Th OHEGON STATESMAN, Scuem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning April 23. 1911
PAGE 'TWO
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Correspondent
Displayed by Allies Against
Ovenvhelming Nazi Power
. Reports Crushing of British Tanks by
German Monsters in Narrow Passes;
RAF Outnumbered Ten to One
(The following story by Daniel De Luce, Associated Press cor
respondent who took a small fishing boat from Greece to Turkey as
the nazis drove through northern Greece,' Is virtually uncensored.
With De Luce were four aviators and two sailors demobilized by the
Greek government Friday. The boat reached the island of Chloa
shortly after that island's streets had been machine-gunned by Ger
man bombers.)
By DANIEL DE LUCE
Special to The Statesman
IZMIR (Smyrna) Turkey, April 22-(yP)-The fact they still are
fighting in Greece may be attributed to the fabulous courage of
allied troops with their backs to a walL
It is courage in desperate circumstances, courage where there
was no other outlook but to go down fighting.
A herd of 37-ton tanks rumble through mountain defiles,
previously believed impassible, and
they crush British tanks like egg
shells, knocking out a whole arm
ored brigade. That is a compari
son of the German and British-
Greek strength.
Greek troops In the field rave
their lives with the utmost gal
lantry, although from the start,
almost, the military situation
was hopeless.
The RAF, numbering perhaps
150 planes when the Germans in
vaded, was outnumbered ten to
one by the luftwaife. But they
rallied bravely and repeatedly.
The Stukas blasted the exposed
allied artillery and machine
sunned the rear roads and ham
mered every coastal inlet from
Volos to Piraeus; yet the young
British pilots, flying without sleep,
took a toll of their swarming
enemy.
Small formations of RAF bomb-
New State Law.
Causes Lottery
Salem School Board
Directors Draw Lots
for Extended Terms
(Continued From Page 1)
set the annual budget meeting for
May 13.
Named on the committee were
Dr. H. H. Ollnser. W.-L. Phil
lips, William J. Entress. Tlnk
ham Gilbert and George Grab
enhorst. Alternates are Frank
Spears and Harley White.
The board instructed its build
ings and grounds committee to of
fer the Salem Art Center a one
year's lease on the quarters it
now occupies in the old high
school building at a recommended
monthly rental of $50. The Art
Center has been paying no rental.
Leaves of absence for the 1941
42 school year were granted to
Edith S. Green, teacher at Leslie
junior high school, Mrs. Marie
El kins. Pa rriah junior high school,
and Mildred Query, Grant school.
Raymond Carl, now teaching at
the Tigard high school, was elect
ed to substitute as industrial arts
instructor at Leslie.-' junior high
school for Lloyd, -Swanson, who
is replacing Floyd Seigmund at
the high school .'while Seigmund
is on military duty.
TO ALL AUTO IZECHAIJICS
and imCHimSTS OF SALEII
andVICIinTY
Tonight, Wednesday, April 23rd, at 8:00 p. m.
in Hall I of the Salem Labor temple, we will
hold an open meeting: and will give you in detail
- a thorough explanation of our dealings with the
Auto Dealers' Association.
We, too, are Americans and will no longer be
intimidated by threat of discharge. We have a
right to organize the same as the Auto Dealers,
and intend to so do.
You have heard their side of the story; now we
can tell our side and are at all times ready to
meet with any one of the dealers for a just and
Honorable agreement. Some interesting facts
will be unfolded concerning YOU at this meet
ing. BE THERE. Remember the time and place:
TOIJIGHT, APRIL 23rd
LABOQ TRIPLE, HALL I, at 8:03 P. II
FRANK 1. FULTON, Fin. Sety.
Auto Mechanics Local No. 1506.1
. FSJSlvniTtlJRB. (S(D-
EsiitKifrom: Salem!!
np "io'.S
'Z4 ON FURNITURE, RUG&ANky
V APPLIANCES
FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED
Tells of Courage
ers, often without fighter escorts,
flew to the attack again and again,
but they could not break the
lengthening nazi supply lines.
British officers had conceded
that the Imperial army under
General Sir Henry Maitland
Wilson, dispatched to Greece in
March, was scarcely adequate to
attempt an even defensive strag
gle against the hare wehrmacht
unless reinforcements arrived
later after Africa had been
made secure against the axis.
But the German thrust in Lib
ya upset British plans for rein
forcements although a small
force of Poles and other non
British volunteers reached Greece
as late as last Tuesday.
Most Greek divisions were
needed to defend the Albanian
line against Italy. What few could
be spared resisted almost super
humanly on the Yugoslav and
Bulgarian frontiers when the na
zis made their initial lunge Into
Greece.
For nine days they fought
there while the Ansae brigades
of their allies fousht their way
out of the Kosane-Katerini
sector and the British GHQ re
organized a line, which, obvi
ously, did not take full account
of the danrerous BltolJ gap.
The exact number of soldiers
the British landed is a closely
guarded secret, still, but they
seemed to be chiefly tall, heavily
muscled Anzacs, a smattering of
British Coldstream guards and
some other equally famous regi
ments.
Best unofficial estimates placed
the force at 60,000 I was inform
ed by one source: "Fifty to 80
thousand."
It is an army on wheels, with
hundreds of tanks and Bren-gun
carriers and lorries.
British legation sources orig
inally had expected 150,006
British troops would be avail
able to turn back the initial
German drive and that another
150,000 would be available soon
to clinch a Balkan toe-hold on
the continent.
Many Greek officers had never
been that optimistic, however, and
were aware that the British at the
start would be able to hold only
a comparatively small sector.
Thus they were fatalists with
steel nerves. They feared the Ger
man army was invincible in their
case, but they were determined
to sell their lives dearly for the
honor of Greece.
British Await
Panzer Thrust
. e
Nazis Say 30,000 Die
When Ship Sunk;
Axis Hit in- Africa
(Continued From. Page
the Suez canal Three axis supply
ships were torpedoed and four
nazi troop transport planes were
shot down in the sea. .
In London, 'Prime Minister
Churchill refused detailed state
ments on Greek and African war
developments because of military
secrecy. However, he hinted of
the German occupation of the
Greek island of Samothrake, near
Turkey's Dardanelles. Members
of parliament reflected anxiety
that Spain may be about to per
mit German troop passage to at
tack Gibraltar.
German bombers struck heavily
at southwest coastal areas of
England Tuesday night and today
in two destructive attacks.
One raid ended before mid
night bat after a quiet Inter
val another wave of (he loft'
waffe arrived te cast even hea
vler bombs In the same area.
(The section, unidentified by
the British, may have been Ply
mouth, which was raided heavily
Monday night.)
London had two short alarms
but the only "incidents" were
bursts of anti-aircraft gunfire as
the raiders sped over the capital.
The entire British expedi
tionary force and most of its
material were fully established
Tuesday night la their new de
fense lines.
Early arrivals la the new al
lied line already had dot; In for
determined resistance aa their
comrades were completing a
methodical withdrawal under
covering forces.
The situation is not much
changed from Tuesday with the
covering forces holding the same
posts.
The Germans continued to do
minate the air, but operations
were somewhat reduced.
ine Town 01 .Lamia now Is as
badly wrecked and burned as La-
risa after repeated bombings, and
every village in the area has some
wrecked houses.
Britain credited her sea and
air units with a coordinated series
of blows against the axis' vulner
able cross-Mediterranean connec
tions, with these principal results:
Six supply ships and a de
stroyer hit and vast destruction
wrought ashore in a 42-minute
bombardment of Tripoli, Libyan
capital, by the 15 inch guns of
the battle fleet;
Three ammunition and supply
ships, totalling 23,000 tons, tor
pedoed by naval aircraft;
Four troop transport planes
shot 'down at sea;
Fiery damage done at Tripoli
and other Libyan ports and air
dromes Fort Capuzzo, Bardia,
Derna and Ain el Gazala by
the RAF and fleet air arm simul
taneously with the naval shelling.
British battleships and lighter
units drew up at 5 a. m. Tuesday
before Tripoli, principal African
supply base of the axis, and cast
big shells into the harbor and
port installations, the admiralty
announced.
Dust and smoke rose in blind
ing clouds, but observers saw
that at least seven vessels in port
were hit; that a large fire was
started near an oil depot; that the
railroad station was in flames;
and that the axis naval headquar
ters, military stores depot, power
plant and a quay were struck.
Southern Greece and ships
leaving- Greek ports are being
pounded by swarms of nasi
planes attacking ahead of. Ger
many's panzer divisions, the
government said early today.
In Athens itself sirens scream
ed air raid alarms seven times in
the 24 hours up to Tuesday mid
night but the Germans appeared
to be concentrating on isolating
Greece from overseas contacts.
Vessels in the Gulf of Athens
were bombed and machine-gunned
without regard for their size,
and official reports acknowledged
considerable casualties and dam
age in the coastal raids.
Cat-Eyed RAF Flier
Gets DSO Decoration
LONDON, April 22-5-Jahn
(Cafs-Eyes) Cunningham, 23-
year-old acting squadron leader.
was awarded the distinguished
service order Tuesday for bagging
ten German bombers, five during
night patrols.
The air ministry's citation said
of the red-haired pilot who
munches raw carrots almost con
stantly: i
"His , courage and skill are an
inspiration to alL" .
"Cat's Eyes" addiction to carrots
is founded on dieticians' theories
that they help overcome "blackout
blindness.1 I
PTA Congress Okens t
Text Book Measure H I;:
- EUGENE, Ore, 'April 22-CV
The. Oregon congress of parents
and ; teachers' board approved
Tuesday a referendum on a new
state' law to provide free text
books for private ' and parochial
schools. ' ' i :i
The motion probably will be re
ferred . to ; convention delegates
for aproval Wednesday or Thurs
day, Mrs H. H. George, Portland
Ready
J ....HMRU.I '.- .UIIII.II1L1I..I .11.1 II " ..
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Armor-plated trucks, such as the one pictured above, are being seen,
at the gates of the Weirton Steel company's plants at Weirton, W.
Va-, and Steuben vffle, O. An organizer for the 8. W. O. C attempt
Ins; to get Weirton employes Into the C L O. union, said that the -company
has between 12 and 18 trucks armored with steel and that
It's just another case of intimidation." Weirton President T. E.
Mlllsop said that there had been rumors that a large crowd of out
alders was coming to close the plant and we wanted some way ef
protecting our men in case the usual technique of upsetting cars at
the gates was followed
FDR Confident
Allies to Win
Says Americans Know
England Is Defense
of Democracies'
(Continued From Page 1)
cereal industry Is the new pro
gram ef enriched fleer and
bread," the vice president ef
General Mills, Ine here te ad
dress 190 bakers from five Pa
cific northwest states, told an
Interviewer.
"The government is encourag
ing us to produce this flour, for
is one very decided contribu
tion made to the defense pro
gram in bringing better nutrition
to the masses of people in a
basic food."
PORTLAND, Ore., April 22-P)
-Earl K. Nixon, director of the
Oregon department of geology,
said Tuesday that Oregon iron
deposits, could supply a, steel
plant such as proposed in Wash
ington by Henry J. Kaiser.
Extensive Itmonite iron ore
deposits center in Columbia
county' in northwestern Oregon,
and extend into Clatsop and
Tillamook counties. Tonnage Is
certain to run Into the millions,
he said.
An area le miles west of
Scappoose has been exploited
to mom extent, but most of
the deposits are undeveloped.
The ore is located close to river
and rail transportation, and "sub
sidiary necessitaties such as cheap
power, coking coal and lime make
such an operation feasible," Nixon
added.
PORTLAND, Ore., April 22-UP)
Bonneville Power Administrator
Paul J. Raver said Tuesday he
held repeated conferences with
Henry J. Kaiser and associates
relative to northwest mineral de
velopment with Bonneville pow
er.
Kaiser said in Washington
Tuesday he hoped to establish an
integrated high-grade iron and
steel industry using Columbia
river power.
Asks $75,000 in
Husband's Death
PORTLAND, Ore., April 22-P)
Mrs. Josie Ray, whose husband,
Harry G. Ray, was kded in a
blast which destroyed the R. N.
Chipman company chemical plant
here March 25 filed suit for $75,
000 damages in federal court
Ray was the only person killed
in the explosion which injured a
dozen workers. The plant had been
in operation only a few days.
Northwest Editor Dies
PORTLAND, Ore, April 22-JP)
Funeral services for Lionel Rob
ert Swayze, retired editor will be
held here Thursday. He died Mon
day. After newspaper work in
New York and Bellingham, - he
joined the old Portland Telegram
and later was dramatic and book
page editor of the Oregon Journal.
He retired several years ago. Sur
vivors include his widow and three
daughters.
nUGGIIJS and niSOIliillCS!
in Salen and In Marshfleld, ihoswands of client tntnk of -UUGGINS
when they think of INSCUANCE.
'.'',.hT ballt oer'.boslAese otb foaadatlon of gtriag the
s " f- 7 - best tmsHravee and oervice at the lowest coats. '
I INSURANCE SPfXlALISTS , -f. '
IX' t LOWEST KSURANCK". RATES
. J'Oregons Largest Upstate Agency'
- Salem 129 N. Commerdcd Phone) 4S83 :
Marshlieldj-. 20 S. Broadway Pbxawi ,'lC3,
Trouble
In ne las
a
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adapt yourself te all els net ef
society.: You are well liked by
every one.
That. was pretty good only the
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m "J'T
uu w uv. i-Ji
t.in tv.. i.w
Out popped another ticket
There was the purple arrow
pointing to our weight, only PORTLAND, Ore, April 22-fp) TTVvso TlVicf
there'd been some changes made. J -The CIO International Wood- -- OtXTXsi XXCISlv
one second. Anyway the arrow
ticket over. It said
-YOU are Inclined to be
psychic and ' usually desire te
foretell what is going on around
and about you.
That ticket must have been
meant for somebody else, be
cause if we had been able to
foretell what was going to hap
pen we would have turned our
back on Wool worth's and walked
right up the street
So we, old moneybags that we
are. out in another nennev; Out
rolled another ticket It said:
"YOU are susceptible to the '
flattery and opinions of oth
ers. You love to be well
thourht of." -
That's where our tongue slip
ped. That's where they almost
gave their game away, but we,
our skull cluttered with cobwebs J
as it is, failed to recognize the I
smisier laugn oemnu uiai uuiu-
.. 1 l 1 X.S XI A. 1 I
cent ten point xype. we jusx xepi
tery of the f. w. Wooiworth 1
a r t 1 a. '- xi .M a
company.
We looked at the ; other or
w .r V ; j
weight side and were ; surprised
5 1' ain
to 154 pounds.
Figuring that two out of three I
aa i a x .
but might not be a reliable sta-1
tistic when tossing scales we
threw In another penny! from our
rapidly depleting supply.
Out came the ticket and we
snatched it up avidly. ; We were
on the upgrade again. The arrow
pointed to 158 pounds. !
We turned to the i other or
flattery side. It said:
"YOU are blessed with in
vestment ability. People seek
your advice. -Be guarded against
hasty decisions.
So, counting on our Investment
ability to carry us through, we
made a hasty decision. "After
all," we said to ourself, "what
have we got ,to lose or gain but
five or ten pounds." We poked
in another penny.
The mechanism inside, whirred.
ground and grunted. No ticket
came out We shook the machine.
No ticket We leaned down and
looked into the little hole the
ticket is supposed to : come out
of. It wasn't there.
"Fluke, we thought; and put
in another penny. This time the
mechanism whirred and . ground,
but wouldn't grunt No tickee.
We dont know whether we
suddenly got so heavy the scales
couldn't handle us or whether it
just ran out of big numbers. Any
way we figure the F, ;W. Wool
worth company owes us . two
cents or . its equivalent f in pounds.
(we'll take sterling. If its all the
same to you, Babs). h i
INSURANCH
Coal Producers
Agree to Parley
To Resume Meetings
Following Roosevelt's
Plea to x Open , Alines I
(Continued From Page 1)
company, denied , the company i
had refused to bargain. "
PORTLAND, Ore.. April 22
(ffJ-The AFL threatened poe
sible suspension Taesday ef
shipyard workers who indicate :
-'interest in a CIO organizing
campaign here, " -
The building trades' and metal
trades councils said a proposal
te suspend the workmen had
'been V forwarded ' fe national
headauarters for approval.
SAN DIEGO, ' Calif April 22 -
ltfj-A general strike or w,ooo
construction workers engaged In
national defense projects in the I as against that derived from in
San Diego area .was threatened vestments, would be continued for
mmm . . .a I
Auesoay nigm Dy ine AHL red-
eraiea xraaes ana Labor Council
unless - demands zor wage in -
creases were met
PORTLAND, April 22-MPV-A
A A a a
test case to aeiennine wneuier
logging camp ; cookhouse workers
are entitled to overtime pay was
taken under advisement by Fed
eral Judge James A. Fee here
Tuesday.
TACOMA, April 22-ff)-W age
negotiations between Oregon and
Washington sawmill operators and
AFL union representatives were
apparently deadlocked here Tues-
uauigxib uy we uai rezusai oil
operator's representatives to meet taxes would greatly Increase the
thej cent aa hew raise demand income tax bill of banks and ln
of the unions. . surance companies which are
. Iff" , ' aemoc WM "
uevuuuu ia move ue conferences
to Seattle Wednesday mornin
I m. m
w?r men two ' -
lT!r JS1- "f" wm
i juesi wiw x euerai juaoor commit-
I t..i t 14 x
to iron out differences.'
Ing rights in an election at the
Wilson company, Thomas J. Smi
rj.r.
investigator, said Tuesday.
Grocers Start
Cigarette Tax
Petition Plan
.. PORTLAND, April 22 ft-The
State Retail Grocers association
mailed cigarette tax referendum
petitions to grocers,-druggists and
tobacco dealers throughout Ore-
gon Tuesday.
G. J. McPherson, association
secretary, said the petitions would
be displayed on store counters
until the required 15,885 signatures
are obtained. -
The tax would impose a 2 -cent
. narV lew on cigarette. Th ex
netted 11.000.000 revenue would be
used largely for old-age assistance
r ' '
Grange Play Delayed
"The Old Maids Convention,"
I play to have been given Thurs-
day night at the West Salem
Gng7Dy "e iemd FeUow.
lodgef hai been postponed due to
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10 ii siuci maiii va uw veeu ecuu
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but it's a great orchestra nevertheless
Even a great orchestra, w21 make sf
moaical mistake pne j 0wkiU. And
i of dexenUw4ubidizif beerVetailers in
Oregon ...yooll come across one or
- two who operate disreputable estab
; lishments v
; These ''black sheep" retailers coo-.,
sititate n tiny cainornyI! Yet thejr tend
to drac down the good name of beer.
" i- By stroosing public indignation, such
J.gttndnlrfttjSi retailerp endanjer year
- right to enjoy good been They alsoen-
BEER.i.a bevemge 6f moderation
System of Greatly Increased
Taxes Disclosed in Program
Outlined by US TreaSUTV
J J
Effective Levy of 16.5 on Lowest Tax
Brackets Seen; Summary Tells Plan .
to Raise Needed Defense Revenue
(Continued From Page 1)
and the first surtax bracket from
$4000 to $8000 of taxable income
is only 4 per cent plus the super
tax. Taxable income is Income re
maining after deduction of con
tributions to church and charity.
tax and interest payments and the
fixed exemption of $8Q0 for sin-,
gle person, $2000 for married
persons and $400 for each depen
dent
These exemptions would contin-
1 ue as at present, under the depart-
ment's outline. The present 10
ner cent credit for income earned.
purposes of the normal tax but
I would not anniv to th mrtaxM.
1 Tn AAitirm n h nin
for individuals, the treasury would
i add to the nrMPn t 24 nr rnt nnr-
I . r ww
surtax.
In the ease ef both Individuals
and corporations, the treasury
was reported to have explained
te the house ways and means
committee in closed session that
higher surtaxes instead of nor
mal taxes were proposed be
cause surtaxes apply te the in
come from partially exempt
federal securities while the nor
mal taxes, de net , .
It was aafd that th nw iir.
heavy owners of federal bonds.
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i i v-
I VaA SW UIVACSWCU lUUSk ill U1C
lowest and middle brackets and
would remain the same as at pre.
I on (nnvmM f S7SA OOA nH
eni 00 incomes oi S700,ooo ana
more. The highest rate would con-
I .InfiQ Sfjfllf"a
night attended the first In a series
of six .''tourist host" Instruction
meetings to hear a lecture on
Oregon by Frank Branch Riley.
Riley mentioned the still pres
ent idea among many easterners
that the west is a country of In
dians and cowboys.
He was introduced by Don
Black, president , of the junior
wwnoer or commerce.
W Virgil Esteb, chamber publicity
I chairman, said Harold B. Say, di
rector of travel information - for
the : state highway department
will be the speaker next Tuesday
night .
;es
Cleaning Days
SLLVERTON Spring house
cleaning will get underway the
first of May at Silverton and will
last for 18 days.
Mayor Reber Allen has auth-
onzea !ireei commissioner jwis
Yates to work otit schedule
whereby the entire town will be
rnvr1 and the imtm- 1m nrvlncr
iT, .hwT. iin 7h. 1
' " r-
' gram,
Facts That ConccrhT&u
SOUR NOTE . . .
danger the benefiu to the public that
beer has made rxjeaible. '
, For example,' tn Oregon beer has cre
ated 13,233 new jobs with an annual
payroll of $11,541,550 and paid
- $617,Q20iSo in taxes last year. '
, The brewing industry wants "black
sheep" mailers eliminated entirely. Yom
can help ns by patronizing only the
reputable, legal places where beer Is
sola. And by reporting irregularities to
the duly constituted law eriforcement .
authorfbea..1 V
i tr
tinue to be 73 per cent (plus the
supertax) in Incomes of more than
$5,000,000.
New and increased excise
taxes, exclusive ef those en to
bacco and liquor, were estunat
edte yield 2842,600,009. Higher
taxes en tobacco would produce
$20001,000 and Increases In the
liquor levies $192,200,000. Boost
ed estate and gift taxes would
produce $353,000,000, it was
. forecast"' : ,
President Roosevelt said at his
press conference that he thought
the nation was well able to absorb
an added $3,600,000,000 of taxes.
He said he thought people were
wiuing to Duy a mue Diwess ana
pay a little bit more for the sake
of the defense and future of the
nation.' - ; " ' '
In addition to" thumping 1 in
creases in surtaxes on Individual
incomes, it was learned Tuesday
the treasury i has proposed a long
list of "luxury: taxes, such' as a
five, per cent levy :ttt' telephone
bills, to help raise the projected
$3,600,000,000 of new revenue.
Both tobacco and liquor taxes
would be sharply increased, the
levy en cigarettes' being raised
from $3.28 to $f per 1009 and
the rates en cigars, tobacco and 1
snuff being doubled. Increases
from $2 te $4 per gallon were
proposed for distilled spirits and
from $8 te $7 a barrel for fer- ,
mented malt liquors. The rates
on wines, cordials and liquors
would be increased 18 Y per
cent
Other excise taxes proposed:
Gasoline, 2 cents a gallon in
stead of 1 cents, soft drinks,
one cent a bottle and equivalents;
automobile parts and accessories.
double rates; two cents on all
checks; tax on admission tickets
costing more than 9 cents (the
present admission tax applies
onlr tn tickets-rnctlnir mnra than
20 cents); tax of 10 per cent of
retail sale price on all' jewelry;
tires and tubes, tax of 9 and 9
cents per pound,' instead of 2H
and 4 cents; : lower exemptions
and increased .rates on .telephone,
telegraph, cable messages. il
Also: ,. i
Telephone bUls, five per cerit
per cent of fare: candy and chew
ing: gum, fiv 'per cent;-furs, jlO
per cent of retail sale price;, pho
tographic apparatus, 10 per cet;
toilet goods, revised tax basis;
clocks, watches, etc., 10 per cent;
club dues, initiation fees, .lower
exemptions and redefined base;
mechanical refrigerators, increase
from 5V4 to 10 per cent; matches,
two cents per 1000; cabarets,
changed . base and new occupa- -
tional tax; sporting goods, 10 per
cent; radio sets and parts, increase
from 5 to 10 per cent M
Musical instruments, 10 ner
cent; bowling alleys, 815 per al
ley, billiard or pool table; trunks.
suitcases and other luggage, 30
per cent; playing cards, increase
from 11 to 15 cents; safe deposit
boxes, increase from 11 to 20 per
cent; phonographs and phono-;
graph records, 10 per cent ;
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