Evening Star Newspaper, November 1, 1935, Page 5

PRESIDENT FEELS HYDE PARK QUAKE Household Awakened by Disturbance—Guards Spring Into Action. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staff Correspondent of The Star. HYDE PARK, N. Y., November 1.— President Roosevelt disclosed today he was awakened from his sleep here during the early hours this morning by an earthquake tremor which shook this section. but caused no damage. The President told newspaper cor- respondents there was a distinct shak- ing of the house, sufficient in severity to awaken him from a sound sleep about 1:10 am. He said the tremors lasted four or five minutes. Mr. Roosevelt said he realized al- most immediately it was an earth- quake and was not alarmed. Recalls Earlier Shock. “I knew it could be nothing else” he said. “I remember when I was a boy we had a similar earth shock, and the rocking early this morning was Just about the same as then. There was no noise, but the swaying of the house was unmistakable.” Other members of the household were awakened, switched on the lights and ran to Mr. Roosevelt's room. The sudden lighting up of the house startled the State troop guards sta- tioned in the grounds. They began running about, thinking there was trouble. To Confer With Mack. President Roosevelt late today will hold his first political conference since coming to Hyde Park. He will have an hours’ talk with John E. Mack, sr., Democratic lcader in Dutchess County and whose influence is felt in a num- ber of other New York counties. Mack worked hard in Mr. Roose- velt's interest during the Democratic Nomination Convention in Chicago in 1932. His son, John E. Mack. jr, is & Democratic candidate for the As- sembly. Mr. Roosevelt did very little work vesterday and planned little today. He told correspondents he expected to go motoring the greater part of the afternoon. He also said that he and the members of his family are -plan- ning to go on a picnic in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains, about 50 miles from here, after attending church service in Hyde Park Village next Sunday Silver Wedding Postponed. Mr. and Mrs. M. Weidner of Steinau- ny, have postponed vears. They were married in 1910 and were prepar- ing recently to celebrate the twenty= fifth anniversary when, to satisfy an | they applied for a | iage certificate. They were in- formed that the ceremony in 1910 was illegal because the beadle had forgot- ten to have them sign the marriage certificate. Mr. and Mrs. Weidner have just been officially married and & wedding breakfast was substituted for the silver wedding. Hcl.ena (Continued From First Page.) severe tremors, which extended into} Washington and Canada. Butte shel- | tered many refugees. At Great Falls the county medical association offered aid and a check| for $1,000 was sent to the Red Cross Miles City notified Helena it was sending $500. Monaghan Seeks Aid. Representative Joseph P. Monaghan | of Butte called upon Aubrey Williams, | depusy national relief administrator, | and officers at Fort Missoula to aid | the stricken city. Armed guards, including 50 helmeted National Guardsmen, State highway | patrol members and police, patrolled historic South Main street, in Last | Chance Gulch, where half-century- old buildings were wrecked. | Among the older structures dam- | aged and declared unsafe were the | City Hall, the T-O-K Garage, the @Gans & Klein Building and the <ld ‘Toole Mansion, once the home of an illustrious State executive. Schools generally suffered. The greatest loss occurred at the | new half-million dollar high school, where the north wing collapsed as | workmen fled. The East Helena School will have to be rebuilt, trustees said Carroll and Intermountain College buildings were damaged and classes | suspended. St. Vincent's Academy | was nearly wrecked. | Except for the Federal Reserve | Branch Bank Building, where a wall | cracked in two places, Government | buildings escaped with little loss, Plaster was jarred loose at the Capitol. | The minaret at the Shrine Temple | Temained upright, atop cracked walls. | ROOSEVELT SENDS AID. Directs Relief and Army Officials to | Confer in Helena. HYDE PARK, N. Y. November 1 (®) —Federal agencies were directed | today by President Roosevelt to ex- tend immediate relief in the Montana | carthquake. Informed at his family home of | the tremors, Mr. Roosevelt directed | the Red Cross, the Army and Federal Relief Administration to send repre- sentatives immediately to Helena to provide aid and report on conditions. The President acted on word re- ceived by telephone from Washington that many families were homeless in & temperature of 6 degrees below zero, and that temporary shelters for vic- tims of recent quakes as well as Fed- eral housing facilities for the home- less were endangered. It was announced by Stephen Early, & secretary, that Mr. Roosevelt has sent requests to Admiral Grayson, chairman of the American Red Cross; Gen. Craig, chief of staff of the Army, and Harry L. Hopkins, relief adminis- trator, to have representatives get to- gether at once in Helena, Earthquake Fails To Disturb Sleeping Dionne -Quintuplets By the Associated Press. CALLANDER, Ontario, Novem- ber 1.—A mere earthquake does not bother the Dionne quintuplets. While the tremor shook the hospital home of the famous five sufficiently to frighten nurses last night, the children slept soundly. Awakened by the first rumble of the quake, the nurses ran to the cots of the babies and remained there until all was quiet. HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Aftermath of New Helena Eart]iquaké D. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1935. FARLEY LETTERS APPEAL FORVOTE Postmaster General Admits Party Using His Name in Campaign. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 1.—Post- master General James A. Farley, Democratic State and national chair- man, said today that letters bearing | his signature had been sent to New York State voters appealing for sup- port of the Democratic party in next Tuesday's elections. The letters, he disclosed, have been sent ,out by the Democratic State Committee, “To be perfectly frank, I haven't any idea as to the number of letters which have been sent out by this committee,” said Farley commenting on a published report that 284,000 letters had been mailed. “It has always been my policy since first elected secretary of the Demo- cratic Committee and afterward as chairman to communicate personally by telephone, telegraph and in many instances by personal correspondence with thousands of interested Demo- crats in the State of New York,” the Postmaster General said. “I have communicated with thou- sands—not only Democrats, but Re- publicans and independents as well— in relation to the election of a Demo- cratic assembly. “I really think the members of our party who are so actively supporting lowing as those which had been al- lotted funds only to that date: G Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, California, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia, LANDON SILENT. Johnson Says Ickes Has No Place for Mental Saddle Sores. TOPEKA, November 1 (#).—Gov. Alf M. Landon said last night he did not care to comment on a statement by Harry L. Hopkins, Works Progress | administrator, that Kansas has “never put up a thin dime for relief.” LAWRENCE, Kans., November 1 (#) —Gen. Hugh 8. Johnson, former N. us are deserving of personal com- munications from the State chair- Ruins after another violent earthquake rocked Helena, Mont., last night, adding two deaths and many injuries to the toll. Photo shows ‘wreckage man.” of the Bryant Grade School, which was demolished. The ruins of another school, the walls of which were shaken down. The Armory, which was badly damaged by the temblor, one of 500 —Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. ‘which occurred in 19 days. Miss Ruth Bitting, 206 H street, the Commercial Nationa] Bank Building. when she noticed last night's local tremar [N Note snow on wreckage. 3 Pet Monkey Tears Man. | had 36 stitches inserted fn his arms | Farley sald the letters were not signed by him personally. He added, however, that in addition to those sent out by the State Committee, he had personally sent out several thousand letters this week, many to Demo- crats in the State. w&Reiief (Continued From First Page.) will be removed from the rolls by December 1, he added. Hopkins also sald the work-relief program already had enough funds available from the Treasury to put 3,500,000 to work. He declined to esti- mate how many already have work- relief jobs. Other work-relief developments yes- terday Hopkins allotted funds to 39 States for continuing the dole during No- | vember, while allotments to three | others, including Kansas, remained | undertermined He gave 20 only | enough to carry them until the No- | vember 15 deadline. Warn Utilities. Ickes and Hopkins joined in warn- ing power companies that they cannot | force cancellation of P. W. A. munici- pal power projects by tying them up in the courts until after the December 15 deadline. | Ickes released $1,800.00 to the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board for sewerage and drainage projects. | but said there had been “no chan:r"‘ | in his order halting all projects and | [bamng further applications pending repeal of laws dictated by the late | Senator Huey P. Long The W. P. A. said that a study of Georgia umemployables (for whom Federal aid was discontinued several months ago) had shown they had a “tough break,” but that he had re-| fused additional funds nonetheless, | Without stating definitely which | Alfred Howes is recovering in a and left leg after being mauled by his | iates were to be cut off the dole Hackney, England, hospital, where he | pet monkey. 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