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the phrase: “When hard knocks wait doubt this warning er college as immato work,” they are f that college edu-
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re intensely interdical student, lining kcars with steel for es, found out tha utput” was a very en who feared lay ried men with kids ff is bad.” not shiftless but in doing research: res forced into in esty, fixing the re experiments about} stories to save the nization.” scribes all sides off xplaining why its that Antioch 1s not art of the nation at] dividual and social d making a college to a well-rounded ying life.—~(H. H.) rc——
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Rookie Misses Wedding To Save Army Payroll
3-Months ‘Veteran’ Réuts. 6 Bandits Seeking $250,000 At Hamilton Field
HAMILTON FIELD, Cal,, Dec. 30 (U. P.).—Rookie Pvt. ‘James Hill of Robinson, Ill, explained to his fiancee today
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It All in Fun
"He Comes Right Back "With an Apology
ianapolis
FORECAST: Considerable cloudiness and continued cold with occasional light snow tonight and tomorrow.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1946
Cold Is
{why he had to break their wedding date. He was too busy routing a bandit gang which was after a $250,000 army payroll, Pvt. Hill, 17, a “veteran” of three months i in n the army,’ {fought a gun battle with six, day, "What worried him was es He saved the pay-| an interpretation of his! on but missed his wedding. speech last might that he! advocated the killing off of young geniuses. This, according to dispatches, he advocated to save civil{zation In Dr. Shapley's
BOSTON, Dec. 30—(U.. PA.—Dr. Harlow Shapley, director of the Harvard observ- |
i tightly-guarded and patrolled military base.
Their mysterious disappearance |
He was to have married Rosemary | without visible means of osomotii] Watson, 17, of San Francisco, 8at- | other than their feet was the p
lurday night. But instead he “got lem of the FBI and arm [stuck with sentry duty.” authorities. ” y police | In the cold, rainy hours before, It was the second time in 24] (dawn Sunday he routed six gun- noyrs that the FBI had been called alk, he men- men who tried to break into the into an army base in the San Frantioned that such ‘Ja¥ight geniuses” air base finance office. | cise area on a burglary case. might be killed en they re | Today he spruced up in his best| saturday the Presidio finance young. But he insisted today he was {uniform to appear before his com-! office safe was blown open by ban saying it only in a humorous way.|
tion. In a statement today, Dr. Shapley | | : cash. sid: The wedding now has been set! Hamilton field authorities said, “I regret very much than an old tentatively for New Year's day, they had no evidence that the two
Pvt. Hill said,
itticism was lifted out of ‘context Wilticlsm. Way he 0. “It's all right being a hero.” he gang.
routine
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (U. P.), —
of a middle-aged couple. facturers today branded as “statisti-
The. couple gave almost hourly reports of how they died of asphyxiation by gas, rather than face | —without price increases. the New Year.
tens . : | Its position was set forth William Wilson Weir, 43, and his | . 5 wife, ‘Mrs. Zella Charmine Weir, oo Po Robey, N. A. M. chief econom35, operators of the Sturdy-Tex “ { Manufacturing Co., were found | He 3aiq “the proper poliey for {dead by police. They were noti- | fied by a Butlaing eiployes,
“THE COUPLE "nad left a note
Lists Worst Enemies Th trol of th who {outside théir combined office and EN 8 genius, {living quarters that said, ‘Danger.
might take the species to the grave zc Proceed with caution and call with him, is too easy,” he said. {police before opening 4his door “All you need to do is kill Off, qpp.nke sincerely, Bill Weir” while young, all primates that show | Inside, Patrolman E. 'C. Collier any evidence of promise of genius, or even talent. to be sure. “But because of the tricks in hat! abominable human cortext;yit ma be your only way to save the species for one ‘hundred thousand years.’ Dr. Shapley was elected president for 1947 of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,
I. O. bases its demand for a
d made a lead in the story of a' an , said, “but I was supposed to be a talk. Problents Preity’ Grim |burglars was a typical army hero-| He was making his on civilization ate pretty grim. A! pre-dawn raid yesterday on the! (Continued on Page S--Column 2) “My association with the 10,000 am [Couple Writes Nathan Report active interest in the discovery and | cheerful about the serious subject.” international education to channel United Press SUA Correspondent 3 Birmingham police revealed today species. and cultufdl’ ‘organization and ‘a second-round 25 per cent wage boost He spoke last night before the of the American Association for
very serious—and I hope construc- x tive—lecture. bridegroom by now. | The Illinois rookie's combat Jebut Pvt. Hill's bullet-battle with the started at 4:30 a. m. “The problems of constructive de- ism and GI efficiency story. lrounds. He muttered to fenses against the various assaults | The gunmen made a surprising | lightsome treatment in spots softens! the grimness. tl — science clubs in “Science Clubs of | America” indicates my deep and | ‘Hourly Reports | : development of talent in science. 0 y “It is apparently unsafe to be i d p onsense pp On Joint Suicide | The “humorous” statement wos) a—— . - made in Dr Shapley’'s discussion of | By ROLAND DOPSON Economist Asks That mankind's genius to advancement| BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Dec. 30.— rather than destruction of the Dr. Shapley supported the Unit- the systematically planned suicides ed Nations educational, scientific program of “planet wide education atv all levels.” American Astronomical Society sec- | tion of the 113th annual meeting the Advancement of Science. Of the five worst enemies of man-
maniac” is the most potent killer. | lower prices.”
increased 18 per cent this year. Criticizes C. I. O. Report, Mr. Robey
C. I. O. repopt prepared by Robert jand C. B. Alvis found the couple |R. Nathan.
Heroic measures, | mE i (Continued on Page 5—Column 6) He said the report and its con-
Notre Dame, Army End Grid Series
tation of statistics and other aata end the substitution of estimates and guesses.” Mr. Robey said the nation faces these alternatives: ONE: Hold wages steady and thus keep the way open for com-
Dr. Shapley listed as the worst petition and buyer resistance to : v i a ml s # : hold prices to proper levels. b . | enemies of mankind, in increasing | Action Is Effective r TWO: Grant another roond. ef
order of deadliness: { ONE: Super plague.
wage increases and thereby prices still higher—“higher, as
‘After 1947 Game
Republicans
[Seek to End Party Strife
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manding officer for a special cita-| dits who made off with $4500 in' Triumphant Republicans — gathered here for the 80fh ‘congress convening Friday— |jobs were attempted by the same are uncertain over their leadThe FBI wasn't ready to ership and their legislative policies
days fwhich to compose its squabhimself bles—and majority
ahead with their zation plans. protest Tobey (R. "is illezal and immoral.
mittee in Senator rules of the senate Republican con- | Wages Remain Steady ference forbid what he called
steamroller tactics.
The National Association of Manu- conference meeting this afternoon should proceed with
election of party officers before ‘the
C sense” a ie i / al nonsense” a report on which the | cw congress convenes on Friday.
by |
4merica today” is to hold wages| steady and “keep the way open for |
i viotisly (an i promise . to The N’ AM iments: soto} ‘the onrorone at “at the appro- | & report by the government's bureau priate time” to restore to Senatorof labor statistics that living costs clect Cabot Lodge (R. Mass.) the
bitterly criticized the
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Have 4 Days Left To Patch Differences
By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30—
The G. O. P. has a scant four
to take its new responsibilities. Senate Republican leaders went speedup organiThis w@s despite a from sensor forarie Ww.
N. H) that the speedup
over
Ignore Tobey's Contention The G. O. P. senate steering comclosed session ignored Tobey's contention that
The committee decided that the. scheduled for
Senator Tobey contended that this would be an illegal and im- |
moral violation of conference rules
which he said prevent such decisions until the new congress actually) meets. Asks Lodge Be Restored Senator iA Bd renewed ol
seniority he lost by resigning from the senate to go tw war. He observed gleefully that if the conference restores Mr. seniority, the Massachusetts Repub- minded statements.” lican will be chief contender for
ate finance committee which has tentatively been assigaed to Senator Eugene D. Milliken (R. Colo.). House Republicans meet Thursday, hoping to elect a floor lear without a bruising party braw Agreements on those Ly wi are essential preliminaries. Fundamental business of the new congress is to lay out and to enact a legislative program.
Orders Crackdown On Drunk Drivers
Curtail Wild Holiday
Indianapolis, Ind.
[commission { Baruch program for international |
TWO: World warfare with supergas, disease and atomic weapons. THREE: Boredom, arising through standardization or through discovering in a prolonged world culture,
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Dec. 30 (U. P.).—The historic football relationship between West Point and Notre {Dame will be interrupted after the
shown by the experience of earlier this year, by just the amount of the wage increase.” (Mr. Nathan contended that profits were such
that most business could increase t
Not Much Progress Taxation, government spending and labor legislation top the proam,
Driving, Says Remy
En'ered as Secoud-Class Matter at Postoffice daily except Bunday.
Issued
A-Cantrol, He Says
He insisted that.the Big Five powers retain the right. to veto pun- | clusions are “based on misinteipre- chairmanship of the powerful sen- jshment of any nation caught making atomic weapons illegally.
some * sections of
control of atomic energy, but said the “errors” in it cculd |cminated. He urged the commission to [over the ‘program paragraph paragraph.
Mr. Gromyko's statement was de-
| Columbus, | bus lines.
Snow Flurries, Continue orecast Here
Gromyko Criticizes Baruch Cabin Destroyed Plan to Outlaw Atom Veto
ow ‘Undermine’
By ROBERT J. MANNING United Press Staff Correspondent LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Dec, 30 (U. P.).—Soviet Delegate Andre | Lodge's Gromyko accused U. 8. delegate Bernard Baruch today of making light |
By Flash Blaze
Flames from Gasoline’ mobilized
Stove Starfed Fire
The H. W. Shafer family, 7800 E. Washington st., has reason both
{to be happy and sad today. They are happy all are alive; sad [that their two-room, rentéd cabin
Mrs. Shafer was alone in the cabin with her 14-month-old daugh- |
ter, Sandra, and her brother, wil- | {liam Stone, 9, of Cambridge, O. Mr.
Shafer was on his regular run to O., for ‘the American
Flames burst from the gasoline
livered in English to the atomic cue as Mrs, Shafer started the
commission under newsreel Kkleig! [fire at 5:30 a. m. She pulled down | |lights and the flash of photgra- | ha curtains,
A crackdown: on drunken and | phers bulbs.
hoping to keep the
It broke a /10-day|jaze from spreading, as her brother
i reckless driving was ordered today | Soviet silence on the merits of the carried the baby to safety in the
the answers to all questions. 11947 contest between the two FOUR: Dope, which kills the de-! hools sire, or ability to »eproduce. ’ ' Sia FIVE: The genius maniac. This was announced jointly by Should mankind survive, there is [both institutions today. The statement said the action was (Continued on Page age 5—Column 4) taken because the game “had come
ek espe {to be played under conditions esMichigan Portal Suits |caping the control of the two col- | Reach $133,723,000
| leges. It is also because of the desire DETROIT, Dec. 30 (U. P.).— of West Point to schedule more W&Yy Open fof Michigan's portal-to-portal back pay! intersectional opponents through- | Serve the Publie, : claims rose to' $133,723,000 today out the country. | That we believe; 4 with filing of five new suits totaling] A Notre Dame spokesman said | | policy for menca ay.’ timate. of $86 million against. Detroit area that the game would be resumed | Denouneing Nathan's ma 0 concerns, | sometime in the future. | corporate. profits. as “purely guessFour of the actions were filed by| But he pointed out that the the C. I. O. United Auto Workers schedules for both teams were now union against the Ford Motor Co. | filled through 1950. General Motors Corp. and wo, ‘Gentleman’s Agreement’ smaller companies. | He also said that the South Bend | (Continued on Page 5—Column 7) The fifth, brought by Local 1209 school had already contracted to! —_a
of the C. I. O. United Steelworkers, | play Navy through 1949. He said Faulty Flue Blamed sought $20 million from the Great {nore was a gentleman's agreement Lakes Steel Corp. | between the Annapolis school and | FOr Apartment Fire Notre Dame that they would con- | The wife of a young navy veteran Evansville Firm Sued, tinue relationships after that date. today watched a fire destroy their ‘ The Notre Dame-Army move— pewly furnished and redecorated For ‘Portal Pay’ although the release did not men- apartment, 601 Prospect st. EVANSVILLE, Ind, Dec, 30 (U. tion the 1946 scoreless tie in New! The home of Mr. and Mrs, WilP).—A $2500000 portal-to-portal York which reached the propor- {burn caught fire this morning from pay suit was filed today against the tions of an epic—obviously resulted | a faulty flue, firemen reported.
wages without raising prices). Says Nathan “Guessed” Mr. Robey said the Nathan re-
public into choosing the alternative of higher wages, which means | higher prices.” : “That,” he said, "“obviously cannot be in the public interest. Only | the first alternative—keeping the | lower prices—can_
estimates have “no claim to val-! idity.”
“Even if his figures were ac-
Beeger Refrigerator Co, #in federal from the national interest which | pamage to the interior was exten-|
court here, The .action was filed in behalf of employees of the firm by the C. I. O. United Electrical Radio, and Machine Workers union,
| officials of both schools deemed injurious to college football and to their institutions,
Bedford Plant Will Reopen
sive.
TIMES INDEX
Amusements. .6-7, David Nichol. 10
New Deputies Added
Eddie ‘Ash ... 8|Obituarfes’ ... 13 Aviation ..... 11!Dr. O'Brien ..19 Times State Service To Safety Patrol Business ...... 16 F. C. Othman 11| BEDFORD, Ind, Dec, 30.—The Sheriff: Al Magenheimer today anDe I Radio fosyivild former Keith Radio Products fac-|nounced the appointment of two ed ..16- eflections ... : . Comics ...... 19 | Mrs. Roosevelt 14 tory here, which has been idle sev-|Indianapolis policemen as deputy
sheriffs. The two new appointees are Lyns dell H. Foster, 1210 Evison st. and Robert L. Reasner, 6172 Winthrop
eral months, will be re-opened early in 1947 as an assembly plant for Trav-Ler Radio Corp., Orleans.
Scherrer {Serial ........ 10 | Side Glances..12
Crossword ....19 | Editorials ,,..12 Fashions ,,...14
i Joseph Friedman, president, said JONI ea 12 (SW Nonovs. 11 the exact date of the re-opening ave. Both are resigning posts in Homemaking. . 14 Sports Sens g-9| Will depend on materials. the Indianapolis police department Income Tax. . hy stranahan ... 9| Between 200 and 350. persons will [to join the sheriff's staff, In Indpls...... 3| Washington . ,.12|be employed at the plant, Both men have served in the ac-
The opening of the plant here will in no way effect the operation of Movies .,....6-7| World Affairs 12|the Orleans plant, which will conAY it 1047 BE A JOYOUS YEAR lite to be both, a. fabmicaung and rley's Restaurant, 144 B. Ohlo.~Ady. | A85eqbly plant,
Inside Indpls..11| Weather Map. 5
Ruth Millett. 11] Women's News. 14 police force four years,
county's satetyy program,”
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port is “an attempt to fool the |standers.
is te proper
| work,” Mr. Robey said Mr. Nathan's| (Continued on Page S~-Column 3)
| mobile. |
2 Quit City y Police Force To Join Sheriff's
cident prevention department of the Sheriff Magenheimer said he chose these ‘men as deputies to “strengthen the
But beyond agreeing that those py william H. Remy, safety board | Baruch program.
hree are the most urgent issues be-| president. "Mr. Gromyko said that Mr. Ba-
below freezing temperature. The cabin, with all the family
fore the new congress, the Repub- | He ordered Inspectar Audrey Ja-|ruch’s proposal to remove the veto!clothes and possession, burned to
licans have not made much progress. | cobs, police traffic diyision head, tol
The Demorrats are interested by- |«
“do everything in his power”
(ner—(D, N. Y), | New Deal
sponsor of many | year holiday. measures—appealed to
the clock.”
[to traffic accidents.” A total of 14
Senator Wagner said bi-partisan ||ocal persons died by mid-February |
co-operation would be impossible if | 1a5t year, he said. “This number
'the G. O. P. “takes its cue from the | could be reduced in 1947 by strin- |
laws. | The Democratic minority, he sald, | 1, the face of the rising tide of]
| reactionary wing.” {gent enforcement of traffic | will oppose any efforts to end the national traffic deaths, the Inreciprocal trade act, or to repeal \dianapolis toll is 10 under last year. [If we can get by the next couple of nights, we can show a 16 per | (cent reduction in such deaths for | [the year,” he said.
Byrnes Back at Desk After Forced Landing
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes| iorized equipment, was back at his desk today after a nore motorcycles is urgent,” Mr.
| brief Christmas vacation in Ber-' Remy said. muda. | “With the turn of the year we The army plane carrying Mr. intend to enforce rigidly all traffic
Mr. Remy said that “something! | the Republicans not to “turn back | must be done to prevent ‘death due
“The current police force is doing that '
{an admirable job although hindered | are a play of words.” WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (U. P.).—| py the lack of manpower and mo-|
| power over punishment . of outlaw the ground. to| nations would “undermine” the en- Caldwell. friends living in the trailer Senator Robert F. Wag-|cyrtail wild driving over the New| {tire program for atomic. control.
It also would violate the United took them in.
Mr. and Mrs. FP. H.
camp where the cabin was located, Others in the camp
Nations charter, he said. This pro- donated clothing.
vides for the among the Big Five powers. Mr. Baruch has
United States woud not
“rule of unanimity”
said that the sign an mother,
Faced with the prospect of no home in Indianapolis, Mrs. Shafer
plans to stay temporarily with het’
Mrs. Scatt . Stove, Cams|
atomic treaty which failed to out- bridge, O. Brother William is here |
law the veto over punishment, told the commission that “onl
treaty would want the. veto.” ‘Play of Words’ Mr. Gromyko,
“The fact that
be explained only by of more convincing Mr. Gromyko..said.
Mr. Gromyko reminded the com-
ro e! | nations which intend to violate the
sitting only 4 few [feet from Mr. Baruch, replied (oday ‘such light-minded statements
someone resorts | The need for to statements of such a kind can! gram for 1047 was approved today
the absence |, the city board of works.
arguments,”
He for a holiday visit, .
Works Board OK's Street Program
A $200,000 street resurfacing\pro-
Streets to be resurfaced are: ONE: Capitol ave, from 16th st
Byrnes back to the capital was, ws, imposing stiffer penalties and | mission that France also supported © Fall Creek blvd.
forced to land him and his party! fines,” at the nearby Patuxent, Md., naval, air station last night because of poor weather conditions at the washington airport, The party pro-| ceeded to Washington by auto-
he said.
150 Civilians Are Killed in Hanoi
Staff
killed in Hanol and as many more had disappeared since the outbreak
French forces. The French reported that
the city.
have made some progress in restoration of the city’s electric and water supplies, an official statement said.
Mr. Foster Mr. Reasner
Nam Dinh, where Viet Nam resistdnce stiffened considerably. Nam units reinforced their posi-
Chief Jegse. McMurtry, who ac-| cepted Mr. Foster and Mr. Reasner's resignations as of Thursday expressed regret at losing “two of the police department's best accident prevention men.” El
“terrorism,” were reported at scattered points in Indo-China.
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Viet | Nam artillery spotters had -found jo a program for preventing illegal | the range on the center of Hanol manufacture of atomic weapons, tional funds should be available for and were hammering the heart of ;1c, called for grarid inspection of resurfacing the following streets will
Heavy fighting was reported at
Viet |
{retentjon of the veto over punish-
ment.
‘Russians Balk |At Atom Survey
LAKE SUCCESS, N.'Y., Dec. 30. | st. to Capitol ave.:
SAIGON, Dec. 30 (U. P.).—French | A ‘Ullited - Nations committee rec- | headquarters reported today that ommended today that the United | wore of 150 European civillans had been | ngiions take aerial pictures of every! part of the world where atomic ma- pect st. to 10th st. and from 30th to |
of hostilities between Viet Nam and terials could be mined or manufac-|
tured.
| from Capitol ave.
| chusetts ave,
TWO: New, York. st.. from. AJabama st. to Pennsylvania st. and to White River i blvd, W. dr.
THREE: ‘North: st. from Massa-
FOUR: Vermont st. from East Morris st. from | Kentucky ave. to grade separation; | | Maryland st. from Alabcma to DelaFIVE: Sherman dr. from Pros-| : 38th st. Cost of the above resurfacing is!
estimated at $170,000 by the engi- | ice for 15 years.
The 12-nation committee, detail- neering department,
The department said that if addi- |
all’ suspect, areas, and intérnational be considered:
French troops. have. retdken. the | qnagement - of - plants’ handling| Thirteenth st, Hanol administration offices and |atomic materials in the late stages rd., lof processing. Russia balked at the proposal for!
aerial surveys.
Dr. 8. P. Alexandrov, Soviet rep- | resentative on the committee, re-|
fused even to discuss merits of the project. He argued that aefial pic- | students today began a trek back| The break virtually |
tions around Hue and Tourane. “ to classrooms left vacant since Nov, tures touched “economic and other Outbutsts of violence, described as {spheres more than the problem of 25
Morris st; Bluff | 10th st., Rural i and Prospect
st.
ate ag
St. Paul Schools Open
ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 30 (U. P,). | ~The city's 30,000 public school
because of a teachers’ strike, The schools reopened today after sete
| (Continued on Pag §—~Column 6). tlement of the strike.
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to Pennsylvania st. {and from Meridian st. to West st. |
a
ey Highways
Bring Death To 8 in State
Driving Hazards Expected to Mount
LOCAL TEMPERATURES Cam....0 am.... 8 Ta.m.....30 Ham... 8am .... 2 12 (Noon), Sam... 81
Light snow tonight and to-
{morrow in Indianapolis prob‘ably will increase hazardous
driving conditions which
brought violent death to eight {persons over the week-end.
Meanwhile, Hoosiers will constormy cold wave, In Indianapolis a flash fire turned cne family out of their two-room
{"ubin into the cold during the early
hours of the morning. Though Hoosiers felt only the
{backlash as the worst storm of the |nter so far blew itself out, tem[peratures here were expected to re{main in the low: 20's throughout id day.
Mercury Near Zero
Northern Indiana was the hardest hit section of the state as the
FLEE FROM FIRE—In the trailer of a friend, victims of an early morning fire |mercury dipped near the zero mark. at 7800 E. Washington st., eat breakfast. Mrs. H. W. Shafer holds daughter, Sandra, who pl lay fully hugs 4 the heir of her uncle, William Stone, ye carried Hey Yo Jalaty.
Snow in that area was heavy over Sunday but central - and southern portions received only light flurries. Snow up to 30 inches was recorded in northern New England. Fifteen deaths were attributed to exposure and over-exertion in the intense cold in the area yesterddy. Temperatures of 15 to 20 below Zero were forecast for Maine toBg Boston harbor virtually was im by fog and storm. Two | Ships docked yesterday after almost {94-hour gropings through thE mist "trom the lower harbor. Hurricane Velocity | High winds which developed as the cold wave, moving in rom the northwest, contacted warmer areas in Kentucky, reached hurricane
Mr. t. Gromyk to 0 sharply criticized in the United Nations atomic energy Has destroyed by fire early today. velocity in many sections. At Camp
he mtb pein
Campbell near Hopkinsville, Ky. 90-mile-an-hour gales’ cut a swath {through concrete and framé-built areas and flattened the camp laundry, Damage at the camp was estimared at $250,000, | At another army post, the disci plinary barracks in Milwaukee, Wis, two escaped army prisoners turned themselves in, half frozen, after .a two-day battle with increasing cold. Forced Into Cold
In Indianapolis, Mrs, Hubert Shafer, her 9-year-old brother and year-old daughter, Sandra, were forced out into the numbing cold early today when a smal] gasoline heater exploded. None of the three occupants of the two-room cabin in the E. J. Gallop cabin and traller camp was injured but the Warren township fire crew lost its fight to save the structure. The camp is located at 7800 BE Washington st. Mrs. Hanna Johnson Leath, 52, Williamsport school teacher, was
“killed and three teen- -age girls in-
jured when an automobile and = school bus collided today near Ine |dependence. Frosted windshields (were blamed for the crash. The injured were Olive Leath, 18, daughter of the dead woman, Esther Sell, 14, Otterbein, and her sister, Alice Sell, 186. Donald Hanover, 13, of English, |Ind., was killed Saturday afternoon , when he hitched a ride, along with his brother and sister, on the back of a truck. The truck skidded off
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T. C. Williams Begins 2d Court Clerk Term
Thomas C. Williams today was sworn in as clerk of the Indiana supreme and appellate courts,
|
| The oath of office for Mr. Wil-
liams’ second term was administered by Judge Wilbug Royse of the ap- | pellate court in ceremonies at the state house. Mr. Williams’ chief deputy will | be Mrs. Lucille Goode Athey of New | Augusta, an employee of the clerk’s She succeeds Marston V. Shepherd.
Butter Price Breaks On Eastern Market :
| NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (U. PY Butter prices broke 3% cents a | pound in the local wholesale markets today due to a heavy week end accumulation of receipts, ate tracted from the Midwest by tively high eastern prices.
if
out and level price
the. advance made Rt ! put the market back to of last Thursday when tl Brae 10 cents al ¥