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Is Rescue Handicap LJONOLULU, July 4. (AP)-The greatest rescue expedition in flying history sped tonight to aid of Amelia Earhart in the remote South Seas while radio lanes buzzed with recurring reports of a tiny voice perhaps Amelia's trying to break the silence veiling her fate. The United States aircraft carrier Lexington, $40,000,000 speed queen of the Pacific, four destroyers swept out of San Diego with 57 fighting planes and 3,000 men for a dash to the hunt at Howland Island. The destroyers carried an average of 120 men each. Wireless, Voice Signals Heard Almost hourly radio workers from Inland America to mid-Pacific picked up reports of mystifying wireless and voice signals through the air which fortified the feelings of those who refused to believe Miss Earhart and her navigator, Frederick J.

Noonan, had perished. Southward from Honolulu -the battleship Colorado, with three more naval planes and another 1,200 men, raced toward the equatorial area, where Miss Earhart's -world-girdling plane was last heard from definitely at 1 :25 p. m. (MST) Friday as it supposedly neared the end of a hop from New Guinea. Long on radio rumors but short on fuel, the stout little coast guard cutter Itasca alone kept the search going pending the arrival of the veritable land and sea armada, which was traveling with all the speed its crews could wring out of the machinery.

Coast guard, naval, commercial and private radio stations listened with renewed hope for the mysterious voice and for unaccountable dash signals which repeatedly caught the trained ears of wireless workers at various times during the day. Answering Squeals Heard The dash signals began about 12:30 a. m. (MST) today after radio station KGMB broadcast instructions to the missing fliers to use their wireless and "keep your spirits up." Ten minutes after the instructional broadcast, listeners over a. far-flung area reported a series of "radio squeals" resembling the carrier wave of a transmitting apparatus.

It came on the 3,105 -kilocycle wave length assigned to Miss Earhart and Noonan. At 5:01 a. m. (MST) the coast guard reported hearing "a man's voice of the voice of a woman with a cold." It also received the mysterious dash signals thereafter but no further voices. Walter McMenamy, Los Angeles radio amateur, reported he picked up a voice repeating Miss Earhart's call letters, KHAQQ.

Paul Mantz, Miss Earhart's technical advisor, who waa with McMenamy, said Mis Earhart's plane could have sent such signals only if it was on land with the right motor turning over to generate power. Pan-American Airways, which did not join the hunt directly but kept (Continued On Page 4, Col. 1) SAN FRANCISCO. July 4. (AP) Amelia Earhart came down in just about the worst spot in the Pacific as far as chances for American rescue operations are concerned.

Tiny Howland Island, which she was approaching when definitely last heard from last Friday at 1:25 p. m. (MST) ie the most remote Ameri 1933 jaril7.471.000.00 4Sth Year, No. 48. Phoenix, Triple Girl urders Crossing Guard At Park Held For Attacks LOS ANGELES, July 4.

(UP) A Works Progress Administration crossing guard tonight confessed the brutal, attack of three Inglewood school girls last week, Buron Fitts, district attorney, said. man was arrested late today in Inglewood, according to Fitts. but was brought to Los Angeles hall of justice for questioning because of the greater safety. against mob violence. Followed Girla Fitts said the man, 32 years old, told how he had accosted the girls Is Centinela park in Inglewood and Induced them to go to the ravine in which their mutilated bodies a ere found.

He followed them, he said, and attacked and strangled them. Fitts did not immediately reveal the method employed by the guard in persuading the' girls to go to the ravine, but said a full statement irould be released later. It was revealed, however, that the man had been under surveillance since last Thursday when he was reported to police as a suspect by George Ray of Inglewood. Noticed in Crowd Ray told officers he had noticed the man in the crowd last Monday when the ravished bodies of the children were found and that he appeared nervous and almost became hysterical. Detective Le Roy Sanderson was assigned to watch him but did not make an arrest until today.

He brought the suspect to the hall of Justice which also houses the county (Continued on Fage 2, Col. 5) Communists Fight Police LONDON. July 4 (AP) Com-flunist sympathizers fought police the streets today in a vain effort to rout 7.000 blackshirt follow-f Sir Oswald Mosley who marched from Kentish Town to Trafalgar Square. The demonstrators raised clenched fists In the Communist salute, end turned against Mosley followers in the crowd when they were unable to break through police cordons to the paraders. Twenty-seven demonstrators were rested.

A number were cut and oruiaed In the fighting. Women JMked at hair, and the men en-rted in fist fighting. The crowd shouted "rats" and led and booed the marchers, someone threw an apple at Sir Os-It smashed against the loudspeaker of his motor car. Tha Fascist leader wore black "frt, black tie and grey flannel u't in lieu of the uniform banned parliament and rode atop his ear. addressed his followers through wudspeakers attached, to the machine.

The paraders first had planned to mrch through the east end cen- viii A 1 1 n.r the Jewish district, but this banned. Thousands of mounted (Continued On Page 3. Col. 1) Mexico Ballots, Score Is Hurt Mexico, d. July 4.

(ap- enty persons were reported in-jd in minor clashes today during the new congress convening next Ptember. The fisticuffs occurred in the weral District about Mexico City. frly reports from other districts Wicated that the -election went "quietly. Ths army was held in barracks Je. ready to combat any possible -raers.

but developments Indi "ed thv nAAlsH Election figures were not quickly reliable, but observers nredicted Sjeisive victory for candidates of i fa. Lazarn PirMinai' iMational evoiutionary (government) party. ad candidates chiefly were labor Peasant representatives, all "abera of th governftient party. IT Confessed Red Purge Of Unions IsU rge Governor Earle Hits Violence In Strike JOHNSTOWN, July 4. (UP) Gov.

George H. Earle, in a surprise appearance before a mass meeting of steel workers and coal miners striking against Bethlehem Steel Corporation, today appealed to organized labor "to stamp those damned Communists out of the ranks of your organiza-, tion." Unprotected from a heavy rain which drenched him and hi more than 5,000 listeners, the New Deal. pro-labor stood on a platform in Faiths Grove, a natural amphitheater on the "outskirts of Johnstown, and cautioned the strik ers against repetition of violence which led to the closing of Bethlehem's strike affected Cambria plant here two weeks ago. Assails Producers As the miners and mill men shouted "Earle for president in 1940." the governor assailed steel Droducers who have refused to sign contracts with the union. Refusal of Kethlehern to sign a contract is the sole issue in the Cambria strike, which has been marked by sporadic violence, including the dynamiting of two water pipelines into Cambria plant and, yesterday, by the attempted dynamiting of a Pennsyl vania railroad freight engine, smiting cars in and out of the mills.

The rallv of miners, some of whom came from the struck "cap tive" mines of Bethlehem and others from commercial mines throughout the western part of state, began in early afternoon under a bright sun with 10,000 persons crowded into the grove." Ten minutes later (Continued On rage 2. Col. 1) David Lawrence Says New Court Bill Is Unchanged WASHIXGTOX. Julv 4 By David Lawrence President Roosevelt's idea of a "compromise is a bill that changes the words slightly but gives him exactly the objective he set out originally to accomplish. When Mr.

Roosevelt said he would not compromise on the bill to "pack" the supreme court, he the famous LAWRENCE DISPATCH meant it. Examination of the measure introduc ed in his behalf in thA senate shows clearly that, if it should pass both houses. Mr. Roosevelt would be able to swing the balance of power 1 the supreme court of tne unuea States so as to have a vote con- slvably of at least 6 to 5. Tt hast heen taken for srranted that Justices Cardozo, Stone and Bran- deis would uphold much of the new deal legislation because they have unirormly cusseniea rrom ae-cisions of their brethren on the court.

Add to these three present justices an additional three justices, as made possible under the so-called compromise, and there (Continued On Page 3, Col. 1) Woman Laughs A Man Is Slain NEW YORK. July 4. (AP) A woman's laughter was the accompaniment early today to the pistol shots which killed John Kirby. 2J years old, at the end of a gay night in Greenwich Village.

Kirby, who had served a term in the Elmira reformatory for attempted robbery, was shot through the heart as he strolled down a village street with four other men and two women. George Getx, proprietor of a bar near the' slaying scene, said he did not hear the shots, but police investigators found a passerby who said he saw one of the party draw a gun and threaten Kirby. One of the two -women laughed loudly, police said they were told, and at the same time the man with the gun fired four times. As Kirby fell to the street the four men and two women fled, one woman jtill rj laughing. Indi tans Hold Rodeo And Rituals ETLAGSTAFF, July i (AP) a a pai braves of Northern Arizona, mounted on sleek, canyon- bred steeds, set the pace for the second session of the Indian iodeo here today as a capacitv crowd of 9,000 spectators, including approximately 7.000 Indians of seven states.

looked on. Only the lithe Navajo tribesmen of Arizona and New Mexico reser vations threatened the Havasupai domination of the equestrian events. Tribal ceremonials, attended by the representatives of the 20 In dian nations attending the annual Southwestern Indian Pow-Wow. were renewed tonight as the braves and squaws prepared to enter the final phase of the colorful celebra tion. Gayly-costumed Indians paraded through Flagstaff's streets again today as the tribesmen, in numer ous small side festivals, demon strated their ancient ceremonials (Continued On Page 3.

Col. 5) Frontier Days 50th JuMee Closes Today Thrills, Spills Put Prescott Crowd In Frenzy pnfsrnTT. 1 4 API Kwaxhhiirklintr ton hands of the rodeo world today furnished a fren-tIh irnnii nf 5.000 spectators with one of the most thrilling exhibitions in Prescott's 50 years of Frontier Days celebrations. With nnlv one more dav to go. cowboy performers, intent on slices of 110,000 prize money, ouiuiu themselves.

There were thrills and spills galore, and one minor casualty. On Is Injured Pete Grubb, of Blackfoot. riding a roaring bronc named Shortcut, went to the hospital in an Ambulance when he caught a spur in his stirrup and broke his ankle. Another spectacular exhibition which brought the crowd to its feet ptvMri hv ton Champie. of Castle Hot Springs, in the steer.

team tying. As Champie ropeti a i r. ateor hlit horse Stumbled and tossed him directly in the path of the rolling animal. There waa momentary suspense the stands as Champie arose from the dust. -A muffled cheer roi-i lowed.

as the star penormer, (Continued. On Page 3, Col. 2) A Handbook On Americanism TODAY is Independence Day. Could you recite the Declaration of Independence from memory? It is very brief, and may be read aloud In 10 or lz minutes. Intelligent citizenship begins with a thorough knowledge of the Constitution and its forerunners, the Declaration of Independence and the colonial Articles of Confederation.

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OS.A.) Hval "I (BJ. 0Br4 MVf- MWVfCT evauvri -taruaOMO atwwwiuH auuta SSfwaan Ka' IS. Wl.a In Pacific Lives Of 213 Snuffed Out By Accidents Autos Take Heaviest Toll With 138 Deaths (By Associated Press) America counted at least 213 dead yesterday from Fourth of July acci dents, but fireworks -were not blamed for a single fatality. Automobile accidents were re sponsible for 138 of the deaths as the nation took to the highways to celebrate the double holiday. Drownings took 43 lives and sundry other accidents explosions.

airplane crashes, mine mishaps, grade crossing collisions accounted for 32 more deaths. Below Last Year The day's toll fell far below laet year's total of 346, but soared above that of 1935, 1934 and 1933. It was the first time in a decade no deaths had been attributed to the use of fireworks. City and state officials said their crusades for a safer and saner Fourth, made more intensive this year than ever before, had brought results. The only blot of their record, they said, was a fireworks accident Fri day at Nampa, where six persons were fatally injured.

Six persons were drowned at Valparaiso, when a motorboat capsized. It carried 42 passengers, but fishing boats rescued the sur vivors. Gov. Harold G. Hoffman of New Jersey, his wife, two younger daughters and 16 others escaped injury near Ashbury Park, N.

(Continued On Page 2, Col. 4-) Stronghold Of Apache Chieftain IN THE HEART of the Dragoon mountains is Cochise Stronghold, for many years the hiding place of the great Apaohe chief. It is seven miles from State Highway 81 and can be visited on the same trip that you visit the Chiricahua National Monument. You probably have heard cf this monument, reached from Douglas, Bisbee or Tombstone, but have you yet seen it? This Wonderland of Recks is a weird and silent community fashioned from rook by the erosive agency of wind and water. On the Southeastern Arizona section of your vacatisn, see these points of interest.

Radio Amateur Hears Call 'Down On Reef ROCK SPRINGS, July 4. (UP) Dana Randolph, l-year-old son of a colored coal miner, said tonight he had picked up a radio message signed KHAQQ, the call letters of Amelia Earhart, 'round the world flier Compromise On Court Bill oval Filibuster Strategy Is Abandoned By Opponents WASHINGTON. July 4. (AP) Filibuster threats against President Roosevelt's court reorganization bill subsided somewhat today after some opponents expressed a willingness to "compromise. A baseball game threatened to delay the beginning of the historic debate until Thursday, however.

Administration leaders predicted that the bill will be called up in the senate late Tuesday, to be fol lowed by immediate adjournment until Thursday. That would permit senate base ball fans to see the all-star game between picked teams of the Ameri can and National leagues, to be played here Wednesday. Hope For Vote Certain opposition senators said they were eager to avoid a fili buster and expressed belief it could be prevented by a showdown vote within a couple of weeks on one of two issues: 1. A motion to refer the revised administration bill to the judiciary committee for study. 2.

An offer to compromise by accepting the bill with the proviso that it not apply to present members of the Supreme court. By "administration bill. thev ex plained, they did not mean Presi dent Roosevelt's original proposal to appoint an additional Supreme court justice for every one who does not retire at the age of 70. Rather, they referred to the so-called Logan compromise, to which administration leaders are committed. Would Limit Action The Logan bill would limit the appointment of additional justices to one a year and would raise the age provision to 75.

The opponents who desire to avoid (Continued On Page 3, Col. 1) rk! Phillips (CaprriKht) Kl i a 1TI k. being made of the fact that Stephen Foster, "wr who wrote Down Upon the Suwt- tV lj Ri IV Sar never visited 1 the river in his 1 life. What of it? sA Ir-. Hv modern song writers ever visited the moon? The medical advisor to Japan has urged Japan to pick government officials by means of a blood test.

It might be a good idea to try it in this country, the results from the traditional beer test being what they are. The North Pole is having auch high temperatures that the anowhouaea of those Russian ex plorera are melting. Probably the pole ia taking no chancea on being shot. (For More H. I.

Phillii ilUin See the Editorial Gets Appr can position in the Pacific. Small enough to be easily overlooked either by ship or plane, this coral formation is only one-half mile wide and two miles long and stands barely above the sea at high tide. It is about 4.400 miles from the Pacific coast. 2.500 miles or more from New Zealand and Australia, almost 1,000 miles from the nearest sizeable American possession. Samoa, and more than 1,500 miles from Honolulu, only American fly ing base in that part of the world.

On its bare, flat surface stand a few shacks recently erected by the interior department in constructing landing fields preparatory to the possible development of commercial flying between the United States and Australia and the Southern Far East. Steamships pass occasionally about 500 miles eastward and about 300 miles westward of Howland en route between Hawaii and Australia and New Zealand, but shipping cireles here conceded little chance of accidental rescue in that fashion. If 'Miss Earhart and her navi gator. Frederick J. Noonan, came down at sea and floated indefinite ly, prevailing currents might carry them westward into the Hawaii-Australia shipping lane, but avail able information was insufficient to compute the probable time necessary for such a drift.

Lack Important Information In addition to the handicap of great distances, navigators lacked also the two most important bits of information necessary to tracing the lost plane its position and the time it came down. Characteristically, Miss Ear-, hart gave no genuine position report the kind that navigators need although she apparently was trying to do so when her world-girdling plane cam to grief. In previogs long flights Miss Earhart also omitted exact po- Continued On Page 4, Col. 2) Arabs, Jews Renew Fight JERUSALEM, July 4. (UP) Great Britain rushed her giant battle cruiser Repulse and a fleet of fighting planes to Haifa tonight as threats grew of Arab-Jewish bloodshed over the forthcoming report of the British Royal Commission recommending a partition of the Holy Land.

The four-man commission, headed by Lord Peel, is expected to submit its recommendations this week for division of Palestine into three parte a Zionist state, an Arab state and a neutral corridor under British mandate. To End Long Rule The Arabs, who with the Turks have had full sway in the Holy Land for 1,500 years, already are threatening trouble because of the territory which probably will be granted to 400.000 Jews who have colonized Palestine since the war. The Repulse, a warship recently rebuilt at a cost or nearly $7,000,000 and carrying a full flight of airplanes on her decks, received hurried orders at her Malta base today to cancel all ehore leaves and sale for the Maltese seaplane base at Kalafrana. torilvL took aboard I xucic dsi -ak On T3q trj C.Cl. 3) down in mid-Pacific.

His 'father, Cyrus G. Randolph, The ship is on a reef south of I the equator It was repeated again and again in a feminine voice. "The message started loud, then receded and became very weak," the boy said, "indicating that the batteries of her radio set might be growing weak." Both the youth and his father said the message included some figures, apparently longitude and latitude of her location, but that the voice was too faint for them to write down the numbers. Young Randolph said he began receiving the calls about 8 a. m.

today, and that they continued for 10 minutes or more. The letters "KHAQQ" were plain at first, the youth said. After writing down the message, the youth called his father. Cyrus Randolph, long-time employe of the Union Pacific Coal Company mines here, said that when he reached the radio set the voice was very weak, but that he could distinguish the words his son had heard earlier. The youth said he had kept tuned to the place where he received the message this morning cn his inexpensive, commercial set to which a special aerial the youth himself was attached.

He planned to remain beside the radio all night. When the voice became inaudible, young Randolph notified an attendant at the municipal airport who, in turn, relayed the information to the bureau of air commerce. Young Randolph has been studying radio since he was eight years eld. and has built a short-wave set. The aerial of the short wave set had been attached to the commercial set on which lie said he rc-XContifcued On Fage 4, CoL 4 said he also heard the message: Spouses Rest, Await News SAN FRANCISCO, July 4.

(UP) George Palmer Putnam, motion pic- ture executive, slept most of todaj at the urging of friends who feared he might collapse while awaiting news of his missing aviatrix wife, Amelia Earhart. Recovering from a collapse, Mrs Mary Noonan, wife of Miss Ear hart's navigator, Frederick Noonan, remained in her Oakland home, also awaiting word from searchers who strove to locate the Earhart plane, lost in mid-Pacific Friends of Putnam persuaded hinc to retire at 10 a. m. today to interrupt a vigil that began when Miss Earhart took off from Lae, New Guinea, at 9 p. July 1, D.

H. -Dimity, spokesman, reported. The former book publisher, who has followed with businesslike calm the progress of rescue efforts, was represented by Dimity to be still hopeful of his wife's safe return. Dimity advanced the theory thai the Earhart plane was down southwest and not northwest of Howland Island, as previous reports in-" dicated. The spokesman emphasized that his theory was purely speculative, based on the possibilities that headwinds stronger than the fliers had anticipated blew them off their course and forced them down before (Continued Pae 4, Col A.