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The Weather
Forecast: Fair tonight and Wednes
day; cooler Wednesday.
Temperature:
lllghpt )esterdar ?6
lowest this morning 43
Get The Cash
Turn Into rash mine of the discard
ed articles around the home. Others
want the thins you no longer need.
The quickest and surest way Is thru
Mall Trlhune cl.Tirird ad. Trr them.
Thirtieth Year
MED FORD, OR KG OX. TUESDAY, MAY 28, in;r
No. 57.
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(Copyright, 1935. by Paul Mallon.)
WASHINGTON. May 28. President
Roosevelt has publicly sworn off
pump-prlmlng. but a lot of govern
ment money s
going to go down
many business
well during the
nut three
months.
Taltc the quiet
moving OCC. tst
Instance. No one
pays much atten
tion to It. but
Its unannounced
program calls far
an expenditure of
forty-two tj
forty-five million hi i iliuN
dollars a month during June. July
and August. Formerly It spent only
twenty -tight to thirty million
monthly, although this past month
the rate ran up to forty-three mil
lions In anticipation of doubling the
capacity of the camps.
Business men (and speculators)
may expect an output of 9100.000.000
for the purchase of supplies for the
COC. About $25,000,000 will go fol
motor trucks and heavy machinery;
aio.000.000 to $15,000,000 for lumber
and hardware: $30,000,000 to $35.0011.
000 for clothing. Babies have never
neede shoes lllie the CCC boys. A
million pairs, roughly, will be or
dered In the next three months. Food
expenditures will amount to $5,000.
000 monthly. All orders will go to
private Industry through the war de
partment supplies purchasing bureau
Now this may not be pump-prlm-lng.
strictly speaking- The pump end
of the policy was not primarily con
sidered. But that will make no dif
ference to the shoe makers, the auto
makers, et al. down In the well.
The PWA pump handle, operated
by Mr. Ickes. has been shortened un
der this new relief set-up. But It
has not been thrown away, aa adver
tised. Unpublished estimates by re
lief authorities Indicate almost 2 -000.000.000
(nearly half) of the new
Walker - lcfces - Hopkins expenditures
Trill eventually go for materials.
Industries to be benefitted most
will be cement, lumber, steel, gravel,
pine. gin", asphalt, stone, tools.
The outpouring for materials In tlie
coming quarter is expected to bo.
Roads. $1 HO .000 .000; grade eroAsin.
$180,000,000; flod control, no.uuu.wu.
non-federal. 65.000.000; rural aM,
30,000.000. The total Is 47 1.000.000.
dd on the CCC expenditures and
you will find that nearly $600,000,000
of extra supplies will be purchased
by the government during the coming
supposedly slack summer qucrtcr year
If you look into these figures you
likewise will find the labor key
the new relief program. The old pro
gram spent three times as much fo
materlals aa for labor, because of
heavy projects involved (big dams.
tic.) The new projects will be of
lighter tvpe, so labor probably will
CPt slightly more than half tne
money.
The alphabet soup Is to have no
more tngiedlents. no more XYZ's and
ABS's- The President made that plain
the other dav to a caller who recom
mended the establishment of the new
national labor relations board as an
Independent aceney. Emphatically hr
aaid he wanted no more new agencies
of government. Any move to set up
the board outtde would mret with
Whit Hotis disapproval, for, th?.t
resaon.
" Continued on Paga Four.)
SIDE GLANCES
by
TKIBUNE REPORTERS
n-w t-Trt and Paul Jones agree
ing that 2 miles an hour Is a bit
(j,ct, to be going around the By bee
turn on the J ville highway.
A voum gay lth long curly
blonde berd. long curly blond hlr.
, .nj.rt ,i.vrd shirt. nd short
.turning the nntlvfs out of their
mis1 plai-ldlty by Rppearlnc tn that
calla In the downtown sector.
Vern Cannon worrying about
housemaids-elbow." as he scrubbeo
cut his window towcra In a 40-ccnt
washing machine."
Ray Prisbie stepping into a bar-be-
shop to g"t the wool harked
swav from around r.is ears, possibly
,n give the wrestlers a better hold
on those ftppendacrs.
Jcrrv lAtr.am running out ot gar,
!, n ght ha:f way between here
,n1 Central Point, and having to
as k nil Ihc ay bak.
Mr;, r.nv.n.y Barry r.-.realr;-.-.;,; to
i;nt vin- on Svlvla." the family
Ford coupe lor years parked In the
fr-nt yard, and Tommy moving it to
a-.rrt that desecra'lon.
I Ml
I to 1 t-a-.e Yr.:r. s:? e: j
-,,e-e .:.i.e '"d to lue to
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AD IN NEWSPAPER
MEANT FOR EYES
BOTCJDNAPER
Friends Say Family Unable
To Raise $200,000
Silence, Secrecy Sur
rounds Home Movements.
TACOMA. Wash.. May 28. fAP)
The prospect of negotiating for 200,
000 ransom was dangled before the
eyes of George Weyerneaeuser's kid
napers today aa his parents announc
ed they were ready to deal for their
son's freedom.
Following instructions from the
kidnapers, who snatched the 9-year-
old boy Friday, the parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Weyerhaeuser. Inserted an
ad In the personal column of a Seattle
newspaper.
"We are ready. Percy Minnie." the
note said. Its publication came just
one day ahead of the deadline sot by
the abductors In the ransom note
sent after the boy was seized.
Whether the new ad meant the
family had raised the demanded price
or whether it wished to open nego
tiations for a lesser amount could
not be learned. Silence and secrecy
surrounded all movements In tthc
large home overlooking Commence
ment bay.
Friends derlarcd yesterday It would
be impossible for the distracted par
enta to raise 200.000, a sum paid
only In the Bremer and Urschel kid
naping cases.
How, when or where the ransom
money would be paid or negotiations
started was one of the many angles
shrouded in obscurity by tight-lipped
authorities, as well as members of
the family.
PORT ANGELES. Wash.. May 28.
(AP) Two workmen, Ed Queener
and his brother. Hugh, were each
"positive" today, they said, that a boy
they saw in the rear scat of an auto
mobile whose driver stopped them
(Continued on Page Nine)
F
PAROLE OFFICER
SAI.RM. Ore, May 28. (APi Ed
ward Duffy of Portland today was
appointed by Governor Martin as
state parole officer, to succeed Dan
Kellaher. whose rest cnat ion was ac
cepted a week ago. The appointment
becomes effective June 1.
Duffy for 10 years u-as business
manager and comptroller of the Ore
gon State college under President W.
J. Kerr. For a time he was employed
as deputy Insurance examiner and
did special Investicatlng work for
Governor Oswald West. During the
recent legislative session he was as
sistant chief clerk of the house. H?
Is a Democrat.
Kellaher was appointed parole of
ficer by Governor Meier to succeed
Charles P. Pray, who became super
intendent of state police.
BASEBALL
American
R. II. E
Chlcaco 5 8 0
Philadelphia 6 10 1
Lyon... Wyatt and Se'-vell; Marcum
and Berry.
R. H. B.
Detroit 8 12
Nw York 3 4 0
Crottdcr and Hayvorth: Gomrz.
Murphy and Dickey.
R. H. E.
St. Louis - 8 13 0
Boston 5 11 I
j Walkup, Coffman. Knrtt and Hems-
ley; Li rove, w ch n a no mi
Natlnnal
n h
Philadelphia 1 6
Pittsburg 3 11 1
Pezztilo. Blvln. Davis. Prim and
Todd; Weaver and Padden.
R. II. E
Boston 4 11 0
Cincinnati 13 18 0
Bhem. Cintwell and Spolirer; Dcr
ringer and Lombard!.
Income Shares
Quarterly Income shares bid $1 23;
asked 1 42.
Mail Pilot Found
Dead In W reckage
CHEYENNE. Wyo . May AP
Al l uav 3. vrTTun fher.
fou;id (t'-d t-T-ddv in the wrer-;
of his Bilhr.ss. Mvnt . to cnyenn
mail plane about 13 miles sou'h ot ,
Gtendo. Wvo. Luas. v ho was fiyine I
a regular southbound schedule of
Wvorr.; i'.e sir rvue, u.-d bfn i.;n-
4. in p m
, Dcujlas, V.'
crday. He was near
Voluntary Codes Considered
As Substitute for Dead
PRICE SLASHING
OF
NEW YORK. May 28. ( AP) The
first sign of retail price cutting with
out NRA code restrictions was seen
here today when a large department
store and many small tobacco shop3
cut the four leading popular brands
of clgarets to II cents a package.
The department store priced the
brands at 99 cents a carton, while
others sold cartons for as low as $1.10.
The net reduction waa 3 cents a
package.
A wave of price cutting swept thru
New York retail liquor stores in the
first confusion of code abandonment.
Officials said there was no indication
whether the reductions were sales
promotion plana or were likely to
establish a new lower scale of prices.
NEW YORK. May 28. fAP) The
National Association of Manufactur
ers announced today it had been
notified that nearly 200 "of the larg
est manufacturers In the country"
had posted notices on bulletin boards
assuring employes no changes In
hours, wages or working conditions
were expected aa a result of abandon
ment of NRA codes.
WASHINGTON. May 28. (AP) A
voluntary code structure, under a re
vived Blue Eagle, was being seriously
considered today by administration
leaders to replace the compulsory pro
visions of the recovery law Invalidat
ed by the supreme court.
As the first reports of price cutting
reached Washington from out tn the
country. Chairman Harrison, of the
senate finance committee who had
Just conferred with administration
legal experts over the muddled situa
tion, sugccsiea mat me outcome or
the negotiations might be a voluntary
structure, limited to minimum wages,
maximum hours and a probation
against child labor.
Presumably the pressure of public
opinion would be relied on in part
for success of such a system. The
suggestion was advanced as various
code authorities and business leaders
appealed for business and industry to
stand by code standards.
nun One of Many
Under the plan, which was but one
of several discussed by administration
(continued Irom page four)
CLOSE MEMORIAL DAY
All banks in the city, the federal
building offices Including the post
office, the court house and the
stare liquor store will be closed all
day Thuodny (Memorial day).' it
was made known today.
Although the liquor store will not
open Thursday, It will remain open
until II o'clock Wednesday evening,
store nttarhes "said.
PIT .- q aar f tM
The kidnaping of (.enrfe Philip pirrhaeur (right). 9. heir In Ihr large.t lumber estate In the tialliin. sent n -iiulnin nf ilep:irl ment ft
Ju-tlre agent. Iiurrliig to T.uiiin?. U.i-li. liere the lail .ilMluHeil hlle walking home from m-IumiI. Mur-lln Ihiiiimer-liiiin llell). a run 1 1 ear
ner, dellirreil he flr-l definite hid: (it lou of the irlme. a .pe.-l.il Delhi-,') leller ronlalliln; the :n mill riii.om ilrm.i nil. on the Inn k of wllleh
w,i .iranleil i,n,i;r'. .Itmiliire. T"p . renter. .Iiiiw. a rw of the Hee( h.ien.er home, where the parent ri iinilneil In set-In. Inn. I.ouer, tenter,
Vf two tlaiaifltii aUtertlacmcot SJjlxb tUe uaents Inserted In Seattle newspaper. (.VsoocUttd I'rea J'Uulin.)
FOUR KILLED
OF HUGE
FRESNO, Cal., May 28. ( AP)
Four men were believed killed and
a large United States army bombing
plane was destroyed when it fell
nort h of the giant forest, Sequ ot a
national park, during tactical man
euvers of three squadrons from
Hamilton field, Marin county.
The plane was one of a group
of sixteen of the seventh bom
bardment group, which came here
from Mather field. Sacramento, un
der the command . of Colonel
Clarence L. Tinker.
The occupants of the plane were:
Lieut. Ed. Root, Montgomery. -Ala.,
the pilot.
Private Guy Porter. Kansas City.
Allyn P. Alexander, San Francisco,
news reel man.
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PORTLAND. May 28 (AP) Revok
ing of five beer licenses was ordered
at a meeting of the Oregon liquor
control commission here today. Ap
plications for nine other beer licenses
were denied.
Licenses revoked and the changes.
Included:
Rankin E-stcs. Mcdford, selling un
taxed liquor.
Zelina Bush, Vcrnonla. selling alco
holic beverages to minors.
Wee Shing. Klamath Falls, selling
liquor to an Indian.
Wong Chow Le on g. Klamath Falls,
selling liquor to an Indian.
John Ttergois, Chlloqutn. selling
liquor to an Indian.
Other action taken by the board
included: Warning whiskey salesmen
I that their licenses win ne re vouch n
I they are caught selling certain fa
i vored brands to speakeasies: purci.a.e
'of a truck to haul liquor: decision to
j remove the white paint from the win
dows of the old liquor store In Salem.
OF
REELECT ALL OFFICERS
PORTLAND, Ore., May 2R. (AP)
The annual state convention of the
Knights of Columbus was concluded
last night with tho re-election of all
officers to serve another year.
They are Eugene McEntee. Portland,
deputy; John E. Dooley. Albany, sec
retary; Alois Keber, Mount Angel,
treasurer; Edward J. Bell. Portland,
advocate; Charles R. Hazcn, Portland,
warden. Prank P. Lonergan was
elected alternate to McEntee as dele
gate to the national convention.
Heir to Tacoma
IWW o. J Tr K . .1 1 Ml 1
i .i . - ".. iiiw- it ' - . ' -i b ; v.
IN CRASH
Lewis S. Tappan, San Francisco,
sound technician.
Colonel Tinker and Major H. D.
Smith, second In command, sain
they saw the plane fall and burst
into flames, but were at a toss to
explain the reason except that it
seemed that something jammed the
controls.
Other planes circled the scene but
were unable to land. They say they
saw men from a nearby CCC camp
rush to the scene and attempt to
pull occupants from the burning
plane.
The local headquarters of the
CCC dispatched orders to the camp
in Sequoia national park for an
ambulance, doctor and twenty men
to proceed to the scene of the
crash and assist In bringing out
the dead and any who survived.
SPECIAL VENIRE
Women Jurors predominate on tie
special venire drawn yesterday In cir
cuit court to complete the Jury list
for civil cases docketed for this week
The list la aa follows:
Mrs. Ethel W. Bogus. Mrs. Helen M
Dixon. Mrs. Laura M. West. C. A.
Hamlin. C. A. DeVoc. Mrs. Mildred
Nell Florey, Mrs. Barbara C O'Brien
and Mrs. Mary Strickland.
The civil suit of A. C. Spcn-'p.
against Charles Lindsay. Involving
atocK. whs underway in circuit court
today. The case Is expected to be In
the hands of the Jury early this after
noon. Next case on the docket la the suit
for damages of L. R. Skelton and wife
against the Gold Hill Irrigation dis
trict, for alleged damages to proper' y
resulting from the cutting down of
fir tree en the Skelton place, mo c
than a year ago.
EDUCAT!
E
SALEM. May 28. ( AP) This week
brings to a close the emergency
adult education program financed
by federal relief funds and through
which part time employment was
given to approximately 600 prev
iously unemployed teachers. C, A.
Howard, superintendent of public
instruction, whose office has direct
ed the program, said today.
Nearly 13,000 adults attended T.m
different study classes organized in
this program in -the various coun
ties. Adult classes were taught in
Americanization, vocational educa
tion and a vocational education. Flf
teen nursery schools were establish
ed and work conducted In restrain
ing physically handicapped adults
for new Jobs.
Millions Kidnaped
NRA
AGRICULTURE COOE
SET UP OF STATE
BE
U Clayton V. nernlinrrt
Associated Press Stuff Writer.
SALEM, May 28.-While the legis
lature at tho last session failed to
pa.is a uniform state NRA code to
make the national act enforceable In
Oregon, possibility of a challenge on
the constitutionality of the state's
agricultural agreements was seen by
Informed state officials today aa a
result of the NRA opinion of the su
preme court of the United States.
Tho state agricultural code act may
be affected in the muiie ratio as the
national AAA by the opinion, it was
held since the Oregon constitution It
similar to the federal constitution In
the matter of delegating legislative
power.
Ties In With AAA
Further, tho state act. parsed In
1933 and amended in 1935, Is tied in
directly with tho national agricultur
al adjustment net In tho title of the
law which atntes "making applicable
within this state provisions of federal
ngrf cultural marketing agreement
and licenses . . ."
Director of Agriculture Solon T.
Whlto said he had not yet made a
(Continued on Page Five )
HOLLYWOOD, Cal., May 28 fAP)
With the film colony still buzzing
In excitement from the merger of the
Pox Pllm corporation and Twentieth
Century Pictures, inc. Mary Plckford.
Charles Chnpllu and Samuel Oold
wyn, three of United Artists' flvo
producers-owners, sat down today to
map future plans.
Douglas Fairbanks, Miss PIckford's
divorced husband, who, with Joseph
Schenck, completes the list of United
Artists' owners, was reported to be
heading for Hollywood from a South
Seas cruise.
As tho meeting began It was re
ported from reliable sources that
Chaplin, Miss Plckford and Ooldwyn
were plBiinlng a greatly augmented
program under which Miss Plckford
will produce- from four to six pic
tures; Goldwyn. six, and Chaplin at
least one, In addition to the pictures
he will have ready for release next
September.
Freighter Breaks
Shaft Off Astoria
ASTORIA, Ore., May 28. ( AP)
The steamship Laklna. 2000-ton
freighter, was reported In distress to
day about (100 miles northwest of the
moulh of the Columbia river. The
coast guard cutter Onandaga started
for the scene this noon. The Lanklna
reportedly was on', of control with a
broken crankshaft.
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OF
SEENMRIZONiEMNDIVORCES
Dr. Frederick M. Hunter,! Finding Of Los Angeles Oil
Present Head Of Denver
University Hinted As Suc
cessor To Dr. W. J. Kerr.
PORTLAND, May 38. ( AP) Be
lief that ths Oregon higher edu
cational system will oon have
new chancellor was strengthened to
day when it became known that Dr.
Frederick Maurice Hunter, now hold
ing the chancellorship of tho Uni
versity of Denver, had postponed
his scheduled departure from Ore
gon and was being conducted on a
tour of the campuses at Eugene,
Corvallts and Monmouth.
It was understood he was being
accompan led by members of the
state education board.
Dr. Hunter, who arrived In Port
land Sunday on the eve of the
board's verdict to reject formal pe
titions that the office of chancellor
be abolished, has been quoted as
saying he's "liked Oregon for
long while" and that he had been
"Invited here to look over the sit
uation." Ho formerly was superin
tendent of aehoola at Oakland, Cal.
Only Candidate
So far aa tn known, the Denver
educator is the only person now
being seriously considered aa the
head of Oregon's higher educational
system. Even hla presence In the
picture was not made public until
Sunday. Earle Wellington, represent
ing the Oregon Dads' club, declared
at the board meeting yesterday that
had his group been previously in
formed of the visitors' arrival here
It was probable the petition seeking
I to abolish the office for which he
la considered would not have been
presented.
A member of the state education
board declared today a recommeiv
datlon concerning Dr. Hunter had
not yet been presented to the group
by the chancellorship committee.
Member of the chancellorship com
mittee Include E. C. Sammons,
chairman. B. F. Irvine. Lelf S. Fln
seth and Willard Marka, president
of the board.
" Men mi Less Pay
Concerning salaries, it ! known
Continued from Page E'ght)
CONTINUE EFFORTS
WASHINGTON, May 38. (API
Pa tint n bill leaders in congress de
elded to go forward with their drive
for cash payment of the bonus at
this session and to sacrifice the in
flatlonary provisions of their bill If
necessary.
At a Joint session of house and
senate supporters of Immediate pay
ment, it was agreed to poll the senate
to determine what cash payment
would have the best chance to suc
ceed and then push for action on it,
regardless of whether It should be
the bill reeently vetoed by the presl
den, the Vinson bill, or some com
nidation of the two.
BURGLARS BUSY IN
GOLD HILL STORES
Three places were robbed in Gold
Hill Sunday night, according to a re
port on file at the city police station
here today. The Gold Hill Hardware
company, the Ha mm grocery store
and the Southern Pacific station were
the places entered. A .22-callbre rifle,
three dozen pocket knives, files and
leaders were taken from the hardware
store, and five pints of whiskey and
four two-ounce bottles of whiskey, a
shoulder of meat, bacon and can
ned goods were taken from the gro
cery utore.
A pair of pliers and 13 cents tn
1 money were taken from the railroad
: station.
mate and Med ford police Investl
, gated the robberies, with no arrests
having been made to date.
Priest Seen Chans.
DFTTROIT. May 28 lp, The Iter
Pr. Charles E Coughltn aald tods)
that "four hundred thousand farm
ers will be asked to pay up their
mortgages or else surrender then
homes." and that the country Is
where It waa In 1933 aa a rsult of the
supreme court decision Monday In
the NHA and Prarler-ljemke acta.
Pass ('opelanrl HIM.
WASHINCITON. May 28 (Ti The
lontfoiwht Copeland bill widening
authority of the secretary of arlcul.
ture over packing, labeling ftnd ad
vertising of fcoda. drtifls ,md cos
metics was passed by the senate t
da; and aeut to Uia Jwum.
FILM FOLK WORRY
OVER VALIDITY OF
Man Guilty Of Bigamy
Gives Many Prominent In
Hollywood Bad Headache
LOS ANGELES, May 38. TJT)
Whether , Mexican dl-orce would
"bounce" like bad checks was a prob
lem facing the motion picture colony
today after a superior court found a
Los Angeles oil man guilty of bigamy
because he had remarried after Mexi
can courts had severed hla marital
ties.
"Hundreds of marriages." Including
nearly a dozen film folk, are affected
by the decision of Superior Judge
Thomas P. White, according to Depu
ty District Attorney E. 3. Roll.
Judge White round Don Harlow
had not been legally divorced fron
Mrs. Ollle V. Sc udder Harlow, form
erly of Ft. Wayne, ind.. when he waa
married to Mrs. Alma C. Lacey.
Testimony showed that Harlow em
ployed a Mexican attorney, who In
turn appointed a lawyer in the state
of Chlhauhau to act as Harlow's
proxy tn obtaining the divorce. Judge
White ruled that neither Harlow nor
his wife were present at the time th
decree was granted, and that the
only service she had were papers
written In Spanish.
Many motion picture people hav
been granted Mexican divorces, but
not all have remarried. Kathartn
Hepburn was granted a divorce tn
the state of Yucatan, and currently
is reported married to Lei and Hay
ward, her manager.
Richard Dtx waa divorced In Mex
ico by Winifred Coe Dix, and a
short time later he was married
to his secretary. Virginia Webster,
who presented lilm with twin aona
early this month.
Sally Ellers won a Mexican de
cree from Hoot Gibson and then
married Harry Joe Brown, film pro
ducer. Harry Langdon waa another
who was divorced in the southern
republic. '
Dotores Del Rio, a native of Mex
ico, divorced Jaime Del Rio there
after she became a star, and mar
ried Cedric Gibbons, art director.
Del Rio died in Berlin a short time
later.
Judge Whlt rebuked persons for
their "wanton disregard of marriage
and divorce laws" in delivering hla
ruling.
Railroad Week Is
Backed By Martin
SALEM, May 38. (AP) A proc
lamation urging citizens of Oregon
to observe "Railroad week" June
10 to 15, In honor of western rail
roads, waa Issued today by Governor
Martin.
The proclamation stated railroads
had paid heavy taxes, employed a
large number of men and women,
and had reduced their fares with
resultant heavy travel to the Pacific
coast.
Berr Aids California
SACRAMENTO. Cal. (UP) Beer
has become a boon to California and
Its citizens, according to a state re
port. Revenues from its manufacture
and sale during p,i are estimated
at J4.000.000. Employment ts glvsn
4.000 In 33 breweries: 16.000 wcrk
for wholesalers; 69.000 engage in its
retail sale and 30.000 are seasonally
employed In hop yards.
1.08 A.V.l'XKS, Cal., May 27
Tlio sportinc paces were
where tlip mows was Sunday.
Dear oM Bnlic Ituth, God
IiIpss liim, stopped into three
fast balls and put 'cm all out of
bounds.
I.awsnn little, a Stanford
liny, lor tliu secimri year in sue
eesMon, eolleetod a small por
tion of the UritLsh debt, with a
trolf elub.
A Mr. Owens, colored lad of
'21 years from Ohio university,
broke practically nil the world
records there is, with the pos
sible exception of horseshoe
pitching and flagpole sittine.
Congress laid dormant. Hit
ler was refueling and Mussolini
whs changing records. Hut
man in California sued his wife
for non-support.
i C IMt. atcUauial Siadlcala, tea.
lot Ai..
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