Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 January 1940 — Page 9
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Hoosier Vagabond
- BALBOA, in Zone, Jan. 29.—It had been my intention to sco#t around among Canal Zone employees for several days and then try to picture a “typical” worker. But so many people have told me
so many conflicting things that I realize there is no such thing as a “typical” Canal employee. They differ mainly from workers anywhere else in that they are isolated from their homeland, working in an unusual climate, and under a system that has no variations. There are approximately 4000 white Americans, or ‘gold employees,” running the Canal and the Panama Railroad. They are skilled craftsmen, foremen and administrators. The manual labor is done by 15,000 Negroes, mostly Jamaicans and Panamanians. All of them are here for one purpose only—to maintain and operate the Panama Canal. The smooth and continuous operation of the canal is the only thing that counts. Next to doing his job well, the canal worker’s { main idea is not to disturb the status quo. The quickest way for him to get in bad with everybody is to think up a way whereby one man could do the work of two. “Preserve jobs” is the creed. ! ss 2
Take Pride in Their Work
The Canal workers, do, however, have a great pride in the canal, and there is no question that their job is well done. One man, often a severe critic of things in Panama, told me he considered the Panama Canal the most efficient and honest department of the U. S. Government, not even excepting the postoffice. The Canal Zone is really the world’s best example of “idealistic socialism.” The employees are completely controlled. They are told where to live, and how much rent to pay. 8 They have many perquisites that, standing alone,
THE OTHER EVENING at 7:30, just as I was turning Page 11 of “Gone With the Wind,” my telephone rang. Dr. James C. Carter was at the other end. He said if Pd meet him at the Methodist Hospital at 8 o'clock he'd show me a modern miracle. ) I picked my way over the icy pavements. Every time I slipped I swore I'd give Dr. Carter a piece of my mind if what he had to show me didn’t turn out to be pretty good. Finally I arrived at the hospital—intact. The pleasant lady at the desk was pre‘pared for ‘my coming. She said so. An attendant took me to - the fourth floor where Dr. Carter was supposed to be. Soon as I got off the elevator my nose told me I wasn’t far from the surgery. Right away I got kind of scared. ; Dr. Carter escorted me to the cloak room. I was told to peel down to my shirt. That done, I was stuck into a surgeon’s gown. By that time, Dr. Wil“liam Molt had arrived. He was dressed up for business, too. Then, but not until then, was I told what all the excitement was about. 2 ” 8
A Famous Eaxtractor
‘At 11 o'clock that morning, Notra Trulock, the 14-year-old son of an Indianapolis fireman, had swallowed the bakelite top of an automatic pencil—the three-quarter inch long capsule that fits over the eraser. You probably got one in your pocket right now. Dr. Carter was called in. Soon as he sized up the situation he said if was a case for Dr. Molt. Seems that Dr. Molt has a national reputation for extracting miscellaneous things out of people's insides. He has removed nails, bullets, coins, cartridges, springs, safety- ' pins (open and closed), peanuts and I don't know what all. A peanut is one of the hardest things to get out. It crumples when you get a grip on it. When I realized what I was in for, I asked whether there was going to be any spilling of blood. I was chicken-hearted, I admitted. I was promised there wouldn't be anything of the kind and with that assurance I stuck around. While the boy was given a local anesthetic, I was shown the X-ray pictures. The capsule had entered the left lung, a rather alarm-
ing state of affairs because to judge by the pictures >
there wasn’t a cubic inch of air left in the lung. The only ones present at the operation were two
Washingt AMARILLO, Tex., Jan. 29.—The remarkable record for safety by commercial air lines in the United States is very likely to bring about a rapid change in
the traveling habits of large ‘numbers of Americans,
particularly those engaged in business travel. The automobile has had deep effect upon small and mediumsized cities. Trade runs away to the nearby metropolis. 3 Said one- well-to-do woman in a Middlewestern city of some 35,000: “We can drive 40 miles, shop in large metropolitan stores, have luncheon at some very attractive restaurant, go to a matinee and still be back home by dinnertime. That hurts our merchants.” Every businessman in a smaller city feels the pull which the big city exerts through the automobile. It has caused the closing of some department stores and higherclass shops, and tends to depress local trade to the bargain type of store. That is one of the tragedies of progress—I suppose you ve to call it progress. The automobile has made life infinitely richer for the average man. But "it has .struck a depressing blow at the small city, that great American incubator of democracy.
Some Communities Lucky
. Communities like Amarillo, which are isolated from [larger communities by. space of at least 100 miles, are fortunate. They can Hye their own lives and not be sapped by the strong pull of a nearby metropolis. In Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, and eastern
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we.all went to the horse show at Ft. Meyer on Thursnight, which was given for the benefit of the Infantile Paralysis Fund. I was disappointed not to see Mr. Gene "Autrey ride. He had appeared the night before and, I am sure, to the joy 1 of everybody present, judging ] from my own disappointment when he did not appear on Thursday night. Perhaps I had
an extra reason for wanting to:
see him, for he rode one of our horses, A Palomino, given to John some years ago. in New Mexico. Friday afternoon we had a musical at the White House and Mrs. Dorothy Kemp Roosevelt and Mrs. Loraine McDonald of Detroit played a delightful pro- : gam on two pianos. Miss Nemone Balfour, sopraiio, accompanied by Mr. Walter Robert, sang a group of German and Scotch songs. Both were well received, but, since we understand English better, we knew more of the old Scotch and English songs, so I thought those were a little more popular and evoked warmer applause. : Having in my house, my little niece, Janet Roosevelt, has made me swim every night, for she is evidently fond of all kinds of sports and does them well. co J
WaSRINGTON Sunday.—T forgot to tell you that
By Ernie Pyle
would make people back home green with envy. But they pay for these things with a complete subjugation of themselves to the canal. If you could strike an average at all, you could probably say the American worker in the Canal Zone is a World War veteran, comes from the Midwest, has been here 10 years, ‘and is a nice guy. e-fourth of the employees are mechanics or electricians. Three-fourths are office, administrative and other types of workers. Probably more than half are married. : The average mechanic works from 7 till 4. The office people from 8 to 4. The mechanics work five days a week, the others six. ® ®
Seniority Is Everything
The climate is enervating, and that is a perfect excuse not to toil too hard. Many people have told me they could work harder, but nobody else does, so why co it? : The noted tropical diseases are now all gone—all except malaria. And it is so well under control that only six people out of a thousand get it. Sanitation in the Zone is 100 per cent, and the Government hospitals are excellent. 2 The average canal worker makes about $240 a month. If he’s married, he lives in a tropical-type wooden cottage consisting of living room, kitchen, bath and two bedrooms. It is furnished, and costs him about $25 a month. Whenever seniority entitles him, and a house is available, he moves to a nicer house. He doesn’t build little things and put his own touches of personality into his home, because he doesn’t own it and never can own. it. It belongs to the Government. If he is a bachelor, he lives in a one-room apartment in a barracks-like building. His rent of around $11 a month will include lights, janitor and everything. It is taken out of his pay check. Housing in Panama has never been adequate, and with the boom of new construction down here it is growing acute. Bachelors with 10 years’ seniority are being notified these days that their. little homes are no longer their own, and they'll have to take roommates. ’
By Anton Scherrer
internes, three nurses, Dr. Molt and two kibitzers in the persons of Dr. Carter and myseif. The boy’s posi=~ tion ‘was such that his head extended beyond the operating table. One interne stood over the patient holding him in a fixed position. The other interne supported his neck. One of the nurses held the boy’s feet. As for the other nurses, one stood next to Dr. Molt to see that he got his tools when he needed them. The other nurse stood at the switch controlling the lights of the room. Dr. Carter and I were in the way most of the time. ” » 8
They Felt Like Cheering
After everything was in readiness, Dr. Molt called ‘or a bronchoscope, a hollow metal tube with an electric light about the size of a grain of wheat at the remote end. The tube was thrust down the boy’s windpipe and into the bronchial passages. The boy was unmindful of what was going on. He didn’t as much as whimper. After some exploring, the capsule was located. I saw it with my own eyes. The boy had swallowed the thing so that it landed with its hollow side up, a mighty good thing for him because it enabled Mr. Molt to get a good grip on the rim. To get the thing out, Dr. Molt passed what looked like an 18-inch-long wire cown the tube. On the lower end of the wire was a tiny pair of pincers. The end in Dr. Molt’s hand has a contrivance to manipulate the pincers. In this case the extraction was made difficult because of the fact that the boy had swallowed the capsule in such a way that to get it out, Dr. Molt had to turn what looked like the corner of Illinois St. and Kentucky Ave. Two or three times the boy's whole body twitched. He didn't let out any noise, though. Then it dawned on me that the internes and the nurse holding the boy’s feet had a mighty important job. Any change in the boy’s position after the capsule was located might have wrecked the whole operation.
After what seemed like eternity, but in reality wasn’t more than 30 minutes, Dr. Molt. said in the most matter of fact way, “Here it is.” Everybody in the room, except the boy on the table, let himself go and laughed. They felt like cheering, but the doctor’s code of professional ethics forbids it. Soon as the thing was out, the boy had a coughing spell which was just the thing the doctors wanted him to have. He’s getting along fine now, I understand. As for “Gone With the Wind,” I haven't read another page since Dr. Carter invited me to see a modern miracle.
By Raymond Clapper
Kansas, smaller cities are not so fortunate, and they see /their vitality streaming out over the paved highway to the big town. : What the airplane will do toward changing business habits, and commercial relationships between communities, js yet to develop. It } is become about as safe to ride on a commercial @irplane as on a train—the planes haven't lost any passengers-in a year or so and you can buy the $5000 travelers’ insurance for 25 cents a day, just as you can for railroad travel. A businessman can board a plane at Amarillo just before 6 a. m., be in Kansas City before 8 a. m,, transact a full day’s business, catch a return plane at 4:15 p. m. and be back home in Amarillo at 7:40
p. m,, in time for dinner with his family. ” 2 ”
Air Lines Courteoits
Air lines have donne something that the railroads have not succeeded in doing yet. They have learned to treat passengers as welcome guests and not as intruders. Railroad ticket windows and railroad trains are still loaded down with grumpy agents and conductors. Pullman porters are uniformly courteous and pleasant, but otherwise railroad travel is slow, noisy, often dirty, and is a constant struggling with luggage, changing trains, walking interminable distances through trainsheds and stations. : . And through the midwinter blizzards of the last two weeks trains were running behind time, planes on the dot, except for occasional cancellations. Railroads. will always have one advantage. They can get through any weather—late maybe—but they get through. Planes must suspend at times. Having that handicap always, the plane still offers so many advantages that if the air lines can maintain their current safety record the traveling public is likely to take to the air in tremendously increasing numbers.
By Eleanor Roosevelt
I only hope that after she leaves us I shall keep up the good habit. ; L Yesterday afternoon, I: had a tea for the people attending the National Housing Conference. I was extremely interested in this ¢onnection tc be given an advance copy of the Survey Graphic, which centers around the “home” this month, and is an extremely good number. While we are on magazines, I hope a great many people will read an article on our insane asylums called: “The Living Death,” by Joseph Harrington in the current Cosmopolitan, I have a personal interest in it, because one of my columns inspired the editors to investigate. Mr. Harrington has certainly found many things that we citizens should know. I wonder how many of you have listened over the radio to the program, “Art for Your Sake.” The broadcasts tell about the lives of the painters and their masterpieces. - T hate to read that the war in Europe is not really a war at present, but that when spring comes we are going to see what horrors each nation can bring to the other. Spring, the time of rebirth and beauty, should never be used to bring death and destruction to human beings. Is there no way to make people realize
that a restoration of freedom in Europe might bring|-
about the co-operation of other nations, thus making the world economic.situation a sensibly planned picture instead of the crazy quilt it has been for the last few years? : a 2
The Gallup Poll—
U.S. of Europe’ Urged
By Dr. George Gallup PRINCETON, N. J., Jan. 29.—What kind of a peace should be set up when the present European war comes to an ‘end? Many acufe students of world politics both here and abroad believe that problem overshadows every other modern issue save that of bringing the war to an end.
Some are convinced it is even more important—because on the character of the next peace may depend the safety of the Western World for 25 or 50 years to come. While America is merely an onlooker in the present war, her influence is bound to be felt in any future peace negotiations. As a powerful neutral, indeed, ‘America’s influence may be even stronger than it was in 1919, when Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points became the basis of the post-war treaty. How many Americans have be-
reconstruction period ahead? What are their views? In what terms do they think? To find out what the thoughts of the American people are at the present time, the American Insti-_ tute of Public Opinion directed its field investigators, located in every state in the union, to ask two simple questions: “Have you given any thought te what should be done to maintain world peace after the present European war is over?” And. if so, “In your opinion, what should be done?”
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HE questions were put to a group of Americans in all stations of life, selected with such care as to represent with a high degree of accuracy the 60 million men and women in the entire voting population. First of all, the survey shows that today—after nearly five months of European war—about one American in every three (34 per cent) is giving some thought to what should be done to insure a better peace. Although individuals in all walks of life are. considering post-war solutions, the survey shows that most thinking is being done by those with the greatest amount of education, and by those living in the larger cities, where newspapers and radio bring the largest volume of news and information from Europe and the nation’s capital. More than 20 million voters, the survey indicates, are thus beginning to form ideas about what should be done when the war ends. Further surveys will be conducted from time to time by the Institute to chart the dimensions/ and thinking of this group of voters. Analysis of all the proposals of-
gun to think about the post-war -
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How many Americans have begun to think about the kind of peace settlement they would like to see in Europe when the present war ends? To answer that question the American Institute of Public Opinion has interviewed men and women in. every state in the union. finding one person in three with some suggestion or proposal. Leading proposal was a “United States of Europe.” Others “a world union.” a “revived and strengthened League,” and vari-
ous political. economic and moral reforms. Lower right, Lord Lothian, advocate of
Europe.
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fered in the Institute survey show that no single idea has taken hold
of American thinking, but opinion seems to be forming about two principal ‘clusters” of thought: (1) Some kind of international organization in which the member nations would surrender a few of their claims to national sovereignty, and (2) some.kind of political, economic or moral reform within nations themselves or among all nations. The survey indicates that about eight million voters are considering some international organization on the League of Nations principle, or some extension of that principle. In the order of their frequency these suggestions are: A “United States of Europe”—the plan put
forward a decade ago by the
French statesman Aristide Briand; a “union of the democracies,” or a “world union,” as suggested by Clarence Streit in “Union Now,” and a revived and strengthened League of Nations, which many of these voters say the United States should join.
* “A United States of Europe” seems to have the greatest appeal of any single proposal among voters at the present time. =~ 82 2 2
NOTHER large group, representing &bout 81% million voters, suggest such moral, political er economic reforms as-the following: A better understanding among nations, based on principles of tolerance: and Christianity; getting rid of dictatorships in Germany and elsewhere and substituting governments “where the people would have more voice,” and economic readjustments such as the better division of world resources, removal of trade barriers and the sharing of colonies. Although the vast majority of Americans blame Germany and Adolf Hitler for the present war, - few Americans at this time would propose dismemberment of Germany as a permanent peace solution, the survey shows, The
- suggestion does, of course, occur.
The idea is variously expressed: “Divide Germany up among the
other nations of Europe”; split Germany into small states so it could never rise to threaten the peace of the world again” and “make Germany disarm and never allow her to rearm.” But the survey indicates that less than two million hold these opinions at the present time. Other programs with support among rank-and-file Americans are, in order of ‘mention: (1) “complete disarmament” or “sincere disarmament”; (2) “a new attempt to create a World Court”; (3) “a fairer peace settlement than was made at Versailles,” including a recognition of the rights of small countries; (4) a sirong and permanent “military alliance between England and France,” with some voters occasionally including the United States in the proposal; and (5) redivision of Europe “into a few big countries that would absorb the smaller ones.”
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discover whether any of these general proposals would
“some sort of federalism” for
have the support of a majority of American voters or not. Hence
the survey is only a picture of what American citizens have in their minds at this time, and future surveys will indicate whether the picture changes significantly in the days ahead. Many of those interviewed in the survey were pessimistic about the chances of any lasting peace in Europe whatsoever. A typical statement of this point of view is the comment of an upstate New York voter: ° ; “There’ll be another peace conference with a lot of great and well-intentioned men in charge, but it won’t do any good. Within a few years the whole thing will have to be done over again.” A substantial number said that, “whatever else happens, the United States ought to mind its own business and let Europe solve its own problems.” How the passing weeks will change erican public opinion is impossible to predict, but here is a cross-section of American thinking: as the war ¢nters its sixth month.
3370 LEAVE NYA FOR OTHER JOBS
Many Girls Quit Projects for Factories or Marriage Richey Reports.
One hundred of 275 youths who left NYA out-of-school work projects in Marion County during the last six months did so to take jobs in private industry, Robert 8S. Richey, State NYA Administrator, reported today. Of the 3370 young people who left NYA projects in the state during the same six months, 1338 went to private employers. These figures include 36 per cent of those leaving NYA in the county, 44.5 per cent of those “leaving over the state. Forty-six per cent of the boys who left projects went into private industry, Mr. Richey said, and 39.6 per cent of the girls were placed in private employment. Types of work which they found, in most cases, was very similar to that of the project on which they had been working. Drafting project workers were placed in lumber, radio manufacturing and engineering companies doing drafting and blue-printing. Boys from workshops and construction projects have found jobs in garages, filling stations, factories, manufacturing concerns, Imachine shops, packing plants, and as contractors’ and carpenters’ helpers. The home-making projects have placed their girls in hosiery mills, garment factories, hospitals and domestic service. Clerical and stenographic workers have left their jobs to go into offices. Mr. Richey said that only 161 of those who left projects in the state did so to take WPA, CCC or other public employment, although this figure did not indicate what may ‘have happened to the 103 who left their projects because they had passed the 25-year-old age limit, or the 278 who left because of being married. He said that 25 per cent of all the girls leaving the projects left to be married and that practically all the 164 who left for this reason were from home-making projects. Mr. Richey pointed out that about 20 per cent of all the young people certified and assigned to NYA projects voluntarily removed themselves from the rolls before reporting for work. Most of these fail to report either because they have found jobs or been married. :
BURNED BY HOT GREASE Frances M. Gallagher, 1633% 8. Meridian St, was treated at City Hospital yesterday for burns on her
Lions to See Their Voices
Lions Club members will see their own voices at a noon luncheon Wednesday at the .Claypool Hotel when a demonstration of the osciliograph or voice recorder will be given by the Indiana Bell Telephone Co. * The osciliograph demonstration will be conducted by Emmett C. Belzer, who will address the club on the “Importance of Scientific Research to Modern Enterprise.” The device records voice vibra- . tions on paper. Mr. Belzer will ‘describe a new cable two and fiveeights inches in diameter which contains 4242 separate wires and
can carry hundreds of conversations at one time.
10 HOOSIERS JOIN NAVY DURING WEEK
Ten Indiana youths enlisted in the U. S. Navy during the last week, Lieut. Comm. J. C. Shively, recruiting officer, said today. i They are Michael Deane Taylor, 20, of 2819 Olney St., Indianapolis; Frank Elmer Hicks, 19, Washington; James Frederick Renfroe, 19, Muncie; Clarence Edward Cameron, 24, Mt. Vernon; Robert Francis Miller, 22, Evansville; Harold William Hegerfeld, 26, Ft. Wayne; Edward Aloysius Lomont, 27, Monroeville;
vin Eugene Cambridge, 18, Frankfort, and Irvin Monroe Eldridge, 27, Fowler. ’ : Ye Mr. Taylor is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robin Joseph: Taylor. He is a graduate of Cathedral High School. The men have been sent to the U. S. Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, IIL .
Times Special i DANVILLE, Ind. Jan. 29.—Virgil Hunt, inaugurated Saturday as president of Central Normal College, today began a program to raise the standards of the institution, . Mr. Hunt, at 23, one of the youngest college heads in the country, had been acting president since last July. Three generations of his family attended the inauguration, including his grandfather, Monroe Hunt, 78, of near Hazleton; parents, Mr. ‘and Mrs, Marion Hunt,
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FIRE DAMAGES N, . STRUCTURE
$5000 Blaze in Gold-Domed ‘Administration Edifice Began in Wing.
Times Special SOUTH BEND, thd, Jan. 29.— A three-alarm fire yesterday caused an estimated Notre Dame University’s gold-domed Administration Building. The fire was discovered in the basement of the Carroll Hall Wing abouf 10:30 a. m. Students cheered fireman as the blaze was checked. It was reported that a series of
|ground floor murals of famous
cathedrals® had been damaged by the blaze. Most of the damage to the building was caused by fire and smoke. . ’ ;
Princeton U. B. Church Destroyed in Blaze
Times Special = = an L PRINCETON, Ind. Jan. 29.—Fire believed to. have started from a defective flue destroyed the United Brethren Church here ‘yesterday with a loss estimated at $15,000. The church was destroyed by a tornado in.1925 and was rebuilt and dedicated the following year.
SISTER AWARDED MEDAL Times Special i ie NOTRE DAME, Ind, Jan. 29. — Sister M. Madeleva, C. 8. C., president of St. Mary’s College here, has been awsdrded the National Poetry Center gold medal for the best poem submitted by an Indiana poet. It was entitled “Snowstorm.”
New Cen tral Normal Head Will Elevate Standards
a student. at Central Normal, and Esther, a teache: at New Carlisle, The charge was given to Mr. Hunt by Otis E. Gulley, Danville attorney and president of.the Board of Trustees. Dr. P. R. Hightower gave the response for the college, and Charles Newton, a senior, for the students. The new president said he has hopes of receiving a substantial endowment for the school within the next few years, adding that he hopes to make. the school more attractive
to prospective students by elevating d, and two sisters, Mildred, |its iti ay Yd gy
‘| “Trafik-I” devices
$5000 . damage to.
‘Camera Cop’
on Job Here
To Snap Traffic Violator
“Camera Policeman” are on the job in Indianapolis to catch speeders—and there's: no denying their evidence, other police say. The new kind of “policemen” are which . Police Chief Morrissey has installed ‘on two - Accident Prevention Bureau cars. | * = : The “Trafik-1" is a specially made camera and a speedometer. The - camera is mounted inside the police car.above the driver's ear and the lens is focused on the road. The. speedometer, mounted on the left front fender, is also in the camera focus and is synehronized with the speedometer on the dashboard. - Violators Photographed
When the picture of the car ahead is snapped, the speedometer on the fender ‘is included, thus showing clearly its speed. Pictures will show cars ‘moving
at excessive speeds through: slow:
zones near schools, hospitals and playgrounds. Drivers can be photo-
-|graphed passing other vehicles on
hills, parking in prohibited zones, or straddling lanes. “We do. not. intend to use the ‘Trafik-I' to trap motorists,” Chief Morrissey said. “Rather, we intend to use it as an. educational safety. instrument "to impress upon the owners. of pleasure ‘and business
cars the responsibility which ‘is|
theirs on the City streetd ways.” . Expects Fewer Accidents
‘Chief ‘Morrissey said he believed
‘and high-
that when the motorists know that|%—
the police ‘are able to produce photographic ‘evidence of traffic violations, the number ‘of offenses will be reduced considerably, with a resultant’drop in traffic accidents and fatalities. - . 'A “rogue’s gallery” of traffic vio-
FRANKLIN FOX HUNT - SET FOR SATURDAY Times Special. FRANKLIN, Ind., Jan. 29.—Farmers and sportsmen of Hensley and Union Counties will join in a fox hunt next Saturday because of the recent destruction of poultry, sheep and pigs and the thinning out of rabbits and quail. : ; The event is being sponsored by the Franklin Conservation Club. Members of the Beech Grove and Christian serve lunch. , + : 55 sepia i Se wg .. MINE EXPLOSION FATAL LINTON, Ind. Jan. 28 (U. P.).—
Chapel Churches will]:
lation pictus is being collected to display before school children and other groups to impress on them the hazards of careless driving. “We hope to use the pictures to acquaint the school children with the dangers of carelpss driving and the willful disregard of traffic ordinances,” Chief Morrissey * said. “Pictures showing children the hazards of hitching on trucks or automobiles and playing in the street are worth 10,000 words of warning.” Other violations that will be recorded by the “Camera Policeman” include overloaded or improperly loaded trucks, streetcars or busses, cars parked too close to fire hydrants and: trucks and busses hogging the street. “The camera can be detached from its moorings inside the police car, the police chief explained, and be used as a hand camera at the scene of traffic accidents, homicides and other situations where police want pictorial evidence.
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
1—What is the name. for a waters tight structure fixed on the side of a ship for making repairs below the water line? = 2—Name the participants in the recent Cptton Bowl football game, 3—How long is a decade? ve s a mineral or vegetable
product? . : i Name [the highest: mountain in the 1d computed from sea ‘devel. || SE 6—A large ship is usually launched forward, backward or sideways? 7—Naime the tallest of all mammals, 8—What is the correct pronuncia=tion of the word calescent? Cae he : Answers 1—Coffer-dam. 2--Clemson and 3—Ten years. 4—Mineral. 5—Mt. Everest.. 6—Backward. YY er 7—The giraffe. 8—Ka-les’-ent; not kal'-e-sent.
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Boston College.
Floyd Stone, 42, of Linton, died yes-| ton, D.
terday from injuries received Sat-
in a powder explosion at th Live Bets son mine meat bre,