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The Washington times., 1929-08-06
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LAKEHURST, N. j., Aug. s.
d.N.S. .The Graf Zeppelin,
Columbus Of airships, today
continued d to gulp huge
draughts Of hydrogen and fuel
in a race against time for her
swing around the circuit.
The Graf's round-the-world flight
win bring in close to 45O0OO0. half
the cost Of constructing the zeppe-
lin, it is estimated. AT $4,000 each,
the revenue from passengers should
be s1s2 900. Mail fees will augment
this.
1--WE shall start at midnight t..
morrow for our trip around the.
world said comdr. Hugo Ecikeraer.. .
Lieut. Conndr. Zeno Wiclgss exectl.
tive officer 0f the Illisfea RtaEes
Naval airport, promised to have 9ils
German dirisible refaseled by noon
tomorrow. But the PIG latsnour snlILs Ila
of American gabs fseding the Eia lai.
NAL oE the skies have found Y ex. I.
oeedingly hungry. More tflan 4 nan
million cubic feet of hydrogen Is
needed to offset the loss sustained
by the bagoonets OF the big bag IN
the dirigibless foursday flight from
Eriedrichshafen.
En- route TO New York city Tor
last conference on his world lru1ng
adventure, Dr. Eckener Will attempt
to evade the customary demOnstra-
tions which the metropolis accords
to heroes Of land and sea and air.
Refuses Invitation
When told that Mayor Jimmy
walker had invited him TO City Hall.
the Zeppelin skipper said:
II would like to see Mayor
walker. but am afraid shall be
too busy
Three stops will be made before
the dirigible's expected return to
Lakehurst September 3 or 4. They
will be Friedrichshafen, Tokyo and
Los Angeles.
.sThe sector from Friedriehshafen
to Tokyo will be our most difficult
one said DIR, Eckener. This
region is uncharted and we will
have no air maps nor. will we have
the benefit of weather reports along
the 1900 mile route"
He also revealed that q new and
better German Yep was to be built
within a year.
within two years we hope to
have completed our plans for a
regular transatlantic Zeppelin ser.
vice" he said.
Here is q word blueprint COM
parison OF the newly planned dir
igibIe with the Graf Zeppelin:
Not as long but much thicker.
Eight engines instead OF five.
Twelve miles an hour. faster, with
a cruising speed OF 50 miles an
hour.
"a Passenger Size
Capacity for q passengers instead
Two radio systems-one for.
weather reports and another for.
use OF passengers,
A smoking room tsinOking II taboo
on the Graf.
The use Of feliun as soon as
available Instead Of hydrogen.
The construction OF this air yes
sel only awaits the completion OF
new hangar In Friedrichschafen
Dr Eckener said. The American
base will probably be near some
southern coastal city. anywhere
from Baltimore southwark. accord
iY,e to the Graf Zep commander.
meteorological conditions for
Continued on Page z. Column y
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Follow Zep Around World
I'm Washing gto1l Times

w ITH the arrival Of the Graf Zeppelin at Lake
w hurst the interest of the nation now Centers
the Hearst Eckener flight around the world
which the huge air liner will begin tomorrow night
This flight Il looked upon as the greatest adventure
Of the air ever undertaken.
Aboard the Zeppelin viii Be Sir Hubert Wilkins Lady
Drummond Hay and Karl III Won Wiegand noted writer's
and Lieut. Comdr Charles Rosendahl digible expert
Of che United States Navy.
Their stories and ALL stories written on the ship
during the world circuit will appear exclusively in The
Washington Times and allied Hearst newspapers.
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R Ds'
PARTY C EARs
BY GEORGE Il. HOLMES
InternaticEaI News servics

j
The Republican national commit
tee Ii about to be shaken up. reor-
ganized, weeded out. and otherwise
geared to the Hoover idea Of what i
should be.
The call went out today for the
fun committee TO meet here month
hence, September 3. The early date
IN indicative OF somebody's idea, pre-
sun1ably Mr.. Hoover's, to get the
new machine going.
DIR. Hubert Work, who conducted
the Hoover campaign OF 1928, will
retire as national chairman and I'M
less there is last-minute upset he
will be succeeded by Ciaudius FL.
Huston, wealthy industrialist of the
new South. Huston, Tennessea1l,
Is Mr.. H0over's choice for the job
He served under the President as an
assistant Secretary OF Commerce.
Mrs. Hert to Quit
Mrs. Alvin 4. Hert, vice chair.
man, who has run the woman
end Of National Committee affairs
ever since women were taken into
full partnership in party organiza-
ton. also i to 30. Her successor
has not yet been selected, but an
indications point to Mrs. Worthing-
ton Scranton, of Pennsylvania,
who has for several years been
forging to the front In Republican,
women's activities.
The embarrassing situations In
several southern States are to be
ironed out and adjusted, with the
decapitation OF several COMMITTEES
members. Things have been allowed
to simmer along for several months
since Mr.. Hoover virtually read the
existing Republican organizations In
Georgia, Mississippi and South Caro-
lima out Of the party BY announcing
they would not be consulted In
patronage matters.
The new deal in these States will
involve the elimipatiOn Of sUncls
joe Tolbert, South Carolina, Perry
Howard, Mississippi. and Ben Davis,
Of Georgia, az members Of the com
mittee and leaders Of their respec.
tive organizations. Howard q n d
Davis are negroes. They win be
succeeded by white Republicans oi
az great prominence and standing in
their communities as possible to OBJ
tain.
All Of them, Tclbert, Howard and
Davis. have figured In the Brook
hart Senate Committees inysstiga
tion Of Patronage scandals" below
the Mason Dixon line.
Huston To Clean Up
Huston Ii being Installed h ths
chairrnanship by President Hoover
specifically 70 clean MP the Southern
situation. Al Southerner himself be
knows conditions there as probably
no other man who could be per
suaded to undertake the task.
His job VIII be to weed out unde'
slrables, both white and negro. IN
solar as possible, to the ultimate
goal of building up "a white mans
party In the South, and cOnaoIidat'
ing the Republican gains Of the
Hoover .Snith campaign
Incidentally. Huston VIII be the
first Southerner elevated to The
craftsmanship Of the Republican ma
tional committee. In that faci
alone, political observers sense !
| gesture to tire new South"
u
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VI VOTERS
1T POLLS
TODAY

Today virginia Democrats
are vending their way to the
polls and casting their ballots
in the Democratic primary for
the choice Of gubernatorial
candidates.
The candidates are John
Garland Pollard, Of Williams
burg; G. Walter Mapp, Of
Aceomac, and Roosevelt Page,
Of Ashland.
Reports from all over the
State indicate that the cleo
ton viii be very quiet.
Pollard closed his campaign BY
speaking III Gloucester Court House
Yesterday afksrn0on. Later he
smoke over the radio from station
WRVA iii Rich1nond, IiA returned
fo Williamson last night and east
hiR vote tiiia morning. He Will re-
main 1T home and returns win BE-
reIayed d him there from his head
quarters.
AIapp ak Accomac
Mapp returned to Accomac last
night after going through the First
CongressiOnal district in q whirlwind
finish In the hope Of victory. He
issued the following statement In q.
ast.minute effort to prevail upon
sll the Democrats to SO to the polls
Today:
Irrespective OF past differences,
those who are Democrats should act
- Democrats, within the party Of
their faith and allegiance. to the
end that they may present . solid
front against It's common enemy IN
November. Let Virginia remain
Democratic. / rest my case, as .
Democrat, in your hands"
Page waits at Ashland
Page has returned to the old
family plantation, Oakland, near
Ashland, which il the birthplace OF
his famous and iIlustrious brother,
Thomas Nelson Page. He win re-
main there quietly with his family.
and stated that he was confident OF
the primary result
Page has had 10 State headquar
ters, and has been his own cam
paign manager. He has made q
personal. militant campaign. and
spoken In every part Of Virginia.
Like Pollard. he attended the meet.
Ing of the Virginia State Bar Asso-
citation at Hot Springs the latter
part of last week.
Plea for Harmony
An Of the candidates have made
appeals through the entire primary
fight for harmony in the Democratic
party. They assert that the carry
Continued ON Page ., Column 81
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Two Die When Train
Hits Car AZ Crossing

HAGERSTOWlJ, Aug. 6.---A south
hound Pennsylvania railroad train
last night crashed into an autono.
bile stalled at the Mt. Alto, Pa,
grade crossing. just across the Mary
land State line.
Miss Ellen Hughes. 23, ana her
companion, ID. II. Roberts, Of San
Francisco, were instantly killed.
Miss Hughes was student nurse
at the Pennsylvania State Sana-
torium at Mt. Alto. She was To
have been graduated tbs latter part
OF this month. Roberts was visiting
friends at the Sanatoritin. Miss
Hughes was native of Wales.
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GRIFFNEN ACE
IANKS IN lST

II YANKEE STADIUM, NEW
YORK, Aug. &. Ed Wells, an ex-
Criffnaafi, was routed against Wal;
ter Johnson y men when they opened
the first game OF their double
header with the New York Yankee.
here to-day. Bump Hadley opposed
hfIns
wells has scored twice over his
former associates this season and
wa otIt 10 make 1t three in q row.
cloudy day with suspicion of
rain III the offing was present at
game time.
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] BANK STA NTS

washington Clearing House.
3s.7l6. $3.50.
New York Clearing House bal.
aRse. Si7s ,gltlD 400.
New York Cfearimg H0sase ex.
change. 81 1854, 400 .9D.
Treasury baIance. Sl54 .s6s A9l 81.
catenas FsceiptA es.lss.sls.si.
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STATE Ns
EVIDE nee
QN5uNK
By JANIS Z. KIL0Ar.T.EN

~ D&AkzkkAe@ lie &A&sA&AE n
COURTROOM, COLUMBUS,
Ohio, Aug s I.N.s. The
State rested its case at III 40
this morning at the trial of
DR.. James II. Shook, former
Ohio State University pro-
fessor, for the Staying Of
Theors Xix, pretty young CO.
ed.
Twenty-One Witnesses had testified
for the State.
Before closing It's case the state
scored an important point BY sue
,ceeding Ii having introduced as
evidence face portrait cf Miss Hix.
II revealed her to- be y decidedly
est.ico oISins girI with aa aEiatp-
1ou8g3zIi pnuf zss III eA MHs
Tnitted over yig0roti pT6tent bv the
defenas ana xIae aased around 81
the jurors.
Turns From Exfibfs
As i final gesture ii closing his
case, Prosecutor John n. Chester, 3r.s
introduced as evidence Miss Hix's
bIoOd-stained brown crepe dress: her
slashed garter belt; her gray silk
stockings; her wrist watch that had
stopped at 2 minutes to 10 D. M
on the night of June ~; picture
taken Of her lying beaten to death
on the lonely rifle range; d picture
OF SnOok's injured hand: the bloody
handkerchief ciutched in Theoras8
hand when she was struck downs
SnoOk's blood-stained clothing; the
key to the love nest" Snook main
tanned for Theroa. two bottles 81.
legged to contain d Eex-exciting drug.
and finally the blood-stainsd ham.
mer ana knife used ID the killing.
Snook. sIumped in his chair III
the prisoners dock, averted his gaSa
az Prosecutor Chester held up tbs
ghastly exhibits one by one befors
the jury.
Immediately the defenae VIZ
launch its battle 10 save snooi'a
hide. And. Ia the process, the cH1aFs
acter OF the slain Ohio state UNI.
versity coed win not be spared, IL
advance Lotices are lived up to. TN
fact. there Il every indication that
her private life win be thoroughly
ralsed up In an effort II influences
the jury.
Rival to Talk
Her one-time sl1itor, Ne ion q.
Meyers, the only rival Shook ve
had for her directions, Is billed ap Il
witness for the defense. Movers. Il
former instructor in farm crops ~
the university, had known Theora
for long time and On d number oe
occasions took her automobile ridins
He WI quite smfttsn with Lsr. and
wanted her TO marry him. But al
ways she refused.
Meyers and Snook were cronfes 0&
. sort. More than once 1Eeyefs sub
stituted for Snook I'm keeping Il
ss'date" wi Theora. But T.aook sI-
ways has insisted even after 4ie
staying that he was never Jealous
Of Meyers. Like Shook. Meyers was
dismissed at the university following
the revelations that came after the
killing OF Miss Hix by Shook al the
night Ct June rs last, when he had
taken her for an automobile ride to
the lovers lane on the rifle range
outside the city limits.
Defense Hard Set
Defense attorneys admit that they
have hard row to hoe ii their
fight to save SneoIS from the chair.
Nothing has been brought out 50
far at the trial to convince observers
that the death pf Miss Hix was nee
essary; that she had given Shook sui.
ficient proyocation to murder her.
She may have quarreled with
Shook. as he claims. and she may.
Continued on Page 3. colnnn 81
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MoDieIand Expecting
Wedding Grist

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Aug. (IN.S1--To quote popular
song there romance the air lovers everywhere these
days in Hollywood.
The love god has been busy little fellow and evidently
has scored several bulle s-eyes
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PUNISHMENT AWAITS LAD IN GERMANY
ALBERT BUSCHKO. fair haired, bue-eyed 17-year.
into the spotlight of fame when he slowed away the
Graf Zeppelin for the flight to this country The trip
the return to Germany Zeppelin officials claim that
he endangered the big drgbe when he eaped from the
The Washington times., 1929-08-06

Foe an upsto-the-minnfe Kuids e
the finest In anArtments ven win
finA the best IN the rental eolnlnnn of
tOday's Classified adss
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ToDAY's SCRATCHES
FORT MRIK

hOMT ERIE
RsT RAcE-Ifair Jack. Mint sweep
& fngA
SECOND RAEE-Run0lathe VitaMze
THIRD RAEE---AIae Maxim.
Sixth E-Humdinger Nancy
pyFd.
BAINBRIDGE
FIRST RACE sound. Fausn Lear.
Rtown Reck. FlitterbeIle, Harry Car
gglL Cay. Waponoca. Lady le Comte,
Hfddy Ehipp, Kaiakaua.
SECOND RACE-H igh Rr1dg e,
Eaprlka. Blue Agate. Brockway. sadie
Thorn psOn. MY Pardner.
THIRD RACE--Tomboy, Betty BELLE,
Minah Louise. Miss Seth, Gracious Me-
Concert
SIXTH RACE Turnberry ondora.
Thistle Princess Bright sweep. Lorelsi.
SEVENTH RACE Kilby, Ticmsr.
Eonias raa Uncle Joe. Cloudy 2. Choir
Invisible. 8
Weather cloudy; track. iast.
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8 AS SEB ALL. Sui rs
AMERICAN LEAGUE
FIRST GAME

WASHINGTON. =. o
NEW YORK o
Batteries Eladisy and Spencer; Wells and Dlekey.
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Beat
The
Rush

2 i Z b 1-F Ffll s = s <
for apart ments
this Fall BY select
ing an apartment
now from the list
ing Of reasonably
priced and attractive
apartments listed in
the rental columns
Of today's Classified
Ads
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PROSECUTION RESTS CASE AGAINS 81 DR.. SNOOK

Cloudy followed By showers late to-
night and Wednesday; not much change
ID temperature; gentle variable winds,
becoming south oE southeast. Temperature
yesterday Highest, 10: lowest, So. High
tides today s4S Il ii. and 9;22 p. m.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-31

active, fully steady on all lines except
bulls. these weak, tending lower; sew
eral loads mixed yearlings early
$13.75: bulk all weights salable $3.50
down; she stock $3.50 to 1000 for
COWS; heifers $lO.25 to 1l.50; cutters
$3.50 to 7.50; stockerS and feeders
about steady.
Calves. 1900; vcalcrs. improved
quality considered, fully steady; bulk
$3.50 to 1850.
Hogs, 1000; market opening steady
to 10 cents higher than Wednesday:
better grades 160 to around 240-pound
weights $1O.40 to 1850; top $1,000;
other medium and heavy butchers
mostly $1,000 to 1O.4O; bulk light
lights $10.40: bulk pigs $1l.00: sows
around 5000 to 9.25 OF better: aver
asc cost Wednesday $1,000; weight
263.
Sheep, GOO; steady OH all classes:
choice quality lacking; common and
medium spring lambs $1,000: choice
clippers salable $1,000 to 1925: sheep
steady; bulk ewes salable $500 to
500; run includes four singles OH di-
rect billing.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-31
Science Supports
Non-Spared Rods

st. Louis.-(R-The old time school,
master who used a rod to help his
pupils along the road of. learning was
perhaps working on a sound scientific
foundation.
At any rate, some punishment tests
among 80 students at Washington
university by DR.. Marion e. Bunch
showed the risk of possible penalty
for failure resulted In a marked i'm
provernent.
The tests required moving a peg
through a maze. Failure to move 1t
correctly caused a slight electric
shock. Students receiving this pun
ishrnent" solved the puzzle with only
half as many trials as those free from
penalty.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-31
WHEAT
BREAKS WIDE OPEN

Minneapolis, May 3l.-F)-Wheat
had a wide open break at the opening
today. There va a Straightaway
break of Us to Csc in the local pit.
Oats broke li.c and recovered but
again dragged. Cash demand was
indifferent. Barley dropped &c for
July and WIS slow to recover. Rye
futures toppled sac to 4isc and had
q moderate recovery. Flaxseed flu
lures dropped ia to Tao. Buying
picked up and recovery Of SEC fol-
lowed.
Cash wheat offerings were moder-
ate and general demand was indif-
ferent. Winter wheat was III light
supply and steady. Durum was
steady.
Corn receipts were light but met
with good demand. Oats were III quiet
to fair demard. Rye was slow for
ordinary with good milling quality in
fair demand. Barley in quiet demand
and prices were l to &c lower. Price
range was 40 to 60c. Flaxseed de-
rland was fair.
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LIVESTOCK

Chicago. May 3l;-.R-.u:S 5. d. A.
Hogs 5000: lncluoing 8.oUo alrect;
mostly 5 to loc nigner; Top 1.-Two palo
for occasional loao OF laO-1io pound
weights; bulk OF oetter graoes 10y
ESQ pound weights lo.oo &c il.OO
butchers medium 70 Q .oo-Soo
pounds 1910 to 1913; 2Oo-2oO pounds
1895 to ll.05: l6O-2Oo POUNDS lO.lo 70
HOS; l30-l6O pounds !O.oU 10 l1.Uo'
packing sows BOO TO BOO; pigs meo-
ium to choice S0-lSO pounds 9.1o 10
1850.
Cattle-.O00; calves-S'OOO; steer
trade steady to 25c higher; better
grades suitable for shippers showing
advance: top 1850 other classes most
~ steady; slaughter classes steers
good and choice l,3oO.i'oOo pounas
1850 to 1900: l,iOO-l,SOo pounds iS.oo
to 1873; 95O-l,lVO POUNDS 1910 10 70
1925: common ana meoluin ooU
pounds up ll.OU 70 1912 !eo yeal,-
ings, good and cnolce 1oO.SoO pounoS
1850 to l5.2o: nellerS. COCO aIo cnoIce
$50 pounds down lS,vU 70 ,a.eo. CON-
mon All dmedium S:oo 10 iS.Uo, cows
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DOCTORS

JOHN DOE and RICHARD ROE
To doctors found they had to go
With Surgeons John threw in his lot
He's buried now in the grave yard
plot
But Richard wiser proved to be
HE took up NATUROPATHY
It's years since John has passed away
But Richard still has years to stay.
Visit the Clinic of DR.. T. M. Mac
Lachlan Harvard and be cured by
NATURAL METHODS, Vitamin
Herbs. Roots and Bark. We have
Cured Hundreds. We can CURE
YOU-You can't beat NATURE.
Clinic 6-8. Lucas Block, Bismarck.
NO KNIFE.
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Loss STORIES Cause
MART PRICE DECLINE
At Least One Large Operator
Is Taken Over Uncon-
firmed Reports Say

New York. May 31.-R,-Persistent
but unconfirmed reports that a few
Of Wall streets large operators had
taken terrific losses In the recent de-
cline. and that at least one of them
had been taken over" In a pool spe-
cialty. brought about a drastic de-
cline In prices in the early part Of
today's market. Scores Of issues were
hammered down 2 to nearly 8 points.
with such recent favorites as General
Motors. Chrysler. Montgomery Ward,
International Combustion and Wright
Aeronautical sinking to new low
levels for the year.
The reaction finally was checked
around midday by q fresh outburst of
bullish enthusiasm In the rails and
public utilities, several Of which were
marked up to lev high records by
gains running as high as Z points.
Strength Of these groups led to heavy
r%ecoveries In the general industrial
list. r~ecoverieS of l to 4 points being
quite common In the early afternoon.
Early selling also was influenced by
a further break In Chicago wheat
prices, which followed the sharp de-
cline In Winnipeg yesterday.
Rails again responded to the ap-
pearance Of fresh buying power un-
der the leadership of Atcl,ison, which
ran up g.: points to a new high at
223A. New Haven crossed LOG for the
first time In years, and Canadian Pa
cific al up more than 6 points. Mis-
souri, Pacific common, Chesapeake e.
Ohio. New York Central. Erie. Union
Pacific. Frisco common. Great North
ern preferred. and Lehigh Valley sold
3 to 1 points higher.
There was no change in credit con-
ditions. call money renewing at 6
per cent.
American Waterworks. soaring 6
points to q new peak at 107. assumed
the leadership of the public utility
group. Western Union climbed 8
points.
In the early break Commercial
Solvents fell 81 points. Case Thresh-
ing 8. Marmon Motors rs. Sears Roc
buck Z. Wright Aeronautical 60, Gen.
eral Electric and Superior Steel Ga.
and Johns Manville. Ingersoll Rand,
Montgomery Ward. International
Harvester. Advance Rumely common,
International Combustion, Packard
Motors. westinghouse Electric. and
American Machine and Foundry 4
points or more.
Extensive buying Of the public
utility and investment railroads failed
to prevent further liquidation. New
York Central extended its rise to sew
en- points and American water works
and electric was up 9 to ITO, a new
high. Some Of the steel, motor and
oil shares continued to give way,
Mexican Seaboard falling to 81, a new
low for the year, while Midland
Steel products preferred lost 7la. Case
Threshing dropped to 292. a net loss
Of Is points. The closing was irregu-
lar with sales approximating 3.4O0, 900
shares.
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HOUSEHOLD GOODS FOR SALE

HOUSEHOLD GOODS FOR SALE
FURNITURE GOOD AS NEW-s225
molair living suite at 500: $3.50
walnut dining set at SIS. 90: $45. 90
two-tone large dresser at s23. 90:
$500 chifforette at $3.50: section
al bookcases; lamp; screen. etc:
$l55.0O new Meadows electric wash
or at $l15.00 {. Call at Apartment 7,
Tribune Building OF phone 3O4.
FOR sALE-Fivc piece breakfast set
$25. settec and chair SIS. desk and
chair $l2. chest Of drawers SIS.
cupboard So. also kitchen table,
lamps and tea wagon. Phone 1888
or call at 418 Hannafin Ave.
FOR sALE-Four burner Hughes
electric range, perfect condition.
Less than half price. Leaving city.
Great bargain for some one equip
ping new home. Phone II.
FOR sALE-Household goods. fruit
jars. dishes. Grapes, garden tools,
sewing machine, books Csc each,
rugs $500 each and pictures. Call
at SIT Second street.