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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-11
MATRIMONY HIT
BY DEPRESSION,
RECORDS SHOW
Marriages in County Drop
as Divorces Increase;
Fees Hard to Get.

1.-TWO can live as cheaply as one
two men as cheaply as one woman, ="
will be the comment of the cynic
who studies the statistics compiled
by Glenn Ralston, county clerk on
marriage and divorce for the first
eleven months of 1881.
Dabblers in figures will say, no
doubt, the depression has hit
matrimony, when ne learns that for
this period this year 3156 marriage
licenses were issued against 1923 for
the first eleven months last year.
Divorce pleas have been on the
upgrade, as 2,169 applied for sep
arations this year, compared with
2,l25 in 1890.
Fees Hard TO Collect
Judges granted /, 459 divorces in
1881 against 1903 in 1880.
The legal business has been doing
well, although attorneys say that it
is much more difficult to collect
fees.
Suits filed in the five superior
courts during the first eleven
months Of the year totaled 1855 as
against 5,297 for 1880
OF this number, 2,174 have been
dismissed; change of venue was
granted in 268; 844 divorces were
granted wives, and 262 to husbands,
and $50 foreclosures were ordered.
Municipal Courts Busy
The two civil municipal courts
also have been active. There were
1916 suits filed in them this year
against 7,188 for $780,
During the present year room one
shows dismissal of 1915 cases and
rendering Of 1900 judgments, against
1858 dismissals and ,492 judgments
for 1890.
Room two shows 1850 dismissals
and 2,440 judgments against 924 dis
If1issals and 1888 judgments.
All statistics, of course, are in
complete as there will be no &C
curate check until after the first of
the year, Charles Ettinger, chief
deputy clerk declared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-11

500 in money and valuables, police
were informed today.
A burglar who ransacked the en-
tire home of Carl G. Sanders, $685.
Guilford avenue, took jewelry,
clothing and rugs, valued at $3.50.
A travelling bag and a hand bag,
containing dental supplies and
clothing worth SITS. were stolen
from the automobile of Eugene
Schmidt, Chicago, parked at YER
mont and Meridian streets, it was
reported.
Burglars used a pass key to en-
ter the home of Mrs. Lillian Mason,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-11

the low bidder, L. L. Clymer, Bluff
ton, o., at s2o1 5000.
The Governor said that where the
difference was slight the Hoosier
contractor should be favored, but
where the Indiana firms were more
than second or third from the low
bid they would have to meet the
out-of-town price to get the bust
ness.
I'VE want to- favor contractors
who will use Indiana labor, but we
do not want them to take unfair
advantage of this policy" Governor
Leslie explained.
Estimated cost of the twenty-five
bridges is 1881, 400.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-11

Oh, see the happy balloon man!
No, children, you can not buy
a balloon from him.
Why is the balloon man happy?
Because, children, he is going
to have lots of fun watching all
Of the balloons soar through the
air when he loosens that tena-
cious grip of his right hand.
In other words, children, the
man is Sheriff Charles (Buck)
Sumner, who is sponsoring the
Marion County Sheri1's circus at
B. F. Keiths theater, opening
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-11
Tries to Beat Self to Death

By United Press
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11-Inter-
rupted in an attempt to cut his
throat, j. P. NIcGirk seized an auto
mobile crank in the taxi in which
he was riding and beat himself on
the head with it. His skull was
fractured, but physicians hoped he
would recover.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-11

Christmas day for a three-day
stand. Proceeds of the show will
go to the city and county en-
ployes' poor relief fund.
On each balloon is attached a
card emitting the person who re-
captures the balloon to two free
tickets to the circus. Five bal
looms are released each day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-11
CROOKS HAULS
NET over 500
Three Homes, Auto and
Drug Store Are Looted.

Looting three homes, an auto
mobile, and drug store Thursday
night, there's obtained more than
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-11

Modern ethnologists are inclined
to regard the Eskimo as closely akin
to the American Indian and there
fore a branch of the red race.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-11
II, 1981

914 Muskingum street, stealing two
coats and dress valued at $40.
John Harris, Negro, of 1858 Shell
don street, reported that a thief
broke the lock on a trunk in his
home, removing s1O from a drawer.
Thieves jimmied the door Of a
drug store at TAB Indiana avenue.
looting the interior and stealing
merchandise of unestimated value,
]. T. Englebright, owner, reported.
With a population Of more than
6, 100000, Portugal has only 5,000ra-
dio receiving sets operating in the
country.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-11
Fiber Rockers

Colorful comfort
able rockers that
every child will love
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09
SPRINGFIELD |RKED
| BY LINCOLN BOOK
Admirers Defend NeatneSS
of Emancipation and Photos
Are Cited.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, February g.
Admirers of the life of Abraham Lin
coin IN Springfield, where the body Of
the Emancipator lies at rest, arose yes
terday to protest Edgar Lee Masters
biography of Lincoln in which he de-
scribed him as "grotesquely dressed and
unkempt."
Among them was DR.. John T.
Thomas, pastor of the First Presby-
terrain Church-the same church Lin
coin attended for years with his wife
and family.
Pastor Takes Issue.
. OBTAINING our great men," he said in
his Sunday night sermon, seems to be
a sort of obSession of recent years.
None is exempt. Nothing is easier.
None has lived or will live to whom one
might not take exceptions and in whom
one might not find faults or flaws.
There is something of the ordinary in
all of our great. They have much in
common with the rest of us.
IT have no doubt that Mr.. Lincoln
sought Office and sought it shrewdly.
But do doubt that he sought above all
else his own advancement or prefer
ment."
Photos Held RefutatiOn.
From the custodian of Lincoln's tomb,
H. w. Fay, came this remark:
81 have 800 pictures of Lincoln taken
at various times after he was S years
old, showing him in many poses, and
not one even hints that he was 'un-
kempt.'"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09
Will Rogers Nets
$183,O27 for Aid
Of Drought Victims
"BIames" Hoover for Nj
agra Cave-;n as He Turns
Attention to Arkansas.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
TULSA, Okla, February 9.-Win
Rogers turned to Arkansas today after
having bagged relief fund of S183,-
OPT in a two-week tour of Texas and
Oklahoma for the Southwest's drought
and unemployment victims.
The erstwhile Oklahoma cowboy
bartered his barbs here last night for
$29 500, the largest single pot of his
charity tour.
The humorist, transported by Capt.
Frank Hawks, noted speed flyer, had
three engagements in Arkansas today,
at Fayetteville. Rogers and Fort Smith.
He said he planned to give perform
ance at Little Rock Tuesday night and
to fly wednesday to Fort Worth, Tex,
en- route to Hollywood to begin work on
new picture.
Politics received its share of atten-
ton last night.
Hoover" drawled Will, means well
but it just looks like he's misadvised.
Now just look how he went and let
Niagara Falls cave in. They never
caved in under Coolidge"
Watch Coolidge" he went on.
Whats he doing? Same as me, writ
ing a joke a day. I write on current
events and he writes on the command
ments get up early brush your teeth,
be good He amt out of the picture
vet"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09

Mr.. Sizoo again took occasion on the
Sunday before Lincoln's birthday ami
versary to construct his sermon about
that immortal American figure. THE
Darkening of the Lamps" was the title
OF the sermon. The President and Mrs.
Hoover arrived sufficiently in advance
of the opening of the services to stand
during the sounding of the church
chimes. A great number of people
were assembled in front of the church
to see the President and his wife enter
and leave.
In his praise Of the spiritual infiu-
ence OF Lincoln Mr.. Sizoo said that he,
through his spiritual and intellectual
example. brought men back to a faith
in God"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09
HOOVERS ATTEND
LINCOLN SERVICE
President and First Lady 0C-
cupy Famous Pew at New
York Avenue Church.

Occupying the same pew in the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church used
by Lincoln when he worshipped, there,
President and Mrs. Hoover heard Rev.
Joseph r. Sizoo, the pastor, praise the
Great Emancipator for his spiritual
qualities and his capacity for compass
sion.
troubled times comparable to the dark
days of the Civil War and that the
lowering of moral standards and the
troubled international outlook combine
to give us pause" Mr.. Sizoo stated that
salvation shall be found only through
a return to the compassion that he said
was so characteristic of Abraham Lin
coin.
The church was filled to its capacity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09
SEEK WOMAN IN DEATH
Jeweler Found in Hotel Room
With Skull Fractured.

KANSAS CITY, February 9 (P-
Dead from a fractured skull, the body
of H H. Guber, Ottawa, Kans., jeweler,
was found in his hotel room here late
yesterday.
Police, who said a diamond stickpin,
cuff links and shirt studs worn by
Guber were missing, began search for
young women reported in the room
with the jeweler yesterday morning.
A bell boy said the woman was in the
room when he carried breakfast tray
there at the order of the guest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09
Colombian Senate Divided.

BOGOTA, Colombia, February Q (A1
-Unofficial compilations of last Sun
days election results now indicate that
the Conservatives will have 20 seats and
but the official designations will not be
made until next month. The Liberal
party is that of President Enrique
Olga Herrera.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09

With the announcement that only
British hops will hereafter be used In
British beer, English brewers declared
that brewing in that country has be-
come one of the most scientific trades
in the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09

When invited to attend the first
performance of his new play in Lon
don recently, Eden Phillpots, the nov
elist and playwright. replied that he
had not been to London in 20 years.
and hoped he would never have to go
again
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09

Fashion, in a brilliant mood, has
painted the Spring mode in striking
color contrasts. 1t comes as relief
after an "all-black" season-a note
of color and color contrasts are smart
mediums for originality-and the lati-
tude in choice is decidedly stimu-
lating. There is unlimited opportunity
for self-expression-in dress of one
color, with intense or pale color con-
trasts, two and three tones of the
same shade, the jacket contrasting
with the frock, the light-top-and-dark-
skirt theme and the print against a
plain color.
Deia contrasts eggshell and hyacinth blue
with navy in this frock ....... $3.50
This hyacinth suit is strikingly contrasted
with beige blouse and fur. sos
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QUESTIONED
 BY POLICE; HAD CAMERA
 PLANE, COMPLICATIONS

TOKYO, Aug. 8. (P)- Pangborn and Herndon were questioned by police officials concerning the find ing of a camera in their plane flying over the Hakodate fortifica- tionS.
 Officials said they will be pro- bably be reprimanded or fined. The regulations provide for the confis- cation of the plane and prison terms, with a maximum of three years
 Don Moyle and c. A. Allen, Cali fornia pilots, applied for permis- sion to fly from Shanghai before starting from there on.a trans-Pac- fife flight to familiarize themselves with the plane 'City of Tacoma"
 Pangborn and Herndon plan to take off next week from Shamishiro beach.
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sON GROWN PRINCE
 GERMANY SAILS J. 5.

BERLIN, Aug. 8. P) mn Prince Louis Ferdinand Hohenzollern, sec ond son of the German Crown Prince, grandson of the former Kaiser, sailed for America on the steamship Europa to ask Henry Ford for that job the automobile manufacturer promised him.
 The princes family have been trying to make a doctor out of him but he insisted he be given a chance to live his own life and earn his own way.
 He announced his decision to go to America in search for a job at a final conference with the ex- Kaiser at the Doorn.
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L|NDBERCHS ARRIVE AT POINT BARROW;
 NO GAS, SUPPLIES

POINT BARROW, Aug. 8. (P) - A short night overlook them and the Lindberghs flew thru heavy fog an hour before they landed here at 2 a. m. Pacific Time from a flight from Aklavik of six and one half hours along the shores of the ocean of Beaufort Sea.
 The enthusiasm of the residents over-ran bounds and with cheers they rushed to the waterfront to watch the mooring of the plane.
 Doctor Griest went out in small boat to welcome the Lindberghs to his manse to rest.
 Flags were raised. There is no gasoline here, nor coffeee, nor po- tatoes, eggs and tobacco as all ships are still icebound, but native foods and delicacies are abundant.
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turbed by the eruption other than by being covered from three to 30 feet deep in ashes.
 Surprise Lake still remained in tact. In the southwest part of the crater, three very pretty lakes had grouped themselves about some extinct cinder and lava cones. One of them, St. Ann's Lake, was a former explosion pit and it's deep waters were blue as la turquoise.. It was this section that exploded A rip four miles long tore the crater open. Lava filled the rent and eventually formed the present active phe- nOmena.
 There is a huge built up crater pit three miles in circumference. Lava bombs are StreWn along it's sides and in it's boiling interior lava flows and vivid yellow sul- phurs hiss and cling to it's null ti-colored sides. Two hills of steaming rock are pushing them selves up from the crater floor and in addition to several small crat- CTS boiling lava pit a mile in circumference closes up the four mile rift.
 It was interesting to walk over this area. At times the ground was so hot that the shoes would start to burn. Grasping rocks to steady oneself would result in ex- clamations of dismay as the rocks were too hot to touch. Monoclinic and amorphous sulphur formed even as we looked at the escap- ing sulphur. fumes and many in- teresting mineral deposits could be recognized.
 Specimens were collected in sealed jars for more detailed study later on. The highest recording thermometer cracked in three minutes when placed in the ground of moderately active area at a depth of eight inches The heat even there was nearly oOO degrees Fahrenheit. The ex- plorations yielded much interest," ing data and thousands of feet or moving pictures were taken as we'll as still records.
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NEW YORK MAYOR GROWS FEEBLE, 0N
 ANOTHER VACATION

NEW YORK, Aug. 8. (P)-Mayor James J. Walker sailed for Europe on a vacation, during which he will take rest cure. While the mayor expressed in the ability of Commissioner E. P. Mulroney and his force to take care of the gang situation, police were faced with the fourth underworld killing in six days.
 Angelo Marine, man with a criminal record was found dead, wrapped in blankets and bound with ropes in Long Island indus trial section. It is a deserted sec- tion of the city
 Meanwhile the police promised to take into custody soon, the slayer of tlse child shot down in a Harlem street.
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When the party left to return to civilization, Aniakchak was still erupting and it is Father Hub bard's opinion that the activity will probably continue indefinitely until like the Valley of Ten Thous- and Smokes, it will gradually cool off until it becomes dormant again.
 Dust and storms made visibility poor so Father Hubbard intends to attempt another flight with Harry Blunt during the coming winter and study Aniakchak again under more favorable conditions.
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BROKERS ARRESTED
 ON DEFRAUD CHARGE

NEW YORK, Aug. 8. (P-Two brokers were arrested on com- plaintS of Mrs. Ella De Bevoise Patterson, widow of Wm. Patter- son, advertising expert, that she had been defrauded by them of her entire fortune of $588.978.
 The men are accused of having defrauded Mrs. Patterson of Gurus Publishing Co. stock in a series of irregular transactions. She said she was persuaded to make them trustees of her stock, but they sold it without her permission and covered up the sale for several months by paying her dividends due.
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C0T FIFTEEN YEARS
 FOR T0RTUR|NG DRIVER

NEW YORK, Aug. ': (P-Resort proprietors in the Catskill Noun tains gave evidence that Jack Dia- mond, on trial with Paul Quatroc- chi for conspiracy to violate pro- hibition laws solicited orders and made deliveries of beer and whis- key.
 Meanwhile the former body guard of Diamond was sentenced to 15 years in prison for tortur- ing G. Parks, a Catskill trucker.
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MAY HAVE ID FLY ID |CE-L0CKED CUTTER
 ID REFUEL A|RPLANE

AKLAVIK, Aug. 8. (R- The Lindberghs are now off on the last half of their flight to the Orient and to Point Barrow 536 miles away.
 They expected to reach their goal in about five hours. The cutter Northland is still blocked in ice from reaching Point Barrow with gas and supplies. The Lindberghs may have to refuel at the ship, the Northland reported
 About the time Colonel Lindbergh hopped off the weather in it's vic- inity was cloudy and visibility was approxmately eight miles, with a southwest wind of 12 :niler a cutter is about 100 mil 7, | Point Barrow.
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Father Hubbard, who had clearly' predicted the eruption several months ago, flew to the scene or action from Holy Cross on the Yukon. Such quantities of heated gases poured up from the erup- ting crater that the plane, piloted by Harry Blunt of the Pacific In ternational Airways of Alaska, was almost sucked into the crater to destruction.
 Blunt, the pioneer airman of Bering Sea, now called the Der ing Sea Eagle" dove the plane out of danger.
 A reconnaissance trip to the crater rim by Father Hubbard and his student party, Dick Douglas, of Georgetown, Bill Began, ot Santa Clara, and Ken Chisholm, of the University of San Francisco, revealed a black gas, emitting chaos, in which all the former features of plant and animal life of the great crater had been ob- liberated.
 Returning to the base camp and getting supplies and equipment, the Hubbard party returned again to the great volcano to get inside of it and study close at hand the new eruption. On this trip, Harry Blunt and his mechanic, Ollie Ames, went along to study the air currents before attempting any more flying in or near the crater. It speaks we'll for the safety of aviation when pilots like Blunt go to the trouble of walking 50 miles to obtain data for safe fly ing.
 Travel over the soft shifting masses of ash was arduous and eyes, ears and throat were contin- ually irritated by the fine wind blown powder. To add to the haz- ards, deadly gases were in the crater and the members of the party were always in suspense when nearing some particularly noxious cloud. Hydrogen suffide, various carbon gases, and particu- larly deadly chloride and bromin were identified. The northeast section of the crater was not dis
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-08

A few short notices and press reports of the Anak- chak volcano eruption of the present year have focused so much attention the latest doings of the great Moon Crater that the following interview with the a- cier Priest" Father Bernard Hubbard will give Alas kany the first account of the worlds largest crater
 From May 1st to May 11th of this year, Aniakchak rections From the far-off Aleutians Islands to the upper stretches of the Kuskokwim, measurable quan titles of fine volcanic ashes fe At Ugashik, on the Berng Sea- miles of ash covered the ground and at Chgnik 60 miles south, at midday when lantern was needed to see through the black goom ashes were falling pound to the square foot per hour.
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VACANCY FILLED

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. [P) I'M One of the two vacancies on the Farm Board was filled by President Herbert Hoover who appointed F. Evans of Salt Lake City. He suc- ceeds c. c. Teague of California, re- signed. Evans was secretary of the American Farm Bureau Fedora tion
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DUCE WILL TRAVEL
ROME AuC 8 (P-Prcy,o;or \

ROME, Aug. 8. (P-Premier Mus solini accepted Bruening's invita- tion for a return visit to Berlin. It will be Mussolini's first formal visit outside of Italy since he went to outside of Italy since he went to London in 1921. He will set the date of his visit later.
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RAIN BRINGS RELIEF

CHICAGO, Aug. 8. QP-Scattered rains brought relief to hundreds of communities from North Da- koat to Kansas, breaking a threat ened drought in the corn belts.
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CHARGED WITH SPEEDING
CHICAGO, Aug. 8. (P)-Miss Vir

CHICAGO, Aug. 8. P)-Miss Vir- ginia Dawes, 17year-old daughter of Ambassador Charles Dawes, will probably face trial by telephone on a charge of exceeding the speed limits in her automobile. She will send her fine to court by messen- ger, it was said.
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CRAN1ER TAKES AIR

COPENHAGEN, Aug. 8. R u Parker Cramer took off at noon for Copenhagen via Bergen, Norway, from Suderce Island, of the Farce group, charting an air mail route across the Atlantic. He landed at Suderce Friday night.
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HALIBUT QUOTATIONS

SEATTLE, Aug. 8. (R-Halibut from six vessels totaling 23,000 pounds brought 7-8-cents and five cents here. At Prince Rupert TO- 900 pounds on the American market brought from three cents to six and 4-1O cents; the Canadian mar ket paid from three cents to six and 2-10.
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HONIEWARD BOUND

EDMONTON, Alberta, Aug. 8. (R and Jones took off at 3:30 a. m. Pacific time for Fort Worth, Texas, their home.
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HOPS FOR POINT BARROW

AKLAVAIK, Aug. 8. (P-(Flash) Lindbergh hopped off from here for Point Barrow at 7:3O p. m. Pacific Standard Time Friday.
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EXPLORATIONS INTERIOR OF ANIAKCHAk CRATER
 ARE RELATED IN DETAIL
CHAOS OBLITERATED ALL FORMER FEATURES STUDIED LAST SEASON BY INTERNATlON- Ally KNOWN "GLACIER PRIEST" FATHER HUBBARD OF SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY; LAVA BOMBS STREWN COUNTRYSIDE
 VOLCANIC ASH THIRTY FEET DEEP

Dayght wiped out as thick clouds of ash darken heav ens thousands of feet of moving pictures recorded; noted geoogist pays tribute to Pilot Harry
 Blunt P. l. A. of A., "Bering Sea Eagle
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THE STOCK MARKET

SEATTLE, Aug. 8. (R-Yester- lays stock quotations:
The Washington times., 1931-01-27

At $50 o'clock the champion
Eagles, minus clever Joe Sweeney,
are to lock up with Naval Air Sta
ton at the Armory. At the same
hour Marine Barracks will visit
the High School Auditorium for
an engagement with Stewarts.
It has been enormously reported
that there will be no charge to
either game. Admissions are nee
essary to defray operating eX-
penSes.
Both Skinker Brothers and Stew
arts are favored to register.
In both instances the service
lads, who have yet to be returned
victorious in league competition,
will battle valiantly to improve on
past performances. And their
chances of doing so are far from
hopeless.
Neither team has taken any too
kindly to the defeats suffered thus
far. Consequently they have been
putting in overtime liCks in an ef-
fort to be ready for tonights
tests,
The Eagles, once more without
Sweeney, will be duelllng spirit