Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-03
DISORDER
HAMPERS
Marines
Shoot To kip Orders
Given Rescue Workers
At Managua
BANDITS THREATEN
American Refugees To Be
Evacuated With Great
est Speed Possible
By LEIGH STEVENSON
United Press Correspondent

Copyright 1891 by United Press)
MANAGUA, MIC, April 3. U.n)-
The peril of thousands of refugees
living in distressing circumstances
around the earthquake ravaged city
of Managua was intensified today
and the work of evacuating Ameri-
can women and children was ORDER
ed speeded.
Tired and hungry marines and :
national guardsmen were forced to
greater severity to maintain order
and continue relief work as the fire
which has swept back and forth
across the ruined capital broke out
again in the San Antonio section.
Orders were given to shoot to kin"
if the first challenge of patrolling
marines was not needed.
Lack of water increased the dan
ger of disease and exhausted doctors
were experiencing great difficulty In
maintaining precautions against an
epidemic, due to the fact that sani-
tary regulations were ignored by
suffering natives.
While the exodus of natives by
foot and in trucks continued, the
first group of 200 American women
and children packed their few be-
longings last night for the trip to
Corinto, where they were scheduled
to board the transport Chaumont
late this afternoon. One Of the
children in the group was Aileen
Murray, 9-year-old daughter Of Cap
tain Joseph D. Murray of Boston.
The little girl and her father were
accompanying the body Of Mrs.
Murray, who was killed in the quake.
Many of the Americans had at
tempted to return to their wrecked
homes in the city yesterday to re-
cover personal belongings. Some Of
them were successful. but for the
most part they found the quake or
the fire had destroyed everything.
In the case of a number of wom-
en-. they reached their former homes
just as the reviving fire swept back
to that district
The death toll was still only an
estimate. due to the fact that hum
dreds of bodies were buried or Gre
mated without Identification. Gen.
eral Calvin B. Matthews, command
ing the National Guard. told the
United Press at midnight that he
did not believe the total dead would
exceed 1000. He said his estimate
was made on the most reliable re-
ports, which he had collected from
his officers directing the burialS.
The survey of various burial
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correspondent indicated that the
total dead would not be much more
than 800.
WASHINGTON, April 3. (U.ny -
c. A. Briggs, an amateur operating
radio station W3CAB, informed the
United Press early today he had In
tercepted messages from Managua
stating that there was fear of Inn
minent attacks by bandits.
Briggs, working with w. J. Swen-
son, operating station W3PN and
B. E. Stahl, operating engineer for
station WRC. listened for two hours
to messages from station NN1-NIC,
assigned to Captain Francis E.
Pierce. U. S. M. c.
The Managua operator after
transmitting numerous private mes
sages, signed off at l:25 a. m, ac-
cording to Briggs, with the follow
ing:
Power closing down now. We are
IN immediate danger of being at
tackled by bandits. Latest reports
are that the bandits are coming In
from the hills in groups to loot the
ruined cityr