Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 161, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 November 1931 — Page 2

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LIFE PRISONER LOSES ON PLEA FOR NEW TRIAL Tipton Judge Denies Petition of Elmer Hoover for Coram Nobis Writ. By Tim ft Special TIPTON. Ind., Nov. 14.—Elmer Hoover, life term convict in the Indiana state prison, has lost his fight to obtain anew trial by means of a writ of coram nobis. He was sentenced for criminal attack. Judge Glen Gifford of Tipton circuit court has denied Hoover’s petition for the writ, declaring there was a total lack of evidence to support the plea. The convict’s petition asserted he was led to enter a plea of guilty through a fear of mob violence instilled in him by officers following his arrest. Hoover also contended statements had been made which prevented him from obtaining a hearing before the prison board of pardons and paroles. However, Judge Gifford declared he had too much confidence in members of the board to believe they have been prejudiced against the prisoner. Counsel for the convict announced an appeal will be taken to the Indiana supreme court. Judge Gifford expressed opinion that the sentence imposed on Hoover was too serve, but that the court was powerless to remedy the situation. Hoover has served six years of his term. He was arrested March 3, 1925, and entered a plea of guilty at 8 a. m. the next day. ALLEGED COMPANION OF WOUNDED MAN HELD Another Serving Term and Two Others Are Fugitives. By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 14.—Suspected of being one of the four bandits who stole an automobile owned by Dr. B. A. King, Anderson, and participated in a series of filling station holdups in the vicinity of Lafayette, Peru, Logansport and Williamsport in May, George Martin, 30, is in custody here. Police say Martin and three companions, two of whom are fugitives, engaged in a running battle with hijackers and that Richard Mudd, Elwood, found on a road near Peru, was wounded by a bullet. Mudd was sentenced to the state reformatory after recovering from his wound. Dr. King’s automobile was found j at Peru, bullet riddled and the floor ; covered with blood. Martin was arrested at home of his father-in-law, Charles Hasty, north of Anderson. He denies complicity in the theft of the automobile and the robberies. He will be surrendered to Warren county authorities and prosecuted in connection with the holdup of a filling station near Williamsport. COMMUNION FOR CLUB Newman Members at Indiana University Will Attend. By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 14— The Newman Club will hold its annual fall communion breakfast Sunday morning for all Catholic students of Indiana university, with Paul H. Martin, editor of the Indiana Catholic, Indianapolis, as the principal speaker. The breakfast will be served at 8:45 and will be preceded by a communion mass at 8 at the local Catholic church with the Rev. Father Paul A. Deery, pastor, officiating. He also will speak at the breakfast. Charles Dant, Washington, will be toastmaster. Music for the communion mass w 11 be provided by the Newman Club choir under the direction of Miss Mary M, Woellerts of Elwood. Frosh Go Eugenie By Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Nov. 14. An Empress Eugenie style complex has extended to the freshman class at De Pauw university. Tradition demands that freshmen men wear caps, whose style changes little from year to year, but with the Empress Eugenie fad sweeping the female contingent off its feet, the men were not to be outdone. It started as a playful gesture, sophomores grabbing caps from the llfeads of the freshmen and ripping off the short bills. The freshmen, left with the skull shaped hat that was once a cap, proceeded to add feathers and to copy the style espoused by the empress. The interfraternity council has ruled that the freshmen can escape punishment as long as there is a bit of green showing in the new creation. Smiths Lead at De Pauw By Times Special GREENCASTLE. Ind., Nov. 14— The Smiths are in the majority on the De Pauw university campus, Greencastle, a check of anew student directory shows. There are thirty in an enrollment of 1,500 bearing that name. This is an increase over last year, when but seventeen were enrolled. The Williams family is next, with the Jones and Browns in a tie for third place. An old year book shows that there was once a Smith Club on the campus. Sales Prize Offered By Thucs Special GREENCASTLE. Ind.. Nov. 14— To stimulate sales of the Yellow Crab, humorous publication of De Pauw university, a silver loving cup will be presented to the sorority selling the most issues of the forthcoming number, to be known as the co-ed number. The magazine is published by the De Pauw chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalistic fraternity. Sheriffs to Be Invited By Times Special KOKOMO, Ind., Nov. 14.—The Indiana Sheriffs’ Association, which will open its 1931 convention in Pt. Wayne Tuesday, will be Invited to meet here in 1932, according to Sheriff Clifton Small of Howard county, eecretary of the association and a member of it legislative committee. Bey Saved From Death By Timet Special MUNCIE, Ind., Nov. 14.—Herman F. Wehlage, t. Is playing today after being near death. A Muncie (specialist removed a small whistle from the. boy’s lung,

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By Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Nov. 14— The speaker Sunday for the De Pauw university vesper service will be Vilhjalmur Stefansson, noted Arctic explorer. Although born of Icelandic parents In Canada, Stefansson has spent much of his life in America. He received his early education in North Dakota and lowa, later goiiv to Harvard. In 1906 he became a member of the Leffingwcll-Mikel-son expedition to the Arctic regions and in 1913 he began his third trip to that land of ice. He startled the world by announcing that he would subsist off the country in a region characterized as entirely absent of animal life. He stayed there for five years and was honored on his return by the whole world.

WHITE SLAVERY PLOT ALLEGED Two Williamsport Men Free on Bond. By Times Special WILLIAMSPORT, Ind., Nov. 14— Charles C. Rice and Ernest Miller, both of Williamsport, are under $4,000 bond each pending action by a federal grand jury on a charge of conspiring to violate the white slave act. It is alleged the men trapped a prominent Westville Gil.) woman in a hotel at Terre Haute and induced her to pay $2,000 to a supposed government investigator, under a promise that she would not be prosecuted. ESSAY CONTEST ON TAXATION IN INDIANA Everett Sanders Offers SIOO Prize at Indiana University. By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 14— To promote a wider interest in, and an understanding of the system of taxation in Indiana, Everett Sanders, graduate of the Indiana university and formerly secretary to President Coolidge, is offering for the third and last year a prize of SIOO to the undergraduate student of the university who writes the best essay on the general field of taxation in Indiana. Sanders first offered this prize in 1928, stipulating that SIOO was to be awarded three consecutive years unless the committee in charge saw fit to withhold the prize, owing to no worthy essay being submitted. This was done in 1929 and 1931, so that the third and last award will be made in 1932. "The classification of property as a remedy for the present tax situation in Indiana” is the subject for this year’s contest. The essays will be 10.000 words in length and must be submitted under a nom de : plume by May 1, according to Pro- ; lessor Frank G. Bates of the political science department and ; chairman of the committee. The award was won in 1928 by Wendell M. Adamson and in 1930 by Herman C. King. Debate on Radio By Times Special GREENCASTLE. Ind., Nov. 14. De Pauw university team will debate the Kent college of law over radio station WGN in Chicago Jan. 4, Professor Herold Ross announced. De Pauw will be represented by John Millett, Indianapolis, and William Spray, Lebanon. De Pauw will have the negative side of the question, resolved, “That the several states should adopt a uniform system of old age pensions.” The remainder of the debate schedule calls for Miami university, Nov. 24; Earlham college, Dec. 8; Indiana State Teachers college and Rose Polytechnic institute, Feb. 9; Manchester college, Feb. 21; Dayton university, Feb. 23; Goshen college and Franklin college. March 22; St. Mary’s college, April 12. ?,nd the University of Cincinnati, April 26. Potato Yields Checked By United Press FT. WAYNE, Ind., Nov. 14. W. B. Ward of the horticultural staff of Purdue university spent two days in Allen county checking results obtained by entrants in the 1400-Bushel Potato Club. William Lampe, a former champion, this j year raised 318 bushels an acre. Professor Writes Book By Times Spetial BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 14— “Philosophy and Modern Science” is the title ot anew book written by Professor Harold T. Davis of the Indiana university mathematics department, in which scientific achievement is traced from origin. The took was written for astronomers and physicists as well as for mathematicians.

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DATA REPORTED SENSATIONAL IN COUNTY INQUIRY Fountain Affair Subject of Investigation at Covington. By Times Special COVINGTON, Ind., Nov. 14— Evidence reported to be of a startling nature is being heard at a court of inquiry being conducted here by Justice of the Peace James A. Neal. Testimony thus far gathered is said to include the following: Although more than 2,000 tons of coal were sold at a mine operated by the county, only $45 found Its way into the county treasury. Wil. liam Suttles was in charge of the mine, receiving a salary of $6 a day. Another witness said that he received $2.50 a day pay from the county throughout a summer, presumably for road work, but in fact he spent practically all his time working on a farm owned by a county official. County records show, a third witness said, that he received a certain wage per day for his services, but that in reality was paid $2 a day less. Adams Clings to First Narrative of Dual Slaying By United Press FT. WAYNE, Ind., Nov. 14.—The state continued to batter today at George Adams’ story of the killing of John Wilson and Walter Gilbert, prohibition agents. Two and one-half hours of crossexamination failed to shake the testimony Adams gave, the first time he had related the details of the fatal shooting on the Huntington road July 22. Adams clung tenaciously to his contention that he did not reach for his revolver until two shots had been fired at him, one of them striking him in the neck. He held firmly to his statement that, after being shot, everything “went black,” and that he did not recall firing at the agents. The state managed to draw from Adams an admission that he was aware that neither Wilson nor Oliver Gettle, also a dry agent, were armed. He denied, however, that he saw a badge on either of the men, Mrs. Adams, who fainted in the courtroom Friday while her husband was on the witness stand, is expected to testify today after crossexamination of Adams is completed this morning. The defense is expected to rest its case this afternoon, after which court will be adjourned until Monday. Three hours will be allotted each side for final arguments. The case probably will go to the jury late Monday. NOTED ARTISTS BOOKED Three Programs to Be Given Next Month at Bloomington. By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 14— Indiana university students, faculty members, and townspeople will be provided an opportunity to hear three world-famous dramatic and musical organizations during December, according to Dean B. Winfred Merrill of the university music school. The first concert will be Dec. 4, and by the English singers, a sextet now on its sixth American tour. De Wolf Hopper, greatest of American comedians, and his players and singers will give a concertrevue program Dec. 10. The famous Abbey players from the Abbey theater in London will present three plays, Dec. 16 and 17. Ignace Jan Paderewski, pianist and composer, will appear March 16. New Homes for Sororities By Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Nov. 14— Two De Pauw university sororities will occupy new houses within the next year. Anew home for Delta Zeta will be ready for occupancy by the second semester, and Alpha Phi has announced plans for • anew house, construction to start in February and to be completed by September. The Delta Zeta house is erected of brick in Georgian colonial style, both in exterior and interior. De Pauw Athlete Weds By Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Nov. 14— Ray Ragsdale, outstanding De Pauw athlete who was graduated in June, was married to Miss Eleanor Mahon, Mt. Carmel, 111., an announce- ! ment received here states. Ragsdale, whose home is in Washington, ;is now a student in Boston uniS versity, where he i§ preparing for the ministry. The bride is a mem--1 ber of the De Pauw chapter of 1 Alpha Gamma Delta and the groom lof Commons Club. Ragsdale distinguished himself in football and basketball, rating all-state mention in both. Former Resident Dies | By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 14.—Joe Malcolmson, 46, resident of Ander- | son until a few years ago is dead at Sharon, Pa. He was an executive in the Sharon plant of the Amer- | ican Steel and Wire Company. He j leaves his widow and two children.

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FAITH IN BANKS URGED Governor Leslie, Pleads for Confidence in Address at Ft. Wayne. By United Press FT. WAYNE, Ind., Nov. 14— Greater public confidence in banks was urged by Governor Harry G. Leslie in an address before the Guest Club here. F.e attributed much of the present economic uneasiness to withdrawals by persons who had lost faith in banking institutions. “Indiana has some of the best banking officials in the country,” Leslie said, “and its banks are safe.”

COLLEGES WILL GIVE PROGRAMS Broadcasts Tonight Part of Nation-Wide Effort., By Times Special VALPARAISO, Ind., Nov. 14—Dr. O. H. Pannkoke of Vaparaiso university, chairman of the Indiana college committee, a part of a na-tion-wide organization conducting a campaign to better acquaint the public higher education, announces Hoosier colleges will be the topic of radio programs this evening, including one from WGN, Chicago. J. C. Baur, vice-president of Valparaiso university, and a group of student singers will be heard from WGN from 8:30 to 9 p. m. President W. S. Athearn of Butler university wil speak from Indianapolis stations WKBF from 7:30 to 8, and WFBM from 8:30 to 9. George H. Batt of Earlham college will be heard from WKBZ, Connersville, from 8:30 to 9. President Earl E. Harper of Evansville college and Representative J. W. Boehne Jr. will be heard from an Evansville station. In furtherance of the campaign, various churches will set aside a special day for colleges, either Sunday or Nov. 15. Letter Men Organize By Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Nov. 14— A “D” association has been formed on the De Pauw university campus after an absence of several years. This organization is made up of all athletes who have won the varsity letter in a major sport. Rex Moffett, Indianapolis, brother of Coach D. C. Moffett, is president; Derrill Copeland, Indianapolis, secretary, and Farrington Bridwell, Indianapolis, treasurer. The association will have charge of all concessions and programs for athletic events. About thirty men have earned the varsity award and are on the campus this year. Former Cashier Held By United Press KENTLAND, Ind., Nov. 14.—John B. Lyons Jr., cashier of the defunct State Bank of Brook, when it closed in December, is at liberty under $5,000 bond today, after being indicted by a Newton county grand jury at Kentland on charges of embezzlement and larceny. It is charged specifically that Lyons stole SIO,OOO in Liberty bonds belonging to Hannah Dixon. The bonds were in the bank for safe keeping. Suspects Not Identified By United Press LAPORTE, Ind., Nov. 14—Witnesses to the $25,000 robbery of the Kendallville Citizens National bank ; Oct. 16 failed to identify three suspects arrested here as th- bandits. ; The bandits used license plates j stolen here on their automobile.

Proposal Follows Disturbed Condition in Relief at South Bend. By Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 14— The organization for social service here, which is nearing the end of its most turbulent year, will emerge in 1932 completely reorganized and with anew name, E. J. Becker, a members of the committee of 100, announced following a survey of conditions. The new organization, it was intimated, will be the committee of 100. The present Community Fund, Inc., will be scrapped, along with practically all of the mechanism developed over a period of years for the collection of funds to operate charity and social agencies here. Becker’s statement came on the heels of two weeks of strife. The resignation of Miss Alice Waldo, Central service agency head, because she refused to “operate a credit bureau for the medical profession”; an open rift between grocers and bakers and the committee of 100 over a plan to distribute bread from house to house to aid unemployed, and a demand of the St. Joseph County Medical Society for a free system of charity cases, all contributed to a steadily widening breach in the organization. In place of the present system, Becker proposes a plan calling for a form of taxation to be levied against all employes and employers in the city to raise twice as much money as the social budgets needed so that there will be a balance to be invested as an endowment fund and to build up a strong reserve. SPORTSMEN ORGANIZE Club Proposes Eel River Game Preserve and Fish Hatchery. Eel River Sportsmen’s Club, purpose of which is to establish a game preserve and fish hatchery after Eel river is dammed and a lake created in Owen and Putnam counties, has been organized, it was announced today. Incorporators are Charles E. Carr, C. Garrison Winders, Howard M. Mayer and Lee C. Emmelman, all of Indianapolis. Membership is open to property owners in the Eel river vicinity. Band to Make Trip By Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Nov. 14. The De Pauw university band, reorganized this year after an absence of two years, will accompany the football team to Crawfordsville when De Pauw plays Wabash college in its traditional tilt. Funds were made available for the trip by alumni who were on the campus for home-coming. The band is equipped with R. O. T. C. uniforms over which is worn a gold and black cape. Abbreviation Opposed By Times Special MT. VERNON, Ind., Nov. 14— Postmaster Philip E. Bowe urges that the name of this city be written in full on all mail matter. He I says the abbreviation “Mt.” and | that of “Nt.,” in writing North | Vernon is causing confusion in distributing mail. A “Spell Mount Vernon in full’’ campaign has been j started by the local Kiwanis Club.

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SUIT URGED IN BANK CASE TO ask aooo,ooo Court Order Sought to Compel Action by Receiver at Hammond. By Times Special HAMMOND, Ind., Nov. 14.—A petition asking that a $3,000,000 damage suit be filed immediately against officers and directors of the closed First Trust and Savings bank of this city is on file in Hammond superior court. The suit was filed by Attorney Merritt Metz, who is responsible for considerable other litigation involving the bank. Metz is counsel for Otis B. Duckworth and Frank Seliger, who are asking ousting of joint receivers of the bank, A. Murray Turner and W. C. Belman. 1 The latest suit asks that the $3,000,000 case be filed by the receivers, charging they have so far failed in their duty to take such action. Turner, it is alleged, in recent months has transferred his title to real estate in order to defeat any judgment that may be returned against him. Anderson's New Bank Will Open Doors Next Week By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 14.—The Citizens Banking Company will open next week, probably Tuesday, as successor to the Citizens bank which was closed Oct. 31 by voluntary action of its directors. It has since been in the hands of the state banking department. Practically all sotckholders of the closed bank have subscribed for stock in the new bank. The total was boosted $92,100 by investors in the new bank by persons who were previously not owners of stock. This additional capital was obtained in a campaign conducted by eighty voluntary workers. “It was a splendid showing of community spirit,” Neel M. McCullough, president of the Citizens bank said. He will be president of the new bank which wjll become liqiudating agent for the closed institution. Os the $600,000 subscribed, $40,000 will be in capital stock and there will be a reserve fund of $200,000. Affairs of the Citizens bank were placed in the hands of the state department following continued withdrawals by depositors, blamed on deceptive rumors. temperanceTeader DIES AT BLOOMINGTON Mrs. Lena A. Beck, Former President of Indiana W. C. T. U. By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 14— Funeral services will be held Monday for Mrs. Lena Adams Beck, widow of James K. Beck, a former president of the Indiana Women’s Christian Temperance Union, who died Friday after a long illness. Mrs. Beck was a pioneer leader in the temperance movement, having been active in the work of the Crusaders, an organization from which the W. C. T. U. grew. She was one of a group of women who many years ago urged Bloomington saloon keepers to quit the business, and was among those who prayed in front of saloons. “Some of the saloon keepers did give up their business,” Mrs. Beck recalled, “and I must remember to say that they were courteous when the women talked to them.” Mrs. Beck was a graduate of Indiana university, and one of the founders of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. Fraternity Hears Councilor By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 14— Members of the Indiana university chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, national professional journalistic fraternity, were addressed by John E. Stempel, copy editor of the New York Sun and national executive councilor of the fraternity. Stempel is a graduate of Indiana university and is a spn of Professor and Mrs. Guido H. Stempel of the faculty. He stopped here en route to the national convention of Sigma Delta Chi to open Monday at Minneapolis, Minn.

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By Times Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., Nov. 14— This city was the scene ot the start of the career of Mrs. Winifred Sackville Stoner, educator, who died this week in New York. She leaves a daughter. Mrs. Earl Winston Harrison, the former Winifred Sackville Stoner Jr., who as a child was acclaimed a prodigy. The husband and father, Dr. James B. Stoner, formerly connected with the United States health service, died six years ago.

CHARITY’S HAND WILL BE TIGHT Undesirable Transients Must Leave Ft. Wayne. By Times Special FT. WAYNE, Ind., Nov. 14.—This city oversubscribed its fund for relief of the unemployed, but a policy of “relief for Ft. Wayne residents only,” will be followed, it is announced by the city’s federated relief agencies and the Allen county unemployment aid committee. Michael W. Laughlin, police chief, announces that officers have been instructed to rid the city of transients deemed undesirable who are expected to flock here due to the liberal response to the fund plea. Judge, Bert A. Fagan of city court has promised he will deal severely with persons brought before him who are professional recipients of charity. SLAYER JENTIFIED Second Bandit Confesses to Princeton Crime. By Times Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., Nov. 14. Identified as one of two bandits who killed Harvey McGarrah, 62, during a holdup in his restaurant at Princeton, William Wedding, 20, is in a hospital here suffering from a bullet wound, and the other bandit, William A. Phelps, has confessed, police announce. Wedding’s left leg was shattered by a bullet fired by Detective Homer Ashworth as he attempted to shoot his way out of a police trap here Friday, a few hours after the slaying and robbery. A watch, which formed part of the loot, was found in his possession. BUS COMPANY IS SUED Ejected Woman Demands Damages of $5,000. By United Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 14— Alleged negligence of a ticket agent here has resulted in a $5,000 damage suit against the Greyhound Lines, Inc., a bus company. Mrs. Winnie Story, who filed the suit, alleges that she was inconvenienced and her health injured when she was ejected from a bus by a driver at Brazil, after he learned she had only a half-fare ticket for her small niece. The suit charges that Mrs. Story was forced to walk sixteen miles to Terre Haute in rain and that when she arrived the full fare ticket she had purchased was hanging on e hook in the agent’s office, where the agent allegedly carelessly placed it.

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POLICE ACCUSED OF CONNECTION WITHGARY VICE Justice of Peace Talks as He Surrenders in Impersonation Case. By Times Special CROWN POINT, Ind., Nov. 14. B. J. Laube, Gary justice of the peace and his special constable. Edward N. Tlemann, are each under $5,000 bond pending trial here on charges of impersonating an officer Both surrendered on learning warrants had been issued. Laube charged that he had been accused as a result of a connection between Gary police assigned to vice work and the underworld of that city. William Smurdon, another special constable for Laube, and also facing an impersonation charge, has not yet surrendered. Laube declares vice raids he ordered and which were conducted by the two constables resulted in filing of the charges. He alleges the case was "hatched” in the detective bureau of the Gary police department, An action to oust Laube from office. filed by Robert G. Estill, Lake county prosecutor, is pending. Special Judge Albeit B. Chipman will render a decision in the case about Dec. 1. LAND NECESSARY FOR WATERWAY SUCCESS Efforts Planned to Obtain Deed* Before Congress Opens. By Times Special HAMMOND, Ind., Nov. 14. The future of the proposed $75,000,000 governmental waterway project in the Calumet district of Indiana and Illinois hinges upon the success of the Grand Calumet River Improvement Association in acquiring deeds for sufficient land along the stream, to deepen, widen and straighten it, members of the association assert. Solicitors are attempting to obtain fifty-two deeds in Hammond, fourteen in East Chicago. It is proposed to widen the river 200 feet at the bottom and 3,000 feet at the top. Thus considerable land would be required for the new width and also for straightening, which is necessary so that barges may travel without difficulty. It is hoped that the deeds will be obtained before congress convenes next month. They will be presented to the rivers and harbors committee of the house, together with physical and economical surveys of the project. WORK TO PRECEDE AID Rule Adopted for Charity Seekers at Mt. Vernon. By United Press MT. VERNON, Ind., Nov. 14. Applicants to the Associated Charities will be required to aid in a community project before they receive food and clothing, it is announced by directors of the charities. Workers will aid in clearing Mill creek and will be paid at the rate of 25 cents an hour. A public wood lot has been provided where needy may obtain wood, but must cut it themselves. Employed persons have been asked to donate a half day’s salary each month to finance relief projects. $40,000 to Aid Jobless By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 14.—A campaign inaugurated by the Central Relief Bureau has set a quota of $40,000 to aid unemployed in Anderson during the winter months. The organization will find work for jobless wherever possible. Similar arrangements a year ago did much to relieve distress.

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