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E, G. HIGH, Roseburg insurance man, has as one of .his
several hobbies, the . woodworking urge,- which displays
itself through his hand-crafting of many different arti
cles. The lamp with which he is pictured was turned from
tulip wood, one of the hardest, he says, to be found here
abouts. This particular piece came from the tree which
formerly stood on the Bitzer property on Jackson Street
upon which construction now has commenced for the
Newberry store. The tree probably was one of the oldest
ornamentals in town. Another hobby, of Mr. High's,
amounting almost to a passion, has been his work in be
half of crippled children. He is one of the most influent
tial men in the state int this endeavor, and was largely
instrumental in securing the establishment of Camp Easter
Seal ot Tenmile Lake, where crippled children were re
ceived for convalescence through last July and August.'
His aim, and that of his many loyal co-workers, is to make
this a yean-around camp. Campaigns now' are under way
to insure final payments on the institution's mortgage, -a
project It is hoped will be accomplished by next Easter.
Ellsworth To 'Punch Away'
At More Money For Tiniberi
Access Roads In His Area
By LAURA OLSON
Staff Writer News-Reviaw
I Oregon's congressman from
the Fourth Congressional District
has anyching to say about it, em
ployment in the district will be
expanded.
Cong. Harris Ellsworth, prepar
ing to leave Tuesday for Washing
Ion, D.C., said Monday: "As m
the past, 1 plan to do everything
possible to stimulate employment
in the lumber and logging indus
try." ,
He proposed to do it by "punch
ing away on the business ot ac-"
cess roads built into forests. Ells
worth pointed out more highways
meant more timber to market,
more jobs and a better economy
rnr tfca arpa where timber ana
lumber are the prime source of in-
CTh' Federal Highways Act, he
said, (passed in 1953) greatly ex
panded the ecess road appropri
ations and authorizations. It still
remains, he added, to get the Bu
reau of the Budget to include the
full amount (23 million dollars) In
the budget.
In The Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
c.niirv Tliilles. sDeaking in
Paris to the foreign, defense and
finance ministers of the North
a.ii, Troatv nownrs. delivered
himself of an interesting bit of
philosophy. He said to them:
"We must not be lulled by the
surface smoothness of Soviet pol
icy, nor frightened by its surface
rougnness, nor provuMsu uj inci
dental rough actions."
Well spoken, sir. In your advice
to the brass ot kaiu, you juin
inhio enmnanv of able thinkers
Back in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt
said in a speech in Minnesota:
"There is a homely adage that
runs, 'Speak softly and CARRY A
BIG STICK and you will go far."
That is as true now as it was
back in 1901.
Dulles, by way of sound advice
to the communists, might have
added a line from John Dryden s
"Absalom and Achitophela":
"Beware the fury of a patient
man." . , '
If you happened to have a pa-
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The Weather
Mostly cloudy toniohl' and Wed
nesday. Slightly cooler Wednes
day. Ulnhul lun. last 14 hours 57.
Low.it temp, last 24 hours ..... 30
Hightst temp, any De 70
I wxf tarnn. any Dec.
Preeip. last 54 hours J
Pratip. from oae. I
Precip. from Sapr. 1 . -0J
Deficiency from Stpt. 1 J.H
Sunset tonight, 4:40 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 7:42 a.m.
Tha legislator Intends to talk- to
Budget Director Hughes as soon
as possible after he arrives in
Washington, D.C., Jan. 2.
He also plans to follow the bill,
through the appropriations com
mittee.
ilnlpu the government pro
vides the means to get the timber
to market, it (the Federal Gov
ernment) 'will lose money," he
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Logging Accidents
Hospitalize Two
Logging accidents sent two Doug
las County men to Community
Hospital Monday. Neither was re
ported, in serious condition lues
day. O. B. McElfresh, 30. 740 Ivan
St., Roseburg, was admitted to
the. hosDital In the afternoon. At
tendants said he had broken his
right arm and suffered a head
laceration.
McElfresh told them he had put
his arm up to protect his head as
a sapling toppled towards him.
His action, attendants said, saved
him from a fractured skull. .Mc
Elfresh is employed by Hanson
Bros. Logging.
Another Roseburg man, Theo
Albert Reierson, 45, 938 N. Jack
son was brought in Monday eve
ning. Reierson told hospital per
sonnel he had been kicked with
a power saw. He had severe trau
ma of the right leg, attendants
said. He works for Martin Log
ging Co. of Winston.
Worm Spring Now Flows
From Mountain Following
Last Week's Severe Quake
DIXIE VALLEY, Nev. B In
this desolate, arid valley, where
water has been found only in min
ute quantities, a warm stream
now spurts from the mountain
fastness and races along an awe
some gash in the valley floor.
Deep scars slash the valley floor
as if an angry giant had attempted
to pull the mountains from their
roots.
Scientists say that either the
mow capped peaks have been
shoved upward a few feet or the
valley itself has dropped.
These are results of the violent
earthquake born in this isolated
spot last Thursday and felt in five
Western states.
"The quake was without doubt
one of tne most important ever
recorded in the United States."
Prof. David Slemmons, University
of Nevada earthquake expert said,
Bv this, he said, he means in
0 : terms of ground displacement.
Slemmons is among tne scien
tists, who have converged on Dix
ie Valley to study the effects of
the quake. He flew over the area
some 50 miles east of Fallon
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Verdict Expected InpSlieppard Case
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Jurors Request
Additional Time
For Decision
By RELMAN MORIN '
CLEVELAND I The Shepnard
murder trial jury ended Tuesday
morning's session still wordless,
but hope persisted in the court
room that this will be "V-Day"
the day of the verdict.
Although jurors gave no slcn
again, when they appeared in the
courtroom prior to being excused
tor lunch, optimism continued for a
decision Tuesday in the drawn-out
trial, it was based mainly on the
fact that in answer to Judge Bly
thin's question Monday night, they
requested more time to consider
the complicated case.
They now are in the fifth con
secutive day of deliberations.
Dr. Samuel H. Sheonard. the ac
cused man, stands charged with
first degree murder in the bludg
eoning death of his wife, Marilyn,
31, last July 4.- He told the jury
during the nine-week trial that he
was asleep when a mysterious
prowler attacked his wife. He said
the killer knocked him unconscious
when he ran to the bedroom Where
the murder took place.
bneppara, as usual, was present
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Ellsworth Says
La f ferry's Suit
Holding Up Funds
Reo. Harris Ellsworth took a
dim view Monday of an Oregon
attorney i public plea to J?iaii
dent Elsenhower to bring about an
early distribution of more than 6
million dollars to 18 western Ore
gon counties.
The attorney la A. W. Lafferty.
the attorney representing Clacka
mas County. It is one of the 18
O&C counties. The S million
plus is money impounded in the
treasury pending settlement of a
dispute over administration of the
vaeu lands.
"If Lafferty really wants to see
the money distributed to the coun
ties immediately, ne nas omy to
withdraw his suit," Ellsworth said.
He continued that the suit froze
the funds again after the Cordon
Ellsworth bill had settled the mat
ter, including distribution of funds.
If he is really sincere, he will
just withdraw (he sun, Ellsworth
repeaiea. ne saia sucn a wiin
drawal would be "to the advant
age of all counties, including Clack
amas.
Clackamas County, through Laf
ferty, has challenged the Cordon
Ellsworth Bill as unconstitutional.
The U. S. District Court had
dismissed the constitution
al action earlier this month, but
that action is being appealed.
Monday, Lafferty urged the
President by letter "t use his
eood offices for expedition (of set
tlement) by the attorney general
and the secretaries of interior and
agriculture.
' Ellsworth said he considered
both the suit and appeal to the
President as "headline seeking."
Ellsworth was one of the auth
ors of the bill which settled thi
legal status of the 476,000 acres ;
of disputed usrfJ land, under it,
the OJcC formula for distribution
of 75 per cent of funds received
for timber sales from the land
would go to the counties, but the
Forest Service would continue to
administer the land.
mapping the gaping s c rr t
caused by newly-opened faults.
One slash extends for 26 miles.
Slemmons found part of a new
fault where one side is 20 feet low
er than on the other side. He called
this possibly one of the greatest
vertical shiftings of earth ever re
corded in the United States.
The area is sparsely settled, and
for all its fury the quake brought
no casualties.
Bv comparison, the San Fran-
Cisco quake of 1906 caused only
a tnree-ioot verucai aispiaceaieut
yet killed some 700 people.
The valley is about twice the size
of Manhattan Island. Some ranch
ers graze cattle here, but there
are no settlements for miles. About
six families live in the valley dur
ing the summer, but at the time
of the quake only a few ranchers
were in the area. They were not
injured.
"Had the quake occurred in a
populated area," Slemmons said,
"I hesitate to think of the death
and destruction 't would have
caused."
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James Hilton,
Author, Dies
Of Cancer
LONG BEACH, Calif Wl James
Hilton, British novelist and screen
writer' whose books included
"Goodbye. Mr. Chips" and "Lost :
Horizon," died Monday night after
a long illness from cancer of the
liver. He was 54.
Critically ill for several weeks, he
succumbed in Seaside Hospital.
His former wife, Alice, who had
maintained a vigil lor days, was
at the bedside.
Hilton had lived here in Long
Beach for 10 years while writing
for the movies. '
He entered the hospital Nov. 21
suffering from an infection of the
nature of which was not disclosed.
Today his physician Dr. David Wi
god said that he had bad cancer
of the liver for a long time.
He had been near death for sev
eral days.
Hilton, born Sept. 9, 1900, in
Leigh, Lancashire, England, had
aid 'it was Hollywood which
brought him to America, although
he said he couldn't find America
in Hollywood. ,
"I live in Long Beach because
it puts me closer to the feel of
America," he once said. "You
can t get the feel of it from Holly
wood." .
It was the mystical lost land of
Shangri-la, a valley of beauty
serenity and eternal youth, which
started Hilton on years of restless
wanderings between England and
the United states. -.- ' '
Shangri-la was a distant, misty
utooia in Hilton's most ' famous
novel,' "Lost Horison." The tm
beat-seller and the 1935 mavi Ver
sion, which Hilton came here to
help film, had made the word fa
mous the world over.
Hilton a search for his o wn
peace and quiet brought him from
England to Hollywood three times
and continued through two unsuc
cessful marriages.
The same years produced a flow
of best sellers which found an easy
market in Hollywood.
Cigar Store Damaged
In Fight; Man Arrested
I The interior of the Monarch Ci
gar Store, 126 Cass St., was left a
"shambles" ana a noseourg man
landed in the city jail Monday
night, the aftermath of a fist fight,
according to Roseburg police.
Fred Theodore Long, . a 1 1 a a
"Pistol Pete," 48, Grand Hotel, was
booked on three charges disorder
ly, conduct, resisting arrest and
being drunk in a public place
Name of the second man wasn't
obtained.'
Officers said they found a show
case smashed and books and mag
azines scattered on the floor of
the store when they investigated.
Witnesses said Long had left, and
police arrested him in his hotel
room.
On the wav to the oolice station.
officers said. Long threatened
them and at one time attempted
to pull a knife.
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AN ELECTRICAL WONDERLAND Andrew (Shorty) Bray costs a proud look ot the elec
tric railroad end town displa he put up in the lobby of the Grand Hotel 206 W. Cass,
Roseburg Bray worked evenings for two and one-holf months to complete the minia
ture village He is maintenance superintendent of the hotel. The village is surrounded
bv mountains. The troin runs through a tunnel which bores through one mountain Bray
soys is an exact replica of Mr. Hood. The I ighting of the village is complete. Block sig
nals have stop-go lights. Towers and semaphores shine brightly, as do the street lights
and the houses. (Paul Jenkins photo)
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Must
Prune 403,000
From Strength
By C. YATES McDANIEL
WASHINGTON W) The military
services have been told to start
pruning 403,000 from their present
over-au sirengtn. to reacn tne z,-815,000-man
level the administra
tion thinks is about right for the
current cold war. ,
In disclosing a manpower: cut
back program Monday, Secretary
of Defense Wilson said it will be
accompanied by a 50 ' per cent
slash in draft calls starting in
February, when . the - announced
quota of 20,000 is to be dropped to
10,000 or 11,000. Quotas have been
running about 20,000 for many
months. "
Wilson said an improved situa
tion in the Far East and "better
opportunities for peace" every
where entered into President Ei
senhower's decision to trim the
services.
Only the Air Force, which will
continue its gradual buildup to
975,000 men in the next 18 months,
escapes the trimming. ,
In the same periodthat is, by
June 30, 1856 the Army will drop
25 per cent of its current strength
to level off at an even one million.
The Navy is down for a 6 per cent
cut from present strength to reach
650,000 and the Marine Corps will
drop 14 per cent to 190,000. Over
all strength- for all services last
month was 3,218,000.
mere was no immediate reac
tion from members of Congress.
but the decision seemed likely to
stir some controversy, A number
nt LMmoerais nave ' comotainea
that . the nation's military might
is -Already, dangerously . weaic
Non-Supporting
Father Penalized
A 29-year-old father, appearing
in circuit court Monday afternoon
shortly after the grand jury re
turned 34 nen-support indictments.
was quickly fined $100 and sent to
jail.
William Turner Mays was found
guilty by Judge Carl E. Wimberly
of contempt of a court order for
payment of support money.
Having just expounded on the
problem of non-supporting fathers,
Judge Wimberly wasted little time
in sending Mays to jail until ne de
cides to support his children. The
action supported a statement the
judge made during the hearing:
"r atnera wui nave to support, weir
children or go to jail."
Mays returned here from the Co
quille area after a bench warrant
was issued on the contempt
charge.
POLICE QUESTION BOY
Police this morning questioned
a 13-year-old boy after Mrs. Gladys
Peterson, 630 S. Main St., com
plained she saw him slam the fam
ily car's door and walk away. No
charge was filed against the
youth, who denied Mrs. Peter
son's allegation.
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Dooms Day
Called Off,
Says Prophet
CHICAGO Wl A prophet of
doom who had predicted cata
clysms would engulf the continent
before midnight said Tuesday
morning there will be no disaster
for the day.
Mrs. Dorothy Martin, who had
predicted tidal waves would sweep
over mnch of the land between the
Arctic Circle and the Gulf of Mex
ico, said that by "intervention on
the part of the God of earth, disas
ter has been stayed."
Mrs. Martin said she and 13 of
her disciples, in her home in sub
urban Oak Park, "had sat for the
Father's message the night
through and God has spoken. . ."
"Not since the beginning of time
upon this earth has there been
such a force of good and light as
now floods this room and that
which has been loosed within this
room now floods the entire earth,"
Mrs. Martin said in a statement.
Dr. Charles A.- Laughead, who
lost his job on the student health
staff of Michigan State College by
acceptance of Mrs. Martin's proph
ecy, was among the 14 at her
home throuehout the night, '
Mrs. Martin said the "Father's
message" had been received by
"two forces."
In her statement she said:
"For this day it is established
that there is but one God of earth
and He is in thy midst and from
Hii hnnA thou has written these
words and mllhtv is the word of
Rod. And bv His word have ye
been saved, or from the mouth of
itanth have ve Been delivered."
, Mrs. Martin's pronhecy had
realted for ' the 'destruction ot Chi-
eazo. She also said the west vobsi
would be submerged from Seattle
to Chile. Dr. Laughead Bad saia me
East Coast would be enguiteo, too.
Assembly Of Cod Sets
Play For Wednesday
"A Gift for the Christ Child," a
dramatic mesentation. will be giv
en by the young people of the As
sembly of God Church Wednesday
evening at 8 p.m. Music will be
featured, witn.ine uuis juducb
Chorus sineing the anthems that
are heard throughout the play.
The story, which tells of the spir
it of Christmas and a selfish man,
is under the direction ol Mrs. ver-
non L. Klemin, with members of
the church taking the characters
parts. A male quartet will also be
featured during the evening.
New Plywood Mill Will
Rise In Albany Area -
ALBANY, Ore. Ufl Construction
of a new plywood mill, which will
employ about 50 men, will get
under way this week.
The mill, to be located near the
Southern Pacific rail line south of
Albany, is to be built by the Hub
Citv Plywood Corp.
Elmer Dicher, president, said the
mill will buy veneer and use a
cold press to make plywood.'
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Planning Group
Studies Steps
To Adopt Code
Discussion of steps to take in
obtaining a suitable building code
and inspector for the county look
up much of the time at a meeting
Monday night of the Douglas Coun
ty Planning Commission.
Reporting - to other members of
the commission on a recent trip to
Wasco, Multnomah and Lane coun
ties were T. Claude Baker, senior
county sanitarian, and Robert
Franks, commission secretary.
The two men made their trip to
study what other counties , have
done in setting up a building in
spector's office and hiring an in
spector. ,
Commission Chairman John Fett
said the commission also discussed
the possibility of purchasing a
small camera. It would be used
in obtaining slides to use in pre
senting talks,- in showing existing
good and bad conditions, and in
obtaining a historical record. Ob
taining loreign films on planning,
to be shown to interested persons,
is being investigated by J. Has
ten Bell of Portland, planning con
sultant hired by the county.
After the meeting in the county
court rooms, the group went to
the planning office in the courl-
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Woman Struck
By Car; Other
Accidents rrold ; i
Rosebiiii poiico' ifonday -invest!-
band said Ihf car ailed to stop
r. ti.lrl n frtl't-H J n Hhirh
woman pedestrian was i struck
down bv a car whose driver left
the scene after helping the woman
to her feet.
The woman is Mrs. Irvm Bridg-
es, 1070 W. Third St. The accident
occurred at Douglas and Kane
streets Monday evening. Her hus
band said the car failed to atop
for Mis.' Bridges, who was in the
pedestrian lane. Officers said they
didn't learn extent of her injuries.
Glenn John Byers, 59, of 1113
Corey Ave., was cited for violation
of basic rule after his car collided
with a parked sedan on Military
Street just west of Madrone Street
Monday atternoon.
Byers, driving east on Military,
related that another car passed
him, forcing him to the curb. He
said he didn't see the parked car.
belonmng to Larry llzgcrald, 74J
S. Stephens St. The Fitzgerald car
was bumped neany u leei uy me
impact. Damage to ine cars ag
gregated $550, police estimated.
An unidentified car swung into
dead-end Chadwick Street Monday
night. When the driver attempted
lo turn arounu, nis car mnasiieu
the rear of a parked car owned
by Gordon Leon Singleton,- "S, of
204 s. cnaowicK.
Neighbors said they glimpsed
the offending car, which drove off
without the driver leaving . his
name. Damage to the Singleton
car was about $100, olficera said.
Myrtle Creek Logger
Hurt In Woods Monday
Royal Buell, 24, Myrtle Creek,
was injured Monday while working
for Ul'CO logging CO.
Sho, i officials aid the accident,
,...;j ht th- son
road at the West Fork loggin op-! "lh. of KcUey's Korner Monday
sralinns morning.
Buell a choker seller was! Mrs. Herman Amorde, 47, was
inirk on the back of the head I suffering mostly from shock, ac
bv a fa'lhng sanling He was rush I cording to hospital personnel. i
.X the Mvrtl Creek HoiDital ' A relative said Mr- An,oruc wa
by the hSemia? ambulance; giving to work in Roseburg about
where he was
and bruises. Hospital spokesmen
..,H tnHov that he was not hadlv
hurt butaw.shahelde aT t'J ?ho?pftS
overnight for observation, report.
Ruth M. Evans, correspondent.
Fine Imposed On Youth
For Possessing Liquor
One of three Powers youlhs, ar -
rested by state police Sunday
night on charges of being minors
in possession of intoxicating liquor,
was fined S25 and court costs Mon -
day by District Judge Warren A.
Woodruff.
He is Waller Calvin Jones, 19-
Two other boys, 17 and 14 years
old, were remanded to juvenile
court. The trio was arresled at
Winslon near the Coos Bay high
way junction.
ON PAROLE BOARD
SAtEM Ifl Charles W. lluggins,
Salem, was reappointed by Gov.
Paul Patterson Tuesday to the
State Parole Board.
B. A. McPhillips, MrMinnvitle,
was reappointed to tha State. Sani
tary Authority.
Children Aid
Abuse is Kit
By Probers
Besides 34 secret non-support in
dictments, the Douglas County
Grand Jury Monday presented a
written statement in circuit court
criticizing the current problem
caused by parents who fajl to
provide for their children.
Noting that support money ia
the county in 1954 under the wel
fare commission's aid-to-depend-ent-childrcn
program will be about
$200,000, Ihe jurors said the entire
program is being endangered and
that something should . be dona .
about it.
It was determined through in
vestigation of some cases that
funds expressly granted for cer
tain children are not being used -for
their benefit exclusively, but
instead are being appropriated bv
people wjto are capable and should
be caring for themselves.
"To permit this situation to con
timie is to allow a fraud to be
perpetrated upon the taxpayers of
Oregon," the grand jury reported.
Although expressing satisfaction
with the work being done by the
welfare commission, the jury said
it is necessary that steps be taken
to cut some of the cost of support
ing children.
The jurors recommended that
recipients of aid money be impres
sed with the fact assistance "n
an emergency matter and is not to
be considered as a continuing prop
osition or as a matter of 'right'."
The jury also stated: "In inves
tigating a case to determine wheth
er or- not a need exists for aid
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Continued Oil Drilling
Up To Stockholders;
Meet Wednesday Night
The future of immediate con- ,
tinued drilling for oil in Douglas .
County 'seems to rest with Com
munity Gas and Oil Co. and Oil
Developers Inc., shareholders
meeting Wednesday evening in '
Roseburg.
iney wilt gainer at American
Legion Hall, 136 N. Jackson, to
tormuiate plans tor ruiure actions,
according to David Busenbark.
Busenbark it president of Com
munity Gas and Oil Inc.
The uregon Corporation Com
mission recently approved sale ot
more oil well stock to the sum ot
another $100,000. , .. .
Drilling operations' In fIros
halted abruptly Dec. 15 when Ml
ten nn inlo Java its depth of
nearly 3,700 feel.,
I Busenbark says the drilling riif
lot Santa Maria drillers is still in
I Melrose. This dispels a current
rumor me rig naa Deen taken
uac-K to uaaiornia. ine rig win
remain here until Jan. 6, Busen
bark added. If shareholders decide-
lo make another try for oil,
it will slay.
Should shareholders decide to
make another stab for oil, another
hole will be drilled, Busenbark
said.-Its location has not been
selected, he added, but it would be
placed within a few miles of the
current hole. - - -
Information On Theft
Here Flashed Over State
A Roseburg police warning to
other law enforcement agencies
throughout the state was flashed
over the state's teletype system
after a burglary netted a checks
protector and nearly 150 blank
checks here. '
The burglary occurred Monday
morning at Wolbcrt Welding & Ma
chine Works, '129 Second Ave. S.
Cliff Wolbert. owner of the es
tablishment, told officers that his
son discovered the crime ac :au
a.m. when he came to work. The
property was still in the building
Sunday afternoon, Wolbert said.
Entry to the building was made
through a rear window it a corner
of the building on Fowler Street.
Mrs. Herman Amorde
Injured In Car Accident
A Winston woman was report
ed in Hood condition ai Mercy
Hospital TuesdJy after her car.
rolled over on its side in a ditch
curred. Mrs. Amorde said she took
i 10 ,ne rl"1 "anu ,u,u
' colliding will, a car which , had
"'y Pllca lnl thl! llne ot tratflc-
Quick Results Reported
I From TV Set Sales Ad
One woman can attest to the ef
fects of a News-Review want ad.
j she advertised for sale a 21-inch
television set for $125. The ad ran
, tor two days. During that time,
i she received 49 telephone calls,
: three of which were long distance
i cai,.
I Needless to say, the set was sold
in,m.rti.t.i.
immediately.
Levity Foe! Rent
By L. t. Rclzenstein
Ergo, socialized medicine It
coming, and consumption of
applet to "keep the doctor
away" will probably concur
rently decline.
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