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MARY HUTCHESON, proprietress of Mary's Dress and Tot
Shop at Winston, displays a garment which looks to be a pair
of corduroy pants (pygmy size) but which I reckon could be
anything; I'm no judge. She has lived in Winston for three
years, coming there from Ely, Nevada.
VALUATION, TAXES UP
County Assessor's Report
Lists Comparative Figures;
Roseburg City Tax Same
Douglas county residents will pay taxes totalling $3,385,895.40
for all purposes county, city, school and special levies according
to a report released today by Ned Dixon, county assessor.
This figure is more than a million dollars more than the amount
paid last year. However, assessed valuation has climbed five
million greater to an all time high of $56,405,365
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
AN Interesting story clicks' off
the wires as this is written. It
relates that a 12-square-mile sec
tion ot the Los Angeles-Long
Beach harbor area is SINKING
at the rate of two inches every
month.
Since 1937, the land has dropped
more than nine feet, and at the
present rate It may drop as much
as 23 feet by 1963. If you are
familiar with that region, you
will realize that a drop of 23 feet
would put a lot of valuable
ground under water.
The value of the endangered
property Is estimated in this
morning's dispatch at half a bil
lion dollars.
WHY the sinking?
IT APPEARS TO BE DUE
TO REMOVAL OF OIL AND
GAS. As (over the years) the oil
and gas have been taken out from
underneath, the surface of the
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CHILD KIDNAPPED
UTICA, N. Y., Nov. 5. UP)
Six-week-old Stephen Komorek,
son of a $100-a-week paper mill
worker, was kidnaped last night
by a man in a black coat, the
infant's mothei reported.
Mrs. Henry Komorek said a
man with a hat down over his
eyes stole the baby from his crib
near the kitchen stove in their
modest home in suburban Clay
ville. The couple's only other child
a seven-year-old son, was struck
and killed by an automobile four
years ago.
Roseburg Armistice Day Program
Will Feature Parade, Program,
Game, Dance; All Units Take Part
Rrig. Gen. Curtis T. Beecher,
U.S.M.C. (Ret.), of Days Creek
will be the speaker of the Armis
tice day program in Roseburg
next Friday, American Legion
Commander William "Dutch"
Mills, announced.
The program, in which all vet
erans' organizations in the city
will participate, will begin with
a parade at 10:15 a.m. to form
at the courthouse lawn.
The procession will go to Jack
son street and south to the Indian
theatre, where a program will be
held. General Beecher, ranking
marine corps officer on Corre
gidor after Bataan fell and a Jap
anese prisoner of war, will deliv
er the address.
The theatre program will start
at 10.45 with an invocation. Spe
cial music will be provided by a
member of the Roseburg Choral
society.
At noon potluck dinnpr for all
veterans and their families will
be served in the armory. A pee
wee football game at 2 p.m. on
J-"-
A comparative assessed valua
tlon and tax figures since 1944
shows the following: .
Year Valuation Total Tax
1944 . $33,352,950 $ 760,770.12
1945 35,3X5,615 1,028,836.73
1946 36,508,960 1,268,375.39
1947 42,464,190 1,720,991.90
1948 49,432,095 2,211,459.73
1949 ...... 56,405,365 3,386,717.36
The increased taxation is
ascribed largely to the influx of
people to this area, and the need,
largely, for school maintenance.
School taxes alone account for
$2,541,868.65. Another item figur
ing in this year's tax table is the
four mill levey voted by the people
for a new county home. This levy
will bring in $225,621.46. The re
maining county expenses to be
raised by taxation amounts to
$252,921.89, at a levy of 14.5 mills.
Taxes Combined
A breakdown shows combined
taxes for all incorporated cities to
be $298,709.21; Winchester Bay
Rural fire district, $210.29: Rose
burg Rural Fire district, $7,576.76;
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16 CIO Longshoremen "
Await Arraignment
THE DALLES, Ore., Nov. 5
UP) Two jails here held 16 CIO
Longshoremen today, awaiting
arraignment on a charge of par
ticipating In the Sept. 28 riot over
the unloading of Hawaiian pine
apple. Alfred J. Carmanica, Portland,
joined his 15 fellow-unionists who
had been arrested earlier. Car
manica, learning he was want
ed, voluntarily surrendered to
Portland police and came here,
alone on a bus, to report to jail.
Circuit Judge Dal M. King, as
signed by the state supreme court
to hear the case, will come here
for the arraignments possibly
Monday.
Twelve Longshoremen are In
county jail, three in city jail. And
eight more, also indicted by the
grand jury, remain on the "want
ed" list.
Finlay field is scheduled, while
at 9 p.m. a public dance will be
held in the armory.
Local naval reserve units will
celebrate both the Armistice and
their birthday Nov. 11, accord
ing to Dave Hill, ensign, USNR.
He added that for the first time
this year, local units of marines
and navy personnel will form a
color guard and march in the
Armistice day parade.
All marines and navy veter
ans, whether or not they belong
to veterans organizations, are in
vited to wear their dress blues
and march with the local reserve
units, Hill related.
The Naval parade unit will
form at 9:30 a.m. in front of the
courthouse on the lawn.
Hill said other events are
scheduled for the day-long cele
bration that honors the end of
the first world war. Complete
plans for the forthcoming func
tion will be released at a later
date, he said.
Tht Wtothtr
.Fair today and Sunday. Mors
inej fog Sunday.
Sunset today 5:00 p. m.
Sunrlso tomorrow 4:54 a. m.
Established 1873
Major Break Seen In Motions Steel Heap
Republic Steel
Pension Offer
Feelers Made
One Company Reaches
Agreement; Coal Srtike
Nears National Crisis
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. UP)
A major new break in the steel
strike seemed imminent todav,
while the government stepped in
as peacemaker between John L.
Lewis and the still-unbroken front
of soft coal mine owners.
Republic Steel Corp., the na
tion's third biggest steelmaker,
made its 54,000 workers a pen
sion offer in Cleveland. The CIO
United Steelworkers district di
rector there did not disclose the
terms but said:
"With (CIO President Philip)
Murray's approval, we'll accept
it."
The No. 2 producer. Bethlehem
Steel, settled early this week.
Washington officials predicted
that if "Big steel" United States
Steel Corp.. and its subsidiaries
gets into line, the back-to-work
march quickly will become nation
wide.
Agreement Reached
One of Pennsylvania s ma or
producers, Lukens Steel com
pany, reached an agreement with
the union at Coatesville earlv to
day. Workers began filing back
to their jobs. Lukens ' employs
some 5,000 men.
There were stirrines on the
coal front, too. Cyrus S. Ching,
tireless chief of the federal medi
ation service, called southern op
erators here Monday to "explore
all the angles" for settlement of
the 48-day coalfield shutdown.
A hint or possibly sterner fed-
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Reynolds Forced "
To Halt Flight
On World Trip
HONOLULU. Nov. 5 P) Mil
lionaire Milton Reynolds has
oeen lorced back to Guam on his
attempt to set a new around-thc-world
flight record by commer
cial airlines, Pan American
World Airways reported today.
Pan American said the big
Boeing stratocruiser he was rid
ing was two hours out of Guam
when it was forced to turn back
by engine trouble. The plane will
require a cylinder replacement
which will have to be flown to
Guam, the company said.
The flight probably will be de
layed nearly 24 hours.
There is a possibility. Pan
American said, that Reynolds
may switch planes if Philippine
Air Lines or Transocean has a
flight leaving Guam earlier.
Pan American said the plane
which carried Reynolds arrived
back at Guam about 3 p.m. today
(12 midnight KST Friday).
Reynolds was not expected to
reach Honolulu before 2 a.m.
Sunday (8 a.m. EST) if he con
tinues by Pan American. He had
been due today at 5:45 a.m.
(10:45 a.m. EST).
Even so he still would have a
few hours leeway in which to
better the mark of six days, three
hours, 15 minutes held by Col.
Edward Egan, chairman of the
New York State Boxing commis
sion.
Police Hunt Two Girls (
Who Rob Popcorn Stand'
EUGENE. Nov. 5. UP) Police
were hunting today for two young
girls who,, armed and masked,
staged a rather unprofitable pop
corn stand hold-up last night.
The take for the girls one of
whom burst into childish tears
in mid-robbery was $5. The old
er girl appeared between 17 and
19; the younger one .between 9
and 12.
The two, dressed In blue jeans
and masked in white wool ban
dannas, ordered popcorn at a
small shop last night. Then the
elder showed a revolver, and
said, "this is a stick-up."
The smaller bandit broke Into
sobs. "Mother needs an opera
tion," she said.
The clerk, Lorraine Hooden
pyle, gave the girls $5 from her
cash drawer. They both dropped
their bags of popcorn and fled.
Ellsworth To Address
Chamber Of Commerce
Discussing the work of the 81st
Congress, Rep. Harris Ellsworth,
Oregon fourth district congress
man, will be guest speaker Mon
day at the Chamber of Com
merce forum.
The luncheon will be at noon
In the Hotel Umrxiua civic room.
The public is invited, said George
Luoma, lorum committee chair
man. Although Ellsworth's topic has
not been announced, "we can be
sure he will discuss the work of
the 81st Congress and inform us
on national affairs," laid Luoma.
KICKOFF DRIVE
Breakfast At Hotel Umpqua
Will Mark Opening Of Big
Roseburg Chest Campaign
Advance gifts totalling $5,200 have been received in the Rose
burg Community Chest drive this week, giving impetus to the
kick-off scheduled Monday morning.
Davis Reports
Kiel Confesses
Tucker Killinq
District Attorney Robert G.
Davis reported yesterday thai
Joseph Louis Kiel had admitted
strangling to dea'h Stanley
James Tucker, a former Myrtle
Creek resident who had recently
moved to Springfield. Details
of Kiel's statements were not
made known.
Kiel's case was presented to the
grand jury Friday morning. The
results will be made known by the
grand jury "at a later date," Davis
said.
The Douglas county district at
torney said that the investigation
following the alleged crime re
vealed the victim had died by
strangulation.
The alleged slaying took place
Sunday morning, Oct. 30, near
the Pruner bridge, south of Myrtle
Creek. The body was found under
the bridge by a nearby resident,
Glenn Riddle.
Davis said details of the in
vestigation could not be made
known until tne case comes up lor
trial.
At the grand jury Friday morn
ing four persons were called to
testify in connection with the
case.
They were Sergeant Lyle Har
rell of the state police in Rose
burg, who figured in the interro
gation of Kiel along with Davis
and Deputy District Attorney
Dudley C. Walton; Deputy Sher
iff Dallas Bennett, who investi
gated the vicinity where the body
of the victim was found; Canyon-
vllle Resident Deputy Sheriff W.
I. Worrall, who accompanied Ben
nett, and the prisoner to the al
leged scene, and a News-Review
reporter, who took pictures at the
scene.
Nature of statements made dur
ing the hearing are secret and
were not permitted to be made
known, Davis said.
Pictures taken by Ihe News
Review reporter were subpoenaed
by the district attorney, who re
quested that they remain secret
until the trial.
Classified Ad Deadline
In News-Review Advanced
Effective Monday, Nov. 7, a
new copy deadline for classi
fied advertising in the News
Review will be necessary.
Copy will have to be in the
News-Review office by 5 p.m.
of the day preceding publica
tion. This change is necessary to
allow the mechanical - depart
ment to meet the press time
for the rural edition.
New Salvation
Dneohiiro'a npw sll I Vfl M n II
Army building was dedicated last
night to the army's tradition of
"militant Christianity," in a spe
cial service conducted bv Major
Roderic Durham, Portland, com
mander of the Oregon-Southern
Idaho division.
In attendance at the meeting
were Salvation Army delegations
from Coos Bav, Eugene, Med
ford, Klamath Falls, and Salem,
as well as local corps members,
townspeople, and those who con
tributed toward erection of the
building in a fund campaign
launched in 1948.
Guest speakers included City
Manaopr m. W. Slankard. rep
resenting Mayor Albert G. Fle-
gel, and ur. Morns n. rascii,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
u...i, i t ri A .T. nilllard.
San Francisco, representing the
western lerrnonai comnmnuci,
gave the principal address.
Recalling the lighting spirit of
William Booth, founder of the
Salvation Army In London in
1865, Col. Gilliard declared that
the army has "never beentied
down by bricks and mortar." lt
buildings are utilitarian, the only
architecture it knows "is of the
human spirit."
"Christianity Itself," he re
minded, "began in a stable when
thpre was no room in 'he inn.
Several musical selections
were offered by the Roseburg
corps band. The audience was
led in song by Capt. Kenneth An
derson, Portland, to the accom
paniment of a drum and tambou
rines. Capt. Anderson also led a
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ROSEBURG, OREGON SATURDAY, NOV, 5, 1949
MONDAY
Art Lamka, secretary of the
Roseburg Community Chest, said
the advanced gifts came from
mills, professional people, and
larger business houses. Donations
from the remaining business es
tablishments and their employes
"will be coming in rapidly, once
the drive gets started! he added.
The kick-off will be in the
form of a breakfast at the Hotel
Umpqua, at 7:30, when the cam
paign workers from five men's
and two women's service clubs
will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Harding and Ernest Butler,
owners of the hotel.
Clubs taking part in the drive
include the Kiwanis, Rotary,
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Mosquito Menace,
Library Will Be
Topics At P.-T. A.
Fullerton Parent-Teachers as
sociation will hold its second
meeting of the year Monday Nov.
7, at 7:30 p.m. in the school au
ditorium. The program includes
a discussion by Attorney Avery
Thompson and Robert Helllwell
on "Roscburg's Mosquito Men
ace." A talk will also be given by
Miss Muriel Mitchell on "What
the Public Library Offers Small
Children."
Miss Mitchell, who recently as
sumed charge of Roseburg's pub
lic library, Is especially Inter
ested in making the library -a
source of inspiration and enjoy
ment for school children. She has
arranged an exhibition of chil
dren's books and art work for the
P.-T.A. meeting.
Principal Lyle Eddy of Fuller
ton will discuss the meaning of
report card marks and outline
the educational Ideals of the
Roseburg schools.
A social hour will conclude the
program with pumpkin pie and
coffee served by the second
grade mothers. All Fullerton par
ents and residents interested in
the topics to be discussed are in
vited to be present
Blinding Fog Results
In Headon Collision
Fog blanketing the highway
was blamed for a head-on colli
sion at 3:30 this morning at the
Comstock overpass of the Pacific
highway north of Drain, state
police reported.
According Sgt. Lyle H. Hairell,
a car operated by Richard T.
Bowns, North Bend, was over
taking another vehicle, when a
truck loomed out of the fog.
Bowns was unable to get back
in his own traffic lane.
Bowns; his passenger, Harry
Kern; the truck driver, O. Ben
jamin Darrow, and his passen
ger, Wade W. McDowell, all of
North Bend, suffered bruises and
shock. Bowns' car was a total
wreck.
Army Buildinq
NEW ROSEBURG SALVATION ARMY HOME on Winchester ilreet was dedicated last
niaht and these four men floured prominently in the ceremonies. Sharing in the jovial atmos
phere above are Lt. Col. A.
C. R. Durham, commander of the Oregon-southern Idaho division, who presided ever the cere
monies; Capt. Claude Bowden, Roseburg corps officer; and Dr. Morris Roach, pastor at Rose
burg's First Presbyterian church, one of the speakers.
Editors Told
Pekin Not Run
From Moscow
AP Writer Addresses
Conference; Allen Says
War May Come By 1952
FORT WORTH, Nov. 5. OP)
All dependable evidence indi
cates Moscow does not have di
rect control over the Chinese com
munists, an Associated Press
foreign correspondent said today.
Seymour Topping told the clos
ing session of the 16th annual
meeting of the Associated Press
Managing Editors association:
"Peking obediently follows Mos
cow's lead but almost certainly
not on direct orders but rather
because of ideological faith."
"How important this distinction
is has been amply demonstrated
by Tito's Yugoslavia," Topping,
former AP correspondent at Nan
king, said in an address prepared
lor delivery at noon iisai).
He added:
"Within the next nine months,
we shall probably see elimination
from the mainland of the last ma
jor Nationalist centers of resis
tance.
"So we must be prepared to
accept, as an accomplished fact,
communist de facto control of
China.
"While there is a good chance
that Titoism will develop In
China, certainly for the present,
Peking is securely tucked away
into Moscow's fold. The Chinese
communists may not move west
ward in foreign policy before they
are kicked in the lace several
times by the Russians.
"In any case, it is improbable
that such a split will come about
for the next few years. It would
seem to be that American policy
towards China-'should walk the
middle path of attempting to en
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President Truman
To Make Appeal
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 UP)
President Truman Jumps back
into the political arena tonight
with a brief radio appeal to the
voters ol New York to back Dem
ocratic candidates In next Tues
day's special election.
The President returned last
night from what he jokingly call
ed a "bipartisan" speech mak
ing trip designed to be "entirely
pleasing to Minnesota Demo
crats." In his five-mlnutc talk tonight
(8:30 p.m., EST) Mr. Truman
will urge the election to the U.S.
Senate of former New York Gov
ernor Herbert H. Lehman, and
the reelection of New York City's
Mayor William O'Dwycr.
Lehman is fighting for the Sen
ate scat now held by Republican
John Foster Dulles.
The presidential party for the
"bipartisan" trip to Minnesota
included Democratic National
Chairman William Boyle. On the
way back to Washington, Mr.
Truman consulted political lead
era on Democratic candidates''
prospects in the 1950 congression
al campaign.
Is Dedicated
J. Gilliard, field secretary of the
161-49
Two Youths Plead
Guilty To Charges
Of Armed Robbery
Two seventeen-year-old youths
pleaded guilty to charges of as
sault and robbery while being
armed with a dangerous weapon
"with intent, if resisted, to kill
or wound" upon arraignment be-
lore circuit Judge Carl E. Wlm
beiiy Friday.
The youths were Edward Lin
coln Burkholder and Hans Albeit
Selfors, both of North Bend. The
Judge suspended sentencing un
til he has had time to further
consider the cases.
In the session which lasted
nearly three hours, attorneys for
both defendants, though admit
ting the seriousness of the of
fense, asked for probation, be
cause of the boys' ages. District
Attorney Robert G. Davis said he
could make no recommendation
in the case, but dislike seeing the
youths go up with hardened crim
inals.
Judge Wimberly took the mat
ter under advisement, but call
ed attention to the fact he re
cently sentenced a youth to 20
years, for the same offense. But
this youth had become "trigger
happy."
The boys were accused of hold
ing up R. L. Bradshaw at a
Reedsport Motel with a .22 cali
bre rifle on Sept. 19.
Church Council
Observes World
Community Day
The Roseburg C o u n c i f of
Church Women gathered at the
First Presbyterian cnurcn Friday
at 1:30 p.m. for observance of
World Community day. Pieces
of material and sewing equip
ment were brought to be sent to
Europe in a project titled
"Pieces for Peace. Mrs. . R. E.
Crawford presided over the
meeting in the absence oi tne
president, Mrs. Thomas w. coni
es. The Rev. Alfred Tyson, rector
of St. George s Episcopal cnurcn,
was guest speaker on the topic
"Peace is Possible." In his ad
dress he discussed three types
of peace and proved that these
were possible.
Scripture and prayer were giv
en by Mrs. Walter S. Samuclson
and the offering and prayer Dy
Mrs. R. E. Crawford. The Rev.
Willis Erickson presented a vo
cal solo and organ music by Mrs.
Homer Grow preseded the open
ing of the meeting.
The next meeting ol tne council
will be February 24' with the
theme, "Faun ol uur Time." lea
followed the meeting in the
church auditorium with Mrs. R.
E. Crawford and Miss L u e 1 1 a
Cunningham presiding at the tea
table. Mrs. Earl Plummer was
chairman of ushers.
Those attending reported the
meeting inspiring and thanks
were extended to all who denot
ed materials to the project. Dur
ing a short business meeting of
ficers lor VJM were eieciea.
Those to serve are Mrs. Thomas
Coates, president; Mis. W. b.
Samuelson, vice-president; Mrs.
Raymond Clark secretary and
Mrs. R. E. Crawford, treasurer.
The president and treasurer were
eelected.
At Ceremony
Army's western territory; Major
Murray Orders
Officers To
Sign Pledges
Left-Right Wing Fight
Stirs Action On Labor
Fronts Over Nation
CLEVELAND, Nov. 5. UP)
The CIO executive board today
set up committees to investigate
charges of pro-Communism
against. 10 left wing unions and
nine of their leaders.
CIO President Philip Murray
announced at a news conference
that all CIO officers will now
sign the non-Communist affi
davits required by the Taft-Hart.
ley act, to gain access to the
National Labor Relations Board
processes.
The officers now, 26 months
after the Taft-Hartley act went
into effect, will come into com
pliance for the first time.
Murray said the move was
taken because the officers are
responsible for the welfare of cer
tain industrial union councils not
part of international unions.
Keep Seats
The action against the unions
and individuals was taken 'at
puM-i-uiiveuuun session oi me
board. The nine union presidents
under fire were allowed to take
their seats as members of the
executive board pending the out
come of hearings by the com
mittees. The tenth leader, Ben Gold, of
the Fur and Leather Workers.
was ruled ineligible yesterday to
sit on the board, under a change
in the CIO constitution barring
Communist party members and
sympathizers.
The charges were that the In
dividuals and the unions they
direct "consistently pursue poll
cies and directed toward the
achievement of the program or
the purposes of the Communist
party rathe? than the objectives
and policies set forth in the con
stitution of the CIO."
The charges were brought by
William Steinberg, president of
tne American itadio association
and a member of the board.
Murray said there had been
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State Sanitary Authority
Sets Polution Showdown
PORTLAND, Nov. (IP)
The State Sanitary authority will
meet Dec. 9 to decide whether
to issue a "stop polluting the
river or close -your plant vltl
matum to mills oiv the Willa
mette river.
A spokesman for one bulp and
paper mill told the authority yes
terday that it couldn't possibly
obey an order to stop dumping
waste Into the river by Dec. 31,
1951. The 1951 date Is being con
sidered, since that is when Port
land's new sewage disposal sys
tem will be finished.
Frank McCullough, attorney for
Publishers Pulp and Paper com
pany at Oregon City, declared
that his firm could not comply
with the order, because it sim
ply couldn't find any other way
to dispose ot the waste.
3rd Mrs. Victor Mature
Files Suit For Divorce
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5-4P)
The third Mrs. Victor . Mature,
accusing her actor-husband ot
threatening to burn their house
down, has slipped him a legal
hotfoot suit for divorce.
Mrs. Mature, the former Dor
othy Berry, contends in her com
plaint Hied yesterday tnat ever
since their 1948 Yuma, Ariz.,
marriage, the big actor had caus
ed her great suffering. Listing
his salary as $2750 a week, she
asked $1000 monthly alimony and
division ot extensive commu
nity property.
She also filed an affidavit stat
ing Mature had threatened to set
their $25,000 home ablaze if she
asked for property. The court
granted ner a restraining oraer
forbidding him from disposing of
ny assets pending trial.
Mature, about 36, was divorced
by two previous wifes, Actress
Frances Charles and Martha
Stephenson Kemp, widow of
Bandleader Hal Kemp. Mrs. Ma
ture, 28, was married once be
fore.
Hollywood Child Stars
Have Marriage Trouble
LOS ANGELES. Nov. 5 UP)
Hollywood's former child stars
are having nothing but trouble
in divorce courts.
Jackie Cooper, 27, who tug
ged heartstrings 20 years ago in
"Skippy" and "The Champ," is
the latest marital breakup vic
tim following Jackie Coogan,
Shirley Temple and Deanna Dur
bin.
His wife of five years, Actress
June Home, 30, won an uncon
tested decree yesterday, charg
ing Cooper with cruelty. She said
he came back changed from the
war, thinking only of his career
and not of his family.
She was granted custody of
their son, John Anthony, three,
and $50 a week for his support.
Cooper is currently on tour in
Ohio with the stage play, "Mr.
Roberts."
Livity Fact Rant
By L. F. RelMMtelii
With coffet prices headed
for the itrotosphere, lt'l not
toe much to expect an upward
revision of t h panhandler's
"Mister, con you sporo a dime?.''
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