Morning Press News 
26 July 1938 
U.S.S. HOUSTON 
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Bogota. Colombia: 
The Colombian government promised today to pay for the funeral 
expenses for those killed in yesterday's air crash, ^xhe G vb. 
also promised to pay the hospital expenses of the injured. 
New deaths raised the toll of the accident to more than 50. 
Approximately 150 more were injured when a stunting plane 
crashed 'into a crowd celebrating the birthday oi the great 
patriot, Simon Bolivar. Officials reported that the pilot of 
the plane, Lieut. Cesar Abadia, had caused, the accident by 
disobeyance of orders. The plane crashed into the densely 
packed crowd while attempting a barrel roll at a height oi 
less than 100 feet. 
President Alfonso Lopez today visited the injured in the hos- 
pitals. The government assumed iull responsibility for the 
accident bleared on the military pilot. The pilot was one of 
those killed in the crash. 
Ottawa: 
Agriculture Minister Gardiner announced today that a government 
minimum wheat price w ill be set at a caoinet meeting. tomorrow. 
C-ardiner has just completed a tour of the .wheat sections. 
Unofficial reports indicated that the wheat board has recommended 
a price as low as 70$f a bushel because ox aue large world crop. 
The present rate is 87 %-czf . ’Western growers insist, that the 
prosperity of the Western Provinces depends on maintenance of 
the 87|# rate. Official assurance has been given that the -wheat- 
board will operate this year without the conditional clause 
imposed in the past two years. Under the conditional clause, 
the board set the price with the provision that the board would 
not bu* r wheat unles- the price fell below 90^ at Fort Nllliam. 
The Fort William price did not fall below 90£ this yaar. The 
new wheat crop year begins on August 1st. 
Prague: 
The Czechoslovakian government revealed tonight that Britain 
had proposed to send the former President of the Board of Trade, 
Lord Runciman, to advise the Prague government in the Sudeten 
German crisis; informed circles said Premier Hodza would accept 
the offer tomorrow. 
Knoxville : 
TVA Director Lilienthal testified today that power rates in 
1933 were approved by the ousted TVA Chairman, Dr. Arthur 
Morgan who previously had told the Congressional Investigating 
Committee that Lilienthal had nade public the rate schedules 
v/ithout Dr. Morgan’s sanction. Dr. Morgan also had labeled as 
"guess work" the TVA yardstick set up to measure fair rates 
for electric power by private industry. Today, Lilienthal 
testified that Dr. Morgan once had told his own director that 
the rate fixing schedules was a "fine piece of work" • 
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