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The Weather
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Forecast; Tonight mill TiiOMgrV
unsettled with ruin. M adorn to
temperature.
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Temperature
Vy MxhiM yesterday 55
Jouesl this inornlti 37
Precipitation.
To " p. in, yesterday Trace
To 5 m. in. today OH
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Twenty-Fifth Yx&r
MED FORD, OKMXiOX. .MONDAY, MAN I'AK Y i. ISKil.
No. .'283
M
i AIL "TRIBUTE
Today
By Arthur Brisbane
His Birthday in Heaven.
Trouble in Europe.
Fighting in Asia.
New Car Psychology.
Copyright King Feature! 8ynd Inc.
Marshal Joffre, dead Satur
day, is 7'J yours old today. It
must bi! pleasant to spend your
7Uh birthday in heaven, know
ing that your troubles are end
ed, forever.
When they ask Jffre, "Win,
arc you?" he will answer: "1
won the battle of the Hanie."
That battle prevented what
might have been a quick defeat
for the allies.
Joffre wjll be welcome anions
those that have served their
country well.
His death reminds you that
the greatest of all wars was a
war of old men Joffre, Koch,
Clciiienccau, Lloyd George, the
great Hindenburg. The y juiig
men fought and died; the old
men won the victories with
their brains."
Foreign countries send news
of trouble. Welsh miners ask
the labor government to solve
their problem, a difficult one.
At former wages the mine own
ers could make no money, and
therefore do not cure whether
mines are open or shut.
All that the worker can get
is part "f the profit on his
ivork. San, perhaps, but true.
It is his business to see that
there is a profit left after he is
paid.
Fighting, as always, in Asia.
This time Burmese are fight-J
Tng Chinese in Kangoon, known
to most of us thronugh Kip
ling's poem. The fighters are
using stones and iron bars. It
would be a different story if
they had modern killing ma
chinery. It takes the highest civiliza
tion to show how to kill scien
tifically, at wholesale.
If another big "white " war
conies, you will see real killing.
with civilians murdered in hun
dreds of thousands, by poison
gas and bnjnhs from airplanes
striking at economic centers.
Good news conies witb the
start of the automobile show
season in New Yolk. Ford re
opens full blast.
The indutsry, as a whole,
plans an output, of -1 ,500,01 10
cars in compared with .'!,-
500,000 in 1!K10.
Chevrolet will contribute 1,
000,000 units to the output,
icompared with !)00,000 in 1 !):!().
Our depression Is aecuratoly do
scribed as "largely a matter of psy
chology." (Continued on Page Four)
illc what IdK t-ily lias urrcdctl
Felix I'eittrnet'lil, (.cue ill Sutlto an1
lnlo Panllii-til. Tell(lnkley Rot
tlml Hln fer Hie n lekershmii
re$Hrt an' lias rented his corner
room fer a tire hop.
Abe Martin
UNION IN
ASK VOICE
Petition to Mayor Wilson
Elect Asks Appointment
of Councilman From
Labor Ranks in First
Ward -Meeting on Radio.
It became known today that the
proceeding of the city council
meeting tomorrow night, when
Mayor A. W. IMpcs ami the old
council go out of office, and
Mayor-Klect K. M. Wilson and the
new council take over the reigns
of city government, will be broad
cast over KM HI), especially the
inauguration address and appoint
ments of the. new mayor, and the
rotiring addresH of Mayor 1'lpen.
The council meetH at 8 p. in. ami
the broadcast will be from 9 to 10.
It also became known today that
Mayor-Klect Wilson, who it is said
had practically completed his
council committees, had just re
ceived information that the Cen
tral Labor Union of the city was
circulating a petition to have the
now mayor appoint a candidate
from that body to succeed Mr.
Wilson as councilman of the first
ward.
Allcti Itiiiimretl
If this is true this belated an
nouncement may prove embarrass
ing to Mr. Wilson, whose council
manic seat becomes vacant when
he lakes over the office of mayor,
as some weeks ago he declared he
would appoint as his councilmanic
successor the man whom the ma
jority of the citizens of tho first
ward should select. It is under
stood that last week the mayor
elect was informed that this con
sensus favored appointment of
W. W. Allen.
The story further sues that Mr.
Wilson thereupon accepted this as
final and went ahead completing
tho personnel of his committees
as he Jelt certain! that his , ap
pointment of Mr. Allen when an
nounced at Tuesday night's council
moeting would be confirmed un
animously by the new council.
Should another appointment in
place of Mr. Allen possibly be
made, he would have to back up
again and remake his council
committee slate.
Hummed Appoint inentM
It is understood that the new
mayor, who has quite a number of
appointments to mako will reap
point Police Chief McCrcdie and
I'M re Chief Klllott. Among the new
appointments will be two to the
city water commission, caused by
the recent resignation of Karl C.
Claddis, and the fact that A. I.
Hill no longer cares to serve. He
will also mako several appoint
menls to tho city planning com
mission, due to vacancies, terms
expiring and the fact that Georgr
Porter and W. W. Allen, new
eouncllmcn-elcct. will automatical
ly cease their membership In the
planning commission, on becoming
councilmeu.
However, chief interest in to
morrow night's council meeting
centers in the make-up of Mayor
KIcct Wilson's council committee
chairmanships. Mr. Wilson will
not make known the identity of
his appointeeH. nor make-up of
council committees, until tomor
row night's meeting.
Meeker Hinted
According to rumor, Councilman
Clarence A. Meeker who was re
elected, is to be named as chair
man of the finance committee and
acting mayor; Councilman Joseph
O. Grey, holdover member, named
chairman of the street and roads
committee, and P. M. Kershaw
another held over member, ai
chairman of the public safety com
mitlee, which will have super
vision of the police and fire de
partments. These are the three
most important committee chair
manships.
(;I:i;N'uIU;. Krance. .In. r UVi
Alpine aviilonrhi'ii near here
took a toll of 11 livi-M over the
we k-end.
Six Kri'iM'hnien died as tln-y
w fi v enquired In an Ah aH
at the rroneo-Itnliun frontier
not far from I'.rium on when a
r-.wllde eNtimuted at 2.r to 3"
feet liili era.lud down upon J
them. i
Nenr .MoutlerM four younv -frs
frm I'arls Hnlnh'ld In at
tempting to tlinib to Croix D-'?
Freltes I'H feet hifib.
Jon en and Ilobnt Midy v(5'"
raiinrht In an avaianehe. J
extrleated himwelf, but hla friend
! wa hurled under nviny feet f
IN UN
ELEVEN SKIIERS
MEET DEATH IN
ALPINE SNOWS
Ojregon Convict
Asks Return As
Lean Days Pinch
SAKM. Ore., Jan. .", ll'i
A convict uti parole from the
Oregon penitentiary writes
4 Superintendent Meyers that
4 due to economic conditions,
unemployment ami u hard
winter ho is u Mii-ilcn on his
relatives, and he wants his
parole, revoked so he enn ko
bark to prison. Meyers pro-
dllceil tile letter at Hie meet-
iiiK of t lie state board of
! control today and sUKKestcd
that it lie referred to Ciov-
ernor Norbliul.
-
ORDER QUIZ
Will Soon Appoint Special
Prosecutor to Handle
- Case is Word Petitions
Bring Pressure Com
mittee Works on Case.
P (JUTLAND, Or.. Jan. 5. (P)
overnor Norblad told newspaper
men hero today ho will soon ap
point a. special prosecutor to han
dle tho Duhack shooting case in
Jackson county.
Kverett Dahack was shot to
death. His body waH found after
raid on u still in which shots
were fired.
'etitions signed by southern
Oregon people have declared
shooting by the raiding officers
was unwarranted. An Investigat
ing committee appointed by the
governor is working on the case.
Norblad said he. has bean told
Dahack was not criminally impli
cated in the operation of the still
which figured in tho mitt.
He was told, he said, that while
the raiders declared they fired but
two shots, a fusilade of many shots
were heard during the raid.
Members of the raiding party
declared tho shots they fired could
not have reached tho point wheru
Dahack's body was found.
!I
WASHINGTON. Jan. 5. (JP) The
packers consent decree was modi
fied t of lay In an opinion handed
down by Justice Jennings; Hiiiley in
the District of Columbia supreme
court.
Armour & Company and Swift
& Company, howevor, wcro not
given the right to engage In retail
merchandising.
Under the consent decree en
tered into in l!il!0 tho five leading
groups of packers were, forced to
confine themselves almost wholly
to meat packing.
F
SAN KHAXCISCO. Col., Jim. G.
(A3) A hIIkIU uHrtlHtmikc wan felt
hei-u and at peninsula pnlntH fit
1:43 a. in. today. No damage was
reported.
NKVV YORK, .Inn. 5. 0V) Death
thretitM by an anonymous letter
writer believed to bo a disappoint
ed Inventor have led police to a
Hfjfn n KUard for Owen V. YunB.
ehalrman of the board of the
fJenenil i;iectrie company und tho
Radio Corpoiutlon of America.
I'oliee ConimiHMioner Mutrooney
paid today n punrd ban attended
Mr. Younff here the pant month.
SEXTON ML -PIONEER
DIES ON HOME FARM
It ANTS I'ASH. Ore.. Jan. &.
yVt Funeral erviee were held
here lAy for Akhmien L). Sexton,
71, who died
the farm where
he nun horn.
Sexton mountain
after his fHthcr.
wan named
rounder Ilc.
MoNMOl'TII. III.. Jan. :,.!.
Mr A P lintrhlnxnn n.p ( ln i a
Irownlee. one of th foundem of
hi sorority in l(ffi7, died
I Beta
N WD 0
ON 1
loday.
BIG. FIVE IN RAIL
M'lk.
Associated Frets iJio(i
Menials of labor once, glanU of the rails now, they are the big five
In the proposed consolidation of eastern roads into four systems Wil
liam Wallace Atterbury (upper left) of the Pennsylvania, Daniel Willard
(upper right) of the Baltimore and Ohio, Patrick Edward Crowley (cen
ter) of the New York Central, and O. P. (lower left) and M. J. Van
Swerlngen of the Nickel Plate.
RRITflNS MR! IRNITHRFF VIP.T1 M S
"CUV'DDIMPIICClAIITn Ml CI) ADO,
oni rmnuLooiHuiu miouni o --
SISTER OF fflPlLA MEt "S
Louise, Princess Royal,
Passes in Sleep Noted
As Most Democratic
and Unassuming.
LONDON, Jan. fi. (fl1) All Ilrl
lain today mourned ono of tho
most democratic of its royal
family, princess royal, nicknamed
"her royal shyness," who died In
her sleep yesterday of heart di
sease. King George at Sandringham
was notified of her death, the lord
chamberlain immediately ordering
a period of four weeks full mourn
ing for tho British court ami two
additional weeks of half mourning.
The princess royal, who was the
eldest sister of the king, was till
years old, a year and eight uionlhs
younger than her imperial brother.
Knew Jtoiniiuro
Although shy and resentful of
tho ostentation which accompanies
the royal family site knew both
romance and adventure during her
life. Tho romance came at the
age of VI when she married the
Kurl of Kife, a Hrilon of excellent
lineage but not of royal blrlh,
against the wishes of her grand
mother Queen Victoria.
Her father, later to become Kd
ward VII, and her mother up
proved, and Queen Victoria, who
hud favored tho German prince
lings as husbands for Hrilish prin
cesses, eventually was won over by
liOtilsc's tearful pleadings. Shortly
after their marriage In 18S1I her
husband wiih nuido Duko of Fife.
DECLINE TO PASS ON
WASHINGTON. Jan. fi. (P)
The supreme court today declined
' tn pass on tho validity of the Inw
tinner wntrii nie rauio commission
operates.
Chicago Wife Applauds
Moving Picture Gunplay
As Gang Kills Husband
CMIA:0. .Ian
(,f, Mrs
Harry Sllvendeln sat In a moving
plrtur theater laft night, applaud
iuK the Konplay depleted In a talk
Inif picture, while outside, In the
rear if tin; imiiditm. n-ni nuiieiM
were ''iK ued to kill her 22 y O
old husband. Hllversteln was the
son of a Wpft Hide denujttle
liolltlrfan and an employeMf the
eity bulldliiK.
! tuestloned by poller. Robert
I fw s. who was al wnrKnn in
, rear.f ihe toiler, said he Qud
i threV iots ooiy a few feet away
near the back door of the building.
MERGER PLANS
Skid Into Street Car Fatal
For Two Men-Woman
Dies When Two Machines
in Collision.
I'CJUTI.ANIJ, Die., Jim. Ti. (It
Two mm nml one. woman were
killed nml two ullior jieraunH In
jured in automobile nceUlents here
yesterday.
I'erry A. Piper, 10, and William
Weiss, 311, both of rortland were
killed when the automobile 111
which they were rldlliK Skidded
Into a street ear 111 the residential
district. Mrs. Mary Callahan, 3'J.
Itlelimond, Wis.. visltliiK relatives
here, died of a fractured skull re
ceived In n collision of two aiiln-
mnlillea last IllKllt, while she WHS
helm; taken to I he depot lo depart
j for her h Miss Mai'Karet
Callahan. 3K, her sister-in-law.
lied llluff. Oil., and .1. H. Callahan
brother of Miss lallahan, receiveil
serious Injuries.
I'iper is survived by his widow.
Ho had been connected with a
I'orllanil tire firm for the past
elKbt years. Weiss, a World war
veteran, is survived by his widow
and two sous.
ASTORIA. Ore., Jan. 3. (l'l
Amos W. Dixon, 40, of Heaslde,
was killed and three others were
slightly Injured ill nil automobile
accident ut Seaside yesterday.
OKLAHOMA CITV. Jan. fi--(I'i
rire In Ihe oil field at the sutilh
edi;e of Oklahouoi City was be
lieved under i-onlrol Ibis after
noon after IkiiIIImb derrick floors
or three oil wells, anil spreadlim
lo one of n batlery of oil filled
tanks.
' As he threw open the door he saw
Silversteln stagger a few feet and
then eollapse. John Jersky told
pulive, he saw automobile speed
away Hfter the shots had been
fired.
Mr. and Mrs. Hllversteln leTl the
borne of Ms parenlH earlier during
the night to g I" lht theater,
When they apprnaehyat the play
house, however, SllveWein plead -ed
that ho had some work to do,
so his wife wept in alone.
Later pnlli-P said Kllvnisletn wns
the victim of a grudge fight In
whh h Morris Rapport was his foe
Ilapport was ordered arrested.
OKLAHOMA OIL FIRE 1 8TH AMENDMENT M flVIF nnWRflY
PUT Ui COWL is CONSTITUTIONAL So pn Z
CALL STATE
OFFICERS IN
FUND PROBE
Kay, Hoss and Auditor Be
lieved Before Grand Jury
in Marion County to
Testify Lupcr Laxity
Leads to Action, Hint.
SAI.KM. Ore., Jan. oVil'ii
eonfirmed rumors that lh M.irinn
county grand jury lias laum-heri
and is prostculing a ear.-hin- in
quiry indi alleged tax methods hi
the handling of state funds were
given some color here today by the
appearance before the grand jurors
of T. It. Kay, state treasurer; Mai
Moss, secretary of state, and OttOj
Kuban, auditor in the office nf the
secretary of .state, who is credited
Willi having uncovered shortages
in the funds of the office of the
state engineer which last fall re
sulted in tlie resignation of Kheaj
uper.
Super's resignation was accepted
by the suite reclamation commis
sion after he had. it was announc
ed, made restitution of s-Mimcthin-.;
over ?4 3lMt, declared to have been,
the amount of interest earned on
trust funds In the custody of the
engineer and placed In private sav
ings account in banks.
No steps bad been taken to g
behind the action of the reclama
tion commission In accepting res
titution of the money and l.uper's
resignation until last Kriday when
Circuit Judge j. II. McMahan gave
oral instructions to the grand jury
to Investigate the whole matter
and report its findings to him.
PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 15. (A1)
Julius I,. Meier, governor-elect, to
day announced Miss Henlrlce Wal
ton lias been appointed his private
socielnry. MIhs Wnllon was private
secretary lo the lale (lov. I. 1..
Patterson.
Miss Wallop became secretary In
(iovernor I'allersoii afler Hal 10.
I loss reslKiied the post lo take up
the dalles or seerelary or slale.
Prior to that llmo Miss Walton
was secrolary ot tho stalo depart
mem of education, which Klin held
for three years, until Hlio enlored
tho Kovornor'a ol'flco as nsHlstanl
secretary, In which capacity she
served until Hosh' resignation.
MANIlTA, P. I., Jan. Ii. (P) He
ports IoiiIkIiI Indicated at least
persons wore killed and f0 were
mlssliiK "s a result or a recent ly
phoon In Ilia eunlrul Philippine
Islands.
Many HsIiIhk bonis were sunk.
It was feared death tolls would be
considerably Increased.
Property dnniHKe on Iyto island
was more than JWio.ilim and about
Srjil.nnii on Obu Island.
NKW YOUK. Jan. !.-() - Tlfe
I'. S. circuit court of appeals to
day held the 1kth amendment tva-i
coiiHlllulionally iidnpled. II made
lis riilliiK In n doclslou unanimous
ly iirflnulnK the conviction of Uinls
K. Thlbnult nf Wldsor, VI., accused
of possessluK and sellliiR two plni.i
of whiskey.
SAI.KM, die.. Jan. &. fI't The
public service commission was to
da v Informed that the interstate
commerce commission has ordered
an extension of the date on which
.i.n.ulriKill.iri .if the (Ir.oTin el.ntu.
slate railroad lino should belP
from January 1 lo April I . The
son for tho order Ih Q:il the
ciiHi Is in litlgiitioit.
Add Itmid orkcr
IIILLHItolto, Ore., Jan. Ii. A't
WashlnKton county today addeil 'ZU
men to Its road work crews be
tween lllllsboro and Forest tlrove,
bringing the total of men em
ployed on emergency relief work
t" Blxty
EXTEND BUILDING IE
on mm. m
Decorateo c Xing
f r? y
t.v I x
Axxoctntett l'rca t'holo
Thfl work of Mrs. Minn. Kall
mann Raud, Pittsburgh, Pa., in de
velopment of Swedish and Nor
wegian sinners was recognized by
award of a geld medal from the
Kinq of Nfr.?v.
TEST FAVORED
Governor-elect to Ask Leg
islation Requiring Phy
sical and Mental Exam
for License.
PoKTIjANI), .Inn. 5 (!') !ov
-ernor-elect Julius I,. Meier will
take comilzanro of the driver
.li:ehse issue In his address ; to ''the
stalo legislature, ho said yoster
day. Knacttuent of a driver's
license law reiluirliiR" both phy
sical and mental teats and de-
sinned to reduce tho number of
ai-cJdenls und promote traffic
safely will bo r lllliielldeil by
him.
In his staleiueul Meier outlined
his views and pointed to tin'
' nstoumllui; record of Injuries and
liilalllles'' as a reason for Im-
ineillale action. Stales where slip
liar laws have been In effect
over u period of years show
favorablo.accldenl records to those
without sileh examinations, be
said. demonstratluK the efficiency
of the tests In removing from the
highway those mentally or phy
sically until to operalo molor ve
hicles. Plan Knilol'tctl
"ICxpeit tesllinony. national and
local, stroimly endorses this plan,"
.Meier said. "There alo loday
hundreds of persons operatltiK
molor vehicles In Ibis slato who
are mentally or physically unfit
or olherwiso deficient In ability
to operate a motor vehicle', prop
erly. The toll of lives taken by
auto iiiildenls Is luereasliiK and
this problem must bo vigorously
dealt with and at once. It will
be mv recolilinenelnllon lo the
legislature that, such a law be
enacted wllh a 1 11 1 ii in ii in of le
lay."
Hovel nor-eleet Meier will de
liver his addriw before a Joint
session of the house and senate
iinnieillati'lv after the legislature
Is uri;unlzod next Monday.
MKXH'n CITY. Jan. r,.- M'J Art
Acord, who for years was u fore
inoMt movie actor In cowboy roles,
has g"no lo break broncos In the
Kreat beyond.
A dlsjialch lo KxcelHlor front
t'hlbu.ihua City muhI that Aeord.
Hiirretiilei Iiik finally to melancholy
swallowed poison In bis hotel
there yesterday morning and died
shortly arterward In a hospital.
He told the physicians who at
tended him what ho had done and
that ho wanted to die. KffortH of
the hospital ntiendants to resusci
tate him were unavailing.
Acord :im a champion hroneo
buster befnro entering tho movies.
In the latter part of 19y ho came
In conflict wllh polieo and finally
wus arrested on charges; of rubbery
and llijuor possession. The robbery
charge were dropped and ho later
left for Mi'Xl'o where ho said that
ho would "start all over again."
St, Helens- m. Qlefvnn fcihlp
company received rontruct for re
pairing C. H. IJgbthouso tender
llealher, at cost of J35.Q00.
AUTO DRIVERS
N HER NOTE
I I II IL, V I W W
IN 110 CITY
mm
HEAVY RAIN
OVER
STATE
Gale
in
Increasing
Violence
Willamette
and Col-
umbia Valleys Wires
Prostrated Ships Buck
Heavy Seas Off Coast.
Wind blew at u ra t e of (
mih'S per hour in Med ford last
evening at the height of a wind
storm that had bcMin In tho
afternoon. The gale caused some
d uniage and blew down several
trees in Med ford, some falling
against electric wires which caus
ed a cessation of electrical serv
ice for ;tU minutes or so in Med
I'ord's business section.
Street light suffered mainly
from the storm, but the truuhlo
was speedily repaired, J. C.
Thompson, division superintendent
for the California Oregon Power
company, said this afternoon.
I ;;i in was falling in Medfoid
this afternoon and some snow
fell in Ashland, with a heavy
miiow reported in the Siskiyou and
Urecnspring mountains.
POItTI.AND. Ore., Jan. 0. (II
A liiKh wind lirouKht death threats
lo at least six persons hero today.
Kivo persons narrowly escaped
electrocution when nine poles
carrylni; a 57.000 volt line and a
1 1 .0(10 volt, were carried down by
Hie nlorm at Mast Htark street.
13. C. Thorsen, drlvinft down tho
street with his sister, stoppeu nis
car between two poles as they fell.
One polo grazed his machine, the
S7.000 volt lino fell across tho top
of tho ear and grounded two foot
in front of It. After wuitlliR for
Ihe wires to ceaso motion tho
Thorsens climbed out of tholr pre
carious position.
Abo Hoaenblooni, Carl Porco
and Charles Vlcoro were BtandinB
at a fllliiiR station when tho nine,
poles blew down uround . them.
They escaped Injury,,-'
Mrs. , Anna Hcruton of Wostport
wus pinned under . a temporary
wooden wall, ton foot hlR-h, which
collapsed under the wind In the
downtown district. Pedestrians and
polieo hud difficulty in lifting tho
20-foot section. II or left leg was
Injured.
POIITIANIJ, Ore., Jan. C (fl5)
A pronounced Htorm. the center of
which was about 200 miles off tho
Columbia river month, wus report
ed by tho weather bureau today lo
ho moving slowly toward slioro.
Plowing through hcuvy seas off tho
Oregon coast, tho steamer Kmnm
Alexander contended with a 60
milo wind, while off the Washing
ton coast the Dorothy Alexundeij
reported a M-milo blow.
Winds were Increasing rapidly
In tho Willamette valley and down
tho Columbia.
Knin was gonerttl ulong tho Ore
gon const.
Power Wlrei Down
Many Oregon Clly business
houses and homes were without
power or light for sovernl hours
today when tho 67,000 volt line
from Kstacnda was carried down
by tho wind. Tho Oregon Kloctrle
was moving Us trains with diffi
culty us lino nftcr lino went down
under tho high winds ruglng down
tho Wlllametto valley.
In Portland tho tolephono at
Central Police Btatlon was register
ing about ono trouble call a nilll-
(Contlnued on Page 8, Story 1)
WILL
ROGERS
UKVKIMiY IIIU.S, Cat., .Ian.
5. The other tluy I snid tlmt
Tom Iifiinont of J. I'. Morgan
it Co. had issued one oC those
"coclio.yod pmlictions." Just
lot it wire from liim tiolltitit
(.showing (hut even tho 'rich
mid) siiyink' that il wasn't him
Unit, "pretliclfd," it was . I wo -.
oilier liumonts. He' said lltut'.
he wouldn't, jirediet (tood lime.,
even for Morjinn; tlntt the w.V -il,
looked Koekrfellcr nnd Ford
would he on the "dolo'lu-rorn
.Inly 4th."
Talk about Noire Dame and
Alaliainii, but (he (ireatost foot
bnll player of all liine passed
away Salurtlay. "I'apa" Jof
fre, slopped his opponents m
the one-yard line nml threw
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