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MTTOFCmT) IVKUj TTlTimtfE. afEDFORD. OTCIXJOX. TVESDAV. Al'TJTT. .10. 1029. PACE BEAUTY QUEENS MEET IN MANILA COURT AS JUDGE I CHICAGO, April 30. yP) Once convicted and sentenced to bo hanged for irfurder, Mrs. Catherine Cassler, a middle-aged mother was . fi-oed today after a three year fight 1 carried oh from her prison cell. The woman collapsed before the Judge's bench when Informed the fclato had up reed to dismiss her cane which was brought before the court today on a motion for a new trial. The state,' in announcing It would not prosecute a new trial, said the murder of William JJnd- strom, for which Mrs. Cassler, Mrs. "Lillian Fraser and Loren Patric were convicted, had been avenged by the death of Mrs. Fraser who died last month while serving a life term In the state prison. Pat rick la serving a life term, but Mrs. Cassler had been sentenced to death as tho alleged plotter- of Jjlndstrom's death to collect his Insurance ' y Patrick, It was charged at the ytrlal, was hired by tho two women to beat Lindstrom to death. Ho turned state's evidence . and testi fied against Mrs. Cassler. She was one of the few women ever given the death sentence in Cook county, - 14 TIMES IN 13 HOUK PORTLAND, Ore, April 30 (IP) George Distel, manager of a roller skating marathon which was broken up by police Sunday, es tablished a record for himself that is likely to hold tor some time. Iletween 12:15 a. m. and 1:15 p. m. Sunday Distel was arrested 14 times and paid $2000 bail. At 12:15 a. m. he was arrested ; on a charge of operating without a license. An hour later: he was arrested again on the same charge, and bail was set higher. At 2:15 a. m. he was again taken into cus tody and put up more ball. After that arrests wore made at half hour periods, with bail being in creased each time. -By 1:16 p. m., yesterday he Jwd established a marathon record of 14 arrests in 13 hours. HAINESSUifAGAIN - THROWN OUT COURT PORTLAND, April 30 ( Federal Judge Bean today for tho third time, threw out the suit rf Will II. Haines against the Portland National bank, tho Pa cific Bancorporation, and directors of both organizations. Twice .pre viously Judge Bean had sustained objections to complaints filed by Haines. The court in each case gave Haines permission to amenJ his complaint. - Haines, former . president of th Portland National bank, seeks to restrain the bank and Bancorpora tion .from merging. , Brazen Bandit T,OS ANOI5L13S, April 30 (P) While hundreds of pedestrians walked by unaware, a robber who threatened to kill him, pushed a Kim against tho back of J. C. Koot , man, a bank meHHeiigor, and snatched bis money has, escaping with $1,000, on a downtown street todny. 'I . :. fet Mary Catherine Campbell, Miss America of 1928, and Miss Par de los Reyes y Ongsiaco, Miss Philippines of 1929, were Introduces to each other when Miss Campbell visited the islands as a tourist. :T NEW YORK, April 30. (P) Mrs. Mary Ware Dennett, convict ed for sending obscene matter thru the mails, today was fined $300 by Judge Warren B. Burrows in federal court in Brooklyn. She was paroled in custody of her at torney until Thursday, pending the filing of an appeal and posting of bail. Tho conviction last week of Mrs. Dennett, who could have been fined $10,000 and sentenced to fivj years' imprisonment, was based oil distribution of her pamphlet, "The Sex Side of Life," which she Bald she wrote 14 years ago for the guidance of her two sons. She is 53 years old. The pamphlet haubeen distrib uted for more than 10 years by thp Y. M. C. A., -churches and social organizations, and had the en dorsement of many educators, editors and social workers. WILL SWAN PIKRItR. S. D. (P) Medicine rock, tho huge limestone boulder in which strange footprints appear, will be preserved by the South Dakota Historical society. Mrs. Agnes B. Whitlock has given the lOO-aero tract in which it stands to the state. Indians believed that the foot prints were made by the Great Spirit, and the Sioux .frequently held ceremonies at the rock and buried gifts by it before entering battles. Some authorities say the tracks may have been made by pre-hlstoric men. Others believe they were cut in tho rock by some ancient Indian, There are five Impressions, each a good likeness of the Imprint of a human foot. Confirm Judges -WASHINGTON, April 30 CH Tho scmito late today confirmed tho nominations of seven federal judges, including the thrA addi tional ones for the southern dis trict of New York. I E PASADENA, Cal., April 30 (PJ A second "confession" detailing u series of parties, marriage propos als and an lntlmato friendship with Mrs. Pearl Cooley was signed to day by John L. Howard, Pasadena, police said. Howard already had confessed to the killing of Mrs. Cooley's husband, Victor A. Cooley, wealthy Pasadena automobile dealer. CORAL REEF SHOWS SEA IN NEW MEXICO FORT WORTH, Tex. P) A barrier reef of the sea, that now stands In New Mexico nearly 1000 miles from the ocean, Is described for the American Association of Petroleum Geologists by K. Russell IJoyd, geologist of Midland, Tex. Much of the reef now is buried. Its exposed portion, Lloyd says, is about 70 miles long and more than 2000 feet high gray, massive and very porous. It lies between Carls bad and Guadalupe poin. , Mr. I-loyd holds that the sub stances composing tho limestone prove that once it was a reef of the barrier type, fronting the deep sea on one side, while on tho other was a shallow, enclosed and ex tremely salty sea. U was built by coral growths and by water de posits. 4 PORTLAND, Ore. April 30. (ff) An element of mystery en tered Portland's gasoline price war today, A large red truck, unidentified by any trade-marks or inscriptions, made tho rounds today filling tanks of gasoline dealers who have torn ' Up their contracts with the large oil dis tributors. A. T. Kurtz, president of the Portland Retail Gasoline Dealers Protective association, said the nameless red truck will sell to all those, who have re volted. , Many service station operators byre have destroyed the contracts, declaring the major oil companies have been selling to commercial accounts and to farmers at a rate from four to two cents lower than that charged the filling sta tions. 1 ; ' A fleet of five gasoline trucks invaded the field yesterday from Seattle, Kurtz said. The Seattle owner of the trucks notified Kurt that ho was ready to start dis pensing gasoline to any or nil Portland dealers. The name of the company supplying the fuel was not given, nor was the loca tion of the source of supply.' ; 4 S " PORT OR FORD, Ore., April- 30 (A Louis Knapp, 80, the oldest pioneer in Port Orford, died .here yesterday. He came here in 185 and had lived in this section 'evtr since. , Mr. Knnpp was one of tho best known pioneers in Oregon. -, He entertained at the Knapp r hotel nearly ail the early travelers of stage coach days who went from Coos Bay south through . Curry county. Ho was the oldest active hotel keeper in Oregon. The Knapp hotel was opened mare than half a century ago and Is still In operation. Mr. Knapp leaves three sons, Louis Knapp, Jr., joint representa tive to the Oregon legislature from, Coos and Curry county, Morris Knapp and Lloyd Knapp of Reeds port. ' -. 7 GRAF ZEPPELIN FOGHT Tflll S-STMTCMlYlh nu Ui u. uiiiiiiv huh iu FRTRDUICHSHAKEN, Germany April 80 tfP) Tlio next flight of the dirigible Gruf Zeppelin to tho United suites was definitely set today for Muy 15. . - ' l UitKx'oii irjuliiiif. i noSEHUKG, Ore., April 30 W) The lust of the carload ship ments of broccoli -from this dls expected to be made this Sixty-eight cars havo been shipped to date, with Indications that there will be five more. The season Is now ncarlng a close, 4 Recover Bodies of Priests HANKOW, China, April 30. (IP) Tho Catholic passlunlst procurator here bus received word from Clienkl, In (ha provlnco of Hunan, Vowles glided to tho Alameda air- j tlml tho bodies of llireo priests port and. noed over. Vowles was ! who recently were slain by haiiilllH, testing a new typo plane with a I had been recovered. Details ol removable motor. I the killing were not available. DUMPED IN WATERS- ? Mm ; mm pi ; laftii - tow i kl.. I:.: .. . i JlfCp. - ALAMEDA, Cal., April ;10. (JP) Retd Vowles, air pilot, pulled a lever as his plane circled high over San Francisco, bay and tho motor of his ship fell out and splashed Into tho bay.. Then "cIhe only coffee in keeping with standards" -Astern Air Express "M-J-B Coffee was selected as the highest quality obtainable." V. P., Western Air Express Inc. Many people find that with M-J B, the full-flavored blend, they use slightly less coffee. Whether you make it strong, mild or medium M J B has the matchless coffee Bavor that only this rich blend can give . M J B is vacuum-sealed in the new improved friction top key -carts by MJB's own exclusive process. Ask for M J-B Coffee at your grocery. Look for the letters on each can. our SERVING MJB COFFEE ON DE LUXE PIANB OF WESTERN AIR EXPRESS, CALIF. MM COFFEE THESE FOUR GREAT' COMPANIES, CHOSE .ETHYB.''.' FOUR of the greatest oil companies on the Pacific Coast.. 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(A) WritiiiK In thu Mny Inane of the; own- IwidieH Home Journal, former; erH and thowo fn milieu whowo In come cxeeedH $ 1 500 a year are to he evicted from their dwell inKH by Oetoher 1 unless they belong to a few exceptional cate- Korles, HayH a law recently en acted by the ho vie t Kovornment, Tho housing space thus gained is to be piacetl at tho dlnpusul of laborers. KxcoptlonH- to the new refla tion embrace in the Hint placo t hoMO who had been . iaborera up to the time, of Hie revolution and who are now living on working cIums wuges. TIioho whoao dwell ings do not contain more than 115 square meters of, floor space will alMo be spared the eviction process. Other vxeeptions include for mer owners now receiving remu neration from the government, he roes of labor, members of the academy of hcIojiccm and veteruns of the civil war. All active scien tists, technicians, artists and pro fessors and Instructors In the lending universities will also es cape the edict. Tho government explains that October 1 wa fixed us the limit for the order to lako effect so that the evicted persons might have time lo build new homes. But they must . uc their own money in erecting fresh dwellings. A proposal was made that men and women deprived of their votes because of varying degrees of py lltjcul Irregularity should also be ejected from their habitations. Mm the government frowned upon this Ian and IhmhmI a special state ment to make char I Wit dlnfian-i chlsed voters, um such,., would be saved the trouble of moving. President C'oolldgo says "men will I not long rccogui.o the sword as i Ihe major source of authority." ; "So long as there Ih evil In the world," ho continues, "armies and navies will be required for domes tlc nnd International police service, but peace will never be mailo per manent by fear alone. It must have a main foundation of Justice and good will strong ' enough to satisfy the reason nnd conscience of humanity. " Mr. Coolidge's article dlMcusses "the promotion of peace through 11 in I tat ion of armaments," and Is the second of three on peace to ap pear In the publication. FRENCH FOREST FIRE j SETS OFF OLD SHELLS! Mt'UIOl'HK, France, April 30 )) The noise of bursting shell burled during the war in the old battlefield of Hartmans-Wfllerkopf has marked the progress of a great forest fr which hn already dc- I Recommend Scattergood WAHMl VCThV A tii tl an lTi -- J. Meiiry Hcatti.-rgood of I'hllad. phia has been recconimeiided to President Hoover by Seorotary Wilbur for assistant commlsfloner of Indian affairs. I.O.VDO.V. April no.fl'f AriKlo- Tculotiic i, injure Hgainwt W. H. A ompany has been organized by flrftuns and flurmans to' make talkies and compete with Americans. Berybody likes it AMAZING 20 YEARS AGO! Today the Commonplace! Banking-by-mail, a novelty only a few years ago, is today getting deposits to banks - promptly for hundreds of thousands. 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