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Show CARTA GO, STRICKEN CITV, IS 'APPEALING FOR AID By Associated Press, , SEW YOltK. May 7. Appeals for :ild for llic stricken city of Cartngo, Costa Rica, were sent out today at the request of Dr. Juan J. Ulloa. tho Costa Klcun consul general here. Immedlatn assistance, assist-ance, ho nays, will be urgently needt-d and lie expresses the liopu that phihinthropl-cally phihinthropl-cally inclined Americana will render all possible nid. The official Information reeelvod by thr consul general is monger. H; lias been unable thus far to give any assurance to tho many callers who como with eagor inquiries for the safety of relatives or friends. D. Ulloa's own brother was In the stricken city. Although confidence Is expressed that the list of dead contains no Americans It Is known that a number of Americans from tho canal zono were spending tlwlr vncnllons there, as well an many wealthy Pannniuns. J3oth Cartago and Son Jo!j, ten miles distant, aie favorite vacation resorts of AmerlcanH employed on the canal and all lh year round about thirty or forty Americans can he found In Cartago. |