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....... - ' . ""... Tho OREGON STATESMAN, galea, Oregon. Saturday Morning. March 11, H33 PAGE TWO LOrJG BEACH IS f3Melliiip tK Thousands Injured; Series pf Violent Upheavals. Spreads Terror (OontUHMd from pti 1) tkl hour this report with the in dividual reports from the com ma titles that came before, for It til learned that some of the bod ies from towns prevlonsly report- Uf were moved to nndertsunc establishments at other nearby eeauannlUee. At the receiving hospital. It was estimated at 10:30 p. m., that 1000.; persons had been treated daring the D t hour and that the lalared entered at the rate of 70 o aa boar steadily, to a total at that time el more than 3000. Of these about 200 had been hart Jumping from windows, 100 struck by falling book .cases and other furniture, 300 hurt by fall ing chimneys and 100 by explo sions i and fires. The remainder wero Injured in various ways. First aid to an unascertained amount was given la various parts of the city by 600 volun teer surgeons and nurses. At Compton, midway between Long.; Beach and Lor Angeles, more than 50 automobiles were buried beaeath debris and falling walls of the downtown area. Prac ticallv every building within i three block area was demolished. including the Masonic temple, the Secnritv First National bank building and a score of commer cial bouses. 'Eight operating surgeons of the un were sent bv the U. s fleet to Long Beach. , LONG BEACH. Cal., March 10. (AP) The business district of Long Beach was in wreckage to night, and 13 were known dead in the Los Angeles beach area, after the most destructive south ern California earthquake in many years. Business buildings are in ruins from Cedar and Anaheim streets for three. jfcxrrs south. All buildings lost their fronts between Fourth and Sixth streets (Continued from Page 1) persona killed here by tonight's earthquake were in various undertaking establishments. The tremors fired a number of public and private buildings. . The auditorium of the Huntington Park high school was aflame, as were several industrial structures nearby. Walls of many structures were damaged and bricks strewed the sidewalks. Hundreds of windows were-broken. Said Governor Meier Sends Wire To Los Angeles Mayor; President Active (Continued Cron pass 1) tonight that be was answering as urgent eaU from Long Beach to WILMINGTON, Calif, March 10 (AP) A report that the fashionable Pacific Coast club building in Long Beach. I MBi BB .Bd Mniint t aid is the Stillman hotel and one other large building were seriously I the search of runis and rescue damaged at Long Beach was received here tonight. Inform ants said they "understood" a number of persons were killed. ! work, rive pieces of tiro apparat us and SO men were rushed to the beach city. SACRAMENTO. March 19. (AP) Governor Rolph prepar- . VENTURA, Calif., March 10 (AP) Buildings were cracked late today in a severe earthquake here. An unveri fied report said water mains, fourteen miles from here atl4" to leTe Sacramento for Los Somis, had been broken. - JLiJ1 uaswv igna4 vyci avivua ana vna v rtl'n n V.tHrtrn triu Web nw JtUVUKMDU, uaiil- Marca 10 (AJr) The most severe I pecti to drive aU night and ar- earthquake in more than ten years was felt here tonight. rtT a" tomorrow morning, Communication was established with San Jacinto and He-1 , rT"T, v . met, two towns to the south that were nearly wiped out a (ap) Governor Rolph tonight decade ago. They reported a severe earthquake, but no vis- ordered A. A. Brock, director of ible damage. I the state department of agricvl- rare, 10 move men ana laciuuee SAN PEDRO, Calif., March I0-(AP)-One nerson was In arnt rlut: Killed, one perhaps lataiiy injured and several reported in- to assist in getting food supplies jured in the earthquake which early tonight caved in some 10 tne district. - tvwi.ywi uuiiuwiiia muse. gN FRANCISCO. Uuek 10. r fart ot the faios Verde hills four miles south of Redon- rap do beach were reported to have slid down. A large cloud of San Francisco, sent the following dust from that vicinitv was seen. telegram to Mayor John O. Porter V I -M . , A J . was killed here by bricks from a building top. An unidentl. earthquake. Hope the reports are ilea man was in a hospital perhaps mortallv wounded. exaggerated. San Francisco offers At nearov Wi minortnn mntm-iof iimMMKft.il whbibujuibq rn.ua nnoiviaea -- a "t wm vv4iutti tuiiububiaicu. naa i . - fatally hurtin an accident in excitement foUowing the quake, rfunacomnnltib.'ad- x wo siuis oi ine union ou reiinery in the harbor district rise me how we can be of assist were reported ablaze. j EAirmgUAKE CASUALTY LIST j LOS ANGELES. March U (AP) A Ust ot identified dead la tonigbt's earthanako follows: Flon WeedoB, Montebello, kd ei tm collapse of market baUdlix la Long Beach. , B Tobtas, killed oa Cast Fire stoao boulevard. Lot Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. Jack KHIsosw knisd by-falling debris la 8aaU Ana business district. Earl Adamsoa, trapped la tail ing Santa Ana bunding. WfUlana P. Marshall, iajcred at Compton, died 1b Los Angeles general hospitaL - Mrs. Moore, ft, killed br hock at her Hermosa Beach home. Antonio Dacharme, mechanle, electrocuted by wires la collaps ing building, at Slausen and Cen tral streets, Los Angeles. J. W. Marray, fireman from U. S. g. Marblehead, killed by falling bricks at San Pedro, Mrs. Irene Campbell. kUled at Beilflower. Mrs. Frank Ball, killed at Bell- flower. Richard Wade of Compton and bis Infant son, killed in the col lapse of the Stockwell building at Compton Bale Jane Boyer. S, killed In an explosion in her Los Angeles home. George Stone, Artesia. A Mr. Green, Artesia. Mrs. LneDa Alcurm, 73. Los Angeles, struck and kUled by an automobile when she ran from her home in the first earthquake, Edna Greentnayer, Huntington anee.' Puk. kfflei br falling debris. Datu Maitj aa v nuanw . kfllad hv fallinar bricks. urmim cl van neve. as. e4 la Hnntlngtoa Park inslaoM Mrs. Balph Bwenaonv Hnnting imrv vnied in eoUapse ot a e4A iPAflaL BT. Lobes, IT, Huntington Park, killed by taiua oneas. V. CL Bryner. Lona Beaek. k Thomas Many. Ln5.B6afV. Belem Lererlch. S. Beach. . ' v m m Tnr Beach. Dorothy Xaln, 18, Long Beach. J. A. Bocera, irons; wa. Mrs. Ancnst Lenta, Long Beach. A. B. Sommers, Long; Beach. top wwrniaa. Long Beach. rwiriit Cornish. IS, Long Beach. - . A Mr. White, Long Beach. -Mrs. T. G. Derry, Long Beach. rrriMi Roberts. Long Beach. Mrs. J. W. Mitchell, 18, Long Beach. . riavton Stevens, Long Beach Jack Brodie, assistant manager r the Ttnuerial theatre, Long Beach. x nr TtnvVf. Lons: Beach A Mr. Win Hoyt, Long Beach. Mrs. George Eller, Long Beacn. Albert Olsesu Huntington Park Ted Davis, 44, Long Beach mo torcycle officer. Alice G. Anthony, Huntington Park. TimaM Rlaasosu Lone Beaeh. Dr. A. M. Firkins, denUst, Compton. 'Harold Glenn, Compton. WILUtMETTE WINS sue CONTEST SANTA ANA, Calif., March 10 (AP) Three known dead were identified tonight as earthquake victims. They were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ellison of 2501 Ivy street Oakland ana jan Aaamson oi Santa Ana. The Polytechnic high school was practically demolished. The Oakland couple were killed bv falling bricks leaving the cafeteria of the Rossmore hotel in the heart of the business district. Adamson was struck by flying bricks as he ran from a aownrown store by the first shock. ROOSEVELT HOPEFUL OIS nuTinriK (Continued from the pace 1) late today at the White House, The nroelamatlon rivtnr The court house and citv hall wpw nr inlW wrol ! president absolute command over Many other buildinira nnfUreA Th v.n a i the moneUry situation still stands on Orange. ha VrttlM r ' fVcwtvia ttUU and he Is going to permit no with- The Farmers and Merchants 7 .7, , , oulltu' court uouse annex bank at First and Linden streets, cavea in witn neavy aamage. was a heap of ruins. Ihe Carnegie library was nartiallv wrecked William J. Guy and Thomas - a a i aiaioney or ixs Angeies, wno AVATATM niT: ti j . . watched structures fall around fu, marcn XV Ar; KeporU drawals ot gold or gold certifi cates from the institutions. The ban on gold exports and domestic hoarding is still In effect. Drastic Reorganization Of Banks Determined Operations under the proelama- lfim rnnorte1 thev saw at least lna & tidal Wave had struck this vacation isla wrA fon1 two persons killed outright and a tonight by the police deDartment. An offirpr aaiA V,-A liol Uon will be carried on bv execu dozen Injured. been no si on of a wavp Uaj)aMAt... i n i I tive orders and ft la Iikelv Mr. Other eye witnesses told of see- ghock was f el t here and Tr dtnrl "rtf.! Roosevelt will keep his firm grip log many persons dead in the neT jBd lesser nrbancea succeeded but on the natonal gold supply and streets, and report, of wrecked none of them caused damage. the banks unUl congress putl houses came from an quarters or .. theclty. CALEXICO, Calif., March 10 (AP) The earthauakA reorganisation legislation The large telephone company which shoolc fmntWn "H6 1 drafting. building was almost completely m . . ',1 i, "1 ir V wa mi mruugnow imper- Mr. Roosevelt fat anxious to pre- rums. one side fell completely in- W valley from Volcano Lake, Mexico, to Westmorland, vent conwrn bv dcitor. it cmpiores ruuea iwr i vain, uut uu tiamaire was reDOTXea. to the street. Employes safety, but It was not known whether any were trapped. Six hundred twenty-five armed men from the battleships West Virginia, Arizona, Tennessee, Ok lahoma and Texas landed here to night with medical equipment to aid Long Beach police in caring for Injured and guarding prop erty. ifflim SENTENCED TO DEATH BY CHAIR ' I5NO BEACH, Calif.. March 1 (AP) With more than 30 Known dead and 35 others report ed dead but unchecked and ap proximately a thousand injured, some of them critically, police, aided by naval forces and the American Legion tonight search ed debris for missing persons as they continued to rock spasmod- M.iri. .n.k. tttjitt ivau livui a iciiiuii wmv" started at 6:54 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Hospitals were filled to over flowing, with the less secure of them abandoned in favor of lawns as doctors worked with the many injured. It was impossible to make an early estimate of the property damage but many felt It would run far into the tens of millions. SALEM PLACES S, SI I -1 I MIAMI. Fla.. March 10 (API Boastfully shouting his uncon cern and defrins the rnnrt Giuseppe Zangara, the assassin who tried to kill President Roose velt, was sentenced today to die m the electric chair for the mur fler of Mayor Anton J. Cermak ot Chicago. 'You is crook man, too," Zan Kara screamed at Circuit Judge Uly O. Thompson after sentence was pronounced. "I no afraid, You one of the capitalists. Put me in electric chair." Zangara asserted he wanted to kill "all presidents and kings because he had a feud with, cap italists and because his. stomach hurt him. His murderous desire was to make Mr. Roosevelt suf fer "fifty-fifty." Under Florida law, Zangara must be- taken to Raiford, the state prison farm, to pay the penalty for his act in Bay Front Park February 15. Governor Sholtz must fix the banks that are not opened imme diately for full activity. He ex plained It will require several h day. la some instance, to deter- the itau 7.n 7. .in mine the soundness and solvency 'St6 lilrlm"m. all banks. Only the sonnd banks aay ana hour. After Zan. gara is taken to Raiford, ho must stay u ine death house five days Salem Residents Fearful for Kin In Quake Region Many residents of Salem and vicinity have relatives living In Loa Angeles, Long Beach and the more than 100 other com munities struck by Friday night's earthquake. Dozens of these per sons telephoned The Statesman for information, others called at the office and scanned wire re ports to determine what the pros pects were that any of their rela tives were killed or Injured. So far as could be learned, none of the known dead reported by The Associated Press were relatives or friends of Salem people, though there was no op portunity to make a checkup Fri day night. will be permitted to continue. HOPE HELD FOB Ei OF BANKS IIIIS For the third consecutive yesr, Willamette university's entrant woa first prise In the extempore speaking contest conducted by the Intercollegiate Forensle as sociation of Oregon, for which Willamette was host last night. Ralph McCullough, senior, was adjudged first and entitled to the $20 prize for his speech on "The Third Degree." based on the gen eral theme, "American Constitu tional Liberties." Second place, with $10 prize, went to Robert Frerichs ot Lin field college, and honorable men tion, to George Fletcher of Ore gon State college. Three firsts and one second have been earned in state extem pore contests by WiUamette stu dents in the four years that Pro fessor Herbert E. Rahe baa head ed the speech department. Last year Raymond Lafky won first, the year before, John Rudin, and in ltSt Charles Campbell took second. Earlier this year, a Wil lamette student placed first in the state after dinner speaking contest. Two more Important contests face Willamette students, the Pacific Forensic league's extem pore eontest at Eugene March XI. in -which McCullough will compete, and the Old Line ora torical contest. in banks where they always had kept It, Commercial activity was still mueh handicapped by the banking restrictions, but some localities re ported substantial pickup in re tail trade. Enactment of President Roosevelt's emergency bank mea sure appeared to have- restored confidence. PIC G01E1JI : IDS OELES AREA leiUHL AID PLAN BEINC DRAWN STOCK MART MAT (CentlntMd from pat 1) 150 Pound Class Iron Mocassin, Chedtawa, beat Goldsmith, CorvalUs; Vlohr, Ben son, beat Reed, Salem; P. Sum merset, Franklin, beat .Nash. San dy; Anderson, Ssndy, beat Jo seph. Corrallis; C. Pepion, Che- ma wa, beat F. Simmoias, Frank lin: Carr, Benson, beat Fisher, Salem: Iron Mocassin, Chemawa, beat Mohr, Benson; Carr. Benson, beat C Pepion, Chemawa. 103 Pound Class Gray. Franklin, bent Floyd. Corrallis: Burns. Salem, beat Fe- derici, Commerce; Halt, Sandv. beat Allen. Benson; J. Summer set, Franklin, beat Davis, Benson; Demmlst, Chemawa. beat Elliott, Corrallis; Burns. Salem, beat Gray, Franklin; Demmiit, Chema wa, beat D. Cannon. Salem. 17ft Pound Clara ' -Patapoff, Corrallis. beat Bal stger, Benson; Gills, Benson, beat Cousins, : Sandy;. England, Salem, beat Mitchell, Corrallis. Heavyweight Class Davis,! Benson, beat Smith, Cor- vallis; Flint, CorvaMls, beat Whelps, Bandy. Clerks, Deputies Get Checks Cashed --Home-going clerks and depu- ties of the legislature wero de lighted yesterday by being able to cash J their payroll checks at the auto treasurer's office. Port -land banks had released $1 MO la cash at Mr. HolaaaM request : and this raoaey was ' handed oat -'yesterday ta permit the recipients to start I xor taeir. nomes. LAST DAY "STATE FAIR" Of. Today Only Of UDQ. Matinee Night OuC TOMORROW Zano Groy's t5eorgo From the itmy Cui)foa Walk "tyZaneGtey efS5 9k BI10llIi!l Betsy) Ross Frank tCinff Atkinson "Jr fins."? --:,T., M (Continued from pan t) As soon as banking Is restored, it is expected that business which has been at slow bell tor 10 days will go forward with a surge. Stiffening of commodity prices indicates that there is a belief that the country Is oa the way to recover from Its slump. Some local report is made of money being returned to banks by those who had withdrawn it for hoarding when the panic was on. Some business houses also re port receipt of some gold coins in current business. 0LLYVJ00P 1 r Last Times Of 13C Today ZdC Tin 7 Mickey After 7 Moose Matinee 1:30 P. M. Attention! Mickey Mouse DOUBLE FEATURE at Mickey Monae Matlaee A New Thrill With BORIS KARLOFF Lewis Stone, Karen Morley, Charles Starrett, Jean Her sholt and Myrna Ley BOB STEELE in Texas Buddies9 Also Comedy, Newi & Ser lal Hnrricane Express Attend our o'clock show to nlte and remain for oar 11: IS P. M.. Mldnlto Matlneo Free COMING SUXDAY S DATS jcr r - If - aWa OAS SO JU CARYWCI JoanCSAWFOD WallacetSCSr OPEN NEXT WEEK NEW YORK, March 10. (AP) Spirits were bouyed in financial centers of the nation today by the prospect of resumption of normal banking activity in many locallt ies Monday. The big Wall Street banks were ready to resume normal business tomorrow, and awaited permis sion ot Treasury Secretary Wood in, while stock exchange quarters looked for resumption of business next week. Oold and currency were return ed to the banks la large volume as gold hoarders turned penitent. and holders of currency again con cluded the logical place for It was opposition. WASHINGTON. March It (AP) Fifty farm leaders In search ot a relief plan determined tonight to try again tomorrow de spite first failure to agree. Gathered at the call of Secre tary Wallace of the agriculture department, the leaders ot farm organizations were unanimous on one point: "That the agricultural emer gency calls tor prompt and drastic action." After a long day's session they wero substantially in accord on some fundamentals of farm re lief, but they postponed a decision on how to obtain help in time to affect the crops of this year. It was their purpose to remain In conference - until the task was done. BUDGET CUT SURE. LEADERS BELIEVE WASHINGTON, March IS (AP) Democratic leaders to night wrote and rewrote legtsla tloa to meet President Roose velt's request for unprecedented authority to make big redactions in veterans' compensation and other governmental costs, confl ueni, aespite expressions ot op position, that congress will ap prove. The second message from Mr. Roosevelt in as many days this one urging a balanced budget as "the first concern" of the na tion, was listened to attentively in both branches. There was an immediate chorus of approval. which set the defenders of vet erans' payments to drumming up Continued from page 1) homeward bound cltlxens in the downtown area. White-faced, they raahed hero and there seeking safety. Ranorts of tbo destruction Mnrht bv the first auako were just beginning to coma in when a second one siruca, at ; fnr miantaa later. Thar was a third, and the fourth shock was only two min utes behind that. At :is P- m. k firth auake anooK tao area. Then there was a pause nnui l:zt. The seventh shock came while reports of the dead, dying anil fn 1 nred were beginning to stream in. The walls ot the old chamoer of commerce building fell la Los Angeles and many injured wero reported taken from the ruins, a part or the old police station tell into the street. A fire in down town Los Anxeles was noon quenched, the water mains having held. A building collapsed at Central and Slausen streets in the southwest section ot the city. Several were injured. Racing through the lower floors of the city hall, a woman who gave her name as Mrs. Vir ginia Welborn hysterically In formed police that she had just killed a man In front ot the build ing as her automobile ran out of control as a result of the quake. The body was removed to a hos pital by a passing motorist. Five hundred physicians and surgeons, 51 ambulances, scores of private vehicles and practically all the registered nurses in the city were working at various hos pitals and hastily organised em ergency centers. The Carnegie institution's seis mological laboratory at Pasadena characterised the quake as one of the severest recorded there 'in a long time." The center of quake was given as about 60 miles ' from pasadena, the direc tion as yet undetermined. A ser ies ot "after shocks" were being recorded within halt an hour of the original tremor. The city hall, which towers 428 feet, was badly rocked -and dam ages, which may amount to thousands of dollars came in cracked walls and falling plaster In virtually every room of the gigantic structure. The shocks were heavy in Cul ver City, but there was little ac tual damage. A small fire start ed by the temblor was extinguish ed almost Immediately. One man was reported injured at Venice. At Pasadena a heavy shock swayed tall palms like great pen dulums. Dr. Albert Einstein, Ger man physicist, was just leaving a seminar at the California Insti tute of Technology when the tre mor came. He ran out of the building. Students fled outside almost upon his heels. No dam- ago was Immediately apparent. Homes of motion . picture stars in the Malibu Beach colony were damaged but slightly, telephonic reports said. The chimney ot the residence of Walter Morosco was swept to the ground by the quake Hundreds of Japanese men. women and children fled Termin al Island, between San Pedro and Long Beach, tearing a tidal wave, Carrying a smattering of house hold goods and blankets they made their way to the mainland and slept In the foothills. Kauroaos reported their pas senger trains operating generally on schedule. Inspectors rode ahead of the trains on gasoline cars on the Southern Pacific to examine tracks and tunnels. The Call Board By OLIVE M. DOAK a GRAND Today Will Rogers and Ja- aet Gaynor la "State Fair.! " " - e WARNER BROS. CAPITOL Today Joan Blondell la Blondle Johnson." e -- ...i WARNER BROS. KLSDiORK Today Barbara Stanwyck in 'The Bitter Tea ot General Ten" THE HOLLYWOOD Today "Mask of Dr. Maachu". Fi Mickey Mouse NOTES I only wish that I was one of those guys that was hoarding the gold. I'm not particular. M.M.C. In fact. I don't even know what gold looks Ilka. M.M.C. Last week "Boots", Marlon. George, Elmer and I went to a Eugene club and put on a show, and when it was over there were hundreds of people watting at the stage door for us, yes, sir daring ua to come out. And when we did they picked us ap on their shoul ders and earrled us to the city limits. They told "Boots" to tak his piano, go down to the river, throw it in, and hang on to it. M.M.C. Just the same if the squirrels go hungry during tnese nam times they dont have to worry as long as "Boots" is around. M.M.C. It is now known that certain. seeds and plants refuse to develop until they have been subjected t approximately a freezing temper ature; this is apparently a solu tion of puxiling idlosycracies in some rose bushes. M.M.C. Yes. M.M.C. What a hand be got Chuck Bier he'll be on again today. Art Stubberfield, Curt Williams. Alra Rafferty, Leone Goff, Nona Wood- ry, and Eugene Sewell did their stuffs also. But when "Boots", Uncle Andy, Jimmle, Draper, and George start ed their funny stuff that's the time, the house nearly fell from laughter. They'll all be on again this afternoon. M.M.C. The special picture today is Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., in "It's Tough to bo Famous". And the last chapter of "Van ishing Frontier". M.M.C. So Long, ZOLLIE 85 Farmers File Loan Application Obtaining a few more seed loan blanks yesterday, the approval committee at the chamber of commerce received aoDllcationa from 25 more farmers, bringing the total to Si. The committee was planning to go ahead today in the nope more blanks would be received. STATE BUS TO FOLLOW Ml (Continue trots page 11 yesterday for more Information on reopening plans. Opposition was expressed to any plan which would permit one bank or any group of banks to open before other institutions could be approv ed, tor opening, through lack ot time to ' Inspect assets. Bankers declared that reopening should take place at one date the soon er the better but only after all banks had been measured by the agreed - upon "yardstick" and found to be sound, or sufficiently weakened not to permit unre stricted reopening. The Greek government will plow land for farmers at a fixed price per acre, having about 50 tractors ready for assignments. IT 73 1 enasaaBsannuBBasnnBasBBB TODAY nd SATURDAY 2 EDO IfEATOID EiT PAT O'BRIEN MERNA KENNEDY GLORIA STUART TOM BROWN la JIM TOLLY'S sensational novel. It lays bare the true story of tltt chain sans ... a hunted man whose son wan seared by a siren's kiss I it i . i him fri AND A street of beauty and Contlnnona Sat. - Sanday a Tin it p. m. Any 25c "Mickey Mouse Club, 1 p.m. 10c EXTRA FEATURE DOUG. FAIRBANKS, JR., In "I? Tough to be Famous" Bring Yow Totes for the Baby Auburn Car Last A mn of the East ... A woman of the West -Day Dare 8aar thek desire? See r :y AJ FresldenUal Inauguration NILS ASTER rrx v- - X surliness ... ol wealth I r . and poverty ... of vlr- ' ' V XiZS GOAXIOJSS V U-,A.::, OTASJ3ICKF0RI M SUNDAY MONDAY TUEsnAV BeaKtfal Victiras of tie Strane$t Mystery i THE nrv MYSTERy OF THE . V V V 1 f I AH In Gorteows Technicolor w - : .'-' j U '.Wit ' ; Lionel Atwia - Fay Wray Glenda FarteH 1 Frank McHngh