Medford mail tribune., June 17, 1929, Image 1

Medford
Temperature
IIIgliCHt yesterday fll
IrfnKvtt this morning 44
21 hour precipitation (o 5 u. in.-.T.
D4ir Tntftr -fourth Yetr.
fHy ptf ty-menth Yew.
MEDFORD. QKKGOX, MONDAY, .U'XK 17, I!)-".).
Xo. 87.
The Weather
Koiwwit tlouiljr Kmlt-lit null
Tuola; mlially iiiovcn.
Moderuto uinK'ruliirc.
Mail Tribune
Today
By Arthur Brisbane
Niagara's Roar.
Presidential Victory.
Paris a Suburb.'
For Local Publishers.
(Copyright by King Features
Syndicate, Ino.)
Saturday ni;)it between nine
and ten you could hoar Niagara
roaring over the radio, a mar
vel arranged by Mr. Swope, of
the General Electric company,
to honor the fiftieth anniver
sary of Kdison's invention of
jncandescdnt light.
"What i surprise for the esti
mable power gentlemen, if the
roaring, the great cataract had
uttered Ihe words, "I wonder
why Americans on one side of
111c, under private ownership,
pay three times as much for
jiy power as is paid by Cana
H rliantt nn mv ntlipr twin limlnr
t ' .,, ..,,.i,;'
J .feU t.1 11 111. 1 it. v 111.1 0111 j. 1
mat Happens to do ine sit
uation, but probably old Niag
ara doesn't know it.
Niagara's roaring reminds
lis that "union is strength."
The biggest thing in that giant
cataract is one small drop of
water. Billions of the drops,
united, produce Niagara, its
power and roar.
The biggest thing in the
United States is one human
mind, a drop of cosmic con
sciousness. Millions of such
unimportant drops, united can
do anything.
In the farm bill settlement
President Hoover achieves his
first victory in party discipline.
Only three Republican senators
held out against him on the de
benture plan, two of them
"regulars," one an insurgent.
There will be no debenture
scheme paying a bounty to
middle men that export wheat
after they havo bought it from
the farmers.
You read in the announce
ment "500,000,000 for farm
ers" that amount of money will
be provided in a sincere effort
to help farmers with their sur
plus crops.
Nothing will solve the farm
problem but better methods, in
liie with modern industry,
A farmer walks a thousand
miles a year from the barn to
the house, and up and down
fields, earning a poor living. A
worker in the General Motors
factory stays in one place,
while his work passes before
him, and he makes a good liv-
Morc important than the
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Sir KniM- Umord. the Ilriti-Ii
aiiihaMMHl'ir, must he that feller
vto'vn all IicanI m much about
Hint could drink or leave It alone.
'Well, it mm nut n In' wmehere
noMind ft?3 InM SHtinilsr. hut h
tffiy Sunday allntt vntm It down."
kiUI Cfmtiihle I'liim today, ek
Iti' o tlw Mpula4iin o' Bloom
Ce uier.
M'opyright John V: DM If Co.
I Yen 0MKceY
f T- - ,
NAVY PLAN
LAUNCHED WATER TO
B DAIS JACKSON V
. .
MacDonald and American
Envoy Reach Understand
ing at Luncheon Details
Will Be Given in Speeches
Tuesday Night Other
Powers Expected to Join
Forces.
WASHINGTON, Juno 17.-W
President Hoover personally in
structed Ambassador Dawes re
garding the conversations which
ho had upon his arrival In Eng
land with Prime .Minister MacDon
ald and concerning any continua
tion of these conferences in the fu
ture.
Secretary Stlmson has been fully
advised of the nature of the con
versations the president had with
Mr. Dawes before he sailed. lie is
now absent from the capital.
TOKYO. June 17. (VP) Japan's
co-operation in any disarmament
program negotiation that Ambas
sador Dawes and Premier Ramsay
MacDonad may have begun yes
terday at Forres was promised to
day by Tanaka, premier, in a
statement to the Associated Press.
LONDON. June 17. (P) Amer
ica's new ambassador, Charles G.
Dawes, and Great Britain's new
prime minister, KainHay MacDon
ald, have launched a new move
ment toward broad naval disarma
ment. In a luncheon at the little town
of Korres, Scotland, yesterday, Gen
eral Dawes and Mr. . MacDonald,
arrived at an understanding which
will iirove the basis and beginning
of negotiations for their two gov
ernments. Joined by the other na
val powers.
Bare announcement, of the ac
cord between General Dawes and
Air. MacDonald was contained in
a statement after their conference.
The details, they said, woutd be
left to two speeches, both to be
delivered tomorrow night. Tito
former vice-president -will speak
before the Pilgrims at London. Mr.
MacDonald before the town coun
cil at Lossiemouth, Scot land.
The prime minister, with his own
hand, wrote out the summary of
the conversation with the new um
dnssador. It said:
"We have had a conversation re
garding the present position of the
question of disarmament as be
tween the United States and Great
Britain. It was been Informal and
general, and most satisfactory.
"His excellency. General Dawes,
proposes to refer to the subject at
the Pilgrims' dinner on Tuesday
night, and I shall do the same at.
Lossiemouth, and that is intended
to be the beginning of the negoti
ations. We both wish to make it
clear that other naval powers are
expected to cooperate In these ne
gotiations, upon the surcessful con
summation of which the peace of
the world depends."
1 .
EARTHQUAKE
TAKES LIVES
WELLINGTON. New Zealand.
June 17. iP) At least half a doz
en Uvea were lost in a disastrous
caiilKiuakp which rocked north
ern New Zealand today.
Four men wore reported to have
been killed by a heavy landslide
which blocked Hie West land river.
Two other men were missing In the
Wentlind district. Another man
was killed nt the Fall Ilork cement
works.
OTA KIT, Japan, June 17. (Pi
The volcano Komagatakc, north jf
Hakodate, which has been quies
cent for a decade, erupted today,
the lava flow flrinii forseet on the
mountain side. The ashes fell tn
nearby villages thrqe to five Inches
In depth, inhabitants deserting
their homes.
The eruption was accompanied by
earth tremors'.
No casualties were reported, but
it was feared the damaRe wan con-
) siderable.
NEW YORK. June 17. iPi
Merger of th? Chase NntioiiHl bunk
and the Nntlonal Park bank Into
an Institution with I.7m.u0.
resources, was voted today by di
rectors of both banks. Albert 1.
WlKgin. chfilrman of Chase, wfil
hold a nentor executive position,
while Churlo" S. McCain, (iresidert
J or National Park hank, will be the
(president of Ihe combined institu
tion. The new hank mill be the
'third largest In Hie I nip'd Slalcs.
m ZEALAND
CAN'T SELL
City Attorney Carkin Holds
City Water Commission
4 Has No Authority to Sell
Water to Separate Mu
nicipalities Without Vote
of People Council Has
Vested Power.
According to the decision of
City Attorney John Carkin handed
down today, the city wuter com
mission has no authority outside
of Medford; that power over sell
ing water outside or in the vicinity
of Medford is still vested in The
cay council.
That neither the city council nor
the water board have any power
to sell water to an outside mu
nicipality like Jacksonville.
That the only way Jacksonville
could secure water from Medford
would bo through annexation be
coming part of the municipality
'or througn an amendment to the
Medford-city charter by a vote of
the people, although Mr. Carkin
intimates the legality of the latter
course would be doubtful.
In Mr. Carkin's opinion, Med
fbrd is given the right to, sell
water to the citizens of the city
and vicinity. The wordV'vlcinity"
he declares is sufficient to legalize
the sale of water to suburban and
contiguous areas like the Howard
Berrydale district, but not to sep-
arate municipalities like Jackson
ville.
Mr. Carkin sums up his con
clusion as fallows:
The conclusion therefore is
Inescapable that the board of
wuter commissioners does not
have authority outside ot the,,
city of Medford, that as to
such power as is granted to
water - districts like Howard
Berrydale by use of tho words
"and vicinity' in the phrase
"for the supply of the water
to the citizens of the city and
vicinity," the power is still
vested In the city council.
As to power to sell beyond
the "vicinity" of Medford to
Irrigation districts and other
municipalities, there being no
express charter authority for
such sales, neither the water
hoard or the city council havo
any right to authorize sales of
water outside of the city ex
cept in Medford "and vicin
ity." and the power to sell
to Jacksonville or other mu
nicipalities resides in and CHn
only be exercised by the voters
of the city of Medford by
proper amendment to tho
charter, if at all.
IT TIGHTENS
Evidence Linking Professor
Snook With Death of
Pretty Co-Ed WIN Be
Given Grand Jury Had
Shared Apartment, Is
Claim.
coLt'MBCS. Ohio, Juno 17. (P)
John J. Chester, Jr., county prose
cutor, announced toddy that he
will Uty the killing of Theora K.
II fx, Ohio State university co-ed,
before the county grand Jury Intc
today and that ho "probiibly
would seek a first degree murder
rhaiKe" against i)r. James H.
Snook, university professor, held
for Investigation In connection
with the staying.
Charles lang, night watchman1
at the Young Woman's Christian
assoefiitlon residence here, told
detectives toduy that .Miss Illx
lived there for a while In March of
this year ami that on numerous
occasions she entered thq resi
dence between 2 and 3 a. m. He
said she was Hccompanled to tho
door by a man whom he identified
from a photograpit as Dr. Snook.
It has been disclosed Ihst Ir.
Snook hud been intimate with Mix
tux lor months and hud shared a
isnutll Hp.irtment with her,
! 'n moved except for a slight
j.xhtiriiler when he looked Upon the
blood-stained grass where the body
iof the girl was found, he accoio
pHnted detectives y est entity morn
ing first to the rifle range and
i then to the room where he ad
mitted holding trysts with the
I nting medical student. Me was
returned to his cell at the county
j.il.
ON PROFESSOR
IN HIX MURDER
BORDER DRY AGENT KILLS AUTOIST
ftl 4?w ill
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Assoc M ted Praia Photo
Henry Virkkuta (above), was killed by Emmet J. White, prohibition
border inspector, while driving with his family near International Falls,
Minn. White was held on a manslaughter charge. Virkkula's wife and
two daughters, also in the car, are shown with htm. No liquor was
found In the auto. White said the car failed to halt when challenged.
SITUATION IN lLOCAL WOMAN
CALIFORNIA IS BADLY INJURED pptri;
"MEDFORD AID SALEM SUNDAYjPlKJ
H. Von Hoebenberg Returns
After Thorough Inspection
of California Pear Dis
trictsProfitable Season
for Valley Expected t
Fruit Fly Fear Intense, j
After a complete tour of the pear
growing diBtrict of California. H.
Van Haovenbcrg, former presi
dent of the Fruit GrowerH league,
declared on his return today that
he found condlliona In every way
favorable to a most profitable sea
son In the Kogue Kfver valley.
"Although estimates vary widely
there Is no question but that the
California pear crop will be ma
terially less than lust year, while
the stone fruit production will bo
the smallest In years. I feel con
fident the California situation will
benefit Southern Oregon.
"In Santa Clara valley somo of
the largest growers volunteered the
Information that Medford and Cali
fornia pear growers should get to
gether on a publicity and sales
campaign to stimulate the con
sumption of Iiosc and other aU)
pears. They recognize the superi-
'orlty of tho Koguo River Hose
I down there. One hose Krowor told
'me If the price should get down to
a dollar a box he would pull out.
I his Hose trees entirely, as compe
tition with Southern Oregon Is dif
ficult enough anyway.
"I have seen every pear-growing
district In the state of California;
have oxamlned each district rather
carefully and I return with a high
er appreciation of fhe Rogue Itiver
valley and greater confidence In
'her prosperous future than ever
. before."
I "The great question In Califor
nia today Is tho Mediterranean
j fruit fly. The entire slate 1h arotis
jed as never before and there Is
I unlimited money behind Ihe - ram
jpaign of infection prevention ant!
j eradication. The moment any In-
I for ted fruit Is found on this coast.
California will act. And by action
I I mean a virtual declaration of war
j against tho district where the in
fection has appeared. 1 can imagine
I nothing more disastrous for Ore
j gon than the report that Infected
i Oregon fruit hsd been found here,
i Hefore we could check up on the
J truth of the reort, we wouldn't
the able to ship a toothbrush much
j less a box of fruit outside the
boundaries of this state."
! WINIJHOU. (int., June 17. JP
Police at l;i Halle. Out., a river
, export point, have discovered thu'
lilted States prohibition iignt
' np' operating on the Canadian
is:!, of the Detroit Itiver.
I Chief of Police Henry Ijinglois
said thst CHnsdian customs men
brought a man In bis office whom
th"y had found prowling on pri
vate property. He had a spy
glass. j The man Identified himself as
I F. Martin, an under cover agent
I for the I" nit -ri stales prohibition
enforcement servlco.
I
Mrs. CharlotteHardy Loses
Leg When S. P. Train
Hits CoupeCompanions
Also Injured Was Visit
. ing in Mill City.
SALILM, Ore.. June 17. (T)
Mi'M. Charlotte Hardy, 23, of Med
ford, Ih lying in the Salem- General
hospital In a critical condition fol-
1 lowing an accident In which her
left leg was severed completely at
the knee when a southbound
, Southern Pacific train struck the
light couple In which she was
I riding with her sister. Miss Ruth
i Runde; anil Ward Howe, Iwth of
Mill City, here Sunday evening
about 7:. 10.
I Miss Itunde was cut severely
about tho head and shoulders, as
was Howe. Howe, the driver, was
able to walk into tho hospital fid
lowing the accident.
Mrs. Hardy's right limb wan so
severely mangled that physicians
declared amputation will he neces
sary, but said they did not hellevo
sh could withstand the shock of
the operation tit the present time.
The cur was ho bndly demolished
that officers who Investigated had
! if lenity In determining Its type.
Wreckage was strewn more than
1 H) yards along the railroad
tracks.
Wlllinm Hardy, husband of the
injured woman, left Medford last
evening to he at her bedside. He
iH employed as fireman at tho
1'Vdcrnl building, a position which
he has held for the past six
months, The couple bad lived in
Medford for the pnsi year.
I'OUTLAN'I), Ore., June 17. wV)
Four persons were killed In auto
mobile accidents In Oregon over
the week -end, Feveral others in
jured. ,
Mrs. There a Andrews, 72, of
klund, Calif., was killed here
when a car cui.died Into her auto
mobile. Two y out lis wer e killed near
Curt In, 4.T mllen nort h of Hosc
burg, Saturday afternoon when
their automobile was struck by a
southern Pacific train. The
il'-iid: Islle Clark, 21, and Louis
Stlgers, in.
Olen Out laud. IS, student nt
KoHeburg high setmol, hn killed
yehterdny on the North I'mpqua
road near Honey creek, when bis
automobile lurched off the high
way, rolled over m bank anil
rninhed Into a tree. He was on a
fishing trii.
A woman was injured, possibly
Tit'illy, and two other pernor.
were badly hurl at Stile in ycter
day When a Southern Pacific et
(oast Li mi It i-d struck their auto
mobile, driven by Ward Howe of
Mill City. Mis. Charlotte Hardy
of Medford, visiting at the Howe
home In Mill City, was not ex
pected to live.
O rants Pass Construction well
underway lor box factory which
wilt have $lM,niu annual payroll.
TLIERS ARE
HONORED Iff
mm
French Plan Long Program
in Celebration of Ocean;
Feat Stowaway Calls
for Good Clothes Waves,
. . .. ,
Nag ana unatters as
solant Telephones Chorus
Girl Bride.
PARIS, Juno 17. (P) Three
French trans-Atlantic blrdmcn
were plunged today Into a long
program of receptions, dinners and
celebrations. Although Paris seem
ed blase to ocean flights, there
was no disposition anywhere to let
tho feat of Jea n Assolant, Keno
Leb'evre and Armeno Lottl pass
without recognition.
Tho grinning, garroulous stow
away of the Yellow Bird. Arthur
Schreilior, sure of a harvest of
greenbacks for the story of his free
i stolen ride over the ocean, gave
his first thoughts of the day to
getting spruced up for his stay in
I Paris. Colonel Lindbergh, after
his arrival here, contented hi inset f
i for a while with a suit loaned by
one of the footmen at the Amer
ican embassy, but Schrelber, whose
j home Is in Portland, Maine, said
quite plainly that he wanted "soma
presentable clothes."
Long before the aviators had
arisen, a crowd gathered outside
i of their hotel. When they arrived
at LcBourgct from Comlllas, Spain,
yesterday at. 8:47 p. m. (1!:47 p. m.
IS. H. T.), not more than &.000 "peo
ple awaited them, Ihn long waits
of Friday arid Hal unlay having
militated against a greater num
ber. Iielaiivett hugged, kissed and
cheered them while members of
Ihe crowd iut them on shoulders
and curried them from the field.
To most Frenchmen the young
stowaway, Kchrelber, remained a
great puxb today with the French
morning press giving him a great
deal of space, but largely as n curl
ordl y.
His talkativeness in his own
la iik tin xc, his Incessant repetition
of three French words, "Vivo Lo
France." his waving of an Amer
ican flag and his general demean
or wem quite Im-xplU -able to the
logical Freneh mind.
Duhltcil "Tim RmscuI."
The French newspapers have
dnM.t-d lit in with the Moid applied
by the three Frenchmen who were
infiji'lnt i-d at finding him aboard
th'- plane In t Thursday, but later
bef r ten-led hi in. t be word being
"l.e PoiisHoti." which lii Its mlldcHi
form may be translated "Tho Ras
cal." Co mp let ion of the flight begun
!at Thursday at Old Orchard.
(Continued on Pace Limit.)
AfcatfA Press Photo'
Mrs. Jean .-Vsaolant !
Arthur Schrelber
Doggerel Verse
on White House
Color Question
WASHINGTON. June 17.
tTi Sena I or Bfuse. demo
crat, South Carolina, intro
duced a resolution today
callltiK attention to the recent
entertaining at the White
House of the wife of Kep
rescntative Del'riest, negro
republican from Illinois, hut
some of its language, espe
cially doggerel verse which it
contained, aroused such op
position that Bease withdrew
It.
Senators ICdge, republican,
New Jersey, and Bingham,
republican, Connecticut, were
tfepi't'iiMly vigorous in their
stand against the measure.
1LWACO. Wash.. June 17. (fP)
Captain Louis Johnson of Portland, i
master of the States line steamer
laurel, tolay was keeping a lone '
vigil aboard his broken craft. The
Cape Disappointment coast guard j
station announced this afternoon j
that alt members of the crew had '
been taken off but that Captain ,
Johnson refused to accompany his :
men to safety. i
The coast guard captain could
give no renson for tho master's
rofusal to leave tho wreckage of .
his ship, other than to point io J
the tradition of the sea that a cap- j
tain must stand by his charge.
It was a sad. broken command j
that Captain Johnson had today, j
The Laurel piled up on a sand-'
spit nt the mouth nf the Columbia
yestei'day after liming her rudder
In a heavy sea. j
Late In tho day her backbone
groke squarely JuxJ. forward of the
bridge.
The Wlllapa Harbor power boat
of the coast guard, after taking i
off the members of the crew to-
day, became disabled when a lino 1
fouled tier wheel. She wan picked
up by the Astoria coast guard cut
ter Ked Wing and the men trans-I
ferred to that craft. j
Cape Disappointment said an at- j
tempt would be made at 4 p. m. '
today to take Captain Johnson
from the Laurel.
LONDON, June 17. (fP) Seven
persons were killed, one of them
believed to be an American, In the
crash of an Imperial Airways air
liner today off Dungoness, Kng
land. - Three of tho victims were
women. Tho bod lea were recov
ered. The body of a man also was
recovered and taken to Dun gen ens
where his Identification had not
been determined late toduy.
Those missing and believed dead
were Mr. Malcom, Mr. Smith of
Lancaster, Ontario; Mine. HoshI
ger. Miss Roberts and Mrs. Karukl.
The following rescued were suf
fering from shock: Mr. and Mi's.
Fleming, Miss M. Smith, Homer
W, Tatham, Pilot Hralllie and Me
chanic Harnett, flight engineer.
The plane, the City of Ottawa,
left Croydon at 1);H0 o'clock this
morning and was well over the
Knglish channel when trouble de
veloped. Teh pilot turned back
and attempted to reach shore, but
was forced to come down beulde
a trawler which rushed to his aid.
The piano landed with a crash,
I however, a nd t lien t urneil over,
bolng partly submerged.
Baseball Scores
Niillonal.
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v..
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CIiIciik'i 3 9 1
Mitchell unci J. Wilson, C. Jim
nanl; Knot, Home, Jonnard and
: tlnnrjilffi.
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II. H. K.
t'lllrnitn 6 0
l'llllHriVlpllIll A 0
I'lilxr nml Hoik; (julnn, liom-nif-l
nml l.'ochrune.
Flrnt Rumo: H. II. K.
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lloMton 6 10 I
Ciu-mll, Ktoncr nml KIh'u; Ituf
flnc anil P.irry.
Horond Hume: N. H-
Detroit I II 1
lliLton t I
fhlo and phllllim; M. Canton,
Kddlo Oirroll and V Onnton.
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OTrnnirn mi rn
UP ON SAND AT'
C0L01IA BAR
CHANNEL PLANE
CRASHES IN SEA
SEVEN DROWN
GEN. BOOTH
'SALVATION
HEAD DIES
Long Months of Illness and
Organization Strife Ended
for Former Leader of Sal
vation Army End Sud
den and Quiet Sunday
Evening Will Lie By
Father.
LONDON, June 17. OP) Tho
funcrul of General Unmiwell Booth
who died yesterday, will be held
Juno 24 with full tialvution Army
honors. The burials will take
place In Abney I'urk cemetery in
lxndon.
HA OLE Y WOOD. England, June
17 (IP) Covered with a Salvation
Army banner, tho body of C.ene
ral William liramwell Booth luy
in his pleasant suburban house
here today. His pa-sslng last night
was unrecognized by any outward
sign of mourning, either officially
or among the rank and file of the
Salvation Army, which he headed
so long until deposed recently.
Not a flag was lowered at the
International headquarters in
Queen Victoria street. We keep
our standard flying high," said a
high official. "For General Booth
Is not dead ho has passed to
glory."
But though the army tradition
does not admit loss, there was
In evidence everywhere among tho
Salvationists a deep sense of per
sonal loss that they felt at the
72-year-old general's death, so
quietly and suddenly last night
after final months of life, which
had been filled with tho agony
of 111 health, distasteful conflict
and defeat.
Tho generul spoko to his fam
ily yesterday afternoon beforo bo
lapsed into unconsciousness. What
his words wero, however, has not
been ravealed to the public, but
one who was near to him said
today, "ho didn't know tho end
was so near."
With the exception of Coloner
Mary Booth, who Is returning
from Oermany, all members of the
family aro here and were at tho
hedsldo when he died.
Tho Salvation Army probably
will bo entrusted with arrange
ments for the funeral. Tho gene
ral's parents are buried in Abney
Park cemetery In North London
and It was his family's wish ho
He at the side of the Salvation
Army's founder, his own father.
One effect of tho general's death
It was believed, would be to put
an end to all further litigation
connected with the army's leader
ship, thus saving the surviving
leaders anilety and tho army It
self considerable expense. It was
believed distress he felt at depo
sition as head of the army had an
adverse effect upon his physical
condition and may havo short
ened his life somewhat.
A pelican's bfil will hold sev
eral quarts. ,
Will Rogers Says:
SANTA MONICA, Oil-.
Juno 17. You will pardon
mo, but tliiN KtowHwity boy
of oiu-H, I am not goiiiB to bo
iiblo to imiHt
cr n inucll
0 11 t ll UMillHIll
about a u y-
boily ovor 8
yearn o 1 tV
that will
crawl into a
piano whoro &-i-
ovory online of weight founts
Hiul risk frasliiiiK tho piano
on its takeoff mid killing all
tho ocoliph !ts. Well, 1 just
can't picture him in tho hall
of fanio. MatloHHii wotihl bo
about his nioho. When he
arrives homo, if ho is not
mot. with a Inns keen hick
ory switch instead of a brass
hand, then our confidence in
parenthood will drop lower,
if that 's possible.
I. S. l'.vle cross Ameri
ca derby finished here Sun
day. Andy I'liyiie from
Cliiremoro, Oklahoma, win
ner of last year's race! came
with Vni in a Kord sedan :
smart people these Oklti
honiaiiH, Yours, Wll.Ii IIOHEKS.
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