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THE DETROIT FREE PRESS -MONDAY. APRIL 2, 193 Prison's Bad Man Calls Inmate -Nurse to Cell and Murders Him With Knife 'Patriot Parents' Wed for 50 Years Lansing Crash Oakland County News Dying Convict Border Cities News Briefs Interest Slight inPontiacVote Only 10,000 Expected at Polls Monday Election to Decide Campus Beer Sale ANN ARBOR, April 1 Voters of Ann Arbor will decide Monday whether University of Michigan students may slake their thirst for beer within the area embracing the campus or must continue to walk downtown for their schuper's as their fathers did. The vote will be on the question of whether the sale of brew shall be extended to the section of the city east of Division St. or shall remain as it has been for 51 years. It is generally felt that the proposal, requiring a three-fifths vote, will lose.

If it does court action may result. University students, meanwhile, are talking boycott, unless they get what they want. ShiP Crews Asked to Find Air Wreck Trace of Flier Believed Loit on Lake Erie Is Sought PONTIAC, April 1-W'ith the opening of navigation on Lake Erie during the last week, Neal Brack-stone, superintendent of the Pontlac Municipal Airport and Mrs. Mona Layman issued an appeal Sunday to ship captains and crews to keep a lookout for the wreckage of the airplane Alonzo Layman. Layman took off from the airport here Dec.

19 to go to Detroit to take his private pilot's license tests and has not since been heard of. Fog covered Detroit airports that day although the sky was clear here. Pilots have reported that an airplane answering the description of that piloted by Layman was seen over Marysville going south and that later it was heard over Grosse tlon of Lah Npwton who le by a mechan.c who was able (ck(t th(, identify the motor by Its sound. and fog then covered the island. in.

f'h ft ffi jt Evart to Be Host to Womes Clubs Federation Plans Two Days of Convention EVART, April 1-Thls city will be host April 11 and 12 to the thirteenth annual convention of the northwestern district of the Michigan State Federation of Women's Clubs. The Evart Women's Club will be host. The program will be In charge of Mrs. Thomas Stead, past president of the Muskegon Heights Women's Club. The 10 junior clubs in the district will have entire charge of the first part of the opening program, discussing problems and projects in a series of eight talks.

Mrs. F. A. Baldwin, of Grand Rapids, will lecture on India and the Far East, dealing especially with the home life of these eastern women. 3-in-l ILof M.

Holiday ANN A BOlt. April 1-Sunday was a triple holiday at the University of Michigan. The day was not only All Fool's Day and Easter but also the fifty-second birthday of Alexander G. Ruthven, president of the University. MK.

ANI MHfS. KltllAKI) A. AH KAN PONTIAC, April 1-Polls open at 8 a. m. Monday for the annual city election at which three commissioners are to be elected and the votersare to express their preferences on granting a franchise to the Pontiac Transportation Co.

and reducing the penalty for delinquency in meeting special assessments from 10 to 3 per cent. Candidates for election to the two three-year terms are Mayor Jamea F. Spence. George Booth. nraalHant if th rr a TT1ra Those seeking election for the one two-yeW term are Commissioner George Westhrook and Henry J.

Elliott-Percy Newman is seeking reelection as constable. His opponent is James A. Walker. Pnlla close at 9 o'clock. City Clerk Harry A Maurer does not expect a vote of more than 10,000.

Last year the vote east was in excess of 13,000. Little interest has been displayed jin the Commissioner campaign, the franchise or the ordinance. The Pontlac Transportation which Instituted bus service for a five-cent fare here over a year ago when the Eastern Michigan Motor-busses withdrew, claiming It could not afford to operate at a 10 cent fare unless protected from jitneys, is asking a seven year franchise. It offers to maintain Its present rate of fare. Approval of the charter amendment limiting the penalty for de-linnoencv in maatlncr lnAAi.i sessments to three per cent is re garded as a formality.

Lovett to Speak at Forum on Home Rule Amendment ROYAL OAK. April 1 William P. Irfivett. secretary of the Detroit Citizen League, will be iruest speaker here Monday at. a meeting called by the Men's Forum of the First Baptist Church of Royal Oak.

Mr. Lovett will discuss the pro- nr.oit4 i it 1 iPP, u' 't. ilir niaip. State Rep. Meivin H.

Lee. of Royal Oak, will speak on the proposed school bill which will lift the support of schools from local property. Two Women Are Charaprl with Stealing from Store PONTIAC, April 1-Charged with the theftof merchandise from the Sears, Roebuck Co. store. Mis.

Katherinc Olah, 40 years old, and Elizabeth Kltzul, 22, both of Shelby, are in County Jail for investigation. Pay Kast Windsor firemen will the 14 pairs of tailor-made ordered for them by Alderman I Laurendeau, chairman of the Coi'm cil's fire committee. Because the pants will cost about $20 more than the $80 for firemen's uniforms i lowed by the 1934 budget, AM, man Laurendeau feared that th Control Board would not annmv. the order. In answer to charges of Commi.

sloner Norman Eansor, of Windsor that snow shovelers would work for the Welfare Department, if tn. Welfare would furnish rubbers or galoshes for unshod indigents. Col E. S. Wlgle, chairman of the Holder Cities Relief Board, announce that any men who applied to th Board could have their shoes rr-paired or receive new shoes urn-time they made such a request Charged with unlawfully eitnh.

llshlng a radio station in his home Archie F. Gignac, Windsor attorney, Saturday filed an appmi against a decision of the Suprrm Court of Ontario ordering a cnn. viction. Iast September, Gignnc refused to pay radio tax and fought charges laid against him hv Rolnd G. Gooding, district radio inspectm World' faatfit multi-motor service 2 pilots Stewardess.

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Seattle $34.95 3125 12S.2S Bow mni 1mm inriuim ennnmrtinf mir eiMi In ftatl mnd Chumffm 9 mi. M0n Ru Trtx-Fsr hUa Im I.0BBV. BOOK CADILLAC; CH. 1100 Roteli: Traiel Burrsu; Poitsl and WifrB L'nion OffWm UNITED AIR LINES ftAJMMMMH) MII.K KXI'KHIKMC Taxes per annum If JT worm, luiif 'uV bL walaltr that wins fe3a Yeurhlahest regards! jyt-J wfA ir- i Saw Six of Their 10 Sons Enlist; Wilson Honored Couple ALLEGAN, April 1-Mr. and Mrs.

Richard McGauran, noted in World War days because six of their 10 sons enlisted, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on Easter Sunday. One of their moat cherished possessions la a letter which they received from President Wilson, honoring them for their patriotism. Both residents of Evanston, they went to Milwaukee to be married on Easter Saturday 50 yeara ago. They moved to Allegan in 1910, remaining for four years and then going back to Chicago, but have resided in Allegan steadily since 1921. Of their 10 sons, two were too young, one was a member of the Evanston Secret Service, another, Richard.

then 31, was killed Just as the war broke out, in an accident In which Mr. McGauran lost a leg, and 11 the others enlisted. Their sons include Edward, of Chicago, who despite the fact that he waa paat the draft age, enlisted in the navy and served aa chief engineer on a sub-chaser; Arthur, of Chicago, who served aa sergeant of the Marine Corps; Harry, of Long Island, who enlisted In the navy and served as first class machinist mate; James, of Chicago, who served In a like capacity; Noal, of Battle Creek, who was inspector In the ordnance depart- Evanston who served in the secret 1l v't'e' Jack, of Long Island, who before he wu 18 years old enl.ate. wlInuui oih paienis cmiseiu. unuu as an infantryman In France; Paul who waa too young to join, now residing in Allegan, and William, their youngest son, who Uvea with his parents.

Jack served the longest lime In service of any of the boys and leaving the United States with the first contingent. At the close of the war he was redrafted to ac-1 company the ship to Russia on which Emma Goldman was deported and a friendship grew between them. BKONSOV The roof of the I.ut A. Schiam pickle factory is being repaired. It caved in last week under the weight of the heavy snow.

Pastor, 100 on Preaches to i Fights Stabber Offers of Transfusion Made by Mates JACKSON. April 1 The quiet of Easter at the Michlgen State Prison whs broken Sunday noon by murder, when Peter Roesler, 4 years old, prison had man, went. berserk and slushed Arthur Main, 30, an inmate hospital so badly that Main died in Mercy Hoapltal an hour later. It was the third time in Roesler'a prison term that he has reported to knivea and raaors. Roesler, a victim of stomach frouhle, has been held recently In cell ahove the prison hospital because he could not be trusted in the hospital for treatment.

Sunday noon Roesler sent word the hoapltal that he wanted to see Main, who has been raring for him. Main arrived outside Roes-ler cell just aa a Ruard atarted collecting trava from the noon meal. A minute after Main stepped Intp the rell with Roesler. Dixon hnrd Main arream, and ruahed to hit as-sislanre with other trustiea arvi glial (Is. Staha Him Mne Time ftoesler.

armed with an improvised knife made from a piece of steel, had stabbed Main nine tlmea Inrapid succession, and had then krjocked Main down. Despite his wounds, Main regained hla feet and 1 krjocked Roesler, a smaller -man, to the floor. Main was rushed to the prison hfftpital and then to Mercy Hos-pilal. A call waa sent to the prison for volunteers and several fellow-Inmates of Main responded but Main died while being taken to the opeiatlng room. Roesler.

who refused to tell why he slabbed Main, waa placed In a punishment cell. He will charged with firit degree murder, according to Deputy Warden D. C. Pettit. Coroner John Pulling Impaneled a jury Sunday night but delayed holding an inquest until he has conferred with Prosecutor Harry D.

Foardman. The slaying Sunday was the first killing In the prison in many yeara. priion offlelala aald. Had Three Children Main was aerving his first term, having heen sentenced from Tua-rola County on Sept. 13, 1929.

to "rve 25 to 40 years for robbery armed. His widow Edna Uvea at 703 V. 17th Saginaw. He had three children. Roealer wag first sentenced In 1919 to to 14 years In Michigan City Prison for violation of the Drug Act, and in 1924 was sentenced to l'i years in Leavenworth for a similar offense.

On Oct. 4, 1929. he was sentenced from Gratiot County to 1 to 15 yeara for breaking and entering. On March 8. 1930, Roesler argued over what kind of soap powder to use in cleaning floors.

He drew a knife and slashed two fellow Inmates and Arthur Pavey, a prison guard. He was sentenced to an additional term of 7 to IS yeara for the assault and was transferred to Marquette. Has lieen Declared Sana At Marquette his record was so had that he waa nideied to the hospital for criminals at Ionia, lie attempted nuiclile with a razor at Marquette and a short time before he was taken to Iimia a razor blade waa found concealed under some adhesive tap that covered on of his wounds. At lonla he was declared sane, but a victim of drugs, and was transferred bark to Jackson on Sint ins: Because of his con- duct here he was transferred back to Marquette on Dec. 20.

1932, but came back to Jackson with a transfer group on June 1. 1933. He was removed from the prison bull-pen onlv a few weeks ago for creating trouble. Dr. Whitley, who attended Roes- ler, said that he suffered from some chronic stomach disorder, hut that it was not serious.

The phy- slcian said that he, too. had heen threatened by Roesler, who Imag- Ined that ha waa not getting proper treatment. This Family Sews Up Election for Constable HILLSDALE. April 1-A father and son are opposing each other at the City election here Monday for the office of constable in the Third Ward. William Hoover is running on the Republican ticket and his son Orville is the Democratic candidate.

Rochester High Principal Announces His Resignation ROCHESTER, Api il 1- Hallow Tubbs. principal of Rochester High School for three years, has announced his resignation, effective the end of the school year. It Happened in Michigan SCHOOLCRAFT Mr. Mary Ann Rote, ninesi resioenr oi inis inos, will celebrate her ninety-fifth birth- riay Monaay. jne nas nveu in Schoolcraft 56 years.

BKl LAH First heavy dipping started early Sunday as the smelt run opened here tn spite of heavy Ice on Crystal Lake. MONROE Mr. and Mrs. Charles i Wagner. Exeter ownship.

are ceie-! brating their fiftieth wedding anni- versary. Mr. Wagner is 73 years oiq ana ni wue iu. FiUts FleunaW Oral in i Angostura. SuairanM ml Turkay in Pallia Shall Anfatturn Mifnnn ml Van! Saula Angostura aire iht ftmlurtt lojty on At- mrnu of Dctroit-Leland Hotel V.

RECOMMEND THEM TO OUR GUESTS Th n.nilfa'ttlrra H'tlrm prtirt ii. t.inrahit H.a Ni tt Km (irnr an.l I ha rcvl family nf Tan. a'e awards A lH inlftnalinnal J.aenaitlnna. 1 I Kills Detroiters Bowling Champion Is One of 4 Victims LANSING, April 1 Automobile accidents claimed four lives here Easter morning. Miss Beatrice Howard, 28 years old.

of 5260 W. Chicago and Clarence Car-berry, 22, of 12205 Ilene Detroit, are dead and 10 other members of a Detroit bowling party are In local hospitals with severe injuries as a result of a collision Sunday morning in which three automobiles and two trucks were Involved. Miss Howard was fatally Injured when the car driven by Dean Ren-ton, 33, of Dearborn, In which she was a passenger, struck a machine driven by Raymond Hunton, of Flint, which was pulling on the pavement from a pring apace near the Paradise Ballroom, six miles west of here on US-16. Ren-ton's car caromed across the pavement after the first collision and crashed head-on Into a parked truck driven by Laverne Gredio. of Grand Rapids.

State Police said. Carberry lost his life when a car driven by Forrest Park, of Detroit, following Renton, crashed Into the rear of a truck driven by Clarence Sales, of Lansing. Sales had stopped to assist the injured in Renton's car. Crashed Into Rear Truck The Injured whose condition waa reported fair Sunday night, are Renton and Clark. Cecile Magdalener, 33; Adelaide McMillan.

26; Clara Srull, Kermlc Warman, 24; Mrs. Marjorie Clayton, 34; Leonard Smith, 26; Marion Crittenden, 33; and Mrs. Louise Krey, 27, all of Detroit. Coroner Ray Gorallne announced that an Inquest would be held Wednesday. Miss Howard won the Class singles In the women's Chicago American tournament two weeks ago, in which 4,000 star bowlers were entered.

Mrs. Clayton, wife of Richard Clayton, owner of the Grand Rlver-Livernols Recreation, at 9666 Grand River was captain of the State championship Budweiser team which won Its title recently at Pontlac. She is suffering from a shoulder fracture and minor bruises. Exec(ed to Recover Mrs. Mlllan, with a fractured clavicle and Injuries to her back.

Is expected to doctors reporting that they did not believe that her hack was broken. Miss Crittenden, suffering from severe injuries, including a fractured pelvis and internal injuries, also is expected to recover. Injuries of the others in the party were less serious, doctors said. The party had been playing a match with the Strand Recreation team at Lansing. The only member to escape was Mrs.

LaWave Harris, who returned in her own car, ahead of the rest of the group. Edward Anderson, r0, and Charles Raymond. 45, both of iNoith Detroit, were fatally injured Sunday morning when an automobile in which they were riding with Victor Ma-honey, also of North Detroit, was struck by a car driven by Allen J. Wesman, Lansing. Malioney.

on his way to Detroit from Grand Rapids, stopped to repair a tire just inside city limits. Wesman's machine caught fire after the collision. Mahoney and Wesman were recovering from injuries In St. Lawrence Hospital Sunday night. Despondent Man Drowns Himself in Huron River ANN ARBOR, April 1 George Jeilele, 48 years old.

drowned himself In the Huron River at Dexter Sunday, in a foot of water. He had been despondent over his separation from his wife five years ago, according to his relatives. Jedele had been a partner in the Hagen and Jedele clothing store. Recently he had been employed at a farm owned by G. eddei man, 605" Woodward Detroit.

Easter Day, Fill Prophecy uive ivjq sermon movement In England from Its eaily days. Mr. Edwards came to America at the age of lrl but didn't stay long. Refore he was 20 he had crossed the Atlantic five times, once on the what was regarded the world's speediest clipper which had set Its sails to break the record time for a trip from Australia. Encountering head winds, it was driven off its course, later was becalmed and arrived in New York 35 days late with the food supply almost gone after shipping men had given' up the crew and passengers for dead -another time that Edwards, relying on the fact that he was born April 1.

fooled the fates that seemed to be trying to kill him. Went Around World Other trips took him across the Pacific twice, once around the world, and finally to Australia where he embarked on the racing cupper. But clipper ships are much too tame for him now. He likes airplanes and on a flight a year or so ago complained that 2,000 feet was "hardly off the ground." If anybody was flying to Cornwall, lie said, he'd like to go along and see his childhood home. In his youth he was a miner for a time and turned to the ministry In Canada, preaching in Ontario and Iowa before coming to Michigan in 1864 as supply minister on the Saranac Circuit at $300 a year, which was twice as much as he ever received before.

Sharing his interest In life Is his 'h'rd 10 hJ- V'rW wna III- Anna Punlim of 0li-oit was Dr. Anna S. Rankin, of Detroit, She was a physician but, she explained, "never practiced except on Timothy." Mr. Edwards was Introduced by the Rev. Frank M.

Fields, superintendent of the Port Huron district of the church. The pastor of the church, the Rev. Lloyd V. Moffett, rad letters from Bishop Edgar Blake, of the Detroit area, and Dr. M.

S. Rice, of the Metropolitan Methodist Church, Detroit, Saginaw Jubilant over Sales Boom Payrolls at Factories Reflected in Stores SAGINAW, April 1- Saginaw merchants were more llian Jubilant Sunday when the tabulation of Saturdays receipts showed the largest volume of salea since the boom days In 1929. The largest Industrial payroll distribution in months coupled with the first really warm day of spring brought a wave of buying such as has seldom been rivaled even at Christmas time, and the addition of scores of extra clerks could not begin to cope, with the crowds. Dr. Fisher to Talk to Scientific Group KALAMAZOO.

April 1 -Dr. Frederick B. Fisher, of the First Methodist Church of Ann Arbor, will give the address of the sixteenth annual meeting of the Southwestern Michigan Science and Mathematics Association meeting at Western State Teacher College Friday. Other apeakeis will Include Dr. Fay Cooper Cole, University of Chi- cago; Dr.

liinoru woouv. univer- sity of Michigan; Koscoe Mai tin. Bangor; George Jlllison, Sout Haven; FU.vd C. Huggett, Battl Creek: Miss Theodoala Hadlev. Western State Teachers College; Supt.

P. Hickok, Centervllle; Dr. H. N. Godard, Western State Teachers College; L.

N. Rosen-crans. Three Oaks; Prof. Flovd University of Michigan; Dr. L.

C. Miller, of the Upjohn Kalamazoo; Miss Mildred Hinder-liter, Dowagiac; Joe Hooker of the Kalamazoo schools, and Prof. Hugh Acklev of Western State Teachers i College. Cafe Man Robbed Two thucs Sunday nicht held ut Mike Mielnik, 4fi years old, pro-! prietor o( a cafe at ft3 Orange Wyandotte, and escaped with $10 taken from the till. Foreign News Briefs PARI! (A President Albert Lebrun.

in a move to overcome the hostility of Government function- sues tq Premier Gaston Doumei- gue's economy decrees, Sunday usked that his salary be slashed 20 per cent. The Cabinet ministers uie taking a 15 per cent cut. BrKI.I.V i AIM A. Karl Sever ing, former Socialist leader and Prussian premier, now a leading Republican convert to HitleiiHin, said Sunday that Hitler Is a Repub- uian. severing puoiisnea a oro-1 chore under the title "My Way to i 1 i ESaclk Mrs.

Layman believes her hus band is down in Lake Erie. Army pilots searched Lake St. Clair for days without success, adding strength to the theory that Layman was lost in the larger lake. Police Will Guard Royal Oak Session Charges of Graft to Get an Airing ROYAL OAK, April 1 Police will guard against violence at a meeting here Monday night when Frank W. Henderson, of Royal Oak, will "upport charges of graft which he nurieo at Mayor ri, i.ioya L'lawson last Monday night tne Ma'or1 of CWA funds for personal gain by graveling streets in Northwood Subdivision, owned by the F.

W. Claw-son Land of which Mayor Claw-son Is secretary-treasurer. Henderson promised to produce photostatic records of his charges at last Monday's meeting, but the session broke up in a brawl. A. R.

Jamieson, prominent Royal "UK citizen, was sirucK in me race and his glasses were knocked off in the melee. Henderson charged in a letter, directed to the Citv Commission, that Mayor Clawson had taken ad- vantage of the present administra- tion and used thousands of dollars of Federal money for his personal gain. Mayor Clawson denied the charges, stating that he had nothing to do with the" selection of He was supported in his stand by City Manager Edward M. Shaftef, who explained that nn 1 throo streets of the approximately 50 that had been improved I streets were In the Northwood Subdivision. He suld that selection of streets was done by himself and members of the City's Engineering Depart- i nient.

Henderson said that he would bring the matter' to the attention of Department of Justice officials, and threatened to air the affair before a grand jury. Clawson Invited him to carry out his threats. Uncomplimentary names were hurled at the Mayor and the meet-' Ing terminated with a scuffle a few-minutes before a police officer arrived on the scene. Hen Embosses an Egg as Easter Celebration OXFORD, April 1 -John Dans-forth, attendant at the C. N.

Ray poultry farm here, found an unusual Easter egg which he has placed on display In a business place here. The egg has the letter embossed about an eighth of an inch high on one end, apparently in recognition of the holiday by which the egg is glorified. Two Accidents Reported During Easter Week-End PONTIAC, April 1 Despite East er traffic only two persons were reported injured in Oakland County accidents over the week-end. Mary Jane Green, 10 years old. surrered Internal injuries and a compound leg fracture Saturday night when struck by a car driven by Walter Hall, Route 2, Rochester, while walking on the Telegraph Road between Eight and Nine Mile Roads near her home.

She was taken to the Redford Receiving Hospital. W. C. Lelpprandt, 24 S. East was cut about the head and face early Sunday morning when he lost control of his automohile and it crashed into a telephone pole on Elizabeth Lake Road about 7S feet west of Cass Lake Road.

He was taken to the General Hospital. Despondent Over III Health, Farmer Commits Suicide LAKE ORION. April 1-Frank W. Hugill, 0 years old, shot himself fatally In the chest with a revolver early Sunday morning in his farmhouse near here. Despondency due to ill health was given by his son, George P.

Hugill. jtes the cause. FRKK OFFKR TO FrF.KKRS FROM STOMACH ULCERS Indige-tion, Gastritis Dut CoMtric Hyptr-Acidity Don't uiTr lrom tomch or duodenal Mirers, n-rvni9. nrrri. gas.

mnwr, sick ttom-ach. hkhinr. heartburn, nautra. or hfart presMire, constipation. Lom ot aiv pftiif mi dtejt.

Why lot nueh condition b. nperatnir star? Study jour stomach no how it orratsM and it demand, and you will underviMnd why patent niiri-temp, laxative, nits, toda and othfr tpmnormy never correct tti- ailment. If riliH-onrairwf. do not five up hope Many former nutfoiein have found mn'k. positive remih.

No liquid dirm. no )ien of time. hate a remM of merit for I.IVKK and UWA trull hlr Write for our It bonk)t THK PROHLKM OK THE SI'KFKRKH" which telli you how to correct then ail- Send a poit card today with your rami and addre or nhnn Odd la 8440 or vtt in. There in nn nhligation. Optn tt a- m.

to 5 p. im ludint Saturday, DETROIT VO COMPANY DEPT. P-1 110? DU Stott 8iat aaa GriiwoU 1 i I I i ltd the 7 -Yew FDami Beffoire April 10th! 1171 1 i i Centenarian Who Laughs at Death Promised nt a YOU MUST ACT FAST if you want to take advantage of the extraordinary provisions of the Charter Amendment detailing a plan whereby you can take seven years to pay your back taxes for years1 prior to 1933. ALL YOU PAY NOW is one-twentieth of a revised total, after penalties and interest have been substantially reduced in soma cases from 15 to 42. THEN, YOU CAN TAKE seven' years to pay the balance in convenient small semi ROME Prince "rn "7 Ruqia (m.t i he recounted.

'I heard them plan- Russia, first cousin of the fnrmpr i annual installments, paying only 5 interest on deferred balances! REMEMBER, THIS PLAN April 10, 1934. Act now and save your home I lu i ears Jgo to Continued from Page One 'em. My eyes were open. No, they didn't bury me." Many years later he was taken lit if i ii when he was livinsr at St. Joseph, Mich.

He had Been in a coma and the doctors thought him dead. But he 'was conscious. ml," m' tombstone. His face lighted with a broad grin. "It was to be a three-cornered affair called the Methodist Church memorial.

My name would be on one side with two other names on the others. It might have been nice, at that." At 64 he waa supposed to die again. The doctors gave him a year to live. Within a couple of weeks of the time he was supposed to die he jumped fully clothed Into the water to save two adults who were drowning. When the time finally comes for him to die, he will be ready, he said.

His dimming eyes lighted with hope and confident belief as he asserted, "I believe as much in the hereafter as I do in the present. God has been good and kind to us here on earth and we will not be forgotten in the future. Every man will be paid according to the work he has done." At the beginning of his second century, he still finds life fascin ii. iiiBinia uii ii.viiih uie newspapers read to him to keep ating. He Insists on having the abreast of the news.

Would he like to live another 100 years? He'd Live iu ork "Yes," he responds, "if I could work and be of some value to my fellow men." His family has heen identified with church work for generations. His paternal grandparents were active In the Wesleyin Methodist Sincerely yours, of Kaiser renounced the T.iilhrmn r. ligion Sunday and became a Roman Catholic. I.OM)O.V (UP.) The Sunday Chronicle said Sunday that Eamon j- yg)er Fr(1(, Stllte president of the Irish soon will announce his desire to conclude a trade agreement with Great Britain. The article indicated that De Valera first would announce increases In numerous British and Northern Ireland imports.

ALEXANDRIA (U.P.) Exca-I n.r ih i i have resulted In the discovery of a' huge Nile galley carved from the i soild rock an(i modeled on the lines ot the sacred ship of Ra, the Egyptian sun god. Michigan Deaths HOI. I. A Ml Mi Herman NjenlM ink. Ho; Mi H.nir Ih-ktor.

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sadit Blok. 61: Mis. Ii Van lhkr. yPtr.AXTIMr C-orgp M. Cntton.

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want A. HOa'KIS- R.rrnn A. Calkin. f. lra-l Clark.

Mil RKi It A PI I In Mr. lanlirl rnlarlrk 45 NKWAW.Il William Aina, Ift hlti lRIRIK Lillian W. Naior. rH Al.l.KI.AN Mia lierllu.le II Pollar. 70 i.riPisnrnN pnn.i.

I'N! a iiliam a. l.nrnl SISAW Oajrlnn RutherfuM CHARLES William S. Thompaoa. I i I i City Treasurer, 1 933 Taxes are NOT included!.

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