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HOLDS INFANT OVERHDTSTOVE IS GIVEN 6 MOS. Step Father Sears 16 Moth Infant’s Legs Over Flame COLUMBUS, Feb. 11 (INS)—, Branded the crudest man in the world, William Early Perry, 24, of East Columbus, today started serving a six months’ state penal farm sentence for roasting the legs of his 16-month-old stepson over a red-hot stove. In denouncing' Perry as an inhuman torturer, Judge George W. Long of the Bartholomew Circuit Court declared: “This is one case in which I would like to have increased the sentence to sixty years. However, six months is the maximum .for assault and battery under the law.” Perry said he did not realize the child was being burned as he held it, but Judge Long, after personally examining the wounds, asserted he could not belive the baby could have been burned so painfully without the stepfather knowing of it. Evidence of other cruel treatment to the child was brought out at the hearing.

News Flashes CROOKS WRECK SAFE FOR LOOT OF 5 CENTS PERU, Feb. 11 (INS)—Cracksmen wrecked a safe in the railway station at Denver, near here, broke into the Denver elevator—and netted exactly five cents from a cash box m the elevator office. They were unable to open the station safe, although they knocked off the combination. METER JUMPER USE BRINGS FINE OF $25 PERU, Feb. 11 (INS)—Mrs. Lillian Milligan, 54, an innkeeper, was fined $25 and costs in City Court today when she pleaded guilty to operating a “meter jumper,” a device by which she diverted municipal electric current around instead of through the meter. ARM TORN OFF IN GRINDER; HE’LL LIVE WARSAW, Feb. 10. (INS)—Frederick Beard, 50, whose right arm was torn off by a feed grinder at the Larwill elevator at Larwill, will recover, physicians said at McDonald Hospital here, where the injured man was brought tonight. UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT DENIES RESIGNATION RUMOR BLOOMINGTON,-Feb. 11 (INS)—“All I know about my retirement as president of Indiana University is what I have read in newspapers,” said Dr. William Lowe Bryan today. The university head said he did not know where the latest rumor of his immediate resignation started, but that “it did not come from my office.” STATE ASSEMBLY BACKS ROOSEVELT PLAN INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 11. (INS)—Following bitter debate, during which President Roosevelt was charged with uttering “a damned lie,” the Senate today passed a concurrent resolution urging all Indiana members so Congress to back up the President’s plan for reorganization of the Supreme Court of the United States. Horses'Dinner Late Owner Loses An Ear

BRAZIL, Feb. 11. (INS)—Like the Court of St. James, horses have their sense of orderly procedure, I with due attention to age and station in life. Napoleon, the 8-y ear-old horse of Rolla E. Barnhart, former Clay County auditor, always had been.a gentle and affectionate animal, but

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<> Sues Violinist for SIOO,OOO Qnce a hat check girl in a Harlem night club, blond Peggy uarcia brought suit against Dave Rubinoff. well-known violinist and radio jn York supreme court for SIOO,OOO charging breach of | i - - promise and seduction.

. that was while his prerogatitves were * respected—while he was fed first of ! all the animals in Barnhart’s barn. But when Barnhart absent-mind- ' edly offered food to other animals first Napoleon’s dignity was outraged to such an extent that he bit off his master’s left ear and ate up | his cap. i

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FLOOD AREA IS TORN RYWINDS FEAR DAM LEAK Wind Sweeps City Os Evansville 45 Minutes EVANSVILLE, Feb. 10 (INS)— This flood-ravaged city this week had ;to face another emergency after a forty-four-mile-an-hour cyclone spread SIOO,OOO damage in its northern area. Roars 45 Minutes. The windstorm swept over the city i for forty-five minutes, from 1:58 to 2:03 p. m., and was' accompanied by l a sixteen-degree drop in teniperi ature. No casualties were reported at a i late hour tonight. Red rCoss officials estimated that 1 sixty homes were tKhnagecT and that . three residence roofs were ripped ‘ off. A portion of the roof of the Briggs i Indiana Body Corporation, which I manufactures auto bodies, was twist|ed off. Seven garages were demolished anad three others damaged. Churches Damaged. Two churches were damaged, including one that is under construction. John Hagan, acting weather observer, described the cyclone as a “line squall,” due to a sudden shift in high velocity winds frofn the southwest and northwest. The same cyclone struck.today at Mount Vernon, where it crushed two houses and caused considerable other damage. Meanwhile, rain fell in torrents today, and was measured at a depth of .65 of an inch. Hagan said this would not cause an appreciable rise in the Ohio River here. New Peril Feared. However, torrential rains over northern Indiana today led other weather observers to fear that tributaries of the Ohio might pile such an abundance of water into the main stream that present flood conditions may be considerably aggravated. Rehabilitation of Evansville is be- ■ ing carried on with hundreds of ref- : ugees from the flood returning to I the city to dwell in hastily erected i “box car villages.” Work of return- ' ing refugees to near-normal conditions is being led by Red Cross and state agencies. wiltlactory MAY SUSPEND ALL OPERTIONS Platerial shortage May Result In Furlough Wilts Industries, manufacturers of cedar novelties here, and employers of about 100 persons, may suspend operations according to Joel Wilt, plant superintendent. Due to the flood in the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys, shipments ! of cedar lumber have been delayed and the plant is running short of I material. < If a shut down becomes necessary, the factory will maintain only a , skeleton crew, and other employes will be furloughed. They will be recalled to work, Mr. Wilt said, as ■ soon as material shipments are received.

Ends Love Strike It w Florence Hurlbut *» Florence Hurlbut brought to an end the “sit-down strike” of her boy friend. Harold Hulen. who had chained himself to the radiator of her Excelsior Springs, Mo., apartment until she answered his repeated proposals, bjr saying “yes” over the radio. Mias Hurlbut is shown in New York where she went to broadcast bar reply. CHEW TELLS OF LOCAL OFFICERS PLAN FOR WEEK Explains Need Os National Defense; Outlines Program Local members of the Reserve Officers Association of the United States are planning to launch an elaborate celebration for National Defense Week, which opens tomorrow, February 12 and which will continue until the 22nd. This was announced today by Captain William Harrison Chew, member of the Goshen Chapter of the Reserve Officers Association of the United States. The purpose of National Defense Week is to carry the message throughout the nation of an adequate need for national defense, and according to Captain Chew, every possible effort must be made to impress this upon the young people who hve had no experience with the results of war, for a national defense is most necessary. It must also be used to remind World War Veterans that this giant nation of ours is usually asleep until it is too late to avoid armed conflict and the consequences thereof. He continued, Stress Defense Need. “It must be hurled into the teeth of those who would have us throw down our arms and be a theoretical, though impractical and unrespected example. It must be hammered into the minds of those who do not think at all, and this job is one of the jobs of the Reserve Officers Association of the United States.

Curren t Journal Issue Largest in History of i Its Entire Existence . . 1, ' -.1 . I Today the Journal 'publishes the largest newspaper in its thirty-three years of existence. This edition carries more advertising by far than has ever been recorded in the columns of this newspaper befoi-e. The circulation of the Journal in the past few months has been developed to such an extent that the Journal today has a circula-. tion larger any weekly newspaper of general circulation in the State of Indiana. Receives Favorable Comment In the past two months, the Journal has been so broadened and -built, from an editorial point of view, that it has received wide-spread commendation from its readers, advertising executives and from publishers of daily newspapers. The Journal at present has the facilities to offer its 1 readers as much as practically any daily newspaper and a gr£at deal ? more than most daily newspapers. Has International News Service The presents the news of Northern Indiana when it is wews—both news and pictures concerning Indiana and the Mijidle West soon after it happens. In addition to this, the Journal supplies its readers with interesting events and -features from one of the largest news-gathering agencies in the world —the International News Service. In addition, it lists among its staff Os writers many outstanding newspaper men and women, so that the Journal holds reader interest from cover to cover, serves this community well as a newspaper, and serves the advertisers with a medium through which to sell their wares. , . j To Continue Progressiveness It is the aim of the publishers of this newspaper to keep astride of the progressive steps that are being taken by this community, and with the cooperation of the community, it is sincerely hoped that the Journal may be an instrument,in making this a greater civic center, and, through its advertisingcolumns, aid the merchants of this territory to build .up their sales volume. j If the Journal can accomplish this, no doubt the cotnmunity will be strengthened to the point where they can make the Journal an even greater newspaper. The publishers of this newspaper not only invite the cooperation of advertisers, but invite the cooperation of each and every one of its readers, should a subscriber have an item of interest which he would like inserted in the columns of this paper. In order to make this possible, just forward it in an envelope addressed to Editor of the Journal. Advertisers are Numerous This week’s list of advertisers covers a wide range, offering the readers a diversified selection of current day values and practically anything they may desire to buy. On Page Two will be found a half-page advertisement of Kohler & Champion, Goshen, Indiana, who are offering smart spring suits and topcoats at very attractive prices. They also feature men’s accessories. Many Attractive Values On Page Seven is another half-page advertisement of the Wogomari Gift Shop,’ which offers the latest creations in draperies and wallpaper for the home and has, as the ad says,* “a thousand novel giits created from a thousand new ideas.” On Page Four is the advertisement of Ross Osborn featuring quality paints for home and general use. These attractive offers should be of interest to every home owner in this community. Used Cars Featured On Page Twelve the Chatten Motor Sales of Milford display in a half-page, attractive used car values which should interest everyone who is considering the purchase of an automobile. Chatten Motor Sales also feature a complete line of new Ford cars and trucks. On Page Eight a complete page is devoted to Indiana’s first Boat Show which is to open at Fort for one week starting Saturday, February 13th. Also on that page are the ads of three prominent marine craft dealers who have available for purchase- anything from a rowboat to one of the most luxurious lake cabin ships made for private use. Co-operation for Prosperity There are various other advertisements of merchants who are offering the same great values. We urge you to patronize them so that this section of the country might prosper and so that you and we may prosper with them.

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