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STATE RESTS CASE AGAINST HONOR KILLER Defense Summation Brings Tears to Allen Murder Jurors’ Eyes. ROSE SNUBBED BY DEBS Slain Man’s Brutality to Her Father Charged by Attorney. BY PAUL COMLY FRENCH United Press Staff Correspondent NORRISTOWN, Pa., Feb. s.—Eddie Allen’s two-point defense, maintaining that he killed Francis A. Donaldson 111, his sister's lover, to vindicate her honor and to protect himself and his feeble father from Violence, got under way today after the state had sested its case against him. His counsel, William T. Connor, emotionally summed up his defense, sparing neither the reputation of the beautiful 19-year-old debutante, Rose Allen, nor the memory of her suitor. He brought many members of the jury to tears. Rose sat quietly, serene as Connor's sonorous voice rolled on. To nil appearances, she did not hear him. Eddie sat at the counsel table, holding his hands together In his lap, squirming and twisting. Horace Allen, the father, was ►lumped over, obviously tortured by the recitation. He was prepared to add to Rose’s shame in order to defend Eddie. He awaited a call to describe the alleged dishonoring of his daughter by Donaldson that preceded the slaying. Tells of Discovery Connor told of Eddie pleading with his sister after he learned that the elder Allen found Donaldson in her bedroom late at night. She had slapped her father’s face, and, according to Connor’s story, Donaldson had pushed the father into his own bedroom and shoved him over a bed. Eddie told Rose it would have to stop. “Who do you think you are, God Almighty?” Connor quoted Rose. “I’m god enough to protect my father,” Eddie replied. “We won’t have him long." As Connor talked, there was an uneasy stirring among the spectators, made u*. largely of members of Philadelphia exclusive society, cronies and friei. sos the Allens and the Donaldsons, "he debutantes who snubbed Rose > ..en she entered the courtroom this morning, listened breathlessly. Puts Arm Around Eddie Connor raced over and threw a protective arm around the shoulders of his client. He shouted: “And this poor boy, with his mother dead, his father rapidly becoming a nervous, broken old man, his sister betrayed and his own life in peril at the hands of this vicious amateur boxer, was confronted on the night of the tragedy by Donaldson and Lucas. “They had forced their way into the apartment, into this man's home, where he but sought to have peace and calmness for the reclining years of his aged father's life.” At this point Rose buried her face in her hands. The elder Allen looked up for a moment. His face glistened wetly with tears. Throughout the courtroom women were sobbing. Judge Harold G. Knight hastily recessed court and left for his chamber, his head bowed. Rose's betrayal was placed in the records of the court yesterday over the strenuous opposition of District Attorney Stewart Nase by Detective Captain I. L. Mullin of the lower Merion township police. He read Eddie’s signed statement given shortly after the shooting. Policeman Reads Statement Rose, a lone figure seated near the wall in the court room, lowered her eyes toward the floor as Mullin, in a lifeless monotone, revealed her betrayal. Allen sat with head bowed in his hands. As Mullin droned on. the effort of police to gain an admission from Eddie that he had gone after tne gun on the night of the slaying to kill Donaldson was revealed. But not once, Captain Mullin admitted under examination by Nase, did Allen tell them he had any idea of killing the betrayer of his younger sister. “I didn’t think of that,” Eddie told police, according to Mullin. “I only wanted a weapon to scare Skinny (Donaldson) and Gal (Albert G. H. Lucas), friend of Donaldson, who accompanied the dead social registerite to the Allen apartment, his statement said. M-2 DEAD ARE HONORED Buglers Sound Last Post Call at Plymouth Sendees. By United Brett PLYMOUTH, England, Feb. 5. Buglers sounded the last post call at the conclusion of church services here today for the sixty men lost aboard the submarine M-2. Naval and air force officers, civic officials and representatives of all warships in port attended. All flags in the city and at the dockyard were at half-staff mast. An impressive memorial service was held at Portsmouth in the dockyard church known as the “Cathedral.” Numerous weeping widows, orphans and relatives of the lost men were present. Representatives of all the fighting service* attended.

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Thinks First of Wife as He Triumphs Over Death

THIS is a story of the accompanying photograph and how it is acting as ambassador of mercy for a man who lives despite three lead slugs in his brain. The photo is a greeting of hope and a caress from a husband to a wife as he wins a battle against death. It is the only means whereby J. R. Gardner, 3236 North Illinois street, the man in the photo, can visit his invalid wife at his North Illinois street home. Physicians today forecast that Gardner, despite three bullet slugs in his brain, will get well. Gardner, former state highway purchasing agent, was shot and dangerously wounded in battling with a hitch-hiking bandit on Jan. 28 at Seventy-first street and Keystone avenue.

nr it . ———l for his assailant, Gardner’s sole Jr ' aim at the city hospital is to re--2 cover so he can return to the jr bedside of his sick wife. It is this desire that results in jjjjmjMr' “A/'OU sce rny has been ill I When I was shot she wwr couldn’t comp to see me." he said jL A ' ' jP* today. “So I'd appreciate it if jK 'mimm y° u ’ and take her a copy of the “Os course I’ve a telephone by fp % ' m y bed and, Thursday, I talked i to her for the first time since my ; V "" illness, but I want her to see me % and the photograph is the only way.” / ml Two copies of the above photograph today are in the sickroom of Mrs. Gardner. „ 4> / ' •V ' ... X J, R. Gardner, living despite three bullet slugs in his brain, is shown in his city hospital bed, attended by his nurse, Miss Doris Aufderheid.

MELLON CHOICE UP TO SENATE Confirmation Is Assured, Watson Tells Hoover. By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. s.—President Hoover today sent to the senate the nomination of Andrew W. Mellon to be ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Great Britain. The nomination was dispatched from the White House with a group of other nominees for United States attorneys and marshals. Earlier in the day the President had received assurances from Republican Floor Leader Watson of the senate that the nomination would be confirmed. Watson said he had canvassed senate sentiment and found little opposition to the transfer of the secretary of the treasury to the court of St. James. As soon as Mellon's nomination is confirmed, Hoover will send to the Capitol the nomination of Ogden L. Mills to be his successor in the treasury post. The procedure is necessary to assure a continuous service of a secretary of treasury. Mellon will not relinquish his present post officially until confirmation is accomplished. Suez Canal Hero Is Dead By United Press TOULOUSE France, Feb. 5. —Ago Petros Ellour, the Turk who saved the Suez canal for the allies in the World war, died here today of cerebral hemorrhage. He was retired to wealth in a luxurious castle by England and France after he had led Syrian bands which defeated the Turko-German maneuver to cut the canal.

Starting on The Times c ' Vri, ’ s l the story of how she be--1,1 came u the sweetheart of the A. E. F how she lived k 0 years A brilliant enter- er mo^er •••• tainer on the and then mairied a ijoung stage, and on man of 26. paper, Miss Janis has things to say about herself that are at once witty, gay and searching.

And today, as search continues for his assailant, Gardner’s sole aim at the city hospital is to recover so he can return to the bedside of his sick wife. It is this desire that results in the abeve photo. a n YOU see my wife has been ill. When I w r as shot she couldn’t come to see me,” he said today. “So I’d appreciate it if you’d take her a copy of the photo you’re taking. “Os course I’ve a telephone by my bed and, Thursday, I talked to her for the first time since my illness, but I want her to see me and the photograph is the only way.” Two copies of the above photograph today are in the sickroom of Mrs. Gardner.

The Big Ham! By United Press CHICAGO, Feb. s.—John Blanchard liked ham and eggs at 3 a. m. so his wife got a divorce. In winning her decree she testified her husband came home nearly every night at 3 a. m. and made her get up and cook him some bam and eggs.

1,200 TOJSET JOBS Beech Grove Big 4 Shops to Resume Operations. Twelve hundred men will go back to work in the locomotive shops of the Big Four railroad at Beech Grove on Feb. 15, it has been announced by D. J. Mullen, superintendent of motive power. The 1,200 comprise the full force of the locomotive shops, and no additional help will be needed, Mullen said. The shops service the midwestern motive power department of the New York Central lines. Resumption of activities will mark the first activity in the Beech Grove plant since the five-day temporary work period last December. Regular schedule has not been followed in the plant since last November. The date for the resuming of work in the car repair and building shops has not been definitely decided, J. A. Brossart, superintendent of rolling stock, declared. He said some of the departments may resume work by March 1. Mine Operator Killed SULLIVAN, Ind., Feb. s.—Pleasant Jones, 67, Dugger business man, died in a hospital here of injuries suffered in a mine he operated near Dugger. A mine cage in which he was riding fell fifty-five feet.

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RELIEF BILL SUBSTITUTE TO MEET DEFEAT Effort to Sidetrack Plan of La Follette and’ Costigan Appears Failure. PUZZLE TO DEMOCRATS Issue W'll Be Put Squarely v Up to Party, Without Chance to Dodge. BY RUTH FINNEY Times Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Feb. s.—The barrier which senate Democrats have attempted to erect between themselves and a vote on the La Follette hunger relief bill was crumbling slowly today. The Black-Walsh-Bulkley substitute measure, which Democartic Leader Joseph Robinson and others in his party hoped would stand between them and the issue of direct help for the hungry has gained few friends in the two days it has been before the senate. Today it was under heavy fire from senate liberals, who charge that the money it provides for road building would do little or nothing for immediate relief of suffering, and that the “loan” provision it attaches to the rest would prevent most states from benefiting under it. Defeat Is Forecast Senator Tydings of Maryland further complicated the situation Thursday by offering amendments which would require Governors to summon their legislatures and get consent from them to ask for loans, and also would provide for withholding future federal grants from states failing to repay money “borrowed” from the federal government inside of three years. The substitute measure will, according to present indications, be defeated by a combination of Republican conservatives and liberals of both parties. If this takes place, the La Follette-Costigan bill will have a chance of final success, with responsibility resting squarely upon the Democratic party. The result, however, is doubtful, for the roll call presents a serious problem to individual Democrats in the senate. In voting, they must choose between the needs of their people at home, and the displeasure of Senator Robinson, their leader. Labor Backs Measure Meanwhile, organized labor is preparing an impressive appeal to congress in behalf of the La Fol-lette-Costigan bill. More than a hundred international presidents of the American Federation of Labor are on their way to Washington, and on Monday or Tuesday they plan to march to the capital and ask senators and leaders of the house to enact the hunger relief bill into law. They will march also to the White House and present their plea to President Hoover. Senator Costigan today continued the address in behalf of his measure, which already has consumed two full legislative days. Neither Republicans nor Democrats have challenged the proof offered by him and by La Follette that relief is needed imperatively. On the contrary, the Democratic substitute measure specifically recognizes this need. Costigan Cites Needs Marshaling his arguments for federal relief instead of the local aid which letters from city officials showed to be no longer adequate, Costigan pointed out that only by federal action can the burden or relief be kept from falling most heavily on the already burdened farmer, that city, county or state taxes for relief levied in the midwest would apply directly to farm property, while federal relief would come from income and corporation taxes or other revenues to be aid this winter. Western senators listened to this argument with apparent interest. JOHN D. STILL INDOORS Oil King Completes Full Week of Absence From Golf. BH United Press ORMOND BEACH, Fla., Feb. 5. John D. Rockefeller today completed a full week’s absence from his favorite game of golf because of illness which has kept him house-bound at his winter home. Since an official announcement three days ago that Rockefeller was suffering from a cold but was not in serious condition, no further authoritative word has been forthcoming. Persons visiting his home on business reported they had not seen the 92-year-old financier, and expressed the belief he was confined to his room, carefully conserving his strength. CLOSED BANK REOPENED Other Kosciusko County Institutions to Resume Saturday. Bn United Press WARSAW, Ind., Feb. s.—The Farmers State Bank of North Webster, one of ten Kosciusko county banks closed last week to restrict withdrawals, reopened today. Banking officials announced that the other banks would reopen Saturday. They include: Indiana State Bank and Trust Company, Pierceton; Lake City Bank, Warsaw; Syracuse State bank. Syracuse, and the Atwood bank. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 25 10 a- m 31 7 a. m 25 11 a. m 33 Ba. m..... 26 12 inoon).. 36 9a. m,.... 38 1 Cm..... 39

Japan Rushes New Army to Shanghai; Foe Plane Is Shot Down by Chinese

Wily Willie Bn United Press PARK RAPIDS, Minn., Feb. 5.—A local restaurant owner today wished he could return a S2O bill to a vagrant who begged a meal from him. The hobo pulled a S2O bill from his pocket while taking out a match. The proprietor saw the money and grabbed it. “Say, this was supposed to be a free meal,” the hobo protested. “That’s all right, buddy,” the proprietor said, “I’ll just make change for this bill.” “Remember, I didn’t ask you to,” the tramp warned, as he left with $19.65 change. At the bank the restaurant owner learned the bill was counterfeit.

FIND 8 DEAD IN PLANE WRECK Bodies Crushed, Charred in Terrific Crash. • By United Press LOS ANGELES, Feb. s.—Just a week after a Century-Pacific air liner crashed in the blizzard-swept Tehachapi mountains, bodies of the eight victims, crushed and charred, were to be brought to Bakersfield today. Six days of search revealed the twisted skeleton of the plane on a 2,000-foot hillside four miles west of Ft. Tejon, not far from Lebac. Paul Appadeca, Indian range rider, found the wreckage. The plane had struck with terrific force. Pilot J. V. Sandblom had had no time to switch off the ignition. Cascading gasoline from the wreck fired, incinerating the eight occupants. Sandblom’s body was crushed under the three great motors. Six other bodies were massed at the front of the plane. Only one, that of Mrs. F. H. Fickeisen, San Diego, had been thrown clear. Appadeca sighted the wreckage, turned and mushed through the snow toward Ft. Tejon. “1 didn’t want to see the dead,” he said. He met four fish and game deputies and led them to the wreck. DREYFUSS SUCCUMBS Pittsburgh Baseball Owner Dies in New York. By United Press NEW YORK, Feb. s.—Barney Dreyfuss, 67, owner of the Pittsburgh baseball club and dean of National League magnates, died in Mt. Sinai hospital today. fTe had undergone two operations recently for glandar disorders. Death was not expected. Mrs. Dreyfuss was with her heusband at the hospital. Dreyfuss is the third major league club owner to pass away since the close of the 1931 season.. William Wrigley, owner of the Chicago Cubs, died recently, and Charle A. Comiskeg, Chicago White Sox owner, died last fall. MILLS DEFINES POLICY Mellon Ideas to Be Adhered to, Says New Treasury Chief. By United Press WASHINGTON. Feb. s.—Ogden L. Mills, who wil . be appointed by President Hoover to replace Andrew Mellon as secreta.y of treasury, said today there would be no change in the fiscal policy of the government. Republican Floor Leader Watson of the senate assured Mr. Hoover today that Mellon would be confirmed as ambassador to Great Britain. He indicated the White House might send the nomination to the senate today.

CHAPEI WRECKED, NAVY DEPARTMENT INFORMED

By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. s.—Admiral M. M. Taylor, commanding United States naval forces at Shanghai, advised the navy department today that the Chapei district of Shanghai now is a total wreck,” as a result of heavy gunfire between Japanese and Chinese forces. Taylor, who sent his message from his flagship, the heavy cruiser Houston, reported the Japanese had attacked “with apparently little gain,” and that the Japanese had bombarded near the international settlement boundary. “Woosung forts,” he said, “apparently are wrecked by air and ship bombardment, but there is no evidence the Japanese have occupied them.” He said fires which broke out after the gunfire and bombing added to the ruin of the Chapei area. Colonel R. S. Hooker, command- j ing American marines at Shanghai, advised that one Japanese airplane j had been brought down by Chinese* anti-aircraft guns, about a half mile from the northwest comer of

Great Powers to Confer Further on Peace Note to Japan. TENSION IS RELIEVED Situation in Shanghai Is Believed Less Perilous for Foreigners. By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. —Extended conversations among the western powers, it was indicated today, probably will precede presentation of new peace suggestions to Japan. Secretary of State Stimson is be- , ing delayed by the illness of Prime Minister MacDonald of Great Britain and the absence of Foreign Minister Sir John Simon from London in discussing with the British the new proposals invited by Japan. There were indications that there might be a delay of a day or two before the suggestions are formulated. Meanwhile, the state department feels that the situation at Shanghai, while still grave, has been less perilous to Americans because of Japanese withdrawal from vantage points in the international settlement. They were firing at Chinese from these points and a counter attack was feared. Vessels Are Barred Reports to the state department from the American consulate at Shanghai said the mayor there had announced a special martial law, preventing vessels from entering or passing out of the harbor between 5 p. m. and 7 a. m. daily. No objection will be made by the United States. Chinese banks, the consulate said, have resumed business. Rice shops are conducting business through half-closed doors as a precaution against robbers. More than 162,000 workers are unemployed in Shanghai. The consulate summarized recent developments at Shanghai as follows: “The Woosung forts were not silenced last Wednesday as had been reported by Japanese. Shells Strike Oil Plant “During the bombardment of the Woosung forts some fifty shells landed on the installation of the Texas Oil Company. One shell went through an empty tank belonging to the Asiatic Petroleum ComDany. “The artillery duel between Japanese forces and the Chinese army continued all day Thursday, with more heavy gun fire than previously. Wednesday night was fairly quiet, with only short Intervals of artillery, rifle and machine gun fire. It was reported that some Chinese troops were moving up to Chapei (native section). “No definite information as to fire loss in the Chinese sector can be obtained. It has been estimated roughly that losses amount to $30,000,000 (Mexican) or more, but the fires is progress probably will cause double this damage.” Authoritative Japanese sources here today believed that the statement being prepared in Tokio by the Japanese government for early issuance would reveal an intention on the part of Japan to send an army of perhaps as many as 10,000 soldiers to Shanghai. General to Be in Command It w : as expected by these sources that the statement would explain that the soldiers were sent in the belief that they would be effective in controlling the Shanghai situation. An officer with the rank of general, it was believed, would be in command. These sources did not believe the Japanese statement would contain any general exposition of : the Japanese policy in the Orient. No copy nor abstract of the statement had reached the Japanese embassy up to noon today. The destroyer Simpson at Nanking advised the navy department

the international settlement boundary. “Japanese planes engaged in bombing Chines lines, flying over and alongside the edge of the settlement,” Hooker said. “Four Chinese anti-aircraft shells landed in the vicinity of the regimental headquarters.”

11l Fortune Dogs Steps of Air Pilots Widow By United Press DES MOINES, la., Feb. s.—When she got word in Kansas City that her pilot husband had been seriously hurt in an airplane crash at Kalamazoo, Mich., Mrs. Marian Rust got into her automobile and started driving at top speed to her husband’s side. A few miles from here her car skidded and overturned. The automobile was wrecked. Mrs. Rust luckily escaped serious injury. The 28-year-old wife caught a ride into Des Moines, arriving with only $8 in her purse. But she still hoped. She bought a newspaper and read of her husband’s death. “That was the last straw,” she said. But it wasn’t. Today she received word that Rust’s employers “couldn’t" advance her his salary so she could attend his funeral in Galveston, Tex. -* \

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Col. L. D. Gasser

A wiry, quick-witted man who has fought in virtually every American expedition since the Spanish-American war—Colonel Lorenzo D. Gasser has the delicate job of commanding the Thirty-first infantry regiment at Shanghai. Gasser’s new assignment is viewed by military men as one demanding two prime qualities: sound judgment and quick thinking. They believe he has both. Upon Gasser’s acts may depend not only the safety of the 5,000 American civilians he was sent to protect, but also peaceful relations of the United States with other powers. today that evacuation of American women and children by commercial transportation from that city will begin Saturday. Lieutenant Commander P. W. Rutledge, commanding the destroyer, told the department that Nanking was “quiet at present.” A British steamer evacuated a number of foreigners from the city recently, and it was announced at the time that more probably would be taken off by the Simpson. It is presumed the women and children will be taken to Shanghai. More than 900 United States army officers and men were bound for the Philippines and China today aboard the army transport Grant to replace troops now on duty in the Orient. Army authorities said none of the soldiers was assigned to Shanghai, but those destined for Tientsin will be available for use anywhere. Fifteen army nurses accompanied the troops. Officers of the Twelfth naval district in San Francisco are busy assembling foodstuffs for American naval forces now stationed at Shanghai. The cargoes will sail from Seattle Saturday aboard the liner President Taft. Among the supplies ordered were 200,000 pounds of meat, 100 tons of potatoes, 90,000 pounds of oranges, and 40,000 pounds of onions, apples, butter, eggs and canned goods. three Trench fliers STRANDED IN SAHARA Comrades Seek Smoke Signal in Answer to Radio Pleas. By United Press ORAN, Algeria, Feb. s.—French army pilots circled above the Sahara today in a vain search for a smoke signal that would lead them to three aviators stranded in the desert, and in danger of dying from thirst. Through a portable radio, their only means of communication., the missing fliers informed aviation headquarters that they would send up a smoke signal at dawn. But five planes roaring above the bleak sands failed to find them.

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First Aerial Engagement in in Orient Ends in Defeat for Invader. FURIOUS BATTLE RAGES American Infantry Arrives as Terrific Attack Is Staged in Chapei. BY H. R. EKINS United Press Staff Correspondent (Coovrieht. 1932. bv United Press) SHANGHAI. Feb. 5.Aerial history in the far cast was made today when Chinese battle planes shot down a Japanese bomber in the first aerial engagement recorded between planes of two oriental nations. The Chinese pilot was wounded, but he got his bomber. The thrilling sky battle occurred over a smoke-shrouded heavy artillery bombardment below. The fight followed the appearance of seven Chinese fighting planes at Hungjao airdrome. At 11:15 a. m. Friday (9:15 p. m. Thursday, central time) the pilots were ordered to air patrol duty over war-torn Chapei, and engage the Japanese bombers in combat if necessary. The Chinese pursuit planes carried no bombs. Crashes in Flames A Chinese pilot on patrol between Hungjao and Chapei encountered a Japanese plane. He attacked. A machine gun duel near Chenju, on the outskirts of the city, followed. The Japanese bomber crashed in : flames. Its bombs exploded, demol- ! ishing the plane. The Chinese pilot returned to Hungjao, where inspection revealed a bullet had passed through the i cowling of his ship. He had a flesh wound. The Chinese air forces include four pursuit and three bombing planes, based on scattered fields to prevent wholesale destruction by a Japanese bombing attack at Hungjao, their customary base. At 10 p. m„ Shanghai time, fightin"' between the Chinese and Japanese forces died down temporarily, the Japanese awaiting new army reinforcements before starting another crushing attack. Meantime, a Japanse army transport arrived and began landing guns in preparation for the further Japanese campaign to end the stubborn Chinese resistance. U. S. Troops Arrive The Thirty-first infantry, first American expeditionary force to China since the Boxer rebellion, arrived today from Manila at the height of the terrific battle between Japanese and Chinese forces in the Chapei sector. The infantry, 1,000 men strong, reached Shanghai on board the transport Chaumont. Seven United States destroyers arrived earlier in the day, augmenting American marine and naval forces concentrated in Shanghai. The transport Chaumont arrived late this (Friday) morning. It was overdue, having been expected at 2 p. m. The troops will be landed Saturday morning. Reinforce Marines The Thirty-first infantry will take their place in the lines along the American sector of the international settlement defenses, reinforcing the Fourth regiment, United States marines, now on duty. Their arrival brings the United States land forces up to some 2,600 men. In addition, the American warships concentrated in the Whangpoo river off Shanghai can land several hundred bluejackets. The American troops reached' Shanghai at the height of a terrific aerial and artillery bombardment of the native Chapei area by the Japanese. Ten Japanese airplanes loaded with highest explosive bombs flew low over Chapei. They opened up with machine guns over dwindling lines of Chinese, fighting desperately amid ruins of blackened buildings. Advance on Two Fronts The Japanese advance was on two fronts. They moved into a Japanese cemetery with their right wing in the Chapei drive. The left concentrated on the north station area. The Chinese were between the Japanese pincers. Their ammunition appeared low. None was being brought up. The aircraft carrier Hosho dispatched additional airplanes to cooperate with the attacking air fleet. Admiral Koichi Shiosawa, still in command, appeared determined to shatter the Chinese stronghold before the arrival tomorrow of his successor, Admiral Nomura. Admiral Shiosawa apparently also hoped the decisive battle would crush the Chinese prior to the arrival of Japanese army units, reported due Saturday in large numbers. The twelfth division of regular army troops was reported due from Kurume Saturday. Utility Rate Redaction Asked One hundred and thirty patrons of the Northern Indiana Public Service Company in Miami county today petitioned the public service commission for a reduction in util-' ity rates. *

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