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DRY LAW DEFENDERS APPEAR BEFORE COMMITTEE
Moratonum Caused Europe’s Woes --Herriott
PREMIER (5
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pARIS, (P)— Premier Herriott,
plaming all Burope’s debts troubies
~ the Hoover Moratorium of 1931,
I\ the chamber of deputies Mon
jay that his government proposes
e pay with reservations the
\( ) 000,000 debt installment due the
':."“_.,‘4 States next Thursday.
"'m‘. premier declared “if the
rnited States did not want to con
orn itself with the problem of re
parations, Mr. Hoover should not
jve become involved in it. He
ould have allowed Germany it
wlf to ask for the moraterium pro
vided in the Young plan.”
These statements came in the
course of an exbosition of the debts
jssue
The premier criticized other de
partments of the American foreign
v, beginning with the refusa:
of congress to aprove the League
of Nations as sponsored by Pres:.
dent Wilson.
“The United States,” he saia
‘never took its rightful place at the
table in the couneil of nations.”
He insisted that America became
involved in the reparations problem
when it allowed Charles G. Dawes
and Owen D. Young to frame tne
reparations plans which bear their
names,
ISSUES WARNING
LONDON,—(&)-—Despite the Am.
erican government’s warning
sgainst such procedure, it ‘was
predicted in weli mformed quarters
Monday that Britain will pay its
war debt installment to.the Unitea
States Thursday with a reservation
that it be credited 'on the capital
account.
Under the present debt settit
men, the $95,550,000 includes, both
capital and interest. These quarters
expected the United States would
accept the payment = with the de
claration the government has no
power to accept the British reser
vation
Thus the question would be car
ried over into a general review ot
the debt question to which the
british and "Ameritan governmens
leaders have agreed,
I'he American note whieh reached
here early Monday, stating con
gressional approval was necessary
Lefore proposed British reserva
tions could be ‘accepted, was re.
rarded as merely staring the lega
listi« bosition, it was said. It was
predicted the government now
would proceed with the payment, It
was considered inconceivahle that
the United States would refuse
payment,
The American document stirrea
London as newspapers published -it
With thetr Jargest headlines, “Dra
atic Dept, Sensation” was one.
The Herald politicai writer said
"oy rejecting the British offer the
United States has played right into
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Federal Court Goes
Into Third Week of
December Term Here
Federal court began its thira
week of the December term and its
tecond week on civil cases Monday
H:‘l!“l”;_
A damage suit amounting to ap
broximattly $165 by the govern
ment against Robert. Hammond,
Mhum, was taken up first Monday
and the case was still being triea
tarly Monday afternoon.
The government alleges the dam.
2¢ due to a collision between an
“utomobile driven by Hammond
and a government ' truck, used in
'pairing the airmail line signals,
n the Jefferson road. '
Huntsman Goes Quail
Hunting; Bags Guinecas
THOMASVILLE, “GA,, —(®)— J-
Morse Ely's fellow sportsmen ate
Wondering if the results woula
have heen the same had there been
horses atield.
He was hunting for quail. Flutter
°f wings broke the stillness and
Mr. Ely blazed away quicker than
4 clock ticks.
Search of the underbrush showed
0t a quail in sight but six barn
vard guineas gave testimony of his
sure aim. fuhiut - :
He settled with a nearby farmer
for fifty cents. i
TREASURY FIGURES
WASHINGTON— (AP) —Treas
ury receipts for December 9 were
$6,186,300.06; expenditures, $12,-
734,834.10; balance, $530,067,961.58.
Customs ‘duties for nine “,y‘ ok
- Decomber fors, $7,356M188 %y
THE BANNER-HERALD
FULL Associated Press Service.
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Several Theories
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Confront Officials
In Mystery Murder
CHICAGO.—(AP)—A half dozen
different theories arose to con
found the police Monday. as they
sought to learn who took Edwin
O. Schilhauer™»2B-year-old Austin
high school bandmaster on a typi-
cal gangland ride—a ride that
ended in his death with two bul
lets in his brain. ’
Stories of an infatuated. school
teacher, a petty politician and the
latter’'s girl friend, were among
those that entered the scope of the
investigation as the police delved
into the private . affairs of the
slain bandmaster in the hope of
uncovering a motive.
Schildhauer’'s widow, Frances,
24, who saw two men abduct her
husband three doors from his
iown home Saturday night, told
police that a woman school teach
er made unwelcome advances to
ward her husband four years ago.
1511&3 denied, however, that he had
returned these attentions.
. The investigators were agreed
ithut there was no reason to sus
pect the infatuated teacher, but
’reasoned that there was a possi
bility that some other girl might
lhuve figured in the case, and
iplunned' to question sehool author
).itles about Schildhauer's relations
iwith his pupils.
Neighbors told of a report that
Schildhauer had interfered in an
affair between an unidentified pol
itician and” the latter’s unnamed
‘gix'l friend, and this suggestiol!
was explored, without success.
Police “in suburban Cicero—on the
outskirts of which the slain band
master's body was dumped from
|lan automobile—broached the name
Vot a West Side gangster with the
l extraordingty notion * that Schild
| hauer might have been-involved in
lhhe uqunr—wgu.«. ’:fi - nothing
{was uncovered in ‘fidhhuer"s
llife to support such a_theory.
MAS. 0. 8. ST. JOAN
PASSES SUNDAY A.M.
Mother of Banner-Herald
Writer Succumbs to
Long lliness. |
Mrs. D. B. St, John, who hus!
been ill for some time, died at a |
sanitarium Sunday morning. Shf,-!
was forty-nine years of age. ;
Mrs. St. John is survived by‘i
her husband, the foreman of Mc-é
Gregor's printing department, and
the following children: D. L. St.
John, of the Atlanta Constitution;
Thomas F. St. John, advertising
manager of Zachry's, Atlanta; A
E. St. John, M. L. St. John, the
latter of the Banner-Herald news
staff; Spencer, Louise and Aubrey
St. John, of Athens. She is also
survived by four sisters and two
brothers, Miss Ruby Hill, Mrs.
'Otis Newton, Mrs. George Ever
etf, Mrs. H. C. Grant, Sam Hill
and S. L. Hill, all of Atlanta.
Mrs. St. John was a native of
Stone Mountain. She was a mem
pber of the First Methodist church
of Athens. Several years ago she
and her husband published a daily
newspaper at Lithonia, and she
was always keenly interested in
newspaper work. She encouraged
her children in their aspirations
as newspapermen, and all of them
are or have been engaged in some
pbranch of newspaper work, either
as writers or printers. Louise St.°
John, a daughter, who is a stu
dent at the Athens High school, is
following her parents and broth
ers in newspaper work, and is
high school girls* sports writer for
the Banner-Herald.
Several months . ago Mrs. St.
John's healih began to decline and
she was confined in a sanitarium
and it was thought for awhile
that she was recovering from her
illness. Her passing will be learn
ed with deep regret by the friends
of her sons and her husband, and
those with whom she came in
(contact.
Funeral services will be con
(ducted from the First Methodist
Tuesday afternoon at Lithonia at
2 o'clock central time which is 3
o’clock Athens time. Burial will be
in Lithonia. -
'Typographical Union
' Favors Five-Day Weck
{ INDIANAPOLIS, ' @ — With
[votes tabulated representing one-
I third of the membership of the five
|day week proposal International
| Typographical union officials Mon.
| day announced the plan was fav
ored by 14,0567 and opposed by 5,490,
Charles P. Howard, president,
said 19,754 ballots from 32 large 10.
cal unions have been counted, Al
ktnget}xer there are some 700 locals,
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“Resist Repeal” is the keynote of the nation’s drys at the mnational
convention of the Anti-Saloon League in Washington. While econgress
holds beer hearings the league is framimz new campaigns with their
slogan as their goal. Sergeant Alvin York, war hero, is shown here
addressing the convention. Seated, left to right, are F. Scott Mcßride,
superintendent, and Bishop Ernest G. Richardson, president of the
league. ' g
Legislator From Morgan Would Divert At
Least One-Half From State Highway Fund
+ RUTLEDGE, Ga—~(AP)—Diver=
rsio{ll' of “at least one-half of our
state highway funds for a period
of two' years” will be advocated
R rzg()ld Dobbins, representative
&m} Morgan county, he says in a
statement discussing the coming
session’ of the legislature.
“The outstanding problems con
fronting the legislature will be
(first). raising money to meet our
present deficiency of state funds,”
he said. i will advocate a meas
ure to divert at least one-half of
our state highway funds for a
period of two years. Although 1
am an advocate of good roads,
however, the roads in Georgia are
in far better condition than our
property owners and the time has
come when we must figure some
other way to meet the deficit than
by increasing iaxes on real es
tate. Farm lands and homes as
well as other property are being
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| Ends Life After Arrest
| in New York.
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l NEW YORK.— (AP) —A sui- |
cide's \noose ended Monday the |
'life of Walter C. Davis, s‘)-}'(3lll'-’
old president of the City Suvim.'.s!
|and Loan association of Colorado |
| Springs, Colo., who had fled frnm!
1;1 $1,000,000 embezzlement l'll;n‘gwi
Davis, seized here Sunday by ;1?
](loteclivv who had seen his picture
jin the “wanted” department of a
‘]dete('tivv story magazine, was
found hanging in his cell in police
headquarters early Monday.
Prolonged efforts by an inhala
tor crew and ambulance surgeons
failed to revive him.
| He had fastened his necktie to
!the upper part of his cell door,
i;m(l his swaying form aitracted
‘(ht' attention of a policema™ u.\']
the latter made the rounds of the |
cell block. ‘
? Davis disappeared from Colorado
| Springs six months ago, about the |
| time his association was lhmwn!
iintn receivership. On - behalf ol’i
| 7,000 residents of the Pikes Pgak
(regiun who had entrusted their
| savings to the company, an inves
itigution was started.
I Miss Eva Terry, former secre
tary of the association, was taken
into custody and admitted, police
said, that Davis maintained her in
{an expensive Denver apartment
ifur‘?eeu‘s. He also gave her, po
!lice said, $350 a month;a high
lpriced motor car and diamend
|ring. "
Miss Terry, held in jail several
days, insisted she knew nothing
and said that ‘“even if I did, I
would not tell on Davis.”
| Davis’ arrest here resulted
largely from a nervous habit of
dooking over his shoulder. Detec
tive Dominick Pape, walking in
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RESISTING REPEAL
~sold now for taxes. Most of these
homes and farms have taken their
owners a lifetime to make.”
o Mr. Dobbins listed education as
the second problem to be consid
ered, and said that while some
state .school appropriations should
be reduced, the “district agricul
ure schools are doing work in
Georgia that should be appreciat
ed.”
The third item was listed as
transportation. He said, it seems
to me that the railroads are try
ing to legislate the ‘truck and bus
competition rather than meet it
with increased service and lower
rates . . . I shall ficht“fof the
buses and trucks until the rail
roads give us better rates and
service.”
Mr. Dobbins, a new member of
the legislature, says he has been
traveling the southeastern states
for eight years representing flour
and feed mills.
FORMER GOVERNOR
\ OF CAROLINA DIES
j COLUMBIA, S. C. —(#— Deaih
‘i,czvme Sunday to Thomas Gordon
LM«'],of)nl, former govegnor of South
- Carolina,
! After nours of critical illness,
;fo)lowing an attack of influenza,
iMr. McLeod died at his home here,
He was 64.
' He -was the state’s last ®two
year term’” governor, being elected
in 1922 and re.elected in 1924, He
was succeeded by John G. Rich
ards, who served one four-year
term.
Successor to Casey Jones Finally Hangs Up
Engineer’s Cap After 49 Years At Throttle
‘ By JAMES H. STREET
MEMPHIS—(AP)—The engineet |
who took Casey Jones' train to the
end of its run and then got his job[
after Casey made that “farewell
trip to .the promised land” has quit
railroading.
He is H. A. (Dad) Norton and
was a “hoghead”—roundhouse ver-/
nacular for engineer—for 49 years[
before the Illinois Central retired |
him. He i$ 72 now and took al
fast train on the Memphis-(}amun!
Miss.,, run—the Casey Jones run——!
for 32 years. l
Everybody on the line knows‘
‘him. He's the engineer whose train |
Ayvas stolen by bandits in 1914 A
‘wildcat jumped into his cab once
from a low tree and a Negro fire.
man shot the beast.
Dad was @ young man when]
Casey Jones became the cra(‘ki
hoghead of the I. C. Jones' real
namew as John Luther Jones. They
called him Casey after Cayce, K)’--§
where he once worked. |
| The caller called Casey before
dawn the morning of March 31
1900. His engine was brougM‘
from the [roundhouse and Casey
took his orders, tucked them in his
jumper and climbed aboard. His
| train. was Number 1. Lthe Chi
e s . i+ o 0
Athens, Ga., Monday, December 12, 1932,
HEAVY RAING DRIVE
MENY RIVERS OUT
OF THEIR RANKS
A total of 3.40 ‘inches of
rainfall has fallen here since
early Saturday night, E 8
Sell, head of the government
weather bureau at the College
of Bducation, statel Monday
‘afternoon.
. This is one of the heaviest
© rainfalls registered here in
" #cme time. For the 24 hours
- “deadine up to 8 o'cinex Monday
. morning 2.11 inches had fallen.
. A total of 1.10 inh=s fell Sat.
?',’amay night. The rain contin
ued Monday morning but was
~ diminishing.
S IN THREE STATES
. MONTGOMERY, Ala.—(®)—Riv
ers were pouring over their banks
in southeast Alabama, northwest
Gieorgia and southeast Mississippi
Monday, following 48 hours of al
most steady rainfall and most of
the streams werg expected, to con.
tinue rising during the next 12 to
24 hours.
The Coosa river in Alabama and
CGeorgia, the Oostanaula and Eto
wah rivers in Georgia, the Cahaba,
Rlack Warrior and Tombigbee riv
ers in Alabama and Mississippi
were swelling rapidly with indica
tons all would exceed flood stage
at one or more points during the
Gay, the Montgomery Weather bu
reau reported.
The Black Warrior at Tusca.
loosa, with a flood stage of 46 feet,
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] Locksmith Will Assist
| in Treasure Hunt. |
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| NEW | ¥ORK.—(AR)=The lure |
|of sunken treasure has bl*uught}
} about a renewed attempt to sal
| vage gold and valuables from the
| Lusitania
; Since a German submarine sent
i the giant liner to the bottom ()fl"
{ Kinsale, Irish Free State, with a
tln,\‘s of 1,198 lives 17 years ugu,!
lrand brought the United States in-[
| to the World war, several plans to
| salvage her treasure have been
I projected. §
! The latest was put forward last
i.\!nu-. but no actual work wusl
{ done. It became known Monday
{‘{that the sunken liner dnally husl
;hw-n located definitely and a de- |
| cigion rcpiched to begin uctuul}
| salvage (herations early in 1933.
‘ Charles Courtney, president ut'l
the American Association of Mas
| ter Locksmiths, whe directed the |
!ifll)t,‘ninfl, of the treasure chests Un;
!th«- sunken liner Egypt last ycur.i
{Thds peen engaged to aid in the |
;I,lnsilnllin venture. 1
| The amount of gold aboard the .
| Lusitania has been variously esti-!
| mated, some figures placing it as |
! hieh as $10.000,000. {
wag to get it to Canton on time
There were only green lights
ahead because Number 1 had the
mail. ;;"
Number 1 snorted past sleeping
hamlets without pausing but Cas
ey's whistle awakened the farm
folksgfor their daily chores. BEv
ervbody knew the Casey call—
three short and then ‘a long, low
whine, “That’'s O' Casey a'high.
tailin’ souf!—hit's time to get- up,”
the farmers would say and peep
through the window in time td
see the train hustle around a bend
in the murky dawn of the river
country.
Casey was pulling into Vaughn!
when his train hit an open :witch:
and ployed into a freight car. He|
shoved 'in/nis throttle, jerked on|
his brakes and stuck with hig en
gine, -+ : ,l
They found him scalded by!
steam and with a bolt from the
wreckage in his neck. His widow
was notified. She stil lives at !
Jackson, Tenn. :
Dad Norton was sent to Vaughn
to pick up Casey’s train and take
it to Canton. Then the road gave
him the run. TR
i That was 32 years m and now
idad is through—pensioned. After
all, 49 vears of hogheading is a
long time b 0 TOINRRE e
Fifteen Babies Win Chance at Movie
Fame; Wampus Selects Likely Successes
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JUNE CLYDE
By DAN THOMAS
(NEA Service Writer.)
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—lt has
rolled around again to that time
of year when the Wampas, organ
ization of motion picture publicity
men, selects its Wampas Baby
Stars.
Following a custom, started in
1922, with the election of Lila Lee,
Bessie Love, Colleen Moore, Claire
Windsor, Lois Wilson, Mary Phil
bin and others, the Wampas has
just elected its tenth group of
baby stars—ls this time—whom it
believes will go far in the picture
business.
Going Btrong
A review of all Wampas Baby
Stars elected to date shows that
nearly half of them still are in
front of the cameras and goéing
strong. This really is a record of
‘which that# organization ecan do
some boasting, in view of the fact
that the fame-lifc of & screen star
usually. is about five yeuars. Kur
thermore, introduction of ‘the
talkies eliminated quite a number
of former baby stars. : F
[ Recognition by tha Wampas has
soy this reason beconie ~an honor
greatly desired hy the younger
wirls in the film colony. The addi-
tional boost given them by being
named baby stars often has proven
highly beneficial, sometimes being
the deciding factor in the future
of girls who have been ‘“on the
fence.”
In past years the Wampas Fro
lic, at which the baby stars were
formally introduced to the public,
was one of the high spots of Hol
lywood’s social life. Due to eco
nomic conditions, the frolic will
not be held this year. Instead, the
paby stars will he formally intro
duced to the public early in Janu
ary with a five-day series of ap
pearances in Los Angeles theaters.
Wampas Selections
The girls named as 1932 Wam
pas Baby Stars are:
Dorothy Wilson, now under con
tract to RKO as a result of her
excellent performance in “The Age
of Consent.” Prior to being signed
for the leading role in that film,
Dorothy was a studio secretary.
Ruth Hall, whose outstanding
portrayal in “The Kid From
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Awalt Says Bank
Failures Must Be
Ended By Congress
WASHINGTON.—(AP)—Stress:
ing the neéd for stronger organ
ization and more competent man
agement, F. G. Awalt, acting
comptroller of the curreney, Mon
day renewed recommendations for
new banking laws to reduce bank
failures.
In his annual report, Awalt said
that while in the last eight
months there had been an abate
ment of bank closings “we cannot
escape the fact that the year 1932
has been characterized by a con
tinuation of an alarming number
of bank failures and we know
‘that a continued improvement in
business and support of credit
agencies of the government will
not of themselves correct the de
fects existing in our banking
structure or reach the root of so
many bank failures.”
He asserted that since 1920 65.7
percent of all suspended banks
had capital of less than £50,000
and that failures amnog them
have been at a rate almost as
'great as that at which they were
l organized .
. “These banks, many with in
‘competent management, have been
'forced to yield to reverse of those
leconomic conditions which made
| them prosperous,” he said, adding
that the greatest number of fail
ures had been in states depend
ent upon agriculture. He placed
the total failures for the first ten
months of this year at 1,199,
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MAN AND WONAN
HELD FOR WURDER
Mrs. Koker and L. M.
White Held in Skeleton
Mystery Death.
! FITZGERALD, Ga.—(AP)—Mrs.
IWalter Koker and L. M. White
were held in separate jails Mon
iday on murder charges which offi
cers said were based on investiga
tiong that followed discovery of ‘a
skeleton tentatively identified as
that of the woman's missing hus
band. :
The skeleton was found hidden
in the brush near Worth, Ga.,
September 27, and officers said
the skull had been crushed and
'the jaw bone broken. Mrs. IL.. M.
Koker, mother of the missing
'ma.n. tentatively identified the
skeleton from clothing and shoes.
|l(oker testified against White at a
Iliquor trial a litle more than a
year ago and accused him of
causing trouble in the Koker
home.
| White was arrested in Jackson
ville, Fla., and returned here Sun
day night by Sheriff G. E. Ball of
IBt,-n Hill county. Mrs. Koker was
arrested and placed in jail .at
Ashburn, Ga. Sheriff Alex Story
of Turner county, announced after
White’s return Sunday night.
< Sheriff Ball quoted White as
saying he did not believe the
skeleton discovered was that -of
Koker and that he believed Koker
to be still alive. Further jnvesti
gations were planned by Sheriff
! (Continued on Page Six)
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| THE PLACE?
PTIYST ST O
| ATLANTA, Ga— (AP)—lt
i happened in the capital of
; Georgia.
i City and county officers
! made a raid Sunday night,
j seized a case of liquor and ar
i rested three men—
Across the street from the
i state ' capitol—
1| Within a hundred feet of the
{ *city hall— .
| “About three hundred yards
| from the courthouse—
; And right between two
{ churches.
The three arrested were
booked as C. E. Harper,
James P. Waldrip and Frank
| Owen and placed under bond.
SATEMENT 15 AEAD
Bl BELEGATIONS
| FADER MANDAY
WASHINGTON ——(AP)——Lea,din‘
a dozen women in a defense of the
prohibition laws, Mrs. Henry W.
Paibody of New York told “he
house ways and means comiittee
Monday that “a few Russian Com=
munists” presented less cause'zr
fear than “great interests and pols
ticians who are determined to
break down a law from gresd, ape
petiite or political advancemant.”
Mrs, Puxhoily, chairman &2 the
Women's Nafional Committee for
Law Enforcement, was the first
of the women to speak their &ie
position .to modification of the
modification of the Volstead law
in an effort tb refute testimony
brought last week by advocates of
light wines and beer. kb
Holding a lorgnette in her right
hand, Mrs. Peabody read from a
prepared statement. She said her
organization represented n i n e
groups with a membership of ten
million persons.
“We are here to present our ope
position to any increase in the ale
coholic content from one half of
one per cent as authorized by the
Volstead act,” she said. “This eon
tent was fixed by the brewers
themselves forty years &go in
their defense against the soft
drink trade., Let this deeision
gtand.”
After she completed her state.
ment not one member of the com
‘mittee asked a question. $
| SPEEDS ACTION -
- WASHINGTON—(AP)— Speed«
ing action, the senate judiciary
committee ,at its first meeting of
the session Monday referred ™ all
prohibition repeal legislation to a
isubcommntee' headed by Senator
Blaine (R., Wis.), a foe of national
i prohibition, i
He announced the cominittea
would get to work as soon as pos
sible, and “said he did not believe
hearings would be necessary.
Others appointed to the subcoma
mittee were Senators Borah (R.,
Idaho), Herbert (R., R. I.}, Walsh
(D.,, Mont.), and Diil (D., Wash.)
Four of the five members of
the subcommittee are in favor of
submitting a repeal resolution, with
Borah the only opponent,
Greenville Bootleggers
Form Trade Association
GREENVILLE, S. C.—(#)— The
Greenville News says bootleggers,
“recognizing tbe evils of disorgan
ized competition, have banded to
gether into an association to supa
ply the Greenville trade.”
The asgociation, the paper says,
was formed “to foster cordiality,
to prevent encroachments of a
price-cutting system, and to ex
change ideas which might prove
of mutual benefit.” o
“One informant said most of the
liquor brought into Greenvyille
came from Georgia, convoyed by
association Iyembers,” The News
continued, “money is pooled ,when
the liguor is purchased and when
it arrives it is pro-rated to those
in the pool.”
LOCAL WEATHER
‘fluudy with rain Monday
night .and Tuesday, slightly
colder a‘uesddy and in central
and n@rth portions Mcnday
night.
TEMPERATURE
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. a. 241
Total since Dec. 1 .. <« »é 309
Excess since Dec. 1 .5 ¢ 280"
Average Dec. rainfall .. .. 438
Total since Jan. 1 .. ss + 90N
Excess since Jan. 1 .. ¢+ 208
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