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fc DECATUR ■SCHOOL LEVY 110 BE LOWER L.rd I’’' llulli: ‘' 1 ls Kjkhl !’■' ■ Officials ........ sup’ VValtei H. " ai '" Mg-'. , .-'I ..[..r-y >n th. |V .... , of three t- Hh $1.15 rate MF ■■ ' rat. IB |K,,. :: ” ” 1936 rate 1937 rate 62c ■ 4tic !■ 04c | JI 15 51.12 Sfl Other Revenues !■,. . , .■., 1 ' '■ ! ' IX ” S xt year. - oi ami eonHLu! fi:..l l"tal6. $7,- „■■ a tot:.': •: s2s!' 1.5.7.: for • raised by !■* . • •■' "» hand . .« Iioo! year are ■ ami advantmailing the rate ' next year. el"’. school rate : ■ x.mateiy $27.|K ( . ■ 4 . .■■■■.•. rate. $2".bond rate. T!,.. tuition bill for y . . and high K ■«.•••_ ‘.fferenee a. 'A.... at.d tile amourtt .. mm t: he gross in- . 1 e\i Ise taxes j^K,. - • s.■;».- !■. |Bfe I:rate :- based on the te' "’h A ■'... published in Daily Democrat. loiPAkl IQ ; I FREED TODAY h Government Refl leases Minneapolis fl Lady Today ynar Pole I Aug. 25 ■ ■ (U.R) . F-'l-th k Atkinson, promin..f M nneapolis. was from custody at 5:15 p. after having been held hours on a charge of at■ftin? to smuggle a small of money from Poland into Germany. apologized for her araccepting her explanation ■* lack of knowledge of Polish ■* faulty interpretation misled th.-in;: ica.te currency regMJtcr.s so that she was innocent MnniypEi, ~v p AGE three) M . H bulletin inquisitive young lad who tatldnt trust his sense of smell. **" he detected the odor of gas this afternoon at * ’dock, struck a match to •WUntiate his theory, with that the front yard of F. L. Grandstatf home is 1611 mysteriously burning, ''•estimating gas company **‘»ls discovered that a leak”l service line was furnishing fael. The original burning ”* of but a few inches has *• spread to an eight by four ar( a. Chemicals and water " been unable to oust the "••let. I — -oant State Troopers Bloomington, Ind. J*®ington. Ind., Aug. 25—.(U.P) bhngton city officials today ™y had asked Gov. Paul V. o,t for national guard troops . lel ' !a * lor disturbances allegedtenh' 'I 8 f,oln a Btrl * t e at the Nurre Mirror Company IM ( . S ,' n to as k f° r troops was ky Gr . a conference attended by Her I'. H ’ Beru(lt and Robrt E. IHets , ° f police - EUer s aid Ito at the Plant stoned his en he attempted to disT 1 early toda y- No other reported. Fiir WE ATHER ►obahi eXtrerne #outh > showers t ’"« tL?°i. rth and central P° r»oler» 9ht and Wednesday; north ° rth portion tonight and ! , «ne.d’ n y d Central P° rtions

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Tickets Now Selling For Catholic Show Edward M. Reno, known as one of the most skillful and cleverest I magicians on the nation’s stage will present his aet at the Decatur Catholic high school auditorium Wednesday night. He will offer a series of magic that is promised to be one of the , most entertaining ever witnessed here. Sponsored by the school, all proceeds will go to the Catholic school fund. Tickets are selling for 10 and 25 cents. GOV.LANDON TOURING EAST I Denounces Propaganda Distributed By School Teachers Buffa’o, N. Y.. Aug. 25— (U.R) — ' Gov. Alf M. Landon carried his presidential campaign to upstate, New York today amid a shower of ticker tape and confetti that f 1 sprinkled his procession through downtown Buffalo. A cheering crowd that packed , the street from curb to curb led the Republican nominee in a. big district of the city after a four 1 mile drive from the railroad station. Motorcycle police opened a lane for his procession. Confetti , showered down from tall building's and whirled in a stiff breeze down the street ahead of the governor. He stood in an open automobile i smiling and wa.ving his stiff strawhat to the crowd. Gives Address Gov. Tjindon spoke laet night nt Chautauqua. New York, on (he 1 subject ‘‘Education.’ Excerpts from his address are: “We must remember." he said, “that academic freedom, political freedom, religious freedom a.nd freedom of opportunity are all bound together. Infringement upon one will soon lead to infringe-' ment upon the others. In fighting to maintain our freedom we still make greatest progress by fighting for the freedom of all. -We should not oteilbok The • i fact, however, that today, both at I and abrtyed men are striving for power through leadership , of the mob. “Our system of free education has failed if class distinctions are allowed to develop in this country. We must look to our teachers to see that they do not develop. Today perhaps to a greater degree than ever before, the control of our educational institutions must be kept in the hands of the local communities and the educators themselves. For we may as well ; face the fact that the tide te running against free government today. “In these days of widespread propaganda, it is impere.tive that our teachers be kept free and that our educational institutions, our newspapers and the radio be kept indetendent, either from control of autocratic government or from the Influence of any selfish intere&t." Gov. Landon stated the Kajisas educational creed: 1— “Our schools, public, parochial, and private, must be kept. I free of all control by the federal government. 2— “We insist that no teacher, should be required to take any oath not required of all other citizens.” “Why should we make teaching into a suspect profession by making our teachers take a special oath? I believe that a teacher has a right to the same freedom of speech in expressing his political. social or religious convictions as ajiy othe f J5-I* 8 - 11 ------ A -” ~- - (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O— * UNHURT AS SASH FALLS Three Persons Escape Serious Injury In Unusual Accident ■ ■ "* I At least three persons escaped , serious injuries and possible death shortly before noon today when a , seven foot strip of sandstone win- , dow trimming fell from the second ; story of the court house on the , west side. The sandstone, weighing more ; than 100 pounds, crashed to the ground narrowly missing three lab , orers, Frank Breiner. John Burk- , head and Bill Schraluka, employ- ] es working on the new addition. | Breaking away from the win < dow, the stone dropped just as the ] men were passing by. Several oth- i er persons had been walking under the ledge during the morning. i The stone splintered into a score i of pieces from the impact. <

MASTONIS CHOSEN HEAD ! OF LEGION Indianapolis Man Named State Legion Commander Muncie. Ind.. Aug. 25— (U.R) — Charles Maston. Indianapolis, today was unanimously elected commander of the Indiana department of the American Legion by delegates attending the 17th a.nDual convnetfon here. Maston, who hae served the last two years as chairman of the membership committee of the state department, won his convention floor fight against Lewis J. Murphy. South Bend attorney, the only other candidate. When Maston received the number of votes necessary for election. Murphy went to the etage and moved that his opponent’s election be made unanimous. His motion met with thunderous cheers, carried. Terre Haute was elected as the 1937 convention sight, after Michigan City, only other bidder, withdrew with the request that the convention Consider its hid for the 1938 meeting. A resolution providing for redistricting of the state into 20 districts instead of the 12 district system now used was defeated by the convention after Brude Peters, judge-advocate, ruled that the 1935 convention, in which the proposal was made and passed to this year for action, had no right to bind the 1936 convention to the proposal. Miss Jean Duckworth. Mount Vernon. 16-yeax-old brunette, won “Miss Indiana's” honors at the beauty contest at the Muncie field (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) HERN FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE Secretary Os War Is In Critical Condition In Hospital Washington. D. C.. Aug. 25—(U.P) —Secretary of War George W. Dern. was fighting for his life in Walter <Reed hospital here today with his condition becoming hourly more critical. Dern has been ill for weeks and has been confined to the service hospital nearly a month. Physicians diagnosed his ailment as complications resulting from ap attack of influenza last spring. These complication-! are becoming constantly more serious and there was apprehension today as to whether the cabinet officer would survive. Dern is fighting against heart complications which are attributed to the influenza attack. Sixty-three yeans old, Dern has been one or more reticent members of the new deal cabinet, content to devote himself to the int|'icatte admiriistmtive duties of the war department and seldom seeking the spotlight. Before entering the cabinet, Dern had a long career in the mining business in Utah a,s well as a record of two termo as governor of the state. He was invited into the cabinet after strongly supporting Mr. Roosevelt in his election campaign. A vigorous, smiling westerner, Dern came to the president’s attention first when the two met at a governors’ conference at Salt lAke City when Mr. Roosevelt still was chief executive of New York state. — o —— Local People Attend Huntington Funeral Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Klepper were in Huntington today to attend the funeral of Lawrence Goodmiller, 40, whose death occurred Sunday at midnight, after a three days illness with obstruction of the bowels. Mr. Goodmiller had been employed by the Cloverleaf Creameries for many years and for some time past has been the field superintendent of the Huntington plan t, and is well known here. TJhe deceased was a splendid Christian gentleman and had taken an active part in the work at North Manchester college. The funeral sermon today was delivered by Prof. Otho Winger, the president of that institution, a touching address and a eulogy to Mr. Goodmiller, who was lovjed and respected there. The widow and two children survive the deceased. j

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, August 25, 1936.

Leaping Lizard ! Refusing to .believe the Old Adame county bank was closed, a five f inch lizard almost precipitated a vanlc before it was demolished by a broom Monday afternoon. No Idea of how the rtiptlle made its entrance in the bank could be given. Fighting with the only weapons on hand, the employees attacked the. lizard with brooms. After some difficulty they managed to sever the head from the rest of the body. Lt ie reliably reported that the tail i could not be killed by this meatus, but had to be smashed. It was said that the lizard waa ' either punpie or green. The reptile wan thrown in the furnace and covered with ashes. Scoffers were shown a red spot on the floor to prove the truth of the story. , -o INDIANA LAW. HALTS ACTION — Snag Met In Annulment Proceedings In LaPorte Laporte, Ind., Aug. 25 — (U.P.) — Indiana law temporarily ba.lked today the intention of Mrs. Mary Belle 'Spencer. Chicago Heights. , 111., attorney, to annul the marriage of her “do as she pleases” daughter, Mary Belle 11. 16. Mrs. Spencer arrived here todi.x' to consult with circuit judge Wirt Worden, who would have , jurisdiction over annulment proceedings. Mary Belle and James , Edward Wright, 22. were married here last Thursday. Judge Worden explained that . , one of the principals to the annul-! . ment must be present in court before proceedings can be undertaken. ajid even if there were: grounds, he could not subpoena residents of Illinois into an Indii ana court. Except in rare cases. Judge Worden said, annulment I>roceedings must be brought by l one of the principals, and he inti-, 1 mat-si that this is not a rare case. 1 Raj Her Mrs. Spencer was quot1 ed in the Chicago Times as saying that the annulment would be . based on Mary Belle’s minority. i “I am doing thW Mrs. Spencer was quoted, “for her own good ajid at the insistence of her father Dr. Richard Vance Spencer.” One Man Killed In Georgia Prison Riot ; Milledgeville, Ga.. Aug. 25—<U.R> —One prisoner was killed, 15 others wounded an(f a number of con- : victs beaten in a riot at the Georgia state prison today. ; Guards and a detail of Macon : policemen quelled the disturbance after chair, cots, and other cell ' equipment were wrecked by the 1 rioters and one building set afire. Rev. C. J. Miner Will Speak Here The Men’s brotherhood of the . United Brethren church will have ’ its regular meeting at the church Thursday evening at 7:30 p. m. Rev. C. J. Miner will be the speaker. ■ Ice cold watermelon will be served, i All men and boys are requested to be present. HIGHER 1937 ' LEVY WANTED Berne Asks Increase Os Five Cents In Proposed Budget The proposed 1937 tax levy for ; the town of Berne has been set at 75 cents on the 100 dollars, an inI crease of five cents over the present rate. Based on the net taxable property.. amounting to $1,532,430, thislevy should raise $11,493.22. The '7O cent levy in effect for 1936 should bring in a total of approximately $10,244. The largest item in the (proposed 1937 budget is for heat and light, amounting to $4,800. An appropriation of $350 is included for bands. Estimated expenditures for 1937 are: general fund. $13,0-85; street fund $3,800. Necessary expenditures to be made from appropriations un- .! expended on Ju'y 31. 1936. are gen- ' eral fund $8,590, and street fund, $1,604. This maes a total to be expended of general fund $21,675, and street fund $5,404. The salary of the trustees of the town totals, S6OO, that of the clerktreasurer, S4OO and marshal and i night watchman, $875. The street commissioner is to receive $1,200, j and the firemen, S6OO.

TOWNSHIP RATE TO BE HIGHER Ask Increase In Washington Township 1937 Levies That part of Washington township’s tax rate which applies to the city of Decatur, will be one cent higher on the SIOO, in 1937, than the , present rate, according to the budget prepared by J. M. Doan, trustee. The general township rate for next year is boosted from two to five cents, an increase of three cents. The poor fund levy which also applies to the city is 28 cents on the SIOO, compared to 30 cents this year. The total township rate, applicable in the township outside of the city is 79 centa on the SIOO. a cut of one cent under the rate payable this year. Trustee Doan stated that the j son for increasing the township I fund rate was due to the small balI ance In the fund and the fact that 1 $1043 had to be levied for school | transfers for children at the Homestead division.,Mr. Doan has applied ' this transfer to the whole township ussessment, which includes the city of Decatur. The Washington township budget totals. $34,774.00. The amount raised by taxes totals, $30,840. the gross income and excise taxes and other income other than that raised by taxation making up the difference. The Library Tax The Decatur Library board tax, which also applies to the Decatur I city rate is five cents on the $100.! The rate is the same as in effect this year. The budget totals $3,000. The five .cent rate will produce approximately 2.677.22. The library rate outside of Decatur Is only two cents on the SIOO, thLs applying to all property in the towns hi p. CHANGES STORY GN WPA COSTS Bloomington City Engineer Releases Third Version Washington. Aug. 25— (U.R) —' Tlie Republican national committee today made public an affidavit by John Stapleton. city engineer of Bloomington, Ind., in which he reaffirmed his pre' ious charges of excessive WPA costs. Two davs after Stapleton last week charged excessive WPA expenditures “he was given the third degree by WPA representatives, and coerced into signing a | denial which had been written by some other person.” the commit-: tee said. ISltapleton was quoted today as reaffirming hie original charges that WPA costs are 300 per cent above private contracts and that t the coets of laying bricke on one project was $3.27 per brick. Th-' original charges were publicized by the GOP committee on Aug. 1 19. On Aug. 20, WPA headquarters in Washington announced tha.t investigators would ibe -jent to Monroe county to determine accuracy of the charges. The next day a statement signed by StapleI ton repudiated the charges. Stapleton was quoted today as saying he was asked by "a repreI sentative of Wayne Coy to deny the story in regard to WPA costs ... to save the projects which are now under way. and which are being planned for Bloomington." The committee quoted Stapleton as saying he believed the denial of the story, “which was written out for me, would go into the files of Mr. Coy and I had no idea, it would be broadcast and published as a political document.” “Before I signed the letter I went through two hours as bad as any third degree in a murder case,” he said. “Before I signed the letter it was agreed that Bloomington WPA projects were to go on as stated and planned. “The facts of the original story in the newspapers are true. The purported ‘denial’ I signed was so ■wrong that I am ashamed of it and the whole transaction and want my friends and the public to know the truth". The affidavit was sworn to before Donald E. Bowen, notary public at Bloomington. o — Men’s Brotherhood Meeting Postponed The meeting of the Reformed church men's brotherhood has been postponed. The date will be announced later.

SENATOR GLASS WILL VOTE FOR F. ROOSEVELF Virginia Leader Announes Intentions After Conference Washington. Aug. 25 — (U.f) — Sen. Carter Glass. D.. Va.. announced af'er an hour long conference at the White House today that "I am going to vote for the re-election of the president." Th peeppery Virginian who at various times las disagreed with certain administration policies,' added succintly: “I never had any other idea.” Further than that, however, Glass would not go. He declined to state whether he would make a speech for the national ticket. Asked concerning the Democratic chances in Virginia, he snapped out. “nonsense” when it ■was suggested that the Republicans might win the state. “Virginia is going Democratic." he said. “There is some dtaalfection hut not enough to jeopardize the state.” Glass came to the White House at Mr. Roosevelt’s request. To all queries as to the nature of their conversations, he countered with the remark: “You will have to ask the, president.” Conferences Held Conferences on a variety of administration subjects marked the chief executive’s activities as he put his official house in order in expectation of an absence of nearly two weeks during which time he will cover a ha.lf dozen states on what he described as a “look-see” inspection tour. The non-political aspwts of the 1 trip were overshadowed, in the minds of observers, in the forthcoming conference with Gov. Alf M. Landon at Des Moines, la.. Sept 1. There, in his capacity as head : !‘ of the Kansas state government Landon will participate with the governors of Nebraska, Missoug>. Oklahoma, and lowa in a confer- ’ ence with Mr. Roosevelt on i drought and allied problems. / Plans For Tour Mr. Roosevelt will leave his ! special train in Des Moines at 10 ■ am. Sept. 1 for a two-hour motor tour. He will lunch at the capi-; tol with Gov. Clyde Herring. The drought confeience is scheduled for 2:30 p. m. The governors will dine with him in his private car that evening. The White House figuratively bent over backward in an effort to dispel any thought that the drought tour smacked of partisan I politics. Stephen T. Early, secretary. I said the president has no inten- | tion of visiting the state fair at Des Moines or making a public address at any time during his present western itinerary. i He explained, however, tha.t Mr. Roosevelt would make a radio address sometime during the tour but at a date and place yet to be announced. The first stop of the presiden(CONTTNUED ON PAGE FIVE) o— IS RUSSIANS ARE EXECUTED Plotters Against Present Regime Die Before Firing Squad Moscow, Aug. 25 —(U.R>—Gregory Zinoviev and Leo Kadenev, two leaders of the October. 1917. mobs that established the Red Soviet government, and 14 other co-plot-ters against the regime, have been executed by firing squads, it was announced today. The usual 72 hours ha,d not elapsed when Zinoviev ami Kamenev. close and trusted advisers of Nicolai Lenin, founder and saint of the communist regime, and their 14 companions were led out and shot. They had -been sentenced to “the highest measure of the social defense — shooting” early yesterday after a sensational trial that revealed a plot to assassinate Dictator Josef Stalin and high governmental officials. Appeals to the government for clemency had been refused. All 16 were convicted of fomenting murderous crimes against the state under the tutelage of Leon Trotzky, once co-dictator with Lenin and Stalin but now in exile in Norway. Five other former members of the highest council (QWCTIMUBD. ON PAGfi £TVfil

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RURAL HOME IS DESTROYED Blue Creek Township House Burns Down This Noon Sparks from a chimney started a i fire at noon today which completely I destroyed the Blue Creek township farm home ofElisha Merriman, local General Electric employee. ■Berne firemen called to the scene, five miles north west of that town, were unable to cope with the conflagration, not having been called until the flames had almost completely enveloped the house. Nearly under control at one time, the fire regained headway, when the water supply was exhausted. Neighbors and firemen succeeded in removing all furniture on the first floor but were unable to reach 1 the second story furnishings, all of which were destroyed. The department from Berne also euoceeded in saving the other buildings on the farm, which is owned by . John Lessig, of Hammond. All canned goods stored on the ’ second floor in addition to some : clothing were destroyed as the sundried frame buildings rapidly burn- ! cd away. No estimate of the damage was given by the Berne fire chief, but witnesses estimated that the loss of the seven room house would reach $1,500 in addition to the furnishings, equipment, ansl clothing destroyed. MARY PICKFORD FIGHTS CHARGE Screen Actress Accused Os Slander In sl,000,000 Suit Boston. Aug. 25— (U.R) —Fifty witnesses were ready today to testify here Thursday at a hearing preliminary to trial in the New York district federal court of a $1,000,000 slander suit against Mary 1 Pickford. Os four actions totaling that amount, brought by J. Ra.vmond Cornell, retired Newtonville organ manufacturer, only one for $250,000 remains to be adjudicated, it was understood. This will go to trial in New York in October or November. To obtain depositions of witnesses in this area, Francis B. Burns, Boston lawyer, has been appointed a special commissioner by Federal Judge John C. Knox of New York. It was in February, 1934, that Miss Pickford came here for per- . sonal appearances at a theatre. Like the actress, Cornell is a Christian Scientist. According to Cornell, when he attempted to see Miss Pickford it was merely ■ in an effort to sell her a manu- { script containing instructions of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science, to one of her students. Cornell contends that when he saw Miss Pickford she abused him and later fled dramatically to Cajje Cod where she sought refuge with friends from supposed kidnapers. According to Cornell, statements made by Miss Pickford at the time slandered him. From New York. Arthur F. Driscoll, counsel for the alctress, has denied that Cornell’s name was mentioned by Miss Pickford or her representatives in any statements to the press. It was Cornell himself who brought his name into the case, according to Driscoll. Prison Breaker Is Returned To Jail Brownstown, Ind., Aug. 25 —(U.R) —John Durham. 22, was held in Jackson county jail today awaiting transfer to the state penal farm after short-lived freedom gained by his escape Friday. The youth was taken at the home of his mother in Sparksville yesterday by state and local officers, who threatened to use tear gas when he resisted. Durham sawed his way out of : the Jackson county jail and state | land local officers started in 1 immediate vuriuitj

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1 Both Factions Fighting Bitterly On Spanish Ci- | vil War Fronts REBELS ARE TRIED BULLETIN Hendaye, Aug. 25 —(UP) —Rebel planes resumed their bombardment of Iran at 4 p. m. today. L ——— By Louis F. Keemle i (United Press Cable Editor) I The civil war in Spain increased in violence today while at the same time the threat of war in Europe diminished and there was every . prospect that the Spanish outbreak [ would be confined to Sipain and Mor- . occo. Britain, France, Germany, Italy, , and Russia were close to agreement i on non-intervention and an embar* . go on arms exports to Spain. Germany’s action in increasing bier ■ standing army to a probable 1,000,000 men by raising the term of conscript service to two yeans instead of one was generally regarded as a i gesture toward Russia rather than ■ as a result of the Sipanish war. The fighting in Spain proper was bitter. Careful analysis of the • claims of the two sides, and authen- : tic dispatches from border points. ■ gives no reason so rassuming that • either side is in the ascendancy. The outcome of tne war may be 1 settled in the Guadarrama mountains north of Madrid. A heavy artil--1 lery duel began in the hills today. I presaging a possible desperate drive • by the rebels before the Madrid defenders can be reinforced from the northwest by the Asturias miners and militia. The latter are closing in on Oviedo, which they are determined to catpuer. Despatches seem to indicate that the fall of the city is im--1 minent. In thal event, the Asturias forces would be available to move down on the right flank and rear of the rebI els in the Guadarramas and perhaps turn the tide. They have 2W miles to go from Oviedo, however. Another fierce fight was in progress in the northeast corner of ■ Spain, adjoining the French border, where San Sebastian, Pasajes and Irun lie dose together on the bay of 1 Biscay. Rebel planes opened a heavy benn--1 bardment of Irun and apparently claused considerable damage and loss of life. The loyalists replied j with an artillery attack on the rebel [positions outside the city. Violent Battle , Lisbon, Potugal, Aug. 25 —(UP) — . A violent artillery duel was resumed in the Guadarama mountain north . of Madrid at Dawn today and ‘both Rebel and loyalist reports indicated that the long awaited rebel attack ■ in force was a matter of a few days. French frontier reports said that detachments of the Foreign Legion and native Moons recruited in Morocco reached the rebel lines and began organizing a system of hidden machine guns and sniping nests ’ such as the Legion used to good es--1 feet during the Moroccan carnp(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) DAMAGE SUIT FILED TODAY Damages Totaling S4OO Asked By Insurance Company The General Exchange Insurance . corporation, with offices in Fort Wayne filed suit today in the Adams circuit court against M. S. Pet- : erson, loca’ mail carrier to collect i S4OO damages allegedly caused an i insurer’s auto when struck by a car driven by Mr. Petereon. The accident, according to the complaint, happened last October. | The plaintiff charges that the local man was driving his car at an excessive rate of speed in a careless, negligent and reckless manner and failed to stop for a through highway . near Sturgis. Michigan. John Phillips, driver of a transport carrying a new load of cars, , who carried insurance with the com- . pany, was according to the com- . p’aint, traveling on the through . highway and was struck by the PetTereon auto as it darted onto the f highway. The company aslke for S4OO which i they claim was paid to the insured for damages sustained Ux tiie crash,