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Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 6

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Herald and Reviewi
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Decatur, Illinois
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DECATUR HERALD Friday, August 4, 13: PAGE SIX Zl'PANC HILL FILEn 'LIVE ALONE" LADY IS BRIDE TAYLORVrLLE-IncIude4 j. bequests in the will of J0sf pane, Pana, filed the county clerk nff;" housing project in the Middle West. It will consist of flats, row houses! and apartments with structures two, three and four stories high and covering 11 city blocks fromj whicn were cleared buildings the; U. S. H.

A. said were ramshackle firetraps. Homes will! GO. P. SEEKS CHICAGO POLL CLEANUP CHICAGO HOUSING BID IS APPROVED Midwest's Largest Low Rent Project Covers 11 Blocks By Associated Press WASHINGTON Administrator Nathan Straus of the U.

S. Housing authority approved yesterday a $6,934,000 bid for construction of the Ida B. Wells homes in Chicago, described as the largest low-rent church, Pana; $25 to the (V cemetery. Pana; $50 to Katies- Pittsburgh. and fi to brother, John, Pana.

The rerT of the property, Jbe provided for 1,662 low-income! families from Chicago's slums. I The approved low bid was sub-; jmitted by Thompson-Starrclt estate in Pana. wes vmi 1 New York City. widow. Bara Zupanc.

Schnackenberg Proposes Probe of Elections WAPELLA MAN ON THRESHING RUN 61 YEARS By Staff Correspondent WAPELLA George H. Hume of Wapella has just finished his threshing run, known as the town run. He has worked with the same crew for 61 years. Mr. Hume', who is 71 years old, started working with this crew when he was nine years old, filling the job of water boy, and when he was 14 years old he took a man's place running a rack wagon, also a grain wagon hauling threshed grain.

The Humes lived on the John A. Hume farm, a mile north of Wapella, until 1920, when they moved to town. They remained here eight years, returning to the farm in 1929. He retired and again in 1938 moved into their town property, where they now live. LUCAS LAUDS TRADE PACTS Embargos Brought Collapse, He Says By Associated Press.

WASHINGTON Sen. Scott W. Lucas (D-Ill), praising the Administration's reciprocal tariff policy, told the Senate yesterday that "we can not shut ourselves up like hermits and expect to have adequate market outlets for our great surplus-producing capacity." Lucas, in a address, asserted that a "small but vociferous group of people" is seeking to stir up opposition to the program. Such people are motivated by political interests, Lucas said, and offer "bob-tailed, half-baked statistical tables about farm imports" in support of their position. He added: "I think that every farmer will do well to ask himself sincerely and honestly if, in view of the advances that have been made under the present program, he would wish By Associated Press CHICAGO Rep.

Elmer J. Schnackenberg, dean of Chicago's Republican delegation in the General Assembly, asked his party yesterday to take definite steps toward "restoring honest elections to Chicago." In a letter to Edward F. Moore, chairman of the Cook county Republican central committee, he proposed the immediate appointment of a sub-committee to investigate vote frauds here and to recommend a comprehensive pian "to protect the public and the partv from these wholesale thefts." ffffftf "Man, but this FalstaJ? fV1 sure makes the eats JgM taste suelir ftr" I I 332 Pound Patrolman Fails to Cover Beat By Associated Press PITTSBURGH A police trial Marione Hillis. 49, New York author of "Live Alone and Like It," with her husband, Thomas Henry Roul-ston, 65. The couple was married in a ceremony at Valley Forge, Pa.

Tuesday and plan a European honeymoon. once more to entrust himself to the loving and tender care of the board dismissed Patrolman Peter J. McCullough after hearing testimony that he failed to walk his eight-block beat every hour on a day when the mercury rose into the mid 80's. McCullough. the biggest man on Asks Action Now Schnackenberg.

who helped to establish the permanent registration system in Chicago and other cities of the state, urged that action oe taken now, when there was no political campaign in progress. "There is ample proof that vote stealing on an enormous scale has been carried on for years in many sections of Cook county," he wrote. "It is charced that at least 200.000 embargo tariff devotees whose record is one of total collapse in their final days of unstable and tottering They were returning home on their bicycles and had stopped to rest when the car driven by John Bowman, 34, of Lake Villa, hit them. CHICAGO RELIEF CUTS RESULT IN MALNUTRITION power." the force, weighs 332 pounds. Associated Press stolen votes have been counted for Democratic candidates in recent! tBffr Come FoMs 11, Wcoo offmth a frosftf offe 4YvlU i CHICAGO Mrs.

Clara Paul Paige, director of family service elections. "These conditions could not ex Fire Chief Gets Tag, Parks Beside Hydrant By Associated Press NEW HAVEN. Conn. Patrolman Joseph Dolinski saw his duty and he did it. The officer lagged the official automobile used bv Fire Chief ist without the active approval the Chicago Relief administra-some so-called Republican leaders Ition, said yesterday "isolated in-and election board judges and stances" of malnutrition resulting clerks.

These people are a dis- from recent cuts in relief allow-grace to our organization and a se-iances were being reported. nous obstacle to our party's rc-i The reports, she asserted were Lawrence E. Reif for of all things turn to power." based on physicians' diagnoses, i being rjarked in front of a firp hydrant. Mealtime MagiC. 'V'hen you open your lunch box as the noon whistle blows or spread a gay picnic in the cool of the woods add a frosty, refreshing bottle of Falstaff beer, and presto sandwiches and cold cuts become treats sublime! Falstaff's dry, exciting, old-time tang lends sparkle and zest to even the simplest meal brings out the full, piquant flavor of each and every bite.

Falstaff is different from Seven Indicted I but no figures on the number af- The legislator's suggestion came fected had oeen compiled, on the heels of a report that seven! Mrs. Paige said reports from re-more persons had been named by lief offices indicated families were the Cook county grand jury in true being forced to use part of their bills charging conspiracy to erase food allowances for rent, and alter ballots in the" 1938 pri-j There are 113.000 families on Ternary. lief in Chicago. Their budgets have "There must be some way of get- been curtailed approximately to 65 ting an honest election in Chica- per cent of estimates of their go." he said. "And I think the Re- needs publicans ought to find Schnackenberg said one worth- CYCLIST KILLED while activity of the subcommit-j WAUKEGAN (AP) Lewellyn Er-tee, were it formed, would be toMcssoi, 17.

was killed and his investigate the qualifications of all brother, Richard, 14, was injured Republican election judges and seriously yesterday in a traffic ac-clerks and to purge from the lists' cident ten miles west of Walkeean. il'jm REPAIRING fs4ij0i CzC! LooJc for this ordinary beers smoother, more mellow because it's ihni -breu ed to the exact peak of perfection. Order a supply from your dealer now. Ladies' Heel Caps -Ladies' Soles -Men's Soles -Rubber Heels GOOD TIME Copr. 19.39.

Thr Falnsff Brewing Corporation St. Louis. Omaha. New Orlrans LEWIS GREENBERG 504 North Water Street tnose ot Dad character or lukewarm loyalty. Newspaper Guild Backs Roosevelt Third Term By Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO The American Newspaper Guild's national convention, by a delegate vote of 1(18 to 8 yesterday passed resolution indorsing President Roosevelt and asking him to run for re-elec-tion.

The vote came after long discussion. Eight delegates, including Roger Irwin of Toronto, Canada, abstained from voting. Another resolution adopted condemned "reactionary labor policies of the Associated Press." J-y FRAN 5 Bound in Kankakee On Con Game Charges By Associated Press KANKAKEE Five men were bound over to the grand jury yesterday on confidence game growing nut of the failure of the St. Anne currency exchange. Authorities said an audit revealed cash assets of $14,274 against depositors' liabilities of $24,832.

Those hold were Walter Guertin, former Democratic county chairman, his son, Percy, Edward Thericn. and his son. Edward. and Arthur Armburstcr, all of St. Anne.

Dog Loses Prestige As Four Lose Purses By Associated Press PHILADELPHIA Even Clifford M. ftcberts' dog, -Amos." lost something when a burglar entered the house. Four of the family lost pocket-books. "An.os" lost his prestige. He slept as soundly as the family.

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