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i From First Statesman, March 28, 1851
THE STATESSIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY!
' CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher I
Member of the Associated Press
The Associated Press fs exclusively entitled to the usa fee publication 'of aL
news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper.
June 15th i Here's Your Bonus
Today is June 15, and holders of bonds issued
In exchange "for adjusted compensation certifi
cates following th last war can get their
money. The bonds are due, can be deposited
at any postoffice or sent to a federal reserve
bank for collection.
It's good to get these bonds paid off (even
If the treasury does it by reborrowing) because
now we have another war and congressmen
are already talking about another bonus. The
battle over the last one was long and bitter.
A precedent was set which will be pointed
to as warrant . for "a new bonus; and the pro
posals now being made are for a bonus bigger
and better than ttfat paid , to veterans of the
first world war.
Not many bonds will be cashed today for
the good reason that most of the vets followed
Omar's advice to "take the cash and let the
credit ge." Within two years after congress
Plight of Restaurant!
From Portland ; comes wjjrd "that restaurants ,
there may be forced to clo$e for lack of food
Stuffs to serve. patrons. One dining place has
already suspended operations. No such reports
are heard concerning local restaurants, though
it is noted that menus, become less varied and.
items like pie less frequently offered. - j '
. The real pinch here will come when Camp
Adair is reactivated. This Will mean that hun
dreds of men wilt come tol Salem every week
and when they do they Jtill want food, and
drink. How the eating places can take on this
load. in addition to their vilian patronage! Is
what is worrying their proprietors. ' ' j 1
There is one partial answer and that is for
people with homes and ration books to do
their own cooking and refy less on eating jat
public restaurants. It is jvery easy now for
families to "dinef out." Fd once they are iin
the money and can afford the indulgence.
will be little -place
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ban, and OPA has
passed the bill authorizing cashing of the bonus Then a few dinners at outside dining rooms
bonds, which was back in 1936, 82 per cent conserves their own suppjjr of tation points,
especially on meats. As thfj food supply grows
tighter restaurants will beess able to provide
for these guests. If the soldier load increases
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as is anticipated men merest
for "home folks at restaurants.
There may not be a real
frowned on the suggestifti that patrons be
charged ration points for the meals they buy
but there might well be aj publicity campaign,
to encourage home folk tjj stay at home and
eat at home, permitting thi restaurant keepers
to serve service men, transients end those who
have no place for home choking. If the food
situation at restaurants gfows much tighter
the thrill of dining out will be lacking, along
with the food. iff
of the $1,847,488,400 total were cashed.
, This closing of the books on the bonds opens
memories of the bonus battle which raged for
nearly 20 years after the other war; Every
president from Harding to Roosevelt vetoed
a bonus bill, but three times pro-bonus forces
In congress were able to repass their bills
over presidential vetoes. ;
In this war soldiers and sailors draw better
pay, have more adequate allowance for de
pendents and receive much more as discharge
pay (around $300 as compared with $60 be
fore). But the country , expects a renewal of
demand for a bonus, though 'opinion among
bonus-sponsors has not' coagulated on the im
portant points of how much and when. And
we may expect agitation to start for extension
of pensions to veterans of the first world war
(widows are now
as we well . know, are not over when the
hooting stops.
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50 Salem Cars
Clu
Poor Brakes
Of the 240 cars checked In Sa
lem during the nation-wide brake
check program, 50 were found to
have Inadequate brakes, Chief of
Police Frank A. MInto said
Thrusday. The program was con
ducted between April 'IS and
June 1.
The nation-wide brake empha
sis program was sponsored by the
International association of Chiefs
of Police for the purpose of call
ing the driving public's attention
to the' importance of periodic
checks of brakes in the interest
of accident prevention and vehi
cle conservation. . r .
The program in Oregon was
headed by Chief Harry M. Nilet,
of Portland, 'as state coordinator,
with the safety, division of the of
fice of Robert S. Farrell, secre
tary of state, acting as field rep
resentative. Police departments in Oregon
cities checked a total of nearly
8000 private passenger cars dur
ing the campaign and of this
number, 14 per cent were found
with inadequate brakes. In most
cases, police checked only brakes
on private passenger cars stop
ped during routine traffic en-
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Arabian Nights
?rans of the first world war . , .r J!
eligible for pensions). Wars, Congressional Vacations
The Literary
Guidepost
By W. O. Rogers
Elliott's Loan
This loan of $200,000 from John Hartford,
president of the Great A Sc P food chain, to
Elliott Roosevelt has a queer look to it. .What
other young man of 29, without a record of
business success, could tap one of the wealthiest
men in America for a venture in radio, a busi
ness neither knew anything about? It is diffi
cult to get out of one's mind the thought that
the deal was not a straight business deal.
The natural assumption is that Elliott was
trading on the prestige of his father's name
and office, and there may be a suspicion that
Hartford either felt he was "stuck" for the
The idea has been advanced that congress
should fix for itself, definite -vacation periods.
It seems quite sensible, feoth members and
country need a time of rest and relaxation from
law-making. With set periods established all
parties concerned would know what to count
On. Rarely is the situation!! so urgent that the
vacation would need to be cancelled. ' ;
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And the periods ought to be long enough! to
reiix MKNDEL8SOHN: LET
TERS," 4U4 ky j G. Scidea-Gotft
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'VMifiO'Z Mak1 Long ournT
r,- ' Back to Home Land
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No collecuri ' j of Mendels-J
sohnjs letters of j a size- com-1
parable to this has been pub-;
lished in English,; the editor!
says,) for more than 80 years.)
There's one good, reason: they;
are dull letters, lacking, as does;
most; of Mendelssohn's music, I
let members do much of their gadding 'about intensity and vigor,
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on alleged public business; , Junkets, some !of
them necessary, could be scheduled for such
times; and the rest of the time members would
be expected to be on the job in Washington.
Formerly in halcyon pays of peace - and
prosperity congress did hotj meet in the sum
mer, and on odd-numbered years often did
amount or thought it mieht be Drofitable from mee between March 14 and December 1
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in laier years, especially uunng me war, lis
sessions ihave been prett1 much continuous.
Republicans felt they shoujji meet all the time
in order to "watch Roof? velt." Others felt
the burden of war business. Even so, August
family by no means is impecunious, it would vacations could have beenftaken without per-
eem that "family pride would demand that eeptible injury to the country. . j
Hartford be paid in full. Or was grandmother The strain of diligent service in Washington
R. reluctant to finance Elliott's adventures in takes its toll, as many untimely deaths haVe
the business world? And it seems evident that proved. Congressmen should be given regular
a political standpoint
Another interesting fact of the story is that
it was Jesse Jones who on behalf of the Roose
velt family got Hartford to compromise the
debt for a paltry $4000. Since the Roosevelt
On the other hand, these let-
ters constitute a valuable rec-i
ord for music students, and they:
interest me most, as perhaps
they will you, by showing a man
of an uncommonly sweet and
gentle nature, as pure in deed
as hi thought, a I filial paragon
who at 25 asked his lather's per-1
mission to have a horse and at
27, bis mother's permission to;
have a wife.
like great performers, great;'
composers have the reputation!
of being tempestuous, primitive;
characters behaving,, or misbe
having in general as if family!:
ties and moral j codes were f
something to break. f
Mendelssohn by comparison f
the family sent the right person to get a dis- vacations and regular recess periods ; at such was an angel. Perhaps his un-j
a tni:. il- jai ri - j T T a: f : -i. i iLi it li . : i i J t.
count on Elliott's debt tight-fisted Jesse Jones.
That bit of personal service, however, did not
save the official head of the secretary of com
merce when the fourth term was being launch
ed. .
Son Jimmie, it is recalled, got quickly into
profitable insurance business in the early
days of the FDR administration, which drew
him a panning. Son Elliott adds financial em
barrassment to his tarnished marital record.
Some might call them the black sheep of the
family, but in the present item of news it was
Mr. Hartford who got shorn.
times as Christmas and Easter.
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Colonel Klaberer of B-29 fame says if the
Japanese are not convinced! oil the uselessness
of the war within three! j months, "we will
have to put them throughfiour
That is, if there are any Japs
or grind, after three months;
B-29s. f;
meat grinder."
left to convince
of visits from
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blemished character was due to
the happy circumstances of be-f
ing born into a family of means!
and of winning as a child pro-j
digy i a success which did not
forsake him until his death in
1847.1 He was fabulously popu-1
lar in England, and held im-
By ;Doa Whitehead
(Substituting for Kenneth I
j Dixon)
PARIS-P)-There have been
few spectacles in this war like
the march of Polish women freed
from slave labor by the Russians
and going back to their homes.
Down the road between Dahme
and Luckau, Germany, they
marched by thousands, pushing
carts piled high with bedding,
clothes and food. Baby carriages
and wagons were burdened with
their bundles.
There were no men with them.
Neither did I see a single chair.-
There Were only women,
trudging the long road home.
My interpreters Cpl. Ernest
Stern of New York, and his.
browp haired Polish sweetheart,
Maria and I watched them
wending their way down the
dusty road. ' , ;
"Unless ji can keep her with
me," Stern said, "Maria will be
walking east like those women
and perhaps we will never see
each otherj again."
Maria narrowly had avoided
being placed in concentration
camps with other Polish wom
en. She -wanted to stay with
Ernest as .long as possible and
get to the' United States if she
could. She looked a little fright
ened as she watched the march-
To clean an egg beater, a kitcheneer advises,
give it a few turns in cold water, then in hot
water, then in the air. It might be a good
idea to rinse down the walls and ceilings
after that.
Interpreting
The War News
By KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War Analyst
Mfr i
portant musical posts in several t lng women.
German cities. His Elijah ora-; With bright colored kerchiefs
torioj Fingal's Cave overture on their -heads, the women made
and Scotch and Italian sympho-f a bobbing, curling column that
Congratulations, to Medford -which voted
$73,000 for parks.
Editorial Comment
THKT ARE GOOD FIQHTCslS
Most Americans welcome the news of China's
resurgence and such views are based in part upon
sympathy for the Chinese and partly on the belief
that our own losses will be lightened if the
Chinese ' can fight effectively against the Japanese
armies on the mainland. If they can do that
perhaps they can help too when the time comes career. In the light of latli Patton exploits 'ai
for direct invasion of Japan. ' commander of the famous Third army the sound-
we are iignimg in tne racinc because we
General Pat ton's reaction to the disclosure that
he is to return to Europe and not be sent immedi
ately to fulfill his expressed desire "to fight the
Japs" can only be conjectured but his disappoint
ment if any must be tempered by two circum
stances. ." ; ; f . I ; -.'")
For one thing, Patton is above all the outstand
ing allied exponent of .tan warfare, blitzkreig
fashion. He out-blitzed the tjazi inventors of that
form of battle every time hij met them in North
Africa, in Sicily, in Normandy, across France
and in Germany .;V fl ' " ' i
It was that already provehj quality which made
General Eisenhower retain Pijtton after the soldier-
slapping incident that so nearly wrecked his army
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nies are irequenuy neara xoaay. :
These letters are to his sister
Fanny, to "dear Father," tot
Your Excellency" his friend.
Goethe, to the composer and
pianist- Ignatz . Moscheles, -and'
others. They are j full of kisses, !
embraces, esteem, respect, and;
never 'a word of anger or spite.
or passion.
stretched for miles. They were
marching 150 kilometers (93
miles) to a railroad where they
would be' given transportation
back to Poland.
At Luckau, we met Col. Ivan
L. Yriev, president of Soviet
Movie Producers association. The
colonel wrote and produced the
Russian documentary film, "The
This least a critic ought to do, Partisansi and - is a four-time
X suppose, is to pay him back in winner of the Stalin prize,
his own coin. The publisher has At lunch, this- brown haired
included some photographs and; Russian officer with the sensi-
reproductions of; paintings, as j tive mouth said he prayed this
well as some skeches by thej would be the last war.
composer, and done It all up in . "Neither! America nor Russia
an exceptionally neat package. . needed this war," he said. "We
both hay so much we didn't
have to fight a, war to get any-:
; thing we wanted.
"Those Germans are afraid to
be captured by the Russians be
cause they know what horrible
things they have done to our
people and they think we will'
take revenge. But the army as a
whole does not want revenge.
"The Germans feel they have
nothing to fear from Americans -because
(they have not touched .
America, destrcyed your homes
and killed your families. But
they know wha they did in Rus-
sia," the colonel said. i t
He shook his head and said,
"It's difficult to see why the
Germans wanted war when they
had so much but they became ;
so greedy they wanted every-
thing in the world and now they '
have nothing." 1
We drove back ! down roads
lined - with liberated thousands !
and with Russian convoys mov
ing toward Berlin. In ; towns
where the red banner flew, worn- i
en military police directed traf- !
Cc with red and .yellow pen-;
nants j red for stop and yellow ;
for go. As soon as we showed
American credentials we were
waved on with a smile and a
salute.
Maria; grew quieter, as we ;
neared the Elbe river for she
was fearful the 'Russians would
not permit her to pass. But
none challenged us and we
drove back into American lines. 1
Giggling with excitement, Maria 1
threw her . arms around Ernest
and gave him a kiss. .
I took them to first army!
headquarters and ! Ernest put -his
. arm around her and they
walked into the office .of the
chaplain. !
A few days later; Ernest came
to see me. "Thanks for every
thing you did for us," he said. '
"Maria's working with the
main gate to public .ownership
is open? This is a question
which can safely ; be deferred
until, after the war, but will
come up then for public discus
sion and decision. Meantime it
is a mistake to encourage du
plication of plant which piles
up the investment the public
would need to take over If it
voted for public ownership.
The. only argument advanced
in behalf of Salem Electric is
that its rates are lower than for
PGE. That may be. Having no
investment in generating facili
ties or transmission lines and
distributing electric, energy in a
thickly settled district and en
joying a certain degree of tax
advantage Salem Electric ought
to be able to furnish electricity
at a lower rate than the big
utility which takes i care of the
lean areas as well as the fat,
has three transmission lines
feeding into the area and main
tains standby steam plants . to
supplement its hydro plants.
'Users of electricity "'should
realize that cost of raw energy
is only part of the necessary
cost of operating a utility such
as people now demand. Conti
nuity of service through provi
sion of alternate sources of
energy, through repair and
maintenance crews ready to
work day or night when service
is interrupted. PGE provides all
this and the investment and
payroll Involved must be taken
care of in the rate structure.
. There certainly can be no
criticism of the quality of ser
vice rendered by PGE. Its rates
are among the lowest of any
private utility in the country. It
pays substantial sums in .taxes,
is a "good citizen" when it
comes to supporting local ; acti
vities. It merits fair treatment
at the hands of this commun
ity, and that is not given if an
other -outfit is. permitted to tap
1 the heart of its local operations.
Salem should maintain the sta
tus quo and reject the limited
franchise sought by Salem Elec
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Americans as an interpreter and
I'm interpreting in a camp near
here. As soon as permission
comes through, well- be mar
ried. Thanks for everything."
The Safety Valve
LJETTEJtS FKOaf ! STATESMAN KEADEKS
GRIN AND BEAR IT
By Lichly
were attacked at Pearl Harbor but this war
actually! started when the Japs invaded Manchuria.
Later they invaded China proper and occupied
all of the coastal country. It therefore" seems
'highly proper for us to give China all possible
aid. It is their war even more than it is our
war, China was invaded; our mainland was never
invaded. : - ; -.. .
How much the Chinese can do is a subject
about which laymen know but little. Maybe they
can do "considerable if they are prperly organized
ness of Eisenhower's judgment cannot be ques-
uonea. ne very .voices m congress and elsewhere
at home that once howled fo Patton's scalp since
have been even louder in f extolling his genius .
for swift and daring action! in the field. j '
The other circumstance has to do with the
nature of the war across the Pacific at this stage.
At no time since Pearl Harbor has it presented
opportunities for the type ofKtank action in which
Patton is a specialist It has been an island by
island advance in the Pacifijj from the start. Not
even on Leyte or Luzon, and certainly on no other
and-we can give them armored support as well island yet , taken, have battle conditions, enemy
as air support. China has. abundant manpower tactics and terrain combipedjto offer chances for
and the Chinese . are good fighters.
There '. has -been a tendency to place little faith
In China's military prowess .but the same thing
was true of Russia ' when the German invasion
of that country ; began. Most military experts
thought- the inazis would have an easy triumph
and for a time it looked like their forecasts would
come true. But Russia survived and emerged vic
torious. They received a lot of much needed equip
ment from America but the Russians themselves
were always capable of directing their armies.
- China is a quite different story yetthe Chinese
fought well in Burma and they seent to be driving
the Japs 'out of south ?hina. If . we- can provide
the , air power to spearhead their attacks they
may Jae able to do plenty. ' '
We can defeat. Japan regardless of what the
Chinese or the Russians do but if we go It alone
decisive tank warfare of the;sort at which Patton s
and his men excelled. -; f j - " f J ,f
Whether there ever will come opportunities for
full scale battles 6m maneuver against the Japa-1
jiese is at least questionable. A glance at any
detailed may , ol the Japanese home islands or ( of
China must convince any f observer that when
full scale Invasion of eithejr comes, it will be
under conditions Utterly different from those en
countered in Italy, France H Germany, i The road
networks of continental Europe that facilitated
allied operations are distinctly lacking in Japan
and China. - . . I U-
Throughout ? General MacArthurs campaigns
from New, Guinea, to LuzonJ'and now. on Borneo,
his tank dementi have been restricted almost
wholly to an infantry support role of terrain.; It
has been slow and largely foot-slogging work every
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we will have heavier casualties. It will be better step of the -way.J There has been little chance
fnr rhina'a future and Chinese prestige if they for strategic or tactical maneuvering and employ-
pVy a major role in tfxjir own liberation.---Pendle--.inent of armor in division t strength even-if it-"Wl4"sr-wrong wilh sayhtz: when Is the .JX?Z,?XX1 iCtow-goana. be,
tos East Oregonian. r was available. . ; - r readyt Tap said to be. a goed soldier jaw; he is, didn't her,
Criticises Cheseamaa Act :
; To the Editor: 1 : -.
The notorious Chessman sen- '
ate bill j 61 enacted at the last
legislature is a glaring example :
of. the corrupting : influence of
private power companies in ev- ,
ery department of our govern
ment, particularly the legislative, '
all over our nation. In city coun
cils, state legislatures and the
congress; powerful j private : pow
er interests are constantly work
ing with devious and circuitous
methods1 to induce; those legisla
tive bodies to pass special inter
est ordinances and; acts designed
to interfere with and stymie
public agencies who .try to pro-:
mote the general welfare. ;
The Chessman j law requires '
rural communities to go through
all the trouble arid expense of
holding an election before they
can get electric service extend- ;
ed to them from publicly owned
electric agencies, while the priv
ately owned power companies 1
are only required to ask, the
county court for a permit to ex- ;
tend their lines into rural com- ;
munities. Since the Chessman
law went . into effect several :
weeks ago, we have seen several ;
news items in our local papers i
where' the private power com- ;
. pa nies have asked and been giv- ;
- en permits to extend their power
,. lines to rural communities.
The Salem Electric Coopera- '
tive, Bonneville, is made up of :
local public spirited citizens anx- ;
,,ious to aid constructive free,env
.terprisfe business to the end that .
' our community will thrive and
prosper. Let us support the Sa
. lem Electric in the election of
June 22. - '
R. A. Mohney, sr.
1513 Bellevue.
Warns Arainst DvpUcatiosi ;
To the Editor: ; ! n
Salem again calls for a show
' lng of hands on two very im
portant issues. It is unfortun
ate that when citizens exercise
their priceless voting privilege
(when thy take the trouble to
vote) all too frequently the "X
YES" or "X NO" is influenced
by some old time personal prejudice.-
"",!'"
The measures ' presented on
Friday, June 22, should be con
sidered strictly on the effect for
long y range, forward looking,
community prosperity.
Proposed new . electric fran
chise interests me 1 particularly
since I have observed how regu
lated " distribution helps v indus
trial expansion. It has proved
to be the very .best plan In my
long experience, here and else-
where. ;. j-- . j : -? . :. i : I
A vote that would ' upset our
p resent electric distribution sys
tem through complications intro
duced by any duplicating service
could not possibly add anything
to community -prosperity..; The
long range - forward looking
view, 'based on every consider
ation , of local ,; self-interesV- in
the years just ahead shows call
for a NO vote on the 30-block
power franchise. 4 v i
William H, Crawford
forcement activities,.. though la
some instances special brake
check stops were made.
Chief Mintd said J traffic en-'
forcement officials In the nation
hoped the campaign. 'would serve)
to make people brake-conscious.!
"Brakes' are; one item of jnotor
vehicular equipment that may get
out of order ai cars grow older,"
the chief said.' "Without good
brakes," accidents are almost inev
itable. We hope all motorists will
make sure their own automotive
equipment is in good order at ail
times."
Alumini Held
j .,
As Valuable
For Reserve
"Even though 4he deposits ol
alumini in the northwest are- not
developed at this time for com
merce, we may rest assured that
it is a valuable reserve for any
future emergency F. W. Libbey,
director of the state department
of geology, told members of the
Salem Lions, club at their noon
day meeting Thursday In Hotel
Afarion. The speaker was intro
duced by Gov. Earl Snell.
"Our explorations disclose large
deposits of bauxite fh the coun
ties in the northwest," the speak
er said, "and in Washington coun
ty we proved up about 75 acres
by extensive drilling and have es
timated a deposit of about 2,000,
000 long tons of bauxite. Experi
ence has shown that large depos
its of low gnjde material is of
more value than small deposits of
high grade. L
. "These deposits have been form
ing over the past several million
years. We have found some high
grade alumini in the Eola hills
and in the Salem hills. This runs
as high as 50 to 60 per cent. The
deposit in the ) Salem hills is in
atswtulA nrm orSrl urA rarrnt Act)..
mate - quantity there by drilling
but must do some digging.
We know that the low grade in
the area of the high grade is not
as extensive as In the counties
where we have discovered only
low grade. However, the low
grade in Marion county is about
six feet in depth while in many
areas it is 12 ffeet in depth. It
is possible that the high grade
alumini in this area may not be
converted to ordinary uses but
may be used for special purposes.
The oil industry has great need
for this substance for use in fil
tering. It also has great refrac
tory attributes, J
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Closing Program
Of Bible
Be Held
The Union Daily Vacation Bible
school r will " close its" 10 day ses
sion tonight with ; a ; special pro
gram in the First ' Presbyterian
church at 7:30 j p. m. The school
has had 858 pupils enrolled with
an average daily attendance of
606. Mrs. Irving . Fox has been
superintendent bf the five schools
which will be combine for the
closing program.
Handiwork of. the pupils will
be displayed iri the social rooms
of the church and a reception for
parents and friends of the pupils
will be held. Diplomas for the
pupils will be given out Sunday
by the pastors j of the church to
which each pupil belongs.
The program1 will - include sa
lutes to the flag, group singing,
numbers by rhythm band and
scripture drill, and talks. The Rev.
Chester Hamblin, member of the
committee of the ministerial as
sociation' sponsoring the bible
school will make a brief talk and
the Rev. Irving? A. Fox. chairman
of the committee, will give the
benediction, i I
School to
Tonight
Sign on Restaurant
Gives All Answers
GRESHAM, June lS-P)-Hun-gry
diners had the answers today
to all questions jabout a restaurant
that closed its doors.
A door sign ?says:
"No red points.
"No meat . 1
"No help.
"Closed unta! further notice."
Stevens Diamond
S Duunesd Eagagement Rlnrs
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Wider 1 Variety
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Richer Design
Better! Quality
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Greater Value -
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239 Coert Streets. LV