The Weather
forecast: Tonight and Thursdav,
partly cloudy; moderate tempera
lure". Highest yesterday . 54
Lowest tills morning 29
Twenty-Sixth. Year
Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
IK THE MAIL TRIBUNE the other
iB-a vnu rnA this statement from
the bureau of home economics 01
the United States department of agri
culture, which ought to be an au
thority If anything Is: -
"The tomato Is peculiarly
Important food. NO O T H IS It
VEGETABLE gives quite so many
kinds of talue for the money.
We have nothing to match the
tomato In flavor, in color or in
Tarlety of possibilities for the
table."
THE Rogue River valley grows the
finest tomato on the Pacific
Coast. It la probably within the
facte to eay that it is the finest
tomato in the United States. '
In addition, W. A. Gates tells this
writer, production of tomatoes per
acre here In the Rogue River valley
Is TWICE the production per acre
In other tomato districts, thus in
suring low cost of production and
ability to get Into the big markete.
The tomato ought to mean a lot
to us In the way of added prosperity
In the next few years If we go about
tt right.
HERE is a curious thing:
As late us the time of your
great-grandmother, NOBODY ate to
' matoes. They were considered to be
poisonous. They were known ; a
lore apples." and' the .beauty, 01
their rich color was their only merit
rxNE of the odd things about life Is
yj that human beings know so
,. thin that aren't so. That
goes for the long-faced people who
JUST KNOW that good times will
never come back again.
DR. JULIUS KLEIN, assistant sec
retary of commerce, on his way
to the Pacific Coast, pauses In Utah
to say:
"The last figures on bank failures
In the United States show there are
fewer Institutions closing at present
than at ANY TIME SINCE 1918."
Put that down In your day book
and refer to It the next time some
body tries to make you feel TOO
gloomy.
THE STOCK MARKET has been
slloplng for several days, which
Isn't so good; but the less people
think of the stock market In these
days and the MORE thought they
give to doing the things that In
the long run wlU bring the stock
market back up and KEEP It up,
the better It will be for the country
at large.
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WHAT Is It that must be done In
order to bring the stock market
back?
Well, first of all. business must
show a profit, because profit on In
vestment Is the only sound Justifi
cation for stock market values.
A hunch that prices are going up
a few points next week, thus enabling
somebody to make a quick gambler s
profit, or a corresponding hunCh
that prices are going down, thus
providing the opportunity for a little
short selling. Isn't the thing that
will stabilise the stock market.
"WH
business back to a profitable
basis?" you ask.
This Is about as good an answer
as any to that question : "Tend
to your own Job In the very best
way you know how. Do each day.
In the most efficient manner pos
sible, whatever need to be done.
"And DON'T waste toomuch time
worrying about things that are too
big for YOU to do anything about."
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DR. W. A. WHITINO. professor 01
biology at a little Southern col
lege, advises young people to marry
early and STAY married.
That is pretty good advice. Our
grandfathers and grandmothers fol
lowed It, and the results were excel
lent. These early -marrying pioneer
ancestors of ours conquered s wi.-
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LIABILITY OF
DEPOSITS TO
BE ASSUMED
Crisis in Local Institution
Induced by Heavy With
drawals Recently Is Suc
cessfully Surmounted
The First National Bank of Md-
ford today assumed the deposit lia
bilities of the Jackson County Bank,
which Saturday voluntarily sum
moned State Banking Superintendent
A. A. Schramm of Salem, and na
tional bank examiners, following
heavy, deposit withdrawals last Fri
day and .Saturday.
The action of the First National
Bank, In stepping Into the breach
was voluntary and under the advice
and guidance of the state banking
department and the national bank
examiners. By the step, the city and
county was spared a serious finan
cial situation, and the arrangement
was termed an exhibition of splendid
civic unity and co-operation.
Statement to Come.
No formal statements were forth
coming today from state and na
tional bank officials, or the directo
rate of the two banks concerned.
As soon as the clerical work neces
sary Is finished a complete state
ment, however, will be made.
The cessation of the Jackson Coun
ty bank, established In 1886. and
one of the oldest banking houses In
southern Oregon was attributed by
bank heads and -banking officials to
whispering campaign.", under way
for several weeks which spread over
the city and county and which
reached high tide last Saturday when
heavy withdrawals were made.
Saturday the Jackson county bank
directorate and officials called In
the state bank superintendent and
the details of the waiver transfers
discussed and completed.
Adopt Waiver Plan.
Under the waiver deposit plan, the
First National Bank takes over choice
assets of the Jackson county bank,
which together with the amounts
waived by depositors will be suf
ficient to pay the remaining de
posits. The remaining assets of the
Jackson County Bank are to piaceo.
in a trust, to be liquidated for the
benefit of the amounts waived by
the Jackson County Bank depositors.
The text ol u,e deposit waiver
signed by Jackson County Bank de
posltoni Is ss follows:
"In consideration of the First
National Bank of Medford, Ore.,
assuming the deposit liability of
the Jackson County Bank that
shall remain after the same have
been reduced by this and simi
lar waivers of other depositors,
I. the undersigned, being a de
positor of the Jackson County
Bank, do hereby waive
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MEXICO CWi. March 31. (AP)
Eleven Americana had arrived at
their destinations In Mexico safe,
but late, today after escaping from
bandits who wrecked an Interna
tional passenger train yesterday near
Marlscala. Quertaro state.
The train carried three Pullman
cara from St. Louis and San Antonio.
The fireman and an express mes
senger were killed, but soldiers, act
ing as a train escort routed the
bandits before they could rob the
passengers.
The wreck wa caused by a rail
which the bandits hsd loosened.
Little Girl Leaves Cops
Agog With Bedtime Yarn
CHICAOO. March 21. fAP) The
Chicago police settled down last
night to hear a little bedtime story
from 7-year old Oertrude Luchslnger.
expecting one about a big bear, but
what they got left them pop-eyed.
They found her wandering around
:n a park.
"I was born." she said. "In New
York. My mamma's name was Jean,
and my dady waa killed in a war
in England. Four years atro my
mamma gave me to another Isdy and
came to me once tn a while
from Philadelphia
"My srvord nm n. ma lived In New
York. She came to Chicago tiiree
EBFORD M
Oratorical Champion
Associated Press Photo
Lettle Pienon of Plains, Ka.,
won tha Kansas state title in
women's oratory with her speech
on "The Jazz Ann." Sh In a aenlnr
In Bethany college.
FROST WARNING
SERVICE SPEEDED
FOR ROGUE AREA
Following the first frost of the
spring season last night, with a mini
mum of 25 above about 8 o'clock
this morning, which did not damage
to the pear clusters already out in
some of the odder located orchards,
Boy Rogers, the government frost ex
pert, announced this forenoon that
he would begin the regular frost
warning service tonight or twoomrow
night.
It was estimated by Mr. Rogers and
County Agent Wilcox early this fore
noon, that at least one-fourth the
cluters of early pear, trees are out.
which percentage would be augment
ed by today's sun, and that the situ
ation Is such that several days or
nights of warm weather would bring
out a general blossoming.
Hence not only do they warn all
oracbard men to fully prepare as soon
as they possibly can, If they have not
already done so, to smudge, aad most
earnestly stress the Importance of
every orchardlst having his thermom.
eters tested at once.
Mr. Rogers will test another batch
of thermometers next Thursday, and
all untested thermometers to be test-
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HARTFORD, Conn., March 21.
(AP) Nomination of the first Dem
ocratlc presidential candidate who
receives a majority vote at the nat
lonal convention was urged today by
Homer S. Cummlngs, supporter of
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The former Democratic national
chairman termed hla party's two
thirds rule-as unfortunate, and said
party leaders feel no deadlock sim
ilar to that In 1934 should be per
mitted to develop.
"While welcoming all legitimate
candidates," he said, "we should set
our faces again? t any attempt by a
minority to block action and war
down the majority."
Oovernor Roosevelt, Cummlngs
said, is the first choice for the nom
ination of 33 states and the second
choice of "practically all the others."
I weeks ago on a train, but start!
back three days ago. At the rail
road station mamma put me and
I little dog and a little baby on the
! floor And bought the tickets. Then
Vie picked up the baby and the dog
and forgot me. Since then I've been
shifting for myself. Last night .
i leaned up against a shack all night.'
The wires hummed to New York
.and Philadelphia, but while they
I were bumming the telephone rang
"My daughter." said Mrs. Luch
j singer, "has been missing since early
1 iri t.ie afternoon, and"
' Vnd." interposed the desk ar
.;tiii, "I think she's going to be i
t,j.reat novelist when At grows up."
JIEDFOliL), OREGON, MONDAY, MABC1I 21. 1932.
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SHOT DOWN WHILE
Bloody Sunday Staged in
Ukrainian Border Villages
When Soviet Forces At
tempt to Wreck Church
BUCHAREST, Rumania, March 21
(AP) Reports reaching here from
Rumanian villages on the Ukrainian
border today said a number of wom
en were shot down while defending
their churches by Soviet troops In a
bloody Sunday" yesterday.
The reports described alleged eye
witness account of Soviet church
wrecking activities which were resist
ed by the villagers.
In the Ukrainian village of Taalek,
across the river from the Rumanian
village Kltzanl, they said, Soviet sol
diers attempted to destroy a church
and were faced by a crowd of 300
women. The soldiers fired their ma
chine guns and killed and wounded
several, the reports said.
Fifteen Killed
Another report from the Rumanian
military post at Mlhalvlteazu said the
Soviet soldiers "could be clearly seen''
shooting down fifteen peasants,- In
cluding several women, while the Ut
ter were trying to defend the Holy
Cross In the village square at Butu
raga, where the soldiers were destroy
ing religious emblems. v-
There were reports, too, that several
peasants from the Ukrainian -vllpige
oj ocmouaga tnea vo escape i;n
their families across the Dniester by
hiding their wjveayid. -chlidr.n
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DEATH OF SEVEN
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REDLANDS, Cal., March 21. ( AP)
A coroner's Jury was to meet here
this afternoon at 2:00 o'clock to hear
witnesses relate how the Los Ang
eles-bound transport of the Ameri
can Airways, apparently trapped by
a fog that filled San Oorgonlo Pass,
struck a power line as It flew close
to the ground and caught fire, caus
ing the death of Its seven occu
pants. The witnesses to the crash, which
took place Saturday evening Include
ranchers who rushed to the scene
and attempted to extricate the men
trapped In the flaming skeleton of
the big trl-motored plane.
One of the passengers, Arthur R.
Thomas, 35, of Tuscon, Ariz., was
pulled from the wreckage alive.
"I don't know how It happened,"
gasped Thomas shortly before he died
yesterday. "There waa an awful
crash then I found myself outside."
Besides Thomas the dead are :
Ralph L. Robinson, 40, Yonkers, N.
Y.; Hugh A. McKellar, 42, Los Ang
eles; C. M. Goldsmith, 40, St. Louis;
Albert Coburn, 31, New York; Pilot
Harold J. Kelsey, Los Angeles, end
co-pilot H. H. Campbell, Dallas, Tex.
CLUE TQjyilSSING
STEUBKNVILLE, Ohio. March 21.
(AP) Parts of an airplane and a
dozen air mail sacks found on the
Weat Vlrrlnla bank of the Ohio
river , this afternoon at Browns Is-
land, five miles north of here, led
to the belief an esstbound trans
continental Western Air Llnra mall
plane. mlsntng ten hours, hsd crash
ed Into the river with Its pilot and
a woman passenger.
An oil tug boat, the Phil James,
was ordered to proceed up the river
and as certain if the ship was In
the river at the Island. The river
la 17 to 20 feet dep.
Ezra Van Dip and Charles Oil
tag,her, who reside on the Weat Vir
ginia aide of the stream, reported
they bad found part of the landing
gear of a plane, a woman's hat, 12
sacks of mail, part of an aviator's
uniform, and some watersoaked
papers.
The missing plane was last heard
of at 2:37 a. m. today when the pilot.
Hal Oeotge. asked by radio for
weather conditions around Pitts
burgh, His panf-nger was Mrs. Dr.
Carol S, ;o, f t st. Louis, who was
en route to New York.
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AS KIDNAP CLUES
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Lindbergh Telephone Lines
Carry Many Reports of
Stolen Child Seen, But
Checkups Fail of Result
EAST STROUDSBURO, Pv, March
21. (jp) Investigators said today
message fount, on the or a dead
carrier pigeon, which was at first
believed might have some connection
with the Lindbergh kidnaping case.
was learned to have been written by
several boys as a prank.
HOPEWELL. N. J.. Mscn 31. (AP)
There has been no word of
Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., kid
naped from his crib March 1.
The Lindbergh te'phone lines
continue to buzz with reports that
bablea looking like the stolen child
have been seen. Mrs, Lindbergh fre
quently takes the calls, and ques
tions the caller closely.
All such leads have proved false
but the state police have arranged
for a close check on.. a 11 babies who
might possibly Include the one being
sought. Several details are now as
signed to this task alone.
Despair Enters
Between the lines of the official
polloe communiques there sounds an
occasional note of despair. There
has been nothing In several days to
indicate that either police or pri
vate investigators have found a clue
they believe will lead to a solution.
TblsidbergbAa.temaelvea-Col-
unci viiiuies a. umuooinn una his
wife, the former Anne Morrow, who
la preparing for the advent of an
other child this spring remain se
cluded at the Sour land estate.
Friends say they are holding up well
under the strain.
Henry (Red) Johnson, questioned
at the Lindbergh estate last week,
was able to give no Information of
value, police said. He la being held
for violation of the immigration
laws.
Pigeon Carries Clue
A dispatch from East Stroudsburg,
Pa., yesterday said a message refer
ring to the kidnaping had been
found attached to the leg of a dead
carrier pigeon. There was reference
In the note both to Red Johnson
and to the baby's nurse, Miss Betty
Oow, but the text was not made
public. State police here Insisted
they knew nothing of the East
Stroudsburg angle.
Crank calls continue to reach the
Lindberghs. One of these was traced
so promptly yesterday that the caller,
Rudolph Schwartz, waa arrested
while he t was at the phone. The
arrest was made In New York.
Schwartz was quickly exonerated of
any knowledge of the kidnaping and
waa sent to a hospital for observa
tion. STATE COLLEGE
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PORTLAND, March 3 1 . ,'P Storm
and strife broke loose hero Sunday
when attackers and defenders of the
proposal to abolish compuliorv mili
tary training at Oregon and Oregon
State college met In a committee
hearing.
The matter wll'. finally be decided
at a later prlvaV. hearing of the milt
lary training committee of the state
board of higher education. Th's conv
mlttee earlier recommended thht com
pulsory military training be ellmln
ated,
Mn, Walter M. Pierce, chairman of
the committer, acted as referee. Those
lesdlng the attack on the adverse
recommendation Included Col Wll
Ham Henry Patterson. pr-fesor of i
military science and tactlra at Ore
gon State: the Rv. John Wealey
Beard of Portland. Presbyrian pas
tor and chaplain of the 162nd Infan
try: National Ouard; Mi. John Y
Richardson, regent for Ore-jr. of the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion; Oeorge Koehn of the national
defense committee of the amber of
commerce, and Alex Barry, American
Legion commander for Oregn.
Would Celebrate
Germs Isolation
WASHINGTON, March 31 AP
Prealdent Hoover today colled upon
the nation to commemorate next
Thursday the ftoth anniversary of the
isolation of the tuberculosis germ by
Robert Koca, a Gerxaa doctor.
ROSZIKA DOLLY TAKES A HUSBAND
VT SEEKING FEDERAL
Mrt i U AID FOR JOBLESS
AssocitttdPteuPhtto
Roszlka Dolly, ena of the dancing Dolly sisters, Is shown with her
new husband, Irving Neteher, Chicago merchant, to whom she was mar
ried In New York by Mayor Jime, J. Walker. ... -
MINNEAPOLIS, March 21. (Ft
Wilbur B.'Foshay and H. H. Henley,
founders of the Poshay enterprises.
were" ooh rioted hu four- of 17 , count
of using the malls to defraud, by a
federal court Jury today.
Judge Joseph W. Molyneaux lmme
d lately sentenced each to serve an
aggregate of 1ft years In the federal
penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kans.,
and to pay a fine of 11,000 each, with
a stsy of 43 days In which to move
for appeal.
The Jury of 11 men, the second to
hear the case, returned the verdict
on lt sixth day of consideration
The first Jury last fall dlsag.ced.
Poshay and Henley ahowed no sign
of emotion. As Henley heard the
sentence he chewed gum. Eoshay
short, pudgy, gray-haired smiled
when he was permitted to leave the
court room after the court reloascd
them by continuing their appearance
bonds In force.
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WASHINGTON, March 31. (AF)
C. B. Huff of Chicago, president of
the Farmers National Grain corpor
ation, today defended the salaries
paid officials of borrowing organisa
tions to $16,000.
"The mlAhandllng of a alngle day'a
business would cost as much, as their
combined salaries for the entire
twelve months," Huff asserted.
SCOOTER SPEEDSTER
REGAINS HIS HEALTH
Buster Medley, who wont for a
daring ride on his scooter up the
gravel runway at the new county
courthouse and on to the Commun
ity hospital Saturday afternoon, Is
reported to be getting along nicely
today. The little boy waa knocked
unconscious by the fall down the
very steep Incline, when the scooter
failed to make the grade. He sus
tained no other Injuries.
GALES STRIKE CALIFORNIA
AS SNOW FALLS IN EAST
(lly the Associated Press)
Belaud winter blew a apttertil
blast at nascent spring today. .
Snow dropped, almost generally,
from the Atlsntlo vaboard to be
yond the Rocky mountains.
High winds and rough sea, trou
bled southern Csllfornla. Trees blew
down and high tension wires snap
ped in Loa Angeles.
Tie "worst" biiszard of the year
south of Colorsdo Springs, Colo..
and four persona were missing In a
motor car.
Philadelphia brought out railroad
and trolly snowplows for the first
time this year. Traffic was ham
pered. Perries on the Delaware
groped cautiously through blinding
jlakea.
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SOON RECAPTURED
TOLEDO, Ore, March St. (AP)
A bold deliver; from the Lincoln
county Jail hare early yesterday of
three prisoners facing trial on fed
era! liquor charges- and"the -hijacking
of a large quantity of liquor
held as evidence enjoyed but a short
lived success.
After a few hours of freedom the
three' prisoners were again In Jail
and the seven men whom police
charged with having effected the de
livery by means of an acetyllne
torch outfit were also behind bars,
three here and four In Tillamook.
William Kerr, Charles Kyall and
Stanley Babcock, all claiming to be
from Vancouver, B. C, were the
three prisoners facing federal charges
after their capture In Portland more
than a month ago following the
wrecking and burning of their motor
craft, the Bea Island, at Whale Cove
February 7.
Seven men riding In a sedan and
two trucks arrived at the Jail about
midnight Saturday. The acetyllne
torch outfit which polloe say they
brought from Portland was rigged
up and the visitors cut through two
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ON TAX LEGISLATION
WASHINGTON, March 31. -(API
Indications that house psrty leaders
and anti-sales ta chieftains may
reach a compromise on the revenue
bill were seen today with the an
nouncement by Representative La
Cluardla (R., N. Y. that If food,
clothing and medicines were exempt
ed from the sales levy his fundamen
tal objections to the bill would be
removed.
Cherry Growers
to Plan Council
THE DALLES, Ore., March 31
(API Delegates from Royal Anne
cheery districts of California, Oregon
Washington and Idaho who Initiated
plans for a Pacific coast chsrry coun
cil here February 33. will meet In
Portland next Monday jwhen It Is
proponed to mike the organisation
permanent.
Freak thunder arid lightning
startled Chicago's north aide.' Snow
hit Vi, loop and later became gen
era).
Dawn found several Inches of snow
on the ground at Cleveland, the
storm still blowing; sand, anow and
spring arrived simultaneously
Pittsburgh.
New Yorkers put on rubbers and
hoisted umbrellas agslnst beavy,
soggy flakes.
Representative temperatures at
a. m.. -ere New York 38; Portland
Me., 33; Chicago 38; Seattle 43; Loe
Angelee. 63; Atlanta, 64.
Official forecasta were for contin
j nance of the snow In the New York
Urea mis afternooa and, toolalit,
To Subscribers "1
U your Mall Tribune It nut deJj
1 1 vert d Co you promptly, TelephonJ
15. Office opn untU 1 every vminjj
flease call us before that time and
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No. 339.
Court Sends Telegrams to
Congress Delegation Set
ting Forth Need Gov.
Meier Is Also Informed
naq
' ' alflTOl
Urgent need for federal aaalssaaic
for unemployment relief In tfaWAftrf
county was emphasized thli tpVgJlijJ
at the meeting of the coutnyajtotiffct
and definite steps takeiVUhMlMtedw
noon to acquaint offldfflat'Si j&P
situation, which has. egticrj,.
Telegrams were sent birotfipJtturt too
Senators Frederick fltelww otic? OVWJt
A. McNary
Hawley,
anc for unemployment tii
th. entire (;y-3
;uj .'oil .1111
nWje'fto
Mg'i1lm.'!ae-',
sage
more ariite frfeaU
There are now 81 men out on county
relief work and 43 nVn allotted this
county.
J. M, Devers, attorney for the state
highway commission, will also receive
a letter from the court, pointing out
the necessity for state assistance. .
"This county la not In a position to
continue with the relief work, due to
lack of funds and failure to collect
taxes.- Th nted tor state msslstanoa
la critical," the letter summarises tha
situation.
This action waa Inspired by a let-
tar recently received by tha court
from the state highway commission,
stnlng that the county would have
to care for Its own unemployed. .
The only possible relief, the court
stated today, la the creation of em
ployment. Steps will be taken to
gain the cooperation of the chamber
of commerce In the program to Im
press this fact upon the authorities
itatlng that the county would havs
the public at large.
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SHENANDOAH JUNCTION, W. Va,
March 31. (AP) While a fiery
cross burned on a hill tn the dis
tance, a dozen white-robed and hood
ed men publicly whipped Lloyd Bar
ron, 39, Saturday night. ,
Barron waa lashed to a telephone
pole and whipped by four or Jive
men until be begged for mercy.
Later he wsa released and taken to
his home. There, In the presence
of hie wife, he waa accused of beat
ing her. He denied It but his wife
Is said to have admitted having been
beaten. Thereupon Barron was whip
ped again until he promised to treat
his wife better.
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WARREN. Ohio. March 31. (AP)
John do Marko, 30, of Youngstown,
the second of two men Indicted In
connection with the kldnsplng of
11-yeer-old Jamea de Jute, Jr, of
Nlles, pleaded guilty today to a
charge of harboring and concealing
a kidnaped person and was sentenced
to one to 30 years In the peniten
tiary, Dowell Hsrgraves, 31, of Youngs
town, hss bsen given a life sentenoe
for his part In the abduction of the
boy. i
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SAVES SISTER
FROM DEATH IN ICE
n COUNTY
MINNEAPOLIS, Srisrcn si, nrt
Where eight-year oW Jean Soderberg
went so did her twin sister and best
pai Joyoe, and that's why Jean waa
alive today.
Bh fell through the Ice while
playing on a lake yesterday. Joyce
refused to leave until she managed
to pull Jean to safety at great risk
to her own life.
Together they ran to shore and
abelter,
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