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JOURNAL, MORO. OREGON
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1941
tion of a line in these times when
there is need fo r copper an d steel
in defense work the farm ers may
Sherman County Observer
be able to obtain electricity below A storia recently -that he would in
Established Nov. 2, 1888
cest. It would certainly add to the Sptc t the naval a ir base a t Tongue
Grass Valley Journal
enjoyment of life.
.
Point; had his orderly drive bo the
Established Oct. 14, 1897
«PEAR-POINTED SEEDS of wild oats,
w
q
,
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scene
of the development. A m a-
CONSOLIDATED March 6,
needle grass, poverty grasses, foxtail,
A PROPER VETO
rin*.
m
m « leatherneck was on
rin
e
corps
Wasco N ew s-Enterprise
and bromes spell trouble in sum m er
The presidential veto of the bill « ^ < 1 a t the entrance. The work
Established Nov. 1891
and fall for sheepmen of the w estern
Funeral services were held a t
« « « fu lly protected as the
states.
CONSOLIDATED March 4, 1932 authorizinK the departm ent of >»
Carcass and pelt (1 ), pierced by the
agriculture to freeze stocks of task of m aking it into an alm ost the Kent C h ristian church Mon-
Published Every Friday at
sharp awns, are cut to half value or
wheat and cotton held under loan m ii or a lr base <w,th destroyers day afternoon, A ugust 25bh a t 2
less. (2) A t first, the awns can be
Moro, Oregon
subm arines, too) , proceeds, p. jn„ for Mrs. Polly Mae Reck-
hv the governm ent was a proper and -submarines,
spotted «(in circle) by parting the
The
visiting
colonel
ranks
the
m
an
Jr.,
w
ith
Rev.
C.
A.
Swander
Editor one
fleece, but having passed through the
Giles L. French
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Despite the fact th a t i t m ight ofllC(rr
charge A t the gate the officiating. Music was furnished
pelt (3) they make a pincushion out of
E rtered as second class m atter at have (tended to raise th e price of ir’^ rlne b a the car, asked the by Mrs. Geo. Wilson and Mrs.
It. By painstaking work the awns can
be cut out singly ( 4 ), much in the
a perm it. No, the Chae. Bothwell, accompanied a t the
the Postoffice at Moro, Oregon wheat and cotton it would have c<'lonel lf he
m anner of trim m ing out pinfeathers,
policy for the govern- colonel <Jld not have one; he did piano by Mrs. Orville Ruggles of
under Act of Congress of March beer: poor
but often whole strips of meat m ust be
ment |to establish the principle of noti " eed one’ 2® Wa?_ * C<>1<^ 1’ ? m ss 'Valley- Relatives and friends
3, 1879.
sacrificed (5 ), so th at the carcass is
with holding indefinitely these and he demanded entrance. The fio m out of th e county fo r the
rendered unsightly (6 ).
m
arine
was
firm.
“No
itickee,
no
funeral
included:
Mr.
and
Mrs.
C.
stocks.
If prices Tise too high they will shirtee.” Throwing out his chest, F. Swander and son Courtney,
CIATI ON
'H U S
bi* a chock on them and can th ere the colonel said he had his uni- E a rl Harbin, Mrs. Ted K aser and
fore be used to forestall inflation. form on; th a t should be sufficient Nellie Wilson o f Portland; Mrs.
OFFICIA L COUNTY PAPER
»on F rank of
Higher prices for w heat and cot- credentials. “ Humph,” said the B. M. Sias an d »on
'anyone
can
iget
a
colonel’s
F
o
rest
Grove,
M
t
.
to-T
would
be°of
d
o
u
tafu
i
value
'fo
r
M” ’ R' J ;
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
uniform
.”
And
the
colonel
drove
Harlbin
o
f
Cheney,
Wn.,
Mr. and
... Payable in Advance
pioducers of those commodities
ONE YEAR ............................ $L5Q ai.yway. Already they are troub- back to F ort Stevens indignant. Mrs. I. E. Wilson of Wawawai,
led by too much production th a t (Note: Fakers have paraded in Wn.. Mrs. Eseie Wilson and Mrs.
ha- been*'aaused' by*“price's" higher in fo r m s .)
Rutfi H urner o f Pullman, Wn Mra.
A U G U ST 29, 1941
than a normal m arket would
G’ W,1®?’ 1<>f M»scow. ldah«.
m aintain
Secretary of Labor Perkins has Mrs. Roy Hulse and son Paul and
A FAILING INDUSTRY
The huge surpluses of w heat and ret ted the first two floors of her Mr. and Mrs. Alva Eakin and chil
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Can anyone think, off hand, of cf,tton m ust be liquidated
before a home to a B ritish mission and is dren o f D ufur; Mr. and Mrs. Dick
th« top floor. The -rent R ickm an Sr., and sons Andy and
an industry th at has done a poor normal m arket ^ n ’bZ established. livin2
et job than th e bakers?
The growers of w heat and cotton is presumed to be~ Commensurate H enry of Boring: Mr. and Mrs.
H. C. Nelson and son George, Mrs.
the inconvenience.»
When baking was a home indus- wiu sujf^r when they a re liqui-
F rieda Pickett, Mrs. Lillie W alker,
try . th e . average consumption of
Building them bigger is
Mrs. Ora Raeburn, Mrs. Elsie
w heat w»as about six bushels per of value to no one. The president
W
lehl and Mrs. Earl Gregg of
capita per year. Now it is 4.2 W0R r jght.
Bend; Mr. apd Mrs. Andy; Patjens
bushel» and steadily falling. That _______________ _
and sons E rn est and Andy jr., of t
indicates a , serious failure o f the WHAT, NO DEBTS
Shaniko; Mr. and Mrs. Elbert
bakers as an industry. *•
“ W eedy B arb,” to give it a
Wilson and Evelyn tf)avis of The
Consider fo r a moment the
spring and sum m er the seed s
Bread is still spoken of aR the plight of the farm er. He has been To the Editor:
'.am e, is an affliction grazing
ripen and the rough aw ns catch
Dalles,
Mrs.
J.
H.
Smith
of
Mitch
Heigh-Ho, Come to the Fair!
jn im a ls contract on ran ges and
staff of life. But it 'isn’t. Not laboring along for ten, tw enty,
in the w ool of sheep. Then, a s
ell
and
Mrs.
G.
L.
iBiamet
and
Mrs.
anymore. It is the stuff the diner maybe fifty years in debt. He had With wheels rolling toward Moro RoreJlen Jennings of Cow Canyon. pastures in fested w ith awn-
one packing house buyer rela tes,
seeded grasses. M echanical in
Sherman County F a ir is on its
“ every m ovem ent of the anim al
holds in his left hand to keep from to laugh a t the banker’s jokes, ae- the
;vay" There’irte 'ro o m " fo r“a n “ t a t I»leTO’ent waa ™ the I. 0 . O. F.
jury around the eye» and m ouths
seem s to propel th ese needles
pushing his peas off the plate. It cost the grocer with fea r and
a t Kent.
Funeral
------- ’ a r of grazing livestock is frequently
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deeper until they reach the flesh
there won’t be much slack, for the cem etery
testes— or does it?
trem bling, wish he could hide when exbibitts ihave come pouring in rangem ents were ire charge of Zell’s noticed, but in sheep the pelts
itse lf, w here they fester and
and carcasses, pierced by thou
cau se bloodshot circles an inch
The bakers seem to he doing «1- a strange car drove into his lane,
Funeral
Home
of
The
Dalles.
and the mid-way is lined with all
•
sands of barbs of weed seeds,
or tw o in d iam eter.”
right a t making money. They sell
because he owed a lot of
Miss Christine Hood o f Klondike
kinds of entertainm ent features.
tak e a m arket loss of fifty per
Som e of the anim als die, liter
cukes and pies and m any different
to a lot o f people.
Oh Yes, in between is room for spent the week end here with her cen t or more.
a lly stu ck to death. The pelts o f
kinds of bread, the variety is pnac-
Now he ,h as
a
extent
"¿ou'sand’o a ^
T he sharp aw ns, or sh ea th es
oth ers, lo o k in g like pincushions,
sister, Sally Hood a t the J. L.
en
ca
sin g the seed s of w ild oats,
qUantity iS Y iped j‘ . , n OUt: “ 'I ,.the
P air officials say they have
have no m arket, and may be car
Davis home.
little and wild barleys, foxtail,
steadily decreasing.
fifteen thousand o f it. It m eans real county fair and hope every
ried a year before bringing >2.50
brom e grasses, needle grass, pov
a dozen as No. 2 seed in gs.
.
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,
Mrs. ,H. C. Nelson was a brief
W heat farm ers have a stake in a drastic change of life for him. bodv
Jy «nil see it. Come early and
Moro Monda
erty grasses, and oth ers, break
“ W hen lam bs are killed w ithin
this m atter. A fter all they are He’ll re a lly 'b e independent and take your time and enjoy it.
off in the fleece o f sheep, work
a m onth of the tim e the seed
J. C. Wilson w,a«s called to The
the ones who grow the food stuff m any of them are promising them -
th eir way through the hide, and
There’ll be plenty to take your
barbs lod ge in the w ool, the car
Dalles
Thursday
noon
because
of
lod ge in the flesh. Increase of the
th at is being treated so »hamefully selves to stay th a t way.
ca sses are sev e r e ly trim m ed by
«time—not quite as much as a
trouble in recent years has given
th at people are not eating it. * ----------------- -
g o v e r n m e n t in sp ectors,” the
New York or a Golden Gate—per the serious illness of his daughter,
rise to b u yers’ reports o f “ w ild
buyer sta te s further, “ which usu
W heat is a good food. It has
Nearly every week a new piece haps, but the very things th a t live Mrs. Dick Reckman, who passed
oat lam b s” from w estern sta tes,
ally lea v es a badly m utilated
vitamins, and everything, in it. of territo ry is added to the ones a j ^ ‘g ^
and a r e T pai4 Bway Saturday m orning.
particularly C alifornia. O regon,
cu tter w orth about one-third as
Bread is a good food, too, but flew- alieady fighting. This week it is of your daily life.
A rizona, M ontana, and Idaho.
Mr. and Mns, Wm. R. Jones oi
m uch as the on es free of g r a ss.”
er people are eatin g it every year. Iran. N ext week Turkey?
In the green stage th ese fo ra g e
Good m anagem ent of herds.
Your friends will he there, too. Odell were visitors a t Kent Mon
p lan ts are succulent but in la te
range, and pastures ar« U ft only
and you’ll enjoy m eeting them day night.
The job of getting people to eat
under such pleasant auspices.
bread is the bakers job. They get
Bennett and Hogue have moved
They'll b r in g a lo n g the fam ily, th p ir we„ ,,rilli
outft
most of the money for the product.
Save a dime a day and one dollar
which always has been the happy
(The retailer g e ts m ore than the
F ran k von Boratel ranch to drill
on
your birthday. At the end of
custom a t the Moro Fair.
farm er.)
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for water, a fte r having finished
the
year for your $37.50 you can
When you finish looking over
If a farm er grow s a kind of
th e J. M. Wilson well on his ranch
purchase one $50 (m aturity value)
From
the
Observer
Aug.
29,
1902
the
prize
winners
in
all
th
e
barres
wheat th at cannot be sold he soon
north of Kent.
and buildings, you’ll w ant to see the
A contract will be let a t the Defense Savings Band.
stops it and gets a kind of w heat
Mrs. J. B. Hosford and little
Mr.
and
Mrs.
H.
C.
Nelson«
of
th a t he o n «ell. The same thing lady Muriel have returned from speed races in the afternoon.
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. . . . . B‘ nd and Mrs. Grace Smith of next m eeting o f the highway com-
more than a century „ a grain
applies to every other kind of southern Oregon. Mr. Hosford c u For
itu re 'h a s b ^ n ^ h T ^ ¡ n s b a / o f Mitchell were over night guests m ission for the construction, greyi-
business. In the face o f steadily mer them in Portland.
our county. A fter other
things a t th’e J - L- 1>avis bonie Sunday >ng and surfacing of 1.61 miles on
is is the time to -—
declining sales of w heat as a food
Mono Public Schools fall term have passed and gone our farm s evening.
the lower end of S h e ra rs grade.
it seems th a t the bakers would begins Monday, Sept. 22nd. Don’t
Mr». Frank Haynes and daugh- J,
new IX>ad will tu rn on the
will continue ito be our m ost de
try to find a product «that would ifci'get the date.
te rs Annie Laurie and Jean of Sherm an county end of the Buck-
pendable
source
of
income.
The
sell well enough to s ta r t people
Judge Fulton, and F. H. Meader 1
. t
w
Philom ath were a t Kent Saturday *ho.iknv brid»e and come up to the
to using wheat like they did when and wi/e were Dalles City „¡.¡(wm
i T J evening for the Legion dance.
grade from where it will
of
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grandm a was in charge of the Monday They took the little ones
fa ™ P1'oduotlon and lbhe h®8»
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Jeffrie» of “ bu,lt UP
the P ^ e n t grade.
way
to
show
your
appreciation
is
“•Amif-
to the circus of course.
Moro were a t the
R. P. Barnet K ls «jpected th a t within a few
to tnke part in it.
A t the present rate of decline
The Elwood Thompson Co. had
years the railroad grade in W’asco
We’ll see you at Mo.ro this week! ranch Saturday evening..
in th e consumption of w heat the finished 800 acres of w heat cutting
Mrs. J. G. Wilson
of Moscow, ccuntY w‘n be *»ed instead of tlje
M artha Cope, A ransas Pass,
bakers will be h a lf out o f (business with the Holt combine last week.
San Patricio^Eo., Texas,__ ,___ k Idaho was a visitor Monday might Present stretch of road between
ir. areother 20 years. Also about
Napoleon P erau lt visited th e
Buckhollow’ and the bridge.
a t the J. H. Wilson home.
P ric e s m a y rise andn
h alf of the w heat farm ers will be Wild West Circus in The Dalles
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. B arnet and
out of business.
Monday, taking w ith him several
g o o d s g e t sc a rc e.
|
sons Leland and Lee were week CARD OF THANKS
deserving youths from Kent.
end guests a t the home o f Mr. and
We
(take
this
method
of
express
RURAL E L E C TR IC ITY .
Mrs. Elcock is expected borne
Mrs. Wm. Young in Portland in ing our thanks to the thoughtful
L e t us su p p ly y o u w ith t
this week. Miss Minnie arrived
honor of Mrs. Young’s birthday n e ig h b o r and friends for their
T here has been renewed interest
a
c
e lla r fu l o f g o o d g r o - f
home last week.
anniversary.
this week in the possibility th a t
^«r.any deedis and acts of kindness
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P
Mrs. J. L. M atthes was a visitor aK(1 beautiful floral offerings fol-
the Wasco county REA line will be From the Observer Aug. 30, 1912
c
e
rie
s
a
t
b
e
s
t
p
ric
e
s.
ri
the Clyde Smith home a t Gra»s ]cw jng the death of our wife and
extended in to Sherm an county.
There are a t lea«t two possibil-
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. M oretz are
\ alley Friday.
daughter. May God’s blessing
ities ire this reg ard . The Gilliam- visitors in th? Rose City th is week,
The Rebekah social club m et a t rest upon eaah and every one of
M c H a le ’s Grocery p
th e home of Mrs. J. L. M atthes ,you.
Morrow county REA is fa rth e r
boat from The >D»lles.
Wednesday. Those present were
along than is the one in Sherman
Raymond’s concrete crew came
J im m y ” M c H a le , O w n e r K
Dick Reckmian and .daughters.
Mrs. A ugusta Haynes and grand-
county, having been surveyed more UP from McDonald bridge Satur-
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wilson
422 E. 2nd St., The Dalles
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daughter Doris Haynes of Carlton,
tkfinitely ’ and probably having day
to get a shave and clean
and Nellie,
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Mrs. A. A. Dunlap and Mrs. Al
more possible users per mile. The shirts around. They have tro u t
Mrs. H. C. Nelson.
fred Kock o f Grass Valley, Mrs.
Bonneville adm inistration is an every m orning fo r breakfast.-
Born: To Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
A. F. Lyons, Mrs. W. C. Guyton,
xious to figure ou/t some way to
Rice
a fine 9 11» (boy.
Mrs. L. Sather, Mrs. R. P. B arnet,
connect it w ith the plant.
J. L. McCune of Bandon, is here
Mrs. G. L. Barnet and granddaugh
This can fee done by running a
ter Johnetta, Mrs. Robert Schilling
line through Sherman county and this week to visit his relative,
and daughter Bobetta, Mrs. Jay
connecting it with the Wasco coun John McCune, form er m arshal of
this
city.
McKay and daughter Kay a.nd son
ty line or it can connect a t H er
P a rt of the old-time Moro colony
Kent, Mrs. J. J. Decker and son
m iston. Both will require a long
A rthur and daughter N-mcy, Mrs.
connecting line although the route th a t used to add to the attradU cns
J E. Norton and »on W arren of
through Sherman county is more a - Collins, a re back there this
¿ lrect
season. S. -S. H ayes a/nd' family
Kent. Refreshments were served
Secretary of Navy Frank Knox Is by the hostess.
Furtherm ore it will be possible a ’<? ifuests of M t . and Mrs. W. 0
shown drawing the second number
Mrs. J. C. Wilson and Mrs. H. C.
to obtain several users on bhe Hadley, and Mr. and Mrs. H. A. In the second peacetim e draft lob
direct line in this county. This Moore, and J. O. Elrod aired fam ily tery. The number was 98. First Nelson and son George spent a
few days in .Portland last week on
m eans th a t if the line is built it are a t the old-tim e summ er home. number was 196.
businesg.
Monday, Septemlber 9th is th e
may run through the northern pant
The Kent Rebekahs held their
o f -Sherman county and serve daj set for opening the Moro pub Moro Lodge No. 113, I.O. O.F.
Moro, Oregon
anniversary m eeting of the month
those «long the line, or th e pro lic schools.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday evening. Honor _ guests
jected line south through this From the Observer Sept. 1, 1922
Tuesdays
in th |
Mrs. J. J. Decker, Mrs. W. C.
county ito Antelope m ay be built
I.O..O.P. ^hall Trai Guyton, Mrs. Alfred Lyons and
Karl Schade, , genial proprietor
ire entirely, although this will not
sient and visiting Mrs. Edna Schilling. Gifts were
be necessary for the Gilliam-Mor- of the Moro Pharm acy, and “Shor-
brothers are cordi ptesented and'VefrerhrP'jnt» served.
-row connection.
Anderson spent Tuesday a t
The aim : your usual good telephone service
ally invited to meet
Families representing K ent in
Proponents of th e Gilliam-Mor- Shearer Bridge, on the Deschutes
rith us.
the Sherman County R iders organ
row line which runs into G ran t river. They brought home a few
Joe
Ritner
N.G.
ization at Moro last Sunday in
county also, boast th a t ithey have fish, but reported the riv e r too
cluded the Paul Wilsons, Kenneth
a survey which will have enough muddy for good sport, due to the Vernon Miller, Sec.
custom ers to m ake it pay out in the work being done on (the electric Lupine Rebekah Lodge No. 116 M artins, and Clarence Laffoons.
Production! More production! And MORE production!
M-. and Mrs. J. M. Wilson and
Moro. Oregon
alioted time. There is still doubt power site on W hite river,
son Jerry and Mrs. Cha». 'Bothwell
as to w hether .the projected line
£ h ris Polston of Kent has re- Meets 2d & 4th Tues
America’s sleeves are rolled up for the task—and the tele
and son Edward wer? business
through this county to IAntek>pe turned there th is Week. Chris day of each month.
phone’s sleeves are rollçd up, too.
Visitor» in The Dalles Friday.
has enough possible custom ers or says Lizzie should have gotten Visiting members wel
This company and the whole Bell System try to keep facil
Mrs. B. A. Hogue and daughter
not.
hople sooner in the day. Chris is come.
G ertrude returned to th eir home
From a good business standpoint the very efficient janitor a t the Helen Martin N. G.
ities always ahead of demand. We believe in margins for
here Sunday a fte r a two weeks
Florence Johnston, S
it seems that^ the governm ent K<nt school.
,
emergencies. Now the emergency is here. The margins are
vjsit
with the form er’s son, Lyle
would wish to have enough po-
The rock fru sh er plant on Nigger Eureka Lodg5*No. IjÉvÀ F A A-M
,
being used.
and wife in Portland.
tential business to break even be- 'Ridge has been sh u t down p a rt of
Meets
on
the
l
s
f
and
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bothwelk
fore building a line, although the the week because of th% breakage
We are engaged in one of the largest planbexpansion pro
3rd Thursday eve- moved their household goods to
governm ent m ay reot ooresider this of a friction clutch on the donkey ■
grams in our history.
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nings of each month. Hood River Wednesday where the
necessary. I t has not alw ays been engine. Th? new grade is now
Visiting members cor form er will be instructor in the
The aim is unchanged. That is, to see to it that you at all
interested in breaking even in this practically finished to Grass Val-
dially invited to meet Junior High school,
electriftcation m atte r.
ley and rock surfacing is complet-
times
have
fast, dependable, courteous and attehtive
service.
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with us. •
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Mr. and Mrs. Ross Omduff of
If th e governm ent wishes to ed from the top of Nigger Ridge
Moro called a t the J. C. Wilson
subsidize r u ra l electrification to to within a short distance of the Wendell Balsigèr W.M.
c . V. Belknap, Secy, and George Wilson homes Sunday.
THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
the amount needed for construe- O. P. King ranch.
Kelly’s Column
31 a »T» a 1
Many Attend
Funeral of
Weedy Barb a Despoiler of Sheep Pelts and Meat
.
Kent Woman
um
In Other Days
effective preventive m easures
buyers and experim ent station
sp ecia lists a lik e declare. Lamb*
may be sheared before th e seen
is ripe. Sheep may follow cattl«
w hich have been allow ed to graz«,
the w eeds down early in spring
before the spear points can
develop. R anges and pastures
loaded w ith w eeds a t m aturity
should be avoided, esp ecia lly in
late sum m er and fall. S in g le
night bedground on the range,
should prevail and perm anent
bedground avoided. Open herd
in g should be follow ed, close
herding avoided, and dogs used
as little as possible, all to pre
ven t close contact of the en tire
flock with w eedy patches.
In pastures, control o f the
w eeds, m ost o f w hich are an n u
als. is sim ply done by cultlva
tion. and on open lands grubbing
put is often resorted to, or so o 1.“
after the plants have blossom ed
they are cu t or burned.
Contract Up On
Shearers Road
iTh
Lay in a Supply
Staple Groceries'
Another Number
T. Lester Johnson
LAWYER
WASCO
NOTICE I O
MORO
CREDITORS
All persons having claims a g
ain.-t the 'e s ta te of Nelson W.
Thompson, deceased, are hereby
notified to present them, in pro
per form, to the undersigned, the
duly appointed, qualified and ac
ting
Adm inistratrix of the es
tate of N’elsnn W. Thompson, de
ceased, at the office of Geo. G
U ideiaaff, Moro, Oregon-, within*
s ir months from the date of this
nitice, to wit: August 8, 1941.
France-s Henrichs
Ad m in i straitr i x
Geo. G. Updegraff,
A ttorney for A dm inistratrix
W h ile D e fe n s e N e e d s Soar!
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