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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
Diem Bien Phu Goes
Second Day Without
Red Infantry Attack
BY the A.soeI0ted Press

HANOI, Indo-C China, April T.
The lull in the Communicated
Wet Minis infantry assaults on
battered Diem Bien Phu passed
the 48-hour mark today. For
the second successive morning. a
terse French communique an
nounced last night was calm"
at the northwest Indo-C China
baStion.
The calm was relative, how
ever, as rebel artillery and mortar
batteries and the French long
range guns kept up their sporadic
firing.
With the monsoons almost at
hand, rainy weather forced
French fighters and bombers to
let up in their constant hammer
ing Of the Wet Mini troop con-
centrationS and war depots
around Diem Bien Phu. But they
still roared northward, hitting
rebel supply conveys on the
mountain trails and highways
leading from Communist China.
Lull in Assaults.
The Wet Mimi virtually halted
their infantry assaults on the
fortreSSed plains barbed wire
and bunkers Monday after suf-
fering extremely heavy losses in
a week of fighting from the SUI
perlor French firepower and the
continual bombings and strafings.
The rebels tried one assault
yesterday on the plains north
west defenSeS-their main pres
sure point recently-but French
patrols quickly hammered them
back.
Delta Attacks Increase.
While they held off at Diem
Blen Phu, the Wet Mimi in the
Red River Delta around Hanoi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07

and anti-aircraft batteries keep
close watch on the skies.
1t was here in Hanoi, on the
night of December 10, 1916, that
Ho Chi Mini started his revolt
against the French. His fighters,
emerging from sewers and other
hiding places, first smashed cleo
trio power and water systems,
then fought long and bitterly
before they were finally driven
out of the city.
With a little help from SYM
pathizers inside Hanoi, Ho Chi
Mimi probably would have little
difficulty in inf1ltrating thou
sands of disguised fighting men
into the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
Gen. 0'DanieI Says French
Can Win in Indo-China
BY The Assoeioted Press

HONOLULU. April. 7. - 1t.
Gen. John w. O'Daniel. new
chief of the United States mil
itary advisory group in Indo-
China, said yesterday the French
forces there have the capability
of winning the war"
They can and must win." he
told his last news conference as
United States Army commander
in the Pacific. Gen. O'Daniel
leaves for his new post Sunday
night.
He said his main job in Indo-
China would be supplies and
equipment"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07

stepped up their assaults on
Wet Namese-manned militia and
National Guard posts. The
French admitted "appreciable
losses" in smashing attacks on
such posts north, south and west
of Hanoi today.
Approximately 200 Wet Mini
were killed and NOR ethan 100
captured in scattered mop-ups,
particularly against units sabo-
tagging the road and railway links
between Hanoi and the seaport
of Haiphong.
The Wet Mini again cut these
routes temporarily but the
French said that the breaks were
repaired quickly and the Amer
lean war supplies unloaded in
Haiphong were moving steadily
westward for the defenders of
Diem Bien Phu.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07

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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-01-02


a mushroom in the rough for his
ball and knocked pieces of mush-
room onto the 18th green at West
Seattle? Mas Watanabe hasn't been
playing much golf the last part of
'53 due to his having acquired q
grocery store in Ballard but he'll be
out there in 50 w Nakamura has
been elected treasurer of the Puget
Sound Golf Club every year and he
has probably tried to resign from
this position as many times He was
given vote of confidence by the
members at the annual Bonen-K ai.
Edo Sasaki would probably develop
into top flight golfer but his school
work keeps him away from the
course except during summer vaca-
ton. The golf bug has Min Aoki
eating. sleeping and dreaming about
the game. Louie Kozu has a new
set Of irons and is sharpening him
self UP for Sd Tom Hidaka shot a
gross 70 at Jefferson Park this year
Grocer Barney Yasuda has been
coming along fast since this summer
and is the man to watch out for in
any tournament He's a real tough
competitor. There is no doubt that
Frank Hattori has the best short
game. George Shimizu and Frank
Nakamura have been off their game
lately but when they get in the
groove-look out
PreXy Min Tai is a real go-getter
SO the PSGC can look forward to a
mother year of bigger and better
tournaments For a strictly Sunday
golfer. Chick Uno does al right.
Annual dues of the PSGC are pay
able after Jan. l and the dues are
now SIS. w. Nakamura Co at 664
Jackson st. is the place to pay your
dues. II Tosh Tanemura would
get some sleep on Saturday nights
instead of playing bridge until the
wee small hours Of morning, he
would be cinch winner in every
tournament.
Sam Sakai is hard man to beat
on just about any Sunday except
when there's a tournament Mo
Naito is in the market for a COM
plete new set of clubs; his were sto-
len from his car after the last tour
nament at Jefferson Park. Who
keeps score in your foursome? High
score on the first hole keep score or
low handicap keep score? 1t really
doesn't make much difference SO
long as the other three are agreed
before you tee off on the 1st hole
A golfing family is the Yamaguchi's
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-01-02
TheFULLSW SWING

Tad Yamaguchi and his sons Kay,
Min and Jiro. Jim Hata did a swell
job as publicity chairman for the
PSGC. Jimmy Okimoto and Yone
Nakao were great baseball players
in their youth and are proving to be
just as proficient in golf The club
urges all members to read the U.s.
GA rule book which can be purcha-
sed at any pro-shop for twenty-five
cents The handicap committee
wishes to remind all members that
scorecards be turned in after every
round This is absolutely necessa-
ry to establish a fair handicap for
every member.
It's easy to spot Yash Eguchi on a
rainy day-just look for an umbre-
la. Duffy" Kiyohara must be too
busy moving Chevrolets; he hasn't
been seen at any of the courses in a
quite long time. Did you know that
Sumo Nagamatsu was on the Gar
field high school golf team and that
Monroe Beppu was on the Broadway
team? Shig Kaseguma is a nice man
to have on your foursome; he does
not mind keeping score. Ray Kiha-
ra was leading in the tabulation for
the golfer of the year award prac-
tically all year, then was nosed out
by Frank Hattori in the last two
meets. A serious player and a rug
ged competitor is Art Suzuki who
plays each shot as though it were
the last and decisive stroke. A gen.
tleman on the golf course is easy
going Harry IWata Kenny Bon
go" Oyama is not only a topnotch
bowler but shows definite promise
as a golfer Correcting a recent pu-
blicity release-Dick Momoda was
not the golfer of the year in 1852 as
stated but plaudits are due him for
fine job as chairman of the golfer
of the year committee; he was well
assisted by Min Tai Ray Sasaki
has been going backwards up the
handicap ladder but we expect to
see him starting down again in the
near future. Confidence man Sat
Miyahara is always ready to pick UP
his ball from the cup before it's in.
Kay Hagimori takes a back seat to
no one when it comes to rolling EN-
on the green.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-01-02
. BY JIMMY HATA

Nisei golf enthusiasts in the Pu-
get Sound area have increased ire
mendously these past few years AS
a result. boosting the membership
of the Puget Sound Golf Club from
few dozens to some 100. MAX
ing the club the largest Nisei orga-
nization of its kind in the country
To hold the interest and enthusi-
asm of such large body is not an
easy task for the executive and
tournament committees. However,
the job was superbly done-thanks
to Kay Yamaguchi and his cabinet
The club took step forward when
it applied for membership in the
USGA and was accepted This
meant the adoption of the U5GA
handicapping system. giving the
members handicaps accepted by
most tournament committees and
enabling our men to participate in
such affairs as the King County O.
pen and Seattle Park Board tour
ney
Min Tai and his assistants hand
led the tournaments very efficient
ly. The committee members added
color to their program when they
pulled off the Merchants Tourna-
ment in June-the response, as far
as participation was concerned was
terrific. and as result the affair
was smashing hit.
OF the 100 members half of them
sport Is handicap or better which
to this writer's estimation is quite
capable roster
On top of the list is none other
than Erv Furukawa the greatest
Nisei golfer to date in the Pacific
Northwest, if not the Pacific coast
His accomplishments this year speak
for themselves Some of them are:
California State Nisei Open champ
Pacific Northwest Open champ
PSGC champ and Fir State golf
tournament medalist. One of his
hottest" tournaments was the PS-
&C annual" when he shattered par
at West Seattle with two rounds of
68's
Another of PSGC favorites is
Frank Hattori. winner of SO golfer
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-01-02

Kay Yamaguchi, president of the
Puget Sound Golf Club is to be
commended for his excellent leader
ship in guiding the club to its big
gest and most successful year Golf
er of the year, Frank Hattori, is
consistently in the money in all of
the tournaments as were Ray Kiha-
ra. Egashira and Mo Naito Hottest
golfer is Erwin Furuk-Wa who won
the Cal State Nisei title at Pebble
Beach, the Northwest Open and the
local club championship. He sue
ceeded Kuni Nakamura as PSGC
champ. In the August tournament
who can forget Erv's spectacular
1888 for 1876 gross For man in
the fourth flight Yasuo Ito hits a
long. long ball as do Poison Kato,
Shig Watanabe. Toni Terao and
Frank Okazaki Kaz Arai, 1852
golfer of the year. sprays his shots
but always manages to score well.
Sadao "Porky Oliver" Baba is a CO.
mer having won the November and
December tournaments in the
fourth flight
What happened to Doc Toda? We
haven't seen him on the course in
The last four or five months And
what about H T. Kubota? He has a
30 handicap but has never played 10
holes in his whole life Best player
on the 10th hole, Ted Jue Advice to
fourth flighters-Ken Sakura can
teach young players a lot about the
game. Dick Imai shot a gross 70
this year at West Seattle. Art va
mazda had a gross 76 and 70 on con-
secutive Sundays at Meadow Park
TAX Muramoto has won many bet
with his trusty 5 wood this year
Heat Feyamoto, former wv base
ball player. started cutting divots
just last year but is a II handicap
player Hank Ito was probably a
big help to Heat. Tad Yamaguchi,
Shiogi. Ban Okada, Ray Muramoto
and Yanagihara seldom hit the long
ball but they are consistently down
the middle and never in any trou-
BILE
Who was the golfer that mistook
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-01-02
TSubOi's 622 Tops NiSei kegIing Efforts

. Ontario Nisei Major League
NIGHTS HIGHS-Abe Saito 22I
George Vaughn 594
jacket & Rogers-George Hirona-
ka 536, Roy Hashitani 518 Min Ma
kamura 500, Shig Hironaka 500
Alderman Motor-Lefty Inouye
SOB, George Okita SOL
Chamberlin-Shero Yano SIT.
Rainier Beer-Harry O'Hare 533
Jim Watanabe 522 George Dol SOL
George Vaughn 594.
Talks Cafe-Elmer Yamaguchi
534 Kaz Yamaguchi 564
Bunting Tractor-Larry Saito 507
Hiro KIDD $50 Tom Takatori SOB,
Tony Miyasako 500.
Hollingsworth-Shingo Wada 534
Central Produce-Abe Saito SAL
Muir Roberts-Benny Murata 557
Sandy Mic 551.
Josephson Nyssa-Kayno SaitO
528
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-01-02
PSGC OBSERVATIONS by an old timer

ra; chip-run establishments
Difficulties on strange courses
Min Yamaguchi perfectly at-home
TAX Tachiyama
"Brotherly" handicap "16"-Ed
sano; "brotherly" handicap Up
Ted Sano
At least one OBJ. per round
Shig Watanabe; down the middle
Yanagihara.
Chatterbox golfers Egashira;
silent golfer-Shiogi
Here I Go type-Tom Hidaka;
every stroke counts type-Art Su-
zuki
Rather go fishing-Art Louie; ra-
Their play bridge-Akira Kato.
From Spokane-Hank Ito; from
Hood River-Takasumi
Wears pajamas for underwear
Ted Sakahara; never wears rain
jacket-Dick Imai
Biggest divot digger-Edo Sasaki:
hardly any divot-Elmer Tazuma.
Golfer with bowling swing-Ken-
ny Oyama; golfer with baseball
sWing-Sab Ogishima.
6 puts, Jackson 10th hole-Tak
Muramoto; ran out balls at Pebble
Beach-Raymond Sasaki
Pronounced follow thru-Min A
oki; short follow-t hru-Bob Mizu-
kami
Odd forward press-Kay Yamagu-
chi; odd putting stance-"Yammy"
Yamaguchi
Hot and cold player-Art Yama-
Ga; steady Furukawa.
Distance conscious-G Momoda.
never mind distance-Kasai
Starting out 1854 with new clubs
Mo Naito; looking for a new set
Frank Okazaki
Staggered Natori, killer-Tom
Tsubota.
Etiquette enforcfr-Ken Kawa-
guchi; what in the h-ll-Kaz Kato.
Mos improved player-Seiji Ha-
ia: next time-Iguchi
Plays like 4 prince-Joe HayaShi;
plays like means businessman
Sakai
IN the rough player-Jitodai; in
the trees-Kezu,
Knocking at "a flight" door-Jo-
shua HataI rubber mat knocker-
Takizaki
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-01-02

up; Sumo Nagamatsu and Jimmy
Okimoto.
In the lower brackets, some of the
standouts in their respective groups
were Ray Kihara. Mo Naito, Tom
Tsubota. Y Kihara, Seiji Hata, Art
Suzuki, Barney Yasuda and Sab O.
gishima.
Up and coming stars to watch in
50 are:
First flight-George Momoda
Hank Ito. Heat Heyamoto
Second Flight-Joshua Hata, Sci
il Hata and Barney Yasuda
Third Flight-Min Aoki and Tom
Hidaka.
Fourth Flght-Tosh Tanemura
and Junks Ikeda
The 1854 Northwest Open will be
held in Seattle so let's keep putting!
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-01-02

Short but straight-T. Yamagu-
chi; wild but long-Yone Nakao
Long back swing-UT Nakag ava;
short back swing-Yash Eguchi.
Hooker-Dick Momoda; slicer-
Kay Hagimori
Few rounds limit business Mas
Watanabe; unlimited-Yoshimoto.
Flat swinger-T Nakamura; up
right SWinger-Yosh Kihara
Tense looking swing-Ed Yoshino
loose looking swing-George Okada
Scramble Nagamatsu grass
hopper-Ray Muramoto
Longest time addressing-Chick
Uno; shortest time addressing
Terry Toda
Fair weather golfer-Bill Takano;
all-weather golfer-Johnny Funai.
Skinny boy with big swing-Jack
Teraoka; fat boy with small swing
Saddle Bahia
Jerky sWinger-Shiro IWana best
practice swing-No0py Nakagawa.
Slow back swing-Frank Fukano;
fast back swing-Frank Magazine
Never played golf-H. T. Kubota
never played in tournaments-Ya-
busaki.
Heavy club swinger-Bob Sakoda;
light CLUB swinger-Yoshito Harada
Never on time-Henry Miyake;
on time-Shig Kaseguma.
Big loop at top of swing-Ted Jue;
small loop-z. Shimoishi.
Man-ish swing-Ed Kiyohara;
dainty swing-Tamada
Left hand longest drive-Bill Ko-
motto; best putter left handed-Geo.
Mamiya
Handicap beefer-W Nakamura;
non-beefer-K. Inouye
Never give up-Jimmy Okimoto;
easy going-Tomi Terao
Old timer pro-George Shimizu,
10Th hole pro-Mac Kaneko
Hard working player-Ray Kiha-
ra; just Sunday golfer-Frank XII
nometo
Putting green prometer-Min raj,
putting green shark-Frank Hatto-
ri.
Narrow stance-Han okade wide
stance-Menree Beppu
Stationary player-Harry fwata
toe dancer-Tad Sunohara.
Outside tee box. front finisher-
Kaz Arai; outside tee box rear fl
nisher-Shin Tosaya
Profane language user on course
Frank Nakamura; -user-Lake
Hoshino
ShRnking trpuble-Tom Uraka-
wa; skying trouble-Sam Sa1k1
Long hole in Jefferson 18th
hole)-Ervin Furukawa: short hole
in one West Seattle 18th hole)-
ToSh Tsuboi
British style swing--Mits Kashi-
wagi; American stylev-Ken sakura
rntrshpf spenialist--AAf Miyahas
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-01-02
GOLF HIGHLIGHTS OF 1858.

of the year award a recognition
every member wants and strives for.
Frank, a veteran golfer, consistent
ly shoots in the seventies when the
courses. but when off the fairways
he is very popular because of his
keen interest in helping the buffers.
Other top Fighters are Kuni Ma
kamura 1852 club champ; Doc"
Takano Northwest Open runner
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-01-02
. Ontario Nisei Commercial
NIGHTS HIGHS-Kay Yasuda
254, Smith Morimoto 256; Smith
MorimotO 6OS lin Watanabe 6O5

'A"hhhV'o oVo, Jfhi ffaeahdpN oVc.
Josephson Payette-George Okita
500 George Mizuta 504.
Ontario Simplot-Shig Hironaka
$50. Harry OHare 528
Parsons Fruit-Kayno Saito $50
Ontario Produce-Hide Harada
SOB.
Osaki's Phillip 66-Fred Mizuta
526 Richard Ogura 528, Roy Kane
yama SCI, Isao Kameshige $50
George Vaughn $40
Simplot Western-Harry Fukiage
SIC, Hank Kondo $50, Heizi Yasuda
572
V Club-Ted Nakamura SOL, Jim
Watanabe COS Smith Morimoto 6O8
Waggoner Motor-Jim Wada 531
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-01-02
q Nisei Commercial League

256 and 622
Iwata Insurance-Bill Tanaka ST.
Pancho Nakashima $751; Tux Mika-
mi $40 Benny Nakata SAT Tommy
Namba SGT
goth Century-Harry Eng ST.
Wallace Poy 6O2, Johnny Chinn sos
Smith Gandy-Sab Tsuboi 622
TAX Yagi 500, Nobi Takahashi 500
Rainier Amusement-Mo va
maguchi 548. Shoichi Suyama 538
George Iwasaki 500 Pruney Tsuji
615
Beppu Westlake Chevrolet-Ken-
ny Oyama sos, Floyd Yamamoto
544 Fred Takagi $50 Hiro Sasaki
$50, Taxa Asaba SGT
Sunset Life-Kuni Nakamura 532
George Tanagi SOS, Tonic Hamasa-
XII SIT.
ST Produce-Ben Yoshida 562
Yosh Fujita 500 Johnny Asahara
$50.
7th Ave. Service-Fred Hirai 526
Sho Ideta sol. George Naito 538.
Sakahara Insurance-Conk Take
uchi $40, Tom Hidaka SCI Roy Ia
nagi 502. Bart Okada 500
Kumagai Mckay Ford-Joe Dono-
frio 586
City Produce-Sub Takeuchi $40
Mote Yasuda SIG, Frank Nakagawa
524.
Tad's Gardening-Manabu Fujino
$40, Min Suyama 572.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-01-02
The Specialists

. WOODS
1-Furukawa
2-Nagamatsu
sc Okada
tOkimoto
ST. Muramoto
Q IRONS
&C. Momoda
3-Nakao
Magazine
5-Beppu
6-Shimoishi
7-Takano
81 Nakamura
Ok. Nakamura
l0-Miyahara
. PUTTER-Frank HattOri
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-01-02
0 Empire Bowl Classic

Kenny Oyama 621
Morrie Yamaguchi 583
Benny Nakata SCI
Pancho Nakashima 473
Sab Tsuboi 529
Evening star., 1954-09-12
Russ Building Space Ship

Russian scientists are build
ing a space ship, Moscow re-
ports. and biologists are study
ing the effect of space flight on
humans.
Evening star., 1954-09-12
BY Spencer Mooso

Associated Press Foreign Correspondent
QUEMOY. Sept. 11.-United
States Maj. Gen. William Chase
arrived today to inspect the
Red -shelled defenses of this
island outpost Of Nationalist
China shortly after Nationalist
bombers struck new blows at
100. 900 Reds reported maSsing
around nearby Annoy.
The visit by the head of the.
United States Military Advisory
Group to Nationalist China boil
stored the impression in this
area that the United States has
a very strong interest in Nation-
alist retention of Quernoy, close
by the Red China mainland.
It is considered possible that
the United States has decided
to give the NationalistS all rea-
sonable aid short Of military ac-
ton in protecting offshore is
lands while not entering into
any commitment for interyen-
ton IL they are attacked.
The Nationalist commander.
Gen Liu Yu-chuang, with whom
Gen. Chase will confer, told
visiting newsmen he believed the
100000 RusSian-e equipped Chi
nese Communists reported in the
Annoy area might not dare in
wade
Feels Reds Are Deferred.
Gen. Liu. in charge of 10000
men. feels the Reds have been
deferred by the air and artillery
retaliation of the Nationalists
after the Reds began hurting the
first of 10000 shells at Quemoy
September 3.
A Nationalist communique
said heavy bombers, accompa-
MED by jets. pounded military
targets at 2 am. today on Annoy
It was the first such claim of
dropping heavy bombs during
six straight days of retaliatory
attacks
At Taipeh today, the Nation
alists issued a warning that any
foreign ships entering Annoy port
would do so at their own risk.
Nationalist planes bombed and
strafed the British freighter
Inchkilda during an attack on
Annoy earlier this week. No Brit
onS were hurt.
Civilians Stole.
A party of 20 newsmen who
few to visit Quemoy yesterday
and today found farmers and
civilians accepting their danger
Gus lot stoically. Nationalist SOL
diers appeared confident, almost
cocky.
During intense bombardment,
farmers take refuge in slit
trenches they have dug. They go
Evening star., 1954-09-12
Pukistuni Make Study

A delegation of textile indus
try leaders from Pakistan has
visited Afghanistan to study
trade development possibilities.
Evening star., 1954-09-12
Edna Skaters
Slogan Dear to
II. S. MuiImen
ZAP Wirephoto Map.
BY the Associated Press

BOSTON, Sept. 11.-"Neither
snow, nor rain. nor heat. nor
gloom of night -
These may not slow movement
Of the mail but Hurricane Edna
managed 1t today.
Shortly before the storm
reached the height OF it's fury
this afternoon. Postmaster Jo-
seph p. w. Finn ordered all car
riers to cease further deliveries
Of mail and return to their sta
tons Immediately.
I The order. covering Is COM
rnunities in the Boston postal
district, was issued at q time
when rain slanted down with
such violence nothing could stay
dry long. a 4ssn
The quotation expressing the
carriers contempt Of the ele-
ments IS on the facade Of the
New York Post Office.
Evening star., 1954-09-12
Hurricane
Continued From First Page.)

along Connecticut's 12O-mile
shore, and washouts cut railroad
service further north between
Boston and Portland, Me.
At Milford. Conn.,, 5000 fami-
lies were evacuated from shore
areas apd in New London an
emergency proclamation mobil-
lied civilian services.
Nantucket Island, 80 miles off
the southern Massachusetts,
coast, recorded gusts up to 100
phi. and the barometer at the
island weather station sunk to
an unprecedented 28.18 inches.
Cape Code Battered.
AS in Hurricane Carol II days
ago. trees and utility lines bore
the brunt of the blow. on Cape
Cod. Hours after the storm there.
were no reports of serious dam.
age. although minor misfortunes
like power failures were common.
Metropolitan Boston was raked
by gusts up to 100 m.p.h., COM
pared with 125 on August 81.
Five and a half inches of rain
fell in about Is hours. At the
height of the blow downtown
streets were virtually deserted.
and public transportation sus-
pended operations for an hour
as a precautionary measure.
Utility companies reported that
the storm knocked out 1880
telephones and left so, 900 homes
without lights on Long Island.
Suffolk County was hardest hit.
Rail Lines Cut.
Two lines of the Long Island
- to Greenport and
Montauk-were cut by washouts
and floods. A train with six
was stranded on the
Montauk line when it stopped
for washout of 200 feet, only
to have a smaller section of track
wash out to the rear.
La ,Guardia Field reported
flights were arriving and de-
parting on schedule except be-
tween New York and New Eng
land.
The liner "Liberte" sailed at
S pm. after being delayed for
five. hours by gale winds and a
swift-running tide.