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Columbia Going Dry;?.
Water Flow Survey
Shows Steady Drop
' PORTLAND, Ore., April 2Z-(F)A spectacular decrease In the
Columbia river flow for the past 80 years suggested to scientists
today that the mighty "river of the west" could be running dry.!
C. C. McDonald, Tacoma, Wash., district engineer for the U. S.
Geological Survey, told the northwest meeting of the American Geo
UCDQDDCB
, The primrose, in truth, is ra
. tner badly maligned.. Whence
came its bad reputation? Why
should the road to damnation be
railed the -primrose path"? The
bie red poppy is the real sea; let
woman of the garaen, not uc
primrose which is described as
the1 "flower .of youth and inno
cence." .. 1 . '-
Maybe Shakespeare is to Elaine
for in Hamlet one;.oi nis cnar
B-tr srolcls "ungracious pastors'
who saow me -the steep and
thon way to heaven" though
himself liSre a "reckless libertine
th prim.ose nath of dalliance
treads." la Macbeth Shakespeare
again releis to "the primrose way
in the everlasting bonfine." 1
doubt though if Shakespeare
inl the term: "primrose pain
may have been current Idiom long
before he wrote he merely
gave it a niche in literature. At
any rale the primrose is by the
cement of long usage nrnuy v
Larhed fc. the patbrof pleasure,
lhj wek known . terminus
mskM Mdate heads to shake.
In a way though Wordsworth
did no better by the primrose.
Vamiitar are his lines:
-A tirimrose by a river's brim
A yellow primrose was to him.
And it was nothing more.
KTntfcin hit t nrimrose. not
AnmnrH in 3tii9 s man in his stride.
It possesses neither the scent of
the rose nor the tall dignity of
K. tiiiin lust a "brimrose, no
thing mat - Between the poets
h nriraroso. k&s suffered.
Perhaps the wrong conno'ation
deriving frcm'its name adds to
Its discredit People may - think
that "primrose" derives from
wi and "rose.' "Prim" they
understand tj mean, neat, trim,
la- a way old-maidish. But that
in't the root lor the nrsx syi
um f "-nrimrose." It derives
f rem "Drirr.t" meaning "first'
Some trace the word bac to the
Latin "pnmaro$a , first rose; ana
ethers t oia rrencn -the
diTirutive i
(Continued on Editorial rage?
Income Tax
Probe Started
In Counties
The state lax commission is In
vestigating In Marion and Polk
counties to determine if state in
come taxes were filed correctly
th oast three years.
Warranty deeds also are being
checked in Multnomah county in
the probe of some 200.000 sales
of farms, homes, timber tracts ana
businesses, tax officials stated
Wednesday. "
Possibility that Oregon " may
realize up to a million dollars in
as yet unpaid taxes was foreseen
bv Tax Commissioner Earl Fisher,
who said this is the first time
such a tax investigation has been
made. All Oregon counties will
be covered. " .,,
"We already have discovered,'
Fisher declared, "that a large
- number of persons who derived
from tO to 100 per cent profit on
realty and timber 'sales failed to
file a tate tax return on such
crofits
Approximately 6000 notices also
re being sent out by the tax com
mission directing delinquent in
come taxpayers to appear at the
Salem and Portland offices.
Animal Crachcrs
By WARREN GOODRICH
He must be an Indian all
he toy if houf."
SEC. p
physical union mat tne nosedive
has been almost steady since irec
ords were kept, j
Neither McDonald 5 nor other
scientists would predict that! the
jreat stream -would ever cease
to exist; but they could not! ex
plain the falling stream flow.
Other streams of the region. Mc
Donald said, are showing similar
declines. s
Hie gave these figures: For the
first decade of record keeping,
1858-1867 the average peak flow
was 733,000 cubic feet per i sec
ond. Except for a slight recovery
for the 1878-1887 decade, the de
crease has continued. For 1 the
eight years of the current decade
the cverage peak flow has been
'28,000 cubic feet per second. The
decrease is inexplicable on the ba
is of scanty records available fot
the northwest, McDonald said. Di
version of irrigation water and
removal of timber from water
sheds would not cut the flow that
amount.
Other great streams have surged
and eebed in cycles, and it is pos
sible that the Columbia is in the
ebb phase of such a cycle. J The
Nile flow has decreased over a
period of years, then recovered
30 Districts to
Talk of School
Consolidation
STAYTON. April 23.-Consoli
dation with Stayton school district
77 win be considered here Thurs
day night by representatives of 20
Marion and 10 Linn county school
districts. - i
Numerous preliminary -discus
sions of such a merger have
brought out that about half the
high school students of the 30 dis
tricts already are attending the
Stayton high school. '. - .
Of the 222 Stayton' high school
students, only - 88 live in that
school district, most of whom live
"Within nine miles of Stayton. come
in from these districts: Mehama.
Oakdale, Fern Ridge. Howell, In
dependence, Oak Glen, West Stay-
ton. North Santiam and Marion in
Marion county; Cole. Shelburn.
Queener, Kingston, ML Pleasant,
Twin Cedars, Lyons. McCully
Mountain, Jordan ana Lour des.
Frank B. Bennett, Salem city
school superintendent, has been
invited to speak Thursday. Mrs.
Agnes Booth and J. M. Bennett,
Marion and Linn county school
chiefs, will attend. i
Aumsvule and Turner have high
schools of their own but are con
sidering possibility of consolida
tion, and are expected to be rep
resented. Other districts consid
ering the merger are Rocky Point,
Victor Point, Witzel. Shaw, Sub
limity, Union Hill. Crawford and
Cloverdale, all in Marion county.
Water Survey
Threatened
Any federal reduction in funds
for underground water investi
gations would seriously afect
both industry and agriculture in
Oregon, it was asserted Wednes
day by Diaries . Stricklin, stale
engineer, referring to one of the
items omitted from the inter 'or
department appropriations ; bill
now before the house of repre
sentatives. State funds for suci investi
gations are available only when
matched by federal funds, i said
Stricklin, who added that ; con
tinuous records of the water! Bur
face in wells are required in de
termining the underground water
supply.' -
Stricklin expressed the opinion
that -the item was eliminated
through a misunderstanding by
the comrrLttte which apparently
believed that only test drilling
to locate city water supplies was
involved. - n '
Network Willing to Laugh Off
Censorship - Not So, Fred Allen
HOLLYWOOD, April 1 2JPf
The National Broadcasting Com
pany capitulated to the comedians
today in the battle of the vice
presidents. A spokesman! an
nounced that no further programs
would be cut off the air a la Fred
Allen, Bob Hope and Red Skelton.
The company, laughing off its
display of sensitivity, further said
Allen was being offered an- hon
orary Vice-presidency of the net
work and that offers of west coast
honorary vice-presidencies would
be made to Hope and Skelton.
The action came . as virtually
every comedian in town was pre-,
paring to contest the Issue, t
NEW YORK, April 23-AVFred
Allen, whose tiff w'ith the Nation
al Broadcasting Company over the
comedian's joke about a mythical
NBC 'vice-president has become
Reduction
As Much
As 30
NEWBURYPORT, Mass, April
23-;P)-War on inflationary pri
ces launched by merchants in
this 300-year-old port Jumped
across the nation today as some
wholesalers and manufacturers
joined; retailers in announcing
price slashes ranging up to 30
per cent
One ' large department store
chain Lincoln stores, retailing
In New LnglancL New York and
Pennsylvania announced a flat
10 per cent price cut with the
assertion:
"We'd rather have a moderate
lowering of prices now than a de
pression later on."
Earlier, a New England grocery
chain Clover Farms with 128
stores in Massachusetts, Vermont
and New Hampshire reported
reducing prices 30 per cent on 190
items.
Lincoln stores said that yester
day its sales in Newburyport av
eraged 60 per ceni-rbove nor
mal Tuesday. -. ' '
A" half dozen ; New England
manufacturers including a hos
iery firm, confectioner, hardware
producer and men s cloruer .-
gave stores a 10 per cent discount
. Their cry for.merchants m o:h
er cities to join them brought re
sponse from New York, Minne
sota and California and a pat
on the back from the United
States department of commerce:
. Harold P. Smith, regional d'
rector for the commerce depart
ment praised the merchants, de
claring they were "not only show
ing high patriotism they are
also exercising good common
sense.
NEW YORK, April 23 (-The
battle for lower prices found new
recruits today in the ranks of
makers of soap, fats, oils, chem
icals, wire and cables music, re
cord and producers of Broadway
plays. r v
The first bit break in the. price
of soaps came when Colgate-Palmolive-Peel
Co. announced at
Jersey City, N. J, a 10 per cent
cut in bulk . soap.
Lever Brothers in Boston an
nounced a 10 per cent cut on all
majrr soap products and glycer
ine in response to President Tru
man's appeal.
Pi Ices ol fats and oils, highly
important in soap making, have
dropped substantially, paving the
way for a cut in soap. Soybean
oil, cottonseed oil, peanut oil, corn
oil, cocon-it oil . and tallow have
been ma rice d down anywhere
from C'i to Jl cents a pound.
- Hog prices continued to slide
In Chicago, although at a slower
rate, and were off 25 to 75 cents
a hundredweight
Salem Tourist .
Folders Ready
Salem Chamber of Commerce's
1947 supply of 12,000 tourist fold
ers publicizing this city are now
ready for distribution, Manager
Clay Cochran said Wednesday.
They will be made available to
any Salem office or business
wishing them for distribution to
the public, as well as to the state
tourist department, various travel
agencies' throughout the country
and the- hundreds of persons
whose letters seek information on
Salem from the local chamber,
Cochran stated.
Material in the heavily Illus
trated folder describes and maps
Salem and the Willamette valley,
stressing industrial and vacation
advantages.
Hemmorhage Fatal
To Warden Lawes
GARRISON, N. Y, April 23-(P)
Lewis E Laws, 63, the war ten
who converted Sing Sing prison
from a grim-hard-boiled institu
tion to a world-famous model of
progressive penal methods, died
today at his homes where he had
been in retirement six years.
In failing health for a year and
a half and seriously ill for the past
ten days, Lawes died of a cerebral
hemmorhage.
one of radio's most discussed in
cidents, rejected tonight an offer
by the network to make him an
honorary vice-president
"I wouldn't be found dead as an
NBC vice-president' - the sour
faced radio funnyman "said.
. Allen said he did not intend to
make any reference in his next
broadcast to the affair of last
Sunday night when NBC cut him
off the air during a jibe at a vice
president "in charge of program
ends" who saves up- seconds, min
utes and hours from programs in
order to get the two weeks for his
vacation.
Allen said he had been told
that "the real reason for NBC's
action in cutting the joke about
the vice-presidents off the air was
that 'the morale of our vice-presi
dents is very low-
NINETY-SEVENTH YEAR
Henry Wallace Voices
U.S. Depression Threat
Suggests 50 Billion Reconstruction
By Joseph E. Dynan
PARIS, April 23-(Py--Henry A. Wallace in a series of speeches
today called for a $50,000,000,000
declared the United States would
history, unless it took the lead in
of war. .
"This will be one of the most
Q
ueen
1
Margaret Allen, West Salem coed
at Willamette university, who
became the campus May neen
Wednesday in final voting of the
student body preparatory t
traditional May weekend festiv-
- ltles. Mary East Ranyan. Salem,
and Elaine Cloady. Ketchikan.
Alaska, will be princesses at the
fete, -i
Detroit Prdject
Bids Received
PORTLAND - A mil 23-4PV-One
complete: and two partial bids
were received today on building
the Detroit dam construction
Mmn on the North Santiam river
in Marion county, but it was not
certain whether the complete Dia
would qualify. ,
Last mont at a similar opening
bids were rejected as too high. To
riav the cronect was divided into
three rather than two parts, and
. . m ft
some ol tne oias were oeiow en
gineers' estimates.
J .rL- Stmrfffeon Construction
company, Portland, was the only
bidder on au uiree units, dui coi.
O. E. Walsh said the bid bond
was not filed. However, it with
the other bids was referred to the
north Pacific division engineer for
decision.
Marshall Cornett
Acting Governor
President Marshall Cornett of
the state senate arrived here from
Klamath Falls Wednesday to
serve as chief executive of the
state during the t absence of Gov,
Earl Snell who la in California
for the next 10 days.
Cornett said he would remain
in Saltm until Governor Snell's
return.
Wagncr-Ellcnder-Taft
Bill Passes Committee
WASHINGTON, April 23 -iff)
By one vote margin, the senate
banking committee today ap
proved legislation aimed , at con
struction of 15.000,000 homes dur
ing the next 10 years at an esti
mated cost to the government of
$7,500,000,000. The measure,
known as the ' Wagner-Ellender-Taft
bill, won committee endorse
ment 7 to 8.
OPA DEMISE IN SIGHT
WASHINGTON. April 23 -WV
President Truman today abolished
OPA and two other major war
time agencies effective June 1, and
ordered most of their remaining
functions, including rent controls,
transferred to other departments
on May 4.
TRUMAN AGENDA GROWS
WASHINGTON, April 23 -(Pi
President Truman's summer trav
el Itinerary broadened today to
include definite trips to Canada
and Princeton university with
perhaps a visit to Kansas City and
possibly Alaska.
TRAFFIC FATALITIES HIGH
Traffic fatalities for this March
aggregating 43, topped any March
in the history of the state, Robert
S. rarrell, Jr., announced Wed
nesday. -
Weather
Max.
71 -
Mln. Preclp.
Salem
Portland
San Francisco
4Z Jf
43 J00
67
60
77
4 .00
43 JS9
37 .00
Chicago
New York 50
' Willamette river 2.5 feet.
FORECAST from U.S. weather bu
reau. McNary field. Salem): Partly
cloudy today and tonight with highest
temperature 70. Lowest 45. Winds 10
m.p.h unUI 10 a.m.. when It will be
come too ttrong for dusting. Spraying
will be possible most of the day. Un
settled weauier witn very ngni snow
era is expected Friday.
Salem,
world reconstruction program and
have the gravest depressioh of its
world-wide repair of the ravages
f
serious depressions the I United
States has ever had, a most amaz
ing phenomenon which will af
fect the whole world," the form
er vice-president told the Centre
d'Etudes de la Politique; Etran
gere, a French organization sim
ilar to the foreign policy associa
tion in the United States, in an
address tonight i
Predicting the situation1 would
"come to a head in four, or six
years m a devastating way unless
we" are prepared to meet it
thoughtfully,' The American also
predided a minor United States
depression next year but. said
this probably would be flleviat
ed by increased armaments ex
penditures or by loans to! foreign
nations.
Mostly from V. 8,
Earlier, at a news "conference
he said Russia should get $10
000,000,600 t o 17,00Q,000,0(H)
worth of goods and services - in
the $50,000,000,000 world econ
omic reconstruction program
which, he made clear, would
come mostly from r the i United
States.
In a second speech before the
American Veterans j Committee,
Wallace outlined his creed for
world unity and peace, declaring
his belief that "toughness! breeds
toughness and that both the Unit
ed States and Russia by their ac
tions have already undermined
the solemn cause for which their
young men died."
American Imperialism
During a Question. Deriod. he
declared that the American poli
cy in the middle east today was
"lust 17 nod old-fasnioned Ameri
can imperialism, the object of
Which- was to get oil from Saudi
Arabia.' -
Foul Play Feared '
A3 Boy Missing,
Stolen Car Found
ROSEBURG, Ore., April 23 -WV
John William Hudson i 27, j former
Seattle resident and once an em
ployee of the Veteran?" hospital
here, was held in jail tonight on
$1000 bail while police launched
a three-state search for a missing
10-year-old Seattle boy. i
Hudson was ordered held for a
grand jury on 'a charge of pos
session of a stolen automobile
which police said belonged to the
grandfather of Lee Bohn,: son of
Arthur Bolin, a Seattle realtor.
oace Chief O. A. Kennerly re
ported Hudson told of having trav
eled to Sacramento with young
Bolin last Saturday and that a
search was underway to locate the
youth.
Private Boys Camp
Facilities Offered
A privately-financed camp for
potentially delinquent f Marion
county boys during the summer
months on a ranch near!Salem
has been offered for the first time
in the county's history.
Mrs. Nona White, county pro
bation officer, said Wednesday
that the camp plan was being de
layed due to the lack of a woman
cook. The salary offered and the
surroundings are good, and the
applicant may bring her own boy
to the camp if she desires, said
Mrs. White.
Telephone Service!
Interrupted at Hospital
Telephone service was! inter
rupted at Salem Deaconess hos
pital from about 8:30 to S:20 o'
clock Wednesday night. Two dis
trict supervisors, in the1absence
of repairmen on strike, impaired
the jystem. They said the trou
ble was caused by dirt in the
dial. i
Such interruptions are hot fre
quent, though they maylhap.-en
at any time, strike or no v.rike.
telephone company officials slat
ed. W. Sherman Thompson,
Pioneer, Succumbs
PORTLAND, Ore., April 23-JP)
W. Sherman Thompson, 85, who
migrated Into the Willamette val
ley In 1867 by wagon train via
the South Fork of the Santiam
river, died here today in! a nurs
ing home.
; The family lived in Lebanon and
Albany where he taught school
after attending- Santiam academy
and McMinnvtlle' collegei
HOOVER DAM BILL, PASSES
WASHINGTON, April 23 -")-Legislation
" to rename Boulder
Dam for former President! Herbert
Hoover received final congres
sional approval today when passed
by the senate on a voice ; vote.
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Oregon. Thursday Morning;.
MOSCOW, April 23.-(P)-The
foreign ministers council neared
the break up of its longest and
perhaps most hectic conference
tonight "with . major issues un
solved. The ministers agreed to
try to wind up their Moscow
meeting tomorrow.
In a session which was delayed
two hours, in starting, U. S. Sec
retary of State Marshall caustic
ally charged the soviet union with
blocking action on the treaty for
Austria and declared the United
States favored referring the whole
problem to the United Nations as
sembly if a treaty Is not comple
ted by the time the assembly
meets in September.
Marshall also charged Russia
with blocking the .American-proposed
four-power pact to keep
Germany demilitarized.
Pointing out that on the four
power pact and essential clauses
in the Austrian treaty the three,
western nations were lined up
three to one against the soviet un
ion, the American secretary of
state declared Molotov had reject
ed the four power pact by intro
ducing in the form of amendments
"nearly every important differ
ence which exists between the
four ' powers on the subject of
Germany.
"1 will only state that the Unit
ed States government regards
very seriously what in effect is
virtually a rejection of this treaty
by the aoviet government, he
added.
Gty Merger
Test Suit in
Court Forecast
The law adopted at the last
session of the legislature for the
express purpose of permitting
merger of West Salem and Salem,
municipalities in different coun
ties and on opposite sides of the
Willamette river, now seems cer
tain to be tested in the courts,
perhaps in the near future.
This was Indicated Wednesday
as persons who opposed the mer
ger saw the possibilities "of the
flaw pointed out by Elmer Cook,
West Salem city attorney at the
Tuesday meeting. Chris Kowitz,
Salem city attorney, while ad
mitting the point was a matter
for argument, contended the real
test would be In the vote of the
people.
The bit of no man's land under
the Marion-Polk bridge which is
part of neither town and claimed
by some to prevent the river from
being a common boundary, ,is
part of the large area sought for
a park a few years ago and still
kept in on the "hope lust" of the
long range planning folk of the
two towns.
Gift of part of the area to the
city for a park was at that time
dependent upon acquiring of the
remaining acreage. Discussion
around the West Salem city coun
cil table Tuesday night indicated
solution by th route is no near
er now than it was a few years
ago.
Spring Has Sprung
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 23
Lroy Tharman and three
other men stood atop a package
of 20 mattress springs to. open It
and he didn't get clear when the
foreman yelled "Everybody off."
The sprint", compressed into a
package a foot thick, expanded
fast and Thnrman flew 13 feet
Into the air, smacked the eeilinc
of the room and hit a table and
chair before landing. He was
taken to a hospital with head
and back Injuries.
Diplomats
Wearing
Break Up
Legion Auxiliary's National
President Talks at Salem Lunch
By Maxlne Bnren
Statesman Woman's Editor
"'Support of the universal mili
tary training bill and assistance
in helping demand its passage by
congress is the most important
job the American Legion has ask
ed the auxiliary to do." said Mrs.
Norton H. Pearl, of Detroit, Mich.,
national president of the Ameri
can Legion auxiliary, at a lunch
eon meeting at Normandy Manof
Wednesday.
The bill would provide for four
month's concentrated military
training and eight months of fur
ther part-lime training for all 18-year-olds
or high school gradu
ates, she explained.
"The price of victory is like a
mortgage on a home," said the
speaker," as long as we pay the
premiums and keep up the pay
ments we have peace. Our respon
sibility therefore, is to pay the
price until the principal is paid
and we can havelasting peace."
In discussing the obligations of
April 24. 1947
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Sign Steel Pact ZSn'J'JTZ
aareeaftent la Pittsburgh today. t tight: Charles EL -Cx, pre
sident r Cairaeglc-Illinoia Steel Corp., and Philip Murray, CIO
president. Standing is John A, Stephens, U. S. Steel vice president.
(AP Wlrepboto t The Statesman.) ;
New Phone Strike Talk' Urged
By the Associated Presa . . ' 1
The outlook for industrial peace brightened on several ma
jor fronts Wednesday and the senate opened . debateon labor
curbes which-AFL President William Green, said h considered
inevitable. t
These were the developments: V
1 CIO President Philip Murray signed a two year contract
with the U. S. Steel corporation
and announced he would meet
"as soon as possible with Green
to discuss a proposed merger of
the two labor organizations.
2 General Motors and the CIO
United Auto Workers union were
in general agreement on pay
increase totaling IS cents an hour,
with only the method of comput
ing the raise blocking agreement.
3 The government proposed a
meeting of the unions and three
key units of the Bell Telephone
company In a new effort to settle
the telephone strike and ..the un
ions immediately accepted
Employ Many Workers
About 93,000 of the 340,000 Idle
telephone workers are employed
by the three units the long lines
division of the Bell system, the
Western Electric company and the
Southwestern Bell Telephone
company. .
As Senator Taft (R-Ohio) told
his colleagues that present labor
laws give "all the advantage" to
labor. Green said at a news con
ference his federation had aban
doned hope of preventing "vici
ous anti-labor legislation."
"We may succeed in having
them remove some of the more
objectionable parts." Green added.
Would Ban Closed Shop
The senate bill would Impose
restrictions on unions, including
curbs on their right freely to call
strikes, and outlaw the closed
shop.
In the General Motors negotia
tions, which were -recessed until
Thursday, the auto workers un
ion invited GM president C. E.
Wilson to attend the wage talk
parley, expressing belief his pres
ence would "expedite.-a i settle
ment" the American Legion auxiliary
toward veterans she said -that the
most important way to help the
returned servicemen is to assist
them in integrating themselves
into the community. "This is their,
greatest wish," she 'said.
"Be alert to things in the com
munity, as there are those who
would destroy our way of life. The
job of the American Legion and
auxiliary is to weed out these
misfits, especially in the schools.
In an unhappy people there is
fertile soil for sowing seeds of
discontent and unrest," she said.
"Progress is only achieved by
change," continued the speaker,
"Accept with tranquility things
which cannot be changed; con
trive to change those things which
should be changed and pray God
to distinguish the one from the
other. Let us therefore follow
after things that make for peace"
she concluded.
(Details on Women's Page)
No, 24
C-OasGeon
!
1,100 Exliibits
In Annual 4-H
Spring Show
-; More than 1,100 exhibits In the
I7th annual Marion county 4-II
clubtcpring show are on display
in Salem Chamber of Commerce
floral room. Judging is almost
complete and the display will be
open to the public until 9 o'clock
Thursday night and until mid
afternoon Friday when released to
the club members.
The annual parade will be held
Friday morning starting at 11:30
from the courthouse square.
Luncheon will be eaten by 4-H
members picnic style at Marion
square after the parade.
, Awards will be presented and
a program given at the senior
high school auditorium, 14th at
D streets, at 1:30 p.m.
Largest number of exhibits
were accounted for by the 3fi0
health posters; clothing exhibits
numbered 270; cooking,-211, and
the 84 boys and girls competing
for the "healthiest boy and girl
honors brought the total entries
to 1271.
Middle Grove school took
championships in both divisions
for " cutout posters. Eddie Pate
from Middle Grove won in divi
sion 1 for grades 3 to 9; De lores
Werner of Middle Grove won in
division 2.
Charles Bartlett of Salem
Heights received championship
honors for original drawing pos
ter and Charlene Miller of Butte
viile won championship in origi
nal drawing in division 2.
Demonstra tions were held
throughout Wednesday in the
Portland Gas and Coke Co. audi
torium, and the bread baking
contest was also held there.
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Jap Blue, Tries Suicide;
Now He's Black and Blue
TOKYO, Thursday, April 24
(AVGenji Kuriyama, 29, was a
blue over his debts that he decid
ed to commit suicide.
He climbed an 82-foot chimney,
leaped inside, landed in four feet
of soot, and came off with only a
slight back injury.
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