The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat., July 19, 1932, Image 1

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This, recommendation by Miss Bliz
tard has- been sanctioned by R. H.
Graham, county commissioner, and
Charles Wilson, county treasurer,
members of the county board of re
vision.
This recommended reduction is a re
duction from the present tax dupli
cate, Miss Blizzard states, and the
State tax commission will hold a hear
ing on the proposal early in Septem
ber.
Crash Victims Are
Reported Better
Reports from Grant hospital, Co
lumbus, state that the condition of
William O. Mendenhall, Mt. Sterling
grocer who was seriously injured on
July 4 when the auto he was driving
was struck by a B. & O. train at the
main crossing in Mt. Sterling, is
showing steady improvement.
Clark Hastings, Mt. Sterling youth,
who was riding with Mr. Mendenhall
at the time of the crash, was brought
from the hospital to his home a day
or so ago. He suffered several
broken ribs and a dislocated shoulder
and is improving rapidly.
PUBLISHED TUESDAV %ND FRIDAY EVENINGS I
AT DEMOCRAT BUIl. SECOND STREET I
Seventy^Fifth Year—No. 58
WALKAWAY
BACK AT FARM
DEWEY RIPPITOE, WHO LEFT
PRISON FARM HONOR CAMP
APRIL 28, 1930, RETURNS
OF OWN ACCORD
REPORTS FAMILY PERSUADED
HIM TO GIVE UP WALKS
HALF WAY FROM SOUTH-
SENT UP FROM THIS
COUNTY
In line With the record of the Lon
don prison farm in the voluntary re
turn of more than half of the walk
aways from the farm honor camp
since its establishment, another walk
away has returned of his own accord,
Supt. W. F. Amrine stated today.
Walking almost half the distance
from North Caroline, Dewey Rippitoe,
aged 29 years, who walked away from
the honor camp at the farm on April
28, 1930, reported to Supt. Amrine
late Monday for tho completion of his
term.
Rippitoe said that he was persuaded
to return to the prison farm by mem
bers of his family who live in Hot
Springs, North Carolina, where he has
been living for some time.
He was sent to the penitentiary
from this county on December 28,
1928, to serve 2 1-2 to 7 years for
chicken stealing.
tie walked away with F. R. Grigsby
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Recommends
Tax Reduction
MISS ELLA BLIZZARD, COUNTY
AUDITOR PROPOSES 15 AND
10 PERCENT CUTS IN VAL­
UATION OF FARM. TOWN
PROPERTIES
Miss Ella Blizzard, of London, Mad
ison county auditor, has recommended
to the state tax commission at Colum
bus that the valuation be reduced on
all farm lands and buildings outside
the corporations of Madison county^ a
total of lo percent and that the val
uation of all lands, lots and buildings
In corporations be reduced 10 percent,
the reductions to be made on the 1932
tax duplicate.
Roy Hastings, brother »f Clark,
was killed in the crash. The two
youths were riding to Mt. Sterling
from their home just north of the
village at the time of the fatal ac
cident.
Worthy Wood
Driven by McMillen Breaks World's
Record for Three Heats at Toledo
... Track
Worthy Wood, noted race horse
owned by JI any Wood of Mechanics
burg, and in the Doc McMillen sta
bles, London, won the 2:10 handicap
trot at Toleda Saturday evening, tak
ing the race in three straight heats.
With McMillen driving, Worthy
Wood broke the world’s record for a
handicap trot. This is another high
honor that this splendid horse has
brought to this section of Ohio.
J. STROUPESLOWLY"
RECOVERING FROM
CRASH INJURIES
The condition of John Stroupe, of
London, who suffered a broken leg in
an auto accident several days ago, is
reported as favorable. The young man
in Grant hosjhtalj Columbus,
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MAlISON
“Happy days arc here again!”
And the best of these days is the
one big day for shoppers in the Lon
don trading territory—next Saturday,
July 23—for that is the date of Ixn
don’s Golden* Harvest Day sale.
A majority of the I/ondon business
firms are combining in a big one-day
sales event, when merchandise costs
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Sister of London
Resident Dies Tn
Cellumbus Hospital
Mrs. Lizzie Ann* Scott, aged 73
years, sister of Mrs. Kate Bentzel, of
Ixrndon, died in a Columbus hospital
on Saturday.
She was the widow of the late Nim
rod Scott. Besides a son, Cully S.
Scott, 46 South Harris avenue, Co
lumbus, and Mrs. Bentzel, she is sur
vived by two grandchildren.
The funeral service was held at 2
p. m. Monday at the S. E. Corbin
Chapel, Worthington. Burial was
made in Pleasant cemetery, Mt. Ster
ling.
billIebbTo
PRESENT PLAY
LONDON YOUTH AND HIS PLAY
ERS TO GIVE COMEDY. “TAKE
MY ADVICE” AT SCHOOL
HERE JULY 21-22
CAST WILL INCLUDE NUMBER
OF YOUTHS WHO HAVE HAD
PARTS IN STROLLERS,
SCARLET MASK, ETC.
William Webb, ®f London, well
known local theatrical director, has
announced that
his players who
have been show
ing in Dayton,
Golden Harvest Sale Saturday
Majority of London Business Firms Will Participate
in City-wide Sales Event—Summer Merchan
dise, Very Acceptable at This Time To Be Of
fered—Streamers Mark Stores.
Will present in
London high
school auditor
ium on Thurs
day and Friday
nights of this
week, July 21
and 22, the three
act comedy,
“Take My Ad
▼ice."
Mr. Webb and
his players have been in Dayton the
past two weeks where they were re
ceived in a most acceptable manner
and are credited with offering a most
delightful entertainment.
The cast of characters includes
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Exchange Bank
Named Depository
LONDON BANK NAMED BY THE
STATE BANKING DEPARTMENT
FOR SPRINGFIELD COM­
MERCIAL & SAVINGS
BANK
The London Exchange bank has
been designated by the Ohio State
Banking department as depository for
the Commercial and Savings bank of
Springfield, which was closed recently.
The state banking department also
named the London Exchange bank as
depository for the First State bank of
South Charleston and the Peoples
Commercial and Savings bank of Lon
don./
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Highway Worker
Loses End of Finger
Theodore Roberts, of Rosedale, em
ployed by the Climer Construction
company on the paving work of the
National pike, north of here, had the
end ®f one finger of the right hand
cut off Saturday, while working with
a cement batcher.
The injury was attended by Dr. W.
A. Holman, London.
To Meet Wednesday
f' .Y 'r"8
Vocational talks by members of the
organization will feature this week’s
UuLary club meeting Wednesday noon.
V O
’Burg Paper Moves
The Mechanicsburg Daily Telegram
plan has been moved from the C. C.
Slater room to the corner business
room on the square in the village,
•owned by the telephone company.
will be given little consideration in the
markdown and bargain offers will be
made and made at a most opportune
time—at the height of the summer
season, when the much big stock of
summer merchandise on the London
store shelves will find their way, no
doubt, into the arms of appreciative
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NO FATALITIES
DURING JUNE
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS IN THIS
COUNTY, HOWEVER, SHOW
BIG INCREASE OVER
JUNE, 1931, RECORD
TOTAL OF 31 CLAIMS FILED, IN
VOLVING LOSS OF 319 DAYS
—12 IN 1931, WITH LOSS
OF 216 DAYS
Although no fatalities were record
ed, Madison county’s industrial acci
dent record for June, 1932, shows a
total of 31 claims, almost three times
the total for June a year ago and in
marked contrast to the entire state,
which shows a decrease of fatal acci
dents, the total being 72.
The state total is eight lestf than the
record for June, 1931, and well below
the average for that month over a six
years period, according to statistics
compiled by the Division of Safety and
Hygiene of the Industrial Commission
of Ohio.
Public employment led in fatalities
for the month with nine commercial
employment had seven care and cus
tody of buildings and grounds, fivej
construction, rubber and composition
goods, utilities, and clerical and pro
fessional, four each vehicle manufac
ture and cartage and trucking, three
each foods and beverages, leather and
Icad-her goods, lumber and wood jwa
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County Women
To Attend Camp
SEVER A MADISON O U NT Y
RESIDENTS TO ENJOY JOINT
OUTING THIS WEEK AT
4-H CLUB CAMP
Several women from Madison coun
ty will attend the annual Madison,
Greene and Clinton County Women’s
Camp to be held at the 4-H Club camp
cite, one mile west of Clifton, this
week, according to Lyman F. Baker,
county club agent.
The camp starts with supper this
evening and breaks after breakfast
fast Friday morning. Miss Ruth Rad
ford, home demonstration agent of
Greene county and Miss Elizabeth
Masters, home demonstration agent of
Clinton county, are in charge of the
eamp. A program of rest, frames,
swimming, inspirational discussions,
and a course in leather work has been
arranged. The campers will have
charge of their own vespers and camp
fire programs. The campers will not
be compelled to participate in any of
the activities. They are to have no re
sponsibility. There will be no meal
planning, no cooking, no dish wash
ing and no sweeping or dusting. The
camp is to be a real vacation for those
attending.
The three-day vacation, including
meals, will cost only three dollars. All
women from Madison Greene and Clin
ton counties are eligible to attend the
camp.
The Women’s Camp provides a place
for a real rest for rural women. It
gives them a chance to forget about
the duties of the home, an opportun
ity to make new acquaintances, and a
chance to do some of the things that
they have been wanting to do.
pYPSIES “OUT’’
Two auto loads of gypsies were
sent “flying” from the city by po
lice at noon today after several of
the gypsies had started a tour of the
business houses.
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Marriage License Granted
A marriage license has been issued
in probate court here to David Cotton,
farmer, and Edith Tracey, both of Mt.
Sterling. Ceremony by Rev. B. B.
Fleming, Mt. Sterling Methodist
church _______
THE SEMI-WEEKLY
LONDON, OHIO, TUESDAY, JULY, 19.1932
WHITE SAVES
OHIO MONEY
RECORD OR GOVERNOR CITED
BY WRITER IN JHSCUSSING
PLANS FOR FURTHER
CUT IN EXPENDITURES
FIGURES QUOTED TO SHOW TO
TALS SAVED TAXPAYERS
DURING A DM INI STR AT1 N
OF GOV. WHITE
(By Elmer P. Fries)
Analyzing figures compiled to guide
Governor George White in drafting his
latest order for an additional five per
cent reduction in general revenue fund
expenditures for the remainder of this
year, Howard L. Bevis, state finance
director, reported that the two pre
vious economy .'decrees had saved
$825,885 monthly for the first six
months of 1932 as compared with the
same period last year.
Having reduced total state operat
ing costs $9,646,332 in the first year
of his term, as compared with the to
tal spent by the preceding administra
tion in its last year, the governor )ias
effected additional, general revenue
fund savings at the rate of $9,910,628
in his second year, computation
showed.
Total expenditures from the gen
eral revenue fund for the first half of
1932 were $16,018,041 as compared
with $20,973,356 for the first half of
1931, a reduction of $4,955,314. The
further curtailment required by Gov
ernor White’s insistence that, despite
falling off of revenues, Ohio must keep
its budget balanced, is expected to ap
proximate $1,230,000 for the re
mainder of this year.
Major savings accomplished by de
partments under control of the gov
ernor in the first six months of 1932
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Farmers Club To
Meet Thursday
ELABORATE PROGRAM ARRANG
ED FOR JULY GATHERING AT
GEORGE BUSWELL HOME
NEAR GILUVAN
A record crowd is expected to at
tend the meeting on Thursday of the
Madison County Farmers’ Club at the
George Buswell home, near Gillivan.
Rev. Edward S. Weaver, pastor of
the Franklin Park Methodist Episco
pal church, of Columbus, will be the
principal speaker on the program of
the afternoon.
In line with the nation-wide observ
ance of the George Washington Bi
Centennial celebration, a patriotic pro
gram will be rendered in connection
with the meeting, consisting of patri
otic songs, recitations and other num
bers.
Music for the entire affair will be
provided by the Lafayette orchestra
of Deercreek township.
Following the custom adopted at
the beginning of this year in paying
honor to the past and present officers
of the club, the organization at the
July meeting will give special recog-,
nition of all historians of the club.
The usual basket dinner will be en
joyed at the noon hour by the mem
bers and guests and the afternoon pro
gram is open to the public.
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Legion Auxiliary
To Name Delegates
The American Legion Auxiliary of
Madison Post No. 105, London, will
hold the regular meeting tonight at
7:30 when the delegates and alter
nates to the department convention at
Toledo on August 1,5 and 16 will be
elected.
The auxiliary sent 69 dozens of
cookies to Fort Thomas, Kentucky, on
July 9. Twenty-five dozens had been
asked for and members responded so
generously that the unit was able to
send almost three times as many of
the delicacies as had been requested.
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Pneumonia Fatal
u
To Travis Baby
Pneumonia caused the death of
Richard Franklin Travis, six months
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Travis,
which occurred Sunday night about
10:30 o’clock at the home of his par
ents, near Big Plain.
In addition to his mother and father
one brother, Lawrence and one sister
Lillie Irene, survive.
The funeral service was held today
at 10:30 a. m. at Denison Chapel. Bur
ial was made in the West Jefferson
cemetery in charge of Cox and Fitz
gerald, of Washington Q, H.
County Democrat
Announcement has just been made
that Mrs. Catherine Minshall, of Lon
don, Madison county recorder, has re
signed her office to become matron
of the Ohio Pythian Sisters Home at
Medina, and that her son, Richard
Minshall, deputy recorder, has been
appointed by the county commission
ers to fill the unexpired term.
MEM BER”
OLD AGE PENSION CLASS TO BE
INITIATED ON JULY 27
PLAN TO BOOST PENSION
PROPOSAL
“Every member get a new member,”
is the slogan adopted by the London
Aerie, No. 950, Fraternal Order of
Eagles, following a meeting of the
Aerie, when resolutions were adopted
pledging every member of the Aerie to
become a member of the Campaign
committee now staging a membership
drive for the order.
“The slogan is tried and true,” said
Roy Wright, chairman of the member
ship campaign committee, who re
ported at the meeting that up to date
a total of 12 new members have been
enrolled during the campaign, which
will close July 27th.
The resolutions adopted at the
meeting follow:
“Whereas, London Aerie, No. 950,
Fraternal Order of Eagles, is now en
gaged in one of the most worthy cam
paigns in its history, namely, a drive
for new members for Line Old Age
Pension Class, and
“Whereas, this Aerie Deeds more
man power to help in its effort along
with other Aeries in Ohio to secure an
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7olf Tourney
In Full Swing
COUNTRY CLUB MEMBERS START
PLAY IN ANN! AL INDEPEND
ENCE DAY TOURNEY WITH
MANY IN THE LIST
London and Columbus golfers treked
to the London Country club course on
Sunday in such numbers that the day
was the busiest the club has exper
ienced thus far this season. The out
of-town* devotees numbered more than
40 while the local linksmen turned
out enmasse.
The drawing card for the members
was the oponiriig round of the Inde
pendence Day tournament. John Dins
more was the medalist for the day
With a score of 87, shooting a 43 out
and a 44 in. He defeated Webb Kulp
7 and 5. Jim Smith won handily from
Ogan Stroupe, 5-4 and Doc Holman
beat Fred Dinsmore, 2 up. Coming to
the eighteenth even up, Earl Barnes
came through with some pretty shots
to put Dr. Postle out of the running.
1 up. F. E. Sidener, sr., shot a twice
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Mrs. Mary H. Dunlap
Dies at Circleville
Mrs. Mary Hyde Dunlap, 83, prom
inent Pickaway county resident, and
an aunt of Renick W. Dunlap, assist
ant secretary of agriculture, died on
Monday at her home in Circleville as
the result of a fall suffered a month
ago at her home. She was the widow
of Samuel W. Dunlap.
Mrs. Dunlap is survived by two
sons, John H. and Samuel Dunlap,
both of Williamsport, and a daughter,
Miss Flora Dunlap, Des Moines, Iowa.
The funeral service will be held at
3 p. m. Wednesday, at the residence,
with Rev. C. H. Eichinger, of the Cir
cleville M. E. church, officiating. Bur
ial will be in the Williamsport ceme
tery.
BUYS HUNTER HOUSE
William Grice, an attorney of New
Haven, Conn, who has been residing
at the Neil hotel here for some time,
has purchased the Pearl Hunter brick
property on Columbia avenue and has
moved into the house.
Clarence Page, guard at the Lon
don prison farm, who has been living
in the Hunter property, has moved to
a house on Logan avenue.
Mrs. Catherine Minshall Resigns as County
Recorder to Accept Position as Matron of
Ohio Pythian Sisters Home Son Appointed
Mrs. Minshall’s term would have
EAGLES WANT
MORE MEMBERS
SLOGAN OF LODGE, ADOPTED AT
MEETING HERE IS “EVERY
MEMBER GET A NEW
expired on January 2, 1933, and hei
son will serve until that time.
Mrs. Minshall will, assume her new
duties the first week in August, the
resignation becoming effective on
August 1.
She has served as deputy and re
corder since her appointment as dep
uty in 1919.
Seeks Authority To
Lease Canning Plant
At ML Sterling
John R. Loofbourrow, of Mt. Ster
ling, has been appointed receiver for
the Mt. Sterling Canning company by
the Madison, county common pleas
court and has taken charge of the ex
tensive property owned by the con
cern.
Mr. Loofbourrow has made applica
tion to the court for permission to
proceed at once in an effort to lease
the canning factory for operation this
year.
J. A. TREHEARNE
DIES SATURDAY
CIVIL WAR VETERAN AND PIO
NEER MADISON FARMER
SUCCUMBS AT HOME OF
DAUGHTER
WAS 91 YEARS OF AGE LAST
SURVIVING MEMBER OF CO.
K, 26TH O. V. 1.—MILITARY
FUNERAL MONDAY
Two funeral services for James A.
Trehearne, aged 91 years, Civil war
veteran and one of the oldest resi
dents of Madison county who died on
Saturday night at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. E. L. Dunavent, 71
Clarendon avenue, Columbus, were
held Monday.
At 10 a. m., a service was held at
the Dunavent home in Columbus, con
ducted by Rev. E. E. Hotter, of Co
lumbus.
At 2 p. m. a military funeral service
was held at the G. G. Schlechty fu
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Dies At Home Of
Daughter Here
MRS. MARY L. WYLIE, 67. OF
SPRINGFIELD, DIES SUNDAY
AT HOME OF MR. AND
AND MRS. U O. SNOW
Mrs. Mary L. Wylie, aged 67 years,
wife of Levi L. Wylie, of Springfield,
died of a complication of diseases fol
lowing an extended illness on Sunday
evening at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. C. O. Show, North Main street,
London.
Mrs. Wylie underwent an operation
six months ago but never regained her
health. She was a native of Muncie,
Indiana, and had lived in Springfield
for the past fifteen years.
Surviving in addition to the husband
and the daughter are, another daugh
ter, Mrs. Thomas Love, of Springfield,
and one son, Carl H. Wylie, of Miami,
Florida. One sister, Mrs. Troy Hauck
of Muncie, also survives.
The funeral service was held today
at 2 o’clock p. m. at the Snow home,
conducted by Rev. Floyd Pence, of the
First Christian church, Springfield.
Burial in Rose Hill near Springfield
will be in charge of Undertaker W. E.
Lukens, of London.
Mrs. C. D. Hines
Hurt in Crash
Mrs. C. D. Hines, of Van Wert, is
recuperating here at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Golden,
from severe injuries rece|ved last Sat
urday night in an auto crash at Van
Wert.
Mrs. Hines suffered a broken rib ^nd
other injuries when her machine col
lided with another car.
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Basebal News
Kibler-Clothcraft nosed out the
South Vienna Merchants, 6-5 Sunday
at the Vienna ball park, nicking Skill
ings for 12 hits and taking advantage
of three Vienna errors. Herb Lani
gan, London, umpired the game.
Slats Wilson yielded three hits as
the South Vienna Independents sur
prised with a 7-3 victory over the Ur
bana Athletics at the Urbana fair
I grounds, on Sunday.
GOES INTO THE MAJORITY OF HOMES OF THE
COUNTY A REAL ADVERTISING MEDIUM
Subscription $2.00 Per Yea(
YOUTH SAYS HE
KILLED TWO
LOUTS W. COTT, HILLIARD. CON
FESSES HE WAS DRIVER OF
AUTO THAT SIRCUE i
THREE PERSONS
TWO MEET DEATH, ONE ESCAPES
—SAYS HE WAS TOO SCARED
TO STOP—CON FESSES TO
HIS FATHER
Louis W. Cott, 19-year-old North
High school senior, of Dublin road,
near Hilliards, confessed to Columbus
detectives Monday night he was the
hit-skip driver who Saturday night
struck and killed a woman ami her
niece at Third avenue and High street
in Columbus.
Cott was arrested by detectives at
his home several hours after his fath
er, Emerson Cott, had talked to Detec
tive Chief Lugene Ebright in Colum
bus.
The father, suspicious because of tho
boys’ actions since Sunday, had talked
to Chief Ebright in an attempt to find
out whether the boy had been into any
trouble.
Chief Ebright suggested to the
father the boy might have been the
one whose car struck the two per
sons and the father went home to
question the boy.
Tells His Father First
After a short questioning, the boy
confessed to his father he was the
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Governor Seeks
ToAidFarmers
WILL ASK LEGISLATURE TO
PASS LAW TO PAY ROAD
TAXES ON PREVIOUS
CONSTRUCTION
A bill to permit the use of a portion
of the funds accruing from the Ohio
gasoline tax for payment of assess
ments on roads built prior to the time
the state took over the highway sys
tem, will be submitted to the next
special session of the general assembly
by Gov. George White.
Holding that such use of the funds
would be within the intent of the gas
oline tax law, the governor, in a
statement this week, said the act will
be “paying a debt already contracted
which we morally owe in connection
with the highway construction.”
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Mrs. Herman Rockwell
Dies n Hospital
Mrs. Sylvia Rockweft, aged 16
years, wife of Herman Rockwell, of
London, died of embolism Monday
night at 7:15 in University hospital,
Columbus.
She is survived by her husband, her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Nicely, of
West Jefferson, and four sisters, Mrs.
Ida Bayes, of St. Louis, Mo., Mrs.
Gothia Whitney and Mrs. Pauline
Williams, both of Detroit, and Mrs.
Mona Hunter, of Hilliard.
The funeral service will be held on
Thursday at 10 a. m., in the Church
of Christ in Christian Union, West
Center street, conducted by Rev.
Frank Sollars, pastor. Burial will be
made in Wesley Chapel cemetery in
Franklin county by Undertaker W. E.
Lukens.
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Jimmy Risk
Horseshoe Pitching Champ Visits
Here Monday—Has Extensive
Schedule of Match, Ex
hibition Dates
Jimmy Risk, of Montpelier, Indiana.
American National horseshoe pitching
champion who recently gave an exhi
bition here at the opening of the new
courts of the London Horseshoe club,
was a visitor in London, Monday on
his way to Cadiz for an exhibition ap
pearance.
r. Risk has several dates in Penn
sylvania and Maryland and will then
travel north along the Atlantic coast
to Maine where he has a’number of
important matches scheduled.
CONDITION 0"MAN~~
WITH BROKEN HIP
REMAINS UNCHANGED
The condition of William Taylor, of
Plain City, a patient at White Cross
hospital, Columbus, is reported un
changed.
Mr. Taylor fell and fractured his leg
three weeks ago. His condition is ser
ious on account of his age, 79. He had
been in ill health for the past few
years. Mr. Taylor is well-known in
London.