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THE PRODUCERS NEWS
and nation
every
moment to fleclde,
of food with falsehood.
Liberty Is Not
Handed Down
to
»One*
Com««
m the
the
strife
th* food or
•tU side."
From Above
for
v Mkhed Weekly
volume XIV.
A PAPER OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE
PLENTYWOOD, SHERIDAN COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1931.
Official Paper of the City of Plentywood
No. 27.
Sub. Rates »
Foreign, $3.76 per year
In U. S. $3.00 per year
Entered as second Claas Matter, October 18. 1912, at the Poet
office at Plentywood, Montana, Under the Act of March 3, 1878
PITTSBURGH
j# CRASHES
\
Millions of Dollars in
Lost —Drain Due
Gone
Forty
in Deposit 8 are
to Withdrawal by Other Banks.
Pittsburgh, Pa.- The Bar.k ol
Pittsburgh, with reported assets of
rs<U3 953, was declared suspend
ed'the comptroller of the cur
, took over the bank. It is one
oldest financial institutions
been founded in 1810.
ed
y ■ ;■
of the
here having
TCe deposits as of record of Ju
1931 were reported at $43,
ly 1)
921 , 065 .
Th e vice-president of the Pitts
burgh clearing house association
oeclared "the suspension was due
t0 a drain which has arisen most
largely from withdrawal of depos
its by banks in other sections of
the country."
REJECT POOL
FOR ASSISTING
SHADY BANKS
j
WÄton, D. C- A™ !
bankers refuse to see America j
first In fact they refuse to see it |
at all. Not even will they gaze at I
it when so high an official as the
president of the United States
points it out to them and urges J
them to do something.
This is the sensatiopal news that !
has finally leaked from the con- i
Terence held some days ago be- j
tween President Hoover and heads i
of the largest Wall Street banks, i
Sensational Happenings at Confer
ence Between President and
Banker Has Leaked Out.—De
mand Cancelling of European
Loans — Believed Hoover Will
Eventually Suport Cancellation.
President Hoover was contem
platirg tne formation of a pool by
the great banking interests of the !
country to give assistance to weak
banks when they were forced to
rir 3tl ° nS 86 ° f fr ° Z '
!
It planned by the president
säB
-—- "
Kolw ? a su 5 ffes . tlon . to x . th f
T u for seeing America first,
They couldn t see it at all. They
President their eyes were
«o meted on the huge loans they
^ at . t] ? ey
coulantb® bothered with giving
£îlf raeri 5 a Üi. ban f S and
the depositors unfortunate enough
to have their money in tottering
financial institutions.
Then the leading bankers of
^all street, the bankers who have
the campaign for wage reduc
I tons, are reported to have polite
V this gun at the head of the
President. If he would guarantee
thät war debts were either wiped
out or greatly reduced and the one
year moratorium on payments
these war loans extended to from
three to five year there might be
I a nope of these bankers of collect
I their loans abroad.
I They did not think that Ger
I W0ldd he any more able to
I J „ a ?' e 3 r * rom toda V th an at thej
PffiaKffl
ÄÄ- to Have tJ
J» ST ttepiSS 2. he sdwad
iS*; *1™*. "P » hp
at the armament conference.
af 'f s
Ä
in reali°tl a tr a r h ! t00k wh&t Wa ^
the pale it Î flrst step toward
^ " tl ° f War debtS '
Roes through the
thî l-,) Va I Street bankers hope
»2ed t I 6tback their money
iffEuropean nations in the
t0 «tern the tide of bol
n " d the people of the
V States will hold the sack,
lw ea ; nwihle if those banks of the
Sf 4 States that have been weak
can withuFonri +v j •
and good for Le deposit"
• H they can't—well in so far
are h c e ' eadin? Wa » Street bankers
it will be just too
!'( " ^ bey could hear the
h
evei | louder and louder
ing }„ t 1 • e na tion and echo
mUf ™Jr ls capit °l city they
'ka^litv of CnCe * to realize the ad-1
in mi. 1 seeing America first. 1
T 8 of AÄr ynMm * 10 the Tnil, ' I
^°iti whirVi !l Cans ln the land
seeing America first,
afford c ^°, rds doin * something
'otis n f a m Ployment to the mill
f 'r
Striking Canadian Miners Gassed, Killed
" ---—-*
RAILROADS TO TRANSPORT FREE
FOOD DONATED TO RED CROSS!
Free transportation on donated
food supplies consigned to the
Montana-North Dakota drcuht
ea has been extended to the Amer
ican Red Cross by three railroads
penetrating the two states.
This announcement was made
recently by R. A, Shepard, drouth
relief director fo rthe Red Cross
whose headquarters are at Helena.
Railroad companies extending
free hauling privileges are the
Northern Pacific, Great Northern
and Soo Line.
ar
Send Food in 10 Days
Foodstuffs, being donated to the
relief agency from individuals and
organizations in this and surround
ing states will begin moving to
ward the drouth sections in about
10 days.
Shepard said 50 carloads »»f po
tatoes have already been pledged
by p io weis in the Red River val
ley of North Dakota and Minneso
ta, through the potato dealers' and
shippers' associations. Inquiries
from other groups deciding to lend
the Red Cross assistance ny Hi«
donation of other food supplies,
are being received by the relief di
rector daily.
j A warehouse has been opened in
! S î'pa'ï .ÄwS
j p ii es will be handled and
| signed to urouth counties,
I ond warehouse is being established
iB'^higs.
recon
A sec
FEDS GET STILL
AT MED. LAKE;
T , , . « ... A
captired 46 cases of 'beS^BO gab
Sff ofmLh Z JSS'l laUon
waï ope^tedX^DaTe Me
»«ä »r
ÄS." St
^e Cup, only they weren't serving
coffee there.
The smashing o fthe 4o cases
of beer took about two hours and
it proved an interesting diversion
for the Medicine Lake citizens who
lined up and watched the perform
ance -
----
» W fk F
j Auxiliary at Westby Es
tablishes a Supply Shelf
rr J
Anyone who has old clothes,
shoes or bedding that is clean and
usable is asked to bring them
and leave them at the Monarch
1 Lumber Co., the depot or any Aux
ofjiliary member in Westby for dit
tribution.
Also, any one who needs these
articles is requested to make appli
cation to members of the Westby
Unit of the Auxiliary. x
j . „ . . ... . .— ■
Medicine Lake.—Federal officers
Wad ell and Mitchell raided a still
___ _
CONVIVIAL DELEGATES AT LEGION
CONVENTION VOTE IN FAVOR OF
RESTORATION OF DEMON RUM
-—•--
sdwad Cheers, Raucuoa Cachinnations Break Out When
a Three to One Ballot on Booze Question is Announc
Balance of Soldiers Bonus—Montana Delegates Vole
' for Immediate Payment Resolution.
-
Detroit, Sept. 24.— The Ameri
can Legion national convention to
day ejected a resolution endors
ing the immediate payment of bo
nus certificates at face value. The
vote was 902 to 607.
f n the roll call vote by depart
Lent, Colorado and Wyoming were
among the 36 who voted against
the resolution. Montana was in
eluded in the nine departments
who voted for it.
-
Washington, Sept. 24.— Presi
dent Hoover was informed of the
Legion beer vote. His spokesman
at the White House said Mr. Hoov
Cr did n0t dedre t0 C ° mment -
—~~ ,
gin of 1,008 to 394 the American j
Legion today called on congress ,
for a referendum on either repea.
or modification of the 18th amen -
1 ment. . , .
' I and cheers, tnrowmg ux
applause broke out when the
dssæssss
ment. , , ,
Wild scenes of disorder, shouts
and cheers, throwing of hate and
Mr. and Mrs. Koike are Re
ported Recovering Nicely
Howard M. Lewis, lawyer, was a
professional visitor in Glasgow
last week. While there he went
to see Harry Koike who is confined
to the Deaconess hospital with
injuries received in an automobile
accident two weeks ago. There
have been several stories out rela
tive to the extent of the injuries
of Mr. and Mrs. Koike. Mr. Lewis
says Harry has a broken arm and
a broken leg while Mrs. Koike has
a broken pelvic bone and a broken
collar bone. Both have numerous
bruises about the body. The pa
tients are getting along nicely un
der the circumstances and are
very hopeful that they may soon
be brought to to Plentywood.
The accident happened on a
straight road just as the car was
going over a small knoll. Harry
said he applied the brakes and be
lieved the front brakes locked. The
car turned end over end three
times and was completely wreck
ed. The doors came open when
the car landed on the top the first
time throwing the Koikes out.
79 Years Old
_ , , _
Frank Rhody, for the past 15 ! the
years a resident of Plentywood, j i n
was bom 79 years ago at Oshkosh, |
Wisconsin. He is celebrating his j
birthday today, Friday. About
years ago Mr. Rhody suffered a
stroke of paralysis from which he
has never fully recovered. How
ever he may be seen around town
daily walking only with the aid of
a cane. His many friends are
extending felicitations.
65
WHY NOT GIVE IT
TO HOME FOLKS
— •
Francisco— Senator Kev
Pittman of Nevada said here last
w S f t Las laudable
. united States government
the United btates govenunem
the nationalS govem
bTstiil
Soîe laudable ' "hould the govern
mor Ç laudame snouia me govern
fS£i BoTrdVhTat^the iLeri
^ tr Son
f n the needv
to e^ e y.
While we are givmg tmngs a- j
way, said the senator, it would
b e a great boon to our people this
winter if «vepr poverty-stricken
family should have at least a sack
of flour m the house.
"It wouldn't hurt the wheat
farmers any, because these people
could not buy it anyway and it
would remove the constant threat
of the possibility of the farm
board dumping the grain.
-—
Pat Cookley, delegate from Pan
ama, refused to vote on the reso
lution.
As the resolution was declared
adopted the convention went wild
anew S J
had been shouts of victory as the
count increased for the measure.
But when Commander O Neil an
nounced the oficial count the
cheering became deafening.
The dry votes were greeted with
boos and catcalls from the packed
galleries, while every vote against
prohibition received a cheer.
^ a lull after the voting L. K.
Rob b arose and invited the Legion
S A . UStralia f ° r " a "° 0d ^
time.
Montana voted solidly for the
Williams of
newly elected
^g^uon appeared from the dele
, Ra ^ eg f rom the south and the mid
d j e wes t agricultural belt.
Montana ^ted solidly for the
resolution.
y W ' newly elected
the Auxiliary was
SHs-" -
MARK TWAIN'S
SPIDER STORT
A
T ONE time Mark Twain, the
famous humorist, was edi
tor of a newspaper in Vir
ginia City,
One day a subscriber wrote
him saying that he had found a
spider in his copy of the paper,
and asking if this was a sign of
good or bad luck.
Twain answered as follows:
"Dear Subscriber: The finding
of a spider in your copy of the
Enterprise was neither good
luck nor bad. The spider was
merely looking over our pages
to find out what merchant was
not advertising, so that it could
spin its web across that mer
chant's door and lead a free and
undisturbed existence ever aft
er.''—L. R. Wood, Inc., Bulletin.
IOWA CATTLE
117 A H IO riTTVm
W AK |S fVNjJIpJJ
One-fourth of the 1500 or more
members of the militia recently
sent into Cedar county to help
veterinarians enforce the state law
for testing cattle for tuberculosis
had been ordered withdrawn after
I meeting with little or not resist
I ance from farmers who objected
to the tests.
1 The farmers opposed the test on
! the grounds they were not exact
j i n determining the presence of tu
| berculosis in cattle; that thev were
j not paid enough for cattle con
2|demned; that the tests injured the
Tipton, Iowa, Sept. 28.
"cow war
today.
Iowa's
appeared to be over
cattle and that the law itself was
unconstiutional. A climax to their
fight was reached last Monday
when they resisted the efforts of
65 sheriff's deputies to help vet
erinarians enforce the law, result
ing in an order for troops by Gov.
Turner.
irsr.wt
Ti
filed suit against Attorney Wag
ner - The two used to be very
friendly and helped one another
skin the county as best they could,
^ of ^ was bu y
m office building for their owî.
use and at the same time have the
county pay $35 per month for it
r
Who furnished the brains for
scheme is not known but Mr.
Bakewell furnished $1500. The
.building being owned by the ooun
j ty a *t orney himself and rented by
the county for his own use did not
(ook go d gQ Mr Wagner
ßuposed to ^ ^ owner 0 f the
bu ihjing. After Mr. Bakewell mov-1
ed out of the building and no more
$35 pe r m0 nth coming in from the
county, he is getting worried about
b i s $1500.
Mr. Bakewell is now filing suit
against his old partner. There will
be a chance for a couple of good
lawyers to get intq this case.
Bake well - Wagner
M 4 ______ _
NOW PLANNING
AN ANTI-SOVIET
CRUSADE IN U3.
a
for c o. g ml stic cojmtri«
the d a, one o( ^f Mia are ^
h€rP în the ] arjçest Russ î an co i ony
fR •
Ä "ÄS"
thousands of emigrees who have
come to this city since the révolu
T" 1 ? 7 ' bUt
only the communists stand on soap
*^ d . ^ ve street corner
'
Keep It Dark ....
1 TTw ™***Mgt* are particule
ly jecreLYe and for that reason
there hasten no public comment
on Hus week s reports that Arch
gjtoQnü Yladmurovitch, pte
tender to the throne and cousin of
the l^ast czar, is corning to the
part -iV 1 v!
^ ^ b
„.wie
JtSL here anT amoT Æ
members are dozens who still cling
cers vehemently denied the report
when finally persuaded to talk.
"It's ridiculous,'* said Ivan Pou
sc hine, secretary of one of the or
ganizations working for a return
of things as they were. "There's
nothing to it.**
Rumor of Slush Fond
He and other monarchists
(Continued os Last Page)
(
- 7
MOUNTED POUCE KILL TWO AND
WOUND PROBABLY FATALLY TWO
OTHERS IN ESTEVAN, SASK. FIGHT
Este van, Sask., Sept. 30.—Police fired on a mob of
striking miners today, killing two sind wounding proba
bly fatally two others, when the miners attempted to
stage a forbidden parade. Twelve policemen and one girl
were injured.
The strikers, with their wives prominent in their
midst, gathered down town this afternoon. A small squad
of police tried to disperse them, but were forced to re
treat when the miners attacked with stones and clubs.
Windows weflp shattered and street lamps were
broken in the melee. Women were leaders in the brick
hurling, police said.
At 3:30 p. m. the police squad was backed against
the town hall, battling the mob with billies when rein
forcements of 16 royal Canadian mounted police arrived
with rifles and tear gas bombs. They forced their way
through the crowd and rescued the weary officers.
The police leader shouted to the crowd to disperse or
he would fire. The strikers, it is said, charged and the
police fired. With the dead and wounded lying in the
street police quickly charged and dispersed the crowd,
firing tear gas bombs into the crowd and bullets over
their heads Six miners, including three women were ar
' ° _
rested. The strikers were reported to have reformed out
side of Estevan and are reported to be preparing for an
. . ^ r- t' &
other assault.
UNITED FARMERS LEAGUE
GENERAL MEETING
AT THE FARMER-LABOR TEMPLE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15,1931
WILL SPEAK
"
and others
MOTHER BLOOR
A get together and have a good
time meeting of all members and
prospective members of the United
Farmers League will be held in
the Farmer-Labor Temple in Pien
tywood Thursday, October 15th.
Bring the whole family and slay
a ii «ftemoon and rirfi*
At one o'clock Mother Bloor will
deliver one of her famous talks to
the huge crowd expected. Be sure
and be there on time. Other top
ics of interest will be discussed
during the afternoon.
JOIN THE LEAGUE
RED CROSS ROLL CALL
Tbe local Bed Cross authorities
have announced that this organi
zation, with its treasury somewhat
SSkSSÆ
S-.B
S-sSS 5 £5 s .
S ad Se ^ m ^' So'r'wm^ye to
bear m Sherid^i county wUiprob
ou £ ,
5a — Ä S"Æ
° c Jobl X n h haß bee n appointed
,, c b a irman
county's 1 allouent is $1400 of
whkh $700 is to be used in gener
al relief and ^ rema i n der to be
used in the treasury of the local
chapter N one of the local men
receiye compensation whatso
eyer fQr ^ ^ 3pite of
^ fact that the ^ is ardu0U s
d j particularly full 0 f grief
for the comm itteemen.
Tho —„„j nr£ , cpn * for
clothin ^^ Mrg Æ c ( Ida ) Er
ickson has been appointed chair
man of 016 clothing relief depart
ment * A ^cleus of cast off clo
^ been C f ollec . ted ' "
na ^ 10 , na ^organization is expected to
Sheridan
It is
SAY IT WITH COAL
If you are short of money
land have not paid your sub
scription, do it by bringing
us coal in exchange. We can
use 20 tons now. _
THE PRODUCERS NEWS.
A program is being prepared to
take place in the early part of the
evening after which everybody will
swing around to the tune of "We
wont go home until morning'* and
others, furnished by some old time
music experts.
Coffee will be served free. Bring
your own lunch and your own
babies, the babies and smaller
children will be taken care of and
entertained by a committee of
trained nurse girls appointed for
that purpose.
a
making its best endeavor to meet
the need, not only in western
North Dakota and eastern Mon
tana, but also in nine other of the
western states. The charitable or
ganizations in Butte, for example,
have promised to raise $86,000
for Red Cross Relief work. The
city of Helena has agreed that its
quota is to be $25,000 and the state
of Montana has pledged itself to
raise the sum of $260,000 to meet
the emergency.
Application sfor clothing must
come through the local committee
men and be referred to the cen
tral committee; and, upon allow
ance, where the local stock is in
sufficient, it is probable that the
national organization will be able
to raise sufficient funds to take
care of the clothing needs of the
people.
An effort is being made, too, to
obtain vegetables, and, possibly,
flour, in bulk; and the local men
hope to be able to have a supply
of such bulk goods within a com
paratively short time. Every ef
fort is being made by headquart
ers to obtain vegetables, at least,
in bulk, so that destitute persons
in this territory may at least have
such things on hand as potatoes
and possibly other vegetables, and
flour.
The Red Cross organization
urges every good citizen in Sheri
dan county to take out their Red
Cross membership, at a cost of
$1, or more; and it confidently ex
pects that there are at least 1400
good men and women in this coun
ty who will do their part in this
relief work.
Visiting in Iowa
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Hardersen
and children accompanied by Val
lerie Main and little Margaret,
left last Saturday for a visit at
Mr. Hardersen's old home and
with relatives in Clinton and Roy
al, Iowa.
*
DANCE AT THE FAIR
GROUNDS PAVILION
SATURDAY NIGHT
This Saturday night there will
be a dance at the Fairgrounds pa
vilion under the auspices of the
American Legion. The partitions
have been removed for the occa
sion giving much more floor space
and when The Aces of Rythm get
into action those who are fond of
dancing will without doubt have
an evening full of enjoyment.
The dance at the Temple last
Saturday night brought forth a
big crowd of merrymakers from|
near and far who greatly enjoyed}
themselves to the popular music
of the Wunderlich orchestra There
were no dull moments and the;
dancers were going as strong when
Home Sweet Home was wafted
over the floor as when they start
ed. It was the first dance m the
temple for some time and proved
a real drawing card.
Insanity Hearing
Wm. Hegeland of this city was
brought before the insanity board,
examined and adjudged insane and
was taken to Warm Springs by
Frank Dionne Monday, Hegland
seems to have been suffering from
mental aberration for some time
but was not considered dangerous
until one evening last week when
he crawled out of a window and
thinking hunting season had open-1
ed and there was an open season |
on hombres grabbed his trusty shot '
gun and took a pot shot at a harm- 1
less yokel from a nearby town i
,_, __. . „ roo *
whom he was convinced was rock
ing the boat. His view was obscur
by ' rusbes '' and he ™ lss ® d
the y 0 kel's hat rack by a mile. At
the hearing he found the judge
was crazier than he and the two
doctors naturally plum goofey, all
of which just didn't sit well with
the board. In addition he worked
himself off into such a paroxysm
of rage that there could be no;
doubt as to his responsibility and !
he was adjudged insane and order- \
ed taken to the hospital at Warm
Springs. Hegeland's many friends |
trust that his affliction is not of a i
permanent nature and that he will j
be restored to normalcy and
soon
returned to his home and loved
I
London, Sept. 25.— Squaring in
ones.
GANDHI GIVES
HIS ULTIMATUM
, ... ,
Mahatma Informs British that His
Country.. Will- Take. Nothing
Short of Liberty.
his homespun cotton robes before
; a big meeting of conservative, lib
j e ral and labor members at the
1 house of commons tonight, Mahat
! ma Gandhi voiced the strongest de
|in and he has yet made in London
for Indian independence.
In a gentle voice that seemed
to soften his bold statements, the
Indian nationalist leader declared
he would be satisfied with nothing
short of complete independence.
Safeguards, such as British con
trol over the army and finance,
were unacceptable, he said, but
complete independence does not ex
elude partnership with Britain on
a basis of full equality.
STARVING CHINESE HORDES MOB
LINDBERGH PLANE WHILE ON RE
LIEF TRIP WITH MEDICAL SUPPLY
Nanking, China, Sept. 26 .— Col.
Lindbergh's experimental flight to
take doctors and medicines to the
flood isolated center of northern
Kiangsu province failed today be
cause starving Chinese throngs ,
crying for food rushed the plane,
Declaring the failure "the most 1
heart rending experience of my |
life," Lindbergh and his compan
ions sadly returned to Nanking,
convinced the only way to place
doctors in the flood towns would
be to seid them with military es
Dr. Heng Liu,
corts.
Mrs Lindbergh Not Along ...
Mrs. Lindbergh did not accom
pany her husband on the flight,
which took him,
head of the national flood relief
commission's staff, and Dr. J N.
Grant, American member of the
Peiping Union Medical College
faculty* to Hinghwa, 70 miles
northeast of here. She decided the
doctors needed the space, so stay
ed here and missed a distressing
and dangerous experience.
The plan was to take the doctors
and their medical supplies to a
flood center, leave them there, and
return to Nanking for another
medical unit for another certer.
Hinghwa was the first halting
place. Every available foot of
space on the plane had been used
for the medical supplies and as
toon as it alighted on the flood
waters on the outskirts of the city
there was a rush toward it of
FOUR BANKS IN
MINNESOTA IN
UST OF CLOSED
St. Paul, Sept. 25.— Pour state
banks in three Minnesota counties
with total deposits of almost one
million dollars were closed last
week according to an announce
m ent made by the state banking
commissioner,
; Three of the banks according to
Commissioner Peyton belonged to
an chain in which c> s .
i0rwoll Minneapolis, held the con
trolUn inteTest
The closed banks are the Farin .
erg State bank of Ha nley Falls
the Farme rs State bank of Echo,
j Yellow Medicine county, and the
jCCottonwood State bank of Cot
Itonwood, Lyon county, represent
ing total deposits of $896,000.
The fourth was the First State
Bank of Clearwater, Wright coun
ty, with deposits of $98,000.
the Temple Thursday night be
tween Elwood House of Outlook
and Doc. Lofthus of Crosby drew
a fair crowd.
The match was a good one, fast,
thrilling and interesting with no
stalling or sparring for position or
Both men showed
LOFTHUS WINS
FROM E. HOUSE
The big wrestling match at
advantage,
great skill and cleverly slipped out
of many agonizing bolds with the
agility of a cat.
Lofthus won the first fall in
! about 18 minutes. The second fall
\ went to House in six minutes and
.the third was won by the North
| Dakota champion in about 20 min
i utes.
j Both men were in good shape
although House is many years old
i/er than Lofthus and consequently
(has not the staying qualities of
Ithe younger man. However, he is
I real opposition for any wrestler
leven at his age and has many vic
tories to his credit. Lofthus is as
fine a physical specimen as one
could wish to see. He does not
have huge rolls of muscle bulging
out all over his body but the size,
frame and strength are there to
gether with quickness, aggressive
ness and stamina. He leads an
active life, eats with moderation
and never dissipates, eschewing
tobacco and stimulants of all kinds.
Though House is more or less
of a local man and was the favor
ite in the betting the crowd was
well satisfied with the match and
the way it turned out.
Harry DeSilva left Friday of
last week for Ada, Minn., with a
truck load of furniture belonging
to C. R. Kienast. On the return
he brought a truck load of pota
toes from Larimore which he is
selling for 86 cents and a dollar
per bushel. Harry says conditions
in that section are far better than
here in every respect which is
on plainly shown in the attitude of the
people.
sampans crowded with starving
people who, seeing the packages
on the plane's fuselage, believed
food had come at last.
Most of the people in the mob
never had seen a plane before and
some regarded the machine as a
miraculous intercession. In the
midst of the clamor there arose
the cries of women and children
and prayers which may have been
thanksgiving,
Hundreds of hands stretched fer
the packages visible. The mob
paddled to the plane in sampans,
tubs, anything floatable, and
threatened to sing or at least dam
age the plane.
Dr. Liu, the only one of the par
ty speaking Chinese, tried to ex
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Big French Bank Closes
In the stock market report pub
lished in the daily papers Wednes
day the following item was found:
The market appeared to be
still under the domination of un
certainties abroad. Steadiness of
sterling exchange and recovery In
the Holland florin were encourag
ing but news that the Stockholm
stock exchange would be closed
until further orders and that the
principal industrial bank in Rheims
Prance had closed $s doors, gave
a measure of the widespread fi
nancial unsettlement in Europe.
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