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SAN FRANCISCO
MARINE CRISIS
Longshoremen Stage Un
authorized Strike to Aid
Bargemen
Predicted Entire Water
front of Bay Region
Tied-up in Three Days
San Francisco, Sept. 21 (PI Po
lice squad cars patrolled San Fran.
Cisco bay waterfronts today as ship
operators and waterfront employ
ers awaited outcome of a "show
down" In the troubled marine labor
situation.
Informed sources predicted that
within three days, the entire water
fronts of San Francisco, Oakland,
Alameda and other bay ports would
be virtually Inactive.
In a first test maneuver today.
waterfront employers put in a call
for longshoremen to unload the
River Lines motorship Sutter, load
ed with Sacramento valley farm
produce. The stevedores responded.
' (Concluded on page 7, column 4)
BUSINESS GAINS
IN FAR WEST
San Francisco, Sept. 21 (IP) Far
western business has reached Its
highest level In 43 months, the sta
tistical Index of the Bank of Am-
v.irlca showed today.
According to the bank's business
review, the Index stood at 69.2 for
August, highest since January 1932,
and 6.8 percent above the correspon
ding figure last year. It was also 5.8
percent above July.
Substantial Increases in carload
Ings and electric power production
were largely responsible for the op
timistic showing, the report said.
. August was the ninth consecutive
month of this year In which bank
debits of the far west have gained
over corresponding periods of the
two previous years. The gain over
last year was 19.8 percent during the
month.
Dollar volume sales, reports from
101 retail establishments showed,
were 8.8 percent above the corre
sponding month last year, and 10
percent over the first eight months
of 1034.
KLAMATH COUNTY -AFTER
GAMBLERS
Klamath Falls, Sept. 21 (if) Reg
ulation of gaming devices involving
the element of skill was advised by
the Klamath county grand Jury
when It made its report late last
night.
The report was directed particul
arly at these practices outside the
city limits of Klamath Falls. The
city has a licensing ordinance regu
lating the games.
The Jury forwarded a communi
cation to Governor Martin citing
the flood of worthless checks In this
county. The Jury complained that
too many offenders escaped prose-
cution because of executive failure f
to press ior extraamon.
Political Machine of
Late Huey Long Splits
Over Candidacy of Noe
New Orleans, La., Sept. 21 (U.R) Just 10 days after the
death of the "boss" Huey P. Long's all powerful political
machine split into two factions today. Observers anticipat
ed those factions would break up
Into smaller groups.
Leading one faction was Lieut.
Oovernor James A. Noe, who waited
one week after Long's funeral be
fore announcing his candidacy for
governor, other Long lieutenants
Including Seymour Weiss, who with
other members of the machine awaits
trial on an Indictment charging In
come tax fraud, oppose his candi
dacy. . .
The factions held separate cauc
uses on the same floor of Weiss'
Roosevelt hotel last night. Gov. O.
K. Allen, nominal head of the ma
chine, ran from on to the other,
vainly eeekini a reconciliation. The
Good Evening!
Sips for Supper
By DON UPJOHN
In response to our Inquiry as to
what to do with the sprig of parsley
which invariably appears on the
meat plate we were enlightened to
day by an anonymous postcard
which reads, "Put It In your button
hole you dope." A reasonable ans
wer If the doggone tailor who made
our buttonhole hadn't sewed it to
gether. Arthur Plant developed a bad cold
the other day. His snuffles could be
heard a mile. A friend suggested
he take a cold shot and Arthur was
suffering enough to comply. So he
visited the offices of a local physi
cian to apply for one. "It's not a
cold shot you want," said the doctor
after looking Arthur over. "You need
to have your tonsils out." "Yeah, I
might have them come out," said
Arthur, "if I hadn't had them
taken out eight years ago."
One Dud DeOroot, coach for this
San Jose football team, Is a most
personable gentleman. Yesterday
morning he made the best talk ever
offered at a breakfast club egg hur
dle. At a gathering last evening with
some of the town's boys and girls he
made almost as good an impression
as our own "Spec" Keene. This boy
DeGroot is as good an ambassador
at large for San Jose state college
as the late Will Rogers for his
country. This Willamette-San Jose
hookup Is a great thing for the two
schools. Let's make It permanent.
And In doing so let's incidentally
tonight have our Bearcats go out
on Sweetland field and claw those
San Jose lads till their flesh hangs
in tatters on their bones. That'd
show 'em our friendship Is more than
skin deep and give the San Jose
Spartans an excuse to disembowel
the Bearcats on their next ' visit
south. These amenities must be kept
up if the friendship is to continue,
Ed Beyers has just returned from
Nebraska to land here in time for
the game tonight. Ed didn't miss a
softball game last summer until the
day before the state tournament he
left for Nebraska. And now he's so
doggoned sorry he did he says he
wouldn't take the whole state of Ne
braska for a two-foot space In a
Willamette grandstand seat. The
idea being Ed has a kind of yen to
watch football and softball.
Custer Ross, our well known at
torney, yesterday dropped into a soft
drink place, put a quarter on the
counter for a glass of milk, and
walked off leaving the 20 cents
change lying there. Reports from
his bedside say that he hopes to re
cover from the nervous shock but
It's only on account of a strong
constitution.
Brazier Small, who has been one
of the most loyal supporters, and
was in fact one of the originators, of
the Willamette-capitol swap, has
gone the full length now for the
old institution. He's offered to loan
his head to Spec tonight to use In
putting over the hidden ball play.
We've been a little tardy In con
gratulating the town on getting the
services of Van Wieder as a coun
cilman but have held back knowing
that such reference might cause
Van's natural modesty to blush all
over his face. But the council's now
getting to a point where well have
to quit kidding it In our column and
lose one of our most fertile fields
of exploitation.
We're glad to report our new
favorite waitress is getting broke
(Concluded on page B, column 6
opponents still appeared on friend
ly terms and Allen was said still
to hope to hold the Long organiza
tion together.
The disagreement was on the
question of just whom Long would
have designed to succeed Allen as
governor If he had lived. While
"the boss" exercised his arbitrary
power his nomination for any public
office was almost tantamount to
election, since his machine is Hi
absolute control of the voting ma
chinery. After the caucuses Noe Issued a
statement settlna forth hla claim
(Concluded on pag 8," "column 7j '
STARTS FLIGHT
OVER ATLANTIC
TO LITHUANIA
Waitkus Hops-off from
New York via New
foundland
To Fly in Substratosphere
At 10,000 Feet Altitude
30 Hours Trip
New York, Sept. 21 (fP) Bound on
a non-stop flight to Lithuania, Lieut.
Felix Waitkus was factd today with
bad weather conditions over the
north Atlantic.
Six hours after the 28-year old
Wisconsin flier lifted his plane the
Lituanica II from Floyd Bennett
field at 5:45 a.m., E.S.T., weather
reports from Newfoundland said fly
ing conditions "could scarcely be
worse." Waitkus was unsighted along
the north Atlantic coast. No concern
was felt for his safety, however.
The plane Is not equipped with
radio sending equipment and, In ad
dition, Waitkus planned to fly a;
much as possible In the sub-stratosphere.
New York, Sept. 21 (!P) Lieut
Felix Waitkus, 28 year old Kohler,
Wis., flier, took off from Floyd Ben
nett airport today on a solo, non-
(Concluded on pnge 3, column 4)
ROGERSSWEARS
GIRL SUICIDED
West Chester, Pa., Sept. 21 WV-
Henry Huddleston Rogers, Jr., Stan
dard Oil fortune heir, put behind
him today the ordeal of more than
two hours questioning and, a record
of his firm denial that he had any
part In the killing of Evelyn Hoey,
"torch" singer of Broadway musicals.
Miss Hoey, he told a Jury of six
men and a packed courtroom last
night, shot herself to death in his
secluded Chester county farmhouse
on the night of September 11 be
cause "she was unhappy and de
pressed." "She didn't sing; and thought she
lost her voice. I think she felt she
couldn't go back to that part of the
theater, he said reflectively.
Rogers' testimony ended the sec
ond day of the inquest, and Deputy
Coroner Harvey Cox recessed the
proceedings until Monday night. At
that time he said he will call In a fin
gerprint expert, a doctor who con
ducted an autopsy, and Downing-
town police.
Rogers testflied Miss Hoey at
tempted to leap from the window of
a New York hotel a few weeks ago
while they were conversing. He pull
ed her back, he said, when all but
an arm and a leg were out of the
window and she hurt her nose In
the struggle.
"She was always moody when she
was drinking," he said.
BODIES OF FIVE IN
WRECKAGE OF TRAIN
Hillsboro, 111., Sept. 21 m Work
ing crews combing the wreckage of
the Chicago and Eastern Illinois
railway train which collided yester
day with an automobile driven by a
farm woman, have recovered the
bodies of five victims including one
not as yet Identified. The known
dead are:
Edward Edlemesser, engineer, ab
out 55; Sam McDoural, fireman,
about 55; Henry Smltha, 45, road
foreman of engines for the railway,
all of Villa Grove, 111., and Mrs. Ed
ward Dammann, driver of the car.
She lived near Hillsboro.
BIG SHIPMENT OF
. GOLD SCHEDULED
London, Sept. 21 (LP) Reports
said today that 8,500.000 pounds
($41,798,750) in gold would be ship
ped to New York In the next 10
days because of fears In the Italian-Ethiopian
crisis.
It was said that 1.500.000 pounds
'$7,376,250) would be sent In the
Europa from Southampton today
and about 1,000,000 pounds ($4,917,
500) each In the Vandam, Bremen,
Normandie. Berenesria. LaFayette.
Majestic and Gcorgic, next big ships
to go.
Great Lover
Of Films Again
Eludes Elaine
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 21 (LP)
John Barrymore threw Elaine Bar
rie what is known technically as an
other curve today.
The great lover of the cinema
scuttled away like a scared rabbit
from his one-time "ward."
And like a hound after the same
rabbit, Elaine doubled back from
a wrongly directed hop in her
chase, attempting to Intercept the
flight of her Romeo at Kansas City.
John the Don Juan unceremon
iously declined to be ensnared.
Miss Barrie, who already had
trailed - John half across the con
tinent, overshot at Chicago. She
continued her westward trip beyond
Kansas City, but after searching
(Concluded on page 3, column 4)
ROOSEVELT TO
SEE SOFTBALL
Hyde Park, Sept. 21 ( Presi
dent Roosevelt and Jack Dempsey
both made arrangements today to
see Just how a softball baseball
game is played.
The game is scheduled between
the White House correspondents and
the team of Lowell Thomas, radio
talker, who manages the Saints and
Sinners club at Pawling, N. Y.
Dempsey, former heavyweight
champion, is going to umpire. So is
'Two Gun Stringfellow of the
White House secret service.
Mr. Roosevelt, who has been busy
at his family home talking with
folks of all walks of life, gave word
of a hope to attend the game to be'
played at Pawling.
- He is leaving tpmorrow for Wash
ington' to conclude a heavy load of
business remaining from the last
congressional session.
Probably about Thursday, the
president will start out for the Pa
cific coast on a fishing cruise. He
will have opportunity enroute to
talk with the people and he likes to
do this.
There are only three definite stops
on the way to the coast: at Boulder
canyon dam; at luncheon in Los An
geles and the other at- San Diego,
where he will attend the California
Pacific International exposition.
Then he goes on a fishing trip In
the Pacific ocean with an unchart
ed course. Two stops are known
Cocos Island and Pearl Island, both
uninhabited spots.
MRS. SCHLESINGER
GRANTED DIVORCE
Los Angeles, Sept. 21 (LP) MfS.
Laura Anderson Schleslnger today
held a divorce from Lee Schleslng
er, scion of a wealthy San Francis
co merchant family, who was previ
ously supposed to have been killed
in an auto accident at Vancouver,
Wash.
Schleslnger disappeared after his
automobile plunged into the Co
lumbia river in 1932. In an answer
to his wife's complaint he admitted
he staged the "disappearance" end
permitted his family to believe him
dead.
He blamed his action on tangled
business affairs, which he said had
become so complex his mind was
affected. Schleslnger Is the son of
B. F. Schleslnger of San Francisco.
Mrs. Schleslnger, daughter of Will
H. Anderson, prominent attorney,
and former president of the .Los
Angeles Bar association, charged
desertion, and was awarded cus
tody of a minor son and daughter.
The couple married In 1917.
HARRY L. KUCK, 73,
EX-SENATOR, PASSES
The Dalles, Ore., Sept. 31 (in
Henry L. Kuck, 73, former state
senator from Wasco and Hood River
counties, ex-mayor of The Dalles
and long identified with civic and
business affairs of this city, died
here last night after n illness of
several weeks Induced by a paralytic
stroke.
Mr. Kuck was elected state senator
In 1938 and served one term. He
served as city councilman here from
1805 to 1809 and was elected mayor
in 1900. He served as chairman of
Wasco county republican central
committee for 12 years.
Surviving are the widow and two
sons, Harry of California, former
Pendleton newspaper publisher, and
Ernest of The Dalles.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
PLAN TO DIVIDE
BRITISH FLEET
IN 2 SECTIONS
Italy's Malta, Island of
Panterraria Placed Un
der State of Siege
War Preparations Con
tinued by All Countries
As Tension Grows
Rome, Sept. 20 OT As the cabinet,
met, naval Informants said Italy's
"Malta" the island of Panterraria
had been placed in a state of siege
which will enable Italy to cut the
Mediterranean into two seas, sep
arating the British fleet in the west
from that In the east, In case of
hostilities.
The island, with a population Just
under 10,000 Is 70 miles- southwest
of Sicily and 15 miles from Tunis.
It Is situated, therefore, in prac
tically the middle of the narrowest
portion of the Mediterranean, name
ly, between Tunis and Sicily.
Tnus It commands a channel
through which ships must pass tc
go from one end of the Mediter
ranean to the other.
In naval circles it was said Pan
terraria has been heavily fortified
and in consequence of a recent
order now Is In a state of the high
est military efficiency.
in keeping with the cabinet's re
jection of the peace plan, five ships
left Naples lor East , Africa with
(Concluded on page 3, column. 8n
LATOURETTE TO
BE CANDIDATE
Portland, Ore., Sept. 21 ff The
race for speakership of the private
session of the legislature had as
sumed definite lines today with
Howard Latour:!te, Multnomah
democrat, the latest to declare his
candidacy.
"I now have the support of i
large number cf the qualified mem
bers of the house," Latourette said
in announcing his candidacy late
yesterday.
"I feel that I am qualified to ex.
pedite the business to come before
the special session fairly and im
partially and In a harmonious man
ner and without rancor or discord,
and for the best interests of the
taxpayers."
William L. Graham, another
Multnomah democrat, announced
his candidacy Just 24 hours before
the announcement of Representa
tive Latourette.
Others of the party -who have
been mentioned In the speakership
race include N. Ray Alber and Vic
tor J. Nelson, Multnomah, and
Moore Hamilton, Jackson.
The principal republican candi
date was Earl Hill of Lane county,
SOVIET BALLOONISTS
FLY 1428 MILES
Moscow, Sept. 21 (IP) A world
distance record for balloon flight
was claimed today for Sovlcst Pilots
B. A. Romanov and A. I. Bablkin.
rney new from zcenigordo, near
Moscow, to a point in the southern
Kazarkston desert, a distance of
1428 miles.
The flight was completed Sept.
S, but word of It has Just reached
Moscow owing to absence of quick
communication facilities between
the capital and the balloonlsts' land
ing place.
The distance flown exceeds by 372
miles that of the Polish balloon
which recently won the James Gor
don Bennett International balloon
race from Warsaw.
MANY ILL ITALIANS
BACK FROM AFRICA
Athens, Sept. 31 0P The news
paper Prota today published from
Rhodes charging that authorities
In the Italian-owned Islands of Le
ros and Kalymnos,' In the Dodeca
nese group, are attempting to pres.-,
qualified men Into sea service.
The reports added that "many
thousands" of sick soldiers are re
turning from East Africa, and
quoted eye witnesses who said "the
morale of thousands bound for At
tic 1 low."
MOODY TO CONDUCT
GRAND JURY PROBE
GAMBLING RACKET
Attorney General Designates Special Prose
cutor; Takes over Duties Monday Morning
but May Ask for Time; Going to Bottom of
Affair; No Favorites to be Played
Announcement by Attorney General I. H. Van Winkle
of the appointment of Ralph E. Moody, assistant attorney
general, to conduct the grand jury inquiry into gambling
conditions in Salem and Marion county was the outstanding
development today in the Capital Journal's campaign against
vice ana racketeering. Moody will-
lake over his duties as special pros
ecutor when the grand Jury con
venes Monday morning, but indi
cated that he will ask postpone
ment of the probe into the gambling
situation for a day or two while he
familiarizes himself , with the case
and formulates a plan of action.
"We are going to the bottom of
this affair," Moody said today.
"It may take time and we may
run into obstacles. But we are go
ing to find out why gambling has
been allowed to run almost wide
open in the county with the appar
ent knowledge of officials.
"There will be no favoritles play-
(Concluded on page 7, column 4)
GREEK FLEET
BACK TO BASE
Athens, Sept. 21 (IP) Greece's
navy, paying a friendly visit to Is
tanbul, Turkey, was ordered to re
turn at top speed today.'
The main fleet will be concen
trated at Sal amis naval base, In the
Qulf of Aegina near Athens where
the Greek Ileet disastrously defeat
ed the Persians in 480 B. C.
In their new station the ships will
await developments in the Italian-
Ethiopian crisis.
It was recalled that the govern
ment has protested unannounced
visits of Italian warships to Greek
waters, has given permission for Bri
tish royal air forces bombing planes
to refuel in Greece, and has lndl
cated strongly that It will support
Great Britain in any emergency.
It was reported that Turkey was
urgently fortifying the Dardanelles,
at the eastern end of the Mediter
ranean, was assembling troops and
munitions and was creating air
bases.
Turkey has intimated Its strong
support of Ethiopia.
Italy continues to fortify Its coastal
Dodecanese islands off Asia Minor.
Thirty two large bombing planes
have arrived In the Islands and
troops and munitions are being as
sembled.
SEATTLE BAKERIES
STONED BY LABORITES
Seattle, Sept. 21 (IP) Two baker
ies, a cafe and a cleaning plant were
stoned yesterday by a group of men
who fled In a light truck. Police
believed the attacks were made by
labor organizers.
Two stores of the Golden Rule
bakery, the Canton cafe 'and Clean
Well Dye works, all located in dif
ferent sections of the city, were
damaged. Windows were broken at
all places. The dyeing company
reported damage of $100.
W. H. pembcrton, proprietor of
the bakeries, said his drivers pie
forred not to give up a cooperative
interest In his business. The dye
works, not a member of the union,
has been picketed. It was bombed
lour years ago. The proprietor of
the cBfe could not explain the rea
son for the attack.
81ST BIRTHDAY OF
PRESIDENT'S MOTHER
Hyde Park. N. Y., Sept. 21 (IP)
Mrs. James Roosevelt, mother of the
president, observed her 81st birth
day anniversary today quietly, with
only a few friends in for lunch
eon to mark the occasion.
An outdoor luncheon at the cot
tage, the family rural retreat at
ValkifT, originally was on the
schedule but rain forced a change
In the plans and the group gath
ered at Hyde Park house Instead.
The formal celebration, It was
learned, took place last week end,
and whs a Joint one. The President
and Mrs. Roosevelt celebrated Mrs.
.lames Roosevelt's birthday along
with their son Elliott's.
At that time an open-air party
was hold with several friends and
neighbors attending.
POWER READY
IN 18 MONTHS
Portland, Sept, 21 WV-Power from
the Bonneville Columbia "river pro
ject will Be available within 18
months, Major R. F. Bessey, regional
planning consultant, has advised
members of the state planning
board.
Plans for administration of the
disposition of Columbia basin power
should be laid as soon as possible,
Major Bessey said.
Several suggestions of possible
ways the power output might be
handled were made yesterday by
Professor Charles McKmley of Reed
college who Is a planning board
consultant.
He suggested formation of a pub
lic corporation along the lines of a
private corporation; placing of all
hydro-electric enterprises under a
single operating unit such as the
bureau of reclamation; creation of
separate operating companies for
each project, or creation of a Co
lumbia valley authority, -' - -
Opposition to a Columbia valley
authority was reiterated by the
Portland chamber of commerce
which declared there were different
conditions Involved at the Bonne
ville and Crand Coulee dam pro
jects.
No defiftte action was taken, but
the regional planning commission
will submit a report to the national
resources committee following an
other hearing scheduled for Sep tern-1
ber 30 In Seattle, - -
ROBBERY SECRETED
. BY KIDNAP FEAR
Los Angeles, Sept. 21 (IP) A $500,
000 burglary of the home of George
Hormcl was kept secret four days
because the millionaire meat packer
feared he would be kidnaped, it be
came known today.
"Don't worry about the theft," po
lice said Hormel telegraphed his
secretary, Mrs. D. G. Bonnell. "They
(bonds) are of no value to anyone
else and will be duplicated by the
brokers. Let there be no publicity In
connection with this because of
kidnaping threats."
Police said they were Informed
Hormcl had received threats . of
kidnaping for ransom.
Investigators said it was possible
that persons who broke into the
Hormcl home Monday afternoon
might have Intended to kidnap the
packer, but finding the family ab
sent, had ransacked the upper rooms
of the mansion.
The loot consisted of securities
valued at $500,000. a $500 fur coat and
a pillow slip which police said had
been Ubcd to carry away what had
been stolen.
Alibi for Tom Mooney
Told at Oregon City
Greeted with Skepticism
Oregon City, Ore., Sept. 21 (U.R) A mild mannered odd
jobs man today told a story which, if proved, might exoner
ate Mooney in the Preparedness Day bombings. After 19
years of silence, M. R. Spencer, 6B,
told authorities he stood with
Mooney and the letter's wife on the
roof of a building one mile from
Steuart and Market streets In San
Francisco at the moment an ex
plosion killed 10 persons in a patri
otic demonstration in 1016.
Persons on the roof of the build
ing discussed the explosion excited
ly, wondering what had happened
downtown, Spencer RRid. He could
not recall what Mooney's reaction
had been.
Explaining that his conscience was
hurting him. the gray-haired handy
man came to Sheriff E. T. Masi with,
WORLD CRISIS
PRECIPITATED
BY MUSSOLINI
League Program to Avert
War Rejected by Italian
Cabinet
No Further Offers to be
Made Italy Penalties
Discussed
Rome, Sept. 21 (LP) Premier Be
nito Mussolini today took one of the
gravest steps In his nation's history
when he rejected as unacceptable a
League of Nations plan to avert war
with Ethiopia.
The plan, rejected on the ground
that It did not offer the minimum
basis necessary for realization of It
aly's Interests and rights, had been
advanced as the final hope of pre
venting an outbreak that threaten
ed to precipitate a world crisis.
League of Nations leaders, learn
ing of the rejection, called It disas
trous. '-;
Word was flashed from the Lea
gue of Nations capital, Geneva, that
the committee of five nations which
made the offer to Italy in behalf
of the league council would be con
vened urgently to consider the situ
ation. It will report to the council.
The council then muse make recom
mendations which, if rejected, would,
"(Concluded on page 3, column 1)
farTekhaTges
big slush fund
Endicott, N. Y., Sept. 21 fP) Post
master General James A. Farley de
manded today that congress and the
state legislature take Immediate
steps "to prevent the secret collec
tion and use of a vast republican
fund to influence the elections."
It Is announced from Washing
ton that the republican national
committee has organized a private
corporation to gather this huge fund
and hope that by this device the
names of contributors may be con
cealed," he told New York democrats
In an outdoor gathering concluding
huge two-day rally.
"No subterfuge should permit the
republican national committee to
conceal the persons and interests to
whom it owes its financing and who
In turn find that committee a useful
and willing weapon With which to
fight the reforms sponsored by the
democratic leadership," the stat
and democratic chairman said.
Saying that "nationally we have
done a Job that Is without precedent
in the worlds history. Farley pre
dicted that the electorate will show
that they have more conlidcnce in
the builders than in the wreckers."
$21,854,000 GOLD
ENROUTE AMERICA
New York. Sept. 21 (IP) A total of
$21,854,000 In gold was engaged for
shipment to the United States to
day, the New York icderal reserve
bank announced.
The total consists of $9,488,000
from Prance, $0,538,000 from Eng
land and $2,829,000 from Canada.
a story that if told at any of Moon
ey's trials or hearings might have
saved the prisoner and his asso
ciate. Warren K. Billings, years of
Imprisonment.
"Tom Mooney Is Innocent," Spen
cer said. "I know because I stood
beside him on the roof of the Etlers
building waiting for the Prepared
ness day parade to pass when the
bomb exploded down nenr the Ferry
building.
"That was about a mile away. His
wife stood beside him and thry were
talking quietly Just before the bomb
" (Conoludtd on pagi 3," column I)"