davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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the hunter was too frightened to
shoot straight. Anyway the hunt
er dropped his fire-stick and start
ed to climb a tree, just the way you
do, Buster.
He got out of reach of Flat
horns just in time. He was the
worst scared hunter you ever saw.
His eyes looked as if they would
pop out of his head. When he
reached the first branches he hung
on for dear life while old Flathorns
butted the tree so hard that l
didn't know but he would knock it
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horses, and the cold weather rem
derS it quite stiff and brittle so that
it bursts in pieces when struck by
a SNOWFALL thrown by an Eskimo.
When a herd of horse fleas have
been broken up, the pieces are col
lected with a road scraper and
melted into pitch, which is used for
stopping up the leaks in kayaks.
A pecan and single peanut form
the head and body. Gloves answer
for the legs and beak, while split
peanut kernels are used for ears.
Wings are split lima beans, and
the tail is the same old tOothpick.
&c Metropolitan Newspaper Service.)
(WNU Service.)
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-08-21

This young lady is smartly at
tired for yachting or spectator
sports in costume combining
brown and white with a panama
hat of the profile type. The two
tone idea is carried out in her
striped jersey and the suede belt
that circles her flannel jacket. Me-
dium pleats accent the sides of her
wool crepe skirt and buck brogues
with split tongues add a sporting
touch.
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NUTTY NATURAL
HISTORY
THE GREAT GREENLAND
HORSE-FLEA
y az Nu0K HuTToN 4

THE horse-flea is an exceeding
L ly nocturnal creature, and ages
ago migrated to the Arctic regions
where it could get six months of
night life. 1t finds existence there
rather difficult. due to the rarity of
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-08-21
Mothor5Co6okBook
HOT DAYS WITH COOL
DESSERTS

NITH one of the inexpensive
w vacuum freezers, or mechan-
ical refrigerator, one may have a
different frozen dish every day
while the warm weather lasts.
When ices and creams have begun
to pail on the family taste, try some
of these dishes that are cool, but
simple to prepare.
Lemon Foam.
Boil together one cupful of
sugar and one and One-haIf cupfuls
of water for five minutes. Stir in
two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch
mixed with one-half cupful of cold
water, and cook over boiling wa
ter fifteen minutes. Add three ta-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29
ARRANGE BROADCAST
American School of the Air
to Feature Folk Tunes.

American School of the Air will
present a program of Italian folk
and art songs over WFBM and the
Columbia broadcasting system at
1870 p. m, Thursday.
First number on the program,
Nina" is a song by an early
NeGpolitan dramatic composer, Per-
golesi. Scarlatti wrote the next
number, short melody called
"Pastorale," intended for the
harpsichord. NeapoItan folk songs
also will be heard.
Concluding numbers will be
Paganini's "Twenty-fourth Caprice"
and "Tarantella," by Rossini.
Last program of the season for
children in primary grades was
scheduled to be broadcast this after
noon when musical numbers from
the past twelve lessons form the
program.
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81 ON HONOR ROLL
Seven Pupils of CriSpuS
Attacks Get A-PIuS.

Sixty-seven pupils are on the
Crispus Attacks high school honor
roll for the second period of the
second semester. OF this number,
seven are on the A-plus report.
Pupils on the A-pluS honor roll
are:
Kathryn Fisher, Melvin Harding. worl
Hill. Helen Hubbard, Melville Moore, Ed
nah Redd and Pleasant Shack
On the A honor roll are:
Hortense Battles, Jean Blythe, Georgia
Breach. Lettie Buford. Marie Bundles,
Vesta Carter, Mildred Christian, James
Cornett. Benjamin Davis. Leo Dickerson,
Cecil Dukes, lola Dunbar, Jack Durham,
Lois Evans. Alma Garrett, William Gist,
Maggie Glenn, Esther Goodnight. Ruth
Hamlin. Claude Hall, Deetis Hardeman,
Minnie Harris, Ruth Hardick. Tennie
Henderson. Richard Hill. Elizabeth Hodge
Isabella Horton, Francis luminous, Idella
Hutchins, Ruby HyneS Jessie Keyes
George Knox, Augustus Kyser, Carolyn
Lucas, Clarence Lucas. Arnold Maloney
Mary McElroy, Judson Morton. Pauline
Patterson. Virginia Patterson. Dorothy
Perkins. william -Pettrie, Edythe Petty
Joseph Ramsey, Josie Ramsey. Willard
Ransom. Edith Ray, Corliss Richey, Vir,
! GINA Redd. zulean Smith, Walter Simp
son. Ruth Stith. Bernardine Tate, Ca
mile Taylor, Hazel Thomas, Elizabeth
Thompson, Mildred Tail. Susie Wagner
Lora Williams and Marie Woods.
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Silver Cups Will Go to
Township School With
Highest Rating.

Three schools in -tarion county,
outside Indianapolis, will be award
ed silver cups as the three FORE
most schools In safety work.
Pike township School Twill keep
the cup for first prize as they we're
winners In the safety contest last
year. Plans for presentation have
not been arranged definitely al
though Saturday night has been set
tentatively for the congratulatory
ceremonies.
On May Is, John Strange school
will receive the silver cup for sec
ond place. Fred T. GLADDEN., county
school superintendent, is to make
the award.
Glenn's Valley school is winner
of the third silver cup.
All schools began the school year
with perfect records. Since then,
deductions have been made for &C
cidents, carelessness on the part Of
pupils in crossing streets. or for
other attractions of safety rules.
More than $50 boys and girls have
taken part in patrol duty.
A committee composed of mem
berS of the various townships took
attendance at the schools and haz-
ards of location into consideration
at the meeting Monday. After care
full elaboration, they decided the
three schools to which cups will be
awarded. All schools were COM
mended on the cooperation shown
in the safety campaign.
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Pictured above are first prize VIM
ners and posters entered in the
eighth annual state poster contest
sponsored by Indiana Congress of
Parents and Teachers and Indiana
university school.
First prize in the high school
division was awarded Monday to
Margaret Bundren of Shortridge,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Bundren, 425 West Thirty-ninth
street. Julius Molner of Lafayette is
first in the seventh and eighth
grades, and Ulysses MERCER of Wiley
is winner in the first to sixth grades
group.
Awards were presented Anna
Payne Of Marion, second in high
school division, and Bill Payne,
third. Capitola Ready of Hammond
is second in seventh and eighth
grades, and Richard Fink of Auburn
is third. In the first to sixth grades,
Joseph Echmid of Attica is second
and Rita Martin of South Bend,
third.
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SCHOOL TROOPS
FACE review
Parade Inspection to Start
May 7 at Manual.

Federal inspection of 1900 mem
bers of reserve officers training
corps in indianapolis schools will
begin May Z, with parade inspection
at Manual high school.
Major Thomas E. Cathro will be
assisted in judging by a federal
inspector from Columbus.
Shortridge military training de-
partment will be included in the
first days inspection tour. Mem
bers of the Shortridge battalion are:
Cadet Major John Bradshaw. battalion
commander Cadet First Lieutenant Robert
Hiatt. battalion adIutant: Cadet Master
Sergeant Richard Hudson battalion SER
geant major: Cadet STAFF Sergeant Otis
jenkins. battalion clerk; Cadet Staff Ser
Peants Jack Riggs and Richard Schiller
color sergeants; Cadet Privates. First
Glass. George Diener and Robert Kemp
fer. color guards.
Company A-Cadet Captain John Bee
son. Cadet First Lieutenant William Blu
rich. Cadet Second Lieutenant Wayne
Burns and Cadet First Sergeant Robert
Hickman.
Company B-Cadet Captain Francis Son.
day. Cadet First Lieutenant James Orr
Cadet Second Lieutenant Walter Edwards
and Cadet First Sergeant Leonard Kelley
Company Cadet Captain Ralph Cliff
| ton, Cadet First Lieutenant Devoe Pace
| Cadet Second Lieutenant Robert Riggs. ant
! Cadet First Sergeant Carl Grumann.
Band-Cadet Captain Ovid Jones, Cade
First Lieutenant Robert wilkins. Cade
Second Lieutenant Earl Blakely. and Cade
! Staff Sergeant Leslie Barlet. drum major
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SCHOOL BANDS
TO PLAY FINALS
Contest Set for Lafayette
Friday and Saturday.

Indiana high school bands and
orchestras will compete in the state
contest finals at Jefferson high
school, Lafayette, Friday and Sat-
urday.
Winners Of the central district
contests entering the event are:
Band of Marion high school, first
in class A; Frankfort band, class
B, and Lawrence band, class C. Or
chestras: Kokomo, class A; Craw-
louisville, class B, and Westf1eld,
class G.
Second place in central district
was won by Logansport band, class
A; Charlottesville band, class B, and
Knightstown band, class c. Orches-
tras: Logansport, second in class
A; Frankfort, class B, and Green
castle, class G.
School band contests are on the
basis of state units have been held
for seven years. Forty-two states
now take part as compared to five
in 1924.
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HONORS TO Be GIVEN
Butler to Make Awards on
Founders Day.

For the first time, Honor day
and Founders day will be observed
with combined ceremonies at But
Ter university, May 7. At this time,
honors will be awarded students
whose scholastic records place them
in the upper section of their class.
DR.. William Lowe Bryan, presi-
dent of Indiana university, will de-
liver the principal address of the
day. DR.. Robert j. Alley, president
OF Butler, will preside at the exer-
cises.
Following the ceremonies, an in
formal luncheon will be given at
the Campus Club. A reception will
be held in the afternoon in honor
of new members of Phi Kappa Phi,
national scholastic honor society.
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ChiIdren'S Books

With coming of circus days, many
children find that they would like
to know more about animals, how
they can be trained, where the Wild
er animals are found, and something
about the life of a circus per-
former.
In the chi1dren's room at the pub
lie library the following books will
give many hours of entertainment:
Amateur Circus Life" (By E. B.
Balch}. Gymnastics for boys. based on the
ten elements of simple tumbling and
adapted from the practice of professional
acrobats.
Training of Wild Animals" (By
Charles Bostock). How lions. tigers and
other animals are taught to do tricks
and to live in captivity,
big Tent" (By Mrs. Flavia A. Can
field. Two little girls are lost in the
woods and are found by some circus
people. They live with the circus for some
time and learn much about circus life.
TONY and the Big Top" (By Allen
Chaffee). Tony is girl who lives with
the circus. She is afraid of the trapeze,
yet is not afraid of Imp. the tiger.
Lions N Tigers m Everything" (By
Courtney Riley Cooper. An absorbing
account of how animals are obtained
their habits. care and training
Under The Big Top" (By C. r. Coop
err. A popular account Of circus life.
Circus Animals" (By Elizabeth GALE
How the animals came to the circus. Ex-
| cellent simple stories for younger chill
dren.
How to Put On an Amateur Circus
(By F. A. Hacker. Plans the ring. ami.
NAL act. stunts for clowns. side show:
and construction of equipment.
Doctor Doolittle's Circus" (By Hugh
Lofting). The doctor undertakes the man.
agenaent OF a new and unique circus as
sisted by his animal friends.
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123 PUPILS ON
HONOR ROLL AT
WASHINGTON
Second Grade Period Ends
With Naming of IS
Girls, 81 Boys.

Many more girls than boys have
earned place on the or rolls
of Washington high school for the
second grade period. A total of
eighty-six girls and thirty-seven
boys are on the lists Of honor pupils
issued today.
Cecilia Kupperschmidt and Elma
Haworth, members Of the sopho-
more class, head the high honor
roll with a total of Is points. Reva
Wright and Helen Danforth are
tied for second place with each
having II honor points.
On the high honor roll are:
Cecilia Kupperschmidt. Elma Haworth.
Helen Danforth. Reva Wright. Wanda
Penizeh, Lucille Broich. Mary Elizabeth
Jameson. La Verne Conway. Frances
Wright. Opal Lawlis. Margaret L. TRACER.
Georgia Belle Weatherford. Alice Walker.
Geneva Cox. Catherine Brooks, Betty
Branigan. Eunice vestal. Francis ONeil,
Mary Anna Duke. CredeIa Campbell
Dorothy Alexander. Margaret Commons.
Helen Greeley. Mary League. Marjorie
Vaughn. Janet Ernst. Mildred Fletemeyer.
Doris Meyer. Lucy May Powell. Mildred
Morrow. Betty Douglas. Virginia Roth
Mary Vanasdal. Janet Nogle. Edith Gin
gerry. Marguerite Halbing. Stanley Lawton
George Mock Marshall Smith, Leroy
Stutsman, Mason Biven, Glen Ludlow,
Edward Hiese. Frank vargo. Floyd Blake
and Paul Westenhofer.
On the honor roll are:
Helen Sanford. Irma Smith. Margaret
Schoen, Elizabeth Penizek, Violet Doug
las, Ruth Eldridge. Mary Elizabeth john
son, Helen Bingham, Lottie Gross. Violet
Powell, Thelma Berry. Helen Wilson. Ethel
Chiki, Dorothy Edwards. Helen Faye
Baker. Elsie Stocks. Emma Perkins. NATL
da Sparenblack. Josephine Halbing, Vera
Smith. Daisy Stallings. Ruth Walters.
jeanette Taber. Catherine Heicken. Kath-
crime Casey. Helen Jones. Kathryn Murphy.
Fleeta Edwards, Lyla May Fullen. Gerald
ing Kelly. Katherine McMullen. Dorothy
L. Smith. Georgia Foster. Christina Care
loft. Evelyn Lewis. Fay McMann. Marcella
Beamen, Virginia Miller. Helen Walker.
Martha Lebo. Mary Margaret Wolf, Ply
nss Foltz. Helen Muterspaugh. Edyth
Flack. Jane Leonard. Anna Lascu. Mil
dred Kinley. Mary Shelley. Bertha VIII
loughby. Mary Brothers. Kenneth McCos-
lin. Herman Fisher. Tobert Littrel. Will
liam Leonard. Myron Van Dorm. Eugene
Heaney, David Mears. Michael Stanich.
Ralph Howells. Scott Walls, Thomas
Engle. Charles Goerke. Walter Culbertson.
Kenneth Scott. Gilbert Sprecher. Paul
Eainaka. Quincy L. Smith. Leo Goblin.
Harvey Craig. Loren Duff, willard Marsh.
Norman Parnell. jim Peter. Harry Gree
ley. Robert Flake. Norman Curtis and
Rufus Wheeler.
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Data to Be Preserved
By Times Special

bV IfHcS NpeCluI
RICHMOND, Ind. April 29.-All
correspondence on civil service re-
form, of William Dudley Foulke OF
Richmond, author and expert in the
field Of civil service, will be pre-
served in the library OF congress-
he announced Tuesday night.
Foulke said he had been requested
to present the matter by j. F. Jane
son, chief of the library department
of manuscripts. The correspondence
includes more than one hundred
letters written by Theodore Roose-
welt.
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MAY FESTIVAL
DATES SET BY
CITY SCHOOLS
Shortridge Latin Students
Schedules Fete for
Friday Afternoon.

Although dancing round the
Maypole has not been forgotten,
May day observances this year will
include activities not quite so
strenuous.
Traditional May morning break
fast will be served May Q at In
diana Central college. Pauline Riley
of Milford, Ind, will be queen of
the day.
Roman State, organization Of all
Shortridge Latin students, will
hold a May festival Friday after
noon. May queen to be selected
will choose a May king. Together
they will lead the grand march.
Candidates for the May queens
throne are: Virginia Cunning, Ber-
tina Louise Drane, Jeanne Stearns,
Jean Brown, Dorothy Young, Jean
Southern, Edith Miller, Madeline
Stanley and Virginia Judd. Student
Judges will select the queen on a
basis Of beauty. Other contestants
will be ladies-in-waiting.
Has $500 Members
Roman State, largest high school
club in the country, has a member
ship Of 1900. Anna M. Claybaugh
Of the Shortridge Latin department
is sponsor.
Buffers Junior promenade on
Friday will be given in the Indiana
roof ballroom. F'raternities will have
specially decorated booths arranged
for members and their guests.
Prom queen will be chosen Thurs
day under direction of the student
council from the following candi-
dates: Margaret Gowdy, Louise
Headrick, Vera Grey Hinshaw,
Edith Barnhill, Shirley Nelson, Har-
riet McGaughey, Bernice Null,
Adelaide Gould, Anna Marie Sand
ers and Thelma Williams.
Festival Date Set
May % has been set as the date
for the May day festival sponsored
by the woman's league of Butler. An
elaborate program is being ar
ranged.
Manual high school May day will
be sponsored by Y clubs. Out of the
graduating class of 81, five May
queen candidates have been chosen.
They are Gertrude Zorn, editor in
chief Of the Booster, Manual publ
cation; Helen Sluey, Bernice Bolin,
Rosa Pence and Louise Weiland.
May day at Arsenal Technical
high school will be in the form of
Friday night assembly.
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Mabel Hauser MiIdre
TEACHING COUPLE SUE
Man and Wife Who Lost Positions
Will Test Tenure Law.

By Times Special
GOSHEN, Ind, April 29.-John J.
Kent, and his wife, Mrs. Leoria
Kent, are plaintiffs in two suits
filed in Elkhart circuit court to test
the teacher tenure law.
Defendants are william P. Silver
Clintch township trustee, and his
predecessor in Office, w. w. Scran-
age.
Each plaintiff had served five
years as teachers, and under the
tenure law their positions became
permanent, but they were refused
contracts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29
PuniIs win Present PlaY

School No. 70 again will present
"Wildflower of the Hills" a play
given by ten pupils during the lat
ter part of March. Friday night the
play will be given at School No. l..
Next Wednesday the cast will ap-
pear at the Brightwood Methodist
church.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-29

Honorable mention was given as
follows:
High School Division-Albert westfall
and Robert A. Porter OF Evansville;
Frances Church of Southport; Rudy
Blandord. New Carlisle. and Michael Lah
Hammond.
Seventh and Eighth Grades-Lawrence
Troyer. La Fontaine: Sue Names. Rensse-
laer: James E. Vest New Albany: Lucille
1senhower. Southport: and Forest Mil
bourne. Mishawaka.
First to Sixth Grades-LowelI Druge.
Bremen; Stella Plaackos. NoblesvilIe: Max
inc Johnston and Betty WEIGH. Martins
vile. and the hrst grade Of the Evans
vile Howard Roosa school.
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KinnisOn Funeral Thursday

By Times Special
GOSHEN, Ind, April 29.-Funeral
services viii be held Thursday for
George w. Kinnison, 81. Civil war
veteran. and for thirty years prin-
cipal owner of the Goshen News
Times.
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Safety Meeting at School 20

Safety meeting under auspices of
the Parent-Teacher Association of
School No. % will be held in the
school auditorium tonight at 7:30.
An interesting program has been
arranged.
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HEALTH ROUNDUPS' TO
START IN SCHOOLS
Examinations of Pupils Will Be
Made Throughout County.

Made Throughout County.
Examinations and health work
among children entering school in
the fall will begin today at John
Strange school.
First summer health roundup in
county schools will continue at
Garden City Thursday; Flackville,
Friday; Ben Davis, May s, and Nora
township school, May 8.
Mrs. Charles M. Dawson, health
chairman, announces that schools
wishing to participate must register
before Friday.
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Tech Notes
BY FRANCIS NIPP

BY FRANClS NIP
Dewitt S. Morgan, Arsenal Tech
nical high school principal, will
speak at Louisville, Friday, before
the Western Art Association. His
subject is Vocational Art Work as
Carried on in the Technical High
School" Tech art department will
have a special booth for the exhibit
ton of work to illustrate the talk.
May festival at Tech Friday will
be in the form of a night assembly.
Members OF the Girls Glee Club
are making $500 paper flowers to
be used in the decorating scheme.
Officers chosen for three instru-
mental organizations are: Clarence
Lenker, president of the senior or
chestra; Douglas Ewing, vice-p7esi-
dent; Jack Iselin, secretary and
treasurer; Kenneth Alyea, librarian,
and Robert Morrissey and Harold
Kottlowski, assisting. Junior or
chestra: John Flick, president;
Harry Ormsby, vice-president; Mar
garet Peerman, secretary; virginia
Wood, treasurer, and Carl Dawson,
librarian. R. o. T. c. band officers
are William Reed, first lieutenant,
and Charles Reed, second lieu
tenant
Fifteen boys in the electricl course
have been given honorable mention
for doing more than required during
the second grade period. They are:
Donald Roberts, Louis Galsky. An
thony Petric, Jack BaSinger, Russell
Miller, George Firkins, Denzel
Mailman. Paul Wrege, Henry Hoo
Der, Charles Pringle, George Briggs,
Glen Hoffert, Robert Lamme, David
Shouse and Harry Duvall. j. G..
Zinter Is class instructor.
Daily drill by the R. o. T. c. is
being carried on in preparation for
inspection May on the Tech ath-
letic field.
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SH0RTRIDGE SENIORS
ELECT CLASS HEADS
Graduating Exercises to Be Held
June 8 at Caleb Mills Hall.

June at Caleb Minis Han.
Shortridge seniors elected the fol-
lowing class day officers Tuesday
afternoon: Mary Catherine McLain,
historian; Margaret Alice Auerback,
prophet; William Daily, will maker,
and Dick Gaus and James Orr,
giftorians. Glass poet has not yet
been selected.
Graduating exercises will be held
June 8 in Caleb Mills hall. BAG
calaureate services will be held at
the North Methodist church June z.
The Rev. w. w. Want will deliver
the sermon.
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The very minute you put your feet
In a TIz bath you can feel cool
confort-comfort that lasts for "a
hours-soaking in as all ache and
pain are drawn out. Acids and
poisons-the cause Of pain. bad
odors, itching, burning and swell
ing-are destroyed. Tired muscles
soothed and revived. Tender feet
made hardy-ready to carry you
happily on your way. All drug
gistS sell TIz tablets.-Advertise-
nlent.
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Wiley School Wins

81 Z iBseS Special
LAFAYETTE. Ind, April 29.-The
first Indiana radio drama contest
was won by Wiley high school of
Terre Haute.
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May festival at Tech Friday will
be in the form of a night assembly.
Members OF the Girls Glee Club
are making $500 paper flowers to
be used in the decorating scheme.
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Daily drill by the R. o. T. c. is
being carried on in preparation for
inspection May on the Tech ath-
letic field,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-24
STILL HOPING
SAYS CREAGER
Abandonment of Fl. Brown
Not Final; Writes To
Hurley Wednesday

A letter from F. II. Payne. assist
ant secretary Of war. quoted by
morning papers as stating that de-
finite plans for the abandonment OF
Fort Brown have been completed
was written over a month ago. ano
according to r. 3. Greager. nation
al republican committeeman. was
merely a repetition Of war depart
ment plans and VS. not final.
Mr. Creager said Wednesday that
he was writing Secretary OF War
Patrick j. Hurley. suggesting a plan
whereby the local post will be re-
tanned at no additional expense %
the government.
Il do not care to make my plan
public" Mr.. Creager said. How
ever. If accepted. Fort Brown will
rot be abandoned and at the same
time the governments policy Of
economy will not be effected in any
way. l have not given up hope"
He added that the recent visit
OF Col. Hurley may influence the
war departments decision.
In the letter from Mr.. Payne quot
ed today. the assistant secretary Of
war. in response to a letter from
Senator Morris Sheppard. said that
the necessity no longer exists for
a garrison az this point The same
letter was received here several
weeks ago.
The Chamber OF Commerce and
other local organizations are con-
tinuing the fight against abandon
ment. and are working through vari-
Gus sources.