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The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-14

only is it situated almost directly on the Arctic Ocean, but it is virtually the only place where the icescovered mountains recede q few miles inland leaving a wide level plain on which landings may be effected.
 IL is on this plain that Amund sen, Byrd and other polar ex plorers have made their starting point and to which they must in evitably seek to return unless they elect to make dash foi Alaska.
 Owing to the atmospherics, ra dio is faint during the Arctic sum mer, and anyway rescue opera tions would take a long time. By the end of September the pack ice freezes into one solid mass and anyone lost at that time oi the year would be sure to perish Many improvements have been made here since 1925, when the Spitzbergen or Syalbard archipel ago. until then a no mans land became officially Norwegian ter. ritory by the Oslo parliament's acceptance of the Paris Treaty o. 1919 conferring the sovereignty oi the islands on Norway.
 Scattered over the plhin are the little wooden shacks of a coal mining village. During the briei | summer months it is the home ol about 300 to 400 miners who come from the European continent fol the season to hew coal.
 Kings Bay boasts the northern most railway in the world. It is only few miles long and serves to transport coal to the jetty where colliers come.
 By the end of May the snow begins to disappear and scurvy grass and the polar willow, z tree" two inches high, begin tt bud These and a variety O. bright green mosses constitute the only vegetation in Spitzberg en. Most of the islands are jus bare rock, rubble and slate.
 On the plain, well in sight O. the little wireless station whicl passes news on to the big Nor wegian government radio a Green Harbor, 100 miles south, { rough hangar and mooring mas ! have been raised for polar fliers The supply ships have arrived : from Tromsoe with commodities for the polar dirigible crew.
 The midnight sun has risen; i will be day until August 24.
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ENCOURACEDBY
 MELONS TALK.
 HOOvER| IN DRIVE
Commerce Secretary Max ing Final Effort Smith
 Has Enough in Sight

WASHINGTON, May 1f. - As they indulged in speculation as to the effect of Secretary of the Treasury A. w. Melons endorse ment of Herbert c. Hoover, the latters campaign managers laid plans for final drive to line up Kansas City delegates for their candidate They take the Mellon endorsement to mean that they will in the end have the aid of the Administration with the un- instructed delegations.
 In the Democratic camp the anti-Smith forces are looking to the South where many delegates are yet .te be chosen to get enough anti Smith delegates which, added to the favorite son delegations, might make a bloc of more than one-third of the convention with which they hope to make a last stand against the Smith wave that has been sweep ing the country. Smith forces claim enough votes in sight for the nomination on an early vote and hope for nomination by ac- clamation.
 G. o. P. Layout
 The Republicans have chosen 870 delegates to the Kansas City convention, leaving 219 yet to be named. The Democrats have des- ignated TIA, leaving 326 to be selected
 The Hoover Republican dele gates pledged or claimed total 44G of which 1S4 are in dis pute. The Lowden forces have pledged to them or claim 252 of which 6S are disputed. Senator Curtis has 46 of which 22 are disputed. Senator Norris claims 33 of which 16 are in dispute. There are 15S delegates, includ- l ing 43 from New York and 79 from Pennsylvania, that have
 been elected but to whom no claims are put forth by any can- didate. This list does not include the B votes from Indiana.
 Smith Claims
 The supporters of Gov. Smith claim 553l2 of the elected Demo- cratic delegates. Of these the claim to 7912 are disputed. Sen- ator Pomerene claims 47 of Ohio's l4S votes. The Smith forces claim these votes after the first ballot, | if not, indeed, on the first ballot, but they are not included in the l5531% claimed votes. Senator Reed claims IF of which S1 are disputed. Senator George claims 2S, Congressman Hull "A, former Senator Hitchcock 16, and Congressman Ayes 20, which are disputed by Senator Reed. There are AZ delegates to the Demo- cratic convention that are not claimed in this list. Indiana's 30 delegates that were instructed for Evans Woolen by the Indiana primary are not included in this l list.
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Lindbergh and
 LanpEier Are Noio Accomplished 1irmen

 { NEW YORK, May 14.-- Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Majcr Thomas J. Lam phier arc now accomplished navigators.
 Lieut.. Com. Weems who taught the pair navigational aids found them apt pupils.
 Weems asid: "All l did with Col. Lindbergh was to demonstrate with him on ocean navigation as applied to aerial navigation. He caught on quickly. l can do no more.
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WYOMING G. o. p. NOT
 TO INSTRUCT; SMITH
 MAY WIN DEMOCRAT

CHEYENNE, Wyo., May h While the Republican State con clave today is forecast to be tranquility and to be undisturbed hy contests of any kind with nc indication of attempts to send ar instructed delegation to the Kan sas City convention, the Demo cratic meeting is expected to be the scene of an interesting con test when insistent efforts will be put forth to obtain an instruct cd delegation for Gov. Smith.
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Seuen Cling. to Support
 M Water for an Hour
 Before Finally Rescued

WASHINGTON, May 4.- Pitched into the cold waters of the Potomac when a gasoline launch struck a snag, four young girls and three men saved their lives by swimming to the support of railroad bridge, 15 feet aawy, and holding on for nearly an hour until rescued.
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Wien and Merrill Are Making Flights
 To Point BarrOtU

WISEMAN. Alaska, May f4.-- Aviators Vein of Fairbanks and Merrill of Anchorage, arrived here at noon Sunday and within two hours took the air again for Point Barrow with a moving pie ture company. The planes will be engaged the balance of the week in transporting to Point Barrow. Weather was stormy last week but was perfect yesterday.
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FISHING PARTY
 OF 8 DROWNED

LOCKWOOD, Maine, May IA.
 Eight members of fishing party from Brockton, Mass, and sam Budding. of Greenville, Me-, were drowned yesterday when motor boat, in which Budding. N, a 'oking them to a camp, fspfahts q feak. Tie engine stop- ped and the boat filled with water and sank.
 Chief Charles Daley, of the Brockton Fire Department, was the only person saved.
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Claim Body of Executed
 Man Has Been Muthiated

SAN RAFAEL, Cal, May h. Charges that the body of Clar- ence Kelly, "terror' bandit. ex- ecuted last Friday at San Quen- tin, had been mutilated to pro vide materials for an operation in San Francisco, will be inyes- tigated by the State Prison Board. The funeral service has been postponed for further exam ination of the body.
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Ketchikan Woman Is Seuerely Injured in
 East, Auto Accident

DANVILLE, Penn. May It. Mrs Agnes Sayres, of ketchikan. Alaska, suffered a broken back yesterday when a tire blew out and an automobile overturned near here. Physicians hold little hope for her recovery.
 Miss Eleanor Bodern, age 20, and George Welsh. Jr., aged 20, received cuts and bruises. Two others in the ear were not hurt.
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Chinese NatiOnalists
 Ask Attitude of U. s.
 On Trouble iUith JapaIi

SHANGHAI, May IA. = The Chinese-Japanese crisis has been formally brought to the attention of the United States Government by the Nationalist Government Council of China.
 No specific request for inter- vention is made in the cable sent to President Coolidge by the Ma tionalists but attention is called to the recent clash and the atti- tudc Of the United States is asked towards this grave situation by Japan"
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GOOD MARKSMANSHIP

TSINAN, May I4.-Ldtest es- inmates of the casualties suffered by the Japanese and Chinese since fighting broke out on May 3 is placed at 2,250. Only the accuracy of the Japanese artil- lerymen kept down the civilian death tolls in dropping shells on military points and not damag- ing the residential districts.
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SLAYER, BANDIT,
 BELIEVED DEAD

SEATTLE, May 14.-The po- lice have begun operating on the theory that the bandit, slayer of Patrolman Fred Ivey. last Thurs day night following q drug store hold-up, was wounded in the duel with the officer and drowned in Lake Union after escaping from the scene of the tragedy. The lake is to be dragged
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DAVE LEWIS
 IS SUICIDE

LOS ANGELES, Cal, May IA. Dave Lewis, veteran racer, sui- cided with d pistol when a brush fire near his cabin in the San Francisco-Coquito Valley, famed beyond control when he was clearing brush Officers said Lewis undoubtedly committed suicide because of his nerves being shot to pieces" The fire was extinguished with little eff fort later
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-14
CALIFORNIA MAY WANT
 J, D, PHELAN FOR VICE

SAN FRANCISCO, May 14- Former Senator James D. Phelan will be proposed for the vice presidential nomination at Hous ton, said II. II. McPike, chairman of the Democratic State Com mittee. McPike said that he would present Phelan's name as a running mate for Gov. Smith Phelan headed the Smith Cali fornia ticket.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-14

until after the budget meeting June II. He is not expected to go to Kansas City.
 Secretary of Labor Davis. is taking his family for visit to Cardiff, Wales. during meeting of the Loyal Order of Moose, of which he is director-general. Post master-General New again will go to Michigan late in June to fish at the Turtle Lake Club, where he has been member for more than 40 years. Attorney General Sargent also will devote himself to the sport of Izaak Walton, but in his native state at Ludlow, VI.
 Secretary of the Treasury Mel lon is to attend the Republican
 (COntfnued m pagA Throa
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Reno Gro,uing 1s Center
 For Dip0rces

WASHtNTON, May t4.- Reno, EeVaflas f;fmOus IS a divorce center, was much larger magnet for disagree ing couples last year than the year before.
 The Department of Com merce credits the State with 1,953 diyorces last year. an increase of 932 over 1926.
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SMITH HAS 69H VOTES
 IN PENN DELEGATION

NEW YORK, May 14-Joseph F. Guffey, Democratic National Committeeman for Pennsylvania, says the Pennsylvania delegation to the Democratic National con vention, will give Gov. Alfred E. Smith 691. votes instead of 66 as have been claimed. MT. Guffey had promised so votes for Smith before the primaries.
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Stoll and Wife Are to
 Join Arctic Expedition

BELLINGHAM, Wash, May IA. Members of the Stoll-McCrack- en Siberian Arctic Expedition, sail for False Pass on the Pacific American Fisheries steamship Redwood tomorrow afternoon. It is understood the party will in- clude Charles H. Stoll and Mrs. Stoll who are expected to arrive here from the East three hours before sailing.
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SKATER BACK FROM STATES

Chief Deputy Marshal J. F. Statter, who went south several weeks ago with a prisoner for McNeils Island and two patients for Morning5ide Sanitarium in Oregon, returned to Juneau on the Alameda.
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Western Dry Officials
 In Secret Conference

SEATTLE, May 14.-Five Pro- ,hibition Administrators of West ern States are in secret confer ence here on plans for tightening up on enforcement. A possible west side crusade is seen.
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B. M. BEHRENDS IMPROVED

B. M Behrends, who was III with a cold last Saturday and was thought to be threatened with pneumonia, is much inn proved and is expected to be about in a day or two, according to J. F. Mullen.
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MOBILE WILL CHECK
 OYER MAP OF ARCTIC

A third flight will be to the side of the Pole opposite Crocker's Land, to the islands called Nicho- las II land north of the peninsula of Tainir. discovered in 1913 by the Russian expedition of Captain Wilkiski. These islands, which the soviet rebaptized Lenin's Land, are not well known, either as to extent or formation.
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WAIT FOR WEATHER

KINGS BAY, May 14.-Com- mander Mobile will make another flight to the Polar regions as soon as good weather prevails The crew is working day and night filling up the craft with gas and benzine. Wet snow covered the Italia but the sun came out today, drying 1t up.
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California Woman Is
 Found Dead on Steamer

GLASGOW, May IA. = Miss Eloise Gundrum, of Sacramento, Cal, was found dead in her cabin aboard the Caledonia upon arrival here after a four months world cruise. Apparently she had been strangled by rope placed to aid rising from berths.
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BROWN ATTENDS COURT

Deputy Marshal c. V. Brown of Petersburg is here attending the present term of the U. s. District Court,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-14

Judge James Wickersham re- turned on the Admiral Evans from a short trip to cities in the southern division of the Terri tory.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-14

The above dispatch was re- ceived in Juneau late this after noon by The Empire from the Associated Press too late to se- cure any positive information re- garding the appointee.
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FATAL TRAGEDY OCCURS IN CHURCH
TO REED IS NOMINATED

BULLETIN-WASHING- TON, May IA. - President Coolidge has nominated Ed gar J. Adams, of Oregon, to succeed the late T. M. Reed, as United States Judge of the First Judicial Division of Alaska, with headquarters at Juneau.
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Autos in Race; Train
 Beats Them Baby Is
 Sole SmuiUor FamiIy

ERIE, Penn. May 14.--A baby Is the sole surviving member of a family of seven, and the father and son of another family are also dead as the result of two automobiles crashing Into a train. Five other persons were injured, one probably fatally. The tragedy resulted in an impromptu race between the two automobiles, the course lying across a railroad track.
 Sam Shucklin, travelling man, took passage on the Admiral Evans for Cordova.
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tcontinued on Page Three.l
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q Elimination of UNEMPLOYMENT
through state and municipal under
takings. -.
8. Abolition of military training
with the view of preparing for COM
plete disarmament.
4. Shifting of taxes from the poor
to the rich.
CAPITAL Press Indignant
1t was quite natural that this an
nouncement should not be greeted
with praise by the reactionarv nress
1t was in fact denounced by the mess
as a unit. Moreover, organs of lahor
though approving of the announce,
ment of the new ministry, Were for
the most part opposed to labor assam
ing control while constituting min
ority in parliament.
Norway's labor forces are headed
toward the left. Perhaps the near.
ness of Norway to Russia has CON
vinced the workers that the onlv real
success lies in the direction of com.
plete overthrow Of the capitalist or.
der. On December Is last, the ma.
tional Federation of Labor at its an.
nual convention voted by a vote al
two to one to seek affiliation with tbf
labor movements of Sweden. Den,
mark, Finland and Russia.
1t seems that the Norwegian labo1
movement is far more to the LETT tb5I
those of Sweden and Denmark I
seeks no compromise with the existin,
order.
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Local News


Roy Collins of Raymond visited
friends in Plentywood Friday.
Henry Valdez of Outlook was
business visitor in this city last Mon
day. -'-'A
For Sale-FOrdor Ford Sedan. good
shape, lots Of extras. Tire Shop. 47-2
Emil Senechal, blacksmith of Raw
mQnd, drove in Saturday evening to
remain over Sunday with his family
John GraysOn of Antelope trans
acted business in the county capital
Monday.
Men! See our special prices on
3hirts. You will want one. Johnson's
store. adv.
Grant StOner and Elwood House
were county seat visitors from Out
look last Monday.
Kenneth Collins of Raymond at
tended the tractor show in Plentvwooo
last Saturday.
Mary Palubicki, who teaches, a rur-
al school, visited relatives in PLENTY
wood Saturday.
Hans Agaard was in from his farm
near Plentywood last Friday on bust
I ness.
Charles Squires returned from Mis-
sOula Friday, where he had spent the
past several weeks with his family.
All Rubber Tippers. Just the thing
for the spring slush for women and
children. Johnson's Store. adv
j. o. Brensdahl of the McNulty pre-
cinct drove to PlentywoOd Tuesday t.
look after legal matters.
Henry Styve of the Archer country
drove to the county seat the first Of
the week for repairs for his radio.
a big dance will be held at the Tenn
pie Saturday, March 3rd. APPS Go
Getters will furnish the music. adv
Otto Donaldson drove to Westb,
Wednesday to transact business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Trower O.
Outlook were in Plentywood Saturda,
shopping and visiting friends.
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WALSH WAKES DUMB
IN PRESENCE OF
OIL MAGNATE
Continued from page one9

Stewards hard eyes. This was an
awful serious mOment-more than a
hundred million dollars was angry
with them.
Probably every senator at the table
disbelieved most of Stewards testi-
money. He had been lodging the
witness chair for years. Now he
was bullying the committee while re-
fusing to answer the questions for
which the senate had directed 1t to Sc
cure answers.
Upon unanimous report by the COM
mittee the senate ordered the arrest
of Stewart who was later freed by
habeas corpus. Sen. Walsh offered a
resolution authorizing the expendi-
ture of $4,000 in legal and court ex-
penses in prosecuting the contempt
issue. This was adopted. Helm OF
Alabama declared that "this man
ought to be put in prison; if he were
a poor man he would be in jail now
instead of being at large under a writ
of habeas corpus"
Meanwhile, before the public lands
committee, confession that SSOO,OOO o.
the secret fund had been turned owe
to the Prairie Oil & Gas Co. in 1922
, by James O'Neil, then its president
was made by his successor in office
w. S. Fitzpatrick. Inasmuch as Prai
RE Oil & Gas contributed $1,2OO,OO
to the secret fund, and O'Neil turne
= back only 100000 of it, Sen. Walls
: wanted to know who kept the missin
a S4OO 900 of Prairie's share. Fitzpat
rick said he did not know. There ar
I rumors that O'Neil, weary of his e2
! ! lie, is likely to return, surrender an
confess
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Mrs. L. j. Sorbey.
Fred Jacques, j. B. Chandler. Lee
Munson, Darrell Eaton and OSWALD
Schultz were among those who drove
to Flenty wood Saturday.
Mr.. and Ms. John Campbell spent
the week end at the H. B. Campbell
.alm north of Dooley. They returned
Monday. -
he people of Dooley and vicinity
wee shocked to learn of the deo+I
OF Peter Johnson at his ranch home
in Canada early Sunday mornino
The wife of the deceased passed ava
only two weeks ago. The community
extend their deepest sympathy to the
remaining sons and daughters.
F. r. Decker and L. j. Sorbev to.
gether with a group of men, motorec
to Plentywood Sunday.
Mr. arI Mrs. H. N. Stenseth re.
turned Monday from Minot, N. D.
James Cl2usen drove his Buick I,
! Plentywood Sunday.
Father Sullivan arrived Monday II
spend a few days in Dooley.
Mrs. James Clausen is on the sicl
list. Mrs. Vic Harden is assisting q
the restaurant during her illness.
w. d. DoOley drove to Plentywooc
Monday.
F. r. Decker left Monday for Mi
not, where he will spend a few dav
attending to business matters.
g. c. Epler arrived Tuesday fror
Williston, N. D., to spend few day
attending to business matters.
Mrs. F. R. Decker entertained
rumber of ladies at her home Tuesda
evening. Three tables of bridge wer
in play until a late hour when tn
hostess served a most appetizing re
past. Mrs. Henry Hunter received til
prize for high score and Mrs. Potte
! received the low prize.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loyle Goss entertain
ed few friends Tuesday evening" g
5Tid"e. Two tables were played unit
ni@right. Mrs. Goss served a Lowell
lunch at that time and all voted it
most enjoyable evening.
Jack Bennett and Carl Bull of Pier
IywoOd were in town Tuesday ever
ing.
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CONTINUED from page Fourp
lions it looked like some one thoughi
it would be good pastime for Row ana
his lady friend to walk home and save
their (the takers) own shoes, as the
Coupe was found. standing on our
street Sunday morning cold"
Lon Myers returned from Roches.
ter, Mimi, last Saturday where ne
called on medical clinic at the Mav0
hospital. Mr.. Myers reports thai
they told him he was good Tor man
more years and to go back to the
Montana prairies and work it off a..l
that is the way he feels after gettinc
back home.
A. A. Endfield was a business cali
er at Williston, N. D., for few DAYS
last week.
Mr.. Krost of Plentywood was q
business caller here Tuesday fore
noon.
The new furniture for the Lutheran
church has arrived and crew of car.
penters are hard at work installing
the same.
Ernest Grayson, L. S. Tennes
Lawrence Jensen, Milo Stangeland
Less Hedges, Mrs. L. Jensen and Les
ter Regain took the examination a
Plentywood last Saturday for carrie
on mail route No. 2 which is opel
for new carrier this spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Olson of White
tail spent few days with Mr.. an,
Mrs. Art Olson this week,
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HANS RASMUSSEN
WRITES FROM CALF
California, Feb. Is, 1928.

California, Feb. Is, 1928.
Producers News:
I am in California and don't know
what in the world to do after got
here. Had most interesting trip,
slep 3 nights on the train, saw day
light from Great Falls to Butte. The
mountains looked about the same as
they did when l walked it some years
ago. Had more time then to take
good look. Had daylight again from
Ogden west. A wonderful mixture of
sand, alkali, sage brush and noun
tains for hundreds of miles with a
lonely crow here and there. Stations
are far apart, put there just to give
the train an excuse for stopping, and
prohibition agents in uniform, put
there by our government to keep the
people of Nevada from drinking. Good
gracious, who would have the heart to
blame the people of Nevada for drink
ing, what else could the poor people
do. Whenever they find some way of
turning sage brush, alkali, sand, or
mountains into booze. Nevada is 60
ing to be the greatest state in the
Union
California is noted for its wine,
women and song. Well, of songs /
have only heard this one:
My little brother Billy
He fidgets and he squirms
/ am going to take him fishing
Because he's got the worms.
! 1t IS too warm for an overcoat and
too cold without one. In California
people are not supposed to have fire
IN the house. They keep warm by
! sitting around and shivering.
The town l am living in has two
big oil refineries. Next to where
live is 3-million barrel tank. Hops
| will get away before it explodes
People here have nothing to worry
about. The oil company regulates
their pay, tells them what to do anC
how to vote. They even like the
! smoke from the refineries, which wher
it blows in your direction, takes YOU
breath away, and likely few year.
OF the last end of your life, but PEG
pie who own property here claim i
is healthy.
They have a library here where M
wife wanted to borrow "The Jungle
for Walter to read. The librarian al
most tainted. You surely do no
want your boy to read a book lik
that" That Librarian knows who sh
is working for.
Every newspaper l pick up has bi,
headlines about bank robberies.
just wonder how Joe Dolin is goin
to get Rodney connected up wit
. them. but no doubt Joe will find som
. way of doing it.
After all, l agree with Walter Sha
California is the bunk anyhow,
isn't like Montana" But don't worr
about me, I get plenty to eat an
drink.
Hello to Producers News and tn
folks at home
HANS RASMUSSEN.