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{ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1939

Be. 24 oosier Vagabo ". INGLEWOOD, Cal, Nov. 9.—The chinchilla industry in the U. S. today consists of 32 farms, 4000 chin-

chillas, 600 owners, several score employees, a breeders’ association, and a sales company which controls the

. entire business. This sales company is a sort of Will

Hays of the chinchilla industry. A Will Hays plus a ‘Department of Justice. You cannot buy or sell a chinchilla except through this company. Even if you bought a chinchilla, it would die unless this company told you how to raise it. The company ties everything together. It came about this way. When M. F. Chapman, who brought the first chinchillas to America, finally had enough surplus chin- - Li chillas to sell as breeders, four or five sales companies suddenly sprang into being. They succeeded in creating nothing but chaos. So it was decided to combine all the sales.companies into one, with power over everything. It is known as the Chapman Chinchilla Sales Co. In case you'd like to buy a pair of chinchillas for breeders, theyll cost you $3200. And even if you've got the ‘cash, maybe you can’t -buy any. ' For the sales company investigates 'you—your financial standing and your motives. ‘The basic rule for a prospective buyer seems to be that he must be sincere and must love chinchillas. nn

How It Operates

"But suppose you persuade them to sell you a. pair at $3200. You then sign a contract. And that contract says you cannot sell any offspring except through the -sales company. Now if you just bought one pair it wouldn't be practical to set up a farm on which to raise them. .So you put your chinchillas on somebody else’s farm; sort of board them out, as it were. : That is hew it happens there can be 600 separate owners of chinchillas in America, yet only 32 farms.

Our Town

. IN’ YESTERDAY'S feuilleton I told you about Morton Patterson, the loud-lunged newsboy at the .corner of Pennsylvania and Market Sts., and how Jim Farley rose to his bait. I believe I even got around to telling you how Walter Winchell capitalized the : story in his column. Well, on another. occasion Morton wrote a letter to the Mayor of Niagara Falls telling him about a barrel in Philadelphia so stout dnd strong that nothing could bust it. Not even Niagara Falls. To prove it, Morton said he had a man willing to insert himself in the barrel and, for a reasonable honorarium, go over the Falls twice a week for ° an indefinite period. At the end of which time the barrel would be none the worse for wear. Morton suggested that the Mayor might be in-

_ terested. Worked right, said Morton, it might be a

‘Washington

way of bringing a lot of visitors to the Falls besides newly married couples. @ Right away the Mayor answered and said he didn’t think the scheme was feasible. It was all that Morton wanted. That very day an item appeared in the Record’s Pennyfeather column that the Mayor of Niagara Falls was considering the scheme which was perilously close to the borderline, but sufficiently near the truth to fall within the scope of the kind of column Morton was.running at the time. = ” 8 2

Mr. Winchell Again ~~ =

Again the Record sold every copy it printed that day. And sure enough, this time, too, Walter Winchell picked up the item and tucked it in his column. Indeed, this time Walter went even further and wrote ‘a letter asking Morton to come to see him in New. York. When he got.to New York, Walter offered Morton a job, but for some reason the kid turned it down. Instead he went to work for The Post. The Post period lasted six months, long enough for Morton to meet Gene Belasco, nephew of the Great David. —. Gene was doing publicity work for Strait’s Carnival at the time and he persuaded Morton to join him. Mr. Strait was an ex-wrestler, a Greek whose

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.—In New York- over the week-end the sports pages picked up a good political:

tip, involving a bit of that personal drama which :

makes American politics good, if not always important, entertainment. Football reporters mentioned that Herbert Hoover and the‘ New York Republican National Committeeman, Kenneth F. Simpson, attended the ArmyNotre Dame game together. In the Yankee Stadium crowd they were just a couple of guys named Joe. But the last time they were seen together in public they were - not speaking. The former Presi-

dent, who expects to have almost -

decisive influence in the coming 4 Republican nomination, and the outspoken Progressive boss of the state group of Republican Presidential dele-

largest g gates were glaring it out in a sulphuric feud. = "8

Mr. Hamilton Gets Busy

Kenneth Simpson, in his vigorous 40s, is a most unusual kind of political boss. He goes.to symphony concerts, is a friend of Gertrude Stein and Kerensky, and collects art. He is sometimes caught reading a book. As county boss in New York he has elected Republicans by dealing with the American Labor Party and splitting the proceeds. He told the Republicans they must accept in principle many of the social reforms of the Roosevelt Administration. For that he received no thanks from old-fashioned Republicans who still expected to win elections on the McKinley platform. . Among those who looked askance at Mr. Simpson's

: practical but unorthodox methods was Mr. Hoover.

My Day

WASHINGTON, Wednesday.—It was grand to have even a few hours in the country yesterday. As I told

you, I arrived in time to go up to the polling booth to -

see the others vote and to pay my annual subscription .to the Hyde Park Red Cross. Up there, it is an insti- . tution for the Red Cross member- ; ship drive to begin on election t= day, on the theory, I imagine, that they will catch more people together than at any other time. The New York chapter of the American Red Cross has opened an. information bureau at 500 Madison Ave. This is an effort to spread information about the National Red Cross roll-call and to tell people:what the national headquarters is doing to help war sufferers in addition to

celebrities present on different days. Gertrude Lawrence, who is at present playing in “Skylark,” has agreed to help in the roll-call. happen to want information as to what

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nd Cs By Ernie Pyle

There probably isn’t a single chinchilla farm that doesn’t have “boarders.” Pi Now $3200 is a lot of money for two frail little animals: Lloyds of London will insure them for you— ‘but they. want a 25 per cent premium. So the sales company has a kind of pooling arrangement worked out, . which amounts to insurance.” Your two chinchillas are giouped—on paper—with maybe 14 others. If your chinchilla dies the pool gives you a new one out of the first group born within the pool. Your own chinchillas don’t lose their jdentity, however. Their numbers are tattooed into their, right ears, shortly after birth. ; There are two. chinchilla farms here in Inglewood. The Chapman. farm has 2400, and Fur Farms, Inc. has about 600. There are several farms in northern Utah. And they run east as far as New Market, Va. But hardly any of them have more .than 25 or 30 chinchillas. : : : :

Biding Their Time

As said before, the chinchilla. industry has not. yet started producing fur. The Chapman farms have killed and skinned about 150, but these were culls, not good enough for breeding, and most of the pelts are in storage. The industry is holding off deliberately, and far:a reason. They: figure that when chinchilla garments ‘are ‘once more’ on the market, women with money will go pretty crazy over them. Mrs. Blitz will have to ‘have a chinchilla coat because Mrs. Ritz-has one. And they don’t want to start this jealousy business ‘blazing until there are enough’ chinchilla pelts. avail‘able to keep the:jealousy flames well fed, - { The first: ‘outlet will’ be in: Paris. They

ithe first ‘prices: will

‘very best ones going to $500 when the craze hits its

peak. ih : ; , Then it will decline, naturally, both because the novelty will wear ‘off and the supply will increase. They figure that within 10 years after the first fur ‘sales ‘the: price’ will: settled down within a range of $65 to" $125 a pelt. . But remember, it, takes well over 100 pelts to make a coat. So. .you ‘won't be getting any knee-length ‘chinchilla coats with magazine subscriptions.

By Anton Scherrer

real ‘name was Stratigus, and "with Gene Belasco leading the way Morton covered all the towns in the East, especially all the trotting meets. Strait’s Carnival is still one of the three big outfits covering the country, says Morton. As a result of his carnival experience, Morton wrote a story, “Back from a Ride,” which appeared in Liberty. Morton stayed with Belasco until 1936. That was the same year Esquire published a story, “Black Sheep,” written by a fellow who called himself Packman. Sure, it was Morton Patterson, alias Pachmann. You'll remember that the kid adopted his mother’s name. the minute he left Indianapolis. Well, soon as he began rubbing elbows with the world, he discovered that nobody could handle the name of Pachmann without insulting his mother’s family name, and so he Americanized it. o 2 =

Off.for Cherbourg,

Morton got $500 for the Esquire story. He invested in. an automobile paying $100 down. At the same time he bought an outfit of flashy clothes including a diamond ring—a phony, to be sure—but better than anything he saw in the line of real stuff. It had a mirror back of the stone and the girls never caught on, says Morton. That left him a couple of hundred dollars, most of which went for a ticket to buy a passage on a tramp steamer bound for Cherbourg, France. He" didn’t have to worry about his automobile because by that time the finance company had

_ When he got to Cherbourg, the boat people wouldn't let him get off. A Seems that in some way he had contracted to scrub the decks of a tramp steamer bound for a cruise around the world. That's the way Morton got to see South Africa, India and China. * In Singapore he found himself stranded. At that precise moment, O. O. McIntyre, who was supposed to be in New York telling the folks about the goings on in that town, showed up in the-Orient. He had a look at the kid, warmed up to him, and brought him back to ‘the U. S. A. Odd was a pretty good fellow if he liked you, says Morton. he - Tune in tomorrow for more about the newsboy on the corner: of Pennsylvania and Market Sts. If you stick around long enough you'll find him Wit a gun in Spain mixed up in the late war over ere. :

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: % By Raymond Clapper

“Atleast Mr. Simpson thought so and felt that the | former, President tried to.shut him out from becoming

“Republitan National Committeeman, even after Mr. Hoover denied it. : Mr: ‘Simpson, angered by his suspicions of Mr. Hoover, flew to. Washington for the Republican National Committeé¢ meeting last winter and let go a two-fisted denunciation of the former President, saying: “The people will turn to the Republican Party only if they are sure that it is not under the domination of Mr. Hoover, the Liberty League, and some of the reactionary influences of the past." If we turn that way, we might as well’ fold up.” FLL ine s

Party Viewpoints Unchanged

Friends of Mr. Hoover were horrified and he was deeply hurt, so much so that a few days later he

would have nothing to do with Mr. Simpson when

they met socially. : Many Republican leaders felt the feud between Mr. Hoover and Mr. Simpson was dangerous for the party. John Hamilton, Republican National Chairman, determined : to heal the break. He worked on both -parties. Finally, on Sept. 21, the day after Mr: Simpson won overwhelming re-election as New Yérk County Chairman, Mr. Hamilton again appealed to him to be magnanimous in his victory and to check in with Mr. Hdover. So Mr. Simpson telephoned the Hoover apartment at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York for an appointment and asked if he could call to pay his respects. . He was received at once, cordially, and ‘was congratulated. : Thus far, however, the alliance is limited to a resumption - of diplomatic relations. Neither has changed his: position - with regard to party policies. Nor is it safe to conclude that Thomas:E. Dewey is to be the beneficiary of this resumption‘of amenities. That is another story.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

office, for ‘it is prepared to answer all questions: of this kind. : SE "The President had a grand time yesterday inspecting the first little house built on one end of a barn at Hyde Park. Another week should really finish it, and my brother and husband are so pleased with their

handiwork that they are planning to build a great|running

many more around the place. : Jogi . - As the President has had a little cold, he cecided to stay over another day. Not being anxious to spend another night on the train unnecessarily, I took an afternon. traintback to New York City and: came down here last night. I had an interesting time on the train, for two or three people felt kindly inclined, my neighbor in the next seat talked with me as did my neighbor across the aisle. : One amusing incident dccurred when a lady across the aisle, not having a watch and having lost track of the time, suddenly thought she had reached her desti-

their general work. There will be | nation and hurriedly rang Tor the porter to find out if

she ought to leave the train. I have done that very often when absorbed in a book or some work I was . doing. Once I actually did find I was pulling into a station ‘where ‘I should be prepared to get off and I practically fell out of the train, 8

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rin around $150 a pelt; ‘with the|’

mission sessions are being held.

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Evangelica

By Sexson E. Humphreys WO church commissions

Times Photo.

First Evangelical Church, New York and East Sts, where com-

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Merger Nears

to correct a bishop’s mistake.

Had it not been for an e

Evangelical Churches to send commissioners here tp complete plans for a merger. - Bishop Asbury, first head of the Methodist Church in ‘the United States, came into frequent contact with. German-speaking people in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. His traveling companion on the long circuit, Henry Boehm, - often preached’ to the German: communities. ; §Y nh One of Bishop Asbury’s most in- - timate friends was Philip William. Otterbein, a German Reformed preacher in Baltimore, who be.came interested in Methodism and began to propagate Methodist views in his own congregation. He also formed societies among the ‘Germans in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia on the basis of Wesleyan doctrine and discipline. ie Bishop Asbury, however, opposed the affiliation of these so‘cieties with the Methodist Church. He believed that the German language would soon cease to be used ’ in America and thought it inexpedient to favor its continuance by ecclesiastical sanction. The Rev. Mr. Otterbein was therefore encouraged to form: his societies into a separate ‘church. » s s N Pentecost Sunday, 1800, in the distivctive American setting of a barn, these Germanspeaking . people organized the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, adopting Wesleyan doc-

CITY PLANNING CODE STUDIED

Step Is Taken to “Insure Orderly Residential “Area Expansion.

A move to insure orderly .expansion of Indianapolis residential districts through the drafting of a new platting code was being studied by the Works Board: and City Plan Commission today. Fi : A’ tentative’ outline of the proposed code, which would set minij-

dential developments would have. to meet, was submitted to the } yesterday by George Rooker, Pl Commission secretary-engineer.

Provides Street Plan :

Although the Board took. Tio official * action on the ° proposed

regulations were needed to stabilize new realty development. Leo FP. Welch, Board vice president, said the code would discourage development of new territory by “fly-by-night” operators, Nr an As. tentatively drafted, the code would require all plats of subdivil sions to. provide for a 90-foot street each half mile, r ig in section and half-section lines, and a -50foot street each one-fourth mile,

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on quarter-section lines. Sees Saving of Money

The plats would have to show ground levels and drainage analysis, cross-section diagrams ‘of all proposed. roadways and walks, subsoil test to determine whether ground is, suitable for septic tanks and the future locations of sewers, water and mains and possible underground wiring. LE At present, there is a good deal

to the Plan Commission, Mr. er said. No standard plat require ments have ever been codified, though several requirements which plats must meet have orniu.

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of Bishop Francis Asbury about 150 years ago, there probably would not have been separate United Brethren and

mum requirements that future resi<|

code, ‘members asserted that such’

of diversity in the plats submitted US a

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rror in judgment on the part

trine, polity and principles modi-. fied to fit distinctively American ’ situations. The government of the

new church was fashioned after that of the United States Government. This was the first denomination organized ‘in’ America without ; a European background. In 1807, a similar group came into existence through the work of Jacob Albright. Although born of Lutheran parents, the Rev. Mr. « Albright ‘became a Methodist “in

1792 ‘and four years:later began

to preach to the German-speaking people of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. - He adopted the circuit-rider plan. and organized his converts into groups similar to ‘Methodist societies. He wanted to bring his members into the ‘Methodist Church and to have German-speaking societies and conferences. Bishop Asbury, however, refused to change his mind

. and the Albright group had to

form = separate church. The. group formed in 1807 was - called “The Newly Formed Meth- . odist Conference” and the Rev. Mr. Albright was elected bishop. In 1816 .the name ~¢Evangelical _ Association” was adopted; this has since become simply the “Evangelical Chutch,” distinguished from the former Evangelical Synod, now a part of the Evangelical and Reformed Church. The first Discipline of the Evangelicals was largely a translation into the German of the Methodist Discipline. It was after 1830 before the Methodists began to see Bishop Asbury’s mistake. In 1830 and 1840

Something More To Moon About

By Science Service : WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.—“Once in a blue moon” doesn’t have astronomical approval. A blue moon has yet to be seen. The authority

isthe Hayden Planetarium of the American Museum of Natural His-

Also the moon’s light may be “silvery” to song writers but it is yellow to astronomers.

ESTATE TAXES GAIN

lana during the last three months pled’ $267,730, an increase of $20,127 ote ihe same period a year ago, the State Tax Board" reported to"The . taxes” were: collected - on estates having a total valuation of

graduated scale, with, heirs to small

meet in Indianapolis today

The Rev. Philip William Otter-

_ bein, intimate ‘friend of Bishop _ Asbury, a

$11,091:485. Estates are taxed on. ajvice

estates escaping: payments.

fhousands of German immigrants came to America. The Methodists then reversed their policy and began to. send - German-speaking preachers to form societies among the immigrants. In 1864, the German Methodists were permitted to have their -own conferences, but the move was ‘too late to take in the: United Brethren and the Evangelical churches. Both of them ' continued as independent

. denominations and made consid- :

erable numerical progress. : do « = 8 -\ODAY there are about 275,~ 000 members of the’ Evangelical ‘Church and about 425,000 in the United Brethren communion, Both churches are strong in ‘Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio and Indiana, with large numbers of ‘members also in Illinois and Wisconsin, but not many west of the Mississippi or south of the Mason-Dixon Line, where the “Pennsylvania Dutch” did not migrate. NE * The two churches are similar in creed, church organization and - policy ‘and both have placed similarly great emphasis upon evangelism. ~ With Protestantism’ increasingly interested in unity and

_ with a number of denominations; -

including the Methodists, having achieved mergers in recent years, the United Brethren and Evan-. gelical Churches began negotig=tions ‘for union ‘about five years

ago.’ | : Each church: appointed a com= mission on church. federation and union of about 25 members and each commission : chose an execu-

CIVIC LUNCHEON TOHONOR KELLY

1500 ‘Expected: at C. of C. Party to Be Giver n Nov. 20.

“The Indianapolis | Chamber. ‘of Commerce Will sponsor ‘a. civic luncheon = honoring’, Raymond, J. Kelly, Detroit, new:national -com-: mander of the American’ Legion, at the Scottish ‘Rite CdthedralMonday,. Nov. ‘20. i .The - luncheon will be the sixth annual affair of its kind. Fifteen hundred. are expected -to attend. Guests also will include Mrs. Wil liam . H. Corwith, New York, ne national ' president of the Legion Auxiliary, and ‘commanders and adjutants of state ' departments. “The - luncheon «is: being : arranged by “the national. defense’ committee: of the Chamber. Frank Montrose is chairmdn and Harry H. Martin is “chairman . of the committee. ©.’ A, -Alexander,: president- of the Chamber, is to preside. ot

Local Real Estate Board

Honors 30-Year Realtors

Indianapolis realtors in the busi. ness 30 years or more wee honored by' the Indianapolis Real Estate' Board at an “Old Timers” meeting at ‘the ‘Hotel Washington Ap Thirty. of thei34 “old timers” of

lotted one minute to tell when he

the board attended. Each was al-|Havelick, Rol fayette Perkins, Thomas F. Carson, :nvered tne business and his present Timothy

J. Hueber, William T. McClure, John W. Roberts, John. W. Robbins, Joand Albert E. Uhl. ~~ = Others ‘who attended were Dayid A. Co ul ter ’ George R. | d Robert B.. Kershaw, La- , Harry L. Robbins, Boyd M. Ralston William S. Allén

R. Brown,’ P. A.

The Rev. Reuben H. Mueller, Evangelical = District - superintendent. :

‘Bishop H. H. Fout, senior bishop of tlie United Brethren Church.

tive committee. The commissions met in Cleveland in 1935. The executive. committees have met a number of times. The general con-:

‘ferences of both churches ap-

proved. union in principle and urged the commissions to “proceed with plans for merger at an early date.” The Indianapolis meeting of the full. commissions will thus he the most important so far, since definite steps regarding union’ are to ‘be discussed in de‘tail and a discipline agreed on for ithe united church. 1

4-H Girls Home Builders— Much Like Grandmothers

‘Some modern Indianapolis. housewives ‘may be doing their cooking with can openers in two-by-four apartments: bu’ Marion ‘County farm girls are still home builders

‘| much ‘like : their grandmothers.

| Homemaking . talents ‘of two of them will be demonstrated at the National’4-H Club Congress at Chicago, Dec. 1-9. ‘The girls, state club contest. . winners, -are © Rosemary Miller, dréss revue champion, and Jean Carolyn VanSickle, food preparation winner, . : | Rosemary is 18 ‘and the daughter of “Mr. atid* Mrs: Sanford Miller: of Edgewood: ~ Since 1931 she has been a clothing ‘club ‘member. She won the state contest this year with a rust wool dress and slip whieh she made herself. She chose the shoes, hat, purse and gloves to complete the. outfit... The pleated dress has ‘green peas-in-the-pod buttons.” i : Helped Home Canning .

“Including. the yard goods, zipper, pelt, buckle and pattern the dress cost but $4.55. : She bought the: wool at a sale. She made the rayon slip for. 30 cents.

preparation and room: improvement work. She participated in a canning project with. vegetables ‘from her father’s garden. She will model ‘her winning outfit at the National Congress. The champion will be chosen on the basis of the best outfit in ‘combination with the Girls’ 4-H Ciub record. Jean VanSickle is 17 and has been a 4-H Club girl ce she was 11 years old. She will present her food preparation achievement - record in the national contest. rade ‘Orchestra Member ~~. - Each of 0 national winners will be awarded $400 scholarships to an school they: choose. Jean now: is a freshman in ' home economics at Purdue University. She lives on an

| 175-acre farm east of the city with irgil

her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Vansickle ‘While

‘Rosemary. also is active in meal].

First United Brethren Church, Walnut St. and Park ‘Ave. where public sessions will be held.

The. Rev. Virgil Hunt, United Brethren White River Conference secretary. :

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English language has been intro duced and today German is ‘ scarcely heard in the churches, The ‘Methodists, meanwhile, had

followed a similar course and | merged’ the German conferences

into - the regular work of the church, : a Before the United Brethren and | Evangelical leaders have lef town, Methodist Bishop U. V. W, | Darlington of Louisville will come to Indianapolis to deliver a series of addresses to United Brethren. leaders. ; Bishop H. H. Fout of Indian. | apolis, senior bishop of the United Brethren Church, will be co= chairman of the meeting here, along with Bishop John 8S, Stamm of Harrisburg, Pa., senior f Evangelical bishop. The Rev. Virs | ‘gil "Hunt of Indianapolis, United Brethren White JRiver Conference secretary, is @ member. of the United - Brethren commmission, .The Rev. Reuben H. Mueller, - Evangelical district superintens | dent: here, will be in charge of ' the two denominations’ field day . this’ Sunday when - Evangelical ministers will: fill U. B., pulpits and United Brethren clergymen will preach to Evangelical cori gregations. ere are people in both de nominations wondering if it might be possible, sooner or :ater, by a union with ‘Methodism itself, to correct the whole mistake Bishop Asbury made. But there is not much doubt ‘that part of it will be corrected before this week is over and that a plan for union of the ‘United Brethren and Evan= gelical Churches will be agreed on,

home, economics and music activie ties. She was a member of the ore chestra which won national honorg

trip for her sjate food preparation and baking record. x - During her 4-H Club work she has made 141 garments for hevself and others. She has kept a record of 611 meals she prepared. She made. 2 articles for her room, including cur« tains, pillow slips and bed spreads. She also helped refinish the wood« work in her room. She has prepared 195 family size’ bakings of cakesy pies and bread.

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

preetme ‘1—In which country is the city = of Brest? 2—How is coke made? 3-—What is an epitaph? _ 4—With what sport is the name . Art Doering associated? Ti 5—Name the capital of Arkane sas, ]

“n= Answers 1—France. Wo : ; ,2—By SEuasting ‘the gas from coal. . BEA s 3—Commemorative inscription = on a tombstone or monumen! over a grave, eal 4—Golf. 5—Little Rock. : : ss ® 0 ASK THE TIMES | Inclose a 3-cent stamp & reply when . g a “question of fact

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County winnér and won the Chicago