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It Seems to Me KEYWOD BROUN IN a world which seem.'; increasingly a little mad there is consolation in the thought that maybe a lew are sane. Or thereabouts, which will do for a •tart. Os course at times there comes the disturbing thought that maybe you are the inmate and the multitude makes up the Sunday visitors. That can't be true. It would be too silly. Accordingly as one who insists that many of the rest are out of step, i am neither cynical nor gloomy. Certain shady notions which walk the world must

disappear at dawn and leave room for honest me n to inherit the world unencumbered. In coming up from Florida I noticed an article in “The Manufacturers' Record.” This is one of my favorite publications, but the stretch through North Carolina and South Carolina, for that matter, is pretty dull to man who has humbed all the other magazines. The little masterpiece was entitled “Return to Democratic Principles'’ and it was written by Eugene Talmadge, the Governor of Georgia. The executive of this great commonwealth was exercised about Federal

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relief and cited the fact that in his state laborers on work projects were getting as much as 30 cents an hour for an eight-hour day. tt tt B An Astounded Executive "epHE adjoining neighbors who are not on the re--1 . dds the Governor, "are plowing in oats and wheat and their plow hands are being paid 75 cents a day. “But here,’’ adds Gov. Eugene Talmadge of Georgia, “is the pitiful part of it: The farmer who is ft ill able to keep his land and hire that hand at 75 cents a day to work, had to pay his bit toward paying the man who worked for the Government at $2 40 a day.” And from these facts the great Georgian economist grows liberal in his views and asserts, “You can’t blame the 75-eont plow hand from w anting to step across and get the $2 40 a day.” This concession seems to me a most generous one coming from an executive who bleeds for the plight of the employer who can no longer hire human beings at the rate of $4.50 a week. It Iso may serve to explain the extraordinary news dispatches from Rossville, Ga., which tell the tale of the manner in which the state militia has arrested strikers patrolling the Richmond Hosiery Mills and sent them in trucks to an Atlanta detention camp. A Governor who resents Government competition against a scale of 75 cents a day is likely to be horrified when organized labor asks for more, no matter how modest its request. Indeed, according to the Associated Press story,, Col. Pope, the commander of the National Guard detachment, “advised the operators to hire the outsiders.” a tt tt A False Conception THIS seems to me to boa sort of summary of the labor comolaint that the burden of the blame for violence m strikes rests vastly more upon the side of the troops, the guards and the employers than on the workers themselves. It is sometimes contended that the position of any executive, state or Federal, should be to prote.ct the right of those who do not want to work and equally the right of those who do. But generally it is a false conception. It is not as if a vast army of voluntary recruits wore waiting to spring to the looms. On the contrary, organized bureaus are necessary to produce the men willing to work in competition with their fellows. And when a National Guard officer goes to the length of advising operators to bring in strike breakers it can hardly be said that the militia, which should belong to the state as a whole, is playing a neutral role. Surely it can hardly be the will of any group of voters to have the executive machinery inclined to the support of 75 cents a day as a living wage. What has become of our proud boast that America will not tolerate pauper labor such as has been known in European countries. With the slowing down of the New Deal ideals the cry arises that it is monstrous for the Government to interfere in pegging wages and shortening hours. But after all what is a government for but to protect its people against monstrous abuses? It is a mad world but it will grow more sane by leaps and bounds. After all the few are few and the many are very many. It can not take them forever to discover this simple proposition in mathematics. (Copyright, 19351

Today s Science BY DAVID DIETZ

NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—The New York automobile show is a complete answer to all those critics of modem science who insist that science is destroying beauty. For like the modern set-back skyscraper, the automobile has at last come into its own as a thing of beauty. Science, by its development of new alloys and new finishes, has made this possible. Feeling that my own interest in science might make me seem a prejudiced observer, I took Max Kalush, internationally known sculptor and member of the National Academy, to the show with me. Here is what he had to say: •'The designers of the 1935 automobiles have achieved the effects for which all sculptors strive,” Mr. Kalish said. “They have effectively carried out the dictum given to sculptors by the great Michelangelo four centuries ago. •'Michelangelo said that a piece of sculpture should be so designed that it could be rolled down a mountainside without injury. By this he meant that it should be one unified mass without protruding arms or legs. "This year, for the first time, the automobile designers have achieved that same unity and coherence. For the first time, the whole automobile—wheels, fenders, bumpers, lights and all—is fused Into one structural unit. ‘The resultant effect is one of simplicity, strength, completeness and, above all, beauty.” s a a DESIGNERS of the 1935 automobile have made their next great stride, according to Mr. Kalish, by embodying the inherent idea of the automobile into its design. •'ln the minds of the people, the automobile means speed.” Mr. Kalish said. “The new automobiles are so built that they give the impression of speed when they are standing still. In this respect, they have again solved the problem which the sculptor must always face, namely, that of expressing a dynamic idea in a static mass. “When an artist draws a picture of an automobile In motion, he indicates speed by a number of parallel, horizontal lines, a sort of conventional, although essentially unreal way of indicating the rush of the wind. ' Most of the new automobile designs achieve this feeling of speed by the use of similar lines. Instead of vertical openings in the sides of the hood, such as were used a few years ago. or a series of little doors such as were used last year, there are narrow horizontal openings, emphasized in most cases by contrasting colors. BBS “STREAMLINING, the sloping of the windshields, and the radiator fronts have likewise contributed to this effect.” Mr. Kalish continued. “It is a beautiful confirmation of Ruskin’s artistic law that form should follow function. "Stand in front of some of the new models. The sloping pointed radiator front comes down between wide, sweeping fenders so that the effect is exactly that of the prow of a swift moving ship cutting the waves. The immediate impression is one of speed.” I would add one comment to those of Mr. Kalish: Only the development of new steel alloys, new methods of plating, new paint finishes and other developments of the scientific laboratory made possible these artistic achievements. • Q—Do American citizens, residing temporarily abroad, pay United States income taxes? A—The United States tax applies to all income received, whether domestic or foreign, and temporary residence abroad does not relieve this obligation.

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CLIMBS TO MUSICAL HEIGHTS

Louise Essex to Be Soloist With Philadelphia Symphony

BY FREDERIC K G. MATSON Time* Staff Writer T OL'ISE ESSEX, Indianapolis concert ’cellist, today knows that one of her life’s ambitions—to appear as a soloist with a symphony orchestra in New York—is about to be fulfilled. She has just rereceived word that she will appear with the Philadelphia orchestra at Philadelphia on April 12 and 13, and at Carnejrie Hall, New York, April 16. Jose Iturbi will he puest conductor at each of the three performances. That she would have a New York debut, Miss Essex has known for some time, but only this week was she informed as to the date and the orchestra with which she would appear. It comes to her as a signal honor. A year and a half ago —in May, 1933—Miss Essex won both the Schubert Memorial and the National Federation of Music Clubs awards at Minneapolis. The prize of the National Music Federation was SIOOO. The aw 7 ard of the Schubert Memorial was an appearance in Carnegie Hall with a major orchestra. Miss Essex, who in private life is Mrs. Leonard A. Strauss and lives at 3069 N. Pennsylvania-st, has the great distinction to be the only Indiana musician ever to win either of these coveted recognitions. They are hers, not through a happy stroke of luck, but as the result of great native endowment and years of painstaking study. Her musical education began w 7 hcn she w 7 as 5 years old. She studied piano with her mother. Within a few 7 years she had the opportunity to hear the great Spanish artist, Pablo Casals, considered by all critics as the greatest living 'cellist. From that day on she determined to seek a career as a concert ’cellist. a a a 1 FERDINAND SCHAEFER, HOW conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, was her first ’cello teacher. Success in recitals liere enabled her to study in Boston under Alwin Schroeder, concert master of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Her talents were soon recognized and she w ? as awarded a scholarship for advanced study in Europe. Miss Essex chose to enroll in the course of Prof. Julius Klengel at historic Leipzig Conservatory, founded by Mendelssohn and Schumann. Two years of unremitting study there was rewarded when she was selected from the entire conservatory to be soloist with the Leipzig Symphony. Net content with this accomplishment, she left Leipzig for Paris, and played before the master class of Diran Alexanian and Casals at the Ecole Normale

-Th r DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Bn Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—Being “Assistant President” isn’t what it is cracked up to be. Friends of bald, broad-shouldered Donald R. Ricliberg are saying that he is finding his role far from a happy one. Apparently Richberg's Cabinet colleagues are not taking kindly to the requirement that they must obtain his approval before submitting legislative proposals to Congress. Also, it appears that Administration

executives vigorously resent Richberg's co-ordinating activities. Jealous of their departmental and commission prerogatives, they object to his suggestion for reshuffling agencies, and are bluntly telling him so. ‘ What is making Richberg's situation especially onerous is the fact that the President takes his difficulties very lightly. When Richberg comes to him and complains about his trouble with this or that Cabinet officer, Roosevelt leans back and laughs.

a a a Brisk-mannered Mrs. Caroline O'Day. good friend of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, was the object of much interest in the House when she took her seat. Particularly among her fellow feminine members was the fact noted that she wore smart, elbowlength gloves. A colleague asked San Francisco's witty Mrs. Florence Kahn what she thought of this new legislative style. -Well.” she replied, ‘‘gloves have their place. But not here. In this business you've got to use bare hands.” BBS BY agreement between the White House and Congress, distribution of the thousands of jobs created by taking farm census was made the special patronage prerogative of Democratic Representatives. They picked their friends and supporters, and the Census Bureau put them on the pay roll. Recently Col. (Kentucky brand) Louis Howe, secretary to the President. wrote Census Director William Austin requesting that he appoint a relative. Harry M. Hall of Waynesvile. N. C.. as assistant supervisor for the poll in that district. Austin, naturally, wrs anxious to accommodate one so near the White House. But pc the same time he did not want to offend Reps. Alfred Bulwinkle and Zebulon Weaver, who have the census patronage rights in that section. So he wrote each a letter explaining the situation and asking their approval of Hall's appointment. Waynesville is not in Bulwinkle's Congressional district and he replied that he had no objection

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de Musique. An invitation to become a member of this postgraduate group promptly followed. One of the greatest compliments Miss Essex considers she has ever received came from Casals, the artist who had inspired her career. “She plays extremely well,” he said one day before her class. “That remark, short and terse as it was, was saying a great deal when it came from Casals,” Miss Essex recalled. After five years of European training and experience she returned to the United States and to new honors. The National Federation of Music Clubs in 1933 awarded her its first prize of SIOOO sot ’cello, and she was one of two artists selected by the Schubert Memorial Association

to doing the President’s secretary a favor. Nothing was heard from Weaver. Finally, an emissary was sent around to his office to ascertain the reason for his silence. The explanation was promptly forthcoming. “Our Democratic friends tell us,” was the reply, “that Mr. Hall is a Republican. Congressman Weaver is not in favor of Appointing Republicans.” B B tt W r HEN George H. Dern, Secretary of War, was visiting in Texas recently, a banquet was given in his honor in San Anton:o, which is 80 per cent Catholic. Asked by the toastmaster what he would like to have said about him in the introduction, Dern said: “Tell the boys I'm a thirty-third degree Mason.” B tt B SEN. GEORGE W. NORRIS’ idea of a “one-horse’’ legislature for Nebraska is spreading like a prairie fire. Apparently other states are planning to follow the lead of the 73-year-old Progressive and move to amalgamate their two-bodied legislatures into one. Inquiries have poured in upon the Secretary of State at Lincoln. Neb., from the Governors and legislators of so many other states that it became necessary to make a special printing of Norris’ initial petition. (Copyright. 1935. by TTnited Feature Syndicate. Inc.) NamFruddell trustee Community Fund Head Will Serve on Boy Scout Council. Almus G. Rudaell, Indianapolis Community Rind president, yesterday was elected a trustee of the Indianapolis and Central Indiana Boy Scout Council to fill the vacancy created by the death of Dr. Thomas C. Howe. Mr. Ruddell has served as vice president of the council for many years. The board also accepted the suggestion of W. D. Hamer that the Indianapolis council co-operate with other cities in Region 7 in having the national council meeting in the district next summer.

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1935

Louise Essex ..... Ambition Fulfilled.

for recognition of genius. It was this latter award that carried with it a concert debut in New 7 York as soloist with a major symphony orchestra. Asked to explain something about the two organizations (the writer frankly was not well posted) Miss Essex related that the Federated Music Clubs every two years holds a national contest at the time of its biennidl convention. The national contest is preceded by district and state contests and only winners of these are admitted to the final competition. a a a A MAXIMUM of seven wunners of the national contest are chosen by a jury composed of representatives of the Federation and of the Schubert Memorial.

CHURCH YOUNG PEOPLE TO HEAR TECH GROUP Demegoreans to Speak at Tabernacle Presbyterian, Speakers at a meeting of the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church Young People’s Fellowship Society at 6:30 Sunday night will be the Technical High School “Demegorians.” The “Demegorians,” all students in the high school's speech department, are Dorisann Johnson, Mary Evelyn Lecon, Albert Smith and Roland Boughton. Music will be furnished by Richard K. Trittipo, tenor. Society officers are Albert W. Ewbank, president Miss Mary Beatrice Whiteman, vice president and social chairman; Miss Florence Brandt, secretary-treasurer.

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These seven receive a prize of SIOOO, in recognition of their talents and to aid in furthering their careers. However if, in the opinion of the judges, there are not seven contestants worthy of the prize, a lesser number may receive the award. In 1933 Miss Essex was one of five to be so honored. The Schubert Memorial Association was founded in 1928, the centennial of the death of Franz Schubert, for the purpose of affording concert opportunities for deserving young artists. Headed by Ossip Gabrilowitsch, its president, the organization boasts such names as Leopold Stokowski, Arturo Toscanini, Walter Damrosch, Madame Olga Samaroff, Frederick Stock and John Erskine. Originally holding annual contests, the Memorial joined with

I COVER THE WORLD a a a a a a By William Philip Simms

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—After a delay only once exceeded—by the Isles oi Pines treaty—the United States today appeared on the point of joining the World Court, a bitter issue under five Presidents. Reported out of committee by 14 to 7, the resolution of adherence has been placed before the Senate. Senator James P. Pope (D., Idaho) said he expected a vote within four weeks. The court, however, is not out of the woods. Considerable debate must come before the ayes and noes are counted. The bitter enders, led by Senator William E. Borah of Idaho and Senator Hiram John-

son of California must have their final say. But Senator Borah indicated he expects no filibuster. While he thinks there should be ample discussion, he looks for no delay for the sake of delay. World Court adherence has

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the Federated Music Club? in 1933 in conducting biennial national competitions. From among the seven—or less—Federation winners. two may be chosen for the Schubert Memorial award. Again, there is the stipulation that no awards are made if in the judges’ opinion they are no’t warranted. And again. Miss Essex was selected. She, together with one other contestant, was the first to receive a Schubert award in four years! Attaining this coveted honor certainly is a distinct accomplishment. It generally is recognized as one of the most difficult competitions in the music world. Instrumentalists must have a repertory consisting of four concerti w 7 ith orchestra and two recital programs lasting one hour each. Furthermore, the contestants must be under 30 y irs of %e and must be indorse.; by three musicians of acknowledged standing. a a a MISS ESSEX and the other competitors played before an audience of 5000 in Northrup Auditorium at Minneapolis. Among the judges of the contest were Albert Spaulding, concert violinist; Frederick Stock, conductor of the Chicago Symphony; Eugene Ormandy, Minneapolis Symphony conductor; Ernest Hutcheson, dean of the famed Juilliard School of Music, New 7 York, and Rudolph Ganz and Lawrence Tibbett. Quite an imposing jury to try the talent of young musicians! Among Miss Essex's cherished possessions in a beautiful Techier violoncello. It has quite an interesting history. Fashioned in 1703 by the Italian master, David Tecchler, it many years later was presented to the Duke of Edinburgh on the occasion of his marriage in 1874 by the Commonwealth of Australia. After the death of the duke the violoncello became part of the famous Partello collection of cellos and violins. Miss Essex also has the quaint old wooden case—so heavy that no one would want to carry it in daily use—which still bears the silver monogram of the duke. On? of her bows, the work of of the celebrated Parisian bowmaker Voirin, once belonged to Victor Herbert. Asked to name her favorite composers, Miss Essex chose Beethoven. Bach, Brahms, Schubert and Debussy. “I chose Bach,” she explained, “because all other music rests upon his foundation. I like Beethoven for his power; Brahms because he is the highest exponent of the romantic school in music; Debussy for his ethereal quality and Schubert for his lyricism.” Young, attractive and extremely modest, Miss Essex hesitated to comment on her success. “I really haven't much to say. but a great deal for which to be grateful,” were heV w 7 ords. “There are many very competent musicians who don’t have this opportunity, and I consider myself very fortunate.” Fortune may have had something to do w r ith it, but deserving recognition of outstanding merit had its share, too.

never been a strictly part, issue. Born in the Wiison Administration, of strictly American parentage, the court was strongly advocated by Presidents Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover and now by Roosevelt. How new Senators stana is not definitely known. Indications are that they are mostly pro-court. There are 69 Democrats in the upper chamber, five more than the necessary two-thirds majority. There is still a shade of doubt, however, as to how the League of Nations and members of the World Court will accept the reservation with regard to advisoryopinions as stated in the pending resolution. The resolution accepts the Root safeguards against foreign entanglements and adds that it is “with the clear understanding of the United States that the Permanent Court of International Justice shall not, over an objection by the United States, entertain any request for an advisory opinion touching any dispute or question in which the United States has or claims an interest.” USB IT was the two words “or claims,” in the now historic Fifth Reservation adopted by the Senate in 1926, that deadlocked debate for three years. The four other reservations were immediately accepted by. the other powers. This one, they said, gave the United States the right virtually to paralyze the court if it saw fit merely by “claiming” an interest in disputes. It was here also, that the 84-year-old Elihu Root scored a great personal triumph at Geneva. He proposed, and the League and members of the court agreed, that the United States should be informed of aft moves by the court. Then, if no satisfactory agreement could be reached with regard to a desired opinion touching a question in which this country' claimed an interest, the United States might withdraw from the court “without any imputation of unfriendliness or unwillingness to co-cperate generally for peace and good will.”

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Knt>-r*-d Second-*'ins* Matter at Pntnffice. Indianapolis. Ind

Fair Enough mam peoler XTTASHINGTON. D. C . Jan. 11.—Among the new * ’ members of the United States Senate, once known as the most exclusive gentlemen’s club in the world, is Theodore G. Bilbo of Mississippi, who explains that Bilbo is a dictionary word, meaning a two-edged knife. Senator Bilbo is short, sandy, somewhat paunchy and a politician utterly unashamed. He has lived as the guest of the taxpayers, the white man’s burden so to speak. 17 years-since 1908. when he was elected

to the Mississippi State Senate after a hard fight with an opponent who went around telling the voters that he was nothing but a Dago. “It was a dirty political lie,” the new Senator now declares, as he settles down for six years more in public office at the highest salary lie ever received. “He said Bilbo was like Antonio or Sc-ipio or any Italian name, but I went out and convinced the voters of the old Magnolia state that I was of pure blood. The first Bilbo came over from Scotland in the early days of the country.” Senator Bilbo last served his

country by clipping items out of the papers in the Department of Agticulture. at a salary of S6OOO a year. He was out of a job and Pat Harrison, the senior Senator from Mississippi, found this funkhole for him. From the standpoint, of Senator Harrison and the Roosevelt Administration this was a wise investment of the taxpayers' money. When he had put in nine months clipping at S6OOO a year he saw his chance, leaped in and became Senator. tt tt a Huey's at Hat THIS means that he is Pat Harrison's Senator and the Administration’s Senator and not Huey Long’s man. Now Huey, himself, having often proclaimed Mississippi to be “just another province of Loozanna.” is fixing to cross over and elect a Senator of his own is Mississippi the next time Senator Harrison comes up. Senator Bilbo is the one man in (he world who can fight Senator Long with his own weapons of slander, innuendo, and gossip and in his own battleground, the gutter. He is a rough-and-tumble campaigner accustomed to fighting tom-cat rules. Other statesmen, even the hardiest o t them, dread to fight Senator Long, and even James A. Farley said the otnr; day when Huey clawed him severely in a speech on patronage that he guessed he would just have to grin and take it rather than fight back. But Senator Bilbo would enjoy very much to fight Senator Long. He knows now. Moreover, Senator Bilbo can take it, whereas Huey in inclined to tincan it when he meets a man who can fight him his own way. “I don't think Huey is fixin’ to start anything with me,” says he. "But if he does, remember the man. Bilbo, is a two-edged knife.” He has a habit of referring to himself in the third person, often as "the man. Bilbo.” The man, Bilbo's, arrival in the Senate, therefore is providential, and operations are now 7 proceeding to poke up a fight between him and Long at the earliest possible moment. a a a It'll He a Funic THE august statesmen of the Senate have a habit of saying that there is no sense getting into a row 7 with Huey Long because no man ever won a contest with a wood-pussy, even though he kill 'd the wood-pussy. But a contest between two wood-pussys would be an even match and an edifying spectacle viewed from a safe distanre. The debate between Senators Long and Bilbo, when it happens, therefore, will be worth crossing oceans for and a great attendance may be predicted. “You know, I wasn’t just clipping items for my S6OOO a year at the AAA,” he said, earnestly. “I was writing summaries of these items, too. But a mean little Republican editor branded me the clipper. I didn't care because 6000 bucks is a damn nice meal ticket in a panic. I would tell you what I sa ; d to that editor only I am a Senator now and that would be beneath the dignity of the Senate.” Senator Bilbo denies a campaign lie to the effect that he had once been a preacher. He says he never was a preacher in his life. His secretary, a young woman with a soft magnolia drawl, also denied a rumor that he was a phrenologist. “He doesn’t drink, he doesn’t play golf, and he doesn’t hunt or play cards, either,” the lady said. “What?” your correspondent, exclaimed, “has the man. Bilbo, no pleasures?” "Oh, we haven’t canvassed the w 7 hole list have we?” she said archly, and your correspondent fled in confusion, blushing furiously. fCopyriqht. 1935, bv Unite and Feature Syndicate Inc.)

Your Health BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN-

ANY condition associated with an inflammation of the bones and joints is called arthritis. Rheumatism, on the other hand, is a condition of inflammation which may affect nerves, muscles, fibrous tissue, or any other tissues of the human body. Not all arthritis is the same. There may be sudden inflammations or chronic conditions lasting many years. There may be forms of arthritis in which there is simply a collection ot fluid in the tissues; others in which there is over-development of the membranes. Furthermore, inflammations of bones and joints may vary according to the kind of germ associated with the inflammation, or the manner in which the inflammation comes about. BBS IN cases in which there is sudden inflammation of a joint, the first signs are usually pain with limitation of movement, swelling, redness and a feeling of heat in the joint. Moreover, the muscles around the joint may be affected by spasm, because they endeavor 'o limit the movement of the joint. All sorts of germs may be involved in such inflammations, including the typhoid germ, the germ that causes pneumonia, the general pus-forming germs, and even those associated with venereal diseases. a a a TUST as soon as the cause of the condition is defiJ nitely determined, the condition may be attacked through the cause. Thus, for certain forms of germs, vaccines or serums may be of value. In other cases it may be necessary to remove the infectious material from the joint by surgical procedures. Associated with such measures it may be desirable to apply heat, massage and similar physical procedures to encourage the blood supply of the tissues, which will result in bringing the forces of the body to bear in overcoming the condition. As the healing occurs, the joint may be gradually moved and suitable manipulation will eventually result in a complete restoration of function, provided the damage to the tissues as n result of the infection has not been too great.

Questions and Answers

q —Do acids or alkdlis turn litmus paper red? A— Solutions of acids redden blue litmus, solutions of alkalis turn red litmus blue. Q_Who played the role of "Dick Charlton ' in the motion picture. Three on a Honej’moon? ’ State his age and marital state. A—Charles Starrett, bom in Athol, Mass., Marth 28. 1904. He has been married since 1927, and has twin sons.

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