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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-08
BY ELMER c. WALTER
United Press Financial Editor

NEW YORK, Aug. Am abrupt
urn in the grain market that sent
wheat soaring more than 2 cents
a bushel halted a decline on tn
Stock Exchange today and a vigor-
Gus recovery was under way as the
close neared. Rails failed to regain
all their early losses which ranged
to 4 points, but they came back
several points from the lows.
Late in the day sentiment was
changing all around. 1t was helped
by reports that operators recently
bearish on grains had turned bull
ish. Rumors that Arthur Cutten
was buying wheat was a factor in
restoring confidence in stocks. Fred
Uhlmann, prominent on the bear
side recently, admitted that he was
not bullish on wheat.
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CBy Thomson & McKinnon)
Local Wagon Wheat

cit. ygrain elevators are paying sac for
No. 2 red wheat and S3c for No. hard
wheat - ~. ...sauanAamnf
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By United Press

By Times Special
corn. "a: oats. 90; rye. 8: barley. 8.
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Bank CIearingS
INDIANAPOLIS STATEMENT

INDIANAPOLIS STATEMENT
Aug. 7
Debts .......... 5.368. 600 90
CHICAGO STATEMENT
Aug, 7
(ltdIlIlkS $40 ouO, OyU'uN
Balances ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 4.UUU,OUu.Uu
TREASURY STATEMENT
Aug. T.
Net balance for Aug 5. 1927, 306 ! go. 81
expenditures ................ 13,06S, 900, ou
Customs reefs mo. to date. 5.27l,l96 04
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DOW-JOneS
Summary

Montgomery Ward July sales $3.50. 476
months s123 III. 841. against $148,s53,726.
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
When The Feature Is
Shown On The Screen

FOX-Edmund Lowe in Men
on Call" At 1905, 2:30, 4:45, 7:45
and 10 p. m. Stage shows at
1:27, 3:42, 6:42 and 8:57 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Charlie Chaplin
in "City Lights" At 9, 1880 a.
M, 12:45, 2:45, 4:40, 6:35, 8:35
and 10:30 p. m.
EARLE-Olsen and johnson in
"Fifty Million Frenchmen." At
1928 a. m, 2:11. 4:53, 7:43 and
1917 p. m. Stage shows at 1903,
$3.50. 6:48 and 9:22 p. m,
R-K-O KEITH'S-William Pow.
ell in Man of the World" At
11:47 a. M, LAT, 3:47, SAT, 7:47
and 9:47 p. m.
RIALTO-Mitzi Green and Leon
Enrol in Finn and Hattie" At
11:40 a. M. lao, $40. $40, TAO
and 9:45 p. m.
METROPOLITAN-Helen
Twelvetrees in THE Painted
Desert" At 1885 a. M. 1885
3:35, 5:35. 7:35 and 9:3o p. m.
PALACE-Joan Crawford in
dance. Fools, Dance" At 1926
q. m, 1855. 3:17, 5:3S, 8:O4 and
1925 p. m. Stage shows at 1901
2:2S, AS Til and s:32 p. m
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NEWS-GOSSIP
OF RADIO
WORLD
BY BROADCASTER

The voice of the President will
come through the loud speaker
three times on Monday and
Tuesday.
We accept these things as a
matter of fact, nowadays, but I
wonder how many of our fore
fathers visioned the day when a
twist of the dial would bring the
Nations Chief Executive into our
drawing rooms. Truly a wonder
full age.
Mr.. Hoover will talk Monday
at 1890 a. m. on the Red Cross.
Tuesday at 1890, the subject
being Pan-American Day. Five
hours later, or at $50 p. M, he
will speak on the fiftieth ami
verSary of TuSkegee Institute,
famed negro school.
Ruth Chatterton is one of my
favorite screen mines but I doubt
if could continue to like her if
she was so terribly affected as a
flicker actress as she sounded
in her brief radio interview on
Wednesday night.
One of life's little tragedies is
recounted by Peggy Clarke, VOL
studio manager. She was read
ing the story of the Mt. Alto vet
eran who decided life was not
worth while and Joined the list
Of suicides. He had just been
told it was paralysis, and there
was nothing ahead but chronic
suffering.
The ironical part of it all was
that he used to sing on the VOL
programs from Mt. Alto and liked
the tunes about keeping happy,
Here Comes the Sum-" and Sun
shine Of Your Smile"
M. w. Aylesworth, president of
N.B.C, and said to be boss of
Radio City, with Vice President
McClelland, will be in our midst
tomorrow. They are coming
down for the Gridiron Club,
which is one event that has never
been on the air, and, chances are,
never will be.
Thomas w. Morgan, CORE
spondent of the United Press in
Rome, will speak over an ex-
tensiVe National Broadcasting
Company network, Saturday, on
Scenes in Vatican City"
Morgan has had intimate con-
facts with Vatican City in Rome,
being the first newspaper CORE
spondent to gain an interview
with Pope Plus XI. He has been
in Rome as a correspondent since
the coronation of Plus XI in 1922.
One of his last assignments in
(Continued on Page 27, Col. y
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
One For The Book

To help out a recent picture,
the local Paramount Theater per-
suaded Mary Brian to make a
personal appearance. Trying to
be original, they had her act as
head usher. with spotlight
turned on her.
During the half hour she stood
there, Mary says not more than
a half dozen people recognized
her. Finally, she heard boy say
to a girl: That's Mary Brian"
The girl denied it. Arguing,
they circled around Mary several
times. At last, the girl came UP
directly in front of her.
"Say," she asked, when did
you quit making pictures?"
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Columbia GLee Club
On Program Tonight

Prof. John Erskine and the
Columbia University Orchestra
will be heard in a program Sched
uled for 7:30 p. m. tonight over
WABC the Columbia network.
Music and Recreation" will be
the subject of a brief address by
Erskine, who in addition to be,
ing professor of English at Col
umbia is author of many famous
books on widely different subjects
and is president of the Juilliard
School of Music.
The student orchestra was
founded in 1896 by Edward Mac,
Dowell, who aimed principally at
securing an enrolment from
among the undergraduates. A
recent survey showed that out of
the IS players, only IS are plan,
ming a musical career,
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Latest Gossip

you quit making plctureS?
Latest Gossip
Five social lights, worth rs
many millions, asked to be al.
lowed to work ir White Should
ers" when R-K-O Company
went on locate to the Santa
Barbara Biltmore. BY way of
souvenirs, the company sent them
all 81 checks. One of the society
extras was Mrs. c. Ogden armour
"A sight I never hoped to see
was John Barrymore at the cir
Gus. The star came with another
man and cat two rows ahead of
me. When a plump girl, riding
q white horse, sang hymn while
white doves fluttered around her
shoulder, John twisted his head
around and favored me with that
famous sardonic smile. Josef
Won Sternberg, discoverer of Mar
lene Dietrich, thinks he has
another find in little Frances
Dee, former extra girl, whom
Paramount recently put under
contract. He takes her to lunch,
and has her report on the set
whether she is in a scene OF
not AS he directs. he explains
the psychology of the scene to
her. Robert Bow, Clara's dad, is
now trying to peddlc the red
heads cousin, William Bow, to
the movies. The steady labors
of Wilson Miner are giving his
friends worry. after so years" 2"
confessed Miner, Il am being a
traitor to vagrancy."
CarOle Busy
In the four and a half months
Carole Lombard has been at Para
mount. the blonde actress has
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
LINES TALKS
|. OF EUROPEAN
TRAVEL

In the semi-final lecture Of his
current itinerary at the National
Theater yesterday afternoon, Bur
ton Holmes, distinguished travel
artist, chose the more familiar
continental centers that are most
freuuented by those who have
dared the Atlantic seeking the
culture Of the Continent.
In the Grand Tour of Europe, "
New York with it's familiar and
yet rapidly changing skyline was
allotted a moments portion OF
the subject before staid old Big
Ben atop the British House OF
Parliament, Westminster, Trafal-
gar Square and Buckingham
Palace in Londan demanded view.
Turning northward, the route eX-
tended to the land OF the Scots,
where GLASGOW. Edinburgh and
the lake region were viewed in
this swiftly-moving panorama
Paris, of all cities. must be visited
when on the Continent. and so,
the more salient landmarks Of
the French metropolis, such as
the Louvre, Notre Dame, Arc de
Triumphe and the Champs were
refreshed in the momory Of those
who have trod the boulevards.
Shots Of Belgium
Further on the journey carries
to Belgium, Bruges and Antwerp
were magnificently portrayed,
surrounded by wondrous bits of
the Flemish landscapes that re-
nowned masters have likened on
canvas. Picturesque Holland, land
of the -dikes, windmills and
wooden shoes, was seen all too
briefly Here amid this kingdom
of tulips live these sturdy Dutch
folk, who, despite the modern
civilization and dress conception,
refuse to part with the quaint
costumes that have so character
lied them in all parts of the
globe. The Netherlands is un-
questionably one of the beauty
spots of Europe.
Overland to Bavaria, with a
haSty encourage into Munich.
Colagne, Bonn, and Coblenz. and
a sail along that ever-inviting
and historic Rhine River that
means so much to the well-being
of Germania; over the Austrian
and Hungarian area by air and
thence to Venice and the Lido,
completely summed up a very
pleasant afternoon of travel pot
pouri that registered the ap-
proval of the audience. e.ACWAR.
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EXIST AR HAS
PROMISING
COMEBACK
By HARRISON CARROLL
(CopyrigLt. 1881. Premier
Syndicate. incl


HOLLYWOOD, Calf, April 10.
Now that Eleanor Boardman has
decided to go with Paramount,
her comeback is moving along
briskly.
Even though the final papers
are not signed. she is rehearsing
in "Daddy's Gone A Hunting"
Zoe Akin's play that, once upon
q time, was to have been a Ruth
Chatterton vehicle.
When this picture is finished,
Eleanor will be sent to New York
to play opposite Maurice Chevalier
In Life Is Beautiful"
Beyond this is the coveted
feminine lead in Ernest Heming-
ways Farewell to Arms" Eleanor
is to be the nurse and Gary
Cooper the soldier. Barney Glazer
is doing the screen-play of the
novel.
With all these parts, the actress
still will find time to be Mrs.
King Vidor and to be mother to
their two children.
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Latest Broadway Stage News

Molly Picon's Theater. The per
formance will take the form Of q
minstrel show and will be fol,
lowed by a dinner at the Broad
way Central Hotel.
Daniel Froham and Harry
Hershfield will be guests at the
meeting of the Drama Study
Club at 2:l5 p. M, tomorrow at
the Hotel Astor.
Privilege Car" will be with
drawn from the Forty-eighth
Street Theater on Saturday after
a run of six weeEN.
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
CarOle Busy

In the four and a half months
Carole Lombard has been at Para
mount, the blonde actress has
made five pictures. She passes on
the news that her next role will
be opposite Gary Cooper in In
Defense of Love-" This is the film
title of Mary Roberts Rinehart's S
Lost Ecstasy" Carole and Will
liam Powell are friends again after
q brief spat.
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
Honor Thomas

Lowell Thomas is delighted to
learn that there is another young
man bearing his name. The infor-
nation comes from a woman who
listens to Thomas regularly on
his Literary Digest program over
the CHS. network. When, a few
weeks ago, she became the moth
er of a son, she selected Lowell
Thomas" as the baby's first and
middl- names,
The Washington times., 1931-04-10

A musical comedy vehicle for
Irene Bordoni and William GaX-
ton will be produced this summer
by Irving Caesar, composer and
lyricist, it was announced yes
terday by the Shubert office.
The title of the show is given
as Lola" with music by Hugo
Hirsch. and a book adapted by
Mr.. Caesar from the German of
Franz Kerdberg and Felix Rab-
ner. The production will be Mr..
Caesars first venture as a man.
ager. Mr.. Caesar is currently
represented on Broadway as CO.
adapter of The Wonder Bar"
starring AL Jolson.
Jack Linder announces for pro-
duction next month a comedy
entitled The Honor Code" by
Mark Linder. 1t will go into re
hearsal next Monday.
John Hayden. stage director,
and Arnold B. Gurtler. a western
theatrical producer, are casting a
company to appear under their
management this summer at
Elitch's Gardens, Denver. Among
the players announced to have
been engaged are Katherine Alex
ander, Joseph Crehan, j. Arthur
Young, Louise Prussing, Jean
Adair, Flobelle Fairbanks and
Charles TAFT.
A testimonial for Joseph Rum
shinsky. Yiddish composer, in
honor of his fiftieth birthday and
the completion of his fiftieth
operetta, will be held tonight at
The Washington times., 1931-04-10
Farnum's Comeback

A source of real satisfaction to
those of us who have been follow
ing pictures since the early silent
days is the comeback of William
Farnum. After making a good
impression in a Norma Talmadge
picture, he went to Fox to play
King Arthur in "A Connecticut
Yankee" (We won't mention that
abortive lapse, Ten Nights in a
Barroom, which fortunately was
not widely seem. Now he is to
have a good role in Evelyn Brent's
Pagan Lady" That excellent
farceur Roland Young, also is to
play in this picture. AS you may
recall, Evelyn's husband, Harry
Edwards, is co-producer of the
film.
Did You Know
That Erich Won Strohelm once
worked as a lifen1lardp
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MIDDLE
MORE CONFUSED
BY RESIGNATION
ConnerSViIIe Councilman
Quits as Clash Over
Court Ruling RACES.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
CONNERSVILLE, Ind, Aug. l.
Connersville's tangled political situ-
alton is even more muddled as the
result of the resignation Of Don c..
Henthorn, Republican, councilman
at-large. The resignation will be
acted upon at the next meeting Of
the council to be held Monday.
Henthorn, who was appointed a
member of special committee by
Mayor William Dentlinger, to serve
with the two Democratic members,
refused to act with that body upon
advice of his attorney.
In his resignation, filed with City
Clerk Forrest Goats, Henthorn said:
Il find that can not devote the
time necessary to the duties Of a
councilman without sacrificing valu-
able time, that should and must be
devoted to my business, and believe
that the city's best interest would
be more efficiently cared for by
some one who has more time for
this important civic duty"
Rumors that the special commit
tee, adjustment of which was up
held by the Indiana supreme court,
was planning to dispose of some city
officials were spiked by committee
members who stated that a recent
meeting they held was for the pur-
pose of discussing other matters.
Although the supreme court has
ruled that the council was within its
rights in abolishing the special COM
mittee and transferring it's duties to
the council as a whole, a difference
OF opinion still exists in regard to
the status of the committee.
Republicans hold that the ruling
eliminates both an injunction and
a restraining order granted by the
Fayette circuit court here while the
Democrats hold that the restraining
order is still in effect and can not be
changed without instituting action
in the circuit court.
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COURT CLEARS
TWO JEWELLERS
Evidence Lacking of Buying
Stolen Property.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Aug. 1-Oyer
protests of Prosecutor Lindsey. Ollie
Reeves, acting city court Judge, dis
missed a charge of receiving stolen
property, filed against John M.
Boner, 65, and his son Clarence. AZ,
prominent jewelers..
Shirley Ayers, IT, Bowling Green,
KY, who confessed stealing a ring
and other jewelry from the home
here of Mrs. Lena Kleiderer. assert
ed he sold the ring to John Boner
In dismissing the case, Judge
Reeves said:
It'll take more evidence than has
been presented to make me return
guilty verdict. I would rather
believe Boner than take the word of
a confessed burglar"
The jewelers. said Ayres showed
them the ring with query as to it's
value.
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Ninth Mad Dog
DeadAfter Three
Suffer" Injuries
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
MARION, Ind, Aug. 1.-The
ninth mad dog to be killed here
within a week was shot only after
it had bitten three women and ter
rorized West Marion community
in which scores of children were
playing in the streets.
Ethel Stewart, Negro maid in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Mid
dleton, was the most seriously hurt.
A leg was slashed deeply in several
places by a fox terriers teeth. Mrs
Middleton also was bitten as she pro-
tected her small child from the
rushing dog. The animal had pre-
vlouSly attacked Mrs. Gulrich, in
another part of town and had
eluded police for three hours, when
it finally was cornered in the
kitchen of the Middleton home.
Motorcycle Patrolman Roy Cox.
who lives nearby, raised the win
dow and shot the dog through the
heart.
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PROGRAM SET FOR
LEGION'S MEETING
Anderson Will Be Host for
State Meeting to Open
AUG. ~.
BIZ Times Special

By Times Special
ANDERSON, IND Aug. Except
for the speakers list, the program
is complete for the annual state
convention of the American Legion
to be held here Aug. % to 25.
Arrangements have been made to
accommodate between 1000 and
10000 persons, including members
of the legion and its auxiliary.
There will be continuous activity
for four days.
The program, announced by
Glenn Seiss, director of publicity, is
as follows:
Saturday, Aug. %
TIP. M-Forty and Eight parade, headed
by the Greenville (O.) national Forty and
Eight band.
8P. M-Forty and Eight annual wreck
at Zoo Inland park. Horse races at
Athletic park.
10 P, M.-Dancing at the Green Lantern
pavilion.
Sunday, Aug. %
$50 A. M.-State Legion golf tourna-
ment at Grandview municipal links for
$3.50 in prizes. Rife and pistol matches for
teams and individuals.
1890 A. M.-Sermons with American
Legion chaplains in the pulpits,
IL M.-Stag picnic at Zoo Island park.
P. M.-Preliminary band and drum
corps contests at Athletic park.
P. M.-Concert by the 125-piece all
state legion band directed by Carl Preble,
Bedford, at Athletic park.
P. M.-Band contests and finals in
drum corps contests for $500 in prizes.
$50 P. M.-Entertainment at the Para
mount theater.
10 P. M.-Dancing at the Green Lantern
pavilion.
Midnight-Special entertainment at the
Paramount theater.
Monday, Aug. "a
$50 A. M.-Joint business session of
legion and auxiliary at Paramount theater.
1870 P. Manual convention parade
forms.
4:S0 P. M.-Awarding of prizes for all
contests at Athletic park.
1880 P. M.-Horse racing and boxing
matches at Athletic park
10 P. M-Dancing at the Green Lantern
Tuesday, Aug. 25
A. M.-Ogicial business session, cleo
ton of officers and selection of next con-
vention CITY
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FUND SHORTAGE
PROBE ACCUSES
ANDERSON MEN
Two Employees of City
Owned Utilities Face
Charge by Examiners. (

First fruits Of Lawrence F. Orr's
plan to probe the conduct Of mu-
nicipal utilities were harvested with
the filing of a final report Of field
examiners on the Anderson electric
and water departments.
AS chief examiner of the board Of
accounts, Orr ordered the investiga-
ton, and similar one is under way
at Marion, where like results are be-
ing predicted.
In the Anderson report, James
Ermston Druley, former cashier Of
the electric department, is charged
with a S7,281.72 cash shortage and
Walter w. Brandon, former water
works secretary, with S2,773.S2.
Both men took Office under the
present Democratic regime of Mayor
John H. Mellett and resigned a short
time ago when the shortage, but not
the amounts, were disclosed by
board of accounts examiners.
Druley is credited in the report
with a S4I6.65 settlement on an orig
inal shortage Of $7,698.37.
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THEY TELL NE

turmoil, the Logansport columnist
sat back in his chair, wrote his COL
umns, and made radio talks, never
lifting hand for the nomination.
After all, Fred is one of the most
politically astute individuals in the
Republican party and he probably
reasoned that as 1882 did not look
particularly propitious for the brood
Of elephants, why should he pros
trate himself upon the altar as a
sacrifice?
Sometimes it pays to think--even
in politics.
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BOOKLETS WITH
FLAMING TITLES
HELD BY POLICE
Alleged Communist Meeting
at Anderson Scene of
Seizure.
BIZ Times Special

~ fNNre EitNtNt
ANDERSON, Ind. Aug. IA
pamphlet giving notice of a meeting
at 3 p. m. today in the Madison
county courthouse was among radi-
cal literature seized when an alleged
communistic meeting was raided
under direction of Ralph Rich, de-
tective captain. The notice referred
to observance of International Anti
War day.
Other literature seized following
what Rich termed a red speech by
an indianapolis man, said to be a
Communist organizer, bore various
titles including, 1.-THE Bankruptcy Of
Christian Supernaturalism," Fight,
Don't Starve," "Anti-Soviet Lies and
the Five-Year Plan" THE Holy
Capitalist War Against the Soviet
Union" Communism and Chris
tianism," Working Glass Against
Capital Class" A membership card
and a dodger urging organization of
employees Of Anderson's largest fac
tory were also seized.
Initiation Costs 5 Cents
Police entered the hall through
back door and kept in concealment
until the speaker concluded and be-
gan urging members of the
crowd to enroll in the organization.
The initiation fee is 5 cents, and
dues are 2 cents week.
The organizer eXtolled deeds of
soldiers in the World war, recalling
that they sacrificed everything for
the sake of humanity only ito be
trodden down" now that they arc
returned to civilian life.
Gathers Literature
There was silence as Captain Rich
strobe to a table in front of the
speaker and proceeded to help him
self to the literature.
Those articles are for sale" the
organizer suggested.
I'm just out of money but am
taking a copy of each article" re-
Piled the detective captain.
Police said about one-half of the
men present were members of the
organization. Others joined.
The investigation was started by
Chief of Police Alvin E. Riggs when
he ordered questioning of three men
who had been passing radical litera-
ture to employees in front of the
d elco-Remy plants. The men,
James Woods, David Hopes and
Jesse Weatherby, were released after
promising to cease their activities.
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Former Resident Dies

BB Times Special
COLUMBUS, Ind, Aug. 1-Rela-
tives here have received word of the
death of Mrs. May Turner Riley
Al, in Los Angeles, following a ce-
rebral hemorrhage. The body will
be cremated and the ashes sent
here for burial. Mrs. Riley was
born and reared in this city She
was a daughter of George Turner
and the late Mrs. Frances Turner.
She livd here until about thirteen
years ago, when the family went to
California. She leaevs two daugh-
tiers, Peggy and Betty; her father,
indianapolis; four sisters, Mrs. Verle
Linson, North Dakota; Mrs. Grace
Culver, Muncie; Miss Gail Riley and
Mrs. Libbie Lee Deihm, Indianapo-
lis, and two brothers, Fred Turner,
San Francisco, and Eddie Turner,
TT. Wayne.
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Odd Plea
Made to
Judgment
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
BLOOMINGTON, Aug. I. -
Bloomington, although more than
1oO years old, does not exist le-
galiy, William P. Boolenbacher al
ieges in a suit filed in Monroe cir
cult court here.
Boolenbacher bases his unique
declaration on the fct that while the
city is incorporated it has no monu-
ment or marker, as provided by
law, from which measurements of
lots can begin. Boolenbacher filed
the suit to prevent the Bloomington
National bank arom executing a
Judgment on real estate he owned.
He contended that as the judgment
was given against property in
Bloomington, and as Bloomington
does not exist legally, the judgment
Is invalid.