Art Appreciation
Weather . ; '
Fair today, Tbursow.
cloudy, becoming unsettled
with rain; Max. Temp. Tues
day 62, Min. 84 river 5.1
feet, southwesterly wind.
Hundreds of Statesman
readers hare takes advan
tage of the exceptional of-
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productions as nominal
cost.
POUNpoo 1651
EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, March 9, 1938
Price 3c; Newsstands 5c
No. 297
roedsor Issue Debated
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Langlie Beats
Meyers Easily
In Mayor Race N
Unofficial Final Totals
'8,997 to 48,114 for
Young Councilman
Labor Factions Eclipsed
by Result ; Both Said
Fully Satisfied
SEATTLE, March S-($y-Rxin-
nlng up another yote of land
slide proportions, Councilman Ar
thur B. Langlie, 38, was elected
Seattle's next mayor today, de
feating the; ClO-supported Lieut.
Gov. Victor A. Heyrs. Langlie
takes 'office June 6,
After a slow start, the Langlie
landslide gained momentum and
toy the time half, the returns were
in, little doubt remained the self
styled "good government' candi
date would be elected.
Langlie polled an unofficial
78,997 votes, while Meyers re
ceived 48,114. Langlie held a
2 to 1 edge in the primaries.
Meyers made the most of the
labor issue, and credited his nom
ination over" outgoing Mayor John
F. Dore to opposition to Dore's
labor policies.
CIO leaders were largely be
hind Meyers but they conceded
his defeat several days ago and
indicated privately they were sat
isfied with Langlie's attitude on
labor-"impartially toward rival
factions and recognition of the
rights of both under the law.
AFL leaders, who went down
to defeat with Dore, took no ac
tive part In the final, although
political observers reported their
support went quietly to Langlie.
Langlie himself made no attempt
tp solicit their.-wtpport i. Dave
Beck, AFL teamster leader, was
silent, s . ' . -
While Langlie pijed up an ever
Increasing lead, Meyers conceded
the election, saying:-
"I think Arthur Langlie Is a
fine, clean-cut and Intelligent
young man and I know if he is
permitted to administer the du
ties with freedom from Interfer
ence by any groups and cliques
and does his own thinking, he
will make an outstanding may
or." TACOMA, March 8-ff)-Taco-ma
- voters today selected two
new members for the city coun
cil, i
; Dr. John C. Siegle was elected
mayor, j ousting the Incumbent,
George A. Smitley; -and Holmes
Eastwood was named commission
er of public safety, defeating the
Incumbent, Frank T. Callender.
Siegle had waged a "home
rule" campaign and attacked
Smitley's record on the basis the
mayor had failed to "oust rack
eteers." Oklahoma Has Showers-
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 8
(JPf Showers pelted much: of Ok
lahoma's panhandle and western
whea.t belt tonight.
d d it i c s
... in the News
PITTSBURGH, March 8-P)-A
young- father of three children
who works by night and attends
classes by day is the only
straight "A" freshman at subur
ban Elizabeth high school.
He is Lawrence Stragand, 29,
whose ambition to "get some
where" in the Carnegie Illinois
Steel corporation chemical labor
atories led him back to the school
he quit 13 years ago.
Ready to "work my head off,
he hopes to complete the four
year course In three years and
enter the University of Pitts
- burgh. V'U ;
WASHINGTON, Ga March 8
-fij-Merchant W. L. Johnson
hopes to be able to hoist the
"old oat" sign over his buggy
department In 1 943- if busi
ness continues at Its present
pace. : '--:
Five years ago he sold buff"
gy and had two left. Another
Mler yesterday eat the Inventory
SO per cent. j
CHICAGO. March S-i-Sam
Saikin has this little sales talk
in mind:--' - -
. "Good morning. I'm working
my way through college. Would
you like to buy my, pickled
snake?"
Sam he's 18 and a senior at
Austin high school plans to
rely upon his specialized sales
manship in financing ma courses
it i nnlTersity and ' medical
school. . -liSv-.v
He already enjoys : a thriving
trade, gathering pig embryos and
parsltes at the stockyards, r and
preserving them until biological
laboratories In many parts' of the
country place an order.
He started out on the ground
floor by collecting snakes, toads.
turtles and llsards. '
-,i A recount. - today showed he
had,: 23 0 0 specimen". .in alcohol
"FR CalltSarley
7T7! t - 7Th -
lrreignt j&oost
Former Police
Leader Admits
Poison Deaths
Yagoda Confesses Order
Resulting in Death
of Predecessor
Gorky and His Son, Also
Five-Year Plan Chief
Said His Victims
MOSCOW, March &.-(&i-Gen
rikh G. Yagoda, secret police chief
who "wanted to become a Russian
Hitler," faced the Moscow trea
son1 trial court tonight and
pleaded "full guilt" in tour medi
cal murders.
He admitted ordering the death
of his predecessor in office and
trying unsuccessfully to poison
Nikolai Yezhoff, present secret
police chief. He also testified he
had sent $100,000 to Leon Trot
sky, exiled former soviet leader.
The gray-faced, broken man
had retracted partially his - pre
trial confession, but after a re
cess in which he was taken back
to prison he repudiated the re
traction, t
Yagoda, who was the most-
dreaded head the soviet secret
police has known, and who knows
all of Its methods, kept silent on
his ! reasons.
In his testimony at the morn
lng session - he admitted he had
ordered the over-dose . deaths of
Maxim Gorky, famed Russian
writer, and Valerian V. Kuibl-
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Republican Qnb
Hears Candidates
The Marion county republican
clubs heard candidates and dis
cussed recommendations for
declaration of party policy in a
well-attended meeting at the Mar
ion hotel last night.
Senatorial candidates, Douglas
McKay, Ronald E. Jones and Ed
ward Keech made brief talks;
and Charles L. Paine, of F.ngene,
candidate for governor, also made
a speech. McKay emphasized
the need for greater interest on
the part of citizens in govern
mental affairs. Jones discussed
public finances, pointing out the
heavy proportion of taxes which
are for local purposes, and ex
pressing the view that the state
should v relieve communities - of
part of this load. Keech warned
against the mounting public
debtj which he said would reach
SO billion dollars In a few years
and urged republicans to devel
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Court Martial Is
Asked for Martin
OAKLAND, Calif., March &.-UP)
-The Alameda county industrial
labor council (CIO) will seek
court martial , tor Governor
Charles H. Martin of Oregon for
his asserted remark that John L.
Lewis "will get a warm reception
it he comes to Oregon " E. E.
Ward, council secretary, said to
night.
Ward said the governor, "a re
tired army major general, is a re
serve army, officer and hence sub
ject to court martial. Ward said
the council would petition Presi
dent Roosevelt and army officials
for. the court martial on the spe
cific charge of inciting violence. r
Showdown on
ni w i
now uemanaea oy nooseveu
WASHINGTON. March
Presldent Roosevelt,' obviously
disquieted, demanded today that
the embattled directors I of the
Tennessee Valley Authority jus
tify their bitter charges and coun
ter charges, if they can.
Stepping directly into the row
between Chairman Arthur E.
Morgan, on , the one hand, and
Vice-chairman Harcourt Morgan
and Director David Lllienthal, oa
the other, he announced that he
had called all three into a con
ference Friday, j j - s - .
Grimly and emphatically, he
told reporters he would demand
proof of the charges of bad faith
that have been flying hack and
forth ' and added that he wanted
tacts, sot opinion; nothing but
facta, . i '
Leader of GOP
Is Gravely 111
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Ralph E. Williams of Portland,
vice chairman of the republi
can national committee, who is
reported critically ill In a hos
pital in Mexico City.
Hewlett, Libby up
For County Court
Jefferson Man to Oppose
Incumbent; Is Native
of Marion County
The contest for the single Mar
lon county commisslonership to
be titled by the voters this year
opened yesterday with announce
ments of two republican candida
cies, those! of Leroy Hewlett, In
cumbent and Harley Libby .-of
Jefferson.
Commissioner Hewlett, now In
his first term, said he would file
his formal; declaration and issue a
campaign statement later.
Libby, in his declaration filed
with the county clerk, gave as his
slogan:
"A b u I ness administration:
honest and Impartial; courteous
and efficient."
A native of Marion county,
Libby has lived all of his life near
Jefferson, tie is a farmer and tax
payer and has a wife and one son.
He has served as school director
and precinct committeeman but
this is the first time he has sought
county office. Libby is active in
Farmers Union organization, and
was on the committee which spon
sored forming a public utility dis
trict for the county two years ago.
"I am ;not makfng a lot of
promises,' said Libby in discuss
ing his candidacy,, "in fact,; If I
should be elected I want to go into
offiice and be able to give just as
good an administration as I can,
free from 1 political promises."
Japanese Apology
Given to Hospital
WTJHUj China, March 9-(Wed-nesday)-(P)-The
Japanese com
manding officer expressed regrets
today after a Japanese armed
force unsuccessfully attempted
forcible entry of the American
owned Methodist hospital here.
The Japanese sought entry to
remove a Chinese woman doctor,
Edith Hwang, for questioning.
Despite! x bayonet enforced
threats. Dr. Robert B. Brown, of
Danville, 111., Dr. L. S. Morgan, of
Galena, 111., and the Rev. Frank
Gale barred the hospital gates, in
sisting upon inviolability of Amer
ican property. .
The Japanese officer finally
agreed tcj enter alone. The Chi
nese woman doctor and Dr. Brown
later were - called to Japanese
headquarters and assured similar
incidents would not occur again.
TV A Charges"
i i I r i.
Three additional developments
In the TVA row occurred during
the day, - "
; Senator' Norris (Ind-Neb), au
thor of the TVA act, told the
senate that "intense , jealousy"
had led Chairman Morgan to
make angry charges against .Ll
lienthal and Harcourt Morgan,
r Wendell ;WIllkie, president of
Commonwealth ft Southern Corp.,
wrote Lllienthal that he would
accept the latter's proposed ba
sis for negotiations for the sale
of competing private utilities to
the TVA,! if during negotiations
PWA grants to municipalities for
the construction of power plants
would be i discontinued. ' -
A resolntlon was ln'roduced in
the house "demanding . that all
three TVA.1 directors resign. "
After
Grants
d
Further Steps
To Aid Carrier
Systems Loom
Ten per Cent Increases
Allowed; Half That
on Farm Produce
Not Full Solution, View
of Some ICC Members;
270 Million Year
WASHINGTON. March 8.-()-
The interstate commerce commis
sion granted a 1270,000,000 an
nual Increase in freight rates to
night to save the railroads from
threatened Insolvencies and pos
sibly to stimulate industries which
sell railroad equipment.
Railroad men, who had pleaded
for a flat 15 per cent increase
amounting to about-$470,000,000,
were frankly disappointed, how
ever. President Roosevelt, who had
been waiting for the rate decision
before searching for a permanent
solution to chronic ills of the rail
roads, immediately summoned t
group of congressional, ICC, rail
road and labor leaders to meet
next week to discuss the next step.
Briefly, the ICC gave the rail
roads a five per cent increase on
farm and forest products and 10
per cent on virtually everything
else that moves by rail. These In
creases, however, are Inclusive of
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Salem Girl Tells
Of Flood Ravages
Pomona Students Fight to
Divert Waters, Writes
Miss Flavia Downs
Hardships and tragedies due to
the southern California floods are
described in a letter received yes
terday by Dr. and Mrs. C. A
Downs from their daughter, Miss
Flavia, who Is a junior at Pomona
college at Claremont, where as she
wrote last Thursday the green
patios and. lawns were under
six-inch covering of. silt.
"The Pomona campus and
Scripps campus and the 'wash'
east of us were in direct line of
the path of gushing water full of
debris down from the mountains,
Miss Downs writes. She recounts
the work of the Pomona student
body president and other students
did in diverting the roaring wa
ters from the path of the new
student union building on the Po
mona campus.
As she wrote, Claremont folks
were apprehensive that Thomp
son and San D'maa dams above
them would go out.
She writes: "One road a block
east and south of Scripps was
eroded on one side as deep as 12
feet and two cars were overturn
ed. The man who owned one of
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Pyle Undergoes
Brain Operation
PORTLAND, Ore., March 8.-
Uty-Dr. John Raaf probed the
brain of State Police Officer Ray
Pyle today to remove a shotgun
pellet lodged near the middle
lobe.
Pyle. was wounded in the face
near Bend, November 7, when
he attempted to arrest a Terre
bonne rancher who later killed
himself. A' coroner's jury found
the man killed his chicken ranch
partner. ''
Pyle was given one blood trans
fusion In three hours on the op
erating table, t
Dr. Raaf said Pyle's condition
was serious and "he might not
recover." " ...."
VanddUm Drive Will
Continue Sayt Martin
PORTLAND, March S-fl?)-GoT-ernor
Charles H. Martin,' In an
address to the Willamette Heights
post of the American Legion,
promised no' retreat In the inves
tigation and prosecution of van
dalism.' . h-v. V V:
Alexander Confirmed
WASHINGTON, March
Nomination - of i George F. Alex
ander of Oregon as United States
district judge for the first divi
sion, District of Alaska, was. con
firmed by the senate today.
Family-Owned
Business Levy
Fight Awaited
Publicity for Income of
$75,000 or More Is
Placed in Bill
Revisions of Corporate
and Capital Gains
Taxes Approved
WASHINGTON, March 8-flV
The house tried to compromise
with President Roosevelt today
by putting into the tax bill a
section requiring the treasury to
make public lists of all persons
paid $75,000 or more a year by
corporations.
Sponsors of the measure had
been confronted on the one hand
by a house vote last year to re
peal a publicity requirement for
salaries of $15,000 or more and
on the other by a presidential
assertion last week there was no
valid reason for Tepeal.
Then, when Representative
Fuller (D-Ark.) submitted an
amendment for publicity for sal
aries of $75,000 and up, Chair
man Doughton (D-NC) of. the
ways and means committee, im
mediately agreed to let it go
through.
With that question out of the
way, Speaker Bankbead predict
ed the biggest battle over the
bill would center a tout a pro
posed levy on family-owned or
closely-held corporations. He ex
pressed belief the house would
approve the tax.
Democratic leaders decided to
delay that fight until tomorrow,
Just before the house quit for
the day it tentatively approved
the bill's major provisions for
revamping the present corporate
and capital gains taxes.
These clauses provide:
A 12 to 16 per cent Income
tax on corporations with Incomes
of 1 f25,000 1 or lessV annually
These firms would pay no unaw-
tribated profits tax.
What amounts to a 16 per
cent income tax, plus a 4 per cent
surtax, on undistributed profits
of most corporations with in
comes in excess of 125,000 a
year.
A modification of the capital
gains tax to fix maximum rates
of 16 to 39.2 per cent on gams
realized upon capital assets re
tained more than 13 months.
Victory Apparent
In School Strike
DOYLESTOWN, Pa., March 1
(Wednesday)-0?P)-Striking s t u
dents of the National Farm school
apparently won today their two
day strike to oust Dean Cletus
L. Goodling.
James B. Work of New York,
a member of the school's board
of trustees, said the board had
agreed to Install a "new execu
tive head" and that Goodling
would "eventually be out."
Samuel LupinaccI, jr., presi
dent of the student council, said
the student body of 175 would
"favor the proposition.
Report on Valley
Project Goes to
FR, Mott Asserts
WASHINGTON, March &-JP)
-Representative Mott . (R-Ore)
said tonight the army engin
eer's report, on the $55,000,
000 Willamette flood control
project had been submitted to
President Roosevelt for approv
al "I have written the president
asking him to transmit the do
cument directly to congress, ra
ther than routing it through
the national resources commit
tee," he said. -
"Thus, if it is favorable
and I have high hopes that it
is we will have it in congress
in time to Include in the pend
ing flood control appropriation
bin."
MILTON-FREEWATER, -Ore.
March 8.-AVMacLaughlln onion
high school . tonight won a place
In the Oregon state basketball
tournament by defeating - Hood
River, 25 to 20, in the second
of a three-game series. :
V Mac-Hi won Monday night, 22
to 20. - J
Bentley and , Carnes, Hood
River guards, scored 11 and t
points respectively for Individual
honors.
EUGENE, Ore., March 8-V
university high school ol Eugene
won entry Into the state basket
ball tournament at Salem for the
first time since 1932 by defeating
Corvallls, 44 to 27, in a district
7 .tournament tonight.' ; - -
Late Sports
Elementary Schools'
In Salem for
CARLOTTA C.
. o
Control Board to .
Fight Eckles Suit
Seeks to Quash Summons
Service ; E. W. Powers
Contests Default
The state board of control
through Attorney General I. H.
Van Winkle filed monon fn cir
cuit court to quash service of
summons In the automobile acci
dent damage action recently insti
tuted by F. W. Eckles against
E. L. Vanblaricom and the board
members. The motion alleged the
state could not be sued without
its consent and such consent had
not been given.
Two suits Involving the Eckles
Vanblaricom accident were filed.
In both the latter was alleged to
have been driving a state-owned
car.
Edwin W. Powers yesterday
filed a motion in circuit court to
set aside the default Judgment en
tered against him and in favor of
Salem Collectors, Inc., March 4 on
a note on the grounds that his
failure through his attorney to
file an answer came about by ex
cusable negligence and mistake.
An accompanying answer set
up as a defense to the note action
that the statute of limitations had
run against It and alleged that an
$8.24 paymen t credited . on the
note out of Powers' bank account
by the United States National
bank of Salem April 25, 1932, was
made without his authority or ac
quiescence. Wheat stored at Tur
ner and given by warehouse re
ceipt as security for the note was
destroyed by fire, it was further
alleged by Powers.
Gronn Plans Saicmill on
Former Linn Fair Site
ALBANY, March 8.-6$)- F,
Gronn of Salem and Fred E. Lock-
year of Oregon City said today
they had purchased the old Linn
county fairgrounds and would
erect a 20,000-foot-per-shlft ca
pacity sawmill. They said the mill
would employe approximately 12
men per shift.
i :y fW : . i 1
Spread Bonneville Benefits,
Is Martin 's
Governor Charles H. Martin,
who announced Tuesday that he
would announce Friday that he
would run for rtelectlon, also
issued on Tuesday a ' letter to
J. D. Ross Bonneville adminis
trator, a letter urging the low
est posslblo power rates to the
greatest possible number of
people and types of users, re
iterated his earlier contention
that the government should build
he transmission lines and went
on record tor . public , ownership
under certain conditions.
"Recent action In Washington
with respect to the budget indi
cates ; that approvals will be
forthcoming and that the lines
may be under construction soon,"
Governor Martin said relative to
transmission limes. .,- . ;"
i "Bonneville Is unique among
the major hydro-electric projects
of the world in Its location with
respect to tidewater and naviga
tion. Its t tremendous power at
such a strategic , location , tires
Oregon and the Pacific northwest
a potential asset of great j value.
This potential asset caa.be made
.
Supervisor
15 Years Resigns
. -
9.
BRIEDWELL
Supervisor's Work
Praised by Gdser
Mrs. jBriedwell Factor in
Building Outstanding
System Here, Says
Carlotta C. Briedwell, , whose
resignation as elementary super
visor of the Salem school system
was accepted by the board of di
rectors last night, has given "un
selfish service to the Salem
schools," Supt. Silas Gaiser de
clared.
"Salem has built one of the
finest elementary school systems
in the state through Mrs. Bried-
well's leadership," Gaiser said.
"She has been an Inspiration for
a progressive point of view in
class room procedure. She is pro
fessionally a leader in elementary
education in this state and her
influence has extended into Wash
ington, in curriculum work and
preparation of bulletin material
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Seek to Condemn
Patton Property
Condemnation proceedings to
acquire the property of Mrs. Hal
D. Patton, on the northwest cor
ner of Summer and Court streets.
in connection with expansion of
the capitol grounds will be start
ed in acircuit court here within
the next two weeks, J. A. Mc
Lean, member of the capitol re
construction commission, an
norinced Tuesday.
It was reported that the com
mission had offered. $32,000 for
the property but that Mrs. Pat
ton had set a price of $57,000.
This is the last piece of prop
erty sought by the state In the
state in the two Mocks located
directly north of the new state.
capitol building now unf.er con
struction.
Purchase of all other j roperty
in the two blocks previonsly was
negotiated and all of the dwell
ings either have been removed
or. wrecked.
Advice to Ross
real through the establishment of
rates which give due regard to
the type of load, use- and loca
tion. " ' - '; "
."I trust that - after t giving
proper weight to the superior In
terest of , the general public , in
this power, as Is right and pro
vided by law, a reasonable por
tion of the excess power can be
made available to industries of
the type described. Oregon today
is deficient in Its industrial enter
prises as compared with the rest
of the United States, and this Is
our opportunity to correct this
unbalanced condition. -
'- Governor Martin , said it was
unthinkable that the citizens of
Oregon ' should ; in any , way be
denied the right to fully partici
pate In the benefits to flow from
Bonneville. ,- y
"They may decide, through the
ballot, to purchase existing power
lines to distribute for them
selves," Governor Martin ;i,de
clared. -..'-V ; -
- "Whether they do or not, li Is
my aim to make electricity avall
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Incumbent to
Leave System
At Term's End
Cupper's Motion Tabled
' After Discussion of ,
General Policies
Resignation Suhmitteo!
in January, Revealed
by Superintendent i
A surprise proposal to abolish
the position of elementary super
visor in the city's school system
broke the quiet of an otherwise
routine , meeting of the Salem
school board last night only to be
followed by announcement of the
hitherto undisclosed fact that Car
lotta C. Briedwell who has held
that position for 15 years,-submitted
her resignation last January
24. The resignation, effective July
1, was accepted.
The board declined to act at
once on the motion of Director
Percy A. Cupper to eliminate the
position and Instead tabled it.
Cupper said he would ask that the
matter be considered again when
I see fit."
After objecting that the merit
of the elementary supervisorship
"is purely an education problem,"
Supt Silas Gaiser declared that
this has never come to my atten
tion" and, pointing out that a spe
cial committee was named recent
ly to study possible reorganization
of the teaching system, asserted
that "this has never come to the
committee and the committee haa
made no report."
No Personalities,
Officials Agree
"It's not a matter of Individual
persons, Gaiser added later when
discussion turned to the probabil
ity that other positions. would be
open to the supervisor. " He then
produced Mrs. Briedwell's letter
of resignation, which he said he.
had not previously been at liberty -to
disclose.
Director Cupper remarked aft
er the resignation was acted upon
that "there was no personality in
this as far as I'm concerned."
In raising the supervisorship
question as the board appeared
about to adjourn, Cupper said it
seemed "we "are pretty heavily
overloaded with supervision." He
said the city system' had 13 per
sons in supervisory capacities. In
cluding eight principals, four su
pervisors in full or part time ser
vice and the superintendent, over
70 grade school teachers. He ex
plained that in considering the
situation "for a considerable
length of time" he had come to
the conclusion that "in our pres
ent setup I frankly haven't been
able to see the place of the ele
mentary supervisor."
Preparatory to moving that the
elementary supervisorship be
abolished at the end of the pres
ent school year, Cupper said it
was not his thought "to expel
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Pendergast Vote
in
KANSAS JCfTY, March
Tom Pendergast' democratic or
ganization ; outvoted the newly
formed coalition party two to one
in the first one-third of the 4 C9
precincts' counted tonight after
today's "no contest" primary. The
mayoralty rote in 156 precincts
was: Mayor Bryce B. Smith (Pen-.
dergast), 25,575; Lieut. CoL
Fred Whitten (coalition), 11.253.
The totals Included numerous
precinct reports from the north
side, . a Pendergast stronghold.
Automatic nomination of both
tickets .for the March 29 runoff
election, since only two were en
tered, turned attention to the re
spective voUng strength. ,
Rabbit Plays Tag
With Motorist oh
Downtown Street
' Salem's claims to metropolitan '
status suffered a rude blow Tues
day night when a rabbit played
tag with a motorist on downtown
State street, just barely outside
of the traffic light zone. The rab
bit was apparently of the com
mon "jack! Tariety, ; although '
that could not be determined del-'
lnitely and It ' was, possible that
It was of a domesticated type and
had escaped from a nearby pet
shop.
A L L A D E .
of TODAY
By R. a
The railroads, all . f fnanelal-
. ly - distressed, are granted -
rights to charge a. higher Tate; -.-
: the shipper won't agree that ;
, this is best, hut It's . better ,-
than no. trains to . haul their r
tratsht. jt 'r,
Heavy
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