Election Friday
Mr. Voter, don't forget to
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with full election reports.
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POUNDDD 1651
EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, May 18, 1938
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Martin; FaY
Norris
Scored
As Father of
Inept Schemes
Neither of Critics Ts
Democrat; Governor
Reminds Listeners
Avers Ickes Is Nursing
Grudge Over Defeat
of Power Bill
"Washington's No. 1 Thnnder
bug" was the title conferred upon
Harold Ickes, secretary of the
Interior, over the radio Tuesday
night by Governor Charles H.
Martin as Oregon's embattled
chief executive declared he had
received confirmation from James
A. Farley, postmaster general and
chairman of the democratic na
tional committee, that neither
that committee nor the adminis
tration would take any part in the
Oregon primary campaign.
"In a telephone message an
hour ago, Farley confirmed hia
previous statement to the (Ore
gon) Journal that neither the ad
ministration nor the national
committee wonld take any hand
in ther Oregon primary." the gov
ernor said in departing from, his
.prepared address.
Says Non-Democrats Try
To Write Tarty Ballots
Lashing out at Ickes, who had
said in a letter to Henry Hess,
Martin's rival for the-- gaberna-
torlal nomination, that the gov
ernor was "at heart no new deal
er." and at Senator Norria of Ne
braska who had telegraphed Hess
that he was "disappointed" In
Martin, the governor emphasized
the fact that neither of these men
was a democrat.
"We are witnessing today a
spectacle unparalleled in the hi
tory of American politics," the
governor said. "A former repub
lican and now an independent
senator from Nebraska, in be
nevolent solicitude for the- farm
ers of Oregon, seeks to write their
ballots for them.
"Another republican cabinet
member from Chicago thunders
his i dictation . to the democratic
voteTS of this state."
Charges John L. Lewis
Is Hacking Iless
The governor, whose war on
labor terrorism jlaced' 101 per
sons behind bars, chargea that
John L. Lewis, CIO leader, was
cuODorting Hess. .
"Senator Norris is the favorite
protege of Oregon's No. 1 young
radical. Richard L. Neuterger.
... A history of the life of Sena
tor Norris. written by Neuber-
ger, is Just off the press . .
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Louis Bennett, 51
KP Leader Dead
LEBANON, May 1 7.-)-Louis
Bennett. 51, former - Bend mu
niMnal 1udee and immediate past
chancellor of the Oregon Knights
of Pythias, died today.
Ttennett. who served In the
Bend city government between
1923 and 1928, operatea a cnam
f errocerv stores "here and in
noorhr communities. He was
native of Medford and a member
of the 1907 class at Oregon state
enllere. -
Survivors Include his widow,
two daughters, xMrs. 'Arthur Har
riett of Eugene and Mrs. Russell
Tinmnhrevs of Portland: a son
Woodson Bennett, student at the
University of Oregon medical
vhnol: ' his mother. Mrs. Marie
Bennett of Medford,- and two sis
ter. Mrs. F. F. Loder of Willows,
Calif., and Mrs. II. F. Swingle of
Trail, Ore.
Meyer Predicts
120 -Mile Speed
INDIANAPOLIS, May 17.--Lou
Meyer of Huntington Park.
Calif., only three-time winner of
ithe 500-mile speedway race, today
nredieted "Wild and wooly" quail-
licatlon speeas ior me Dig wniri
here May 30.
Meyer and 32 other drivers es
timate thelfr torpedo-like chariots
will do 120 miles an hour or bet
ter in the qualifying runs of 25
mile each, which start Saturday
morning. Meyer figures hia own
pace at 125 miles an hour.
"This Is the fastest field
racing, automobiles I've seen as
sembled on any course," said
Tama "Pop" Myers, general man
ager ef the ; Indianapolis speed
way..
Dubbed
As Blind Lass Made
At Postoifice Vending Station
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secretary of btate Karl sneil Is
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1 hr
ii i r it
package of mints, as Bliss Maxine Sauter, blind young woman,
opened for business Monday at her new vendine stand set up in
Salem's new post office building
the Lions club and with the cooperation of Postmaster H. R. Craw
ford. Location of such stands In federal buildings to help the blind
help themselves was authorized by act of congress. Richardson
pilot o. ; : :
Congregational State
Conference Is Opened
New Morality Pleaded i
Dri Baird Sees "Terrible Clash"
; Fascist Nations
: With the world today facing a situation where morals,
ethics, contracts and treaties
preacher and teacher to strive
ideals which have come down
So Rev. L. . Baird, D.D.,
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Strike Ordered
Teamster Chief Approves
Plans j for Walkout of
Intercity . Drivers
INDIANAPOLIS, May 17-(V
A strike of intercity truck driv
ers In 11 mldwestern states "as
soon as possible" won approval
here today of . Daniel J Tobln,
president' of the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters. Chauf
feurs, Stablemen . and Helpers.
John M. Gillespie, internation
al organizer, said a committee
would meet at Chicago within 10
days to set a date for the walk
out, voted by locals In ne 11
states if the American Trrramg
Association. Inc., did not grantl
them a blanket' labor cor tract
covering the region.
Tobin announced his approval
today to a committee ma'e up of
a member from each of the fol
lowing states:
Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michi
gan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minne
sota, North Dakota. South Da
kota, Nebraska and Missouri.
Joseph F. Scislowsfci of Mil
waukee, beads the committee.
Willamette to
Seniors, Exercises June 11
Eighty-eight seniors of Willam
ette university will receive their
bachelor degrees on June 11 at
the graduation exe'rcises to be
held that afternoon in the Elsl
aore theatre, Ethel Schreiber,
registrar, announced yesterday.
Seventy-one will receive their
bachelor of arts degree, IS the
bachelor of law degree and two
the bachelor of music degree. -
Lloyd Douglas, noted author
and lecturer from ; Los Angeles
will be the commencement speak-
The graduating college of lib
eral arts seniors are: '
Graydon Anderson. Genevieve
Bellinger. Donald Brandon. Eliza
beth Brown, Esther Callison, Les
lie Carson. Lunelle Chapin. Louis
Demytt. Wayne Doughton, Char
lotte Eyre, Carroll Gardner, Beat
rice Gillette, Margaret Ilauser,
John : Hlebert, Lando Iliebert,
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hunderbug' by
- Repats
First Sale i K
- H til'-
shown - makinz first purchase, a
lobby through the assistance of
, - j i
for by -Opening - Speaker;
Ca
in
se
Form new Bloc
are gone, it is up to every
to make agreements good for
through the ages be not risked,
of Seattle, told last night's
session of the Congregational
conference' of Oregon, in session
here for three days ending Thurs
day at Knight Memorial church.
On the business side, - interest
centered in the nominating com
mittee's report, which is tanta
mount to election, naming A. F.
Morris, Portland, . for 1939 mod
erator; Rev E; D. Kellogg, For
est Grove, assistant moderator;
Rev. Paul G. Dickey, . Portland,
scribe; and M. H. Metcalf. Beaver-
ton, treasurer.
. Dr. Baird, Just returned from
a two-year trip to. foreign lands,
reported a feeling . abroal that
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North Santiam to
Be Opened Today
BEND, Ore., May 17.-(iT-W. S.
Hodge, maintenance engineer.
said today state highway depart
ment crews would have the North
Santiam highway, closed by snow
late In February, open tomorrow.
County officials here anticipate
heavy use of the North Santiam
highway as soon as it is opened
because it will offer motorists the
shortest available route to cen
tral and southeastern. Oregon
points. The section for whlcn
Marion county Is chiefly respon
sible, extending to Marion forks.
is in excellent condition.
Graduate 88
Waldo Hiebert, Josephine Hull,
Cornelia Hnlst, Dalbert Jepsen.
Dillon Jones, Mary : Elizabeth
Kells, Marie Lambert, Roberta
MpRtirhrUt. Marc-aret Maeon Ed.
win Ulnnamin TnVii : Ulnnomon
Irma Oehler. Almecton. Perry,
Virginia Pagh, Lee Rudin. Melva
Belle Sacage, Elizabeth Taylor,
Howard Teeple, Tatsuro Tada, all
of Salem
Anderson, Marian AveriU. Ruth
n . . v . . . P..lvk
Bunzow, Barbara Crookfcam,
Alene Fairclongh, Jean Holling
worth, Muriel Ingham, Charlotte
Litchfield, Robert Nelspn, Melvin
Vlken, Harold Wleveslek, all ot
Portland
Talbot Bennett, Mllwaukie;
Dale Crabtree, Stay ton;
Mar -
guerite DuRette, Gervais; Frances
Faber, Central Point; Lillian
Hart. Detroit. Mich.: John Hawk,
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Denial
FDR Proposes
llo tut Keport
Load. Business
1
Directs Study . Toward
Cutting Number of
- Returns Required
SuKests
Questionnaire
for Polls to Secure
Useful Statistics
WASHINGTON, May 17 -.(JP)-
President Roosevelt announced to
day he was taking steps to relieve
business and industry of some
of the expense and inconvenience
involved in the preparation of
'larger numbers -of statistical re
ports" they are required to file
periodically with the government.
Expressing concern at the ex
tent of such reports, he directed
the central statistical board to de
termine their number, decide
where duplications exist and make
recommendations for consolida
tions In the interest of efficiency
and economy. . '
Mr. Roosevelt announced this
action at his press conference and
then raised the' question of re
quiring the nation's citizens to
fill out questionnaires with va
rious useful statistical informs
tion when they go to polling
places to vote. Election day might
be changed to citizens day. he
said.
.The citizens also might be giv
en an opportunity to pay taxes on
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Rain and Police
Quiet Relief Mob
Pickets Disperse Without
Incident, Legislature to
Meet in Illinois ,
CHICAGO. May 17-VRain-
fall and extra police detach
ments dispersed relief pickets
without trouble tonight af'er Chi
cago's 23 relief stations, with
funds exhausted, : suspended all
except emergency medical ser
vices to 91,000 persona ,
Two and . a half hours after
the suspension Governor Horner
called the state legislature into
cpecial session Friday night The
relief crisis headed the call, which
provided for increasing the state
appropriation $300,000 monthly.
CLEVELAND, May 17-tfP)-
Shabbny-dressed "reliefers sat
doggedly hour after hour today
in Cleveland's city council cham
ber, applauding exhortatioiis for
restoration ot full food ciders
and reading newbpapers.
-Approximately 150, a tenth of
them women, continued an or
ganized demonstration called last
night by the Workers Hance
an organization of unemployed
and WPA workers. t
No attempt was made to dis
perse the group. Several police
men kept watch outside the cham
ber and a few more playei cards
and chatted In an adjoining room
with onlookers.
Escaped Convicts
Return to Prison
COLUMBIANS. C, May 17.-JP)
Three condemned convicts who
escaped before dawn today from
the Richland (Columbia) county
Jail were recaptured this after
noon and tonight several miles
north of here.
George Wingard. 19, of Colum
bla, and Herbert Moorman, 41, of
Detroit, Mich., were tafcen aDoui
sundown after a 300-yard chaso
along a creek bank and two hours
later Clayton urans 01 KOCnesier
I IS. " X .. WBS IDDreHeUUeU 1H IUC
same Yicimiy.
The trio, who wormed their way
through a foot-square hole made
by bending a heavy iron bar In
a Jail window, are under sentence
with three others to die for the
S'' ? i- f
Guard Capt. J. OUn Sanders in a
spectacular attempt to e s c a p
from the state penitentiary.
Tornado Injures 25
CLARKSDALE, Miss., May 17
-JPV-A tornado swept through
I south Coahoma and north Bolivar
I counties late today, leaving an
(estimated 2 5 -persons Injured and
I causing damage estimated at
11100,000.
Seattle Flier
Unheard From;
n
Report Unconfirmed of
Plane's, Landing ; in i
Dakota Village '
500 Men Still Hunting
for Airliner Lost
in California
BILLINGS. Mont.. May 1S.-UP
( Wednesday )'-B ureal of air
commerce officials here said early
today : that they had an , uncon
firmed report , that a plane bear
ing Mr. and Mrs. William Bashaw
of Seattle ! had landed at Glen
Ullin, N. D., west of Bismarck.
The air commerce officials said
their report was from Miles City
and stated the couple had landed
unharmed.
LOVELL, Wyo., May lT.--r
Two ranchers near the Wyoming-
Montana line saw an airplane.
possibly that of William Bashaw
of Seatle, flying due north toward
the Crow Indian reservation of
Montana about 4 p.'m. (mountain
standard time) today.
Capt. R. W. Martin, TJS air
corps reserve, reported at Miles
City, Mont, late today he had
become separated from Bashaw
while the two pilots were' flying
their planes to Miles City today,
Bashaw had not reached Miles
City tonight.
MILES CITY. Mont., May 17-
UFy-A Seattle airplane pilot, Wil
liam Bashaw. 34, ana his wire,
was reported missing tonight on
flight from Cody, Wyo., to
Miles City. I -.
Cant, R. W. Martin, TJS air
corps reserve, of Seattle, who was
accompanying the Bashaws in an
other plane on the trip, began a
telephone check of airports be
tween here and Cody when he
landed late today and found Ba
ahaw had hot arrived. He had re
ceived no word of ' the Bashaws
tonight. , - - -
LOS ANGELES, May - 17-(PV-
Nine persons were missing today
with a log-shrouded big trans-
riort plane somewhere in the Si
err a Madre mountains, 50 miles
or less from Los Angeles.
Five hundred men pressed the
search for the big airliner but
dense fog, prevailing on the
coastal plain since last Saturday,
balked them almost at every turn
Aerial search was utterly useless
because the fog extended upward
5000 feet .from the floors of the
mountain canyons.
The plane, a new Lockheed
Electra unreported since 2 p. m
Monday on the first leg of a de-
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Commission Bars
Wines in Flasks
PORTLAND, May 17-(P)-The
state liquor control commission
banned today the sale of forti
fied wines In flasks.
Beginning July. 1, wholesalers
will not be permitted to make
sales In containers containing less
than 24 fluid ounces, Arthur K
McMahan,' commission chairman
said. The order will affect retail
trade on September 1.
McMahan said that excessive
drinking of the wine v was prin
cipally by purchasers of the flask
sized bottles. He expressed hope
that the order would cause con
sumption of naturally fermented
wines, of lesser alcoholic content
made of Oregon grapes, fruits and
berries.
Spramie, Martin
Broadcast Tonight
Charles A. Sprague, republican
candidate for governor, will speak
at 9:30 o'clock tonight over radio
station j KGW. Other candidates'
broadcasts inelnde: Governor
Martin; over KOIN tonight at
10:15 and Thursday night at
9:45; Carl Donaugh, democratic
candidate for TJS senator, Thurs
day night over. KOIN at 9 o'clock;
Willis Mahoney, his opponent,
over KGW Thursday night at
9:45.
Ickes Attack Everyone .
Sayr Washington Martin
After Radio Broadcast
SEATTLE, May 17-(j!PHl0Ter-nqr
Clarence D. Martin of Wash
ington : had only five worda of
comment tonight on Secretary of
Interior Ickes radio eleetrical
transcription broadcast tonight.
Said the governor when told Ickes
had assailed him: - -
v "Oh, Ickes. He attacks everybody."
Search
Begu
Governor Wins;
Critic Beaten
GEORGE H. EARLE
CHAS. J. MARGIOTTI
Atlanta's Death
Toll Rises to 33
Seven More Bodies Taken
From Hotel Ruins as
Search Continues
ATLANTA, May 17-0P)-The
grim ruins of the five-story Ter
minal hotel yielded seven more
bodies today, bringing to 23 -the
known death toll, of a fire that
swept the structure early yes
terday.
Firemen continued into the
night the slow work of clearing
away the tons of debris Inside
the gaunt walls, that remained
standing. Fire" Chief O. J. Park
er said he expected still more
bodies to be- recovered.
Three of the bodies taken out
today, those of two men end a
woman, were unidentified.
The others were those of:
Michael J. Feore, 63, banana
worker who came to Atlanta
about a year ago from New Or
leans. -
- A. , R. Aldridge, Fitrgtrald
Ga., railway conductor.
- Mrs. Emma Bacon, Winter
Haven, Fla.
- W. H. Snider, High Point, N.
C. ' .
Mrs. -Bacon's daughter,' Mrs.
Lewis Over street, and three of
Mrs. ; Overstreet's children - also
lost their lives in the fire. They
had come to Atlanta from W inter
Haven to Join Mr. Overstreet at
Knoxville. Tenn.. where he went
recently to become connected
with a telegraph company.
Snider was the father of
13-year-old boy -Who also per
ished. , ; ,
Liquor Stores dose
- PORTLAND, Ore., May 17-
-The Oregon liquor control com
mission said today that its stores
and agencies, as well as commis
sion offices here rnd at &tlem
would be' closed Friday for the
primary election. ' ' ;
Public to See
jr. v:y; . -
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J' !
Of Commercial Club Tonight
As a . special feature of the
Salem' chamber of commerce open
house tonight . from 8 to 11
o'clock, the portion of the event
from 10 to 10:30 o'clock will
be broadcast over KSLM Spectators-
wiU be Interviewed before
the microphone on their impres
sions of the new chamber quar
ters. - - - - . .
The open house will - be In
formal, with Cherrians In ' uni
form to greet the visitors at the
main entrance and escort them
over Che buUding. Music will be
furnished by five membfir of
the Salem symphony orchestra
and a group of Willamette Uni
versity women students will serve
light refreshments In the banquet
room. : . '
- The quarters have been en
tirely redecorated in : atiraetive
light a h a d e s,, new committee
rooms have been1 created and. new
furniture, 1 constructed especially
Earle Running B ar
Ahead
of
Sena torsh ip Battle
CIO-Backed Entrants Snowed Under by
; State Committee-Backed Names as
Count Is Over Half Finished
Pinchot Defeated in
f for Gubernatorial Nomination;
' Margiotti Takes Beating
PHILADELPHIA, May i-p)-Retnrnr In Pennsylvania's
statewide primary give: '' r
Democratic US senator (4584 of 8075 precincts) Earle,
462,294; Wilson, 173,701. - ,
f Democratic governor (4634 districts) Jones 367,460;
Kennedy 274,543; Margiotti 101,175.1"
Republican US senator 1527 districts) Davis 403.5O9;
Owlett, 307,410. .
Republican governor (4681 districts) James 587,531; Pin
chot, 242,319. ' '
PHILADELPHIA, May 18 (Wednesday) (AP)
Candidates bearing the endorsement of John L. Lewis and
the CIO fell steadily behind early today as returns from yes
terday s primary voting; piled
Pennsylvania primary slate backed by the state committee.
Meanwhile, 72-year-old Gif
the republican gubernatorial
of the sensational primary
Judge Arthur H. James.
Taking the lead from the. start, Gov. George H. Earle,
democratic state committee-endorsed candidate for the US
senate nomination, ran up a big margin over Mayor S. Davies
Wilson of Philadelphia. ' '
Karle's running mate. Charles O
Alvin Jones of Pittsburgh, though
showing less strength on t early
returns than: did the governor,
held his lead over Thomas Ken
nedy for the democratic guberna
torial nomination. ' - "
CIO Leader Lewis and US Sen.
Joseph F. Guffey backed Kenne
dy and Mayor Wilson, against the
democratic state committee's tic
ket after a split between Guffey
and the committee over the com
mittee's slating of Jones for gov
ernor. Farley Wins one.
Loses Other Choice
Only the day before yesterday's
balloting, national democratic
party chairman James A. Farley
urged Pennsylvania democrats to
unite, in the Interests of harmony
In the November general election,
on Earle for senator and Kennedy
for governor.
In the- republican senatorial
race, overshadowed by the demo
cratic contests and the Pinchot
James gubernatorial clash, vet
eran Een. James J. Davis pulled
away to a long advantage over
State Senator G. Mason Owlett.
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Bandits Crack up
. Stolen Airplane
INKOM. Idaho. May 17-UPJ-A
five-passenger cabin plane, stolen
early today from Ogden munici
pal airport in a daring raid by
two bandits, wes found this af
ternoon "badly wrecked" in a
field three miles north of here.
II. G. Pratt, of Inkom, who
found the plane, said there were
no bodies In the wreckage but the
footprints of two men led away
from the plane toward a nearby
canyon.
Two ' Bannock county deputy
sheriffs were searching m the
area for the two tvlators, bought
throughout the day by airport
and police officials, in Utah-and
Idaho.
Deputy Sheriff George Pugmlre
said the plane cracked up in a
rough field three miles from the
Pocatello-Inkom highway. Inkom
is 16 miles south of Pocatello.
new Quarters
for the chamber, has been install
ed. - -
Rooms of the chamber of com
merce, which is upstair over
Bishop's-store at 147 North Lib
erty street, have seen designated
by the following cames, selected
by Dr. Bruce Baxter of - Willa
mette university and his com
mittee:
The exceptionally attractive
lounge room will be known as the
cherry room the five comzalttee
rooms' as the Santiam. "Willa
mette. Chemawa, , Sliver , Creek
Falls and Mt. Jefferson rooms.
the banquet room . as the floral
room and the hall or forer Into
the banquet room as the Capi
tal room. The appointment room
fitted with appointment boot and
desk and carrying a pleasing blue
color scheme, is the first entrance
hail. : . - , .- -
Displays of Salem Industries
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Wilson in
Republican Race
up for the rival democratic
f ord Pinchot, whose f igrht for
nomination also was a feature
campaign conceded defeat by
Suchow Drive
Infantry Moves, Ready
to Storm Walls of
-. Beleaguered Gly
t
SHANGHAI. May 18-( Wednes
day) Japanese infantrymen
moved into position today to
storm the walls of shell-battered
Suchow, heart of newly--nified
Chinas resistance to the rising
sun- invasion.
Two columns of Japanese in
fantry were reported only five
miles, west and south of the
strategic railway Junction, ready'
to-advance as soon as artillery
fire breached Its defenses.
From low mountains tu the
southwest, big guns hamvered
walls of the besieged city which
was the base of the Chinese army
of 400,000 defending' the rital
east central front.
Casualties among Chinese
troops crowding the city were be
lieved to have been heavy.
Japanese declared their air
bombs, shells and tanks were
pounding Chinese into a state of
"pitiful - confusion." ' Japanese
warplanes were said to be machine-gunning
fleeing Chinese,
who broke up .nto small de
tachments to slip through Jap
anese units virtually end-cling
the area.
. Chinese were said to re re
treating in complete dicrder.
and Japanese commander -predicted
fall or Suchow within 24
hours.
Grand Jury Will
Probe Vote Case
OREGON CITY, May lT.-CFh-Dlstrict
Attorney Fred A. Miller
said today that a grand Jury
would be called next week to in
vestigate alleged illegal voting in
Clackamas county.
Miller said the jury also would
Investigate an affidavit by an
Oregon City resident specifically
accusing an alien and his wife of
voting in the 1936 general elec
tion. The district attorney said a
special state police Investigator,
appointed by S u p e r 1 ntendent
Charles Pray at the request of
Governor Charles II. Martin, was
studying the situation.
Yehuda's Sister ,
Also Will Marrv
LONDON, May 17-C)-The en
gagement of Ilephzibah Menuhfn,
17-year-old plonist sister cf the
violinist, Yehudi Menuhla, to
Lindsay Nicholas, of Melbourne,
was announced today.
Nicholas Is a brother of Yehu
dl's fiance- Nlla Nicholas. Yehu
di and its Nicholas are to be
married at the end of the month
In Zurich where he now la ap
pearing in concerts
Jap
Prepare