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Vol. CXVII, No. 59.
Truman Free
Hand Asked
In Aid Pact
WASHINGTON, March 21 —
(AP)—President Truman is ex
pected to ask Congress for a free
hand in allocating arms to West
ern Europe unGer the proposed
billion dollar military aid program.,
The program is scheduled to go
to the capital about the same time
as the North Atlantic Security
Treaty, or immediately thereafter.
Mr. Truman will send up the
treaty for Senate approval im
inediately after it is signed here by
an expected 12 nations, two weeks
from today.
According to present State De
partment planning —the depart
ment is rounding up all military
aid programs for Mr. Truman—the
president shouid try to get from
Congress as much of a blank check
suthority as he can under what
ever expenditure limit Congress
fixes. ¥
Present estimates are that more
than $1,000,000,060 will be re
quired in the first 12 months to
help Europe re-arm. -
Chairman Vinson (D.-Ga.) of
the House Armed Services Com
mittee predicted the arms requests
«will be approved in both houses
without a particle of trouble.”
Senate Must Approve
The Senate alone, but by a two
thirds vote, must approve the new
North “Atlantic Treaty if America
s to take part. An' Associated
press canvas of Senators showed:
55 inclined to favor ratification, 1
opposed and 37 unwilling to go on
record at this time, Two of the
96 Senators were not reached and
there is one vacancy.
The arms aid program is de
signed by the administration to
carry out the “mutual aid” pro
-ision of the treaty. It would
thereby help the countries of
Western Europe fulfill their roles
. the “common strategic plan”
which is to be worked out by the
allied powers.
The first official reference to
this grand scheme of defense for
the Western World under the pro
jected treaty came Saturday night.
It appeared in a State Department
pamphlet explaining the details of
the treaty. :
Rites E
ites For Geo.
Kelley, Sr.,
O'Kelley, Sr.,
Set Tomorrow
George O’Kelley, sr., omne of
Clarke county’s most prominent
citizens, died at his residence on
the Winterville Road Sunday night
at 6:55 o’clock. Mr. O’Kelley was
72 years old and had been ill for
several months.
Funeral services are to be con
ducted Tuesday morning at 11
o'clock from Winterville Baptist
Church with Rev. Rutherford
Cdile and Rev. A. E. Logan, offi
ciating.
Burial will follow in the family
cemetery on the Winterville Road,
Bernstein Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements. Pall-bearers will
be L. H. Harris, sr., H. E. Porter
field, Frank Bryant, G. L. O’Kel
'lf)\ sr., Warren Bullock and 'N. C.
)avis.
Mr. O’Kelley is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Naomi O’Keiley; four
daughters, Mrs. J. R. Winter, Win
terville, Mrs. J. G. Hardy, jr., At
lanta, Mrs. Frank Wood, Com
merce, and Miss Lillian O’Kelley,
Pempenau, Fla.; three sons, J. C.
O'Kelley and R. L. O’Kelley, both
ol Winterville, and George Q'Kel
ley, ir., Siloam, Ga., and six grand
children, Miss Carey O’Kelley,
Wiley O’Kelley, Frankie O’Kelley,
Miss Ann Hardy, Miss Susan Wood
and Sammy Wood.
A native of Clarke county, Mr.
O’Kelley had been a resident of
this community all of his life. He
was a member of Winterville Bap
tist Church and over a long period
of years had been active in its en
deavors. He had served as a' mem
hFr of the Board of Deacons in his
cnurch for many years.
Expert Farmer
Mr. O’Kelley was widely known,
not alone in this section, but
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PIT, BEAR AND VICTIM — Donald Carev, 13, (bot
tom) lies in St. Louis hospital after being dragaea inte
a pit (top) at the zeoo and seriously clawed nhy Snowball
(center), 1,000-nound polar hear Dorald had climbed
the fence and was sitting witih his legs dangling ovei
the edge of the concrete moat wken Snowbail reached
up, grahbed the legs, and dragged Donald into the meat
where he and his mate, Frisky, attacked the boy. Keep
ers brought up antomobiles and honked h»orns, fright
ening the bears away. Thev were then able to rescue
the hoy. Hiz condition is serious.— (AP Wirephoto.)
Ban Of Russian Mark
Splits Berlin Economy
Allied Order Declares Russian
Currency No Longer Legal Tender
BERLIN, March 21. — (AP) — The Western Powers
have outlawed thé Russian Fast mark in tneir sectors of
Berlin, splitting the eity’s economy completely.
The new Allied order yester
day, declaring that rhe Russian
currency no longer would be ac
cepted sa legal tender, had been
expected for some time.
It means that Western Berlin
now has cne currency—the West
mark; and Eastern Berlin has an
other—the Soviet East mark. The
West mark has been worth about
four times as much as the East
mark.
The Russians earlier made it a
crime to possess West marks in
their area. The United States,
dritain and France did not go
that far. They just said the East
ern cutrency no longer need be
aceepted in their part of the city.
Although the order is cifective
immediately, the East mark will
still ke good ia Westerr: sectors
for rationed foods this month and
will be accepted in April tor rent
and taxes. ;
There were reports the Rus
sians would retaliate promptiy
against the latest Western move
in the currency battle. .
Currency Main I-sue
The currency duestion has heen
one of the main issues in the So
viet blockade of Berlin Several
international discussions, both in
¢ide and outside of the United
Nations, have failed to solve it. A
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MINERS WATCH WASHINGTON
FOR NEXT COAL TIEUP MOVE
Senate Still To Vote On Boyd
Confirmation As Mine Director
PITTSBURGH, March 21.—- (AP) —Coul m'ners anc
operators kept an eye on Washingtoa today—al ng wit!,
John L. Lewis. Would the Senate ignore the bushy-browed
chief o fthe United Mine Workers?
That was the big question as the
coal mine stoppage ordered by
Lewis went into its second week.
He called the shutdown a memo
rial to miners killed and injured
last year. But he emphasized it
also would serve as a protest
against appointment of Dr. James
Boyd as director of the U. S. Bu
reau of Mines.
The Senate’s Interior Commit
tee approved Boyd’s nomination
by a 10-1 vote almost as the min
ers put their lunch boxes on the
shelves. But the Senate, .as a
whole, hasn’t yet acted. If it con
firms Boyd, the operators wonder
what Lewis will do. Will he order
the miners to contim‘x‘e their stay
at nome of will he allow them tC
resume work as scheduled next
Father Held
In Death Of
14-Year-Old
NASHVILLE, Tenn.,, March 21
—(AP) — Fourteen-year-old Bet
ty Ruth Stroud, a bride of six
months, was killed yesterday
when she shielded her mother
from a shotgun blast fired by her
father. S i
"The father, C. C. (Lum) Ad
cock, 45-vear-old farmer of near
by Joelton, was charged with
murder and held without bond.
Jim Richardson of the district
attorney general’s office gave this
account of the shooting:
Mrs. Stroud was staying over
night with her parents when her
fagner came home drunk. After an
argument at the house, Adcock
went to.a corn crilw picked up his
shotgun, and returned.
Mrs. Adcock tried to induce her
husband to go to bed, and when
Adcock threatened' her, the young
bride intervened. Just as Adcock
pulled the trigger, Betty Ruth
stepped in front of her mother
and received the full charge in
her chest.
Monday?
Won’t Guess Move
Some operators frankly admit
they won’t conjecture Lewis’ next
move. There are the same men
who said Lewis caught them
“flatfooted” when he ordered all
miners east of the Mississippi to
lay down their tools.
| As the second week of the stop
page began the mnation’s coal
stockpile was about 60,000,000
tons — 10,00,000. less than a week
ago. But that’s still enough for
l 30 to 35 days.
The nation’s economy hasn’t
|sutfered greatly. from the stop
| page. The only _ people whose
lpocketbooks have- been hit heavi
!ly are the 463.000 idle miners and
lt‘nc 70,000 workers furioughed by
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST CEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, GCA., MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1949.
Rent Control Bill Begins
Race With Time In Senate
. . .
Big Hurdles Still Remain
- ®
With Deadline 10 Days Away
WASHINGTON, March 21.— (AP) —A modified ex
tension of federal rent contrels began a race agamst time
in the Senate today with several big nurdles in ‘ts path.
The present law fixing max'mum rents for eaveral mil
iion homes and apartments expires March 31, just 10 days
away. :
Senator Maybank (D.-S.C.) told
a reporter he wants the Senate to
pass a 12 to 15 month extension
that would allow some rents to
increase 10 per cent “sometime
late today or at least tomorrow.”
Maybank is chairman of the
Senate Banking Committee which
sharply revised a rent extension
passed by the House. He con
ceded he faces “powerful Senate
support for major changes in our
bill.”
Even if the Senate passes the
compromise as it stands now, the
bill would have to go back to the
House for action on Senate amend
ments. Then Senate-House dif
ferences w#uld have to be ad
justed am*th Senate and House
approve the' compromise.
Maybank predicted the major
Senate battles will come on these
points:
1. A substitute proposal by Re-~
publican Senators Cain (Wash.)
and Bricker (Ohio) calling for a
six-month extension of actual
rent controls plus another six
months of supervision of rent
ceilings and evictions. The Senate
committee bill calls for a 12 month
extension plus three months of
supervision.
2. A “step-by-step” decontrol
of rents proposed by Senator Cape
hart (R.-Ind.). He wants to end
controls on all units renting for
$l5O or more monthly on Sep
tember 30 with similar action at
SIOO and above December 31, SSO
and above next March 31, and all
rents next June 30.
3. A House-approved “local op
tion” system of decontrols that
weuld allow towns, cities, counties
or states to lift rent ceilings or
take -them over. The Senate bill
would limit this authority to
states.
Both the Senate and House biiis
fall short of President Truman’s
demand for a full two-year ex
tension with overall tightening of
controls and authority to enforee
them.
Senate bill provisions include:
1. Authority for federal offici
als to bring suits to recover treble
the amount of any overcharges in
rent. The present law allows ten
ants to bring such suits but rent
officials say tenants are afraid to
sue because they might be evicted.
+2. Criminal penalties of up to
one year in jail, a $5,000 fine, or
both for “willful violatigns” of
provisions on ceilings, evictions,
etc. These penalties were dropped
during previous extension.
3. An automatic increase of 5
per cent in rents on October 1 and
another next April 1 on all dwell=«
ings where rents have not been
increased 15 per cent above June
30, 1947 ieveis. g
4. Decontrol of “luxury hous
ing” which is defined as that with
a rental of $290 or more per mdnth
for a single family.
Once rent control is out of the
way, the Senate expects to begin
debate on the $5,580,000,000 au
thorization for the second phase of
the European Recovery Program.
Otherwise in Congress:
House leaders called for action
today on miscellaneous bills. House
debate is to begin Tuesday on the
multi-billion dollar veterans pen
sion bill sponsored by Rep. Ran
kin (D.-Miss.). Administration
coal-hauling ‘railroads. They’re
facing a dim Easter.
Few physical hardships -have
been reported. However, in East
ern Pennysivania’s hard coal re
gions many consumers are run
ning short of fuel. They had been
accustomed to buying coal almost
as they needed it because of their
nearness to the source of supply.
Coal Doled Out
At Pittston, Pa., coal was be
ing doled out at 50 cents to $1 for
a 50-pound bag. One company
said it sol¢ 4,000 bags in a 48-
hour period.
Major steel industries contin
ued unabated. in past coal stop
pages cut back followed almost
immediately but that isn’t the
case this time. The Companies have
a large supply of fuel on hand be
cause of several factors — a mild
winter, big coal production and 2
slackening export market.
There was no change in the
miners’ routine as they stayed
away from the job. In eastern
Pennsylvania the Hudson Coal
Co., posted work schedules for its
hard-coal colleries. That didn't
mean a thing to the miners—they
Wwere obeying their eniet,
3 Main Points*
4 Provisions
Oiher Action
leaders hope to defeat it by Wed
nesday and to turn Thursday to
an appropriation for flood control,
rivers and harbors.
House committees also planned
a busy week.
A final public session was listed
today by the Labor Committee on
the bill to repeal the Taft-Hartley
Act, with nine CIO vice presidents
on hand to testify.
The Foreign Affairs Committee
continued closed sessions on the
big Europsan aid authorization.
The Post Office Committee re
sumed open hearings on the
$250,000,000 hike .in post rates
asked by the administration. Most
of these higher postal costs would
be paid by newspapers and maga
zines.
ATHENIAN PERISHES
IN PLANE ACCDENT
Funeral services were arranged today for David Spen
cer Pruitt, 23, of Athens, who perished in a Ipane crash late
vesterday afternoon at & privately-owned airport on the
Alps Road.
Eyewitnesses .to the aceident
said that the crash occured at 5:15
p. m. and resulted while Mr. Pruitt
was going through a series of, stuni
maneuvers. i
The plane crashed near the cen
ter of the airport, a shorbt distance
from ?*‘\!"h*gfl er, and burst into
flames immédiately. The plane
‘was completely destroyed by the
fire and the pilot was burned al
most beyond recognition. Frantic
efforts by rescuers failed to put
out the blaze. A fire truck was
rushed to the field but the fire
had already done its damage. The
firemen cpoled the wreckage so
that the body could be removed.
Services for Mr. Pruitt, who re
sided at 224 Hiawassee Avenue,‘
will be conducted Tuesday morn
ing at 11 o'clock from West End
Baptist Church. Officiating will
be Dr. J. C. Wilkinson, pastor of]
First Baptist Church, Rev. J. W.
0. McKibben, pastor of First
Methodist Church, Rev. Paul
Howle, pastor of First Christian
Church, Rev. T. R, Harvill, pastor
of Prince Avenue Baptist Church,
and Rev. D. J. McMichen, of At
lanta.
Interment will be in Providence
cemetery, near Alpharefta, Ga.,
Bridges Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements. Pall-bearers will
be cousips of Mr. Pruitt.
. He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Geneva Griffin Pruitt, Athens; son,
David 8. Pruitt, jr., Athens; Par
ents, Rev. and Mrs. W. S. Pruitt,
Athens; sisters, Mrs. B. A. Mer
rick, Dallas, Texas; Miss Clara
Pruitt, also of Dallas; brother, J.
Woodrow Pruitt, Atlanta; uncles,
Rev. W. N. Pruitt, Tifton, and J.
W. Griffin, Roswell, Ga.; aunts,
Mrs. M. N. Copeland, Fairburn,
Ga., and Mrs. Daisy Devore and
Mrs. G. M. Pruitt, both of Atlanta.
War Veteran
Formerly of Atlanta, Mr. Pru
itt had resided in Athens for the
past year. He attended West Ful
ton High School in Atlanta and
was a veteran of World War Two,
‘having enlisted in the Air Corps
and served as a mechanic for three
vears. He enlisted at the age of
15 and when his officers learned
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ATHENS AND VICINITY
Cloudy and mild this afte+-
noon with showers tonight,
Tuesday clearing and cooler.
e et
//"-‘ GEORGIA:
%. M Mostly cloudy
L) 6% this aftermoon,
W‘w tonizht ond
- q&\ Tuesday. Mild
’/",’5 e temperatures
W Y 8 this afternoon.d
: e Warmer tonight,
! Showers late
4 ‘ tonight or
early Tuesday,
. foliowed
SHOWERS " 2"
TEMPERATURE
BIEReEY i o v 08
Lowest i .. e
M G
Normal .. b .54
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hecurs .. ... .06
Total since March 1 .. > 393
Deéficit since March 1 .. .. 17!l
Average March rainfall ... 5.27
Total since January 1 .12.89
Deiicit since Jupuaiy 1 ... 852
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Mznister Dies
Penniless After
Reprieving Dogs
IPSWICHPNENG., March 21
~— (AP) — The Rev. Henry
Mavna. Vaime 70 died Satur.
day, almost penniicss because
with his slender savings he had
bought 200 days of life for two
dogs.
The dogs, Bruce and Monty,
Alsatian and Dalmatian, are
seeing-eyes for the rector's 76-
yvear-old widow, whe is almost
blind.
A court condemned them to
death six months ago because
they killed chickens and tore a
mail man’s clothes. By a twist in
English law, the pastor was able
to buy a day-to-day reprieve—
at the rate of one pound ($4) a
day, and court costs of more
than 400 pounds ($1600) wiped
out his savings.
“Y am almost penniless and
now I suppose the dogs will have
to he destroyed,” said the wi
dow. Bo s SR
BY ED THILENIUS
Crash Vietim
Evacunated By
Rescue Team
MARYVILLE, Tenn., March 21
—(AP)—The tirst of four injured
persons marooned nearly three
days beside the wreckage of their
crashed plane in the wild Smoky
Mountains was evacuated by heli
copter today.
The helicopter set down at near
by Calderwood in mid-morning
with James Hardy, 23, of Detroit,
pilot of the ill-fated two-engined
plane which crashed Friday.
Hardy, nursing a broken arm
and showing the ill-effects of his
long exposure,, told reporters: “I
feel great” He was placed in an
ambulance for removal to a hos
pital. A
The helicopted pilot, J. N. New
comb, immediate:y tookx oif again
for the crash scene in rugged
mountainous country 30 miles
south of here on his second rescue
mission. ;
Rescue teams battled their way
against steep slopes and dense
thickets in an attempt to reach the
scene of the crash on the Ten
nessee-North Carolina line.
First word of the crash was
brought in by Stephen A. Walker,
46, one of five occupants of the
ill-fated Detroit-to-Miami Cessna
which “pancaked into the tree
tops” on the mountain.
Walker identified the others as
James Hardy, 23; Mr. and Mrs,
Fred Hall, and Orville Rich, 38,
all of Detroit.
No Unfair Labor Practice
CHICOPEE EXAMINER FINDS
CASE OF LOVE, LABOR LOSIT
ATLANTA, March 21—(AP)—
A case of love and labor lost
popped out of a National Labor
Relation Board examiner’s report
today.
The examiner, David London,
held that C. E. Chasteen was fired
by Chicopee Mills because of a
fight with his wife—and that
wasn’t an unfair labor practice.
Chicopee, owned by Johnson &
Johnson of New Brunswick, N. J.,
was held to have allowed foremen
to interfere with union activities
of the Textile Workers Union of
America, CIO.
The examiner in the report, sub-‘
ject to appeal, directed the com
pany to stop all interference with
efforts to organize the plant’s 700
textile employes.
Buts or 3,800 words, the exam
iner went into a erisis in the mar
ried . lite of Chasteen and Mrs,
Chasteen. '
Chasteen claimed he was dis
charged Sept. 23, 1946, because of
union activity. The company
claimed it was Aué. 12 because of
a fight with Mrs. Chasteen. |
: Blames Another Woman
Trial Examiner London laid the
plame for the auarrel on another
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
Rail Disputers
Reach Agreement
Railroads, Unions Arrange Terms
For $640 Million Wage Increases
CHICAGO, March 21. — (AP) — Firal terms on a
3640,000,000 a vear wage boost have been reached in the
il-month dispute between the nation’s railroads and 16
| nnn-operating} unions.
The settiement worked out on
a formula recommended by a
Presidential fact-finding board,
was described by a nnion spokes
man as the ‘“most momentous”
wage and hour movement in the
history of American industry.
It will extena the l.asic 40-
hour week to the ruilroads for the
first time and affocts 1,000,000
employves.
The 40-hour <veek at the same
pay the wvorkers reccived for 48
hours becomes effective next Sep
tember 1, but an additioral wage
boost of seven cents an hour is
retroactive to last October 1.
Excepted from the general terns
of the “third round” w:oge boos:
are the yardinasters who will
continue on a six-dayv week with
an increase oi 10 cents an hour.
Overtime Rates
Overtime in excess of eight
hours ‘n a day or 40 hours in a
week wilil be paid generallv at
the rate ~f time and one-half.
Although Saturdays and Scndays
will be considerad ordinary worl:
days. the carriers must arrange
for a maximum of ermploves :n
have those d:ve off. However,
they have the privilege of stag
gerirg t:;e wotil; week where nec
essary avo overtime rates
“fisraose days. : Y
On a straight titee rate, the
['avmge' hourly . wage -is raised
from $1.12 to $1.4%, The unions’
original demands were for a 40-
hour week, Mondzvs through
Fridays "at no pay reduction,
time and a half fer Saturdays.
double time for Sundays, and an
increase of 2) cenis an hour. The
roads refused the shorter work
week and overtime rates and of
fered a 10-c¢ent pay hike ‘
The case was submitted to the
fact-finding beard in September,
1943, after the unions had voted
to strike. The toard’s recommen
dation of the five-dav week was
the teoughest issue to seitle and
after several weeks of nezotia
tions, the case was referred back
for clarification.
Both Sides Agree |
That time, bcth sides agreed to
accept the recommendations on
how the five-day week should be
applied. The clarifving recom
mendations were fortheoming
within a week and the regotia
tors went to work immediately to
incorporate them in‘o contract
terms. :
A _carrier spokesman said the
settlement gives the employes
“just what the fact-finding board
intended tn give them. No more,
no tess.” The rarriers had esti
mnated cost of the awards at $640,-
000,900, el
G. E. Leichdy of St Louis,
president of the Order of Roil
road Telegraphers and one of the
negotiators, said the rerommerd=
ations “diseriminated againct the
woman Chasteen met during the
war who was then living in El
Paso, Tex.
Chasteen, a sick man at the
time, told his wife he’d break off
with the woman identified by the
examiner only as ‘“Jeannetie” or
“Janet.”
Both testified, said London, that
Chasteen told his wife to get the
girl’s letter and he’d break off
relationships - then and there by
mail.
Mrs. Chasteen told London she
did—but read the girl’s letter
which the report quoted in full
and herewith in part: |
“I’'m on night duty and the
nights are really long. I think
about you a lot . . . I can’t under
stand why I keep on loving you.”
The letter also advised Chasteen
to stay away from the woman who
had beceme mrs. Chasteen.
Mad All Over
That made Mrs. Chasteen mad
all over again. The result, said the
trial examiner, was a fight which
ranged from the kitchen to the
front porch and set the whole
neighborhood on its ear. ]
Shortly thereafter Chasteen was
fired by ihe company and ordered
HOME
EDITION
yardmasters by not recommend
ing a shorter work weak for
them ”
He added, howewcr, that the
agreement “brings to a successzful
conclusion the most momentous
wage and hour movement in
railroad histecrv ar for that mata
ter, in the history of American
industry.”
In handing down its recom
mendations, the %“oard said that
the 40-hour week is “firmly a
part »f our national industrial
policy,” to which the railroads
“now stand out as a striking ex
ception ”
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New District
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Southern Beli
Harry M. Scrivener, of Atlanta,
has been appointed district traffic
manager for Southern Bell Tele
phone and Telegraph Company at
Athens, succeeding Paul R. Cald
well who has been named South
Georgia district traffic manager
with headquarters at Valdosta.
Mr. Scrivener began his associa
tion with Southern Bell in 1921 at
Winchester, Kentucky. s ]
He later moved io Louisviiie and
was appointed traffic manager
there in 1936. During 1943, he
was transferred to Meridian, Miss
issippi, as district traffic manager
and in 1947 he became traffic
supervisor in the Georgia division
offices in Atlanta. Later that year
he was appointed office manager
in the Company’s general traffic
department where he remained
until his recent appointment.
from his house in the village, three
' miles from Gainesville. 4
After Chasteen’s dischifrge, said
London, Mrs. Chasteen applied for
a job in the mili.
The personnel manager, said
| London, asked Mrs. Chasteen if she
!intended to continue living with
her husband. London quoted
Mrs. Chasteen as saying yes—and
the personnel manager as saying
no.
Mrs. Chasteen charged she had
been denied employment because
of the union activities of her hus
band.
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Explosion Levels
L . .
Virginia Laundry
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va,
March 21.—(AP)—An explosion
wrecked several buildings in a
University of Virginia veterans
trailer houcing area yesterdav,
The laundry was leveled bv the
blast, an adjacent trailer was de=
stroyed in a fire that was touch
ed off and 15 other frailess vlus
a half dozen automobiles ‘were
damaged. s