I CaiDitamJdiiirnsiI.
CIRCULATION
Dally average distribution for the
otolith ending February 28, 1930
10,627
Average daily net paid 10,195
Member Audit Bureau of Circulation
UNSETH.Kl)
Tonight and Friday with local
rains, no change In temperature.
Increasing southeast winds.
Local: Max. 0. Min. 39; Rain 0;
River .7 feet; Cloudy; south wind.
, 43rd YEAR, No. 68
Entered u second class
miller at Salem, Orecon
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1930
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ASTORIA WINS
OVER ASHLAND
SC0RE26T017
Fishermen Come From
Behind in Closing Min
utes, Swamp Lithians
Dallas Defeats Redmond
29 to 21 in First of
Consolation Series
THURSDAY GAMES
3:30 p. m. Lincoln ts.
North Bend Iconsolation)
4:30 p. m. Salem ts. Baker
7:30 p. m. Eugene TS. Pen
dleton. 8:30 p. m. Commerce ts.
Tillamook.
A smiling bunch of Astoria fish
ermen joined the select group of
contenders for the basketball su
premacy of the state when, after
trailing throughout the first half,
they suddenly came to life in the
closing minutes of the battle to de
feat a husky bunch of ball teasers
from Ashland, 26 to 17, at Willam
ette university by Thursday fore
noon. The first of the consolatlcn games,
played Thursday morning as a pre
liminary to the first round engage
ment between Astoria and Ashland,
was taken by Dallas, when the Polk
county youngsters put Redmond on
the bench for keeps by virtue of a
29 to 21 victory.
Thursday afternoon will see the
"TconcludecT on page 14. column a.)
THREAT OF FIRE
IN FORESTS OF
STATEJERIOUS
Portland UP) Federal forestry of
ficials Thursday were less optimistic
over the 1830 forest fire season even
though rain during the night was
thought to be widespread.
Officials announced that unless a
phenomenal rainfall occurs within
the next three months, the Pacific
northwest probably will face a more
disastrous forest fire season than
In 1929.
The entire Pacific coast country,
officials said. Is suffering from the
lack of rainfall and snow and al
ready numerous small forest fires
have been reported to the federal
headquarters here. From the Col
vllle national forest word was receiv
ed from rangers that "things look
ed pretty gloomy."
Assistant District Forester Guth
rie said the future season looked
very bad."
APPEALS TO WOMEN
TO UNDO DRY EVIL
Portland (IP) An appeal to wom
en to Join in the protest or "pres-
ent conditions brought about by pro
hibition," was made by Mrs. John
B. Casserly, vice presiednt of the
women's- organization for national
prohibition reform to a mass meet'
tag Wednesday night.
Mrs. Casserly said women are
largely responsible for Introducing
the measure and it Is "up to women
to convert the nation and restore
reason."
The address was part of ( nation
wide campaign to enlist 2.000.000
women in a crusade to reform the
prohibition sltuatidn of the united
State, Mrs. Casserly said. Twenty-
two states have been organised In
the last two months, she reported.
GARMENT LEADERS
HOME IS BOMBED
Cleveland OPi The apartment of
Mrs. Carrie OaUagher, president of
local 20 of the Ladles' Garment
Workers' union, was bombed early
Thursday.
Mrs. Oallagher. who was asleep,
was slightly injured as the door of
her bedroom was blown from lu
hinges, windows were shattered and
the building shaken, but no one
else was hurt.
Mrs. OaUagher said she had been
threatened several times because of
her activity In a recent strike in the
garment Industry. A stench bomb
was thrown In the same building
two weeks ago.
Good Evening!
Sips for Supper
By DON UPJOHN
Walt Thompson cut a finger while
opening a beer bottle. That happy
little cripple. All we hope is that it
was the thumb he puts to his nose
at us every time he passes us in his
car.
We're surprised though that
an old stager like Walt wou'd
rut his finger on a beer bottle.
We'd rather think he'd pulled
loose a tooth.
Ed Rostein has been to pestered
by folks wanting jobs under the
next city administration he wants it
known that the sewer cleaning Jobs
have all been' promised. Sam Adolph
fussed around so that Ed promised
him the Job of cleaning the tall
sewers and Rolla Southwick the
smaller ones. No doubt the boys
were egged on by the luck John
Oraber has had in rescuing watches
and diamond rings.
Fame Is a fleeting thing. While
folks were celebrating St. Patrick's
day this week we never once heard
mentioned the name of that other
famous Irishman, Dick O'Leary.
While St. Patrick drove the snakes
out of Ireland Dick drove a lot of
furniture out of Salem and we
think he is entitled to a word of
remembrance now and then.
We believe that one day a year
should be set aside as O'Leary day.
But anyway, the name of O'Leary
remembered In the hearts of a lot
of Salemltes, if they don't parade
the remembrance on their coat la
pels. As we look at the tiny children
now growing up we can't help but
feel a little sad. They'll never see
Charlie Chaplin bashed in the face
with a ripe custard pie.
The county court Is busy these
days trying to buy a big steam shov
el for work in the county? With
Norblad and Joseph both operating
we'll need a big shovel of some sort
in the county before the campaign
is over.
After the wets get through cussing
prohibition and the dry get through
bawling out the wets everybody will
feel the same way about the situa
tion they did when they started in.
But it lets off some steam at any
rate.
BLAMES PRESS
FOR DRY GRIEF
Washington IIP) Holding the pub
lic press lacked sympathy with the
prohibition laws. Senator Wley
Jones of Washington, a republican
dry leader and author of tie Jones
enforcement act, Thursday Issued a
compendium of opinions of citizens
in the United States and Canada
which he called,
the voice of the I
multitude."
Jones asserted that "the last and
greatest factor'1 in enforcement dif
ficulties was the "attitude of many
newspapers which, so it seems, pub
lish everything which may be un
favorably construed."
Charging that this "apparent lack
of sympathy" was causing "the en
couragement of crime," Jones said
"the general public is no longer de
pendent upon newspapers for cor
rect information, as there are now
many other sources available," add
ing, "The newspapers are to a great
extent, considered to be expressive
of the Idea of ordinary people,
though whether or not the newspa
pers are the idea of the American
people at this period of history of
our country la problematical"
The statement quoted many ex
pressions from people which Jones
said he had received In response to
a radio address. He did not make
public their names.
Advocates of Repeal
Continue to Pile Up
Lead in Referendum
New York (UP) Advocates of the repeal of the pro
hibition amendment maintained their lead over those favor
ing modification or strict enforcement in the second week's
balloting In the Literary Digest .
poll.
The magazine announced that re
turns thus far from 30 states and
the District of Columbia a total of
703.635 votes gave the following re
sults: For enforcement 101.909
For modification 5:4 Ml
For Repeal 287.885
The ballets Indicate to date that
Kansas and Nebraska are the strong
holds of the dry sentiment, while
persons classed as "moist"" or "trt"
are found chiefly in New York, New
Jersey and Illinois.
The rotsa compiled so far repre
HILL LINES TO
BUILD BRANCH
FROM EUGENE
Oregon Electric Seeks
Permit Contract 40
Miles Railroad in Linn
Line would Extend from
Eugene to Hadleyville,
Through to Panther
Washington (IP) Authority to con
struct 40 miles of line in Lane
county, Oregon, was sought Thurs
day by the Oregon Electric railway
in an application to the Interstate
commerce commission.
A line of 30 miles would extend
from the present terminus In Eu
gene to the Siuslaw river via Had
leyville. A branch would extend
ten miles from Hadleyville to Pan
ther.
Portland (IP) The proposed ex
tension of the Oregon Electric rail
road Into large timber resources
southwest of Eugene, will represent
an expenditure of approximately
one and one-half million dollars,
and will fill a real transportation
need in that area, according to w.
F. Turner, president of the S. P.
& S. and of the Oregon Electric,
its subsidiary.
The Oregon Electric Is "ready to
go," Turner said, as soon as the
necessary permit is received from
( Concluded on page 14. column 1)
LUMBERMEN
TO DROP FIGHT
UPON M'NARY
Portland (IP) The anti-McNary
crusade which has flared In the
Oregon political horizon for the past
ten days faded and died Thursday
with the passage of the lumber tar
iff by the United States senate in
the opinion of most political observ
ers here.
The opponents of McNary came
largely from the lumber Interests,
which were against him because of
the previous failure of the tariff
provision.
C. C. Crow, editor of a leading
lumber trade publication, who was
quite generally credited with the
parentage of the antl-McNary move
ment, said the fight on the senator
would probably be dropped.
I am confident," Crow saJtf, "the
lumbermen who have been active In
nnnn&ition to Senator McNarV Will
not care to proceed further with the
movement.
"While the tariff of $1.50 a thous
and is not what they should have, I
believe they will be satisfied with It.
Senator McNary has been very ac
tive In support of the tariff during
the past two weeks and I do 'not
Deltcve any further effort to bring
about a candidate to oppose him
will be made."
DENY REPORTS OF
STALIN'S OUSTING
Moscow IIP: Reorts published
abroad that Joseph Stalin, secretary
of the communist party central
committee, had been forced to re
sign were described by the official
news agency Tass Friday as "ridic
ulous nonsense."
sent less than one-twentieth of the
total baliota distributed.
The vote by state. In part, fol
lows:
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Dut. 9i Col 1 073
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17.173
3:. 407
Pierce Considering
Race for Governor
After Seeing West
By HARRY N. CRAIN
Walter M. Pierce, former governor, is giving "very seri
ous consideration" to the suggestions of friends and parti
sans that he become a candidate for the democratic nomina
tion for governor, he told the Capital Journal Thursday, add
ing that he will definitely announce his decision "in two or
three days."
Here on business for only a few hours, Pierce said that
he was returning to Portland In
the afternoon, would continue on
to his home near LaGrande Thurs
day night, discuss all of the angles
of the situation with Mrs. Pierce
and make up his mind by the end
of the week.
Out of the circumstances attend
ant upon and preceding Pierce's
announcement is to be deduced a
reasonable inference that the war
ing democratic factions, sensing
the opportunity of capitalizing the
"(Concluded on pagei3. column 4)
BOUND GIRL
IN BED, THEN
SET IT AFIRE
Mexla. Tex., IIP) Charges of ar
son and attempt to murder were
filed against D. 8. Moore, promin
ent Oakwood business man, at
Fairfield Thursday In connection
with an attempt to burn to death
Miss Wllroa Jones, 23, of ,Leon
county in a hotel here last night.
Moore was arrested at his home
in Oakwood shortly after Miss
Jones was rescued from a blazing
bed, to which she had been bound.
Guests of the hotel were attracted
to her room by smoke issuing from
the windows and door. She also
had been gagged.
Miss Jones told officers she was
unable to identify her assailant.
She was In Fairfield to answer
charges of forging Moore's name
to a check for $250. She was taken
to her hotel room after collapsing
on the stand yesterday.
Moore was held In Jail at Fair
field. Miss Jones suffered only slight
burns about the feet, but her arms
and legs were badly, bruised from
ropes used to bind her to the bed.
The attack occured about mid
night. Other guests said they did
not hear an disturbance. The In
truder apparently had little diffi
culty In carrying out his work as
the woman was reported In ft
weakened condition caused by a
drug given her after she had col
lapsed In the court room.
TRACE FUND
GIVEN HUSTON
Washington (Pi Dtormlned to In
quire fully Into the New York brok
erage accounts of Claudius H. Hus
ton, chairman of the republican na
tional committee, the senate lobby
committee Thursday summoned
Fred H. Haggerson, of New York,
president of the Union Carbide com
pany, and W. E. Moore, personal
representative of Huston.
They were directed to appear be
fore the committee Friday for ques
tioning inregard to a contribution
of $36,100 "the Union Carbide com
pany made to Huston for the Ten
nessee River Improvement associa
tion. The money was deposited with
the brokerage firm of Blyth and
Bonner.
Charles A. Krlckl, a member of
the brokerage firm testified Wednes
day that the account was carried
in the name of Moore and that part
of It had been used as margin for
the purchase of stocks.
Huston has testified mat ne so
licited the funds from Haggerson,
but that all the money had been
paid over to the Tennessee associa
tion of which Huston Is a former
president. He alio testified Thurs
day for the first time that the mo
ney from the Union Carbide com
pany was paid to him for maps of 1
the Tennessee River improvement
association.
BUSINESS URGED
TO SHOW SPEED
Washington Roy A. Young,
governor of the federal reserve
board. Thursday urged business
leaders to show more Initiative and
less hesitancy, asserting that the
stock market experiences of 1(21 and
ly29 "will be fresh enough In our
minds to preclude any recurrence
of such speculative hysteria."
. . .
KtrUSE FUNDS
FOR RECHECKING
RECALL SIGNERS
Portland WV- The situation of
George L. Baker, Portland mayor,
and lour city commissioners appro
priating sufficient funds to finance
a re-check of petitions demanding
their recall appeared here Thursday,
after the city auditor refused to
spend taxpayers' money for the re
check and tked the mayor and
commissioners whether they would
finance the task.
Hugh C. Krum, head of the citi
zen's recall league, said that the pe
titions would be filed with the city
auditor on April 12, which under
the law compels the auditor to re-
check the petitions and call a spe
cial election. The mayor, Wednesday
told the auditor to accept the peti
tions as they were offered, re-check
them, and place them on the ballots
for the tegular May primaries.
The city auditor, who said he re
ceived recently a ruling from the
city attorney that he (the auditor)
had a "moral obligation" to check
the petitions, refused to check them
on the ground that he would not
spend city money on a moral obli
gation as the courts held there was
a difference between moral and
legal oblibatlons.
FATAL FIRE IN
SOUTHERN CITY
Knoxvllle. Tenn. IIP Recovery of
three more bodies brought to four
the number of persons known to
have perished in a fire which de
stroyed four buildings in the bust
ness district here early Thursday.
Knoxvllle, Tenn. IIP) One man
was burned to death, eight persons
were Injured and 6ix were missing
In a fire early Thursday that de
stroyed four buildings in the busi
ness district and badly damaged an
other.
The fire destroyed the Arcade,
Mynatt and Schgiver buildings, two-
story structures and demolished the
National building, a three story
structure. It was brought under con
trol before seriously damaging the
seven-story Arnesteln building. Fire
men said the loss would approximate
several hundred thousand dollars.
All of the Injured and the missing
were residents in the Arcade bulld-
ina on Union street.
Carl Merchel, 69, the man burned
to death, lived across the street
from the Arcade building, but had
gone over to Investigate the fire. A
fireman found his body at the top
of the stairs in-the building.
The three bodies were so badly
bumrd that they could not be
positively identified, however, W.
P. Chandler, director of public
safety, said it was reasonably rer
un the bodes were those of Sylves
tro Wllkcrson, 40, his wife, Bailie,
34, and her son by a previous
marriage, Arthur Sharp, 16. They
had been reported missing.
O. W. Black was found unhurt.
SPORTSMEN ASK
CLIFFORD'S OUSTING
Portland (U Resolutions calling
upon the state game ocmmlnlon
and the governor to remove Harold
Clifford, state game warden, and his
chief deputy, Ed Clark, were rati
fied by the membership of ine
Multnomah Anglers and Hunters
club, and were forwarded to the
game commission and the governor
Thursday.
A group of affidavits alleged to
show gross laxity in enforcement of
the game laws were turned over to
John Kendall, attorney for the ciuo,
who will disclose their contents to
the commission or the governor, If
they desire to see them, members
declared.
At the annual election of 0(1 leers
of the club, Rufus C. Holman was
elected president; Ben Trenkman,
vice president, and C. O. Finlason,
secretary-treasurer,
YOST THINKS
COLLEGE BOYS
DRINKING LESS
Football Coach of Michi
gan Sends Wire Sup
porting Prohibition
Roper Tells of Failure of
Dispensary System in
South Carolina
Washington (VP) Fielding H. (Hur
ry Up) Yost, for years coach of
tne Maize and Blue elevens of
Michigan, was recorded Thursday at
the house judiciary commissions
prohibition hearing as of the opin
ion that the college youth of Am
erica was drinking less than be
fore enactment of the 18th amend
ment. Yost's views were set forth In a
telegram submitted by his sister-
in-law, Mrs. Lenna Lowe Yost, who
has been in charge of presenting
the dry witnesses. It read:
"In my opinion the college youth
of American are not drinking as
much as they did In pre-prohibi-tlon
days.
No one is entirely satisfied with
present conditions. Our govern
ment tried to control and regulate
the sale of Intoxicating liquors for
a hundred years and made a mis
erable failure of It."
After the telegram wag submit
6DcTudVdbnpagel5. column 7)
LILJEOVIST NOT
CANDIDATE FOR
BEN DORRIS' JOB
It. A. Liljeqvlst, Marshfield attor
ney and former assistant attorney
general, who has been recommended
by southwestern Oregon sportsmen
for appointment on the state game
commission to succeed Ben F. Dor-
ris, has requested Governor Norblad
by letter to eliminate him from con
sideration. "I am ... satisfied," he writes,
"from my observation of this com
mission for past number of years
that it would be very dnncuit lor
one to pass upon the various and
numerous questions v.hich are re
quired to be determined Judicially
without a tuner opportunity to in
vestigate the innumerable conflict
ing facts which nrlse for solution
and which, it seems to t e, the game
commission, with the limited financ
es it has at its disposal, is unable
to make, because olflcers cannot be
expected to give the requisite time
to solve these problems that Is real
ly required by the conditions under
which the game commission is ap
pointed, acts and functions."
Liljeqvtst says ho feels that a sou
thern or southwestern Oregon man
should be appointed.
PLANE FALLS INTO
LAKE, PILOT LOST
Everett, Wash. IIP) Efforts were
being made Thursday to recover the
body of Ralph Parr, 24, from Lake
Ooodwln, near here into which he
plunged Wednesday while on a trial
flight with a plane he had recently
purchased In partnership with Ev
erett Johnson of Marysvllle. The
pair hadbeen working for several
days getting the plane Into condi
tion and Wednesday was the first
time a flight was attempted. The
craft fell about 1000 feet Into 39
feet of water.
It was said that Parr and Johnson
intended to use their plane In for
est patrol work between Everett and
Belllngham next summer, rarr
qualified for a limited pilot's li
cense last year.
INDIAN GIRL AND
LOVER SENTENCED
Colvllle. Wa.-h. IP Helen Moses,
30 year oil Indian girl, and her
white sweetheart, Clarence Hartley,
Thursday faced prison terms for
the murder of the girls mother,
Mrs. Busts Moses.
The girl was sentenced to serve 10
to 13 years and Hartley sentenced to
serve 10 to 25 rears, sentence was
passed by Superior Judge Charles
Leavr.
After first admitting killing her
mother, the glr! blamed Hartley for
firing the fatal shot. Her lover de
nied the shooting and aald Miss
Moses was guilty.
Oral notice of Intention to appeal
was liven by the pair.
Tax Refund
Championed
By Hawley
Washington HP) The cross fire
In the house over the recent 133.-
500.000 tax refund to the United
States Steel corporation again
broke out Thursday with Represen
tative Garner of Texas, the demo
crat leader, attacking the settle
ment after It had been defended by
Chairman Hawley of the Joint com
mittee on internal revenue legisla
tion. Mr. Hawley said that the refund
was Just and added that Represen
tative Garner of Texas, the demo-
(Conclufled on "page" 13.column7
RUSSIANS REPLY
TO POPE WITH
RESOLUTIONS
Moscow (JPi Resolutions have
been adopted In various parts of
the Soviet union protesting against
the pope's prayers and Wednesday's
services at St. Peter's.
Most of the resolutions declared
that the present campaign against
the Soviet union for Its attitude to-1
wards the church can only serve to
intensify the enthusiasm of the
workers to carry out the five year
industrialization plan, agricutural
collectivization, the driving out of
the kulak, the strengthening of the
military defense of the country and
an Increase In the membership of
Soviet atheistic societies.
Workers In the Minsk district
started a fund for the construction
of an airplane to be called "Our
Answer to Pope plus."
From the Voronesh district work
ers sent to the Moscow Industriali
zation fund as "an answer to the
pope" 10 carloads of church bells
and metal taken from church al
tars, crosses, ikons and similar re
ligious objects.
Father Avglo, administrator of,
the Polish Catholic church in the
Minsk and Mogilevsk districts, gave
the Soviet newspapers a signed
statement Thursday saying that he
knew of no cases on persecution of
ecclesiastics In fufllling their du
ties or of churchgoers in the free
agitation.
"I know of no cases where the
Soviet authorities closed Polish
Catholic churches by violence," he
said. "In some cases workers, upon
their own initiative gave up Polish
Catholic churches for conversion
into Soviet rultural Institutions.
CONTRACT LET
FOR 50 PLANES
Washington (A) Contracts for
50 new attack planes and 73 bomb'
ing planes at a cost of $2,909,500
were let Thursday by the war de
partment. The attack planes will be
built by the Curliss Airplane and
Motor company. They will be of the
model A-3-B. When delivered the
army will have a total of 78 planes
ox this type.
The Keystone Aircraft corpora
tion was awarded the contract for
the bombing planes at a cost of $2,
208,100.
Each of these giant bombers will
be powered with two Pratt and
Whitney 625 horsepower air cooled
engines.
At the same time the department
announced that procurement of new
army airplanes from funds which
may become available for the fiscal
year 1931 was being held up until
the appropriation bill now before
congress has been passed.
County Republicans
Stirred By Official
Norblad Propaganda
There is a stirrinir about in the ranks of the republicans
of Marion county who hold
organization should remain
Inquiry as to whether or not the
Marlon County Republican Central
committee Is lending Its official
support to the candidacy of Gov
ernor Norblad for the party nomi
nation, It develops from gossip
among the politically conscious.
As near as can be ascertained the
stir centers around a letter sent
out during the past few dsys by
Newell WUllsms, secretary of the
county committee, to precinct com
mitteemen reminding them that
their declarations of candidacy as
committeemen must be filed by
April 1, and tendering the assist
ance of the secretary in completing
V0TE39T033
FOR $1.50 DUTY
ON SOFTWOODS
Senate Reverses Vote of
Few Weeks Ago to
Place Duty on Lumber
Jones and M'Nary Lead
Fight 2 Democrats
Switch Their Votes
Washington CP) The senate
Thursday voted a tariff of $1.50 a
thousand board feet on soft wood
lumber now on the free list. The
vote was 39 to 38.
Reversing a 39 to 34 vote of sev
eral weeks ago against a duty of
$2 on lumber, approval was given
the $1.50 rate proposed by Senator
Jones, republican, Washington.
The duty would apply to lum
ber of fir, spruce, pine, hemlock
and -larch, and railroad ties and
telephone poles of all woods.
A modification suggested by Sen
ator Copeland, democrat, New York;
and accepted by Jones before the
vote, would exempt Canadian planks.
boards and deals of such woods
when in the rough or not further
manufactured than planed or dress- ,
ed on one side. This was a re
ciprocity step as Canada permit
such American lumber to enter
Canada free.
Two senators. Hawes of Missouri.
and Sheppard of Texas, both demo
crats, who voted recently against
Concluded on page IS. column T)
HUSTON DENIES
AGAIN REPORTS
OF RESIGNATION
Washington IIP) Claudius H.
Huston Thursday denied published
reports that he would resign as
chairman of tile republican national
committee.
The reports have persisted since
Huston's name was mentioned before
the senate lobby committee In its in
vestigation of organisations and
persons Interested In Muscle Shoals
legislation. When Huston was first
called as a witness he characterized
the reports as "erroneous."
Huston made this statement be
fore appearing before the senate
lobby committee which Is Investigat
ing his activities on Muscle Shoals.
He Is a former president of the
Tennessee River Improvement asso
ciation which has advocated the
proposal of the American Cyanamld
company to lease the power and ni
trate plant.
Huston refused to make a state
ment other than to deny the reports.
BAKER MAKES PLAY
TO OFFSET RECALL
Portland, WP George L. Baker,
Portland mayor, Thursday lnstruc
ter City Auditor Punk to accept
recall petitions Just as rapidly as th
cltisens recall league wished to file
them so the election may be called
for May 1 when the primaries are
held In order that the cost of a
special election may be saved.
Immediately after Mayor Baker's
Instructions, Hug:i C. Krum, head
of the recall league, branded
Baker's stand as a "grandstand
plsy."
to the opinion that their party
"studiorsly neutral", and some
that filing. And of that there ap
pears to be no criticism. It being
deemed a proper function of the
party organiratlon and a com
mendable exhibition of sealousneaa
on the part of the secretary.
The second paragraph of the let
ter, however, Is not so Innocent as
It seems, according to some of those
who have Idealistic convictions as
to the part the committee and It
officers should take in a primary
election contest. The offending par
agraph reads:
"I have been advised that Oover
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