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FIRST CITIZEN NAMED
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Don Forbes Receives Honor
For Outstanding Services
To Community During 1949
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The Weather
Mostly cloudy with occasional
rain today, tonight and Sun
day. . Sunset today 5:10 p. m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:38 a. m.
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DON FORBES last niqht was awarded the honor of being Rose
burg's junior first citiien. The secret committee's selection, an
nounced at the Junior Chamber of Commerce's first citizen's
banquet, was based upon Forbes
munity during 1949. (Photo Lab
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' By LEROY
The announcement of a secret committee s choice ot Don
Forbes s Rosebura's junior first citizen was loudly applauded
by an estimated 200 persons, who had sat in suspense through
dinner and an interesting program at last night's fourth annual
first citizen's banquet. The affair was held at Kennedy's Dutch
Will under Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsorship.
In the Day's News
1 By FRANK JENKINS ... ,
GET a load of this from Moscow:
Russla'srindustrial production
level last year exceeded goals set
for 1950 : and PERSONAL IN
COMES ROSE SHARPLY.
Soviet workers earned 12 per
cent more In 1949 than in 1948.
Peasants earned 14 percent more.
Russia's grain harvest totalled
7.6 billion poods which is equiva
lent to 41 billion bushels.
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RUSSIA, you see, under the
beneficient guidance of the big
shots of the Communist party, in
eating high' up on the hog.
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PAGE our Harry.
It looks like the Politburo has
been reading his messages on the
State of the Union and the eco
nomic future of the United States
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Ben DuFresne To Open
Electrical Business Here
Bennie DuFresne, who has
been employed as an electrician
with Roseburg Electric, announc
ed today that he is entering busi
ness for himself.
DuFresne will have his head
quarters In the W. R. Brown
Electric Motor Shop. Under the
name of DuFresne Electric, he
will be handling all types of elec
trical wiring and commercial re
frigeration service.
A resident of Roseburg all his
life, DuFresne is married and
has one son. He worked for Rose
burg Electric before and after
World War II.
Nelson Takes
Promotion to the office of as-1
sistant chief of the division of
fire control of the forest service
at Washington. D. C, marks
ling step forward in the already
rapid advancement of Marlon M.
Red Kelson, supervisor oi ine
Umpqua National forest at Rose
burg. Nelson's appointment was an
nounced yesterday by H. J. An
drews, regional forester, Pacific
Northwest region of the U. S.
forest service at Portland. He
will be succeeded here by Robert
Aufderhelde, forester in charge
of the Pacific Northwest and
range experiment station's work
center at Corvallis.
At Oqden, Utah
The change Is expected to take
place about Feb. 20. Nelson Is at
present in Ogden, Utah, where
he is attending a special fire con
trol meeting.
A native of Grand Valley, Col., j
Nelson is a graduate of the Uni-'
versitv of Washington school of
forestry at Seattle. During the !
summer months while he wa at
tending school in 1929, 1930 and
1934, he cruised timber in Wash
ington, Alaska and eastern Ore
gon. During the summers of 1931
32 and 33, he was fire warden
for Los Angeles county, Calif.
outstanding service to the com
portrait).
INMAN
Rev. Walter A. MacArthur,
who had the honor of making I he
announcement, read through a
long list of Forbes acnievemenis
and contributions to community
betterment during the year 1919
and previous years. He then
called the' irst citizen to. the
speaker's table, where he was
presented with the distinguished
service certificate and gold key
award.
Forbes In his brief acceptance
talk, said "I wish first to thank
my wife, who has shared in the
time and sacrifice I have made
for the benefit of the community.
Next I want to thank the mem
bers of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce, who have made it
possible for me to win -he award.
It could not be won by working
alone."
Mrs. Forbes Honored
Mrs. Forbes was next called
forward and presented with a
bouquet of roses.
While the announcement of the
first citizen was the highlight of
the occasion, it was by no means
all the program. Three other spe
cial iwards were presented, new
officers were installed and Bruce
Kelly, state president of the Jay
cees, gave an inspiring talk, chal
lenging young men to take their
part in affairs of the nation. ,
Gum Wins Key
rnn Gum was the recipient of
the gold key award, as the key
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Copco Manager To Tell
Power Failure Troubles
The public is invited to attend
Monday's noon forum luncheon
at the Umpqua hotel, with the
Roseburg Chamber of Commerce
featuring H. C. doc wens, ais
trict manager for Conco.
"Light on the Power Situation"
will be wells subject.
According to George Luoma,
forum chairman, this will be a
"frank and sincere presentation"
of factors involved in the recent
power interruptions.
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M. M. 'Red NELSON
Established 1873
USE BOAS?
'Big Mo1 Plight
Brings AF Offer
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 UB
The plight of the battleship Mis
souri reportedly prompted a grin
ning otter from the commander
of the Air Force yesterday to
haul the big battlewagon out of
the mud with B-36 bombers.
Senators who lunched with the
chiefs of staff of the armed forces
said a good-natured revival of
the air power-versus-sea power
dispute was set off by Gen. J.
Lawton Collins of the Army.
Collins suggested solemly that
perhaps the Air Force had drop
ped phoney buoys into Chesa
peake Bay to lure the Missouri
onto a mudbank.
Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Air
Force chief of staff, denied it.
Just to prove that there is "com
plete unification" among the
armed forces, he said, "I'm even
willing to attach some B-36s to
the Missouri and yank her out by
air power."
The ribbing" was directed at
Adm. Forrest P. Sherman, chief
of naval operations. Senators re
ported that a sad grin was Sher
man's only contribution to the
discussion.
Officials Expect
Bulgaria To Stand
Fast Against U.S.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 GB
Informed officials said today
they look for Bulgaria to stand
fast possibly on orders from
Moscow against a United States
threat to break off diplomatic re
lations. Expressing the suspicion that
the Soviet Union had called the
signals on the Bulgarian demand
tor the recall of U.S. Minister
Donald Heath, these diplomatic
authorities, said the Russians
may welcome a chance to force
American officials out of Sofia
entirely.
The, United States, replying to
the recall note yesterday, declar
ed bluntly that it will withdraw
its entire diplomatic mission
f rom- Bulgaria? anj send BulgeU'-
lan diplomats' in this country
nome unless tne communist gov
ernment at Sofia drops its in
sistance on getting Heath out.
Adopts Tough Policy
Th American government
thus indicated that it has decided
on a tough policy toward the
Communist satellite governments
of eastern Europe In respect to
the treatment of American offi
cials and citizens there.
The note to Bulgaria threaten
ed to break relations unless the
Bulgarian government did two
things: .
(1). Withdrew its request for
. (Continued on page Two)
That Was Sen. Morse
PORTLAND, Jan. 21 UP)
That crumpled, unshaven man
who got off the train looking for
a locksmith yesterday was Sen.
Wayne L. Morse.
He found the locksmith, too,
then shaved, got some rest and
was ready today for a series of
speeches that will keep him Vn
the state until Jan, 2b.
Morse was caught in the snarl
ed transportation resulting from
winter storms. When he got off
the train here, he was 30 hours
late. His suitcase was locked
shaving equipment inside and
the key not to be found.
NO DAD-FUNDS BAD
HONG KONG, Jan. 21 UP) A
Chinese college student In Com
munist Peiplng wrote his father
Here tnls ween:
"I should not call you father
because I now belong to the state
. . . I am short of funds and would
appreciate a check by return
mail."
Forest Service
To District Ranger
In June 1945 he was appointed
assistant ranger of the Naches
district of the Snoqualmie Na
tional forest. He worked there un
til December 1936, when he was
promoted to ' district ranger of
Page Creek district, Siskiyou na
tional forest, with headquarters at
Cave Junction.
After three years he came to
Roseburg as staff officer with the
Umpqua National forest. He was
in cnarge oi timoer management
engineering and recreation, un
der Suoervisor V. V. Harpham,
now retired. He was promoted to
supervisor April 1, 1946.
While at Naches, he was mar
ried In 1936 to Mildred Green, a
registered nurse. They have two
chik'-en.
Aufderhelde, a native of
Clements, Minn., was graduated
In 1935 from Oregon State college
with a degree In forestry. He has
experience in timber cruising and
served as a district forest ranger
and staff officer on the Siuslaw
forest for 10 years before trans
ferring to the experiment station
work center at Corvallis in 1946.
Both men are active in civic
r.nd fraternal affairs and are
members of the Society of Ameri
can Foresters. -
ROSEBURG,
Wartime Civil
Defense Plans
Leader Named
Aircraft Observers Corps
Of 150,000 Volunteers
To Be Recruited In U.S.'
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 UP)
A former atomic research offi
cial was named today to head
the government agency charged
with planning for wartime civil
defense.
Paul J. Larsen, who has been
associated with atomic research
in Los Alamos and Albuquerque,
N. M., will atake over as first
chairman of the civilian mobilza
tion office on March 1, Presi
dential assistant John R. Steel
man announced.
The office was set up as one
of eight planning groups in a re
cent reorganization of the Na
tional Security Resources board,
which Steelman has been running
as acting chairman.
Plane Observers Set
Larsen's appointment was an-'
nounced on the heels of a de
fense department disclosure that
recruiting of 150,000 volunteer air
craft observers will start immed
lately to be ready for action if
war should come.
The two announcements mark
ed a sudden surge of action in
the civil defense program, which
has been dormant since the war.
Larsen will supervise planning
for civil defense, health resourc
es, housing and community ser
vices, strategic dispersion of In
dustrial and governmental facil
ities, and censorship.
The new olilcial formerly was
associate director of the Los Ala
mos scientific laboratory of the
University of California. Later he
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Hiss Trial Jury
Asks Re-reading,
Goes Out Again"
NEW YORK, Jan. 21 UP)
The Jury in the second Alger
Hiss perjury trial returned to the
courtroom today to have part of
the judge s charge re read to n.
in response to tne request, rea-
eral Judge Henry W. Goddard
read the jurors for the second
time those parts of the charge
which referred to reasonable
and corroborative evidence.
The eight women four men re
sumed deliberations at 9:20 a.m.
(EST) 40 minutes earlier than
the time set by Federal Judge
Henry W. Goddard when he sent
them to bed at 10:45 o'clock last
night.
Follows Pattern
Thus the jury continued to fol
low the pattern set by the jurors
in the first Hiss trial failing to
agree on the day they got the
case, spending the night in a
hotel, then revewlng delibera
tions ahead of time.
Hiss, 45, formerly a high State
department official and later
$20,000a-year president of the
Carnegie endowment ior inter
national Peace, arrived at the
courthouse at 9:05 a.m.
The defendant was smiling and
gave a cheerful greeting to per
sons he recognized. His wife,
Priscilla, was with him. Shr? has
sat by his side during both
lengthy trials.
End In Disagreement
The earlier- trial ended last
July In a jury disagreement.
Today 18 months after the
case'broke Into the headlines by
way of a congressional investi
gation a light snow covered the
ground as the Jury returned to
the Foley Square courthouse.
Federal Judge Henry W. God
dard gave the case to the jury
at 3:10 p.m. yesterday after a
33-minute charge.
Hiss his reputation and future
in the balance was tense and
relaxed by turns as he waited
for a verdict. He lowered his
head once during a blistering
wind-UD attack by the govern
ment. which called him a trai
tor.
Two Sentenced To Serve
Year In Penitentiary
Two persons were sentenced
to the Oregon state penitentiary
Friday, when thev appeared In
circuit court before judge Carl
E. Wimberly.
Kenneth George Payne, 20,
Spencerport, N. Y., received one
year alter pleading guiny to a
charge of attempted automobile
larceny, at Oakland last Novem
ber.
" W. W. Wiser, found guilty by a
jury, of stealing four truck tires,
was also sentenced to -erve
year in the pentitentlary. Wiser'
sentence was stayed 15 days,
pending filing of a motion for
a new trial by his attorney.
FOOD STORE BURNS
KENNEWICH. Wah.. Jan. 21
P) Fire, apparently started
by a short circuit in a refrigera
tor unit, swept through Art's food
store at Richland early Friday
morning, destroying the building
and contents and causing an es
timated $.30,000 loss.
A
OREGON SATURDAY, JAN.
GLENN B. CLUTE
Glenn Clute Takes
Management Of
Roseburg Electric
. Glenn B. Clute, above, former
assistant manager of Trowbridge
Electric Co., has taken over the
management of the Roseburg
Electric Co.
Clute, a native of South Da
kota, moved to Roseburg three
years ago. A veteran of the army
in World War II, he served in
the sitorI corns In the south Pa
cific area and in Japan. He is
married, has two children, and
lives at 804 So. Main St.
At Roseburg Electric, Clute
will be in . complete charge of
sales, electrical contracting and
electrical repairs.
George and Dena Singleton oi
Roseburg Electric simultaneous
ly announced their desire for
semi-retirement, singleton win
continue to be active in the op
eration of the company In an ad
visory capacity, but plans more
leisure.
Sineleton. who has lived in
Rngphnrp all his life, has been
associated -'with Roseburg Eleu
trie nearly 25 years. He and his
wife purchased the business from
O. M. Nicholas 13 years ago.
No major changes are planned
in the operation of the contract
wiring and electrical repair de
partment. Another sales person
will be added to the staff, it was
nnounced, ,
Trades Council
Is Formed Here
Organization of a Building and
Construction Trades council for
Roseburg and vicinity, composed
oi an unions in tnis area affiliat
ed with the American Federa
tion of Labor, was perfected at
a meeting held here Jan. 19, Mar
vin Mayo, who was elected pre
sident of the council, announced.
Other officers elected were T.
O. Hart, vice-president; Vincent
Whitbeck, recording secretary,
and Vernon H. Flnstad, C. J.
Osbun and L. F. Thorn, trustees.
Represented at tne meeting
were the following crafts:- tile
setters, plasterers and brick lay
ers, carpenters, electricians,
teamsters, plumbers, . sheet-
metal, cement finisher, painters
and linolium layers, and labor
ers. The purpose of the council, ac
cording to Mayo, is to coordinate
the eftorts oi A. . of L. unions
in this area.
It was announced ' that con
tractors will Be contacted soon
and asked to sign referendum
agreements on future contracts
guaranteeing employment
of union help, as well as paying
scale according to agreements
now signed with them by the
various unions affiliated with
the council.
Auto Insurance Rates
Reduction Set Monday
New automobile insurance rates
providing reductions of about
124 per cent on premiums of lla
bility and property damage poll'
cies on private cars and pick
ups of farmers In the state, will
go Into ellect Monday, accord
ing to an announcement irom Ar
thur M. Eppstein, president of
the Oregon Automobile Insurance
company, In a Portland news-
Daoer.
Roseburg representatives of the
company announce that the new
rate will apply in Douglas coun
ty. The new rate is expected to
result In an annual saving of ap
proximately $425,000 to farmers
ana rancners in urpgon.
Sutherlin Station To Get
New Transformers Soon
New transformers, on the site
at the burned-out Sutherlin sub-
staion, will be installed over the
wepkend so that service will be
restorpd by Monday, according
to spokesmen of the California
Oregon Power company.
Unless further difficulties arise,
power service will again be nor
mal by the first of the week.
Emergency announcements will
be made over radio station KRNR
according to Copco.
21, 1950
FOR BLOOD DONATIONS
Registry Of Types For
Emergency Service Aim
Of Movement Begun Here
Saving lives in Roseburg it the aim of a committee made
up of local citizeni leading a movement to obtain a registry
of at least 400 prospective blood donors in this locality.
John Hardiman, who has been
program into effect, announced today that approximately 125
persons already have their blood typed and ar available for
call whenever a local physician deems advisable for a blood
RINGS COME BACK
Lost In Sack
Of Onions, Buyer
Restores Them
Darleen Loomls of Sutherlin, a
checker at Safeway Store,; lost
her diamond engagement and
wedding rings in a sack of on
ions. Inat happened last week.
Friday the rings were return
ed to her by Mrs. George Single
ton, who purchased the onions.
Mrs. Singleton reported that
after making her purchase, she
went home and removed the on
ions, then started to discard the
sack, but changed her mind.
While she was separating the
double sacks (that's the way on
ions are packed), one ring fell
to the floor. Further inspection
revealed a second ring in the
sack.
Mrs. Singleton went back to
Safeway's and inquired whether
or not anyone had lost the rings.
Surely enough it was Mrs. Loom-
is, who said her husband had
cautioned her before to have the
rings sized, as they were loose on
her linger, me rings were re
turned in their original condition.
Knudtson s jewelers are now siz
ing the rings to correct fit.
Death In Gas Chamber
Fate Of Fred Stroble '
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21 IIP)
-tj-Fred Stroble is sane and .must
"die- for murdering six-year-old
Linda Joyce Glucoft. -i..
Superior Judge Charles W.
Frlcke, who ruled him sane yes
terday, will pronounce sentence
next Friday. Under California
law it will have to be death in
the gas chamber because the
Jury convicted him of first de
gree murder with no recommend
ation of leniency.
Lone uncertainty for the t-
year-old grandfather now is when
he will meet his end. The law
also provides for automatic re
view of all death sentences by
the State Supreme court, which
sometimes takes several months.
VANDENBERO MAY QUIT
WASHNGTON. Jan. 21. UP)
HI health may cause Senator
Vandenberg (R-Mlch) to give up
his membership on the Senate-
House atomic energy committee.
Some of his Senate colleagues
told a reporter yesterday that
Vandenberg has discussed the
matter but has not reached a
definite decision. He was not
reached for direct comment.
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LIKE LIGHT OF DAY Residents of Sutherlin were awed last
Tuesday evening by a display of electrical fireworks which lasted
nearly tan minutes and was caused bv short circuits of ice-ladan
power lines. Picture above is
shorf-circuiied wires which
superstructure. See story en
Sutherlin). ,
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instrumental in putting the
transfusion.
The volunter donors will be ex
pected to give their blood free.
The committee requests, however,
that a member of the family of
any person who receives a blood
transfusion wherever possible
contribute a similar amount, un
less his or her name is already on
ine list oi donors.
Arrangements have been made
with Mercy hospital, said Hardi
man, for the typing of all blood.
However, it is requested that ar
rangements for typing be made
in aavance ny groups ratner man
individuals. Registrations may be
left with him at Lawson'3 jewelry,
and a night arranged for the typ
ing of specific groups. About 40
persons can be typed in an hour
and since special arrangements
must be made in setting up for
the work, it Is necessary to have
advance registrations.
No Discrimination
Emphasis was made that the
donor list will be available to any
and all hospital services In the
community, without discrimina
tion. Two vital needs are solved
whenever a person has his or her
blood typed, Hardiman pointed
out. f irst, wnen diooq is neeueu
for a transfusion, it is usually
needed immediately, and finding
a person with the correct blood
type Is sometimes extremely dif
ficult. Second, the rjerson who has his
blood typed may himself be the
victim neemng a iransiusiun. n.
his tvpe is known, delays can be
Rvntded.
The volunteer donor program
. ' (Continued on page Two)
Smoking Plane
Lands Safely
VANCOUVER, Jan. 21 (CP)
A smoke-filled plane, carry
ing 36 passengers and a crew of
four, made a landing last night
at the international airport here.
It was a North Star under com
mand of Capt. D. J. Lawson, who
10 minutes earlier reported:
"There is smoke in the cockpit
and I'm cutting my radio as a
precaution." 1
En route from Calgary on the
Montreal Vancouver flight of
Trans-Canada Air lines, the plane
was over mission, 65 miles east
of here, when the smoke swept
into the cabin from a lire-spark-
pH lanltinn system.
Silent after he sent his radio
warning, Capt. Lawson landed,
his head stuck out of a cockpit
window to eulde the big plane.
as crash wagons, ambulance and
fire trucks stood on ine aieri.
10" r
of Sutherlin substation, set afire by
destroyed ell of fhe transformer's
page 2. I Picture by t. M. (ouir
400 Striken Put
Many Out Of Work
In' Pennsylvania
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 21. (JPi I
Nearly 17,000 workers were
idled today by a strike of 400 .,
Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men who quit work ii; a dispute .
over the discharge of a conductor
on an inter-connecting railroad.
The giant Pittsburgh works of
Jones and Laughlin Steel corpora- i
tion was closed, throwing 12,000
out of work. The remainder idled
are employes of other district
plants served by the Monongahela
connecting railroad.
Picket Lines Up
Picket lines were thrown about . '
the sprawling Jones and Laugh
lin plant. i
There was no disorder. How
ever, hundreds of men reported ;
for work shortly af'sr the strike . ,
was called at b a. m. (&bl ). :
A union spokesman said only !
maintenance workers would be al-
lowed into the plant !
The railroad is a subsidiary of ;
Jones & Laughlin, the nation's ;
fourth largest steel producer. !
9-Month Dispute '
The strike culminated a nine-'
month dispute between the rail- j
road and the union in connection
with the violent death of a brake- 5
man and the subsequent dlsmls-
sal of a conductor. 5
Union officials would not com. s
ment. . 3
Railroad President Richard L. 8
Barnes said the railroad dis ?
charged Conductor W. J. Legge a
Jr., of Pittsburgh, following the ?
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Flood Threat
On Willamette
Diminishing
By The Associated Press
A serious flood threat for west,
em Washington and Oregon di
minished today as snow-cuiung
warm rains abated and major
rivers held within their banks.
A general two and a half IncH
rainfall over the region during a '
48-hour period brought flood '
warnings yesterday along swol
len streams. But forecasts of only
occasional rains today eased the '
danger as high rivers leveled off. ,
Temperatures Going ,Us .'.:' j
Temperatures that shot upward !
Thursday continued their steady '.'
climb.
The only reports of sub-frees- ,
ing temperatures were from The "
Dalles. Ore., and Ellensburg, '
Yakima and Walla Walla, Wash. '
Meanwhile, transportation crept !
slowly back to normal. Trans-;'
Washington highway travel was ;
reinstated with the opening of,'
Snoqualmie and Blewett passes '
to one-way traffic early this',
morning. Slides in the Cascade '
mountains had virtually blocked
rail and highway travel as the j
rise in temperatures loosened .1 1
heavy accumulations of snow. ;:
Trains Late
Most eastbound trains were
held up slightly only when con.
nectlng trains were late.
The Columbia highway east of
Portland was shut tight and was '
expected to remain closed until
next week. The Wilson river high-.'
way from Portland to Tillamook ,;
on the coast was reopened to two-'.
way traffic, but heavy rains kept
Impassable a two mile stretch of !
the Oregon coast highway north ;
of Tillamook.. .'
Planes to and from all Wash
Ington airfields were resuming '
normal schedules. The Portland i
airport was expected to reopen :
late today.
The main stem of the Wlllam- '
ette was not expected to flood
except possibly In the Harrisburg
area.
O'Dwyer May Quit From ;
III Health, Rumors Say .
NEW YORK. Jan. 21 -UP
Reports circulated today that the
status of Mayor William O'Dwy. ;
er's health may cause him to re- :
sucn reports appearea in inre
of the city's morning newspa
pers. However, a ciose aiue oi uiv .
mayor said he puts no stock In "
the reports.
-mere is notning wrong wun
him (the mayor) now that a com
plete and decent and unlnterrupt-:
pH nt won't cure." the aide
saio.
The 59-year-old mayor, wno
started a new four-year term at
the first of the year, now is va
catloning at Key Largo, Fla, .
with his bride,, the former Sloan ;
Simpson. .
Coal Shortage Solved ' '
PASSAIC, N. J., Jan. 21 UP
Kurt Wehrmann couldn t quite
figure ouc wny ne was using up A
his coal supply so fast
He took his puzzie 10 ponce
yesterday. They found that a
man wno nas Deen steeping in
Wchrmann's coal bin with his
permission, has been carrying
away the coal, a pail at a time,
over tne period oi several weeKs.,
vity fact ant
By L F. Relzenstein
After winter's ravages, what?
Spring hoiiseelecmina end the
annual rash et seasonal feetry.
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