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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29

where the printing will be done by
the I. U. press, and copies of the
paper taken to Indianapolis early
each morning for distribution dur
ing the day. Professor j. A. Wright
Of the journalism department, will
be faculty supervisor for the fair
edition, while w. L. Reeves will be
in charge of the business manage
ment.
Norman will be assisted by
Charles Ray, Montpelier; Charles
Temple, English; Mark Rodenbeck,
Arcadia; Seymour Francis, South
Bend; Ruth Fishback, Heltonville,
and Elizabeth Lynch, Ft. Wayne.
The fair edition of The Student
is self supporting, being made pos
sible by the advertising given by
Indianapolis and Bloomington mer-
chants. According to available in
formation, this is the only collegiate
daily which publishes an edition for
state fair visitors.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
De Pauzg Reduces
Idle Ranks With
Summer Work
BIZ Times Special


GREENCASTLE. Ind, Aug. 29.-
Unemployment was not apparent at
De PAW university this summer.
Work has been given more than lis
laborers in a construction program
approved by trustees at their SEES
sion in June.
No new buildings are being con-
Structed but MinShall laboratory,
science building, is being completely
renovated, including new floors,
new lighting fixtures and the con-
struction of new lecture room for
DR.. w. M. Blanchard's chemistry
classes. The lecture room is being
built in semi-court in the rear of
the building. 1t will have perma-
nent seats arranged in tiers so that
good observation can be had of
demonstrations and experiments.
The lower floor of Middle college
is being remodeled and the depart
ment of mathematics will occupy
rooms there this year. More. in
tensive use of the university library
is being anticipated and additional
study tables and new lighting fix
lures have been added. This year
De PAW has added fulltime
librarian, Mrs. Eva Cooper, who
came from Pratt library, Brooklyn,
N. Y. She will take the place of
Professor Francis Tilden who will
devote his entire time to teaching
of comparative literature. Mrs.
Cooper was graduated from De
PAW in 1913.
New facilities for nonvarsity ath-
letlcs will be offered with the con-
struction of two new playf1elds Just
west of Blackstock field. A crew
of workers has been busy all sum-
mer cutting away a small hill and
filling in the low places to make
room for two football fields.
In the rear of Bowman gym
nasium, five new tennis courts are
being constructed, two of cement
and three Of GLOW
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
Insurance Company Sued
By Times Special

ANDERSON. Ind, Aug. %. - A
suit filed by Mrs Ethel Eta Feath-
erstone seeks judgment for 1920
against the American Income In
surance Company of Indianapolis.
on a health and accident insurance
company. Mrs. Featherstone, who
is a beauty culturist, alleges the
company refuses to make settlement
for an illness of practically three
months.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
FAIR OUT OF BUDGET

Bartholomew County Officials OPP
posed to S2,4OO Fund for 1882.
By Times Special
COLUMBUS, Ind, Aug. 29.-The
Bartholomew county fair may be
operated without the usual 400
appropriation from the county.
Commissioners have decided to omit
the item from next years budget,
and without it, no fair may be held.
Final action will be taken on the
budget, Sept. 8. If a petition signed
by twenty-five freeholders in each
of the county's townships is pre-
sented, the council will be COM
PEELED to make the appropriation,
it is said.
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By Times Special


EVANSVILLE, Ind, Aug. 20. -
Fifteen persons have signed a re-
monstrance against a proposal of
county officials to sell $65, 900 bond
issue to pay for remodeling the
coliseum. Date for a hearing on
objections will be set by the state
tax board. Remonstrants allege that
a seating plan proposed is illegal
and that the remodeling is unwar-
ranted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
Anderson Grade Building
Destroyed With a
Loss of $4,000.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Aug. 29.-The
Washington public grade school was
destroyed by fire early today with
a loss of $4,000
Four mysterious explosions pre-
coded the flames which started in
the basement of the two-Story an
mex and quickly spread to the main
building. The entire structure was
of brick.
A west wind and oiled floors
combined to offset the work of all
of the f1re-fighting units.
Although one of the older build
ings, it was also one of the largest,
and it's loss added gravely to the
problem Of school accommodations
which were already greatly over
taxed.
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BIZ Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Aug. 30
Between $4,000 and 10000 copies of
the Indiana Daily Student, giving
complete news of the State Fair,
will be distributed at indianapolis,
for the benefit of fair visitors. The
Student, daily publication of the
Indiana University journalism de-
partment, throughout the school
year, will be prepared on the fair
grounds for five days, beginning
Monday, Sept. Z, and 1900 copies
will be printed each day. The Stu
dent also is being edited at the fair
as one of the exhibits of the uni
versity journalism department.
Seven students with Ralph Nor
man of Lizton as editor-i n-chief,
will be in charge of the paper at
the fair. All editorial work will be
done on the fairgrounds. Copy will
be sent to BLOOMINGTON each night
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
No Man S Land
Center of Population on
Farm Near Linton
Not Inhabited.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
T linton, Ind, Aug. 29.-There
IL are no persons living at the
exact population center of the
United States, members of the
Greater Linton Rotary Club an
nounce.
The center, as announced by
the United States department of
commerce, is on the Charles e.
kins' farm, one-half mile north
east of here.
The land is used for farming
although it is surrounded by bar
rem strip coal mine fields. Lin
ton, the nearest town has only
SOFT population, and is thirty
miles from a fair sized city.
Three members of the Rotary
club, D. r. Scott, Wayne Hamil-
ton and John Watkins, visited
the Elkins farm and announced
that a suitable monument will be
erected on the population center.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
Deserted Man Kills Self

~ tunes Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Aug. 90. - "I
have loved Alberta so much I can
not stand it any longer" Claude
McQuiston, 80, said in a farewell
note to his wife before swallowing
carbolic acid. He died nine hours
later at the home of his mother
after being removed from a hotel
where he was registered under a
fictitious name. His wife left him
three months ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
Prison Trustees
Study Proposal
TO LO10er Wages
By United Press

By United Press
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, Aug %
"A proposal to cut the wages of
Indiana state prison employees is
being considered by the prison
BOARD OF trustees today. It was in
PRODUCED at the last meeting of the
board by John Norman, Knox
president.
Nick Sudovich, reputed gangster
Will be released from the prison and
deported, the board decided in hear
ing eighteen pardon and sixty parole
cases. Sudovich is serving a two
to twenty-one-year term for Shaving.
an alleged racketeer.
Deportation action was started
against Sudovich after it was
learned that he had been convicted
on liquor charges six times. He will
be sent to Jugoslavia, his native
land.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
ROAD HOLIDAY URGED

Whitley County Taxpayers Would
Stop Highway Building Until 1884.
By Times Special
COLUMBIA CITY, Ind, Aug. 90.
The Whitley county board of
commissioners will be asked to de-
clare a two-year road building holi-
day, it was decided at mass meet
ing of taxpayers held here. Those
attending the meeting announce
petitions will be circulated through
out the county, with a pledge that
the signers will not support any
road building project until after
Jan. /, 1884.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
Alleged Rum Chief Hunted

by tmeS Speci6B
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Aug. 90. =
Authorities are seeking Charles
Brunk, reputed leader in liquor
dealing, following raids in which
four persons were arrested and
liquor said to be worth $4,000
seized. The four arrested, now at
liberty under $500 bond each, are
Mrs. Katherine Mcdonald, and son
Ronald; William and Henry Miller.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
ESTATE CLAIMANTS MEET
Kinship With President Buchanan's
Cousin Advanced.
By United Press


LEBANON, Ind, Aug. 29.-Indi-
ana persons claiming relationship to
William Buchanan, cousin of Presi-
dent James Buchanan, met here to
compile proof that they are en-
titled to share of an $3.50, OOO, 900
estate. They believe they are en-
titled to approximately 100000
each.
The claimants came from Marion.
Boone, Clinton, Ohio, Dearborn,
Ripley and Vigo counties.
BY the terms of William Buch-
anan's will, the estate was to be
divided among his blood kin, each
and every one alike" AT the meet
ing here none was able to determine
how many Buchanans are heirs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
EIwOOd Man Arrested

By IfWeS Npec1dI
ANDERSON, Ind, Aug. 90. -
Thomas Campbell, 35, Elwood auto
mobile salesman, is in custody on
a charge of conspiring to commit a
felony. The arrest was made by
Sheriff Bernard Bradley on evil
dence that Campbell delivered to
the Madison Remedial Loan Asso-
citation note supposed to have
been signed by an Elwood man,
when in fact the signature was a
forgery. The note was for $876.80
and was used in financing an auto
mobile sale.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
Robber Suspects Held
q United Press

MARION, Ind, Aug. 29.-Three
suspected in the robbery of the Twin
Cities State bank at Gas City last
week, are still in custody here today,
but no charges have been filed
against them. Authorities refused
to file charges until positive identi-
fication is made. The men are
Frank Genslak, George Baier and
Peter Simonni.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
CAPTIVE'S NOTE FOUND
MisSive in Bottle Says Girl Being
Held on Household.
By United Press

7
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. 20
Search Of every houseboat on the
Wabash river near Terre Haute is
being made today as a result of a
note in a bottle in which a girl
claimed she was being forceably de-
tanned on one of the boats.
The note was brought here from
HutSonville, ILL.,, south of Terre
Haute, by Deputy Sheriff John
Meyers, Jacksonville. 1t reads:
"Please help me. I am being held
on houseboat above Terre Haute.
They are treating me terrible.
HELEN HILL"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
Tax Cut One Cent
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
GREENCASTLE, Ind, Aug. o.
The Greencastle city council will
meet Sept. 8 to consider a 1892
budget. The budget, as prepared by
the various department heads, calls
for a tax levy of 80 cents. This is
l cent under the levy for the pres
ent year. A total of 1920 will be
necessary to operate the city, it is
estimated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
$4,000 SUIT ON FILE
Father of Injured Alexandria Boy
Seeks Damages.

~ L lm6S Dp6Ctdt
ANDERSON, Ind, Aug. 29.-In-
jury of Donald R. Etchison, 8. in
an accident on the Fairgrounds of
the Central grade school at Alexan-
dria, led to the filing of a suit here
in which the boys father, Joseph
Etchison, seeks $4,000 damages.
The Etchison boy fell from a slide
suffering injuries which will cause
him to be permanently crippled, the
complaint alleges.
The suit against Frank o. Meds-
ker, superintendent of Alexandria
schools; Shelby Kelly, Robert
Frank and Emery Stone, members CT
the school board; Grace Stafford,
teacher; George Imbler, janitor;
Henry Orner, athletic director; Mary
Elizabeth Holland, Mildred Kahn and
Ruth Blake.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
Fair Shows Deficit
BIZ Times Special

DY L Wt6S Cp6CluC
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, Aug. 90. =
Directors of the Hamilton County
Fair Association, checking up on
financial obligation found a deficit
of $3.50, not including premiums.
Practically none of the concessions
were very well patronized at this
years fair. There is several hun
dred dollars due All club boys and
girls in prizes and the directors said
rather than see the children disap-
pointed, they would personally pay
the prizes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
FIRST ISSUE SEPT. Ia
R. o. 7. G. at Indiana University
Will Publish RegimentaI Review.

Will Publish RegimentaI Review.
By Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Aug. o.
The first issue of the 1922 Regi-
mental Review, official publication
of the Indiana university r. o. T.
c., will be ready Sept. IA, according
to Captain Owen Summers, faculty
supervisor and business manager Of
the publication.
John Sembower of BLOOMINGTON. a
sophomore, is editor in-chief. His
staff includes John Crawford, Terre
Haute, and William Downs, Dam
vile, Ill, associate editors: William
Hornaday Richmond, military edi-
tor; Seymour Francis and William
Madigan, Veedersburg, feature edi-
tors; Guilford Dye, Hobart, Scab-
bard and Blade editor; Howard
Rush, Salem, Pershing Rifle editor.
and Ross Barr, Kentland.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
Golden Date Sunday.
BIZ Times Special

GREENCASTLE, Ind, Aug. 90
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Vermillion,
near here, will celebrate their
golden wedding anniversary at
their home Sunday. Following a
family dinner at noon reception
will be held for relatives and
friends. The couple, both of
pioneer stock, are in the best of
health, and are looking forward to
many more wedding anniversaries.
They are the parents of eight chill
dren, seven of whom are living.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
Escapes Gas Death
BIZ Times SDecfql

ANDERSON, Ind, Aug. 90. =
Timely arrival of neighbors saved
the life of Mrs. Bernice Huffer. 10
Leaving a fire under tea kettle.
she took a nap in room adjoining
the kitchen and was overcome bv
gas after draft snuffed out the
flame. Friends arriving at the home
Tor an afternoon visit discovered
her plight and applied first aid
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
Nagging Alleged
By Times Special

MARION, Ind, Aug. 29.-Being
nagged 5000 days is alleged by
Daniel j. Middaugh, in a divorce
suit filed in superior court against
Mrs. Lena Middaugh, Charging that
she had nagged and quarreled with
him every day of their twenty-five
years of married life. Middaugh
asked custody of a 16-year-old
daughter Irene.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
Cook Books for Brides

bV IlNtd NFttFuF
GREENCASTLE, Ind, Aug. 29.-
'aThe surest way to mans heart
is through his stomach" the Try-lt
sunday school class of the First
Baptist church believes, and the
class has arranged with County
Clerk John w. Herod to present all
September brides in Putnam coun-
tv with cook books.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
Storm Damages Crops

BIZ LHIttd FFtss
PETERSBURG, Ind, Aug. o.
Heavy damage to crops was caused
on farms near here by violent
wind and hail storm. OrchardistS
reported that hundreds of bushels
of apples were blown from trees.
Farmers said that many acres OF
corn was flattened by the wind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
Canning Aids Business
By Times Special

u y 7 tWIt0 NVtLIUt
MUNCIE, Ind, Aug. 29. - Della
ware county will benefit during the
next three weeks from money paid
farmers for the tomato crop and
wages OF employees in the county's
hve canning factories, whose officials
estimate that total of $50 900 will
be paid. VAL
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
Columbus Woman Dies
BIZ Times Special

% FIFILo BpCJtuG
COLUMBUS, Ind, Aug. 29.--Mrs.
Rebecca Jane Hancher, 65, widow of
John Hancher, died suddenly at her
home here of heart disease. She
was born and reared in Brown
county but had lived here for forty
years. She was a member of the
Christian church. She leaves a
daughter and son, Pearl Spicer
and Bernice Hancher, of this city;
a half brother and half sister,
Sampson David and Mrs. Andrew
Clark, Brown county.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
BULLET KILLS FARMER
Accident and Suicide Theories Held
in Tragedy.


COLUMBUS, Ind, Aug. 29.-HiI-
len B. MCGEE, 81, farmer near Nash
vile, died in a hospital here of a
gunshot wound in his head. He
was cleaning guns at his home, pre-
paratory to hunting. when his wife
went to Nashville to shop. She was
called at a store by telephone by
her husband and he asked her to
come home at once. She found him
on the kitchen floor in pool of
blood and a rifle by his side. A
bullet entered his forehead above
the right eye and penetrated his
brain. 1t is believed he was acct
dentally shot, but there is some evil
dence of suicide. He leaves the
widow and five children.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
PRISONER TO BE MOVED
Officers Prepare for Return of Sus-
pect in Staying of Two.
By United Press

By United Press
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Aug. 29.-
Sheriff Arthur Eversole, Tippecanoe
county, and John Kluth, Lafayette
police chief, planned to leave today
for Albuquerque, NJ M, with extra
dition papers for Samuel Baxter,
murder suspect.
Baxter will face trial on charges
of Staying John P. Grove and Wal
lace Mcclure, deputy sheriffs, in
1928. He was wounded when Albu-
querque police captured him Thurs
day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
Burns Cause Death

By United Press
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Aug. %
Miss Leone Redding. 90, who lived
near Delphi, died here of burns
suffered Sunday when a gasoline
stove exploded. Clarence M. Riegle,
"a, her companion, was burned ia
tally attempting to save her life.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
FIRE RAZES SCHOOL
AFTER EXPLOSION
Berry Tree
By Times Special

By Times Special
BLUFFTON, Ind, Aug. 20
A raspberry bush growing on a
maple tree in the yard of the
Knights of Pythias home here
is attracting much attention.
The bush, which is about six
feet high, is growing in a fork
of the tree ten feet from the
ground.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
VETERAN DOCTOR DIES
Rode Horseback and Used Buggy
and Auto During Al Years.
BIZ Times Special

By Times Special
PINE VILLAGE, Ind, Aug. 90. -
Death has removed DR.. James A.
Sims, 81, last member of his family,
who retired in 1924 after spending
forty-seven years as a physician in
active practice.
During his long career, DR.. Sims
used three methods of transporta-
ton in making calls on patients.
He first rode horseback. In 1894
he began using horse and buggy
and in 1912 turned to the automo-
bile.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
Lawmaker Injured

By United Press
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind, Aug. 90
Erasmus T. Sage, IS, Clark county
representative in the state legis-
lature, is recovering today from in
juries suffered when he was struck
by an automobile.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
Gasoline Cars Proposed
By Times Special

KOKOMO, Ind, Aug. CIVIL
liam j. Webb, former member of
the public works board proposes
that gasoline powered street cars be
given a trial here following aban-
donment of the electric lines.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
ROAD TAX CUT URGED
Some Wayne County Residents
Favor End of Highway Building.

Favor End of Highway Building.
BIZ Times Special
RICHMOND, Ind, Aug. %. - A
sharp reduction in the highway de-
partment levy for next year will be
proposed to the Wayne county
council at its annual budget meet
ing here next month. Some tax
payers are advocating cessation of
highway construction and improve
mentS.
The county rate proposed by the
commissioners is % cents and the
highway levy is IA cents. Propon-
ents of reduced levy want con-
struction stopped and with funds
received from gasoline tax spent for
maintenance.
officials of the Wayne County
Taxpayers Association are opposed
to the elimination Of the tax, but
want substantial reduction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
Fall Fatal to Man

By United Press
BROOK, Ind, Aug. ga fall
from a windmill ended the life of
w. Brown, 80. He was repairing
the mill when he fell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-21

Rubens was In Q critical condition To-
day from pneumonia. 49,
Miss Rubens, the mother said,
placed under the care Of three doctors
at the home Of friends. It was planned
to revmove her to q hospital, but be-
cause of her weakened condition, the
idea was abandoned.
: "Alma's condition is extremely
critical" Mrs. Rubens said. she is
receiving the best Of medical aid, but
we realize she is waging an uphill
battle against great odds"
The actress was arrested recently In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-21
EARLY MARRIAGES HIT

CHICAGO. January II R1.-Any
time between "a and so Is the best age
for marriage. DR.. Hornen Hart Of Bryn
Mawr College told the Chicago Associ-
alton for Child study and Parent
Education last night. Persons married
before the 20-year mark are 10 times
more liable to land in the divorce court
than not, he said, adding that trial
marriages fail because they are tenta-
tive and secret,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-21
Berlin Night worker Unite.

BERLIN H9.-Latest On Germany's
immensely long List Of ''vereine" Is an
organization to make things more in-
teresting for night workers. Calling it
self the National League Of German
Night Workers, 1t aims to obtain ON.
cial consideration for folks who want
to play checkers in q congenial cafe
after the 8 am. closing hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-21
To Break Up
a Cold
In a Jiffy
Feel Like q New Person
In Just a Little While

People have found out that new
tangled ideas and notions don't break
up, colds. So millions have turned
back to first principles and use what
they know breaks one up in jiffy.
Even a little" cold is too dangerous
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The thing to do is to get Hills
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Take two tablets now. Then follow
directions on box. Drink lots of
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Soon you'll start to feel like a new
person. Things will loosen up, your
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back on the job with wallop.
Get Hills now. II is a scientific
formula made to do one thing nell !:
20 knock a cold-not cure thou
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If it doesn't work with tlotce the
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-21

were playing cards here last night.
Carl Lord, q player, opened IRE On
the robbers after one struck him. The
robber fred twice, both bullets enter
ing Lords body. Lord killed the rob-
Der before he died.
Three hours later police Of Long
Beach, 20 miles away, found Ray K.
Brown, 20, with bullet wound in his
chest. Brown said he had been shot
by y hold-up man.