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rET)FOT?D MATL TTirBUNE. fEDFORD. OREGON". KT7XTUT. MAY 2. 1937 PAOE THREE TENNESSEAN GETS READY FOR FIRST MEAL IN 52 DAYS STOOPING OAK, Tenn.. May 1 (A3) A frult-Jw full of choice cut up ateak and a pot of greens boiled at the cabin home of Jackson Whit low today while the emaciated re ligious faster prepared for his first "real meal" In 62 days. He was ready to eat. but none could bay how his weakened body would react to the food doctors have warned may prove fatal unless care fully taken. Whitlow broke his fast yesterday morning by drinking a ha II -cup of what he said was grapejulce. The neighbors who brought it claimed It was elderberry wine. The 45-year-old Cumberland moun tain fur-trapper said he began the fast last March 10 "at the call of the Lord." "My fast Is over. My trial la end ed. I know Ood Is with me and I am not afraid," Whitlow said when he set his wife, Florence, to boiling the greens for "pot liquor" and cut ting the Juicy steak Into bits for beef broth. Happy, but woefully weak. Whit low declared : "I received a sweet message from the Lord. He told me to abstain from water and drink a UtUa wine for the stomach sake. 1 understand that wine Is the fruit of the vine and not a fermented or alcoholic beverage. I absolutely did not drink any wine, and will not." EXPERT CHEF TRIES NEW STOVE Li ft1 , f - . v mmtm EBE ROADS NOW SAFE 8AN FRANCISCO, May 1. -(-Highways la the Redwood Empire are en tirely safe for pleasure traffic, the Redwood Empire association announc ed today. Clyde Edmundson, general manager of the association, explained he made the announcement because of numer ous Inquiries as to the condition of the highways. He stated one bridge had been posted" by state highway officials gainst its use by trucks of more than 4,000 pounds gross weight, pending completion of a new bridge. Chicken Dinners, Beckles Cafe, Union Creek. Fernand Polntreau, executive chef of the College Inn Chicago, pre pares a tasty dish of spaghetti on the new Montgomery Ward Kereflami range for La Verne Luptort of the chorus. This range burns a new type of fuel a gas made from kerosene SEEK 'LIE' TESTS ROSEBURQ. Ore.. May I. Pl Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hopkins, held here on charges of Involuntary man slaughter In -connection with the death of the former's four-year-old daughter, request that they be sub mitted to the test of the He de tector, with or without stipulation, Attorney Ray B. Compton, defense counsel, said today. Claiming that he personally pro posed the He detector test, he de clared today that District Attorney J. V. Long, who yesterday announced cancellation of the examination pre viously scheduled for today, had been asked to submit a form of stipulation when the agreement prepared by the defense was found not acceptable by the state. The district attorney an nounced Friday that the planned test had been cancelled because of the demands of the defense that no pub licity attend the findings and that results should not be used In court unlesr. favorable to the defense. GORVALLIS BABY CORVALLIS. May 1. Tiny Carol Maxfleld lost her life late yesterday at Burnt Woods when fire destroyed her parents' home. The 3-months-old tot's mother. Mrs. Darrell Maxfleld, and her aunt. Mrs. Lawrence Wooley, were severe ly burned. The women saw flames shoot from the second story of the frame dwell ing as they carried furniture to the highway in preparation for moving to a new home. The fire cut them off from the stairway. Heat and smoke drove them from a ladder placed against the Infant's window on the second floor. The origin of the fire could not be determined. HELD NEW CAUSE RELIEF DECLINE PORTLAND, Ore.. May 1. (AP) Waif red T. Shuholm, member of th state relief committee, placed a new Interpretation on declining relief rolls when be suggested local politics may be denying assistance to needy cases. "I do not suspect any Individual county court," 6huholm said yester day at the committee's monthly ses sion, "but It does seem to me some counties are much lower tban others in payments. . "I know that sometimes people who may not agree politically with public office holders might not be treated fairly." Shuholm made the comment when the financial report revealed sharp declines In the number of persons applying for relief and the amount of money spent. He opposed the committee's policy of not recognizing the Workers' Al liance a the representative of Its own members on relief. "I spend 60 per cent of my time on relief matters," said Chairman Jack Lulhn. - "I have gone out Into the counties with the staff to lodk Into various cases. If we find a wrong, we try to right It. If a man Is hungry, he has to be fed Feed him first and Investigate later. If I'm wrong, I want this committee to say so." Elmer Ooudy, administrator, back ed the chairman's sentiments snd pointed to huge strides made In the last year. Larger payments have been made and more persons aided, he said. Medical Chief Passes BOISE. IDAHO, May AP) Dr. Rlnaldo E. Baker, 61, chief of the United States veterans' hospital med ical staff here since 1914. died today. Domestic Wool Quiet BOSTON. Mey 1. (AP-TJSDA) Domestic wools were quiet In Boston during the past week. Interest was confined mostly to pre-shearlng con. tract. for western irmon uwu-Oa f - fered at $1.00al.0S scoured basis for cam Ding irngm wools in original nags and mostly 85 to 98 cents for original wools of short French combing and clothlncr lengths. SEEK RECALL OF FARLEY INSPIRED ,75 SALEM. May 1, (AP) A recall movement against John C. Sleg mund, 76, Marlon county Judge, reached official status today when preliminary petitions were filed with the county clerk. The Judge was charged with In sufficient qualifications for office because of age, temperament, laca of training to administer laws for the aged, dependents and minors and because of these asserted fac tors snd his financial Interests he was also described as unfit to pre side over the probate and Juvenile courts. . The petition was signed bv three Salem residents and two citizens ot Turner. Rumors of a recall move ment have been heard here for some months. The Judge has held the of fice since 1927, when he was ap pointed to fill s vacancy. He was re-elected twice and his present term runs to January. 1941. Mill Strike Ends SHERIDAN, Ore.. May 1. (AP) Negotiation of s working agreement between the New Grande Ronde Lum ber company, Valley Junction, and the Lumber and Sawmill Workers' union, was completed today, ending a month-old strike . among 100 em s' loyes. TOPEKA. Kas.. May 1. (T) A charge that Postmaster-General James A. Farley waa to blame for censor ship of films containing remarks against president Roosevelt's supreme court program was left today with the people of Kansas by Senator Bur ton K. Wheeler, Montana Damocrat. Recently the state, censor board ordered elimination of a short speech by Wheeler from a news reel con cerning the court dispute, holding the remarks were Immaterial. Later, after protests by numerous persons. Including the 1938 Republi can presidential nominee, former Gov ernor Alf M. Landon. the board re examined the case and restored the speech. his mother In a downtown shopping crowd. He pondered the problem. Shortly afterward a throng col lected suddenly. The mother came rushing to see what the excitement was. In the center of the crowd, at the intersection of two busy streets, stood Tommy, wearing Patrolman Brush's police cap and blowing lustily on his police whistle. 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