Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 June 1950 — Page 11

ir is baton at a musical gs el a 2 luna], STEaTIc) whith I do the preliminary work. He'd join us on final round. We listened to the records that had been sent in for an hour. Too bad we have to pick only one. . Danny could take a tune apart. He knew about meter and stuff. I only know when a song sends .me, makes me stamp my foot, hum, dance with a broom «<r clothes tree.

“There's o gity fair where love is in the air..." Edna Jell Crosley’s ~ingianapolis Moon" was solid; in there on the top sh

“Another fine {une was by Art “Palmer, 1544 E. 74th St. “Meet Me in Indianapolis” by Henry Bush and Frederic Rusher was mighty catchy. Danny was surprised we had so many good tunes. “Makes picking a winner tough,” he remarked. “We're lucky we have good listening.” Not all the entries. were recorded. A great many had to be played on the piano. Danny's good at that. With several hot numbers, Danny and I would sing the words on the second time around. I was pretty excited about finding the winner. “Panny thought he might-make an arra the official Indianapolis song for his orchestra. I'm going to try and plug it over some of the disc jockey shows. You never know what can happen to a good tune,

There moy be millions in it. | learned a month or so ago, however, not to count my chickens before they're hatched.

Not -all songs came from Indianapolis writers. Good sign. Indianapolis, as the state capital, should be in the hearts of all song writers and poets and taxpayers. :

a pleasant five minutes of song.”

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Asunta Macomber, R.R. 1, Box 290 A, New, Augusta, came through with “Indianapolis Love Story” with such sentiment I got a lump in my throat. : From New Castle we had an entry by La Vaughn Evans Peters, 822 8. 18th 8t, Mrs, Ora Lowe, 308 Bryant St, was the Greensburg contributor. One song came out of Shelbyville from the pens of Mrs. Clark McKenney, 132 First St, and Mrs. Grace Theobald, 737 Blanchard St. Effie Colborn Wheatley from Westfield provided us with

Awaiting Mayor's Approval

any contest. We don’t know the order the songs of the following four people will be in, but: Ann Ha ward, 31 N. Linwood Ave.; Chris “Bowden, 4 “Guilford Ave. and Mrs. C. Byron Hewlett and Betty Witte, Marott Hotel, have about everything we want for an official song that will rival "Chicago, Chicago, What a Wonderful Town” and others boosting certain cities. Just as soon as the Mayor himself puts the stamp of approval on the song, I'll let you know. The suspense is killing me. One final word, you can pick up your entries at Dolen’s Studio in the next few days. I wish every entry could win, honest,

‘Eh, What. Pal?

~~ By Robert Musel

LONDON, June 20-—After months of study, Sid Reznick announced today the Reznick formula for pronouncing British proper names—‘“the older the family, the less the name is pronounced as ft is spelled. This philological discovery, guaranteed to make easier the life of any tourist, stemmed from the fact. that Mr. Reznick (pronounced Reznick) writes jokes for such people as Al Jolson, Ed Wynn, Milton Berle and Jimmy Durante. The events leading up to the Rezdick formula was described by his British associate, 8id Colin, who writes jokes for British stars. “It was like this,” said Mr. Colin. “Mr. Reznick wanted some fancy British name for a script. He saw Col. Leveson-Gower’'s name in a news item and he asked me how to pronounce it.

Pronounced Loosen-Gore “I DID A little checkifig and advised him it was pronounced Loosen-Gore. 2 , “This seemed to excite Mr. Reznick. He asked —me how to pronounce Ayscough, another old famlly. I wrote back that it was, naturally, pro-

nounced Askew. Then he wanted to know how.

to pronounce Beauchamp, which Is, of course, Beechem.

“‘Why don’t they pronounce them like they | spell them?’ Mr. Reznick inquired. I replied that! it was our language and we could pronounce it! any way we wanted. It was up to the junior] partner in the language to follow our lead.” | The Marquis of Abergavenny comes out Aber-| genny. The Beaulieu family say it Bewley. The ancient Boisragon clan call themselves Barragon.|

Cockburn Is Coburn THE TITLED Cirencesters pronounce it Sissiter. Cockburn is Coburn. Colquhoun is Cohoon. Hawarden is Harden. Then there is the family Majoribanks. It sounds like Marshbanks. Menzies is pronounced! Mengis. The Myerscoughs call themselves the Maskews. Meux is Mews, “ Two gems from the Reznick collection are! Tyyrwhitt pronounced Territ, and Wriothesley, pronounced Roxly. Wauchope is Walkup. Methven is Jeffen. Dalziel is Dee-El. With such examples Mr. Reznick feels that any American can make a good guess at other English names. But he warns against pitfalls, such as Smith and Jones.

nounced Smythe and Johns.

Hosses, Hosses

By Frederick C. Othman

WASHINGTON, June 20—The Democratic gentleman from Wisconsin, Rep. Andrew J. Biemiller of Milwaukee, figures that the only way to stop betting on horses is to eliminate 'em. There'd be no bookmakers, no betting syndicates and no shady racing news services, said he, if there were no races. He was right, of course, but his fellow lawgivers were aghast. Mostly they like these contests between the noble nags. And mostly they lay down a perfectly legal wager when they visit the track. Yet they're knocking themselves out, trying to rid the nation of betting on the hosses when the gambling takes place away from the tracks. I guess I'm dumb. I can’t see the difference bétween . putting $2 on the nose of a filly you can see in front of you and one in a race a couple of hundred miles away, What 1 mean is that I rolled out to Maryland the other evening for the final session of the harness races at Rosecroft. The scenery was pretty and so were the horses, while the breeze was soft, and the food in the clubhouse superb.

Sports White Goatee THE JOCKEYS in these races mostly were old ' geezers In striped satin jackets and gold-rimmed eyeglasses; one of them sported a small white goatee. They rode in two-wheeled carts called sulkies and each one had a superb view of his own horse’s tail. He general atmosphere was rural and kind of homey and I'm certainly not complaining; I'm just amazed at Congress’ campaign against bookmakers, is all, The clubhouse was jammed with sportsmen like myself. At the next table sat =a U. 8. Senator, who stands four square against bookmaking; which he considers a crime. He ordered up a sirloin steak, which cost him $3.50 without trimmings and he obviously enjoyed it thoroughly? Between races he put down his bets;

Appeal Scheduled For Gambling Case

~-William L.

NOBLESVILLE, June 20 (UP) {ny - ee hu with te oath

-— Hamilton County Prosecutor of his wife. Frank N. Campbell prepared to-|

prenie Court on the validity of a a search warrant signed by a judge: at his home rather than in court. Special Judge Walter Shirts indicated he planned to throw out the case against gambler Joey Jacobs, named in the indictment) as Joe Jacobson, when he rules on the warrant next Saturday. Circuit Judge Thomas R. White signed the warrant for a search of the “J” club in his home instead of the courthouse and police made the raid Dec. 7, 1948. The club is located near the Marion« Hamilton County line. Jacobs was charged with oper-

Blunk home,

Painting Contractor Held in Wife's Death

NEW ALBANY, June 20 (UP Blunk, 48-year- old painting Re win was ! a on urder char

Mrs. Alma Applegate Blunk, 47, day to carry an appeal to the Su-|was found dead last night shortly 4 &r "BIGhk returned home and a heard a quarrel in the task of keeping ‘track of asteroids, to find city flood-

“I don’t know why I did it,” police quoted Blunk.

hh RK... | Gets $1200 Award | STF AYETTE, 3 June 20 A {Astronomical Union, explained ship for nine months’ study ot [the organization's work to asSxtenaion work oh Vas to Don. Drate the 50th anniversary of the ald E. Foltz, Clinton. Mr. Foltz, | Indiana University Kirkwood Ob-| 1946 Purdue University graduate, Servatory. is a former assistant county agricultural agent of Vigo County. |

during their funning he was more concerned with | his dinner than in the contests down below. So! were a lot of other people. | Their interest in the races under the floodlights| was only casual. They got a few quick glimpses of | the hosses, but what fascinated them was the voice | on ‘ the loudspeaker announcing which nag had! won. © They stopped eating then. And I contend they] could have got the same results via telephone, except, of course, that this would have been illegal.

Repair to the Bar AFTER FINISHING their dinners a number of the patrons ambled downstairs, took a gander at the handsome horseflesh and the elderly parties on the sulkies, and then repaired to the bar, where refreshments were available at reasonable prices. Here they remained the rest of the evening, with

folding money in one fist and bourbon highballs in ¢1ub delegates

the other, waiting for the voice te announce the results, This is known in horse racing circles as improving the breed. . I'm not kicking about that, either, because I am a broad-minded fellow, Only I don’t quite see the justice of the lawgivers want-| ing to put into the clink the little guy down the! street who'll take a small wager and thereby save! me the trouble of going out to the track. Seems to me that he performs a public service, He certainly works harder for his money than that gent on the track’s microphone. This mellowvoiced individual kept urging the customers to make their investments at the ticket windows while there still was time. The little guy who, makes book comes around personally fo get the! money. I guess I'll have to go along with Congressman | Biemiller. I'd hate to see it happen, but if we're! going to eliminate betting on horses, we'll also have to eliminate the races.

New Computers Aid Star Gazers

Times State Service

BLOOMINGTON, June 20—Modern automatic computing marehines HAVE ‘greatly €ased the

| Dr. Paul Herget, director of the! {Cincinnati University Observa-| tory, said today.

Planet Center of the International’

{tronomers gathered here to cele-|

" Dr, Herget's group seeks to pre-| dict asteroid positions as an aid, to astronomical observers doing

ating the elub and 18 other .per- evidence at a hearing last Sat-| other work. The automatic com-| grandfather today. His sons were arrested at the time urday on the grounds that the {puters have reduced the work to mre, James P. Young, for visiting the place. Nothing will search warrant was not legal. a fraction of what it was a few to a daughter in Santa Monica, said Mr. Covington drove him in- legislature last year and madein 1927. She to the ‘country and dared him to

be done In the cases of the other Mr. Campbell contended that it years ago, he said.

18 until a ruling is obtained in made no difference where the search warrant was signed and luled to hold a picnic at the Link Defense attorneys objected Judge Shirts said he would rule Observatory, WHER the #1814 began 19 mt foques on this Saturday.

Jacobs case, Mr. Campbell said.

The astronomers were sched-

Lhold business meetings today,

maker from Tjalleber ‘brought a “iiompen™ ith in when he came to Indianapolis a couple of weeks ago to children.

wooden granddaughter, 6-year-old Leigh Ann Hettenvan. The carved and painted footwear is a continual delight to her.

whole of life in the United States is to Mr, Slof and his wife, Anna.

English between them, the cheer-| Caiise ‘In Holland there was so ful Dutch couple finds constant !ittle opportunity to advance. use for services of Mrs. Hetten-| YOU'RE probably wondering if Danny and I Van, their daughter, or another of decided about the cream of the crop, to show/their relatives in Indianapolis to Mayor Feeney along with the best. There always explain to them the amazing me-

has to be the top six or top three and: the top in/chanical world in which they find themselves.

Slof came downstairs to find Mrs. Hettenvap reading the newspaper. |

manded, “T thought you had a big |, washing to do.” the washing machine.” Think of it, in America you can at bing away by hand at dirty | lq

ciothes, Who ever heard of a thing?

| Raymond B Bulstra,

There are places in| the upper (social) register where they are pro-

International, Earl ¥. Beam,

Dr. Herget, head of the Minor...

“Understand Our ‘Easy’ jo

By CARL HENN

They have a hollow sound, as if someone were walking about

in wooden shoes.

As a matter of fact, someone is, Yelle Set, 65-year-old cheeset, Holland,

former fellow workers in Dutch dufries and creameéries when he returns this October.

Jisit his

And he brought a pair of small shoes with him for his

Slof, R. R. 10, Box 253, since the parents set off for Germany and

same day in May, 1938,

north -of Holland, because Mr, Slof could make more money in Germany. The children were emmigrating to the United States for somewhat the same reason—be-

But no more a delight than the

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COMMANDING not _a word of’

” ” ” THE ELDER SLOFS remained in Freiberg, Germany, very near Hamburg, during all of World {War II. They were well treated, {they said, many years the custom of Hollanders to work for a time in Ger: {many, where the pay scale was “What are you doing?” she de. MEN: 1947the- British “occupation oops, in whose zone they were | living, sent them back to their {native land in a general move

Just the other morning, Mrs.

“Yes, but I'm doing it,” Mrs, Hettenvan said. ‘“There it is, {man citizens. Mrs. Slof hasn't got over it, Meanwhile, Jon had prospered | his trade of tool and die makg in Indianapolis, and had acuired a wife and two daughters. such | |His sister, Wilma, had married Abraham Hettenvan three years [Abra arriving in Indianapolis and from his trade, has almost as hey added Leigh Am to the much trouble understanding what ¥ goes on at East End. Dairies, Inc.|. THE ELDER. Mr--Slof-: went} 577'N. Highland Ave. owned by|work a: making cheese in T_:llebrother to Mrs. bert until he had to retire on a {government pension because he had reached age 65. “In Holland,” he said, his daughter translating for him,”

read the paper instead of scrub-! {in

® wo» HER HUSBAND, now. retired

| Slof. : “Why, everything is mechani-| cal,” Mr, Blof says. He has a lot | of startling Information for his

About People—

New Romance Rumors

STRANGE-SOUNDING footsteps have been heard atound the © Abraham Hettenvan residence at 325 Devon Ave. for the last couple of’ ‘weeks.

Mr. and Mrs. Slof had not seen | their daughter nor their son, Jon °

the children for America on the

The parents were moving from the province of Friesland, in the

since it had been for |

In'to rid Germany of all except Ger- Mrs. Raymond Bulstra, Mrs: Anna Slof and

Link Elliott, Model

Roosevelt Reporter Calling Daughter Of Teacher Nightly From Europe

"hit sehEaltanch By OPAL CROOKETT schoolteacher mother of a New Yor e Ronde daughter may marry Elliott > Yon odd hinted toddy rs « Boyd, Bogalusa, 1 wv] daughter, Betty, was Rois marry’ mnt jaaked. Whettite son Park, N.Y. en “I don’t warit you to bring that |Citffora yesterday because he used out yet” she to peep through a hole in their apartment floor to watch another woman take a bath, . ” » Lloyd Hill said today he'll ride over Niagara Falls July 16 in a 3 Steel barrél. Says he'll evade po- $ lice, if they attempt to block the 8 stunt, by having helicopter drop him and barrel upstream from the 200-foot falls. " ” » Irene Dunne, actress, had tea yesterday with King George at his cottage in {| Kew Gardens on

{the edge of LonGeorge 0, * Browne, vice presi- don.

dent of Optimist International, Lord and will head the Indianapolis Down- 1, 5 4 y Caristown Optimist Club delegation to p, , oke were

32d annual con- hosts, The group

vention of Opti- discussed Miss mist Internation- Dunne’'s film,

her

Miss Boyd returned to New York today after visiting her B mother. She's P {been dating Mr, Roosevelt since {his estrangement {from Faye Emlerson. Mr: Roosevelt reportedly has {been calling Bet-

r. Roosevelt iw nightly from Toran

. {homes here we were satisfied, be-

Mr. Roosevelt July 15 in Hyde|

Coffes at 10 am, , old Dutch custom . . .

Jott 4 to right) Yul Slof, Mrs. Wilma Hoteman,

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“everyone “has to retire at 65 to make room for the young men. Holland 18 very overcrowded When the children here heard of their father's enforced idleness, nothing would do eX0ept- * long visit to this “country. 3 The passage and- all details of the trip were arranged by. Mr; and Mrs. Bulstra and the two younger. 8lofs. The. elder. Mr. and Mrs, Slof were met when they stepped off the Dutch soip Nieuwe Amsterdam in New York by Mr, and’ Mrs. Hettevan and Mr: dnd Mrs. Blof. During the automobile trip. back to Indiana, the eyes of the elderly couple were hardly able to take in all the amazing new things they Saw,

“IT WAS A SACRIFICE for us 4 to give up our children so they could come to America,” Mrs. Blot sald, via trangiator. . “But when we saw this wonderful country and their wonderful

cause we know -they could nothave done as well in Holland, “Only a millionaire coult 1 fo have a car N to save work 3 country.” “Yes,” Mr. Slof agreed, “T think it we were 10 years younger, we would come here to live. : “But we are too old to change now. So we are going back in October, and I'm going to send back many pairs of klompen for all the family here.” . It looks like the sound of . wooden shoes will be heard for a

_ Wosdo hos and pip... Mr. Sf til bu hbrd

Corporations FaceNew "Story of Three

New Tax Blow Attacks Bell's Rate Bid

| | ‘Papa’ AT&T Held Cashing in on Labor of House Plans Move | ‘Mamma’ Western Electric, ‘Baby’ Company To Hike Revenue | commission & new story of the three bears today In an orn to

second part of a powerful ‘one-

morrow in At {“The Mudlark,” : - } in which she? ante oi on i (plays the rolé of | er Down Queen Vicor,

Miss Dupne

Three direct de-

are: Walter J, iscendants of Victoria,

Pray, past president of Optimist

| Elizabeth also attended.

| Robert Bertelsen, Deal,

secretary - treaslurer, Fifth Dis- Mr. Browne {trict Optimist Clubs; Donald A. Morrison Jr., president Downtown {Optimist Club; Richard H. Dye, Emmet G. Fowler and A. E. Robers. Herman A. Lauter, president Station where he worked. North Side Optimists, also will at- Plover charged him $9. tend. r Ten-year-ld Teddy Jagod, Deé- presented “the most sophisticated

{troit, shot a holeZin-one durMg get geen at the Palladium Thehis first game of golf. His drive ater this season.

on a 149-yard hole bounced off a bridge and a tree right into the cup.

“hard work never hurt anyone,” n

He arrived in. & San Antonio, Tex. fast night”

folders - bore his name, Bact of Mr.

but the’ O'Dowd.

but the picture of his npponent.

rSellys ‘Chair Don’t Worry Me’ DANVILLE, Va.-June-20- (UP) ~+A 27-year-old magazine salesman who confessed slaying a ca driver said today the electric] {chair didn't worry him.

{ed with calls: in-Gen. Waifiwright quiring into re- Slayer Suspect port he’d been killed in a traffic | accident.

“Guy Rogers. Alva Okla. found | a new way to catch perch. He! {fished all day in a farm pond—| {no nibble. He decided to go home| {when a splash attracted his at- | tention. He saw his car disappear-| ling under the water. A perch was {found in the front seat when the auto was “fishes” out. -

Cotten, ator.

daughter, | i gave birth

| doseph. should I worry.”

The Lansdale, Pa.

Cal.

including | Democratic members of the House, |King George, were there. Others Way. and Means Committee were| {were Lord Carisbrooke, and for- ready to approve a plan t. require| | mer Queen Ena of Spain. Queen | corporations to pay their taxes,

N. J, I plus other committee-adopted pro-| stumbled when he tried to avoid Posals for increasing Treasury re-| stepping on a bird and fell ceipts, is to offset about $1,010, through a window at the service 000,000 in excise tax cuts already His approved.

The London Daily Express said telephone bills and scores of other| der of her husban today Jack Benny; radio comic, (tenis.

Mrs. Martha in who believes NOt provide means of making up

celebrated her 102d birthday to- cratic committeemen Y lieve ‘he

Gen. John morrow at her nome near Phila. Will approve the bill as presently statements, and he heard his! “Furthermore, he is not disposed than Wain- # 'delphia. drawn. mother -sa¥, “I didn't do it, but to consider mother bear (Western wright, Bataan : : " But before it can become’ law, I'll sign so we can go home.” Electric) as a woman only, but on hero, assured os Jack Hi rey and Everett the legislation still mus’ be fori", co ohjections to the state- the contrary requires her to furfriends and ; O'Dowd, opposing political candi- mally approved by the nmittee, ments, which were introduced nish tools according to his specifi {newsmen - todas : |dates in Waco, Téx., discovered and then go through hoth the 0 ore overruled. cations to the laboring child (Inthe's very much | they'd patronized the same print- House and Senate. And the Sen-' "yi, "6000, «aid he warned his diana Bell), alive, contrary } er when they received their cam- ale may - make some major ou. not to sign until after she “Baby bear's (Indiana Bell) opto reports. paign matchfolders, Mr. Tirey's changes.

Mr, year in which to pay tax liabilities Oo wd's folders sported his name, incurred

{

“I'll probably get the chair for this,” Amos Jesse Firestone told has challenged Milwaukee alder-| : police after his arrest for shoot-imen to a softball series with the the home of a’daughter, Mrs, Ora Ratifies Pension’ Plan ing of Archie Covington. “But we|proceeds marked for charity. |come into this. world with nothing] Mayor Frank Zeidler said Mayor was 77. was a|and leave the same way, 80 Why Martin Kennelly of Chicago

ted by eT salesman, amateurs. They played the Illinois several years before moving here Local No. 5, C10 Un

fight last Saturday after he had

" Katherine Zohrer; Trenton, N. J, interfered in an argument.

tenance suit from her husband and left him lying in a ditch.

He! Alderman this noon, and to won a $50-a-week separate main- told police he shot Mr. Covington Mayor Zeidler, “but In regret it'Synthia Taylor and Mrs.

Public. Counselor Waller Jones told the state Public WASHINGTON, June 20 (UP) | block Indiana Belt ‘Telephone Company’ 8 request for a §5 million rates —~House tax writers aimed the InCrease. - Mr. Jones’ story was -about the telephone bears— American {Telephone and Telegraph Co, omnipotent head of the house, as papa |bear; - Western Electric, prolific producer, as mamma bear and

two punch at the nation's 350,000 corporations: today. On. the heels of yesterday's de-| |cision—to bpost corporate ta: rates: to the highest level in history, |

| Jones contends American TeleIndiana Bell a8 baby bear.” phone and Telegraph is asking for Story’s ‘Purpose the rate increase, not Indiana Purpose of the story was fo Beil. show “the American Telephone, - Here is a condensed version ‘of land Telegraph Co. operates in In-{ar. Jones’ story: diana under the name of the In-| diana Bell Telephone Co. Me Ther beat (TAT) preseryes

long lines and a general depart. Arsenic Death

ment including the operations dnd engineering section. Each of the Defense Opens ad gi June 20. (UP)

members of this family operates rs. Mary Osborn, 39, accused of |

in one or more states. “The proceeds of their efforts bo Christmas dinner arsenic mur- find their way into the size nine [une d, signed two pockets of father bear (AT&T), confessions. “so. we. can. go home.” » Buf even though he looks HPO) [her son testified at her (Fal the OpErating companies AE” in George Osborn, 17, was the first fants needing fatherly attention, - defense witness called yesterday, he nevertheless, requires the payafter the state rested. ment’ of dues amounting to 1 per Mr. Osborn said Coroner | cent of their revenues. Charles E. Fishero called Mrs. Furnish Tools Osborn to his house to sign the

‘more promptly. The ger-ral idea of th: changes,

The excise ~eductions| would apply to furs, jewelry, cos-| 'metics, movie and travel tickets,

Veto Threatened

President Truman has threat-| ened to veto any bill which does

the lost excise revenue, -_emo-

consulted a lawyer, but-Mr. Fish- erations are confined to the banks ero told her there wdild bese the Wabash and elsewhere .in (plenty of time (oF. a lawyer AI1Er the state of Indiana. Yet, he-it-a-you sign.” lparty to contracts enabling Ihe would be required—over the next!

family to construct and’ “operate {five years—to catch up with pay-| Mrs. Nellie Watson

ithroughout the U. 8. as one diffiments so that they will have them Services Tomorrow |

cult system. “w ” jFald by the Ioliowing Mat. 15 Services will be held at 1 p. m.',. FOr all practical purposes, ar. tomorrow In = Peoples” Funeral

Jones concludes - Chicago Aldermen Offer Home Chapel for Mrs. Nellie Wat- o0¢ asking for the rate nceonseln The Rev. Robert H. Peo-

ndiana is the American Tele0 To Play Charity Softball * wd pastor of Second Christian

MILWAUKEE, Wis, June 20 Church, will officidte. Burial UP)-—The Chicago city council pe in New Crown. Mrs. Watson died yesterday at’

Corporations now have a full

“or the previous year. {Under the speed-up proposal, they”

[Howard, 918 Indiana. Ave. one SOUTH BEND. ; «20

| A $100 monthly §

A native of Marlin, Tex. Mrs.! warned that his men are not rank {Watson lived in Livermore, Ky.

was a member of Workers, was ratif

(88000 for. a cancer drive. the Second Christian Church; ~ by the union; Apaite “I'll play for a laudable cause,” Survivors include Mrs. Howard day. The plan, Charles Quirk told and two other daughters, Mrs. five years, must be ;

Studebaker ia gut ee.

for two weeks," both

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