Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 May 1941 — Page 13

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SAN DIEGO, May 97.—You. don’t begin- to realize ‘how big this aircraft defense ‘program is until you hear a statement like this: { One third of all the ‘working male. population of

San Diego is employed by Consolidated Aircraft here. As soon as the new plant opens and adds another 15,000 people, half of the working men ‘in this oh will be working" at Consolia

Consolidated has Jumped “from ... 3000 to 16,500 employees in just . about a year. The ‘home plant has been so much in the last year and a half it's hardly ‘Tecognizable: And then a mile up:the highway, from town, another immense plant is going up. It’s ‘about half finished. This new’ plant will make nothing but parts.’ It ‘will employ: 15,000 men. They'll create the airplane in pieces, which will then be ‘trundled over to the present factory through a tunnel under the highway, and there rapidly assembled into whole airplanes. That’s the San Diego set-up. But that won't: be all of Consolidated. Another huge assembly plant is

! going up in-Ft. Worth, and still another in Tulsa.

Both ‘these

. motored Liberator bomber they're making. Yet Con-

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solidated will operate only one of them—the Ft.

: Worth plant. The Tulsa Plant, althotigh making Con.salidated bombers, will be

operated by Douglas, a a competitor,

“Roll Out the Bombers”

The reason for this seemingly contradictory set-up is that Consolidated: could strip its home plant of * enough technicians and managers to set up the Ft. Worth plant, but it couldn’t spare enough for two plants. So Douglas is taking over at the Government’s request. Both these new plants will be merely assembly plants. The parts will come from somewhere else. And you can’t guess where they come from. “From "Consolidated,” you say? No, theyll come from the - Ford Motor Co. in Detroit! I've been studying this thing for days in order to get it right when I told you, but you're probably lost in the maze already. -At any rate, it shows how we

lants will make the same big four-

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By Ernie Pyle

can go about getting more planes when we: really set Er

"Ford alreaqy. ; nan about 150 picked men out here, 5 .

working in a: huge tent at the Consolidated: plant,| - 1 just how the Consolidated boys do it. Later]

these five big plants get up full steam—|

ey’ll return to. “When these somewhere around the first of the year—they'll sure “roll out the * as Lord Beaverbrook says. - Among its 16,500 employees, Consolidated has 185

. women office: workers. I've yet to see a woman doing

actual work,’ but I don’t see why they: couldn't. “The aviation companies have been criticized for not ‘hiring Negroes. They might reply: that they don't| ‘hire: 24 out of every 25 white men who apply. Consolidated does have a few Negroes on iis payroll, doing] janXor work The plant has 130 private policemen, commanded by Capt. H. F. Shattuck. To be a policeman at Consolidated you must have had five years on a. police force somewhere, or five years in one of the armed services. _ Ex-Marines make good: policemen.

Message for the R.A. F.

Just before they left for Ching, Playwright Claire Boothe and hér husband, Henry Luce of Time-Life-Fortune, visited . the Consolidated plant. One of the Liberator bombers was just ready to

start its long trip to England, 50 they had Miss Boothe write a message on, the tail surfaces to the R. A PF

She wrete: ‘ “Boys, don 't forget to drop our regards on Hitler.”

| Then she drew a little picture of Hitler, and heneath

it wrote: “From US. to.you—Claire Boothe.” | The: workmen then shellacked it over, so it wouldn't wasn off during the trip across the Atlantic. Personally, I don’t think Miss Boothe’s message is quite up to her usual ‘brilliance. . But then, what could a person think up réal clever-like to write on the iail of*a bomber? Thy une more.-itém, and then we'll let Consoligo about its bomber making in piece. also makes a two-motored flying boat for Britain and the U. S. Navy, which is very popular for patrol convoy work around the British Isles. All these boats have to be tested before leaving the factory, to make sure the. hulls don't leak. But, instead of. putting the planes into the nearby water, they leave them on dry land and put the water side: the. planes. Tl het’ Gérman efficiency hasn't got anything to i that, =

| Inside Indianapolis (And “Our Town”)

* OUR NOMINATION FOR co-incident-of-the-week goes to Merle Miller's strange plane ride to Wash-

Mr. Miller, you know, is head of the local America

war. He boarded the plane at the Municipal Airport on his way to invite Senator Wheeler, the isolationist, to Indianapolis ‘for his speech. When he took his seat in the plane he found the gentleman sitting beside him was none other ‘ than Lord Halifax, British ambassafior to the United States. ‘They chatted all the way to'Washington, but not about the war or anything connected with “it. They . discussed the farms below and the ‘vastness of America, Everything went so smoothly that Mr. Miller had Lord Halifax autograph one of his cards. which he presented to his 9-year-old son, Merle Jr., who showed it to all his friends and who “how. is a.person of some importance at. School 80.

It Really Works—

WHEN FRANK N. WALLACE became acting comLal of the State Conservation Department they “presented him with a little key and Sole him it Youll unlock everything on the Gongervation n:Pepartment’s

Washington

WASHINGTON, May 27.—We. say goodby now © “the land we have known. Like lovers about to be separated by a long journey, we sit in this ‘hour of mellow twilight, thinking fondly of the past, won“dering. Words seem almost an intrusion. What: tomorrow will : ‘bring we ,de not know. We only know that 'this golden day is slipping inevitably from us, clutch at it as we will. We have had our troubles. Sometimes we were poorly clothed and poorly fed. But always tomorrow was full of promise. Hardship would diminish. Happiness would grow. Progress ‘was the fixed law -of life. We never doubted it, even when the going was rough.

As I write this, President _

: ; Roosevelt is preparing his Siesice talk. From England comes the call for help, a desperate call for more and more and more. Most

_ of the man now looking over Mr. Roosevelt's shoulder ‘ as he wiites want him to answer ‘that call, Ger- - many’s naval chief warns us that already we are

‘engaged in warlike actions with our naval patrol. -He us to go no further. Laval, that dark stooge of Berlin, warns us to stay out,”

* Goodby to Peace

Japan, se that we may go in, begins to ‘wriggle to find some way of escaping the Axis bar- + gain to go in if we do.: I don't know what Mr. Roosevelt has: decided to say. But we. are moving

toward war, not away from it. The enly uncertainty is how much faster we shall move from now on.

Whether we go to war or not, ‘we: shall act more ‘and more as if ‘we were going to war.. Our lives -

will all be affected by this. Our ways will change "drastically, whether ‘or not a drop of ‘blood is lost. Habits must be changed. Peacetime ways have to '

/ be sacrificed. “For years, dosens of materials will be

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A Matter of Record

WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE to tell this if it wasn't already public record. The Lions really roared ‘at their ‘golf tourney last week. Said Secretary Albert Evans in his weekly bulletin: “Everybody was in a

bad temper after about the second or third hole; some blamed the greens, others their .clubs, a few cussed the wind. Only Frank Grovenberry ‘admitted that it might be just him.” He added that Hartford Sallee played under the alias “Jim Jones” and Charlie Peek quit after a while—“too much heat.” . . out at the Fairview campus next week, Butler, will be honoring ‘a Butler family. Robert Hall graduated in) 1891 and will" receive the .Golden Legion of Honor; | his ‘daughter, Mrs. F. Elbert Glass, graduated in 1015, and her daughter, Marjorie Glass will receive her A. B. degree with the class of "41. That's not to mention that 15:other members of the family have

' attended Butler during the last three generations.

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almost completely wonopelized by. war needs and there will be little left for civilian purposes. Even Senators and Congressmen in some instances may have to give up their automobiles and move to small living quarters, for taxes are going to rip sharply into the lives of every family above the very lowest level of living. For this id and next, we have set aside 40 billion dollars fof war production. More may be added to that. Already we are planning to spend far more than we spent in the last war, Labor, still living in a dream-world of constantly: rising wages and constantly shorter hours, is going ‘to wake up very soon with a terrific shock. - . I mention only the more pleasant “aspects of the future and pass aver the heavy hearts, the separated families, the Yyoufig careers that will ‘have to wait, those inward wounds which are more numerous than the wounds of the ‘battlefield. ;

It Was a Grand Life Regimented people. . Regimented trade. The waste of war. The millions of days of human labor to make the guns, the shells, the planes, the tanks and the ships. The huge plants useful only to manufacture weapons of slaughter. That’s our future. It will be the same whether we go into the war or not. It's been a grand life in America. We have had to work hard. But usually there was good reward. We have had poverty, but also the hope that ‘if the individual man threw in enough st e and labor he could find his place. Man has gained steadily in security and dignity, in hours of leisure, in those .things. that made his family comfortable); and gave lift to his spirit. Under his feet, however rough the road, he felt the firm security-of a nation fundamentally strong, safe from any enemy, able to live at peace by wishing to. In every one of us lived the promise ‘of Afnerica. Now we see the distant fire rolling toward: us. Tt is not being put out. It is still some distance away, “but the evil wind hlows it toward us: 8o ends our reverie in the Swilight, over the dear, ‘dend days.

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Stale House Expected

Within 30 Days. : By VERN BOXELL

Judges today - began final study of one of the most important cases

| to reach. them in many years—the Republican-Democratic ‘battle for|

control of the State House.

For months; the bitter fight has raged in the Legislature, in the courts and in - print and oratory. It will reach its climax in the forthcoming decision, expected within the next 30 days. Some attorneys say it. may be handed down: within two

rival ‘briefs fer more than a week. . I ‘addition. to. the broad governmental and legal problems involved,

public interest in the case. 12,000 Jobs at Stake

«First, there are the 12,000 Jobs which ‘the Democrats now hold under an injunction which blocked appointments by G. O. P.-dominated boards on May 1 and which the Republicans hope to get. Then there are several political necks hanging in the balance, notably" those of Arch M. Bobbitt, Republican State chairman, and the attorneys, State officials and legislators. who went along with him in flatly rejecting a compromise offer ||

would have given the G. O. P.

adverse decision and the resultant loss of jobs may bring an immediate turn over in party control.. The political future of Governor Schricker and his close advisors also isat ‘stake. A court defeat would leave him branded by the Republicans as a - “power-hungry politician who -attempted to thwart the will of the people.” A victory, how-

of constitutional government. A compromise verdict. which|: many ‘observers believe to be the likeliest result, would leave the Governor in a much better strategic spot’ than Mr. Bobbitt.

“Fight Certain to Continue

Regardless : of . the outcome, the court opinion will not end the fight. Both. sides have.said they will carry their cases to the voters in the i942 election... Party strategists have moved carefully in building up their cases for the. public. In yesterday’s final arguments be-

boiled down ‘to Does the Legislature have the power to take ad-

Governor? : Democratic attorneys contend] that under the broad terms of. the | constitution, ‘the. Governor should |

_ |contrel . all’ administrative appoint-

ments in order to fulfil his oath in seeing “that the laws are faithfully executed.” They claim that under the contested G..O. P. “decentralization” | laws, the Governor is merely a minority member of ‘ appointing boards, , without voice in control of State government because the acts specifically provide that two members of ‘the three-men boards may

act, : G. O. P. Counsel Protests

They charge that since the constitution names the Governor as the chief executive officer of the state,

cause: they powers. Republican: counsel, on the other | hand, contend that the Legislature had full. power to enact the statutes and that the Democratic Legisla.|tures from 1933 to 1939 provided ample precedent. They pointed to

strip him of these |

” |previous statutes in which the Gov-

ernor ' was associated with other elected ' officials on administrative boards and : shared appointments with these officers. Tley. denied that the Governor | has ~exclusive authority to appoint officers or has supervisory and directory control ovém all other State officers. They based their contention that appointing powers could be conferred on any ‘one, or more elected officers: upon the provision that “all officers whose appoints ment is not otherwise provided for in the, Constitution shall be chosen in such: manner as may: be Provided by law.” Charge ‘One-Man Rule Plot

The G.:.O. P. has charged that the Democrats are merely seeking to- continue the “ong-man’ rule’ created by the 1933 McNutt ‘Act and that the 194i “decentralization” act is * fulfillment - of - taeir campaign pledge to smash “dictator rule in Indiana.”

tronage-grabbing rneasures to a nsate for the (:. O. P. tert in ‘the 1940 Governor election, the 3 which the Republicans

In: the hiro weeks of legal Has ‘neuvering since, Legislature, the have come off in front. ‘obtained an injunction from

blocking the appointments and have won two Supreme Court tests over the. order —— then. Yesterday's

o batt Ls Biase in the Acme-Evass flour mills, ashington Ave. Starting in the five-story concrete building, the fire was caused

from a belt conveyor

Rul. as to Control of i

Five 'Indiana Supreme Court ;

weeks, since the subject matter in-|. volved. already has been before thej | court and the justices have had the}

many other factors have heightened

by Governor Henry Schricker which] three-fourths of the patronage. An|

ever, would increase his stature in use the eyes of the voters as a defender

fore the high court, the issue was |

ministrative appointments from the [the Justices, in effect, set aside pre-

the ' laws are: unconstitutional be- |

| : The Democrats. ‘have answered |}. that the “ripper acts” were merely

They Circuit Judge Earl R. Cox March 31|

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|Reargument. Order Viewed

- As Wish to Wait for New FDR Appointment. -

By ‘LOWELL B. ‘NUSSBAUM An’ indication: that the United

: States Supreme, Court. may be ‘split evenly—4 to 4—on the local gas

lease’ was seen today in the high court’s voluntary order for re-argu-ment of the case next Oct. 13. In the. suit, which was argued

originally several weeks age, the City Utility District ks, 50. he validate a 99-year lease entered into

. {by the former Citizens: Gas. Co.

« |which. ‘was -

-bought out -in- 1935 by the City Utility District. The lease, which entails & large. annual rental, covers a substantial “portion of the local gas mains. § ‘Announcement’ of the re-argu-ment: order was followed by bonds

- |of the Indianapolis Gas Co. own-

The British troops entered the Ethiopian capital April 5 after advancing 1800 miles in. less than: 60 days. Drums rolled and pipes skirled as tam-topped soldiers of a Transvaal regiment. marched into Addis Ababa. They helped restore the nation to its monarch,

SAYS HATCH ACT RULES PRIMARY)

Court Decision Broadens ‘Clean Politics’ Bill, Author Claims.

WASHINGTON; May 27°(U. P. y, see The Supreme Court: decision giving (Congress power to regulate: elections automatically makes the Hatch . “clean politics” laws: applicable to the nominating processes, Senator Carl A. Hatch ®. N. M) said today. The yds, which outlaw the of Federal funds for political purposes and prominent : political { activity on’ the part of Federal and State employees paid from the U. 8. Treasury, contain . provisions. making them apply to primaries -and nomination . conventions, he’ said. | “I am confident no additional leg< islation: is ‘needed,” he said. Chairman Guy M. Gillette " (D. Towa) of the Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee, said the decision “clearly indicates” that “further legislation to control: es would be prepared. He mentioned specifically measures to eliminate the abuse .of padding registration rolls for party primaries The court's decision, . written by Justince Harlan F. Stone and concurred in its major aspects by all

‘cedents which - since 1921 have barred : Federal legislation in the

primary field.

Bust oF Foster Is Unveiled in N. Y. u.

- Times Special NEW . YORK, May. 21 stephen C. Foster, composer of 7 America’s best-loved songs, entered the Hall of Fame today. ‘A bronze bust of the composer wis presented to the College of Electors by J. K. ‘Lilly Sr. of Indianapolis, for many years ‘the leading ‘collector . of the letters’ and works of Foster. The presen-. tation was made during ceremonies at ‘New York University. The bust, executed by Walker Kirtland Hancock, was unveiled by Mrs. Jessie Welch Rose of Pittsburgh, the composer’s gang. : daughter,

JAPAN ‘TO CLAIM ONE OF GREATEST NAVIES

TOKYO, May 27 (U.:P). — The Japan Times and Advertiser, organ of the foreign office, said today’ that the 130th meridian, lying between Hawail and Wake Island, was: an “impervious and unassailal ” barrier | between the Japanese © and United States navies. “Either navy that should’ venture beyond this line would. undermine

the Pacific,” it said. « In an article inspired by: Japan's 36th Navy Day, commemorating her sea victory in the Russo-Japanese War, the newspaper said that after the current: naval. struggle in Europe, Japan would have one of ‘the.

the, balance of naval: power over |this

Slot Machine | Pays Own Fine

BRAZIL, Ind, May 21 (U. P). ‘—Business on, the Groves Greater

. Shows midway was: bad—so bad

that, Thomas: J. Smith, manager, : ignored police ‘orders and brought out his slot machines to lure in the ‘nickels. : It wasn’t long, however, before

downs of show business to Circuit Judge John Bumunk, who ordered the machines destroyed and fined Smith $25 and’ costs. It. looked like lemons for Smith, until the Judge hit the jackpot ‘when the opened machines spewed enough ‘nickels to cover the fine—with one tq clear.

EMBEZZLEMENT

TRIAL IS HALTED

Member ‘of Jury Hearing Credit Union Case ~~ Becomes III.

the defunct Indianapolis Firemen'’s Credit Union, Inc. charged with embezzling $50,000 from the -organization, was halted today by Special [Judge Omer : O'Harrow when a juror, Roscoe: Ashby, 2614" N. Sherman Drive, became ill. - Special . Judge ©O’Harrow. discharged ‘the ‘other 11- jurors and instructed deputy prosecutors to prepare for a'new trial. The date was not decided. The State, during six days of trial, ‘presented more ‘than 3000 pieces ‘of documentary evidence in an attempt to prove that Cecil F. Scott, former secretary-treasurer of

| the credit union, and John A. Staab,

former chairman of the union advisory board committee, embezzled at. a $50,000. * Staab, who has been ‘in jail since last July because of failure to post a $3500 bond, will be released under a reduced bond of $2000.

UPSTATE AREA GETS * 'HQUSING PROJECT

WASHINGTON, May 27 (U.P.) — A 250-unit. housing project -for the Sou Bend-Mishawaka area was announced today by C. F. Palmer, co-ordinator of defense housing. The program supplements a Soe unit project approved earlier, Palmer said, and private industry is expected to construct an additional 760 units, ‘A critical housing shortage in the area has been reported by civic, industria., labor and Army officials. A (| WPA survey last November showed a vacancy :of ‘1,5 per. cent in the South Bend area and: officiais said percentage had dropped further, due to increased industrial activity. Mr. Palmer recommended locating the 250 units in Mishawaka, and suggested the Federal works agency construct the units with public funds. Rentals of $25 to $30 per month

two greatest navies in the world.

HOLD EVERYTHING.

‘were recommended.

Smith was telling the ups and

The trial of two former officers of |

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NLRB DECISION HITS REPUBLIC

Adjudged Guilty - of ‘Unfair Practices; C. |. 0. Loses ~ Madison Ruling.

By UNITED PRESS A National Labor Relations Board trial examiner today ‘found Republic Steel Corp. guilty, of :un-

| fair labor practices at its South

Chicago, Ill, plants. He recommended reinstatement of 610 workers, who took part in the 1937 “lit< tle steel” strike, with back .pay. to

Oct. 11, 1937. The ‘examiner also recommended that the company grant pro-rate back pay to 38 other employees who cannot be ‘reinstated “because they died, were discharged after being re-employed, voluntarily quit after being re-employed, or for some other reason.” Allegations that the company had discriminated against 99 other employes were dismissed by the trial examiner. 3

Defends Organising Right , The company was tentatively ordered to cease discouraging membership in the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (C: I 0), or

intertering wiih the Highs; of its emplqyees self-organ on. oi Wis.,' the C. I O. United ‘Automobile Workers’ - Union which. conducted a 76-day strike at the Allis-Chalmers Co. West Allis plant was adjudged guilty of ~unfair labor practices’ by the Wisconsin Employment Relations: Board and ordered to ‘cease and desist” trying to force employees W join its membership. - Shortly after members. of .Congress criticized Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins on grounds she was laggard in certifying important disputes to the Mediation Board, she appointed a three-man committee to decide what cases should be referred. i Her- appointees were Chairman Clarence E. Dykstra of the Medjation ‘Board, Director John R. Steel-| | man of ‘the: U. 8. Conciliation Service and Maxwell Brandwen of the Office of Production Management's labor division.

Vinson Pushes Bill At the same time chairman Carl gq Vinson (D. Gra.) of the House Naval

Affairs Committee moved .to. bring his compulsory defense labor media-

gi |ton bill-to the House ficor for a vote.

The moves “for action on the Vinson bill was takefi as the Senate committee investigating defense delved further into the strike of San Francisco shipyard machinists that has stopped: work on $500,000,000 worth of new ships. President William : Green of the American Federation of Labor denounced” it “as ‘an “oltlaw” strike and said it was called in violation of the “pledged word” of the A. F. of LS HiterRsional Aagieidon of Machinists.

"(NYE ASSAILS WILLKE IN FT. WAYNE SPEECH

PT. WAYNE, Ind., ‘May 27 v P).

| ~Gerald:P. Hye (R., N D); assailed |4

the foreign: policy - of :: President Roosevelt in -an address:before an ‘Committee rally here last night, but ‘reserved most of his, fire for .Wendell Willkie whom: he charged with’ “betrayal of the American people” “I have far greater respect for Roosevelt. than for: Wern- - Willkie . who... con! ted. so

can: people inithe last:

dations of democracy itself.” He said Willkie ]

of ‘involvement - fol- ; sage of the lease-lend - were. 100 to 1, y

er of the mains in question, falling about 11 points on the New York Curb Exchange yesterday. The 5's of 1952 closed at 77 after chang-

_| ing hands earlier in the day at 88%.

Tie Vote Would ‘Affirm - It was believed the high court may be divided over. the question of whether Federal Court has jurisdiction ‘in the case. An evenly divided . vote automatically would have affirmed the ruling of the Circuit Court of Appeals which upheld the Federal jurisdiction, and it Toul: have -served as a precedent or. all future invalv, - lar questions. - eases ing. sim! By next October, when the re-ar-gument ' is scheduled, President Roosevelt and the Senate, it is be-

lieved, will ‘have filled .the present

vacancy on, the high . court, eliminating the likelihood of tie votes. The 99-year lease which the City: seeks to break was executed in 1913 when the’ Indianapolis Gas’ Co. ceased operating ' competition ‘with the Citizens Gas Co. It turned over its plant and mains to its competitor,: the Citizens Gas Co. under a contract binding the latter to pay all operating expenses, maintenance, fixed charges and dividends of Indianapolis Gas obligations. This entails nearly $600,000 a year.

Hope for Lower Lease When the City Utility District

exercised its option to buy Citizens Gas property, it also continued us-

Indianapolis Gas, but refused to recognize the validity of the lease, hoping to negotiate a new lease at a much lawer cost or force sale of

| the property to the City. The pres-

ent lease would cost the city an estimated 45 .millions dollars during the remainder of its 99-year term. Pending settlement of the dispute over the lease, the City began paying the lease rental into an escrow fund, which now is nearing Je two million dollar mark. .

Baltzell Overruled

In 1936, the Chase National Bank, trustee for Indianapolis Gas bond- | holders, filed suit in Federal here to enforce the lease terms. against the City. District - Judge Robert C. Baltzell upheld the City’s contention that Citizens Gas Co. had no legal right to enter into a lease binding its successor, the City. On appeal, the Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago. reversed the District Court, holding the lease binding, and the City took the case ° to the Supreme Court. .

FRENCH. SHIP SEIZED, MARTINIQUE REPORTS

FORT’ DE ‘FRANCE, Martinique, May 27. (U. P).—The 837-ton

steamer Winnipe “foreign. : a of Martinique ast night, the : Martinique announced today.

tinique.--- <The incident occurred within the American Neutrality Zone, and: it is presumed that the Winnipeg ‘has-been: conducted to a belligerent port. in the West Indies for search. The French authorities have taken immediate iy to obtain the release of the ship.” >

“TEST"Y ou R KNOWLEDGE

1—iron, ‘copper or aluminum is the .mdst abundant metallic element on earth? ; 2—Soaking poisonous. mushrooms in . salt water oes or. does not render them harmless? 3—Pediatrics is the department of medicine dealing with ‘the feet, the head or children? 4—Josef ‘Hofmann is an _artist, singer, ;or actor? 5—Is there = gas lighter than e

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le said.. er Mr. Willkie's fesdér-

* | ship - ‘constituted a threat ‘to - the fwocparty system and “to the foun- |

ing. the leased property owned by