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V f The Weather Talr today and Friday, morning fogs; Max. Temp. Wednesday 63, Min. 32, river -4.1 feet, clear, light northerly wind. : Bargain Near End November 1 Is the final date for mail subscribers to take advantage of the 3 per year bargain offer of The Statesman. Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, October 22, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 179 EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Receive European War Drawing Near, Kremlin View Cannery Office Badly. ; Wrecked in Explosion But Occupant Unhurt Fascists Take IW11S011 Setback: Latest Plan Bedimed Madrid Route Maritime F-eace Howe I JL- ivey ic ? Germany Denies She Has Violated Neutrality, v Reverses Charges France is Reassured by Belgian Premier That King Misun$ erstood (By the Associated Press) i! ( The peace structure of Europe was gravely strained last night be cause the Spanist fascist lnsur 5 ents appeared to be winning the Ihree-montb-old civil war. . Russia, derisive over the neu rality pact, stood ready to de nounce the " agreement and send warplanes to the Madrid govern ment, informed sources said. I' Germany, the "traditional" en emy of Russia, charged In a note that Russia already had broken the neutrality pact by aiding .the Spanish government. - As for herself, Germany denied in the note that she had been guil ty of violations, as Russia charged earlier. Early Recognition Plan of Fascists The armed camps . of Europe bristled with Russia's assertions that she would remain loyal to the Spanish government to the end. Germany and Italy, it was reli ably reported in Rome, were agreed to recognize immediately any government the fascist insur : gents might set up in Spain if and when they conquered in the war A faint ray of hope for France, geographically and colloquially "in the middle" shone with the as sertion of her Foreign Minister Yvonne Del bos that he had been , assured Belgium would adhere to her Franco-Belgium mutual mili tary pact. . Belgium's premier Van Zee land, Delbos told the chamber of deputies foreign affairs commit tee, had telephoned him the night of King Leopold's "neutrality" speech to say that it was merely a "political maneuver" and in no way should be interpreted, as it was at first, as presaging a return of Belgium to her pre-war neutral ity status. England hoped for a quick quieting of the recriminations of Germany, Russia and Portugal at the next meeting of the neutral-, ity committee expected to be held next Friday. President Sets Up 2 Offices at Barcelona The tension was sharpened hourly as the Spanish insurgents tightened their steel band within 20 miles from Madrid. The Spanish president. Manual Azana, set up offices at Barce lona, lending credibility ' to re ports that the harassed govern ment would be transferred to the Catalonian city should the insur gents drive closer to Madrid. Those left behind in Madrid furiously rallied their forces for counter-attacks 'against the insur gents menacing their city. ; Russian officials said the Kremlin felt the present develop ments made the European situa tion "the gravest" in two de cades. Europe was moving toward war, it was said he felt, and Russia must make her force felt If a major catastrophe was to be avoided. : - Her uneasiness was increased by the presence in Berlin of Italy's Foreign Minister Galearza Ciano for conferences with Chan cellor Hitler and the reich's For eign Minister Konstantin von Neurath. ? Washington Fires Incendiary, View VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 21 -(.-T-Sudden flaring up of fires in southwestern Washington leads to almost positive Identification of firebug activities. District Fire Warden rGeorge Herger reported tonight. , About 45 blazes are burning In the district. A dozen new ones dis covered today. Herger said CCC workers followed the trail of an incendiarist and extinguished sev en fires as fast as they started. A fire on Carson creek has spread slowly until now it covers 1,000 acres. Serious fires still exist on Underwood mountain and along Little Wind river. October Permits For New Houses Valued ,$20,730 The 11th new house permit for October, issued at the city build ing Inspector's office yesterday, brought residential construction values for the month to 20,730. One hundred seventeen new resi dence permits having a total value of $256,915 as shown by the in spector's records, : have - been Issued this year. The latest new house will be a $2800 frame structure to be built at 1575 Jefferson street for R. A. Johnson. - The only other permit taken out yesterday was for a $75 house reroofing job at 1595 South Com mercial street for Mrs. Cora Hendry. All Windows, Door and Desk Shattered; Boiler on Heater Blows Up Second Time Used This Fall; Watchman Brice Suffers Few Scratches f A STEAM boiler explosion that shatt' the end of an oak desk and thrr left Samuel Brice, night watchro Vrcathed, as he sat in the front, office of the Calif or xking corporation plant at 285 South 12th street she ,vAer 7:15 o'clock last night. Although,he was but 10 fr er, Brice, suffered oqly mlnorOff scratches about the face. . Firemen, and policemen who.. were railed t m the nlant reached I no specific conclusion as to the cause of the blast. One investi gator said,' however, he was told the heater appeared not be func tioning properly when it was fired for the first time this sea son Tuesday night. A fire had been built; in it again early last night, he said. ' Captain Ben Faught of the fire department, which dispatched three fire trucks to the cannery, expressed a belief the explosion may havei been due to a low water, level in the boiler-heater, which stood against the rear wall of the office. The blast did not set fire to the building but left the office (Turn o Page 5, Col. 8) Postoffice to Be Built in Sections Details of Plan For Using Present Building Are Received Locally Postmaster H. R. Crawford yes terday received plans for Salem's new federal buifding as revised to permit the postal service to oc cupy its present quarters during the early part of the construction period. Completion time for the new structure bas been extended from 330 to 390 calendar days as a result of the decision against moving the postoffice to tem porary quarters. , The new ground plan shows that present entrances to the old building, will be kept open until the frontalis feet of the new fpostoffice Is ready for occupancy. The present main entrance will be about 20iff-et from the rear of the first section of the new build ing to be erected. Will Use Section Built First, plan When the first section of the new building is ready for use, the postoffice staff will move in, the old tpostoffice will be razed and construction of the remaining 64 feet of the new structure will pro ceed. At that time the lobby of the new building will be complete and a temporary loading platform and gravel roadway at the northeast corner will be built for receiving and dispatching railway and car rier mail.) f : The new building, with a 134 foot frontage, will face Church (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) - McNary to Favor , Forest Land Tax t MARSH FIELD, Ore., Oct. 21.-OPJ-Senator Charles McNary (R Ore) told a civic club here to day that the proposed sustained yield measure to control utiliza tion of timber was the one way to "balance the budget between cutting and growing" of forests. He also said he favored the amendment to the sustained yield bill providing that the federal government should pay the state a tax on federally-owned .timber lands "to remove the large taxa tion, burden from states such as Oregon w h e re the government owns 51 Lper cenV of the land." He said such a plan would eliminate,' communities' objections to the acquisition by the govern ment of lands for forest reserves, wind breaks, flood control and other work. One-Act Play Contest Among All Granges in County, Plan LIBERTY. Oct. 21 Pomona grange, in all day session here to day at the new community hall, voted to i sponsor a one-act play contest among the subordinate granges of the county, with a series of 'elimination programs to determine the three winners to whom cash awards will be made. The three best plays will be pre sented at the next Pomona meet, ing at Silverton Hills on January 20. S '' " "1. ' This morning's program includ ed a talk on the people's utility measure by Harley Libby of Jef ferson and a talk on the state bank measure by Albert Streiff, master of Kinton grange on Wash ington county. Mrs. Julius Krens reported j on Juvenile grange 'ac tivities and subordinate granges gave reports. A memorial service, conducted by Mrs. Sarah Maulding, Pomona chapter, was held for Mrs. Alice Patton of Macleay. Endows, a door, j&JHa for 100 feet - a. -a. v j viuvn sv !1 .i the exploding heat- futt Deplores J Browder Incident Communist Leader Leaves Terre Haute; Governor Says Mob Disgrace TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. Oct. 21. .-Expressing disgust at his treatment after being thwarted the second time in three weeks in his effort to deliver a campaign address here. Earl Browder, com munist candidate for president, left for New York today with the parting verbal shot that he hoped "the constitution may eventually be enforced in .Terre Haute." Browder's clothing was wrink led and there were spots on it where over-ripe tomatoes and ill smelling eggs had splattered. They were thrown by members of a crowd of several hundred persons which blocked - his entrance last night to radio station WBOW, over which he was to have deliv ered a campaign speech. Warned by Chief of Police James C. Yates that a mob might try to "ride him out of town" Brower did not wait for a prom ised state police escort, but rode to the train in a taxicab, unmolest ed and hardly noticed. It was an unpleasant 25 hours for Browder, although not as dis turbing to him as his visit three weeks ago when he was thrown in Jail as a "vagrant" and held 26 hours while a friend delivered his prepared speech over the radio. Governor Agrees Rishty Violated Gov. Paul V. McNutt. in Indian apolis, termed the episode "a dis graceful performance on both sides," and said he would send state police into the city 'if "any responsible person" asked for such action on the basis that local law (Turn to Page 2, Col.r 1) School Program's Costs Announced Salem's school building pro gram has cost 716,879.35 to date, Lee S. Ross, school board accountant, reported yesterday. He estimated $453,326.29 more would be expended before : the program is completed. Additional sums, -however, may be spent by the board outside of federal grants and district funds ear marked as PWA match money. The present estimated total cost of the program under - PWA supervision is $1,170,205.64. Of this amount, $670,737.65 will be supplied by the school district. More than $50,000 each re mains to be paid out on the Les lie junior high additions and the Bush grade building and more than a quarter of a million dol lars on the new senior high school. Amounts spent to date and estimated future disburse ments on each project are as fol- Senior high, $439,312.47 ex pended, $330,305.35 in future; Leslie junior high. $149,876.51 expended,: $58,179.48 in future; Bush school, $127,690.37 expend ed, $64,841.46 in future. Fall Sowing Handicapped THE DALESL, Oct. 21-ttP)-Planting conditions in the wheat country of eastern ' Oregon have been made difficult by lack of rainfall, grain buyers and ranch ers said today. . j In the afternoon, 11 candidates received the fifth degree in full form. The chicken dinner -at noon was in charge of Red Hills grange home economics club, with near ly 150 members served. About 200 attended the afternoon program, with grangers present also from Clackamas, Multnomah and Wash ington counties. " . : J Committee for the play contests, appointed by Pomona i Lecturer Mrs. D. B. Kleihege, is Mrs. Fred McCall of Chemawa, Mrs. Harry Martin of Macleay. Mrs. Ida Ben son of Silverton Hills, Mrs. Mar garet Nissen of Monitor, t Rex Hartley of Ankeny and C. O. Rice of Roberts. 1 Musical features of the day was ti solo by P. G. Judd. Pomona Master J. O. Fcrrr of Ahkeny pre. sided. A resolution urged subor dinate granges to hold ' meetings to explain the ballot measures. Most- granges already have held such sessions. - j Two Government Planes are Shot Down During Mostoles Attack Navalcarnero Given Up by Loyalists After Bombardment MOSTOLES, 13 MILES FROM MADRID. Oct. 21.-()-Fascist airmen today shot down two gov ernment war planes over Getafe airport just outside Madrid as government militia retreated from Navalcarnero to this town, -only 13 miles from the capital. t The opposing air armadas fought a dramatic battle over the airport, most important of Ma drid's defenses and home field for its aerial army. Swooping low, a fascist gun ner caught the two government machines with a lucky machine gun fusillade. Two other govern ment bombers headed to the north for safety. J Meanwhile, the Madrid troops were forced to retreat from Naval carnero after a seven-hour bom bardment by fascist artillery and war planes. .; The government commander ordered retreat of his columns from the last major city barring the fascist path to Madrid.to con solidate defenses. f The government troops en trenched in the hills outside Mos toles and took up positions on both aides of the highway. Just beyond aTT important bridge. The Madrid defenders awaited the' fascist army behind barbed Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) Record Crowd at Boy Scout Court A record audience of 150 per sons witnessed the near record presentation of 66 awards to Boy Sconts and their leaders at the monthly court of honor . at the county courthouse last nis'iU Captain Walter Lansing of the state police presided. Innovations in honor court pro cedure were inaugurated withsix adult leaders presenting awards and scouts serving as heard, color guards, clerk and bugler. Men who presented awards were Dr. Laban A. Steeves, newly-appointed district commissioner; Bryan Goodenough, Dr. C. W. Clifford, Dr. B. F. Pound, Dr. A. E. Berg er and E,verett Gary. Junior lif esaving emblems earned at the scout summer camp were presented by Gary, camp waterfront director, to Bob Pound, troop 2; Bill Evans and Martin Barber, troop 9, and Da vid Putnam, troop 12. Troop 9 retained leadership in Uie cumulative attendance con test when it boosted its score to 60 guests. Troop 12 ran second with 48, troop 2 third was 29, troop 14 fourth with 16,- and troop 5 with 4. The troop having the highest score at the Decem ber court will win a prize. San Diego Blaze Loss 2 Millions SAN DIEGO. Calif., Oct. 21.-(JP)-Victor Szczepanski, a United States sailor, lay near, death at the naval hospital tonight as au thorities investigated the $2,000, 000 blaze which destroyed a de partment store and adjacent busi ness structures in a downtown block. "" The sailor dropped through the roof of the blazing building as he was handling a fire hose. An other sailor, A. C. Clark, res cued Szczepanski. Firemen said the fire started in a stock room of the depart ment store about 1 a. m. and spread swiftly through the build ing's three stories. Hulk of Santiam Has Final Blast, Injures Workman ABERDEEN, Wash., Oct. 21. OP) Burned to its water's edge last week, the hulk of the coast er Santiam suddenly came to life late this . afternoon when one of the oil tanks exploded, throwing Stanley Bramstedt. 24, employe of the Western , Machinery com pany, 30 feet out Into the Che halis river. , v . Bramstedt was cutting steel with an acetylene torch when the tank apparently became heated and blew the top off. Bramstedt suffered a badly shattered leg, so severe that it may be - neces sary to amputate. The Western Machinery company purchased the hulk to salvage scrap ' iron. Find Unidentified Body ASTORIA, Ore., Oct. 21.-(i!P)-The body of an unidentified Fili pino or Japanese was . found in a slough near Westport today. An investigation was started to establish the cause of death. F.D.R. Defends Taxation Plan me Improved System Putting Burden on Those Able to Pay, Declares Low Income Family Pays Less Than in 1932 is Claim in Address WORCESTER, Mass., Oct. 21.- UPi President Roosevelt tonight coupled an answer to what he called "talk about high taxes un der this administration" frith an assertion that the nation, as in 1776, must choose this year "be tween democracy In taxation and special privilege in taxation." Speaking to a crowd packed into the auditorium here in the major speech of his swing through New England, the president asked: "Are you willing to turn the control of the nation's taxes back to special privilege? I know the American answer to that ques tion. Your pay envelope may be loaded with suggestions of fear and your dividend letter may be filled with propaganda. "But the American people will neither be bluffed nor bludgeoned. The seeds of fear cannot bear fruit in the polling booth." The president argued that the new deal had "improved and Americanized taxes," operating on the principle of taxation accord ing to ability to pay. Says Average Family Pays Less to U. S. Under the administration, he said, the Individual Income tax of the average American has been reduced. He added: "Any family head who earns an income of less than $26,000 a year pays a smaller Income tax in 1936 than he paid for 1932. That means that less than one per cent of the heads of American families pay more than they did: and more than ninety-nine per cent pay less than they did, for more than ninety-nine per cent earn less than $26,000 per year. (Turn -to Page 2, Col. 6) Chairman Defends Higher Milk Price PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 21.-(P) -Edgar W. Smith, chairman of the state milk control board, came to the defense of proposed higher prices today in circuit court. r The chairman, testifying at a hearing to determine whether an injunction restraining a boost in prices shall be made permanent, said the present scale was not an incentive to producers to enter the Portland market and relieve the shortage he declared existed here. " He said the board had found that producers would rather sell C grade milk to condenseries at $2.21 per hundred pounds than qualify for the B grade product when they receive only. $2.3 4 a hundred in the Portland area. R. A. Cabett told the court he could sell - milk at nine cents a quart and make a profit. He also said he could give the producer a cent more a quart and still un dersell the present scale of 11 cents. - Three Deaths Are Blamed on Storm DENVER, Oct. ;.21.-ff)-Tnree motorists lost their lives In auto mobile accidents attributed to a snowstorm which swept over most of Colorado and Wyoming today, Mary Stead well, 40, author and social director at the University of Colorado, Boulder, was killed in an automobile collision in Den ver. : :" Two men died of injuries suf fered when their car overturned near Trinidad,' Colo. They were C. R., Carton, 42, Elkhart, Kas.. and Bonifacio Vigil, Weston, Colo. The storm, which started Tues day, lef t northern Colorado cov ered with several inches of snow. Heroic Effort at Rescue Is Fatal MARSHFIELD. Ore., Oct. 21. -ff)-A heroic attempt to rescue a seven-year-old child - brought death to Clarence Woodward, 42, in the South Coos river tonight. Woodward leaped Into the stream after Clyde Douglas fell from the boat "Favorite." Physi cians said he died of a heart, at tack. - S . The child was pulled from the water by Claude Huff, 15, of Myrtle Point. . . ' - , ; Ut His Kesi Sunflower Special is Greeted by Thousands as Landon Visits West -1 II p i jH!- V "1 j Greeted by a crowd of more than 10,000 Governor Alfred M. Landon of Kansas, republican nomine for the" presidency, is pictured as he prepared to alight from his train, the Sunflower Special, Tuesday at Pasadena, Cal. From Pasadena, Landon motored to Los Angeles, where enthusiastic throngs packed the Coliseum to hear his cam paign speech. Million to Work Ori Election Day Estimate of 1 Ballot Ov 41 Millions; Many to Watch Polls WASHINGTON, Oct. 21-(m- More than a million officials and party watchers probably will he required to man the election ma mrinery in about 122,390 voting precincts when the nation throngs to the polls November 3 to choose a president. With estimates of the vote run ning from 41,000,000 to 45,000, 000, there are about 2200 more voting districts than two years ago. No exact tabulation of the num ber of officials needed to see that the votes are cast and counted le gally has been made. But experts said the total probably would run well beyond a million persons Many of the 122,390 voting diS tricts include several, polling places, each of which requires full staff of judges, clerks, and watchers.. Thousands of other. par ty workers will be busy rounding up the voters and transporting them to the polls. Gifts of Edward Figure in Gossip LONDON. Oct. 21. --Offic ials today protected Mrs. Ernest Simpson from the curious as Lon don was intrigued by. stories f handsome gifts to her from King Edward. - - " I Police bars against the Inquisi tive attentions of the public .to ward the former Baltimore de butante were put up in London around Mrs. Simpson's " home, in Ipswich county officials toojk neofai steDs in nrenaration for the hearing of Mrs. Simpson's dji vorce suit against her shipping broker husband, Ernest. - j Friends of Kine Edward and his- American favorite meanwhile declared they knew the monarcn had given her "many expensive gifts." ' Nazi Germany: Beneath Surface Says Allen thjt "All Is not sound under smooth surf ace," was - the com ment of Dean Eric W. Allen, rfe-nortina- on his observations of a summer in Germany, at an inter city meeting of Rotary clubs at the Marlon hotel last night. Dean Allen of the University of Oregon school of Journalism, . who spent six months In 'Europe, most i the time In Germany, on a fellow ship from the Oberlander trust Of the Carl Scnurs tounaation, re lated that he followed the journ alist's method of observation.: Ie entered the country not through Berlin but through the smaller towns. He a r o s early la tfte morning, walked about the streets, got acquainted with the German people and enjoyed much fine fellowship with them. He found them helpful and genial, j Describing the three types he found. Dean Allen mentioned first the young naris of about 27 years of age, who "have been lifted into jobs too big for them!.? The second class are the. old no 4 Landon on Return Journey Eastward Speaks in Oklahoma City Today; Peace and Gvil Service Topics Soon ABOARD LANDON SPECIAL, EN ROUTE TO OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. lls-Vfy-Gor. Alt M. Landon carried eastward today through New Mexico and a corner of Texas his campaign attributing simultaneously to the new deal "regimentation of the individual and curb' of his liberties." Halting his eastbound presi dential campaign special at Phoe nix, Ariz., the republican nomi nee stood on his private car's rear platform and said: "Today the people of this coun try have a choice between the American system they always have known and an opposite sys tem. This will determine whether they and their children will , re--main a free people, capable of self-government, or be dominated by an all-powerful central author ity.: We have watched this very thing happen in other nations in recent years." . Landon's train paused at Phoe nix long after dark as it chugged toward Oklahoma City where a talk is. scheduled Friday morning,; Turn to Page 2, CoL 3) s i City Has Million Cash in Treasury And More Arrives With $1,091,082.55 cash In its various funds, the city yesterday needed no more money for the present but nevertheless it re ceived a tax turnover of $80074(4 from the county treasurer. The tax payment consisted of $3209.23 from the 1933 roll and $4798.71 from the 1935 roll. - The million dollar cash figure given out by City Treasurer Rice included not- only general city funds Juut also money derived fom the sale of "water bonds and money 4a tne water commission s account? is Turbulent bility, the Junkers. They have lost their former arrogance, and now must mingle with commoners in the meetings of the "partel" (party). They are; however, more competent than the first class.- The third class is the old lib eral, scholarly type. ''They are retained on sufferance," said the dean, "and hold the technical jobs. They are the most pathetic victims of the new "regime, un certain of their future. They are however patriotic Germans and want to remain." . , . A terrific revolution has taken place in Germany, in which , the old class system has been changed. The people suffered 20 -years ot post war depression compared with which oar years of depres sion were very mild; but they are keeping a stiff upper lip. 1 People Are Eager To Hear Other Side The dean found the people will ing and eager to hear the "other side," which they, are now pre- " (Turn to Page 6, Col. 7) Marine Unions Reject Scheme Of Year Truce Want Some Changes from Present Agreement ; Proposal Dropped Hearings on Coast Labor Issue to Open Monday; Hamlet is Hopeful SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2Mft Rear Admiral Harry G. Hamlet, federal maritime commission rep resentative, Issued a statement to night indicating attempts to bring about a one-year trjice between Shipowners and Maritime unions on the basis of old working agree ments had failed. The statement said shipowners had agreed to a year's extension of old contracts but that the un ions asked certain changes, after which the employers requested that the matter "go along to an investigation of- the entire situa tion as originally promised by tt maritime commission ..." Hamlet announced he would start hearings next Monday. Union leaders did not comment on the announcement and contin- ' ned taking ballots among their membership on whether to author ize a coastwide strike beginning next Wednesday. May Find Basis for Temporary Accord Tv Huntington Morse associate of Admiral Hamlet, said the mar- itimer commission representative did not consider the situation "en tirely, hopeless" and Indicated some basis might be found later for a-temporary agreement. The unions joint negotiating committee went into executive ses sion ostensibly to consider the sit uation. Referring to the discussions ia which the one-year truce proposal was presented to both sides, Ham let's statement said: "... It was made clear that the maritime commission would, ia any event, make a thorough inves tigation of all questions falling within Its -legal power, bearing upon this situation, and that, t) any agreement reached, it woull lend the full force of Its legal pow ers and its moral influence to both sides impartially to secure com pliance with the agreements and awards that might be reached." Changes Asked Are , Not Made Public The changes asked by the un ions were not immediately made nubile ' but observers said ther were virtually the same as the de- jnands made in the long and un successful peace conversations fol lowing upon expiration of the old agreements September 30. - The unions demands were re ported to call for employment preference fqr union deck officers over non-union workers: cash pay for overtime instead of time of V for cooks and stewards; a contin uance of the six-hour day and un- ' ion controlled hiring halls for longshoremen, and a maritime commission study of minimum wages. The maritime commission offi cially comes Into existence next Monday, the date the hearings are to begin, it is to have the admin- Jstration of - governmental ship ubsidies and its powers will In clude a yoke In wages and work ing conditions of maritime em ployes. jr"" , Federation Seeks Peace at Seattle WASHINGTON, Oct. Despite a protest by the America Newspaper guild against interven tion in its strike against the Se attle Post-Intelligencer, William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, said tonight that the federation's executive council had recommended a strike settlement formula "to all parties concerned." Publication of the- paper, pub lished by Wi 1 1 1 a m Randolph Hearst, was suspended two months ago when the guild called a strike in protest against the dis missal of two editorial employes. Although Green would not dis close the settlement formula, it was said in usually well informed quarters to call for resumption of publication, reinstatement .of all strikers and negotiations between Green and a Hearst representative on all other Issues. Would Abandon Road NEWPORT, Ore., Oct. 21-(V An application for a permit to abandon the 7:26 miles of rail road between Altree and Yaquina went to Washington today from the Southern Pacific Railroad company. The stretch was built for the Corvallis & Eastern rail line years ago.. .