AMERICAN CABLE NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 27 February 1928, Page 2

AMERICAN CABLE NEWS

13v Telegraph—Press Assn., Copyright. U.S. NAVY. AY ASHING TONE Fob. 25. The prospect of Congress authorising the House Committee’s new naval programme appear good as Chairman Madden of the House Appropriations Committee approved of it. His approval carries weight, due to his leadership of a group consistently opposing a large navy. A second bill covering tlie personnel and other expenses must he prepared later. .MASKED ROBBERS. NEW YORK, Feb. 25. ;qix masked robbers this morning captured a train in the suburban distriit’of Chicago and took complete possession of the train, over aweing the crew and seventy-five passengers in true wild west style. In twelve minutes they had blown the sale open in the mail ear and secured 100,000 dollars in currency and escaped with it in an automobile. The robbers appeared alongside tho train when it stopped to let off passengers at a station fourteen miles outside Chicago. Two members of the band went to the engine and held up tlie engineer and fireman. Two forced the remainder of the crew into the rear of the car and two hammered on the locked door of the baggage ear. until tho clerk appeared when a volley of shots was fired, blit nobody was hit. These two then dynamited the door of the coach and overpowered tlie clerk and obtained tlie loot after which the whole six quietly tint speedily disappeared.

BANDITS ROB BANKS. XEAV A'ORK, Fell. 28. At Kansas City, machine gun bandits looted the Kansas City Bank of 20,000 dollars, leaving after a fusilade of shots. Four young robbers trussed six employees at the St. Louis Bank and escaped with 30.000 dollars in : rronoy. U.S. MINE DISASTER. NEW A’ORK. Eeh. 25. At Fort Smith, Arkansas, thirteen minors were killed in a coal mine explosion to-day.