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Newspaper Page TextG apiialifiJoMiial JUL . "unnflrrr CIRCULATION Dally average distribution for tha month ending April 30, 1631 10,581 Arerage dally net paid 10,U Member Audit Burtnu ol Circulation FAIR tonight and Sunday: cooler with somewhat Increased humidity Sun day, north and northwest wind Local: Max. M; Mia 83; rain ; river -1.3 feet; clear, north wind. 43rd YEAR, No. 129 JSSPinSSSSSU SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1931 DOTff TTITJCT? "T?NTrPQ ON TRAINS AND NEWS i VJ-Uil 1U STANDS TtVK CENTS DUE iTPirr mm mw 1 1 1 1 i i DELZELL PAYS FINE TRIBUTE TO WAR DEAD Memorial Day Orator Calls On Present Gen eration To Carry On Sacrifice of Life in Vain Unless Precious Heri tage Preserved Answer to the cost of suffering to the nation during the Civil war lies with the present generation and It was worth the price paid if the na tion today is true to the Ideals set forth by the veterans of that war and the nation Is preserved as the land of the free and the home 01 the brave a land where the re wards of toil are equitably distrib uted and where Justice rules. W. A Delzell will declare in the Memorial dav address at tne armory Satur day afternoon at the conclusion of the parade and ceremonies at the court house. "If we fall to protect the dearly bought liberties you gave us; If we allow the almighty dollar to be come the measure of human virtues as it has become the standard of property values; if we worship at the shrine of Mammon instead of the altar of freedom, then will his tory hide her face in shame as she records that all your sacrifice was (Concluded on page 9. column 0) MEMORIAL DAY WELL OBSERVED (By The Associated Press) America's soldier and sailor dead were honored Saturday In ceremon lea here and abroad. At Valley Forge, Penna., where Washington's men suffered during the bitter winter of 1777-1178. President Hoover told an assemb lage that the nation Is passing through another Valley Forge of depression from which it can only emerge through the "inventive ness, the resourcefulness, the Ini tiative of every one of us." At Gettysburg Vice President Curtis urged rededicatlon of the United States to Its constitution and its laws. In Washington the army air ar mada took part In ceremonies at Arlington cemetery. The day was widely celebrated abroad. Ambassador Edge, speaking at Suresnes cemetery, near Paris, pleaded for a policy of conciliation In seeking a better world. He paid tribute to the friendship of France and the United States a friend ship "twice sealed In the blood of heroes." The party of American mayors touring France attended ceremonies In Belleau Wood cemetery. The principal eulogy was delivered by Mayor R. E. Thomason, of El Paso, Texas, who broke down In the midst of his speech. Fifteen gold etoir mothers were present. WARM WEATHER FOR COMING WEEK San Francisco (P The weather outlook for the week beginning May 31, was announced here Saturday by the United States weather bureau as follows: . Far western states; The outlook Is for fair weather with tempera tures above normal over the Inter ior but normal with fogs along the coast. The fire hazard will increase In the Interior of California and western part of Washington and Oregon. Hoover Switches Overcoats To Secure His Own , Philadelphia 'At President Hoover and George Stuart Patter son, president of the Union league, were right the first time in the matter of overcoats. Although they know this now, their uncertainty Friday caused a mixup in the cloakroom of the club which afforded many witnesses considerable amusement. The situation came about when Mr. Hoover put on an overcoat and decided It was not his. The presi dent and Mr. Patterson exchanged garments. They started again for the door, when the president placed his hand In a pocket of the over coat and found a can of tobacco. Realizing he had been right In the first place the president again witched coata. apparently enjoy ing the Incident as keenly as those bout him. Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN If George Baker, Portland's tra veling mayor, la made a Knight of the Legion of Honor In France It probably won t go to his head. For as we remember It George was once made a Knight of the Nightie In bis own country. We wonder if Mr. Van Winkle can find anything in the books making a Slpathon Illegal I There ought be a law against any guy doing this sort ci thing year after year. Steve Stone showed up at the of fice this a.m., In his shirtsleeves and his collar rolled in at the neck. We saw at once that Ec" Keech la apt to lose all his honors as the Ingagl of the neighborhood If Steve ven tures forth on the street. SIGN' IN LOCAL STORE 14.50 Linen Knickers Now $2.95 These Won't Last Long But we hope they take the pur chaser through the summer. Don't forget that whoever follows Carle Abrams as state purchasing agent Is going to get all the breaks. With commodities off from 25 to 60 percent it will be easy for some chap to make a comparative record for buying that will be a wonder. If he doesn't cut costs the next four years from the last four years he will be a sap. O. P. Coshow, ex-Justice of the supreme court has sent up to John Farrar a 5 check to add to the Billy McAdams fund and says about Billy: "He brought good cheer Into the life of everyone with whom ne came in contact. Like hundreds of others I am Indebted to him for his encouraging smile." And Frank Da vis and Reed Rowland also came along yesterday and added a dollar apiece to the fund which Is well over the $100 mark and growing. SALEM TOO-MUCH FOR BANS "Hans Jensen damaged his car when he drove into a fire hydrant near the Bones garage. When he went to see about Insurance adjust ment they Informed him that In order to collect insurance the car must come In contact with a moving object. Hans contends It was moving right for him and It was impos sible to miss It. Tne accident nap. pened Saturday when he was re turning from Salem where one la oulte apt to become dizzy from look ing at the high buildings, ferrls wheels and pretty girls. " Turner Tribune. 30,000 GRAVES ARE DECORATED Paris (IP) Flowers were placed on the graves of 30,000 American soldiers in France during Memorial day ceremonies throughout the world war areas Saturday. General John J. Pershing, who commanded the American expedi tionary forces overseas during the war. with United States Ambassa dor Walter E. Edge, led thousands. of veterans and 120 gold star moth ers on a pilgrimage of the battle field cemeteries. They left Paris early In brilliant sunshine for the tour of the ceme teries, where thousands of white crosses mark the graves of the American men. General Pershing for the first time since 1919, led the ceremonies at Romagne cemetery, where 14,000 Americans who lost their lives In the Argonne battle, are burled. Ambassador Edge, speaking at Suresnes. outside Paris, urged ac tive participation In the effort to end war. 2 HOLES IN ONE IN SAME GAME Roseburg, Ore. f) The unusual circumstance of two golfers playing holes in one In the same game oc cured on the Roseburg Golf course Friday. George Smith, Roseburg hotel manager, and R. O. Wilson, Port land salesman, were credited with the achievements. Smith and Wil son were playing together. Smith playing from No. 3 tee, a 150-yard par 3 hole, drove to the sloping green. The ball rolled up the slope and back into the cup. A few minutes latr on the No. 1 260-yard par 4 hole, Wilson drove to the lower edge of the green, and the ball rolled squarely Into the cup. Golfers ahead had Just replaced the flag. They became excited when the one-shot plunked Into the cup and began shouting and waving their arms. Wilson and Smith thought someone was hurt and raced to the green to discover the excite ment had been caused by the un usual shot. The play have been reported to the amateur association. HOOVER CALLS CRISIS A NEW VALLEYFORGE President Calls for Cour age and Steadfast ness in Depression Economic Situation Sim ilar to That Faced by Washington in 1777 Valley Forge. Pa. (m President Hoover Saturday called on tne coun try to extricate Itself from an ec onomic Valley Forge by showing the qualities of steadfastness and resourcefulness shown oy wasning- ton and his men on this camp ground during the bitter winter of 1777-78. Sneaking to a vast Memorial day crowd gathered under a blazing sun. the chief executive warned against seeking an "easy way out" of pres ent difficulties. The crowd he addressed was flung out far along a hillside which form- ed a natural amphitheater around the decorated speakers' stand. On each aide in brilliant colonial uni forms, were members of the famous Phlladelohia first troop of city cav alry, the charter members of which acted as body guard to General Washington. Thousands of men stood in their shirt sleeves and many women car ried multi-colored sun shades, and found need for them. As the pres (Concluded"on page 9. column 6) MOFFETT GRILLS LEGION TACTICS Passlac, N. J., 'VP) Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of the navy bureau of aeronautics, said Saturday he believed the activities of the American Legion had reacn ed the point "where the public Is wondering whether they are being lmnosed upon." "The Legion la being criticised," be said in a Memorial Day address, "for doing too much for its mem bers and not enough for national defense. Adjusted compensation passed the last congress, but the navy's first year London treaty building program did not" Admiral Moffett prefaced his re marks by telling his listeners that he spoke as a Legionnaire. "I would remind you that the ob ject and mission of the Legion is, first, service to the country and not to the Legion," he said. "There Is beine appropriated for war vet erans, directly and Indirectly, about a billion dollars a year a stupen dous sum. This money is furnished by all American taxpayers." JAVELIN RECORD BROKEN BY CHURCHILL Franklin Field. Philadelphia, W) The final battle for the inter collegiate A. A. A. A. track and field championships Saturday open ed with a record -smashing perfor mance In the Javelin by Kenneth Churchill of California. He hurled the spear approximately 220 feet ll'i Inches on his second trial, wiping out his own previous I. C. A. A. A. A. mark of 312 feet 6 Inches. Churchill's Javelin throw surpas sed all records ever made In col legiate championship competition, the best previous mark being 216 feet 7 Inches, made by Lee Bart lett of Albion college In the nation al collegiate A. A. meet of 1928. Stanford, despite Hall's victory In the shotput, finished 2-9-4 In this event and got off In front In the team chase with nine points. Flying Frank Wykoff, Southern California flash, raced the 100 yards in the meet record time of It seconds for the second succes sive day in .defending his title at the inter-collegiate A. A. A. A. championships Saturday. Wykoff led his' Michigan rival, Eddie Tc lan, only by Inches in a sensation al finish. With a great closing spurt, Fu gene (Red) Record of Harvard successfully defended bla title In the 120-yard high hurdles In the smashing time of 14 seconds. George Clark of Cornell led the finalists until the last hurdle, where he lost his form and was passed by the fast-stepping Record, who won by two feet. Seaplane DO-X At Cape Verde Praia. Cape Verde Islands ( The seaplane DO-X arrived her at J: pjn. (about noon E8.T.1 from Bolama, Portuguese West Africa. Mystery Veils Murder Plot In England Belvedere, Kent, England (XT- Scotland Yard Saturday was seek ing the solution of one of the strang est mysteries it has had in many years, the discovery Friday night of the bodies of a mother and her daughter burled under an artifi cial fishpond on a suburban estate here. The women were Mrs. Maude Lewis, handsome 60-year-old wife of Charles Frederick Lewis, a prom inent educator, and their daughter, Freda, 20, whom they adopted af ter her parents had died in the Lu sltanla disaster. Police are looking for Mr. Lewis (Concluded on page 9, column 7) TRIBUTE PAID LATE AIR FLIER The Dalles, Ore. (IP) Friends In the air mall service, war-time bud dies and a crowd expected to reach more than 3000 persons were gath ering here Saturday to pay tribute to the memory of Walter E. Case, late war and air mall flier, on the dedication of The Dalles airport as Walter E. Case field. Throughout the morning planes droned into the 130-acre field, with at least 25 ships expected at the cli max of ceremonies In the afternoon. From southern California, from Oregon, Washington and Idaho, pi lots came, bringing messages of good will for the late veteran The Dalles pilot, killed In a crash against a fog- blanketed mountainside last Janu ary. Ten army planes bearing army air corps and reserve filers under Lieut. Carlton F. Bond and Lieut. Kenne dy were to leave Pearsorcf leld short ly after 11 o'clock, bearing baskets of rose petals to be strewn over cem eteries here at noon, In cooperation with the American Legion Memorial day exercises. Tex Rankin, sacrificing time for his own 13th anniversary celebra tion at Portland, was to arrive here at noon with a scheduled 45 minutes of stunta from his bag of tricks. Rankin planned to speed back to Portland at 1:30 for his own cere mony. Thousands of air mall letters went out Saturday morning as a feature of the dedication bearing a special (Concluded onTpftKe 9, column 6) WALKATHON TO CLOSE MONDAY Portland (IP) Walkath oners probably will not walk In Multno mah county after Monday at mid night. Charles H. Gram, state labor commissioner, announced that com plaint will be signed against man agers of the Lotus Isle and Moose lodge walkathons unless the shows ceased at midnight Monday. Alfred A. Painter, manager of the Lotus Isle walkathon, promised to close his show but W. K. Rayl. manager of the Moose lodge walka thon at the Pacific International Livestock building said he did not Intend to close unless ordered by the court. Gram Intended to act following an opinion by Attorney General Van Winkle that walkathons are violations of "order 36" of the state Industrial welfare commission, which provides that a woman em ploye must have at least nine hours rest between two consecutive days' employment. Oram was eager to close the walkathons Immediately but Thom as O. Ryan, attorney for Painter, reminded him that the shows could nut be closed before Monday, since Decoration day and Sunday are non-Judicial days. Winds Cause Delay In Start Of Flight Across Pacific Ocean Samushiro. Japan VP) Unfavorable winds caused Thomas Ash, Jr., to postpone on his projected non-stop solo after consul ting villagers no ien- lively decided to start between 4 and 6 o'clock Sunday morning, u to 4 p. m. Saturday E. S. T.) The villagers agreed that the pre vailing wind was quietest during those hours ana wouia give young American filer his best chance to get his heavily loaded and somewhat cumbersome plane off the beach. The ship will carry 1.030 gallons of gasoline, a load of about 3,000 pounds. Starting by daylight, Aan iigurea he would reach Puget Bound before daylight of the third day, but with RAIN DELAYS START OF RACE 40 of American Premier Drivers Roar Away at Noon for $100,000 Arnold Takes Lead With Cummins Second, Cantlon Third Speedway. Indianapolis, IJPi De layed starting two hours due to rain, forty of America's premier race drivers roared away at noon Saturdav In the start of the 19th 500-mlle automobile race for prizes totalling $100,000. The start was as thrilling as any of the 18 other 500-mlle races that preceded Saturday's classic with every driver and his mechanic seated beside him determined to finish triumphant at the end of the perilous 200 lap Journey around the 214 mile brick track. The rain which started falling at 4 o'clock Saturday morning sua denly ceased at 10:45 and a strong breeze sweeping out of the north west quickly dried out the slippery track. It was necessary for three post ponements, the last one set for noon. With the start of the race W. D. Elenburn. member of the contest board, who has technical management of the contests, said (Concluded on page 8, column Si HIGHLAND WINS FLAG CONTEST Highland school won the flag of fered by the American Legion Aux iliary for the school making the highest percentage of correct ans wers in regard to flag etiquette, In a test given In all sixth grades In the city publto schools. The flag was presented at the Memorial Day program at Highland Friday afternoon by Mrs. Christopher But te, Americanization chairman for the local auxiliary unit. Highland had an average of 92 percent cor rect answers. Five of the sixth grade pupils at that school had 100 percent correct answers, and two small boys, Ernest Jungsln, a little Japanese lad, and Harold Dig man had papers perfect In spelling and penmanship also. These two boys received the flag from Mrs. Butte on behalf of the school. Richmond was second and Gar field third In the test. The test was based on 40 ques tions on flag etiquette taught by the auxiliary earlller this year. From the lLst of 40 questions, 15 were chosen for test material. The program at Highland was founded on questions asked by the test. $1600 SECURED BY PORTLAND YEGGS Portland t") Approximately $1600 In currency was taken from the Frost-Kht Ice cream plant here Fri day night In a raid by professional safe cracksmen who neatly removed the combination and Inner lock of the vault. Police discovered a hammer, a crowbar and a punch on the vault floor. The Instrument carried no finger prints. The robbers apparently had climbed an apple tree In the rear of the building and Its spread ing branches reached a second story window. takeoff Saturday morning flight across the Pacific, but a takeoff here at dawn he probably would arrive off the American coast during the darkness of early Mon day, lie decided to chance this and rely upon flares to guide him to a landing in the Puget Sound region. A cold strong west wind swept across the beach at 7 o'clock Satur day morning, the hour originally set for the takeoff. "Any attempt to take off In this cross wind with my load would have been suicidal," Aah said. The forecast for Sunday calls for "iconciuded on page f, column 8) Shortage of Money Threatens To Kill Referendum Move By HARRY Lack of finances is the one perfection of the referendum movement against the legisla tive act whereby on August 1 the state traffic and prohibi tion departments and the law enforcement divisions of the fish and game commission and the fire marshal's office will be consolidated into a single state constabularry under the direction and control of the governor. Already there are more than 5000 of the required 10,680 names signed to the petitions sponsored by Ed F. Averill. former state ame warden, little difficulty Is being experienced in securing the signatures of voters, and there remains five full business days in which to secure what furth er names are needed. The com pleted petitions must be filed with the secretary or state before mid night next Friday. But Averill and his aides In the movement are discovering that (Concluded on pnge8, column 1) 3 INJURED IN AUTO CRASH Three young women received broken bones, cuts and bruises about 10 o'clock Saturday forenoon when the automobile in which they were riding over the highway between Jefferson and Marion collided with a truck driven by George VanArnan of Scotta Mills. The Injured are: Jenice Dunlvan. 22, Mill City, cut knee and bruised about the body Doroly Dunlvan, 20, of Mill City, broken left arm between shoulder and eloow; Virginia Jcpson, Mill City, broken nose, cuts about the face and badly bruised. According to Powell Clayton, state traffic officer who investigated the accident. Arthur H. Bates of Mill City was driving a Ford coupe In which the young women were pas sengers, west over the Marlon-Jefferson highway. Approaching a curve he turned to speak to two of the young women who were In the rumble seat. At the same Instant, VanArnan caine around the corner driving the light truck with a flat bed. The Bates car sideswlped the truck with the bed of the latter, tearing away the side of the for mer's machine which was virtually demolished. Bates, who escaped practically un injured, assumed all blame for the accident. BROKE OPEN DOOR TO GET OLD GLORY Portland W "Lend a hand, my lads," cried Captain John T. Moore of the Portland police, and the door of the locker room in which the national flag la kept, fell away In splinters. And presently from the mast at police headquarters the flag rippled In the breeze of a warm Memorial day. Captain Moore obviously was shocked when he came on duty. No banner fluttered where a banner should have flown. "How come," he asked. Well, It was explained, the flag was locked away In the property room. And the Janitor? The Janitor was on vacation. "Then crash In the door," the captain instructed. And that, In a manner of speaking, was that. Presbyterians To Quit Federal Church Council BmtHnrofc npv The Prexhvterlan church In the U. S. A. virtually was cut off from the Federated council of Churches Saturday when the as sembly here eliminated from the budget $18,500. representing their participation funds In the council. The action followed voiced disap proval of the council's attitude to ward birth control. Lonergan Deplores Prison Conditions Portland WVAn "outrage to de cency and an outrage to civiliza tion" was the way Frank J. Loner gan, speaker of the Oregon house of representative, described crowd ed conditions at the state prison. In an address at the Portland City club here Friday. "The way the doors and hallways and locks are arranged up there," Lonergan said, "if a lire was to get a real start In tne penitentiary to night, hundreds aad hundreds of these Inmates would die, for they would have no way to escape." N. CRAIN thine which can now prevent : THOMAS PLANS CUT IN FARES Portand (IP) The News-Telegram said Saturday that It had learned from reliable source that streetcar fares In Portland will be cut to seven cents In an order that Public Utility Commissioner C. M. Thomas will issue Monday or TYesday. Single fares will be ordered cut from 10 cents to seven cents, the newspaper said. Fares for school schildren will be four cents, weekly passes will be sold on a basis of five cents a ride and six rents a ride will be charged on unlimited pickets In strips of 10. The News-Telegram said the or der will point out that the present streetcar system In Portland Is an tiquated and unsuited to the needs of the city. The newspaper also said It believed Commissioner Thorn-' as will contend that the trolley com pany has made no attempt to keep abreast of the times but has relied on Increased fares In an effort to cure Its Ills. Commissioner Thomas' order was expected to be followed by a rec ommendation that an early fran chise agreement be entered Into by the city of Portland and Pacific Northwest Public Service corpora tion looking to financing of a new system, according to the News Telegram. The present franchise expires In a year. The newspaper said It nad learn ed that Commissioner Thomas was convinced that solution of the Port land streetcar problem will be found In new methods of operation. k, oTuSrInds closed by italy Rome (jp) Three playgrounds op- crated by the American Knights of Columbus were closed Saturday by the government not long after police had closed all the Catholic clubs In the city. It was beieved that this action was taken on the theory that the Knights of Columbus were engaged in activities as a part of the Cath olic action organization, fascist op position to which has resulted In disorders over the past few days. The Knights of Clumbus are un der the direction of Papal Count E! ward Hearn, who was out of town Saturday. The American organi sation Introduced the Idea of play grounds here and financed their operation for the benefit of the youth of Rome. As a result of the closing of the clubs Pope Pius Saturday revoked the appointment of Cardinal Michel Lega as papal legate to the cen tenary celebrations of fit. Anthony of Padua because "since no assur ance can be had that the pontiff is free from Insult In Rome lUelf, there Is no assurance that his per sonal representative will be free from Insult outside Rome." SIX OF REED-SPORT CITIZENS ARRESTED Roseburg, Ore. & Six resident of Rcedsport were brought here Fri day night following their arrest on charges of liquor law violation. Michael Mccarty, 02, and J. H. Nasburg, 61, former offenders, are being held for the circuit court, charged with aale of liquor. H. P. Somes, 44, was fined 1200 on three counts of sale; Aulue Madi son 63. was fined $150 for sale, and D. O. Beard 38, and hla wife, Ellse. 31, were fined (V) each for sale of beer. The arrests were made by feder al, state and county officers. Klamath Indian To Do Two Year Stretch Klamath Falls, IIP) Charles Cap tain, Klamath Indian, was senten ced to two years In prison when he pleaded guilty to a felony charge Friday after having been twice con victed for drunken driving. Captain was arrested the fourth time on thlv charge only four hours after paying a line for conviction on a previous count. LINER STRIKES HIDDEN REEF, ALL ARE SAVED Excursionists in Life Boats Rescued by Navy Cruiser Passengers Lowered When Liner Harvard Grounds at Pt.Arguello Wilmington, Cal. OP) Officials of the Los Angeles Steamship company received word at 11 o'clock Saturday that the U. S. S. Louisville had com pleted the transfer of passengers from the Harvard, which grounded off Point Arguello about 3:30 sun. Los Angeles () The navy cruiser Louisville at 7:45 a.m. arrived along side the Harvard, which went ashort at Point Arguello, 60 miles north west of Santa Barbara early Satur day and work of transferring U more than 450 passengers, who had been lowered In life boats, to the cruiser was Immediately begun, ra dio advices to the Los Angeles Steamship company said. Los Angeles All passengers. estimated at more than 450. aboard the Harvard which went ashore at Point Arguello, 50 miles northwest of Santa Barbara, had been lowered safely In boats and were awaiting the arrival ot relief ships then but '(Concluded on page 0, column 7) ITALY CLOSES CATHOLIC CLUBS Rome 'JF) The government Sat urday closed all the Catholic clubs In Rome as the first official step In the controversy between fascism and the Vatican which has resulted in disorders over the past several days. Police who were sent to the clubs requested the secretaries and at tendants to vacate Immediately. ' They took Inventories of the con tents, giving one copy to the ec clesiastic assistant of each club, then sealed the premises. The first club closed was the noted "Scalett attached to the church of St. Ignatius, where police told the attendants that the closing or der would remain In effect for sev eral days. The police would not comment on their orders and it could not be learned whether the measure would be applied In other Italian cities. In some circles It was believed that the government may have act ed to protect the clubs from vio lence by removing the attendants and placing the premLses under of ficial seal. FIVE INJURED IN WRECK OF TRAIN Pueblo, Colo, ffll Five person suffered minor injuries in the de railment of the Santa Fe Colorado Kxpress near Fowler, Colo., early Saturday. Railroad officials said there were 253 pasengers on the train. One rail on each side of the track had been loosened and burrs had been removed from "fish" plates on both sides of the track. After the wreck, the burrs, bolts from which they had been removed, and the 'fish'' plates were found lying to gether on one side of the track. The threads of the burrs and bolts were intact. Only the fact the train carries all steel coaches prevented a terrific low of life, In the opinion of persons who viewed the wreck. The train was bound from Chica go to Denver, but most of the pas sengers were from towns in Kansas and Missouri. THREE KILLED IN CRASH OF PLANE Madison. Wis. (IP) Three men who started to Indianapolis by air plane to eee the automobile race, theie were killed Saturday when their plane crashed and caught fire at the Madison airport. The dead are Lawrence M. Flsch n;ch, 3D. pilot. Kdward Hafirea, 24 and Ed Brleby, 1. Th.v httH tiimeft back to the air port because of a low fng which made visibility uncertain. The plane dove Into the field ai a sharp angle before Flwhnlch could stralghtr n V out.