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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
civil WAR SHOT
SURVIVOR WILL
Be 80 TUESDAY
Richmond Man Wounded By
Bullet Which Killed
Comrade.
BV Times Special

Be- Times Special
RICHMOND, Ind. Jan. 25.-
Jerome j. Jordan. wounded in the
shoulder during the Civil war by a
bullet which passed through the
body of a comrade. will celebrate
his ninetieth birthday Tuesday.
Due to poor health he will spend
his anniversary quietly but open
house will be held for his many
friends.
Jordan was born Jan. %. 1910, In
Butler county, Ohio. His father, a
weaver. and the first to make a
seamless sack. died when Jordan
was years old.
Jordan says in his youth children
received but three months school,
ing year and the other nine
months were spent at hard work.
He was out of school three years
when the Civil war started and he
joined Company c, Sixty-ninth
regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry.
He saw service in three major bat
ties and several skirmisheS. He
was in the battles of Stone River,
Murphysboro, Tenn, Missionary
Ridge, Tenn, and Versackey, Ga. In
the latter battle, April. of 1864. Jor-
dan was shot through the left
shoulder.
Witnessed Comrades Death
1--WE were making a charge" the
veteran recalls, land I turned to
speak to another member of my
company, when he was struck by a
muSket ball. which went entirely
through his body and struck me in
the shoulder. He fell dead at my
feet"
Three inches of Jordan's shoulder
bone was torn off by the ball. He
can not raise his left arm in front
Of his body but can place it behind
his back. Muscles in front of the
arm were removed.
Likes Motoring
Jordan does not use tobacco now.
He did when he entered the army,
but he stopped when he returned.
ut sort of got me and I had to give
it up" he says. He likes motoring.
He does not care for motion pic
lures. He has no desire to ride in
an airplane.
When Jordan first came to Wayne
county, Richmond was but small
town. It's main business districts
were between Sixth and Eighth
streets. North Ninth street was a
field. He recalls the horse drawn
bus, then the horse cars and saw the
first electric street car here.
THE Civil war was bad enough"
says Jordan, "but I guess the boys
who went to France had worse to
fight against than the boys of 49,"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
SHERIDAN BANK ELECTS
Directors Chosen and Reports Made
at Stockholders Meeting.

By Times Special
SHERIDAN, Ind, Jan. 25.-Three
hundred and fifty Of the 500 shares
of the capital stock of the Farmers
and Merchants National bank we're
represented at the stockholders
meeting during which progress of
the bank during the past year was
told by J. E. Kercheval, president,
and w. S. Pressler, chairman of
the board, who said the surplus had
been increased from $4,000 to $4,000
and $500 accumulated in undivid-
ed profits in the two years and nine
months of its existence.
Directors elected are j. E. Kerche-
val, j. A. BranSon, w. S. Pressler,
H. S. Moredock, Phil Hare, L. c.
Higbee, I. H. McMurtry and Frank
Ringer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
WOMAN ACCUSED OF
$1,000 EMBEZZLEMENT
Indictment Returned Against For
mer City EmplOye at Ft. Wayne.

IHtI wy Euiployt dt It l. way hS.
BIZ United Press
FIT. WAYNE, Ind. Jan. 25.-Mrs.
Addie McCollem, 46. former cashier
of the City Light and Power. Com
pany. today faced charges of en-
bezzlement of public funds follow
ing the return of an indictment by
the Allen county grand Jury.
Mrs. McCollem is accused of hav-
ing taken $1,000 of company money
while she was in the concerns en-
ploy.
Discovery of the shortage was
made Jan. II. five days after Mrs.
McCollem had been relieved of her
position under the change of city
administration
Mrs. McCollem is alleged to have
taken the money from funds paid
the company for light bills. giving
customers the recent ends of stote-
ments and taking the other end of
the bill to her home, thus keeping
her books balanced
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
Mayor Leaves Hospital

20 LinfS NDcci1t
ANDERSON. Ind. Jan. 25.-
Mayor J. H. Mellett has left hos
pital where he spent a week suffer-
ing with an intestinal disorder, and
is now at MartinSville hoping TO
fully regain his health before re-
turning to his desk at the city hall.
Physicians have virtually ADAM
doned their original belief that an
operation would be necessary to eff
feet a complete cure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
FIDDLER, SO, BOOKED
John Hawkins Will Also Dance at
Wayne County Meeting.
BIZ Tim es Special

BIZ Tunes SDecldG
MIDDLEBORO, Ind, Jan. 25.-
John Hawkins, 98-year-old black
smith. win be in the spotlight again
Tuesday at the Wayne county pig
roast before, several hundred guests
to demonstrate his ability as an old
time fiddler He will also execute a
few ligs. Frederick Lands. Logans-
port editor, will be the principal
speaker. State Representative James
Knapp of Hagerstown will be toast
master.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
DISLOYALTY COSTS JOB
Muncie Mayor Discharges Policeman
Who Agreed to Criticism.

BID tmCS NDfCl0t
sMUNCIE. Ind. Jan. 25.-A police
man while in a local cigar store,
heard the manager derjde Mayor
George R. Dale and then declared
he agreed with the criticism.
The policeman. George Holcroft,
is without a job today, at the may
or'S orders.
Il won't have anyone on the police
department who isn't loyal to me. .
the mayor declared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
FOUR ANIMALS FOUND
TOGETHER IN FLOOD
Cow, Cat, Rabbit and Squirrel on
Platform in Barn.

BH Times Special
PRINCETON, Ind, Jan. 25.-A
COW, rabbit, squirrel and cat
perched on one platform, all flood
refugees, in a barn on the farm of
John Degenhart west Of here.
When water drove Degenhart and
his family from their home, he
herded livestock on higher ground,
but the COW was missing for a
time and the flood became too high
to drive her away.
The farmer erected a. scaffold
platform in the barn and placed
the COW on it. Returning a few
days later he found the rabbit,
squirrel and cat sharing the plat
form, but Degenhart arrived too
late to prevent one casualty-the
cat was engaged in eating the
rabbit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
Charges Sarcastic Wire

En- Times Special
HAMMOND, Ind, Jan. 25.-Mrs.
Emma Barbara Altman, Hammond,
while in a hospital received a tele-
gram from her husband on a pleas
ure trip in California asking for SIS,
she said, just to harass her because
he knew she had no money. Mrs.
Altman has brought suit for di-
vorce, charging cruel and inhuman
treatment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
Sick Mayor Receivers
b. Times Special

b. Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Jan. 25.-May-
or j. H. Mellett returned to his desk
In the city hall Friday, following
a two weeks illness during which he
was treated in st. Johns hospital
here and at a Sanitarium in Mar
tinsville. He is greatly improved in
health. His first announcement
upon resuming his duties was that
he would have no time to give TO
lob seekers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
HOSPITAL OPEN AGAIN
AFTER MENINGITIS CASE
Closing Was Precaution Against
Spread of Disease.

BH tntted Press
BEDFORD, Ind, Jan. 25. - The
Lawrence county hospital here is
open today after being closed to all
but spinal meningitis patients.
When Thurman Leonard, As, was
taken to the hospital suffering from
meningitis, all other patients were
removed to their homes as a pre-
caution against spread of the
disease.
At a meeting of city physicians
with Charles Blackburn, city and
county health officer, it was decided
to re-admit the patients.
The Dive school, north edge of
Bedford, was closed after Charles
Harmon was reported seriously i'll
with meningitis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
Two Arson Cases Filed

Be- Times Special
COLUMBUS, Ind, Jan. 25.-Two
aff1davits charging arson are on file
in circuit court against Abraham
Greider, who is in the county jail
in default of $4,000 bond. Order
was arrested at Delphi several weeks
ago and the two aff1davits are
among four against him. He was
tried here some time ago on a
charge Of perjury, but acquitted,
and an arson charge trial was de-
ferred. The new charges auege
burning of barn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
OFFICIAL QUITS, FACING
IMPEACHMENT HEARING
Daviess County Township Trustees
Place Taken by Candidate.

81 DntteG Press
WASHINGTON, Ind, Jan. 25.-
While search was continued for
John H. Waggoner, Washington
township trustee, on a citation OF
impeachment, brought about by al
legged shortages totaling about $780,
900, his resignation was announced
by the Daviess county council.
The resignation was submitted
through j. CT. Allen, attorney for
Waggoner.
Will C. Hyatt, who Is candidate
in the next election for trustee
of the township, was Immediately
appointed to fill out Waggoner's I'M
expired term. 1t is believed Wag-
goner has fled to some distant To-
cality, perhaps unknown by any of
his friends.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25

Winnie Lightner, comedienne,
whose featured appearance in
Gold Diggers of Broadway" and
"Show of Shows" have established
her as a favorite with talkie fans,
will make her bow as a radio
artist when the holster Radio
Hour broadcaSts an "All-Winnie
Lightner" program over WABC
and the Columbia broadcasting
system, Wednesday night. Jan.
%, at 9 o'clock.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
Perfect Bridge Hand

By United Press
LA PORTE, Ind, Jan. 25.-One OF
those hands-thirteen cards of one
suit-was held in a bridge game
here by Miss Casimira Lambert
She was dealt the entire heart suit
Mary Terry, Charles Merrill ano
Chester Lamber, who played in the
game, were witnesses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
BOYS ADMIT THEFT OF
AUTO AND SHOPLIFTING
Two Held at KokOmo Also Tried to
Rob Woman.
PN Times SDcci0I

TN I IWtS NUCCTUB
KOKOMO, Ind, Jan. 25.-Two
South Bend boys, John Stickley, Is,
son Of South Bend fireman, and
Donald Dickey, IA, son of a school
teacher in that city, are held here
after confeSsing, according to police,
that they stole an automobile be-
longing to Harry Dawson of Argos;
shoplifting in a store here and an
attempt to steal purse from Ko-
komo woman.
Although boy in years, Stickley
is a man in size. He is 6 feet 5 inches
tall and weighs 100 pounds. Dickey
is the opposite, his height being
barely five feet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
Chicken Thefts Admitted
BIZ Times Special

bJ IWto NpeCldI
GREENSBURG, Ind, Jan. 25.-
Lawrence Miller plead guilty in De-
catur circuit court before Judge
John w. Craig to a charge of grand
larceny and two of burglary, based
on chicken thefts. Miller is said to
have taken thirty-two chickens from
the farm Of John Ryan and forty
five from that of Henry Showers,
about three weeks ago. Judgment
has been withheld.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
City to Sell Turbine

By Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Jan. 25.-An
old 1000 kilowatt turbine will be
sold to the highest bidder at a meet
ing of the board of works, Feb. 4.
The machine was removed from the
municipal electric light. plant to pro-
vide space. for a new 10000 kilowatt
unit. Appraisers have estimated the
machine to be worth $4,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
Woman, 20 Accused

BN times Special
KENTLAND. Ind, Jan. 25.-A
70-year-old woman. Mrs. Frances
Butler, is at liberty under $500 bond
pending trial in Newton circuit
court on a charge of possessing
liquor. Accused with her are Ed
ward Bales. q. and Ray Harrington.
IS. Raiders reported a five-gallon
can of alchohol was found in
house the three occupied.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
Mother of Eight Buried

81 fHlt3 SDbcIuI
ANDERSON, Ind, Jan. 25.-Fu-
neral services were held at st. Mary's
church Friday for Mrs. Anna Cos
tello, 80, who died Of paralysis. Mrs.
Costello was born in Ireland and
came to America with her parents
when she was a child. Her hus-
band, John Costello, died number
of years ago. She leaves eight chill
dre1
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
Lifelong Resident Dies

BV Times kpeCtdl
COLUMBUS, Ind, Jan. 25.-Mrs.
Mary E. Piercef1eld, IS, died sud-
denly here at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Ollie Miller. She
was lifelong resident of Bartholo-
new county.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
Dog Bite Causes Death

BU I tmfS NDeCtdt
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Jan. -
Werner Talbot of Terre Haute has
received news of the death of his
sister. Mrs. j. c. Wengatz. a mis-
sionary in Africa, as the result of a
rabid dogs bite. She left here with
her husband twenty-five years ago
for the African missionary field.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
THREAT AIDS DEFENSE
IN POLICEMAN Staying
Witness Admits Warning Clyde
Jones to Cease Attentions.

BA Times special
LEBANON, Ind, Jan. 25.-Coun
sci for Clyde Jones. accused of
Staying Amos Hamilton. Frankfort
policeman, scored a point in the
trial of Jones here in the testimony
Of Otto Davis, operator OF an alleged
beer-selling place at Lafayette.
1t has been contended that Jones
carried a revolver to protect him
self from Davis, said to have been
looking for him because of atten-
tons paid to Mrs. Davis. On the
witness stand Davis admitted he had
made threats against Jones and
warned him to stay away from his
wife.
The defense is expected to close
its testimony late today, after which
court will adjourn until Mon1ay
when final arguments will be made
and the case given to the jury.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
Child Nearly Scalped

BLUFFTON, Ind, Jan. 25.-DoriS
MulliS. young daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Sylvester Mullis, Union town
ship, suffered scalp wound and the
loss of some hair when her head
came in contact with the moving
wheel of a cream separator.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
Penny in Throat Fatal

BU Times Special
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Jan. u.s.
Betty McInnes, 2, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. j. D. McInneS, Boonville.
died in a hospital here after an
operation had been performed to
remove q penny from her throat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
Electric Line to Quit

81 Jnlfed Press
ANDERSON, Ind, Jan. 25.-A. w.
Brady. receiver for the Union Trac-
ton Company, announces that the
Muncie-Union City line will be
abandoned Feb. 8. upon authorize
ton by the state public service COM
mission. The line is thirty-six miles
long
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
KETTLE THEFT
Warsaw Man and Youth Get Re
formatory Terms.
U Times NDcCidt

Do IW'N NVtITTI
WARSAW, Ind, Jan. 25.-Glenn
higgins, "a, and James Ewing, 10,
were each fined SIS and sentenced to
year in the state reformatory here
for stealing two large iron kettles
from a slaughter house. The SEN
tence of Ewing was suspended.
The thieves broke the kettles in
pieces, which they sold as junk iron
to a foundry here. receiving $1.05.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
Bathing Suit Model Ban
BRINGS J7nzCanted Notice

drawing is beyond that purpose.
Miss Carmen Sharp, the model,
wore a two-piece suit. according
to the paper. AS a student she
has paid part of her expenses
by giving swimming lessons. and
has won several medals in SWIM
ming contests
Z have no objection to such a
course in school of art, Presi-
dent Hines is quoted as saying,
''but I do know the things that
can be done in the public
schools"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
Pm Times SpeciaI

TERRE HAUT'E, Ind, Jan. Is.
L. Publicity given Indiana
State Teachers college here re-
Gently, due to an order of Presi-
dent L. NJ. Hines barring use of
a bathing suit clad girl as a
model in an art class, is deplored
by the Indiana Statesman, school
paper.
The college, the paper says, is
primarily for the purpose of
training teachers, and live model
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
Heroic Dog


Bu I nlfCQ Press
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Jan.
25.-MrS. Carl Meadows, 35,
credits a dog with saving her
life after she had been dazed
by an explosion. She was
hurled to the floor of her
home when a pint of gasoline
she was carrying exploded. The
dog began licking Mrs. Mead
owS' face until. aroused from
the daze. she leaped on a bed
and wrapped herself in the
covers, smothering the flames
and escaped rom the blazing
house, which vas destroyed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
New Teacher Chosen

BIZ Times Special
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, Jan. 25.--
Miss Irene Wood of Greenfield has
accepted a position as teacher of
mathematics and Latin in the high
school here, succeeding Miss Helen
Goppert, who resigned to teach in
the schools at South Bend.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
TEETH LOST IN RIVER
BY BAD LUCK VICTIM
Farmer Near Warsaw Stung by Bees
Pulled Into Icy Water.
By Times Special

By Times Special
WARSAW, Ind, Jan. 25.-Aaron
Kincad, farmer living west of here,
continues to be a victim of bad
luck.
His most recent misfortune was
a plunge into the icy water Of Tip
pecanoe river. He was pulled into
the river when the horses he was
driving while moving house ran
away. While swimming to shore
from water fifteen feet deep Kin
caide'S set Of new false teeth fell
from his mouth and we're lost.
Last summer the farmer was
Stung by hundreds of bees. A few
months later he was in two auto
mobile accidents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
Fall Causes Death

BD Times Special
NOBLESVILLE. Ind, Jan. 25.-
Frank Mallery, go, is dead of a
fractured skull suffered in a fall OH
a slippery sidewalk. He lived only
a few hours. He leaves his widow,
a son and three daughters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25

bU Ufitteu PrCSS
ANDERSON, Ind, Jan. Is
Twenty-six Catholic priests from
over Indiana were here Friday at
the funeral of Mrs. John Costello,
mother of the Rev. John Costello,
missionary priest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25

By Times Special
GREENSBURG, Ind, Jan. 25.-
Roscoe Davis of Mays Crossing,
Rush county, has succeeded Will
liam Taylor as tester for the De-
catur-Franklin County Cow Testing
Association. The association has
twelve members in Decatur county
and thirteen in Franklin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25
Bloomington Seeks Hospital

BIZ Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Jan. 25.-
The Bloomington Chamber of Com
merce has taken option on four
Monroe county farms to offer as
sites for a new $50O0O0 veterans
hospital to be located in Indiana.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25

Pv Times SbecioI 1870
MUNCIE. Ind, Jan. 25.-HarTy
E. Walk, Sc, attorney, is dead here
after long illness. He had prac-
ticed at the local bar more than
thirtY-fiYe wears.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-25

Tex Rankin (above) of Portland,
Ore, is the holder Of the new
world record for the difficult and
dangerous outside loops" in an
airplane, is looking for new
worlds to conquer.
From an altitude Of 5000 feet,
he made thirty-four tries, COM
pleting nineteen, to break the old
mark of thirteen. He used a plane
with an 85-horse power, air.
cooled motor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-25
METEOR FLASHES
over NORTH IDAHO
Buildings Jared and Country
side Lighted for SO
or 60 Miles.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LEWISTON, Idaho, December u.s.
Buildings in dozen towns were Jared
last night by blast, believed to have
been the explosion of meteor, which
lighted the countryside Of North Central
Idaho over an area of so or so miles.
No reports of damage had been re-
ceived here early today. Several hun
dred persons saw the flash, which was
said to have lighted the earth with a
brilliance almost equal to sunlight. 1t
preceded the explosion at 9:57 pm.
IN. S. To by about three minutes.
The place of the explosion was not
determined, but 1t was believed to have
been near Troy, Idaho. Calls at sew
eral towns were mountaineering.
One person said 1T might be few
miles or hundred"
Telephone operators in Orofino and
La Pwai said the explosion shook their
buildings. Residents of La Pwai, Oro-
fino, Lewiston, Orchards GeneSee and
Troy, in Idaho, and Charleston, Wash,
and other towns said they saw the flash
and felt the explosion, like that OF a
monster artillery shell.
Prof F. 3. Laney, professor Of geology
at the University of Idaho, said he felt
sure from descriptions given him the
disturbance was meteor similar to one
which fell in nearly the same region
nine years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-25
Democratic Leader, Back at
Home, Sees Some Signs of
Trade Improvement.
FIVE-DAY WEEK HELD
POSSIBLE SLUMP REMEDY
Long Term Advances to Cities and
States as Substantial Relief
Basis Praised.
Nv the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, December u.s.
United States Senator Joe T. Robinson
Democratic leader, in a statement issued
on his return home for the holidays,
declared the $116,000,O00 appropriated
by Congress for speeding up public
works appears inadequate"
Unemployment seems to be increas-
ing rather than diminishing" he said
Many circumstances indicate that mere
temporary measures would be INSULT
cient, although, of course, they must
first be considered. The substitution of
machinery for hand labor is revolution
izing working conditions and throwing
millions cut of employment. TO restore
the equilibrium between the labor supply
and the demand for laborerS the in
dustrieS of the United States may find
it necessary to resort to the five-day
week. Manifestly it is difficult for this
to be brought about during an economic
crisis like the present
THE establishment of reserves for
unemployment has been proposed.
Such a reserve, however, can
only be made available after the lapse
of considerable period, and like the
five-day proposal is of permanent rather
than temporary character.
"Long-term advances to municipali-
ties and States to enable the carrying
on of necessary public works merits at
tention and may become the basis for
substantial relief. There are, however,
difficulties in the way of this which may
prevent the necessary legislation. There
are some signs of general business i'm
provements, but the recovery cannot be
quickly made. Meantime every agency,
bo.h public and private, must cooper
ate Fundamentally to minimize the dis
treSs"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-25
Customs Man Turns
Tommy Tucker"
Cake Is Held Up
Finds Liter of Brandy in
Christmas Gift From
Germany.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, December u.s.
Christmas cake from Germany adj
dressed to an East Side family here
was firmly in the hands of Federal pro-
hibition authorities today.
1t was a large fruit cake, well fla
vored. 1t passed through the hands OF
customs examiner during the Yule
rush.
Fruit cake" he said, mo duty" He
passed it to Evan A. Evans, appraiser
Its awfully heavy" said Evans. "In
fact, it's too heavy"
Evans poked finger into the cake
The "fiavoring," he said, was supplied
by liter bottle of brandy. The bottle
and cake were turned over to prohibit
ton agents.