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The Washington times., 1934-10-11
VIRGINIA WIFE
|SPO|SONED;
MATEHELD
Fredericksburg Civic Leader
Under Bond; Deadly Drug
Found in Home
GRx Times staff Correspondent)

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Oct
11.-Charged with attempting tc
poison his wife, Edward c. Bell
church and civic leader, was con
fined to his home today, free
on $4,000 bond. while in another
room a short distance away is
the wife, police say he attempted
to poison.
Edward C. Bell, jr., son Of the
couple, who is believed to have
been the first to suspect the al
legged poison plot and brought
university physician home with
him to analyze the food and
medicine, had returned to his
studies at the University of Vir'
ginia at Charlottesville.
Mr.. Bell was taken into Gus.
tody late yesterday on his six
tieth birthday. He denies any
knowledge Of the plot.
Poison Found in Home
It was learned that several bot"
ties Of the poison were found con-
cealed in the house.
Nervous from the strain Of his
arrest, Mr.. Bell was confined to
his bed on a lower floor Of the
family home today, while upstairs
his wife was under close scrutiny
of doctors and nurses.
Taken before Police Justice
Henry Dannehl, Mr.. Bell was re
leased on bond with his brother
w. A. Bell, as surety.
It was learned that the junior
Mr.. Bell brought a friend, a doc
tor on the university medical
school staff, home with him.
The doctor analyzed food and
medicine taken to Mrs. Bell, it
was said, and found traces of ar.
senic.
Mrs. Bell, an invalid, had suf.
fered number of sinking spells,
and it was this that led the son
to have the food and medicine
examined, it was said.
Mr.. Bell is one of the leading
citizens of Fredericksburg. He is
member of the Democratic State
Committee, former superintendent
of the Baptist Sunday School and
a deacon in the church.
Commonwealth's Attorney B. F
Cole has withdrawn from the case
owing to the fact that his brother,
DR.. John E. Cole, is one Of Mrs,
Bells physicians.
Albert v. Bryan, Common.
wealth's attorney of Alexandria,
was assigned to prosecute the
charge. Preliminary hearing Of
the case was set for November 8.
Mrs. Bell is under the care of
two nurses and two physicians.
Her condition is not regarded as
critical.
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be performed late today or to-
morrow.
Friends, close to the general
since he stepped from the NRA
picture, said he is expected to be
"back on the street" within a
few days. One friend said he was
not sure what business the gen.
eral expected to carry on at his
new office but that he had heard
hints of a business advisory
service.
Rents TwO-rOOm Suite
The quarters rented by General
johnson consist of only one large
room and a small Secretarial of.
flee. Workmen were busy today
cleaning and painting the suite.
Contributions are being cheer.
fully accepted by an NRA official
from employees of the NRA to
buy a gift for the retiring gen.
eral.
Although the movement for
purchase Of a gift was started
only a short time ago, the sum
already has reached $1,000.
The contributions are said to
be purely voluntary on the part
of the employees, the amount de-
termined by whatever they are
financially able to give.
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Habeas Corpus Writ
Granted Hauptnann
By N. Y. Justice

Wilentz of New Jersey, conferred
in the judges chamber. Report
ers were admitted to the court
room upon properly identifying
themselves.
Judge Hammer emerged and an
nounced to the assembled news
papermen:
81 have been asked to make
this announcement to the press.
An application for q writ Of
habeaS corpus was presented to
me and granted.
''Mr. Fawcett, attorney for the
defendant, applied for the writ
and asked that the hearing be
held on Monday.
"At my request, Samuel J.
Foley, district attorney for
Bronx county, and David T.
Wilentz, attorney general for
New Jersey, came here to con-
fer with me on the time and
the date of the hearing.
''New Jersey pressed for an
immediate hearing. l felt that
Attorney Fawcett's request was
reasonable and I therefore set
the date at Monday at II a. M"
HELD BY SHERIFFS
In response to a question from
the reporters, Judge Hammer said
he expected to preside at the
hearing. He was asked:
'Where is the prisoner nOw?"
"Tke prisoner Is temporarily
held by the sheriff Of Bronx
county, but / don't know any
thing more than the papers
before me show"
Mrs. Ami Hauptmann. the
prisoners wife, was in the court
house building. She left with a
relative, Hans Mueller. She wore
a smile and seemed to be in ex-
cellent humor. It was reported
she will be a witness at the hear
ing, but she declined to discuss
this or to say what testimony she
would give if called.
Hauptmann'S petition for q
writ of habeas corpus - entitled
1.-The people Of the State OF New
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BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN
international News Service

NEW YORK, Oct. 11.-Bruno
Richard Hauptmann will be
given a court hearing next Mon.
day on a writ Of habeas corpus
to determine whether New Jersey
can take him to that State to
stand trial for the murder Of
Charles A. Lindbergh, jr., who
was kidnapped on the night of
March /, 1882.
In the Bronx County Court to-
day the extortion case against
Hauptmann, scheduled to have
started this morning, was indefi-
nitely postponed by Judge James
M. Barrett and Hauptmann was
served with the warrant of extra
dition which Governor Herbert H.
Lehman had signed last evening.
Returnable Monday
Then Defense Attorney James
M. Fawcett went before Supreme
Court Justice Ernest E. L. Ham
mer and obtained a writ of habeas
corpus. Justice Hammer made
the writ returnable at II a. m.
Monday over the protest of New
Jersey authorities, who demanded
that the hearing on the writ be
held Immediately. They wanted
10 take Hauptmann to New Jer-
Sey without delay.
Hauptmann, meanwhile, will be
held in the Bronx county Jail. He
looked fresh and interested when
he appeared this morning in the
county courtroom and heard Dis
trlct Attorney Samuel j. Foley Of
the Bronx ask for the postpone
ment of the extortion case in New
York, in order to clear the way
for New Jersey to act on the mur
der charge.
The extortion trial having been
put off indefinitely, defense at.
torney then went to Supreme
Court Justice Hammers court
with his application for a writ Of
habeas corpus.
Reasonable Request
For As minutes Fawcett, Foley
and Attorney General David I.
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Gen. Johnson I'll Here,
To Have Operation

Gen. Hugh johnson, harassed
victim Of New Deal critics, is con
fined to Walter Reed Hospital
awaiting a minor operation, it was
learned today.
It was also revealed that the
fiery ex-ruler of the Blue Eagle
has rented a suite of offices here.
preparatory to launching himself
into an Engineering and indus
trial advisory business"
He is expected to move into his
offices on the fourth floor of the
Adams Building, 1900 block Thir'
teenth st. N. w., Immediately
upon his discharge from the
hospital.
Silent on Ailment
Walter Reed physicians declined
to comment upon patient Gen
eral Johnson" even to admit that
he was at the hospital. It was
learned definitely, however, that
he entered the institution Tues
day for treatment.
The nature of his ailment could
not be learned but it was re-
ported that he was resting for a
minor operation" expected to
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Will Rogers
Says:

BEVERLY HILLS, CAL, Oct.
11.-See a ball game in Detroit,
and home yesterday for early
breakfast. Felt plum lost in
the afternoon without the
Deans to watch.
Every sport is looking for out
standing players with "cOlor."
Well, old "Diz" is q rainbow.
Rainbow" Deans. For Brother
Paul, although quiet and timid.
is a great teammate for "Dtzzy:"
And ball players say there Is
little difference in their pitch
ing. They both got the old long,
free.arm, Walter johnson swing.
BY the way, / saw Walter up
there. Looks great. And Iris
Speaker, the one man that has
never been approached In his
playing of center field - and
rabbit" Saw RABBIT" Maran-
Vile. He looks great and says
he will be in there next year.
With the Deans success, and
these little soda fountain col.
leges beating the big ones In
football, it looks like . country
boys year.
.(COpyrtERt, 1884. AeNaukht sSndIcstsE
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JAILED SLAYER
SUED BY:W|FE

Charging that her husband beat
her and threatened her life with
in three days after their marriage
Dorothy Frances Harding, 81. ot
Mt. Rainier, Md, today sought an
annulment of her marriage tc
George Paul Harding, who is now
serving a term in Lorton Re
formatory.
Harding is under sentence OF
three to six years on charge Of
manSlaughter in the shooting OF
Harry doc" Davis, local gambler
last year.
In her bill of complaint Mrs.
Harding said she married him
two and a half weeks after she
met him and left him three days
after their marriage after he had
beaten her with his fists and
threatened her with a knife and
pistol"
At the time Of their marriage,
she said, he represented himself
as an employe Of an automobile
sales company, whereas, as a mat
ter of fact, she charged, he was
a professional racketeer."
The suit was filed through At
torney L. G. SasScer in the Prince
Georges Circuit Court at Upper
Marlboro,
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Italian Consul Is Badly Beaten
By Enraged Mob in JugoslaU Town

LJUBLJANA, Jugoslavia, Oct.
ii G.N.SO.-The Italian consul
here was dragged from his office
today and beaten by mob stag
ing a violent anti-Italian demon
stration.
Police intervened and rescued
the consul before he suffered
serious injuries.
Speakers Charge Italy
The attack on the consul fol-
lowed a riotous protest meeting
at which speakers charged that
all attempts upon the life of
King Alexander had been fl
nanced and prepared in Italy.
Therefore, the speakers argued,
it could be decided that the shots
fired by Petrus Kalemen. the
assassin of Alexander, were in
spired by italy.
Whipped to a frenzy by these
inflammatory speeches, the riot
erS rushed to the Italian con-
Sulate and stormed the build
ing, dragging the Fascist diplo-
mat to the street.
Other Riots Reported
Anti-Italian riots also were re-
ported at ESseg
The important Croatian city of
Ljubljana lies less than so miles
from the northeastern frontier
of Italy. It was this frontier
to which Premier Mussolini called
attention as a grave danger
spot in his speech a. few weeks
ago at Bologna, when he told
the world that "war is in the
air and may break out at any
minute"
BELGRADE, Oct. II G.NSO.
While the Jugoslavian govern.
ment officially passed into the
hands of a royal regency coun.
Gil, violent anti-Italian demonstra-
tions broke out today in Zagreb,
Sarajevo and Ljubljana. Hostil'
it2 to Italy was growing hourly
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Kay Francis Bans
Marriage Ru1nOrs

NEW YORK, Oct. II Q.N.SO
Kay Francis, the film beauty, told
about her plans for remarriage
when she returned from abroad
on the liner Rex yesterday. She
said:
when I'm old and dOdder-
ing"
She laughed at reports that had
her engaged in turn to Maurice
Chevalier and William Powell
She said:
"POOr BiII-after all these
years. We made seven pictures
together and now we're en-
gagged. I can only deny it and
laugh"
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CAS- PRICES GUT;
SEE NEW WAR

Major companies cut the price
of gasoline two cents in Washing
ton today.
The move was quickly followed
by independents. One dealer said
he believed it was the beginning
of another gasoline war in Wash
ington.
Gasoline now is being dispensed
by the major companies for 14.a
cents per gallon, and by the in
dependents for 1873. These prices
include tax.
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Skipper of Liner
Injured by Wave

NEW YORK, Oct. II G.N.sO.
The liner Majestic docked yester-
day with her master in sick bay,
suffering possible skull frac-
ture. Capt. E. l.. Trent was taken
to a hospital shortly after the
ship docked. Officers said he was
knocked down by a mountainous
wave one day out of Cobb, Ire
land
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u. S. Officials To Fight
PAYMENT Of Bonus

broadside to bear on the claims
of the veterans.
Cost Put at 1000 Millions
Already officials of the Veter.
ans Administration are gathering
figures purporting to show what
q tremendous loss would be
placed upon the Government II
it were called upon to pay the
certificates issued to the veter.
ans now instead Of paying them
later when they fall due.
These figures will show that If
Icontinusd % Pqge -. ceIs ~
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at various points throughout the
nation.
Capital Loyal
The capital, however, evidenced
it's loyalty to the new regime
and to Prince Paul, who will
head the regency during the
minority of the boy king, Peter II.
Ceremonies handing govern.
mental power over to Prince Paul
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By FRANKLIN G. SARTWELL

Administration officials are
drawing up their battalions in
battle array to fight the move.
ment for immediate payment of
the veterans bonus, which is rap
idly gaining momentum among
organizations Of ex-SoldierS.
The fight against immediate
payment of the So-called adjusted
service certificates will be led
again in the new Congress by
the Veterans Administration and
will be supported by every agency
that can be induced to bring q
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CONSUL TO MARRY

LONDON, Oct. II Q.N.SO.
American Vice Consul John Howe
Fuqua, of Chicago, will be mar"
ried in London tomorrow to an
English woman, Mrs. Gillian Quin'
nell Ryder, divorced wife Of Fred
erick, Ryder ....x,.e.. =.
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Semiannual Tax
Payments Urged

Semiannual payment Of taxes
will be advocated in the platform
Of the Montgomery County Demo-
cratic organization, Stedman Pres
colt, States attorney and chair
man of the organization commit
tee, said today.
He said he felt the plan would
be of great convenience to tax.
paYerS.
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FEARS FELT
FORL|FEOF
WOMAN
Maid Reveals Mrs. StoII Was
Wounded When Dragged
From Home BY Captor
LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. II
.N.N.SJ.
"The moneys ready"
This word went out today tc
The kidnaper of Mrs. Berry v
Etoll from her wealthy husband
himself. Mr.. Stoll was hopeful
that a contact will be made with
the kidnaper some time today.
The ransom is $4,000, Mr.
Stoll confirmed. Principals in the
snatch drama indi C ated the
lengthy ransom note carried de
tailed instructions as to the pay
ment of the sum.
The money was drawn from
bank here early today BY relatives
Of Mrs. Stoll preparatory to ne
gotiating with the kidnaper, il
was learned.
Mystery Phone Call
A mysterious telephone call re-
ceived by Mr.. Stoll at 1:15 q. m,
today was regarded as possibly
having, been put through by the
abductor as feeler. The connec-
ton was poor and the caller broke
off as soon as Mr.. Stoll answered.
Three important points were
disclosed by the kidnaper in the
note he left in the Stoll home, 1t
was revealed today.
Besides naming the amount Of
ransom ,000-it named the
Intermediary and the probable
site for payment Of the rescue
fund.
The remainder of the two-page
missive was kept strictly secret
but was understood to contain
threats of further kidnapping and
possible death. Federal agents
under Edward Connelley, Depart
ment of Justice chief for the Gin
cinnati District, who was ordered
here on the case, imposed a rigid
censorship. &
Grave fears for the life of Mrs
Stoll grew today as the hours
passed without word from her or
her lone captor.
Anxiety was intensified when 1t
vas learned that blood streamed
from a deep cash in her forehead
as her kidnaper, who struck her
twice with an iron pipe, carried
her from her suburban home to
his automobile late yesterday.
Victim Is I'll
Mrs. Stoll was i'll with a severe
, cold and her temperature shortly
before the abduction was 103, her
frantic husband, Berry V. Stoll,
revealed today. Mr.. stoll ex'
claimed:
IAN / want is my wife back
alive!"
His brother, William A. Stoll,
president of the Louisville Board
Of Trade, echoed:
1--WE are eager to negotiate.
The latter was himself marked
for "the next" victim in the note
the kidnaper left, it was learned.
Farmer Sees Car
Search for the kidnaper spread
today to the woodland area bor-
dering Lake Louisville, 20 miles
east Of here and eight miles
from the Stoll home.
A farmer reported seeing a
woman fighting a man in an
automobile in that vicinity about
5 p. m. yesterday; two girls said
they passed an automobile con-
tanning a woman slumped down
in the seat as if i'll, and search
of lake cottages yielded signs
that two had been entered during
last night.
AS the morning wore on police
admitted they were without def
mite leads. The new State police
force was called into action for
the first time, being placed at
the disposal of the Louisville
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Drowning Victims
Body Identified

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Oct. II
G.NSO.-The body Of a woman
taken from the st. Joseph River
here Monday was identified as
that of Mrs. Lena Steurnagel, A.,
of Wheeling, w. Va, authorities
announced yesterday.
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EMPLOYMENT LIST CUT

A decrease Of 13 names on the
unemployment list for Washing.
ton during the week ending Oc-
tober 8, was reported yesterday
by the United States Civil Service
Commission,
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r. 0. Leffingwen
Calls on President
By INTERNATIONAL News Service

By International News Service
Russell C. Leffingwell, of the J.
P. Morgan & Co., was a caller at
the White House yesterday and
talked for some time with Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Leaving, Mr.. Lef-
fingwell refused to indicate what
he discussed with the President.
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Queen Joins Son, Fears His Death

Meanwhile the widowed Queen Marie of Jugoslava jour
neyed of the crime and joined her
the King Peter whom she fears will meet the fate
his father at the hands of political extremists
The body of M Barthou brought to Paris for national
funeral while the remains of Alexander continued the
journey to Jugoslavia aboard warship
Belgrade the Jugosav regency took firm measures
que political dissidence in the kingdom by whipping to-
geher strong national concentration government The cabinet
resigned in favor of the regency.
fifth of the assassin died in Marsele hospital to-
dav She was Mile Yolande Farris, bYstander.
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ASSAULT ITALIAN CONSUL
900 Ransom Money Awaiting Kidrapcr of Louisville OAan$ Wife
QUEEN MARIE IN MOURNING

THE QUEEN
Of Jugoslavia
again goes
into
mourning.
This picture
of Queen
Marie, whose
husband,
King
Alexander,
was
assassinated
in Marseille,
was taken
shortly after
the death of
her father,
King
Ferdinand
Of Run1ania.
Now again
she wears
black,
following
the tragedy
in France.
Photo by
International
News
Photographic
Service.
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JUGOSLAV MOB BEATS
CONSUL AS REGENCY
ASSUMES CONTROL
BY International News Service

Relations between Italy and Jugoslavia,
strained almost to the breaking point in re-
cent months, were endangered today at
Ljubljana, Jugoslavia, when an enraged mob
dragged the Italian consul into the street and
beat him severely. Meanwhile, in Rome,
Mussolini again offered the olive branch to
Jugoslavia, realizing that the complications
which might result from continuance of their
strained relations could well involve half the
nations Of Europe.
Two Suspects Jailed in France
Two suspected associates of Petrus Kale-
men, cold -blooded assassin of King Alexan-
der of Jugoslavia and Foreign Minister Louis
Barthou of France, were arrested near the
Swiss border today short while after third
man escaped into the fastnesses of Fontaine-
bleau Forest while being questioned by
gendarmes.
He was carrying revolver when accosted and his pass
port was made out in the of Sylvester Chany one
of the two who stayed with Kalemen at an Aiken
Provence hotel shortly before the assassinaons Wide
spread search was launched for him.
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WASHINGTON FORECAST
Partly cloudy tonight; Friday fair; not mu
change In temperature.
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MEAN TEMPERATURES
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Full Weather Rer
Evening star., 1934-12-16
Worldwide Spy System Keeps America
Informed on Military Developments

ates abroad to get inside information
as to diplomatic and military plans,
so are foreign military, naval and air
attaches in Washington the official
seekers Of information for their re-
spective governments.
OF IS foreign embassies in Wash
ington, AZ are recorded in the diplo-
matte list as being without military,
naval or air attaches. The 13 others,
with their complement Of attaches, is
as follows:
Great Britain has a military, naval
and air attache, with an assistant
naval attache and three attaches un-
designated. Japan has military and
an assistant military attache, naval
attache and two assistant naval at
taches, with nine undesignated at
taches. Russia, the Union. Of Soviet
naval attache, each with an assistant,
also three attaches undesignated.
China has one military attache and
three undesignated. Italy has a naval,
an air and military attache; France
a naval, a military and an air at
tache; Germany has a military and q
naval attache, Spain military and a
naval attache, Hungary a military at
tache, Peru military attache, Argen-
tina a naval attache, IAexico a mill
tary attache with an assistant and
Cuba military attache.
Americas intelligence net at home,
consisting in peace time of the activ-
tiles of the Coast Guard, Life Saving
Stations, Light House Service and
military, naval and commercial air.
plane service, is only the nuclei of
more comprehensive system to be put
in operation upon the first sign of war
tension.
In that moment, should it arrive,
the Coast Guard, under specific act
Of Congress now in force, automat-
ically becomes part of the United
States Navy, with its existing 240
active and SO inactive units. Mean
while the Coast Guard is the eyes and
ears of Uncle Sam along the American
coasts and the Great Lakes border. All
stations but one, Baratera, at Grand
lsla, La, are telephone equipped, the
personnel Is well trained and alert.
Plans for expansion of this service
in the way Of training volunteer
civilian units so that in time of war
they might act as instructors of newly
organized units are now being formu-
lated. 1t Is also considered of great
value to equip many key stations with
powerful search light units and sound
in air detectors. So equipped, a highly
efficient intelligence net would make
it very difficult for an air armada to
reach our shores undetected.
Evening star., 1934-12-16

which will be given December II by
the girls of the home.
Gladys Phipps. the organiEation's
nurse, reported that two babies had
been born at the hospital there dur
ing November.
Other officials who made reports
were Mrs. John Boyle, jr.; Mrs. Fred
erick M. Kerby, Mrs. George Price,
Mrs. A. B. McManus and Mrs. James
F. Macoughtry. The case wroker for
the home, Anne Rogers, was intro
duced by Mrs. Fred D. Mitchell, chair
man of the Case Committee.
After the business meeting lunch
con was served at l o'clock by the
home. Mrs. Thomas z. Robertson Is
president of the board.
Evening star., 1934-12-16
CRITTENTON HOME
REPORTS ARE GIVEN
Board Is Told Institution Now
Cares for As Girls and
SO Babies.

The Board of Managers of the
Florence Crittenton Home held its
monthly meeting Friday at the
home, on Reservoir road, when they
heard the reports Of the institutions
officials.
Jean S. Cole, superintendent, told
the board that there are now 46 girls
and 36 babies being taken care of.
She also described the activities of
the night school and the Girl Re-
serves.
The members Of the board were
invited to attend the Christmas play
Evening star., 1934-12-16
River Gates Completed.

Huge gates have been completed at
three dams in the River Main, in Ger
many, an important stage In the de-
velopment of the Rhine-Main-Danube
waterway connecting the North and
Black Seas.
Evening star., 1934-12-16

Little to pay for such dainty,
fine quality rayon gift undies!
Specially purchased, Of
course. Regular and extra
sizes, except the gowns which
are in regular sizes only.
Kann's-Street Floor.