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it?” What she did was a stack of complicated fill out and return. Incidentally, I'd much prefer the or even a dose of DDT to the D-l's, D-2s and DDU's—the official and highly involved fornis. The complainants who go to Rent Interviewer Peterson run along the same lines. The landlords want more rent, the tenants protest unfair evictions, the new purchasers want to evict people and the people being evicted want to know just where they're supposed to move, Mother-in-Law Problem Sample gripes in the rent bureau in a few hours time: A veteran had divorced his wife. Now his problem was how to get his mother-in-law out of the house. An army captain got a scrawled eviction notice. 24 hours after he'd

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the most baffled of the was & man who asked rent, explaining he'd been his apartment to one woman. a couple he knew were going to get married and take the unit and he'd like more money. Keep Smiling _ Miss Peterson told him he had grounds to apply for an adjustment, “if there was to be one more occupant of the dwelling. The man evidently misunderstood, thinking she meant one more than the couple. He lowered his eyes and embarrassedly protested: “But lady, that may take a year.” Some of the gripes are funny, some are tragic and all in all they signify the confusion that is gripping the country in the wake of the housing shortage. . Probably the most ironic note in the office is a sign,on the wall which vainly admonishes “Keep Smiling.”

COURT TO RULE ON ‘SUPER’ SENIORITY

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contracts setting up a seniority gystem, when employers find it necessary to discharge some workers. Mr. Fishgold won his case in Brooklyn district court, which held that a veteran has. seniority over all non-veterans. The second circuit i court of appeals reversed this 4 ruling in a divided decision. : The circuit court explained, how- # ever, that “the fact that we are i ourselves not agreed cautions us 4 that we should not be too sure of 4 our conclusion and obviously the really important matter is that the question should reach the supreme court as soon as possible. Major labor organizations, including the Congress of Industrial Organizations, oppose super seniority for veterans,

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Times Writer Is First Lien Reporter on Devil's Islan

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and tropical fury. . For nearly 100 years, French Guiana has existed in the eyes of the mother country, almost exclusively: as a penal colony. It languished while other colonies got

Now that France has announted that it is abolishing the penitenitary service here, the honest, decent people of French Guiana are looking to the future with new hope. They have much to Hope for. Vultures Flap Boldly Medical men here will admit privately that one out of every five males of army age, is suffering clinically visible signs of leprosy. The percentage of venereal disease is much higher. Tuberculosis, often found in conjunction with leprosy, is prevalent; ] Scores of black . vultures flap boldly about the streets of Cayenne, and roost broodingly on the corrugated tin roof-tops of the houses. They have a certain value as a sort of volunteer sanitary corps for the town, ; Dogs, cats, pigs and other animals that die in the streets and alleyways, quickly disappear. Drinking Water. Scarce Cayenne has electricity for four hours a day, usually from 6:30 to

10:30 p. m. Ironically, it was once known as one of the best-lighted cities in the western hemisphere. That was several decades ago, when the now ancient wood-burning generating plant was one of the first ‘installed. There is a public water system, but residents complain that it works only for a couple of hours a day in the rainy season, and virtually knocks off entirely during the dry. The streets are rough and full

Not all liberes have been wrecked by the wood-cutting and other tasks they have had to perform under the most primitive conditions in the jungle camps and penal institutions. : * © Those with shorter sentences, stronger constitutions and a flaming will to endure, have managed to come through, The majority actually have found their way to Cayenne to seek work. The hotel porter, the bartender, the waiter, the houseboy in a private home--the chances are good that they may have served their time for offenses ranging upward from petty thievery to murder. A sort of aristocracy of crime has grown up among former prisoners. Murder ranks highest on the scale, so virtually all claim to have murdered unfaithful wives or mistresses. ‘Honest’ Doors Closed Actually most of the prisoners were sent here for less serious crimes, Whatever their offense, or whatever progress they have made on the road back, liberes find virtually all honest doors closed to them here. They are taboo to polite circles, In many places, if a libere joins a gathering, the others will walk out. For a long time they were not even permitted to live within the city limits, They had to exist in grass huts and rude ghacks on the fringes of the surrounding jungle. Never See France Again But whether human wreckages or

penitents honestly striving for re-

habilitation, liberes have one thing

in common. ; Not one in a thousand has the slightest hope of ever seeing France again, They lack the passage money home. And there is no way open to them to get it. Having paid their agonizing penalty in the most terrible prison in the world, they find they must go

reprimanded the manager of |v. chief port, is virtually with-

of holes. The few motor cars there are—probably less than a hundred —find it impossible to run at much more than 10 or 15 miles an hour. Little Seaborne Commerce

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out seaborne commerce, Previously it counted on about one ship a month, but that was eliminated during the war and service still is irregular, One businessman told of receiving recently a water-dam-aged package mailed some six months ago in New York. Two Pan-American planes a day make refueling stops at nearby | Rochambeau field, a United States army base, used mainly as an emergency landing field during the war. | A cargo plane comes in about three times a week. «The people of French Guiana are | handicapped in almost every way! as they try to carry on their affairs.|| © The colony has too little of every- | thing—including food and manpow- | er.

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ing sought by police. Mrs, Miller! reported the burglary Saturday] night after returning home to find the apartment had been rifled, An attendant who opened the Shell station at 3801 College ave.| early today discovered the theft of 45 inper tubes valued at $395, three tires, four bicycle tubes and five mufters. ‘Rolled’ of $160 { A box containing $200 in cash and $200 in foreign currency was taken, from the home of Warren Wyant, 25, of 2233 Langley ave, yesterday, police said. : Several cases of liquor as well as more than 24 quarts and pints of beverages were stolen from a liquor store at 702 E. New York st, yes- | Perday. The thieves took $43, leaving! loose change strewed about the store. ‘The proprietor said they) overlooked $800 stashed under the counter, Elmer Buchanan, 53, of 2322 Now- | land ave, told police he was “rolled” | of $160 Saturday. Rosaline Hier, | 16. of 1613 Nowland ave, reported her purse containing $2 snatched | by two youths, at 1500 Brookside | ave, last night. Another woman pedestrian, Dor- | othy Graney, of 430 N. Meridian | st, Apt. 3, said she was robbed of $1 by two men who held her | up at Washington and Meridian | sts. last evening.

= CONGRESSMAN ILL WASHINGTON, April 1 '(U. P). —Rep. John J. Cochran (D. Mo.) was in a serious condition today in the Bethesda, Md. navy hospital, He suffered an attack Saturday night. .

EVENTS TODAY bervice club, luncheon, 13:18 p. m., Clay-

Sctientech club, luncheon, 12:15 p, m, Claypool.

* Indiana Fire Prevention association, luncheon, 11:30 a. m., Washington.

EVENTS TOMORROW. lotary club, luncheon, 12:15 p. m., ClayPe thoran Servis elud, luncheon, 12:18 p.m. Li \ J , id " _slub, luncheon, 13:18 -p. m.,

BIRTHS

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Junior Chamber of Commerce, board of! ma Brown directors, meeting, 6:30 p. m., Washington, | At St. tt——

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Jo Ruth Smith; John, ie myocarditis. filliams; D Mary ‘Green, Richard Davis, 5 mo. at Riley, bronches

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At St. Francis—Francis, Aline Blodgett, | Robert, Evelyn Zander, and Prits, Mar-| aret Pischer. Ad Coleman—Louty, Helen Keen, and Robert, Daris Marple. | At Methodist—Glenn, Ruth Olark; William, Ruby McNeely; Chalmer Jr, OselIa Schlosser; X, Sammie Johnson; Emanuel, Mildred Roth, and Paul, Wil.

Vincent's—William, Mary Smith; Berry, Helen Fuchs; Marry, Ruth LudJum; Henry, Margaret Tuttle; b Anabel Cunningham; Arthur, 1 ““Kranzfelder; Charles, Lueilia Beagburn, | Branton, Wilma Vetelo, and Fred, Mae Kennedy.

DEATHS

Ezell Watson, 21, at Plower Mission, pulmonary tuberculosis, Voris Demaree, 57, at Long, sarcoma. | Willis Jones, 80, at 8000 Rockville rd. chronic myocarditis. Mary E. Sembach, 68, at 4814 College, |

carcinoma, t Infant Winters, 2 days, at Riley, broncho- | pneumonia. wl . { Olive Lydia Whitam, 85, at 340 W. seth, |

¥ rson G. Brooks, 68, B Lo) 5, 65, at 613 W. 28th,

arte James Henry Andress, 62, ay Methodist, if glortie o Ham : Foy 4 hy 83, at Methodist, uremia. : an Harris, 85, at City, earcinoms, . i D. vis, 69, at Broadway, | 30, at Bt Vincents, “ohen Bruce, 8 a Rey, |

on paying and paying until their

NINE KILLED IN INDIANA TRAFFIC

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Chicago, who stepped into a steamfilled conveyor pit Saturday night. At. Mishawaka, 76-year-old Fred Himes was killed Sunday when struck by a car driven by Alfonse Himshoat, 58, who told police he was unable to stop his car when Himes stepped into its path. - Peter Pierce, 73, Logansport, a retired Pennsylvania railroad telegrapher, was killed by an automobile driven by 16-year-old Joseph Bell, also of Logansport—the city’s first traffic fatality this year. Sk Two fatal accidents were reported within a few miles of each other on Ind. 66 in the southern part of the state. Killed While Sleeping Clarence Middleton, 23, Grandview, was killed Sunday when he apparently fell asleep at the wheel of his car. State police said the car left Ind. 66 near Rockport and was wrecked. A truck driven by Russell Stephens, 33, Tell City, left Ind. 66 near his home town, skidded 50 feet and came to a halt in an excavation.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

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block, Maple rd, is tantalizingly described as “a ‘large, two-room unit, full-sized dining room, - kitchen, arranged like bungalow, $65 a month.” Too high? Then. how about an efficiency apartment in the 3500 block of N. Meridian for $35? Or another .efficiency, just on Fall Creek off Meridian, for $45?

- » » MAYBE your wardrobes drooping. If so, replenish it with “fine gabardines, the pick and cream, for $25 and $39.75. , . . Shetland suits with an extra pair of gabardine slacks (4-piece) $20.75 and $25. . . . Londen mellowed fabrics of select quality, tailored with a wealth of handwork, for $35, $40 and $45.” - Shoes are no problem, One store has “plenty of sporty types, double tans, browns, blacks, new moccasin toes, wing and straight tips, $3... © . Another boasts shoes in “the rich, glowing tones 4f fine cavalry boots and Sam Browne belts, $7.50.” » » n SHORT on shirts? An advertisement reveals a certain brand is “sweeping the nation. , . , Note pleasé the shaped bodies, the naturally sloped shoulders, the sleeves

Stephens was killed.

In Parke county, Ralph Hobert, | 24, of Rockville, met death when thrown from his motorcycle against | the side of a moving locomotive and tender at a crossing of the Pennsylvania railroad. James K. Healy, 24, of Cass, and Herman Zellars Jr, 24, Sullivan, suffered critica] injuries in a Sul-| livan wreck involving their truck and a Chicago and Eastern Illinois freight train. The truck stalled on the tracks and the youths were hurt while trying to push it out of the path of the speeding train, Three motorists told Bast Chicago police that the driver of the automobile which struck and killed Alex Maginski, 56, Saturday night, turned into an alley and eluded them when they gave chase. Dora May Douglas, 14, died in a Danville, Ill, hospital Saturday

night of injuries received a week

set at an angle, the deep arm pits and the wing-free collar . . . clean sparkling stripes, all for $1.65. . . . Sox, 35 cents a pair, three for a dollar.”

How's your nylon supply, gals? “Whatever your requirements are, we offer correct stockings to fit your legs . . , proportioned, cobweb sheer nylons, $1.15 a pair (sorry, only five pairs per customer). . Silk hose, fullfashioned, ringless, snag-resistant and spotproof, 89 cents a pair.” » » » IF YOU'RE interested in spruc-

ago in a Veedersburg auto-train collision. Her death was the fifth growing ott of the accident. A Pacific war veteran, Francis Rall, died Sunday at Vincennes from injuries sustained in an auto accident Thursday night.

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ing up the house, there are plenty of gas ranges advertised for $48. . « + & radio-phomograph “with * automatic record changer” ‘for $49.95. . . Tap-brand, seven-cubic-foot refrigerators . abound for $134," electric washers are $48.85, kitchen cabinets as low as $22. Then there's the 51-piece breakfast set, including four chairs and a table, for $19.95. Hungry? Marketing. is no problem at all with “sirloin steaks 31 cents a pound; spring chickens, 31 cents a pound; sliced bacon, 30 cents a peund; Indiana grade A fresh eggs, 21 cents a dozen” and plenty of butter for “35 cents a pound.” ~ Then there's that pint of 86proof, 4-year-old blended whisky for $1.35.

8 4 WN NEED a new car? Take a look at these bargains: A new Buick that “breathes a little deeper and wades in” for $915 (delivered at the factory) . . . A Nash sedan that “gets up to 30 miles to the gallon, rides smooth and handles easily, $755.” , . . Fords, packed with costly car feature, $695” (at the factory). In the used car field, it seems a shame to pass up that 1940 Packard for $745. Or the 1939 Chevrolet for $495. Or that nifty 1939 Buick for $545.

» » » THINK this is an April fool joke, don’t you? Nope, you're wrong. We just happened to be browsing through The Times of April 1, 1941.

LAETARE MEDAL IS GIVEN TO DR. HAYES

NOTRE DAME, Ind, April 1 (U. P.) ~The 64th recipient of the Laetare medal, given annually ‘by the University of Notre Dame to the outstanding American Catholig layman, today belonged to Dr. Carlton J, H. Hayes of Columbia university, New York City. Hayes was announced as the winner yesterday, He was U. S. ambassador to Spain from 1942 to 1945.

at Columbia since 1938.

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TRIKES HIT DETROIT AND. AKRON

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reduced by a heavy rain. Union negotiators reportedly had agreed to accept an increase of 16 cents per hour, but the membership demanded 18 cents. In the Akron strike, more than 500 employees of the Akron Transportation Co. struck at midnight, halting public conveyances that serve 35,000 persons daily, Federal conciliators and city officials failed to avert the walkout, called by A. F, of L. machinists. and C. I. O. transport workers, The C. I. O. had demanded a 32-cent hourly raise, and the A. F. of L. had demanded 32% cents. Many employees in downtown offices and Akron’s rubber factories were forced to hitch-hike to work.

Steel Slowdown Looms 3 The coal strike threatened an immediate slowdown in steel production, Carnegie-Illinois Steel 'Co., the nation’s largest producer, said it would be forced to bank 20.of its 32 blast furnaces in the Pittsburgh area to conserve coal. : At Gary, Ind, Carnegie-Illinois officials said they had only a 30day coal stockpile and would have to curtail production by April 17. Other steel producers in the Chicago area said they were in a similar situation, Most industries had a supply for several weeks, but hopes for an early settlement were remote and it was believed many widely diversified industries would be forced to slow down, The strike affected bituminous mines in 26 states. It began when the U M. W.'s contract with the mine operators expired, and followed the union’s traditional policy of refusing to work without a contract, : Lewis Demand Vague The immediate stumbling block in the contract negotiations was the deadlock over the U. M. W.'s demand for a health and welfare fund to be administered by the union, Operators were wondering wheth-

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Lewis to give a more definite de-

scription of his proposal. They doubted that the U., M. W. head would be ready to do so for at least another week. ’ * Management spokesmen said Mr, Lewis had made clear only that he wanted a union-controlled fund financed by a royalty of 10 cents from all coal mined. They rejected the royalty principle and proposed a study of a plan to establish a fund financed by both the union and the industry to relieve harde ship cases resulting from mine ace cidents.

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the polls in the E. A. M. strong holds of northern Greece, heeding the E. A. M. charges that the election was unfair and loaded with illegal voting lists, Sofoulis Re-Elected Premier Themistocles Sofouljs, aged leader of the Liberal party, and four other cabinet ministers were re-elected members of parliae ment from their districts. Approximately 20 persons were killed during the election week-end, most’ of them before the polly opened Sunday morning. Neverthee less, the voting generally wag orderly despite high pressure came paigning and propaganda efforts both from those parties partici pating and those abstaining, "Greek police and British and Greek troops patrolled the streets and guarded the polls. }

GIFTS MARK KRAUSE ‘APRIL FOOL’ STUNT

Harry W. Krause, proprietor of a men’s wear store at 24 N. Penns sylvania st, pulled his annual “Fool's Day” stunt today. On downtown sidewalks he placed 50 packages containing suspenders, socks, garters, billfolds, tie chains, coin purses, shorts, belts, handkere chiefs, and “one” shirt. The packages were addressed to “Mister Yours” and contained a card notifying the person that the goods could be exchanged for size and color.

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