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: . Vacation Days" ; I ' At here promising plenty f pleasure. Your trip will i b wn mora pleasant if yon call ? 0101 nod have The Statesman follow yon with , tbo news of home. .. The Weather Cloudy today aad Monday, local shower probable. M ax. Temp. 82, MIn. 51. Rant .10 la. Blver L9 ft. SW wind. E1GHTY-NINTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, Jane 18, 1939 Price Sc; Newtsttnds U " No, 72 Babe's Mother Confesses She Took Its life Lie Detector Quiz Ends Mystery of Slaying of Infant Woman Says She Decided to "Get Rid" of Babe .After Quarrel . FREMONT, 0.. June 17.-(ff)-Prosecutor A. L. Hyzer announced tonight Mrs. Velma Baker Fink , had confessed orally she killed her 10-week-old son, 'Haldon "Buster," whose body was found In a creek near their Clyde, O., home several days ago. The prosecutor said Sheriff H. L. Myers, a deputy, Mrs. Oran Baker.'mother of Mrs. Fink, Ed win Baker, a brother, and Howard O. Robinson, were present at the time the confession was made. It followed, ht said, a lent thy lie de tector examination, ordered only a few hours after the Infant waa buried In a Clyde cemetery. Hyser Quoted Mrs. Fink di vorced from her husband only 10 days ago as relating she bad de cided to "get rid" of the child after quarreling with her mother over Its care. Last Tuesday ; night,' the prose cutor continued, she took the child from a carriage In her mother's home, placed it in the automobile of a brother, and drove to a bridge crossing a creek four miles west of Clyde. Baby Thrown Injto Water Upon arriving there, Hyser quoted her as saying, she lifted the baby from the car and threw it into the water. The body was found 12 hoars later. Near collapse and sobbing hys terically, Mrs. Fink was taken to the Sandusky county Jail, a few minutes after Hyser made the an nouncement. "I just can't believe it," Hyser quoted Mrs. Baker as saying. -..- The prosecutor announced he would bring a first degree murder charge against Mrs. Fink Monday morning. Under Ohio law convic tion on this charge automatically-! sends a prisoner to the electric chair unless the Jury recommends .mercy. J: Doctor Called 'ForWOsnaa '!!: yytwiy.. After her statement a physician was called for her at the request of Mrs. Baker. . The young woman was wearing a dark dress and a rose-colored sweater. Murmurs of shock could be heard in the crowd which had gathered around the Jail. Some of the townsfolk of this northern Ohio village of 3,100 had attended the baby's funeral serv ices this afternoon at the Bakers' home and then followed the tiny casket to a cemetery at the foot of the street. The divorced mother and father aat in the parlor of the Baker home and heard a pastor declare God would avenge the child. "He who rewards the good and punishes the wicked, he will be the avenger of little Haldon Fink." said the Rev. Frank A. Jordan in his funeral sermon. The mother broke Into sobs as the rites progressed in the very room from which the child was taken to its death. ' Time Bomb Hurts 39 in Jew Cafe LONDON, June 18.-(Sunday)-(AVReuters. British news agency, reported from Prague today that explosion of a time bomb in a Jewish cafe there early this morn ing had injured SO persons, seven gravely.-:.-. . - v- , ,- The agency said most of the Tic Urns were Jews. y - Reuters said a Czech ambu lance, unable to cope Immediately with all the victims requiring em ergency treatment, appealed to the German hospital which cared for many of the Injured. . ', The bomb was said to have ex- Eloded In the center of the eafe, saving a deep hole In an inside wall and smashing tables, ehalra and finishings. Reuters said some reports at tributed the blast to Czech fascists. Dust Bowl 'Horn of Plenty? As Great Wheat Crop Seen " BOISE CITY,- Okla., June 17. UrVThe "dust bowl" Is paring oft Its faithful with a wheat crop which will be the richest on many farms since pre-drought days. ; From all porticos ot this ones - desert-like region in the convergt lag corners ot Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico cams reports today of compara tively generous hanrests. Cimarron county, on the west ern tip of the Oklahoma panhan dle, expects 811. 000 , bushels, the most la elgbt seasons. . t County Agent W. B. Baker es timated 102,000 acres would be harvested, averaging eight bush els. He predicted the total would ' surpass anything since 11. hen 200,000 acres yielded i.000.000 bushels. '" : The first Cimarron farmer to deliver a load of bow wheat, Carl 0 Etllng of Boise City, declared the estimate was modest Etllng reported he was averaging better or tMTfTa- ' - ' Mother Confesses Under Grilling That She Killed 10-Weeks Babe A"-" 0 " 4. - ' Jz - " - ATr7 4 i 4 Mrs. Velma Baker Fink, mother of 10-weeks old Haldon Fink, con fessed yesterday after a lie detector grilling that she threw her baby son In a creek near Clyde, 04 after a quarrel with her mother over care of the baby. Mrs. Fink, divorced only a few weeks, is shown above with the family dog, Rags, whose failure to bark at the time the child was taken from the home led relatives to believe the dog knew the abductor. Large Vote Seen For School Polls Division Is Well Defined Between two Groups of Candidates Salem citizens will troop to the annual school election polls la un precedented numbers Monday to select two candidates from the two sets of nominees on the bsllot. It appeared yesterday. Less "single shooting" thai! In recent school elections la antici pated because the two well-defined divisions of t h o u g h t - oa local school matters have produced! two candidates each and no others are in the race. ' Contesting with w. F. Neptune and E. A. Bradfield, Incumbents, for the two positions on the board are Roy Harland and Donald A. Toung. Neptune has been In office three years and Bradfield six. Harland as a wrltein candidate gave Director Percy A. Cupper a close race last June. Campaign material distributed by the Bradfield-Neptune support ers labels the two men as directors who have carried on a "construct ive program of economy, efficien cy and-better schools." "Young and progressive men" are needed on the Salem school board, the Harland-Young cam paigners have proclaimed. For the first time in at least 10 years more than one polling place will be available to accommodate school voters. Those residing south of State street will vote at the WCTU hall, Commercial and Fer ry streets, while those living north of State street will cast their bal lets at the school administration building, 434 North High street, as usual. The polls will be open at both places only between the hours of 2 p.m. and 7 p. m. . All persons are qualified to vote who are citizens of Oregon, residents of the "district for at least 30 days, and 21 years of age. They 'need not be taxpayers or registered voters. Fire Destroy Ballpark, Home of Durham, PiC, 9 DURHAM. NC, June 17-AV Fire late tonight destroyed ' the Durham athletic park, home of the Durham Piedmont league baseball team, and the adjoining Big Bull warehouse. The loss waa estimated at between 1125,000 and $150.000., " The flames were discovered lit tle more than an hour after a baseball game between the Dur ham Bulla and Portsmouth. In the three-year - period start ing In 1935 Cimarron growers were staggered by complete crop failures. Last year, only J4f aerea struggled to maturity, producing MCO bushels. 'Section roads were lined In those dark years with vehicles of farm mrm fijinr from the disaster whleh hsd overtaken their ones wealthy wheat country. u , rvnW th hardiest remained t 3 fight It out with the "black blix xards." . - - ' vr , la the Texas panhandle, the har vest -la' gathering momentum. rirmn and elevator men are pre dicting . the region will produce from i5,Q0O,ooo w , bushels. - "I have been saying all along." 4i1bmm! 1. B. Davis, veteran Am- arillo eleTater operator, that the Texas panhandle would., produce 28,000,000 bushels of wheat this year." . . The "dust bowl" Is a bora of plenty now. t 1 v i? 4 Drager May not Appear at Trial Defense Blay Put Several Payees on Stand to Identify Checks Possibility that D. G. Drager. Marion county treasurer, may not be called as a defense witness this week at the trial of W. Y. Rich ardson, his former deputy, was Indicated yesterday by Edwin Keeeh, Richardson's attorney. Keech said he had not ascer tained definitely whether or not his presentation of the ex-deputy's defense would necessitate, calling ou Drager, so agreed last week to waive his right of Immunity to testify as to county treasury checks Keech will introduce as evidence. Drager will be tried following the Richardson case under the grand jury which charged the two men jointly with larceny of public money. If Drager Is not called to the stand, the defense Is expected to (Turn to page 2, coL 1) Una Clark Chosen Credit Club Head Una Clark of Spokane was elect ed president of the Northwest council of the Credit Women's Breakfast clubs aa the organiza tion ended the opening day of Its two-day convention here yester day. Miss Clark succeeds Mrs. Edith Follls, New Westminster, BC, who presided over yesterday's sessions. Other officers chosen were: rice president, Holly Metcalf, Vancou ver, BC; recording secretary, Una Freeland, Seattle; treasurer, Uso- na Clark, Portland: historian. Rose Zurbuchen, Portland. Delegates from 17 of the 18 member clubs ot the council were present at yesterday's sessions and heard that the organization now haa a membership of 577 and dur ing the past year established new clubs at Billings and Butte, Mont, t Program for today includes' a breakfast at the Mirror room of the Marlon hotel at 8 o'clock, a sight seeing tour of the state cap itol at 10:30 and luncheon in the state capltol restaurant at noon. Postal Conclaver Injures Foot as Bed Drops Apart A sideline casualty of the post men's convention here yesterday waa A. A. Hoeffer, drummer In the Seattle drum and bugle corps. While using a bed in a local hotel room for a card table last night, Hoeffer sustained a badly gashed ' toot when the bed col lapsed. The angle-iron bed railing broke through his shoe. A call to the first; aid station brought the aid car, together with three aid men and a pair of city officers. Hoeffer had plenty of attention.:?: ,.' - f : Treatment for a scalded foot, received when a tea kettle was tipped , front "a stove, was given Mrs. Ina Jean Brown, tSt North Capitol street, Uter. r SerieM of Mishaps Ends I With leg Being Broken ROSEBTJRG, June 17w-(AVAn odd series of mishaps cost Vin cent Pfeschern, Melrose dairyman, a broken leg here today. ,.- His wet shoe sole slipped from the controls ot his tractor and his right foot was . jammed" Into, the levers. Out of control, the tractor crashed tnto a ' log. The impast twisted Preschera In .such a . way that his right leg was broken bo- low the knee. , ... ! I Senate Ready To Speed Job On Relief BOl M A.UUUU1J 1MVV IUUUlig 5 Stratrjrv to PrivTit r Increases Bill Hope to Hit Floor of Senate Late in This Week WASHINGTON, June 17-AV Senate leaders arranged today to speed action on the relief bill while economy bloc strategists de cided to concentrate their efforts oa preventing any increase in the $1,725,000,000 measure. Passed by the house early today after a 14-hour session, the bill will be considered by a senate ap propriations subcommittee next Tuesday. : Chairman Adams (D, Colo.) said he hoped to send the bill to the senate floor toward the end Of the week, and Majority Leader Barkely (D, Ky.) promised It would be given right-of-way. Barkley said speed was essen tial because the existing WPA ap propriation runs out on June 30. In addition, Harrington has said that the new allotment should be approved before that date la or der to avoid administrative con fusion. Effort la Due To Add More Adams, a leader of the econo my bloc, said an effort undoubt edly would be made to add to the measure 8500,000,000 for public works projects. The house ear marked for PWA 1125,000,000 of the 81.477,000,000. President Roosevelt requested tor work re lief. Senator Mead (D, NY) and others, however, have contended that the WPA appropriation ahould not be reduced and that an additional 1500.000,000 should be allocated for public works. Although saying he would op pose such an appropriation, Ad ams told reporters that "the sen ate la awfully fond ot projects, and haa always been more In fa vor of public works than the house." He said that in general the al lotments . approved by the house -appear " to - be !weB.-f igured- and fair." -"Neither the spenders or the savers ran away with tho legis lation," he asserted, adding that a 8100,000,000 allotment for the national youth administration was "a good compromise." Mr. Roose velt had requested 3123,000,000 and the house appropriations com mittee had recommended $81, 000,000. Along with the prospective bat tle over the PWA appropriation, some controversy was expected over the restrictions the house voted on WPA spending. Seaman Overboard On King's Steamer ABOARD THE EMPRESS OF BRITAIN, June n.-JPrA seaman was lost overboard today from the Empress of Britain which is car rying King George and Queen Elizabeth home from their North American visit. While fixing covers on a life boat, Samuel Matts, 23. a New foundlander, lost his footing and fell 80 feet into the water. The liner stopped and made an unsuc cessful search. - - h - Society Matron Tells Details Ot Party J " , f 4 i: : . .. , X ' ' 1 i I i !i ! ! i Mrs. John C Echurman (lft)i Keir Tork society ntatron, shown',as abe left federal court in ew Xorlc, tesanea of veekena abe ana mm & ' iwwn m mvm .Mm winnow) w tfmu mwui ib v 1fm IhiiiHi,.' m " mt gressiijcn present. At rif Is Cspt. John Etnart Hyde, one of Back . neVa spur eo-aefendante In the alleged 1 1,000)00 maa frand Sianlaiis t Philippine iwawajbonds Hosts-iii-Chief To State Lions OSCAR D. OLSON ALFRED P. RAMSEYER Lions9 Convention Opens Here Today Program Opens With Huge Pie Feed Tonight at Blind School Llonsrbe' clvia etnh and not the jungle kind, will Invade Sa lem today for the 15th annual convention of the Oregon, district of the International service or ganization. The convention program : will open with serving of a 14-foot "world a largest cherry pie to delegates and the general public at the state blind school grounds at 6:30 o'clock tonight and close Tuesday afternoon with a 1 o'clock steak dinner for conven tion guests at Silver Falls state park. In case of rain the big pie, baked In Salem and, containing 1400 pounds of cherries, will be cut and served at the armory. An entertainment, "Down by the Barn," will be presented for dele gates and their wives at the' ar mory at 9 o'clock tonight. The remainder of the conven tion program, arranged by a local committee headed by Oscar D. "Frosty" Olson working with Al fred P. Ramseyer, president of the Salem club, will be as follows: Monday 7:30 a. m., breakfast and entertainment at Salem In dian school, Chemawa; 9:30, busi ness session opens at Elks temple; 12:20 p. m., model Salem pro ducts luncheon, with Dr. Bruce (Turn to page 3, col. 4) Given Congressmen M Itn mt 'm taWI WWII. knifli mrrmM was MMaimnaA mil H M ..LV-W ' " " Jl Ellis Praises Oregon Postal Employes Body Representative of Post Office Department Banquet Speaker Spragne Praises Postal ':- Department Efficient . - Services v Four hundred members ot two postal workers organizations and their auxiliaries attended the ban quet Saturday night at the Mar ion hotel Which climaxed the first day's program of the joint con vention. Principal speaker was Frank H. Ellis, representing the first assistant postmaster general. Mr. Ellis complimented the Ore gon association ot the National Association of Letter Carriers and the Oregon Federation of Post office Clerks and their auxiliaries upon their activity in Oregon, and declared that these organizations and their national leaders were ot great benefit to the postofflce de partment because they enabled Its officials to keep in closer touch and better understanding with the postal workers In the field. He added that employes who be longed to these organizations were more efficient. He admonished the group to keep it in mind that the super visors and higher officers of the department were all drawn from their own ranks, and that from Postmaster General James A. Far ley, whose greetings he brought to the assembly, on down through the department, the desire for the workers' welfare waa only equaled by the desire for efficient service to the public. .; Spragne Praises' Efficiency Governor Charles A. Sprague, In an address ot welcome, praised the efficiency ot the postofflce department and said he waa striv ing to instill similar standards of service into the state departments. Postmaster Henry W. Crawford of Salem greeted the visitors and Invited them to Inspect the Salem postofflce at 8 o'clock this morn ing. Other speakers Included John H. Mitchim. national first vice- president of the clerks' organise' tlon, and Mrs. Mitchim who is na tional first vice-president of thf auxiliary; William J. Gorman ox Brooklyn, NY, national vice-president of the carriers; Margaret Spody of the National Auxiliary of the Carriers; Ben Sparks of Rush- ville, Ind., president of the board of trustees of the Mutual Benefit association; Rube Kremers of Se attle, director of the Sick Benefit association. McDonald Invitee Clerks To Meet Lyman McDonald of Salem, who served as toastm aster. Invited the clerks and carriers to attend the national convention of the rural carriers, of which he is general chairman. In Portland, in August, Rev. Edgar P. Sims led In the Invocation and William H. Wright sang several numbers. Music dur ing the dinner was provided by Glen Burright's orchestra. Danc ing followed the banquet. Business meetings of the two postal workers' organizations are being held at the chamber of com merce, and of the auxiliaries , at the Marion hotel. Business meet ings will start at 9:30 a. m. and 1:30 p. m. today, with tours of the state institutions at 11:15 a. m. Salem people were made con scious of the convention's presence here.when a parade was held late Saturday afternoon, with the dele gates of the four organizations in the line ot march as well as the letter carriers' band of Portland, the postal workers drum corps of Seattle and the Cherry City boys' band of Salem. Weary Searchers Hunt Lost Babes ELK MOUNTAIN. Wyo.. June 17.-AVA' weary searching crew augmented by 200 regular army soldiers pushed through wooded. mountainous country today In the third day of a wide-spread hunt for Charles and Harold Hixon, four and six years old, who van ished from their parents' fishing camp. The 200 searchers were joined today by . soldiers sent by Brig. Gen E. D. Peek from Fort Francis B. Warren after war department authorisation. waa . requested by Gov. Nels H. Smith. I Fresh volunteers also came from Rawlins and aa oil camp near Kyle, Wyo. - t Searchers expressed the opinion that the boys, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hixon ot aicraaaen. Wyo; probably perished in the monntata wilderness. - Big Game in Land - Fo und ' PORTLAND, June 17(ffV More than firs big game animals. oa the average, roam every square mile of territory la the nation's national forests, the forest service reported today. - - 'v irrfif la other words, the winter sur vey disclosed, theTe are 1,842,009 big game animals In the forests, compared with 1,740.000 reported for 1988. - . ' ' - Tha 1939 big game population mora than trebles that of 1124, whan only 898,000 animals were found Ji the loreata, Jdp an Asks Britain To Quit Giving A id To Chinese General North China Army Commander States End of Pro-Chiang Attitude V Is Blockade Price TOKYO, June 17 (AP) The commander of Japan north China army -was quoted in Tientsin dispatches tonight -as declaring that Britain's unconditional abandonment of her support of General Chiang Kai-Shek's Chinese government was Japan's price for settlement of the Tientsin crisis. According to Domei, Japanese news agency, the com -mander told Japanese correspondents he bad repelled efforts . of British authorities to interview him since the blockade began. These efforts had been made both directly and through v third powers, he said, "but I rejected them all because "J"" ; -o could see no possible value in Danzig Question May Rear Again Hitler's Paper Says Is Due to Become Live Issue It BERLIN, June 1 8-(Sunday )-Py-ln an editorial entitled "Dan sig Cornea to Life" Adolf Hitler's newspaper Voelkischer Beobach ter intimated today that the Dan xig question may become a live Issue soon. The newspaper vigorously em phasized the same thought as that expressed last night at Dansig by Propaganda Minister Paul Jo seph Goebbela in one section of an impromptu speech. Goebbels recalled that In a relchstag address April 28, Hit ler said: "Dansig is German," and then observed pointedly that "it is not the habit of Hitler to utter empty words." Voelkischer Beobachter said: "Almost two months have passed since the fuehrer made the desire ot Dansig to return to the relch his own desire. It is under standable If, here and there, Dan sig citizens anxiously ask if this assurance Ot the. fuehrer. Is still valid. . "But today a messenger of the fuehrer. Dr. Goebbela. . repeated word for. word tho rdeclaiiaon.' ofl the fuehrer. Today Dansjarinowa that now and forever If does not stand alone, and that It will ob tain Justice come what' imay. That is the historiseignlticance of June 17." y Shanghai Trouble With Japan Looms Soldier Attempt Taking Over Police Station From British SHANGHAI, June 17.-flV Brltish troops threw a barbed wire barricade around a closed police station within their defense sec tor tonight and established a mili tary guard over the property after a Japanese attempt to occupy it precipitated a tense incident. The station is; within cninese territory but -adjoins a roadway ever which International settle ment authorities exercise author ity. The British ousted a detach ment of Chinese members ot the Japanese-dominated Tatato police last month from the station and nailed shut, its doors. Japanese soldiers,, with a squad of Chinese police, suddenly ap peared . today ' to take possession. The Chinese decamped when Brit ish dashed, to the scene but the Japanese stayed for a sharp ex change of words before withdraw ing. Tension subsided, at least tem porarily, but a Japanese military spokesman declared "the minute the -British withdraw we will re turn. They wUl have to keep a guard there for a long time." Meanwhile, after weeks com paratively free of terroristic activ ity, lawless bands figured in three outbreaks of disorder. A gang of terrorists hurled two bombs into the office of a British- owned Chinese-language news- (Turn to page J, coL 1) Quota Plan may Shut Down On Shipment !oj Scrap lron WASHINGTON, Juno 17-(a Government officials, an Informed source , said - today, have ' worked out a proposed quota system for exports of scrap troa tad steel which - would drastically restrict Japan's purchase here of metals vitally necessary ' in manufactur ing munitions. " Tho system, which may bo rec ommended to congress shortly, would have the effect of cutting Japan's purchases of tho metals to perhaps one-third of their pres ent volume while not mentioning Japan, or, ostensibly; being aimed, ax any particular nation. , The plea goes like this: ;t ' The total shipment of American scrap Iron and steel to all pur chasers have been computed over several periods embracing a num ber of years (10 Is the figure most frequently mentioned J . and the yearly average taken. :..;. ; Vow Japan's huge purchases of them." 'This la no mere local issue," he continued. "It wiU never be settled until Britain drops her pro-Chiang policy." (The commander's name was withheld is the dispatches, but General Ten Sugiyama, ex-minister of war, was named command-. er in north China last December and no replacement has been an nounced. Tokyo Approves General's Stand (The Tokyo cabinet yesterday approved the stand ot the north China commander on the block ade ot the British and French concessions in Tientsin, in effect ' vesting with him full powers to handle the crisis.) The commander said delivery ot the four Chinese held by the Brit ish would not be enough now to settle the dispute. Rejection of a Japanese demand for surrender of the four, charged with killing a local official, b r o u g h t. en the blockade. 'The crux of the question Is whether Britain is ready to make unqualified revision of her China policy," the commander said.' Dome! quoted the commander as saying Britain would need co operation of the United States to ' make any economic reprlsale against Japan effective but each cooperation was "extremely doubt- -fuL" In Tokyo, the British am baaaa- kdor. Sir Robert L. Craigie, called-- on toe-American charge d'affairee, Vugene H. Dooman, to discuss tho Tientsin aituaUoft hut the talk was described as merely aa exchange ot inf ormauon. , There was no. Indication v that any American action was immin ent and talk of American media tlon at Tientsin, heard yesterday in official quarters, subsided. Experienced observers believed a complete British-Japanese dead- lock haa been reached In which neither could back down without ; tremendous loss of prestige. "Face" being of such vital impor tance In the orient. It was be lieved that a retreat by either aide would have far-reaching effects on the Japanese-Chinese war and the course of far eastern events. Miner Is Crushed Li "Bootleg Holtf ' SHENANDOAH, Pa., June 17-(iP)-The crushed body of Joseph Majewski was found tonight In the bottom of a "bootleg" coal hole by fellow miners after they dug through rock and debris fer 12 hours to reach him. Majewski was the 26th miner to die since January 1 in the crude workings manned by free lancers in the lower anthracite belt of Pennsylvania. The 45-year-old miner was en tombed this morning while driv ing a new heading 85 feet under ; ground. " William Shimkus. working -29 feet away, escaped without injury. Majewski's muffled voice came faintly through the debric a mo ment after the sudden slide, Shim- -kus said, but then was heard ne more. Snow Falls at Crater MEDFORD, June n.--EIgst Inches of snow, a three-day fall, caused postponement today of the scheduled opening of the rim road . around Crater lake on Sunday. Park officials tentatively set.Wed nesday as the date tor theopen-iag. scrap have been made In juat the last two or three years." In 1X32 they were only 500,009 toaa, whereas-in 1127 they rose to t 11,2 01 tons and in 1131 were ' t.101.101. - -"r By taking the yearly' ararace and. making that . a maximum, s law can be recommended to con gress which would say In effect: "Exports ot scrap iron and steel shall be permitted under licenses to do tuned by the state depart- ment only in amounts not to ex ceed the yearly average ot exports -of any one country over a period ' ot blank years to date."! ' ' Japan's . purchases " of '' scrap -. would thereupon rail to less than " 109,080 tons annually,' It Is es-tlmatedjrv-V-vV'Vv.-c ;V; " . , There, already has been agita tion among some elements in con gress for a ban on exports of scrap metals to Japan. What officials - (Turn to page 2, coL 4