The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, September 03, 1937, Page 1, Image 1

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State Fair Looms
Much useful and inter
ceting Information abont
the state fair will appear
fn The Sunday Statesman
id in 'issue during fair
week.
Weather
Increasing cloudiness to
day, unsettled with show
ers Saturday, cooler; Max.
Temp. Thursday 87, Min.
48, river -2.9 feet, north
wind.
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EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, September 3, 1937
Price 3c; Newsstands 5c
No. 137;
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Ag
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Ciy Budget 1$
No Salaried Restod
Changes When
Citizens Meet
Still Possible
Income Estimate Lifted
to Eliminate Paper
Deficits Faced
Faction Seeking to Put
in Doubtful Sum and
Boost Pay, Loses
CITY BUDGE?! ADOPTED
BY CITIZEN COMMITTEE
Total expenditure 401,60ii.05
Current expenses $264,313.60
Less non-tax receipts
. 35,000.00
Current expense tax
: $229,5 1 5.60
Fire, tax ..10,00.00
Street tax 10,953.00
. Bond" expense ......l 15:11.45
Totat-special fax fi37.08ti.45
Total ! 1938 city tax .
. ; S366.eO2.05
Tax Increase over 1937...-
..... $12,630.62
Close voting and a caustic
word war ended in adoption of a
Salem city budget for 1938 top
ping the $400,000 mark last
night but the citizen-alderman
committee refused to grant de
mands tor salary restorations.
:- An opening attempt to balance
the budget, wnicn was- isa.zi
in the red, by Alderman David
O'Hara was interrupted immed
iately by Alderman Edwin C.
Goodenough, who led the unsuc
cessful drive to restore city em
ployes salaries to .the pre-de-pression
level.
- Gbddenough waa defeated on a
voice vote c ; a proposal io In
sert in the estimated non-tax
receipts Item, which offsets the
current expense tax, $10,000 rep-
resentragj1 Interest and penalties
on deliaguent taxes -whleh he
contended were due the city
from the county.- He said $9,308
was the exact amount required
to add 5 per cent to all city
workers pay. He suggested -as
additjonal revenue allowable in
crease? totaling $4,000 in esti
mated treasurer's .and recorder's
receipts..
Balance Achieved
In Three Motions -
Three quickly adopted motions
that balanced the budget fol
lowed, as proposed by 0Hara
and Citizen Committeeman R.
D. Slater." To achieve the bal
ance, ,the committee increased
recorder's estimated receipts to
. . n m A A A f . 1 , AAA
dog license' fees to $1,500 and
gasoline tax refunds to $2,000,
for a total gain of $4,000, and
then deducted from the expense
budget $1250 which Committee
man T. C. Peerenboom and Re
corder: A. Warren , Jones said
would be gfWd through reduced
Industrial Imi i d e n t insurance
I&lrs. ins rcauifc won uuut"
with a $64.73 cash balance. -
The salary Issue blazed again
when Aldermen Fred A. Williams
and E. B. Perrlne sought unsuc
cessfully to adjourn the meeting
and O'Hara followed with a, hot
ly debated motion to instruct the
recorder , to publish the .budget
and call - the annual taxpayers'
meeting for October 18.
"I'm objecting to adjourning
this meeting till the question of
salaries Is given further consid
eration," Goodenough shouted.
"These wages can be restored.
The Question Is do you gentlemen
want to do it!"
Goodenough pleaded - for at
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Girl Paralysis
Despite Race
DENVER, Sept 2-(ff)-Maybelle
.Outcalt 15, died today despite a
race by - transport plane and
sireamunea tram .wnicn orousni
two artificial lungs from Toronto
and Chicago to aid a determined
fight against infantile paralysis.
Her death, swift and sadden
but not unexpected, came in an
"iron lung" less than 11 houis
after the f i r s t artificial lung,
rushed by plane 1900 miles from
Toronto, reached Steele memorial
hospital. .
Maybelle was one of two girl
Infantile - paralysis patients in
Steele hospital depending on the
mountain area's only iron lung
until the two respirators arrived
in Denver this mornings .
Shirley Krause, 3 0-months-old,
Suffering the same attack of the
paralysis upon her chest muscles
as Maybelle, rallied however;
while the older patient sank.
; Only attending nurses and Dr.
man
Chicago Theatres
Bar Children;Due
To Dread Disease
CHICAGO, Sept. &p)-The-aters
barred' children; under
46 today in a new move to
stem the spread of Infantile
paralysis. ,
Playgrounds and i wading
pools also were closed as the
crippling disease attained the
highest incidence of the cur
rent , outbreak In the nation's
second city. i j
Dr. Herman X. Bundesen,
president of the board of
health, announced I 12 new
cases hadg been reported to
day the greatest number for
one day since the onset of the
malady. Two babies died.
Supt. George T. -Donoghue
of they Chicago park 1 district
ordered suspension of the op
eration of 83 playgrounds, 55
: wading pools and three' toy
lending libraries, f
Similar precautions! were
adopted in Omaha. City Health
comm. Floyd Kinyoun can
celed two parades one
planned to honor the national
amateur golf champion, John
ny Goodman. Six new cases
there raised the total to 84
since May I. Deaths numbered
17.
Waukesha, Wis., officials
decreed children under nine
must avoid school and public
gatherings until mMSeptem
ber. A woman succumbed to
the disease there n I
Refugees Arrive,
Tell War Thrills
Educator Has Saber Mark
on Helmet; Shot Down
Attacker, He Says
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2-(flV
The Dollar liner President Taff,
first vessel bearing refugees from
fwartorn Shanghai, drew into San
Francisco harbor today with a
jammed passenger list of 457.
About 70 were actual ; refugees,
who fled Shanghai August 16, two
days after the bombing of the
Cathay and Palace hotels.
Most vivid was the story of Dr.
I. Levltas, director of Education
at Kansas City, ;Mo. f His tropic
helmet bore the mark of a Japan
ese sabrethrust, received while
fighting to protect the British
concession at Tientsin
The mild-mannered doctor, of
(Turn to page 9, col. 5)
Shipping Periled
By Union1 Quarrel
SAN FRANCISCO, SePt 2-UP)
-The old spectre of pott paraly
sis loitered today behind the
stiffening lines! of a CIO-AFL
controversy here which; suddenly
was dumped Into the; lap of the
national labor relation board.
Waterfront authorities beganJ
marshalling an avanapie cargo
space in the bay! area to 4hold
goods in shipment pending set
tlement of the) dispute,! in whlcll
AFL teamsters stopped trucking
to and from the docks in an
effort to force a showdown with
the CIO overi the status of 75
"locked out" warehousemen al
lies of the John L. Lewis organ-
faHnti ' i
The ClOf filiated "Warehouse
men's union i filed .Charges oi
discrimination and unfair labor
practices against the California
Parking enmdration. former em
ployer of the workers who
had been off their jods since iasx
October. '
Victim Dies
With Iron Lung
N. A. Vlcklund, interne acting as
the hospital's house ! physician,
were present when Maybelle died.
Dr. T. L.I Williams said May
belle suffered an "extraordinary
acute" attack of Infantile paraly
sis. "Everything that was possible
to be done was done. It was not
enough that's all," he said.
Dr. Williams reported oxygen
was administered to her through
last night and today hlle she
was kept constantly in the hos
pital's ton-and-a-half "Iron lung,"
.Maybelle was stricken with In
fantile paralysis last Tuesday, 10
days after her brother, George, 17,
died of the same disease.
While dramatic attention cen
tered on their daughter and little
Shirley Krause of their need to
share the hospital's only "Iron
lung," Maybelle'a parents have
been forced to sit in thelrehome,
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City, Strict
T.sitConntv
For Taxes Due
About $10,000 Is Owed to
Salem and $7500 to
Schools, Stated
Interest and Penalties
Figured; Teacher Pay
Issue Cleared up
The Marion county court will
soon face a demand for payment
of approximately $17,500 In in
terest and penalties on delin
quent taxes of the years 1933
and 1934 held due the Salem
city and school district treasu
ries, It appeared yesterday.
Preparations for Instituting a
Joint law suit, if necessary, to
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Reservoir to Be
Connected Soon
Tunnel Is Completed and
Rush Job to Be Ended
Tonight, Forecast
Falrmount reservoir will be.
connected to the Ealem-Stayton
gravity water supply pipeline
within a few days as a result yes
terday of WPA crews' breaking
through the last barrier In the
500-foot pipe kinn el drilled and
blasted through rock under Rural
avenue from Falrmount avenue
westward. The barrier was re
moved at 11 a. m.
Six feet high and five feet
wide, the tunnel passes almost
entirely through rock, much of it
extremely hard. Through ! It will
run ihe 30-inch welded steel
pipeline.
The last of the night shift
crews which have been working
steadily on the tunnel for nearly
two months will work tonight,
G. R. .Boatwfight. WAes!dent
engineer, said yesterday. At times
three eight-hour shifts per day
were worked on the project.
Approximately 200 feet of open
trench leading from the jwestern
tunnel portal to the reservoir in
take structure has already been
made ready for pipe laying.
Speed Flier Dies
As Plane Crashes
Day Before Races
CLEVELAND, Sept. ?-p)-Lee
Miles, Fort Worth, Tex., speed
flier, was killed late today on
the eve of the opening Of the na
tlonal air races tomorrow when
he tore off a wing and crashed
his special racer on a test flight
at Cleveland airport.
His ship crashed from an alti
tude of stf 0 feet, It Was announced
at the administration building of
the Cleveland airport, i
Miles body was pulled from
the wreckage of his ship about a
half hour after the crash. His
plane did not burn, airport offi
cials said. They believed the flier
had the foresight to j pull the
switches when he found he was
in trouble. Jt
Miles, a figure in the American
air racing game for many years,
was rounding a pylon at the north
end. of the field at low altitude
in his speedy low-wing ship when,
spectators said, one wing was
sheared off by the tremendous
b''etlng of the wind, and the
machine plummeted into a grove
of trees adjoining the airport.
Natives Control
Church in China
PORTLAND, Sept. : 2-py-Th6
Rev. E. B. Ward, recently return
ed from China, today told dele
gates to the 84 th annual Oregon
session of the United Brethren
church that Chinese people now
practically eontrol the country's
churches.
The missionary declared Chin
ese were, not long ago, "so illiter
ate and helpless that they were
unable to take charge ', of the
churches the Missionaries estab
lished, but that has changed In
the past few years and the natives
themselves run their own
churches without too much out
Side assistance from the mission-
Astoria Labor
Split; Charter
Lost. Regained
AFL
Recognition
Taken
Away Because CIO
Memhers- Vote
Special Officers Hired
hy Portland Workers
to Protect Them
ASTORIA, Sept. S-(flV-The As
toria central labor council lost its
AFL charter tonight and received
it again after CIO sympathizers.
Including President Roy Klxer and
nearly half the total membership,
walked out.
Ben Osborne, secretary of the
Oregon State Federation of Labor,
acting on authority granted In a
telegram from President William
M. Green of the AFL, revoked the
charter, charging that the coun
cil's transacted business, includ
ing affiliation with the Oregon
Commonwealth Federation, was
illegal because of the participa
tion of CIO delegates.
About 40 CIO council members
hooted Osborne and left the meet
ing, stating their Intention of
forming a separate organization.
Kizer, head of the powerful War-
recton local of the sawmill and
timber workers union, resigned
his post as council president and
Joined the bolting group. The
Warrenton local is affiliated with
the AFL.
Following the walkout, Osborne
complied with the request of the
remaining members that the char
ter he returned.
PORTLAND, Sept. 2-P)-En-
listment of 137 special officers,
hired by the CIO millworkers and
supervised by the Portland police
department, followed today tight
ening of the AFL boycott and
more minor disorders in the CIO
AFL sawmill dispute here.
The guards will ride tomorrow
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Signal Operation
Delay Is Planned
Salem's traffic signal system
will probably be ready for. use
next Monday but present plans
of city officials are not to place
them In operation until after the
state fair.
Work of installing the master
control box at police headquar
ters was begun yesterday. Harley
L. Bosler, local contractor In
charge, said testing of the system
might start Saturday.
Because the police force does
not have enough bfficers ade
quately to police each of the six
intersections at which the signals
have been set up, Mayor V. E.
Kuhn said he did not believe an
attempt to operate ' the system
would be made until fair week
traffle congestion is past.
Musically -Naihed
Play Important Roles in China
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Three sisters, named Soong, together virtually rule . the dentin y of
China today. They have names like the echo of temple bells Mel
Ling, Ching-Ling and Ai-Ling. First named, Mei-Llnfr, Is 3Ime. CbJ-
aag Kai-shek, wife of the Chinese dictator; Chlng-Linjt Is the wi
dow of modern China's hero, Dr. Snn-lfat-Sen, and Ai-Ling is the
wife of Finance Minister Kung, who holds the purse strings of
China. . j
Girl Wounded as '
Liner Is Bombed
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Jean Cowen, 17, San Francisco
girl and Pomona college stu
dent, struck on the arm -by
shrapnel when the liner Presi
dent Hoover was bombed re
cently during the Shanghai
battle. DIN photo.
Autumn Heralded;
Auctions Popular
Articles Sell as Hish as
52,000 in "Phonies";
Thousands Attend
Fall was ushered in last night
by Salem residents in downtown
streets as the Ad club's annual
fall opening faok place as sched
uled, j .
Promptly at 1 p.m., ch store
window was unveiled revealing
bright n e w merchandise in the
autumn mode. Every brilliantly
lit showcase was a center of ad
miring throngs as the window
dressers, working for the past two
days behind eurtalns,, ptft forth
their finest fall wares.
At the same time two street
auctions at which "phoney
money?" was honored, began, at
tracting approximately 4000 bid
ders and on lookers. Competition
was keen among bidders and pric
es ran so high that the person
holding less than a sizeable wad
of "phonies" soon dropped out.
First article sold was a hunting
knife, at the starting place at
Chemeketa and Coma ercial
streets, for 0 00 "bucks.' Highest
prices paid .were 62,000 "phonies"
for a club chair, and a radio sold
at 42,000 "bucks." A sack of flour
brought as high a 10,000 "phon
ies Ben Sudtell of Albany and
(Turn to page 9, col. 2)
Soong Sisters
j" . '
Mystery Subs
Are Sought by
English Ships
Reinforcements Sent to
Mediterranean With
' France in Accord
Attacks Upon two Naval
Craft Climax Series
of Queer Events
TONDON, Sept. 2-(iT5)-BritIsh
naral reinforcements sped into
the western Mediterranean tonight
with guns ready to thunder Great
Britain's answer to mysterious
submarine and airplane attacks
on British ships.
The cabinet decision for more
warships In the trouble zone off
the coast of Spain was made with
the full concurrence of France.
Both nations also were agreed
on France's suggestion, to bring
the Issue before the League of Na
tions council at Geneva late next
week.
Public opinion in both nations,
inflamed by newspaper reports
and official intimations that Italy
is responsible for the increasingly
frequent raids on neutral mer
chantmen and warships, was be
lieved to be nearing the limit of
Its patience.
Molestation of shipping on
Britain's empire "life line," and
especially off the east coast of
Spain, was capped by mysterious
submarine attacks on the British
destroyed Havock and the British
tanker Woodford.
Depth Charges May
Have Sank Attacker
The Havock dodged torpedoes
from an unidentified submarine
off the Spanish coast Monday
night and loosed depth charges
that may have sunk the submar
ine. The Woodford, tired on in near
by waters a few hours later, was
sunk. Her , second engineer was
killed. The irest of her crew of 82
brought ashore six wounded sea
men in open boats.
-Prime Minister Neville Cham
berlain, stung into action by the
dangerous situation, was under
stood to have ordered a full
cabinet meeting Septemb 8. Au
thoritative sources said Britain's
Mediterranean war fleet was
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4H County Stock
Show Will Start
The largest 4H club livestock
show ever to be held by Marion
county's branch of the organiza
tion opens today at the state fair
grounds for a two-day stand,
Wayne Harding, county club lead
er, announces.
Two hundred head of sheep,
hogs, dairy and beef cattle owned
by members will be on display.
Winning entries, are to remain
for the fair next week to enter
contests being held then.
The show Is scheduled to begin
at 10 o'clock this morning. Judg
ing contests and judging of sheep
will follow. Hogs and dairy and
beef cattle .will be judged Satur
day. Marion county Future Farmers
of America will also stage a show
of farm machinery and livestock
today and tomorrow. The annual
picnic of the county 4-H clubs with
members, friends and parents,
will be held this noon on the
grounds.
Byers Injured as
Cycle Hits Ditch
Wayne Byers, Silverton, re
ceived lacerations and bruises
where he rode his motorcyele into
a ditch to avoid hitting a train at
the McNary crossing near Brunk'a
Corners last : night,
nn who la em nl ore d at the
Lakebrook hoe Yard, was brought
to Salem by a passing motorist
m '. l A .1 I am 4 am 4
ana recti veu msi ia uwnuwn
from' the fire department first
aid squad. His injuries were not
serious. .
Late Sports
. PORTLAND, Sept 2-P)-Port-land
baseball tans saw their coast
league entry win its first victory
In 11 home games tonight when
the Beavers landed on Don Os
born of the Seattle Indians tor
12 hits and won, 11 to 3.
1 The Beavers opened 'up on Os
born tor - five runs in - the first
inning and from then on it was
no contest. Osborn was wild
throughout. ' ' .
' Bedore hit a home run in the
eighth with two on. .
The' victory closed the gap sep
arating last' year's champions
from the first division to : three
rames.
SeatUe !
Portland , 11
1
12
Osborn and Fernandes; Pose-
dell and Cronin. :
Fall Near A
As Nippon Cruiser
Nearby
Air -Raid Upoii Kagosliima on Japanese'
Island Is Reported but Denied;
72 Russian Planes Arrive
British Fail to Heed Warning
Raids Near International Area,
Fighting Near Marines' Lines
SHANGHAI, Sept. 3 (Friday) (AP) Chinese shells
fell dangerously near the cruiser Augusta, flagship of the
United States Asiatic fleet, today in a heavy" bombardment
directed at the Japanese cruiser Idzumo. .
Giant howitzers in Footung, industrial section across!
the Whangpoo river from the international settlement, burst!
" O into action at 10:48 a. m. today.
Japanese Seeking
To Restore Amity
Chiang Greatest Obstacle
to'Peace, View; Peace
Groups Here Active
TOKYO, Sept. Z--Japan's
main objective In her undeclared
war with China, Foreign Minister
Koki Hirota told foreign newspa
permen today, is elimination of
the anti-Japanese elements" that
dominate the present Chinese gov
ernment and "establishment of
cooperation between China and
Japan."
He named Gener;l-Chian Kai
Shek,: premier and head of the
Chinese armies, .as "'the spear
head of anti-Japanese movement"
In China and Indicated Japan
wanted to destroy his Nanking re
gime. V - -!
Hirota's call for destruction of
the Nanking government was
echoed by the major political par
ties, minesito and seiyukai, which
in a national mass meeting adopt
ed a resolution declaring that
General Chiang's regime must be
overthrown and "China must be
chastised."
The parties, on the eve of the
emergency session of parliament
which will convene tomorrow to
vote more funds for the war in
China, also voted unanimous sup
port for the wartime policies the
government will ask parliament
to approve.
These include rigid government
eontrol over almost the entire
economic fabric of the nation, in
cluding use of private capital.
WASHINGTON, Sept l-(ff)r
Six peace organizations acting in
concert renewed their demand lo
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First BendixRace
Plane Gets Start
LOS ANGELES, Sept 3-()-Jacqueline
Cochran, New York
aviatrix, soared into the air at
12:04 a. m. (PST) today, the
first of nine speed pilots" to get
away in the $24,000 Bendix
transcontinental race. - .
Thousands of cheering ayla
tion enthusiasts, jamming Un
ion air terminal and massed In
automobiles oh roads for several
miles around,' saw "Jackie,"
wife of multi-millionaire Floyd
B. Odium of Wall street, lead
her eight male rivals at the
start
B.- C. Sundorph, of Cleveland,
flying a plane of his own de
sign, with John Tost as co-pflot,
was the second to leave, at
12:20 a, m. (PST)k
Hongkong Typhoon Toll Oven
500, May Run in Thousands
HONGKONG, Sept. 2-(jp)A
12 5-mIle-ah-hour typhoon roared
across Hongkong and the nearby
teeming Chinese coastal communi
ties today, exacting a death toll
which officials believed to be at
least 500 and feared might run
Into the thousands.
Huge ocean liners were hurled
aground, fires spread by the gales
swept through congested Chinese
quarters of Hongkong, trapping
many in their homes.
There was heavy loss of life
among thousands of Chinese who
live on small boats when their
floating homes were dashed
against the Hongkong seawall or
Orcky - costs and smashed to bits.
-Distress calls from foundering
ships raised fears the loss at sea
would be heavy. : i - ; -
Destruction In Hongkong har
bor was especially great because
the port was Jammed with ship
ping of all descriptions held here
ugusta
Bomba re
(6:48 p. m., PST Thursday)
against the battle-scarred Idzumo J
Many of the shells fell in the
Whangpoo between the Ameiicaa
and Japanese flagships. j
Widespread tires blazed n
land points struck by the bursting
missiles.
The barrage followed the open
ing of a guerilla campaign by
Chinese snipers concealed alongi
the Pootung shore, opposite the
Augusta, against Japanese war
ships and war planes which have
been harrying the area. i
Other sharpshooters pepperedj
away at Japanese destroyers far-jj
ther down the Whangpoo off the;
Woosung,, shore and along the! .
Yangtze river, near PaoshanJ
causing little material damage
but keeping their enemy discom-l
fitted and on the alert. ' j
Chinese circles earlier- were
electrified by unconfirmed re4 1
ports that Chinese bombing
planes had flown to Japan and :
bombarded Kagoshima on the '
southern island of Kyushu. '.-A
(The navy office In Tokyo" oH"
ficially denied' these reports:) j ' ;'
Well authenticated reports
said the Chinese airforce bad
struck telling blows " closer to
home, with punishing raids
against the Japanese , forces
which have gained a footing on
the southern bank of the Yangtze ,
rlver. '
Ten Chinese bombers fromi
bases west of Soochow caused!
heavy losses and returned to
their bases unscathed.
Chinese planes also bombed
the air base the Japanese, arm
recently ' established r on Txung-f '.
mind island, in the Yangtze s4
tuary. "
The Chinese aerial activity was
reported seriously dislocating ,
Jajanese plans to land a huge
expedition along the Yangtze
shore for a usb Inland. Japan-r
ese officers continued to "Say tWvri
big offensive was about to be
gin, bjnt $he sore hour was not
revealed. - - ' A
The; said 200 big guns vera
being landed, to blast a way0
through the Chinese defenses, r I
Late Thursday Japanese bomb-
era continued to operate close to-
the American: marines' and Brit-?
ish infantry defense lines la
Shanghai's international settle
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Dearborn Winner
Of
Golf ine Award
SP0KANE, SeptT 2-(ViIem
bers of the American Institute of
Electrical Engineers selected
Portland, Ore., for their-193 8 Pa
cifle coast convention city tonight
and : closed t h e present meeting
with a banquet. 'A
R. H, Bearborn . of CorvalliSf
Ore., won the engineers golf eu9
on a roll of the dice after he had
tied with Chlrles H. Cutter f Se. .
attle and C. C. Booster of Port
land. . .
by the dangers of the Chinese
Japanese war raging to the north',
Among the big ships snatched -from
. their, storm moorings and '
hurled aground were the Japa
nese trans-Pacific liner Asama
Maru, 16,975 tons, and the 1 tali -lan
luxury liner. Conte Verde, '
18,765 tons, one of the, finest,
ships plying between' Europe and
the far east. It was believed beta ,
could be refloated. 1
, The 4,552-ton Dutch passen
ger ship Van Heutss was a total
loss, i Two British ships, the
Mausang and the Boong Court
and the Chinese i Queton were
reported sunk, as was the Hu
nan, ? carrying 1,200 Chinese .
refugees from Shanghai. At least -20
ships are bellered to haTf
gone down.
. The great wind carried de
struction i through wide areas f
this j British crown colony and
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