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LPiny in ms power lu in« iuiur^ iui the welfare of the medical society.OLD CUR PICKS BEST PUCE TO QUIT WITH HUNGRY FOLK(Continued from Page One)pea red to have eeen much wear. The father wore an old pair of boots but no socks. One of the little boys tried to keep his feet warm wi*h a pair of overshoes slipped also over his bare feet.The father of the family—Montgomery by name—told the firemen that he once had been well-to-do In a tnwn In Michigan. The depression came on and the family lost home and money. All that was left was j an old dilapidated automobile.Destitute and penniless, the family decided to go to relatives in Batavia, 111., and started out a few days ago in the aging car for the Illinois city.Whiting was reached Thursday j afternoon. The tires on the car were not any too good at the start of the trip and when Whiting was reached, one of them was no longer useful. The father was forced to ride on a rim and this damaged the rim.Hungry, cold and their car rapid- | ly wearing down, and no friends to turn to in their plight, the family pulled up alongside the city hall to J find a warm place to rest their weary and hungry bodies.The family stumbled into the fire station. Fighting fires usually makes firemen tough. However, behind the outer toughness are kind and understanding hearts. This the firemen immediately showed.That extra food that Fireman Ladendorf was preparing as Chief j Weigand walked into the fire station. was for the destitute family. The firemen under Captain Adolph■a
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Gary Evening Times
Gary, Indiana, US
Sat, Dec 10, 1932
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