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VIRGINIA GLOVER operates the elevator in the Pacific build
ing. A call having taken me to en upper floor office, I decided
to snap her picture as she opened the door, upon my . return,
and surprise her. It turned out that I was the surprised one,
I reckon; for when I processed the film I discovered I'd over
exposed, shot out of focus and just barely got her in the finder.
Fortunately she WAS in the elevator. Oh, well; some girls do
that to you. . .
Virginia has had the elevator for three months now. Off
nights she is a student' at business school. ' '
GARBAGEMEN FIND BABY
Unwed Mother Reveals
She Stuffed Newborn Child
Into Can; Infant Survives
PASCO, Wash., Nov. 25.-AJP) Startled garbagemen found a
baby boy "blue as a bottle, of ink" buried half way down In a-
refuse can behind the city police building early yesterday.
The Infant let out a yell and the garbagemen rushed their "prob
lem" to Police' Sgt. 'Glert Sickles.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS'
In Interesting little story of
f the Community- Chest Cam
paign has just come to my ears.
I think it will bear repeating here.
A worker in a not too pros
perous area wasn't doing too
well. In fact, he was slipping be
hind. Based on what he saw,
he had committed himself to per
sonal gifts of three Thanksgiving
turkeys and was feeling pretty
good about it.
At this point, he called on a
prospect whose name was on his
list She was an aging, lone wo
man. Her circumstances, obvious
ly, weren't too good. But she re
sponded promtly when he told
her his mission.' "Why, yes," she
said, : "I want to help." She found
her purse and dug out a$5 bill.
'. . ' '
It set him up immensely, he says,
and he went on and finished
in his pledges, -and went back
to his own place of busi-
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Communist Led Searchers
Launch Czech Campaign To
Liquidate Larger Farmers
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia,. Nov. 25. UP) Communist-led search
committees spread out through the Czech- countryside today in
an apparent drive to liquidate larger farmers. '
The committees, backed by self-styled "persuading groups," op
erated through a wide section of the country seeking out and
rounding up "economic saboteurs," reports In the controlled press
revealed. . - -
Prison sentences, confiscations
and stiff fines were being im
posed by District National com
mittees (local governing bodies)
against the Kulaks (village rich)
on charges of sabotaging the
nation's five-year plan.
The Agrarian campaign ap
peared to be a counterpart of
the wave of arrests last month
in cities which rounded up thou
sands of Independent business
men and other middle class ele
ments. Informed diplomatic quarters
Interpreted the new drive as part
of the communist class warfare
plan and a prelude to collecti
vization ot the land along the
Soviet pattern.
In such a scheme "big" far
mers (none of whom can own
more than 124 acres of land un
der present laws) first would
have to be liquidated.
By Paul Jenkins
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Postponing his Thanksgiving
dinner. Sickles set to work.
He found that two couples from
nearby Richland had gone to a
movie about a half-block from
the station the previous night.
One of the women had complain
ed of illness, left the theater and
subsequently was reported as
missing by the other couple be
fore showing up at home early
Thursday.
"I went out there and slowly
drew the story from her," Sick
les recalled. "I took her to our
Lady of Lourdes hospital and the
doctor ordered her to bed.
"The child already was in the
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Car Hurtles to Railroad
Track; Two Slightly Hurt
One Thanksgiving Holiday au
tomobile accident was reported
by State .Police Sgt. Holly Hoi
comb. He said John Mark El
liott, Eugene, is being held in
the county jail on a drunk charge
after the car he allegedly was
driving left the highwasy and
hurtled nearly 50 feet to the rail
road track.
The accident occured one mile
south of Drain at 11:10 a. m.
Thursday. .
Sgt. Holcomb said that Elliott
and a woman passenger, Mrs.
Alice Burlington, both sustained
cuts and bruises, but neither
were seriously Injured. They
were treated by a Drain physi
cian. Officially the government has
remained silent on the campaign,
but daily reports of its progress
appear in the semi-official com
munist party organ Rud Pravo.
Two months ago the government-controlled
press had pro
claimed a bountiful harvest with
the compulsory deliveries of
crops to the state exceeding the
target '
Now, however. It is charged
that "economic saboteurs"
throughout the country failed to
deliver their quotas. Some were
also accused of refusing to seed
arable land as directed by the
government
Invariably, according to Rude
Pravo, the offenders were rich
farmers who maliciously with
held their stocks from the government
The Wtotiitr
Cloudy wirii showers today.
Partly cloudy tonight an! Sat
urday. SitMar today 4:41 p. m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:20 a. m.
Established 1873
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Robe T. Green
Is Found Dead;
Witness Held
Official Death Caust
Not Yet Determined;
Autopsy Ordered Today
An elderly Southern Pacific
railroad pensioner was found
dead in his home late Thanks
giving afternoon, under circum
stances wnicn ponce say indicat
ed foul play.
The Roseburg office of the
state police identified the dead
man as Robe Thomas Green, 77,
Dillard.
Although official cause ot
aeatn nas not yet been deter
mined, investigating officials
said the elderly man had suffer
ed a severe blow on the back of
his head and there was a large
abrasion on the forehead.
Held in connection with the
case Is 20 -year -old Wallace
Green, grandson of the deceas
ed. He was booked at the county
jail early today as a material
witness.
Young Green told State police
he found his grandfather's body
sometime between 5 and 6 D.m.
Thursday as it lay m the kitchen.
Me notified neighbors, who in
turn contacted Roseburg offi
cials. Green, who came here about
two months ago from Bremerton.
Wash., denied any knowledge of
the death. .
The scholarly-looking youth
said, "I did not participate in
my granoiatners demise.
An autoDsv will be oerformed
this morning by Dr. Howard L.
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Frenchmen Defy
Generql Strike; - v
Walk To Work
PARIS, Nov. 25 (JP) Despite
a 24-hour general strike, hun
dreds of thousands of French
men got up early today and walk
ed or rode bicycles in a deter
mined effort to get to work.
France's two biggest labor un
ions one Anti-Communist, the
other Red dominated got toget
her to call the one-day demon
stration strike. They want to
pressure the government to give
pay bonuses and end wage freez
es. But the response to the strike
call, effective at midnight last
night, was anything but unani
mous throughout France.
Practically all domestic trains
halted, as did the Paris subways
and most bus lines. Mines were
deserted, manv norts were idle
and thousands of factories were
empty. Garbage cans stayed. full.
But thousands of pretty gins
and distinguished looking busi
nessmen put aside their dignity,
got out their bicycles and pedall
ed doggedly to their jobs.
Other thousands took their
cars out of the garage and used
rationed gasoline, hoarded for
vacations, to get to work. Paris
firms hired buses wholesale to
haul their employes. Traffic was
even more snarled than usual.
Search Continues
For Missing C-54
PORTLAND. Nov. 25 UP)
Ground searchers today were In
vestigating the last unexplored
clue to the possible fate of a
missing C-54 Air Force transport
plane but clearing weather
buoyed hopes ot searcn from the
air.
The plane, with six aboard, dis
aDDeared Tuesday morning while
approaching Portland on a rou
tine instrument trainng ngnt
from McChord Air Force base.
Tacoma. It made Its last radio
report , when over Woodland,
Wash., north of here.
Capt. H. E. Lannng said a
ground partv today would comb
the Soda Peak area some 30
miles east of Woodland. An un
identified man said he heard an
explosion there Tuesday some 15
minutes- alter seeing a large
plane turn into the clouds.
mat, ianning said, is tne only
report not yet checked. All oth
ers have been Investigated with
out result. Four radio-equipped
groups have been working out of
Kelso and one out of Portland.
Two Roseburg Guardsmen
Assigned to Schools
SALEM, Nov. 25 P) Na
tional guard headquarters an
nounced today the assignment of
the following men to service
schools:
PFC. Erlck B. Olson and Pvt.
Harold L. Nissen, both or Rose
burg, to auto mechanics course,
Fort Ord, Calif.
PFC. Richard A. Greer, Myr
tle Creek, to radio operators
school. Fort Monmouth, N. J.
All men receive lull pay while
attending the schools. Courses
last from two to five months.
Eight Nominated
For Election To
Chamber Board
Eight businessmen .have ben
nominated to fill four positions
on the Roseburg Chamber of
Commerce board of directors.
The election will be Dec. 30, with
ballots being mailed to members
prior to. that date.
Those nominated include Jack
Wharton, Wharotn Bros.; Charles
V. Stanton, editor of the News
Reivew;, Dr. B. R. Showmaker,
physician and surgeon; J. F.
r'Si" Dillard,' Dodge and Ply
mouth dealer; Al Henninger,
Henninger's Mart; Lester Niel
sen, Nlelseii's market; Carl Felk
er, Lawyer, of Geddes and Felk
er; Fred Lockwood, Lockwood
motors. -.
Additional nominations may be
made if 25 or more members
of the Chamber of Commerce
file nominating petitions at the
otiice ol the secretary-manager,
Deadline for filing- such additio-
al nominations is Dec 16, ac
cording to tne chamber oi com
merce Bulletin, in the mails to
day. The nominating committee in
cluded Dr. C. K. Allen, Roland
West, Harry O. Pargeter, H. C.
Church, and E. C. Nolte.
The four new directors to be
elected at the Dec. 30 election
will fill three-year terms.
Holiday Violent
Death Toll Is
Reported At 161
By The Associated Press
The nation's death toll In vio
lent accidents over the Thanks
giving day holiday was one if
the highest In several years.
There were at least 161 vio
lent deaths from 6 p.m. Wednes
day to midnight Thursday. These
included 1U3 traffic fatalities. lt-ty-eigbt
persons-died .in. miscel
laneous accidents. Including fir
es, plane crashes, shootings, falls
and hunting. Also included wee
14 persons killed In Alabama tor
nadoes. This year's Thanksgiving vio
lent deaths compared to 114 over
the same period last year; 128
in 1947, and 83 in 1946. The to
tals on Thanksgiving day holi
days during the war. years also
were below this year's mark.
This year's Thanksgiving day
traffic detahs far exceeded last
year's toll of 86. The National
Safety Council's records show
an average of 82 persons killed
every 24 hours in traffic acci
dents during the first nine mon
ths of 1949. However, the figures
for the nine months cover deaths
occurring as long as months after
the accident in which the victims
were injured.
Among the violent deaths were
a 19 year old mother and her
tnree young cniidren wno perish
ed in a lire that destroyed their
loe cabin near Rockvilie. Ind. In
Elizabeth, N. J., a father died
in attempting to aid his eight
children when fire broke out in
their home.
California, Illinois and Ohio
each reported 10 traffice deaths.
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AWARDED HONORS For having won five divisional certificates of merit, each representing
complete year s operation without an injury sufficiently serious to warrant report io the
Interstate Commerce Commission, W. C. Herman, roundhouse foreman at Southern Pacific,
nd his crew were presented Wednesday with the Central Manager's award, a 'very much
coveted honor in railroading circles. Presentation was made on behalf of R. E. Hallowell,
general manager, San Francisco, by W. O. Brown, master mechanic, of Portland. Appear
ing in the picture above are, from the left: Front row, Roy Knigge, machinist's helper, and
John Simpson, laborer; middle
Herman, roundhouse foremen, Gladys Hawk, laborer aad W. O. Brown, master mechanic, Port
land; back row, Lester Miller, machinist, Carl Stubbs, stationery fireman, Art Bohmo, fire
lighter, Ed Bjorgen, machinist, Ben Doss, boilermaker and Art Knigge,. boilermaker's helper.
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ROSEBURG, OREGON FRIDAY. NOV.
Allied-German
Pact To Relax
Control Signed
BONN." Germany. Nov. 25.
UP) West Germany's Parliament
today approved tne new Allied
German agreement relaxing oc
cupation controls. .;
But opposition during the tu
multuous, all night session -was
so bitter that Socialist Leader
Kurt Schumacher was barred
from the assembly's next 20 ses
seions for insulting . Chancellor
(Premier) Konrad Adenauer.
"Chancellor of the Allies" was
the taunt hurled by Schumacher
at Adenauer that brought the
opposition leaders suspension, it
came after the socialist bitterly
objected to West Germany's prom
ise to participate In the Interna
tional control authority for Ger
many's rich . industrial Ruhr,
which the Germans previously
have boycotted.
In the agreement signed by
Adenauer and the high commis
sioners of the United States, Bri
tain and France, West Germany
agreed also to maintain demili
tarization, to continue to eradi
cate Nazism, and to support con
trols against German cartels and
monopolies.
In return the Allies ended dis
mantling In at least 18 German
steel, rubber and chemical plants.
They also agreed to German con
sular and commercial relations
abroad, rebuilding of a limited
German merchant marine for
foreign trade and Allied spon-
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Only The Best
For Lillienthal's
Post Is Urged
WaMiNCTOnTNov? "25W
President Truman, reportedly
still seeking a successor to David
E. Lllienthal as the nation's
atomic chief, was urged by law
makers today to chooRe no one
but a top-notch executive.
A high official of the-Atomic
Energy commission said he un
derstood that Mr. Truman had
not picked a new AEC chairman
to replace Lllienthal, whose res
ignation was announced Wednes
day.
Senator Edwin C. Johnson (D
Colo) and Rep. Kilday (D-Tex)
Doth members of the Senate
House Atomic Energy commit
tee called on the President to
exercise careful judgment in
making the choice for one of
the most important jobs In the
world.
Johnson has been highly criti
cal of many of Liilenthal's poli
cies In the past; Kilday has been
a strong defender of the contro
versial atomic official.
In accenting LIMp"'--"-
ignation with "reluctance and
the utmost regret, ivir, ..u.. ..
expressed confidence that his
atomic lieutenant would stay on
if really needed beyond the Dec.
31 date on which he now plans
to quit.
row, F. R. Olds, Assistant Master mechanic, Eugene, W. C.
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25, 1949
Jury List Drawn
For Court Term;
Kiel Case Monday
- The list of Jurors drawn for the
circuit court term, beginning
Nov. 14, has been announced by
County Clerk Roy Agee. .
The court term will open at
9:30 a.m. Monday 'with the trial
of Joseph Louis Kiel of Myrtle
Creek, charged by the grand jury
with the murder Oct. 30 of Stan
ley . James Tucker, who had re
cently moved from Myrtle Creek
to Springfield. ,
Judge William G. East of Eu
gene will preside.
Kiel has pleaded innocent, and
his attorney has filed written no
tice that he will show in evidence
that Kiel was "insane or mental
ly defective" at the time of the
alleged murder.
The list of jurors Includes the
following; Paul Applegate, Elk
ton; Gerald Bacon, Umpqua; F.
A. Becker, Melrose route; T. M.
Benedict, Tenmile; Ruth G.
Bridges, Oakland; Chrystal
Conn, Katie M. Conn and Lenora
Cooper, all of Melrose route,
Emily Ferguson, Days Creek. .
Andrew D. Fisher, 410 So. Pine
street, Roseburg; C. L. Fuller
ton, Brockway; Mrs. W. B. Gar
rett, Glendale; Leslie Hancock,
Dillard; Bessie Ingram, route 1;
A. A. Jacoby, Lookingglass
route; May C. Lawrence, route
1; Virginia' Lawrence, uiuaro;
William H. McLain, 643 So. Mill,
Roseburg;
W. H. Machcn, 918 Harvard
Ave., Roseburg; 4 Earl Ollivant,
Brockway;- J. v. O'Mara, route
1; Llovd D. Pinkston and Ervln
Rice, 'Oakland; Osmond Schacf
fer, route 1; Frank A. Smith and
Scott Stldhasn, Melrose route;
Kathleen Weber, route 1; Ger
trude Whipple, Drain; Nettie
Woodruff, Melrose route, and
Bernard Young, 1020 Council St.,
Roseburg. : i ',
Chinese Troops;,
Rushed To Front
CHUNGKING, Nov. 25 UP)
Nationalists reinforcements were
rushed to the front today to try
to halt a three prong drive on
Chungking by an estimated 130,
000 Communists.
Nlnetv-f ive thousand Reds
were centered at Fowling, 55
miles northeast on the Yangtze
river, and Nanchuan. highway
town 50 miles southeast. Thirty,
five thousand were moving up
from Kweichow province.
The Red troops were identified I
as belonging to Gen. ' Lin Piao,
considered the Chinese Commu
nists best general, and Gen. Liu
Po Cheng, who moved in from
Kweichow. , . .
Private reports were ' van
guards of the Kweichow force
had taken Tungtzu, a highway
town 95 miles south of Chung
king, i
The long feared Red drive on
Szechwan province from Shentd
province had been halted by deep
snows in the Chinling mountains.
The defense ministry announc
ed that Szechwan had been di
vided into four defense zones un
der the overall command of Gen.
Sun Yuanling.
177-49
Chest Drive
Objectives
Emphasized
Community Is Urged
To Give Full Support
At Meeting Wednesday
Two nolnts were emphasized
at a special luncheon meeting
arranged by the Roseburg com
munity Chest at the Hotel Ump
qua Wednesday .noon. They
were: '
-(1) The Community Chest Is
designed to give the city a "one
package" fund campaign, elimi
nating six duplicating drives by
individual agencies. .
(2) Basically, the Community
Chest aids the youth of America
and of Roseburg,-the money go
ing to such character building
agencies as the Boy Scouts,
Camp Fire Girls, Girl Scouts,
Y.M.C.A., Salvation Army, and
the Oregon Chest
Sam J. Shoemaker, director of
this year's campaign, said there
Is about 33 percent of the $25,
550 goal to be collected. He prais
ed the efforts of his co-directors,
Marlen Yoder and Rollle
Quam.
Praise for the efforts of volun
teer campaign workers repre
senting Roseburg service clubs
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Myrtle Creek To
Advertise School
Bonds For Sale
Myrtle Creek school district
will advertise for bids next week
on a 195.000 bond Issue, to be
used for the construction of a 13-
room "elementary" school and a
four-room addition to the high
school.
The bond Issue was passed by
a decisive 246-to-70 vote in a spe
cial election last Tuesday, re
ported M. (J. Deller, superinten
dent oi-scnoois at Myrtle creeK.
The turn-out at tne election this
week was greater than that for
the special election last spring,
wnen Myrtle creek voters pass
ed a $180,000 school bond issue.
Deller said cost of the proposed
elementary school will be $177,-
uuu; ox tne additional lour rooms
to the high school, $50,000; need
ed to complete the gymnasium,
$3,000, and to blacktop the play
grounds, $4,000.
Present enrollment of the Myr
tle Creek schools is 999, Deller
said. This represents a 330 per
cent gain in enrollment in eight
years.
Deller said that by building the
new elementary school, the dis
trict will meet-state standards
and In so doing will qualify for
$75,000 in state funds.
He predicted that the Myrtle
Creek schools will gain 300 more
elementary pupils by 1959 and
the high school enrollment will
be doubled. '
Roadman, Baker Witness
Highway Link Dedication
H. B. Roadman, president of
Highway 99 association, and
County Commissioner - R. G.
Baker, , representing the county
court, attended,, the dedication
Monday afternoon - of the new
eight-mile highway strip just
completed Immediately south of
the Oregon boundary In Califor
nia. The dedication and ribbon-cutting
ceremony was sponsored by
the . association and the Yreka,
Calif., chamber of commerce.
State and county dlgnataries ef
Northern California and Oregon
were present
. The Oregon delegation was
met at the state line at 4 p. m.
and escorted to the dedication
site. The new highway Urp com
pletion Is another link In the final
building to modern standards of
Highway 99 In Oregon and Cali
fornia. Small Girl Is Found
Beside Her Dead Sister
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 25.-WP)
A twelve-year-old girl In a state
of near exhaustion was found
Thanksgiving day beside the dead
body oi her younger sister un
der a 100-foot high trestle.
ine gins apparently had fal
len from the railroad bridge. In
a moment of consciousness the
injured girl said her sister fell
through tne trestle, I heard her
scream and ran to help her and
I tell through too."
tneir discovery by five boys
playing on the brink of the ra
vine the trestle. bridges ended an
au-nigr:t searcn for the girls. They
were last seen Wednesday after
noon after they were dismissed
irom scnooi.
The dead girl was 11-year-old
Elsie Jeanne Henry. Her sister
Is named Jannie Betty. They were
third and fourth grade pupils,
daughters of James F. Henry of
nearby Rutledge, y
44 Are Injured ;
As Big Storm 7
Sweeps Area f
Entire Family Of 10
Negroes Is Wiped Out; .
, Damage Said Widespread
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 25.
UP) Thanksgiving day tornadoes
roared down at four points in
east Alabama yesterday and kill
ed 14 persons.' Forty-four per
sons were Injured.
The vicious, out of season
storms left several other per
sons missing and destroyed moie
than a score of buildings as they
leap-frogged in three counties
about dusk.
An entire family of 10 Negroes
was wiped out near Hackney
vllle in Tallapoosa county, 60
miles southeast of Birmingham.
The mammoth wind picked up
their weatherbeaten little home
and hurled it 300 yards across
the road into another house.
The second house was occu-
Ried by another large family of
tegroes, but none was reported
hurt. Both houses were demolish
edwitnesses said they appeared
to explode after the smashing
impact. .
Damage Heavy
Near Oneonta, in Blount coun
ty, two members of a white fam
ily were killed at the Easley
community. The same twister
hopped a small mountain and
struck on the northern outskirts
of Oneonta, where 34 persons
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Arias Becomes
Panama's Head;
Third In 6 Days
PANAMA, Panama, Nov. 25
UP) Arnulfo Arias, a fiery 49-year-old
surgeon, earlv today be
came Panama's third president
in six days by proclamation of
congress.
me congressonal approval ap
irently put the stamp of legal
t on-the latest coup by Pana
a's president-makine d o lie e
chief, Col. Jose Remon.
Remon, who forced the ouster
on Sunday, late last nigh defied
a ruling or the supreme court
and announced that Arias was
the new president. A few min
utes before, the court had ruled
Chants was still the constitution
al president-of this. Central Aim
eHcan country. i
The congressional endorsement
of Arias at 2:08 - a.m. (Eastern
Standard Time) this morning
ended a week of turmoil over
the presidency which Droduced
riots and tangled political situa
tions unusual even for Lam Am-
erca where revolutons are not
uncommon.
Strangely enough, It was Remon
who ousted Arias in 1941 after he
had served as the Republic's
president for a year. Until yes
terday they were bitter political
enemies. .
Laborer Admits
Whipping Child
Prior To Death
ABERDEEN. 'Nov. 25.-4P
Alfred Leohner, 29-year-old la
borer, still was held for investi
gation today after telling police
he had spanked ar 18-month-old
infant with a belt shortly before
dropping it and accidentally step
ping on the child's neck.
Leohner was acting as "baby
sitter" while the child's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hunter, went
to a show. The tot died Wednes
day morning.
Prosecutor Stanley Krause said
Leohner told him of the "spank
ing" Incident yesterday. He said
he would continue to hold Leohner
without charge pending comple
tion of an autopsy on the infant's
body.
The child's death. was attrib
uted to a cerebral hemorrhage
after his neck was broken. Dr.
Charles Larson, Tacoma patholo
gist, reported.
Meanwhile, M, and Mrs. Hunt
er told authorities they were
"keeping faith" with Leohner.
They said he had been good to
the dead child and to his five
brothers and sisters.
Barkley's Celebrate .
'VeepY 72nd Birthday
SEA ISLAND. Ga.. Nov. 25 (Pi
Mr. and Mrs. Veec the Al.
ben Barkleys continued their
quiet honeymoon here today in
the wake of yesterday's double
celebration.
The vice president observed
his 72nd birthday and he . and
his bride of a week, the former
Mrs. Carlton Hadlev of St. Louis
enjoyed a traditional Thanksgiv
ing dinner in tnoir apartment by
the sea.
Mrs. Barklev set the candles
on the cake aflame and the Veep
oiew tnem out. men ne served
the few guests Invited for the
cake cutting.
"Happy birthday Veep" was
Inscribed on the cake.
Levfty Fact Rant
syur, lukwutssi
Turkey and trlmmin's, In the
family purse,
Have cut a tiieabie gash;
Now to economise
l frugal and wise,
Consume every bit ol the bash.