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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-05
ILLINOIS BIRTH RATE DOWN

Springfield, I'll. - (UP) = The Illinois birth rate fell more than 2B per cent during the l2.year period from 1925 to ieS0 while the death rate remained approximately stationary. These facts are dis. closed in Q new bulletin on vital statistics in Illinois issued by the state health department.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-05
PRESIDENT FOR
 PEACE IN LABOR
By c. l.. sULzBERGER

United Press Staff Correspondent)
 Washington, Nov. 5--(UP) -Pres- ident Roosevelt said today he al- ways has favored reunion of the American Federation of Labor and the Committee for Industrial Ore ganization.
 MT. Roosevelt made his statement as committees of the two labor groups prepared to resume peace conferences later today.
 Aswed ct his press conference
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-05
Last Machine ls Checked

Cries of, "Wait until you get to the Third District and, "You1l find what we mean in the Bth," ut- tered by Republican and lndepeid. ent Democratic adherents have dwindled today to tone of sulky whispers, 1t was remarked by oo" servers. Yet threat Of further ace ton is seen in the courthouse huds dies of those who sought to upset the election by the machine re canvass.
 {. one month to the day from the date of the Waterbury elee- ton, results reported by the modeE. ator for all city offices were proved "count. .proof" against thu allega. tons of the FusioniStS.
 s. Cost of the re.eanvaSs, varl. ously estimated at between e2,0o0 and 93,000, yet to Do allotted; with the city, and the taxpayers, faced with payment of 2bo election work. CTS at the rate of e4 c half.day for their share in tho task.
 There are numerous considerations which may be developed before the matter reaches final adjustment by the court. Custody of election rec. ords and the moderator's use ot discretionary power in standing by his official "re-count" are pending considerations.
 Re.canvass Chronology '
 Briefly, the re-canvass proceed. ings developed in the following
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-05
Children Are All Marched Out ToSafety
Boy Sounds Fire Alarm; Several Fire. men Were Overcome By Smoke;
 None Badly Hurt

Two firemen were seriously burned and several hum dred children escaped to safety by margin today when flames razed the annex of Hopeve school at Cypress and Piedmont streets High winds whipped the flames from the old threestoy wooden structure into unco
 troabe blaze that enaced the school building proper and spread to several buildings nearby.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-05
The Weather

Light Rain Tonight; Clear, Cold Saturday
 Fun weather Report Page 3
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STEAMSHIP AFIRE

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-05
Fusion Party Loses h Dispute--Last Machine Is Checked About Noon
No Tampering Discovered in Any of 54; Discrepancies of Slight Moment
 as to Election
RETURNS OF GEN. MODERATOR
 MCMAHON WERE CONFIRMED

Mayor Frank Hayes was "elected" may Waterbury again today. The Fusion-disputed V machines of October 5th's election confirmed il
Evening star., 1937-03-07

A FREE-FOR-ALL. Tempers
reach white heat and a general melee
enSues as players of the New York
Americans and Toronto Maple Leafs
trade promiscuous punches Police
restored peace
Evening star., 1937-03-07


block the
Evening star., 1937-03-07

A BIT OF THE
FURY. It breaks
out in a sponta-
neous fisticuff be-
tween Blair (left)
of the Chicago
Black Hawks and
Cooper of the New
York Rangers. But
the referee seems
to be getting the
worst of it.
Right D O NJ
MING HIS AR
NOR. ?" GOalie
Dave Kerr of the
Rangers ds
every bit cf the
protection he is
putting on. For
often the puck is
driven with a
force to split a
one-inch board.
Evening star., 1937-05-28
lee TIRE EARNS
%73,277 PROFIT
Six Months Net COMPARES
With Only $101,297 for
1886 Period.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, May 2s.-Lee Tire Il
Rubber Corp. reported for the six
months ended April 80 consolidated
net income Of $z73,277, equal to $l.s3
common share This compares with
$l0l,297. or 80 cents 4 share. in the
like 1896 period. The company has
headquarters at Conshohocken, Pa.
Todd Shipyards.
Todd Shipyards Corp. reported for
the fiscal year ended March 81 last
net income OF $l,42l, ,0e3, or $6.ss 4
common share. compared with $751;
304, or $3.8l a share, In the preced-
ing fiscal year. The company has
facilities on both coasts and also on
the Gulf Of Mexico.
Eastern Gas & Fuel.
Eastern Gas & Fuel Associate. re-
ported total income of Sl0,s38, 1909
available for Federal taxes, deprecia-
ton, interest and dividends for the
year ending April 80. The company's
net income amounted to s2,874,9s4.
Oliver Farm Equipment.
The Oliver Farm Equipment Co. and
subsidiaries had net income Of ST..
405,357 after taxes and other deduc-
tions in the first four months of 1887.
a statement filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission and made
available here showed. For all of 1896
the company reported a consolidated
net income Of 81, ,153,640.
The company has filed q registra-
ton statement with the commission
covering not more than 68,Ols shares
and not less than 67,220 shares of
common stock and warrants to SUBJ
scribe to the stock
The shares will be offered to present
shareholders on the basis Of one ad-
ditional share for each four held at q
price to be determined later.
Evening star., 1937-05-28
Running Record for Fans.

On the roof Of the laboratory of the
General Electric Building at Pittst1eld,
Mass, there Is an electric fan which
has been running constantly for more
than five years. Engineers are watch
ing 1t 1t frequent intervals and wait
ing for the time when it will wear
itself out. This fan Is q type built
to cool the coils Of electric trans
formers during the operation Of the
equipment. It is being given q life
test ito destruction" That means
that it will be allowed to run until
1t just goes to pieces in order to
bring out any possible defects or limi-
tations In its design or construction.
This hve-year fan has been left on
the roof of the building exposed to
all kinds Of weather from years end
to years end. It has run with bliz-
xards bowling around it, it has kept
on going in the midst of driving rain
storms and sleet, it has hummed
serenely on at 40 degrees below zero
and at 100 degrees above. And it is
still running with as yet no sign that
it Is approaching the end Of it, en-
durance. It has been oiled but once,
about three years ago. It Is COM
puted that during the five years the
fan has run it has revolved the better
part Of five billion times-the exact
figure Is 4.730. .400, 000-and that it has
set In motion not quite four billion
sahao teet 6 a4T.
Evening star., 1937-05-28
BANK EFFICIENCY
IS DECLARED VITAL
New York Association Warned
Private System Must Fight
for Right to Exist.
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
ABOARD S. S. WASHINGTON, at
sea. May 28-Unit banking must bring
itself to its highest efficiency or it may
be eliminated entirely. Raymond N.
Ball. president Of the New York State
Bankers Association, warned members
at their floating convention on this
ship today.
More than 200 banking representa-
tives, with their wives and guests Joined
the cruise. which will embrace Ber-
muda with return to New York sched-
uled for June /.
Urging the highest degree of re-
search In banking. to be carried out
on either State or national scale,
Ball, who is president Of the Lincoln
Alliance Bank & Trust Co. of Roches-
ter. said in prepared speech:
The Governments activity in re-
cent years in the field Of lending .
has provided it with an experience
which would be Of great value for the
larger bank task which Government
may assume, In response to public de-
mand. II unit banking fails again.
In this event We may see our char
tered unit banking system entirely
eliminated and. in response to the
demands Of the general public. Gov
eminent ownership and operation SUBJ
stituted In its place"
Evening star., 1937-05-28
RESERVE HALTS IT
BOND PURCHASES
Holdings of Government
Securities Remain at
Unchanged Levels.

Ry the Associated Press.
The Federal Reserve Board bo,rht
no Government securities during the
week ended May %, permitting thu
market to seek its own level.
For the first time since it began
buying Federal obligations early in
April, the board said, there was no
change in Reserve bank holdings OF
Government bonds, bills or notes dur.
Ing the week. In all, the board, act
ing through Reserve banks, has &C.
quired about sl0o,O0O,OoO, bringing
total holdings to 81, ,526, 900, 900 of Gov.
ernment securities since early April.
Authorities said discontinuance Of
purchasing for the week ended We'd
nesday did not indicate any change
in the boards policy Of buying or SELL
ing to keep the Government market
stable whenever this is deemed neces-
sary.
After s30,oOOO0O decline in tho
previous week the board reported
member bank excess reserves climbed
s3o,o0000o to se4O 1000 These re-
serves. or idle funds, provide the basis
for credit expansion.
The increase was due, in part. to a
s37,000000 decline in Treasury de.
posits with Federal Reserve banks.
When Government deposits are with.
drawn from Reserve banks, they are
spent and thus flow into the CONNER.
cial banking structure, increasing ex.
cess reserves.
The heavy gold influx continued
during the week, lifting stocks s7O,-
100000 to new sll,977, 900, 900 record
high.
Changes In member bank reserve
balances and related items during the
week and the year ended May rs, 1887,
were as follows in millions of dollars):
Evening star., 1937-05-28
Texas Shipments
On Citrus Fruit
WILDE Exempted
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion authorized railroads today to es-
tablish freight rates on citrus fruits
shipped from Texas to Baltimore,
Philadelphia, New York and Boston
without observing the long and short
haul provision of the interstate COM
merce act.
The authorized rates are $1.165 per
100 pounds from stations in Texas on
the Port Isabel and Rio Grande VAL
icy Railway and S1.10 from other sta
tons in Texas except Ell Paso.
The long and short haul provision
prohibits a carrier from charging less
for long haul than for a shorter
haul over the same route in the same
direction.
Evening star., 1937-05-28
[CURb LIST EDGES
/ TO HIGHER LEVELS
More Active Shares Gain,
While Others Take Un-
even Course.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 2s-The more
active shares were little higher in
the curb market today, while others
followed mixed trends.
Most stocks were within small frac-
tions OF previous closing prices in late
trading. A few issues swung point
or more, among them Todd Shipyards,
up nearly points; Sherwin Williams,
up about 2, and Pittsburgh Plate Glass.
up more than ll2. Aluminium Co. OF
America and New Jersey Zinc also
/mproved.
Of points or more were Mont
Homery Ward "a and Great Atlantic
& Pacific. Lake Shore Mines and
American Fork & Hoe declined a point
or so.
Evening star., 1937-05-28
FOREIGN MARKETS.

LONDON. May % G4-In a quiet mar
ket most divisions of the stock list closed
signify lower today. OIL issues. however,
rallied from early low levels Rubber
stocks were inclined to heaviness Indus
trials and trans-Atlantics ended easier.
Mining shares. the gilt-edeed group and
foreisn bonds were quiet
PARASITIC Bourse had an irregular
tone today. Banking issues were on the
downslde. with Bank of France rs points
net lower at the close. Government bonds
and international issues were mixed. The
industrial group was generally Arm Royal
Dutch ended 80 lower
Evening star., 1937-05-28

NEW YORK. May % R.-Rav surar
uss pot, n;iS early today at ss6
Futures were frmer In both contracts,
but particularly in the. No. 3. where prices
advanced on increased covering over the
which found comparatively little for sale.
No; advanced in sympathy with the
stesdiness Of the London market.
and January from 2.42 to 2l3, while
July No sold up TO 1.18h and March
.l 70 l.2sh. or = TO y points net hisher.
Q point Of the best.
Reaned. was unchansed at 40 tor ans
ss9s.4 ssssna4[.s'd. With moderate vstAdrs1s's ~
Evening star., 1937-05-28
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE,

PHILADELPHIA, May % P.-1ive
poutry-Fowls: Plymouth Rocks. fancy,
2oa2l; pullets, fancy Plymouth Rocks. ga
chickens: Fancy Si Piymouth Rocks Rocks. s6sgas ss6n.sas
Cross BREEDS, 19a23; Reds. 3 pounds OF
over, 20a2l; Reds. broilers. 17a19: Leg
Dressed poultry-Fowls, fresh killed. In
boxes. 20a22E.
Eggs irregular. 3523 cases q. s. extras.
whites. 24t7-27h2 browns 24h-26La;
standards Nos. 3 and f. 21-21 ": mediums.
extras or better whites. 2la4a24: stand
ards. 1920.
Evening star., 1937-05-28
Washington Exchange
SALES.

SALES.
Capital Transit Colo at 1O1l.
Riggs Bank preferred-l0 at 1879, 2
at l0lA. l at 1919. 10 at l0lss.
Lanston Monotype-l0 at 80. 10 at 90,
10 at 30. 10 At 80, 10 at 80, 10 at 90,
10 at 90, 10 at 90.
Mergenthaler Linotype-2 at 461a.
AFTER CALL.
Capital Traction 5s-Sl 900 at SoL.
American Security 6 Trust COL 1t
295.
Notice-This exchange will be
closed Saturday next and Monday.
Memorial Day"
Evening star., 1937-05-28
THE WEATHER

District Of Columbia-Fair tonight
and tomorrow; slightly cooler tonight; !;
gentle northerly winds tonight, be-
coming variable tomorrow.
Maryland and West Virginia-Gen-
orally fair tonight and tomorrow;
slightly cooler tonight.
Virginla-Generally fair tonight
and tomorrow; slightly cooler tonight
and In south portion tomorrow.
River Report
Potomac and Shenandoah rivers
clear today.
Evening star., 1937-05-28
DRY GOODS CHIEF QUITS.

NEW YORK, May % lP,.-Ths
Wholesale Dry Goods Institute an
nounced the resignation of Flint Gar.
rLson as director general. to take eff.
feet July !. He has been in charge OF
the affairs of the wholesale dry goods
trade for seven and half years.
Evening star., 1937-05-28
Security Offerings
Remain at Low
Level for Week
By the Associated Press.

By tHe ASsoclhted Press.
NEW YORK, May 28.-New financ-
ing this week remained at a low level,
with underwriters hesitating to ofIer
issues in the present quiet state Of
the bond market.
A survey by Poor's Publishing Co.
indicated offerings OF 27 issues, total
ing $l7,4537l8, compared with % is.
sues aggregating sl4,9le 900 the pre-
ceding week and 43 issues Of $52,732,-
468 year ago
Details follow.
Evening star., 1937-05-28
q. s. TREASURY NOTES.
NEW YORK, Nay 20 R.-Pricss quoted
In dollars and thirty-eeconds.
Approx.
275 TONS OF LEAD SOLD.

NEW YORK, May 2s R.-The st.
Joseph Lead Co, reports that 27S tons
Of pig lead from Southeast Missouri
mines were sold yesterday at $s.sS Per
hundred hounds e. LouiA
Evening star., 1937-05-28
MIDVAlE co. DECLARES
DIVIDEND OF SIPS

PHILADELPHIA. May % tP.-Di-
rectors Of the Midvale Co. yesterday
declared dividend Of sl.25 per share
on the common stock. payable July l
to stockholders Of record June 10.
Evening star., 1937-05-28

Simonds Saw g. Steel Co.-March
quarter common share earnings were
$410 against 1921.
Evening star., 1937-05-28

Ohio Edison Co.-Preferred share
earnings, IL months ended April 80,
were $l5.72, against $l1.76,
Evening star., 1937-05-28
RUBBER FUTURES.

NEW YORK, May 2S 09.-Crude rubber
futures opened barely steady to 20
lower. July, 20.40; September. 20.52-5o; !;
December, 20.67b. Bid.
Evening star., 1937-05-28
Report for Last - Hours.

Record fer Last - Hours
Fro0 noon yesterday to noon today)
Hshest. SO. ) pm. yesterday. Year
ago, 66.
Lowest. e4. Q pm. yesterday. Year
Record Temperatures This Year,
Highest. a3. on April Is
Lowest. 10. on February 2s
Humidity fer Last "a Hours.
'From noon yesterday to noon today)
Hishest. 81 per cent. At 7:4O am. today
day.
Evening star., 1937-05-28

Dividend rates In dollars based On last
Quarterly or semi-annuai payment. tan.
nual rate-not including extras tXo.
cumuiated divtdends. aPaid last year.
rald this year. Companies reported q
oeine IN bankruptcy or In reco1verahip o.
being reorRanized under the Bankruptcy
act. or securities assumed By such con.
Evening star., 1937-05-28
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
By private wire direct to the Star.

All time shown below 10 daylight saving
on which the Exchange u new operating.
2:3O
Evening star., 1937-05-28
INVESTING COMPANIES

NEW YORK May % LP,.-Nev York
security Dealers Association:
(Noon auotations)
Evening star., 1937-05-28
INSURANCE STOCKS

NEW YORK May % R.-New YosI
Security Dealers Association:
Evening star., 1937-05-28
NEW YORK SUGAR.

A-Also extra or extras.
g-DsclAred or paid 50 far this year.
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test committee carries out the work
to the best of the ability of the men,
bers but that letters of criticism,
prepaid by express, will be welcom-
ed.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-06-28
Hollywood Speed,
Efficiency Hits
Record in Film
Charge Of Light Brigade >
Shot in Record
Time

All Hollywood speed and effic-
iency records were broken by the
Warner Bros. company filming THE
Charge of the Light Brigade" now
showing at the Coliseum Theatre
Leaving Los Angeles one Sunday
night in ten-car train, the COM
pany of $50 players and IL technic-
ians reached the location at Lone
Pine $50 miles away, breakfasted
and set up its equipment and made
the first shot at 9 a. M, Monday
morning. Credit for the remarkable
feat was given by Director Michael
Curtis to the Location and Unit
Managers.
The train carrying the company
four carloads of properties, car
load of livestock including six cam
els and fifty horses, and a carload
of costumes, was scheduled to reach
Lone Pine at 3 a. m, Monday, but
did not get there until six a. m
The location chosen by Director
Curtis was seven miles from the
station and he wanted to make his
first shot by nine. he made it. The
train was unloaded, the camera and
sound equipment was set up, the
players were costumed and made UP
and given their breakfast. At the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-06-28
Cinema Follows
Trail Of Great
Impressario
Picks Up ilorch Where Flo
Zie.gfeld Left
Off

In The Great Zicgfeld," now at
the Capt. 81 Theatre, motion pictures
have picl { d up the torch where the
late Floie M ziegfeld laid it down
and have succeeded in out-Ziegfeld-
ing the great Ziegfeld himself.
THE Great ziegfeld" has every
thing that a great musical picture
should have. 1t has, in the life of
ziegfe't, a most gripping and per-
feet CT amatic story In its musical
numb = s, never before produced on
such a scale of grandeur, it has
many of the most dazzling scenes
ever seen in pictures.
In entertainment alone it rates
just about 1000 percent. First, there
are William Powell as Ziegfeld,
Myrna 10y as Billie Burke and Luise
Rainier as Anna Held.
Then there are Virginia Bruce as
Ziegfeld's greatest glorified Ameri-
can girl, Frank Morgan as his rival
producer, Nat Pendleton as Sandow
Reginald Owen as ziggys man
ager, Fannie Brice as herself, Ray
Bolger and his amazing dancing
feet; Harriet Hector, and hordes
OF the most beautiful girls ever to
smile at you from the screen.
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PICCLY WICCLY
BUYS SANITARY
GROCERY HERE
Two Stores Will Be Con-
solidated and Operated as
One on Front Street

Purchase of the Sanitary Grocery.
from Gunnar Blomgren, and its
consolidation with Piggly Wiggly to
be operated under the name SAM
tary- Piggy Wiggly, was announced
today by W. o. johnson, Manager
of PIGGY Wiggly. The Piggy Wig
ely store at Second and Seward
will be moved to the present loca-
ton of the Sanitary on Front
Street and the new Sanitary-Pig-
ely Wiggly store will open as a
combined unit Thursday morning,
July /, Mr. johnson said.
The store interior has been reno
waited and designed after the mod
ern food stores in the States.
I'VE expect to maintain the same
efficient PIGGY Wiggly service that
we have built up here through the
years." Mr.. johnson said, 'and we
want Sanitary patrons to feel that
they can continue to come to the
combine store with the assurance
of the same fine service they have
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been getting"
There will be no change in per-
sonnet, the manager said, and Mr..
Blomgren will remain in the new
combined store for a time to aid in
caring for Sanitary store patrons.
Lode and placer location notices
for sale at The Empire Office.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-06-28
ESTEBETH DOCKS
WITH 8 ABOARD

Eight persons came to Juneau on
the Etebeth from three ports on the
Sitka route, in addition to the usu-
al amount of cargo.
Those arriving were: From Bar
anof, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Fors and
Dorothy Fors; from Tenakee, Mrs
P. Feldon, Emma E. Logan and W.
E. Logan; from Hawk Inlet, John
VIM and Herb Wolfe.
The Estebeth WI depart on it's
outbound trip on schedule Wednes-
day night at o'clock.
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Lucky Guesser Of
Nenana Ice Pool
Receives S76,6O0

M. E. Buster" Anderson, closest
guesser to the time the ice went out
at 8:04 d. m. on May II received
SIG 600. Laurence Anderson, man
ager of the Nenana Ice Guessing
Contest announced in statement
received here.
Anderson, however, will have to
pay S20,407 in taxes to the United
States. Income taxes will amount
to S3,028 and surtaxes will be ST.
379.
Net receipts from ticket sales, ac-
cording to the committees report,
was $86 ,860.62.
Expenditures connected with OPP
Grating the contest were $40 ,282.69,
as follows:
Rent, Sill; printing, s892.''9; ex-
press, $29070; material, $4,000;
telephone and telegraph, $93-0l; re-
funds, $3.50; equipment, $2026O
Social Security payroll tax, $15659;
exchange and money order fees
S38.75; labor not otherwise CLASH
fled, $2,25115; sorting tickets, ST.
1913; checking, 81 COG; tipping, ST.
994.14; reading for typists, 81 1881
counting tickets, SIP; miscellan-
eous, $62.15.
| An amount of $976.62 for work
ing fund was carried over for 1888
/ Mr.. Anderson states that the con-
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Polito started the cameras turn
ing.
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AIR
TRAFFIC BOOMS

Anchorage has more airplane traf-
fic right now than any city of its
size in the entire United States,
according to r. A. Bragaw OF that
city who arrived on the Alaska for
the meeting of the Unemployment
Compensation Commission.
Everybody is going mining he
said, land they are streaming
through Anchorage. Our pilots are
in the air all the time, taking min
ers and other seasonal workers out
in the field. We nave the busiest
airplane point in the world for our
size"
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BEST PATIENT AT
ST. AIMS LEAVES
ON PICNIC TODAY

Acclaimed by the nurses of the
second floor as the best patient
in the hospital Sam MlSnas, who
has been a patient at st. AIMS
Hospital since october 8, left on
his first picnic today following nine
months confinement to the hos
pital.
Milonas, who was injured at the
Alaska Juneau mine, is improving
rapidly, and the nurses state he will
be able to make several outings il
his condition remains satisfactory
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-06-28
FACES ASSAULT CHARGE

Mark Williams, Hoonah Indian,
is being held in the Federal jail
here charged with assault and bat
terry following an alteration in
Hoonah. He was brought here by
Deputy Marshal Walter Hellan Sat
urday after he had flown TO Hoonah
to investigate the reported disap-
pearance of two boys there and to
take the father, George Obert, into
custody.