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Show U. S. AID FOR QUAKE VICTIMS ASKED IN PORTO RICO APPEAL By Associated Press. NEW YORK, Oct. 17; With more than 100 persons dead and thousands without shelter, food or clothing as a reault of ths earthquake which shook the entire island last Friday, the government of Iorto Rico today appealed to congress and to the American Red Cross for assistance. In a cable message received hers and forwarded to Washington, i . ., RAISE CENSORSHIP ON COAST SHIPPING By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 The volun-tsry volun-tsry censorship ban upon Information of shipping movements or the Pacific roast was withdrawn today with the approval of the navy department. Except in the cs of transKrts snd munitions carriers, the navy withdraws Ita request thvt newspapers refrain from publishing ths movement of merchant ships in and out of Pacific ports. |