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MRS. LEE R. MARSH, as she industriously sharpened a circu
lar saw in her husband's shop, United Saw Service, in the
Riverside business district. There aren't many women saw
filers, I imagine, and certainly few with the skill and exper
ience of Mrs. Marsh. She spent six yeors in Mr. Marsh's shop
in Seattle, when he was located there; and 1 Vi years in the
Boeing plant there during the war. More recently she has
been employed at the A. F. Saar mill here.
That Mrs. Marsh is able to work at all, to say nothing of
the long hours she puts in at this trying labor, is extremely
gratifying; for two years aqo, os perhaps you recall, she wos
pictured in our polio drive here os a patient who at that time
was just fairly beginning to recover from a severe ottack of
polio suffered the previous year.
"I'm os good as new now," she boasted thankfully, and
I'll never forget the care I received as a polio patient, nor the
polio program which makes such care possible
OREGON RACES SHAPING
Eisenhower vsi MacArthur,
: Truman vs. Kefauver Loom
As Probable Primary Rivals
' By JACK BELL
PORTLAND, Ore (AP) Politically volatile Orcjron
appears headed toward Truman-vs-MacArthur presidential
nomination races..
In a state where politics are so 'mixed up that Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower's name might appear on both Repub
lican and Democratic ballots, puzzled Democratic leaders
appears headed toward Truman-vs-Kefauver and Eisen-hower-vs-MacArthur
presidential nomination races.
Monroe Sweetland, Democratic
national committeeman, told a re
porter that in the absence of word
from Mr. Truman or Frank Mc
Kinney, Democratic national chair
man, he is going ahead with plans
to put a slate supporting the Pres
ident in the field for the May 16
Oregon primary.
At i the same time, however,
Sweetland said a slate of delegates
for Kefauver for vice president al
so may be entered.
He Indicated that If Mr. Truman
doesn't run, Kefauver may be the
choice of Oregon organization Dem
ocrats for the presidency.
William L. Josslin, Democratic
state chairman, said that he has
"serious doubts" that Mr. Truman
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Interesting news from Tokyo:
In an unprecedented criticism of
an occupation agency, Yomiuri,
Tokyo's largest newspaper, said
today Japanese are FED UP with
an American ordered radio soap
opera on the democratic way of
life.
The program relates the exper
iences of a "Miss Enko," a myth
ical Japanese girl, in remodeling
her life along democratic lines . . .
It was written by Japanese UNDER
AMERICAN SUPERVISION . . .
It tells the Japs how WE think
they ought to live THEIR lives.
I haven't heard it, but if it is
as manby-pamby and stuffed -shirty
as some of our propaganda
stuff I have heard I don't blame
the Japanese for rebelling.
Personally, I doubt if democracy
can ever be successfully forced on
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The Weather
Showers of snow or mixed rain
and snew today, tonight and Tuts
d.y. Highest ttmp, for any Jan, 77
Lowest ttmp. for any Jan. -t
Highest tamp, yesterday 30
Lowtit ttmp. last 14 hours . 33
Prteip. last 24 hours . . II
Prtcip. from Jan. 1 4.44
I Precip. from Stpt. 1 25.1S
' Excost 7.7
Sunttt today, 5:10 p.m.
iunriit tomorrow, 7:31 a.m.
By Poul Jenkins
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plans to seek another nomination.
He said he regards Kefauver as
having strong support among Ore
gon Democrats. ,
Thinks Ika Will Win
Gov. Douglas McKay, heading a
slate of Eisenhower delegates on
the Republican ballot, told a re
porter he thinks the general will
win the primary contest here han
dily. Oregon Is looked upon as a piv
ital state because Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey of New York went on to
win the GOP nomination In 1948
after defeating former Gov. Har
old E. Stassen in a primary bat
tle here that. year.
F. E. Epton, Portland real es
tate man, says he already has col
lected enough signatures to put the
name of Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur
on the Republican ballot.
Unless he gets direct word to the
contrary from the five star gener
al himself, Epton told a reporter
he is going ahead.
Most politicians seem to think
that while MacArthur has tremen
dous personal popularity, he is not
likely to match the reputed vot-
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Oregon Mishaps
Claim 2 Lives
By The Associated Press
Traffic accidents claimed two
lives in Oregon over the week
end and a woman died of ex
posure. ,
One of the traffic victims was a
blind man. He was Harold Nelson
48, who was fatally injured when
he was struck by a car as he
crossed a Portland street Saturday
night. Delmer G. Allen 27, who
police said was driver of the car
was booked on a charge of negli
gent homicide
Bud Keith Norman 35, was killed
and two men injured, when a car
failed to make a turn on Redwood
.Highway south of Grants Pass
Saturday night. One of the injured
! Victor Tasters, was in a critical
condition.
A 24- year old Negro woman died
apparently of exposure at Hatfield
Ore., near the Oregon-California
state line early Sunday. Police
were questioning two of her male
I acquaintances.
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Travel Eased
After Sunday
Snow Snarl
Nw Storm Forecast;
Sleep In Auto Fatal
To Myrtle Creek Man
Traffic on some of the main
thoroughfares was snarled S u n
day by a heavy snowfall that
blanketed most of Douglas County.
And more is to come, according
to the local Weather Bureau. Snow
showers are forecast for Tuesday,
and lower temperatures are pre
dicted tonight.
Southern Oregon has been hard
est hit by an almost atationary
snow front that is hovering just
north of Seattle, a spokesman said. !
Rainfall, measuring 1.4 inches
over the weekend, is falling from
a flow of moist air current from
the Pacific.
But road conditions from Rose
burg to Eugene have improved.
Highway 99 north is covered with
slush, but chains are not required,
state police report. However, cars
without chains were unable to
cross Rice Hill late Sunday night,
where snow now measures 14
Inches.
Twelve Inches of new snow has
fallen on Sexton Mountain, and
chains are required. It was snow
ine liehtlv this mornine. but nlows
are operating and snow is well
packed. Highway 42 is open, but chains ,
are required on Camas Mountain.
The North Umpqua road has been
plowed and is open.
A slush pack covers stretches
of Highway 101, but it is break
ing up and the road is open.
Motorist Diet In Car
His car stalled, a Myrtle Creek
motorist kept the motor running
to keep warm Sunday and died
apparently from carbon monoxide
fumes.
Dead is William Alvin Pritt, 34.
State Police said Pritt slid off
the snow-laden highway west of
Crater Lake near Union Creek in
Jackson County. Apparently un
able to secure help, he pulled up
the collar of his overcoat, started
the engine and went to sleep.
Pritt reportedly was going to Ft
Klamath when the car stalled.
Pritt was born August 19, 1917,
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BLM Officer To Talk
On Controverted Lands
Roscoe E. " Hall, regional ad
ministrator fur the Bureau of Land
Management, will be In Rose
burg Tuesday for the meeting
scheduled to consider controverted
lands problems, ' reports James
Watts, district BLM supervisor.
The meeting to be held at the
City Hall at 1:30 p.m., will in
clude local forestry committers,
representatives of the BLM and
U. S. Forest Service and members
of industrial firms. The discussion
will involve plans for management
of the controverted' lands,- a 10
mile strip of forest acreage on
each side of the original O. k C.
land grants. Present policies han
dicap construction of access roads
into and beyond these lands.
Plunge Through Ice
Claims Five Lives
ODESSA, N.Y. lift A weekend
ice skating and sledding
party turned into tragedy when a
20-year old ' college student and
four children disappeared through
a soft spot in the ice on Cayuta
Lake.
A search party of 120 men re
covered the five bodies Sunday.
When last seen Saturday after
noon Allen Sibley, a Cornell Uni
versity junior was skating on the
lake, towing two sleds bearing the
children.
A volunteer fireman found a
child's mitten near the only open
break in the ice.
North Pacific Gulps 26 Passengers Of Crashed -Landed
Plane As Seven Praying Survivors Look On Helplessly
MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE
tt Seven survivors told Sunday
ui praying in unison as iney waicn
i ed 26 passengers of a crash-landed
I Korean airlift plane swept one by
one to their deaths in icy North
Pacific seas.
One soldier told of baptizing a
youth just before he slipped be
neath the battering waves.
Thirty-three of the 43 persons
aboard got out of the plane safely
after it hit the water off the British
Columbia coast.
But only seven remained huddled
on the half-submerged wreckage
when fishermen arrived with a
skiff.
The seven survivors, flown here
Saturday night from Sandspit Air
port in the Queen Charlotte Is
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HONORED FOR SERVICES Sid Moon, at left, wos presented
on award as the key man of the Junior Chamber of Commerce
for 1951, and Warren Anderson, right, received the first year
membership award. The honors were bestowed at the Junior
First Citizen's banquet ot the Country Club Friday night. Bob
McCarl, junior first citizen, received the third Jaycee award,
as the outstanding committee chairman. (Picture by Photo
Lab)
60 BELOW IN FAIRBANKS
Alaskan CityBattles Clutch
Of lev Atmosphere To Pursue
Regular Routine Of Existence
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) The temperature skidded
to 60 degrees below zero Sunday and Fairbanks' 20,000 resi
dents, their regular air communication virtually cut off by
the bitter cold, shivered in a frosty world of their own.
The cold spell, the second in ten days, held most of the
far north in its grip.
It was 78 below zero at Snag on the Alaska-Canadian
border and many Interior Alaska points reported readings of
70 below or colder.
A dense Ice fog which always
forms when the mercury drops be
low minus 45, forced scheduled air
lines to cancel flights to and from
Fairbanks. ...
The occasional plane that did
arrive took off again before its
engines got cold.
Visibility at night was reduced
to about 30 feet.
Taxis were doing a rushing busi
ness as the cold stalled private
automobiles. However, the taxi
drivers' expenses were running
high.
Because of the difficulty of start-
Returning Roseburg
Gl's Son Born At Sea
SEATTLE in When thi
Navy Transport Hugh J. Gaffty
docked here Saturday, a huge
flag fluttered from its side say
ing "IT'S A BOY."
The sign 'referred to Jeffrey
Foegel who was born at tea last
Monday. He is Hit ion of Staff
Sgt. Clinton Foegtl, of Rostburg,
Ore., and his Japanese wife, Ku
miko. ' Doctors, nurses and the med
ical staff delivered the baby
Carpenters built an incubator
which was outfitted by electri
cians. Sgt. Foegtl was on of 827 ro
tattts being rtturntd on the ship
from duty in the Far East.
lands, told of a 90-minute struggle
for survival in tne icy seas.
They described how, numb with
cold, they clung to a slippery wing
until the rescue boat arrived. '
The four-engined plane, inbound
from Japan with troops enroute
home on emergency leave, crash
landed a mile off Sandspit Air
port early Saturday after it devel
oped engine trouble.
The survivors said ten were kill
ed in the crash. The others man
aged to reach the wing.
Lt. Donald E. Baker, 26, of Glen
dale, Calif., said the plane was
"flying well on three engines '
when it touched the runway at
Sandspit in an attempted emer
gency landing.
ing cold engines, drivers were keep
ing their motors running 24 hours
a day.
Some residents who had to use
their cars to get to and from work
were parking them with their
engines running all night, or get
ting up every three hours to start
them and warm them up.
The hardy who ventured out
doors were bundled in fur-lined
parkas with wool mufflers tied over
their faces to keep noses and
cheeks from freezing. An uncov-'
ered cheek would freeze in as
little as ten minutcsfof exposure.
Deliverymen for grocery stores
were the busiest people in town.
They had to race around their
routes, delivering two or three or
ders at a time to prevent the food
from freezing.
If they tarried with a load of
groceries, they would have apples
as hard as rocks, eggs that
smashed like glass and canned
goods that had frozen and bulged
the container.
Cans of beer fioze in le.is than
-45 minutes.
Even double storm windows in
wcj-hf?tcd houses frosted up on
the inside like a refrigerator coil.
When a door was opened the frigid
air meeting the warm air of the
house formed a dense fog that
blotted out the doorway. Hie dif
ference in temperatures outside
and within the houses alsj caused
icicles to form in keyholes.
"We ran' part way down the run
way," Baker said. "After he (the
pilot) touched down, evidently, he
decided he couldn't make It. He
hit the throttle. There was a good
deal of vibration in the nose. The
plane would not climb. When it
hit the water, the left wing hit
first but the piano landed pretty
flat on the water."
Baker said he tried to distribute
life jackets, but apparently nobody
used them, and also helped the
pilot and co pilot in a futile attempt
to get a liferaft out of the plane t
nose.
He said the co-pilot, Kenneth
Kuhn, 32. Seattle, jpparcntly was
lost while trying to reach the wing
tip after the fuselage sank.
Baker said survivors on the wing
Truce Convoy
Probably Hit,
Allies Admit
Counter-Charge Mad
Against Rods; Parley
Still Lacks Progress
By ROBERT B TUCKMAN
MUNSAN, Korea The U.N.
Command said Monday Allied jets
without meaning to may have
attacked Communist truce con
voy on the Kaesong-Pyongyang
Highway Friday.
At the same time, the Allies
accused the Reds of violating the
agreement guaranteeing freedom
from attack to one northbound and
one southbound convoy daily.
These developments came as
subcommittees working on a Ko
rean armistice again reported 10
progress.
" The U.N. acknowledged that
four planes bombed and strafed a
bridge and antiaircraft positions
near where the Reds said a plainly
marked convoy of two trucks and
a jeep was hit.
Red Schtmt Revealed
During 1 fruitless two-hour sub
committee session on prisoner ex
change the Communists again ac
cused the Allies of scheming to
deliver prisoners of war to South
Korea and Nationalist China by
insisting on voluntary repatriation.
U.N. delegates, on the other
hand, argued that the Reds are
seeking to build up their armies
by demanding the return of all
prisoners without giving them a
free choice.
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols,
official U.N. spokesman, said the
Red all-for-all exchange plan would
give the. Communists a net gain if
more tnn lso.oow ettective tignt
ing men." -
SEOUL, Korea 11 A United
Nations rading parly swarmed up
a Communist-held hill in Western
Korea two times early Monday,
then pulled back to the main U.N.
line after being stopped cold by
Red riflemen and mortar crews.
Eighth.. Army Headquarters said
the raiders backtracked part way
down the hill northwest of Yonchon
after runtime into intense small
arms and mortar fire.
' Allied patrols surprised 30 to 40
Reds in bunkers on the snow
swept Eastern Front, killing 24 and
capturing seven.
Sunday two MIGs were shot down
by American Sabre jets.
"Bend Of River" Film
Slated For Roseburg
Oregon' scenery provides the
backdrop for the movie, "Bend of
the River," having its world pre
miere in Portland, Jan. 23. The
film, starring Jctnes Stewart is
an historical epic of the settling
of early Oregon, and was actually
photographed in Oregon wilder
ness along the Columbia River
and around Mount Hood. The story
in based on the book by the late
I'.rnest Haycox.
Portland's "Covered-Wagon Cen
ternial," preceding the premiere
will commemorae the 100th anni
versary of peak-year pioneer tra
vel over the old Oregon Trail.
'Bend of the River ' will be
shown at a Roseburg theatre for
one week starting Jan. 27, imme
diately followirg. the world pre
miere. X-RAY UN.r SCHEDULE '
'it mobile chest X-ray uni!
wiil observe the following sched
ule Tuesday. '
Reedsport Umpqua Drug Store,,
11 a.m.-7 .m.; Elkton Taylor's
Store, 1 p.m.-7 p.m.; Wilbur
Grade School, noon-7 p.m.; Rose
burg High School (students and
staff only), 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Camas
Valley Store, 11 a.m.-S p.m. and
Sutherlin Post Office.
"slowly fell away, about three min
utes before the boat came, there
were 10. We were numb with cold
and (hey kept slipping away from
us.
"God was there, all right. I don't
think I could have lasted much
longer."
Pfc Demefris G. Apostolon, 23.
Illnton. W. Va., said those on the
wing held hands in a chain to stay
there.
"I baptized one boy," he recal
led. "He said he believed in God,
but hadn't been baptized. He slip
ped off and drowned a few minutes
later. . ."
Two men in the fishing skiff
reached the wreckage and took the
seven survivors to shore 90 min
utes after the plane came down.
Armed Forces' Expansion,
Foreign Aid Boost Urged;
Debt Cited In Tax Appeal
By CHAULES F. BARRETT
WASHINGTON (AP) President Truman Monday
sent Congress an $85,444,000,000 spending budget, an un
precedented figure except in all-out war. He said it was " a
heavy burden ... the price of peace.J
To lawmakers talking loudly of economy in this election
year, the President outlined an 11 billion dollar expansion
in armed forces spending to more than 51 billion, including
a start on building the Air Force from 90 wings to 143.
Three Missing,
Five Survive
Crash Of Plane
PORT ANGELES (1 Five
crewmen of a B-17 mercy plane
survived the crash of their ship
on an Olympic Peninsula peak and
a 1,300 foot plunge down the snow
covered slope.
Three other men, presumably
thrown from the plane during its
plunge, were listed aa missing. A
para-medic team ol four preased
a search for them.
The four-cr !ned search and res
cue plane was returning from the
scene of a British Columbia plane
crasn Saturday mgnt wnen it cup
ped the top ot 6,339-foot Tyler
Peak in a blinding snowstorm.
The ship bounded over the Peak
and skidded through the snow down
to the 5.000-foot level. Search planes
located the wreckage Sunday,
Only two of the aurvivors re
quired hospitalization and they had
only cuts and bruises. They were
the pilot, capu casimir F. Hybkl.
31, of Tacoma, and the crew chief
Sgt. Carl E. Scargall, 22, Tilllcum,
Wash.
The missing men are Capt. Stan
ley Lankiewicz, Jr., the navigator,
of Tacoma, T-Sgt. Alan S. Ball,
the engineer of Tacoma, and Sgt.
John A. Do Rath, radio operator
from Stavanger, Norway.
The B-17 was returning from the
crash of a Korean air lift plane
Saturday at Sandspit, B. C. Only
seven of 43 aboard that plane were
aaved.
Nathan Fullerton
Funeral Services
Set For Tuesday
Funeral services for Nathan Ful
lerton, 74, retired Roseburg drug
gist and life-long resident of Rose
burg. who died at Mercy Hospital
Saturday, will be held in St.
George s Episcopal church, Tues
day, Jan. 22, at 2 p.m. with Father
Alfred S. Tyson, rector, officiating.
Concluding services will be con
ducted under the auspices of Laurel
Lodge No. 13, A.F. & A.M., in Ma
sonic cemetery with vault Inter
ment following in the family plot.
Mr. Fullerton was born in Rose
burg Aug. 23, 1877, the son of the
late Judge James C, and Clara'
Bunnell Fullerton, Douglas County
pioneers. He attended Roseburg
schools and later attended Pacific
University at Forest Grove, Ore.
He was first affiliated with the
M. F. Rapp Drug Store In Rose
burg and it was there that he and
Miss Agnes Pitchford operated
Roseburgs' first telephone ex
change. About 1903, he became a
partner in the Fullerton-Richard-son
Drug store in the Macabee
Building on Cass St., purchased
the interest of his partner W. H.
Richardson. When the Perkins
Bldg., (now the Pacific Bldg.) was
erected, he moved his drug store,
and in the middle thirties occupied
the present location of the Fuller
ton Rexall Drug Store on Jackson
street. In June 1945, Mr. Fullerton
retired, selling his drug store, to
E. R. Buckingham.
Mr. Fullerton was married at
Roseburg on Dec. 31, 1909, to
Marie Louise Newman and in 1918
he enlisted in the U. S. Army. He
was a communicant of St George's
Episcopal Church and a member
of Laurel Lodge No. 13, A.F.& A.M.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Marie Louise Fullerton, Roseburg;
a son, Gerald P. Fullerton, San
Rafael, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. T.
W. (Kate Fullerton) Graham, Old
Greenwich, Conn., and two grand
children, Lee and Carol Fullerton,
both of San Rafael, Calif.
His body will lie in state at the
Lone & Orr Mortuary until noon
Tuesday.
In lieu of flowers, it is requested
that contributions be made to a
fund for an appropriate memorial
to be placed in St. George's Epis
copal church for Nathan Fullerton,
contriDutions may be made to K.
R. Brand, chairman of the me
morial fund, or sent to St. George's
Episcopal church.
Bomber Explosion
Kills Six, Injures 61
SACRAMENTO Calif. I The
delayed-action explosion of a crip
pled Air Force bomber atop a
crowded guard house killed six
men and injured 61 at Mather Air
Base Saturday.
The bomber was coming in for a
landing when one of its two en
gines failed. A wing dipped and
sheered a power line. The bomber
cartwheeled onto the peaked roof
of the guardhouse, caving it in.
And he gave notice, In a budget
preview for reporters, that a new
five to six billion dollar five-year
expansion program for atomic en
ergy facilities will go to Congress
soon.
This Isn't included In his hiulept
for the fiscal year starting July 1,
Mr. Truman said, because it would
be apent later in conection with
some fantastic weapons.
He said his foreign aid program,
under especially heavy criUcism,
"is vital and indispensable ... in
the total fight for security and
peace." Mr. Truman called for ex
panding total aid from $6,868,000,
000 this year to $10,844,000,000 next
fiscal year, with military aid alone
jumping from four to eight bil
lion. Mr. Truman said without new
taxes, his budget for the fiscal
year beginning July l would plunge
the government $11,446,000,000 fur
ther in the red.
The deficit for the current fis.
cal year was an estimated $8,201.
000,000. Then he repeated a call for about
$4,600,000,000 "at the very least"
in additional revenue a call that
apparently fell on aeaf eari when
he first urged more taxes last
Wednesday In his economic report
to Congress. ,
This time the President didn't
pitch his plea aa strongly as ho
did last week nor did he soecifi
cally mention rate increases as ha
dla in his economic report. He
emphasized "loophole" plugging. ,
The President told reporters, how
ever, he wants the same rates h
asked for last year when Congress
cut his new tax program from 10
billion to about $5,400,000,000.
This would mean approximately
a five per cent increase in per.
sonal income taxes, an increase I
the normal corporation rate from
52 to J5 per cent, and more ex
cise (sales) taxes. '
Mr. Truman tacked onto his
budget a reduced flock of "fair
deal" measures, including a fair
employment practices commission
anathema to manv outhrn
expanded social security benefits
and federal aid to schools.
lie did not mention two rnntrn.
vcrsial programs he plumped for
futilely in his last budget the
Brannan plan of farm subsidies
and national health insurance.
uverau, national security pro
grams would take 76 cents nut f
every dollar, the President said
and nondefense spending would be
slashed one billion dollars during
mo iuii cut year.
Bomb Shelters Asked
He called for BOO million Hntlar.
In appropriations for civilian de
fense, including construction of
bomb shelters, and said continued,
refusal by Congress to provide it
"could be a fatal gap in our se
curity structure."
Other highlights were proposals
to add 7,000 agents to the scandal
hit Bureau of Internal Revenue, ex .
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Two Children,
Mother Of One,
Killed In Fire
BREMERTON 11 A fla.h fir.
blazed through a home here Sunday
night taking the lives of a mother,
her small son and a neighbor child.
Mrs. Imogcne Woolridge, 40, and
six-year-old Diana Martin burned
to death when they were trapped
in the residence as the sudden
fire blocked exists
Eight-year-old Morris Woolridge
died at a hospital here Monday
morning. The boy had run into the
yard, his clothes flaming. His fa
ther smashed a kitchen window.
ran to the aid of his son and
smothered the flames in a blanket.
Hospital attendants said burns cov
ered most of the youngster's body.
Four other persons were hospital
ized with injuries They were the
father, Morris Woolridge, Sr., who
suffered burns, cuts and shock;
Margaret Woolridge, 6, severe
burns on arms and face; and Mr.
and Mrs. Chester Martin. Martin
was cut badly in his escape through
the kitchen window. Mrs. Martin
suffered shock.
Firemen said the blaze started
when young Morris removed the
top from a gallon jug of gasoline
and the fumes ignited in the hot
kitchen. The men had been re
pairing a camping stove.
Levity Fact Rant
By L. f. Relzensteln
Of all glad words that come
to man, ,
Ta set hit once-faint heort
a-strumming.
Gladdest art these from
Uncle Sam
You've got a tax refund a
coming. X,