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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Forecast: Fair Sunday and Monday; not much change In temperature. Temperature Highest yesterday 92 lowest this morning 60 Special Rate of 30c for one month to new ub scribe n Mil last for only 30 days, beginning August 1. All subscriptions must be paid In advance. Tribune EDFORD Thirtieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1935 No. 132. isr ""jt-vy MILE SHOTS ' ' r U x I, I LJ kl Li VJ U u U U'jJLZjJ IJ J L. By Paul Million Copyright. J 035. by Paul Mallon. WASHINGTON. Aug. 24. A neat solution of the holding company bill deadlock was worked out nearly a WEEK ajOt out nosey newsmen spoiled It. That Is the complete explanation be hind all the mys terious Jockeying which, you have been reading nhntit. since then. What happened Bbvfcjfc hi-. j 1 ...... I leaders finally E persauded Prcsl- iu riant RnnKRVelt at last Sunday night s conference that he would have to surrender on the misnamed "death sentence." A plan was adopted to make the surrender painless, but It had to be kept quiet. It called tor Senator Barkley to reframe a compromise he had originally submitted privately to house and senate conferees, which same compromise had been turned down by them. This time the house was to accept it and push it through. Thus the house would take the rap for the surrender. The White House would merely bow later in acquies cence. But the newsmen, dad rat them, sent out stories about the president's agreeing to surrender. These were read by Senator Wheeler, who led the fight for Mr. Roosevelt's "death sen tence" but was not consulted In the final deal. Senator Wheeler displayed great anguish. He Is a tighter who frequently gets licked but never sur renders, even when prudence dic tates. Adjournment of congress was act ually held up while everyone worked to get around Wheeler. The maneuver was In charge of Mr. Roosevelt's offi cial getter-arounder, Vice President Garner. r 'at. tai M.M.I. u. J .A certain senatorial leader bolabor ' id newsmen en masse (or printing the surrender story. He denied It ar dently, adding something like tills: "It would be oil right It the house surrendered and the President ac cepted the bill, but It would never do to say publicly that the president surrendered." That was all the newsmen wanted to know. They laughed off denial, reprinted the surrender story. Congressmen generally speak to the President in private as demurely as an office boy talks to the boss. It was an unusual scene therefore when nine congressmen (six Democrats, two Republicans, one progressive) romped all over Mr. Roosevelt the other day at a White House gab-test on the neutrality bill. Democrat Slsson. of Whiteboro. N. T., hotly Informed the boss that. If the neutrality bill failed, the Presi dent alone, of ell people In the na tion, would bo responsible. Democratic Maverick, of San An- i- Tna answered the President's request for broader discretionary power by saying, in cneci: i - nnlnn t1 Pft It." It Isn't the heat. It s the humidity. The story is going around that the New Dealers purposely exuoctcd from the new tax bill bo congress would not remit re how drastic the bill la. It la true that the estimates are ultra-conservative, but not for the reason mentioned. Tax experts reaiiy held down their estimates hccs'.se they do not believe that large corpor- finm lar-ffl incomes and lnree es tates will meekly submit to the new rates. They believe the Increased lev ies will be substantially avoided one way or anotnf r. ThM-ftii vou will find a secret de feet of the whole existing Income tax system. Rates on the rich have al ways been high, but tho rich do not pay them. The rich have opportuni st., fnr tar avoidance, not available to men on salaries or to professional 7 people liKe doctors ana m)ns. incomes of people who cum their money always get soaked. The senate and house pa.rvd tp buck to each other on rail pension legislation so fast that It slipped from their grasp and fell on the Presi dent's corns. It was agreed explicitly at the Sun day night conference that the pen sion legislation would not be passed. The legislation Is divided Into two bills, one setting up the pension sys tem and the other levying a payroll tax to carry out the system. Rail brotherhoods want It badly, so the ,enate decided to take up the. mean ingless authori7aMon bill and pa U without the tax bill. The undemand ing was that the houe would kill the bill and senators would set the political prestige of voting for It. But the house leaders heard about It and deeded if anyone was going to pet any rustical pretl-e out of this. It would be houe members. (Continued on Page rlv HOUSE BALKS AT MANDATORY L COTTON, WHEAT: i Recess Till Monday Taken Comic Opera Tactics! Precede Strange Ending j Seven Measures Passed By Richard L. Turner (Associated Press Staff Writer) WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. (AP) In one of the strangest parliamentary tangles In Its history, congress came to the very brink of adjournment to night and then recessed until next Monday. In machine-gun-like actions a few minutes before midnight, the house acceded to a senate request that the slno die adjournment resolution be returned to It. The senate rescinded It. A recess was requested and granted. i At the center of the tangled web was the third deficiency bill. To it the senate had added an amendment catling for mandatory loans of 12 cents a pound on cotton and 1 cents a pound on wheat. The house . objected strenuously. Its leaders refused either to allow a vote on the amended bill or to send it to conference. A hurried confer ence of senate-house chiefs assem bled. Then, after much delay and wordy debate punctuated by comic opera tactics on both sides of the Capitol, the votes ensued that led to the abandonment of the midnight adjournment plans. In Its effort to complete a final roll call before midnight the house turned back its clock 10 minutes at 11:45. But the action was unneces sary. This strange ending capped a day which saw congress sweep o the White Hours seven measures. Its slate was virtually clean save for the dis puted third deficiency bill, Import ant because of lta appropriations for the administration of the social se curity, Guffey Coal and other new programs. Sent to the president today in the futile adjournment rush were: An unprecedented seven-point neu trality bill, intended to keep the na tion out of future conflicts: The $250,000,000 tax bill; The highly controverted utilities bill; A new federal alcohol control meas ure; A ban against gold clause damage suits after January 1; An extension -until March 31 of the time In which President Roosevelt can cancel mail contract. Approval of Interstate compacts to restrict oil production. Then, to further cap the climax. President Roosevelt dispatched a let ter to the capltol long after night' fall, asking that steps be taken dur ing the recess to prepare for legisla tive action to supplant the deceased NRA. Apparently certain of an adjourn ment tonight, the president earlier had sent to both Vice President Gar ner and Speaker Byrns letters bid ding them good bye and congratulat ing them on the '"good work" of the session. But he spoke too soon. "I expect we will be here several days." said Senator Robinson, the democratic leader, after the recess finally waa taken. The oapltol was in a state of con siderable confusion, and a veritable hot-bed of rumors and reports as to what would be done as midnight ap proached. Apparently reliable reports were cir culated that Vice President Garner had determined to bang his gavel at midnight sharp, automatically bring ing adjournment. IT the senate request- for a return of the adjourn ment resolution had not been granted at that time. Other report were circulated, based on word from apparently reliable sources, that the third deficiency bill would be allowed to die by adjourn ment, as means of settling the dis pute. Both house leaders, apparently anx ious to throw responsibility for either ending or continuing the ses sion upon the senate, rushed the final roll call through in leas than 25 minutes. Seldom has th roll been called that fast. The senate was notified of the ac tion but seconds before Oarner's travel would have fallen at midnight, With hardly a moment's delay, the senate rescinded the motion to ad journ and then recessed. COAST BUSINESS SH0WSRKESS10N SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 24. I API The department of commerce report ed a more than seasonal decline In bank debit?, partially offset by catna in other field, accounted for a re-re-v'ton in the level of Pacific roast bMf.iK.- (iKlrx from Us 1935 high. whoCeea. markets were strong. Romance Pirates At Oregon Resort 'Badger' Gentlemen ASTORIA. Ore.. Aug. 24. (AP) Authorities revealed today that romplalnts have been received trom Seaside that a number or male visitors at the coast resort have been victims of a mild form of the old badger game. The victims become acquainted with personable young women tn beer parlors and the women In vite them to their cottages where more drinking ensues,, the reports state. Finally "husband" walks in. He appears Jovial, but confesses he Is hard up and asks the visitor to "loan" him anywhere from 10 to 925. Most of the visitors advance the "loan." NEUTRALITY BILL PASSES CONGRESS, WARM FLAYED Feverish Days Of 1917 Recalled By Stern Notice Of Arms Embargo. WASHINGTON. Aug. 24. AP) Congress gave stern notice to the world today by word and action that America would resort to un precedented measures to preserve her neutrality during any foreign war. Scenes rivaling the feverish days of 1917 marked the epochal step taken by the senate In sending to the White House a modified, yet still sweeping, resolution plac ing a six-months' mandatory em bargo on arms shipments to bellig erents. President Roosevelt's signa ture waa forecast confidently. The decisive 77 to 3 vote by which It approved house amend ments to its original neutrality pro posal was capped quietly by an other dramatic senate interchange that culminated In a refusal to rcg lster what some termed an official "rebuke" to Senator Pope (D., Ida.), for a statement he made In Eng land predicting the United Statet might become Involved in another world war. Although discarding 47 to 26 a resolution by Senator LaFolIette (Prog., Wis.), serving notice that the senate had not authorized any of Its members to represent It abroad "directly or Indirectly," senators made It plain that such statements as that of Pope were "unfortunate" but carried no official weight. The neutrality resolution, repre senting a reversal of traditional American policy In permitting the president wide discretion In con ducting International affairs, calls for an outright ban on shipment of arms and munition to belligerents until February 39, 1936, two months after the next congress convenes. HELEN MOODY TO SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 24. ( AP) Mountain wilds of Siskiyou coun ty In extreme northern California today beckoned Helen Wills Moody and her husband, Fred. Said the recently recrowned Wim bledon champion: "It will be the first camping trip like this for Freddie and me but not the first for me. I used to be a Campflre Girl, you know." They are expected to be gone several days. ST TRY ROGERS' JOB HOLLTWOOD, Calif., Aug. 34. (AP) An offer that he write a dally opinion, to take the place of the dally offering of the late Will Rog er, waa made today to and declined by Fred Stone, noted actor and close friend of the actor-philosopher. The offer waa made by Charles Drlscoll, representing the syndicate which formerly handled Rogers writings. "Will could go on for anybody, take anybody's plfe and make the show better," said Stone, "but no one In the world could go on for Will Rogers or even attempt to take his place. I would not even think of trying to writ for Will Risers.' TULAMEEN. B. C, Aug. 34 (AP) The three Infant children of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Robinson were burned to death today in a fire i which dcntroyVd their home here, i They were Bernlce, four, Pat, two. and bib?. nn i i i i in i ii 1 1 1 1 l la.lalPlfllJtkP'fcPaVAAV'kl ON NEW DEAL ACTS S Oregon Solon Supported President Five Times And Absent Twice Opinion Varies. WASHINGTON, Aug. 34. (AP) The records of four Republican sen ators mentioned as possibilities for the party's presidential nomination next year show wide divergence of optnton on measures of major Im portance acted upon by the 74th con gress. Support for New Deal sponsored legislation, or direct support for the President, Is shown In the records of Senators Borah of Idaho, Vandenberg of Michigan. Dickinson, of Iowa, and McNary of Oregon. But on seven Is sues, they voted en bloc but qnce. Here Is the record: AAA amendments requested by the President to broaden the farm ad justment program: Favoring, Borah and McNary; op posing. Vandenberg. Dickinson did not vote. Patman bonus bill, vigorously op posed by the President: Favoring, Borah and Dickinson; opposing, Vandenberg and McNary. All four repeated their votes on the move to override the veto. Wheeler-Rayburn Utilities bill, favored by the President; favoring, Borah and McNary; opposing, Van denberg and Dickinson. Social Security bill, a New Deal measure : All favored. NRA Extension measure: Opposing, Borah, Vandenberg and uicKmson. McNary did not vote. Guffey coal 'bill, 'designed by the administration to set up a "Little NRA" In the soft coal Industry: Opposing, Vandenberg and Borah. Dickinson and McNary did not vote. World court adherence, urged by the administration: Favoring, Vandenberg and Mc Nary; opposing, Borah and Dickin son. On the seven measures listed Borah supported the administration three times, opposing four; Vandenberg supported three times, opposing four; Dickinson supported once, opposed four times and twice did not vote; and McNary supported five times, twice abstaining. BY DRIVER, LIVES SHERIDAN, Wyo., Aug. 34. ip Mrs. J. E. Sharkey, 63-year old wife of a homesteader, waa rescued today after ahe had been wrapped In gunny aacks and tossed Into a gully to die. She told authorities at the county hospital ahe waa struck by an auto mobile early last night and regained consciousness later but was unable to free herself from the sacks, she cried for help until after dawn when ahe waa found a half mile from the place on the highway near her ranch where she said the accident occurred. The hit-run driver apparently wrap ped her In the eacka. placed her In his car and then tossed her out Into the gulley. Physicians aald tonight ahe prob ably will recover. WAR BOOM HELPS ITALIAN LABOR WASHINGTON. Aug. 34. A war boom was credited by the com merce department today with slash ing Italy's unemployment to the "lowest mark In recent years." But the wave of intense activity waa restricted largely to industries producing materials useful for con flict between nations. The depart ment added, also that need for mon ey to pay for increasing "special pur pose" Imports had made financial problems more acute. The Italian Industrial production index for May. latest available fig ure, was up 36 per cent from May last year, and these gains have been extended. risrkamss Arrhltwt Namrd OREOON CITT. Aug. 24 (API r. M. StokM of Portland ns Ben named ar-hltrt for the propose new ,200,000 Clartcsmss county courthouse, to be built If public works administration funds can be obtained. Held In Slayings Earl Kimbalt, alias Earl Cramer, was held In Auburn, Calif., charged with slaying James G, Kennett and a youth identified as John T. Man gan. He denied a story ha told of killing 23 other persona. (Asso ciated Press Photo) EOF JAIL OR WORKING NEW YORK. Aug. 24. (AP) i Hugh S. Johnson, who made the term "crack down.'.' common currency as director of NRA, today applied It to hla current Job, that of works pro gress administrator for New Vork City. lu a drastic ultimatum... Johnson announced all employable persons on home relief will either report for work on works progress Jobs or be cut off from public charity. In the case of married men. It will mean work or go to Jail, for Johnson warn ed that prosecution for non-support awaits those who refuse to work. The move grew out of Johnson's inability to realize the purposes of his own Job. He had planned to put 75,000 persona to work this month. At the end of the third week the score stood : Jobs created, 40,000; workers requisitioned, 28.000; men actually put to work, 6.000. On Monday, the deadline, WPA In vestigators will visit home relief dis trict offices, contact home relief re cipients and assign them to WPA Jobs. The plan was approved by Harry L. Hopkins, FERA administrator. HOOD RIVER LEAD ROOD RIVER, Ore., Aug. 24. 7p) The lead apray tolerance on apples and pears has been lowered to .018 this season, while arsenic and fluor ine will remain at .01, Federal in spector J. M. Wilson aald today. O rower and shippers have been asked to supply samples on every lot or fruit washed. Reports will be made the following day. JULYlfSALES T $152,211 SALEM, Aug. 24. (AP) Receipt from state liquor sales In July were $443,695.81, approximately 413.000 more than In June, the Oregon liquor control commission reported today. Net profit for the month was 153.311.10, to which store sales contributed 151,585.70, agencies 3B, 323.35, and license and revenue dl vision fl3,302.l6. Sale of permits brought In 4,244. 4 WEATHER OUTLOOK Oregon: Fair Sunday and Monday but considerable clouda on coast; somewhat warmer" In east portion Sunday; moderate northwest wind off the coast. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 24., Outlook for period Aug. 26 to Sept. 1, far western states: Generally fair but conaldcrab'.e fog on coat latter part of week. Unset tled condition southern California at Detuning of work. rrmperstiir'5 generally above normal In Interior. GENERALLY FAIR, YOUTH TO UNITE, Radio Speech To Young Democrats Hits 'Tories' Compares Washington's Blacksmith With Modern Conditions. WASHINGTON. Aug. 34. (AP) Rapping sharply at "Torlea" and "the reactionaries of 1935." President Roosevelt tonight urged American youth or all parties to "unite and challenge" the methods of the old order. Seated at a desk In the basement oval room of the White House, two mtcrophones before him, the Presl dent spoke primarily to the conven tlon of the Young Democratic cluba in Milwaukee .but also to the nation at large. "Rulea are not necessarily sacred principles are," he said. "The meth ods of the old order are not, as some would have you believe, above the ! challenge of youth." The chief executive asserted at the outset that, despite reports to the contrary, his address would not be devoted to answering his political critics. He would, he aald, employ the same words If he were "addressing a convention of the youth of the Re publican party." Hitting again and again at those he said were "united In standing still on the same old spot," he spoke In general terms of a need to Improve social conditions, health and security, financial and economic machinery and government. He did not refer di rectly to any of the work of the ad journing congress. "Facta are relentless," he said. "We must adjust our Ideas to the facts today." - Keep Good of the Past Concluding his final "challenge"' to "the youth of America of all parties," he said: "Let us carry, on the good that the past gave us. The best of that good la the spirit of America. And the spirit of America Is the spirit of enquiry, of readjustment, of Improvement, above all a spirit In which youth can find the fulfillment of lta Ideals. "It Is for the new generation to participate In the decisions and to give strength and spirit and contin uity to our government and to our national life." The president, at one point, recall ed to many hla recent references to "back to the horse and buggy days." "The rules that govern the rela tionship between an employer and an employe In the blacksmith's shop In the days of Washington," he said, "cannot, of necessity, govern the re lationship between the 60.000 , em ployes of a great corporation and the Infinitely complex and diffused ownership of the corporation." His "horse and buggy" reference was made at a press conference at which he criticised the supreme court's overthrow of the NRA and hinted at the possibility of a new constitutional amendment. Conditions Change Continuing from the "blacksmith1 analogy, he spoke then of the need of labor being allowed to choose Its rep resentatives to "bargain colectlvely In their behalf." And next of the mod ern need for protecting Investors In huge corporations who might other wise "be exploited" without their knowledge. The original concept of credit con trol for flnanclrig the economic life of a nation of 3,000,000 people, he said, naturally would not be ade quate for the United States today, therefore making "constant develop ment" necessary. He then turned to Improvements In social life, citing (Continued on Page Eight) L A TBLLOWSTONE PARK. Wyo Aug. 24, (pi Rep. Hamilton Plh of New York told a group of western young republicans today that the party must "quit lta shadow boxing and pulling Its punches." The eloquent easterner, addressing a conference of representatives of the republican party from It western states, described the "new deal" rec ord as one of "squandermAnla, btun dermanla and powermanla" and as "the greatest failure In American his tory." He proposed an eight-point pro gram which he declared lbs party should demand. ISTANBUL. Aug. 24. (AP) Tur key, anxiously watching the Italo Ethloplan situation, determined to day to kevp In cloae touch with other Balkan pact signatories Ru mania. ugotMavta and Greece and to await developments. F. D. R. Reads Poem WASHINGTON. Aug. 34. (7P Ten lines by an undesignated newspaper poet found their way Into President Roosevelt's speech tonight to Indict what he called the "prophecies of gloom." They were: "My grandpa notes the world's worn cogs. MAnd says we're going to the dogs; "His grandad In hla house of logs, "Swore things were going to the dogs; "Hla dad, among the Flemish bogs, "Vowed things were going to the dogs: The caveman In hla queer akin togs. "Said things were going to the dogs; '"But thla Is what I wish to state "The doga have had and awful wait." STRAHORN SAYS Uncover 'Old Burnquest Vein,' Find Water Supply 'Empire Builder' Tells Of Plans And Prospects- New strikes of high-grade gold ore In widely separated veins, with a fine flow of water for mill operation, have been recently uncovered In the Opp mine near Jacksonville, according to Robert E. Strahorn, president of the Pacific States Mines. The water sup ply for operations has also Improved. Explorations in the workings have also uncovered four or five feet of the old Brunqulst vein, which assays from 6 to $30 per ton. The Brun- qulst vein, In the early days, con trlbuted thousands of dollars to the output of the Opp mine. Extraction of the ores will be pushed. "Our steady pegging away to make a real project of the Opp mine Is steadily reaching fruition," Mr, Stra horn said. "We have planned for a big development." Mr. Strahorn, Identified with most of the large railroad and Industrial development In the Paclfta northwest In the past 90 years, and known as the "Empire Builder," further ex pressed himself as "highly gratified" with recent developments and pro gress. There la now milling ore In three different rones sufficient to operate the 100-ton mill for six months. H. Q. Meyers of Boise, Idaho, presi dent of the Northwest Brokers, who are financing the Opp mine devalcp ment. has been In the district for several days Inspecting the mine. Work Outlined Mr. Strahorn further stated: "In the course of his Intelligent planning for broad future develop ment, Superintendent Mitchell has been pushing several upraises from various levels with the ultimate ob- (Contlnued on Page Nine) E ON UTILITY BILL WASHTNOTON. Aug. 34. iVP) The utilities bill for which President Roosevelt waged a montha-long bat tle with congress tonight waa sped to his deek from Capitol Hill. Compromlaes formed Its major Is sues, but the president, power in terests contended, achieved a big measure of the holding company abo lition he demanded. On Its long Jour ney through congress this Issue start ed senate and house lobby Investi gations. Pinal action came swiftly. Only a few minutes after the house accepted the final conference draft of the bill by a 322 to 113 vote, the senate did likewise without even caillng the roll. repColTage DALLAS, Tex., Aug. 94. (API Returns to the Texas election bur eau at 7:30 p. m., with 1A counties out of 354 represented, one com plete, showed 18.723 votes for re peal of statewide prohibition and 7,340 against. An old age pension amendment to the state constitu tion wa leading 3.043 to 2,860. Unofficial returns from major cities tn today's special election showed startling majorities for re peal of prohibition. Houston, San Antonio, Port Worth and Dallas reported a leading wet vote. MIGHTY FLEET TO Z Ethiopians Dig Trenches, Fear Air Raids. As Italy Mobilizes More Troops London Talks Of War- (Br the Associated Press) Great Britain ordered the strength of lta Mediterranean fleet concen trated around the Sues canal Satur day as Emperor Halle Selassie warned his subjects how to prepare against an air raid. The day'a Italo-Ethloplan develop ments included: VALETTA. Malta An official an nouncement disclosed a ring of Brit ish warships would be placed about the Sues canal, with ships stationed at both entrances. ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia began the construction of frontier trenches. Emperor Halle Selassie Issued a proc lamation instructing the civil popu lation how to seek safety In the event of an air attack. BOLZANO An army of 150.000 Italian soldiers moved through tha mountains, preparatory to maneuver beginning at dawn. Simultaneously. 350.000 other fascist troops wilt emerge In war drills In other sections. NAPLES A tremendous ovation was given the departure for Africa of nearly 6.000 troops, Including two sons of Benito Mussolini and his son-in-law. LONDON, Aug. 35. (Sunday) . ( AP) The British press was filled with ominous talk of war today. The Sunday Observer published an article by J. L. Oarvln, demanding that parliament be summoned to ap prove a wholesale strengthening of the navy and air force through a special loan. "A new hour has struck In our his tory," Garvin wrote. "With our whole mind and resolution we must create a strength which will maintain our peace on equal terms or will turn the scales as of old against any as sailant whatever who may make our peace Impossible." And prayers for Peace LONDON. Aug. 34. (AP) A spe. clal prayer service in connection with, the Itallo-Ethloplan crisis will be conducted In Westminster Abbey dally at s p.m. until further notice, VALETTA, Island of Malta, Aug. 34. (AP) British plans to throw a tight ring of warships around the Suez canal, vital question mark In the Italo-Ethloplan dispute, were an nounced officially today. The crack vessels of the Mediter ranean fleet will leave Malta August 39 for points In and around the Sues territory. At the same time the government ordered construction of publlo air raid shelters throughout the Island. Leaflets were distributed Instructing the public tn how to take precautions against attacks from the air. (A sim ilar precautionary campaign was launched In England some weeks ago.) "30" From WILL ROGERS (Editor's Note: The following article probably Is the last writ ten work of Will Rosen, it was sent by air mail from Juneau, Alaska, on A u runt 10, and re reived after his death.) Well, all I know la Just what I hear when I talk to somebody, and as I generally do all the talking, why I don't hear much, but Z started out on thla trip with the Idea that I was going to do some listening. As I told you In a dally dispatch awhile back, Rex Beach hit Juneau Just before we took off. Rex seemed to know everybody there, and all over Alaska. That "Spoilers" I expect la one of the finest novels ever written about this or any country. He hasn't been up here In years. He has alwaya maintained some min ing claims up around Nome, but lta fishing and hunting where his heart lies. He had no more than hit Juneau there a few weeks ago when the very next day he was out In what they call "Strip" fishing for what I think they call "Jack italmon." Then a littla later he will start bear hunting, and he sure knows this country. He come to Nome In about 1901. that was wnen she was really "Hot", You see the "OS'ers" were for Dawson and the Klondike district, a thousand and more mllea from Nome. Then the Nome strike took it away from the old Klondike district. Rex and his wife Greta, (that's Mrs. Fred Stone's sister) they were responsible for me In the movlsa. They was making a great Alaskan pic ture, and the character waa "Laugh ing BUI Hyde". It was one of hla (Continued on Page Eight)