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STATE ROAD f TO NASHVILLE CLOSED TODAY

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(By International News Service Torrential rains of more than 28 hours duration inundated southern Indiana today, v Numerous .highways; were under water; rivers overflowed or approached tiie flood stage; railway beds were washed out and steam railway trains were stalled; inter urban and bus service was tied up; sewers caved in; streets were flooded; and general business was affected. All southern Indiana streams, Were rising . Evansville was. the worst sufferer the eity being, eut off from numerous nearby points, by high waters. At Mt. Carmei the river was over: the. floor stage by -: 15 feetl V "V " Traffic between Indianapolis and

Louisville was completely? blocked 1

at Seymour.. .

NEW AUDITOR FINDS BLACKBOARD ON WHICH HE WROTE 20 YEARS AGO William C. East who will take office as County Auditor just 20 years. from the day he went in as deputy auditor has found one relic of his former term in the courthouse, which has laid undisturbed for 20 years. It is a blackboard oh which Mr. East had written the names of the 12 townships opposite the numbers by which they are designated on land transfers. The writing is dim, but is easily read and can be distinguished as Mr. East's writing. On January 1. 1913, he went into office as deputy to Auditor W. F Kinsiir, and remained four yearsi Mr. Kinser was also assisted in tin : office by his daughter Bern ice,' now -Mrs. Beraice Level!.

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State road 46 between Blcomington and. Nashville was cldiied to trafflxr account cf 'higfi waters, it was announced by Virgil BSmmert district superintendent, of- maintenance for the state highway department.. The water is over the road at considerable depth at Brummett's creek and Belmont. -last night the1 highway department kept a patrol at the inundated places with trucks to pull cars (Continued ort Page 7. ) ; ;

The county council and board of commissioners met ' Friday afternoon in their final meetings of the year for the purpose of closing up the year's work: Some additional appropriations were made by the council, and the board of commissioners allowed county officers salaries for December and some other claims.- ;'' No change in the membership of tne county will e made at th be ginning of - 1933 as its members have two more- years to serve. James N. Blair retired from the board of commissioners arid will be succeeded by John S. Stephens. James Acuff has one more year to serve and will, be succeeded on January 1, 1934 by William C Acuff. V

Velvet Tigress May Escape Death On Gallows.

By Gale D, Walla ce (U. P. Staff Correspondent) PHOENIX, Am., Dec. 31. (UP) The Arizona-slate board of pardons and paroles became the sanctuary of. hope for Winnie Ruth Judd today, fighting desperately to escape the gallows .to which she was condemned for the murder of Agnes Ann Lerpi. . Her hope foi1 clemency was revived when the county grand jury after indicting John J. (Happy Jack) Halloran as an alleged accessory after the murder, "strongly" : recommended her sentence be. commuted to life imprisonment. The grand jurors expressed their conviction the doomed woman shot in self defense ; when she killed Mrs. Leroi. ! r"; Halloran, a wealthy local lumberman, : was frei' on $3,000 bail, pending arraignment next Tuesday. He frequently had been drawintothecase - ibyrories of the condemned , murderess that he helped dispose- of- the bodies of Mrs. Leroi and her friend, Hedvig Samuelson, whom she also is : accused of -killing.. -

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e is a good example ,to follow as Father Time flips over another his diary and takes u s into a New Year. Smile, like June charming film queen, Ms doing. Forget 1932 with its hopes .and Uitments, and crash into 1933 with a big, wide grin and the firm nation to" find that comer around which prosperity has. been Now all together: ' "Goodbyf, 1932! Hello, 1933!"

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Comment MW Braifute

Colonel E. M. House, adviser to President Wilson and to Presidentelect Roosevelt, writing on the topic, "Does America .Need a Pic tator?' iri this week's issue of liberty magazine, warns that unless economic - conditions . change for the better "we are almost cer-

in to have trouble' and that.

'while the revolutionary leader is

not in sight at the moment, he might appear overnight. After aseerting that "the pillars of faith, arn shattered and there is but little left to uphold the temple in which our: capitalistic civilisation, is sheltered' Colonel V House continues: '

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to do. is" for our strong men, if there be any left,, tp get together, regardless of party and regardless of former financial jealousies and (Continued on Page 8. )

Runiell, Pauley

C Treat Friends Members of the Monroe County Bar association and courthouse attaches were' treated to cigars and apples today by Judge Herbert A. Rundell- and Wall Pauley, court bailiff. Judge Run dell retires f torn: , the bench at the' close of court this . afternoon after having served two terms as judge of the Monroe-Owen circuit court Immediately following his retirement induction of Donald A. Rogers as judge will be made, and Chief Justice Walter E. Treanor of the state supreme court will administer the oath to " the new judge.

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Mayor Campbell .: to Be Home Sunday Mayor Joseph H. Campbell, who has been in the Methodist hospital in Indianapolis1 uricler observation for the past few days, is expected to return to his home here Sunday. No report on the result of the diagnosis has been given him by the examining physician, but it is not believed that his condition is. serious. He is suiffeiring from stomach trouble and went to the hospital for a general examination.

MOSCOW, Dec, 31 (INS) Arrest of Alexis Moukhim, branded by officials of the G. P. U., Soviet secret police, a "well-known scoundrel," today brought systematic swindling of Soviet Russian Savings-banks to a Virtual end. For 60 days, using forged documents and references, Moukhim gained, influence as a "banker" and became controller of a score of banks, police - said.. A confederate then opened an account amounting to two rubles hi each bank immediately presenting checks for 2,000 rubleswhich "controller" Moukhim approved. He would then disappear; taking a job at; another bank; according to authorities. Moukhim faces possible extern tion. ; .

Special music will be included in the Kiwanis Star Lbf Service Program :;to' be held- tomorrow' afternoon at 3 p. m; at:thn First Methodist church accprdiag. to an announcement made today. The musical program will include special organ music by Mrs. Fred V. Chew, selections by. u string orchestra uader the . direction of Fred J. Sharp, a vocal solo by Professor Douglas D. Nye, cf the Indiana university School of - iilusic, a :f3ute flold by Betty Batrna.a, and selections o:' Kiwanis songs by a special Kiivanis chorus. J. Frank Regester, president of the club, will preside; The. complete progiam, is as follows: "Toccata .......... Ralph Kinder -Mrs; Fred V. Chew . "Ameiica"Sung by audience. Invocation Rev. C: B. Swartz.

Selections the orchestra, Fred J. Sharp, director. 'Recessional-' DeKovan Professor Douglas D. Nye "Aria" . . John Lemmone Betty Batman "The Nightingale and ,the Rose" . . . Saint Saens Mrs. Fred V. Chew Introduction of members of the Committee on Award and Guests. Report of Committee on Award Paul Feltus, chairman. Recipient of award escorted to rostrum. Presentation of Star of ServiceRev. W, Henry McLean. Response recipient. Song selectionthe Kiwaatiis chorus. Benediction Rev. W. E. Moore. This program will be open to the public and everyone is invited to attend;

MILLION PERSONS SERVED BL It IN 1932

Under the stress of severe onomic conditions, more than a million persons turned to education and patronized the . various teaching, research, and direct serviice agencies of Indiana university during 1932, according to consolidated service reports from all divisions announced here today. ; With leisure time , on their hands, ina's adult citizens piled up mand ior informational and r jjfervices to the point I. 'U. extension departed a 33 per cent increase f last year. This .-was of mail libraries, furn725 patrons during , the rsity hospitals had six ore patients and ' the ii clinic 21 per cent ts than in 1931. it in campus and exles was off par. cent gUt - decrease7 -Was far creases in most other gistration in: residence

and extension classes for the regular year ending in June, 1932, numbered 13,028 students. Residence enrollment for the present semester shows a . decrease, of 54 per cent; '' '' r ' " - 1 The Extension Division's nonteaching departments served 409, 549 persons during 1932. Geology, biology, chemteti-y, physi.es, botany, psychology and other sciences dirftctly served more than 300,0001 The School of Education prepared tests' for; 14S.000 school children and aided the public schools in other, ways. Educational exhibits had audiences estimated at 100,000. The medical center served about 90,000 patients; The university's convention facilities attracted 10,500. Business research was provided for 8,150. The School of Law directly served approximately 2,000. The Bureau of Social Service gave assistance to 2,900 Hoosier citizens. With duplications largely excluded, actual totals of numbers served by I. U, during 1932 figured up to l,089,536.. ' r- .

Rogers, Rone Speak to Grocers Prof. Thomas. W. Rogers, of Indiana university and Rolla Rone; trustee of Bloomington township, were the principal speakers at ,a meeting of tha Bloomington Retai! Grocers association held Friday evening at the Chamber of Commerce. John G. Jackson, preslr dent, presided-, Business matters pertaining to nhe grocers were discussed. The date "" for the next meeting was not set.

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RUUILLE, Ind Dec. 31. (INS) While Roscoe Beagle, of New Point,, lay at the point of death in a local hospital today, Rush county grand jurors prepared to return an indictment against him for shooting Miss Mary Ellen Cooper, 19, pretty Hanover College co-ed. Miss Cooper, who was taken to a Greensburg hospital : after being shot through tne kidneys, today was reported to be in an improved condition following an operation. Death may defeat the law's effortsto punish Beagle, who remained in a critical condition with a bullet wound near the heart; The infatuation of Beagle, a twenty-six year old married man with two children, for-the beautiful young co-ed was responsible for the shooting which occurred at a dance hall at Milroy, an investigation by Sheriff; Ed Cpmpton haii disclosed. . . Beagle who was. separated from his wife, had been keeping company -with Mary Ellen for some time before her parents, Dr. and; Mrs. Burke Cooper, of Clarksburg, decided to send her to college, according to Sheriff Compton. The young woman's refusal to renew the friendship maddened Beagle, who shot her and then shot himself, according to Sheriff Compton's theory of the crime. Sheriff Compton said there was no basis for Beagle's assertion that he was shot by Woodrow Richey, 21, of Milroy. Richey was held for

a few hours yesterday, but was released when additional evidence was obtained that Beagle shot himself.

MANY STORES TO CLOSE MONDAY Practically all Bloomington stores will :bft closed Monday in observance of the New Year with the exception of grocery, drug and hardware stores whiclt will be opeii. Banks will also be closed. .Thw New Year comes orh Sunday- and as is customary will be 'celebrated by business ' firms' on Monday. :

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WASHINGTON, Dec, 31.(XNS) The constitutionality of the Collier 3.2 percent beer bill aroused fresh controversy today as drys resumed their charges that the supreme court would hold the measure violative of, the eighteenth amendment. ' The drrs were insisting upon hearings before the senate judiciary committee on the issue of the bill's constitutionality. Senator Norris, (R.) of Nebraska, chairman, declined to order hearings on this question, contending the- senate's noted lawyers are just as liable to determine a constitutional issue as attorneys from private life. The drys, probably led by Senator William E. Borah (R.) of Idaho, will fight the constitutionality of the bill when it comes before the senate early in the New Year final passage . -

JOSEPH COOK

PASSES AWAY

MATHEMATICIAN DIES CHICAGO, Dec. 31. (INS) Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon for Dr. Eliakim Hastings Moore, one of the world's outstahdi ng mathematicians, it was announced today. Di. Moore, credited with .having originated general analysis in J,he science of mathematics, died yesterday from heart disease. He was 70. Dr. Moore was one of the members of the original faculty of the University of Chicago. .

k WELLINGTON, .N Z.y (Sunday) Jan 1 . ( UP) Shepherds and Fishrmim of the Qhatiiam Islands. 414 mill is southeast (tif Wellington. welcomed the new year today while milkmen in the Unite;! States were making the rounds oi' the last day of 1932. The British colony of 200 persons in the Houlhern Pacific wan the first place in the world to welcome 1933. When the bell in the tittle church on Hansen Mand pealed out midnight, the boo:n of Big Ben in London sounded, :welve noon, and it was 7 a; m . in New York,

ATE NEW YEAR

The Chatham Islands are the nearest point to the starting line of time. The starting line is the Admiralty's date line. It is made to curve east and west of the 180th meridian in such a way that it lies always in the ocean. The Chatham Islands are just to the east of the line. The New Year began its race from the islands westward along the equator at a speed of 1,000 miles an hour. By the: time New Yorkers gather to welcome it, most of the Chatham Islanders will have cured their headaches in preparation for New Year's dinner.

RETURNS, TO NIAGARA Mrs. ..Eugene Wagoner has returned to her home at Niagara Falls, N. Y., aftr visiting her parents, -Mr; and Mrs. Bruce Sare, southeast: of the city.

Sheriffs Office Morland Will Face Will Be Moved l Charge in Greene Co.

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INDIANA Generally fair, tonight and Sunday; colder tonight; moderate cold wave northeast portion; rising temperature Sunday afternoon;,-.. ..

, J. L. Bender." .who . assumes his duties' -is county . an e riff Sunday, plans as his first official act tile moving of hi office from the third floor orr the courthouse -to the rooms rnthe northwest corner of ihe fin it floor, formerly occupied by the county road superintendent. The move will be made Sunday and the new sheriff will l-e ready with the other new office; holders to hold- open house anil greet his friends Monday. -The. new office is connected by a private staitway with .the clerk's office and court-

Misa Irma Ostorwf, Joe O'Neal I and Maurice Cormell, all of IndianapoliM, will spend !:he week end j

with Miss Alice McHonry, west Gth street- . : ": -

Audress Morland, west of the city, who was arretted this week by local police for investigation in regard to an automobile in his possession, was taken Friday evening to Bloomfield where he will face a charge in the Greene county cir

cuit court of wife desertion. Local officers are investigating the car, which is believed to have been stolen. The engine number had been filed off, police said. John Ward, transient, who was injured Thursday morning when he fell from a Monon freight train on which he was bumming a ride,, remained unconscious today. His; condition is serious. An operation for amputation of t ho left arm was performed immediately after Ward was taken to the hospital.

Joseph W. Cook, age 77, died at 6 o'clock this morning in Owen county, near Spencer, after an illness of four days with pneumonia. He had spent most of his life in Evansville, but was living with

relatives in Owen county where he could be cared for. His .wife is. ill at Evansville. Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Lucy Cook of Evansville; one

daughttn-, Miss Mary Ellen Cook,'

who is employed in the office of President William L.' Bryan of Indiana ; university; , two brothers, James Cook of Chandler; Irid.,- and Joshua Cook of Evansville and one sister, Mrs.: James Stephenson of Texarkana. The body-was brought to the Allen " funeral home here where funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Dr. W. H McLean, pastor of the First M.' E. church, will be in charge. Interment will be in Rose bill.

Mrs. Georgia. Maher, held blameless in the death of her husband, Richard Maher, by the grand jury which investigated the shooting of Maher, will - be compelled to remain in jail over Sunday., awaiting the return of Mayor Joseph H. Campbell from the Methodist hospital at Indianapolis. There is an affidavit charging her with raurdor pending in city court and She cannot be released until Mayor Campbell acts on the motion for dismissal of the affidavit which will be presented to him by. Prosecutor Leroy Baker. The grand jury returned a report oh the - Maher case late Thursday afternoon, holding that the shooting;; which took place on the evening of October 19 at the home of the couple on Ralston Drive, was accidental. Twenty Witnesses, including Mrs. Maher, were examined by the grand jury in its investigation of the case.

Virgil Franklin to Keep Same Office Virgil Franklin; newly appointed probation officer, will have his office in connection with his insurance office in the Rogers building on ' the northeast corner of the company store. He is agent for the copany store. He is agent for the American Central Life Insurance company.

Mrs. Carl Noel, EUettsville road, is confined to her home with influenza.

Prof. Barker Given Learn of Absence

Prof . Ira, Anderson will come ,here from the University of North Dakota to take over the classes of Prof; C; W. Barker of the Indiana university school of financed Because of illness, Prof: Barker has been granted a leave of ab.'sence.util next September. He plans leaving shortly for Florida.

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the Indiana Limestone Coirijf&J

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tatively approved today byw al Judge Robert C. Baiteell; AM

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authorizing the sale and opratk

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organized company to be known

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the cost of reorganization. :- There will be 504.0OJ shares

common stock. Holders of :; red stock in the old compa: receive one-half share of ct

stock in the new company

of reorganization holders of totalling approjcimately ; lift

will rcyimvo o "-"ffSn Kowil tin ' i

company for each old $169- bcpj and the remainder in stock. ' HolSiS! ers of debentures will receiw tfpSj shares of stock for each jflOO principal. More than 90 per cei,&

of the bond-holders. have agied;'H

the reorganization. m

A. E. Dickinson of Bidi

will j be president of the or$an1

tion. In addition to Dickinson-

other officers of the new com

president; E. N. Welsh of Bii

secretary; Thomas H; Jons.

Cleveland, treasurer: L. P.

of Bedford, controller, ;aud Will?

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AMUSEMENTS "' Princess Theater "Yuttig: Blood" starring Bob Stieele

f catui c ' ;iikum dvoi u ivy - aw 3:47, 5:35, 7:23 and 9:11 p! tfc.il 1

Midnight; - show Bttdfeif

With Care" starring Jamefir Dunn, Boots Mallory and -EIJl

Brendel. Show starts at

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Ii-ianu Tbefcter-"Riiih' Justice" starring Buck Johejt. Feature picture; starts at :Sft 3:25, 5:00, 6:3! 8:10 and 9:i?

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SNATCHES CAN OF LARD , FROM IN FRONT OF STORE A held theft occurred at 4:45 p. m. Friday at the Ax & Fry store on north College avenue when a man picked up a 50 pound can of lard from in front of the store, loaded it into a car and drove away. The can' was one of three placed on display in front of the store.

Members, of the Burton Woolery post No. 18 of the American Legion will serve as color guards and bearers for the inaugural ceremonies for Pa'uT'V. McNutt as govern-? or of "; Indiana to be held at the istatehouse iri Indianapolis Monday, January 9. " ; Two sets of color guards have been selected by Past Post Commander O.' T. Turflinger. The first set, which will handle the colors of the local' post; is composed of the four past: commanders including Dr. Frank Hope, W. E. Brown;

;Kent Carter and O. T. Turflinger. Alternates will be Coach W. H. Thorn, Sergeant W. H; Owens and Earl McMillih.

The national legion colors will be handled by the second set which includes Clyde Snpddy, Ralph Love, George Dean and William Weatherall with Claude Shoulty-' and Floyd Southern as substitutes. Captain S. B. Gibson5 will command -both squads - and will; coach the guard3;. in . - the essentials f

their part iri the ceremotii The locat naeti-wiU report "it

etatehouse and will emerge the west door to take their:

Legion state band which wllfe

stationed oh the west side.

will report to Elmer Peta" St;i

one! Robinson 'Hitchcock, ; new sistant adjutat-generaL. s ;: The local - color bearers

guards will wear the blue unilfor,

or me maiana region witn. wnys

belts, white shirts, black

black shoes, land military glovj The uniforms have the Insignia Ij

or tne Burtqn woolery post "Indr oh the lapels. War ni? may be worn by the guards. :

Those who have Indiana SI

Legion uniforms are urged to

part , in. tne atrau. xnev can

however, be assigned to the 3a1

A meeting of the guards will

caned next weak by' Commit

Turflinger for inspection of

fpnns and fpr final orders