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FORECAST: Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight, followed by

FINAL HOME

VOLUME 49—NUMBER 204

~ BUILDING T0 INCRE

LEADERS BELIEVE WVENLE HOME

Location of New Plants in City Factor; See |

ACTIVITY ASE HERE,

Gradual Acceleration to Take Care Of Housing Shortage.

REAL ESTATE IS REPORTED HEALTHY

‘Honest and Sound Growth,” Is Predicted in

Business During

Winter and 1938;

Values Must Go Up, Is Claim.

(Photos, Page Three; Editorial, Page 14)

Indianapolis building industries, which have accounted,

on the basis of permits issued, for the expenditure of more

than $14,600,000 in wages and materials here in the last 22

months, will increase activities steadily over a period of |

years, leaders said today. There will be nothing spectacular about the improvement, they said, and it probably will not approach boom proportions. Especially in the dwelling construction field, they said, there will be a gradual acceleration to take care of the housing shortage being made more acute by the location of new industries

here,

Forest Knight, North Side Realtors chairman, estimated that a shortage of approximately 3000 dwelling units exists now. He said that because of this, new residential building would continue strong

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NALIS TO BARE ~ COLONY POLICY

U. S. Joins Plea That Japan Send Delegate to | Peace Parley.

DANZIG, Nov. 4 | Paul

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(U, P.).— Joseph Goebbels, German minister of propaganda, will make an authoritative statement outlining German colonial policy Friday at the Sports Palast, the Nazi news-

Li 10 CLOSE 'WRANGLE OVER

Social Agencies Ask Children Be Removed From Old Site Immediately.

Governor's Mansion at County’s Request.

(Editorial, Page 14)

Social workers and club women, after conferring with County Commissioners today, pressed their efforts to straighten Marion County’s tangled Juvenile Detention Home situation.

cil of Social Agencies secretary, told Commissioners that “it is important that children now in the home be removed immediately.” The home, at 225 E. Michigan St., has been branded “unsafe and inadequate” by State Fire Marshal Clem Smith. Mr. Hunt ‘said it also was necessary to find a ‘permanent, new home.” Inspection Ordered Following the conference, Commissioners asked Mr. Smith to make an official inspection of the 80-year-old former Governor's mansion at 538 W. New York St., across from | Military Park. The Commissioners have been studying a proposal to lease this property for use as a Juvenile home. Mrs. William H. Hodgson, president of the Juvenile Detention Home Auxiliary, which has been active in the campaign, demandad the inspection. Meanwhile, J. J. Scherer, chief inspector of Mr. Smith's office, reported unofficially that “if minor repairs are made, the building can be used safely as a detention home.” He estimated repairs totaling $1000 to $2000 were needed.

INSPECTION IS ORDERED

‘State to Examine Former

Howard Hunt, Indianapolis Coun-

| home of Chapin Dillingham, weal-

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1937

Flames Destroy 98

OWNER PLACES Survey Shows Heavy Soot LOSS AT $10,000 Fall Near 38th-Meridian

Although 22 tons of soot fell in the mile-square district around 54th Firemen Unable to Check St. and College Ave. during September, that area was the cleanest of

Blaze at Dillingham Estate. |

destroyed the stone

Fire today

thy truck farmer, at 623 S. Holt

on the roof and had burned into |

Year-Old Mansion

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice. Indianapolis. Ind.

Times Photos.

any place in indianapolis, the first closed today.

A total of 486 tons fell over the =

entire city during September, according to the report issued by City Combustion Engineer J. W. Cline- | hens. | The worst soot districts were | around Kentucky Ave. and Morris St., 79 tons; Shelby and Pleasant Run Blvd. 58 tons, and 38th and | Meridian Sts., 47 tons. The report was compiled from | data collected in laboratory tess of | soot samples taken during Sep- | tember at 12 stations. Mr. Clinehens pointed out that | when the heavy heating season |

city-wide smoke survey report dis-

tons during August and 354 tons in February of 1937. The Department has been conducting individual readings of the smoke density of industrial plants here. An attempt te locate the sources of smoke will be made while the survey is going on, Mr. Clinehens said, but definite action to eradicate the trouble will not be taken until a year’s data has been completed. He said WPA crews will make a detailed survey of the mile square

PRICE THREE CENTS

GOVERNOR PICKS

RD TO STUDY

STATE TAXATION

Data on Overlapping Acts and Those Which Impose Unfair Burdens Will Be Used in Advising Changes to '39 Legislature.

SURVEY IS EXPECTED TO TAKE YEAR

‘Dean McCarthy of Notre Dame, Prof. Bates

Of I. U., Clarence Jackson, Marshall Williams and A. N. Pursley Chosen.

A special commission of five members was appointed today by Governor Townsend to make an extensive study of Indiana's entire tax structure. Data collected in a year’s survey, he said, will be used in recommending needed tax reforms to the 1939 Legislature. Members of the new commission, authorized by an act of the 1937 Legislature, are: Dean James Edward McCarthy, of Notre Dame University; Prof. Frank Bates, of Indiana

es # University; Marshall Wil. PROFIT LEVY HIT liams State Tax Board mems-

ber: Clarence Jackson, Gross ncome Tax Division director, and A. N. Pursley, Hartford Favors Large Stockholders, Congressman Here for Talk Charges.

City businessman. Governor Townsend said commiss sioners would serve without pay All Indiana laws relating to taxes will be studied with regard to equit« able distribution of the burdens on | various taxpayers’ groups, the Gov=- | ernor said. Data on overlapping laws and The undistributed profits and those imposing unfair burdens on capital gains taxes represent en-'certain groups will be complied as a actments against the worker in |basis for amendments to be consid=

favor of the large stockholder, Rep. | ered by the Legislature.

during the winter months, and be- |the top floor before firemen ar- | starts many districts will go over | covered by one station at 22d and ’ Samuel (D. South

paper, Danziger Verposten

. Jane Jordan..

come stronger next spring. Real Estate Business “Healthy”

Guy Williams, Indianapolis Real Estate Board vice president, said the real estate business is in a healthy condition, despite an occasional seasonal recess or “jittery” market. He predicted there woula be “an honest and sound growth in business during the winter and next year.” “Since costs of building and mate-

reported from Berlin today.

« United Press Staff Correspondent BRUSSELS, Belgium, Nov. (U. P.).—Great Britain, France and

: pe Ana | at y i | the United States joined today in a | Ta ie three i JDaiod, was (|

| new attempt to entice Japan into | peace negotiations. | Led by the three democracies, | eight principal powers agreed at a

| mittee, probably comprising the

| three nations, should be appointed

Copies ot the proposed lease for the building, calling for $200

| | private conference that a small com- |

monthly rental for three years, were { shown the committee by Commis- | sioners today. Both groups agreed

| cut to provide funds for the neces- | sary repairs.

Must Act by Nov. 15

| Elmer F. C. Weber, secretary of | the People’s Mutual Savings and

rials ‘assuredly will not go back, , approach Tokyo and try to find | Loan Association, owners of the present real estate values conse-|ga hasis for peace between China and building, said he had given Com-

quently must go up,’ he said. “Lending companies are anxious to lend their money on real estate projects at low rates, so real estate must be a good commodity. Rentals have shown decided improvement because of the house shortage and less moving from one property to another.” Clarence T. Mpyers, Construction

Japan.

| The proposal was adopted later hy | the main body of the conference. | The three powers also decided | Germany might be asked to join the {peace efforts. There was little hope

[that Japan would accept the peace |

{overtures or that Germany would | prove very helpful. | Speculation has

arisen over

| missioners until Nov. 15 to accept | th lease, without repairs. Commissioners said today they would sub/mit a counter-proposal to Mr. Weber. The Committee also said it would 'call on Mr. Weber today. After Commissioner John New- | house had explained that the County | could not issue bonds to build a new Juvenile Home because bonding at-

League of Indianapolis executive | whether the democracies, while ap- | torneys opposed the action, com-

secretary, said: “We in the construction industry look forward to a healthy increase in business over a period of years. It has been definitely satisfactory in the last three years, with a sound and healthy increase each year. We will see new work each day. We have no doubt of that.” R. Earl Peters, Federal Housing Authority Indiana Administrator. said that the approaching winter had not depressed the mortgage market as the FHA experienced it, and predicted a winter of activity in dwelling construction. Predicts $350,000 in Loans The Indianapolis office, he said, granted 120 loans for a total of $612,800 in 1936 and had so far this year granted 160 loans for $834,100.

He estimated that in the last two |

months of this year the office will approve 50 more applications for loans that will total at least $350.000. State, the FHA does 32 per cent of the financing of new dwellings. “Unmistal-able evidences are at hand to indicate a constant and substantial increase in the volume of new home construction for Indianapolis,” Mr. Peters said. “Building of the new International Harvester plant and the location of other new industries in this area have emphasized the acute dwelling shortage that exists in this community, “Companies and gaged in home building are planning systematically to meet gradually the housing needs. One Indianapolis corporation recenily has advised us that it will start immediately the construction of 24 new homes. dianapolis citizens each week are filing applications with the FHA for insured mortgages the proceeds of which are to be used for new home construction. “It has been definitely ascertained that it is possible for new home construction to continue throughout practically the entire year in Indiana. For that reason, (Turn to Page Three)

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He estimated, too, that in the

individuals en- |

Scores of individual In- |

| parently seeking Far Eastern peace, {were aiming at a broader objective. | Some believed this might be to give | Germany, Italy and Japan every op- | portunily to be obstructive in order {to arouse public opinion in the United States, Britain and France, thus bringing the three closer together in the face of the | “Fascist menace.” | Besides the three powers, nations | represented at the private meeting | were Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal and Russia. All | except Russia are signatories of the | Nine-Power treaty. | Count Luigi Aldrovandi-Mares-cotti of Italy said the conference | should merely invite China and | Japan to settle their differences | between themselves. This corresponds with Japan's contention

| that the other powers should keep |

Plane Tries to ‘Attack French Ship

| hydroplane tried to attack the

| ships before it could bomb the vessel. The hydroplane ordered the crew | (Turn to Page Three)

U.S. CONVICTS 4 OF ~~ LIQUOR VIOLATION

‘Mother, Son Among Guilty; Sentences Deferred.

| | Three men and a woman, charged {with being members of a bootleg | ring | convicted by a Federal Court jury | which deliberated 12 minutes.

near Richmond, today were

| They were Albert Zelinski; | former marriage, Byron Stout, who | were accused of being leaders of the | liquor ring, and Clifford Hinshaw, | alleged still operator. Frank Rogers, charged with the same offenses, earlier had changed his plea to guilty and testified for the Government. They were charged with internal revenue law violations in possessing unstamped liquor and for failure to ‘have a license for a distillery. Judge Robert C. Baltzell deferred Sentene to Nov. 20.

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his wife, Grace, and her son by a |

| mittee members said they would aeston the bonding attorneys toay. The attorneys have told Commis- | sioners, they said, that there are no laws permitting bond issues to build the home. Meanwhile, Mrs. Edward H. Niles | of the Auxiliary said “we will con- ! tinue our 13-year fight for a suitable | home.” Others indicated that other | possible locations were being stud- | ied, including one on Cold Springs | Road. | Mrs. Hodgson also said her or- | ganization was preparing a report { on conditions at the present De- | tention Home. | “The report will show how urgent | the need is for segregation of diseased and healthy children,” she said. At the same time, Juvenile Court Judge John F. Geckler said he was considering removing children from | the present detention home. i “If the building is a fire-trap, as | they say it is, some steps should 'be taken to remove the children. | “I don’t know where we could I put them,” he said, “but I will talk | to Welfare Department officials to | to work out a plan if the Commis- | sioners have not selected a new site by Nov. 15.”

[were hauled by wagons, drawn by

rived. So expansively built was the es-| tate, that the first fire pumper to | arrive stuck a hose in the huge | cistern at the side of the house and | pumped from it for one hour before it went dry. Mrs. Dillingham was in the house | alone when the fire was discovered, | in an advanced stage, by neighbors. | Interior Destroyed Three fire pumpers, two of them | township pumpers carrying water stipplies, fought the blaze, but the entire interior of the house and iis | contents, except for a few pieces of {urniture, were destroyed. The two-foot thick stone walls were cracked by the heat but remained standing. Mr, Dillingham said that the] house was built 98 years ago by a! Col. Drake and that it has been | owned by his family for 46 years. An old resident of the neighbor- | hood said he had been told when a | boy that the stones for the walis |

four horses, from Greencastle quar- | ries, 37 miles away. He said he had been told that it took one week for each wagon to make two round trips. Mr. Diilingham said that all the | woodwork inside was solid black | walnut and that all the floors weve | solid maple. He said that the living room was 32 feet by 20 feet and that there were 10-foot fireplaces in it and the dining room. He said that among other things | that burned were some fine oriental | rugs, a library of about 600 books, | some of them valuable first editions, and two suites of bedroom furniture that were authentic antiques that had been in the family for many years, The house had been modernized throughout, he said. Neighbors rallied into bucket brigades but no amount of fighting would overcome the head start of the blaze.

EVANSVILLE PLANT RAZED

EVANSVILLE, Nov. 4 (U. P.).— Damage from a fire which razed the Burkert-Walton Printing Co. plant last night was estimated today at $25,000, only part of which was covered by insurance.

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Stung Again! Apiarists Will Be Busy as Bees Just Keeping Bees Alive

| Indiana beekeepers will spend the fall and winter months this | year muttering over and over again, “Whaddya mean, busy as a |

Because, what with the unaccountable absence of nectar in white clover and the fact that the aster crop laid an egg, Indiana bees had ‘a had production season and ended in the red. So reads, between the lines, the report issued today by James E. Starkey of the Indiana State Beekeepers’ Association. Not only that, many of the bees have not laid aside enough honey to get them through the winter, even on disaster rations, and will die before spring, he predicted. Mr. Starkey said that “probably never before did asters promise so much and do less” for the bees. A freeze, it seems, caused the asters to fold up just when the bees were doing their last-

Moreover, Mr. Starkey pointed out that many of the colonies may be queenless. He said it would be pretty hard to tell whether they are or not, because at this time of the year “she will be reduced in size and hard to find.” “A queenless colony has no chance,” he said, “to winter

Mr. Starkey urged that beekeepers move small colonies in with bigger ones for the winter. He also suggested that owners begin feeding the bees sugar syrup. If you have a hungry bee around the place this will make

“Take one volume of water to two and a quarter volumes of Pour the sugar into boiling water and agitate until sugar is dissolved. Bring solution to a boiling point and Add one tablespoon of tartaric acid for every 50 pounds

Give it to the bee and see what happens. P. S.—Soda is good for bee stings!

| man was captured in a haymow. He

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LINDBERGH HINTS

100 tons and some will reach be-| College Ave. next week to locate tween 200 and 300 in January and | the sources there. If it is found

February. that the station has not been | By comparison, he said, Cincin- placed where a fair sample of the nati's downtown district showed 82 area is obtained, its location will | | be changed. | | The station at Shelby St. and | CAPTURE SUSPECT Pleasant Run Blvd. had the high- | est percentage of soluable salts, | | containing sulphur dioxide, which, | IN HOLDUP SLAYING he said, is “as dangerous to health | {and property as smoke.” | . The following figures, in the orCRN , ; | der of their severity, represent the | Michigan Police Find Alleged combined sulphur dioxide, carbon | he 3 |and dust content found at the sta- | Bandit In Haymow. tions during September: : | Kentucky Ave. and Morris St. | a : [79 tons; Shelby St. and Pleasant | {JEW BUFFALO, Mich, Nov. 4 Run Blvd. 58 tons; 38th and Me- | (U. P.).—Michigan State Police t0- | ridjan Sts. 47 tons: Sheffield and | day captured a man who gave his | yw Michigan Sts. 45 tons. name as James Russin, a suspect in| giv Hall. 42 tons: E. Washington | the slaying yesterday of a Bu-|gt ong Emerson Ave. 41 tons: 924 | Shain, ys Staion - | St. and College Ave., 38 tons; Mas- | od * » sachusetts Ave. and Rural St. 36 Russin, who said he was from tons: Beville Ave. and E. New York Kansas City, was cornered in a barn St 24 ons: 29th and Hi di ~ a few miles from the scene of the | °° OU CHA A a] criitte, Sergi, Ray Kale Sail oo | Ave., 26 ‘tons; 54th &t. and ‘Colleze offered no resistance, officers said, Ave. 22 tons. and was suffering from two gunshot! | 7 wounds. Herman Reinke, 24, died fron WARMER WEATHER wounds he received in resisting two | bandits yesterday at Buchanan. Be- | tore he died, Mr. Reinke fired at | FORECAST FOR CITY the bandits, wounding one of them. | Michigan and Indiana State Po- | lice began a search and established | . cree a road blockade. Officers said there | Rain Predicted Tomorrow was no trace of Russin’s accomplice. | i After Mercury Rise.

LA GUARDIA TALKS | WITH ROOSEVELT

(Other Politics, Page Three)

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 (U. P.).— President Roosevelt confers today | T h ; with Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia, | he Weather Buresy forecast who led a Republican-American | Warmer weather and increasing Labor cloudiness for tonight and rain to-

Party-Fusion ticket to an overwhelming victory over the Tam- | morrow. Subnormal temperatures many Hall-New Deal Democratic | during the last few days are on the | organizations in Tuesday's munici- | way out, the bureau said. pal election. The President probably will entertain La Guardia at luncheon in his town house during a brief visit to New York City before returning

AT LABOR PARLEY to Washington. Mr. Roosevelt ————

planned to leave his temporary | WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (U.P.).—

White House at Hyde Park, N. Y., ne American Federation of Labor

a CEL ot erie Yon Ch usetiia land the Committee for Industrial

visit caused speculations as to its | Organization reconvene their peace political significance, inasmuch as | conference today in an atmosphere the mayor established himself as |, bitter that only Presidential in- > ©" | terventi eared © 1 coming the first “reform MSyor Nn aon Ee toward > BO New York's history to succeed him- | ful ‘conclusion. self. Despite increasing demands for a truce by the public and rank-and- | file union members, 10 C. I. O. negotiators and three members of the | A. F. of L. peace committee assem- | bled again after an eight-day recess | with little hope of reaching an agreement.

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HE'LL RETURN SOON

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 4 (U. P.).—Letters from Col. Charles A. Lindbergh

B. Pettengill

| Bend) said in an interview here to-|

day. “They are penalties against small, struggling businessmen in favor of huge corporations,” he charged, urging outright repeal or immediate revision of the law, Claiming he was the only Democrat in the House who spoke openly against the act when it was proposed before the House and the Ways and Means Committee, Mr. Pettengill said the predictions he made then were becoming realities of today. “I foresaw the difficulty that would beset the small businessman who hoped to pay debts out of current profits. I knew he would have o chance against his huge com-

petitors with large tax-exempt sur-

pluses built before the law was enacted. “I could foresee the day when the boom for consumer goods would come with insufficient capital remaining to meet the demand, because reserves for expansion to produce such goods, would have been dissipated by heavy taxes and yearly distributions.” The Congressman said the best solution to the problem would be repeal of the law. At least, he maintained, there must be two exemptions granted immediately. “Money for new plant construction or equipment must be exempted from these taxes. Also, surpluses to be used to pay off debts must escape the collector,” Mr. Pettengill said. “When no new construction is incepted, labor suffers more than any other group,” he charged. “It means a loss in construction labor, and all the contingent benefits from consumption of building goods. Finally, employment effected by new facilities is lost. “That's just what is happening today. There is a large demand for goods, but manufacturers refuse to expand to meet it for fear of dissipating remaining reserves. Only (Turn to Page Three)

HUFFMAN TO MARRY

BLOOMINGTON GIRL

BLOOMINGTON, Nov. 4 (U. P). | —Vernon Huffman, former Indiana |

University football star, and Miss Evelyn Johnson, Bloomington, will be married here Dec. 4. Announcement was made today by the bride-elect’'s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ward Johnson. Mr. Huffman, who met Miss Johnson while studying law at the university last summer, is now understudy to Dutch Clark of the Detroit Lions football team. Miss Johnson, a blond, also attended I. U. where she is a member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority. Huffman, named the most valuable player to his team in the Big Ten last year, also was cocaptain of the basketball team. He is a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity.

to sponsors of his flight from New York to Paris in May, 1927, indicated today the self-exiled aviator, now in England, might return to the United States soon. The letters were accompanied by silver cigaret humidors bearing an engraved map charting the course of the famous flight. Maj. Abert Bond Lambert, one of the recipients, said that in his let-

Battle for

WEBER FARM, MARSHALL, Mo., Nov. 4 (U. P.).—The 80-minute bat-

100,000 Watch Huskers

U. S. Honor

the ground was dry and the footing firm.

Check Need for Repairs At Tech High School

Phillip Zoercler, State Tax Board | chairman, and Marshall Williams, | Board member, today visited Tech= [nical High School to determine va« | lidity of the School Board's claim | th~* the school is in need of imme- | diate repairs. | The School Board, at a public | hearing Tuesday, made the claim in | asking restoration of 4 cents to its [1938 tax rate, which was pared to [$1 by the Marion County Tax Adjustment Board. Alan W., Boyd, | School Board president, said a new $200,000 building also is planned at Crispus Attucks High School. | He said if the School Board does | not have to borrow money for that | project, the Board will have a | $564,000 bonding margin by July 1, | 1938, which could be used to pare | tially defray the expense of the | proposed Tech improvements. Hs | termed them “immediately neces- | sary.” Originally Asked $1.07 But, Mr. Boyd claimed, “if we bor= row $200,000 to complete the Crispus Attucks project, it would place an excessively heavy burden on taxpayers in 1939 to try to finance the Tech project.” Mr. Boyd said that Tech has a ca= pacity of 4000 students, but now has an enrollment of 7000. The School Board originally re= quested a rate of $1.07 on each $100 of taxable property. A 2-cent vole untary cut was taken, and the County Tax Board took off another 5 cents. William H. Book, Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce executive vice president, and Walter Horn, Indiana Taxpayers’ Association ree search director, have indicated they would oppose the 4-cent restoration.

LOUIS-SCHMELING FIGHT REPORTED SET

CHICAGO, Nov. 4 (U. P).—= Champion Joe Louis and Max Schmeling of Germany will meet for | the heavyweight title in Chicago | next June, the Chicago Times said

| | today. | The Times said Julian Black and John Roxborough, Louis’ managers, demanded the fight be held in Chi= cago when they signed a contract | recently with Promoter Mike Jacobs. Black and Roxborough reportedly opposed New York on the conten tion anti-Nazi feeling would hurt attendance. The Times said Jacobs will negotiate for Soldier Field as site for the fight.

3 HURT WHEN AUTO PLUNGES FROM ROAD

Two girls and a young man were reported in fair condition in Meth odist Hospital today after an auto in which they were riding plunged off of a highway near Waverly last night. They were: Miss Marian Ellison, 19, of 2943 N. Pennsylvania St.; Miss Elizabeth Blacklidge, 19, of | Kokomo, and Edward Stiles, 22, of | Bloomington.

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TILT IS POSTPONED

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ter Col. Lindbergh expressed a desire to return to St. Louis “very soon.” saying he was “looking forward with a great deal of pleasure to seeing his St. Louis friends again.” Col. Lindbergh has been in England with his family since December, 1935. St. Louisans receiving the gifts were Maj. Lambert, Maj. William

He quoted the aviator as |

B. Robertson and E. Lansing Ray, publisher

tle for the national cornhusking championship started at noon today when Secretary of Agriculture Wallace touched a telegraph key in New York that set off a bomb here. At the explosion, 20 contestants, winners of elimination contests in 10 corn states, rattled the ears against bangboards to cheers of more than 100,000 fans. The weather was raw. A wind swept across the Hyncre field, but

The huskers found the corn was | DUE TO DIPHTHERIA

“shucking hard,” and their early | SCOTTSBURG, Nov. 4 (U. P.).—

counts per minute were below the | average necessary if any is to top | the national record of 41.5 bushels | Because of a recent outbreak of

| set in Ohio in 1935 by Eimer Carl- | diphtheria among high school chile son of Audubon, Towa.

| dren, the basketball game between Bill Rose, Illinols state champion | Brownstown and Scottsburg tomore and popular favorite because he | row night has been postponed ine shucked more than 39 bushels in | definitely, it was announced today. the elimination trials, drew a mam- Both schools have been closed all moth gallery, . week because of the Be.

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