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Sick Pen Chief Stays at Post During Rioting

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Warden Henry C. Hill .fiy United Press JOLIET, 111., March 19.—Henry C. Hill, 52, lean, gray, two-fisted warden of the riot-torn twin Illinois penitentiaries, directed his force of guards, soldiers and state police today despite an injury brought on by five days of outbreaks. Hardly recovered from an abdominal operation, still returned to the prisons just before the first riot last Saturday. He personally headed the guards during the three outbreaks. Today, after he had been on the job almost twenty-four hours, the incision parted under the stress. Hill was away from his post only about forty-five minutes while doclors and nurses dressed the incision. Then he went back to directing 100 state police in a minute search for weapons of all the cells in the two prisons.

HOOVER CRUISE IS UNDER WAY Warship Weighs Anchor ancJ Sails for Porto Rico, Virgin Islands. BY RAYMOND CLAPPER United Press Staff Correspondent ABOARD BATTLESHIP ARIZONA, Hampton Roads, Va., March 19—The battleship Arizona weighed anchor today and sailed for the aunny southern waters of Porto Rico and the Virgin islands with President Hoover and his party. Salutes boomed out from guns at Hampton Roads naval training station and Fortress Monroe as the reconditioned war craft set its course southbound for the President's vacation trip. The special train bearing the presidential party had arrived shortly before 6 a.m. and the President had gone aboard a little later. The President was standing on the quarterdeck, dressed in a dark gray business suit with a brown sweater underneath, as the Arizona pulled out. He wore no overcoat. Accompanied by Destroyer Mrs. Hoover boarded the train preparatory for leaving at 7:30 a. m , but the colors ceremony delayed departure until 8 a. m. Meanwhile the presidential party breakfasted and Mr. Hoover went on an inspection of the cruiser. As the Arizona left port it was accompanied by a destroyer. Overhead fifteen bombing planes and an army dirigible swung in formation. Captain Russell Train, the President's aid, called newspaper men and explained there “will be no censorship on this trip. We do not ■want to scratch out anything you ■write. There have been some unpleasant experiences in the past which have spoiled the party.” The party is about as small as is possible when the President goes on a trip, especially when he leaves the continental United States. Takes Small Party Besides War Secretary Hurley and Interior Secretary Lyman T. Wilbur, there were Lawrence Richey, President Hoover's confidential secretary; a military and a naval aid; Captain Joel T. Bone, the White House physician; two secret service men. and some twenty-five newspaper correspondents and photographers. On the President’s personal staff were Captain W. R. Furlong of the navy, an expert, on the Virgin islands, and Jose Espionoza, a White House stenographer familiar with the SDanish lanmiatrr

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TROOPS GUARD :BLAZE- RAZED MODEL PRISON Stateville (III.) Penal Institution in Ruins After Riot. FEAR WOMEN REVOLT Cells Search Unearths Large Quantity of Convict Weapons. By United pres * JOLIETT, 111., March 19. Women prisoners, confined across the street from the riot-scarred old penitentiary here, threatened an outbreak shortly before noon today, Mrs. Bertha Finengan, matron, reported to Warden Henry C. Hill. One hundred and forty-five women are imprisoned in the cellhouse and are threatening to rise in riot, Mrs. Finnegan told the warden. The matron refused an offer of additional guards but carried twenty-four tear gas bombs across the street to throw at the women in case they rose. Warden Hill said an outbreak in the women’s quarters, where the inmates were out of their cells, would be difficult to quell, as guards could not use clubs or guns. Tension Is Growing Tension at the women’s cell house has been increasing daily during the recurring riots of the last five days at the old prison on the edge of Joliet and the model prison at Statesville, four miles away, most of which was destroyed Wednesday by fire and rioters. Meanwhile, in the twin penitentiaries, state policemen under the muzzles of machine guns, pried into every cell and seai-ched all of the 4,702 inmates for weapons. By noon they had unearthed a quantity of knives and saws, indicating, Warden Hill said, that further rioting and bloodshed was planned by the crazed prisoners. One makeshift dirk found was fashioned from a 60-penny nail, but calculated to be dangerous in hand-to-hand fighting. Although both prisons were quiet during the forenoon, Warden Hill took no chances. He held the 600 soldiers, guards and state police in readiness. Minute Search Is Made National guardsmen planted machine guns at advantageous points as the 100 state police searched the prison minutely. They prodded mattresses with long knives, took bunks apart and compelled the prisoners to strip. At the old prison threats of a riot at breakfast failed to materialize. Hill posted 100 state police outside the east gate with order to rush in at a signal. v Several troops of national guardsmen were among the men who patrolled the Stateville prison, inside and out, to prevent a recurrence of Wednesday’s riot which resulted in serious wounding of three prisoners and destruction of almost $500,000 worth of state property. Convict Dies of Wounds One of the wounded prisoners, Ray Arney, died early today in the Stateville hospital. Only charred ruins remained of six of the seven buildings. The seventh, the machine shop, still blazed and trusties aided firemen in preventing the flames from spreading. About 200 prisoners accused of inciting and starting the riot while in the mess hall were in solitary confinement. An unnamed Mexican prisoner, who was accused of starting the fires with gasoline drained from prison trucks, also was in solitary. Warden Hill said he would be indicted for arson. Hill and the Reverend Elijius Weir, chaplain, were two of the heroes of Wednesday’s outbreak. Both walked, unarmed, among the rioting prisoners, pleading with or ordering them to stop. Both were treated with respect, they said, but their warnings were unheeded until after guards had fired about thirty shots. The rioting started by signal among about 250 convicts in the mess hall. Two guards inside the hall were beaten and thrown cut as the mutiny spread rapidly. Mexican Fires Buildings The convicts rushed into the open and the unnamed Mexican began his rounds of the buildings. He had a handkerchief over his face. He fired building after building as he ran. Others of the rioting convicts aided him. Soon the whole prison seemed in flames, which roared to a height of 200 feet and cast a dense clohd of smoke over the countryside. Many prisoners who did not wish to join in the riot raced immediately to their cells. Among them were Nathan Leopold and Martin Durkin. The original rioters, joined by others, continued the mutiny for two hours while Joliet firemen waited outside the gates, unable to enter to fight the fires. Upon entering the prison yard, Chaplain Weir was given a soap box by some of the convicts. They were quieted for a minute while he stood upon the box and pleaded that they were hurting only themselves. “We’ve heard that before.” a convict shouted. “We want anew parole board,” and the rioting began anew, more fiercely than before. Student Wins Honor By Times Special DANVILLE, Ind., March 19. Among the seven members of the senior class at Mt. Holyoke college South Hadley. Mass., elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa, is Mis*, Virginia Modesitt of Danville.

CO-ED EXPELLED AFTER RETURN AS SEARCH IS WAGED

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By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 19.—Expelled from Indiana university and swathed in mystery as to her whereabouts from Saturday until Wednesday afternoon, Miss Lois Ann Pollock, beautiful 18-year-old Oak Park (111.) freshman co-ed, made ready to leave Bloomington today. While her parents were disembarking from a train in Bloomington late Wednesday, and while university authorities sought frantically for trace of her, Miss Pollock walked into the Pi Beta Phi sorority house, where she was a pledge. She had been missing since Saturday night, when she bade farewell to a sorority sister, explaining she would visit a friend in Frankfort until Tuesday. ‘ When she failed to return then, university officials called the friend’s home in Frankfort, discovered she had not appeared there, and notified her parents, who immediately asked police aid in search for her.

j/i** vttvu) uiuiiL UUU4 (iOr>LU They left Wednesday to confer with Indiana university authorities concerning her disappearance and arrived in the city almost simultaneously with the girl. Girl Fails to Explain How she came back was not learned, nor was an accurate explanation of where she spent the four days given by the girl, who talked with Miss Agnes E. Wells, dean of women, and a reporter of The Times. Lois broke off conference with Dean Wells when the latter began checking her story that she had stayed in an Indianapolis hotel, by dashing from the dean’s office and sprinting almost a half mile across the muddy campus to the Pi Phi house. Following her was an alumnus of the chapter, a member of the faculty. Forced Out of School “Please follow her. See where she goes,” the latter begged two reporters. One overtook her near the house. "What's wrong, Lois?” he asked. “I can't stand that questioning—l want to see my mother,” the breathless girl gasped. “Where have you been?” “In Indianapolis, in hotels?” “What hotels?” ‘Oh, what does it matter now— I'm out of school now anyw r ay.” Her fears were confirmed by Dean Wells, who said Lois had lied about the hotels, and declared she had asked the girl to resign. Family in Bloomington After a long talk with his daughter in the Pi Phi house, during wffiich time William Pollock, the father, refused to offer an explanation for her absence, the family retired to a hotel here, and were to leave today. Dean Wells said Pollock suggested his daughter might have gone to Indianapolis seeking work, because she was dissatisfied with school. Because of failure to make sufficient credit points Lois had not been initiated with the spring class of novitiates in her sorority. She left the school Saturday for shopping trip in Indianapolis, without baggage, and in Ind:r~apolis decided to remain over the weekend. Kill LABOR CHIEF Official Shot to Death by Three Men. By United Press CHICAGO. March 19.—William J. Rooney, business agent for the Sheet Metal Workers’ Union, and a prominent labor official, was killed today by three men armed with sawed-off shot guns. Rooney had just left his wife and children at his home in Austin, a west side suburb, when the men fired three volleys and fled in an automobile. Police and union officials were unable to find a motive for the slaying.

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By United Pres* SAN DIEGO, Cal.. March 19Two girls, Betty Jane Brooks, 10, and Eugenia Kams, 10, disappeared here today shortly after they left their homes for school. Police said they feared the girls had been kidnaped by the slaver cf Virginia Brooks, 10.

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SUTLER IS TO BE REINSTATED ‘House Cleaned,’ Association of Schools Reports. “Butler has ‘cleaned house’ and now is worthy of reinstatement,” report of the board of reviews of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary schools read today, virtually ending for the Fairview institution a year’s suspension from the association. Butler was placed off the association’s list of approved colleges last year w r hen the board decided that too much attention was given to athletics at the local school. George iPotsy) Clark, then football coach, received a larger salary than President Robert P. Aley, the association learned, and athletic expenditures were said to have theratened the college’s endowment. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 34 10 a. m 32 7a. m 34 11 a. m 34 Ba. m 34 12 (noon).. 34 9 a. m 33 1 p. m 34

Flier Is Killed

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Col. Umberto Maddalcna By United Press PISA, March 19.—Colonel Umberto Maddalena, famous Italian flier, was killed here today, when his seaplane crashed off Marina Di Pisa. Lieutenant Fausto .Cecconi, who wa c Maddalena’s companion on many distinguished flights, also was killed in the crash, as was another officer whose name was not ascertained. . ' It was understood they were testing their seaplane in preparation for a flight from Italy to the Panama Canal this summer. Colonel Maddalena was one of the greatest of Italian fliers. He piloted the plane wffiich first sighted the survivors of the dirigible Italia when it was wrecked on its north pole expedition and carried food to them.

HENLEY WILL TAKE STAND IN SUPPORT CASE Adjutant-General to Tell His Version of Mixup on Marriage Charge. WEDDING IS DENIED Woman’s Testimony Near Close; Claims Beating by ‘Husband.’ BY BEN STERN Times Staff Correspondent GREENFIELD, Ind., March 19. Adjutant-General Manford G. Henley will take the stand in circuit court here this afternoon to tell his version of the charge that he is married and that his wife is Mrs. Ethel Williams Henley, who now is suing him for support. Henley’s counsel, near the close of the plaintiff’s case at neon, announced that Henley will tell a story of being the pursued in the romance Mrs. Henley has outlined from the witness stand. He will tell, attorneys declare, that he was in Camp Perry, Ohio, with an Indiana national guard unit, when Mrs. Henley says they were married in September, 1929. Henley, despite assertions by Mrs. Henley during the weeks preceding the trial, has made no statement other than to deny emphatically that he is married. Mrs. Henley to Rest Case Defense counsel also said they will bolster their case with the testimony of five members of ths national guard rifle team who are to testify that Henley was with them in the Ohio camp when the marriage is alleged to have been solemnized. Mrs. Henley was to rest her case early this afternoon. This morning Judge Arthur C. Van Duyn heard three witnesses corrobate much of the testimony Mrs. Henley gave Wednesday. She had told of the alleged romance, the marriage and charged Henley with beating her shortly after their marriage. Mrs. Henley said she was “starving to shower mother love on a child.” Struck Woman, Says Witness Charles Harbison, 509 Virginia avenue, former South Bend resident, testified today that Mrs. Henley offered to adopt a child in his home. Ne said Henley and his attorney, Garrett Olds, warned him not to become involved in “any scheme to blackmail Henley.” Mrs. Jessie Staggs, wife of a former apartment custodian, said Mrs. Henley lived in the building and she had seen Henley strike her. She said the Henleys were quarreling and that Mrs. Henley had followed Henley outside the apartment. She was clad only in a nightdress covered by a fur coat, Mrs. Staggs testified. “She seemed to be pleading with him.” she testified. “Then he whirled and struck her in the face. She became hysterical.” Discussed Marriage Plans Plans for the marriage were discussed by Henley several times, Mrs. Irene E. Burton, 2729 College avenue, sister of Mrs. Henley, testified. “Colonel Henley said he would arrange the details,” she testified. “This was a month before the wedding in Toledo. He said the marriage would take place either in Ohio or Detroit. “Shortly after the marriage he said they wouldn’t live in Indianapolis and then I overheard a phone conversation from Camp Perry in which Henley said my sister should ’get her things ready and they would be married in Toledo.’ W’arned Against Publicity “Two days after they returned from Toledo he told me to put the marriage certificate in the wall safe. Later he asked for it and I never saw it afte * that. He often said he wanted the marriage kept secret and at one time told Mrs. Henley to pack her furniture and they ‘would clear out jn ten days.’ ” Mrs. Burton said Henley mentioned possible jobs in Chicago and Detroit, but later said he had been offered the post of adjutant-general and warned there “should be no publicity.” Mrs. Burton said Henley paid the rent of Mrs. Henley’s apartment, although they maintained separate residences after the alleged marriage. She said that Mrs. Henley received an allowance of $l5O or S2OO a month from Henley, but, although he came to the apartment, Mrs. Henley always went to “elevated railroad tracks on the south side, where she met him, to get her allowance.” Show Marriage Records Included in evidence offered by Mrs. Henley's attorneys Wednesday were photostatic copies of the marriage records, affidavits of telegraph messages and other correspondence claimed to have been sent her by Henley. Included also was a deposition by Dr. Mary Carpenter, Detroit, friend of Mrs. Henley, which related that Dr. Carpenter was with Mrs. Henley and Colonel Henley the day of the alleged marriage. Dr. Carpenter's deposition also related that Manford Grant Henley was the same man who had called on Mrs. Henley when the latter was visiting the physician. Mrs. Henley is seeking S2OO a month support money and court costs which already approximate S7OO,

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ENGINEER KILLED IN HEAD-ON CRASH OF MONON TRAINS

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John W. Miller City Resident Dead; Three Other Men, Both Rail Employes, Hurt. By United Press MONTICELLO, Ind., March 19. Engineer George Marlowe, 55, 2860 North New Jersey street, Indianapolis, was killed and three other Indianapolis men were injured seriously early today when a Chicago- ! bound Monon passenger train was struck head-on by an Indianapolis- I bound double-header freight train at Guernsey, seven miles north of 1 Monticello. The fifty-six passengers escaped injury. Marlowe, engineer of the first freight engine, was crushed to death in his cab. His fireman, Grant Wilbank, 2631 Bellefontaine street, Indianapolis, escaped serious injury by jumping before the crash. John W. Miller, 50, of 2229 Ashland avenue, Indianapolis, passenger train engineer, sustained a broken left leg and a crushed right knee. His fireman, Art Robinson, 30, of 2352 Bellefontaine street, Indianapolis, was injured on the head and chest. The injured were taken to St. Elizabeth’s hospital, Lafayette, in ambulances from Monticello. Traveling at Slow Speed Marlowe, a bachelor, roomed at the home of Mrs. Ethel Moore, 2860 North New Jersey. A brother, Elmer Marlowe, engineer for the Monon on the southern division; two sisters, Mrs. Lucy Dyer and Mrs. Clay Downing, all of Lafayette, survive him. Marlowe had been employed by the Monon for twenty-five years. The crash occurred on the main line at 4:10 a. m. as the passenger train, having the right of way, was standing on the main track, wailing for the double-header freignt train to take the switch. Monon officials said Marlowe apparently misjudged his speed and was unable to halt his freight train in time to take the switch. The freight train was said to have been traveling only about ten or twelve miles an hour when it struck the passenger engine. Attempted to Leap Lack of prompt ambulance service forced both Miller and Robinson to lie on the ground at the scene of the crash for nearly two hours, according to brothers of Robinson who hurried to Lafayette when they learned of the accident, and returned to take Mrs Robinson to her husband’s side. Both men suffered so from exposure, the Robinson brothers said, that physicians were forced to use a number of hot water bottles to warm the injured men to a degree that surgery would be practicable. Robinson, his brothers said, attempted to leap .when he saw the oncoming freight woulu be unable to make the siding, but was hurled against the engine cab wall with such force that his left ear nearly was torn off by an iron plate and the entire lower side of his left jaw mangled. The Millers have two sons, Russell Miller, living in Broad Ripple, and Theron, living at home, and the Robinsons have one son, Bobby, aged 3. Officials asserted few if any of the fifty-six passengers on the ninecoach passenger train even were shaken by the impact, those in the rear coaches not knowing of the crash until later. Investigation Is Begun The line was cleared for traffic after being blocked about an hour | and a half. Although neither the passenger locomotive nor the first eng.ne of the * freight train was derailed, they were damaged badly and could not be used. With the second freight engine the freight train was moved to a siding and the same engine used to take the passenger train into Chicago. F. N. McCulloch. Chicago, was conductor on the passenger train and Barney McConahy, 3022 Bellefontaine street, Indianapolis, was freight train conductor. Investigation of the cause of the crash was begun immediately by E. F. Thompson of Lafayette, Morion northern division superintendent. The interstate public service commission and the Indiana public service commission were to be notified by railroad officials and were expected to conduct separate investigations. $344,000 for Road Paving By Times Special NEWCASTLE. Ind., March 19. Bids for paving twenty miles of road will be received April 7 by Henry county commissioner. The work is estimated to cost $344,000.

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JULIA LANDERS FORCES FIGHT Women Friends to Appear to Protest Abolishing Recreation Post. A delegation of women friends of Miss Julia Landers, whose post as assistant city recreation director recently was abolished by the park board, was expected to appear before the board this afternoon to protest tire board's action. A. C. Sallee, park superintendent, said he was informed that a delegation of community club and civic leaders would be preesnt to protest Miss Lander’s dismissal,-which followed resignation of David Kilgore, recreation director. Although Miss Landers, who visited recreation offices this morning, declared, “my friends will be there to talk for me,” several women club leaders, who were called by The Times, declared they had been asked by Miss Landers to appear, but did not know exactly what it was for. Mutilated Files, is Charge Since her dismissal, Miss Landers has issued a public statement denouncing several city officials wffio she said were active in the park board s action. She also is said t<s have visited recreation offices and mutilated recreation records. In regard to this Miss Landers said today, “I came and got my own card files of club leaders and did not take anything belonging to the department.” Among those expected at the protest meeting was Mrs. Wilbur John- i son, regent of the Caroline-Harri- j son Scott chapter of the D. A. R„ \ of which Miss Landers formerly | was regent. Mrs. Johnson declared this morning that “I am not certain whether I will keep the engagement and visit the park board or not. Other Delegation Expected “If I do, it will not be as an official of the D. A. R., but merely as an observer. I was informed by Miss Landers that her case was to be recited before the board.” Neither Mrs. Johnson nor Mrs. H. A. Bell, president of the Garfield Park Community Club, expressed any dissatisfaction with the board’s action. Mrs. Bell said that she “had been asked to attend, but I am afraid that I will not be able to, as I have i another meeting.” It was rumored at the city hall that a delegation supporting the | action of the park board in abolishing the office of assistant, recreation director also would attend the meeting.

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FOOD TAKEN | OVER ICE TO j VIKING CREW Dory Load With Supplies Dragged Four Miles From Rescue Ship. iDOCTOR REACHES INJURE Aid for Survivors of Ship Disaster Relieves Starvation Peril. BY JOHN T. MEANY. Initcd Tress Staff Correspondent i ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, March 19.—Food, medical supplies and a doctor reached the starving i and injured surviyors of the | wrecked sealing ship Viking today, ; after a tremendous battle with the ice that barred rescue ships from Horse island. The rescuers, spurred on by fran- : tic picas from the sufferers on the island, made a superhuman effort, and a party from the steamers Imogenc Beothic and Sagona dragged a dory loaded with supplies across the four miles of treacherous, broken ice to the island. Ships Arc Stranded Dr. Moore accompanied the relief party. Before they reached their destination they were met by men from the island, who had set out across the ice in a desperate attempt to reach the ships. The men from the island were supplied with food and continued to the Imogene, from which they will bn transferred later to the Sagona. The relief party pushed on to the island to aid those still remaining there. The Imogene is the nearest of the seven relief ships to the island. but it is four miles away and unable to force its way through the heavy ice. Both rescuers and survivors defied the increasing dangers of a snowstorm and a strong wind which blew cold from the northeast, in an effort to get food to the island where the natives as well as the wounded and exhausted seamen from the Viking were facing the threat of starvation. Find No More Survivors The ships, which previously had conducted a thorough search on the ice floes for survivors of the blast and fire which wrecked the fifty-year-old sealing vessel, failed in all efforts to reach the island Wednesday. All of the rescue ships reported that they had covered the entire area of the explosion and a surrounding region extending twenty miles from the point where wreckage of the Viking was found. They picked up two bodies, but did not find any other victims, dead or alive, after the first few hours in which several small groups reached safety on the island or were picked up. The messages said the captains of the ships agreed that there were no survivors left on the ice and that it was doubtful that there rere any bodies on the ice, whfch was being carried out to sea and breaking up. The number of missing continued uncertain, but was upward of twenty inasmuch as rechecks of the crew of the Viking Wednesday showed that there may have been 156 men on board. There were 127 known safe. Conditions were described as pitiful at Horse island, where news still was being sent out by Otis Bartlett, the youthful radio operator. Plane to Make Search By United Press BOSTON, March 19.—A huge sil-ver-winged Sikorsky gmphibian, with Brent Balchen and three aviator companions aboard, will start from Boston airport probably at 2 a. m. Friday and nose northward on an aerial search for those reported missing in the sealer Viking disaster. The 31-year-old Norwegian air ace, whose record sparkles with a polar flight, a trans-Atlantic hop, and two Arctic relief expeditions, rested today preparatory to the gruelling 1,000-mile cruise ahead. With Balchen will be F. Marion Cooper, directing the expedition; Roy Gates, a cameraman familiar with the territory to be searched; and Randy Enslow of Roosevelt Field, N. Y. The expedition was arranged by Dr. Lewis Frissell of New York, who hopes the fliers may find some trace of his Son, Varick, one of two Americans reported missing, and a score of others still unaccounted

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teams, days ahead of all comDetitors, At 8:45 Friday morning, WFBM w;U go on the air with its seventh annual Times broadcast of the tourney, Blythe and Tommy Hendricks alternating at the mike. Every detail of the big meet will go on the air for the thousands of fans who will be glued to their radio sets for the next two days. Many coaches, other celebrities in sports, and newspaper men. will chime in with short talks between running descriptions of the games. Statistics on the teams, last minute information on the tournament, all the color of the climaxing event of the cage season will be carried. If you can't get to the tournament just tune in at 8:45 Friday morning and The Times will bring every bit of action right into your living room. And don’t torget the big surprise party tonight at 7 o'clock.

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