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Evening star., 1940-09-12
Private Construction
Reaches S32,769,OOO
Level in Week
Fourth Largest TotoI
So Far This Yeor
Is Recorded
e. the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Sept. PA sharp
increase in industrial and CONNER
cial building boosted private engi-
neering awards this week to the
fourth highest level of the year,
Engineering News-Record reported
today.
A lull in Federal contracts drop
ped total awards to S68, ,705 600 or 10
per cent below the previous week,
the publication said, but the total
was SO per cent greater than the
same week year ago.
Comparisons follow:
Private
Latest Week. Previous Week Year AGO
s32,1 SO 900 ST. 7993,000 S13,s36,00O
State and Municipal
2s,lO20OO 23.5410oo 1884 900
Federal
2, s34 coo 35.021 900 1902 900
Total
6s705.OOO 16,56lOOO S0412 600
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Loadings OF al types OF freight
except ere declined during the
Labor Day week, but the drop was
less than usual over the holiday.
The Associated Press seasonally
adjusted index of loadings, based on
1929-30 as 100, advanced to $50
compared with TAO the previous
week and 7l5 a year ago.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Federal Court Approves
North Western Plan
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Sept. 12.-Federal
Judge John p. Barnes yesterday ap-
proved an Interstate Commerce
Commission plan for reorganization
OF the Chicago and North Western
Railway Co. under section 77-B of
the amended bankruptcy law.
The plan, which has been opposed
by attorneys representing stockhold-
ers and the railroad itself, eliminates
equity Of both common and pre-
ferred shareholders, whose securities
originally were valued at $3.50 900 900
on the basis of theoretical par value
1T is true the capital stock was
once regarded as an investment of
great value" Judge Barnes said. but
conditions relied upon when bought
at high prices no longer exist"
The railroad, which has more than
10000 miles of track, filed its re-
organization petition more thar five
years ago. The approved plan re-
duces capitalization from s347 $751;
BAT to s44e,974 .309 and fixed interest
charges are cut from s16549, TAO as
of 1888 to s3,382.07
Provision is made for contingent
interest charges depending on earn
ings. Bondho1ders are to receive
fixed interest charges depending on
earnings. Bondholders are to re-
ceive fixed interest bearing securities
for only a small part of present
holdings. Most bondholders receive
substantial amounts in contingent
interest bonds and new preferred
or common stock in exchange for
their securities.
NEW YORK, Sept. II (P,.-The
New York Stock Exchange today
suspended from dealings the COM
mon stock and the per cent non
cumulative preferred stock of Chi
cago e. North Western Railway Co.
Federal Judge John P. Barnes
In Chicago yesterday approved a
plan of reorganization for the road
which left no equity for either class
of stock.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
London Bor Silver

LONDON. Sept. IL lP.-Bsr silver.
23I.d. unchanged. Equivalent $3.50
centsD Bar gold, 1855. UNCHANGED.
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1Plus extras d zoe paid June 15 1910.
90 extra. sSl40O extra paid Decem-
Der %; 1899, X 20e extra m 1.5o e1-
S? 90 paid in 1889 t 25c paid July l,
1910 vSl.00 extra paid January. 1910.
SIS 90 extra.
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Washington Exchange

SALES.
Capital Transit Cos at 1ih.
BONDS
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u. S. Treasury Notes

NEW YORK Sept IL tPl-Prices quoted
in dollars and thirty-seconds;
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Investing Companies

NEW YORK, Sept. - LP.--Ns tional As
ISOLATION Securities Dealers. Inc:
CLOSING Quotations
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STOCKS

Country c 1st 4i4s 1857 1o3
RI &Wh 1st 414s l94S 100
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New York Bur Silver
NEW YORK, Sept. IL R.-Bar
silver, 3434, unchanged.
United Stotes Treasury Position
the Associated Press.

lHe hSsUCIAVtu fItss
The position of the Treasury September
Evening star., 1940-08-06
Miss Carson, or Mrs. Chips,
To Become Mrs. Thau
Bridegroom.to.Be Metro Official;
Miss Crawford Misses Play,
So She's Back in Old Job
By SHEILAH GRAHAM.

Greer Carson going Benny THAI executive at
Metro What happened Fanchot picture comeback
supposed Virginia MacMurray
neither sight another flicker
expected this did
searching maybe just good
Evening star., 1940-08-06

boss wife's dress-a sequin num-
ber-in Meet John Doe" 1t
seems that Mrs. Jack Warner sold
her entire French wardrobe to her
husbands studio. Which is one
way Of getting rid Of your old
clothes. Most of the stars here
sell their cast-offs to exclusive
agencies, which ask and get high
prices for them. I suppose it is
thrilling to wear a dress that once
adorned some one like Marlene
Dietrich. Or is it?
Melvyn Douglas has brother who
Is an extra. So has Robert Young
Which proves that influence in high
places does not always count in get
ting a relative q good job. That
reminds me, Joe E. Browns son,
Donald, has so far been unsuccessful
in his try for a job in the technical
department of a studio. And as al
ready itemed, Shirley Temples
brother, who worked as an assistant
director at Fox when his little sister
queened 1t there, is now of the
studio pay roll.
Sight of the week: Gary Cooper
putting on a strained smile for the
still camera in answer to the
cameras command, BE whimsical"
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always made the Jay Carmody.
mental reservation that he might
have been miscast. There has al
ways been the possibility that
Warmers were the mistaken ones;
that if they had let Morris, instead
of MUM, play a few fellows like
Pasteur, Zola, ETC., the critics blame
might have turned to praise. There
is absolutely no telling what Morris
would have made of the historic fig
ures impersonated by MUM Cor even
some of those played by Tyrone
Power, for that NATTER. 1t is be-
yond argument, however, that 1t
would have been something to be-
hold.
The intellectual giant twin In
touchdown" should be a sample of
what Morris and his public have
been cheated of these three years
since he broke in as rugged young
pugilist.
His followers, of course, may val
idly be concerned at what changes
will be affected in the Morris voice
to create the implications of intel
lectual gianthood. In most of his
pictures, Morris has given the i'm
preston of speaking through an
assortment of pebbles held behind
or between the teeth. Specifically,
such speech would hardly seem be-
coming of an intellectual giant, but
it must be remembered that De-
mosthenes actually used the identi-
cal device. The f1attering criticisms
of the latter's performance as an
intellectual giant have come down
unchanged to aggravate the chill
dren of today, constituting indeed
one of the few lively chapters in
ancient history.
If Demosthenes could do it, why
not Wayne? Why actually should
Evening star., 1940-08-06
Three at a Time

Giving faint idea of the high
esteem which Eddie Bracken,. OF
Broadway stage fame, enjoys at
Paramount, the studio in one fell
swoop took up three options on the
young comedian-a procedure ex-
tending over a period Of months.
The wholesale option lifting
definitely sets the actor for four
more pictures under the Paramount
banner, two of the options being
for one picture each and the third
for two productions.
Bracken's next assignment will
be top role in the Forthcoming
William A. Wellman production
tentatively titled, The City That
Never Sleeps" co-starring Barbara
Stanwyck and Joel McCrea.
Following successful engagement
in the Broadway stage play TOO
Many Girls" Bracken was brought
to the Coast by Paramount to
appear with Jackie Cooper and
Leila Ernst in the Jay Theodore
Reed production, THE Aldrich
Family In Life With Henry"
Evening star., 1940-08-06

boylSn wayne. IN the M1ofmerS 5
own words, the film Touchdown"
has Morris playing twin brothers.
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not the children of .3940 be reading
about Morris instead of Demos
themes?
Touchdown" probably will tell.
The Dutch East Indies, suddenly
become more rneaningful than the
mere locale Of Somerset Vaughan
story, provide the theme Of March
OF Times next subject.
Inhabitants of the 10000 islands,
100000 of them, will be pictured
watching their own particular ram
parts, ramparts which guard the
richest colonial empire in the world.
A peace-loving people. gentle and
cultured, the group today is en-
gagged for the first time in its history
in diverting all industry and re-
sources to the task of self-defense
and self-preservation.
AS a background for today's ac-
tivities OF M. o. It's script was writ
ten with the idea of full revela-
ton of a secure and peaceful way
of life built out of the wealth and
productiveness of the area. Stress
will be laid upon the countless valu-
able commodities which come from
the soil of the far-fiung area, the
outermost island Of which is but 40
miles from the Philippines. 1t will
show that three of the most vitality
important Of war materials, tin,
rubber and oil, as well as almost
all the worlds supply of quinine,
are produced in the islands, now
one of the prize pieces of booty for
the unscrupulous.
Five-foot and other shelves of
books had better look to their
prestige. Warner Bros, in a mod
est way. are calling attention these
days to their million dollar book
shelf" 1t gets its designation from
the 1S best-selling novels and BIZ
ographies, II popular stage sue
cesses and II original stories which
will be filmed by the company in
1940-1.
A few specimen titles include
"The Story of John Paul Jones'"
"City of Conquest" mo Time for
Comedy" Capt. Horatio Horn
blower" High Sierra" Mr.. Skef-
f1ngton," "The Male Animal" "Qui-
etly My Captain Waits" House on
the Hill" and THE Lost Battalion. 4"
y \ y u
Moviegoers whose memories still
echo with Grace Moore's singing
of "One Fine Day" in the film "One
Night of Love" can hear the real
thing again at the Little Theater.
. 1t follows Count Of Monte
Cristo" there, beginning tonight. .
And for those who've been asking
when Maryland" comes back, the
answer is Friday. The place is
the Columbia. :. THE Great Nc
Ginty'' already having been
screened, there will be no Loew
screening today. Therefore, 1t
can't be Tuesday. .. At least not
to the drama critics, who either
have or should have been spending
every Tuesday for years in 10th
Century-Fox's screening room.
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sides No. hit seems even more
skilled than the groups previous
ones. 1t is given new life by Ralph
Fowler's direction and more telling
effect in any number Of scenes by
Don Jons' staging effects. And
the cast is excellent. Gene Kres-
sin, the only william Corder Road
side ever had, knows by this time
how to play the role with an oily
perfection Of evil that is practi-
cally magnificent. Betty Gray is
on ground she knows, too, and it
shows in her performance (for the
second time) Of the Inflated Miss
Marten. Norman Rose (the venge-
full old gypsy, Betty Brunstetter
and Ralf Nicolson are others espe-
cially able. And the entr'acte is
oh, happy days-"She Is More to Be
Pitied Than Censured."
Evening star., 1940-08-06
Intellectual Giant Next
In Wayne Morris Life
He'll Play the Fellow, Moreover,
AS Only Part.Time Job;
M. O. T. Turns to Pacific
BY JAY CARMODY.

Fans Wayne Morris felt those
fighter talking stumble
mans talents and temperament live the
ghted Straight departments spy
fellow who learned espionage easily derenal
calculus overgown
Evening star., 1940-08-06
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Palace-"Pride and Prejudice -
screen version of the Jane Austen
novel and play: 11:15 am, 1:50, 4:25,
7 and 9:35 pm.
Earle-"My Love Came Back" a
gay young romance: II am, 1:40,
4:30, 7:15 and 1905 pm. Stage
shows: 12:4O. 3:25, 6:15 and 9 pm.
Capitol-"The Man I Married" !"
drama of Inflated matrimony: II
am, las, 4:30, 7:15 and 10 pm.
Stage shows: 1880, $40, 6:25 and
9:10 pm. ..
Metropolitan-'T Married Adven-
ture," through darkest Africa with
Osa Johnson's camera: II am, 1:05,
3:15, 500, 7::30 and $40 pm.
Columbia-"Andy Hardy Meets a
Debutante," M. Rooney VS.. cafe So
ciety: II am, ITO, 800, $50, 7:45
and 9:55 pm.
Keith's-The mparts We
Watch" the fateful years that be-
gan in 1914: HAS am, las, 3:45,
5:45, 7:45 and Gas pm.
Little-"Count Of Monte Cristo,'
that gay fellows here again: 11:25
am, 1:45, 4, 6:15 and 1885 pm
"One Night of Love-" 1925 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts;
continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1940-08-06
Roadsiders
Again Do
Murder
Groups Top Hit
Still Is Tops
In Revival
By HARRY MacARTHUR.

ny NhnNx l. WAAChn H Ohs
It certainly would not be proper
to deny the old adage that crime
does not pay, but it must be ad-
mitted that Murder" pays the
Roadside Theater, and well. Here
now again is that beloved grand
pappy of all melodramas, the
anonymous masterpiece entitled
Murder in the Red Barn." back
for the fourth time to win new
friends and to cheer anew its steady
customers. Murder" of course, is
40 crime as 1t is committed by the
Roadsiders. It is an art.
1t is not without reason, to be
sure, that Murder in the Red
Barn" has become the favorite of
all the hilariously cory selections in
the Roadside repertoire. 1t has not
all the trappings of the conventional
melodrama, but 1t has many of
them. The heroine is pure and
noble lass If there ever was one.
And the villain into whose clutches
she falls Is cur, sir, a cur; what's
more, he Is not above the lowest Of
crimes, the murder of an innocent
babe, and the next lowest, the MUIR
der of the babe who is not so in
nocent any more after she meets
him. But Murder. has, in addi-
ton, more solid and sensible drama
than other items Of its genre. You
can still have Q whale of a time
cheering the heroine's brave
speeches and kissing the villains
sneers and leers, but you may as
well know at the outset (if you're
not already a Murder" addict that
there is no handsome and coura-
geous hero to save the lass. When
Maria Martens path crosses Will
liam Corders she is done for, done
for.
This fourth production of Road
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too Larry Simms, Baby
Dumping" in the Blonde series,
has 4 business manager-his grand
mother, who receives $40 Of Larry's
5000 a week salary. The kid, him.
self, is allowed $55 week for living
expenses. The rest goes into a
trust fund.
Some one had the bright idea
of getting Ginger Rogers and Ronald
Colman to dance in Lucky Part
ners." But it didn't turn out very
we'll Mr.. Colman is not what you
might call good dancer. So first
Ginger dances with one Of the
character players in the picture. And
Ronnie treads the light fantastic
with Cecilia LOTUS. Then Ginger
and Ronnie dance. But you won't
see their feet. only their faces.
Hedy Lamarr's part in Boom
Town" may be small-it's about a
quarter of that of Claudette Col
bert's-but she is Unexpectedly good
in it. Both her accent and acting
have improved considerably since
II Take This Woman" Gene
Markey is the boy who worked with
Hedy on her speech. Boom Town, u
by the way. has gorgeous climax
in the fight between Clark Gable
and Spencer Tracy. Boy, do they
punch each other! CAT least that's
the way it looks) Mickey
Rooney's father has a small part
in the f1lm. You can't miss him
He's an exact, but older, version OF
Mickey.
X X X \
They've brought down the budg-
ct on the Orson Welles picture. II
was to have been a million dollars
It is now set at 100000. Which
still adds up to lot of money
Spring Byington is wearing the
Evening star., 1940-08-06
He Has a Method

Ned Sparks, the man who never
smiles, uses a prop to keep himself
unpleasant.
The prop, according to the sour
faced actor who is now appearing in
goth Century Fox's For Beauty's
Sake" is the unlit cigar he con-
stantly clenches between his teeth
during movie scenes.
Sparks, a cigarette smoker, doesn't
mind telling how much he hates
cigars. But he uses one because BY
chewing on 1t he can look like a 1928
stockholder with a bad stomach
ache.
Evening star., 1940-08-06

yet played dramatic role on the
stage. Why risk her reputation as
q capable actress?
Laraine Day says, "As long as
Evening star., 1940-08-06
In the Country,

Cross Roads - Fallen Angels" !"
Noel Coward comedy: $40 pm.
Roaddde-"Murder in the Red
Barn" favorite of all Roadside melo-
dramas, back again: $40 pm.
Evening star., 1940-08-06

One is an INTEL
lectual gia n t,
the other a star
a t h l e t e who
n Ver could d
study"
The first twin
is the one this
d e p a r t m e n t
W a n is to see
Morris play, the
intellectual giant
one. In writing
its rather dreary
e S t i m a t e S of
Morris acting in
the past, it has
ol,1ro1,c r,,ado tho
Evening star., 1940-08-06

they continue the
Kildare pic
lures, I have a
job" But she'd
like to do some
thing more i'm
portant at her
home studio. She
gets her big
roles on loan
outs. But that's
the way it goes,
Laraine. You
see her next
In Hitchcock's s
Foreign Core
spondent. ! hear
ehasr -N~I ~, ~
Evening star., 1940-08-06

SHOREHAM TERRACE, Connecticut at
Calvert. Dining and dancing. Two hoor
Guiding cover. Supper cover. soc. AID. 0700.
THE NIGHTINGALE, Richmond Hwy, 31t
MI. south Of Alex. Dancing $50 to !
nightly including Sunday. Sweet swing BY
Radd Raffefs Orchestra. Temple 1910.
MARYLAND CLUB GARDENS, on Marlboro
Pike. Featuring Nadine and her coed
band. De luxe dinner S1.26. Dancing
until O'Clock. Phone Hillside 060O.
MADRILLON RESTAURANT. WashinEton
Building, 18th and New Yerk Ave. The
favorite place to dine. the popular place
HAY-ADAM8 HOUSE-OverlsokinE white
Hoase ct 18th and H St.. Dining in an
tility. Luncheon, S5c; dinner from S1.26.
Organ music nightly during dinner.
RANnOW ROOM, Hsniltsn. Aotel, I4th
supper dancing 70 Nit .DaytI Orchestre .,
10.l Mn. e4S116Ay euly. u. O1 $3.50.
Evening star., 1940-06-20

sity of campaign against all unnec-
essary noises.
Mr.. Schafer also asked that the
present pedestrian control law be
repealed or strictly enforced.
A request to Traffic Director VIII
liam A. Van Duzer for further study
on the advisability Of stop signs on
B street Sc. at Seventeenth street
was authorized.
A request for q trafic light at
Thirteenth street end Tennessee
avenue at B street NE. was read
and the association reiterated its
stand for a bus stop on Seventeenth
street Sc, at A street.
Evening star., 1940-06-20

A bill by Representative Nichols Of
Oklahoma to borrow $500 900 for the
erection Of = new building for the
recorder Of deeds was referred to
the Laws and Legislation Committee
for study.
Mr.. Calvert was reelected presi-
dent of the association with the fol-
lowing ofncers: Mr.. Schafer, first
vice president; L. r. Tindal, second
vice president; James u. Allen, Sec
retary, and B. Frank Campbell,
treasurer.
The meeting, the last of the sea-
son, was held in the Bryan School.
Evening star., 1940-06-20
Halt in New Liquor Licenses
Asked in Lincoln Park Area

A resolution requesting the Alco-
holic Beverage Control Board of the
District to grant no more liquor
licenses in the Lincoln Park area
was adopted last night by the Lin
coin Park Citizens Association fol-
lowing discussion of steps to MAIN
tain the residential character of the
Evening star., 1940-06-20

neighborhood and protect its
schools and churches"
Following protest by G. Leslie
Schafer against the present police
war on horn tooters," Alfred D.
Calvert, president of the association,
appointed Mrs. Harriet Moose, w.
M. Anderson and Mr.. Schafer as a
committee to investigate the neces-
Evening star., 1940-06-20
Closing Exercises Today

Closing exercises Of the w. p. A.
project for teaching handicapped
children In hospitals and homes will
be held at 2 pm. today in Denison
Vocational School, Fourteenth and
s streets NV. About go of the 672
pupils are expected to be able to at
tend. Allen Lomax, of the music
division of the Library of Congress,
will sing folk songs. DR.. Gusts Lee
Hall is guest speaker.
Evening star., 1940-06-20
Gordon Junior Hiq h
Promotes Glass Of
More Than 260
Dr.. Chester w. Holmes,
Assistant Superintendent
Of Schools, Presides

Gordon Junior High School yes
terday graduated more than '260
students at final exercises there. DR..
Chester w. Holmes, assistant super
intendent of schools, presided.
Graduates are:
Evening star., 1940-06-20

The Philippines now have 1850
lawyers.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-16

ience In the Buenos Aires govern
ment-is positive It will deal ex-
clusively with us on our dough. But
have It directly from Yankee
businessmen in the Argentine that
they don't think So Their COM
plant is that Washington's so pre-
occupied with~-matters elsewhere
that their interests are being COM
pletely neglected that Henry is
Just too gullible to understand what
he's talking about. Confdentially
but reliably that's the state depart
ment's view likewise.
Jesse Jones and Secretary Nor
genthau's adverse congressional
critics aren't all Republicans, ell
Their Outstanding among them Is
Senator Robert A. Taft. who's a
Republican alright, out another
conspicuous one Is Senator Bennett
Champ Clark. decidedly a Demo-
crat, though an anti-New Dealer.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-16
PILOT INJURED

Flint, Dec. 16-J. Clarke Seagle,
Flint factory WORKER, was in a criti.
cal condition in Hurley Hospital
Sunday night after a small cabin
plane he was flying was demolished
in a forced landing on the Herbert
f. Morris farm south Of Flint. Sea
gle. who obtained his private pilots
license last June. was forced to
drop the ship on rough terrain when
the motor apparently failed.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-16
One-MInute Test

1. Would 1t be constitutional
for the president and vice presi-
dent Of the United States to be
citizens Of the same state?
2. What body OF water sepa.
rates England and Ireland?
3. How many countries belong
to the Pan-American Union?
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-16
FIRE DESTROYS SCHOOL

Jackson, Dec. 16-Fire believed
to have started near a heating plant
Sunday destroyed the village school
at Horton. 10 miles southwest o.
Jackson. and gave $50 pupils an ex'
tended Christmas vacation. School
board officials said that two church
es and the Masonic Temple might
be pressed. into service after the
holidays.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-16
THE MONEY QUESTION

Statistic seem to indicate that
when a man pulls up stakes. leaves
his family and departs for parts I'M
known, you can bet it's the money
question that's at the bottom.
You could be wrong. but the
chances are against Il.
Last year 1856 cases OF missing
husbands were reported In the
United States and money the
shortage Of ready cash and an over.
abundance Of bills-was the basic
fault
For this statement we have the
assurance OF Edward Apstein. direc-
tor Of the Divorce Reform League,
and Daniel Eisenberg, whose bust.
ness consists OF tracing missing per.
sons OF all classifications-husbands
included.
The surface reason might be any
one OF a number OF things" says
Eisenberg, but you can usually
trace the reason right back to the
money problem. Too many bills. the
wife Is extravagant. the husband
has gotten into debt. his wife nags
him about not keeping up with the
Joneses.
For the same reason "a wives left
home last year.
Women would Ike TO get away
from It all in many cases but
they're afraid. They're accustomed
10 the comforts OF home and they
are afraid they can't support them
selves.
Eisenberg. head OF skip tracers
who has been tracing missing per
sons for is years, finds that most
assertions occur during the fourth
year OF marriage. After that time.
he says. couples either have become
adjusted or have children TO hold
the home together. Later. when the
children are grown, the ratio sharp
iy increases.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-16
DOC CAUSES DEATH

Flint. Dec. ga dog ran across
Highway Mis-, causing the death
of John w. Romig, 81. Ubly. Mich.
and injuries to three other persons
in a head.on automobile collision
Sunday. The accident occurred as a
car driven by Romig's 19-year-old
daughter, Roberta, skidded as she
tried to aviod hitting the dog. and
crashed into another car driven by
William f. German. Vassar.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-16
ENTERTAIN RoTARlANs

Battle Greek. Dec. 16-Instead OF
entertaining the 800 crippled chill
dren OF the Ann J. Kellogg School
today. long an annual custom. Ro-
tarians were guests OF the children.
Rotsrians put on a show after lunch
con, including an hour OF magic.