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public LiBRASt U. S. Weather Bureau 4 IetsqiFinaiJ Reports: G.ner.lly fir and somewhat wrmer Mondays rain Tueidajr EDITION Monday, January 9, 1939. 108th Year. No.

250 On Guard for Over a Century 20 Pages Three Cents 14 Soviets Slash Pay U.A.W. Board New Battles Rage on Czech Frontier Michigan Doctors Ready to Offer Group Hospital and Phy sicians' Services Police Capture Five in Raid on Gang Hide-Out Terrified Woman in Band Leads Way to Companions A Tour of Banditry Is Admitted by Two During PeaceTalk Plan May Benefit Mooney's Victory Parade Follows Tragic 1 9 1 6 Route Following the ceremony Olson col Called to Study Purge of Local Ford Drive Also Will Be Discussed; New Battle Looming Bennett Deal Charge Is Denied by Martin Definite lines were drawn Sun day night for a new fight among U.A.W. officials as a call went out for members of the organization's international executive board to assemble early in the week. The board members will be asked to consider first the action Homer Martin, international president, in suspending officers Plymouth Local No. 51, the appointment of administrators for the local and seizure of the local books.

They also will consider the drive organize workers of the Ford Motor Co. It Can Meet Any Time The board is now in recessed session and, while the next meet ing is scheduled for Feb. 6, it could resume meetings at any time. Martin suspended the officers of the Plymouth local Saturday night upon the insistence of the mem bers of the local at an anti-Communist meeting in Cass Technical High School. In answer to reports, credited to high U.A.W.

official, that Mar tin would reach an agreement with Harry Bennett, personnel direc tor of the Ford Motor which would make Martin sole collective bargaining agent for Ford work ers, Martin said: Says They're Antl-tTnion "The statement purportedly quoted from a high official of the U.A.W. insinuating that as pres ident of the U.A.W. have been endeavoring to establish a company union in the Ford Motor is a glaring example of the irresponsi ble and anti-union character of some of those officials who would speak for the international union, "The statement was a deliberate attempt to misrepresent my efforts to establish understanding and proper labor relations not only with the Ford Motor but with all others. It should be noted that the person responsible for this statement did not see fit to reveal his identity. "Such people evidently do not desire to establish amicable and fair relations with employers, for their only hope of recognition lies in starting and perpetuating ac- Pleasc Turn to Page 2Column 10,000 Little Gifts Awaiting Autoists Police Eager to Start Issuing Tags Today Police officers tucked 10,000 parking tickets into their pockets Sunday preparatory to familiarizing Detroit motorists with the new tags which do not require per sonal service.

The hitherto illegal parker, who has been in the thought that two-car crews were the only ob stacle to watch" out for, will face a new and more confounding problem beginning Monday. Officers now may merely hang the new little tickets on the cars, and the violators are summoned automatically to the violations bureau. Only 10,000 tickets were printed, police said, because they might require some changes. This num ber may last a week, if motorists are careful. The main objective of police, ac cording to District Inspectoi William G.

Rick, acting commis sioner, is to keep through streets and fire routes clear. Most of the tickets were distriouted to th Traffic Division, hut officers in all precincts were given a few. 3,000,000 or More Would Protect Those with Pay Under $1,500 a Year 'Rates for Ward Care as Low as 60 Cents Plans for group hospital service and group medical service for those whose incomes are less than $1,500 a year were adopted in prtnriple Sunday at a meeting of the House of Delegates of the Michigan State Medical Society in the Hotel Statler. Statisticians estimated that from 50 to 75 per cent, or from 2,750,000 to 4,125,000 of Michigan's citizens would be eligible to share in the program. Details of the plans will be worked out by a special committee which already has done exhaustive research work.

Council Empowered to Act The House of Delegates empowered the Codncil of the Society to proceed in co-operation with hospitals and civic groups toward putting in force the plans submitted by the committee. The plans outlined by the committee Sunday propose seeking an enabling act of the State Legislature to permit organization of a nonprofit corporation to be known as Hospital and Medical Security, Inc. Proposed by-laws and articles of incorporation also were submitted. The group protection would take the form of Insurance, with rates and benefits fixed according to actuarial studies made by the committee. Rates to Bo Low Rates for the hospitalization plan would be as low as is consistent with acturlal experience, so that the service might be made available to the largest part of the population, It was announced.

They probably would range, under a plan for care in a ward, from 60 cents a month for a single subscriber to $1.25 a family. For semi-private care, the rates would be in the neighborhood of 75 cents a month to $1.75 a month. Benefits would Include 21 days' hospital care for the first year, 23 days the second year, 25 days the third year, 27 days the fourth years and 30 days the fifth and subsequent years. The insurance is to he available for those under 65 years of age. General nursing service, operating and delivery rooms as often as necessary, surgical dressings and plaster casts would be included.

Please Turn to Page 3 Column 1 8 Buildings Burn; 51 More Periled POUGHKEEPSIE N. Y. Jan. 8 (A A fire raged out of con-trol tonight in the plant of the former Moline Plow Co. with eight buildings already destroyed and flames threatening the remaining 51 unoccupied structures.

The plant covers an area of four blocks and is located near the Hudson River waterfront about one-half mile from the Pough-keepsie business section. All available firemen from Poughkeepsie and six surrounding communities were summoned to the blaze, which lighted the city for several miles. Magician Outtricked at Children's Hospital BOSTON, Jan. 8 (A. Blackstone the Magician learned a trick today.

Performing at Children's Hospital, the magician tried an act in which a rabbit, after being pulled from a hat and wrapped in newspapers, disappeared completely so completely that even Blackstone couldn't find it. He finally left without it. A little later Bobby StcConnell, 8 years old. of Brookline, pulled the rabbit out from under the covers of his bed. The children named It Henry but nurses decreed it could not live in the ward.

In the Doghouse Now When H. L. Mason, of 674 Sunset Sandwich, left home Saturday evening he locked his watchdog in the house. When he came home the dog was outside. He apparently had been deposited there by prowlers who ransacked the Mason home.

and Speed Work Machine Makers' Bonuses Also Are Abolished MOSCOW. Jan. 8 (A.P.) Soviet Russia demanded today more work for less money from workers in the machine-building industry. Victor Lvoff, young commissar of machine building, ordered production to be increased by per cent before workers would be given the normal wage. He also reduced their piecework remuneration by 14 per cent and explained that in 1938 the "salary and wages fund has been con siderably overspent." The new scales are effective Feb.

1. If a worker produces more than 10 per cent above the new minimum, he will get a 30 per cent pay increase; if he produces more than 40 per cent above the minimum, his pay will be doubled. At the same time a new sched ule of premiums will be estab lished, abolishing bonuses for such things as quality production and care of machinery. The Moscow radio station broad cast a new decree today ordering automatic dismissal of any Russian worker who arrives on the job more than 20 minutes late. The decree emphasized the serious ness of the Government drive against labor slackers.

Insane Felons Raid Armory One Caught; Militia Officer Injured OMAHA, Jan. 8 (A. Police combed the Midwest today for two escaped Ohio convicts following- a battle in the National Guard Armory here last night in which another fugitive was knocked unconscious and cap tured and a Nebraska National Guard officer was wounded se verely. Detective Inspector Fritz Franks said that the captured man was Willard Bracks, 34 years old, convicted Hamilton (O.) murderer, and one of five insane criminals who overpowered four Lima State Hospital guards and escaped New Year's Day. Went to Get Pistols Brucks, Franks said, related that he, Frank Haines, 36, alleged ringleader in the escape, and Wil liam Blatz, went to the Armory to obtain automatic pistols and ammunition preparatory to stag ing a series of holdups.

Leaving Blatz outside as a look- cut, Brucks and Haines entered the Armory through a skylight, only to encounter Capt. and Mrs. Earl Kelso and Maj. B. B.

Milton-bergcr, in the building to look over equipment. In the ensuing fight Haines slugged Capt. Kelso with a blackjack and slashed him on the legs and arm. Mrs. Kelso, who went to her husband's aid, was picked up by Haines and slammed to the floor.

Haines then fled from the building. Knocked Out by Major Brucks, who almost felled Maj. Miltonberger with a blow across the legs with a crowbar, was knocked unconscious by the officer. Brucks, who first gave a false name, said that he, Haines and Blatz had gone first from Lima to Chicago, where they wrecked the car they had commandeered. From Chicago they rode freight trains to Council Bluffs, just across the Missouri River from Omaha.

Marion Pierce, 42, Indianapolis Negro, was left In Fort Wayne, Brucks said. Frank Nuckels, of Cleveland, the fifth man, has been recaptured in Cleveland. Mrs. John Roosevelt 111 BROOKLINE, Jan. 8 (A.P.) Mrs.

John Roosevelt, daughter-in-law of the President, was treated at a hospital today for a "minor ailment," which attendants declined to identify. Before departing he pointed out that he w-as not smeared with the grease customarily used by dis tance swimmers and reiterated earlier statements that his ability to withstand the kind of punish ment the Detroit River gives In January was due to his garlic eating. Hekimian says he eats a great deal of garlic and expressed a wish that he had some garlic just before he took off. The only threat of a hitch in the proceedings came when a waterfront watchman urged immigra tion inspectors to arrest Hekimian because he wasn't in this country legally. Hekimian's home is in London, Ont.

It w-as so obvious that Hekimian was about to quit the country whether he had a right here or not that the immigration inspectors said something out of the corners of their mouths and the watchman retired. The exact time for the trip wa not kept, but it vm bnsklv and with no daHyir.g about i such 1 ri to Fiye 2 ft 7 a in lapsed at an inaugural barbecue, and will be confined to a hospital for three or four days to recover from nervous exhaustion. "I dedicate my life to freeing Warren K. Billings, and to work ing for a powerful, united labor movement." Mooney said at the Civic Center today. 100,000 Listen to Him The crowd, estimated variously at mora than 100,000.

frequently cheered. Billings still is in prison, Ineligi ble to ask for a pardon without the State Supreme Court's concurrence because he had a prior felony conviction. "Only a powerful labor move ment," said Mooney, "stands be tween the ordinary worker and slavery such as they have In Ger many and Italy. A cheer and a far-away boo greeted this statement. Mooney asserted that Billings conviction in tne nomning ana a previous strike-dynamiting caae were frame-ups.

Tolnts to Supreme Court Mooney pointed toward the Cali fornia Supreme Court Building, on the north side of the City Hall plaza. "In that building is the key to issuing case," he said. "I ask you to write letters and petitions so that the seven old men who meet in that building will no longer block Billings freedom." Mooney was introduced by George T. Davis, his attorney, who called him "the man who will go down in history as the greatest man of this generation." Labor's ranks assembled here to commemorate the pardon and to celebrate the successful end of its long worldwide drive to vindicate the imprisoned leader. Marches Under Old Flag Mooney marched abreast the flag of his old union, the A.F.L.

Iron Moulders. He was surrounded by labor leaders Harry Bridges, of the C.I.O., and George Kidwell, of the A.KL. a group of attorneys and his wife liena, his brother John and his sister Ann. At Steuart St. Mooney paused a moment in silence.

It was at that spot that the bomb exploded. The crowd broke Into cheers. The march went on. Spectators were packed five deep along the two miles of Market St. which the parade traversed.

Please Turn to Page 3 Column 5 Woman Is Killed, 10 Hurt in Crash Only One Unharmed Is Given Blame SAGINAW, Jan. 8-Two autns collided with such force at the intersection of M-24 and Wads-worth Road Sunday that one woman was killed, a boy critically hurt and nine other persons injured, most of them painfully. Mrs. Sylvia Osborn, 65 years old, of 607 N. Madison Bay City, died in St.

Luke's Hospital shortly after the wreck. Camille J. Ncl-lett. 11, was unconscious from head injuries several hours after the crash. The cars were driven by Camille J.

Nellett, 33, of 310 N. Baum Saginaw, who was unhurt, and Herman Hardy, 57, of 615 N. Madison Bay City, who suffered a fractured shoulder. Sheriff's deputies said that Nellett drove through a stop sign. Both drivers are to be questioned by officials.

Others injured were Mrs. Emma Nellett, 35, possible pelvic fracture; her two daughters, Madonna, 13, and Wanda, 9, fractured legs; two sons, Robert, 7, and Gerald, 16 months, cuts and bruises; O. T. Osborn, 67, husband of the dead woman, internal injuries; Mrs. Osborn's daughter, Mrs.

Beulah Wright, 41, of 615 N. Madison Bay City, face lacerations, and Miss Annabelle Weaver, of 607 N. Madison Bay City, face lacerations and an ankle injury. Single Shot at Family Gets Four for Cupid GORHAM, N. Jan.

8 (A. Things haven't been going fast enough for cupid he's now-knocking 'em off in family quartets. Ina, Erma, Leo and Bernard Thompson announced their engagements at the same time and friends are talking up a quadruple wedding. Crisis Intensified as Artillery Roars Hungarian Town Set Afire by dnooiing Across Border Budapest Is Speeding More I roops to acene m-DAI'KST, Jan. 8 (A.P.) ficnung mime ru borers of Hungary and 5cfrw i.

i tnAav and chn-Slovak. troops were to have bombarded a Hun-Jan village with incendiary si -ThP Hungarian of m-sn rt. idthr. Hungarian houses wer ul on rue -K fvcHoce, near Ungvar, by the Cho-Siovak shells, but that no inu of life occurred. The ngniing.

nued intermittently Sunday Mffllne, with the Czechoslovaks UP irregular fire even ter officers on both sides began an inquiry into the incident. Other lashes Revealed Rrports from Chust, capital of Carpatho Ukraine or czccnw-oiuvanu, 0f two other ooracr ensures, Dovhe and at another village between Vysni Koropec and Mun-kars. One Czecho-Slovak officer was reported wounded. Czecho-SlovaK omnium tt tn liillldfltp imnn Uie nullum 1 In. A a a 'irregular nungm mer.ts whim tney caiieu uic cause of the border strife.

Czecho-Slovak sources sam mm the mixed investigating coihhim- jjon placed limine for last Friday MunKacs smr- mish, I Unjrvar is about 25 miles west ol Munkacs, where Hungarians saM 4T persons were killed in an eirht-lTHir battle and bombard- ment Friday, r.acn cuy in Mentation of territory about 10 miles across, with Czecho-Slovak territory on three sides. Hungarians Hold Ground The Hungarian account of the clash said the Hungarians no ground, ana mat. rein forcements summoned to trie village from Ungvar were sent back. The commander of the Hungarian frontier patrol said that his front first was attacked by a mixed formation of 200 Czechoslovak soldiers and Ukrainian infantrymen. The patrol took up defense positions and for reinforcements from U.T-ar.

The infantry attack was refused, according to the official Hungarian version, but then artillery hefcan to fire incendiary sheila which started scattered blazes in the village. One regular Czecho-Slovak officer was reported captured. Troop Round North Hungarian troops bound north- ard, equipped for campaigning, II r.ece?:-a in the snowbound renin of Carpatho- Ukraine, tre.v.-dp.i the few highways leading to me border today. A. from Prague said that the Cmpatho-Ukrainian Gov fnment, in renlv to a Hungarian that Czecho-Slovak forces withdrawn from the entire wder.

agreed to retire soldiers frnm the frontier in the Munkacs district. ihe Co: finment declared that troops would hold til ftther parts of the border and It th time demanded that ingnrinns fall back nearly a Dg Catcher Is Bitten, May Succumb to Rabies city, Jan. 8-Edgar I fampwi, City dog catcher of pW Rri.r.ttrixtr Jewy Pity Medical Center today, of rabies, and physicians oi ms recovery. CST, on I was bitten times riojr ori xnv-T' fi hydrophobia liv.1v. Symp-developed Start the Day Right with the Free Press Pages 9 12 8 14 19 5 6 16 4 6 6 3 8 Ruin A the Town.

i rat! bnv lyer'a Selection! i'ios 'e Puzzle' I New, K'r A '-J- n- Report 6 I'r. Josei.h fi ar 16 rtohert 6 10 15 19 8 1 fi SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 8 (A. Tom Mooney, a free man, returned home in triumph today, marcr.ed at the head of massed thousands up Market St.

past the historic spots which figured so fatefully in his life 22 years ago, and addressed cheering thou sands at a "reception" in the Civic Center. Labor leaders of all factions joined in the march. The siren on the venerable ferry building screeched a welcome to Mooney, much as it signalized on July 22. 1916, the start of the tragic Preparedness Day Parade which changed the course of Mooney's life. Declared a Frame-Fp Mooney was convicted of set- the bomb which killed 10 and in jured 40 persons in the Prepared ness Day catastrophe.

For 22 years Mooney and a great section of organized labor cried fruitlessly that his conviction was a frame- up. Yesterday California's new lib eral Gov. Culbert L. Olson gave Mooney an unconditional pardon and absolved htm ot an guut. Case and Kelly Confer on Quiz Discuss $8,110 Loss of State Funds Harry F.

Kelly, secretary of State, and his predecessor, Leon D. Case, conferred for two hours Sunday afternoon in Kelly's home at 1128 Atkinson Ave. in an effort to clear up the $8,110 discrepancy uncovered at the Cass Ave. branch of the Secretary of State office, Case arrived in Detroit Saturday and made an appointment to con fer with Kelly. "I want to be of any help I can in clearing this matter up, Case explained.

Unable to Explain Loss Case said that he was unable to account for the money discovered to be missing from the telephone and teletype account. An audit made on the orders of the former Secretary of State before he re tired from office on Jan. 1 un covered the discrepancy. Hoyt Morris, former manager of the Cass Ave. branch, admitted that he had used some of the money to pay for some of Case's campaign literature and badges.

He said that he had been instructed to do so by Case's former chief deputy, Bernard E. Youngblood. Youngblood Makes Denial Youngblood, however, denied that he had told Morris to use the telephone and teletype funds for campaign purposes. He said that the monies for the rampaign were handled in Lansing and that Morris never had turned that money over to him. Kelly said that he promised to furnish Case with stenographic statements taken from Youngblood, Morris and Joseph Wasscr-man, Morris' assistant while Morris was a branch manager.

Wasser-man turned over to Kelly receipts for $6,339 spent for the campaign. Wasserman said that the $6,339 had been obtained from the telephone and teletype account for $1 messages sent to Lansing in behalf of license applicants. Is Silent on Ousting Asked whether he had fired Morris Oct. 12 because of the shortage, Case said that he would rather not discuss that. Case and Kelly discussed the various differences between Youngblood and Morris, and Case told Kelly that he had intervened for Morris because he believed that Morris was a good man.

Please Turn to Page Column 6 Damaging Storms a Boon to Texas DALLAS. Jan. 8 (A.P.) Windstorms across the upper half of Texas combined with- hail and rain today to cause damage running into the thousands of dollars, but the vast benefit to crops was expected to offset the loss. Hardest hit, apparently, 'were Metropolitan Dallas and the Cisco and Odessa areas. The windstorms injured two persons at Cisco when a farmhouse was demolished, and toppled signs.

jbowled over pedestrians and ripped roofs from several homes in Dallas. Jitterbug's Last Step Coogan to Hold Auction Today at Costly Home LOS ANGELES, Jan. 8 (A. The separation between Jackie Coogan and his actress bride of a year, Betty Grable, may not become permanent, as she contends, but Jackie Is placing all his household effects on the auction block tomorrow. "The Kid," who estimates his earnings as a child actor at $4,000,000, but who admittedly is broke and jobless today while Betty earns $500 a week, will spare nothing in an effort to recoup something from the costly home he provided for his bride.

Three grand pianos, an entire house of costly period furniture, Persian rugs and a gallery of 25 oil and water-color paintings by famous European masters are among the objects to go under the hammer at the Beverly Wil-shlre Art Galleries at 8 a. m. The furnishings were taken from Coogan's home before it was closed after Betty's mother announced that the couple had decided to part because of financial difficulties. Coogan is suing his mother and stepfather for an accounting of his earnings. Loyalists Peril Main Rail Line Franco Replies with Gains in Northeast HENDAYE, France, Jan.

8 (A The Spanish Government re ported today that its southwestern offensive had swept beyond the Zujar River almost within artillery range of the main railroad line connecting Seville with north-em insurgent Spain. On the Catalonia front in the Northeast, Generalissimo Fran Cisco Franco's headquarters said Government troops had been forced back from the east bank of the Segre River in heavy fighting and driven five miles northeast to ward Alcolctge. Seize 10 Villages The. rebels also claimed a twelve- mile advance in a thrust that they said captured 10 villages east of Balaguer. The ultimate goal of Gen.

Jose Miaja, Government commander in the Estremadura drive, appeared to be to split insurgent Spain in two by driving west to the Portuguese border. Powerful government forces, moving swiftly through the rich Penarroya mining region, last night captured Fuenteovejuna, an important road center, and by dawn today were closing in on Azuaga, another road hub about 15 miles further west. 10 Miles from Portugal They also were within 15 miles of the main Seville-Salamanca railroad, Government dispatches said, and only about 70 miles from Portugal. In three days, Barcelona reports said, the Government's southern drive has conquered about 250 square miles of rough country with attacks fanning out from the severed Cordoba'Almorchon Rail road. Plane Buying Prolyl ANKARA, Turkey.

Jan. 8 (A. investigated reports tonight that 50 American-made fighting planes had been shipped to Government Spain after they were purchased illegally in the name of the Turkish Government, in the United States and Canada. Two men. one a Foreign Ministry official, were said to be under arrest.

Matador Is Covered with Goo and Glory LIMA, Peru, Jan. 8 (A.P.) Spanish Matador Laserna received one of the noisiest jeerings in the hiRtory of the 150-year-old Plaza le Acho today when he appeared to lack courage and art in encountering the second bull of the afternoon. So infuriated was one bleacher-ite that he hurled an ice cream cone which struck Laserna on the head. Laserna was so mortified he I cried. Then, becoming angry at jeers, he rallied to such effect 'in fighting the fourth bull that he was cheered and awarded one of bull's ears.

Police detained the icone hurler. Incubator Baby, 2, Dies After Drinking Kerosene OGDENSBURG, Jan. 8 (A.P.i Douglas Bell. 2 years old, died last night after drinking kerosene from a saucer placed under a leaking oil stove. The child attracted considerable attention ihp unit- i lii.

Chicago, he venhod only ore pound and t'ro nunoes H-. spent eix months in tn incubator. of of to a A small army of police raided downtown lodging house Sunday, arrested five persons and drew from two of them a confession that they had combined love, gun fights and banditry in a trip from Florida to Detroit. The two, who police say have confessed that they took part in seven gasoline station robberies between DeLand, and Detroit, are Jack Kline, 34 years old, of Chicago, and Perry Clement, of Akron. Third of Band Sought Police are seeking another member of the party, who, they quoted the confessed bandits as saving, took his trailer ano weni his own way after participating several holdups.

Tile story that led to tne raid was told by a woman found running in breathless terror down Woodward Ave. at 1:30 a. m. She said that she was Mrs. Opal Lloyd, 23 years old, of Toledo.

She said that she had been a member of the gang but had refused to take part in holdups, and that the rest had accused her of intending to turn informer. Asks Guard for Child They threatened her three-year-old daughter, Mrs. Lloyd said. She insisted that nolice eruard the child and radiograms were dispatched immediately to Ohio State police and the sheriff at Toledo. The child is being cared for by friends at Wernert's Corners, near Toledo Patrolmen Vincent Mann and Emil Koch, driving a scout car, saw Mrs.

Lloyd as she dashed down Woodward Ave. at John through the shopping district Mrs. Lloyd was clad in white trousers. "Let me catch my breath and I'll tell you everything," she gasped. Was Invited to Travel Then she recounted her story, In Toledo, she said, she met a Kline, who invited, "Come on, little girl, let's go places and see things." Mrs.

Lloyd said she wanted a change In scenery and got it. They drove to Dalton, in July, she said, picking up Clement, and then doubled back to Akron and were joined by Vickey Barkley, 40. The trip went smoothly, she said, until in Florida they tired of the climate and wanted some brisk weather. The money for the trip home, she asserted, came from robbing filling stations along the way. She told of two holdups at De-land, and one each at Fort Mead, Chattanooga and Maumee, O.

Please Turn to Page 4 Column 1 Family Leaves Home to Evade Hypnotic Evils ANN ARBOR, Jan. 8 A family of six Sunday night sought pro tection at the Washtenaw County Sheriff's office from an "evil hyp notic power under which they had been "living a life of hell" for three weeks, they said. Milton Lasco, 29 years old, a knitter in a hosiery mill at Beld- ing, sent to San Jose, three weeks ago for a pamphlet which, the advertisement said, would give him new power over himself and his life. The pamph let came, and with it a spinning dial which was to show him his future. But the spinning dial kept warn ing of evil awaiting him, Lasco told deputies here, and seemed to indicate that his home was unsafe, Several times members of the family left to avoid disaster, only to laugh at their fears and re turn.

Then the warning would come again. Finally they became afraid of everyone. Friday, Lasco said, the mill superintendent heard, of the pamphlet and the spinning dial, and. with Lasco's approval, burned them. Saturday, however, the family still was obsessed by fear.

Again they left home; again they returned. Sunday, Lasco said, the hypnotic power directed 'him to go to the Ypsilantl State Hospital, so wdth his wife, Leila, 24, and four children, Milton 7, Louise, 4, Gareth, 3, and Shirley, 2, he went to the sheriff's office here and asked for shelter, intending to go to the hospital in the morning. Seeing the family on the verge of mental collapse, Sheriff Jacob R. Andres phoned the Sheriff at Ionia and learned that a deputy there, Ben Neve, was acquainted with the La3cos. Neve talked to the hosiery worker and persuaded him return to Ionia.

Mrs. Leora Andres provided a dinner for the fear-stricken family before they left for Ionia, still obsessed by the "evil hypnotic power." Gives Advice at 109 Jan, 8 (A.P.) celebrating his If'Cnn Mrth-iay anniversary. Kane, Nnva Scotian i'-rMT tootsy couriP fMi mi a-iuj rM to i.ve an active Uf. of rr.Q'"iera'.:ori." Tarzan the Terrible Takes Icy River in Easy Comfort Carferry Mars Finish, but He Walks Ashore with Nary a Puff nor Shiver Kriker Hckimian. who said he once swam in water 35 degrees below zero and then, without pausing, explained why the water hadn't frozen, practically kept his promise to swim the Detroit River Sunday.

Tn fact onlv those who haggle over technicalities would deny him the distinction of having paddled his way from Detroit to Windsor on a January day. Hekimian got within 100 yards of the foot of Rrnck Windsor, before he was honiort into the rowboat that escorted him. Rowed ashore, Hekimian assured those waitir- to greet him thot neither fatieue nor the tern pprature of the water had had anything to do with his jetting into the boat. The maneuvers of a car-ferry approaching its slip made him fear that the paddle wheels might suck him beneath the ferry, he said. Hekimian's hearing when he clambered to the dock bore out his story.

There were neither puffs nor shivers to indicate that he couldn't have gon on vi' his if it r.s-:r. beer, for tne ferry. Kf had taken off from the foot' of Brush St. shortly after 2 p. Two More Days Left for Filing Golden Gloves Entry Blanks The deadline for signing entry blank for the greatest sportj spectacle of the season the annua! Free Press Golden Glovts boxing tournament is Tuesday at midnight.

The tournament is wide open for every rugged metropolitan Detroit youth who wants to learn how to box in the most complete fighting tournament in the country. The tournament is designed vrimarily for ber.ir.rers. The best train-ng coaches and fighting equipment in the cry avvliardu f-e of charse tor all who gn un todiv the M.ch.g A. A U. office lj: W.

Ave. in the Tu'ler Hotel Euil iirg. See por i-'i Done Upside Down James Dinoto, 16 years old, of 4006 Sheridan grinned Sunday while doctors at Receiving Hospital patched up head injuries The slipped and fell on his head at a rianr had at G'a'tot am narpe; Ave MiMifsay "I was hs x- plained..

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