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Evening star., 1935-09-29
The Wandering Sickness


The Wandering Sickness
The Central Square of Everytown
in ruins. A few ragged street vendors
and primitive market in a corner of
the Square. A gigantic shell-hole in
the middle. A group of people stand
about board on the wall. This is a
notice board like the old album on
which news was written in the Roman
Forum. AS the world relapses, old
methods reappear.
The board reads:
NATIONAL BULLETIN
August 1868.
WARNING! A NEW OUTRAGED
Enemy Spreading Disease by Airplane
Our enemies, defeated on land and
sea and in the air. have nevertheless
retained few airplanes which are diff
ficult to locate and destroy. These
they are using to spread disease, a
new fever of mind and body >. :"
A man in worn and patched uni
form comes out of the Town Hall
with paper in his hand and turns
towards the wall. A few people are
attracted by his activity. He pastes up
new cyclostyled inscription:
The enemy are spreading the
Wandering Sickness by airplane.
Avoid sites where bombs have fallen.
Do not drink stagnant water"
A woman comes out of a house. She
is ragged and tired, pail in her hand.
She goes to the gigantic shell-hole in
the middle of the square. The woman
descends with her pail. She wants
some of the water.
A man: Didn't you read the
warning?"
No"
Man. indicating the water: WAN
dering Sickness"
The woman is struck by instant
fear. Then she hesitates. Il have to go
half an hour away for spring water"
The man shrugs his shoulders and
goes. The woman is still hesitating.
The hospital under the laboratory.
A dim dark place. The sick are unat-
tended. One of them man in a
dirty shirt and trousers. barefooted
anI harnavI lnnl-e n1 h;,,,
wildly and darts out.
The Square. outside the hospital.
The sick man wandering. He stares
blankly in front of him. He seeks he
knows not what People in the Square
see him and scatter. The woman in
the shell-hole discovers the wandering
sick man is approaching her. She
screams and scrambles away. A group
of men and women run away from
the sick man.
A sentry with rifle.
Man to sentry: Don't you see?"
Woman: He is carrying infection"
The sentry does not like his job,
but he lifts his rifle. He fires. The
wandering man collapses. writhes and
lies still.
The sentry shouts: Don't go near
him. Leave him alone!'
DR.. Harding's laboratory. Harding
is at his work bench, assisted by his
daughter Mary. He is struggling
desperately to work out the problem of
immunity to the Wandering Sickness.
which is destroying mankind. He is
now a man of fifty; he is overworked,
faded. aged. He is working in a partly
wrecked laboratory with insufficient
supplies. The laboratory has already
been shown earlier in the story. The
rooms downstairs have been impro-
vised as a hospital. to which early
cases of the pestilence are brought.
Harding's clothing is ragged and
patched. his apparatus is more like an
old alchemist's, makeshift and very
Inefficient There is no running water
though there is still useless tap and
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September 20, 1885

ruins. \ few wild dogs wander through
the desoIation. Oxford University in
ruins and the Bodleian Library scat
tered amidst the wreckage.
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PRETTYMAN TELLS
OF SOCIAL LAWS
Corporation Counsel Out
lines Program to Monday
Evening Club.

A program Of social legislation for
the District-including the farm
idea for habitual drunks, the lunacy
bill, amendments to the child labor,
gambling and narcotic laws, modern
ization of the parole system and es-
tablishment of magistrate courts N
police precinctS-was outlined last
night by Corporation Counsel E. Bar
rett Prettyman. He addressed the
Monday Evening Club, group COM
posed Of social workers and those IN
terested in social problems.
In advocating the farm and rehabil-
itation center plan for taking care
of habitual drunks, Prettyman cited
q number of cases which had not
been cured by jail sentences and hnes.
"Habitual drunkS," he said, ARE not
a criminal problem-they are q social
problem"
To eliminate the crowded dockets
OF the minor courts, Prettyman pre-
sented his plan to establish magis-
trate courts in the police precincts
to handle traffic and other minor
cases. He declared the present sys-
tenn of handling these cases was COM
pletely antiquated." He branded the
Juvenile, Police and Traffic Courts as
q national disgrace"
Discussing the District unemploy-
ment compensation act. he predicted
that all employers will be brought into
line by operation of the law.
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ealth officer, will preside at the

health ofhcer, will preside at the
meeting.
The necessity for early determine
ton of tuberculosis will be discussed
by DR.. Charles r. L. HALEY Of the
Medical Society, while DR.. william C..
White. president Of the District Tuber-
culosis Association, will speak on ''Tu-
berculosis Clinics" Mrs. H. G. How
land, president of the Instructive Visit
ing Nurse Society, is to speak on the
services Of her organization and similar
humane enterprises. The other speak
ers will be Dr. willard NJ Lane, presi-
dent of the Medico-C Chirurgical So
ciety, who will discuss the "Tubercu-
losis Education of Medical Students" !"
and Elwood Street, director of public
welfare, who will appeal for more hos
pital beds for tuberculosis sufferers.
Dr. Rutland has started to fill his
staff Of rs case finding workers, medi-
cal experts and clerks who will handle
the city-wide control campaign.
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DISEASE BATTLE
TO OPEN TONIGHT
Public Invited to Attend
Meeting to Hear of Tuber-
cuIoSiS Drive.

A concerted attack against tubercu-
losis will be launched tonight at q
mass meeting in the District Medical
Society Auditorium. 17l8 M street.
The meeting will begin at o'clock and
there are to be six speakers represent
ing the forces combining to fight the
disease. The public has been invited.
This years campaign is q 500 900
w. p. A. project and features x-ray
examinations to be made available
without charge to all those wishing to
be tested. The District Medical So
ciety hopes at least 10000 will register
for the tests and has appealed to citi-
zens, through speakers at civic asso-
Citations and through other channels,
to sign up and to induce their servants
to be examined.
DR.. George c. Rutland. District
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Adds Ababa Tours Listed.

Excursions to the new italian Ter
ritories in Africa" are being advertised
by all leading Italian travel agencies.
One announcement to tourists, which
appears In Rome, Milan and Venice,
reads: "In 1885 we are organizing
special trips by Pullman autocars from
Milan to Adds Ababa. Return via
Eritrea and Libya. Visit the former
kingdom Of the Negus!"
Evening star., 1935-10-22
MEHDI FRASHERI HEADS
NEW ALBANIAN CABINET

BY the Associated Press.
TIRANA, Albania. October ga
new Albanian cabinet was formed last
night after a week Of negotiations
with Mehdi Frasheri, former minis
ter of economics and one-time Al
banian delegate to the League Of
Nations and the World Court. as
premier.
King zog appointed his minister to
London, Fuad Aslani, as foreign min
tster.
1t was semi -ofiicially announced
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as the Kings first step to carry out
his program of general reform and
modernization.
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that formation Of the new cabinet.
with four Of Its ministers between the
ages Of IS and 40. could be regarded
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PrecipitatiOn,

Monthly precipitation in inches In the
Capital icurrent month to date):
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ITOME from your vacation?
= "Scram" up to the Chevy
Chase Beauty Shop. End floor,
at Conn. Ave. and Mckinley ST.,
and get a glorious permanent
wave for $500. If your ends
are scraggly they'll do them for
$500. CT. 4076.
X X
D OSES beautiful, green.
N house-fresh, dewy as the
morning and colored like the
dawn. Sent across the street
or across the miles" from Guides
Chevy Chase Shop, 5016 Conn.
Ave.
GeUOUNG'S Mountain Dew"
i an excellent Scotch, spe.
cially priced for this week, $2:98,
for full fifth, at the Chevy CaTase'
Wine and Liquor Shop, $500
Conn. Ave. Better stock up over
Labor Day! Call CT. lilo, they
deliver It'll midnight.
r OVELY hosiery for women
l. per pair 79c. Transparent
chiffon or service weight. Chill
dren's new fall socks, per pair
Csc. New socks for men, per
pair Csc to 35c. And don't for.
get The s & T Shoe Store, 5014
Conn. Ave, feature Little Ser
geant Shoes.
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COING a picnickin' Labor
~ Day? Let The Morrison
Delicatessen, $40 Conn. Ave.
worry about your menu. They'll
pack your basket with the most
"delish" foods you've ever eaten.
Call CT. 1896.
x RE your frocks ready for
"A the holiday gaiety ahead?
Carry them around to Smiths
Cleaners, 50Os Conn. Ave, and
have their loneliness restored.
3 for $1.00 special.
LAVE you an undernourished
Il Bow.Bow, with a sense Of
pride? The Chevy Chase Paint
and Hardware Co.. 5512 Conn.
Ave-, recommends Hunt Club
Vitamized Dog Food. The chief
ingredients are beef and liver
which will make your "purp"
strong and handsome. Two
pounds Csc. 5 pounds SOC.
zach week this section scours
l. it's shops to find the most
interesting and profitable buys"
for you. It's getting to be sort
Of a tradition amongst my
Chevy Chasers, which can offer
the most attractive feature.
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Helps
Capture Suspect

YONKERS, N. Y. - Arthur
Penzo, 32-year-old Yonkers resi-.
dent and a former convict who had
been a constant source of trouble
for the police here, offered proof
that he had reformed. He testi-
fled in Yonkers city court against
Louis de Tiore, 33, of New York
City, who, the police say, served
two terms in Sing Sing prison.
De Tiore was charged with hav-
ing robbed the home of Yon-
kerS woman.
During the hearing it was dis
closed that Penzo had chased
the suspect and captured him
after a struggle and then held
him until the police arrived.
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Agitation Center
Suggested as Memorial

To the Editor Of The Times:
The move to erect memorial
to Will Rogers and Wiley Post is
indeed a laudable one and Woulo
like to make the following sug'
gestion:
In their memory, let us build
a new aviation center in this
country, the finest and largest in
the world, with all modern equip
ment, and let US train all young
men and young women who are
qualified.
In this way the United States
would build up a reserve of trained
filters, ready to serve their nation
in peace or war. Certainly Will
Rogers, aviation's greatest friend
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staff Of the Essex County Optom-
etrio Clinic, revealed her strange
case at the annual meeting of the
American Academy Of Optometry,
at New York.
The mirror spectacles prescribed
for Mrs. Probasco, he explained,
have been successfully used in
Germany.
Over her right eye, Mrs. Pro
baSco wears an ordinary lens,
through which she still sees only
the right half of objects. In the
frame over the other eye, the glass
is replaced by two small mirrors
and a lens which picks up the
images to her left and reflect
them to the good part of her left
eye.
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TT YOU'RE looking for a lini.
i ment that grandma used, to
rub on your chest, you'll find it
at The Chevy Chase Pharmacy,
1926 Conn. Ave. They have a
most complete line Of drugs and
medicines. CT. $3.50.
TTOWSE about partaking, Of a
/ j delicious meal on Labor
Day at the Ho Toy Restaurant,
5522 Conn. Ave-, in the Arcade
Bldg? They have hosts Of de-
licious Chinese and American
dishes at reasonable prices!
DICK your cotton" at The
i Neighborhood Shop, 5614
Conn. Ave. Last call for these
adorable little cotton frocks for
women and children, reduced to
clear to 79c to $1.69. Better
Hurry!
G4VITHAT, no ice cream?" Well,
w sir, just call the Dairy
Fountain, $50 Conn. Ave-. CT.
9579 and they'll fill your order
in a fifty and have it to you in
no time tall, for company. More
than "six delicious flavors."
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LEGION RALLY
IS PLANNED

Mayor Howard w. Jackson Of
Baltimore, and Joseph j. Malloy,
department commander Of the
American Legion, District Of Co
lumbia, head a list Of guests who
will be present at the rally and
dance tonight at Chevy Chase
Lake, sponsored by the Southern
Maryland District Of the Amer
lean Legion. The affair has been
arranged in honor Of Mrs. Lucille
F. Slender, retiring president OF
the American Legion Auxiliary.
and the retiring department head
of the American Legion, John F.
McNulty.
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Specializing in French Yarns
don't know whether you lassies
realize, or not, that there are
very few knitting shops that
carry Penguin yarns. This, as
you know Gf you know anything
about fine yarns), is a French
product that has taken our "Na-
tons KnitterS" by storm. Dor
othy Colhoun has the most COM
plete selection Of these luscious
yarns I've seen and she offers
them to you with free instruc-
lions at most interesting prices.
Bonhuer de Jour, Siberien Cam
aleu- and 6-ply Mondain are stun.
ming for sport garments-and
Angorex, Lame Lance or and
angel crepe, you'll simply adore
for "Sunday-go-to-meetin'." All
the desired fall shades so
dash into THE KNITTING
NOOK, 900 18TH ST, and get
those needles clickin'. Likely as
not you'll see me there, trying to
pick upa lost stitch.
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mirror Spectacles'
Repair. Half Vision

NEWARK, N. j., Aug. 90
GN.sJ-Released from a world
in which everything appeared by
halves, Mrs. Anna Probasco, 81
year-old social worker, expressed
her delight today in her strange
mirror spectacles." She said:
There never was a full moon
for me after my eyes went bad"
She had grown used to visions
Of one-legged persons and faces
that we're visible only on one side
of the nose.
Now the moon becomes full
again in its cycle, she can see the
food on the left side of her plate
and, to her joy, she can read her
own writing.
DR.. Charles E. Jackie, chief of
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Objects To Radios
Use of Religion

To the Editor of The Times:
have been very much shocked
at things heard over the radio
recently, but never so much as
last night during a supposedly
funny program when one actor
took the part of a priest and
started to read the wedding cere-
mony in Latin.
I believe religion is something
sacred to each individual and
should not be burlesqued, and al
though not a member of the Ca.
tholic Church I resent the mock
cry Of it's service. c. P.
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Their Private Orchestra

DALLAS, Tex. G.N.S0.-A party
was being given for a visitor, at
a local country club. An uniden.
titled couple marched in, followed
by II grinning negroes, bearing
musical instruments. The man
summoned a waiter, had a piano
brought in. The band played for
a while. We've hired them to
follow us for two days." explained
the couple. Then the men picked
up their instruments and trailed
the unknown guests out the door.
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Wants Memorial
To Wiley Post

To the Editor OF The Times:
While we are about it, why not
a memorial to Wiley Post? He
was Americas ace of aces in fly
ing, and will go down in aviation
history ahead of many trick filters
who have done no pioneering or
exploring as he did.
Let's take up subscriptions for
a monument to the great Wiley
Post here in Washington. the city
of national heroes.
c. M. GLASS.
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INQUEST OFF
IN CRASH

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Aug. 20.
Acting Coroner Judge John Dunn
has decided not to hold an in
quest over the bodies of four
young men killed near here last
night at a railway crossing. The
four were returning from a party
when their automobile crashed
into a freight train, killing three
instantly and injuring one so Sc
verely he died on the way to a
hospital. The names of the young
men are John Lewis, IA; Merle
Lewis, 10; Marvin Meats, 10;
James Weller, driver Of the car,
16.
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Where Will You Dine On
Y0hoe nn,.9

AuOOC Lay!
I don't mean to be presumptu-
GUS, but, if you'll allow me to
make a suggestion! The way "to
a mans heart is through his
stomach" but gathering Of
dishes, peeling potatoes, hot
kitchens do not tend to make
the situation the least bit ro-
mantle. Labor Day, all the men
will be hangin' round. It's as
inexpensive to order a DOLLAR
DINNER at THE OLMSTED
GRILL, 1886 G. ST, as it is to
eat at home and, I assure
you, it's as fine a meal as you
could wish for. OLMSTED'S
DOLLAR DINNER has a variety
of delectable dishes many
choices of entrees, fowls, meats,
etc. The always fresh vegetables
are cooked better than lat
home" the rolls, beverages and
dainty desserts round out a meal
1 defy you to duplicate anywhere
for a dollar. Served Sunday and
Labor Day from noon till 10 p. m.
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FORE than a million mothers he are are
M now serving this new w0 %;sS.
Bread, baked for their children .ha+ Won y
ont one exception they agree that w ",
der Bread is everything we say II 10
~congratulations! one mother ":fn w1 fTan
~vour new Wonder Bread is better Sl t up;1.
thou thought any bread could be. MY c nnn
dren love it. can easily see wny '1 -
s spend 17qb extra for ingredients 10
s Give US such perfect bread" ,.,,,
.1bave always known how good % nnil.
rroteins and milk minerals are TOT s en-
fren" said another, "beeause OF Linen, tne,e
bodybuilding qualities. 1t IS we1e o;ues
D that the new Wonder Bread g.v; -
his goodness in extra quantity n I'D
the Kind of bread I have always w"n'eO
for my children" .,,,>srr
Many mothers talk about the s NJ tbe
\ favor and creamy, fluffy texture o, III. =,
new loaf. They agree that we were % sos'
in choosing, from the "a kinds w q, nJ
} ~ AVAILABLE, the one that makes Wo fror
Bread best for children. the hour n,O .
4 ths verv heart of the wheat berry, 5
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Hair Cutting, Styling and
Reconditionin0

nut NuLLIU9' OGyLtH9 GL1~
Reconditio7ing
are arts and should, there
fore, be done by artists. Now,
you know, your old auntie shop
per's travelled round a bit, so
when tell you that Senior Urban
is the most perfect artist I've
found in head sculptoring, you
may rest assured that I knows"
what I'm talking about. If Senior
Urban, at URBAN, INC, $500
CONN. AVE-, has been good
enough to fashion the heads of
Hollywood stars, I know you'll
think he is capable enough to do
yours. He cuts, styles and re.
conditions the hair according to
the individual, the result is an
exquisite head, which is the key
note of fine grooming. You gals
who have just returned from the
seashore get those flying
tresses in place now is the
time to acquire that sleek, smart
look that your vacation has been
playing havoc with! Call UR-
BANS, co. 10421.
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Burial Rites Held
For Son Of Edison

EAST ORANGE, N. j., Aug. 20
G.N.S0.-Funeral rites were con-
Quoted yesterday for Thomas A.
Edison, jr., eldest son Of the late
inventor. Interment was in Mount
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark. The
body was inferred alongside that
of Mr.. Edison's mother. the for
mer Mary Stilwell, first wife OF
Thomas A. Edison.
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Former Senator Free
? OF Traffic Charge!

LAUREL, Md, Aug. 20 (Spe-
aD.-Charges of reckless driving
against Oliver A. Metzerott, former
State senator, and Victor Mat
tucci, of Baltimore, were dismissed
yesterday by State police after
both drivers agreed to take care Of
the damage caused to their auto
mobilities by a collision on the Bal
timore Boulevard near Laurel on
Sunday night.
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decrepit Ford machine and made
them one" The resulting me.
chanical oddly is capable Of 80
miles an hour. The auto-surrey
was recently driven as far as Lake
Tahoe,
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'and Wiley Post, perhaps this ma
tons greatest flier, would favor
such a step, to further flying as o
perpetual memorial to them.
With military men admitting
that the next war will be set
tied in the air, can this country
afford not to take steps to safe
guard our land?
Let us build up an air corps
second to none, through a Rog-
ers-Post Flying School.
EX-OFFICER.
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E71u;> MONEY BACK
III f4t3:!t |:: NOT }f1aa3

much richer in nourishment and e energy:
"T Thev say that the millions Of dol. D1c'
.n amey in 1perfecting our famous slG-
spe sa;aa - method have been we'll invested:
P %nd sboratory tests this for s they
; s.; }ar easier to digest than fast:I bane.
hread. Thus children get grea S oct it
S o. from wonder Bread and se' !"
nj ~,;c rc and more completely
Do as million mothers have S' a0 D leaf
discover the facts at our r4sk: 1Is for for
o OF tbe new wonder Bread bakee So ,Os
your children, from your grocer, os not
SoIf Of it to your family. If you 90 o,' NOV
agree ; sn4 we make for it. write short hort
pope telling US why: Mail the note v w,,n
I unused halfloafin its Orlgln Yo ~Sa i1I
ner to US at the address below; &c on o ~
pet pet back twice what you pa.d' at 0"'e'
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Pardon Hope Fails

LYNCEIBURG, Va, Aug. "a
Especially Possibilities of par
don for r. L. Shaw, sentenced in
1882 to serve IS years for an at.
tack on a small girl, were blocked
today by Commonwealth Attorney
w. T. Spencer, jr.
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EE!E{EA:ip'|''''''"
W.
"Underneath 1t All"


means everything to a fastid'
ious maiden. Dainty, soft under
things have a tendency to
brighten low spirits, so whether
you happen to be in gay mood
or a sultry one you'll be simply
dee-lighted to read what have
to write about PHIL1PSBORN'S
crepe and satin slips. These reg
ular $500 values are reduced to
$3.50. You'll find the cocktail
Slip" and the custom fit,"
either lace trimmed or strictly
tailored, both have adjustable
straps. They're all super-fit and
scanned. Like a bias or straight
Slip? Well, you may pick your
choice in this collection! They're
all guaranteed pure silk, fast
dive. Colors: Tearose. flesh and
white. On the first floor at
PHILIPSBORN'S, 60S 18TH ST.
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Bobbp Belle
~
Knitting Shop Open Til

For you knit-minded gals who
can't get instructions during the
day. do you know that the
BOBBY BELLE KNIT SHOP.
1000 BLOCK CONN. AVE-, (2nd
floor at I'LL K STD. is open It'll
9 p. m? Frances Roberts, for.
merly with Goldenberg's, and
Natalie Sebra. who you'll be in
tereSted to know, is a left
handed knitter and instructor,
manage this charming, sunny
shop. They have hosts Of the
loveliest fall yarns and are un'
packing, daily, balls Of Bucilla
cashmere, angel crepe, petite
boucle, knitting worSteds and
others. They've just installed an
electric winder, which, believe
I'm safe in saying, is the only
one "in captivity" or, at any
rate in Washington. Dash up!
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Batted EN- Out

BOSTON G.N.S0.-To the &C
compartment Of cheers of the
apartment house residents, two
police officers killed five bats
which had disrupted sleep.