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SOUTHERN
DAILY
CALIFORNIA
TROJAN
United	Press
World	Wide
News	Service
Volume XXVI
Los Angeles, California, Monday, April 22, 1935
Number 121
mazons Name Frankish Calls
Compere To Fill Executive Post
!onor Organization Selects New Cabinet Officers For Coming Year
wo Tie for Secretary
nyeart, ^ hitehorn, and Jasaitis Win Positions
On First Balloting
In an election held Thursday, j it'nbers of Amazon.", women's sen- \ oreanization. chose Ida May | ompere to serve as their Madame resident for the coming year. She j ill be assisted by Elaine Enyeart. t iio was named vice-president. j
Selection of officers was based on j *c records of campus activities and ! 'holarship records of the candi- j iates.
Tir To Be Voted
Due to a tie in the number of otes received by each. Marjorie Ir.llov and Mary Jane Sturgeon •en deadlocked for the job of sec-etury of the society. Pinal ballot-to determine which of these two
All desk editors of the Daily Trojan will assemble at 2:30 this afternoon to discuss handling of election news and other points of policy, it was announced last night by editor Frankish.
-The Daily Trojan*will remain strictly neutral during the election campaign,” Frankish stated, emphasizing that all editors attend today's meeting without exception.
Those required to attend are Hal Kleinschmidt. Phil Juergens, Oeorre Robert, Nelson Cullen-ward and Bill Ross.
LaGuardia Pays Prescott Visit
OneKilledJwo Maiden’s Prayei
Fatally Hurt in )uslTid’
W f M* Says Roberts
ff	01 miners Its here! Students ha\e been
waiting for it for eight months. They have talked about it; they have squawked about it; they cut classes for it every year — they’ll cut classes for it this year.
However, be that as it may, it’s here — they all say so. It’s glorious — it’s the answer to the man’s Insurgents Instigate Strife anQ^the maid's player mat it is?
®	°	1 —oh, only Spring. But that s no-
thing compared to the new issue of the Wampus — out Wednesday.
Love and politics is the theme, so boasts Editor Bill Robetts, who aeclares the lowdown on both topics will be thoroughly dissected for paying customers. “The
Long and Bitter Struggle Between Rival Groups Flares in Open
Men in Speeding Car Play Gunfire on Crowd Of Bystanders
SPRINGFIELD. 111.. April 21 — (l\P>—One miner Was slain, two others were believed mortally wounded. and six were less seriously wounded late today by rifle fire from an automobile in what appeared to be a renewal of warfare between rival mine unions.
The dead man was Ed Mabie, 42, j member of the Progressive Miners of America, which sprang from an
jokes this time have really been cleaned up — no dirt — no smut all clean!’ he said.
Y.W. Will Hold
All - University Carnival on Ice
Fraternity Hockey Teams To Play; Politicians To Race on Skates
Mayor of New York Tells insurgent group of the United Mine j
Home Town Residents Of Political Ideas
PRESCOTT. April 21— tf.F' Mayor Fiorello La Giardia of New
Workers six years ago and has car- j ried on bitter opposition during the j past three years.
Arthur Gramich. 31. exonerated j with Mable recently in the slaying i of James Cox, Woodside mine j
Candidates To Be Instructed
Polar Palace Party Planned
Program for All-U Affair To Include Exhibition Of Fancy Dances
With an inter-fraternity hockey game, a political candidate’s skating race, and exhibition skating dances as features of the evening's entertainment, the Y.W.C.A. is to be hostess at an all-university ice carnival to be held at the Folar Palace in Hollywood, Thursday evening, May 2.
Findings of Federal Agents In Robles Kidnap Case To Be Related to. Grand Jury
PHOENIX, April 17.—(UP)—A federal grand jury again is expected to hear evidence in the case of Oscar Robson, former Tucson night club owner, concerning his alleged activities in connection with the kidnaping of June Robles, 6-year-old Tucson kidnap victim, when it convenes late this month.
authorities late last year and has* been at liberty under $5,000 bond.
Formosa Island Quake Disaster Kills Thousands
pending disposal of the case, after a former grand jury faUed to take action, pending further investigation.
June Robles, granddaughter of a wealthy cattle baron of the southwest, was kidnaped one year ago this month while enroute home from her school. She was found 19 days later chained in a desert torture grave.
Search is Relentless
Several department of justice agents have been in Arizona working on the case since last April. The relentless search for the kidnapers has never slackened and it was rumored here that new evidence had been gathered in the case that pro
nmen will be the victor will be Your* brought his political ideals watchman and member of the Uni-
scld at a later date.
Amazons elected Donna White-orn treasurer and Genevieve Jas-sitis as publicity chairman. Prominent in Activities
Each of the successful candidates ua been outstanding in activities n the Trojan campus. The group, ken as a whole, presents a varied if=t of interests in many different zaniza tions.
Miss Compere, former president of >ta Tau Alpha social saroritv, now president of Spooks and ’okes, junior women's honorary rvice society. She holds member-np in Epsilon Phi, national honor-music fraternity; and Alpha “ppa Delta, honorary sociology ternity.
At present, she is a member of the jl-universitv social committee and live in the Y.W.C.A. and W.S.GA. ie formerly served as a member of all-university freshman ad-
isory board.
Journalism Major
beck to the old home town today, addressing an audience of several thousand gathered at a memorial on the courthouse lawn.
ted Mine Workers, was believed dying at a hospital.
Six Others Treated
Data About Constitutional Exam Will Be Given to • Office-Seekers
., ., . . Another man was reported in He endorsed the president s four I 5jmj-iar condition and six others re-
billion jobs-relief appropriation and pleaded for "political liberty and economic security.”
The speech came as a surprise, since he had consistently proclaimed his intention of avoiding political comment while on his Arizona visit. The former Arizonan who left in 189» to go east for a career of political success captured the audi-encc early in his speach .
Objective* Told
“Two objectives are close to my heart,” he said, “one of which is to furnish elbowroom and sunlight for the people of New York city in place of present housing in squalid tenaments, and the other is to see established for the country at large a trinity of liberties, religious freedom. political liberty, and economic security.”
Speaking on general politics, the
Occupants Recognized
Nick Walgrave. PM.A. member, who was looking out the organization's office window, told authorities he recognised one occupant of the automobile.
Police squads were thrown into the district to preserve order among
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filaine Enyeart has confined her: New Yorker urged his ArtopnaPem-tivities to journalism, being a ocratic audience to 'stand behind ■mber of the Daily Trojan stall j President Roosevelt ln his attempt d a holder of the scholarship of- I to bring the country out of the re-
ceived treatment for lesser bullet wounds. Names were not immediately available.
Gramich and Mabie were standing on the sidewalk in front of the building which houses P.M.A. headquarters.
An automobile containing several men turned the corner and occupants opened fire with repeating rifles. Gramich and Mabie,who appeared to have been singled out in a crowd of miners enjoying the Sunday afternoon sunshine, fell dead. Others were reported wounded. The automobile sped away, colliding with another machine as it turned a comer.
,umalism. She Is president of Alia Chi Alpha, national honorary ;malLsm sorority, and is a mem-jr of Theta Sigma Phi. national norarv journalism fraternity.
;nna WMtehorn is a member of ;lta Gamma social sorority and is ?minent in W.A A. activities. She belongs to Delta Psi Kappa, ional physical education sorority.
'iss Jasaitis, another journalism olarship holder, is pledged to ta Sigma Phi and Alpha Chi
in addition to being active *T.SG.A. affairs.
. Frank Baxter o Address Group
Country Obligated
He warned that “the problems have not been solved,” but declared that the country must provide employment and relief “as long as we have people in this country who are In need.*
“We are going through a transition period it is natural that we will have all sorts of ideas proposed and presented. It is natural that we will have economic panaceas offered.
“The solution will be found not in the plan of any one individual
“This was wanton slaughter,” Daniel McGUl, member of the P. M A. district executive board, said.
More than 200 bombings have occurred since 1932 during the struggle between the old United Mine Workers' organization and the more recent P.M.A. Thirty-four persons havedied in the war and hundreds have been wounded.
Freight, trains carrying coal from the mines have been dynamited from tracks and bndges have been blown up. Property damage has
Final instruction before holding the examination of the A.S.U.S.C. constitution, for those seeking student body offices, will be given today by Allen Ziegler, chairman of the constitutional committee, in 418 Student Union, at 3:30 p.m.
"Failure to appear for this meeting without submitting a reasonable excuse wUl automatically cancel that candidate’s eligibility. I must insist that all candidates named below appear for this instruction,” Ziegler announced.
The following are candidates; Mary Frances Allen, Gerda Boorse, Alene Brown. Marjorie English, Elaine Enyeart, Velma Ferraris, Myra Haynes, Betty Keeler, Grace Libby, Lucy Ann McLean. Merlyn Pearce, Alice Slaughter, Draxy Trengove, Mary Todd. Patricia Van Norden.
George Orsoline, Bill Berry. Eames Bishop, Herbert Brayer, George Brown. Robert. Button. William Counselman. Nelson Cullenward, Jack Danz. Foy Draoer. Boyd Georgi, Edwin Hallock. Nathan Hal-pern.
John Rounsavelle, Lawrence Simon. Sidney Smith. Randall Spicer, Willis Stanley, Clark Stephens, Louis Tarlton. Robert Traop. William Warner. Warren White, Marshal! Williams, Arthur Wisner.
The final examination is scheduled for Monday. April 29.
Not only is there to be a program presented, but guests will have the bably will be presented to the grand opportunity to disport themselves on jury at the time of the Robson
skates when the ice hockey game and exhibitions are finished, according to Betty deKruif and Ellen Holt, co-chairmen for the event.
Concessions Planned
Concessions at which peanuts, candy, and ice cream will be sold will be in charge of June Fields, who w’ill also manage the ping-pong tables, for the entertainment of guests who do not care to skate.
Professional skaters will present dances and exhibitions of fancy skating and barrel jumping. In the candidates race, each nominee for student body president will be represented by a skater riding a “horse” in an obstacle race.
The ice hockey game promised for the entertainment will be between two well-known fraternity teems, whose "grudge battles” are famous.
Ticket Saie Starts
Tickets for the carnival will go | on sale at once. Girls wishing to earn activity points are requested to see immediately, either of the two co-chairmen, or Mrs. Janet McCoy White, executive secretary of the Y.W.C.A. at the clubhouse, 674 West 36th street. Single admissions will be 40 cents, with box seats selling for 65 cents.
Prominent campus coeds will be chosen to act as hostesses at the carnival, although the positions will be more honorary than active, according to the chairmen.
L.A.S. Student Will Meet For Assembly
To introduce all candidates for offices in te College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, Lester Koritz, president, will conduct a special assembly, Wednesday, May 1, at assembly period.
Before this day, candidates are requested by him to hand in a list of their activities. At this assembly, . Koritz intends to explain the constitution of their school and the qualifications of the particular offices.
Activity lists are to be handed in to the student body office secretary.
hearing.
The case is the only unsolved kidnaping on the books in this country.
The nature of the evidence and the operations of the two department of justice men has been heeld I in strict secrecy.	I
Only one arrest has been made in the case. Oscar Robson, schoolmate of Fernando Roble~, father of the girl, former night club owner here, and member of a prominent southwestern family, is now at liberty on $5,000 bond on charges of attempted extortion.
Grand Jury Acts Robson was taken into custody last Nov. 7. his bond was first placed at $50,000 and later increased to $100,000 and then reduced to $5,000 ; WASHINGTON, April 21—HIP' when a federal grand jury passed President William Green of the action, pending further investiga-
Surviving Child of Triplets May Live
nor in the plan of any small group been estimated as exceeding $150,-
gut in the collective thought of the American people.
Action for Divorce Denied By Countess
000. No arrests have been made in connection with the freight dyna-mitings, which have occurred usually during early morning hourse, the wreckers using electrical devices for setting off the blasts at a distance.
Roosevelt Attends Easter Sermon in Inclement Weather
WASHINGTON. April 21.—CE)—
President Roosevelt, accompanied j to live by physicians at the county
By United Press.
The surviving child of triplets
born to Mrs. Estella Carranza last
week was given an excellent chance
tion. He is charged with writing the original ransom note to the father of the child demanding $15,-000 for her safe return.
The kidnaping took place on April 25, 1934. as the little gir) was walking home from school. She was lured into an automobile by an unknown man and whisked away. It was 19 days later before she was found chained in a desert torture grave near the outskirts of the city, where she said she had been held prisoner since the day of her disappearance.
Barney Kengla, June’s 6-year-old cousin, was with her as a man in a coupe seized her and sped away. Bewildered. Barney returned to his play and it was two hours later before his story of the kidnaping was learned.
Parents of the child learned of
the kidnaping of the child when a
laihoku, Capital, Reported Seriously Hurt; Shock Strikes at 6 a.m.
Known Dead Number 2,495
12,122 Homes Destroyed As Japan Rushes Help To Stricken Area
Copyright, 191}, by United Press.
TAIHOKU. Formosa, Monday, April 22—< L'J?)—A series of terrific earthquakes killed and injured thousands, tumbled houses and bigger buildings into the streets and started fires which added to one of the worst disasters since the Tokyr | earthquake and fire of Sept. 1, 1923 The known dead tonight totaled 2.495. The injured list approached 6.000. Hardest hit was Taihoku and vicinity in the northern tip of thi? mountainous Japenese island ofi the China coast.
The casualties mounted hourly a.4 reports filtered in from provinces, also widely stricken by the tremendous shocks.
Huge Destruction Authorities estimated 12.122 homef were destroyed and 11,346 badly damaged. Taihoku. the capital of the island, was badly hit, but other densely populated areas reported casualties and great property damage. Including Naihosho, Kamioka, Shimibugai, and Bvoritzu.
Most of the dead were Chinese living in villages around these cities. Taihoku is a comparatively modernized oriental city, with a population of*more than 100.000 in and around the central town, r~he people are a strange mixture of Chinese. Japanese, and Malay, with the blood of Portuguese and Dutch traders intermingled.
Ceeded to Japan
The island was ceded to Japai by China in 1895.
The shock struck at 6 a.m. Thousands of homes, most of them flimsy native houses feU at the first quakes.
Communications were disrupted. Electric plants in many cities wen-ruined and lanterns and native oil employes of all crafts.	dips were the only illumination to-
The legislative situation existing	hampering rescue and flrst
Labor To Fight For Legislation
Union Leaders To Meet in Nationwide Conference To Battle Congress
American Federation of Labor to-nigh‘ called a nationwide conference of trade union leaders here beginning April 29 to fight for labor legislation threatened with twfeat in congress.
The call includes not only representatives of national and lntema-national unions, but agents of state federations and city central bodiej. Green estimated the conferees would speak directly for 6.000.000 workers and indirectly for 10.000,000
in congress, particularly as it relates to pending measures in which the American Federation of Labor is deeply interested, calls for special consideration immediately,” Green said.
He added that the conferees would deal “definitely and concretely” with the Wagner-Connery labor disputes bill, the Black-Connery 30-
>ty guests wiU join members merly Rose Bingham
By United Press.
The Countess of Warwick.
for- i denied last
hena. women’s literary- organi-in hearing Dr. Frank Baxter English department speak evening at 7:30 in the Uon room of the Women’s )jence hall.
Baxter will review the life wo:k of the late Edwin Arling-Robinson. leading American Robinson's best known work udrs the psychological portraits, rd Cory. Miniver Cheevy, and n Goi'ham. and longer poems as Tristram, which outsold best-selling novels of 1927. and •der’s House. Some of his col-i« of poetry are “The Children Night,” “The Town by the >r. ‘ and “The Man Against the
night that divorce action was pending between her and the Earl of Warwick.
The Earl, who paid a flying visit to New York last month to meet the countess, is now in England.
“There is no foundation to such a reoort,” the countess said. She is visiting Bruce Cabot and his wife. Adrienne Ames.
Engineers To Meet
There will be a meeting of the Southern California Chemical Engineering society today at 12:30 p. tn„ in 1 Bridge hall, to discuss the next field industrial trip, and other! nesses issues pertaining to the organiza- J Brody, attorney for Dr. Siever’s es-tion. All chemical engineers are ex- j tate; Ruth Hillman, friend of
Jury Will Begin Death Quizzing
By United Pi css.
The county grand jury last night was prepared to start a new investigation into the death of Dr. Leonard Siever. Pasadena, socialite dentist. today when five witnesses will appear before the Jury.
Harry Karsch, who told officers where to find a revolver believed to be the death weapon. wiU appear before the grand jury. Other wit-probably will be Edward
pected to be in attendance.
prrect Way To Go in for a Dip Is Explained by Expert
used Puss.
case you want to go to the ies for swims this summer, and know how to disport yourself, z.re “ten commandments” of etiquette, offered by C. P. L. 1?. supervisor of beach swim-areas:
"ind out from a life guard ho« cognize a “rip tide”—and then f way from them, on't swim too hard or too far . start of the season.
"cep your eye on the life guard De sure he’s keeping his eye on
t swim immediately after
hnd out how deep the water you dive into it. n’t yell for heip unless you t — and don't take ‘ dares '’ nt’ try to help life aruards people unless they ask ior he may have to rescue weU as the other victim.
*t try to get “tanned tro*'
too fast; severe sunburn is very
dangerous.
9 Don’t let children have tubs or other appartus near the surf.
10. Don't throw glass on the beach —it cuts.
Of course. Mr. Nichols didn't say anything about the peculiar hues that old Mr. Sol can paint the unprotected body of both male and female, young and old If the owner of said uninitiated chassis allows hitherto protected areas to be exposed to the burning rays of a summer sun whUe snoozing.
Also our worthy supervisor fails to inform us that it is very necessary for anyone desiring to swim
Karsch; Murray Karsch, brother of Harry Karsch; and William Yaffee. jewelry dealer.
The .32-caliber gun found in Tia Juana last week-end was fired by police and the slugs are now being tested by Capt. Edward C. Crossman, ballistics expert, to determine if they are rifled Uke that buUet that killed Dr. Siever, December 12, 1933.
U,C.L,A.’s Protest Called by Senate For Investigation
WESTWOOD, April 21—fCIPA)— (By Radio)— Provost Ernest C Moore could not be reached las night to make a statement regarding the California state senate’s investigation into what is termed the “subversive element” in state universities.
The investigation was prompted br the recent anti-war strike on
by members of his family, led the nation’s observance of Easter today.
Despite a cold drizzle, the president attended St. Thomas’ Episcopal church, where the rector, the Rev. C. Ernest Smith, delivered the Easter sermon.
It was the second service of the day for Mrs. Roosevelt, who arose at dawn to attend the sunrise service at the Arlington cemetery amphitheater at the tomb of the unknown soldier. A colorful ceremony was conducted under gray skies under the sponsorship of the grand commandery of the District of Columbia Knights Templar.
hospital ast night.
The infant, physicians said, was feeding well and in fairly good con- i dition. Its brother and sister die>d j within two days of their birth. I
The husband and father, Joseph!
Carranza, stUl has several days to To be eUgible for one of the 15 serve in the county jaU on disturb- chairmanships of the Y.W.C.A. next ance of peace charges. His plea to
newsboy^calied at the store of Fer- | hour week bUl and other legislation
| which the trade unionists are fight-! ing for before congress.
On the same day that the labor-ites gather, business leaders of the nation meet in the shadow of the white house as one of the most important conventions in the history of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce formally is called to order.
nando Robles and handed him a note demanding $15,000 ransom. The note was written in a scrawling hand and was signed “XYZ Obey” Death both for June and j her father was the alternative.
Petitions Due for ‘Y’Chairmanship
be released on probation so he could see children and get a job was rejected because of prior convictions.
Mrs. Carranza said she would not rejoin her husband until he gets a job and “makes good.”
Funeral Rites Conducted For Dean Walter Skeele, Victim of Heart Attack
Funeral services for Walter F. I members in years of service, Dean Skeele, dean emeritus of the School Skeele came to the Trojan campus
of Music, were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the University Methodist Episcopal church.
Dean Skeele succumbed to a heart attack Thursday afternoon at his home, 136 South Avenue 55 after an
to wear a bathing suit. It is a ^'ery i April 12. Regarding the so-caUed
strike. Provost Moore said in part that the reaction of students on this campus was highly commendable and that it is this type of action which would safeguard the high ideals for which the United States I of America has stood
necessary garment and complica tions are liable to arise for those who forget chis item of clothing.
As for keeping one's eyes on the life guard, this should not prove a very difficult asignment for members of the fairer sex.
ue an ttmentus Passes
Heart Attack Is Fatal illness of tw’o weeks. He was 70 years of age.
President R. B. von KleinSmid officiated at the services, assisted by Dr. Graham Hunter, pastor of the Fullerton Presbyterian church. Interment was private, at the Inglewood cemetary.
One of the oldest S.C. faculty
in 1895 as dean of the School of Music and professor of organ. He maintained that position untU 1932. when he became dean emeritus and since that time he was active on the School of Music as professor of organ.
Dean Skeele was bom ln Hartford, Conn., in 1865. and was educated at Oberlin coUege, Ohio, and Amherst coUege. In addition to his educational work, he was noted as one of the coast’s most eminent organists and was selected to play at the dedication of the Stanford Memorial chapel organ, and as the soloist for the National Eoworth league convention in San Francisco in 1900.
For four years he was dean of the Southern California chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and was church organist for the First Congregational and the Ninth Church of Christ. Scientist ln Los Angeles. He was a member of the Los Angeles Rotary club. Alpha Delta Chi, Phi Mu Alpha, and Pi Kaopa Lambda.
He is survived by his widow. Mary Bos worth Skeele, a daughter, Mrs. Mary Humphreys of Fullerton; a son, Franklin B. Skeele. director of the University News bureau, and four grandcildren.
year, women must turn in their petition blanks completely filled out to Janet White at the “YW” house not later than Wednesday of this week.
Candidates will present their petitions in person before the examining board next week. The examining committee will consist of the present and the newly elected officers of the Y.W.C.A. Present officers are Jane Reynolds, president; Virginia Huffine, vice-president; Frances Folsom, treasurer; Ruth Bogardus. recording secretary; and Margaret King, corresponding secretary. Officers for next year include Ruth Bogardus, president; Alent Smith, vice-president; Mary Bell, recording secretary; Frederica Taylor, corresponding secretary; and Vicki Tuttle, treasurer.
Committee chairmanships wiU include service for the foUowing groups: book review, drama, membership, social service, hostess, etiquette. posters, personnel, publicity, and flying squadron. Other “YW” activities which are also considered committees and have chairmen are the World Friendship club, the freshman club, and the sophomore club
Dr. John E. Harley To Address Group On /. R. Problems
Dr. John E. Harley, professor of political science, will speak on “The Spiritual Struggle in International Relations’ this afternoon at 4:15 p.m. in Bowne hall, continuing the series of lectures sponsored by the School of Religion.
Stressing modern spiritual phases of agitation for national prestige. Dr. Harley will discuss such factors as aspirations for national culture, the spiritual struggle of both the church-going individuals and those who do not attend religious institutions, and the substitution of overwhelming devotion to national ideals for religion as in the case of
Herzog Gets Bruin Women’s Presidency
WESTWOOD. April 21—<CIPA>— tBy Radio)—Kathryn Herzog was swept into the presidency of Associated Women Students by the largest vote in the history of the or-grnization. Ihe election was held Thursrday and tabulations were released Friday.
Included on the ballot were four proposed amendments to the A.W.S. constitution. As a measure to insure voting on the propositions, all ballots not marked aye or nay were not counted.
Negotiations Suspended
MOSCOW, AprU 21 — (U.E) — A brief communique tonight said negotiations with France on a pact of mutual assistance had been suspended temporarily.
aid work.
A steady stream of homeless from the countryside poured into the cities through the day and night. Hundreds were badly hurt, but struggled toward nelp and away from the awful memory of their shattered homes and the dead Scores of women carried babies.
Oil Fields Damaged
Byoritzu. which suffered heavUy. is the center of Formosa’s princlpai oil fields. It was impossible tonight to calculate the damage to the oil wels. Damage to railroads ln the cities was estimated at 500,000 yen. about $150,000.
Hundreds of farmers moved Into the towns along the seacoast, carrying improvised stretchers bearing the injured, some terribly mangled.
Moaning men, women and children formed the streams of humanity, and residents here at at Taichu city opened their homes to the afflicted.
The Japanese army medical corps put its doctors, nurses and supplies at the disposal of civil authorities. The Red Dross went Into action, setting up temporary hospitals in the fields.
Advices from Taichu said the city resembled a wartime hospital base.
Medical suppUes and food wrere understood to be on the way from Japan, the Imperial government rushing hospital ships to the island
Editor Dies
MONTREAL, April 12 — (HE) — Gilbert Draper, 33, United Prees bureau manager at Montreal since 1927 and Canadian news editor for British United Press during the same period, died in a hospital here tonight. He had been ill for more than a year.
Pope Pius Broadcasts His Easter Message Over Radio
VATICAN CITY, April 21 — (LIE) —Pope Pius XI set a precedent today when he broadcast throughout the world his annual easter blessing.
The pontiff, one of the most progressive ever to hold his high office, speke over an international hookup, imparting his benediction to the devout in the four corners of the earth.
He appeared in St. Peter’s at 12:45 p.m., for the ceremonies climaxing the celebration of Holy week. He merely spoke the formal blessing in Latin, saying:
“May the benediction of the Almighty Father, Son, and Holy Ghost descend and remain with you forever. amen.”
Reports to the Vatican's power station tonight indicated about 100 broadcasting stations in the United States and scores in Europe and South America heard both the ceremony in St. Peter’s and the Papal benediction from the cathedral bal-
cony. The radio “stunt” was accompanied by a brief explanation of the rites in nine languages, including EngUsh.
A throng of 50,000 attended the
Pope’s mass at St. Peter’s, packing the cathedral and the square. Thirteen cardinals and 20 archbishops and bishops were present. The throng had swelled to 200,000 by the time the Holy Father appeared on the balcony, and listened in silence, heads bowed, to his blessing.
The chanting of the famous Sis-t!ne choir, the tolling of the bells of St. Peter’s and the chorus of silver trumpets against the background of repeated shouts of the throng acclaiming the pontiff, went over the radio and were heard by milUons.
The clear, slightly tremulous voice of the Pope was heard in the singing of the “pater-noster” (Our Father), and in the recital of the
Holy Communion mass from the balcony .ending In thp blessing.