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Show ROSS band! ATTACK1ITN American Escapes Dai j Hazards in Great Sal Steppes BY GFOTtrJi; SKTjDEgf Chicago Tribune Foreign News 8e Musi ( W. (special Correl once.) Twice hold up by bandifl a political Knng, the other Juafl robbers John A Foy of New and Washington has taken anJ lean fllw r through the gresfl muH. and sN'Piies southern Uj a Innd hitherto untouched by aj tire, und has returned with the m lty of the parts of his car lntw Foy is chh-f Inspector of thjfl ltzln district of the Hoover rafl It v.-ns Important tor him to tne Kalmuck steppes to learn" famine situation there. QfjB there were no trains, only an caslonal camel pilgrimage, th safe mode of transport throug aand and wait marshes safe, if accornpani'ii i, .-nough riflej bullots for the bandit bands. Fdj spite a ten-to-one bet It couldj done, started out by auto. The 600-mile trip to Aataj took six days. The ftr3t bm bandits encountered were boh pohtl'-a I or "v 11' I andlta W posed to 1 1 1. -i r. l i . viiae, and" Foy explained ho was in the f of tho American relief organii they took off tnelr lur caps an him some material to repair hi gine 1 I Koy had mounted a wooden I Hon of a machine gun on the hi his flivver, but when ho ran .second lot of bandits, the plain j variety they were intimidate! cause they never had seen a nu gun and knew not its poesd Foy realized this and put his ij the gas. ! During the mruey the front I was broken and the main H dK.ippe.i! i r,,y rnadu some f U-ad pipe found in a desoreteon When the rear tires gave out 9 them with aand and did 200 n t. miii 'In liutei'.band broke, 1 n placed it with a marine belfl k'p-nse pave out ho did ! mlh i: i .aid in the engine Interest In .t . ri'-nre was towed from salt marshes by can |