Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 January 1938 — Page 1

The Indianapolis Times

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VOLUME 49—NUMBER 273

PEDESTRIAN IS Ares Dies TRUCK VICTIM PLAQUES GIVEN

George F. Treeter, Who Knew Riley, 14th Fatality Of Year.

FIVE OTHERS INJURED

Six Cities and Five Counties With Best Records Honored by State.

George F. Treeter, who in| boyhood heard James Whit-| TAL comb Riley tell stories, amd | 0h ANTS

who was the brother of the | Rosamond Pinchot

‘Glucose Solution

man credited with teaching Norman Selby (Kid McCoy) how to fight, was killed instantly in traffic early today. He was 66.

Meanwhile safety plaques for low traffic fatality records during 1937

were awarded to six cities and five |

counties by State Director Don F. Stiver. Mr. Treeter died under the wheels of a heavy truck at Washington and West Sts.. while en route from his home, 1023 S. Randolph St., to his work as a brick mason in a City park. He was the 14th traffic death of the vear here. Five other persons were injured in 17 other week-end traffic accidents as fog and rain made driving hazardous. Police charged 57 mo-

torists with traffic law violations, 11 |

of them with speeding. 4 Have Clear Records

Presented according to population classifications, the safety plaques went to Ft. Wayne, Lafayette. Newcastle, Martinsville, Danville and Brazil and to Greene, Harrison, Vermillion, Franklin and Switzerland Counties. In the group of cities with 70,000 or more population, Ft. Wayne was low with 17 deaths. Lafayette had onlv three, while Newcastle, Danville, Martinsville and Brazil had perfect records.

Indianapolis was “fourth in the| = "5 tiv Ne. A deaths | State to prove a motive group of largest cities, its 110 | murder.”

being a rate of 30.2 per cent per 1000 population. Indiana traffic claimed 1367 lives last vear, or 4 per cent more than the 1936 toll of 1305, according to the report completed today by Mr. Stiver. Citing the results of the work of

ty Committee, Mr. Stiver pointed out that the upward trend in fatalities was checked during the last two months of the vear. He said traffic claimed 71 less lives during those

two months than during the corte-|

sponding period of 1936. Victims included 1204 Indiana residents and 136 nonresidents,

January Safest Month

was the safest month

January October took the

with 86 deaths. greatest toll, 157. Mr. Treeter, according to witnesses, was crossing West St. when he was struck by a truck being driven west on Washington St. by Robert Moon, 21, of South Bend. Riding with Mr. Moon was his brother, Walter, 16, who was asleep. Mr. Moon told police that when he saw Mr. Teeter crossing he pulled his truck into the west curb and applied the brakes, but was unable 10 avoid the accident. Dr. Norman Booher, Deputy Coroner, ordered the driver into his office today for a complete report. Pair Called Warning William Hines and Harold Shacknev, who were standing nearby, told police they called to Mr, Treeter to watch out for the approaching truck. Mr. Treeter is survived by his wife, Jettie; a daughter, Miss Mamie and a brother, Harry. His brother, Peter, who died about a year ago, was credited with tutoring Kid McCoy to pugilistic heigths. Mr. Treeter was born in Lockerbie St. near the Riley home and when a bov was among children who visited the poet frequently pi him tell stories. s He was & member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church and the Holy Name Syciety. Funeral arrangements were to be announced later. Forty-one motorists were ordered to pay $133 by Judge Pro I'em.

Floyd Mannon in Municipal Court He suspended a total of $416

today. in fines. - Heaviest penalty was meted out to Roland Harris, 524 N. New Jersey St, for driving while intoxicated. He was fined a total of $20 x (Turn to Page Three)

HEARING DELAYED ON TITLE HOLDER SUIT

Circuit Judge Earl R. Cox today delayed until Thursday a hearing on the petition of T. Ernest Maholm, attorney, for an injunction against enforcement of the new State law requiring display of certificates of title in holders on automobile windchields. The delay was granted at the request of the plaintiff. Deputy Attorney General Patrick Smith entered meanwhile a gen-

eral denial to charges that the law

is unconstitutional. The deputy attorney general filed a copy of the Governor's proclamation deferring enforcement of the law until March 1, in an effort to show there is no need for an injunction,

the Governor's Co-Ordinating Safe- | Arguments for

OLD BROOKVILLE, N. Y., Jan. 24 (U. P.).—Clad in an evening gown and an expensive fur coat, Rosamond Pinchot, famous actress and niece of the former Pennsvlvania Governor, was found dead today in her automobile in the garage of an estate she rented here A length of garden hose led from the exhaust pipe of the automobile through a rear window and into the body of the car, police said.

STATE CHARGES

DEATH PLANNED

Kendall Opens Argument Asking Conviction of Mrs. Jones.

By SAM TYNDALL Times Staff Writer

DANVILLE, Jan. 2¢.—John Kendall, Hendricks County prosecutor, opening the State's arguments today in the trial of Mrs. Etta Jones on charges of murdering 13-year-old Helen Schuler, told the jury “this was a well-planned killing.”

“There is no burden upon the in this he said. “She (Mrs. Jones) knew what she was doing.” Virgil Sears, cocounsel for Miss Bess Robbins in defense, was to open defense arguments, and Miss Robbins was to close them. Prosecutor Spencer and John Kelley, his deputy, were to close the State and the case was expected to go to the jury late today. Miss Robbins was overruled when she attempted to get testimony into the record that a nervous youth was seen near the Schuler Beech Grove home the day of the crime last July. Mr. Spencer said he would ask the jury to convict Mrs. Jones of firstdegree murder, which carries the death penalty. Special Judge Edgar A. Rice has indicated he would instruct the jurors that they may vote acquittal or conviction upon any one of four charges, first or second-degree murder, manslaughter or involuntary manslaughter. Mr. Spencer said he would charge before the jury that a gun brought to Indianapolis by Mrs. Jones from Louisville last March, fired the shot that killed Helen.

CONDEMNED SLAYER SEEKS NEW TRIAL

Three Others Already Executed for Same Murder.

Attorneys for Heber I. Hicks. scheduled to be executed Feb. 4 for his part in the head and hands slaying of Harry R. Miller, retired Cincinnati fire captain, today had filed a petition with the Indiana Supreme Court for a rehearing of the case. Hicks was convicted in the Franklin County Circuit Court. Three others died last June in the State's first triple execution for the crime at Brookville, Ind. June 13. 1936. They were William Kuhlman, Frank Gore Williams and John Poholsky.

SEDATIVES BAR NOE'S PROTEST AGAINST FOOD

Injected Into His Body as Fight to Save Him Begins.

| COLLAPSES IN HIS HOME

Former Dean Is Overcome After Hearing Successor Assail ‘Vagary.’

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Jan. 24 (U. P.). —The Rev. Israel H. Noe was placed under sedatives today so he would be unable to protest against doctors injecting nourishment into a body wasted almost to a skeleton by a 22-

day fast. Every resource of medical science was thrown into the fight to save his life. The Rev. Mr. Noe was in Baptist Memorial Hospital, where he was taken last night while unconscious. Up to the moment he collapsed, after attending a church ceremony, he clung to his theory that he had discovered a formula which would enable him to live forever without food or water. The Rev. Mr. Noe, former Dean of the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Mary, received his second injection of nourishment today—a laborious, two-hour process.

Glucose Injected

A solution of 5 per cent glucose was administered intravenously and he received water to halt the process of dehydration in his body. Physicians were encouraged, although they said it would be three months before théy could repair the damage done by his fast. In fact, they said there was no assurance that he would recover. The Rev. Mr. Noe does not consider he is a traitor to his principles because he now is receiving food. He philosophically takes the position that something happened that was outside of his control. A male nurse attended the Rev. Mr. Noe whose transfer to the hospital was supervised by an old friend, Dr. W, N. Lyhn of Knoxville. Physicians had watched anxiously for four days while the Rev. Mr. Noe's strength declined. His heart had been weakening and he had been having spasms occasionally, due to a difficulty in breathing. An examination last Wednesday had shown certain vital organs were becoming inactive. Yesterday he sat among the worshipers in the Cathedral, the first time he had not occupied the pulpit in 17 years, and heard a fellow priest denounce those who preach and practice “vagaries.” It was for his “vagary” of fasting that the Rev. Mr. Noe was removed by Bishop James M. Maxon, head of the Tennessee diocese.

Weakness Blamed

He left the cathedral just before the end of the services and walked alone across the street to the deanery. A few hours later he lost consciousness. The Rev. Mr. Noe's campaign for immortality goes back to 1928 and, so far as anyone knows, last Wednesday was the first time he considered the possibility that he might die. On that day he asked Mrs. Noe if she thought he might not survive the fast, but she turned the conversation to another topic. The Rev, Mr. Noe lost consciousness last night through weakness, rather than because of a sudden collapse. His body has been collapsing gradually over a long period of time, physicians said®

‘UNLOADED’ POLICE GUN SCARES BAILIFFS

Four of the Police Department's

| 23 recruits today were acquainting

themselves with equipment in the “show-up” room at police headquarters. Municipal Court 4 was in session in the room below. One of the recruit’s pulled the trigger of an “unloaded gun.” The bullet went through the floor and fell to_the floor of a room occupied by bailiffs, which adjoins the court room. Superiors said the recruit learned a bit about firearms, but added that the discharge had caused enough noise so they kept mum on his identity.

MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1938

Burglars Loot Store Window

Times Photo.

Police today sought fingerprints after burglars smashed a plateglass showcase at the Julian Goldman Union Store, 118 N. Pennsylvania St., and obtained loot the management said was worth $500. Inspecting the broken window are (left to right) Dective R. Chatham, Detective G. Gebhardi and Francis Griffin, Bertillion Department,

Whistling Ear Calls Time on Wite's Sneezes

OAKLAND, Cal, Jan. 24 (U. P.. —Every 20 seconds Mrs. Betty Grose sneezes. At the end of every three minutes her ear whistles for 10 seconds. Then she sneezes again. The whistle is audible only to Mrs.

Grose. She has been in the Alameda County Hospital since last Wednesday and physicians who gather around her bed to watch and listen are baffied. Mrs. Grose is an attractive, redhaired woman, 24 years old. She was married at 14 and has five children whose ages are 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 years. The only relief she has had in six days has been when doctors gave her sedatives. As soon as the effects of the medicine wear off, she begins sneezing again. She has sneezed almost 200,000 times during the affiiction. Doctors believe an injury to her ear drum, caused by the sneezing, is responsible for the whistling.

BRUNO MUSSOLINI FLIES TOWARD RIO

Averages 240 Miles an Hour On First Lap to Dakar.

DAKAR. Senegal, Jan. 24 (U. P). —Three Italian bombing planes including one piloted by Bruno Mussolini, 20-year-old son of the Italian Premier, landed here at 12:10 p. m. (Indianapolis Time) today, averaging nearly 240 miles an hour on their 2700-mile flight from Rome to Rio De Janeiro. From here they will strike out across the South Atlantic for Natal, Brazil, and then down the Brazilian coast to the capital. The three planes, Savoia 79 bombers, left TFuidonia Airport on the outskirts of Rome at 12:25 a. m. (Indianapolis Time). : Purpose of the flight, aside from testing the ability of the planes, is to enable Italian aviators to study the course across the South Atlantic with the intention of establishing a regular line between Italy and South America. Young Sig. Mussolini was the last to take off. Col. Attilio Biseo, Premier Mussolini's personal pilot and expedition commander, was the first. He was followed by Capt. Nino Moscatelli.

Senate Committee Recommends Reed; Milton Seated Despite Labor Protest

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (U.P.).— the White House indicated that Rob-

The Senate Judiciary Committee today unanimously approved the nomination of Solicitor General Stanley Reed to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, Senator Milton (D. N. J.) was seated despite labor protests and leaders of the filibuster against the Wagner-VanNuys Antilynching Bill sought to kill the measure before the end of the week by use of Senate rules. The House Ways and Means Committee heard a U. S. Chamber of Commerce request for modification of the proposed tax on closely held corporations. The action was taken after a brief executive hearing at which no objections were made to the nomination of Mr. Reed to succeed retired Associate Justice George Sutherland. Senator Logan (D. Ky.) was instructed to report Mr. Reed's nomination to the Senate, which is expected to confirm him without delay.

ert H. Jackson, assistant attorney general in charge of antitrust activity, is expected to be recommended shortly to succeed Mr. Reed as So-licitor-General. Mr. Roosevelt planned to confer today with Mr. Jackson and Ben Cohen, brain trust adviser. It was expected they would discuss projected antimonopoly recommendations which will be embodied in a special message to Congress. Senator Minton (D. N. J.) took the oath of office in the Senate today shortly after Labor's Nonpartisan League filed a petition charging he was unfit for a seat and asking investigation of charges of New Jersey election frauds. There was no Senatorial objection to his installation. The petition was referred by Vice President Garner to the Senate Elections Committee. Chairman George (D. Ga.) said the committee will the charges. The fact that Senator

At the same time, sources close to 'Milton was sworn. in does not in

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any way affect the charges in the petition. The Senate may still unseat him by a majority vote. The petition charged that Mr. Milton and Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City, had “trampled upon civil and constitutional liberties and practiced all the known devices for violating election laws.” It pointed out that the State Assembly had ordered an investigation of the elec-

«tion which returned former Senator

Moore to the governorship and said it warranted “an investigation by the Senate into the fitness of John Milton to hold a Senate seat, since his appointment to this office is a result of this election.” “In 35 years of law practice I never have been engaged in a suit involving laborers,” Senator Milton said. . “I am glad to be a member of the Senate and be in a position to give service,” he concluded, Opponents of the Wagner-Van-Nuys Antilynching Bill sought today (Turn to Page Three)

TRIO SEIZED AS BANK BANDITS

Suspects Quizzed on Indiana Holdups; Two Caught In Chicago Raid.

Police officials of Indiana, Illinois and Ohio were to confer in Chicago today to decide on the prosecution of three alleged bandits from whom confessions are claimed to robberies of banks in Indiana

and Iilinois and the shooting of an Ohio State patrolman. The arrest of the trio, two at Chicago and one at Hammond, was announced last night by Donald F. Stiver, Indiana State Police superintendent. They were John Botwinski, 32, of Indisna Harbor; Thomas Sinks, 19, of Roseland, and Harold Parker, 24, of Hammond.

Arrested in Raid

Botwinski and Sinks were arrested Saturday night when Chicago and Indiana State Police raided their apartment on Chicago's West Side, Mr. Stiner said. Parker

had been arrested at Hammond more than a week before following a Gary shooting scrape. Mr, Stiver said the three confessed to robbing the Dematte State Bank last Dec. 28 of $2300. He said that Parker and Sinks confessed participation in the holdup of the Goodwine, Ill, bank on Nov. 26 and the wounding of Carl Whipple, Ohio patrolman, at Wilmington, O., on Dec. 18. The Illinois bank loot was reported to have been $900. The wounding of the Ohio officer occurred when he attempted to stop them on a highway for questioning. A rifle and two revolvers were found in the pair's Chicago apartment, according to State Police Detectives Arthur Keller and Fremont Lemler, who took part in the raid. . The two detectives, who have been in the Chicago area for some time on the case, were to represent Indiana at today's conference on prosecution.

DETAILS APPROVED FOR VOTE MACHINES

Marion County Commissioners today aproved specifications for bids on 12 new voting machines. The contracts are to be awarded Feb. 7 if machines offered are approved by the Indiana Voting Commission. The County has available $15,000 for the machines. The average cost of each has been estimated at $1100.

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

LABOR RIVALS SCAN CHANGES FOR ARMISTICE

A. F. L. Council Gathers to Decide if ‘C. I. 0. Really Wants Peace.’

MEET 1500 MILES APART

Expulsion of Lewis Groups May Bring Action Against Green.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (U.P) .— Opposing forces of organized labor meet 1500 miles apart today to take steps that may determine whether peace can be substituted for the civil war which has split the labor movement for more than two years. In Miami, Fla. the executive council of the American Federation of Labor convenes in “an exceptionally important meeting.” According to a formal statement, “the council seeks to determine whether there is any evidence that the dominating influences in the Committee for Industrial Organization really desire to bring about labor peace and unity on an equitable, democratic basis.”

In Washington, John L. Lewis, C. I. O. chairman, holds a special conference with the international executive board of the United Mine Workers Union. The U. M. W. will begin its regular biennial convention tomorrow. The U. M. W. meeting is expected to reflect accurately the C. I. O.’s sentiment toward the possibility of new peace maneuvering with the A. F. of L. Two thousand delegates are expected.

Green Hopes for Peace

The federation has not yet decided whether to take punitive action against the C. I. O. or to offer peace plans. The council was authorized at the last federation convention to expel any or all of the 10 C. I. O. units—once affiliated with the A. F. of L.—which are now under suspension. Although several of the council members are known to be ready for still more active war, President William Green and other officials still hope for eventual peace. Mr. Green before leaving for the meeting, said that he thought a changed leadership in the C. I. O. would assist reunification.

Retaliation Possible

Observers here believed that the council would oust two or three unions from the federation—if war is decided upon—in an effort to split the C. 1. O. The probable victims would be the U. M. W. and Sidney Hillman's Amalgamated Clothing Workers. If such a step is taken, the U. M. W. undoubtedly will expel Mr. Green from its membership rolls. Mr. Lewis was expected, on the floor of his convention, to speak on matters of national issue. He will denounce what he believes to be an imminent threat of wage cuts by President Roosevelt's drive to reduce material costs, as outlined in his housing message to Congress. At the coke workers convention today President James Nelson declared that because of the strategic importance of the chemical industry, its organized workers “have a social responsibility surpassing all other workers. Upon them rests the ultimate decision as to whether the United States shall ever successfully prosecute a war ...” “The men who operate the chemical industry,” he said, “suit completely the .words of President Roosevelt ‘economic royalists.” They are without a doubt the most powerful and ruthless group in the United States.

Kennedy May Be Backed

“It is the group which, in the person of Mr. Lammot du Pont, has enunciated the labor-hating, union busting po.icy of the National Association of Manufacturers—it is the group attempting to dictate the open-shop labor policy to the Congress of the United States.” Politically, the mine workers’ convention will be of importance to one state in particular and to the nation as a whole. Mr. Lewis on several occasions has expressed a desire that Lieut. Gov. Thomas Kennedy, U. M. W. secre-tary-treasurer, be the next Pennsylvania Governor. A battle for the Democratic nomination is now getting under way in that state and

BRICK BUILDING, POLES LEVELED BY WINDSTORM

Temperature Drops 10 Degrees in Two Hours; Block-Long Garage at Ft. Harrison Blown Over; No One Injured.

WALKERS FIND FOOTING PERILOUS

Utilities Rush Emergency Squads to Danger Points; Street Department Swamped With Calls; Snow and Colder Forecast.

A windstorm struck Indianapolis at 11:30 a. m. today, leveled several utility poles and trees, blew over one brick

building, and did other property damage.

ported injured. For more than an hour

No one was re-

the wind velocity ranged bee

tween 30 and 43 miles an hour, and it was necessary at times for pedestrians downtown to hang onto lamp posts. Utility companies rushed emergency squads to damaged

areas.

CHINESE SLAY OWN GENERAL

U. S. May Reduce Shanghai Force; McNutt Silent At Manila.

SHANGHAI-U. S. to reduce Shanghai garrison by half, according to reports. Chinese execute famed general. MANILA—McNutt silent on talks at Shanghai after cruiser Augusta breaks record in returning him to Philippines. SEATTLE—Detectives say strong organization backed plot to bomb Japanese liner, HENDAYE — Retaliatory bombing intensified by both sides in Spain.

SHANGHAI, Jan. 24 (U. P.).—Gen. Han Fu-chu, one of China's best known military leaders and former Governor of rich Shantung Province, was executed tonight after a court martial ordered by Gen. Chiang Kaishek, Gen. Han's execution indicated that the Nationalist Government intends to purge its ranks of all opposition as Gen. Chiang amassed a formidable army for a “last ditch” fight south of the Yellow River along the borders of Shantung Province, which Gen. Han lost. Gen. Han went before the court martial last night charged with disobeying the high command by ordering a retreat. He had long been under suspicion. The Hankow correspondent of Japan's Domei News Agency reported that two other well-known leaders, General Yen Hsishan and General Feng Yu-hsiang, were being detained. United States authorities were planning to reduce the American military forces in the Shanghai area by one-half within a month, it was reported. The U. S. transport Chaumont was scheduled to leave next month with the Sixth Regiment of U. S. Marines, leaving behind about 1200 men. Great Britain is also planning a reduction in man-power, but Erig. Gen. A. P. D. Telfer-Smollett, said that the reduction depends on circumstances.

McNutt Silent on Talks at Shanghai

MANILA, Jan. 24 (U. P.).—The United States cruiser Augusta arrived today after a full-speed run from Shanghai in which it lopped 7% hours from the former record held by the cruiser Houston. With High Commissioner McNutt as passenger, the cruiser arrived here at 10 a. m, today after a 39% hour run. Commissioner McNutt would say

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Shocking!

"Shocking people out of insanity is just as spectacular it sounds.” That's what Jane Stafford, Science Service writer on medicine, said after watching the treatment at the Harlem Valley State Hospital at Wingdale, N.Y. "I saw some 15 patients stretched in death-like coma on the’ beds. Only a short step separated them from death . . . the waking process was horrible to watch . , ."

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Turn to Page 9 to read Miss Stafford's vivid story of this amazing new treatment that reopens the door of life for the living dead.

Reveals Ross

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (U.P) — Director J. Edgar Hoover, Federal Bureau of Investigation director, revealed today that Dizzy Dean, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher, escaped kidnaping because Henry Seadlund, confessed kidnaper of Charles S. Ross, did not believe the Cardinals would pay $50,000 for Dean's release. Seadlund has been identified as a former errand boy for the Dillinger gang, according to Mr. Hoover. The FBI chief said that Seadlund held in Chicago in the Ross kidnap slaying, related that he and J. Atwood Gray, the accomplice he later killed, discussed seizing Dean. “They finally decided that the Cardinals wouldn't pay $50,000 for Dean’s release,” Mr. Hoover said. Seadlund related that they also had discussed seizing a member of

the New York Yankees team, reportedly Joe DiMaggio, star outfielder, Mr. Hoover said. .

Kidnapers

Planned to Seize Dizzy

CHICAGO, Jan. 24 (U.P) .—The Government today completed legal machinery by which it hopes to send John Henry Seadlund, alias Peter Anders, to the electric chair for the kidnap-murder of Charles S. Ross, Chicago valentine manufacturer. U. S. District Attorney Michael L. Igoe and Inspector Earle J. Connelley, Federal Bureau of Investigation kidnap expert, announced Seadlund would be taken before U. S. Commissioner Edwin K. Walker at 5 p. m. for preliminary hearing. He will be taken before the Federal Grand Jury “sometime this week,” they said. Seadlund, the cold-eved lumberjack who took up crime as a profession, will be tried under the Lindbergh law. Mr. Connelley revealed that Seadlund’s mother, Mrs. Paul Seadlund of Ironton, Minn. has visited him in his cell at FBI offices,

The City Street Department was swamped with re ® ports of falling trees.

Many cars to

drivers stopped their rather than attempt

maneuver them in the wind.

The Weather Bureau said the storm, described as “a gale,” was caused by an “extremely low pressure area passing over the city.” Gale velocity, the Bureau said, is between 39 and 54 miles an hour, The Bureau said after the first concentration, the wind settled to a steady blow of about 30 miles an hour,

LOCAL TEMPERATURES «MM 0. 50 102. Mm, .... 54 «IB veel a.m .... 54 wees 92 12 (Noon)

m. ven 93 1 PeI.... 1}

Cold weather was predicted by the meteorologists. They said a drop of 38 degrees in temperatures was possible. There will be possibly an inch of snow tonight, the Bureau said. The mercary, the forecast said, may go as low as 15 degrees tomorrow. The temperature dropped 10 degrees to 44 between 11 a. m. and 1 p. m. Building Wrecks Auto Part of an abandoned brick build« ing on the northwest corner of S. Pennsylvania and South Sts. was blown over and fell into the street, scattering bricks and crushing an auto parked at the curb. The re~ mainder teetered perilously in the wind. The car was owned by Henry Von Bank, 1207 College Ave., who was not in it at the time. The building was reported by police to be owned by the Rauh Realty Co. It had been abandoned for years, they said. The bricks also damaged phone and light wires. A block-long sheet metal garage housing Civilian Conservation Corps trucks at Ft. Benjamin Harrison was blown down and two of the 12 or more trucks parked in it were damaged. No one was in the struce ture when it collapsed. Officials at the fort said other small sheds were blown over, but no one had been reported injured. A small metal smoke stack at the Sargent-Gerke Paint Co. 323 W. 15th St., was blown onto electrie wires and cut off power to the plant, Trees Blown Down Trees were reported blown down at 441 Toledo St., 2441 N. Meridian St., the 1100 block of Alabama St., 946 Tecumseh S%., Union and Mc= Carty Sts, and wires were reported down at 1128 Fletcher Ave., 16th and Milburn Sts., and New York St. between Pine and Davidson Sts. The light company reported poles broken at Broadway and 58th St. Allen and Troy Sts., along the Big Four Railroad right of way west of High School Road, between La Salle St. and Olney St, on E. St. Clair St., Belle Vieu Place and State Road 52; 38th St. and Hillside Ave. the 3100 block of S. Meridian St., and at 321 E. 36th St., where a broken pole was reported on fire.

LUNG YIELDS PEANUT

FT, WAYNE, Jan. 24 (U. P.).—The * condition of 16-months-old Ethel Mae Bennett, Auburn, from whose lung surgeons removed a peanut last night, was reported “fair” toe day at Lutheran Hospital. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Charles Bennett. .

TWO MEN HANGED FT. MADISON, Ia., Jan. 2¢ (U. P), —John Mercer, 29, and Allen Whea« ton, 21, were hanged simultaneouse ly at the Towa State Prison today. Both were convicted of murder,

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