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VOLUME XXXIV--NUMBER 141 GREELEY, COLORADO SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1942 Written by Orxlty In HT1 WEEKLY TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1870 Tokyo Claims Japs Co Thru Aussie Lines British Admit Jap Troops in Johore State Downtown Singapore and Dutch Isles in One Picture I'rrtj) Canberra, Australia, Jan. reinforcements are arriving In the Malayan battle rone, It was authoritatively disclosed today. By C. YATES McDANIEL (AjMctnted Proas) Singapore, Jan. 17.

Japanese soldiers pounding into Johore slate toward a major battle for Singapore sained a foothold on the south bank of tlie Miiar River, 90 miles from Singapore Island, and havo pushed forward elements to (ho i city of Gemas, the British acknowledged today. The communique did not eay where the Muar crossing was made but it added that the British bombers dealt out devastation on troop laden launches and barges near tlio mouth of the stream, -which empties Into Malacca strait ahoul 100 miles northwest of the city of Singapore, (In London a military commentator said the Muav river crossing meant the Japanese had pushed a spearhead closer to Singapore than at any time since the invasion was launched. He emphasized this die not mean the Japanese were in con trol of the entire southern bauk nnd indicated that the British were putting up stubborn resistance.) On tho home Trout, more than 70 Japanese planes raided the Singapore area In two attacks am the Far East command said pre Hminary reports showed civilian casualties amounted to about 150 One Japanese plane was reported shot down, two more probably downed and two damaged. But the a i theatre of fighting suddenly eh If ted to the western coastal area along the Strait of Malacca. "On the western purl of tbe front the enemy succeeded In getting a footing on the south bank of the Muar river," the Far Eastern command communique (Associated An official Tokyo broadcast as- serted today that Japan's Invasion artnles bad broken thru Australian defense iinea in the watu Pahat sector, only BO miles northwest of Singapore, and It was apparent that a 1 crisis was near In tlie fate of Britain's $400,000,000 stronghold.

Another Tokyo broadcast, quoting dispatches datelined "With Jap- annse Forces oa Bataii Peninsula, Luzon Island," declared that U. S. army defenders of the Philippines were In general retreat toward tho coast of Manila hay, apparently hoping to find shelter on Corregidor island. Tho Tokyo radio said Japanese observation planes reported American and Filipino artillerymen were abandoning battery positions and that large columns were Joining In a general retreat toward Mni.ila hay and the west coast of Batan peninsula. British A i Jap Gains British headquarters in Singapore acknowledged a Japanese troops had gained foothold on the south bank of tho strategic Muar river, 90 miles of Johore strait which separates Singapore Island from the mainland.

Singapore dispatches said a major battle was developing In tlie Malayan jitnglos to tlie northwest. Domel, tlio official Japanese news agency, declared a Japanese troops reached the Bain Faliat sector at dawn today, with a spearhead of mechanized forces striking down the west coast of Johore state from Malacca straits settlement. In i i near CJemas, northeast of Malacca, Dome! said Japanese troops had wiped out half of an Australian force of 1,000 men. Other Japanese Invasion columns were reported striking into British Burma--Defended hy mixed forces British imperial troops--in ail at- (5 Of Army's Ferry Pilots And 1 Actress Carole Lombard Among 22 Are Dead In Airliner's Crash The highlands of the RMo Archipelago, In thi Dutch Eait Indict, are pointed out (above) In this general view of Singapore and Singapore Strait. Axil report: laid Japanese troopi, in an encirclement of Singapore, had landed In the island, of the Rhlo Archipelago, view of Singapore It looking aouth from the top of a tall hotel.

It was made by Oeane Dlckaion, American lecturer- traveler The butch Rhlo Archipelago It located on th Intel oclated Press Telemat service. Half Billion Suggested To Take Care of Unemployment Due to Shift to Defense Manufacture U. S. Contracts for 1632 (Associated Prcaa) Washington, Jan. mari- i commiEslon announced today It had negotiated contracts for the construction uf 632 additional merchant vessels.

These, It said, would bring Its program up to President Roosevelt's request for deadweight tons of shipping tills year and IGjOOO.OOO deadweight tons next year. Captain Howard L. Vlckery, a member of tlie commission, estimated thu 632 vessels, all of the emergency type known as Liberty ships, would cost about $1,110,000,000. All the vessels are to be completed by the end of 1943, Navy's Mid-Pacific Patrol Has Sighted Some Enemy Subs, Says Writer Aboard a Heavy Cruiser North Weld Is Due for Top Registration The North Weld Draft board. No.

14, is expected 10 register nioro men for selective service Feb. 10 than any other draft Ijoard in Coin- ratio, according to estimates by state officiate. Tlic registintlot. will lie for those 20 to 41, Inclusive, not previously registered. Nortli a bonnl i headquarters in Greeley, is estimated at 2.75S registrants while tlie Koulh Weld draft board No.

a a at Fort Lnpton, is expected to register a total for the county of 4,508. Only ona other draft board, No, 5 of the ten in Denver, hae a quota higher a No. 14, Groeley. Its of American aviators, Chinese and The state estlmnten at 81,482 (Associated Preii) Washington, Jan. Roosevelt lead- era reached an agreement today on proposed legislation to provide an appropriation of between J450.000,* 000 and 1600,000,000 to take care of an estimated men expected to be thrown out ef work temporarily while Industrial plants arc converted to war production.

Senator Barkley of Kentucky, senate majority leader, said after a i HonseVonference that the plan called for unemployment compensation benefits equal to 60 per cent of normal wages, but not to exceed $24 a week, with the federal government making up the differ- nco where men are now receiving tale unemployment aid. lie said the president would communicate with congress, probably jy letter, early next weRk on the subject and that a bill providing Kith the authorization and the appropriation would be whipped Into sliape some time i tbe week. will originate in the House Appropriations Committee. l.snpt to rut off China's backdoor rrute of war supplies. Dispatches from Rangoon, the Burmese capital, said contact was made with the Japanese at Mylltn, in a broad valley 12 miles inside a New Threat Conceded In conceding the dangerous new Japanese toward Singapore, British headquarters declared: "Fighter a i a delivered a successful altack on launches and barges laden with troops near the mouth of the a river.

"One of the launches blew up when attacked, and heavy casual-. ties were I i on personnel In paten for VVelil county, wl iliP. Imrcpq al of a bein I Hi; UUl i i i Denver estimate a 23, SCO. Estimates for nearby counties in clurlo: Houliler 2, B3; Morgan 1,203 and Adams Registration for tliope under 2( and over 45 will he fixed later. $5,219 Given Red Cross in 'County Drive Cross emergency cam which liaa a i i SlnBnpw'c underwent two day- to a close Saturday wilh roporls light rnlds as 70 Japnncae planes hombetl the Island colony, leaving 160 killed and wounded.

Weather Local for 24 houra ending 8 a. m. a a high 31, low 9. Colorado--Light snow In mountains and northwest portion today and early tonight; colder north portion late today and tonight. Shippers forecast--Suspended e(- fccllve today, rolling In from workers In Greeley nntl oilier comnuinitlos of the county.

Kenneth Peterson; Hnauco chairman, reported confvibulions up lo Frltlny night of i5.21fi.25. Bundles for In Grceloy has (125 to tlio Hed Cross. Bundles for i a i Is discontinuing tho work of its organization here, its offlcera informed tho Red Cross. afternoon Hed Cross offices were transferred lo the Red Cross Sewing room in Frederick Man's Funeral Friday (Associated Denver, Jnii. aer vicea were held in Loiigiiiont today for Michael Sweeney, 11, widely known Colorado mining innn lived in LeadviUe for many yeurs i 1J108.

wlien he came to Den ver. Sweeney died Wedneaday nt his home In Frederick, where he had moved 1917. Truck Driver Killed by Train At Deertrail I'rrss) Deertrnil, Jan. Haliei-tliler, 3G, of Strasburg. statd hlgliwny a truck driver, was hilled todny i hia truck was hit and smashed by westbound Union Pacific imssengcr a i The Iruck'e gasoline lank exploded in the crnsh and sprayer, Haber- thler'B clothing wllli flfimes, but toTvnapeoplo qnicltly cxtlngulslied the fire.

Witnesses Haberthler, driving Deer.rail with a load of failed lo cc the approaching passenger train leeanae of freight train which i i at the crossing at tho edge of i small Arapiihoe county town. The witnesses said also a the passenger a i which does not i stop Deertrail, was traveling at fairly slow speed. The gravel truck was rooked completely. Coroner Jay M. Hatfield of En- glcwaad was summoned to Investigate, Woman Badly Burned Dies Not Knowing She Gave Birth to a Son Seattle, Jan.

Kaiper Peter M-llang, 26, died today without knowing that shs had given'Caesarian birth to son a few hours after her husband hid -carried tier from their blazing home In White Center, a south side suburb. Mrs. Mellang, who had received severe burns, also was unaware that her husband, 33, and their year clu son, James Henry, died of burns. Hospital attendants said the newborn Infant had a good chance to survive. japs Start Heavy Attack On MacArthur (Associated Press) Washington.

Jon. war department announced today that heavy Japanese attack was In progress against the right flank of American nnd Philippine troops in the Bnlnn peninsula In the Philippines. A communique said the enemy, supported by aircraft and artillery, greatly outnumbered General Douglas MacArtliur's troops, but that the defenders "are stubbornly contesting the attempted advance. A i right flank is anchored on a i a hny, and defends the lone highway extending southward dcwn the rugged Hatan peninsula to Concgirlor fortress at the entrance of the bay. With Japanese Forces on Peninsula, Luzon Island, Jan.

Japanese broadcast recorded by AP)--General MacArthur's Another Pilot Saw Craft and Blaze On Mountain So. Of Las Vegas (Asiocitlptl Press) Las Nev. Jan. houri of frttful willing In hotel room, Actor Clark Cubic Jolnid the 18-hour old iearch for a misting luxury airliner believed to have on-led hli wife, Carole Lombard, and 21 other occupants to their deaths. Gable, nervous and distraught, had been persuaded by police to word here.

But Boon after noon the strain became too much, and he left for the mountains I with Sheriff M. E. Ward. The actor's face was drawn and lined. Dark glasses hid his eyes.

He wore i hat carelessly and his shoulders were stooped, Almost simultaneously, Vice- President L. G. Fritz of TWA an. nounced In Kansas City that wreckage of the liner had been located 35 miles southwest of here by a searching plane of the airline. Dead in Air Crash (AsiocIuM Press) By Tom Yarbrough With the United States Pacifli Fleet, Jan.

17. It Is sunset, and Ihi ship's loudspeaker broadcasts tin order "darken ship, darken ship. 1 The loudspeaker emits a mourn ful tone. The voice coming from i Is mindful of a police broadcaste "calling all cars, calling all cars, with a bad case of 'ndcnolds and cold. The tropical nlglit falls nnicklj Not a pinpoint of light is showin as our heavy cruiser and its con pauioii warships plunge ahead on ganttc patrol Job somewhere I mid Pacific.

Tiiere isn't any cocktail hour, for Uncle Sam's navy is sill! but out here at sea watches are hard and are lilgh, there Is less howllir. about the lack of a drink than there Is In Honolulu, which went dry under law after tho Japanese attack of Dec. 7. Is war by night, the same as by day. In the distance can be seen the fuzzy silhouettes of the great shins that are with us.

A false anywhere would mean disaster. Disaster also awaits any vessel that fails to 'show the correct recognition signal after wo challenge it. This deadly force has patrolled of a of square miles the post few days, almost entirely without incident. A few enemy submarines were reported sighted, but what happened to tluirn remains for the- navy to say. MI-HI of thn shooting has been tnrKCt No major Japanese foice has appeared in tlie.se waters i 7, when Haw.tii was surprised with a murderous attack.

Gunners' Itchy trijiger-flngcrs tough on whales, whose big Los Angeles; Jnn. Lov ig Cnrolo Lombard, actress wife Clark Gable, and 21 other pass- ngers, including her mother nud army fliers, apparently perished ast night in the explosive crash of TWA luxury airliner near Las 'egas, Nov. Flames wero sighted from the Ir soon a the accident, and here was no Indication of life bout the wreckage. Horses Needed to Reach Plane Ground parties were struggling with i i today thru the rug-1 led mountains. They abandoned (tempts to travel afoot, and took horses, Woody Pierce, Las Vegas policeman who hunted during the i for the wreckage, said: "The ground Is so rough I wore the sole off one boot.

We concluded only on horseback could we reach the scene." Searching parties were headed by TJndersherlff Glenn Jones and Major Herbert Anderson, executive officer of an army gunner school at Las Vegas. Deputy Coroner Jack Carole Lombard, above, wife of Clark Gable anti herself one of the leading film comediennes, was among the 22 dead, including 15 army pilots, in an airplane crash Friday night southwest of Las Vegas, Nev. British Take 'AxisTobruk' At Halfaya Hitler Claims Gain In Crimea But Ignores Other Fronts (Associated London, a troops of the Rod army down i the Cleimnn lines in Mozhaisk sector loilay lu i i guerrilla i for siuilts ccxmHiinLcd i fiem; pros- sure on tlic front anil a by llrd army a forces bent on i i ou that salient, according to yd-" i a i London, German to check the- Knrf- i i Eirlviincc we it; tn 1 nieiuluiis cost und nil wore the Soviet Information a ilu- dared, direct nspiu.U with nlncer actions, the Una a is peeking to wipe out the invader? d'Ifling i a at a i 57 i i of iliu a i a 4 Gave Seats In Death Plane To Army Fliers (Associated Albuquerque, N. Jan. Szgetl, famous Hungarian violinist, and three women gave up their seats to army pilots and escaped a crash of a TWA luxury liner near Vegas, In which all aboard apparently perished.

Szgeti, now an executive of the 9 veBua. a of in. Nation. and Jim Wilson. Broadcasting Corporation, was en route to Hollywood reported en route to Hollywood to work on a new picture with Irving Berlin.

He wilh the others--Idtntlfied by TWA as Mlaa Mary Anna Johnton, Benicia, Mrs, Florence Sawyer, Port IP nd, and Mrs. Carl Brandener Holton, for the coast by the next TWA plane last night- Indian tracker who knows the. mountains like a book, accompanied Jones. The army air corps ferry com-. mnnd at Long Beach, said the army fliers aboard the crashed luxury liner were members of a ferry command returning to the Pacific coast for new assignments.

TWA said they boarded the plane at Albuquerque, where four other passengers were put off to make room for the pilots. The Douglas Sky Club made a brief, stop at L-ns Yegas and took off at 7:07" P. M. (8:07 P. MST).

About 7:30 P. workers at the Dine Diamond mine saw a flaro and heard an explosion. Fire Southwest of Las Vegas A few minutes later, Pilot Art Cheney of Western Air Lines saw fire on Table mountain, about 40 miles southwest of Las Vegas. Movf.an Gillette, 25. co-pilot, "It's a TWA plane and I can't Loa Angeles.

find any signs of life," Cheney I Alice Qelz. 25. hostess, Kcwnnee. radioed. He said he turned on his HI- ami Los Angeles.

landing lights in on to (Us-1 Carole 32. Hollywood. cover whether anyone was moving I MTM- K. Peters. Holly-1 about the wreckage.

wood. Ixjnliard's mother. Crash High on Mountain Oitu Wlnklcr. Hollywood, M-G-M i Tho plane crashed more than 1 li lt rciiL-esciitotive. flOO fept up Table mountain in the i Hamilton, Lincoln rugged Passenger List Of Air Transport Thought Destroyed Press) Los Angeles, Jan, 17.

The com- pldto passenger Hst on the plant- whlri. crashed near Las Vewas. as ami mi need today by United Sin if-' a i i and A Cain Williams, 4 1 pilot, i Los A nuclei 1 ntul Nyuck, N. Y. range.

The i Mich. wHh several Charleston ground is covered inches of snow. Gable, who had been waiting nt Lockheed air terminal, Burbunk, to welcome Carole home, learned instead of the crash. He chartered an airplane to fly to Lns Vegi.3 to join tbe searching party. a Badly "Broken Up" But police dissuaded i and he waited at hotel for word from the posses.

Ho declined to accept Lieut. James C. Barham, Wnco, Tex, Kornrd L.Ieut. Stewart L. Swenson.

(AsscdaUJ i i sli'ge forces toil.iy t-nii- tnred the "Axi.s Tobruk" i hold tit a a a i I I mi tho KsyptIan-Libyan frontu-r miles behind the main a tor, as tbe hoUl-out garrison of inrre a 5,500 German and i a i i troops Inid down their a i in unconditional surrender. Cui off from writer and supplies, tbe garrison hoisiod tlio white flag amid a tempestuous assault by British dive-bombers, ur.it- ei-j- and guns of the British fk'et. The fall of the cliff-guarded cl- ludel, announced by British middle east a i wiped out ihe- last Axis resistance in the Libyan- 1 Egyptian bonier area ami g.ivn (lift 1 British a cress to the main const at route of supply to their advanced i armies driving Into Trlpolttania. While Axis forces held the pass; the British had been compelled tn reinforcements and supplies- over a hazardous desert trail almost' 100 miles to the south. Cairo military quarters, over the capture, polntud out i British troops engaged In the Hul- faya siege would able reinforce the matn imperial pursuing lien.

i Rommel's 1 Axis armies along iho gu.f of Hitler Claims Sevastopol Victory 1 On tbe Soviet war front, Adolf Hitler's hlgli command assert nl that German and allied a i a troops had thrown back i a Russian a a on the Sevastopol front. In tbe Crimea, nnd declared that iNnai forces had also scored local success easi of Kursk, 300 miles- southwest of Moscow. is one of tlie main defense anchors on Hitler's new i line. The high command said Russian casualties in the Sevastopol lighting were bf-avy and a a touslal batteries had forced Soviet vessels to i a from the Crimean west crKisl. Hitler's headquarters made nn report on i ing near 4P miles north of Sevastopol, i i i Hie Russians wero said to be p.t« a a the main tioi Fc-utb laUroad line in an a cut off tbe a of 100,000 Gei nri'i I Nazis Skip Over Other Fronts Tlio Nazi i i VMson D.

Nolson. hadows often resemble sub- marinop. As one. officer cautioned Ills men: "Wlien you see a whale! i a i and a gun, it's no longer wlinle." This afternoon our guns gave a demonstration of the kind of fire as forces, stubbornly holding out on ftu fihl have to (nt Ilalnn wero In general ast of tho 8alvo cnngllt retreat today toward the coast of Manila Buy, presumably In liopos of finding shelter on Corrcgidor island. Since tho Japanese began hurl- Ing additional landing reinforcements at them Jan.

IB, the United Slates forces have been unable to a a the- pressure. (Tho war department In Washington gave no Indication of develop- nenln to bear out this broadcast report of an American retreat. It said wh1r attack by overwhelming Jau-1 llane8 wn Program at Lucas School Program nnd a i given hy pupils of tho Lucas school and a In Ilio i will be given Thursday night, Jan. 22 at the pehool. will be nccompn nied by a box social nnd carnival.

On Wednesday nlgit, NToble Sanrlen, county Jan. 21, cr, will speak before tho adult edu- Oreeley building where contrilm- cation clnss wlilcli meets at the Nona were being checked In. Telephone number at Iho Red Cross sewing room Is 131. Lucas school. Mayor L.

h. Wilkinson of Greeley adrlrcflsed tho class on Wednesday, Jan. 15. me off guard as 1 turned aside to get some cotton for my ears, It nearly took me off my feel. The target was on a raft towed by a destroyer.

Thru our binoculars we could see geysers shoot into tlie air on all sides of the target as our gun salvos struck home. Wlillo planes based upon the aircraft carrier with 11 patrol far a a areas, pontoon-equipped been catapuiated from our ship keep watch over anese supported by seclors catapulting looka TM dangerous at first, but a It cornea off day a day without a was planes and arttllery, stubbornly contested.) Ctae a ii iotk; aa simrie ns iakfns is faBclnatliiR to these catapulted to be water. l.cxinptoii, Petonc! L1out, Si. C'lnud. Minn.

i-'icst Lieut. Hal Browne, Lon Reach. Calif. Snr-oiul Lieut. Kenneth P.

Donahue, i i i Mass. Lieut. Frederick J. Dill- badly broken up. a Cflllf.

Mtss Lombard. 32, was i Servant Rani A. gren and Sergeant Robert Ny- i i a Robert E. Crouch. H.eninpTM!) fronts, telephone calls and was described Indianapolis i her mother.

Pa. a a Funeral service for Steve Meyer will be bold a a at 2 o'clock from Mncya clrjnving room, ivtth i nt Linn Grove. nese artillerymen said), reported nhamlrming lottery and a i a Joining a general retreat toward a i a Jtay and the west coast of nalaii peninsula. More Sessions Needed On Price Bill Angles Washington, Jan. a a snltl today that a compromise- nrlco control bill i wonlrl resolve innjor differences between the senate and house hut would fail to meet President lioose- vek's objections to tlie aenato mens- uvo was being discussed by the conference- committee of tho two chambers.

Senators and representatives appointed to the group requested to iron nut differences between llio (wo bills Indicated a many more cloRoO-door sessions moot precedd a compromise report. land. Still. It alwa ace pilots of. pianos brace themselves Illei-ally allot across the The plnnes (lip ever so slightly as they leave tbe a a Then their pilots maneuver tlie slilps immediately, as neatly as they line! been In the air lialf nn hour.

they return they alight alongside the fillip and are hotater aboard by a Arch MaylpU's Mother Dies in Chicago Thurs. Eaton, Jan. 17. Arch Maylotl iccelveil word Thursday that hU mother, Mrs. A.

J. Mnylott. illoil Thursday In Chicago. Mr. Maylott left on tho streamliner from Sallo Friday evening.

The funeral will take place on Monday at 2 o'clock in Hancock, Minn. I been sighted. Mrs. Elizabeth K. 1'ctors.

ami grew, brothers, Dunl.ar, I'n. Wlnklcr, publicity a Private i a i a i i i i Gnldwyn-Mayer stinlio. She liail Mronx, gone east to help sell defense bonds. I David Tilgli- Galtle Is a i a of the Aclors I man, Hill. lid.

i which assigns i bcrni-ant I-. edcrick P. Cook, i stars to nssist the United I Pralasvlllc. N. C.

Slates treasury in bond sales over! I'rlvato Class a i tho country i Tollkamp. Lnmnlllc. 111. Lombard Sold 2 i i in Bonds ruiior.il H. A i Phil- Miss Lombard, born In Fort; adolplna.

Wayne. hn.l volunteered i a Albert M. Tlelcjchak, the i to her homo state. She sold 12,500.050 worth in one day, Thursday. Lost Life on Coin Toss Hollywood hoard i Wfnklcr preferred to inako Ihe i by train bill that tlie actress Insisted an airplane i They coin.

Miss Lombard wo: sumably lost her life. Wlnklcr, I-os AiiRCles newspaperman, a (Sable's imblicity and was understood to have mado the i nt tlie acloi-'s request. Capt. Wayne Williams, a veteran TWA pilot, wns at tho controls. I (Associated He recently had lieen transferred i Km-k, Jan.

to the Alhurmerrme-Ixs Angeles soldiers and a i a wero killed run from Kansas City. a nn i iiiunlicr of TWA said he pave no i of others Injured when a switch ens- I trouble: a tlio only message ino nnd train collided head-on on received from him a be tbe Missouri Pacific main Hue at A routine Perla, 40 miles south of here Visibility anil weather conditions In late today. Ihe nir.i were reported good. Major Dwlght Ijiwson, executive i i reports of tbe plane's officer at the a and navy gen- location wero apparently a i oral hospital at Hot Springs, said today's search i i ot the dead and six of the In- I)eo Houston, a mine employe, I jnred had been brought there. loH memhers of Iho posses In IJM I The dead wero listed as: Vegas I a ho had driven stakes I Otis Thacker.

Patsy, James OIflH.il Soviet dispatches acknowledged a Hie Germans had hunched i counter-attacks on i cenli'al lashing with' pi.Uc-1 divisions in heavy i i Mozhaisk, 57 miles wi-s! oi Mnsrow. where 100,000 ironps i are ilia! soil. Mi-7huisk Is the gateway to n-v. rowing Clei'Luan corridor to Smo- I leiH.k. 2H n-iles west ot Moscow.

i Reds Say Mozhaisk i i I A referring to tlie gie.it and perhaps decisive bank 1 i a to fled S1 it', i Soviet a de, tliiit llupsiaii bad i i i lines in one soctnr imrl tiro now "relentlessly pressing the i i iiml i i the breach." Tied a said Herman i i i launched rnnler- a twice in lioin-s only ro repulsed. 'Our men i their uilvnm-o over the Imdles of the allackers." ey loosed a 0 i id Engineer Die in Wreck tlie ground, pointing out Iho ell- L. Stcwnrt, Newport, Alfred rcctlon of the lio saw. ny Packott, Landvllle, W. James mill-morning, however, there wero S.

Stevenson, Louisville, and no reports a the wreckage liai Engineer S. C. Edgc-rby, LJHle Hock. 19 Yr. Old Slayer Is Electrocuted (Auociilcil Chicago, Jan.

17. Salunlay-- Deinnril i Sawlnkl. 19. whn nl one i nt I i 1 death but who crinsed In when told his last Eov lii had heen denied, w.is u.cd early for nmrUevini; a man. He entered tlio i at 12:02 a.m.

ftnd pronounced at 1:10 a m. Cars Collide at 17th Automobiles i i i hy Kve-ivit L. Churchill. 152.S Seventh Avenue, anil Hoy K. Tiiuun, 713 i i street, collided Friday ut i aveiiuo and stroc't i a damage, police reported.

Chiu-clitll was gotnjc west on street nml was i Tipton going north. Churchill (lani.lKO WHS around JtOO: Tipton daniago alnmt S7S..