AMERICAN CABLE NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 5 March 1928, Page 2

AMERICAN CABLE NEWS

By Telegraph—Press Assn., Copyright. IIITGK CAPJTAIjS. NEW YORK, .March 2. The animal report of the American Telephone Telegraph Coy. places it ahead of all the industrial concerns in the United Stales, with total assets of over four thousand million dollars. The United States Steel Corporation comes second with twenty-five hundred million dollars. BANDITS RAID LOS ANGELES BANK. NEW YORK, .March 3. News from Los Angeles states that two hold-ups, believed to have been planned by the same bandits, cost tho Los Angeles banks 68,000 dollars in currency. Three disguised and heavily armed men forced an automobile to stop and they relieved a messenger of 63,000 dollars, and new bills. ■While the police rushed to the scene, the three men entered a bank and forced the employees to lay on the floor while they rilled the cash drawers and escaped with 6000 dollars. POISONED ALCOHOL. FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES. ■Washington. .March 2. Representative Sarovicb. who is a physician, stirred both the Prohibition and Aiiti-TVobfbition forces in the House of Representatives lo white heal with a tfpepch denouncing ihe use of poison as a donntnrant in industrial alcohol. He .said: There are substitutes that are not a menace to health and thousands die or are blinded by bootleg liquor loaded with poison, which is prescribed by the Government. The ‘‘Dries” prevented Sarovicb handing round bottles containing compounds which he claimed would be used instead of tbe poison for denaturing. DEFAMATION’ OF CHARACTER. CHICAGO, March 3. M(-Andrew, whose dispute With the Board of Education, led to .Mayor Thompson’s “America First” campaign, lias tiled a suit lor 260,000 dollars against Thompson, charging him with defamation of character. .MeAndrew stated that if he wins, he will give the money to charity. U.S. NAVY. (Received tins day at 8 a.m.) WASHINGTON, March 3. The Naval Bill (cabled on 23tli Feb. 6 was s übmitted to the House of Representatives to-day, accompanied by a report stating that with an additional fifteen cruisers United States woult. have less than the essential minimum determined by the Naval General Board and that relative to cruisers United States will stand in ratio of 1.4 compared with Britain 5 and Japan 2.6. The report moreover stresses that the United States still is left in a secondary position. The programme is intended to round out our national forces and make them reasonably competent lo support our policies and safeguard our interest throughout the woild. It. purpose is to insure those policies and interests will be respected and peace maintained. It is in no sense n competitive programme since the essence df competition is flit? eflori to excell or out-distance another.” LIN D BKIIGI US R F.Q UEST. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) WASHINGTON, March 3. Lindbergh, through Ids counsel, sent a message to Congress w lie re several Bills are pending, to extend to him public honours, expressing the hoplhat the legislature "ill take no action such as to strike special medals or use public monies for such contemplated projects as the pureliaso of his home-] stead m Minnesota for conversion into a museum or passing of 6110,0()Q dollars to him for the development of aviation. Lindbergh expressed appreciation ot the generous motives, but. expressed a sentiment against proposals that “ inafire iff ai’i.v ifa# bis personal benefits.” SHOT BY MEXICANS. NT. tV YORK. March 3. News from Calexico', California, stales four Americans, three of whom are said to be deserters from the American navy, were shot and killed by a Mexican posse, alter escaping from a Mexican gaol with arms. 1 hey bad been arrested and imprisoned on a (barge of highway robbery. AfEX HOUSEKEF.T IN U S.A. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. As il is easier tor uonioii to gel work in America than lm-ii. many ot llii' unemployed males are staying at homes lo mind the babv. do the housework and the conking, while the wives go out to earn the daily bread. I here are 4.033.000 workless in the United States, and the number is increasing, despite the country’s wealth and apparent prosperity. President Coolidge and the various State Governors are being urged to give impetus to a number o! public works, in order to absorb a portion <n (lie vast army ot unemployed. Benevolent societies are at their wits end to supply tile demand for food and coal, while many hospitals are crowded with homeless and w,,rk/ecu suffering from exposure and starvation.

(Received this day at 8 arm'd NEW YORK, March I. The "Times” Washington correspondent states Afs’ Borah stated he experts the Senate to Rifat action on his eo-vilixation resolution (cnhh’U on 21st February) in the present session find the State Department intimated the measure will he given serious attention if approved; It is pointed out that the American Government has long since been desirous lit such efiorts. hut ifertifated 16 make the propositi toother powers pending action by the League of Nations along the same line's. It is felt here that Britain is also ready for co-vifixation and would probably participate in a conference for this purpose hut at present is still appraising the situation aml is not yet prepared to chart a new course’ involving basic Anglo-American relations. .Mr Borah to-day declared the real difficulty in agreeing with European nations on ti multi-lateral treaty outlawing war. lies iti ten or twelve special alliances winch have sprung up in Europe since the world war and are now supported by military conventions. He insisted that such a treaty would not In* at variance with the League Covenant.