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Evening star., 1935-04-30
EGGS IRREGULAR
ON D. c. MARKET
Government. Graded Extras,
Large, Ease " Cent.
Others Unchanged.

Egg quotations were slightly irreg-
ular on the Washington produce
market today. Government-graded
extras, large, declined half a cent.
Other grades were barely steady at
unchanged levels.
The summary with egg and 'live
poultry prices furnished by the De-
partment of Agriculture follows:
33: tub, 32; l-pound prints (ss scoreI.
% MEAfsMBe.f. EAT .15aas; veal, 15a17;
b.m baS Ssl sa ss pS5s Sass SSns 2$.2a sss ,s;h .4a
16lsaI7i compound. 13s13h.
LIVE STOCK-Hogs. light, s.50as75;
ToasSs. 4 5os7 90: pigs. 7,ooss 50; Calves,
gSaes EdGMsrtes Dt .iifhsfy Rf srssaias S%SagSo u
chansed. but barely steady. Current re-
ceipts. 23a24: hennery whites: .24a25.
Government graded and dated white eggs
tincluding grading and marketing COSTS :
U. g. extras, large. 2Sla;, U; 8. extras.
mfdiyni 36: statndaEds lsrse g am
sizes. 20: Leshorns. I6al s: roosters. 1ial3.
Spring chickens: Leghorns. under Ia
pounds. 2Oa22: 1i2, pounds and over
22a24: Plymouth Rocks. under az pounds.
25; over 3iz pounds. %; some fancy lots
bringing "a cent premium. Turkeys: Hens
2Oa@2; toms. 20.
Evening star., 1935-04-30
Chrysler to Pay
All Funded Debt,
Big Saving Seen
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT. April 30.-Chrysler Cor
poration announced yesterday that 1t
would pay of its entire remaining
outstanding funded debt Of $50, ,150, 500
OF s per cent debentures Of Dodge
Bros, Inc. Wednesday. The deben-
lures have been called for redemption.
The corporations announcement
said 1t had recently arranged an ag-
gregte credit Of 25,000,0 900 with some
of its depository banks in the form Of
one, two. three, four and five year
notes. The balance of $3.50 500, the
premium of $l,507,525 and accrued
interest of $904,515 will be paid out of
funds of the corporation, a total dis
bursement of 1852 $40.
'As result of wiping out this
funded debt the corporation will. after
the first year, effect an interest saving
Of approximately 81 zoe, 900 annually" /"
the corporation announced.
Evening star., 1935-04-30
GROWERS PLAN
JOINT SALES PROMOTION
special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
MARTINSBURG. w. Va, April 80.
Agreeing that sales promotion for
Eastern apples by advertising or other
means is essential in view of the large
crop in sight this year, declining ex-
port markets and declining per capita
consumption, the Executive Commit
tee of West Virginia Horticultural So
ciety has directed President John Y.
Mcdonald to name a committee to
meet with Virginia State Growers So
ciety to discuss at least a two-State
advertising program for Virginia and
West Virginia. with the possibility that
Pennsylvania and Maryland will Join.
The Virginia society's board several
weeks ago asked West Virginia to con-
slider the program with them.
Evening star., 1935-04-30
CELOTEX co. HEARING
WILL BE HELD JULY !
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 30.-A hearing
on the plan of reorganization of the
Celotex Co. will be held July in
the Federal Court at Wilmington,
Del, it was announced by the Reor-
ganization Committee of which Will
liam B. Nichols Is chairman. The
committee reported that holders of
approximately rs per cent of the out
standing bonds. u per cent Of the
issued debentures, 80 per cent OF the
other unsecured claims, IS per cent
of the preferred stock and "a per cent
of the common stock already have
signified their assent to the plan.
Evening star., 1935-04-30
BONDS IMPROVE
IN LATE TRADING
Softness of Carrier Group
Renedied Partially, but
Losses Remain.
BY The Associated Press.

NEW YORK. April 30.-Softness in
the rail group. especially the sec
ondary classifications. was partially
remedied in late trading in the bond
market today.
Nevertheless, declines in the group
OF major fractions to point were
common. Governments improved as
did a number of utilities and in
gduStrials.
= Baltimore & Ohio 4l2s at 46s4, New
York Central SIS at 59ls and st. Paul
ass at 1012 were each down a point
or little less. American and For
eign Power SIS at 81 and International
Telephone SIS at 591s got ahead
around point.
Evening star., 1935-04-30

Additional New York markets Gas COM
CoFFEEspot. steady; Rio No: 7. Z;
Santos No. 4, sh. Cost and freieht Of,
IS at 7.40-75. Rio futures closed steady;
sps.mS.9 ssss Soq so7n MAJ beceber se March
5;s7. Santos futures steady; C. sales; e;oo99: G9:
RAW sILK-Futures closed irregular;
Nay ,Gssf 1913; s July. i.sib; oetoSer i.$oS:
SSsnshai shan Steam St Mature rs U per Cent seri-
plane 20-22s.: so: Canton double extrs
"a" 14-l6s. 1.25; Japanese special crack
double extra 81 per cent seriplans 1a-lSs'
sUGAR-Futures No. 3 closed barely
steady. I;s lower; sales; l7isSo toTs MY. M
eember. 2.53b; January. 2.36b; March.
CRUDE RUBBER-Futures closed steady.
! lower to 2 higher: sales: No. /; STANDARD:
September. il 90: December 12.13; Jan;
uary. 122On; March. 12.35n. Smoked
ribbed. SPOT, IL Son.
Bid. Nominal.
Evening star., 1935-04-30
U. S. TREASURY NOTES.
K. MBERLY-CLARK CORP.
!. REPORTS HIGHER NET
Reported by Chas. D. Barney & Coz

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 30.-Kimberly-
Clark Corp, producer Of newspaper
and magazine paper, reported for the
first quarter of 1885 net profit, after
ell charges, of $121.119. equal to "a
cents q share on common stock. Earn
ings before dividends were $270.564.
compared with earnings of $62,615 in
the first quarter of last year, which
after preferred dividends resulted IN
net deficit Of 10 cents a common
share.
Evening star., 1935-04-30
U. S. TREASURY POSITION.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The position of the Treasury on April
- was: Receipts S159155 5Ia; expendi-
lures, STA 253 052: balance S197l =
1913 919: customs receipts for the month
500 OBS III
Receipts for the fiscal year (since July
u SO OS0. .513, SIS; expenditures. $3.50
151 0la Gncluding S2S1a 1O095a of
emergency expenditures: excess of ex-
penditYEes s. 729 643-44I: gross debt
SIS $40 951 .293. decrease Of 81 5S4 :
6s6 from the previous day; gold assets
SS105 0l69S0
Evening star., 1935-04-30
U. S. STEEL VOTES
USUAL DIVIDEND
Payment of so Cents on Preferred
Shares Continues Policy in
Effect Since 1888.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 30-Directors
of the United States Steel Corp. to-
day ordered a dividend of SO cents
on the preferred stock. Quarterly
payments have been made at this rate
since January, 1893, when the divi-
dend was reduced from 81 annually
Evening star., 1935-04-30
RAILROAD EARNINGS,

NEW YORK. April 80 0P.-Railroads
reporting for March had net operating
income as follow:
Rock Island Lines. =. sS97, ,96s S1e2,637
Denver k Rio Grande
Western ....... 12e,47t 22b,S41
(el R06etA
Evening star., 1935-04-30
ICE DEFICIT REDUCED.

NEW YORK, April 80 [P.-Amer-
;can Ice Co. had a net loss of 1925 ,O84
in the March quarter against net
loss Of s272,42 in the like period last
year.
Evening star., 1935-04-30

Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.-Company.
effective May 1, 1885. made a further
increase of eight-tenths OF a cent in
price of service station gasoline.
Evening star., 1935-04-30

General Cigar Co.-March quarter
Common share earnings were esti-
mated at so cents VS.. So cents.
Evening star., 1935-04-30
Washington Exchange
SALES.

SALES.
Capital Traction 5s-S3 900 at 80.
Washington Gas 1t. IS 1960-sl 900 at
1851, $1,000 at ll5l2, $1,000 al
115la.
Capital Transit-l0 at 10, at 10.
AFTER CALL.
Mergenthaler Linotype at 28.
BONDS.
Bid and Asked Prices.
Evening star., 1935-04-30
NEW YORK BAR SILVER.

NEW YORK, April 80 R.-Bar sil-
yer steady and unchanged ct 75A.
Evening star., 1935-04-30

FEDERAL LAND BANKS
e NEW york. April so R.-Federal
Land Bank bonds:
SHORT-TERM SECURITIES.

eReported bg Chas D. Barney g. CO. Co.
disclaimers IS 1871. 1O1 10lis
Am. Beet Sugar rs 1870. 10OH2 l02.2
Am. Tel. & Tel. 5las 1943.. l12h 1l2ss
Atlantic Refining IS 1897. 1923 1O1ts
Bethlehem Steel SIS 1886. 1041s 105
California Packing IS 1910 104A 1O4E2
Canadian Nor. Ry. rs 1880. 10594 1O6
Ches. e. Ohio Ry. IS 1899. ll2h 49,.
Chi Gas 1t. e. Coke 5s 1887 105ss l0534
OH Northwest 6ias 1896. 5l34 STA
Colorado & So 4i2s 1885. 997s 100
Delaware g. Hudson IS 1888 100l2 10l
Den & Rio CIR. 4i2s 1896. 2412 25
Eens'o PUB. b. Service : rs is"n9 1889 a.ss aa7;
S56tham Six Hos 6s 1913 S5k SSIa
Grand TT. Canada 6s 1885 1868 1861
Great Northern Ry rs 1895 S1I2 $50
fflinois Central 6ias 1895. 95 25k
Intl Tel. &, Tel. 4ias 1899. IS 65l2
Lake Erie &, west IS 1887. 102h 1925
Lehigh Valley Coal 6s 1898. a2s4 947s
Louisville g. Nash. IS 1887. 101H4 1914
Michigan Central As 1910. 1Oi "a 1OiB
New York Central 6s 1885. 991s 100
N Y. Chi. g. ST. L. As 1887. 100ss 101
Penna. r. R. CO. s. as 1886. i04M io4M
f9re Oil CO. 5fas 1887 ~. 1oII1s io1s4
Fep Iron g. Steel IS 1910. 10412 1O5
Sinclair Cons. Oil rs 1897. 1929 1922
yanadium Corp 5s 1o41... IS T6
wabash Rwy. Co. 5s 1939.. o5 q5ia
Warner Bros. 6s 1889. ..... 55h 56a4
Evening star., 1935-04-30
COMMODITY PRICES

NEW YORK. April 30.--Index of Is
1851 equals 100: 1895 average equals
Evening star., 1935-04-30
CHICAGO STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO. April 30 GP.-FollowinR is
the complete official list OF transactions in
stocks on the Chicago Stock Exchange
Evening star., 1935-04-30
Miscellaneous Markets.

tCopyright. 1895. by Moody's)
Evening star., 1935-04-30

YounEtn SGT $50 B 94% 94h 8ln
Youngtn SGT 5s7s A. 94% - slk
Evening star., 1935-04-30

Ont Pw Mag IS a.. Ill Ill Ill
Ore r RAN - '46.... 10sk 1oeh 1osk
Evening star., 1935-04-30

Sac Paulo Cy IS so
coupon off. .....
Sac PauIo St IS IS
July coupon or .
Sac Paulo st '40:..
Sac Paulo st Is '56
Sept coupon of .
Sac Paulo st IS 80
July coupon of F..
Saxon Pb w 6h 8 81.
Serbs IS '62 unm c on
Shin'su El p 6ia 8 80.
Siemens & H 61as 81
Siemens & H Is as.
Silesia Elec 6 as.
Sydney S " s IS. 80.
Evening star., 1935-01-08
D. CLOS ANGELES
AIR LINE TO STAR
Maiden Westbound Flight o:
Monday via Nashville, Dallas
and Phoenix.

Inauguration of Southern transco"
tinental air transport service fro:
Washington to Los Angeles, delayc
pending the completion of a Depar
ment of Commerce airway liz
through Southwestern Virginia ar
Tennessee. will be undertaken Sunds
by American Airlines.
The new line will give Washing;
its first direct connection with Il
Southwest and will open to air tran
portation a new territory. includir
the Tennessee Valley area and II.
Western Virginia region.
The schedule, as announced in Ch
cago by c. r. Smith, president {
American Airlines. according to a.
Associated Press dispatch. will call fC
a 20-hour- and minute trip fro
the Atlantic to the Pacific in the nev
est high-speed Douglas and Curtis>
Wright sleeper planes.
The first plane is to leave Los An
geles at tbs pm. Sunday and GRO
the continent by way of Phoeni'
Tucson. Ell Paso, Abilene. Fort Worth
Dallas, Memphis, Nashville and Wash
ington to New York, which is to b.
reached at Sal pm. Monday.
The first westbound trip is sched
uled to start Monday afternoon.
The high-speed planes are to maxi
no stops between Washington ano
Nashville, but the Virginia cities viii
continue to be served by airmail plane:
and later by local-stop passengel
planes. which will connect with til,
limited-stop high-speed planes.
Evening star., 1935-01-08
MURKY FOG BLOCKS
ALL AIR TRANSPORT
Break Hoped for Today May
Bring Rain-100 Langley
Field Planes Poised.

One of the most general air trans
port tie-ups in months today awaited
an expected break in the fog which
has blanketed the Eastern States fol
two days.
The Weather Bureau forsees a thin
ming OF fog and smoke tonight, fol-
lowed by its disappearance tomorrow
The local outlook is for occasional
rain with mild temperature tonight
and tomorrow; colder tomorrow
night"
The fog yesterday and today
brought air transportation to a stand
still throughout the East. The Weather
Bureau said the thick haze was the
result of mild Winter temperatures
accompanied by stagnant air. Fresh
ening breezes would soon clear the
fog away.
The temperature tonight is not ex-
pected to go below 46 degrees.
Departure of nearly 100 lombard
nlent and pursuit airplanes and an at
tached airship from Langley Field
Va, to Florida and the Gulf States
for maneuvers designed to test the
mobility of the component units OF
the new General Headquarters All
Force. Army Air Corps. was held ur
yesterday because of weather and ii
was regarded as doubtful here whether
the formations would be able to leave
today.
Evening star., 1935-01-08
TWO AGENTS HELD
AFTER SEEING AUTO
Brothers in Repossessing Business
Charged With HOUSEKEEPING
and Larceny.

Two brothers who have been repos-
sessing automobiles for a finance
company were arrested today on
charges of hcusebreaking and larceny
IN connection with the seizure of an
automobile belonging to Baldwin A.
Hopkins of 5512 Kansas avenue.
The brothers. George McWilliams.
jr. %, 500 block of F street northeast,
and John George McWilliams, "a, 5000
block of Rodman street. were arrested
by Detective Sergts Hugh Robey and
Jake Wolfe Of the automobile squad
on warrant issued by the District
attorneys office.
The brothers were released in Gus
tody of their attorney for appear
ance in Police Court Thursday.
Hopkins charges the brothers broke
into his garage to repossess the car,
and that when they took it away II
contained negotiable notes vailed at
$685., paint valued at $50 and brush
valued at 81.
The District attorneys office held
the detective said,S that automobile
time payment contracts do not permit
finance company employees to force
their way into private property to re-
possess cars.
Evening star., 1935-01-08
YOUTH IDENTIFIED
IN TWO ROBBERIES
Ernest N. White, Jr.. Accused Of
Store and Bank Runner
Hold-ups.

Ernest Newton White. jr., %, of 70l
Fourth street, held in secret arrest by
the police for several days, was reveal
ed today as the suspected principal in
two daring hold-ups and robberies.
Identified as the man who shot and
robbed Frank M La Porte. Riggs Ma
tional Bank runner. at Union Station
December II. White was also identified
as the lone gunman who held up a
liquor store at z L street northeast on
Christmas Eve.
In the L street robbery. White was
charged with securing S427 cash re-
ceipts from the Atlas Liquor Co.
In the Riggs Bank case, White is
said to have escaped with $1,000 after
shooting La Porte.
Still in Casualty Hospital suffering
from the wound inflicted at Union
Station, La Porte, from his bed yes
terday, identified White as the robber
The patient is said to have picked his
assailant out of a lineup of five men.
Previously. White had been identified
in a lineup of eight men at police
headquarters, and charged with rob-
bing the liquor store.
White was released on probation in
1882, it was learned today. and was
still on probation at the time of the
two robberies.
Evening star., 1935-01-08
F|REDAMAGESNEW
LORT0N BUILDING;
LOSSSET $4,000
Morning Blaze Destroys In
terror and Roof of Off.
GERS Quarters.
LOW WATER PRESSURE
HANDICAPS FIREMEN
Capt. Barnard Also Believes
Heavy Fog Prevented Earlier
Discovery of Flames.

A $4,000 fire of unknown origin
early this morning destroyed the in
terror and roof of the new officers
quarters of the District reformatory
at Lorton, Va, which was to have
been occupied for the first time to-
day or tomorrow.
Handicapped by shortage OF
water. prisoners. institution officers
and soldiers of Fort Humphreys were
unable to halt the flames until they
had consumed the woodwork and roof
which was all combustible material in
the structure.
The blaze. thought to have beer
smoldering most of the night, was
discovered about am. by a prisoner
who went to the stables to care fol
the animals.
Fog Masked Flames.
Capt. M. M. Barnard. superintend-
er1t of District Penal Institutions, who
lives on the reservation, was notified
and the reformatory fire-fighting ap.
paratuS, manned by some so prisoners
was called into action.
Capt. Barnard said he felt sure the
fire would have been discovered much
earlier except for the almost impen-
etrable fog which obscured even the
brightest electric lights a short dis
tance away.
The new building is located some
distance from the other units, ano
none of the dormitories occupied by
prisoners was in danger.
The fire fighters had difficulty ir
getting their apparatus to the build
ing because of grading and paving
work around it. When they finally
succeeded in smashing the doors oil
the structure. the interior was a mass
of flames. which soon ate. their way
through the roof and destroyed it.
Water Pressure Weak.
pletely, Capt. Barnard said, but wa;
so weak as to greatly retard effort.
to combat the flames. A new watel
system now is under construction.
An investigation was launched to.
day to determine the cause of the
fire. Capt. Barnard said he thought
it may have resulted from spontane-
GUS combustion in trash left by paint
ers and carpenters yesterday.
The building, which is of brick con.
struction and two stories high. cost
$4,000. It's walls and foundation
were constructed from P. w. A. funds
while the interior work was done b.
prison labor.
Evening star., 1935-01-08
PARLEY WILL MAP
W0RK-A|D PLANS
Commissioner Allen Calls
Conference of Officials
for Thursday.

Prompted by announcement Of the
Presidents policy of substituting work
projects for direct relief, District
Commissioner George E. Allen has
called conference of relief, engineer
ing and financial officials for Thurs
day at 8 pm. to map a program.
Meanwhile. the Commissioner has
orders from Federal Relief Admins.
traitor Hopkins to go ahead with pres
ent relief efforts until further orders
Many of the questions which will
arise must await rulings by Federal
authorities. while others must be
solved by District officials.
Classification a Problem.
One of the most important problems
will be how to determine what work
ers now on relief rolls can be classec
as employables and. as such, be eli.
gible for work on the federally
financed work projects The stand.
ards which will segregate the unem.
ployableS who must be cared for out
OF District funds also must be set up
It was thought at the District Build
ing today that Commissioner Allen
loW-cost housing plan. halted by Con.
troller General McCarl, will be one O
the first jobs on which work will start
Other projects which are expected t.
be considered are new highways, i'm
proyementS to Fairgrounds and new
sewers and water mains
Invited to Conference.
Those asked to attend the confer.
ence include Assistant Engineer Com.
missioner Howard F. Clark. Sanitar,
Engineer j. B. Gordon, Highway En-.
gineer II. G. Whitehurst, Elwood Street
director of public welfare: Emergency
Relief Director Alice Hill, District
Auditor Daniel j. Donovan, Emergenc,
Works Director William Cleary and {
representative of the United State.
Employment Center.
Commissioner Allen said that in fix,
ing lower wages on relief projects thar
is paid on private works, as provided
by the President. care must be taker
to prevent a general forcing down o.
wages generally.
A decision must be reached as t
whether Allen or Engineer Commits
sioner Sultan will head the work.
program.
Evening star., 1935-01-08
FAHNEST0CK CUSTODY
BATTLE is CONTINUED
District Supreme Court Orders
Case of Two Children Held
Until Tomorrow.

The battle for custody of the two
children of Mr.. and Mrs. Snowden A.
Fahnestock, socially prominent New
port, R. l., couple. was continued until
tomorrow by an order issued in Dis
trict Supreme Court today.
The continuance was ordered after
it was learned it would be impossible
for any judge to hear the case today.
The wife charges the husband
illegally removed the children from a
train in Union Station last week and
secreted them in the home of his
mother. Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, in
the 1900 block of Massachusetts
avenue. She charged he is not a
suitable person to have custody of
small children The husband then
countered with a suit in which he
accused his wife of being infatuated
with another man, and asked the
court to award him permanent custody
of the children, Clara, 7, and Mary
Lee, 6.
Evening star., 1935-01-08
Bold Thief Steals
POlicenan's Coat
In Station Locker
He Eren Breaks the Door
to Obtain Loot at
Third Precinct.

1t looks as though the police are
in for it.
On Sunday they were greatly EN-
barrassed to report the theft OF patrol
wagons from the third and seventh
precincts, but since these were recov-
cred, they do not feel so badly about
that.
However, Policeman Earle L. McNale
of the third precinct discovered today
that some thief had the nerve to in
wade the station house and steal his
overcoat from his locker on the second
floor Furthermore, he had locked the
locker and the thief had broken the
door.
The coat Is valued at $50 and be-
longs to the Police Department.
Evening star., 1935-01-08
STEAMERAGROUND
IN POTOMAC FOG;
PASSENGERS SAFE
Ferry Boat Takes Off IS
From Norfolk and Wash.
ington Ship.
CAPTAIN FILES REPORT
AT HEADQUARTERS HERE
High Tide Expected to Free
Vessel From Mud Near
Matthias Point.

With rs passengers aboard, the
southbound Norfolk and Washington
steamer District Of Columbia. ran
aground during fog last night near
Colonial Beach. 60 miles down the Po-
tomac. and was still fast in the mud
at noon today.
The passengers were removed by the
ferry-boat, Lord Baltimore, to Nor
gantown. Md. this morning at 1918
o'clock and from there to Potomac
Beach, where they were put aboard
busses and taken to Norfolk. The
boat grounded at 1880 o'clock last
night.
The steamer went aground near
Five Point Light House, Z miles north
of Colonial Beach.
Autos Also Landed.
At $50 o'clock this morning Capt.
John Quincy Adams. in command oi
the ferryboat, went to the rescue. By
10:15 O'Clock he had landed the rs
passengers and 90 automobiles.
A Government tug this afternoon
was attempting to extricate the
steamer
Capt. Frederick Posey, veteran river
pilot. was in command of the steam
er. There was no excitement when
the boat hit the mud, according to a
report filed by the captain this morn
ing at steamship headquarters here.
Passenger List on Ship.
No names of passengers could be
obtained. as the list is in the purser's
office aboard the steamer.
The District of Columbia left the
Seventh Street Wharf at $50 O'Clock
last night, the usual sailing time
Because of fog on the river she pro-
ceeded slowly.
Newest of the Norfolk e. Washing
ton Steamboat Co.'S liners. the Dis
trict of Columbia was commissioned
in 1924. Capt. Posey has been in
command ever since. He has piled
the river since the COS
Tide May Free Ship.
officials of the steamboat company
Immediately contacted towing COM
panies for tug to take the District of
Columbia of the mud bottom. High
tide, however, may release the steamer
In the meantime passenger service
from Norfolk is tied up, the other two
ships of the line-the Northland and
the Southland-are here at the dock
One will leave tonight for Norfolk
When released from the mud the Dis
trict of Columbia probably will pro-
ceed to Washington.
Evening star., 1935-01-08
TRASH SHAFT BURNS
IN U. S. WAREHOUSE
Firemen Quickly Extinguish
Blaze, Aided by Automatic
Sprinkler System.

Firemen quickly extinguished fire
of undetermined origin in the trash
shaft of the new Federal warehouse
of the Procurement Division, United
States Treasury Department. at Ninth
and D streets southwest, shortly after
z am. today.
An automatic sprinkler system In
the shaft was set of by the heat from
the flames and aided firemen in
quickly putting out the blaze. Fremen
donned gas masks to make their way
through heavy smoke inside the large
bottom of the shaft. There was some
water on the first floor and in the
basement Of the building, but officials
expressed the opinion no damage had
been done.
Smoke and steam coming out the
top of the shaft first made 1t appear
from the outside as If there was con-
siderable fire or the upper floors Of the
structure.