Do you want to borrow, trade
or sell? No matter how big or
small your want may be you will
find that the Classified ad pages
of the Ktatesnian wiil serve your
needs and serve them well. Tele
phone 2.1 or 583.
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In every case whert the home
Is. in . excellent taste, advertised
.products are there. Men want
'advertised good because they ex
press the best.
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 15, 1924
BEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR
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IflWE INSANITY Ifi M LITTLE
nFFFMSF PlFfl l STUDY OF BOYS
Ex-Pugilist's Friends, Wor
. ried About Mental Condi
tion, Engage Attorney to
Prepare Case
SUICIDE STORY SCOUTED
BY OFFICERS OF. POLICE
Lack of Powder Burns and
Sister's Testimony Indi-
cate Woman's Murder
IiOS AXGRMSft, Aug. 14.- Two
; jiew disclosures hearing on the
booting of Mrs. Theresa Mors,
divorced wife of a wealthy an
tique dealer, who was found deul
vef erriav. I
IU Mil poillU'i" "
tonight tlgnreneu me noose of evt
denne around Norman Selby (Kfd
McCoy), former pugilist, held on
suspicion of murdering the woman,
the Is Angeles Kxaminer will say
tomorrow.
The new development as dis
closed by police were: (lj The
finding of a heavy, blood-stained
pick axe handle and an extra cart
ridge slip containing ten .32 cnli
ber cartridges, hidden beneatlithe
mat in the driver's seat of Sirs.
Mors' automobile, the car used by
McCoy - several times after the
woman's death late Tuesday night
or early Wednesday morning and
(2) the discovery of several wit
nesses residing in or near the
apartment house, who heard it
Woman's screams coming from the
death room at 11:30 p. m.
! LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14. Kid
McCoy, once idl of the prize
ring. Beau Brummel of sporting
circles, gay Lothario of eight
matrimonial ventures, tonight at
the age of 51 years, which he ad
mits, faces from a Jail cell the
prospect of attempting to cheat
the hangman's noose by a plea of
insanity.
Against him stands a charge of
suspicion of murder, which Dis
trict Attorney Keyes says will be
'changed to flat murder, when the
county grand jury hears all the
known facts concerning the death
soma time Tuesday night or early
Wednesday morning of Mrs. Ther
esa W. Mors, divorced wife of Al
bert Mors, wealthy antique dealer,
i Shooting Also Faced
Also facing the former pugilist
are accusations of robbery and at
tempted murder, the result of a
mad orgy of shooting yesterday in
two Westlake district stores when
McCoy in search of Mors, wounded
W. O. Ross, Sam Schapp and Ann
Schapp, the latter's wife.
McCoy, financially "broke." a
disheveled, a bleary-eyed edition
of his former dapper self, .is not
-without friends in his present
dilemma. ' .
Pals of his former sporting days
have engaged attorneys to defend
him and it already has been an
nounced that if a murder charge
Is preferred against the ex-fighter,
an Insanity plea will be intro
duced. ' "
Mental Condition Poor
One of these legal advisers said
today that McCoy's friends had
been worried about his mental
condition for several weeks and
had planned on taking him before
a lunacy commission.
! Mrs. Hors. with whom McCoy
had been living in an apartment
bouse here under assumed names,
was found dead yesterday morning,
by the house janitor, a bullet hole
Jn her temple,' a deep cut on her
lip and other cuts and bruises
elsewhere on her body.
McCoy was caught after his in
vasion of the Westlake business
j district but for several hours
-would say nothing coherent rela
tive to the murder. Towards eve
. ning he told a story of having
been with Mrs. Mors Tuesday
night, when in a fit of despond
ency she tried to stab herself with
a butcherknife, and then shot her-
Belt through the head.
THE WEATHER
OREGON: Generally cloudy
and unsettled Friday; no
change in temperature; mod
erate westerly winds. 1
LOCAL. WEATHER
(Thursday)
Maximum temperature, 80.
Minimum temperature, 61.
River, 2.5 feet. j
Rainfall, none.
Atmosphere, cloudy.
Wind, north. ' "
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YAKIMA FIRMS
PATROL PLANTS
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Fruit Warehouses Lead
to Action
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YAKIMA, Wash., Aug. 14.
Yakima's Produce j Row is being
guarded tonight by special police
asvthe result of last night's $150,
000 fire, the second big blaze on
the row in less than three weeks.
The police say they are hot on the
trail of the firebug, who set last
night's fires, which they consider
was plainly incendiary. A-sp'ecial
guard has been thrown around the
Yakima plant of j the Libby, Mc
Neill & Libby company.
Thirty-five special guards who
were tonight thrown around the
fruit warehouses on produce row
were heavily armed and given or
ders by Chief of Police James
Perry to "shoot to kill" if suspic
ious ..characters failed to halt. The
guards will be continued through
out the fruit season, the chief an
nounced after .'. a . conference with
prominent dealers.
Germans Xot to Join league .
VILLlAM3TO7N LLiss., Aug.
14. Germans -are . not eager to
join the League !of Nations, Dr.
Moritz d. Bonn, financial advisor
to the government at Berlin, de
clared in an open discussion of thi
league today at the institute of
politics. j
ES
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Patrick Bishop Again Es
1 capes Motor Hauls Him
Out of lYards
Hiding: in an IS inch space be
tween the chassis and the body
of a dump truck, Patrick Bishop,
a convict at tue state prison, es
caped from inside the walls of
the . penitentiary t about 4:30
o'clock Thursday afternoon. His
presence was discovered by the
truck drivver when the machine
reached a pile jof dirt .near the
flume. Bishop was headed In! the
general direction of the training
school when last seen. ; The es
cape wa3 reported to Deputy
Warden J. W. Lillie by the driver.
Bishop was received at the pris
on from Klamath county on De
cember 15, 1922, to serve three
years for issuing a forged check
He escaped while working as a
trusty at a wood camp last sum
mer and was returned to the pris
on from Seattle in February.
The convict Is about 25 year3
old, of dark complexion, dark
hair and dark brown eyes, chunky
build and about 175 pounds in
weight. He is'five feet six inches
tall.. Bishop was wearing brown
overalls and a hickory shirt when
PRISONER HID
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Civil War Veterans to Back
Increased Pension De
mand on Congress
BOSTON Aug.S4. Veterans of
the Civil war, meeting here today
in the final business session of the
58th annual encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic, elec
ted and installed their national of
ficers, chose Grand Rapids, Mich.,
as their pextv convention city,
adopted resolutions, one of which
calls for an increase in pensions
and then officially concluded the
convention j The commander in
chief elected and installed today
is Dr. Louis F. Arensberg of Un
iontown, Penn.
The encampment adopted a res
olution instructing the legislative
committee of the Grand Army to
present to the next congress a bill
to increase the pensions of all
Civil war veterans to $72 a month,
pensions of every widow of a vet
eran, married prior to 1910, to
$50 a month; those of army nuri
ses to $50; of soldiers totaly dis
abled $155 a month, and disabled
veterans $100.
IN VETS HOSPITAL
Charges of General Careless.
ness and Incompetency;
Laid to Heads r
PORTLAND. Aug. 14. Men
have been burned by an incompe
tent and careless X-ray operator;
medicine ordered by, the doctors
has not been given, despite (numer
ous demands for it, and some
nurses and orderlies have slept at
their posts while sick men have
called for attention,; patients Jof
United States Veterans hospital
Xo. 77 charged today in the course
of an investigation started by the
American legion looking toward
the remoyal of Dr. Frank N. Gor
don, superintendent, and Dr. C. M.
Tinney receiving officer. j
All of these things have been
reported to Dr. Gordon as super
intendent but no action has been
taken, the disabled, -veterans said.
Royal Riders of Red
. Robe are Dissolved
The Royal Riders of the Red
Robe, an organization affiliated
with the Ku KIux Klan, has dis
solved in Oregon, the .notice of
dissolution being filed yesterday
with the state corporation depart
ment. The notice stated that W.
D. Quinn. secretary and trustee,
and C. W. Herd and Martin W.
Rose, the other trustees, were all
present at the meeting when dis
solution was decided upon. '
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State Mental Experts are
Grilled on Stand By Dar
row Conditions are Held
Unfavorable
ROW BETWEEN COUNSELS
INTERRUPTS THE TRIAL
Witness Resents Implication
That He Looked for
:. Hanging Evidence
CHICAGtl. Aug. 14. (By The
A) Two alienists for the state
admitted under cross examination
today in the hearing to determine
punishment for Richard Loeb and
Nathan Ledpold, Jr-, for kidnap
ing; and killing Robejt Franks,
that their i conclusions that the
youths werfe sane were arrived at
after brief, conversations under
unfavorable conditions and per-
runctory physical examinations.
Cross examination of the two.
Dr. Hugh T. Patrick and Dr. Ar
chibald. Church, Chicago pyschia
trists, occupied virtually the en
tire day. Dr. Church's direct tes
timony taking only a few minutes.
Clash Knlivens Trial
The proceedings were enlivened
by a heated three cornered clash
between Djj Church. Clarence S.
Darrow, chief of defense counsel
and Robert E., Crowe, states attor
ney, curtailed only when Judge
John R. Ckverly ordered a five
minute recess. I
Mr. Darrpw was questioning Dr.
Church as to the guise under
which he j had approached the
youths- i
j "Now isn't it a fact that you
went to them only for the sake of
getting evidence on which they
could be hanged,' Mr. Darrow shot,
at the witness.
Dr. Church asserted that he had
been introduced to the youths as
a doctor and that the purpose of
his visit was explained to them.
-Hi
I ; Crowe Entvrs Objection
'You know that isn't true. Mr.
Darrow," jhe replied heatedly,,
shaking his finger at the defense
attorney. Mr. Crowe' was on his
feet shouting for the doctor to
continue his reply while at the
same timejMr. Darrow uttered an
apology and requested the ques
tion be stricken from' the record
as j"an inadvertence." Judge Cav
erly added! his calm voice to the
uproar with an announcement of
a recess wjth Mr. Darrow and the
prosecutor exchanging final ver
bal ; thrusts. it
Conditions in the state's attor
ney's office where Leopold and
Loeb were examined;' soon after
tlieir arrest, the number of per
sons present and the lack of ac
quaintance of - the doctors with
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Candidates in
Statesman's Contest
Who Work Make Gains
Activity! and ambition, two qual
ities necessary in The Statesman
Seashore Trip Contest. Not to-y
late to enter as a contestant. If
you get busy you can soon catch
the leaders.
Summary of Prizes Offered
; i Ten tpn ladies receiving the
ten highest number of votes in
the contest will eaclv be award
ed a free vacation trip to New
port, commencing Sept. 2nd.
The entertainment at Newport
will be provided under the aus
pices ofj the Newport Chamber
of Commerce. i j
There will be spendid accom
modations and entertainment of,
various j kinds provided. This
will be a red letter week in the:
lives of the contest winners and
one never to be forgotten. An-,
other joy will be added when
each of the winners is present
ed with a box of f Gray Belle;
candy, j These will "be charming
summer; vacations and with all
expenses paid by The States
man Publishing company they
will be doubly delightful.
Friends who 'subscribe for the
paper for a term are really not
donating anything from their
pockets, since they; will receive
full value for the amounts they
subscribe! to The Statesman, which
WX AWAITS
ADVISE FROM
BERLIN GOV'T
Chancellor Delays Negotia
tions1 on Ruhr Evacuation
to Confer With German
Cabinet Officers
FRENCH AGREE TO MAKE
CHANGES IN DEMANDS
Herriot Offers An Immediate
Withdrawal From Im
portant Centers
LONDON, Aug. 14. (By the
AP.) (hancellor Marx Is await
ing: instructions from Berlin be
fore he! can proceed further with
the negotiations looking to a com
promisej on the Ruhr evacuation.
The German delegation has' been
advised that President Ebert has
called a cabinet meeting for to
night, but no decision is expected
before tomorrow.
Up td midnight" the French had
received no intimation of the
chancellor's reply to the French
contention that the evacuation ex
tend over the period of a year, to
which the Germans are opposed
The situation is decidedly easier
tonight as the French have agreed
to many modifications of their
original demands. While M. Her
riot insists upon a flat under
standing that the military evacu
ation of the Ruhr need not take
place until one year after the
actnal date on which the French
and Germans reach an agreement,
he offers immediate evacuation of
many Important railway and in
dustrial centers.. Mannhiem, Dort
mund and many other so-called
bottle-neck roints which control
the Rhlneland railways, will be
release Immediately and the
troops jwithdrawn from the east
ern boundary of the Ruhr occu
pied district. There also have
been intimations to the Germans
that complete military evacuation
might be accomplished in much
less than a year if terms' of the
Dawes jplans were faithfully -mpt.
In fact the Impression has been
created: that practically all the
French and Belgian troops would
be out! of the territory under the
Versailles treaty by January 10,
when the British evacuate Cologne
If the Germans show good faiths
Davis "Listens in" On
Coolidge's Acceptance
LOCUST VALLEY. N. V., Aug.
14. Jbhn W. Davis "listened in"
tonight to the acceptance address
of Calvin Coolidge-
Tuning, in a loud speaker set
in his : home herewith a nearby
radio ijelay station, the democrat
ic presidential candidate was able
to hear the keynote of his repub
lican opponent sounded at Wash-
ingtonj
The
will be sent to
which they may
any address to
iremove for th3
term for which the subscription is
i
paid. T(he Statesman will not only
maintain its present standard of a,
clean and newsy, reliable, family
paper.j Dut wI1 BO on improving
its columns and so far as possible
perfecting its delivery service so
there -jwill be no regrets at having
subscribed to help some deserving
contestant.
A difference of a few hundred
votes is not a very large margin,
as it means but a year or six
months' subscription to The
Statesman, and those who are be
hind by such a small number
should not lose heart by any
means, but keep on with the race
with Renewed vigor. A race is
never ended until time for the last
competitor to win out. Keep up
with the contest and make it your
determination to win and yOu will
be successful. ' 1
Every mail brings in votes to
the contest manager and the doors
of the office are" kept, cbnstantly
swinging by voters who go in and
out casting ballots for their favor
ite candidates in the race, Th5
contest is certainly gaining ground
day by day and no one can an
ticipate what height this good
natured tug of war will attain.
Certain people of Salem and ad-
; . '
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HIGH LIGHTS FROM PRESIDENT COOLIDGE'S
SPEECH ACCEPTING REPUBLICAN "
! NOMINATION j
"A government of common sense," promised.
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Honesty and economy at home
Proposes another conference
ment and codification of iternatonal lawj I
Declares government sound and promises: fearless punishment
bf all wrongdoers, and to resist corruption jn office.
; . Favors protection, chjld labor amendment, reduction of arma
ments, restoration of Europe, enforcement! of prohibition laws.
Organization, j cooperation and diversification held need of
agriculture. Committee to investigate needs of farmers.
Plans for overtaxing rich fall eventually on .the poor. Favors
reduction of income surtaxes. ! . rj ''
io governmental favors offered for ad in campaign.
TO INVESTIGATE
ACTRESS'
Federal Authorities to At
tempt to Find Ground for
I Mann Act Charge
LOS ANGELES. Aue. 14. An
investigation of. the relations of
Ann- Luther, actress, and . Jack F.
White, wealthy mining man which
will extend from New York to Los
Angeles with a view to seeking
basis for Mann act proceedings
against the pair, was launched to
day, according tQ an announce
ment by Lucien C. Wheeler, agent
here of the department of justice
and United States Attorney Joe
Burke.
The announcement followed a
lengthy examination of the actress
by the two federal officials, in
which, they stated, she reiterated
her testimony given in her $100,
000 breach' of contract action
against the mining man and which
she lost by a court decision yes
terday. ;
CABLES RELIEF
' WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. The
American RedCrosy today, cabled
$100,000 for the relief of victims
of the floods sweeping several
provinces of China. 1
Legion to Cooperate in
The Defense Day Program
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Aug 14.
Whole hearted cooperation of
the American Legion with the war
department and civic and patroitic
organizations in the observance of
national defense test day on SeD-
tember 12, is pledged by National
Commander John R. Quinn of the
legion in a letter to Secretarv of
War Weeks made public at the
national headquarters of the le
gion; here today. The letter follow
ed a recent statement by Mr.
Quinn in which he also urged full
cooperation on the part of the Ie
gionaires. -
NEWS BRIEFS
Seattle Voters Decreasing
SEATTLE, Aug. 14. Seattle's
registered vote was 23,000 less to
day than when the registration
books were closed in 1921, and
19,000 lower than primary elec
tion' registration figures of four
years 1 ago, the city registration
bureau has announced. The regis
tration books are to close Aug. 19.
Spanish Rebels Active
MADRID, Aug. 14. Continued
activity by the rebels in the Span
ish zone of Morocco is reported
in an official communique issued
this morning.
Literature Seized
CEDAR RAPIDS. Iowa, Aug.
14. Literature urging the people
to rebel against the order of Pres
ident Coolidge setting aside Sep
tember 12 as national Defense
day. was seized in the mails here
Wednesday afternoon by Postmas
ter F. K. Hahn. The circulars
urged demonstrations with crepe
instead of flags, and advocated
that the day be observed as Black
Friday, .
Klectrlc Chair Replaces Xoose
ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 14. The
electric chair will be , substituted
for the hangman's noose in execu
tions for capital crimes in Georgia
under a bill passed by the legisla
ture. ' The measures goes to the
govk.jor.
Zanni Makes lrogress '
RANGOON, Aug. 15. (By The
Associated Press.) The Argentine
aviator,,1 Major Zanni, who arrived
here yesterday afternoon from
Calcutta on his . trip around thr
world, left for Bangkok. Siam, at
735 o'clock this (Friday) morn
ing. The distance between Ran
goon and Bangkok Is approxi
mately 350 miles.
and peace abroad held as ideal.
to consider"; limitation of arma
Man Shot By Deputy During
Attempted Bank Rob
bery Was Helper
, SEATTLE, Aug. 14. Ted
La8he, one of the two bandits kill
ed in a gun battle during an at
tempted bank robbery yesterday
at Tolt, Wash., was. a laborer and
the one who "tipped" off the nlans
to Sheriff Matt Starwich several
days since tonight declared deputy
Sheriff W. W Coffey tonight.
DeputyCoffey also stated that
Leslie was not fatally wounded by
D. C. Malone, alias A. J. Brown.
bandit leader who was slain, but
by one of the 'deputies.' A bullet
taken from Lashe's body was not
of the same caliber as Malone's
gun, said Deputy Coffey. It was
also asserted that Lashe, who was
said to have lived in Jerome, Ida
ho, "never "had committed a
crime" and was merely acting on
orders from Sheriff Starwich
Swiftness of the gun battle was be
lieved by Coffey to have been re
sponsible for the accidental shoot
ing of Lashe.. . . .
SLOGAN CHOSEN
SEATTLE, Aug; 14. An ex
ecutive committee of seven mem
bers was appointed: a progressive
party slogan, "Return Government
to the People"
was adopted and
seven electors
were tentatively
chosen at a state convention here
tonight. ; !
Three Hundred Sent Out Yes.
terday From Denny &
Co, Plant Here -
Approximately 300 prune pick
ers were dispatched to. Willamette
valley orchards yesterday from
the Denny & Co. plant on Front
street, 100 going to the Q. E.
Fry orchard in Polk county and
about 200 to orchards in the Yam
hill and Sheridan vicinities. Most
of them were; tourists who are
passing through the valley and
nearly all are traveling in auto
mobiles bearing licenses of other
states. . r
An amusing incident took
place at the Fry orchard- A
Denny representative early yester
day made arrangements" to pur
chase the Fry prunes but Mr.
Fry remarked that he did not
know whether I he could get pick
ers. ' .
"I'll hav a hundred pickers
for you by noon" said the agent.
Mr. Fry thought the visitor was
joking, and left the (arm on a
trip to Salem. By 11 o'clock a hun
dred pickers were at the farm
with no one to tell them what to
do. When Mr. Fry returned
about 4 o'clock they were still
there, their entertainment being
a series of banjo solos by one of
their number.; They will all, go
to work this morning.
It is said, that 30 carloads, of
green prunes from the Willamette
valley will move out of Portland
on a fast train for New York to
night. It is believed the shipment
of green prunes from, the valley
this season will aggregate only
about 500 carloads.
The big feature of the green
prune movement appears to be
employment. Counting both those
ho work in the orchards a-ud
those in the packing plants it is
declared that more people are
employed than in the bop yards
during the hop harvesting seas
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FLOCK TO WORK
E. 0. P. ISSUES
ARE DEFINED
BY CUE
Administration of Common
Sense Pledged to Honesty
and Economy Promised in
Acceptance Speech
GOVERNMENT IS SOUND
DECLARES THE NOMINEE
Wrongdoers to Be Fearlessly
Prosecuted Peace Pro
gram Is Outlined
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. -In
stately Memorial Continental hall
President Coolidge touight formal
ly accepted his nomnUnatlon as
the presidential candidate of the
republican party. ' ; 1
The intense .heat of the past
few weeks had given way to mod
erate, even cool temperature and
President Coolidge, dressed in a
formal cutaway coat,: was com
fortably at ease as he, delivered
his address, -which was punctu
ated by crisp, short pointed sent
ences, i.":
Hall Filled with Applause
The historic hall, scene of the
armament limitation conference
in 1921, and seating about 2,000
persons, was filled with applause,
several times as the president
emphasized the major points of
hi3 ' address. Outside another .
throng listened to the ceremonies
carried by amplifiers while radio ,
broadcaating instuments transmit
tde the proceedings' to an invis
ible audience throughout the
country.
Frank W. Mondell, as perman
ent chairman of the Cleveland con
vention, formally, tendered Mr.
Coolidge the- nomination, the
choice resulting, he said, from a
demand jf the jpeople "'freely and
emphatically expressed." :'
VUnder your leadership," Mr.
Mondell declared "we look for
ward to ai continued opportunity
for service to the honor of th
republic and the progress ani
the prosperity of its people.'' "
Honesty and Economy Promise
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. A
"government of common sense1
dedicated to honesty qnd economy
at home and peace abroad, was
promised tonight by President
Coolidge in formally accepting the
nomination of the republican par
ty as" its candidate for president.-
Declaring domestic affairs of
chief concern Jto the nation, Mr.
Coolidge proposed further tax re
duction and "more tax reform"
and announced his intention, to ap
point a committee to investigate
means of aiding agriculture.
; Foreign Policy Outlined.
He summed up the foreign po
licy ? of the administration in a
simple word Peace and promis
ed to propose after the Dawes re
paration plan gets under way an
other conference to consider fur
ther limitation of armaments and
codification of international law.
Addressing himself to possible
opposition party issues, Mr. Cool
idge referred to the question of
honest government and replied
that "the government; is sound"
and would prosecute wrongdoers
fearlessly. He referred to a prob
able 'discussion of liberal thought
and progressive action" in the
campaign and answered tha liber
ality in thought and progress in
action is all well enough for the
country, but its greatest asset is
common sense."
Accomplishments Reviewed.
The address was devoted large
ly to a review of the accomplish
ments of the administration dur
ing the last four years, and con
tained a specific program for the
future in which the president out
lined his views In characteristic
short, pungent sentences.
Detailing his views, the presi
dent announced he favored: .
The principle of protection. -The
child labor amendment.
The permanent court of Interna
tional Justice.
Further limitation of arma
ments. x
Support by the government In.
encouraging American citizens and
resources to assist- In restoring
Europe."
Enforcement of the prohibition
laws. kC .
Specifically he declared oppo
sition to any general extension of
government ownership and con
trol and to aggressive war. v
.The nominee laid particular
stress on agriculture," taxes and
foreign relations. ;
Airrfcniturirt! Itetlef Sought.
Efforts of the administration to
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