AMERICAN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 11 February 1930, Page 5

AMERICAN ITEMS

MOTOR SMASH SEQUEL,

(United Press Aaaociation—By Electric telegraph—Copyright).

CHICAGO, February 10. Two white youths were killed i here in an encounter with four negroes. The fast are that five white boys raced the four coloured men in automobiles., A smash was the outcome. ' Each party accused others of causing the smash up that resulted in the

damaging of the cars. / The negroes then drew guns, and .Athey killed two of the whites. After 'hat they .all escaped.

950 ARRESTS MADE.

CHICAGO, February 10,

A week-end round-up of criminals has revealed.-.that out of .950 arrests, half those taken have a prison record. Hundreds of the victims of the recent robberies spent Sunday in looking over lines of criminals and in trying to ■identify attackers. WHEAT STORAGE. (Received this day at 9.40 a.m.V . i ; OTTAWA, Feb. 16. The Finance Minister, Mr Dunning, to-day stated: “I see no reason for getting panicky about the wheat situation. There is no more in storage i now .than.at this time last year.” J A report from Winnipeg states the of C. B. Watts, a former r yheat pool officer, who has returned from England, that boycotting -of Canadian wheat has'xbeen occurring in London, is creating ft stir throughout the. nation. He. said that vans bore placards stating: ‘‘We use no Canadian flour,” > The Wheat Pool is demanding a Government investigation. CANADIAN PROHIBITION. (Received this dnv at 9.40 n.m.l Vancouver, Feb. io. Tlie Dominion Prohibition Party will '1 enter . politics. It includes fifteen Common’s members, and thirty members of the Legislature.