for relief and even for institu- tion of martial lJaw went out from some of the stricken communities, and Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson, as well as Federal authorities, moved swiftly to bring them succor. At least five relief trains hastily were equipped to battle disease and allay thirst and hunger, threatened by the temporary destruction of power plants and food reserves, and were rushed into the storm country. One train moved from Kingsville, the nearest available point; two from San Antonio, one from Corpus Christi, which also experienced the destructive power of the hurricane, and one from Laredo, far to the northwest. One train from San Antonio bore Army medical officers and a detachment of troops from Kelly Field. Red Cross Starts Work. At the same time the Red Cross mar- shaled its forces to combat the disaster, sending Albert Evans, director of dis- aster relief for the Midwestern area of the organization, from Houston, and P. A. Winfrey, acting manager of the Midwestern area, from San Antonio on the special trains. The Red Cross ex- perts in relief measures took with them physicians, nurses, relief workers, food, water, medical supplies and clothing. All those who escaped injury when the hurricane struck already have start- ed relief work. Improvised hospitals in public build- ings and larger homes soon became the scene of greater activity today. The food and water supplies hurriedly as- sembled at Sen Antonio, Corpus Christi and other points allayed fear of addi- tional suffering. Tank cars of water and refrigerators filled with perishables | were included in the shipments into the devastated area. Communications from the center of the hurricane area remained handi-} capped by leveled poles and lines and reports of the progress of the rehabili- tation work came slowly. All available wires were jammed with | frantic inquiries from relatives and friends of residents in the three hard- hit cities of Harlingen. San Benito| and Brownsville. Very few had been| able to send out messages telling of their safety and civic leaders and the relief details were unable to compile a complete list of the casualties. Edge Reaches Monterrey. Torrential rains around Monterrey, Mexico. indicated that the hurricane’s edge probably passed near that city. The gas supply to Monterrey was cut off when a line went out at Pesquerai River. At Cuidad Victoria, capital of the; Mexican state of Tamaulipas, the wind had damaged buildings and trees. Asked what the damage to Harlingen ‘would be, one man said: “Whatever its value was before the storm less the kindling wood we tan sell for salvage.” | It was generally estimated that the minimum damage in the storm-swept | valley would be $15,000,000. Some esti- mates ran as high as $50.000.000. While the stricken thousands in the | Valley bore up bravely, despite the fact | all the possessions of many, including | their homes, had been swept away. new threat appeared in the form of a possible flood as a result of torrential rains which accompanied the hurricane. i Much of Brownsville, Harlingen, San Benito and other towns, and the terri- tory adjacent, was under water for many hours after the storm had begun to subside, and some feared the deluge might be increased as the country feeding the Rio Grande poured its sur- face water into the big river. Proximity to the Gulf. affording quick drainage, however, offered a possible factor of safety. All through the area affected most serfously, encompassing from 75 to 100 miles square, thousands of farmers saw | crops valued at millions of dollars de- | stroyed. The citrus growers probably were the heaviest losers. P. A. 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OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT, OF THE North 4483 " |, Upper: An air view of Brownsville, near the “Boot” of Te: | the center of the fierce hurricane which swept over the “mlmicaflcns. an estimate of damage cannot as vet be made, although many are known killed and injured Lower: Victims of the hurricane that left more than 100 dead and great property destruction in Cuba last week | searching the ruins of their homes. uthern part of that D. which is still cut off from the outside world and was in | State. Because of the failure of com- —A. P. Photos. ed or damaged and business establish- | ments in some placzs were wrecked. S. Findley Ewing, formor mayor of Har- lingen, and real estate man, said in Harlingen alone there was from $500.- 000 to $1,000,000 damage. 80 per cent of the buildings having been damaged or_destroyed. In Brownsville, Augustin Celaya, State Representative, said every build- ing showed marks of the storm’s vio- lence. In Matamoros an ancient cathe- dral collapsed but no one was in it. At Taferia a large packing plant constructed of brick was partly wrecked and a garage collapsed on several auto- mobles. Virtually all the packing sheds at Mercedes were blown down and at Weslaco roofs were ripped from many packing sheds and hurled into the streets. A packing plant also was de- stroyed at Donna. and at Alamo a swimming pool was wrecked. Pharr, San Juan and San Benito were other towns which suffered. Throughout the territory swept by the storm telephone and telegraph poles were broken off and laid in windows. often across the highway. So great was the force of the wind some poles were snapped off near their tops. Debris of every description littered the whole country and bobbed about in the water that covered most of the ground. ; Corpus Christi Flooded. Far to the north and east. Corpus Christi, about 300 miles from Browns- ville, saw water blown into some of its principal downtown streets, but it escaped the full effects of the gale. Some small craft in the harbor there | were sunk or crashed into piers. Telephone and telegraph companies, warned in advance of the approaching hurricane, had stationed crews of work- men at strategic points up and down the valley. As soon as the blow was over they started to work immediatel trying to re-establish communication lines with the outside world. The Western Union re-established its first line into Harlingen shortly after 8 o'clock last night and its first line into | McAllen at 1:45 am. Brownsville still | was isolated. i Also warned of the severity of the. ! storm, the State Highway Department | had stationed patrolmen near the threatened area and as quickly as pos- | sible they advanced. Arriving in auto- | mobiles over highways deep in water.‘ they helped to keep the persons in devastated towns from danger spots and maintained order. As soon as she was advised of the disaster, Gov. Ferguson talked by tele- phone with Harry Hopkins, Federal re- lief director. who authorized expendi- | ture of Government relief funds for groceries and medical supplies. Army Sends Supplies. ‘The Governor also ordered every available Texas Ranger into the storm area and asked Maj. Gen. Edwin B.| e | Winans, commander of the 8th Corps Army Area, in San Antonio, to send Army medical supplies and some sol- diers to the valley. Gen. Winans ar- | ranged for 8 officers, 2 nurses and 120 enlisted men to leave on a special train. “The big demand is for water, food | and medical supplies,” the Governor said. She added Gen. Winans would | send more troops to the storm terri- | tory, if needed, and Texas National Guardsmen also would be available if called on. Gov. Ferguson said she did not be- lieve martial law was necessary at this time. 1,000 HOMELESS IN FLORIDA. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., September 6 (#)—Reliet workers in Florida today moved to care for 1,000 families made | homeless or left in need by the tropi- cal hurricane which swept parts of the East Coast and interior the first two days of the week. Henry M. Baker, assistant national director of the Red Cross, appealed to Gov. Dave Sholtz to issue a proclama- tion calling for contribution to the Red Cross and the organization began using funds already on hand for relief work. Meanwhile, Harry Hopkins, Federal relief administrator, directed Marcus TTOL, W . D. C.. Septem- ber 2. 1¢33. SEALED BIDS will be opened in this office at 3 pm._September 15, 1933, for wire mesh partitions and miscellaneous iron work for the Senate Office Building, Washington. D. C. Specifications. drawings and bidding forms may be obtaitied on ap- ication to this office by intending bidders. AVID LYRN. Architect of the Capitol. et MOVING, PACKING AND STORAGE." WANTED—Load or part load to N_ Y. or wicinity: 13 rete Assured service. K. & Tnited Van Service, 1012 15th. NA. Fagg. State relief director, to use funds allotted to Florida in cleaning up the debris strewn storm area. Estimates of the damage continued to climb as the full story of the storm be- came known and the cost was believed to be far above a million dollars. Practically all of the towns between Lake Worth and Vero Beagy were dam- aged heavily. | parts of the valley. Martin sent a crew | valley to secure more definite infor- | | Storm’s Path Hurricane Followed Straight Line for a Hundred Miles. By the Associated Press. The tropical hurricane which at- tacked Texas all along its southeastern coastline moved in from the Gulf of Mexico from just south of east and followed a fairly straight line into the interior, apparently fading out some 100 miles inland. It swept a path several hundred miles wide, from Freeport on the north to | the small Mexican towns just south of Brownsville. The Weather Bureau eSti- mated the center of the storm passed inland between Brownsville and Corpus Christi, perhaps nearer the border city. The devastating winds which twice struck Harlingen were described as being in the middle of the southern half of the hurricane. Harlingen first was hit from the northeast and then from the southeast. As the hurricane moved north of west, towns and cities on the northern edge of it were spared the severe damage inflicted on the Lower Rio Grande communities. TRAINS RUSH HELP T0 HURRICANE ZONE OF SOUTHERN TEXAS ___ (Continued From First Page.) and buildings in Harlingen were leveled by _the hurricane. The second train left here shortly before 11 o'clock over the Southern Pacific lines. It carried 20 doctors and 75 nurses together with quantities of medical supplies and foodstuffs. Dr.| Roy Godwin, president of the San An- tonic Medical Society, was in charge. | Part of the 2d Medical Regiment from Fort Sam Houston was dispatched on a third train, which left at mid- night over the Missouri Pacific lines. This train bore approximately 150 Army doctors, nurses and ambulance drivers_under the command of Col. Louis Brechmin, jr.. It also- carried 2,000 pounds of bread, 10 days' rations for the troops, 10 days' forage, 1,000 blankets, 500 metal cots, 500 bed sacks and radio equipment. Eight motor am- bulances, five mule ambulances and eleven trucks were also sent. Ask Martial Law. Maj. R. O. Annin, assistant chief of staff for military intelligence, 8th Corps | Area, was aboard as the personal rep- | resentative of Maj. Gen. Edwin B. Wi- nans, corps area commander. A suggestion that martial law be de- clared in the stricken area with Regu- lar Army soldiers enforcing it was for- warded to Austin by Mayor Quin. D. K. Martin, member of the State Highway Commission, also believed that martial law would be necessary for of State highway patrolmen into the mation. RED CROSS ASKS FUNDS. Rellef Workers Rushed Into Brownsville Area to Care for Stricken. By the Associated Press. The American Red Cross today issued a State-wide appeal in Texas for a re- lief fund to aid sufferers in the hurri- cane area. James L. Fieser, acting chairman of the organization, said the Red Cross had taken entire charge of relief work in the hurricane zone and would meet all emergency needs. bert Evans, disaster relief director, left Houston last night to take charge of the work and will be assisted by 10 relief workers. Red Cross headquarters reported the first direct word from the Brownsville area was received last midnight asking that medical supplies, food and cloth- ing be rushed there. The message re- layed through the Pan-American Air- ‘ways radio station at Mexico City, came from R. E. Ernst, chairman of the Brownsville Chapter of the Red Cross. He said thousands were homeless and destitute. Dr. William De Kleine, medical di- |said he did not EPIDENIC PROBERS STUDYING INSECTS Every Known Procedure to Be Used on 600 Varieties to Fix Deaths Guilt. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, September 6 —S8till seek- ing the elusive secret behind encephal- itis. scientists of the United States Pub- lic Health Service planned today to be- gin experiments with more than 600 varieties of insects. Most of the insects coming under the scrutiny of the scientists, L. L. Wil- liams, jr.. head of the malarial division of the Public Health Service, said. be- long to four families—the mosquito. the tick. the mite and the fly. A supply of yellow fever mosquitoes was brought here last night from Mem- phis by airplane by H. A. Johnson, health service engineer. Williams said the experimentation with the insects will include every known procedure. More than 550 cases of “sleeping sick- ness” have been reported im the St. Louis area since the outbreak of the epidemic, with the death today standing at 74. EIGHT ILL IN OHIO. Health Head Orders Research to Halt Spread of Sickness. COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 6 (). —With eight persons now _suffering from sleeping sickness in Ohio, the State Health Department yesterday orcered Dr. Finley Van Orsdall, chief of the communicable disease division, C., WEDNESDAY. NAZI DOGMA MADE LAWS OF CHURCH Westphalian Group Walks Out in Stormy Session of Synod. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, September 6.—The Nazi dogma last night was made church law in Prussia as Nazi German Christians attending the General Synod pushed through 20 motions, theluding one bar- ring non-Aryans of persons marrying non-Aryans from the pulpit and from church offices. Cases in which special services in be- half of the church can be proven were exempted from the non-Aryan rule. Previously two speakers had repre- sented Chancelor Adolf Hitler as never considering interference with church life of his country. The Synod of the old Prussian Landeskirche was called to discuss various church questions arising from the predominance of the German Chris- tions and to choose delegates to & na- tional synod, who will name a Pro- testant reichbishop and select the su- preme leadership of the church. The German Christians have been predominant since last July's election in which they won a sweeping victory. “Treason” Cry Raised. Shouts of “Concentration camp; get out; treason,” arose in the stormy ses- sion as Nazi pastors smothered impas- sioned remonstrances of the opposition during the debate. Finally, the entire 75 members of the opposition left the hall after Rev. Mr. Koch, superintendent of the Westphalian district, had ineffec- tively protested “It is obvious brotherly co-operation is not wanted here, but only the ruthless use of force. The methods of the world are being carried into the church.” ‘The meeting was opened by Dr. Friedrich Werner, member of the Su- preme Evangelical Council, with an an- nouncement that the synod system has been abandoned. *“This is the German Christians’ last synod.” he announced. “In the church of Martin Luther there is no such a thing as parliamentarism.” He declared that henceforth author- ity would be wieided on the leadership principle through the Supreme Church Council, adding. “the everlasting truth in the gospel undergoes perpetual change.” He concluded® ‘We want a gospel again that is the chord of the Volk blood and race.” Epithet “Traitor” Hurled. The epithet “tgaitors” was hurled at the members of the opposition party. “Evangelium und Volk" (gospel and people), when they said a motion cre- ating nine Prussian bishoprics might jeopardize the independence of German Protestants in Poland and the Memel territory. They expressed the view the | governments there likely would view the authority of the church as a political instrument. Sweeping powers for the new bishops was indicated by a Nazi pastor. Herr Peter. in answering objections by the opposition that the motion did not de- fine the bishops’ powers. “We want not a titular head. but real bishops with authority.” said Peter. “We want no canonical law because our church shall exist not alongside, but in, the third Reich.” It was recalled that the recent con- cordat between the Vatican and the Reich made the appointment of Cath- olic bishops contingent upon the ap- proval of the government. Nazis Must Predominate. A motion that all churchgoers must contain 75 per cent Nazi Christians was adopted, despite the objections that the July church elections gave the Nazs only a 40 per cent vote in Westphalia. Bishop Ludwig Mueller, head of the Prussian Evangelical Church, speaking in a divine service preceding the open- ing of the Synod, declared that rather than interfering in church life, the chancellor's plan was to let the people make their decisions alone. A closer contact with the people, he added, was the task of the church. He warned members of the op- position “spreading talumny abroad that the German government is Vio- | 1ating the church” will be put in con- centration camps. Joachim Hossenfelder bishop of Brandenburg. Superintendent Eger. the officiating head of Magdeburg, revealed the chan- cellor’s wishes that his followers become “Godly people,” and added that the Germans today are different from pre- | vious vears when the church was re- | mote from the people. A detachment of storm troopers took a stand beside the altar at the divine service. STENCH BOMB SET OFF. was named | | Jewish Session Hears Rabbi Wise De- mand German Boycott. GENEVA, September 6 (#).—Stench bombs filled the auditorium with ob- noxious odors last night but Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of New York declared the Jewish Executive Committee would not be disturbed by them whether the “outrage” was ‘“perpetrated by thugs hired or inspired by Hitler forces.” | _The bombs were placed behind the platform curtains before the opening of the night session, in which Rabbi Wise demanded a world-wide boycott iby Jews of goods manufactured in to conduct research work to oppose the | o, possible spread of the disease. Dr. Harold J. Knapp, health commis- sicner at Cleveland, disclosed that five red there in the last five days. Other sufferers were reported at Painesville, Si. Clairsville, Cincinnati, Toledo and Tnity. The Cleveland health commissioner feel particularly alarmed, pointing out that against 12 cases and five deaths reported this year, there ;vere eight cases with four deaths in 1932 Case in South Georgia. QUITMAN, Ga., September 6 ().— A case of sleeping sickness was reported vesterday to county health authorities by Dr. H. E. Sanchez at Barwick. This is the first reported case of the malady in South Georgia JoB INCREAS.E REPORTED Cleveland Announces 69,000 Get ‘Work in Last 8ix Months. CLEVELAND, September 6 (#).—The re-employment rate in Cleveland during August was estimated yesterday by Howard Whipple Green, statistician for Mayor Ray Miller's Business Recovery Committee, as 650 persons per working day during the month. “The unemployment figure for Cleve- land now is.128,900, with 69,000 having gone back to work in the last six months,” Green said. Approximately 17,000 of these went back to work in August, 2,000 more than returned to their tasks in June. rector of the organization here, planned to depart today by airplane for the disaster area. Meanwhile Harry L. Hopkins, Fed- eral relief administrator, today promised assistance to the storm erers of Texas and Floride and said several carloads of food already had been ship- ped into those States to be paid for with Federal funds. “We propose to supplement the Red Cross relief in any way needed,” he said. He added that the Relief Administra- tion, in addition to supplying food, probably would lgve to take care of mmny‘ men throwr out of work by the sasiers. any. Rabbi Wise made it plain no bombs would “deter Jews from exercising the right to protest iniquities of the Hitler me.” inew cases and two deaths have occur- | g, He asked the conference, which is laying plans for the world Jewish Con- gress in 1934, to appeal to the con- science of mankind, “which we believe has been outraged by what has been done to Jews in Germany.” At the opening session yesterday, Rabbl Wise described the Hitler regime as the most implacable for Jews he ever has been called upon to face. He announced the 1934 congress would be held in Geneva. Police guarded the building through- out the night session. A communique issued after the con-! ference attributed placing of the bombs to “two young men speaking German.” 3 D. C. MEN ARRESTED Alleged to Have Btolen Automo- bile of Jasper D. Evans. Three Washington men, alleged to have been riding in a stolen automo- bile. were arrested today in Parkers- burg, W. Va., police here were notified. The license number on the car corre- sponds with that issued to Jasper D. Evans, 1709 C street southeast. His car was reported stolen Saturday night. Parkersburg police listed the three men as Gordon Miller, 1200 block of Rosedale street northeast; Lloyd Cos- tello, 1500 block of Rosedale street northeast, and Harold Herbert, 1200 block of D street northeast. Feel Tired, Lack Energy? You need 2 good tonic to stimulate your ap- petite and incre your vitality. 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Wiley, president of the federa- tion; Mrs. Albert Baggs, chairman of the American home department of the federation, presenting the petition to Sylvan King, chairman of the department stores group of the merchants’ association: Edward D. Shaw, secretary of the association, and Miss Ada Lillian Bush of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce, who aided in the study which resuited —Star Staff Photo. YOUTH STEALS RIDE, ! THENTA_KESPURSEI Boy Hops on Car as It Slows Down in Traffic, Seizes Bag and Flees. ‘The pocketbook of Katherine Jacobs, 3812 Woodley road. was snatched yes- | terday by a small colored boy Who, stole a ride on the rear of her car and ' climbed around to the side when it was stopped for a traffic signal several blocks away. Miss Jacobs told police she was forced to slow down her car when a group of colofed boys gathered in the roadway as she approached Thomas Circle. Apparently. she said. several of them caught on the rear of the ma- chine and rode until it was halted by the light at Ninth street and Massachu- setts avenue. Then one of them reached in,.grabbed her purse, containing $36, leaped from the car and escaped. ‘Two colored bandits forced Desmond J. Ward. taxi driver, of 335 Seventeenth place northeast, to drive them around the city for several hours after he was held up and robbed of $9 in fares, the man told police this morning. Engaged at Sixteenth and D streets northeast. Ward said he drove the men to Deane- wood, where one of them shoved a pistol in his back as the cther took the cash from a pocket. Then, Ward said, the men ordered him to drive on. He drove and it was not until 2 am. that the men finally alighted from the cab at Eighteenth and East Capitol streets. They had first engaged him four hours before, accord- ing to his story. Burglars broke into and ransacked the home or Albert Fox, Washington attorney, 1515 Webster street, and made off with an unestimated amount of loot. Police were unable to get a check on the vlaue or extent of the burglary, as members of the family are in Europe. A pocketbook containing $64 and per- sonal belongings were taken from Ruth Hoffman, 1601 Argonne place, while she was in the Church of the Epiphany, 1300 block of G street, yesterday after- noon, she told police. In addition. police today were investi- | gating other robberies and small thefts involving a total of nearly $300 in cash and property. Burglars robbed the store of Aaron W. Berkman, 405 Seventh street south- west, last night. the merchant in-| formed police. About 150 cartons of cigarettes, 20 watches and 6 clocks \Ykled l'.klll::okwere stolen. pocket| containi 28 was snatched from the hand :'8 L{‘iss Bar- bara McDonald, a nurse, 1637 Webster street, as she was walking near Six- teenth and Allison streets yesterday, she reported to police. The thief, a young man, jumped into a parked automobile, with another man at the wheel, and escaped, she said. Miss McDonald gave police the license numbers of the car. | INTERVENTION ALLOWED IN RAILROAD DISPUTE By the Associated Press. ‘The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion today authorized receivers of the Wabash Railway and the Missouri- Kansas-Texas Railroad to intervene in the proceeding involving an applica- tion by the St. Louis-Kansas City Short Line to construct a line between St. Louis and Kansas City, Mo. ‘The intervenors contended the terri- tory is now “not only adequately but abundantly served by existing trans- portation facilities” and that construc- tion of & new line would be a useless du{zl(caflon and result in wasteful com- petition. They declared a new line would create no new traffic, but would mesely cause the diversion of traffic from ex- isting carriers. PLANS BROADCAST Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will go before the mircrophone tonight to dis- cuss her deep interest in the welfare of children and their proper training'and education. Her speech will be broad- cast at 6:30 o'clock by WMAL and a network of other National Broadeasting | Co._stations. | Merlin H. Aylesworth, president of | the National Broadcasting Co., will in- troduce Mrs. Roosevelt. She, in turn, will introduce John Martin, newly aj pointed juvenile director of N. B. C. SAVE! | activity. SAVE! BID PEODLING HIT AT CODE HEARINGS Construction Industry Hurt by Practice, League Mem- ber Declares. By the Associated Press. The practice of “bid peddling” was condemned today at the opening of hearings on a master code for the con- struction industry. The attack was made by Col. Wilrd Chevalier. a member of the Constic- tion League of the United States, Who spoke in support of a provision in the basic code which would ban the prse- tice he termed as “the very essence f unfair competition.” Chevalier explained that bid peddling | was “the practice of asking open bids | and then playing off one bidder against another by private pressure.” 22 Branches Affected. The master code, affecting between 3.000,000 and 5.000.000 workers, would apply to 22 distinct branches of the construction industrv, but with pro- vision for supplemental codes for the separate sections which would deal with local details. The basic code proposed minimum wages of from $12 to $15 a week for office and clerical workers and 40 cents an hour for laborers. Laborers would work an average of 35 hours weekly in each six months, but no more than 48 hours in any one week. The maximum | work week for office and clerical em- ployes would be 40 hours. In condemning bid peddilg. Che- valier called it the “fine flower of chiseling within the industry.” resulting in money losses to owners and tending to promote the “sweating of labor “as well as menacing the safety of lives. Roy Wenglik. a member of the N.R.A Statistical Board. warned the industry to effect a stabilization of labor and material costs or otherwise it could not expect to do much new | construction for four or five years. Blow to New Construction. He said that with prices rising, with labor cost, new construction would be prohibitive unless the code made pro- vision against too many price advances within the industry. “There is no other major industry,” he said. “which employes from three to five million men that suffers such terrible and tremendous fluctuations ot In regular ve-year inter- vals since 1900 the industry has paid alternately very high and then starva- tion wages. This has unsettled other businesses.” Gerhart F. Meyne of Chicago. repre- senting a group of small contractors, | proposed the code be amended to in- the controverted labor clause in the automobile code which gives employers the right to hire and fire without regard to union affiliations. STREET LIGHTS NOW 80 PCT. ELECTRICAL Only 1,088 Gas Fixtures in Service. Replacements to Be Com- pleted in January. The program for replacement of the Ad gas street lights with modern elec- trical fixtures. initiated in 1927, now is 80 per cent completed, and the whole project is expected to be finished by | January. Walter E. Kern, District elec- trical engineer, reported today to the District Commissioners. The street lighting system at the be- ginning of the past fiscal year con- sisted of 29,387 lights, of which 2.450 were gas fixtures and 26,937 electrical, and at the close of the year, June 30. there were 29,909 lamps in service of which 1,088 were lighted by gas. The project for the replacement of electrical lamps of low candlepower with others of high candlepower, started in 1927, also has progressed satisfactorily, except in the suburban areas, Kern stated in his annual re- port. All of the lights of low candle- power in the business areas, along arterial highways and the thorough- fares have been replaced with more powerful lights, he said. SAVE! New Studebaker Sedan Power Brakes Automatic Ride Control—Automatic Starting—Choke, etc. Marshall Type Box (Used in Costliest steel body with shatter- Shock-proof welded proof glass throughout. Beautiful A host of other features all added to Studebaker’s economy, power, dependability and long life, all for Springs Cars) aero-dynamic lines. 995 (Driven less .tllan “m miles as a display car) LEE D. BUTLER, Inc. i 2188 Champlain St. N.W. Col. 5080 e, Studebaker—Pierce-Arrow—Rockne +% A3 EISEN SENTENCED FOR “REPUTATION" Second Conviction Is Record- ed by lllinois in Warfare on Hoodlums. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 6.—Maxie Eisen, head of the Pish Peddlers’ Union, today was sentenced to six months in the House of Correction on charges of possessing a “criminal rsgputation.” It was the second conviction the State has obtained in the new fight against hoodlums under the “reputation” war- rants recently issued. Walter Guida whose name was included in the long list compiled last week who those officials conndel“ahbllve blatched escutcheons and no reputable means of suj ,» Was the fl:;tmm b‘e’ c;mvichd. PR en Judge Thomas A. Grsan fin&nces:-pgn E!sel n it made .ep::er: e 's long campaign U him: Arrests, -.2; canv!ctlnn’: l.m More than a dozen police officers and business men testified that Eisen, for )éelrs czar of the fish dealers’ organiza- on, was a ‘“racketeer, gangster and sh:kedov\n artist.” 5 restaurant owner. Leon Parinks, sald Eisen had several times extorted money from him. Once, after he had refused to meet his demands, his estab- lishment was bombed, Jarinkes de- clared. In Judge Green's opinfon, Eisen was unable to make adequate denial of the charges. He denied his motion for a new trial and ordered him placed in custody. Immediately after the Eisen sen- tencing, Sam Battaglia, West Side hoodlum. failed to appear in court on similar charges and Judge Green or- dered forfeited his $10,000 bond, raised it to $30,000 and issued a capias for his arrest. Batttaglia’s_attorneys, Edward King and Sidney Korshak. said there had been a misunderstanding about the date of the hearing. Judge Green placed them both in contempt of court. S What is probably the largest tree in the world outside of California, which has just been found near Healesville in Victoria, Australia, is nearly 200 feet high and its girth of 62 feet can only be spanned by 15 persons with out- stretched arms and clasped hands. BYRON S. ADAMS I Never Disggooins™ 6:15 to 6:30 6:45 to 7 P.M. 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