AMERICAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 9 March 1928, Page 3

AMERICAN NEWS

(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.) All! MAIL SKI!VICKS. WASHINGTON, March S. The Post Office Department adopted a. programme designed to give an air mail service within ten years to every city in the United States with a population above lit't.v thousand. The Department expresses the hope that great improvement in facilities will increase planes and mileage in the coming yea:. CHICAGO GUNAIKN. CHICAGO, March S. Til spite of the fact that a hundred thousand citizens gathered last night for special church services dedicated to praying that this city “may be purged of vice and corruption,” gunmen are continuing their wnrlarc. Throe 111011 armed with a revolver and a machine gun fatally wounded Jack McCuirn, chief lieutenant of Scarfaco Caponic Force, noai a flower shop where the assassination of Dean O’Ban ion began a. long list of gang warpaths three years ago. Shooting occurred at a gambling i resort, and one hy-stunder was vouiu - ed. The killers escaped. McOuirn refuses to speak more than to demand that a lawyer lie brought to him. PRKSIDKNTTAL CA MPATGX. (Deceived this day at 10.15 n.mA NKW YOKK, Maitdi 8. With many discussions on the prohibition question and its place 111 the policies of parties for the coming elections, rendering predictions at present difficult to accept. Oswald Vallard. Mr Borah’s friend, says in the current issue of “The Nation” that in the event of drv factions of both parties stauding/down. Air Borah will become their presidential candidate. He stated: “Should Air Borah speak out about the Republican Party, as did Mr Roosevelt in 1922. he would make his nomination on a third ticket inevitable.” aitssodlnts promise. NKAY YORK, Ain roll 8. ATussolini promised the United States he would attend the Conference of the World Anti-Narcotic League, which is .planning to meet and confer on drug traffic. , Tn a letter to the League, he saui . nj think well of your programme and wish to continue to throw all my force I against the drug evil. T. attend I the Conference in person.’ FULL COTPON CROP PRHDTCPKD. WASHINGTON. Alarch .8. Air Hoover predicted that the Ali-si-ssippi Valiev would sufficiently recover from the flood disaster to produce a full cotton crop this year.