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THE WEATHER
Fair today and Thursday,
little change in temperature?
Max. Temp. Tuesday 87
Min. 53, river -3.5 feet, varU.
able winds.
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FOUNLDEP ' 1631
EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, August 14, 1935
No, 125
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CHIEFS URGING
ETHIOPIA KING
TG START WAR
Haile Selassie Holding Out
Against Fiery Subjects
for Peace Chance
Firm Stand by Britain is
Cecil's Plea; Paris
Parley Looming
ADDIS ABABA, Aug. 13.--Emperor
Haile Selassie, as the
end ol the rainy season in Ethio
pia approaches, is under merciless
pressure from his many wild
chieftains and their followers.
Always popular, he has gained
new stature in the eyes of his
more considerate subjects because
of the extreme dignity and re
straint he has' evidenced in the
face of the fiery actions and at
titude of these leaders.
He has acknowledged the situa
tion is dark but has expressed de
termination not to surrender to
popular hysteria and to do his ut
most to work out a peaceful solu
tion of the Italo-Ethiopian crisis.
LONDON, Aug. 1Z.-JP)-ot &
Cecil, former undersecretary for
foreign affairs, said today "only
plain speaking can save us from a
repetition of the fearful blunders
of 20 years ago."
"We (England) must tell Italy
In plain, decisive words we are
not bluffing and that we are ready
to carry out our solemn obliga
tions to the League covenant no
matter how drastic an action may
be required," he asserted.
"Our path is clear and first
England toust etfdse economic
and diplomatic measures 16 'pre
vent hostilities. If those fail, we
must call on the League members
to unite and meet by force if need
be." '
PARIS, Aug. 13.-vP)-A three
cornered effort to settle the Italo
Ethiopian quarrel without war
was ready to start tonight with
the arrival of Anthony Eden,
Great Britain's minister for
League of Nations affairs.
Eden-- is reported to have
brought with him one of the many
expected plans to give Premier
Mussolini control in efect but not
in name over Ethiopia.
(A Rome dispatch said Italy's
policy at the Paris conference
would be one of "no comprom
ise.") A reconciliation of French and
British views is the first step in
the negotiations, which begin
formally Friday when Premier
Pierre .Laval of France, Baron
Pompeo Alois! of Italy, and Eden
meet. Eden and Laval will' talk
tomorrow and Aloisl and Laval
Thursday to smooth" out the rough
tdges of their conflicting argu
ments. puiniinie BOARD TO
DELAY ITS MEETING
The special meeting of the Mar
Ion county planning board, tenta
tively set for Thursday night of
this week, will not be held,
Chairman August Huckestein said
yesterday.
The session, which would have
been, devoted largely to further
consideration of the courthouse
remodeling project, has been de
ferred to give the committee of
25 appointed by the county court
to look Into the remodeling pro
position, more time to make an
other study, Huckestein stated.
- The. next regular meeting of
the planning commission is slated
for Thursday. August 22.. when
the courthouse matter will come
up along with other projects. At
that meeting, it is hoped a full
membership will be in attendance,
as two members, bringing the
total to 13, were named too late
last week for them to attend the
last meeting. The new members
are M. F. Headrick and E. L.
Crawford.
Wolf Fang Fire
Out of Control ;
200 Men Rushed
BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 13.-(flV
Two hundred additional men, were
rushed today to the south fork of
the Salmon river In the Idaho na
tional forest where the Wolf Fang
fire had leaped, out of control and
had spread to cover more than
20,000 acres. - ,
.The fire shifted to the west
today and started Into new timber
on Rattlesnake creek.
. . Seven hundred fifty-nine, men
. are now combatting the fire.
World News at
Gl
ance
(By The Associated Press)
Washington :
Senate lobby committee consid
ers contempt action against Hop
son when he eludes process ser
ver after testifying before house
inquiry.
Huey Long reported planning
to run for president: Senator Bil
bo tella him "stay out of Missis
sippi" and hi! orders "share-
wealth" clubs there to drop politi
cal activity.
Republican senator voices infer
ence president influenced senate
committee's q lick reversal on tax
stand.
President signs Spanish war
veterans' bill but emphasizes it
sets no precedent for world war
bounties.
Disclose Norman Davis, "am-bassador-at-large",
was to have
been paid $150,000 to head Kreu
ger protective group.
Other Domestic :
New York Union leaders press
prevailing waj;e ftght despite col
lapse of WPA strike.
Atlantic City Labor executive
council urges abolition of state
sales tax.
Baltimore Aged paralytic
whose testimony helped convict
Tom Mooney testified he perjured
himself.
Foreign :
Turin. Italy Dam breaks,
more than 600 believed drowned.
Paris Tri-power efforts to
solve Italo - Ethiopian crisis re
newed as British diplomat de
mands plain speaking to Italy.
Djibouti France girds to pro
tect interests in Somaliland in
event of Italian-Ethiopian war.
Moscow Russia acts to stabi
lize ruble.
Power Plant Dam Shattered
and Water Roars Down
Populous Valley
TURIN, Italy, Aug. 1Z.-(JP)
swift and terrible wall of water
swept through the Orba river val
ley of northern Italy through a
shattered power plant dam today,
reaping a toll of death that res
cue workers feared might reach
1000.
Roaring down the helpless val
ley as the dam collapsed with a
deafening crash, the torrent
spread ruin and terror over an
area of more than 40 square miles
in the vicinity of the Alessandrian
town of Ovada.
Women and children, trapped in
their crumbling homes as they
rested from the midday heat, were
believed to make up the greater
part of the appalling death roll.
First estimatesplaced the dam
age at 300 million lire (approxim
ately $25,000,000.)
Although no definite count of
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Tractor Exhaust
Causes Blaze on
Utterback Place
SPRING VALLEY, Aug, 12
Sparks from a tractor exhaust
caused a fire about noon today
wheh spread over several acres
In the fields of I. R Utterback and
son before it could be controlled.
Victor Utterback was combin
ing grain in a large field, part
of which had already been har
vested. Piles of tinder dry sand
vetch had been left on the ground
and one of these ignited.
With the help of neighbors and
the plowing of furrows with the
tractor, the fire was checked.
TBI FEARED
DEIHI FLOOD
Long Candidacy Produces
Mild Furor al Washington
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-P)-Senator
Long's (D-La.), backhand
declaration of candidacy In the
1936 presidential race today stir
red a mild furor in the capital
and brought quick denial to his
vote-getting claims from official
sources of the democratic organ
ization. The Louislanan's colleagues
Long declined to discuss it him
self said he intended to seek the
democratic nomination and, fail
ing that, run independently. They
reported Long as saying he could
take six southern states from the
party.
Expect to Defeat
Long in Louisiana
"We'll even take Louisiana
from him," retorted one optlmis
tice party official who declined to
be quoted by name. A similar
statement was made recently by
Emll Hurja," executive director of
the democratic national commit
tee. ,
The White House was non-committal
to all political soundings.
But there was evidence. that the
interest shown by republicans In
WASCO IT
FIRE SPREADS;
iSIER SAVED
Flames Now Sweep Toward
Mt. Hood Forest; Power
Service Disrupted
Town Singed; Farmhouses
Burn; Others Imperiled;
Four Linemen Hurt
THE DALLES, Ore., Aug. 13-
(JP)-A raging brush fire driven by
a high west wind was halted at
the very edge of the town of Mo
sier west of this city tonight, but
offshoots of the conflagration
were reported sweeping rapidly
toward the Mt. Hood national for
est. Hundreds of CCC boys are
assisting forest rangers in battling
the blaze.
Starting near the Columbia Riv
er highway 20 miles west of The
Dalles early this afternoon, the
fire was estimated tonight to have
traveled six miles in a southern
and easterly direction.
Summer Home of
Judge Wilson In Peril
Two farm houses and a barn
in the Mosier creek canyon were
destroyed and several summer
homes, including one owned by
Circuit Court Judge Fred Wilson
of The Dalles, were directly in
the path of the flames.
An observer who climbed a
nearby peak said tonight the
course of the fire to the east ap
parently was being checked but
that it appeared to be raging un
controlled to the south along a
front of four or five miles. Spot
fires spread over an even greater
area, one being but two miles
from this city.
Phone communication was dis
rupted and only meagre reports
from fire-fighters were available.
Power service, badly hampered
when a score of poles fell before
the flames, was partially restored
in The Dalles by a line from an
auxiliary plant at White River.
Most of Sherman county in Ore
gon and Klickitat county in Wash
ington were in darkness.
Power Line Short
Is Believed Cause
Four linemen were Injured In
the fire which was believed to
have started from a short-circuit
while repair work was underway
on a power line near the Columbia
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BALTIMORE, Aug. 13.-()-An
aged, paralyzed man whose testi
mony in 1917 aided in sending
Thomas J. Mooney to prison for
life for the preparedness day
bombing in San Francisco, today
testified under oath that he per
jured himself in identifying Moon
ey as the timer of the bomb which
killed 10 persons and injured two
score.
The testimony, that of John Mc
Donald, now a patient in a Baltl-
I more hospital, is the first link of
a legai cnam wnicn attorneys for
Mooney hope will successfully end
Mooney's long fight for freedom.
It was taken before a referee
named by the California supreme
court and will be submitted to
the court for review before that
body passes upon Mooney's Peti
tion for writ of habeas corpus.
The hearing probably will con
tinue for two more days.
Long's program was shared tally,
by democratic chieftains.
The disclosure of Long's inten
tions came to hearten some repub
licans at the very moment ' hat
former President Hoover was giv
ing tentative plans for 1936 a
going-over with eastern party
leaders In New York.
At the same time, George H.
Moses of New Hampshire, a form
er senator and presiding officer at
the 1928 Kansas Citv convention
which first nominated , Hoover.
was saying In an interview that
Colonel Frank Knox, the Chicago
publisher, had more support now
for the republican nomination
than any other man.
Glass and Byrd to -Stick
With Party
The plans of Long to bolt the
party if Mr. Roosevelt were re
nominated contrasted sharnlv
with a statement by Senators Glass
ana uyra, Virginia democrats,
who have differed sharply with
the administration on many poli
cies. . . ? .
They stressed that they would
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MOONEY
ADMITS
PERJURY
New Chief Over
Aviation Corps
V
Brig. Gen. Oscar West over, above.
is the acting air corps chief.
Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois
requested a leave of absence
which removes him from the
post following a bitter fight be
tween the war department and
the house military affairs com
mittee. TONE
S GtVEMTO PROBE
House Committee Questions
Hopson, Senate Group's
Subpoena Avoided
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13-(JP)-
The long, supoena-serving chase
after Howard C. Hopson tonight
took on certain comic opera
trappings, toned down by contem
plation of a possible contempt ci
tation against the finally-located.
utilities magnate.
The stiff-arming of a senate
lobby investigator as he sought to
serve a subpoena on the rotund
chief stockholder of the Associ
ated Gas and Electric system pre
cipitated the trouble.
Claim House Leader
Arranged Protection
Aroused members of the senate
investigating committee quickly
gathered testimony that Chairman
O'Conner (D-NY) of the house
lobby probing committee had ar
ranged for police protection of the
will o' the wisp utilities man when
he finally appeared today as a
house witness. Both house and
senate Investigators had searched
for him for weeks but the latter
were unsuccessful.
O'Connor quickly Issued an em
phatic denial that he or any mem
ber of the committee had given
instructions that a senate subpoe
na server be kept away from Hop
son. Hopsin finally was served with
a house subpoena last Sunday
near Spring Lake, N. J.
Hopson Testimony
Is Not Sensational
The actual appearance of the
rotund Hopson on the house com
mittee stand was something of an
anti-climax. He told details of the
building up of Associated Gas and
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10 OF CALIFORNIA
PROPOSALS LOSING
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13-(ff)
-California's electorate late to
night appeared to be turning
thumbs down on all three proposi
tions submitted to it in today's
special election.
The trend of the voting was ap
parent early in two of the propo
sals but on the question of issu
ing 13,950,000 worth of bonds
for enlarging the state's penal and
hospital system and state offices
at Sacrament) and Los Angeles
the vote swung first one way and
then the other.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14-(Wednesday)-33)-The
Associated
Press suspended tabulation of the
California special election at mid
night tonight with 4854 precincts
of 8266 reported, and more than
half of the state's counties repre
sented. Tabulation was ordered resum
ed at 9 a. m.
Proposition 1, state building
bonds, yes 154,382; no, 151,708.
Proposition 2, anticipating rev
enues, yes 116,754; no, 191,552.
Proposition 3, Rector dam pro
ject, yes 139,401; no 163,166.
LOST CHILDREN RETURN
PORTLAND, Aug. 13. - () -Hugh
and Margaret Babcock, age
12. and 9 years respectively, r
turned to their home here today
after having been missing since
Sunday. The pair said they slept
"in the open" Sunday night and
in ML Tabor park last night.
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ARCHITECTS TO
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PLANTS PICKED
Portland Firm and 2 Local
Men Selected; No Date
for Election Set
Gordon A. Findley Hired as
Supervisor of Band and
Orchestra Activity
The firm of Knighton and How
e 1 1, Portland architects, was
awarded the largest share of work
in connection with the proposed
$960,000 school building program
by the school board in regular ses
sion last night with two local ar
chitects also coming in for a
share of the job.
The Portland firm was appoint
ed architects for the proposed
$960,000 school building program
by the school board in regular
session last night with two local
architects also coming in for a
share of the job.
The Portland firm was appoint
ed architects for the proposed new
$630,000 senior high school build
ing as well as consulting archi
tects for the cither two projects,
addition of a gymnasium and au
ditorium at Leslie junior high at
a cost of $180,000 and erection
of a new grade school, replacing
Lincoln and Park schools, at a
cost of $150,000.
Lyle Bartholomew, Salem ar
chitect, who drew the plans and
supervised the construction of
Leslie junior high, was awarded
the position as architect for the
additions at Leslie. Frank Stru-
ble, Salem, was awarded the po
sition as architect for the new
grade building. 1
Pay Contingent on
Voting of Bonds
Necessary tentative plans for
the three building projects will be
drawn up by the architects on a
basis contingent to the passing of
the proposed $600,000 bond issue
and the allocation of $360,000 of
PWA funds.
It was the wish- of the board
that local firms be given a share
in the work and that also there
might be one firm directly respon
sible to the board for all of the
projects. For this reason Knight
on and Howell were given the po
sition of consulting architects.
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Asks Police
To Protect
His Foliage
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. U.-JP)
-Mike Yerkal has a luxurious.
well-kept beard, and he intends
to keep it that way, unemployed
barbers or not.
Mike asked for, and received,
police protection today when a
barber long out of work moved
to do something about the beard.
This is Mike's story:
"I been'worklng In wood camp
north of town (Mike is also un
employed)," be told police. "I
been there, only two three days
when man grabbed me by beard,
kicked me on shins, and he said:
" 'I'm a barber, and its fellows
like yon that keep us barbers out
of work, wearing beard like that.
Go get shaved or stay outa this
camp."
Mike left the camp and came di
rectly to the police station.
"I have this beard many years,"
said he, "and I no want it shaved
off. Mebbe you can arrest that
barber."
The police promised him protec
tion. Crowds Due at
The Dalles for
Legion Session
THE DALLES, Ore., Aug. 13
(P) Preparations were completed
today to receive the first contin
gents of those expected to arrive
tomorrow and Thursday for par
ticipation In the annual state-wide
conclave of the American Legion.
Program chairmen said their
part of the convention was ready
to proceed and others In charge
of registration and housing de
clared they were equipped to han
dle as many delegates as have
ever attended a state parley.
The Portland delegates are ex
pected to arrive tomorrow night.
SUICIDES UNDER FIRE
PIEDMONT, Cal., Aug. 13.(Jf)
-Quido D. Cramer, 57 -year -old
pensioner bank 'teller, shot and
killed himself today, Police Chief
Fred Heere said, shortly before
he was to have appeared before
a San Francisco federal grand
jury on embezzlement charges.
1
PostOaiice Iect is Authorized
In Emergency Construction Fund
Program; Amount Not Determined
Bill A Iready Signed;
Selection Explained
Total Fund $60,000,000; Ontario Portland
Substation are Others in Oregon Given
Morgenthau, Farley Approval
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (AP) The treasury and post
office departments tonight announced the selection of
351 public building projects aggregating $59,869,000.
The projects will be financed from the $60,000,000 emer
gency construction fund authorized under the second defi
ciency act, approved yesterday by President Roosevelt.
In the selection of the new pro
jects, the official announcement
said, Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau and Postmaster Gen
eral Farley "have been guided by
the wording of the act which pro
vides that 'with a view to relieving
country-wide unemployment' they
'shall endeavor to distribute the
projects equitably throughout the
country so far as may be consis
tent with the needs of the public
service.' ''
In addition to the specified
projects, the treasury and post
office departments said minor con
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TAX BILL CHANGES
BLAMEDUPONF.fi.
Hastings Links President's
Talk With Barkley and
Sudden Reversal
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1Z-(JP)-A
direct inference that President
Roosevelt influenced the senate fi
nance committee's sudden reversal
on the tax bill was made in a
statement tonight b y Senator
Hastings (R-Del.)
"It Is a Roosevelt measure and
I want him and the democratic
party to take it and make the
most of it," the Delaware republi
can added.
In his statement, issued on the
eve of formal senate considera
tion of the bill with all provisions
for boosting taxes on little in
comes eliminated, Hastings said
he left the city Saturday with
the understanding all rates had
been agreed upon by the finance
committee of which he is a mem
ber.
"Senator Barkley (D-Ky) re
turns on Monday, after having
spent a weekend with the presi
dent, Hastings said, "and a meet
ing is had on Monday at 2 o'clock
and the bill rewritten practically
in accordance with the president's
desires."
WOODS CREW STRIKES
OREGON CITY, Aug. 13. -)-A
woods crew of 10 men, employ
ed by the A. W. Bell Lumber
company, struck for a wage in
crease from 42 cents to 50
cents an hour today.
Hop Harvest
This Week;
With picking of the early clus
ter and fuggle hops to get under
way late this week and early next
in & number -of yards in Marion
and Polk counties, the 1935 hop
harvest enters its first stages with
little or no change in conditions
over prospects held a month or
more ago. Quality of the crop is
holding well up to advance prom
ises and the quantity still looks to
be one of the biggest crops in
many years.
At this stage, it appears no uni
form price for picking will be set
by the growers in the Salem area,
with a session or two called to
talk price ending largely in an
agreement to let each grower set
tle the matter for himself.
It is evident that most of the
larger growers will settle at $1.20
or $1.25 a hundred, .with some
of the smaller growers offering
a cent a pound straight. Grow
ers In the Mt. Angel area have
established the, cent a pound price
to pickers there, and at Independ
ence, the general feeling Is for
50 cents per box, which is equiv
alent to $1.20 per hundred.
No Contracting of
New Crop Reported
No contracting of 1935 hops
has been reported here, and not
What Congress
Still races
(By The Associated Press)
The present status of major leg
islation pending in congress fol
lows: Awaiting President Roosevelt's
signature or veto: Social security;
air mail.
Adjusted in conference after
senate-house passage: AAA
amendments.
In conference, after passage by
both senate and house: Gold suit
prohibitions; utilities regulations;
banking; TVA amendments.; li
quor control; rivers and harbors.
Passed by house, awaiting sen
ate action: Tax revision; ship sub
sidy; war profits limitation.
Passed by senate, awaiting
house action: Food and drug reg
ulation. Passed by neither: Oil regula
tion; Guffey coal; midget money.
FATAL STABBING IT
SEME IS PROBED
SEATTLE, Aug. 13-;P)-PoHce
today were attempting to recon
struct a bloody knife battle over
a young woman in a Bellevue
apartment house early today
which resulted in the fatal stab
bing of George L. Holman, 3 6-
year-old cement company foreman.
Two other men, one seriously
wounded. Coroner Otto H. Mittle
stadt said, with the same paring
knife that killed Holman, and a
woman are being held for ques
tioning.
The wounded man told police he
is J. J. Stoley, 36, laborer, but
city hospital attendants said he
was J. J. StoIL
Miss Patsy von Pein, 29-year
old domestic, over whom Detec
tive Captain Ernest W. Yoris said
the fight started, and Max Metz,
31, bartender and occupant of
the apartment, are being held for
questioning in the city jail.
Mets was treated for stab
wounds on his right hand.
Begins Late
Price Not Set
a bale of Oregon hops has moved
from growers' hands since the
first of the month, which means
as stagnant a situation as the in
dustry has faced for years as the
new crop comes on. The last price
paid on 1934 clusters was 6
cents per pound.
With hops at this figure, banks
and federal credit agencies have
not been giving the usual advan
ces to growers, and as a result
there is some authentic indica
tion that some growers will not
harvest their crop this year. One
Silverton grower, reported to be
able to finance his crop if he de
sired. Is letting his sheep feed
on the hops rather than go to
expense of picking In face of mar
ket conditions.
Growers could not sell on the
present basis and make any mon
ey, though they paid their pickers
only a cent a pound throughout
the season, one prodncer declared
yesterday, pointing out that It
takes 100 pounds of green hops
to . produce 24 pounds of dried
hops, which means that it costs
4 cents on picking alone of a
pound of hops which today sells
at cents. -
Picking of the late cluster,
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CITY'S BEHALF
HIGHLY ELATEI
Chamber of Commerce Has
Strenuously Advocated
Construction Here
Need Emphasized; Next Step
Will Be Further Survey
to Decide on Space
Definite announcement that a
postoffice project for Salem was
approved yesterday was received
here last night from Washington
and was met with elation on the
part of chamber of commerce of
ficials, who have worked since
early this year for new postof
fice accommodations for this city.
"That sounds good and I aa
very much pleased to hear of it,
was also the comment of Henry
R. Crawford, Salem postmaster,
when informed of the news. He
had received no direct word on
the construction, but anticipates
1 B .J i 1
imuimauun niumeuiamy.
Pending specific information,
Crawford said the first wove
probably will be for the govern
ment to send engineers here to
determine just what construction
is necessary adequately to care
for the needs of the city.
Cost ProbaWv Will
Exceed $350,000, Belief
While no cost of individual
building projects was given by
the treasury and postoffice de
partments which made selection
of the cities in which building
will be carried on, It is presumed
the Salem construction will run
between $350,000 and $500.e,
as this is the range that has been
consistently referred to in the
chamber of commerce's frequent
communication with Oregon mem
bers of congress.
The postoffice projects under
which the Salem construction
will come will be financed from
the $60,000,000 emergency coa
struction fund authorized by the
second deficiency act and approv
ed Monday by President Reose
velt. (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1)
ATTEMPT TO STOP
WPA HELD FAILURE
NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-(flVAP-parently
undaunted by their fail
ure to tie up Works Progress Ad
ministration projects, union strike
leaders tonight considered calling
out PWA workers to support their
protest against what they called
government "exploitation" of the
working class.
Thomas Murray, chairman of
iue ail iko cuuiuiiitee, iuu i u i
building unions had only begun
their struggle for prevailing wag
es on WPA jobs.
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, Works
Progress administrator for New
York City, indicating meanwhile
that the 'strike" voted last week
against the $55-93.50 monthly se
curity wage scale had collapsed.
A check by his office, he said,
showed that only 436 workers eat
of a total of 77,306 failed to re
port today.
Third Edition of
Recipe Special to
Appear on Sunday
Next Sunday, August 18,
the third bi-annual edition
of the- Round Table recipe
section will be distributed
to all regular subscribers- of
The Statesman. Extra copies
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for 10 cents each.
The tabloid size, fflnstrat
ed booklet contains an the
prize winning recipes pub
lished daring the past six
months and many other
that were contributed In that
period. It will be Indexed
and classified. Advance or
ders for extra ocpies may be
placed now with the circula
tion department.