Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 97, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 September 1933 — Page 1

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FORD MEETS AIDS TO STUDY STAND ON NRA Announcement May Be Made Today on Attitude of Motor Magnate. FLAT REFUSAL HINTED Auto King Said by Friend to Be Bitterly Opposed to Plan. BY LESLIE D. HARROP I nitd Prf Staff CorruponHfnt •Coprr:shi 2933. bv United Press* MARQUETTE. Mich.. Sept. 1 An announcement of Henry Ford's attitude toward President Roosevelt's national recovery program was expected today, as the individualistic motor manufacturer and largest single industrialist without the Blue Eagle, prepared for a council with the executives of his many enterprises. There was no inkling of what Ford intended to do. in the face of the efforts of NRA officials to bring him within the automobile code, to which all manufacturers except the Ford Motor Company have subscribed. Word was received in this remote upper Michigan village, and presumably by Ford, that President Roosevelt had gone to sea for a brief recreation cruise without saying whether he contemplated action against the man who for years has been know’n as the country's leading industrialist. Mr. Roosevelt had requested Administrator Hugh S Johnson of NRA to submit a full report of Ford's position. Ford has until Sept. 5 to comply with the code. It was believed the policy of his company would be formulated at his conference with executives. He already had conferred by long distance telephone with his son. Edsei Ford, who is vacationing in Bar Harbor. Me. Some friends of the motor magnate txpeoed him to go way beyond the provisions of the code but others thought he would refuse flatly to sign it. A friend of Ford told the United Pi ess that he was opposed vehe - mently to NRA and planned to refuse to join. This friend quoted Ford as saying that he did not fear a boycott. Ford was in the seclusion of his spacious cabin on ihe grounds of the Huron club, which limits its members to millionaires. There are no telephones to the club grounds, giving Ford and other meinoers complete isolation from the outside world. Fords "cabin.” built of massive fire logs imported from Oregon, is said to have cost SIOO,OOO. Ford Employes Barred By I nihil Prrt * DETROIT. Sept. 1. —Fifteen thousand marched in Detroit s NRA victory parade Thursday night, which celebrated Detroit's almost 100 per rent co-operation with President Roosevelt's national recovery drive. Employes of Henry Ford did not march Thev wore barred by parade officials because their employer had not brought his enterprises under the Blue Eagle by signing the automobile code. NRA Assistant Resigns BY 11. O. THOMPSON 1 nitrd Tru* Staff Correspondrnl WASHINGTON. Sept. 1.--Presi-dent Roosevelt todav was automatically empowered to impose upon lagging industries the fair competition rodes authorized by the National Industrial Recoven- Act. The deadline for voluntary submission of codes expired at midnight Auc 31. Coincidentally, the President's re-employment agreement on prohibition of child labor became effective at 12:01 a. m. today. Shakeup of NRA executive personnel began as the code deadline was reached First change was accomplished by resignation of Dudley. Cates, assistant administrator for Industry. Cates parted from Administrator Hugh S. Johnson under circumstances of profound if friendly disagreement over coded status of organized labor. Cates' resignation finally produced a clear picture of the labor dispute within the NRA organization. Cates complained against round-about recognition of the American Federation of Labor as the ultimate and only representative of organized labor In a sharp memorandum. Cates submitted to his chief the argument that since the recovery act makes collective bargaining mandatory in coded industries, there are but two existing agencies to that end—company unions and. with a few exceptions. trade unions comprising the federation. Times Index Page ABC of NRA 20 Book Nook 15 Bndga 13 Broun Column 16 Brown Derby Coupon 26 Classified 23, 24 Comics 25 Crossword Puzzle 14 Curiou* World 25 Dietz on Science 10 Editorial 16 Financial 18 Fishing 26 Hickman Theater Reviews 21 Harblock Cartoon 16 Obituaries 5 Radio 1" Serial Story 25 Sports 22, 23 Successul City Women—Scries 8 Vital Statistics 18 West Point Goes to War; Senes.ls Woman s Page

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VOLUME 45—NUMBER 97

Exhibits Set and Throng Is Ready to Pack Ground When State Fair Opens

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Miss Joan C!ute A fair maid beckons you, Mr. and Mrs. Indiana, to the eighty-first annual state fair, which opens Saturday at the fairground. Miss Joan Clute. 124 East Thirty-second street, made a preview of the annual exposition today and pronounces it something to look forward to. In the photo she has climbed aboard a tractor long enough to wave an opening greeting.

DEATH LAID TO HIT-RUN DRIVER Motorcylcle Crash Theory Doubted by Coroner in Britton Case. James J. Britton, 30. of 2022 Churchman avenue, who died of injuries Wednesday at city hospital, was the victim of a hit-and-run motorist and not of a crash of his motorcycle against a bridge, was the belief expressed today by Dr. William E. Arbuckle, coroner. Britton was found unconscious Monday night near his wrecked motorcycle at the Bethel avenue bridge over Lick creek. Until Thursday, it was believed his mount had crashed against the bridge. It was pointed out by Cecil J. Parham. 846 Fletcher avenue, who says he is a business partner of the dead man. that, there were tracks of an automobile at the crash scene and pieces of a broken headlight were of a make different from that of the motorcycle headlight. Several persons living in the vicinity of the scene were questioned Thursday by Dr. John E. Wyttanbach. deputy coroner, and information included statements that the motorcycle was seen approaching the bridge at a low rate of speed and that several automobiles were behind. Parham asserted that a family living near the scene refused to discuess the accident. They, with several other persons, will be summoned to testify at an inquest. •REPEATER" OFFENSE SENDS MAN TO FARM Freed on Brink Charge, Caught Trying to Buy Another. ‘ You're a day late, because you had your last chance Thursday.” was the answer today to a plea of William G. Lynn. 55. to Municipal Judge Dewey E. Myers. Lynn was arrested on disorderly conduct and vagrancy charges Thursday a few minutes after he had received a suspended $5 and cost fine on the same charge. Suspension was granted with the provision that Lynn stay out of an alleged booz’ joint at 521 Ogden street. Poice found Lynn attempting to buy a drink at 629 Ogden street. To the original $5 and costs fine. Myers added thirty days on the Indiana state farm. NAB 'SPIKE - O'DONNELL Gangster Held for Quiz: New ‘Enemy’ List Issued in Chicago. Hu I nitril Brest CHICAGO. Sept. I.—Edward ' Spike i O'Donnell, prominent in the new police hoodlum list, was arrested Thursday on a reputation warrant and was taken to headquarters for questioning. John Copia was arrested with O'Donnell. Another list of public enemy warrants in the crime drive was issued, naming such police characters as George ißugs* Moran. Joe Saltis. James tFur' Sammons, Gus Winkler. Tony * Mops > Voipe. Willie and George Druggan. Tommy Touhv, member of the notorious Touhv gang; Charles Fischetti. cousin of A1 Capone, and scores of other underworld characters. NAB HOLDUP SUSPECT Prisoner Accused of Participation in Postoffice Robberies. By l niled Press CHICAGO. Sept. I— Federal postoffice inspectors today arrested Arthur L. Brown, a suspect in th? robbery of the Denver postoffice last Saturday and the holdup of two postoffice guards at South St. Paul earlier thi;. week, in which one officer was killed and another was wounded.

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Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday, probably unsettled at times: not much change in temperature.

Advance Sale of Tickets Is Far Above That of Any Previous Year. Indiana's eighty-first annual state fair will open Saturday, with officials predicting that the show will be the greatest ever staged at the fairground. Majority of exhibits are in place today, many entrants having arrived with their displays early in the week. The midway has taken

At the Fair SATURDAY Boys and Girl a* Club Day Calf clubs judged in coliseum. 4-H pig and sheep clubs judged in arenas. Poultry clubs. Horse racing, vaudeville, grandstand, afternoon. L. S. Ayres Fashion Show, Woman's building, 2:30 p. m. WLS barn dance, coliseum, night. Motorized pushmobile races, grandstand, 6 p. m. Band concerts. Indiana university stage show, I. U. building, all day. Industrial exhibits, manufacturers' building, 9 a. m. to 10 p. m.

on its annual dress of tents, stands, and bunting, as concessionaires moved into their places. More than 38.000 tickets have been sold in advance of the opening of the exposition. Officials said j this exceeds, by 100 per cent, the l advance sale in the best previous j year. Fair visitors will have an added | attraction with the sale of draught and bottled beer on the ground. This is the first time in many years j that fair-goers have been able to obtain anything stronger than circus lemonade to cool parched throats after a swing around the buildings and exhibits. Opening day has been set aside as Boys' and Girls’ Club day with, 4-H Club exhibitors holding the limelight. Harness racing ana the grandstand and judging in j many departments, which will last throughout the fair, will be started. Saturday night the famous WLS barn dance and show will be staged in the coliseum, while the fans of miniature speed will group in the grandstand at 6:30 to see the motorized pushmobile contest. Sunday will find quiet at the fair, j with Sunday school in the morning and the Indiana university stage show and the American legion drum corps contest as afternoon features. Monday is Labor clay, when judg- j ing will be well under way and the j usual afternoon attraction of harness racing, and the horse show, pony polo, vaudeville and band concerts in the coliseum. Children's and American Legion day will be observed Tuesday, with Turn to Page Teni

McLafferty Votes Swamp Rivals in Brown Derby Race

SKILL STANDINGS Joe Mrl-afTcrlv 7,018 T. B. Rogers ",’ls E. W. Mushrush 2.845 Fred W. Krueger 2.832 Bob Shank 2.031 Flias W. Pulberger 1.599 Louis J. Carvin 1.005 Dr. William Smith Jr. 883 .41 Feenev 850 Clarence I. Baker 471 a a a Running wild! Maybe it was because he had his "mug" photographed for the skull standings, or that Monday is Labor day and he wanted to take a rest-cure. but. whatever it was. Courthouse McLaflerty swamped the Brown Derby today with 2.500 ballots, to hold a lead of 3.800 over his closest opponent, T. B. Regers. Motor Inn Rogers. ‘ Riverside’’ Mushrush. and "Walgreen'’ Krueger still seemed to be content to let m

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1933

BUDGET SLASH HELD RUINOUS TO SCHOOLS Children Will Pay Penalty If Further Cut Is Made, Says Business Chief. MEANS SHORTER TERM Expenses Now Are at Rock Bottom, Declaration of A. B. Good. Drastic action ‘‘at the expense of i school children,” and certainty of a shortened 1933-34 school term, if any slashes are made in the 1934 school budget, was the ultimatum issued today by A. B. Good, business director. Good's declaration came in answer to inclusion of the school budget, along with county funds, in the demand of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board for a lower tax rate, served last Monday night on the city council. Demand of the realtors is for refunding of present county, city j and school indebtedness through | issuance of bonds, payable over a forty-four-year period, to reduce fixed charges included in 1934 levies. Term Will Be Shorter "Ashortened term is the only answer to attempting to operate our schools on any less money than that provided by our 1934 budget,” Good asserted. j “Our teachers have taken salary cuts ranging from 11 to 19 per cent, and served for twenty days without pay last spring. Seventy-nine per cent of our budget total is for salaries and bonded indebtedness, two figures which can not be reduced.” The budget adopted by the school board calls for a total of $5,755,583, representing a tax levy of $1.02, a 10-cent increase over the 1933 rate. “As far as the demand for the refunding of indebtedness is concerned. I don't see how you possibly could float the new bonds,” Good declared. ‘‘You can't force people i to buy them, and neither can you \ expect holders to take paper when I they expect to get money. Will Pay Debts ‘‘The school city intends to pay its debts, and can do so under the bud- ; get we have suggested. But we I can't continue to keep the schools open unless we have the money. "Sixty-one per cent of our budget is for salaries of teachers, the most important elehient of a school system. Eighteen per cent is to pay our debts, 10 per cent is for operation, 7 per cent for the city library, 2 per cent for improvements and needed equipment, and the remaining 2 per cent is for administration.” ! (Turn to Page Fourteeen)

POOR RELIEF HALVED j IN CALUMET AREA 50 Per Cent Decrease for Six Months Shown. By I nUcd Press HAMMOND. Ind., Sept. 1. Figures showing a 50 per cent decline in poor j-elief in North ! township, Lake county, today be- ! spoke the Calumet's recovery gains. Last March the township, coni taining Hammond, East Chicago and Whiting, had 6.908 families on its relief rolls. For August, the | number was 3,665, a decline of 3,243 families within six months. The number ot single men on the rolls also has dropped considerably, according to Myrtle G. Meara, trustee.

Rescue Fails; Deer Still Trapped on Lofty Ledge

By United Prrss WATKINS GLEN. N. Y.. Sept. I.—A young buck deer today naced back and forth along the rocky ledge which has held it captive since Saturday, as evergreen boughs and moss were placed on a bridge constructed to afford the animal a path to freedom.

Park and state game officials were hopeful that by making the bridge resemble the natural surroundings, the deer would cross to the opposite chasm wall. Efforts to coax the buck across the bridge by sprinkling salt ana food on the planks failed. All rescue plans were called off after the presence of persons on the ledge almost frightened the deer into leaping into the torrential stream thirty-five feet below.

"Courthouse” Joe attempt to corner the vote market. "Shure. and I was up until 2 o'clock past milkman's time this morning, cutting out ballots. Am I going out to Simmons-ize and yes! I'm going to hit that haylike a Kansas tornado hits a field,” declared Joe, as he wearily tossed in his last bunch of the 2.50 Q votes. Knowing that faint heart ne'er won even a beauty contest, let alone a bout with love, other candidates were expected to hit the hoop in an effort to pep up their respective campaigns. And so the measuring off of McLafferty begins and to the most stout-hearted will go the Brown Derby, the silver plaque, and the right to speak before an Indiana state lair crowd on Sept. 41

MOB THREATENS CITY MAN AND TWO COMPANIONS HUD IN JAIL, ACCUSED OF TORTURE MURDER

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SPEED KINGS OF AIR WILL RACE Balloon and Plane Pilots Compete at Chicago on International Card. By United Pres# CHICAGO, Sept. I.—The fastest! airplane pilots of the United States and Europe assembled here today for the international air races, opening at Curtiss W'right-Reynolds airport. The historic Gordon Bennett balloon race, with seven craft en-, tered, will be held Saturday as the l outstanding feature of the four-day speed program. Another feature j event is the scheduled clash between two of the country's foremost racing pilots, Colonel Roscoe Turner and James R. Weddell, in the SIO,OOO ] free-for-all 100-mile race. RIVERS BURST BANKS Shantung, China, Streams Bringing New. Flood Danger. By United Press SHANGHAI, Saturday, Sept. 2.—j The Wanfu and Chu rivers in southern Shantung province were j reported overflowing their banks today, bringing new flood dangers to the territory. Officials feared the steady rise of the rivers would cause floods along i the shores of Kwanwei Lake, j Klangsu.

A Mohawk Indian chief, So-Lat-Dowanee, taking a lariat with him. was lowered to the ledge from the cliff above Thursday, but after two attempts to lasso the animal, park authorities ordered him pulled back. Newsreel photographers also were ordered from the cliff, as it was feared the clicking of the cameras would startle the buck into leaping ! into the gorge.

7 in the blare of trumpets and hurrahs of Hoosiers. a a a AIRPORT" Bob Shank clung to fifth place like an old world leech, while Lawyer Duldlrger hesitated in sixth and "Western Union" Carvin held seventh against the ouslaught of 'Dentist” Smith and A1 Feeney. "Furniture Man” Baker brought up the rear. Photographs of the leaders could not be printed in today’s Times, because of the failure of supporters of Carvin and Baker, to head print their candidate and send the skull-sizes. The skull photos with head measurements will go in Monday's edition of The Times regardless of the inability of Baker and Carvin

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Husband ‘Chicken-Heart-ed,’ Questioner Is Told: Could Not Be Criminal. "It can’t be! It can’t be!” Mrs. Lucille Peck moaned today when a Times reporter told her that her husband, Harold Peck, is one of three men held in Robinson, 111., following the death of an aged woman in .a touture rot.bery. Attired in blue .-. : lk pajamas. Mrs. Peck, former actress, and the mother of two children, talked freely about her domestic affairs, saying that she and Peck had been separated for two years, but remained friends. Only last Friday, she said, he was at the home at 725 West Thirtysecond street, to see her and the 1 children. Mrs. Margaret Francis, mother of Mrs. Peck, sat beside her when : the news of the husband's plight i was told. She, too. expressed belief that ! Peck is innocent of the slaying of ! Mrs. Mary Schrader. 82, and the torturing of her brother, Bernard Weldon, 84. and the attack : on her daughter. Miss Anna Schrader. 47, at the Weldon home near Newton. 111. | "Why, he was so chicken-hearted.” Mrs. Francis said, "that he would j shudder when he read newspaper accounts of horrible crimes.” She said that once when Peck incurred a slight injury of an arm, (Turn to Page Five) COMMITTEE STUDIES TRUCK REGULATIONS Rates Are Considered at Meeting at State House. Seeking to determine recommendations to be made to the public service commission on rates and regulation of truck hatiling, a committee representing interested groups met today at the statehouse. Five groups, each with a representative on the committee, are taking in the conferences, at which M. S. Denny, New Albany hauler, presides as chairman. Steam and interurban lines, shipping groups, Regulated Motor Carriers, Inc., and Contract Truck Carriers are represented. Members of the committee, in addition to Denny, are S. D. Norbiel, ; interurban lines; John Simmons, lines; Howell Ellis, attorney for the carriers, and H. A. Hollopeter, Terre Haute, shippers.

( to find even a baby picture of j themselves in the family album. a a a TO date, 7S is the popular hat size for Brown Derbyists, and Jo-Jo hopes the size stays that way, for he fears that heads of 7 3 i circumference might have to wait for the hatters if they won the derby. Just three mors days of voting after today. The last ballot will be printed in Tuesday's edition of The Times. Monday and Tuesday's ballots must be in The Times office by ! Wednesday at 8 a. m. Today's votes are due in the office by 8 a. m. Monday. Let's go! Vote! Vote until your ; hand gets pencil-cramp. : Today's ballot is on Page 26.

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Woman, 82, Succumbs to Wounds Inflicted in Brutal Robbery Attempt at Home; Brother, 84, Near Death. DAUGHTER IS ASSAULTED BY FIENDS Aged Pair Stripped, Matches Held to Feet, in Effort to Ascertain Where Their Money Is Hidden. By Times Special ROBINSON, 111., Sept. I.—With mob violence feared tonight, Harold L. Peck of Indianapolis, and two other men, alleged torture slayers, are being questioned in Crawford county jail here today as twelve Illinois state policemen guard the building and a like number watch roads into Robinson. Governor Henry Horner of Illinois this afternoon ordered Lawrence Taylor, state police chief, to go to Robinson at once to take charge of the situation.

HAVANA PERILED BY TIDAL WAVE Terrific Storm Moves On City: Florida Warned of Danger. By United Press HAVANA. Sept. L—A severe tropical disturbance struck the north coast of Cuba with damaging fury and moved westward to Havana today, heading toward southern Florida. Shortly before noon, Havana virtually was in darkness under ominous black clouds. The wind velocity increased terrifically and there was no visibility from shore. The national observatory warned that Havana might be in danger from a possible tidal wave. Virtually all communication with the interior and the north coast was severed. Shipping at all ports was suspended and one ship, The Josephine Gray, in distress five miles west of Cayo Bahia Del Cadiz. Cuba, flashed an SOS that was answered by ihe steamship Athelfoam, nearby. The storm was expected to strike the P'lorida coast, between Miami and Key West to the south, tonight or early Saturday morning. The giant liner Mauretania, on a cruise "through the Caribbean to Panama, hove to off Cape San Antonio, on extreme western Cuba, to await the storm's passing. The port of Matanzas reported torrential rain.

Bare Facts Recognizes Her Clothes on Another Woman, Just Leaves Hat.

By United Press CHICAGO. Sept. I.—Mrs. Frieda Pitman. Cheyenne, Wyo., knows her own clothes and isn't hesitant about claiming them. Standing at the busy intersection of State and Madison streets, Mrs. Pitman saw a woman wearing a dress stolen from her last June 3. She called a policeman. At police headquarters Mrs. Pitman reiterated her claims. Off came the dress from Miss Alice Ziebur, Chicago. The gloves, stockings, slippers and lingerie Miss Ziebur was wearing looked familiar to Mrs. Pitman. Off they came. too. Mrs. Pitman walked out of headquarters with a bundle of clothes on her arm, leaving Miss Ziebur with only a hat. 50.000 SEE NRA PARADE Gigantic Recovery Day Observance Held in Ft. Wayne. By United Press FT. WAYNE. Ind.. Sept. I—One of the most gigantic and colorful peace-time demonstrations in the history of this city was held here Thursday. A Recovery day parade estimated to be more than seven miles long was viewed by upward of 50.000 persons The day had been proclaimed Recovery day in the Fourth Indiana congressional district by Mayor William J. Hosey. Practically every business firm which had come under the NRA was represented by floats and fleets of vehicles in the line of march. Eager throngs many times forced a halt in the procession when they surged into it. FARM INMATE ESCAPES Alvin Rubin Is Reported Fugitive From Putnamville. Alvin Rubin. 22. Putnamville, state penal farm inmate, sentenced from Marion county, escaped today, according to a phone call to local police by Ralph Howard, farm superintendent. Rubin was serving out a S2OO fine with a 180-dav term for malicious trespass and larceny. His mother. Mrs. Hanah Rubin, lives at 3112 West North street.

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The three prisoners are suspects in the slaying 1 of an 82-year-old woman, whose 84-year-old brother was beaten, after his sister and her daughter, 17, had been criminally assaulted. The dead woman is Mrs. Mary Schrader. Her brother, Bernard! Sheldon, is not expected to live un- ! til night. The daughter, Mrs. Anna j Schrader, was not injured seriously. Three men entered the Weldon | farm home near Newton, 111., on ; Tuesday, with robbery as a motive. After stripping Mrs. Schrader and Weldon, the men lit matches and held them against the aged pair’s feet, in an effort to make them disclose the hiding place of money. Enraged by failure to get the information, the robbers beat Weldon senseless, tied Mrs. Schrader ; and the daughter to a bed and criminally assaulted them. Get Only $lO Only $lO was obtained by the men. First clew leading to their j arrest was provided by neighbors, , who obtained the license number of an automobile occupied by the men when they were in Newton a few hours before the crime, seeking location of the Weldon home. The license was issued to Peck, who gave 725 West Thirty-second street, Indianapolis, as an address. Enlisting aid of Indianapolis police, Sheriff C. M. Sowers of Jasper county, Illinois, learned that Pecks wife and two children were at the ] address. To detectives, Mrs. Peck disclosed an address in Danville. 111., and police of that city took Peck and the other two men into custody Thursday night. The other prisoners are Henry Shelby. Tilton, 111., and John Allen, Danville. Loaned Car, Says Peck Peck, so far, is the only suspect who has talked. He asserted he loaned his automobile to a man he did not know, for the purpose of hauling booze. He said he met the man "in a poker game.” Peck left Indianapolis Saturday night. Miss Schrader was to confront the prisoners today. If she identifies them, the case will be "airtight,” it was declared by Jasper county <IIU authorities. Hours before the arrests, Sheriff Sowers said he realized that farmer neighbors of the victims were in a dangerous mood, and with the suspects in custody, he decided the jail at Newton was not strong enough and the men were brought to Robinson. Crowd at Jail A large, but orderly crowd surrounded the jail as the prisoners entered. Shortly afterwards, word was received that a score of automobiles were bringing residents of Newton and vicinity to Robinson. Then the twelve state police took up stations to block entrance into Robinson and only a few of the cars succeeded in getting past. However, the situation remained tense throughout the night and the officers were at their posts without a moment’s rest. This is the second tragedy of the same kind in the Weldon family reputed to be wealthy. Henry Weldon, brother of Mrs. Schrader, was killed ten years ago under circumstances similar to those which cost her lisp. Hourly Temperatures 2a- m 63 10 a. m 77 • 7a- m 66 11 a. m 78 B a. m 72 12 (noont.. 80 9a. m 77 Ip. m 83

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