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By PAIT MALLOS
'(Copyright, 1934. by Paul Mallon)
Sabrei.
WASHINGTON, Feb. IT. The latest
.1 word In our official diplomatic et
la that Ruaao-Japanese hostilities
will open on the north Manchurian
. tront within two montha.
Apparently our people received the
tip confidentially from the Rusalana.
It does not mean war la a cer
tainty, merely that the Russians con
aider It a certainty. They are not
going to start It. They expect to be
attacked.
The last word, therefore, on that
subject should come from the Jap
anese. Our boya have no Inside tips
from Tokyo, except' that they know
Japan la ready for such an attack if
she wants to make It.
Subtle pressure of the world powers
against threatened Japanese aggres
sion aeems to have had some effect In
Nippon. Japanese militarists were
shouting war talk unll they got their
huge military budget through the
diet recently. Lately they have quieted
down.
They should know by now that the
whole world (except possibly Ger
many) will be against Japan In any
war move against Russia.
Overruled.
The supreme court has never been
overruled except once. That waa last
week.
A number of court members had
been Invited, among other officials,
to see the Washington opening of a
prospective Broadway play based on
the Scottaboro case, Involving the
negro question. Two or three Jus
tices sent for their tickets promptly,
apparently desiring to see the play.
Certain local theater-goers, some of
whom are high In public life, pro
tested against the play being shown
at all. They Induced the manage
ment to call It off.
TCnmen.
Mr. Roosevelt has been privately
mulling over tne possiointy oi ap
pointing a woman to the federal court
1 Vi.nrh.
The woman, whose name Is under
consideration, Is Judge Florence Al
lan who has a cood record on the
Ohio supreme court. The Job she
may get is that oi tne imcrai apel
late court.
That would mean even a bigger new
deal for women thnn they expected.
No woman has ever been appointed
a federal Judge.
Evidence.
Postmaster General Farley can get
a lot of hidden evidence from the In
dependent mall lines for his fight
against the big companies.
For Instance, a representative of
Rapid Air Lines (small Independent)
Is ready to testify that his bid for
a line waa returned unopened by the
post office department and that the
l line was given to a major company
at a higher rate than he offered. The
explanation was made that It was an
extension of the big company's line.
Everyone agrees the Independents
were stepped on. but the question
among the Washington technicians Is
whether Mr. Farley can prove fraud
in court.
Secret.
The NRA 1 a most mysterious
place.
Its latest little novelty Is a secret
system by which the New York NRA
hsiirtniiirfArw fatlnhnriM Wah1n7tOn.
An Arrangement has ben made 8
that whenever the New Tork boys dial
their own telephone number they get
Washington, on special wire.
But when Washington NRA'rrs
want to call New York they have to
do it In the regular way.
The fellow who figured out that
device is supposed to be responsible
also for aome of the codes.
Credit.
Feelers were put out from the tress-
ury a few days ago about the pro-
posal to establish a federal com-!
mercial credit bank. It appears to be
part of the campaign to make the
commercial banks loosen up on com- i
merclAl credit.
The federal reserve crowd appar
ently is not yet in on the deal, al
though such a federal bank would
apparently operate through them.
The test of whether there will be
such a bank rests with the undecided
question whether the private banks
are going to take care of commercial
needs.
tndlan.
The mistreated misfit, Lo the poor
Indian. Is apparently going to get
the newest deal of all.
A program to Rive him and hi
brother Indians a fair supervision by
the government has been devised by
two wel!known Indian advocates.
John Collier. Indian commissioner,
and Nathan Margold, solicitor of the
Inferior drpartment.
The bill they have prepared will re
store the tribal set-up. protect lands
and funds, create a federal court for
Indian affairs and lay out a complete
Indian economic program.
Voir.
Secretary Morgenthau is making
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TOPPLES 10 DEATH
IN SWITZERLAND
Body Found After Long
Search Jagged Wound
in Head Daring Moun
taineer and World Figure
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 18.
I1DI 1IV,.. T VI nn f Y nilnlgnt
waa killed yesterday afternoon in a
mountaineering accident. He waa In
his 59th year.
Driving his own car and accompan- I
led by a personal servant he set out :
to climb Rocher de Marches Der
Dames, a peak near Namur. j
He slipped and fell In the ascent.
His body was not recovered until 3
a. m. today, after an Intensive
search.
Attendants found a deep wound In
his head and said there was no
doubt that he had been killed in
stantly. Only two years ago the energetic
ruler scaled a 0,400 foot peak in the
Alps, and left the Italian Tyrol with
records in mountain climbing equal
ed by few members of royalty.
He was acclaimed a hero after
that trip, when he saved a num
ber of guides before him on the sum
mit of Mount Brenta from probable
Injury or death.
He held up a huge, loosened rock
with his breast and hands until the
guides moved out of Its path. He was
then in his 57th year.
He ascended the summit of Brenta,
11,000 feet; east of Brenta wall,
Lower Castle, Refuge Cross, Lower
Brenta and Low Tower that sum
mer. When King Albert climbed he us
ually picked the most difficult
route and went clear to the top.
Guides who .have accompanied htm
have said he was one of the most
Indefatlgulable mountain, climbers
they had known.
In 1033 he also climbed one of
the Congolese volcanoes in the Bel
gian Congo, Africa.
Great energy characterized almost
his every undertaking.
When he came to the United States
after the World war ,he and his
queen traveled extensively, the king
running a locomotive as one stage
of the trip and being received at the
White House at another.
He kept In constant touch with
affairs of state and was known best
for his democratic personality. Only
last year he succeeded In putting
down a government crisis when the
cabinet of Premier de Brouquevllle
resigned. The king refused to accept
the resignation and succeeded In
persuading the premier to remain in
office in deference mainly to his
wishes.
Again in January of this year the
king was credited with averting a
cabinet crista by a compromise on
a civil employes Issue.
ALBANY. N- Y.. Feb. 17. (API
Arctic cold once more held most of
New York state in Its grip today.
Saranac Lake recorded 35 below
rero and Saratoga Springs reported
23 below.
The reading here was elcrht below,
while In the suburbs a minimum of
minus 10 was recorded.
Buffalo experienced sub - "wro
temperature for the eighth consecu
tive day, the longest period of such
wather since 1885.
Day in Congress
(By The Associated Press)
President Roosevelt endorsed the
prlncaple of the Bankhead bill for
compulsory control of cotton produc
tion. Senate committeemen trimmed 12.
000.000 from air mall Items In the
1830.000.000 treasury -postof flee bill.
Amendment of the postal law was
proposed to permit new bids from
some of the air lines whose mail con
tracts have been cancelled.
Hlroshl Saito. new Japenese am
ambassador. discounted the possibil
ity of war between Japan and Amer
ica. House committeemen approved the
army mall set up and refused emerg
ency contracting powers for the post
master general.
Senator Smith (D, S- C) opposed
"radical" steps at present after the
Preident recommended federal com
modity market control.
Tne department of Justice drafted
legislation to prevent public works
contractors from evading federal wm
scales.
Representatives opposed to the ad
ministration dairy program went to
o-n on a price relief p:an of their
ova.
ZERO WEATHER IN
NEW YORK STATE
SAYSG0P CHIEF
And Speculating On Next
Move and What it Will
Cost Chairman Sanders
Criticizes CWA Sophistry
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 17.
(AP) Senator Arthur H. Van
denberg (R., Mich.), formally an
nounced his candidacy for re
election tonight In an address at
a belated Lincoln day banquet in
which he urged aupport for the
president, coupled with "construc
tive vigilance" on the part of all
Republicans.
'I have no use for petty pol
itical sniping. . . . But neither
have I any use for that moribund
philosophy which thinks that co
operation calls for party paresis
and party paralysis."
8T. LOUIS, Feb. 17. (AP) Everett
Sanders, chairman of the Republican
national committee, said tonight the
Democratic administration's partner
ship between- the government and In
dividuals "not only keeps the tax
payer end of the partnership broke,
but it keeps him In a state of nerves.
He spends his time speculating upon
what the government end of the part
nership's next experiment will be and
how much it will cost."
Sanders said the government had
"51 per cent of the say-so as to how
things should be run, but, on the
other hand, when the government's
method of running the partnership
proved expensive, it was the cltlsen
end of the partnership, the taxpayer,
who1 was assessed to pay for the mis
takes and extravagances of the other
partner, the government."
The effect of the Roosevelt program
on the small taxpayer was Sanders'
theme, with Jabs at the recovery ad
ministration, civil works, the pro
posed guarantee of farm and home
loan bonds as variations.
Speaking of the increase In public
debt. Sanders said, "spokesmen for
the administration treat this point
lightly by pointing out that the per
capita public debt of other coun
tries is much greater."
"They cite the fact," he continued,
"that even with our public debt at
(Continued on Page Five)
EXPLAINS VOTE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. fTj The
solitary member who shouted "no"
during the house vote on the 950,-
000,000 CWA relief bill Represents
tlve Terrell. Texas democrat finally
got a chance to tell why.
Blocked for days by the democratic
leaders when he tried to make
speech about it, the opportunity came
at last.
Kindly Representative Dough ton,
(D. N. C.I, in charge of the 258,0O0.-
000 revenue bill, let Terrell have five
minutes to deliver a speech, although
It was not about that measure.
The small-ststured Texan said:
"We have gone too far In stretching
the constitution.
"How anybody can now say that
the federal government con legally
appropriate money for state schools or
for any other purely local activity in
the states, la beyond my understand
ing. It Is contrary to the plain lang
uage of the constitution."
PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 17 (API
Activity la Increasing at Bonneville
with employment up to the 1000
mark for the first time since pre
liminary work on the huge Columbia
rovpr dam started.
United States District Engineer
Charles P. Williams said the men em
ployed were about equally divided
between private contractor and work
being conducted by the United States
engineers. Ideal weather permitting
new contract projects to start has
augmented the numbers.
Exploration drilling, re-locatlon of
the Oregon-Washington Railroad and
Navigation company track, excava
tion for the lock and powerhouse,
power line construction, surveying
and construction of working camps
are the main activities now in
progress.
(a Ta lnrrea.es.
SALEM. Feb. 17. (AP January
gasoline, sales In Orrgon showed n
increase of more than a half million
gallons over the same period a year
ago, the secrets ry of state's office an
nounced today rmlttng In an In
crease of 1124,323 Id g-ugluM tax.
MEDFORD, OR KG ON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY IS,
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seen. The Karl .Mart apartments, largest In Kurope, were the scene or the bitterest fighting In th
revolt. (Associated Tress Photo).
TO OPPOSE ITT
First District Race Enlivened
Union County Democrat
Files for State School
Head Governor Puzzles
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 17. (fp)
On a platform of opposition to
state liquor stores. Churles llnll
of Fori In ml todiiy announced he
again would seek (lie republican
nomination for governor of Ore
gon In (he Miiy primaries.
The former state senator from
Coos and Curry counties lins twice
before been In the running for
governor of the htate.
SALBM, Feb. 17. Pj Announce
ment through .the Associated Press
this week that Oovernor Julius L.
Meier would "go to the people" in an
address reviewing his administration,
has given rise to many conjectures as
to the executive's plans for socking
re-election, but statements both from
the governor and close political friends
that no decision has been made still
leaves the atmosphere somewhat foggy-
The race for congressman from the
first district was enlivened today ly
the announcement from J. M. Devil's,
attorney for the state highway com
mission, that he would be a candidate'
for the republican nomination acatnst
James W. Mott, .ncumbent. Devers
made the announcement to Salem
newspapermen by lon distance tele
phone from Gold Beach where he Is
on state business.
Devers haa been in Washington of
late in the Interests of the five Ore
gon coat brldees and may return to
secure the contracts Immediately, It
was indicated. He has been with the
commission since 1919. and prior to
that time was district sttorney in
Lane county. Devers is well known in I
the district and his entry will make
the rsce for nomination an interest
ing one, prognost lea tors here declared.
R. R. Turner of Dallas has entered
the demorcattc race for Mott'a seat
in Washington, which prior to the
last term was held for more than a
quarter century by Hawtey. who It has
been reported, is also toying with the
idea of again seeking a return to the
national capital. Reports also state
that John D. Ooss of Marsh field would
enter the race as a demociat. but no
announcement has as yet been male
from that quarter.
During the past few days the elec
tion of statu superintendent of pub
lic instruction has attracted J. W.
Leonhardt of Union county for demo
cratic nomination, Charles A. How
ard waa expected to enter the repub
lican race for re-election, while
Charles Oram said this week he would
again seek re-election as state labor
commissioner.
MONTEVIDEO. Fb. 17. V, An
alleged snbservlne p'.ot ajalnst t.e
government was reported thwarted to-
night.
Several soldiers Informed their of
ficers that attempts were made to ob-i
tain their assistance in a movement.
Acting on the information, the gov
ernment seized the several persons,
and charged them with being the
leaders in the plot. Al wcr ordered
oourtmirUa.cd.
URUGUAY REVOLT
NIPPED, REPORT
Shows Marks of Austrian Revolt
TO KEEP OUT OF
AUSTRIAN CRISIS:
Three Powers Unite to Pre
vent Meddling Situation
Quiet French Attitude
Blocks British Arm Plans
(By the Associated Press)
Great Britain, Italy, and France
told Germany and the rest of Vie
world Saturday that Austrian inde
pendence must be observed.
The three powers In a Joint dec
laration, viewed na a help to Avistria
should she accuse Germany of "med
dling" In Austrian affairs before the
League of Nations, said:
"The three governments . . . take
a common view as to the necessity
of maintaining Austria's Independence
and Integrity In accordance with
relevant treaties."
A government official in Berlin
said the maintenance of Austrian in
dependence Is "a matter of course"
and asked "Who Is threatening Aus
tria's Independence?"
"The prerequisite of Independence,"
he added, "la that people shall Jiave
a government which they themselves
desire."
Chancellor Dollfuss of Austria told
foreign correspondents In Vienna that
the week of socialist anti-government
disorders was the saddest in his life
and accuwd socialists of plotting
against the government "for several
years."
The French governnifnt refused to
discuss rearmament with Chancellor
Hitler as long as Germany "rearms"
and thereby wilted British efforts to
reopen arms talks.
In Great Britain, three ministers
In addresses made plain that Britain
must increase her armamenta if dla
armament negotiations fail.
The situation In Austria was gen
erally'"qulet. meanwhile, except for
sporadic firing from automobiles.
Socialists were reported Joining Nazi
ranks.
FOR AUTO CRASH
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 fAP
Suit for 134. &00 damages was filed
in superior court here today by
George Moran against Myrtle Mack,
widow of the other member of the
vaudeville team of Moran and Mack
of "Two Black Crowe" fame for cuts
and bruises Moran alleged he suffer
ed In an automobile accident which
resulted In Mack's death.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (API
More women In big Jobs, fewer In
the leas Important ponts, were re
ported today in the Leanue of Wo
men Voters annual "survey of wo
men In public office."
The lf31 total of women In fed-
ersl executive civil service was 81.
66 as against 87,506 in 1932. a loss
of fl ,93 8. No attempt was made to
total state, county, or municipal Jobs,
but outstanding gains were noted.
Last Night's (tame
ftONff 4-1. Chlro Teacher ii 22, Asa-
iind 35, Etna Uu 31
FEWER WOMEN IN
PUBLIC OFFICES
I'M.
EXCESS CROP TAX
DIXIE CHISELERS
President's Plan May Be
Broadened to Grains, Un
less All Co-operate 'For
gotten Man' in Arkansas
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (AP) The
south probably will have a cotton
crop rigidly set at 9,600,000 bales this
year.
President Roosevelt favored such a
plan today, A hint of presidential
desire usually is sufficient to turn
congress In the direction indicated;
he wrote a lotter about cotton.
The plan which the president said
he believed "In principle" best cov
ered the situation would levy a tax
at the gin on cotton prepared for
market In excess of 9.300,000 bslea.
The tax virtually would equal the
value of the cotton and would make
it Impossible for the farmer to sell for
enough to pay the expenses of pro
ducing It, ,
The proposal was drawn up with
the desire of arriving at a method by
which southern farmers who refused
to co-operate with the vast majority
of other cotton growers In the gov
ernment's cotton aid plans would
be unable to destroy benefits brought
through reduced acreage on the part
of the co-operators. Borne persons
who refused to co-operate Increased
their acreage so that they, themselves,
might profit, thereby Imperiling the
entire scheme.
Whether the compulsory plan will
be broadened to Include other crops
remains to be seen. There la con
siderable opposition In the admlnla-
: tratlon to such an undertaking.
! Southern farmers, polled by the de
partment of agriculture. Indicated
! they wanted some such method.
Another phase of the cotton prob
f lein rame to the fore today. Chair
, man Smith of the senate agriculture
I committee said he believed regulation
of the grain, cotton and other com
I modlty exchangea should be post
I poned to allow the exchangea to work
out a system of their own and to
allow crop surpluses to be reduced.
TYRONZA. Ark., FVb. 17. (AP)
Norman Thorns found what he de
scribed as the "forgotten man" in the
Arkansas cotton country today.
Gazing on the frame dwellings and
log cabins of tenant farmers, and
walking through the farm lands, the
tall, energetic socialist leader stopped
ever so often to shake his gray head
and utter aloud:
"Deplorable."
He entered cabin homes, shook
hands with the occupants and talked
with them about their fate under the
federal crop reduction program.
"Never have I laid eyes on such a
deplorable state of affairs as that of
the sharecroppers," he said upon leav
ing, j
"It Is a feudal system, thla system
under which the sharecroppers live
on cotton farms." he added, "and the
federal agricultural relief program
has overlooked the little man, the
man most In need. As cotton acreage
Is reduced, fewer sharecroppers are
needed."
Wisconsin Kueltlve Hetit
I Byron Gordon Roth well, 32, arrest-
ed Saturday by city and state police,
j l being held In the county Jail on a
felony warrant issued out of ffuperlor,
Wisconsin. Superior authorities have
been advised of Rothwell's arrest, out
no word had been received from them
last night. Rothwell was arrested af
ter information had been received
from Portisnd that he was en rou
to California. -
Washing Machine
And Electric Iron
Left of $70,000,000
UNIONTOWN. Fa.. Feb. 17.
(AP) A washing machine worth
15 a nd an elec t ric iron valued
at 935 are all that remain of the
170.000,000 estate of a one time
king of coal.
The appraisal did not Include
realty holdings. claimed by
Thompson creditors w.ho permit
ted the aging coal king to retain
a residence In his 53-room man
sion long after he had gone bank
rupt. Tho appraisers Indicated that
Thompson died penniless last fall
In spite of hints In his will thst
valuable articles and documents
were hidden In secret places about
th mansion.
DEATH RIDES ON
TRIAL TRIPS OF
Three Pilots Killed, and War
Ace Flays Tragedy As
'Legalized Murder'
Local Mail Service Ends
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 17. m
America's foremost war ace, Captain
Eddie Rlokenbacker, here to fly the
last mall flight for a commercial air
line branded today as "legalized mur
der" the deaths of three armv officers
while flying to report for air mall
duty.
The ace declared if the army car
ries out Its plan to fly the air mall
casualties will mount even higher.
Fifteen hours or less flying time
will be the goal of the commercial
lines last mall flight from Los An
geles to New York City which will
leave the Grand Central air terminal
tomorrow night at 8:40 o'clock. Rfck-
cn backer will be at the oontrols.
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 17. f-
Tragedy today marked the entrance of
the United States army into the air
mall service, with three army filers
dead as the result of two airplanes
crashes In the rugged Inter-mountain
country.
One of the pilots was burned to
death when his craft plummeted to
earth near Twin Falls, Idaho. The
mangled bodies of tho other two were
found in the cockpit of their plane
down in Weber canyon, 00 miles east
of Salt Lake City and 30 miles souih
of the Utah-Wyoming line.
The two planes were being taken on
trial runs preparatory to being put
Into use on air mall routes Monday.
Post office officials Saturday re
minded local folk that no letters may
be sent by air mall from Medford af
ter midnight Monday (tomorrow) as
the serevlce from the Medford air
port will cease at that time.
Air mall letters going to eastern
points must either go to Portland or
San Francisco by train before being
placed on the army planes, which are
taking over the service Monday mid
night. NFW YORK, Feb. 17. (AP) Draw
ing a picture of singing cash regis
ters and happy store managers, the
National Retail Dry Goods associa
tion announced today that a nation
wide survey shows a stesdy upward
swing In retail sales, wit,1! conse
quent Improvement in the general
business tone.
The association, composed of 4,
500 department and specialty stores,
published report from 14 koy busi
ness centers showing an average in
crease of 35 per cent In dollar sales
for the first two weeks of February
as compared with the snrne period
last year.
The stores also reported an approx
imate average Increase In unit sates
of 10 per cent. Indicating, the asso
ciation said, that the Improved dollar
sales volume was not due merely to
price rises, but that merchants were
turning over substantially more mer
chandise than In tha first two weeks
of February, 1033.
Channlng E. Sweltrer, managing
director of the association, said:
"Retailing has always been a reli
able barometer of general business
conditions. Increased sales mean more
orders for the manufacturer and more
work for his employes."
H was noted that the gains were
recorded In spite of an unusually se
vere winter In many parts of the
country.
Something New
BERKELEY. Calif.. Feb. 17. (AP)
A western conference on govern
mentthe first of Us kind will be
,held at the International House, Un
iversity of California here, March
28-30.
No. 281.
OFF CWA PAYROLL
ON NEXTFR1DAY
Instructions Retain Neediest
Till Last, and Make Big
gest Cut Where Work Ex
ists Payroll Deceit Hit
PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. IT. Wi
Oregon's indistrles, unemployed ranks
and relief rolls must absorb 5000 men
next Friday when the next CWA cur
tailment la made.
State administrator Elmer R. Gou-
dy today received Instructions from
National Administrator Harry L. Hop
kins to drop 6.000 from the pay roll
February 23 and reduce Oregon's em
ployment roll to 31.000. pay will be
cut to as low as 30 cents an hour by
March 1.
The Instructions outlined the fol
lowing method of procedure:
"Lay off those needing work least,
drooping first all workers In whose
lmmedlatel family another member Is
working, leaving no more than one
person gainfully employed in the fam
ily, and then workers who have an
other resource, making sure that
needy women receive equal considera
tion with needy men.
"Make major reductions In those
communities In which seasonal oppor
tunities for re-employment are great
est or in which there la least Indus
trial tinemployment.
"Least desirable projects should . be
discontinued first. Reductions to be
made In education! programs and
any other federal projects will be or
dered through federal departments
and you will be notified.
" "Effective not later than March 3,
wages paid employes will be the pre
vailing rate of wage for the kind of
work performed in each local com
munity, but in no case less than than
.10 cents an hour. Hours of work will
remain at 24 hours a week in urban
communities and IB hours a week in
rural areas pending further' instruc
tions. "Rotation or staggering of different
groups of employes is hereby prohibi
ted. .
"Care must be exercised to retain
sufficient clerical employes to com
plete all accounting records for oil
projects.
"Civil works service projects here
with become civil works projects and
must be transferred within two
weeks. .
"Obligations Incurred contrary o
these instructions will not be honor-
cd."
Kick-back' Plan Ires
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. (P) Pen
alties would be Imposed on contract
ors constructing projects with publto
works funds who employed tha so
called "kick-back" system with their
workers under a bill being drafted by
the Justice department at Secretary
Ickea' request.
Tha "kick-back" system la ona
whereby payrolls are padded by list
ing workers at higher wages than they
actually receive in their pay envelopes
or forcing them to refund part of
their wages to retain their positions.
The division of Investigation of tha
public works is investigating numer
ous complalnta that this system Is be
ing employed and Inspectors hava
been assigned to several projects to
prevent its use.
New Crop Chief.
WASIflNGTON, Feb. 17. (AP) Dr.
H. R. Wellman of the University of
California was appointed today chief
of the general crops section of the
farm administration.
ROGER?
UKVKKLY HILLS, Cat., Feb.
16. Lots of headlines today.
Mussolini' troops camped on
the Austrian border"; "Hit
ler says nothing," which means
that he is too busy moving
Iroopsj "England lends moral
tupport," yes, and two battle
ships; "France backs Austrian
government," and sends a few
hundred planes over to deliver
the message; "Japan almost on
verge of prostration in fear
Russia won't get into this
European war."
Mr. Franklin D., shut your
front door to all foreign ambas
sadors running to you with
news. Just send 'cm these
words, "Boys, it' your cat
that's fighting. You pull 'cm
npart."
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