Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1936, Page 4

EIGHT ATOP HOUSE INFLOOD RESCUED Colorado River Reaches 72- Foot Stage, 2 Miles Wide at One Point. By the Associated Press. COLEMAN, Tex., September 19.— Fight members of a family marooned atop their farm home by the treach- erous flood waters of the Colorado River were rescued late today after fears were expressed they had drowned. Ross White, his wife and six chil- dren were rescued by boatmen after clinging precariously to the roof of the house. ‘The river, slashing through the State on the worst flood in its history, took the lives of two men attempting to save their livestock. The victims ‘were Gaynor McBee, 60, a ranch hand, | and Ganum Maxcey, 60, & farmer. | Two miles wide at Indian Creek in Brown County, the flood waters washed away homes, farm buildings and in- undated fertile farm land. The flood | stage climbed to 72 feet, 14 feet higher | than ever before recorded. Thousands of Acres Covered. | Hundreds of farm families in the inundated river bottoms fled tHeir | homes and only the rescue work of | boatmen saved some from death in the muddy current, which spread over thousands of acres. After spending the night on top of & barn and in trees, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Mauldin and their three sons, Robert, ‘Thad and J. B., were rescued today by a party in a motor boat. The boat- men also carried to safety Rev. J. A. McDowell, Church of Christ minister, Texas. Town Under Water Raging waters of the Concho River yesterday inundated every part of San Angelo, Texr., washing away 300 homes and damaging 500 others. under water and, in the distance, a railroad bridge is almost covered. “ THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO Part of t he residence district is shown —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Hurricane (Continued From First Page.) stranded in a windmill tower on the | Mauldin farm near Winchell com- | munity. Chester Bouldin, trapped on top of his isolated home in the vicinity of Stacy, reached safety in a boat. A plea for aid came from two ma- rooned families in the Indian Creek section of Brown County. set out from Brownwood to help them. 16 to 20 Inches of Rain, Upstream the Concho River, which | and shipping water on that side, csused millions of dollars damage to | Bertrand said. “W , dumped flood waters into | Side to the sea. rres bl Virtually the entire | West by south and the wind was from the Colorado. Brooklyn seaman described this “the | | worst storm I ever saw.” of Foxwell, Va.; L. J. Conklin, second | engineer, | Williams, no address. Boatmen | IN.c. The dead: Capt. George, skipper, | Kilmarnock, Va.; Robert Missing: Vernon Fauntleroy, Netts- Cyril Leemas, Wilmington, . C.; James Smith and Robert Jones. “The Long Island was listing to port e had run broad- We were steering of matching the record high of the August, 1933, storm. Most severe damage was inflicted at Chesapeake Beach, where the Ca- sino was destroyed. Norfolk held to its original esti- | mate of $20,000 as the damage to | city-owned property and total losses | at Cape Henry were not expected to | exceed $10,000. ‘The concrete seawall at Virginia | Beach was damaked at one point but | cottages and hotels escaped with com- paratively minor losses. Meanwhile coastwise shipping re- }tumed to schedule and Coast Guard | planes scouting the ocean front re- | !Pflmd that property loss generally | | was light. THREE SHIPS UNREPORTED. at his home in Tenafly, “it is the fault of the Legislature and other officials. We have warned them repeatedly.” Neptune has been taking shots at the 160-foot tower for 40 years, and for 10 of them it has come close to its goal. The Federal Government washed its hands of the structure, having placed a lightship off the shore, but sentiment for the famous tower was too great to permit its abandonment. The Board of Commerce and Navi- gation took it over. Jetties have been built; a bulkhead ' | has been bullt of derelict automobiles | and kegs; prayers have gone up from the old salts, who still steer by its flash, spurning the new-fangled ship to the east, until in 1933 the unre- Smaller Powers Hold Out for tions and big powers were aligned against each other tonight over the 11 the Leagile flaunted an Ethioplan Recognition Despite Duce Threats. By the Assoclated Press. GENEVA, September 19.—Little na- delicate question of whether ta2 Ethiopjan delegation to the League of Nations should be barred to placaie Italy’s Premier Mussolini. At the League Council meeting to- day, preparstory to convocation of tte annual asgembly Monday, it was tentatively decided that the lesser of two evils ‘would be to ban Ethiopla, authoritative informants sald. Thus, diplomats of the lagger powers said, powerful Italian co-operation in peace efforts could be obtained, while delegation “before Italy, it was felt the. breach with Mussolini might be wideried. + - Fear Precedent. Against. this view, the representa- tives of the smaller powers were re- ported alarmed lest a precedent be established which they felt might presage League domination of smaller nations to please the major powers. Should the League refuse to seat the Ethiopians, the smaller nations Tepresentatives said, the move would be tantamount to League recognition | of the Italian annexation of Ethiopia— | still officially a League member. What, then, they asked, would smaller nations have left as a guar- | antee that the same thing some day might not happen to them? Italy has declared she will not send a single delegate to Geneva unless assured the Ethioplans will not be ' present. | A diplomatic move to straddle this demand and still maintain a semblance | of Ethiopian recognition has been | suggested—suspending Ethiopia be-, cause she no longer is a “self-govern- | ing state.” | This procedure also has been op- posed strongly by the smaller nations. | Turkey Appeased. The Countil met in a special hall| of the new League palace today to D. C. SEPTEMBER Qb, 1936—PART ONE. LEAGUE TODECIDE |VOTERS REGISTER ONETHIOPIA 300N TO CHECK FRAUDS| Answers to Be Written Permanent Records Adopt- ed by Chicago to End Irregularities. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 19.—Thou- sands of citizens went to the polls to- day in a mass scale move to eliminate election frauds through permanent Tegistration. They turned out at 3,784 precincts in the city and nine suburbs under the jurisdiction of the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. Commission Chairman Alexander McKay expected almost 1,000,000 names would have been recorded when the polling places closed at 9 p.m., Eastern standard time. Law Enacted in June. Permanent registration was provided for Chicago, the nine suburbs and nine downstate cities where balloting is governed by election boards in a law enacted by the State Legislature last June. Under it, a citizen appears before & clerk, who records information con- cerning his age, address and his place of residence in previous elections on two cards. The citizen signs both of them. One is filed by the commis- sion. The other is placed in his pre- cinct file. On future election days the citizen will go to his home precinct and sign an application for a ballot. His signature will be compared to the one on the permanent registration card to safeguard against fraudulent voting by “ringers.” Sees Irregularities Cut. Frank J. Loesch, head of the Chi- | i cago Crime Commission, who served | as special prosecutor for a grand jury | which investigated vote frauds in | 1928, predicted irregularities would be | cut 90 per cent by the new system, | The board announced 134,045 per- ! [i sons had registered at the City Hall | since August 4. The electorate may continue to register there until Octo- ber 6, when the second and last op- | portunity for home precinct registra- | tion will be provided. McKay figured total registration for | the November 3 election in the terri- | What Sin Worst? Church to Offer After Sermon by Illinois Pastor. By the Associated Press. LITCHFIELD, Il September 19.—A Christian Church pastor and_his con- gregation will try to determine Oc- tober 11 the world's worst sin, Rev. L. A. Crown, middle-aged min- ister of the Union Avenue Christian Church, will preach on “What Is the Most Horrible of Sins?” After the sermon church members and visitors will be asked to write on'a slip of paper their conception of the worst sin. These slips will be collected and a prize will be awarded later to the person whose suggestion is nearest correct in the opinion of a board of see The Smart Contestants Prize GUFFEY ASKS COAL LAW Says Industry Hard Hit by N.R.A, Invalidation. CRESSONA, Pa., September 19 (@) —Senator Guffey, Democrat, of Pennsylvania said tonight that the coal industry “began to return to an- archy and chaos” almost overnight after the invalidation of N. R. A.-by the Supreme Court. o Contending the coal industry can be regulated only by Federal authority, he added in a speec: here: > “I will never rest content until there stands upon the statute books of the | United States a regulatory law which will restore peace and prosperity to that industry.” Former worked in seclusion today on an sd- dress he planned to deliver in New Hoover Writing Address. (P).— Hoover CHICAGO, September President 19 Herbert York next Wednesday before the New York Herald Tribune forum. Law- rence Richey, a secretary, said the former President expected to stay in Chicago until “Monday or Tuesday.” NEW PIANO DESIGNS THE latest creations of the best makes are now on display in our store— spinet grands, consoles, mignonettes and vertical grands in all the popular designs—priced more rea- sonable than ever before. Remember . ..at Kitt’s you can choose from TEN famous makes and over 70 styles. 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Thousands of acres of cotton and corn land were under wa- ter, communications to dozens of little | and then, in a half hour, the boat had gone down, the water had washed in, | and even washed out the fires. “The last I saw of Capt. Romey George he had gone forward by the galley. At that time I didn’t think BOSTON, September 19 (#).—A full gale scurried seaward today, |leaving New England’s water front dotted with damaged craft and her mariners concerned over three unre- Yesterday's storm, with gusts reach- ing hurricane force, all but completed | | the conquest. Two hundred feet of | | sand built up in front of the llxm-l | house was eaten away and the water | splashed within 6 feet of the foun- | The Council met FPriday in the| Austrian room in which was hung | a huge gobelin tapestry depicting an | Austrian victory over Turkey during| the era of Charlamagne. Rustu Aras, Turkish foreign minis- EDEN TO MEET BLUM Will Discuss European Peace | Problems at Paris Today. 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We |On the fishing banks off Nova Scotia. | NORTH BERGEN, N. J., September were about 40 feet away, but the life | Falling trees carried power lines | 19-—A rope broke tonight and a flying ‘Rehabilitation of the debris-strewn ver drifted toward us and we With them, blocking main highways. | €04 of it hit.a group of bystanders so city was begun by W. P. A. laborers | Prescryer, drivec 1OPRre 1S SNC B% | Minor washouts were reported oy | hard that ode was killed and two ::d "f:':made:;]"d:{ Im;n T:"L:i f;;bfify’i',g d:.,,‘:“. iop‘:p].:dgre. 'rh:; | rail lines near the coast. There had | Critieally injured. aihea y;“!.u n,,,;m, %.m;md,m."d gave us warm food and a change of 'been no fatalities recorded, however, | The rope had been stretched_across and public services hampered. clothes, and most of the men lay | when the gale swept out to sea .z‘V'Vmo' avenue to protect a crowd The $50,000 railroad bridge on the | 40Wn and tried to get some rest.” noon. é‘hich had gathered to watch a bal- Frisco line at Winchell washed away IR GINIA DAMAGE, LICHT The gale reached a velocity of 75 loon ascension. A truck ran into it early today. The river was up 62 VIRGINIA . miles an hour at Provincetown, on | 8nd snapped it. feet there—the highest stage ever re- the tip of Cape Cod. Mountainous Dolores Shaw, 19 months old, died corded. A nearby highway bridge | seas bgttered at Cape Cod resorts and | an hour later from a skull fracture. was still standing, although waves | high tides crept up to the edge of | Her father, Henry Shaw, 25, of 24 lapped its flooring. seaside cottages. Andrew place, suffered spinal injuries A gradual fall in the river at Win- Provincetown officials termed the | 8nd & possible fracture of the pelvis, ehell since morning indicated the crest storm “one of the worst in years” and Margaret Carroll, 6, of 784 Van Wag- was past that point. estimated damage at $50.000. | ener place, possibly suffered a frac- Rockwood, in Coleman County, 20 The Merchants’ & Miners' steam- | tured skull. miles west of Winchell, reported the ship Berkshire, with 131 children| Police held the driver of the truck river slowly falling. aboard, rode out the stor moff Wings| On & manslaughter charge. Neck, at the western entrance to the Cape Cod Canal. Her captain radioed yourself from shortly after noon he was proceeding to Philadelphia. The children were | returning to the Bancroft Training | FOOT AGONY there's comfort Be Its Last. .} In the fomous BARNEGAT CITY, N. J., Septem- | School, Philadelphia, from Maine | ber 19 (P)—Historic Barnegat Light- | C.-tfleverg ) dation. B —1 ROPE GUARDING CROWD BREAKS, KILLING CHILD | Father of Girl, 19 Months 0ld, Suffers Spinal Injuries. Truck Driver Held. ported vessels. The safety of a small Norwegian | tramp steamer, the Nidareid, was the chief concern of Portland, Me., wa- ter-front men. Mariners said the | craft was nine days out of Turks Is- |land, British West Indies, Portland | bound, and estimated she was in the | hurricane area last night. 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