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Twenty-Seventh Year
MEDFOliD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1932.
No. 108.
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Comment
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Day's News
By FKAXK JENKINS.
HERE is a quite Interesting state
ment printed in the latest Issue
cf the Oregon Voter, whose editor.
C. C. Chapman, rates as one of. Ore
gon's leading tax authorities:
"In this year of 1833, taxes and
other public charges are absorbing
approximately one-third of the in
come of the people of Oregon."
That is to say, of each 3 you re-
eelve In Income, you pay out, In
one lorm or another, ONE DOLLAR
In taxes.
MR. CHAPMAN tella us that ac
cording to the highest estimates
the total Income of ALL the people
of Oregon this year will be about
three hundred million dollars.
Our population 15 roughly a mil
lion persons, so his figures would
allow 300 to the person. For a fam
ily of four, that would amount to
1200 for the year, or an Income 01
eiOO per month. When we consider
the number of families whom, we
know to be receiving more than that,
the amount named seems email.
But when we consider those who
re certainly receiving less than
$100 per month and when, In addi
tion, we think of the pitifully largo
numbers receiving nothing at ail
In the way of Income this year, we
must agree that the figures are
probally not far off.
TOW aa to taxea i
"Tho tax and fee charges ol
lederal, state and local governments,
the Voter says, "including the heavy
Increases being levied by the federal
government, will be about 96,000,000
this year. . This eumis ,bou.t.. one-
third of the Income of the people.
So there you have the story, In
cold figures. ,
QO MUCH for Oregon. Let us now
J go on to the United States as a
Whole. The Voter says:
"For the United States aa a whole
the tax charges wlU absorb about
to per cent of the Income of the
neonle. Income this year Is estl;
mated by several authorities at fifty
billion dollars.
"Tax and fee charges of federal,
state and local government will
amount thla year to the unprera
dentedly high sum of fifteen billion
dollars, or 30 per cent of the fifty
billion dollars of income."
4 X70U will have noted the statement
that Oregon's total Income this
year will be In the neighborhood ol
800 million dollars.
This, the Voter aays, Is about
half what our Income amounted to
In the normal years of 1927 to 192H
So, If your Income la only halt
what It was . back In those good
years, you are no worse off than the
average.
LET us now take another look at
the United States as a whole,
paying special attention, thla time
to what has happened over the en
tire country In the way of Income
reduction. The Voter says:,
"In the big years of 1B27 to 1929.
the total Income of the people
of the United States aa a. whole. wee
so billion dollars. This year It is
estimated by several of' the same
authorities at SO billion dollars."
YOU may not like figures, and II
, so you have probably skipped
what la here written. But if you
have followed the figures here pre
sented, you will have noted these
facts:
Total Income of the people of
Oregon since 1927 to 1929 which
were big years has ahrunk about
one-half. Total Income of all ""the
people of the United States In the
aarae period has shrunk about one
half. '
Taxea here In Oregon thla year
mil absorb about one-third of total
Income. Taxes In the United States
as a whole this year wilt absorb
about one-third of total Income.
HAT la to say. what haa been
going on here In Oregon has
been going on all over the country.
Our Incomes here hare shrunk
about In proportion to the shrinkage
In Incomes over the country at
4 lartre. The proportion of our In
come taken by taxea here in Ore
ion la almost Identical with the
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No Further Period of Grace
Will Be Given Oregon Car
Owners, Is Firm Declara
tion From Governor Meier
PORTLAND, Ore., July 37. (AP)
The license plate "moratorium" ex
pires July 31. No further extension
or period of grace will be extended.
This wu the statement of Governor
Julius L. Meier here today.
This statement spiked reports that
the governor was giving consideration
to a proposal to further extend the
time within which automobile drivers
of the state may operate with old
license plates.
The executive continues to receive,
however, many letters urging him to
call a special session of the legisla
ture to enact legislation relieving the
motorists by reduction in fees or
through papvldlng a plan of Install
ment buying.
Statement Stands
"I stated when I extended 'the
moratorium to Aug. 1 that there
wruld be no further extension, and
trat statement stands," Meter said
here today upon his arrival from
Salem.
He was asked what he knew about
the aurvey of the automobile license
situation undertaken by Charles P.
Pray, superintendent of state police.
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SLAPS
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OF
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SALEM. July 27. (AP) Reports
puonsned yesterday of further con
slderatlon of the automobile license
situation, reputed to have been au
thorized by Governor Julius L. Meier.
will cost the state considerable money
in license fees, Hal E. Hoss, secre
tary of atate. .said today.
Prospects of an extended morato
rium or a apeclal aesslon of the legls.
lature, whether In reality or only In
surmises, has already resulted In i
falling off again of license buying.
Many large oil companies, common
carriers and stage lines, ready to pay
tne license lees, have not done eo,
but will wait until the last moment
to purchase, Hoss said. Also he said
reports have come Into his office
to the effect that some contractors,
working on state Jobs alone, are ope
rating 24 hours a day in order to
complete their co'ntracts by August
1, and then lay up their trucks for
at least, tho remainder of the half
yoar.
t. .was revealed yesterday that the
slate police were conducting a sur
vey of the situation among automo
bile drivers without new license
plates. Police officials said the ac
tion "might be voluntary," and re
fused to confirm the report that
the action waa taken at the request
or tne governor.
The action has been Interpreted
by various newspapers to mean either
the consideration of a special aesslon
of the legislature to afford relief,
or the extension of the moratorium
for an additional IS days, or until
August 16. ( Neither report has been
confirmed.
Hoss said today that Just a few
over 100.000 licenses hsd been Bold
to date, compared to 187.000 at the
ssme time a year. ago.
Oregon Weather.
Cloudy on the coast and fair In the
Interior tonight and Thursday: little
change In temperature: gentle to
moderate changeable winds.
Militant Kansas Widow
Lamhasts Farm Board
KANSAS CITY. Mo., July 27. (AP)
A militant Kansas widow, who
bared a brawny arm to prove she la
a real "dirt farmer,- told the Shan
non house committee today the only
thing that would help the farmers
of her state "is to kick the devil
out of the farm board."
The witness. Mrs. Ida Watklna of
Sublette, sought to Impress members
of the committee Investigating gov
ernment competition with private
business they were listening to the
actual operator of a 4 500 -acre wheat
farm.
She rolled up a sleeve of her black
dress, disclosing a bronzed, muscu
lar arm.
"Gentlemen, if you don t think I'm
a wheat shoveler, look at this arm.
or ask any man in my county." she
challenged.
Mrs. Watkios, some time cailel the
Stabbing
REDS' WHISPER PLOT TO
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TO CREATE DOUBT
Pontiac, Mich., Seat of Radi
cal Campaign Is Belief
Secret Service On Path
cf Ringleaders in Plot
PONTIAC, Mich., July 8. (AP)
Seizure of letter and other
documents In a hotel room tiere .
revealing the existence of a
whispering campaign" hy a rad
ical group designed to undermine
banks of the country started
midwest law enforcement agen
cies on a search today for the
ringleader of the group.
State police said the letters reveal
ed that George Rowland, who came
here recently. Is one of several re
gional directors conducting a cam
paign against banks In Illinois, Indi
ana, Ohio and Michigan. Other direc
tors, they said, are scattered over the
country, circulating rumors against
banks.
AoDarentlv warned by a confedate.
Rowland did not return to his hotel
room as officials waited for him. An
order was issue for his arrest, and
all law-enforcement agencies In the
large cities of the midwest were asKed
to cooperate.
Police and federal authorities at
Grand Rapids, Mich., revealed that
they have obtained copies of an un
signed letter purporting to instruct-
radical workers to carry on a cam
paign against banks.
This letter said that "early Sep
tember when vacationists have re
turned should prove ideal" for a con
centrated attack. .
WASHINGTON, July 27. (AP)
Radical rumors circulated against
banks of the country are being close
ly followed by the United States
sercret service, which already has
investigated reports of a dozen
more such Instances.
The secret service agents have
promptly traced in several cities the
circulation of rumors Intended to
cause runs on banks.
In a number of Instances the
agents have found the reports were
circulated by disgruntled or hysteri
cal persons and no prosecution has
followed.
In others, state authorities have
taken over the prosecution of persons
circulating the rumors. '
CHICAGO, July 37. (AP) Melvln
A. Traylor, president of the First Na
tional bank of Chicago, said today ha
had reports from practically every
large city In the nation concerning a
plot to wreck banks by circulating
unfounded rumors against them.
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Picking of he Bartlett crop will
start In the majority of Rogue River
valley orchards the second week in
August, according to announcement
from representative orchard 1st to
day. During the pear season between
2000 and 2500 laborers will be em
ployed. Is the estimate of the local
labor bureau. Since a definite move
is on to limit hiring to local laborers
the harvesting season Is expected to
do much toward solving the existing
unemployment problem.
Kansas "wheat queen, launched it-
vigorous attack on the agricultural
marketing act and the farm board.
Asked by M. W. Borders, Sr., at
torney who la conducting the exami
nations of many witneases, where
she drew the line in co-operative
marketing, she replied:
"At the doggone, damnable gov
ernment interference In our affairs
and our business. I want the mem
bers of this committee to under
stand that the farm hoard Is not
from the wishes of the Kansas farm
ers. The only thing that will help
those farmers Is to kick the devil
out of the farm board."
Mm. Watklns asserted 08 per cent
of the farmeru of the state are
against the farm board.
"The other two per cent," shs aald,
"don't know th? board's rottenness.
or the j would also condemn
Mystery Cleared by Youth's Confession
BASEBALL
RESULTS
National
(First)
Pittsburgh 9 15 0
New York 8 13 3
Kremer. Harris, Bpencer, French
and Padden; Walker, Otbson, Schu
macher and Hogan.
Second game: R. H. E.
Pittsburg 4 9 1
New York 20
Batteries: Swift, Harris and Grace;
Hoyt and O'Farrell.
(First)
Boston
Chicago
Root, Tinning and Hemsley; Brown
and Spohrer.
(Second game)
Chicago 4 11 0
Boston . 12 2
Bush, Pruett and Hartnett- Frank
house and Hargrave.
Cincinnati
I 9 1
) 8 0
Hansen,
Philadelphia
Benton and Lombard!;
Collins and V. Davis.
St. Louis 4 10 2
Brooklyn 8 15 0
Derringer, stout, Dean and Wilson;
Mungo, Phelps. Qulnn and Lopea.
American
(First)
Philadelphia
Detroit ..
13
8
Earnshaw and Hevlng; Whltehlll,
Goldstein. Wyatt and Ruel.
(First)
New York
Cleveland
4 2
6 1
Htlde-
MacFayden
and Phillips:
brand and Sewell.
CATTLE RUSTLERS
REGION IS REPORT
Reports of a band of cattle rustlers,
operating in the Phoenix farming
district, were telephoned to The Mall
Tribune today, with announcement
that farmers of that area are out
to catch the thieves In the manner
of the old days.
Nine head of cattle were driven
from the Roy Bole pasture- last Sun
day, according - to the report, and
the previous week another farmer
was robbed of several head of stock.
The Bolz pasture was locked and
the gate padlocked. Locks were
broken by the thieves and the cattle
rounded up and driven down the
highway. The rustlers are believed
to have taken the Fern Valley road,
as Mr. Bolz, when warned of the
proceedings by another rancher, hur
ried to his pasture to find some
horsemen leaving the scene. He
questioned them, but received an
unsatisfactory reply, after which the
men whipped up their horses and
took to the road, before . he- could
definitely Identify them.
Several robberies have alsd been
reported by ranchers of .the Bealt
Lane sect'.on, who announce that
tool chests have been emptied ' at
several farms. Among the latest
losers Is J. Ban ford Richardson from
whose ferm hammer, braces and
several other Implements were taken
a few days ago.
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POLICE DECLARE
PORTLAND, July 47. (AP) Ru
mors, current In Klamath Falls, rTtat
Keith Ambrose, state policeman, waa
wounded thla week at Brookings In
Curry county, were denied by the
state police office, here and at Sa
lem. Neither office was able to ac
count for the report.
Captain Lee M. Bown, of the south
ern Oregon district, said thla after
noon, he had no report of any acci
dent to Patrolman Keith Ambrose.
He queried Oold Beach aa soon
advised of the report. Captain Bown
scouts the rumor, and haa no Idea
how It started. He aald In caso ot
a major accident, he would be noti
fied Immediately.
Autoist Killed
When Car Flips
MADRAS. Ore.. July 97. P) Eu
gene Wilder, 67, of ffhelton. Waa l.,
waa fatally Injured last night when
hts automobile overturned at the top
of Cow Canyon. He attempted to
pass another nt and his machine
went out of control. Mrs. C. M. Pad
gett of Portland, Ma ,!ter-tn-law.
riding with him, received minor In
juries.
WRECK BANKS REVEALED
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ARE JEOPARDIZED
Investment of $500,000,000
in Balance As British
Trade Conference Talks
Question Empire Content
By Frank I. Weller,
(Associated Press Staff Writer.)
OTTAWA, Ont, July 37. &) The
future of more than 100 American
branch plants In Canada, represent
ing an Investment of about 1500,000,
000, was in the balance today aa an
Imperial trade conference committee
took up the question of "empire con
tent." - "Empire content" is the percentage
of empire materials or labor which
an article must contain to qualify for
customs entry under empire prefer
ential tariff rates.
At present, with certain exceptions
m individual instances, the stand
ard of empire content now Is 60 per
cent in Canada and New Zealand, 75
per cent in Australia and 25 per cent
in the Irish Free State, the United
Kingdom and South Africa,
What the conference may do abo'.it
a blanket Increase In the required
percentages or In special restrictions
on selected articles is of very real
concern to the American brsnch fac
tories In Canada and American in
terests supplying products to be fin
jshed by dominion or other concerns
within the empire.
There is a notion among the dele
gates that the percentage of empire
content should be uniform among
the dominions and colonies, with ex
cepted Items where necessary.
a sub-committee was appointed
yesterday to consider the compara
tive advantages of:
(1) High' empire content with ex
ceptions downward.
(2) Low empire content with ex
ceptions upward.
British industrialists want an In
crease in the British empire content
rate. - They argue that It is not high
enough to prevent American manu
facturer seeding parts to Canada, as
sembling them in a Canadian branch
factory, and shipping the finished
product to Great Britain under Brit
ish preferential rates.
American business leaders were
quoted here, as advising caution in
Canadian branch factories lest those
which merely assemble American
parts across the obder find their
costs Increased by higher empire con
tent requirements or their Invest
ment Jeopardized by the possibility
of an economic conference putting
into effect lower American-Canadian
tariffs.
In conflict with this view, how
ever, was a report In conference cir
cles that the United States Steel
company plant at OJlbway had In
strueUona to expand Its capacity in
the event Canadian and British steel
Interests successfully conclude nego
tiations looking toward the latter
supplying materials not conspicuous
ly manufactured here now.
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WASHINGTON, July 37. (API
President Hoover today called upon
representatives of the New Englsnd
conference to meet with him at the
White House next Monday at 11 a.m.
to discuss plsns for spreading the
rive day work week In Induatry.
The conference was called in an
swer to a request last week by Gov
ernor Wlnant, of New Hampshire,
that the president discuss with New
England representatives plana for a
wider distribution of employment
through shorter working hours.
DEATHSENTENCE
METED ASSASSIN
PARIS. July 27. (AP) Dr. Paul
Oorguloff was found guilty tonight
of the premeditated assassination of
President Paul Doumer .ast May.
Tne death sentence waa imposed
on the assassin, whose defense haa
been that he was mentally Irre
sponsible for the crime. The sen-
tence will he carried out In the guil
lotine. Oorguloff shot President Doumer
May 0 at a charity eihlbltlon for
war veterans. Tne president died
tbt neit morning.
JOBLESS RELIEF
TO COUNTI
OF
Counties Will Be Held
Strictly Responsible, Is
Announcement of State
wide Committee at Meet
SALEM, July 27. (P) Advances
for relief of destitute in Oregon, If
any are made, will be submitted
loans direct to the counties request
ing such assistance, and the coun
ties held strictly responsible. It was
announced last night by the state
wide unemployment relief committee,
following Its all-day session here. Ray
mond B. Wilcox, chairman of the
committee, released the statement of
policy.
The plan suggested by the commit
tee was for counties to submit their
requests for loans to the committee
and the governor, who In turn would
certify them on to the reconstruction
finance corporation. The sum of
$300,000,000 has been set aside for
state aid.
The committee announced that the
amount of money that will be re
quired for relief In the Oregon coun
ties cannot be determined until the
state highway department has form
ulated Its program and the activities
contemplated under the self-liquid
attng projects provision of the federal
measures have been divulged.
r Flgurel.weca presented at the meet
tng showing that the maximum num
ber of unemployed and dependents
last winter exceeded 160,000. Mem
bete of the committee said the num
ber of unemployed and rependents
next winter would total 200,000,
"Generally speaking, there will be
an Increased number of unemployed
next winter," a report submitted to
the committee read, "".-serves of
food, money and clothing are ex
hausted. Rent, light and fuel bills
are delinquent, and the resources of
the communities are .running low.
People have less capacity for giving
and tax delinquency Is Increasing."
WASHINGTON, July 37. (AP)
The bonus army today apparently
won an Important victory toward
retaining their camp on lower
Pennsylvania avenue when District
of Columbia commissioners and
treasury officials failed to agree on
means of evicting them.
Pelham D. Olassford, super! n ten
dent of police, said after the con
ference "there will be no Illegal use
of the metropolitan police depart'
ment," adding that any action to be
taken against the veterans Is up to
the treasury.
"There Is now," Olassford said,
"no certainty when any definite
course will be decided upon."
The treasury, after several post'
ponements, had decided upon evacU'
atlon at 7:30 this morning, but
nothing happened. Olassford said
he had been prepared to carry out
any legal eviction order, but said
there is no provision under the Dis
trict of Columbia laws by which the
police could legally evacuate the
bonus army.
Will Rogers' Namesake
Sweeps Oklahoma Vote
OKLAHOMA CITY, July' 37P) !
Will Rogers, the echoolmaater, swept
Into the Democratic nomination for
congreaaman-at-large by an avalanche
of votes today, had the laugh on the
folk who asserted he made the rare
as a counterfeit of the well-known
comedian of the same name.
Will Rogers, the actor-writer, who
left his native Oklahoma to first win
fame O'l the New Tork stage with hl
homespun wit. haa completely en
dorsed the congressional aspirant.
While tabulators still checked the
amazing majority compiled In yester
day's run-off primary by the country
teacher, he took his victory over Mrs.
Mabel Baasett, state's charities com
mlaaloner, with complete calmness.
He aald he was 'much obliged" to
Oklahoma for the nomination.
The congreseman-at-lerge post Is a
new one, crested bj Oklahoma la.'
Militant Veteran
lI
Roy W. Robertson of California I,
tha determined leader of several
hundred western war veterans pa.
trolling tha capltol In Washington,
eeklna the soldier, bonus. His hear
I, supported by a steel and leather
brace, the reault of a spinal Injury
In tha world war. (Associate,'
Presa Photo)
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IN NIEDERMEYER-
FEHL CIVIL CASE
" Testimony In the civil suit of Nte
dermeyer, Inc., against Earl H. Fehl,
editor of the Paclflo Becora-Heraia.
for the foreclosure of a 5000 chattel
mortgage and promissory note, waa
concluded this morning with the
taking of depositions of H. A. Thieroit,
lumber dealer, and Prank c. ciara.
architect, and the Introduction ot
a number of documentary exhibits,
Clark testified that while the Holly
theater waa under construction, he
ahowed Fehl a check given him by
L. Nledermeyer, with the query,
what are you going tt get?"
Fehl replied, according to Clark'e
testimony, that "he would be eatia-
fled to. get the building up. so It
would enhance the property valuea
on Sixth atreet."
Thlerolf testified to the purchase
of materials for he Holly. .
Circuit Judge Earl C. Latourette
of Oregon City left yeaterday after
noon by plane, with Instructions to
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The county court yeaterday named
Joaeah Daniels, Incumbent, of this
city, and R. E. Bell of Ashland,
lanltors for th new county court
house. The selection waa made from
a list of 64 applicants from all parts
of the county, some being accom
panied by petitions signed by friends
and neighbors. The salary la I7S per
month, and appointment become er
fectlv, August 1. aa there la a world
of houaecleantng to be done about
the new courthouse.
Daniels baa been courthouse Jani
tor for slightly more than two years,
Bell Is an experienced Janitor and
haa been a resident of Ashland for
several years. He la married and haa
five children.
Owing to the sire of the court
house, the services of two Janitors
will be required.' It la figured to
place on on day duty, and one on
night duty.
crease In population at the 1930 cen
sus. The Democratic nomination Is
generally considered equivalent to
election.
And the claim that Will ftogera,
the candidate, achieved the nomina
tion that probably will aend him to
Waehlngton from an electorate un
aware of his true Identity, may well
be disputed In view of developments
since the first primary.
One of the 34 candidates he de
feated In the first primary ex-Congressman
E. B. Howard went Into
the supreme court with the claim the
candidate actually waa William C.
Rogers, a Republican, but the court
wouldn't take Jurtadlctlon. The ac
tion waa given wide publicity.
"I never voted a national Repub
lican ticket In my life," said Rogers,
who also haa contended he waa chris
tened "Will. '
FOR SLAYING OF
IALMIIAN
George Templeton, U' of
C. Student, Says Uncle
Defrauded Father Ex
pected to Inherit Fortune
SAN JOSE, Cel., JuJy 27. VP) A
strange story of revenge which led
a 30-year-old youth to kill his aunt
and attempt to slay his uncle, a
wealthy Manila Importer and export
er, to avenge a wrong done his fath
er, was told by San Jose authorities
today.
The youth, George Douglas Tem
pleton. Jr., University of California
student, authorities said, confessed In
Oakland. Cal., where he was arrested
early today.
Calm and apparently without re
gret, he was brought here to be
charged with murder for the knifing
of Mrs. Lillian Babcock.
Uncle Near Death.
Meanwhile, - William R. Babcock,
head of the Philippine delegation to
the Olympic games and former business-
partner of Templeton'a father,
lay dangerously wounded in the Palo
Alto hospital, where a blood trans
fusion was ordered.
The desire for revenge, the confes
sion related, hinged on the five-year
litigation between Babcock and
George D. Templeton, Sr., formerly
partners In Babcock & Templeton.
Manila Importing and exporting firm
of which Babcock Is now president.
The death of Babcock and his wife,
authorities quoted young Templeton
as saying, would 'not -only avenge ft
loss of a "large sum of money" by
the boy's father, but would rehabili
tate his finances through Inheritance
from the elder Templeton'a 'sister,
Mrs. Babcock.
Crime Story Told.
The story of the planning of tha
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RELIEF MANAGER
TO BE APPOINTED
Although the report waa prevalent
about town thla morning that a
manager had been aelected by tha
Medford Association of the Unem
ployed to head the activities of the
extensive plan for relief of the Job
less, It was," learned thla afternoon
that the board of control bad not
met and that the appointment had
not been made.
The board la scheduled to meet at
4 o'clock, as previously announced,
for the purpose of selecting the man
ager, for whom a salary of 75 a
month haa been appropriated by the
city council.
The board of control la comnoaed
of Mayor E. M. Wilson, chslrman; W.
8. Bolger, O. I. Dates. Eugene Thorn
dike, O. L. Ray and K. O. Knuteen.
WILL-
ROGER?
'BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., July
26. My good friend Senator
Borah candied the debts over
tho radio Saturday night and
they hadn't any more than an
nounced tho tooth paste com
pany that sponsored it than the
boys commenced shooting at
him. - Borah cancelled 'cm be
causo I guess he knew he
wasn't going to get 'em.
But if a man owes you some
money and he is having hard
sledding, you don't go to him
and say "Well, that's all
right, buddie, hero is the note,
I will just tear it up." No sir,
that's not done. In fact, he
never asks or expects that. He
always understands that ha is
to pay when he gets it. An in
dividual couldn't single handed
asscmblo tin much nerve. It
takes nations to concentrate
that much.