The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, March 24, 1937, Page 1, Image 1

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Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning; March 24, 19S7
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Petitions Seek
Referendum in
Pinball Tussle
One Against Carney. Bill
Filed, ! Other Awaits
j Measure's Arrival
Sheriff Burk Announces
Policy; to Be Guided
By State Official
Two Important steps In the Ore
gon pinball war were taken Tues
day and two more are scheduled
for today, j .
Preliminary petitions for ref
erendum of the two anti-gambling
device bills f passed at the recent
legislative session were received
at the secretary of state's office,
and Sheriff A. C. Burk of Marlon
county gave formal notice of the
policy he .will pursue in connec
tion with enforcement of laws al
ready on the statute books.
The petition attacking Senator
Byron Carney's bill, S.B. 17, was
tamped and filed in the state de
partment; the one against . H.B.
159 by Rep Hannah Martin was
held in abeyance until after the
bill itself is filed, which is expect
ed to occur by noon today. In line
with the ruling of Attorney Gen
eral Van Winkle, who declared t&e
bill was validly enacted despite
the fact that it was laid on the
house table, the last day of the
session In lieu of action upon the
Tote of the emergency clause.
60,000 Signatures
Sought Says Tooze
The referendum petitions were
brought here from Portland by
Walter L. Tooie, Portland at
torney, and bore the signatures of
four Portland merchants. Tooze
' said circulation of petitions would
begin at once and that the goal
: would be SO, 000 signatures, al
r ' Unless the petitions with sut
f ficient legal names are 'filed, the
i bills become law 9 0 days after the
I end of the legislative, session; it
i the referendum Is successfully ln
; yoked, their operation will be sus
i pended until after the next elec-
tiOlK j . "
Tooze 'said hfs clients would not
' admit that the Carney bill was en-
acted, bu.t would file the referen
' dum petitions as a precaution. The
objection is that Rep. Hannah
: Martin moved to delete "senate
i amendment?" Instead of "house
! amendments." Mrs. Martin has
said she mentioned either, but
moved to delete . "committee
amendments."
- Fred Drager. house chief clerk,
said Tuesday the journal of the
bouse would not be changed in
this connection "because we are
powerless to do bo." The bill as
signed by Governor Martin did not
contain the amendments.
Advice of Van Winkle
To Rule Says Bnrk
Sheriff Burk ou Monday receiv
ed a letter from Tooze declaring
Burk would be held responsible
for any seizure of pinball ma
chines, j
"We will have to set on any In
structions we receive from the at
torney general,'? Burk said in his
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Prisoner Release
- Program Started
'Oregon penitentiary prisoners
subject to release under the so
called Barnes bill of the recent
legislative session are being turn
ed out at the rate of three a
day. Governor Martin announced
Tuesday. j
There are approximately. 195
prisoners now subject to release
under, the act.
The Barnes bill provided that
prisoners sentenced to terms of
from six months , to one. year
should , receive good behavior
credits on the basis of five days
a month. Prisoners sentenced to
terms of more than one year re
ceive credits to 10 days a month.
Prisoners convicted of some ma
jor crimes are not affected by
the law.
Each prisoner, aat the time of
being "dressed out" Is given a
new suit of clothes and five dol
lars. . '
The Barnes law applies to
prisoners now and hereafter In
the penitentiary.
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SCHOOL BUS CHANGED I INTO HEARSE
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This photo graphically depicts the stark horror that enveloped the New London, Tex., school when more
than 400 students lost their lives in an explosion. Tragic-eyed parents and relatives are shown waiting
for news of their children. Before tragedy struck, the bus in the foreground brought a load of laugh
ing children to school. After the blast, all school busses were used aa emergency hearses Interna
tional Illustrated News-Photo.
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Probe Into Blast
At School Closed
No Prosecution in Order,
Prevention of Further
Disasters Aim Now
NEW LONDON, Tex., March 23
-.TO-Convinced there is no evi
dence upon which to base prose
cutions for, the, .London .school
blast with its 455 deaths, public
officials marshalled technical and
legal preventives tonight against
any such futuredisaster.
This saddened community,
where nearly every family was be
reft of one or more members,
planned a "great Easter Sunday
menforial seryice for the child end
teacher victims. i
. "There was no evidence at all
on which to base a prosecution,"
Secretary of State Edward Clark
reported to Gov. James V. Allred
at Austin; upon his return from
New London. Clark : sat in the
military court that Investigated
the disaster and decided it resulted
from an accumulation of escaped
natural gas. j
Check on possible
Seepage la Made
United States bureau of mines
experts continued an investiga
tion, drilling 400 holes in the oil
derricked section of the wealthy
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Campus Library's
Planning Started
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The building committee lo su
pervise the erection i of a new
library building for I Willamette
university organized in Portland
yesterday. C. A. Sprague was
elected chairman and Dr. Bruce R.
Baxter, secretary. Other members
are Paul B. Wallace, A. M, Smith
and E. S. Collins. The committee
conferred with A. E. Doyle As
sociates, architects, who had draft
ed preliminary plans for a library,
and decided to recommend their
appointment by the executive com
mittee of the trustees.
Preparation of - plans for the
building is expected to take sever
al months. Separate contracts will
probably l)e let for the several
classes of work on the structure.
Parents and Business Men of
Sew Ask Retention of Elder
SCIO, Ore., March - 23.-(P)-A
petition bearing the names of 52
business men and 4 8 parents
asked County Superintendent J.
M. Bennett today that Cecil Elder
high school instructor and coach,
be reemployed.
The petitions requested that if
any change was necessary it
should be j "as to our principal."
Bennett; said he was without
jurisdiction, the matter being
solely in the hands of the school
board., !
Meanwhile, a student strike
begun yesterday because contracts
of Elder and Winfield Johnson,
an instructor, had not been ex
tended, continued today with
about half i of the students of
high and grade schools remain
ing away from classes. More than
100 students took part Monday.
J. H. Tumbleson is high school
principal, j
Advice to the Statesman from
Scio last night was that a con
templated mass meeting to bring
the student strike situation to a
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Referendum Upon
Veterans9 Graves
Bill Sought Here
A petition seeking ballot title
for referendum of HB 128, to
create a commission to locate,
clean and mark graves of all vet
erans in Oregon, will be filed
with the secretary of state today
under signature of a group of
Salem patriotic societies.
The matter was introduced In
the recent legislatice session, but
the bill covering the proposal
never left the committee.
Loyalists Report
Further Advance
MADRID, March 23-(ifp)-Gen.
Jose Miaja's government troops
battled slowly ahead on the Guad
alajara front today and held off
two insurgent ssaults near Madrid.
The government summarized
the situation thus:
The main column, operating on
the highway, was at a standstill
less than a mile from the import
ant town of Almadrones. 53 miles
northeast of Madrid. Resistance
was increasing, however, and Gen.
Emilio Mola, insurgent command
er in that sector, apparently bad
brought up reserves.
Insurgent gunners sent more
shells into the center of Madrid.
One. landed so close to a motion
picture house that the fumes pen
etrated the building. Patrons
laughed nervously and stayed to
see the picture through. .
Corpse of Actor
Vosper Is Found
EASTBOURNE, Eng., March 23
-(p)-Authorities deferred an In
quest today Into the death of
Frank Vosper, English stage star,
pending determination, of the
cause of bruises found on bis
body, washed up from the English
channel near Beachy Head.
"I am anxious to ascertain about
the Injuries on tne body whether
they were caused by the sea or
otherwise," said Coroner E. F.
Hoare.
head had been called off i at the
suggestion of the Linn ; county
school superintendent.
So far as could be learned, the
school board at Scio has had no
meeting since the strike was
started Monday morning, and has
taken no official cognizance . of
the matter..
J. H. Tumbleson has been high
school principal there for three
years, going from Gervais in this
county.
WELLINGTON, Kan., j March
23.-A3-More than 200 students,
many of them girls, went on a
"sitdownV strike in a chilling rain
here today to protest the board
of education's refusal to renew
the contract of Dan Emrich, high
school basketball coach and
physical education instructor. '
Police ordered the students
from the school grounds and they
moved across the street, j
The board of education refused
last night at a special session to
reinstate Emrich and authorized
Superintendent Claude Kissick to
expel strike leaders, if necessary.
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Spaniards to Lose
Anderson Asserts
No Matter HoW War Goes;
Many Nationals Upon
Firing Line, Says
"No matter who wins, the
Spaniards lose," ; Gus Anderson,
Salem's globe trotter, last night
told more than-W-pr&ne -who.
gathered at the 1 senior high
school to hear his Illustrated lec
ture on the Spanish civil war.
Anderson wound up bis two
hour program with an earnest
plea for tolerance among Indi
viduals and nations.
"I- think within one year, as
soon as Russia and Britain are
ready, well probably be asked
to make the world safe for some
thing again," he asserted.
Italians, Germans, Russians,
French are all In the Spanish
war picture. In spite of denials,
Anderson declared and exhibited
shells and bits of airplanes and
shrapnel be himself had picked
up after Spanish warfare. He
told of seeing the Moors capture
two of eight Russian tanks.
He gave a graphic description
of some of the horrors and atro
cities of the civil war "that Is so
uncivilized," and told of and
showed the destruction of homes
and public buildings.
He said he did not see one
church desecrated by the rebels,
and declared further that after
having seen some of the atroci
ties " am inclined not to feel too
bitter against the rebels but ra
ther that it is up to the govern
ment to prove to me that they
are the government."
Ogden's Students
Satisfied, Return
OGDEN, Utah. March 23.-(-With
at least half of their shouted
strike demands of Monday met,
Ogden high school students re
sumed their normal class routine
today.
The students, who paraded
through Ogden's business section
Monday afternoon shouting
"down with Merrill" and "we
want Homer," found "Homer,"
their student . body president.
Homer Olsen, and student vice
president, Mary Flster, back In
school.
Both students were told to
"stay home" when they threat
ened to cal a student strike fol
lowing refusal of Principal A. M.
Merrill to send the school band
to the state high school basket
ball tournament In Lake City last
week.
No Decision Yet
Upon Air Fields
WASHINGTON, March
-Major St. Clair Street, member
of the alrbase committee of the
army general staff, advised Rep
resentative Walter M. Pierce of
LaGrande, Ore., today the war
department has reached no deci
sion on supplementary air fields
in the Pacific northwest.
- Pierce sought the Information
on behalf of Oregontans Inter
ested in establishing in their state
a supply base for the main army
air base to be bnilt at Tacoma,
Wash. .
School Board
Finally Votes
To Have Audit
Majority Not Convinced
Of -Need; "Whispering
Campaign Deplored
Cupper, Chief Advocate
Of Move, Ahsent and
Br adfi eld Opposes
-accompanied by charges of a
"whispering campaign of doubt
and suspicion" the school board
last night reversed its previous
action in turning down Director
Percy A. Cupper's resolution for
a two year audit of the school
records and instructed the clerk
to advise the secretary of state
that the board desires to have the
audit made to cover the years
1935-1936 and 1936-1937 to June.
The vote was two to one with
Cupper absent and Chairman Neer
not voting.
Mrs. David Wright made the
motion for the audit. The motion
was seconded by W. F. Neptune.
Mind Not Changed,
Whispers Resented
"I haven't changed my mind on
the audit," Mrs. Wright said, "but
to put a stop to this whispering
campaign of doubt and suspicion
which Mr. Cupper has started, 1
move that the secretary of state
be asked to make an audit of the
books for the last two years."
Director Bradfield, who voted
with Cupper for the resolution
last time, opposed Mrs. Wright's
move.
"Mr. Cupper told me yesterday
that he had to go to eastern Ore
gon today and that he hoped we
would do nothing about the audit
until he got back," Bradfield said.
"I don't see why he should ob
ject," Mrs. Wright said. "It's what
he wanted." -
RxadTiel voted against, the mo
tion on the grounds that Cupper
had asked that no action be taken
In his absence. Mrs. Wright and
Neptune carried the motion.
Neer Objecta to
Precipitate Action
After the vote was taken Chair
man Neer said that he "didn't
see the rush."
"All rve beard came from Mae
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Confidence Vote
Upholds Blum in
Riotous Session
PARIS, March 2 4-(Wednesday)
-J-The popular front govern
ment ol Premier .Leon Blum
fought Its way through a bitter
all night debate on the deadly
Clichy riots today to win a 362
to 215 vote of confidence from the
French chamber of deputies.
The motion of support, demand
ed by Blum for his government's
conduct throughout the tense at
termath of last Tuesday's street
fighting in which five persons
were slain and more than 300
wounded, expressed confidence the
government would.
"Assure liberty tor all and re
spect for the law so necessary to
internal peace and the normal con
duct of democratic institutions."
The popular front majority ov
errode Its opposition - and gave
Blum a new lease on the premier
ship just as dawn broke over the
amphitheater "where communists
and nationalist deputies had
thrown the chamber Into a tumult.
Charging each other's benches,
the militant legislators had to be
blocked and dispersed by. the ush
ers as they exchanged heated
challenges to duels.
Cedar Firm Gives
700 Pay Increase
MARSIIFIELD. March 23-A3)
International Cedar company to
day announced pay raises to
700 workers elective April 1,
adding about $100,000 to the
plant's annual payroll.
The new scale will add from
SO to 60 cents a day to the
wages of employes, and the pres
ent 44 hour work week will be
shortened to 4 0 . hours, M. D.
Tucker, general manager, said.
The night shift In the sawmill
and 'Venetian blind department
will be doubled April 15, adding
100 employes.
The wage Increase will also
affect about SO employes at the
company's Bandoa plant.
Child wLabor Ban
Loses at Boston
BOSTON, March 23.-P-The
Massachusetts house today re
jected ratification of the federal
child labor amendment by a vote
of 188 to 13.
- The proposed federal amend
ment would empower congress to
limit and regulate child labor.
No Rpvolutioni Menace
In Detroit: Problems
Of Parking Prevent It
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Iffy the Dopester" Says; jCity Getting Black Eye
Unwarrantedly; Predicts Eyehrow Contest
By Lewis and Chrysler Then Peace
. i i
DETROIT, March 23. (Apj --Malcolm WVBingay, edi
torial director of the Detroit Freer Press and author of
the column "Iffy the Dope'ster'f in that newspaper, to
night issued the following statement:
. "Stories and rumors floating over the nation that there
is a revolution starting in Detroit are as unfounded as any.
to the effect that Harry Lauder :
bought a round of drinks. ' f
"The demonstration on cadii-.
lac square was far mors orderly;
than the celebration of the De-
trolt Tigers winning the world:
series and only about one-tenth!
in slxe. ;
"This Is a young man's town
and spring Is in the air.
"Revolutions don't start In a
city that pays the highest stands
ard of wages of any town in the
nation. "Walter Chrysler and John.
Lewis who both speak and un
derstand the same language
will have an eye-brow lifting con-i
test out at Lansing with Gov-;
ernor Murphy, who Is also quite
an "eye-brow" and the controver-'
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Ship
Sinks After
Crew Is Removed
17 Rescued After Help Is?
Summoned by Amateur
Radio Operator 1
BOSTON, March UH&-Coi
guard headquarters tonight re-:
ported a message from the cutter-
Chelan, said the Norwegian
steamer Bjerkll sank at 10:10
p. m. (eastern standard time), j
The Chelan sped to the side of
the steamer late today and took
off the 17 members of her crew
as It wallowed in the Atlantic
some 760 miles east of New York
City. J
The Chelan announced to
headanarters that the crew was
rescued after the cutter and fire'
other ships had searched tor the
freighter for nearly 20 hours. . (
-"Ship leaking and sinking
fast," the Chelan wirelessed after
the rescue. j.
Several hours later the Chelan;
which stood by the stricken vessel
with searchlights playing on lt
reported by radio that th
Bjerkll sank. 1
The McKay Radio company
picked up the first message at
Its Rockland, Me., station shortly
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Discharge books
- Injunction Ended
PORTLAND, Marsh 23-(fff
Federal Jndgs Jamss Algsr FeS
dismissed today & temporary In
junction restraining Harold CL
Jones, federal shipping commis
sioner from requiring American
seamen to sresent continuous dis
charge books when they sign on-
vessels here. i
Chris Boeaen, labor attorney;
moved for, the dismissal, saying
he had been Informed an amend
ment to the Copeland act remove
lng the mandatory discharge book
provision was on the president's
desk awaiting signature.
Jones said the action would
hold up signing on a n d off of
crews here until the amendment
is signed, as he has no authority
to Ignore the discharge book pro
vision under the present law. I
Fifty Thousand
Lacks "E;" Warrior Author
By LOTD DILBECK
LOS ANGtfLES. March 23.-CA3
A man out at the national mlli-j
tary home has written a short
novel, 60,110 words, without
using a single "e." most-used let
ter in English. He tied down the
"e" bar on his typewriter. jj
The author Is sharp-eyed Er
nest Vincent Wright, 66, of com-
pany 14, a musician in the World
war, and a Massachusetts Instil
tute of Technology graduate of
'89.
No He Nor She
t
Available to Him f
To achieve his astounding feat,
Wright had to avoid, for instance!
such pronouns as them, they, he
and she. He could not use verb
past tenses, such as "wanted,"
etc He changed the name of on4
character in his' story from Bob
to Frank because some kibitzer
suggested Bob's full name was
Robert, containing an "e."
These were only a few of hli
difficulties. To appreciate all;
Just you try to write an lntelli
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Moley and Lemke
j Oppose Roosevelt
Ex-Aide and Ex-Opponent
of. President Agree in
Fighting Court Idea
WASHINGTON, March 13-JPi
Frof. Raymond Moley, original
number one brain truster, car
ried an Indictment of the Roose
Velt court bill to the senate judic
iary committee today and suggest
ed that the measure be replaced
by a ( four-point, omnibus consti
tutional amendment,
f He urged that by amendment,
judges be compelled to retire at a
specified age; that at least two
thirds of the supreme court just
Ices be required to concur before
an act of congress can be invali
dated; that the meaning of "due
process of law" be narrowed, and
that the commerce clause be ex
panded. !c "I don't think this problem can
be solved by a n y one of these
things," he said. "I think we shall
have to give consideration to all
four.?- . 't
was One of First
Brain Trust era
J r Moley." professor or jjubJle law
at Columbia university and editor
of "News Week." came to Wash
ington four years ago with tne
Roosevelt administration as assist
ant secretary of state, and for
months was one of the chief ex
ecutive's closest advisors.
i He; was followed on the stand-
today by Representative William
Lemke of North Dakota, union
party candidate for the presidency
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McNary Prevents
Kennedy Approval
: WASHINGTON, March 12. -VP)
An objection by Senator McNary
of Oregon, the republican lead
er, again blocked senate action
today on a resolution to clear
the way for confirmation of
Joseph P. Kennedy as chairman
of the new maritime commission.
: t Members of the commerce com
mittee had raised the question
whether Kennedy was eligible in
view of a provision of the mari
time act which stipulates that a
person shall be ineligible to sit
on the commission if he baa had
any Interest in shipping in the
three years prior to his appoint
ment. ' Kennedy, former chairman of
the securities commission, has
disclosed voluntarily that he owns
some shares of Todd Shipyards,
Inc., but Intends to dispose of
them
Senator Robinson, the demo
cratic leader, offered a resolution
yesterday to declare the appoint
ment: not a violation of the marl
time : act. - McNary said Kennedy
is an able financier and a fine
executive" but ' that the senate
should not p re-Judge" the nomi
nation prior to its approval by a
committee, r
Word Story
gible paragraph without an "e."
i The reporter craftily asked
Wright for; a snatch-grab at his
manuscript.' The random pluck
brought out a page about 16,000
words down containing the f ol-
fowing: ?
"Now, an approach to a young
girl's 'big day is not always just
&s that girl might wish. Small
things bob up which at first look
actually disastrous for a Joyous
occasion ; and for Nancy and
Frank fast such a thing did bob
up for on May third a pouring
rain land . whistling winds put
Branton Hills spirits way, way
low."i
, Wright used no abbreviations
and no apostrophes to avoid using
"Vs."! He eschewed the titles Mr.
and Mrs. because their full spell
ing contain the taboo letters. He
avoided all calendar dates be
tween six and thirty.
P Could the motorizing of a fire
department and retirement of the
fire horses' be described without
an "e?"
3 Wright did it.
Orderly Meet
Held; Leaders
Due to Confer
Ford Receives Mentionf
Chrysler and Lewis
- Head for Lansing
Chicago Sit-Downs End i
Texas Congressman
Asks Full Prone
(By The Associated Press)
' Labor Leader John L. Lewis
and Industrialist Walter P.
Chrysler sped . toward a strike
peace parley In Michigan last
night whUe Lewis' followers
massed in a Detroit demonstra
tion. -
The bead of the strike-crippled
Chrysler Motor Corp. and the
generalissimo- of the Committee
for Industrial organization ac
cepted invitations to confer with
Gov.- Frank Murphy at Lansing
today (Wednesday).
While the governor drafted an
agreement he hoped would end
the dispute, the ClO-affiliated
United Automobile Workers et
AmH TnarahallAd mora-than
100,000 person In Cadillac square
near the Wayne county building
in what UAW chieftlans termed
the largest labor gathering ever
held in the United States. Union
President Homer Martin told the
throng - Henry Frd "might as
well get ready to do business
with his organized workers."
Chrysler Sitters
Peace Obstacles
The 6.000 members whose 16
day sitting siege at eight Chrys
ler plants has thrown S 0,0 06
automotive workers out of Jobs
formed the most difficult prob
lem in aiurpny s truce movemw.
n 'his telegraphed Invitations to C
Lewis and Chrysler, the -governor
said be expected Sheriff T.
Ck iTEUeox, to request state heJp
in serving court writsTor their
arrest and warned the state "will
employ all necessary means
to uphold public authority.
. Lewis was represented as in
terpreting this as meaning that
unless an understanding was
reached soon and the squatters
evacuated. Murphy intended to
enforce the ordeT for their evio
the message would not prevent
him- from seeking settlement et
the differences.
Chrysler stated the corporation
would not. "enter any trade to get
the men out of the plants and
would not "recognise any organ
ization as the sole bargaining
agency for all its employes."
The U.A.W. has demanded ex
clusive bargaining privileges.
While the labor titan and the
Industrial tycoon headed west
from Washington and New Tork
respectively, the deadlock la the
strike affectlnr 10.000 Hudson
Motor Car Co. workers persisted
but "definite progress" was re
ported in conferences attending a
strike involving 2.200 employes
of the Reo Motor Car Co., at Laa-
sing.
New legal action against "ait
downers" was Instituted la Us
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High Diver Facing
Crippled
SAN FRANCISCO, March 23
tfVThe state highway patrol
cracked a legal whip today over
aspiring bay bridge divers by fil
ing two misdemeanor charges
against Ray Woods, who leaped
136 feet from the span yesterday
"for publicity and barely escaped
alive.
Patrol Captain Rudy Schmoke
swore out complaints charging
evasion of bridge tolls and pedes
trian ism, each providing for max
imum punishment of $500 fine er
six months In jaiL
Despite the fact that Woods lay
in a hospital with five fractured
vertebrae and was almost paralys
ed from the shoulders down,
Schmoke said he would prejs the
charges.
"We dislike to do this but we
are going the limit to prevent any
thing further along that line." sad
Schmoke. "Both decks . of the
bridge are being patrolled around
the clock. The minute anyone
steps, out of a vehicle onto the
bridge he Is subject to arrest."
Perhaps disabled "for life.
Woods expressed desire to try
the dive again.
B
A L L A D E
of TOD A J
We've boasted of America,
the land of common sense, and
while at present things look
bad. it may be, sometime hence,
we'll find that ancient attribute
has helped us worry through
and even now well cling to
hope,' though all the world
seems blue.
Charge