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One of the May authors to be favored by having published a book of essays is J. B. Priestley. The bool: is “The Balconinny,” and the publisher is Harper <£t Brothers.

BY WALTER D. HICKMAN. WHAT do school children read? The Henry C. Frick educational commission started an investigation which answered that problem as far the Junior high school pupils of Pittsburgh, Pa., are concerned. The study lists forty-six books that had 19,163 endorsers in the eighteen high schools of Pittsburgh. It also Includes the record of the books that the seventh, eighth and ninth grades like and recommend to other children. This is made from 50,845 titles turned in by 5,510 pupils. The survey shows that some of the most read books by the pupils are “Treasure Island,’’ “Ivanhoe,” “Call of the Wild,” “Tom Sawyer,” “Little Women,” Lady of the Lake,” “Black Arrow,” Huckleberry Finn,” “Ramona,” “Kidnaped.” “Oliver Twist,” “Master Skylark,” Dr. Fu Manchu stories, “Little Men,” Tar2an series, “Wings,” “Ben Hur,” Last of the Mohicans,” "The Virginian,” “Dusty Star,” “Robin Hood” and others. a a a HAVE befora me a copy of “Flower in the Rain,” by Adelia Cobb Artman, published by Burton Publishing Company of Kansas City. It is a collection of poems, epigrams and monologues. Mrs. Artman is of Indianapolis and founder and life president of International Travel and Study Clubs. a a a WANT to know what they are reading in the east? Brentano lists the best six sellers in fiction for the past week as: “The Good Earth,” by Pearl S. Buck; “The Glass Key,” by Dashiel Hammett; “The Square Circle,” by Denis Mackall; “From Day to Day,” by Ferdynand Goetel; “Ambrose Holt and Family,” by Susan Glaspell, and “Flamenco,” by Lady Eleanor Smith. “Flamenco” is published by Bobbs Merrill. a a a A biography of Knute Rockne will be published on Aug. 10 by Macrae Smith Company. It will be illustrated and will sell for $2.50. The author Is Harry A. Stuhldreher, one of the famous “Four Horsemen of Notre Dame,” all-America quarterback and head coach of yillanova college. a a a E. P. Dutton & Cos. are just reissuing in Everyman’s Library one of the world's first mysteries, Ann Radcliffe's “Mysteries of Udolpho,” published in 1794. This book was first issued in the United States by E. P. Dutton & Cos. in 1885. a a a Houghton Mifflin Company announces for May publication “Eastward Ho!” by Foster Rhea Dulles, author of “The Old China Trade.” The new volume tells the story of the English merchant adventurers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, who penetrated Russia, Persia, India, China and Japan. a a a It also may be proper to mention that Erich Maria Remarque, author of “All Quiet” and “The Road Back,” may come to the United States soon for the filming of his latest novel, “Road Back,” will appear in book form, by the way, on May 11. a a a An interesting new book is “An American Procession: 1855-1914,” by William A. Croffut (Little, Brown & Cos., $3) It is a merrily written group of memoirs of a journalist who knew every one from P. T. Barnum to President Wilson. a a a One book which will appeal to the masses is Warwick Deeping's “The Bridge of Desire” (Robert Mcßride & Cos.. $2). Sex, says the author, is stronger than civilization, and sets out to prove it. a it a POWERFUL, dramatic, sensitive firm and sure. That describes Erich Maria Remarque’s new book, “The Road Back” (Little, Brown Si Cos., $2.50), just published. Remarque has surpassed everything in the war line and whether you think “The Road back” is a better book than “All Quiet,” depends on your tastes. At any rate, his latest has a wider vision and a fuller range of life than “All Quiet” and the young German proves himself a master craftsman. A. W. Wheen's translation is perfect. “The Road Back” is being published in twenty-five languages. You surely should add this to your collection. a a m The other excellent travel )-ook, “Green Hell,” by Julian Du Gold, mentioned in this column a few weeks ago, still is winning laairels. It’s a masterpiece-

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200,000 TONS OF STEEL TO BE REQUIRED Indiana Mills Expected to Receive Large Part of Orders. $113,000 IN PHONE JOB Improvements Being Made at Anderson by Indiana Bell Company. BY CHARLES C. STONE State Editor. The Times Brightest prospects in a year for the steel fabricating trade, was the most important development disclosed in a business and industrial survey of Indiana for the week ended today, as a large share of orders to be placed are expected to go to mills in the Calumet district. Forty projects are in immediate prospect in the Chicago district, for which 200,000 tons of steel will be required. These include the Chicago postoffice. Outside the district, work includes a bridge over the Mississippi river at New Orleans which will require 60,000 tons. Charles Nau, president of the United Boiler, Heating and Foundry Company of Hammond, announces it experienced a material increase in business during April, with the probability that May volume would be still greater. Phone Company Spends SIIB,OOO Improvements being made by the Indiana Bell Telephone Company at Anderson wall require an expenditure of SIIB,OOO. Plans are being made to rebuild the Shannon, Fast and Sowar business block at Brazil, practically destroyed by fire a few months ago. A start will be made soon on public construction work in Henry county entailing expenditure of nearly $500,000. Propects include two roads at a total cost of $290,000; three drains to cost $40,000, and an' addition to the Knightstown school to cost $75,000. Vacation Period Reduced Only one week’s vacation will be permitted at the Mishawaka Rubber and Woolen Manufacturing Company plant, although in past years two weeks have been given. The plant will be idle from July 4 to 11. Increases in tax collections and volume of mail handled at Evansville is declared by business leaders to show that the depression is lessening. Tax collections exceeded $2,500,000, an increase over last week. An addition is being built to the Kraft-Phenix cheese plant at Sullivan and the Mutual Truck plant is being remodeled. AWARD PAVING WORK Indiana Asphalt Company Wins Job on Bid of $49,105. Works board today awarded contract for widening and resurfacing of Forty-sixth street, between tlje Monon railway and Keystone avenue, to the Indiana Asphalt Company on a bid of $29,105. The board also approved widening of the west approach to the Emmerichsville bridge.

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Miss Jean West HAMILTON, 0., May 15—State colleges and universities today scanned the ruling of Judge .J. D. Barnes of Sidney, 0., pondering the possibility of an appeal to higher courts in the case of Miss Jean West, 19, who was granted an injunction preventing Miami university dismissing her because of scholastic standing. Miss West is the daughter of the Portsmouth, (O.) city plumbing inspector. Judge Barnes ruled the school had no authority to expell Miss West for failing to make specified grades, but could compel her to remain in the same grade until she qualified. ROBINSON is BETTER Improvement Noted in Condition of Marion County Treasurer. Improvement in the condition of Clyde E. Robinson, county treasurer, seriously ill for the last two weeks with heart ailipent, was reported today at the Methodist hospital. Gold Star Mother Injured By United Press CHERBOURGH, France, May 13. —Mrs. Jennie Randall, one of the American Gold Star mothers arriving today on the S. S. George Washington, broke her arm en route-across the Atlantic.

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Todays the Day for You to Start Drawing Straws

STRAWS today start to show which way the winds of fashion blow, for this is straw hat day. Since the prince of Wales, arbiter of men’s fashions, wore what the English like to call a “boater’’ with his dinner jacket during his recent South American tour, a vogue of this stiff straw sailor is expected for town wear. Those Sennet straw sailor shapes this year have shallower crowns, a brim two and one-fourth inches wide or even wider—and for evening wear, always sport a black band. By day, however, gay bands of color encircle these hats —an opportunity to display the colors of the clubs or lodges to which you belong. Light colors are preferred to dark browns and navy blues this year for bandings. For real summer weather, however, all bets are on panamas and leghorns. And while panamas show the preference for dead white, leghorns may be any color and get away with it. Blues, green, yellows and rust browns are in the offing, ’ just waiting to be worn. For the panamas, the Optimo is the preferred shape, against the skyline. This is a conservative plain round block, wtih a crease from front to back across the top. You can use a narrow band, if you are young and like it better. Or you can use a wide black banding if it is more to your taste. Both leghorns and panamas go in for shallower crowns this year, with brims wider than sennet straws. . Both snap their brims in quite collegiate manner. 'WORKING WIVES' WINNERS NAMES Prizes Awarded to Marion and Wilkinson Women* Two. state women were judged winners in The Times contest on Should a Wife Work? at the completion of the reading of more than three thousands letters today. Mrs. Dale Johns of Wilkinson, Ind., was awarded the $lO prize for the best affirmative letter. The best letter upholding the negative side was that submitted by Miss Mildred Bundy, 1837 Spencer avenue, Marion, ind. Out of the more than three thousand letters received, more than two-thirds were written in favor of the negative argument, with about equal numbers of men and women competing. Checks will be mailed to the winners.

Clubby Cub Calls at White House for Friendly Call, but ‘Herb’ Is So Busy.

By Scripps-Hmcard Newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, May 15—“A lion cub to see President Hoover.” “What’s that?” White House attaches peered dubiously at the visitors in the reception hall. They saw a husky lion cub, tawny, bewhiskered, standing there with his master. “The President is extremely busy,” explained a hesitant official, “and-er” . . . “M-mmrr-gnao!” growled the cub. “Excuse me,” said the attache. "I’m very busy.” Off he scurried, while master and lion sat down to wait. Other visitors arrived, cautiously eyed the cub, kept at safe distance. The cub, unconcerned, sulkily chewed a leather-backed chair, went to sleep under a table. On Jan. 6, said his master, the cub had seen the President. Now, after traveling 21,000 miles by air, he was back for another Hoover handshake. But President Hoover shied ... it looked like a publicity stunt. From under a White House table issued a curious sound. Waiting for Hoover, the blase cub had fallen asleep. “Arragh! Arr-a-gh!” he snored. ADVERTISERS LAUDED Must Step Out in Depression Periods, Executive Says. "Big business executives have come to the conclusion that the greatest advertising opportunities challenge busines interests today and the company that does not avail itself of the opportunity to create new markets and customers during periods of depression is bound to lose out when prosperity returns.” This was the message brought to the Indianapolis Advertising Club Thursday by Cy Norton, advertising manage rof the Strathmore Paper Company, of West Springfield, Mass.

DAVID BELASCO’S DEATH MOURNED THROUGHOUT REALM OF STAGE

NEW YORK, May 15—Passing of David Belasco, 76-vear-old miracle man of the American stage, was mourned today throughout the realm of the theater. The dean of producers died, not dramatically and in the throes of production as had been his life wish, but quietly in his four-room apartment at the Gladstone hotel late Thursday. Coronary embolism, a clot in one of the arteries near the heart' brought to an end a colorful career which had its beginning in a dingy San Francisco basement. Funeral services tentatively have been set for Sunday morning at the Central Synagogue here. The theatrical producer’s body will probably be placed in the family mausoleum at Linden Hills*

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The 1931 group of straw hats show a predominance of the Sennet straw (right) worn slightly atilt, the leghorn (left), which is more apt to be natural tone or some gay color than cream, and the Panama,

Toscanini Punched, Slapped for Refusing to Play Fascist Hymn

By. United Press BOLOGNA, Italy, May 15— Arturo Tcscianini, conductor of the New York Philharmonic Symphony orchestra, n'irsed slight bruises and injured feelings today, inflicted when he was punched and slapped by Fascist youths Thursday night. He was" attacked after refusing to open a concert by playing the royal anthem and the Fascist hymn. The disharmonious note came when Toscanini’s artistic temperament clashed with the patriotism of the Fascists. They slapped him, followed him to his hotel when he rushed out of the concert hall and demanded that he leave town. Toscanini was to conduct a concert in commemoration of the famous composer .and conductor, Giuseppe Martucci. Government officials, including Costanzo Ciano, minister of comunications, and Leandro Axpinati, undersecretary of interior, attended. The concert hall filled and the musicians took their places. Toscanini appeared and was about to open the concert when Fascists demanded that he play the royal anthem as Ciano entered the theater. "I came to conduct a concert,

SITE PUZZLES YALE Tap Day Tradition Upset by Campus Radical. By United Press NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 15. Various interpretations were placed today upon an incident which made what probably was the last Yale tap day a memorable one—the tapping of Richard Storrs Childs of Norfolk, Conn., and his acceptance. Childs, who became a minor hero among the radicals of the campus when he dared to attack the powerful senior societies in the Harkness Root, independent undergraduate periodical, accepted the tap of Scroll and Key—but he forced the “keys” man to come to his room to perform the traditional rite instead of accepting it among the milling juniors on the campus. Undergraduates held different opinions as to the significance of the incident. Seme believed Scroll and Key, reputed one of the highest and mightiest of the exclusive societies, had stooped to bid i nits critic. Others held Chlds’ flaming idealism had weakened under the spell of the secret society’s overture. ARRANGE FUNERAL RITES Mrs. George McNaugh to Be Buried on Sunday Afternoon. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at Flanner & Buchanan mortuary for Mrs. George McNaugh, 37, who died Thursday night at her residence, Tremont stop on the Rockville road. Before her marriage in 1913, Mrs. McNaugh was Miss Ruth Irene Stout. She was supervisor of the Indianapolis glove factory, where she was employed fourteen years.

L. 1., alongside that of his wife, who died in February, 1926. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Morris Gest, and three brothers. a a a DAVID BELASCCS career ended uphoH'ng a tradition which he follcv i throughout his dramatic life. The. curtain was descending on the matinee performance of his last Broadway success, “Tonight or Never,” at about the same time he was dying. But the show went on Thursday night just as Belasco would have wished it to. Just before last Christmas, Miss Helen Gahagan, star of ‘Tonight or Never,” lost her father, but she carried out a tradition of the theater and a Belasco rule, and never missed a performance. . Balaaco was born in a dark

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not to play anthems,” Toscanini snapped. Arpinati, learning that Toscanini was resolved not to play either the royal anthem or the Fascist hymn, "Giovienezza,” sought to dissuade him, a com-

ROADS OUTLINED TO DERBY RACE TRACK

Routes Described Through Indiana From Chicago and Other Cities* Paving operations on a number of state road projects continue with considerable speed despite some slowing up during the last week, due to rains, and at this time the highway department is occupied with paving more than 300 miles in addition to the construction of many , bridges, the weekly report of the i department states. Maintenance started this week on Road 14, an addition to the system connecting Ft. Wayne and the Ohio line, according to Director John J. Brown. Six miles of this new route is being paved by the department. The remainder was paved by Allen j county a few years ago. Visitors to the Kentucky Derby Saturday will find Indiana state roads in the b; : .st condition yet, officials say, as during the past veek special efforts have been made by maintenance forces to recondition berms, paint bridge end walls, freshen signs and care for every detail that will be of service to motorists drawn to the great racing event. Routes to Louisville through Indiana are as follows: Toledo, Via Hicksburg, O.—Over county paved road to Ft. Wayne, thence Routes 24 and 31 via Peru and Indianapolis, or Routes 24, 9, 67 and 31 via Huntington, Marion, Anderson and Indianapolis to Louisville. There are two bridges over the Ohio river entering Louisville, one on Road 31W at New Albany; and the other on Road 31E at Jeffersonville. Detroit—Use U. S. 112 to Coldwater, thence U. S. 27 to Ft. Wayne,

basement room in San Francisco about 1852—he never was quite sure of the date. He was the son of a Portuguese Jew, said to have been the first harlequin in London, and a gypsy mother, who was said to have been possessed of a supernatural insight into the human heart. He led a precarious life until he was old enough to attend Father Maguire's school. To this probably can be' attributed his penchant for wearing clerical collars and collecting crucifixes. tt a a BUT David tired of school after a little more than two years and ran away to join a circus. He soon was billed as a star, being the first child to leap through a flaming hoop while riding bareback in brilliant tights. His one regret in life was that

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munique issued by the prefectural authorities said in giving the official version of the incident. Toscanini replied that considerations of his artistic nature prevented his allowing the two anthems to be played. Arpinati then agreed that only the royal anthem should be played by the violinists alone. Toscanini refused. His refusal incensed the Fascists, who gathered' at a side entrance of the - theater and waited for Toscanini. When he appeared, his temperament ablaze, they asked him whether he. were going to play the royal anthem. "No,”. Toscanini replied curtly.. Those nearest him slapped the. conductor. He pushed his way through the crowd as Fascist youths punched at his fleeing form. The Fascists paraded to the hotel where Toscanini was staying. They gathered outside and_ sang their hymn. Subsequently, a local Fascist leader visited Toscanini at the hotel. He said while the Fascists appreciated Toscanini’s artistic work, they could not stand the I affront and requested that he ! leave town immediately.

then routes given for Toledo traffic, or route from Detroit via Toledo. Chicago—Use Routes 41 and 52 or 53 and 52 to Indianapolis thence U- S. 31 to Louisville, or Routes 41, 50 and 150 via Vincennes to Louisville. A short detour on U. S. 50 in Washington. St. Louis—Via Terre Haute and Vincennes over U. S. 41, 50 and 150 to Louisville GIVE WIDOW REWARD 'Two Gun’s’ Capture Fund to Victim’s Family, By United Press NEW YORK, May 15.—Two detectives who received a $2,500 reward for the capture of Francis (Two Gun) Crowley, have asked that the money be turned over to Mrs. Frederick Hirsch, whose policeman husband was slain by the gunman. Mrs. Hirsch, left nearly destitute with four young children, also will receive an additional SIBO, contributed by other persons. MAINTAIN WAGE SCALE San Francisco Conforms With Labor Policy on New Bridge. By United Press SAN FRANCISCO, May 15— Conforming with the policy of the American Federation of Labor, the San Francisco building trades unions and the directorship of-the Golden Gate bridge have decided that the current wage scale will be maintained on the $35,000,000 bridge project. The wage . scale runs from $5.50 to sll a day.

he had never saved, one of the glaring posters with his picture and hailing him as “Davido, the boy bareback rider.” But the circus stranded him in South America when he was taken ill, and a clown stayed with him, begging money to buy the" child food and medicine. Belasco’s father heard of David’s plight and brought him back to San Francisco. u a a THERE he went to school again, but not for long. The desire to be an actor was in his blood. Before he was 27 he had played in 200 parts. In “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” he rose from Topsy to Uncle Tom, and in “Romeo and Juliet” he played every part except;.-Juliet. Beiascos thunder, Belasco’s

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SEIZE PALACES OF EXILED KING Spanish Republic Moves to Sequester Estate. By United T Press MADRID, May 15.—Two palaces and an estate owned by former King Alfonso XIII were being seize! today as part of the republican government’s ’ program to sequester properties belonging to the exiled monarch. The minister of finance, Idalecio Prieto, ordered the seizure of the Magdalena palace at Santander, the Miramar palace at San Sebastian and the estate on the island of Cortejada, near Ponteverda, all owned by Alfonso as private possessions. Alfonso’s properties were estimated to be worth $10,000,000. The government took this drastic action following anti-religious riots earlier this week which, the authorities said,. were at least partially due to, the activities of Alfonso. The country remained calm today.

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The Langdons were acquitted of the theft charge last February. DEDICATION DATE SET Leslie, Sullivan to Speak at Rites for Thomas Taggart Memorial. Formal dedication of the Thomas Taggart memorial in Riverside park has been set for June 14 by the park board. It was decided by the board Thursday afternoon to ask Governor Harry G.' Leslie and Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan to speak at the dedication. The memorial was erected at a cost of $50,000, of which the city paid half. BANQUET TO BE HELD Annual Affair of Indiana Central Societies Set for Tonight. Annual banquet of the Zetagathean and Theacallosian literary societies of Indiana Central college will be held tonight at the SpinkArms. • Miss Genevieve Donaldson, a senior, is in charge of arrangements and is assisted by Misses Margaret Brocksmith, Lena Weller and Virgil Hague, Myron Lamm, Lester Hondericks and Homer Achor. Achor will serve as toastmaster.

rain, Belasco’s forest fires and Belasco’s oceans were so realistic when he was producing in San Francisco that his fame soon spread to New York. Daniel Frohman heard of him nearly fifty years age and made him a partner in the old Madison Square theater. Thus started a Broadway career that seemed to have no bounds. He continued to rise to fame despite*occasiona! setbacks, probbly staging more successes than any other man living. a a HE produced 400 plays and wrote 150 himself, many of which will go down into history. Among them were “The Heart of Maryland,” “Zaza ” “The Girl of the Golden West,” “The Return of Peter Grimm” and “The Music Master.” ** i

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LONG LIST OF j WAGE SLASHES lALARMSLABOR Drastic Action to Be Taken by Workers, President Green Asserts. 'PLEDGE IS VIOLATED’ Pay Is Reduced Sharply for Women, Weekly Report Shows. By United Press WASHINGTON. May. 15—President Hoover closely is following agitation concerning maintenance of existing wage scales and unemployment relief. Queries about the American Legion stand for anew industrial conference and the statement of William Gr.jen, president of the American Federation of Labor, threatening strikes to resist wage reductions, were met at the White House with the response: “Mr. Hoover is as interested in maintaining the American wage scale as any man alive.” By Scripps-Soicard Xeicspcper Alliance WASHINGTON, May 15.—Government figures made public today indicate that the American Federation of Labor, in demanding ‘•dras - tic action” to halt wage cuts, has ample reason for being alarmed at j the situation of the worker, j A long record of wags cuts proi posed or already effective is con- | tained in the latest weekly report of the labor department’s conciliation service. The women’s bureau of the department, checking only on women’s wages, finds them reduced sharply in the eastern- states. The conciliation service received reports last week of ten new strikes pending, and in the majority of these the issue was wage reduction. About 6,000 workers are involved in these controversies Longshoremen Face Cut Longshoremen in Duluth face a 15 per cent cut. The other reductions which may result in strikes affect textile mills at Allentown, Pa.; silk mills in Stroudsburg, Pa.; longshoremen of Superior, Wis., and miners of Princeton, Ind. Two other recent wage cuts have brought protests from the workers, but they have not reached the point of striking. There are bricklayers at Ft. Wayne, Mich., cut from $1 50 and hour to $1.25, and street railway workers In St. Louis cut 10 per cent. During the week the conciliation service adjusted four new strikes, three of them due to wage cuts. These three affected employes of a marble and tile company in Eronx, N. Y.; plumbers in Dayton, I 0., and machine men in New York. For the last two groups the settlement restored the old wage. Green Repeats Strike Threat Two wage disputes of longer standing were settled last week by the service, and in both cases the workers were promised a continuance of their former wages. These ; were painters at Paterson, N. J.. who had been cut from sl2 to $lO a day, and Philadelphia cabinet makers, who faced a 10 per cent clash. The women’s bureau, quoting figures of the New York state department of labor, reports that “wage levels for women workers have declined sharply.” Wsges for domestic workers have gone down more than others. Organized labor fully is prepared | to resort to strikes if necessary to i prevent depression of wage scales, j William Green, president of the ' merican Federation of Labor, has ! revealed. Labor Keeps Its Pact Amplifying the statement issued 1 Wednesday by the executive council of the federation, in which resort to strikes was hinted and several large companies were sharply criticised for wage cuts, Green said' “Because employers assured the President of the United States they would maintain wages, we feel there is a moral obligation on all employers to carry out that understanding.’* The labor federation repeatedly has maintained that it has done its I utmost to keep its part of the agreement, which was to forestall strikes as far as possible. No White House Comment There has been no White House comment on the implicit threat In the statements of the executive council and Green himself. According to federation figures, the 1921 depression was marked by 2,400 strikes. In the present emergency, admittedly more severe, there are not more than seventy labor disputes j now before the department of labor for arbitration, according to Hugh i L. Kerwin, director of conciliation. Os these disputes, he said, not more than 60 per cent were strikes. None of them are nation-wide or affect an entire industry. LEPROSY CONTAGION IS HELD OVERDRAWN ! Sanitary Precaution- Preventive, Says Mission Head. By Times Special MEMPHIS, May 15—All those stories about people planning to I make martyrs of themselves by go- ! ing to work in leprosariums are just ! “hysterical advertising,” according to one who ought to know. They are perfectly safe, according to W. M. Danner, general secretary of the American Mission to Lepers, who was a visitor here. “With proper sanitary care such as is taken with ail contagious diseases, there is no reason in the i world why any doctor or nurse j working in a leprosarium need ever contract leprosy,” said Danner.

and weight, which they said was caused when James F. Dickason had them arrested on charges of stealing awnings and lighting fixtures from a house they rented from him, Harry Langdon, screen comedian, and his wife had suits totaling $502,000 on file against Dickason today, charging false arrest and malicious prosecution.