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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
GRAIN FUTURES
TURN WEAK IN
NARROW RANGE
Weather News and Stronq
Tone at Liverpool
Ignored.
BY HARTMAN W. NICHOLS
United Press STAFF Correspondent

CHICAGO, Aug. 27.-The general
uneasiness which characterized the
grain trade last week filtered
through to today's opening OF the
Chicago Board of Trade and values
eaSed fractionally.
Wheat started i to y cent lower:
corn was off : to i cent; oats was
Il cent lower to 4. cent up, and rye
was unchanged to a cent off.
Weather news was disregarded at
the start, as was strength in the
Liverpool market. A gentle down
turn in stocks, however, attracted
some attention.
Gables reported Liverpool wheat
tending upward with weekly Stats
tics bullish.
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New York Bank Stocks
(By Abbott. Hoppin & Co..
-Auc 05
REPORT NET INCOME
Public Service Company Earnings
Total S24,659 in July.
(By Blyth & Co.. Incl
Auu "a

By Times Special
CHICAGO, Aug. 27.-Report OF
the Public Service Company of
Northern Illinois and subsidiaries for
July shows a consolidated net in
come of S24,659 in comparison with
SOS, $40 for the like period of a year
ago. July gross earnings totaled
S2,64S,47S against s2,7O7,379.
Net income for the first seven
months of the current year totaled
S1,533, 263 as compared with $780,
lis for the corresponding period Of
1888. Gross for the like period ag-
gregated S2o,53o,o00 against s19.-
GOT, O95.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
Produce Markets

nsD in prices 5sny
ia to lbs: and over, lie; Bareback broil-
ers, 10c: old boosters. SC; ducks and geese,
&c; young guineas, zoe; old guineas, 15c;
No. I strictly fresh country run eggs, loss
lbs. gross deduction of 10 cents
pound for each pound under der s. lbs will be
23c. Quoted by Wadley Company
tBy United Press
receipts I, 467 cases; extra hrsts ala 22c;
fresh graded lrsts,, 2o12c; current receipts,
checks chez NO. oiftie isc No No iac No B1tteT
Market unse IT receipts. 1lI5d tubs;
sEt5a 81 F' soo 2e a 2 2sfs 2Sa
22}a q 2sc specials. 27lsa28c; standards,
e osT traGEE dars dT ua fTsefs
l5e; geese, old. 7d5c: turkeys 1oql5c;
Clicks: ia l2c SareSaeEs isc: cocks, a? 9:
G Ghs od 49, &c. 5 RymSuf d r2Sks do
ored Plymouth rocks. l6c; Leghorns, l2c.
chleaese1aTTywins, JJ3ql3Isc; ,longhornss 1874
liberal demand and trading moderate:
market steady. on Idaho russets, weak on
Gb Ijso stsses S5 9a ade w,s56s}6 n
umpnS, 81 .oUn !. %, Minnesota round
75c idaRo rGssets' St 50 III oS com5 6iRns
ton grade. s1.3td1.45; North Dakota
triumphs, $3.50; Colorado triumphs. Sis
a 1.s5. Arrivals. 1856; on track. POP; ship
ments Saturday, 434; Sunday, IS.
NEW YORK., Aug. 27.-Potatoes-Easy
Long Island. 40cGsf.o5 a bag: New Jersey
4Oc6sl bag; southern. 2oa CSC a bag.
Sweet potatoes-Quieti Jersey basket, SOC
dS1.50: southern barrel Sl.l5G3.75:
southern basket, 40cdsl50. Dressed
poultry-Stead turkeys, l7g 32c; chick
25d Csc; fowls. ga zoe; Long Island ducks.
13d Ice. Live poultry-Stesdy; geese. Ga
7c turkeys. l0a l5c; ROSTERS, lie; ducks,
ga l0c: fowls. l0d lsc; chickens. 21d25c;
broiers. I7d22c. Caeese-Dull: state whole
milk. fancy 70 specials, 1sd2oc: Young
S 29s packages; market. easier; creamery
higher than extras. 27ha28c: extra. l92
score. 27c; first l9o-9l score. 26G 26izc:
first 1899 score). 25G25i7c; seconds "a
d24izc: centralized 80 scorel, csc: cen
tralized f55 TO SO scarce, 25m25izc; CEN
tralized 81 10 81 score. 24N24izc. Eggs
Receipts. 1926 cases: market, unset
merry selections. a3627iac: standards.
22h4c: hrsts. 21izc; seconds. 20c: mediums
i9I isi4c; dirties, l9g lei4c: checks, l6l2
Hl7c
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
Vegetables
CHICAGO FRUIT MARKET

CHICAGO. Aug 27.-Fruit and vege-
tables. Apples Michigan Duchess, bushel,
81. Michigan Wealthies. si25d $50: Gu
cumbers-Michigan bushels. 75c. Toma-
toeS-Michigan. u Of baskets. . SOC;
crates. 75G 85c Sweet potatoes-Ten-
nessee bushels Sis Peaches-ulinois
bushels. s225 ? so: Michigan. S2a IS.
Lettuce-Caifornia crates, s2Q $50: Mich
gan ieaf Baskets. CSC. Beans-Michigan
wax bushels si0I.25. Cabbage-Wiscon-
sin crates 75eGSi. Canteloupes-Miehiga
crates. soc 81 Corn-IllinoiS sacks, 25Q
soc CarrotS-Calfornia, crates. Sl50G
225 Peppers-Tllnois bushels. 75Gs5c.
Observation-Disclosures bushels. 50d 55c. Cel-
erv-Nichigan crates. 500 75c. fats. $50
csc CaulifioWer. western. Sis a 30
Onion market 80 10. sacks, Caulfornia
whites 81 40Nl so. washington Nalencias,
$40 $50. Wisconsin Globes. 90c 81.
Michigan yellows. 90o q /.
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CHICAGO. Aug 25.-Cash grain: Wheat
No red. S105d 1.05ia; No. red 81. O4;
No. red. SLOPE; No. 2 hard, S1.10i2Q
81 08 Cweevlyl: No mixed. sl07: No.
4 red. 97lzc (garlicky. Corn--No. 2 yell
low, 800 @81Ac: No. yellow. 30 7, a 30 &C;
7siac No white 82izc. Oats-No.
white. 52ia.0 53hc: No white, lee:
sample grade. SOC. Rye--No sales Bar
lev-No sales quota BILE 80c6Sl.20. Tim
othv seed-s16506l8 Clover seed-sl3@
1850 Cash provisions-Lard 50; loose.
So 90: leaf 50: bellies Sl3.45,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
TOBACCO PRICE LEVEL
HIGHEST SINCE WAR
Bright Leaf Quoted at From S24 to
S2S for 100 Pounds.

bg CHtttd FrcSS
RALEIGH, N. c., Aug. 27.-To-
bacco growers throughout eastern
North Cardinals new bright belt
were jubilant today as opening
prices of the 1884 sales season
reached the highest level since the
world war.
Averages on the eighteen markets,
among them the greatest bright leaf
marts in the world, ranged from
S24 to S28 for 100 pounds, in many
cases two and one-half times the
prices paid on opening day in 1888.
Planned production under the ag-
adjustment administra-
ton, producing a crop of almost
5000 900 pounds, in comparison
with more than 500,000,000 last year,
along with ideal weather conditions
which helped growers raise leaf of
high quality, we're considered re-
sponsible for the leaf price increases.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
Deaths

Jerome 3. Edwards. IS. Of 1923 Park,
pneumonia
Virgil l. Cain. month. city hospital
acute nephrlfts.
Edith Dady, y. Methodist hospital. pull
monary emoolus.
Hazel Holhngsworth 81. Methodist hos
pital bowel obstruction
John Gray. IS. Of s4s Maple. coronary
occiusion.
Dorothy Forshee. ?. Riley hospital
pneumonia.
Blanche Edwards. ~. Of s2l MsikIe
Anna Ruth Scott. .. city hospital. peri
tonitis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
TWO DIVIDENDS VOTED
BY WRIGLEY COMPANY
Disbursements of rs Cents Each
Payable Nov. l and Dec. l.
b y L I'M 6S CptClub
CHICAGO,

By Times Special
CHICAGO, Aug. 27.-William
Wrigley Jr Company, directors this
week declared two regular monthly
dividends of 25 cents each, payable
Nov. l, and Dec. l, thus providing
disbursements to stockholders for
all the months in the year. A spe-
cial dividend of so cents a share
was paid on March 16, in addition
to the regular dividends.
Extra dividend of Is cents a share
was declared by the Louden Pack
ing Company on the capital stock
in addition to the regular quarterly
payment of 371a cents. Payment
of 1912 cents was paid in the pre-
ceding two quarters.
Abbott Laboratories directors an
nounce an extra 10 cent dividend
on the capital stock in addition to
the regular quarterly disbursement
of so cents. Extra Is cents was
paid to stockholders on July 2, and
10 cents on April l.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
On Commission Row

Aug. 81
Quotations below are average retail
prices being offered 70 buyers by local
commission house dealers.
Apples-Fancy Delicious. 81; Transpar-
ents Sl50Gl75.
Peaches-Ilinois. Elbertas, bushel. s2.s5
Plums-Michigan, large blue, bushel'
$50
lencias. S425G5.25.
Lemons-Sunkist $3.50.
Grapcs-California seedless, crate. 81 40
Grapefruit-FlOrida SeedleSs, S4.25d 90
Cantaloupes bushels. 75cdSl
Pears-MIchigan Bartletts, bushel, s2.2o.
Watermelons-25c
Bananas-Pound. SC.
Vegetables
Endive-Ohio. doZ basket. 85c.
Sweet Corn-HOme grown doz., zoe.
Cabbage-NOrthern. 2iac pound.
Celery-Nlchigan boxes, sl.l0; medium
~ Onions Washington yellow. 5O-lb. bag,
S165. California whites, $500 nome
Picking Onions-1O-lb. basket, 81.
Potatoes-Eastern Cobblers. l00-lb. bag.
Sweet Potatoes-Eastern Yellow Jerseys
Besns-Round stringless. bushel sig
Beets-New. soc doz.
CarrotS-Ohio. doz. 35c.
Caulihower-1 0s-lls. crate. 81 rs;
Lettuce-0utdoor. l5-lb. basket. S5c; Ice
berg California. crate. $3.50.
PeaS-Hamper. 50 so.
Radishes-Basket Of doz., s5c.
spinech--Home-grown. lob. baskets
FinSeT Peppers-5-lb. basket. s5c.
Tomatoes-Outdoor. basket, soc; bushel'
$50.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27

Aviation Corp
CurtiSs Wright
Curt Wright "A
Douglas Air
Nor An Az 80.
Speerv Corp
United Aircraft
Mrirhr Aern
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
NET INCOME DECLINES
Commonwealth Edison July Profit
Totals S296,5S5.

CHICAGO. Aug. demonstrated
net income Of the Commonwealth
Edison Company for July totaled
S296,5S5 as compared with s329.-
994 for the corresponding month
OF 1888 Gross revenues for the
month totaled S5.086.868 against
S5.746.097 in 1888.
For the first seven months Of the
current year the net income amount
ed 10 S3.sS6.sl0 against s4,317,96l in
the like period Of a year ago. Gross
for the period was S43,977,379 as
,ompeTed with s4l.7l3.223.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
Wall Street
Few Bankers Approve
u. S. Central Bank II
Properly Formed.
by RALPH HENDERSHOT-
Times special Financial Writer

ID ANKERS IN the financial dis
- trict are giving considerable
thought these days 20 the possibili-
ties of the creation Of a government
central bank in this country. Many
OF them view the situation with a
certain amount Of apprehension.
fearing that II may mean the
further encroachment Of the gov
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
EARNINGS SHOW DROP
Decline of 100 Per Cent Reported
by Utilities Firm for Year.

CHICAGO, Aug. 27-ASsociated
Gas and Electric Company and sub
salaries consolidated operations for
the year ended June 80. show a net
income OF s24.S05. S24 as compared
with s27.s54.207 for the previous
year. a decline Of 100 per cent.
After charges OF the company. in
GLIDING fixed interest there was q
deficit Of s4.544.o65. I
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
FORTY-TWO ISSUES OF
SECURITIES EFFECTED
July Registrations Have Total Value
of S113,O81, 101.
BIZ United Press

by Ontbe0 ET6SS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-The
Federal trade commission an
nounced this week forty-two issues
of securities totalling $113,O81, 1O1 be-
came effective during July under the
1888 securities act.
July registrations brought the
total since July 1888, when the act
became effective, to $50 issues to-
falling $1,070, 1887 500.
The July included, sixteen indus
trial and commercial issues total
ling $43,925 ,662; nine financial
statements involving offerings Of
$50, 1875, 100 and seventeen reorgani-
zation statements amounting to So
960,338.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
AUTO EXPORTS ADVANCE
IN FIRST HALF OF YEAR
Total Is Greater Than for Entire
Twelve Months of 1888.
81 Cniftd Press

Do TITTU FFtNs
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-Auto-
mobile exports were greater in the
first six months of 1884 than for the
entire year 1888. the commerce de-
partment reports.
This years exports through July
totaled SlO9 9O2,707, compared with
sos 966.3S3 for the entire year Of
1888. and So, l65, 900 in 1892
The Union OF South Agrica, Bel
GUM. Sweden, Australia and Japan
were the chief purchasers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
PROFIT REPLACES LOSS
Poor g. Co. Earns $4,000 in First
Half of Year.

BIZ Times Special
CHICAGO. Aug. 27.-Net profit Of
$4,000 after interest depreciation
and federal taxes was reported by
the Poor 81 Co. and subsidiaries for
the first half of the year. A net
loss of S200,176- after the same
charge deductions was reported for
the like period of 1888.
Fred A. Poor, president Of the
company, stated that net billings
were $2,765, 900, or over three times
as great as those for the CORE
spending period of last year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
PETROLEUM TRANSPORT
COMPANY NETS S152,419
Pan-American Quarter Earnings
Equal to Cents a Share.

Pan-American Quarter Earnings
Equal to Cents Share.
By Times Special
NEW YORK, Aug. 27-Pan-
America Petroleum Transport
Company and subsidiaries for the
quarter ended June 30, report con-
solidated net profit of $152,419,
after taxes and charges, equivalent
to 3 cents a share on 4,702,945
shares of common stock.
Earnings of the quarter compared
with a net loss Of S263,209 in the
preceding quarter and a loss of
$611,511 in the corresponding Pc
Rod of last year
Operations for the six months end
ed June 30 showed a net loss of
$110,790, in contrast with a net loss
of s1,856.7O5 in the first half of
1888.
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eminent in the
banking busi-
p ess Others.
however, feel
that II i is
properly set up
IL may be able
70 DO consider
able good.
That there
are times when
the government
should take a
hand in bank
ing is a view
h cid quite
widely among
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
Net Earnings Up Sharply
By Times Special

NEW YORK, Aug. 27-Net earn
ings of the Molydbenum Corpora
ton Of America for the six months
ended June 80, after taxes and de-
probation but before depletion
amounted to S217,053.49 as against
S36,955.50 for the comparative
period of 1888.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
NET SALES INCREASE
McKessOn G. Robbins July Output
4.61 Per Cent Above 1883.
By Times Special

By Times Special
CHICAGO, Aug. 27.-McKesson
& Robbins, Inc, drug manufacture
erS and distributors, report net sales
of $685., 1928 for July, as compared
with $8,178,903.04 reported for July
1888, an increase of $376,926.28 or
4.61 per cent.
Sales for the first seven months of
the current year aggregated 71,159,-
O69.13 as compared with 57,053, 692 .18
reported for the corresponding pc
riod last year, an increase of $14,-
los, 1865 or 2472 per cent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
CHICAGO PRIMARY RECEIPTS
Cash Grain
INDIANAPOLIS

The bids for car lots of grain at the
call of the Indianapolis Board OF Trade.
I, o. b.. shipping point, basis lilac to
Wheat-steadv: No. l red. e4a95c: No.
2 red 93G94c; No ? hard 95G 96c.
Corn-Strong; No. 2 white, 74isd75 2c;
No white 73i2074i2c No. 2 yellow. 1917
d7412c: No. 3 yellow, 7212d74 No. .
mixed. 72d74l2c; No. mixed. .7liz0
72iac.
3 white. 49Q soc.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
PLUMBING Permits

NJ. A. Armstead 52s West Twenty-htth;
two fixtures
John Gottmoeller. s37 Massachusetts,;
two fixtures.
John Gottmoeller f26z-l264 west
TVenty-hfth: four fixtures
John irwin. 1908 North Keystone; one
hX.ure
z E Taylor, 242s North La sale; Two
fixtures.
G A. Johnson. $50 Massachusetts,; one
fixture
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
Declare 35-Cent Dividend.

b. Times kpectGI
CHICAGO, Aug. 27-Dividend of
IS cents a share on the common
stock has been declared oy the
Union Carbide and Carbon Com
pany. payable Oct. /, to holders Of
record Sept. 4 A similar dividend
was paid three months ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
Directors Omit Dividend


By United Press
CHICAGO, Aug. 27.-Directors of
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
failed to act on resumption Of divi-
dends on capital stock pending
final Qualification of the coin-box
refund case. Dividends were omitted
also May %.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
Other Livestock
sv United Press

TT WAYNE Aug. 27.-Hogs-10G l5c
higher: 10000 lbs, s755. 200-250 lbs,
$40: 10000 lbs, $3.50; lso-1sO lbs. $40;
$50 lbs. sss5 iso-I4o lbs. $40; I2o-i3o
lbs $3.50. iO0-l20 lbs $685.. roughs
IS IS. stays 81 Calves 81 lambs S6T5
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
Money and Exchange
INDIANAPOLIS BANK CLEARINGs
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
fBv Abbott. Hoppin q Col
Treasury Statement
BY United Press

WASHINGTON. Aug 27.-Government
expenses and receipts of the current fiscal
year to Aug p. compared with the cor
responding period OF the previous fiscal
year.
This year. Last year
Expenses 349. of3 500 90 S5f2 92O. PAS. 40
Receipts. ass 297 806.82 3i9 484, 169. 66
Dehcit 394 SIS. 1928 223 436. 075.74
Cash bal 1920. $50, 1881 ...........
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
Local Wagon Wheat


City grain elevators are paying 81 cents
for No. soft red wheat Other grades
on their merits
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27
In the Cotton Markets
Aug Is
nmwzM~~
VIEW ORLEANS
Retail Coal Prices
1IEsTIO RETAII PRICES

rhe following prices represent quotations
from Leading Indianapolis coal dealers.
A ascent carving charge per ton viii be
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-27

the more liberal Of the bankers
Such times. they point out. are al
the peaks Of the boom periods and
at the Bottoms of the depressions
The efforts at such times should be
directed toward counteracting the
natural credit forces which have a
habit Of causing business to go to
extremes.
A central bank would be expected.
according 70 these bankers. 70
tighten up on credit when its man
agement feels the public is going too
far into debt It would also be eX-
pected in periods Of depression, such
as is now being experienced, to take
steps TO see that business is not
stifled By a lack Of credit. But they
contend. there would be no point in
taking action at one end and not
the other Of the two extremes.
Washington Journal., 1934-07-06

&afernenbofbIute llns
teroffi5ier gum &etruten): nSie sigs
men fid gum SplOaten 10 tpenig, pie
elm puur alte 9Oisu gum Opernsuts
Ter
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-28
WARM SPELL IN
CITY CONTINUES
Mercury Stays at 80 De-
greeS Above Normal for
This Time of Year.

-Four degrees over 40, the tempera-
ture today in indianapolis contin-
ued exceptionally high for this time
of the year, when normal readings
would be 10 to II above zero.
A depression over Wyoming and
the North Pacific continued, accord
ing to John Arlington, Federal me-
teorologist, to protect wide area
from cold that otherwise would have
held the country in a grip equal to
near-zero temperatures experienced
here Wednesday.
Mr.. Arlington said that in the
last few winters, these protecting
depressions have become more and
more frequent and that there is no
scientific explanation for this.
1t may rain occasionally in the
next ID hours, he predicted, but
theer will be no decided change in
temperature. with the lowest tonight
somewhat above freezing.
Unseasonably high temperatures
are general over the middle west.
Kirby Brown, IA, 535 N. Concord
st, fell yesterday on the ice on the
Westinghouse bridge over White
River and received severe lacera-
tons. He was taken to City Hos
pital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-28
IS, 900 Killed, Million Injured in 900, 900 Auto
Accidents During 1884; Toll Sets AII-T Time Record

for the 10 months: Wyoming, SO
per cent; Washington state. SO per
cent; Rhode Island, 43 per cent;
Montana, "a per cent: Kentucky, 38
per cent, and Idaho, IS per cent.
An increase of Is per cent was re-
ported for the entire country.
The Census Bureau compiled re-
ports from Sc cities for the 50 weeks
ended Nov. "a. These gave Camden,
N. j., the highest fatality rate, with
70 deaths per 100000 populations.
and Indianapolis the lowest, with
only IL death per 100000.
The general increases have
spurred city authorities and auto
mobile clubs in many places to con-
duct safety campaigns and tighten
up traffic regulations.
Nationally, the A. A. A. is laying
greatest stress on enactment of state
financial responsibility laws under
which persons involved in serious
accidents would be forbidden TO
drive until they pay any judgments
against them and prove their ability
to compensate for any future dam
ages caused by them. States that
hays such lava were prominent
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-28
N. Y. BARBER NEWEST
RECRUIT In RANKS OF
KENTUCKY KERNELS

By United Press
NEW YORK, Dec. Salvatore
Guarino lathered the faces of his
barber shop clients with custom
airy skill this afternoon, but his
thoughts we're far away-specifi-
cally on a horse, a uniform and
a drill manual.
The martial spirit invaded
Gusrino yesterday when he re-
ceived an engraved, beribboned
document informing him he had
been commissioned a colonel by
Gov. Ruby Laffoon of Kentucky.
Barber Guarino confessed he
did not know what meritorious
service he had performed to de-
serve the honor, but decided it
was either for becoming father
for the first time at more than
so, or his noteworthy care of the
faces of many celebrities who are
his customers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-28

On the average a person has
been killed every Is minutes of the
year and some one injured every 81
seconds.
In the last 10 years, more than
100000 persons have been killed.
Experts were wary in assigning
causes for the years great increase
in fatalities. The larger number of
old and defective machines being
used as a result of the depression
years and Che higher speeds of new
models are contTibutory causes, they
believed.
The travellers reported de-
crease Of 8 per cent in the number
of accidents per death, and said this
emphasized a trend in more seri-
GUS accidents that has been evil
denced for a number of years"
The A. A. A. reports for the first
10 months, showed Only Connecticut,
Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire,
New York, South Dakota and West
Virginia showed decreases.
An increase of 81 per cent in Mis-
sissippi was the largest shown in
the A. Al A. report. Other increases
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-28

among the few that were able to
reduce their accident toll this year.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.-The
human factor was blamed today by
the American Railway Association
for a slight rise in railroad accidents
shown thus far this year.
The association reported the first
eight months of the year, for which
detailed data is available, the rise
in accidents was no greater than
might have been expected with the
increase in rail traffic over 1888.
Association officials regarded the
recent series of tragic rail miShaps
as a result of coincidence and fail
ure of the human element rather
than any underlying factor such as
deferred maintenance or equipment
failure.
Figures for two-thirds of the year
showed nine passenger and 81 en-
ploye deaths in train accidents. In
1888 the total were nine and SO,
marking a considerable increase in
trainmen's deaths for this year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-28
DEATH TOLL IN TRAIN
BLAST MOUNTS TO is
Three Additional Miners Succumb
After Locomotive Explosion.

Three Additional Miners Succumb
After Locomotive Explosion.
By United Press
POWELLTON, w. Va, Dec. %.
Deaths of three men in Coal VAL
ley Hospital at Montgomery from
skull fractures suffered in an ex-
plosion early Thursday which shat
tered a miners work train near
here, today had brought the death
list to Is, while IS miners remained
in the crowded hospital for treat
ment -Four of them were in critl-
cal condition.
The men, who lived in commur1i-
ties around Powellton and Mont
gomery and worked in the Elkhorn-
Piney Coal Co. mine ut Medium,
were en- route to their shaft when
the locomotive exploded, its boiler
hosting upward and falling with
a crash on the first passenger coach.