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23, 1934.

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SCOTT AND BLACK LAND SAFELY AT MELBOURNE

GANGSTER Maintain. High

Maintain High Speed On Final Lap Despite Damaged Engine Higher Price

SHOT BY

U.S. POLICE DUTCHMEN

LEFT

RIDDLED WITH · FAR BEHIND

BULLETS

TRAPPED ON OHIO FARM

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Arm

Grinber

Washington, Oct. 22.

The Department of Justice an- nounced to-day that federal agents had shot and killed "Pretty Boy" Floyd, bank robber, murdereri and kidnapper, when they ran him to earth on a farm between Clark- Hon and Sprucedale, Ohio.

Floyd, one of the most danger- ous gunmen in Amertes, fuught it out with the agents. Like, his rlend, Dillinger, he was riddled with bullets from machine-guns, revolvera and anwed-off shot-guns, but not before he had fred a stream of lugs at the men who surrounded him.-United Pyren,

SHOT ON RUN.

Enst Liverpool, O., Oct. 22.

officers. Department of Jasike led by Inspector Purvis, trapped and killed Floyd near here to-day?)

Purvis sald afterwards, that Floyd left the woods where he had been hiding and persuaded a farmer to drive him to town,

"We entered the farmyard and Floyd made the farmer drive be- hind a corn crib. Eight of us pursued him. He attempted to escape on foot and we shot him.”

Purvis declares he had shouted to Floyd to halt but that he had kepf running, so the agents shot i hin down.

There were fourteen wounds in his body and be lind no chance tuj use the two pistola he was enrrying. His former companion in crime, Richetti, is the sole survivor of the gang recused of the Krosas City ( gang massacre.-United Press,

32 Soldiers Killed In Mine Blast

SET BY SPANISH REBELS

ON MARCH ROUTE

(Special to "Talegraph")

25, 9,610.m.)

GALLANT EFFORTS

TO CATCH LEADER

VAST MELBOURNE CROWD GREETS WEARY WINNERS

TURNER STILL THIRD

MELBOURNE, OCT. 23.

SCOTT AND BLACK ARRIVED HERE SAFELY. ENORMOUS CROWDS GREETED THE AIRMEN, MAKING a tumultUOUS DEMONSTRATION.-REUTER.

C. W. A. SCOTT AND T. CAMPBELL BLACK FLEW OVER COBAR, HALF-WAY BETWEEN CHARLEVILLE AND MELBOURNE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND APPARENTLY BOTH ENGINES WERE FUNCTIONING SMOOTHLY.

AT ALMOST THE SAME HOUR, THE BIG DUTCH MACHINE, 'PILOTED BY, K. D. PARMENTIER AND ]. J. MOLL, STREAKED OVER CLONCURRY, GOING “ALL OUT” IN AN EFFORT, TO' OVERTAKE THE BRITISH MACHINE WHOSE LEFT MOTOR HAS BEEN GIVING TROUBLE. BUT THE DUTCHMEN ARE ABOUT 1,000 MILES BEHIND.

Meanwhile, Colonel Roscoe Turner and Clyde Pangborne, the American leading entry, arrived safely at Keepang, having been for some time unheard from. Turner has been trying desperately to overtake the Dutchmen, but has no chance now. Turner left Koe- 11, pang within an hour,

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but were forced to turn around within 800 miles of their goal, a land again for repairs. Scott and Black almost met with

left At 1.03 a.m. they made a yue- disaster. Their stuttering

and climbed away motor had played but and seized cessful run up over the Timor Sea, and again out of sight, the motors apparent- between Darwin and Charleville. x functioning smoothly.

Then, as they took off from Chur- Altogether they were delayed! leville for Melbourne, it selzed | two hours and ten minutes at again. They were nearly twelve Charleville and sil the while! hours ahead of Parmentier, so they Parmentier was known to be in went back and spent a profitable hot parsuit. A north-east wind hour or so putting their engine is aiding the airmen on their į right.

southward flight. It was expected, when they finally headed for Melbourne, that they would nurse their engines, but Parmentier every nerve and Quncu out

to

CONCERN FELT.

There was' Rome

concern felt

CROWDS GATHERING

Greeted by their chief, Chancellor President Adolf Hitler, 60,000 members of the Hitler Youth delegations from all parts of Germany assembled in convention in the Nuremberg stadium, a portion of the grant throng being shown ́hare. A striking spectacle is afforded in the spelling of "Saar” in human letters by

the

delegation from the Saar Valley.

TRANS-PACIFIC FLIGHT

Kingsford-Smith To Hop To-day ?

(Special to "Telegraph")

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1930 m.)

Suva,. Oct. 23.

It is learned that Air - Commodore Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and his companion, Captain Taylor. may leave for Honolulu on the second leg of the trans- Pacific crossing. at noon to-day. Suva time..

Apparently the fliers are only awaiting satisfactory weather reports. Uluited

Press:

ELEVEN LOST ON AIRLINER

AUSTRALIAN CRAFT CRASHES IN SEA.

FLYING FROM TASMANIA

to

DEMAND NAVAL

EQUALITY

Japanese People Unanimous

Tokyo, Oct. 23. The Selyükal, the largest and most influential of the political parties of Japan. passed a unanimous resolu- tion for the conclusion of a now payal treatý between Britain, United States and Japan, but based on equality of armaments.

in

For Silver Assured

U.S. CONTINUING PURCHASES

WON'T TRADE HER GOLD

New York, Oct. 22.

The Treasury expects to keep its gold and at the same time get the silver it re- quires, thus indicating de- finitely higher prices for antthe metal.

Mass meetings of citizens Tokyo have passed similar résolutions.---Reuter.

BARANGKULIZA

STORM'S TOLL

17 LIVES

HEAVY DAMAGE IN PUGET SOUND

ANOTHER GALE

engre

BREWING..

Ordinance.

sati. Berzíved. October

American purchases will continue. until silver hold-: ings constitute in value one- third of the value of the. gold holdings-Swan Cut- bertson and Fritz.

Washington, Oct. 22.

It is strongly intimated here that the President will be able to con- trol outright inflationists in the next Congress and will not accept, [any proposal for a roduction of

the old content of the dollar to

below fty cents,, ~

The Administration 1s now adopting conciliatory tactics to- ward business,

(Special to "Telegraph”)

The U. S. Treasury is buying silver with existing, or progres Elly Triegraph, Copyright. Telegraphie Messively created foreign balances and does not intend to trade gold Seattle, Oct. 22. for silverŞian, Culbertson The storm which has lashed the and Fritz.

| 23, 19.30 nimad

Puget Sound coast for 48 hours is

now subsiding.

It is believed that seventeen persons have been killed.

Five were drowned when Д gigantic wave engulfed a purae- soing fishing vessel, the Agnes.

Damage-in--Washington-and- Oregon fa estimated at US$1 000,000,

Latest weather reporta state that though the present gale

BANKERS

PROMISE

TO HELP

shows signs of moderating, a fresh IMPETUS TO U.S.

storm is forming and threatening the coast.-United Press,

POLICE LIBEL CASE

RECOVERY

FRIENDLY WITH GOVERNMENT

Washington, Oct. 22.

A pledge by American bankers to put their shoulders to the wheel and hasten recovery, was given to- day. when the convention of the Bankers' Association.opened here, There was a strong note of optim- iam in the meeting, where 4,000 of the leading financial men of the nution assembled.

Do more

SEARCH ABANDONED

Melbourne, Oct. 22. Search has been abandoned for the National Airways 10-. passenger Junker air-liner, į bound from Launceston,

JAPANESE SENT Tasmania,

TO GAOL to Melbourne, and it is believed the big machine has crashed at sea

REPROVED BY with eleven persons aboard.

JUDGE While Scott was speeding over than 109. hours. Parmentier and

The President, Mr. Francis Law, straining WOH

The craft carried, besides its the 800-mile lap to Melbourne, Moll also broke the old record by

declared there had been a marked pilots, taking every crowds were already, thronging nearly 100 hours, taking two days two

nine passengers, Charged with publishing a false improvement in the banking situa

the Rev. whom was of his big transport to the Race Track where he will 16 hours 20 minutes for the light. among machine somewhere to the north, land, if all goes well, prepared to They headed for Cloncurry, North E. Warren, who recently led the and defamatory label against the tian. Bankers, he said, were not

Hongkong Police Force in barely stopping long enough

greatly disturbed by the unbalanced peace mission So Scott de-give him and his companion such Queensland from Darwin, a fow missionary

anonymous letters which he take on more fuel.

a reception as no flier has had in minutes before Scott, and Black Arnhem Land in the Northern to the Inspector General at budget and there were

of fears of uncontrolled inflation. He Telegraph, Copyright. Telegraphic Mecided to take no chances and Australia Reuter, Reuter Spe- set off for Melbourne from Charle-Territory.

Police, the Secretary of Chinese The contrast with conditions of ages Ordinance, 1191. Received, Detoler opened his throttle witte.

cial and United Press.

ville. The Dutchmen were thus The aircraft last was in radio Affairs, and the Colonial Segre last year was noted and the bank- approximately 1,500 miles behind. communication with Melbourne tary, Goro Kutata, an unemploy or friendly attitude to the Gov Madrid, Oct. 22.

EARLIER PROGRESS. Thirty-two soldiers were killed

while the British machine had on from a point in the vicinity of ed Japanese photographer, living ernement was the key-note of the to-day by the explosion of a mine for Turner who had been unre-

London, Oct. 22. ly 787 miles to fly to Melbourne. Wilson's Promontory,... on the at 87 Jaffe Road, Wanchai was opening speeches. Later, however,

found Despatches from along the Col. Turner and Clyde Pangborne south-eastern coast of Victoria.

guilty on all three counts some of the speakers harshly cri under the road upon which they ported for some time after leaving route of the great air race show are still in third place.

et the close of the trial before the ticised recovery policies. were marching,

Singapore. But he checked into that the British filers C. W. A. Anticipating their victory in This expedition was sent by the Chief Justice, Mr. A. D. D. Mac- President Roosevelt is addressing It is beloved the mine was set Koepang at 2.30 am. (G.M.T.). Scott and T. Campbell Black are the race, Herr Plcaruan, gen Missionary Society in an effort to Gregor, to-day. and exploded by Communists.

Catheart Jones and K. F. H. many hours ahead of their near-ral manager of the Royal Dutch bring back to Darwin the There were marching, ArtWaller had not been heard from est rivals, flying their last lap Airlines, cabled to the Datch aborigines implicated in the mis-

along a the mining district when the blast was since they left Allahabad until from Charleville to Melbourne, sat off. Among the dead were five they swooped down at Singapore. the honour and the £10,000 fruits gent in Melbourne to present to anere of several Japanese pearl-

Scott and Campbell Black on their flahers. Reuter. non-commissioned offcera. There These filers, and the others, are of victory within their grasp arrival a large laurel wreath in- were many injured.

only concerned in the handicap From the Timor Sen, where scribed, "with great admiration The grip of the Government has contest now,

their left motor seized, Scott and for your navigation and techini- Black have been followed with cal skill and perseverance.”--- SCOTT'S DIFFICULTES,

some anxiety, for it was feared Router Special and United Press.

enginee All eyes are on Scott and Black, that their hard-driven

PROGRESS OF RACE. tenced to death at a court-martial and have been since they left might not Inst the whole trip.

London, Oct, 22. where they were found guilty of Darwin; the aviators are Bying The Dutch entry, piloted by K: D.

Reports reaching London give the murdering three Civil Guards.-behind only one dependable mo- Parmentier and J. J Moll, was Reuter Speciul.

tor. When the arrived at Charle-half expecting a break-down of positions of planes lately reported

but their ns. follows: ville they revealed that they had the Scott machine, flown practically all the way from backers have now conceded the

K.. D. Parmentier and J. J. Moli, Darwin with only

motor race lo the Britons,

Dutch entry, flying a Douglas Air functioning. Mechanics

The only tragedy of the race Liner, left Rampbang nt 8.57 p.m. wero put to work on it immediately.

cecurred in Italy, near Foggia (G.M.T.); when Flying Officer H; D. Gilman "We will probably stay an hour ad to be in wireless tommuniia-hero," Scott told the airport force tion with Hongkong to-day- Jenny Moller, Taiching. Hyd- rangon, Kongping, Euminous, When they finally did roar down BROKE ALL RECORDS. Genoa Maru, Lushan Maru, Cal-the run-way. they were losing Scott and Black broke all exist- cutta Maru, Celebes Maru, San-power in the left engine. They ing records for the flight from tos Maru, Porthos, Asama Maru. Igot into the air, fortunately, but England to Australia by more

been tightened In consequence

of this and other such outrages, and four rebels have been sen-

IN WIRELESS TOUCH,

The following ships are expect

one

DRAMATIC DEPARTURE.”

*

TEN KILLED IN TYPHOON

(Special to "Talograph")

Elly Telegraph, Copyright. Folsyraphic, Mar gua Ordinance, 1295. - fiscalrod, October #1, 10.30 am)

Manila, Oct. 22. Ten persons are known to have and Mr. J. K. C. Baines were C. J. Melrose, Australia, Gipsy been killed in the second typhoon burned to death when their Moth, arrived Baghdad 12.06 p.m.; which has swept the Philippince

Cathcart Jones and K. F. H. within a week. machine crashed,

Waller, British entry, D. H.Comet, loft Allahabadys

The property damage is cati- John H. Wright, America, Lam-mated at more than 500,000 pesos.

Manila escaped the blow-United. bert Monocoupe, arrived. Aleppo at

Press: (Continued on Page 113

October 24,----

the convention on The jury returned a unanimous Reuter. verdict on the "Orst two counts, A scurrilous charge against tho and a verdict of G-1 on the third police, made entirely without any TOUR COMPLETED foundation, with the accused's

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*$2 RACE BETS

ABANDONED.

After having been tried at-three, Extra Race Meet- ings, the experiment of $2 tickets in the pari-mutuel is being abandoned.

The Stewards of the Jockey Club have decided to revert to the 85 denomina tion throughout, "with the exception of the Daffy Double event, chances in. which will still cost $2.

CHIANG

KAI-SHEK GOING HOME.

Shanghai Oct. 23, The tour of the north-west which General Chiang Kai-shok and General Chang Houeh-Lang have. been carrying out, ended to-day.!

Gen. Chang returned to Han- kow,

while Gen. Chiang, "and Madamo. Chiang are due at Kal- feng- this morning. It is expected that Gen, Chiang will return to Nanchang via. Hankow-Router.

Mr. M. Beraha is leaving for the

| north_to-day and expects to return to

| Hongkong within four weeks, when

he will restima business here: