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Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-07
AsKA PIONEER PENSIONS
 MONEY SOON EXHAUSTED

JUNEAU, Feb. No mere pension allowances can be granted under the Territorial Old Age Pension law, ac- cording to Lockie MacKinnon' treas urer of the Pioneers Home board of trustees. owing to insufficiency of ap- propriation.
 Even if no more pensions are grant ad at the present rate of payment under the law there will be a def1clen- cv before the end of the biennium,
 One hundred and ninety-one old age pensions are being paid, of which 70 are to women. Under the law men get s25 and women s45 monthly. The to- tai appropriation was $6o,ooO, of which only s3S,oOO remains unexpended.
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STEAMSHIP STARR
 HAS ROUGH TRIP

The steamship Starr which left Se
 ward for westward points Jan uary 27 has encountered rough wea- ther to the westward It is reported the vessel was hove to for over two days off Kanatak, waiting on Purser Frank Horn, who went ashore and could not get back, owing to the gale blowing and the mountainous seas. While discharging cargo at Kaantak, a barge owned by the Kanatak Light craze Company, sank alongside the steamer, and considerable cargo was lost. Owing to the severity of the gale the Starr ran to shelter and re- mained there until the gale blew it. self out The Starr left Kanatak for Wide Bay.
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EFFORTS QUESTION ALBERT FALL WILL
 BE AbAVDCNED

WASHINGTON, Feb ' Further efforts to question Albert B. Fall were abandoned by the Senate Investigat- ing committee today, upon advice of Attorneys Strawn and Pomerene, who recommended that he not be permit jed TO testify unless he waived immu- nity. Prosecution of the former sec retary will be started soon, it was an nounced. #
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-07

Henry Lucas and George B. Nelson left on today's train for their home on Skilak Lake They took the train to Lawing and from there will mush down the lake over the ice. MT. Lu- cas states that he has found the re- mains of about twelve moose killed by accident, drowning, etc, this win ter. Mr. Nelson has some fine pie lures of sheep, moose and animals in their traps.
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MARQUES DOING WELL

Leo Margules, former Cordova and Seward business man, concerned with E. L. Whittemore, and who still re- tains substantial property interests in Seward, is now located in Santa Bar bara Cal. Margules & Heide have the Chevrolet agency in this city The first month the firm was in business it sold 27 cars
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MCCORD ATTACKS
 DAN SUTHERLAND
SEATTLE ATTORNEY REPRESENT sF ING LARGE INTERESTS
 URGES LEGISLATION

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-E. S. Me- Cord, prominent Seattle attorney representing the Pacific American fisheries, before the house merchant marine fisheries committee today de- clared that Delegate Sutherland had wrongly accused the bureau of adopt ing a policy which discriminated in favor of the large packing corpora tions.
 McCord urged a bill providing for the conservation and protection of Alaska fishing grounds. McCord de clared that all Pacific coast fishing in- terests would support such measure.
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J. LlNDLEY GREEN
 WOULD SUCCEED BOYLE

J. Lindley Green of Anchorage has made application for the office of reg lster of the general land office to suc- ceed F. A. Boyle, who has resigned to make the race for Delegate to Cong ress. MT. Boyle will start an aggres- sive campaign at once The appoint ment of register will be made some time in March. AZ
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MAIL PLANE NEARLY READY

Aviator Ben Eielson and Mechanic Frank McAfferty are busily engaged in assembling the DeHaviland Four, mail plane, received at Fairbanks last week, and the big machine is nearly ready for a trial flight The machine was shipped by parcel post and was one of the largest packages ever pass ing through the Seward office, weigh ing several tons.
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COFFEY WITHDRAWS IN
 FAVOR OF DR. COUNCIL

Word was received in a letter to the Gateway from Anchorage that John F. Coffey, Anchorage attorney, who had announced for the democra- tic senatorship has withdrawn from the race in favor of Dr. w. w. Coun- cil of Cordova. MT. Coffey states that he withdrew in order to have no competition on the Democratic ticket in the primary, and opposing candi- dates will be from different ends ot the division Senator A. J. Dimond the hold-over senator, is resident oi Cordova.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-07

Lee Gordon, the Seattle detective who passed through Seward on his way to Fairbanks, went north to tes- tify in the trial of Romeo Hoyt, ar rested for alleged robbery of the Fair banks postoffice. Gordon is the of- ficer who picked up Hoyt in Seattle, and this is his first trip north.
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CLERGY DELIVERS
 NJ E:ULOCY Al
 BIER 0F WILSON

WASHINGTON, Feb 7.-No eulogy was delivered by the minister in charge at Wilson's bier yesterday for he had not wished it. Rather it was his wish that the respects paid him on this day be spoken softly in the hearts of his countrymen.
 Within view of his final resting place on the heights of the Mt. St. Al ban site are the monument to Wash ington, the memorial to Lincoln and the spot that marks the sleeping place of the "Unknown Soldier"
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GERMANY DECLARES ACTION AMBASSADOR
 SERIOUS B!WvDER

BERLIN, Feb. 7.-The German press declares that the action of Ambassa- dor Wiedfeldt in refusing to lower the German flag on the embassy at Wash ington on the occasion of the death of Woodrow Wilson was a serious blunder, and the German government has transmitted to him what amounts to a humble apology to America. It is freely predicted here that Weld feldt will be recalled.
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NEW SECT DOES NOT
 BELIEVE IN DEATH

BENTON HARBOR, Mich, Feb. '. The members of the House of David colony are taught that there is no death. Those following this teaching went through their daily tasks yester- day unmoved while the undertaken laid out the body of Coy Pudnelrs, the 4O-year-old son of Benjamin. fugitive son of the king" of the sect Purnell died Sunday, last, from pneumonia which was the climax of a lingering disease. His death was not revealed until yesterday.
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Asks For Recall

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-Represen- tation by the State department to Der lin for the recall of Ambassador Weld feldt and the scrapping of all relief measures for Germany are likely to be a sequel to the German blunder in or dering it's embassy not to lower it's flag to half mast in honor of Wilson
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FEDERAL TROOPS
 TAKE VERA CRUZ
 WITHOUT BATTLE

MEXICO CITY Feb. 7.-Federal troops occupied Vera Cruz today with out firing a shot The Rebel forces. including de la Huerta and General Sanchez his commander-in-ch ig- unanimously fled the city when news of the Federal advance was received.
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TWO STEAMERS CHARTERED
 TO BRING CROWDS NORTH

Both of the July sailings of the Admiral Watson and the Admiral Evans have been chartered, it is an- nounced at the local office of the Paci- fc Steamship Company. The Admir- al Watson has been chartered by the Standard Touring Company, and will leave Seattle for Alaska July 29. The Admiral Evans will leave Seattle July IT with the Frank Reedy party of Tex as tourists aboard.
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at-AMEpA ovERHAULED

The steamship Alameda, which sail ed Saturday for Seward is just OH the ways where she received coh- nlete overhauling. Several new state rooms with bath have been added ana hotter accommodations for tourists nrovided. It is anticipated the Alaska trade will be heavy his year.
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VICTORIA WILL SAIL FOR
 NOME ABOUT FIRST JUNE

The Victoria, now on the Seward run, will be the first boat to sail from Seattle to Nome leaving the Sound City, Sunday, June l. The Victoria will make another trip to Alaska and then go on the ways for overhauling and repairs.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-07

Messages received in Seward today state that Dr. w. T. Lopp, head of the bureau of education in Alaska, will arrive in Seward on the next trip of the Victoria MT. Lopp's headquar- ters have been assigned to Anchor age in order that he may be nearer the Indian schools.
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COLD RECORD BROKEN

JUNEAU, Feb 6.-The coldest weather of the year was recorded in this city on January 24, when a tenn perature of degrees above zero was recorded at the local U 5. Weather Bureau Station, according to R. C. Mize meteorologist in charge.
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CRIT HOLMAN HAVING
 MANY ADVENTURES

Crit Holman, who as a youth pass ed much of his time in Nome and in young manhood lived here for several years, is now on a mining venture in South America. He has been in So Africa with a motion picture outfit, and when that job was finished, he set Out for South America, in Brazil His father, J. c. Tolman, we'll known oldtimer of Nome was in Ashland, Ore, at last accounts.
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CHAS. SMITH BURIED

Funeral services over the remains of Chas. Smith, Hot Springs pioneer, who lost his life in cold snap while on the trail a few weeks ago were held in Nenana Sunday under the aus pices of the Nenana fgloo Deceased was one of the ninety-eighters.
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DOLLAR LINE WILL
 ENTER ALASKA TRADE

Dispatches from Seattle and San Francisco state that the Dollar Line, one of the largest on the Pacific coast, has purchased a number of boats from the Shipping Board, three of which will be placed on the Alaska run this summer, going as far west as Unalaska. They will ply from San Francisco.
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LABOR MAN NAMED

WASHINGTON, Feb. CT. V. O.
 Connor, of Buffalo, former president of the Longshormen's union and at present a member of the Shipping Board, was designated by President Coolidge to be president of the board.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-07

Will Gabe Santos, the popular res taurant man of the new camp of Ka- natak returned to Seward his first love, is the query of his many friends here, who learn that MT Santos will hunt new location in the spring It is only rumor, but the way it has been received shows that Gabe while gone is not forgotten.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-07
kANTISHNA MINER DEAD

John P. Nelson. a Kantishna min CT, died this week at the Fairbanks hospital tuberculosis of the throat causing his death. MT. Nelson was 40 years of age. He was pioneer
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FAIRBANKS HAS DAILY

The Fairbanks News Miner has re- sumed publication of the daily which was thrown into a tri-weekly at the beginning of the winter. The camp has picked up to a point where daily is a necessity.
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HEAVY INTERIOR MAILS

Interior mails have been unusually heavy the past mont tn, Billy Burke, the Nenana-Iditarod carrier, finding 1t necessary to hire helper to han d1e the 160O pounds, on three sleds.
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BODY IF WILSON
 LAID ID REST N
 WASHINGTON TOMB

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-The nation paid it's last silent tribute to former President Wilson today Congress stood silent in honor of the dead. Eight on-commissioned officers and petty officers from the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, each participated bearing the flag draped coffin alone to the chapel in the Episcopal cath redral in the northwestern section or the city in which city will Dc the Der manent resting place. Bishop Free man and Rev. s. Taylor for the Pres byterians conducted services assisted by Rev. Sylvester, Bishop of Prlnce- ton.
 The actual entombment was res erved for the eyes of his loved ones alone, and the president and his cab inet, the admirals and diplomats, had no part in the interment, their ser vices ending with the tributes paid and their benedictions.
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COUSIN OF PRESIDENT DEAD

RENO, New Feb 7.-George Cool idge Hunting, a bishop ot the Protes- tant Episcopal church, of Nevada, and a cousin to President Coolidge, died here today of pneumonia.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-07

Edward Be. u;to, well'krown 'h'>i elan and le.. ier Of the Anchorage band is ill Seward on business mp and may dey;le to loca'r here Mfs' Rerutto relna,rv ill Anchclag".
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-07
PRICE OF hALIRUT HIGH

Advices from Seattle today show that fresh halibut has reached peak price owing to shortage, the fish being quoted today at PAPA cents.
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TAFT BECOMES ILL

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-Wm Ii. Taft suffered an acute attack or lnol- gestion as he started for the funeral of Woodrow Wilson and was ordered to bed by his physicians.
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TOLOVANA MAN INSANE

Louis Dahl, of the Tolovana, is re- ported to have become insane, and Deputy Marshal Hartwig left Nenana this week to bring him in.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-07

Attorney L. V Ray was an Anchor age passenger on today's train to at- tend the short court term called by Judge E. E. Ritchie.
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ACTED ON INSTRUCTIONS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6-The Ger man embassy here claims that in fail ing to half mast it's flag during the funeral of Wilson it acted on explicit instructions from Berlin.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-07

Judge E. E. Ritchie and Mrs Selma Scott, court stenographer, left today for Anchorage, completing, the court term here.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-07

A H. L. Meyer, treasurer of the Brown & Hawkins Corporation, left today on short business trip to An chorage.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-07

Hugh Moore, of lower Kenai, re- turned this morning by way of Moose Pass.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-07

SEATTLE, Wn., Feb. 6-Public ser Ayices were held for Woodrow Wilson in the Orpheum theatre here today. The Mayor leading divines and all denominations are participating.
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KAFANDAR|s CABINET
 HAS TAKEN ITS sEI1.

ATHENS, Feb 7.-The Kafandaris cabinet was sworn in yesterday to sue < ceed the venizelos ministry.
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A. B. SEE F[AYS
MORAL LAX|TY
Of WOMEN
Wealthy Elevator Man Lays
Modern Trend to Giving
Them Suffrage.
Bx INTERNATIONAL News seryice.

NEW YORK, April ga. B. See
Is an old fogey who ought to go
back to designing models for Noah's
ark"
This was Miss Elizabeth Mar
bury's trite comment today on the
wealthy Brooklyn elevator manufac-
turer, who charged among other
things that most of the moral laxtty
of the present day Is due to the
fact that woman has the vote. Miss
Marbury is a member of the Ma.
tional Democratic Committee and Is
a noted suffrage leader.
See, in a statement to the Lucy
Stone League, which wants women
to keep their maiden names after
marriage, laid to the door of equal
suffrage the modern feminine flaunt-
ing Of prohibition, rouge and lip.
stick pervasion and the abandon
ment of corsets.
Never was there so much rum
drinking among the young as there
has been since the women have had
the vote Never did women walk
the streets with the swagger and
brazen faces they have since they
got it.
Never did they use paint, powder
and the lipstick to the extent they
do now. Never were cocktail drink
ing and cigarette smoking so rife
among women.
And never did they take off their
corsets previous to dancing to the
extent that came after they were
given the VOTE"
See attracted national attention
two years ago when be declared all
women's colleges should be burned.
Miss Marbury characterized Sees
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Of maya
INDIANS To De
REVEALED
Half Million Being Raised to
Garry on Work of ArchaeoIo-
gists in Mexico.
BY Cosmopolitan News Service.


NEW YORK, April S.-The his
tory Of the founders Of Central
America-the Maya Indians, is to
be unravelled, and an endowment
fund of $500 900 will be raised for
the purpose. it became known here
today.
DR.. William Gates. president of
the Maya Society, and prominently
identified in archaeological circles
for his research work in Mexico and
Central America, this summer will
lead an expedition into the vast
hitherto UNEMPLOYED empire Of this
once powerful race.
The Tulane University. of New
Orleans, plans to establish a de-
partment Of middle American re-
search, Of which Doctor Gates will
be the director, and associated with
him will be John p. Harrington. of
the Bureau of Ethnology Of the
American Indian.
Besides being president Of the
Maya Society. Doctor Gates is also
director general Of archaeology for
the government Of Guatemala, and
director Of the Museo Guatemalteco.
Evidences of an ancient race with
a civilization as old and as cultured
as that Of the ancient Egyptians
were recently found in Central
America by Doctor Gates. He ex-
poets to restore the decadent tongue
Of that ancient race. decipher the
hitherto unravelled secrets of their
hierogyIphic writings, which have
been q source Of mystery to archae-
ologists for many years.
Doctor Gates contemplates the
compilation Of several books for the
instruction Of the Indians. and
eventually hopes to restore their
litAratIlre
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For the Home

sS-inch all silk Satin S1.4s I'd; was S1.ss I'd.
t1.sS yd. Nearly all shades.
SS-inch Sports Satin (Glos-artificial silky, S1.35
yd.; was $1.68 yd Black and white ~
White Turkish Towels, s for 81, were CSC each.
Size 1886. Good absorbent quality.
Dotted and Checked Ruffled Marquisette Cur
tans 91c pr. were si.4e pr. Slightly soiled.
Bleached Muslin Pillow Cases hemmed. for 81.
Were 33c each.
Remnants Of Cotton Dress Goods in lengths from
IN to 4 yards.
sS~ Printed Voiles, 1sc I'd; was sSc I'd.
90" Imported GinghamS SOC yd: was $40 yd.
-" Woven Color Tissue, $50 yd.; was sac va
80" Japanese Crepe. 2Oc yd was 2sc I'd
80" Imported Linen, $50 I'd; was $50 I'd
%" Printed Cretonnes goo yd.: was $50 yd.
So" Printed Cretonnes SOC I'd; was 4sc yd.
DOWN STAIRS STORE
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LAUGHING At COMEDIAN
NO CRIME, COURT RULES

NEW YORK, April 3.--Laughing
uproariously in a theater at the
antics and jokes Of a comedian is
no crime. ruled Magistrate Well
in the West Side court. In freeing
two girls. Florence Marks and Con-
suelo Freund, arrested on complaint
Of an assistant manager Of a vaude-
Vile theater, the court said:
Things have come to a pretty
pass when people are arrested for
laughing. People pay their money
to a theater to be entertained and
expect to laugh. The arrest of
these girls Is an outrage"
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ROW
WITH ENGLAND
INDICATED
Charges of Undue Influence
in Getting Emigrants for
U. S. Ships Withdrawn.
BY International News Service.

The former American consular
officials at Newcastle-o n-Tyne, Eng.
Iand,-Fred c. Slater and Russell
M. Brooks-have been completely
INDICATED in the settlement Of the
two.year.old dispute which resulted
In the closing of the consulate,
State Department officials said
today.
The British Government had
charged that Slater and Brooks had
exerted undue influence in getting
emigrants to travel out of New.
castle on American ships, but these
charges were withdrawn in the set
Element.
Charles Roy Nasmith will be the
new United States consul at New.
castle.
The final settlement was effected
In London by Premier Macdonald
and Ambassador Frank B. Kellogg,
although negotiations have been in
progress between Secretary Of
State Hughes and the British
Foreign Office since the spring Of
1922.
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Daily Traffic Calendar
FINES AND COLLATERAL FoRFETTUREs

year 30
AOCaI 1or yesterday
Grand total s
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BURGLAR MAKES $4,000
HAUL FROM APARTMENT

A lone burglar broke into the
apartment of Mrs. Elizabeth Van.
derpoel, 1920 Massachusetts avenue
northwest, yesterday, taking $4,000
In clothing and jewels. He over
looked two diamond-set pins worth
a like amount.
Mrs. Vanderpoel told Detective
Howard Vermillion, OF the central
bureau. that she left for O motor
trip. yesterday afternoon, and on
returning two hours later, found the
door of her apartment open.
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For Children

Boys Wash Suits, 85c; were more. Sizes 3 to s.
Boys Wool-mixed Trousers, 75c; were $3.50.
Broken sizes
Boys woOl-mixed Caps. 6Oc; were $50. Small
Sizes
Boys Broadcloth and Poplln Shirts 81; were $3.50.
Sizes 12M to IA
Boys Wash Suits, ST. were $1.06, Broken Sizes
Perfect, but soiled.
Boys Suits of Jersey, Tweed and Corduroy S1.o5;
were $295 Sizes 4 and S.
Girls Silk Taffeta Dresses 1895. Sizes to II.
Girls Bingham Dresses, 7Sc; were more.
Blue Serge Pleated Skirts, S105; we're S295.
Children's Panty Dresses $780, Sizes to 6.
Infants Dresses, csc. Sizes up to 2 years.
Pajamas and Night Shirts for 81. or fIan-
nelette. Broken sizes, 8, H. 16
Childrens heavy ribbed Hose, 1Oc pair:
were more. Sizes 2, 3, 6 and g.
DOWN STAIRS STORE. 4
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SKIPPER, REPORTED LOST
IS SAFE WITH CREW

LAUREL, Del, April 3.-Capt.
Reuben P. Quillin, master Of the
schooner Margaret Spencer, which
was reported lost with her crew,
cabled his family here today that
the schooner and crew arrived at
San Juan, Porto Rico. Monday
after battling tempestuous seas
twenty days without sails which
were blown away during storms.
The Spencer left Norfolk March
S, bound for Bermuda and on the
eleventh was reported off that port.
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The Linen Shop

Regular SS.25 Bleached Pure
Linen Napkins, size 22x22
i'm. Reduced to, doz. .$6.25
Regular S6.75 BleacFed Pure
Linen Table Cloths, size
71x72 inches. Reduced to,
each .............. $5.25
Regular $3.50 Bleached Pure
Linen Table Cloths, size III
x@O inches. Reduced to,
each .............. S6.25
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FARM PRICE PLAN FAILED
IN OLD ROME, HE SAYS

The price raising plan in the
McNary-Haughen farm products
export bill is the same that was
tried without success 1900 years
ago by a Roman emperor, Thomas
0. Marvin, chairman of the United
States Tariff Commission. declared
yesterday before the House Ways
and Means Committee.
Marvin said the scheme was
fundamentally wrong" and doomed
to failure if put into effect in
this country.
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ADVERTISER EMIT
ALIENS FOOT-EASE
GIVES REST AND COMFORT
TO TIRED, ACHING FEET

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bunions that make you cringe with
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When shaken into the shoes, ALIENS
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and bunions hot. tired, aching, swollen,
tender feet. Sold everywhere. For
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Walking Doll address
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SCHOOL BILLS SENT
TO WELFARE COMMISSION

Bills providing compulsory school
a school census and a
parole board for the District have
been sent to the welfare legislation
commission for consideration at a
meeting late today.
The mothers pension bill probably
will likewise come before the COM
mission at today's meeting.
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Reg. $3.50 Silver Bleached
Pure Linen Table Damask.
Reduced to, yard. $500
Reg. Csc Pure Linen Crash
TOweling. Re d NC d to,
yard .19c
Reg. SOC Pure Linen Crash
Towelimg. r e d uce d to,
yarO .............. .S9C