Hound the Valley
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cast of special Interest to
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Amateur Radio
Operator Gets
Location Word
Catapults Send Aircraft
out Over Pacific but
Nothing Is Found
Definite Knowledge May
Be Delayed Till Next
Monday, Statement'
GREAT PAULS, Mont., July 7
P)-Ray Havens, Conrad, Mont.,
creamery worker, reported to the
Tribune tonight he picked up
radio messages, .believed authen
tic, locating Atnella Earhart's
plane at 173 west longitude and
5 south latitude.
About 10:40 p. m. (MST)
Havens said he heard a man's
voice give the position and say:
-All's well."
ABOARD U. S. S. COLORADO.
July 1-(JP)-Ttiree Planes cata
pulted from the battleship Colo-
search for Amelia Earhart's
round-the-world plane ' tonight
but returned after two hours to
report no trace sighted of the
missing flier and her navigator,
Fred Noonan.
The Colorado, cruising off
Howland island, tiny atoll that
was . the goal of the Earhart
plane after It took off from Lae,
New Guinea, catapulted Its
planes at 6:05 p. m. PST. The
planes returned at 8:25 p. m.
f HONOLULU, July 7-;P)-Three
catapult planes awaited the Blg
nal today to hop from the decks
of the battleship Colorado and
begin the aerial search for Amelia
Earhart In the reef-strewn Pa
cific east of Howland Island.
Despite lessening of the mys
terious radio signals which fanned
the sparks of hope until yester
day, Miss Earhart's husband,
George Palmer" Putnam, and oth
ers clung to the belief the avla
trix landed on some island or
coral formation near Howland
last Friday.
Coast guard listeners again re
ported hearing the strange "car
Tier wave" signals which began
coming In on the Earhart plane's
wavelength Saturday and contin
ued nightly. They said the sig
nals today were weak.
Putnam termed "fantastic" the
report this morning of an Oak
land amateur, who said he heard
Miss Earhart at 7:10 a.m. (EST)
broadcasting ."we are okay on a
coral reef."
Near In g the area pointed out
bv Putnam and others as the most
likely place to search, the Colo
rado headed first toward WInslow
Banks, a long reef formation 175
miles east of the little Ameri-an
Island which Miss Earhart and
her navigator, Frederick J. No;
nan, tailed to reach in their at
tempt to fly 2.570 miles from New
Guinea to Howland.
The Colorado presumably re
futed the coast guard cutter Itas
ca 100 miles northeast of How
land this morning and both pro
ceeded Into the southern phase of
A 1 . I. ..wit
The minesweeper Swan, which
helped the Itasca search a great
area north of Howland without
success, ' was ordered to accom
pany the cutter and the battle
ship. . - v r -
Directing the search frpm Hon
olulu, Rear Adm. O. G. Murfin,
TL4th "naval district commandant,
said It should be known by mid
afternoon Monday whether Miss
Earhart was alive or dead.
. Murfin said- the aircraft car
rier Lexington should reach the
search area Monday morning and
if it used all its planes would be
able to scout thoroughly 36.000
square miles about the Phienix
Islands In six hours.
Neatness Is not
Wise, This Case
GRANTS PASS, July 7.-(P)-The
virtue of neatness was it own
reward to the two young daugh
ters of Dr. C. L. Ogle, but it cost
their father $900.
- During an illness. Dr. Ogle en
trusted the girls with the task of
soaking the stamps from 100 en
velopes which had belonged to his
mother. The task finished, they
burned the envelopes.
Stamp collectors valued the en
velopes, with the old cancellations
9 each, the stamps at 17 cents.
Pullman Boy Drowns'
PORTLAND, July 8-Wlc&
-rd Goss, 15, son of Mr. and
Mrs M. H. Goss of Pullman,
Wash drowned while swimming
in the Grant high school poo!
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vicinity of Howland Island for Amelia Earhart and her navigator,
lost on their round-the-world flight. Below, Karl Pierspn and Wal
ter McMenamy, Los Angeles amateur radio operators, with the set
on which they picked up SOS signals believed to be from the lost
aviatrix, and giving her supposed location. International Illustra
ted Sews photo. ; I j ! ;
Nine Deaths From
Heat in Midwest
Three Eastern States in
Hot Wave Grip Also;
no Relief Seen '
',(By the Associated Press)
Hot winds fanned a heat wave
across the mlddlewest yesterday
and lifted temperatures in New
York New Jersey and jConnecti
cut I
Nine deaths were attributed to
the hot weather in seven states
as the mercury climbed through
the nineties and beyond the 100
degree mark. j
In Chicago, the temperature
reached 90, soaring 20 points in
six hours. New York, with a max
imum of 91, experienced the hot
test day this year. It was 93 at
Indianapolis, 94 at the Newark,
N. J- airport, and 91 In Detroit.
Generally fair and ' continued
warm weather was forecast.
Thermometers registered 103
at Lincoln, Neb.. 10 at! Yankton,
S. D.. 96 at Mitchell, S. ID., 94 at
Sioux Falls, 93 at Minneapolis,
92 at St. Louis. 91 at Springfield,
ill., and 90 at Centralia, 111.
Three hundred perspiring con
victs, laboring in a quarry, were
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Two Slain in Strike Rioting j
at Aluminum Plant in South
ALCOA. Tenn., July 7-P)-Tennessee
troops, armed with ma
chine guns, guarded the huge
planl of the Aluminum company
of America here tonight after a
pitched battle between police and
strikers armed with clubs and
guns resulted in two dead and
more than a score wounded. -
Henson Klick, 30, one of the
strikers, wounded by a ballet In
the neck, died tonight in a hos
pital. W. M. Hunt, 42-year-old special
officer, died from a ballet-pierced
abdomen, t - sv.
Seventeen strikers and three
policemen were carried to the hos
pital with bullet wounds following
a gun and club battle today near
the gates of the fabricating plant
which reopened after being closed
seven weeks because of a strike.
Tonight company officials, said
a check revealed that at least 11
officers suffered pistol or club
wounds in the battle.
Shifts Are Changed !
With Toops, Help ,
Shifts changed at the mill to
night under the protection of a
machine gun company of Tennes-
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Palestine Divided
By British Decree
Method Must Have League
Sanction; Reaction by
Rival Races Feared
LONDON, July .-ffjr-The
British government anounced its
approval tonight of a royal com
mission report carving ancient
Palestine into three new states
and warned that swift military
intervention would follow any re
newal of racial strife in the i holy
land. I
The cabinet's adoption of the
drastic plan for splitting Palestine
into separate sovereign, Jewish
and Arab states was disclosed in
a paper which accompanied the
report of the commission.
Under a new permanent man
date, Britain would govern the
holy cities of Jerusalem, Bethle
hem and Nazareth and a corridor
to the sea. '
Bitter objections to the
were expected in Palestine
plan
and
Britain kept troops and a I war
ship in readiness there to stamp
out possible disorders. j
The program for Palestine,
which the commission described
as a "surgical operation." will be
(Turn to Page, 7. Col. 7.)
see national guardsmen j from
Knoxvllle. i
The union abandoned its 1 pick
et line. ' i .. .
Infantry companies of guards
men from Athens and Elizabeth
ton and a special squad from
Nashville to handle tear gap and
riot guns were expected, to reach
reacn
R. C.
Alcoa before midnight.
State Adjutant General
Smith arrived to take charge of
strike duty. j ,
' The clash occurred as the! com
pany re-opened Its fabricating
mill; closed since May 18 when
workers walked out, demanding
that the basic hourly wage be In
creased from 45 to 0 cents an
hour. ' - - " : , : j. Kv:
Approximately 3000 men were
affected. The reduction and car
bon plants of) the company, em
ploying about 1500 had continued
in operation, i i
Bloodshed followed a club fight
at the plant's entrance. Witnesses
said a truck headed for the mill
was surrounded by picke'ts, and
officers charged the picket line. :
. ' (Turn to Page 7. CoL 4.)
AID SEARCH
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Seattle Paper to
Reopen on Friday
Support of Mayor and of
Labor Council Figure
in Opposing Guild
SEATTLE, July 7 -)- James
Scripps, treasurer of the Scripps
league of newspapers, announced
tonight the Seattle Star would re
open its strike-bound plant Fri
day at 6 a.m. His announcement
followed a promise by Mayor John
F. Dore to use police to disperse
picket lines, and a resolution by
the Central Labor council con
demning the strike.
Scripps said no agreement hsTd
been reached with the American
Newspaper guild which called the
strike Saturday.
He said a statement was being
prepared explaining the manage
ment's stand.
The guild called the strike af
ter 19 members employed in the
newspaper's circulation depart
ment were removed aud given
other assignments and replaced
by members of a teamster's un
ion affiliate.
The AFL controlled labor coun
cil demanded that the guild's "un
authorized picket line" be with
drawn. The council's resolution said in
part: '
we further demand that
in the future the Seattle chapter
of th American Newspaper Guild
confine Itself to its lawful juris
diction as allocated by the AFOL.
Later, the Star Issued a state
ment declaring its Intentions to
reopen Friday, which said in part:
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Collision at Mile
Height Kills Two
PEXSACOLA, Fla., July 7-tf)
A mile high collision -i between
two navy airplanes brought death
to the pilots as the flaming ships
crashed to earth in a wooded
sector several miles from the na
val station.
Those" killed were J. A. Mc
Mann, a U. S. naval reserve cadet,
of Glendale, Calif., and W. ' F.
Mershon, marine corps cadet of
Mena, Ark.
Witnesses said one of the
planes were flying In formation
with eight other pursuit ships
when in some manner it crashed
with an observation plane. Fire
started immediately.
Charles Morgan of Pensacola
said he saw one pilot attempt to
leap: with his parachute. The
'chute tangled with the plane, he
aid, and suspended the pilot so
that he swung i o the whirling
r")eller.
The other aviator was burned
to death, Morgan said.
Late Sports
PORTLAND, Ore., July 7.-P)-The
Portland Beavers and the
Oakland Oaks opened their series
here tonight by splitting a double
header tht for a time threatened
to exhaust available pitchers for
both clubs and to run into Thurs
day without extra Innings.
Oakland took the opener, 12
to 8, the Beavers coming back
to take the nightcap, 7 to 2.
Oakland .12 20 0
Portland .-.. 8 14 2
Douglas, Haid, Miller, Bonham
and Baker, Raimondi: Carson.
Moncrlef, Drefs, La Flam me and
Tresh. "
Oakland . , ,. , . .I 7 3
Portland 7 9 1
LaRocca and Raimondi; Rad
onits and Cronin.
LOS ANGELES, July 7-(i!PY-The
San Francisco Seals made
it two In a row over the Angels
by clubbing out as 11 to three
victory. '
San Francisco ...... .11 13 1
Los Angeles ...... S I' 3
Shores, and Woodall; Prim.
Overman, Lieber anad Collins.
WESTERN IXTL LEAGUE
Yakima 5. Spokane 4.
Tacoma 11, Lewiston . 9.
Vancouver 11, Wenatchee t.
Mae
West
not
irister, She
Advises Court
Finally Admits Wedding
in 1911 to Wallace,
Obscure Hoofer
Previous Denials Aren't
Official, 1 Explained
by Her Attorney
LOS-,! ANGELES, f-July 7,-(JPy-Blonde
and buxom.' Mae West of
he films, a woman of many dia
monds and few words, admitted
today she married Frank Wallace,
New York vaudeville actor, in
Milwaukee, Wis., 26 years ago. .
The admission came in a brief
answer to a suit brought by Wal
lace in an effort to establish the
fact of his marriage to her. Miss
West previously publicly denied
she ever married the actor, or ever
had known him.
Miss West admitted she and
Wallace were married at Milwau
kee April 1J, 1911, but denied
she- ever had lived together as
man and wife.
When Wallace's original at
tempt to establish the marriage
was made in New York In 1935,
the actress commented tartly i
"I never married Frank Wal
lace or anyone else. I was a school
girl in.1911, too young to marry.
I can't understand it."
Miss . West asserted that Wal
lace was married February 6,
1916 to Miss Ray Blakesly, con
tending that, to her knowledge
there had been no dissolution of
the West-Wallace union at that
time. , f,
To Wallaces complaint, he at
tached what was purported to be
a copy of the marriage license,
showing that he was 21 years of
age and Miss West was 18 when
they were wed.
Denials Were Not
Official, Declared
Miss West's answer was filed
by Atty Charles E. Mlllken, who
pointed out the actress' denials of
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Church May Lift
Remarriage Ban
NEW YORK, July 7-(iip)-The
commission on marriage and di
vorce of the Episcopal church pro
posed today liberalization of
church law to permit its bishops
to authorize the remarriage of
divoiced persons. '
Its proposed addition to the
Episcopal canon on marriage
would allow divorced persons to
apply after the expiration of one
year from the, granting of di
vorce to the "bishop of his or her
diocese for permission to marry,"
and would allow the bishops to
permit such marriages "if, in eq
uity and good conscience, he shall
choose to do so,"
Episcopal leaders here predict
ed considerable support for the
movement to broaden the church
laws on marriage, particularly
from the dioceses of Michigan and
Missouri.
Present laws of the Episcopal
church require that no minister
shall "solemnize the marriage of
any person who has been or U
the husband or the wife of any
other . persons then living, . from
whom he or she has been divorc
ed for any cause arising after
marriage but this canon
shall pot be held to apply to the
innocent party in a divorce for
Adultery." ,
Complaints Filed
In Dumping Case
TOLEDO, July 7-(ff)-The Pa
cific Truck -Express fjled today
complaints against two unnamed
men charged with dumping 109
doien crabs, valued at V 1145,
from a company truck north of
Newport today. ' "
The complaints , charge enter
ing the . truck with intent to
steal. -
District Attorney L. G. Eng
lish i said i Wesley Clegg, the
driver, was warned to stay in
the cab by the two men, who
had parked their car across the
highway. J J - ; .
State'- police, who had , been
warned there might be trouble la
moving the crabs, ' watched the
loading of the truck but saw no
picket line.
Officials of the Industrial Em
ployes union said representatives
of the Pacific Fishermen's anion
had declared the crabs. ?aught
by members' of the L E. U., to
be "unfair." -
Sp
FoesofCqurt
Plan Accused
Of Disloyalty
Bitter Debate Upon F. R.
Scheme Is Halted by
Baseball Recess i
Wrecking President Aim
bf Opponents, Charge
of Senator Logan
WASHINGTON, July
Roosevelt men, continuing their
furious drive to alter the supreme
court, declared on the senate floor
today . that opponents of the re
vamping bill are trying to smash
President Roosevelt.
.The assertion drew immediate
denials from the democratic op
position, and the ensuing debate
brought into the open certain po
litical charges and counter
charges which usually are only
whispered in the cloakrooms. '
Senator Logan (D., Ky.) had
declared that some democratic
senators who owe their election
to Presilent Roosevelt have
"played1 the ingrate" by opposing
the bill.
Hardly had the assertion been
made than Senator Wheeler (D.,
Mont.) replied with an accusa
tion that the administration had
been guilty of Ingratitude in seek
ing to "destroy" men who in 1932
abandoned their long time politi
cal affiliations to back his can
didacy. Adverse Report Is
Declared Disloyal
Logan asserted that the sen
ate judiciary committee's adverse
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Courthouse Setup
Studied by Court
. - - J
Conference Set; Tapering
Off of PWA Is Added
Setback, Belief
PORTLAND, July 7-P)-C. C.
Hockley, director of the PWA for
Oregon, said today he had been
advised by the central office to
accept no more applications for
new projects.
Applications now on file in
Washington are ample to exhaust
the funds available to the state
from the amount granted the fed
eral emergency administration of
public works by congress, the di
rector said.
The program of the state of
fice for the present will be con
fined . to completion of projects
now under way, assisting public
bodies which may receive new al
lotments in the completion of con
tracts and projects and arranging
the program so as not to exceed
the time limits set by congress,
which authorized continuance un
til July 1, 1939.
Marion county's application for
a courthouse . building grant
reached state PWA headquarters
before the deadline announced
yesterday but the chance of its
being allowed is dimmed by the
fact that the county does not have
Its share of the cost, 8304,425,
provided for. The application was
filed at Hockley's office May 25.
The immediate future of the
county's plans will depend upon
developments at a meeting of the
general building committee next
Tuesday night at which either
Administrator Hockley or .his
chief assistant, Folger Johnson,
will be present, it appeared ye
terday. .
From the PWA representatives
the county court expects to ob
tain definite word as to whether
or not it is any longer possible, to
secure a federal money grant for
the building project.
Raising Money in :
One Move Advised
District Attorney Lyle J. Page
advfeed the court yesterday that
in the light of Attorney General
I. H. Van Winkle's recent opinion
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Toledo is Victorious Again;"
Dallas Team Plays Tonight
Schedule . Tonight
7:15 Dallas vs. Cornelius.
9:60 Mantle Club vs. Reli
able Shoe. "
SILVERTON, July 7 Toledo
entered the third round of the
Oregoon semi-pro baseball tour
nament undefeated tonight as
its batsmen collected 12 hits to
defeated St. Helens 6 to 3.
M. Graser and Mebestas of To
ledo each hit xafely three times
and Mullen and pitcher Roberts
got a couple each. One of eras
er's and of Roberts' were doubles
Turple of" Toledo s and P. Cody
of St. -Helens also hit for 1 two
bases. Loren Wodeage of St.
Helens hit for the circuit In toe
sixth, the first home run of the
tournament. . , ,
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BERNAD1NB LEWIS KING
Air Circus Comes
Here! Late Today
Record Crowd Assured in
View of Popularity in
Other Cities
AH records for attendance at
air shows in central and eastern
Oregon have been broken with the
crowds which have turned out for
the Sky Circus and flying aircraft
exhibition of the 1937 Oregon Air
Tour, which will appar at the Sa
lem airport at 5 p.m. today. A
number of Salem stores will close
at 4:30 to cooperate in the pro
gram. The "thrilling 3-hour Sky Cir
cus has kept crowds on edge end
have sent them away from the air
ports with enthusiastic praise of
the show -"It's the best air show
I have ever seen."
Tex Rankin's sensational half
hour stunting performance in a
tiny all metal silver monoplane,
has been the high spot of the per
formance at each of the shows pre
sented in. central and eastern Ore
gon. His daring upside-down dive
across the field at full throttle so
low that spectators could almost
look Into his face drew almost as
much applause as his risky speed
dash across the field with the
monoplane tipped on Its side.
Bernadine Lewis King has kept
crowds entertained both with her
sky writing and her stunting ex
hibition, which is climaxed with
picking up ' a handkerchief on a
stick with her wing tip. She per
forms in keeping with her upside
down records by flying most of
the time upside down.
Two Parachute
Junipers Are Billed
New thrills in parachute jumps
have been : presented by George
Cook. Hollywood ace, and Doro
thy Barden, Sacramento sky lean
er. Crowds have held their collec
tive breaths waiting, for each to
pull the rip cord and comp out of
their long delayed tumbles
through space, at. which they
reach speeds of 16 5 miles an hour.
The entire program moves like
clockwork under the supervision of
Allan D. Greenwood, tour director.
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Army Interfering
With Pickets But
Method Peaceful
A meat workers' union is hav
ing trouble maintaining its picket
ing of a Salem market, because
the United States army is taking
away the, pickets. No armed force
was utilized, only the attractions
of joining the army as offered by
a recruiting sergeant. -
About a month ago,. Sergeant
Joseph Scarpa, going about his
duties ojt enlisting, men for the
service, . talked with and " signed
up the first picket. A few. days
later he fell in with the successor
and that man too decided to ex
change a ' picketer's " , shoulder
boards for: the army packsack. '
Last week the sidewalk in front
of the market was barren of
pickets' for the third time as an
other man decided the opportuni
ties afforded by : the army air
corps beat walking the pavement.
Union heads must have con
ferred to stop this sort of thing,
for yesterday a. new kind of pick
et, a woman,. paced the walk In
front of the meat, market. -
Four .Toledo. blows la the sec
ond inning ' accounted for two
runs and ' two more came on
three bingles in. the fourth. Runs
were also scored In the fifth and
sixthj "'St jHeien got two; to' he
fourth and one in the sixth on
Wodeage'a f homer ; which stayed
Inside the big park. ' " 1
Toledo played 1 errorless - ball,
- . In the first game " of tonight's
double header Oiegon City was
eliminated, 6 to 2, by Portland
Woolen Mills when Shirley Brown
of the Portland team pitched
four-hit ball; with errorless sap
port. Brown struck out ten bats
men. His mates rapped out four
hits in the third inning to score
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Peace in East
Threatened by
New Outbreak
Marco Polo Bridge Held
by Invaders at End
of Bitter Battle
-TV
n
City, Barricade for
Extended Siege
PEIPIXG, J u 1 y iS-ypy-The
Japanese army resumed its at
tacks on the city of Waaping
hsien at 11 a. m. today after'
rapturing the strategic com
munication lines from Peipimg
to Hankow in a battle with tlw
29th Chinese route army.
Japanese circles denied Wan
pinghsien had been bombard
ed and pla? the blame for
the battle on the CThlnese
forces. I
"The Incident is entirely due
to Chinese troops who fired a
maneuvering Japanese troop
at 11 p. ni. Wednesday,' Major
Take Oimai, assistant Japanese
military attache, said.
PEIPING, July 8-(Thursday)-(-Japanese
troops captured th
strategic communication 1 1 B e i
from Peiping to Hankow today la
desperate fighting with Ga.
Cheh-Yuan's 29th Chinese routs
army 10 miles west of the forbid
den city of ancient China.
After a four hour bombard aient
of the tiny walled city of Wan
pinghsien. near the Fengtai rail
way junction, the' Japanese troops
gained possession of both the his
toric Marco Polo bridge across the
Ying-Ting river and the Pel pin g-to-Hankow
railway lines. . v
The Chinese troops, were forc
ed to withdraw into the walled
city, which they now are fortify
ing during a temporary armistice.
The gates of Wanpinghsles were
closed and heavy sandbag forti
ficationswere being erected.
The battle between the 29th
omv anf Tarawaa 4waaa
ducting secret night maneuvers
started at midnight and continued
until 10 a.m. The sound of battle
could be heard plainly here where
observers feared the entire ques
tion of peaceful Chinese and Jap
anese relations hung in the bal
ance, i
Desultory Firing
Is Still Heard
Desultory rifle fire was still
continuing in the vicinity at mid
morning with occasional heavy
explosions In the western outskirts
of the city near Bridges. The city
was being barricaded and all traf
fic was halted. The Chinese de
fenders were apparently preparing
lor an extensive siege.
Several score Chinese soldiers
were known to have been killed
and wounded in the renewed hos
tilities between China and Japan.
A Japanese officer I was said to
have been killed and several non
commissioned officers and men
wounded. It was believed the
Japanese casualties would run
considerably higher.
A Japanese o f f i c e r entered
Wanpinghsien bearing ' a white
flag shortly after the armistice
was concluded. It was presumed
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Slashing of WA
Expense Ordered
PORTLAND. July 7-VPrE. J.
Griffin, Oregon WPA administra
tor, announced today ! a - 31, per
cent Cut in administrative per
sonnel, eliminating 106 of the
338 now employed in the state.
The reduction, Griffith said, is
in proportion to the reduction in
the relief load in the state, which
dropped from a maximum of 22,
500 last year to 13,000 on Jane
15 of this year, with a. farther
decrease of 2000 expected by July
15.
The present four state districts
will be eliminated under the re
organized setup, and. offices ot
resident engineers established
where they are warranted by con
struction activities.! The aniaber
of resident engineers will feef re
duced from 23 to 18. who will re
port directly to ; the : Portland
head q u arters. 1 f .
. "The reduction in the relief
load has been almost entirely au
tomatic and has resulted from re
lief workers returning to private
employment of their own voli
tion," the administrator said.
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Throughout the western, U,
S. A. the short wave radios are
tuned in hope of catching some
faint word from refugees on
coral reef: with anxious hearts
the people pray ; that fliers
brave, perhaps marooned, may
yet be saved grave doubts are
heard, but many cling to their
belief