Medford I
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The Weather
'Fornt : Tonight and VI
npduy, fair, Willi' frrounil fojC,
Cooler tonight.
Temperature
lllKht5t yesterday 3H
Ixmcwt this morning
Precipitation:
(to A p.m. yesterday 00
To f a.m. today U
Twenty-Fifth Year
MEDFORD, ORKOON. TU KSDAY. 1K(T,M1K1 Hi. 10:50
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By Arthur Brisbane
A Busy News World
Who Shall Throw it?
Einstein Sees Reality
Cheerful Spots .
Copyright King Features 8ynd., Inc.
A busy day in the world- of
news.
Europe reports that the re
volt in Spain, as anticipated,
has become extremely danger
ous. A president is named, to
itakc the place of the king, and
rebels against the government
include Spanish army flying
machines.
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The remarkable king of Spain
takes all this coolly, not dis
turbed, apparently, by Vas fact
that, already, eight separate at
tempts have been made to as
sassinate him. He says he will
run for president, if bis people
really want a republic.
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Chinese communists in cap
tured cities have massacred en
tire populations, or as many as
could not hide or run away.
Tens of thousands are supposed
to have been cut down in cold
blood.
Such is the old fashioned
methnd'of punishing with death
any enemy that resist.
Alexander the Great, compar
atively humane for his period,
put to death all inhabitants of
one city when their resistance
annoyed him.
William the Conqueror, whose
mother was the daughter of a
humble tanner, was irritated
when a besieged city, to mock
his birth, hung hides of cattle
on the eitv wall to remind him
of his grandfather's business.
Having captured the town, he
had the principal citizens slain
and hung their hides on the
wall. .
You hardly expect. Rueh lior
. rible brutality in lOliO.
Democrats in Congress lilock
the 116,00,000 emergency em
ployment bill.
They object to Urn fact that
under that bill President Hoo
ver, could 'direct the spending
as he saw fit. Next to the large
amount, that was the best fea
ture of the bill. Somebody
must have charge of the spend
ing. Apparently our lawmakers
will continue fighting for the
pleasure of throwing the life
preserver to the drowning un
employed. '
The great Einstein is on his
way to the Pacific Coast, go
ing, most wisely, through the
Panama Canal. He will see
things there that will make mat-
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Abe Martin
Most o the people; I meet seem
to tie mntv Interested In beer wim
In' back than Ihry lire gtMKl time.
What purlin me I how Inv
nhldln ritlien keep truck of all
the laws.
PRCIHI LAW
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N.J RULING
Federal Judge Casts Doubt
on Constitutionality of
18th Amendment First
Effect to Be Felt in New
Jersey May Appeal.
NEWARK, N. J., Dee. 1(1. (IP'
Federal J 11 dee William Claris to
day ruled the adoption of the
eighteenth amendment to have
been Invalid.
Ilis decision wan Itaaed on the
broad principle that such an
amendment could be ratified only
by eonslitlltional conventions and
not by the Hlate . legislatures.
The Immediate effect of Hie de
cision, "JudKe Clark explained,
would be In New Jersey, where
any arrests made for the retail of
intoxicant would have to be made
under the state enforcement act
pending appeal of his decision.
The probability was that an ap
peal would be taken by Kederal
District Attorney Philip Forman
directly to the I'niled states su
preme court.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. (IP)
Some apprehension was expressed
today by high Washington officials
qver the effect upon prohibition
prosecutions of the decision hand
ed down by Judge William Clark,
declaring the Eighteenth Amend
ment invalid.
LOCAL TRAPPER
NEAR OROVILLE
Prospector Tells Police Joe
Stanley Forced Him to
Slay Trapper Deputies
Find Body.
OKOVIU.E, Cal., Dec. 10. ()
Joe Stanley, aged trapper, was le
Ine held In Jail here today In con
nection with the slayiHK of Bob
Ika, also a trapper, of Medford, ore.
hide Taylor, a prospector, was be
ing questioned as a material wit
ness. Ika's body was found in a shal
low grave today In the rugged Hald
Rock country near Merry creek, 20
miles northeast of Oroville, alter
Taylor had went Into the swherlfPs
office and failed for some time to
convince authorities a murder had
taken place.
Sheriff's deputies at first thought
Taylor had been outa In the hills
so long he was suffering from hal
lucinations. He said he had been
forced by Stanley at the point of a
gun to kill Ika and dig Ills grave.
When officers went to the Stan
ley cabin, he drew a gun on them.
Two deputies at windows with
shotguns, however, forced Stanley
to dron his gnu. They found a
shallow grave with Ika's body In
it. He had been shot through the
head.
Inquiry In .Medford this nfter
noon failed to reveal any informa
tion on ika. Ujcal authorities
knew nothing of the slaying or
had been consulted by California
officers.
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BREAST OF MOTHER
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Dec. lfi.
(if) Mrs. Mary Hanley's three-months-old
baby was smothered to
death accidentally Monday when its
mother bundled It up liKhtly and
held II near her breast to keep It
warm. The mother was near col-
la pse. I
WOULD ABOLISH DEATH
liONnOX. Kwr.. Dec. lft fjn
Abolition of the death penalty tni
an experimental perl"! of 'fvt
years is recommended In the re
port of the parliamentary commit
tee on capital punishment made
public last niKbt.
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Oregon Weather
Fair tnnifcht and Wednesday:
eroimd fn in In west portion:
cooler tonight. Krrfh northerly
winds offnhore.
MURDER VICTIM
Simple Method
Might Work for
Alfalfa Weevil
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1 .
(IP) Representative James P.
fluchnnan of Texas got away
with this one.
There was a discussion of
f agriculture appropriations be- 4.
for a .house committee, ltu-
ll chanan asked whether "a
simple hut effective method
of control" worked out
Chinese had ever been
on the boll weevil.
"What Is that?" he
fr asked.
The reply: "It U this:
no weevil; see m
think no weevil."
Trans-Atlantic Aviator and
Co-Plotters May Be Sent
Back to- Spain to Answer
for Attempt to Overthrow
Monarchy,
LISBON, Portiignl, Deo. Jfl.
(fP) Iteportfi from usually rcv
11a bio sources on the Spanish
frontier today Indicated Hint
serious fighting: had occurred
at Muelya between strikers
and government forces wltli
many casualties on each Hide.
In Valencia rebel airplanes
wero wild to have bomlcd the
royal palace.
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Famine threatened In a dozen
Spanish, cities, today under u' gen
eral strike which appeared to bo
spreading despite the proclamation
of martial lav throughout the
country. There were serious riots
nt Santander and those who could
were fleeing . across the frontier
into France.
Seventy-five thousand troops
wore mobilized through the Impor
tant centers but at Madrid Premier
Berenguer inlprmeri the king that
yesterday's revolution had been
suppressed and that the govern
ment was In control at all points,
banked by the support of the
people.
LISBON' , Portugal, Dec. 16. (P)
The Portuguese government today
had on its hands 12 Spanish army
officers, among them the trans
Atlantic aviator. Major Hamon
Franco, who were just as welcome
as proverbial white elephants.
Fleeing Spain in four airplanes
yesterday after collapse of their
utlempt to overthrow the mon
archy and establish a republic, all
headed for Lisbon and came down
in various places neurby. After a
temporary welcome by tho Porta
guese air force tho government
had them rounded up and brought
to a place of internment at Mar-
fa, near here.
Have Agreement
International custom Is for i
nation to guarantee political asy
lum, but Spain and Portugal a)
ways have had a sort of working
agreement whereby eueh govern
ment aided the other In suppres-
ion of Its internal difficulties and
a request for extradition of the 12
men may be hard to deny.
Major Franco told an Interview
er he and his compatriot's had
fulled yesterday in their attempt
to overthrow the Spanish mon
anhy and establish a republic
because the artillery corps, after
pledging adhesion to the move
ment. backed out at the last
minute.
When the artillery opened fire
ngninst us," he commented, ' there
was only on alternative sur
render. Nevertheless nothing tan
arrest the republican movement
which will soon swamp Spain. In
one mnntb n republic will be pro
claimed." E
' PA HIS. Dec. 10. Notice
able Improvement was fuund this
, afternoon In the condithm of
former president Raymond I'oln
cre who Is ill at his home here.
Dr. Ccorges Mm Ion announrcd nf.
tr a visit ot the bed-ldf.
The physician added that he
l.ad found M. I'nincare's utale
"n.ore sntjfoctor'
IVIIf ft in front of the Poinare
home kept watchers at a dfntince
fo as iiot to disturb the former
president
Norman Armour. ,merlf nn
ih.trge dWfalrew. nrnong
Dm wlm t alkd lo inquire for
M. I'oincare.
PORTUGAL A
rUUK n A V t N i W RftfM" DREN i 1 SYE AR TERM
FOR FRANCO burn
DOAK TAKES OATH OF OFFICE
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There was confusion for a time at the labor department In Wash
Jnpton as to just who was secretary of labor. After William N. Doak
(center) went through the form of taking the oath, it developed that the
resignation of Senator-elect James J. Davis (left) was written to be
come effective when he takes senate seat. Davis told inquire Doak
"had assumed the office." Chief Clerk Samuel Gompers Is reading the
oath.
TO DEATH
I BLAZE
Trio Left in Care of Others
When Parents Separate
Trapped in Upstairs
Room.
ALBANV, Ore., Pec. 1C (P)
Trapped while asleep In their beds,
three children, "Gordon Smith, 6,
his brother Oran, 3, and Vol ma
Seefeld, 8, were burned to death
on the farm of Mi, and Mrs. Carl
Seefeld, near IJalsey, last night..
Origin of the fire was unknown.
Mr. and Mrs. Seefeld were in a
barn when ihey discovered Jhe
house in fire, too late to enter and
rescue the children. J'M Haver
land, n neighboring rancher,- told
Coroner EvcreU C. Fisher he saw
the blaze about 8 o'clock, and
when be arrived at the scene found
Mr. ond Mrs. Seefeld in the yard,
both in a hysterical condition.
Coroner Flher could do nothing
toward removing the bodies before
this morning.
All three children were in an
uiwtairs room. A pet dog died
with them.
Mrs. Iterry Smith, mother of the
two Smith children, is somewhere
in California, while the where
abouts of the father is unknown.
The couple sepa ra t ed recc n 1 1 y ,
leaving the children In the care
of the Seefelds.
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SAX FHA.NCISCO, Dec. 1
A charge of issuing worthless
checks, ' filed against Sackville
Htoner of New York, has been
withdrawn by the Fairmont hotel
here. Mrs. toner's mother tele
graphed $721.8 yesterday to cover
a worthless check given by the
daughter.
Miss Stoner is well known os an
author. She made appearances as a
public speaker when only four
years old and attracted much at
tention at the age of six by her
ability to speak eight languages
and use differential calculus. (
OF FRIENDLY BULLi
SAl.KM, Ore., Dev. 1 0. (4') Hen
1-oy W'omer, 41, prominent farmer
living near Alrllo, wuh found dead
in his barn last evening following
an attack by a 2-year-old Jersey
bull. The fumily, uneasy nl nis
I,,,, nlisei.cn from the house, found
his mutllaled body. The bull was emergency employment anprop.-la-coni
ldered harmless mid had never . lion 111 the form which drew opp.v
... ... i ..l.l.... ....u. .. I.. Ihn ui.lllifn Tile
been known to attack anyone.
Mrs. Womer and three daughters
survive.
Voodoo Worshippers Slay
Child as Sacrifice Offer
HAVANA. I lee. 1I.W"I The
M.cr.-t pnllre are lnvcs.l.lK rj -".'m , m. frm b.
pens thut vomlno worshlppcisj w,,.rny frwned upon, but w-m-:ir
lluv.ina recently derapltaled nay (.rs up In Nplte of the
a small child for (he puipoKe nf, vlKllance t apriorities. Whenever
makttlK n sacrificial offcrlnx to
I'bnnKo,
the liiyilllcul nod of the;
cult.
Cuban voodoo worshippers arc
, descendants of former AfrH oi'Q'nun liair. root", neros. irors .
slaM-s who uracil, e human a -
FOR DEATH OF
KLAMATH WIFE
Lavern Carter Pleads Guilty
Night Before Trial Begins
Nacker Found Guilty
by Jury.
KLAMATH FALLS, Dec. 1C.
(fl1) Lavern Carter, realtor, whose
trial on irVt dei.-ee murder
charges in connection with the
beating to death of his brldo of
twjet months, Annetlo Carter, was
scheduled to start today, pleaded
guilty last night to a charge of
manslaughter. The fatul heating
vi at administered September M 7.
dieter, wu4r-eiitont'ed to 16 yein
In tho state penitentiary and fined
100.
Carter was accompanied to the
co u rt h o u ne to make his plea by
his mother, who broke down after
sentence was passed on her son.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Dec.
1. Donald Nacker, who
shot and killed Fred Dunbar at
Summit lake September 1 , was
found guilty of murder In the
first degree with a recommenda
tion of life Imprisonment here
Inst night by the Jury eight min
utes1 after the cast was placed in
their hands for deliberation.
Judge (i. F. Sklpwortb of Lane
county, who conducted the trial,
announced sentence will bo Im
posed or a time set for sentence
this morning.
WEST IN JANUARY
nriEHAXK. Colir., Dec. 10.
(P) Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
telegraphed Carl U. Squier, alr
plnne manufacturer, early today
snylng be would take delivery on
a i.ew wing designed to Increase
the need of his airplane "short
ly aftir January 1."
The trans-atlantlc flyer was ex
pected here this week to have the
wing fitted on his plane, but he
said be wished to spend the
Christmas holidays in New Jcr
ney. After the wing has been fitted
Cl. Lindbergh expects to tour
Smith America.
conferees AGREE I
WASIIINOTON', Bee. lfi. (IP)
Conferees of the senate and house
: agreed today to thu $1 1 U.OOO.UOO
' J"""' " , . ", " ' i
report will be returned lo the Ben- j
I aii; later In jBrty.
rllic ns
pa r
nf their reunion
of tho secret mceliiiK places
i. it lu Imincd mil V
rjk(,n U) ,, , pmH.rnalla
owed In their Incantations, whi h
conlt of bones r.f iinlmali", hu-
uie use, it s.w.cu nnu
RED TIMBER
WORKERS IN
IAD PLIGHT
Thousands Face Starvation
Work Long Hours on
Scant Rations Clothing,
Housing Inadequate
Horror Told by Refugees.
LONDON, Dec. 1 6. A) Charg
ing that literally thousands are on
the brink of starvation in I'usslanJ
timber oamiw, with many dying
daily after working 12 bourn or j
longer a day with scanty rations,
ragged clothing and poo;- housing,
three Russian refugees here de-'
.scribed renditions in tho camps.
The stories of the refugees were
contained In a letter from Sir 1111
ton Young, member of parliament,
to Prime Minister Hamsay Mac
Donald. Horrors of dUeaio and starva
tion in tho Soviet's frigid Archangel
eumps were described by the three
men who stowed away on a timber
boat bound for England. The prime
minister promised to investigate
the revelations.
Given Scant Hat ion,
Tho refugees said each man Is
given two and one-hnlf pounds of
bread for each day's work. If ho
hu been unable to finish tho as
signed task In the allotted time,
they declared, part of his ration Is
withdrawn.
More than 50,000 political pris
oners are engaged solely in loading
boats at Archangel, the refugees
declared. A proportionate number
In n Id to he scattered through tho
vast forests, felling and transport
ing trees.
More than 13R.000 prisoners nro
said to be concentrated In a string
of unsanitary camps ulung the
Dvlna rlvor where the temperature
often is 4 6 degrees be'ow zero.
T.
l.os ANnm.ns, Hoc. m. W
PcurrlHTH comhlnK Ufuth V:illoy
for triiopH ol llalph O. Knrnum.
New York Iheutrloul booking
npont inifiHltiff Hlneo early in No
vember, worn oi'RiinWnR nn nlr
llane Hourehlliff party today to
aiiKinent KfoupH trekkln on foot.
A clone, friend of the mlxxlng
New York theatrical man, who
gave IiIh name at) l.eo MorrlHon,
mid he expected to charter a
plane here, fly to naker'H landing
field In Death Valley and nklm
low over valley trallH to locate
Farnum.
COUNTRY SEEKS
DULL BUSINESS
Lamont Sees Characteristic
Energy in Work to Im
prove Conditions Foun
dation Sound.
XKW YOltK, Den. 16. OP)
Thomas W. Lamont, partner in J
I. .Morgan ft Co., has with respect
to business one point to ure: "The
American people, with their char
actcrlstlo enemy, have set to work
to do all within their power to
improve the situation.
In an address to the members
of the New York stock exchanKO
yesterday, ho continued:
"Our fellow citizens nil over tho
land have risen to the emernency
with splendid goal nnd unselfish-
rt 'so. on every able you see our
bu Iness me'l hard nt work, trying
l.j 1 vlp correct tho Ills ot over
production, over-buylnK, over-lior-roivInK
and over-speculating the
same soi ot over-stimulation 1n
vttlalily h'arkinit similar periods
in business -ycles of this country.
"IIiIh hut veek has been one of
epcclal eoncei.t for tho New York
community, beca'iso of a bank sus
pension of consl'lerablo propor
tions. Rvcn thniiK. the Institution
In question hsd lobi; ieen regurded
with unenslness. never. hclcs mtny
people have asked themselves
whether Its ills are at al.' sympto
matic of tho New York hnnklng
comniuiiy.
"Vou nil know as well ns 1 they
nre not. qYou know ns well ts 1
that the tending banking institu
tions of this city are sound, stron,
nnd a bulwark lo tho community."
FOR MISSING MANWIFE ADDICTED
REMEDIES
Widows of Abu
Remain Penriu
By Court Action
ISTANIU'L, Turkey, Dec.
1 (!. UV) T h e four w i d o w s,
daughter and seven sons of
the former Sultan Abdul
I la mid. remain penniless ac
cording to the finding of tho
Turko British tribunal, which
decided today it was not fr
competent to handle their
suit for restitution of proper
ty of the former sultan seized
by (Ireat Britain.
The royal derelicts, who
are now penniless, sought re- 4
turn of properties In Irak and
Palestine valued at ?SO,0i)0,-
000. 4
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RIFLE BULLET
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BT. FALLS BOY
Wayne. Whaley Seriously
Injured by Accidental Dis
charge of Gun in Hands
. of Brother.
Wayne E. Whaley, 18. was in
n serious condition this afternoon
at the Community hospital suf
fering from an accidental gunshot
wound In the abdomen sustained
11 o'clock this forenoon at the
Whaley homestead on the Butte
Falls road. The shot was fired by
a younger brother, Bert, 10, who
was handling a .22 special rifle.
Tho boys were In a bedroom
when tho accident occurred, ac
cording to relatives, who this af
ternoon were not thoroughly fa
miliar with tho detnills.
After being wounded the youth
walked over to the cabin occupied
by tho Whaley family and was
then rushed to the hospital here.
The bedroom was In a building a
short distance from the eablm
- The wounded' "youth hns foot
lost consciousness but the wound
Is declared to be serious.
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KANSAS CITY. Kan., Dec. 10
(P) Major Churles A. Hhepard
took the witness stand in his own
defense today In his trial for the
alleged poison murder of his wife
and testified Mrs. Hhepard was
addicted to lbtior and feared in
sanily. Tears came to tho eyes of the
defendant as ho related how he
discovered his wife was a drinker
on their honeymoon after their
marriage In Ixn Angeles In 1M6
Major Hhepard appeared calm
and answered questions In a clear
tone.
Do testified that Mrs. Rhepard's
mother became "violently insane"
and said his wife had expressed
fear that "she was going to bo
like her mother." These fits of
despondency occurred, ho said, nt
times when she was drinking.
rollTl.ANU, Dee. 16. (IP) The
12 Jurors who heard the trial of
Itohert Cordon Duncan, ' Oregon
Wildcat" nnd radio speaker,
chniKed wllh criminal libel, ro
ported to tho court today they
could not ngree. They had been
dellbernting on the case since 3
p. m. Monday.
Thtt charges were based on nn
attack on llobert Mount, manager
of the Portland llctter lliislness
bureau.
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The Noted Dead
C'RAKOW, Poland, Dec. 1(1. (P)
I'rlnce Caslmlr Lubomlmkl, first
Polish minister to the I'liltcd
States, tiled here today.
I'rlnce Iaihnmlrskl was minister
nt Washington from 1911) to 1122.
TWO BANK BANDITS DIE
BEFORE GUNS OF POSSE
8IPICI.U III., Dec. 10. (P) A
spectacular chase that started Im
mediately niter the. robbery of the
Clll.eus' hank nf Clinton, lnd end
ed In a corn field near liore todny
with two of the robbers shot nnd
killed by a posse and a third man
wounded.
PIERCES
BODY
LIQUOR SAYS
MAJOR ON TRIA
LOCAL CASE
ECHOES OLD
llnnnni niim
Bull UAYo
Suit by Enyart for Interest
and Rental Share in Nat
atorium Recalls Promo
tion and Operation of
Amusement Center,
Names and an Institution that
figured prominently in the "1910
boom" in this city trod forth today
In the suit of J. E. Enyart, former
local banker, against F. E. Mer
rick (deceased). Airs. Grace D.
Brown, widow of W. If. Brown,
nnd JI. C. Kentner, former Med
ford merchant prince, who, with
Enyart, promoted and constructed
the Natatorium.
Enyart seeks one-fourth proper
ty Interest and one-fourth of all
rentals. The amount involved la
In excess of $30,000. The suit won
filed In 1927, and the litigation
dates back to 1910.
Enyart claims In his complaint
that with the formation of the
Natatorium and Amusement com
pany, which was Incorporated at
$60,000. he Invested $20,000 be
sides other monies.
Negotiated Loans
The complaint recites that In the
early days of tho Natatorium,
$15,000 was borrowed from Col.
Gordon Vorhles, with 495 shares of
capital stock as security for the
note. A few years later, another
$16,000 was borrowed from the
Wells, Fargo Bank of San Fran
cisco. Enyart asserts that he ne
gotiated the loans, and appears to
have been "the financial man" ot
the enterprise.
He now seeks a settlement,
"without prejudice for an account
ing," which Includes the sale of
land owned by the Natatorium
company, now occupied . by the
building used by the Scherer Motor-
company. Three . tracts of
lund belonging ,to the company
were Bold; v '
Deaths Tanftle Skein
- In the' answer to the complaint
the defendants assert that Enyart
has been "guilty of laches," which
In non-legal language means that
he slopt on his rights, and that
they are hampered In presenting a
strong defense, by reason of deaths .
among those actively Identified
with the project. F. E. Merrick
passed away about a year ago,
Clarence L. Reamos, former prom
inent attorney ot southern Oregon
and the northwest, passed In 1928,
and V. H. Brown was called In
1915. H. C. Kentner 1b now In the
oast. , ,
The defense, sets forth that
shortly after the building of the
Natatorium lean years beset it, and
It was a financial failure. The
Merrlcks operated it at a loss for
a number of years.
In 1921 the tourist travel over
the Pacific- highway was at its
flood and the Merrlcxs evolved the
plant Into a motor Inn and auto
camp that became nationally
known.
Made Profitable
They paid off, It Is asserted,
about half of a $160,000 Indebted
ness, and Invested other sums In
Improvements. By their efforts,
the defense contends, the plant
was made fairly profitable, and
allege that Enyart manifested no
Interest In Us welfare until within
the Inst five years.
The Natatorium Is one of the
landmarks of the city, nnd at the
time of Its dedication was rated as
one of the finest places of its kind
on the Pacific coast. In Its earlier
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Will
BEVERLY HILLS, Cnl., Dec.
16. Einstein left New York
flut nnd in headed for Holly
wood. If he's got a theory tlmt
nobody knows what it is, or.
whnt it's ull about, why thero
is a half dozen companies here
that will buy it and produce it
along with other enigmas of
our own that we jmt out. nis
theory is that "there is.no
space." Wait till he sees the
vacant room on some of those
miniature golf courses. Well,
we will ho waiting for him
here. Hollywood can meet him
on equal terms. We don't know
what his "racket" is, and vice
versa.
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