Evening star., 1933-08-10
.RANK KFUR RTER ZEITUNG,
Frankfurt am Main.-For the
first time since 1881 the official
rosters of the unemployed show

TRAN NKFURTER ZEITUNG.
l. Frankfurt am Main.-For the
first time since 1881 the official
/ rosters of the unemployed show
decline in registrations The
authentic figure is now 4.976,836. as OF
June Is. 1888. or 6l.010 less than the
total at the beginning of the month.
Unemployment figures in Austria, COM
piled also on June Is. indicate de-
cline of 7.164, as compared with the
number of those without work on June
/. The total unemployment in Austria
is now 1851. The respective declines
and present enrollments of jobless in
the two republics portray. as is perhaps
quite natural ratios which precisely
correspond with total population figures.
La Paz Faces Serious
Water Situation.
La Ra9on, La PaZ-The municipal
commission is ignorant of the causes
to which should be attributed the quail
ity of the water supplied through the
mains in recent weeks. Daily its char
acter has become more deplorable, until
now it is no longer potable, though still
sufficing, perhaps, for culinary and other
purposes. In some sections, the element
has degenerated to mere trickle. Resi-
dents in the Gale Junin, indeed. COM
plain that they no longer have water in
their homes at all, except what has
been caught in the domestic reservoirs
upon the roof and rain, Of late. has
been lamentably deficient. This is a
matter demanding the immediate at
tention of the appropriate officials. for
even water that is discolored, and OF
an aroma not at all fragrant, is much
better than no water whatsoever.
Kidnap apingS in Harbin
Battle Manchuku0.
North China Herald, Shang hai-Dur-
ing the last few days there have again
been cases of kidnapping and robbery
which are exceedingly bold ones and
prove that the bandits of Hardin are as
clever as some Of the famous Chicago
gangsters.
A few days ago the son of the Man.
chukuo vice minister of finance was
captured by couple of bandits as ne
was walking from the Polytechnique
Institute to his home. The capture
was made in a main street where, owing
to there being several residences Of i'm
portant Chinese officials, there are
Illduy pOllCc always SIdllOAC0. AAS
bandits worked so quickly and so clean
" that no one grasped the situation
before they had driven of in couple
of motor cars, taking their captive with
them. A letter has already been re-
ceived by the distracted father de-
manding $500000 as ransom.
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Nazi Drive Called
Battle Of Pamphlets.
Egyptian Gazette, Cairo-The con-
flict between Austria and Germany has
now resolved itself into battle of the
air with pamphlets as weapons instead
of the customary bombs.
Friday afternoon an airplane ap-
peared over Linz, the capital of Upper
Austria and dropped thousands Of man
ifestoes in favor of Alfred Prokisch, the
National leader of the Austrian Nazi
party" urging the Nazis to resist the
new measures of the Dollfuss govern
ment
About the same time several planes
are reported to have flown over Berlin
dropping pamphlets attacking Herr Hit
Ter and his government
In both cases the enemy" escaped
as neither country has any military air
force according to the Versailles treaty.
This fact has been seized upon by the
German government to reiterate its
claim for equality 1t is officially stated
that Germany will insist at Geneva ON
an equality of air and land armaments
as a result of unidentified foreign planes
dropping pamphlets on Berlin contain
ing insulting remarks with reference to
the German government"
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Alpine Area Alarmed
BY Huge Landslide.
La Petit Marseillais. Marseilles.-A