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TEN KILLED IN EXPLOSION ON

PWA PROJECT

Eight Others Injured, Three Critically, by Blast in | Rock-Hewn Tunnel. | |

JARS BALTIMORE AREA

Quarter Ton of Dynamite Goes Off Prematurely; Cause Unknown.

BALTIMORE, Md. July 20 (U. P.).—A quarter of a ton of dynamite exploded in a rock-hewn chamber 65 feet underground today |

and killed 10 Public Works Admin- | istration workers and injured eight. | Two additional] workers were | overcome by gas fumes in rescue at- | tempts. The 10 men, most of whose ; bodies were mutilated, were Ne- | groes. Three of the eight injured | were hurt critically. ! Officials in charge of the $6.500,000 project on which the blast occurred could give no explanation for the premature detonation of the dynamite, The blast, occurring in a 14 by 14 chamber cut in the rock of the Loch Raven-Monte Bello water tunnell, rocked the suburban Hamilton section. So deep in the earth was the chamber where the blast oc- | curred, however, that no material damage was done on the surface.

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List of Victims

The official death list named the victims as William Lee, Thurman Keys, Robert James, Charles Dur- | ham Luther Randolph. Melvin | Dukes, James Hough, William Botts, | Charles Harvey and Henry Sanford. The injured: Thomas Evans, John Reed. William Nettles, William Geary and Charles Elliott. white. | and Calvin Tomlin, Christopher Tigle and Watt Colston, Negroes. Evans, Tigle and Tomlin were the three critically injured. The explosion came with terrific force as a crew of 14 men unloaded the dynamite from a cart near the end of the seven-mile water tunnel. Nine were killed instantly, The 10th | victim died en route to the hospitdl. {

Wall Saves Four of Crew

The four men in the crew who | escaped alive were outside the en- | trance to the death-chamber, par- | tially shielded by a protruding wall. | The remainder of the injured were | approximately 150 feet awav from the blast also partially shielded. Elliott, electrician in charge of the blasting, said he was certain | the explosion could not have re-| sulted from a premature electrical | spark. The wires connecting the chamber of the batteries were dis- | connected, he said. It was believed the dynamite was detonated by percussion—either a box being dropped on the solid rock floor of the chamber or perhaps a tool falling on a cap.

F. D. RS GRANDSON WEIGHS 7 POUNDS

PHILADELPHIA, July 20 (U. P.). —The President's eighth grandchiid, born last evening to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. the former Ethel du Pont, is a seven-pound boy. The father, third son of the President, arrived at the Lying-in Hospital a short time before the birth at 5 p. m, after having seen a movie, He said that the mother, | he and the baby were all “doing | nicely.” | Asked whether he wanted his son | to become President, he replied: “I'll let him make his own life.” The Roosevelts were married June 20, 1937, and set up housekeeping at Charlottesville, Va., where he studied law at the University of Virginia. They had been staying at the du Pont estate in Wilmington, Del.,, before they came to the hospital Monday. Roosevelt spent the night at the hospital,

CITY MAY SWELTER |

IN NEAR-90 HEAT |

TEMPERATURES 5 10 a. m... 79 11 a. m... 81 12 (Noon) 83 1pm...

82 | 84 83 87

A hot sun in a clear sky set the |

| hour before the arrival of guards- | men who had been dispatched to | Newton by

| kossalessi | siderable damage was done at Tatoi.

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a N RRO x WR 3 HOLLYWOOD, July 20 (U. P.). —Joan Crawford, the one-time chorus girl who became one of | Hollywood's suavest first ladies, | ended still another “ideal” movie marriage today by announcing her | separation from Franchot Tone, | her second husband. | The only word from them was | contained in the formal statement issued by their studio: “We regret this action, but we believe it is the best way out for | our future happiness.”

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SOLDIERS HALT MAYTAG BATTLE

THE LABOR SITUATION

IOWA strike disorder halted by state troops. REPUBLIC guards gassed children, probers hear. MINIMUM steel industry wages discussed. WEIRTON ouster by

attorney fights

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Union and Nonunion Men Fight for Hour

NEWTON, Iowa, July 20 (U. P.) — Steel-helmeted national guardsmen, armed with machine guns, broke up a pitched battle today in front of the Maytag Washing Ma- | chine Co. plant. | At least 30 men were siugged, | kicked and otherwise manhandled in a fight between nonunion employees who attempted to enter the | plan and union strikers who resisted | their efforts. { The battle raged for almost an

Governor Kraschel to enforce martial law in this citv of | 11,000 persons and “adjacent ter-| ritory.” The National Guardsmen encountered only slight resistance when they arrived at the plant and did

| not participate in any of the fight-

ing. The fight had gotten completely out of control of the few policemen , stationed at the plant when Mej. Gen. Mathew Tinely, commander of the troops. and Maj. Willard Gaines (Continued on Page Seven)

GREEK QUAKE KILLS 20 AND INJURES 100

Shock Destroyed Villages, | Reports Say. |

2 UU. Pr—4al heavy casualty toll was feared today in an earthquake which centered 30 miles north of Athens and. according to early reports, partially destroyed several villages. Incomplete reports killed and 100 injured. The villages of Neapalatia add Sfendali were reported in ruins, and the villages of Tanagra and Ka- | suffered severely. Con- |

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where one of the royal palaces is | situated. A number of houses col- | lapsed at Chalkes, on Euboea Isand.

FLAMES DESTROY ADVENTIST BUILDING

| ber. | ager, said that the appearance of | technical | local industry is making plans for trade development.

| mployment

| Assistant man W. Aronld, said the Govern- |

STATE DECLINE IN EMPLOYMENT

AND PAY NOTED

June Factory Jobs Fall Off

4 Per Cent as 9-Month Drop Continues.

WAGES GO DOWN 3.1

‘City Work Drops Only .4;

Manufacturers Are Hardest Hit.

Employment in 2961 Indiana establishments dropped 3.1 per cent and weekly payrolls lost 44 per cent from May to June, a State Emplovment Division survey showed todav. Indiana factory employment, falling 4 per cent in June, compared to May, went into the ninth consecutive month of its decline from the previous month's level. There was no evidence of a break in the 1937 business decline, the survey said. While the State empioyment drop from May to June exceeded 3 per cent, 599 Indianapolis firms, employing 31,990, reported a decline of only 4 per cent. here decreased but 19 per cent.

Meanwhile, the Indianapolis office

of the State Employment Service

| reported that local firms hired 873 persons last month, the second high-

est monthly total since last Octo-

openings indicated that

5 Cities Show Gains

Five Indiana cities showed emlovment gains during June in conrast to the rest of the State 3loomington gained 43.4 per cent in over Mav. Hammond ained 1.1 per cent; La Porte 298 er cent; Marion, 6.5 per cent, and Jew Albany and Jeffersonville 209 er cent. In each except Marion, ayroll gains were reported. Retrenchment in the manufacuring industries was greater than n nonmanufacturing indusiries. OF eight group- reporting five recorded higher

payrolls and two showed employ-! | nent gains over May. Reports from establish- { ments showed a total June employ- |

919 nonmanufacturing ment of 50.719 workers, a drop of 0.1 per cent from the previous month. Reports from 1042 manufacturing

ers during June showed a 4 per cent drop in employment and a 58 per cent drop in payrolls compared to May. These figures, the survey said, in(Continued on Page Four)

EIGHT FILM FIRMS FACE TRUST ACTION

‘Control 65 Per Cent of Business,” U. S. Charges.

WASHINGTON, July 20 (U, P).|

—The Justice Department filed a civil antitrust action against eight

major motion picture producers to- ! day in the U. S. District Court for |

New York district. | Companies named are Paramount, ,

the Southern

Loew's, R-K-O, Warner Bros,

Twentieth Century Fox, Columbia | and United Artists, which the Gov- , | ernment | 85 per cent of all pictures from the

charged control

selection of the story to the final

| showing at the theater.

The New Deal's chief trust-buster, Attorney General Thur-

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1938

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REP. O'CONNELL PRIMARY VICTOR

NATIONAL POLITICS MONTANA voters give incumbents lead. i PENNSYLVANIA special session may check Earle probe.

HELENA, Mont., July 20 (U. P.).— | Rep. Jerry J. O'Connell, whose platform was one of unqualified support

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POLICE VIGIL ORDERED AS BOY DROWNS

Warn City Children Against Playing in Unguarded Streams and Pits.

SEASON'S 2D VICTIM

Bobby Moulton, 10, Loses!

Life in Fall Creek Trying | To Save Friend.

(Phetos, Bottom of Page) Drowning of a 10-year-old boy in | treacherous Fall Creek in a successful attempt to save the life of a crippled friend today brought a |

stern order to police radio cars to |

keep children out of streams and gravel pits except at guarded swim- | ming beaches. | Robert Moulton, 2150 N. New | Jersey St., Apt. 1, drowned in Fall | Creek near Ruckle St. yesterday | afternoon. Neither he, nor his two | companions who were seining for | minnows, could swim and all were | fully clothed. It was the season’s second drownin Marion County. Billy

of the New Deal, today won the | \r cicoke 7, lost his life at Ravens- |

| tion over a New Deal opponent. | Immediately after his opponent | had conceded defeat Rep. O'Connell issued a statement that his viclory

| proved that Montana voters oppose

| against President Roosevelt on the Court reorganization bill. When the tabulation showed Rep. | O'Connell leading in virtually every

precinct, Payne Templeton, his only | the creek yesterday afternoon,” Jo- |

| serious opponent, Helena School Su- | perintendent, conceded.

reak lv 3% i rati i i h - - | w lv i Weekly payrolls | Democratic nomination for re-elec- | wooq early in June. | School senior,

| . . r , George J. Smith, district man- | Senator Burton K. Wheeler's fight |

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Joseph Transue, 17, of 2209 N. New Jersey St, Washington High whose life Robert aided in saving, and Royce Stull, 15, of 2226 Central Ave, Technical | High School freshman, today de- | scribed their misadventure, Goes in Over Head | “Bobby came to my house and we

went to Royce's house and then to |

seph said, “Royce and I had taken |

our lunches and we ate by the Cen- |

Returns from 240 precincts out of tral Ave. bridge and then took our { 413 in the First Congressional Dis- | seine, made of a burlap sack and |

| pleton, 15,117; T. J. Collins,

Maggie Smith Hathaway, 1234; E. C. Burris, 397. | In 289 precincts of

the 306 votes, against 6813 for

| last Legislature, G. 0. P, Races Close The Republican contestants were

| gressional districts. Returns from

| gave Dr. J. Torkelson a slight lead i rison for the Republican nomina- | tion. Mr. Torkelson received 2828 votes; Mr. Page, 1830, and Mr. Garrison, 1649. ; | In the Second District Republican

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from 289 precincts: T. S. Stockdal | The man tried again, but couldn't | race, today had completed the re-

| had 3951 and H. O. Willard 1242. | Rep. O'Connell's victory | primary was expected to open the {way for him to oppose Senator | Wheeler for the Democratic sena-

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Second | when my foot slipped and I went District Rep. O'Connell received 15.- | under. Rolph. | | Speaker of the State House in the | fo; me.

nonmanufacturing | .ynning a close race in hoth Con- |

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| torial nomination in 1940. The rep- |

| resentative has indicated that he | will enter the race because of Sen- | ator Wheeler's opposition to some of President Roosevelt's policies. Senator Wheeler did not indorse a candidate in the contest for the Congresisonal nomination, but his name was linked with Mr. Templeton’s. Governor Ayers had thrown the support of his organization behind Templeton. The latter, like Senator Wheeler, was especially critical of President | preme Court Organization proposal.

‘Earle Seeks to Halt Grand Jury Probe

HAPRISBURG, Pa. July 20 (U, P.).—Governor Earle said today

that he would convene the Legis- |

lature in extra session Monday night to pass a law preventing a grand jury investigation of his | “little New Deal” administration. | A Grand Jury has been sum- | moned in Dauphin County Aug. 8 to investigate charges of graft and | corruption against Governor Earle and 13 political associates.

ment seeks an equity decree requir- |

ing the major companies to divest themselves either of theater ownership or of production and distribution facilities. Mr. Arnold charged that monopolistic power exerted by the defendants has a “tendency to drive in-

FINGERS BRING BAD LUCK

OAKLAND, Cal, July 20 (U. P.. | —Myrtle Barnes, 35, was held by | police here today in connection with | the torture slaying of a New Or- | leans cafe proprietor July 22, 1933. She first was taken in custody on

NOBLESVILLE, July 20 (U. P.) — dependent theaters out of business |a charge of drunkenness, the police

Fire early today destroyed a woodworking building of the Indiana

or to compel them to sell to the producer-owned theater chains on the latter's terms.”

| said, and her fingerprints disclosed | that she was wanted by New Orleans

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trict gave: O'Connell, 20.683; Tem- | two sticks, and tried to catch min3154; | nows.

“We had thrown away the seine and were wading out into the creek

I can’t swim. “Bobby and Reyce both reached Bobby got in over his head. | I must have pushed him. Royce grabbed me by the hand and dragged me out of the water. “Then he went back into

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208 precincts in the First District | “aver Up to his neck trying to|a meeting of the Association's board

reach Bobby when a man (Frank |

over Winfield Page and J. B. Gar- Montgomery, 24, of 2330 Sheldon | appointments.

St.) jumped into the water and got | hold of Bobby. |

Almost Rescued

“He had him almost out when |

| plants employing 168,326 wage earn- | race W. C. Husband had 4553 votes | BObby was carried away from him. | ballots in the Democratic

reach him. “There were a lot of other boys |

swimming and playing in Fall Creek | side the city.

between Central and College Aves. | at the time.” Royce said he caught Joseph by | the hand and dragged him to the | bank, then waded into the water to | help Robert. “When the water came up to my | chin, I stopped, because I can't | swim,” he said. “A man (Mr. Mont- | gomery) ran down the bank into | the water and got hold of Bobby. Bobby struggled and went down and the last I saw of him he was at least 10 feet out from the bank. “Three other men stood on the | north bank watching and many persons were on the south bank, but only one man attempted to help

Services to Be Held Friday

A police emergency squad with a

| boat recovered the body from a hole

Resuscitation efforts failed. Robert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Moulton, was a pupil in ‘he | 4-A grade at School 45, Park Ave. and 22d St. He was a member of | the Boy Cubs and attended Sunday School at Broadway Baptist Church. | Funeral services are to be held at 10 a. m. Friday at Broadway Baptist Church, with burial at Carmel. Survivors besides the parents are a sister, Betty, 13, and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Moulton, | Noblesville, and Mr. and Mrs. Will | Pickre.:, also of Noblesville. The dead boy's mother said she believed her son had gone to a public wading pool at Fall Creek and College Ave. Robert died near the spot where another hero drowned several years ago attempting to save a sinking boy from death. A stone marker |

| remaining precincts by Friday night.

FIVE KILLED IN TWO

Entered at Postoffice,

Movie Shares Dip to Ottset Gains by Rails

(Market Details, Page 17)

NEW YORK, July 20 (U. P).Heavy profit-taking developed in stocks today but the market gave an impressive display of resistance under the leadership of rails. A break of 1 to 10 points in movie stocks as a result of an antitrust suit filed by the Government overcame the rail rally. Trading was slower than yesterday's pace. First hour sales today were 610,000 shares against 870,000 in the same period of the previous session. There was active demand for rails. Most other sections of the list were somewhat easier. leaders sold off about $1 a share, while motors had losses ranging to 87's cents a share in Chrysler. Anaconda was hammered down $1.25 a share but came back to halve the loss, while other coppers met support narrowly around previous closing levels. Some selective demand developed for aircrafts, Douglas rising almost $1 a share.

Hog prices rose 25 to 35 cents here today and came within 10 cents of the year’s high mark. The top for 200 to 210-pound weights went to $10.05.

BAR TO NAME 2 FOR VOTE PROBE

as BSecond-Class Matter Indianapolis,

steel PROGRAM PUSHE

Attorneys to Be Sworn In as Special Prosecutors; Re- | count Nears End.

An agreement was reached todav between Prosecutor Herbert M.

Spencer and the Indianapolis Bar Association for appointment of two attorneys from the Bar {(o act as special deputies in the Grand Jury investigation of alleged Primary election frauds.

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Earlier, Thomas Stevenson, Bar Association president, informed the Prosecutor that the

Board of Managers declined

given to the Grand Jury. Prosecutor Spencer said he assured Mr. stevenson this would be pernitted by swearing in the attorneys as special prosecutors. Mr. Stevenson said he would call

within a few days to decide on the

Meanwhile, the Grand Jury continued inspection of Republican ballots and tracing rumors of irregularities at the polls. Recount commissioners checking sheriff

count of city votes and were start ing on precincts in townships outCommissioners expect to complete the recount of 39

In the recount of 297 precincts, Al Feeney, declared loser of the race, has piled up net gains totaling 2475,

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an edge of 220 votes over the plurality given Charley Lutz by the | canvassing board following the election. Mr. Feeney's recount total for’ the

his original 19,741. count total for the same precincts is |

19.697 compared with his original canvassing board total of 21,888.

U. 5. PLANE CRASHES

Observation Down Near Scott Field.

BELLEVILLE, Ill. July 20 (U. P.). | Commission from having any con-

—Two U. S. Army fliers were killed trol over importation of alcoholic beverages, removing the limit on the

near St. Jacob. Ili, today while flying from Scott Field on a routine local observation flight. Second Lieut. Ralph G. La Baw, 23, of Lincoln, Ill, and Private Alney L. Tanner, 23, of Sikeston, Mo., were the victims.

FT. PLAIN, N. Y,, July 20 (U.P.). —Three occupants of a small plane were killed today when it crashed on a hill three miles south of here. The dead were Edward Sanders, 35, the pilot, father of five children, Mrs. Wayne Hendershot and |

| ers would make written affidavits | that they were qualified to vote, | . : | under terms of the bill. 297 precincts is 20,025 campared with |

Mr. Lutz’ re-|jn certain townships.

| influence’ —such as promise of re- : | ward of office or political preferShip Comes ment, or threats—in dealings with

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PRICE THREE CENTS

ADMINISTRATION RETREATS, ASKS GADGET REPEAL

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Committee Reports] Favorably on New

Hospital Bill. ol

Changes Suggested |

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In Earmarking Cash | For Buildings.

BULLETIN The House Ways and Means Committee this afternoon reported favorably administration bill to construct a State tuberculosis hospital in Southern Indiana. It made one amendment to the original measure cutting from $15,000 to $10,000 the appropriation to pay the salary of the medical superintendent, fees to the board of trustees and clerk's expenses during the period of construction. The committee recessed until 2:30 p. m,, when it is to consider the institutions building program bill.

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The Legislature maintained (he fast tempo set on the opening day as the House Ways and Means committee met this afternoon to push through the remaining ‘relief and recovery’ measures recommended to the special session by Governor

New Amendment Goes To Third Reading Unanimously.

BATTLE AVERTED

Senate Heads Silent On Action Taken in Lower House.

A belated Administration move io repeal instead of revise the muche criticized windshield gadget law was launched in the House today. It may be passed tomorrow, Legis« lature leaders said. Faced with a bitter battle on the floor, the Administration retreated from its ambiguous original amendment introduced yesterday and approved unanimously an amendment containing the repealer clause. At the same time, however, the Senate received a companion measure to the original bill introduced by Rep. Winfield K. Denton (D. Evansville) yesterday. A bill to repeal the gadget law was introduced by Republicans in the Senate yesterday and referred to committee. It was part of the eight-point G. O. P. “reform program” included in the partys Noe vember election platform and introduced by the minority during the special session.

‘Trouble’ Anticipated Although Senate majority leaders

Townsend. The Senate, after receiving two | Administration companion meas- | ures and sending the Legislature |

Association | expense bill to the Governor, ad- | 1 e t0 | journed until 10 a. m. tomorrow. | sanction appointment of observers |

[unless they could hear all evidence |

The House, however, after passing the expense hill and amending an amendment to the Windshield Gadget Law, recessed until 4:30 p. m. when it will go to work on the bills expected to he reported favorably by the Ways and Means Committee at that time. The newest gadget law move was a repealer.

New

Eight new bills all lacking Administration backing were introduced | in the House in the morning ses- | sion, New bills, all of which were referred to committee, provide to: 1. Authorize school trustees of fifth-class cities to convey title to school grounds to the United States to construct buildings thereon. This is a companion measure to a bill in the Senate. 2. Exempt municipally-owned utility property from any taxation.

Bill in House

did not, comment, on the House action, members of the House Road | Committee said they anticipated

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| “some trouble” when the two meas

| ures reach conference. | The Administration's original | House amendment, provided that the | certificate of title be displayed “in | the driver's compartment in such | manner and position that the regis- | tration number, description and identification numbers . . . and the name and address of the owner are plainly legible .,. on the outside of the vehicle.” Rep. Denton, who also introduced today's proposed repealer, said under it the method of displaying the certificate would revert to the 1935 law, which provided: “Said receipt of registration shall be enclosed in a suitable container which shall have a frame of aluminum or other material, and a cover of isinglass or other transparent material, through which such certificate can be easily inspected.” Although Auto License Burean

3. Compel all persons except | authorized election officials to stay | at least 300 feet away from polls | during elections. If challenged, vot- |

4. Pay salaries to town constables

5. Prohibit #le of fireworks, except as cities may grant permits. The bill provides a $100 fine or 90 days in jail or both for violations. 6. Deny paroles, shortened sentences or privileges as “trusties,” to convicted murderers in State prisons. 7. Prevent “executive or adminis- | trative officials” from using ‘“‘undue |

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members of the Legislature. The bill

8. Prevent the Indiana Liquor

number of distributors and wholesalers, and requiring dealers to obtain licenses from county commis- | sioners.

Expense Bill Passed The House passed the $20,000 ex- | pense bili on second reading under | suspended rules without a dissent- | ing vote. The House defeated a motion by Rep. Harry Muller (D. Anderson’ to require all statutes in the State | House to be dusted or washed be- | (Continued on Page Two)

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officials had claimed that printing on the certificates was “plainly legible” from the outside when the certificates were placed on steering wheel posts, most observers agreed that the “plainly legible” phrase would have required placing the receipts on either the windshield or front windows. In presenting the Administration's new repealer, Rep. Denton reviewed the history of auto certificate laws in the state dating from the 1921 statute, which required certificates to be placed in containers provided by the State. “I have talked with the Legisla~

| tive Reference Bureau and the Ate

torney General's office and they assured me that repeal of the 1937 (gadget) law will take us back to where we were in 1935,” he said. “I consulted them 10 make sure that repeal of the 1937 law would

| provides imprisonment of five to 10 | not leave the State without any | years for violations.

registration law whatsoever.” No Dissenters

After Majority Floor Leader Frank Thompson (Bluffton) had indorsed Rep. Denton’s repeal proposal, the measure was passed to third readihg without a dissenting vote. The controversial gadget law, passed during the 1937 Legislature, provided that: “The certificate displayed . proved by . .

shall he in a holder ap- . the commissioner of in the lower inside right-hand corner of the windshield . in such a manner

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stage for another scorching day ni | ONCE Indianapolis, with near 90 tem-| Academy, Seventh Day Adventist | police. peratures a certainty and above 90 | eo pear Sicero. causing a id temperatures a ssibility. | estimated a 9,000. ’ The Weather en said that to- | Cicero firemen, called to help BOBBY MOULTON S BODY RECOVERE day will be at least as hot as yester- | battle the flames, said they thought | — day, that it will be slightly cooler | the fire started from an overheated | ca and occasionally unsettled tonight | motor used in some of the operating : : | GO a oily and tomorrow. | Euipmen’. : R 4 : OT BEE | motorists would not be required to

TRACY CHARTERS PLANE | PROSPECTIVE BRIDE buy certificate holders from the

State. HOLLYWOOD, July 20 (U. P.).— An airplane was chartered today by SUES MISSING FIANCE ee | LOSS $8000 AS FIRE BOWERSTON, O., July 20 (U. P.). |

Lee Tracy, movie actor, to take “him | —A prospective bride filed suit for | Es» RUINS SPAHR BARN

and Mrs. Helen Thomas, San Fran- | cisco divorcee, to Yuma, Ariz, to be married. | $5000 damages today because, she | said, the prospective bridegroom | § A fire this afternoon destroyed a | failed to show up for their wedding | > lige orn eS | Spahr, Indianapolis attorney, near

| after she had killed 30 chickens for | »; a marriage feast. Lawrence, Ind., at a loss esti Bernice Baransky, 25. brought the at between $8000 and $10,000. nated suit against William E. Rutkoski. horses, one a valuable stud horse, were killed, together with three

She said in her petition that she mules, machinery and a large store

had quit a job at Wheeling, W. Va. to be married. of hay. Ft. Benjamin Harrison firefighters and 11th Infantry soldiers and officers fought the blaze,

Mrs. Alice Shelley, all of Ft. Plain. |

ASTRIDE PONY IN BYGONE DAYS

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windshield. . “The commissioner | make available for purchase . . bureau offices . and .

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11 | Mrs. Ferguson 12 Music 17 Obituaries ... Pegler Pyle ......... Questions | Radio .. wo. I | Mrs. Roosevelt 11

GUN WOUNDS HOOSIER BOY | DAYTON, O. July 20 (U. P.).— | William Maupin, 12, Richmond, | Ind.,, who has been visiting his | grandfather, George Maupin, was in | { Scherrer 11 | critical condition in a hospital here | Serial Story.. 16 today from a bullet wound in his Society 6 | lower chest. The boy was shot acSports ..... 8, 9 cidentally when the grandfather State Deaths. 9 | was showing him a pistol which he 12 thought was empty,

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TAX BOARD CITES ZASU

WASHINGTON, July 20 (U. P.). —The U. S. Board of Tax Appeals today upheld deficiencies totaling $15,396 determined by the Commissioner of Internal Revenues against the income of Zasu Pitts Woodall, Los Angeles, movie comedienne.