MONDAY, JULY 4, 1938. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FIVE t U. S. First Now in Naval Race with Work on 94 Ships Begun; Britain Second, Has 85 Started Extent of Construction Not Revealed by Japan, Italy and Soviet France Builds Total of 45 New Craft is Past Year r,y G RATTAN McGROARTY WASHINGTON (IT) The seven leading world naval powers, engaged in the greatest rare for supremacy of the seas in history, have started c instruct ion of. or have appropriated funds for, approximately f00 war ships, according to official U. S. navy department estimates. The United States and Great Brit ; 'in have taken undisputed lead in r.aval building, each having nearly i no warships under construction and many more authorized as soon as funds become available. Pull details of the Japanese, Ital i:m and Soviet Russian programs h;:ve never been divulged. However, I.:ily is known to be building at lrast 75 fighting ships, while Japan i- believed to have undertaken an Mually large program. Russia is re portedly concentrating on submarines and "suicide fleets" of small, speedy torpedo boats. Germany is rapidly building up to- its pre-war strength, with at least 51 J WIMBLEDON, Entriand, July 2 of the world's most modern warships; (UP) Mrs. Helen Wills Moody cli 1 ::g bmlt or appropriated for, and i maxed one of the finest comebacks in France has 4.r. craft on the ways. ! sports history today when she crush TJ. S. Takes Lead ! ner i"i''al Helen Jacobs, 0-4 and The United States holds a flight j (-() to become the first woman in edge over all contenders, with S4 ! histcry to become an eight-time win ships being built, or for which money ; r.cr or the title. i-; available and will be spent as soon ', With Queen Mary watching, Mrs as shipyard facilities are able to take Moody reasserted her right to the the I,iud. President Roosevelt has j title "Queen of the Courts" by litcr asked for five more warships, inc Hid-j ally blasting her sister Californian ing two super-dreadnaughts. one 20.-j to bits with the power and precision Oon-ton aircraft carrier and two0f her shots. Except in the early cruisers and for experimentation j c-ames 0f tbe opening set Miss Jacobs with a "suic ide fleet." j never had a chance with the woman Vessels already under construction ; who won her first Wimbledon cham in the United States include: four j p;onship as long ago as 1927. battleships, three aircraft carriers.' 57 destroyers and 22 submarines. i At the discretion of the president.! this protrram will be augmented bv ! three battleships, two aircraft car 1 i ts. nine cruisers. 2U destroyers and nine submarines. Following closely behind the Unit- per cent wage cut. wan-raft be ing built and nearly that i , , , J ; The conference was postponed at many more contemplated within the' .!-. n-v,-. i ,.,v,,. ' the request of A. F. Whitney, brothei- licxt few vears. The mightv British, , ... . . ,u :.. .hood president, who told the carriers armada, now the most powerful in , . . . , l.i-man joint conference committee the world, is being increased by the . f f rw'rHtiriTi rif fi vt' 1 i:i T 1 1 r-e h i tic fivo nir- chaft carrier.;. 17 light cruisers. 40: destroyers and IS submarines. ! German Limit Fixed The strength of the German navy i is determined indirectly by the pow er of the British fleet, since a Lon- ! don-Berlin naval treaty fixes the; Reich's sea defenses at 35 per cent j of the entire naval power of the j British Umpire. i i The Nari government is rapidly : l. Milling toward that goal, w ith the lollowing ships under construction:. I've battleships, two aircraft carriers.; ( tee heavy cruisers. four light' cruisers. 12 destroyers and 25 sub- j Marines. German construction methods. In .hh h thousands of tons displacement are eliminated bv an electric weld- ir.g proce-ss. will make the new Reich! w.-nshins sit least the emial of anv in the world on a ship-for-ship basis, j Meanwhile'. Genua n v's t w o allies! In check the spread ef communism Japan and Italy have embarked up-c-Ti programs whieh are not known to the rest ef the- world. Italian Plans in Doubt Officials have considerable In Tor mat ion regarding Italian construction plans, as only two years have elapsed : ince the- Fascist power bolted the 1 !:;; international naval conference at London a nel much ef the present program already had been announced. Premier P.enito Mussolini has at Last 75 warships under construction to augment Italy's already powerful Mediterranean fleet. Vessels building include' four battleships, at le'ast 44 destroyers and 27 submarines. It is generally believed Italy has many more- submarines than this in the rh ipya ids. On the other band. Japan lias an nounced officially that it has only 15 fighting vessels en the ways, but it has been reported to the navy de partment here that the Island Em pire has at least 66 other warships under construction. The official Jap-r:ie-se announcement said one aircraft earlier, two cruisers, nine destroyers j'p.d three submarines are being built tr have been appropriated for. Huge Battleships Reported However, the announcement uiu rot inciude any ships uuder the five year replenishment program which cenn April 1. 1937. This program ! i.-. beHevcd to include three capital ships, reported to be 46. COO tons each, five aircraft carriers, 43 stroyers. seven cruisers and eight submarines. Equal secrecy surrounds the So viet program, but it is reported that Josef Stalin is quietly proceeding with constructing the greatest under sea force the world has ever known. Russia already has 1C4 submarines in commission and is believed to be rapidly working on 4 4 more, with plans for still more in the future. Russia has three capital ships projected, reported to be 35,000 tons each, and it is said to be building one aircraft carrier, seven heavy cruisers, and eight destroyers. On the other side of the conti nent. Russia's military ally. France, striving to remain ahead of Italy and Germany, is building three battle ships, two aircraft carriers, two cruisers. 22 destroyers and 1C submarines. HELEN WILLS IN COMEBACK POSTPONE CONFERENCE CHICAGO. June 30 (UP) Repre sentatives of (he Brotherhood of Rail road Trainmen and 142 class one rail ! roads today postponed until July IS j their conference on a proposed 15 to enter negotiations." It was the second time a conference between the carriers and brotherhoods had been postponed this week. MISS MUIR TO MASE RACE LINCOLN. June 3o (UP -Miss Sarah T. Muir. head of the Lincoln high school English department, entered the race today for state su perintendent of public instruction. She is the third candidate to tile for the office. Others are State Su perintendent Charles W. Taylor, who io seeking his fourth term, and Otto L Krulla, of Omaha. PEN BUSNIES5 GOOD FORT MADISON. Ia.. June 30 H'P) Employes of the W-". A. Sheaf- fer Pen Co. were paid a 7 1 - per cent bonus late yesterday on the eve of the annual vacation period. The payment was based on each employe's earnings for a six-month period ending June 1. Officials an nounced that more persons are em ployed now than during the peak business peried of 1929. DENIES USED ARTICLES SE BRING. Fla.. July 2 (UP) Courtney Ryley Cooper, who collabo rated with Director J. Edwar Hoover of the federal bureau of investiga tion in arranging a s?rics of maga zine articles on cases handled by the FBI denied teday he had drawn on reports of Leon G. Turrou. dismissed G-man. for material in recent articles. ANCIENT ABACUS EXHIBITED PASADENA. Cal. (UP) Yozo Voshino. expert on the ancient Jap anese Abacus, or calculating ma chine, demonstrated to the students that it is faster and more accurate in the solving of mathematical prob lems than the modern calculating machine. CHILD FALLS 40 FEET; UNHURT CLEVELAND ( UP ) Three-year-old Sheila Halin fell 4 0 feet from the window of her bedroom, but suf- fered no injuries. She was sitting on the window sill swinging her heels when the screen gave way and de-jshe fell to a concrete drive below. President OKs Itinerary for a Western trip To Make Several Speeches En Route to West Coast and Will Pass Through Many States. By FREDERICK STORM U. P. Wrhite House Correspondent HYDE PARK, N. Y., July 2 (UP) President Roosevelt approved to day the details of an itinerary call ing for at least four major speeches in states between Washington and I California where new deal policies will be challenged in primary elec tions. In his swing across the country beginning the night of Julv 7, the president als: will make a number of platform appearances, all of which will be highlighted by brief, extem poraneous addresses. The itinerary made public here left no doubt in the minds of political ob servers that Mr. Rooseveit was ready to bear down heavily for "liberal" primary' candidates, particularly in Kentucky where Senate Majority Leader Alben W'm. Barklev is being opposed for renomination by Gover nor A. B. (Hap) Chandler. Mr. Roosevelt will not or deliver a formal address at the Latonia race track in Covington. July 8, but will appear oi the rear platform of hir private train at Louisville and Bowl ing Green. Kv., on the same day. The Kentucky part of the schedule appeared the most ambitious of the trip which will terminate in San Diego, July K where the president boards the cruiser Houston for a run to the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador. Stops in Oklahoma City in Okla homa where Senator Elmer Thomas ardent new dealer, is opposed for renomination, and in California where there is a hot five- cornered race for the democratic gubernatorial nomination, indicated that he would give at least a vigorous verbal pat on the back to candidates he felt were frienly to his administration. Both in Oklahoma Citv and San Francisco, speeches are sceduled, al though for the last place it is still tentative. In California two men both well known to the president are in the governorship fight, J.F.T. O' Connor, former comptroller of the currency, and John Dockweiler con gressman from Los Angeles. The president's first speech will be ; in Marietta, Ohio, the morning- of' July 8, his first stop out of Washing ton. J he talk w ill be in connection with the 150th anniversary of the founding of the first settlement in the 1 northwest territory. j Although he has Ohio friends up ! for renomination, observers speculat ed as to whether this would be a political speech. There was the feel ing that he would confine himself to general subjects. Here is the itinerary. ('All times local ) July 7, leave Washington 10:30 p. m., July 8, arrive Marietta, O. 9 a. m., leave Marietta, 10:30 a. m., arrive Covington, Ky., 2:20 p. m.. leave Covington, 3:20 p. m., arrive Louisville, fi:30 p. m., arrive Bowl ing Green, Kv.. (5:50 p. m., leave few minutes later. July 9 arrive Oklahoma City 5 p. m.. drive to fair grounds; leave Okla homa Citv fi p. m., arrive Fort Worth Tex., 11 n. m. and motor to home of Elliott Roosevelt. July 10 remain at Elliott Roose velt home; Julv 11, leave Fort Worth 10 a. m., arrive Amarillo, Tex., 0:45 p. m. and drive through city; leave at 9:30 a. m., proceeding by way of Salt Lake City, an operating stop. July 14, arrive Cnockett, Calif., 9 a. m., detrain and motor around San Pablo Bav making brief stop at Mare Island navv yard, thence to Sausilitc and across the Golden Gate bridge to San Francisco. The President will motor through the city to World Fair grounds, Treasure Island. About mid-afternoon of July 14 he will leave the exposition grounds and board the U. S. S. Houston at the Oakland dock, proceeding to a rend ezvous in San Francisco Bav to re view the United States fleet. The president will come ashore and board his special train in Oakland at 11 o'clock the same evening, pro ceeding to El Portal, the entrance tc Yosmite National Park. July arrive at El Portal at 9 a m.. spending dav in park; entrain same evening for Los Angeles; July lfi, arrive Los Angeles and motoi through city en route, San Diego; ar rive San Diego 3 p. m. and board cruiser Houston., The presidential cruise will also take in Cocos Island which lies about 5'in miles southwest of the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. Mr. Roosevelt has been there twice before The fishing is excellent. On the return voyage he plans tc return to the east coast via the Pan ama Canal, stopping over in Panama City to be the guest of the president of Panama. Also he is expected to inspect some of the military estblish ments on the isthmus. An Atlantic coast port, as yet un announced, will be the terminus of the cruise sometime early in August. Mr. Roosevelt will be accompanied by Secretary Stephen T. Early, his naval and military aides, and Dr. Ross T. Mclntirc, White house phys ician. Meanwhile, he put his affairs here in order preparatory to returning to Washington Sunday night. He will stop off in Gettysburg, Pa. to deliver a 10-minute speech. Mussolini to Broaden Bread Regulations Promise of Good Harvests Makes Heavier Wheat Content to the Flour Used by People. By STEWART BROWN ROME. July 2 (UP) Premier Benito Mussolini arranged today to improve tne quality oi Italian nreaa. quieting any popular dissatisfaction over the recent adulteration of wheat with Hours other than corn. Mussolini presided at a meeting of the Fascist Cereals corporation at which it was decided that in view of the improved harvest prospects. Italian bread henceforth shall con- tain 90 per cent of wheat flour and 10 per cent of corn. j sages placed them 200 miles from the The corporation was informed that 'tiny island, then 100 miles. A mes the wheat crop is likely to be about sage just 46 minutes prior to the last 257.000,000 bushels, w hich is much j broadcast, in which Miss Earhart higher than previous estimates. 'spoke te the Itasca, said: "We are Bread and spaghetti recently have circling but cannot hear you. Go been made of o0 per cent wheat andjahead." 20 per cent other flours. The substi-l The plane's radio was at its loud tute had been corn, but the rise iiijest in that message, according to its price led to the use of rice and Commander W. K. Thompson of the bean flours. The public did not likejltasca. He believes that the plane the changed flavor of the bread. jwas closest to Howland then. The corporation decided today that j How Noonan. Miss Earhart's navi- henceforth Italian bakers must make only the prescribed new type of bread, the price of which will be decided when the exact total of the harvest and the quality of the cereals to be reaped has been determined definitely. The estimate of the new wheat crop was given to the corporation by j Edmondo Rossini, minister of agri culture. It was based on the recent favorable weather. However, it still will be under the nation's normal ; requirements. ! A drive will be started to insure a maximum harvest. Mussolini will inaugurate the harvesting season on Monday in the reclaimed Pontine marsh area near Rome. He probably will toss the first sheaves into the threshing machine. Mussolini called the cereals cor poration meeting after receiving con fidential reports of popular dissatis faction with bread and spaghetti dissatisfaction which centered on the taste rather than the actual quality. Apparently with the Idea of taking the public mind off the situation, newspapers Ftarted to give consider able space to optimistic forecasts of the coming harvest. Prefects of wheat growing regions, except as regards northern Italy, expressed hope in late reports that this year's harvest would be as good as or better than last year's. Last year 80.000.000 quin tals (about S. 000. 000 long tons) of wheat was harvested, sufficient for the entire nation's needs. Virginlo Gavela. regarded as Mus .. .. .. ". . , ...... sonni s moutnpiece. aiiachea ien eign newspapers as having said that the crop would be catastrophic and said: "Our crop will be satisfactory if not favorable." Gayda gave no figures. But ex perts said that recent favorable weather had greatly helped the crop. Some weeks ago estimates of a 60. 000.000 quintal (6.000.000 ton) har vest were made. Now, it was under stood, the forecast was for about 70.000.000 quintals (7,000,000 tons). This would mean that the govern ment would have to buy 10.000.000 quintals (1,000,000 tons) abroad or continue the policy of mixing other cereals with wheat in bread flours. QUITS CONGRESSIONAL RACE WASHINGTON. July 2 ''(UP) Representative Edward C. Either, I)., Iowa, announced today he had with drawn as a candidate to succeed him self "in order to devote my entire time to preliminary work on the monopoly committee." Either, regarded as a new dealer, is a member of the congressional executice department committee in vestigating monopolistic currents. He refused to. amplify hi-3 stptcmcut. Want ads sell all kinds or odd household goods. Earhart Plane Vanished Just One Year Ago Coast Guard Cutter Log Tells Dra matic Story of Final Hours Files Open to Press. SAN FRANCISCO (UP) A year ago today two renowned figures in United States aviation, Amelia Ear hart and Frederick J. Noonan, dis appeared in the vicinity of Howland Island, in mid-Pacific, while on the last lap of a world-circling flight. Files of the coast guard cutter Itasca, of local coast guard head quarters, and of navy squadrons of the Pacific, now open to the press tell of the last attempt of the gallant aviatrix and her companion to con tribute to the progress of aviation. Hundreds of terse radio messages tell their dramatic story, which drew to a tlose with death in the swelling ocean. On a bright, sunny morning, July 2. 19 37. at 8:44 o'clock came Miss Earhart's last message: "KHAQQ calling Itasca. We are !n the line of position 157-337. Will repeat this message. We will repeat this message in 6210 kilocycles. Wait. Listening in (1210 kilee-yeles. We are running: north and south." Voice Was Faltering The woman's voice was faltering and confused, operators said. The Itasca's radio replied. It asked for acknowledgement but contact never came. How close the pair were to How land Island, their destination, at the time of their last message probably will never be known. Earlier mes- gator, missed Howland atfer bringing the plane across 2.;00 miles of open water from Lae, New Guinea, will never be known. Rut the Itasca re port reveals that in the bright tropic morning sun it might have been dif ficult to see the low land. Smoke Signal Used However. Commander Thompson had anticipated that possibility. He laid down a heavy smoke screen to guide the pair to a safe landing. Be cause he did not know, and had not been advised of the time of the take off from Lae. he used searchlights and flares at night. Miss Earhart and Noonan failed to see the smokescreen. Heavy clouds and rain storms to the north and west of Howland probably were the reason for that. Commander Thomp son believes. He said he was con vinced from the beginning that the plane went down to the northwest of Howland Island. Search was im mediately concentrated there. Commander Thompson speaks reel ingly of "faked amateur messages that resulted in diversion of the Itasca from probable sectors of search." Operators of the Itasca went on 24-hour shifts to establish radio contact with the plane. They were not acknowledged by the missing fliers although heard across the Pacific in San Francisco, by many ships at sea. and in Honolulu. Range Finder Useless A high frequency direction finder set up by Richard B. Black, of the department of interior, at Howland Island, was useless. The range find-! er would not function on voice trans mission, and Amelia persisted on voice although the Itasca asked her to use key transmission. The files disclose the Itasca was rushed to par ticipate in the Earhart flight with only eight hour's notice. Full in formation as to the type of radio equipment Miss Earhart carried was not available. As a result the Itasca's efforts were largely useless. Miss Earhart. the Tiles disclese. asked for radio frequencies that were not suitable for the South Pacific. The Itasca commander attempted to correct her. he said, but failed. Mes sages to local coast guard headquar ters from Commander Thompson dis closed that warning had been voiced of the radio dangers in the flight. "At the end," Commander Thomp son's log noted, "Miss Earhart talk ed so rapidly as to be almost inco herent." The bulky report of the official agencies shows the tireless efforts ex pended on behalf of the lost fliers. Five hundred fifty-eight radio mes sages were sent or received by the local coastguard headquarters alone. Cass county Tiss no oondetl In debtedness, as, like the stale, we have paid cash for our ttard sur faced roads and other improve ments as we went. CITE MONTGOMERY-WARD CO. MINNEAPOLIS, July 2 (UP) A complaint charging unfair labor prac tices has been issued by the national j labor relations board against Montgomery-Ward and Co., of Chicago, Robert J. Wiener, regional director announced today. The complaint involves the St. Paul mail order house of the com pany which employs 2.000 persons and a public hearing has been sched uled for July IS. The complaint charges that the company since 1933 has maintained a system of espionage among its em ployees in an effort to halt union ac tivities. . I Deficit Low and Income at High Figure Favorable Returns Offset by Steady Rise in National Debt and New Fiscal Year Deficit. Py LYLE C. WILSON WASHINGTON. July 2 (UP) New deal deficits reached a low of $1,459,000,000 and revenue touch ed 'a new high of $6. 242. 000. 000 to day when the treasury reported final figures for the fiscal year 193S which ended June 30. But favorable returns were off- set by the steady rise of the national debt and the prospect of a record breaking deficit in the new fiscal year which began yesterday. The fiscal year deficit repented to day compares with $4,360,600,000 in the fiscal year 1 936. the new deal record te date. The defieit thus com puted does mt include amounts spent for debt retirement. Receipts of $6,2 4 2,000,000 com pared with $8,001,000,000 in 1937. The total expenditure of $7,701. 000.000 compares with 4fc.OOl.00O, 000 for the 1937 fiscal period. The $1,459,000,000 net deficit reported compared with $2,707,000,000 for 1937. The gross public debt on June 30 amounted to $37,165,000,000 com pared with $36,425,000,000 a year ago. President Roosevelt estimated lat January that the debt would reach $37,603,647,000 by the end of the fiscal year. He told press conference question ers in Hyde Park this week that he was satisfied that the human and natural resources budget of the na tion was balanced regardless of the statistics of "bookkeepers." Interest payments on the public tiebt increased from $S86,00O.O00 in 1937 to $926,000,000 in 193S. Of the total expenditures $4,776,000. 000 went for general government purposes, including national defense, the agricultural adjustment program, the Civilian Conservation Corps as veil as regular departmental work. Approxi m a t e 1 y $2,075,000,000 went for recovery and relief of which 51,702.000.000 was for public works including work relief and $155,000. 000 for agricultural aid. INSPECT STATE INSTITUTIONS LINCOLN. July 2 (UP) State Tax Commissioner W. H. Smith was back at his desk today after in specting for repair needs of four state institutions with other mem bers of the state planning board sub committee. They visited the York Women's Re formatory, Geneva Girls Training school, the Nebraska Industrial Home for women and the Soldiers and Sail ors home, both at Milford. In addition to Smith the inspec tion party included Arthur Melville of Broken Bow, chairman and Gates Lilley of Papillion. OFFICERS QUESTION SLAIN WOMAN'S HUSBAND SEATTLE. Wash.. July 2 (UP) Charles F. Butte, who came home last yesterday and found his wife murdered was questioned today. Mrs. Butte, 5S, had been beaten to death. Her body was across a bed in her downtown apartment. She had been beaten about the head. The bedroom was in disorder. Drawers had been jerked out and their con tents scattered. Butte, a financial adviser, told De tective Lieut. Ernest Winter that he maintained a room at the Y. M. C. A. and came home infrequently. RESUME TRAFFIC WARSAW, July 1 (UP) The first train to run between Poland and Lithuania in 20 years left today for Kaunas, the Lithuania capital. Inagurating regular passenger and freight service between fne two coun tries after a long 'break because of di.-puted political relations, the train carried numerous officials of both governments. Junior Legion Team Wins from Hickman Nine Locals Come From Behind to Win 13 to 6 Joe Phillips Blasts Way for Local Victory. From Saturday's Daily The Junior Legion team won an other game yesterday, as they came from behind to down a stubborn Hickman crew, 13-6. Hickman started early to take pos session of the game, by scoring fi times in the first three innings, on seven hits, three bases on balls, and two errors. Neible had been pitching up to this point, at which time Jacobs was called in from center field to finish the twirling. Hickman was able able to secure only two safe blows from then on. and the locals to overcome the lead, and record an other victory. Joe Phillips, all around star, blast ed another triple, which was an irc peutant factor in a big Platter rally. "Stub" Sedlak was outstanding in his defense work, as well as securing two singles in four attempts. Harry Shiffer led the hitting with three one base blows, for four tries. Smith. York, and Jones each flouted two safeties apiece. Ilrown, second Backer from Hick man was their star with seven put- 'outs and three assists, which includ- ed an unassisted double play, and figuring the pivot man in another, all withemt a bobble. Raugh and Egger did their best to help a failing Hiek man cause. Raugh getting three hits and Egger 2. The game was called at the end of the first half of the eighth inning because of darkness. Bex score: Hickman .AP. n it r it o 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 Raugh. Brown. :; If 6-2b 4 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 I Brown. 4 Jensen, c VanDergriend, ss Heekman. cf Kallemeya, lb Egger, ss-p Griffin, rf 0 o 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 34 G 9 21 9 4 Plattsmouth -r? t: h iv a i: Smith. 2b 4 2 2 2 0 0 Shiffer. 2b 4 2 3 1 2 1 Phillips. If 5 1112 1 Sedlak, ss 4 1 2 0 7 1 Jacobs., p-cf 3 10 110 Parriott. rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 York, lb ' 4 1 210 0 1 Jones, c 4 2 2 8 0 2 Noble, cf-p 3 2 1110 34 13 14 24 13 6 corn. SCHKELING BACK TO GERMANY NEW YORK, July Z (UP) Max Schmeling, who will sail for Ger many on the Bremen tonight, was taken aboard the liner secretly last night. By stretcher and ambulance he was transferred to the ship from Polyclinic hospital where he has been confined by a back injury he suffered when knocked out by Jee Louis in their heavyweight championship fight 10 days ago. Schmeling's manager, Joe Jacobs, explained the move was made because Max wanted to avoid the crowds, ex citement and publicity attendant to a midnight sailing. Jacobs said Maxie made up his mind about 9:30 last night, and that he had to telephone Schmeling's physician. Dr. Robert Emery Bren nan, for permission to remove him from the hospital. Dr. Brennan would not cVnsent until he had given as sistant directions for strapping and taping the boxer's back to prevent any injury. He was taken by stretch er to a private ambulance waiting at the back door of the hospital. RAINS IN PHILIPPINES MANILA. P. I., July 2 (UP) S!-tres of families were homeless to day and water was knee deep in most of Ibis city and outlying dis tricts as a result of torrential rains during the past week. The 30-mile? highway to Cavite. American navel base was impassable. Twenty-five inches of rain fell yes terday within 24 hours, the weather bureau reported but said improved weather was in prospect. LANB0N ON BROADCAST WASHINGTON, July 2 (UP) The republican national "committee an nounced today that former Governor Alfred M. Laudon. 1936 republican presidential nominee will speak over a coast to coast radio network from 6 to 6:30 p. m.. c.s.t. next Wednes day. The subject, of Landon's niurcss was not revealed. It will be broad cast by the Columbia Broadcasting System.