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BVAN8VILLE COURIER AND JOURNAL TIIRKK HINTS TWENTY PAGES EVANSVILLE INDIANA MONDAY MORNING JANUARY 1 1934 FINAL EDITION VOL No 37 DILUNGER GANG SHOOTS TWO OFFICERS mo I Jtiictl'I 1IS iiuWPUJ PAROLED CONVICT ROOSEVELT CALLS ILi)y Landing! DESPERADO AGAIN I ESCAPES CAPTURE New Year Brings Automatic Slash In Federal Taxes AIDS 10 IE! ON KILLS HIS FATHER IN BRAWL CHARGE Young Man Takes Life in Sisters Apartment Here Coroner Blames Death to Despondency Over Year's Unemployment The body of Moorman Whobrey 38 formerly of Maaalllon was found at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning In a room occupied by his slater Mrs AFTER GUN FIGHT: PROBLEMS VEXING Half Cent of Government Levy on Gasoline and Dividend Tax Lifted WASHINGTON Dec (AP) Pike County Retired Farmer Dies from Injuries to Head and Throat Trapped by Two Highway Po-liceme nin Holdup Wound Both and Get Away The automatic discontinuance of Taxation and Appropriations to Be Considered at White House Tonight 1 130 000000 In federal levlea start' the New Year off right tonight for gcr taxpayers who are assured of re lief from another 180000000 In spe CAUSE OF ACT UNKNOWN TERRORIZE ROB RESORT Amy Moore 30 Walnut street apparently a suicide Whobrey had been dead several hours when the body cial Uxe later in the year LIQUOR TAX BILL FRAMED One-half of the 1U cent federal levy on gasoline and the 8 per cent was discovered tx on dividends pass with the old Beside the body lay an automatic Ready lor Introduction In year at midnight congre having Enter Place Crowded Witfi 300 Patrons Slug Door specified when It put them Into the pistol which Coroner Edward Kralt believe Whobrey had placed against hi forehead and fired The bullet recovery act that they should eeise on Jan 1 after repeal of the eight keeper and Proprietor CHICAGO Dec Th which took Whobrey' life also was found near the body It had glanced eenth amendment from a wall after tearing through the On next July for like reason the tax on corporation of II for every 11000 of capitalization and the 6 back of his head Son Jailed After Battle was Paroled From Prison on Assault Charge PETERSBURG Dec (Special) Drew 66 retired of Muren near here died in the Miller hospital at Wlnslow tonight from evere in-Jurle to his head and throat inflicted police said by hi on Andy 36 paroled convict during an argument which ended at the kitchen table shooting of two more policemen wag added today to the formidable ac count of the John Dilllnger band of outlaws Kraft said that he had learned that per cent levy on corporation profit 'n Whobrey had been out of work for Summoned to the Beverly garden! more than a year and waa inclined to believe the (hooting to be due to despondency resulting from unemployment Detectives Duncan and Colllson assisted in the investigation of the case yesterday and aald that in suburban Evergreen park on ft holdup alarm County Highway Policemen Edward Weber and Jamea Allegrett! were cut down by a volley of pletol and shotgun fire as they The son Is held In lall on a charge they would continue the work today entered the place exce of 124 per cant or capital structure also will be discontinued The estimated annual yield the extra half cent gasoline tax wa 162-000000 and of the dividend tax 870-000000 The capital stock and excess pi of It tax together were figured to bring In 180000000 A mean of recapturing this 1213-000000 and providing an eitlmated total of 1470000000 through federa' liquor taxes ha been provided for in a bill which the house ways and meana committee will present to con-gre next week of murder Drew died about 10 The six bandits the leader of whom -I- It FINDS BODY Whobrey' body was discovered by o'clock tonight NO COHERENT STORY was identified through rogue's gal-lerv photograph a Dilllnger escaped Sheriff William Weathers 0" Pike with approximately 8500 and 8) quantity of Jewelry after terrorizing House Wednesday Opening Day of Congress By HAROLD OLIVER (Associated rrrn Nlaff Writer) WASHINGTON Dec Taxation nd twin trouble makers for the congre e-lon tartlng Wednesday-will be considered at a White Houe conference tomorrow night between President Rooeevelt and congreotonal leaders Eight or more democratic chieftains in the senate and house will be called In to advtae on laat minute proposal to be Incorporated In the president's meaaage to the national legislature The chief executive waa auppoacd to have completed hla conversations with congressional pilots laat nigh but unleas plans are changed the conference tomorrow night will take place RAINEV HEAD MM Vice President Oa-ner and Speaker Runey were said by party leaders to head the list of conferee Others will be the senate and houae leaders Senator Robinson of Arkansas end Representative Bvrna of Tennessee the appropriations committee chairmen Senators Glass of Virginia and Representative Buchanan of Texar: Senator Harrison of Mississippi chair-man of the senata flnanoe committee: Renresentatlve Doughton of North county could not determine what Mrs Paul EglofT a sister who with her husband occupy another apartment In the same building She found the body when she went to call Whobrey 300 patrons caused the argument because me son waa drunk when taken into custody he ald The officer believes how The tentative measure approved The detectives were called Into the BOTH SKRIOl'HLY WOL'NDKD Weber was shot In the right leg and through the hip Allegretti'I wrist was shattered The officer ever that the son's intoxication alone more than a wek ago after Joint hear lugs with the senate finance commit case to check Whobrey'a activities Saturday night and early yesterday tee calls for a 12 a gallon tax on dis were removed to a hospital where tilled 90 cents more than the existing levy A reduction from 86 to 86 a barrel In the rate on beer Is as the result of Mrs Moore reporting her car atolen shortly after 7 o'clock yesterday morning She made the report when ah awakened and noticed that the machine was missing from its usual parking plaot provided and the present tariff rates including 68 a gallon on spirit are led him to assault hi father When found by authorltie the elder Drew waa prostrated in a pool of blood and unable to give any account of the trouble Attending physicians aald Drew apparently had been beaten and stamped The younger Drew had but a month to go on a parole from the Michigan City prison according to Glbton county records He wa ten-tenced two year ago to one to 10 year for aasault and battery with Intent to kill his wife and had served 14 month when released a few month ago The machine later was located in Bennlghof avenue near Lincoln and retained Varying excise levies on wines are Included blended and rectified liquor will have to pay the cxlatlng extra 30 cents a gallon tax and floo- stock of spirit the 00-cent their condition was described at serious but not critical Festivities at the resort were 8 thlr peak when the aextet of gunmen drove up to the place Flour Ichlng sawed-off shot guns and pistols they ordered the merrymaker to He upon the rtoor and slugged the doorman and proprietor when they wero s'ow In obeying the order A the man Identified as Dilllnger beat Walter Ahearn the owner over the head with a pistol butt the letter's dog leaped at the bandlfe Coolly turning Dilllnger shot the animal through the head killing fw i MMKK CALLS OH ICKRS While the robbers went about th place looting their victims' pocket the detectives learned that Whobrey had laat used It In taking Thelma Borst 1031 Lincoln avenue to her home about 3 o'clock In the morn (Continued on Page Two) ing They were Inclined to believe that his abandoning of the car had Carolina chairman of the house wsvs RHILLWQMAN UNO COLORADO SLAYER COAL SOURCE POST GROUNDED and means committee ana pe nt one or two other Tsx legislation planned for this fledges Carried Out McNutt Says In Years Review IN TERRE HAUTE TERRE HAUTE Dec no bearing upon the shooting HEARD COCKED Whobrey appeared at his Mater's room shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday morning to sleep Mrs Moore went to the Egloff apartment As she left the heard her brother cock the pistol she told Coroner Kraft but RIEND SUCCUMBS alon Include measures proposing a levy of 13 a gallon on distilled stints nmnrri with the present 1110 tax SAVED BY SHERIFF USE FOR RELIEF Wiley Post and his plane Winnie Mae veteran of two round-the-world and purses Ahearn was forced to remain In a prone position the body ui immtt-ttrt nroDosals to nights were forced to land at Paul of the faithful dog stretched beside tighten the Income tax laws against wealthy tax dodgers Both are ex Cox field here today because of poor WOUND TO BULLET FROM IB ACTION thought nothing of It The gun was fired some time later No one In the building heard the report according SOUGHT BE WLL erted to rroduce lively aisruiJ-MOTOR Hil I'RAMEn to Kraft turner tax bill readv for in Kraft cald thst there could be little doubt that Whobrey committed troduction on the first day of vhe session In the house waa framed by the ways and means committee after visibility Post and two companlona Neal Jones of Los Angelea and Garthoffner of Oklahoma City are en route to New York The flier wa noncommltal aaout hi future plans but laid the time he established on his solo round-th world flight wa "slow" and Humid be easy to beat He said Art Ooebel who 1 planning a nonstop refueling flight around the world should have a "cinch" Points to Tax Program Liquor Control Economy ftelief as Accomplishments INDIANAPOLIS Dec (API-Accomplishments of the present democratic state administration during Its first year were outlined today In a lonir statement issued at the office Joint hearings wun ine mtnlttee It does not pro Korff to Ask Producers to Follow Up Request of Con-gresswoman Jenckes A survey to determine the source of coal belne ued In relief work Officer Rushes Man Through 200 Threatening Persons Gathered Near Jail ALAMOSA Colo Dec (API-Quick action by Sheriff Mnvrlce Smith of Alamosa today saved Herbert Rankin 25 held as a suspect of Governor Paul McNutt vide for the government to collect all the revenue rom a combined tax an turn over a portion to the states ss fsvored at one time by the president This probably will be one nolnt to come in for extended debate The question of appropriation will nnther malor vehicle for dis In Vanderburgh county will be atarted suicide The gun apparently had been held tightly against the middle of the forehead The bullet made a large Jagged wound and the flesh showed severe powder burns the coroner aald Whobrey came here from hi home In Ohio approximately two months ago Kraft ald Surviving Whobrey in addition to the two alsters are the mother Elisabeth Whobrey: another sister Mrs Alice Luyben Nashville Tenn and two brothers Herbert of Akron and Cecil of Virginia The body will The statement cover 10 major the legislative program the Beauty Parlor Operator Shot as Officers Fire on Notorious Killer SHAWNEE Okla Dc (API -Eva Mae Nlchol Seminole beauty parlor operator died today of a bullet wound In the atomach suffered In the gun flght which led to the capture of her friend Wilbur Underbill notorious southwestern desperado Underhlll hit five times In the exchange with federal county and city officers who surrounded his bungalow hideout here before dawn yesterday clung to life Physician however aald they ex Tuesday by Wolter Korir coal operator he announced laat night economy program the tax program INSULL ANGERED OVER PUBLICITY ATHENS Greece Dec cussion at the session beginning Ihe killing of Sheriff Adolfo Kooe-rquez of San Luis Colo from death as the hands of a mob of 200 With a flying wedge formed by hi deputies 3herlff Smith rushed Rankin to safety from a San Luis the school program proniDitton repeal and liquor sale control The public service commission cooperation with fedeml programs reemployment and poor relief public health Samuel Iniull complained today that he could not go to England when he Wednesday Indications nave puiuv-a to a combined regular and emergency hrtot fnr 1935 of around fl 000000- eaves Greece tiecause the puonciiy division and banking supervision laN cell 000 and republican leadera have i TTorarncv soendlnp given his possible desire to seek ref be taken to Nashville Tenn today uge there must be reduced II inuauon or mgiijiur mm mtmrn Uxes are to be avoided "A bad turn was done me" said pected him to die momentarily him Mrs Margaret Dunn cashier lipped from the place during th excitement and summoned highway police As the officers entered the door the outlaws turned and loosed a fualllade of shots In their direction When the policemen dropped the raiders ran from the plice stepping over th sprawled figures of the wounded patrolmen At the detective bureau Lou it Stein 54 doorman Mra Dunn Ahearn and a half dozen other victims were unanimous in Identifying the leader ss Dilllnger None of the other robbers was identified EXTEND TIME ON AUTO TAGS The 19000 Vanderburgh county motorists who failed to buy the 193 license plates will have until Wednesday to purchase them Ai Feeney state director of public sife-ty announced last night according Associated Pess report Feeney declared that state polio nould not be lmtructed to make arrest until Wednesday Formerly It hsd been announced titer" would not be any extensions of time MOTORISTS ROB MAN THEY HIT OLEAN Dec (AP)-Suffering from Internal Injuries Jams Stover 36 of Haza Ky tonight told police that he had been deliberately run down by an automobile whose occupant loaded him Into thf machine robbed him of 840 aftj threw him out a they approached Olean Stover wa found beside the ad by a motorist who Drought him to ft hospital here I counted each bullet as it strucK Angry Costilla county ciuzem gathered at the Jail when Rankin and George Putnam 28 were captured following the fatal shooting of Sheriff Doderlquez and the wounding of his deputy Maestas In a pool hall here Both were wanted fo questioning in the 30 robbery of a me he said The president's budget message WUI MULU Jt lLiK5 aent to 'he Capitol either the rTrn -aIK Federal officers said the killer and AFTER SLAYING second or t)Urd day or me session It has not Ween definitely determined rit)i (Me messaee curving legis bank robber told his attorney Clarence Sowers and his aged mother Mr Alamanda Underhlll how he Taos truck driver The action follows a telegram which Korff received from Mr Virginia Jenckes congresswoman of Terr Haute urging that only Indiana mined coal be purchased for CWA and county relief distribution The wire set out that the home states of varloua cities are entitled to the business and where coal Is being Imported a change should be made Korff said TO COVER WIDE SCOPE The appeal for aupport will start with the Southern Indiana Coal Producers' association of which Korff Is a member and extend though CWA city and county officialdom and labor organizations If successful In getting the purchasers of coal behind the campaign a larger number of approximately 3000 miners In Vanderburgh and Warrick counties will get work and local merchanta will In turn benefit from the payrolls he said 150 TONS PER HAY I SED Korff couid not estimate how much Kentucky coal If any 1 being used wanted hi belongings divided but added I'll keep my watch They haven't killed me yet I will not die" The statement Issued unaer me governor' name ald that the major party pledges were carried out by the 1033 general aaaenbly Step taken to reduce the cost of government were outlined In that part of the statement devoted to the economy program It was et out that the legislature reduced the biennial budget from a e76000000 figure in 1931 to 144000000 for 1933 and 1934 "OTT8TANDING" ECONOMY "Example of economy have been outstanding In the state health division the state fire marshal's office conservation department and atate hlghwoy department" It was said On the question of the tax program the summary said: "Indiana has been secured In her constitutional restrictions on bonded indebtedness and by the administration' effort toward broadening the tax bae to relieve tirm real eatate and real property from excessive tax Mrs Underhlll and the outlaw's NEW YORK Dec Two detectives were accused today of killing Petir Martlnlck beer garden owner became he refused to sell them whlky in hi Gold Clrc'e bar and restaurant late last night Informed the place was licensed to sell only beer the two began a quarrel with the owner police aald In a resultant melee Martlnlck was shot dead and one of the men was hit on the head with an Iron bar Detective Prank Nowlcki vtt-eran of many yeara aervlce waa the former Chicago utilities magnate In commenting on publication of reports that he would go to England when hla privilege of remaining In Greece ends January 91 "This will prevent the step because the American government will take ail possible precautions" Insull said He is wanted America to face criminal charges resulting from the co'lapse of his utility holdings MAN MURDERS GIRL KILLS SELF OKLAHOMA CITY Dec (AP) Eighteen -year-old Caroline Harbolt wa hot to death In a downtown hotel here early today Sought a her slayer Robert Lalng 33 was found a few hours later a aulclde police aid His widow and Infant son survive sister Dorothy arrived here today from Kansas City Previously the wounded man told "LYNCH HIM" MOB I R1E8 Rankin slightly wounded was he'd in the Jail Putnam In a dangerous condition from a bullet wound was brought at once to an Alamosa hos-pltal "Lynch him" was the cry as the mob gathered about the Jail Summoned by telephone Sheriff Smith collected several deputies and rushed to San Lu: Pushing through the angry crowd Sheriff Smith ob-' lned custody of Rankin He ordered his aides Into a flying wedge formation and shoved back to the party's mntnr car hi 37-year-old bride Hazel Hudson Underhlll "I don't think I can live She was held In the Shawnee Jail for questioning Also held wss Raymond Roe wounded In the right shoulder by the officers' fusillade lative recommendations will be ready for ubjnlsion the flwt or econd day It ta customary to aend It up the second day ROBINSON ARRIVES Senator Robinson returned to Washington today from Little Rock and pronounced himself ready for the long grind ahead Vlc-Preldent Gamer who preceded Robinson to town by only a dav or two and Mrs Garner dined with the Roosevelt at the White House today and naturally there was talk of congressional prospects After dinner the president and the presiding officer of the senate conferred alone while the First Lady and Mrs Garner had a chat New Year's eve was Just like any other work day to a lot of aenators and representative who came early for the first congressional slon iince 1830 that has not begun the first Monday in December Elimination of the "lame duck" session by found wandering the itreet In a Mrs Nichols and Roe were in a In relief work but 75 per cent of daze a chort time later He had a gash on hi head which he said he suffered In a fall He waa charged darkened room of the bungalow when the coal used for other purposes In the shooting began after Underbill Once in the clear they sped to Alamosa Rankin was plsccd in the southern Indiana comes from the with homicide and Detective James A Corey taken Into custody at his has balanced the state fired at the officers when they de manded his surrender neighboring state he added Dally Jail here under guard A guard also budget preserved the schools and Is enabling local governmental unlta to Underhlll clad only In undercloth about 150 tons of coal valued at $4 a ton Is now being distributed in home later waa booked on a similar charge NEW YORK BROKER InK seized two pistols as Col meet their obligations" vin department of Justice igent from! QQllvjp I CpirVW Oklahoma City called from a win- MliJOll! VJi lUVJilvyi New tax laws passed by the 1033 legislature then were cited a having LEADER SOUGHT ulef rork "There la a statute providing thu onl" coal mined In Indiana can be purchased for tte and county use and It i 'ems to me It can be applied to government and county relief movements" Korff stated played a part in mis program TAX COLLECTIONS LISTED The statement said that 14089 SLAIN HOLD MAID was assigned to me mmwfm which Putnam was held FRIENDS MAKE THREATS Sheriff Smith said he had been told friend of Sheriff Rodrlquer threatened to gain entrance to both places and avenge the officer's death There was no demonstration at Alamosa however and the sheriff said he believed the Jail was Impregnable Roth Rankin and Putnam denied they had been involved In the holdup at Taos BOY 14 SHOT ACCIDENTALLY CANNELTON Dec 31 Marvin Young 14 son of Mr and Mrs Herman Young was seriously wounded this afternoon when he was struck by a bullet fired accidentally the twentieth amendment to the constitution brought the change Senator McNary of Oregon minority leader and Representative Snell of New York house republican chief 16537 has been collected from the gross Income tax 159833571 from the beer and liquor taxes and license fee (up to November 1) more than eiOOOOOO from the intangibles (Continued on Page Two) AURORA Dec Authorities today led a search for Jam I Miller 40 commander of the Aurom post of the American Legion whflt has been missing since Saturday morning when he left home for work Miller a CWA worker wJ reported seen an hour later walking on state route No 66 at the out-sklrti of the city UNCOVER POLICE reiterated the republicans would go along with the president' emergency reconstruction program but would not hesitate to offer crltlcUm when Man Found Beaten to Death in Bathtub Suspect Beneficiary in Will NEW YORK Dec 31 (AP) The hammer Haying of Dougla Sheridan 85-year-old atock broker whose nude body was found early today in CRET STABBING dow outside the room: "Stick "em up Wilbur" He fired and machine gun retaliated Bleeding from his wounds he raced from the house and fled to a furniture store where he was found later hiding In a bed While armed with a pistol he surrendered without resistance Underhlll ha been convicted of two murder and Identified definitely with several bank robberle HI operations in Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma led to his becoming known as "the Trl-State Terror" He has escaped from the McAles-ter (Okla) prison and the Kansa' stat penitentiary the last break being with 10 other convicts Memorial day He is suspected of participation in the slaying cf convict Frank Nash and four officers at the Kansas City Union atatlon plaza He declined to comment on that case they deemed it necessary from a gun held by Sherman Graham 19 The ball pierced the liver and a profuse htmorrhage re suited The two boy had gone to a hill above the city to shoot birds with the pistol which the Graham youth owned In some manner the gun a 35-callber automatic discharged Doctors were debating whether to remove the injured boy to a hos German Sterilization Law To Go Into Effect Today TEACHER VETERAN WLL SCHOOLS his bathtub under a scalding hot pital at Evansville CLAUD BY DEAIH RESUME TUESDAY Man Slashed Christmas Eve Is in Serious Condition Claims Self Defense Bailey Brooks 2832 Egmont street is in the Deaconess hospital wounded In the abdomen and Henry Holeman AW ILL 45 of the fame address held In tlm WEATHER Zeltung put It "To prevent auch characterise as are only a burden to the nation as a whole from being inherited from one generation to another" Disapproval of the Roman Catholic clergy reflected In a reference to the law by Pope Plus In his recent message to the ha been allayed following upon representations to the Oerman government by Cardinal Bertram The government in reply promised not to compel sny Catholic Judge to serve on a eugenic court nor to order the surrender of a criminal to such a court and not to compel any Catholic physician to perform the sterlllaation operation The fact that the Evangelical church 1 under nazl ledrhlp pre-c'uded any articulate protests from that quarter Sentiment In the press appeared favorable the Koelnlsche Zeltung shower led police to hold his middle-aged maid as a material witness The maid Mrs Catherine Phelan was questioned for more than 10 hours but denied knowledge of the killing of the broker whose kull and face had been crushed by two blows A blood stained claw hammer which police said was the weapon used to kill him wa found beside the tub Sheridan a wei-to-do widower lived alone In a large apartment on Riverside drive The police first learned of the slaying when the maid te'ephoned headquarters Mr Phelan who 1 52 year old Bald he wa not In the apartment at the time of the killing A man and woman Identified by police a Theodore Young and Isabel CulUn called on Sheridan Saturday evening the maid said Shortly after they arrived ah said her employer for whom had worked for 25 years told her she might have the evening off By BROCKMANN AsrwlHled Press Foreign Staff BERLIN Dec (AP) Some 400000 mental and physical hereditary defectives In Oertnan asylums and prisons or still at large corc under the sterilization law with the new year This sweeping law promulgated by Ihe nazt government is the most sensational of 28 major measures which go Into effect January 1 Under threat of 150 mark (ap-sroxnatey 85650 1 fine medical authorltie In prison and public and private hospital nurses mid-wives and welfare workers have been racking their brain to hand in as complete lists as possible of all hredltar- Incurable in their care so that the 1700 new eugenic courts with power to decree sterilization can benin work nt once A clrculsr letter of Instruction sent by the federal minister of Justice to all state administrator of juatlce make It mandatory upon Judge and others who come in contact with criminal who ittm hereditarily endowed with a penchant for committing crimes to report theae cases forthwith to those in charge of the eugenic court New Year's day belnj a holiday the courts will begin to function on the second tut the Koelnlsche Miss Nettie Jeanette Lock wood 74 Taught Here 34 Years Mi- Netue Ji inettc kwood 74 retired teacher in the Evansville public school" died at 6:10 o'clock yea-terday morning at the home of Mra George Kratz 711 North Main street where she had marie her home for more than two years after returning here from Wllllamaport Pa and Indianapolis Miss Lockwood who was forced to retire from her teaching position 1ft years ago because of 111 health had taught here for 34 years She had been seriously 111 mice December 13 Surviving Miss Lockwood are thre nephews Charles McFarland ot In-dlanarolls A Rentier of Wllllamaport Pa ard Charle Rentier of Baltimore nnd two nieces Mrs NH ert St Pierre Indianapolis and Mr Frank Rounds of Owensboro Ky Funeral services will be conducted at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon tt the Lowe and Sou funeral rheptfci Public Schools to Reopen to 14500 Parochial Classes Reassemble During Week School bell that have been quiet lor more than a week will ring again tomorrow for approximately 14500 of the 18000 public and parochial tchool children and the ChrlstmaE Taeitlon will be over Fourteen thousand children wl" re-turn to 17 grade and four public high school and approximately 500 to Reltz Memorial The remainder will return to eight parochial grade achools at various times during the week The public school dismissed classes the Friday before Christmas Reltz Memorial the Wednesday bsfore Chrlstmn and the Catholic grade clioola at various tlmas desljnatec: by the pator The lower grades will resume next week at the discretion of the pastors Th nubile schools on Frldtiv Jan-warv 3fl will clca the first iimciter and will liart a new lemester the following Monday sanli Monltu Cut Dec 11 AEEW HOI US from (he Mini' I om penning mi these lines the old Mr will be going onl and II looks like she la rlit out without a single mourner And at Unit It hasn't hern a had old war (as years huve been going Intel) In farl lit years In tome when nil these proftMOfl switch from economists to historians the) are liable to label IM as the hl-lorliul ear (lie year of the big switch from ivore It) better Ho so long '13 pinhs dime every iear will lie seeing you In '53 Yours city Jail charged with null and battery with Intent to kill a the result of a fight at the Brooks home Chrlitmaa eve Detectives did not learn of the fight until early yeaterday and Immediately arrested Ho'emnn In a tat-ment to Detective Bell and Thoma-h admitted stabbing Brooks but claimed self-defense the detective tatd The flght occurred about 8 o'clock when Brooks ccompanled by Agne Martin went to Erooks' home They left a few minutes later and according to Holeman Brooks and Thomas Rayburn Broo'' brother-in-law held him and beat him over the head with a blunt Instrument na he stepped from the door Durlnt the beating rloleman was to ('raw a knife ard stabbed Brooks In the abdomen he told the officers Hoapltal attaches last night said ihat Brool3 remained In a itrlow condition but that apparently wa'( avowing satisfactory Improvement INDIANA- now flurries in north-wet rain turning to now flurries in east and south portions Monday severe cold wave In central and north moderate oold wave In extreme south Monday Tuesday generally fair continued cold strong northwest winds Monday ILLINOIS Snow flurrle In west and north rain turning to snow flurries in southeast portion severe cold wave In extreme south generally fair and continued cold Tuesday strong northwest winds Monday YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES 3 am 46 8 am 49 2 pm 55 4 am 47 10 am 51 4 pm 56 am 48 12noon54 pm 58 Highest temperature yesterday 58 Lowest temperature yesterday 46 Precipitation 7 am -7 pm trace River stage at 7 am 176 ft Local record for a year ago yesterday: Temperature highest 36 lowest 31 precipitation 61 Inch river at 7 am 30 8 feet commenting that "the fact that sterilization i being pplld on a After ittendlng a motion picture chow ahe told detectives she re national scale Insures ultimate uc ces" Not a single paper raised the Issue of encroachment on personal liberty turned to the apartment and found Sheridan dead In the bath Po'lce said Mrs Phelan had been present some time ago when Sheri although the Koelnlsche Zeltung interpreted the clsuae permitting persons to undertake voluntary de tentlon in re lable institutions at dan had drawn up a will She was named th beneficiary of in 88000 Builal will be lit Oak Hill cemetery Ihelr own cost i a substitute for (Continued on Page Seven) oequcst 1.