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' AM FOR
AL SfMITH
| PRES?BENT
- It is of course trite to say
so, but I am for Smith for
Pregident because I am a
Democrat. He stands for every
fundamental principle of the
party. If there has ever heen
a candidate since Jefferson
whose principles and official
conduct more completely har
monized with the basic doc
trines of the Democracy, I do
not know who he wag. Certain
ly those who caM themselves
“Hoover Democrats” have
shown (by ithe reasons they as
sign for opposing Smith) that
they do not subsecribe to the
tenets of the party and are not
entitled to wear its name.
They prose™ to be against
Smith for one or more of the
following reasons:
First, they are for National
Prohibition as it now exists
without alteratiopn or amend
ment.
Second, they are against
Smith because he is a Catholic.
Third, they are against him
because they do not like Tam
many Hall and fear it will
dominate Smith.
The Democratic party hag
never advocated the epactment
of Natignal Prohibition, On
the contrary it has, throughout
its history, peen the recogni
zed champion of the doctrine
of state-rights. It has held
to the theory that the people
of each state know best how
to regulate their own domestic
concerns. If the majority of
the people of Gegrgia want
prohibition for Georgia, that
is good Democratic doctrine.
If the people of Georgia want
to force prohibition on New
York against the will of the
New Yorkers, that is not good
Democratic doctrine,
~The founder of the Demo
cratic party wrote into the
Constituton the provisipn
guaranteeing religious {ree
dom, and not a single states
man of the party has since
sought to repudiate it. The
Democratic party has always
had a large membership among
Catholies, It has welcome(d
their a‘d in electing its candid
ates for President. Lt has
honored them by placing mem
bers of their faith in every
office (save the Presidency)
from Chief Jugtice to the
United States, down. The
party has fought bigotry from
the days of Jefferson, through
the periods which brought
forth the Know Nothing party
and the |A. P. A. to this pres
ent campaign, It will no
doubt continue to fight it
wherever and whenever it
shows its head.
. Tammany is a Democratic
political organization. It has
been a loyal and consistent
friend of the South. It is now
admittedly the cleanest polit.
ical organization that controls
any of the larger cities of the
United States. Ip its long his.
tory of over one hundred and
forty years it has at times been
“corrupt. But Democrats do
not forget that when it was
headed by the notorious
Tweed, its corruption was ex
posed by a Democratic news.
paper and Tweed was prose-
cuted and convicted by a Tam
many sachem, Samuel J, Til
des. (Did Republicans ex
pose Fall and Doheny? Have
they; met the fate of Tweed?)
The “Hoover Democrats”’ avow
that Tammany refused to sup
port Cox and Davis. Cox and
Davis testify that they had
Tammany's loyal Support, and
certainly Al Smith made many
campaign speeches for them
bhoth, But, it may be added,
McAdoo, whom the Hooverites
groafly admire, did not sup
port Davis but went to Eu
rope and sulked.
But whether Tammany be
good or bad it does not control
Smith. If Tammany could
control Smith he would now
have the support of the Hoover
Democrat” Hearst; for Smith
defied and defeated Tammany
when it sought to nominate
Hearst for the senate, No man
or set of men controls Sm'th,
and all who know him, if thew
he honest, will say so.
TEXTILE OFFICERS
MEET IN ATLANTA
ON SEPTEMBER 18
ATLANTA —(U/P)— More than
150 officials of textile plants in
all parts of Georgia will meet
here September 18 for the annual
cenvention of the Textile Operat
ing Executives of Georgia.
Means of increasing efficiency,
reducing waste and increasing
production will be discussed at the
corvention, it was announced.
Weaving, slashing, spooling,
warping and other technical sub
jects will be covered in the infor
mal discgssions. o &
Daily and Sunday—l 3 Cents a Week.
Associated Press Service. United Press Dispatches,
HURRICANE DUE TO HIT FLORIDA TODAY
PRINCE AVENUE |
BAPTIST CHURCH |
BEGIN' ~EVIVAL
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«* DR. LEN G. BROUGHTON |
This morning at 11 o’clock. the
Prince Avenue Baptist church
will begin a fifteen-days revival.
The church has made plans for
the: greatest revival ever held in
thi¢ church or this gart of the
state.
Dr. Len G. Broughton will as- |
3ist the pastor, Dr. T. W. Tippett.
He is well known in this section of ,
the state, having held several re- |
vivals in Athens and was with DTI
G. Campbell Morgan in two Bible
conferences here. 1
W. C. Grindle will have charge
of the music and direct the choir.
Mr. Grindle has been doing evan
gelistic work over the South for a
numizer of years and has been suc
cessful in his work.
Miss Kate Stone will have
charge of the young people’s work
during the revival. Miss Stone is
Dr. Broughton’s secretary.
++Services . will be held in the
mornings at 10 o’clock and at 8
o'clock in the evenings. This
church extends ‘an invitation to all
the churches to take part in these
services. Everybody is invited to
attend.
YOUNG DEMOCRATIC
LEADERS OF EIGHTH
DISTRICT TO MEET
The chairmen of the Young
Men's Democratic organization for
the thirteen counties of the Eighth
congressional district will meet in
JAthens next Wednesday night and
plan for a complete organization
over the district for the success of
the Democratic presidential nomi
nees in the national election this
fall.
Chas. BE. Martin, Athens, mem
ber of the Execuive Committee of
the state wide organization, has
called the meeting and will be host
to the chairmen. The meeting will
be ‘held at the Holman hotel and
will begin with a dinner at 7 o’dlock
Members of the women's organi
zation, headed by Mrs. Frank Den.
nig, Eatonton, will also meet here
then. ¥
John R. Slater, campaign mana
ger for the state, will be here
along with other leading demo
crats of the sgtate,
FRENCH AFTER
SMUGGLERS IN
TOBACCO LEAF
PARIS —(UP) — “Baccy-run
ners’’ are doing. as thriving a bus
iness =along the Belgian-French
frontier as the bootleggers who
operate between Canada and the
United States. The problem is be
ginning to worry the French police
Zov it is estimated that millions of
france worth of tobacco have been
smugglsd into France duringg the
past {wo years,
[ In Belgium, a kilogramme of to
bacco can’ be bought in the open
lmarket for less than ten francs.
In France, it is worth between six
and seven times as much, but as
the law aguninst contraband car
ries heavy penalties for anyone
found selling ‘the smuggled weed in
France, the “baccy runner” is us
ually willing to be satisfied with
‘n profit of only 200 or 300 per
lcent,
The fact that there have bheen
few urrests has convinced the bor
der police that there is a highly
organized band behind the smug
gling. They are sald to have scouts
who attract the atfention of the
gendarmes by their furtive move
!ments and saddenly abandon their
baggage and return speedily to
Belgium. In most cases, the aban
doned material has consisfed of
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THE BANNERLHERALD
'RESEARCH WORK, DEPARTMENT OF
- MUSIC, FACULTY CHANGES MARK
OPENING PROGRAM OF UNIVERSITY
The University of Georgia will open wtih numer
ous chagnes in its departments and courses, and
with quite a number of changes in the faculty, an
nouncements show. A department of music has been
established, which wili have one of the South’s lead
ing musicians, Hugh Hodgson, at its head, and an
assistant who will aid in giving musical instruction
to the students. One of the most beautiful pipe
organs in the South has been placed in the chapel,
wbere Ml:. Heodgson will give recitals.
A research program has been
instituted by the School of GCem-
merce, which intends to make an
intensive study of Georgia busi
ness and industr’al conditions. A
specidl faculty member will give
his time to this during the coming
year, The Home Ixiepsion divis
fon is being enlarged ard the Col.
lege of Agriculture is establishing
a degree course in landscape gard
en'ng.
The Henry W. Grady School of
Journalism, the Lumpkin Law
school, the School of “ommerce,
the School of Education, and the
departments of history, English,
mathematice,. botany, Ichem'stry,
and tfixysicfi wiil undergo changes
in personnel. Numerous changes
will also be made in the Home
Extension work division.
Research Professor.
Dr. R. M, Harper, who gradu
ated from the University in 1897,
and ‘who received his Ph. D. from
Columbia in 1905, Wwill become a
member of the faculty of the
School of Commerce, and will be
engaged in the research of the
state’s business, and industrial
conditions. Prof. 'gMazlcolm H.
Bryan will return to .the Univer
sity after a year’s absence: during
which he engaged in studies for
his “doctorate in Illinois. Mr,
Bryan had been associate profes
sor of economics during his for
mer residence here. Mr. Greene
Johngon will be an instructor in
the School of Commerce, and Mr.
‘M, 8. Cooley, a graduate of the
class of 28 will be a feXow.
Mr. Ernest Camp, Jr., who re
ceived his A. B. J. degree in 1927
will be added to the Journalism
faculty as instructor. Mr. Camp
has been state news editor in the
Atlanta office of the Associated
Press, and associate editor of the
Walton Tribune.
In addition to Dean Edmunds,
who comeg from South Carplina
to become head of the Lumpkin
Law school, Mr. Aliton Hesch will
become a member of the Law fac
ulty. o
Extension Appointments
Miss Willie Mae Cook has been
promoted from fellow to an in
structorship in the department of
psychology., Miss Cook received
her A. B. J. degree in 1927, and
her A, M. the following year. Al
fred H. Webster, A. M., associate
professor of education and psy
chology hag been transferred from
extension to residence instruction
in the School of Education.
Five instructors have been ad
ded to the Extengion Wypartment.
They inalude J. Perrin Anderson,
A, M., adjunct professor of edu
cational extension; Holland L.
Boyd, adjunct professor of Eng
lish and educational extension;
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HOOVER GETS BAD
NEWG FROM WHEAT
BELT FARMERS
WASHINGTON — (UP) — Po
litical trouble in the northwest
wheat belt was reported to Her
bert Hoover Saturday by a dele
gation of Republean leaders from
North Dakota.
The group, headed by Senator
Gerald T. Nye, told the Republ
cen presidential nominee that his
farmers still were smarting under
what they felt was a rebuke ad
ministered them in the Republican
convention. Nye and the others
said they thought the situation
could bhe straightened out by elec
tion if farmers could be convinced
they “should not support Tam
many.” '
At the same time, the candidate
received assurances from Senator
Capper, of Kansas, that the same
situaton does not hold true in the
corn belt. Capper said there was
little unrest in his area.
The report gave the candidate
the first insight he has had as to
the attitude of the farmers since
he left his Towa farm conference
at Cedar Rapids three weeks ago
te set up headquarters in Wash
ington, L e
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i B e ATHENS, GA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1928,
0L STUDENTS T
COME 0 GEORGIA
Tl WEEK; CLASS
WORK STARTS ALSO
Upperclassmen tegin to regi:;-I
ter a2t the University of Georgiaf
Monday, and will continue to do
g 0 through Wednescay. <lass
work @egins Thursday.
The first three deys of the week
wil! be taken up with registration
in the office of T. W. Reed, and
with physical examination at the
‘college infirmary. Freshman
Classes start Monday, and at that
time the chavel bell will again be
£in to ring the recitation hours
for another year. The enrollment
for the entire University “is" ex
pected to make up for last year’s
loss, with the probability of some
to spare. i
A total of 34i freshmen had
registered at 1 o'clock Saturday,
and the number will increase next
week as Tater arrivals show up.
In addition to the male freshmen
the co-ed first year students, who
are beginning to arrive in town
this week-end, wil! be added to the
class registration, and will send
the figures still further up.
Upperclassraen have already Me
gun to arrive in town in scores.
The red caps of the freshmen are
all over the campus, in the down
town streets, in stores, in automo
“iles, everyvhere. Co-eds are be
ginning to /come in also and sor
crity houses are being put in order
ta accommodate the girls,
In addition to these houses, all
three floors of Soule hall, as well
as the Freshman house, Sopho
more house, and old Phi Mu house
will be used for women students.
Men’s dormitories are being filled
rapidly. Old College and New
Colege have a few oecrggms.
Candler hall is crowded fr ton
to bottom with freshmen, and pre
sents a blaze of light at night.
Fraternity houses are open, and
gradually filling with members.
Fraternity rushing has been
vrohibited during freshman week
by the Pan-Hellenic council, but
this ban will be lifted at noon Sun
day and the rushing season will
be on with full swing during the
coming week. Freshman week was
teken up with registration, and
with a series of talks in the Uni
versity chapel by memiers of the
faculty, including Chancellor C. M.
Snelling, Dean 8. V. Sanford.
Captain S. G. Backman, dean of
men; Miss Anne Brumby, dean of
women; Dr. Wooster, Dr. Hoover,
Dr. Park, Coach Harry Mehre,
members of the faculty of . the
State College of Agriculture, and
zeveral others.
MISSOURI COACH
SAYS COEDS ARE
LACKING SPIRIT
COLUMBIA, Mo. — (UP) —
Missouri University co-eds are
grafters and lackfng in institu
tional spirit, C. L. Brewer, ath
letic director, charges.
“Co-eds here never consider
paying their own way,” Brewer
said- “They are grafters, Ten
years apgo co-eds were strong
supporters of athleties. It was
not infrequent for sororities to
buy whole blocks of seats.
“Now we are met with the ob
jection,” Brewer continued, “that
the boy friend will stand the tax.
The girls waste much of our ath
letes’ time. They ruin the mor
ale of our cheering support by
dating at football games.”
Sororities were indignant ove?
the charges. Members of the
Zeta Tau Alpha sorority pointed
out they bought a whole block o!
seats.
Girls studying physical educa
tion admitted the charges were
true in general but said they did
not apply to girl athletes,
HOW SMITH LOOKED AT SYRACUSE FAIR
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A picture of Al Smith as a spectator at the recent Syracuse, N. Y, state fair, this. It is interesting
in connection with Smith’s “Nailing a Lic in the Whispering Campaign” statement, The statement
dealt with a purported letter saying Smith was “t}isgustingly intoxicated” at the fair. At the leit of
the photo is Mrs. Smith. At the right are John H, McCooey, Brooklyn political leader, and his wife.
Osborne Wins In
Oconee Election
As Representative
In one of the closest contests for
a seut in the General Assembly in
the whole state 'in Wednesday's
election, J. A. Osborne won over
his opponent odd Griffith in Oco
nee county by a plurality of six
votes.
Early returns gave rise to the
report that Mr. Griffith was the
successfu! candidate, but Thurs
day at ngon, when the official
consoldation of the rallots was
completed, the margin went to
Mr, Osiborne as the total showed
him winner bv six Votes, © .7
BUTCHER BOY 15
FOUND GUILTY; 10
GET DEATH DECREE
LOS ANGELES —(AP)— Leo
“Pat” Kelley, “Handsome Butcher
Bey” was found guilty of the mur
der of Mrs. Myrtie Mellus, his so
cioty woman sweetheart by a jury
in Superior Court Saturday after
noon after less than- three hours
deliberation. The verdict, which
was unaccompanied by a recom
mendation for leniency made
passing of the death sentence man
datory. ;i
Kelley was charged with mur
der in the first degree. The case
went to the jury near the end of
the morning session, the quick ver
dict coming as a surprise.
A gulp, a twist of his body and
a firmer grip on the arms of his
chair, were the aniy signs of emo
tion shown by Kelley when he
heard the verdiet. Mrs. Josephine
Kelley, his mother, collapsed.
GERMANY MAY
HAVE VOTE ON
NAVAL VESSELS
" BERLIN,—(UP)—TFanned dili
gently by the Communisgt press
and Communist speakers, the
movement for a referandum on the
battle cryiser question is growing
here. There is now every indica
tion that before the end of the year
the electorate will be called upon
to decide whether or not Germany
should build “battle cruiger, cruis
ers or any other vessels of war.”
This formulation represents a
gsignificant widening of the issue
of the battle cruiser which lately
caused such an uproar in the po
litical arena here. The construc
tion of the cruisger, it will be re
called, was tentatively approved by
the last Reichgtag and some weeks
ago finally sapctioned by the pres
ent cabinet. The Socialist mem
bers of the cabinet thereby incur
red the criticism of the Sodialist
rank and file whoge radical
wing demanded their immediate
regignation.
But though the Sgcialist lead
ers succeeded in momentarily. pla.
cating the indignation of their
followers, they could not prevent
the Communists from seizing upon
the wdlcome ijggue. The original
Communist plan to restrict the
referendum to the question of the
one disputed battle cruiser, was,
however, found to be impracticable
because the cruiger appropriation
ig part of the budget on which
only the president may order a
referendum.
Therefore the Communists adopt.
ed the new formula which, they
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‘ l
R. 8. Crane, chairman of the\
Clarke county Democratic Execu-!
tive committee, has appointed the
delegates to attend the State Dem
acratic convention o be held in
Macon on October 6. |
The delegates appointed _are
taken from-amerz € M
of ‘Governor Hardman, who car
ried this county oy over a two to
| one majority. Tne delegates ap
pcintad by Chairman Crane are as
follons: H. J. Rowe, W. C. Pit-‘
ner, Thomas F. Green, Jr.,, H. B.
Heywood, Dorsey Davis, H. T.i
Culp, Joseph H. Lumpkin and R.
&, Crane. The alternate delegates
ure: Mrs. Sam Parrish, Mrs. E.
8. Kirk, D. G Anderson, Rupert;
Brown, K. A. Hill, D. A, Wil
liams, Claude Guest and Dr. B. B.
Chandler. l
GEORGIANS SHOOT
1T 00T O NN
cTREET OF TOWN
GLENWOOD, Ga. —(AP)— W.
¥. Joiner, 40, is dead and Ellis
Ciark, 45, is not expected to live,
as the result of a revolver duel
which occurred here Saturday
night., The men met on the main
street of Glenwood and eonversea
tor a few minutes. Without warn
ing, Clark is said to have suddenly
drawn a revolver and started fir
ing. Meanwhile Joiner succeeded
in getting his ravolver into play,
and réturned the fire, witnesses
told police. Both men are widely
known in this section.
AT-CATHOLIC
PREJUDIGE DECRIED
0V HIGH MASON
NEW YORK-—(AP)—Supreme
Court (Justice Townsend Scudder,
a former New York state Grand
Master of the Masonic order in a
letter made public Saturday by
Democratiz National headquarters
aeclared that a “I'reemason is dis
loval to his order and betrays it,
who opposes Governor Smith’s
clection solely because Governor
Smith is a Catholic.”
Justice Scudder’'s letter was in
answer to a telegram from Wil
liam Ritchie, chairman of the
Smith-for-President elub in Ne-
Lraska, asking the Justice to state
in his reasons for supporting Gov
ernor Smith.,
e et
Clarke County Choir
Meets At Whitehall
Clarke Ceunty Choir will meet
thig afternoon at Whitehall at 2:30
p. m, Everybody come and bring
singers and books. New officers
are to be elected at this meeting.
DINK MARTIN MARTIN, Pres.
FRED HAMILTON, Sec.
baily and Sunday—l 3 Cents a Week. -
A. B. C. Paper. Single Copies 2 Cents. 5 Cents Sunday. &
(NEA New York Bureau.)
?
Hoover’s Effort
-
To Depress Price
-
Of Wheat Is Cited
NEW. YORK —(AP)— John J.
Raskob, Democratic national chair
man, Saturday, issued a statement
disputing the charge made by Dr.
Hubert Work, Renublican Nation~
al chairman, that Senator Robin
son, Democratic vice presidential
Yominee, was “flagrantly mislead
igg his hearers” in quoting from
pover’s eorrespondence.
‘ Senator Robinson, in a speech
at Charlotte, N. C., had charged
that Hoover “had used his best
cerpts from Hoover's“eorrespon
dence.
“Boiled down to essentials,”
Rickoh said, “the facts” were that
the- signing of the armistice
‘brought “instant release” of gov
crnmental control of industry,
but that agriculture “still remain
ed fast in Hoover's grin.”
“Dr. Work,” Raskc said, “says
Hoover wanted to retain control to
keep farm prices up. Senator
Robinson cited Hoover’s own
words to show he wanted to keep
ferm prices down. The correspon
dence referred to-in its entirety
completely refutes Dr. Work and
supports Senator Robinsen.”
Reca'ling the circumstances in
which government control of
pcrk -prices was released after the
war “over Hoover’s violent pro
test,” Raskob quoted a cable
gram frem Hoover to his associ
ates in the United States grain
ccrporation and the federa! food
administration as saying “Unless
some superior force intervenes, we
intend to hold the price of wheat
to the figure at which it has stood
duvring the entive war under con
gressional guarantee.”
CHINESE LEADER
SEEKS TO TRIM
MARITAL COSTS
] SHANGHAI — (UP) — A blow
‘at high-priced marriages in Chi
na has Been struck by the Nation
alist Minister of the Interior Hsieh
Tu-pi, who has issued instructions
governing marriages by his civil
commissioners throughout China.
The instructions of the Minister
were issued in response:to a peti
tion by the Duteh - East Indies,
Chinese who claim that the com
munist troubles in South China,
"enpecially in i uakien, Kwantung
and Hunan, are due to the com
‘,Jnumut‘ call for marriages without
cost, which appeal strongly to the
financially-pressed youti,
' Marriages in the soutaern provs
inces are extravagant atfairs, par
eniy looking to their daghlers us
if they were pieces of real estate,
worth a certain amount on the
marriage market, but generally tne
parents ask dots of at ieast S3OO
| 1f the marriage efforts are suc
cessful, further expenses are in
curred for the marriage ceremony
lexpenaeu. wedding feast and the
services of the go-between which
generally brings the cost up to
SI,OOO, ‘As a result of such ex
pense, it is no uynusual thing now
adays to see a man of 30 or 40
years of nuge remaining single— @
‘,dlngrace In Chinese eyes.
The Nationalist government now
has decided that the parents of
marriagebale girls will not be
permitted to receive more than $l5O
from the man who proposes, but if
the girl is a widow the bargain
money should not exceed SIOO.
The Minister of the Interior, in
his notification, points out that
abuses occur in matrimonial prac
tices in China, and he requests the
assistance of the provincial au
thorities to help him to cheupen
and facilitate marriages in the
[country. wia .
THE WEATHER:
Mostly Fair Sunday.
Monday Probably Rain,
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APPEAL FOR HELP
URGENT T WARD
OFF FAMINE; TOLL
OF DEAD LINKMNOWN
Athenian’s Sistef"x
4 Lives In City Hit
By Tropical Storm
Mrs. Bryan Almand, sister of
Ed C. Jackson, well known
Athenian, is a resident of San
Juan, where the worst of the
tropical hurricane struck Fri
day. Mr. and Mrs., Almand
moved to San Juan several
months ago. Mr. Almand was
at one time credit manager for
the MeGregor Company. :
(By Associated Press) 4
The tropical hurricane that 7
has gpread desolation acrgss [
Porto Rico, the eastern shore |
of Santo Domingo and the Vir. %
gin lgands was raking the:"
Bahamas Saturday and -v-vr
due unless it should change its |
course or blow itself gut to |
strike the Florida coast Sun- /|
day. % ,
.. Tens of thousands of inhabitants
of the stricken island were home
less. Countless houses and busis
ness buildings, hospitals and Mis
sion schools and camps were laid
waste before the onslaught of the
storm, described in a&;‘: 3
from the zone of digaster as one of
the most fergpw d des ,\;, e
swmg"‘ ;4 AR T
- Appeals for assistanoe from the
island of the Southern Seag said.
that relief must be sent at once
if famine and disease were to be
averted. %y T
Communications with the rav«
aged area was still scant but it
was known that the death list
would run high. Ten personsg werel
killed in Ponce, Porto Rico aie
and damage to property ashor
and to shipping will aggregata..
many millions of dollars, 3'*_..
COOLIDGE MAKES APPEAL '
WASHINGTON— (UP) —Presi.
dent Cooli:{e, through the Red
Cross, asked the American people
Saturday to contribute money for
the relief and reconstruction of
hurricane stricken Porto Rico and
other islands, LR 20l
The Red Crogs itself made an
additional appropriation of -
000 for immediate relief in the
populous little island, and sent its
national relief director, g
Baker, with a staff of four f
take charge of rebuilding shatfers
ed homes there, A
The group left aboard floifl
stroyer Gilmer from Charleston,
8. C., Saturday afternoon. -
Meantime the organization I
vestigated relief needs 'in fthe
wake of the Nebraska-South Da
kota and Rockford, 111., tornadoes
and held itself ready to agsist If
the West Indian huricane that
struck the West Indies does great
damage elgewhere. SN R
This tropical hurricane—-.on*b’f,&
the worst in history—was report
ed by the Weather Bureau Sats
urday to be mowing a three hins
dred mile wide path northwests
ward from mear Turks Island,
where it centered last mi .
Its center will likely pass .%e
Nassau, JBahamas, Sunday wg:*
noon,. and extreme cautipn is @
vised for ‘vessels in the vicinitys
“The entire coast from Florida
to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
is in danger of being struck”, the
Bureau said Saturday afternoon.
«However, no storm warning will
be posted until Saturday night or
tomorrow when we can tell more
definitely”. a‘
Saturday’s official forecast sal
that winds “will increase north«
east over the South Atlantic coasts
becoming strong Sunday on the
Florida coast, and of gale force
off the coast, with winds of hurri
cane force Saturday night and
Sunday in the region of the Bas
hamas."” g 4
Restore Wireless: ™ %
Restored wireless and cableé
lcommunication with the jislind
of the Caribbean sea, where theé.
hurricane began early this \Vbek T
brought word pictures of the dan‘%{
age wrought there. i,
Katherine Cameron, Red Cros#
nurse at St, Croix, Virgin iglands,
notified headquarters here ' thal
100 were made homeless, rec
ing food and dothing when
disturbance struck there
nesday. She sald communr'
with St. Thomag was stil!
The. Navy department
in re-establihing wirel
to its trapsmission st
Cayey, thirty miles fre
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