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The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky • Page 2

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THE COURIER-JOURNAL', LOUISVILLE. FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 12. 1933. ALL-BRAN STOPPEB STORM HAMPERS would have teen completely wiped from the map," he said, it was in 1887 when fire destroyed every Herman Straus sons TORNADO WRECKAGE business house and office building around the square.

Market Street Fourth Avenue HIS SLEEPLESSNESS "It will taite several cays to clear TORNADO RELIEF the highway of trees, timbers, rub-1 AND TIRED FEELING! bish and wrecked buildings. No report has been received from the river sec- tion cf the county and it is feared that ths death list will be increased." i (Continued from First Page.) re- a twenty-five-mile route and quired four and one-half hours. Cereal Relieved His Hew -Smart Sophisticated Gn novation Sent to Storm Area. Special to The Courier-iJournal. Richmond, May 11.

Mrs. i Florence H. Taylor, executive secretary of the Madison County Chapter, American Rei Cross, and social work- er for the Madison County Relief Committee, left last night for the storm area in Russell County on orders of national headquarters of the Cross. During her absence from the local office it will be in charge of assistants. Mrs.

Taylor expects to be gone for about two weeks. Read this enthusiastic letter from Mr, Haraden: My system had been run. down for quite some time. About thre-s weeks ago, I started takinjr ALlr-Eran for breakfast. I had been un- Hieh water and muddy roads on a detour route, taken because the tornado had felled timber across the more -direct route, caused the truck ambulance to become mired several times.

Friendly neighbors assisted at every point where trouble was encountered. While most of the able citizens of this community were taking part in the relief work, friends and relatives of those killed were planning funeral services and burying their dead. Freaks of Tornado Told. Numerous freaks caused by the tornado were reported by victims and witnesses and several pranks were observed by relief workers today. Throughout the path of the storm untouched trees, houses and other objects appeared in quite as good shape as they were befcre.

while debris of others were scattered all around. In the Friendship Church section, a qCSw rockelle kudsgn cH R.KO.-Fea!uredK3Yt First photograph of devastated area left in wake of tornado in Russell County. aDie to sleep nights, but now all I have to do is turn in, and before I know it, I am fast asleep. "I used to have a tired feeling all day, but now that is in my home to stay, there will be no more tired feelings with me." Mr. Carl Haraden, Main Street, Hamilton, Massachusetts.

SAME GUN SLEW 2 SECRETARIES (Continued from First Page.) N)e are proud to announce Science says that All-Bran tro lcne haystack remains as it has since Bits of News From Today's Classified Ads Beautiful park for beer garden with large clubhouse, lights and running water, only four miles from city limits, can be bought or leased. Party wishes to buy a 1929 or 1930 Ford Tudor. "Must be a bargain for cash," he stated. When the wind had gone their home had disappeared. Hundreds of visitors came to the stcrm area today, some to bereave last loved cnes, others to aid injured and homeless relatives and friends, while many were curious to see what destruction had been wrought and to marvel at the freaks of the wind.

Some of the homeless began immediate plans for restoring their abodes, but many others apparently were at a less to know where to begin. A man named Short, who with his wife and child escaped injury, said he "didn't know what to do now as the tornado took everything, including my mule and chickens." At another place an elderly woman was milking a cow in a barren field, vides "bulk" to exercise tlTe intes- harvest time, untouched by the tor-tines, and vitamin to help tone nado while tr-Jm" Jv? the intestinal tract. Also iron for and dead mestOCk Ue a around. tne blood. i rows of trees were mowed down In The "bulk" in is much many places, like that of lettuce.

Inside the body, One ludicrous sight was a chicken ii. it. here and there shivering in the wind it forms a soft mss. Gently, this ancf rain without feathers. clears out the 'ntest-nal wastes.

a young bride in night clothes Isn't this safer than taking pills rnasged her injured husband down a and drugs often harmful! Just ravine to find shelter under the re-eat two tablespoonfuls daily for mains of a as the other phases of the death enigma. Autopsies disclosed Ridley had been killed shortly after he arrived in his 1 gloomy office by twenty-two blows on the head. They had caused multi- pie lacerations of the scalp, compound factures of the skull, lacerations of the brain and brain hemorrhages; 1 they had torn the aged man's iong beard from his face, and they had made him almost unrecognizabie. Wcinstein had been sent sprawling to his death by seven steel-jacketed bullets. But just as detectives found no clew to a motive for the sub-cellar attacks 1 or to the identity of the slayers, soj did medical examiners find no defi- I By calling WAbash telephone number you can buy an "Old Townc" canoe, twenty-four foot and in excellent condition, where her home had stood a few days most tvr, nf aves ramiiy in tuivt.i.

ioin Hur hiishanH was hard at work A 1928 Chevrolet Sedan is offered in trade for a light roadster or coupe, no particular make designated. A farmer who heard tne roar 01 imher mat Thrrt Centuries Casmetijues often Personal Senice elujys by trained cosmetician here are hit few of the many important items featured: FACE POWDER individually blended for your fwn complexion. 21 basic shades carried in stock 3 oz. for 70c POWDERED ROUGE blended for the individual com' flexion. Many subtle tones per portion 50c CREME DILLUSION a scientific makeup cream.

A marvelous French creation that instantly improves your appearance. Hides si in blemishes. 10 shades per jar SI FRENCH PARFUMS delightful and lingering 21 haunting odeurs to select from. Sold at "bulk" moderately priced T- uoctr- approaching wind rounded up his bold in the red-and-green pack- family of seven children and their age. At all frrocers.

Made by Kellogg mother and ran from the house to in Battle Creek. stand in water under a concrete cul- vert nearDy until ine storm yaou. tered in the vicinity in order that rehabilitation work might not be delayed. This same man had a small shed constructed by nightfall and under this he and his wife spent the night. Bovle Countians Aid.

A group of Red Cposs workers from $4,500 is the price asked for a 9-room residence at River Park Drive and 32d, arranged as duplex or owner will trade for bungalow. nite answer to the new question. Dr. Thomas A. Gonzales, acting chief medical examiner, said when he reached the scene Ridley's body was the warmer.

But immediately he showed that fact was insignificant. He pointed out many factors entered in the comparative amount of clothing worn bv the two men, the position of their bodies, the question of whether one OUR APPOINTMENT cs exclusive representatives for the famous THREE CENTURIES COSMETIQUGS of PARIS and HOLLYWOOD, offering a most unusual ar.d unique Cosmetic Eeauty-Aid Service that will prove a revelation to the women of this city. The Formal Opening of the Three Centuries Section of our Toilet Goods Dept. FRIDAY, MAY 12 No matter what beauty preparations you favor or hava used in the past you will find THREE CENTURIES COS-METIQUES mere delightful, more fragrant, more effective. The formulas used in the compounding of these preparations are hundreds of years yet AS MODERN AS TOMORROW.

They have been retained in the same family of French Master Chemists for generations and there are none to equal them. MISS ROSE HILL th? noted make-up Beauty Expert, direct HoByweod is our sr cordial invitation ox'ended you to ccrr.e ar.d rr.pet her Sh vrjl pleased to help you your own rr.ake-ip problems end cdvise yoj in the proper care ol your skin. There is no obi-gauon on your pert MAKE-UP SALON MAIN FLOOR Trv1 fVmntv Hirt -fin wnrlr tnria.w in i and Negro woman, Annie Craig, en wife of a Negro minister killed in the aiding the injured. Mrs. Florence Sullivan, storm, still are unconscious an4 may Danville, liv directed the group of Russell County was in a draft, or whether one was near a source of external heat.

wemen. assisted the nurses in caring for the aged women. John Nichols, I jR. The NEW and Easier way to Prevent Perspiration Relief Work Continued. Meanwhile, relief work continued among the injured here.

The High School gymnasium has been converted into an emergency hospital and others are being treated in private homes, whose doors were opened to the homeless. It is estimated that about 100 homes were destroyed. Hundreds of persons are guests of neighbors and others are being cared for by charitable agencies. R. Harris, Louisville, assistant sanitary engineer of the State Board Odor also of Danville, was a leader in bringing the more seriously injured ft cm their isolated homes to the emergency hospital here.

At Dr. Lawrences hospital in Jamestown, one family of injured was Quartered. They were Mrs. Herbert Helm and her four children, Louise Helm. Mabel Helm.

John Payne and Robert John Payne was the most seriously injured. Dr. Jensen reported satisfaction with the progress made in his sur The will, filed in Surrogate's Court, did not specify the total amount of the estate, but special be- quests came to $812,500 and a lawyer who handled Ridley's affairs said he had real estate worth about i $2,000,000. i Among seven nieces and nephews left $50,000 each in trust was Robert Morsley Ridlev of San Francisco. A search of Ridley's papers failed to disclose the threatening letters a relative said he had received.

The Moench case was long ago filed I away by police in the "unsolved mur- vey lor tne state Board ot Heaitn oi weaiin. wno nas been making a planned to extend it over the en- (sanitary survey and provided anti tetanic serum for the injured, said he would remain several days and would der" drawer at headquarters. Ridley had sworn to devote his fortune and i remaining years to tracking down the murderers of his old associate. tire area. Among the nurses who aided the I storm victims were Mrs.

Pechin and Miss Oldfield of Pulaski County; Miss Harrington of Lincoln County, and Miss Jones, Miss Carson. Miss Der-jmodv and Mrs. Conquest of Casey i County. An appeal has been made to the National headquarters of the American Red Cross for field workers be sent here to aid in the rehabilitation. Mr.

I McAndrews will remain here for sev-ieral days to assist in improving sani Does its work as swiftly and neatly as a lipstick. Cannot irritate skin or injure fabrics. Can be used right after shaving. A few touches give instant and lasting protection. Economical.

assist the Red Cross in every way possible, furnishing surgical dressings, serums and other supplies. Forty doses of anti-tetanic serum were administered to storm victims today. Miss Mary Emily Crowe, relief officer of the Kentucky Relief Commission, Louisville, said she believed the Reconstruction Finance Corporation would employ jobless men to rebuild the homes of storm suffers. She said PERSTIK The "Lipstick" Deodorant Awarded the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approral Endorsed by the Beauty Advisers to more than ten million women PEIPING ARMS TO REPEL PLANES (Continued from First Page.) Street Floor Toilet Goods Dept. the Monroe Countv committee to operate under the R.

F. C. probably tary conditions. First Floor Features for Mother's Day would be reorganized this week, but its work likely could not begin until next Wednesday. Rehabilitation Work Started.

Snectal to The Courier-Journal. Tompkinsville. May 11. Rehabilitation efforts in behalf of persons made nemeless by Tuesday night's tornado gained impetus here today with the arrival of Miss Mary Dietzler. field representative of the American Red Cross, who took charge tone expressed regret that a new start must be made in that respect, as a result of the disintegration of the local organization after vandals looted the R.

F. C. offices here last month Let's Co Over to Besten's Second Floor "Pin -Money" Shop I i test fc I mil Jf and destroyed records in North China moved rapidly toward the walls of the ancient capital. Japanese bombs killed five Chinese soldier patients being treated in the hospital, a report to the headquarters here related. Several others were wounded.

The hospital is a unit of the Peking Union Medical College, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation. The air raid occurred despite repeated promises by the Japanese military high command that bombardments of American property would be stopped. Other raids occurred on American mission property in the North China war zone recently. Victim Brought to City, of relief work for that agency, and Ambrose Smith. 42 years old Font Hill.

Russell County, who was injured Tuesday night in the gale that swept that section of the State, was in a serious condition Thursday at St. Anthony's Hospital, where an operation was performed to amputate his left forearm. Dr. W. I.

Hume. Hey- additional representatives of the State Board of Health to aid County Health Department. Monroe County's toll was increased to eighteen lives today with the death of Mrs. Ed Turner and Mrs. Joiner Blankcnship of injuries received in the tornado at the Community Hospital in Glasgow.

Sixteen dead were found yesterday in the first complete check of the storm damage in and neat Tompkinsville. Two others in the Glasgow Hospital. James Coulter burn Building, attended Mr. Smith. The Russia to C.

E. R. Moscow, May 11 A Russia told the Chinese Nationalist Government victim also suffered five scalp wounds. Mr. Smith was not told that his For Serious Or Frivolous FROCKS wife and a daughter were killed when 'tonight that China had no rights in the tornado wrecked his home.

He the Chinese Eastern Railway in Man- EXQUISITE KAYSER SANSHEEN CHIFFON HOSE was brougnt to Louisville Wednesday churia and announced the intention night in an ambulance by O. D. of selling the line to the new State Smith. Jamestown, a brother. He said of Manchouk'-o.

all of his brother's property was de-l Advising the Nanking regime di-; stroyed. Of course, she always likes hose but you'll provide more than the ordinary appreciation when you give her these gorgeous sheer chiffons with At a IJght-licartcd" Price endo heel. SI BESTEN'S has just received scores of styles and values you'll rave about, in WHITE SHOES Others 59c to $1.35 rectly that the Peiping-Mukden treaties of 1924. governing the joint operation of the Chinese Eastern by Soviet Russia and China, were considered void. Foreign Commisar Maxim Litvinoff revealed the decision to sell the line to keep peace in the Far East.

Under the Peiping-Mukden agreements the C. E. R. was supposed to revert to China gratis in 1956 and at any time before that year the Chinese Republic was given the right to buy the road from Moscow. Only yesterday the Chinese Ambassador to Russia, Dr.

W. W. Yen. published a memorandum he had handed Litvinoff directing attention to China's claims to the road in view of the recent controversy between Russia. Japan and Manchoukuo over the alleged interference with operations of the line near the Siberian Heavy Rain At Hukman.

Special to The Courier-Journal. Hickman, May 11. A rainstorm of cloudburst proportions swept this section today doing considerable damage to roads, bridges, growing crops and causing small streams to go out of their banks, flooding lowlands. The rain was the heaviest this section has experienced for twenty years, old residents said. West Hickman was flooded, with water a foot to two feet deep in several streets.

Reelfoot Creek flooded the Hickman-Union City Highway at the bridges near Woodland Mills, cutting off all traffic. The heavy rains of the last week had started the Mississippi River to rising again in this section, and the rain today is exnerteri tn Krincr a Mother's Day Candy Features A whole, bright bunch of frocks with a gay, young aliveness of style, color and fabric that makes them sharp rise, which may again flood I border. 1-Lb. Mother's lay Box of our best tnriv: nssoHod Caramels. 95c liLb.

Box Srlert Assortment, Fruits. Nuts, C'rra si.no Cltoplia nci tne unprotected lowlands between I Hickman and Columbus. The rain! started with a light hailstorm this; morning, followed by a cloudburst just before noon and it continued raining heavily the rest of the day. Says Reports Conservative. Special to The Courier-Journal.

Franklin. Mav 11. R. Ham- bond lome- HANDMADE LINEN HANKIES 25c Nothing carries so much sentiment for so little cost, and these are particularly lovely, gaily printed or exquisitely-simple. Box All Soft-Onter Creams (Kibfoonrd.

Ccllnpliinrd Hurt Ciro 2'i-Lb. Special Mother's Day Box 'Our Best Home-Marin and Assorted Fanrv Canriirs Hit 2i-Lb. Mother's Day Box, packed with our best I Slade Candy iVrrv AttrHC'Ttvp Eomh 5-Lb. Box Dorothy Lee Home-Made Chocolates-(Hihboned. Ccllophani'd With Mother's Day 3-Lb.

Box Fresh Home-Made Candy iliihboned and O-llophiinod i Half Soles and Heels 37c 1 ifial White Buck WRl S-ports O.iord. ferial black or brown wMjI kid trim' Drrfsv Whlt Washable Crepes Cottons and Linens Vivid Prints Summer Sheers Cord Laces Knitted Frocks mond. district read supervisor for the counties of Simpson, Monroe and Allen, who returned tcday from Tomp- where sixteen persons were killed in a tornado Tuesday night, said "even the graphic newspaper stories which local correspondents and Associated Press representatives have furnished the press give only a lim-; Good material, fine workmanship. Charge Account and Delivery Service ited conception cf the havoc wrought i by the wind fury. "The colored settlements where the SECOND FLOOR storm was most pronounced is re HERMAN STRAUS 5 5.0NS ft moved a considerable distance from the business section and white residential district, as otherwise the town All Sizes, Too 11 to 17 12 to 20 38 to 45 HERMAN STRAUS SONS (.

WAYNE MAID SHEER FROCKS $1.98 We bought a special group for mother Normandy voiles, dotted Swisses and flock dots, becomingly BSC, ROOMY LEATHER BACS $1.95 Top strap bags that will hold a lot, and mothers will like the stvles as much as their PURE DYE SILK SLIPS $1 They're a peach of a valur; for mothers or maidens. Pure silk, cut full, bias and flared to give perfect fit. Above A vivid flower orint semi-fcrmal. Riaht A swagger 1,000 PAIRS GENUINE IMPORTED LINEN A singham cotton. OXFORDS lil.Jttrri- 'n-accer Kiltie Oxford, of white Suva with kid.

With Hand-Turned Leather Soles The moths are getting busy! It's time to store your furs! Call Besten's, JAck-son 5221. White Linen Beige Linen Open Mesh i i i FLOOR ORGANDY FRILLS, COLLAR SETS 29c Dainty, crisp, fresh do-dads that make old dresses new and new dresses ncweT. All kinds and every one a value. 75c BREAKFAST CLOTH 59c A summery cloth of pure linen, with gay colorful borders. A practical gift the whole family will enjoy.

KAYSER FANCY NEW FABRICS $1 The loveliest gloves of the season fine white, eggshell and beige' leatherette with organdy, satin and net cuffs. Cool comfortable smart-looking! And you can wear them all summer long everywhere you go for street, office, sports, outings and around the house. Sizes 3'i to Regular.

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