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urnal♦ADVERTISING NOT ONLY GETS BUT KEEPS BUSINESSPUBLISHED FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF BIDDEFORD. SACO AND YORK COUNTYESTABLISHED 1984BIDDEFORD, MAINE, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1938.Full LclMd Wire Bervir* ofThr Awwelated PreM.TEN PA OHMPRICE TWO CENTS.SLAINyTEMUCKSinkBritishShip©OffBarcelona 80 Cringe in Terror in©ies To Run HOME BUILDINGsEnglandpmgtish freighter Alcira, de, was bombed byast of Barcelona.the non-interventionsh government sloopla.anes came from al and air base.e ‘Pirate’Is Sought'RANCEBarcelonaADRIDValenciaartagenancnaoutheast of Cartag na, the map above, showslr Bi’itish destroyersinpr the Meditqrram an attempt to locate the ubmarine which sank h steamer Endymion of It lives. The de-re under orders to at-submarine “without if it should resistcapture.:y for•RS SOUGHTof Inquiry ToBILLS SIGNEDBABYPRESIDENT HAST ewksburyyMass.BUSINESS MEN’SBY PRESIDENTLegislation Aims atStimulatingConstructionthe ‘FINANCINGCOSTS CUTPROGRAMMEInfirmaryRecommendations AreAlleged Assailant9CapturedinMade To Bring Endto DepressionLowell9Claims Victims CalledRESOLUTIONSHim Bad NamesTONED DOWNSteps Taken TowardLess Interference byHelping EndRecessionWashington, Fob. 4.—t/P)—President Roosevelt has signed legislation designed to stimulate a vast private home building programme through liberalization of federal mortgage insurance. Actual signing took place last night.The legislation, in the form of amendments to the existing federal housing act, is the first major administrat ion recommendation to be enacted this session.The housing amendments were proposed during the special session that began Nov. 15, but thesenate did not complete legislative action until last Tuesday. Senate approval came after a Republican amendment which would have required payment of the local prevailing wage on insured projects had been eliminated by a two-vote margin.One of the first steps taken by the administration to turn the tide of the recession, the legislation is designed U put the con-(Continued on Page Four.)Government IsIt ‘ r*Urgedmv./m-mALOWER TARIFFPLAN OPPOSED'/fc-mk*r.Washington, Feb. 4.—(/P)— President Roosevelt said today ho was trvoing to put a floor under wages in the same manner thathe was endeavoring to establish a minimum for agricultural price s.Price fixing or wage fixing he added, was not contemplated.The president made ihe statement at his press conference shortly before representatives of little business men—fresh from a turbulent two-day conference—went to the White House to tell him of their ideas on recovery. Many of the ideas failed to jibewith those of the administration.The little business men presented a long statement on gov-ernmcnt-business relations adopted yesterday as the conferencec l*o sod.The president’s remarks onwages and farm prices were made in response to a question on whether he agreed with Senator tContinue!.- on Page Three.)Tewksbury, Mass., Feb. 4.—(/P)—A 79-years-old musculargiant ran amuck with a blazing pistol early today, police charged, and slew three fellow inmates in a state infirmary because they called him “bad names.”Two other inmates lay in a critical condition with bullet-wounds in the chest and abdomen, victims of a sudden attack in a darkened ward where 80 elderly men cringed in terror.John Mack, bald-headed and 6 feet, 3 inches tall, was arrested in Lowell three miles from the institution and charged with murder. He admitted, Police Captain James J. Kennedy said, he shot the men as they slept.—------ The weapon, Kennedy quotedNAVY UNABLETO DEFENDBOTH COASTSAdmiral Leahy PutsSituation BeforeMiss Esther MacLennan of the Trull hospital staff holding the baby that was abandoned last night in Saco. Physicians at the hospital thought that the child was about three days old. The , __ . child appeared quite lively and in good health at the hospital IyCAJj(Rj|l |TRII)FI?—BidtkTord Journal Photo.CommitteeEGGS ALL INONEUrges Fleet in BothMack as saying, has been purchased two years aero from a mailorder house and kept buried in a tin can on the spacious infirmary giounds.Captain John F. Stokes, chief of Massachusetts state detectives, disclosed Mack had related he took the pistol from its hiding place last night, after the victims had been calling him bad names.Mack discharged the weapon, officials asserted, while walking i toward Lowell because ‘‘it was too heavy.” Asked where he was going, Mack assertedly repliedl, “To Alaska.”The dead inmates were: MichaelD - Cl/' ITT O’Keefe, 70; Edward Mercier, 70, tSAoKtlL 1 land James Magee, 78. WoundedI were: Joseph O’Donnell, 55, and John Lewis. 76.Atlantic andT« INFANT ABANDONEDHEAVY FIRECarry Fight to20 Killed, 50 InjuredWashingtonBoston, Feb. 4.—(/P)—S p u r re c 1 by a united stand taken by textile labor and industry against tariff reductions for their products, Governor Charles F. Hurley todayATSACORESIDENCEDuring Long BombardmentDURINGDOWNPOUR15y CHARLES P. NUTTER.Madrid, Fob. 4.—(/I*)—Spanish Insurgents ajcnin have turned (-lt; avy artillery on governmentPacificWashington, Feb. 4.—(/P)—Admiral William D. Leahy told the house naval committee today the United States navy is incapable of defending both the Atlantic and Pacific soacoasts at the same time. |The chief of naval operationsasserted “adeauate” defense of ICaptain Stokes said Mack occupied the last bed in the dormitory; that he shot Magee first, then moved two beds away and shot O’Donnell, and farther down the aisle shot Lewis, and then O'Keefe and Mercier.The alleged slayer then fled down the fire escape.At mid-morning, Lowell police, following instructions Mack gave(Continued on Paire Thre#.)STATE HOSPITAL
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