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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
FIGHT PROPOSAL TO
ACQUIRE GAS CO.

Arguments against the proposed
plan for immediate acquisition of the
Citizens Gas Company by the city
of indianapolis, whereby it would
become public utility owned by
the city. were heard in superior
court three today during hearing
on a receiverShip petition.
Arguments were made in the case
of Allen G.. Williams, taxpayer, of
1875 North Drexel avenue, seeking to
reopen litigation of contracts of the
Citizens Gas Company and its
leaseholder, the indianapolis Gas
Company.
Williams has asked the court to
appoint receiver for the Citizens
Gas Company, alleging this is the
only legal way by which the city
ultimately can acquire the gas COM
pany property.
william v. Rocker, attorney for
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
JAIL OWNER OF LIQUOR
FOUND IN PARKED CAR
80 Days, $500 Fine Given Driver OF
Improperly Parked Auto.

UNFOLDING police officers rights to
search a car that is parked i'm
properly, Alexander Gross, Negro,
422 Rankin street, was sentenced
thirty days in Jail and fined 500
and costs on a blind tiger charge
today by Municipal Judge Clifton
r. Cameron.
The court held that when officers
found the car parked several feet
from West Sixteenth street curb,
they could search it. Officers said
they found a quart of alcohol in
the auto.
Raymond Smith, 146 South West
street, was sentenced thirty days
and fined 500 by Cameron on a
blind tiger count. He is ALLEGED
to have had a quantity of liquor
hidden in a water cooler.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
BONDSMEN BARRED;
PRESSURE CHARGED

According to Sheaffer, the prac-
tice will be stopped should it be
necessary to bar all bondsmen from
practice in courts.
Judge Clifton R. Cameron was to
confer with Sheaffer ! today and
may direct a similar order in his
court against the trio.
Sheaffer said he and police au-
thorities are attempting to work
out a system whereby two or three
reputable bondsmen will represent
surety companies at headquarters.
Under this proposal, all bonds
provided would have the financial
support of the surety firms. Sheaffer
said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
SCAN NAVAL HOLIDAY
Possibilities Are Studied by
Borah, Grandi.
By United Press

bW DnfEf0 PTeSS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-The
state department, it was learned
authoritatively today, is making a
study of the possibilities of naval
holiday such as was recently sug-
gested by Foreign Minister Grandi
of Italy and Senator William E.
Borah.
High administration officials, it
became known today, view a naval
holiday sympathetically However,
as neither Grandi nor Borah has
made known details Of their plans
these officials are not prepared to
give open adherence to either
project.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
Found With Throat SIaShed,
Hands, Feet Tied, on
Long Island Beach.
NEAR SCENE OF ATTACK
Sapphire Ring Furnishes
Identification; Probe
Is Renewed.
BY JOHN COOPER
United Press STAFF CORRESPONDENT

MINEOLA, L. l., Sept. 16.
The mystery surrounding
the strange disappearance Of
Benjamin P. Ceilings, victim
of a purported kidnapping and
murder plot by a pair Of
pirates" - deepened today
with the discovery of his
body after a week of con-
slant search in Long Island
sound.
The body of Ceilings, retired en-
gineer, barefooted and clad only in
a suit of overalls, was found face
down on the beach of the fashion,
able Marshall Field estate at
Lloyds Neck, L. I. 1t was removed
to Huntington for an autopsy.
The hands and feet were bound
precisely in the manner described
by his widow, Mrs. Lillian Ceilings
who was found the morning after
last wednesday nights weird adven-
lures in a motorboat not far from
where the body was washed ashore.
Beaten, Tossed Over
1t apparently had risen within
a short distance of where Mrs. Col
lings said her husband was beaten
tied and tossed overheard from their
motor cruiser Penguin by two men,
The two, she said, then forced her
to desert her daughter Barbara, 5,
on board the darkened boat.
The discovery corroborated part
of the widows tale, and authorities
of Nassau county who have been
conducting the main investigation
reiterated their confidence that she
was telling the truth.
Ceilings body was identified posi-
lively at the morgue in Huntington
by his brother, Herbert Ceilings. He
said he based Identification on the
feet, the teeth and a sapphire ring
on the dead mans hand. Exposure
and immersion made identification
difficult otherwise.
Examination of the body gave I'M
miStakable evidence that Ceilings
had been murdered. The throat had
been slashed and a deep cash ran
into the scalp from over the left
eye.
Asserts Story Proven
Homer Cummings, attorney for
Mrs. Ceilings, issued at Stamford.
Conn.,, statement saying that Mrs.
Ceilings story of the events on the
Penguin had been proven by cumu-
lative evidence.
"The problem now is to find the
perpetrators" he said. I'm this,
Mrs. Ceilings and her family are
anxious to give the authorities all
possible assistance"
Discovery of the body placed
Jurisdiction of the inquiry in Suf-
folk county. District Attorney Alex
ander C. Blue of that county said
he would no. Ietain any one at
present. Mrs. Ceilings was
not under SnD. On.
Blue said he still did mot believe
Mrs. Ceilings is telling the true
story" but added that there is
even possibility that she believes
she is"
District Attorney Elvin Edwards
of Nassau county, who has been in
charge of the main investigation so
far, reiterated his belief in Mrs.
Ceilings story. He said he in
tended to proceed with his inquiry
into the kidnapping, and that he
would cooperate thoroughly with
the Suffolk county authorities"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
d DIE IN PLANE Dive
Mail Plane Falls in Bay,
Wrapped in Flames.

By United Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 49,
Four persons we're killed today
when an air mail plane fell into
San Francisco bay while circling
for an emergency landing. Oil and
gasoline from the crippled motor
spattered on the water and caught
fire, engulf1ng the wreckage in
flames.
The pilot and three passengers
were trapped inside the cabin. They
were:
Kirk HERE of Seattle Star, F. I.
Sheahan and W. H. BisSell of San
Francisco, both en- route to Port
land, and Ray Boudreaux, the pilot.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16

Darling across a street intersec-
ton on her way to a grocery,
4-year-old Margaret Moore, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henderson
Moore, 308 South Hamilton avenue,
was struck and killed by an auto.
Patrolman Walter E. Skinner, 327
North Grant street, driver Of the
car, was held on manslaughter
charge, although witnesses said he
sWerved his car in an attempt to
miss the child.
Following his arrest Skinner was
suspended by Captain Jesse E. Nc
Murtry.
Mrs. Moore, hysterical over the
death of her oldest of three chill
dren, told police the girl did not
have to cross the intersection of
Southeastern and Villa avenue to
reach the store.
1--WE lost the only little girl I
had" she cried. Il can't under
stand why she crossed the street.
She never did that before"
OAlllAlCI o1lO 1lC OWCIV CQ lllO Cal
to the wrong side of the street to
avoid striking the girl, but she ran
directly in front of his car.
Margaret is survived by the par
ents and two brothers, Billy, 2, and
Gene, three months.
With Jean O'Connor, 8, of 556
North Jefferson street, Mary Cath
crime was returning to school at
st. Phillips on North Rural street.
While they were crossing the street
Jean saw Hollands auto speeding
toward them, ana screamed, but
Mary Catherine walked on, I'M
aware of the danger.
Her head was crushed, and she
died in an ambulance en- route to
city hospital.
The father Thomas, the mother
and bother, T. L. Wolf of 1915
North Wallace street, survive her.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
ENGLAND ACTS
TO Stem NAVY
WAGE MUT|NY
Offers to Consider Claims
of Sailors; Atlantic
Fleet Helpless.
BY KEITH JONES
United Press STAFF Correspondent

LONDON, Sept. 16.-Mutiny in
the British navy over cut in pay
was met by the government today
with an offer to consider the claims
of the men.
The great Atlantic fleet, helpless
off Scotland by the refusal of the
men to work, has been ordered to
proceed to the home ports at once,
Sir Austin Chamberlin, first lord
of the admiralty, announced in the
house of commons.
Sir Austen said the government
had authorized the admiralty board
to investigate the extent of the
hardships that the pay cuts would
work on the men, and make pro-
posals for alternating them.
Laborites Taunt Leaders
Labor members met the an
nouncement with cheers and taunts
of weakness against the govern
ment. The pay cuts, affecting all
officers and men of the navy, had
been ordered as part of the general
economy program.
The mutiny appeared to be con-
fined to the Atlantic fleet, but every
vessel was involved The men re-
fused to work and marines and Off
GERS we're handling the ships. Dis
patches said the mutiny started
when the fleet was ordered to sail
Tuesday for maneuverS. The sailors
declined to obey the order to weigh
anchor, gave three cheers for the
king and sat astride the anchor
cables, preventing them from being
drawn up.
Outstanding in the mutiny, an
event which has dumfounded the
nation, was the fact that no dis
loyalty to the crown was shown. All
reports spoke of the men singing
God Save the King" and cheering
the sovereign.
May Call OFF Strike
Officials believed the governments
decision would pacify the men and
that they would consent to call off
their passive strike" until the adj
miraltys investigation is completed.
The decision was reached after a
cabinet meeting and a conference
with Rear Admiral Ragnar M. Col
vim, chief of staff of the fleet, who
came to London to report The
fleet was anchored off Invergordon,
Scotland. 1t is twenty miles west
of Lossiemouth, home of Premier j.
Ramsay Macdonald, across the
Firth of Moray, and seventy miles
southwest of Scapa Flow, where the
German fleet was scuttled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
PLUNCEs TO DEATH
P. L. Smith, 80, Editor of
Fortune, Is Suicide.

By United Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 16-Parker
Lloyd Smith, 80, socially prominent
Princeton graduate and managing
editor of the magazine Fortune,
committed suicide today by leaping
from the twenty-third floor of
fashionable apartment house just
off Fifth avenue, to the roof of a
nearby eight-story building.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
TWO FLERS DIE
ON RELIEF HOP
Plane Carrying Medicine to
Honduras Crashes.

BIZ United Press
PANAMA CITY, Sept. 16.-A
United States navy amphibian, en-
route to Belize, British Honduras,
with medical supplies, crashed at
David, Panama, today.
Two of the crew were killed and
two injured. The dead were Chief
Pilot j. L. jenkins and A. o. Mil
Ter, machinist. The injured were
Lieutenant c. A. Langford, co-pilot,
and J. R. Miller, radio operator.
The plane landed at David for
refueling and crashed after taking
off. Langford was not expected to
live.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
LA TOILETTE COMING
Wisconsin Senator to Open
KirShbaum Series Oct. Is.
(Complele program on Page q

NCOmpIete PROGRAM on PaRe y
Opening the sixth annual season
of the Kirshbaum Center, Senator
Robert M. La Toilette Jr. of Wis
conSin will speak Sunday night, Oct.
Is, at the center.
Subject Of his address will be
What Do the ProgressiveS Wante"
La Toilette, who will appear I'M
der auspices of the Jewish Com
munity Center Association, is the
nations youngest senator.
He is the son of the late Senator
Robert La Toilette ST., and has fol-
lowed his fathers footsteps as the
champion of the Progressive cause.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
MASONS HONOR LESLIE
Governor Among SS Receiving 33d
Degree at Detroit.

Governor Among SO Receiving 33d
Degree at Detroit.
By United Press
DETROIT, Sept. 16.-Eighty-eight
candidates from fifteen of the
northeastern states received the
honorary thirty-third degree of Ma
sonry here Tuesday night. Included
in the group were ten Indiana Ma
sons. The degree is conferred for
either exemplary service to the or
der or distinguished public service.
Hoosiers receiving the degree are
William H. Morrison, William E.
Gentry, Harry C. Anderson, Vincent
V. Smith, Fred I. Willis and Cow
ernor Harry G. Leslie of Indianapo-
lis; Edwin j. Lent of South Bend.
Calvin E. Peterson of Decatur. John
R. Browne of Marion and Thomas
A. Swift of Evansville.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16

The federal farm board is prov
ing a success, declared James Stone
of Lexington, KY, chairman of the
board, today in an interview, prior
to addressing the agents and execu-
tives of insurance and trust com
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
FEAR EPIDEMIC GAINING
More Than 10 of Insane Patients
Critically Ill of Typhoid.
By United Press

CLEVELAND, Sept. Is. - Addi-
tional deaths from a typhoid fever
epidemic were feared today by
physicians at the Newburgh State
Hospital for the Insane. where six
have died and more than ten of
the rs AFFLICTED patients were re-
ported in q critical condition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
Ceilings MUTILATED BODY
CAST Up BY SEA, VERIFYING
W|FE'S PIRATE MURDER TALE
Auto Air Death
By United Press

By United Press
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 49,
Two men were killed in one of
the strangest automobile acct
dents in the history of the
city.
Two hucksters, William Tur-
ner, As, and Frank Dinkel, 40,
we're standing ON the sidewalk
near their horse and cart on
Tuesday night when two auto
mobiles collided in the street.
One of the cars was thrown
high in the air and came down
upon the two men, crushing
them to death. The drivers of
the automobiles escaped serious
injury.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
HOPE FADES FOR FLIERS
Searchers Believe Ocean Flight Had
Tragic End Near Goal.
b. Unitcd Press

~ Cuttcu IFtSS
NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-FearS
that Willy Rody. Christian Johans-
sen and Fernando Costa Vega were
cheated of success on their trans
Atlantic flight almost within sight
of land were ypreSsed today as
hour after hour passed without any
trace of their Junkers monoplane
ESa.
Search was renewed today for the
fiiers despite the fact that weather
conditions were not good along the
Canadian coast. Thorough search
was made through New England
Tuesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
7W0 Lost Pacific
Air111en Are Safe
on Alaskan Isle
Don Moyle and Cecil Allen Are Reported
From Far North in Radio Message
to Flier's Fiancee
to Flier's Fiance

Press
SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. 16-Long given up as
lost in the North Pacific, Don Moye and Cecil Allen
Tokio-Seattle fiers, were reported safe on an un-
inhabited island in the Boring Sea today in brief
radio message.
Details were meager. Resources of the army and
navy communications system devoted to an at
tempt to learn more, but the radio message, inter-
copied here carried the news that the fers had not
gone done into the Pacific, as feared but had stayed
off their course and landed safely
The RADIO addressed to Frances Bresson MOyes ancee
at Arlington Cal sent by the navy radio station
on st. Pauls island, in the Probioff group.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16

panies meeting
at the Columbia
Club and Clay
pool hotel.
Stone, who is
on the S a m e
program with
Alexander Legge,
former chair
man of the
board, and Ar
thur Hyde, sec
rotary of agri-
culture, declared
that the aver
age b u sin e S S
man is ignorant
Of the real pur-
pose of the
board.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
LANDMARK DESTROYED
Farmhouse Used by Washington as
Headquarters Burns.

WEST CHESTER. Pa. Sept. 49,
The ancient colonial farmhouse at
Chadds ford which was used by
George Washington and his staff as
headquarters during the battle of
Brandywine in 1777, was destroyed
today by FIRE.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
CoRTIN AIDS RECOVERY
Chicago Woman Has Relapse, But
Shows Improvement.

By United Press
CHICAGO, Sept. 16.-Arrival of
additional cortin serum from the
University of Buffalo strengthened
the courage of Mrs. Andrew Nelson,
mother of six, today in her fight
for life against Addisons disease,
the rare and mysterious illness for
which the serum is one of the few
effective treatments.
Though still serious, as evidenced
by a sudden relapse Tuesday, Mrs.
Nelson's condition is showing pro-
greSsive Improvement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
STRIKERS BACK AT JOBS
$50 Textile Workers Return on
COmpany's Terms.
BIZ United Presa

By United Press
PUTNAM, Conn, Sept. ia
strike Of $50 textile workers had
ended today with the strikers agree
ing to return to their mills on the
companies terms.
The strike lasted nine weeks and
cost approximately $1,000 900 in
pay roll loss.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
VETERANS MARCH AGAIN
BV United Press

Only Few of Union Soldiers Able 10
Walk at Convention.
By United Press
DIES MONIES, Ia, Sept. 16.-
Members Of the Grand Army of the
Republic marched again in parade
today at the annual national en-
campment.
Only the most hearty Of the 1900
veterans in attendance we're able to
join those who marched on foot.
Others, to whom their canes were
indispensable, rode in motorcars.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
LiUeS of Too Little
Girls Crushed Ont
Under Auto Wheels
Marion County Toll Is Boosted to 118 By
Deaths; Soldier Is Held as Speeder;
Patrolman Is Suspended.

little girls running
erand for her mother killed by automobiles side
today, raising Marion countys traffic death toll to
While her
the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
GALE HITS VERA CRUZ
Harbor Damaged, Small Ships Are
Sunk; No Life Loss.

BIZ United Press
VERA CRUZ, Mexico, Sept. 16.-
A gale struck this port today, caus-
ing damage in the harbor and sink
ing several small vessels. There
were no casualties.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
AUGUST PAY ROLLS UP
Lowell, Mass, Industrial Center.
Shows S231,414 Increase.

By United Press
LOWELL, Mass, Sept 16-August
payrolls in this important industrial
city totaled 1921 Ala more than those
for July The August total was
reported by the Chamber of Conn
merce as .333.311-more than for
any previous month this year ex-
cept May.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16

- Marley, 935 North Hamilton avenue walked in front
- Of speeding automobile and was injured fatally at
- ST. Clair and Jefferson streets this afternoon.
Lieutenant Frank Owen, head of the police acct
y dent prevention bureau, ordered Demar Holland 18
Ft. Benjamin Harrison soldier, held a charge of
granddaughter. Owen charged that the blame should
rely Holland
admitted to police he driving about thrtyve miles
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be laid entirely on Holland.
Holland admitted to pol
hour with defective brakes.
The Washington times., 1931-12-08
EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES "a

sTENoGRAPHER-Bo -BooKKEEPER, female,
must be exp. preferably in advertising,
single. % to 20 yrs. old: perm. Apply.
Neister Office Service. 1919 r st. n. W.
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Employment
SITUATION WANTED-FEMALE

COOK & general worker, colored would
like regular work: good ref. col 6A66
DAY WORK and laundry to take home
References. WEST. 2928-W.
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Business Opportunities

BARBER SHOP-white. S.chair. sacrificed
due to owners illness: opposite o St.
Market Apply 704 o St. N. W.
BOOMING HOUSE II rms. b.. desirable
Priced to sell. E. p. jordan, $40 Bond Bldg.
SEA FOOD Restaurant. old establishment.
3 floors living quarters. downtown. low
rent raw bar. Box C-144 Times Herald
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MEN (2)

NEAT APPEARING
Selling direct, $40 to $50 weekly. hours
I to Z p. m. Transportation and training
furnished, Apply Apt. 207. Blackstone
Hotel. 10 a. m. to p. m.
The Washington times., 1931-12-08

Real Silk Hosiery Mills
Can place women calling on customers
during now and Christmas Experiences
not necessary, Apply 1919 2 81. n. W.
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TRAVELS
9-AA

CONGENIAL TRAVEL BUREAU. Registers
priv. cars. passengers desired for all points.
631 Pa.N.W. NAT. 9756. NO. 1O3S4. ewes.
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22D ST. N. W.. 16O6-9-room house. Q
floors. furn. IN apta.: ! rm kit each.
hot-air heat. bath; rent $50. col. 1909.
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Room Sae ExlentLocation CompleodS2
Automobiles (l35)
OAKLAND

OAKLAND 1928 RoADsTER-Motor Just
rebored, all new tires, q buy at S136,
'N9A 10th st. N. E. Lincoln s554,
OAKLAND 1929 Roadster-MULOr juet
rebored. all new tires q buy at sizes
426 10th St. N E. Lincoln 1854.
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out home or & job TO take care Of
furnace and make himself useful around
the house. 3O8 st, N. w,
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HELP WANTED-MALE 8

DRIVERS FOR TAXI CAB. Apply 1923
X St. n. w.
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HAVE (5l PERMANENT POSITIONS
open, calling on customers, with COM
plete line Of HOSIERY and LINGERIE
start you at about $22 so per week
Samples furnished. Apply Room SOC. In
ternational Bldg, 1919 f St. N. W.
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YOUNG WHITE LADY'S MAID for place
in country. Good wages. Apply Ladies
Exchange. s07 Vermont Ave. n. w.
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Automobiles
AUBURN
CHRYSLER

CHRYsLER '29 "65" Coach. good paint,
motor runs like new. $345. terms. 426
10th St. N. E. Line. 1854.
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Employment
HELP WANTED-FEMALE

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., typists, book
Keepers, clerks, salesn1en needed daily.
BoYDs, i33S y st. N. W.. - q
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1911 18TH ST. N. w.
One room and private bath. End floor
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OLDSMOBnE

Just like new. Sacrifice price. IlSo a
complete line of late model Oldsmo biles,
all displayed ready for your most careful
SERVICE. 1925 goth st. N. W. North
0347. Evenings and SUNDAYS
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Want, - Miscellaneous

FURNITURE wANTED-Modern and an.
tiQue chinaware, office and restaurant
equip't mdse, etc. ] buy everything. Call
Douglas. ME. 1873. after pm: co: 1897
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PLYMOUTH

OLDSMOBlLE---See our fine selection be-
fore you buy Simmons Motor Co OldS-
mobile Dealers l4th and 8 Ste Pot O062
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FORD 1881 five.passenEer Victoria Coupe.
This car is in excellent condition in
every way and is bargain at our price.
WAKEFIELD MOTOR COMPANY
1130 Conn. Ave. N. W.