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DEATH NARROWLY ESCAPED BY SACCO VANZETTI JUDGE WHEN BOMB WRECKS HOME

White-Haired Justice Is Hurled From His Bed by Shock. WIFE, 62, IS INJURED Explosion Damages Nearby Residences, Rocks Wide Section of City. By I nit id Press WORCESTER, Mass.. Sept. 27. Judge Webster Thayer, who presided at the internationally famous Sacco-Vanzetti murder trial eleven years ago. 4nrely escaped death early today when his heme on the fashionable west side was wrecked by a bomb. Almost miraculously, the whitehaired justice of the Massachusetts

superior court suffered only bumps, bruises and shock when h u r led from bed by the blast. The explosion damaged neighboring pro perty and rocked a wide section of the city. Although the Judge’s 62-year-old wife and a maid, Miss Joan Ashe, 32, were taken to hospitals, neither was s e riously hurt. Mrs. Thayer received five cuts on the forehead. when hit

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by tumbling debris. The maid suffered from hysteria. Judge Thayer received hundreds of death threats in connection with the trial and execution of Nicola Sacco, shoe worker, and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, fish peddler, who were electrocuted at state prison in 1927 for the murder of a paymaster and his guard at South Braintree seven years earlier.

Bomb Plared Under Porch Police were inclined to link the bombing with the Sacco-Vanzetti case, although conceding it was strange that vengeance should have been so long deferred. When firemen reached the Thayer home on Institute road, in response to an emergency call, they found the judge, but suffering from shock, groping through the darkness and debris to reach his wife’s bedroom. “They can’t kill me that easily.” exclaimed the judge. “I hate to think because a man docs his duty by God and country he gets this.” Indications were that, the bomb had been placed under a rear piazza. Police said that only the fact that the Thayers and their maid occupied rooms in the front of the house saved their lives. The rear of the building was demolished by the blast, but there was no fire. A garage and a barn behind the house were wrecked. Two automobiles in the garage were crushed by heavy timbers. Neighbors’ Homes Damaged Residences on each side of the Thayer home were damaged. Doors were blown out and walls and ceilings were damaged at the home of Mrs. John S. Lewis, about 100 feet away. At the home of Richard J. Healey, prosperous department store proprietor, on the other side, similar damage resulted. Doors were blown out and windows shattered at Charles Eames' home, across the street. Lesser damage was caused to dwellings for blocks around. 17 Are Kilted in Fire By 1 nited Press WARSAW. Poland. Sept. 27. Seventeen persons were killed, including six children, when fire destroyed thirty-five buildings in the village of Rubiel today. Almost, the entire village was homeless.

Used Cars TOR SALE—Used cars. All makes. Cheaper than you will ever get them again. Something to that. A few dollars go a long way in these times. Times are getting better. Things will be costing more before long. Hettie Green said: “Buy when things are cheap. Sell when they are high.” Maybe it was Rockefeller who said it, or Shakespeare, or Moses. What difference does it make who said it, as long as you get the idea? Don’t sit in the corner all the time. That wits make you old before your time. Have some gumption. Go places and see things. Hell’s bells! That’s just the name of a show. Step on the gas. Get out in the country and mingle with the buttercups and the dftffodills. If you don’t find the kind of a used car you want in today's Times put in a little ad describing the bus you require. Get off the highway of good intentions and buzz the macadam for a change. There’s a lot going on. Get into it through a Times Want Ad. Phone Riley 5551.

The Indianapolis Times Mostly cloudy and cooler with probably some showers tonight, followed by generally fair and cooler Wednesday.

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MAKE YOU LOOK TALLER New coats make the short woman look taller. Amos Parrish tells you how on the woman’s page of The Times Wednesday.

150 ARE KILLED IN EARTHQUAKE 15 Villages Wiped Out on Small Peninsula. By I iiitrrl Press ATHENS. Greece, Sept. 27. A terrific earthquake laid waste the small peninsula of Chalcidici near Salonika today. Casualties were announced as 150 dead and several hundred injured. Three thousand houses collapsed and fifteen villages were destroyed. Relief parties were sent from here.

HUNT ‘TALL STRANGER’ AS MINE RIOT KILLER Union Leader Apparently Cleared of Blame in Officer’s Death. * By United Press SPRINGFIELD, 111., Sept. 27. A “tall stranger” was sought today as the slayer of policeman Porter Williams during a miners’ riot Sunday after extraction of a .38-caliber bullet from the victim's body apparently destroyed the case against Garnett Smith, Herrin mine local president. Police said Smith first, admitted, then denied, that he fired the shot that killed Williams. The union head, in St. John’s hospital suffering from stab wounds, declared he was under the influence of drugs given to allay pain when he made his asserted confession. When it was ascertained that Smith carried a .45-caliber revolver, the search for the “stranger” bejv. Witnesses told of seeing such a m near the police officer when he was shot.

DEATH TAKES VETERAN CITY POLICE OFFICER Benjamin Trimpe Passes Suddenly at Hume in Southport. Benjamin Trimpe, 69, veteran Indianapolis police officer who had served as patrolman, bicycleman, detective, humane department sergeant and lieutenant during his twenty-six years on the force, died suddenly this morning at his home in Southport. Mr. Trimpe was appointed to the police department in 1898 and after holding several pasts was retired in 1920. He was reinstated in 1922 as a lieutenant, was reduced several months later to humane department sergeant and resigned in 1924. • He is a brother of Fire Lieutenant Edward Trimpe, Engine House 26. ‘KING OF BOMBERS 7 IS HELD AT CHICAGO Grilled as Suspect in Attack on Judge McGoorty’s Home. By United Press CHICAGO. Sept. 27.—Police seized James Belcastro, known as ’ king of the bombers.” in a west side haunt today and held him for questioning in the bombing of Judge John P. McGoorty’s home last week. With Belcastro. the officers found Humie Lieberman. who also is held. The arrests brought the suspects retained in the case to five. A boy and a girl were maimed when the bomb exploded on a sidewalk in front of the judge’s home. City Grocery Is Looted A candy machine, candy and several cartons of cigarets were stolen Monday night at the grocery at 2520 North Olney street, operated by Clarence Hunter, 2540 Ashland avenue.

COUNTY TAX BOARD SPLITS ON BUDGET SLASH PROPOSAL

When four members refused to commit themselves to a resolution opposing tax levies as fixed by county. school, and city officials, the county tax adjustment board disagreed at its first meeting Monday. Councilmen Walter Boetcher. Edward H. Resener and John Newhouse and Charles A, Grossart, county auditor, combined their votes at the initial meeting and deferred action on the resolution proposed by Leo K. Fesler. They objected to going on record for a reduction in all budgets, they said, because they had not had time to study the budgets. At the session, called primarily for organization, the board elected Boetcher as chairman and Fesler as vice-chairman. Grossart was chosen secretary. Albert E. Uhl, realtor, and Nicholas H. Noyes. Eli Lilly Company treasurer, joined Fesler in demanding the board take a definite stand on the tax question. The board wull meet again next Tuesday. Action on the resolution was deferred until then, and officials were ordered to submit their itemised budgets by that date. “We are going to do everything

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, SEPT. 27, 1932

Kids’ Pal Slain ‘Grandma’s’ Throat Cut by Robbers in Invasion of Little Shop.

By I nitrrl Press CHICAGO, Sept. 27—Children on their way to Daniel Boone school today knocked and knocked but ‘Grandma'’ Chenoweth wouldn’t come to the door of her shop, and they had to go on to school with pennies instead of allday suckers or new pencils and tablets in their hands. “Grandma’’ did not open the door because she lay in her back room parlor, her throat cut by the slayer, who rifled the till in the store early today. The tragedy—and it is a real tragedy in the Daniel Boone school district where men and women, who now have children of school age, bought their candy and school supplies when they were in the grades—was discovered by William Zapp. who came to deliver ice cream shortly before school time. He found the gray-haired, elderly little shopkeeper lying beside a couch. Her skull had been crushed, and her glasses, through which blue eyes had twinkled at juvenile shoppers, were shattered. An open rear window showed how the killer escaped. On the floor by the cash register was a dime, dropped in his haste. Police sought relatives of Mabel Chenoweth. It was only after she had been killed that any one knew her name was anything but ’Grandma.”

LOSES TASTE: ENDSJIER LIFE Woman, 68, 111 Six Years, Leaps Into River. Despondent over loss of her sense of taste, Mrs. Nona Hamrick, 68, of 271 North Richland avenue, Monday night ended her life in White river where her body was found floating at 6 a. m. today a block south of New York street. Police had searched all night for Mrs. Hamrick and had planned to drag the river today, following report of her disappearance by Robert N. Dickson, pharmacy operator, a nephew, with whom she had made her home. Dickson told police Mrs. Hamrick had been in ill health for the past six years and had worried over loss of her sense of taste following a goitre operation eighteen months ago. Her husband, Jesse F. Hamrick, died fifteen years ago. Mrs. Hamrick is survived by a sister, Mrs. William D. Cross, 1756 Brookside avenue, and a brother, R. F. Somerville, New Salem. Ind.

SENDS 3 10 POISON Young Bandits Are Given 10-Year Sentences. Convicted of three drug store robberies within the last two months, three youths were given ten-year prison sentences today by Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker. They are Walter Vandergroff, 22, of 1326 Oliver avenue; Otis Billington, 17, of 1256 West Ray street, and Russell Sanders, 21, of Maywood.

RAIN MAY CONTINUE Fair, Cooler Weather Is in Prospect, However. Rainfall for the year today exceeded the normal by .3, following rains totaling 1.70 during the last twenty-four hours, according to J. H. Armington. weatherman. Heavy rains were general over the central west, with Indianapolis and vicinity receiving more than most sections of the state. Fair and cooler weather is in prospect for Wednesday, with showers and lower temperatures scheduled to arrive tonight, Armington predicted. Normal rainfall for the year is 30.35. he said.

possible in interest of ,'ood government, but we have not had opportunity to scrutinize the budgets,” Boetcher asserted in explaining the counciimen's stand.

Ponder This If the $1.50 tax limit law is applied to Indianapolis, debt requirements will take $1.11’2, according to figures compiled by William Book of the Chamber of Commerce. Debt requirements next year for the city, county and school units will be $3,772,207, or a tax rate of 69.6 cents on the lowered appraisal of property values. The debts for poor relief and township roads will require $1,390,840. Other debt requirements bring the necessary levy up to the mark mentioned. Under this estimate, the entire city, county, township and school governments would be compelled to run on a 24-cent levy for sendee as against fo%ir and a half times that amount for interest, and debts.

EVE OF SERIES FINDS YANKEES 5-3 FAVORITES I j Chicago Cubs Troop Into New York, Ready for Opening Clash. 60,000 TO SEE GAME Guy Bush, Charley Ruffing Are Listed as Likely Starting Hurlers. BY STUART CAMERON United Press Snorts Editor NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—The Chicago Cubs canceled their practice session because of rain and cold weather today and will meet the New York Yankees in the opening game of the world series Wednesday—weather permitting—without benefit of a previous workout. A drizzling rain greeted the Cubs special when it arrived this morning. The Yankees already were at the stadium hoping that the rain would subside enough to permit them a brief practice, but the outlook was discouraging. “This is no sort of weather for baseball.” Manager Charley Grimm said. “We’ll wait until Wednesday and then go out a few hours before game time to bat and throw a few around.” Grimm reported that the Cubs were in top shape. He still plans to start Guy Bush, the elongated. Mississippi right-hander, in the first game, and follow with Lop Warneke, sensational youngster, in the second. Yanks Still Favorites The Yanks continued to rule favorites in betting circles. Odtis from 5-to-3 to 3-to-2 were quoted. Several bets were reported at l-t.o-5 and 1-to-4 that the Yanks would win four straight. Charley Ruffing, the red-headed righthander of the Yanks, virtually is certain to face Bush. Ruffing, strike-out king of the American League, went through a brisk warm-up Monday, the only one of the probable starting hurlers to work out. He admitted later that he expects to start the series. While the athletes were walloping the horsehide in practice, workers pounded away in the stands, hanging the last festoons of bunting. Telegraph linesmen strung additional wires for press work. More than 60,000 fans are expected to attend the opener, and although the three-decked grandstand and high-banked bleachers surrounding the battlefield will be well filled, Ed Barrow, the Yankees’ business manager, said he did not expect a complete sellout. Babe Ruth in ‘‘Swell Shape” The lists of umpires and scorers for the series have been completed and approved by Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis. Bill Klem and George Magerkurth have been named as National League umpires. William Dinneen and Roy Van Graflan were selected by the American circuit. Bill Hennigan of New York, Wayne Otto of Chicago, and Ray Stockton of St. Louis will be the official scorers. Babe Ruth reassured any doubters Monday night that he was certain to play in the series, and that he was in “swell shape.” He was swinging lustily Monday in batting practice. He broke one of his old bats swinging at Danny MacFayden’s curves. Rain Perils Little Series Bn Times Special NEWARK, N. J.. Sept. 27.—Rain this morning threatened to interfere with the opening of the junior world’s series here this afternoon between Millers and Bears, but club officials were hopeful of action as the weather cleared around noon. The Minneapolis A. A. champions and Newark International League winners were scheduled to start action at 2 p. m., eastern standard time (1 p. m. Indianapolis time). The little series schedule here calls for a game today, the second Wednesday night, under lights, and the third Friday afternoon, with Thursday open. The teams then will go to Minneapolis to resume play on Sunday. It is a scheduled seven-game series and betting odds favor the Bears. 9 to 5.

The councilmen and Grossart had a part in fixing the 1933 county levy at 41.25 cents, 12.2 cents higher than the current rate. The board heard petitions from two groups of taxpayers urging it to keep the tax rate within the sl.[)o limit fixed by law. Gavin L. Payne of the Hoosiers Taxpayers’ Union, advised a cut in the school term and further reduction in pay of teachers, policemen and firemen. He also proposed refunding of $2,000,000 in bonds as a way to reduce budgets of the civil city, school city and county. Martin M. Hugg. attorney, spoke for the Northside Tax League. Would we be justified in cutting the school term four months if that were necessary to keep within the limit?” Fesler asked Hugg. “You w’ould,” he replied, "and you have that power.” Although refusing to take a definite stand, councilmen declared they were for the $1.50 tax law and would cut taxes as “near to it as possible.” Boetcher explained he did not want to vote "on so drastic a resolution,” as Fesler presented, without time to consider itj

Battle in Court, With ‘Human Doll’ as Prize

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pUTURE of curly haired Shirley Jean Ray. 3, became so involved A in circumstances affqcting her home life today that Juvenile John F. Geckler denied two wfimen “rights of motherhood” over her. Mrs. Clara Ray of 429 West Abbott street, the child’s mother tearfully pleaded for the court to return the child she gave awav in infancy. Likewise, Mrs. May Davis of 423 West Merrill street, who had reared the child since babyhood, lost a fight to take Shirley Jean back home with her. Finding Mrs. Ray and her husband. Ernest, guilty of child neglect, and Mrs. Davis’ home “improper for rearing a child,” Judge Geckler made the child a ward of the court.

RACER IS GIVEN 'RIDEJYJIIDGE Louis Schneider Gets Fast ‘Going-Over’ in Court. Piloting a racing car at a 100-mile clip on the rough brick pavement of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is smooth sailing when compared to the “ride” which Louis Schneider, racing driver and former Indianapolis policeman, was given today on the “green carpet” before Municipal Judge Clifton R. Cameron. Appearing for the second consecutive day before Cameron to exhibit new auto licenses obtained on court order Schneider, arrested last week for parking his auto on a sidewalk, received a lecture on the pitfalls of fame. “Some people get an awful head on them when they win a little," Cameron told the winner of the 1931 500-mile classic. “What this court wants to know is, how did your car get parked on the sidewalk?” ‘‘l guess I just made a mistake, judge,” Schneider replied. Monday, Cameron convicted the racing driver of four minor law violations, assessing fines totaling sl6. GANDHI TAKES SECOND MEAL: NEAR_COLLAPSE Mahatma Receives Mud Baths, Massages and Injections at Prison. By United Press POONA, India, Sept. 27.—The Mahatma M. K. Gandhi received mud baths, massages, and injections today to restore his health so he could drink his normal supply of goat’s milk. Gandhi, who ended his “fast unto death” Monday after existing on water for more than six days, took his second meal today in the yard of Yerovda prison. Sir Rabindranath Tagore, famous Indian poet, numerous “untouchables,” and others squatted nearby and watched the Mahatma in silence. NEW SENATOR NAMED Walter Walker Appointed to Fill Colorado’s Congress Vacancy. By United Press DENVER, Colo., Sept. 27.—Walter Walker, Grand Junction publisher and retiring Democratic state chairman, was Colorado's new junior United States senator today. Walker was appointed by Governor William H. Adams to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles W. Waterman. LEGION LEADER DEAD Frank G. Davidson Succumbs to W’eek’s Illness at Hospital. By United Press TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Sept. 27. - Frank G Davidson, new commander of the American Legion in the Sixth Indiana district, died at a Crawfordsville hospital today ’after a week's illness. He was elected at the state legion convention in Kokomo last month. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 65 10 a. m 62 7a. m 66 11 a. m 62 Ba. m 66 12 (noon).. 65 9 a. m 68 1 p. m 68

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The circumstances causing the judge to place the child in the Children’s Guardians’ Home, temporarily, started with theft of a poor box from St. John’s Catholic church and ended in a raid of an aileged speakeasy. Story of these incidents, vitally affecting Shirley Jean's future, was told in court. n n THE home of Mrs. Davis was determined "improper” when evidence disclosed her son's home, next door, at 425 West Merrill street, had been raided by police several days ago. Mrs. Davis’ daughter, Mrs. Nellie Reddy and husband, Paul, proprietor of the alleged speakeasy, were arrested and tried on blind tiger charges. The raid had been prompted by confession of two men arrested for stealing the poor box, that they had drunk liquor in Reddy’s home. Additional evidence that Mrs. Ray, mother of twelve children, had given a second baby to Kentucky residents and attempted to dispose of another, was given the court. n a ‘‘T HAVE nothing to say, except 1 I want my baby, Shirley Jean,” Mrs. Ray testified briefly. “Mrs. Clara Blackwell, Negro maid at the Ray home, testified the mother had offered to give her Mary Ellen, an older child. Shirley Jean went to Mrs. Davis, calling, her “mother,” when the court attempted an experiment to see where the child's affections lay.

HOOVER_PICKS CRISP Names Georgia Democrat to Tariff Commission. By United Press WASHINGTON, Sept, 27.—Ap pointment of Representative Charles R. Crisp (Dem., Ga.), as a member of the United States tariff commission to succeed the late Lincoln Dixon of Indiana was announced by President Herbert Hoover today. Advocates Recall Law Enactment of a recall law' for removal of incompetent public officials was advocated by John M. Noe. candidate for state representative on the National ticket at a rally Monday night at 2121 Martha street.

Economy Is Ordered in School Entertainments Entertainments staged by pupils in the Indianapolis schools will be few this year. Due to economy measures adopted by the school board in slashing the budget, principals have been notified that use of school supplies must be kept at a minimum. They have been told to inform the office of Superintendent Paul C. Stetson whenever they plan a program which demands either school time or money. Teachers in the |schools. faced with the problem of living on reduced salaries, are not spending their owm money on projects of the pupils. Many teachers who last year bought material for maps, dolls, costumes, and other projects of the pupils with their own money have reported that they will make no such expenditures this term. The schools also have declared against any extra-curricular activities, which might be of expense to parents. “No presentation which will cost the parents an extra nickel should find its way into the school program this year,” Stetson said today in speaking of the edict. “Undertakings which call for unusual costumes or for other materials costing money are out of place this year. “Os course, we have no objection to a playlet growing directly from the class work,” Stetson said, “or to one calling for no more elaborate costuming than some dresses made of newspapers. But many of the parents can afford nothing more costly.”

PUERTO RICO IS BADLY DAMAGED BY HURRICANE Intensity of Storm Said to Have Been Comparable to Disaster of 1928 in Which 271 Persons Lost Their Lives. HAITI IS NEXT IN PATH OF GALE Battering Wind of Velocity of From 120 to 130 Miles an Hour Sweeps San Juan; Casualties Are Feared High. By United Pri ss MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 27. —Reports to Pan-Ameri-can radio here unofficially placed the estimate of dead at “about thirty, in the Puerto Rico hurricane,’’ the United Press was advised today. Rv United Pres* Puerto Rico, island of suffering and tragedy, was struck today by hurricane today of an intensity said to be comparable to the disaster of 1928 in which 271 persons were killed. Reports to Red Cross headquarters in Washington and Pan-American Airways in New York said a battering wind of a velocity of from 120 to 130 miles an hour twisted through San Juan and its environs.

ROOSEVELT BIDS FOR LIBERALS Seeks to Win New Mexico Progressive Votes. By United Press ABOARD ROOSEVELT SPECIAL, EN ROUTE TO LAMY, N. M., Sept. 27—Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt today sought to switch to his support the progressive Republican vote led by United States Senator Bronson Cutting of New Mexico. Cutting recently was represented as breaking away from the old guard Republican organization of his state, and refusing to support it in the coming presidential election. Roosevelt advisors believed the Governor’s position on the tariff, agriculture and water power would help him with the dissatisfied New Mexican Republicans. 7 With their support, the Governor’s friends argued, the state, which went for President Hoover in 1928, could be counted upon to fall back into the Democratic column. The nominee, after a brief stop at Albuquerque, was to proceed to Lamy w'here he was scheduled to confer briefly with party leaders and advise them as to details of the national Democratic campaign. A concerted drive for progressive support, which was opened in California w'hen Roosevelt bid publicly for the support of the Hiram Johnson wing of the Republican party, has been carried forward since leaving that state.

FARMERS TO PROTEST BEFORE ROOSEVELT Demonstration to Be Similar to One for Hoover, Leader Says. By United Press DES MOINES. Ia„ Sept. 27. Milo Reno, president of the National Farmers Holiday Association, said today that a protest demonstration will be held in Sioux City, la., by striking farmers during Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt’s campaign visit there. The demonstration, Reno said, will' be similar to one planned for Des Moines next week when President Hoover speaks here. JAPAN REPORT IS ’MILD’ Nippon to Be Censured Slightly by League Commission. By United Press GENEVA, Sept. 27.—The Lytton commission’s report to the League of Nations on the far eastern conflict blames Japan in a mild way for the attack on Mukden, Manchuria, on Sept. 18, 1931, an unimpeachable authority -evealed today. The report is to be made public Saturday.

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Dispatches from San Juan itself told of a * terrific storm roaring in from the Lesser Antilles. The United States weather bureau reported the hurricane probably would strike Haiti this afternoon, v Many buildings and homes were reported to have been razed in San Juan. It was feared human casualties were high. The Red Cross which sent a relief expedition in the 1928 hurricane, requested further information and planned immediate help. Heavy Toll Is Feared By L nited I'rcsx SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Sept. 27. -—A devastating, twisting tropical hurricane roared up from the Lesser Antilles before dawn today, and battered the island city of San Juan with a wind that exceeded 120 miles an hour. The storm approached the city shortly before midnight with high winds prevailing, and for about four hours the streets were raked by terrific wind gusts which did great damage. It is feared they also took a heavy toll of casualties. The city of more than 100,000 population was thrown into turmoil when the punishing wind steadily increased its intensity during the night. The darkness, falling debris and memories of the 1928 storm which ravaged the city with a loss of 271 lives, added to the terror of the inhabitants. The storm, moving in an estimated rate of between ten and fifteen miles an hour, had approached from the Leeward islands and, after damaging parts of the interior of Puerto Rico, moved on toward Santo Domingo and northern Haiti. A hasty survey of the scene indicated property damage might be as great as in the hurricane of four years ago this September, when tens of thousands were left destitute. It was impossible, however, to make accurate estimates of the extent of the disaster immediately after the storm had passed. Strikes Virgin Islands By l nited I‘rrxx ST. THOMAS. Virgin Islands, Sept. 27.—A tropical hurricane which struck these islands Monday night caused heavy damage, sank small ships in the harbor, blew down wires, uprooted trees and left many houses damaged. Two sloops filled with passengers entering the harbor from Tortola were unaccounted for and were unaccounted for and were feared lost. Authorities were searching for them. No other loss of life was reported. It was believed the injured, if any, were negligible. Engle Simmons, federal special observer, averted a calamity by firing warning guns an hour and a half before the storm broke. The populace took shelter. RADIO DRIVE TO OPEN Democrats to Launch State Broadcast Campaign Tonight. Opening guns of the state Democratic radio campaign will be fired tonight over a hookup of WFBM, Indianapolis; WOWO, Ft. Wayne, and WFBF, Evansville, from 8:30 to 9:15, it was announced today at Dfnocratic state headquarters. All Democratic candidates for state office will speak with the principal addresses being made by Frederick Van Nuys, nominee for senator, and Paul V. McNutt, candidate for Governor. State Chairman Earl Peters will open the program. Others on the program will include Mrs. A. P. Flynn, Logansport, state vice-chairman; Thomas Taggart, national committeeman, and Mrs. Samuel Ralston, national vicecommitteeman. The radio program will precede a speaking tour of candidates starting Wednesday. Infirmary Accident Is Fatal Mrs. Cora Nichols. 65. county infirmary inmate, died Monday at city hospital of pneumonia, following fracture of a hip she suffered in a fall at the infirmary.