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CLOSING MARKET QUOTATIONS THE HAMMOND TIMES CALUMET crnr FINAL EDITION XXXII, NO. 134. gBtTO HAMMOND, INDIANA, TUSEDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1937. UNITED PMBS I PRICE THRtlE CENTS CONTRACT AFTER LONG HUDDLE Leaders Try to Drum Up Support for Farm Bill THANKSGIVING WEEK-END TO BE DEVOTED TO MEASURE McNary Will Demand Draft Be Read in Senate-Calls it 'Terrible' By ALEX MORRIS i L'mtcd Correspondent! WASHINGTON. Nov.

23. i a lead- cs opened belated general i today to overcome incredsmt; opposition to the a of a legislation nt special session. Succcbii or a i of the drive i fur toward dacicllng whether nny of the four bills President Roosevelt wutits passed. will pet through before the special Is succeeded by the regular session January t. Kiune-itness of the effort wns ompha' uei! by announcement of Senate Majority Leader Alben W.

Unrkley. democrat. Kentucky, that i would be no week-end Thanksgiving holiday urn! tlmt ho expected vote on tho farm bill i i week. Although BarUloy satisfaction with prog- test, nt the it wns jeneuiHy believcrl thtit thu crop rol measure u'ould require longer dobi'tc. VV.mt« 1JIII Kcutl confronting the leiul- i illustrated by stiffen- i of sennte republican opposi- Mon Sotialo Minority Leader L.

McN'ary republican, Oiegon. describing the form bill as "terrible." smtl lie exnected to call fo: rending ot tho measure by the i Icrk, i to custom, because of i i i time in which to study it. Stub. move would retard debate considerably. Problems of tho leadership also wcro complicated by the administration program for encouragement of busmcsi, which will require tomo legislative action, the de- mauds of insurgents for quick tax revision and stiff opposition to priiiMge of wage-hour legislation Wliilo these undercurrents con- i tho administration leaders nllorl itpon legislators to get down to hard on the president's piogrnm.

A week of senate filibustering ended with sucress when the nntl- lynUiing bill was sidetracked for tho program sponsored by Sen. Jnmes P. Pope, democrat, tclo- ho, und George McGIII, democrat, Complicated "It's a terrible bill." said Minority Lender McNary. "There will bo CContinicd on P-tga THE WEATHER WILD NEAP SCHNEIDER Wants to Cook One for the Family Like He Did for General During War If John P. Council'-) uim Is us good this yuir ns in otiicr yenrs, tho i boirl of the McConn homi' 2'i Wilcox street.

Hammond, i pr.ice nice tur- Ucy done nn appetizing bi own. John, toilay. 'ippeured nt Hammond houio to i i license. "I'm tho renew i tuday us have reports there lire wild turkeys nbout." ho told MIM Aitln Gucci, deputy clerk. John told court nttnihes ho not nnly Wii-.

going out to the a i i i but that Mrs. Council waf tfolnp to have clay off Thin id ly. ho was going to cook the dinner. John i'cl itcd tluit during the World war he ti cook for the irirct I a Ho goes i Thunksgivmg. "I ookcd up some i banquet." for pet'erai 5 und other big shots of the nrrny in Ft mid I ctir.

tl" it for my family," he said I I his honorable rlisclnrge John in" an opeia'or for the and C-ihimot District Transit between Hnmmonc anil Cintaso Othcri uppeuml for hunt- i -b today i Curtis Bum!" Ai irrt O. Stewart. James B. I i i 'n Lloyil SMes. Daniel f'olviri Jesfic Ciubtrcc.

all of Hnmmor.O, and former World var vets Kiilr tonight iiml Wednesday with, rising temperature. Sunrise, (1:50 n. m. Sunset, p. m.

Moon- vlso, 10:33 p. m. Temperatures in Hammond No Lowost Nii .1 11 I MU in r. in 111 In 1 HI 0 in ID 11 1 Ill in It II a in 19D7 1331) 31, 10 II 13 fnlr FLASHES t'KGK VOTE ON BULL Wiwhlnicton, D. Nov.

clrnmutle plcn for vote on wage-hours legislation, Itop. Sum Knyburn 'of Toxno, democratic lender, nnd Rep. I'nt Botiuul of I'cnnsyl- vtuilii, party whip, today signed petition to bring the Bluck- Connury bill to the floor of the house. AGKEK ON SUBSTITUTE Washington, D. Nov.

Il.i most important action to date, the house ways and means tux subcommittee today tentatively agreed to substitute an entirely new corporate tax structure for thu present normal corporate and undistributed profits taxes. INVITED TO KANSAS CITV Kiinsus City, Nov. Bryce B. Smith of Kansas City today Invited Harry Ifarnslcy, New Albany, who chose to RO in jail rather tlitin send his children to school through dangerous traffic hazards, to take up Ms residence here, the "safest city for children." CHINESE QUIT ShatiKlml. Nov.

Following receipt of "unodieliil advices," presumably from Jup- anrso authorities In the International Settlement, the five lending Chinese newspapers In Shanghai suspended publication toduy. The Chinese official news agency also ceased to function In Shanghai. PONDElT Washington, D. Nov. circles hero today pondered the 10 points advocated In radio speech last night by Senator Vandcnberic, republican, Michigan, as necessary to end the current business recession.

i i i a also one statement us indicative of possible renewed iw- tlvity to form an lustlve merger of so-called liberal republicans and conservative democrats, a fasorlte project of Vnnilen- In recent years. TELF.GKAPHKKS STRIKE St. Louis, Nov. S)--A strike of telegraph and telephone operators and IIICH- Honirurs In the main St. Louis office of the Postal-Telegraph Cable company today tied up the company's service in St.

Louis. John Mclxuighlin, organizer for the American Radio and Telegraphists' association, a CIO affiliate, culled the strike. He tut Id DO of tho 106 employes in the main office joined tho strike in a demand for a better wage wale and better working conditions. DIES Bridgeport, Nov. (U.P.)--A fninlly of five was accidentally asphyxiated today by gan from a leaking main, Tho victims ttcru Kujmond C.

a secrotury a( the YMCA, his wife, Elizabeth, and their three children, two girls unri boy. Tho bodies nero found In their single-family home by police, summoned by neighbor who, fearing the Yeotiiunii hml overslept, tried to uroiiMi them by calling at the house and later telephoning. SOLD ImlUimpolis, Nov. 23-(INS)--Comities, townships and cities legally may sell their deposits in closed banks, Attorney (letieral Omer S. dackson held In an opinion given to Wllllum P.

Cosgrovc, chief examiner of the state board of accounts. Tho opinion paves the wny for seme 100 units of government to obtain money they deposited in bunks before 1033 when the slate sinking fund law became operative, according to Cosgrove. CHILD ESCAPES INJURY Richmond, Nov. (IN mighty thankful to be on tills Thanksgiving," said Connie Campbell, (), daughter of Mr. arid Mrs.

J. Allan Campbell of Dccntur, today. When her coat cuught on a door handle of tntlier's automobile while the family was vomliitt Richmond for the fnnenil of thu child's grandmother, Hie door flew open and Connie fell onto the road. Bc- cunse of the snow, she only wus scratched and wus pronounced In condition by physicians todav $75,000 CASE SETTLED OUT OF COURT BY WABASH ROAD Lafayette Woman Wins Damages Because of Husband's Death The $75,000 personal injury suit brought by Mrs. Fern Roger of Lafayette against the receivers of the Wabash railroad, which was being tried before a in U.

S. district court of Hammond came to an abrupt ending late yesterday when attorneys for the litigants reached an out-of-court settlement. Tho trial was halted yesterday afternoon when Federal Judge Thomas W. Slick agreed to the compromise settlement of the attorneys. Tho suit was based on a crash in January, 193S, which Mrs.

Roger wns seriously Injured, and her two children killed, when her auto was struck by a string of box cars being bricked up by a locomotive. Shirt Another Trial Attorney Tim Galvin, representing Mrs. Rogers contended that the box cars curried no warning lights and that tho railroad was negligent in failing to provide warning signals. Crumpacker Fredericks represented the railroad. The same attorneys were representing litigants in the jury trial today of the cnse of Mrs.

Betty Davis, of Lafayette, administratrix of tho estate of her husband, Syl- voator Dnvis, freight conductor of the monon, who was fatally injured Feb. 0, 1937, at Greentcastle. Mrs. Davis is suing the railroad for $50,000 damages. According to Attorney Galvin, Davis was fatally injured when he sought to fix an air pump on the train and was struck by the engine and several cars as the result of faulty brakes.

GARY MEN JAILED; SOLD BOYS RUM I A TO THE I CROWN POINT, Nov. men, operators of a tavern at 629 Washington street, Gary, were in county jail today, held on a charge of selling liquor to minors, violating the Sunday closing law and keeping open after the closing hours set by Indiana law. The tavern men, Frank Eldridge and William Zima, were arrested after three youths, ranging from 16 to 18 years of age, were seized affer they had allegedly broken into another tavern while they were intoxicated. Held as material witnesses for the state are Leslie Mayer, Leo Murray and Ted Collins, all of Gary, who allegedly purchased liquor from the tavern owners. CHICAGO HEIGHTS BANKER PASSES TO THE CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Nov.

Davis, 83-year-old Chicago Heights banker who died of pneumonia in West Palm Beach, last Saturday following a two-day illness, was buried this afternoon In Litchfield, III. Davis wns co-founder of the First National bank here in 1901, which was an outgrowth of the American Exchange bank. He was president of the national institution and, for several years, chairman of the board. He retired In 1930, The bank was closed during the depression, but depositors received 100 cents on the dollar. The last dividend was paid two weeks ago at the tlms of Davis' last visit to Chicago Heights.

Surviving are the widow, three sons and two daughters. YOUNGSTOWN RULED NO UTILITY HOLDING FIRM WASHINGTON, Nov. securities and exchange commission has issued an order exempting tho Youngstown Sheet and Tube company from the provisions of the public utility holding company act of 1935. The commission found that the greater proportion of the company's investments in fixed assets, relate to Its business of manufacturing and selling iron and steel products, and that It has only one subsidiary, Rio Grande Valley Gas company, a small public utility company. SOUTHERN STATES SHIVER FROM THE GOLD Warmer Weather Predicted for Tonight and End of Cold Wave CHICAGO, Nov.

ing temperatures promised today an end of a bitter cold wave but southern states residents still shivered from abnormally cold weather with the mercury lower at some Georgia, Alabama and Texas towns than in Canada. Five inches of snow fell at Palestine, where the temperature was 30 above zero in what Chicago weather forecaster, J. R. Loyd, termed "unusually severe weather." The mercury dropped suddenly at Austin, Tex, where 2.56 inches of rain fell yesterday, and snow began to fall this morning when the temperature was 32 at 7 a. m.

Lloyd's temperature chart showed these unusual temperatures: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, 4Q above at 7 a. m. Williston, N. 40 miles south of Canada, 30 at 7 a. m.

Macon, Ga, 26 above. Thomasville, on the Florida- Georgia boundary, 32. Montgomery, 30. Shreveport, 32. Oklahoma City, 28, Warm weather was predicted for tonight and tomorrow in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Minnesota, and Lloyd said "the real cold is passing on." Rain or snow was forecast for tonight and tomorrow in eastern North Dakota, Minnesota, northern Wisconsin and upper and lower Michigan.

ADMITS HE PAID NO ATTENTION TO A Here's how the Lake county parole system worked in the case of Stanley Sowula, 21, of 1118 Ames street, Hammond, according to his own admission on the witness stand Hammond municipal court yesterday: The youth was arrested in 1933 and given a suspended sentence of three to 10 years on conviction of burglary charges. He was placed on parole by Judge William J. Murray of the county criminal court. He wns taken Into custody for investigation twice after his criminal court appearance. Sowula was paroled to the Rev.

John Hestenes of Hammond and another person whom he could not recall. After gaining liberty he did not report nor were there any attempts made to check on his behavior during the period ofparole. The testimony was made under questioning by Deputy Prosecutor Paul J. Hawk during Sowula's trial for assault and battery upon Stanley Wojtera, 19, of 1120 street, Ilammond. Wojtera, who suffered a fractured nose and two black eyes during an alleged dice game in a Conkey street poolroom named Sowula as the assailant.

Sowula was discharged by City Judge Joseph Stodola when witnesses testified he had not struck Wojtera. The municipal judge de- iclared he will order police to padlock the poolroom, which he termed a breeding place for crime frequented by boy gamblers. He ordered a warrant issued for the arrest of Nick Byolick, East Hammond youth, who will be questioned for his alleged participation in the beating. GEORGE KORE? WON'T THROW ANY ONIONS IN FUTURE George Korem, 22, of 714 Gostlin street, Hammond, was under sentence of 60 days on the penal farm today after his arrest on a warrant obtained by his Invalid mother charging him with assault and battery. City Judge Stodola invoked the prison term and assessed an $11 fine after the youth tearfully testified that he had not intended to hit his mother with a sack of onions that was aimed at his sister, Helen.

The girl, Korcm said, "took after me with a broom." The sack of onions struck Mrs. Mary Korem, 55, in the face as her daughter dodged it Mrs. Korem recently suffered a stroke which left one side of her face partly paralyzed. INLAND FIRES 8 NEW OPEN HEARTHS AND SHUTS OFF 5 Region's Steel Rate Moves Up a Notch to 29 Per Gent Today Reversing a downward trend that began nine weeks ago, Inland Steel company at Indiana Harbor today fired eight large open hearths in Plant No. 2 and shut down five smaller units in Plant No.

I resulting in an increased production rate. The eight furnaces in Plant No. 2, reputed to be the largest of its kind in the world, are supplying metal for the strip mill which produces automobile steel. Company officials hesitated to say whether the upturn today indicates a continued expansion in the near future. They pointed out that last week's rate was one of the lowest of the year and naturally resulted in a sizeable accumulation of orders.

Hope for Orders "While we are producing these orders under our advanced productive rate prevailing today, additional commitments may come through to sustain or even raise the operating level," one official Behind his conservative remarks could 'bfr- deteoted a note of optimism. He admitted that automobile manufacturers are nearlng the bottom of their heavy inventories and he expressed the belief they will have to order heavily soon if they intend to maintain the current rcte of output. While Inland Steel stepped up output, Youngstown Sheet and Tube company across the way continued at the same rate that prevailed last week, operating three out of seven open hearths, one out of two blast furnaces, and its Bessemer converter. Inland Steel, incidentally, is using two of its four blaat furnaces and will keep them in operation through the next few weeks. Over In Gary, Carnegie-Illinois Steel corporation is using 17 of 52 open hearths and four of 12 blast furnaces.

The corporation's South Chicago mill reports no change from the rate in effect last Monday. Region Rate 39 Inland Steel's higher rate Increased that for the Chicago-Calumet district area to 29 per cent of capacity today, a rise of one point over last week. This reverses the nine-week decline from a rate of 82.5 per cent in the week beginning Sept. 13. A year ago, production was at 77 per cent of capacity.

The moderate step-up in the Chicago-Calumet area reflects an inflow of orders during the pabt week in about the same volume as in the preceding week. Analysis of the week's business, however, shows comparatively little from the automobile industry which has been counted, upon to furnish the real stimulus to aggregate orders. HUNT SEX CRIMINALS Two sex criminals are being sought by Gary police today, one for an attempted attack on a 15- year-old girl by a youtfi her own age and the other on charges made by a young boy. Rose Wojewoda, 15, 2556 Connecticut street, named a 15-year-old Lew Wallace high school student as the boy who attempted to attack her early last night. She was walking home taking a short cut through a vacant lot when the youth whom she recognized, accosted her.

She screamed and kicked at him to free herself and frightened, he ran away. Her parents said she exhibited bruises on her body as proofs of the, attack. The youth will be arrested for juvenile investigation today. Search is also being extended for another sex fiend who reportedly molested the seven-year-old son of a west side resident. The boy said his assailant was heavy set, black hair and small mustache, bareheaded and dressed in dark trousers and leather jacket.

The father of the boy told police that the culprit induced his son to accompany him into an alley near their home, but the child broke away and escaped when the man tried to drag him between two garages. GLEN SIDDENS IS ACQUITTED OF CHARGES Court Decides He Was Not Guilty of Manslaughter in Automobile Accident Chief Justice Cornelius Harrington of Cook county Criminal court yesterday acquitted Glen Siddens, 26, of 4 Ogden street, Hammond, of manslaughter charges that resulted from a fatal Calumet City automobile collision in which the defendant's machine was involved. Siddens was indicted by the Cook county grand jury on recommendations of a coroner's jury that investigated the death of Edward M. J. Wright, 66, of 688 Douglas street, Calumet City.

Wright succumbed to injuries suffered in the collision with Siddens' machine at Pulaski road and Burnham avenue on Sept. 16. Attorneys Robert Pate of Whiting and Ray Clem of Florida, representing the Hammond youth, introduced a stack of photos as exhibits purporting to show that Wright's auto struck Siddens'. Eye-witnesses subpoenaed to testify were Mrs. Anna Winner of 4618 Towle avenue, Hammond; Chester Dawlinski of 702 May street, Calumet City, and Lewis Lotz of Michigan City road in Dolton.

EXTENT OF TAX REDUCTIONS FOR LAKE REVEALED Auditor Receives Copy of Changes Made by the State Board TO THE I CROWN POINT, Nov. extent to which the state tax board slashed 1938 levies of Lake county's 28 major governmental units was indicated today when County Auditor Joseph E. Finerty released the state board's figures and the comparative rates established by the Lake County Board of Tax Adjustment several weeks ago. Whiting property owners will enjoy a reduction of 9 cents; those in Crown Point, 7 cents, and those in Gary, 5 cents Hobart's reduction amounts to cent and that East Chicago to 3 mills. The state board still is withholding its ruling on Hammond's rate.

Rates authorized by the slate board for Lake county's 11 towns also show decreases from the county board's figures. St. John enjoys a cut of 3.4 cents; Schneider, 6 cents; Schererville, 4 mills; Munster, 8.3 cents, Lowell, 22 cents; Highland, 1 cent; Griffith, 7 mills; East Gary, Hobart, 34.6 cents; East Gary, Calumet, 33.7 cents, and Dyer, 15 4 cents. The following tabulation shows the reductions more clearly and, at the same time, gives a comparison with 1937 rates: County State 1937 1938 1938 $2.9555 $2.86 4.08 3.986 3.98 3.24 3.643 3.32 3.657 3.60 2.74 2.983 2.98 3.12 3.213 3.14 2.88 3.114 3.08 3.56 2.62 2.56 1.98 1.944 1.94 4.34 3.137 3.26 2.74 2.863 2.78 3.76 3.50 3.28 2.70 2.73 2.72 3.08 3.427 3 42 4.206 3 86 4.337 4.00 Dyer 2.76 2.954 2.80 In this tabulation, the column of figures headed "County 1938," indicates the rates set by the Lake County Board of Tax Adjustment and the other column, headed "State 1938," indicates the rates set by the state tax board. It will be seen, therefore, that despite the state tax board's reductions for next year, the vast majority fo 1938 levies still exceeds the 1937 levels.

Pinerty explained that some of the downward revisions for next year resulted from his reductions in poor relief rates. Unit Whiting Hobart Hammond Gary Chicago Crown Point St John Schneider Schererville New Chicago Munster Lowell Highland Griffith E. Gary (Hob 4.38 E. Gary (Cal.) 3.94 CHRISTMAS NECKTIES FOR PRESIDENT KNOXVILLE, Nov. knitted one neckties will be Mrs.

Roosevelt's Christmas' gift to the president-and they won't be pink. In revealing the purchase of the somber-colored cravets a mountain craft shop at Norris Dam today, the first lady said: "I bought him several ties with pink in them last year, and he didn't seem to like them very well, so I am guarding against pink this year." Mrs Roosevelt spoke here. NORMA, ENGLISH ACTOR LINKED Norma Shearer and David Niven More than once it has been mentioned that Norma Shearer, lovely star of the screen, and David Niven, young English actor appearing in Hollywood movies, are "that way" about each other. And, to support these reports, Norma frequently is seen with Niven as she is here at Los Angeles opera. (Central Press) County Council Meets Dec.

2 to Undo Mistake Finds It Had No Business With Court Attache Salaries TO THE I CROWN POINT, Nov. on instructions from Phillip Zoercher, state tax board chairman, County Auditor Joseph E. Fuierty today called a special meeting of the county council for Dec. 2 and 3 to restore to Lake county court attaches salary reductions made by the council at its September budget meeting. Finerty said that other appropriations to pay certain county expenditures such as for food for the county jail would also have to be considered at the special meeting.

Zoercher notified Criminal Judge William J. Murray in a letter today that he was instructing Finerty to call a meeting of the county council. In pointing out that the council had exceeded its power in fixing salaries of court attaches, Zoercher took occasion to criticize County Attorney George Hershman. Said Zoercher: "If the county attorney had done his duty he would have notified the county council they had no authority to reduce the salaries of court bailiffs and not fair to the court to make him issue a mandate." Zoercher's "reference to the issuance of a mandate was in reply to Judge Murray's letter to the tax commissioner that he had legally set the salaries of attaches of his court and he felt the council had no right to change them. He had stated that he would instruct his attaches to file mandamus suits to force the county to pay the salaries fixed by him.

The council cut salaries of reporters $300 a year and set ail court bailiffs' salaries at $1,800 and rid ing bailifs at $2,400. Judge Murray had acted in de fense of his reporter, Francis Karn, and his bailiff, Eli Keserich, but as a result all court attaches' salaries in the county will be affected. In his letter to County Audito Finerty, which he enclosed with the letter to Judge Murray, Zoercher said that the council will also have to reallocate and reappropriate an item of $100,000 for road materials to be used by WPA labor in making repairs on county rural highways. The council and the tax adjustment board had eliminated the item from the budget. TRAFFIC DEATHS Total Now 126 Which Is 36 Per Cent More Than 1936 Three more traffic deaths in the Calumet district last week boosted the 1937 total to 326 fatalities, a 36 oer cent increase over the 93 deaths reported at the same time last year.

Last week's mortalities occurred in East Chicago, Whiting and Gary, with Hammond and Calumet City enjoying clean slates. Gary is far and away in the lead this year with 69 deaths. Hammond is far behind in second place with 29. And East Chicago holds onto third place with 20. Calumet City's toll is six and Whiting's, two.

Last year at this time, Gary also was leading with 47 deaths. Hammond had suffered 29; Calumet City, 11; East Chicago, six, and Whiting, none. These comparisons reveal that Gary and East i a have recorded sharp increases to date; whereas, Hammond is holding its own and Calumet City has marked up a decrease. Whiting's current total of two deaths is the highest in many years; nevertheless, the toll is relatively low when compared with that of surrounding municipalities. DROPS DEAD WHILE HUSKING WASHINGTON, Nov.

Heithecker, 65, a Plamville implement dealer, yesterday dropped dead while husking corn with his son, Louis, on a farm neari Plainville. $50,000 IN XMAS MONEY Christmas Savings club depositors in the Calumet National bank of Hammond are beginning to cash almost $50,000 in 1937 checks which they received through the mail yesterday and Monday, Cashier Edward Meyer reported today. He said the distribution went to approximately 1,250 depositors and represented the amount of money they had deposited in their clubs since a year ago this month. Meyers added the $50,000 disbursement is the highest since the bank adopted this form of saving three years ago. He anticipates an even greater total next year.

The Mercantile bank of Hammond is preparing to place its 193 checks in the mail within the next few days, according to Cashier Charles Tompkins. He was unable to compute total today, but said it will exceed $30,000. Both banks are opening new Christmas Savings clubs now and report an active interest in the plan. PILOT HELD FOR MURDER COLUMBUS, Nov. (U.P.)--Edward Winn, 23, a transport pilot and resident of Columbus, is being" held at Dallas, on charges of armed robbery and murder of a Texas baker, authorities were notified today.

Police arrested Winn when they found him driving an automobile belonging to Willard L. Presley, 23, Dallas baker, who was shot to death on a road near the outskirts of the city. Winn left his home here about two weeks ago after allegedly forging checks totalling approximately $175. Local authorities also cbarge him with several small robberies in Columbus. BIDDERS FIND THEY SHOULD PUT UP FULL AMOUNTBONb Offers of Chicago Firm Are Accented for Sanatorium Addition TO THE CROWN POINT, Nov.

23. --It took five hours and 40 minutes for the board of county commissioners to award a contract for the tuberculosis sanatorium addition to the lowest bidder yesterday. The bidder, James McHugh and Son of Chicago, submitted base and alternate i on specifications which were changed as late as Sunday afternoon. The successful bidder submitted a base bid of S29G.OOO; an alternate bid of $274,000 and another of $278,500, the latter being the one which President Charles Baran of the board of commissioners finally decided was the most acceptable and the lowest Baran made the contract award announcement. It was the first meeting which he had attended in seven weeks.

He said he had been ill Approved by Zoercher Award of the contract was made after a telephone call to Phillip Zoercher, chairman of the state tax board. Zoercher, according to County Auditor Joseph E. Finerty, ordered the contract awarded to the lowest bidder. Previous to the contract award. it had been announced that four contractors were able to meet the eligibility requirements for bonds.

The commissioners demanded that a surety bond for the amount of the bid be furnished by the successful bidder. Half of the bidders revealed that they had been told by the architect that the 5 per cent certified check would suffice, although the specifications provided that the surety bond would be acceptable. Most of the day was spent in conferences behind closed doors by the commissioners. What transpired in the conference was not disclosed, but those who remained until late afternoon to hear Baran fContinued or. Page Eighteen) STEEL IS SELLING ITS PROPERTIES Gary Land Is Offered for Sale by the Subsidiaries of Corporation CHICAGO, Nov.

23. (INS)-Properties in more than 40 different industrial centers throughout the United States and worth "many millions of dollars" were offered for sale today by the subsidiaries of United States Steel corpoiation. A spokesman for the Carnegie- Illinois Steel corporation, announcing that invitations for bids had been sent out, said. "It is a case of selling properties no longer needed. Often plants are moved, thus leaving old buildings standing, and necessitating the sale." In addition, residential, quarry and plant sites have been put on the market and even farm lands, which were made useless to the corporation after the stone deposits, for which they were purchased, had been removed.

The most valuable parcel offered was said to be a 53-acre area on the Chicago river here, on u-hich now scands the mammoth old Union works of the Carnegie-Illinois company. While the company declined to estimate the value of the land and properties for sale throughout the country other to say they would run into many millions, observers hazarded a guess that the total value would reach at least $50,000,000. The properties for sale, according to the company, are loacted in or near Chicago, Eas: St. Louis, TJL, Joliet, Waukegan, 111., Gary. Ind, and Stinesville, Ind.

SPECIAL MASS A Requiem High Mass for the ate John F. Fitzgerald was celebrated in the chapel of Mt Mercy sanitarium today. Present at the mass was his son, Edwin Fitzgerald and friends The sisters' choir sang the mass and the Rev. P. Lacosky was at the organ.

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