Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 May 1949 — Page 1

FORECAST: Fair tonight and tomorrow with moderate temperatures. Low tonight, 45-50; high tomorrow, 70.

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoflics Indianapolis, Ind. Issued Daily

he SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1949

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PRICE FIVE CENTS

‘Politics’ Given Blame for 29

Crash On Way To Derby Kills Three From Here

Accidents Take

Lives of Five

inquishing : : . 2 eatnsathome; Others in State it off your : D PATCH Doctor at Ft. Wayne Driver Badly Hurt E Sure Poorhouse Finds As Car Leaves Road or GREY] Diet is Inadequate South of Columbus : FT. WAYNE, May 7 (UP)— ¢ 36 to 46. The physician at the Allen Coun- Three Indianapolis persons, ty home charged today that poli- members of a party bound tics were Tesponsivls for Sond for the Kentucky Derby, were tions that led to the deaths o : . ) “. x: killed today and a fourth was h i 05 y ot ah] ht James H. Mayes . . . crit- Howard x Merritt . , . killed Mrs, Juanita Byers . . pos {critically injured when their in car crash.

34 days. | ically injured in accident. Dr. Noan Zehr, county-ap- “

pointed doctor for the home, said that ‘neither political party is as [aC een more to blame than the other. : But the political aspect has meant that people got key jobs because of party afiillations and not be- 1] [ y

cause of their qualifications. Both parties are responsible.” = Commission head William Expect 3 to-5 : Roussey said he agreed with Dr.| Odds on Olympia Zehr that “politics has been a By JOHN DIETRICH

basic cause.” ’ United Press Sports Writer 3 More than 300 persons are; J QUISVILLE, Ky. May -A|@§ cared for at the home, bullt to|pjazing sun promised g lightning| accommodate a maximum of 250, fast track for the 75th running of he said. Most of them are elder-/the Kentucky Derby today as the BB ly indigents, he said. vanguard of an expected 100,000 Probe to Start fans poured through the gates of Mr. Roussey said an investiga- Churchill Downs.

Mrs. Estelle Norris Ochiliree . . “helped start Mother's Day. - x » » » » ” » v D 0 Wi k With the predicted showers Cool Air Mass Mother S ay wes uc om would be tre tocioners| falling to materialize, the 6-to-5| Yo ie S3 odds on the favorite, Fred Hoop-

Halts Heat Wave To Elderly Indiana Woman [iyi fauna, ore ovmeia wer eect ble.” Connersville Resident Recalls Meetings Te Ey ee Indianapolis Native | = With FDR to Plan Special Stamp Issue

Dies at Perv By RUTH ANN HAMILTON. LOCAL TEMPERATURES

those who died were “nutrition-| WwreM beginning at 5:15 p, m. ally starved, because their diets! (DST) today. furnished none of the protective a a ————————_ While sons and daughters from Maine to California don carna- foods.” {tumble even lower, possibly to 3

Tam... 5 share to make the day memorable for American mothers.

23536 i sy ptrdent with the Derby field A cool air mase blahkéted In-[committéé of four women whose) — = oT special Mother's and at least a dozen were bed- scheduled to go to the post. at

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senger victim in fatal

; Miss Eva P. Buster , . P. R. Mrs, Ree” Bhildren ¢ « . left Dr. Zehr said that most of heard locally “over - Station | Mallory Co. employes killed." motherless.

: ° xx. [tions tomorrow in honor of their others, Hoosiers may pause in| All of the 20 persons who have (to 5. The special betting windows [uf t Rr L t D 8 a.m... 49 it * us - % special tribute to an Indiana woman who has done more than her|died in the past 34 days were for the Derby opened at 10:00 ope © un a er in ay

Rose at Track, Holland Due Tomorrow sm mnmmene (OAL, Where it hit a ditch and

car left the road, hit a guard grail and overturned three miles north of Reddington. Meanwhile, traffic accidents on Hooster highways took five other lives as the week-end began, state police reported, ‘Two of the four deaths yesterday resulted from accidents earlier in the week. The fifth death occurred early today, The dead in the crash near Red» dington: ) Mrs. Juanita Byers, 32, of 1028 N. Meridian St. : : Miss Eva P. Buster, 25, of 1923 N. Meridian 8t. : pt Howard A. Merritt, 30, of 428 E. Michigan St. The driver of the car, James Henry Mayes, 23, of 2633 Brooke side Ave. was taken to Bartholo= mew County Hospital, Columbus, in critical condition. ‘The southbound car skidded off U. 8. 31, 10 miles south of Coe

Race Drivers Watch Skies, mu: in sartuoomen county,

ing on the berm. The accident "a about 5:30 a. m.

Hits Ditch, Rolls Over

son): over 85 years old, he said. ‘Many |&. m. (Indianapolis Time). | \ : : ; : bs 3 A. m..; » » (Nuon), » She is Mrs, Estelle Norris Ochilfree of Connersville, twice na- of a ot illwhen they were | The garly birds hada Jong al Wind and Mist Keep Cars in Garage; The skidding car continued 308 ; Be Wy s 1p mv 89 | tional president of the American War Mothers and a member of the|gamitted to thé home) he sald, in hE feet over an: to

side road approach to the pave-

diana today, bringing relief from (plea to President Roosevelt an fast. Several were even admitted 5:30 p. m. (Indianapolis Time). an all-time record breaking four- Congress resulted fn the special Day stamp, Mrs. Ochiltree recalls, The first of the nine races was

: ; A f the late On stretchers, he said. day May heat wave which| “Whistler's Mother” Mother's Day | oo bors hy the min > ibn Commissioner Theodore Goeg-| scheduled for 12:30 p. m. (Indian-

claimed the life of one Indianap-|stamp in 1934. =) lein admitted that the commis-|apolis Time) and three bands oils native and prostrated at| Mrs. Ochiltree, who marked Hey City, Mo, & ‘past. national wari. nad approved admittance of | were on hand to provide musical

89th birthday April 27, has al- Mothers president. elderly persons who were ill and entertainment. |

least one other. Call on FDR

A cold front irom northwest ways been an active and efficient Canada passed through Indian- « 2 ¥ leaving in its wake greatly cooled |Club, Connersville literary and | Virginia Jenckes, congresswom- What could we do? These Peo. | ;,uqdy “track- to better their Nalon would get on the track| air and light drizzle this morning. |cultural organization, and served 1 from Indiana, the two women They. didn't have anyplace ¢lse The victim of sweltering Indi-|as regent of her chapter of the leited De White house oR Jan. o go." » Ti - ’ * - mo Was Chuics Are oe De Ame an Rey vet to authorize the Mother's Blames Operation money prize. ‘ winners of the past two years moved to Peru, Ind. with his|radio scripts, too, have attracted|D2y Stamp. Meanwhile, at Indianapolis, DI.| 1 41) 14 horses go to the post,|would remain in the garages over ¢ ) 100, Tave Mrs. Ochiltree likes to reminisce Louis E. Burney, state health , . ....¢r to the winner will be/the week-end. His crew

al blanket of roses, the diamond-| cleared.

By ART WRIGHT The speed fraternity was waiting for clearing skies to begini One woman was thrown warmup laps at the Indianapolis Speedway today. clear A slight wind from the north and heavy misty atmosphere keptiThe second woman was found “ ” rate cars in the garages. Most entrants were taking advantage of wedged between the left d clubwoman. She was a founder Together with Mrs. Howard C. Vel = critical condition.” But| marijer, owners of 13 rivals inithe idle time by making mechanical adjustments. & ¢ left door and apolis shortly after midnight and early president of the Carey Boone, of Kansas City, and Mrs. "€ 2% the race had been hoping for a Lou Weich, owner of the Novi team,

ple couldn’t afford hospital care. the tradition- new ‘Kurtis-Kraft, owned by Erchances of winning the tradition-|jater in the day if the weather vin Wolfe of Tulsa, Okla: Chet ape aT na Jactory ems twh| Miller, in the Maserat! formerly|Ployees of P, allory Co. hers studded trophy and the Digi Lou Moore sald his one-twbiy. o'y. tne jute Ted Horn and|and shared an apartment at the Speedway President Wilbur Shaw;|N. Meridian St. address, accord. Johnny McDowell, to complete his| Ing to company records. Mr. Mer-

rolled over." The car then righted itself, .

of the car, which was demolished.

the back of the front seat. Anoth-

said Rex Mays and Duke er victim was partly thrown from

the wreckage.

sisure luxury family from here eight months|wide attention. commissioner, sald that previous Whe driver's test in the Iddings Spe-|ritt was an smployee of Hormel bution ad ago. Late in 1917, as the mother of|2Pout the presidential interview. stats wmspections of A ‘Allen | ® huge $91,600, big but still below completing work on Bill Holland's cial; George Lynch, to begin his & Co. His parents live in Austin, bins | “As Steve Early ushered us the record, $96,400 Assault won in|second place winner and was , , I Minn, REEN, PALE Working on - Cal two soldiers, Mrs. Ochiltree became into his office,” she recalls, “the| County Home, showed a physical| go, ready to begin work on the driver's test in Lou Rassey's Ship-| LD, RUST, Mr. Orr, Working in the suns pioneer in the American War, = 0 00 my hand in both|Plant and medical care “above : Maur! Rose victory car. Both|Per'® Special; Doc Willams, to| The accident happened as the EEN. MA.- with his father and a brother|Mothers organization. Elected to Tis and told v6 whit & t| average,” ? | The vale of the trophy is Me rs will have new dutch springs Make a gasoline mileage check southbound traffic flow to Louis- ' building cabins on U. 8. 31, three|jts national presidency in 1933! 1 h grea Dr. Burney said that any de- [creased to $10,000 this year, be-| he they feturn to the track in the Tom Barafoff Special. {ville in U. 8. 31 was reaching its , large, "miles south of Mexico, Ind, Was|she spent the next two years as|Pleasure this meeting was forj © = “probably were in the |Cause the traditional cup has been n Whey Tet BE ion ind DORK. :

stricken Thursday. He died yes-|o prominent figure in Washing- him. I've never met. a man whom

" Rose at Track {I admired so much. He had a Operation.

{studded with 40 diamonds in hon-| terday in Duke's Hospital, Peru,iton's official life.

shortly after plans for bringing

Surviving Mr. Orr are two sis- The women chatted with the| Caring for sick people and not through the machine but many Holland is due at the Speedway

ters, Mrs. Phyllis Wade and Mrs,

Alice Marie Robbins, Indianapolis, | in addition to his parents, Mr. N 14 C e and Mrs. Clarence Orr, Peru, and | | three brothers. tof these sessions .that the idea! » . t : Green Bey, 60, of 719 Drakel Jury Deliberates 7: lot using Whistler's “Portrait of {Om the home's milk supply. [to the post as the second choice the BI} 10 atterunt qualification’, 8t., collapsed yesterday while dig- H in P My Mother” on the stamp struck! The milk is not Grade A milk, (in the mile-and-a-quarter run to| ) } ging a ditch at 713 S. Missouri ours in Powers Case 7 0" © jana is pasteurized at the home, glory. return to the track until it makes St. General Hospital ambulance! Ivory Junior Powers, 29, of 4847 AP |using antiquated equipment which| The bettors recalled how Pales-| ite fication r ; attendants administered first aldW. Regent St, was convicted of erfect Choice may be defective,” he said. {tinian chased Olympia down to aa ad rus. Hy kept and he was taken home. reckless homicide last night by| NO other idea was consid-| Dr. Burney said a report made the wire in the Wood Memorial] he year wa pparen a op first. The passage of the Canadian|a Criminal Court jury which fixed Td.” she declares, “for we by Miss Lelia C. Ogle, State two weeks ago before losing by alll hr 9 he ay ring Je cold front left normal or below|punishment at one to five years thought the President had made Health Board dietitian, showed neck, The track was sloppy for Morning. rack was open

President for mor {well people.” Hoo Mrs. ore shan: halt an} Dr. Burney said previous in-|exactly what the condition of the & run then.

the “baby” Blue . |spection reports, the last made track would be. Moore said bhai pgs Rirn h a week ago, showed that! In any event, Isidor Bieber's Crown Spark Plug Special piloted,

1 temperatures throughout .|a perfect choice.” y nom at emp ue inithe Sia, Prison, The jury de | The release of the stamp issue,| ‘deficient in protective foods fayorable impression = with his SoLealOy he ast time Jus Your Torrential rains, hail and wind| Powers was found guilty in the|dated Mar. 28, 1934, called for|Such as milk, eggs, green and|power over the slime. |Bome 25 Speedway guards were a that struck scattered areas of the/trafic death of Miss Hazel Moore the initial printing of 200 million ¥¢ Ow vegetables, fruits and but-|* After Palestinian the crowd Hoxot Corer wera at ura anc! Texas Panhandle and south plains|17-year-0ld Ben Davis High|°f the new stamps to be placed Re Slepmargarine; —— i akers were a e fron y brought Lubbock a flood problem (School senior killed on U. S. 40/00 sale May 2, 1934—a few days, n a Otte sald that a person (Continued on Page 2—Col. 8) gate. today and caused three deaths. |in Mickleyville Mar. 18, 1948. |before Mother's Day. {Who received an inadequate diet co rarer Cheyenne, Wyo., citizens, mean- ; while Ted snow off their side-| T Fined $100, Costs tFarley, in a ceremony in the Buwalks. n addition to the prison term, regu of Engraving and Printing] the jury levied a fine of $100 and to Yesterday Hottest 12 {when the first new stamps were] Showers at 6 p. m. yesterday|COSts against Powers. The juryirun off, predicted that the!

{turned twice in. a pre-dawn rain- wanted to run.

resist pneumonia. | a {storm today, killing one person] Other drivers who made tenta-

ears now.

'ASSENGER |. Tommy! Milton, - chief steward HOR Yea mated 900 sleepy-eyed | lumbus {would be susceptible to dysentery,| BUS PASSENGER KILLED {and his AAA contest board staff ; eyed : : Postmaster General James and that disease would 3ysen him] SWEETWATER, Tex, May 7 were on duty waiting to super- (n8 poured through the gates Other dead in the stata:

v { ( wy jrevhound. bus over- when they opened at 7:30 a. m.,! Frank Ascensio Sr, 44, of R, na weakened condition; unable! (UP)—A Grey F-{vise any of the drivers that! "ur ahead of schedule.

i * wonderful personality—so kindly “Tm mot sure.” Dr. Burney said, {or of the 75th running of the race. Rose Jas at the sieedway to- Hoosiers Score 3 : ba {a { (day, but was spending his time . 1 ; ‘ ; {“that the people in charge of | The fans were prepared to feed| / ; him to Ingisuspolis for shoviatist Gets 15 Years [204 pleasant Su) 50 easy to talk ese homes realize that they're la steady stream of money Visiting with other drivers. si See-Spot Firsts |were holding back until they saw Monday and will take his car for At Derby Fenc

LOUISVILLE, Ky. May

|lier's as old friends, and said: their posts and ticket seflers ang) “Well, you've beaten us for two|land, Tenn.

We'll get here first] The bodies were taken to Reed

{ Mrs. Byers was the mother of two children, reported to be living near Indianapolis, Survived By Parents Miss Buster, a native of Al. | bany, Ky., is survived by her par.

~~ ents, Mr. and Mrs, James Buster, 7 (UP) | Albany, Ky.; three sisters, Mrs,

~The. first persons to reach the Elza Hawkins, 1927 N. Meri trouble might have originated Palestinian seemed likely to go DY George Connor will be one of, /\. \ geld fence positions near- St: Mrs. dian

Oleta Brumley, Was

tthe finish line at Churchill taugh, Ky. and Miss Joy Buster,

i. Downs today were Leroy and|Albany, and four brothers, Ear to go.” Moore sald, and will not Lowell Collier, brothers, of Prairie James, Melvie and Kenneth Bark Township, Ind. They sald it was ter, Albany. 5

their third straight year being Mr. Mayes lived with a sister,

Mrs, Lila McCoin, who left ime

Arriving in second piace for the mediately with her husband for

: { es _/infleld see-spot were Miss Marge the hospital in Columbus. He was that the diet of the patients was/the Wood and Palestinian left a thé Public—at 50 cents per per- ooo "0G" n ol Breed, Spring: | an employee of Kingan & Co. He

field, O. They greeted the Col-!ls survived by his parents, Mr,

{and Mrs, James D. Mayes, Porte

| Flannigan Funeral Home in Co-

iR. 3, Rochester, | George Petit, 56, of R, R. 1,

! | " | Garrett. {and injuring at ‘least 11 others tive plans to work out on the 2%- ! seriously enough for hospitaliza- mile course, if weather permits, Kentucky Colonel Leroy hillips, 43. of R. R.'1,

Noblesville Postpo ‘tion. The dead man was identified were Joie Chitwood, automobile : “3 ted’ [Cross Plains. limbed again after the 9:45 p. m. after the jury began ted th Times S{ate oie ned las T. M. Harris, 51, Bartlesville, stunting Speedway pilot, who Business Liquid 's John Davis, 75, of R. R. 2, Metaiey Sim ag deliberations at 2:15 p. m., yester-| C>¢" e mothers of America. NOBLESVILLE, May 7— Death OK!a. signed up yesterday to drive the, LOUISVILLE, Ky. May 7 (UP) Bcoiisburg.

{and with her came Mrs. Henry] - - ph" .| » Maurice H. Messer, 20, of R. R. “Yesterday was the hottest day|daY: Judge William D. Bain de-|nrorounthay Ir. wife of the sec. (im Michigan of ‘a relative of| Te ma a Reh Francvilie.

ferred sentencing until May 17 on | Frank Campbell, Hamilt e or r ome in the four-day record breaking {retary of the treasury. The Amer-| Phell, Hamilton Coun- a Y n A collision between his car and period and registered 90.4, C0 ny the defense attorney. |;.,;, "war Mothers delegation in. 7, Prosecutor. caused postpone- ja. fractor trailer. resulted in the | PEt ay rTiter maid. instantaneous death of Mr,

ment today of the trial of Joe . s : erious The prosecution: had (cluded Mrs. Ochiltree, Mrs. Me- ! d C Cl ury S San Jay pianhni a that bin was driving. a Stoves Cluer and Mrs. Boone, original | oto od fod Saliapoise wil 3 nspire asino osing x _ SOE or unprecedented in the story o truck involved in the accident and *Ponsors of the stamp. 8 8 French Lick Closing Followed Protest “Nothing stereotyped or frozen of four members of hig { fly. r’

; in Hamilton Circuit Court. de Weather Bureau. Mr. Miler had fled the scene, Prosecutors| Today, A ip: Mrs. Ochiltree, * gpecial Judge Walter Shirts wil a AGRI ae on said. Yesterday Ernest Frick and Russell White! the satisfaction of a life- Derby Throng Misses Dice Tables they are always liquid,” the mes- (Continued on Page 2-Ool. 7y Times State Servier :

in Indianapolis brought the first Sound Bowsse nuocent Of a sec-| Mother's Day stamp would ve| Gambling Trial at relief from the heat and lowered °C, id do mana aughtes {the most popular ever issued. | the mercury 10 degrees, but the returned ‘at| rg Franklin D. Roosevelt rep-|

tucky Colonels agreed today tha { President Truman was right, | A message from the chief execuitive was read to the 12th annual {meeting of the group last night.

five degrees above the previous|.,mme ded State Police Sgt, ime of successful hard work. set a new date for the hearing. {sage said, iinet

high for the date recorded in 1902, "| “I have lived in a great en He was named to hear the case : : 1930 and 1934. tigation > Sr. his inves she observes, “and — a he after Circuit Judge Tom R. White FRENCH LICK, May 7—French Lick residents today credited ho Te For palin One Dead in Plane Fair skies and a low of 45 to 50 Hit 60 MPU Speed pleasures of growing old is in O\Squalified himself two weeks the recent uprising of Gary, Ind, women against gambling for thei Ors OE On An in i fileps Crash L tonight will be followed by contin-| 5 pug driver and a druggist Deing able to look backward and ago. | shutdown of local casinos as the lucrative Kentucky Derby trade) oxy Der tragic 8 ll rash at ogansport ued fair weather and a mild maxX-\¢ostified that Powers had passed 2PPreciate what has been ac-| The charges grew out of a state flooded this resort town. Mr ay showed remark. . “OGANSPORT, May 7 (UP) imum of 70 tomorrow, Mr. Miller spam on the highway, traveling COmplished in our time." police raid last Dec. 9 on the ex-| A reported clampdown order by state police followed a protest able foresight wher he ia] THO crash of a rented airplane on said. at about 60 miles an hour. an |clusive “J” Club, two miles west meeting of Gary housewives in Gov. Schricker’s office several weeks | |a farm near here Thursday had

ip : lof State { wrest —— rere | WAS NOLhINng “frozen” about! the! Charges of leaving the scene Soldier Killed in Crash Road 31 on 160th 8t. ago against widespread gambling The clampdown was Trae ATOT oan Approximately 500 of | claimed the life of one man today

(Indianapolis). - - {activities In the Lake County while another was still { . 5.0 22 Writers [GinNSumattdo i pam anscoma, ay 7m) rg rt eres ea eo (EI. 0 hice a | : . Records showed that he had been |A #0ldier was killed and. another Tips for Casino representatives, In a war” between gaming operators, nner. Robert Grant, 33. Chicago, died Pick Olympia arrested. 15 times and had three etiously injured when their auto-! | last-minute effort Yesterday, WeFerwite stot to the Governor, Shertt Lightning Kills Bo yesterday of injuries suffered im * convictions. mobile rammed into the rear of) : reported to have ple n vain| ell said, according re | $ the crash. : . LOUISVILLE, Ky. May 4 . a truck on the Roosevelt Blvd. Golf ers | with Gov. Behricker and State reaching him. ‘Playing in Swi y His companion, Wilson Rogers, hats-—styled- 7 (UP)—Out of 32 turf Times Index today. The dead man was ident!-| Whether you're a begin- |Police Superintendent Arthur M.. However, he pointed out, the ying ng 22, Chicago, remained in a hos+ totWeior i] day's Kentucky. Derby, 72 * {Amusements 3, Tasks TOOPIE. 8 Tncaun, Bc. miei 0, FL eT. 8 “Qub r u holedn (Thurston for permission lo. re leq Note ee | MONROVIA May Dopata| Pt BT ; 1 ays ntuc ’ h . (Jackson, 8. C. His companion, oper, youll learn much [open of residents of Frenc ck. e| + May 7 ~~ Dona as And, sach named as their personal se- BookS ....... 8|Your Job.... 7! Donald H. Jerome, 24, rh Lee, from the how-to-do-it me | Gov. Schricker indicated after|indicated they had come from a Tiffany, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michi an Fi or Kil " rayon lining, lection Fred, W. Hooper's |Bridge ...... 3iMrs. Manners. 7 Va, was taken to Nazareth Hos. golf written for The Times [that the week-old gambling nearby West Baden hotel. |Robert Tiffany, was killed in- 9 led sather sweat Olympia. Churches .... 4 Marriage .... Tpital in a critical condition. | by Gene Sarazen, “winner [clampdown by State Police would Although he had not: checked stantly by a bolt of lightning late! HEATH, Mass. May 7 (UP)— w LIGHT. Palestinian and Old Comics ¥S11s 14| Movies......5, 9 Ames, At | of them all” : be continued and enforced. |the gambling situation yet today, yesterday as he was playing in. ajA pliot killed when a two-seater models. Blies, Rockport each received Grisswor ' i Allona) Afr. 1 Pa aN SERIOUSLY ILL | The first article of the se- | Orange County Sheriff Ben Na- the sheriff said he expected state! swing in the yard of his farm Cub piane-crashed in the woods ns, We Haim AR . 10' Radio va 8 '—Count IY a Mb) ries starts tomorrow ” fe a nis, orming me nt" py fice an Sutoreing the shit» {homme «ast i stonday in the pai Fong clentiied ony " ; ue Msats ; ‘ " . sinos were “c own tig own 0 . | p 3 . . verse twice, . Forum ....., 10/8ide Glances. 10 brother-in-law of Pope Pius XII, Another EXCLUSIVE [since an order from State Police] Last Saturday the clampdown Monrovia Christian Church. Be- City, Mich. Police, who identified bs, Downstairs The other nine starters [Gardening .. 3|8ports sasann $i critically ill with bronchial feature of your J unday llast Saturday. “About seven or was ordered, it was learned, after sides his parents, the child is ur- Crowe from papers in the oo : were completely ignored. Jol oot ¥ yeatne b Map 1 waar Vatiean sources reported Times, eight weeks ago I closed them a state police squad toured French vived by two sisters and al!plane, sald he apparently becams Lain { “¢ eo 8 .e ss 10 today, i myself,” be sald.

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[Lick and West Baden, brother, llost in a fog.