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Tonight and Sunday fair; mod
erate temperature.
Twenty-Sixth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1931.
WAR DEBTS
SUSPENSION
RAN NEAR
Early Announcement Ex
V? pected From White House
As Party Leaders Assure
if Hoover of Support fu-
rope Cheered by Prospect
WASHINGTON, Juno 20. P)
Early announcement of a proposal
to auupend all war debts and repa
rations payments for a year was
expected from the White House
aa Democratic and Republican
members of congress assured Pres
ident Hoover today of their sup
port. Congressional approval will be
required for a suspension in the
debt payments. Congress does not
meet until December, but the next
debt payments are not due to- be
paid until December 15.
Mr. Hoover received general ap
proval for the moratorium pro
posal from those members' of con
gress who could be reached per
sonally. With some he talked on
the telephone, hastening to com
plete the negotiations.
Those in touch with the situa
tion believe he will communicate
with the foreign governments
through Secretary Mellon, who
now is in London In conference
with British officials.
(By tho Assot-lutcd Press)
European capitals .respond
eagerly today to President Hoo
ver's statement that the United
States was Interested In strength
ening the economic situation in
Europe. '
The president's specific mention
of the situation in Germany was
followed by a strengthening of
stocks In Berlin where some of
the leading issues gained as much
as 16 points. Financial pages
hulled the movement as a ''Hoo
ver boom."
Tho German cabinet-. was. un
derstood to have given' precedence
to the . president's statement at
Its meeting today.
While official comment ' was
lacking.- tho dispatches from Wash
ington also caused a sensation in
London and the keenest kind of
Interest In Paris. - '
WASHINGTON, June 20. (IP)
President Hoover contemplates is
suing next week a comprehensive
statement concerning conferences
with llepublicnn and Democratic
leaders over the German repara
tions problem.
FOR SEA FLIGHT
NEW YORK. Juno 20 (IP) After
pending most of the night going
over equipment in the plane in
which she hopes to fly the Atlantic
Ruth .Nichols succeeded today in
lightening her load by 525 pounds.
Extra parachutes, spare wheels,
clothing, barograph, oars for her
rubber boat and such articles,
were shipped on the liner Qosa
llnd. ,
Mechanics continued repair
work on the plane, damaged in
landing at the municipal airport
Thursday, and it did not seem
probable that Miss Nichols, would
get away before Monday.
.
Ak Banking Quia
, LINCOLN, Neb., Juno 20. (IP)
The Btate senate todny passed a
resolution 1 requesting Attorney
General C. A. florensen to investi
gate stnte banking problems after
it heard charges that Governor
Charles W. Bryan had benefited
by a banking transaction.
Abe Martin
Parents expect our school teach
ers V keep titer klri.i out o' jail, an'
teacher expeeA our parent t RW
titer ehlMren's lessons fer 'cm.
Kver Ihlrur sots on It nun bot
tom but r berry box.
Glider Crosses
English Channel .
to Make History
.
BOULOONE, Sur-Mer,
France. June 20. (IP) Lien-
tenant Lissner Beardmore, Ca-
nadian flier, inventor and op-
era singer, today held the dls-
tinction of being the first per-
son to cross the British chan- t
nel in a glider.
Starting at the Lympne air-
droce, England, yesterday, he
rose to a height of 12,000 feet
t behind an airplane and cast
off. He headed northward,
gradually edging toward the
sea, and sailed toward the
French coast at a rate of 60
miles an hour. He landed at
Stlnglevert airdrome near Ca-
lais.
Fourth New Yorker Escapes
, by' Disagreement Eight
Millions Misapplied in Big
Institution Long Prison
Terms Await Convicted
NEW YORK, June 20. (IP)
ml nttnna nf thn
closed Bank of United States, on
trial lor 12 weens o cnarges or
misapplying funds, were convicted
today by a couty jury. The Jury
disagreed on Henry V. Pollock,
head of the bank's legal depart
ment. . Bernard K. Marcus, president of
tho bank; Saul Singer, vice-president,
and his son, Herbert Singer,
a iMerk, wore. convicted. ' The jury'
returned its verdict at 2:15 a. m.,
after deliberating for more than 11
hours.
The' four were specifically charg
ed with misapplying the funds ot
the Municipal Safe Deposit com
pany, a subsidiary ot the bank, by
using $8,000,000 of its money In an
other transaction.
Hailed As Wizard
Marcus, who a year ago had been
hailed as a financial wizard, due
to the rapid growth of the bank
it had 69 branches was removed
to Tombs prison with the SlngerB
nfter the verdicts were announced.
Judge Donnellan said he would
pass sentence TueBday. The maxi
mum penalty is seven years In
prison, a fine or $1000 or both. At
torneys Indicated there would be
an appeal.
The trial culminated five months
of Investigation by state and coun
ty authorities Into the largest bank
closing In the history of the United
Stntes.
.,
ASTORIA, Ore., June 20 VP) A
throng cstlmnted at nearly 40,000
gathered on Clatsop' Plains today
for Oregon s groat war game.
In the mlnlatura valley n per
fect natural theater the 82d bri
gade of the Oregon Nnlional Guard
nnssed in review before Governor
Meier and other high officials of
stnte and army.
Later In the day. in this same
amphitheater, between the rolling
sand ridges and the ocean, tne an
rual combat demonstration was to
ti.ke place while thousands lined
the slopes facing the ocean and
thrilled to the realistic combat.
IN SUNKEN VESSEL
.ST. NAZAIRE. France. June 20.
(P) Divers todny entered the
nt rtaum Mnlnn nf the eXCUTSion
ship 8t. F'hlllbert. which sank last
Sunday with a loss or more man
400 lives, and found It empty.
Thov wiw no bodies and all of
the furniture and cushions had
been swept away. It had. been
nAnllv ntimf.rl that some 200
of the victims were In the boat.
Other salons and cabins will be
searched.
LOS ANGELES TONG WAN
FEARED AFTER SLAYING
LOS AXOELES, Cal., June 20
tf) Eight bullets were pumped
Into the body of Tee Wo Tal.
restaurant owner, early todny In
.hat police fear may be long
war outbreak.
3 BANKERS
ARE GUILTY
SAYS JURY
WILKINS POLAR SUBMARINE DISABLED AT SEA
The submarine Nautilus In which Sir Hubert Wllklns had started on an expedition to the north pole
was disabled In- heavy teat by engine trouble. The U. S. S. Wyoming went to the rescue and reported
it was towing the submarine on to Europe.
DIME BASEBALL
imiTrn Arum
ML LU Mill
NEAR
ELAND
Heavy Seas Force Battle
ship Towing Nautilus Lay
to Off Queenstown Star
board Engine Damaged
WASHINGTON, June 20. (IP)
The battered polar submarine Nau
tilus has not yet seen the end of
her Immediate difficulties.
First dead engines forced her
commander, Sir Hubert Wllklns, to
call for aid. The battleship Wyom
ing took the undersea craft in tow,
and more trouble followed. The
Wyoming Informed the navy de
partment last night that heavy
seas had stopped both vessels
about 240 mlloB from Queenstown,
Ireland, where tho damage is to bo
repaired.
: .The message guldt;. H" '."'"
' "Nautilus stopped since noon,
Battened down. Not communicat
ing. Saving battery. Trouble with
fuel oil and air compressors. Star
board engine, port motor and pert
scope damaged beyond ship repair.
Bridge and bow towing ring gone.
Crew working to start port engine.
Soa rough."
Fiotn Queenstown the submersi
ble was to proceed to Spitzbergen
for the North Pole trip. Sir Hu
bert had said he expectod the trnns
Atlautic crossing, " begun from
Provincetown, Mass., on Juno , to
ne one or me most uazaroous por
Hons of the voyage.
A ONE MAN JOB
POLICE BELIEVE
LIMA, O., June 20. F) Lima
police redoubled their efforts to
solV'i the murders of IOuii Truea
dnle, 20, And Mlfls Thelma Woods,
17, whose bruised bodies, weiKhted
with stoneH, were recovered from
fin old quarry, pool.
They continued to question a
caretaker who works near the
pool and who found Trueadale's
automobile blanket in the water,
and Jnmes May, of lAma, a for
mer admirer of Miss Woods.
Trueadale's body was recovered
lute yesterday, when the water,
originally 80 feet deep, had been
drained to five feet.
After Trueedale's body was
found, police abandoned a theory
that a Bond of drunken men or
boys had killed the couple for
a "thrill" and they now believe it
was a "one-man Job" prompted
by Jealousy.
DAPPER MAYOR IS
FIFTY YEARS OLD
NEW YORK, June 20. (JP)
Mayor James J. Walker, whose fa
vorite activity, he says, Is answer
ing critics, was 52 years old yes
terday but regardttd his birthday
as Just another day.
The dapper, youthful-looking ex
ecutive of America's metropolis,
whose $40,000 salary makes him
only second to the president as the
highest paid puhlf official In the
t'nlted States, said he felt "very
fine." "Hut by the time this Is
printed I may be worse. You can't
tell. It's a fast world."
DooMt Gold Production
SHANGHAI iJP) The Chinese
government is making a special ef
fort to develop mineral resource of
the country, placing emphasis on
gold production.
QUARRY DEATHS
American.
R. H. E.
Philadelphia 6 10 3
Chicago 4 8 0
Batterlea: Walberg and Hoving;
Mclvaln, Frazlor, Lyons and Orubc,.
Tute,
T n. H. K.
Boston 4 10 0
Detroit 5 6 1
Batteries: Morris, Moore, Rus
sell and Berry, lluel; Sorrcll and
Hnyworth. .
R. H. E.
Washington 14 18 .0
Cleveland 4 11 4
Batteries: Brown and Spencer,
Hnrgrave; Rhoffner, D o n o h u e.
Thomas and Sewell.
Natlonnl
n. h. e.
Chicago 6 8 0
Brooklyn 0 13 1
Root, Sweetland, Blake and
Hemsley; Thurston, Qulnn and
Lopez.
St. Louis 1.4 2
Boston 6 14 6,
Rhem, Kaurman and, Mancuso;
Zachury and Spohror.
. Second game. . ;
st. Louis 2 " ii 'i
Boston 110 0
Lindsey, Stout, Kautfman and
Wilson; Cunntpghnm and Cronin,
Spohrer.
Pittsburg 18 0
New. York 3 9 0
Spencer and Phillips; Walker
and O'Farrell. v
Second game.
Pittsburgh 0 4 4
New York 10 14 1
Brame, Osborn and Grace; Fitz
slnimonB and llogan.
Cincinnati " 6 13 2
Philadelphia 11 19 2
Benton, Rixey, Kckert and
Sukcforth; Benge, J. KUlott and
Davs.
Second game.
Cincinnati 4 10 0
Philadelphia 1.9 1
Johnson and Styles; Dudley and
McCurdy.
LA GRANDE
RESUMES JULY FIRST
LA OHANDE, Ore., Juno 20. (P)
The Bowman-lllcks Lumber Co.
sawmill hero, which has been idle
several months, will resume opera
tion July 1, and will remain In oil
eration for two months at least.
It may be run for a longer time,
depending upon sales. Employ
ment will be given to 35 men,
DEATH TAKES AMERICAN
MINISTER TO DENMARK
VIENNA, June 20. W) Ralph
II. Booth of Detroit, Mich., editor
and publlKher and United States
mlnlBtfir to Denmark, died today at
Uad-CJasteln, Hnlzburg, Austria, He
wns 67 years old.
Pastor Reveals "Hanging"
And Threatening Letters
All Hoax; Deacons Forgive
DALLAS, Texas, June 20. (P)
A pprported attack cn B. P. Brown,
hotel baggage man and occasional
preacher who was found hanging
from a rope In the North Dallas
Baptist church early Thursday, has
been revealed as a hoax.
Brown confessed to police he had
truwd himself up. that his story
that four marked men had stripped
and hanged him was false and that
he was the authoi of threatening
letters received recently by himself
and the Rev. H. L. Marler, the
regular pastor.
Baying that the creation of his
story, whlrh aitrlbuted the attack
to factional strife, had followed an
unsuccessful attempt to commit
suicide, the young minister asked
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Ataoouited Vrtaa Photo
DOZEN DEATHS
MIDDLE WEST'S
TOLL IN HEAT
Rain, Wind Bring Respite
to Parched Sections of
Three States As Missis
- sippi Valley Sizzles in Sun
CHICAGO, III., June 20. (P)
The middle west was heat Btrlcken
toaay. More than a dozen deiUhs
from the heat woro counted and
the drowning toll mounted to Vi at
packed beaches and resorts.
Katn and wind storms brought
relief to sections In Minnesota,
Iowa, and Wisconsin, but the rest
of the Mississippi valley, from Ohio
to Oklahoma, was seared by tem
peratures that rauKed from 95 to
above the century mark.
Weather bureaus held llttlo hope
1'or week-end roliof. .
Mwlerata Michigan was hard hit.
Irr Kscanudu, a i)5 degree tempera
ture yesterday was the hottest
oince 1890. A road worker drop
ped dead. Detroit wilted with 94.
A baby died. Prostrations were
numerous. Two drownings were
reported.
Ohio Blistered
The thermometer ranged above
90 all over Ohio, skyrocketing to
an unofficial 100 in Columbus, Cleve
land and Hellaire had heat deaths.
Across Indiana, Illinois and Mis
souri sun scorched its way. Fear
ful of their coin and pea crops,
Indiana farmors looked askance at
the intense heat. Three bathers
were drowned in Illinois rivers, a
fourth in Indiana and a fifth In
Missouri. Springfield, Mo., had one
dead. - .
Half a million persons jammed
Lake Michigan in Chicago und sub
urbs. The maximum of 91 was
the worst in the Windy City on
June 19 since 1872. ' Three deaths
resulted.
BTOCKTON, Cal.. June 20. P)
John Hchopflin, 21, today con
fessed to the murder of Knld Mar
riott. 32-year-old school teacher,
in Wiggins, Colo., November 17,
1930.
Hchopflin made a signed confes
sion in which he admitted shoot
ing the school teacher and throw
ing her body in a creek because
she had "gossiped about him," ac
cording to police.
Leaps to Deo tli,
NEW YORK. June 20. WP)
Joseph Hhcrman, 27, a lawyer,
today leaped to his death from
his office on the 22nd floor of
tho Woolworth building,
and won the forgl venous of church
leadem J. H. Knight, chairman
of the board of deacons, denied
there had been dissension.
Brown ftaid he had wished to
end his life near the pulpit from
whtch he occasionally preached and
that he had no Intention of at
tempting to win the pastorate from
Mr. Marler.
Brown said he was not so secure
ly bound up as some thought. At
"one time during the night," he
said, he liberated hinIf, went to
se 'what time It was'' and, re
turning, tied himself up again.
When Brown had concluded his
confession the pastor of the church
and Mveral deacons marched up
to him, and with handclasps, as
sured him of their forgiveness.
n i i n Trm rn
DEPRESSION
LIGHTENED
ON PACIFIC
Transportation Board Sees
.Gathering Momentum in
Industrial Activity Per
ishable Shipments Now
Exceeding Last Year
SAN FRANCISCO, June 20. (P)
Prediction of improved business
conditions In numerous lines of
Industrial activity was mndo by tho
Pacific Coast Transportation Ad
visory Board hero today.
Car ladings for the next quarter
are expected to be heavier than
for the early part of the year,
although they are not expected
to be as great as during the same
period of 1930. Increased cur
loadings are expected In tho auto
industry, beans and seeds, citrus
fruits, cotton and cotton Beed pro
ducts, sugar and petroleum.
Oalns are being shown in real
estate and employment, and gen
eral business conditions In tho bay
rnirliin tii'o Inmmvlnir nlirmnirh 1 ft
! per cent below the average of tho
hist five years,
O, A. I-oithner, district chief of
the American Railway Association
declared loadings of perishable
'products during the first five
I1 months of the year were heavier
by 0.1 per cent than for the same
period last year. ' t '
NEW YORK, June 20. (P)
American Department Stores Cor
poration for tho quo rter ended
April 30 reported net profit of
(9201! before reserves for organiza
tion expenses and depreciation.
This compares with a loss of 95279
for the corresponding period last
year. Tho report said that current
business is showing improvement
over last year, with the unit Bales
for the first thirteen days of June
increasing approximately 26 per
cunt, and dollar salon up 1.1 per
cent.
WICHITA, Kans., June 20. (P)
Prospects for brighter business
conditions . are vlsloned by the
trans - Missouri - Kansas shippers
board.
Mooting hero yesterday the ship
pers committee reported prospec
tive car loadings for tho third
quarter of this year at 600,102 cars
In this territory, a decrease of
23,709 cars from the like period
last year. Tho committee, how
ever, pointed out it shows a sub
stantial Increase over tho recent
past and denotes a healthful busi
ness tendency In grain, livestock
and all other merchandise.
Railroad officials roportcd 35,
000 Inspected cars now are held at
strategic points to use in moving
t)ils year's wheat crop.
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HEAVY DAMAGE
BT. PAUL, Minn., June 0. !)
Tornndlc winds struck scattered
parts of Minnesota last night and
early today, causing widespread
property damage, but there was
no loss of life.
At Hartland, Minn., In the vl
clnlty of Albert Lea, tho Bynod
Lutheran church was blown down
and the home of Peter Hanson
destroyed.
Two Inches of rain fell In Al
bert Iea.
A cloudburst at North Branch,
Minn., leveled about 150 poles,
telephone company officials re
ported. About four inches of rain
fell.
The storm was the climax to th
worst heat wave of the year dur
Ing which temperntures approach
ed the 100 degree mark In Min
nesota and were followed by heavy
rains.
STATE RAIL CZARS
WASHINGTON, June 20. W1)
The Interstate commerce commis
sion announced today that mem
bers of state railroad commis
sions would sit with the commis
sion in hearing the appea of rail
roads for a IS per cent freight
rate Increase.
Members of th'A committee on
co-operation of the National As
sociation of utilities and railroad
commissioners conferred today
with Com ml hbI oners Eastman and
Lewis of the Interstate Commerce
('ummiisdnn on methods to he
followed In handling the rate case.
MINNESOTA HAS
Added Mih
Is Claimey
New Au
uei
ilEI.FAST, Northern Ire-
Intnl. June 20. (T) Client-
ists at the Belfast municipal
gas works announced today !
they have produced a nou-in-
t flammable fpetrul from coul
4 tar oil which can do more C
fc milos to tho gullon than tho
ordinary gnsollne used In uu- !
tomohlles. They assert tltero
Is no carbon 'monoxide In the
4 exhaust, engine knocks are 4
! eliminated und the fuel is
cheaper than tho present com-
mercial urticle. 4
Salem Member Denies Re
port He Will Resign if
Commissioner Lynch Dis
missed by Governor Meier
SALEM, Ore., June 20. (A5)
Whatever may result from the situ
ation existing In the state highway
commission, which is reputedly to
bring nbout the voluntary retire
ment of Chairman H. B. VnnDuner
or the dismissal by Governor
Meier of Commissioner M. A.
Lynch prior to tho next meeting of
the commission here on June 26,
the third member of tho commis
sion, Chas, K. Hpuulding of Salem,
has no Intention of resigning "so
long as . I can be of service and
help to accomplish anything worth
while,'' he told the Capital Journul
today.
Spaulrilng made the statement
in denial of reports that In the
event of the replacement of Lynch
on tho commission by William
llnnley of Burns, or anyone else
who might be - expected to join
forces with Vun. Duzer in opposf
tion to tipauldlng's policies of
drastic economy in highway ad
ministration, he would roslgn.
A report from Portland said
that in the event of Hpauldlng's
resignation the appolntmont to the
place he holds would go to A. C.
Mai'stcrs, Koseburg banker.
MUST BE SHOWN
SAI.RM, Ore., June 20. (P)-No
automobiles will be allowed to or
erato on the hiKhwayB of Oregon
without new license plates after
July 1, according to announcement
made here today by Hal E. Mobs,
secretary of state,
A conference will be held In
Portland Tuesday, when Sheriff
Hurlhurt, chief of Police Jenkins,
Captain Irvine of the Portland traf
fic sipiad and Mr. Moss will outline
plans for enforcement of the license
code.
The now license porlod extends
from July 1, 1931, to June 30, 1932.
DUDLEY CAPTURES
MIAMI VALLEY cum, Day
ton, Ohio, June 20. (P) Kd Bud
ley nf WilnilnKton, Del., won the
western open golf chatnpionshlp
today with a par-breniilnfr total
of 2H0 strokes.
Tho tall Wllmlnnton pro toured
tho heavily trapped Miami Valley
club course with succensive cards
of 60-70-70-71 to clip par by four
shots ovr tho 72-hole Journey.
It wns one of the host porform
ii n res turned In with the new
balloon golf ball.
UNSETTLED WEATHER
FORECAST FOR WEEK
SAN FRANCISCO, June 20. (IP)
The weather outlook for the week
beginning June 21 was announced
here today by the United States
weather bureau as follows:
Far western states: The outlook
is for occasionally unsettled weath
er with showory periods In Oregon,
Washington and Idaho; generally
fair In California and Nevada, with
moderate temperatures.
FIVE STUDENT PILOTS
DIE IN AIR COLLISION
BRINDIHI, Italy, June 20. OP)
Five student pilots were killed and
one was injured today when twe
bombing hydroplanes collided at
an altitude of 60 feet. Six others
escaped. ,
SPAULDING
PLANNING
QUI
HIGHWAY BOARD
IHPAI AID
Luuni run
MANVICTIM
FOG CRASH
Lieut. Philip Horner of Army
Air Reserve Corps Loses
Life Near Avila, Calif.
Hits Wire in Dense Fog
Passenger Also Killed
MARCH FIELD. Riverside,. Cal..
Juno 20. (IP) Trapped In a heavy '
foK along the coarit near Avila. Cal.,
Lleutenunt Philip A. Horner, '25,
attached to the "U. S. army air
corps reserve here, and Edward
Tlpten ot Covlna, Cal., crashed, to
their deaths In a small army bi
plane today. '
Officers at the government air
base here, where Lieutenant Hor
ner was stationed, said information
forwarded to Ihem Indicated the
crash occurred as the ' pilot at
tempted either to get below the fog
or make a landing. As the ship
neared ground the landing gear
snagged high tension wires and
dived Into the earth. The report
uald the plane burned.
Mother XjIvos Ifero
Lieutenant Horner was graduat
ed from the air corps school here
a yeur ago and was serving aotlve
duty for a year with tho reserve.
His home was at Medfprd, Ore.
Ho was unmarried and his mother,
Mrs. A. T. Horner ot Medtord, and
a brother, Paul, survive.
Identification of the bodies was
made by the brother '
Officers here - said Lieutenant
Hornor left March Field about
7:30 a. m.' enroute to Paso Foblea.
He was flying eolo when he de
parted. Paul Horner said he was
to have met Lieutenant Horner and
Tipton in Paso nobles at noon arid
while driving there he heard a re-,
port thit a plane has crashed and
wont to the scene, where he found
his brother. It was . not known
where LleutenanlHorner picked
up Tipton. . ,. ', Z ', Vi .,
Efforts to get In touch with Mrs.
A. T. Horner, mother ot the dead
filer, In Medford, this afternoon
were unsuccessful. . . . r
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ASTORIA, Ore., June 20. (JP)
Associated Chambers ot Commerce
of the lower Columbia district,
meeting In Ilwaoo last night, went
on record favoring reconsideration
of the plans of the federal govern
ment for the v proposed Paclflo
Northwest Boldlers' Home.
The group contended Congress
man Hawley favored Roseburg
"for political' reasons" after the
board had recommended a site on
the Columbia river. A petition to
that effect la being forwarded to
President Hoover- and General
Hines.
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Oregon Weather
Generally fair tonight and Sun
day but becoming cloudy and un
settled on the coast; thunderstorm
In the mountains ot the east Bun-.
day; moderate temperature. Light
to moderate, changeable winds off
shore. Will
ROGERS
BEVERLY" HILLS, June 20.
Poor Mr. Hoover, if things
over do tiirri and start 'break
intf for him he will he a good,
man to string with, for . he
cuitlit to have a long streak of
luck. Of all the things that's
gone against him the worst one
happened this week. His speech'
run 15 minutes overtime, and'
he took' up. Amos and Andy 'a ;
time on the radio. That was a
vote loser sure enough. That
did him more harm than even
the Wickersham report. I nev
er saw radio fans so worked up.
That will be a lesson to all pres
idents. 'iity-'
P. S. The old Wost Is de
teriorating. In Reno they are .
shooting cartoonists with empty;
guns. '
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