President Franklin D. Roosevelt's spending programme was supported ina speech here last night by his son, Mr. James Roosevelt, who is one the President's secretaries.
Mr. Roosevelt compared the pro-Jeramme to a motor lubricant and declared that it would allow for the resumption of business on a normal scale. "Those at present opposed the Government spending programme stated Fast year that business could keep itself up and that the flood of Federal expenses must. be stemmed. [This experiment was attempted with the" result that "business" dropped. rapidly while national revenue decreased by twelve milliard dollars. We have found out that when we resume public works in favour of the unemployed, the average income of the American citizen increases, and we can nearly hope to baloney the Would not be reasonable to think that the Government can do Jeverything." he added, "Xt. must Jereate conditions attractive enough to facilitate investments."—Havas, U.S. Mine Disaster Methodists Seek Damages Nashville, Tenn, Apr. 21, The Methodist Episcopal Church's Board of Missions voted today to press claims against Japan for dam-fages sustained by church properties. The amount of damage was not disclosed.
The Board passed a resolution, 10 be sent to the Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, charging Japan with the violation of neutrality agreements and demanding Japanese forces vacate church properly and pay for destruction resulting from the "ruth-ess Invasion."
Bishop Arthur J. Moore, recently returned from China, said 24 churches and buildings were' in ashes and 98 per cent, of the remainder were dar aged irreparably and also looted. said only the Moore Memorial Church in Shanghai was funetioning—United Press, Hangar, Ya, Apr. 23.
Six trained rescue crews ripped red-hot debris apart and removed a total of 45 bodies and two injured men today from a collapsed pit in the Red Jacket' Coal Company's mine.
The men wore entombed under Keene Mountain when a terrific dust Jexplosion occurred at the mine. The miners were buried more than 2,000 {fect away from the entrance of the mine. So terrific was the explosion [that several miners were either killed or injured although almost }200 fect away from the centre of the affected Believing that the 45 bodies and two injured men completed the roster of men working in the mine Jat the time of explosion, the rescuers [withdrew from the choked pit, Pitiful scenes were witnessed as! relatives attempted to identify the bodies brought up—United Press.
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