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1 wit mm THE WEATHER ewer. Sunday, prob.bljr Sunday, May 12, 1935. 105th Year. No. 8 On Guard for Over a Century Ten Cents Milk Situation a Problem for President Launches U.

S. in Vast Power Business; Works Setup Is Shifted Auto Industry Makes New Offer for Settling Strike at Toledo but Labor Heads Split on Accepting Hopkins Is Given 'I Want My Mother' Typical Mother Deplores Abuse of Mother's Day Workers to Hold Vote Today on Truce Plan Ohio City Populace Voices Alarm, Stressing Need of Agreement for Community's Good By Clarence E. McConnell Free Press Labor Editor TOLEDO, May 12 (Sunday) General Motors officials early today made an offer for settlement of the strike at the Chevrolet Motor Co. transmission plant. Although national officers of the American Federation of Labor viewed the offer favorably, local officers of the sike committee looked upon it less kindly.

It was understood that the main provision of the offer was a wage increase of four cents an hour. The unions had asked for an increase of five cents. The proposition will have to be submitted to the striking employees Sunday for a vote on acceptance or rejection. f. "i "urn- I TOLEDO, May 11 Automobile manufacturers today stood by their epochal agreement with President Roosevelt for collective bargaining with employees and advocated that the-rules of the Automobile Labor Board be used as a foundation for a settlement of the strike at The Chevrolet Motor Co.

transmission plant. Strikers' representatives refused to accept such a basis at the second session of the peace conference and after a short recess went into a third gathering which threatened to run long into the night. Thomas J. Williams, Federal conciliator, and Edward F. McGrady, first assistant secretary of Labor, united in declaring that "real progress has been made." "We are calmly and progressively discussing a number of subjects," Williams explained.

"Some subjects have been laid over, by mutual consent, for further thought. Most assuredly the discussion is constructive. There is no display of heated temper and no semblance of bitterness." Among the specific things being brought up, only to laid over, were provisions of the company's original offer to preclude a strike by a 5 per cent increase in wages and other concessions. Unofficially, it was learned that some provisions of the offer are acceptable. Interest in the peace conference and the representatives SCRAMBLE New Importance All Applications Will Co to Him Before Allotment Board Projects Are Divided into 4 Classifications WASHINGTON, May 11 (A.

A sudden shift in allotment procedure under the $4,000,000,000 work relief program, emphasizing the importance of Harry L. Hopkins, was announced today by Frank C. Walker, head of the Applications Division. The new rule says that all allotment applications shall come through existing agencies of the Federal Government instead of being filed directly, as was expected at first, with That will mean that except for pending applications before the Publio Works Administration, all applications will be referred to Hopkins' powerful Works Progress Division before reaching the allotment Board and the President. Walker's application routine Indicated fastest action on Federal and non-Federal projects which have been stacked on the desk of Secretary of Interior Harold E.

Ickes, already bearing Public Works Administration approval. Next greatest speed seemed in store for projects initiated by Hopkins' Works Progress Division. Projects In Four Classes) Walker divided all applications into four classes: Federal projects. non-Federal, work-relief and admin istrative expense projects. Federal and non-Federal projects already pending before PWA need not be resubmitted, but will go directly to the Applications Division.

They then will be returned to the originating Governmental departments for review in connection with worjc relief objectives, before being transferred by Walker to the Allotment Board. New Federal projects will be filed directly with Walker by the various Government agencies, be reviewed and submitted simultaneously to the Works Progress Division so that Hopkins can pass on the potential employment. Thereafter, they will pass from the Applications Division to the Allotment Board, New non-Federal projects will be submitted to state PWA directors by individuals, states, counties, cities or other governmental agencies. Hopkins Gets Coplea PWA will prepare the actual applications and again Walker will transmit copies to Hopkins for a check on the work-potentialities. In addition, work relief projects will be initiated by the Progress Division in localities "where the relief situation is such as to demand small useful projects to provide a maximum of direct employ Such projects will Include those recommended either to state relief officers or to Washington by states, counties, municipalities and other political divisions.

These will be reviewed only by the Budget Bureau before going to the Allotment Board. All administrative expense statements wilt pass through the Budget Bureau before being submitted by the Applications Division to the Allotment Board. Bergdoll Offers to Face U. S. Trial Move Pivots on Killing of Court-Martial WEINSBERG, Germany, May 11 (U.

Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the Philadelphia brewer's son who refused to fight In the World War, today expressed his willingness to return to the United States and take his chances before the courts. Bergdoll, who was sentenced by a court martial to five years' Imprisonment as a "draft dodger" but escaped and took refuge in Germany, said that he would be glad to surrender for trial before a Fed eral court, providing that the court martial proceedings were nullified. Bergdoll's wife is now In the United States with their four children, hoping to persuade President Roosevelt to grant Bergdoll a pardon. of Government, Labor andt" Every Family Methods of Gigantic Business Now Under Court Inquiry Firms Seek to Justify 33 Pet. Price Increase Is there a milk trust In Detroit? Are residents of the City paying tribute to a dairy monopoly that stifles competition and exacts un duly high prices? Or is the arrangement for supplying tested, standardized milk and cream to hundreds of thousands of homes daily merely an ef ficient reply to the City's demand for a clean, safe and regular supply or tne -universal iood: Detroiters have been asking these questions for three months.

The spotlight of public interest was first turned on the milk question in Feb ruary, when the farmers and the milk dealers jointly agreed to raise the retail price of bottled milk in the City from 11 cents to 12 cents. Price Up 33 Per Cent That was the third one-cent In crease in the retail price of milk in two years, and completed a 33 per cent rise In the cost to the City dweller of his morning bottle of milk. It brought painfully to the attention of thousands of householders the striking jump that near ly all food prices are taking. The next development was the decision of Prosecutor Duncan C. McCrea to accuse the milk distributors of maintaining a price-fixing combination in violation of the Michigan Anti-Trust Law of 1899.

There followed In quick succession the revelations that AAA profes-ors In Washington were critical of the Detroit setup; that the Wayne County Consumers Council was investigating; the raid on the Michigan Milk Bottle Exchange and seizure of its records; the filing of suits in Circuit Court to dissolve the Bottle Exchange and the Metropolitan Detroit Milk Distributors Association, and, finally, the decision to present the whole matter before Judge Henry S. Sweeny, of Recorder's Court, in the form of grand jury testimony. In addition to all this, there Is going on throughout the areas of Michigan, where farmers ship milk to Detroit, a rlp-roarlng political fight to overthrow the present administration of the Michigan Milk Producers Association. Echoes of this fight have been heard in the Detroit grand jury investigation of the milk distributors to the complete confusion of city folk. Farmer Feci Effect Is there a milk trust? Among the farmers shipping milk to Detroit there most certainly is; they are members of it and the laws of Michigan specifically provide that they may maintain it to regulate the suppiy of milk and to deal collectively with the purchasers of milk.

The farm milk trust Is officially entitled the Michigan Milk Producers Association, and is perfectly leeal. The question raised In the cur rent investigation is whether there is a corresponding combine of city milk dealers and a arragement be tween the two to nx the price of milk to the consumer. That is what the prosecutor contends would be illegal. The milk business as at present conducted is extremely complicated. There are 14,000 farmers in Michigan supplying milk to 96 creameries under the supervision of the Federal market supervisor here and of the Detroit Board of Health, Fifty-nine of these creameries are in the Detroit sales area, and 40 are in Detroit.

AU Milk Different Each cow belonging to each of these 14,000 farmers gives a slightly different kind of milk. But each of the many millions of bottles of milk gold annually in Detroit con tains a fixed amount of butterfat and cream. Every quart of milk is standard, tested and made safe to drink. Each farmer who sends milk to Detroit Is paid two prices. One price is based on the amount of milk he sends regularly, month in and month out.

The other Is for PleQse Turn to Page 5 Column 2 Quintuplets Send Gift of Roses to Mother CALLANDER. May 11 (A. A deluge of Mother's Day cards and greetings has descended upon the Dlonne farmhouse in honor of the world's only mother of quintuplets. Resentful of the legislation that made the quintuplets special wards of the King, the twenty-six-year-old mother, Mrs. Ollva Dionne, said today.

"On Mother's Day I should be happy, but how can I when my babies have been taken from me." But Sundav may bring some compensation. Vvonne. Annette, Cecile, Emille and Marie will present their mother with a huge bouquet of flowers. particularly suited to the production of serum used to combat lockjaw. Then Tess was a four-year-old.

The date of her arrival was May 5, 1917. That World War was shaking Europe and the United States was in it. Patiently Tess went Into action producing the life-saving serum. For the first two years and Tess was an outstanding prodnrer, Dr. Lawrence T.

Clark, managing di-roclor of research and biological laboratories for Parke-Davis, gaid her serum went to the battlefront. Many an American soldier, bitten by bullets and in danger of lnck-Pleate Turn to Page 2 Column 2 Detroit Loses Labor Agency State Closes 10 Offices for Lack of Funds Rural Districts Will Be Served Development Appears Limited Only by Extent of Cash McCarl Rules Out Homestead Loans i.rACWTNGTON. May 11 (A Authority to do an electric rower business-so broad as to ap-war unlimited at first study was vested Aj Rural Electrification Ad ministration which he created un der the wora-reuei order over Mr. Boosevelfs signature generally wag Interpreted as i'5 of direct Federal activities In Ohservers saw only one immediate check on this develop ment the amount 01 u- bIn so many words, Mr. Roosevelt directed the new Electrifica-Administration "to initiate, formulate, administer and super vise a program 01 approvea projects with respect to the feneration, transmission and distribution of electric energy In rural sreas." Hopkins' Position Strengthened Colncidentally, a sudden shift in work project plans was announced by Frank C.

Walker, head of the Applications Division. The new rule states that "all allotment applications will come through existing agencies of the Federal Government" instead of being filed directly as was first expectedwith Walker. The new arrangement emphasized the important place Harry L. Hopkins will have in the work program. Kxcept for pending applications before the Public Works Administration, all others will be referred to Hopkins' powerful Works Progress Division before reaching the allotment board and Mr.

Roosevelt Lines to TVA Seen Under one interpretation of the President's power executive order, the new unit, REA, was believed able to build or acquire lines to power plants of the Tennessee Valley -Authority, thus short-circuiting a Federal Court injunction against sales of TVA power. Supplementing and bolstering the sweeping grant was authority in the order for REA "to acquire, by purchase or by the power of eminent domain, any real property or any interest therein," in addition to selling or leasing property. Whether this language foretold the actual purchase or condemnation of existing power plants, transmission lines and distribution systems could not be learned. Morris L. Cooke, already acting as head of REA though not formally appointed, was out of the City, Building of rlants Doubted Officials said that most of the projects under the plan probably would result from organization of mutual companies by farmers.

They predicted that few, if any, generating plants would be built because of the huge cost. For amplification, they referred to a radio speech to be delivered by .2 1 Zxt between 12:30 tim. eaatern standard time. Cooke has said that the pro- rW 3 Column 4 belief Case Load Off 1,000 Families f. Saturday by Six hnL.

Jonn F- Ballenger. er dropped during the week. uVdav load for th cy with We'fare record8' 5 of 53,909 Start the Day Right with the Free Press Morning Pige. I the Peope The Day Washington I 4 Around the Town 7 Foreign News 7 Current Review Puzzle 5 state 12 hardens Building 15 'ne Theater and Screen 16-17 Travel Auti New's' SPORTS KrTTnw 18 18-19 20 S'ild Life Eternal News J-'t-ancial News "a New 9 Yrk Bond BuMneas-industrtal Newg 12 SOCIETY-ART SECTION chatterbox 1 candar 4 who Goes Where? 8 Alden 10 ciub Culhertson on Bridge 12 Tower Kitchen 'W!" 12 and Book. il WANT AD SECTION ALSO ii'T and Corric Supplements Msenzine Section, inolud-pa Kitchen and Home 'f- Complete Novel.

"De- yrf-" Screen nd Radio ee kly. i i NEW YORK, May 11 (A. Mrs. "Fletcher M. Johnson, 69 years old, the "typical American mother of 1935," said today that Mother's Day was "a beautiful custom which had been much abused." Mrs.

Johnson came to New York to participate In a series of Mother's ffiffDay programs. she will loin Mrs. James Roosevelt, moth' er of the Presi' dent, in a radio broad cast to mother of America. Originally from Gainesville, Mrs. Johnson now lives at Ir- vington-on-Hud- son, N.

Y. She was selected as the All-American mother by the Golden Rule Foundation A. P. Wirephoto. Mrs.

Johnson Mother's Day Committee. Blue eyed, with glistening white hair and rosy cheeks, Mrs, Johnson feels that Mother's Day is necessary but abused by commercial Interests. "Mother's Day should be commemorated by something better than flowers or candy," she observed. "It should have a substantial meaning which would benefit mothers universally." Mrs. Johnson said that she would go to prison before she would support the Government In another war.

One of her sons, Capt. Fletcher Johnson, in charge of a CCC camp, was an aviator in the World War. H. Paddock, Attorney, Dies Was Leader in Bar and Church Affairs Lewis H. Paddock, prominent Detroit attorney for more than 40 years and an associate counsel in the Ford Motor Co.

tax suit, died Saturday night in Henry Ford Hospital at the age or btf. Mr. Paddock had been 111 for seven weeks, after an operation for bladder trouble. He lived at 1039 Seminole Ave. and was a partner in the law firm Miller, Canfield, Paddock, Stone.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jessica Ferguson Paddock; two sons. Thomas F. and Benjamin H. Paddock, and a daughter, Virginia F- Paddock, all of Detroit, and a sister, Miss Emily Paddock, of Providence.

R. Funeral services will be at 2 p. m. Tuesday In Christ Episcopal cnurcn, on Ji. jenerson Ave, Was Son of Bishop Mr.

Paddock was born In Boston, the son of the Rev. Benjamin Paddock, who was Episcopal Bishop of Massachusetts from 1873 to 181. His education was at the Boston Latin School; Trinity College, Hartford, and at the University of Michigan, where he was a tennis champion. He taught school for two VMn At St. Paul's School, Concord, N.

immediately after his gradu ation from Michigan. Mr. Paddock came to Detroit In 1893 to practice law and become one of the City a most ouisianaing at torneys and bar memDers. in tne $20,000,000 Ford tax case his firm aDDeared for a group of minority stockholders. In the last few years he was among the attorneys active In the bank trials, appearing as counsel in the stockholders assess ment cases in Federal Court.

Often a Church Delegate Mr. Paddock always was active In Episcopal Church affairs and once was a trustee of the Episcopal City Union of Detroit He was treasurer and trustee oi tne Harris Memorial Trust, which directs religious work among students at Ann Arbor. He was often a member of Diocesan Conventions of the Episcopal Church of Michigan. He was a member of the Yondo- tega Club, the Detroit Athletic Club, the University ciud, tne country Club of Detroit, the Detroit CluD snd the Detroit Boat Club. He was at one time director of the Unfted States Radiator Corp.

Rep. McLeod's Son Has Rare Malady WASHINGTON. Mayy 11 Mai colm McLeod, seven-year-old son of Rep. Clarence J. McLeod, of De troit, was In the Garfield Hospital here today, suffering from an ailment which a group of specialists were unable to diagnose.

When taken to the hospital a few days ago, the boy was believed to be suffering either from infantile paralysis or spinal meningitis. Dr. Davenport White, chief of the hospital staff, was inclined to the belief today that the child may be suffering" from a rare malady known as Rocky Mountain spotted fever. After two blood transfusions, the child's temperature was lower Saturday. The boy is partially paralyzed.

Spring and Cupid Up to Their Old Tricks Spring and Cupid joined forces Saturday In establishing a record for 19.V) marriage licenses. Miss I Mary Kelber, deputy license clerk, reported 160 for the day. nr ft Industry is being shown by persons in all walks of the city's life. Fears that the community might lose a major industry if the strike, called April 23, is not brought to an amicable settlement promptly find expression in many ways. A popular appeal was made by The Toledo Blade in an editorial spread over four columns of the front page, headed.

"Chevrolet Plant Must Not Leave Toledo," "Loss of a great plant employing more than 2,200 people would be a major tragedy. "People of Toledo, do not allow 2.200 men, most of them supporting wives and children, to be thrown out of work. The Toledo Chamber of Commerce conducted an advertising campaign. In which it stressed the need of a settlement. Secretary A.

J. Horn explained that the Chamber is "following developments closely with hopes for an early settlement" New Factora In Parley Two new factors were brought out for discussion. 1. Industry asked union leaders to show evidence of greater responsibility to keep the peace. 2.

Labor demanded a blanket agreement that will be apllcable In all plants of The General Motors Corp. "We are starting from scratch," William S. Knudsen, executive vice president of General Motors, told newspaper men when he arrived in Toledo. Accompanying him were M. E.

Covle. president of The Chevrolet Motor and C. E. Wetherald, vice president in charge of manufacturing. Labor was represented by a "united front" established after a night of bickering between Jhe militant members of the United Automobile Workers Federal Labor Union, Chapter 18384.

and officials of the American Federation of Labor, with which they, are affiliated. Union spokesmen included James Roland, chairman of the Strike Committee which called a walkout of employees in the Chevrolet trans mission plant here April 23 and made 2,350 workers Idle Immediately. Within a week the dispute had caused a score of General Motors plants to be closed for lack of parts and had left 33.000 men idle in various parts of the Nation, fnlonlste Hold Meeting Militant unionists made themselves heard at a mass meeting on the eve of the peace parley, recall-Please Turn to- Page 3 Column 1 KENNETH Gity Overtime Drains Coffers Help Draws $154,743 in Extra Pay City employees have received $154,743.69 in overtime pay during the 13. months ended May 9, 1935, it was disclosed Saturday by City Controller illiam J. Curran.

Curran's statement revealed that substantial overtime payments had been made to employees In the higher salary brackets, with five men earning regular salaries of $4,000, receiving more than $1,000 overtime pay. This situation, long complained of by members of the Common Council, is to be the subject of investigation and proposed correction beginning June 5, when the Council undertakes consideration of the salary reclassification of City jobs and salaries. Councilmen George Engel and Edward J. Jeffries, particularly have been opposed to the large overtime payments. Treasurer's Office Leads.

Curran's statement showed that the City Treasurer's office led the list of overtime, with $44,738.78. resulting largely from added work as the result of HOLC applications and the institution of the Seven-Year Plan for, payment of delinquent taxes. The Board of Assessors was sec ond with payments of $38,589.15, of which $22,000 was for work involved in getting out the 1935-36 tax rolls. In addition, member of this Department received an extra $6,790.18 for work in connection with the Board of Review. Combining these two figures, the Assessors' staff received actually more than was paid to the Treasurer's office.

In the third place stood the City Election Commission with $28,590.31. This bill was the result of overtime necessitated by the various recounts. Others Paid Overtime Other overtime payments were as follows: Zoological Park, Welfare Department, Libra ry Commission, P. L. Recreation Commission, Purchasing Department, Water Board, D.

P. Airport, Mayor's office, Controller's office, Fire Commission, Department of Parks and Boulevards, D. P. general, D. P.

sewers, D. P. public buildings, D. P. roads, $8,406.

Eleven employees, with salaries of $4,000 or more, received overtime pay. They were E. C. Delmel. Treasurer's office, salary, overtime, $586.79.

A. E. Cobo (prior to becoming City Treasurer), salary overtime $101.12. O. E.

Dia-tin, Election Commission, salary $5,000, overtime $1,961.87. W. F. Crudder, Board of Assessors, salary overtime $835.41. A.

B. Evans, Board of Assessors, salary overtime $1,069.98. H. G. Fuller, Board of Assessors, salary overtime $1,159.83.

T. M. Corcoran, Board of Assessors, salary $530; overtime $1,171.49. George Barrle. Board of Assessors, salary overtime $534.88.

Harry Duff, Controller's office, salary $4 020; overtime $11.16. Homer Marson, Budget Bureau, salarv overtime $534.93. Edward Riehl. Bud eft Bureau, salary $305.38, Lost Boy Cries Until a Friend in Need Rescues Him A three-year-old boy, found wandering in the streets of the big city late Saturday, cried and cried, for two solid hours despite futile efforts of housewives, police and medical science to check his tears. He did not know where he lived, nor how be got to Wabash and Poplar where he was found by Mrs.

Guy J. Warren, of 2762 Ash St. All he could tell was that his name was Kenneth. "He was crying so hard that I took him to my house, and tried to give him playthings to stop his sobs," Mrs. Warren said.

But it was no use. He kept right on crying, and Mrs. Warren thought she should eall police. Police of the Grand River Station came to Mrs. Warren's house and took him to Receiving Hospital, because "he seemed sick." Doctors said he was suffering from too much crying, and sent him to the Women's Division at Headquarters.

There, policewomen looked after him. He was even given candy, but his tears continued. Not until two hours later, when his parents, John and Nettie Scramble, of 2515 Harrison found him at the police station did his tears change to smiles. Mrs. Scramble told police her son bad gone to a movie with a young girl and had started crying during the picture.

The girl took him to the door and sent him home. But he lost his way. 500 Injured in Ecstasy of Jubilee Finale LONDON, May 11 (A. More than 500 persons were injured tonight as King George -and Queen Mary made tha last of their nightly Jubilee appearances' on a floodlighted balcony of Buckingham Palace before a surging mob of a quarter of a million persons. Scores of persons were knocked down and many others fainted as the throng pressed against the Palace gates.

Ambulance men raced from the steps of Victoria Memorial, picking up fallen men, women and children. Twelve persons were removed to hospitals while more than 500 were treated at the field ambulance station. The smiling monarchs remained In view for seven minutes, waving to the cheering crowd, while the crush grew worse every moment and the casualties mounted. Half an hour later the King and Queen appeared again for three minutes in response to persistent demands of the populace. The King, in evening dress, wore a black overcoat and bowler hat The Queen wore an ermine coat.

Earlier In the day, arriving at Town Hall for a Jubilee ceremony, King George laughingly commented on the appearance of a banner em-blazonec "Twenty-Five Years of War and Unemployment." "Well, it has not remained up very long." the -monarch -toM -the Mayor of Marylebone with a "Workmen are either tearing it up or are trampling It." The banner, which made its appearance Pirate Turn to Ty9 3 OoHm I Discontinuance of 10 free em ployment offices maintained Jointly with Federal and State funds by the Michigan Employment Service was announced Saturday. The Detroit office at 447 Abbott In charge of Mrs. Helen M. Young, was one of those closed. Other branches affected are at Flint, Bay City, Battle Creek, Grand Rapids, Pnntiac, Kalamazoo, Lansing and Jackson.

An emergency appropriation by the State Administrative Board during the Comatock regime to match a similar fund made avail able In the Federal PWA author ixa-tion has financed the activity thus far. Claude S. Carney, former chairman of the State Labor Board, continued as head of the project after he waa replaced as a board As no additional provision was made under Gov. FiU gerald and no special grant Is being considered by the Legislature termination of the service was or dered. The new $4,800,000,000 Federal work relief program is expected to supplant the Michigan Employment service with its own employment agencies.

During the CWA program tha service was an important factor in putting unemployed to work. In addition Detroit plants have been surveyed for Jobs, messenger being used to advise applicants of openings. Approximately 25,000 have been placed in part time or full time Jobs through these avenues. Willys Improving After Heart Attack LOUISVILLE. May 11 A.

P.I John N. Willys, 61 yean old, pioneer auiomooue manuxacturer and former ambassador to Poland, today was reported Improving from a heart attack suffered last Saturday while here to attend the Kentucky Derby. The attack was regarded as dangerous because of Willys' age, Mrs. Florence E. Willys, who is with her- husband, said today that he was "in good spirits and still has his sense of humor." The hospital described his condition as "fair" and declared that he was not in a critical condition.

Hero Brings Back Body His Brother's SAN BENITO. May 11 (A. Nasario Najera stepped from the crowd on the bank and volunteered to help recover from a pond today the body of an unknown drowned man. The crowd cheered when he brought the body out. Bui Nalera was strangely "ll-rtt.

He turned the victim's body face up. It waa his brother, Old Horse That Saved Lives of Countless Men Is Dead Old Age Kills Tess, Who Spent 11 of Her 22 Years Producing Lockjaw Serum Tess, a big bay mare whose body for 11 years was a battleground for lockjow bacilli, is dead at the equine antiquity of 22. She died In her stall at the Parke, Davis ft Co. biological farm at Rochester of old age. No estimate can be made of the lives she saved.

In quantity Tess probably produced more tetanus anti-toxin than any other animate laboratory In the world. It is on the safe side to say that hundreds of persons are still alive and kicking because of Tess. When Tess first came to the Parke-Davis farm a Urge, hand- omt young animal eh was found $3.75 Buys Amateur a Lot of Armadillo CLEVELAND, May 11 There's seldom a dull moment in the life of Arthur Watson, twenty-year-old amateur animal collector. Today Watson looked at his latest collection, a mother armadillo, etc wasn't a mother whn he ordered her from Laredo, Tex price $3.75. But when she arrived in Cleveland she had given birth to four armadillets.

Waton said he will give Mama Armadillo and her offspring- to the too..

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