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FRESH QUAKES ROCK LOS ANGELES AREA
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CAUCUS REFUSES
TO BACK PRESIDENT
ON HALF-BILLION
SLASH IN EXPENSES
House Democrats Decline to
Be Bound, but Vote 174 to
108 for Measure, Falling
Short of Required Two
Thirds.
AMENDMENT ON PENSIONS
• IS FAVORED, 158-112)
Browning, Patman and Rankin
Chiefly Responsible for Over
throw of Unit Plan—Leadership
of Rainey and Burns Collapses in
Two-Hour Dispute.
The Senate Finance Commit
tee this afternoon voted a
favorable report on the bill
giving President Roosevelt
broad powers to curtail vet
erans' allowances and to reduce
Government salaries in accord
ance with changes in the cost
of living. Senators Clark of
Missouri, and Connally of
Texas, both Democrats, voted
against reporting the measure.
As debate on the bill started
in the House, the belief grew
that the measure would be
passed without amendment,
owing to the fact enough Re
publicans would join with the
Democrats supporting the bill
to put it through. Only a
majority is necessary for
passage.
House Democrats refused In
caucus today to be bound to sup
port President Roosevelt's drastic
economy bill.
The vote was 174 in favor and
108 against binding, but this failed
to bind the great Democratic ma
jority because it fell short of the
two-thirds required.
The effect of the action is to
bring the bill before the House in
its original form as proposed by
the President.
The bill then was reported to the
House by .the Special Economy Com
mittee.
Amendment Approved.
The vote against binding the Demo
cratic membership came after opponents
of the drastic cuts for veterans had
succeeded in adopting an amendment
offered by Representative Browning of
Tennessee, which provided that no vet
erans now on the rolls should be elim
inated and that no compensation dis
ability allowances or pensions should be
rcduced more than 25 per cent.
This amendment was approved by a
vote of 158 to 112 in the caucus. The
effect of the amendment would be to
reduc^ the savings to the Government to
5200,030,000. The President's economy
bill proposed to save $400,000,000 in
slashes of the veterans' allowances and
pensions
UVAJI1 Qilti tttv. iiu UOV. IIICL,
tive Byrns. the Democratic leader, pre
sented the resolution for immediate
consideration, limiting debate to two
hours and calling for a vote on the bill
at the expiration of that time, with
no opportunity to offer amendments.
The resolution oSered by Byrns was
adopted by a viva voce vote. Repre
sentative Browning, the sponsor of the
admendment to limit veterans' pension
and compensation cuts to 25 per cent,
asked the chair whether amendments
would be in order.
Called Cp for Consideration.
He was told that they would not
under this procedure. Browning then
asked whether a motion to recommit
was in order and he was informed such
a motion would be in order.
Representative McDuffie of Alabama,
chairman of the special Economy Com
mittee of the House, then reported the
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executive' killed
BY CLINIC PLUNGE
Vice President of Hoover Vacuum
Sweeper Company and Founder's •
Son Was Cleveland Patient.
By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 11.—Dan
P. Hoover, 47. vice president of the
Hoover Co., manufacturers of vacuum
cleaners, dropped to his death from. a.
fifth-floor window of the Cleveland
Clinic this morning.
Hoover was the son of the late W. H
Hoover, founder of the company. He
came here from his home at North
Canton. Ohio, several days ago for
treatment of an intestinal disorder.
Police were without immediate de
tails of the case, but Assistant Coroner
Wilson S. Chamberlain said he was in
vestigating.
Hoover was known for his charitable
enterprises at Canton, the Hoover Co.
headquarters. He founded a commu
nity relief station there.
The widow, a daughter and three
sons survive. They were notified of
th' death at Canton. Members of the
family were expected here soon.
Gunmen Kill Politician.
HAVANA, March 11 (£">.—Gunmen
racing through a downtown street in a
fast touring car murdered Leopoldo
Fernandez Ros. leader of the Union
Patriotlca political party, as he stood
on the sidewalk talking with a friend
today.
Dies Here
HEART ATTACK FATAL TO
NEBRASKA SENATOR.
SENATOR HOWELL.
Senator Howell of Nebraska died of a
heart attack about 2 p.m. today at
Walter Reed Hospital. The Senator
had been ill for several weeks of pneu
monia, which later developed several
complications.
AIL CAPITAL BANKS
ASK FOR LICENSES
Institutions Here Hope to
Resume Normal Business
Simultaneously.
All banks in the Capital, which were
doing business at the time the presi
dential holiday proclamation went into
effect, have applied for licenses to re
sume the same banking functions as
soon as possible, it was reported in the
financial district today.
Bankers here were quick to follow
the order promulgated by President
Roosevelt yesterday, which decreed that
all banks in the United States must ob
tain licenses before being granted per
mission to resume operations.
The national banks in Washington
applied at once to the Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond for such licenses,
while the local trust companies and
State banks made application at the
Treasury. The license applications of
the national banks will be forwarded
from the Richmond Reserve Bank to
the Treasury for approval.
Mutt Await Approval.
Just how soon sound banks will be
permitted to open could not be stated
today, the date depending on the time
required by the Treasury in acting upon
the license requests. "Only a few daysl"
Secretary Woodin said, in speaking of
the banks all over the country.
It is believed here that all banks in
Washington which are granted licenses
to operate on a 100 per cent basis, will
be opened at the same time, as a result
of action taken by the Washington
Clearing House Association.
The clearing house has requested the
Secretary of the Treasury, in issuing
licenses for banks to reopen, to make
such licenses operative for all banks at
the same time, and "not permit any
preference or precedence in opening as
to any bank or as to any city."
"The action was taken," a clearing
house statement issued late last night
said, "to the end that, sound banking
institutions of the district of Columbia
will be permitted to open their doors
for the performance of all normal bank
ing functions as early as any other city
may receive like licenses."
Richmond Bank Open.
It is understood in banking circles
that the controller of the currency has
already been investigating the condi
tions of all Washington banks and
banks elsewhere in the country, rela
tive to the issuing of the licenses. This
means that the Treasury will be ready 1
to rule on these applications much
sooner than would have been possible if
the investigation had not been com
menced until after the President's
license order was actually issued. In
banking circles here today it was said
there were Indications that a good deal
of progress has already been made on
these "full opening lists."
The Federal Reserve Bank of Rich
mond was reopened today following yes
terday's Treasury regulation reopening
all 12 of these banks. The national
banks in Washington are members of
the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank so
that the resuming of business by this
institution has highly important local
significance. The Richmond bank had
to be reopened before the banks here
and elsewhere in the fifth Federal Re
serve district could b? permitted to
open and carry on their full functions
unhampered. As soon as the banks
here return to "full time' they can ob
tain all the currency they may need
from the Richmond bank.
Stores Fay on in two.
Banks were operating on a restricted
basis again today, meeting pay rolls,
cashing individual pay roll checks, mak
ing change for customers, paying out
funds for necessity demands, honoring
bills of lading in connection with the
shipments of food, and giving patrons
free access to their safe deposit boxes.
They were also carrying on other func
tions of a technical nature relative to
the payment of certain checks drawn
before the bank holiday went into ef
fect last Monday.
All the large department stores met
their weekly pay rolls in cash, it was
said today.
At last night's meeting of the Wash
ington Clearing House Association rep
resentatives from the non-member
banks were invited to be present. The
President's license order was discussed
at length. It was at the conclusion of
that meeting, just before midnight, that
it was revealed how quickly the local
banks had complied with the new decree
and askei for the right to resume busi
ness without the present limitations.
Increase in Demand.
The local banks today were on the
usual Saturday half-day schedule. It
was reported that the demand for smail
sums for "dire needs" increased toward
closing time, largely to meet require
ments over the week end.
Radio Programs on Page A-10
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TREASURY TO ISSUE
LICENSES TO SOUND
BANKS TO REOPEN
EARLY NEXT WEEK
State Institutions to Follow
Similar Method as That
Fixed for Members of Fed
eral Reserve System.
GRADUAL RESUMPTION
OF BUSINESS IS PLAN
Certificates of Soundness to Be
Granted as Quickly as Officials
Can Complete Necessary Check.
Some to Go Out Probably on
Monday.
By the Associated Press.
Preparations for a gradual re
openir# of all sound banks next
week went ahead today under a
presidential order directing the 12
Federal Reserve institutions to
perform the necessary functions.
The immediate objective of the
12 banks was to supply enough
money to meet pay rolls and pro
vide funds for necessities of life
over the week end. Between times,
the Federal Reserve Banks are to
make advances to permit some
sound member banks to go back
to work Dossiblv Mondav.
On Licensing System.
The reopen lngs—State as well as
national banks—are to be on a licens
ing system. Before any institution can
resume unrestricted operations it must
have a certificate of soundness, from
the Treasury In the case of national
banks and from State officials in the
case of State institutions.
Licenses to reopen will be distributed
as rapidly as possible and in the order
in which applications are received and
soundness established. Hence President
Roo6evelt and Secretary Woodin ex
pressed the hope that the fact a bank
remains closed early next week would
not be interpreted by depositors to mean
that the institution was unsound.
In a formal regulation yesterday
Secretary Woodin said:
"Any banking institution may, when
owners consent thereto, pay checks
issued prior to March 6, 1933, and re
ceived in due course of business by the
drawee banking institution by charging
the amount thereof to the accounts of
the drawers and crediting such amounts
to the accounts of such owners on the
drawee banking institutions."
Woodin's Statement.
In another statement, which was ad
dressed to the superintendents of banks
of each State, Mr. Woodin said:
"All banks of the country are now
prohibited under the proclamation of
March 9 of the President from conduct
ing any banking business, except as
specifically authorized by rule, regula
tion or license of the Secretary of the
Treasury issued under that procla
mation.
"In view of the passage of the emer
gency bank bill by Congress yesterday,
and under the terms of that bill, and
section 5 of the act of October 6, 1917.
as amended by that bill, the Secretary
of the Treasury will be authorized to
permit any sound bank which Is a mem
ber of the Federal Reserve System,
whether State or national, to ieopen
for business as promptly as possible.
"It is the Intention of the Secretary
of the Treasury, however, to permit no
member bank to reopen at any time on
a full 100 per cent basis unless or until
the Secretary is satisfied that such
bank is a sound going institution. Any
member bank not clearly within this
category will not be opened unless or
until further investigation discloses
that It is a sound going institution, or
unless or until a reorganization of some
character will permit the bank to be
classified as a sound going institution.
Methods for State Banks.
"Any member bank not opened 100
per cent under this procedure will be
permitted to continue to perform only
such specific transactions as are now
authorized or may hereafter be au
thorized by specific regulation or license
of the Secretary of the Treasury.
"In view of the fact that neither the
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ROOSEVELT DELAYS
JOBLESS MESSAGE
Withholds "Indefinitely" Plan to
Enlist 500,000 Men Into
Camps.
By the Associated Pres*.
President Roosevelt today decided to
withhold "indefinitely" his special
message recommending a bond issue
and the enlisting of 500,000 unemployed
men into camps.
He originally had planned to send
the message today.
At the White House, it was said the
Chief Executive might decide to send
the message Monday, but there was a
possibility he might withhold it until
later in the week.
Authoritative quarters felt Mr. Roose
velt desired to wait until the congres
sional air cleared from yesterday's
message, requesting authority to slash
$500,000,000 or more from federal ex
penditures.
The President's plan for the relief
of unemployment calls for the estab
lishment of camps throughout the
country in which the unemployed
could be quartered. The camps would
be located near reforestation, recl*ma
tion or other projects on which the
men would work at wages not to ex-;
ceed )1 a da?.
SOLVING THAT HIGH HAT PROBLEM.
GERMANY ALARMED
BY POLISH TROOPS
Unusual Military Activity in
Corridor Arouses Fears
for Danzig.
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, March 11—While the
Polish government denleci troop concen
trations In the vicinity of Gdynia and
the free city of Danzig, the Taegliche
Rundschau, organ of former Chancel
lor Kurt von Schleicher, claimed today
it waa reliably Informed that not only
were Polish troops being concentrated
tt various German border points, but
that an usual military activity was
manifest throughout the Polish Cor
ridor.
Under the alarming headline—"Dan
zig In Danger"—the newspaper said:
"Nearly 300 military planes have been
assembled at one military flying Held
in the Corridor. At Poznan a tank
regiment has been increased from 35
to 85."
The Polish government made public
a denial of troop concentrations with
a statement that the reports undoubt
edly originated In connection with the
stopover of a group ot border patrol
officers visiting Gdynia on an excur
sion through Poland.
Protests to League.
At Danzig the patriotic society, Hel
matsdienst (German membership» for
warded special telegrams of protest to
individual League of Nations members
branding the Polish military move
ments at Westerplatte Basin, the en
trance to the free city Post, as "the
worst of all treaty violations yet com
mitted by the Polish government."
The telegram supplemented Danzig's
official protest upon which the League
will act Monday.
The Polish government was reported
to have increased the guard at Wester
platte near Gdynia, at the end of the
Polish Corridor, and a German dispatch
from Danzig said a number of Polish
munitions transports would be sent
there. Nearby Danzig Is under League
supervision and Poland has no sover
eign rights there.
The patriotic society s telegram said
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BODIES OF FOUR FOUND
IN IOWA FARM HOME
Hired Man Believed to Have Killed
Three Members of Family and
Committed Suicide.
By the Associated Press.
NEWTON, Iowa, March 11. — A
searching Investigation of what offi
cials said* they believed was a triple
slaying and a suicide was begun today.
The bodies of four persons—Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Sanford, their daughter
Rosalie, and Mahland Shipley, hired
man—were found late yesterday on the
Sanford farm near Reasoner.
Sheriff Earl Shields said he believed
Shipley killed the three members of
the Sanford family and then ended his
own life.
DAVIS IS STRICKEN
WHILE IN PLANE
Senator III From Appendicitis
and Undergoes Successful
Operation.
Br the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, March 11.—Stricken
by appendicitis while on an airplane
trip home on business, United States
Senator James J. Davis, Republican,
Pennsylvania, underwent a successful
operation today.
Dr. John W. Shirer, who performed
the operation, later said the patient's
condition is good and he is resting
well.
The Senator had expected to return
to Washington today in time to attend
the session of the Senate, his secretary
said.
He arrived in Pittsburgh shortly after
8 o'clock last night and was taken to
the hospital an hour later. Dr. Shirer
said Senator Davis had been bothered
by his appendix for some time, but the
condition did not become acute until
after he boarded the plane In Wash
ington yesterday.
Davis also has diabetes, the surgeon
added He said for this reason, com
plications were possible and the patient
is being watched closely.
AWAIT WORD OF SMITH
South American Flyer Attempting
to Best Mollison Record.
BENI ABBES. Algeria, March 11 OP).
—Officials of this post awaited word
today from Victor Smith, young South
African flyer, who toe* off yesterday
for Gao, 500 miles south of here, In
his attempt to beat Any Johnson Mol
iison's record Qf 4 days, 6 hours and
35 minutes for a London to Cape Town
flight. '
When he reached here he had
covered 1,900 miles of his 6,200-mile
route in 31 hours and 30 minutes.
Roosevelt Urges
Depositors to Keep
Calm During Delays
By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt has asked
depositors not to be concerned if.
under his gradual reopening
plan, a bank does not open next
Monday or Tuesday.
The probability today was that
some banks would resume full
operations Monday. However, it
takes time to determine the
soundness of all the country's
banks.
The President said that if
banks did not open early next
week, that did not mean they
eventually would not be thrown
open.
ROOSEVELT HONORS DOORKEEPER
WHO SERVED DIPLOMATS 64 YEARS
Colored Man, 77, Unable to Walk to White House and
Official Car Is Sent for Him.
Eddy Savoy, 77-year-old colored door
keeper of the Secretary of State, was
received at the White House today by
President Roosevelt and accorded all
the honors and tribute usually paid to
a high official of the Government upon
his retirement.
This undoubtedly was the crowning
day of 64 years of continuous service
In the State Department for the
diminutive messenger who Is knowri
and liked personally by practically
every prominent Government offlcml
and diplomat In Washington.
President Roosevelt sent a White
House car to the State Department
which waited for Sav^y at the diplo
matic entrance. Accompanied by the
chief clerk of the State Department,
Clinton E. MacEachran, the White
House car conveyed the colored mes
senger In solemn state to the executive
i
offices. There the President was wait
ing to receive him.
President Roosevelt has known Eddie
Savoy for many years. Their friend
ship began when the President was
serving as Assistant Secretary of the
Navy, in the Wilson administration.
When Mr. Roosevelt heard that Savoy
was retiring today, he expressed a de
sire to see falm and extend his personal
felicitation*. He ordered a White House
car to go to Savoy's home, thinking the
messenger had already left the State
Department. When it was learned that
Savoy was spending his final day In
the department at his desk outside of
Secretary of State Hull's office, the
President announced that a White
House car would be sent regardless.
Savoy was so overcome by news of this
personal tribute that he was unable to
tell newspaper men at the department
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ROOSEVELT SPEEDS
AID TO QUAKE AREA
Treasury Authorizes Banks
to Advance Cash—Relief
Agencies at Work.
By the Associated Press.
All passible Federal assistance through
the Army, Navy and Public Health
Service was extended to California
earthquake sufferers today at the order
of President Roosevelt.
The President early today sought the
latest information concerning the earth
quake.
Early today Chairman John Barton
Payne of the National Red Cross wired
Gov. Rolph of California offering the
services of the Red Cross to take charge
of earthquake relief.
Payne sent a summary of early reports
from Red Cross personnel to President
Roosevelt. This report related how A.
L. Schafer, manager of the Pacific
Coast area with headquarters in San
Francisco, and J. W. Richardson, dis
aster relief field director on Schafer's
staff, had flown to the Los Angeles area
on the midnight plane from San Fran
cisco to begin relief work.
Treasury Authorizes Cash.
At about the same time the Treasury
announced that it had authorized
California banks to advance cash
needed by victims of the quake and
that if additional assistance was
needed it would be provided.
Treasury officials said regulation
No. 10, issued by Secretary Weodin.
provided that banks could advance
cash to relieve distress and provide
food, medicine and other necessities of
life.
They added that other regulations
by the Federal Reserve Board pro
vided Federal Reserve Banks could
make direct loans to individuals or cor
porations. They believed this would care
for the situation in California but
added that if any further aid was
needed it would be forthcoming.
In the Red Cross report to the
President, that organization notified
him that it had widely organized
chapters in the area with a large per
sonnel of paid and volunteer workers.
Schafer reported these had been im
mediately organized into an effective
relief unit.
Chairman Payne said that before de
ciding on a financial policy, the Red
Cross was awaiting definite reports on
the needs of the stricken people in the
area.
Military Units Report.
Other reports streamed into the
White House from Army and Navy
units In the Los Angeles area.
A naval radio dispatch said 1,200
bluejackets from the warships at San
Pedro had been landed to prevent loot
ing of open buildings and abandoned
homes.
Payne announced later he was send
ing Dr. William De Kleine to the
earthquake area by airplane. De Kleine
is medical assistant to the vice chair
man and a disaster expert.
Meanwhile, President Roosevelt was
informed that the Army and Navy was
already co-operating and that a satis
factory arrangement had been worked
out by the Red Cross forces in the
affected area.
"Additional experienced Red Cross
personnel will be made available as
rapidly as needed," the report to the
President said.
Admiral Richard Leigh, commander
In chief of the United States Fleet, re
ported to the Navy Department there
had been no casualties so far as known
among the Navy personnel on the West
Coast except one enlisted man reported
killed In San Pedro.
Navy Fireman Killed.
This was apparently J. W. Murray,
fireman on the cruiser Marblehead,
killed by falling walls at San Pedro.
The Navy has among Its enlisted per
sonnel a John Wesley Murray, who en
listed in July, 1931, at Raleigh, N. C.
Another message from Admiral Leigh
said:
"Information from the commander
ashore indicates situation amply cov
ered. Shocks continue in Long Beach
district, but no further damage. Build
ings badly damaged, walls fallen, win
dows and doors out. Streets are clear,
wires removed, water supply ample.
Oas mains shut off, but repairs under
way, estimated require five days. Food
serious problem, but organization ready.
Wonderful spirit co-operation and vol
unteer help evident everywhere."
Asleep before midnight for the flrrt
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132 DEAD, 4,000 HURT
IN 23 MAJOR SHOCKS;
RELIEF WORK RUSHED
Property Damage Runs Into
Tens of Millions in 100
California Towns.
LONG BEACH HARDEST HIT;
67 KILLED, 1,000 INJURED
Death List May Mount as Debris Is
Searched—Tremors Threaten
to Last for Weeks.
Br the Associated Preu.
LOS ANGELES, March 11.—Earth shocks continued in Southern
California today in the wake of a terrifying quake which caused
the death of at least 132 persons, injuries to possibly 4,000, and tens
of millions of dollars' property damage.
There had been 23 distinct shocks, but they generally were of
diminishing Intensity.
Most of the death and destruction was confined to the violent
initial shock which, accompanied by a peculiar roar, rocked the
section at 5:55 p.m. yesterday, shaking building walls down and
starting fires.
Some of today's shocks jarred more debris loose from buildings
in the practically wrecked business section of Long Beach, 20 miles
south of here.
Long Beach, where the tremors struck hardest, reported at least
67 dead and about 1,000 injured. Anaheim boulevard, extending almost
two miles eastward into the residential section, was the hardest hit
scarcely a building there escaping without damage.
Quake Death List
Br the Associated Press. 1
The following Is the latest available ,
information on the known dead In the
Southern California earthquakes:
Long Beach.
Mrs. Louella Allcurn, 78, 870 >6 West
Fifty-fourth street.
Earl Anderson, address unknown.
Mrs. Prank Ball, Bellflower.
Forest T. BrinkerhofT. 1428 Tamarind
avenue, Dominguex Junction.
Mrs. Brlle.
R. T. Burke.
F. G. Bryan, 40.
Jack Brodle, Imperial Theater as
sistant manager.
Irene Campbell, 713 Ardmore street,
Bellflower.
G. E. Caulder.
Mrs. M. J. Corbln.
Dwight Cormlsh of Fourth and Locust
streets.
Theodore Davis, State motor cycle
officer.
Mrs. T. J. Derry, 32 West Sevententh
street.
George Donahue.
Tony Duschar.
Mrs. George Eller.
L. E. Ellis.
Jack Freman.
Helen Everlch.
Harold Glenn.
Jack Green.
Green.
Ross Hedman.
Dorothy Kain. 29 Stone street.
Peter Laberich, 255 Taber street.
Helen Laberich. 255 Taber street.
Mrs. August Lentz, 2136 East Fourth
street.
William P. Marshall.
Frank McCarthy.
P. Miller.
J. A. McLaughlin, 77, 265A Hill street.
L. J. Mitchell.
J. W. Mitchell, 18, of 1035A Orange
avenue.
Mrs. Moller.
J. W. Murray.
Thomas Murray, Cottage Grove.
Dr. A. M. Perkins.
Hattie Peterson. *
Reyes.
Torrance Roberts, 13, of 2117 Lemon
avenue.
John A. Rogers. 327 West Third street.
B. W. Sampson.
Pauline Samuels.
Ray Saunders.
Donald Slauseon.
TVtlnrM Rnanirlpr rt
Ad Stephens, fireman.
Clayton Stevens, 1880 Golden avenue.
A. E. Summers, 1753 Garden avenue.
Mrs. A. E. Summers, same address.
Jack Tremane.
Miss Flora Weeden, 23. of 120 North
Greenwood street,Montebello.
Compton.
Dr. Ashley M. Firkins, 467 West
School street.
Harold Glenn, Las Campanas Hospital.
Green. Artesla.
Henrietta Gundemann, 17, Compton
schoolgirl.
Emil Johnson.
William D. Marshall, 212 Spruce street.
Richard Wade and Infant son.
Mrs. Ruby Wade.
John Young.
George Stone.
C. P. Wertiberger.
John Do#white
M. Wright 1488 Atlantic'avenue.
John W. Wllhoit.
Huntington Park.
Alice G. Anthony, 40, of 2738 East
Fifty-seventh street.
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THREE MEN KILLED
AS AID PLANE FALLS
Trio In Bonte to Long Beach to
Help With Belief Crash
at Los Angeles.
By the Associated Preif.
LOS ANOELLE8. March 11.—Three
men were killed early today when their
airplane crashed as they were en route
to Long Beach to render-aid to quake
stricken victims.
Hiey were:
Frederick Porter, Chicago sportsman
and pilot-owner of the plane.
Capt. Charles Towne, field manager
of the Santa Monica airport.
i Police Sergt. Charles Morton of the
Santa Monica department.
Rehabilitation work was started im
mediately by City Manager C. S. Dob
bin, who said State aid would be avail
able. More than 2,000 men were called
to clean up the city today.
Soldiers, sailors. Marines and polict
patroled the streets and reported an
absence of vandalism. Only persons
with proper credentials were permitted
to enter or leave Long Beach.
Los Angeles, which counted five deac
and an estimated 3,000 injured, wit
nessed the crumbling of many brick
walla, the collapse of a few old build
ings and the appearance at cracks ir
its new 28-story city hall.
Seismologists said the shocks might
continue for weeks.
From more than 100 communities
came reports of casualties and damage
in the most severe earthquake in the
modern history of the Los Angele}
area. It was feared a further eearcl
of the debris might bring the death list
higher.
Compton reported 13 dead and 150
injured. Santa Ana. Huntington Park,
San Pedro, Wilmington, Bellflower,
Artesia, Hermosa Beach. Garden Grove,
Walnut Park and Norwalk had at least
one dead each.
Search was speeded at Long Beach
and other cities as the debris was ex
plored for many missing. Authorities
there feared the day would Increase the
deaths to 100, or even more.
Damage Runs Into Millions.
Property damage certainly amounted
to millions and possibly to tens of mil
lions or beyond. Smaller buildings
were unable to withstand the shock and
in many cases were reduced to piles of
brick anrt fwnent
The sturdier buildings were cracked,
but did not fall. In Los Angeles Coun
ty a height limit of 150 feet—about a
dozen stories—is placed on all buildings
except the Los Angeles City Hall. This
provision was made with earthquakes in
mind.
Shocks continued all through last
night into today, nearly a score of strong
temblors being felt and several hundred
of lesser Intensity. These quakes may
continue for days or even weeks.
The shock was believed to have cen
tered In a great upheaval in the Pa
cific Ocean, southwest of Long Beach.
At Long Beach the front of a two
story hotel fell away almost Immediate
ly, leaving bed rooms and baths ex
posed as in a show window.
Over a widely distributed area small
brick buildings collapsed. The larger
Long Beach buildings remained firm
against the earth's attack, although po
lice were detailed to force occupants of
many apartment houses out and pre
vent others from entering.
In Los Angeles only a few buildings
actually collapsed, these all old struc
tures. In the downtown business section
cracks appeared in the outer walls of a
few buildings and quantities of build
ing materials were thrown Into the
streets.
School Buildings Burned.
Fire added its menace to the shocks
from the quivering earth, and high
school buildings at Huntington Park
and Norwalk were burned.
However, the sky lines of Los Angeles
and Long Beach were unmarred by the
catastrophe.
Police, naval and military unite and
other relief agencies were quickly ral
lied along the whole stricken front and
thousands of volunteers were soon add
ed to the regular forces. National
Guard units were hurriedly mobilized
for patrol duty and sailors were landed
from the fleet at anchor in the Long
Beach Harbor area. They were dis
patched to Long Beach and nearby
towns. Others were to come ashore to
day.
Although later shocks seemed mon!
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EARTH SHOCKS FELT
AT POPLAR BLUFF, MO.
Two Distinct Tremors Rattle Win
dows and Shake Pictures
By the Auoclated Press.
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo., March 11.—
Two distinct earth tremors were felt
here at 6:48 and 7:04 a.m. (Central
standard time). Dr. J. L. Lindsay said
windows rattled and pictures shook on
the walls of his home.
Poplar Bluff is 50 miles northwest of
New Madrid, Mo., where a severe earth
quake occurred in 1811.
on. Walls.
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