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o l.. Bodenhamer, Nation
al Commander Of the Ameri-
can Legion, will have a warm
welcome in Delaware on his
coming visit next week. He
is expected to address the
Lions Club at the Hotel du-
Pont Biltmore at luncheon on
January 21, and members of
other service clubs vii be in
vited. He will be given a re-
ception at the Dover Armory
and will speak in other parts
of the State, and no doubt his
visit will be memorable both
for the National Commander
and for the city, State and
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the Delaware Legionnaires
especially.
LEIPSIC
Items of Personal and Social In.
terest Cleaned About Town

Cheswold, Jan. IA Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Fox entertained rec
emily, Mrs. Sarah Vogel, Mr.. Leb-
setter, of Lancaster; Mr.. and Mrs.
George Fox and two daughters,
Nancy and Georgia Mae, of near
Smyrna, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Fox
and son Jimmie
Mrs. Eva Bale and father, of
Wilmington, were recent guests of
Mrs. Wilbert Rawley.
Miss Theresa Slaughter, of near
Smyrna, spent weekend with
her aunt, Mrs. Ella Slaughter.
Mrs. Virlie Matthews has re-
turned to her home in Philadelphia
after SPENDING an extended visit
with Captain and Mrs. John L.
Carey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Boyer and
two daughters of Chester, have
been recent guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Wedbee.
Miss Anna Slaughter of near
Smyrna IS VISITING ner aunt, MIS-.
Ella Slaughter
Prof. and Mrs. G. w. Scantz of
Smyrna, Miss Evelyn Lafferty of
Dover, and Harry Burris of Will
mington, were recent guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wright.
Mrs. Ella Slaughter and daugh-
ter Frances,spent Wednesday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Slaughter, of
Woodlawn, near Smyrna.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wilson en-
tertained recently, Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Wheatman of Clayton,
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Turner, Mr..
and Mrs. Fennimore Wilson, of
Dover
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Founded by Robert d. Hoffecker, July s.,
1854. Editor and Proprietor until Feb
ruary 10, 1907.
THE SMYRNA TIMES is an Independent
paper devoted to the welfare of the town
it represents and the State of which it
is part. 1t also gives the items of
Importance of the Eastern Shore of
Maryland.
ADVERTISEMENTS Smyrna Times
is the business medium not only for the
town it represents, but for the outlying
district of which it is the center. en-
bracing the towns of Clayton, Kenton,
Cheswold. Townsend, Leipsic. &c. A rate
of so cents per inch an insertion charg-
ed for transient advertising. Season or
yearly display advertising rates quoted
on application. For Sale. For Rent.
Lost and Found advertisements occupy
ing one inch space or less, minimum
charge of so cents per insertion. Public
Sale advertisements rs cents per inch
first insertion and so cents per inch for
each subsequent insertion. Locals and
Reading Notices, Is cents per line per
issue.
Subscription price. s1.50 per year. strictly
in advance.
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If it does, it will justify it ex-
istence many times over."

ed to the home town paper
that we take it as a matter
of course. If we think any
thing about it at all, we think
of its Deficiencies. These are
present largely because it is
run by fallible human beings.
The wonder about the home
town paper is that it contains
so few mistakes, not so many.
The merchants relations to
his home town paper are sup
posed to be those of an adver-
tiser. That is a narrow view.
The home paper is an institu-
ton. The MERCHANT can no
more escape its influence than
anybody else in the commun-
ity, whether he advertises in
it or not. This institution
keeps friends in touch with
friends. To the best of its
ability it answers Who, What,
When, Where and How? It
brings the individual out of
himself. 1t speaks the local
language. It interprets COM
munity life. Week by week,
it tells the story of the town
and State. To the merchants,
especially, the home town
paper is an opportunity. His
business, too, is a local insti-
tuition. Unless it finds some
kind of expression in the
home town paper, both the
paper and the business have
to an important extent failed
to function. Each is affected
somewhat by every successive
failure in this respect.
1t does not cost a great deal
of money to advertise in the
local paper. Most advertisers
are over-judicious rather
continual message that
counts most. Sporadic adver-
tiSementS now and then are
of doubtful value. Perhaps
they are better than no ad-
vertising at all. Every ad-
vertisement placed by a bust
ness house should blend into
every other advertisement it
places. The merchant should
think in terms of a campaign
rather than in terms of the
single insertion. Vast pro-
gress has been made in adver-
tising within recent years.
Outstanding examples of it /
are to be found in the nation
ii field. Locally, however, adj
vertising has much room for
development. Aside from a
few Of the big stores, the av-
arage merchant in the aver
age small town gives too little
study to the power of adver-
tising.
But conditions are chang
ing. More and more merch-
ants are coming to realize
that they are losing money
and prestige when they are
not to be found in the adver-
tising columns of the home
town paper. This is one of |
the healthiest signs in the
field of retail merchandising.
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10 Head of Horses

No. SHERMAN. good work horse.
No. GLEN. good worker and driver.
No. 3-MABEL. good work mare
No. 4-JIM, good worker
No. 5-BABY. good worker and driver.
Nos. and 7-ALICE and ELSIE, pair
Percheron Colts, well-buiIt. broken on
farm. coming 3 years old.
No. S-MAY, good work mare
No. 9-BESS. good worker and driver.
No. l0-SORRELTOP No. l work horse
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Beautification of public
highways is attracting wide
attention, says the Whining
ton Every Evening, "and
many of the States are look
ing forward to accomplishing
that end. Girl Scouts of New
York have banded together
with the idea of helping to
keep the main paths of travel
clear of unsightly objects. It
is their intention to remove
the debris of roadside picnics
and lunch parties who often
leave trails of cans, paper and
similar offending articles. At
the same time they will fos-
ter a movement to prevent
the despoliation of Towering
plants and trees by automo-
bilists. Many of the scouts
own motor cars and will vol
unfairly bring these into the
cleanup service, and will also
report the purloining of flow
ers. A recent examination of
the country adjacent to New
York and other large cities
disclosed that almost all the
pretty plants growing along
the roads have disappeared,
having been plucked, roots
and all. Consequently they
will not further produce the
pretty blossoms to fringe the
highways. California has
recently enacted a law to ban
ugly disfguring booths along
the highways. In those ugly
contrivances were sold fruits,
vegetables, foods and soft
drinks. But the new statute
prohibits all peddling along
the highways from stands
occupying part Of the public
domain. The State for a
number of years, has prohib-
tied roadside billboards, and
empowered autoists or State
officials to take down any and
all that may rear their heads
public attention and
obstructing the view. Mass
achusetts long ago made an
effort to insist on the remov-
al of market booths and priz-
es were offered for attractive
designs, with the result of
greatly improving the ap-
pearance of the country adja-
cent to the larger cities, which
furthered the Identification
movement.
Delaware has already man
ifested interest in such un-
dertakings and with the ma
turing of the many trees that
are growing along some of
the main lines Of travel the
country will take on a new as
pect. Sections of the roads
through the lowlands Of Sus-
sex County, lined with solid
banks of foliage, as they are
in Summer, are among the
most attractive landscape
views that greet the eyes of
travellers in this country. An
improvement in the makeup
of the roadside market stands
would further contribute to
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lC IS quite possible that the
Philadelphia police authori-
ties, in making a talking NOV
ie of a prisoners confession
to a crime, have started
something that will have far
reaching influence on Ameri-
can police practice. Safety
Director Schofield, of Phila-
delphia, is sure of it. Within
a short time, he predicts,
every big city will have a
talking movie studio as part
of its regular police equip
ment, and every man arrested
will be taken there at once
and photographed. The re-
sulting film, says the director,
will make Identification much
easier than is possible under
the present rogues' gallery
system. Commenting on this
The Star-Democrat of Easton
Nd, says:
1T strikes US, however,
that there is a more import
ant way in which the talking
movie may be useful in Grim
inological work. The police
forces job is only half done
when a suspect is arrested.
An arrest is worth nothing at
all unless it can be followed
by a conviction; and the best
possible way to get a convic-
ton is to get the prisoner to
confess the crime himself.
Every effort, consequently, IS
always made to gain this end.
This is, however, an institu-
ton in American police sta
tionS known as the third de-
gree. Under this system pris-
oners are beaten, deprived of
food and sleep, threatened,
often badly injured, in order
to force them to confess. A
obtained in that
manner is worthless. The
third degree, in addition, is a
matter Of common knowledge.
Every juryman has heard of
It. Thus a prisoner who has
confessed to a crime but /
wants to escape punishment !
for it will often repudiate his
confession and tell the jury
that it was obtained by tor
ture. Sometimes, of course,
this is quite true; sometimes |
it is utterly false. In either
case an injustice is apt to be
done.
Many a man whose confes-
sion was hammered out Of
him has been unable to make
the jury believe it; and many
a man who confessed of his
own free will has made the
jury think that he was given
the third degree and has, as a
result, been acquitted. The
talking movie might remedy
all of that. The jury could see
and hear the confession being
made. If there were coercion
or threats, it could see and
hear them. If the prisoner
had ben beaten, that would be
quite apparent. If, on the
otherh and, the confession
were obtained in a perfectly
proper manner, that, too,
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FARMING IMPLEMENTS. &c.


Two Farm Wagons, New Idea Spreader.
Riding Plows. Clark Cutaway Harrow,
Randall Harrow, Drag Harrows. Corn
Planter Mower. 8 Hand Cultivators, d
Walking Plows. Deering Binder. Hay Rig
ging. Dearborn, Ontario Drill. nearly new
York Carriage, four-wheel Buggy, Sulby
Cultivators, Grain Fan, Corn Shelter.
Slop Cart. Single Trees of all kinds Pea
and Beam. weihs 400 pounds Hoes, Corn
Knives. forks, Shovels. Spades, Tomato
Baskets. Bags Milk Cans. Wagon Har-
ness, Plow Harness, Carriage Harness.
Collars and Brides. and others things not
mentioned.
IS Baskets of Red-Skin Potatoes for Cash
Lot of HOUSEHOLD GOODS consisting
of kitchen. dining-room and Bedroom
Furniture.
TERMS-All sums of 500 and under
cash; over that amount a credit of 9
months will lie given by purchaser giving
bankable note with approved security. No
goods to be removed until terms are COM
piled with.
JOHN DAVID
R. w. Slaughter. Auctioneer.
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PUBLIC SALE

The undersigned having decided TO dis
continue farming. will sell at public sale
on his farm known as the S. A. Fortner
farm, on the road leading from Smyrna to
the Iron Bridge, one-half mile east of
Walkers' School on
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10000 All New DISHES
at WESTFALL,S

Cups, Saucers, Oat Meals, Plates
and Platters. Decorated and
plain. lis 1t
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FARMING IMPLEMENTS, &c.
Two Farm Wagons. Mccormick Deering
Binder. S-foot cut. in good shape McCor-
mick Deering Mower. good as new: Man
Ire u Spreader New Idea, in good shape !:
Van Brunt Wheat Drill. l1-spout disc /:
Hay Rake. Hay higgins. . Riding Guilt
yators, good as new John Deere Randall
Harrow. 14-disc; three-se Spring.
tooth Harrow. two-section Wood-frame
Drag Harrow, 60-tooth Syracuse three
horse Plow; one-horse PIow. Walking
Cultivators. Spike Harrow Land Corn
Planters. Grindstone, good as new: I
20 pound Milk Cans. 4 Milk Pals. Milk
Strainer.
HARNESS Two Sets Of Leather Wag-
on Harness. sets of Plow Harness. g
Collars. Brides. one six-horse Tree. 3
three-horse Trees. two-horse Trees. 6
Neck Halters. $50 Burlap Bags. 100 To-
mato Baskets. Corn Shelter, Wheelbarroyy
2 pair Double Leather Lines. Butt Chains,
and Log Chains. Shovels. Spades. Hoes.
Rakes. and many other things too numer
Gus to mention.
GRAINED Baskets Corn on the cob
more Or less; 50 acres of Wheat in the
ground with 10 Interest and phosphate
bin paid.
BROOD SOW and SHOATS
One Brood Sow. will be in profit Febru-
ary Shoats. ranging form rs 10 100
pounds each.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS CONSISTING of
Chunk Stove Kitchen Cupboard. Tables Z
RUGS. Parlor Suit. Victroia. good as new
Beds. Mattresses and Springs all in
good condition; Kitchen Chairs. 20 Yards
Linoleum, Lamps. Round Dining Table.
Some Dishes. Butter Churn and Print.
TERMS All sums Of s25 and under
cash. over that amount credit of
no
note with approved security.
SAMUEL r.. GRAHAM
r. W. Slaughter Auctioneer
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Tuesday, Jan. %, 80
at 10 a. m. sharp. rain or shine.
the following. to-wit:
6 Horses and Mules

Excellent good teams. will work IN all
harness. one pair 8 year-old-mules. real
team
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PUBLIC SALE

The undersigned will sell at Public Sale
on the H. e. Grieves farm on concrete
road leading from Smyrna TO Walkers
l Il miles from Smyrna. on
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% Cows and Heifers

% head OF Cows and Heifers and one
BULL, ranging in age Is nonths to 8
years. Holstein and Guernseys. This is an
accredited herd
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Published Every Wednesday Afternoon, by
r. ID. HOFFECKER. Proprietor.
Entered at the Post Office at Smyrna. Del
aware, as Second Class matter.
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8 Head of Horses

Head of Horses, ranging from g
years to 20 years. All sound and will
work IN all harness. One Yearling Colt
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SHOATS. weighing IS pounds each.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS. Sc


Two Farm Wagons, HAY Rigpings
Dearborn. Mccormick Harvesting Machine
Mower. U. S. Corn Planter. New Idea
Manure Spreader. Farmers Favorite Disc
Drill. Riding Cultivators. Cutaway Har-
row. Acme Harrow. Roller. Corn Gutter
John Deere Riding PIow. 2 No. 10 Oliver
Flows, Syracuse Plow. 2 Drag Harrows
Grain Fan, Corn Shelter, Hay Rake, Sew
eral Walking Cultivators, Grindstone
Sleigh and Bells. Family Carriage, York
Carriage. Spraying Machine. Chest of
Carpenters Tools. These implements are
all in excellent condition Seed Sower,
SO-Basket Tomato Body and Springs. set
of Jones Platform Scales. Pea and Beam
Scales. Several sets Of Plow Harness sew
eroi sets of Wagon Harness. Brides, Col
lars. Forks. Hoes. Shovels. Rakes, Wedges
Axes. Dearborn Pole and two Carriage
Poles, one. two and three-horse Trees
Wheelbarrow. Hog Scalder. 100 Tomato
Baskets. 16-foot extension Ladder, two
horse Scoop. and other articles that are
necessary TO stock farm with tools.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS Home Comfort
Kitchen Range in very good condition Air
Tight Stove, Bedroom Suit Living Room
Suit. Writing Desk. Couch, Sideboard
Cook Table. Chairs. Carpet. Mating, Lard
Pots. and Benches. Sausage Grinders. Milk
Cans and Buckets. Flour and Meal Chest
and other articles too numerous to mem
ton.
Terms cash
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PUBLIC SALE

The undersigned will sell at public sale.
on the Armstrong Farm. located on the
old State Road. lea6ng from Duck Creek
TO the dupont Boulevard. on
Wednesday, January %, 1880
al 10 o'clock a. M. the following
personal property. to-wit:
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10. Head Mich Cows

10 Head Mich Cows. one 6-months-old
Call. one BULL. Most of these cows are
milking and some will be fresh by day of
sale. This is tested and accredited herd
No reactors during any test
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Terms CASH

MISS ELvA STEPHENSON
X. w. Slaughter. Auctioneer
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% Cows and Heifers
FARMING IMPLEMENTS. &c.

% head of good cows and heifers, ran
ing from months to 10 years old.
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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22, 1880

at 10 O'Clock a. M. the following
personal property. to-wit:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-08
HISTORIC RED
SQUARE TO Be
RECONSTRUCTED
Russian Scene of Public
Execution to Become
Parade Ground.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-Russia's
Red Square" the scene of glamour
and tragedy, is to be reconstructed,
according TO a report Of the Ma
tional Geographic Society.
In back of high board fence the
work of turning the temporary
wooden mausoleum into a perma-
nent resting place of stone is al
ready under way.
Smooth fagstones will replace the
ancient cobbles and permanent re-
viewing stands are to be erected.
Formerly the scene of public ex-
ecutions, of imperial proclamations
and martial parades, of bloody revo-
lutions, it now resounds with the
tramp of the Red army and the
footballs of Soviet workers.
High above the Kremlin wall rises
a great clock tower, built the year
before Columbus discovered Amer
lea.
Opposite this historical structure
are the Trading Rows with their ar
caded sidewalks, around which the
people in all walks of life gather.
Women in felt boots, clerks in
leather jackets, officials, usually well
dressed, with their brief cases I'M
der their arms, 1aborers in their
dirty sheep-skin coats, slipppered
girls dragging hand carts behind
them offer a glamorous contrast.
Vendors cluster around the gates
leading to Red Square," offering all
manner of articles and making sec
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-08
BOMB MURDER
LAID TO WORRY
over FINANCES
Attorney Looks to Death to
Release Him From
Hopeless TangIe.
Tinted Press

BIZ United Press
STINNETT, Tex, Aug. ga. D.
Payne, Amarillo attorney, looked to
death today to release him from a
hopeless tangle of financial affairs
which officers said he told them had
brought about the bombing to death
of his wife.
Police said Payne, held here be-
cause of danger from mobs, con-
feSsed he killed his wife June 25
with bomb placed in the family
automobile. They said he told them
it was his fifth attempt to kill her.
ct thought it more humane to kill
her than for her to find out the
way had been living" Payne stated
in a lengthy written confession.
Were she alive today I would try
again to kill her. My only regret Is
that my son was not killed too"
Payne was arrested Tuesday night
after Mrs. Verona Thompson, his
former private secretary, told police
he made love to her and had
planned to do away with his wife
in order that they might marry.
The attorneys confession deposi-
ton comprised almost $4,000 words.
Although admitting his love af-
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fair had something to do with his
plan to kill his wife. Payne told Of
ficials that was only one Of the rea-
sons. He said the family had been
beset by financial difficulties and
that obtaining insurance money was
a chief factor in the murder.
The first time he tried to kill his
wife was nine months before he
ever met Mrs. Thompson, officials
said he told them.
At one time he and his wife had
considered committing suicide to-
gether so their children might have
the insurance money, the confess
sion read.
Payne said he tried to kill his
wife five times before he was final
ly successful.
E. W. Thompson, district attor-
ney of Amarillo, said Payne asked
him if it would be possible for him
to waive all rights to a trial and
receive the supreme penalty at once.
II don't want to live with this
weight on my soul" he said. II am
sorry my son, A. D. Jr., must go
through life with the tragedy
weighing him down" The son was
seriously hurt in the same explo-
sion that killed Mrs. Payne.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-08
HELD ON DRUNK CHARGE
Negro in Car Crash Alleged Driving
While Intoxicated.

Charges of driving while in
toxicated were filed today against
William Brooks, So, Negro, 1850
Boulevard place, whose automobile
is alleged to have collided Thursday
night at Indianapolis avenue and
Twenty-Sixth street with an auto
mobile driven by Burford E. Beach,
36, of 2034 North Olney street. Beach
was injured slightly.
In a collision between his auto
mobile and a street car Thursday
night at Twentieth and Illinois
streets, Lee Pennington, 50, of r. r.
A, Box SO, New Augusta, was in
jured critically. He was taken to
city hospital, where his INJURIES
were declared to be broken leg,
broken arm, probable skull fracture
and internal injuries.
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tons of the square into virtual out
door department. stores.
At night an open forum is es-
tablished in the square. Unimpor-
tant Soviet speakers gather little
knots of listeners about them to
explain details Of the Soviet plan
of government, and oftentimes the
square is filled with mass Of peo-
pie while the government leaders
proclaim the doctrines of the revo-
luton through mammoth loud
speakers.
With the work of reconstruction
now started, all of this glamour is
at a standstill, until when a new
and even greater Red Square" is
completed, it can begin anew.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-08
Reunion Set for Aug. II

Former residents of Orange and
Crawford counties, now living in IN
dianapolis, will hold their annual
Aug. IT, at Brookside park.
Congressman Albert R. Hall of the
Elventh Indiana district will speak.
Arthur T. Mayfield is president of
the reunion association.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-08
CITY SCOUTS WANT
TO FETE BYRD HERO
Paul sipIe, on Trip to Pole, Invited
to Cabin Dedication.

indianapolis scouts today asked
for the honor of entertaining Paul
Siple. Boy Scout member OF the
Byrd south pole expedition, when he
comes mere for the National Ex-
change Club convention Aug. "a.
An invitation requesting that the
noted scout be guest Of the In
dianapolis troops at the scout res
ervation on that date was presented
through the Indianapolis Exchange
Club at luncheon by f. o. Belzer,
scout executive.
Siple, along with his former CHIEF,
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, viii
be a guest at the Exchange Club
convention.
Tentative plans for honoring Siple
at the scout reservation include ar
rangements for dedication of a hike
cabin erected by members of Troop
8, Irvington Presbyterian church.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-08

The large sire New Haven" ManteI Clocl
deep rich mahogany-strikes the hour
hour. The S-day banjo clock is a real
accurate timekeeper. Your choice with
match for only
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-08
COPS CARS STOLEN
Two Policemen Are Days Victims
of Auto Thieves.

For the second time within
twenty-four hours a city police Off
GERS automobile was stolen Thurs
day night. Patrolman John E. Am
Eahl saw a white man drive his car
away from its parking place at Mus
kingum and New York streets he
fred two shots from his revolver at
the auto thief. but the man es-
capped.
Another patrolman's car was
stolen Wednesday night and was
stripped Of tires and accessories.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-08
OGDEN TO CONVENTION
Attorney General 10 Attend Session
at Chicago Aug. 1878.

Attorney General James NJ. Ogden
viii attend a two-day meeting OF
the Attorney Generals Association OF
the United States at Chicago, Aug.
1918, he announced today. The
meeting viii precede the annual
convention Of the American Bar AS
Eociation. Ogden. also president OF
the Indiana State Bar Association,
viii attend the national bar meet
inr which opens = thres-day session