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. IN NORMANDY (By Wireless) —One of the fats is Maj. Eddy. commander of the 9th division. We like him because he is absolutely honest with us, because he is sort of old-shoe and easy to talk #0 ¢ .. with, and because we think he is a mighty good general. We have known him in Tunisia and Sicily, and now here in France,

Like his big chief Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley, Gen. Eddy dooks more like a school teacher than a soldier. He is a big, tall man, but he wears glasses and his eyes have a sort of squint. He talks like a Middle Westerner, which he is. He He still claims Chicago as home, although he has beén an army officer for .28 years. He was last war. He is not glib, but he talks well and laughs easily. 7% In spite of being a professional soldier he despises war, and like any ordinary soul is appalled by the waste and tragedy of it. He wants to win it and get home fist as badly as anybody else, When the general is in the field he lives in a truck that used to be a machine shop. They have fixed it up nicely for him with a bed, a desk, cabinets and rugs. His orderly is an obliging, dark-skinned sergeant who is a native of Ecuador.

Disdains Foaxholes, Sleeps in Truck

SOME OF his officers sleep in foxholes, but the general sleeps in his truck. One night, however, while I was with his division, 1t got too hot even for him. Fragments from shells bursting nearby started hitting the top of the truck, so he got out. The general has a small mess in a tent separate from the rest of the division staff. This is because he has a good many visiting generals, and since they talk business while they eat they must have some privacy. «Usually he stays at his desk during the morning and makes a tour of regimental and battalion command posts during the afternoon. Usually he goes to the front in an unarmed jeep, with another jeep right behind him carrying a machine gunner and a rifeman on the alert for snipers. His drivers say when they start out: “Hold on, for the general doesn’t spare the horses when he's traveling.” . : : “He carries a portable telephone in his jeep, and if he suddenly wants to talk with any of his units he just stops along the road and plugs into cne of the wires that are lying on the ground. ‘Gen. Eddy especially likes to show up in places where his soldiers wouldnt expect to see him. He knows that it helps the soldiers’ spirits to see their sommanding general right up at the front where it

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

VIOLET SMITH, a secretary at Sears Roebuck, stopped at a downtown market recently and bought a package of ready-to-bake biscuit dough. Unaware that the prepared dough should be kept refrigerated until ready to. use, she carried itearound with her : while making sofme other purs chases, then stopped off at the Fountain Square theater. Right in the midst of the performance, there was a loud bang, and dough flew in every direction. Already mixed with yeast, the dough had become warm and started rising, pursting the cardboard box in which it was contained. Miss Smith attempted to pick up bits of the ‘dough, here and there around her seat. An usher, misunderstanding, picked up some of the dough and offered it to her. “No, no, I don't want it,” she protested embarrassedly, “I just want to get rid of it." ghe tried stuffing it back in the original container, but there was too much of it. Finally, the usher got a newspaper and relieved her of the problem. She was too embarrassed to enjoy the rest of the show. . .., Howard Nelson Jr, who is 9 and lives at-2014 N. Dearborn, is quite interested in animals and makes a study of them, Howard read about ‘the strange little animal found in a stalk of bananas at the C. C. Tolen grocery, 1022 B. East st, and looked it up in some of his books. He has decided that it must be a kangaroo rat.

Rationing of Beer

THE BEER SHORTAGE has gotten so bad that at least one grocery has started rationing beer to its regular customers. This East side market has issued cards bearing numbers and the patron's name. Then, . when the patron buys beer, the date and the clerk's initials are marked on the back. That takes care

« of the regular customers, but prevents them from

getting beer twice in one week. . . . One of our agents received a letter from Lt. Cmdr. W. A. Chapman Jr, in charge of naval recruiting for the state. At the bottom of the letter was a postscript. to which the commander had signed merely his initials. They

No Compromise ~~ By Marshall McNeil

WASHINGTON, July 10.—E. B. Germany of Dallas, one of the leaders of the anti-Roosevelt “regular” ‘Democrats of Texas, declares emphatically that the “free” electors of the state will stand by their instructions to bolt the Democratic presidential nominee. It had been predicted here in some quarters that when the showdown comes, the “free” electors probably would not thwart the desires of a majority of the Democratic voters by voting against the party's presidential ticket in the eletcoral college. . But Mr. Germany, queried b telegraph, replied that the electors of the “regular” state Democratic convention are “ladies and gentlemen of honor and integrity and will respect and follow the instructions of their convention.” The instructions were to vote for some Democrats other than the party nominees unless the national convention restores the two-thirds nominating rule, puts a “white supremacy” plank in its platform and asserts its support of states’ authority over elections, No one expects the national convention to comply with all. these ultimatums.

Says Party Must Choose

MR. GERMANY, who has called a caucus of southern delegates to the convention on the Monday ‘before the session’ begins at Chicago, warned his

My Day

HYDE" PARK, Sunday—It is curious, when the news is so full of the loss of human life and when we are so accustomed to the harm that can be done to the civilian population by robot bombs and bombings of all kinds, that we should react with such horror when we read of an accident such as the one which occurred in Hartford, Conn., just the other day. 4 Perhaps it is because so many of us remember the joy of our childhood in seeing a circus under

turn into such - scenes as those which the papers describe makes one recoil in’ horror, ’

; future every precaution will be © taken to prevent such disasters happening. The loss of life which

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ONE DAY I rode around with him on one of his tours. At one post we. were sitting on the grass under a tree, looking-at maps, with a group of officers around us. iy Our own artillery was banging nearby but nothing was coming our way. Then, like a flash of lightning, here came a shell just over our heads, so low it want right through” the treetops, it seemed. It didn’t whine, it swished, Everybody, including full colonels,

exploded in the next orchard. Gen. Eddy didn’t move. He just said: “Why, that was one of our shells.” And since I had known Gen. Eddy for quite a while, I was bold enough to say: °° on “General, if that was one of ours all I can say it that this is a hell of .a way to run a war. We're

fighting toward the north, and that shell was going].

due south.” The general just laughed. The general also likes to get up at 4 o'clock in the morning once in a while and go poking around into message centers and mess halls, giving the boys a start. It was one of these night meanderings that produced his favorite war story.

Helps G.I. to Pound His Tent Peg *

It was in Africa. They were in a new bivouac. It was raining cats and dogs; and the ground was knee-deep in mud. The tent pegs wouldn’t stay in ‘and the pup tents kept coming down. Everybody was wet and miserable. So, late at night the. general started out on foot around the area, just because he felt so sorry for all the kids out there . As he walked he passed a, soldier trying to re-drive the stake that held down the front of his pup tent. The soldier was using his steel helmet as a hammer, and he was having a bad time of it. Every now and then he would miss the stake with the helmet and would squash mud all over himself. He was cussing and fuming. The general was using his flashlight, and when the soldier saw the light he called out: “Hey, bud, come and hold that ¢gight for me, will

So Gen. Eddy obediently squatted down- and held the light while the soldier pounded and spattered mud, and they finally got the peg driven. Then, as they got up, the general said: “Soldier, what's your name ” The startled soldier gasped, leaned forward and looked closely, then blurted out: “Goddelmighty!”

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were most inappropriate for a navy officer: WAC. What will the WAVES think, Commander? . . . Our army (and navy) likes to sing while it works, and while it travels, too, judging from the goings on at Union station. Almost any noon, passersby can hear some fair barber shop harmony around the station. On the Fourth of July there was a particularly - lively session in which civilians joined in song with] “a group of sailors and soldiers who were waiting] for a train. One soldier constituted himself a selfappointed director, and stood in the middle of the circle, jumping high into the air and giving a college yell as each number was ended. Everyone had lots of fun, particularly the spectators.

Have a Heart, Boys

ONE OF OUR readers tells us that he and some of the other victory gardeners out at 28th and Meridian have been having trouble with petty vandalism. Sevegal youngsters with peculiar ideas of fun have deli tely trampled and otherwise damaged some of the vegetables. As a fellow victory gardener whose back knows the aches and pains of gardening, we _can sympathize. Destruction of property is une, as well as unpatriotic at this time. How about it, boys? . . . The Red Cross, which has been seeking relatives of Lt. Charles Easley, pilot of a B-17 which was downed over Germany, has located the lieutenant’ mother. She lives at Boonville and reports she has received word he is a prisoner in Germany. . . . One of our agents who had ‘just gotten some false teeth and was a bit fearful over how they might change her appearance, stepped out of the Canary Cottage the other day and noticed two soldiers. Both were in an amiable mood. One stepped up and said: “Pardon me, madam, but would you mind marrying Frankie.” ~The ‘one referred to as Frankie stood grinning and looking very much like Little Abner of the comics. When our agent protested that she already was much mar-| ried and had several children, and thus couldn't possibly marry Frankie, the “John Alden” of the pair, despaired: “Oh, dear, I dont know what I'll do. I just have to get Frankie married.” With that they strolled along to seek another prospect. And our agent decided her new teeth must be pretty good to bring her a “proposal” the first day she wore them.

“Democratic colleagues of other states” that they will have the power to determine whether or not the party will continue a “great and powerful national” organization. He said they had to choose between the South and the Negroes and the Communists, Because of his position in the Texas fight, Mr. Germany was sent this telegram: “In your opinion will so-called ‘free’ presidential electors follow instructions of Texas state Democratic convention and vote in electoral college for some Democrats other than party nominees if national convention refuses to meet conditions fixed by convention?” Mr. Germany replied: “The electors selected by the regular state Democratic. convention are ladies and gentlemen of honor and integrity and will respect and follow the instructions of their convention.

‘Cannot Hold Both’

- “MOREOVER, IN almost every instance they are in hearty sympathy with the southern states’ program of the restoration of the two-thirds rule in the party for the selection of President and vice president nominees, restoration of states’ rights in party and governmental affairs, and resistance to the attempts to destrcy our segregation laws, “The national party will have to decide whether they will take our program and keep the Democratic party principles, or the C. I. O. Communist program, They cannot hold both. : “It is either the South or the Negroes and the Communists.”

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prevented, just seems to add to the world’s burden of sorrow—it is the last proverbial straw that breaks the camel's back. ; * Again two bases in Japan have been bombed. Little by little, in its homeland, that country is going to know the same kind of horror which has visited the axis countries of Etrope, and which Japan itself has meted out to so many peaceful and unsuspecting island people. If it were not for the papers and the radio, I would be almost inclined, sometimes, to forget the war up here. The woods are so quiet, the brooks murmur

just as cheerfully and the flowers bloom as bravely,|

as if all the world were as peaceful as this little spot on the Hudson river, : aay . Yesterday we had a picnic for 25 very active small boys. They spent an hour in the library, and we hope that they derived some educational benefits the st of the

| chairman of the political action

Labor Leader Presents Obstacle to Dominance of C. 1. 0.-Group.

By FRED W. PERKINS Scripps-Howard Staff Writer WASHINGTON, July 10.—Problem for the Democrats next week in Chicago: What to do about Daniel J. Tobin, the director of the labor division of that party's national committee in the last three presidential campaigns? Mr. Tobin becomes a problem because he is head of the big teamsters’ union with headquarters in Washington, and also a main Cog in the small group of veteran leaders who operate the American Federation of Labor. In those positions he is in competition with and a critic of the C. I. O. which through its political action committee has taken the labor leadership in promoting a fourth-term drive for President Roosevelt, and which normally would be giveh recognition when the campaign organization is set up after the nominations are made. A ’ If Mr. Tobin should be passed over in favor of a C. I. O. man in heading up the labor division there would be risk of cooling off the A. PF. of L. support for the Democratic ticket—which in some spots is reported none too het anyway. And if only the A. F. of L. is recognized officially in the campalgh organization, there might be a hurt feeling among the C. I. O. politicians after the vigorous spade work they have been doing in behalf of Mr, Roosevelt and also for their vice presidential favorite, Henry A. Wallace.

Change Expected

The C. I. O. will eb represented strongly in and around the Democratic convention. Sidney Hillman,

committee, is expected to be there but to be less prominent than Philip Murray, who is one of Pennsylvania's four delegates-at-large to the convention. Reports continue that in the planned reorganization of the po-

Mrs. Charles V. Wortman, 2651 E. Riverside ave., proudly pins his newly won wings on her husband, 2d Lt. Wortman, at the Stuttgart

WALLACE NO. 1

MONDAY, JULY 10, 1944

PROBLEM FOR MUST DECIDE

IT HAPPENED IN INDIANAPOLIS—

Widow of Murdered Florist

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Offers $1000 Reward for Apprehension of the Killers

A reward of $1000 has been offered by Mrs. Carrie Weidenhoft for

| information leading to the arrest of the bandits who murdered her hus-

Force His Choice but

President Has Power to band, Gus L. Weidenhoft, 62-year-old South side florist, at their home, 2260 S. Meridian st., June 30.

The offer was made by Mrs. Weidenhoft from her Methodist hosital bed where she is recovering from wounds received when she, too,

Is It Wise?

By LYLE C. WILSON United Press:Staff Correspondent

Paul L. Mueller

| was beaten by the bandits as they robbed her husband of $200. Detectives continued searching

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WASHINGTON, July 10.—Presi-

; for clues to the identity of two or Is Named Colonel possibly three men who entered the

home and slugged Mr. and Mrs.

dent Roosevelt. is confronted today with one of the momentous deci- |

army air field, Stuttgart, Ark.

sions of his career in determining]

Henry A. Wallace for vice presi-|

: 7 bi dent. le } The convention meets July 19 tn

Chicago. Mr. Roosevelt's ability to control]

. . 'the convention and to have Wallace Avoids Comment on His "the ticket is unquestioned. c

ae | The vice president returned to the Political Plans for capital today and will confer with; Future.

the President at 3:30 p. m., Indian-

apolis time, What the President must decide

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SEATTLE, Wash., July 10 (U. P).lis whether it would be wiser to studied at the school of aviation

Paul L. Mueller of Indianapolis,! weidenhoft.

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{executive officer of the 9th trooD| Officers still sought to trace the

>| carrier command medical section in| ownership of the .32 cali whether to compel the Democratic p e 32 ca iber gun WALLACE BACK national convention to renominate| 1° European theater of operations, they found near the Weidenhoft

has been promot-

home on the night of the murder. They were awaiting word from the | | Smith & Wesson Co., makers of the | gun, in order to trace its history.

d to lieutenant olonel. Col. Mueller,

the troop arrier command

“! Crack Down On ‘Use. Stamp Dodgers Two hundred and fifty deputy revenue collectors today will begin

'to “tag” all cars failing to display 'auto use tax stamps, Will H. 8mith,

he service July Before

Col. Mueller

trip to China in a 20-minute radio address yesterday, but remained as

silent as his chief in the White ‘House ‘on’ the possibility of his re-

tional convention at Chicago next week. The vice president recommended a “new deal” for China and then hopped off - for Washington in an army transport to make a factual eport of his trip to President Roosevelt., He was scheduled to see the President ate today. Obviously tired from his journey, Wallace, who arrived here from Great Falls, Mont, hatless and wearing a rumpled blue suit, merely

he would seek the vice presidential nomination.

No Convention Plans

However, it was learned reliably that he has made no plans to attend the Democratic conclave, thus leaving the matter of his renomination up to President Roosevelt. : Wallace predicted in his address

into the “era of the Pacific,” during which there will be closer collabora-

litical action committee after the convention Mr.

with the labor movement and more identified with the large group of independent voters to whom the C. 1. O. has beamed its appeal for co-operation. , C. B. Baldwin, former New Deal occupant of several important governmental posts and now chief ‘Washington representative for the C. I O.-P. A. C, will be in charge of Chicago headquarters for the organization, and others active in the Washington and New York offices will be there. William Green, president of the A. FP. of L, is scheduled to present the platform demands of his organization to the Democratic platform framers, who will be headed by house majority leader McCormack (D. Mass.), The co-chairman will be Mary Norton (D. N. J), who as chairman -of the house labor committee has been a consistent friend of organized labor.

Unity Plea Revived

The C. I. O.'s political program also will be presented for platform consideration. The final draft of document may serve as a key to the relative influence with the administration of the two big rival labor organizations — and may influence labor voting.

Hillman will be] displaced by a figure less identified;

'tion between this country and “the {new world of the northern Pacific land eastern Asia” and said that China, lacking the materials and training to enter the machine age, needed “a break—a new deal.” “Those who say that the East is East and the West is West and that the two shall never meet are wrong,” he said, adding that the east of Asia “is on the move in 8 way which is easy for any American to understand who sees these great areas at first hand for himself.”

China, Russia Friendly

‘Wallace said he was convinced that China and Russia would “take the necessary steps to efisure con: tinuing peace and to promote cultural and commercial exchanges among the nations of the Pacific to the benefits of all.” He said he found the leaders of both Soviet Asia and China anxious “for the most friendly relationship with the United States and expressing the utmost confidence in the leadership of President Roosevelt.” Any industrialization of China must be based on agricultural reonstruction—"agrarian reform—because China is predominantly a nation of farmers,” he added.

Paints Vivid Picture

Wallace painted a‘ vivid picture of the expansion of industry and agriculture in China and Soviet Asia, with the aid of U. 8. lendlease, and said that everywhere he

—Vice President Henry A. Wallace | told the nation of his “wonderful” renomination would create or to

nomination at-the Democratic na-| jont

smiled when reporters asked him if |

|avoid the bitterness that Wallace's ‘accept some other running mate the command and general staff {who might surrender to the conservative Democratic organization!

medicine, Randolph field, Tex, and collector of internal revenue, has

announced. Enforcement , crews,

school, Ft. Leavenworth, Kas. | His wife, Ruth, and small son live smith, will be drawn from staffs of

said Mr.

if Mr. Roosevelt died in office and 2% 1737 N. Meridian st, and his the various revenue offices through | were succeeded by the vice ‘presi- mother, Mrs. E. M. Mueller, is aiout the state. Owners whose auto-

resident of Lawrenceburg.

Party Control Is Issue

| That is about all there is to the {uproar about Wallace, although in| {the public dispute now raging over

|the vice presidential nomination

I there is little if any acknowledg3 Die in Auto Crashes;

| ment that all hands are thinking { about ultimate control of the party Boy Suffocates When Cave Collapses.

| organization. | Mr Roosevelt is 62 and if re-| {elected he would be 66 on leaving vice presidential problem. By UNITED PRESS Mr. Roosevelt rammed the former| at least eight perons lost their Towa Republican down the throat jjves jn Indiana during the week!the ticket with him. The compelling | county, Harvey J. Martin, 61, farmfactor, however, was the Presidenl’s er of Dudley, Ill, was killed when lintimation that he would not 8c- his automobile plunged out of con-

|office. ‘The possibility of his death lin office, therefore, is something i both he and his Democratic opponents consider in approaching the lof the 1940 Democratic convention eng from traffic accidents, drowning, | with the explanation that he wanted 5 fal] and suffocation. 'a man of “that turn of mind” On| Near Centenary in Vetmillion

| mobiles are tagged will be advised to report to their nearest internal revenue office. If in some cases tax stamps have been previously pur=chased but not yet affixed to windi shields, drivers are asked to bring the stamps with them in answering sticker notices. The $5 auto use stamps were supposed to have been purchased by July 1, Mr. Smith reminded. He pointed out that violation of the regulation subjects offenders to a $25 fine or imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both.

Stork Outraces

‘Policemen | Answering a hurry-up call for an ambulance to take a prospective |mother to the hospital, Patrolmen Harold Olson and Charles Linder

arrived at 908 Harlan st, to find

that the United States was entering cept the nomination himself unless! trol into a diteh.

Wallace was on the ticket. Many Claimed ‘Green Light’ | All of those developments came ing after several duys of astute po-| litical maneuvering in which a num-

Democrats went around teliing their friends that they “had the green light” to seek the vice presidential nomination themselves. Paui V. McNutt of Indiana, Sam Rayburn of Texas, Louis W. Johnson of West inia, James FP. Byrnes of South Carolina, Scott Lucas of Illinois, and Wallace, himself, were among those who had or thought they had the White House blessing. 4 The. late Speaker William B. Bankhead of Alabama, was theantithird term, anti-Wallace candidate finally put forward by the conservstives. and on the vice presidential] roll call he lost to the Iowan by | about. two-to-one ; Compromise Saerifi It was a bitter show, with Wal-| {lace sitting grimly on the platform, | blistering under the boos and’ clutching the speech of acceptance which he never was permitted to deliver. Almost identical conditions now prevail except that the antifourth term, anti-Wallace forces are more angry this time. Just as four years ago, the word is going around town that the green light is flashing. Speaker Sam Rayburn, Senator Alben W. Barkley (D. Ky.), McNutt, Governor Robert S.

in the jinal hours cf the 1349 meet- | Freetown while she was en route

|ents, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hudson. of er of hopeful and finally confident | Freetown.

The question of Mr. Tobin's position in the campaign organization is believed to have a relation to an appeal just directed by the teamsters’ leader for a renewal of efforts to achieve amalgamation between the C. I. O. and the A. F. of L. Pointing out that the “peace committee” had not met in nearly two years, Mr. Tobin predicted a bad period for labor unions after the war unless they are able to pre-

went in eastern Asia rapid changes.

Minneapolis through the

manpower to be developed. .

of India.’

he found

He described the route from coast states, Alaska, Siberia and China as a “great new frontier” containing vast resources of minerals and

The day will come, he said, when “we shall think more and more of our West as a link with the East

Kerr of Oklahoma, the keynote speaker; Senator Samuel D. Jackson (D. Ind.), the convention perma= nent chairman; Senator Harry S. Truman (D. Mo.), Associate Justice william Ox Douglas and Senator Elbert O. Thomas (D. Utah) are among those now being mentioned as possible compromise nominees. The name of Undersecretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. also is heard from time to time.

sent a united front. The labor movement, he declared, “is being so thoroughly crucified by adverse legislation within several

Up Front With Mauldin

states and by the national lawmakers that the situation is becoming exceedingly dangerous.”

MINNESOTA EXPECTS LIGHT VOTE TODAY

MINNEAPOLIS, July 10 (U. P). —The lightest vote of any primary election in recent years was predicted today in Minnesota, where voters choose candidates for congress, governor, lieutenant governor and other state offices on the Republican and Democratic-Farmer-Labor ticket. Governor Edward J. Thye, former Governor Harold E. Stassen’s handpicked successor, was expected to be renominated on the Republican ticket with a comfortable margin over his opponents, John C, Peterson and James D. Scarsdale,| Minneapolis men who have made] |i hardly a campaign speech since filing. D-F-L indorsee Byron G. Allen, Detroit Lakes, an active campaigner, also was expected to run far ahead of Emil Holmes, olidCaroline Wiesner. : K

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they were too late, Mrs. Betty Albert, 21, was already having her baby. So the policemen pitched in like good midwives and from Muncie to visit with her par- helped Mrs. Albert's sister-in-law, | Mrs. Gladys Albert, deliver a baby girl. Five minutes later the city hospital ambulance and an interne arrived and found both mother and baby doing nicely. The husband and father is Carl D. Albert, seaman 2nd class, stationed at the Crane, depot.

Helen Hudson, 18, Muncie, was injured fatally in ‘the crash of a car into:a bridge abutment near

Child Crushed by Car A second Jackson county fatality was recorded when Clara Sue Fieenor, 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Fleenor of Ewing, near Seymour, was crushed to death beneath an automobile which overturned on her after the brakes failed and the car rolled backwards down a hill. She was thrown out of the car, while three other occupants! were injured only slightly. George Deckerd, 34, died at Sullivan of injuries sustained ‘Saturday in the New Harmony coal mine near Dugger when he was crushed by a mine motor. A northbound Big Four railroad . freight train struck and killed Wil-! Re fired two shots at the suspect liam Langford, 30, Colfax, as he but failed to stop him. Investigawalked along the tracks, east of tion revealed the burglar entered the Colfax. jtavern by cutting a hole through the The roof of a cave which he and floor of an empty second story room

Enters Tavern the Hard Way

Patrolman Forest Lively, answering a burglary alarm at a tavern at 101 N. Alabama st. arrived in time to dee the burglar fleeing out a rear door of the place.

his brother had dug from a sand-|above the tavern and dropping A

bank at Hazelton, collapsed and! through it.

suffocated Marvin Belcher, 12, son missing. of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Belcher. Eldon Charles Faulkner, 26, of William T. Spurdock, 17, Bloom-| Louisville, Ky., reported to police ington, was drowned while swim-|that three men accosted him in the ming in Wiley pond, seven miles! 300 block, E. Michigan st., last night north of Bloomington. His body! and took $235 out of his pocket. Was recov : A farmer, John E. Miller, 68. was | fnig: i crushed to death when he fell be<; Critically Injured neath the wheels of his hay wagon |p Auto Crash at Lagrange.

SUSPECT IN THEATER HOLDUP IS RELEASED

The suspect arrested in connection with the holdup of the Indiana theater box office Saturday night was released today after witnesses said he was not the bandit. The suspect had been picked up in an alley near the theater shortly! after the holdup when a soldier standing nearby followed a person he mistook for the bandit. 3 The bandit shoved a gun through Gets Bridge Honor the cash window and took a money| A top-notch local bridge player, bag containing about $150 in sil-iyrs Ralph E. Duncan, 5301 N. Cap= ver while Moe Esserman, theater, ave, is featured today in Wile

manager, and two cashiers, Misses : ; Dorothy ‘Burton and Rosalind Mol- liam E. McKenney’'s bfidge column. Mr. McKenney is a Newspaper Ene

ten, were in the box office. ) yo : Later Mrs. Frances Dwiggins, of terprise Association card writer. 1032 Cornell ave., reported that as

she walked out the rear door of

Nothing of value was

Richard Laffey, 18, of 1117 Windsor st., was in critical condition with a fractured skull at City hospital today as the result of an automobile accident in the 3100 block, N. Keystone ave. early yesterday. The car in which he and two other youths were riding went out of control and struck a. power line pole. William Taylor, 17, of 925 N. Keystone ave. and Harlan Sturgeon, 17, 816 E. 13th st., were not seriously hurt. ce

Mrs. Ralph Duncan

competitive-duplicate bridge for only seven years, she already is in the third highest classification of the American Contract Bridge league and her rating of master is exceeded only by that of life master. Winner of the Michigan State

RALLY TO LAUNCH tournament in Detroit earlier this ’ month with almost a clean sweep, GATES CAMPAIGN, 3: EE ea aaa COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. July 10 golfer with a handicap of 13. She

(U. P.).—Ralph PF. Gates, G. O. P. is a member of the Duplicators, a gubernatorial candidate, will open/club formed five years ago for the

st., about the time of the holdup a man ran against her and dropped a bag. She said he picked it up

rally early in September reminiscent | the city. of the famous “cornfield rally” once given by Homer E. Capehart, fourth congressional district party leaders said today. No exact date nor place was se-

she was 10 years old and school and attended Butler univer: sity and Indiana university. He husband owns the Duncan Printin might be held at the Whitley county | CO: at 77 N. New Jersey st 4-H club grounds. Features of the political carnival—besides plenty of free food—would be the traditional notification of nomination ceremony’ address by

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