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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-21
CITY WEATHER ideal
Temperature in Dos, Sky Is
CI0udIeSs.

A cloudless sky greeted Indian
apolis today for the first time this
week, and with it came the weather
forecast of ideal" summer weather
today and Saturday.
Temperatures were to rise to the
Dos this afternoon, with an addi-
tional increase Saturday
indianapolis, with shower late
Thursday, has received .27 inch of
rain in the last twenty-four hours.
The heaviest rain in the state was
at Evansville, 2.78 inches.
The fair and slightly warmer
weather will be prevalent through
out the state.
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TOXIC Aug 21Mrs Morrow Lndbergh today the
beach the Kurile islands home
while husband repaired the
crippled ane which they forced their flight
Siberia.
No mention by either of the fers that Lndbegh
homeck baby distant sailors
drag the plane from the the beach said the
her unmiStakable
Lindbergh
which had forced them Lndbergh upon
and stared the then which
her sailor who peeked
opened to picture Of a mother child
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Fresh Egg!

MT. STERLING, o., Aug. 81.
The Rev. Frank w. Stephens
looked askance at the litter
from his congregation-saw a
hen marching up the aisle.
Past the pulpit, into the
choir loft marched the hen.
The congregation sat spell
bound-the hen laid an egg.
Ushers collected the "cOntri-
bution"-ejected the hen.
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LAST HOURS AND LAST DOLLARS HELPING THE NEEDY

a railroad train home. The $3.50
dwindled. Wednesday night, when
John put his hand in his pocket
to help friend" there was only
rs cents left.
=
Using an alias to disguise his
~ identity. he went for the last
time to 2 cheap rooming house.
That night, al0ns ae died, .
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sympathetic
Enited Press

BY Jnlted Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Aug. 81.
Fred Kluge was walking along
a street when an automobile
stopped near him and its
driver held him up.
only four bits" exclaimed the
bandit after searching Kluge.
Buddy, you're worse off than
I am. I'm going to keep your
money. though, but Ill give
you value received"
Ordering Kluge into the car
with him, the bandit then
drove about town for almost
an hour. Finally he stopped.
you couldn't ride that far
in a taxi for four bits" he
said. Nov get out"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-21
TRADE U. S. WHEAT
Surplus Is Exchanged for
Brazilian Coffee.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-A con-
tract was signed today for exchange
of surplus sterilization wheat for
coffee.
The contract was signed at the
Brazilian embassy by Ambassador
Lima E. Silva and George Minor,
president of the Grain Sterilization
Corporation.
Terms were not announced, but
it was understood the basis of the
barter called for delivery to Brazil
of 25,000,O0O bushels of wheat in ex-
change for 100000 bags of coffee.
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His thoughts wandered to
memories of his buddies-some of
them no doubt prosperous and
some of them derelictS. He also
thought of the $3.50 that had
come to him from the bonus loan
and his compensation checks. In
five weeks, he knew, he would be
going away" and he couldn't
lake the money with him. -a....-.
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All day Thursday Johns body
lay on slab in the morgue. A
reporter and. patrolman discovered
the shrapnel wounds. Finally,
from one Of his beneficiaries at
the mission, his identity was
learned.
He was John J. Fitzgerald, a,
Of Boston. Mass.
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BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21.-Hun-
ger, then dinner, and then indiges-
ton, we're three of the known rea-
sons why a jury of seven men and
five women stayed today for hold
over session to decide whether for
mer assistant Prosecutor David H.
Clark was guilty of murder.
While Clark sat in a cell holding
hands with his pretty wife Nancy.
the jury debated Thursday night
whether he had killed Herbert
Spencer, an editor, in cold blood"
or in Self-defenSe.
Three times during the evening
a buzzer in the courtroom sent bail
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WALKER Is TARGET
IN SEABURY PROBE
New York Mayors Accountant Ad-
wiser Is Subpenaed.

wiser Is Subpenaed.
By United Press
NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-Mayor
James j. Walker, taking the cure"
at Carlsbad, Czechoslovakia, has
come definitely under the scrutiny
of the Seabury investigation, it was
apparent today as police were asked
TO find Walkers accountant adviser.
Samuel Seabury, counsel to the
Hofstadter legislative investigating
committee, revealed when Walker
sailed that his accounts were under
examination. He now has asked
police to serve a subpoena on Rus
sell T. Sherwood, who has handled
Mayor walkers bank accounts and
income tax returns for several years,
but whether this phase of his activ-
ity interests Seabury was not di-
vulged.
Walkers accounts and fiscal
transactions of George w. Olvany,
leader of Tammany hall during the
first Walker administration, are be-
ing studied by investigators.
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So, pulling himself together, he
mustered the strength to dress,
and quietly slipped away from the
hospital-went A. w. o. L.
VXTHEN he reached Pittsburgh
w he steered away from the
bright lights and sunk himself in
the dingy streets where penniless,
unemployed men eongEsgates
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By United Press

By United Press
DITTSBURGH, Pa. Aug. 2l.-
i John J. Fitzgerald, lying on
a cot at the veterans hospital
at Aspinwall. came to the wrack-
ing realization that he had only
a few precious weeks of life re-
naming. Shrapnel and gas on the
western front had made him a
sufferer ever since the war.
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BROKER HELD CAPTIVE
New York Detectives Probe 100000
Ransom Demand.
By United Press

DY CWtttu IItoo
NEW YORK, Aug. 21-Charles
M. Rosenthal, Is, owner Of seat
on the Curb Exchange, is believed
to be a prisoner of kidnapers. held
for 100000 ransome, detectives an
nounced today.
A confidential report, which asked
the services of detectives of the
New York City and Nassau county
police forces, stated that Rosenthal,
son of wealthy real estate dealer,
disappeared mysteriously Aug. IL.
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ROB GAS CITY BANK
Four Men Beat Cashier,
Escape With $4,000.

By Times Special
GAS CITY, Ind. Aug. alarmed
with a subnachine gun, four bandits
robbed the Twin City State bank
here of more than $4,000 about noon
today, after beating the cashier and
threatening to kidnap his daughter,
a bookkeeper.
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NIillikan to Visit Einstein

PASADENA, Cal, Aug. q. = A
reciprocal visit to DR.. Albert Elm
stein, noted German scientist, is
planned by DR.. Robert A. Millikan,
Nobel peace prize winner in phys
les, who, with Mrs. Millikan, was
en- route today to New York
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SIXTEENTH STREET
BIDS ARE REJECTED
College Avenue Repaving Figures
Also Turned Down; Too High

&AASO 4 IA AAC0 DOhAS AOO AAA5AAs
Bids for widening and re-paving
of Sixteenth street from North
western avenue to Delaware street
we're rejected today by the works
board, and new bids will be sought
at once to complete the project be-
fore winter, members said.
The board also rejected bids for
fe-paving of College avenue on the
north side. Figures in both pro-
jects were too high, the board ruled.
Bids on the Sixteenth street pro-
ject from SAL 900 to $4,000 for the
Capital avenue to Northwestern
avenue section, and from $4,000
to $4,000 for the Delaware street
to Illinois street section.
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101 RANCH GOES WEST
Wild West Show Permitted TO Move
as Judge Quashes Suits.
By United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-The
1o1 Ranch Wild West show was
rolling west today to end its career
on home grounds in Oklahoma. A
Maryland judge quashed ninety
seven attachments sworn out by
employees seeking back wages total
ing $4,000 and the circus train
pulled out before attorneys could
serve new writs on the manage
ment
The show was stranded here two
weeks, employees refusing to move
the equipment until they had been
paid. The train finally was loaded
by an imported crew. Maryland
sheriffs stopped it a few miles out
of town by serving the writs which
Later were QuaShed
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HINT LESLIE TO RETURN
Governor May Show Up at State
house Monday. Aid DiscIoses.

Governor Harry G. Leslie was ex-
pected TO return to Dunes state park
from his Canadian vacation trip
today and may be at his statehouse
ofice Monday, it was predicted by
his secretary, L. o. Chasey. The
Governor and his family have been
spending the summer at the park,
but his vacation took on interna-
tional proportions the last two
WesIzas = ss..-..-. : sssE azH.e 80 %ea@a
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REHEARING ASKED
IN BOMBING CASE
Convicted Hammond Theater Man
Appeals to Supreme Court.

Attorneys for William Kleihege,
owner of the State theater of Ham
mond and convicted in connection
with the bombing of the theater.
today petitioned for rehearing of
both an appeal and coram nobis
petition in the supreme court.
Kleihege was fined $1,000 and
sentenced to from two to fourteen
years in the Indiana state prison.
The finding Of the lower court was
sustained on appeal and petition
for writ of error coram nobis de-
MED.
The bombing occurred Nov. 7,
1927. and the men who did the job
have served their time in prison.
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FACE POWDER 'WICKED';;
lRATE FARMER RIOTS
SIashes Wife During Rampage;
Jailed for Sixty-Day Term.
By United Press

BIZ United Press
MARINETTE, Wis. Aug 21.-The
14-year-old daughter of Frank Bic
lax, Wausaukee, returned from a
visit to Chicago with powder on her
face and reserve supply in a
compact.
Enraged at what he. considered
"devilish arts" Bielak slashed his
wife's face, cut up $50 harness
and broke the singletree on his
wagon.
To neighbors, who subdued his
rampage, Bielak said:
Let them keep face powder and
such wickedness in the cities. We
want our girls kept pure"
He was sentenced to sixty days
in the county workhouse.
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DIPLOMA PRICES RISES
From Now ON 1t Will Cost $40, ant
Not 10 At IL of Chicann

HUHI 4NO" UH IL VIII OUSI T"V, dIu
Not 10, at U. of Chicago.
By United Press
CHICAGO, Aug. 21.-Higher edu-
cation has gone up in price at the
University of Chicago.
From now on sheepskins, di-
plomas verifying graduation, will
cost $40 each instead of $40, uni
versity officials announced today.
The increased price is about half
that for diplomas at Harvard and
Columbia.
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BEGIN CRUCIAL FARLEY
British Cabinet Hastily Summoned
to Special Finance Meeting.

TO Special FlnanCe MeetIng.
By Unit Press
LOr /ON, Aug. 21.-Great Brit
ain, Jnfronted with the gravest
financial crisis in her modern his
tory, marshaled her best minds to-
night in an effort to solve the prob
lem.
The cabinet, which has been in
almost continuous session for sew
eral days, was summoned hastily to
special session tonight.
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CONV|CTS DENY.
DEATH CHARGE

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 6
G.N.SD.-Pleas of not guilty were
entered here today by Clinton
CCotton'D Crate, of Dayton, Ohio
and Hugh Gibson, alias Gibbons,
of Philadelphia, charged with
first-degree murder in connection
with the Easter Monday peni-
tentiary fire here a year ago in
which 800 prisoners lost their
lives.
On the first anniversary of the
fire which they are said to have
confessed, because they did not
wish to see an additional cell block
erected at the penitentiary, the
two cOnvictS appeared in court
and technically denied their guilt.
Although they previously indi-
Gated a willingness to plead guilty
and "get it over" according to
Prosecutor Donald j. HoSkins, on
advice of counsel today they de-
cided to abandon such a plea, at
least until they are actually
charged with murder at the be-
ginning of their trial.
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Little Egg-RoNers Brave
Rain for Tradition

ship House added their bit to the
festival.
Boy Breaks Arm
The slippery White House
grass contributed one early cas-
ualty to the event when 10-year-
old Sammy" jackson, Of MuSke-
gon, Mich, who is in Washing
ton over Easter seeing the sights,
fell down and broke his arm. He
cried loudly, bitterly disappointed
at missing his day of fun, and
fought against being taken to
Emergency Hospital to be treated.
peggy Ann" Hoover, who was
five on her last birthday, con-
centrated all her attention upon
the Marine Band this morning.
She was not permitted to go out
and mingIe with the other little
folks there, but she was keenly
interested in the martial music
that was waited to her window.
Mrs. Hoover, despite the rain,
made several trips out on the
lawn and watched the welfare of
the children closely. After the
doWnpour abated shortly before
noon, the influx Of youngsters in
creased rapidly and the police
had their hands full in caring for
the crowds.
Rain Cuts ThrOng
Last year more than 10000
children and their elders came
to the White House grounds on
Easter Monday. That was about
the largest of which the police
have record. In view Of weather
conditions it is not believed that
more than a fraction of this
throng will have been counted
when the gates close at 5 o'clock
tonight.
There was a marked drop in
the number of children on the
Capitol Grounds, at the Zoo, and
Soldiers Home Grounds also to-
day.
Driven indoors at the Capitol,
hundreds of youngsters found a
source of amusement in the mono
rail subway and rode back and
forth while guards muttered un-
der their breath.
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CHICAGO VOTES
TOMORROW

CHICAGO, April 6 GN.S0.
Chicago voters-1, 10000 of them,
according to an official estimate
will go to the polls tomorrow
to choose either William Hale
Thompson, Republican, or Anton
j. Cermak, Democrat. for mayor.
BalIOting will terminate one of
the hardeSt-fOught campaigns in
the city's political history, one
marked less by sensatiOnaliSm
than by the breaking down Of
party fences and scrambling for
votes in every precinct.
Mayor Thompson today pre-
dicted he would receive "the
greatest majority ever given me" "
Mr.. Cermak, president Of the
Cook county board, foresaw a
Democratic landslide paralleling
the one which returned James
Hamilton Lewis to the Senate
from Illinois.
An estimate that at least IS
per cent of the city's 100000
voters would go to the polls was
made by John S. Rusch, chief
clerk of the election commission.
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'HYM|E' MURDER
AUTO TRACED

CLEVELAND, April 6 G.N.SO.
Supplied with information con.
cerning the ownership Of the
automobile used by pittsburgh
Hymie" Martin, convicted slayer
of William E. Potter, on Febru-
ary 3, when the former council
man was put on the spot" po-
lice today had a definite clew
which may lead to the arrest Of
the second triggerman in the kill
ing.
The whereabouts of the auto
owner also was said to be known
by police, who indicated they
intended to carry on the investi-
CATION to learn the names Of the
"higher-uES," or the persons who
''hired" the killing of Potter.
County Prosecutor Ray T. Mil
ler, who waged the court fight
to send Hymie to prison for life
as one of the triggermen in the
Staying, admitted today that the
identity of the automobile owner
was known and said he was to
meet with detectives in the near
future to plan a program for the
continued probe.
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PATRICIA RICE
II Years Ago Today u. S.
Entered World War

William Jennings Bryan, former
Secretary of State, and noted
peace advocate, telegraphed the
President from Albany, Ga, Of
fering his war services.
Alvin York, a farmer boy Of
Tennessee, began putting things
in order.
He was to become one of many
American doughboy heroes.
Sergeant York won crop Of
medals for capturing 1872 Ger.
mans almost alone and killing
more than a score of others.
Many Left in France
While business that day went
on as usual, the pulse Of Ameri-
can youth was beating fast.
From office, factory, farm and
college began a trek Of American
boys to the nearest enlistment
depot.
Most are back on the job.
Some were left over in France.
It's just a memory now, but
the wounded veterans in Govern
ment hospitals could tell you
how it felt on April 12, t917.
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NEW YORK, April 6.-Four-
teen years ago today the United
States entered the World War.
The nation knew it was coming
and the signing of the war proc
lamation against Germany at
I'LL p. m. by President Woodrow
Wilson was received quietly in
American cities and hamlets.
Ninety German merchant ships
were Immediately interned.
The Stars and Stripes bios
somed forth in millions of win
dows, at thousands of mastheadS.
Street hawkers did a rushing busi-
ness with miniature American
flags for the lapel.
Nearly Killed Him
A man refused to stand when
the national anthem was played
in Rector's, one of BrOadway's
pre-prOhibitiOn famous restau-
rants. They nearly killed him.
Will Rogers, cowboy humoriSt,
was an actor then. He made sew
eral extemporaneous epigramS on
the war. George M. Cohan began
writing the song, cover There"
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WALKER CURBS
SOCIAL DATES

NEW YORK, April 6.-His sun
blistered face set in grim lines
and Studiously refraining from
making any Of his famous "wise
cracks" Mayor James j. Walker
reported for ,!ork at city hall to-
day after 26-day vacation in
California.
He promptly announced that
he will begin at once to make
his reply to the charges of mis-
feasance which were laid before
the governor by the city affairs
committee.
Mayor Walker walked with
buoyant step through a lane of
TOO persons assembled in city hall
plaza-most Of them jobless men
and went without delay to his
flower-bedecke office.
He hardly stopped for the
photographers. Gone was his old
geniality, his "gOOd fellow" atti-
tude.
He brushed through the thrOng,
nOdding right and left i'm response
to quips from the sidelines.
The dapper Jimmy" refused
to discuss reports that he con-
templated an immediate shake
up of one or two departments of
his administration. It is under
stood, however, that he does not.
One Of the hot bits of news
that was later given out was
that the mayor plans to curtail
his social engagements in com
pliance with instructions from
his physicians.
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eggs turned into rivuIets and pud-
dies, to the great glee Of the chill
dren, as the rain came down in
deadly earnest.
Skill Not Evident
Egg-rolling as a sport Of skill,
however, was not much in evi-
dence, for it is quite well known
that eggs cannot make any great
speed in transit against soggy
grass and mud. But this handicap
simply added to the fun.
President Hoover, as he peered
out of the windows Of the Execu-
tive Offices upon the scene,
grumbled a bit because his hos
pitaIity was under such q damper.
Within the mansion itself Mrs.
Hoover and her grandchildren
entertained a group Of 200 young
folks, sons and daughters of Cab
met officers and other ranking
officials of the Administration,
and they watched the folk-danc-
ing just beyond the portico where
in Girl Scouts and their support
ing cast" of coryphees from
Neighborhood House and Friend
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BicentennidL Topic
Of SATURDAY. Speech

Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman,
past president of the General
Federation Of Women's Clubs,
will speak Saturday afternoon at
2 o'clock at the Mount Pleasant
branch of the Public Library on
"The Nationwide Celebration of
the Two Hundredth Anniversary
of the Birth of George Washing
ton"
The address will be sponsored
by the Department of Education
of the District of Columbia Fed
Grafton of Women'S Clubs.
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HiIda Levy HOnOred
Bu Jewish Juniors

Hilda Levy, one of the leaders
in the work Of the Jewish Com
munity Center, has been named
national chairman on exhibits for
the biennial convention Of the
Council Of Jewish Juniors, which
will be held next November at
Bridgeport, Conn.
Miss Levy has been active in
the work of the Council Of Jewish
Juniors and is president Of the
unit that recently won the ma.
tional membership trophy. This
trophy will be presented to her at
the Bridgeport meeting.
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road building, at present cOnSid-
cred impossible.
Easter was celebrated quietly
in open air services by the deep
ly religious natives. AS all
churches were demolished by the
disaster, the baseball field was
used for Easter Sunday wor-
shipping programs.
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DR.. Smith to Speak
On JGpGneSe People

DR.. George Otis Smith, chair
man of the Federal Power Com
mission, will be the guest speaker
at the regular meeting of the
Washington Round Table tomor-
row afternoon at 1890 o'clock at
the University Club. His subject
will be "Our Neighbors, the Jap
aneSe"
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CIVITAN CLUB MEETING

The Civitan Club of Washing
ton will meet tomorrow after
noon at 1890 o'clock at the La
fayette Hotel. Ernest j. SpitZler.
sales manager, Dictaphone Corp
grafton of America, will be the
guest speaker.
The Washington times., 1931-04-06
LODGE TO GIVE DANCE

Capitol Lodge No. 3, Order Of
Shepherds of Bethlehem will give
a dance Tuesday night at 9
o'clock at 808 I st. N. w. Pro
ceeds will be devoted to the care
If the sick.
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AIR PIONEER IS
DEAD IN PARIS
Frank Lahm Responsible
for First U. S. Balloon Win.

By United Press
PARIS, Dec. 31.-FTank S. Lahm,
IS, colorful aviation enthusiast and
responsible for the United States
first victory in the James Gordon
Bennett balloon races, died Wednes-
day night.
The veteran member of the
American colony, native of Can
ton, o., had a private race back
in 1906 with his son, which resulted
in the latter, Brigadier- General
Frank Purdy Lahm, air attache at
the American embassy here, win
ming the cup in the race that year.
the first in which America was
represented.
The father, in Paris at the time,
decided to enter the race as an
American contestant to SHOW up
the younger generation because
none of the younger eligible men
seemed interested. But the son, who
was in the United States, heard of
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By United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 81 Six
army pursuit planes searching for
Lieutenant E. H. Bobbett Jr., miss
ing on a fight toward Hot Springs,
Va, abandoned the hunt today and
left Hot Springs for their home post
at Selfridge field, Michigan.
Army planes from Boiling field
continued the search, but officials
said this probably would be the last
effort, since storms are moving in
from the south.
Bobbett has been missing since
Christmas eve and little hope re-
mains that the wreckage of his
plane will be sighted from the air.
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Italy Is Indignant

By United Press
ROME, Dec. 31.-News Of the
Easton Pa) bomb plot was received
with Indignation by the public to-
day and the activities of anti-Fas-
cists abroad were severely con-
demned by the press. The Giornal
D. Italia commented:
I'VE profoundly regret the inno-
cent victims of the friendly Ameri-
can nation. We are confident the
American authorities will be able to
throw full light on the mysterious
criminal plots which are dangerous
to the American nation, Italian colo
MES and italian diplomatic repre-
sentatives."