Evening Star Newspaper, June 14, 1935, Page 8

" A-8 IMUNITIONS BLAST T0LL SETAT1.000 Survivors Evacuate German Townas Strict Censor- ship Is Observed. (Copyright. 1035, by the Assoclated Press.) REINSDORF, Germany, June 14.— Nazis, grime-streaked and grim, dug into the ruins of the explosion-shat- tered munitions works today to bring out the bodies of the dead. variously estimated to number from 52 to 1,000. Survivors of the devastating blasts streamed from the town on orders that it be evacuated. +Flames which followed the explo- gions late yesterday added to the destruction. A rigid censorship, enforced by po- | lice rifies, was thrown about Reins- | dorf, & huge munitions center and | therefore an integral part of Ger- | many's rearmament program. Nazi officials said there were 52 dead, with 75 seriously injured and | 300 less. seriously hurt. But unoffi- cial estimates placed the killed up to 1,000. Believes 1,000 Killed. ‘The burgomaster told the Associ- ated Press: “I think an cstimate of 2,000 killed number | Police, Answering Boy’s Call for Help, Find Him—at Home By the Associated Press. SAPULPA, Okla, June 14.—A small boy tossed & note out of the window of a moving motor car yesterd: They are holding me at — streef the note read. “Help! Hurry!” Police Officers Roy Sellers and Claude Johnson, to whom the note was delivered, armed them- selves and sped to the address. They approached the door cautiously and knocked, A man came to the door and they asked him if there was a child there. “Sure,” he replied. “Our son.” The young prankster got off with a lecture. CLERK WILL RETIRE After 32 years in the Government service, Thomas H. Crowther, clerk in the solicitor general's office, will | retire tomorrow. Crowther, a native of Baltimore, entered the Government service at | the Washington Navy Yard, coming to the Justice Department in 1922. He has served under six solicitors general, is too many, but 1,000 would be more \ @ccurate. Survivors, under strict orders not to | discuss the catastrophe with outsiders, atood anxiously about in Wittenberg, | of which Reindorf is a suburb, await- | ing word from loved ones. i Otto Heidenretih Nazi district | leader, speaking for the government, said: “It is out of the question for any | act of sabotage to have been com- mitted. It was a regrettable accident. Our workers have been most carefully sifted, so it was impossible for any saboteur to have been admitted.” “The catastrophe,” smd Dr. Sommer, | the district governor, “is laid to & fire | in & wash room which spread to the | explosives. One detonation sufficed to | scatter hot material and another and | ahother followed with direful results.” | All Roads Blocked. All roads leading to the factory were ; elosed and telephone service was sus- pended. Six foreign who attempted to penetrate the area for official information were detained temporarily by secret police. Adolf Hitler and high Nazi officials kept in constant touch. The first* explosion occurred at 3 p.m. and was followed by a greater one at 8:30 pm. Firemen fought desper- ately to keep flames from spreading to other munition plants. Physicians and nurses from through- out the district were pressed into eervice. Almost everv form of trans- portation was employed to carry the dead and wounded from the stricken Eone. The munitions plant was working at] full force and some workers were | hurled through windows by the first shock. HITLER AIDS SUFFERERS, Centributes 100,000 Marks of Personal | Funds to Relieve Distress. BERLIN, June 14 (®)—Reichs fuehrer Hitler today contributed 100.- 000 marks—about $40,000—out of his own pocket to relieve the immediate distress at Reinsdorf, the explosives correspondents | Saturday Specia Jmc JPey A chk Bl SELINGERS 1 AL THE EVENING WORKER BURIED Charles Miller Was Fatally Injured When Hit by Auto May 22. Puneral services were held this aft- ernoon at the establishment of V. L. Speare, funeral director, 1009 H street, for Charles Miller, 70, 720 Thirteenth street, retired Government employe and prominent Mason, who died Monday in Emergency Hospital’ from complications resulting from in- Juries received May 22 when struck by an automobile in the 700 block of Thirteenth street. Special services were conducted by the Knights Templar, Interment, with military honors, was in Arlington Cemetery, where Masonic services were held at the grave by the Columbia Lodge and another service by the United Spanish War Veterans, Death Held Accidental, At an inquest at the District Morgue yesterday & coroner’s jury declared the death accidental. The verdict exonerated Mrs. Alberta L. Pritz, 22, of Edgewater, Md., & trained nurse, Is as a Feature of Use Your Credit It's Good JNC 20% to 50% In Every De ent REDUCTIONS 5er Moo cnt Sent $100 12-Diamond Wedding PAIR $69.50 A 7-Diamond Wed- ding Ring and 5-Dia- mond Engagement Ring—beautifully matched! Lady’ $45 8-Diamond Wedding PAIR $20.85 A beautiful, thrilling i1t - Diamond edding Rmx and 3-Diamond Engage- ment Ring: choice of newest designs! s $27.50 Smart 14:Kt. Gold DIAMOND RI manufacturing village wrecked yester- | day by a blast. He sent a telegram reading: “Deeply | shocked by the news of the ternfic catastrophe in which so many com- rades in labor lost their lives. I ex- press heartfelt and sincere sympathy,” | BEGINS SENTENCE Oklahoma Doctor to Serve Four-| Year Term. MCALESTER, Okla., June 14 (#).— Dr. Guy E. Brewer, the country phi- lanthropist who pleaded guilty to per- | rming illegal operations fatal to six young women, began a four-year term yesterday at the Oklahoma Penitentiary here. { The Garber physician, known widely for helping boys through col- | lege, will be assigned to the prison | hospital. e [ CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. r TODAY. Meeting, Converis’ League, Catho- | lic, Daughters of America, Willard Hotel, 8 pm. Dance, Sacred Heart Academy, | Wardman Park Hotel, 9:30 pm. | Dance, John Burroughs School, | Eighteenth and Monroe streets north- east, 8:30 p.m. TOMORROW. Dinner, Kappa Delta Phi, La Fay- ette Hotel, 8 p.m. Picnic, St. David's Society, teenth and Kennedy streets, 2 p.m. Commencement exercises and dance, Benjamin Franklin University, May- | flower Hotel, 8:30 p.m. Dance recital, Miss Bernice Car- | rico’s dancing class, Little Theater, Wardman Park Hotel, 8 p.m. six- | The outstanding vslues of our wonderful ssle. See them and judge for yoursel! ICE TEA SPOONS 10-Year Guarantee 9c each Vegel or 6 for | { Sl Comm;lnily Silver Trays ’4'85 Large 15” round tray with ga- droon border and fancy center, Stamped and guaranteed. USE YOUR | BB Picnic, Hains Point, 3 p.m. Ben Hur Life Association, SHOES FOR MEN * FOR A COOL AND $] 9.85 $6.50 Wm. 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He was a veteran of the Span- ish-American War and had served in the United States Army during the Philippine Insurrection and in China. Native of Latvia. He was a native of Latvia and a naturalized American citizen. Prior to coming to this country he had the German Navy. He was a member of the Columbia Lodge of Masons, the Mount Vernon Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Wash- Ington Commandery, Knights Templar, having been s member of the drill team of that organization; Kallipolis Grotto, Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine, where he was a member of the Legionnaires, and of Adoniran Council, No. 2, R. and B. M. Other organisations to which he be- longed included the Federal City Lodge, Odd Fellows; Richard J. Harding Camp, No. 2, United Spanish War Vet- erans, and Century Decatur Lodge, Knights of Pythias, RE-ELECTS OFFICERS Fairfax Group Is Admitted to Membership in Virginia Organization. By the Associated Press. HARRISONBURG, Va., June 14— Headed by Mrs. Willlam R. 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