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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ftOSEBURG, OREGON FRIDAY, AUGUST 17. 1928. UVfc IE OF TOOMBS JQIfHTLYAGCUSED SI BBS MIS Out of a Total of 103 in DOUGLAS COUNTY IN JULY Following figures aken jfrom Oregon Motor Register. j- Hudson and Essejc Durant and Star Nash, all models Dodge, all models Buick, al) models Chrysler and Plymouth You should see Hansen Chevrdlet Co. SALTY! THAT'S "AL" SMITH'S "OLD HOME TOWN" ARTIST GEORGE CLARK'S IMPRESSIONS Al Smiths- f SSst O ' jP"-aL I VV ) newspapers ; - ; MT'r Vs A I A'. iVV- L mm, n mm ri"r v" vaMMMMii tia Jtmmi 1 1 ii ii i ii i i ii . wmmM I -'ro Old Soutyi Sbreet, undev the Brooklyn bridge , where fW was born "The Fulhon Sbrect Fi$h makeb cohere SVnibh looKkedas avth It Cheers the Democratic Candidate in a Dozen Different Languages. Ily HOI1TKNSK SAIjNDKRS iXICA Service Writer) riSf.w HJHft, AUg. n. ui an (iiui sidewalks of New rorx, cast stile or west, none has more of the real salty flavor, of Manhattan's melt-(the sfrong, pnngrnt aromas ot ; inn pot than Oliver street which ' ripe olive.-, oil, tobacco and ear.t-j is Al Smith's "home town." ! ern imports. i Oliver Is one of seven streets j i;q;y Brick Houses ! that angle off from Chatham! .Moit of the houses at" four or t Square, the heart of the old "east colorful, crowded, cocmo-, politan. 'I IioiikIi not morn than four or five blocks in leneth. oil-j ver street has been an Important locale in New York politics. He Fiflt's Smith, ft has housed Tom Foley, Secretary Tom Campbell of the Tammany Club, Congressman Reardon. am many, others. H Is bounded on the north bv the noisy, craphing Third avenue L. on the south by the Itrooklwi Hridjt-. and to the rifcht and h ft by pnh carts. Today it Is n street ot fmatl shops. Number 2.1, where .Smith lived during the time his pomic-Ri future was shaninir and , where he kept his homo ntn , movtd into the executive mansioB OLD Chevrolet Passenger Cars 9 8 : .....6 5 : 1 .1 us before you buy. We sell used cars with an al A!aSy n?w la an undertaking " Toward the soutli end of oiiver street, you well nriplit Imaclne: you suddenly had been transport 0(1 to Creecn. All the signs in Jlu1 Khnn windows are in Greek,' and I iiorir.nvnri H.i rk-liH Iri'fl men sit out. in ironi oi ineir cuin-e ng cards in the afternoon sun- shine. Greotinr ynur nostrils are; five story bricks, v.fih tistly fire escapes hung ncroKit ne iioms,, from which drape the inevitable east side washincs, the rolorfiil clothes making fantastic patterns acatn.n the dull bricks. The old Sijiilh hous which Smiih nver owned, is jusl about. Iik nil of its nrfshborn. Within this Chathnm fquare vi cinity are some of the most inter e?tinc sections fit the Ka.Bt Side. Hf-re a the Ghetto, F.wrmin..' wi'fi Ruttian. foIK-h. and Huncarlan Jews. IlTe are Mutt ;umI hmi-rs I street, the two principal thorough fares of nilnaiowti At Clw.ilmm CMl!!irr IP fill il 11 f h..n. vu.-. tiAri- nt.nosite di ; reclloua. Htra too is the bein . Wfiippet and W. Knight Fords, all models Oakland and Pontiac Studebaker.and Erskine Oldsmobija Cadillac and LaSallc i nlnp of Division street, the center i of the easl side cloak and canuent trade .and beyond is Allen street. V'' ili"v ' "u rt"l,,l,l, miv- aim cui'i'iri a. Born on River Front Just to the south In Brooklyn Bridge. Almost under the bridge once Monti the old tenement at 17 South street, w here Al Smith wan born. Kmilti street i a river front thoroughfare, and Smith's first memories are of a dark blue ri!- I ben of wafer, with sailing' schoon ers, freighters, tramp steamers, ferry boats, and the always aspir- 1 luz skyline of Manhattan In the summer time, he used to jump off the docks into the Water and became what Ion j shoremen call a water rat. He played tag amoim the pilea of lumber and the pyramids of boxes and crates, and thrllh-d to the alarm of th flm irorix, which never failed to send him to the fire hon.-.e. panting and v.-l-ycd. All of At Smith's rhiidn-n were horn on the east i!" in an ur- lens than a quarter of a mile muare. In this ;-aine ana tln-ir - ! -reins and their Krandpiuents So this etc- - ' been bum .41 .11 8 .;....,.....,.7 3 - - 1 O. K. that counts. Hon of New York is' "old homo town" to the Smiths. Loyal to Tholr Neighborhood Thu Smlthn never moved "up town" In Ihelr Ideas or their fiienls. When any of the Smiths are ill, If they ure in New York, they usually send lor the family doctor down on Oliver street. They send their laundry lo Morris Sim shine, at :JU Oliver street, who did the governor's shirts for 20 yearn. "I knew Al Smith when he. actu ally wore a brown derby with a gray 'suit,' said Mrs. .Sunshine proudly. "Mrs. Smith often u.ieu to hint the laundry ovi r heiseli, or take it uack over her arm. 'I he ! girls used o drop in tr charg; money, or to chat. When Suiii'hhie s daughter v.at married, SniMh sent, a eoiigruLum foty letter, wishing Ihem joy mm j winning he mlfcht he present. The I liiutidrymati eherlrhen CHrisl mas i cards Iroin the Smf.hs, and some , lamps from the Smith home, j They All Remember Al ! Mr.-.. Thomns Colettian, who lived aero.is the street, from the Smitlin, ; lemonihers how Smith once vas selected t-1ead tho grand march j al a ball, and how hn walked right past all .the elegantly dressed ' worm n and acked her, the ni"M 'plainly dressed guest there to be i his partner. f The east Fide, around Chatham ' s'BWro, is full of peoph; who re- ; member the Smiths with affection ;and loyally, and v.ho spenk or their : kindiinefcK and "lininineKS" before' , iiinl after prosperity came. ! A I S mi tli's "home lov. in a .dozen different lancuaErM, choruses l"""p" ' Doflce tourliiK in very ood con dition. TotHl price 7., half down, baltuue tasy, llauheii Chevrolet Co. ll ferrinu to the telephone direc tory for u u in hers h v npiendid inibit. that prevfiits callim some i?;e to the leji-jiione In error. Our s.-ik .iioojim ate "kept open eniitK and Sunda fonmrnjus for Ihe v tu kinsman s convenience. Hn'i-n Chevrolet Cj. ST. LOUIS, Auk. 17. Siratton Shurtel, attorney pent1 ml oC Mis souri, yesterday announced ho had instructed his two assistant here, to prepare an Information against Dr. K. F. MpremitiOrn of Chicago, vice president of International Lite Insurance Co.,' making a charge similar to that in a warrant issued yostorday against Hoy C. Tooniba, president. Tlio Toombs warrant charges wand lurceny of JlOl.uuu of Texas tin! Moutamt county bonds.; h part of tlm ;;i,5ti.f52 alleged to have been -i t moved by Toombs from the insurance, company assets. Morgenstiern is " director of pcrsunnrl of tho International L.iie and the closest ' adviser of To j nibs. lie is a handwriting ex-; pert itnd character analyst. He is a Rumanian and Is said to liuvo served professionally in tho Rus sian czar's court.. ' f .' ' '' - c Bond Theft Recited The attorney general's decision followed testimony given by Hoe Ha relay, assistant financial sec retary oi tho insurance company, that he and Toombs went to the deposit box of tho company last October J, at tho instnnco of Toombs, and look out $500,000 Worth of bonds. ' The bonds were taken to Toomb's office, Barclay Birid, and Morgenstiern and B. O. Meltey nolds, son of T, J. McRoynoJds, another vice president, J.ook them away. It was Barclay's under standing that Mprgensliern. and li. O. Mclteynolds went to Nov York'. " ' Iln relays said ho never heard anything more of t)io bonds and ho had received no proceeds from them. ' New Toombs Charges ST. LOUIS, Aug. 17. Three ad ditional warrants against Roy C. Toombs of Chicago, president of International Life Insurance Co., were Issued yesterday by Circuit Attorney Howard Sldcner. Each charges Toombs with procuring a false certificate fori 3,000 shares of stock with intent to Issue It. 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Wcutlior nuroau Offlc ItOhuburK. Ort'un. Dtita reported by 10. H. Flutrlior, Motcorologlut in i:lilirK.' ' i -' ' ; Uarumt'lrlc proflHiire (reduced lo bimi level) 0 a. ;n 30.07 Ilelatlve humidity b p. m. yes lerday (per celil) 2L Precip. In Inches and Hundredths: HluheHt temperature yesterday B7 Lowest- temperature last nlf;llt 50 Averai;o leuiperaturu fur tlio day .. ; fH Normat temperaturo Cor thla dale .. '.. :. .v.: cs I'reelpltatlou, last 21 boma 0 Total preelp. since iHt monlh T Normal preelp. for Ihla mouth .31 Tolal picclp. from Sept. 1, 1927, to dato 27.72 Averae: prucll. from EepU 1, 1077 32.H3 Total deficiency alneo Sept. 1, 1927 .. 0.11 Average aeaaonal preelp. Sept. to May, iiieluslve 31.31 Forecast for joulhwest OrcKohi Fair and warm tonight and Sutur day. ' ' ' ' ' NEIGHBORS OF WOOD. CRAFT NOTICE ' The inelnberH of Lilac t'lr- cle No. t!(, will bold a Henle 4 at Nl' lmln' drove at llrnrk- way M(:ilri:iy evenlliK. AilK. 21 Meet al K. I'.' hall at ti o'elofk. 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