Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 December 1937 — Page 20

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Buildings Rocked by | Blast

Times Photo. ”

22 Windows S Shattered by Gas

Explosion in

An explosion in the Indianapolis Power & Light condui at Ohio and Delaware Sts., early “today shattered 22 window

Conduit Tunnel

tunnels in sur-

rounding buildings, awakened residents, and damaged an auto.

Apparently caused, police said, PYG

a spark igniting sewer gas which had seeped into the tunnels, the

blast hurled manhole covers into the

air and filled the neighborhood with white smdke. An auto owned by J. W. Foley, £39 . N. Gray st., parked across N. Delaware St. from the Del-O Building, was directly over a manhole. The cover crashed through the flcor boards and broke the windows of the car.

Windows Broken

Windows in the following build=~ ing, were broken: Del-O, 147% N. Delaware St.; Columbia Security, 143 W. Ohio St.: Nomos Restaurant, 148 N. Delaware St., and A. J. Hueber & Co., 144 N. Delaware St. Persons living in the building affected reported that the: explosion was of sufficient force to awaken them from their sleep. Mrs, A. M. Kettle, Apartment 9, Del-0, said: “I heard a thud and glass breaking. I arose and looked out the window and the street was full steam. One of the windows in my apartment was broken.”

EXPLAINS POSITION IN HAITIAN DEATHS

NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (U.P.).— The Dominican Republic resorted to

full-page newspaper advertisements :

today to “clarify” its position regarding the purported massacre of thousands of Haitians on the Dom-inican-Haitian border.

$114,000 APPROVED

FOR JULIETTA REPAIR,

Times Special 3 WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—Presidential approval for expenditure of $114,715 of Works Progress Administration funds for building repairs and improvements at the Julietta Hospital in Marion County, was announced today by Senator VanNuys’ office. Other approvals included $17,915 for building repairs at the Indiana Soldiers Home, Lafayette; $6213 for the Connersville water system, and $9264 for Seymour City parks.

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United States, Mexico, Cuba and |}

Haiti, “relative to the measures that may be taken to avoid friction. between the Dominican Republic and the Republic of Haiti in conneciion

with the request for mediation made] 3

' by the Haitian Government on Nov. 12, 1937.”

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NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (U. P).— Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow, the former Barbara Hutton, erected a

‘Woolworth 5-and-10-cent store for-

tune. Between her arrival from 'England on the liner Europa Tuesday and her departure early yesterday

peared before Federal Judge William Bondy and renounced her American citizenship. She became completely a Dane, the nationality of her husband, Count Kurt Haug-

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Graham Mattison Henry Mannix, of the law firm of White & Case, explained that ‘‘various legal complications” had developed as the result of the Countess’ dual nationality, her marriage having made

her a Dane in Denmark though she

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Sweaters, Blouses, etc.

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remained an United States. The attorneys ‘would not discuss the “various legal complications,” but tax experts pointed out that a barrier now has been erected to the collection of estate taxes by this Government, which would take about two-thirds of the Countess’ estate when it passed to her 2-year-old son, Lance, who was born in London and declared a Dane by his father.

LORD CASTLEROSSE DIVORCED LONDON, Dec. 17 (U. P.).—Viscount Castlerosse, director of The Daily Express, The Sunday Express and The Evening, Standard, was granted a divorce decree nisi today.

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American in the SIGMA CHI TAKES CONTEST ON CAMPUS

The Butler University chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity made a last-

‘minute contribution of 4800 pounds

of potatoes to win the contest for contributors to the Butler Collegian Christmas Cheer Fund. - The Butler Independent Associatiom placed second with contributions which included 3500 pounds of potatoes. Sororities and fraternities on the Butler campus competed in the contest for the fifth year. The donations will be boxed ani distributed’ by students before

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BURGLARS ASSAULT MAN IN OWN HOME

Two men who broke into the home of Christ Nicoloff, 556% W. Pearl St., stole clothing and beat Mr. Nicoloff when he entered the house, were hunted by police today. Mr. Nicoloff told police Ye found the latch torn from the front door of his home last night and when he entered he was attacked. He said that one of the men struck him on the head with a coal scuttle.

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