PLOPS HIIS
Senate "Irreconcilables? Are
FURTHER CLOiS
Victims in Phoenix, Trunk Murder
Mystery; Slqyer Not Yet Caught
Alarmed by Old League Spectre
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Jhree-Larie Thoroughfare
Is Backed by Woodburn
Community Club ;
; WOODBURN. ' Oct. 2 1 "The
highway : engineers r represent a
closed ' organisation in Oregon
no man can get a Job. Jobs are
filled and they stay filled. It
-would be a blessed thing 11 four
or five would quit and giro new
blood a chance to work! Highway
Commissioner C. K. Bpanldlng de
clared before the Woodbnrn com
munity eluo here tonignt. v
Snanlding made the statement in
branding as ridiculous ideas that
redactions of higher salaries- of
highway men would take leaders
to other states. Four surround
ing states pay their chief engin
eers from $2,200 to $3,600 less
than Oregon does, he said.
The commissioner outlined his
fire-year building project and
cited instances with the highway
department of what he termed
useless expense of the public's
money.
Group Votes Support of .
Three-Lane flan
At conclusion of his talk, the
DDroximately 100 men In the
crowd voted unanimously to ap
prove Spaulding'a original plan for
a three-lane thoroughfare from
Salem to New Era, and asked
that importance of early comple
tion of this be presented ; to the
i other commissioners. ; ;
"It would be a monstrosity and
; eye-sore if we put 10 feet ot con
crete on one side of the pavement,
but if that's what you want, I'll
support it but only if you want
it." Spaulding declared, referring
to, engineers' proposal to amend
his original plan to construct tire
foot cement ' shoulders on each
i ade of the present 20-foot width,
i with non-skid in the center,
Speaking of econ0mics, th,
i commissioner said he Is sure there
i Is .a surplus of engineers In . the-i
" highway department He said sai
i arles of the shop superintendent
band his assistant are away , too
1 high, and that the assistant could
carry the business on as well as
the superintendent. He would
make cuts in the S1S0 a month
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AID TO BUSINESS
Change of weather, . business
spurt that old experience of mer
chants seemed to hold true yester
day when the rainstorm came, for
many people were seen In the
shops.; One merchant at noon pre
dicted his store would he empty
of customers on the first day of
the rain, while people were accus
toming themselves to the weather
change. '
And the weather for today? Un
settled, rain, the weatherman said
last night. At an early hour this
morning the rain still was falling
but In someVat diminished .quan
i tlry, and the heavy winds had
i abated. .. v .
! How much water poured out of
the clouds yesterday could not be
earned because the official weath
er obserrer refused to go out In
the storm to check her guage, hut
those persons who were soaked by
the; downpour will say the quan
tity was by no means small.
Qaon
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! ; FEARS NOW : HELD
LA GRANDE, Ore., Oct., 21
(AP) Amos Helms, state police
man, who was shot hy two ban
dits here Sunday, passed a rest
less night, and his condition today
was less satisfactory, physicians
aid. - 1
Keith Crosswhite, 19. and John
Owens, 28, captured in the Blue
mounUlns yesterday, signed con
fessions that they shot Helms,
police said. .7;. ;-.!;
KlfBEZZLEMENT CHARGE, -
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct, 21
(AP) Eight women and four
men were chosen today as a Jury
to 1 try Weber A. Hattrem, presi
dent of the Municipal reserve and
bond company, who was charged
Jointly with the late William A.
Tyler with larceny by embeirle
ment of ir,826. ;
Taking qf testimony will begin
tomorrow. -f ..c -
Tylernamed co-defendant with
Hattrem la the secret indictment
returned by the Multnomah coun
ty grand Jury, was found shot to
death in a boat on the Tualatin
river last July. Authorities said
he had killed himself.
1IOMR STUDY- OPTOSED I
.EUGENE, Ore., Oct, 21 (AP)
It la against the policy of the
Pregon congress of parents and
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Designing the United States acceptance of the invitation of the League
oi Aauons (to participate In Its
affair) as the first step towards
irreconcunoies in toe senate, lea bj senator Bonn and Jonnsom, are
girding on tbeir armor to fight any such move to the limit. Secre
tary of State Stimson, on whom they place the responsibility for
United States participation in league affairs, is the target! of much
outspoken criticism as the result. Opponents of the league point
out that the American electorate definitely repudiated membership
for the United States. On the other hand, league adherents are Ju
bilant, seeing in the more a t indication of the Wilson policy and
regarding it as a preliminary step to full membershp.
SCOHIB COUHT
REWARDS NINETEEN
Justice Campbell - Presides
At Session, Tells of
- Program's Values
Before an aundience filling the
eircuit court chamber In the coun
ty courthouse, 17 Boy Scouts last
night received promotions and
awards. Judgo J. U. Campbell, as
sociate -justice-of the state su
preme court, presided and T. C.
Roake served as clerk and master
of ceremony. - j
After the court procedure was
concluded, the Judge addressed
the boys and their parents. ;
I feel I am honored to be able
to preside- aver a bunch of boys
juch as you are,' he said. After
asking the scouts why they had
taken up scouting, he told them,
"The real reason you are scouts
is that It will fit you for greater
service as citizens and to your
own community and families.'
Adjuring the boys to have no
fear of the courts and to drop the
timidness they last night dis
played, Judge Campbell reminded
them that "if iyou are honest and
square you can go into , any court
unafraid, stand up to any man,
knowing you are as good as he
is." ' -M n - , ! '
Delegations of scouts were
present, from Falls City, Dallas
and West Salem. -
The highest i award made was
that of Life Scout,; to pnunp
Himmell of, STerton troop zw.
The requirements for achieving
this honor are six montns- wmw
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Wounded Officer, Weaker ,
Ilatt'rem Jury Sworn in
Salary Issue is Banned
Ethelbert may be Slain
teachers, in annual convention
here, to take any action on the
matter of reduction : of teachers
salaries, Mrs. William T. Brlce,
president, said today after reports
were circulated that the matter
might come before the. convention:
Mrs. Charles E. Boe, national
field secretary, in an address be
fore 90 unit presidents today de
clared home study for school chil
dren under high school age was
"legalized criminality. i j
BY HUMANE SOCIETY j
PORTLAND, Ore.; Oct. 21
(AP) Death to Ethelbert, Port
land's visiting whale, was -recommended
tonight: by the ( Oregon
humanesociety, v -' v '-- !
- X resolution adopted by the
society directors called upon the
state of Oregon and United states
engineers to "dispose" of. the
whale in a "humane manner as
soon as possible.; 1 v .".
' The action was taken upon tire
advice of Byron B. Allison, form
erly chief engineer for the Pact
flc-American whaling estnpany.
Ethelbert; Allison said, feas too
small a throat to swallow the
carp, salmon, bass and other fish
in Columbia slough where he has
m& bis home for the past ten
Says. He said Ethelbert Is starv
ing to death. . ' 1 3
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deliberations on the Slno-Japanese
full membership in the league, the
DRIVER HELD JFTEB
SMALL GIRL IS HIT
Maxine - Miller i in Hospital
Here, Injury Serious;
Groshong Arrested
Mazine Miller, 8, daughter of
Mr. aud . Mrs. Walter Miller of
Woodburn, was In a Salem hos
pital last night with a broken
right thigh, laceration about the
face requiring 10 stitches, and
bruises, as result of being struck
by a car driven by a Salem man
named Groshong. j The! accident
occurred about three miles south
of Woodburn, and according to
witnesses the driver of j the ma
chine was under: Influence of li
quor. ' i :
Marine, a pedestrian,' was
thrown against the radiator of the
car with such force as to leave Its
imprint on her face. She hurtled
clear over the ,hood and rolled off
the back ot the machine.
Groshong was taken in custody
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INCREASED RATE IS
TO AFFECT LUMBER
The Interstate Commerce com
mission ruling, i which granted
certain increases on commodities
shipped by rail, but refused the
proposed flat Increase of IS per
cent sought by the railroads, af
fects dumber, according to an' in
terpretation placed on the order
by C. M. Thomas, public utility
commissioner. -.i1 . j j . i
Thomas said lumber was the
only Oregon product affected by
the commission's ruling. Jj This
increase, based on lumber inter
state shipments, ;was SS a car
load. The Increase on lumber
waa Included in the conditionally
approved surcharges. 1 - 1 X--.
. Thomas declared that the indi
vidual railroads also had tiled
intrastate increase requests at
the same time the Joint applica
tion was made to the Interstate
Commerce commission; I - i
This case in Oregon has
yet been set for hearing. ;
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Rumor Meier Is
Worse Is Denied
At Offices Here
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, Reports current In Salem yes
terday that Governor Julius L.
Meier hid suffered a serious re
lapse In Portland this week were
denied at the executive offices.
The governor is suffering from a
cold which followed a short visit
in the lobby of the Benson hotel
where he is confined, it was re
ported at the c&pitoL ;As a re
sult he has been continuously
confined to bed for several daya
but hi general condition is, re
ported as quite satisfactory. -
. Governor Meier late last week
visited some friends for a short
time on the first floor of the ho
tel and the day,!, before attended
a blrthdaju party, given! In honor
of Mrs.: Meier.
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Mukden Report; League
Worried About U. S.
Feeling is That America is
Not Backing Program I
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TOKYO, Oct.. 21 (AP) New
of fresh fighting in Manchuria
reached Tokyo tonight Just as of- (AP)- Thomas A. Edison lay
flclals were expressing hope that tonight in the darkness of a slm
settlement Of the 8ino-Japanese pie grave in the shadow of a great
dispute was near. i oak tree in Rosedale cemetery.
Mukden djpatches said rein-
rcements were rushed to Tiehl-
forcements
ing, 45 miles away, where a hard-
fought battle between the Japan-
ese garrison and, 2,000 previously
defeated Chinese, soldiers had
halted traffic oh the south Man-
churian railway line.
, Officials here felt Chinese ack-
nowledgement of Japanese treaty
rights in Manchuria and Chinese
admission that Japan has a leg-
itimate protest against the present
antl-Japanese movement In China
would do much to clear the way
for opening direct negotiations.
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GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct 11.
(AP) Shaken by doubt of
i.rr ... i. --vux-uiTlie ixra is my shepherd . tie
troops until her terms have been I nnA T mm tiiMinmotiAn and
met, the council of the League of
Nations faltered today in its ef -
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mimuiiBu. pence ueiween
China and Japan.
rengimigm was so complete tnai
proposal to. adjourn the coun -
cus special session for three
weeks, without concrete action to
arrest the Manchurian conflict.
was debated. , ;
Ohservers feared that the crisis,
now five weeks old. would eontin-
ue unchecked. The fate of the Vert
ruary disarmament conference and
the life of the leaeue itself vata
declared to be hanging In the bal-
ance because of the turn of events
in Manchuria.
Say America Net :
Aiding la Demands i
Council members maintained si-
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HOIS SENTEIUCEO
TO M IN PDISOII
DALLAS. "Oct. 21 Al Thomas
of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced
to serve one year In the state
penitentiary Wednesday morning
in Judge Walker's circuit court
here. Thomas . pleaded guilty to
robbing Criders department store
here last September. I
Thomas was caught in Cleve
land when he called for the sult-
case in which he had shipped the
stolen goods back east. Sheriff
Hooker went to Ohio and brought;
Thomas here to stand trial. He
was taken to Salem Wednesday
afternoon by Sheriff Hooker to!
oe aressea m ai us penitentiary. 1
Chief of Police NeufeldtJast Mon-I
day morning were out on . ball
while the third still refused to
tolV -Rnaa&ll TIaVa.I. mA V.!
awv i.uv uicu iicBcm 11 l
Schaeffer were bound over to the
grand Jury on charges of posses-
slon and transportation of liquor1
and possession of a gun. Both men!
were taIcumcm! oA KaII. 1 Th third
man s.rrAti h ma1ntAint hl I
silence ever since his arrest and
the authorities here are still try-I
lng to identify him.
The fact that Dr, W. C. Judd,
whose wife Is sought in connection I
wlth the trunk murder of Mrs. Ag-1
nes Leroi and Miss Helvig Samuel-
son at Phoenix, was a patient in I
the state hosnital here December I
27. ltlt to February 21. 120.
waa revealed here yesterdav In a I
A&rh of TinanftaJ rusnrdi : Ttr
Judd was committed from Marion
county and was listed a a drug
addict. - ' !
Dr. Judd served with the United
States forces overseas during the
World war, and: his commitment
to the hospital followed his return
to Salem. Afer being released from
rhm honit.i Tir inSA wane ti pn I
ry county, whero he served as a
physician for the Brookings Lum-
ber company. Judd was graduated
from the WUlatoetto university
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Ieal physicians who .were ac-
qualnted with Dr. Judd described
him as a normal man, wUh many
close friends 1
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DEDICATE BUILDING
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.; Oct.
21 (AP) Klamath Falls' new
szzu.uuw iBaerat ouuaing was I
dedicated today. 1 1; l
JUDD ONCE STATE
HOSPITAL IliiTE
Eulogy Describes Inventor
As Humanity's Friend; J
Funeral is Simnle
West Orange Lights Dimmed
By Coincidence Just
At Hour Indicated i
I By PRANK GERVASI
1 WEST ORANGE. N. J.. Oct. 21
K """ Vlt Se
hlL Perfection P the
Last tribute over his body was
! mm m. ! K ttm Almm'mrl-m
I r wfcU.
f- wnTh7 lifeS K
many years
"V-He is humanity's friend."
was its end. '
, The grief and respect of. the
nation were left to be expressed
In an organized plan sponsored by
President Hoover for extlngulsh-
I lug for one minute at 10 pjn.
I (E. 8. T.) the billions of incan-J
descent electric light globes which
light the nation's way because of
Mr. Edison's genius. 7
The The Rev. Dr. Stephen J.
Herbetf. former pastor of ' the
the 23rd psalm.
!the Ufe. he that belleveth in me.
thouxh he die. vet shall he live."
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1 Dr. Herben prayed, m. ljewis
iPerrv of Phillips Exeter academy
(read the tribute, written oy at-
1 thur J. Palmer, old Edison asso-
1 elate
I "He has led no armies into bat-
I tie." Palmer had written. 'Ha
I has conquered no countries. "He
has enslaved no peoples. Yet, he
wields a power the magnitude of
I which no warrior ever dreamed.
I "He commands a devotion more
sweeping In scope, more world
wide than any other living man
devotion rooted deep in hu
maTr'rratltuderBd untiaedey
bias of race, color, religion , or
politics. ..
"This democratic, kindly, moa
1 est being has bestowed upon the
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quest."
WEST ORANGE. N. J., Oct. 21
(API By dramatic ; coinci
dence, the electric lights In the
home town of Thomas A. kuisob
were extinglushed tonight through
power house trouble at the very
hour they were to be aimmea ra
his memoir.
Precisely at T o'clock the
time that acting Governor iWolber
had originally set for the. obser
vanceelectric lignis inrougnouT
the large residential section flick
ered out. '
B CURTIS WILL
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The Tulsa worm
Vice-President Charles f Curtis
will resign before Chrlstniaii to
bACfllTIA dlfitatOr Of thO OH DU81-
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ness. Just as WiU Hays rules the
movie industry, 11, tne American
petroleum institute approves the
plan at Its annual meeting next
month. " ' '1 i
The newsnaner terms It ue
most ; important- story that over
has been announced about tne
oil industry if true." I "
The World says its informa-
tfnn ! in the effect nrices Of
1 crude oil will advance from' their
I present 70 cent top to a top of
11.60 per barrel throughout the
mid-continent area If the! move
goes through.
WASHDJGTON, Oct, 21
(AP);
"Pure nonsense! was
the way Vice-President Curtis to-
night : described reports he in-
tended to resign to go Into the
oil business., j
I have no idea where that re-
Port originated," Curtis said.
"There Is absolutely no fokinda-
Moa to ll
frir1 WmtYt Tnfiz
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To Speak Before
Fraternis Grdup
Miss Betty Moffatt. the
wii-
who
lamette' university freshman
th -way from India to
Slem to take up. her ollege
ule8't wl?U,?v, Vi
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nllllUe ioncheon club speaker of
the season, Miss Moffatt !i the
rst woman ever to be invited to
address Fraternis club members,
The club men are anticipating
learning many interesUng things
about India, because Miss "jMof-
fatt, the daughter of a Methodist
missionary, has traveled In' many
sections of that empire, and has
been,. Introduced to the
Mahatma GbandL -'
famed
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Aft top, Mrs. Agnes Leroi, formerly
a relative or a Salens family. Below, lfJas Hedvig Samuelsoa. They
were victims of the strange tnok murder committed in Phoenix,
Arizona, and discovered when the trunk was opened in Los Angeles,
Mrs. Winnie Rath Jadd, suspected slayer, has not been caught and
it is now believed she has committed suicide.
Mrs. Condit Held Owner
Of Farm
A degree restoring a S2-acre
farm near Stayton to Mrs. Emma
Condit was handed down late yes
terday in circuit court by Judge
Gale S. Hill, thus settling extend
ed litigation which was neara in
court for three days in July.
Plaintiffs In the ease were Mrs.
Condit and Ross Condit, her hus
band, both of Portland, 'and
Charles L. Martin and Margaret
Martin, defendants, both of Aums-
TiUe. ' - "
Judge' Hill " held ! that a . deed
executed by Mr. Condit, June 30,
1228. to th defendants, was with
out consideration and under the
circumstances could not be consid
ered a - trust. He returned the
farm to Mrs. Condit as a mesne
conveyance, leaving no title with
the husband . ' .
The court also granted the
right of an accounting to Mrs.
Condit for all returns on the farm
since June 30, 1126. - '
In his findings of fact the judge
held that charges of false repre
sentations and fraud made by the
plaintiffs against the Martins
were unfounded in fact ' and de
clared that ".these are not true."
The decision ended a fire-year
story In the lives of the four liti
gants who first became Involved
in controversy when the then 12-year-old
daughter of the Martins
was found to be cohabiting with
C.rmAlt Th ItftAr. unci nf the
Miss Agnes Imlah of Portland and
in Litigation
girl, Mrs. Condit and Mrs. Mar
tin being sisters, fled the coun
try but later was apprehended In
Washington, extradited, and after
trial, wis sentenced to the state
penitentiary and after serving 18
montns was released.
Prior o his flight he deeded his
53-aore f arm to the Martins, the
latter . declaring they accepted it
entirely Jin trust for the wife and
without any extortion, the deeding
being done at Condit's own sug
gestion. yvV V: .:
Condit later opened suit to re
gain his i farm, holding it was ob
tained by the pressure of the fact
that the Martini' daughter had
been injured by him. The court
in its finding yesterday denied
this charge.
-, The Judge then ruled that the
deed did not set up a trust and
consequently the Martins could
not continue to own and operate
the farm! in behalf of Mr. Condit.
r ATJTO CRASH FATAL
MARSHFIELD, Ore.; Oct 21
CAP) Mrs. J. M. Zimmerman, of
Marshfleldy was injured fatally in
an automobile accident on the Co-
quflle highway today. She died
two hours later.
Latest is of Hitch Hiker
At .Merced; Suiclda
. Theory Gaining
Brother 1 Makes Mysteri
Statement he may gel
Word to Mrs. Judd
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct.
(AP) A woman answering -tJ
description of Mrs. Winnie Rati
Judd was given a ride from 23aa
teca to Sacrmento yesterday try
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Anderson. f
Merced, they reported to pollee
here today.
The Andersons, who are visit
lng friends here, thought nothing
of it until they had seen pictures
of Mrs. Judd in the newspapers.
Struck by the resemblance to the
woman they had given a ride.
hey reported to police immedi
ately.
. The woman sld she was en
route to Placervllle from Los An
geles and had previously lived id
Phoenix Ariz. Police broadcast
descriptions, on the automatic
printer requesting her arrest.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21 (AP)
- The green eyed monster Jeal
ousy In some former other root
ed Itself in the two-state invest!- '
gatlon of the murders of Mrs.
Agnes Le Rol and Miss Hedvig
Samuelson whose bodies were die
covered jammed In two trunks
here and caused authorities to
search for Mrs. Winnie Ruth
Judd, 26, physician's wife. .
' While scores of California and.
Arizona police ran down I endlese
clues which flooded headquarters
In the frantic hunt for Mrs. Judd. 4
the best brains in detective forces
sought to link together the queer
chain of circumstances leading up
to the killings.
Throughout the investigation
ran the theory of Illicit Intima
cies. Authorities said this could
have led to the double killings in
which both women were slain in
Phoenix and placed in trunks aud
sent as baggage to Los Angeles.
All three women . were employes
ot a Phoenix medical clinic.
Suicide Belief
Held by Husband
Growing belief that Mrs. Judd
has killed herself was Indicated
late today in police orders direct- '
lng patrol of beaches and a search
ot nearby hills.
I am afraid she has committed
suicide," said her brother. "Wha
else was there for her to do?"
Dr. Judd has insisted from the
first that his wife will never be
found alive.
Dr. Judd and McKlnnell tonight
reiterated their public request
that Mrs. Judd surrender, and the
brother expressed belief that bo
could communicate with his sis-
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SORGHUM NEWEST"
stavtow in
, STAYTON. Octi 21H. M.
Crane, who lives Just west of the
railroad station near West Stay
ton, has established a new indoe
try for West Stayton growers.
Thirty-five years ago Crane livfd
In Illinois and had experience
growing sorghum cane and mak
ing sorghum.
This year he 'sent east for seed
and planted one-half acre to sorg
hum cane. It was sub-Irrigated,
along with the rest of his garden.
From this half acre, which he said
was such ! poor ground that it
wouldn't raise clover, he raised
enough cane, to make 35 gallons
of the finished sorghum. Some of
the cane produced more Juice and -Just
as much sorghum as does that
grown in the east. The cane was
not cultivated.
He built a vat out In the open
that will hold 40 gallon of , the
Juice. Under this vat is kept s
good fire. Jhe vat runs off fcbeut
two gallon of sorghum a day, as It
takes about seven hours to boil It
down.
The cane mill is set up out in
the yard, on top of this is a sweep.
to which is hitched a horse. The
horse goes i around and around
grinding the cane In the mllL Only
three or four stocks can be fed at
a time, so the process is rather
slow. .
All who have tasted the sorg
hum, especially those "from back
east" art most-enthusiastic about
it, Crane says he could have sold
1000 gallons If he had had it. -
Next year he will hare a larger
vat, will grow more cans and will
grind for others who plan to grew
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Merchant Marine
Combine Effected
' SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 21
(AP) A gigantic merchant ma
rine combine of Paclflo and Atlan
tic coast shipping companies was
announced tonight by R. Stanley
Dollar, vice president of the Dol
lar Steamship Lines. 1 . The an
nouncement followed recent con
ference here between the Interests
represented
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