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The Weather
Temperature
Highest yesterday 47
Lowest this morning 34
Precipitation
To 5 p. m. yesterday 00
To 5 a. m. today 00
EDFORD
AIL TRIBUNE
Forecast: Tonight and Wednesday
cloudy; normal temperature.
Twenty-Fifth Year
TWELVE PAGES
MEDFORD, OUUtiOX, TUKSDAY, DKCKMHKtt !). 1KH).
Xo. J0.
Todav
By Arthur Briabam
That Strange Death.
Capone Will Arrive.
Another War? Unberufen!
Wise, Super-Wise Mr.
Coolidge.
Copyright King Featurea Synd., Inc.
Mysterious death, carried by
the fog and killing .scores in
Belgium, worries the British.
Reassuring words, to the effect
that it only injured those that
were already ill, or very old,
not convincing.
In Yorkshire, near Gros
mount, ten 'cattle are found
mysteridusly ' dead in the fog,
"with symptoms that look much
like those of the Belgian death
fog, which also killed cattle.
Could it be, one guess is as
good as another, that the re
cent shower . of meteorites
brought with it, from distant
space, some poisonous substance
that, reduced to power by con
tact w i t h the atmosphere,
floats, about in the fog, and is
carried into the lungs f Meteor
ites bring us iron, copper, gold.
Why not arsenic, or a worse,
unknown poison, from some vi
cious inter-stellar neighbor T
The great Capone, at whose
name the average gangster
turns pule, is to visit Chicago.
There is power in such a man.
The Chicago American's city
editor should escort him to Chi
cago's art museum and have li is
photograph taken beside the
cqucstian statue of Colleoni,
who was the Capone of his day.
And jvhile Capone is iu town
the city fathers might ask him
"What would you charge to
make this town peaceful and
make rackets only a memory!"
He might pacify Chicago as
Mussolini pacified Sicily, when
lie killed the Mafia, and the
Black Hand, by the power of
his will and I he terror of his
name.
Washington thinks there is a
probability of war in Europe
in the next three to five years.
It might iconic sooner. We
learned in 1!M4 thai the crack
of a pistol and the foolishness
of rulers can start a war as
quickly as a match can start a
fire.
There may be another pistol
shot or something like it.
Business asks: "What would
be the effect on the United
States?"
This country, we hope, would
not send ten billion dollars to
help along Europe's fighting,
and would not ship three mil
lion men to join a fight that is
not started by u.
The war would produce the
usual temporary boom here, top
(Continued on Pago Eleven)
AbeMartin
"The UurnoHM. thing about tie
prrstthms Is git tin' oncd to walk
InV ronipfcLtfifi Hon. Kx ttlltur
(ale II u hart. There's nothlu' tv
risky as m suit thing.
(Copyright John F. Dill Co.)
PORK RAID
DISGUISED
AS RELIEF
President Warns Some Or
ganizations Playing Poli
tics at Expense of Human
Misery Burden Will Fall
On Farmer, Worker.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 9. (P)
The house and senate sped unem
ployment and drought relief legis
lation down the path to final en
actment today, while President
Hoover warned against too liberal
appropriations by congress.
The fllO.000,000 public works
construction bill was passed by the
house a short whilo after senate
passage of a measure devoting
$30,000,000 to u loan fund for
drought-stricken farmers.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. (P)
President Hoover declared today
efforts were being made to impose
greater financial burdens upon the
government than its financial posi
tion would permit.
Prosperity cannot be restored by
raids on the public treasury, he
warned. -
Noting that pending legislation
would Impose an additional burden
of $4,500,000,000 above the sums he
asked for in his budget message,
he said the budget contained the
maximum, expenditure the govern
ment could make without increase
in taxes.
And taxes, he continued, would
fall on the farmer and worker.
Mr. Hoover said some organiza
tions wore playing politics at the
expense of "human misery."
People Awake
"Tho American people will not
he misled by such tactics," he add'
ed. "
President Hoover's statement, in
part, said:
"I observe that measures have
been already Introduced in con
gress and are having advocacy
which if passed would impose an
increased expenditure beyond the
sums which 1-have recommended
for the present and the next fiscal
year by a total of nearly $4,500,
000,000 and mostly under the guise
of giving relief of some kind or an
other. "The gross sums which h have
recommended to carry on the ojs
sen Hal functions of the government
Include the extreme sunw which
can be applied by the federal gov
ernment. in actual emergency em
ployment relief, and are tho maxi
mum which can he financed with
out increased taxes.
"No matter how devised, an in
crease in taxes iu the end falls
upon the workers and farmers, or
alternatively deprives industry of
that much ability to give employ
ment and defeat tho very purpose
of these schemes."
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WOULD BETTER
MAUN SERVICE
SAI.KM, Ore.. Dec. 9. (fl') Wet
ter wrv-e to tho district south
of Klamath Falls, to Malln and
udjacent territory nnd to Klam
ath valley and the Tule hike urea,
is given by the Great Northern
Kallroad company ua the reason
for a change in the route of its
proposed lino in Klamath county,
Oregon, and Siskiyou and Modoc
counties, California. Its applica
tion to the interstate commerce
commission for a certificate of
convenience and necessity author
Izing the const met ion has been
amended accordingly and a copy
of the u mended application has
been received by the state public
service com mission.
The proposed change Is all In
Kliuuuth nnd M o d o c counties
where. It Is claimed, the residents
are pract lea lly u nan f motis I n fa
vor of the new route.
Klamath Fall. Office rooms
In Methane building Itelng remod
eled for occupancy by chamber of
commerce.
CHANG
Scientist Denies Creation
Living One-Cell Organism
CLEVELAND. Dec. He.
port Hint Or. (.forge W. Crlle.
noted Cleveland surgeon and
scientist, has 1 1 rod need artificially
a living one-cell organism, were
categorically denied by the doc
tor today.
Dr. Crlle said while experiments
have been made, no definite re
sult has been reached. "No state
ment has come from me or from
the clinic on thf work being
don." he said. "Homebody gave
Two Little Pigs
Going to Market
Save Automobile
Itl-;U1T, Wis., Dec. 9. A)
Two little pigs went to mar- 4
ket and there an automobile
was saved.. - -
Slrn. A. J. Dibel journeyed
to town in her car. She had 4
two pigs in a crate in the war
scat. Suddenly the pigs f
squealed loudly and at length. 4
Who turned to see why all tho 4
luitKO. The car was on fire. 4
Klremen extinguished tho
blaze. The pigs got no re-
ward. They continued their 4
ride to market. 4-
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STREET PERMIT
ACROSSRAILS
City Files Plea With State
Commission for Opening
of Fourth and Eighth
Streets.
It Is now up to the public ser
vice commission to grant a public
hearing on the question of con
structing two new grade crossings
over the Southern Pacific tracks
in Med ford, one at Fourth and the
other at Eighth street, in accord
ance with the petition City At
torney F. P. Farrell has filed for
such action, as a part of the city
administration's plan inaugurated
a lung time ago to make additional
through streots of Fourth and
Eighth streets.
The petition was filed last Sat
urday at Salem with the public
service commission, and the city
officials think that there is no
doubt but that it will be granted.
The next step is for the commis
sion to notify tho Southern Pacific
officials that Med ford has filed the
petition for a hearing, and then to
set the date for such at as early a
time as conveniently posalblo. '
Deal Direct
Tho city officials decided some
months ago that the quickest way
to bring the desired improvements
about was not to deal directly with
the Southern Pacific management,
but to apply to tho scrvlco com
munion for a hearing, at which the
city administration will lay before
that body tho great need for two
more arteries through tho business
section and construction of grade
crossings over them.
The city administration has
since then been engaged preparing
statistics of general and business
travel of fast growing Med ford
showing that the city's present
needs and future development
make such new through streets
with grade crossings imperative.
It was not until last week that
tho gathering of all this Informa
tion was completed, most of It
done under supervision of City At
torney Farrell, and thus forearmed
tho city is ready now to lay down
Its cards before the commission at
a public hearing, which tho city
fathers hope will bo ordered very
soon.
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WASHINGTON. Dec. 9. P)
Dr. Clarence True Wilson, secre
tary of the MethodlHt board of
temperance, said his organlatlon
in annual meeting today would do
ctdo unanimously against any
move for a prohibition referendum
thereby acting to prevent a split
in tho dry ranks on this subject.
Representative Fort, republican.
New Jersey urged upon tho council
a plan in which "the wet nnd dry
advocates in congress would Join
on sumo amendment to the consti
tution relative to prohibition In
order to place the question before
tho people.''
Oregon Weather
Cloudy tonight and Wednesday,
probably rains In the northwest
portion and local rains or snows In
the northeast portion, normal tem
perature. Ocntlo variable winds
on the coast.
out some Information not at all
authoritative.
It was reported Dr. Crib, In
his experiments, had mixed the
dry powder gained by burning
brain tissues of animals, with
other elements, arid a mass was
ohtalned which somewhat resem
bles a living cell. ''We hav not
reached a point where w. ran
tell whether our experiment Is a
jniceen or a failure," the doctor
raid.
MEDFORD
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NEW CABINET MEMBER AT HOMl
William N. Doak of the Brotherhood 61 Railroad Trainmen, who wai
recently appointed to President Hoover's cabinet as secretary of labor.
Is shown with Mrs. Doak at their horse in Arlington county, Virginia.
1000 NAMESON
PETITION FORSEEKS DIVORCE
DAHACK
PROBE FROM
No Opposition Reported to
Plan for Special Prose
cutor and Grand Jury in
Still Death.
It was -reported today, -thai 'iuwr
1000 signatures'' had been secured
to the petitions circulated tho past
week by Ernest Dahack of tho
Eagle Point district, asking for
appointment of a special prosecu
tor and special grand Jury, by tho
governor, for a special Investiga
tion Into tho clrcumstaflces sur
rounding the death of Evorctt Da
hack, during a raid on a moon
shine still In the Heeso Creek dis
trict a fortnight ago. Ernest
Dahack Is a brother of tho de
ceased. It is understood the petitions are
ready for presentation to the chief
executive, with a plea for early
action. No opposition has arisen
to tho request.
Tho regular grand jury, of which
George It. Ablen Is foreman, spent
a week hearing 2H witnesses, filed
a. report cautioning liquor raiding
officers to exercise greater euro in
tho use of firearms In tho future.
If t ho request for a special
prosecutor is granted, It is felt that
the governor will make his selec
tion .from outside tho bar of Jack
son county, and In this connection
the name of D. J. Liljoqvlst Is men
tioned, lie is a member of the
attorney-general's staff, and con
ducted several apodal Investiga
tions In this county. Including the
Dunk of Jacksonville failure, cases,
and the 192 2 nlghtridlng cases, lie
Is an experienced and fearless
lawyer.
The special grand jury would be
drawn from Jury body of the
county.
E RU1
NEW YORK, Dec. 0. (A)
Ethel harry in ore' liroadway en
gagement In "Scarlet Ulster Mmy"
will be terminated next Haturdny
night after a run of less than
three weeks.
"My friends In New York nre
determined not. to eome to see tne
In black f nee," M Iss Harry more
said, explaining the short run of
the negro drama In whieh she
stars and In whleh her daughter.
Ethel liurryrnoro Colt, ma do her
debut.
TRIO TAKE SAFE FROM
WALDPORT P0ST0FF1GE
COKVAEMH. Dec. 0. P Of
ficer Were on tho lookout todsy,
for three men who yesterday rub
bed tho Waldpnrt po-lofflce and
carried away tho safe in their car.
Ijtter they were reported seen 4T.
miles went of here, slon the high
way, opening the safe and taking
what they wanted from It. The
men have not yet been appre
hended. A hardware store at Waldport
also reported theft of four hl
powered rifles and a lar,w amount
of ammunition.
FOURTH HUBBY
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Miss Frederick wite in
Name Only, Says Hotel
. Man in Suit for Annul
ment From Star.
isr:!l'Bwj8, ec. (n
tin It for annulment of his mar
riage last April to Paulino Frede
rick, 45, stago and screen luminary
was filed yesterday by Hugh Chls
holm height on, president of tho
Intorstato Hotel company and
fourth husband of tho actress.
Delghton charged fraud In his
complaint, alleging ho was forced
to act the the. role of husband "In
nanus only" to tho star.
The actress is appearing In a
stago production in Portland, Ore.
The stago and screen star's first
maniago was to Frank M. An-
jdrews, New York architect. After
Its dissolution she wed Wlllard
t Alack, noted writer of plays. This
marriage was dissolved In 1010.
i Her third marital venture was
i with Dr. Charles Rutherford, Seat
tle, physician, from whom shu sep
arated permanently in January,
IIIUG.
GIVE FREE BREAD
I "OIITEA N D, Dec. il. (Pj Ten
thousand loaves of bread a day
are available to tho poor of Port
land without cost. The linkers
association and Individual firms
havo promised the sunshine di
vision of Portland police to do
nalo this quantity If It la needed.
Mcutcnaiit Tlchcnor, In chargo
of the il I vision, said today the
present need Is for about 100
loaves a day, with tho amount
steadily Increasing. On Christina
day about fiOOO loaves will be
required.
HE'S STILL COACH
.KI'flKNK. Ore, l)i!C M.ifP)
lr. Clironc W. Hparn, font ball
conrb Ht tbo l'nlvrily nf Or'(rmi,
in a tHfpbmi rnnwrfltttlnn today
with tho K uk ono KoKlstor-ruanl.
dmrlHrod: "I. am Mill (Im cob'jIi
f tho Oregon fttbnl tr-am and
I Inland to ha nfxt yonr." HpoatH
in In Ih AngeloH. Itonortu havo
been current ha wh balm? ;onlri
nrrrt n fiui!ceH(ir Nibs Prim,
who rrrttirtiy n.4lKnl an Iwad
coarh ot tbo Vnlvrrnlty of Cali
fornia. GOV. NORBLAD APPOINTS
AERONAUTICS DELEGATES
HAU;.M, Ore,, Dec, 9. At Iee
V. KyeNy of Halern and il. 11.
Hmith nf Portland, both me oilers
of tho stato board of aeronautics,
were today named by (lover nor
Norblsd a delegated to an aero
nautics!, conferenee called by tho
HfcreWiry of commerce In V of h
Ingtnn, December 18 and 17.
PAULIN
rmnrnnn my
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OF BOWLES mm x
ON WEAPON M
Prosecutor Announces im
portant Link in Portland
Case State's Star Wit
nesses Threatened By
Unknown Man On Phone.
PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 9. (P)
Two ilevelopiuuntH marked the
pruKrcHs of tho Dowlea murder
cubg today. Ono was the announce
ment by the district attorney's of
fice that a fingerprint found on the
blade of the knife which pierced
tho heart of Mrs. Leone Ponies,
society matron, was madu by the
llttlo rinscr of the right hand of
Nelson S. Howies, her millionaire
husband. Tho othor was the report
from tho prosecutor' office that
several important stuio witnesses
huve been threatened it: telephone
calls by an unidentified nan.
Bowles and his former tecrelary,
Irma Loui-ks Paris, aro charged
with the murder of Mrs. Hovies.
Police say tho pair admit clan
destine relationship over a thrco
year period.
Silent on Delay
Tho district attorney today would
mako no comment on tho circum
stance that only now does com
parison of fingerprints made three
weeks after they were taken ro
veal Howies' mark on tho knife.
Previous comparisons, officers, de
clared disclosed no similarity.
Dotoctives today worn working
on tho mysterloiiB telophono culls
by which state witnesses nre alleg
ed to havo boen threatened. Mrs.
H. W. Howard, B7, auld by the pros
ecutor to bo an "exceedingly Im
portant" state witness, was beaten
in her homo last week by a man
who threatened her with dcuth if
she testified.
Stanley Myers, district attorney,
said today Mrs. Howard will, when
called as a grand jury wltnoss, ro
v.onl the. uamo of .the. .man who
tliioutenad her llfe.f r-
JAIL 2 SUSPECTS
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POIITIjAND, Ora., Dec. 0. (P)
While police of two statOH are
McekliiK Tbomaa K. ljiwrcnco of
Portland, myHturlouHly in inning for
two week 8, two men were being
hehl In tho flty Jail here cbarKCtl
with! tho theft of hit automobile.
I'VIcmhIm nutiflefl Portland po
lice f ijHwrence'H UlMappen ranee
lifter ho wuh huhl to havn quar
reled wllh two men on tho caM
Hldo.
I'Yunk Murphy ' 28, mid Sher
man Crawford, UK. nrroHled In
Ccntralla, WhhIi., where they are
uld to havo tried to Hell the Daw
reneo automobile.
DE1ERRLED
IN LIBEL ACTION
A demurrer waa filed In circuit
court today In tho $50,000 llhol
uctlon of Hoy Parr, deputy game
warden of Aahland, affainat Karl
II. Keh I, publisher of tho Pacific
Hocord Herald, Med ford weakly
ncwKpaper. Tho demurrer atatod
the complaint filed by Parr failed
to Htato HUfflclcnt fuctn to conatl
tuto a. cane.
Parr charges that hla reputation
was damaged by an editorial ap
pearing in tbo weekly, attacking
bhn perHonully, in connection with
a mooiiHhlno raid In tho Iteeao
Creek iMectlun where tho officer
happened to bo preaont In connac
tion with the report that a deer
poacher waa In tho vicinity.
Mrs. Hoover Christens
Largest American Ship
For Robert Dollar Line
N KW PO HT N K WH. Va Ieo.
9. (P Amid ehPTs from a dis
tinguished assemblage and the
scream of harbor craft, the
"President Hoover" slipped grace
fully rtnwn the ways hem today
to lake her place as the new
ijiieen of ths Am 'lean merchant
ma rlnc.
Mrs, Herbert Hoover smashed
a bottle of brine collected from
the seven seas attalnst thn proW
to Ktart tho hugo vessel lowaro ,
the sparkling waters of the Jiinrrij
river.
11, Htanley Dollar, president ofl
tho Dollar Hteamship lines, owners!
Meet "Al Smith"
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Associated PrM Pbclo
Oklahoma democrat! call this 15
montha youno'"' their maecott. He
la Al Smith Tlntley and the original
of this picture was eent to tho for
mer New York governor.
MAY COSI LIFE
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Glenn Head, Edgar Stillwell
and Sheldon Page in Col
lision Near Jackson Hot
Springs.
-Cllcnn J lead, Ashland high school
boy, is in a nerioua condition and
ban amall chancoa for r(covery
following u car crash on tho Pa
cific bigbwuy early this morning
near tho Jucksop Hot Springs, Tho
crah alfo resulted In Injuries to
Kdgar HtUtwell, Mod ford, and Shel-!
don Page, Ashland..
Head had, not regained con
ActousneKH tip until Into this after
noon. r lQ n'JHtained a fractured
skull.
Htllhvcll, a stage drlvor! drLving
, Uitt porsonul cur tuivwrd Mod ford,
collided- wllh a light touring car
driven by Head, at a curve Htato
Traffic Officer Herb Monro stated
tho Head machine' rounded tho
curvo on the wron,? sldo of tho
highway. Stillwell, In an attempt
to nvold the Aibland ?ar, swerved
to the oppowilo Hide o tho high
way. At tbo flame tl.no. Head
Hwcrved back to his own sldo, col
liding with Stillwell hcadon.
Stillwell Nuotalncd numerous, cuts
and bruises and a badly lujurod
knee, page, riding with Head, re
ceived sufficient Injuries to cause
him to be rushed with Head to tho
Ashland hospital, where he was
reported to bo (mowing omo Im
provement thl afternoon. Tho
Ashland boys aro mild to havo been
returning from on Inspection of a
line of trails they had placed along
Hear creek,
lit addition to a fractured skull,
I lead sustained a budly' lacerated
scalp, numerous ruts and a broken
noc. He Is IK years of age and
is a Junior In high school. He Is
n football playor and Is well known
In Athland. Page Is 1ft years old
and Is a student at tho Ashlund
Junior high school. -
iStlllweir has been a stage driver
out of Modford for sometime, and
Is 38 years of agoj Ho was drlVlng
a heavy Hudson flodan. Head's
machine, a Kord touring car, was
overturned as a result of tho Im
pact und Head was pinned under
neath the machine, while Pago was
thrown clear, a report from Ah
land this afternoon said.
PARDON FOR BANKER
DENIED BY NORBLAD
WAlLKM. Ore, Dec. 0. VP) Oov
crnor Norblad today dented a par
don to J. V. Tiurke. former presi
dent of the think of Kenton, Port
land, who Is serving a seven-year
sentence In tit a rdato penitentiary
for misappropriation of tho bank's
funds,
or tlio vowel, the largest merchant
ship ever built In Amerlen, nd
Mrs, Dollar stood with Mrs. Hoo
ver on the (Hunching platform.
"1 Riving tho President Hoover
to world commerce wo feel that
wo not only show confldenco In
nnr nation's support of the Ameri
can merchant marine, but confl
denco In biislitem conditions," Mr.
Dollar said fn a brief address,
Tbo great ship, with an overall
length of r3 reet nnd of 1.1,800
tons displacement, representing an
Investment of eight million dollars,
was gaily decorated In patriotic
colors.
HIGHWAY CRASH
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AND YOUTH
HUGESHARt
ROAD FUNDS
FOR OREGON
State Allotted $1,320,287
for Highway Aid in Fed
eral Move to Make Jobs
River, Harbor Funds
Will Swell Total.
By Cecil B. Dlcksou
WASHINGTON. Dec. 9. (P)
Speeding to net on relief legislation,
the house received from Us appro- .
priatlons committee today the un
employment emergency construc
tion bill providing $110,000,000 for
highway aid and river and harbor
Improvements.
Tbo sum of 180,000,000 wufl
stipulated for advance to states for
highway construction, so they
might go on with building despito
Inability to meet federal aid obli
gations. Tho fund will bo return
able over a period of five years,
where the states cannot meet fed
eral funds on a 60-50 basis.
River and harbor work was al
lowed $22,500,000; flood control
on the Mississippi and Us tribu
taries $3,000,000; roads and trails
for national forests $3,000,000. and
roads nnd trails In national parka
$1,500,000. 1
lloduce Bequest
Reporting the bill, tho commit
tee reduced President Hoover's re
quested $150,000,000 lump sum to
be allocated by him by $40,000,000
and required that definite allot
ments be mado for use of the
$110,000,000. '
The highway aid allotments in
cluded tho following:
California, $8,108,233; Idnho,
$1,008,036; Oregon, $1,320,287;
Washington $1,270,983.' Funds for
roads and trails In forests would
bo allotted as follows;
' Montana and Idaho, $600,000;
Utah, southern Idaho, part -of wes
tern Wyoming and Novada, $225,
000;- California,' $600,000; . Wash
ington and Oregon $600,000.
Tho north Pacific , division woS
given $1,555,000 allotted as fob
lows:. -rf ;.--; v
Coqtillle rlvor, Ore., $100,000;
Coos Bay,' Ore.. $136,000; Colum
bia and lower Willamette river,
$250,000. ...
- Willamette rlvor between Ore
gon City and Portland, Ore.. $IC7,
000. ,
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TRIAL ON LIBEL
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POIITLAND. Doc. . (P) lloli.
crt (Jurdon XJuncun, rudto Hpeuker
and, aolf-lernied s "Oregon Wildcat
nnd chain store ncmeMla," will go
on trial hero ' December .11 on a
charxn of criminal libel. Ho waa
Indicted by tho grand Jury htxt
July '1. A motion tor chango oC
venuo wuh donlcd.
Duncan la charged with hav
ing libeled Robert M. Mount, man.
Kor of ' tho Bolter Business bu
reuu here, In a trado publication
edited by Duncan.
Tho "Wildcat" WRa recently con
victed In Modford on charges ot
using profane, and indecent lan
guage over a radio station.
WILL
ROGERS
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At
AGAINST MOUN
hevekijY ihlls, n. n.
We all liuvo what wc refer to
Hit tho saildeHt sight wo ever
saw. Well, mints is Huh: A
cheering section,, all orgauil
to cheer,' -1111(1- theu .imthins; .
eoincB to cheer over..! It'un't-.
so bad for an individual to have- .
your favorite, lose and jiof 'hr'
iihle to holler. 'You feel .had
hut you kinder enn'-kw'v'yo'iir
(trief to yourself. Bu Wttun tyo'k'
are sent somowhcro'on ihiiNSe
for nothing elso only to holler,
and then, you can't, why that
is what you would call organ
ized grief. Your wretchedness
is so promiscuous. You are oven
dressed and seated just to draw
attention to your wretched
ness. But It must he.
ISM
MaaMiat,