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and on actual driving have been given in all parta of the state. A total of 44,731 passed the teals, and 6,342 failed. Os the number of failures, 2.616 were definitely ruled out and will be unable to obtain licenaea. The remainder tailed to pass the examination on i rules and regulations and will be given another opportunity. Judge Hill said that the bureau ; had found that those who failed on rules and regulations made a real effort to master traffic laws and in the vast majority of cases missed the second time. "The reckless or careless driver, or the driver so physically handicapped that he cannot operate a car safely has no chance to get a : license,” Judge Hill said. I A total of 5,195 applied for temporary beginners’ permits, and 165

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1938.

PERSONAL FRIEND OF THE GOVERNOR ___________ ALEX N. PURSLEY The happiest man in Indiana ' over the election of M. Clifford Townsend as Governor was Alex N. Pursley of Hartford City. That is, next to Mr. Townsend. Ever since Mr. Townsend ran for superintendent of the Blackford county schools and Mr. Pursley was a township trustee, the two men have been close friends. Mr. Pursley worked incessantly fol Mr. Townsend, always looking forward to the day when he would become Governor. Mr. Pursley has been a Democratic county chairman for six years and a district chairman for ten years, be. ing chairman of the Fifth district. He is personal advisor to the Indiana Governor, always having Mr. Townsend's interest at heart. failed. Eighty-six will be given an opportunity to take the examination again. A total of 22,775 applied for beginners' licenses, and 3,775 failed. ■ Twenty-two hundred and thirtyseven are eligible for re-examiu- ( ation. A total of 5,461 were tested for I operators’ licenses to determine , termine whether they were phys-' ically capable of driving an auto- ' mobile, and 515 tailed. Two hundred sixty-live are eligible for reexamination. A total of 7.042, who had either not been licensed as chauffeurs prior to 1938 or were suspected of being physically handicapped, were examined for chauffuers’ licenses, and 1.551 failed. One thousand sixty-one are eligible tor re-examination. A total of 6,060 prospective taxi drivers, bus drivers, school Ims drivers, etc., applied for public passenger chauffeur licenses, and 333 failed. One hundred seventyfour are eligible for re-examiu-atidn. Judge Hill said the bureau was now receiving accident reports from the law enforcement officers, and acts as a check against issuance of licenses to careless or reckless drivers. When a licensed driver is iuCHANGE OF ADDRESS Subscribers are request- ; ed to give old and new address when ordering paper changed from one address to another. For example: If you change your address from Decatur R. R. 1 to Decatur R. R. 2. instruct us to change the paper from route one to route two. I

DETROIT STRIKE SNARLS TRAFFIC Street Car Motormen And Conductors Strike At Detroit — I Detroit, April 7— (UP) — Street, car operation lu this city of 1,700,-| (0)0 was paralyzed today by a strike on organized motormen cud conductors. Buses moved on regular schedule, driven by menSbers of a rival union. A handful of platform men braved the strike order and took their care from the barns but mass transvolved in more than one accident, the bureau may call the driver in and attempt to correct his driving faults. If this is not satisfactory, the license may be suspended. |

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portatlon in Detroit, the natlon’n > fourth largest city, waa vitally crip- ' pled. Defiant members of the amalgamated association of street electric i railway and motor coach employes, an A. F. of L. affiliate, voted for ■the strike in a riotous union see|Hion laxt night in which they revoltled against their leaders. The strike wae a protest against deJays in I putt Inga new system-wide seniority plan into effect. Twelve hundred extra police were rushed to eight car barns and switching centers and took up their i.>>sts at the zero hour —4 A. .M.— when night crews brought their cars to the barns and day shifts i refused to work. The strike virtually paralyzed : the city-owned system of 545 miles ; I of street railway and threw upproxi-’ uiately 2,800 conductors and opera- ■ i tors out of work. William S. Bullock, general sup-' erintendent of the department of, j street railways said no violence be-1

tween the opposlng unions had been reported and that ’’so far” all bus lines were operating. "But 1 don't know whether we’ll have enough men to keep them going all day,” he added. Albert New, president of the motor coach operators ass.X'iatiou, called n the 675 members of his independent union to ’’keep the buses running.” he said they would maintain schedules night and day as I long as the men could stay al the wheels of thlr machines. A conference between DSR officers and Union representatives broke up early this morning after the city aad threatened to discharge all strikers unless the walkout is ended Iby 2 p. in. Union leaders called a meeting for 10 a. m. to consider the ultimatum. i New's men are bitter opponents I of the seniority system advocated ' by the street car men and incorpor- ! ated Into the city charter at the last ■ election. Bus operaors have blocked i its operation through court action

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J —— — | because, setting up uulform seniority rules for the entire transportation system, it would give older street car men the privilege of taking many coach drivers ojts. The dispute now is before the Michigan supreme court which yesterday >

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granted another 10-day delay, precipitating last night's strike vote. o - Mr. and Mrs. Temple of Antwerp. Ohio spent several days with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and i Mrs. Francis Coyne.