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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1932
No. 1G9.
Confesses Killing Son
RICA
HOOVER OPENS CAMPAIGN IN MIDDLEWEST
The Weather
Forecast: lnlght and Ssturdai
partly clouAj and unsettled; mod
erate temperature.
Highest yesterday - - 81
Lowest this morning 41
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Comment
on the
Day s News
By FRANK JENKINS
PRESIDENT HOOVER, Journeying
to Iowa, where he was expected
to be received with brickbats and
boos, la given a real ovation by those
who believe In him who are found
to be at least as "numerous as those
'who DON'T believe In him.
Iowa Asa certainly been talking
anti-Hoover, but you can't always
tell In thla country, by the way peo
ple talk, how they are going to vote.
PRESIDENT HOOVER, In his Dee
Moines speech, telle us how near
we came to the brink of the precipice
last winter, when gold was flowing
away from us to foreign countries,
and Into safe deposit boxes and old
tin cans in this country.
T-n. mjifnttstro of thit treasure cants
"to him, he says, and ealdi "Unless
something happens, we can stay on
the gold standard only TWO WEEKS
longer."
If thla country had gone off the
gold atandard, we would have known
wnat a real panic Is like.
BUT it didn't! 'something hap
pened, what happened waa that
people got back a measure of their
confidence. One thing that restored
their cnfldence waa that after for
eign countries had taken all the gold
that waa coming to them It was
learned that we still had gold enough
to carry on our business.
That gave ua confidence in our
own money again, and when people
have confidence In their own money
they are at least In a much better
position than when they HAVEN'T.
IF WE had k,nown late last winter
that we were within two weeks of
going off the gold standard, it would
have scared ua silly. But now we
can look back to that narrow escope
and even laugh about It. Dangera
that are past don't bother us much.
It Is thoiie that are yet to be faced
that. give us pause. .
A FRIEND Just' back from 8an
Francisco says:
Down in the city, they're all wait
ing for the election to make up
their mlnda whether the depression
Is over or not. The Hoover people
all think that If Hoover la elected
business will bo aU right, and the
Roosevelt people are Just aa sure
that If Roosevelt Is the winner every
thing will be lovely and the goose
will hang high.
"And as near aa I could see the
Hoover and the Roosevelt men are
about evenly divided. It's still a
toas-up whlcft will carry California.
"But a month ago, they tell me,
..... DTTDf "
It looxea nae xwoocv.. owv.
WELL, If the" Roosevelt people are
sure that ' Roosevelt's election
will mean better business, and If It
turns out that there are more Roose
velt people thsn Hoover people" may
be Roosevelfa election. If It occurs.
WONT hurt business.
Thla writer, who Is more of a busi
ness man than a politician, Is more
Interested In what happens to busi
ness than In anything else.
STILL, this writer csn't escape the
conclusion that If Hoover la elect
ed business will go forward with
much greater confidence than If
Roosevelt la elected. People know
Hoover, and they don't know Roose
velt. That, of course, Is a personal opin
ion. You may think quite other
wise. SPEAKINO of 'gambling, aa wsa
done In thla column a dsy or so
ago, there lives In Southern Oregon
a RETIRED gambler who la quite
well-to-do. He made his money out
of gambling.
"in m dav." he says, "I was
pretty well known, and people came
from far and near to take me If they
could. I took them as they came,
and If I saw the first night that I
waa too much for them I crowded
the play and stayed with It. Bui If
I saw that they were too much for
me, I soon msde sn excuse to quit.
"In other words, I played a sure
thing or I wouldn't play that Is, I
wouldn't plsy enough to hurt.
(Continued on Page Ten)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 7.
(AP) With the president of the
church absent for the first time in
Its history, the 102nd seml-snnual
conference of the Utter Day Saints
was opened In the Mormon tabernacle
today by Anthony w. Ivtns, first coun
i&t la tbt tint preaidsocz.
DECLARED IDEAL
OF
Women of Nation Urged to
Compare Party Programs
Past Three Years Would
Ruin Economic Basis
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (AP)
President Hoover today Invited wo
men of the nation. In a radio ad
dress from the White House, to com
pare the Republican and Democratic
programs for the past three years,
asserting that If measures Introduc
ed by Democrats during the last
session of congress had been enact
ed "a burden of $3,600,000,000"
would have been placed upon the
country.
The broadcast was arranged by the
women's division of the Republican
national committee as part of what
waa called a "Hoover day" celebra
tion.
Would Ruin Tariff
Referring to what he called the
Democratic "program," Mr. -Hoover
said:
They would have created enor
mous issues of flat money. They
would have destroyed the effective
ness of the tariff commission. They
would have led us to place the fate
of American workers and American
farmers In the hands of foreigners
through plafclng our tariff subject
to foreign determination.1
"They would have broken down
every safeguard that we have estab
lished to prevent pork barrel legisla
tion. Had we not been able to stop
these measures they would have de
stroyed recovery; they would have
thrown us from the foundations of
150 years of careful upbuilding.'
Tribute Paid.
The president was Introduced by
Mrs. Alvln T. Hert, of the Republican
national committee.
Speaking directly to the president,
as well as to the radio audience, she
said many of t,ha women listening
had followed the leadership of the
president "through the dark years of
the war." and through the period of
economic strain. She paid him trib
ute. T
NORTON'S RECALL
In his campaign speech In Ash
land last night, M. O. Wilkina, can
didate for district attorney on the
Independent ticket, sprung quite a
sensation by declaring himself to be
against the recall of Judge H. D.
Norton. Attorney Wllklns, In refer
ring to the recall which has been
made a paramount campaign Issue
by his chief newspaper supporter, the
Medford News, and by E. H. Fehl,
candidate for county Judge, spoke as
follows:
"I want to say publicly that I
still have confidence In Judge Nor
ton. I have filed a number of affi
davits of prejudice against him In
the discharge of my duties to my
clients, but If politics and close rela
tionship between Judge Norton and
other attorneys are removed from
the eases In w.hlch I have appeared
I still have the greatest confidence
in Judge Norton's ability. I believe
he Is sincere and I believe he In
tends to administer Justice from the
bench as he sees It. I am not in
favor and never have been In favor
of using a recall against Judas Nor
ton In the last two years of his serv
ice." Robber Foiled
PORTLAND, Ore.. Oct. 7. (AP)
Armed with a rock -filled cloth sack,
a bandit leaped to the running board
of an automobile driven by John
Oancler today and demanded money.
Instead of complying, Oancler grab
bed a handy wrench from the seat
beside him and struck the would-bs
holdup man on the head.
Religious Issue Raised'
By G. 0. P. Avers Farley
PROVIDENCE, R. I.. Oct. 7. (AP)
James A. Parley, chairman of the
national Democratic committee and
Oovernor Roosevelt's campalen man
ager, charged In an address today
before the Rhode Island Democratic
convention that Republican leaders
"have been conducting a campaign
for the revival of the religious is
sue." "They are trying to persuade men
and women who votd for Oovernor
Smith to vote aeainst Oovernor
Roosevelt on the hypothesis that
Roosevelt's nomination was In some
way a reflection upon our candidate
of four yean ago."
Parley toll, the convention he had
Jiist come from the New York state
convention where "perhaps the two
arratrt Demcrsu In the orcanlfa
tlon. Roosevelt and Smith, hd com
1 blued to niffia the state ticket, bead
w
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William Keehner (above), south-,
eastern Wisconsin farmer, was
sentenced to prison for life after
ha confessed that he stoned to
death his eight-year-old son, be
cause, he tald, the boy was Incur,
ably feeble-minded. (Associated
Press Photo)
SAN PRANCISCO, Cal.t Oct. 7.
(AP) The Republican protective
tariff policy waa termed "the cor
nerstone of the American, economic
system" by Secretary of the Treasury
Ogden L. Mills here last night as he
urged Pacific coast voters to cast
their ballots for the re-election of
President Hoover.
The cabinet member, who spoke
before a capacity crowd at Dream
land auditorium, which the manage
ment said seated 7000, praised what
he claimed was the administration's
achievements against the depression.
Could Lose More
"Don't let anybody tell you that
things couldn't be worse," he de
clared. "We have lost much, but
we still have much more to lose."
He credited the administration,
during the last 12 months, with sav
ing the nation's credit and preserv
ing "the Integrity of our monetary
system."
Secretary Mills, introduced by
Mayor Angelo J. Rossi of San Fran
francisco a a member of a pioneer
California family, devoted the major
part of his address to the tariff
question.
Tariff An Aid
He declared the Republican pro
tective tariff policy was responsible
for the building up "of the greatest
free market In the world. In which
90 per cent of the products of a
country, richer than anything dream
ed of by any nation in the world,
are produced and consumed."
Under the protective tariff sys
tem, he added, had been established
wage scales and standards of living
"much higher than In any other
country," and that thla In turn had
created "an enormous purchasing
power, which enables us to maintain
a relatively high degree of prosperity
even without a foreign commerce,
desirable and necessary as the latter
Is."
Democratic Tariff Plan Hit
Secretary Mills attacked the Dem
ocratic tariff proposals as threaten
ing to use American products as
"pawns" In "bargaining ' for foreign
trade. He cited California citrus
crops, petroleum, motion picture pro
ductions, Oregon's apples and the
entire coast's lumber as products
which he said were protected from
foreign competition by the Republi
can tariff. He listed numerous oth
er products In the same category.
As corollary to the protective tar
iff, the secretary declared the Re
publican party offered a restrictive
immigration policy.
The cabinet officer will give an
address before a Republican wom
en's organization here this afternoon
and will speak at another public
gathering tonight.
ed by Lieutenant Govern od Herbert
Lahman.
Republicans counting upon disun
ion In the Democratic party, he said,
had been bitterly disappointed by the
results of the New Tork convention.
"Four years ago," Parley said,
"Rhode Wand, like its neighboring
state of Massachusetts, swung Into
the Democartie column behind that
great statesman, that peerless Demo
crat, Alfred B. smith. Your vote on
that occasion registered your protest
aeainst religious intolerance and pro
hibition bigotry. Why then should
there be any question of where this
state will stand when the ballots are
counted next month?
"The answer Is that the Republi
can leaders this time are endeavor
ing to capitalize exactly the name Is
sues that they failed with here In
1938.- .
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BY HOUSE CLERK
Banks and Trust Companies
Received $85,057,604 of
$111,596,631 Total Au
thorized During August
WASHINGTON. Oct. 7. (AP) The
reconstruction finance corporation
authorised 1,110 loans during August
aggregating $111,586,831.
The report of the corporation waa
made public today by South Trimble,
clerk of the house of representatives,
over the protest of Atlee Porcmene,
chairman of the reconstruction
board.
The August report also showed in
creases In previous xoans aggregating
$ 1 0 .68 1 ,0 1 0, mak 1 ng the total d Is -burse
men for the month $123,377,
641. Report Authorized
Trimble's announcement of his de
cision to make the report public con
tained an opinion by his counsel.
South Trimble, Jr which said that
"after careful examination of the
legislative history of the emergency
relief and construction act of 1933,
and of the protest and brief of the
reconstruction finance corporation, I
am of the opinion that the act gives
you no discretion to withhold the
monthly reports of the reconstruc
tion finance corporation from pub
lic Inspection."
Banks and trust companies receiv
ed $65,087,604.43 of the total author
isation for August.
Aid to Defunct Ranks
Thla sum Included $7,772,900 to
aid In the reorganisation or liquida
tion of closed banks.
The remslnder of the -loans, all of
which ara based upon securities put
up by the beneficiaries, .were dis
tributed as follows:
To building and loan associ a talons,
$13,294,188; to Insurance companies,
$37,708,700; to mortgage loan com
panies, $3,010,720; to a federal land
bank. $3,000,000; to Joint stock land
bank, $55,000; to agricultural credit
corporations, $594,021; to livestock
credit corporations, $2,667,823; to raU
roads, $12,798,583. Including $5,606,
449 to. railroad receivers.
IN MINE STRIKE
CANTON, 111., Oct. 7. (AP) Na
tional guardsmen, here to prevent
violence In connection with a miners'
strike, were rushed today to1 guard
two grade sohools sheltering 1089
pupils,, following rumors of threats
to bomb them.
A sentry on duty where state
troops were quartered found a light
ed bomb -under a window ledge.
The bomb waa 10 Inches long,
wrappd. In black tape, and six
Inches of the fuse remained when the
sentry stepped on It.
State's Attorney O. Ray Senlft and,
military authorities started an In
vestigation. LUMBER BUSINESS
SEATTLE, Oct. 7. (AP) Ship
ment from 317 mills for the week
ending October 1, were 354 per cent
over production, the West Coast
Lumbermen's association reported to
day. Unfilled orders decreased 7,
028.000 feet from the previous week
The export business was 4.307,000 feet
more than the previous week, and the
local trade showed an Increase of
2.311.000 feet. New domestic cargo
orders showed a drop of 9.676. 000
feet.
Operations at 33.6 per cent of cs
parity, compared to 23.1 per cent the
previous week, and 31.4 per cent for
the same week last year, were report
ed by 33 mills. Inventories of 144
mills are 25 8 per cent less than at
this time last year.
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 7. (API
Leon C. Slmms, secretary treasurer of
the Central Municipal Market associa
tion here, waa today fined 1350 after
ha pleaded guilty to an Indictment
accusing him of advocating bribery
In connection with the selection of
a site for a publlo market to be built
In Portland.
The Indictment charged Slmmiwlth
having advocated payment of a sum
of money to Mayor Oeoree L. Baker
for his favorsblt Tot on the sit Buns
wis promctiny.
Associated Press telephoto of Herbert Hoover In hla native state
hie principles and administration policies. Photo ehows the republican
the parade held In their honor In Dee Moines.
F
EMBERS OF FIRE
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 7. (AP) A
strong wind, approaching gale veloc
ity, arose In the Shadybrook area
near HUlsboro today, driving to new
life embers of forest fires which last
night were believed to be within
control.
Should the wind continue thruout
the day It .was feared three residences
and the Arcade school house In the
path of the flames, would be con
sumed. This was the only fire of conse
quence remaining after a week which
brought the most disastrous timber
fires the Pacific northwest has ex
perienced, rendering several hundred
families homeless and causing pro
perty damage estimated, at nearly
93.000,000.
C. C. Scott, head of the Oregon
forest fire patrol, declared today that
"about all we can do Is to fight the
fires and pray harder for rain."
3 FLOWERS ...... ...... ...... Sogstm
Blossoms from an "Angel's Trum
pet," a rare shrub in Medford, are on
display today at the chamber of com
merce building. They were brought
In by Mrs. Mary Payne of 333 North
Ivy
The flowers, which were pure white
in color, when blooming In midsum
mer, are now tinged wiJi lavender.
They are shaped like the morning
glory blossoms, but much larger and
longer, which accounts for the name
given the shrub. The bush lies down
In winter.
BY CHEST BOARD
The board of the Medford Com
munity Ohest met last night, but
failed to decide upon the procedure
to be adopted during the coming
drive, which will be held in the very
near future. Numerous plans for
division of the budget and designa
tion of charities by the contributors
were discussed, but no course adopt
ed, due to the fact that all mem
bers were not in attendance.
The' board will meet again Monday
noon to complete the campaign pro
gram. GARNER INDIFFERENT
10 LABOR IS CLAIM
NEW YORK, Oct. 7 MP) O. W.
Laughlln, executive of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, ssld
today at Republican eastern campaign
headquarters that Speaker John w.
Oarner, Democratic vice-president tal
candidate, did not dierv the labor
vote, "because of his Indifferent atti
tude towards labor."
"Oarner's record. taugh1ln said,
U distinctly and clearly not that of
a friend of the working man."
Aimee Suffering
From Carbuncles
LOS ANOELES. Vt. 7 (AP)
Almee Rem pis Mpheron-Hutton,
evangelist, was confined at the Holly
wood hospital today with a blood In
fection in the arm after an operation
for carbuncles. Miss Harriet Jordan,
dean of Angelus temple Bible school,
said that although the doctor warned
the evangelist to keep her arm per
fectly still following the operation,
she Incited on leading tho sir.iring
with arm movements, thus aggravat
ing tb infection.
E
IN LARGEESTATE
(Copyright, 1932, by Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Oflt. '1. (AP) A Will
executed by Smith Reynolds leas than
a year before he was fatally shot at
Winston -Snl em. N. C, Is to be filed
for probate here soon, leaving his
entire share of the Reynolds tobacco
millions, except for a few specific be
quests, - to hla brother and his two
sisters.
From a source close to the Reynolds
family It waa established today that
the will was drawn during the sum
mer of 1931, while young Reynolds
was occupying a Long Jsland cottage
near the summer resldenoe of Llbby
Holman, Broadway torch singer, now
under Indictment for his murder. He
waa not yet married to Miss Holman
at that time, however, and she la
not mentioned In the will.
It was learned there Is a request of
$fi0,000 to Smith Reynolds' friend, Al
bert Walker, who is also at liberty
under bsll awaiting trial for murder
of Reynolds.
There are also said to be requests
of 950,000 each to Reynolds' first wife,
Anne Cannon Reynolds, and their
daughter. Reynolds and his first wife
were divorced shortly after the will
was drawn and It was reported at that
time that he had made a financial
settlement of approximately il.000,-
000,
CRATER ROAD JOB
LOW 81031,563
PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 7. (AP)
Bids on highway work In three west
ern states, amounting to more than
170.000 were opened by the federal
bureau of public roads today. The
work Is In Oregon, Washington and
Montana.
For surfacing i miles on the east
entrance road of the Crater Lake Na
tional park highway, the bid of A.
Milne of Portland- at 3 1,563, was
low. H. O. Johnson, Portland, bid
33,735, and A. C. Greenwood, Port
land, bid 934,110.
The work will extend surfacing
over the section graded last year and
begins two miles inside the park and
extends to the rim of the lake near
Kerr Notch.
Beats Drunk Charge
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 7. (AP)
P. T. Alnge, Portland showcase manu
facturer, waa acquitted on a driving
while drunk charge in district court
here today. The complaint was pre
ferred by an employe of an auto tow
ing company.
Coolidge May Succeed
Insurance
NEW YORK, Oct. 7. (AP) The
name of Calvin Coolidge was being
mentioned today as 'a possible suc
cessor co the late Darwin P. KlngMey
as chairman of the board of directors
of the huge New York Life Insurance
company.
Klngftley died last night of a heart j
ailment In his 76th year. He headed
a directorate which included former
President Coolidge, Klngsley's proud
est title was "Insurance man," but
during his long, varied career he was
a publicist, collector of rare books,
patron of the arts and defender of
big business.
During his administration, a biog
raphy Issued by his company pointed
out, the New York Life more than
Hmihlail In ttm ttitmHftp nt rvtllr
(holders growing from shout 1.000.000
to about 2 5oo and the assets
I from tllrhtlv l-s than WOO.OOO.OOO to
I nearly 2,000,000,000 -
of Iowa where ha enunciated
nominee and Mrs. Hoover in
REGISTRATION FOR
WOULD-BE VOTERS
Registration books at the coun
ty clerk's office In the new coun
ty courthouse on South Oak dale
and Main streets, will remain
open tomorrow night until 8
o'clock, to enable all residents of
the city ta register. The office
will also be open during the noon
hour tomorrow. '
Registration for the general elec
tion November 8 continued heavy to
day in the county clerks' office with
an Increase In the number or Re
publican and women voters. It la
estimated that the total registration
for all parties will pass the 18,000
mark the highest registration In the
history of the county. The registra
tion books close tomorrow a month
before the election.
Within the past 10 days In Jack
son county there has been a decided
tendency towards drawing of party
lines, and voters have started to ask
candidates for office on the Repub
lican ticket how they "stand on Hoo
ver." This has been manifest since
the Des Mlones, Iowa, speech of the
president and the radio speech of
Secretary of the Treasury Ogden L.
Mills last night. Both talks had the
effect of stiffening the Republican
Ism of local voters. Msny Repub
licans feel that If the head of their
ticket la not good enough for a can
didate, the candidate Is not entitled
to their suffrage In the middle of the
ticket.
The county Democrats Intend to
make a vigorous campaign to carry
Jackson county for Roosevelt, and
Col. B. E. Kelly and Porter J. Neff
plan on stumping the county. Both
are veteran orators. The Democrats
wilt open their county campaign at
Ashland next Tuesday, and the po
litical session will be followed by a
dance. The Republican county cam
paign will also take to the stump,
and the air, next week.
- A number of ' candidates have re
ported that the country voters are
also asking "How do you stand on
Hoover?" An effective vote getter In
spring primary was to "cuss the pres
ident." This attitude Is now chang
ing, office seekers report.
25 Lightning Fires
In National Forest
A total of as small fires, the re
suit of lightning, were reported at
the offices of the Rogue River na
tional forest today, according to Ja
nle Smith, clerk in the office. Two
fires were reported today In the Dead
Indian section, she stated.
Firm Chief
Like Coolidge, he waa a Vermonter.
From hla father's farm at Alburg,
Vt., he went to Baits Academy and
the University of Vermont, where he
earned part of hla expenses ringing
the college bell.
After a year as a school teacher In
Denver, he went to Grand Junction,
Colo., center of the fruit belt on the
western slope of the Rockies, where
he bought an Interest In the "Grand
Junction News," got himself a six
shooter for protection, and Jumped
into a political crusade. Later he
waa elected state auditor and Insur
ance commissioner on the Republi
can ticket.
When his term was up. he accepted
a lob with New York Life at It Bos
ton offices, and his progress carried
him into the presidency of the con-
i earn in ivusj
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FOR N. Y.
Choice at Special Convention
Marks Setting of Jimmy
Walker's Political Sun
Al Smith OK's Selection
NEW YORK, Oct. 7 It
was learned late today that for
mer Governor Alfred B. Smith
will campaign actlrely for the
Democrntlo ticket and will make
speeches In at least four states.
New York, Rhode Island. Con
necticut and Massachusetts.
8. 8. EUROPA. Oct. 7 (AP)
Sources close to former Mayor James
J. Walker, who Is returning to New
York from Europe aboard the Europa,
said today they believed he would be
more Interested In a campaign for
the United States senate at soma
future time than In running again
for mayor of New-York.
The matter was not discussed, how
ever, at a smoking room conference)
aboard ship after midnight this morn
ing, at which Walker announced to
his friends that he had declined to
be a candidate for mayor at the No
vember election.
By BALE HARRISON
NEW YORK. Oct. 7. (AP) From
the wigwam of Tammany emerged
today another of Its Irish sons. Sur
rogate John P. O'Brien, to be Demo
cratic candidate for mayor of New
York.
His nomination at Madison Square
Garden last night by acclamation of
delegates called In special convention
definitely marked the political
(Continued on Psge Ten)
J
KMED local station starts Its an
nual football broadcasts tomorrow
afternoon with the Qregon-Waahlng
ton game from Portland, on the air
at 1:30.
Oregon, with Its heavy represen
tation from Medford In Calllson.
Morgan, Hughes and Bowerman, holds
the grid spotlight during the remain
der of the season, and most all of
the Oregon gamea will be broadcast
by direct leased wire service, over the
local station. Tetf, Baker will an
nounce .tomorrow's game.
The broadcast will be picked up
by a receiving set at the Mall Trib
une for the benefit of fans.
Spotlight Hunters
Shoot Steers, CoW
ALBANY, Ore.. Oct. 7. (AP)
Lonnle Pogle and Hubert Queener
were fined MOO each In Justice court
here Taursday because they hunted
with spotllghta and mistook two
steers and a cow for deer. The,
three farm animate belonged to a
crawfordsvllle rancher.
The two men were unable to pay
their flnea and were placed In Jail.
WILL-
ROGERS
EL PASO, Texas, Oct. 6. I
read Mr. Ho.over's speech,'
every word of it. Now he may
be dry, but somebody sure
filipprd him s couple of nips
and told him "Go on out there
and tell those birds something,
deliver 'em a speech so they
won't think it's Hoover," and I
want to tell you he took right
after 'em.
Course another thing was In
his favor. A man can put a
little more into a speech when
it means his job. Some men will
stand for a lot of things but
you start taking their woman
or their job away from 'em and
you're going to get something
besides platitudes.
I'll tell you Al and Franklin
didn't make up a day too soon.
They mada up, going to bury
the hatchet, decided to bury it
in Hoover.
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