Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 196, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 December 1934 — Page 3

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$250,006,000 IS SOUGHT FOR POWER PROJECT U. S. to Seek Funds From Congress to Continue ‘Yardstick’ Effort. By Brrip]n-H atrnra Xrwspaprr \tMm.re WASHINGTON, Dec. 26—Direct appropriation of at least $250,000,000 to Government power projects, exclusive of available Reconstruction Finance Corporation funds, is expected to be recommended to the next Congress. The turn of Roosevelt power policies. typified by his conference with Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York City, has indicated that river valley developments and rural electrification will be recommended for at lea * $100,000,000 each. In addition the Tenrn ice Valley Authority may receive an additional $50.OftO.OOO to insure completion of the three dams now under construction. Immediate survey of 17 projects in 11 river basins was urged in the report of the National Resources Board. Consumption Is Nerded Extension of the Electric Home and Farm Authority program, encourazim: cheap appliances to consume newly developed power, is also anticipated, particularly in the Boulder Dam area, where an oversuppiv is expected unless domestic consump'ion is greatly increased. Pre ident Roosevelt has been urged by public power advocates not to be misled by professed plans of utilities to co-operate in squeezing the water out of utility rate base figures. "The professou friendly co-opera-tion by th big utility managers is only a subtle move to prevent the •yardstick's’ completion." R. E. McDonnel. Kansas City engineer, has written him. "The 'yardstick’s’beneficial effects will never be felt, fully or completely, until competitive distribution systems are built, and their lower costs actually demonstrate what electricity can be distributed for. Felt in All Communities “Your TVA yardstick is being felt in every community in every’ state in the Union. "Nothing except the fear of municipal ownership, either in the Tennessee Valley or outside, will produce the full value of the ‘yardstick.’ Promises of rate reductions and squeezing the water out of values are mere idle gestures to call off the yardstick program before its real, beneficial effects over the Nation can be felt. “Every community in America has hopes there will be no falterihg.” Pledges of co-operative action by utilities to “squeeze the water’’ out of utility valuations was announced by the President last week. The announcement was quickly followed by conferences with Mayor La Guardia in which he was pledged that application for funds for a city plant in New York would be given preference by the Public Works Administration. CHRISTMAS DAY LATE FOR DIONNE CHILDREN Parents So Busy Receiving Callers Celebration Is Delayed. By I nit, ,I Bn ss CALLANDER. Ontario, Dec. 26. Christmas came a day late to the five brothers and sisters of the Dionne quintuplets. Because they were so busy receiving visitors at their farm, the parents of the quintuplets de- 1 cided to postpone until today the I Christmas party they had planned for their other children. They slipped away to the hospital late in the afternoon for a brief visit j with their five famous children. But for the quintuplets, it was | just another day. They had their, usual amount of orange juice, milk and cereal. Following their usual j noon airing they were permitted to play in their little pen. LAW SCHOOLS SESSION TO INVESTIGATE BAR Professors to Probe Activities of American Attorneys. By l nit- ,I Pr, .< CHICAGO, Dec. 26—The NRA. inflation, the Lindbergh case and industrial competition will be studied at the 32nd annual convention of the Association of American Law Schools, beginning tomorrow. In addition, according to Rufus C. Harris of Tulane University, secretary of the association, a sweeping investigation of the American bar will be asked. Delegates will include authorities on law from 27 member colleges and universities in America. WHITING STRIKE ENDED: 2000 TO RESUME JOBS Five Building Trades Unions Agree to Terms. By United Press WHITING, Ind., Dec. 26. —The two-months strike at the new mil-lion-rioilar plant of the Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp. here was ended today under agreement between company officials ax.il represents;. \'es of five buildinx trades unions. Approximately 2000 local members of the electricians, carpenters, steamfitters, iron workers and plumbers unions will be given immediate employment on the building, it was announced. PARKED CAR !S LOOTED Cincinnati Visitor Loses Possessions Valued at 5125. Thieves, who last night forced open an auto window, stole property valued at 5125. Jesse Webster, Cincinnati, reported to police. The locked car was parked near 412 N. Alabama-st and the loot included an amethyst ring, perfume, two leather bags and a silk lounging robe. ffe*t Wave Hits Buenos Aires By L nit, and Pr < ss BUENOS AIRES. Dec. 26. J Christmas was the hottest day of ] the year here. The tempers :.e was ■ S5 degrees. '

Crooks Tamed by Modest Britisher Whose Chief Weapon Is Microscope

By MILTON BRONNER MA Service Staff Correspondent T ONDON, Dec. 26 —“Sir Bernard Spilsbury will please take the witness stand.” The clerk of almost any criminal court in England is apt to say this m his impassive manner. A tall, handsome, smooth-faced man, who has been smilingly talking to some detectives, walks briskly forward Now he is very grave and alert. His thin-lipped mouth, keen gray eyes, and jutting jaw are noticeable. The spectators in the courtroom lean forward to catch every word he utters in his quiet, matter-of-fact, scholarly manner, for everybody in England has heard of Sir Bernard. He is the terror of the criminal. His evidence has had more to do with presenting murderers with hempen neckties than that of almost any other man in the kingdom. Scotland Yard gets busy when a murder is committed in the metropolitan area of London. It also gets busy when asked to do so by police officers outside London. Ii gathers, the clews, shadows the suspects, and finally arrests them “to be questioned,” as the papers carefully put it. When there is a mystery in the crime, when there is a medical question that needs solving, Sir Bernard gets into action with his microscope, his test tubes, and his scales. For he is the senior pathologist to the Home Office, that department of the British cabinet which controls London’s police force, among other things. a a a 14FANY years ago Sir Bernard IVJL was a junior in the pathologist’s office, but called attention to himself by his remarkable discoveries in the case of Dr. Crippen. the little doctor who murdered his wife and fled with his paramour to Canada, only to be arrested by reason of a wireless message—the first time this ever had been done. Since then Sir Bernard has never looked back. He has made a fine art of his study of criminal pathology. Asa result of his long of service, he has attached to his office a criminal museum containing several hundred specimens. probably the biggest such privately owned museum in the world. If ever a man deserved to be

DEAD SUSPECT'S PAL CONFESSES CRIMES Car Theft and Holdup Laid to City Youth. By Uitit I il Press BEDFORD. Ind., Dec. 26. —Arrested as a companion of a bandit suspect who was killed at Bloomington after a 60-mile chase Christmas Eve, Charles Fuller, 20, Indianapolis, has confessed a series of crimes, St ite Police said today. Fuller admitted stealing an automobile in Indianapolis, a set of license plates at Paoli, robbing an Orleans restaurant, stealing a revolver at a roadhouse south of here and holding up the Harryho Night Club near here, Lieut. Ray Hinkle of the State Police said. Bernard Bradshaw, 22, Indianapolis. was the bandit suspect killed. He was shot down in Bloomington after a running gun battle with state police and Lawrence and Monxoe County officials. ABYSSINIA TO APPEAL FOR LEAGUE'S HELP Frontier Dispute With Italy May Bring Plea. By United Press GENEVA. Dec. 26.—An Abyssinian appeal to the League of Nations to intervene in its frontier dispute with Italy was foreseen today after an exchange of charges between the disputant nations over Christmas. Italy, charging that Abyssinians fired on one of its airplanes, admitted that the plane dropped two bombs on the outskirts of an Abyssinian fort. Abyssinia said that Italian soldiers were advancing through its territory from Italian Somaliland. STRUCK BY MAIL BAG, ENGINEER IS KILLED Locomotive Pilot Found Dying in Cab After Odd Mishap. By l niti and Press CLEVELAND, Dec. 26.—Carl Ludwig, engineer on the second locomotive of a Big Four double-header, who was found unconscious when the train reached here Christmas eve. was struck by a mail sack suspended from a "pick-up arm." county authorities and railroad detectives believed today. Mr. Ludwig, who died in a hospital early Christmas Day from effects of a fractured skull and brain hemorrhage. was found slumped over the window sill of his cab when the big hoii'lay special reached Cleveland. AGED WOMAN DIES OF BURNS; SON QUIZZED Clinton Woman Victim of Fire That Slightly Damages Home. By Unite <1 Press CLINTON. Ind.. Dec. 26.—A 79-vear-old woman was burned to death in her home here today and police arrested her son for questioning. The victim was Mrs. Mary Trupy. Police said the son. John Trupy. was so intoxicated he was unable io give a coherent account of the burning. The fire did only slight damage to the house and frunishings, police said. Michigan U. Dean Passes By I'mitt J Press ANN ARBOR. Mich.. Dec. 26. Dr. G. Carl Huber, 69. dean of the University of Michigan Graduate School, died today following a long illness. Dr. Huber had been a member of the faculty since 1887.

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called a sort of medical Sherlock Holmes, it is he. When the police have a body exhumed, he is there. When the coroner holds an inquest in a mysterious death, he is on hand. When the body of a murdered man is placed in the morgue, Sir Bernard comes to take measurements and examine the body. a AS a result of his investigations in many murder cases, he knows how killers go about their

ASSISTANCE OFFERED NEEDY STATE FARMERS Rural Dwellers Urged to Bring Probems to Commission’s Notice. Indiana farmers who have holdover depression problems were invited today to consult with the Rural Rehabilitation Division of the Governor's Commission on Unemployment Relief. Dr. E. H. Shideler is head of the division. Outlining its functions, he said it was designed to keep the rural residents of Indiana informed of the services rendered by the Federal and local rural aid agencies operated in the state in the hope that a lesser number of them would be forced to go on relief.

DOCTOR IS ACCUSED IN YOUNG WOMAN’S DEATH Suspect Denies Performing Illegal Operation on Victim. By Unit, and Press JAMAICA. N. Y„ Dec. 26. —Dr. John H. Becker Jr., 52, of Richmond Hill South, was arrested today on a charge of homicide In connection with the death of Mrs. Loretta Wilson. 19-year-old blonde, whose unclad body was found in the woods near Port Jefferson Monday. The physician faces charges of performing an illegal operation. Dr. Becker denied the charge, adding that he knew nothing oi Mrs. Wilson's death nor of the removal of her body to Port Jefferson, where it was discovered, partly covered by leaves. William Wilson, husband of the dead woman, told police that he had made an appointment for his wife with Dr. Becker for Dec. 19, but could not say if '•he •'dsited the physician’s office on that aay.

YOUTH ENTERS WRONG HOME; SHOT BY FRIEND Athlete Makes Mistake During Visit; Wounds Fatal. By United Press MONTGOMERY Ala., Dec. 26Two tragic blunders were blamed today for the death of Esker Lee Gilpin, 19-year-old St. Louis high school athlete. Gilpin, spending Christmas holidays with his parents here, was fatally shot by O. C. Wood, a childhood friend. Returning from a party Monday night. Gilpin by mistake entered Wood's home, two doors from his own and a duplicate :n architecture. Wood heard him in the living room and called to him. When Gilpin failed to reply, Wood believed he was a burglar and fired. The youth died yesterday. FRENCH ACE CRACKS PLANE SPEED RECORD Raymond Delmotte Travels at 312 Miles an Hour on Flight. By l ni ed Press ISTRES. France* Dec. 26—The French air ace, b ;ymond Delmotte, broke the late Jimmy Wedell's record for land planes yesterday when he officially negotiated four laps of a prescribed course at a speed of 502.456 kilometers (approximately 312 miles* an hour. Pilot Delmotte was timed by officials of the Aero Club of France. He negotiated four laps in the amazing time of 21 seconds. Wedell's record was 490.800 kilometers, approximately 308 miles an hour. CAB DRIVER IS HELD UP Two Negro 'Fares’ Take 52.75 at Point of Revolver. Two Negroes armed with a revolver held up the driver of a Hoosier taxicab, Nick Tinder, 36, of 220 N. Illinois-st, Apt. 66, and robbed him of $2.75 at 12th and Missouri-sts last night. Mr. Tinder told police that he had picked the men up at 11th and Ulinois-sts.

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work. Added to this is a fine intuitive quality which enables him to reconstruct the whole grim tragedy. Then he examines the skull or the bones of the throat, or the heart muscles to see whether facts fit with theory. In a murder case, the English never proceed on suspicion or with the mere hope of making a case. No prosecution is started until the officers are morally certain they have a very good case. The police contribute their part and Sir Bernard does his bit. On the stand he is the perfect witness. He never raises his lowpitched voice. He is always courteous and fair. He never gets excited under the heated cross-ex-amination of the .lawyers for the defense. He tells what he knows and only what he can prove. If there is anything in his investigations that is a point for the defense, he does not conceal it. Such a dispassionate witness remains unshaken and unshakable. When he is through, he goes giadly back to his handsome home in one of the northern suburbs of London. a a a CRIMINALS fear him like the devil. He has a w r ay of demolishing all their fine-spun stories. His exhibition of the facts lays them wide open to the most grilling kind of cross-examination when they dare take the stand in their own defense. They are confronted by data they can’t explain away. Sir Bernard does not look his 55 years. Nor does his ordinarily genial intercourse with his fel-low-men betray the grim business he pursues in his working hours. He was educated at Oxford University and at St. Mary’s Hospital in London. He began his active life as a medico by lecturing at the famous St. Bartholomew’s Hospital on morbid anatomy and histology. He was popular with medical students who attended his course, as is evidenced by the fact that to them he was “Spils.” Some years ago he gave up lecturing because it took up too much of his .time. There are many criminals who wish he would retire altogether. But although he has several times spoken of aoing so, the Home Office has always persuaded him to hold on. The government deems him irreplaceable.

FATHER OF BUTLER COACHJES AT 79 Former Commission Firm Head Passes. Funeral services for Hugh Middlesworth, 2424 N. New Jersey-st, who died yesterday in his home after an illness of two weeks, will be held at 2 Friday in the residence. Burial will be in Crown Hill. Mr. Middlesworth, who was 79, was the father of Hugh Walden Middlesworth, city recreation director and football coach at Butler University, and William C. Middlesworth City Board of Health inspector. He formerly operated the Middlesworth Commission Cos., which was founded at the Indianapolis Stock Yards by his father, William Middlesworth. Mr. Middlesworth had lived in Indianapolis since 1888. He retired from active business in 1929. He was a member of Pentalpha Lodge 564, Free and Accepted Masons, and attended Broadway Methodist Episcopal Church. Surviving are the two sons and a sister, Mrs. Belle Hice, Indianapolis.

FALL ON ICE FATAL TO CRAWFORDSVILLE MAN Charles Reece Trowbridge W’as Prominent Newspaper Man. By United Press CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Dec. 26.—Funeral services will be held here tomorrow for Charles Reece Trowbridge, prominent newspaper and advertising executive, killed when he slipped on ice while cleaning sno v from the sidewalk at his home. He was 60. Mr. Trowbridge began his newspaper caieer as a reported, working in Indianapolis and Chicago, and served as editor of the Milwaukee Sentinel and the Kokomo News. He was advertising manager of the Oddge Manufacturing Cos., Mishawaka, for six years, managed the Conkey Publishing Cos., Hammond, and was former president of the Northern Indiana Ad-Sell League. UNEMPLOYMENT SHOW TO BE GIVEN TONIGHT Tomlinson Hall to Be Scene of Entertainment. Tomlinson Hall tonight will be the scene of another community entertainment program sponsored by the Marion County Recreation Committee, a unit of the Governor's Commission on Unemployment Relief. Instrumental music, chorus singing and two boxing matches are to be features. Another holiday program, ac • cording to R. L. Ball, supervisor, will be staged next Wednesday night. BOX CARS ARE LOOTED Ten Cases of Pork and Beans Taken From Van Camp Shipment. Box car thieves with dietetic preferences called at the Van Camp Packing Cos., 601 W. Morris-st, sometime after Monday. C. E. Lemon, plant superintendent, today told police of two cars on which seals were broken. Ten cases of pork and beans, valued at s2l, were taken from one, while a quantity of hominy was left unmolested in the other. - Injured in Fall Downstairs Carl Hovermale, 41, of 1441 W. 23d-st, is recovering in City Hospital from injuries suffered Christmas night when he fell down the basement stairs at his home.

ROOSEVELT TO ; OPPOSE BONUS ANDJNFLATION Refuses to Compromise on Two Issues as Congress Maps Program. By United Press WASHINGTON. Dec. 26.—Legislative programs for the session of Congress beginning a week from tomorrow began to take form today. “Left” and "right” wing groups each mapped out courses to be followed on proposed legislation while President Roosevelt was represented as planning a "middle course” stand. The President, it was indicated, will be more inclined to string along with the conservative element, but may be willing to make compromise concessions on some of the less radical proposals. Battle lines were drawn for a “showdown” fight over inflation schemes. On this issue, it was reported, the President plans to give no ground. With economic conditions showing Improvement, the President believes this is no time to disturb the currency. Another major issue in which he has indicated he will stand firm is that of the soldier bonus. Sources close to the President said he is in no mood to compromise with bonus advocates and that he believes a veto can be sustained. Leaders Devise Strategy Congressional leaders for two weeks have been conferring almost daily with Mr. Roosevelt in devising strategy to head off any major Administration program upset by inflation and bonus proponents. Judicious use of parliamentary rules may afford a weapon. Plans for a meeting of senators and representatives with members of the Sound Money League, the Committee for the Nation, and others, on Jan. 16, to discuss inflation proposals were disclosed by Sen. Elmer Thomas (D„ Okla.). It is planned as a “pep” meeting for inflationists. At the same time, Sen. Burton K. Wheeler <D., Mont.), will gather senators for a discussion of the silver issue, with especial emphasis on a possible inquiry as to what the Treasury has done about the President's silver monetization orders. The two conferences were taken as the first indication of impending congressional bolts on several important issues, ranging from banking and monetary reforms to class legislation. Administration leaders expect a stiff fight to keep a safe majority in line with the President’s program. Roosevelt prepares Message Administration leaders plan to strike first in their efforts to keep the “left wing" group from passing legislation opposed by the President. A special House rules sub-commit-tee may recommend revoking of the famous “discharge rule” under which any 145 petition signers can call a bill out of committee and bring it to vote in the House. The sub-committee is expected to bring a report recommending the rule be changed to require 218 signatures, or a majority of the membership, before a vote can be had. Many members, it was believed, would vote against certain proposals opposed by the Administration in secret petitions but would feel obligated to vote for them if they were brought to an open vote on the floor. President Roosevelt, in his message which he is now preparing for opening of Congress, is expected to attempt to shape the course of legislation away from a stampede on the bonus, radical farm legislation of an expansionist character, certain silver and labor reform measures. The Presidential message, expected to run about 2500 words, will be of a general nature and is expected to strike an optimistic note. Subsequently other messages will be sent on specific legislation, including unemployment insurance and the public-works relief program. 68,912 Needy Given Dinner By United Press ST. LOUIS. Mo., Dec. 26.—A total of 68.912 meals were served at the St. Louis municipal auditorium Christmas Day to the city’s destitute That was a record.

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When Gloria Vanderbilt was reunited with her mother for the Christmas holidays as a climax of the long legal battle over her custody, this scene was enacted in an effort to evade photographers. Both Mrs. Vanderbilt (right) and a private detective sought to shield the young heiress from the cameras as they left the Vanderbilt home in New York for a shopping trip.

AAA Corn-Hog Payments May Be Aid to Durgan

NEW BOARD TO ACT ON JUVENILE HOME Retiring Member Discloses Status of Question. John S. Mann, retiring County Commissioner, today announced the present board will take no action in the proposed purchase of the Celeste Apartments, 402 E. New York-st, for $57,000 to be used as a combined Juvenile Detention and Juvenile Court, Mr. Mann said the matter will be referred to the incoming board, whose new member is John S. Newhouse, and tfhose holdover members are Ernest Marker and Dow Vorhies. The Celeste Apartments were appraised by the Center Township assessor at approximately $29,000. Opposition to the purchase developed in civic organiaztions, the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and Juvenile Judge John F. Geckler. OFFICIALS TO HONOR RETIRING EXECUTIVE Sullivan to Be Guest at Testimonial Tomorrow. At 6 tomorrow in the Indianapolis Athletic Club, members of the official family of Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan will gather to pay their last respects to him as an official. Department heads, members of city boards and other officials, together with representatives of three daily be in attendance. James E. Deery, city attorney, will be toastmaster. A scroll upon which will be written a testimonial to the Mayor will be given to him, and a gift will be presented . Frank C. Dailey, former member of the Board of Safety, will be principal speaker. City Clerk Henry O. Goett has charge of arrangements. Ice Breaks; 2 Girls Drowned By United Press CRETE, Neb., Dec. 26.—A Christmas Day skating party on the Blue River turned into a tragedy in which two girls were drowned. The ice broke and Lucille and Marjorie Nixon, 13 and 8, drowned.

Federal Checks for Second District Ready for Next Month. Distribution of Federal corn-hog checks in the Second Congressional District early next month is expected to do its part for Democracy by swinging the special election scheduled in the only district to elect a Republican congressman in the November election. The special election, of course, is necessitated by the death nine days after his election of Frederick Landis, Logansport. Mr. Landis defeated George R. Durgan, Lafayette, incumbent Congressman, who again will make the race, this time against Charles Halleck, Rensselaer. There was much ado as soon after Mr. Landis’ death as good taste permitted. Much wonderment was expressed as to when the special election would be set by Gov. Paul V. McNutt. The Governor said it was his belief that no vacancy could exist legally in the Indiana Congressional delegation, until after Congress convenes Jan. 3. Actually, of course, there was a vacancy as soon as Mr. Landis died, but the Governor held to the theory that legally there wasn’t a vacancy until the lower house assembled and there were only 11 Representatives there instead of the 12 to which the state is entitled. The Governor since has been supported in his attitude by an official opinion from Atty. Gen. Philip Lutz which holds that th<; Governor can not take judicial cognizance of the vacancy, and set the election, until after Jan. 3. This was just what the Governor had contended all along, so now everything’s legal and shipshape. The Governor said today the election will be held either Jan. 21 or Jan. 29. However, the Republicans, and even some of the more cynical among the Democrats, can’t see eye to eye with the Governor and Mr. Lutz. They know that the Second District, normally Republican, is heavily agricultural in makeup and they’re hot forgetting the fact that the corn-hog checks distribution may put the electorate in a rather complaisant attitude toward Mr. Durgan.

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FORMER STATE MAN IS GIVEN HIGH NRA POST Ex-La Porte Manufacturer Is Named Regional Compliance Head. By Times penal * WASHINGTON. Dec. 26—Cornelius F Rumley. who has been named Chicago regional director of compliance and enforcement for NRA, formerly was a manufacturer at La Porte Ind. He is a mechanical engineer and was living in Detroit when named to his new position by Sol A. Rosenblatt. National Director of Compliance and Enforcement. While in La Porte. Mr. Rumley was connected with the Evans Products Cos. and later the M. Rumle> Cos. He servpd with the Quartermaster Corps during the World War. Under the new set-up for NRA code enforcement, there will be nine regions, each with a regional director with full powers. The Chicago region includes Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Missouri. Each regional office will have a director, administrative assistant and a compliance council. The latter will be composed of a representative for employers, one for labor and an impartial chairman. An attorney will be assigned from the NRA litigation division and whatever special personnel is necessary, Mr. Rosenblatt announced. These officers will have authority to act on all code complaints, to remove the right to use NRA '.signia, and to prepare court pre _;itions without reference to Washington.

BANKHEAD GAINS IN LEADERSHIP BATTLE Alabama Representative May Be Named for Post. By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 26—The old antagonism between North and South blocs of the Democratic party may be swept aside in the House next session in the interest of the party at large, it developed today. The “unwritten /ale” that if the speakership goes to the South the leadership should go North, and vice is under pressure for discarding. The result may be that Rep. William Bankhead (D„ Ala.) will be leader of the next House majority and teammate of Rep. Joseph W. Byrns (D., Tenn.), who virtually is Speaker-designate. Mr. Bankhead claimed today that he had pledeges from Democratic members in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and other Northern states in his fight for the leadership.

2 INJURED IN FALLS ON ICY PAVEMENT Mother-in-Law of Lieutenant of Police Suffers Hip Fracture. Icy pavements contributed to at least two accidents yesterday, according to police reports. Mrs. Rose Hayden, 2012 Hillsideav, mother-in-law of Police Lieut. Leo Troutman, suffered a fracture of the right hip as she was alighting from an automobile in front of her home. John Thomas, Negro, 2303 North-western-av, suffered head cuts when he fell on the sidewalk in front of his house. Burglars Ransack Home Burglars entered the home of Earl Simmons, 845 N. Keystone-av yesterday, pulled down the window shades and took a leisurely look around. They made off with an Ingersol watch, valued as a keepsake.

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