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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-01
WHEAT Is LOWER
IN EARLY TRADING
Chicago Pit Prices Are Influenced
by Selling on the Stock
Exchange.
Nv The AssociateoPr


CHICAGO, April Wheat values
underwent a decided setback early to-
day, Influenced by rain and snow in
stock market weakness. Monthly I'M
oAioial crop estimates issued today were
about as expected, being approximately
tie same, as the 10-year average. Open
tngS1h to "A lower, wheat afterward
showed material further drop. Corn
and. oats were also easier, with corn
starting unchanged to a OF and later
sagging all around. Provisions inclined
tpHArd.
aside from bearish weather and stock
rSaTket developments today, wheat trad
eSs<manifested chief interest in April
u crop estimates by leading private
authorities here. A typical summary
of these unofficial reports said present
indications were that the domestic
Winter wheat crop passed through the
Winter with even less than average
Damage and at this time promised a
yield of about 565,000,0O0 bushels in
Inuch of the Southwest. The crop was
backward, but that drawback was fairly
balanced by more than usual Sub-Soil
moisture in that region.
sOn the other hand, with Spring
wheat seeding going on in the North
west and soon to begin in Canada, the
drought situation in the Canadian prai-
RE provinces became more alarming,
and unless rains interviewed soon, will
be bad for the start of the crop. If the
rains come in seeding time they may
cause delay to such an extent as to re-
suit In more than usual fears Of frost
damage later. -
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block Of BIO ooo, COO worth Of bank &C
ceptances. Despite the reduction, how
ever, investors can still receive from
59s to 534 per cent on these invulner-
able securities, which mature in from
one to six months.
Although the, volume 9of commercial
paper outstanding has been consider
ably lessened during the past few years,
due to the fact that many businesses
are finding other ways of financing
seasonal needs, there. are still many in
veStors who put their money into COM
mercial paper for temporary invest
ment, Today they receive from 534 to
per cent for short terms while their
principal is well secured.
Many smaller investors find that the
most satisfactory place for their liquid
funds while waiting to be invested
permanently is in a commercial or
savings bank. While the interest paid
on such deposits is naturally lower, the
investor has the advantage of being
able to withdraw the full amount of his
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CURBs#tRES DROP.
!. !, in HEAVY SELLING.
- q!
assure Is Acute Against
81 s..E sell
SInveStment ISsues-AI
ID 60 s..,~@
Groups Are Hit. :
BY HARRY III. BECKER.
special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April 1.-The curb mar
ket suffered an acute relapse today. fol-
lowing the three-day suspension of ac-
tivities, and broke badly again in nearly
all sections, although volume did not
show any great expansion. @
A feature of the selling was the heavy
pressure against stocks of the So-called
Investment type. These were disturbed
by the drop in market values Of their
holdings. Goldman-SachS and Trans
america were especially hard hit. New
mont Mining, which is generally sup
posed to own substantial amounts Of the
leading copper issues, also gave ground
readily.
The widest drop at the opening oc-
Cured in the International Telephone
81 Telegraph new. 1t closed Thursday
at 1924 and opened today with $4,000
shares at 851s, drop Of 8ss points
Then it rallied swiftly, but turned down.
ward again.
Electric Bond & Share was another
heavy sufferer in the utility division,
while severe losses were also undergone
by American Superpower, Electric In
VeStorS. Northeastern Power and Ameri
can Foreign & Power warrants. Good
news was entirely ignored. United Gas
improvement pdAU lIO dICC1ACAOLl WL1dt-
ever to announcement that changes in
the bylaws, to be acted upon at the
annual meeting May 6, provide for elec-
ton of a president by directors in
Standard instead of by stockholders.
In the motor group, Ford of Canada,
after brief steadineSs around the pre-
vious closing level Of 1920, broke more
than rs points. Auburn showed resist
ance, while Firestone in the tire section
held firmly most of the time. Aviation
shares came down to points and the
radio favorites even more, especially
GrigSby- Grunow. &@
Other stocks to display extreme weak
ness included Libby Owens Glass, Tub
ize Silk, Checker Cab, st. Regis Paper,
Haygart and Gold Seal Electric. Oils
also were offered freely, but the de-
clines, with one or two exceptions, were
much less severe than in other parts
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, April flP) Omitted States
Department of Agricultural .-HogS-Re-
ceiptS, $4,000 head, including $4,000
direct; mostly 25a30 higher; top. 1l65,
paid for number of loads of 170-210
pounds, largely 116Oa1185; markets
for desirable hogs scaling from ITO to
300 pounds. Butchers-Medium to
choice, $50 to 300 pounds, l1.40al1.75;
220 to $50 pounds, 11.40a11.75; 100 to
pounds, 10.00a11.80. Packing sows,
1D.25a10.75. Pigs, medium to choice,
so to 100 pounds, 900a1l.00.
G a ttle- Receipts, 1900 head.
Receipts, 1000 head. Steer and
yearling market 25a50 higher active
at advance. Best heavieS, 14.40; year.
lngs, I4.10., She stock stronger, espe-
cially heiferS
Slaughter classes-Steers, good and
choice, 1901, 500 pounds, 1275a14.5O;
1100-1,3 300 pounds, 12.75a14.50; ESQ.,
400 pounds, 1300a14.75; common and
medium, $50 pounds up, 950a13.00. Fed
yearlings, good and choice, 750-e50
pounds, 13.00a1500. Heifers. good and
choice, $50 pounds down. 12.25a14.00;
common and medium, 9.00a12.25. Cows,
good and choice, 8.50a10.50; common
and medium, 700a8.50; low cutters and
EuCb6ISs oUUdt.OU. DuuS, kVo0 CIV
choice (beef), 9.35a1050; cutter to
mediurn, 7.75a9.35. Vealers (milk fed
GOOD and choice, 10.50a15.00; medium,
4,50a10.50; Gull and common, 700a9.5o.
l&topker> and feeder steers, good and
kh0tce. Gall weights, l1.5oal3.00: COM
Eeh and medium, 9.75a11.75.
~ gheep-Receipts, 10000 head; market
IGpSiirig strong to Is higher; scattered
I&Ns; good to choice, 85a95 pound
kSthts, 1700a1T.10; choice, closely
!eua&ed. kinds held above 1880; sheep
IAsf& eedihg larabs, scarce quotable;
N8idys lambs, good and choice, %
Ik6fOa16.4O; Gull and common, 11.75a
lk0SD; medium to choice, 92-l00 pounds
Ik5eanaf7 ass=eNes, medium to choice,
66 srnhr down, e.75a11.25: Gull and
Do. feeder lambs good
and choice. i4.75a16.50.
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Money and Prices

Special Dispatch to The star.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, April THE
Juror in last weeks stock market had
no repercussions In commodity markets
In fact, it looked rather. as if interest
was so intensely concentrated on securi-
tiles that only casual and routine atten-
ton was given to commodity tradings.
The purchasing power Of the dollar
continues stable. Interest rates, while
strong, showed none of the skyrocket-
ing which call loan rates INDUCED in,
indicating that the call loan market was
artificially and drastically choked by the
Federal Reserve Boards. policy. -.
Commodity prices in England and
France revealed slight upward ten
dency.
Fluctuations in the general wholesale
price level and in the purchasing power
of the dollar are given below for the
United States for various periods. based
mainly on Dun's quotations. The aver
age for the year 1926 Is the base used.
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fFTT4 Y j
Thea prublemA OF investing temporarily
And seldom before have sfort-term
investments been Sc attractive.
Large sums Of this money are being
loaHed III the call money market until
thel lenders see investment bargains.
incidentally this practice of others
lending. in the call, money market Is
playing an important part in keeping
the general level Of security prices out
OF reach Of these same. lenders.
Bank Acceptances and Commercial !,
= ~. s... Paper.
<oth@ ir1peasofs who, also prefer not
to take the risk of shrinkage in the
value Of their. capital in. the case Of a
severe upset in the security market
during the next few months are ir-
vesting in commercial paper and bank
aceeptances. 4
Last week the yield on bank accept
ances was Unexpectedly reduced "a OF
! per cent. It was said that the reduc-
ton was caused by the purchase OF one
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!. FOREIGN BONDS.
Baltimore Markets

special DlSpatcn 10 Tne star.
BALTIMORE. Md, April POTATOES,
white, 100 pounds, 75ai.25; yanns, bar
rel, 250a4.50; sweet potatoes. barrel,
1.50a3.50; asparagus, dozen, 3.0oa9. 90;
beets, crate, 25oa2.75; beans, bushel,
2.o0a4.oo; cabbages, hamper. lOoa1 so;
carrots. bushel, 1:50a1.75; celery. crate,
2.o0aS.O0: caulifower. crate, 2.ooa2.5o:
eggplant, crate, 2.OOa4.00; kale, barrel,
coal IS; lettuce, hamper, 75al.75; lima
beans. bushel, 4.00a5.00; onions, 100
pounds, 3:50a5.o0; oysterplants, 100,
s.ooalo.oo; parsnips, basket. eoa75;
1.50a3.50; radishes, bushel, 50al.75;
squash, crate, l.50a350; spinach, bushel,
60a90; tomatoes, crate, 1.00a5.00;
t,irnips. basket, 5Oa65; apples, bushel.
T5a2. 90; cranberries, half barrel, 7.00a
500; grapefruit, box, 2.00a3.25; tan
gerines, half box, 1.25a3.00; oranges, box,
2.25a4.00; strawberries, quart, 15a50.
Dairy Market.
Poultry, alive Spring chickens,
pound, 46a48; young chickens, A0a45;
thin and poor, 25a2S; old hens, 3la33;
Leghorns, 30a32; ducks, 20a32; guinea
fowls, each, 50a1.10; pigeons, pair, 35a
40. Eggs-Receipts, 1909 cases; native
and nearby firSts, free cases. dozen, 26a
261A; current receipt, 21a23; butter,
good to fancy creamery, pound, 45a50;
prints, 51a52; blocks, 49a51; ladies, f34a
So; store packed, 30a31; rolls, 30a32;
dairy prints, 30a32; process butter,
41a42.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle--Receipts, 600 head; fair sup
ply, market steady. Steers, choice, 1875
al625; good, 11.50a12.25; medium, 1850
alias; common, 8.00a9.75. HeiferS,
choice, 1075a11.25; good, 10.00al0.60;
medium. 9.00a9.55; common, 7.55aa.75.
good, 850a9.6 so: common to medium,
|! 7OOa8.OO. Cows, good to choice, S.S0a
800; fair TO good, 6.75a7.75; common to
medium, 4.0Oa5.76.
Sheep and lamb-Receipts, 1,4oo
Sheep, 3.OOa8. so: lambs. 9.00a18.00.
Hogs-Receipts, 1000 head; fair sup
ply, market higher: lights, 1925;
heavies, l2OOa12.20; medium, x1255;
! roughs, 7.5oa1o.7o; light pigs, 1925;
pigs, 11.60; Western hogs, 10a20 higher
Calves-Receipts, 500 head; light sup
ply, market steady. Calves, 5.00a16.00;
extras, 1850.
Hay and Grain Prices.
Wheat-No. 2 red Winter, garlicky
spot, 1864; April delivery, 1854.
Corn-No. export, April delivery, no
| quotation; No. 2 yellow, domestic, spot,
| local .08; cob corn, 5.00a5.25.
Oats-vNo. 2 white, domestic, spot,
57a5s; No. 3 white, domestic, spot,
56a561z.
| Rye-Nearhy, 1.l0al.15.
Hay-Receipts, none. While hay is
! arriving here in limited quantities only,
it is more than ample for. the demand,
which Is being supplied mostly by truck
from nearby points. few carloads be-
ing received. There is not enough busi-
ness passing to establish prices on the
various kind on merit at a range Of
l5.00a1600 per ton of timothy or clover
hay.
Straw-No. wheat, 12Ooal2.5O per
ton; No. / oat, l2.5oais.O0 per ton.
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~
ment Of security prices to their true
level Of value. The immediate recov-
cry, as soon as the choking grip on the
call loan market was relaxed, is strong
evidence that common stock prices were
not, even before the break, at levels SO
far out Of line with values as seems to
be assumed by the Federal Reserve
Board. The crash was, therefore, an
artificial rather than q corrective eco
nomic movement.
1t Is easy to criticize after the event.
We should all recognize that, without
the reserve system and its cautionary
policies of past months, the great spec
ulative wave would most likely have
risen very much higher than it did and
ultimately have brought the worst panic
in the history Of the United States.
The Federal Reserve Board at first
tried to be gentle in its deterrent policy
toward the stock market, then it sud
denly acted drastically. There was per-
haps something of mistake in each
policy, at least as to degree.
President Mitchell of the National
City Bank, in my opinion, acted wisely
in what he did. hope the Federal
Reserve Board approved Of his action.
Market Movements.
The compact survey Of New York
Stock Exchange movements Of common
industrial shares is given below in price
indexes Q926=100). There are two in
deXeS Of market price movement. The
first ii C"ShareS Outstanding') repre-
sentS all common industrial shares list
ed on the Exchange, the Importance of
each stock being considered according
to the shares in existence, or outstand-
ing. The second index ESQ Leaders'O
shows the price movement of the COM
mon industrial stocks most heavily dealt
in during the week, this list changing
weekly with the shifts in trading popu-
larity.
The "Shares Outstanding index
shows what a substantially representa-
tive 500 worth Of stocks in 1926 would
now amount to If held unchanged since
that year. The 80 Leaders" index
shows the result Of reinvesting the 500
every week in the market favorites Of
that week.
The last column Of the table gives
the rate of return on the weeks so
leaders at current prices.
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CHICAGO DAIRY MARKET.

CHICAGO, April R.-Butter--
Higher; receipts, 1890 tubs; creamery
extras, 45la; extra frsts, 44laa45; firsts,
44a441s; seconds, 43a43la.
Eggs-Lower; receipts, 53,194 cases;
extra firsts, 2715a20; flrsts, 81; ordinary
firsts, 26i5; storage packed frsts, %;
storage packed extras, 29la.
Poultry--Alive. steady; receipts car:
fowls, 30a33; Springs, 81: broilers, 40a
IL: ROSTERS, IS: turkeys 30; ducks,
24a30: geese, IL.
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NEW YORK, April R.-The av-
erage price Of crude petroleum In 10
producing fields was unchanged last
week from the previous week ct $1:6o
O barrel, says Oh, Paint and Drug re.
porter. A year ago the price was $l.4S
q barrel. Gasoline at refinerles Was
hicher at S.3l cents o gallon against
a.22 cetns the previous week, while serv..
ice station prices were unchanged AZ
10.47 cents gallon.
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COTTON PRICES FIRM
ON INITIAL SALES
Considerable Covering After Early
: Decline Restores Tone Of
BY the Associated Press,

By the AsSocIaLtu FTes9s
NEW YORK, April Cotton opened
steady today at unchanged prices to a
decline of s points. Active months
sold about IS to Is points net lower
in the early trading under local and
Southern selling. This seemed to be
Influenced by a favorable view Of
weather conditions over the holidays,
but houses with European connections
were moderate buyers. There also was
considerable covering and prices stead
led up 2 or points from the lowest
by the end of. the first half hour.
July contracts sold off to 20.04 and
rallied to 20.07. Trading was compare
lively quiet. Owing to Easter holidays,
Liverpool was closed today, but will re-
open tomorrow. t# @1z 'ss*1
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Steel Stockholders Gain.

NEW YORK, April R. United
States Steel Corporation distributed its
first 1929 quarterly dividend to 103,57l
common stockholders, an increase of
2,737 over the December list. A year
ago stockholders numbered 97,4z3.
Average holdings were 68.7 common
979 preferred stockholders at the clos
ing of its books for the February divi-
dend, compared with Glib three
months previously.
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port an ce. One
was the precipitous,
decline in common
stock prices follow
ing closely upon
the warning Of the
Federal ! Reserve
Board that : the
large absorption Of
credits in security
operations threat
ened to hamper
commercial activ-
ity. The second
was the sharp re-
bound of go stock
quotations after the
slump. ~
Such discrimiiaa-
fioO ic hound IN
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MITCHELL ACTION
! IS DECLARED WISE
Rebound Of Stock Prices Last
Week Held Test of Price
Levels. i
BY IRVING FISHER.

Special Dispatch to The Star. r{
NEW HAVEN, Conn, April 1.-The
performance of the New York stock
market last week threw into sharp re-
lief two events Of major economic i'm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-01

deposit on moments notice when
bargains offer themselves in the stock
and bond markets. q
(Copyrisht, 1922
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-01

Foreign Commodity Prices.
Gable reports from abroad indicate
the following European wholesale move
mentS: SI i
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leaders at current prices.
Best Stocks Lost Least.

Best Stocks Lost Least.
Below are shown index numbers Of
prices Of common industrialS on the
New York Stock Exchange, arranged IN
classes derived from Moody's ratings.
ist grade Id Grade sd grade
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-01

Continuation schools In New York
State instruct $4,000 employed boys. IA
to II years old.
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England. France. italy.
Petroleum Prices Unchanged.

Copyright, 1929. by Irving FISHERY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-01

Copyright. 1929. by irving Fishery
The Indianapolis times., 1929-06-17
YOUTH WILL SERVE
TERM FOR KILLING

Saturday night, upon the youths
conviction on charge of man.
slaughter. He will be taken to the
reformatory within few days.
Curry faced charge of first de-
gree murder during the four days
of his trial here, on change of
venue from the Bartholomew cir
cult court. for the killing Of Hubert
S. Taylor, farmer. Mach 5. The case
went to the jury late Saturday
afternoon. After celebrating four
hours and a half. the defendant was
found guilty of manslaughter. Curry
received his sentence calmly, even
as he had viewed the entire trial,
and thanked his attorneys, appoint
ed by the state to defend him.
Self-defense had been the youths
plea, and in view of recent comment
over amendments to statutes by the
1929 legislature many of the specta-
tors who filled the courtroom at
each session Of the trial expected
acquittal. 1t was thought by many
that the new law precluded the re-
turning Of a verdict for a lesser
crime than that charged.
Curry was defended by Rollin
Turner, Greensburg; Donald Shinn
and Lloyd Bryer, Columbus. While
the prosecution was handled by VIII
liam Dobbins, Bartholomew county
prosecutor, and Herrod Carr. prose-
cutting attorney of Decatur county,
assisted by Hugh Wickens, Green's
burg. The jury was composed OF
nine farmers, an electrical egineer,
q truck driver and a salesman.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-06-17
SUNDAY SCHOOL
RALLY TO OPEN
Record Crowd Expected at
SheIbyviIle Session.
BIZ Times Special

Bu Times Special
SHELBYVILLE, Ind, June IT,
Reports from counties throughout
the state estimating the number OF
delegates expected for the sixty
fifth annual state convention of the
Indiana Council of Religious Educa-
ton here this week indicate the
attendance will be much larger than
first anticipated.
The convention will open Tuesday
and continue through Thursday.
Leading religious workers and edu-
Gators are to attend. william Lowe
Bryan, president of Indiana univer-
sity, and president of the state Sun
day school organization, will pre-
side at all sessions, and will de-
liver the annual presidents mes
sage at the opening meeting Tues
day.
Several other speakers of prom
inence are to appear on the pro-
gram, including Bishop Edgar Blake
of the indianapolis area of the
Methodist Episcopal church, and DR.
Charles Darsie of Indianapolis, ma
tional adult superintendent of the
Christian church.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-06-17
DEAF WILL HEAR
PASTOR BY RADIO
81 inlcs Nnccinl

By Times Spccial
EVANSVILLE. Ind, June II. -
Installation of a novel radio broad
casting system in the Olivet Pres
byterian church here which will en-
able the deaf to hear sermons as
we'll as carry the speakers voice
throughout the auditorium, is near
ing completion.
A mieTophone will be erected in
the pulpit. Plugs are placed on the
back of the pews and a receiver will
be given the deaf by users at the
door. Regular members of the con-
gregation will also receive the sets,
consisting of one ear phone with
a small handle and plug to connect
with the socket. A volume gauge
on each piece allows each person
to modify the tone.
DR.. W. T. Pearcey. Olivet pastor,
originated the system which will be
used for the first time at the Sun
day morning services, June 80.
Two large speakers are to be
placed in the church. BY connec-
tions with the amplifler. a phono-
graph attachment will present the
half hour OF sacred music to pre-
The Indianapolis times., 1929-06-17
CITY YOUTH Freed
South Bend Judge SuSpendS
Car Thief'S Term.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. June II. -
Paul Pierce, indianapolis youth
charged with stealing an automobile
from Herman Kuntz of this city on
April 10, 1928, after arriving here
fro indianapolis in another stolen
car. was given a suspended sentence
of from three to ten years on his
arraignment in superior court be-
fore Judge Orlo R. Deahl here.
He pleaded guilty to vehicle TAX
ing. The youtht was brought to
this city from the Indiana State Re-
formatory at Pendleton, Ind, where
he had served a years sentence for
the theft of the first car in the
capital.
The judge indicated that he sus-
pended the sentence because the
youths excellent record in the peni-
tentiary indicated that he would
go straight" if given a chance.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-06-17
PLANE T0BE
CHRISTENED IN
HONOR OF CITY
Ceremony Is Scheduled at
Mars Hill Airport for
Thursday.
T. A. T. PRESSES PLANS
Staff Arrives Here. Ready
for Air-RaiI Line Opening
in Near Future.

Final arrangements for christen-
ing Thursday of the City Of Indi-
annapolis, Transcontinental Air
Transport Ford monoplane, and for
the subsequent start of the forty
eight-hour. coast-to- coast air-rai
line. we're being made today by the
local T. A. T. staff.
A staff of five members, which
will be augmented later, has been
stationed here, it was announced
today.
This includes: Charles ?. Devoe
from HadleY feld, New Brunswick
N. j., indianapolis manager; George
Porter. formerly department of
commerce radio operator at Chicago
municipal airport, chief radio op-
orator; David p Carroll, Pennsyl-
vania. weather observer; G. Aston
Williams, Savannah, Ga, field clerk,
and Harry Mum, Indianapolis, me-
chanic.
Radio Station Ready
The T. A. r.. radio station for
communication with planes en- route
practically has been completed, De-
voc said. Tests are being made and
he expects to have them concluded
by Friday night.
The broadcasting station is To-
Gated one and one-half miles due
west of the Mars Hill airport, ap-
proximstely halfway between the
Mars Hill field and the new mu-
nicipal field.
Devoe warned local f1iers to be on
the lookout for the two 125-foot
towers, 300 feet apart, erected for
the antenna.
The broadcast station will be con-
nected directly with Devoe's Office
in the new T. A. T. administration
building at Mars Hill airport, nearly
completed.
T. A. T. planes will start regular
test runs to smooth out kinks
June "a, while regular passenger
runs are scheduled to start July 8.
Ceremoy Is Arranged
An elaborate ceremony is being
arranged by Devoe and H. Weir
Cook, Curtiss Flying Service of In
diana manager, for christening Of
the "City of indianapolis" Thurs
day at 9 a. m. at the Mars Hill air
port.
Mayor L. Ert Slack has urged all
local civic and luncheon clubs to
take part.
A parade, headed by the police
and flremen's band, will leave
Monument Circle at $3.50 a. m. Mrs.
Mary j. Thatcher, niece of Slack,
will perform the christening rite in
the presence of a number Of dis
tinguished officials.