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PTURE fET I SUM Iremler let to- Icham- any ard future Jlnd to lonflict how- after draft Icbanv ph on Is, nev- lole of pposed sanc- with some Ich as I would utiona tench than Ittend- Tparti- a pre- Borgan elebra- bharlea PS cus- Mor- ather- Cove, orig- Mor- high rles A. Jon, en lAmerl- I kidnap les. Of- Ehe fes- Lviator's Callender, the tics an addition of jeUBessert heir regular diet. he quintuplets wfHt al- ifed to have their the nuwery because of that cold germs Hflfnt be brought in, but Mama and' Papa Dionne and their elder brothers and sisters waved a "Joyeux Noel 1 through the window paries. Harvard University received one of the most valuable presents.

Thomas W. Lament, New York banker, presented $500,000 to endow first professorship for "roving" scholars of unusual ability. A blizzard brought cold and know to many midwestern states. A record seasonal low of 22 degrees below zero was established Devils Lake, N. as the moved slowly east.

In fac.t the weather was so at Santa Claus, BITTERCOLD (Continued Prom One.) -In Kentucky and Maryland, with the states blanketed in white. Zero In Virginia, shivered In zero cold and the mercury dipped to frigid levels in the Georgia and Florida. Atlanta reported 12 degrees, with a 6 point drop expected. Last night's low at Nashville was 11 above. In the Ten- neiiee mountains an unofficial 4 below was reported.

A storm from the northwest ripped across Hampton Roads and blew three scows and a derrick aground near Norfolk. Va. The cold wave left 15 known dead from exposure from Montana to. Tennessee. Three died In Illinois, two each in Iowa, North Dakota and Wisconsin, and.

single deaths were reported from Missouri, New Jersey, Arizona, Indiana, Tennessee and Montana. Icy highways were blamed for four deaths in Maryland and one in Illinois. Cold Over Wide Area. Zero weather reigned from the Dakotas, where Minot had 24 below, to a 2 below in the Virginia Snow was still falling in Western Maryland. emperatures slid to 12 below at Altamont, in tho mountains, to zero at Baltimore.

Motorists were stranded near Frederick and on the. eastern shore, Ocean City had its first white Christmas in 25 years. Washington, under a two inch snow blanket, shivered with 4 degree temperatures. Four thousand men were put to work clearing Now York City streets of an overnight snowfall. Temperatures there were around 21 degrees.

Buffalo. N. was covered with seven inches of snow and more was falling. was covered with freezing weather to the Mexican border. Oklahoma's minimum was 14, at Ponca City.

California was mild and cloudy, with rain or snow expected elsewhere on the West Coast. CHICAGO, Dec. cold and heavy snow held most of the nation in an icy embrace today. Thirteen persons lost their lives by freezing and exposure in the 24 hours ending at midnight. Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin each had two deaths by freezing and single deaths were reported in Missouri, New Jersey, Arizona, Indiana, Tennessee, Montana and North Dakota.

Blinding snow storms made driving habardous and hundreds of automobile crashes were reported with many fatalities. (Icy pavements added to the death list. The warmest spot In the nation yesterday was Phoenix, where residents basked In a maximum of 78 under warm, clear skies. Another comfortable spot was Seward, Alaska, where the day's high was 43 degrees. The weather was described as balmy with no snow on the ground.

For those who like a touch of nippiness, Devil's Lake, N. offered 18 degrees below zero, the coldest in the Nation. At Bismarck, it was minus eight degrees. Colder weather was forecast for TJlxie, although no citrus fruit damage was expected. Near freezing was promised for the Texas gulf coast where a north wind swept the state.

Fifty Marooned. WILDWOOD, N. Dec. drifts 15 feet deep today marooned 50 families In Wildwood Villas, a small community several miles west of here on Delaware Bay. The Cape May coast guard reported a 31-mile-an-hour wind was piling up the snow and the was 12 above.

only town of that name In the dedication of a 24- foot statue of the day's patron figure was held jndoora. Use a Dally Sun Want Ad for quick results. ROMWTIC-FINMHL SECRETS IN LIFE OF MA TODD PROBED SEARCH FOR NEW EVIDENCE IN HER MYSTERIOUS DEATH BEING CONTINUED LOS ANGELES, Dec. Romantic and financial secrets in trie life of Thelma Todd were investigated today In a search for new evidence concerning her death. Deputy District Attorney U.

U. Blalock said detectives will question two Hollywood men, unmentioned before in the case, but reputed to have enjoyed the com- medienne's confidence. The interrogation will center on what information they may have regarding the identity of a "San Francisco business man" with whom the actress assertedly disclosed she was having a "marvelous romance." The district attorney's office has received a written statement by Roland West, close friend of Miss Todd, on the arrangements for the operation and ownership of the Sidewalk cafe which bore her name, attaches said. The statement reportedly disclosed the pair had a verbal agreement by which she was to be given the cafo if he died before she did. It denied Miss Todd had her own money in the enterprise.

"The grand jury, meeting again tomorrow, wants to find out all about this deal, which apparently was somewhat unusual," Blalock declared. ACCIDENTS (Continued From rage One.) Warren and Mrs. Stiles planned to marry early in January. Robert T. Cathcart, 25, was killed near Colorado when his truck overturned.

Mrs. George Baldwin was Injured fatally and four others were hurt in an accident near Ingram, north of Kerrville. Josephine Marek, 2, of West was killed and 10 others were injured in a three-way collision near West. Reinholdt Weber, 76, was Injured fatally when struck by a truck near his home at Beaumont. Henry Reddle, 25, San Antonio oil field worker, died of injuries received In an accident Tuesday night.

Five-month-old Betty Lou Collins was killed and her mother and sister were hurt when their automobile overturned after a collision at San Antonio. Ed Corley, aged resident of Brownsboro, was killed by a train as he drove a cow across the tracks near his home. Christmas Day Tragedy. OLNEY, Texas, Dec. James W.

Teagtte, 56, was burned fatally Christmas Day 15 miles east of Olney when his clothing accidentally ignited at an oil Well' drilling rig. He died in a hosptal at Graham late in the day. His funeral was arranged for tomorrow after- non "at Olney. Surviving were his widow, two sons and a daughter. Houston Man Killed.

HOUSTON, Dec. 28. lice today sought the driver of an automobile which struck and fatally injured C. C. Deffenbaugh, 60, the third traffic fatality here dr Christmas Day.

Bums Prove Fatal. PARIS, Dec. Rosie Wiggins died last night from burns suffered when her nightgown was ignited by a stove. Her mother, Mrs. Rebecca Wiggins, was burned severely Dress Sale $5 This is REALLY Your Opportunity to get a Better Dress at a Bargain.

Come in while the Selection is Complete. MOVEMENT UNITE PROTESTANT ESPISCOPALCHURCHWITHROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH UNDER WAY NEW YORK, Dec. Twenty-nine of a movement to unite Protestant Episcopal churches in America with the Roman Catholic church have appealed to Protestant Episcopal clergymen for support of the plan. Coupled with the plea, written by the American committee of the church unity octave council, was ft criticism that Protestantism has become "bankrupt ethically, culturally, morally, and religiously." The committee's statement accompanied a letter to ministers by the Rev. Franklin Joiner, rector of St.

Clement's church of Philadelphia. The group consists of 20 Protestant Episcopal' clergymen, two members of religious orders, and seven laymen. "The forces of the day have proved too strong for Protestantism and it is disintegrating rapidly," the committee declared, citing what it termed the "overthrow of TRAGEDIES (Continued From race One.) EIroy, in another Philadelphia affray. At 'Butte. Frank Walsh, 24, and Policeman Tom O'Neill, 37, were killed and two other persons were wounded in a boarding house disturbance.

Police sought Harry Knight as the suspected slayer. Arthur Blake Maness killed his infant child, wounded his estranged wife and killed himself at Carthage, N. C. A woman was burned to death in a Hot Springs, theatre fire, another children died donee blazes two children burned to death in New York; a woman was burned w.oman and two in Oklahoma resi- a father and his to death Illinois, "at Calif. Wisconsin and Iowa New Jersey, Arizona, Indiana, Ten 1 nessee, Montana and North Dakota reported one each.

Suicides gave a Macabre twist to the Christmas celebrations. At Kansas City, Mrs. Thompson found a farewell note on her Christmas tree, her of cabon monoxide the basement. religion" in Russia, Mexico, Spain, reported two deaths each from and Germany. freezing cold.

While Missouri, "It is time for all Christians to see what the enemy sees so clearly and be prepared to rally around Rome as the center of resistance against the anti-Christian attack," the sponsors said. "The futility of the Protestant position is more and more apparent and it is probable that the fiasco of prohibition, for 20 years the mainstay of American Protestantism, has delivered the coup de grace." The Rev. Mr. Joiner declared in his letter the church unity octave has been recognized throughout the world by Roman Catholics. Two Dead, Third May Die As Result Of Auto Accident CUERO, Dec.

Parks of Cuero and Daniel Machac of Yoakum were killed near here today when their automobile crashed into a tree. Wesley Henkhaus of Yoakum, third member of the party, was injured and little hope was held for his recov- Mi'ss Parks was a student at the San Marcos Teachers College. about the hands and arms. The mother had lighted a fire in the stove Christmas morning and had gone out into the yard. As she returned to the kitchen, she found her 23-year-old daughter enveloped in her flaming night gown.

Funeral services for Miss Wiggins were arranged for today. Injuries Are Fatal. LUBBOCK, Dec. G. W.

Hardin. 38, of Meadow, succumbed Christmas night from injuries suffered Dec. 15 in a car accident near Ropcsvllle, southwest of Lub. bockr His wife, also seriously injured, reamined in a hospital here. Their four children and a brother of Hardin Perrk, of Meadow, also were injured- husbad dead poisoning in Ten died in Missouri traffic accidents; Texas counted 17 dead in auto crashes and one in the premature explosion of a cannon.

Other traffic fatalities included: Illinois, Oklahoma, Georgia, 8- Washington, Kansas, 3 Michigan, Los Angeles, 8: Florida, Ohio, Indiana, Massachusetts, 3. Three Army Perish In WATERBURY, Dec. army officers attached to a civilian conservation corps camji here were burned to death and 'three others were critically burned in a fire which destroyed the officers' quarters here early The dead were: Capt. Roland Potter, of North- field, former coach and director of athletics at Norwich University. Capt.

E. W. Boothby of Watertown, Mass, Lieutenant Leonard C. Brushey, of Concord, N. H.

Those burned were Lieutenants Charles Brooks, Charles G. Howard and Sylvester M. Parshley. The cause of the fire was not immediately determined. Seek Bodies In Rulsn.

HOT SPRINGS, Dec. Workmen razed the walls of a former theatre today to permit search of the charred ruins of an adjoining transient hotel for trace of three persons missing after a fatal Christmas' morning blaze. Mrs. J. K- Love of Jackson, perished in the flames, trapped by falling bricks and masonry.

Her husband made his escape after an unsuccessful effort to save her. He was badly burned. Four others were Injured. The missing are Mr. and Mrs.

White Beam of Waldron, and J. L. Sanders. 31, of Tulsa, or Lexington, Ky. Believe Fishermen Drowned.

LORIENT, France, Dec. (IP) wreck of a fishing schooner was found on the rocks off the coast here today. The crew of seven was missing; probably drowned in the Christmas storm. Seven Drown. AVTLA, Spain, Dec.

26. Seven persons were reported drowned today after a cloudburst at San Esteven Del Valle. Damage was estimated at about 1,000,000 pesetas (about Sisters Killed by Train. HUTCHINSON. Dec.

Elsie Andsager, 33, and her sister. Miss Anna Andsager, 35, were killed at Pleynai west of Hutchirwon, today, when their automobile was struck a Santa Fe train. The sisters had taught school in Reno county for 12 years. Kills Self at Dance. LITTLE ROCK, Dec.

A Christmas fraternity dance ended in tragedy early today as 17-year-old Alvin Niemeyer shot himself to death on the crowded floor of a night club. One of two bullets the youth through his heart struck Miss Dorothy Bell. 19, president of the Little Rock high school LOCAL COLD (Continued B'rom Page One.) become increasingly prevalent, as a result of several mild winters. No great progress was recorded by the thermometer at the Daily Sun office Thursday in its attempts to regain normal levels, with a top of 37 indicated by 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Slightly warmer weather for Thursday night and Friday was Indicated in tho government forecast with a minimum for the night of about freezing predicted.

student council, causing slight wounds in her back and left arm. Coroner Lawson C. Aday returned a suicide verdict. He said Nlemoyer had been despondent for a year. Dr.

Aday said tho shooting of the girl was an accident. Two Knnsans Killed. PLEASANTON. Doc. J.

O'Bleness. 37. Kansas city cntractor, and Tom S. Woods, of Kansas City, were killed early today when their motor car overturned on a highway near Trading Pst, Kas. TEXAS COLD! (Continued From Page Oq the north but rain fell at San Antonio, Del Rio, Brownsville and otl jacent sections.

Plainview had a minimum pcrature of 21 last night. Tho cury'vose to 25 at 9 a. ra. Slj were cloudy on tho south pla The reading at Denton wasl degrees, six below tho scaSol previous low mark. At Houston, tho temperature to 32 and there was a trace vain.

Colder weather was expected there. San Antonio reported mist, and 29-degree temperature at 9 a. This was a drop of two since dawn. The coldest weather of the yeat 1 Ill-ought 15-degrec weather to Paris. A brisk wind was blowing and the sky was clear.

Borger had a low of 22 degrees' yesterday and 23 this morning. Waco's minimum was 26.7 and the mercury was expected to fall about as low tonight. The thermometer read 27 degrees at Longview at 9 a. after dropping to 21 during tho night. WATCH AND JEWELRY REPAIRING Two Skilled Watchmakers G.

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