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KENTON
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Items of Personal and Social Interest
Cleaned About the NeighborhOOd
Kenton, July 31.-Miss Mary Kath-
1yn Walker who had an operation for
tonsils and adnoids in Philadelphia is
home and getting along very nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. a. Downes Of Lewis
town, Pa, are visiting his sister, Mrs.
]. w. Arthurs and family.
Mr.. Presley Geoghegan and family
of Delaware City, spent the weekend
with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. I'll.
Geoghegan.
DR.. E. F. Smith and daughter Cath
arine of Georgetown, were in town on
Sunday.
Miss Emma Walker of Wilmington
IL spending a week with her father,
Mr.. J. P. Walker and sister, Mrs. j.
Weston Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Greenwell
We're out of town Oh Sunday.
Mr.. s. q. Walker and daughter
to Philadelphia on Sunday. Mrs.
Walker and Mary Kathryn returned
with them.
MI and Mrs John Jacobs motored
to Newark one day last week to spend
the day.
Quite few town people attended
the Fair at Harrington last week.
AIr. and Mrs. Harry Daniels and son
Harry Jr. and Mrs. Sallie Moore of
Sollingsdale. Pa. spent the weekend
with Mrs Moore's brother, Mr.. w. s.
Arthurs and family.
The Ladies Aid Society of Kenton
M FL Church will hold 4 Lawn Fete
Oh Thursday and Friday evening Aug
ust 2nd and 3rd. Greensboro Band
will furnish music.
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TOWNSEND
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Cleaned About the NeighbOrhOOd
Townsend, July 31.-Sugar corn and
lima beans, favorite summer dishes
with rural Delaware folk, have made
their appearance in the markets.
Beans are selling for 80 cents a half
peck i'll the pod and corn Is retailing
fol- 35 cents a dozen.
Miss Anna Boehmler, Of Malvern,
Pa, is spending several weeks with
her relatives here.
Roland Reynolds, Jr., is spending
several weeks with his aunt, Mrs. Luta
Boehmler, Of Malvern, Pa.
William Jacobs, of Aberdeen, Md,
spent the weekend with his daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. C a. Greenwood.
Miss Dorothy Mattiford has return
with her cousin, Mrs. Ralph Carly, of
Dover.
MI. and Mrs. Edward Haegele and
friend, John Beck, of Philadelphia,
spent the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey J. Naylor.
Colonel Crouch anil two daughters,
Marion and Lille, of Penns Grove, n.
II, visited MI. and Mrs. I'll. ]. Naylor,
on Sunday evening.
Miss Jeanette Wilson returned home
Thursday after a weeks visit with her
aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. S. S.
Wilson, Of Westminster, Nd.
Mrand Mrs. Walter Munroe and son
Walter, Jr, Of Bayonne, n. j., are
spending a few days here with Mrs.
Lydia Davis, mother of Mrs. Munroe.
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DOVER
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Dover, July 31.-Dr. and Mrs. JOS
eph y. Mcdaniel and Nj. and Mrs.
James Wise, have returned from a
trip to Plattsburg, N. y. where DR..
and Mrs. McDaniel's son is located for
the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Horsey and
two children, Lloyd and Henry, are
occupying their cottage at Rehoboth.
Mrs. John H. Jones and daughters,
Misses Julia, Mary and Ella, are at
Atlantic City.
Mrs. Vincent McGoldrick and baby
daughter, of Scranton, Pa, who have
been visiting their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. J. Scanlon, have returned to
their home in Scanton.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Vane are &C
cupying their cottage at Oak Orchard.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. S. Fennimore, Of
Nutley, N j., with their children, Miss
Jessie and Bobbie Fennimore, have
been spending the week with Mrs.
Fennimore's grand mother, Mrs. EN-.
Stevenson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baker Taylor and
children Dorothy and Baker, Jr., of
Wilmington, are spending two weeks
at kits Hammock.
Miss Anna O'Brien, daughter of the
late Rev. T. A. O'Brien, is visiting
friends in Dover.
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Zebulon O. Hopkins, son Of former
Mayor John C. Hopkins, of Dover, re
turned last week from a six weeks
stay at Camp Leonard Wood near
Baltimore, with the r. o. T. G.
Mr. and Mrs Russell Hardcastle
and daughter Evelyn, of Baltimore,
Md, are visiting their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Johnson.
Mrs. w. Ross Jones and Mrs. H. p
Fennimore have been spending sever
al days at Atlantic City, N. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. d. Watson are
spending their vacation at Oak Orch
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HARTLY
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Items of Personal and SOcitI Interest
Cleaned About the Neighborhood
Hartly. July 31.- Hartly NJ. b.
Church, Rev ]. B. Vaughn, pastor, an
nounces these services for next Sun
day-Sunday School, 10 a. M; preach
ing, Il a. M; preaching at s p. m.
The twenty-fourth annual meeting
of the State Camp of Delaware, Pa
triotic Order Sons Of America, will be
held in the public school building at
Hartly on Tuesday, August %. The
opening session will be at $50 a. M.
The Ladies Aid Society Of Hartly
M. z. Church will met in the basement
Of the church Friday evening, August
3. All members please be present as
there is special business to transact.
Mrs. Sybil klaes is entertaining her
son, Mr.. Roland Koeller Of New York
City.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dunlap of
Philadelphia. were Saturday visitors
of Mr.. and Mrs. W. S. Dodd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Williams en-
tertained company on Sunday.
Miss Frances DAILY has as her guest
her cousin, Miss Sparks of Washing
ton, D. G.
Miss Dorothy Davis Of fredericksburg
is visiting her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Davis and cousin, Mrs.
Pauline Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Schaub spent
the weekend with Mrs. Schaub's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. q. S. Wootten Of
Cannon.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Dodd enter
tanned on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
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Boggs and daughter Of Massey, Nd.
Quite a number of people from
Hartly motored down last wek and at
tended the Kent-Sussex fair.
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ard
Miss Florence Reeder is visiting her
aunt. Miss Minnie Arnold, in Wash
ington, D. C.
DIR. and Mrs. Presley S. Downs are
visiting their daughter, Mrs. Eugene
Smith, at Middletown, n. Y.
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ODESSA

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Odessa, July 31.- Loomis Atwood
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wbo for some time llas .tors b
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cepted a position 4p.ng. i. he W
Trust Company .n+o,. Balinl iforsi !
ceed ID Burrell Cronlp'i9tt,o ollsi T. 10 lcs 4. |.
si'lfl. Mr.. and Mrs Giai'll;s SI;s. G,e D., 2SI
Mss s. Edith E:5t5,5. nd bays S.'i T. -
and Mrs. A. +. Doil',r Ti, G-
Miss Beatrice 1ll1 III
Other CorreSpO
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BLACKBIRD

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Cleaned About the NeighbOrhoOd
Blackbird, July 31.-The music pu-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-03
BRING CARNES
BACK TOU.S s
Refuse to Permit Pri-
soner to Play His
Own Way

WINNIPEG. Man. Oct. 3.--iPi The
long journey back 70 Atlanta % face
charges of embezzlement began at
9:30 a. m today for Clinton s. Carnes.
former treasurer Of the Home Mis-
sion Board of the Southern Baptist
convention.
Carnes offered 10 ray his expenses
back to the city IN which he rose to
prominence before hiS disappearance
August ~. moye characterized TN
John Hudson. assistant solicitor gem
eral for Fulton county. ~ a gesture
To create sympathy IN the south. He
was tod he would return AZ public
expense as other prisoners Dc.
Hudson and X. IT Tolbert. deputy
sheriff. who came here for Carnes,
completed arrangements for transpor-
tation before going 20 the police sta
tion for their prisoner.
Carnes. who since his arrest Fri
day. had shown eagerness to return
to Atlanta. was not told until this
morning that the party was 70 leave.
Jail attendants said he appeared ner-
vous when they first saw him today.
ATLANTA. Oct. 3.-(Pi-The Sou
thern Baptist church will attempt
through civil courts TO recover money
advanced by defaulting churchman
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u. S. Asks PayFo
Oil Sinclair Got
AT Teapot Dome

PHILADELPHIA Oct. 3.-fPl-A
summons in trespassing filed by the
federal government in the United
States district for Delaware against
the Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing
company was explained here today a.
a suit 10 recover more than one mill
lion dollars for oil taken from the
Teapot Dome property while under
the control Of the Sinclair Oil inter
eSts.
Owen J. Roberts. Philadelphia. spe-
cisl counsel for the government in
the litigation against the Sinclair oil
interests. said that after Teapot
Dome was declared government prop
erty hy the courts. the Mammoth Oil
company was sued for the amount of
oil taken but was unable to meet the
judgment rendered against IL.
As the Mammoth sold the oil IL the
Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing com
psny. the government is now trying
t. collect from that concern which IL
Delaware corporation.
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AGENT OF US.
HERE GETTING
OFFICIAL DATA
Designation Probable
Mason States After
Conferring With
Heads of City

g. p. Mason, special agent of the
United States treasury department.
arrived in Brownsville Wednesday TO
secure data on the city'S municipal
airport sought BY the federal govern
ment relative to designating the
landing field as m international
airport.
g. a. Richardson. manager of the
Brownsville Chamber M Commerce,
and members ofthe city commission
conferred with Mason Wednesday
morning, furnishing all necessary
data on the airport. which is now
under construction. that II might he
forwarded IL n. W. Camp. treasury
department head ~ Washington.
Mason expressed the belief that the
field would nc designated an inter-
national airport within the next few
weeks
when the port II 70 designated. the
government will construct quarters
for the customs, immigration and
public health departments which will
be stationed AZ the field.
Richardson announced that the
chamber of commerce had taken the
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HARDIN GETS OUT
OF VOTE CONTEST
Observation-Disclosures
YANKS-CARDS
SERIES TO co
ON AIR HERE

arrangements were completed
Wednesday by The Brownsville
Herald and radio station kWWG
of Brownsville Ia broadcast the
world series games. which will
open between the 81. Louis Card
inals and the New York Yankees
at New York City on Thursday.
The Herald wires will he con-
nected direct with Yankee stadium.
New York City. and radio fans
will he able To hear the story Of
the game as il progresses. play
by play.
The first two games. Thursday
and Friday, will he played in New
York City. after which the teams
will 20 to 81. Louis for three
games. beginning SUNDAY.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-03
TO ENTERTAIN
OFFICER FROM
MEXICO HERE
Eduardo Hay, Secre-
tary OF Communica-
tions to View Air
port, See Matamoros

Elaborate plans were completed
" ednesday for the entertainment OF
Eduardo HAY. Mexican secretary OF
communications and public works
who Will arrive in this city Saturday
by air from san Antonio for two
days inspection of the Rio Grande
Valley and developments oontem-
plated at Matamoros and the north
eru section of the state Of Tamau-
lipas.
A special plane is being sent from
Tampico by the Mexican Aviation
company To bring Hay from San An
tonic 10 this city and. in turn, 70 his
home in the City Of Mexico.
Hav is now in san Antonio where
he flew IA passenger on the first
airmail plane between the City oi
Mexico and Laredo.
Although HAYS visit was aCtuatcd
~ Pedro Chapa. personal friends "a
the secrctary's. who issued the invi-
tation To him while in Mexico City
last week. NJ will be bc entertained
during his stay here by the Browns
willie Chamber of Commerce.
pom MS ARRIVAL mere .dtAl uA. !.
morning. nv viii be taken on an auto
mobile ride III the city and will then
~ taken ~ Point Isabel where he
will he the guest of All Parker who
will take him on p tour N the Point
Isabel deep water project IN hi
yacht "Sca Breeze"
Returning To Point Isabel at noon,
Hay will be served q luncheon NJ the
Point Isabel Yacht club after which
ne will re taken on tour ~ the
Valley.
IN announcing the entertainment
program. q. q. Richardson. manager
Of the Brownsville Chamber of Com
merce. sttacd that Hay would be re-
quested To confere with Brownsville
and Matamoros business men relative
TO the construction Of highway
between Matamoros and Victoria
which would conect at the latter city
with the Tampico highway now under
construction.
His aid will also be sought in the
establishment Of an international
airport at Brownsville and the in
auguration Of airmail between this
city nd the City Of Mexico.
During his visit in this city. Hay
will be a guest in the Chapa home.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-03
DENY town IS
AGAINST PORT
Santa Rosa Man Pro-
tests Statement
OF Greenwood

SAN BENITO. Oct. 3.-A denial Of
the report made here and ut la Fcria
that the people of Santa Maria are
opposed TO entering the port project
at Point Isabel IN contained In n let
ter from r. :. Champion. pioneer
Santa Maria resident, 10. County
Judge Oscar II. Dancy. copy of the
letter being received here.
Announcement was made no port
mass meeting here by II. u. Green
wood, n ia Fcria and HarIingcn.
that In Feria. Santa Rosa and Santa
Maria were opposed ~ entering the
district.
Mr.. Champion in his letter declares
that there have been no meetings
held IN Santa Rosa. and that in his
opinion not more than two or three
persons in that entire community
were consulted when the report was
made that Santa Maria was opposed
to the Point Isabel project.
II saw an article in The Herald
written from La Feria. which claims
that La Feria, Santa Rosa and Santa
Maria arc against deep water M Braz-
os Santiago" Mr.. Chmpion's letter
reads.
II don't know how they car count
on Santa Maria being against it when
we have had no meetings here 10 de-
termine our position in the matter. I
for one am in favor Of Brazos project.
and also SAMSON. the rest Of the
people here don't know how they
stand but my opinion is that only
two or three persons were consulted
and whoever wrote the article took il
for granted that Santa Maria was
against il.
Il believe in the Brazos Santiago
project because the government is he
hind il, and has already spent and
will spend lot Of money III the Val
ley will do their part.
Il am writing now SO As 70 let you
know how the deep water proposition
stands here
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-03
Crew of Spanish
Steamer in Danger

LONDON. Oct. 3.-lFl-A dispatch
to Lloyds from st. Vincent. Cape
Verde islands. says that the crew of
the Spanish steamer Axpe Mendi,
which went ashore On Hartwcll
reef. Bnnavista island. m October !,
is in danger. a government tug
which went IN The assistance of the
stranded vessel ~ unable M effect
rescue because of the high seas.
Wireless is the only means of com
munication between the tug and the
wreck
The AXpe Mendi sailed from Ham
burg. Germany, on September ),
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GIVEN
lO-YEAR TERM
Jury Returns Verdict
In Ramon Cara
Murder Case

Ten years IN the penitcntiary was
the verdict returned Wednesday
morning hy the jury IN the trial of
Ramon Garza. confessed slayer of
connected with the death ar nm uncle
July =.
The verdict was returned after the
jury had deliberatcd less than two
hours.
The defendant stated he had moth
inging II say when arraiEned before
Judge AL W Cunningham. He vas
not plared On the stand in his owl
defense.
Cara. according II information
received BY Cameron county Officers.
is also wanted IN MatamoroS. where
he Is alleged u have stabbed and
killed Conception Marina. A Young
girl. IN March, 1926. According to
Matamoros officers he escaped ~
the American side Immediately after
the tragedy. Reports have also hcon
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Mrs. Fry Held on
Murder Charge

EDINBURG. Oct. 3.-,Pl-Mrs. G.
H. Fry of Edinburg was under
here today following the shooting Of
charges of murder here today fol-
lowing the shooting Of her husband
at his own doorway yesterday. Fry
received the charges from both bar
rels of a double -barrelled shotgun IN
the chest.
Mrs. Fry waived preliminary hear
ing and is in jail awaiting grand
jury action. She told officers that
her husband had threatened and
abused her.
The jury was expected 10 file a re-
port in the case late TODAY.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-03
Grapefruit Race
Still Unsettled

Indications were late Wednes-
day that the first car Of grape
fruit for the present season likely
would not roll out OF the Valley
before sometime Thursday.
The car being loaded al Donna
by Wade and Newton was said "a
he making good progress. hut re-
ports from Donna indicated that
tests had mt satisfied inspectors
that tho fruit would comply ~ith ell
regulations. These tests had not
been completed. II was said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-03
TWO DISTRICT
PLAN ON PORT
IS INDICATED
Support of San Benito
Assured; Definite
Details of Plan To
Be Wo.'ked Out

You can count or San Benito %
help build the port" was the assur-
ance given hy Judge J. Q. Louthan,
one of the San Benito representa-
tives. at the port mass meeting in
the Brownsville high school audito-
rium Tuesday night.
Organization of two districts. ore
including the San Benito territory
and the other the Brownsville see
tion. was discussed briefly. and the
sentiments expressed Indicated tina,
the plan would be adopted.
Definite plans will w announced
IN week or ten DAYS after San Ec-
nito and Brownsville committees
have had the opportunity to confer
and adjust any mat.ers which hay
arise IN conn action with the partici-
patton of Two districts in develop.
meut or the port.
Judge A. Nj Logan. Judr1 ]. y
Louthan and ri s. Robertson. man
aEcr or the san Benito water district.
were among the speakers. each as
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-03
ANTS LOSE!
PRETTIES MEN
PROHIBITION

CHICAGO. Oct. 3.-tPD-Prohi-
bition is making men more hand
some. IN the opinion of DR.. James
Doran, national prohibition COM
missioner.
Dr. Doran's argument follows
this reasoning:
Under prohibition the average
nan has more money TO spend.
And since he cannot spend IL le-
yallv for liquor. he spends it for
shaves. facials, hsircuts and man
cures"
Men who buy hair tonic now
idays, he added. use IL for hair
.onic.
Dr. Doran spoke yesterday be-
fore the National Beauty and
Barber Supply Dealers associa-
ion.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-03
Tmmney and Bride
Take Marriage tOtU
In Rome; Plan Tour

time parish priest of the Tunney
family in New York.
After the ceremony p luncheon a.
which there were twenty-five guest
was served. and Il was announced
that the couple planned to leave
shortly BY automobile for an unre-
ve1led destination or their honey
moon.
Miss L; uder. VINO * wealthy and
socially prominent, was dressed IN
mauve velvet trimmed with lace.
She wore silver net ever her
hair which gave her the appearance
Of a medieval chatelainc Tunney
wore a blue sack suit which brought
out his superb physique strikingly,
a black and white tie. with Spats
and black shoes.
The famous Roman cerulian blue
sky was at its best for Polly" Lau-
Gers bridal day and just when Tun-
ney was putting the ring upon her
finger ray Of sunlight shot
Though the window Of the royal
salNh making it glitter for all the
witnesses to see. As the religious
ceremony was finished Tunney kiss
cd his bride and then Mrs. Lauder
his mother-ig-law.
The walls Of the room vera hung
with old red damask against which
masses Of gorgeous white roses
stood out strikingly. In the room
where the religious ceremony was
held there was a large picture %
the madonna and child surrounded
by white roses.
At the civil ceremony Tunney 4
witnesses were Attorney Del Frate,
a lawyer for the American embassy
who had assisted in making the
necessary arrangements for a rapid
dispatch or the formaltics. and
Leon Dominian. American consul
here. while those for Miss Lauder
were Vice Consul Wesley Jones and
Mrs. Thomas Il. Daniels, wife Of the
srrrpfary nf the American pmhakSy
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-03
ship RUSHING
TOAD SIGHTS
CRAFT, RADIOS
Rescue Vessel Already
Was Going to Help
Another When Plea
For Succor Heard

NEW YORK. Oct. 3.--lPi The
Radio Corporation Of America pick
cd up an :. o. s. call this after
noon from the steam trawler Fill
lett saying that she was sinking
fast and expected to be able 20 keep
afloat only - minutes after its
message was sent.
The radio corporation received
another message from the steamer
America. saying she had sighted the
Fillett. which was listing badly,
and was rushing TO her assistance.
The America earlier today sent a
wireless 20 the Associated Press
saying she was hurrving to the as
sistance of the Dutch s;eamer el-
aeno. In distress in n northwest
gale. II was apparently On this
first errand of mercy that the
America sighted the Fillett.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-03

Louis u register. The more I see
of this campaign the more strong
In ] feel that YOUR election iS or
supreme Importance to the ccun-
try. Your qualities ~ a man and
what you stand for regardless If
party make me feel that the prob
lens which will come before our
country during the next four wears
will he best solved under your
leadership
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-03

ROME. Oct. 3.-iPt-Surrounded
nv \ little group of intimate friends
and In the greatest simplicity. Gene
Tunncy. retired heavyweight champ
ion, and Miss Mary Josephine Lau-
der. of Greenwich. Conn. were mar
ried today AZ the Hotel Russie.
Two salons of the "royai apart
ment.' normally reserved for visit
ing Sovereigns. were used. one For
the civil ceremony which was per
formed by Signor Brofferio. lead
ing fascist. and the other for the
Monsignor Joseph A. Brelin OF the
American College in Rome and one
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Lindbeygh Feels Hoover
Win Highly Important

WASHINGTON. Oct. 3.-(Pi-
Colonel Charles "A. Lindberrh to-
day teIcEraphed Herbert Hoover
that he had strong feeling that
the election of the republican
presidential candidate its Of su-
prsme Importance ~ the country"
The Lindhergh message. sent
from New York. and made ruhIlr
az republican headquarters. said
II have recently flown to St.