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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06
THOUGHT OF AN EGYPTIAN
PRINCESS ABOUT TO DIE
well. anyway, my figure.
I'll make lovely mummy

The University of Washington ex-
tension service started course last
night In augmentation"
Mrs. Homer Brew Is an honor
graduate In this course.
Wen, winter wouldn't be 80 bad
II II wasn't for the cold. rainy and
snowy weather.
I'm so worried about the baby,
John
whats the matter7 IL she ill7"
NO, but she keeps trying to put
her foot In her mouth. and I'm afraid
she'll grow up TO be a ballet dancer"
Scientist says sleeping outdoors
makes one beautiful. Perhaps this
accounts for the charming appear.
ance OF hoboes.
ADDLED AxI0Ms
Tho whisky was successful.
but the drinker died.
Today's candidate for the Poison
Ivy club IL the limbo who is not
content with the natural noises his
flivver makes. but has to have few
tire chains banging against the
fenders.
Following the line OF least resist.
ancs Il what makes men and rivers
crooked.
RTE letter IN my pocket don't
,onnt my uIfe TO sect
" shc finds II f'rI hare trouble sho
soiu spoil the GAY for mo.
can't burn u. and ioonidn't dare
to throto the thing aioap
What v any one should find ~ There
oonId be the deuce 10 PAY
Here ! am upon the threshold OF my
happy homo, di1cki
] sous told to maI her LITTER, and roo
brought the darncd thing back
Now that the legislature IL amend
ing the state dental code. why don't
they make II felony for dentist
70 Hay 1T won't hurt pit" when he
pulls out a root tnal extends clear
down TO the big fosSs
Spit noWf my boyi
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06
RAID PUBLIC'S
Cash, Charge
Bill to Sa d d e
Assessments on
City Opposed
BY John w. Nelson

Another raid upon the small tax.
payers pocketbook Is contemplated
By banking Interests. which are fos.
tering. at olympia. amendments 10
present laws governing the redcmp.
ton OF Improvement district bonds.
IL was charged TUESDAY. when sena.
tor Dan Landon announced that he
had withdrawn his name from a &c.
riea Of bills. including senate Bills
81 and 50.
with various big corporations and
banking interests In control az olyIn.
pla. where a powerful lobby Is main.
tanned. Il IN charged. for the special
purpose OF passing these measures.
Seattle citizens may wake up some
morning 10 find their general fund
tied up for tho benefit OF bond buy.
erH.
Corporation Counsel Thomas J. l..
Kennedy Tuesday said ,hai period
OF Wild real estate boorns might FOL.
low the passage Of the measures,
and that in a short time the taxation
limit for tho city might 10 reached
10 protect bond huyern, endanEering
tho administration Of current city
business.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06

TERRE HAuTE Ind Feb. 8
Five persons We're fcr'ou " injured.
two perhaps fatally. when iast Big
-Four train No, 40 hit an open switch
near here today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06
WOULD STIMULATE
REALTY BOOMS

Under the amendments proposed
by tho bankers' lobby at Olympia,
when special improvement district
bonds are nnstrred and shers Is not
sufficient money 20 retire them. a
guarantee fund consisting OF money
sot aside for this purpose must be
used.
The immediate effect OF such n
bill would be TO encourage develop
ment Of real estate traets by boom
snicameu." Kennedy said. These
tracts. under this law. could be high
~ improved, and then the city gcner-
al fund must be used 10 pay for the
pavcmenis. sidewalks. sewers and
other improvements.
Passage Of these measures Will
subject the improvement district
ordinances 20 great abuses and
bond buyers will be protected by
the general fund Of a city. Over
a period Of years the entire cost
OF special improvements might be
taken from the general funds OF a
city"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06
& This State Is In for a Plundering!


tonEuetwisting thcrtainly theems
to be thwecping the thityl
AZ last II has been discovered why
the Ku Klux Hammers begin all
their titles with -R~ They're Sc
eret tongue-twistersl
The first tongue-twistcr. tho. was
the cnk Who wrote TN advertise
ments Tor Kampus Kut KlotheS.
IL TONGUE-TWISTING GETS TO
BE A HABIT
Hello. Horiense, how's How
ards hooeh!
Belly. Bobby. but Billy's
brew's bad.
Bunk, Billy's brew's bullyl
-rain'n Too trraeiish TO this
taste.
Nonsense! Nut notion.
Yep. ycast's yippy. you yegg.
-Mebbe malt's married mix
tures
Hope hops help his hooch
hereafter.
-Bonjour. boob.
Olive oil. oil can.
woman Wins Tongue Test" says
a headline in yesterdays star.
They generally do
Two royal princes OF Denmark
have just left Seattle. Would Il b
D. per TO refer 10 them as Great
Danes"f
A bill will be introduced in the
legislature prohibiting high school
girls from wearing graduation
dresses which extend more than two
inches below tho clavicie.
Quick. boy. the dictionary,
A ddne Nate
IL Margaret Duff;
she chesos tobacco
AsS csrgi<s snsyf.
William A. williams took stroll
down Second ave. without his pants.
He probably got tired OF getting EN-
pressed
THOSE CHILLY FLATS
Those two women who leave
their apartment every morning
TO 70 swimming In Lake Wash
lngton are actuated. no doubt.
by desire to get warm.
Pharaoh Tutankhamen. who rcigned
5000 years ago. Is to be x-rayed.
We know Just exactly what the doc
tors are going TO say whom they look
at the plates. They're going TO tell
Us his death was the result Of abb
scessed teeth.
IF l didn't get out Of America
soon I'd be killed BY the poor liquor.
anyhow said Isadora Duncan an
shs sailed for Russia yesterday.
Aw, come on back. Isadora. and
have Just one moro little drink
Tsadors says she would rather live
on black bread and vodka than on
the best we've got in America And
she im't no particular II she gets
the black bread or not.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06
THOSE CHIILY FI.ATs

Those two women who leave
their apartment every morning
TO 20 swimming In Lake Wash
ingtou are actuated. no doubt,
by a desire to get warm.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06

William A. williams took a stroll
down Second ave. without his pants.
He probably got tired Of getting EN-
pressed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06

Tsadors says she would rather live
on black bread and vodka than on
the best we've got in America. And
she isn't no particular II abe gets
the black bread or not.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06

Pharaoh Tutankhamen. who rcigned
5000 years ago. Is to be x-rayed.
We know Just exactly what the doc
tors are going TO say whom they look
at the plates. They're going to tell
Us his death was the result Of alb
scessed teeth.
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-01-11
WASHINGTON

President Harding was requested 10
order the return OF all United States
troops stationed on the Rhine by Il res
uluti"n passed by the Senate by vote
Of - 10 g.
Admission Into this country Of Il
number Of Russian farmer peasants,
eXilrJ from Russia and now held in
detention camps In Germany, Is being
sought by northwestern interests 10
furnish farm labor and Colonists.
The first step toward enactment of
agricultural relief Legislation was tax.
en- by the Senate banking and currency
committee when 1t reported favOrnbly
the Cappcr farm credits bill and rec
commended an extension Of the War FL
nance Corporation for nine months
after June 80 next
President Harding rendered Secre,
tary Of Commerce Hoover the place aS
secretary Of the interior which Albert
Il. FAN will Vucnte on March /, but
after a conference it was decided that
Mr.. Hoover would retain his present
position.
A construction program providing
for 10 new or extensively rcmoduIed
federal buildings scattered over the
country was jointly recommended to
Congress by Postmaster General Work
ard Secretary OF the Treasury Mellon.
Projects on the building program in.
cludcd $SS,OoO for Boulder, Colo, and
S3jO,0O0 for Casper, Wyo.
A challenge to opponents of Henry
Fords proposal to take over the Mus
Gle Shoals Project to put forward a
better offer wys made by Representa-
tive Mckenzie, Republican, Illinois,
acting chairman Of the military afful, $
committee, which considered the plan
In an cXtcnsi III Of remarks inserted !
the Congress )na. Record. Mr. Me
Kenzie insisted that the Ford offer
would produce fertilizer for the farm
er, and denied that acceptance would
mean that tnly Onetenth Of the power
developed 1t Muscle Shoals would be
used for manufacturing fertilizer
The brotherhood National Bank of
Spokane was granted charter by the
comptroller of the currency according
10 word received by organizers Of the
Institution. Capitalized at 100000, 1t
will be organized by local members of
the sixteen railroad brotherhoods, 1t
was stated.
A partial program Of farm credits
legislation was agreed on by the Sen.
,te banking committee, which decided
% report the Capper bill substantial
v MS drawn, and then proceed with
Of the Lenroot-Arderson
i'll In addition.
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-01-11
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST WEEK
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSER FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
WESTERN

a messenger Of the IIellman bank In
Los Angeles was robbed Of $4,000 by
four robbers in the wholesale district,
before TIE gaze OF at least two score
pedestrians.
Two ARE dead and one slightly in
iured as the result Of an automobile
skIddIng on the icy road and turning
turtle on the dry creek road near
Boise, Idaho
J. 4. Wilson was arrested recently
in Los Angeles on Il tclcgraphc war
rant from Cheyenne, Wyo. He Is
charged with the theft Of government
bonds from Fort b. A. Russell, Off
"cTs announced.
Fire damaged heavily the publish,
Ing plant uf the Nevada State Journal
ut Reno Ncv. The loss was estimated
at $2,l,uOO The flames started in the
basement Of The building. The journal
will b" published in the plant Of til,
Reno Evening Gazette Company.
Tie West Fork logging camp, four
miles from Morton. Lewis county
WASH, was wrecked by II coudburst
according to word received In Seattle
A fiyrfoot wall Of water poured down
TiItun river, wrrcking or overturnlng
nearly every building in the camp.
discovery Of "a cabin In II lonely
EuGnn | M 4 ~ ~ -L.ra NrE
Clara Phillips, hammer murdercSs
who escaped from the Los Angeles
county Jail Dec ), 'conceaIed herself
for at least four days" after the Jail
break. Was an uunCed at the sheriff's
office recently.
Production Of coal in the Kansas
field will not exceed 3,poO.DO tons fol
1872, as compared to 100000 tons Ia
1921, and as high as 100000 torM In
previous years, according TO an an
nounCcncnt by James Sherwood, state
mine Inspector The falling off In pro
duCtiOn Is accounted for by the five
months Cuui strike and shortage vi
coal cars.
Eight union men convicted by d
jury In Los Angeles, Dec. 70, Of con
spIracy 10 obslruct. interstate com
mcrce. In connection with the aband
"nncnt Of Santa Fe passenger trains
on the desert east OF Los Angeles last
August. were fined total Of $9,SOC
In United States District Judge Ben
jnnin BIedsUc's court. The court
characterized the actions Of the de
PENDANTS us "inexcusable and unjustl
fable"
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-01-11
DYED HER DRAPERIES,
SKIRT AND A SWEATER
WITH "DIAMOND DYES

Each package Of Diamond Dyes" con.
tains directions SO simple that any woman
can dye or tint faded, shabby skirts,
dresses, waists, coats, sweaters, stock
ings, hangings, draperies, everything like
new. Buy Diamond Dyes"-no other
kind-then perfect home dyeing is guaran.
teed, even il you have never dyed before.
Tell your druggist whether the material
you wish to dye is wool or silk, or whether
It is linen, cotton, or mixed goods. Dia.
mond Dyes never streak. spot, fade, or
run. So easy to use.-Advertisement.
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-01-11
cuticura Comforts Baby's Skin

cutieura Comforts Baby's Skin
When red, rough and itching. by hoi
baths of Cuticura Soap and touches Of
Cuticura Ointment. Also make use
now and then Of that exquisitely scented
busting powder, Cuticura Talcum, one
Of the indispensable Cuticura Toilet
rio.-Advertisement.
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-01-11
ltinerant Herself.

The Maid-Mistress has new hus
band.
The Cook-Do you think he'll stay :?
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-01-11

There are so many trivial things in
life-enough to keep one eternally
busy If he will permit 1t.
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-01-11
FOREIGN

FOREIGN
Fire In the municipality Of Navotas,
suburb Of Manila. destroyed 400
NIpa shacks. leaving 1900 natives
homeless.
A Brussels manufacturer states that
two Belgian divisions will assist seven
French divisions In the occupation OF
Essen and the Ruhr district.
The Turkish government has Issued
decree calling to the colors all able
bodied men in the liberated regions,
according TO a telegraph dispatch re-
celved in London from Constantinople.
The allied reparatlons conference In
Paris has broken up. ut Is an amic-
able rupture" said member OF the
British delegation as he was leaving
the conference. I'VE are going home,
France goes ahead without us"
President W. r. Cosgrave OF the
Dali Eircam replying 10 the peace pro-
pOsals of the Republicans issued an
ultImatunl that the Republican irreg-
ulars must give up their arms before
peace can be concluded between the
two Irish factions.
Mohammcd u, former Turkish sui
tan and calIph, has gone to Mecca, the
birthplace of the founder Of the Mo-
hammedan faith, where he will make
his future home. He Is an exile from
the Turkish state, but has been offered
protection by King IIusse!n of I1edJaZ
A vigorous forty-cight-hOur lnyestl.
cation revealed that Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll Of Philadelphia, millionaire
trying to make his way into the United
States disguised rs sailor. has not
been seen at his former home In Eber-
bach for two months.
Notwithstanding the disappointing
collapse Of the negotiations between
| the allied representatives, and the
| Turks concerning special Judicial priv
| ilcges for foreigners in Turkey, the al
lied delegations are pushing forward
| the preparation Of a peace treaty
| which they still are hoping may be
signed at Lausanne.
Judge Andres BorromeO, known as
the fighting judge. who WAS sho; and
fatally wounded In Manila by bandits,
/ shot one Of the bandits dead before a
second member Of the robber gang OF
five wounded the judge, according 10
II police statement. Two city detec.
tiyes also were wounded by the ban
dts, who escaped in motor car.
The thIrtIcth Congress expired re-
Gently in Mexico City in turbulent
session In which pistols were drawn
and challenges to duels were made.
| Violent inyeCtiycs were employed and
| physical encounters were barely avert
| ed. The fcud between the CO-Operatis-
| tas and the partidO Liberal Constltu
'ioHd'io'o Diohe out anu INV 'PPo'AtS
| sides of the chamber exchanged per
sonalities. No one seemed to be con
| cerned with several Important bills,
which failed TO pass. George Prleto
Laurens, youthful leader Of the Coop
erutistas, and Israel Del Castillo, dep
uty from CaXhca, became extremely
personal and lad their pistols unllm-
bered for action when friends inter-
| fered.
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-01-11
Neck and Neck,

(which, of them cot the divorce?"
"Oh. 1t seems to have been one of
those Paris mutuals."-Life.
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-01-11
GENERAL

| of Flint, Mich, was killed at the Gulf
Coast speedway at Houston on the
last lap Of the second race.
Appointment of Francis X. WadleIgh
as federal fuel distributor to succeed
Conrad T.. Spcns, who retired Jan. /,
was announced ut the White House.
Motor cars and trucks killed 1882
persons in New York state in 1872, II
was shown in the annual report OF the
National Highway Protective Society.
OF these, $50 met their deaths on the
streets Of New York city.
W. NJ. BoOdIes) RngsdaIc. wealthy
Muskogee negro and proprietor OF II
| MuSkogee, Okla. undertaking estDb-
| llshmcnt, was shot and killed when he
| attempted. to escape while being taken
to Sapulpa by officers on charge Of
| murder in connection with the killing
of policeman and the wOundIng Of
| four others there last week.
The appointment of Edward +. kock
us regional coal representative for the
northwest region of the Pennsylvania
railroad system was announced In Chi
cagu by Vice President J. q. Rodgers.
A robbcr held up Mrs. Katherine
Donovan. head bookkeepcr Of the Pal
mer House, Chicago, famous old hos
telry of Worlds Fair days, knocked
| her unconscious and escaped with
from $1,000 to $4,000 of the hotels
| funds.
A fire in the downtown section OF
Grand Rapids, Mich, destroyed the
Valley City Milling Company's plant
and spread TO the Berkey and Gay
Furniture Company's building, one of
the largest furniture factories in
Grand Rapids. The blaze was brought
under control before great damage was
caused 10 the furniture building.
Two boys, one ~ years old and the
other II, robbed the Guarantee State
bank Of Wichita Of $l,4l534, hid the
money in Il sand pile during the night
and were arrested the next day when
they attempted TO purchase railway
transportation to Dallas, Texas, az.
Cording to detectives who made the ar
rests. All but So AZ was recovered.
the detectives reported.
The woman "bOOkmaker" has ap-
pcared in New Orleans, according to
the police. Mrs. Edward Clay was
surprised in her husbands tailoring
shop taking bets on horses. officers
said Il WAS just taking the bets for
my brother" Mrs, Clay admitted, the
police allege. Formal charges were
lodged against her.
Emile COuc the little pharmacist
from Nancy, came to America on the
steamer Majestic hopeful Of spreading
through the country his autO-sugges-
tive phrase, Day by day, in every
way, I'm getting better and better"
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-01-11

When man makes an Ostentatious
display of his wealth he advertises
himself as an easy mark.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-07
NEW YORK kEREN HAyESOD
CAMPAIGN TO OPEN WITH WEIZ-
MANS ARRIVAL SLOGAN. "WHIT-
HEx SMALL. THEY GO:,

Dr. Chnim WciZniann. the leader Of
World Zionism. will arrive in New
York on Saturday evening March :;rd
aboard the Steamer. '1'asir. His
coming now as contr7lstcd with his visit
here almost Two years ago has II much
greater Significance Two years ago,
tire Palestine Maninte had not yet been
ratified and this fact lay like u barrier
across the field of Zionist activities. To
day. the Mandate is ratified and in that
Mandate the Zionist Organization is the
recognized agency Of the Jewish people
and DIR. WeiZmann comes as the head
of that agency.
+, DIR. WciZmaHn morcver comes to
present record of achievement on the
part of the Kcrcn Hayesod in Palestine.
From the funds of the Kcren Hayesod
a steady stream of immigration intp
Palestine is being cared for. a splendid
school system is being maintained. over
thirty agricultural colonies are being
supported and all The medical and
sanitation units are being supported.
Bringing this message of growth and
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-07

grated, / cup sugar. l tablespoon CHINA
mon. | lb. Windsor butter.
Make noodles using 2 eggs and salt
and -four in proportion. cutting noodles
u by 3 inches. Cook in boiling wafer,
salt water. : minutes and drain thru
colander. Heat the butter in spider
add the noodles and cook only long
enough TO absorb the butter. Mix IA
cups of the walnuts with the sugar and
Cinnamon.
Into II well CREASED baking dish
place Y. of the noodles. spread the plum
butter. thinned with hot water. over
this, sprinkle with \. of the nut mix
ture. Add the rest of the noodles.
sprinkle with the rest of the nut mix
ture. Bake y. hour in Il moderate oven.
Remove from form. strew with tie re-
naming nut meats and serve hot.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-07

he present. including Senator Spencer.
nardcnt champion of the Zionist
Cause. who viii represent tie admin
i>tratioaos r., sidcnt Harding. Samuel
t'ntermycr - the Honorary Chairman
of In, Dunrrct and Reception commit
toe md Judge Bernard \. Huscnblatt
is the chairman of the New York Cam
paign. The Managing Director of The
Campaign will he MIR. Harris !. Sclig
On the 10Th Of March the Women's
Organization of the Kcren HaycsOd
will tender reception of Chain Weiz-
mnnE at the Hotel PENNSYLVANIA. and
following that local banquets in differ
cnt pnr;s Of the city will mark the
open!it; of the campaign in those sec
tiOns.
The try-no.e of all these prepara-
tioiis is rnitionized in the campaign
slogan "Whi her Shall They Coz" For
TO the Kcr,ai IIaycSud has fallen the
practical problem of working uOt the
salvation of The thousands and thou.
sands of Jews VINO are actually home
less at the present moment. There is
the picture of 25.06O Jews in Poland
who have been ordered TO leave Polish
territory. Whittier Shall They Coz
This army of 2j.OO people presents an
international problem. 1t is not a ulies-
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-07

development IN Palestine with him. DIR.
Weizmann points to it as II reason for
incrci sed support on the part Of Aineri-
can Jewry When Dr. Weizmann ar
rivcs lrfc. a-Retrption committee of
five hundred will meet him at the pier.
His arrival in America will lie the sig
nal for n number of great mass dem
onstraiions The procession Will pro
ceed TO the East side of New York.
More than one hundred Jewish organi-
cations will rally together for n mon
ster demonstration. 1t is expected that
tens of thousands of people will come
out to greet DIR. Weizmnnn. New YORK
city even now while DIR. Weizmann is
on his way. is feeling the effect of his
coming and is already responding in
increased enthusiasm and endeavor
for the Kcrcn Hayesod.
The New York Campaign for two
million dollars will start with the ar
rival of DIR. Weizmnnn. Already 5000
workers have been mobiIized so tlia,
when the signal is given. they cai,
lnunch the campaign with the surety
of success. The campaign will he
opened officially with IL dinner To he
given on the 18th of March at the Hotel
Astor at which n number of noted mn
tional and international statesmen will
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-07
Darnpf Noodles

Kuchen dough. u cup butter. Z. lb.
stewed prunes.
Make kuchen dough. Let rise. Toss
on Toured board. and mould into small
thick noodles or biscuits. place them
in a closely covered iron kettle. with
plenty butter at the bottom and not
too closely together. Let rise in "A warm
place and then pour over cup of
cold water. milk or prune juice. cover
and plnce in II moderately hot oven and
let cook until you hear 1t fry and the
steam or water has all evaporated. The
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-07
NEW YORK WOMEN GATHERING
FORCES IN KEREN HAYESOD
Results Achieved by Speakers Indicate
Responsive PubIic-NIiss Eva Leon
Scores.

The hcightcninc interest being dis
played by the Jewish women f6f New
York in the work Of the Kcrcn Hnycsod
Womcn's League, is evidenced by the
fact that at every function conducted
by this organization there is a great
workers. In the short space .of one
month since lis reorganization on a
membership basis under the leadership
of Mrs. l.. Gottheil the sucicty has
tive supporters paying the annual dues
Of two dollars
One of the most effective means
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-07
cola Water to Make Dough.

Soak dried pears over night. Boil
in water. Add cinnamon sticks and
sugar enough, to swcetcn. Mix and sift
flour and baking powder. add salt. suet
and cold warr to kncad. Roll out thin
and sprinkle with rnisins. cinnamon
and sugar. Roll mp like jelly roll and
twist into fiat ball. Put IN greased
roasting pan. pour pears and juice. bake
in moderate oven until done
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-07
NOODLE PUDDING
No. 1 Fine Noodles

eggs. cup powdered sugar,
grated almonds.
Make fine noodles, using eggs. Boil
in salted. boiling water 10 minutes.
Place in colander. pour cold water over
beat the yolks light with sugar. add the
salt. almonds. and drained noodles and
lastly. stifily beaten whites. Pour into
"a well creased pudding dish. set dish
in hoilmg wafer and boil ,. hour.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-03-07

ton merely of relief by sending food
and raimcmt to them. 4 Homeland
must he found and Palestine is the
only homeland for them. Thus falls
task of providing "A home to the thou
sands of homeless refugees. Three
quarters of the funds which are need
ed to enable The kcrcn Haycsod to
carry on its work must come from
America American Jcwry will not fail.